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HISTORICAL SKETCH

TOWN OF HANOVER, MASS.

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

BY JOHN S. BARRY,
AUTHOR OP " RECORDS OF THE STETSON TAMIIjT.'

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR Bf SAMUEL G. DRAKE, 15 BRATTLE ST
BAZIN & CHANDLER, PRINTERS, 37 COBNHILL.
ENGRAVINGS BY BAKEE, SMITH AND ANDREW, 46 COUET ST.
1853. V

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Early settlement of the territory, in connection with that of Scituate — In
corporation of the Town, and present boundaries — Remonstrance of
Abington — Acquiescence of Scituate — Ancient boundaries — Family
locations previous to the Revolution. 9-27
CHAPTER II.
NATUEAL HlgTOEY.
Geology of the Town — Forests, ancient and modern, with their products,
value and uses — Herbaceous Plants — Birds, &c. — Laws for their des
truction, and argument for their preservation — Wild and Domestic
Emits — Ancient Sheep Husbandry, and the Culture of Elax, Wheat, &o.
Materials for improving the soil — Indications of progress. 28-41
CHAPTER III.
INDIANS.
Names of the seven principal tribes — Chikatabnt's possessions — Indian
Deed of Scituate — Manners and customs ot the natives — Stature,
clothing, money, weapons, dwellings, food, &c. — Dishes at the first meet
ing of the Old Colony Club — Philip's War — Reminiscenses of the In
dians of Hanover — Changes which have taken place since those days. 42-53
CHAPTER IV.
E 0 CLE S I AS T I C AL H I S T O S Y.
Provisions for the support of Public worship — Erection of the ^rst meeting
house in Hanover — Its appearance — Gathering of the worshippers —
Settlement of Mr. Bass — Seating the house — Communion service —
Insubordination of the youth — Sternhold and Hopkins' Hymns — De
cease of Mr. Bass — His" character — Settlement of Mr. Baldwin — Gift
of a parsonage — Erection of the second meeting house — Its appearance
— Decease of Mr. Baldwin — Sketch of his life — Attempt to settle Mr.
Litchfield — Settlement of Mr. Mellen — First Belt — Painting the house,
and other repairs — Withdrawal of Mr. Mellen — His decease — Sketch
of his life, and list of his publications — Settlement of Mr. Chaddock —
Withdrawal — Sketch of his life — Settlement of Mr. Chapin — Sketch
of his life — Settlement of Mr. Smith — His life and writings — Erection
of the third meeting house — Settlement of Mr. Duncan. 54-74

IT CONTESTS.
CHAPTER V.
ECCLESIASTICAL HI8T0BT CONTINUED.
Establishment of St. Andrew's Church in Scituate — First meetinghouse
— sir. Davenport's ministry — Mr. Brockwell's — Mr. Thompson's —
Sketch of his descendants — Mr. Wheeler's ministry — Removal of the
Church to Hanover — Erection of a New Meeting House — Rectorship of
Messrs. Cooper, Wolcott, Appleton, Greenleaf, and Cutler — Establish
ment of a Society in the Northerly part of Hanover, and Westerly part of
Scituate — Incorporation as a Universalist Society — Sketch of its history
— History of the Baptist Society. 75-84
CHAPTER VL
EDUCATION.
Early laws for the support of education — Our Common School System —
Schoolmasters — Schools established in Hanover — Mr. Fitzgerald — Jo
seph Gushing — Luke Stetson — Sketch from 1750 to 1840 — Table of
appropriations — Academy, Mr. Chaddock's — Removal to the Four
Comers — Second building — New Edifice, built in 1852 — Proprietors
— Lawyers — Physicians — Graduates. 85-101
CHAPTER TIL
MILITAEY H18TOEY.
Military training of our ancestors — Town's stock of powder, &c. — Expe
dition to the Spanish West Indies — Expedition to Cape Breton — French
Neutrals — French War, with extracts from the Muster Rolls. 102-107
CHAPTER VIIL
INCIDENTS or THE BEVOLUTION.
Causes of the Revolution — Stamp Act — Convention in Boston — Ply
mouth County Convention — Provincial Congresses — Preparations for
defence — Minute men — Provincial Treasurer chosen — Committees of
Safety — Boston Port Bill — Tories, and the Ruggles Covenant — Bal
four's troops — Commencement of hostilities — Sea coast guards — Gen
eral Washington assumes the command of the Army — Station of the
army — Operations for 1776 — Entrenchment on Dorchester heights —
Evacuation of Boston — Alarm at Cohasset — Declaration of Independ
ence — Operations around Boston — Men for Triconderoga and for
Rhode Island — Operations for 1777 — Committee of Safety — Prices
for labor — Town's quota — Expedition to Rhode Island — Other mili
tary movements — Operations for 1778 — Quota of Shirts. &c. — State
Constitution rejected — Enlistments for this year — Extracts from the Pay
Rolls — Operations for 1779 — Committee of Safety, &c. — Enlistments
— Committee of Safety for 1780 — Military movements for the year 
Depreciation of Currency — The dark hour — Movements for 1781  In
cidents subsequent to the War. 108-130
CHAPTER IX.
MILITAEY HISTORY OONTINUBD.
Military Companies subsequent to the Revolution — Hanover Artillery
Company — Hanover Light Infantry — Hanover Rifle Company — War
of 1812 — List of Soldiers. 131-136

CONTENTS. V
CHAPTER X,
UANUFACTUEBS AND TRADE.
History of Manufactures in the town — Forges and Furnaces — Bardin's,
now the Curtis Forge — Barstow's, now Sylvester's Forge — Dyer's, now
Perry's Tack Factory — Sketch of the Life of Col. Jesse Reed — The
Drinkwater Works, now Bates and Holmes — Barker's Foundry — Sal-
mond's Tack Works — Tolman's Mills — Saw and Grist Mills — Plough
Manufacture, and Sketch of the Life of David Prouty — Other branches
oflndustry. 137-155
CHAPTER XI.
SHIP BUILDING.
Former and present state of the art of Ship-building in America — Materi
als for the construction of vessels — Massachusetts Enterprise — Ship
building on the North River — Yards in Pembroke — Yards in Hanover
— The Sarstows, Sylvesters, Sampsons, Clarks, Perrys, Eells, Paiges,
Baileys, Smiths, Kingmans, Wings, Stockbridges, &c. — Obstructions in
the River — Petitions to Congress for their removal — Decline of the
business — Present condition of the village. 156-165
CHAPTER XII.
PROVISIONS rOR THE POOR  TEMPERANCE CAUSE — SLAVERY — BESTING
PLACES FOE THE DEAD  LONGEVITY.
Provisions for the Poor — Poor kept by Friends — Selectmen to provide
for them — Put out at Auction — Establishment of an Aims-House —
Temperance Cause — Excise Bill of 1751 — Rum Trade at that date —
Extracts from the Church Records Relative to the Excise Bill — Tem
perance Society formed in 1816 — Later History of the Cause — Slavery
in New England — Owners of Slaves, from the Church and Town Rec
ords — Touching Incident — Burial Ground near the Centre of the Town
— Gifts of Land by David Stockbridge, Esq., and by JohnBarstow, Esq.,
— Burial Ground at Snappet — Table of Longevity. 166-180
CHAPTER XIIL
Highways — Streets — Bridges — Ponds — Streams — andLandmarks. 181-192
PART II.
Family Genealogies. - - 193

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. Residence of the late Cap t. Joseph J. Whiting, (Frontispiece)
2. First Central Meeting House . - - . 57
3. Second, and Present Central Meeting Houses - 65
4. Old, and Present Episcopal Churches - 77
5. Old, and Present Universalist Meeting Houses - - 81
6. Baptist Meeting House - - 83
7. Academy, at the Four Corners - - - 93
8. The Curtis Forge - - - ... X39
9 and 10. Ancient and Modern Ploughs 148 and 149
H. Ancient Ship, of the days of the Pilgrims - 156
12. Plan of the Ship yards ..... 153
13. Bailey Coat of Arms, and Autographs . 199
14. The Baldwin House .... . 2O6
15. Residence of Capt. Seth Barker - - 207
16. Barstow Coat of Arms - 208
17. Residence of Col. John B. Barstow - 227
18. Residence of Mr. Elisha Bass .... 244
19. Bates Coat of Arms - - 245
20. Curtis Coat of Arms - - 272
21. Residence of Mr. George Curtis - - . 286
22. The Judge Cushing House - 290
23. Residence ot Rev. Samuel Cutler ... 291
24. Residence of Capt. Nathan Dwelley ..... 299
25. Residence of Mr. Charles Dyer - - 300
26. Residence of J. T. Gardner, Esq. . . 312
27. Residence of Dr. A. C. Garratt - - . 313 '
28. Jacobs Coat of Arms - . - 319
29. Josselyn Coat of Arms - - - 335
30. Residence of Rev. R. L. Klllam 348
31. Likeness of Col. Jesse Reed ... 353
32. Stetson Coat of Arms . - 378
33. Residence of Martin W. Stetson - . - 330
34. Stockbridge Coat of Arms ... 334
35. Studley Coat of Arms - . ... 392
36. Sylvester Coat of Arms ... 400
37. Residev>ce of Mr. John Sylvester ... 4O4.
38. •' " " Michael Sylvester - . 406
39- " " " Robert Sylvester - 407
40. Whi ton Coat of Arms .- ... 419

INTRODUCTION.

In sending forth tlie following work, to be subjected to the inspection and
criticism of the public, the author is aware, that he assumes a great respon
sibility, inasmucli as every historical work, is to' effect, for good or ill, the
reputation of those wbo are named in its pages. For the manner in -which
this difficult task has been executed in the present instance, it is hoped that
but little cause of complaint will be found. Many thanks are due to those
who have kindly aided my labors, and strenghtened my purposes.
"Valuable assistance has been derived from the Library of the Mass., and
New England Historical Societies, and that of the State, the Records of
Plymouth and Suffolk Counties, and from many published histories, and
private manuscripts. If the work meets the approbation of the public, and
if it is found to contain a faithful and impartial record of facts, the author
will feel that his labor has not been in vain. Every attempt, however hum
ble, to rescue from oblivion the fast fading mementos of the past, is laud
able, and valuable ; and locaj histories, furnish thfe materials from which,
hereafter, works of a more general character, will be written. That this
work, imperfect as it is, may fill some niche in the "gallery of history," is
all that the author can ask.

ERRATA.

A few errors have been discovered, in carrying the work through the press,
the most important of which are here noted, for correction.
Page 10. The date of the incorporation of Scit., should be 1636, not 1642,
and it was strictly the 2nd town incorporated, as well as the 2nd settled, in
Plymouth Colony.
P. 14, line 7, read 42° 7', instead of 40" 7',
P. 18, line 3, read son of William, instead of grandson.
P. 19, line 16, read 1660, instead of 1690.
P. 2 7, last line, read gleanings instead of gleamings.
P. 33, note, read 20 ft., instead of thirty.
P. 50, line 21, read Winslow, instead of Winston.
P. 56, line 35, read Isaac Buck, instead oCBush.
P. 73, last line of the quotation, read /ronc^es instead oifondes.
P. 264, last line, read records , instead of readers.
P. 271, last line but one, note, read 1648 instead of 1748.
P. 328, line 27, read p. 32, instead of 34.
P. 311. The dates of birth, &c., in the family of Mr. Hiram Gardner,
should be as follows : (by 2nd,) Charlotte S.., May 17, 1842 ; Anne R., Feb.
8,1844; George, May 12, 1845 ; Curtis, Nov. 2, 1846, d. Sept. 24, 1848;
and. Sarah C, Mar. 29, 1852. So says the wife of Mr. G.
P. 374 The w. of Mr. Eben'r. Simmons, was of Little Compton, R. I., in
stead of Prov. ; and Mr. S. was a Lt, in the war of 1812, under the U. S.
Gov't. His son Perez, was a member of the " Suffrage Convention,' as it
is called, whilst in R. I., and in consequence of difficulties growing out of
his sympathy with Mr. Dorr, he left the State, and settled in his native
town.

HISTORY OF HANOVER, MASS.

CHAPTER I.
" O dark the scene and dreary.
When here they set them down,
Of storms and billows weary.
And chiUed with winter's frown.
Deep moaned the forests to the windj
Loud howled the savage foe,
WhUe here their evening prayer arose,
Two hundred years ago." Flint.
Early settlement of the territory, in connexion with that of Scituate — Incorpora
tion of the Town, and present boundaries — Remonstrance of Abington — Ac
quiescence of Scituate — Ancient boundaries — Family locations previous to the
Eevolutiou. The Town of Hanover, whose history we propose to sketch in
the following pages, was incorporated as late as 1727, or more
than one hundred years after the landing of the Pilgrims ; but its
territory was actually settled as early as 1649, or less than thirty
years after the landing. Although its municipal age, therefore,
may not be so great as that of many other towns in the county,
yet its history may properly date back a century at least previous
to its incorporation.
The landing of the Pilgrims took place on Monday, December
11th, 1620, Old Style, or December 21st, New Style, on the
ever memorable Rock at Plymouth : and this was the first suc
cessful settlement made in Massachusetts,' It was not till twelve
1 Thacher's History of Plymouth, p. 24.

10 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
years after, or in 1632, that the first settlements were made
in Duxbury,' and this town, which was incorporated in 1637, then
embraced within its limits the present towns of Marshfield, incor
porated in 1640 ; Bridgewater, incorporated in 1656, and cover
ing the territory included in North, East, West, and South
Bridgewater, or Bridgewater proper ; ^ Abington, incorporated in
1712 ; ' and Pembroke, also incorporated in 1712, from which, in
1820, the present town of Hanson was set off.
Less than eight years after the landing of the Pilgrims, how
ever, or in 1628, settlements were made in Scituate ; and although
this town was not incorporated until 1642, or five years after
Duxbury, and two after Marshfield, yet it properly ranks next to
Plymouth in age, it having been the second town settled in the
Plymouth Colony.
The greater part of the present territory of Hanover originally
belonged to Scituate, and so remained, untU its erection into a
township by itself. The early history of the town, therefore, is
identified with, and strictly belongs to, that of Scituate. But it
will not be necessary to enter into many details relating to the
latter town. The history of Scituate has been published to the
world ; and had we the disposition, it is doubtful if we could add
much to Deane's excellent narrative.
We shall content ourselves with a few brief notes ; and present
these, more for the purpose of showing how, when, and by whom
the territory and town of Hanover were first settled, than to re
write what has been once so ably written.
As we just remarked, the first settlements were made in Scitu
ate eight years after the landing of the Pilgrims, or in 1628 ; and
the names of these early settlers were William Gilson, Anthony
Annable, Thomas Bird, Nathaniel Tilden, Edward Foster, Henry
Rowley, and others, called " Men of Kent," probably froin their
having come from the County of Kent in England.*
The first lots on record, granted in Scituate in 1633, were in
1 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 9.
2 Mitchell's Bridgewater, p. 10.
sHobarfs Abington, p. 35.
4The name of this ancient town is found on the map in " Wood's New
England's Prospect," published in 1633, a copy of which is annexed to
" Fowle's Outline Map of Massachusetts," hanging upon the walls of most
of our school-rooms. Also in Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts, p. 389.

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 11
that part of the town called The Harbor, and on the second cliff.
The third cliff had been previously appropriated and occupied.
In August, 1633, the inhabitants proceeded to lay out a regular
village, allowing to no man more than four acres for a house lot,
the proposition being " to build a compact street for purpose
of mutual defence." ' This was called Kent Street, and led from
the bridge at the harbor, easterly to the third cliff. Here houses
were built ; and when, in 1634, the Rev. Mr. Lothrop, with thirty
of his church, arrived from London, who were joined the same
winter by others, some of whom were " Men of Kent," : additional
house lots were granted, and additional tenements reared. Deane
suggests that these primitive houses were bdlt of logs, and cover
ed with thatch cut from the sedges which grew profusely upon the
neighboring marshes. But as it was " agi'eed upon by the whole
Court, held the sixth of January, 1627,. that from henceforward no
dwelling-house was to be covered with any kind of thache, as straw,
reed, &c., but with either board or pale, and the like to wit of all that
were to be new buUt in the towne," we think it probable that most
of the houses were covered with " board or pale,"'' True, the law
applied to Plymouth only, when passed, but would be likely to be
observed throughout th® colony. And as the settlers of Scituate
were many of them men of substance, they were not compeUed
by poverty to build their dwellings in the rudest form, though
those of the poorer class may have been covered with thatch.
Houses were built, however; and here, for a series of years,
dwelt in comparative seclusion, in their wilderness home, a race of
men, mamy of whom had lived in far costlier habitations in the land
of their nativity, and enjoyed advantages, for literary culture and
social intercourse, far superior to what could be immediately ex
pected in their new abode.
But though the act of their coming here was to some ex
tent voluntary, yet it must have been with feelings of lone
liness and depression, in their thoughtful moods, that they
looked out upon that broad ocean, stretching before them, not
whitened as now with the sails of every clime, but expand
ing, a gulf of three thousand miles between them and their
1 Deane's Scituate, p. 8. 2 Plymouth Colony Laws, p. 29.

12 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
former home ; its waves, in the storm, lashing with fury the rock-
bound coast, and striking terror to the mother's heart ; or in its
milder moods, laving the shore with quiet murmurings, the more
calculated to awaken in the saddened spirit emotions which find
vent chiefly in sighs. Or as they looked behind, upon that broad
forest, clothing plain and hill, where wild beasts prowled, and the
Indian roamed, and not a sign or a token of civilized life appeared,
and as they felt their exposure to the deadly incursions of these
hostile foes, iron wills must have been possessed by the men, and
iron nerves have braced the gentler sex, else could they never
have passed through the perils which surrounded them, and the
dangers of their earlier days, with that calm composure and un
wavering trust which they ever displayed.
But a life of privation, and hardship and toil, was encountered
with cheerfulness, and endured without murmuring, for the praise
worthy object of permanently securing for themselves and their
posterity, what they had never fully enjoyed on English soil, — a
diffusive civil, and an enlightened religious liberty. Animated by
this purpose, they moved steadily on, "fainting not for weakness,
faltering not for pain," their tears and their blood watering the
soil, and their lives yielded a willmg sacrifice to the cause of free
dom! The boundaries of Scituate remained unsettled for some years.
It was the practice of the Colony Court to make grants, from time
to time, to new planters, as they requested it ; waiting untU each
settlement should become of sufficient magnitude to require cor
porate powers, before conferring the same. The " Conihasset
Grant " was made in 1633, to four gentlemen, usually called
" Merchant Adventurers of London ; " ' and in 1637, the tract
called " The Two Miles," now a part of Marshfield, was granted
on the application of Mr. Timothy Hatherly, and the Rev. Mr.
Lothrop, accompanied by a Committee of fifteen of the principal
planters. "
Finally, in 1642, by order of the Court, the general bounds of
the town were fixed " on the westerly side up the Indian Head
River, to the Pond, which is the head of said River ; and from
1 Deane's Scituate, p. 4. j Ibid, p. 7.

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 13
thence to Accord Pond ; and from thence to the sea, by the line
that is the bound between Massachusetts and Plymouth." '
Upon this territory, which included the most of Hanover, the
first settlers, with their descendants, and those, who subsequently
joined them, took up their abode, and spent their days, in the
peaceful pursuit of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, in^
terrupted only by occasional periods of Indian warfare, during
which, and especially in that bloody and protracted campaign
which signalized Philip's war in 1676, much suffering was en
dured, many of their houses were destroyed, and many precious
and valuable lives were lost. But of these matters we shall have
occasion to speak more at large hereafter.
As we have already observed, the first settlements in Scituate
proper, were at the harbor. But as years roUed on, and the
country around was explored, and the population continued to in
crease, by internal growth and external additions, lands farther
back from the shore began to be improved, and settlers pushed
their way along up the windings of the North River, dotting its
banks here and there with their simple dwellings, and spacious
farms ; — occasionally varying the scene by the estabhshment of
a ship-yard ; — and thence up the Indian Head, where forges and
furnaces were erected from 1704 to 1710 ; and so back towards
the colony Hne, and in the vicinity of the third Herring Brook,
where were saw and grist-mills, and farms of considerable extent ;
until eventually, towards the close of the seventeenth century, a
• respectable number of busy and enterprising men were resident
upon the territory now included in Hanover ; and during the first
quarter of the eighteenth century, that number was so much en
larged, (the population amounting to nearly three hundred souls,)
that the iohabitants began to think of petitioning to be incorpora
ted iuto a town by themselves ; and in 1727, their petition having
been presented and carefully considered, their wishes were grati
fied, the new town took its place among the municipalities of the
county, and received its name of Hanover, probably in compli
ment to the Duke of Hanover, who had lately been caHed to
the English throne under the title of George the First.
At present,- the town is bounded on the North by Abington and
1 Deane's Scituate^ p. 1.

14 history of HANOVER.
South Scituate ; on the East by South Scituate ; on the South by
Pembroke and Hanson ; and on the West by Abington. Its area
is fifteen and one half square miles, or nearly ten thousand acres.
The latitude of the centre-meeting house, from the State Trigono
metrical Survey, is 42° 06' 49", and Ion. 70° 49' 13", and of the
Town Hall, as laid down on the map published by Mr. Whiting,
the lat. is 40° 7', and the Ion. 70° 50' 58". Distance from Bos
ton to the Four Corners, twenty-two miles ; from thence to Ply
mouth, fourteen miles. This was the thirteenth town established
within the limits of the county ; and according to the census of
1850, is ^Q fourteenth in point of population, and ^q fifteenth on
the valuation list. Being principally a farming town, and possess
ing but few external advantages, its growth has not been so rapid
as that of some other towns, perhaps more recently incorporated.
Still, industry and frugality have ever characterized the people ;
and steadiness in business, and general intelligence, have proved
the sure elements of rational prosperity.
As might well be supposed, the new town was not incorporated
without some opposition on the part of its neighbors. Scituate,
which was to be most seriously affected, sent no remonstrance
to the General Court which remains on file, and voted at a meet
ing held in 1726 not to oppose its incorporation ; but Abington,
which was then less thickly settled than Scituate, though now hav
ing nearly double the population, and which was struggling to
maintain its own existence, complained that the change contem
plated would not only considerably diminish its territory, but se
riously weaken and cripple its resources.
In the latter town, in September, 1726, Lieutenant William
Reed, Matthew Pratt, EdAvard Bates, and Samuel Noyes, were
chosen a committee " to draw up objections in answer to the
Drinkwater people's petition to draw off from them," and it was
voted, " that Matthew Pratt and Samuel Noyes should carry the
answer to the Court." ' This remonstrance was presented April
19, 1727, and the reasons assigned in it why the inhabitants of
Abington opposed the petitioners prayer are,—" 1. Because of
the fewness of our famiUes in number, which is but about fifty-
iHobart's History of Abington, p. 131.

REMONSTRANCE OF ABINGTON. 15
three, including the eight desiring to be set off; and of these
five are newly married, and have neither house nor home, but as
they sojourn under the roofs of others ; and of the rest, six are
widows, whose husbands have of late deceased, leaving their fam
ilies much broken, and under low circumstances ; which nineteen,
taken from fifty-three, leaves but thirty-four ; — and even of these
some are so poor that they are left out of the rates, and have
need of support from the town ; ¦ — so that there will be but
thii-ty families left to bear the public charges. 2. The part of the
town petitioning to be set off, contains eleven polls, and above one-
fifth of the rateable estate ; and although there will still be left
to Abington a considerable tract of land, yet but little part of it
is capable of settlement, except the easterly part, which is chiefly
in gentlemen proprietors hands, who do neither sell nor settle their
lands, they living in other towns, and improving the same only as
timber lots ; and the inhabitants petitioning to be set off dwell on
the easterly part of these great lots, which run westerly nearly
to the centre of Abington, which will hence be exempt from taxa
tion here for the support of the ministry. And, 3. That the eight
petitioners for the separation, viz. : Elijah Cushing, Jeremiah
Hatch, Nathaniel Davis, Joseph Bryant, Nehemiah Cushing,
Benjamin Loring, and Isaac Hatch, though they urged their dis
tance from public worship, were but four miles from the meeting
house, and that if it was objected that the way was difficult and
impassable, yet several responsible men had offered to make it
good and passable, for man and horse, for £5 charge." '
The Court, on the reception of this remonstrance, appointed a
Committee, consisting of Lieut.-Govemor Tailor, and Elisha Cook,
Esq., of the Council, and Ezra Bourne, Esq., Major Tileston, and
Edward Arnold, Esq., of the House, to view the territory, and
they reported in favor of its incorporation, although they allowed
that it would " put the inhabitants of Abington under some diffi
culties, respecting the supporting the public worship of God, for
that several large tracts of land within the town did not pay to
wards the maintenance of the ministry."
To remedy this evil, however, at a subsequent date, by petition
1 State files, " Towns," 113, pp. 684, 694.

16 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
presented June 20, 1727, the Court authorized Abington to levy a
tax of one half-penny per acre, for three years, on all dormant or
non-resident lands within their limits, for the support of the min
istry, and also granted them as a compensation for what they had
lost, a tract of land lying to the North-east of that commonly
called Waldo's farm.'
Scituate, the town most deeply interested in this decision, seems
to have acquiesced in it, without any serious complaints, and so far
as we can learn from an examination of the records of that town,
cheerfully extended to the inhabitants of the newly incorporated
district the hand of fellowship, and continued to live with them on
terms of friendship, and reciprocal good will.
And now that the new town is fairly started upon a career of its
own, it may be well to pause for a moment, and glance at the ter
ritory it embraced, and at the men who settled that territory ; pic
turing to ourselves, as well as we can, the appearance >which it
would have presented, had we been permitted, from some appro
priate emmence, to survey the scene, and note its features.
First and foremost stands the Town itself. Its ancient boun
daries are described in the Act of Incorporation, as "beginiung
at the Third Herring Brook, at David Jacobs' Saw Mill Dam, and
from thence running near West about two hundred and fifty six
rods, to the Northeast corner of Isaac Turner's Great Lot,
then near west with the north side line of said Great Lot, one
mile to the share line, ' and then continuing the same course three
quarters of a mile ; then turning and running near South, two miles
to the South west corner of Nehemiah Cushing's lot, then South
five degrees and forty minutes West to the Southerly bounds of
Abington and Pembrook, and on Indian Head River, and South
easterly by the North River, and easterly by the aforesaid Third
Herring Brook, from the said North River, to the Dam before
mentioned." '
The territory here described, is substantially that now con
stituting the town, — only a small gore having been annexed to
Pembroke ; — and valuable as it is to the present proprietors
1 State Files, " Towns," 113, p. 708.
2. This share line was the original easterly boundary of Abington
3. SUte Files, " Towns, " 113, pp. 704 and 707.

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 17
and pleasant as is the home it affords to nearly sixteen hun
dred free and industrious people, it was still more highly prized,
because obtained- at greater sacrifices, by the on'fjfiwaZ settlers; and
the location oT these early residents we propose briefly to notice,
according to the best information we have been able to obtain, de
rived from the Records of the Town and Church, from wills and
deeds, and from family tradition ; and should any mistakes occur
in this, which has proved a difficult part of our task, we can confi
dently affirm that our list of names is correct, so far as it extends,
and errors of location it is impossible always to avoid, inasmuch
as the ways travelled then were not, in every case, precisely the
same as the highways of our own days, and many families have
removed from the town, leaving few traces of their existence be
hind them.
At the Four Comers, and along the North, and Indian Head
Rivers, the earliest settlements were made. Near the North Riv
er, and N. 18" W. 125 rods from the Four Corners, the respect
able and enterprising family of .Barsfows settled, as early as 1649.
The house of William, the ancestor, who was a carpenter or ship
wright by trade, stood in the pasture a few rods North of Back,
and East of Washington Street. How it was constructed, or when
it was torn down, we have no means of determioing with certainty.
It had a cellar, the outlines of which are still visible, partially fill
ed with stones and rubbish ; and a few scattering trees, the rem
nants of an old orchard, known as the Benjamin Barstow orchard,
are standing near the spot. Whether these trees constituted a
part of the original orchard of Mr. Barstow, we caimot say, but it
is certain that he had an orchard, as in the volume of "Actions,"
in the Records of. the Old Colony, p. 69, William Barstow com
plains of John Palmer, Sen. and John Palmer, jr. in an action of
^610 damage, "for setting of trapps and caching of swine, where
by the said Barstow is damnified ; " and on the same page, is the
entry of another action instituted against John Palmer, damage
£10, " for pulling down fence, and damnifying his apple trees, ¦
and for stroying his com, English and Indian, with his hoggs."
In the old family mansion, William, the youngest son of WiUiam,
Senr. resided, and after him, his son Benjamin, with his numeroilb
family of twenty-one children.

18 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Farther east, or 41 rods N. E. of the Comers, and opposite the
residence of Joseph S. Bates, on Broadway, stood the house
of Joseph Barstow, .gBa»dson of William, which was used as
a block-house or garrison house in the Indian War of 1676. This
structure was removed many years ago, but its foundation is
still visible, atid the outlines of the same may be traced even from
the road.
In March 1672, liberty was " graunted and allowed to Joseph
Barstow to keep an ordinary at the place where he now Hves, and
that he be provided always with necessaries for the entertainment
of travellers, and keep good order in his house, that there be no
just cause of complaint against him in that behalfe.'"
Across the North River, in Oct. 1658, William, Senr. was au
thorised to build a bridge, "above the third herring brook, at stoney
reache, being the place where now passengers goe frequently over ;
the said bridge to bee made sufficient for horse and foot ; and to
cleare and marke a way to Hughes cross, and to open and clear
and make a way along beyand Hughes Crosse toward the bay, soe
as to avoid a certain Rocky hill and swamp ; — he to have £12
current countrey pay for so doing.'"'
July 27. 1662, Mr. Barstow agreed with Mr. Constant South-
worth, and Major Josias Winslow, in behalf of the Colony of New
Plymouth, to keep in repair and maintain the bridge called Bars-
tow's bridge, upon the North River, in consideration of <£ 20 in hand
paid, for 20 years, to serve for transportation of passengers, hors
es, chattle, and all such use as they shall ordinarily put it to," and
pledged for the fulfilment of this contract, the house and land in and
on which he dwelt, a small tract already disposed of to his son (in
law) Moses Simmons, only excepted. ^
This bridge, the first built on the stream, stood above the pres
ent bridge, and the old piers, which are still visible, and which be
longed to the second bridge, are probably near,. if not on the spot
where Mr. Barstow buUt.
In 1657, Mr. Barstow was "allowed by the Court to draw and
sell wine, beer, and strong waters for passengers that come and goe
1 Col. Rec. 3. 78. 3 Col. Eec. 4. 76
2lbid. 3. 107.

LOCATION OF EARLY SETTLERS. 19
over the bridge he hath lately made, or others that shall have oc-
cation, unless any just exception shall come in against him." ' He
had been previously licensed to keep an ordinary ; " so that we think
it probable that near his bridge he had a small building as a kind
of toll-house, and here his refreshments were kept.
About 1662,agi'ant of land was made to William Barstow, "ly
ing westward of Cornett Studsons graunt, in reference to satisfac
tion for his paines &c. in the countreys bnsmess ; " ^ and the com
missioners were instructed to lay out for him not less than 40, nor
more than 50 acres of arable land.
Benjamin, Capt. Joseph, and Samuel Barstow, were the repre
sentatives of the family in Hanover, at the date of the incorpora
tion of the town.
Benjamin, who occupied his grandfather's house, was engaged
principally in ship-bmlding, at the yard established by the family
on the North River, as early as 16^0, and this business is still ,
foUowed by his descendants. Some of his sons moved to Roches
ter, and established ship-yards, yet improved by their descendants,
who are among the most active and enterprising men in Matta-
poisett. Capt. Joseph, in connexion with Benjamin Stetson, received In
1720, a grant of two acres of land on the Indian Head River, be
tween Pine Hill and Rocky Run, for the accommodation of a
forge and finery, and erected the forge subsequently known as
Barstow's forge, but now as Sylvester's, and which was improved
by his descendants for nearly a century, or until about the year
1800. Samuel Barstow resided in the Drinkwater district, and owned
land in the Central and Westerly parts of the town. He was en
gaged principally in farming, having an estate of nearly one thou
sand acres, and was somewhat interested in commercial pursuits as
a ship owner, and in manufactures as proprietor of a null.
The descendants of these families, and of the common ancestor,
are widely scattered over the Northern and Western States, and
wherever known are men of respectable standing, and several have
risen to eminence and honor, in the councils of States, and the
Congress of the nation.
1 Col. Eec. 3. 115. 2 Ibid. 4. 126. 3 Ibid. 4. 160 and 186.

20 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Of the Eells family, which has also furnished to the town useful
and enterprising men, who served it faithfully in the French War,
and were commanders of Companies in the War of the Revolution,
Samuel, a descendant of Revd. Nathaniel, fourth pastor of the
Second Church ia Scituate, dwelt at the Four Corners, on the
spot where the house of Joseph C. Stockbridge stands, and in the
building erected and occupied by his father-in-law, Mr. Witherell.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and his shop is spoken of in the
laying out of a highway in 1730. His career was short, but dis
tinguished. In 1740, a company was enlisted in the county of
Plymouth, by Capt. Winslow, to serve in the expedition against the
Spanish West Indies, under Admiral Vernon, whose original mus
ter-roll, on parchment, is still in existence, and in the possession
of Revd. Benjamin Kent, of Roxbury. Of the 500 men sent in
the expedition by Massachusetts, not more than 50 returned, many
having fallen victims to the prevailing tropical fevers. ' Samuel
Eells enlisted in this company as an Ensign, and died, either on
the passage from Carthagena to Jamaica, or at Jamaica, May 9,
1741, in the 35th year of his age. His widow, Hannah, who sur
vived him. for many years, and occupied his homestead, obtained a
pension from the British Government, through the friendly aid of
the Revd. Ebenezer Thompson, Rector of St. Andrew's Church,
which, we understand, was punctually remitted to her to the close
of her life. ^
Abner DweUey, a descendant of Richard, of Scituate, was in
Hanover in 1727, but died soon after, and his descendants left the
town. He lived on Elm St. not far from Col. J. B. Barstow's and
an old orchard, known as the " Abner Orchard, " marks the spot.
The cellar and well are yet visible. His brothers settled in Pem
broke, and some of their descendants are now in Hanover. Dr.
Melzar, Dwelley, also a descendant of Richard, of Scituate, came to
Hanover in the latter part of the last century, and remained untU
his death in 1828. His descendants are in Ashburnham and
South Boston. One of his sons yet resides in Hanover.
Melatiah and John Dillingham seem to have lived near the Cor
ners, and tradition says that the former was a blacksmith and
1 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 116. 2 Letter of J. Barstow, Esq.

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 21
built the house at present occupied by the widow Eells. Joshua,
the Quaker, a descendant of Melatiah, was also a blacksmith, and
his shop stood at the corner, near Wood & Torrey's store. He
moved to New York. A few descendants of these brothers, in the
male line, lived in Hanover until the close of the last century, but
the name is now extinct. There were several intermarriages in
this family with the Este's, of Hanover.
Below the Corners, and on the old Scituate road, near the third
Herring brook, called by some the smelt brook, lived the Palmer's.
John, supposed to be the same who came with the first settlers of
Hingham, in 1635, and who was a freeman in Massachusetts in
1638, was freeman in Plymouth in 1657, with his sons John and
Elnathan. His house lot was near the junction of the road S. E.
of Church Hill. ' He is the one referred to in our account of the
Barstows. In 1660, he built a log-bridge over the third Herring
brook, "from firm upland to firm upland," which is still known as
Palmer's bridge. Ezekiel and Josiah, his descendants, were citi
zens of Hanover for a time, and others of his descendants have re
sided in the town, though there is but one of the name now living
here. Not far from the residence of the Palmers, lived the Stock-
bridges, descendants of Charles, of Scituate, who was son of John,
the wheelwright. To Charles was granted, in 1673, " 30 acres of
land on the third Herruig brook, on condition that he erect a com
miU on that brook, and keep and tend the mill fourteen years." '
This null, subsequently known as Jonah's mill, and the Tiffany
mill, stood near the tack factory of Mr. Samuel Salmond, and was
built in 1677. In the division of the .estate of the father, in 1684,
there was given " to Charles, the oldest son, land at third Herring
brook, and half the corn-mill and three fourths of the saw-mill
there ; To Thomas, land on third Herring brook, half the com-mill,
and one fourth of the saw-mill ; To Joseph 50 acres of land in
Duxbury, near Indian-head river."
The first of these, Charles, lived near the Herring brook, and
also Thomas.' Joseph, the third son, became a citizen of Pembroke
1 Deane's Scituate, 5. 319. a Deane, p. 343.
3 In the house occupied by Ephriim Stetson.

22 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
in 1735, but continued to be a member of the Church in Hanover
until his death, in 1773, at the advanced age of 100 years. His
farm, which was his father's grant, was in what is now Pembroke,
and where Haviland, son of the late Capt. William Torrey resides,
— the first house in Pembroke, after crossing the bridge at the
Curtis Forge. His son David, who married Deborah, daughter of
Judge John Cushing, built the house near North River bridge,
where the new house of Edmund Q. Sylvester stands, and was
Town Clerk for many years. Representative, &c. andAz's son David
was Senator, &c.
Within a half-mile of the Corners, Northward, dwelt the Sylves
ters, descendants of Richard, who was of Weymouth in 1633, and
of Scituate in 1642. Capt. Joseph, the father of Amos and Ben
jamin, of Hanover, had, according to Deane,' a farm north of the
Church Hill, which in part he purchased of John Whiston in 1664,
and his house stood where that of Samuel Waterman stands, not
far from the third Herring brook. He was Capt. under Col. Ben
jamin Church, the famous Indian warrior, in the Eastern expedi
tion in 1689, and in 1690, was Captain with 16 men from Scitu
ate, many of whom never returned, in Phips' expedition to Cana.
da, and died ia the service. His will, which was verbal, was
proved in the Court by three of his soldiers, Benjamin Stetson,
and John and William Perry, and gives " all my land at Hugh's
cross to son Joseph ; the three younger sons (Amos, Benjamin,
and David,) to be provided for by their mother ( Mary, ) out of
the remainder of my estate."
On Broadway, and on Elm and Spring Streets, dwelt the Jos-
selynns, descendants of Thomas, who came from London in 1635,
through Abraham, his oldest son, and Henry, his grandson, who
settled in Scituate in 1669. Nathaniel, Jabez, Joseph, and Dea.
Thomas, were living hi Hanover at the date of the incorporation
of the town. The descendants of this family are very numerous
and widely scattered.
The Burdens or Bardins, Isaac and Thomas, probably descend
ants of Abraham of Scotiand,^ also resided on Broadway, and tra
dition says the latter built the house now occupied by David Her-
i Deane, p. 349. a Deane, p. 215.

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. - 23
sey. He was likewise proprietor of the First Forge, erected on
the Indian Head river, about 1704, where the Curtis Forge now
stands, whose dam stretched across the stream from shore to shore,
and near which the then highly important alewife fishery, subse
quently a matter of controversy, and now of no consequence to the
town, was carried on in its season.
Farther up the stream, and on the gore which was annexed to
Pembroke, dwelt the Cushings, Lt. Elijah and Lt. Nehemiah, de
scendants of John of Scituate, who came from Hingham in 1662
and who was son of Matthew, born ki England in 1588. ' Both
these men were useful ia the town, the former serving as Modera
tor, Representative, &c. The latter, Nehemiah, became a citizen
of Pembroke before 1750, and also Elijah ; and their descendants
are principally in Hanson.
Few families in the country have been more celebrated than the
Cushings, and probably no other one has furnished more Judges
for our Probate, Municipal and Supreme Courts, In all its
branches, it has been highly respectable, and it still maintains its
ancient standing.
In the vicinity of the Cushings, and on the gore annesied to Pem
broke, so far as I can learn, dwelt a few other famihes, whose de
scendants are now in Hanson ; as Richard Bowker, Richard Hill,
and perhaps Edmund Bowker, William Cocks ( Cook, now Coxe, }
and Israel Smith.
In the Westerly part of the town, on Torrey's lane, now Winter
Street, the Tilden house, a portion of which is still standing, was
erected over 130 years ago, and was occupied by a brother of Lt.
Job, when the town was incorporated. On the same lane dwelt
the Torreys, David and Stephen, — and James and Nathaniel liv
ed more towards the centre of the town. Farther on, and on the
same street, the Wuigs, — ^Bachelor, Sylvanus, and Ebenezer, —
were settled. In the male line, all these names are extinct here.
A few of |he female descendants still survive, among whom' we
may name the wife of Thomas M. Bates, who was a Wing.
Around Circuit Street, and in other parts of the Drinkwater
district, were settled Robert Young, Thomas Jones, and John
1 Deane, p. 254.

24 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Cobb, who left no descendants in Hanover ; Joseph and Samuel
Ramsdell, whose descendants are in the western part of the State ;
Job Otis, who returned to Scituate ; and near Abmgton fine,
Samuel Staples, who occupied the old Wanton House, and John
Bray and Thomas Wilkes, the latter of whom has descendants in
Abington. William Ford may have lived in the same neighbor
hood, though of this we cannot speak with confidence.
On and near what is now Plain Street, lived Caleb Barker, the
Quaker, whose descendants are in Pembroke and New York ; and
Matthew, WilUam, and Edward Estes, a few of whose descend
ants are in Hanover, but who mostly removed to the Western
States. On Center Street, and near the present residence of Albert
White, Esq., the Hatch family settled, on land bought before 1680,
by Jeremiah and Walter Hatch, of John Hanmer, being a portion of
Hanmer's Hook. Jeremiah, Isaac, and Dea. James, were in Han
over in 1727, and all lived in the Westerly part of the town, James
owning the . saw-mUl near Teague's bridge, then Hatch's bridge,
and which stood where stood the mill of Cobb & Cushing, burnt in
1852. The Hatch estate, improved as a farm, and on which was
a family burial ground, is said to have been sold in 1743, to Cor
nelius White, then of Marshfield, and a descendant of Peregrine
White, the first male child born in Plymouth Colony — and it has
since been in the possession of, and is yet improved by his de
scendants. Benjamin Hanmer, a descendant of John, who was of Scituate
in 1639, seems to have lived on some part of the hook, and I in
fer, from scattered notes, that he was settled not far from the old
Meeting House.
In the vicmity of this Meeting. House, lived the Stetsons, de
scendants of Comet Robert, of Scituate, a noted and valuable man
in the Colony. Matthew, Benjamin, Seth, Robert, and Samuel,
were heads of families when the town was incorporated. Tradition
says that Isaac Buck lived in the same neighborhood ; but none of
his descendants remain in the town. Probably the venerable
schoolmaster, Richard Fitzgerald, hved in the same section of the

LOCATION OP EARLY RESIDENTS. 25
town ; and Thomas and John Rogers, a few of whose descendants
yet remain.
The Bates family settied in the Westerly and Southerly parts
of the town, and descended from Clement, who was of Hingham in
1636. Joseph, Solomon, Amos, and Clement were in Hanover in
1727, and a large number of their descendants still reside ui the
town. The Baileys, descendants of John, of Scituate, 1670, settled
first on Curtis Street, and afterwards principally on King Street.
Col. John and Major Luther, of Revolutionary memory, belonged
to this family, — also Dr. David, of Scituate, and others.
The Curtis family Hved on Washington Street, where many of
the descendants still reside, and on Curtis, now Main Street.
Benjamm, Benjamin, jr., William, John, Ehsha, Richard, Jesse,
David, Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, and Bezaleel, were m. Hano
ver before 1727.
The Turners, descendants of Humphrey, of Scituate, and
Thomas, of Hingham, settled on Curtis Street, and in the North
part of the town, in the " Snappet " neighborhood.
Joseph House lived on Curtis Street, and David,- the hatter,
near T. J. Gardner's mUl, on the third Herring brook.
John, Uriah, and Isaac Lambert, lived in the Northerly part of
the town. This name is extinct in Hanover.
Of the Manns, descendants of Richard the planter, who came
over in the Mayflower in 1620, Benjamin was in Hanover in
1723, and owned part of a mill on Curtis Street, where he re
sided. Eliab Studley, a descendant of Benjamin, of Hingham, settled
on Pleasant Street ; and Benoni, who was of another family, from
Sandwich, lived on Hanover Street, and his house, one of the old
est in the town, is still standing, not far from the residence of the
late Dr. Joshua Studley.
Benjamin Bass, the first minister of the town, also lived on
Hanover Street, and his house stood near the house of WiUiam
Church. Joseph Cornish resided near him, but no descendants are left in
the town. 8

26 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Jonathan and Othniel Pratt resided on Washington Street, near
where Martin and Samuel S. Church now reside. A few of then-
descendants yet live in the town.
Thomas Rose, a descendant of Thomas, who was in the "Two
mile" in 1660, seems to have lived near where Edwin Rose now
resides, on Hanover Street ; and Edward Brisco lived in the same
neighborhood, the plain on which his house stood being known
on old records as Brisco's Plain. If I am not mistaken, he moved
to North Carohna over a hundred years ago.
Of the Perrys, — Samuel and Joseph were early in Hanover, and
have descendants here, and in Pembroke, and other towns in the
vicinity. William Witherell, the First Town Clerk, lived at the Four Cor
ners, and perhaps Samuel and Daniel also. John Woodwarth, or
Woodward, hved beyond William Church's, on Hanover Street,
near Woodward hill, so called. Both these names are now extinct
in the town.
Capt. Joseph Soper, lived on what is now Union Street, back
of the house occupied by Josiah Bonney, on the lull. His de
scendants are in Hanson,
A few other names occur on the early records, but most of
them are extinct. Of these are Henry IMerritt, Ezekiel Vi-
nal, John Warren, Benjamin and John Taylor, Nathan Bourne,
Samuel Harlow, Hugh Vickery, Daniel Foster, John Stoddard,
and Recompense Tiffany ; the last of whom lived near Palmer's"
Bridge. The families of Briggs, Brooks, Barrell, Clark, Church, Cham-
berlin, Gardner, Ellis, Jacobs, Munroe, Bobbins, Simmons, and
Whiting, appear on the records from 1740 to 1775. The other
names in the town are of a more recent date. Sketches of all
these families will be found in our Second Part.
In the foregoing pages, our aim has been to give a picture of
the town before the Revolution, and especially in the earlier days
of its settlement. We do not claim that our sketch is perfect ; on
the contrary, we think it highly probable that some errors will be
detected in it ; but we have sought to make it correct and reliable.
Should errors be discovered, however, we hope they will be noted

LOCATION OF EARLY RESIDENTS. 27
and that those who have it in their power to correct them, will
take the liberty so to do.
The records on which we have been obliged to rely, are scatter
ed and fragmentary. The elders of the town are fast disappear
ing ; and many from whom much that is valuable might have been
learned, have departed to the spirit-land. Those that remain
have been dihgently consulted, and the gleamings of their memo
ries faithfully recorded.

CHAPTER II.
NATURAL HISTORY.
" To me be Nature's volume broad displayed,
And to peruse its all-instructing page.
Or, haply catching inspiration thence.
Some easy passage, raptured to translate ;
My sole delight, as through the falling glooms
Pensive I stray, or with the rising dawn.
On fancy's eagle-wing excm-sive soar."
Thomson.
Geology of the Town — Forests, ancient and modem, with their products, value and
uses — Herbaceous Plants — Birds, &c. — Laws for their destruction, and argu
ment for their preservation — Wild and Domestic Fruits — Ancient Sheep Hus
bandry, and the Culturqj^ Flax, Wheat, &c. — Materials for improving the soE
— Indications of progre"
It is an interesting fact, and one calculated to impress us with
an exalted sense of the Infinite Wisdom of our Heavenly Father,
that every square mile of the earth's surface has an aspect of its
own, and presents to us features which, though resembling in some
respects what may be elsewhere seen, are so different in others as
to give to it a distinctive character, sufficient to render it worthy
of a separate notice. Hence every town has its own natural his
tory. The contour of its surface, with its hills and plains ; the
quantity of its arable land, with the proportion unfit for cultivation,
and covered with rocks or water ; the extent of its forests, with the
comparative abundance, age, and size of the trees of which they
are composed ; — these, and other minuter details,' which we need
not specify, give to every spot on our globe a pecuhar interest in
the eyes of those most familiar with its scenery, and encircle it
with that mysterious charm which hovers around the place of our
nativity, or the home of our adoption.
Of the town of Hanover, we may briefly say that its surface is
comparatively level, — undulating in some parts, — and with a

GEOLOGY OF THE TOWN 29
few scattered hills, but none of any great elevation. > There are
spots of highland, here and there, from which beautiful views may
be obtained of the country around, stretching away to the distance
of from twelve to twenty miles, with the Blue Hills to the North,
and Manomet to the South. On Walnut Hill is one of these
"look outs," and on a beautiful summer's day, or even in Oc
tober, when the leaves are changing, and the forests are clothed in
their rich autumnal drapery, it is worth one's while to take a seat
iu the top of a majestic pine, very easy of ascent, which stands
near the summit, and from thence to survey the attractive pic
ture, of God's own painting, spread out before the eye ; attractive,
not only for its own diversity and beauty, but for the associations
connected with it, as compassing the home of the Pilgrims, — • the
groimd pressed by their feet, and watered by their blood, and hal
lowed by their spirits which seem as if gazing, with a rapture full
equal to our own, on what was to them a consecrated soil !
Of the geology of the town, traces of diluvial action are every
where visible, not only in the range and shape of our hills, but in
the numerous boulders of granite and greenstone, with which its
surface is covered ; some of which were evidently transported
from Hingham, and correspond with the ledges of that town, es
pecially with the granite ledge, intersected by veins of trap,
through which the South Shore Rail Road is cut ui West Hing'-
ham ; — others from Cohasset, corresponding with the rocks in
situ there ; — and others from Weymouth, from the vicinity of the
Old Spain Meeting House, and the Depot at Back River.
The largest, however, are from the extensive granite beds
which underlie all but that part of the town bordering on the
North River, and which outcrop on Walnut Street, and along the
third Herring brook, and in the vicinity of Brooks's upper mill,
and on Centre Street, as may be seen by the references on the
map of the town, placed there by Mr. Whiting at the author's
suggestion. Of these boulders, some, of great size, are still nicely
poised upon the parent rock, and have been moved but a few feet
at the most. An example may be seen in the pasture land of
Rev. Robert L. Killam, on Walnut Street.
Along the North River, a grauwacke formation occurs, which
extends North-westerly through Hanson and Abington ; and in

30 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
the latter town, near the residence of Benjamin Hobart, Esq., ex
plorations have been made for coal, but not with sufficient success,
in the estimation of Mr. Hobart, to warrant a continuance of the
enterprise. Undoubtedly coal exists in the whole of this forma
tion, but at such a depth, and mixed, especially in its upper beds,
with so large a per centage of the carburet of iron, that it will not
for a long time, if ever, be wrought with profit. Even in the
grauwacke of Rhode Island, where explorations for coal are now
in progress, near the Blackstone river, and about three miles from
Pawtucket, and where an article of much better quality than for
merly, is being raised, the depth of the shafts is over 300 feet, and
the expense of conducting the work is so great, that it absorbs
nearly if not quite all the materiel which is sold.
Specimens of crystallised quartz, though not of great beauty,
are frequently found in the Westerly and Southerly parts of the
town, where quartz boulders occur. The author has one lump of
considerable size, in which the crystals radiate from a central nu
cleus, apparently of grey quartz, in a stellar form, — the crystals
themselves being white or cream colored, and slightly tinged with
the oxide of iron. Specimens of earthy chlorite, the granules of
which are green, and often of a triangular form when seen through
a magnifier, occur in the same locaUties. A peculiar kind of fer
ruginous ashestiform quartz, called by the people ^^ petrified
chips," also occurs somewhat abundantly near the North River
with bituminous shale ; and in the rock near Perry's Tack Fac
tory, is a vein of ochrey brown oxide of iron, nearly a foot wide ;
and there are traces of the earthy oxide of manganese, on the bank
of the river.
Micaceous oxide of iron, in small quantity, is found iu the
granite region, and sometimes handsome specimens of porphyry
may be obtained, in which the crystals of feldspar are white, large,
and quite numerous. The hydrate or bog iron, of fair quahty,
and yielding a considerable per centage when smelted, may be
found in most of our low grounds, especially near the water cour
ses, as at Iron Mine Brook, and in alluvial tracts." Eydrate of
Silica is also common in the low grounds, with peat.
^iBog iron was formerly carted from near the "Cricket Hole" to the
Drinkwater works. '

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Clay occurs on Walnut Hill, and bricks were made there sixty
years ago, by Dea. Benjamin Mann. In this clay are rarely dis
seminated crystals of selenite, and specimens of nodular argilla'ce-
ous iron ore. Some years since, and in the days when less was
known of geology than now, a search for the precious metals was
made iu one part of the town, and quite a California fever raged
for a season. A few crystals of quartz were obtained ; and when
the little cubical blocks oi sulphur et of iron, which have deceived
so many, made their appearance, glittering in the sun, and of a
golden yellow, they were seized with avidity, and the miners
thought their fortune was made.
At a still earher period, when physical science was rarely stud
ied even by the learned, divining by the hazel rod, and by the
stone in the hat, which made the universe transparent, taught
sapient divines, as well as astute laymen, that beneath the surface
treasures vast were within their grasp, and could be easily obtain
ed ! But the only treasure that has thus far been dug from our
soil, is the plentiful crop which the plough and the Aoe have
brought forth.
The forests of Hanover, which cover a large part of its territo
ry, are extensive and valuable ; and here are found trees of the
kinds most common in our State, as the white, swamp white, grey,
red, scarlet, yellow bark, and bear or " ragged plain " Oak ; the
upland and swamp Elm ; the crabbed Hornbeam ; the pignut and
shellbark Hickory ; the white, the black, and the yellow Birch ; the
fragrant Sassafras, an article of commerce two centuries ago ; the
common white maple ; the tremulous Poplar ; the majestic Beech ;
the white and the black Ash ; the spine-leaved Holly ; the Wych-
Elm, or Iron Wood, as some term it ; the verdant Hemlock ; the
tall Spruce ; the white and the red Cedar ; and the white, yellow,
and pitch Pine.
White Birch is a wood of rapid growth, and is fit to cut once in
twelve or fifteen years. Oak, Maple, Birch, and Walnut, may be
cut once in from twenty-five to thirty-five years. Pines attain to
a considerable size in thirty years, and some trees, with that
growth upon them, are large enough for board logs. The Cedar,
the Hemlock, and the Spruce, are of a slower growth and cannot
usually be cut oftener than once in about sixty years.

32 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
There are large tracts of Cedar Swamp in the Westerly part of
the town, the wood from which is valuable for posts and rails, and
if of good quahty, for the manufacture of tubs, piggms, pails and
chums. Several hundred cords of pine, called rare-ripes, are annually
carted to Hingham, for the use of the coopers, to be made into the
pails, firkins, dumbetty tubs, and other articles of wooden ware for
which that place is so famous. Crocker Wilder & Co., are the
most extensive purchasers, and the largest manufacturers, though
the business is carried on, more or less, all over that town.
Nearly a half million feet of boards are also sawed annually, —
mostly pine, — the half-inch stuff being used chiefly for the manu
facture of shoe-boxes, and trunks ; — a business extensively car
ried on at Shepherd's Factory, in Pembroke, at the steam mUl of
Mr. John Jones, in South Scituate, at the workshop of Mr. John
Gross, in the same town, and at several establishments in Hanover,
especially on Whiting Street.
Cedar and pine shingles are sawed at Brooks's upper mill, and
at the mill owned by Mr. Nahum Stetson, on Pleasant Street.
There is a ready market for from two to three hundred cords
of pine wood, annually, at the brick-yard of Mr. Edward Jacobs,.
in South Scituate. Oak, maple, and other kinds of hard wood,
find a market principally in Hingham, Abington, and Weymouth.
Charcoal is manufactured to a considerable extent every year by
Mr. Ethan Perry, on Mam Street. Ship-timber is saleable at
Scituate harbor, and at the yards on the North River, though the
quantity cut is not very large. Oak and maple butts are sold to
the coopers, at Hingham, and plank to the wheelwrights of Hano
ver and Scituate. Our farmers engage in the lumbering business
more or less every winter ; and it not only furnishes steady em
ployment for their teams, but a fertile field for the exercise of
their own mdustry, and a by no means unfruitful source of ad
dition to their income.
It is sometimes asserted that the quantity of wood in the town
is not so great as it was fifty or seventy five years ago ; audit may
be, and doubtless is true, that trees of great size, and of an old
growth are diminishing, though there are still " not a few " left.
But as much, if not more territory is now covered with forests 

FORESTS. 33
many fields and pastures having been left to grow to wood, and
pieces which were planted within the memory of the living, and on
which the indian hills are yet visible, are covered with trees from
fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter. Indeed, we think we may
safely say, that there is a supply left sufficient for home consump
tion for several generations ; and at least for one century, even if
the demand is as brisk as now, no apprehensions of an entire failure
in this supply need be entertained.
It was probably the custom of the early settlers of New Eng
land, as it is of the emigrants of different nations who are peophng
the AVestem States, to make clearings by cutting the trees upon
those tracts designed for cultivation, and heaping the trunks and
limbs into one vast pile, which was set on fire, and burned to ash
es ; and this process as at present conducted, is termed " burning
the fallow."
It is quite certain that the forest trees which stood on our soil
two hundred years ago, were much larger than any that are seen
in our day, and doubtless approximated iu size the monarchs of
the Mississippi valley. The author has seen, in the State of Illi
nois, red oaks four feet in diameter, and black walnuts five feet
through ; and in the low, rich bottom lands, the cotton-wood trees
grow to a great height and size, their tops appearing to pierce the
clouds. But farther west, on the borders of the P&,cific,,in Cah-
fomia and Oregon, travellers, upon whose veracity we can rely,
ioform us that the trees are of a still larger growth, and that pines
are found there three hundred feet high ! ' It is not' uncommon to
find pine trees in Hanover, one hundred feet high, and from three
and one half to four feet in diameter. These are old trees ; —
but our old men tell me that in their boyhood, the trees were still
larger, and Cedars and Oaks were found from three to four feet
through !
We are not to infer, however, that the fertility of the soil, or its
capacity for the production of such trees is exhausted ; for were
the forests now standing left undisturbed for two centuries to come,
and could we then look upon the scene which they would present
to our view, we should have a picture of New England as it was
1 1 have heard of one Pine twenty feet indiameter, and one hundred feet
from the ground to the first limb.

34 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
seen by the Pilgrims, and the primeval aspect of our hills and
plains would be restored, and the deer and the wolf be once more
seen in the land.
The Indians disturbed not often the vegetation of the country
they inhabited. Their axes of stone, were not so well fitted as
our keen-edged tools of steel for felling trees. Hence the forests
continued to grow, from age to age, furnishing lairs for the wild
beasts, and favorite resorts for herds of deer, and countless multi
tudes of wild fowls which lodged in their branches.
Of the herbaceous plants described by Bigelow, in his Plants of
Boston, the author has found over three hundred species in the
town of Hanover, and probably more might be discovered were the
whole of its territory explored. Of the flowerless plants, as the
mosses, the lichens, the ferns, and the fungi, we have also a large
number of species, some of which are not only rare, but exceeding
ly beautiful. Indeed, our little municipality is by no means an
uninteresting field for botanical researches, and several plants are
common here, and in Scituate, which are less frequently met with
in other towns in the State ; as the Kalmid latifolia, or Mountain
Laurel, which in June is covered with a multitude of rich and fra
grant blossoms; — the Mpigcea repens, ov Mayflower, a sweet-
scented, and modest little plant, blossoming early in April, and
which was probably the first plant seen in bloom by the pilgrims
the spring after they landed, — whence its name ; — and the Py-
rola maculata, or spotted pyrola, with its zebra-striped leaves
peeping out from the dry and mouldering vegetation scattered
every fall around in the forest.
The author has taken great pleasure in ramblmg through woods
and swamps, and over pastures and meadows, at all seasons of the
year, in quest of flowers; and seldom has he made an excursion
without learning something new ; either discovering fresh locaH-
ties, or retuming laden with more beautiful specimens, or with
plants of a different species from any that had been previously met
with in his walks. But wo to the luckless wight who, in such
strolls, comes in contact, all unconsciously perhaps, with the poi
sonous ivy, in scaHng stone walls, or the malignant dogwood, in
threading his way through the swamps ; for swollen features, and
days of pam wiU be the portion of those who imbibe the venom of

DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS, ETC. 35
these plants through the pores of the skin, or inhale it through
the lungs ! And blessed are they who can handle with impunity
these usually annoying " subjects of the vegetable kingdom."
In the earher days of our Country's history, deer and wild cats,
and even bears and wolves were found in all our forests, and
ducks, and geese, and crows, and blue jays, and other birds, were
far more numerous than now ; — so much so that laws were passed,
and boimties offered, to aid in extirpating those which were most
destractive, or from which danger was apprehended. Deer were
protected, however ; and December 13, 1739, m Hanover, Dea.
James Hatch and WilHam Curtis were chosen " to look after the
Deer that none are killed and destroyed contrary to law." But
wild-cats, and many birds were doomed. Thus, March 1, 1732-
3, there was paid to Joseph Bates, Solomon Bates, Stephen Tor
rey, John Woodworth, Benjamin Curtis, Ebenezer Curtis, and
others, each 20s. for " killing wild cats ;" and in 1738, 40s. a
head were voted for killing them, and in 1744, ^63 each was voted
to be paid for every one killed in Hanover or Abington.
In 1736-7, £6, 18s. were voted to different persons for killing
" birds and squirals ;" and in 1740, 3d. a head was voted for
" killing black birds, squirals, jay birds, chuits, read thrashers
and wood-peckers."
In 1773, a bounty of Is. a head was granted for killing crows,
and 2d. a head for crow blackbirds, and ground or red squirrels,
the head to be shown as proof of the killing. The bounty on
crows continued to be paid so late as 1837.
In 1836, the Legislature of the State offered a bounty on kill
ing foxes, and throughout the State a destructive warfare was
waged against them. In Hanover, 13 were killed, for which a
bounty was received. '
Of the poHcy of such regulations, every one must judge for
himself. For our own part, whilst we admit the propriety of de
stroying wolves, wild cats, racoons, skunks, and beasts of the hke
nature, we are free to own that in our opioion, the jay, and the
wood-pecker, and the red thrasher, and the blackbird, and even
the crow, though they do much miscMef, and are less melodious
1 Sen. Doc. No. 32, 1837, and No. 45, 1838.

36 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
singers than some others, pay their way, and deserve to be pro
tected, for preserving our trees and vegetables, from the ravages
of insects and field mice, which increase just in the ratio that birds
diminish. The crow is by no means an uninteresting bird. True he is a
rogue, and wants watching, — but he will devour scores of grubs
in a day, and save more corn for the harvest, than he steals in the
seed. Let all the birds Uve, to enliven our forests ! Let the rob
in come to our door yards, and pick up the crumbs ; and if he
does steal a/ew cherries, we take more from the trees !
To rise at break of day, and hear these sweet warblers breath
ing forth their morning hymn ; — the prelude by the robin, and
the chorus swelled by the trill of the oriole, the scream of the jay,
the hawk, and the wood-pecker, and the' distant cawing of the crow,
with the solo of the bobolink, and the symphony of the peewit,
or chickadee ; and at mid-day, to hear in the stillness of noon, the
chant of the cuckoo, or the plaintive call of the cat-bird, and the
chatteriag of the striped, red, grey, and flying squirrels, as they
skip from tree to tree ; and at night, to hear the whippoorwiUs com
plaint : — all these to me, are sweet and pleasant sounds ; — and
even the flight of the butterfly, the note of the bee, and the hum
of the locust, with at eventide the chirp of the cricket, the radiance
of the glow-worm, or that mimic lightning, flashing out with inces
sant scintillations from the multitude of fire flies hovering over field
and meadow ; — aU have charms for my spirit, and lead me to
adore the wisdom and goodness of Him who has made everything
beautiful in its time, and who is good unto all, and whose tender
mercies are over all his works.
Of the agricultural mterests of Hanover, we think we may traly
say that the farmers of this section are beginning to manifest a
commendable spirit of progress and improvement, and fine crops of
corn, rye, potatoes and hay, are raised m favorable seasons. Of
wild fruits, we have the usual variety. Grapes are abundant m
the woods, and cranberries in the meadows. Whortleberries
strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, too, are abundant ; and
in the summer months, when a vacation is given to our school
children, they may be seen daily m groups wendmg their way to

DOMESTIC FRUITS. 37
the pastures and woods, with baskets, or tin Jcettles, or barks on
their arms, their merry voices striking Hke sweet music on the par
rent's ear, and returnmg with their luscious offermgs to the domes
tic shrme, which, served with baked apples and milk, furnish a
dish so luxurious that we doubt whether Queen Victoria, or the
Emperor Nicholas, or any other monarch or prince, of ancient or
modern times, ever tasted a better, or ate one more palatable 5
nourishing, and innocent.
Considerable attention is beginnmg to be paid to the raising of
domestic fruits, and plantations of the apple, and peach- are be
coming quite common ; and even the pear, the quince, and the
cherry, with the smaller fruits, including the currant and goose
berry, are not wholly neglected ; though much remains to be done
before pubhe attention will be thoroughly awakened to these mat
ters, and every farm will be supphed with fruit of all kinds, in
rich abundance, both for summer and winter use.
The famous high-top-sweeting, an apple which is a native of
Plymouth County, ripe in September, of a medium size, golden
yellow, and mellow and juicy, is not so common as it was when
our fathers were young. Orchards of these trees were then quite
numerous. But the crabbed, sour apples with which they were
accompanied, and which caused the cider press to shriek in agony
as the teeth of the cog-wheels met and crunched them, and whose
juice was vinegar almost as soon as expressed, have given place to
the Baldwin, the Greening, the Roxbury Russet, the Spitzenberg,
the Early Harvest, the Yellow Bough, and the many other varie
ties of far more palatable fruits, which characterise the present
age. Nurseries, too, are being estabUshed here, and in adjoining
towns, which are doing an increasmg busuiess, in the sale of trees
to our own citizens and others.
The Pratt Rare Ripe, is an excellent seedling peach, a native
of this town, raised by Mr. B. C. Pratt, who resides about one
half a mile from the Four Comers ; and it is not only hardy and
prolific, but seems to be almost entirely exempt from that common
scourge, — ^the yellows, — which destroys so many of our finest trees.
There was a time in the history of the town, when all our far
mers kept their flocks of sheep, and raised, and spun their own

38 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
wool, and made their own cloth ; and the hum of the wheel, and
the clatter of the loom, tended by the goodwife, were heard jn
about every dweUing. Indeed, such was the esteem in which this
branch of industry was held, that in 1732, the town " made choyce
of Caleb Barker and Thomas Josselyun as agents to draw up a
Town act for the Regulation of Rames," to prevent them from
running at large, to the injury of the flocks.
It is to be borne in mind, that farms of from two to four hun
dred acres, and even more, were owned by many of our townsmen
then, and hence the range of pasturage was such that sheep could
be kept to good advantage. But it is now rare to find farms con
taining even one hundred acres. Hence sheep are kept by hut
few ; and the loom and the spinning wheel, with but rare excep
tions are mouldering in the garret, or have long since been cut up
into fire wood to heat the oven on baking days ; — and the daugh
ters of our farmers, and even the mothers, for the most part, spend
their time either in fitting shoes, or in the manufacture of coarse
garments for the ready made clothing establishments of Boston. —
The ^oe^s have gone to the hills of New Hampshire and Vermont,
or to the prairies of the West, and the wool is sent to our exten
sive factories, at Lowell and elsewhere, to be converted into car
pets and rugs for our floors, or shawls and de-laines for the ladies
wear, or broad cloths and cassimeres for the men.
Flax was also an article to whose cultivation considerable atten
tion was once paid; and the smaller wheels, upon which linen thread
was spun, of which the snow white table cloths, and sheetings and
shirtings were made, which constituted, so important a part of the
outfit of the new housekeeper, have not been laid aside over thirty
years. The hatchel, and swingling-knife, alas ! are numbered,
forever, we fear, with the things that were but are not !
Doubtiess these changes are all for the best, when rightly viewed.
Occasionally we hear lamentable jeremiads upon the degener
acy of the times, and complaints that the simphcity of former days
has entirely vanished, and that strength, and vigor, and power of
endurance, are hkewise departing from our sons and daughters,
who are rising up around us a puny race, wholly unfit for the
storms and tempests of life.
But we long smce learned to look at the world, not from the

CULTURE OF WHEAT. 39
deceptive position with which the imagination is ever inchned to
invest the past, but from that broader stand-point which looks at
man, not as a beast of burden alone, having a body to feed and a
back to clothe, but as an intellectual and a moral being, capable of
unhmited advancement in that exalted career which God has
marked out for him, and of making continued improvements,
tending not only to increase his physical comforts, but to open the
way for nobler pursuits and purer joys, in the expansion of the
mind, and the cultivation of the heart.
About fourteen years ago, or in 1838, the Committee on Agri
culture made a report to the Legislature, in favor of " allowing a
bounty on the production of Wheat," ' which led to the passage
of a law granting such bounty, and to the publication, by order
of the Legislature, of a valuable report " on the cultivation of
Spring Wheat," from the pen of the lamented Henry Colman. ^
In 1839, from the " Abstract of the returns of the bounties paid
for Wheat," ' Hanover is represented by six claimants, who rais^
ed 101 bushels, and received a bounty of f 12.55. Mr. Colman,
the Commissioner, in his return for 1840, states that these sis
claimants sowed llj acres, and that the average yield was 9 bush
els per acre. The several crops were 14 bushels, lOf bushels,
and four of 7J bushels. Samuel House was one of the claimants,
and his certificate is the only one I find on file in the Town Clerk's
office. The largest crop was obtained by the application of 12
loads of compost from the yard. The crop is said to have suffer
ed from the drought. ¦* In 1840, there were two claimants from
Hanover, who raised 38|r bushels, atd received $4.43. * But
this experiment was not attended with aU the results which its
sanguine friends desired. Perhaps it was too soon abandoned. —
At all events, it developed important facts, and taught us clearly,
as the returns show, that there are sections of the State, and es
pecially the Western Counties, in the limestone region of Berk
shire and Franklin, where wheat can be raised successfully and
profitably. The materials for improving the soil in Hanover, and increas-
1 House Doc. No. 12. 1838. 4 Senate Doc. No. 36. 1840.
2 Senate Doe. No. 77. 1838. 5 Senate Doc. No. 25. 1841.
3 House Doc. No. 40. 1839.

40 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
ing our crops, are probably as abundant, and can be as easily ob
tained, as in any of the adjoinuig towns ; and the natural re
sources are as great and as available. In our low grounds are
vast deposites of decaying vegetable matter, the accumulation of
ages, in the form of peat, and muck, and beds of leaves, all of
which are useful as manures, and of excellent quality and incalcu
lable value when judiciously composted, and liberally appHed.
By the drainage of our meadows, too, and more skill on the up
land, the produce of the soil might be easily doubled in a very few
years, and the wealth of our citizens proportionably increased.
We .need a more enlightened industry in all our towns, to secure
the highest results. InteUigent labor is as applicable in farming
and quite as advantageous, as in any branch of human enterprise.
And when it is borne in mind by our citizens, that we have no rail
road, with its freight trains, running through the place ; that the
old Kne of Plymouth stages which daily passed the Four Comers
is discontinued ; and that ship-building has shifted its quarters to
the vicinity of Boston ; it wiU be at once apparent, that our chief
dependance for the future must be upon the soil and its produc
tions. And though our Mills, and Forges, and Tack Factories,
and Boot and Shoe Establishments, may do much to develope our
industry, and increase our wealth, yet the earth is our great nurs
ing-mother, and from her prohfic bosom must we draw our nour
ishment, and our means of support.
Assiduous labor in this direction, accompanied by persevering
effort, and enlightened skill, will enable us to keep pace with the
towns around us ; so that Hanover will continue to be, as in the
past, respectable for the industry, the enterprise, and the intelli
gence of its citizens. And what has been accomplished within the
past twenty five years, should be an encouragement to us to con
tinue to progress. Houses were then unpainted, and the walls,
for the most part covered with shingles ; — and many were but
half-finished within, and but few were carpeted. Barns were
mere hovels, without cellars, with the wind whistling through
every crack. Now, almost every house is neatly finished and
painted, and well furnished within ; and our barns are being re
built, of fair proportions, with the walls shingled, and with large
cellars. Improved implements of husbandry have been introduced,

CULTURE OF WHEAT. 41
and land, though divided into small fields, is much better tilled
and the produce of hundreds of acres has been greatly increased.
The smallness of our fields, however, is partly a matter of
necessity, to make room in the walls, for the stones which are
cleared from the surface.
To complete our sketch, we should perhaps add, that several of
our townsmen are engaged in driving cattle, sheep, and swine,
every spring and fall, for the supply of this and other towns ; and
the size and power of our oxen, the mUking quahty of our cows,
the fattening properties of our hogs, and the speed of our hol-ses,
have all partaken of the changes which have been made in other
respects. Onward seems to be New England's motto, and the spirit of
improvement, now so generally diffused, will eventually bless ever^
home, and will tend, in the Providence of God, to make the future
richer in comfort, and a scene of higher advancement, than any
thing we have dreamed of, or which we have even thoi;ight it pos
sible to attain. 8

CHAPTER IIL
INDIAN S .
" Indulge, my native land, indulge the tear
That steals, impassioned o'er a nation's doom,
To me, each twig from Adam's stock is near.
And sorrows fall upon an Indian's tomb. " DwiGHT.
Names of the seven principal tribes — Chikatabut's possessions — Indian Deed of
Scituate — Manners and customs of the natives — Stature, clothing, money,
weapons, dwellings, food, &c. — Dishes at the first meeting of the Old Colony
Club — Philip's War — Reminiscenses of the Indians of Hanover ^ Changes
which have taken place since those days.
Previous to the settlement of New England by the white race,
the whole country was in the possession of the Indians, who were
very numerous, until reduced by a great war, and by a devastat
ing sickness, which some have supposed was the plague, others the
small pox, and others the yellow fever, and which took place about
the year 1617. Early voyagers speak of " countless multitudes "
seen by them when they visited the country. Smith, who took
his survey in 1614, says, — " the seacoast as you pass, shows you
all along, large cornfields and great troupes of well proportioned
people." Gookin enumerates 18,000 warriors, in five nations, and
some have computed that, in all, there were at least 25,000 war
riors, and 100,000 people.
According to Lechford, they were governed by Sachems, Kings,
and Sagamores, or petty lords, and were dividedinto several great
nations, each of which consisted of many tribes. Seven of these
nations are named in New England, viz : — 1, the warlike Taran-
tines, under Nultonanit, who were in the Eastern part of Maine,
beyond the Penobscot river ; — 2, the Chur-churs, under
Bashaba, from the Penobscot to the Piscataqua ; — 3, the Paw-
tuckets, numbering 3000 warriors, under Nanapashemet, whose
dominion reached from the Piscataqua to the river Charles and

DESTRUCTION BY SICKNESS. 43
extended north, as far as Concord, on the Merrimac ; — 4, the
Wampanoags, divided mto 32 tribes, and numbering 3000 war
riors, who were ruled by Massasoit, a sachem of great power, but
who was ever a friend to the English, and whose dominion was in
the Southeastern part of Massachusetts, from Cape Cod, to Narra^
ganset Bay ; — 5, the Narragansets, numbering 5000 warriors, and
governed by Canonicus and Miantonimo, who lived in Rhode Is
land on the west of Narraganset Bay ; — 6, the Pequots, num
bering 4000 fighting men, under Sassacus, a name of terror, who
dwelt in Connecticut ; — and 7, the Massachusetts, so named frofti
the Blue Hills at Milton, numbering 3000 warriors, under Chik-
atabut, whose territory extended from Nishamagoguanett, near
Duxbury mill, to Titicut, near Taunton, and to Nuckatateset, now
Nippenicket, a pond in the Southwest part of Bridgwater, ad
joining Raynham, — and from thence in a straight line to Wanam-
ampuke, or Whiting's Pond in Wrentham. '
The latter tribe owned the land around Hanover, and their
sachem, Chikatabut, was one of the nine who, on the 13th Septem
ber, 1621, subscribed at Plymouth, the Articles of Submission to
King James, ' and he, with many of his people, died of the small
pox, in 1633, and was succeeded by his son Josias Wampatuck.
The Pilgrims were well aware of the diminution of the Indians,
by war and sickness, before their arrival. Their charter from King
James states "that he had been given certainly to knowe, that
within these late years there hath, by God's visitation, raigned a
wonderfule plague, together with many horrible slaughters and
murthers, committed amongst the savages and brutish people
there heertofore inhabiting, in .a manner to the utter destruction,
devastacion and depopulacion of that whole territorye, so that there
is not left, for many leagues together in a manner, any that doe
claime or challenge any kind of interests therein." '
This circumstance, — the death of the savages, — was doubtless
favorable to the Pilgrim band, and contributed greatly to their
peaceful and permanent settlement. Our fathers, however, ac-
1 Lewis's Hist. Lynn, p. 45. Drake's Indians, Book H. Thacher's Ply
mouth, p. 363. N. E. Gen. Reg. 3, 332. Hobart's Abington, p. 23, &c.
2 Morton's Memorial, Ed. 1772, p. 33.
1 Hazard's Hist. Coll. 1, 105, quoted in Drake's Book of the Indians, p.
11, Book H. Also Plym. Col. Laws, p. 3.

44 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
knowledged an Indian titie to the soil, which consisted chiefly in
a privilege of free fishing, trapping, and hunting ; and this titie,
they considered themselves bound lawfully to extinguish, by pur
chase or otherwise.
They did not, therefore, seize with violence the possessions of
the red race. Their rights were generally respected. And the
Indian deeds which have descended to us, are not only valuable to
the antiquary, but are living mementos of our father's honor, and
convincing proofs that they were wilhng to render some equivalent
for whatever they received.
The land comprised within the limits of Scituate asid Hanover,
together with the tract called the " Two Mdes," was purchased of
Josias Wampatuck, and the deed, which bears date " Plymouth,
June 1653," reads as follows :
" I Josias Wampatuck do acknowledge and confess that I have
sold two tracts of land unto Mr. Timothy Hatherly, Mr. James
Cudworth, Mr. Joseph Tilden, Humphrey Turner, William Hatch,
John Hoar, and James Torrey, for the proper use and behoof of
the Town of Scituate, to be enjoyed by them according to the
true intents of the English grants : The one parsel of such land
is bounded from the mouth of the North River as that River goetii
to the Indian head River, from thence as that River goeth unto
the Pond at the head of that River, and from the pond at the head
of the Indian head River upon a straight Hne unto the middle of
Accord Pond : from Accord Pond, by the hne set by the Com
missioners as the bounds betwixt the two jurisdictions, untOl it meet
with the line of the land sold by me unto the sharers of Conihas
set, and as that line runs between the Town and the shores, until!
it Cometh unto the sea : and so along by the sea unto the mouth
of the North River aforesaid. The other parceU of land lying on
the easterly side of the North River, begins at a lot which was'
sometime the land of John Ford, and so to run two miles southr
erly as the River runs, and a mile in breadth towards the east, for
which parcell of land, I do acknowledge to have received of the
men whose names are before mentioned, fourteen pounds in full
satisfaction, in behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Scituate as
aforesaid ; and I do hereby promise and engage to give such
further evidence before the Governor as the Town of Scituate

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 45
shall think meet, when I am thereunto required ; in witness
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in presence of
Nathaniel Morton, "j Josias Wampatuck
Edward Hawbs, > his jxj mark
Samuel Nash, )
At the same time when Josias made acknowledgment as above
mentioned, there was a Deed brought into Court which he owned
to be the Deed which he gave to them whose names are above
specified for the said lands, and that he had not given them
another ; which deed was burnt in presence of the Court.
Nathaniel Morton, Secretary." '
The manners and customs of the Indians have been painted by "
some writers in glowing colors; but, viewing their condition as
sober reason presents it to our view, it cannot be regarded as en
viable or desirable. True, they were free ; roamed the land at
will ; ate of its fruits as spontaneously produced, spending but lit
tle time in the cultivation of their maize and roots ; and lived
chiefly by hunting and fishing. But this, though usually a fertile
supply, often failed, through indolence, and other causes, so that
they knew the gna wings of hunger, and the distress of famine.
The different tribes, too, were freqently at war with each other ;
and the amenities of life, and the kindher feelings of the heart
were but little cultivated, and were even lightly esteemed. Stem
endurance, and unshrinking submission to the fiercest tortures,
were regarded as the principal virtues, and he was the greatest
hero, who had taken the most scalps, and slain the most enemies
in battle.
In their persons, the Indians were not taller than the white race.
Wood, in his New England's Prospect, pubHshed in 1633, de
scribes them as " black 'haired, out nosed, broad shouldered,
brawny armed, long and slender handed, out breasted, small
waisted, lank belHed, well thighed, flat kneed, handsome grown
legs, and small feet."
Josselynn, also, in his New England's Rarities, says of the
women, " many of them have very good features, seldom without
a come-to-me in their countenance, all of them black eyed, having
1 Deane's Scituate, p. 144.

46 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
even, short teeth, and very white, their hair black, thick and long,
broad breasted, handsome straight bodies and slender, their limbs
cleanly straight, generally plump as a partridge, and saving now
and then one, of a modest deportment. " '
It was their constant practice to oil their bodies and face with
fat of bears and eagles, and to paint the face with various fantastic
colors, as red, black, and white ; — and though this smearing of
the person may have seemed beautiful in their eyes, yet it must
have given to them any thing but an agreeable odor, in a warm
day, or in a close apartment ! ^ The dress of the men was the skin
of a deer or wolf, though generally they were naked, except a
shght covering around the waist. The women wore robes of
beaver skin, with sleeves of deer skin, dressed, and drawn with lines
of different colors into ornamental figures. Some wore a short
mantle of trading cloth, — ^blue, or red, — fastened with a knot under
the chin, and girt around the waist with a zone ; their buskins
fringed with feathers, and a fillet around their heads, which were
often adorned with plumes. The moccasins, worn by both sexes,
were made of skins, and their snow-shoes were ingeniously con
structed for winter's use. The men considered labor as degrading
to them, and maintained that " squaws and hedge hogs were made
to scratch the ground," and called the white people "much fool to
spoil their women by keeping them from out door labor and mak
ing them lazy squaws." The women, therefore, were held in
abject servitude, and compelled to do aU the drudgery, — as plant
ing, harvesting, and carrymg burdens, — while their lords lolled
listlessly around, smoking, or recounting their warHke exploits.
Their money was made of shells, and was of two kinds, the
wampum peag, or white, and the suckauhoc, or black ; the latter
being twice as valuable as the former. Roger Williams, in his
Key, says " one fathom of this, their stringed money, is worth five
shillings." Josselynn, speaking of these beads, which were their
money, says, the one is their gold, and the other their silver.
" These they work out of certain shells, so cunnnigly that neither
1 Lewis's Lynn, p. 53.
2 It has been suggested to me, that a custom similar to the above, prevails
in Eastern nations, and that the practice of oiling the body, is considered
conducive to health.

WEAPONS, houses, ETC. 47
Jew nor Devil can counterfeit. They drill and string them, and
make curious works with them, to adorn the persons of their Sagsi-
mores and principal men, and young women, as belts, girdles,
'tablets, borders for their women's hair, bracelets, necklaces, and
links to hang in their ears. Prince PhiHp, a little before I came
away for England, ( 1671,) coming to Boston, had a coat on and
buskins set thick with these beads, in pleasant wild works, and a
broad belt of the same ; his accoutrements were valued at £20."
Their war weapons, were bows, arrows, and tomahawks. The
bows, which were strong and elastic, were made of walnut or ash,
and strung with sinews of deer or moose. With these they could
throw an arrow to a great distance, and strike any object desired
with remarkable precision.
Their arrows were made of elder, feathered with the quills of
eagles, and pointed with sharp stones wrought for the purpose, or
with bones, or eagle's claws. Their tomahawks, were of an oblong
form, sharpened to an .edge, and fixed to the handle by a withe,
passed around the groove, formed at the head, or blunt part of the
weapon. Their houses, or wigwams, were rude structures, made of poles
or young sapHngs, set round in the form of a cone, and covered
with bark or mats, the smoke passing out at the top. In winter,
one great house, built with more care,- served for the accommo
dation of many.
They had two kinds of boats, called canoes ; the one made of a
pine log, twenty to sixty feet in length, bumt and scraped out
with shells ; the other of birch bark, very Hght, and very pretty.
Their fishing Hues were made of wild hemp, equal to the finest
twine, and fish bones were used for hooks.
Their chief objects of cultivation were com, beans, pumpkins,
squashes, and melons, — all 'of which are indigenous plants, —
which wore tended by the women. Their fields were cleared by
burning the trees and brush in the autumn. Their season for
planting, was when the leaves of the oak were as large as the ear
of a mouse ; and from this arose the rule of the first settlers,
" When the white oak trees look goslin grey,
Plant then, be it April, June or May."
The com was hoed with large clam shells, or the shoulder-bone of

48 history of HANOVER.
a moose or deer, fixed to a handle, and harvested in cellars dug
in the ground, and covered with mats.
Their food, says Gookin, in his Historical Collections of the
Indians in New England, " is generally boiled maize, or Indian
corn, mixed with kidney beans, or sometimes without. Also they
frequently boil in this pottage fish and flesh of all sorts, either new
taken or dried, as shads, eels, alewives, or a kind of herring, or
any other sort of fish. But they dry mostly those sorts before
mentioned. These they cut iu pieces, bones and all, and boil
them in the aforesaid pottage. Also they boil in this fermenty all
sorts of flesh they take in hunting, as venison, beaver, bear's flesh,
moose, otters, rackoons, or any kind that they take in huntings
cutting their flesh in small pieces, and boiling it as aforesaid.
Also they mix with the said pottage several sorts of roots, as Jeru
salem artichokes, and ground nuts, and other roots, and pompionS,
and squashes, and also several sorts of nuts or masts, as oak-
acorns, chestnuts, walnuts ; these, husked and dried, and pow
dered, they thicken their pottage therewith. Also sometimes they
beat their maize Into meal, and sift it through a basket, made for
that purpose. With this meal they make bread, baking it in the
ashes, covering the dough with leaves. Sometimes they make of
their meal a small sort of cakes and boil them. They make also
a certain sort of meal of parched maize ; this meal they call
nokake. It is so sweet, toothsome, and hearty, that an Indian
will travel many days with no other food but this meal, which he
eateth as he needs, and after it drinketh water. And for this
end, when they travel a journey or go a hunting, they carry this
nokake 'yo. a basket or bag for their use."
Many of the old Indian dishes are still well known, and in
common use in the country ; as for instance, samp, made of whole
corn, boiled with ashes to remove the hull, and eaten with milk ; —
hominy, made of com coarsely pounded and boiled ; — and hasty
pudding, made of corn ground fitne and boiled ; — succotash, made
of corn and beans boiled together; — baked pumpkins, eaten with
imlk ; — boiled and roasted ears of green corn ; — parched corn,
— and were this ground and made mto a pudding and eaten with
1 Thacher's Plymouth, p. 182, and his Sketch of the Indians. See also
Lewis's History of Lynn, Drake's Book of the Indians, &c.

Philip's war. 49
nulk, it would be luscious; — and last, not least, whortleberry
cakes. To this, if we add, a cake made of strawberries and
parched com, we have quite a variety of dishes, all of which are
good and palatable.
The Old Colony Club, at its first celebration of the Landing of
the Forefathers, held Dec. 22, 1769, m remembrance of the
ampUcity of early days, provided for their entertainment on the
occasion, " 1, a large baked Indian whortieberry pudding; 2, a
dish of sauquetash, ( succatash, com and beans boiled together ) ;
3, a dish of clams ; 4, a dish of oysters and a dish of cod fish ;
6, a haunch of venison, roasted by the first Jack brought to the
Colony ; 6, a dish of sea-fowl ; 7, a dish (?f frost fish and eels ;
8, an apple pie ; and 9, a course of cranberry tarts, and cheese
made in the Old Colony.'"
That the early settiers of our State experienced much trouble
from the Indian tribes, every one knows who is acquainted with
the history of those times. The bloodiest contest, was that known
as Phihp's War, which commenced in 1676. In this, the inhabit
ants of the territory of Hanover, then inhabitants of Scituate,
suffered their part, in common with the rest of the people iri the
vicinity. We do not propose to enter at large into the events of this war,
as we have nothing new to add to what is already known. We
shaU present a few details, pertaining principally to thel immediate
subject of our sketch.
In was in 1674, that the Colony Court began to make serious
preparations for the rumored war with PhiHp, which was soon
expected to break out ; and as one of these preparations, in 1675,
a garrison of twelve men was ordered to be established at the
house of Mr. Joseph Barstow, which, as we have elsewhere
remarked, stood on what Is now Broadway, and opposite the resi
dence of Mr. Joseph S. Bates. Other garrison houses were fitted
up at the same time, in Scituate, but this was the only one which
stood on the present territory of Hanover.
In the spring of 1676, the Narragansetts, having committed
ravages in Rhode Island, and penetrated even to Plymouth, in
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60 HISTORY OF HAN'OVER.
Capt. Michael Pierce, of Scituate, with a company of 60 or 63'
Englishmen, and 20 friendly Indians, from Cape Cod, were ordered
in his pursuit, and proceeded, without being molested, as far as
Seekonk, where he arrived on Saturday, March 25 Hearing of
Indians in the vicinity, he went immediately in their pursuit, and
a bloody battle was fought, in which the Captain, and 18 of his
men, from Scituate, were slain or wounded. Among this number
was Jeremiah Barstow, a descendant of WiUiam, the earhest
settler on the territory of Hanover. '^
On the 20th of May, the Indians made an attack upon Scituate.
They came from Hingham, where the day previous they had
burnt several houses,^ and entered the town by the Plymouth Road,
now Washington Street. Striking down the " Indian path,"
which led to the Mattakeeset settlements at Indian-head ponds,
they burnt the saw mill near ElHs's bridge, and Cornet Stetson's
mUl, near what is now Winslow's bridge ; also the house of Capt.
Joseph Sylvester, on the easterly side of the Third Herring brook,
which stood where Mr. Samuel Waterman now resides. The
garrison house at Joseph Barstow's, which was well fortified, was
carefully avoided by the invaders ; and, according to^ Gov. Win
ston's letter to Mr. Hinckley, a company of 14 men, which had
marched up from Marshfield as far as Mr. Barstow's, saw the
enemy, and put them to flight, thus, doubtless, preserving other
houses In the neighborhood, which would have been destroyed had
it not been for their presence.
Those who desire to know more of the events of this day, must
read the graphic account of Deane, in which he enumerates the
houses destroyed in Scituate proper.*
We have no other notices which connect the events of this war
directly with the history of Hanover, though casual traditions
speak of damages sustained at' different periods, from the ravages
of the Indians ; and it is a matter of satisfaction to know, that
the war was prosecuted with such vigor, on the part of the Col -
1 The.number is SiO, in Deane, but 63, in Bliss's Hist, of Rehoboth, p. 88.
2 The names are given ia Deane's JScituate, p. 123, and in. Bliss's Hist of
Reheboth, p. 92
8 Hobart's-Journal.
4 Hist. Scit p. 126, &c

INDIANS OF HANOVER. 61
•
omsts, and with such success, that Philip was slam, his warriors
routed, and from that time forth the people Hved in comparative
security. At the date of the Incorporation of Hanover, no hostile Indians
•Hved in its vicinity. It Is said that the last tribe, from which the
citizens had trouble, congregrated on an island In Drinkwater
Swamp, In the westerly part of the town, from whence they issued,
and committed their depredations. They were discovered early
one morning, by the smoke of their fire, seen rising from amidst the
trees, and were attacked and routed.
Friendly Indians resided In the town for a long time, and the
last of the race has not been dead many years. Some of these
Hved on the Bank land, so called, which is near Oren JoSselynn's,
or west of King Street ; and old samp mortars, pestles, toma
hawks, or axes, and spear, or arrow heads, have been frequently
found on the spot. Others resided on Curtis, now Main Street,
and their wigwams stood on Joseph Dwelly's land. Here, too,
reHcs have been occasionally found, turned up by the plough.
On the land of Capt. Elisha Barrell, in the north-easterly part
of the town, and but a few rods distant from his bam, on the
knoll, stood the wigwam of George Toto, probably a son of Mercy
Toto, and sister of Rhoda, and perhaps of Sarah, who married
James StiH, in 1764. George's wife was Mary. He had no
children. The old well dug bfchim, in the low ground near his
hut, is still visible, in the midst of the bushes which surround it,
and even the chUdren of the neighborhood know it as Toto's well.
King Dick and Queen Daphne lived on Pine Island, so called,
situated on what is now Hanover Street. Dick requested Col.
John Bailey to write a letter for him to his friends, on the Cape,
and on being asked what he should write, replied, " King Dick
and Queen Daphne, ebery ting, ebery tmg."
It is said that there was an old Indian burial ground on this
island, and that, before the violent September gale of 1815, known
as the hurricane, the mounds covering the graves of those who
had been buried on the spot could be distinctly seen. Since then,
aU traces of them have disappeared.
There was another Indian burial ground, back of AssinippI Hall,
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52 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Thomas Simmons. This was used, if we have been rightly
informed, so late as the former part of the present century, and
some of our old people remember when the last burial took place
on the spot.
It is said that there was another burial ground, not far from
Rocky Swamp ; and perhaps there were others, in other parts of
the town.
Old Peter, an Indian, lived on land owned by Turner Stetson,
and married a black woman, who gave the name to the tract
known as Peg's Swamp. She resided, the latter part of her HfC)
in a house which stood where that of Albert Stetson stands, not
far from the Town House, and d. May 1, 1815, se. 87.
One John Fredericks, a Hessian, deserted from the British
Army, during the Revolution, came to Hanover, and married an
Indian woman named Joanna. A bounty being offered for the
detection and return of deserters, he was obliged to secrete him
self for a time In Plymouth woods, and on being asked by the
father of the present Zaccheus Estes, how he fared while there,
he replied, " if turkentine had been molasses, I should have done
very well."
The author has in his possession several reHcs of the Indians of
Hanover, and other parts of Plymouth County ; among which are
a, pipe, of clay, hard baked, and of a brownish color, a present
from Mr. David Mann ; — ¦ arrow and spear heads, the gifts of
different friends ; an axe or tomahawk, of a greenish color, and
fine finish, from Mr. John Gross, of South Scituate, and others from
other friends ; a pestle, 9 or 10 Inches long, and about 2 Inches
in diameter, a present from Mr. Seth Jones, of Pembroke ; and a
stone ball, perfectly round, and about the size of a four pound
cannon ball, which was picked up near the residence of Comet
Stetson, on the North River, on the occasion of a pilgrimage
made to the spot a few years since, when the author drank water
from the spring from whence his ancestor, more than two hundred
years ago, slaked his thirst, and gave his children to drink !
What changes have taken place since those days ! No longer
is the war-whoop heard, breakmg upon the stilhiess of the night,
arousing the father to arms, and causing the mother to clasp her
trembHng little ones closer in her embrace. Neither is the Hght

CHANGES. 53
canoe seen gliding down the Indian Head, or the North River, to
the sea. The deer and the wolf are gone. The ponds of Pem
broke, where Hobomok dwelt, no longer reflect upon their placid
bosoms the graceful forms of the Indian maidens, who came there
to bathe, and to sport hi the waters.
Even the rude dwelHngs of our ancestors are gone. Their for
tresses have long since perished. And every building, erected
two hundred years ago, has fallen to decay, and returned to the
dust. Yet the same sun shmes brightly upon us, by day, as upon
them. The same moon sheds down its clear and silvery light upon
our fields and homes. And the same stars sparkle above us !
Even the forests have changed. Here and there may be a scat
tering tree which saw the Hght when the pllgruns landed. The
brave old white oak, by Jacob's sawrmlU dam,
" Oft in moonlight by whose side
The Indian wooed his dusky bride,"
is one of these ; — also the two white oaks at Barstow's yard, on
the North River. But the mighty cedars, the giant pines, the
taU walnuts, with the spreading beech, the waving poplar, and the
graceful elm, all are gone. Trees of a recent growth alone
occupy the soU. One hundred and thirty summers, will probably
number the years of our most aged forest trees.
The hum of our grist miUs, the clatter of our tack-machines, or
the louder reverberations of the descending trip-hammer ; with the
noise of the saw, cutting Its Avay through thfe log ; the ring of the
blacksmith's hammer, upon the anvU ; the cheerful call of the
farmer, to his team, and the rumble of our wagons, along the road
to market, laden with boxes, and shoes, and the produce of the
farm ; — these are the sounds which now strike the ear ; — and the
spire of the church pointing to heaven, the vlUage school-house,
and our neatly painted dweUings, dottmg the sides of our streets ;
these are the signs of advancing civilization, and a manifest token
that man is subduing the earth to his dominion, and making the
elements his ministers; and though monuments of the past are
occasionally seen among us, connecting by visible Hnks what has
5eew with what is, yet these are only incentives to greater exer
tions, aad stimuH to prouder achievements !

CHAPTER IV.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
FIRST CHUECH.
" Before the loftier throne of Heaven,
The hand is raised, the pledge is given,
One monarch to obey, one creed to own —
That monarch, God, that creed, his word alone." Spkagtjb.
Provisions for the support of Public worship — Erection of the first meeting Itome
in Hanover — Its appearance — Gathering of the worshippers — Settlement of Mr.
Bass — Seating the house — Communion service — Insubordination of the youth
— Sternhold and Hopldns' Hymns — Decease of Mr. Bass — His character — Set
tlement of Mr. Baldwin — Gift of a parsonage — Erection of the second meeting
house — Its appearance — Decease of Mr. Baldwin — Sketch of his life — Attempt
to settle Mr. Litchfield — Settlement of Mr. Mellen — First Bell — Painting the
house, and other repairs — Withdrawal of Mr. Mellen — His decease — Sketch of
his life, and list of his publications — Settlement of Mr. Chaddock — Witlidrawal
— Sketch of his life— Settlement of Mr. Chapin — Sketch of his life — Settlement
of Mr. Smith — HiS life and writings — Erection of the third meeting house — Set
tlement of Mr. Duncan.
A portion of the Preamble to the " General Laws and Liberties
of New Plimouth Colony, published in 1671," sets forth, that
" Whereas the great and known end of the first comers, in the year
of our Lord 1620, leaving their dear Native Country, and all that
was dear to them there ; transporting themselves over the vast
Ocean Into this remote waste wilderness, and therein willingly con
flicting with Dangers, Losses, Hardships, and Distresses sore, and
not a few, was, that without offence, they under the protection of
their Native Prince, together with the enlargement of his Majes
ties Dominions, might, with the liberty of a good conscience, enjoy
the pure Scriptural Worship of God, without the mixture of
Humane Inventions and Impositions, And that there children
after them might walke in the Holy wayes of the Lord ; And
for which end they obtained leave from King James of happy

EARLY SETTLEMENT. 55
memory, and his Honourable Council, with further Graunts from
his Gracious Majesty Charles the first and his Honourable Coun
cil, by Letters Patent, for sundry Tracts of land, with many
Priviledges therein contained for their better incouragement to
proceed on in so Pious a Work, which may especially tend to the
propagation of Religion, &c., as by Letters Patents more at large
appeareth, and with further assurance also of the continuance of
our Liberties and Priviledges, both Civil and Religious, under the
Royal Hand and Seal of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the
Second ; And whereas by the good Hand of our God upon us
many others since the first comers are for the same pious end
come unto us, and sundry others rise up amongst us, desirous with
all good conscience to walk In the faith and order of the Gospel ;
whereby there are many churches gathered amongst us walking
according thereunto : And whereas ( by the Grace of God ) we
have now had near about Fifty Years Experience, of the good
consistency of these Churches, with Civil Peace and Order, and
also with Spiritual Edification, together with the welfare and tran
quility of this Government. It is therefore for the Honour of
God and the propagation of Religion, and the, continued welfare
of this Colony, Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof.
That the said Churches already gathered, or that shall hereafter
be orderly gathered, may and shall from time to time by this
Government be protected and encouraged, In their peaceable and
orderly walking, and the Faithful, Able, Orthodox, Teaching
Miolstry thereof, duly encouraged and provided for ; together with
such other Orthodox able Dispensers of the Gospel which shall or
may be placed in any Township in this Government where there Is
or may be a defect of Chm'ch Order."
From this, we see the views of our Pilgrim Fathers, and their
reverence for reHgion led to the enactment of many laws for its
regulation and support. Provisions were made for the support of
the ministry in every town of the Colony ; and no act of Incorpo
ration was granted, without containing a clause especially enjoin
ing the erection of a meeting house, and the settlement of a
" learned, pious, and orthodox minister."
After the junction of the two Colonies, Plymouth and Massa-
chusstts, hi 1692, the laws for the maintenance of the ministry,

56 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
and the erection of meeting-houses continued In force ; and accord
ingly. In the act Incorporating the town of Hanover, It is stipulated
as one of the conditions of the grant," that the Inhabitants of the
said Town of Hannover do within the space of Two years from the
Pubhcatlon of this act erect and finish a suitable house for the
Public Worship of God, and as soon as may be procure and settle
a learned Orthodox Minister of good conversation, and make
Provision for his comfortable and honourable support, and that
thereupon they be discharged from any Further Payment for the
maintenance of the ministry, &c., in the Towns of Scituate or
Abington, for any estate lying within the said Town of Hannover."
In pursuance of this proviso, one of the first steps taken by the
town, was to provide for the support of Public Worship ; and July
17, 1727, " Mr. Daniel Dwight was chosen to dispense the word
of God for three months,'" Amos Sylvester, and Thomas Josselynn
being chosen to treat with him for that purpose ; and £7 19s.
were subsequently voted him as a remuneration for his services.
Meetings were held at this time In private dwelHngs ; and that of
Mr. Samuel Stetson, being nearest to the centre of the town, and
most convenient for the pubHc accomodation, was principally
used, for which he was liberally paid.
August 29, ^60 were voted for the support of a minister, and
Isaac Buck, EHjah Cushing, and Joseph House were chosen to
provide one. Nov. 13, It was agreed " to erect a meeting
house at the most convenient place, by the road called the Drink
water road," and Elijah Bisbee, Joshua Turner, and Aaron Soule,
who were probably of Pembroke, were chosen to select the site,
and Job Otis was appointed to Inform them of the town's desire.
Dec. 13, " Voted that the size of the house be asfoUows : Length
48 feet ; width 38 feet; and height between joints 19 feet; — to
be completed by Oct. 1, 1728;" and Elijah . Cushing, Joseph
House, and Abner Dwelley were chosen a building committee,
they to have the house done in a workmanHke manner, but as
cheap as possible.
January 22, 1728, Isaac Bush was chosen agent to apply to
the town of Scituate for aid in erecting the new meetlno'-house ; a
1 Mr. D. seems to have preached in the town a few Sabbaths before its
incorporation.

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FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 67
subscription paper was circulated by him, on wlilch the sum of
.£90 was subscribed, but of which only £66 Is. 6d., were re
alised ; and it was agreed that the money thus obtained, should be
proportioned on the poUs and estates, towards defraying the
charges. Mr. Buck was also agent to apply to citizens of
Hanover for aid. Gifts of land were made, by John Cushing,
James CusMng, Job Otis, Nicholas Litchfield, Stephen Clapp, Senr. ,
and others, of Scituate ; Rev. Thomas Clapp, of Taunton ; and
Joseph Barstow, aSid Samuel Barstow, of Hanover ; the lots being
laid out for the town by Caleb Torrey, and Stephen Clapp, of
Scituate. The land on which the house was built. Is said to have
been given by Thomas Buck. Isaac Buck was the agent of the
town to receive the d^eds of the above lots.
March 3, 1728, the town voted to take their part of the Gov
ernment loan of "£60,000, "now in the Treasury at Boston,"
and Joseph Barstow, Benjamin Curtis, and Samuel Barstow, were
chosen to receive' the same, and to let it out towards paying the
carpenters. Gifts of lumber Were made by several persons, and
what was left, after the house was finished, was sold for the use of
the ministry. The whole cost of the house appears to have been
about £300.
This first meeting-house,, stood on the same spOt as the present
house, and continued In use until 1765, under the miolstry of Mr.
Baldwin, when the second house was built. No records exist
from which a correct idea of its appearance can be gained. An
old lady, Mrs. Perry, yet Hves iu Pembroke, bom In 1755, who
is now in her 98th year, and who was ten years of age when the
second house was erected, who has a distinct recoUection of that
event, but not of the looks of the original edifice. From the best
information I can gain, I learn that jt was a plaui structure, in ac
cordance with the slmpHcIty of the times, facing the South ; with
out steeple or chimney ; the windows glazed with diamond-shaped
glass ; the walls unplastered ; and unwarmed by stove or furnace ;
and here, for about forty years, the fathers of the town, with their
wives and Httle ones, gathered together, from Sabbath to Sabbath,
in summer's heat and winter's cold, listening devoutly to the minis
trations of the Word of God, and chanting, to the quaint, old
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58 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
fashioned tunes of the day, Sternhold and Hopkins' hymns, dea.
coned off to them Hne by line.
I seem to see them now ; — the fathers, with broad-brunmed
hats, turned up into three corners, with loops at the sides ; long
coats,with large pocket folds and cuffs, and without coHars, — the
buttons, either plated, or of pure silver, and of the size of a
half-dollar ; shirts, with bosoms and wrist ruffles, and with gold or
silver buttons at the wrist, united by a link ;' the neckcloth, or
scarf, of fine white Unen, or figured stuff, broidered, with the ends
hanging loosely on the breast ; the breeches close, with silver
buckles at the knee, of goodly size ; the legs covered with grey
stockings ; boots, with broad, white tops, or shoes, with straps and
silver buckles ; — the mothers, with black silk or satin bonnets ;
gowns, extremely long-waisted, with tight sleeves, or else very
short sleeves, with an immense frill at the elbow ; and high-heeled
shoes ; — these mounted upon the " family horse," — for carriages
were unknown In those days, — the father in front, and the " gude
wife" seated on a pilHon behind ; the children, either on foot,
or in the " horse cart," with a goodly store of bread and cheese, or
doughnuts and apple pie, for the noon lunch ; all moving sedately
along, with becoming gravity, and decorous deportment, towards
the " ancient temple;" and on arriving at the house, the husband,
assisting the wife to dismount upon the bank-wall, ip. the rear of
the building ; and she, with the children, passing quietly in at the
door ; whilst the horse Is hitched to the post, and the father also
walks in, and sits near the door of the pew. In accordance with the
custom estabhshed ia times of danger, when sudden attacks from
the Indians were feared ; and over the house stillness reigns, until
the minister, with ample gown, and powdered wig, walks up the
aisle, and mounts the long flight of stairs leaduig to his desk, from
which, as from a tower, high above his hearers, with the sounding
board over his head, to convey the sonorous tones of his voice to
his flock, he dispenses to them the word of life, and bears up their
pr^^yers to the throne of God .!
The first minister settied In the town, was the Rev. Benjamin
¦1 Mr. Samuel Brooks, on Main Street, has ia his possession, specimens
of the buttons here referred to, and also of the knee buckles.

ORDINATION OF MR. BASS. 59
Bass, son of Joseph and Mary Bass, of Braintree, and a descen
dant of Samuel Bass, who, with his wife Anne, and one or two
young children, came to New England in 1630, and settled first
in Roxbury, and afterwards In that part of Braintree now Quincy.'
Benjamin was bom in 1694, graduated at Harvard CoUege in 1715,
and settled In Hanover in 1728.
August 27, 1728, Benjamin Curtis, Elijah Cushing, WilHam
WithereU, Thomas Josselynn, and Benjamin Curtis, Jr., were
chosen " to advise with the neighboring ordained ministers as the
law directs, in order for the settlement of the Rev. Benjamiu Bass
in the work of the ministry ;" and subsequently the sum of £130
per annum, after the rate of silver money, at 16s. per oz., was
voted as his salary.
Nov. 23, 1728, it was voted to ordain Mr. Bass to the work of
the ministry ; and Amos Sylvester was chosen to provide enter
tainment for the council.
The ordination took place Dec. 11th ; the 4th of the month
having been observed as a day of Fasting and Prayer, and the
Church, consisting of 10 ( male ? ) members, besides the pastor,
being formed on the 6th. Rev. Mr. EeUs, of Scituate, and Rev.
Mr. Lewis, of Pembroke, were present and assisted in the services
on the day of Fasting.
The ceremonies of the Ordination are thus given on the Church
Records : " Dec. 11, 1728, Benjamin Bass, A. M., was, by
prayer and fasting, with imposition of the hands of the Presbytery,
ordained a pastor of the Church, the Rev. Mr. Eells, of Scituate,
Mr. Lewis, of Pembroke, Messrs. Hobart and Gay, of Hingham,
and Mr. Checkley, of Boston, laid on hands ; Mr. Gay began
with prayer ; Mr. Checkley preached ; Mr. Eells,gave the charge ;
and Mr. Lewis the right hand of feUowshlp."
The-house being completed, and a minister settled, next In Im
portance was the " seating the worshippers." From a report
made Nov. 31, 1728, it appears that there was room in the house
for 31 pews, valued at £10 each, or £310 in all. But, the record
proceeds to say, "as it is usual and commendable that there
should be dignities, we generally vote and allow for the same ;
that therefore we vote that the highest pew in dignity should be
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60 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
valued at £15, and the next £14 10s., and so proportionaUy
lower, until we come down to those pews which are of no difference
in dignity, and then proportionable to each man's rates, either by
a general vote, or lots, to take In the more people into each pew,
so valued or prized, as shaU amount to the money ;" and Joseph
Stockbridge, John Hatch, and WUHam WithereU, were chosen' to
proportion the pews according to these votes. Their action not
being entirely satisfactory, June 29, 1730, voteswere passed anew
" to proportion the pews to make all persons easy, and to take In
those that were left out ;" a committee of seven was chosen to
attend to this duty, and their doings were confirmed Aug. 31.
Although the mention of dignities may cause some to smile, yet
substantiaUy the same custom prevaUs In our own day, certain
seats, in all our churches, being deemed more fashionable, and
more valuable, than others.
January 10, 1728-9. At a church meeting, it was " voted to
raise money. by contribution to provide utensUs for the Lord's
table ;" and by the 30th of the month, were bought, and brought
to town, " three Pewter Tankards, marked C. T., of 10s. price
each ; five Pewter Beakers, costing 3s. 6d. each, and marked C.
B. ; two Pewter Platters, marked C. P. ; a Pewter Basin for
baptisms ; and a Cloth for the communion table." The commu
nion was celebrated, for the first time, March 2, 1729, and the
first service plate continued in use untU 1768, and Oct. 30th of
that year, the Church received a present of " four silver cups for
the communion table, by order, and at the expense of Deacon
Stockbridge, the cost of each cup at £25, old tenor, and each
having this inscription. The Gift of Deacon Joseph Stock-
bridge TO the Church of Christ in Hanover, 1768." For
this present, the thanks of the Church were voted.
January 8,* 1786. Two silver cups for the communion table
were received, " a Legacy from Deacon Thomas Josselynn, cost
£7 4s., and recorded as a token of gratitude, and to perpetuate
the memory of the Benefaction."
The tankards and fiagons are stUl In the possession, and these,
with the silver cups above referred to, constitute the present com
munion service, of the church.

insubordination of the youth. 61
Not long after the erection of the meeting-house, the juvenile
portion of the town, not havuig the fear of the law before their
eyes, began to manifest a disposition to violate the fourth com
mandment, by congregating In the school-house, and other acts of
insubordination ; and March 1, 1734, It was " voted that the
schoolmaster should lock up the school-house on Saturday's, to
keep people out Lord's day ;" and March 1, 1741, It was " voted
that David Curtis look after the boys and negroes in the school-
house on Sabbath days ;" also, " voted Thomas Wilkes and
Joshua Studley to look after the meeting-house Sabbath days, to
keep the boys in order." Oct. 29, 1746, " Appointed Jacob
Bailey to take care of the school-house for four months next com
ing, and to have fuU power to prosecute any person that shall
presume forcibly to break Into the school-house on the Lord's day."
This propensity to mischief, however, was not confined simply
to tumultuous gatherings in the school-house, and disorderly con
duct in the meeting-house ; for other demonstrations, in the shape
of broken windows, and shattered doors, attested their skill In the
old-fashioned sport of casting stones ; and votes for re-setting glass,
and repairing locks, duly recorded, stUl bear testimony to these
deeds of wantonness. But we are not to suppose that the youth
of Hanover were more given to such proceedings than those of
other towns. PubHc records, generally, show more or less of such
outbreaks and damages in aU towns. Nor need we be surprised
at the character of these offences, for even In our own days, the
school-house, and the meeting-house, are not exempt from such
visitations, and the winds shrieking mournfully through shattered
panes, seem like ghosts, lamenting the desolations of Zion, and the
desecration of the Sanctuary. This Vandal spirit should ever be
deprecated ; for not only is it irreverent, but a sure sign of iU-
breeding, and a state of semi-civiUzation.
1742, May 7. " The church took a vote to see if the Society
would sing In the new way, and it passed in the afiirmative, nem.
eon. Then being desired to bring in their votes for a Tuner, Mr.
Ezekiel Turner was chosen by a considerable majority." Previous
to this, singing, in most, if not aU the New England churches, had
been strictly congregational, the fines of the hymns being read off
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62 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
sing, joined in the performance. By this vote, Sternhold and
Hopkins' version of the Psalms was rejected, and Tate and Brady's
adopted. 1748, April 8. £14 15s. were collected, " to buy good books
with, to lend to such of the Society as stand In need of them, and
would be glad to read them." With the above money, says Mr.
Bass, " I bought in less than a week, a parcel of books, whose
Titles, Authors, and Price in Old Tenor, may be met with In a
book which is an exposition of the Epistle to the Colosslans, by
Nicholas Byfield."
The ministry of Mr. Bass, which was quiet and undisturbed,
passed peacefully on, untU termmated by his death, which took
place May 23, 1756, m the 63d year of his age, after a settle
ment of 27 years, 5 months, and 15 days, during which period 83
persons joined the church, and 588 were baptised.
The remains of Mr. Bass, with those of his wife, who died Feb.
25, 1772, He in the south-east corner of the old burying ground ;
and the grave stones, which mark the spot, are stiU in a state
of tolerable preservation, though that of Mr. Bass appears to
have been broken, and re-set. The inscriptions on the same
are simple, and can be easily deciphered.
Our materials, for a sketch of the life of this first servant of the
Church, are quite scanty. In vain have we sought for some
notice of his career in the papers of that day. From his writings,
he appears to have been a man marked more by common sense,
than by brilliancy of diction, withal a Httle inclined to facetlous-
ness, yet open-hearted, and frank, and laboring . diligently for the
welfare of his people. He was often consulted by neighboring
Churches, and acted as Moderator in Ecclesiastical CouncUs;'
and, in the mIdsFof the excitement which prevaUed, during the
latter years of his ministry, occasioned by the preaching of White-
field, and the rise of the " New Lights," as they were termed, he
preserved his own hold on the good-wiU of his Society, and left
his people In a state of as great prosperity as was enjoyed In any
of the adjoining towns. His habits were simple, and his manner
of living frugal and unostentatious ; yet his was ever a hospitable
board, to which his parishioners and friends were cordlaUy wel-
1 Winsor, Hist. Duxbury, 196, and 199.

SETTLEMENT OF MR. BALDWIN. 63
comed. He took great interest in the children of his parish, and
never passed a child, in the road, without noticing it. And the
chUdren so loved him, that whenever they saw him approaching,
they would arrange themselves In a row, and, as he drew near,
greet him, with bows, and curtesies, while smiles of joy iUumlned
then- faces. His grandson, EHsha, has, at his house, the wedding
dress of Mrs. Bass, which was a cream colored, brocade silk, of
considerable beauty, — also a sUk apron, of a sage color. A
lady, whom I saw there, Oct. 18,1852, Informs me, as anlUustra-
tlon of Mr. B's facetiousness, that having received an invitation
to settle at Eel River, Plymouth, and on being asked if he should
accept, he repHed, " No, Eel River may do for small fish, but it Is
not large Enough for a Bass."
After the decease of Mr. Bass, Ezekiel Turner, Esq., Joseph
House, and Michael Sylvester, were chosen a committee by the
town, June 14, 1756, to join a committee chosen by the Church,
" to supply the pulpit with preaching ;" and Aug. 30th, the
Church having laid before the town their choice of Mr. Samuel
Baldwin for their pastor, the town concurred In the choice, and
voted as his salary £73 6s. 8d., lawful money. Mr. B. declining
to settle for this sum. It was voted, Oct. 11th, to give him £80
lawful money, and to build him, within the space of 18 months,
" a dweUiag-house 40 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 17 feet be
tween joints, with two stacks of chimneys, a plain roof, with a
suitable number of windows with crown glass, and to be painted
inside and outside, such a color or colors as shall be agreeable to
his mind, and to build and finish under the house a cellar 30 feet
long, and 14 feet wide, pomted, &c., and every thing, both inside
and outside, both wood work, iron work, and jglners' work, with
two Bofatts (cupboards) and as many closets In said house as
may be convenient, aU to be done to the turning of a key, and to
be underpinned In a suitable manner, to the acceptance of the
said Mr. Baldwin, and this to be a free gift as a settiement, to
which proposal Mr. B. gave his answer in the afiirmative."
Feb. 7, the dimensions of the house were altered to 38 by 32 feet ;
and it was voted to pay for the buUdIng in money, and to give
Joseph Curtis £160, lawful money, for buUding and completing it.
March 5, 1759, Mr. Baldwin acknowledged the receipt of the
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64 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
October 18, 1756, " Voted that Mr. Baldwin be ordained
Dec. 1, If the Thanksgiving be not on that week, but if it is, the
ordination to be on the second Wednesday of said December."
Also, " Voted to give Captain Joseph Josselynn £16, in lawful
money, to provide handsome and suitable entertainment for the
ordination, and he agreed to do It for that sum."
The ordination took place Dec. 1 ; " the Rev. Messrs. Gay, of
Hhigham, Cook, of Sudbury, Storer, of Watertown, Smith, of
Pembroke, and Swift, of Acton, laying on hands. Mr. Smith
prayed, Mr. Cook preached, Mr. Gay gave the charge, Mr. Storer
the right hand of fellowship, and Mr. Swift offered the last prayer.
The churches or pastors sent to besides the above, were Wales, of
Marshfield, Hitchcock, of Pembroke, Woodward, of Weston, Dodge,
of Abington, and Barnes, of Scituate."
Under the ministration of Mr. Baldwin, the meeting-house was
soon filled ; and accordingly, June 25, 1764, it was voted, to open
the same "In two parts, and to put In a new piece In the middle
of 13 or 14 feet in length." This vote was reconsidered, October
22, and it was then voted to build a new house, of the foUowIng
dimensions : — " 62 feet in length, 43 in width, and 22 feet
between joints, according to the plan in the office of the Town
Clerk. "
At the same time. It was voted, that " each person enjoy their
pews as heretofore, only giving way for the new additional pews
to be built ; " and the Committee was empowered to "dispose of
the old meeting-house, and the new additional pew room, to the
undertaker or undertakers of the meeting-house aforesaid, or" to
any other person or persons, In part of pay for the work aforesaid."
Mr. Joseph Tolman, was the contractor for the erection of the new
house ; and May 20, 1765, It was voted" to have a steeple to the
meeting-house, provided the money for the same can or shaU be
raised by subscription. "
This steeple was built ; and the new house was erected on the
site of the old one. It stood facing the South, and the roof
pitched North and South. At the East end, was the women's
porch, extending from the ground, to the eaves, and projecting
from the buUding, a few feet; In the entry, was the stairway leaduig
to the gaUery, and overhead, the powder room, In which the town's

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SECOND CENTRAL MEETING HOUSE.

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PRESENT CENTRAL MEETING HOUSE.
second MEETING HOUSE. 65
stock of powder was kept, during the Revolution. The men's
porch, was at the West end, also projecting from the building, and
risuig above the eaves, with a long, tapering spire, or steeple, sur
mounted with a vane. This spire was removed about 1784, when
a beU was presented to the society by Mr. Josselynn, and a new
steeple, with a suitable belfry, was erected.
Within, the waUs were plastered, the pews square, the gaUeries
spacious, and the accommodations for the worshippers comfortable
and decent. The author does not know of any house now stand
ing, from which a perfect idea of this ancient tabernacle could be
obtained. Perhaps in internal arrangement, the old meeting
house in Carver, near the residence of John Savary, Esq., may be
considered as an approximation to that of the second house In
Hanover, though externally, the porches and steeple are wanting.
It is said, that, whUe this house was being erected, meetings were
held in a pine grove, near by, and here, Mr. Baldwin's daughter
Hannah was baptised.
The affairs of the society, from this time forward, until the war
of the Revolution commenced, continued in a state of quiet pros
perity, and the salary of Mr. Baldwin was paid regularly and
promptly ; but the derangement in the finances of the country In
troduced by that struggle, led to difficulties in many religious
societies, and, finally, to a dissolution of the connexion, which had
so long and so happUy subsisted, between Mr. Baldwin, and the
society In Hanover. On the Church records, under date of Nov.
28, 1779, is the foUowmg entry by Mr. Baldwin himself: " I
preached a fareweU sermon to the people of Hanover for the want
ot support, and on the 8th March following, I asked a dismission
for the want of support, which they granted, and it was confirmed
by a vote of the town."
Mr. Baldwin remained with the society 23 years, B months, and
3 days, durmg which period, 107 persons joined the Church, and
632 were baptised. As a pastor, his services gave general satis
faction, and as a preacher, his talents were not only highly re
spectable, but his manuscripts evince that he was a ready and
eloquent writer, and his discourses display good judgment, keen
perceptions, and strong common sense.
Mr. Baldwin early espoused the cause of America, in the strug
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66 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
of the Revolution, took a deep and anxious Interest in his country's
success. He officiated as a Chaplain in the Army, and gave eloquent ex
hortations to his own fiock at home, and to the minute men of the
town ; and, so completely was he absorbed In this work, that the
intensity of his devotion, joined with other causes, affected his mind,
and for a period of four years, previous to his decease, he was
partiaUy deranged, and under the faithful care of his devoted
wife. It Is said that on one occasion, during this period, a neighbor.
Miss Studley, caUed at the parsonage, to converse with Mrs. Bald
win, upon the events of the war, not then wholly closed. Mr. B.
lay on his bed, apparently unmindful of what they were saying, in
his usual state of apathy and indifference. Suddenly he arose,
left the room, went to his study, and returned with the manuscript
of a discourse which he had delivered to the minute men, and,
standing in the doorway, he deliberately read It from beginning to
end. Mrs. B. was rejoiced, thinking the balance of his mind was
about to be restored. But when he had finished his reading, he
carried the manuscript back, returned, and laid himself on the
bed In silence.
His death took place December 1, 1784, about one year after
peace was declared ; and his remains, with those of his wife. He In
the old burial-ground ; grave stones having been erected to
their memory, by vote of the town, March 9, 1796.
I have been able to learn of but one of his productions that was
printed,' — his address before the Pilgrim Society, delivered In
1775. The house in which Mr. Baldwin Hved is stUl standing, on Han
over Street, not far from the residence of the late Dr. Joshua
Studley ; and It Is a fair specimen of the style of buUding here one
hundred years ago. It is stiU in decent repair, and promises yet
to stand for many years, a memorial of the past, and one of the
few reHcs of olden time, becoming rarer every year.
After the withdrawal of Mr. Baldwin, several candidates for the
pastorship of the society were heard, and some time elapsed before
a settlement was effected.
Rev. Joseph Litchfield, subsequently of York, Maine, a de-

SETTLEMENT OF MR. MELLEN. 67
scendant of Lawrence Litchfield, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, was
one of these candidates ; and a caU' was given him, with a salary of
" £90 per annum, in silver money, at 6s. per dollar, or gold
equivalent, or in paper biUs at tie rate or value the General Court
or Assembly shall settie the same, and 12 cords of firewood at his
door, within a mUe from the meetuig-house ; " and December 27,
1780, was fixed upon as the day for his orduiation ; Capt. Joseph
Soper to provide entertainment for the CouncU. The CouncU
met, and, it is said, were in session two or three days ; but Mr.
L. was not ordained, many of the society being opposed to
his settlement. Tradition says, that the objections urged against
him were of the most trifiing character ; — one being, that he wore
stockings, " footed up " with yam of a different color from that In
the " tops ;." and this was " beneath the dignity of the clerical of
fice ; " ¦^- and the second, and perhaps the most frivolous of the
two, affirming, that, on a certain occasion, in making a call, instead
of entering the yard by the gate, as a clergyman should have
done, he " clambered over the raUs of the fence, much to the
lowering of the dignity of his profession. "
We suspect, however, that political, or other differences, were
the real grounds of objection against him.
But though not settled when first called, a second attempt was
made to effect that object ; which resulted as before, in his rejection
and withdrawal.
FInaUy, after hearing several other candidates, to some of whom
a caUwas given, a more unanimous request was sent, in 1783, to
the Rev. John Mellen, of Sterling, to come and labor among them ;
and this caU was successful. He was settled in Hanover, Feb
ruary 11, 1784 ; Capt. Joseph Soper making the entertainment for
the CouncU. " Six churches were sent to on the occasion, but
Cambridge failed by reason of the aged and Reverend Dr. Ap-
pleton's death on the same week. Rev. Mr. Hitchcock, of Pem
broke, gave the charge ; Rev. Mr. Bames, of Scituate, the right
hand of feUowship ; his son. Rev. Mr. MeUen, of Barnstable, preach
ed the sermon ; Rev. Mr. Prentiss, of Reading, began with prayer ;
and Rev. Mr. NUes, of Abmgton, concluded. Anthems were sung
by the choir, on entering and leaving the Meeting house. "
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68 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
tion of $100, which they agreed " should go towards buymg a
bell, if there can be enough subscribed to make up the rest; " and
November 29, 1785, thebeU was purchased, of Col. Aaron Hobart,
of Abington, and a committee of twenty, " with aU the rest of the
town that see cause to assist," were chosen to "hang It." '
This beU was broken, not long after, through want of skUl on
the part of the person appointed to ring It ; was re-cast, and when
re-hung, December 18, 1788, Dea. Bass, Dea. Bobbins, andBen-
jamin Stetson were chosen to " give the sexton directions how to
ring the bell. "
In 1789, it was voted to paint the meetmg-house ; " the walla
to be stone yeUow, the roof Spanish brown, and the corner boards
and window frames and sashes white." May 30, 1791, "Voted
to give Capt. Timothy Rose, £3, to take care of, and sweep and
sand the meeting house, and ring the beU the present year."
October 14, 1793, a Committee chosen " to get the meeting
house underpinned, and to procure a stock lock for the door. "
June 9, 1797, a Committee was chosen to seat the singers ; and
alterations were made in the house to provide for their accommo
dation. The same year, $300 were voted as the salary of Mr.
Mellen, and from that time forward, his salary was paid In Federal,
instead of Sterling, currency. In 1802, the beU was re-hung ; and
in 1803, Capt. Albert Smith presented to the town a number of
Lombardy poplar trees, which were set out near the meeting
house. Not one of these Is now standing. The last was cut
down, a few years sinc.e,by Mr. Samuel Stetson.
The ministry of Mr. MeUen was terminated, by the infirmities
of age. In 1805, and he removed to Reading, Massachusetts, where
he closed his long and useful life, in the house of his daughter, the
reHct of Caleb Prentiss, July 4, 1807, aged 85.
His Hfe was an eventful one. He was born in Hopklnton,
March 14, 1722, and graduated at Harvard CoUege, In 1741,
teaching school the same year for £85, at Sudbury. ' He was
ordained the first pastor of the church In Sterling, December 19,
1744, where he continued, probably at the head of the clergy of
Worcester County, untU November 14, 1774. His connexion
with this society, which had continued for thirty years, was dis-
iBarry's History of Pramingham, p. 328.

OPINIONS OF MR. MELLEN. 69
solved, in consequence of disputes, occasioned by his endeavors to
medntaln what he considered the true discipline of the churches,
and by his adoption of doctruial sentiments, not wholly ui accord
ance with those generaUy prevaihng at the time. " He with others,
as tradition says, had sensibly departed from the standard
of faith that had been generally received In the New England
Churches, and had extended his speculations In such a manner, as
to give great offence to some who had not pursued the same course
of reasoning. In 1756, he dehvered an eloquent series of dis
courses addressed to parents, chUdren, and youth, which contained
sentiments highly obnoxious to many of his brethren In the min
istry. These were pubHshed, and wer^ extremely weU received
by his people. In the unguarded hours of social conversation, too,
he, as was weU understood, rejected many of the articles of the
popiUar faith. Nor were his people dissatisfied with him on this
account, but rather for publicly co-operating In the censure of
those doctruies which it was supposed he embraced as the truth of
the gospel. It was now understood by some of the most InteUi
gent of the parish, that their minister was verging towards doc
trines that he had pubHcly disclaimed. In 1765, he published a
volume of sermons on the doctruies of Christianity. These con
tained a learned system of scholastic theology, maintaining a middle
course between the two extreme^ of Calvinism and Armlnlanism.
Upon some pf the controverted points it is not easy to understand
which side his speculations favor most. The volume Is highly
creditable to his memory as a scholar and a theologian, and when
pubHshed was considered an acquisition to the Hterature of the
country. When his people produced their aUegatlons against him
in 1773, they urged but few instances of false doctrines, and of
these he fuUy exculpated himself before a councU. The principal
charge of this character was, that he had said that God was the
author of sin. The sermon was produced where it was said to be
contained. He stated that he had never held this doctrine in its
gross sense, but only that sin was by permission, &c. The councU
cleared him, as his church had previously. " He is described,
in the work from which we have just quoted, as a man " HberaUy
endowed by nature with a strong and energetic mind, which was
iSeean elaborate article in the Worcester Magazine, Vol. 2. p. 213, &o.

70 HISTORY 'OF HANOVER.
highly Improved by dUigent and successful cultivation, and he ob
tained a high* rank as a preacher and scholar."
Besides the volume of doctrinal Sermons, to which we have al
ready referred, and his sermons to parents, &c., his other published
works, were, a Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. J. Palmer, 1753 ;
— a Discourse at a General Muster, 1756 ; — on the Mortal Sick
ness among his People, 1756 ; — on the Conquest of Canada, 1760;
— on the Death of Sebastian Smith, 1763 ; — ReHgion productive
of Music, at Marlboro', 1773 ; — a Sermon at the Ordmatlon of
Rev. Levi Whitman, 1785 ; — a Discourse before a Lodge of
Freemasons, 1793 ; — and a Thanksgiving Sermon, 1795. i
A few of these, as wIU be seen by the dates, were delivered
after his settlement In Hanover. He is spoken of here, with much
affection, by his old parishioners ; and was a man of sociable habits,
lively in conversation, fond of a jest, and of ardent feelings.
Many anecdotes are related of his ministry ; but we have already
extended our sketch as far as will be generally interesting, or we
should be happy to Introduce them.
October 21, 1805, " Voted to repair the bass viol, and ike
singers' seats."
July 23, 1806, Rev. Calvin Chaddock, late of Rochester, was
installed as pastor of the Society ; the entertainment being pro
vided by Lemuel Dwelly, at an expense of $125. Seven churches
were sent to on the occasion ; five only attended. • Rev. Mr.
Strong, of Randolph, offered the InstaUing Prayer ; Rev. Mr.
NUes, of Abington, preached the sermon, and offered the conse
crating prayer; Rev. Mr. Barker, of MIddleboro', delivered the
charge ; Rev. Mr. Norton, of Weymouth, the right hand of feUow
shlp ; and Rev. Mr. Richards, of Halifax, offered the concluding
prayer." During the ministry of Mr. Chaddock, the Academy
was buUt, of which we shall speak In our Chapter on Education ;
and of this Academy, Mr. C. had the charge, untU his removal
from the place. In 1818, after a settlement of 12 years. He is
spoken of as a ready preacher, a man of great natural eloquence,
fluent In speech, and one whose discourses were generally
popular. In the possession of his son, Mr. Ebenezer N. Chaddock,
of Boston, Is a large sized painting, containing a Hkeness of Mr. C,
1 Allen's Biographical Dictionary, and Worcester Magazine.

MR. CHADDOCK — MR. CHAPIN. 71
and of his wife, and three of his chUdren, executed nearly 50
years since, by Arad Thompson, and representing him in the atti
tude of imparting instruction to the children.
Mr. Alden, one of the pupils at his school, says of him, that,
" with a mind richly gifted by the Father of Spirits, he possessed
a native, simple, and truly genuine eloquence. His bosom, a
fountain of the tenderest sympathies spontaneously gushing forth,
moved bim often and copiously " to weep with them that weep."
To the afflicted — to the mourner In Zion — his words of consola
tion were the breathings of angeHc sweetness ; while the truth of
God heard from his Hps in tones of deepest solemnity, thrUled the
hearts of assembled multitudes. " Of Hke passions with others
— by no means faultiess — yea, even speciaUy " compassed with
infirmity," — yet In conflict with his spiritual foes " he was more
than a conqueror." The peaceful close of his useful life was pass
ed on the sunny plains of Western Virginia. WhUe passing up
the beautiful Ohio, of a pleasant summer's morning, many years
since, I was providentially thrown in company with some of those
who enjoyed his last ministrations ; and thus, from the Hps of his
personal friends, I received the animating account of his final exit
from earth, in the triumph of the Christian faith.'"
Rev. Seth Chapui, the sixth Pastor, was the son of Seth and
Eunice Chapin, of Mendon, Mass. ; and was born June 25, 1783.
His father was an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and was
stationed, a portion of the time. In Rhode Island ; being engaged
in SuUivan's celebrated expedition. The son pursued his studies,
preparatory for CoUege, under the Rev. Dr. Crane, of Uxbridge,
entered Brown University, in 1804, graduated in 1808, studied
Theology at Andover, which place he left in 1811 ; and In Novem
ber of that year, was installed as pastor of the Church in HUlsboro',
N. H. Here he remained until 1816 ; and the foUowmg three
years were spent in Rowley, Mass., Mansfield, Conn., and else
where. In 1819, he was settled in Hanover, and remained untU
1824, after which he preached in East Haddam, Conn., Hunter,
N. Y., Attleboro', Mass., and GranviUe, Mass. In 1845, he
relinquished the duties of his profession, and engaged in agrlcul-
1 Letter, in the Pamphlet giving an account of the Exercises at the Dedi
cation of the New Academy, p. 12.

72 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
tural pursuits, with such ardor, and success, hi the language of
his son, as to " have the pleasure of matching the wonderful
Georgic transformation, and saw,
" Ingens
Exiit ad coelum ramis felicibus arbos
Miraturque novas fondes et non sua poma.''
He married Mary BickneU, second daughter of the Hon. Joshua
BIcknell, of Barrlngton, May 28, 1810, — her father having been,
" for more than 50 years, prominent in the councUs of the State;
and a man of such unflinching political integrity as to have
received the title of " old Aristides." By this marriage he had
two sons, the elder of whom, Henry, graduated at Brown Uni
versity, in 1835, received the degree of L.L.B., at Harvard
CoUege, In 1838, and Is settled as a Physician, in Providence^
Rhode Island. The younger son, read law with the Hon. A. C.
Greene, of Rhode Island, and settled in Alabama, where he died
September 11, 1836, at the early age of 21. Mr. Chapin, the
father, died In Providence, Rhode Island, AprU 19, 1850, se 67.
His widow survives, and is residing with her son. In Provi
dence. As a preacher, Mr. Chapin was earnest, and faithful ; his
discourses being instructive, and copiously iUustrated. As a
scholar, he was dUigent, and studious ; and several of his occasional
productions were published. He was successful in his caUing ; a
man of usefulness, and indomitable perseverance ; and he left be
hind him a good name, as an inheritance for his surviving son.
Rev. Ethan Smith, the 7th pastor, " was born hi Belchertown,
Mass., Dec. 16, 1762, and while young, was a soldier for one
summer In the Revolutionary War, and was at West Point when
the traitor Amold sold that fortress to the British. Having
attended to the prepai-atory studies, he entered Dartmouth Col
lege in 1785, and graduated In 1790. Soon after taking his
degree, he was Hcensed to preach, and spent the first Sabbath of
October, 1790, at HaverhUl, N. H., where he was first settled In
the ministry. In about a year from that time, he was married to
Bathsheba Sandford, second daughter of Rev. David Sandford,
of Medway, Mass. He remained at HaverhUl lune years, and
was then dismissed for want of support. He was instaUed m the

MR. smith's WRITINGS. 73
mmistry at Hopklnton, N. H., March 12, 1800, and continued there
about eighteen years, during sixteen of which he was Secretary
of the New Hampshire Missionary Society. He was afterwards
settled at Hebron, N. Y., about four years ; at Poultney, Ver
mont, about five years ; at Hanover, Mass., five years ; and then
spent a season as a city missionary in Boston. His pubHcationa
were, 1. A Dissertation on the Prophecies, two editions ; 2. A View
of the Trinity, two editions ; 3. A View of the Hebrews, two editions ;
4. Lectures on the Subjects and Mode of Baptism, two editions ;
5. A Key to the figurative Language of the Bible ; 6. Memoirs
of Mrs. AbigaU BaUey ; 7. A Key to the Revelation, 2 editions ;
8. Prophetic Oatechism; 9. Two Sermons on Episcopacy;
10. FareweU Sermon at HaverhUl, N. H. ; 11. First Sermon
after installation at Hopklnton ; 12. Two Sermons on the Vain
Excuses of Sinners, preached at Washington, N. H. ; 13. Ser
mon on the Moral Perfection of God, preached at Newburypoft,
Mass. ; 14. Sermon on the daughters of Zion excelling, preached
before a Female Cent Society; 15. Sermon on the happy Transi
tion of Saints, preached at the funeral of Mrs. Jemima, con'tio of
Rev. Dr. Harns, of Dunbarton ; 16. Sermon at the ordination of
Rev. Stephen Martlndale, at Tinmouth, Vermont ; an 1 17. Ser
mon at the ordination of Rev. Harvey Smith, at Weybridge,
Vermont. His children were Myron, born at HaverhUl, N. H.,
1794, and died 1818, aged 24 ; Lyndon Arnold, born at Haver
hUl, 1795, graduated at Dartmouth Co'^ege, married a daughter
of Rev. Dr. Griffin, and settled as a physician, In Newark, N. J. ;
Stephen Sanford, bom at Haverhill, 1797, and settled as pastor of
the Congregational Church, Westminster, Mass. ; Laura, who
died in infancy ; Carlos, bom in Hopklnton, 1801, graduated at
Union College, and settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Church
in MassUlon, Ohio ; Grace Fletcher, wife of Rev. Job H. Martin,
died in HaverhUl, Mass., 1840 ; Sarah Towne, second wife of
Rev. J. H. Martin, of New York ; Harriet, wife of WUHam H.
Sanford, of Boylston, Mass. ; and EUen, wife of C. B. Sedgwick,
Esq., of Syracuse, died May 23, 1846, aged 33. The wife of
Mr. Smith, died in Pompey, N. Y., April 5, 1835, aged 64. He
was Uving, in 1847, in Boylston, Mass.," but has since deceased.'
I See a communication in the N. E. Gen. Keg., for 1847, p. 182 et seq.
6

74 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
During the ministry of Mr. Smith, the second meeting-house
was torn down, and the third, or present house erected ; which
stands in the centre of the town, facing the East, and is a modest
structure, surmounted by a steeple, and in the belfry hangs the
old bell, given by Mr. JoS3elynn, In 1785, and re-cast in 1788.
Rev. Abel G. Duncan, the present pastor of the Society, grad
uated at the Bangor Theological Seminary, in 1828, was settled
for four years at Jackson and Brooks, Maine, and was Installed In
Hanover, August 22, 1833. He has proved himself a faithful
minister, and an exceUent citizen ; having had the honor to Rep
resent the town, for six years, in the State Legislature, and having
been, for many years. Chairman of the School Committee.
The Central Society, like all others that have been long estab
lished, has seen Its days of prosperity, and its days of adversity.
As the oldest society in the town. It has enjoyed great advantages,
and has done much to maintain the ordinances of the gospel. We
are happy to say that the annals of the Town are but Httle stained
with the records of protracted controversies, and bitter animosities.
A few such unpleasant memorials occur, but we have chosen to
l&ave them unnoticed, rather than to make our pages the vehicle
of perpetuating events of so Httle consequence in themselves, and
so unprofitable to the present, or to future generations. The vir
tues of our fathers, should ever be remembered. And among
these, by no means the least conspicuous, are their reverence for
God, their zeal for his worship, and their devotion to the interests
of learning and piety. May we, their chUdren, endeavor to follow
them In everything good, and may we transmit, to our children,
blessings as great as have descended to us from them.

CHAPTER V.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY CONTINUED.
" In vestment white, the minister of God
Opens the book, and reverentially
The stated portion reads." GKAhame.
" I cannot go,
Where UNrvEKSAL lovb not smiles around."
Thomson.
" To his great baptism flocked,
With awe the regions round." Milton.
Establishment of St. Andrews Church in Scituate — ^First Meeting house — Mr.
Dayenport's ministry — Mr. Brockwell's— Mr. Thompson's — Sketch of his de
scendants — Mr. Wheeler's ministry — Remoyal of the Church to Hanover —
Erection of a New Meeting House — Rectorship of Messrs Cooper, Wolcott, Ap
pleton, Greenleaf, and Cutler^— Establishment of a Society in the Northerly part
of Hanover, and Westerly pai't of Scituate — Incorporation as a Universalist
Society — Sketch of its history — History of the Baptist Society.
ST. ANDREWS CHUKCH.
About the year 1725, Episcopaf service was first performed in
the town of Scituate, by Rev. Tmothy Cutler, D. D., Rector of
Christ Church, in Boston. According to Deane, ' the statement If
made in Nichols's coUection of anecdotes, that " Mr. Cutler, withs
several attendants, came to Scituate, during the absence of Mr.
Bourne, minister of the north parish, by the invitation of Lieut,
Damon, ( then at variance with Mr. Bourne, ) and another gentle
man of large estate, and performed divine service In the Church
form, in the north Meeting-house."
This statement, in its leading features, is copied by Mr. Cutler,
into his " Sermon on the ori^n, progress, and present condition of
St. Andrews Church, Hanover, Massachusetts," which was pub
lished m 1848 ; ¦' to which he adds, " Whether any minister of the
Church of England had previously visited or resided as a mission
ary," in Scituate, " does not appear. The Society for Propa-
1 lEstory of Scituate, p. 45. 2 Sermon, p. i.

76 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
gating the Gospel In Foreign Parts, which Is connected with the
Church of England, and to whose assistance this Church was sub
sequently indebted for aid, had missionaries located In New Eng
land, some years prior to this visit of Dr. Cutler, in 1725, and it
is not impossible that their labors may have been held in this
region." In a communication, received from John Barstow, Esq., of
Providence, R. I., he speaks of the Rev. Mr. MlUer, of Braintree,
Mass., as one of these Missionaries, and says, that, in his annual
Report to the Society, In 1731, he observes that " he had preached
from time to time to the people of the Church of England, in Scit
uate, and the neighboring towns, that the services were held m a
private house, and that the auditory was so large that the house
could not contain them."
The first meeting-house belonging to this Church, was erected
in 1731, on the central part of Church hlU, in Scituate, and en
larged in 1753 ; ' and, though not entirely finished at the time,
it " was opened for divine service, October 11, 1731, when Mr.
Miller preached a sermon, and baptised eight children. More
people were present than the church could contain. Mr. Miller
preached again, on the last day of November, being St. Andrew's
day, from which the Church takes its name. The members of the
Church sent an earnest request, to the Society In England, to pro
vide them a missionary, and Ae Rev. Mr. Davenport was sent
them, with an allowance, from the Society, of .£60 per annum, and
an allowance of Books, for Libraries, and devotional books, for
distribution among the poorer members. Mr. Davenport continued
their Rector, from 1733, to 1736, Inclusive." ''
Deane states, that Mr. Davenport, who graduated at Harvard
University, in 1719, and also received a degree at Oxford, Eng
land, gave. In 1743, " his house and land In Scituate, to the Society
for propagating the gospel in foreign parts, in trust, towards the
support of the ministers of St. Andrew's Church in Scituate, in
perpetuity ; and in this conveyance, he adverts to the fact of his
1 It was struck by lightning many years ago, but experienced no material
njury. It had a steeple, and bell.
» Letter of John Barstow, Esq.

OLD EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

PRESENT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

SETTLEMENT OF MR. THOMPSON. 77
having been their first rector." ' We shall have occasion to refer
to this gift hereafter.
Rev. Mr. BrockweU, the next Rector, had charge of the society
"from 1737, to tiie early part of 1739. ' He then left Scituate,
and accepted a caU from a Church in Salem. WhUe he preached
at St. Andrews, he received £60 per annum, from the Society in
England." =
V From the tune Mr. BrockweU left Scituate, the church was des
titute of a regularly appointed minister, untU 1743, when the
mission was re-established, by the appointment of Rev. Ebenezer
Thompson, of New Haven, as Rector, with a yearly aUowance
from the society. In England, of £40 per annum ; and he con
tinued in his office until his death, November 28, 1775, aged 64. '
The request for this renewal of the mission, came not only from
Scituate, but from citizens of Sanover, Pembroke, and Marsh
field. During the settlement of Mr. Thompson, he resided, for about
thirty years, on the glebe which had been given by Mr. Daven
port ; but for a year or two before his death, he purchased and
occupied the house now owned and occupied by Mr. John Gardner,
in Scituate, and there resided at the date of his decease. He is
spoken of as a prudent, worthy minister, pleasing and interesting
in his conversation and general deportment. He was buried in
the burial-ground connected with the church, on the hiU, in
Scituate. His widow died, July 27, 1813, in the 99th year of
her age,* and her remains are deposited by his side.
According to Mr. Barstow, Mr. Thompson was the son of Eben
ezer Thompson, of New Haven, Connecticut, and was born in
1711, and married Esther Stephens, of New Haven. His chUdren,
born m New Haven, were Esther, who died young, and Ebenezer,
bom January 15, 1736. After his removal to Scituate, he had
John, Amey, Anna, Lucy, Lois, Mary, and Jane. John, died in
early life, atBUboa, m Spain. Amey, married Benjamin Palmer,
of Scituate, and died, May 16, 1813, aged 73. Her daughter
1 Hist. Scituate, p. 46.
2 Letter of John Barstow, Esq.
* Letter of J. Barstow, and Mr. Cutler's Sermon, p. 7.
* Mr. Cutler's Sermon, p. 8.

78 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
married Dr. Freeman Foster, of Scituate. Anna, died May 2,
1816, aged 71. iMcy, died December 3, 1819, aged 72. Lois,
died November 14, 1826, aged 76. Mary, married Lemuel Ran
som, and died July 9, 1833, aged 81. Jane, married Rev. WU
Ham W. Wheeler, and died July 30, 1821, aged 64. AU the
above He In the burial ground on Church hill.
Ebenezer, the surviving son, settled in Providence, Rhode Is
land, in 1764, having previously married LydIa Kennicott, by
whom he had Sarah, 1760 ; — Edward K., 1762; — and Mary,
1764. His wife, Lydia, died in 1770, and he married her sister
Elizabeth, by whom he had five sons, and one daughter, viz :
Ebenezer, John, Thomas, Jospph, Lydia, and Stephen.
Edward Kennicott, the son of Ebenezer and Lydia, went to Al
exandria, Virginia, to engage in commercial pursuits, and there
married Sarah Kuhn Swoope, daughter of Col. Michael Swoope,
and removed soon after to Providence, Rhode Island, where he
had five children, Mary Ann, 1789 ; — Elizabeth K., 1791 ; —
Sarah Swoope, March, 1794, married John Barstow, Esq., 1828,
now of Providence ; — Edward K., 1797 ; — and Esther L., 1802.
After the death of Mr. Thompson, the services of the Church,
in Scituate, were suspended for a season, during the War with
Great Britain, popular sentiment in New England then settmg
very strongly agamst the form of worship prescribed by the
Church of England ; and, except the occasional services of Rev.
Samuel Parker, from 1780, to 1782, the Church remained without
a Rector, untU the appointment of Rev. WUHam W. Wheeler,
May 15, 1783. During the time that Mr. Parker served the
Church, Joseph DonneU, of Hanover, and Benjamm James, Jr.,
of Scituate, were Wardens, and Dr. Charles Stockbridge, and
Benjamin Jacobs, of Scituate, and Elijah Curtis, Thomas Stock-
bridge, Jr., Mordecai EUIs, Stephen BaUey, and Benjamin Mann,
of Hanover, were vestrymen.
We should have remarked, that Job Otis, Thomas Bardin, Ja
cob BaUey, Joseph House, Isaac Buck, Isaac Hatch, Henry Mer-
rltt, and John Lane, aU of Hanover, are spoken of as " Church
men," on the town records, in 1736 ; so that citizens of Hanover
have been connected with the Society, from about the date of its
first formation.

REMOVAL OF THE CHURCH TO HANOVER. 79
Mr. Wheeler officiated as Rector, in Hanover, and elsewhere a
portion of the time, untU his death, which took place; January 14,
1810, at the age of 75. It was duruig his Rectorship, in 1797,
that the church was incoi-porated, Charles BaUey, and Thomas
Barstow, Jr. being wardens.
About the year 1810, owmg to difficulties In the First Parish
in Hanover, some of the members left, and joined the Episcopal
Chui'ch. ' This led to the proposition, for the erection of a new
Church, in a more favorable location ; and, at a meetmg of the
parish, held AprU 24, 1810, it was " Voted, that the Society are
willing to attend pnbHc worship In Hanover, provided Individuals
wiU buUd a new Church in said Hanover. " This house was
built in 1811, at an expense of $5,000, — the buUding committee
consisting of Horatio Cushing, Esq., Reuben Curtis, and Edward
EeUs ; Capt. Albert Smith, and Melzar Curtis, Esq., being the con-
_ tractors for its erection ; and it was consecrated to the worship of
God, according to_ the usage of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
June 13, 1811, by Bishop Griswold, being the first church In
Massachusetts consecrated by him.
In the same year, 1811, a subscription for the endowment of a
perpetual fund for the Church was made, amounting to $1236. 75?
to which was afterwards added the sum of f 188. 82, from the
proceeds of the old church, and other items. ^ The Trustees of this
fiind were incorporated, in 1815, and in 1848, it consisted of 22
shares in the State Bank, Boston, valued at $1,320. This is
now invested -in the Parsonage, occupied by Mr. Cutler.
After the erection of the Church,in Hanover, which stands near
the Four Comers, Rev. Joab G. Cooper, was elected Rector, and
held that office until 1816, when he retired. According to Deane,
he was from Long Lsland. ¦* Rev. Calvin Wolcott, the next Rector,
was chosen in 1818, and continued to serve untU 1834, when he
resigned. He is now settled as colleague, with the Rev. Dr-
Tyng, in New York, and during his settlement in Hanover, the af
fairs of his Society were in a prosperous condition'. An account of
his family wUl be found In our Genealogical Sketches.
In 1836, Rev. Samuel G. Appleton, took charge of the parish^
1 Cutler's Sermon, p. 14. * Cutler's Sermon, p. 14.
2 Ibid, p. 6. ^ Hist. Scituate, p. 47.

80 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
and continued with it untU November, 1838 ; and during his
Rectorship, a new organ was purchased, at an expense of $460.
Eleazer A. Greenleaf, the next Rector, took charge of the Parish
in 1839, and remained until 1841, in which year the present
Rector, Rev. Samuel Cutier, came to the place, and here he has
since remained, now residmg ui the fine parsonage house, buUt for
him in 1849, which stands on Washington street, near the Four
Corners. It Is remarked, by Deane, that the Episcopal Church In Marsh
field, established as early as 1745, was for many years connected
with St. Andrews, the rector of the latter officiating there one
Sabbath in four ; — also the Church In Taunton, where the rector
of St. Andrews likewise officiated one Sabbath in four. '
For a fuUer account of this Society than our Hmits permit us to
give, we must refer our readers to the valuable discourse of Mr.
Cutler, from which we have largely quoted, and to which we have
been greatly indebted for many of the facts herewith presented.
We are happy to say, in concluding this sketch, that the Church
at the Corners, is in a prosperous condition, under their present
Rector, and as an uidlcatlon of their outward progress, we may
remark, that their temple has lately changed Its appearance some
what, by the removal of the old steeple, and the erection of a new
one ; and this Society, like that In the centre of the town, numbers
among its members many of our most valuable and enterprlsmg
citizens. UNIVERSALISTS.
There is no Universalist Society properly within the limits of
Hanover, although one has existed, for many years. In the westerly
part of Scltaate, whose house of Worship stands within less than
three rods of the boundary luie of Hanover.
This parish was commenced as early as 1766, and is referred
to, not only on the records of Scituate, of that date, but also of
Hanover ; and many items relatmg to its history, are found on
the books of the latter town. Besides, as quite a number of our
citizens are connected with the Universalist Society, and as three
of its pastors have resided In Hanover, — two of the number being
1 History of Scituate, p. 47.

OLD UNIVERSALIST MEBTINB HOUSE.

«iV ' anil, t • -.e?,-,)iM.n-'-.i

PRESENT UNIVERSALIST MEETING HOUSE.

UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 81
still citizens of the town, of whom the Author is one, — he feels
that if fuU sketches of the First Parish, and of St. Andrew's
Church, have been given, a few words, with reference to the
denomination with which he is personaUy connected, may be
permitted him.
The petition of the inhabitants of the northerly part of Hanover,
praying to be set off as a separate district, or parish, which was
presented in 1766, did not ask that the new parish should be of a
different faith from the old ; although, doubtless, there was not an
entire sympathy between the views of the petitioners, and those of
the rest of the Inhabitants. The town, however, refused to grant
the request. In 1767, the signers of the first petition, with others,
from Hanover, and Scituate, petitioned the General Court to be
set off as a Parish by themselves ; and the Town chose a Com
mittee to oppose them. In 1771, this petition to the General
Court was renewed, but without success.
In 1792, the Town voted to permit Mr. MeUen to preach a few
Sabbaths In the house which the petitioners had erected in Scituate,
as early as the date of their first movement towards being set off.
December 12, 1796. A new petition was presented to the
town " for a parish in the North part of Hanover," which was
signed by David Jacobs, EHsha BarreU, Jesse Curtis, Nathaniel
Jacobs, Eells Damon, Elisha Simmons, David Jacobs, Jr., Ezra
Damon, Thomas Hatch, Curtis Brooks, Amos Curtis, Ezra Briggs,
Jr., Benjamin Mann, Jr., Peres Jacobs, Joshua Simmons, and
Ebenezer Curtis ; — but this petition met with the same fate as
those which had preceded it, being rejected.
FinaUy, in 1812, petitioners, from Scituate, and Hanover, were
incorporated as a " Universalist Society," and from that day to
this, the Society has continued in existence, and is stUl In good
standing with the denomination.
This Society was one of the first of the Universalist order,
estabUshed in Plymouth County ; Its members being residents of
Scituate, Hanover^ Abington, HaHfax, Duxbury, and other towns ;
and Rev. John Murray, an early apostle of UniversaHsm, preached
in the old meeting-houBe 60 years ago. The present neat and
commodious edifice, was erected during the pastorship of Rev.
Robert L. KUlam, in 1832, and stands on a beautiful emuience,

82 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
near Barstow's hill, just on the line between South Scituate and
Hanover, — the Church Itself being In South Scituate.
The old meeting house, which stood on the same site as the
present house, was two stories high; the roof pitching East and
West ; with a porch on the East, extending from the ground to the'
eaves, having doors. In front, and on each side of the same, with
stairways within,'leading to the galleries. There were doors on
the North and South ends of the house, about the centre of the
same ; and two rows of windows, the lower row Hghting the body
of the house, and the upper the galleries. There were pews in th
floor, but the gaUeries were furnished with long seats, or benches,
'Bs was the custom in those days. The house had neither steeple
nor bell, was unplastered for a long time ; nor had It a chimney,
untU after the commencement of the present century. It was a
venerable structure, and beneath its roof, the members of the So
ciety enjoyed, for many years, the ministrations of the gospel, ac
cording lo their own views of Its teachings, though at first the
parish was In a measure an off-shoot from the older parishes, in
Scituate and Hanover,
The names of those who have preached to the Society, from
time to time, are, David Pickering ; Samuel Baker ; EH^s
Smith ; Joshua Flagg ; Benjamin Whittemore ; Robert L. KlUam,
from 1829 to 1838 ; H. W. Morse, 1838 ; John F. Dyer,
1839 ; J. E. Burnham, 1840 ; John S. Barry, 1841—1844 ;
M. E. Hawes, 1844 & 5 ; Horace P. Stevens, 1846 & 7 ; and
Robinson Breare, the present pastor, settled in 1849.
The names of the original members of the Society, appended to
the Act of Incorporation, granted June 18, 1812, are, *Enoch
CoUamore, *LorIng Jacobs, Ichabod R. Jacobs, John Jones, Jr.,
Calvin WUder, *James H. Jacobs, *Charles Totman, Charles
Jones, ( in IlHnois, ) *Isaac N. Damon, Joshua Bowker, *James
Jacobs, Abel SUvester, *Charles Sunmons, *WiUIam Hyland,
*DavId Turner, *Samuel RandaU, Jr., *Samuel RandaU, *Joshua
Damon, Ebenezer Totman, *Jonathan Turner, *Enoch CoUamore,
Jr., *BenjamIn Bowker, John Gross, *Josiah Witherell, *Samuel
Simmons,- *John Jones, *Peleg Simmons, Jr., *Seth Stoddard,
*George Litchfield, *EHsha Gross, *Reuben Sutton, Theophllus
CorthereU, Edward F. Jacobs, *ElIsha BarreU, Elisha BarreU,
Jr., Stephen Jacobs, and *Edward Curtis.

BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE.

BAPTIST SOCIETY. 83
Those to whose names an asterisk is prefixed, have since de
ceased ; some have removed ; and of the original number, but ten
remain, aU of whom still " hold fast to the profession of their faith
without waverinff."
This Society is in a prosperous condition, and free from debt ;
and though many of Its older members have deceased within a few
years, whose familiar faces are seen no more, yet those who re
main can be rehed upon, we think, for its future and permanent
support. BAPTIST SOCIETY.
TheFu-st Baptist Church, in Hanover, was constituted Feb. 11,
1806, and was composed of members from the First Church, In
Marshfield, residing in Hanover, and Scituate, favorable to the
reHgious opinions held by that denomination. Rev. Barnabas
Perkins, was the first pastor ; and from 180*f , to 1809, WiUiam
Curtis served the infant Society. In 1810, Rev. John Butler
was settled, and ordained to the work of the Gospel Ministry, In
December of the same year. Mr. Butler continued to labor with
this Church about 14 years, serving them with much ability, and
with good success. During his ministry, their house of worship
was erected, in 1812, which stands on Main Street, and isasmaU,
but neat edifice, in good repair, and of fair proportions.
From 1824, to 1832, the Church passed through seasons of
trial and discouragement, and did not enjoy, for much of the time,
a stated ministry. Mr. Darius Dunbar, was ordained to the
pastoral office, in 1833, remained about two years, and was suc-
ceededby Rev. Robert B. Dickie, from Nova Scotia, who entered
upon his duties, July 1, 1834, and remained untU Sept. 3, 1836.
Rev. Horace Seaver, of Maine, was the next pastor, preached
about two years, and was followed by Rev. Nathan Stetson, whose
name appears on the Minutes of 1839.
From 1840, to 1842, Rev. Thomas Conant, now of Scituate,
served the Society ; and after his removal, for a period of between
two and three years, the Society was destitute of a pastor. In
1845, Rev. Nathan Chapman entered upon its charge, but re
mained only one year, and was foUowed, in 1846-7, by Rev. B.
N. Harris. In June, 1849, Rev. WUHam N. Slason, the present

84 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
pastor, took charge of the Society, and his services, we believe,
have been acceptable and profitable.
This Society, though smaU, is highly respectable in its charac
ter ; its members are zealous ; and the earnestness with which
they have engaged in the cause of religion, is worthy of all praise.
Its officers, have been men of exceUent standing In the community;
and to their energy, is doubtless to be attributed much of the So
ciety's success. The present Deacons, — Col. John CoUamore, of
South Scituate, and John Brooks, of Hanover, (the former of
whom was long and favorably known as one of the Board of
County Commissioners, ) have long held the office which they now
sustain, and are men never weary in weU doing.

CHAPTER VL

EDUCATION.

" From educalion as the leading cause,
The public character its color (fraws ;
Thence the preyailing manners take their cast,
Extravagant or soler, loose or chaste." Cowpek.
Early laws for the support of education— Our Common School System — School
masters — Schools established in Hanorer — Mr. Fitzgerald —Joseph Cushing—
Luke Stetson — Sketch from 1750 to 1840 — Table of appropriations'— Academy,
Mr. Chaddock's — Removal to the Four Comers —Seeoud building— New JEdi-
f fice, built in 1852 — Proprietors.
Very early in the history of the Plymouth Colony, It was " pro
posed by the Court unto the severaU Townshlpes of this Jurisdic
tion as a thinge they ought to take into theire serious considera
tion That some course may be taken that In every towne there
may be a Scoolmaster sett up to traine up children to reading and
vfriting ; " ' and in 1677, we read, that " Forasmuch as the maln-
tainance of good Hterature doth much tend to the advancement of
the weale and flourishing estate of societies and Republiques^ —
This Court doth therefor order ; That in whatsoever township in
this Govrment consisting of fifty famUies or upwards ; any meet
man shaU be obtained to teach a Gramer Scoole such townshipp
shaU allow at least twelve pounds in currant marchantable pay to
be raised by rate on aU the Inhabitants of such Towne, and those
that have the more emediate benefitt thereof by theere Childrens
good and general good shall make up the resedue necessarie to
maintain the same, and that the profitts ariseing of the Cape
Fishing, heretofore ordered to mauitaine a Gramer Scoole in this
CoUonie, be destributed to such Townes as have such Gramer
Scooles for the maintainance thereof ; not exceeding five pounds
per annum to any such Towne, unless the Court Treasurer or
1 Laws, p. 143.

86 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Other apointed to manage that affaire see good cause to adde
therunto to any respective Towne not exceeding five pounds more
pr anum ; and further this Court orders that every such Towne as
consists of seaventy famUies or upwards and hath not a gramer
scoole therein shall allow and pay unto the next towne which hath
such Gramar scoole kept up amongst them, the sum of five pounds
p annum in current merchantable pay, to be levied on the Inhab
itants of such defective townes by rate, and gathered and dehv
ered by the Constables of such Townes as by warrant from any
Majestrate of this Jurisdiction shalbe required." '
In 1672, it was ordered, that " every County Town shaU have
and maintain a Latlne School ; which if they do and the Master
( be ) judged by the major part of the ministers of the County a
Person capable to bring up Youth fitt for ths CoUedge ; then such
Town for their encouragement shall have one third part annually
of the money raised on the account of thfe Cape Fishery, &c." ^
Those who enjoyed the benefit of this school, by sending their
chUdren, were " to pay three pence a week for Writing and
Reading, and six pence a week for a SchoUar after he comes to
his Grammar;" and every such schoolmaster was " to be capable
to teach to Write and Cypher," and was " to receive chUdren
after they are fit to begin In their Psalter," &c.'
This was the foundation of our justly celebrated system of Mas
sachusetts Common School Instruction ; — and from this
policy, the people have never departed. One of the bright spots
in our history is, that through all reverses of fortune, and m aU
times of danger and peril, the education of the young has always
been properly attended to. It Is this that has given success to
our enterprise, prosperity to our commerce, and stabUity to our
institutions. In early days, we are told, " the only schoolmasters were the
clergy of the towns, who exercised this office In many instances In
addition to the arduous duties of then- pecuHar avocation. Youths
were received uito their families to receive a preparation for col
lege, and over the whole body of the younger portion of the in
habitants they extended their care." *
1 Colony Liws, p. 185. » Colony Laws, p. 300.
S Ibid, p. 300. * Winsor's Duxbuy, p. 71.

establishment of common schools. 87
Many of the first settlers of Scituate, according to Deane, '
were men of inteUigence and education. " It was an object of
high emulation," he remarks, " as well as of reHgious principle
with the early Congregational Churches, to be supplied with a
thoroughly educated ministry ; and such, without exception, were
those pastors who, having been sUenced in England, came hither
to minister to the Httle flocks In the wilderness : nay, men of edu
cation and talents were selected for the subordinate offices in the
Churches  Professional school-masters were few, and
there was no pubHck provision for their remuneration. Not only
the pastors, but other men of learning must have given instruc
tions, and almost gratuitously, in their own houses. It Is known
that Mr. Chauncy prepared his own sons, and others, for college,
and also several young men for the ministry, between 1640 and
1650. Mr. WithereU had been a Grammar school-master by pro
fession, before leaving England, and many proofs are left of his
skUl in the languages."
By the enactment of the Colony Laws, to which we have re
ferred, school-teachers, as a class, were encouraged ; and many
men, of learning, and virtue, attached themselves to this pro
fession. In the Act incorporating the To^ of Hanover, the customary
stipulation, of the establishment and support of a school was in
serted ; and accordingly, March 2, 1727-8, It was " voted to keep
a school this year at three places, where the selectmen shall think
best ; " and .£27 10s. old tenor, were assessed for its support. Who
the teacher was at this time, does not appear. The school was
kept in private houses, and those of Joseph Cornish, and John
BaUey, were used for the purpose.
1729, May 29, it was " voted to have a school at or near
the meeting-house."
1730, AprU 17, a standing school was voted, " at or near the
meeting house ; " and May 18, provisions were made for buUding
a school house of wood. This first school house stood near the
centre of the town, and tradition says it was opposite the present
gun-house. 1734, May 14, Richard Fitzgerald was voted "school
master ; " and he continued to' teach in the town untU his death,
1 Hist Scituate, p. 92.

88 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
in 1746. From whence Mr. F. originated, I have been unable to
learn. He seems to have been a man of talent, well skilled in
the languages, especially the Latin, and to have taught with good
success. He was an Instructor In Scituate, before his settlement
in Hanover, and had the honor of preparing for the University
the Hon. WilHam Cushing, LL. D., who graduated at Harvard
CoUege, in 1751, and was educated for the bar under the care of
the celebrated Jeremy Gridley, of Boston, for many years Attorney
General of the Province of Massachusetts. ' We consider the
town highly favored, in securing the services of so valuable a man,
early in their municipal career ; and under his judicious training,
many were reared, who afterwards became distinguished, in the
Town and the State.
1746, March 16, a moveable school voted, "to be kept the first
three months at the school-house by the meeting-house ; the next
three, at or near the house of John Studley ( who Hved near the
Four Corners } ; the third term at or near the house of David
Jenkins ( probably In the Salmond District,) ; and the last term,
at or near the house of Isaac Hatch, (in the Westerly part of the
town, or what is now the King Street District. ) "
1748, June 27, a moveable school voted, to be kept from De
cember 16, to March 16, at the new school house near Silvanm
Wing's ( on Circuit Street,) ; from October 1, to December 16,
a;t or near the dwelUng house of Benjamin Stetson, the residents
of that quarter to provide the place ; from August 1, to October
1, at or near William DweUey's, the residents of that quarter to
provide the place ; and the remainder of the year at the school-
house by the meeting-house. October 31, £6 10s. were voted
to John Barker, for boarding the school-master in 1747, and ,£4
10s. to SUvanus Wmg, and £6, to John House, for the Hke pur
pose. 1750, A moving school voted for this year. Nov. 27th, Voted
to Margaret Fitzgerald 18s. 8d, " for boarding Joseph OuSHma
school master, last winter." This is the flrst time Mr. Cushmg's
name appears on the records, as a teacher ; and he contmued to
serve the town in that capacity, a part of the time, for several
years. He is the gentieman, who afterwards became distm-
1 Deane's Scituate, 266-7.

SCHOOLS, 1752, TO 1774. 89
gulshed in the history of the State, and whose services we shall
sketch in our Chapter on the Revolution.
1752. Luke Stetson, is named. as one of the masters for this
year ; blUs of board, for twenty-six weeks, being audited and al
lowed, and his own biU of services ; and he continued to teach for
several years. ILr. Stetson was a native of Hanover ; and he,
with Mr. Cushing, were both, probably, pupils of Mr. Fitz
gerald, and received from him valuable aid, qualifying them for
the posts they held.
It would seem, from our records, that a school was taught
throughout the year, both summer and winter. The attendance
of girls, was greatest in the summer season ; . that of boys, in
the winter ; many being kept at home, by their parents, a portion
of the time, to assist in the labors of the farm. In this respect,
boys in the city then, and always have, enjoyed advantages far
superior to those in our country towns.
1763. The selectmen were authorised to hire a school-master
for one year, " to keep the school in each quarter of the town,
three months at a place."
1772, March 9. A committee was chosen to divide the town
into four quarters, and to determine where each school-house should
stand ; and] they reported, " First, that the school-house by the
meeting-house, in the middle quarter, so called, stands as con
veniently to accommodate said quarter as we can place it.
Second, the school-house in the East quarter Is equaUy convenient
in location. Thirdly, in the North quarter, or on Curtis Street,
we recommend the removal of the house Northward, between the
dweUuig houses of Joseph Bates and Caleb Sylvester. Fourthly,
in the Westerly quarter we recommend either the removal of the
present school-house to a spot of plain ground between the dweU-
in<'-houses of Isaac Hatch and Stephen RandaU, or the erection of
an additional house between the dwelHng-houses of Eliab and Ben
jamm Studley, the time to be equaUy divided between said two
school-houses." 1773, October 26. Voted to Isaiah Josselynn ,£3 15s., for
keeping school one month, from December 9, 1772, to January 16,
1773. 1774. March 14. ^11 were voted to support a Grammar school
7

90 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
this year. Also, " voted to give the old school-house by the meet
ing-house, to the middle quarter of the Town, they repairing the
same, or building a new one on the same spot."
1777, May 19. The Selectmen instructed to provide a school
for the town as usual.
1778, March 20. Voted to postpone the school till October
next. 1781, April 2. J600 in continental bills, voted for the use of
a school ; and October 29, the selectmen were instmctedto " Mre
a school-master as soon as may be."
1784, March 15. The selectmen were Instructed to hke a
grammar school-master for three months ; and Mr. Thomas, is
named as one of the teachers for this year. At the same meeting,
Joseph Brooks, Joseph Ramsdell, Jr., Robert L. EeUs, and Timo-
,thy Robbins, with the three selectmen, were chosen to divide the
town into four quarters ; and it was voted " that one quarter shaU
not send their children Into another school." For some years be
fore this, it had been a custom, with those parents most anxious for
the Instruction of their children, to keep them at school as much
as possible ; and hence they travelled from quarter to quarter, as
the school was moved, to enjoy this advantage. Complaints having
been made against this course, by the above vote it was stopped.
1800, January 6. The School money to be divided into four
parts, " according to the number of scholars In each quarter of
the town."
1801, AprU 6. A Committee chosen to number the scholars In
each school district.
1802, March 8. A Committee of two from each district chosen
to report how the money should be divided In the several districts,
and the/ recomm3nded to district the town anew, and divide the
money equally In the districts, and their report was accepted.
1804. Capt. Daniel Barstow, Calvin BaUey, Snow Curtis,
Robert Eells, Elisha Barrell, Jr., Joshua Mann, and Clement Bates,
were chosen to divide the school money ; — from which it appears
that there were then seven districts in the town.
1808. The school districts were numbered as follows : — The
Meeting-house District, No. 1; Broad Oab District, No. 2 ; Up
per Forge District, No. 3 ; Drinkwater District, No. 4 ; Beech

SCHOOLS 1812 TO 1837. 91
Woods District, No. 5 ; Curtis Street District, No. 6 ; Snappet
District, No. 7. The Curtis street District was divided In 1831-
2, the Southerly part bemg called No 8 ; and this Is the number
into which the town is now divided.
1812. The three selectmen, and the three ministers were
chosen a School Committee. Petitions were presented this year
for aid to the small districts, and the town voted that " no district
should draw a larger sum than $105, nor any less than $45, or
in that proportion according to the sum raised."
1819, March 8. A School Committee was chosen, consisting of
" the thi-ee selectmen, and aU the ministers in the town, together
with Ebenezer Curtis, John B. Barstow, Robert Salmon, Caleb
Whiting, Elisha BarreU, Jr., and EHjah Wing." November 1: —
This Committee was discharged, and a new one chosen, consisting
of Rev. John Butier, Rev. Calvin Wolcott, Rev. Seth Chapin,
Aaron Hobart, Esq., and Dr. Joshua Studley.
1822, November 4. The Committee chosen to divide the school
money were instructed to make out a list of the scholars from four
to sixteen years of age, with the names of their parents or guar
dians. 1827. A general Committee of seven chosen, and seven per
sons as a prudential Committee, one for each district.
1836. Voted to divide the school money, one half on the dis
tricts, and the other half on the scholars ; and this course, with
but few exceptions, has been pursued to the present time.
1837. Voted to apply $200 of the surplus revenue to schools
this year.
We have no means at hand, for ascertaining the names of the
school books used in the town one hundred years ago. From our
oldest citizens we learn that the Psalter, the New England Primer,
and the Testament, were the principal reading books In their
school days, and the Young Man's Companion, and Pike's were
the most common Arithmetics. There was one speUIng book
' before Noah Webster's ; this last was introduced nearly seventy
years ago. There was also a small Geography used In some of the
schools. Text books were not so numerous as now.
Among the female teachers " Ma'am Mann," as she is caUed,
was one of the most celebrated, and taught. In Hanover and Scit
uate, seventy years ago. Girls carried their " samplers " to be

92 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
wrought, and their " knitting and sewing." It sometimes taxed
the patience of our worthy pedagogues severely, to have little
misses come up and ask questions about their knitting. Luke
Stetson, It Is said, told one of his pupUs to " widen, — widen,"—
untU she had knit her stocking " as wide as a meal bag."
Considerable Improvement has been made of late in our school-
houses. The old, dilapidated structures, which were visible in all
the districts a few years since, are gradually giving way to more
commodious and tasteful edifices. The houses In Districts No. 2,
3, and 4, are -quite neat. In 1847, the question of the town's
purchasing the existing school houses, and erecting new ones In
the several districts, began to be agitated, and eventuaUy the
course was adopted, and is now being carried out.
The foUowing table exhibits the amount appropriated for the
support of schools at different periods.

1728. Old Tenor. £27 10s.
1 729-35. " 50 00s.
1736. » 55 00s.
1738-'40. " 60 00s.
1741-'42. " 80 00s.
1743-'45. " 100 00s.
1747. " 145 00s.
1762. In Silver. 26 13s
1763-'69. " 30 13s.
1770-'77. " 27 16s.8dl849-'50

1782-'91. Li Silver. £60 00s.
1792-'93. " 75 00s.
1798-1802. " $300 00
1802-03. " 450
1804-'05. " 550 00
1806-'32. " 600 00
1833-'38. " 800 00
1838-'47. " 1000 00
1848. " J200 00

1779. In Bills. 200 00s. |l851-'52.
1781. " 600 00s.

1250 00
1300 00

From the foregoing table, it appears that the amount, appro
priated by the Town for the support of Schools, has been doubled
within the last 20 years. This fact, we think, speaks weU for our
citizens, and shows a commendable mterest in the cause of Edu
cation. Our schools, we think, wUl not suffer In comparison with those
of equal size in the neighbormg towns. A desire Is felt to procure
good teachers, and to pay them HberaUy for their services. We
hope this interest, in so vital a cause, wUl continue to increase ;
and that the amount appropriated, wiU keep pace with the wants
of our chUdren, and the abUIty of the people.

ACADEMY.

93

ACADEMY.

In 1792, the State of Massachusetts encouraged the estabhsh
ment of Academies within its Hmlts, by grants of tracts of land In
the District of Maine. In consequence of these grants, many
such Institutions sprung into existence, and contributed greatly to
aid the cause of education, by giving more thorough instruction In
the different branches taught in the pubHc schools. In 1798, the
attention of the citizens of Hanover was turned to this subject,
and March 7, a Committee was appointed to draw up a petition to
the General Court, probably for an Act of Incorporation. We
hear no more of the matter, however, until after the settlement
of Rev. Calvin Chaddock, In 1806, and he, having been for some
years preceptor of an Academy in Rochester, Massachusetts,
which he buUt at his own expense, and where, In the short space
of six years, nearly 1300 different pupils were taught by him,
soon took measures for estabHshIng one in Hanover ; and so well
was he seconded in his efforts, that before 1808, a buUding was
erected for that purpose, and was ready for occupancy. It stood
on the common, a Httle West of the Centre Meeting House, and
was two stories high, of fair proportions, neatly painted, furnished
with Venetian blinds, and crowned with a cupola and bell. A res
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94 HISTORY OP HANOVER
towns both of Plymouth and Norfolk counties. Beside the com
mon English branches, instruction was given in the Latin and
Greek languages, the higher mathematics, navigation, surveyuig,
&c.; and in the female department, under the charge of Mrs. C.,'
considerable attention was given to embroidery, and painting In
water colors ; and aU the pupUs took part In weekly declamations,
on Wednesday afternoons. In the hall above the school-room.
Many young men were fitted for college here, some of whom were
subsequently distinguished for eminence In their professions ; and
of the " honorable women not a few," Mrs. Almira Little Torrey,
is named, as. one " whose amiable disposition, high inteUigence,
and devoted piety, have embalmed her memory in the hearts of a
numerous circle of friends ; and who, by means of her interesting
and pubHshed memoirs, being dead, yet speaketh.'"
" The venerable founder of Hanover Academy," says Mr. A.,
" will not be forgotten,' either by those ' who sat at his feet,' as
pupUs, or were his hearers as a preacher of the Gospel." The
town has reason to remember him with gratitude, for his patient
and earnest efforts for the improvement of the young.
This school continued in a flourishing condition, throughout the
period of the settlement of Mr. C; but soon after his departure,
it began visibly to decline, and was finally suspended for a season.
The first Sabbath School was held in this buUding,- during the
ministry of Mr. Chapin, — the Assembly's Catechism being the m-
struction book placed in the children's hands. At length, about
the year 1822, the building was sold, moved to the Four Corners,
and is now occupied as a store, and shoe-manufactory, by Mr.
Stephen Josselynn.
The second Academy, was erected in 1828, and stood on
Broadway, not far from the Episcopal Church. It was buUt, In
shares of $25 each, at an expense of about $1200 ; — the
Trustees were Incorporated In 1829 ; and the names of the ori
ginal shareholders were, Alexander Wood, Esq., Capt. HavUand
Torrey, Joseph EeUs, Ephraim Stetson, Dr. Ezekiel D. Cushing,
Rev. Calvin Wolcott, Sarah Gardner, Robert Eells, Asaph
Magoun, Horace CoUamore, Esq., Gen. A. W. Oldham, Capt.
TUden Crocker, Benjamin C. Pratt, Ethan A. Stetson, Capt.
1 Letter of Lucius Alden.

NEW ACADEMY. 95
WUHam Josselynn, EH Stetson, Joseph S. Bates, Horatio Cushing,
Esq., Isaac Magoun, Col. John B. Barstow, Capt. Thomas Water
man, Capt. Nathaniel Barstow, John C. Stockbridge, George Bai
ley, Dr. Joshua Studley, Justus Whiting, Thomas Damon, Ben
jamin Mann, Esq., Lemuel DweUey, Samuel Tolman, Jr., EHas
W. Pratt, Luther Howland, James Waterman, Samuel Waterman,
Samuel Stetson, Ellas Magoun, John Barstow, Esq., Albert Clapp,
and John WUder.
The preceptors at this Academy, from Its erection in 1828,
were, Zephanlah Bass, 1828 ; Horace H. Rolfe, 1829 ; Rev.
Cyrus Holmes, 1830 ; Ethan AUen, 1830 ; Rev. Calvin Wolcott,
1831 ; John P. Washburn, 1832 ; Dr. Ira Warren, 1833 ; Thomas
F. White, 1834, and 1835 ; Herman Bourn, 1837 ; Josiah Ful
ler, 1838, and 1839 ; and Rev. Cyrus Holmes, 1840, to the year
prerious to his death.
Since then, the Instructors have been Charles Hitchcock, who
taught two terms ; George Wolcott, who taught one term ; and
M. P. McLauthHn, Esq., the present Principal. There have
been female teachers connected with the Academy, a portion of
the time ; and the number of pupils, in 1832, was 56 ; in 1833,
34 ; and In 1834, 66.
In 1843, the Dorcas Society held meetings In the upper hall,
and the Episcopal Society also held evening prayer meetings in
the hall, once a week, during the same year.
FInaUy,inl851, the friends of Education In the vicinity, think
ing a better building was needed, endeavored to raise, in shares of
$25, each, a sum sufficient for that purpose ; and In a short time
$2,750 were subscribed, mcluding a liberal donation of $1,000
from Mr. Samuel Salmond, to which was added $375 received for
the old house ; and the present beautiful edifice, which stands a few
rods south of the old one, wasbuUt at an expense of about $3,500,
including the beU, which was a gift from Miss Salmond, — and
was dedicated, by appropriate services, March 2, 1852 ; the address
being deHvered by Rev. E. Porter Dyer, of Hingham, the Invo
catory prayer by Rev. A. G. Duncan, the dedicatory prayer by
Rev. Samuel Cutler, and hymns, composed by Miss Lucy S.
Delano, Rev. E. Porter Dyer, and Rev. A. G. Duncan, being
sung, under the direction of Mr. Benjamin Frost.
Other impromptu addresses were delivered, by Rev. H. D.

96

HISTORY OF HANOVER.

Walker, of East Abington, Rev. Mr. White, of North Abington^
Rev. W. N. Slason, of Hanover, and M. P. McLauthHn, the
Principal of the Academy.
The board of Trustees consists of Rev. Samuel Cutler, Presi
dent, Alfredo. Garratt, M. D., Secretary, Rev. Abel G. Dun
can, Samuel Salmond, Seth Barker, Elijah Barstow, Treasurer,
and M. Parris McLauthHn, ex officio. *
Mr. McLauthHn has had charge of the Academy for a few
years past, and his services have given general satisfaction, and
have been attended with a good degree of success. The Institution
has no fund invested for its support, but its income Is derived from

* Proprietors of Hanover Academy with the number of shares owned by
each in 1852. Par value $25 per share. Erected 1851-52. Dedicated
March 2, 1852.

Samuel Salmond, Hanover,
Kobert Sylvester, "
Seth Barker, "
Elijah Barstow, South Scituate,
Isaac H. Harding, "
Abner Stetson, "
Thomas Waterman, "
Young Ladies Society of St. An
drews Church, Hanover, by the
Rector,
Dorcas Society of St. Andrews
Church, Hanover, by the Kec.
Samuel Cutler, Hanover,
Miss Frances Baldwin, Hanover,-
Alexander Wood, "
Gustavus Percival, "
Stephen Josselynn, "
Thos. B. DonneU,
Haviland Torrey, Pembroke,
Hannah Barstow, Hanover,
Levi Sturtevant, Jr., Pembroke,
Adams Billings, "
Charles Dyer, Hanover,
Luther Howland, Hansou,
Robert Horsey, Hanover,
Martin W. Stetson, "
Hannah Stetson, "
John P. Eells, "
Benjamin Whltwell "
John Sylvester, "
Nathaniel Barstow, "
Benj. F. Burgess, "
M. P. McLauthlin, "
Michael Sylvester, "

shares. 42

George Curtis, Hanover,
Sam'l Tolman j Jr., South Scituate,
Lemuel C. Waterman, So. Scit.
J. M. Smith, and G. P. Clapp,
South Scituate,
Warren Wright, Hanover,
Jos. B. Fobes, "
Edmund Q. Sylvester, Hanover,
Robert E. Dwelley, "
William Church, "
Nathan Dwelley, "
John B. Barstow, "
Thos. H. C. Barstow, "
Alfred C. Garratt, "
Abel G. Duncan, "
Melzar Hatch, "

110
Cost of Academy.
Total amount for laud,build-
ing, and fixtures, $3,488 52
The expense was defrayed by
proceeds of 110 shares at
$25 per share, $2,750 00
Sale of Old Academy, 375 'OO
Donation of a Bell, 138 03
Donation from Young La
dies Societies, 51 75
Subscription of Sundry per-
sons, 50 00
Balance provided for by sub
scription,

123 74
$3,488 52

LAWY.ERS. 97
the quarterly fee paid by the pupils, and the number of scholars
of both sexes In attendance, averages about 50.
LAWYERS .
Previous to the Revolution, and for some years afterwards,
there was no regularly educated lawyer settled in Hanover ; the
business usuaUy transacted by the members of this profession, be
ing attended to by Elijah Cushing, Esq., Joseph Cushing, Esq.,
David Stockbridge, Esq., and a few other enterprising and edu
cated Justices of the Peace, and by the Selectmen of the
Town. The first lawyer who settled In the town, so far as our records
show, was Benjamin Whitman, Esq., son of Zacharlah Whitman,
of South Bridgwater, who was born in 1768, graduated at Brown
University, in 1788, and Resided In Pembroke, and then In Hano
ver, to which town he moved about the year 1792. He lived on
Broadway, for a season, in the house now occupied by Samuel
EeUs, but afterwards purchased the Nathaniel Sylvester house,
near North River Bridge, which is now occupied by Rufus Far-
num. In 1799, he buUt the house in which Seth Barker, Esq.,
resides, — on a spot of elevated ground, commanding a fine view
of the river, and of the ship-yards, which were then in active
operation. His office, was on the opposite side of the road, and
is still standing, near the house of Mr. Sylvanus Percival. He
was Post Master for several years. He left the town about the
year 1806, moving to Boston, of which city he was subsequently
one of the Representatives, and of whose Police Court he was for
many years Chief Justice. He was an able lawyer ; a man of
great business enterprise ; an active poHticIan ; and his services
were of great value to the town during the period of his residence
in it. John Holmes, of Kingston, was one of his students whUe
In Hanover, who subsequently settled in Maine, while that State
was part of Massachusetts, and -from which he was a Representa
tive to the General Court of Massachusetts, and afterwards a
Member of Congress. Barker Curtis, a native of Hanover, and a
son of Simeon Curtis, Esq., was also one of his students, and had
an office, for a time, in the. North Easterly part of the town,
where Hiram Curtis resides, but finally settled in Maine. Wm.

98 HISTORY 0? HANOVER.
G. Curtis, a native of Hanover, was also a student -with Mr.
Whitman, but died before entering upon his professional career. ¦
The next lawyer settled In Hanover, was John Winslow, Esq.,
only son of Dr. Isaac Winslow, of Marshfield, grandson of Gen.
John Winslow, of Marshfield, and great grandson of Col. Isaac, who
was the only surviving son of Governor Josiah Winslow. John,
son of Dr. Isaac, graduated at Brown University, In 1795,vand
settled In Hanover about the year 1810. He Hved first In the
house now occupied by Stephen Josselynn, but soon after buUt the
house recently occupied by Capt. John Cushing, near St. An
drew's Church, at the Four Corners. He was a thorough lawyer ;
gentlemanly In his manners ; and one whose professional practice
was very extensive. He died at Natchez, Mississippi, about the
year 1830, and his widow and children moved to Hingham, where
she died. He has sons in Boston.
Isaiah Wing, a native of Hanover, was, it Is said, a pupil at the
Academy of Mr. Chaddock, after he was a married man ; and he
subsequently studied law with Mr. Winslow, and practiced for a
time in Hanover ; but finally moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
died. Jotham Cushman, Esq., was in Hanover, about the same time
as Mr. Winslow, and buUt and occupied the long house at the
Four Corners, now owned by the widow of Thomas Turner.
Jabez Crooker was one of his students, and went into the Army
during the war of 1812.
Aaron Hobart, Esq., son of Aaron, Esq.; and grandson of Col.
Aaron, of Abington, graduated at Brown University, In 1805,
and settled in Hanover about the year 1812, residing at the,
Four Corners. WhUst in Hanover, he was chosen to the Senate
of Massachusetts, from Plymouth County, in 1820, and was a
member of Congress In 1826-7. He moved to East Bridgewater,
and was soon after appointed Judge of Probate for Plymouth
County, which office he now holds. His pubHc services have at
aU times been of great value to the community ; upon his judg
ment great reUance is placed ; and his demeanor as a citizen,
and In the walks of private life, have gained for him the confi
dence and esteem of aU who have the pleasure of his personal
acquaintance.

PHYSICIANS. 99
Alexander Wood, Esq., of MIddleboro', studied law with Judge
Wood, of MIddleboro', and practiced in Hanover for a short time ;
but afterwards relinquished the duties of his profession, and for
some years past has been engaged In trade, at the Four Cor
ners, with Capt. HavUand Torrey.
Perez Simmons, Esq., a native of Hanover, graduated at Brown
University, In 1833, and settled first in Providence, Rhode Island,
but came to Hanover, in 1843, and has since resided in the town,
in the practice of his profession. He has been for some years
past a member of the board of Selectmen, and was chosen to
represent the town in the State Legislature, In 1851-2.
PHYSICIANS.
For about twenty years after the incorporation of the town, no
physician resided within its Hmits ; but Drs. Joseph Jacobs, and
Charles Stockbridge, who were both of Scituate, extended their
practice into Hanover, and the former resided quite near the
Northerly bounds of the town.
Dr, Jeremiah Hall, settled in Hanover, about the year 1749,
married Kezlah BaUey, and remained until 1764, when he moved
to Pembroke, of which town he was chosen delegate to the Pro
vincial Congresses of 1774-5. He was a valuable citizen ; a man
well quaHfied for the duties of his calling ; and he left behind him
the memorials of a Hfe of usefulness and virtue.
Dr. Lemuel Cushing, was a resident of Hanover, about the time
of the Revolution, and was appointed by the Provincial Congress,
a surgeon in the army. The precise time when he came to town
Is unknown, as also the date of his leaving.
Dr. Peter Hobart, of Hingham, came to Hanover in 1783, and
here resided until his death, in 1793. His house was on Main
Street, not far from the residence of the late Gideon Studley.
His widow moved to New York State, and there died.
Dr. Marsh, of Hingham, was m Hanover for a few years, about
the same time as Dr. Hobart.
Dr. Melzar Dwelley, previously of Ashburnham, came to Hano
ver, about the year 1798, and resided here, untU his death, In
1828. He Hved on Hanover Street, in the house now occupied by
Norman ChamberHn. As a Physician, his abiHties were highly

100 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
respectable, and his professional services were In great demand.
His descendants are in South Boston, and in Ashburnham.
Dr. Cartler, a Frenchman, from the island of Martinique, came
to Plymouth, where he remained for a period ; and about the time
of the last war, he settled In Hanover, remauied seven years, and
boarded at the house of Mr. Reuben Curtis. He was subsequently
of Hanson, and finally, it is said, returned to Martinique, where
he died. He was a man thoroughly educated, but eccentric In his
manners. Dr. Joshua Studley, a native of Hanover, practiced medicine
from 1808, untU 1848.
Dr. Ezekiel D. Cushing, was in Hanover from 1827 to 1828,
when he deceased. He lived at the Four Corners. He was a
man of eminent abilities ; had practiced In the best hospitals m
France ; and was every way quaHfied to prosecute with distm-
guished success the brUHant career which opened before him. His
early death was a melancholy event to his friends ; and in him,
the public lost one who, had he lived, would doubtless have made
himself conspicuous, and have ranked among the greatest and best
physicians and surgeons of the age.
Dr. Henry Wade, was In Hanover, in 1829, and died in
1830. Dr. Jacob Richards, now of Braintree, practiced in Hanover
from 1834 to 1836. An account of his family wUl be found
in our genealogical sketches.
Dr. Calvin B. Pratt, now of Bridgewater, was in Hanover, from
1836 to 1838.
Dr. Joseph B. Fobes, his successor, remained in the town until
1851. His practice was very extensive, and very successful.
Drs. Benjamin WhitweU, and Alfred C. Garratt, are at present
settied In Hanover, and both reside at the Four Corners.
GRADUATES.
The town of Hanover has not furnished a large number of stu
dents to our colleges ; nor can we present so long a Hst of grad
uates, as many other towns In the State. The foUowing are aU
whose names we have learned :—

GRADUATES.

Joseph Cushlmg,

Harvard CoUege,

1752.

Joseph Stockbridge

u

1755.

Prentiss j\IeUen,

(C

1784.

Henry Mellen,

(<

1784.

WiUiam Simmons,

11

1804.

Nathaniel Jacobs,

il

1806.

Zacharlah G. Whitman,

((

1807.

Benjamin Whitman,

Brown University,

1815.

Albert Smith,

Dartmouth "

1825.

Perez Simmons,

Brown University,

1833.

Frederick 0. Barstow,

(C

1852.

WiUiam P. Duncan,

At Amherst.

101

Horatio Stockbridge, was at Harvard College, two years.
Joseph B. Damon, and Franklin Damon, graduated at the
Newton Theological Institute.
There have been many graduates in families that have moved
from Hanover ; but these do not properly come within our
scope.

CHAPTER VII.

MILITARY HISTORY.

" After years the tale shall tell.
In words of light revealed,
Who bravely fought, who nobly fell."
Mrs. E. T. Daniels.
Military training of our ancestors— Town's stock of powder, &c.— Expedition to the
Spanish West Indies— Expedition to Cape Breton- French Neutrals— French
War, with extracts from the Muster Rolls.
The circumstances in which the early settlers of New England
were placed, rather than their Inclination, or natural desire, led
them to engage, more or less, in military pursuits, and the study
of the art of war. Not only were they exposed, from the outset,
to deadly encounters with the Indians who surrounded them ; but
after these foes were vanquished and subdued, others sprung up,
in the neighboring provinces, of their own color, though not of
their own nation; and the French and S; anish wars, called into
active service the able-bodied citizens of Massachusetts, and per
haps contributed. In a measure, to prepare the way for that sue
csssful resistance to the encroachments of the mother country,
which led to the establishment of our National Independence.
Had It not been for these wars, and for the discIpHne which our
troops received in them, and the mUItary experience gained by
our officers, it Is doubtful if the war of the Revolution would have
been so successfuUy prosecuted, had our fathers dared even to
engage in It. We do not, however, appear as the advocate of
war. It Is a great calamity ; — a frightful evU ; — and under the
influence of Christian truth, we hope the time may soon arrive,
when swords shall be beaten into ploughshares, and spears mto
pruning hooks, and PEACE shall reign over all the earth.
But, as a faithful historian, it becomes our duty briefly to chroni
cle those events, which, when transpiring, were of so much conse-

EXPEDITION TO THE SPANISH WEST INDIES. 103
quence to the welfare of the people, and to their national existence.
We give, therefore, not an extended account, but the simple Inci--
dents, aUuded to on the records of the town, and contemporary
papers, in the Archives of the State, and the possession of Indi
viduals. 1734, Sep. 9. £35 were voted for a " town stock of ammuni
tion." Such a stock, every town was required by law to keep on
hand. 1740, Mar. 2. It was voted that the Town's stock of powder
and shot, should be kept " in the meeting-house chamber ;" — a
small room, over the womens' gallery ; — and the Treasurer of the
Town was authorised " to take out of the lease of the flats as
much money as wUl purchase said stock, agreeable to the Law,
with what Thomas Josselynn already has."
It was during this, and the following year, that the expedition
to the Spanish West Indies, to which we have alluded on p. 20,
was undertaken ; but the only references to this expedition, which
we find on the Town records, are the foUowing under date of Dec.
28, 1741.—" Voted Dea. Thos. Josselynn, £13, 16s. 4d. for
mens rates gone to Cuba and elsewhere." Six other sImUar votes
occur under the same date. The names of those jvho went from
Hanover, are not given, nor are the tax biUs In existence, from
which to learn whose rates were remitted ; but, from scattered
hints, we think we may venture to name, besides Samuel Eells,
who was an Ensign, and who died in the service, John Stoddard,
Joshua Turner, John Whitcomb, and Ezekiel Ladd, aUuded to on
Town records as having had their taxes remitted ; and perhaps
Robert Young, whose widow Margaret received aid from the town
this year. There must have been quite a number from Hanover,
the whole sum remitted In taxes, being about £50, and not less
than seven allusions being made to those " gone to Cuba."
The manuscript In the possession of Rev. Benj . Kent, of Roxbury,
^ves the names of only the 55, who survived In May, 1741. Over
400 men died in the expedition.
1744, Oct. 30. Capt. Elijah Cushing was instructed "to in
form his Excellency concerning Dea. Thos. Josselynn's making
way with the Town stock of gunpowder ;" and Nov. 5, Capt.
Cushing was appointed " to take care of the Town's powder and
buUets."

104 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
In 1745, the expedition to Cape Breton, Avas undertaken, at
the Instance of Gov. Shirley; the forces from Massachusetts, con
sisting of upwards of 3,200 men, aided by 500 from Connecticut,
and 300 from New Hampshire.' This may be considered as the
commencement of the French war, which with various fortune,
was carried on untU the peace of 1763, and the reduction of the
provinces to the dominion of Great Britain.
We have been at some pains to examine the huge folios of
Muster Rolls, relating to this war, which are deposited in the State
House, at Boston ; and though our gleanings from this source are
not very extensive, and may not embrace the names of all who en
listed from Hanover, yet such as they are, wc present them as an
attempt towards coUecting facts, which, owing to the want of more
thorough Information, can only be regarded as an approximation
to the truth.
In 175,5, preparations were made for dislodging the French
from Nova Scotia ; and the Massachusetts forces, formed Into a
regiment of two battaUons, of which Gov. Shirley was the Colonel,
were commanded by Lt. Col. John Winslow, of Marshfield, who
raised 2000 men, for one year, or longer, if required.^ The French
Neutrals were, taken prisoners in this expedition, and torn from
their country, and sent into banishment, being scattered over
Massachusetts, and other provinces. In aU, 1923 sufiered this
fate ; viz : 483 men, and 337 women, heads of famlHes, and theu"
sons and daughters, 527 of the former, and 576 of the latter. Then:
stock was upwards of 5000 horned cattie, 493 horses, and 12,887
sheep and swine.'
The history of this unfortunate race. Is one of melancholy inter
est, but we cannot pursue It to any extent. Li Abington, there
were a few settled, and In other towns of Plymouth county. We
have heard of one or more In Hanover, who settled somewhere on
Broadway, but cannot give their names.
The foUowing notices of enlistments from Hanover, during the
progress of this war, are aU we have been able to find. A few of
the names given, were residents of Scituate, referred to in other
places of this work.
In 1755, Col Ezekiel Turner served m the expedition to Crown
^ Minot's History of Mass. Vol. 1, p. 75.
"Minot's Hist. Mass. Vol. 1, p. 217.
MI not's Hist. Mass., Vol. l,p. 225.

FRENCH WAR. 105
Point ; and in Capt. Samuel Clarke's Co. (of Braintree,) for 13
weeks, fromDec. 16, 1755, were Barnabas Perry, of Scituate, and
Richard Bowker, Stephen Hatch, Joseph Palmer, Gideon Stetson ,
and TheophUus WithereU, of the same town.
Reuben Bates, set down as of Scituate, was a corporal in EHsha
Hersey's Co. (of Abington) ; and Nehemiah SUvester was ser
geant, and Thomas Stetson, sentinel.
James House, of Hanover, was Captain of a Company in the
expedition to Crown Poiat, from Mar. 29, to Sep. 8. 1756. On
the back of the instrument, he is caUed Major James House.
Cooms House, Seth WithereU, and Daniel Gamett, of Hanover,
were in his Company.
In the same expedition, Joseph Nowit, ' born in Pembroke, but
living in Hanover, was in Capt. Loring's Co.; and John B. Wor-
rin, a native of England, enHsted from Hanover in Capt. Abel
Keen's Co.
James House was Major of a Company at Fort WiUiam Henry,
from Nov. 27, 1765, to Mar. 24, 1766.
In the muster roU of Capt. John Loring's company, encamped at
Fort Edward, July 25, 1756, occur the names of Lawrence Ekins,
a native of Ireland, but a resident of Hanover ; Jeremiah Rogers,
of Hanover ; and Bezaleel Palmer, Thomas Cook, Samuel With
ereU, and Nathaniel Palmer, the latter of whom was a shipwright
by trade.
In the RoU of Capt. Abel Keen's Company, in Col. Joseph Thach
er's Regiment, occur the names of Luke Bowker, blacksmith, and
JohnB. Worrln.
In the return of Thomas Clapp's Regiment, (of Scituate,) July
20, 1766, In the expedition to Crown Pomt, occur the names of
Peter B. Warren, Samuel Witherell, Joseph Turner, Joshua
DweUey, John Perry, Thomas Barstow, Jeremiah Dillingham,
Nathaniel Stetson, WiUiam Gray, Thomas Cornish, John Hanmer,
Joseph Stetson, Jr., John RamsdeU, Bezaleel Palmer, Thomas
Cook, Elisha Palmer, and Benjamin Estes, aU of whom are set
down as of Hanover.
James House was Captain in Thomas Clapp's Regiment, which
marched for the reHef of Fort WilHam Henry, in August, 1757 ;
^ An Indian.
8

106 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
and Job Crooker, and Henry Perry, of Pembroke, were in his
Company. Dr. Jeremiah IlaU, of Hanover, was Surgeon in Joseph
Thacher's Company, In 1757.
Elisha House, of Hanover, was In the expedition to Canada, In
1759 ; and Seth Joyce, and David House, also of Hanover, served
in the same campaign.
Nathaniel Josselynn, se. 37, went to Canada in 1758, In
Thomas Clapp's regiment ; also Edward Peters, se. 19, who was
in the employ of Joseph Curtis ; Seth Woodworth, se. 22 ; James
Silvester, se. 39; John Hunt, se. 17, in the employ of Peleg
Curtis ; and Joshua Remington, se. 37.
April 12, 1759. There were mustered in Capt. Abel Keen's
Company, for the Invasion of Canada, by Lt. Col. Elijah Cushing,
Henry, son of John Bray, se. 18 ; Lemuel, son of Joseph Bates, se.
18 ; and Mark, son of Jeremiah Rogers, se. 18.
At the same date, In Col. Thomas Clapp's Regiment, for
Canada, were Elisha Palmer, se. 41 ; Prince Osgood, se. 18, in
the employ of Joseph Josselynn ; and Mark, son of Jeremiah
Rogers, se. 18.
In Abel Keen's Company, of which Thomas Doty was Colonel
for Canada, in 1759, were Jeremiah Rogers ; Abraham Cato
who was discharged ; Abner French ; Nathaniel Josselynn, who
was discharged ; Amos Love ; Dennis Morrison ; Prince Oso-oqd
in the employ of Joseph Josselynn, discharged ; Jonathan Pratt ;
Jonathan Peters, who died in the service ; Edward Peters '
Thomas Rogers ; Aaron Rowel), employed by Jeremiah Rogers;
Joshua Staples; Jesse, Abner, and Jonathan Torrev; and
Zephanlah and Samuel Witherell. All these are named as of
Hanover. In Abel Keen's Company, at Lunenburg, from March 31, to
November 1, 1759, were Jeremiah Rogers ; Henry, son of John
Bray ; Lemuel, son of Joseph Bates; Samuel Bowker ; Leonard,
sm of Richard HiU ; Prince Osgood ; Elisha Palmer; and Mark,
son of Jeremiah Rogers.
Isaac Nowett, was in Col, John Thomas' Companv, for Canada
In 1760.
In Daniel Reed's Company^ which was at Ticonderago in 1760,

FRENCH WAR. 107
were Gideon Studley, who was out 46 weeks ; Timothy Church,
out 40 weeks ; Isaac Nowett, In the employ of Col. Thomas ;
Edward Peters, ui the employ of Thomas Wilkes ; and Thomas
Rogers. In 1762, the town was divided into two districts, and a mUItary
company was raised in each district. Of the North Company,
David Stockbridge, was Captain ; Joseph Cushing, 1 st Lieuten
ant; John BaUey, Jr., 2nd Lieutenant; and David Jacobs, En
sign. Of the South Company, Joseph Josselynn, was Captain ;
Simeon Curtis, 1st Lieutenant ; Joseph House, 2d Lieutenant ;
and John Josselynn, Ensign. ¦' Of the Division to which these
companies belonged, David Stockbridge, was Lieutenant Colonel,
and Joseph Josselynn, was Major. Robert L. Eells was second
Quarter Master in the Troop of Horse.
In the same year, 1761-2, Edward Peters, of Hanover, was In
Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's Company, from April 18, 1761, to
January 4, 1762. Stephen Curtis was out in 1762. Benjamin,
son of Daniel Teague, was in Abel Keen's Company ; also John
Bates, and Henry DUlIngham. In Job Williams' Company, from
November 18, 1761, to July 29, 1762, were John Bates, WilHam
Bradley, and Stephen Curtis, In the employ of Benjamin Curtis.
Elisha BarreU, who died In Hanover, in 1829, se. 96, was out
in the French War ; also Samuel Brooks, who died In Hanover, In
1830, se. 95, and Jededlah Dwelley, WUHam Perry, and Oliver
Winslow, — the latter of whom died near Crown Point, in 1759.
These men were of Scituate, though their names occur on the
Hanover Records; and at a subsequent date, or after the close of
the war, some of them resided In the town.
1768, November 7. "Voted to Samuel Barstow 6s. for
making a door to the powder room, and for moving the powder."
1771, Mirsh 11. " Capt. John BjiUey, aid Capt. SIm3oa Cur
tis chosen to take care of the Town's Gun Powder in the best
way and manner they can."
. 1774, November 21. Paid Capt. John BaUey for four quarter-
barrels of Powder, £9 8s.
These are aU the minutes which occur previous to the Revo
lution. Of the Incidents of this war, we shall make a separate
Chapter ; as also of the War of 1812, in which we shaU include a
sketch of the Hanover ArtiUery Company.

CHAPTER VIII.
INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION,

" By their pious shades we swear,
By their toils and perils here.
We will guard with jealous care.
Law and Liberty." Ltjnt.
Causes of the Revolution- Stamp Act— Convention in Boston— Plymouth County
Convention— Provincial Congresses — Preparations for defence — Minute men-
Provincial Treasurer chosen — Committees of Safety — Boston Port Bill — Tories,
and the Ruggles Covenant — Balfour's troops — Commencement of hostilities-
Sea coast guards — General Washington assumes the command of the Army-
Station of the army— Operations for 1776— Entrenchment on Dorchester heights
— Evacuation of Boston — Alarm at Cohasset — Declaration of Independence-
Operations around Boston— Men for Ticonderoga, and for Rhode Island — Opera^
tions for 1777 — Committee of Safety — Prices for labor — Town's quota — Expedi
tion to Rhode Island— Other military movements — Operations for 1778— Quota ,
of Shirts, &c.,— -State Constitution rejected — Enlistments for this year — Extracts
from the Pay Rolls — Operations for 1779 — Committee of Safety &c., — Enlistments
— Committee of Safety for 1780 — Military movements for the year — Depreciation
of Currency — The dark hour— Movements for 1781 — Incidents subsequent, to tha
War. The story of the Revolution, will ever be read with Interest by
the citizens of this growing republic. The simple recital of our
father's wrongs ; of their peaceful remonstrance against those
wrongs, untU forbearance ceased longer to be a virtue ; of theu*
calm deliberation upon the course next to be pursued ; of theu*
reluctant, but firm conviction, that an appeal to arms was their
only alternative ; of their solemn consecration of their Hves, and
fortunes, and sacred honor, upon the altar of liberty ; and of their
accompanying deeds of heroism, until their Independence was
acknowledged ; If these events, which, viewed In their broadest
Hght, are calculated to make every heart glow, ever become to us
as a " thrice told tale," or cease to arouse us to emulate their
virtues, then may we be assured that the day of our downfaU Is
approaching, and that we are becoming unworthy of the continued

STAMP ACT. 109
enjoyment of those inestimable blessmgs', now so freely and
widely diffused throughout our land.
Ii^ a work like the present, however, which Is local In Its char
acter, it wiU not be expected that we should give an extended
notice of these events. We shall confine ourselves to the part
which the citizens of Hanover took in the great drama then per
formed, only giving such general detaUs, as may serve to render
our sketch intelHglble, and complete.
The principal causes which led to the War of the Revolution,
were the adoption of measures, and the enactment of laws, by the
ParHament of the mother country, which were deemed oppressive
in their character, and an invasion of the rights of the people of
the colonies.
Indeed, quite early in the history of our country, we find the
right of England to Legislate for the colonies, questioned by
many. We could bring abundant proofs to sustain this position,
were it necessary. Not only do the laws of Plymouth and Mas
sachusetts show this, but the writings of the most eminent men of
those days, furnish clear and decisive evidence of the fact. '
Hence when. In the reign of George the II, an act of ParHament
was passed, imposing a duty on sugars, &c., which, in the reign of
George the III, in 1764, was contmued and enforced, and the
duty increased, and an impost also laid on molasses, brought to the
colonies from any other than British plantations in the West In
dies, and the jurisdiction of vice-admiralty courts was enlarged,
by which the people were deprived of trial by juries, in all cases
relating to revenue arising from these duties, and made Hable to
unreasonable and oppressive suits ; — these acts were all resisted,
and all tended to foster a feeling of injury, and a spirit of resent
ment, among the people.
But the famous Stamp Act, passed in 1766, awakened the
most general indignation ; and as soon as it arrived at Boston, the
bells were muffled, and rung a funeral peal, and the act itself was
hawked about the streets, with a Death's head affixed to it, and
styled the Folly of England, and the ruin of America, and af^r
terwards pubHcly burnt by the enraged populace ; ° and throughout
^ Massachusetts State Papers, p. 13, et seq.
" Low's American Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 288.

110 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
the province, meetings were held, and the act denounced. The
new act of 1768, imposing a duty on tea, papers, painters' colors,
and glass, caused, if possible, a ferment greater than that caused
by the Stamp Act ; and so thoroughly were the people arouspd»
that it was finally resolved to call a Convention, to meet in Bos
ton, September 21, " to consult upon measures for the safety of
the Province." Delegates to this Convention were sent from a
large number of towns. Hanover deputed Joseph Cushing, Esq.,
to act as Its Representative ; a gentieman who had been long and
favorably known to his townsmen, and who was distinguished for
his unbending integrity, and affable deportment ; — who after
wards held an honorable rank in the Conventions of the County,
and the Congresses of the Province ; and who, at a stUl later
period, when peace had been declared, and order restored to our
disturbed civil institutions, as a token of gratitude, and esteem for
his services, was elevated to the office of Judge of Probate for the
County of Plymouth, and received a miHtary commission, with the
rank of Brigadier General.
But the oppressions of England did not cease with the Act of
1768. Farther encroachments were made upon the rights of the
Colonies ; and the public mind was kept in a constant state of
feverish excitement ; until, all over the land, the necessity for an
appeal to arms was beginning to be felt, and even to be advo
cated, by the most bold and resolute. Monday, September 26,
1774, a meeting of delegates from every town in Plymouth
County, was held at Plympton, and by adjournment, at the court
house In Plymouth, on Tuesday the 27th ; and Hanover sent as
its Representatives^ Capt. Joseph Cushing, Joseph Ramsdell^,
Joshua Simmons, Capt. Robert L. Eells, and Dr. Lemuel Cushing;
and the first named gentleman was chosen one of the committee of
nine, to prepare an address expressive of their feelings In view of
the aggressions of the British Government. The proceedings of
this Convention are given In full In the Journal of the Provincial
Congress, pp. 621-625, but are too long to be Inserted here.
On the 7th, of October 1774, the First Provincial Congress
was convened at Salem ; on the 11th, at Concord ; on the 17th, at
Cambridge, and again at Cambridge, November 23d, and dis
solved, December 10th. The Second Congress was convened at

MINUTE MEN. Ill
Cambridge, February 1, 1775 ; at Concord, March 22d, and
April 22d ; and at Watertown April 22d, and dissolved May 29th.
The Third Congress convened at Watertown, Wednesday, May
3 1st, 1775, and was dissolved Wednesday, July 19th, 1775.
To all these. Col. Cushing, as he is called on the Journals, was
sent as a delegate from Hanover, and in all he took an active and
prominent pa^ We could enumerate many Instance^ In which
he was appointed on Important committees ; and that his services
were held In the highest esteem, may be Inferred from the^ fact
that his associates were ever ready to assign to him new trusts, '
During the session of the First Congress, the Importance of the
improvement of the militia was urged, and the several towns and
districts In the colony were advised " to see that each of the
minite men not already providedtherewlth, should be immediately
equipped with an effective fire-arm, bayonet, pouch, knapsack,
and thirty rounds of cartridge and balls, and be disciplined three
times a week, and oftener as opportunity may offer ; " and In the
Second Congress^ where any deficiency In arms or accoutre
ments was found, the Selectmen were instructed to supply the
same " out of the town stock, and in case of a deficiency there, to
apply to such inhabitants as can best spare their arms or accoutre
ments, and to borrow or purchase the same for the use of the In
habitants so eniisfing;" "
In accordance with these votes, companies of minute men were
formed In all the towns in the province, — indeed this work had
commenced as early as 1773, — and these companies furnished
efficient aid in procuring recruits for the Army, communicating
intelligence on sudden emergencies, and forwarding the war.
According to Col. J. B. Barstow, Hanover was divided into two
districts, by the road running from the North River bridge past
the Four Comers, to what Is now Hanover Street, and thence to
the Meeting House, and on West to the Drinkwater Forge, and to
Abington. The inhabitants of the Southerly part of the town
were in one district, and the company formed here was com
manded by Colonel, then Capt. Amos Turner, and Lt. Samuel
i See.the Journals, pp. 55, 66, 85, 95, 97, 11«, 130, 148, 255, 284, 291,
298, 300, 310, 363, 374, 377, and 479.
2 Jour. Prov. Cong. pp. 71, and 2Q9-10

112 HISTORY OF HANOVER
Barstow ; and those to the North, were in the Second District,
and their Company was commanded by Capt. Joseph Soper, and
probably Lt. Lemuel Curtis. In the County, a regiment was
formed of companies of minute men, and TheophUus Cotton, of
Plymouth, was chosen Colonel ; Ichabod Allen, of Duxbury, Lt.
Colonel ; and Ebenezer Sprout, of MIddleboro', Major. ' January
16, 1775* The town procured a stock of thirty-fire fire arms, as
a pubHc supply, to be furnished to those who had not the means,
or were not able to provide for themselves.
One of the earliest acts of the Provincial Congress was to pro^
vide funds for the expenses of Government, and the conduct of the
war. Harrison Gray, Esq., was the treasurer appointed by the
old authorities ; but as funds in his hands were not available to
the public, the Congress advised aU constables and collectors of
taxes " who have or shall have any money In their hands coUected
on province assessments," not to pay the same to Mr. Gray, but
to retain them In their own hands until otherwise instructed ; and
they soon made choice of Henry Gardner, Esq., as Treasurer, and
directed aU monies to be paid to him.^ Accordingly the town of
Hanover, having voted, Jan. 16, 1775, to raise £43 I5s. 2d.
" for purposes of defence," instructed Israel Perry, coUector for
1773-4, to pay over the same to Mr. Gardner, " with the remain
der of the Province tax in his bills not then collected," and agreed
to " indemnify and hold him harmless in so doing."
Another of these preliminary steps, was the appointment of Com
mittees of Correspondence and Safety; and the committee of
Hanover, for the year 1775, consisted of David Jacobs, Lieut.
Whiting, Joshua Simmons, Abner Curtis, Ezra Briggs, Dr. Cush
ing, Seth Bates, Lemuel Curtis, Capt. Curtis, Capt. Eells, Joseph
Ramsdell, Amos Turner, Michael SUvester, Lieut-. Barstow,
Bezaleel Curtis, Benjamin Bass, Israel Perry, Benjamin Studley,
John House, jr., and Seth Josselynn ; and they were Instructed
" to see that the resolves of the Continental Congress relative to
trade, &c., are strictly adhered to."
By the operation of the Boston Port BIU, the Inhabitants of
that town were thrown into great distress, and provisions for thek
^ Winsor's Duxbury, p. 123.
= Jour. Prov. Cong. pp. 19, 38, and 45.

RUOSLES COVENANT. 113
relief were made, not only throughout Massachusetts, but in seve
ral of the other Colonies. In Hanover, Dea. Barstow, and Thomas
Rose, were chosen to receive donations, and forward them to the
proper authorities, to be distributed.
In the winter of 1774, the torles of Massachusetts, were active
in forwarding their schemes ; and the Hon. Timothy Ruggles, of
Hardwick, one of the most conspicuous, drew up a document^
called the Ruggles Covenant, intended for the signature of all
favorable to the royalist cause. This paper found Its way to
Hanover, and suspicions of its presence being entertained^ the
town instructed the Committee of Correspondence, " to inquire
into the ground and foundation of a report that a covenant caUed
the Ruggles Covenant is signed and circulated among somQ,of the
inhabitants." This incendiary document Is given at large on the
Journals of the Provincial Congress, p. 68.
It wUl hardly be necessary to say that such a compact found
but few signers in Hanover. Indeed, In a town so loyal to freedom,
tories were rare. When, in 1777, Israel Perry was chosen to
collect " the evidence relative to those persons supposed to be
inimical to their country," after the most dUigent search, he
reported but seven names, and these were either peaceable mem
bers of the Society of Friends, whose principles caused them to
look upon all war as wrong, or members of the Episcopal Church,
who, from that fact alone, were supposed to befrlendly to the King.
The names reported were Charles BaUey, Peleg Ewell, Mordecai
EUIs John Bailey 3d., Joseph DonneU, and WilHam and Jane
Stockbridge. All who did favor the royalists, were everywhere treated with a
severity proportioned to the magnitude of their offence. They
were inglorlously tipped from the cart's taU, and commanded forth
with to depart from the Hmits of the town, under the threat of
heavier penalties, should they dare to appear within Its borders
agsdtt. Of all crimes, that of aiding and abetting the enemies of
America, was most heartUy despised, and treated with the stern
est rebuke.
Previous to the commenceiflent of the hostUitles of the 19th of
April, 1775, which may be regarded as the opening scene of the
war of the Revolution, there were found, in Marshfield, a large

114 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
number of friends of England, and signers of the Ruggles Covenant;
and these, as appears by a letter dated Jan. 26, 1775, sent an
express to Gen. Gage, acquainting him with their situation, and
beo-ging support.' This led to the forwarding of a body of one
hundred troops, under the command of Capt. Balfour, and three
subalterns, with two field pieces, and three hundred stands of arms,
to be put Into the hands of the loyalists. The troops were detached
on board two smaU vessels, and landed quietly, and without dis
turbance. But the presence of such a body of men could not fail
to be attended with some murmurings, and dissatisfaction, on the
part of the people of the adjoining towns, although the signers of
the covenant mae^e their boast that " every faithful subject to bis
King jiare fully utter his thoughts, and drink his tea, and kiU hia
sheep as profusely as he pleases." "
Accordingly, in the Boston Evening Post, of Feb. 27, 1775,
there was published an address to Gen. Gage, signed by the
selectmen of Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Pembroke, Hanover,
and Scituate, protesting against the course he had pursued, in
which, after declaring that the fears and Intimidations of the peo^
pie of Marshfield were entirely groundless, they proceed to say,
" It appears as evident as If written with a sunbeam, from the
general tenor of the testimony, which we are willing to lay before
your exceUency, If desired, that their expressions of fear, were a
fallacious pretext, dictated by the inveterate enemies of our constitu
tion, to Induce your excellency to send troops into our country,
to augment the difficulties of our situation, already very distress^
ing ; and what confir ns this truth, If It needs any confirmation, is,
the assiduity and pains which we have taken to investigate It. We
have industriously scrutinized Into the cause of this alarm, and
cannot find that it has the least foundation In reality." '
The Congress, on the reception of the above — a copy of which
was forwarded to them — passed a vote highly approving the vigi
lance of the selectmen and committees of correspondence of the
towns named In the address, and recommended to them " steadily
to persevere in the same line of conduct, which has, in this instance,
1 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 1 28.
2 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 127.
' Jour. Prov. Cong. p. 104.

Balfour's troops. 115
so justly entitled them to the esteem of their fellow countrymen,
and to keep a watchful eye upon the behavior of those who are
aiming at the destruction of our liberties." '
The troops under Balfour, however, did not remain long in the
county. On the 21st of April they departed, as they came, — In
their hurry leaving behind them most of their camp equipage and
stores, — and being engaged In the battle at Bunker HIU, on the
17th of June, all but their commander, and five of the soldiers,
perished, although they entered the field " with as fine a com
pany as was in his Majesty's service.'"*
Before their departure, the military companies in the vicinity
were on the alert, and were contemplating an attack. Col. John
BaUey ordered his troDps to march to the spot, but they did not
arrive until the enemy had left. Mr. Jabez Studley was among
the soldiers engaged in this expedition, according to his son, the
present Mr. Jabez Studley, of Hanover.
Wc have now reached that period when actual hostilities com
menced, and the struggle for Hberty, at the point of the bayonet,
began in earnest.
AprU 8, 1775. The Provmclal Congress resolved " that the
present dangers, and alarming situation of our public affairs, ren
ders it necessary for this colony to make preparations for their
security and defence, by raising and establishing an army." ^ This
army, as appears by a subsequent report, was raised, and consis
ted of twenty-two regiments complete, of ten companies each,
containing sixty men ; and three regiments incomplete. But all
the privates were not properly equipped, and of mUItary stores,
of some descriptions, the supply was very small. * John BaUey,
of Hanover, was Lieut, Col. In the regiment of Gen. Thomas.
On the first of May, 1776, or about two weeks after the battle
of Lexington, according to Winsor, four companies were ordered
to Plymouth "to guard the sea-coast," where they were star
tioned untU the first of September. ' Of this order I find no
1 Jour. Prov. Cong. p. 103-4.
2 Winsor's Duxburj', p. 120.
' Jour. Prov. Cong. p. 135.
* Bradford's Hist. Mass. Vol 1. p. 382.
6 Winsor's Duxbury, p. 120.

116' • HISTORY OF HANOVER.
record ; but on the first of July, a memorial having been present
ed from Plymouth, stating that the people in that nelghhorhood
were " In danger of being attacked by the enemy," it was resolv
ed by the Congress " that General Ward be and here'oy Is directed,
immediately to issue his orders that two full Companies from CoL.
Cotton's regiment, under proper officers, march without delay, to
Plymouth, and there remain for the guard and defence of the in
habitants, untU they can be relieved by such Companies as are to
be raised for the defence and protection of the sea-coast, and to
be stationed there for that purpose." '
Among those who thus guarded the sea-coast, " Samuel EeUs and
others" are spoken of, on the records of the tOwn, and Oct. 30th,
there was paid to him, and to Nathaniel Torrey, for their services,
£1 12s. 8d. ; and In the "Pay Roll of the Company stationed
on the sea-coast In the Massachusetts service tUl the last of De
cember, 1775, occur the names of " Samuel Eells, jr., Fifer ; and
EHab Studley, Benjamin Studley, Ezra Briggs, Solomon Bates,
Jabez Studley, Henchman Silvester, Clement Bates, and Seth
Curtis, Privates," — all of whom were citizens of Hanover. "
On the third of July, 1775, General Washington, by appoint^
ment of the Continental Congress of June 14th, took command
of the American troops in the vicinity of Boston, which were then
estimated at 15,000. Of these, more than 9,000 belonged to:
Massachusetts, — the rest having been furnished by Connecticut,
New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. ^
These troops were In a comparatively undlscIpHned state, and
almost destitute of clothing, and ammunition. But a few
days after Washington's arrival, the alarming discovery was
made, that the actual quantity of powder on hand, was not more
than sufficient to furnish each man with nine cartridges. ¦* The
main body of the British army, at this time, under the Immediate
command of Gen. Howe, was entrenching itself strongly on Bunker
HiU. Three floating batteries lay In Mystic river, near the camp,
and a twenty gun ship below the ferry, between Boston and Charles^
' Jour. Prov. Cong. 433.
2 Revolutionary Rolls, 36, 226.

' Bradford's Massachusetts, Vol. 2. p. 18.
* Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 30.

ENTRENCHMENT AT DORCHESTER. 117
town. A strong battery on the Boston side of the water, on
Copp's hlU, served to cover and strengthen the pOst on Bunker
HIU. Another division was entrenched on the Neck. The light
horse, and a small body of infantry, were stationed in Boston.
The American army lay on both sides of Charles river. The right
occupied the high grounds about Roxbury ; whence It extended
towards Dorchester ; and the left was covered by Mystic or Mcd-
ford river, a space of at least twelve mUes. A change was after
wards made in the portion of the American troops, and Washing
ton himself took up his head quarters at Cambridge." A rigorous
blockade was thus kept up over the British army, and Boston
itself was in a state of aege, and so continued untU the spring of
1776. 1776. The Committee of Safety for this year consisted of Joseph
Cushing, Joshua Simmons, Capt. Robert L. EeUs, Joseph Rams
deU, Lemuel Curtis, David Jacobs, Benjamin Bass, Benjamin
Studley, Capt. Amos Turner, Capt. Joseph Soper, Samuel Bars
tow, jr., Michael SUvester, Calvin Curtis, Lt. John Hatch, Ezra
Briggs, Seth Stetson, John Curtis, jr., Joshua Barstow, and Thos.
Whiting. Feb. 12, 1776. Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Company marched
to Roxbury, and other troops from Hanover had joined the army
at that place, in preparation for the contemplated attempt to dis
lodge the British army from Boston. This was in accordance
with a resolution of the Provincial Congress of the previous Janu
ary, " that a vigorous attempt ought to be made on the ministerial
troops in Boston, before they can be reinforced in the spring ; and
that thirteen regiments of mlHtIa should be asked for from Massa
chusetts and the neighboring colonies. In order to put the army
in, a condition to make the attempt." " To effect this object, it
was determined that entrenchments should be thrown up on
Dorchester heights ; and Major General Thomas had the com
mand of the troops detached for this arduous service ; and Col.
John Bailey, and the troops from Hanover were among the num
ber. They passed from the camp at Roxbury, to the place of
their destination, with great caution, under cover of the night ; and
^ Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 29 et seq.
2 Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 29.

118 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
when the light of day exposed them to the view of the British in
Boston, they had thrown up a sufficient breastwork for protection
and security In prosecuting the object of their enterprise. ' Gen.
Howe, In order to frustrate the Intentions of the Americans, sent
a picked body of 3,000 men, commanded by Lord Percy, to as
sault the works which had been thus commenced ; and they em
barked, and fell down to the castle, to proceed to the Intended
scene of action, but were scattered by a furious storm, which diS'
abled them from Immediately prosecuting the enterprise,: and
before they could be again In readiness for the attack, the works
were made so strong, that the attempt to storm them was thought
unadvlsable, and the evacuation of the town soon afterward took
place. '
A part of the glory of this enterprise belongs to Hanover ; and
among those Avho were thus engaged, from the Pay Roll of Capt.
Natiianiel Winslow's company, which marched for Roxbtyry Feb.
12, 1776, we gather the names of Benjamin Studley, 1st Lieut. ;
Joseph House, 2d Lieut. ; Timothy Rose, Sergeant ; David Torrey,
Drummer ; and Stephen Torrey, Job Tilden, Robert White,
Elijah Silvester, Elisha Palmer, Seth House, Samuel Eells,
Samuel Gross, Nathaniel Torrey, Jonathan Pratt, Benjamin
Bates, Joseph Bates, Benjamin Silvester, Adam Perry. James
Whiting, Nathaniel Josselynn, Seth Bates, Nathaniel Stetson,
Isaac Turner, Seth Bates, Jr., Joseph Brooks, Gideon Studley,
Benjamin White, James Torrey, Benjamin Stetson, Laban Rose,
and Ebenezer Eddy, Privates.^ Tradition says that Clement
Bates was also at Dorchester heights, and aided In filUing with
sand, the barrels which were to be used for the defence of the
breastwork. As all Col. Cotton's regiment, which had been sta
tioned at Plymouth, moved to Roxbury, and formed part of the
detachment which threw up these entrenchments,* there were
probably other citizens of Hanover engaged In the enterprise, but
the foregoing are all the names we are able to give authentically.
In Mdrch, 1776, there was an alarm of " danger at Cohasset,"
probably arising from the British vessels which were hovering
' Bradford's Massachusetts, Vol. 2. p. 85.
2 Marshall's Washington, Vol. 1. p. 43.
» Rev. Rolls, 24. 38
* Winsor^s Duxbury, 131.

INDEPENDENCE DECLARED. 119
upon t'le coast, and troops were ordered to the spot to aid In its de
fence. From Hanover, the whole company under the command
of Capt. Lemuel Curtis was detached ; and in the Pay Roll of
the same, which was sworn to before Joseph Cushing, Esq., Jan.
20, 1777, ' occur the names of Lemuel Curtis, Captain ; John
Hatch, 1st Lieut. ; Abner Curtis, 2d Lieut. ; Calvin Curtis,
Michael Silvester, James Curtis, and Israel Perry, Sergeants ; and
Elijah Curtis, Jabez Studley, Joseph Curtis, Prince Curtis, Thom
as Hatch, David House, Snow Cartis, Joshua DweUey Jesse Cur
tis, John Totman, EHab Studley, Marlboro' Turner, Joseph Ran
dall, Abel Curtis, Seth BaUey, Ezra Briggs, EHsha Simmons,
Abner Curtis, jr., Robert Corthrell, Gershom Curtis, .Job Curtis,
Isaac Hatch, Simeon Curtis, Seth Curtis, WiUiam Gilbert, Elijah
Stetson, Melzar Curtis, Ebenezer Curtis, Job Barstow, Solomon
Bryant, Benjamin Bass, Seth Josselynn, Lemuel Bat33, and
Gamaliel Bates.
Whilst these events were transpiring, the Continental Congress
was In session, and the declaration of Independence was under
discussion ; and June 30, at a meeting in Hanover " held to take
into consideration a resolve of the Honorable House of Represen
tatives of the Massachusetts Bay, relative to advising the person
or persons chosen to represent them in the General Court, whether,
if the Honorable American Congress should for the safety of the
American Colonies, declare them Independent of the Kingdom of
Great Britain, they the said inhabitants, wUl solemnly engage,
with their Hves and fortunes, to support them ia the measure.
Voted, to instruct their Representative, that If said Congress,'
should ttiiiik it safest to declare them Independent of the King
dom of Great Britain, they the inhabitants win support them in
the measure."
D iria^ th3 Sim nar of 1773, t'ae soldiers from Hanover were
mostly stationed In the vicinity of Boston, and fortifications were
erected at Noddle's Island, and at other places in the harbor ;
twenty British vessels were driven from the coast ; and two regi
ments, and the battalion of artUlery were kept in the service of
the province throughout the season. '

» Rev. Rolls, 18. 10.
" Bradford's Massachusetts, p. Ill «t. al.

120 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
The references to the enlistments from Hanover, during this
period, are quite numerous. In the Pay RoU of Capt. Nathaniel
Winslow's Company, in Col. Whitney's Regiment, for one month's
advance pay, &c., ' are the names of Calvin Curtis, 2d Lieut. ;
Joseph Curtis, Corporal ; and Stephen Torrey, Sergeant. The
same men were paid for services in August and November, 1776, "
and Clement Bates was in their company.
In the Rolls for September and October, besides the foregoing;
are the names of Abner DweUey, Abner Curtis, Seth Bates, Joel
Silvester, Nathaniel Torrey, Isaac Turner, Samuel EeUs, Edward
RamsdeU, Benjamin Studley, EHjah Silvester, and Reuben Curtip.'
In the roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, in Col. Dike's Regiment,
for three months service, are the names of Benjamin Studley, 1st
Lieut. ; Solomon Bates, Corporal ; and Benjamin Studley, Jr.,
Warren Torrey, Amos Berry, ComeHus SUvester, and Seth Bates ;
and in the pay roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, for three months,
to Nov. 1776, are the additional names of James Whiting,
Stephen RandaU, Dowty Bates, Thomas Gross, Francis Josselynn^
and Adam Perry. *
On the town records, under date of Oct. 1, 1776, five men are
spoken of, as having been engaged for the expedition to Ticonde-
roga this year, and £1B bounty per man was voted them. Fif
teen men were also hired to go to New York to reinforce the Con
tinental Army, and a bounty of ^5 153. was voted to each. Si!i>-
teen men also went to Rhode Island for two months, to whom a
bounty of 20s. each per month, was voted : and a Hke bounty to
fifteen men who went to Bristol for three months.
Of the first named expedition, — that to Ticonderoga, — the only
record I find, is in the "Pay Roll of Capt. Christopher Bannister's
Company, which went to Ticonderoga for two months and seven
days," where may be found the names of David Studley, Corporal,
and Abner Dwelley, Private.
The names of the ^ieew, who went to New York, I have not
been able to learn.
Of the sixteen, who went to Rhode Island for 2 months and the
1 Rev. Rolls, 24. 11.
" Rev. Rolls, 24. 37, and 24. 35
s Rolls, 24. 40.
< Rolls, 26.420, etal.

OPERATIONS FOR 1776. 121
fiftsen who went to Bristol, I find the foUowing minutes. In the
Pay RoU of Capt. Amos Turner's Co., in Col. John Cushing's
Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island in 1776, for two months,
dated at Newport, R. I., Nov. 17, 1776, ' occur the names of
Michael SUvester, Snow Curtis, Nathl. Josselynn, Joseph Rams
dell, Samuel Brooks, Benj. Stetson, Simeon Curtis, Prince Curtis
Benj. White, and Benj. Bass, Privates ; and Israel Perry,
Drummer. In the Field and Staff Officers Roll, upon the Bristol Alarm, In
1776, are the names of Samuel Baldwin, Chaplain ; John Cushing
Colonel ; Benj. Bass, Quarter Master ; and Melzar Turner,
Adjutant. In the Muster RoU of Capt. Amos Turner's Co., &c., which
marched to Rhode Island in 1776, are the names of Amos Tur
ner, Captain ; Seth Josselynn, Lt. ; Benj. Stetson, Benj. \^Tiite,
and Belcher Clark, Sergeants ; PhiUip Josselynn, and Clement
Bates, Corporals; David Torrey, Drummer; Samuel Eells, jr.,
Fifer ; Isaac Josselynn, Clerk ; and Elijah Gamett, Wm. W. Eells,
Abner House, Nathl. Josselynn, Robt. Cushman, Cornelius White,
OHver Bonney, Nathl. Clark, Joseph Carrel, Benj. Bates, Nathl.
Josselynn, jr., Sam. EeUs, Seth Bates, Stephen Torrey, Joseph
RamsdeU, Robt. EeUs, Theoph. WithereU, Luther Torrey, Thos.
Oldham, Abner Studley, and Simeon Witherell, Privates.
In the Pay RoU of Capt. Joseph Sopor's Co. to Bristol, 1776,
are the names of Joseph Soper, Captain ; John Hatch, 1st. Lt. ;
Joshua DweUey, 2d Lt. ; Wm. Curtis, Timothy Rose, and Michael
Silvester, Sergeants ; Snow Curtis, Corporal ; and Asa Whiting,
Caleb SUvester, Benj. Clark, Elisha Palmer, Isaac Perry, Jona.
Pratt, Abel Whiting, Seth Curtis, jr., Jas. Whitmg, Thos. Hatch,
Gideon Studley, Seth Curtis, Henchman SUvester, Job Curtis,
EHjah Gilbert, Benj. Mann, Josh. Mami, Joseph Brooks, EHsha
Simmons, Jesse Curtis, Prince Curtis, Melzar Curtis, Eliab Stud
ley, Jabez Studley, Thos. Stetson, Israel Perry, Abel Curtis, and
EHjah Curtis, Privates.
1777. March 10, Committee of Safety, &c., Joshua Simmons^
Joseph Cushing, Timothy Rose, Benj. Bass, Lemuel Curtis, Capt_
V
1 Rev. Rolls, 3, 178. = Rev. Rolls, 3, 132.
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122 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Prince Stetson, Israel Perry, Capt. Robert L. EeUs, Mlcha^
Silvester, David Jacobs, Calvin Curtis, Lt. Benjamin Studley,
Jesse Curtis, Joseph Ramsdell, Abner Curtis, Seth Stetson, jr.
Melzar Curtis, Timothy Robbins, and Samuel Barstow, jr.
By an Act of the Province, called an " Act to prevent monopolies
and oppression," the following scale of prices for labor and goods
was fixed this year.
Day labor, for reaping and mowing, 3s. 6d. From AprU 1, to
last of September, 2s. 8d. For March, October, and November,
2s. 4d. For the three winter months, 2s. 6d. Good wheat, per
bu., 6s. 8d. Rye, 4s. 4d. Indian com, 3s. 8d. Spanish pota
toes. In the field. Is. ; out of the cellar Is. 4d. Good men's
shoes, 7s. 6d. Good trie'd tallow, 8d. Good veal, mutton, and
lamb, 3d. Horsekeeping, Is. 4d. per 24 hours. A yoke of oxen.
Is. 4d. Teaming work at Is. 6d. per mUe. Turkeys, ducks,
dunghill fowls, and geese, 4d. per lb. Milk, 2d. per qt. Good
English hay 3s. per bund., and in proportion for a meaner quality.
Good merchantable boards, 40s. per M. at the mUl. Good tur
nips. Is. 4d. per bu. Cider at the mlU, 6d. per bbl. Summer
apples, 6 l-2d. per bu. Winter apples, 8d. A middling sized
yoke of oxen, 2s. per day. For a common plow, in common busi
ness, Is. 6d. White oak bark, at the tannery, 20s. per cord..
Black oak, 18s. Hemlock, 13s. 4d. Hog's fat, 7 l-2d. per lb.
Womens' shoes, 6s. 8d. per pair. Making mens' shoes, 2s, 6d.
Womens' shoes, the same, the shoemaker finding the heels. Other
shoes, in proportion. Hemlock boards, 32s. per M. Pme shin
gles, without sap, 13s. 4d. Hemlock shingles, 12s. good and
clear, and with the grain. Tobacco, 6s. per. lb. Smith's coal,
at the pit, 13s. 4d. per load. Horse shoeing, steeled, toed, and
corked, fixed for the winter, 6s. 8d. Wood, at the E. end of the
town, from Oldham's to Benj. Clark's, and so to the old forge, wal
nut, 13s. ; oak, lis. ; swamp-wood 9s. The other parts of the town,
walnut, 9s. 6d. ; oak, 8s. ; swamp wood, 7s. An ox cart and
wheels. Is. 4d. per day, and aU other tools and implements, and all
other labor and business, according to former wages and customs.
In March of this year, the town's quota of every seventh man
was caUed for, and it was voted to give those that enlisted ^£14
each, in addition to the Continental and State bounties • and a

EXPEDITION TO RHODE ISLAND. 123
committee of twenty was chosen, to hire the money and the men.
This measure, of offering bounty to soldiers, was adopted at the
urgent solicitation of Washmgton, and was deemed by him of great
importance, to encourage enlistments, and to secure their perma
nence.' In the early part of this year, there was another expedition to
R. I. ; and in the muster roU of Capt. Amos Turner's company,
are the names of Amos Turner, captain ; Reuben Rose, lieuten
ant ; WUHam EeUs, sergeant ; Leonard Hill, corporal ; and Ezra
Briggs, Elisha House, John Hatch, John Bates, Solomon Bryant,
Samuel Brooks, Samuel EeUs, Jr., Luther Torrey, Shuble Munroe,
Jr., Joseph Robbins, Samuel Torrey, Melzar Stoddard, Reuben
Curtis, and Henry DUHngham, privates. Of this number, Shuble
Munroe died in Hanover, in 1851, at the age of 90.
In Hayward Pierce's company, which marched on a secret
expedition to Tiverton, in Rhode Island, occur the names of Wil
liam Curtis, sergeant ; Laban Rose, corporal ; and Simeon Cur
tis, Elijah Sylvester, Joshua DweUey, James Barstow, EHsha
Stetson, EHsha Simmons, Seth Curtis, Jr., Jesse Curtis, Elijah
Curtis, Samuel Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Seth Curtis, Elisha SU
vester, Elisha Palmer, Lemuel Bates, Seth Bates, Nathaniel Jos
selynn, Nathaniel Torrey, Isaac Stetson, James Whiting, Joseph
Nickerson, Josiah Mann, EHjah Gilbert, Zachariah Lambert,
Benjamin Bowker, Japhet Crooker, Josiah Damon, Nathaniel
Magoim, and others.
In the pay roU of the four independent companies, stationed at
HuU, March 1, 1777, are the names of Caleb SUvester, sergeant ;
and Henchman SUvester, Levi Mann, Joshua Mann, and Cuffy
TUden, privates.*
In the roll of bounty due Capt. Seth Stower's company, in
1777, are Calvin Curtis, Luther Robbins, EHsha Curtis, Reuben
Curtis, ComeHus SUvester, and Ezra Briggs.'
There were doubtless others out during this year, but the
names ^ven, are all we have found.
Oct. 20, 1777, ^6490 were voted for the pay of the soldiers
already enlisted ; and it was voted to purchase 105 lbs. of pow
der for a town's stock, " if it can be had for 6s. per lb." A
1 See Marshall's Washingtoa, vol. 1, p. 106, &c.
2 Rev. Rolls, 3, 302 » lb. 21, 266. * lb. 37, 4. » lb. 23, 25.

124 HISTORY GF HANOVER.
committee of three was also chosen, agreeable to the orders of
the Provincial Congress, to supply the famUies of soldiers absent
on service.
The operations for 1778, were quite extensive. Jan. 26, a
new quota was caUed for, and arrangements were made to obtain
the men. April 6. £200 were voted to supply the soldiers'
famlHes. A quota oi shirts being caUed for, to supply the army^ the town
voted that the selectmen should purchase the same, also the
" shoes and stockings called for by the Hon. Court of this State,
as cheap as they can " ; which was accordingly done, and the
supply forwarded.
In April, meetings were held throughout the State, to act
upon the draft of the Constitution which had been prepared ;
but this draft was so objectionable, that few towns voted In its
favor. In Hanover, a committee of fifteen was chosen to take the
subject into consideration, and report ; and at a meeting held
June 8, at which seventy-three persons were present, they " voted
the plan null and void to a man."
The enUstments for this year were as follows : — The Records of
the town speak of eleven men, as engaged AprU 11, to whom a
bounty of £27 each per month was voted; of men who went to
Hull the 3d of March last, to whom £88 bounty were voted ; of
sixteen men raised, June 22, to guard the New England States, to
whom It was voted to give £15 each, per month, in addition to the
State's pay, — these being for the secret expedition to Rhode
Island ; — of eleven men raised June 29th, for six months, " to
join General Sullivan at Providence," to whom $4 per day were
voted, " with the pubHck's pay " ; and October 26th, the sum of
£3317 12s. 6d. was voted, " to pay the men that are and havp
been raised since October last, in the different services of the
Commonwealth." From the Revolutionary RoUs, we gather the foUowing particu-
lai^s, relating to the service this year. In the " Pay Roll of
Captain Calvin Curtis' company. In Colonel John Jacobs Biegi-
ment, of Massachusetts, from Jan. 1, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779 '" are
the foUowmg Hanover names, viz : Calvin Curtis, captain ; and
1 Bev. Bolls, 1-147

operations for 1778-9. 125
Jabez Studley, Clement Bates, Neal Bates, Nathaniel Josselynn,
and Abner Studley, privates. In the " Pay RoU of Captain
Abraham Washburn's company, which did duty near Boston, six
months, from July 1, 1778," ' are the names of Caleb SUvester,
Seth Perry, Henchman SUvester, Thomas Torrey, Abner Curtis,
EHjah Turner, John Turner, Asa Turner, and Job Curtis.
In the " Pay RoU of Capt. Ichabod Bonney's company, that
did duty on Castie Island, agreeable to an order of Sept 7, 1778,
discharged Dec. 11, and aUowed four days to return home,"" are
the names of Nathaniel ChamberHn, sergeant ; Isaac Turner, cor
poral ; Joseph Barstow, fifer ; and Albert Smith, Elijah SUvester,
Caleb Rogers, Luther Robbins, Nathaniel Torrey, Benjamin
Studley, Job Curtis, Samuel Garnet, Josiah Mann, and John
Bosworth, privates.
In Capt. Joseph CHft's company, in Col. Whitney's regiment,
which went to Rhode Island, in Jtdy 1778,^ occur the names of
Joshua DweUey, lieutenant ; Snow Curtis, sergeant ; and Ben
jamin Studley, Simeon Curtis, Job Tilden, Seth Curtis, Lemuel
Bates, Jacob Silvester, Luther Robbins, Seth Bates^ Job Barstow
and Eells Damon, privates.
In the Pay Roll of Capt. John Turner's company, in Colonel
Eleazer Brook's regiment, which was at Cambridge, from Feb. 8
to AprU 4, 1778,* are the names of Asa Whiting, Benjamin Bates,
Seth Bates, Jonathan Pratt, Simeon Curtis, James Whiting,
Henry Perry, Samuel Ramsdell, and Job SUvester. The same
names are on the RoUs from Feb. 18, 1777, to June 2, 1777.
In the RoUs for eight months service in 17 78* are the names
of Calvin Curtis, captain ; and Reuben Rose, lieutenant.
Finally, in the Muster Roll of MiHtia to, serve in Gate's regi
ment, until January 1, 1779,° are the names of Amos Turner, and
Joseph Soper, captains; and Nathaniel Josselynn, jr., Abner
Studley, Joseph Neal Bates, Clement Bates, and Jabez Studley,
privates. On the Town Records, the names of the eleven men, raised
AprU 12, are thus given : — Joseph Turner, Solomon Bryant,
Gershom Curtis, Elijah Stetson, William W. EeUs, Lot RamsdeU,
1 Rev.RoIls, 24-94. ^ Ibid M, 1 7. » Ibid 1, 1 71.
* Ibid, 23, 155. ^Ibid, 1, 62.

126 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
Thomas Gross, Ezra Briggs, jr., Francis Josselynn, Nathaniel
House, and Melzar Lindsey.
1779. The Committee of Correspondence for this year, consisted
of Joseph Cushing, Esq., Benjamin Studley, John Curtis, Samuel
Stetson, Timothy Robbins, John Hatch, Prince Stetson, and
Mariboro' Turner. On the 9th of August, the Town voted to
" stand by the doings of the State Convention that met at Con
cord, July 14;" and Joseph Cushing, Esq., was chosen, to
" meet at Cambridge the 1st of September next, to draw a form
of Government." On the 30th of August, the town voted to
" stand by the report of the County Committee for two weeks ;"
and Sept. 13, it was voted " to abide by the regulations of the
County Committee untU further orders." The convention al
luded to in the last two votes, was held at Mr. Caleb Loring's, in
Plympton, Aug. 24.' The references to enlistments for this year,
on the town records, are the foUowing : March 23. — ^A commit
tee was appointed to settle " with the eight and nine months' men,
that went to the North River." July 5. — " Three men were
raised for an expedition of nine months to Springfield, and £3
per month, in the old way, and the Continental wages," were
voted them. Sept. 20. — "Five men" were raised for "two
months, to go to Rhode Island, and £60 per man, were voted
them." Oct. 4. — The officers of the companies in the town were
instructed to hire two men " to go to Rhode Island, the first of
January." Oct. 19. — " Voted to pay the four men that went to
North River, and the three that went to Rhode Island."
From the Revolutionary Rolls, our gleanings for this year are
but few. In the " Pay RoU of Lieut. Abner DweUey's compa
ny, in an expedition to Manchester, in the Northern Depart
ment," ' are the names of Abner Dwelley, lieutenant ; and John
Sklffe, sergeant. In the "Abstract of pay due Captain Calvm
Curtis' company, &c., July, 1779,' for two months after arrival In
camp, &c., are the names of Calvin Curtis, captain; Reuben
Curtis, corporal ; and Leonard HIU, Jabez Studley, and Joshua
Palmer, privates.
It is to be regretted, that the names of all who served ui the
1 Winsor, Hist. Dux. = Rev. Bolls, 18, 222. s ibi^. 31, i63.

THE DARK HOUR. 127
army, were not entered on the records of the town. Had this
course been adopted, it would have been easy to ascertain who
were out, and the time they were absent. But to the confusion
incident to the general disturbance of the ordinary functions of
government, we are to attribute this neglect ; and when we con
sider the highly excited state of the public mind, and the anxiety
which prevaUed as to the result of the war, we should be thankful
for the few items we may be able to glean.
1780. Committee of Correspondence : Joseph Cushing, Esq.,
Calvin Curtis, Joseph Soper, jr., Israel Perry, Benjamin Bass,
David Jacobs, John Hatch, Robert L. Eells, and Snow Curtis.
March 9. Voted, to ^ve the five men that went to Rhode
Island, last Fall, for two months, £189, each.
April 10. £5,000 were raised for the use of the town, and
the pay of soldiers.
June 16. A meeting held, to raise fifteen men for six months,
to go to Springfield, and a Committee was chosen to engage them.
June 26. " Agreed to give the soldiers thirty silver dollars,
per month, and the Continent's pay."
Jime 27. £1,000, hard money, voted, to pay the six
months' men with ; and a Committee chosen, to settle with the
three men that went to North River, last Summer.
July 3. Voted, to give the three months' men, being eighteen
in number, " one silver doUar, or one bushel of corn, per day,
which ever they may choose." July 6. Voted, the eighteen men,
caUed for June 22, the same that the six months' men had.''
July 21. £500, in sUver, raised to pay the soldiers with. Oct.
23. A meeting held, to get a quantity of beef, for the use of the
State ; and it was voted to raise f 36,320, to purchase the same.
Oct. 30. £3,160, voted, " to supply the soldier's famUies."
A glance at the foregoing votes, shows the confusion and dis
tress which prevaUed at this period.
The war had lasted over four years. The private business of
the soldiers had been neglected. And though ^e\v families were
comfortably supported, yet the prospect for the future was gloomy
and threatening.
It was the country's dark hour. The currency was depreci
ated. The army was suffering. The most sanguine were be-

128 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
coming discouraged. Had it not been for the noble generosity of
a few, and the determined energy of George Washington, the
Commander-in-Chief, all would have been lost. Enlistments pror
ceeded slowly. Patriotism, if not flagging, was beginning to de
spair. But, by desperate efforts, by earnest entreaties, and by
liberal promises, the army was recruited, funds were procured,
and the movements of the troops successfuUy conducted.
It Is probable, that many of the soldiers named In the foregoing
lists, served in the army this year, and, perhaps, to the close of
the war. The policy of three' years' enHstments had been
adopted ; and many were entered " during the war." Our
extracts from the Rolls, for this year, are few.
In the Pay RoU of Capt. Amos Turner's Company, in Col. John
Jacobs' Regiment,' &c., are the names of Amos Turner, Captain;
Benjamin Stetson, first Lieutenant ; Luther Robbins, Sergeant ;
and Amos Berry, Levi Bates, Job Tilden, Dowty Bates, Theoph
Uus Witherell, Benjamin Bates, jr., Nathaniel. Barstow, James
Woodward, Elisha Palmer, and Samuel Baldwin, Privates.
1781, Jan. 8. A meeting held to raise eighteen men, for three
years, or during the war, and a Committee chosen " to petition the
General Court to lessen the number called for from this town."
The sum of $100, in hard money, was voted to each man that
shall engage, and Capt. Luther BaUey Avas directed " to get the
men. If he could, for that encouragement."
March 5. Men raised for Rhode Island, for forty days.
Committee of Safety : Capt. Joseph Soper, John Hatch, David
Jacobs, Benjamin Studley, Timothy Rose, Jesse Curtis, Thomas
Whiting, jr., Seth BaUey, Abner Curtis, Marlboro' Turner, John
Stetson, Joseph Brooks, and Simeon Curtis.
July 9. A meeting held to raise two men, for Rhode Island,
for five months, and a bounty of five shUlings per day was voted
to each, with a like allowance for every twenty miles' travel
home, when discharged, — the same to be paid in silver money.
July 30. Voted, to raise £116. 7s., In sUver, for the purchase
of be6f, and a Committee having reported that beef could be had
for four pence per pound. It was voted, " that all those that turn
iRcv. Rolls, 3, 164.

INCIDENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE WAR. 129
in four sUver doUars to the Committee, be allowed one hundred
pounds of beef for the same."
August 8. Men raised for West Point, for three months, and
six shillings per day were voted them, and ten doUars each,
before marching.
The only entry I have- found on the Revolutionary Rolls, for
this year, is the following :
In the Pay RoU of Capt. Joseph Sopor's Company, in Col.
TheophUus Cotton's Regiment, for service done In the State of
Rhode Island, In March, 1781,' are the names of Joseph Soper,
Captain ; John Hatch, and Michael SUvester, Lieutenants ; Com
fort Bates, Sergeant ; Neal Bates, and Josiah Chamberlain, Cor
porals ; Reuben Curtis, Drummer ; Joseph Turner, Fifer ; and
Samuel Perry, Nathaniel Clarke, ComeHus Turner, Benjamin
Bates, Jabez Studley, Ezra Briggs, Clement Bates, Gershom
Curtis, Benjamin Bates, jr., and Edmund SUvester, Privates.
In the foregoing sketch, we do not claim to have presented the
names of aU who enlisted in the war from Hanover. We have,
however, given as fuU a list as our means permitted. And whg,t
we have furnished, is sufficient to show, that the citizens of this
town failed not of their duty in the great struggle for freedom,
but performed their part with fideUty and zeal.
Our Hmits do not aUow us to enter more at large into the gen
eral detaUs of the war ; neither can we narrate aU the incidents
of a traditionary character, which exist in the town. Many of
these are of interest ; but the fund of anecdotes already in exist
ence, and published to the world, is such as not to require
enlargement by us.
Of the incidents subsequent to the war, we have but little to
say. In 1784, a Committee of nine was chosen to consider the
offer of five years pay to the officers of the Revolution, and report ;
and February 9, the Committee reported, that " Scituate, Marsh
field, Pembroke, and Abington, be invited to send a man or men
from their town to meet a man or men from this town, at such
time and place as they shall think proper, to consult what is best
to be done, concerning the pay of the Continental Officers."
iRev. Rolls, 3, 134.

130 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
March 15, Lt. Benj. Studley, and Mr. Melzar Curtis were chosen
to meet at the Widow Loring's, with the County Convention, to
consult about the " officers pay."
1794, July 28. " Voted, that the town will take into considera
tion the law of the Congress of the United States, particularly as
it respects the raising the men ordered to be procured in this
town." August 9. Chose a Committee to procure the men when
called for into actual service. " Voted, that the town will give
those men who are returned by the officers, six shIUings per day,
or three shUlings for each half day, they shaU be called upon for
service. Voted, that the town will indemnify the Committee, they
procuring the men as cheap as they can."
1795, November 9. A meeting was held to " take into consider
ation the loss of the Town's stock of powder, — the same having
been stolen, — and to adopt such measures as may be thought
best calculated to recover the same or the value thereof," and a
Committee was chosen to "prosecute such person or persona as
may appear to them expedient."
1797, October 23. Voted to give the men who shaU be de
tached by the Commanding Officers of the two Companies, by order
of Goverment, or such as shaU voluntarily enHst, $1 per day, for
each day they shaU be called upon for service. Chose a Com
mittee to procure men when caUed for. Into actual service, to
serve in their stead, and voted to Indemnify them for aU expenses
accruing. 1799. Voted to allow the training band nme shlUIngs compen
sation, for two days at the Brigade muster at Halifax, — the offi
cers to send a Hst of the same to the assessors.
The foregoing notes bring us to the time when the Hanover
Artillery Company was formed ; and the History of this Company,
and the sketch of the war of 1812, wiU form the subjoct of the en
suing chapter.

CHAPTER IX

MILITARY HISTORY CONTINUED.

Military Companies subsequent to the Revolution — Haiover Artillery Company —
Hanover Light Infantry Company— Hanover Rifle. Company — Warofl812 —
List of Soldiers.
Although it has never been the poHcy of the American people,
to encourage the formation of a standing army, for national de
fence, yet the miHtary spirit, awakened by the Revolution, con
tinued to animate the pubHc mind for many years ; and for some
time after the war of 1812, miHtary offices were held in much
greater esteem than now, and military parades were frequent, and
attracted considerable attention. Hence military companies have
existed in almost every town, in New England, down to a com
paratively recent period ; but the Legislation of Massachusetts,
for the past twenty years, has done little to revive or encour
age the war spirit, and its concomitants.
From 1783 to 1794, we find but one regularly organized com
pany in Hanover, which was commonly known as the " old mili
tia company," and which was commanded by Col. John B. Bar
stow, prior to the year 1800.
During the administration of the elder Adams, a second com
pany was formed, which was commanded by Capt. Timothy
Rose ; but this continued in existence for a few years only, and
was eventually merged into the Hanover Artillery Company — the
only company now in existence in the town.
This last company was established about the year 1798, under
the auspices of Benj. Whitman, Esq., then settied as a lawyer
in Hanover, of whose history we have elsewhere spoken.
Mr. Whitman was the first Captain ; his subalterns being. Dr.
Melzar DweUey, 1st Lieut., and Dr. Charles Turner, 2d Lieut.

132 HISTORY OF HANOVER,
The equipments of the members were, to each a white leather
belt, with a brass breast-plate ; coats' of blue cloth faced with red,
with brass buttons, and cord ; pants and vest of a buff color ;
and the old fashioned chapeaux des bras, or cocked hats, of fur,
surmounted with a black plume, tipped with red.
The Company, at its parades, is said to have made a fine ap
pearance ; its officers were gentlemen of high respectabUity ; and
no company, at the annual gatherings, on the muster field, attrac
ted to itself more notice, or eHcitcd warmer applause for the skUl-
fulness of Its manoeuvres. A fine band of music usuaUy attended
it ; and everything connected with the Company was such, that
the few survivors, who were among its earliest members, speak of
it with an enthusiasm, which age has not damped, nor time
abated. The Armory stood, in the first instance, on the rising ground,
still known as " Gun-house HiU," near the residence of Mr.
Robert SUvester; and during the Captaincy of Mr. Whitman,
the Company often marched to the Four Comers, for review.
Here, too, in the haU, over the store of Mr. Silas Morton, the fes
tivities of election and parade days, were celebrated ; — the col
lations served, and the " suppers" eaten. It is said, that, on one
occasion, the Company was marched to the Comers for parade,
and a large number of spectators were present at the review, —
among others, KUborn Whitman,. Esq., a brother of the Captain,
from the adjoining town of Pembroke. When seated at the din
ner table, their guest was called upon for a " toast," as the glas
ses circulated ; and, rising with much dignity and impresslveness,
he gave, " The Hanover Artillery Company ; may their pieces
be loaded with true New England principles, wadded with Jacob
inism, and pointed against every aspiring demagogue," — a toast,
which, however exceptionable to some, and gratifying to others
was drank with the usual cheers, perhaps for the sake of the
New England in the glasses.
In 1806, Albert Smith was chosen Captain of tiie Company
and, at his request, the town voted that " the ArtiUery Company
may move the Gun-house on the Town's land near the meeting
house," and Capt. John B. Barstow, Capt. Daniel Barstow,
Israel Perry, Capt. Joshua Mann, and Capt. Clement Bates-,

HANOVER RIFLE COMPANY. 133
were appointed a Committee to select a site for the same. The
site chosen, was in the rear of the meeting house, on one corner
of the old burial ground ; and here the house stood until a new
one was erected.
In October, 1806, the Selectmen were instructed to purchase
"what powder is wanted for the company ; " In Oct. 1808, they
were instructed to purchase " four camp kettles for the company ;"
and in 1811, they were instructed to " complete the town's stock'
of miHtary equipments."
In 1819, EHsha Barrell, jr., being chosen Captain, It was
deemed adAosable to erect a new Gun-house; and Captain
BarreU appHed to the Adjutant General, for aid from the State,
and in November of that year, the Selectmen were appointed
" agents to convey to the Commonwealth, land whereon to set a
Gun-house," and the same was erected, being that now occu
pied by the Company, and standing near the centre of the town.
We do not know that we can give a complete Hst of the officers
of this Company ; but the names of the Captains, so far as we
have learned, were as foUows : Benj. Whitman, Esq. ; Albert
Smith, Esq. ; Hon. E. F. Jacobs, of Scituate ; EHsha BarreU, jr. ;
Edward Curtis ; Levi Curtis ; Ellas W. Pratt ; WilHam Morse ;
Isaac H. Hasklns ; Wm. Thomas ; Joseph Brooks, jr. ; James
House ; Daniel Barstow, jr. ; James Brooks ; Benjamin N. Curtis ;
Charles Brooks ; and Duncan T. Stoddard, the present Captain.
During the residence of Col. Jesse Reed, in Hanover, an Inde
pendent Infantry Company was formed, under his auspices, of
which he was commander, which lasted for some years, but was
finaUy disbanded.
About the year 1816, the Hanover Rifle Company was formed,
of which Elijah Hayward, was the first captain ; and after him,
Hosea Whitman, William Josselynn, Nathan Dwelley, Samuel
Bennett, and others, commanded It, until its removal to Hanson.
It was annexed to the 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 6th Division,
of the Massachusetts MUItla, and the Commissions of Captain
DweUey we have seen. The members of the Company were from
Hanover, Scituate, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson, &c. Their
uniform and equipments, consisted of green pants and coat ; a
felt cap, with a long green plume ; and to each a rifle, knapsack.

134 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
&c. The arms were kept at their own houses. The company
met at the Four Corners, for review, near the Episcopal Church-
Their band consisted of two fifers, two tenor drummers, one bass
drummer, and sometimes performers on the clarionet and bugle.
There was no practice of " target shooting," by the company ;
but It attended the musters held at Church-hlU, In Scituate ; in
Pembroke, near Horace CoUamore's ; and elsewhere.
Mr. Dwelley was chosen Ensign in 1820 ; on which occasion, a
standard was presented, and an address deHvered, by one of
theyoungladlesofthetown. The clergy of the neighborhood were
present on the occasion ; and an assemblage of from two to three
hundred spectators, among whom were the ladies, dressed in
white, each with a green ribbon encIrcHng the waist ; and Miss
Eliza Stetson, who deHvered the address, was accompanied by
Miss EeUs, now the wife of Capt. Dwelley, and Miss Ruth Stock-
bridge. The standard being presented, and waved, the music
cheered, and the company, with their guests, marched to the haU,
opened right and left, the ladies entered, the refreshments were
served, and the remainder of the day was passed in' partaking of
cake, tea, lemonade, and strong drinks, which, in some cases,
proved a Httle too strong for those who partook too freely.
Having a copy of the address deHvered by Miss Stetson, we
present it as a memorial connected with the history of the com
pany- " Sir, — The Ladles of Hanover and Its vicinity, impressed with
a^high sense of the merits of the Rifle Company, in their behalf,
I present you this Standard, in full confidence that you wiU not
suffer it to be wrested from you, nor its reputation sulHed. To be
a lover of peace whUe prepared for war, is a characteristic of the
American soldier ; but though peace is our anxious wish, we would
not have it purchased or preserved by the surrender of any of
those rights and privileges procured and transmitted to us by our
Fathers. Should any Insolent foe attempt to deprive us of these
dear-bought, and invaluable blessings, then. Sir, thmk of this ban
ner ! Think of our ancestors ! and you must be brave ! Re
member jo\a: friends, and you will conquer!"

WAR OF 1812. 135

WAR OP 1812.

Of the causes which led to the war of 1812, we need not
speak at large here. Its history is so recent, that the materials
for its investigation are ample and complete. We shall only
notice the proceedings of the citizens of Hanover, and this but
briefly, as many other matters yet remain to be treated, and our
space is limited.
June 2, 1812. The town voted, " to make soldiers up $15
per month, with what the Government pay, when called upon for
actual service." Also, " voted, to give them |1 per day, for
every day they are caUed out of town to do duty."
Aug. 3. A committee was appomted to draft resolutions, ex
pressing the views of the town concerning the war ; and these
resolves were recorded, and copies sent " for publication in the
RepubUcan newspapers in Boston."
The Committee of Safety for this year, consisted of Turner
Stetson, Albert Smith, Aaron Hobart, jr., Joshua Mann, and
Snow Curtis. The Selectmen were likewise instructed to pur
chase a town's stock of powder, and $50 were voted to pay for
the same.
In 1814, the Selectmen were instructed to " hire such sums of
money as may be necessary for the safety of the town during the
war." Also, " voted, to make up the soldier's pay to $20 per
month, untU October 1, and those that have been called out before,
and the non-commissioned officers to receive the same pay." The
selectmen were likewise instructed, to " furnish the militia with a
suitable number of cartridges."
The Committee of Safety for this year, consisted of Aaron
Hobart, jr., Esq., Isaiah Wing, Esq., EHjah Hayward, John B.
Barstow, and Benjamin Stockbridge.
A detachment of the Artillery Company of the town, under
Lieut. Elisha BarreU, jr., was at Scituate harbor, for sixty-eight
days, from July 1, to September 6, 1814 ; and the whole com
pany, under Captain Edward F. Jacobs, was at Plymouth, from
September 19 to October 19, 1814.

136

HISTORY OF HANOVER.

The following, from the pay roll of the company, is a Hst of the
officers and matrosses, who went to Plymouth.

Capt. E. F. Jacobs,
Lieut. Elisha Barrell, jr.,
" Edward Curtis,
Sergt. Amos Dunbar,
" Stephen Jacobs,
" Levi Curtis,
" Stephen Curtis,
Corpl. Calvin D. WUder,
" Reuben Curtis,]
" Oren Josselynn,
" Ellas BarreU,
Luther Turner,
Eleazer Josselynn ^jij^
Gideon Perry,
Levi Perry, Matrosses
John Clapp,
Luther Curtis,
Robert Curtis,
EHsha Magoun,
Nathaniel Curtis,
EHas Magoun,
Nathaniel Farrow,
Lewis Gross,

•icians.

Ozlas Whiting,
Charles Bailey, jr.,
Benjamin S. Munroe,
Joseph Brooks, jr.,
Joseph Sylvester,
Benjamin C. Pratt,
Justus Whiting,
Barker Wing,
John Jones, jr.,
Piam Damon,
Cyrus White,
John Curtis,
Melzar Curtis,
Joshua Stetson,
Job Curtis,
David T. Joyce,
John Gross,
Benjamin Bowker,
Gideon Studley, jr.,
Lemuel Curtis,
Joseph Damon,
Gad Bailey,
Benjamin H. Clark,
Allen Clapp.

CHAPTER X.
MANUFACTURES AND TRADE.
" Yet I exult.
Casting reserve away, exult to see
An intellectual mastery exercised
O'er the blind elements : a purpose given,
A perseverance fed, almost a soul
Imparted, to brute matter." WOKDSWORTH.
History of Manufactures in the town — Forges and Furnaces — Bardin's, now th s
Curtis Forge — Barstow's, now Sylvester's Forge — Dyer's, now Perry's Tack Fac
tory — Sketch of the Life of Col. Jesse Reed — The Drinkwater 'Works, now
Bates and Holmes — Barker's Foundry — Salmond's Tack Works — Tolman's
Mills — Saw and Grist Mills— Plough Manufacture, and Sketch of the Life of
David Prouty — Other branches of Industry.
To attempt to give a fuU sketch of the history of manufactures
and trade, in this town, would require far more space than we can
spare for the subject ; — nor would such a sketch, which must
necessarily be prlncIpaUy statistical, be generaUy interesting. We
should be happy to give a list of the names of all, who have, at
different periods, been owners of the forges, furnaces, saw-mUls,
grist-mUls, &c., which have been erected ; as weU as of those who
have engaged in trade, and other branches of industry ; but,
apart from the fact that authentic records are wanting, from which
to draw these names, and the difficulty of obtaining them only
from tradition, such a list, however gratifying as a memorial of
famUy enterprise, could only be regarded as a sort of muster-roU,
teUing who had served, it is true, but not much of what they had
accomplished. We do not propose, however, to pass the subject by In silence.
On the contrary, in itself, it is of far too much Importance, to be
treated with neglect, and the place which It occupies In our history
is too conspicuous to be entirely overlooked. The town of ' Hano
ver has done something, in the Hne of manufacturing enterprise, as
the statistics of the State show ; and considering the many dis
advantages under which our population have labored, from
many sources, we think that what has been done, is highly
creditable to their industry and perseverance.

138 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
The petition for the incorporation of the town, states that there
were, then within its limits, " five saw-mlUs, and three iron-mUls,
and others," probably grist-miUs.
As the names of these mlUs, and of the owners, are not given,
we are left to learn theaa from the few hints scattered over our
records.

As early as 1704, according to Deane, Bardin's Iron Works
were erected on the Indian Head River ; and these are caUed, on
the records of the town, in 1730, the " old iron works." Thomas
and Joseph Josselynn, were owners of the same, before 1743, and
they were afterwards improved by Seth, Philip, Isaac, and John
R. Josselynn, and others. They are now In the possession of Mr.
George Curtis, who Is engaged principally In the manufacture of
Anchors, and other heavy forge work. On the Pembroke side of
the stream, and opposite these works, stands an old saw-mill, now
owned by Messrs. George Curtis, and Capt. HavUand Torrey ;
also a cardlng-mlll, first buUt by Jesse Reed, at a spot farther up
the stream, and moved from thence to its present locaHty. This,
too, is owned by Mr. Curtis. A small furnace stood on the same
side of the stream some years ago, but it Is now gone.
The Curtis family has been connected with these works at least
sixty years, or since 1790, though Seth Josselynn continued to be
an owner until 1803, and Lemuel Dwelley, as late as 1839.
Benj. Studley, and John R. Josselynn, were part owners in 1791,
at which date they disposed of their interest to Lemuel Curtis.
The year previous, or In 1790, Lemuel Curtis sold one fourth of
the forge, &c. to Reuben and Consider Curtis, and Reuben dis
posed of his fourth to George Curtis, In 1831.
In 1839, Lemuel Dwelley, sold his half to George Curtis, and
since that period, the last named gentleman has conducted the
works Individually.
The first works owned by the Curtis family, as also the buUd
ing erected for a corn-mill In 1832, were destroyed by fire In
1848, and new buUdings have been since erected. The old saw-
miU, on the Pembroke side, yet remains, and is used some every
winter ; — also the old carding-miU, though the wool carding busi-

^ CURTIS FORaB. 139
ness, which was once very good. Is now comparatively worthless.
This mUl was leased to Mr. Edward T. Perry, for two years, from
1836-38, for running tack machines.
Mr. Curtis employs, in his anchor works, about sixteen hands, and
manufactures from 200 to 250 tons of anchors per year. Busi
ness has always been active at this place ; and, for nearly one
hundred and fifty years, from amidst the charming and romantic
scenery around, has ascended the smoke of the furnace, and the
loud din of the descending hammer may be heard daily.
It is said that, from twenty-five to thirty years ago, anchors
were made for the United States Government at this Forge, some
of which were of great size, weighing five tons ! Since the erec
tion of the works at Washington, private contracts have been dis
continued. Formerly ship-knees, of iron, were made here ; but at present,
wooden knees are considered quite as serviceable, and are gene
raUy preferred.
The anchors made by Mr. Curtis, are for merchant ships
and other vessels, ajid range in weight from 100 to 5000 lbs.
We annex a view of the " Old Forge."

Barstow's Forge, to which we have aUuded on p. 19, was
erected m 1720, and was occupied by the Barstow family, until
the removal of Joshua, to Exeter, N. H., in 1795, when it was
purchased by the Salmonds, and was Improved by them, and by
Nathaniel Cushing, and Charles Josselynn, for about thirty years.

140 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
In 1828, Mr. Salmond disposed of his Interest in the works to
Thomas Hobart, of Abington, who had been part owner for several
years ; and at that time there were, on the premises, one forge for
the manufacture of bar iron, one anchor shop, one tack factory,
and a corn mill. Mr. John Silvester, who is stIU connected with
the works, entered them at about this date. About one hundred
tons of bar iron were made per year, and one hundred tons of
anchors. Of tack machines, from twelve to fourteen were run, and
from two to three tons of tacks were made a week.
About the year 1825, Messrs. Hobart & Salmond had a con
tract from the United States Government for the manufacture of
anchors for the Navy, and several were made for seventy-four
gun-ships, of the largest size ever forged probably.
As far back as the period of the Revolution, quite a business is
said to have been done at this forge, in the manufacture of cannon
balls by Mr. Barstow, and he Is spoken of as one of the most en
terprising men ever In the town. He melted his iron at an ordi
nary forge fire, and moulded his balls in the bottom of the forge.
At present, the works, which are conducted by Mr. Silvester,
are adapted principaUy to forging anchors, shaftings, locomotive
cranks, and wagon axles. Mr. SUvester commenced the manufac
ture of locomotive cranks as early as 1830, and was one of the
pioneers in this branch of business.
Many tack machines are buUt here yearly, though the tack
business is not conducted at the place as formerly. About one
hundred and fifty tons of iron are used at this forge.
Between tiie Curtis Forge, and that of Mr. Silvester, and at
a place called " Project Dale," stands the tack factory of Mr.
Edward Y. Perry, moved to this spot by Mr. Charles Dyer, about
the year 1830, from Col. Reed's dam, of which we shall soon
speak^ There was an old dam, a grist miU, and carding miU,
on the premises.
From papers, in the possession of Mr. Dyer, we learn that
James Torrey had a fulHng-mlU at this spot, in 1737, at which date
the place was caUed Project Dale. Mr. Torrey had bought fifty-
two acres of land of Wm. Cllft, deceased ; and five acres, with a
dweUing house, of Joseph Smith, in 1730. This miU prIvUege was
sold to Thomas Josselynn, in 1737, and, for some time, the plac

perry's tack work;s. 141
was known as " Josselynn's Com-miU," and the lane leading to
it, as " MIU Lane."
During the latter part of the 18th century, Joseph Stetson
was proprietor of this null, at which date It was known as " Stetson's
miU ;" and at his decease, it was sold by his administrators, to
Lemuel Curtis, who gave it to Nathaniel Curtis, and by him it was
sold to Mr. EHsha Hobart. It is now owned by the heirs of Mr.
Curtis, and is occupied by Mr. Perry.
Mr. Dyer conducted the works for ten years, from 1829 to
1839, as agent for Mr. Hobart, after which he formed a partner
ship with Mr. Perry, which continued untU 1850, when Mr. Perry
took the sole charge of the works.
An idea of the extent to which the business is conducted by
Mr. Perry, may be gathered from the foUowing statistics. He
employs sixteen hands, twelve of whom are males, and four fe
males ; — manufactures three hundred pounds of shoe naUs per
day, and about eight hundred thousand of tacks ; — uses from two
to three tons of copper, twenty- five tons of zinc, and seventy-five
tons of Iron per year ; runs three shoe naU, and seven tack
machines, and one machine for three-penny naUs, of which about
one hundred pounds per day are made.
The location of these works is very pleasant, especially In the
summer season, being In a quiet dale, environed by hiUs, clothed
with evergreen, and deciduous trees ; and both here, and at the
place next named, at an early period, the busuiess of tack
making was commenced, and has since been continued.
A short distance farther up the stream. Col. Jesse Reed, now
of Marshfield, was located for a time. He came to Hanover
about the year 1812, and Hved on what is caUed the Smith
farm, which he purchased of Mr. Robert Salmond, and which is
now owned by Mr. Nathan Dwelley. The privUege which he
improved, was pm'chased of Mr. Enos Bates, where Mr. Bates
contemplated the erection of a dam and grist mill. Col. Reed
built the dam, and put up a grist miU, and naU factory and ma
chine shop. He remained in the town several years, and thence
moved to Marshfield, where he yet resides.
The career of this gentleman, is worthy of notice, as an Instance
of the manifold blessings which a genius like Ms confers upon the
pubUc.

142 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
His father was a clock maker by trade, and, at the date of the
birth of Jesse, in 1778, resided in North Bridgewater, Mass. At
the age of nine years, the son went to Easton, to reside with Mr.
Dean, with whom he remained three years, during which time his
mechanical taste was displayed in the construction of a trip ham
mer, put In operation by a wheel and cam shaft, propelled by
water. At the age of twelve, he returned to his father, and soon
after constructed the main part of a wooden clock. At the age
of fifteen, he was apprenticed to a joiner in Randolph, Mass.,
where he served a regular apprenticeship at that business.
During this period, he tried his skill on perpetual motion ; and
the result of his labors Is thus given in his own words : " I worked
two days and three nights without sleep. The last night, a Ht
tle before day light, I got It ready to put into operation ; and to
avoid notice, I went into a Httle pine grove, with a friend, to put
it together and set it In motion. I found that as soon as it was
put together, it would go as weU one way as the other, and that
it would not go either way without help. I was then fuUy convinced
that it was out of the power of man to put machinery together so
as to produce perpetual motion, and that nothing short of the power
to create could do It. To this beUef I have ever since adhered."
At the age of twenty-two, or thereabouts, he Invented and con
structed a rotary pump, which worked weU, but which was soon
laid aside. His mind was next drawn to improvements In the
manufacture of cut naUs, and his first machuie, for making
naUs from rods, was patented in 1802. One third of his interest
in this right was sold to Rev. Jonathan Strong, of Randolph, and
another third to Thomas Ordlorne, of Boston ; they to have two-
thirds of aU Improvements Mr. Reed should make in the buslnesss.
But the experiment of manufacturing from rods, proved afallure. In
a pecuniary point of view ; and the next plan was to roU the Iron
to a suitable thickness, and sHt It into pieces of the right size for
the body of the nail, and flatten the point, — ^but this plan also
faUed. The third step was the constmction of a machine for cutting
and heading at one operation. On this machine a patent was ob
tained, but it was soon laid aside. A heading machine was next
constructed. Into which, after the nails were cut, they were fed by
hand ; but this was also laid aside.

sketch of cot. JESSE HEED. 143
The partners of Mr. Reed now leaving him, he located In
North Bridgewater, and built a small house by a waterfall, as a
famUy residence, using the lower part of the building as a machine
shop. Here he built two or three nail machines of different kinds,
but pecuniary emb;.rrassments caused him to lose his all, and he
left his home, and went to Boston, where he worked at his trade,
of-a joiner, and was employed in constructing the first lock on the
canal through Medway. Thence he went to Providence R. I.
There he made the model of a naU machine known as the " Odiorne
Tool." Leaving Providence, he moved to West Bridgewater,
Mass., and there commenced making patterns for a machine for
four-peimy naUs, to be propelled by the foot, which made sixty-
two nails per minute. This was In 1803. His old partners now
joining him again, machines for four-penny and six-penny nails
were made, and set up in Plymouth.
In 1806 or 1806, the machine known as the " Odiorne Tool," '
was patented, which was sold to the Messrs. Odiorne in 1806,
and Mr. Reed moved to Kingston.
It was about this time, that his machine for pulyerlzing dye-
woods was invented, for Messrs. Barrett & Shattuck, of Maiden,
Silk Dyers. Letters patent for this invention- were obtained
in 1807.
Soon after this, the machine known as the " Reed Tool," for
the manufacture of nails, was invented ; and whilst in Hanover,
his tack machines were invented, and put into operation. He
Hkewise worked, for a time, on a high pressure steam engine^ but
soon abandoned it.
Disposing of his first privilege, in Hanover, he moved to one
near Rocky Run, where he erected works, and conveyed water
to his wheel through a trough one third of a mUe long ; but
the difficulties encountered here were such, that he finally sold
out entirely, and moved to Marshfield, where he has since resided.
His later Inventions, are machines for steering vessels ; differ
ent pattems of pumps ; cotton gins ; treenaU machines, &c. In
aU, he has obtained patents on from twenty to thirty different
machines in his day, many of which are of great importance to
the community ; and every house builder has the benefit of his
ingenuity.

344 history of hanover.
Mr. Reed Is a man of indefatigable industry, and of indonutable
perseverance. He has made and lost several fortunes in his day.
Free and generous in his manners, he is not one who hoards all his
gains, to increase his own stores ; but considers himself as a pub
Hc servant, and expends, on new inventions, the fraits of his pre
vious toUs. Thus, in his old age, not a millionaire^ resting
from his labors, he Is still at work, with a mind as active and
vigorous as ever.
On King-street, the " Drinkwater Iron Works," or " MIghiU's
Works," were erected, about the year 1710. The early histo
ry of these works Is Involved in some obscurity. Tradition says,
that during the Revolution, cannon were cast here, and carried
down by the old fulHng miU, near where Barker's foundry now
stands, for trial ; and TUson Gould was killed by the bursting of
one of the guns, the pieces of which are said to be yet lying on
the bottom of the old furnace pond.
About the year 1816, Charles Josselynn, Oren Josselynn,
Timothy Rose, Calvin Bates, and others, erected a forge on the
dam, and the works are now owned and improved by Messrs.
Bates and Holmes, — the latter gentleman being the agent. Be
sides the forge, there are on the dam a saw miU, a grist mUl, a
box board mill, and a shingle mlU, owned by the same company.
We learn from Mr. Bates, that five hands are usually employed
in the forge, and from fifty to sixty tons of anchors, with wrought
iron bars, &c., are made at the works.
The three forges above-named, — viz : those of George Curtis,
John SUvester, and Messrs. Bates and Holmes, are old establish
ments, — among the oldest in Plymouth County ; — and, by a glance
at the dates given, it wIU be seen that the town of Hanover may
justly claim to have borne Its part In this highly useful branch
of Industry ; and these works have not only added to the wealth,
but to the prosperity of the town, and the promotion of its out
ward uiterests.
To the eastward of the works of Messrs. Bates and Holmes
stands the foundry of Mr. Joshua Barker, erected about the year
1830, at which stoves, hoUow-ware, and machinery of different
kinds are cast.

SAW AND SRIST MILLS. 145
An old fuUing mUl formerly stood near this spot, improved,
many years ago, by Messrs. BaUey, Hatch, and others.
The tack works of Mr. Samuel Salmond, are on the Third Her
ring Brook, and at the spot where the " Stockbridge mill " for
merly stood. This mlU was erected as early as 1677, by Charles
Stockbridge ; it descended to his sons ; and, in 1692, Thomas
Stockbridge sold one-half of the miU to John Bryant, and Samuel
Stetson. In 1729, Thomas Stockbridge, son of the first Thomas,
sold " one-fourth of the saw-miU" to Jonah Stetson, whence the
name of Jondh's MUl ; Samuel Stetson having sold his fourth of
the " corn mlU," to the said Jonah Stetson, in 1726.
The mlU was afterwards the property of Recompense Tiffany,
and was caUed the Tiffany mUl.
Tack works were erected on the premises about 1830, and
were conducted, for some years, by Capt. Zephaniah Talbot, and by
John, and WilHam, brothers of Mr. Samuel Salmond. The latter
gentleman has conducted the works since 1838, uses about sixty
tons of tack plates per year, employs fifteen male hands, and five
females, and runs from twenty to twenty-five machines.
Tolman's mUls are near Winslow's bridge, on the Third Her
ring Brook, but the proprietor is a resident of Scituate.
The tack business was commenced In Hanover at an early date,
and tack machines were invented here by Col. Reed ; so that we
feel as if our town could claim some credit on the score of useful
inventions, and the successful prosecution of the branch of indus
try opened by these Inventions.SAW AND GRIST MILLS.
We cannot devote much space to the history of the saw and
grist mlUs In the town.
EHab's mUl, so caUed, or the Studley null, stood on Pleasant
street, and the site is now occupied by the shingle miU of Mr.
Nahum Stetson. The privilege has been improved since the
middle of the last century.
Tradition says, that an old saw mlU formerly stood near EUIs'
bridge, which was bumt by the Indians in 1676, and the erec
tion of a new miU on the spot, at whose raising cold water, instead
of spirituous liquors, was furnished as a beverage, gave rise to

146 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
to the term " Drinkwater," so frequently occurring on the Town
records. As early as 1723, a saw mlU was erected on Curtis street,
where the mUl of Deacon John Brooks now stands. The latter
mlU was erected in 1851, and Is the third which has stood on the
dam. Mr. Brooks has been connected with this mill for seventeen
years, and saws, on an average, from eighty to one hundred
thousand feet of inch and half-inch pine boards, annuaUy, be
sides pine and oak plank, joist, and timber.
In the woods, west of the mUl of Mr. John Brooks, stands the
shingle and box board mill, buUt by Joseph Brooks, about 1820,
and which was occupied as a grist miU untU 1833. Here, the
iron work of Mr. Prouty's ploughs was poHshed. Cedar and pine.
shingles are now sawed, — the material being obtained from the
forests of Hanover, and the adjoining towns.
An old grist miU formerly stood on North street, where the
brook crosses the street, at the bridge, and was owned, many
years ago, by Caleb Mann. It was built by his father, Benjamin
Mann, and was an old-fashioned mUl, with a large wheel, requiring
a great quantity of water to turn It.
The miU of the Messrs. Jacobs, stands on the Third Herring
Brook, and is on the bounds of Hanover and South Scituate, —
the saw mUl being in South Scituate. This was erected, proba
bly, about the year 1700.
The old Curtis null, also on the Third Herring Brook, is now
in the possession of T. J. Gardner, Esq., and was erected about
the year 1692.
The Clapp nulls, are also on the Third Herring Brook, not far
from Mr. Gardner's, but belong to South Scituate, as does the
mlU of Mr. Gardner. Large quantities of lumber are sawed at
aU these mlUs, annually, for the trunk and box factories in South
Scituate and Hanover, and for building purposes.
A small grist mill was early erected by the Curtis famUy, on
Hugh's Cross, now SUver Brook, and is yet standuig, though but
little used.
The late saw-mlU of Messrs. Cobb & Gushing, bumt in 1852,
stood near Teague's Bridge, in Hanson, and was formerly known
as Hatch's mUl.

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PLOUGH BUSINESS.
About the year 1811, Mr. David Prouty, a native of Scituate,
came to Hanover, settled on the place which had been
owned by Mr. Thomas Hatch, and lived in the house buUt by
Mr. H. Here he found a farm, rough, and hard to cultivate,
especially to one in his feeble health. In connexion with his
farm, he opened a store, and, with his tradiug, joined the business
of weaving cotton cloth. This cloth was made from yarn obtained
at the factories In Dedham, Dorchester, and Marshfield, and was
put out by Mr. Prouty to females in his neighborhood ; furnishuig,
to a large number, a source of steady, and, for a season, profitable
income. This business was continued, until the system of weaving
by power-looms was Introduced, which caused hand-weaving to be
soon abandoned.
Mr. P. was then, for about two years, engaged in manufacturing
black morocco shoes, with Major Wm. Morse ; which he pursued with
his usual zeal and eamestness. The business, however, was not
conducted by him very extensively, — ^but six hands being em
ployed in the shop; — and, on its relinquishment, we find him
contemplating a visit to New York State, with a view to a perma
nent settlement. Whilst m that State, his attention was caUed to
the ploughs used by agriculturists at that date ; and though we
cannot confidently say, that he was the first inventor of the cast
iron ploughs, which have since given to his name a world-wide ce
lebrity, yet patents were early obtained by hun for their manufac
ture, on principles whose discovery must be attributed to him ; —
he was a pioneer m the busmess ; — and, to the close of his useful
life, he gave aU his ener^es to its prosecution, and his efforts were
crowned with a success, not only gratifying to him personally, but
emmently beneficial to the community, reflecting honor upon his
genius, and attesting the fertUity of his resources.
At the time Mr. Prouty commenced the manufacture of the
ploughs which stiU bear his name, the implements then In use by
farmers, were of a far different stamp from those seen at the
present day, as may be seen from the annexed cuts. That part
of the Instrument which performs the labor, was of wood, strapped
with iron bars ; and the form and durabiUty were far below the

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ploughs of Mr. Prouty's construction. But It was no easy matter
for him, at the outset, to convince the pubHc of the superior valufe
of his invention. He had not only hereditary prejudices to
encounter ; — that spirit of conservatism, too much of which stUl
exists among the yeomanry of New England, — but also the idea
which prevaUed, thsi.t pot metal, as it was termed, was too brittle
a substance to stand the rough use to which the plough is sub
jected. But, by practical demonstrations of the strength of his
implements, he sUenced this objection, and vanquished those pre
judices. Deacon John Brooks, of Hanover, well recoUects when the first
plough made by Mr. P. was put in operation. It was taken to a
gravel knoU, on the highway, near the present residence of Mr.
Samuel Brooks, Main Street, and many were the prophecies, that
as soon as the oxen were attached, and an attempt was made to
break up the almost impenetrable surface, it would at once be
shattered, and found worthless. But Mr. P., who had aU confi
dence In his success, held the plough himself, guided its operations ,
and, as the team moved on, and the furrows were turned, the pro
phecies of faUure, vanished as the dew before the morning sun.
Not long after, as a farther test of their strength, Mr. P.
caused one of his ploughs to be taken to a piece Of land on Wal
nut street, almost covered with rocks ; and here. It was freely
prophesied, that his instrument would be broken ; — ^but here, as
before, it worked admirably, and the triumph of Mr. P. was
final and complete. '
The establishment of Mr. Prouty, in Hanover, was not on so
extensive a scale, as was that conducted by him subsequent to his
removal from the town. About one thousand ploughs, per year,
were made, and from three to four hands employed In the shop.
There was a blacksmith's shop attached to his premises, also ,a
building In which was machinery for sawing plough beams, &c.,
by horse-power.
Mr. Prouty left Hanover about the year 1833, and estabUshed
himself in Boston, where, in company, with Mr. John Mears,
and Mr. Lorenzo Prouty, and under the firm of Prouty and Mears,
the busmess of manufacturing ploughs, and other agricultural im-

MANUFACTURE OF PLOUGHS. 151
plements, was carried on until the decease of Mr. Prouty, and is
now conducted by Mr. Lorenzo Prouty, and Mr. John Mears, jr., at
their extensive warehouses, on North Market, and Clinton streets.
It would be agreeable to us, did our limits permit, to quote a
few of, the many testimonials which have been pubHshed, In favor
of the value and excellence of Mr. Prouty's ploughs, and the import
ance of his invention to the agricultural community. Not only
at most of the Fairs In the different Counties of Massachusetts,
have premiums been awarded, but simUIar premiums have been
bestowed at the Fairs of other States, and even at the World's Fair.
Indeed, the fame of the inventor has spread farther than that of
many a warrior, and many a statesman ; and it wUl endure so
long as the community can appreciate the worth of those who
have been the benefactors of the laboring classes.
The Hght in which his invention has been viewed by practical
farmers, may be seen from the foUowing note, from the pen of the
lamented Ellas Phinney. Lexington, Mass., Febmary 25th, 1846.
To Mr. James Pedder,
Dear Sir : — You ask my opinion of the' " Centre
Draught Plough." I give it freely, and In few words.
If my opinion of its merits, wiU, In any measure induce my bro
ther Farmers to adopt this. In preference to any other plough
now in use, I shall feel that I have rendered an important ser
vice to the pubHc, and, at the same time, contributed my share
toward the discharge of the debt of gratitude due to the Inven
tor of this invaluable Improvement, In an iihplement of so great
importance to Agriculture.
I have, for twenty-five years past, personaUy superintended
my own estate, part of which I have annuaUy had under the plough.
I have tried EngHsh, Scotch, and every variety of American
ploughs, and presume I shaU be excused for saying, that I con
sider myself a competent judge of their relative value in the hands
of farmers. The appHcatlon of the " Centre-Draught" principle
to the plough, by Messrs. Prouty & Mears, is, unquestionably,
the greatest improvement that has been made in the Implement
since Its first uiventlon. The remedy for the long existing evil of
havuig the whole resistance on one side of the line of draught,
and the necessity of placing the centre of resistance exactly on
the line of draught, first suggested itself to the philosophical mind
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152 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Mr. Prouty was a practical farmer. He saw the objections
to the old-fashioned plough — his ingenious mind set about devising
means, whereby the power of draught might be greatly lessened,
the liability to wear. In certain parts more than others obviated, the
labor of managing greatly diminished, and, at the same time, doing
the work Infinitely better ; and well has he done it. And when
his Improvement shall be generally adopted by farmers, and its
merits justly appreciated, Mr. Prouty will be ranked among the
greatest benefactors of his age. And although some of his con
temporaries may Injure him by unjustly interfering with his rights,
and appropriating to themselves some of the fruits of his ingenuity—
they can never rob him of his well-earned fame — Posterity wiU
do justice to his memory. And the approbation and magnificent
testimonial of one of the most powerful and enHghtened Monarchs
of Europe, is but a foretaste of what he may expect from his own
countrymen, when the merits of his invention shaU be rightly
appreciated. I am aware that my strong convictions of the vast utUity to farm
ers of this improvement In the Plough, may lead me — in the minds
of some — to speak in extravagant terms of the merits of the In
ventor. But you have known Mr. Prouty ; you have been famiUar
with the operations, and can fuUy appreciate the benefits of his
invention ; and by you, I presume, I shall not be charged with
bestowing unmerited praise, in saying, that if the farmers of his
own state should appropriate to that object, but a single tithe of
what this improvement In the Plough has saved them, in the cul
tivation and better condition of their farms, it would raise a monu
ment to his memory, which would not be transcended in beauty,
in grandeur and durabUity, by any that have been erected to the
memory of the greatest benefactors of mankind.
With great respect,
I am, my dear sir.
Very truly and sincerly yours,
E. PHINNEY.
Mr. Prouty is remembered, m Hanover, with much respect, by
those best acquainted with him ; and probably few have done
more for the prosperity of the town, and the advancement of its
interest, than did that gentleman, whilst he resided here.

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OTHER BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY.
Of the other branches of industry In the town, we shall be
obHged to speak briefly.
The carriage manufactory of Mr. Thomas Turner, is on Broad
way, who conducts this business in all its branches; the
wood work, iron work, painting, trimming, and even harness-
making, being aU done on his premises. His buildings were
erected in 1850, at which date Mr. Turner came to Hanover
from South Boston, where he had been previously engaged in
the same caUIng. He employs ten hands, and builds about forty
carriages per year.
On Washington street, stands the wheelwright shop of Mr.
Robert Eells, and near it, the blacksmith shop of Mr. Warren
Wright. On the easterly side of the street, is the shop of Mr. John
P. EeUs, who is a painter by trade.
At the corner of Broadway and Washington streets. Is the car
riage trimming shop of Mr. Henry Chandler.
In this vicinity, there were formerly several blacksmiths shops,
when ship buUding was in its prime, conducted by Robert L.,
Robert, and Joseph EeUs, and by the DUHnghams, and others.
Mr. Haynes, a few years since, had a harness manufactory, in
Wood & Torrey's store.
In the days when there were no carriages owned here, the
saddle business was a prominent branch of enterprise, and was
conducted by Benjamin Stockbridge, at the Four Corners, and by
the family of Estes, on what is now Plain street, and perhaps by
others. There have been many blacksmiths shops scattered around in the
town, at different periods, on Washington street. Centre street,
Broadway, Main street, &c. The only ones now in operation,
besides Mr. Wright's, are Mr. McFarland's, at Snappet, and Mr.
Judson Bates', on Centre street.
We have heard John Jacobs, Walter Rogers, Lemuel Curtis,
Joshua and EHsha Simmons, Benjamin Stetson, Bela Mann, Charles
Mann, Ezekiel Hatch, and Richard Estes, named as black-
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154 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
smiths In years past ; and there were probably many others, whose
names we have not learned.
Of traders, we have had many ; and we dare not attempt to
give the names of all who have engaged in trade. The principal
establishments, at present in the town, are the Messrs. Blanchards,
at Snappet ; and John B. Bates, Isaac M. WUder, and Stephen
Josselynn, at the Four Corners. Messrs. Wood & Torrey, have
just relinquished the business conducted by them for many years.
Mr. Josselynn, and the Messrs. Blanchards, are extensively
engaged In the manufacture of shoes, and this is one of the promi
nent branches of industry in the town ; a large number of males
being engaged In making boots and shoes.
Mr. Edward Y. Perry recently had a store on Broadway, near
Silvester's Forge, which is now occupied by Mr. Howland.
Formerly, the clock and watch making business was conducted
by John Bailey, and Calvin BaUey, on Curtis, now Main street, and
at the Four Corners ; — also by David Studley, and by Befljamin
D. Torrey. There is now nothing done here at this business.
The Messrs. BaUey, as weU as the others, were ingenious work
men ; and there are stUl to be found, in several houses, the large,
old-fashioned, eight-day clocks, with a " fuU moon " on the face,
made by " John Bailey."
The town has had the usual complement of carpenters, masons,
&c., and there are several yet engaged in these branches.
The tannery of Messrs. Seth and Edwin Rose, is on Hanover
street ; and that of Mr. WUHam Church Is on the same street ; — the
former at the westerly, and the latter at the easterly part of the
street. Mr. Simeon Curtis had tan-works some years ago, on
SUver street, the old pits being yet visible.
Messrs. Daly & Co. have a taUor's shop at the Four Corners ;
and there is a stove shop on Broadway, in the old Academy
building. The only tavern now In operation, is that that of Mr. Joseph
Pocorny, at the Four Corners.
In former years, when spirituous liquors were freely used and
sold, taverns were common ; so much so, that as early as 1747,
the town " voted not to set up any more taverns " ; and also
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" voted that one tavern is sufficient for this town." We have
never heard of breweries or distilleries In the town.
Bricks were made sixty years ago, at Walnut HIU. Mr,
Joseph Sylvester Is engaged in the manufacture of soap, on
Broadway. We dare notaffirm that the foregoing sketch Is complete. On
the contrary, we doubt not some omissions will be discovered ; but
these, we trust, wiU be attributed, not to Intentional neglect on
the author's part, but to his limited knowledge, and the difficulty
of obtaining information concerning the past.

CHAPTER XI.

SHIP BUILDING.

" To mark the sliip in floating balance held.
By earth attracted and by seas repelled ;
Or point her devious track thro' climes unknown.
That leads to every shore and every zone." Falconer.
Former and present state of the art of Ship-building in America — Materials for the
construction of vessels — Massachusetts Enterprise — Ship-building on the North
River — Yards in Pembroke — Yards in Hanover — The Barstows, Sylvesters,
Sampsons, Clarks, Perrys, Eells, Paiges, Baileys, Smiths, Kingmans, "Wings,
Stockbridges, &o. — Obstructions iu the River — Petitions to Congress for their
removal — Decline of the business — Present condition of the village.
.The history of ship-buUding iu New England, could it be faith
fully written, would present to us memorable Instances of the tri
umphs of genius over contending obstacles, and striking proofs of
the degree of perfection to which this art, which, two centuries
ago, was but in its infancy, has been carried by the persevering
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Compare the pictures of the smaU, ill-shaped, and clumsily-
rigged vessels, which bore the PUgrim Fathers to this land in
1620,' with those sumptuously furnished, and palace-like " ocean
monarchs," — ^faultless models of beauty and elegance, — of from
sixteen hundred to two thousand tons burthen, which may be seen
in aU the great harbors of our country, spreading their sails to
every breeze, and conveying our hardy sailors to the Polar Circle,
in pursuit of the whale, or to the East Indies, and the ports of
Europe, swelling our commerce, increasing our comforts, and
augmenting our wealth.
If Old England is " mistress of the seas," in the weight of her
armament, and the amount of her shipping, she must yield the
palm to New England, in excellence of structure, beauty of finish,
exquislteness of proportion, and those fast sailing properties which
have already borne off the prize for New York on the theatre of
the World's Fair, held in her own metropoHs, and on the waters
of the seas washing her own shores !
The faculties for procuring materials for the construction of
vessels of the largest class, from the forests of this State, are not
so great as formerly. The giant oaks, which once spread their
shadows over the land, have almost entirely disappeared. In the'
western counties they are most abundant.
Yet, for centuries to come, so extended is our republic, and so
expansive are its resources, American skUl will continue to com
pete with the most enterprising of the Old World, and the superi
ority of our naval architecture, already acknowledged and felt, will
not soon be cast into the shade, or suffered to diminish.
The oaks and pines in the forests of Michigan, and all over the
Western States, and even upon the Pacific Coast, wIU furnish
a supply for generations to come ; and when our iron-arms,
Briareus-like, shall be spread out to embrace the whole of those
now distant regions, the rich harvest, which has been accumulating
for ages, wiU pour in its treasures upon us, to stimulate to higher
attainments and prouder triumphs.
Massachusetts, one of the earliest settled of the New England
States, has ever borne her part In the promotion of our country's
prosperity. Her citizens, some of whom are in the ship yards of
I. See the Wood-cut annexed.

1-t C»

A. North River.
B. Barstow's Bridge, 165S.
C. New Bridge, 1829.
D. Third Herring Brook.
E. Rainbow Bridge.
F. Hanover.
G. Pembroke.
H. Scituate.
I and J. Turner's Yards.
K. Turner's Wharf.
L. James Barstow's Yard, about 1790.
M. Barstow's Yard, 1 660 — afterwards Sylvester's and Sampson's.

N. Clark's Yard.
0. Perry's Yard.
P. Smith's Yard.
Q and R. Yard of Thomas Barstow and Robert L. Eels, afterwards
occupied by J. B. and Elijah Barstow.
S. Isaac Perry's Yard.
T. Col. Jno. Bailey's Yard — afterwards Smith's.
U, Kingman's Yard.
V. "Wing's Yard.
W. 'W^hite Oaks at Barstow's Yard.
X. Rocky Reach.

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SHIP-BUILDING 169
Maine, and New Hampshire, and others peopling the prairies of
the Mississippi VaUey, and the shores of the Pacific, carry with
them those habits of industry and thrift, for which she has ever
been famed, and maintain her ancient power, and present dignity,
unstained, wherever they are found.
Here has been educated an army of shipwrights ; and, when bu
siness has been wanting at home, they have scattered abroad, and
are the principal mechanics at many of the yards where shlp-
buUdlng ii largely conducted, along the Atlantic sea-board.
The North River, in Plymouth County, which forms the bound
ary between Hanover and Scituate, on the qne side, and Pembroke
and Marshfield, on the other, is a comparatively small stream, not
over twenty mUes in length, never with a great depth of water, but
a few rods.in breadth, and very tortuous in its course, with shoals at
the bends, and sand bars at its mouth. Standing on the bridge,
beyond the Four Corners, and looking first above, and then below,
as far as the eye can reach, and noting the quietness which seems
usuaUy to reign over the spot ; or walking along the banks of the
stream, across the fairy-Hke bridge of plank, worn by the tread of
human feet for many years, and spanning the Third Herring
Brook, which, from its shape, is expressively called the Rainbow
Bridge ; — and thence over Fox HUl, and past where Seabury's
point stretches off to the right, until the old Brick-kilns appear In
sight ; one, who did not know what busy scenes had been enacted
here in past times, would hardly imagine that, from 1660 to 1835,
or for more than a century and a half, the business of ship-buUding
was carried on, probably to a greater extent, than on any other
river, of the same size, anywhere In the State ! Not only on the
Hanover side, were the yards compacted together, in close prox
imity one to another, but on the Pembroke side, below Rocky
Reach, and at Seabury's point, yards were established by George
and Thomas Turner, and Nathaniel Cushing ; and, on the banks of
the stream, near the " reach," by the bridge, the indentation, or
hoUow, where the saw pit stood. Is distinctly visible, and the old
wharf yet projects Its rocky piers into the stream below.
On the Hanover side, before the present bridge was buUt, ship
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160 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
stream here, for some distance, present peculiar facilities for this
business, being sloping, and somewhat abrupt, though not precipi
tous ; so that, whilst the bows of the vessels were near the water,
the sterns were on the hlU sides, and easy of access by the aid of
a few plank, without the necessity for those lofty stagings which
are indispensable In many yards.
From the top of these banks, stretches back a large tract of
rough, rocky, pasture land, also easy of access from the traveUed
ways, where timber was landed, brought from the sift-rounding
country. In such quantity, that the whole surface of the tract was
covered at times. ^
Above the old bridge, on the Hanover side. Is a small ravine,
or gorge, on the land of Seth Barker, Esq., just wide enough to
admit the hulk of one of the small craft built in those days, and
sloping towards the river, at such an angle as to afford a fime op
portunity for launching, were It not for the bridge. The- site is
visible from the present bridge, being but a few rods above ; and
the scenery around has that wUdness of aspect, which renders it
quite romantic. Here, James Barstow built one vessel, previous
to the Revolution, which, it is said, was launched directly across
the road. But the existence of the bridge presented too formlda^
ble an obstacle, to encourage the building of many vessels at this
spot ; and the yard, accordingly, was soon abandoned.
Just below the old bridge, and In the space Intervening between
its piers, and the piers of the present bridge, was another ship
yard, first improved by WilHam Barstow, and his descendants for
two generations. It was, probably, estabUshed near the year
1660. The vessels built at this yard, by the Barstows, were
mostly small ones, and their sides rose higher than the piers of the
present bridge, their bows reaching up the bank, into the door
yard of the present residence of Mr. Barker. It Is said that the
Barstows abandoned this yard, because of the difficulty experi
enced In launching their vessels, in consequence of their impinging
frequently against the rocky ledge, on the opposite shore.
After they left the yard, about 1745, it was improved for a
period of from twenty to thirty years, by Nathaniel Silvester, fa-
mUIarly known as " buUder SUvester," who was born in 1718,

Sampson's and olark's yards. 161
and died in 1781, at the age of sixty-three. . He built the house
occupied by Rufus Famum, on Washington street, just above Mr.
Barker's, and nearly opposite Mr. Sylvanus Percival's.
His son, Nathaniel, afterwards occupied the house, and Improv
ed the ship yard, untU his removal to Winchendon. The vessels
buUt, both by father and son, were small, seldom exceeding two
hundred tons burthen, and were mostly schooners.
After the SUvesters, the yard was improved by Jonathan
Sampson, from 1796 to 1820, he residing in Pembroke, just over
the bridge, on the hiU, In the house now occupied by Sumner
Stetson, which has been a tavern stand.
Mr. Sampson built many vessels for the Cod Fishery at the
Grand Banks ; and some ships, of from two hundred and fifty
to three hundred tons burthen, for residents of Duxbury and Cape
Cod, for citizens of Boston, and for Nathaniel Cushing, of Hanson.
{Ehese ships were for the Southern trade, for the West Indies, and
for different ports in Europe ; and their stem-posts, it , Is said,
stood quite up to the old road, and some of the staging, for build
ing the projecting part of the stem, was actually over the road,
which, at this place, was but about two and one-half rods wide.
The yard next below, and close by the present bridge, was im
proved by the Clarks, — ^Nathaniel and Belcher, — sons of John
Clark, of Scituate. The former, Nathaniel, lived on Washington
street, in the low and ancient buUding now occupied by Mr. Henry
Bates, and died in 1814, aged seventy-three. The latter. Belcher,
Hved in a house which stood where stands that of Mr. Samuel Sal
mond, and died in 1826, aged eighty-four. The yard improved
by these brothers, is said to have been occupied by their father
before them. It was probably estabUshed as early as 1736, but
no vessels were built there after the year 1800. Zebulon,
the son of Belcher, bom in 1780, recollects when his father built,
whUe he was a lad.
The next yard, a small one, was mproved for a time by Dea.
Isaac Perry ; but seems not to have been occupied by him long,
as we subsequently find him buUding at a yard farther down the
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162 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
high moral exceUenoe. He was born in 1736, and died in 1825,
at the age of eighty-nine. He Hved on Washington street, and
his house stood where stands that of Mr. Josiah Winslow, near the
corner of Hanover street.
The next yard was at a Httle distance farther down, and its site
is marked by a work-house, yet standing, and by two gigantic
oaks, of venerable appearance, at least three centuries old, which
were, of course, of goodly size when the PUgrims landed ! Agamst
these trees, stUl lean the logs, forming the frame work of the old
saw pit, and around the spot Is a vast deposlte of decaying vege
table matter, accumulated In the yard, black, spongy, and appa^
rently valuable for the compost-heap, which might be profitably
carried off to add its enriching materials to the stercorary of the
owner of the land.
This yard was improved by Thomas Barstow, the father of Col.
John B. Barstow, of this town ; and by Capt. Robert Lenthal
Eells, who was an extensive landholder ; one of the wealthiest
citizens of his day ; a man whose chief greatness consisted in the
greatness of his soul ; of unbounded hospitality ; charitable ; kind
to the poor and the suffering ; devoted to every thing public spir
ited ; eminently patriotic ; an able officer In the war of the Revo
lution ; who opened his doors cheerfully and widely to all who
were engaged in that struggle ; and whose daughters, evinced
their zeal for Liberty, in ministering to the wants of the soldiers,
and in manufacturing cartridges for the use of the companies
enrolled in the town.
This yard, which was established about the year 1755, was im
proved by Messrs. Barstow and Eells, for about thirty years ; the
former having the superintendence of the wood work, and the
latter furnishing the Iron work, — his blacksmith shop standlijg
near the hay scales, by the Four Corners.
No very large vessels were buUt by this firm, as previous to the
Revolution, the burthen seldom exceeded two hundred tons ; but
after that period, and especially after the opening of the present
century, by their descendants, and by others, vessels of from three
hundred to four hundred tons burthen were buUt, from 1810 to
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Mr. Barstow died in 1797, aged sixty-five ; and Mr. EeUs in
1800, aged sixty-eight ; — ^both being born in the same year, 1732 ;
and in the same month, Februray ; — the former on the 27th, and
the latter the 17th ! Companions In life, and cousuis, they dwelt
in harmony, and their business was conducted successfully and
prosperously. A few years previous to the death of Mr. Barstow, his son,
John B., was concerned In ship-building at this yard, with his
father ; in which business he was afterwards joined by his brother
EHjah, and they, together, improved the yard, until 1817, when
they went to a site still farther below, which presented greater
facIHtles for launching. This firm built many ships for Nantucket
and New Bedford, for the whalmg business, of from 300 to 350
tons burthen ; also many merchant ships, among which were five,
buUt for the sons of John B. Barstow, who were at that time in
business in the city of New York.
Next to the yard of the Barstow's, was one called Paige's yard,
which was afterwards occupied by Dea. Isaac Perry, and occa-
slonaUy by Albert and Josiah Smith, when they had a small
vessel to buUd, and when their other yard was occupied.
Next below, was the yard of Col. John Bailey, whose master
workman was Joseph House. This yard was not long Improved
by Mr. B., he being personally engaged In other business ; and it
was afterwards occupied by Albert and Josiah Smith, sons of Jo.
siah Smith, of Pembroke, who married sisters, — daughters of
Capt. Robert L. Eells, himself a blacksmith by trade, but a ship-
buUder in connection with Thomas Barstow.
Capt. Albert Smith, In early life, followed the seas, as a ship
master, being iu the Baltimore trade for some time, and making
several voyages to Russia, duruig the reign of the Emperor Paul.
About the year 1790, he settled In Hanover, residing on Broad
way, in the house now occupied by Martin Stetson, which he
bought of Joseph Josselynn ; and, forming a partnership with his
brother Josiah, he carried on the business of shlp-buUdlng for
about ten years, from 1798 to 1808, fitting for sea, on an aver
age, three vessels a year, of from 300 to 400 tons burthen, for
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164 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
descendants of Capt. Smith are now in the service of the United
States ; his oldest son, Joseph, being a Commodore in the United
States Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards ; and
Albert, Esq., being an eminent lawyer In Washington city.
After the Smiths, Edward and Samuel EeUs buUt a few vessels'
at this yard ; and subsequently, it was Improved by John B. and
EHjah Barstow, from 1817 to 1835 ; and then by Elijah Barstow,
Jr. ; the latter of whom, In connection with Capt. Thomas Water
man, Is still engaged in the business, at their yard in Scituate,
below Fox hUl.
The last yard, on the Hanover side, was that of David King
man, who built the tavern stand at the Four Corners, now occu
pied by Mr. Joseph Pocorny. Isaiah Wing built one vessel, very
near this yard, about the time of the last war ; and also Benjamin
and Martin Stockbridge. Dea. Perry built one vessel at this
yard, about 55 years ago ; — a ship of some 300 tons burthen.
Nearly all the above yards were on the land of Mr. Benjamin
Stockbridge, and were comprised within the space of one third of
a mile from the bridge ; from which their compactness and juxta
position, may be easUy judged.
Previous to the year 1795, the business demand was principaUy
for vessels of a small size, such as could be easily launched on the
river, and taken down the stream without much difficulty, from
the bars. During the Revolution, Mr. Thomas Barstow buUt
several small privateers, — some for Mr. Derby, of Salem. Towards
the close of the last century, vessels of a larger size were in de
mand, besides the small fishing and coasting vessels ; and this ca,U
continued, until busuiess was suspended by the war with Great
Britain, In 1812.
The occurrence of that war, just as the business was In its most
prosperous state, was a serious shock to those who were engaged
in It ; but they re-commenced In 1815, after peace was declared ;
though the growing scarcity of timber, and the obstruction of the
channel of the river with rocks and sand bars, which rendered it
tedious and expensive to get large ships downjthe stream, and over
the bar at the mouth, caused the business to decline, untU now,
in Hanover, it has entirely ceased. The process of moving large

PALMY DAYS OF SHIP-BUILDING. 165
ships, was by attaching the scows called gundaloes, (a corruption
of gondolas ?) two to the stern, and two to the stem ; which were
lashed down at low water, so as to lift the ship as the tide flowed.
Several attempts have been made to obtain aid from the Na
tional Government, for the improvement of the navigation of the
North River; but hitherto, with but Httle success. In 1839,
Col. J. B. Barstow, Joseph S. Bates, and Elijah Barstow, jr.,
;fere chosen a committee to petition for the appropriation of a
smaU sum " for the purpose of removing sand-bars, and cutting a
channel for the North River into Massachusetts Bay ;," but their
prayer was not favorably answered.
During the great storm of AprU 16th and 17th, 1851, the sea
broke completely over the narrow strip of beach between the third
and fourth cHffs, near Scituate harbor, at the very point where
the cutting of a canal has been thought feasible.
A new petition for aid has been circulated within the past year ;
but we fear its fate wUl be Hke that of its predecessors.
The palmy days of ship-buUdmg, in Hanover, were from 1800,
to 1808. Then, five or six yards were In active operation, and
at least ten vessels were annually fitted for sea. The scene on
the North River, was one of animation and Industry. Every mom-
Lng, the carpenters might be seen, crossmg the pastures, or walk
ing along the river bank, or over the tmy " Rainbow Bridge,"
to the place of their daUy toU ; and the stroke of the axe, the
thump of the maul, the cheerful caUs, and the various other sounds
always heard in the ship-yard, constantly saluted the ears of the
passers by.
The pasture, too, was strewed with tMber ; and teams of " fat
oxen," daUy brought in, from the forests around, their loads of
round, or rough-hewn, white oak, beech, maple, and other timber;
and oak and pine plank, for sheathing, and for the decks, &c.
Then, busmess was stirring. All were active. And never since,
has the viUage, at the corners, presented so cheering a spectacle
of thrift and prosperity. That viUage is beginning to rise again ;
and though the character of its business has changed, yet the pro
mise is fair, that ere long, if a liberal policy prevails, it will be
come, once more, a place of activity, and the number of its.
buUdings, and the advantanges of its citizens, be greatly Increased

CHAPTER XI r.
PROVISIONS FOR THE POOR ^" TEMPERANClJ CAUSE -^ SLAVERY —^
RESTING PLACES -FOB IJI'^ DEAD <-" LONGEVITY,
" Epitomise the life ; pronounce, you eaii',.
Authentic epitaphs on some of these'.
Who, from their lowly mansions hither brought'^
Beneath this tu^-f lie mouldering at our feet.
So by your records, may our doubts be solved ;'
And so, not searching higher, we may learn
To prize the breath we share with human kind.
And look upon the dust of man with awe." WoKDSWORTlf^
Provisions for the PCor — Poor kept by Friends — Selectmen to provide for
them — Put out at Auction — Establishment of an Aims-House — Temperance
Cause — Excise Bill of 1751— Rum Trade at that Date — Exti-acts from the
Church Records Relative to the Excise Bill — Temperance Society fonned in
1816 — Later History of the Cause — Slavery in New England — Owners of
Slaves, from the Church and Town Records — Touchiug Incident — Burial
Ground near the Centre of the Town — Gifts of Land by David Stockbridge,
Esq., and by John Barstow, Esq. — Burial Ground at Snappet — Table of Lon
gevity. We group together. In this chapter, a few subjects, each of
which merits some notice in a work like the present.

PROVISIONS FOR THE POOR.
For many years after the Incorporation of the town, the poor
were kept in the famUies of their friends, an annual appropriation
being made for their maintenance. The number thus aided was
smaU, so that no further provisions in their behalf were necessary,
and no other arrangement could have been more generally accept
able to those whom misfortune had reduced to a state of depend
ence.

SELECTMEN TO PROVIDE FOR THE POOR. 167
Oct. 29, 1736, " Yoted to the widow Frances Josselynn £5
old tenor, to keep Jean Barron from Nov. 18, 1746, to Nov. 18,
1747, but if she should have any extraordinary sickness in that
time, to be further allowed what Is reasonable."
Mar. 5, 1750, " Voted to give Thomas Curtis 31s., old tenor,
per week, for boarding Margaret Young one year In sickness and
health, the town finding clothes, and paying Doctor's biUs, If any
there be; and he agreed to keep her at that price."
At the same date, " Voted £15 to Benjamin Woodworth, for
bringing up John Loud's (or Ladd's) daughter to the age of 18
years ; and £24 for bringing up the said Loud's youngest son to
the age of 21 years."
This course continued to be followed even after the Revolution,
and so late as the beginning of the present century ; and to the
selectmen was entrusted the general oversight of those thus aided,
to see that they were properly cared for.
Thus, in 1782, the selectmen were instructed to provide for the
poor, and to supply Job Long's family with the necessaries of
life. March 13, 1786 : — The selectmen and Dea. Timothy Rob-
bhtts were chosen a committee " to agree with Mr. Samuel
WithereU, to maintain his father during his natural Hfe, by the
lump or by the week, as they shall agree, and pay him out of the
town's money."
Oct. 17, 1796. The selectmen were instructed " to provide
for the poor imder their care, and call on the Treasurer for
money as they shall want it."
About the year 1803, we find the first notice of a change in
this mode of proceedure. The selectmen were then chosen a
committee, to meet a committee of the town of Pembroke, " to
consult on the expediency of buUding a work-house."
In 1809, a donation of $278, having been made to the town
by Maj. John B. Barstow for the poor, he, with the selectmen,
were chosen to distribute the same.
In 1814, it was "voted to raise $110, to purchase Mary
Peterson's house and land for a poor house ;" and the purchase
was made, — ^but the town being dissatisfied, in 1816 the buUding
was sold, and for the first time on the records, it was voted to put

168 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
out the poor at auction to the lowest bidder ; the auction to, be at
the Central Meeting House, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 4 P. M.;
and the person bidding off the same was " to give good and suffi
cient security to the , overseers of the poor that he fUl support
them well, in sickness and In health, and furnish them with good
and comfortable clothing, and pay all expenses for physicians, and
to receive pay for the same at the end of the year."
But this policy, though adopted by many towns in Massachu
setts, and quite common twenty-five years ago, was soon found to
be exceedingly defective, and Hable to serious evUs. Enough
allowance was not made for that principle or maxim, which prompts
men, in business affairs, to trade sharply, and to make the most
of their bargains, of whatever character they may be. We do
not deem it necessary to revive the controversies which grew out
of this system, which, notwithstanding its exceptionable features,
continued to be followed for twenty years. We need only say that
In 1836, it was voted to establish a Poor House, and a Committee
of five, consisting of Ebenezer Simmons, Turner Stetson, Benja
min Mann, Levi Curtis, and WilHam Morse, were chosen to look
up a suitable farm ; and In a very short time, the present estab
hshment, located on Washington street, in the North-easterly
part of the town, was purchased, which was formerly Nathaniel
Jacobs' place, — and here the poor have since been kept in a
manner creditable to the liberality and humanity of the Town.
The expense of maintaining the poor is about $600 per annum,
and the number supported for some years past, has been fix)m
eight to ten. TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
It Is weU known to all conversant with the history of our country,
that, until within a comparatively recent period, spirituous Hquors
were a common beverage of aU classes In the community, and were
freely sold and freely used In every town hi this State, True,
the evUs attendant upon intemperance have been always felt, and
always acknowledged ; and efforts have been made, fronj time to
time, to check the tide which threatened to overwhelm. But it
Is only within the past twenty or thirty years, that these efforts

TEMPERANCE CAUSE. 169
have been attended with any signal success. And even now,
such is the selfishness of avarice on the one hand, and such are the
cravings of appetite, on the other, that the temperance cause
has attained but a measurable triumph, and much remains to be
done, before every mind wUl be actuated by right motives, and
brought under the influence of the laws of moral rectitude.
That great good has been accompHshed, however, only those
interested to perpetuate evil can deny. The evidences of im
provement are too palpable to be mistaken. The thriftiness of
our viUages ; the decrease of native pauperism ; the general
sobriety of the people ; the absence of loungers at the bar-room
of the tavem, or at the grocery on rainy days ; and the rareness
of the sight, especIaUy in the country, and In the open highway,
of men lying under the walls, sleeping away the effects of their
deep potations ; — aU these are tangible proofs that something has
been done ; — proofs which none can gainsay ; — and we trust the
time is not far distant, when it wIU be deemed, throughout our
land, beneath the dignity of any one claiming the attributes of
humanity, to taste of the intoxicating cup ; and when reason shall
sit firmly on its throne, and all who are made in the image of God,
shaU stand erect in their manhood, not victims of passion, or slaves
of appetite ; but walking the earth in the exercise of those nobler
quaHties, which distmguish us from the brutes, and which ally us
to angels.
Were we writiug a treatise on temperance, much that Is valua
ble In the history of the cause might be gathered from the Laws of
Plymouth Colony, and from those of the Massachusetts Colony.
But however interesting these extracts might be, we shaU. be
obHged to omit them. Inasmuch as we have enough from the re
cords of our own town, and contemporary annals, to fill the spa ce
we propose to devote to this subject.
Although the law passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts,
and called " the Maine Law," is regarded by some as a novel
eature in human legislation, and an encroachment upon the rights
and liberties of the people, yet laws embodying simUar principles,
or partaking of a similar character, were passed long ago, in this
country. 11

170 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
In 1754, a blU caUed the " Excise bUl," for " grantmg to his
Majesty an excise upon wines and spirits dIstUled, &e.," was intro
duced, and taken Into consideration by the people ; and the town
of Hanover, after debating it for some time, " Voted, that the said
bUl is disagreeable to the minds of the town, and VotSd, that Da
vid Stockbridge, Esq., representative of said town, be desired to
use his endeavors to prevent the said Bills passing into an Aet."
The extent and character of the traffic in spirits at this time,
and the course of argument by which the business was sustained,
may be gathered from the following luminous and curious state
ment from Minot's History of Massachusetts, vol. 1, pp-. 156-161.
" A great part of the inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay Hve
chiefly by the sea, and are employed in
1. Fisheries. 2. Navigation. 3. BuUding and providing
materials for ships.
By these employments, they depend upon Great Britain for
1. Clothes. 2. Materials for furnishing their houses of many
kinds. 8. Cordage and saU cloth for equipment of their vessels.
4. Lkies, hooks and cables, &c., for the fishery.
They are dependent on the northern Colonies for bread corn.
RUM Is their chief manufacture ; there being upwards of
15,000 hogsheads of rum manufactured in the Province annually.
This, with what they get from the EngHsh Islands, is the grand
support of all their trades and fishery ; and without which they
can no longer subsist.
Rum Is a standing article in the Indian trade, and the common
drink of all the
1. Laborers. 2. Timber-men. 3. Mast-men. 4. Loggers.
5. Fishermen In the Province.
These men could not endure the hardships of their employments
nor the rigor of the seasons without it.
Rum Is the merchandize principaUy made use of to procure
1. Corn. 2. Pork for, I. Their fishermen, and 2. Other
navigation. The best and cheapest provision in this way of life !
This is done in winter, when there is no catching fish, nor any
other employment for the fishermen.

BUM TRADE, 1754-5.. 171
Then, a great number of fishing vessels with their men, go to
North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, &g. The?© trade with rum
and molasses for corn and pork, which serves for a supply for the
next season.
Newfbandland has large annual suppHes from Massachusetts
Bay of ram, molasses, pork, &c., without which they could not
carry on the fishery to so much advantage.
Halifax at present, and for some years at least, must depend on
New England far a supply of those articles in order to carry on
the fishery ; wMeh can only be done by coming at those com
modities at a moderate price.
The rum carried from Massachusetts Bay, and the other north-
em Colonies to the coast of Guinea, is exchanged for gold and
slaves. The gold is sent to London, to help pay for their an
nual suppHes ; and the slaves are carried to the EngHsh Sugar
Colonies, and exchanged for their commodities, or sold for bUls of
exchange on Great Britain.
So that rum Is useful in aU their traffic, especially In support
ing the fishery ; not only as it is the common drink of persons In
that business, but In being a means of employing the vessels and
men at a season, when no other business can be carried on by
them; and procuring provisions for their suppHes, which otherwise
they could not have but by their labor at the season proper for
fishing. From evidence in the cause, when before the lords of trade, it
appeared that Jamaica at this time produced about 12,000 pun
cheons of rum, of 110 gaUons eafih, per annum; Barbadoes
12,000; Antigua from 10,000 to 12,000; St. Christophers
6,000 ; Monsterrat 1,600 ; amounting in the whole to at least
41,500 puncheons, or 4,565,000 gallons ! ! !
But the excise bill was passed ; and on the Church Records of
Hanover for 1766, we find the foUowing curious documents rela
ting to the Act : —
"Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. The foUowing persons gave m their
accounts, as foUows, viz. : —
These may certify that we the subscribers have not expended In
our famlHes or business, any spirituous Hquors but only what we

172

HISTORY OP HANOVER.

bought of Innholders or Retailers in this Province, in less quan
tities than 30 gallons, since December 26, 1754, as witness our
hands: —

Joshua Barstow,
Benj. Mann, jr.,
Ebenezer Wing,
Nathaniel Josselynn,
Wm. W^hiting,
Uriah Lambert,
Thomas Palmer,
Samuel House,
Benjamin Curtis,
John Torrey,
Joshua Staples,
Isaac Lambert,
Edmund Silvester,
Kalph Chapman,
John Barker,
Othniel Pratt,
Marlboro' Turner,
Thomas Bardin,
Ezekiel Palmer,
Jeremiah Rogers,
Hanover, Dec

Isaac Gross,
Thos. Barstow,
Joseph House, jr.,
Thos. Silvester,
Job Tilden,
Lemuel Curtis,
Samuel Harlow,
Ebenezer Right,
Jesse Torrey,
Joseph Soper,
Melatiah DilUngham,
Edward Dillingham,
Benjamin Mann,
Seth Stetson,
Seth Woodworth,
Benj. Stetson,
Joseph House,
Thos. Whiting,
Caleb Church,
Sam. Curtis,
26, 1755. The following persons gave in as

Nathaniel Robbins,
Joseph Cornish,
Benj. White,
Josiah Curtis,
Thos. Rose,
Amos Silvester,
Ezekiel Turner,
Benj. Studley,
Taylor Brooks,
Elisha Palmer,
Joseph Curtis,
Jere. Stetson,
John House,
Mordecai Ellis,
Isaac Hatch,
Thos. Wilkes,
Jacob Silvester,
Sam. Barstow,

follows : To David Stockbridge, Town Clerk. These may certify
that I have not expended any spirituous liquors in my family for
this year past, but I have had of the retailers, as witness my hand.

Adam Prouty,
John Bmy,
Dec. 26, 1765.
the year past.
Dec. 26, 1756.
taller this year.
Dec. 26, 1755.

Silvanus Wing, Caleb Barker,
Robt. Barker, Matt. Estes,
I have had no rum, wine, or other spirits, in
Abner Curtis.
AU the rum I have had, I have it of a re-
Jeremiah Hatch.
Inform the Farmer of Excise that I have
not expended any spirituous liquors in my famUy or business,
from the 4th Dec. 1754, to the 26 Dec. 1755. Elihab Stuhley.
These lines are to Inform you that I have not bought nor sold
no strong drink since this famous act hath been made,' nor con
sumed any in my house contrary to said act. Caleb Rogers.

EXCISE LAW OF 1754-5. 173
Dec. 27., 1756. Esq. Stockbridge, These may certify you
that I have bought no rum these two years only of retailers and
inn holders. Recompence Tiffany.
Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. These may certify that I, the sub
scriber, have consumed, in my private capacity, trade and busi
ness, from the 26 Dec. 17 54:, forty-two gallons and three pints of
rum, &c., except what I have purchased of tavemers and retaU-
ers. Thos. Josselynn.
Hanover, Dec. 26, 1755. These may certify that I, the sub
scriber, have expended only thirty gaUons and one quarter of
spirituous Hquors, taken in the middle of Oct. last past, the rest I
expended in my famUy, business, &c., I bought of tavern-keepers
and retaUers in this province in less quantities than thirty gallons,
within one year past. As witness my hand. Jacob Bailey.
Hanover, Dec. 26, 1766. These may certify that I, the sub
scriber, have expended in my family, business, &c., in one year
past, one gallon and three quarts of rum only, except what I
bought of a retailer or innholder in this province, in less quantities
than thirty gaUons. As witness my hand. Joseph Ramsdell.
Jan. 6, 1756. Clement Bates gave in his account, that he had
expended two gallons of rum only, except what he bought of tav
ern-keepers and retailers in this province, since Dec. 26, 1764,
to Dec. 26, 1755.
And at the same time, Shuble Munroe gave in his account of
two gaUons, as said Bates did."
We presume the foregoing extracts ^ve us the names of nearly,
if not qmte all, the legal voters, or heads of families in the town.
From another source, — the old Justice Records of David Stock-
bridge, Esq., we learn that all who violated the law, were prose
cuted and fiuied for the same ; and actions against Adam Rogers
of Marshfield, Bezaleel Palmer, Stephen Otis, Jr. of Scituate, David
AUen, of MIddleboro', Jesse Thomas, of Pembroke, Ebenezer
Mann, of Pembroke, are recorded, the fines being generally 40s.
for eacho ffence.
About the year 1816, a society for the suppression of intemper-

174 history op HANOVER.
ance was formed in Hanover, and at a meeting of the Association,
held April 28, 1817, an address was deHvered by the Rev. John
Butler, pastor of the Baptist Society, which was printed, — a copy
of which is in our possession. It is a plain and sensible document,
its reasoning being straight-forward and cogent, and its array of
arguments clear and convincing.
We take from it the following extract : —
" By the exertions of this Association, the prevalHng practice
of intemperance has been brought into public view. It has been
taken under serious consideration by many, and made a subject of
conversation by all classes of people among us. The object of
this society has been proposed for consideration to the selectmen
of the adjacent towns, with whom it has been favorably received.
The respectable inhabitants of the town of Scituate have felt the
importance of the subject, and united iu an association for the sup
pression of this pubHc vice. The several retailers in the town of
Hanover have been respectfully addressed upon the importance of
, observing the wise and good laws of tiiis Commonwealth, made
expressly for the regulation of their conduct ; and measures have
recently been taken, which we have good reason to hope, wUl
secure obedience to these laws."
In 1830, May 3, the town voted, " that the selectmen be re
quested not to Hcense any retaUer or innholder, who shall, between
this and August, permit spirituous Uquors to be sold and drank
in and about their premises, and engage not to sell after that time
to be drank in Hke manner."
For several years past, a temperance committee has been an
nually appointed by the town, to take cognizance of all violations
of the laws ; and though we do no.t affirm that no ardent spirits
have been brought into the place, or sold, or used by the people,
yet no one can doubt, that there Is more sobriety, more order, and
a better state of moral feeling in the community, than existed
twenty-five or thirty years since.
May the blessing of God continue to rest upon this, and every
other cause which has for its object the moral elevation of our
race, and the deliverance of the soul from the dominion of lust and
destructive appetites.

slavery. 175
SLAVERY.
It may seem to some singular to find anything In a town history
in Massachusetts, relative to the subject of human slavery. And
yet. It is a well known and undeniable fact, that, previous to the
Revolution, slavery existed in 'all the colonies, not even excepting
our own , and slaves were held in almost every family wealthy
enough to own them. The minister, the deacon, and even quiet
members of the Society of Friends, if we mistake not, held slaves ;
and justices of the peace, innholders, proprietors of forges, &c.,
aU sinned after the similitude of the same transgression !
The foUowing items, which we have gleaned from various
sources, may be interesting in this connection, and present as full
a sketch of the history of slavery in this town, as we are able to
furnish. In 1754 there were eight male and nine female slaves held in
Hanover.' In 1764-5, the number of slaves held in Scituate was 107 !'
The number in Hanover is not given. At the same date there
were thirteen Indians in Scituate f but the number in Hanover
is not given.
Not only were blacks, but Indians, were held as slaves ; and In
termarriages between the black and red race were not infrequent.
We do not know that we can give the names of all who held
slaves in Hanover ; we are only able to present the scattered
notices of marriages, births and deaths, which occur on the records
of the town and church.
These are as follows :
Dick, James Bailey's negro, and Daphne, Col. Barker's negro,
were married Dec. 26, 1741, and Boston and Margaret, slaves of
Elijah Cushing, were married In the same year. Windsor Jonas,
and Mercy Red, an Indian, were married March 9, 1749.
Jack and Bilhah, Job TUden's servants, were mairied Feb. 8,
1751. Tradition says, that Mr. T. raised slaves for the market !
Newport and Kate, slaves of Nathaniel Silvester, were married
1 Annals of the Am. Stat. Ass. Vol. 1.
« Ibid. Vol. 1.
3 Ibid. Vol. 1.

176 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
May 25, 1760. Caesar, chUd of Deacon Stockbridge's slave, died
June 14, 1728. Joseph Ramsdell's negro child died AprU 25,
1733. Deacon Stockbridge's negro, Cuffy, died Jan. 18, 1736.
Elijah Cushing, Esq.'s negro child died March 5, 1736. A negro
of Mr. DiUIngham, died Feb., 1738. Fred, a negro of Matthew
Estes, died Feb. 13, 1739. PhlUis, Captain Josselynn's negro,
died Feb. 9, 1742. Captain Cushing's negro child died July 30,
1744. A negro chUd of Uriah Lambert's, died Sept., 1746. A
negro child of Elijah Cushing, Esq., died Feb., 1747. Jupiter,
Mr. JohnCurtls's negro, died Dec. 1747. Briton, negro chUdof
John Studley, died January 23, 1749. This chUd belonged to
Edward Jenkins, of Scituate, and was given by him to Mr. S.
soon after Its birth. A negro chUd of Ensign John Bailey, died
August 7, 1751. A negro chUd of Lieutenant Job TUden, died
Dec. 25, 1754, and another February 12, 1760. Dinah, negro
servant to Mr. Amos Sylvester, died Feb. 1756. Ben, an Indian
slave of John Bailey, died May, 1756. BUhah, Joshua Barstow's
negro woman, died May 21, 1757. Jefirey, negro of Colonel
Turner, was drowned in the furnace pond, Aug. 29, 1765. Dick,
slave of Rev. Samuel Baldwin, died Feb. 3, 1762. Phebe, negro
slave to David Jacobs, died Jan. 8, 1769, — also Jane, a negro ser
vant of David Jacobs, died Feb. 28,1775. Jesse Boos, negro slave
of Rev. Samuel Baldwin, died Oct. 5,^1775. Daphne, an old ne
gro, probably Col. Barker's slave, died March 10, 1779. Lon
don, negro of the widow Turner, died Jan. 15, 1786. Dick,
negro of Col. BaUey, and husband of Daphne, died Jan. 20, 1786,
aged 90. Mingo, negro of Capt. Simeon Curtis, died April 7,
1791, aged 70. He Hved on SUver street, with his wife and
child, and gave the name to Mingo's field. Susannah, negro of
Deacon Bass, died May 2, 1791, aged 73. Bess, negro of Rev.
John MeUen, died Sept. 20, 1793, aged 36. Mai-y, negro of
Robert Estes, died March 20, 1794, aged 76. Cuba, a negro
woman of Deacon Brooks, died March 25, 1795, aged 84. Cuffee
Josselynn, a slave of Col. Joseph Josselynn, died in the almshouse
at the advanced age of 103, in 1831. He was out In the Revolu
tion as a soldier, as the rolls show.
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earnestly desired to be free, and often asked his master to give
him his Hberty, who put him off with the promise that he should
be made free, as soon as all the water In the North river had run
by ; and the simple-hearted creature was frequently seen looking
wistfully at the stream, doubtless hoping daily that it would be
come dry ! — ^but alas ! for him, slavery knew no end but death.
Heartily do we rejoice that our State no longer labors under this
terrible curse ! — and would to God it were abolished In all our
land, that In truth, as well as on parchment, all were free and
equal, — ^possessing and enjoying their Inalienable rights, — and that
the banner of freedom might wave triuinphantly over every mUe
of our territory. BURIAL GROUNDS.
Of our burial grounds, .the oldest In the town is that near the
centre meeting house. In 1727, the town of Scituate made a
grant of ten acres of land to Hanover, for a " training field and
burial ground ;" and on the records of Hanover, under date of
June 17, 1727, Benjamin Curtis and Samuel Barstow were chosen
agents to attend the Surveyors in laying out the same, and in case
they could not agree where it should be laid out, it was voted that
the two surveyors should lay It out at their discretion.
This land was divided into two lots, one of seven and a half
acres, for the training field, and the other of two and a half acres,
for the burial ground ; but we find no record which fixes the
original bounds of either lot. The former, the training field,
seems to have been exchanged with John Rogers, in 1730, as
June 15th of that year, Isaac Buck was chosen agent to give
John Rogers a deed of seven and a half acres of land In the
town's behalf, and to take in return, a deed for three acres ; and
at the same time it was voted to pay Isaac Buck £2> for one acre
of land. We incline to the opinion that Buck's acre was that
on which the meeting-house was buUt, and that the three acre lot
of Roo'ers constituted the burial ground. In 1769, we find on
the Scituate records, the minutes of the laying out of the ten acres
granted in 1727 ; — one of the pieces, containing nearly eight
acres, being near the residence of Mr. Baldwin ; and the other, of

178 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
two acres and a llttie over, is described as " lying near Captain
John BaUey's new house, in the East of the way that leads to
Deacon Thomas Roses's, &c."
In 1788, David Stockbridge, Esq., " for and In consideration
of his good will and affection to the town, presented a piece of
land containing one acre, one quarter and twenty-five rods, to en-
lage the present burial ground ; said lot lying westerly of the
former lot."
In 1792, £6 were voted for the purchase of a PaU, and in
1804, $103,55, for fencing the ground. In 1808, it was voted
" to purchase a hearse, and buUd a house for the same on the
burying ground," where It still stands.
A gift of land for the enlargement of the burial ground, has just
been received from John Barstow, Esq., of Providence, son of Col.
J. B. Barstow, of Hanover, on which occasion the foUowing votes
were passed :
" Whereas JohnBarstow, Esq., of Providence, Rhode Island,?a
native of Hanover, In consideration of his " respect to the birth
place of his ancestors for six successive generations," has been
pleased to present to the Town, as a token of his good-wUl and
regard, a Deed of Two Lots of Land in Hanover, adjoining the
present burial-place, near the centre meeting house, for the en
largement of said burial ground, which lots are fuUy described in
the Deed and Plan forwarded by him ; therefore Voted, that the
Town accept said lots, with the Proviso attached, in reference to
driftways, and agree to improve the same according to the intents
of the Donor.
" Voted, that the Deed of said lots be entered at large upon
the records of the Town, in token of our acceptance of the same,
and to perpetuate the remembrance of the HberaUty of the Grantor.
" Voted, that the Town duly appreciate the generous motives
which have prompted this gift; and that the filial reverence
therein displayed for the resting place of the Dead, meets our cor
dial approbation, and our hearty sympathy.
" Voted, as a token of our respect for themenory of the departed,
and of our desire to co-operate with the generous Grantor, in the
laudable object which he had in view in said gift, that the Town

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win, at their earhest opportunity, take such measures to cause
said burial-ground to be suitably fenced, and otherwise improved,
as may render the spot more attractive in its appearance, and
more in accordance with the genial spirit of our holy reHgion.
Voted, th&t the Town Clerk be requested to forward a copy of
these proceedings to Mr. Barstow, at his earhest convenience ; and
that the minutes of this meethag be entered on the records of the
Town." We trust these votes wiU soon be carried into effect ; that our
ancient burial ground, will be cleared of stones and bushes ; that
trees and shrubbery wiU be set out to adorn it ; and that the whole
wiU be enclosed with a good and substantial fence.
To beautify and adorn the " place of the dead," is one step
towards embalming tiieir memories more effectuaUy in the hearts
of the Hving, and tends to cherish a purer regard for the spot
where our fathers sleep in peace.
In the extreme North-easterly part of the town, or in the
Snappet neighborhood, is another burial ground, owned by pro
prietors, who reside in Hanover and South Scituate. This was
estabUshed about the year 1789 ; but, Hke the lot in the centre of
the town, it needs attention, as the fences are fallen, and the
ground Is bare, and destitute of shubbery.
We present the foUowing table of longevity, to show that a fair
share of the citizens of Hanover have Hved to a " good old age,"
and passed the bounds of three score years and ten, and even
four score years, allotted to man as the term of his earthly pU-
grimage. We give the date of death, and the age, so far as they
can be learned : —
1730. Henry Josselynn, 90. 1788. Joseph Ramsdell, 86.
1743. Robert Stetson, 90. 1788. Wid. Hannah Stockbridge, 95.
1744. Widow Turner, 86. 1789. Wid. Abigail Clark, 85.
1748. Elnathan Palmer, 86. 1790. Capt. Joseph Soper, 87.
1761. Widow Joanna Wing, 100. 1794. Samuel Curtis, 86.
1773. Widow Sarah Ramsdell, 91. 1794. Wid. Sarah Church, 91.
1773. Dea. Joseph Stockbridge, 100. 1795. Wid. Mary Stetson, 90.
1775. Elijah Stetson, 89. 1796. Benjamin Sylvester, 87.
1786. Dick, a negro, 90. 1796. David House, 87.
1787. Joseph Josselynn, 88. 1797. Mrs. John Curtis, 86.
1787. Sarah Hatch, 86. 1797. Widow Magoun, 90.
1788. Ezekiel Palmer, 87. 1797. Wid. Eliab Studley, 90.

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HISTORY OF HANOVER.

1798. Wid. Hannah Ford, 88. 1823.
1798. Michael Silvester, 85. 1825.
1799. John Curtis, 90. 1826.
1801. Deacon Samuel Barstow, 94. 1826.
1801, Wid. Alice Mann, 88. 1828.
1803. John Torrey, 88. 1829.
1805. Caleb Rogers, 88. 1829.
1805. Wid. Ruth Turner, 86. 1829.
1807. Wid. Hannah Robbins, 86. 1830.
1807. Wid. Lucy Rainsdell, 89. 1830.
1807. Joshua Simmons, 88. 1831.
1808. Rhoda Rose, 90. 1831.
1809. Miry Heyford, 92. 1821.
1810. Mordecai Ellis, 93. 1831.
1811. John Chapman, 105. 1831.
1811. Abigail Hanmer, 93. 1831.
1811. Wid. Molly Silvester, 86. 1832.
1812. Wid. Mary Rogers, 89. . 1834.
1812. Capt. Joseph Chaddock, 88. 1839.
1813. Lydia Wright, 94. 1842.
1814. Pes Peters, 87. 1842.
1814. Waitstlll Turner, 92. 1842.
1814. Wid. Hannah White, 94. » 1843.
1814. Wid. Mary Munroe, 91. 1848.
1816. Joseph, Bates, 88. 1848.
1816. Benjamin Mann, 89. 1849.
1820. Isaiah Wing, 89. 1851.
1821. Wid. John Bailey, 91. 1851.
1823. Mary Wing, 86. 1852.

Wid. Beulah Estes, 88.
Jabez Studley, 86.
Samuel Barstow, 92.
Wid. Mary Whiting,- 95.
Orpha Hatch, 85.
Samuel Brooks, 87.
Elisha Barrell, 94.
Capt. Timothy Rose, 86.
Wid. Samuel Brooks, 89.
Ruth Bates, 92.
Wid. Elisha Barrell, 95.
George Bailey, 90.
Wid. Joshua Dwelley, 90.
Wid. Ruth Eells, 94.
Cuffee Josselynn, 103.
Ruth Wing. 86.
Wid. Rosamond Studley, 92.
Hannah Wing, 95.
Clement Bates, 88.
Japhet Studley. 85.
Daniel Barstow, 97.
Experience Curtis, 87.
David Stockbridge, 88.
Mrs. Benjamin Bates, 87.
Caleb Whiting, 87.
Molly Whiting, 94.
Mrs. Sarah E. Barstow, 92.
Shuble Munroe, 90.
John Curtis, 90.

CHAPTER XIII.
HIGHWAYS  STREETS  BRIDGES  PONDS  STREAMS — AND
LANDMARKS.
The details of the laying out of highways are usually of but little
interest to readers in general. They have, however, a local value,
and are often of great assistance. In fixing the residence of some,
of whom we could otherwise obtain but Httie information. We
shaU make our sketch as brief as possible, consistent with the
omission of nothing of importance. There were some roads laid
out before the incorporation of the town, and whUst it formed a
part of Scituate. The " Drinkwater road," so caUed, was one of
these, also the " country road," from Boston to Plymouth, that
from the Four Comers towards Scituate harbor, and others. The
following are from the town records : —
Mar. 29, 1729. A highway laid out near the road from James
Hatch's to the saw-mUl, thence to the S. E. corner of Amasa
. Turner's ten acre lot ; thence to a marked tree in James Hatch's
range ; thence to John Cobb's comer ; thence to the corner be
tween John Cobb and Bachelor Wing ; and thence to Drinkwater
road, near where the old gate stood by the widow Deborah
Hatch's. Vol. 1, p. 375.
Mar. 29, 1729. A private way laid out, from Ebenezer Cur
tis's bam, to the W. end of .loseph House's house ; thence to Jo
seph Curtis's lot; thence to Benj. Curtis's lot; thence to Timothy
White's great lot ; thence to Josiah Curtis's ten acre lot ; thence
to the N. W. comer of Joseph Randall's 10 acre lot ; thence
to a tree at the comer of John Rogers's land, which the town
bought of the said Rogers ; and thence to the road near the new
meeting house. Vol. 1, p. 375. This was part of Curtis street.

182 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
Mar. 29, 1729. A private way laid out, from Abington line?
near Michael Wanton's house, where Samuel Staples lives, thence
to the top of a dug hlU ; and thence to the county road beyond
Elijah Cushing's. Vol. 1, p. 375.
Mar. 16, 1730. A driftway laid out, beginning at the gate
near the widow Deborah Hatch's, as the way goes down the dug
hlU ; thence to Caleb Barker's Hne, between his land and that of
Isaac Hatch ; and so on to the way to the furnace, and thence to
the furnace mill dam. Vol. 1, p. 374.
Mar. 16, 1730. A driftway laid out, beginning at the N. side
of the road leading to the furnace, on the W. division of widow
Deborah Hatch's garden to her son ; thence to Caleb Barker's
'corner ; thence to Drinkwater dam ; and thence, being a private
way, running to the Hne of the 8th Pond Lot ; thence to Otis's
corner ; thence to House's corner ; thence to the comer of Otis's
pond lots ; thence to the W. end of Edward Estes's dam ; thence
to the corner of Thomas Rogers's and Charles WiUiam's lot ; and
thence to a stake in the line between Joseph RamsdeU and Thomas
Wilkes. Vol. 1, p. 374.
Feb. 25, 1730. A private way laid out, from the way from
Barstow's to the New Forge, in the range between James and
Nathaniel Torrey's ; thence to the N. E. comer of Benjamin
Hanmer's field ; thence to the upper end of Nathaniel Torrey's
lot ; thence to the comer of Benjamin Stetson's lot ; and thence
in his range and Matthew Stetson's range, to Drinkwater road.
Vol. 1, p. 272.
Feb. 27, 1737. A private way laid out, from a corner of the
lands belonging to the heirs of Capt. Joseph Barstow, deceased,
near Matthew Stetson's shop, to the highway, from Samuel EeU's
shop to Capt. Joseph Josselynn's house. Vol. 1, p. 27.
Oct. 24 1774. A highway laid out, at the request of Matthew
and WUHam Estes, beginning at the top of the hiU above WUHam
Estes's shop, and turning N. to the E. side of said Estes's fence,
to Matt. Estes's line, and thence to Caleb Barker's fence on said
Estes's land, tiU it comes to Matt. Estes's orchard fence. Vol.
1, p. 370. Now Plain street.
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leading by Capt. Ezekiel Turner's house ; thence to the W. side
of a brook in Dea. George King's land ; thence to Ridge hill ;
thence as the said hill goes, to the most convenient place of comb
ing off the s»me into the way that goes from Ezekiel Turner's to
the county road ; and thence as the cartway goes to said county
road. Vol. 2, p. 7.
Mar. 5, 1760, Accepted the highway laid out from Ezekiel
Turner's, to the way leading from Elijah Cushing, Esq.'s to
Hatch's miU. Vol. 1, p. 57.
June 29, 1751. A way laid out, from the way from David
Jenkins's to Abijah Stetson's, near the S. E. comer of said Stet
son's cornfield, and thence by a cartway cleared out by said
Stetson, till it comes to the way at the foot of the great lots, &c.
Vol. 1, p. 369.
1756. A highway laid out to Abington, through land of John
Bray and Benjamin Studley.
Feb. 27, 1758. A way laid out, from the Beech woods saw
mill dam, as the way now goes, till it comes to the W. side of the
cedar swamp, thence to John Bray's barn ; and thence to the S.
E. of Abington way. Vol 2, p. 207.
Feb. 27, 1764. A way laid out from the land of Marlboro'
Tumer, and the heirs of Joseph Curtis, late of Hanover, deceased ;
thence N. as the way now Hes to Samuel Whiting's and James
White's land ; thence to a beech tree on Joshua Jacobs's land ;
thence to the S. end of the lane between the land of Thomas and
WUHam Whiting ; and thence N. as the way now lies, till It comes
to the N. bounds of the town of Hanover. Vol. 2, p. 208. Whi
ting street.
Mar. 26, 1764. A way laid out, from the S. W. corner of
Gideon Randall's land, on the N. side of the way that leads from
the furnace to the meeting house ; thence to Isaac Hatch's fence ;
thence turning W. and running straight to the way that leads
from Mordecai EUis's to the meeting house. Vol. 2, p. 208.
AprU 17, 1782. A way laid out, beginning at Scituate Hne,
at the South end of the highway from Captain Thomas CoUamore's
to Hanover meeting-house ; thence to Job Curtis's corner ; thence
to Oles's lot thence to the head of a wall between Benjamin

184 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
Mann's and Thomas Hatch's ; thence to the head of a wall be
tween [Thomas Batch's and Job Curtis's ; thence by Lemuel
Curtis, jr.'s house ; and thence to the highway heretofore laid out.
Vol. 1, p. 357. Part of Curtis street.
April 25, 1791. A highway laid out across the land of Richard
Estes, from the highway leading from said Estes's dwelling house
to the old furnace, beginning at the South-west corner of his farm,
and running North to the highway opposite the dweUing house of
Isaac Hatch. Vol. 1, p. 368.
Dec. 1, 1792. Main street laid out, the details corresponding
generally to those already given, under date of March 29, 1729,
and AprU 17, 1782. Vol. 1, p. 351.
May 16, 1796. A way laid out, from the North-east comer-
of William Stockbridge's land, by the highway near Charles
Bailey's, and thence West to the highway near John Bailey, jr's.
Vol. 1, p. 355.
Aug. 9, 1798. A new road petitioned for at the North-west
part of the town, and laid out, being that passing through Walnut
and North streets.
Oct. 20, 1800. The town voted against the road from Lemuel
Curtis's to the meeting-house, and not to accept the road turned
out by Joshua Dwelley near his house.
Oct. 12, 1801. A way laid out across Birch bottom.
1807. The road widened on the East side of the burying
ground. Nov. 1819. The highway near Eleazer Joselynn's, past David
Studley's shop, widened and straightened.
June 1820. A new way laid out from Zaccheus Estes's to
Paul Perry's being part of Plain street.
May 5, 1823. The road over the furnace dam repaired, as
per agreement between the town, and the owners of the works.
Nov. 1832. Alteration of the road over land of Lfewis Litch
field and Joshua Gates, near EUis's bridge.
June 1834. A road laid out below Studley's mUl, from near
the house of Gridley Studley, over his land to the mill privUege,
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April 7, 1835. The road past the house of George Curtis
altered, and that portion of the old road between the termini dis
continued. May 5, 1835. A road laid out from Charles Dyer's over the
driftway to the old forge, across land of Elisha Bass, John B.
Barstow, and Reuben Rogers, out to the road to Pembroke.
June 17, 1837. A road laid out from Charles Dyer's house,
to the road near Nathan DweUey's, on the road from Hanson to
the Four Comers. At the same date, the road from Hiram Gard
ner's to Scituate Hne was widened.
June 9, 1840. The road from Joseph W. and Zebulon Clark's,
to School-house No 2, widened and straightened.
June 10, 1842. Road from David Mann's to Abington
widened. The roads laid out since the last date, are Pine street ; that
part of Hanover street called the Pine Island road ; and a road
from London bridge to Benjamin Mann's. Several alterations
have Hkewise been made in existing roads, and new locations of
portions of the old roads. The sum expended on highways, for a
few years past, has been quite large, considering the population of
the town, and the extent of its territory ; but though the taxes
have been high, they have been paid with commendable prompti
tude, and usuaUy with but Httie complaint. One thing we think
can be said of the town of Hanover with truth ; — that what
ever differences of opinion may have temporarily arisen, and
however warmly party feelings may have been enHsted for or
against certain measures ; these feelings have never resulted in
any violent outbreaks, as in some towns, nor have they produced
alienations in families or neighborhoods, which have been lasting.
We do not claim that our citizens are void of the common passions
of humanity ; but a spirit of forbearance has been usually exercised,
worthy of all praise. 12

186 HISTORY OP HANOVBR.
STREETS.
AU the streets in the town were named by a Committee of eight,
one from each School district, in 1848, and are as foUows :
Back Street J from Thomas BarstoVs, to the widow Magoan'g.
Birch Street : from John DweUey's, to Gideon Studley's.
Broadway ; from Teague's Bridge, to the Four Corners.
Cedar Street: from Main Street, near Benj. Bailey's, to Whiting Street.
Centre Street : from the Meeting House to Capt. Tribou's corner.
Church Street : from the Old Academy, past the Episcopal Church.
Circuit Street : from Edwin Rose's, past Thos. M. Bates,' to Hanover
Street. Cross Street : from Abner Wood's to Silvester's works.
East Street: from Joseph Silvester's to Scituate line.
Elm Street: from Col. J. B. Barstow's to Pembroke line.
Grove Street : from Timothy Robbins' to Main Street.
Hanover Street : from Washington Street to Abingtoni Lin«, past the
Centre Meeting House.
King Street : from Hanson Line, past the Forge, to Lewis Litchfield's.
Main Street : from the Centre Meeting House, past the Baptist Church,
to South Scituate Line.
Mill Street : from Hiram Gardner's to South Scituate Line.
North Street : from David Mann's to Joseph Vining's.
Pine Street : from Washington Street to Union Street.
Plain Street : from Ethan Perry's to John Hatch's.
Pleasant Street : from Studley's MiU to J. W. Estes'.
School Street : from David Corthell's to King Street.
SUver Street : from the Centre Meeting House to John Curtis'.
Spring Street : from Elisha Bass' to near Studley's corner.
Suroroer Street : from Circuit Street to Abington Line.
Union Street : from Joseph Briggs, jr's. to Josiah Bonney's.
Water Street : from Curtis's FoKge, past Dyer's Works to Broadway.
Walnut Street : from the Baptist Meeting House to Assinippi Hall.
Washington Street : from North River Bridge to South Scituate Line,
laelng the old Plymouth Stage Road.
Webster Street : from Ezekiel Turner's to Abington Line.
' Whiting Street : from J. W. Estes' to Abington Line, past Benj. Mann's.
Winter Street : from Circuit Street, past Ozias Perkins', to Broadway.
New Guide Boards, with substantial red cedar posts, are placed
:at the corners of all these streets, with the names, and suitable
.directions to the neighboring towns. In this respect, the town of
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example which, were it followed by every town, would be of great
assistance to the stranger and traveUer.
It is bad enough to journey over unknown roads with guide
boards, but where there are none, or only defeced and iUeglble
raies, it not only occasions great perplexity, but is often a serious
detriment. In the loss of time and distance, besides causing
additional fatigue to both man and beast.
BRIDGES.
The principal bridge m the town, is that over North River,
below tiie Four Corners, and on the old stage road from Boston to
Plymouth. The first bridge was erected here m 1666, by Wm.
Barstow, of which we have already given an account.
In 1682, the Colony Court ordered the second, or a cart bridge,
to be built over the North River at Barstow's bridge, at the
expense of three towns ; Scituate to pay £10, Duxbury £5, and
Marshfield £6.' The place where this bridge stood is still visible,
and its old piers, built of loose stones, yet remain.
The present bridge, with spHt stone abutments, was buUt, by
order of the County Commissioners, in 1829, and is a substantial
structure, which promises to last for many generations.
At the Curtis forge is a small bridge, across the Indian Head
River, which was probably buUt as early as 1704, the date of the
erection of Bardin's Iron Works. Ludden's Ford, so caUed, is
near here, over which Gov. WInthrop was carried upon a man's
back, on his visit to Plymouth in 1632.*
Above this, and in the neighborhood of Dyer's, now Perry's
Tack Factory, there was formerly a bridge, over the Indian Head;
but it has been gone for some years.
StIU farther up, at SUvester's, formerly Barstow's Forge, is
another bridge, buUt as early as 1720, when the " new forge''
spoken of on the town records, was set up.
Teague's bridge, the next above, which unites Hanover with
Hanson, was built before 1740, at which time it was known as
Hatch's bridge.
1 Deane's Scituate, p. 15. ' Ibid, pp. 13 and 162.

188 HISTORY OF HANOVER.
FoUowing the stream up, which now has the name of Drink
water river, we come to the old Furnace Dam, near Daniel
Barstow's, where MIghiU's works were erected In 1710.
Ellis's bridge, is near Abner Magoun's, and was built as early
as 1676,as an old saw mlU then stood on the spot, which was burnt
by the Indians in that year.
On the third Herring Brook, and below the Four Corners, is
Palmer's bridge, named on the town records in 1742, and buUt
by John Palmer, of Scituate, In 1660, who covenanted with John
Bryant and Humphrey Johnson, to buUd a logway and bridge, and
cover it with gravel, from firm upland to firm upland.' A perma
nent bridge of stone was built here, by vote of the town, in 1835.
Above this is Winslow's bridge, named on the records in 1765,
and probably built as early as 1676, at which date the mUl of
Cornet Stetson, which was burnt by the Indians, stood near this
spot. Still farther north, is the bridge covering the stream between the
mills of T. J. Gardner (formerly the Curtis mlU,) and that of John
Clapp. This was built as early as 1690.
At South Scituate line, is the dam connected with Jacobs'
mills. There are other smaU bridges over our brooks, which have local
names. PONDS AND STREAMS.
, There are no natural ponds of any size In Hanover. Almost
all the mill prIvUeges, however, have formed artificial ponds, some
of which are of considerable extent. The largest is at the forge
near Daniel Barstow's, covering a portion of Drinkwater swamp.
North River, the principal stream, received Its name before
1633, probably from the circumstance that its general course is
from North to South.' It Is very winding, — Its length, from North
River bridge to the mouth, being over eighteen miles, and the tide
rises at the bridge from three to five feet, — there being a percep
tible tide some distance higher up.
Its three chief sources are the Namatakeese, and Indian Head
1 Deane, p. 15. » Deane, p. 15.

PONDS AND STREAMS. 189
¦which flow from the Mattakeesett Ponds in Pembroke ; and the
Drinkwater, which has its source chiefly in' Abington, flows Into
the Pond by Bates & Holmes' Anchor Works, thence by a general
southerly course, being a stream of some size. Into Cobb & Cush
ing's Pond at Hanson, and thence easterly, forming the boundary
Hue between Hanover and Hanson, past SUvester's Works, and
Perry's Tack Factory, Into Indian Head River.
' Though hardly within our scope to describe this river through
out its course, its mouth being in another town, yet the views
which it presents are often so beautiful and picturesque, that we
can scarce resist the temptation to give them a passing glance, at
the risk of being accused of deviating slightly from the beaten path
in which historians usually tread. Suppose, then, we go down to
the " landing" at the bridge, and step on board one of these
" gundaloes," or flat barges, used by our farmers for transporting
their salt hay from the marshes below. Shall ours be a moonlight
excursion, with the workmen, starting thus early to be In season for
the morrow ? or shaU we choose rather to glide down the stream
by daylight ? The former is certainly the time which the poet
would choose ; the silvery beams of " night's chaste queen," then
shimmering upon the waters, and reflecting upon their placid
bosom the trees which border Its banks, flitting like shadows by as
we move on, without oar, without sail. Impelled only by the silent
current; — anon passing a ship yard, where, in silent grandeur,
looms up the hulk of some half-finished bark, which will soon be
saUIng upon the mighty deep, perhaps to distant climes ; — and
then opening upon an expanse of meadow, winding through which,
like a thread of silver, the stream may be seen, far beyond us*
What stillness reigns ! How quiet ! Not a sound of life is heard
around us ! Who can resist the feelings of reverence which such
a scene Is calculated to inspire !
The trip by day, though not possessing all the enchantment of
that by night, is still beautiful, especially if taken when the leavcg
are changing, and our forests are robed in their autumn hues ! It
is certainly deHghtful, on a clear October morning, when the air is
just cool enough, to brace the nerves, and invigorate the lungs, to
move noiselessly down with the tide, viewing the scenery on either

190 HISTORY OP HANOVER.
bank, with the landings, and ship yards, the old " brickUns,"
" Cornet's rocks," and " gravelly beach," and noting the mean-
derings of the stream, sometimes almost doubling upon itself, and
the fine farms which are passed, and the broad meadows, with the
hiUs at a distance, and the sloping plains, untU we arrive at the
•'* New harbor marshes." Here, as Deane truly observes, " the
scenery is on a sublime scale, when viewed from Colman's hiU, or
from the fourth cliff. The broad marshes are surrounded by a
distant theatre of hlUs, and the river expands, and embraces many
islands in its bosom. Here it approaches the sea, as if to burst
through the beach, but turns almost at right angles to the East,
and runs paraUel with the sea shore, for nearly three miles before
it finds its outlet, leaving a beach next the sea of twenty rods
in width, composed chiefly of round and poHshed pebbles, except
ing only the fourth cliff, a half mile hi length, which comprises
many acres of exceUent arable land.'"
The author has looked upon this broad, marshy tract, from
Coleman's hlU, after a severe storm, and seen the whole cov
ered with water, Hke a mimic sea, with WUl's Island standing out
in the midst, Hke an oasis In the desert. The contrast between
the smooth expanse here spread to view, and the turbulent waves,
fretting the beach beyond, is exceedingly grand.
The town owns, near the mouth of the river, a body of flats,
formerly quite valuable, the produce of which was annually rented
for a considerable sum ; but the depreciation in value of aU fresh
and salt meadow land witiiin the last fifty years, renders these
now comparatively worthless,
Deane asserts' that salmon were formerly taken in the North
river, and that bass were once abundant In the winter season.
Shad and alewives are still taken ; and in the early history of the
town, the alewive fishery was a subject of interest and contention,
but has latterly ceased to attract much notice. Pembroke, Scit
uate, and Marshfield derive the most profit from this fishery.
The principal brooks are the following : —
1. The Third Herring Brook, which forms the boundary line
between South Scituate and Hanover, rises in VaUey Swamp,
* Deane, p. 20. • Scituate, p. 21.

BROOKS. 191
towards Hingham, and empties into the North river. This is a
valuable water privUege, which was early improved for saw and
grist mlUs, and to which have since been added tack factories.
Alewives formerly passed up this brook as far as Valley Swamp.
2. SUver, formeriy Hughs' Cross brook, rises near the central
. meeting house, and runs parallel to SUver street throughout its
course, forming a small pond at the Curtis family mlU, and emp
tying into the Third Herring brook.
3. Trout brook, rises In RandaU Swamp, west of Washington
street, and flows southerly past Church's Tannery, emptying into
North river.
4. Torrey's brook, rises near Rose's Tannery, on Circuit street,
and runs In a south-westerly direction, emptying into Drinkwater
river. 5. Beaver dam brook, rises in the low ground east of the house
of Zaccheus Estes, on Plain street, and runs westerly, emptying
into Longwater brook.
6. Stetson's brook, rises in HeU swamp, back of Church's HUl,
and west of Washington street, crosses Union, Main, and Ceda^
streets, and empties into Bailey's brook.
7. BaUey's brook, rises in the low ground east of Main street)
which it crosses, flowing Southerly until It receives Stetson's brook,
and then westerly, emptying into Longwater brook.
8. Longwater brook, rises In South Scituate, near Accord
Pond, and flows south-easterly, crossing North street beyond
David Mann's, at a spot where formerly stood an old grist mUl,
thence forming the pond by Brooks' lower mlU, and thence flowing
southerly, crossing Cedar, Hanover, and Circuit streets, and
emptying into Drinkwater river.
9. Studley mill brook, rises in Abington, and flows South
easterly, crossing Webster and Pleasant streets, forming near the
latter a pond of considerable extent in the winter season, and
emptying into Long-water brook.
10. Iron-mine brook, rises in the low ground near Broadway,
and flows south-westerly, emptying into Drinkwater river.
There are other small streams in the town, dry in the summer
season. Those that we have named are permanent, and some of
them copious.

192 HISTORY OF HANOVER.

LANDMARKS.

The locations of many of the ancient landmarks are given, in
different parts of our work, and these we do not d6em It necessary
to repeat. The foUowing have not been aUuded to.
Bank Land — In the woods, near Oren Josselynn's. Said to have been
BO called, because paid for in hank hills.
Beech Woods — ^West of King Street, towards Abington. A famous place
for early whortleberries.
Brisco's Plain — Near Gideon Studley's.
Candlewood Plain — Near the Centre Meeting House.
Chapman's Landing — On Wampum's Swamp, near Rose's Tannery.
There is another place of the same name on North River, where hay is
landed. Cuffs Field— At the corner of Grove Street.
Cushing Lot Dam By Brooks' upper mill.
Dug Hill— On Silver Street.
Hayden Hill— On land of Col. J. B. Barstow.
Halifax Road — From Brook's upper mill towards Abington.
King Stone Hill — North of Richmond Winslow's.
Little Cedar Swamp — Near Indian Head River.
London Bridge — On North Street.
Mingo Field — On Silver Street.
Oles' Lot — Between Washington and Main Streets.
Park — On Broadway, near David Hersey's.
Peg's Swamp — Back of Charles Winslow's.
Pond Lots — Near the Widow Joshua DweUey's.
Project Dale — Near Charles Dyer's.
Purr Cat Lane — Now Spring Street.
Ridge Hill — From Main to Grove Street.
Strawberry Hill — West of Spooner Ellis's.
Shuble's Ridge — Crosses Centre Street, near E. Thayer's.
Share Lots — From the old highway on Walnut Hill, towards Abington.
Tumble-down Hill — Near John Hatch, jr's.
Turkey Plain — Near Indian Head River.
Wolf Trap, or Wolf Rock.— On land of Col. J. B. Barstow.
Walnut Hill. — South of Walnut, and West of Washington Street.
Woodward Hill — Between the Four Corners, and the Centre Meeting
House.

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

PART IL

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
In the following pages, we have endea,vored to give notices of
aU the famlHes at present settled in the town, so far as records
could be obtained, with extended sketches of several of those
early settled on its territory, and now widely scattered abroad,
throughout the country. We do not claim that these notices are
perfect or complete. Every one who has had any experience in
such matters, knows the difficulty, and even the ImpossIblHty, of
attaining to absolute perfection. The author expects some errors
wiU be discovered, but he trusts none of great consequence. No
pains have been spared to obtain reliable information ; authentic
records have been consulted wherever they could be found ; and
traditions have never been given as authority, without first endea
voring to verify them from different sources.
The author ventures to hope that a little indulgence will be ex
tended to him, when the variety and multiplicity of detaUs and
dates here presented are considered. It may be that some of
these sketches are not so extensive as the famUies themselves
might desire. But all that has been learned of these famlHes is
published ; and want of materials, not of inclination, is the reason
why more has not been said. The author has endeavored to do as
equal justice as possible to all whose names are presented. He
has published as cheerfully minutes of one family as of another.
And according to the interest the parties themselves have taken,
and the fulness of the information they have furnished, wiU the
sketches be foimd.

196 FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
The brief memoirs of individuals scattered throughout this
part, are such as have been obtained from letters, and the re-
coUections of those who knew the persons alluded to ; and it is
believed they will be found to be courteous and respectful, at
least. The names of all who have ever lived In the town are
not entered. Some were but transient residents. Others,
who had descendants for two or three generations, finally removed,
and are settled in different places. To have recorded all of these,
would have enlarged the size of the volume, but probably not its
interest. Enough, however, is given here to satisfy reasonable
minds. Liberal criticism wUl never be deprecated. A candid
judgment is all that is asked.
Trusting that this part of the work will prove acceptable to
those for whom it was prepared, and.not lacking In value as a fam
ily memorial, and a contribution to the general fund of genealogi
cal knowledge, it Is sent forth. In the belief, that though not free
from errors. It contains much that Is correct, and perhaps as few
inaccuracies as most books of the kind.

PLAN OF THIS PART.

The plan adopted in the foUowing pages, is simple, and will
be easily understood by all familiar with genealogical tables.
But for the Information of such as have not this acquaintance, we
deem it necessary to remark, that the figures which precede the
names of individuals, denotS their place in the series, and the
figures which follow, point back to the place In the series where
the paternal ancestor Is to be found. For instance, in the first
family, the Bailey's, we read, " 21. Benjamin, s. Charles 14."
The figure 21,[denotes that this Is the twenty-first family described ;
and the figure 14 refers back to the fourteenth family. In examin
ing which we find that Benjamin was born Feb. 24, 1797. By
observing this rule, it wUl be easy to trace any family back to the
first ancestor.

ABBREVIATIONS.

The following table explains the
used in this part.
ab. about.
Abn. Abington.
Adm. Administration.
ae. aged.
acc't. account.
acs. acres.
Am. Tr. Ass. American Tract Associa
tion.
A. M. Master of Arts.
Acad. Academy.
Asst. Assistant.
b. born.
bap. baptised.
betw. between.
Brigd'r. Bridgewater.
bro. brother.
B . U. Brown University.
Bos n. Boston.
Camb. Cambridge.
ch. children.
Ch. Church.
Cliasn. Charlestown.
Co. Company.
Ot. Connecticut.
Col. Colony or Colonel.
Coug. Congregational.
Cont. Estab. Continental Establish
ment.
Cant'y. Canterbury.
Capt. Captain.
Clfc. Clerk.
Const'n. Constitution.
Cal. California.
d. died.
das. daughters.
decsd. deceased.
descts. descendants.
Dux. Duxbury.
Dea. Deacon.
denom. denomination.
ea. each.
Eng. English.
Est. Estate.
fa. father.
freem. freeman.
grad. graduated.
gr. s. grandson.
gr. gr. s. great grandson.
gent, gentleman.
H. Hanover.
H. C. Harvard College.
Hm. Hingham.
Hn. Hanson.
Ham. Coll. Hamilton College.
husb. husband.
Inv'y. Inventory
Ills. Illinois.
inf. infant.

meaning of most of the abbreviatioiu
Ky. Kentucky.
Letts. Letters.
m. married.
Me. Maine.
Mfd. Marshfield.
mos. months.
mfr. manufacture.
Matt't. Mattapoisett.
mo. mother.
Md. Maryland.
Meth. Methodist.
Misso. Missouri.
M.D. Physician.
Miss. Mississippi,
Mass. Massachusetts.
memb. member.
N. H. New Hampshire.
N. Bed. New Bedford.
ord. ordained.
off. ofBce.
p. page.
Pass. Passenger.
Past. Pastor.
Pemb. Pembroke.
Plym'h. Plymouth.
prob. probably.
Prob. Rec. Probate Records.
Prov. Cong. Provincial Cgngreia.
Philad. Philadelphia.
Pa. Pennsylvania.
Ports'h. Portsmouth.
pub. published.
Prov. Providence.
Rec. Records.
recom. recommended.
Rev'n. Revolution.
Eox'y. Roxbury.
R. I. Rhode Island.
Regt. Regiment.
Eoch'r. Rochester.
Rep. Representative.
rec'd. received.
s. son.
Scit. Scituate.
Sen. Senior.
Sett. Settled.
Seot'd. Scotland.
Sab'h. Sabbath.
Supt. Superintendent.
Stud. Studied.
Theol. Theology.
unm. unmarried.
Va. Virginia.
w. wife.
Wat'n. Watertown.
Wey'h. Weymouth.
wid. widow.
wks. week).

Bailey Family.
Arms : Az.,nine estoiles, three, three,
two, and one, ar.
Crest : A morning Star, ppr.

^A^ /^t^^'^^ See No. 6.

^?^ ^

^'^^^^^ .-i^ See No. 11.

^uVAot/J'^u^L

See No. 12.

I^^S^^^ /ka^L^f^ See No. 13.

See No. 20.

FAMILY GENEALOGIES.

BAILEY, an ancient, and common EngHsh name, represented
in tMs country by the descendants of several persons, who came
oarly to N. Eng. and left posterity. Thomas was of Bos'n., 1648,
and with his w. Ruth, was prob. of Wey'h., 1661, and was prob.
fa. of John, of Scit.
1. John, according to Deane, came from Wey'h. to Scit. in 1670,
and was tenant to Capt. Jno. WUUams, at Farm Neck. He m.
1. Sarah White, Jan. 25, 1672, and 2. Ruth Clothier, Dec. 9,
1699, and d. 1718, leaving a wiU, (Deane.) ch. : 1. John, Nov.
5, 1673. 2. Sarah, Oct. 1675. 3. Mary, Dec. 1677, m. Jas.
Perry, Jan. 1, 1701. 4. Joseph, Oct. 1679, m. and left descts.
in Scit. 5. Benjamin, Ap. 1682. Moved to Marlboro', Mass.,
ab. 1712, m. and left descts, 6. WUHam, Feb, 1685, m. Judith
Booth, Jan. 1714, and left descts. In Scit. 7. Hannah, Jan.
1687-8, m. Jas. Briggs, Dec. 24, 1716. 8. Samuel, Aug.
1690. Supposed by Deane to have moved after his father's
decease. Was there another da. EHzabeth ? who m. Wm. BarreU,
July 2, 1706.
2. John, s. John 1, m. AbigaU, da. Dea. Saml. Clapp, Feb. 19,
1700, and d. in H. in June, 1752, and his wid. Mar. 2, 1753.
He was Selectman from 1735-37, and a man of influence in the
town. ch. : 1. Jane, June 30, 1700. 2. John, May 23, 1703.
3. Jacob, Dec. 13, 1706. 4. Capt. Israel, May 13, 1708, m.
Keziali Perry, Nov. 12, 1730, and left descts. in Brigd'r. and Scit.
5. Timothy, March 20, 1709. 6. AbigaU, Feb. 4, 1712-3, m.

200 BAILEY.
John Bates, May 21, 1733. 7. Sarah, 1714, m. Thos. Jenkins,
Mar. 4, 1731. 8. Deborah, 1717, m. Jere. Rogers, 1738.
9. Hannah, 1719. 10. Rachel, 1719. m. Jas. Rogers, 1741.
11. Naomi, 1722. m. Benj. Curtis 1741.
3. John, s. John 2, m. Elizabeth Cowen, Ap. 11, 1723, and
Hved on what Is now Main st., nearly oppo. the present residence of
Lebbeus Stockbridge. His w. d. Ap. 12, and he Sept. 28, 1778.
He was Selectman In 1744, and a man of business talents, and
considerable enterprise, ch. : 1. Elizabeth, Aug. 15, 1727, m.
Dr. Jere. HaU, Dec. 22, 1748, first of H., who sett, in Pemb. ab.
1764, was a distinguished physician, and a member of the Prov.
Cong, in 1775. 2. John, Oct. 80, 1730. 3. Joan or Jane,
Jan. 20, 1782, m. Thos. Hubbard, or Hobart, of Abn., July 6,
1750. 4. Seth, July 5," 1739.
4. Jacob, s. John 2, m. 1. Ruth Palmer, June 10, 1728, and 2.
a Hatch, and had 1. Jacob, Jan. 20, 1729. Moved to Me., m. a
TInkham ? and had ch. 2. Ruth, Jan. 10, 1731 ,m. Geo. Ster-
Img, of Eng'd, May 18, 1788, who d. Dec. 24, 1791, and she
June 12, 1804. His grave-stone, a curiosity in Its way, stands in
the old burial ground, near the Centre Meeting-house. 8. Charles,
Ap. 26, 1734. 4. Stephen, Feb. 27, 1737. 5. Hannah, June
29, 1739, m. Saml. House of Pemb. 6. George, Aug. 2, 1741.
6. Timothy, s. John 2, m. 1. Sarah Buck, May 27, 1731, who
d. Oct. 9, 1740, and 2. Hannah Curtis, June 7, 1742, and with
his w., was recom. to the Church in N. Yarmouth, Me., whither
he moved, ch. : 1. Olive, May, 1735, d. May 26, 1736. 2.
TIm'y., June, 1737, d. young. 8. Sarah, Mar. 13, 1739. (By
2d.) 4. Delight, June 12, 1745. 5. OHve, bap. May 15, 1748.
6. TIm'y., bap. Oct. 13, 1751.
6. John, s. John 3, m. Ruth RandaU, Oct. 18, 1750, and d.
Oct. 27, 1810, and his wid. June 8, 1820, ae. 90. He was Lt'.
Col. of the Regt. of Col. John Thomas, of Kgsn., which marched
to Rox'y. In Ap. 1775, and when Col. T. was commls. as a genl.
off. In May, Mr. B. had charge of the Regt., and the next year
was chief Col. of a Regt. In the Cont. Estab., and held that rank
during the war, having the reputation of a brave and attentive
officer. Towards the close of his Hfe, he kept a Tavern, on Curtis

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St., near where Abisha Soule resides. He was Selectman from
1768-71. ch.: 1. John, May 6, 1751. 2. Luther, Sept. 14,
1752. 3. Ruth, Nov. 8, 1754, m. Wm. Stockbridge, Oct. 9,
1774. 4. Luclnda, Feb. 20, 1757, m. Jas. Lincoln, of Taunton,
June 29, 1774. 5. Calvin, 1760 ? 6. Lebbeus, moved to N.
Yar'h., Me., m. a Myrick, and left ch., of whom the Rev. Rufus W.
is in Va. 7. Sage, m. Dr. Gad Hitchcock, of Pemb., July 9.
1778. 8. Betsey, m. 1. Rev. Eben'r. Dawes, June 25, 1789,
who grad. H. C. 1785, was ord. at Scit. 1787, and d. Sep. 29,
1791 ; 2. Jno. Lucas, Esq., of BrookUne, Mass.; and 3. the
venerable Dr. WUHams, ofDeerfield, Ct., where shed. She is
spoken of as a " lady of pleasing personal accomplishments."
7. Seth, s. John 3, m. 1. Lydia Barstow, Feb. 11, 1762, who
d. Sep. 17, 1767; and 2. Alice Neal, July 28, 1768, and d. Oct,
12,1796, and his wid. was recom. to the Church In Frceport,
Me., ] 800, and moved there with her famUy. Mr. B. Hved
first on Curtis st., in his father's house, and then on Union st.
where John Dwelley now resides, and there d. He was Select
man in 1 781-82. ch. : 1. Seth, bap. Dec. 12, d. Dec. 14, 1762.
2. Marg't., bap. Ap. 8, 1764. 3. Seth, bap. Dec. 8, 1765.
(By 2d.) 4. AHce, bap. May 27, 1770, and d. the same year.
5. AHce, bap. Nov. 18, 1770, d. Mar. 1, 1796, 6. Lydia.
1772 ? d. Jan- 13. 1794, ae. 22. 7. Joseph, bap. Sept. 5, d.
Oct. 9, 1773. 8. Joseph, bap. Oct. 2, 1774. 9. Rebecca, bap.
Mar. 10, 1776, d. July 15, 1778. 10. AbigaU, bap. June 1,
1776, d. July 11, 1778. 11. James ; 12. Israel ; 18. Rebecca ;
14. AbigaU; and 15. Lucy; — all bap. Oct. 24, 1790. Lucy and
Israel are now in H.
8. Charles, s. Jacob 4, m. Betsey Palmer, ab. 1768, and d. in
Boston, Oct. 27, 1810, being MUed by the fall of a chimney, as he
was passing through the street. Lived on Curtis st., near Benj.
BaUey's. ch. : 1. Charles, 1769 ? 2. Ezekiel, m. Hannah, da.
Stephen BaUey, and wid. of Ezek'l. T. Hatch, and moved to the
West, leaving a da. Sarah, in H., who m. Capt. Thos. B. DonneU,
Jan. 13, 1850. 3. Rebecca, m. Isa. Wing, July 4, 1802, and
moved to Ohio. 4. Sally, m. Ellph't. Smart, of Me., Sept. 20,
1795. 5. Betsey, m. a GUbert? of Me. 6. PoUy, m. a
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20'2 BAILEY.
Whiting? of Me. 7. Martha, m. Saml. Gilbert, of Me., Mar. 6
1785. 9. Stephen, s. Jacob 4, m. AbigaU Tumer, and d. In H. Aug,
10, 1806. He was Selectman from 1790-98, and lived on
King st. ch. : 1. AbigaU, m. Reuben Curtis, Nov. 23, 1801-
2. Hannah, m. 1. Ezek'l. T. Hatch, May 8, 1788, and 2. Ezk'l-
Bailey, Mar. 28, 1802, and d. at the West. 8. Ruth, d. Dec. 3'
1795, ae 20. 4. Deborah, m. Robt. Barker, Feb. 4, 1798. 5.
Stephen, 1780.
10. George, s. Jacob 4, m. Rebecca EUis, and lived on King
st. His w. d. May 80, 1820, and he Nov. 12, 1881. He was
Selectman in 1787-88. ch. : 1. Geo. W., Nov. 22, 1777. 2.
David, Nov. 1779. 8. Lucy, 1781 ? m. Robt. tUvester, Nov.
8,1796. 4. Gad, July 29, 1784.
11. John, s. John 6, m. 1. Ruth EUIs; 2. Mary HUl, who d.
Oct. 29,1792; and 3. Tabitha OIney,ofR. L; andd. Jan. 28,
1828, and his wid. Dec. 80, 1827, ae. 77. Mr. B. was a natural
mechanic, a man of great ingenuity, and a successful inventor.
He was a elockmaker by trade, and a manufacturer of com
passes. Many of his clocks still exist In the town, and are
creditable specimens of his skiU. He was an upright and
zealous member of the Society of Friends, and a minister
among them, travelling into different States to speak as the
spirit moved. He was an honest man ; of great sImpHcIty
of character ; a worthy citizen ; and eminently a peace maker.
He resided, the latter part of his Hfe, near the Four Corners, in
the house occupied by Wm. Dawes, and buUt by Robert SUvester.
ch. : 1. Joseph, went off, and d. unm. 2. Mary, m. Danl. Newell,
of Lynn, and is d. 8. John, Mar. 13, 1787. 4. Ruth, m.
Horatio Cushing, Esq., May 10, 1811. He died, and she moved,
with her ch., to Hartford, Ct. (By 2d.) 5. Amy, m. 1. Ed
ward, s. Col. J. B. Barstow, Sept. 2, 1821, and 2. Wm. Dawes, and
lives in H.
12. Luther, s. John 6, m. SUvester Littie, "Oct. 21, 1784, who
d. June 27, 1788, ae. 85, and an Inf. da. Aug. 15, ae. 7 iweeks-
An older ch., Sylvia, d. May 17, 1792, ae. 6. Mr.- B. d. in H*
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Adjt, was aft. made Capt., and finaUy Major. He was a man of
good education, ranked high as an officer, and was generally
esteemed as a citizen.
13. Calvin, s. John 6, m. Sarah, da. Col. John Jacobs, of Scit.,
and d. m Bath, Me., m 1885, and his wid. in H. Nov. 24, 1846,
ae. 82. He was a elockmaker by trade, and an Ingenious work
man, like his brother John. He was also upright In his dealings
with othersj and a man of integrity and honesty, ch. : 1. Luclnda,
July 11, 1794, m. Stephen Curtis, of Scit. June 16, 1816, and d.
in 1818. 2. Calvin B., May 17, 1796. 3. Capt. Edwin, May 7
1798, m. AnnT. Ingraham, of Port'd., Me., in May, 1825, had 1
ch., wh. d. In 1828, and he in Aug. 1828. 4. Luther, and 5. Mar
tin, Aug. 29, d. Sep. and Nov., 1798. 6. Capt. Henry, Aug.
2, 1801, m. Sarah Gardner, of Hm., Jan. 16, 1832, and lives in
Qunicy. 7. EHza, July 5, 1803. 8. Sarah, Aug. 20, 1805, m.
Lemuel Dwelley, jr., of H., and lives on Union st.
14. Chas., s. Chas. 8, m. Chloe Mann, Oct. 28, 1792, and Hved
on Main st., in his father's house, where he d. June 11, 1820, and
his wid. Feb. 2, 1844, ae. 73. He, and his bro. Ezk'l., were own
ers, for a time, of the fulling, saw, and grist miUs, on King st
ch. : 1. Chas., May 25, 1798. Moved to Indiana, and m. there-
2. Chloe, Feb. 23, 1795, m. Paul Perry, Sept. 23, 1813. 3.
Benj., Feb. 24, 1797. 4. Betsey, Feb. 6, 1799, m. Josh. Dwelley,
Nov. 80, 1823. 5. Barker, Jan. 22, 1801. 6. Luther, Dec. 23,
1803, d. Aug. 27, 1804. 7. Martb, May 4, 1807, d. Mar. 20,
1844. 8. Mary, May 24, 1809, m. Ensign Crocker, Dec. 24,
1828, and is d. 9. Marcia, m. Albert Holbrook, Nov. 3, 1830.
15. Stephen, s. Stephen 9, m. Ruth Hatch, June 9, 1808, Hves
on King st., and is a Farmer, ch. : 1. Ruth, Jan 8, 1804, m.
JuHus House, Jan. 18, 1825. 2. Lucy, Dec. 17, 1805. 3.
Stephen, Mar. 8, 1810, m. Sylvia W. Bates, May 6, 1834, lives on
King St., is a shoemaker, and has Edwin, Ap. 4, 1835 ; Laura
A, March 20, 1888; Stephen W., Dee. 1840 ; and J.ZJer« W.,
Dec. 22, 1844. 4. Amos H., Mar. 6, 1815, not m.
16. Geo. W., s. Geo. 10, m. Asenath Curtis, Jan. 1, 1801, lives
on King st., and Is a Farmer, ch. : 1. George, Sep. 18, 1802.
2. Asenath, Dec. 2, 1804, m. Thos. Stetson, of Hn., Dec. 10, 1827,

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and d. July 21, 1849. 3. Kezia, Jan. 15, 1807, m. Josh.
DweUey, Jan. 16, 1827. 4. Melzar C, m. Chariotte C. Water
man, Aug. 1, 1838, and d. Sept. 29, 1843, having had Melzar C,
Aug. 17, 1839, and Saml. W., Dec. 31, 1841, d. Nov. 5,
1843. 5. PrIscUla, May 18, 1813, m. Joseph WUder, and lives
with her fa. 6. Luclnda, May 19, 1816, m. Hiram Gardner, of
H. 7. Sally E., June 3, 1819, d. Feb. 7, 1851.
17. Dr. David, s. Geo. 10, m. Joanna Curtis, Nov. 7, 1801,
Settled as a Physician in Scit., and there d. Jan. 13, 1886, ae. 56,
and his wid. Ap. 4, 1846, ae. 61. Mr. B. was successful In his
practice, and esteemed as a citizen, ch. : 1. David, Nov. 16, 1802,
m. Debo., da. Amos Dunbar, Ap. 24, 1888, lives in So. Scit., is a
shoemaker, and had 1 ch. wh, d. young. 2. Joanna, Dec. 13,
1804, d. July 14, 1813. 8. Rebecca, Nov. 27, 1807, m. Hiram
Gardner, June 5, 1881, and is d. 4. Elizabeth, June 12, 1810, m.
Alfred Loring, of Hm., Nov. 15, 1827, no ch. 5. Joanna, June 1,
1818, m. Albert Loring of Hm., Mar. 19, 1837, and has ch. 6
Luther, Feb. 1^^, 1816, not m. 7. Lucy, Sept. 11, 1818, m.
Edward StoweU, Jan. 29, 1848, and has Lucy E., and Helen M.
8. Jeremiah, Aug. 12, 1822, a Carpenter, of Wey'h., m. EHzabeth
G. Dunbar, and has Helen C, Ap. 1846 ; Chas. H, Nov. 1847,
d. ae. 2 mos ; and Geo. A., Oct. 1850.
18. Gad, s- Geo. 10, m. Thankful Loring, of Hm., and lives on
Kingst. ch. : 1. Maria, Aug. 20, 1810, m. Nahum Stetson, of Hn.,
Mar. 3, 1831. 2. Sarah A., Jan. 21, 1818, m. Ira Josselynn, of
H. 3, Lydia L., Nov. 11, 1814, m. Jno. S. Fogg, of S. Wey'h.
Oct. 28, 1888. 4. Gad J., Ap. 13, 1817, m. Lydia B. Clark,
June 1841, lives on King st.. Is a shoemaker, and h&d Helen E.,
Oct. 30, 1844, d. Nov. 1849. 5. EHza J., Mar. 24, 1819, m.
John Waterman, of Carver, Nov. 26, 1846.
19. John, s. John 11, m. Ann, da. of John Taber, of Port'd. Me.,
29 d. 11 mo. 1810, Is a elockmaker by trade, and resides in Lynn,
Mass. ch: 1. Catherine, 9 d. 11 mo. 1811, d. 3 d. 8 mo. 1817.
2. Miriam H., 5 d. 12 mo. 1818, m.Wm. Gifford, jr., of Falmouth,
in 1834, and resides in Peoria, lUs. 3. John T., 17 d. 12 mo.
1815, sailed fr. N. Bed. in 1881, in the ship Mentor, Capt.
Barnard, on a whalmg voyage, was wrecked in the Straits of Ti-

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mou, and he, with 9 others, who took to a boat to escape, were
dashed upon the rocks, and all perished within 50 yds. of the ship.
4. Ann M.,24 d. 12 mo. 1817. 5. Jo3eph, 23 d. 12 mo. 1819,
m. Abby, da. Jas. Ingraham, of N. Bed., in 1844, had a da. Ca
roline A., and sailed fr. N. B., in 1850, as Master of the Ship
Champion, and d. in 1852, In Hong Kong, China. 6. Wm., 27 d.
8 mo. 1821, d. ^2 d. 10 mo. 1822. 7. Wm., 2 d. 8 mo. 1828, m.
Frances Kelley, in 1846, and has Geo. R. F., 1850. The fa.
saUed fr. N. Yk. m 1852, in the ship Red Rover, for Cala. and
thence to Canton, &c. 8. Mary N., 9 d. 7 mo. 1825, m. Chas.
C. Folger., in 1845, and has 2 sons, Chas., and John B. 9. Ca-
therme, 10 d. 8 mo. 1828. 10. EHzabeth, 15 d. 8 mo. 1830, d. 9d.
9 mo. 1830. 11. Geo. H., 18 d. 6 mo. 1832, d. 27 d. 1 mo. 1834.
12. George, 21 d. 11 mo. 1888, d. 81 d. 8 mo. 1884.
20. Calvui B., s. €alvui 13, moved to Bath, Me., ui 1815, m.
Jane B. DonneU, May 21, 1820, and yet Hves In B., being a man
of successful business enterprise, and a somewhat extensive ship
owner, ch. : 1. Sarah J., Feb. 1821, m. George Davis, in 1841.
2. Col. Samuel D., July 1825. 3. Luclnda, May 1829.
21. Benja., s. Chas. 14, m. Rachel Dwelley, Ap. 4, 1822, lives
on Main st., and is a farmer, ch. : 1. Benj. W., Feb. 11, 1823, m.
Ruth Thomas, in Jan. 1850, Hves on Main st.. In the house built
by hlsiselfln 1849, and has Ada Jlf., Jan. 15, 1851. 2. Joshua
D., Aug. 20, 1824. 3. John Q., m. Lydia A. Curtis, and has Wm.
E., Oct. 1850, and a son b. 1852, and his w. d. in 1852. 4. Ra^
chel J. D., d. May 15, 1839. 5. Maria E., May 20, 1833. 6-
Rachel, d. Sep. 24,1848.
22. Barker, s. Chas. 14, m. AHce Ayres, Feb. 20, 1825, Hves
in Chas'n., Mass, is a shipwright by trade, and has 1. Alice B.,
b. June 29, 1826, m. Jno. Viall, June 4, 1846, Leather dealer,
Bos'n., and has John B., May 10, 1849. 2. Charies, b. Mar. 29,
1828, unm. 3. Ellen J., Dec. 24, 1838. 4. Andrew J., July
18,1840. 23. George, s. Geo. W. 16, m, Olive Bates, June 20, 1824, and
d. Mar. 29, 1835. His wid. survives, and lives on King st.
ch : 1, Geo. C, Oct. 25, 1824, m. JulIa'A. Thomas,lives in Hn.,

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BALDWIN — BARKER.

and had 1 ch., wh. d. 2. Olive W., Aug. 24, 1826. 3. Calvin
S., July 27, 1828, m. Lucy F. Stetson, June 1852, and lives in
Hn., shoemaker. 4. . Elbridge, Aug. 28, 1829. 5. Reuben C,
June 24, 1831. 6. Horatio N., July 17, 1833, d. Jan. 1834.
7. Horatio N., July 28, 1834.

THE BALDWIN HOUSE.

BALDWIN, Rev. Saml., 2d Pastor of the 1st Church in H.,
(s. David, of Sud'y., gr. s. of Henry, and gr. gr. s. of Henry, of
Devonshire, Eng'd.,, who sett, at Woburn, In 1650,) grad. H. C.
1752, m. Hannah, da. Judge John Cushing, Jan. 4, 1759, and d.
Dec. 1, 1784, and his wid. May 8, 1790. ch. : 1. AbigaU, Nov.
18, 1759, d. Dec. 22, 1831. 2. Saml., Ap. 19, 1761, d. May 7,
1762. 8. Saml., Feb. 18, 1763, d. in N. Y., se. ab. 20. 4.
Hannah, July 13,1765, d. Nov. 2, 1789. 5. Mary, Nov. 25, 1768,
m. Robert Salmond, Nov. 1, 1787, and d. Aug. 12, 1847. 6.
Bethia C, May 19, 1771, m. Thos. Young, of E. Bridg'r., Jan. 5,
1792, and had 7 ch. 7. Wm., bap. Mar. 20, 1774, d. unm. in
Bridg'r., ae. ab. 70, a hatter by trade. 8. Lucy, Oct. 3, 1776,
m. BarzUlal Allen, of E. Bridg'r., and had 5 ch. 9. Fanny, June
8, 1780, living unm. with Mr. Saml. Salmond.
BARKER, Caleb, a Quaker, s. Lt. Robt., of Dux., was In H. in
1727, and Hved on Plain st., near Zaccheus Estes'. He was
Selectman In 1735. His son, Robert, m. Hannah Turner, and had

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Robert, whose descts. are in Pemb., and Grideon and Joshua, who
were furnacemen, and whose descts. are In N. Y. The das. m.
and sett. In Pemb.
Note. Two bros., Robert and John, were of Dux., ab. 1632, and were the
ancestors of most of this name in Plymouth Co. John s. John, was of Scit.,
and was the ancestor of most of the Barkers in that town.
2. Joshua, s. Benj., of Hn., and gr. s. of Joshua, of Scit., m. Debo.
Sturtevant, and lives on King st. His w. is dead. Mr. B. Is the
enterprl^g conductor of the Iron Foundry on King st., known as
Barker's Foundry, and is a man of energy, and Industry, ch. : 1.
Deborah, May 22, 1834, d. Mar. 2, 1842. Sarah J., June 24,
1836. 3. Joshua, Dec. 6, 1887. 4. Eveline, Nov. 8, 1840. 5.»
Jas. M., May 25, 1848. 6. Alfred, Dec. 20, 1847. 7. Mary, July
15, d. Sept. 14, 1849.

EESIDENCE OP CAPT. SETH BAKKER.
3. Capt. Seth, s. Josiah, of Pemb., m. Harriet S., da. of Isaac
Mead, of Chas'n., Mass., in 1840, and lives near N. River bridge
in the Judge Whitman house. Has one da., Alice, b. June 19^
1848. Mr. B. was a shipmaster for many years, saiUng from Bos
ton to the Sandwich Islands, and to the N. W. Coast, In the Fur
Trade. In 1838, he left the Seas, and In 1848, sett. In H. His
fa. was for many years a Naval Constructor, at Chas'n., in the em
ploy of the U. S. We give a view of Capt. B.'s residence above.

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BARREL — BARRY — BARSTOW.

BARREL, EHsha, b. 1735, s. Wm., gr.s.Wm.,and gr.gr. s. of Wm.,
who d.in Bos'n., 1689, (Deane.) m. Mary, da. Jno. CoUamore, and d.
in H., Mar. 21, 1829, ae. 94, and his wid. Jan. 8, 1831, ae. 95. He
was a soldier In the Fr. war, and built the house now occupied by
his son Elisha. ch.: 1. Mary, Sep. 2L, 1774, m. Levi Burr, of
Hm., who Is d., and she Is Hving in H., on Walnut st. 2. EHsha,
Mar. 7, L777. 3. Sarah, Feb. 4, 1779, m. Calvin D. WUder,* Jan,
15, 1815, and d. in 1845.
2. Elisha, s. EHsha, Lt. in the war of 1812, and Capt. of the H.
ArtU. Co., In 1819, m. Lydia Clapp, of Scit., June 11, 1806, who d.
Oct. 17, 1849, ae. 71.^ He yet survives, ch. : 1. Harriet, June 28,
1808, m. Israel H. Gardner, of H. 2. John, Oct. 19, 1811, d.
Dec. 1817. 3. Lydia S., Dec. 13, 1818, m. Capt. Benj. N. Curtis,
Dec. 25, 1836, and d. Mar. 24, 1840.
BARRY, John S., s. Wm. and Esther, of Boston, b. March 26,
1819, m. Louisa, da. Lett and Kezia Young, of Rox'y., Ap. 8,
1840, and sett, in H. in 1841. ch. : 1. Caroline L., Ap. 12, 1841.
2. Eliza B., June 6, 1843. 3. Henrietta M., Jan. 1, 1848.

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. BARSTOW. This family Is of English origm, and from the
West Riding of Yorkshire, where the name stiU occurs. Accord
ing to Whittaker's Ed. of Thoresby's Hist, of Leeds, " Edmond
Barstow, Esq., J. P., for the North Riding of Yorkshire, was in

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1816, possessed of HingerskU, formerly the seat of the Hoptoni,
being the second husband of EUinor Hopton, of the ancient and
eminent family of Hopton of Hopton, by whom he had Edward,
Thomas, Mary, Eleanor, and Henrietta. He was the son of Ed
ward, the son of Thos. Barstow, of N.Allerton, whose da. EHzabeth,
m. Darcy Conyers, Esq. ; and his bro. Walter, was fa. of Mr. Jere
miah Barstow, of Leeds, who, by Alice, da. of Mr. John Douglass,
of Anstrop HaU, had issue Jere., Esq., Mayor of Leeds, 1706, Mi
chael of Wakefield, and Wm. of Leeds. The oldest son, by EHzabeth,
da. of Mr. Wm. Brook, of KilHngbrook, had issue Jere., d. unm.,
Wm., and Hannah.'" We find in London, at the present date,
James, and Thos. I. Barstow, Esqr's., barristers, in the Temple,
who were of Yorkshire. The fa. of the latter is also a lawyer, in
Yorkshire. We have likewise heard of the Rev. Francis Barstow,
of Scalesboro' Park, who d. ab. 1830 ; of Mr. Barstow, of Green
Gate House, near Leeds ; and of Mr. Barstow, of Headingly, near
Leeds, — a man of property.'
Four brothers of this name came early to N. Eng., and settled at
Cambridge, Watertown, and Dedham. These were George,
Michael, John, and WilHam. Of but two, George and WilHam,
have we been able to learn when and how they came. We find
that, on the 20th Sept. 1635, William Barstow, ae. 28, and Geo.,
ae. 21, embarked for N. Eng., in the Truelove, John Gibbs, Master.
The place from which they came is not given, but they were pro
bably of Yorkshu-e.
The foUowing are the principal minutes which we have obtained
of the history of these brothers.
1. George, one of the brothers, accorduig to the Mids'x. Prob.
Rec, m. Susan, da. Thos. Marrit ; had land granted him In Ded
ham, in 1642 f was a member of the An. and Hon. Art. Co., In
1644 ;* a householder in Scit. in 1652, and a member of the
second Church ;° and d. in Camb. 18d. 6m., 1652, his wiU being
on file, and his estate being appraised at £85 14s. 6d.° His wid.
^ The above is varied slightly from the original, to embrace more fact« in
lets compass.
^ Letter of Mr. Henry Barstow, and communication from Eev. R. Breare.
* Worthington's Hist. Dedham. * Hist. An. & Hon. Art. Co.
» Scit Town and Church Kecs. « Prob. Eec. Mid.

210 BARSTOW.
Susan, d. at Camb. in 1654, and In the Invt. of her Est., allusion
is made to a " steere and cow at Dedham, and two young heffers
at Scituate," and Thos. Marrit is caUed her father, and was ap
pointed guardian to her two ch.^ This Invt. Is signed by John
Bridge and Michael Barstow. The names of the ch. were, 1.,
Margaret, bap. In Scit., Feb. 24, 1649-'50, and 2., George, bap.
in Scit., June 12, 1652, his father being then decs'd. These ch.
are aUuded to In the wiU of MIchaeJ, of Watn., in 1674, and to
each he left a legacy. Of their history we know nothing with
certainty. We think It highly probable, however, that the Bars
tows of Rehoboth, descended from the son Creorge. There we
find that Saml., s. Q-eorge and Mary, was b. May 1, 1705, and m.
Mary Mason, Mar. 29, 1788 ; and this Gteo., seems to have had a
son Geo., b. at a previous date, prob. as early as 1690, before the
fa. sett, in R. Qteo., senr., d. Ap. 6, 1726, but his age Is not given.
Geo., jr., m. Martha Mason, Sep. 29, 1^15, and d. May 11, 1733.
His ch. were, 1. Martha, b. Ap. 16, 1716 ; 2. Jno., b. June 14, 1718,
m. Susanna Carpenter, Mar. 15, 1743, and Is prob. the one al
luded to in letter of Eben'r. B., of Seot'd. Ct., who, he says, was
" kiUed In the famous battle at the heights of Abraham, In Que
bec, Canada, ( 1759, ) leaving 8 ch., one of whom was Wm. ( of
Prov., m. Bethlah Bourn ? June 10., 1778,) whose s. John?
now resides in KUlIngly, Ct., and his son John is In Seot'd., Ct.,
and was previously of Prov., R.I."; 8. Hafinah, Ap. 2, 1721, d.
young ; 4. Geo., Mar. 19, 1724, m. AbigaU Mason ? Mar. 14,
1758 ; 5. Hannah, Feb. 7, 1726-7.
Note. — Another John, called John the 3d., m. Judith Carpenter, Feb. 18,
1756 ? and had, 1. Lucy, Mar. 26, 1757 ? d. young. 2. Danl., July 25,
1759. 3. Abel, Oct. 20, 1760. 4. Huldah, Jan. 26, 1762. 5. Lucy, Jan.
26 ? 1762, 6. John, Mar. 6, 1765. » Joseph Munroe, of Rehoboth, m. Sarah
Barstow, June 9, 1782."
^' yfA^ ' _«? «/L. brother of George, was made free-
/yH/ ^» /M^ti/y*^ man of Mass. Mar. 8, 1635-6, and
' — possessed in Wat., as per Rec, " 1. —
a homestead of 14 acs. 2. — 2 acs. of meadow at beere brook. 3. — 2
acs. of meadow in Plain Meadow. 4. — 7 acs. of Plowland, beini:
the 10th lot ui the further plain. 5. — 7 acs. of meadow, being the
10th lot in the remote meadow. 6. — 12 acs. of upland beyond the
'Prob. Kec, vol. 1, p. 73.

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further plain, being the 29th lot. 7. — a Farm of 129 acs. of up
land, in the 5th division, and 8. — 50 acs. of land, being a great
dividend in the 4th div. and 9 th lot." He was a man of note in
the hist, of the town, his name often occurring on Its records, and
he being Selectman in 1652, Rep. In 1658, and often on the Jury
of trials.' From the disposition made of his property, we in
fer that he left no family. He was prob*. m., and his w. Grace, d.
July 20, 1671, — 3 years before his own decease. No ch. are
named. His will is dated Jime 23, 1674, and in it, he gives
legacies to Rev. Jno. Sherman, of Wat. ; to the Church of Christ
in Wat. ; and to Dea. Thos. Hastings, and Dea. Henry Bright,
whom he names as his executors. The bulk of his property was
disposed of as foUows : — " To Hannah Barstow, alias Prince, one
great bible, and the debt due to me in my booke, which her first
husband, Wm. Barstow was Indebted, &c. ; to Elizabeth, w. of Wm.
RandaU, of Scit., £b ; th§ same to Susan, w. of Wm. Perry, of
Mfd. ; to ilichael, son of John Barstow, deceased, a lot of upland,
&c. In Wat. ; and to John and Jeremiah, ch. of the aforesaid John
Barstow, decs'd., to ea. £15. The rest of the est., after paying
debts, &c to be divided into 10 shares, 2 of wh. parts or shares
were given to the ch. of his bro. Geo. B. decs'd., and 8 to the ch. of
his bro. Wm. decs'd." His est. was appraised at £273 18s. 3d.''
. 3. John, although not expressly called so, was, we have no doubt,
bro. of George and Michael, and resided In Camb., where he died in
1657, the Inv. of his Est. bemg entered the 20 d. 12 mo. 1657, ' and
consisting chiefly of farming utensils. In this Inv., mention Is made
of a widow, who appeared before the governor, Feb. 25, 1657-8
and testified to that being a true Inv. of the Est. of her husb. &c
As no will exists, we find no ch. named ; but if he be the one
aUuded to In the wUl of Michael, above, he had 3 sons, Michael,
John, and Jeremiah ; — and if this Michael be the one who testified
in the case of a complaint vs. Susanna Woodward et. al. 1671, 3, 6,*
where he Is called Michael, jr., and said to be ae. ab. 17, he was
b. ab. 1654. We find that John, the father, instituted a suit vs-
1 Middlesex Court Files, passim. ^ Mid. Prob. Rec. 4. 168.
3 Mid. Prob. Rec. 1, 143. ¦* Mid. Court Rec, Au. 1671.

212 BARS tow.
Ann HIbbins, Relict and Exec, of Wm.HIbbins, desc'd., in 1656, 3,
29,' which was but about a year before his decease. The name of
hi? wid. we have not learned. Michael, the son, m. Rebecca
Thaire or Thayer, Jan. 12, 1676, and d. Dec. 2, 1698, leaving
an only da. Hannah.' He owned " a homestall containing 6 acres
of upland and meadow, with a mantlon house, and barn, orchards,
and cyder miU, &c."
The history of the other sons, — John and Jeremiah, — ^Is Involved
• In a little obscurity. There was a John Barstow In Scit. in 1678,
who Is called by Deane a son of Wm., formerly of Dedham, and
who, he says, was prob. b. in Dedham. There was also a Jeremiah
In Scit., who was " kUled by the Indians In 1676," and whose wid.
Lydia m. Richard Standlake, 1677. This Jeremiah Is also caUed
by Deane a son of Wm. of Dedham. But as there Is no actual
record of the birth of such sons to Wm., we think there is room to
doubt the correctness of Deane's suggestion. It Is certain that John
of Camb., had sons Jno. and Jere., but not certain that Wm. had
such. We think Itmost probable, therefore, that John and Jeremiah
settled In Scituate, and were sons of John, who d. at Camb., and
not of Wm. of Dedham.
Of their history, and descendants, we shall speak hereafter.
4. WiUiam, the fourth bro., was in Dedham In 1636, and signed
the Pet'n. for the Incorp'n. of that town under the name of Content
ment.* The 16 d. 12 mo. 1642, grants of " upland ground fit for
Improvement with the plough," were made to him, and to his bro.
George. He was a freem. in Scit. 1649, and the first settler, of
whom we have record, on the present territory of H. He was
prob. m. to his w. Anne, after he came to N. Eng., but we have
found no record of this marriage, and cannot, therefore, give her
maiden name in fuU. Mr. B. was a noted man in his day, as
wUl be seen from what we have already said of him. He was also
an extensive landholder, a man of high respectability, and a
worthy and enterprising citizen. He d. in Scit. In 1668, ae. 56,
leaving no wIU, and his wid. Anne, admin, on his Est." In the wiU
> Mid. Court Rec. an. 1656.
' Mid. Prob. Rec. Vol. 9, pp. 225-7.
• Worthington's Hist. Ded.
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of Michael, his bro., mention Is made of " 8 ch. of his bro. Wm."
We have succeeded In learning the names and dates of birth of
but 5 of these. There seem to have been but 2 sons ; the rest
were probably daughters. Their names were, 1. Joseph, b. in
Dedham, 6 d. 4 mo., 1639. 2. Patience, b. In Dedham, 8 d. 10
mo., 1648, m. Moses Simmons, of Scit., 1662. 3. Deborah b. in
Scit. in Aug. 1660. 4. Wm. b. In Scit., in Sep. 1652. 5. Martha
b. in Scit., 1665, m. Sam'l., eldest son of Sam'l. Prince, 1674, who
d. bef. 1686. (N. E. Gen. Reg. 1851 p. 379.)
Note. — ^It would appear, from the will of Michael, of Watn., that the w.
of Mr. B. m. a Prince.
6. John, s. John 3, is prob. the one who was a householder in
Scit. in 1678. According to Deane, " a consid. tract of land was
laid out to him W. of the So. Meeting-house common, extending to
Jordan Lane. His house was 50 rods south of the present road,
and was afterwards the house of John Ruggles," &c. He m.
Lydia Hatch, Jan. 16, 1678, da. of Wm. Hatch, who moved to
Swansey, and had 1. Job, Mar. 8, 1679. 2. Jeremiah, Aug. 28,
1682. 3. John, Feb. 15, 1684, bap. an adult, July 18, 1708, and
prob. d. unm. 4. Jerusha, Nov. 21, d. Dec. 18, 1687. 5. Susanna,
May 5, 1689. 6. AbigaU, Mar. 8, 1692. 7. Lydia, Mar. 26,
1696. 6. Jeremiah, s. John 3, is prob. the one who was killed by the
Indians, with Capt. Michael Pierce, of Scit., at Rehoboth, in 1676.
He m. Lydia  , and she, after his decease, m. Richard
Standlake, in 1677. The ch. of Mr. B. were, 1. John, and 2.
Jeremiah, and of these the wid. Lydia was appointed guardian,
" to demand and recover a legacy given unto each of them by
their great uncle, Michael Barstow, late of Watn. decsd., as by his
wUl." ' Lett's, of Adm. were granted to John, ro. of " Jeremiah,
deceased, so he keep a faire accompt thereof, and be reddy to
shew it before said Court, when by them required." " According
to Deane, Jeremiah, the youngest of these sons, was a captive, for
a time, amongst the Indians.' We have no knowledge of the sub
sequent history of this family.
1 Col. Rec, 6, 15. » Ibid. » Hist. Scit., 218.

214 BARSTOW.
7. Joseph, s. Wm. 4, m. Susanna Lincoln of Hm., May 16, 1666,
(Hm. Rec.) and d. Ap. 17, 1712, and his wid. Jan. 31, 1730,
being very aged. For some acc't of his life, see p. 18. That he
was an extensive landholder, is evident from the large grants made
to him by the Col. 'Court, which embraced many hundred acres,'
now lying chiefly In Abington. These grants were In the vicinity
of the grants made to Cornet Stetson, with whom Mr. B. seems to
have been on terms of intimate friendship, and whose wUl he
witnessed, ch. : 1. Susanna, June 3,1667, m. Isaac RandaU, Nov.
19, 1684. 2. Joseph, Jan. 22, 1675. 3. Benjamin, Mar. 1,
1679, prob. d. young, as he Is not named in his father's will. 4.
Deborah, Dec. 26, 1681, m. John Bryant, jr., Jan. 1, 1707. 5.
Samuel, Jan 1, 1683.

'^cM^i^rrt S^^^'^^^^^^^

s. Vfm. 4, m. Sarah  ,
and is caUed a husband
man^ He occupied his father's house, and probably, also,
to some extent, followed the business of ship-building. He was
owner of a saw-miU, and of other property, which he bequeathed to
2 sons and 5 das., and his wUI bears date 1711. ch. : 1. Rebecca,
Mar. 12, 1676. 2. Martha, 1678, m. John McFariand ? Dec. 25,
1705. 3. Anna, Jnne 26, 1681, m. Saml. Curtis, Sep. 11, 1707.
4. Wm., Nov. 28, 1684. 5. Mary, Feb. 21, 1687, m. Saml.
Harlow, Plym'h., Jan. 3, 1715-6. 6. Benj., July 22, 1690. 7.
Susanna, Nov. 8, 1698, m. Benj. Taylor, Nov. 19, 1724.
Note. — A son of Wm. bap. Nov. 7, 1680, prob. d. young.
9. Job, s. John 5, sett, in Norwich, Ct., and m. Rebecca, da.
Joseph and Mary Bushnell, (formerly a SaffingweU,) Mar. 2,
1707-8, she being 19 yrs. of age. "Hc d. Sept. 14, 1767, ae.
84, and his wid., May 7, 1782, ae, 94, ( as per records from Ct. )
The fa. is spoken of as a man of strong inteUect, sound judgment,
unbending Integrity, gentiemanly deportment, and manners pecu-
Harly bland and conciliatory. His advice and counsel were often
sought, and he was eminently a peace-maker, and a healer of
1 Hobart's Abington, pp. 18 and 19. ^ Sroh. Rec, Plym.

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divisions among his neighbors and friends. The mother was also
InteUigent and pious. Ch. : 1. Rebecca, Dec. 18, 1708, d. Oct.
1709. 2. Jerusha, Sept. 1, 1710, m. John Gager, of Frank'n.,
Ct., had 6 sons and 2 da's., and d. July 7, 1775. 3. Jonathan,
Dec. 26, 1712. 4. Lydia, May 27, 1715, nv 1, an Edgerton, ?
and 2, Bradford Peck, and d. May 7, 1767. 5. Mary, Dec. 16,
1717, m. Alpheus WIckwIre, had 2 da's, and 1 son, and d. Sep .
25, 1799. 6. Ebenezer, June 16, 1720. A baker by trade,
Hved in Norwich, and d. unm., Sep. 30, 1756. 7. Yetonce,
July 17, 1722, m. Esther Wood, had 2 das., and d. Dec 28,
1799. 8. John, Dec. 81, 1724. 9. AbigaU, Feb. 17, 1727, m.
1, Danl. Kingsbury, and had 8 das., and 1 son ; and 2, David
Bottom, and had 1 son, and d. ae. 83.
10. Jeremiah, s. John 5, was prob. of Marlboro', Mass., and
with his w. Elizabeth, ? were members of the Church In 1704. He
m. Sarah Howe, perhaps a 2d w., " ye 6 d. 10 mo., 1711," and had
ch. bap. in M., 1. Jeremiah, and 2. EHzabeth bap. 26 d. 8 mo., 1712.
The former prob. d. 3. Dorothy, 25 d. 2 mo., 1714. 4. John,
18 d. 1 mo., 1716. 5. AbigaU, 10 d. — mc, 1718. 6. Wm.,
21 d. — mc, 1719. 7. Sarah, 3 d. 7 mo., 1721. 8. Lydia, 19 d.
7 mc, 1725. 9. Jeremiah, 9 d. 5 mc, 1727. See Church Rec.
Marlb. This is aU the information I can obtain of the family.
11. Joseph, s. Joseph 7, caUed Capt. Joseph, on the H.
Rec, m. Mary  and d., in H., July 25, 1728. The
Inv. of his Est. speaks of J of a sloop ; his farm of 70 acs. ;
the farm of 40 acs. on which Wm. Stetson lived. In Scit. ;
the farm of the wid. Amy Dwelly, of Scit., 24 acs. ; 328 acs.
caUed the Court Grant, between land of Dea. Stockbridge
and Saml. Barstow ; 32 acs. of cedar swamp, partly In said grant ;
70 acs. joining the N. side of Elij. Cushing's farm ; 46 acs. on
the S. of sd. C's. farm ; 6 acs. fresh meadow ; J of the new forge ;
5 i acs. by Gershom Stetson's ; 6 acs. adjoining Chas. Stock-
bridge's; li acs. on the N. side of the road to Benj. Perry's; J of
a saw-mill ; 184 acs. of land In Pemb., adjoining the new Forge ;
14 acs. In Pemb., near the Major'sPurchase ; J grist mill at new
Forge ; J ac. by N. River bridge ; and a negro woman named

216 BARSTOW.
Rose The whole was appraised at £6,926, — a large sum for
those days. (Prob. Rec. Plym. 5, 846-8.) Mr. B. Hved on
Broadway, buUt the Barstow Forge, and it is said, buUt the house
now known as the SalmondHouse. His wid. m. Thos. Bryant, of
Scit., May 14, 17,35. Ch.: 1. Ellzab., Aug. 23, 1699, m. 1, Isaac
Barker, of Newport, R. I., Jan. 25, 1719, and 2, EHjah Cushing,
Esq.,  1724. ( See her father's wIU. ) 2. Joseph, Sep. 6,
1701, d. Ap. 4, 1703. 8. .Joseph, Jan. 10, 1704. 4. Joshua,
Sep. 8, 1706, d. young. 5. Mary, Feb. 21, 1709, d. young.
6. James, Ap. 20, 1711, d. Jan. 16, 1733, leaving a wiU. ( Prob.
Rec. Plym. ) 7. Mary, May 20, 1717. 8. Joshua, Sep. 8,
1720. 9. Abl-gaU, bap. May 9, 1728.
Note, — An inf. da. bap. Oct. 12, 1719, prob, d. soon after.
12. Samuel, s. Joseph 7, m. Lydia RandaU, Mar. 17, 1708, d.
Oct. 23, 1780, ae. 47, and his wid. m. Thos. Tracy, of Pemb.
May 28, 1783, and moved to P. with her ch. Mr. B. prob. lived
near the centre meeting-house, In which vicinity, and in the wes
terly part of the town, he was the owner of a large body of land,
and other property. His est. was appraised at £3,700," and was
divided Into 9 shares, 2 of wh. were left to his son Saml., 1 to
Debc, 1 to Lydia, 1 to Job, 1 to Michael, 1 to Elizab., and 1 to
PrisciUa. Lett, of Adm. were granted to Lydia, reHct, &c., 1781,
and in 1741, she is called Lydia Tracy, Adm'x. on Est. Saml. B.
&c., and rendered her final acc't. Mr. B. was Selectman, In 1729.
ch. : 1. Samuel, Feb. 7, 1709. 2. Deborah, bap. Oct. 6, 1712,
m. Sam'l. Hatch ? Dec. 25, 1782. 8. Lydia, Ap. 1, 1717, m.
Ichabod Brewster," of Dux., June 3, 1786, and settled in Leba
non, Ct. 4. Job, bap. Ap. 8, 1720. 5. Michael, Jan. 9, 1723.
6. Joseph, bap. June 13, 1725. 7. Elizab., May 8, 1727, prob.
m. Job Young, June 6, 1762. 8. PrisciUa, Oct. 5, 1729.
13. WiUiam, s. Wm. 8, m. Sarah RandaU, Dec. 20, 1709, and
d. previous to 1734, In wh. year his Est. was sett. His wid. Sarah,
is named, and Han'h., w. Wm. Ford, and a da. Sarah, and an only
1 Prob. Rec Plym. 5, 814-16.
2 Winsor's Dux. He says Ichabod B. m. Lydia Brewster, of Pemb. It
should be Barstow.

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son Wm. The wid. d. May 13, 1788. ? ch. : 1. Hannah, Aug.
10;i710, m. Wm. Ford, of Mfd., Oct. 30, 1728, (N. E. Gen.
Rec, 1752.) 2. Sarah, Oct. 2, 1712, m. Ezekiel Lad, of H-
( See old deeds, &c. ) 3. Wm., Ap. 10, 1715.
•^ Je m. 1, Mercy RandaU,
Dec. 20, 1709, ( Scit. Rec,) who d. in H-, Dec 17, 1728 ;— 2. Sa
rah Barden, or Burden, ? of Mid'c, May l5, 1729-30, who d. ab.
1738 ;— and 3. Wid. Ruth Winslow, Nov. 22, 1738. MfeB. oc
cupied his father's house, being that of his gr. fa. >^m., aad;'' seems
to have foUowed their trade, being a'^ipwright, and having his
yard near the N. River' Bridge. (See the chap, on Ship-
buUding.) Tradition says that he had 21 ch. m aU. From a dUi
gent search of the Town and Church Records, of Scit., Pemb., and
Hanover, I find the foUowing 19. The other 2 prob. d. young.
1. Benjamm, Oct. 9, 1710, prob. d. 1716. 2. Martha, Jan. 20,
1712, prob. d. young. 3. Martha, bap. Aug. 14, 1715, m. EHab
Tumer, May 12, 1731. 4. Benjamm, bap. Sep. 2, 1716. 5. Nath'l.
bap. Aug. 11, 1717. 6. Caleb, bap. Mar. 20, 1719, prob. d. young.
7. Mercy, bap. Aug. 19, 1722, m. Joshua Thomas, 1747, (Pemb.
Rec. ) 8. Margaret, bap. June 27, 1725. 9. Rebecca, bap.
June 11, 1727. 10. A da., bap. July 10, 1728, bemg sick ; prob. d.
11. Gideon, Feb. 14, 1728-9, prob. d. young. (By 2d.) 12. Geo.,
bap. Jan. 10, 1781. 13. Thomas, Feb. 27, 1732. 14. James,
Feb. 22, 1784. 15. Jacob, Feb. 15, 1736. 16. Gideon, Jan.,
1788. ( By 3d. ) 17. Caleb, 18. Sarah, May 5, 1741, m. SU
vanus Cook, of Kgs'n, Mar. 22, 1764. 19. Content, m. — Bar
low, of Rochester.
15. Jonathan, s. Job 9, m. AbigaU Hyde, and d. Nov. 28,
1747, ae. 85. ch. : 1. AbigaU, m. Ebenezer Hartshom, of Frank
lin, Ct., and had 9 ch. 2. Betsey, m. Phinehas Peck, and had
several chUdren. 8. Jonathan, m. Mary Pettes, Hved in Tolland,
Ct., and had Mary, Jonathan, Nancy, Alvin, and Royal.
16. John, s. Job 9, m. Jerusha or Elizabeth ? Newcomb, of
Franklin, Ct., ab. 1746, and sett, m Cant'y., Ct., ab. 1750, where
he d. Feb. 9, 1796, ae. 71, and his remains, with those of his w.,
14

218 BARSTOW.
He " In the old grave yard in Westminister parish." — " They
were loved and respected in their lives, and mourned, not only
by a large family, but by the community among whom they
lived." ch. : 1. Alpheus, 1748. 2. Samuel, Jan. 1749. 3.,
John, Oct. 2, 1751, d. young! 4. John, Dec. 21, 1752. 6. Heze-
kiah, Feb. 28, 1755. 6. Ebenezer, Sep. 7, 1756. 7. Anne,
July 31, 1759, d. ae. 14. 8. Job, Mar. 5, 1760. 9. Rebecca
E., June 11, 1763, m. 1, Nath'l Annable, and 2, Col. Pierce.
10. Wm. A., Feb. 21, 1765. 11. Jerusha, Mar. 2, 1767, m. Na
than Palmer, Esq., of Wilkesbarre, Pa., a lawyer, and a memb. of
the Senate of Pa., for 4 yrs. &c. Their ch. were : 1- Sterne, of
Mt. Holly, Pa., Chief Cl'k. Farmer's Bank, m. Mary, da. Jno.
Palmer, of Monmouth Co., N. J., and has a son, Theodore, in Cala.
2. Strange N., Ed. of the PottsvUle Emporium, and fomerly
Judge of the C. C. P., m. Jane Moffat, and his da. m. Rev.
Abel C. Thomas, of PhUad. ; a da., m. a Potts, of PottsvUle ; and
hi? son Robert, Is Dist. Att'y, &c. 3. Vblney Barstow, the dis
tinguished and enterprising ADVERTisiNa Agent, whose offices
are In Boston, N. York, and PhUad., — m. EHza B., da. Joseph
Boyd, of PhUad., and has M. Julia, Ella V. B., Mary R., and
C Lillie. 4. John, of Rye, N. Y., farmer, m. Harriet Barker,
and has 3 ch. 5. Eliza, not m. 6. Oeorge.
17. Joshua, s. Joseph 11, m. EHzab. Foster, of Scit., Ap. 21,
1741, and, according to an Inscrip'n. in the H. grave yard, " was
drowned at the Eastward, Oct. 3, 1768, ae. 44." It has been
said that he owned, for a time, the Gad Bailey place, on King-st.
He was proprietor of the Forge buUt by his father in 1720, ( see
p. 20 ? ) which he Improved until his decease, and probably occu
pied his father's house, ch. : 1. Joseph, Nov. 13, 1742, d. May
2, 1759. 2. Mary, June 6, 1743, m. a Curtis, ? resided at Harps-
weU Neck, Me., and had a large family, mostly sons. 3. James,
Oct. 8, 1744. 4. Barshaway, Feb. 20, 1745, m. a Merrill. ?
5. Abigail, Sep. 26, 1747, d. Oct. 24, 1749. 6. Joshua, June
26, ( T. Rec, ) or July 7, ( Fam. Rec, ) 1749. 7. Calvin, Oct.
7, 1750, was m., and d. In Preston, Ct., In 1826, leaving a son,
.Jedediah, of Jewett City, Ct., who was m., and d. in E. Hampton,
Ct., in 1846 ; and a son, Joshua, of Preston, b. Feb., 1776, who
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York., a da. m., in Preston, and the youngest son, with his fa
8. Ezekiel, June 7, (T. Rec.,) or July 7., (Fam. Rec,) 1752.
9. Abigail, Sep. 29, (T.Rec,) or Dec 7, (Fam. Rec,) 1758,
m. an Ainsworth, of Portland, Me. 10. ( Timothy ? ) Hatherly,
Feb. 22, 1755, sett, in Port'd., Me. 11. Foster, Ap. 2, 1767.
12. EHzabetii, Feb. 5, 1760. 13. Joseph, ? sett. In N. Yar
mouth, Me., was first a blacksmith, and afterwards a saddler.
Samuel, s. Sam'l.
18- ^ ^ -^ <^^i^ 12, Is called Dea.
' *^^^ f&^UM\ Sam'l. on the H.
Rec, and was for
many years Dea.
of First Ch. He m. Margaret., da. Dea. Joseph Stockbridge, ? Nov.
26, 1781, who d. Ap. 12, 1788, ae. 80, and he d. Nov. 19, 1801,
ae. 93. He was Selectman in 1746 and 6. ch. : 1. Lusannah,
Oct. 9, 1782, m. John Ruggles, jr., Scit., Mar. 11, 1755. 2. Sam
uel, July 28, 1734. 3. Lydia, Mar. 14, 1736, m. Seth Bailey,
Feb. 11, 1762. 4. Marg't, Feb. 20, 1738, d. June 1, 1789.
5. Charles, May 3, 1740. 6. Seth, June 15, 1742. 7. Daniel,
July 1, 1744. 8. Marg't, June 1, 1746, d. Jan. 24, 1757.
9. Grace, May 27, 1748, m. EHsha Foster, jr., Scit., Oct,
19, 1769.
19. Joseph, s. Sam'l 12, with his sister Lydia, moved to Leba
non, Ct., ab. 1735, and m. wid. Mary Webster, formerly a Bliss,
May 6, 1752, who d. Mar. 4, 1770. ch. : 1. Job, Mar. 17, 1763.
2. Michael, May 24, 1754. 8. Joseph, Nov. 16, 1755. 4. Molly,
Jan. 12, 1757. 6. Lydia, Dec. 15, 1758, m. Jesse Loomis, of
Lebanon, Ct., and sett. In Bennington, Vt., where she is yet Hving,
ac94! 6. Samuel, Ap. 8, 1760. 7. EHzab. or Betsey, Jan 31,
1762, m. Chas. Wright, of Columbia, Ct., " was left a wid. many
years ago, and now resides In Canton, Bradford Co., Pa., with her
ch., retains to a remarkable degree her faculties of body and mind,
and is able to walk from house to house with a quick step, whUe
her tongue is loosed on the great subject of religion." 8. Mehi-
tabel, Dec. 14, 1764. 9. Charles, Ap. 15, 1766. 10. Ellas,,
Sep. 5, 1768.
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220 BARSTOW.
It is said that he lived, for a time, where Col. J. B. Barstow re
sides, and finaUy moved to Me., where he d. His ch. bap. in H.,
were 1. Isaac, Sep. 20, 1761, and 2. Asenath, Aug. 5, 1764.
21. Thomas, s. Benj. 14, m. Sarah, da. John Studley, and
lived In Scit., his farm lying near Palmer's bridge, by the third
Herring brook, and his house being the same as that now occupied
by his grandson, Elijah. He was a ship-buUder by trade, as were
his ancestors before him, and occupied the yard whose site is
marked by the two venerable white oaks. He d. Mar. 27, 1797,
a,e. 66, and his wid. Feb. 2, 1805, ae. 74. A man of capable
business habits, and of excellent moral character. Ch. : 1. Sarah,
b. 1754, bap. Mar. 16, 1755, m. Sam'l Woodward, moved to Me.,
and has desc'ts. there. 2. Thos., b. 1756, bap. May 22, 1767.
3. Rebecca, b. 1759, bap. Sep. 13, 1761, m. Nath'l Church, of
Scit., and moved to Me., where she d. in 1812. 4. Nath'l. b.
1761, bap. June 18, 1764. 5. John Burden, b. 1764, bap.
June 17, 1764. Jane D., b. 1766, bap. Aug. 81., m. Sam'l Don
neU,, of H. 7. Mary, or Molly, b. 1768, bap. Oct. 2, d. unm., June
1, 1860. 8. EHjah, b. 1771.
22. James, s. Benj. 14, m. Rhoda House, Feb. 23, 1758, was
a ship-builder for a time in H., and moved to Dux'y., where he
engaged In the same business, and where he d. In 1808, and his
wid. In Pemb., Sep. 5, 1819, ae. 84. ch. ; 1. James. 2. Joseph.
3. Nabby, m. Asa Keen, of Pemb., and had 12 ch. 4. WUHam.
5. George, Ap. 7, 1775. 6. Ruth, m. Wm. Standlsh, of P., and
had 10 ch. i
23. Jacob, s. Benj. 14, m. Kezia or Desire Brattles, Mar. 13,
1760, who d. In Pemb., Sep. 28, 1793, ae. 52. His death was
caused in a singular manner. He was riding on the beach, by the
Brant Rock, in Mfd., not far from the farm of the Hon. Daniel
Webster, when his horse, being either frightened, or too suddenly
checked, threw him Into the surf, and stepped on his breast, klUiijig
him Instantly, ch :. 1. Huldah, Jan. 23, 1760-1, m. Alanson Car
ver, of Mfd., and had sev'l. ch., of whom Barstow Carver Is yet
Hving In M. 2. Jacob, Nov. 7, 1762. 8. Burden, June 11, 1768,
d. unm. 4. Charles, Sep. 1, 1771. 5. Kezia, Jan. 1, 1775., m.
Sylvanus Lapham, of Mfd., Ap. 12, 1795. 6. Deborah, m. John
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I
24. Gideon, s. Benj., 14, m. 1. Jane WUson, of Chatham, Mass.,
in 1759, who d. AprU 1, 1816, ae. 84, and % Tamar Cushing, of
Pemb., Oct. 28, 1816, and d. In Mattapoisett, Mar. 9, 1826, ae. 88.
He was a ship-builder by trade ; a man of enterprise and Integ
rity ; one ivho stood high in the esteem of the people among whom
he Hved ; and who gave to the place an Impetus which It yet feels,
and did much to promote its prosperity, ch. : 1. Gideon, Sep. 11, -
1760. 2. Mary, Nov. 15, 1762, m. Capt. Nath'l. Pope, of Fair-
haven, and d. in June, 1851, ae. 89. 8. Wilson, June 8, 1765.
4. Benj., Aug., 26, 1767, d. unm., in Ap., 1847, ae. 80. 5.
Caleb, and 6. Sarah, Feb. 1, 1770. The former d. Aug. 7, 1794,
and the latter Aug. 4, 1774. 7. Lucy, Mar. 25, 1772, m. Nath'l.
Hammond, Esq., of Matt., and d. Oct. 20, 1802. 8. Sarah, July
1, 1777, m. Rev. Geo. Barstow, Nov. 26, 1801, and is yet Hving
in S. Bridg'r.
26. Caleb, s. Benj. 14, m. Sylvlna Magoun, of Pemb., Nov. 23,
1770, and d. va. Windsor, Ct., Mar. 17, 1800, and his wid. in
Mati;., May, 1816, ae. 67. ch. : 1. Caleb, Sept. 1771, m! Alice
McDanleU, of Johnston, R. I., moved to Marietta, Ohio, In 1807,
and d. ab. 1885, leaving ch. He had 12 in all, of whom 4 sur
vive; viz.: Lydia, Salvinia, Maria, and Isaac. 2. Benj., d.
young. 3. Sylvia, Mar., 1775, d. Oct., 1791. 4. Benj., and 6,
Sarah, Aug. 22-, 1776. The latter d. Oct., 1791. 6. EHas, July
3, 1779. 7. Achsa, Mar. 17, 1781, m. Saml. Snow, of Prov.,
R. L, Oct. 17, 1798, and has Richard M., 1799, Caleb B., 1801,
and Sylvina, 1803. 8. Isaac, Oct. 1783, m. a Walker, and
Hves in Ohio. 9. Wm.,Dec., 1785. 10. Nath'l., Ap. 28, 1788.
26. Alpheus, s. John 16, m. Content Carter, and lived in
Leyden, Mass. Had 6 das. and 2 sons, of whom a son John
Hves in L.
27. Samuel, s. John 16, m. 1, Mary Adams ; ? 2, Hannah
Spaulding, Ap. 11, 1779, who d. Mar. 9, 1788, ae. 88, and 3, Amy
Fitch, of Lisbon. Ct., Ap. 16, 1790, and d. In Cant'y, Ct., July 17,
1822, ae. 72, and his wid. Dec. 24, 1845, ae. 92. ch. : 1. Curtis,
Sep. 5, 1782. 2. Simon, Ap. 12, 1784. 3. Orra, Mar. 24,
1786, m. Gad Bulkley, Esq., of Canterbury, (Merchant, of the
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222 BARSTOW.
Jno. W., Sam'l. B., and Simon S. The first 3 are m. and have
chUdren. 4. Spaulding, Feb. 27, 1788. ( By 2d. ) 5. Benj.
F., Jan 10. 1792, d. at S. Amboy, N. J., Mar. 7, 1852, from
injuries rec'd. as he was stepping into the cars, on his way to Md.
His home had been in Misso., where, at the time of his death, he
held the off. of U. S. MarshaU. He was InteUigent and gentle
manly. Not m. 6. Elisha P., Aug. 15,1798. 7. John, Nov. 2,
1795. 8. Susan P., Oct. 5, 1797, m. Isaac Backus, Esq., of
Cant'y., Ct., Ap. 80, 1817, the sen'r part'r of the firm of Backus
& Barstow, dealers in Hardware, Ag'l. Imp'ts., &c.. In Nor^
wich and Cant'y., Ct. They have a large Foundry and Machine-
shop In Cant'y.
28. John, s John 16, m. Susannah Smith, of Cant'y., Ct., was
Dea. of the Church there, and " for ab. 50 y'rs. was never absent
from meeting but one Sabbath. His minister said, " I can set my
watch correctly when I see Dea. B. coming to meeting." For
ab. 20 y'rs. he was Selectman of Cant'y. He d. Dec. 9, 1888,
ae. 86, and his w. Sep. 14, 1829, ae. 73. ch. : 1. Bethlah,
m.Eph'm. Palmer, of Seot'd, Ct., had 3 ch. who are m. and have
ch., and she Hves a wid. with her only s. Alfred. 2. Septimus,
Dec. 16, 1781. 3. Luther, 1785, ? grad. B. U., 1807, sett, as a
lawyer, in Homer, N. Y., and d. Aug. 12, 1817, ae. 38, on a
visit to his father's. 4. Calvin. 5. Ebenezer, Sep. 12, 1788.
6. Zedekiah S.
29. Hezekiah, s. John 16, m. Olive Bradford, and lived In Ct.,
on the old homestead, where he d. ch. : 1. Olive, m. a Robin
son. 2. Susan, m. a Park. 3. Sophia, m. RusseU Park, and
sett, in Pa. 4. Elizab., m. Samuel Henry. 5. Jerusha, m.
Judge Lyon, of Cant'y. 6. Hezekiah, of Cant'y, Hves on his
father's place. 7. Polly m. a Palmer. 8. Anne, m. a Morse,
of Cant'y.
30. Ebenezer, s. Join 16, Hved in Shelburne, Vt., near Lake
Champlain, m. Esther Owen, of Colchester, and d. Mar. 30, 1 884,
having had ch. : 1. Anna, m. Theodore Catiin, of Burlington, Vt.,
and has 8 ch. 2. Elisha, m. Betsy HoUabIrd ? and had Martha,
ilfar«/, and an inf. son, d. 8. Herman, m. Laura Lyon, of Shel-
burne,Vt., and has Matilda, Homer, Laura, Hiram, Marietta, Les-

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ter, and Rollin. 4. John, m. Matilda Crossman, of Burlington, Vt.,
and has Rufus, Fayette, George, Matilda, and others. 5. Sophia,
m, Ed. Irish, and has 8 ch. 6. Laura, m. Benj. Irish, and has
2 ch. 7. Jarvis, m. Pamella Blln, and has Cordelia, Lemira, and
Samuel. 8. Lucy, m. Dan'l P. Adams, of Colchester, Vt., and
has 2 ch., of whom the son grad. at the Univ'y. of Vt. 9. Jerusha,
not m. 10, Ira, Is m., has ch., and Hves in Colchester, Vt. 11.
George, Is m., and Hves In Burlington, Vt.
31. Job, s. John 16, m. Lurania Curtis, lived in  , and
had 1. Fred'k. of Hinsdale, Mass., has Andrew, John, and Henry,
aU m Ohio. 2. Job, of WilUamsvIUe, Erie Co., N. Y., has
Samuel L. 3. John C, Mar. 1797, Judge of Chester, Meigs
Co., Ohio, is m. and has Levi S., Joseph D., and Henry P.
Lost 3, d. young. 4. Sam'l. L., d. ae. 12. 5. Marcus L., at
CoolviUe, Athens Co., Ohio, has Marcus P.  There were
4 das., but their names have not been sent.
32. Wm. A., s. John 16, m. 1, Katharine Spaulding, and 2,
SaUy Hall, and sett, first In Plainfield, Ct.,and then In Ohio, where
he d., leaving ch., among whom was a son, who was drowned some
years since, while acting as Agent for removing the Indians be
yond the Miss'i. We understand that there were 12 ch. in aU,
viz : 7 sons and 5 das.
S3. Joshua, s. Josh. 17, m. Marg't. Bonney, of Pemb., Sep. 23,
1773, and conducted the Forge known as Barstow's Forge, until
his removal to Exeter, N. H., ab. 1795, where he d. Dec. 22,
1821, ae. 73, and his wid. Oct. 26, 1825, ae. 80. ch. : b. in H.
1. Ezek'l, July 23, 1774. 2. Betsey, Dec. 12, 1776, m. Simon
Magoun, Esq., of E. Kgs'n., N. H., and d. In 1840, having had
9,ch., of whom JbsA. B., was an eminent M. D., at WoodvUle,
Miss., where he d. In 1838, and Cyrus S. Is also an M. D., and
Sup't. of the State Hosp'l. at Natchez, Miss. 8. Marg't., Sep. 5,
1780, m. Wm. Graves, and d. at GUmanton, N. H., 1817, leaving
3 ch. 4. Joshua, Ap, 6, 1782, m. Hannah Webster, of E. Kgs'n.
and d. in 1811, leaving 2 das. 6. Calvui, June 10, 1784, d. ae.
12. 6. Charles C, Jan. 25, 1786. 7. Sophia, bap. Sep. 18,
1788, m. Brackett Johnson, of Ports'h., N. H.,-and d. in 1814,
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34. Lt. Sam'l., s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. 1, Huldah House, Jan.
27, 1769, and 2, Sibyl Hatch, Jan. 15, 1792, who d. Mar. 25,
1820, ae. 79, and^he May 4, 1826, ae. 92. Lived in H., on King
St., and Is described as " a man of Infinite jest ; spry as a boy,
even at the age of 70, and as full of his jokes." He was Select
man froml765-'67—In 1772, and in 1776, and '77. ch.: 1. Sam'l.,
July 15, 1757, d. in the Rev. Army, at Rox'y, Jan. 31. 1776.
2. Job, Oct., 17, 1758, d. unm., in Sharon, Ct., in 1790. 8. Jo
seph, July 10, 3 760. 4. Huldah, July 29, 1768, m. Asa Towns-
end, Dec. 7, 1796. 5. Philip, Feb. 29, d. Dec. 28, 1765.
6. House, Aug. 16, 1767, d. young.
35. Charles, s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. Sally Stockbridge ? and
lived and d. In Taunton, Mass., over 60 yrs. ago. ch. : 1. Charles,
d. unm. 2. Stockbridge, m. a Carver, and left a son Charles,
now living In T. 3. Sally, m. a Carver. 4- Lydia, not m.
36. Seth, s. Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. Ruth AUen, of Martha's Vine
yard, where he lived for a time, and thence moved to Mattapoisett,
and thence to Sharon, Ct., In 1777, where he d. In 1822, and his
wife In 1816. He was a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Allen,
Sep. 2, 1767. 2. Peggy, Sep. 1769, m. Dan'l LIndsley, ab. 1793,
and d. ab. 1822, leaving ch. 8. Olive, Nov., 1771, m. SUas St.
John, in 1795, and Is llvmg in Sharon, Ct. 4. Mary, Feb., 1775,
m. Reuben Calkins, and d. ab. 1887, leaving ch. 5. Samuel,
May, 1777. 6. Seth T., Oct. 30, 1779. 7. Betsey, Dec, 1781,
m. Thos. B. Beebe, and d. ab. 1847, leaving ch. 8. GamaHel
H., 1788 ? 9. Charles, 1787, was m., and d. in 1816, leaving
1 daughter. 87. Capt. Daniel, s.'Dea. Sam'l. 18, m. Betsey TUden, July 4,
1771, who d. Mar. 8, 1826, ae. 77, and he Feb. 25, 1842, ae. 98.
Lived on King st., where his son Daniel resides. He is described
by Hon. G. H. Barstow, as " a gent, of the old school, dressed In
cocked hat, long blue coat, breeches, and long boots, fastened at
the knee by a strap and buckle." This was In 1809. He was
Selectman in 1786, and Capt. of one of the old MiHtary Com
panies prior to 1800. ch. : 1. Betty, Aug. 1, 1772, m. Walter
Rogers, Mfd., Oct. 21, 1794. 2. Dan'l., Ap. 28, 1774. 8. Lucy,
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4. Sally, and 5. Grace, July 30, 1780. The latter d. May 12,
1849. 6. Lydia, Oct. 17, 1786, d. May 12, 1822. 7. Nabby,
June 27, 1791, m. Eph'm Stetson, Ab'n., Dec. 21, 1813.
38. Michael, s. Joseph 19, according to letters received from Geo.
Barstow, Esq., of N.Y., was a gunner in the Rev. Army, and was
at the battle of Bunker HIU, In the Regt. of Col. Trott, of Hebron,
Ct., and afterwards was at Trenton and Monmouth, also at Prince
ton and White Plains. He was In the army 6 yrs., and was In
the celebrated winter encampment at Valley Forge. Leaving
" the tented field," he m. Ruth, only da. of Capt. Abbot, of
" Lebanon Crank, Ct.," ( a shipmaster, who was shot on the deck
of his own vessel in an engagement, ) and bro. of Dr. Walter
Abbot, of Salem, Mass. Her mo., after her husband's decease,
Hved In Thetford, Vt., m. Dea. Avery, and moved to Orford, N.
H., where they " kept about the first public house in that town,"
She d. in Thetford, ae. 92. Mr. Barstow, after his m., moved
first to Campton, N. H., and thence to HaverhUl, N. H., where
he d. June 28, 1837, ae. 86, and his wid. 8 mos. after, ae. 84.
In person, he was of a medium size, with a " Roman face and
nose ;" a large, high, broad forehead ; a head of fine brown hair,
which flowed down and curled around his neck ; and at the age of
60 he had not one grey hair. He was exceedingly athletic and
nimble ; and at the age of 70, stood upon a level piece of ground,
and sprang upon the back of a wUd colt that had never been ridden.
At the age of 84, he mowed in the field all the forenoon, with his
hired man. He received a pension from Gov't., for many years
previous to his decease. " The prominent traits in his character
were courage and piety ; and he died as he had Hved, a Christian
soldier, and an honest man." ch. : 1. Wm.; 2. Henry; 3. Chas.
4. Thomas ; 6. Nancy, d. ; 6. Ruth, d.
39. Dea. Samuel, s. Joseph 19, m. Lucina Wright, of Colum
bia, Ct., Dec. 13, 1781, and sett, on a sterile tract of land, in the
outskirts of the town of C, where he spent his days, in frugality
and Industry, and accumulated, by his own labor, an estate of
$30,000. He d. Feb. 27, 1846, ae. 86, and his widow stiU sur
vives, at the age of 88 ; her descendants being so numerous, that
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thy daughter's daughter hath a daughter." She is bright, and
Intelligent, and takes the charge of her own household, and of her
Invalid son, doing much of the labor herself, and Is a highly
worthy and respectable lady. She was m. at the early age of 16.
Her husband was chosen Dea. of the Ch., in C, in 1802, and his
religious character Is ably set forth In the Interesting Tract, No.
112, pub. by the Am. Tr. Ass'n. He was of a cheerful disposi
tion, liberal to the poor, upright In all his conduct, and a " con
sistent Christian." His death was peaceful, and the consolations
of Christian hope attended him to the last. ch. : 1. Lydia, Dec.
13, 1782, m. Dea. Benj. Lyman, of Columbia. 2. Elvira, Nov. 4,
1784, m. OHver Payne, of Lebanon, Ct. 3. RandaU, Oct. 13,
1786. 4. Sally, Sep. 19, 1788. 6. Hubbard, July 5, 1791.
6. Lucian, July 10, 1793, m. a da. of Chester Hunt, of Windham,
Ct., and d. in 1819, leaving 1 da. 7. Sam'l., July 16, 1797, an
Invalid. 8. George, d. In 1819, ae. 21.
40. Thomas, s. Thos 21, sett. In Scit., on the farm known as
the Fox Hill Farm, adjoining the North River, where some of his
descendants still reside. Like his ancestors, he was engaged
principally In shipbuilding, at the family yards on the North
River. He m. Lydia Sylvester, and d. Sep. 1, 1834, and his
wid. Jan. 19, 1840. ch. : 1. Thos., Jan. 2, 1788. 2. Lydia,
Aug. 29, 1785, m. Thos. Green, of N. Bed., Mass., who d. She
yet lives In N. B., and her son, Thos. Barstow Green, In S. Scit.
3. EUinor, Feb. 27, 1788, d. in Scit., Dec. 17, 1846. 4. Re
becca, Oct. 24, 1790, m. Gideon Richmond, of N. Bed., and has
1 son In N. B. 5. Barker, May 12, 1793, d. Oct. 1, 1811.
6. OHve S., Aug. 3, 1795, m. Capt. Thos. Waterman, of S.
Scituate. 41. Nath'l., s. Thos. 21, m. Elizab., da. Hon. Joseph Cushing,
of IL, Aug. 31, 1786, and sett. In Me., where he d. In 1798.
He was engaged In ship-buUding, on the Damariscotta river.
ch. : 1. Betsy C, bap. Sep. 14, 1788, m. Gilbert Brooks, of Scit.,
and d. in Medford, no ch. 2. Deborah, bap. July 11, 1790, d.
unm., in Camden, Me. 3. Mary, bap. May 22, 1791, m. 1, Rev.
Thos. Cochran, of Cam den, Oct. 10, 1808, and had ch. ; and 2

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Ralph Conway, and Hves in C. 4. Joseph C, lived and d.
m Litchfield, Me. ; was m., and had ch. 6. Nath'l. ? In Me.
6. Ruth.
^jT den,) s. Thos. 21,
^ m. Betsey, da. of
Capt. Robt. L. Eells, and Is yetliving In H,In the 90th year of his
age, ab. -^ of a mile S.W. of the Four Corners, on his farm, known
as the " Broad Oak Farm," and in the house built by himself, In
1799. He has been a valuable citizen ; an enterprising ship
builder ; was Selectman In 1797 and '98 ; Representative from
1808 to 1810 ; and has held the military offices of Lieut., Capt.,
Major, and Col. ; and though now the frosts of 90 winters have
gathered upon his brow, and the infirmities of age are upon him,
his mind retains, to a remarkable degree, the power of memory,
and we have derived from him valuable aid In the preparation of
some portion of this work. His w. d. in 1851, In the 91st year
of her age. ch. : 1. Sarah, May 21, 1788, m. Joseph S. Bates,
Oct. 2, 1820, and lives on Broadway. 2. Betsey E., Sep. 22,
1789, Hving with her fa. 3. John, Feb. 17, 1791. 4. Jane,
July 24, 1792, m. David Hersey, of H., Nov. 12, 1816, and d.
Ap. 4, 1847. 5. Hannah, Jan. 27, 1794, Hving with her fa.
6. Edward, Aug. 27,1795. 7. Robert, Feb. 1, 1797, d. unm.,
in Falmouth, Eng'd., in 1818. Mariner. 8. Capt. Benjamin,
Dec. 16, 1799. Has been sett, as a merchant, at the South, but
is now a shipmaster, in N. Y. Not. m. 9. Salome, July 24,
1801, m. Capt. HavUand Torrey, of Pemb., Oct. 1, 1826, and
has had 5 ch., of whom are living 2 sons, Benj. Barstow, and
Herbert. 43. Dea. Elijah, s. Thos. 21, m. 1, Lucy, da. Capt. Robt. L.
EeUs, Nov. 8, 1798, who d., and 2, Diana Everson, of KIgs'n.
Lived In Scit., on his father's place ; was a shipbuilder, and
farmer ; and for many years Dea. of the central Church In
H. He d. In 1842, and his wid. returned to KIgs'n. ch. :
1. Nath'l., Aug. 16, 1799. 2. Lucy E., bap. June 6, 1801,
m. Ozen Josselyn, now of Bos'n. 3. Elijah, bap. Sep., 28,1806.
4. Edwin. 5. Abby, m. Capt. Thos. H. C. Barstow, of H.
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44. James, s. James 22, m. Sarah Leavitt, of Pemb., and was
killed during the great gale of Sep. 23, 1816, at KIgs'n., by the
fall of a plank from the staging of a ship, on which he was at work.
ch. : 1. James, Nov. 25, 1786. 2. Calvb, July 26, 1791.
8. John. 4. Solomon, d. unm. 5. Sally, m. 1, a Gibbs ; 2, a
Freeman ; and 8, a Bryant. 6. Rhoda, d. ae. 16. 7. Betsey,
m. 1, Elisha C. Stetson, of H., Jan. 14, 1816, who d. ; and 2,
Lewis Litchfield, and lives In H. 8. Ruth K., m. Elijah S.
EweU, Oct. 29, 1815. 9. Chariotte, m. Marcus Robinson, of E.
Bridg'r., Ap. 29, 1820. 10. Joanna, m. Stephen Faunce, of
Pemb. 45. Joseph, s. James 22, m. Lydia Soule, of Dux'y, July 16,
1786, and d. In D., July 16, 1834, and his wife Jan. 81, 1812.
ch : 1. Joseph, Aug. 14, 1787, m. Nancy, da. Capt. Eden Wads-
worth, of D., Ap. 22, 1812, andd. In Prov., R. L, Ap. 22,1813,
leaving a da., Beulah W., who m. Francis Barstow, of Matta
poisett. 2. Peleg, Oct. 22, 1788, m. Mary Robbins, of Va., m
1810, and his w. is d. No ch. 3. Samuel, Nov. 8, 1791.
4. Mehitable, Jan. 17, 1798, m. Joseph Howland, of Hanson, Ap.
9, 1815. 5. Ichabod, Mar. 15, 1794. 6. Richard, Mar. 26.
1796. 7. George, Sep. 28, 1798. 8. Susan, Jan. 9, 1801, m.
John Washburn, of KIgs'n., Sep. 18, 1817, and Hves In Matt't.
9. Wilson, Feb. 11, 1808. 10. Briggs, May 11, 1805. 11.
Daniel, July 28, 1807, d. in 1834. Left no ch. 12. Thos. Sep.
12, 1809, is m.,* and Hves In Hudson, N. Y. 18. Lydia S., Jan.
4, 1812, m. Chas. Curtis, of E. Ab'n.
46. Wm., s. Jas. 22, m. Lydia Simmons, and Hved in
Pemb. ch. : 1. Benj. 2. Wm. 8. Jehiel, Is m., and lives in
Provlncetown, Mass. , 4. Lewis. 5. Lydia, m. Levi Washburn,
E. Bridg'r. 6. Ruth, d. ae. 23. 7. Rogers L., July 15, 1811.
47. Rev. George, s. James, 22, grad. at B. U., in 1801,
" holding a high and respectable standing m his class ;" studied
Theol. with Rev. Perez Forbes, of Raynham ; and sett.. In 1803,
in that part of Pemb. now H'n., where he was devoted to his pro
fession, and discharged its duties to the acceptance of his people,
untU his death, which took place, Feb. 11, 1826, ae. 51. He m.
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she survives, and resides In Bridg'r. ch. : 1. George W., Aug.
13, 1802. Fitted for CoU., was afterwards Cl'k., in Bos'n., and
tiiere d. July 28, 1834. 2. Sarah W., Sep. 2, 1806, m. Nahum
Stetson, Esq., s. Capt. Abisha Stetson, Nov. 13, 1828, and d.
Aug. 17, 1842, having had George B., Oct. 10, 1830. Sarah L..
June 7, 1834. Nahum, yc., Dec. 14, 1836, and Wm. B., Mar.
20, 1839. 3. Jane W., Dec. 8, 1810, m. Capt. Edwin W.
Barstow, Sep. 11, 1834. 4. Lucy A. F., Jan. 4, 1818, m. Na
hum Stetson Esq., July 4, 1823, and has Lucy A., Oct. 12, 1848,
and Helen F., Dec. 16, 1850.
Note. — ^Mr. S. is the intelligent, and gentlemanly Agent of the Iron
Works, at S. Bridg'r. and also of the Wey'h. Works, and as a man of business
enterprise, heis few equals in the State. He was Rep. to the State Leg.,
from 1837-39 ; Director of the F. R. R. R. ; President of the Bristol Co.
Bank ; and Director of the Cape Cod R. R. ; and, in the walks of private
life, for integrity, courtesy, affability, hospitality, and all the qualities which
make up the true gentleman, he is well known to all who have the pleasure
of his acquaintance.
48. Jacob, s. Jacob 28, m. a Young, of Scit., lived In Bos'n.
and was prob. owner, with Alex. Vannevar, of a tomb In
Copp's hiU burial ground, in 1819. ch. : 1. Jacob, m., Hved in
Boston, and was Inspector of Fish, of the firm of Barstow and
Vinton, and d. In B., leaving ch. 2. AHce, m. a Pierce. 3.
AbigaU, m. Calvin Lewis, of Mfd.
49. Charles, s. Jacob 23, m. AbigaU, or Nabby Perry, of Pemb.,
Ap. 10, 1796, and d. May 4, 1829, and his wid. yet survives.
ch. : 1. Burden, Dec. 16, 1797, d. unm., hx N. Orleans, In 1880.
2. Wm. C, May 9, 1801. 3. AbigaU, or Nabby, Sep. 20, 1808,
m. Wm. Josselyn, of Pemb., Oct. 10, 1822. 4. Charies, Aug. 18,
1805. 5. Thos. H. C. 6. CaroHne, m. John 0. Hudson, of E.
Bridg'r., Feb. 4, 1833.
50. Gideon, s. Gideon 24, m. 1, Ann Mead, Oct., 1782, who d.
Sep. 12, 1798 ; and 2, Deborah Loring, May, 1800, and d. in
Matt't., Feb. 8, 1849, ae. 88, and his wid. In June, 1851, ae. 79.
Lived in Mattapoisett, was a shipbuUder by trade, and was a
member of the Convention for revising the Const'n. of Mass.,
in 1820. ch.: 1. Gideon, Sep. 7, 1788. 2. Jane, Oct. 81,1785,
m. Dan'l. B. Loring, in 1805, and d. in Aug., 1818, leaving Mary,
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James Robinson, of F. 3. Samuel, Dec. 15, 1787, d. May 27,
1808. 4. Zaccheus M., Jan. 1, 1790. Living in M., unm.
6. Anne, Mar. 26, d. Dec 5, 1792. 6. Mary, Sep. 28, 1793, d.
Oct. 6, 1801. 7. Benjamin, Feb. 18, 1796. 8. Wilson, Feb.
17, 1798.
51. WUson, s. Gideon, 24, m. Susanna P., da. Rev. Jona.
Moore, of Roch'r, Mass., Oct. 30, 1791, and lived flrst In Matt't,
and then In N. Y., where he d. Jan. 20, 1850, ae. 84, and his
wife Ap. 3, 1848, ae. 78. Mr. B. was for some years a ship
master, and for about 20 years, an extensive ship-builder. In the
place of his nativity ; — in private life, distinguished for his bene
volent character, and the activity of his mind ; and publicly, for
his energy in business, and his Integrity. Like many others, who
were engaged In active affairs from 1800 to 1806, he suffered
severely from the check in business which followed the Embargo
Act of 1807, and from the reverses incident to that event, he
never after fully recovered, ch. : 1. Susanna P., May 22, 1793,
d. 1798. 2. Caleb, Mar. 8, 1796. 3. Lucy, Mar. 3, 1797, d.
ae. 7. 4. Jona. M,, Mar. 25, 1799, d, m N. Or's., Jan. 19,
1826, being Cl'k. of a Count'g. House, in N. 0. 5. Henry W.
Mar. 7, 1801. 6. Wm. P., Ap. 20, 1803. Drowned, Dec. 28,
1829, on his passage from Trieste to N- Y'k. He was a ship
master. 7. Sam'l., June 9, 1806. 8. Anna S., Oct. 23. 1810,
m. Joshua L. Pope, Merch't., of N. Y'k., and has 3 sons and
2 daughters. 62. Benja., s. Caleb 26, m. Rebecca Hammond, Ap. 26, 1800,
and lives in Matt't., where, and in N. Bedf 'd., he has been dis
tinguished as a master shipbuilder. He has been Rep. from
Roch'r to the den. Court, ch. : 1. Benj. F. Mar. 28, 1801.
2. Caroline, Jan. 24, 1803, d. Sep. 3, 1804. 8. Edwin, June 15,
1805, d. Mar. 26, 1824. 4. Nathan H., Oct. 5, 1807. 6. Caro
line, Dec. 19, 1812, d. Sep. 26, 1818. 6. Elizab. P., Nov. 28,
1814, d. Dec. 18, 1816. 7. Henry, Dec. 8, 1817. 8. Susan C,
May 29, 1820, m.DavIdH. Cannon, of Matt't., and hwMaryH,
May 18, 1852.
53. EHas, s. Caleb 25, m. Mary, da. John and Rebecca Wood,
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who was b. Dec. 21, 1778, d. May 26, 1834. He was a ship
wright by trade, and buUt a number of vessels in Prov. He was a
strictly temperate man through life, and a Trustee of the Meth.
Ch., to which office he was elected in 1821. ch. : 1. Ann E.
Aug. 9, 1801, m. Thos. Hathaway, Dec. 26, 1821, lives InPrev.,
and has Ann E., 1822, Thos. Z., 1824, Sarah A, 1826, Elias B.,
1829, Wm. H„ 1835, and Achsah B., 1838. 2. Edwin, Ap. 14,
1803. 4. EHas, Feb. 26, 1805. 4. Thos. Oct. 16, 1807.
5. Rebecca W., Ap. 4, 1810. 6. Wm., July 10, 1812. 7. Sarah
B., July 6, 1814, m. Allen F. Manchester, of Prov., Feb. 2, 1834,
and has Mary B., 1834, Sarah F, 1837, Geo. F., '39, Julia G.,
'41, Abby E., '43, Thos. A., '45, Emm,a M., '49, and Albert C,
'50. 8. Achsa, Dec. 22, 1816.
54. Wm.,s. Caleb 25, m. Walty Reynolds, of Wickford, R.I.,
ab. 1809, and has been a clergyman of the Meth. denom., but
owing to the loss of his voice, has been unable, for some years, to
attend to the duties of his profession. He Hves In PhUad. ch. :
1. Elizab., d. young. 2. Wm., d. young. 3. Sarah, m. Rev.
Josiah LItch, in 1836, and has 2 ch. living, Wilbur F., and Josiah
L. 4. Joseph S., d. young. 5. Joseph M., Mar., 1824. A
dentist by profession, and is living In PhUad., unm.
56. Nath'l., s. Caleb 25, m. 1, Sophia Chaffee, Dec. 2, 1810,
who was b. Nov. 25, 1792, and d. July 6, 1817 ; and 2, Martha
Randall, May 4, 1818, who was b. Nov. 6, 1791. Mr. B. d. in
Providence, Nov. 3, 1849, and his wid. survives. He was a man
of respectablHty. ch. : 1. Nathan C, Feb. 16, d. June 1, 1812.
3. Hon'l. Amos C, Ap. 80, 1818. 3. Paris, Nov. 25, 1816.
Lost at sea, Dec. 15, 1830, — a bright and promising youth. (By
2d.) 4. Eph'm. R., Sep. 21, 1819.
66, Curtis, s. Sam'l 27, m. Eliza, da. Jno. Parker, of Cant'y.
Ct., in 1812, and d. July 4, 1826, ae. 44. ch. : 1. Hannah,
1813, d. in Norwich. 2. George, 1815, -d. in N., July 20, 1852,
leaving a wid. and 2 ch. 3. Eunice, 1818, d. Dec. 5, 1884,
4. Katharine, 1819, d. young. 6. Martha, 1821. Living in
Norwich. 6. Orra, 1823. Living in N. 7. Charies, 1825.
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57. Simon, s. Sam'l, 27, grad. B. U., 1808, but having the
misfortune to lose the sight of one eye, he relinquished his design
of stud. Theol, and sett. In Delaware, as a Teacher ; m. Hannah
Frazler, of D., Aug. 24, 1818, and d. at WUmlngton, Oct. 24,
and his wid. at Newcastie, Del., Aug. 26, 1829, ae. 40. ch. : 1.
Sam'l., Sep. 8, 1819. Lives In Woonsocket, R. I. 2. Hannah
S., May 23, 1821, m. A. J. Bulkley, and lives In LouisvUle, K'y.
3. Elizab. v.. May 11, 1824, d. Feb. 8, 1828.
58. Spaulding, s. Sam'l. 27, m. Temperance E. Holmes, da.
Dr. IL, of Woodstock, Ct., who d. June 14, 1823, ae. 25. ch. :
1. Sarah S., m. Col. Geo. SaltonstaU Stoddard, of W. 2. Emma,
m. Rev. Geo. Langdon, A. M., of Hartford, Ct., and has 3 ch.
3. Mary E.. d.
59. EHsha P., s. Sam'l. 80, m. Mary P., da. Andrew and Mary
Rogers, of Augusta, Me., and d. in Cant'y., Ct., Sep. 28, 1850,
ae. 57. ch. : 1. John P., of Norwich, Ct., m. Abig. T. da. Geo.
and Lucretia R. Sharpe, of Pomfret, Ct., Aug. 28, 1850, and is
engaged In the mf. and sale of Hardware, being of the firm of
Backus and Barstow, of N, 2. Susan B., m. Arthur F. Drink
water, Esq., lawyer, of Ellsworth, Me, Sep. 18, 1848. 8. Mary
F., m. John Backus, of Norwich, Ct., Aug. 21, 1861. 4. Elizab.
R., 1841. Lives with her mother, in Ct.
60. John, s. Sam'l. 27, m. 1, Harriet, da. Josiah and Sarah
Parkes, of Cant'y., Ct., Mar. 1818, who d. Sep. 27, 1822, ae. 23 ;
2, Eliza S., da. Dr. Jno. Fitch, of Clinton, N. Y., who d. at
Bridgeport, Ct., June 3, 1840 ; and 8, Jane. da. Dr. John Fitch,
in 1841. Mr. B. lives in Bridgeport, Ct. ch. : 1. Josiah P.,
July 6, 1821, d. July 7, 1822. (By 2d.) 2. John F., m Cal'a.
3. Samuel. F., at WUlIamstown CoU., Mass. 4. Isaac B., d.
5. Charles. 6. Simon, printer, at Jamestown, N. Y. (By 3d.)
7. Kate. 8. Harriet E. 9. Susan B. 10. Wm. F.
61. Septimus, s. John 28, m. and lived in Hadley, Mass., where
he d. Dec. 16, 1848, ae. 42. ch. : 1. Luther. 2. Elias B.
8. Olive C. 4. Orrelia. 5. Harriet. 6. Susan, d. 1851.
62. Calvin, s. John 28, m. Orra Herrick, of Cant'y., Ct. ch. : 1.
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63. Ebenezer, s. John 28, m. Lucy Learned, of New Braintree,
Mass., Sep. 12, 1811, and Hves in Scotiand, Ct. ch. : 1. FIdeHa,
m. Jno. A. KeUogg, of Vt, who d. In 1846, and she is a wid. with
4 ch., m MIss'o. 2. Sarah L., m. Homer Thayer, of Thompson,
Ct., Hves in E. Douglass, Mass., and had 1 ch., wh. d. 3. Time
D., was a merchant, at St. Louis, Mo., where he d. May 28, 1852,
ae. 31. 4. Martin Luther, 1833, with his fa.
64. Rev. Zedekiah S., s. John 28, grad. at Yale, 1818., stud.
Theol. at N. Haven, under Rev. Pres. Dwight, and taught Hop
kins Acad., in N. Haven, until Hcensed to preach. Thence went
to N. Y'k., and was Ass't. In the High School, under the care of
Jno. Griscom, LL.D., and in 1816 and '17, was Tutor at Ham.
CoU., N. Y., during which period, a second A. M. degree was con
ferred upon him. During his last year at Ham. CoU., Pres't.
Backus, decs'd., and Mr. B. preached in the chapel to the students,
until Pres't. Davis was chosen, in Aug., 1817. In Feb. 1818, he
rec'd. a caU to sett, at Keene, N. H., and July 1, was ord. as
Pastor of the Ch. in that place, where he yet remains, having en
joyed such health as to be prevented from preaching but four
Sabbaths in 34 years I He has been, for twenty years, a memb. of
the Board of Kimball Acad'y. ; of the Board of Dart. Coll., since
1834, at which Coll. the degree of D.D., was conferred upon him,
in 1849 ; Trustee and Sec'y. of Keene Acad. , since Its Inst'n. ;
many years Sec'y. of the Gen'l. Ass'n. of Cong, and Presb. MIn's. ,
of N. H. ; Cl'k of the Cheshire Conf. of Ch's., for 20 years ; a
Corp. Memb. of the A. B. C. F. M. ; and one of the Sup. Com. of
the Pub. Schools of Keene, for 30 years. He m'. Elizab. F. Blake,
of Westboro'. Mass., Aug. 19, 1818, and has 1. TImo. D., July 17,
d. Dec 22, 1820. 2. Wm., Sept. 8, 1822. Grad. A. B., in 1842,
A. M.,1845, and M. D., 1848, and Is in Cal'a. 3. Elizab. W.,
July 24, 1824, d. Jan. 3, 1832. 4. Josiah W., June 21, 1826.
Grad. A.B., 1846, and M. D., 1862, and is Ass't. Phys'n. of the
Hosp'l. at BlackweU's Island, N. Y. 5. John, Feb. 21, 1828,
lived but 1 hour.
65. Ezekiel, s. Joshua 33, m. Mary Conner, of Exeter, N.H.,
Nov. 28, 1799, and returned to Hanover, his, native place, in
1805, and there d. Jan. 10, 1815, and his wid. and ch. returned
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to Exeter, where she d. Oct. 4, 1846, ae. 67. ch. : 1. Almira,
Sep. 27, 1800, m. a CoUIns,of New Lond'n., Ct. Noch. 2. Mary
J., Feb. 10, 1803, m.a Nichols, of HaverhlU, Mass., and has7ch.
3. John C, Feb. 6, 1805, m. Lucretia Moore, of Danvers, Mass.,
and Is sett, as a farmer, In Groton, N. H. No ch. 4. Joshua,
Mar. 6, 1808, d. in Oroqulmbo, Texas, in 1836. 5. Marg't. F.,
Mar. 27, 1810. An instructress. In Alabama. 6. Ezekiel Hale,
May 17, 1815.
66. Chas. C.,. s. Joshua 33, m. Sophia, da. Chas. Fanning, Esq.,
of Griswold, Ct., Jan. 1, 1809, and d. in Dover, N. H., Jan. 31
1828, and his wid. in Kgs'n., N. H., Dec 23, 1883, ae. 52. ch. :'
1. Catherine, Sep. 18, 1810, m. Benj. Magoun, of Kgs'n., in 1830,
and d. Oct. 29, 1838, No ch. 2. Mariah, May 3, 1812, d.
June 4, 1814. 3. Charies, Ap. 28, 1814, m. Martha M. Taylor,-
of Bangor, Mc, Is Cl'k, In Bos'n., and has Annie D., and another
ch. 4. Frederick, Mar. 7, 1816, d. in Chas'n., S. C, Sep. 12,
1838. 5. Henry H., Mar, 6, 1819, d. June 21, 1822. 6. Ari
annah, Feb. 20, 1821, m. Aaron Whittemore, Esq., of Pemb., N.
H., Dec. 18, 1840, and has Sophia F, '42, Ariannah B., '44,
Aaron B., '46, d. '49, Aaron, '49, Adaline, '50, and Jno.
C, '52. 7. Henry H,, Sep. 23, 1823, m. a HoUoway, of Eng'd.,
resides in Palermo, Sicily, and has 2 ch. 8. Marg't. A., Mar.
20, 1825, m. J. M, Tumer, in 1842, Hves In Warren, Pa., and
has 3 ch.
67. Joseph, s. Lt. Samuel 34, m, 1, Mary Hatch, of Pemb. ?
Ap. 11, 1782, and 2, wid- Tufts, and lived In Cornish, Vt., where
he and his w. d. ch.: 1. Anne, Aug. 5, 1785. 2. Capt. Sam'l.,
Feb. 27, 1788, m. Elenor JeweU, and, with his w., d. in N. Y'k.,
leaving no ch. 3. Job, May 19, 1790. 4. Joseph, May 13,
1796. Drowned in the W. Indies. 5. Jas. H., July 5, 1798.
6. Nancy, m. a ChamberHn. 7. Polly, m. a Chace.
68. AUen, s. Seth 36, m. OHve Foster, of Sharon, Ct., in 1794,
and lives in Canaan, N. Y. His wid. d. ab. 1845. ch. : Two da's.
who d. In Infancy, and of the sons, 1. David F., Esq., lawyer, of'
Towsiida, Pa., b. Nov. 1795, m. Amelia Mix, and has a son
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Canaan, N. Y., m. Betsey Douglass, of C, and hasAllen, Samueh
Henry, David, Charles, Elizabeth, and Olive.
69. Samuel, s. Seth 86, stud. Med., and sett, first In W. Stock-
bridge, Mass., of which town he was Rep., in 1808 ; and thence
moved to Gr. Barrlngton, was Senator In 1812, and d. In 1813.
He m. Lavinia WUson, of Alford, Mass., who d. ab. 1843, in
Nichols, N. Y. ch. : 1. Pluma A., m. Increase Sumner, Esq.,
lawyer, of Gr. Bar'n., and d. ab. 1849, leaving ch. 2. Charles
R., lawyer ; sometime Sheriff of Tioga Co., N. Y. ; memb. of the
Assemb., and P. M. at Oswego ; m. Charlotte Coburn. ab. 1827,
and has Henry, d. ae. 18 ; Sumner, b. ab. 1832 ; Edward,
Samuel, Charles, and 2 daughters. 3. Oliver A., merchant
in Tioga Co., N. Y., m. Frances Palmer, ab. 1837, and has Ed
mund, Charles, Amelia, and others.
70. Seth T., S. Seth 36, m. Clarissa Woodruff, of Litchf'd., Ct.,
Jime 4, 1806, and resided in Bradford Co., Pa., where he d. Sep.
13, 1852, ae. 78. His wid. survives, though in feeble health.
Mr. B. was a favorite pupil of the celebrated Dr. Rush, of PhUad. ;
a grad. of the Med. CoU. of that city, and a thoroughly educated
Physician, though he foUowed that profession but a short time, de-
votmg the principal part of his Hfe to trading and farming. He
was an early settler ia the valley of the Susquehanna, nearly 50
years ago, and was a man of strong Intellect, great energy, and
gentlemanly deportment, ch. : 1. Ellen C, Feb. 17, 1808, d.
Feb. 17, 1838. 2. Erasmus D., Dec. 30, 1809, d. Ap. 19, 1812.
3. Marguerite St. Leon, the distinguished poetess, and authoress
of " Wayside Flowers," &c., b. Ap. 17, 1812, m. John Loud, Esq.,
Nov. 17, 1833, Hves in PhUad., and has Caroline M. St. L.,
1884, Clara E., 1837, and Darwina F., 1841. 4. Darwina F., Jan.
4, 1815, m. Richard Catiin, May 7, 1884, and Hves in Wisconsin.
5 Julius R., Ap. 9, 1817, d. Sep. 21, 1852. Not m. 6. Henry
H., Feb. 6, 1819, m. Jane Calkins, May 1842, had Darwina F.
May 1848, and Marguerite St. L., July 21, 1837, d. Oct. 16,
1841, and the fa, d. in Oct. 1847.
71. Hon'l. GamaHel H., s. Seth 36, resided with his father In
Sharon, Ct., untU 25 years of age, working at farming in the sum
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menced the study of Medicine, with his bro. Sam'l., in Gr. Bar*n.,
and in Jan. 1812, sett, in the beautiful valley of the Susquehanna,
in Tioga Co., N. Y., where he practised Med. successfully, untU
the fall of 1823, since which time he has given his attention
chiefly to trading and farming. He was a memb. of the Assemb.
of N. Y., In 1816, '17, '18, '28, and 26 ; in the Senate from 1819
—'22 ; memb. Cong., from 1830— '82 ; Treas'r. of the State of
N. Y., In 1826, and 1838 ; and First Judge of Tioga Co., from
1818—1823. He m. Nancy, da. Emanuel CoryeU, formerly of
N. Jersey, in Jan. 1813, and has 1. Sam'l., b. ab. 1813, of the
firm of Barstow and Lockwood, Atty's., Detroit, Mich'n. He Is
U. S. Dist. Att'y., and Pres't. of the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank;.m. 1, Miss Spofford, who d., and 2, Frederica Williams,
and has one son, Sam'l. F., a few months old. 2. Frances, Jan.
28, 1815, m. Wm. H. Baird, of N. Y'k., and has 2 sons, Walter,
and Gamaliel. 8. Mary, Feb. 27, 1820. Not m. 4. John C,
Feb. 28, 1822. Lives with his fa., and is unm. 5. EUen, d. young.
6. Juliet, Oct. 10, 1829, m. John S. WUIiston, of WellsborO', Pa.,
and has an Inf. da.
72. Daniel, s. Capt. Dan'l. 37, m. 1, Ruth Estes, Jan. 15,
1801, and 2, Lydia Stetson, and Hves In Hanover, on King^st.
Farmer, ch. : 1. Daniel, m. Betsey Estes, Dec. 30, 1830, and
lives on King-st. No ch. 2. Samuel, m. Saba D. Estes, Oct.
28, 1830, and Hves with his fa. No. ch.
73. Wm., s. Michael 38, m. AbigaU, da. Eben'r. Townsend, of
Chester, N. H., and lived and d. in Haverhill, N. H. , where his
wid. yet resides, ch. : 1. Julia A., d. 2. George, Esq., counsellor-at-
law, 74 WaU st., N. Y'k., author of the History of New Hamp
shire, and of an Eulogy on General Jackson ; and Alde-de-Camp
of Maj.-Gen. John McNeil, with the rank of Major, in the Militia
of N. H. ; m. Emily E., da. Hon. John Shepley, of Saco, Me.,
June 11, 1844. No ch. 3. Wm. H.,b. 1812, m. at the age of
19, Marg't., da. of the Rev. Wm. Woodward, of Norwich, Vt.,
and d. of the cholera, at Auburn, N. Y., in 1882, ae. 20. 4. Abi
gaU, d. 6. Jas T., town clerk of Hav'l., N. IT., m. 1, Maria
Loring, and 2, Jane, da. Richard N. Buren. 6. Abigail. Notm,
7. Mary A., at Columbia, Texas. Not m. 8. Charles, Mora-

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vian Missionary at CatesviUe, la. 9. Mary, m. Edwin S. Thayer,
of S. Milford, Mass. 10. Ebenezer T., merch't., Columbia,
Texas. Notm. 11. Catherine, unm.
74. Henry, s. Michael 38, m. 1, Harriet Webster, of Plym'h.,
N. H., and 2, Frances Pierce, of Woodstock, Vt. Lived first at
Hav'l., N. H., and 2d. at LoweU, Mass., where he d. eh. : 1.
Lydia, m. MerrUl Pearson, and Hves in Ill's. 2. Harriet, d.
3. Henry, in Cal'a. 4. Horace, d. 5. Frances. 6. David.
7. Alfred, m Cal'a. 8. Anson, in Cal'a, 9. EUen.
75. Charles, s. Michael 88, m- and Hved In Campton, N. H.,
where he d. ch : 1. Charles, in Canada. 2. Hannah, is m.,
and Hves in Canada-
76. Thomas, s. Michael 38, m. Sarah Hale, of WeUs River, Vt.
and Hves in Piermont, N. H. ch. : 1, Sarah A. 2. Harriet, is
m., and Hves in Derby, Vt. 3. Nancy, is m., and Hves In Thet
ford, Vt. 4. Michael H., of Boston, Mass. 5. Thos, A., in Cal'a.
6. Arthur C, In Cal'a. 7. Louisa. 8. Ruth A. 9. Wm. H.
77. Thos., s. Thos. 40, m. Alice Thomas, Sep. 28, 1806, and d.
in N. Bedford, in Nov. 1850, having had ch. : 1. Julia A., m.
PhiHp Smith of N. Bedford. 2. George. Drowned, ae. 7. 3.
Mary, m. Jared Parkhurst, and d. In Bait. Md., ab. 1846. 4.
Lydia S., m. Gen. Thomas, of N. Bedford.
Note. — Two eh., Rebecca and Elizab., d. young.
78. John, s. Col. John B. 42, m. Sarah Swoope Thompson, da.
Edward K. Thompson, of Providence, R. I., and gr. gr. da. of Rev.
Ebenezer Thompson, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Scituate,
Mass. ch. : 1. Lydia K. 2. Elizabeth T. 3. Hannah, d. He
resided principally In New York, where he was extensively en
gaged in commerce. In 1838 he withdrew from commercial pur
suits, and removed to Providence, where he now resides.
79. Capt. Edward, s. Col. JohnB., 42, m. Amy, da. John Bally,
Sep. 2, 1821, and d. Jan. 27, 1883, and his wid. m. Wm. Dawes,
of H., and resides near the Four Comers, in the house formerly
of John Bailey, and now owned by the heirs of Mr. Barstow. Mr.
B. was a shipmaster for some years previous to his decease, and
sailed from N. Y'k. ch. 1. John E., June 11, 1822, m. Eliza
Crary, resides in N. Y., and has John, d., and Eliza C. 2. Rob-

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ert, June 24, 1824, m. Ann Josselynn, Dec. 24, 1846, is In Cal'a.,
and has Amy. 3. Elizab., June 17, 1826, m. Capt. Nath'l.
Cushing, of H., Dec. 18, 1845. 4. Joseph B., Feb. 3, 1828,
machinist, in Bos'n. 5. Frederic O.,1830? grad B. U , 1862.
6. Edward, Jan. 27, 1833, mechanic in Bos'n.
80. Capt. Nath'l, s. Dea. Elijah 48, m. 1, Grace Foster, in
1833, and 2, Abby Hammett, in July 1837, and resides in IL, at
the Four Comers. A shipmaster, ch. : 1. Grace F., Ap., 1884.
(By 2d.) 2. Lucy A., June 25, 1840. 3. Mary E., Feb. 18,
1842. 4. Sarah R., Dec. 29, 1845. 5, Marietta H., June
16, 1850.
81. Elijah, s. Dea. Elijah 43, m. Caroline Briggs, lives In
So. Scit., on his father's place, and Is a shipbuilder, in connexion
with Capt. Thos. Waterman, ch. : 1. Albert. 2. Henry.
82. Capt. Edwin, s. Dea. Elijah 43, m. Jane W., da. Rev.
Geo. Barstow, and lives in Bridg'r. A shipmaster, ch. : 1.
Jane W., Aug. 7, 1836. 2. Jacob P., June 29, 1839. 8. Sarah
W., June 6, 1842. 4. Edwin W., Dec. 5, 1844. 5. Walter
J., Aug. 14, 1847. 6. Salome T., Sep. 28, 1850.
83. Andrew, s. Dea. Elijah 48, m. Mary Abernethy, and lives
in Bridg'r. ch. : 1. Andrew. 2. Henrietta W. 3. Rachel.
84. James, s. James 44, m. 1, Abby Hyde, of Lebanon, Ct.,
Oct. 1. 1812, who was b. Sep. 15, 1787, and d. Ap. 11, 1815 ;
and 2, Sarah Munroe, Aug. 12, 1819, who was b. Mar. 2, 1798.
Lives in Mattapoissett, and isa shipwright, ch. : 1. Abby H.,
Feb. 14, 1815, ism. and lives In Buffalo, N. Y. (By 2d.) 2.
James M., June 1, 1820, d. Oct. 5, 1821. 8. Sarah T., May
12, 1822, d. Dec. 11, 1840. 4. Caroline, Oct. 30, 1824, m. F.
W. RusseU, of Matt't. 5. Mary M.-, Mar. 5, 1828. 6. Debo.
L., June 27, 1830, m. James M. Washburn, of Matt't.
85. Calvin, s. James 44, m. Betsey Josselynn, of Pemb..
Aug. 7, 1814, and Hves in Matt't. Shipwright, ch. : 1. Betsey
J., July 80, 1815, m. Benj. R. Gifford, of Fairhaven, Jan. 10,
1832. 2. .Joanna, Sep. 15, 1817, m. Elisha B. Handy, Oct. 1,
1841. 8. Calvin J., Jan. 15, 1820, d. Mar. 16, 1826. 4. Henry
W., Ap. 7, 1828. Shipjolner, In M. 5. Sarah L., Aug. 28, d.
Nov. 26, 1826. 6. Calvin, Oct. 4, 1827. In Cal'a. 7. Charles

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B.,Ap. 20,1830. A mariner. 8. James, Oct. 3, 1834. 9. A
son, b. and d., 1839.
_ 86. John, s. James 44, m. Dian BoUes, and Hves In Matt't.
ch. : 1. Sarah, m. John MendeU, of M. 2. Dian, m. Andrew
Dunham, of M. 3. Jedida, m. Walter Gammon, of M. 4. John-
A mariner. 5. Abby. 6. Solomon. Two ch. d. young.
87. Samuel, s. Joseph 45, m. and lives In Hingham, where his
w. d.. Mar. 9, 1851. ch. : 1. Samuel. 2. George. 3. Benja.
4. Joseph.
88. Ichabod, s. Joseph 45, m. 1, SaUy R., da. John Clark, of
Plym'h., Oct. 4, 1818, and 2, Sally, da. Reuben Peterson, of
Dux'y., Sep. 8, 1838, and Hv^s in D. Has one son, Henry.
89. Richard, s. Joseph 45, m. Mary Munroe, May 1822, who
was b. June 16, 1798. Resides In Matt't., and Is a trader. Form
erly a shipwright, ch. : 1. Josiah M., Ap. 80, 1822, d. Sep. 15,
1828. 2. Francis H., Feb. 23, 1824, m. Beulah, da. Joseph
Barstow, lives in M., and has a da. Hope. 8. Josiah M., Feb.
14, 1825. Mariner. 4. Richard, Feb. 12, 1828. In Cal'a.
5. George B., Nov. 16, 1829, d. July 28, 1830. 6. Mary M.,
Feb. 19, d. May 2, 1832. 7. Georglana, Jan. 8, 1836.
90. George, s. Joseph 45, m. Dorcas, da. Capt. Cyrus Brews
ter, in 1822, and d. Aug. 11, 1886, leaving a son George.
91. WUson, s. Joseph 45, m.  PettenglU, and lives In
Fairhaven. ch. 1 : Henry B. 2. Joseph. 3. Serena. 4. Wil
son. 5. Emeline. 6. Sarah. 7. Maria. 8. Edward.
92. Benj., s. Wm. 46, m. Sarah Little, of Pemb., Dec. 31,
1820, and lives in W. Dux'y. A mason, ch. : 1. Charles L., June
1824, m. Jane Ford, Hves In W. Dux'y., is a masoii, and had
Ada J., d. ae. 2 mo's. 2. Henry W., Oct. 1827. 3. Debo. L.,
Nov. 1830.
98. Wm., s. Wm. 46, m. Mary Weston, and lives In Dux'y.
Shipwright, ch. : 1. Mary J. 2. Hiram. 3. Wm. 4. Dan'l.
94. Lewis, s. Wm. 46, m. Lydia Lowden, of Dux'y., and Hves in
Dux'y. ch. : 1. Lewis B., Nov. 1831. 2. Agustus P., Jan. 1839.
95. Rogers L., s. Wm. 46, is a merchant, ship owner, and a man
of great business enterprise; resides In Matt't.; m. AbbyH.,
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ch. : 1. Wm. M., Ap. 21, 1838, d. Mar. 80, 1839. 2. Eliza A.
W., Aug. 13, 1840. 3. Elijah W., Aug. 12, 1843. 4. Rogers
L., Nov. 9, 1845. 5. George W., June 23, 1848, d. Aug. 29,
1849. 6. Charles H., Ap. 29, 1850.
96. Capt. Wm. C, s. Charles 49, m. Sarah F., da. Capt. Silas
Morton, of Pemb., May 4, 1826, (who was b. Dec 27, 1800,)
and lives in E. Bos'n. From the age of 15 to 46, Mr. B. follow
ed the seas, — a portion of the time as shipmaster. He is now
Treas'r. of the E. Bos'n. Co., and Is a gentleman of great kind
ness of heart, — prompt and efficient In business, and of a sociable
temperament, ch. : 1. Sarah E., Mar. 16, 1826, m. Henry T.
Jenkins, of N. Y'k., Sep. 34, 1846, and has ch. 2. AmeHa, July
22, 1828, m. Henry Bowers, jr., Sep. 14, 1846, and lives in N.
Y'k. 3. Harriet M., June 22, 1831. 4. Francis T., June 5,
1833, d. Aug. 17, 1834. 5. Maria L., Ap. 26, 1837. 6. Wm.
H., June 16, 1838. 7. Eloise K., Aug. 1, 1840. 8. Francis
D., Ap. 28, 1843.
Note. — The last 4 were b, in H. ; the first 2 in Pemb. ; the third in
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; and the fourth in Roxbury, Mass.
97. Charles, s. Charles 49, m. Sarah A., da. Dan'l. Hudson, of
E. Bridg'r., May 4, 1838, who was b. hi Bridg'r., Mar. 28, 1812.
He lives In Bos'n., and is a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Sarah
A., June 23, 1834, d. Feb.- 23, 1845. 2. Charles W., Feb. 24,
1837. 3. Fanny H., Feb. 28, 1851.
98. Capt. Thos. H. C, s. Charles 49, m. Abby, da. Dea.
Elijah Barstow, In 1836, and lives In H., at the Four Corners,
ch. : 1. Emma. 2. HavUand. 3. Sidney.
99. Hon. Gideon, s. Gideon 50, grad. B. U., 1801, stud. Med.
with Dr. Kittredge, of Salem, and sett, as Phys'n., In S., where he
enjoyed the reputation of being skilful in his profession, and atten
tive to Its duties. In 1820, he was a member of the Conv'n. for
revising the Const'n. of Mass. ; and from 1821 — '23, was a memb.
of Cong., from Mass. He d. at St. Augustine, Fla., In 1852,
whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. He Is spoken
of as possessing fine talents, and being gentlemanly In his man
ners. He m. Nancy, da. Simon Forester, of Salem, who survives.
ch.: 1. Haley F., grad. H. C, 1832, and Is sett, as a lawyer. In

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Syracuse, N. Y. Is m. 2. Charlotte F., d. In Detroit, Mich'n.,
in 1849. 8. Gideon F., grad. H. C, 1834, and Is Assist. Engi
neer of the Hartford, Pro%, and FishklU R. R., in Ct. 4. Simon
F., Dec. 1818, grad. H. C, 1841, at the Law School, and is a
counsellor. In Bos'n. Notm. 5. Anne M.,m. Samuel Ashburn
ham, Chief Eng'r. of the Hartford, Prov., and FishkUl, R. R., in
Ct. 6. Capt. Dan'l. H. Shipmaster, in the E. Indies. 7. John
S. Merchant, in Calcutta. ; 8. Elinor. 9. Katharine F. 10,
Francis. 11. Nath'l. S.
100. Capt. Benj., s. Gideon 50, m. Anstiss S., da. Jas. Dunlap,
of Salem, June 18, 1822, and d. In S., May 21, 1823, ae. 27,
leaving an only son, Benj., b. May 2, 1823, who grad. H. C, 1842,
and Is sett, as a lawyer. In Salem,. The fa, was engaged in busi
ness with the Hon. Gideon, his bro., for a time , and the fa.-iu-
law, Mr. Dunlap, was of a Scotch family, came to Am' a. In 1790,
m, Sarah, da. Robert Stone, of Salem, and was fa. of Andrew
Dunlap, Esq., Dist. Att'y., during the Presidency of Gen. Jack
son, and of Anstiss S., who m. Mr, Barstow.
101. Wilson, s. Gideon 50, m. Betsey S. Drew, Ap. 12,'
1820, resides in Mattapoisett, and is extensively engaged
in ship buUding, at his yards. In M., where several vessels are an
nuaUy fitted by him for whaHng voyages. He Is J; P. ; P. M. ;
and a man of enterprise and abUity, — respected by the people of
Rochester, and a valuable citizen. His w. d. Jan. 10, 1849. eh :
1. Jane L., June 1, 1821, d. Aug. 26, 1823. 2. Elizabeth D.,
May 6, 1823. 3. Samuel, Ap. 26, 1825, d. July 28, 1826. 4.
Jane W., Jan. 23, 1827, d. Oct. 19, 1848. 6. Samuel, Ap. 11,
1829. 6. Wilson, Mar. 13, 1831. 7. ZaccheusM., Sep. 1, 1833.
8. Altol 0.., Oct. 25, 1835. 9. Gideon, Ap. 1, 1838, d. Nov.
28, 1840.
102, Caleb, s. Wilson 61, m. Frances S., da.. Pliny Brewer, of
Norwich, Ct., in 1836, and resides In Brooklyn, N. Y. No ch.
Mr. B. has been for 31 years, a merchant of the highest respecta-
.bility, in N. Y. city, and his' business has been attended with
signal success. He was first In partnership with John H. How
land & Co., — then, for ten years, with John Barstow, Esq., now of
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them. In Hanover, for foreign and coastwise voyages. Subse
quently, he was of the firm of Barstow, Pope & Co. ; but has lat
terly withdrawn from active pursuits. • He Is Dea. of the Church
of the Restoration, under the charge of the Rev. H. R. Nye, and
is spoken of, in terms of the highest commendation, as a man of
unblemished Integrity, judicious liberality, and sterling moral worth.
103. Henry W., s. WUson 61, m. Mary Louisa Brewer, of
Norwich, Ct., Sep. 27, 1827, and Is an active merchant In the
city of N. York ; prompt and efficient in business, and energetic
and successful in its pursuit, ch. : 1. Vfm. P., Mar. 17,1829.
2. Louisa B., Feb. 12, 1883. 3. Caleb, Feb. 28, 1886. 4. Sam
uel, Ap. 26, 1836. 5. Marj*- E., Nov. 2, 1838. 6. Christopher
A., Mar. 81, 1841. 7. Frances R., July 27, 1845. 8. Anna S.,
Mar. 15, 1847.
104. Samuel, s. WUson 5l, m. Mary T. Blossom, of N. York,
and Is a wholesale grocer, and commission merchant,, in that city.
ch. : L Ann M., June 26, 1831.. 2. Susanna M., May 9, 1836.
8. Elisha B., Feb. 18, 1840, d. Mar. 7, 1846. 4. Mary B., Aug.
17, 1842, d. Mar. 15, 1846.
106. Benj. F., s. Benj. 52, m. wid. Sarah S. Leach, formerly a
Drew, who was b. Sep. 26, 1806. He resides in Mattapoisett, is
Ass't. P. M. ; J. P. ; Not. Pub. ; and a gentleman of general In
teUigence, and much repected by the community in which helves.
ch. : 1. Benjamin, Dec. 11, 1834, d. Aug. 12, 1836. 2. B mj.,
Jan. 24, 1827. Killed instantly, by a falling spar, on board
schooner Lamartlne, lying at the port of M., July 8, 1850. He
was a bright and promising youth, and his loss was a severe blow
to his parents. 3. Elisabeth S., Sep. 27, 1839. 4. Sophia, May
28, 1842. 5. Edwin, and 6. Frank, Sep. 20, 1845, d. the same
day. 7. Edwin FrankUn, Oct. 7, 1846.
106. Nathan H., s. Benj. 52, m. Mary Dexter, Hves In Matt't.,
and Is a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Helen, Ap. 29, 1831. ,2.
Caroline, Nov. 12, 1832. 3. Elizab. P., Dec 10, 1883. 4. Mary
T., Nov. 13, 1835, d. July 9, 1838. 5. Mary T., Dec 8, 1888.
6. Nathan H., July 6, 1842, d. Sep. 10,1843.
107. Henry, s. Benj. 52, m. Mary Southworth, and Hves in
Matt't. ch. ; 1. Sarah, Aug. 1, 1842. 2. Henry, Oct. 16, 1847.
108. Edwin, s. Ellas 53, Is a shipwright by trade ; m. Harriet

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Albro, Sep. 28, 1828, and lives in Prov., R. I. ch. : 1. Harriet
E., Aug. 15, 1829. 2. Abby F., July 4, 1833. 3. AmeHa A.,
July 8, 1838. 4. Edwin, Sep. 1, 1846.
109. Elias, s. EHas 58, Is a taUor by trade, and lives In Prov.,
R. I. ; m. 1, Margaret Downing, of Green Co., Ga., Nov. 15,
1826, who d. In Prov., Jan. 6, 1881, leaving a da., Mary J., b.
.Aug. 22, 1827, who resides m Lex'n., K'y. The fa. m. 2, Abby
P. Tompkins, July 28, 1886, by whom he has no ch.
110. Thos., s. EHas 53, is a grocer, in Prov., R. I. ; m. Abby
G. Albro, Jan. 27, 1883, and has 1. Benj. T., Nov. 28, 1883, and
2. Wm. U., June 12, 1842.
111. Wm., s. EHas 68, Is a merchant, in Prov., — dealer in
carpets, &c. ; m. Julia G. Hodges, July 18, 1889, and has
Martha P., Oct. 1, 1841.
112. Hon. Amos C, s. Nath'l. 55, the present gentlemanly
and inteUigent Mayof of Prov., R. I., is of the firm of A. C. Bar
stow & Co., ,and is extensively engaged In the iron business. He
has been for several years a memb. of the Assemb. of R. I. ; is a
man of correct moral habits, repected by the community, a friend
of temperance, Hberal In his disposition, and successful In busi
ness. He m. Emeline M., da. Jas. and Sally Fames, May 28,
1884, (who was b. Feb. 20, 1813,) and has 1, Sarah S., June
3, 1839. 2. EmeHne E., Nov. 13, 1840. 8. Mary L., Dec. 18,
1842. 4. Martha M., Aug. 31, 1844. 5. Anne J., Jan. 1,
1846. 6. Amos C, Nov. 2,1848. 7. George E., Nov. 19,1849.
113. Ephriam R., s. Nath'l. 55, lives in Prov., R. L, and is
engaged in the Iron trade. He m. Joanna Eames, June 10, 1847,
and has Laura E., Jan. 4, 1851.
114. Rev. Ezekiel IL, s. Ezekiel 65, grad. Dart. CoU., 1839,
and was five yrs. Princ'l. of the Lawrence Acad., In Groton, Mass.,
during which time he studied Theol., and was sett, as an Orth'x.
Cong. Min., at Walpole, N. H., in 1845, which place he left in
1851, and is now teacher of a Classical School, in Newton, Mass.
He m. Eunice G., da. Rufus Clarke, Esq., of Bratt'o., Vt., in
Aug., 1842, and has 1, Frances J,, June 19, 1843, d. June 17,
1844. 2. Henry T., Mar. 10, d. Nov. 18, 1846. 3. Henry
0., Nov. 15, 1847, d. Aug. 9, 1852. 4. Mary C.., Sep. 18,
1849. 5. SaUie C, Sep. 2, 1851. , ^

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^ BASS, Rev. Benjamin, First
J^ ^..-r)^ ot-^ftt-^yTUfJ^ ^y^ Pastor of the First Church, in
C/ H., was s, of Joseph and Mary
Bass, of Braintree, and a desc't. of Sam'l. Bass, of Rox'y., 1680.
He was b, Dec, 19, 1694, grad. H. C, 1715, m. Mary, da. Rev.
Jas, Gardner, of Mfd,, was sett, in H, in 1728, and d. May 28,
1756, and his wid, Feb. 25, 1772. See the chap, on Eccl, Hlsi.
ch, : 1, Mary, Oct, 30, 1730, d. Mar, 21, 1802. 2. Elizabeth,
Mar, 18, 1788-4, m, Edmund Sylvester, Jan. 30,1752. 3.
Benj.. June 6,1741.

RESIDENCE OF MR. ELISHA BASS.

2, Benj,, s. Rev, Benj., m. 1, Mercy Tolman, Oct. 28, 1765,
who d, Ap, 4, 1792 ; and 2, Mary Eells, Mar, 8, 1798, who d,
Jan. 8, 1808, and he Mar. 17, 1821, He was Dea, of the Church
for many years ; Rep, in 1788, '95, '96-8, 1800, '01, '05, and '06 ;
Town Clerk, from 1798—1807 ; and Selectman, from 1783—5.
Lived first on Hanover st., in his father's house, where his ch. were
born, and then on Broadway, where his son Ellshanow resides, ch. :
1, Mercy, Sep, 14, 1766, m, Heman Holmes, of KIgs'n,, Ap. 29,,
1792, and d. Juno 9, 1794, Her son George, Is proprietor of an
extensive Furnace, in Prov., R. I. 2. Benj., June 26, 1768.
3. Cmderella, Dec. 30, 1770, d. Feb. 28, 1851. 4. Huldah,

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May 16, 1773, m, Robt. Eells, Nov. 29, 1800. 6. Alden, Jan.
30, 1766, m. Rhoda Tyler, Hved in Camden, Me,, had ch., andd.
Oct, 6, 1851. 6. Sarah, Dec. 14, 1778, m. Joseph Eells, Nov. 16,
1802, 7. Elisha, July 23, 1781. Lives on his father's place.
Not m. 8. Mary G,, Aug, 18, 1784. Lives with Elisha,
3, Benj,, s, Benj. 2, m, Luclnda Sylvester, Dec, 4, 1794, and
d. June 6, 1825, and his wid. May 10, 1840. Resided In his
grandfather's house, on Broadway, the latter part of his life.
ch, : 1. Benj., Oct, 8, 1796, d. at Brook'n., N. Y. 2, Mercy
T., Mar. 29, 1797, m. Thos, Wright, Scit., Oct, 14, 1818 3,
Michael, Mar. 21, 1799, d. at sea, 4. John, Nov. 15, 1800.
Lives with Robt. Sylvester. 5. Christopher S., Dec. 15, 1802.
Lives in S. Wey'h., m. Sophia Curtis, and has Sarah J., m. John
Blanchard, of Randolph ; Lucinda S. ; Joseph H. ; and George
W. 6. Bardin, Nov. 23, 1804. 7. Michal, Nov. 23, 1804,
m. Geo'. LoveU, of Ab"n. 8. Ruth T., Feb. 12, 1807, m. Melza;r
Hatch, Mar. 25, 1828. 10. Robert S., Aug. 1808; Hves In
E. Ab'n., is a blacksmith, m. Lydia Loud, and has Elisha, Alden,
John Q., Webster, Jjudnda, and Robert.

BATES FAMILY.
Arms : Sa. on a fesse ar. betw. 8 dexter
hands couped bendways or., 5 mullets
of the field.

BATES, or BATE, Clement, of Hertfordshire, Eng'd. ? a tailor,
ae. 40, and Ann, his wife, of the same age, with their ch., James,
ae, 14 ; Clement, ae. 12 ; Rachel, ae. 8 ; Joseph, ae, 5 ; and
Benj., ae. 2; embarked at London, in the Elizabeth, WUHam
Stagg, Master, for N. Eng,, Ap. 6, 1686, and sett, in H'm., Mass.
In the same year, the father had land granted him. In Broad Cove
meadows, and a house lot on the S. side of Town, now South st.

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In 1687, he, with Nicholas Jacobs and others, had each lots of
2 acres granted them. He d. in H'm,, Sep, 17, 1671, and his son
Joseph, by w, Hester, was fa, of Joseph, who sett, ui that part of
Scit, now Hanover, ab. 1695, and was the ancestor of most of the
families of Bates in H,, and its vicinity.
2. Joseph, s. Joseph, and gr. s. Clement, of H'm., was in Scit.,
in 1695, but the name of his wife we have not learned. He prob.
lived In that part of Scit. now Hanover, and on Centre st,, near
where Joshua Mann resides. He d. ui H,, July 9, 1740, and his
wid, Aug, 15, 1742, being very aged, ch, : 1, Ruth, Ap, 9, 1695,
m, Dea, Joseph Josselynn, Dec, 19, 1726, 2. Joseph, Jan. 25,
1697. 8. Mercy, Feb. 28, 1699. 4. Mary, Mar. 13, 1701. 5.
Solomon, Dec. 26, 1702. 6. Amos, Nov. 25, 1705. 7. Clement,
Dec. 27, 1707. 8. Rachel, Feb. 22, 1710, m. Stephen Torrey,
Aug. 16, 1736.
8, Joseph, s Joseph 2, m, Mary Bowker, who d, a wid,, July
80, 1759. Mr. B. prob. Hved near his fa,, and In the house after
wards occupied by his son Joseph, on Centre st,, beyond Joshua
Mann's, where part of his old orchard Is standing, ch. : 1. Sarah,
Dec, 27, 1730, m, Jacob Sylvester, Nov. 5, 1753. 2. Lucy, Oct.
14, 1732, m. Jeremiah Stetson, Jan. 3,1753. 3. Joseph, July 7,
1734. 4. Ruth, Mar. 11, 1736, d. unm., Dec. 16, 1830. 5.
Lemuel, July, 1788. 6. Benj., June 9, 1740. 7. Mercy, 1742 ?
m, Joseph RamsdeU, Jan, 1, 1767.
4, Solomon, s. Joseph 2, m. Deborah Whiting, of H'm,, May 1,
1730, and prob. d. Mar. 28, 1787. Lived on Broadway, and
built the house afterwards occupied by his son Solomon. Of this
house, which Is a curiosity in its way, we find the following de
scription in the Gospel Banner, of Me., from the pen of Rev. Geo.
Bates, a descendant; — " It was substantially built, mostly of oak
timber, and evidently by a ship carpenter. The walls were con
structed of plank, grooved together, and treenailed to the sUls and
plates. The posts were all kneed, in the same manner that ships
are kneed," ch, 1, Deborah, bap, Oct, 10, 1781, prob, d. Mar.
29,1786. 2. Jerusha, Sep. 1784, m, Leonard HIU, of Pemb,,
Jan, 19, 1764, 3, Solomon, June 29, 1741. 4. Anne, 1745,
d, July 25, 1799.

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5. Amos, s. Joseph 2, m. Jemlmah Caswell, Oct. 31, 1735,
who was recom. to the Church, in Rochester, Mass., and moved
there over a hundred years ago, being among the early set
tlers of that town. His ch. b. in H,, were, 1, Amos, July
31, 1736, and 2, Jonathan, b, ab, 1741. After his re
moval to R,, the fa. had 8. Elijah; 4, Sylvester; 5, Moses ; 6,
David ; and perhaps some daughters, whose names we have not
learned. 6. Clement, s. Joseph 2, m. Agatha Merritt, June 15, 1730,
who d. Dec. 25, 1786, and he Mar. 14, 1788. ch. : 1. Clement,
Nov, 17, 1730, d. June 11, 1753. 2. James, Nov. 10, 1732,
went to N, Bedford, it Is said, m,, had ch,, and d, there, 8, Seth,
Aug,, 1735. 4. Thos,, bap, Jan, 17, d. Jan. 21, 1788. 5.
Thos., bap. Ap., 1740. 6. Joshua, bap. Nov. 7, 1742, and it is
said, d. at Rochester, Mass. 7. Gamaliel, Jan. 31, 1746. 8.
Paul, bap. Oct. 4, 1747, d, Jan. 12, 1749. 9. Nabby, bap. Ap.
29, 1760, m, Jno, Chapman, and d. soon after, 10, Betsey, bap.
May 12, 1751, d. Jan. 22, 1758, 11. Betsey, bap. Ap, 29
1753, d. Dec. 12, 1788. 12. Clement, bap, Sep. 21, 1765,
7. Joseph, s, Joseph 3, m, 1, Phebe Bowker, Oct, 28, 1762,
who d. Dec, 2, 1772; and 2, wid, Tamsen Bowker, Dec, 23,
1778, who d. Feb. 7, 1791, and he Dec. 7, 1816. No ch. He
lived on Centre st,. In his father's house,
8, Lemuel, s, Joseph 3, m, Mercy WithereU, Oct, 16, 1766,
who d. a wid. in Feb. 1825. It is said that he d. In Me,,
and that his descendants reside there, ch. : 1. Mercy, 1776,
d. Dec. 26, 1848, In H. 2, Lemuel, went to Me,, was m.,
and It is said, came to his death by the fall of a pUe of wood
upon him, in his barn. 3. An Inf. son, d. Dec. 26, 1775.
4. Another ch., d. Dec. 3, 1776. Was there also another son,
Joseph, who m. an Estes, ?
9, Benj,, s, Joseph 3, m, Elizab, Crooker, of Pemb,, Nov, 29
1759, who d, Ap. 19, 1793. It Is said, that he d. In Me. ch. :
1. Jabez R., bap. Nov. 16, 1760, m. EHzab, Barker, Ap, 11,
1785, and went to Me. 2. Benj,, bap, Nov, 1, 1762, 3, Joseph,
bap. May, 19, 17o5, d. Mar, 17, 1766, 4. Molly, bap, Aug, 16,
1767, m. Abner Magoun, of Pemb., Dec. 16, 1796. 5. Betty,

248 - BATES.
bap, Aug. 6, 1770, m, Asa Pool, of S. Ab'n, 6. Lucy, bap.
July 3, 1774, m. Thos. Bates. 7. Sarah, bap. Aug. 17, 1777,
d. Nov, 3, 1802,
10, Solomon, s, Solomon 4, m, Aquilla, da. John Bates, of
Scit., Nov. 20, 1769, Hved first In his father's house, on Broa,d-
way, and thence moved to Me., in 1787, with all his ch. He was
a shipwright by trade, and followed that business for several years
after he went to Me., and buUt several vessels on the Kennebec.
He owned, alsD, a farm in Grreene, Me. ; was ever regarded as an
honest man, and a good citizen, and was " a stern and inflexible
republican." He d. in Fayette, ab. 1815, ae. 77. ch. : 1. Douty,
bap. Jan. 20, 1766, an iron smith by trade ; was out with his fa.
in the Revolution, and his wid. drew a pension ; m, Polly Perry,
and had Charles, Polly, Wm., Jane, and Hiddah ; all unm, but
Chas., who has 4 or 6 ch. They live In Leeds, Me. The fa. d.
Jan. 1, 1886, and was a man of exceUent character. 2. Levi,
bap'. Mar. 30, 1766, m. Lydia Sylvester, Dec. 30, 1784, had
Harvey, Levi, Ezekiel, Betsey, and Lydia, all m., and live in
Leeds. The fa. was a ship carpenter, and d. 1825. 3. Solomon
W., Aug. 27, 1765, bap. Mar. 30, 1766. (See No. 21.) 4.
Abigail, m. Joseph Dunham, of Me. 5. Samuel, bap. Oct. 22,
1769, m. 1, Hannah Stetson, Mar. 27, 1791, and 2, Sarah Dag-
get ; sett. In St. Albans, was a farmer, and had John, Seth, Simeon,
and Florentine, and perhaps others. He d. ab. 1849. 6. Lu
cinda, m. 1, Prince Waterman, Feb. 8, 1791, and 2, Jabez
Merritt, and Is livmg. 7. Lydia, m. Abel CrOoker. 8. John,
bap. Oct. 9, 1774, m. Deborah Stetson, was a farmer, in Greene ;
had Wheaton, Jason, Sibyl,, Sabrina, arid perhaps others ; and
d. ab. 1832. 9. Caleb, m. Betsey Herrick, was a farmer. In
Greene ; had Thos. H, Betsey, Amy, Sally, Caleb S., and Henry
H. ; who are all m. The fa. was one of the best of men, and d.
in G., ab. 1846. 10. Alexander, m. a Robinson. 11. SaUy,
lap. Nov. 5, 1786. 12. Sylvia, m. Artemas Cushman. 13.
Reuben, bap. Nov. 16, 1788, m. Susan Sprague, is a mUler by
occupation, and has one da., Isabel.
11. Jonathan, s. Amos 6, m. Ruth Stetson, Feb. 11, 1771, and
lived and d. in Rochester, Mass. ch. : b. in R. I., 1. Nath'l.

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Hving In R., ae. ab. 75. 2. Stetson, d. young. 3, Ruth, m, Bar
nabas MendeU, of R, 4, Rebecca, m, John HaU, of R. 5. Emily,
m. John Bennett. 6. Julia A. 7. Jonathan, d. young.
12. Elijah, s. Amos 5, m, a Briggs, and Hved and d, in Roches
ter, ch. : 1. Nathan, of New Bedford. 2. Roland, of Rochester.
3. Lydia. 4. Ephraim, of Rochester.
13. Sylvester, Si Amos 6, m. 1, a Landers, and 2. Sarah Searsj
and lived and d. in Rochester, ch, : 1, Jemima, m. Wm.
Handy, and moved to Me. (By 2d.) 2. Sylvester. 8 Luclnda,
d. unm. 4. Paddock. 5. Polly, m. Owen Hines, of R.
14. Moses, s. Amos 5, m. Susan MendeU, and lived-and d. in
Rochester, ch. : 1. Lucy, m. Alden Wing. 2. Moses, d unm.
3. SaUy, m. PhUipWmg. 4. Noble E., 1791, m. Sarah Allen,
in 1816, and lives in the new town of Marlon. Has SusannM^
Sep. 13, 1818, m. James Clark, and d. in 1849. Charles T,
1817, d. 1820. Charles T, 1820, d. 1821,'and George S., Oct.
22, 1821, m. Sarah. N. Blankenship, lives in Marion, and haa
Marietta C, James H., d. and Sarah N.
15. David, s. Amos 5, m., and had 1. Jared. 2. David,, m.
Hannah Harrington, lived in Me., and d. ab. 1812, having had
David, and Salome. 3. Betsey, m. a Carr, of Westport, and d.
16. CoL Seth, s. Clement 6, m. Anne Neal, Dee. 21, 1757,
who d. Dec. 12, 1810, and he. In Boston, Ap. 9, 1820. He was
an officer in the Revolutionary War, and had the reputation of
being brave and efficient. He buUt the house on Centre st,, lately
occupied by Enos Bates, ch, : 1. Seth. 2, Joseph N. 3.^ Paul.
4, Joshua. 5. Anna, m. Sam'l. B. Perry, Feb. 2, 1786'. 6.
Rebecca, Nov. 26, 1765, m. Cornelius White, Dec. 80, 1801.
7. Amos, Aug., 1769 ? 8, Michal, bap. and d. June 11, 1774,
9, Enosi b. 1772 ? 10; Ward, bap. Oct. 15, 1775. 11, EH.,
bap. June 29, 1777, d. Jan, 12. 1778. 12. Michal, May 3,
1780, m, Capt, Thos. Stetson, Ap, 21, 1884, and d. IS, CeUa,
Ap. 15, 1783, m. Dryden Judd, from N. Y'k. State, Ap. 27,
1807. He d. in 1851, and she is yet Hvmg. 14. James, hap.
July 14, 1786, d. Oct. 26, 1792.
17. Thos., s. Clement 6, m. Hannah Torrey, Jan; 29, 1T67',
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and d, Oct. 22, 1768, and his wid. m, Caleb Rogers, jr., Dec, 26,
1779, ch. : Thos, bap, June 3, 1770, prob, b, 1768,
/? / /P ,f% y<r- s- Clement 6, m, Mary
^a^y^'^i^^'^ '^J^yO^^ Carver, of Pembroke,
¦ ^ September 5, 1771,
and d, Jan, 9, 1823, and his wid. June, 1836. Lived on
Cross St., where his da. Lydia, lately resided, near Broad
way, and was a mason by trade, ch, : 1, Lydia, Feb, 4,
1772, Living In H, Not m. 2. Gamaliel, Mar, 22, 1774.
3. Mary P., Jan. 19, 1776, d. unm. 4. Calvin, Oct, 29, 1777.
5, Hannah, Dec, 10, 1779, m, Levi Fish, Feb. 8, 1808, and
Is d, 6, James, Oct. 8, 1781, 7, John B,, Aug, 20, 1783,
m. the wid. of Jacob Taylor, and had one ch,, who d,, and he
d. Mar, 7, 1831, In Plym'h. He was a master mason, and a man
of note in P., and erected the court-house, and other public build
ings. 8. Rebecca, Aug. 3, 1785, d. Oct. 11, 1786. 9. Deborah,
Sep. 12, 1787, d. Mar. 22, 1788. 10. Deborah, Jan. 5, 1789,
m. Jacob Capron, of Att'o., Jan. 1, 1809. 11. Reuben, Oct. 5,
1790, d. Jan. 31, 1829. A mason by trade. 12. Betsey, Aug.
6, 1792, d. Nov. 21, 1825. A school teacher for many years,
and a woman of great inteUigence. 13. Rufus, Mar. 16, 1794.
14. Ezekiel, Nov. 5, 1795. 15. AbigaU, Sep. 10, d. Oct.
29, 1797. Capt, Clem-
19. ^^fS^^..'^^-*'^^^^^^^^ e^m-R^bet
ca Stetson, Dec, 26, 1785, who d. Sep, 29, 1813, and he Nov, 30,
1889, Lived on Cross st,, where Hiram Studley now resides.
He was a soldier In the Rev'n,, and was at Dorchester heights, and
elsewhere. See the chap, on the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Thos, M,, Jan,
1787, 2, Clement. 8, Hira, 4, Joshua. 5. Lucy, m. Benj.
Stetson, Sep, 10, 1820, 6, Nabby, m, Thos. Damon, Dec. 25,
1827, and d. in 1852. 7, PrisciUa, m, Chas, Leach.
20. Benj,, s. Benj, 9, m, Martha Stetson, Mar, 8, 1786, who
d, Feb. 26, 1848, He stiU survives, and Is ^revolutionary pen^
iloner, having served in R. I. ch, : 1. AbigaU, m. David Her-

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sey, ciAb'n. 2. Betsey, m. Wm. Bates, Mar. 4, 1812, and is
Hving a wid.. In So. Scit. 3. Lydia, m. Wm. Stoddard, of H'm.,
in June 1813, 4. Sally, d. unm. 5. Horatio. 6. Benj., m.
Hannah Munroe, of Norton, and d. leaving ch,, Harriet, Amanda,
George, and another, 7, OUver, d, unm, 8, John, is m. and
Hves In Roxbury.
21. Solomon W,, s. Solomon 10, m, Mary Macomber, of Taun
ton, Mass., and is yet living. In Norridgewock, Me,, ae, 88. He
was a ship carpenter In early Hfe, but after his removal to Me,,
d%voted his time principaUy to farming and trading, and kept also
a pubHc house iu Fayette, He was J, P,, for ab, 30 yr's ; Town
Clerk of Fayette for 21 years ; Rep. to the Gen'l. Court of Mass.
for 10 years ; and In the Senate 2 years, ch. : 1. James, Sep.
24, 1789. 2. Harriet, Ap. 10, 1791, m. John Hubbard, and d.
in July 1828. 8, John, Mar, 4, 1794, d, unm, 4. Linda, June
2, 1796, m. Francis T, Haines, 6, George, Feb. 12, 1798. 6.
SUas, Feb. 12, 1798, a lawyer by profession ; d. in Havanna, In
Nov. 1821. Not m. 7. Mary, Mar. 2, 1800, m. John Starbird.
8. Nircan, Nov. 27, 1801, is a physican, in Machias, Me., m.
Charlotte Dennett, and has 2 or 8 ch. 9. Sophia, Dec. 8, 1808,
m. Asa Clark. 10. Soloman W., Aug. 2, 1806, a merchant, in
Garduier, Me. : m. 1, Mary A. NeU, and 2, Elizab. Dennis, and
has 5 ch. 11. Horatio, Sep. 22, 1807, is m., Hves in N. York,
and has 3 sons.
22. Sylvester, s. Sylvester 13, m. Melintha Clark, and lived in
Rochester, where he d. ch, : 1. Albert, d. unm. 2. Sarah L.,
m. Stephen Luce, and Hves in N. Y'k. 3. Charles, d. unm. 4.
Thos. C, m. Rhoda Briggs, and Hved and d. in Sipplcan, leaving
ch., Charles H, ^tx^l Elenor C. 5. Polly, d. young. 6. Meletlah,
d. young. 7. James, d. unm. 8. Orlando, m. Lucy MendeU,
and Hves in Princetown, Mass. No ch.
23. Paddock, s. Sylvester 18, m. Nancy Sturtevant, and lives
in Marlon, Mass. ch. : 1. John S,, m, Hannah Hammett, lives
near his fa,, and has Hannah, Nancy, Sawmel,' Ahby , and Roberta.
2, Mary, m, Edwin Blankenship, He is d, 3, Thankful, m, Jo
seph S, Luce. She Is d.
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where he d. ch. : 1. Jared, m. 1, Mary Clark, and ^ wid.
Jemima EUIs, lives In Marion, is a shipwright, and has Jaredj
Prince H, and Salome E. 2. Warren. 3. Eunice, d. 4. Ada-
line, d. 6. Betsey. 6. David. 7. WestouA., d. 8. Thos., d.
9, " John, d. Others d. young.
24. Seth, s. Col. Seth 16, m. Irene Delano, of Dux'y., and
lived in D. ch. : 1, Amasa D., Ap. 18, 1792, A shipmaster ; d.
in Halifax, N. S., ab. 1814. 2. Betsey, Oct. 31, 1794-, m. a
Patten, of Boston. 8, Nancy D,, Feb. 9, 1798, m. Sam'l, Soule,
of Dux'y. 4. Seth, Mar. 26, 1801, m, a Black, and lives. ^In
Boston. 5. Hannah C, Oct. 19, 1803, m. a Harwood, of Bath,
Maine. 25. Joseph N., s. Col. Seth 16, m. Eunice Oldham, who d-
Nov. 24, and he in May, 1828. He was a soldier in the Rev'n.,
and though young, did good service to his country, ch. : 1. Thos.
0., July, 1786. 2. Joseph N,, July, 1796, m. Ann Ramsford*
is a shipwright, and lives In E. Bos'n. 3. Jane, May, 1797, d.
unm. 4, Eunice 0,, May, 1797, m. Thos. Winslow, jr., Dec,
1820, and d. 5. James, Jan,, 1800, m, Mary Reed, of Tyngsboro„
and d, in Ap,, 1850, and his wid, lives in Wey'h, His ch.
were James, George, Franklin, Jackson, and Lewis.
' KoTE, — Three ch, d. young in this family.
26. Paul,s. Col. Seth 16, m. Freelove WithereU, Ap. 8, 1795,
and d. Feb. 2, 1826, and his wid. ab. 1837. Lived W. of Winter
St., in a house standing back from the road. ch. : 1. Paul, Jan,
22, 1797, m. Temperance C. Tubbs, Mar. 18, 1826, and d. July
23, 1832, leaving ch., Sophia M, Dec. 14, 1825 ; Eliza P.,
Dec. 16, 1830 ; and Maria A. H, Aug. 27, 1829, d. May 20,
1845. 2. MarshaU, Dec. 80, 1798, m. Huldah HaU, of Mfd.,
and has Wm. M., Jan. 18, 1836 ; Reuben S., Dec. 3 ; 1837, and
perhaps others. Lives In Mfd. 8. Henry, Oct. 22, 1808, m.
Harriet W. Munroe, of Scit., May 5, 1836, is a tanner by trade,
and lives in the old Nath'l Clark house. Has Henry A., Oct. 5,
1843 ; Adrian W., July 20, 1845 ; Mary S., Aug. 21, 1847 ;
and Catherine F., Oct. 16, 1849, d. Sep. 6, 1850. 5. Judson,
Dec. 22, 1806, m. Lydia P. Curtis, Aug. 11, 1830, is a black-

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smith by trade ; Hves on Centre st. ; and has Judsdh C, June 29,
1831 ; Paul, Mar. 22, 1834 ; Lydia P., July 12, 1836, d. Oet.
16, 1837 ; George F., July 9, d. Aug. 29, 183'8 ; Lydia F.,
Dec, 28, 1839; and Dima A., Juiie 28, 1843. 6. Walter,
June 24, 1810. A stone-cutter by trade. Not. m.
27. Joshua, s. Col. Seth 16, m, Bethia, da. Joseph Ames, of
Bridg'r., m 1796, and d. in B., in 1839. In early Hfe he went to
Canada, and set up a large furnace, which he conducted with good
success for many years. Subsequently he returned to Mass., and
purchased a farm in Bridg'r,, which is improved by his descen
dants, and which he occupied until the date of his decease, ch. :
1. Joshua C, 1797. A merchant. In Boston. Not m. 2. Ze
phaniah, 1803, d. unm. 3. George W., 1805, m. Hannah, da.
Andrew Tucker, of Mid'o., in 1836, lives in Bridg'r., and has
Andrew, Ellen, and Sarah. 4. Samuel W., 1808, m. Helen,
da. Zenas CrOoker, Hvfes in Bridg'r., and has Helen R., Joshua,
ijorinna, Marcia P., and Elisabeth A. 5. Bethia W., 1813, m.
Asa P. Keith of Bridg'r.
28. Amos, s. Col. Seth 16, m. 1, Sibyl Robbins, Nov. 25, 1802,
who d. Mar. 27, 1816, and 2, Ruth Jenkins, Nov. 1, 1818, and
buUt and occupied the house now occupied by B. B. HaU, on
Centre-st. He d. May 8, 1833, and his wid., who survives, lives
in the old Baldwin house, ch. : 1. Amos, Dec. 1, 1803, m. Deb
orah Hersey, Hves in H'm. 2. Mary R., Jiily 13, 1806, m.
Nath'l. F.' ChamberHn, June 11, 1837. 3. Phebe, June 14,
1809, m. N. F. Chamberim, Nov. 10, 1832, and d. May 23, 1837.
4. Oren, June 14, 1812, m. Mary A. Martin, lives in MUton.
5. John P., June 12, 1814, m. Caroline KimbaU, and Hves In
MUton. (By 2d.) 6. Ruth J., Oct. 17, 1819, m. Reuben Stet
son, Ap. 26, 1846. 7. Sibyl R., Feb. 2, 1821. 8. Fanny, Nov.
16, 1822, m. John H. Carey, of H. 9. Betsey R., May 6, 1825,
m. Benj. F. Studley, of H. 10. Rebecca W., Mar. 15, 1829.
11. CeUa A. M., S% 4, 1831, m. EHsha Thayer, of Baintree,
Ap. 20, 1851.
29. Lt. En(fe, 8. Col. Seth 16, m. Lydia Tildeii, Oct. 5, 1809,
and d. Feb. 10, 1814, and his wid. Feb. 5, 1852. Lived where
his son Enos lately raided, ch. : 1. Enos, Mar. 10, 1810. Not

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m. 2. LydIa, Dec. 26, 1812, m. Albert White, Esq., May
1, 1836.
30, Ward, s. Col. Seth 16, m. Ruth Stetson, in 1819, and Hves
on Centre st. He is a gunsmith by trade, and served as an arti
ficer in the war of 1812, In the Co, of Capt. Alexander Parris.
ch. : 1. Seth W., July 5, 1822, d, Jan, 7, 1848, 2. Adaline W,,
July 28, 1824, m. Geo. B. Perry, in May 1846, and d, m
Aug, 1862,
31, Thos., son Thos, 17, m. 1, Lucy Bates, in Nov. 1792, and
2., Mary Ramsdell, and d. Mar, 13, 1817. Lived on Broadway,
where Joshua Bates now resides. Old house gone. ch. : 1. Na
than, prob. d. at sea. 2, Jeremiah, d. on the Gurnet, Mar. 3,
1813. Four eh. by this w, d young, (By 2d,) 3, Mary, Ap, 1,
d. Oct. 25, 1807. 4. Lucy, Jan, 27, 1809, m, Sylvanus Whitmg,
Nov, 20, 1828, 5. Cyrus, Mar, 7, 1811, m. Mary Alden, lives
in S. Ab'n,, is a carpenter, and has Mary B., Cyrus A., Solon,
Ezra T, Julia A., d. ae. 6 mo's., Abby A., Charles 0., and
Susan M. 6. Hannah, Nov. 29, 1814, m. Francis Stoddard, of
Scit. 7. Thos,, Aug, 5, 1816, m. Lucy White, lives in S. Ab'n.,
and is a shoe cutter. No ch.
82. GamaHel, s. GamaHel 18, m. EHzabeth Coffin, of Boston,
and there d. in May 1822, ch, : 1. Charles, m, 1, Eliza Packard,
and 2, Miranda Balkom, and d. In Boston, In 1852, leaving a da.,
Elizabeth A. 2, Caroline, m. a Wyatt, of Medford, and d, 3.
Mary A,, Is m, and Hves in Pawtucket, 4. Eliza, m. a Gillespie, of
Nantucket. Note. — The son, Charles, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Society of Freemasons, and belonged to Mt. Lebanon Lodge, Boston, and
to St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter ; and on the occasion of his decease, both
bodies passed resolutions highly commendatory of his character and abilities.
Those of the former body state, that " for four successive years he presided
over the interests of Mt. Lebanon Lodge, with unusual ability, filling the
chair with great honor to himself, and benefit to the institution ;" and by
Tote, the altar of the Lodge was clothed with mourning for three months.
The resolutions of the latter body, of which he was presiding officer, state
that, " in the death of Bro. Bates, we mourn the !oss of an excellent, honest,
true hearted man and mason : — one who has endeared himself to his
brethren, by the urbanity of his manners, the uprightness of his deportment,
and the benevolence of his heart." The altar of the chapter was also clothed
with mourning ; and we understand that a monument has been erected to
the memorjf of Brother Bates, in the beautiful Cemetery' at Mt. Auburn.
Peace to his ashes !

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33, Calvm, s, Gamaliel 18, m, Elizab. Stetson, Aug. 12, 1801,
who d. Mar, 6, 1842. He lives on Winter st,, Is a man of enter
prise ; part owner of the Forge on King st, ; and has been for
many years engaged in the Iron business ch, : 1, Eliza, Nov.
2, 1801, m, Albert Holbrook, June 28, 1836. 2, OHve, Aug. 10,
1803, m, George BaUey, of H'n., June 20, 1824. 8. Mary C,
May 5, 1805, m. Ozias Perkins, May 21, 1832. 4. Lucinda,
Mar, 1, 1807, m, Marcus Packard, Nov, 28, 1833. 5. Calvin,
July 22, 1810, m. Jane T. Kingman, of N, Bridg'r., and d. there
in 1843, leaving Angeline L., and Abby J. C. 6, Merril, Aug.
21, 1812, m. Joseph Thomas, of H'n,, Feb, 7, 1841. 7. Elmira,
May 24, 1816, m, Wm, P, RusseU, Ap, 2, 1837, 8, Angeline,
Mar. 11, 1819, m. Lewis C, Church, of H, 9. Lydia, 10. '
Ruth. Note. — ^We regret that we are unable to present a view of the residence
of Mr. B., but the inclemency of the weather prevented its being taken with
the others, during the artists stay in town.
34. James, s. Gamal. 18, m. Hannah Walker, of Pemb., May
21, 1807, and Hves in P. ch. : 1. Wm. C, lives In Gardiner,' Me.
2. James H., of Pemb. 8. Lydia, m, Capt, Allen Dawes, of
Dux'y, 4. Emeline, m, Fred'k Eayres, He is d,
86. Ruftis, s, Gamal, 18, m. Huldah, da. Eleazer Keith, of
Bridg'r., and lives In H., on Broadway, in the house buUt by
himself, ab. 1823. An upright and honorable member of Society.
ch. : 1. George M., Ap. 13, 1828, m. Mary A., da- David Rams
deU, May 1852, and Hves- on Broadway. 2. Reuben, Ap. 10,
1830. 3. Wm. C, May 25, 1838.
86. Ezekiel, s. GamaL 18, m. Lois Daggett, of Att'o., Dec 6,
1821 ; Is a carpenter by trade ; and was a master builder and
contractor for many years, in Boston, of the firm of Bates and
Kelsey. He has now retired from business, and resides In Att'o.
A man of enterprise and integrity ; of respectable standing and
highly estemed, ch. : 1. Jesse D., July 31, 1823, m. Mary B,
Fowle, July 9, 1845, and has Lois D., Sep, 1, 1860. 2, John
T., Nov. 25, 183L 3. Mary A, Sep. 3, 1836,
87. Capt. Thos. M,, s. Capt, Clement 19, m. Lydia, da,. Bache
lor Wing, July 12, 1807, and lives at the corner of Winter st,, in

256 BATES.
the house built by himself. In 1841, where the old Wing hotise
stood. He was, for a time, Capt, of the Han. L. Inf Co.; Se^
lectman hi 1840 and '41 ; Collector ; constable, &c. ch. : 1.
George, Jan. 3, 1808, m. Lucy, da. David Warren, of Plym'h,,
Oct, 25, 1882, and lives on Centre st,, near Winter st., and has
George TT,, Mar, 16, 1834, d, ae, 2; mw. .S".,May 8, 1837^
and George W, Aug. 12, 1840. 2. Sylvia, Sep. 4, 1809, m.
Stephen Bailey, Mar. 6, 1834. 3. EHzab. B„ June 21, 1811, m-
Cyrus Josselyn, Oct. 24, 1883. 4. Thos. M., Mar. 13, 1813,
m. Bethia B. Cook, in 1836, had Lorenzo T. ; his w. d., and he
lives with his fa. 5. MeHssa B., Ap. 29, 1816, m. JohnT. Tri-
bou, Oct. 16, 1835. 6. Sylvanus W., Dec. 23, 1818, m. Rebec
ca C, da. Thorndike Felton, of N. Salem, N. H., Hves In part of
his father's house, and has Lysander F.,. Mar. 8, 1848 ; and
Lucius W., Aug. 24, 1849, 7, Hannah B., Ap. 21, 1821.
8. Laura A,, Feb, 21, 1824, d. Ap, 4, 18S0. 9. Mercy T., Dec.
25, 1826, m. Wm. J, VIning, Mar, 5, 1849,
38, Clement, s. Capt. Clement 19, m. 1, Urania Burgess, and
2, Betsey Burgess, and lives in Plymouth, ch. : 1. Ozen. 2.
Ruby, m, Geo, Drew, of P. 8, Hira, 4, Elizabeth, m, Sam'l.
R. Winslow, Mar. 25, 1849,
39, Hira, s. Capt. Clement 19, m, Lucy Josselyn, Feb. 24,
1825, and lives on Broadway, In the house buUt by himself, ab.
1823. ch, : 1, Lucy C, Ap, 24, 1828, m, David W. Brown, of
E, Bridg'r, 2. Hira W., Ap. 16, 1830, 3, Julia A,, Ap. 6,
1882. 4. Ellen A,, July 22, 1834, 6., Edwin J,, Mar, 18, 1887.
40. Joshua, s, Capt. Clement 19, m. Mary S, Palmer, Feb, 3 ,
1830, who' d, Aug, 3, 1849, He lives on Broadway, In the house
fitted up by himself, and first buUt for a Tannery, which business
he followed for a time, ch, : 1, Cordelia, Dec. 6. 1880, m, James
Woodman, 2, Joshua E., Mar, 18, 1833. 3, Albert E., May
11, 1834. 4, Elizab, A,, Mar, 27, 1838, 5, Julian, 1842.
41. Horatio, s. Benj, 20, m, Mary, da, John L. Munroe, and
d. in Norton, Mass., leaving ch. : 1, Mary A., 1812, m. Richard
H, HaU, of Norton, and has 6 ch. 2. Horatio, Feb. 3, 1819, m.
Sarah H. Sweet, in Sep. 1838 ; Hves in N., and has Sarah J.,
Jan,8,1840, and Savillion H, Feb. 23, 1842.

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42. Dr. James, s. Solomon W. 21, m. Polly Jones, of Fayette,
Me., and has 1, Lydia, Is m. 2, Charles A., is m, 3, Emma
C, is m. 4. James M,, a physician by profession. The father
stud. Med. with Dr, Ariel Mann, of HalloweU, and after spending
2 yrs. in the army, as a surgeon, he was in Company with Dr.
M. for 6, yrs. He was Rep. to Cong., In 1831-32, and Is a
gentleman of fine abiUties, and correct deportment.
43. Rev George, s. Solo. W. 21, studied for the ministry under
Rev. Hosea BaUou, of Bos'n, and commenced preaching In 1824.
He was sett. 1st, in Livermore, Me., where he remained until 1830,
and then in Turner, Me., until 1852. He now preaches in Hallo-
well. He m. 1, Hannah Haines, of Livermore, in 1821 ; and 2,
Mrs. Lenora Prince; and has ch. 1. Laverna C, Mar. 17, 1822.
2. SaHna M., Jan. 28, 1824. 3. Clarinda S., Feb. 17, 1826.
4. Harriet C, Jan. 29, 1829. 6. George S., May 21, 1833.
6. Silas E., Mar. 17, 1835. 7. Hannah L,, Mar, 3, 1837,
8, Mary W,, Mar, 18, 1839, 9, Ad'elia P., Feb, 23, 1841.
10. Julia A., June 22, 1843. 11. Solomon W., July 7, 1845.
12. LuceUa J., Dec. 24, 1851. — Three of the das. are teachers
in Georgia.
44. Thos. 0., s. Joseph N. 25, m. Rebecca Bates, Oct. 11,
1809, is a brick-mason by trade, and lives on Silver St., In the
old Simeon Curtis house, ch : 1. Thos. 0., m. Mary, da. An
thony Sylvester, Hves on Broadway, and has Robert 21, Aug. 2,
1848 ; and Silas W., Aug., 1850. 2. Martin S., a machinist by
trade, m. Olive Walker, lives on SUver St., and has had 2 ch.,
one only of whom Is living. 3. Andrew H., Oct. 23, 1813, m.
Abagail N. Cook, May 14, 1844, is a carpenter, lives in Hanson,
and has Gilman, Mar. 20, d. Nov. 11, 1844 ; GUman, Nov.
1846 ; Zilpha A., Oct., 1849 ; and Silas W,, Aug,, 1850, 4.
Silas G., 1818, m. Jane Briggs,and d, Sep, 22, 1848; 5, John
G., m. Christiana Clapp, of Scit., Oct. 2, 1845, lives on Wash'n
St., is a shoemaker, and had John G., July 28, d. Sep. 8, 1849-
6. James C.
45. Joseph S-, s. Comfort, of Pemb,, (and 'a descendant of
Caleb Bates, of Hm,) m, Sarah, da. Col. John B. Barstow,
Oct. 2, 1820, and lives on Broadway, B. of the Four Corners.

268 BBAL — BBNNBR  BINNET — BLANCHARD.
ch: 1. Henry S,, Nov, 1821, 2, Sarah A., Nov, 1828. 3.
John B,, Feb, 17, 1826, Merchant at the Four Corners.
46, James, s, John, of Lynn, and gr, s. of John, m. Ann H.,
da. Joseph Damon, Aug. 16, 1888, and lives on Whiting st.
Shoemaker, ch : 1. Lucy, Oct, 27, 1838, 2, Susan M,, Oct.
24, 1840. 8, James A,, Dec. 12, 1842, d, Sep, 20, 1851. 4.
Joshua S., Nov. 25, 1844, 5, Emma R., Feb, 27, 1847^ 6.
Eliza E., Nov, 20, 1848, 7, Esther, Jan, 4, 1851,
BEAL, Zadoc, of Ab'n., s, Noah, (and prob. a desc't, of John,
a shoemaker, who, with his wife, 6 sons, 3 das,, and 2 serv'ts.
came from H'm., Eng. to H'm, Mass. in 1688.) was b. Feb. 10,
1788, and m, 1, Triphena, da. Homer Whiting, May 22, 1816, who
d, Aug, 21, 1820 ; and 2, Rebecca, da, James Whiting, Nov, 80,
1887, and lives on Whiting st,. In the house buUt by Asa Whiting,
Farmer, He was one of the Selectmen In 1887, ch, : 1, PrisciUa,
Oct, 1, 1817, d. May 6, 1824. 2, an inf, son, d. Aug. 11, 1820.
BENNER, John H., s, Joseph, of Ab'n., m. Hannah S., da,
Eleazer Josselyn, Jan. 1, 1835, and lives on Pleasant st, with his
fa.-in-law, shoemaker, ch. : 1. Henry G., Jan, 1836, 2, Han
nah M,, Oct,, 1889. 3. John 2., Aug. 80, 1842, 4, Joseph W,,
Nov. 28, 1848.
BINNEY, Spencer, of HuU, m. a da. of John Hatch, of Hano
ver, and his da. Ann, m. Rev. Aaron Josselyn, of Dux'y., and
resides In D. His son Spencer, b. Sep. 24, 1828, lives In H., on
Main st., with his fa,-in-law, m, Caroline F., da, Abisha Soule,
and wid, of Martin S, Torrey, Sep., 1849, and has Mercy F,, Ap.
23, 1860, and an inf, b, Ap, 27, 1852,
BLANCHARD, Ebenezer and Christopher C, sons of Eben
ezer, of .'. outh Weymouth., came to H, In 1844, and com
menced the shoe business. In which, and in trading, they are
extensively engaged at their stores on Washington st,, in the North
easterly part of the town. They are both upright, enterprising,
and valuable citizens, and have done much tobuUd up the part of
the town in which they reside.

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BONNEY, Thomas, was of Dux., in 1643, and was the ances
tor of most of that name in Plym'h Co. He was a shoemaker by
trade, was of Sandwich, Eng'd., and came to N. Eng. In 1634, In
the Hercules, John Witherley, master.
1. Josiah, s. Josiah, of Pemb., b. Nov. 30, 1794, a desc't.
of Thos. of Dux'y., m. Mercy W., da. Timothy Rose, Ap. 2,
1820, and Hves on Washingtoa, corner of Union st., In the house
buUt by Mr. Rose. Farmer. Was one of the Selectmen In 1842, 8,
and 4. ch. : 1, Lucy J., Sep. 11, 1820, m, Robert H. Studley,
of H, Oct, 23, 1844, 2, Josiah W., Sep. 17, 1828.
2. AUen F., s. Roland, of Hn., m. Mary R., da. John Estes,
Nov. 1842, and Hves on Circuit st. ch, : 1, Mary E., Nov, 21,
1844, d. young. 2. Virginia A., Sep, 26, 1846, 3, Everett,
b. July, d, Sep, 21, 1849, ae. 8 mos.
3. Hiram B., s. Roland, ofHn., m. Elizabeth B., da. John Es
tes, and Hves on Circuit st. ch. : 1. Elizabeth B., Nov. 27,
1842. 2. Ann M., Feb, 22, 1846, 3, Emma J,, July 8, 1848.
BOWKER, Benjamin H,, s, Richard, of Hn,, is prob, a descend
ant of Richard, who was In H,, In 1729, and resided on the gore,
subsequently annexed to Pemb,, and now part of Hn, ; and Rich
ard was a descendant of James, from Sweden, who was In Scit, In
1680, whose farm was laid out on the east of Bumt plain, (Deane,)
Benjamin H, was b. Sep. 5, 1820, m, Lydia, da, Ephraim Whi
ting, of Ab'n,, July 3, 1848, and Hves on Main st. Shoemaker.
Noch. BRIGGS, Ezra, b. 1724. was s, Joseph, s. Lt. James, s. Wal
ter, who was of Scit, 1651, and purchased a farm of Mr, Hather
ly, on the North side of Farm Neck. The cove within the glades
stIU bears the name of Briggs's harbor. (Deane.) Ezra d. In
H,, Oct, 22, 1804, and his wid, Nov, 26, 1806, He lived back
of where his grandson, Joseph, now resides. East of Washington
st,, and was a soldier in the Revolution, ch, : 1, Ezra, 1758?
2. Enoch, d. unm. 8. Charles, d. unm. 4. Nathaniel, 1764, d.
Dec 31, 1817. 5. Lydia, d. May 14, 1766. 6, Lydia, bap.
Oct. 5, 1777, m, Benj. D, Fillmore, and d, Jan. 12, 1848, 7.
Moses, d, July 27, 1806. 8. Rachel, d. Feb. 21, 1777. 9. Sal
ly, d. May 24, 1800, ae. 33. 10. Joseph, bap. Oct. 5, 1777.

260 BROOKS.
2_ ^ feon of Ezria, married 1,
CM''^^^ ""^yrcO'fr^ C-I/t^^ Margaret, da. WiUiam
^/ ^ Curtis, May 13, 1784,
who d, Aug. 16, 1788. and 2, Lydia Southward, of Dux'y., May
1, 1789, He d. Nov, 2; 1815, and his wid. May 1, 1840, ae, 74.
He was out in the Rev'n. It is said that he lived for a time on Main
St., and that his house stood where stands that of Joseph Brooks,
jr. ch, : 1, Martha, and 2, Rachel, bap, Oct, 22, 1786, both d.
Aug, 13, 1792, 8, Ezra, bap, Sep. 21, 1788, d. Feb. 14, 1790.
(By 2d.) 4. Hannah, Oct. 1789, d. Aug. 13, 1792, 6, Ezra,
May 16, 1791, m, Elizabeth FIcket, Hves In Braintree, Mass,,
and has several ch, 6. Joseph, Dec. 22, 1793. 7. Lydia, Sep.
6, 1795. 8, Hannah, Mar. 5, 1799, m, Dea. Ara Brooks, Feb.
20, 1823, 9, Thomas J,, Aug, 20-, 1801, d. May 6, 1808, 10.
Sarah W,, Sep, 3, 1893, m, Judson VIning, of H,, Ap, 24, 1826.
11, Betsey, Ap. 19, 1805, m. Rev, J, M. Spear, of Boston, June
6, 1831, a distinguished phUanthropIst, and the "Prisoner's Friend,"
12. Martha, Dec. 22, 1806, m. David VIning, of H., May 4,
1828. 13. Thomas J., Sep. 24, 1809, d. Aug. 20, 1818.
3. Joseph, s. Ezra 2, m. Jane Paine, of Newburyport, Ap. 23,
1817. Lived first on Main st. in the house occupied by Henry
Curtis, built by Mr. B. ab. 1820, and now resides on Washington
St., In the house buUt by himself In 1836. Farmer, ch. : 1. Jane,
m. SUas G. Bates. He Is d., and she lives with her father. 2.
Joseph, Ap. 18, 1821, m. Mary T., da. Lemuel Dwelley, Nov. 24,
1842, lives at the comer of Union and Main sts.. In her father's
house, (who Is deceased,) and has Sarah F., Aug. 18, 1843, and
Joseph .A., May 8, 1861. 8. John G., Oct. 11. 1823. 4, Wil
liam S., Feb. 21, 1826. 6. Richard P., Oct. 21, 1828. 6,
Maria A,, July 4, 1881, 7. Margaret H., Sep. 29, 1888. 8,
Charles B,, Jan, 29, 1838. 9. Elbridge B„ June 18, 1840.
BROOKS or BROOKE, Samuel, was s. GUbert, s, Nathaniel,
s, WUHam, ae, 20, who, with his bro. Gilbert, ae. 14, came to N.
Eng, in 1685, in the Blessing, John Liecester, master, Wm.
was In Scit. in 1644, and his farm was South of TIU's, afterwards
DweUey's creOk. Samuel lived on Walnut street, in a house built
there before the present road was laid out, and to which the ac-

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cess was by a cart path through land of Capt, Elisha Barrell, near
his house. By w, Elizabeth, da. Thomas Gray, of Dublin, he had '
1. Betsey, m. Heman Stoddard. 2, Deborah, m. Cooms House,
Ap. 4, 1796. 3. James, and 4. John, went to Me. Mr. B. d.
m H.,May 17, 1829, ae, 87, and his wid. Aug. 27, 1880, ae. 89,
and it is said they Hved together. In the married state, nearly 70
years! bro. of Samuel, m. 1, Lydia,
Stetson, 1769, who d. Aug.
17, 1792; and 2, Sarah, Dun
bar, 1794. He Hved on Curtis, now Main st.. In the house
owned by James Brooks, and buUt by Sam'l, Curtis, and there d,
Dec, 20., 1820, ae. 74, and his wid. ab. 1840, ae., 98, ch, : 1.
Curtis, Dec. 12, 1770. 2. Lydia, Mar. 26, 1773, d. May 80,
1849. 3. Sarah, Dec. 22, 1775, m. Zachariah Damon, of H.,
July 2, 1800, and d, Ap. 4, 1847. 4. Elllnor, May 4, 1778, m.
EeUs Damon, Jan. 1, 1810, and d. Nov. 12, 1846. 5. Joseph,
Jan, 1,1781. 6. Abi, Ap. 10, 1783., m. Albert Church, and
Eves m Bath, Me. 7. Hannah, Nov. 20, 1785, d. Aug, 6, 1792.
Note. — ^Mr. B., when but 5 yrs. old, went to live with Sam'l. Curtis,
and remained with him tmtil his death, and. then occupied, the house nntil his
own death.
3. Curtis, s. Joseph 2, m, Anne Southward, of Dux'.v-, Feb. 10,
1793,, was selectman in 1811 and '12, and d. Aug, 31,1817. His
wid. is still living with, Mr. Samuel Brooks, on Main st.^ In the house
buUt by her husband, and occupied by him until his death, ch : 1.
Samuel, and 2. Thomas, June 7, 1794. 3. Anne, and 4. Ara,
Mar. 17, 1796. Anne,,m.. 1, James Whiting,, Oct. 25, 1817, and
2, Jesse Gray, and d. at Greene, Me., 1847. 5. Hannah, Ap.
7, 1799, m.Jeremiah Belcher, of Randolph, Dec. 22„ 1820. 6i
John, Sep. 3, 1802. 7. Ruth,Dec. 31, 1806. A pair of silver
8l\irjb buttons is preserved In this family, a, present from Rev. John
MeUen,. to Mrs. B., on the birth of her first twins. He did not
repeat the gift on the birth of the second !
4, Joaeph,^s. Joseph 2, m. 1, Mary Tower, of Scit.,, Jan. 16,
1803, who d. Mar. 21, 1847; and 2, wid. Hannah Series, June
10, 1849. Lived iU' Ms faither's .house untU his 2d marriage, and

262 BROOKS..
now In the Charles DonneU house, and is part owner of the shingle
' and box-board mUl, known as Brooks' upper mllL He was Select
man in 1837. ch, : 1. Mary, Feb. 1, 1804. 2, Lydia S., m,
Silas Ripley, of Ab'n,, and d, a wid, Jan, 12, 1847. 8. Lucy,
Nov, 15, 1807, d, Dec, 28, 1825, 4, Deborah, Dec, 17, 1809,
d, Jan 28,1812, 5, SarahD,, Mar, 29, 1812, m, Plam C. Whiting,
Sept. 15, 1831. 6. Joseph, July 2, 1814. 7. James, Mar. 20,
1817, not m. Lives on Main st. Has been Capt. of the Han.
Artil. Co. 8. Betsey, Ap. 18, 1819, m. Lucius Ford of Ab'n.
She Is d. 9. Gilbert, July 18, IC^il, m. Sibyl, da. Abisha Soule,
lives on Main st., In the house built by himself ab. 1846, and has Ed
ward G., Oct. 3, 1842. and Alfred S., Oct. 24, 1846. 10. Charles,
Aug. 31, 1828, m. an Ames, of Ab'n. and went to California,
and after he had left, his w. and only ch. d. (By 2d) 11,
Lydia, Oct, 24, 1850,
5, Samuel, s, Curtis 3, m, Mehitable Larkum, of Beverly, and
lives on Main st,, in the house built by Curtis Brooks, ab, 1794,
ch, : 1, Samuel, Mar, 19, 1819, m. MaryMorey, Hves In Med
ford, and has ch, 2, Mehitable, Feb. 3. 1824. 3. Anne S.,
1829, d. ae. 9 wks. 4. Anne S., Sep. 25, 1830, m. Rufus Crane,
of Braintree, Sep. 24, 1850. 5. Elizabeth, 1835, d. ae. 4 wks.
6. Thomas, s. Curtis 3, m. 1, Mary Curtis, Feb. 28, 1816, and
2, Laura Almy, 1887. Was for ab. 12 yrs. Dea. of the Baptist
Church, and moved to Tremqpt, IU., where his w. d. in 1862. He
is Dea. of the Bap, Church in Tremont, ch. : 1. Thomas, May
26, 1817, d, unm, 2, WilHam, June 27, 1819, m. Julietta Mer-
iam, of IU, and d, leaving no ch, 3, Clarissa, Jan, 24, 1822, m.
Plummer Couch, of 111. 4, Mary A,, Aug. 2, 1826, m, Wm.
P. LazzeU, of IU. 5. Curtis, Dec. 6, 1827, d, young. 6. Char
lotte ? m, Cushing Jones, of IU,
7, Ara, s, Curtis 3, m, Hannah Briggs, Feb, 20, 1823, and
lives in Bowdolnham, Me. He Is Dea, of the Bap, Church in
Richmond, Me, Has Lydia A, ; Elizabeth ; Hannah ; Jane ; Jon
athan K, ; Ara C, ; and Luther S. Lost 2, d, young,
8, Dea, John, s, Curtis 3, m, Emma Mann, Dec, 4, 1828, and
lives on Main st,, in the house built by Levi Mann, ab, 1790, and
which has been occupied by Mr. B. since 1832. He isarespec-

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table and Intelligent farmer, and Is Dea. of the Baptist Church,
ch, : 1. John S,, Oct, 27, 1824, m. Nancy C, Binney, June 28,
1850, and Hves on Main st,, in thehouse built by himself. In 1851,
2. Levi C, Mar. 6, 1827, m. Angeline S. Curtis, lives on Main
St., In the house, with Melzar Hatch, and has Ella, Jan, 9, 1860,
8. Joseph W., Mar, 3, 1829, 4, Emma M,, June 30, 1881, m,
George W, Curtis, of H. 5. Sarah M,, Dec, 12, 1832, 6, Ara,
Ap. 28, 1885. 7. Mary E,, Nov. 15, 1887. 8, Hannah E,,
Feb. 26, 1840, 9, Thomas D., June 28, 1848, 10, Elizabeth,
Nov, 4,1845, 11. George M., d. May 13, 1860, ae. 9 mos,
9, Joseph, s, Joseph 4, m, EmUy T., da. Robert Gardner, of
H'm., and Hves on Main st., in the house built by himself ab. 1846,
on the spot where stood the house of Ezra Briggs. Has been
Town Clerk and Treasurer, since 1846. A shoemaker by trade.
ch. : 1. Emily A., July 7, 1840. 2. Joseph L., Nov. 30, 1841.
3. Mary E., Ap. 16, 1846.
Note. — There was a Taylor Brooks in H., 1750, a shipwright, but left no
ch. on record.
BURGESS, Benj. F., s. Loammi, of Harvard, Mass., b. Jan.
23, 1810, m. MatUda, da. Lemuel Jenkins, of Ab]n., and lives in
H., on Washington st., in the old Belcher Sylvester house. A
shoemaker by trade, ch. : 1. Sarah W., 1844. 2. Emory, 1847,
3. Harriet, Sep. 16, 1851. Has lost sev. ch. aU of whom d.
young. CARY, John H., of E. Bridg'r., s. Francis, Is a descendant of
John, from Somersetshire, Eng'd., who settled In Dux'y. 1689,
and who was an original proprietor of W. Bridg'r., and the first
Town Clerk. John H. m. Fanny, da. Amos Bates, and lives on
Circuit St. ch. ; 1. Ann A., 1842, d, Dec. 18,1849. 2, John
F, 1846, d, Jan, 8, 1860, 8, AdeHa F,, Oct, 26, 1850.
CHADDOCK, Rev. Calvin, Fourth Pastor of the Church in
H., was s. of Capt. Joseph, who d. in H,, June, 1812, ae, 88,
and perhaps a descendant of the Chadwicks, who were early in
Wat, He grad. Dart, CoU,, 1786, m, Melatiah Nye, of Oak
ham, and sett, first in Rochester, and then In H,, In 1806, and d.
in Va., in 1818 ? He was proprietor of an Academy, in Roches-

264 CHAMBBBLIN,
ter, and founder of the Academy In H., and a man highly esteem
ed, and eminently useful. He was Rep. of the town In 1811.
See the chapters on Education, and on Ecclesiastical History, for
further particulars of his Hfe. His wid, is still living in Boston,
with her son Ebenezer N. ch. : 1. Ebenezer N., 1798, m. Han
nah G, Fearing, of Wareham, kept store In H,, for a time at the
Four Corners, and now resides In Boston, his place of business
being at Comey's Wharf, Has Abby .F,, m, J. A, P, Allen, mer
chant, of N, Bedford ; and Sturgis, m. TIrzah, da. Capt. WUHam
Savary, of Wareham, Aug, 1852, and Is In Boston, with his fa.
2. Moses G., 1795, resides in N, Y,, is m. but has no ch. 3.
Roxa, m. Albert Smith, Esq,, now a lawyer in Wash'n. D. C.
4. Mary S,, bap, Aug. 23, 1807, m. Mason CampbeU, Esq.,
Clerk In the Treas, Dep't, Washington, D, C, 5, Dulce, m, Jas.
McFariand, of Va. 6, Nancy, July 10, 1807, m. Thomas Whit-
taker, of Charieston, Va, 7. John S. S,, Oct. 14, 1810. In
California. 8. Sarah S., of Portland, Me.
CHAMBERLIN, Henry, Shoemaker, according to Daniel
Cushing's Record, with his wife, and mother, and 2 ch., came from
Hm,, Eng'd, and sett, in.Hm,, Mass., In 1688, In which year he
vias freeman, arid a grant of 5 ac, of land was made to him " at the
head of Nicholas Jacobs," In 1645, he had a grant of swamp
land, " that is the Towns by the highway to Potkey ? hiU ; " and in
both oases, he is called the Smith. He had a son Henry, and he
a son Nathaniel, who was of Scit,, and received grants of land In
1698, on the east of Dead Swamp, now called ChamberHn Plain.
He also owned land In Duxbury, In 1710, according to Winsor..
His son Freedom, was of Pemb., b, 1697, m. Mary Soule, Ap. 3,
1722, and had Nathaniel, Sep. 24, 1722, and ten others, several
of whom sett. In Bridg'r, where their descendants still reside '
2. Nathaniel, s. Freedom, of Pemb,, m, 1, Sarah Foster, Dec.
17, 1743, who d. 1766 ; and 2, DeHverance, da, Thomas SneU, of
Bridg'r, 1767, and d. In 1814, ae. 91, and his w. the same year,
ae. 86. He was ui H. in 1747, and for a few years after. Most
1 See Mitchell's Bridgewater, Deane's Scituate, and Lincoln's Bi-Centen-
nial Address. My sketch of the family is a little different from Deane's and
Mitchell's, and was obtained from the,i«ftd»9 of Hm., Scit, and Pemb.

CHAMBERLIN. 265
of his ch. sett, in Bridg'r, and their posterity stUl reside there.
But one son sett, in H., viz., Josiah, who was b. Oct. 13, 1764.
3. Joaah, s. Nath'l." 2, was of H., and Hved first in a house
owned by Capt. Rob't L, EeUs, which stood on Wash'n. st., near
Wm. Curtis's, an4 then buUt on Spring st,, where his son Josiah
now resides. He m. 1, Lucy Pratt, Nov. 25, 1784, who d. Mar.
26, 1789 ; and 2, AbigaU Crooker, of Pemb,, Mar. 18, 1790, and
d. Oct. 18, 182&, and his wid. Nov. 7, 1847, ae. 83. (She was
b. Oct. 16, 1764.) ch. : 1. Lucy, Mar. 23, 1785, m. Ezra
PhUHps, of P., Sep. 25, 1814, andd. June 7, 1832. 2. Lydia,
Aug. 21, 1788, d. Sep. 14, 1821. (By 2d.) 8. Ndibby, Aug.
22, 1796, m. Cephas Perry, Oct. 7, 1838. 4. 'Josiah, Nov. 17,
1798. 5. Nathaniel F., Jan. 6, 1802. 6. A twin brother of
the last, d. Feb. 15, 1802.
4. Josiah, s. Josiah 3, m. Sophia Taylor, of Scit., Aug. 26,
1821, aaid Hves oh his father's place A shoemaker by trade.
ch. : 1. Josiah W., Feb. 11, 1822, 2. Nathaniel P., Mar., 1824,
m. Melatiah, da, Sam'l. Stetson, Aug. 20, 1848, and lives on
Washington si,- in part of Joseph Briggs's house,, 3, WUHam H,,
July 19, 1827, Notm. 4. Lucy, Sep., 1834. 6. George, and
6. Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1840.
5. Nathaniel F., s, Josiah 8, m. 1, Phebe Bates, Nov. 10, 1832;
and 2, Mary E. Bates, June 11, 1837, and lives on Centre st., in
the house buUt by Dan'l. Chapman, where stood the house buUt by
Ezekiel Stetson, for his father, Seth. ch. : 1. Nath'l. M., Oct. 20,
1833. 2, John B,, Mar. 18, d. Oct. 4, 1836. (By 2d,) 3.
JohnB., Jan. 23, 1838. 4. AmOs B., Aug. 24, 1839. 6. My
ron T., Oct. 20, 1848. 6. Ida.
6. Josiah W., s. Josiah 4, m, 1, Meluida Coxe, of H'n., Sep, 12,
1841, who d. Dec. 21, 1845; and 2, Sarah T. EweU, of Scit., Nov, ,
30, 1848, and lives on Broadway, in part of the Salmond house.
Shoemaker, ch.: 1. Josiah W., Dec 8, 1843. 2. Mary T,,.
June 21, 1845. (By 2d,) 3. Sarah M., Jan. 6',, 1850. 4, AHce
G., Ap. 16, 1851.
7. Norman, s. of Alpheus, of Mansfield, Ct,^ b. May 19, 1819,
m. Rebecca S., da. Thomas 0. Bates, Oet.. 4,,1841, and Hves on
Hanover st., in what was the Ephriam PalHit,i:.h.an3e, afterwards
17

266 CHANDLER — CHAPMAN.
occupied by Dr. Dwelley. . He is a shoemaker by trade, ch, : 1.
Leander E,, Aug. 24, 1843. 2. Mira A,, Ap, 6, 1847,
Note. — There are several distinct families of Chamberlin's in N. Eng,, de
scendants of different persons who came early to the country. Richard -wis
in Boston in 1642. Thomas was freeman, 1644. Edmund was in Chelms
ford in 1665, and there was a family early in Ct. The name is found in
England as early as 1069, and is on the famous Battle Abbey RoU.
CHANDLER, Henry D., s. Isaac, of Dux'y., b. July 14, 1825,
came to H, in 1849, Hves at the Four Comers, and Is a carriage
trimmer, and harness maker, which business he had previously
carried on in Boston. Not m. See the chapter on Manufac
tures, &c, *
CHAPMAN, Ralph, ae, 20, was of Southwark, Eng'd., and
came to Am,, In the EHzabeth,. of London, Wm. Stagg, mas
ter, in 1635, He was of Dux'y,, in 1640, a ship carpenter by
trade, and afterwards of Mfd. He m. Lydia Wills, Nov. 23,
1642, and d. ab. 1671, leaving sev. ch., of whom Ralph, had a son
John, who was of Hanover. ¦ The name of Chapman is quite com
mon in England.
2. John, s. Ralph, jr., m, Sarah, da. Abraham Booth, June, 1730,
and was first of Newport, R. I., and then of H., where he d. Jan.
3, 1811, at the advanced age of 105 ! He is said to have re
tained, to a remarkable degree, his health and vigor to the last,
and about '* two years previous to his death, be rode on horseback
a distance of nine miles, to visit his great grand daughter, that he
might hold on his knees her two children, his descendants In the
fifth generation. Going Into the yard, he split a log of wood,
mounted without assistance, and returned home.'" He was of the
Society of Friends. But one of his sons has descendants in H.,
viz : John, b. Ap. 6, 1741.
,3. John, S.John 2, m. 1, Ruth Torrey, Mar. 13,1766; 2.
AbigaU Bates, Mar. 22, 1786 ; and 3, Bethia Gardner, of Pemb,,
Dec, 14, 1790, and d, in H. May 20, 1809, and his wid, in Dec,
1841, ae. 88. The only one of his ch, residing In H,, is Daniel, b.
Jan, 27, 1800. The fa. Hved for a time, on a smaU island, In
* Winsor's Dux'y., p. 244.

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George's swamp, off the road, about one mile from Enos Bates', be
tween his house and that of Thos. M. Bates.
4. Daniel, s. John 3, m, Clara Burbank, and Hved first a short
.distance W. of the centre meeting house, where Nath'l. F, Cham
berHn resides, and buUt that house. He now lives on,,Wash-
ington st.) on what was formerly the Joshua Simmons' place,
in the house built by himself, which stands where stood that of
Mr. Simmons, which was torn down by Mr. C. ch, : 1. Clarissa,
May 1, 1823, m, William F, Harris, of So, Scit,, (b. Mar., 1822,
s. Ablel, of Braintree,) and has Wm. F., May 7, 1846 ; Clara
L., May 27, 1848, d, Aug, 18, 1850 ; Charles W., Oct. 4, 1851
d. Aug. 8, 1852. 2. Harriet, Nov. 1, 1824, m. Laban Wilder,
of Sc Scit., July 9, 1844. 3. Ara, Oct, 14, 1827, m. Sally W.,
da. David Damon, had Eugene L., and d. Sep. 1, 1852. 4.
Timothy B., July 18, 1881. 5. Daniel L., Sep. 16, 1834. 6.
Laura A., July 18, 1840-
CHURCH, Richard, b. 1608, s. Joseph, was freeman in Bos
ton, 1630, and Plym'h., 1632, m. Elizabeth, da. Richard Warren,
1686, and was fa. of Col. Benja., the noted hero of the Indian
Wars. In the life of Col. Church, drawn up by his son Thomas,
it Is said that Richard's fa. Joseph, "with two of his brethren,
came early into New England, as refugees from the religious op
pression of the parent state ;" and Deane suggests, that Richard,
who was early in H'm., may have been one of these " brethren,"
and hence uncle to the warrior ; and this Richard had a son
Nathaniel, probably the one who sett, in Scit., In 1666, whos§
farm was on the North River, South of Cornet Stetson's, includ
ing the bald hills, and his house stood near the river, and nearly
opposite to Job's landing. From Nathaniel probably descended
Timothy Church, of H.
2. Timothy s. Nath'l. ? and grandson of Nath'l., of Scit. ? m.
Elizabeth Rose, Sep. 6, 1765, and lived E. of Washington st.,
near where Martin Church resides, and there d.. Mar. 2, 1776, and
his wid. Mar. 24, 1794. ch. : 1. Timothy, bap. May ?9, 1768.
2. Hannah S., b. May 29, 1772, d. Ap. 17, 1795.
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268 CHURCH — CLARK.
Nov. 27, 1796, and Hved E. of Wash'n. st., where his wid. d.,
July 12, 1860, ae. 76. ch. : 1. Timothy, Sep. 20, 1797, drown
ed in N. River, May 2, 1816. 2. WUHam, Dec. 19, 1799. 3.
Samuel S., bap. July 4, 1802. 4. Martin, bap. 1806. 5. Eliza
beth R., bap. Sep. 18, 1808. 6. Lucy, 1809, d. July 4, 1812.
7. Harvey, 1816, d. May 14, 1818. 8. An mf , d, Jan, 22, 1820.
4. WiUiam, s. Timothy 3. m, Lucy B,, da. Robert Sylvester,
July 29, 1821, and Hves on Hanover st., on the place formerly
owned by Rev. Mr, Bass, but in the house built by himself, in
1828, A tanner by trade. Was Selectman in 1849. ch. : 1.
Lucy W,, Nov, 21, 1824, m, Joseph B. Sylvester, Feb. 8, 1847.
2. Wm., Oct. 15, 1827. Lives with his fa., and is unm, 3.
EHza M., Feb. 1885. 4. Hannah, Nov., 1837. Two ch. d.
young. 5. Samuel S., s. Timothy 3, m. Sarah E,, da, Robert Sylvester,
Dec, 14, 1828, who d, Dec, 28, 1850. He Hves on Wash'n. st.,
in the house buUt by himself in 1828, on the spot where stood
formerly the house of Jona. Pratt, which wastom down by Mr. C.
ch. : 1. Samuel H,, Sep. 15, 1830. Works in Curtis's Forge.
2. Timothy. Oct. 3, 1833. 3. Juletta. 4. Sarah. 5. AdeHne.
6. Benjamin, Jan, 25, 1844, 7, Robert. 8, AHce R,, Oct. 6,
1850, d. Mar. 10, 1861.
6. Martin, s, Timothy 3, m, Caroline, da, Edward Stetson, In
May, 1832, and lives on Wash'n, st,, opposite his brother's, in the
house built by himself, where formerly stood that of Othniel
Pratt, ch. : 1. Bradbury, Nov. 26, 1838. 2. Hannah M., J^n,
1, 1844.
7. Lewis C, s, David F., of Mfd,, b. Sep,, 1816, m, Angeline,
da, Calvin Bates, and lives on Winter st,. In the house buUt by
himself. Carpenter, ch, : 1, Lewis A,, Mar. 29, 1839. 2.
AmeHa F., Jan, 25, 1841.
CLARK, Thos., came from Plym'h. to Scit,, in 1674, and his
farm was on the W. of Walnut tree hUl, adjoining that of Cornet
Buck. He m. Martha Curtis, 1676, and had Thomas and others.

CLARK. 269
y  •fi/' ^ , . /I jf 1 \^-> succeeded to his father's
Ci^^-^jyhQA^^, tA^'^ house, and by w. AHce Ro-
gers, whom he m. in 1705, had John, of Hanover, and others ;
and he and his w. moved to Rochester, in 1731. (Deane's Scit.,
237.) 2. John, s. Thos. jr., m. AbigaU Tolman, of Scit., who d. in H.,
a wid,, Aug, 21, 1789, ae. 85. He lived in an ancient house,
two stories high in front, sloping back nearly to the ground, which
stood near the mansion of Mr. Samuel Salmond, on Wash'n. st.,
at the Four Comers. A shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Hannah,
d. in H,, unm,, Ap. 15, 1810, ae 88. 2. Ruth, m. James Blank
enship, of Rochester, 1747. 3, Nath'l,, 1731 ? 4, EUrane, Rana,
orElHnor, d, unm,. May 15, 1809, ae, 77. 5. John, was In the
Rev'n. war, and d. near West Point, as it is said, by over drinking
at a spring on a sultry day. He was m,, and left ch,, who moved
to Rochester, 6, Benjamin, 7. Lydia, m, Joshua Barker, of
Rochester, Aug, 8, 1760. 8. Belcher, of H. 9. Abiga,U, m,
— BoUes, of Rochester? 10. Sage, m. Josiah Mann, jr., Scit.,
Mar. 2, 1769.
3. Nathaniel, s. John 2, Hved on Washington st., where. Henry
Bates resides, and was a ship-carpenter by trade. He m. Alice
Healy, Nov. 17, 1763, and d. in 1814, ae 73, and his wid. Jan.
11, 1818, ae. 76. See the chap, on Ship buUding. ch. : 1.
John, m. a Roberts, and d. in Ply'h., leaving ch, 2. Nathaniel,
a' ship carpenter, Hved first in Plymouth, and then in Rochester,
where he has sons. . 3. Benjamin H. 4. Alice, m. Levi Caswell,
July 17, 1796, who d. in Me. 5. Chloe M., m, Jabez Studley, o,f
H,, Feb. 23, 1800.
4. Belcher, s. John 2, m. 1, Ann Wade, June 27, 1771, who d.
ab. 1781 ; and 2, wid. Sarah Perry, da, Nath'l, Josselyn, of Pemb.,
Aug. 4, 1783, lived on Washington st,, m a house which stood
where stands that of Mr. Samuel Salmond, and was a ship-car
penter by trade. It is said that he was out in the Rev'n. ab. 8
mo's., at R. I., and elsewhere. He d. Oct. 17, 1826, ae. 84,
'and his wid. ab. 1831. ch. : 1. Silvia, d. Mar. 20, 1799, ae. 26,
2. Bamabas, d. unm., ae. 49. Shipwright. 3. Joseph W. 4.
Zebulon, Aug. 4, 1780. (By 2d.) 5. Ruth, m. Alpha Tribou,

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and d, in Ab'n., ab. 1846, 6. Sarah, bap. June 21, 1795, m. a
Sampson, 7, Reuben, Feb, 1, 1795, d, unm, 8. Francis, living
in Port'd., Me., is m. and has ch. 9. David, Hves in Me. Mari
ner, Was on the Gurnet in the last war. He is m, and has ch.
5, Benjamin H,, s. Nath'l. 3, m. Mary Neal, Oct. 10, 1802,
and had In H., Thos. G,, Feb. 21, 1804 ; and Benj, H,, Mar, 28,
1805, The fa, moved to Mfd,, where he now resides, and has
other ch., of whom a da,, Mary, m. Nath'l, H, Whiting, of M.
Mr. 0. was a school teacher part of the time in H ; and after his
removal to Mfd,, was long in the employ of Mr, Jonathan
Stetson, 6, Joseph W,, s. Belcher 4, m, Beulah Bassett, of KIgs'n,, who
d. Oct. 19, 1847, ae. 67. Lives on Broadway. FoUowed the
seas in his youth ; but has lately given his attention to farming.
ch. : 1. Ann W., Nov, 22, 1812, m, Joseph C, Stockbridge, and
d, ae. 24. 2, Joseph, July 5, 1815, m, 1, Ann CaldweU, and 2,
Jennet Crook, lives in Medford, and has Julia A., Elizab., and
an infant. 8, EHzabeth W,, May 1, 1818, m, Levi Sturtevant,
May 20, 1849, and Hves in Pemb, 4. Lydia, July 14, 1821, m.
Gad J. BaUey, of H, 5, Andrew, Nov, 3, 1825, Works in
Barker's Foundry, on King st. Not m. 6, Sophia B,, July
.1829. 7. Henry, Nov. 3, 1842. In E. Ab'n., learning the car
penter's trade.
7. Zebulon, s. Belcher 4, m. Christiajia, da. Isaac Josselyn,
1812, and lives on Broadway, near the Four Corners. Black
smith, shipwright, farmer, &c. ch. : 1. Almira, Dec. 20, 1818,
m. Amander Alden, Oct. 7, 1838, and Hves in Bridg'r. 2. Geo.,
Nov. 6, 18 15, d. in Washington, N. C, ae. 27. 3. Samuel, Sep.
21, 1817, m, Lydia EeUs, and lives in Medford, Has Mary S.,
Hving, Has lost 2, 4, Charles, July 27, 1819, m, Sarah Cook,
and lives In Pemb. Has Sarah F., Chas. C, Lomira H, and
Eliza H. Shoemaker by trade. 5. Lovlsa, May 13, 1821, m.
Alexander Alden, of Ab'n,, June 9, 1850, 6. WUHam, Nov, 23,
1828, Lives with Chas., In Pemb. 7. PrisciUa, Jan. 10,
1826, m. George W. EeUs, Nov, 16, 1845, 8, Mary A,, Nov!
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CORTHELL, Levi, s. Robert, of Scit., b. June 20, 1742, m.
Debo. Curtis. Oct 12, 1769, and it Is said, lived where Enos
Curtis does, on Whiting st., the place being called Corthell's hiU,
He had several ch., and moved to Me. His son Calvin, b. Feb.
16, 1775, m. Patience VInal, of Mfd,, was a blacksmith, lived
nearly opposite Thos. M. Bates's, on Circuit st., and d. Aug, 16,
1839. His wid. is yet living, ch. : 1. Lucy L., Mar. 17, 1808,
m. Francis B. EUIs,' Jan, 9, 1826, who d., and she lives a wid.
with her mo., 2. Calvin C,, Aug, 4, 1813, d. May 28, 1814.
3, David, Mar. 16, 1816, m. Phebe S. Pratt, May 9, 1887, who
d. Nov. 5, 1841, having had Phoebe M, Dec. 7, 1838, and Ada-
line, Ma,j 29, 1841.
CROOKER, or CROCKER, Daniel, was in H,, in 1786, m,
Mary Ramsdell, Ap. 28, 1736, and had Daniel, b. June 5, 1740,
who was father of Ensign, of E. Bridg'r., b. 1770, and gr. fa. of
Ensign, of H, ? — also Tilden, b. 1755, who was of H,, and others,
2. TUden, s. Daniel, was a ship carpenter by trade, and kept
tavern for a time, near the Four Corners, his house being now oc
cupied by Rufus Famum. He m. PrIscUla Barker, of Pemb., and
d. Sep. 8, 1818, ae, 63. ch. : 1. Capt. TUden, June, 1782, m.
wid, Dorothy Hillborn, Jan. 16, 1887, and lived in Boston. 2.
Nathaniel, Mar. 12, 1784, m. Anne L. Smith, Mar. 9, 1806, and
Hved in Chas'n. 3. PrIscUla, Jan. 21, 1787, m, George Langley,
Esq., lawyer, of Boston. 4. Mary C, Feb. 19, 1790, m. Benja
min Stockbridge. Jan. 26, 1814, and d. Mar. 1, 1818. 5. Sarah
B., Nov, 14, 1794, m, David Stockbridge, jr, 6, Silvia, Mar, 11,
1798, m, Charies F. Thacher, of Machias, Me., Feb. 1, 1820.
3. Ensign, s. Ensign, of E. Bridg'r., and gr. s, Dan'l,, m, 1,
Mary BaUey, Dec, 24, 1828, who d. May, 1841; and 2, Silvia
Foster, Nov, 1841, and Hves on Whiting st,, in the house buUt by
Caleb Whiting, jr,, and Ezra Whiting, ch. : 1, Charles E,, Ap.
28,1830. 2. Henry W., Jan., 1832. 3. Mary E,, 1835, d.
Oct. 6, 1846. (By 2d,) 4. James F., Aug. 1, 1842. 5. John
H., Feb. 20, 1847.
Note. — We think it prob. -that Dan'l,, of H., descended from Francis
Crooker, who was in Scit,, in 1/48, and who m. Mary Gaunt, of Banstable,
1647. Deane says of him, that "he has posterity in H."

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CURTIS.

THE CURTIS FAMILY.
'' County of Kent.
Arms : Arg, a chev sa, betw, three
bulls heads, cabossed, gu.
Crest : A Unicorn pass, or, betw. four
trees ppr.

CURTIS, CoRTEie, &c,, an ancient English FamUy, settied
in the Counties of Kent, and Sussex. (See Berry's Genealogies.)
Stephen Curtis, was of Appledore, Kent, ab. 1450, and several of
his descendants were Mayors of Tenterden, a town from which
some of the first settlers of Scituate came. The earlier desc'ts. of
this pedigree, are taken from an original pedigree, In the posses
sion of the family, under the hand and seal of office of Sir Wm.
Segar, Garter Klng-ofArms, transcribed by John Philpot,
Blanch Lion, and entitled, " This descent of the auntient famIHe of
the Curteises, in the Co. of Kent, gents., falthfuUie collected out
of the ofiice of Arms, the public records of the kingdom, private
evidences of the famllle, and other venerable monuments of an-
tiqultle ;" in which pedigree, and also In several old MSS., in the
Harlelan Coll., In the Brit, Mus,, the arms of the family are given
as annexed, without reference to any particular grant, but as
borne by them in virtue of ancient usage.
WiUiam Curtis, came to N, Eng,, In the Lion, in 1632, and was
of Boston in that year, and afterwards of Rox'y,, where his de-

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scendants stiU reside. He was the ancestor of Geo. T., and Benj.
R., Esq'rs., of Boston.
Richard, WiUiam, and John Curtis, were of Scit., In 1643, and
Thos,, in 1649, who was of York, Me,, and who returned there.
John left no descendants on record. A few of the desc'ts. of
Thos,, are in Scit., and elsewhere; and more of the desc'ts. of
Richard, The desc'ts, of Wm,, are quite numerous, in Scit,, Han
over, and other towns In Mass, These are here given.
1. WilHam, bro, of Richard and John, was in Scit,, In 1643,
but the name of his wife is not given, nor have have we found the
date of his death. His farm was on the North River, next South
of the Wanton farm, (Deane,) and he was a member of the 2nd
Church. His ch. were, 1. Joseph, May 1664. 2. Benj., Jan.,
1667, 3. Wm., Jan,, 1669. 4. Jno., Feb., 1671. 5. Mb-l3,m,
Ap., 1678. 6. Mehitable, Dec, 1675. 7. Stephen, Sep., 1677.
Left no desc'ts. on record. 8. Sarah, Aug., 1679, m. Wm. Cook,
Aug. 30, 1705. 9. Sam'l., June, 1681.
2, Joseph, s, Wm, 1, by w. Rebecca, had 1. Joseph, Mar. 23,
1694. 2. Josiah, Ap. 5, 1697. 3. Rebecca, May 9, 1699. 4.
Martha, Feb. 14, 1701, prob. m. Benj, Mann, Feb, 4, 1724, 5.
Richard, Nov. 8, 1702, prob, d. unm,, in H,, April, 28^ 176a
6. EHsha, Feb, 20, 1705. 7. Thankful, Jan. 17, 1708. 8. Jesse,
Oct. 17, 1709, 9, Peleg, bap. Oct. 12, 1712. No desc'ts. are
recorded. 8. Benj., s. Wm. 1, m. Mary Silvester, in 1689, and, it Is said,
built the Curtis mills, on the Third Herrmg Brook, now owned by
T. J. Gardner, Esq. ch. : 1. Mary, Aug. 22, 1691, m. Meletiah
DUHngham, Oct. 28, 1728. 2. Benj., Dec. 14, 1692. 3. Eben'r.,
Aug. 1, 169?t. 4. Lydia, Feb. 27, 169^, m. Joseph House, jr.,
Dec. 13, 1716. 5. Sarah, Dec. 20, 1697, m, Sam'l, Clapp, jr.,
Jan. 7, 1725. 6. Ruth, Jan. 14, 1700. 7. Susanna, Mg-r, 23,
1702, d. Ap. 14, 1714. 8. Debo., Aug,, 17.04. 9. Wm., July,
1706, m. Martha Curtis, Nov. 3, 1788, lost 3 ch., d. young, and
had Anna, May 19, 1748, m. Jno., Curtis. 10. David, June 26,
1708. 11. Peleg, Sep., 1710.
4. Wm., s. Wm. 1, was m., and prob. had 1. Mary, who m.

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Joseph Benson, of HuU, May 17, 1727. 2, Rachel, who m.
Neh'h, White, Ap, 25, 1787, and 3. a son Wm., b, ab. 1696,
The records of this family are wanting,
5, John, s, Wm, 1, m. Experience Palmer, Mar, 4, 1708, and,
according to Deane, settled near Hugh's Cross, We think It Is
prob, that his, house stood where stands that of the late Lem'l,
Curtis, on Washington, near SUver st, ch, : 1, John, Mar, 14,
1709, 2, Bezaleel, Sep, 9, 1711, 3, Susannah, bap. Oct. 16,
1714, 4. EHzabeth, bap. May 28, 1721,
6. Sam'l., s, Wm. 1, m, Anna Barstow, Sep, 11, 1707, and,
according to Deane, settled on the paternal farm. He owned
land In H, , and was part owner of the first saw-mill erected on
Main street. His ch, were, 1, Sam'l,, June 24, 1708, m, Han
nah Whiting, of H'm,, Nov, 14, 1739, who d, Oct. 26, 1789, ae,
72, and he. Mar, 24, 1794, ae 86, No ch. Lived on Mainst, ;
and Mr, Sam'l, Brooks, who was named from him, has in his pos
session a silver watch, and a pair of buckles, a legacy from Mr. C.
2. Anna, Ap. 14, 1711, d. Dec. 30, 1787, ae 77. 3. Martha,
Aug. 3, 1713, m. Wm. Curtis* Nov. 23, 1738. 4. Miriam, Jan.
7, 1716-6. 5. Debo., Feb. 7, 1717-8. 6. Simeon, June 1,
1720. .7. Amos, July 15, 1722, m. Mary Faunce, of KIgs'n.. in
174:4, Hved In Scit., on the homestead, and d. in 1748, and his
wid. m. Nath'l Church. He had ch., Samuel, Feb; 19, 1746, and
Amos, Feb. 4, 1747, d. young. 8. Mehitable, Sep. 9, 1726.
s. Joseph 2, m. Mary
'' J' a^y ^ Palmer, Septem. 27,
Oxf-^1^^ Pu/i^^ 1727, who d Ap. 9,
1750, and he, Dec 31,
1763. Lived 'on Circuit st., it is said, and, with Joseph House,
was proprietor of the mill, afterwards called EHab's mUl. He was
known as Governor Curtis, and was a man of enterprise In his day.
ch. : 1. Mary, Aug. 1, 1729, m. Wm. Gould, of Bridg'r., Dec.
25, 1761. 2. Joseph, Sep. 21,1731, m. AbigaU  , and d.
Aug. 14, 1759, having had Joseph, 1754, and Seth, 1767. 3.
Joshua, Sep. 22, 1733. 4. Experience, July 28, 1735, d. June
25, 1738. 5. Stephen, bap. July 15, 1739, d. May 11, 1817 ?
6. Thankful, Ap. 2, 1742,

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8. a I ^ ^'^^^^ C l^'^'^UK) CoUamore, JanuaryJ,

1729, and d. In H.,
Feb. 26, 1777, Lived on Curtis, now Main st,, and was an ex
tensive landholder, ch. : 1, Abner, 1727. ? 2, Rebecca, bap,
Dec, 19, 1781, d. Mar, 10, 1732, 3. Seth, bap, Aug, 25, 1734,
d, July 27, 1751. 4.' Job, bap. Aug. 17, 1736, Hved on Main st.,
and d. unm., Ap. 6, 1804. He was Selectman In 1781.
9. EHsha, s. Joseph 2., m, 1, Martha  , and 2, Sarah Chit
tenden, Nov, 12, 1741, and seems to have lived on the lane now
leading to' T, J. Gardner's mlU, In Scit. ch, : 1, Mehitable, bap.
May 18, 1736, d. young. 2. Elisha, bap. Ap. 8, 1737. 3.
Zecharlah, bap, Nov. 25, 1789, m, Lydia Palmer, Jan, 21, 1762,
and had Zech., 1763, and Lydia, 1767, ..(By 2d,) 4, Mehitable,
d. Aug. 10, 1744. 5. Martha, bap. June 2, 1745. 6. Calvin,
bap. Sep. 27, 1747. 7. Luther, bap. Ap. 9, 1749. 8. Mehit-
abel, bap, Aug. 11, 1761.
10, Jesse, s, Joseph 2, m, Sarah Mann, Sep, 20, 1739, and d.
in H., July 22, 1769, and his wid. Nov. 17, 1802, ae. 80, Lived
on Curtis st. ch. : 1. Elijah, Ap. 16, 1740, d, Feb, 7, 1824,
2, Abel, Mar, 21, 1742, m, Ruth Turner, Feb, 12,1776, and had
Mel, 1777, Gideon, 1779, and Ruth, 1784. 3. Jesse, Mar, 27,
1744. 4. Debo., Ap. 17,- 1746. 6, Gershom, Feb, 1, 1748, m.
Mary Stetson, In 1780, and moved to Me, ch, b, in H, : Briggs,
1776 ; Diana, 1777 : Gershom, 1781 ; Turner, 1786 ; and Chas.,
1787. 6. Sarah, Feb. 17, 1760, prob, d. Jan, 28, 1776, 7.
Charles, July 10, 1762. Left no desc'ts. on record. 8. Amos,
Oct. 31, 1759, d. Mar. 8, 1808. 9. Orpha, Oct. 16, 1759, m,
Thos. Farrow, in 1807. ?
11. Benj., s. Benj, 3, m, Hannah Palmer, Dec, 13,1716, andd.
in H,, Feb, 21, 1756, He was Selectmanin 1727 and '28. ch, : 1,
Benj,, bap. Ap. 27, 1718, d. young. 2, Thos,, bap,Sep, 4, 1720, m.
1, Sarah Utter, Aug. 20, 1741, who d. Deo. 28, 1753; and 2, Ruth
Rose, Feb. 26,1756, and had Hannah,174'i, d;1749 ; 2>e6o,,
1744, m. Levi CoriiheU, 1769 ; Sarah, 1746 ; Thos., 1750 ;
Lydia, b.'and d. 1754; Faith, 1757 ; Ruth, 1759; and Hannah,

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1762. 3. Luke, bap. Mar. 11, 1722t Left no desc'ts, on record.
4. Hannah, bap. Mar, 1, 1724. 6. Caleb, bap. May 8, 1726,
prob, m, Mercy Low, of H'm,, Oct, 30, 1752, 6. Nath'l,, bap.
Mar, 31, 1728, in Scit, Left no desc'ts, on rec, 7, Benj., bap,
Oct, 4, 1730, in H, 8, Rachel, bap, Oct. 4, 1780, m. John
Gould, Bridg'r,, Oct, 26, 1749, 9. Mary, July 15, 1732, m,
Marlboro' Turner, Nov, 26, 1758, 10, Relief, Oct, 1738,
NoTE.-!-There was a Benj., who m. Naomi Bailey, Mar. 9, 1741, and
had Ezra, Sep. 10, 1741 ; Stephen, May 15, 1744 ; Benj., Feb. 22, 1747;
Nath'l., Ap. 16, 1749; and Jacob, Mar. 22, 1753, A little obscurity hangs
over these families, which we have found it difficult entirely to clear up.
12. Ebenezer, s, Benj, 3, from the best information I can gam,
m. Elizabeth RamsdeU, Feb. 2, 1749, and d. Mar. 6, 1758, and
his wid. m, Joseph Bates, Jan, 8, 1761, He had ch, :*1. Elizab,,
May 18, 1760, prob, d,.Dec, 9, 1810. 2. Wm,, Oct. 14, 1711
m. Rebecca  , and d. June 25, 1798, and his wid. m. Isaac
Turner, Aug, 28, 1795, His ch, were Wm. G., bap, June 25,
1775, stud. Law with Benj, Whitman, Esq,, and d, June 25,
1795 ; Rufus, 1777, d, 1791 ; Rebecca, bap. May 23, 1779, m,
Ozias Whiting, Mar, 2, 1797 ; Saba, bap. Sep. 16, 1787, m.
Richard Estes, May 16, 1803 ; and Samuel, bap. July 4, 1790,
d. Sep. 12, 1792.
13. David, s, Benj. 3, m, Bethia Sprague, of Dux'y,, Dec 14,
1782, and had In H,, 1, Nehemiah, Jan. 3, 1733, 2, Ezekiel,
Ap. 30, 1736. 3, Paul, May 29, 1787. 4. Michael, Ap. 30,
1789. 5, David, Aug, 28, 1741, 6, Ruth, July 31, 1743,
After this date, the family disappears, and we find no farther trace
of it. The father prob. moved from the town with his ch,, — and
tradition says, to the Western part of Mass.
/^ n /^ / s. Benjamin 3, m. Experience Ford,
14 yUJ/jlJ lt4/%kJj ab, 1749, and Hved In Scit.,. In the
<f ^-^ house afterwards occupied by his
son Peleg, and now owned by his gr, s. Philip. He was quite a
business man, a substantial farmer, and a man of industry and
thrift, ch, : 1. Lucy, d, unm,, ab, 1825. 2. Experience m-
Sam'l. RandaU, of Scit. 3, Peleg. 4, Bethia, m, Jas, Gray, ab,
1785, 5, Thankful, m, Peleg Simmons, of Scit, 6, Leafy, d,
young. 7, Joseph, Jan. 12, 1766,

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d. in H., Mar. 4, 1737. Prob. Hved on Curtis st. ch : 1. Abel,
Nov. 24, 1719.- Left no desc'ts on record. 2. Jael, or Joel ?
Aug. 14, 1721. No desc'ts. are recorded. 8. *Wm,, Aug, 27,
1724, (m. Martha Mann, Nov. 18, 1747, and d. Jan. 11, 1759 ?
leavmg ch, : Wm., Dec, 4, 1748, m, Debo, Curtis, Jan, 5, 1775,
was Selectman In 1786, d, June 26, 1793, and his desc'ts. are in
Me. ; Martha, Dec. 11, 1750, m. John Barnes, jr,, H'm,, Feb.
16, 1772 ; Abd, Aug. 10, 1752 ; Joel, June 28, 1754 ; Samuel,
May 24, 1756 ; and Margaret, June 28, 1758, m. Ezra Briggs,
jr.. May 13, 1784.) 4, Marg't,, Nov. 6, 1726, m. Jno. Barnes,
H'm,, Dee, 24, 1746. 5. Reuben, Feb. 6, 1729. 6. Lemuel,
Nov. 9,1781. 7. Mehitable, Nov. 1, 1784, m, Elijah Waters,
ofH'm,,Mar. 31, 1755.
Note. — ^Ebenezer, s. Wm., jr., m. Zintha Stetson, and had ch., of whotn
a da. Cynthia, m. Win., Whiting, of H., and Mary H., m. Benj. Munroe.
He had other ch., most of whom are m., and live in Me.
16. John, s. John 5, m. 1, AbigaU Waters, of H'm,, Sep, 23,
1738 ; 2, Sarah FrankUn, of H'm., June 29,1732 ; and 3^ Mary
Bryant, of Scit., Nov. 6, 1738, who d. June 2, 1797, ae. 86, and
he Mar. 23, 1799, ae. 90. He had no ch. by his first w. By
the 2d. w. he had, 1. Sarah, Mar. 16, 1738. 2. Miriam, Oct. 20,
1734. 3. John, May 6, 1737, d. young. (By 3d,) 4, Betty,
Aug. 26, 1739, m. Solo. Bryant, of Plympton, May 1, 1766. 6.'
John, Jan. 2, 1741. 6. An infant d., Ap. 23, 1743. ' '
¦^^ JSu? oJU t£ fZf^ ^- •^°^ ^' "'• ^^""y — »
\j) who d. Mar. 8, 1792, ae.
78, and he, Ap. 26, of the same year. He buUt the house on the
W. side of Washington st., a few rods S. of Hiram Gardner's,
and there Hved and d. ch. : 1. Susanna, June 8, 1744, m. Thos.
Hatch, Jan. 12, 1769. 2, Eben'r,, Sep. 28, 1745, (m. Mary
RandaU, of Scit., who d. in Oct., 1800, and he, Aug. 12, 1807.
Lived where Hiram Gardner now resides, and had Clarissa, bap.
Aug. 16, 1778, m. Nath'l. Winslow, jr., of Scit., Oct. 13, 1796 ;
Pad, bap. June 13, 1779, d. unm. ; and Michal, bap. June 16,

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1786, m. Col, John CoUamore, of Scit., and had 12 ch., of whom
are John, Esq., dealer In glass and china ware, Boston, andDavis
and Eben'r,, of N, York.) 8, Mary, bap, Oct. 2, 1748, d, ae.
18. 4, Prince, bap. Ap, 1, 1750, d.. Oct. 31, .1816, 5. Ex
perience, bap, Jan. 6, d, Jan, 7, 1754. 6, Experience, bap. Ap.
18, 1755, d, Jan, 1842, ' 7, Elizabeth, bap. Oct, 1757, d, Dec,
1810. 8, Paul, bap. Jan, 24, 1763, d, unm, 9. Nabby, bap.
, 9, 1764, d. Oct, 1, 1787. (Capt, Simeon,) s. Samuel
Vyyi^C-cfT? /7},,y^y^^^-^- ^^^'^^'^ Sprague,
CJ^'^ of Duxbury, AprU 20, 1742,
d, September 14, 1757; and 2, wid, Lucy Macomber,
d, March 7, 1810, Lived in the house now occupied
by Thomas 0. Bates, W, of SUv)r st., and was a man of note
in the town ; highly intelligent, and useful in public affairs, ch, :
1. Simeon, July 4, 1743, d, Nov, 14, 1753. 2. Melzar, Ap. 17,
1745. 3, James, July 17, 1747. Moved to Freeport, Me,, m.,
and had James, Simeon, &c. Was Rep, to the Mass, Leg,, from
Me. 4, Asenath, Nov. 21, 1749, d, Nov. 8, 1753. 5: Lusanna,
Nov, 26, 1763, m. Elijah Stetson, Dec, 18, 1791, 6, Simeon,
Oct, 11, 1756, (By 2d.) 7, Barker, bap, Nov, 18, d, Dec, 2,
1769. 8. Lucy, May 4, 1761, d. Dec, 17, 1793, 9. Asenath,
bap, June 19, d, July 1, 1763, ¦ 10. Mary, July 80, 1767, m.
Job Young ? 11. Barker, Nov. 11, 1769, stud. Law with Benj,
Whitman, and had an ofiice for a time where Hiram Curtis now
lives, but finally moved to Me,, and m., but had no ch,
19, Joshua, s, Joseph 7, m, Abigail House, Dec, 17, 1761, and
sett, in Ab'n,, where both he and his w, d. ch, : 1, Joshua, 2.
AbigaU, m, Ebed VIning, of Ab'n, 3, Rufus, 4, Joseph, prob.
lost at sea. 5, Marlboro', 6, Leafy, m, Isaac BurrlU. 7. Seth,
20. Abner, s. Josiah 8, m, 1, Debo, Mann, In 1749 ; (Scit.
Rec.) 2, Sally Ford, July 3, 1766, who d. May 2, 1795, ae.'
64 ; and 3, wid, Phebe Dunbar, formerly a Howard, Ap, 6, 1799,
and d. inH., Sep. 18, 1799, ae 72 A curious document, con
taining the marriage contract between Mr. C, and his 3rd w., is in
the possession of Dea. John Brooks, of H. Mr. C. lived on Curtis,
now Main st., near the Baptist Church, ch. : 1. Abner, 1754 ?

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2. Debo,, m. Wm, Curtis,, jr,, Jan. 5, 1776. 8. Seth. 4, Hul
dah, m, Eells Damon, July 6, 1776, 5, Rebecca, m, Stephen
Damon. 21. Elisha, s. EHsha 9, m. 1, EHzabeth Studley, Jan, 16, 1760,
who d, July 10, 1776 ; 2, Elizabeth Church, July 20, 1777, who
d. Nov, 16, 1795, ae 55 ; and 8, wid, Macomber, of Mfd, Lived
near Gardner's mUl, also at the Tiffany place, and finally moved
to N. Salem, N. H. oh. : 1. Reuben, m. Hannah Barker, of
Pemb., and prob. d. Mar. 9, 1806, ae. 44. 2. Betty, bap. Ap.
15, 1764, m. Thos, Macomber, jr,, Mfd,, Ap. 8, 1794. 8.
Martha, bap, Oct, 19, 1766, d. unm. 4. Temperance, m, Nath'l.
Stetson, Nov. 7, 1793. 5. PhUip, bap, Aug, 12, 1776, d. same
year. 6. Rebecca, m. EHsha Barker, of Pemb,, Feb. 16, 1797.
7, EHsha, m, Hannah Curtis, and went to N. Salem, in 1802.
8. Luclnda, 1817, d. June 21, ae, 23.
/) /I ts::? y^ (Captain Calvin,) s. EHsha 9, m.
22.{p^jiil«-wv (jO"^'^ ^zxth^ Bryant, and Hved on MUl
St., where T. J. Gardner, Esq., now resides. His old house
is gone. He was an officer in the Rev'n,, and one whose name Is
often alluded to on the Rev'y, Rolls, and the records of the town.
See chapter 8. ch, : 1. Calvin, Oct. 28, 1777, moved to
Camden, Me., m. and d. there, leaving 3 sons. '2. Capt, Edward,
Sep. 10, 1779, m. Desire Jacobs, Mar, 24, 1811, Hved on his
father's place, was a carpenter by trade, and a man much re
spected. He d. Nov. 12, 1845, leaving one da, Elvira, Ap, 2,
1814, m. T, J, Gardner, Esq., Nov. 29, 18*82. 3. James, May
21, 1781, m. Prudence Bird, and lived and d, in Charlestown,
Mass., leaving ch. 4, Lebbeus, May 10, 1783, lived in Chas'n,,
was m,, and went Into the Army, In the war of 1812, 6, Mary,
Aug. 25, 1785, m. Joseph TIbbett, of Methuen, 6, Martha,
Ap. 4, 1789, d. unm.. Mar 26, 1847,
23. Jesse, s. Jesse 10, m, 1, Hannah Peterson, of Scit,, July
27, L768, who d. Aug, 6, 1791; and 2, wid. . Lucy Morton, form
erly a Leavitt, and d. Dec, 13, 1811, ae. 68, Lived on Main st,,
where the wid, Thomas now resides, ch. : 1. Hannah, m. EHsha
Curtis, Nov. 29, 1787. 2. David, Jan, 22, 1781, 3, Jesse,
Dec. 24, 1783. 4. Joseph, Feb. 12, 1786.

280 CURTIS,
24, Peleg, s. Peleg 14, m, Ruth Bowker, Hved in Scit,, was a
farmer, and d. in June, 1834, and his wid, Dec, 14, 1845, ae, 86.
ch, : 1, Leafy, Mar,, 1783, m, Stowers Clapp, and d. ab. 1803,
leaving a son Edward, who is in Pawtucket. 2. PhUip, June 5,
1786, a carpenter by trade, m. Sarah Everton, of Canton, and has
Leafy, m. Wm. Ulman, of Boston ; and Sarah, m. Samuel. Q.
Cochran, of Boston. 8. Stephen, Feb. 1792.
25. Joseph, s. Peleg 14, m. Polly Bowker, Feb. 1, 1808, and
Hved in So. Scit,, near the 8d Herring brook, where he d. Nov, 7,
1834, His wid. survives, ch, : 1. Leafy, Nov, 29, 1808, m,
Joel Bowker, and lives In Bos'n, 2, Joseph, Aug. 10, 1810, d.
Aug. 5, 1811, 3, Joseph, June 11, d. Nov. 14, 1812. 4.
Joshua, July 21, 1814, m, Frances M,, da, Seth Curtis, lives In
Brighton, and h^ Joshua F., July 1, 1848. 5. Peleg, Oct, 18,
1818, a carpenter by trade, m, Abby S,, da, Seth Curtis, and
has Sophronia L., Sep,, 1849, and an Inf, s,, b, 1852, 6, Joseph,
Jan, 4, 1822, Merchant, of the firm of Curtis, Sampson, & Co.,
Kilby St., Boston, Not m.
26, Reuben, s, Wm, 15, m, Mary RandaU, who d. Mar, 25,1757,
and he May 15, 1758, leaving one son. Snow, bap, Aug. 10, 1755.
^^^ XP y '. '^^ soJij ¦'^3'S Selectman of H. for
C^^Z/x»''^2!^' yy (U^-yt^^-cf eighteen years, and possessed fine
business talents. Ho m, Bathsheba Hatch, Hved on his father's
place, on Wash!n, st,, where Wm, Curtis now resides, and there
d, of a cancer, Dec, 31, 1828, and his wid. Nov. 2, 1881, ae 70.
ch. : 1. Reuben, Ap^ 26, 1784, d. Feb, 20, 1818. 2. Bela,
Nov. 20, 1785, d. Ap, 17, 1803, 3, Capt, Levi, Oct, 29, 1787,
m. Ruth Rogers, in 1814, lives on Elm st,, was Selectman from
1821-1826 ; T, C, from 1816-18 ; and Capt, of the H. ArtU. Co.
No ch. 4. Bathshua, Oct, 2,1789, d. Oct, 28, 1794. 5. Rob
ert, Ap, 1,, 1791, m, Katurah Studley, Ap, 16, 1826, lives on
Wash'n. st., and has Robert S., Feb. 12, 1827, Clerk with S.
Josselyn. 6. Mary R., Ap. 28, 1793. 7. Barshua, July 31,
1798, m. Luther Curtis, Jan. 30, 1820. 8. Wm., Ap. 9, 1800,
m. Sarah Winslow, Mar. 3, 1838, Hves on his father's place, and
has Mary W., and Sarah J.

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s. WilHam 15, m. Ruth
/^ ,, Mann, Jan. 16, 1752,
27^^:,^^ l^t\/iM'€A^ I t^^*'^ and d. Jan. 11, 1807,
and his wid. July 29,
1808. He owned part of the Forge in H., now known as the Cur
tis Forge, and Hved on Wash'n. st., where his grand-son John now
resides. He was Selectinan from 1773-'78. ch. : 1. Lemuel, Ap.
1753, d. June 27, 1767, being drowned. 2. Ruth, bap. Dec. 21,
1756, d. June 28, 1790. 3. Olive, bap. Ap. 8, 1759, d. July
14, 1798. 4. LUHs,bap. Mar. 22, 1761, d. Nov. 5., 1776. 5.
(Reuben, Esq.,) bap. Ap.
/l.e.t..tJ^ (^f ^.^^^'24, 1768, m. AbigaU Bal-
£/ C£<.,^t>^^^^ j^y^ ^^^^ 28, 1801, who d.
Dec 24, 1841, and he Dec. 18, 1849. He was T. C. from 1807-
'15 ; Rep. from 1815-'18, and from 1823-'25 ; lived where Capt.
Thos. ,B^ DonneU does, on Elm st. ; was part owner of the Forge,
and a trader. Left one da. Ru^, b. July 18, 1805, m. Capt.
Thos. B. DonneU, in 1843, and d. Jan. 23, 1849. 6. Consider,
1765. 7. Sarah, bap. Ap. 30, 1769, d. Nov. 17, 1802. 8.
Lydia, bap. Jan. 6, 1771, d. unm. ab. 1838. 9. Lemuel, June 6,
1772. 10. Nath'k, Sep. 14, 1777.
28. John, s. John 16, m. Anne Curtis, Mar. 28, 1766, who d.
Jan. 14, 1823, ae. 75, and he Sep. 26, 1799. Lived on Curtis
St., near where Joseph DweUey now does. His house is gone. —
He was Selectman in 1779. ch, : 1. Debo., d. unm, 2, Anne,
bap. Dee. 14, 1766, d. Aug, 28, 1884. 3. Chariotte, bap, Jan.
3, 1768, d. Aug. 23, 1800. 4. John, 1770. 5. Wm,,bap. Ap.
24, 1774, d. July 3, 1800. 6. Alathea, bap. Oct. 27, 1776, d.
June 9, 1777 . 7. Alathea, bap. Dec. 20, 1778, d. Ap. 16, 180L
8, Sam'l., bap. July 25, 1784, d. Aug, .20, 1826.^ 9, Lucius, bap.
May 29, 1791, moved to Me., m. and has ch, 10. Mary, bap.
Oct. 6, 1799, m. Thomas Brooks, Feb. 28, 1816, moved to Me.,
and d, there. 11. Christopher, moved to Me., and there d.. 12.
Nath'l., went to Me., m. and had ch.
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282 CURTIS,
yf / , (Mekar Esq,,) s. Capt. Sim-
29, Mep^^t^ ^^^2*.*^ '^ eon, 18, m, Kezlah, da. Dr.
^ Jere. HaU, Ap, 25, 1771,
and d, Nov. 8, 1801, and his wid. Mar, 9, 1816, Lived on SUver
st., where the wid. of his son Melzar resides, in the house now own
ed by Martm S, Bates, built by Mr, C. and his bro. Jas. He was
Selectman from i788-'85 ; Rep. In 1784, and from 1790-'92 ;
and T. C, from 1787-'98, ch, : 1, Keziah, Aug. 25, 1771, m,
Joseph Cushing, Nov, 6, 1794, and moved to Me. 2, Jeremiah,
Feb, 25, 1776, d, Dec, 1, 1798, 3. Joanna, July 15, 1784, m.
Dr. David Bailey, of Scit., Nov. 7, 1801. 4. Lusannah, June
25, 1789, d, Ap. 16, 1790. 5, Melzar, Feb. 3, 1774, d, Jan, 26,
1777. 6, -Melzar, Esq,, bap, July 12, 1778, m, Sarah CoUamore,
sister of Col. John, of Scit,, Hved on SUver st,, was Rep. in 1822
and '26; T. C, from 1818-'24; and Selectman for 11 years,—
Left no ch. He d, in Jan., 1886, 7. Asenath, May 8, 1781,
m. Geo, Bailey, 8, Laurentia, Feb, 4, 1787, d. May 4, 1790,—
9 , Luther, Ap, 20, 1791, a carpenter by trade ; lived on SUver
st, ; m, Bathshua -Curtis, Jan. 30, 1820, and d. Aug. 25, 1844,*
leaving Bathshua, Oct, 6, 1822, and Wm. H, May 8, 1825, m.
Susan M. Tower, of Braintree, Nov, 7, 1852, and Hves in his
father's house,
30. Capt, Simeon, s. Capt, Simeon 18, m. Bathsheba Sylves
ter, Dec, 18, 1791, and sett, m B, Bridg'r,, where he d, in 1837,
ae, 80, Ho was a soldier In the Rev'n, -ch, : 1, Bathsheba, 1791,
m. Capt, Isaac Keith, of Bridg'r., in 1816, and has Quincy A.,
m. PrisciUa Hathaway, has 3 ch,, and lives in Ky, ; Robert C,
m. Louisa Keith, and has 1 oh, living; Bathsheba,noim. ; Isaac;
and Simeon C. 2, Silvester, 1795, m, Heman Keith, of East
BVidg'r. No ch. 3. Simeon, 1797, Is unm,, and Hves on his
father's place, In E, Bridg'r, 4 Robert, 1799, m, Abby M,, da.
Dan'l, Bryant,
31, Joshua, s. Josh, 19, was a shipmaster in early Hfe, m. Nan
cy RIdyard, of Eng'd,, and sett. In Ab'n,, where he d. In Ap,,
1825, ae. 62. ch, : 1, Joshua, 1791, 2, Rufus, m, a da, of Dea,
Elijah Shaw, of Ab'n,, Hves in E. Randolph, and has ch, 8.

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John, 1797, m. Eliza Holbrook, lives it B, Ab'n,, is a shoema
ker, and has Eliza E., m, Jesse Reed, of Ab'n, ; Sarah H, m.
Tumer Reed; Mary L., m, Wm, Fobes; Ann, d, 1851; and
JohnH 4, Nancy, m, Silas Lane, of Ab'n,, and is d, 5. Jo
seph, is m., lives In Bos'n,, and has George ; and Rebecca, m, a
Van Ambridge ? 6, Thurza, m. Thos, Foster, of Ab'n, 7. Abi
gaU, d. num.*. 8. Marg't, d, ae. 21. 9, Salome, m, Reuben
BurrlU, and lives In N, Y'k. 10. Henry R,, 1811, m, 1, Sa
lome Studley, and 2, Elmira Studley, lives in E, Ab'n., is a shoe
maker, and has Mary F. ; Henry S. ; and Edward €.
32. Rufus, s. Josh. 19, m. Diana Keen, of Dux'y., Nov, 29,
1802, and she is living a wid,. In Scit. ch, : 1. Diana, m. 1,
Colman Jenkins, and 2, Harvey Merritt. 2, Rufus, m. Rhoda
Briggs, Feb., 1837, and has Harriet A. B., July 1888 ; Wm. F.,
Jan, 1846 ; aud Geo. H, Mar., 1851. 8, Thomas J, Nov, 17,
1808, lives at Scit. harbor, m, Jane T, Chubbuck, and has Mary
J.; Laura. A; Julia T. ; and James H 4. LydiaP,, July 27,
1809, m, Judson Bates, of H. 5. George, m, Debo. Lincoln, of
H'm,, who d , leaving ch. : EmmaS. ; Geo. H; and Idzsy M.
83. Marlboro, s. Josh. 19, m, Lupira Bisbee, of Pemb., who
was b. Dec, 7, 1784, and d. In H'm, ch, : 1. Abigail, m. Sam'h
Shaw, of E. Bridg'r, 2, Lupira, m, Eben'r, Joy, of S, Wey'h,,
3. Joseph, m. Caroline Thomas, lives in S, Wey'h., and has Joseph
L. ; Caroline F. ; Edwin M. ; and Prescott. 4. Elbridge, m. 1.
Eliza A., da. Jere. White, of Wey'h, ; and 2, MatUda W,, da.
David Horton, of E. Bridg'r,, lives in E, B,, and has Elbridge
R. ; Minot S. ; and Edward B. 6. John, m. Mary A.- Torrey,
of Wey'h,, lives in S, Wey'h., and has J.wwe J', 6. Robert. 7
Mary A.^ m. Chas. Thompson, of E. Bridg'r,, and has Susan A.
and Mary E, Mr. T. is a painter by trade, and Is s, of Cha's, of
Hfx.
34. Seth, s. Josh. 19, m. Sophia Pratt, of S. Wey'h., and had ch. :
1. Seth, Sep. 1806, not m. 2. Sophja, m. Christopher S. Bass,
of S. Wey'h. 3. Sally, m, Noah Vining, shoe mfr, of S, Wey'h,
4. Susan, m. Sam'l Wales, of N, Ab'n, 5, Maria, m, Wm, Tri
bou, of E, Bridg'r. 6, Freeman, m, Hannah CortheU, of H'm,,

284 , CURTIS.
lives In S. Wey'h, and has Joseph, and Jane F. 7. Joseph, m.
Mellnda Torrey, lived in S. Wey'h., and there d,, leaving no ch]
8, Jane, d. ae, ab, 15.
36. Abner, s. Abner 20, m, Lydia Bowker, of Scit., and d.
Feb, 2, 1838, ae, 84, and his wid, in 1852, ae. 94. ch, : 1, Da
vis, bap, Oct, 13, 1776, m, 1, Charlotte Lovice, of H'm. ; 2, Mary
OHver, of Me, ; and 3, Marg't, Standley ; lives in Jilc, and has
Jas. M. ; Jno. 0. ; Lydia, m. a Gould, and d. ; Charlotte S., m.
Benj. Carter; Polly, m. Nathan Barlow; Charlotte, jn. Jno. Ben-
ner, and Is d. ; and Hiram, d. ae. 4. 2. Desire, Feb. 1, 1778,
m. Thos. Farrow, of Townsend, Mass. 3. Job. 4. SaUy L., m.
Levi Nash. 5. Deborah, m. Isaac Wade, of H. 6. Mary, m.
David Vining, of H. 7. Lydia, m. 1, Caleb Torrey, and 2, Dan'l.
Bishop. 36. Seth, s. Abner 20, m. Persis Loring, and d. in June,
1812, and his wid. Oct. 1, 1826. Lived first where Benj. Mann,
Esq., resides, and afterwards where Isaac Wade now Hves, on
Main st. ch. : 1. Lucy, Nov. 5, 1791, m. Dan'l. Dunbar, of
H'm. 2. Rebecca, Feb. 16, 1778, m. Ephraun Stetson, of Ab'n.,
Feb. 1, 1819. 3. Seth, Ap. 16, 1794, m. Ruth Loring, of H'm.,
lives in So. Scit., is a farmer, and has Charles A., Kug. 21,1817 ;
Abby S., Jan. 6, 1820, m. Peleg Curtis ; Frances M„ May 25,
1828, m. Joshua Cartis ; and Ruth A., Mar. 9, 1827. 4. Lor
ing, Oct, 5, 1797, lives in H., near the Bap, Church, m, MerriU
Mann, Jan, 23, 1823, and has Nancy H, Jan. 26, 1825 ; Mary
H:, Ap. 13, 1827 ; and Sarah J, Feb. 28, 1829, m. Walter W.
Wardrobe, Mar, 12, 1848. 5. Abner, Esq,, June 11, 1800 ; re
sides in E, Ab'n, ; is unm,, and Is one of the most extensive and
enterprising shoe-manufacturers in Plym'h, Co, ; giving employ
ment to several hundred hands annually, and doing business to the
amount of over $200,000, at his estabhshment In E, Ab'n., and at
his extensive warehouse, on Pearl st,, Boston. Mr. C, is distin
guished as a liberal and pubHc-spIrlted man ; always ready to aid
a good work ; and for business talent, and decision of character,
has few superiors. 6. Hannah, Mar. 16, 1802, m, Nath'l, FIck
et, of Ab'n., Mar. 4, 1821. 7. Sophia, 1804, d. Feb. 12, 1808.

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8. Enos, Jan. 31, 1807, m. Mary J. BurrUl, of Ab'n., Hves on
Whiting St., and has Sophia J., 1880, m. Wm. Studley, Dec. 17,
1851 ; Ijysander ; and Mary. 9. Sarah, Ap. 11, 1809, m. Edmund
Shaw, of Ab'n. 10. Peter, m. Clarissa Ripley, lives in E. Ab'n,,
and has Persis, and Corinne.
37. David, s. Jesse 23, m. Sarah, da. Paul, jr., and gr.-da. Paul
Revere, of Bos'n., and d. in B, ab. 1841, and his wid. in 1843.
ch. : 1, David, d. unm, ab. 1888. 2. Maria, d. ab. 1839. 3.
Charles R,, m. Lydia S. Barstow, Hves m E. Ab'n., is a shoema
ker, and has Chas, H. ; David P.^ d. young ; and Geo. E. 4.
Wm, H,, May 8, 1813, m, Jane M,, da, Lem'l, DweUey, and wid.
of Geo, Merriam, in Sep,, 1839, Hves on Main st,, and has Ed
ward R., Feb, 11, 1840 ; Geo. M., Ap, 23, 1844 ; and Ellen
M, Aug. 12, 1849. 5. CaroHne L,, d, ab,. 1838. 6. Geo. R.,
m, Hannah'HUl, Hves in Bos'n,, and has Mary R., and Edwin.^
7. Edward A,, Feb. 22, 1822, Hves In Bos'n., is a Type Founder,
m, Louisa M,, da, Maj, Ephraim Andrews, of Lowell, in 1851, and.
has no ch. 8. Sarah A.
38. Jesse, s. Jesse 23, m. Sally Nash, and d. in Chas'n., and
his wid. is Hving on Main st. in H., in her father's house. He was
a shipwright by trade, ch. : 1. Ruth, m. Wm. Hayden, of Scit,
2. Roxa., m. Capt. Robinson. 3. Debo., not m. 4. Sophronia,
m. Abner Loring, and d. in Bos'n. 5. Jesse, m. Alice Forbush,
lives in Bos'n., and Is a copper-smith. Has no eh.
39. Joseph, s. Jesse 23, m. Hannah Gardner, of H'm., and d.
Dec. 28, 1841, ae. 56, and his w. Mar. 21, 1840, ae.-59. A ship
carpenter by trade, and worked at the Navy Yard, Chas'n. ch. :
1. Hannah P., Ap. 5, I896, m. Freeman Farrow, Nov. 21
1824, and is Uving m H. 2. Joseph, Dec. 5,1808, m. Debo.
Hayden, Nov. 26, 1829, and d. Nov. 22, 1844, and his wid. m.
Thos. H. Gardner, Aug. 81, 1845. His ch. were : Henry, Feb.
23, 1833 ; Geo. W., Feb. 22, 1841 ; and Joseph H, Feb. 7,
1844. 3. Lucy C, Mar. 1811, m. Laban Wilder, Jr., July 15,
1832, and d. Ap. 21, 1848. 4. Capt. Benj. N., July 30, 1813,
m. 1, Lydia S., da. Capt. EHsha BarreU,. Dec, 25, 1836, who d.
Mar. 24, 1840; and 2, Sarah, da. Calvin D. WUder, May 12,

286

CURTIS'.

1844, Hves on Walnut st., and had by 1st, I^dia M., May 80, d.
Oct, 8, 1888; and by 2d, Frances A, Dec, 14, 1846,
40. Stephen, s, Peleg 24, m, 1, Luclnda BaUey, June 16, 1816 ;
and 2, Mary S, Hitchcock, Dec, 3, 1818, and d. Mar. 6, 1831,
and his wid, m, Eben'r, Simmons, Esq., and d,- Ap, 80, 1837.
ch, : 1, Luclnda, d. Aug, 18, 1817. (By 2d,) 2. Stephen, Sep,,
1820, m, 1, Matilda, da. Hon, Sam'l, A, Tumer, of Scit,, in Aug.,
1846, who d, Oct, 2, 1847, ae, 28 ; and 2, Eliza F,, da. Sam'l.
Payson, of Boston, and is clerk In the extensive jewelry estabhsh
ment of Palmer & Bat-chelders. No ch. 8. Henry J,, June 2,
1822, m, Abby, da,' I, R, Jacobs, Esq,, of Scit,, Sep, 20, 1848,
and Is T. C, of So, Scit No ch,
41, Consider, s, Lemuel 27, m, 1, Mary House, of Pemb,, Nov.
10, 1806, who d. in 1809; and 2, Hannah FuUer, In 1811, who d.
Ap. 24, 1882, and he in May, 1840, ae. 75. Was patt owner of
the Curtis Forge, &c. Had one son, George, b. Sep. 23, 1807,
m. Nancy, da. Joel Bowker, of Salem, Nov. 11, 1834, lives on
Elm St., and is the proprietor of the Curtis Forge. No ch.

RBSIDETirCE OP MH. GEOKGE CURTIS.
42. Lemuel, s. Lemuel 27, m. AbigaU Rose, Hved on Wash'n.
st., where his son John now resides, and was part owner of the
Curtis Forge, &c. He is d., and his wid. survives, ch. : 1.
Sally, Dec. 25, 1803, m. Michael Sylvester, of H. 2. Nabby,
Aug., 1805, m, Josiah Wmslow, of H. 3, Judith, Oct, 11, 1808,

CURTIS, 287
m. Geo. Studley, Jan. 30, 1834. 4. Jno., Nov., 1812. Not m.
6. Lucinda, Oct., 1815. Not m.
43. Nath'l., s. Lemuel 27, m. Nancy Stoddard, of Scit., Mar.
3, 1805, who d. In Oct., 1842, and he Feb. 4, 1849? Lived
where Charles Dyer does, on Water st., and wds part owner of the
works there, ch. : 1. Warren, Feb. 4, 1806, m. Harriet, da.
Joseph Noyes, of Bos'n., May 2, 1829, lives In S. H'm., and has
.Harriet, Feb. 22, 1831 ; Joseph W., d. ae. 11 mo's. ; and Sarah
A., d. ae. 8. 2. Bethia, Jan. 27, 1808, m. Major Joshua Mann,
of H., July 12, 1829. 8. Nath'l. H., July 6, 1812, a merchant,
in N. Y'k. Not m. 4. Nancy N., Jan. 20, 1815, m. Benj. B.
Hall, of H., Nov. 26, 1838.
44. John, s. John 28, m. SaUy Mann, Nov. 1, 1798, and d.
Dec. 6, 1861, ae. 80. Was Selectman in 1822. ch. : 1. Sally,
Jan. 17, 1799, m. Ezra Whiting. 2. John, Aug. 3, 1801, d.
Mar. 8, 1817. 3. Wm., Sep. 6, 1808. 4. Benj., Nov, 1, 1807,
d, Aug, 28, 1883. 5, Martin, Feb. 6, 1810. 6. Alathea, July
12, 1812, m, Calvm Faxon, of Ab'n,, Ap, 80, 1882, and d, June
29, 1846. 7. John, July 10, 1816, m. Marian A,, da, Sam'l, N.
Fuller, of Bos'n,, in Oct., 1845, Is a merchant, in Bos'n,, and has
Alice B., Ap, 1847, 8. Lucinda, Aug. 16, 1819, m, Joseph H.
Studley, Nov, 2, 1839.
45. Joshua, s, Joshua 81, m, 1, Nancy, da. EHab Studley,
Mar. 18, 1816 ; and 2, Marietta Gurney ; lives In E. Ab'n, ; Is a
shoe manufacturer ; and has 1, Albert, d. ae, 25. 2. Leander,
m. Maria L. Lane, Hves in E. Ab'n., is a shoe mfr., and has
Albert, Julia M., Elvira L., and Charles W. 8. El*ra, m,
Leonard Blanchard, and Hves in Bos'n. 4. Joshua*, May 31,
1826, m. Antoinette Atwell, of Lynn, lives In E, Ab'n,, and has
Wendell .S,,and Frederick M, d, Oct., 1851, ae. 2. 6. Mary E,
6. Marg't, K. 7. Sam'l. G. 8. George. 9. Ellen.
46. Job. s. Abner 35, m. Bethia, da. Abiel Farrow, Hved In S.
Scit., and there d,, in Feb., 1843. His wid. survives, ch, : 1,
Bethia, m, Hosea Whiting, of H'm,, Oct. 24, 1827, and Is d. 2,
Job, m, Marilla VInmg, Sep. 16, 1827, lives in E, Ab'n,, Is a
shoemaker, and has Edmund B., (m. Susan S. Cobbett, and has

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Susan M,, Oct., 1850) ; and Catherine, 1830, m. Benj. BurriU,
of E, Ab'n. '3. Hiram, m. Lucinda WUder, Nov. 27, 1834, lives
in Snappet, and has JJudnda E., Sep. 15, 1835 ; Frederick H,
Ap, 27,' 1838 ; Sarah W, July 5, 1843 ; and ImcIus W, Oct,
19, 1848. 4. Philip. 5, Harriet, m. 1, Jas. Doten, Dec. 9,
1832, and 2, Benj. Jacobs, 6. Nahum, m. Betsey Harlow, June,
1835, and has Roxa A., Mar,^ 1, 1836 ; Adaline M, July 1,
1839 ; Bethia C, Ap,, 1841 ; Helen A., Feb, 29, 1843 ; and
Oscar H, Sep., 1851. 7. AbigaU, m. Calvin WUder. 8. Edwm,
m, — Rogers, of Mfd,, and has ch, 9. JuHa A., m. Henry A.
Grose, July 11, 1847. 10. AdaUne, m. Zenas Smith, of Ab'n.
47. Wm., s. Jno. 44, m, Cassandra Stetson, Dec. 3, 1826, Hves
on Union st., is a trader, and has 1, Geo. W., Sep. 12, 1827, m,
Emma M, Brooks, lives on Main st., and has Julia W., July 19,
1860, 2, AngeHne, Jan,, 1880. 3. Cassandra S,, Jan, 23, d.
Feb, 18, 1832. 4. Luclnda, 1834, d. 1886. 6. Lucmda, May,
1836. 6, Maria, Mar,, 1838, 7. Benj,, Sep,, 1840. 8. John,
May, 1842. 9. Avis L,, May, 1844.
48. Martin, s. John 44, m, Debo, Stetson, in Feb., 1834, Hved
on Main st., in the house buUt by Wm. Curtis and Ezra Whiting,
ab, 1827, and there d, Aug, 30, 1848, and his wid, improves his
residence, ch. : 1, Helen M,, Dec, 17, 1839, 2, Ann M,, d.
ae, 3 mo's, 3, Ann F,, Ap. 17, 1844.
CUSHING, Matthew, with his wife Nazareth, his sons Daniel,
Jeremiah, Matthew, and John, his daughter Deborah, and his wife's
sister, Frances Rlcroft, widow, sailed from Gravesend, Ap. 26,
1638, in the ship DIHgent, John Martin, of Ipswich, master, and
arrived at Boston, on the 10th of Aug. Matt., the fa., was b. In
Eng'd., In 1688, and was s, of Peter, of Norfolk, whose gr. fa. had
possessed large estates in Lombard st., London. He d. in H'm.,
Sep. 80, 1660, ae. 72, and his wid. In 1681, ae. 96, The In\jen-
tory of his estate may be seen in the Prob, Rec. Suff,, vol. 3, pp.
219,. 220, Date, Nov. 12, 1660. His four sons, and son-in-law
Matthias Briggs, were the appraisers. Deborah and Jeremiah, left
no children. The descendants of Daniel, and Matthew, are in
H'm., and elsewhere. John settled in Scituate.

CUSHING. 289
2. John, s. Matt., came to Scit., in 1662, accordmg to Deane,
and purchased the farm on " BeUe house neck," of Capt, John,
s, Wm, Vassal, to whom it was laid out In 1634, He m, Sarah,
da, Nicholas Jacob, of H'm., 1656; was Dep, to the Col. Ct,,
many years, from 1674 ; Ass't, of the Col, Gov't,, 1689-'91 ;
and Rep. to the Gen. Ct., at Boston, after the union of the Colo
nies. His w, d. In 1678, ae, 38, and he In 1708, Of his ch,,
3. John, s, John 2, b, Ap, 28, 1662, m, 1, Debo. Loring, of
Hull, May 20, 1687, who d. 1718 ; and 2, Sarah Holmes, 1714.
He Hved at " Belle house neck," was Chief Just, of the Inf r.
Ct., of Plym'h., from 1702-'10 ; Counc'r. of Mass, from 1710-'28 ;
and Judge of the Sup'r. Ct., from 1728-37, of which, according
to John Cotton, " he was the Hfe and soul.'" He d. in 1737.
Ofhisch., 4.pj^(yvjeun. rc^f^ 0^^1697-8, m. Elizabeth,
^"^ <y -wid. of Isaac Barker,
of Newport, R. I., and daughter of Captain Joseph Barstow,
in 1724, and resided on tiat part of the territory of Hanover,
afterwards annexed to Pembroke, and near the spot where his
grandson Elijah now resides, in Hanson. He is caUed Lt. and
Capt., on the Rec. of H. ; was for many years a Just, of the
Peace ; the first Rep. of the town, in 1737 ; and Selectman eleven
years, from 1728-'39. He was one to whom much of the pubUc
business of the town was confided, and executed his trust with
fideHty and success. Of his ch. (Hon. Joseph,) s. EUJah 4,
' was b. Mar. 1, 1731-2, grad.
at H. C, 1752, was one of
the most valuable citizens
of the town in his day.
For a sketch of his life, see p. 110, He was Selectman six
years, from 1768-'74, and Representative from 1778-'75, and for
'78-79, also Town Clerk from 1774-'78. He m. Ruth  , and
Hved near the Four Comers, where he d. Dec. 19, 1791, and hia
1 Deane's Scit., p, 255,

290 CUSHING,
wid, Feb, 12, 1822, ch, : 1, Ruth, m. David Stockbridge, Jr.,
Dec, 23, 1779, 2, Charlotte, d, Aug, 24, 1825, ae, 60, 3,
Elizabeth, m, Nathaniel Barstow, Aug, 31, 1786, 4, Joseph, m.
Kezia Curtis, Nov. 6, 1794, and moved to Me., where his de
scendants still reside. He has a son Benj., in Camden, Me.
5. Deborah, m. John Hathaway, of Camden, Me., Oct. 29, 1797.
6. Horatio.

THE JUDGE CUSHING HOUSE.
6. Horatio, Esq., s. Hon. Joseph 6, m. Ruth, da. John Bailey,
and lived In his father's house near the Four Corners. He was
Selectman nine years, for 1820, '28, '24, and from 1826-'32 ;
also Rep. in 1881, and''33. ch. : 1. Mary B., Feb. 11, 1812,
d. Sep. 1, 1815. 2. Horatio, June 18, 1818. 3. Henry W,,
Feb, 18, 1815. 4, Wm., Jan. 12, 1817. 5. Joseph, Dec. 6,
1818. 6. Edward, Ap. 26, 1820. 7. Mary E., June 12, 1821.
8. John H., July 8, 1822. 9. Frances, July 17, 1824. 10.
Benjamin, June 20, 1825. 11. Anna 0., July 17, 1826. 12.
Charles S., May 22, d. Oct. 15, 1828. 13. Lucy E., May
18, 1829. 14. Charles S., Jan. 30, 1831.
Note. — Mrs. C, after her husband.'s decease, with her son Henry, built,
it is said, the house now occupied by Capt. Nath'l. Barstow, near the Four
Corners. She now resides in Hartford, Ct.'
7. Dr. Ezekiel D. Cushing, a desc't. of Elijah 4, was in H., In

CUTLER  DAMON.

291

1827, and d. Ap. 6, 1828, ae. 88. See p, 100, By w, DeHa, he
had a son, Capt. Nath'l., who m. Elizabeth, da. Edward Barstow,
and Hved in H., near the Four Corners.

EESIDKNCE OF EEV. SAMUEL CUTLEK,
CUTLER, Rev, Samuel, s. Sam'l,, and w, Lydia (Prout,) was
b. May 12, 1805, moved from Newburyport to Portland, Me,, in
1826, and was there in business until 1884. In Feb, of that year,
he moved to Bos'n., and was there In business until 1839. From
1836, to 1839, he spent his time In preparing for the ministry, under
the Rev. Dr. Stone, and was settled In Hanover, Mass., In 1842. He
m. 1, JuHa A,, da. Levi Cutter, of Portland, Me., Aug. 31, 1829,
who d. Dec 28, 1830, ae. 24 ; and 2, Elizabeth D., da, John
Gardner, of Exeter, N, H,, June 19, 1833. Has one son by her,
Samuel G., b. Oct. 30, 1835, Mr. C. resides near the Four
Comers, in the fine parsonage house, erected for him ^y his Soci
ety, in 1849, a view of which is annexed.

DAMON, Jno., and sis, Han'h,, were In Scit, as minors, in
1633, imder the guardianship of their uncle, Wm. GlUson. The
desc'ts, are numerous. In Scit,, H,, and Mfd,
2, EeUs, 8. Zach,, of Scit,, and a desc't. of John, m. Huldah
Curtis, May 1, 1777, lived on Whiting st., corner of North, was a

292 DAMON.
•
housewrlght, and d, Aug. 26, 1805, being drowned near Boon
Island, Me,, and his wid, d. Mar, 12, 1880, ch, : 1. Zach,, Dec
17, 1775. 2, Nath'l, E., Jan, 4, 1780, d. 1781. 3. Eells,
June 15, 1788, 4. Job, Nov, 9, 1785, m, Ruth Cushing, went
off, and has not been heard from for 20 years, 5, Sally, June 12,
1788, m, Eliph't, Belcher, Wey'h, 6, Rufus C, July 14, 1792,
went to Ill's., and m. there. 7. Huldah, May 29, 1794, m,
Alvah Wood, and died In Plym'h, 8, Abner, Ap, 19, 1797, d,
Ap, 30, 1799, 9, Lenthea^ Aug. 22, 1800, m. Sam'l, Turner,
Randolph, 3, Zach,, s, Eells, 2, m. Sarah Brooks, Hved on Whiting st,,
was a carpenter by trade, and his w, d, Ap, 4, 1847, ch, : 1,
Sarah B,, Mar, 16, 1801, m, Chas, Thomas. 2. Thos,, Oct, 20,
1804, 8, Joseph B,, Nov. 13, 1809, edu. at Newton, m, wid,
Martha Burbank, and is sett, as a Bap, min., in Lake VUlage,
N, H. 4, Zach., Sep, 7, 1812, m, 1, Abig. Southward, Dux'y,;'
and 2, Ann Rogers, Wey'h,, and lives In PhUIpston, Mass, 5,
Debo, C, Oct. 8, 1815, m. Benj. Bowker, jr., Hn. 6. Frank
lin, Oct. 21, 1818, edu. at Newton, m. Han'h, Cushing, and is
sett, as a Bap. min. in Brewster, Mass.
4. EeUs, s. Eells 2, m. Eleanor Brooks, lived on Curtis st.,
was a housewrlght, and d. Feb. 25, 1881, and his wid. Nov. 12,
1846. ch. : 1. Elenor, Oct. 28, 1810, not m. 2. Eells, July
15, 1812, not m. 8. George, June 5, 1814, m. Sarah H. Crane,
Dec, 1888, lives on Main st., and has Sarah M, Sep. 29, 1839;
Geo. F., Aug. 6, 1841 ; Lydia A, Feb. 15, 1844; and Danl.
W., Nov. 3, 1848. 4. Esther, Mar. 25, 1816, m, Wm. Orcutt,
and d. May 24, 1845, 5, Lydia, May 21, 1818, d, Oct, 22,
1850. 6. Danl., Sep. 8, 1821, m. Lucy Crane, 1843, and lives
on Main st,, no ch,
5, Thos,, s. Zach, 3, m, Nabby Bates, Dec, 25, 1827, who d,
in 1852, He is a carpenter by trade, lives near the centre of the
town, was Selectman in 1839, and has been Constable, Collector,
&c, ch, : 1. Andrew T., Nov, 19, 1829, m, Fanny S. Perry,
Ap, 22, 1851, and lives near the Cent, M, Ho. 2, Bernard,
Aug. 17, 1831. 3. Nabby F., Oct, 15, 1838. 4. Rector, 1841.

DAMON. 293
6. Ezra, s. Joseph, of Ab'n., and a desc't, of Jno. of Scit., m,
Anna Wilder, of Hm,, and d, July, 1825, ae,71, and his wid, Sep.
23, 1881, ae. 76. ch. : 1. Anna, m, Jos, Jacobs, Oct, 4, 1801,
and is d. 2. EHzab,, m, 1, Wm, E, Smith, June 3, 1804, and 2.
Jos. Jacobs, 8. Ezra, of Quincy, Mass., is m, and has ch. 4,
Joseph, 5, Calvin, Ap., 1789. 6. Piam. 7, Mary, m, Jona.
Arnold, Ab'n. 8. David, m, Lucy Wade, Aug, 8, 1821, and now
Hves in So. Scit. Has sev. ch. 9. Sarah, m. a Palmer, and lives
mHm. 10. Thos,
7. Joseph, s. Ezra 6, m. Lucy Tower, Sep. 6, 1812, Hves on
Whiting St., is a farmer, and has, 1, Lucy, July 29, 1813, m,
Thos. Mann, and is d. 2. Jno., Dec, 3, 1816, m. Martha S.
Chubbuck, who is d.. and he lives on Whitmg st., and has sev. ch.
3. Alvira A., Jan. 3, 1819, m. Ezra Shaw, Abn. 4. Anne,
July 8, 1821, m. Jas. Bates, Aug. 16, 1828. 6. Joseph, Nov.
26, 1823, m. Mary Gerrish, 1852, and Hves with his fa. 6.
Betsey, Sep. 15, 1825, m. Henry Shaw, Abn. 7. Debo. B., Jan.
12, 1827, d. 1847. 8. Esteria, Ap., 1828, d. Dec. 10, I860. 9.
Jas., July 3, 1821. 10. Mary.A., Feb. 3, 1835.
8. Calvin, s. Ezra 6, took his mother's name, and is known as
Calvin D. WUder, lives in Snappet, and m. Sarah Barrell, Jan. 15,
1815, who died in 1846. He survives. His ch. are, 1. Luclnda,
June 9, 1816, m. Hfram Curtis. 2. Calvin, Oct. 8, 1817, m.
Abig. Curtis, and Hves in So. Scit. No ch. 3. Wm., d. ae. 9
days. 4. Sarah, Sep. 13, 1829, m. Capt. Benj. N. Curtis. 6.
Jno. B., Sep. 9, 1824, m. Lydia J. RandaU, 1848, lives on Wal
nut St., and has Ellen F., Dec. 9, 1845 ; Geo. A, 1849 ; and
Mary C, Mar. 7, 1852.
9. Piam, s. Ezra 6, m. OHve Whiting, June 15, 1814, lives on
Whiting St., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Eliza E., Jan. 26, d.
Feb. 21, 1817. 2. Martin W., May 28, 1818, m. Abig. S. Puf
fer, and now Hves in HaverhUl, Mass. 3. Ruth F., Nov. 7, 1820,
m. Hosea Chubbuck, Dec. 22, 1839. 4. Jane T., May 6, 1828,
m.Jnc Scott. 5. EHzab. E., Mar. 2,1826. 6. Henry L., June
27, 1828, d. ae. 13. 7, Wm. W., Jan. 13, 1832.
10. Thos., s. Ezxa 6, m, Almira PhUHps, in 1828, and d. Ap, 6,

294 DARLING  DAVIS — DAWES — ^DELANO — ^DILL — ^DOTBN.
1862, leaving ch,: 1, Thos. W., Aug, 30,1830, 2, AnnT,,
Feb , 1834, 3, Almira, May, 1836. 4. Piam, Aug,, 1838. 6,
Henry, Jan,, 1842. 6, Wash'n., June, 1848. 7, Ezra, 1850,
DARLING, David, of HuU, b, July 1, 1793, s. Benj,, of Pemb.,
m, Lydia Studley, Aug, 24, 1816, lives on Circuit st,, and has, 1,
Sally L., Oct, 8, 1818, m, David J. Davis, Dec, 1834, 2. Har
riet L., Jan, 3, 1821, m, Seth H, VInal, May, 1840, 8. Sophia
S,, July 11, 1826, m, Joseph VInal, Ap,, 1848.
DAVIS, David J., of N, Yk. State, s. Jona., m. Sally L. Dar
ling, Dec, 1884, lives with her fa., and has, 1, Wm. F., Mar. 25,
1835. 2. Jno. T., Feb. 25, 1841, 8. Lydia A., May 14, 1843.
4. Horace L., May, 1846.
DAWES, Wm., b. 1790,' s. Rev. Ebenr., of Scit, m. 1. Bath
sheba, da. Wm.Torrey, of Pemb., Ap. 28, 1814; and 2. Amy, da.
Jno, BaUey, and wid, of Edward Barstow, and Hves on Wash'n,
st,, near the Corners, Had 2 ch,, Wm, E,,"d, at sea, ae, 19, and
Elizab. A., d. ae. 18 mos. Both by 1st w,
DELANO, James, b, Nov, 18, 1806, s. Gee, of Dux'y., and a
lineal desc't. of PhiHp de la Noye, who came to Plym'h. In the
Fortune, In 1621, lives on Centre st., with Geo. Bates, is a shoe
maker, and unm.
DILL, Joseph, s. Lem,, of Hm., m. Julia A., da, Joseph Vin
ing, Hved in H, for a time, and had Julia A., 1841, and Caroline,
Jan, 25, 1843, He now lives In E, Abn., is a shoe mfr,, and
has Sariah, 1845, and Joseph W., June, 1847,
DOTEN, Jnc, s. Edward, of Plym'h., b, Feb., 1828, and a
lineal desct. of Edward, of Plym'h., 1623, m. Betsey Hughes,
1845, lives on Broadway, is a shoemaker, and has Geo. D,, and
Jno. T., twms, b, July 14, 1849.
DONNELL, Joseph, was in H, 1760, m, Sarah Palmer, and
had, 1, Joseph, of Bristol, Me, 2, Thos,, d. in the Rev'n. 3.

DONNELL— DUNBAR — DUNCAN. 295
Patience S., m, Levi Mann, and d. Mar, 6, 1846, ae, 85, 4,
Samuel, 6, Rebecca, m. Laban Wilder, 6, Charles, d. Sep.
14, 1832, ac 62,
2. Samuel, s. Joseph, m. Jane D. Barstow, lived at the Cor
ners, and d. June 5, 1807, and his wid. June 11, 1B08, ch, :
1, Samuel, of Bath, Me,, was m, and d, there, 2, Jane B., m,
Calvui B. Bailey, of Bath, May 21, 1820, 8. Thos., d, Dec,
1, 1802, ae, 20 mos, 4, Jno,, d. in S, Am'a, 5, Capt, Thos, B.,
Feb,, 1804, a shipmaster for many years, now a farmer ; lives on
Elm st. ; m, 1, Ruth, da. Reuben Curtis, In Oct., 1843, who d,
Jan. 23, 1849, and 2. Sarah BaUey, Jan. 13, 1860. ch. : Abby
C, June 17, 1844 ; Jane B^ Aug. 5, 1845 ; (by 2d) Reuben
C, Nov. 28, 1850.
Note. — Hon. Saml. DonneU, b. 1645, one of the first Councillors of Mass.,
and i. P., &c., was of York, Me., where he d. in 1717, and his s. Nath. b. ^
1689, d. in York in 1780, ae. 90. Possibly Jbseph, of H., was a desc't. of
' the DonneU's, of Me.
' DUNBAR, Amos, of Hm., s. Amos, b. Sep. 1, 1786, a currier
by trade, and for many years a respected citizen of H., but now
of So. Scit., m. 1. Abig. Gray, who d. Feb. 12, 1830, and 2.
Rebecca Gray, May 18, 1835, .and has, 1. Debo,, July 8, 1808,
m. David BaUey, Ap, 24, 18S3, 2, Amos, Aug, 28,"^ 1811, m,
Maria Lyon, and lives in Wey'h, 8, Abig,, Sep, 25, 1814, m.
Richmond Farrow, of So, Scit, 4, Lucinda, Mar. 22, 1817, m.
GUman Thompson, the enterprising expressman, of Wey'h, 5.
Ruth R,, Feb, 16, 1820, m. Rufus K. Trott, Wey'h. 6, EHzab.
G., Jan. 24, 1825, m. Jere, BaUey, and Is of Wey'h, 7. Emma
F., Dec, 14, 1828, m, Alexr, Sherman, of Wey'h., Ap, 25, 1850,
(By 2d.) 8, Jas. M., Mar. 26, 1837. 9. Harriet M,, Jan, 5,
d. Oct, 5, 1842,
DUNCAN, Rev, Abel G., b. in 'Chester, Vt,, June 26, 1802,'
s. Jason, jr., and w. Lucy; gr. s. Ja-son, and w. Sarah (Gates), an
early settler of Dummerston, Vt., memb. Leg., J. P., Judge, &c.;
gr.-gr.-s. Simeon, and w, Bridget (Richardson) ; and gr, gr, gr.
s. John, of Edmburgh, Seot'd., who m. Sarah Button, and Hved
and d. In Worcester, Mass. Rev. Abel G. m. Lucia Harlow, of

DWELLEY,
Harvard, Mass., Sep, 28, 1828, who d, Oct, 12, 1861, and has 1.
Laura J., July 9, 1829, 2. Wm, P., Ap. 1, 1831, is at Amherst
Coll, 3, Lucia A,, Dec 20, 1882, See Chap, on Eccl; Hist,,
and obit, of his w. In the Puritan Recorder for 1851.
DWELLEY, Richard, supposed by Deane to have been the
same that was In Lancaster, 1654, and in H'm. a few yrs, after,
was In Scit., 1665, and his farm was on the road leading from the
3d. Herring brook to the harbor, one mUe north of the brook ; and
his house stood where stood. In 1831, that of Capt. Seth Foster,
deces'd. He had meadow land at TUls, aft. DweUey's creek ; and
in 1676, was a soldier in Philip's war, and received for his servi
ces a grant of land on what is now East st.. In H. He d. May 27,
1692. We have not ascertained the place of his nativity, nor the
year in which he came to N. Eng. The name is not common, and
is rarely found in genealogical works. The name of his w. is not
given, nor the dates of birth of his ch. We have only the ba,p.
of Mary, in H'm., in 1664. There were sons Richard, and Jno.;
and Sam'l., who d. 1690, in Phip's exped. to Canada. Richard
jr., m. 1, Eamie, da. Roger Glass, Dux'y. Ap. 4, 1682 ; and 2,
EHzab. Simmons, 1690, and d. Dec. 24, 1708, having haid 1. Mary,
1684 ; 2. Richard, 1685, m. Grace Turner, Oct. 13, 1712, (who
d. Feb. 16, 1715.) and nad Richard, 1714, and Grace, 1716, m.
1, Jesse Turner, Dec. 18, 1734 ; and 2, Joseph Church ? Aug. 2,
1742 ; 3. EHzab., 1687, m. Joseph White, Mfd,, Dec. 21, 1710,
4. Joshua, 1689 ; 5. Ruth, 1691, m. Thos, Slack, Nov, 9, 1716 ;
6, Sam'l,, 1693 ; 7, Lydia, 1696, m, Henry Burditt ? Jan, 1,
1712; 8, Marg't, 1696, m, Henry Merritt, jr., Ap. 18, 1725.
2. John, s. Richard, sen'r,, m, Rachel, da. Cornet Jno, Buck,
Jan, 4, 1692-'3, and had 1, Jnc, Jan, 15, 1698-'4, m. Judith
"Bryant, Dec, 20, 1721, and had Jno., 1722, Simeon, 1725, Ruth,
1726, and Benj., 1729. 2, Rachel, Sep, 27, 1695, m. Caleb
Turner, Oct, 27, 1713, 8, Ichabod, Dec. 80, 1696. 4, Obadi-
ah, Feb, 21, 1696-'7, d. Mar, 17, 1706, 5, Jededlah, Sep, 5,
1698, 6, Abner, Mar, 7, 1700, 7. Simeon, Dec 22, 1701.—
8. Debo,, July 25, 1708, m. Isaac Keen, Pemb,, Feb, 17, 1724.

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297

9. Joseph, bap. May 6, 1706., 10, Thankful, Dec, 12, 1706, m.
Wm. Fobes, W. Bridg'r. , Feb. 3, 1725. 11. Mary, May 18, 1708,
d. young, 12, Benj.., May 22, 1708, (T, Rec) , 13. Susannah,
Dec. 19, 1711. 14, Mary,. Sep. 24, 1714, m. Josh. Lincoln,
Feb, 18, 1731. 15. Lemuel, June 25, 1717. Some of this
family may have moved to Rhode Island, in which State the name
is stUl extant.
y^ 1 ' / /--^ ?/ s. Jno. 2, m, Elizabeth
^d^dUfJL ^>^^w^<^C House, Oct, 7, 1726, and
d, Ap. 16, 1738, having had, 1, Elizab., An, 27, 1726, 2, Debo.,
Sep. 22, 1728, 3. Lusannah, Mar,' 20, 1730, 4, Abner, Mar.
6, 1733. 5. Josh., July 20, 1736. 6. JedecH,, Mar, 15, 1737.
7. Lot, Ap. 6, 1740, bap. Mar. 16, 1741, being sick. His mo.
then a wid. (Rec, 2 Ch., Scit.)
4. Abner, s. Jno. 2, m. Sarah WithereU, Oct. 12, 1721, lived
on Elm St., near Col. Barstow's, where part of his orchard, known
as the "Abner orchard, " is stIU standing; and d, Sep. 1, 1732,
as trad, says, by falling from a load of hay. He was Selectman
in 1731 and '32. ch. : 1. Bradbury, July 17, 1722, d. 1728.--
2. Wm., Ap. 13, 1724. 3. Jas. L., Jan. 6, 1726. 4. Sarah
L., Dec. 2, 1728. 5. Luke L., Mar. 21, 1730.
5. Joseph, s. Jno. 2, m. Mary RamsdeU, Oct. 9, 1729, and d.
ab. 1748.' ch. : 1. Lusannah, bap. Nov. 8, 1730. 2, Mary,
Jan. 15,1781. 8. DrusIUa, Dec, 11, 1738, 4, Bradbury, Nov.
26, 1735, 5, Joseph, Oct, 14, 1737, m, Mary Magoun, Pemb.,
Jan. 7, 1762, and was prob. fa, of Dr, Melzar, of H, 6, Lemuel,
Aug, 10, 1741, 7. Ruth, Jan, S, 1743, 8, Jno,, bap, Ap. 9,
1749, his mo, -being, a wid,
6. Abner, s. Jeded, 3, m.'l, Sarah  , and 2, Debo, House, ?
Jan. 26, 1769, and had, 1. Abner, Jan, 10, 1758, prob, moved
to ihe Westem part of Mass., or to N, Y. State, 2, Jedediah,
Oct. 5, 1760, 3, Elizabeth, Sep. 18, 1762. 4. Lucy, Sep. 9,
1766. 5. Debo., Nov.l3, 1768.
7. Joshua, 8. Jeded. 8, m. Avis RamsdeU, Dec. 24, 1761,
lived in H., and d. Mar. 15, 1787, and his wid. Mar. 19, 1831,
ae. 90. He was a soldier ia the Rev'n. ch. : 1. Debo., Oct. 18,
1762, m. Asa Whiting, Ap. 13, 1786. 2. Lemuel, Nov. 7, 1764.
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298 DWELLEY.
3. Josh., Dec 13, 1766. 4. Joseph, Nov. 2, 1772, moved to
Me., and m. and d. there, leaving ch. 5. Lucy, Sep. 18, 1775,
m. Seth Rose, Dec. 4, 1798, andd. Ap. 26, 1846. 6. PrisciUa,
May 20, 1780^ m. Josh. Stetson, Oct. 20, 1804, and d. Nov.
27, 1845.
8. Jeded., s. Jeded. 3, was of Pemb., and m. Lydia Soule,
Dux'y., Feb. 14, 1768, who d. Ap. 20, 1819, ae. 79. He was
a soldier in the Fr. war. ch: 1. Chas., of Me. 2. Benj,, m,
Bradbury Stetson, Dec 7, 1788, Hved in P,, and had Frances,
Feb, 7,1789 ; Elizab., Nov, 13, 1792 ; Bradbury, Ap. 26, 1795,
m. Lem'l. Grover, jr., Mfd., Jan, 2, 1828 ; Sophia, Nov. 1, 1797
d. unm, ; Mary, July 22, 1799 ; Benj., June 17, 1801, d. May
4, 1802 ; Chas., Ap. 19, 1803 ; and Julia, Oct.' 13, 1807. 3.
Huldah, m. Chrlst'r, Thomas, Pemb, 4, Lucy, m. Chas, Josselyn,
Pemb, 5. Nathan. 6. Aaron, Hved and d. In Pelham, Mass. 7.
George, m. Hope Cushing, Oct. 11, 1826', lives In P., and has Geo.,
d. ae. 3 ; Laura A., Feb. 19, 1829, d. young ; and Huldah, m.
Henry Chapman, of P. 8. Lydia, m. Elisha K. Josselyn, of P.,
Mar. 12, 1797. n (p^^f' /^ s. Josh. 7, m. 1, Jane,
^-^' '- .^^-^ /.^^OlA2.. Col David Cushing,
H'm., who d. Dec. 1, 1816, ae. 44 ; and 2, Lucia Turner, Chas'n.,
Dec. 1818, lived at the corner of Union and Main sts., and d,
Oct 29, 1846, ac 84. ch : 1. Lem'l., June 18, 1798, m. Sarah
J., da. Calvin Bailey, Ap, 1827, lives on Union st,, was Selectman
from 18i!7 — '81, and from '42 — '44; has Geo. R.,I>ec.B,
1829, at H. Coll.; Edwin B., Jan, 2, 1881 ; Jedediah, Feb. 28,
1834; Sarah B., Mar, 6, 1836; and Chas. H, Oct, 7, 1843,
2. Jane R,, Dec. 9, 1804, m. 1, Geo. ' Merriam, and 2, Wm. H.
Curtis, 3, Geo, R., Sep, 27, 1807, d. Nov., 1827. 4, Jedediah,
d. Mar, 26, 1884, at MIddletown CoU,, Ct, (By 2d,) 6, Joseph
T., d, Oct,, 1836, 6. Mary T,, m, Joseph Briggs, jr,
10. Joshua, s. Josh, 7, m, Rachel Hatch, Mar, 16, 1797, who
d, Dec, 11, 1881, and he Dec. 14, 1847. Lived In H, ch : 1.
Josh., Aug 17, 1798, m, 1, Betsey, da, Chas. BaUey, Nov. 8,
1823, who d. Aug, 2, 1825 ; and 2, Kezlah, da. Geo. BaUey, Jan.
16, 1827, and d. Jan. 30,1842 ; had Josh., d. Aug. 25,1825;
(by 2d,) Josh., Jan 7, 1828, a carpenter ; Betsey B., Nov. 18,

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1829, m. Josh. S. Whiting, June 20, 1847 ; Laurentia C, Mai-,
20, 1832; Melzar, Feb. 5, 1836; and Geo.B., Aug. 7, d. Nov.
10, 1841. 2. Rachel, May 3, 1800, m, Benj, BaUey, of H., Ap.
14, 1822. 3. Jno., June 21, 1802, m. Mary Stockbridge, Ap.
1829, Hves on Union st., and has Almira, Jan., 1833, d. May 3,
1839 ; Jno. H, Feb. 18, 1835 ; Hosea, Dec. 10, 1836 ; Jo
seph, Feb. 14, 1839 ; and Mary, Dec 81, 1848. 4. AJpira,
Aug. 14, 1806, d. Dee, 9, 1807. 6. Debo., Jan. 18, 1808, m,
.Tos. Stockbridge. 6. Joseph, Ap. 6, 1818, m. SaUy Stockbridge,
Feb. 3, 1836, Hves on Main st., and has Almira J, Aug. 3, 1840.
11. Nathan, s. Jeded. 8, m. 1, Elizab. Bonney, Sep. 26, 1798 ;
and 2, Amy Bonney; and Hved and d. In Pemb. ch : 1. Betsey,
Aug. 21,1794, d. Dec. 21, 1798. 2, Nathan, Feb. 19, 1797.
3. Mary D., Feb. 1,1799, m. Melzar Sprague, Nov. 28, 1820.
4. Amy M. 5. Jas. H., m. Lois Josselyn, lives In Pemb., and
has Jas. H, Geo., and Mary E. 6. Abner, Sep. 20, 1806, d.
Nov. 2, 1811. 7. Chloe B., Sep. 12, 1808, m. 1, Septa Keith,
Aug. 7, 1831, and 2, Thos. Perkins. 8. Hannah B., Oct. 29, d.
Nov. 6, 1811. 9. Hannah, m. Silas HoUis, of H.

RESIDENCE OP CAPT. NATHAN DWELLEY.
12. Capt, Nathan, s. Nathan 11, m. Huldah B. Eells, Dec. 5,
1822, and Hves at the Corners, in the Capt. Rob't. L. Eells house,
a view of which is annexed, Mr. D.was, for a time, Capt. of the

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DWELLEY.

H, Rifle Company, ch : 1, EHzab, E,, Nov, 29, 1823, m. Waldo
Bradford, Bridg'r,, Nov, 28, 1847. 2, Rob't, E,, Sep, 14, 1826,
m. Mary Lyons, July 2, 1848, and had Edwin B., Feb, 22, 1850,
d, same yr, 3, Huldah B,, June 8, 1880, d: young. 4. Nathan
IL, May 7, 1832, 6. Huldah B,, July 2, 1834,
13, Dr, Melzar, s. Joseph, andgr, s. Joseph 5, wjthw. Sally,
camg to H, from Ashburnham, in 1797, and sett, on Hanover
st, (see p. 20,) where he d, Nov, 25, 1828, ae, 67, and his wid,
Feb, 10, 1841, ae, 65, ch : 1, Geo, W,, Feb, 25, 1796, shipwright,
of S, Boston, 2, Chas., Mar., 1798, m, 1, a Thayer, and 2, a
Spear, and lives In S. Boston, 8, SaUy S,, Oct. 16, 1799, m.
AsIaPhlUIps, of Ashb'm., Dec.25, 1820. 4, Harriet, Nov, 25,
1801, d, Dec. 14, 1818. 5, Jno. M,, Nov, 17, 1803, living in
H,, unm, 6. Augustus, Feb, 7, 1806, of S. Boston, 7, Caro
line, Aug, 23, 1808, m, Horatio N. WlUard, Ashb'm,, Nov, 80,
1831. 8. Abig, W,, July 23, 1810, d, Oct, 1812, 9. Fred'k,,
July 16, 1812, of S. Boston. 10. Abig, W., Aug. 12, 1814, m.
Leavitt L'. Stockbridge, July 4, 1844. 11. Anne S,, Nov, 1816,
m, David Hatch, Mfd, 12, Joseph, July 3, 1819, d. ae. 19.

RESIDENCE OE MR. CHARLES DYER.
DYER, Charles, s. Christ'r, of Ab'n.,b. Jan, 12, 1796, m, 1,
Cynthia Jenkins, of A,, Nov,, 1820, who d, Feb, 7, 1826 ; 2, Mary
Ford, of Pemb., Sep. 10, 1826, who d, Nov. 17, 1831 ; and 3,

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Sophronia Oldham, of P,, Oct, 21, 1882 ; Hves on Water st,, and
has been for some years engaged iu the mfr,of Tacks, (See p, 141,)
A view of his house is presented, ch: 1. Eliza, Sep, 27, 1821,
m, Geo, M, Josselyn, Pemb, 2, Cynthia J,, July 12, 1828. 3.
Lucy S., Jan 12, 1825, m, Rob't, Hersey, of H, (By 2d,) • 4.
Charies, July 4, 1831, (By 8d,) 5, Theodore, Sep, 19, 1836-
EELLS, or EELES, John, was among the early settlers of
Dorchester, and " dwelt at Fox-point." According to the History
of Dorchester, now In the course of publication, and from which
we quote, "It appears that he removed to Hingham ;" and it is
suggested, that " he may have been John the bee-hive maker,
who finally settled In Newbury. He had a son Samuel, bap, in
D., May 3, 1640."
?^ s. of Jno., according to family doc'ts., sett.
ba^li^ ^ ^oC tx^in MUford, Ct, He commanded a garrison
riJ '^ at Dartm'h, Mass., in Philip's War, 1676 ;
was J. P.; and Rep. from H'm., 1705-6 ; m. Anna, da. of Rev.
Robt. Lenthal, of Wey'h.; and had 7 sons, and 1 da., the latter of
whom m, on Long Island. The name of Lenthal was preserved in
this famUy for a long time, and still exists in it. After the death of
his 1st w., Mr.E. moved to H'm. , Mass., taking with him his youngest
son, Nath'l., and there m. 2, wid. Sarah North, formerly a Peck,
(H'm. Rec.) She was prob. the wid. of Joseph Peck, of H'm.,
and her maiden name was North, she being a desc't. of the noble
famUy of that name in England. The fa. d. In H'm., in 1709, and
his wid. in Scit., in 1711. A son John, lived In Milford, Ct., and
had 2 das., Ann, who m. Thos. Weldon, and Frances, who d. at
her uncle Nathl's., in 1718.
Note. — ^We find the name of John Bales, among the freemen of Mass., in
1634, (N. E. Gen, Keg., Vol. 3, p. 92); ?mA Henry Eeles was a Pass, for
Va. in the Merchants' Hope, Hugh Weston, Master, in 1635. (Jb. vol. 4,
p. 190.) It has been suggested, that the names of Eells, and Ellis, were for
merly one ; laut of the correctness of this suggestion, we are not prepared
to decide. Similarity does not always prove identity.
XJ /^ >, (Rev, Nath'l,,) s. of Capt,
L.Sf at H. C. 1699, and sett, in
Scit., over the 2d Church, In 1704. He was m, by his fa. to Hannah

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North, of H'm., (aunt to Frederick, Lord North, afterwards Prime
Minister of Geo. IIL). Oct. 12, 1704, and d. In Scit,, Aug, 25,
1750, ae, 72, and his wid., May 1, ,1764. He is described, by
Deane, as a man " of a stature rather, above mediocrity, of broad
chest and muscular proportions, remarkably erect, somewhat cor
pulent in his late years, of dark complexion, with black eyes and
brows, and of general manners rather dignified and commanding,
than sprightly and pleasing," He wrote a fair hand, as the
Church Records show ; and as a preacher, his discourses prove
him to have been a man of great simplicity of style, and.directness
of argument. He prepared his own sons, and others, for CoUege,
and was a ripe scholar, naturally shrewd, and one eminently
quaHfied for usefulness In the station he fiUed, ch, : 1. Sarah,
Aug, 6, 1705, m, Benj. Turner, of Scit. 2. Samuel, Feb. 23,
1706-7. 3. Jno,, Jan, 23, 1709, m, Abiah Waterman, of Scit,,
in 1780, and left desct's, 4. Nath'l,, Feb, 4, 1710-11, grad. H.
C. 1728, sett, at Stonlngton, Ct,, in 1733, m, Mary, da, Hon.
John Cushing, of Scit,, Oct. 18, 1733, and has desct's. in Ct. 6.
Edward, Jan. 4, 1712-18, grad. H, C. 1733, ord, at MIddletown,
Ct,, 1737 ; was for some years Tutor at Yale CoU,, where 3 of
his sons grad,, who sett, in Ct, The fa, d. in 1776. Concerning
him, we find the following note, in the Stat. Acctr of Mid'x., Ct, :
"In 1738, the Rev, Ed, Eells, s, of the Rev. Nath'l, Eells, of
Scit,, Mass,, was ord. In the Upper Houses. Mr. E. acquired
some celebrity by a pamphlet which he pub. In 1759, on the Wal-
ingford case. For several years he sustained the office of a trus
tee of Yale Coll., where 8 of his sons were educated, who were
mmisters in Eastbury, N. Bramford, and Barkhampstead, Ct."
6. Han'h., Jan, 80, 1714-16, m, Anth'y, Eames, of Mfd, 7,
Mary, May 18, 1716, m, Seth WUHams, of Taunton, 1738. 8.
North, Sep, 28, 1718, m. Ruth TUden, 1741, and left ch, 9.
Anna L,, Oct, 16, 1721, m, Zach. Damon, 1748.
3, Samuel, s. Rev, Nathl, 2, m, Hannah, gr. gr. da. Rev. Wm.
WithereU, of Scit,, Dec, 18, 1729, and sett. In H., his house stand
ing where stands that of Joseph C. Stockbridge, on Broadway.
He d. In 1741, (see p. 20,) and his wid, survived many years, ch. :
1. Wm. W., Dec 14, 1780. 2. Robert L,, Feb. 7, or 18, 1782.

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S. Sarah, June 4, 1733, m. Bezal. Palmer, Ap. 8, 1762. 4.
Samuel, Feb. 16, 1735. 5. Hannah N., Nov. 18, 1736, d. Sep.
2, 1737. 6. Hannah N., Jau. 22, 1738, m. George Bennett, of
Ab'n., Ap. 5, 1759. 7. Mary, Dec. 26, 1739, m. Deacon Benj.
Bass, Mar. 8, 1793. 8. Bradbury, Ap. 6, 1741, m. Benj. Stet
son, Ap. 30, 1765.
4. Wm. W., s. Saml. 3, m. Sarah PUlsbury, and moved to Me.,
where his desct's. stUl reside. His w. d. Sep. 25, 1791 ? ae. 62.
ch. : 1. Sarah, May 12, 1758, m. Hezek. Bosworth,- and moved to
Mc 2. Hannah W., bap. Sep. 11, 1763, m. Jacob White, of
Ab'n., Mar. 12, 1778, and moved to Me, 3'. Mary L., bap. Sep.
11, 1763, m. 1, Jcsh. Young, of Scit., Feb. 28, 1804 ; 2, a EweU,
of Mfd. ; a.nd 3, a Cobb, of Me. 4. PrisciUa, bap. March 31,
1765, d. unm. 5. Lydia, bap. Ap.^26, 1767, m. Rev. Mr. Lor
ing ? 6. Wm. W., Dec. 4, 1768, Hved in Me., was m., and had
ch. 7. Rebecca, bap. Sep. 10, 1775, m. a Bartol, and, with her
husband, d. in. N. York. (Captain Robert
L.,) s. Saml. 3,
m. Ruth Cope-
land, of Scit.5
Dec. 1, 1757, and Hved where Capt. N. Dwelley now resides, at
the Four Comers. For a sketch of his life, &c., see p. 162. He
was Rep. in 1776 and '77 ; Selectman from 1790-93 ; and d.
June 19, 1800, and his wid. May 21, 1881, ac 98. ch. : 1.
Ruth, Oct. 81, 1758, m. Jno. Young, Feb. 2, 1797. No ch. 2.
Betsey, Oct. 30, 1760, m. CoL J. B. Barstow, Feb. 7, 1788, and
d. m 1851. 3. Huldah C, March 8, 1763, m. Wm. Wing, Nov.
26, 1789, and d. in N. York. 4. Anne L., July 18, 1765, m.
Capt. Albert Smith, Aug. 23, 1787. 5. Robert, Nov.' 29, 1767.
6. Nabby, Nov. 29, 1767, m. Josiah Smith, jr., Pemb., Mar. 13,
1794. 7. John, May 20, 1770, m. Lucy Thorndike, and went to
Camden, Me., where he d. in 1848 ? leaving ch. 8. Nathl., Sep.
^8, 1772, m. Mary Terry, moved to Belfast, Me., and there d. in
1840. 9. Joseph, June 5, 1774. 10. Lucy, Aug- 12, 1776,
m. Dea. Elijah Barstow, Nov. 8, 1798. 11. Edward, Feb. 26,

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304 EELLS,
1779, 12, Sarah, Aug, 2, d, Aug, 17, 1781. 18, Sam'l,, Mar.
18, 1783.
6, Samuel, s. Samuel 3, m, PrisciUa Palmer, lived on Elm st,,
where Josh, Stetson resides, and there his w. d,, Nov, 27, 1763.
ch. : Sam'l,, Bezal., and Benj., aU bap, Oct, 28,1763, Sam'l, m.
Lydia Josselyn, of Pemb., July 7, 1783, had Benj., Aug. 7,
1784, and Henry jB.',Dec. 10, 1786 ; Hved in his father's house
for a time, and thence moved to Me. Bezal. was a shipwright,
and d. unm., in Me. Benj, m., and Hved in Belfast, Me. The
above Is according to family tradition.
7. Robert, s, Capt. Robert L, 5, m, Huldah Bass, Nov, 27,
1800,.who d, June 24, 1812, and he Oct. 6, 1844. He was P. M.
for 39 years ; Selectman from 1805-8 ; Rep. in 1819, '20, '27,
'28 and '80; a blacksmith by trade, and occupied his father's
house, ch.: 1. Huldah B., Feb. 21, 1802, m. Capt. Nathan
Dwelley, Dec. 5, 1822, and occupies the homestead. 2. Robert,
May 9, 1806, d. Aug. 29, 1808. 3. Elizab., Jan. 1, 1808, m.
Jos. RamsdeU, jr., of Warren, Mass., Dec. 3, 1827.
8. Joseph, s. Capt. Rob't. L. 5, m. Sarah Bass, Nov. 25, 1802,
and lived near the Four Corners, where his wid. stiU resides, in the
old DiUIngham house. He was a blacksmith by trade, ch. : 1.
Sarah B., May 31, 1808, d. July 25, 1812. 2. Luclnda, Ap. 14,
1805, m. Isaac M. Wilder, Feb. 5, 1834. 3. Joseph, Ap. 7,
1807, m. Sarah B. Smith, Mar. 11, 1827, buUt the house in which
Alex'r. Wood, Esq, now Hves, and moved to Wisconsin, Has had
12 or 13 ch, in all, of whom were b, in H., Sarah B., Aug, 1, 1828 ;
Ruth, Nov, 5, 1829 ; Albert S., Jan, 26, 1831 ; Thos. D ; Anne
L. ; PrisciUa ; and Lucinda. 4, Ruth, Ap, 22, 1809, d, Dec
29, 1828, 5, Mercy B,, Nov. 9, 1811, 6. Rob't,, Ap, 5, 1813 ?
m, Mary T. Stockbridge, Jan. 20, 1888, lives at the Corners, is a
wheelwright, and had Ellen A., Ap, 18, 1840, d, Sep, 12, 1847 ;
Rob't, Feb, 22, 1846, d, ae, 6 mos, ; Mary, Ap, 7, d, Sep, 14,
1847 ; Mary E., June 15, 1849, d, 1852 ; and two others, d,
young. 7. Jas. G., Jan. 16, 1817, lives in Ct. 8. Geo, Vv''., Nov.
5, 1819, m. PrisciUa Clark, Nov. 16, 1846, Hves on Broadway,
and has PrisciUa (7.,. Aug, 80,1846 ; Mary L., Nov. 2, 1848;
and Ella, Nov. 29, 1850.

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9. Edward, s, Capt, Rob't, L, 5, m. Sarah Stetson, and, it Is
said, d. in Medford, Mass. He was a shipwright by trade, and
whilst In H,, was Selectman in 1809 and '10, ch, : 1, Sarah C,
Sep. 10, 1806, d. Mar. 23^ 1812. 2, Rob't. L,, Nov. 2, 1808, m.
a Jones, of Boston, lives In Medford, and has 1 ch. living, 3, Ed
ward, Sep, 2, 1810, m, Mary L. Smith, and d, in Arkansas, leav
ing a- son JbsiaA, now In Niagara, N, Y. 4, Sarah, 5, Lusan
nah, 6, Lydia, m, Sam'l, Clark, 7, Alfred, m, a Parsons, 8.
Ebenezer. 9. Alexander. 10. Micah, d.
10. Sam'l., s. Capt. Rob't, L, 5, m, Jerusha, or Rusha Tower,
and lives near the Comers, on Broadway, He was Selectman In
1887, and '38, His w, d, Dec, 16, 1849, ae, 68, ch, : 1, Ru
sha P., July 19, 1806, m, Benj, Josselyn, of H'n, 2, Benj, H.
T,, Dec, 2, 1808, d, 1834, 3. Horace T., Jan. 27, 1811, prob.
d. at Sea. 4. Henry B., Feb. 20, 1818, m., and lives on Staten
Island, N. Y. 5, Wm, W., July 4, 1815, d, Oct, 4, 1833, 6,
Nancy, Jan. 4, 1818, d. Dec. 4, 1886. 7, Elizab. J., Nov, 8,
1818, 8. John P., Aug. 12, 1822, m. Ann MitcheU, lives at the
Comers, and has Ann JJ., Nov. 3, 1849. -9. Helen M. T., Dec
22, 1824. 10. Betsey F., 1828, d. young. Another ch. d. July
17, 1820.
ELLIS, John, was of Sandwich, in 1643, and from him descen
ded the EIHses of H. He had a s, Mordecai, Mar, 24,1650, prob,
gr, fa, of Mordecai of H, We find records of the EUis family In
Eng'd., in 1559, at which date John was Dean of Hereford, (Wil
lis's Cathedrals, pp. 536, and 591,) and there is a Coat of Arms
in Berry's Gen, Kent, p, 64, There are several distinct families
in N. Eng., some of which are quite extensive.
* '^ (y^ " Jno., of Sandwich, m, Sarah
Otis, Sep. 1739, and Hved on Circuit st., where Abner Magoun
now resides, and there d, June, 1810, ae, 92, and his w, Ap, 22,
1796, ae, 77. He was for 13 yrs. Selectman, from 1750-'68,
ch. : 1, Ruth, m, Jno, BaUey, and d. in 1786 ? 2, Rebecca,
May 21, 1741, m. Geo. Bailey. 3. Sarah, Oct. 31. 1742, d. Mar.

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18, 1808. 4. David, Aug, 1, 1744, m, 1, Ruth  , who d,
Jan, 10, 1778 ; and 2, Ann Jenkins, He d,, and his wid, m, a
Ford, His ch, were : Jno., m, Nabby Sylvester, Ap. 23, 1801 ;
Ruth, d, Oct, 15, 1802 ; and Nancy, m. David Gumey, of Ab'n,
5, Mordecai, Ap, 8, 1746. 6. Lucy, Aug, 16, 1748, m, Chas.
Otis. 7. PrisciUa, Nov. 12, 1750, m, Jnc Little, of Mfd. 8.
Elizab,, July 1, 1752, m, Jos, RamsdeU, May 17, 1787, 9. Clark,
Aug, 23, 1764, 10. Nath'l,, Nov, 14, 1766, 11, Otis, Feb, 8,
1762, d,-unm.
3, Mordecai, s, Mordecai 2, m, PrIsciUaRogers, of Mfd,, Nov,
1777, was of the Soc, of Friends, lived where Otis EUis now resides,
and there d,, and his wid, Sep. 8, 1860, ae. 96, ch. : 1. Huldah,
Mar. 3, 1779, m, Nathan Studley, May 18, 1806, 2, Rebecca,
Mar, 16, 1781, m, Wm. GIfibrd, of Falmouth, Mass, 3, Abig,,
Oct, 16, 1782, m. Jno, Sherman, of N, Y'k, 4, Mordecai, July
16, 1785, drowned In N, River, Jan. 25, 1796. 5. PrisciUa, Ap.
30, 1787, m. Theoph. GIfibrd, of Falm'h. 6. David, June 19,
1789, m. Maria Loud, and Hves in Lynn. 7. Sarah, Mar. 25,
1791, m. Sim., s. Jas.HoxIe, of Sandwich, in Aug. 1882, who d.
InH., Jan. 28, 1861, ae. 79. Noch. She survives. 8. Otis,
Nov. 4, 1795, m. Ruth Barker, of Dart'h., Mass., Ap. 12, 1827,
Hves on his father's place, and ha,s Rhoda B., May 10, 1830, and
PrisciUa R., Ap. 26, 1835. 9. Elizab., July 4, 1797, m. Jona.
Pratt, of Lynn, Dec. 2, 1817.
4. Clark, s. Mordecai 2, m. Ruth Spooner, of Ab'n,, Sep, 26,
1782, and d, Ap. 27, 1836, and his wid, Sep. 19, 1846. Lived
on Circuit st, ch. : 1, Lucy, Ap, 21, 1783, m. Barker RamsdeU,
Aug'. 81, 1810, who d. in Batavia, N. Y,, and his wid, in Michi
gan, ab, 1845, leaving ch, 2, Spooner, Nov,, 1787, living unm.,
on his father's place. 3. Thomas, Oct. 20, 1791, m. Marg't., da.
Jona. Josselyn, of Pemb., Mar. 28, 1814, Hves in Bridg'r,, and
has Jona. W., Aug. 16, 1814, m. Merlbah Tallman, and Is a mer
chant, in N, Bed., no. ch, ; Jane, Mar. 3, 1816, m, Capt, Jos.
R. Tallman, of N. B., Oct. 29, 1838 ; Lucy, Mar. 8, 1816 ;
Wm., Ap, 26, 1820, d, ae, 21 ; Eliza W., Jan, 1, 1823, m,
Caleb Hobart, merchant, of Bridg'r, ; Thos. H, Ap,, 1827, clerk
in N. Bed, ; and Ruth S., Oct, 28, 1829.

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6. Nath'l., s, Mordecai 2, m, Mary RamsdeU, July 20, 1787,
and d, Feb. 5, 1817, and his wid., Jan, 22, 1848, Lived on his
father's place, ch, : 1, Nath'l., Jan,, 1790, m, Sally Josselyn,
Dec, 21, 1813, lives in E, Bridg'r., and has Sarah B., m. Sam'l.
Hawes, Jan, 1, 1835 ; and Waterman J., Nov,, 1826, is m,,
lives in E, Bridg'r., and has ch, 2, Elizab, B,, June, 1791, m.
John Estes, Feb, 26, 1815, 3, Francis B,, Oct,, 1796, m, Lucy
L, CortheU, Jan, 9, 1826, and d, Nov, 2, 1848, and. his wid.
lives with her mother, on Circuit st. ch, : Lucy L., Feb, 13,
1828, d. May 26, 1830 ; Francis B., Jan, 23, 1831 ; Lucy H,
Aug, 8, 1888, m, Frank Hutchlns, and lives in Me. ; Lydia E.,
May 1, 1843, d. same year ; and Calvin C, Dec. 17, 1837. 4.
Mary H., Jan. 1805, m, Abner Magoun, jr., Ap, 16, 1825. 5.
Joseph, Ap. 1807, m. Mary, da. Benj. Bowker, of H'n., Oct. 1830,
lives on Circuit st.. Is a shoemaker, and has Benj. F., .Jan. 8,
1831; Nath'l. B., Feb. 18, 1834; s,nd Joseph T., Ap. 21, 1836.
ESTES, Matthew, according to an old Bible, In the possession
of Wm. Estes, of H'n., was s. Rob't. and Dorothy E., and was b.
in Dover, Eng'd., 8 mo. 28 d. 1645, and m. Philadelphia, da.
Renald and Ann Jenkins, of Dover, N. Eng., 4 mo. 14 d., 167.6.
She d, 10 mc 26 d, 1721, and he 6 mo. 9 d, 1723. Of their eh.,
Jnc, b. 5 mo. 14 d. 1684, and Richard, b. 7 mo. 2 d. 1686, were
of Lynn, ha 1703, and signed the letter written by the Quakers of
that town to Gov. Dudley. (N. Eng. Gen. Reg. vol, 2, p, 149.)
Joseph, who was of Dover, 1719, who m., and whose desc'ts. are
in Me., v.as another of the sons ; also Matthew, jr., who d. In H,, in
1774, ae. 85. The desc'ts. of the latter are here given, and in
their possession Is the old family Bible.
2. Matt,, s. Matt., with w. AHce, appears InH. ab, 1726, lived
on Plain st,, where his desc'ts, yet reside, and there d,. May 11,
1774, ae. 85, and his wid.Dec 14, 1778, ae. 84. ch. : 1, Edward,
b, ab. 1708, and with w. Patience, appear on the Recs. In 1731,
and had ch., but none of his desc'ts. are In the town. Tradition
says they removed to Bristol Co., where the name Is extant. In the
vicinity of Fall River, and N. Bed. 2. Wm., b. ab. 1710. 3.
Matt., Dec. 19, 1826, drowned Sept. 24, 1747, hi a rash attempt

308 ESTES.
to swim over N. River, with his clothes on. 4. Sarah, June 8,
1738, m, Thos, Sylvester, 5, Rob't,, Jan, 12, 1736, Two ch.
d. young, 3, Wm,, s. Matt, 2, m, Elizab, Stetson, In 1736, and lived near
his fa, ch, : 1, Susanna, June 29, 1737, m. Jno. Barker, ab.
1760. 2, Alice, June 29, 1737. 3. Wm., Feb, 11, 1739, mov
ed to Wareham ? 4, Ruth, Nov, 9, 1741, 5, Richard, June 25,
1745, 6, Elizab., Aug, 10, 1747, d. May 31,1750, 7, Zjlpha,
June 1, 1750, d, 1816, 8. Matt,, Jan, 17, 1754, m., and left
ch., and some of his desc'ts, are In Mfd,
4, Rob't,, s. Matt. 2, a saddler by trade, m, Beulah Wing, of
Sandwich, lived on Plain st,, and there d., Nov. 26,1803, and his
wid, Sep, 20, 1833, ae, 83, ch, : 1. Zaccheus, Dec. 20, 1760.
2. Rob't., Feb. 11, 1763, d. young.3. Robert, Ap. 20, 1764, d.
young. 4. Hannah, Aug. 7, 1765, m. Jos. Dillingham, of N.
Y'k. State, Sep. 9, 1810 ? 5. Abig., d. young. 6. Joseph, m.
Ruth DUHngham, and moved to N. Y'k. State, where Ire has de
sc'ts. 7, Alice, m, Steph, Rogers, Mfd., and d. May, 1851 ; no
ch. 8. Benj,, m. Sarah KIrby, and d. in Wheatland, N. Y,, leav
ing ch.
5. Richard, s, Wm. 8, m. Mercy Ramsdell, Nov. 4, 1778, and
d. Mar. 11, 1797, and his wid. m. Josiah EUis, of Sandwich, May
28, 1806. Lived on School st., where Josh. Gates now resides.
ch, : 1, Betsey, m, 1, Benj. Stetson, Nov. 1, 1798, and 2, Josh.
Gates, Sep. 1, 1828, and d. Sep. 8, 1851. No ch. 2. Richard,
1781. 3. Elijah, 1783, d. 1790. 4. Ruth, 1786, m. 1, Dan'l.
Barstow, 2, Roland Sylvester, and 3, Joseph Sylvester, of Me.
5. Mercy,-1787, m. 1, Geo, Vaughn, of Middo',, Nov, 26, 1807,
and 2, a Borden, of M,, and d, Dec, 18, 1840, 6, Edward, Ap,
1790, went off 40 years since, 7, Wm,, July 23, 1794,
6, Zaccheus, s, Rob't, 4, m, Elizab, DiUIngham, who d. May 17,
1888, and he Feb. 19, 1846, ae. 86. Lived on Plain st,
where his son Zaccheus now resides, ch. : 1, Robert, Oct. 20,
1788. 2. Zaccheus, June 14, 1790, 3, Jno,, Ap, 28, 1792.
4. Sylvanus, Mar. 16, 1794, m. Ruth S, RamsdeU, Oct. 25, 1818,
Hves In Mich'n., and has ch. 6, Reuben, Mar 27, 1796, m, Ma
ry B, Ramsdell, Mar, 18, 1819, and lives In N, Y'k, State. Has

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ch. 6. Stephen, Ap, 10, 1798, m, Lydia Briggs, Feb. 28, 1819,
Hves In N, Y'k, State, and has ch. 7. Elijah, Jan, 14, 1800, m.
Jerusha Wheeler, June 6, 1824, lives In Mich'n,, and has ch,
8. Wm,, Feb, 16, 1802, m', 1, Lucy E, RamsdeU, Mar, 14, 1825,
who d, in N, Y'k, State ^ and he has since m, a 2d w., and Hves
in Baltimore, Md, 9. Rufus, Jan, 11, 1804, is m., and lives in
Mich'n. 10, Clarissa, June 27, 1806, m, Nathan Wing, of Sand
wich, 7. Richard, s, RIch'd, 5, m. Saba D, Curtis, who d, Nov. 22,
1831. He lives in E. Ab'n. ch: 1. Richard, July 26, 1805, 2.
Saba D., m. Sam'l. Barstow, Oct. 28, 1830. 3. Betsey, m. Danl.
Barstow, Dec. 30, 1880. 4. PrisciUa L., Oct. 81, 1815, d. 1817,
5. Elijah, Jan. 17, 1818, d. same day. 6. Edward, Jan. 10,
1819, m. Betsey Stoddard, of Ab'n. 7. Elijah, May 30, 1824.
8. Wm., s. RIch'd. 5, m. Bethia Josselyn, Sep. 10, 1815, lives
in H'n., Is a blacksmith, and has, 1. Wm., Mar. 29, 1816, m. 1,
Jane Lewis, of Pemb. ; 2, EmeHne Stetson; and 3, Lauretta Wing;
Hves in Sandwich, and has ch. 2. Lucy J., Dec. 16, 1817, m.
Saml. H. Reed, of H. 3. Florin, Nov. 15, 1819, d. Aug. 28,
1820. 4. Florin, m. 1, Lydia Barker, of H'n. ; and 2, Harriet,
Barker ; Hves In H'n., and has Betsey, and Florin. 5. Mercy B.,
Dec. 3, 1824, m. Alvin Studley. 6. Calvin J., Mar. 8, 1827,
m. Julia A. Sprague, Hves In H'n., and has Cary Lee. 7. Helen,
Mar. 8,1881. 8. Dorothy J,, Jan, 8, 1834, 9, Dan'l. B,,
Jan 22, 1839.
9. Rob't,, s, Zaccheus 6., m. Experience Studley, lives in E.
Ab'n,, is a blacksmith and machinist, and has, I, Elizab, D,, Ap.
12, 1812, m. Josiah Torrey, of Ab'n., Jan. 6, 1830, and has sev.
ch. 2, Rob't,, July 4, 1815, m, Ann M, Morse, had Rob't. W.,
and Ellen M, and d. 1841. 3. Clarissa B,, Oct. 27, 1818, m,
Cyms Pool, of Ab'n,, Aug. 9, 1835, and d. Mar., 1843, leaving 1
ch,, wh, d. soon after, 4, Nancy J,, Aug, 9, 1820, m, Washing
ton Jenkins, of Ab'n, 5, Beulah W., Oct. 3, 1823, d. May 27,
1835, 6, Rufus T., Sep. 20, 1826, m. 1, Sarah J. Tribou, who
d. Dec. 29, 1860, and 2, Marg't. Binney ; Hves in E, Ab'n,, and
has Alonzo C, Oct. 31, 1860. 7, Warren, Nov. 7, 1829, m
Marietta Torrey, 1852. 8. Geo, H., Mar, 27, 1832.

310 FARNHAM— FITZGERALD.
10. Zaccheus, s. Zach, 6, m, Mary Dillingham, Nov, 2, 1818,
Hves on his father's place, and has, 1, EHzab,, Aug, 3, 1819, m.
Philander Studley, May 11, 1837. 2. Henry C, Jan, 29, 1822,
m, Sarah A Torrey, of Wey'h,, In May 1844, Hves in W., and
has Mary E., Juty, 1849, 3. Mary A,, Dec, 8, 1830.
11. Jnc, s, Zach. 6, m. Elizab. B. EUIs, Nov. 26, 1815, lives
on Pleasant st., and has, 1. Jno. W., Dec. 16, 1816, m. Polly
Whiting, Dec. 30, 1841, and has Alonzo W., d, ; and Mary W.
2. Elizab. B,, Dec, 22, 1819, m, Hiram B, Bonney, of H, 8.
Mary R., Aug. 19, 1821, m. Allen F. Bonney, of H. 4. Ruth
D., m. Dan'l WiUis, of H,
12. Joseph J., s, Joseph, and w. Rebecca, of Bethel, Me,, and
prob, a desc't, of Joseph, s. Matt, 1, m. Mary L,, da. Josiah
Torrey, of Ab'n., Mar, 27, 1851, lives In E, Ab'n,, and is clerk in
the store of Mr, EUis. The mo. of Mr. E., m, Otis Perry, of H'n.
FARNHAM, or FARNUM, Rufus, of Hampton, Ct., s, Zebe-
diah, b. Mar. 9, 1796, m, 1, Lolsa C. Reed, of Ct,, Sep, 2, 1798,
who d, Feb. 17, 1805'; 2, Mrs. EHzab, KeUey, da. Geo, Langley,
Esq., of Boston, Sep. 2, 1811,, who d, Jan. 29, 1814; and 3,
PrIscUla, wid. of Geo. Langley, jr., and da. of Capt, Tilden Crock
er, June 12, 1815 ; was formerly a jeweller. In Boston, and now
resides In H., near N, River bridge, in the old " builder Sylvester
house," which was Improved as a tavern for a time by Capt,
Crooker, ch, : 1, Rufus, July 23, 1799, d, July 6, 1805. 2,
Albert A., May 29, 1802, m. Eliza Wakefield, of Eng'd., and
lives In N, York. (By 2d,) 8. Sarah W., Aug. 13, 1812, d.
Sep. 25, 1813. (By 3d,) Loisa R., Jan. 18, 1823, m. Genl.
Jas. D. Thompson, of N, Bed,, Dec, 12, 1843,

the first schoolmaster in
ffL, y&^a-^^ don, of Scit., Ap. 1729,
and d, Feb, 11, 1746,
and his wid. Mar. 22, 1763. (See p, 87-8,) ch, : 1, Marg't.,
May 23, 1738, m, Hezekiah Bowker ? Ap, 7, 1765, 2, Catherine^
Mar, .16, 1786, d, June 8, 1752,

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FOSTER — GARDNER. 311
FOSTER, Joseph, of Mason, N. H., s, Jona., m. Grace Tur
ner, in 1809, lives on Cedar st., and has, 1. Reuben T., Feb. 16,
1810, d. 1812. 2. Louisa, Sep. 27, 1811, m. 1, Asa Harlow,
and 2, Jno. Puffer, Aug. 15, 1831. 3. Reuben T., Jan. 20,
1814, m. Augusta J.JoIce, and d. m 1848. No. ch. 4. And.
J,, Jan. 4, 1816, m, Rachel J, Lane, Dec, 6, 1838. No. ch. 5.
Sylvia, Ap. 29, 1818, m. Ensign Crooker. 6, Josh., Nov. 23,
1820, m. Rosamond Scott, Nov, 23, 1846, and has Anna, Emma,
and a da. b. 1852. 7. Mary, Dec 16, 1824, m. Philander Lind
sey. 8. Joseph E., June 29, 1827. 9. Harriet A,, July 29,
1830, m, Jnc S. Tower, of Ab'n.
GARDNER, a name common in H'm., from which town most
of the Gardners of Plym'h. Co. origmated. It Is found In N, Eng,
as early as 1640, at which date Edmond, and Thomas, were made
freemen. The name was anciently speUed Garnet.
V— /^ y//" y) ^' Jos^'^^j of H'm., b.
2. QjT&^A^ ^CC^^^^/^Ze'lA. 1770, m, Susanna Hatch,
(^^ of H,, May 8, 1798, and
d. inH., Nov. 25, 1852, ae. 82. His wid. survives, ch. : 1.
Thomas J., Esq., Selectman in 1884, and '85, and Rep. in 1834,
and '53, m. Elvira, da, Capt, Edward Curtis, Hves on MIU st., is
proprietor of the old Curtis MiUs, and has one da,, Ellen. Mr. G.
is a man highly esteemed In the town, for his Intelligence, and in
tegrity, A view of his residence is given on the next page,
2. Hiram, Ap., 1803, a farmer, lives in the Ebenezer Curtis
House, at the comer of MUl st,, m. 1, Rebecca, da. Dr. David
BaUey, June 5, 1831 ; and 2, Lucinda, da, Geo, BaUey; and has
Alfred, Oct,, 1831, d,,Nov,, 1848 ; Anne R., Nov, 21, 1883, d,
Dec. 17, 1842 ; Seth, Mar. 6, 1836 ; Eben'r. P.; (by 2d,) Char
lotte S.,M&j 17, 1842 ; Anne R., Feb. 8, 1844 ; George, Nov.
2, 1846 ; and Curtis, July 24, 1850, d. July 26, 1851 ? 3. Abi
gaU, Oct. 25, 1804, m. Thos. Jones, of Scit., Nov. .13, 1831, and
has one son, Marcellus. 4. Israel H., July 28, 1808, m. Harriet,
da. Capt. EHsha Barrell, Nov. 15, 1830, lives with Capt. B., and
has John B., Sep. 25, 1831, and Mary B., Ap. 29, 1836.

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//s
RESIDENCE OF T. J. GARDNER, ESQ.
3. Noah, s. Noah, of H'm., b. June 9, 1778, m. Patience, da.
Jos. Damon, lives on Whiting st., is a shoemaker, and has one son,
Henry W., Mar. 22, 1821, m. Hannah E. Ames, of Mfd., Nov.
2, 1845, lives on Whiting st., and has James H, Ap. 7, 1847;
Reuben N, Nov, 9, 1848, d, 1849 ; and Sarah A., Feb, 10, 1851.
4. Minot T., s, Amos, of Ab'n., b, Feb, 24, 1826, m, AbigaU
W,, da. EHas Pratt, of Scit,, June 5, 1851, Hves on Whiting st,,
in the house with Justus Whiting, and has one son, b. March 1,
1852, 6. Thomas H,, b, Nov, 18, 1818, s. Alexander, of H'n., m. 1,
SaUy B., da. Thos. Chubbuck; and had 1. Mary A., June 80,
1837, d. Oct. 18, 1840 ; 2. Robert C, Jan. 28, 1839 ; 8. Henry
C, Mar. 13, 1841 ; 4. Jno. D., Mar. 24, 1843 ; and 5. Lorenzo
T., Mar. 30, 1845. His first w. d. May 23, 1845, and he m. 2,
Debo., wid. of Joseph Curtis, Aug. 31, 1845, Hves in South Scit.,
and has by her, 6. Mary A., July 23, 1846 ; and 7, Abby S,,
March 13, 1849,
GARRATT, Alfred C, M. D,, s, Richard, of Brookhaven, L,
I,, was b, Oct, 3, 1813, received his preparatory education at
Lenox Acad., and grad, at Columbia CoU,, as A.B.; and as M.D,,
GOODRICH.

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at the CoU. of Phys. and Surgs,, N. Y., in 1835-6 ; studied med.
with Duryee, a distinguished French physician, and received an
additional degree of M. D,, at the Berkshire Med, Coll, His
health being feeble, he sett, for a time In Fulton Co,, Ills,, and was
Surgeon to the U, S, Dragoons, at Fort Des Moines, Leaving
the West, he traveUed through the U, S, and the Brit, Prov's,,
and also visited the W. I. Islands, the Spanish Main, Venezuela,
Haytl, &c., and was U. S. Vice Consul for two years, at Port au
Prince. He m. 1, Harriet L., da. Geo. W. Taylor, Esq., of N.
York, Oct. 13, 1836, and by her had Harriet L., Jan. 20, 1888,
and Charles S., Oct. 28, 1843. His w. d. Jan. 5, 1847, and he
m. 2, Elizabeth, only da. of Capt. Joshua Howe, of Ab'n., Jan.
19, 1 848, and by her has Joshua H., Feb. 19, 1850, and Alfred,
Jan 7, 1863. Dr. G. was sett, in Ab'n. for a few years, as a
physician and apothecary, and now resides In H., near the Four
Corners, In the fine mansion house, erected by Rev. J. G. Cooper,
formerly Rector of St. Andrew's Church, and lately occupied by
Dr. J. B. Fobes. A view of his residence Is annexed.

RESIDENCE OF DR. ALFRED C, GAKKATT,

GOODRICH, George W,, m, CeHa Chubbuck, of Ab'n,, Hves
on Walnut st., and has George, WUHam, Nathan, Celia, Joseph,
Perez, SewaU, and Eliza. 20

314 GRAY — GROSE.
GRAY, Thomas, of Dublin, with his w. Sarah, was in in Scit.
1780, and had ch. : 1. George, moved to Me. 2. WiUiam, m.
1, AbigaU Perry, 1758, and 2, Sarah Hayden, 1765, and sett.
in Boston. 3. Lucy, m. a Lane, of Cohassett. 4. AbigaU, m.
DweUey Clapp, of Scit. 5. Elizabeth, Oct. 18, 1741, m, Samuel
Brooks, of H. 6. Mary, Nov. 24, 1745. 7. Sarah. 8. James,
1755. 2. James, s, Thos,, was a carpenter by trade, Hved on the lane
W. of Rocky Swamp, m. Bethia Curtis, in 1785, and had, 1,
AbigaU, June 8, 1787, m, Amos Dunbar. 2. Wm., prob. d. at
sea. 3. Harrison, of the firm of HlUiard & Gray, publishers and
booksellers, Boston ; m. Clarissa Eastham, of Exeter, N. H,, d,,
and his wid. retumed to E. 4. Bethia, m, Capt. Thos; Simmons,
of H. 5, Bebeccaf June 1797, m, Amos Dunbar, now of South
Scit. 6. Elizab., Aug. 22, 1802, d. Aug., 1824.
GROSE, GROCE, or GROSS, Edmond, was m Boston, In
1642, and there d. in 1656, the Inv. of his Est. bemg entered 5
d, 2 mo,, 1665, on the Prob. Rec. Suff., Vol. 3, p. 21, m which
he speaks of land at Muddy River, &c. His estate was appraised
at i£185, and Jere. Huckins, and Lt, Jas, Johnson, were ap
pointed to administer in behalf of the wid. and ch. The estate
was in debt to Matt. Grose, Mr. Cole, Clement Grose, Goodman
Weeden, Mr, Starr, jr,. Matt. Bames, Mr. Starr, senr,. Brother
Burton, Goody Baker ? Sister Davis, Mrs. Bowyer, Mr. Garret's
fa. in Eng'd,, for liquors, and to Bamard Squire, He left a s,
Isaac ? also a s. Simon .' who m, Mary Bond, of Boston, in Oct,,
1675, (N, E. Gen, Reg. 2, 254,) and sett, in H'm,, where he
was fa. of_ Simon, Aug. 11, 1676 ; Thomas, Nov. 4, 1678; Jno.,
Ap. 13, 1681 ; Josiah, Aug. 2, 1683 ; Micah, Feb. 20, 1685 ;
AHce, Ap. 26, 1689 ; and AbigaU, June 28, 1692. Most of
these m, and left desc'ts, (See H'm, Rec) Edmond Gross, a
desc't'. of Edmond, of Boston, was in H'm. in 1700, where he' d.
Mar. 18, 1727-8, and his w. Martha, Sep. 19, 1726. He had
EHzab., Jan. 13, 1700 ; Anne, Feb. 22, 1701 ; Edmund, May 10,
1705; Obadlah, Mar. 28, 1708; and Martha, Mar. 29, 1711.

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We incline to the opinion that there was also another son; Isaac
b. ab. 1713, and not entered" on the H'm. Rec. Edm9nd, son of
Edmond, m. OHve Sylvester, in 1736, and sett, in Scit,, where
his deso'ts. yet reside, and was fa. of Elisha, whose sons John and
Lewis, are stiU Hving in So. Scit.
2. Isaac,- m. Ruth Sylvester, Oct, 27, 1740, and d. Oct, 17,
1778. ^His ch. were, 1. Mary, Mar. 21, 1742, m. Morris H.
Clark, Ap. 2, 1789. 2. Sarah, Ap. 21, 1748, d. May 6, 1774.
3. Ruth, 1746, d, Sep. 6, 1820. 4. Thos., 1747, d. June 26,
1798. 5. Saml., 1749. 6. Jacob, a mariner, went off many
years since. 7. Zilpha, 1752, d. Mar. 17, 1808. 8. EHzab., d.
July 23, 1775.- 9. Isaac, 1766, d. July 28, 1804.
3. Samuel, s. Isaac 2, m. 1, EHzab. Torrey, Feb. 24, 1780 ;
and 2, Submit Gardner, of H'm,, Mar. 8, 1791, who d. Sep, 15,
1816, ae. 45, and he Nov. 16, 1817. A soldier in the Rev'n.
ch. : 1. Elizab. T., m. 1, Nathl. Pratt, Hfx,, Nov. 29, 1803; and
2, Joseph Sylvester, of H. 2. Mary, m. David Turner, Aug. 3,
1800. 3. Ruth, m. Thos. Wmslow, Feb. 20, 1800. (By 2d,)
4. Sarah S., m. Harris W. Totman, of Scit. He d. 1852. 5.
Pamella, m. Wm. Lucas, Plym'h. 6. Sylvia, m. Nathl. Bennet.
7. Nathl,, drowned. 8. Melzar, Dec. 5, 1808, Is m,, fives in
Cohas't., and has ch.* 9, Ansel G,, July 14, 1803. 10. Natiik,
is m,, and lives in E. Ab'n.
4. Ansel G., s. Saml. 3, m, Rebecca, da. Laban WUder, Nov,
27, 1816, Hves in So. Scit,, and has, 1. Henry A., Mar. 12, 18z6,
m. JuHa A. Curtis, July 11, 1847, lives In So. Scit., and has
Geo. H, Nov. 22, 1850. 2. Charles, June 15, 1828, m. Mary
A. Hobart, July 11, 1847, Hves in So. Scit., and has Chas. W-,
Ap., 1849. 3. Dexter, June 9, 1830. 4- Nelson, Aug.. 12,.
1832. 5. Rebecca, Sep. 22, 1834. 6. Mairy, Sep. 20, 1836,
m. Perkins Clapp. 7. Helen M., Dec. 1, 1888, d. Oct. 1, 1840.,
8. Jno., Dec. 1, 1840. 9. Gee W., HAn. 14, 1844, d. Mar. 17,.
1847. 10. Edward E,, Sep. 14, 1845, d, Ap-. 27, 1846. 11.
Ellen, June 24, 1848. 12. Emma, Feb. 2.7„ 1851.
GURNEY, Joseph W,, s, Melvin, of Ab'n,., and prob, a desc't.
of Saml., of Ab'n,, 1694, m, lantha E. Studley, May 25, 1837,
Hves on Pleasant st., is a shoemaker, and ha8,,l4WaJ:reu S., Junfr.

316 HALL — ^HAMMOND — ^HARDING — HATCH.
5, 1839. 2, Matilda S., May 8, 1841. 3, Lysander F,, June
8, 1843, 4. Ann E,, Dec, 20, 1847,
2, Benoni, s. Benoni, of Ab'n., m. EHza W. Delano, Oct. 14,
1846, lives on King st., and has, 1. Elenor J,, Feb, 19, d. Sep.
18, 1847. 2. Willard A., Ap. 17, 1848. 3. Benoni H., Jan.
21, 1851.
HALL, Benj, B,, s, Danforth, and w. Betsey (Trouanf), of
Mfd,, m, Nancy N., da, Nathl, Curtis, Nov, 26, 1838, Hves on
Centre st.. In the Amos Bates house, and has, 1, Benj. E,, Ap,
11, 1840, 2. Nancy A., Oct. 30, 1842, 8. Sarah C, Jan, 18,
d. Feb, 11, 1846, 4. Helen, Oct. 31, 1847. 6. Francis A,,
Dec, 1, 1850,
HAMMOND, Henry, b, Feb. 8, 1825, and Joseph, b. 1834,
sons Francis, of Pemb., with their mo,, a wid,, Hve on Wash'n, st,,
near East st,
HARDING, Seth W., s. Jno., of E. Bridg'r,, and prob, a
desc't. of Jnc, of Bramtree, 1707, m. Cynthia J. Tribou, lives on
Centre st., is a shoemaker, and had Everett E,, June 8, 1849, d.
Oct. 27, 1861.
. (WUHam Hatch) a merchant, of
^^^^-^.^ : ^/^-^s^ Sandwich, England, with his w.
Jane, five chUdren, and servants,
embarked in the Hercules, of Sandwich, John Witherley,
master, for N, Eng,, in 1634, with many others, who sett, in
Scit. ; and the same year we find him in Scit,, Hving on Kent st.
He was the first ruling elder of the 2d Church, in 1648, and was
an active and useful man in the settlement of the town. His
desc'ts., in Plym'h, Co,, aj>d elsewhere, are very numerous. Of
these, Jeremiah bought the place of John Hanmer, ab. 1680, now
occupied by Albert White, Esq., (see p. 24,) but of his desc'ts.,
none remain in Hanover. Israel Hatch, of Mfd, had sons Jno,
and Thos., who were of H., and some of their desct's. are stUl in
the town.

• HATCH — HERSEY, 317
2, John, b. May, 1789, s. Israel, of Mfd., m. Barshaway Tur
ner, 1760, and buUt the house on Main st,. In which his son Jnc
now Hves. He was a Capt. In the Rev'n,, and d. May 1, 1809.
and his wid. in 1824. ch. : 1, Barshaway, May 30, 1761, m.
Snow Curtis, of H. 2. Jnc, July 28, 1762, d, Ap, 27, 1775,
3. Ezekiel T,, June 14, 1764, m, Han'h, BaUey, May 8, 1788,
and d. Feb. 1, 1797, leaving ch, 4. Melzar, May 8, 1766, . 5.
Ruth, Oct, 16, 1768, d. Mar, 7, 1775, 6, Sibyl, Sep, 7, 1770,
Yet Hving, In H, 7. Lucy, Mar. 12, 1772, m, Ezra Real, Pemb,,
Ap. 15, 1790. 8. Rachel, Mar. 1, 1774, m. Josh. DweUey,
Mar. 16, 1797. 9. Jnc, Ap, 27, 1776, (m, Nancy Cleaves, of
Beverly, who Is d,, and he lives on his father's place. Of his ch.,
Lucy, m. Wm. E. Smith, of H. ; Sibyl, m. Danl, DUl, of Hull ;
John, Is living in H., on Circuit st,, m. EHzab, E. Stetson, Aug.
25, 1836, and has Ann E., Aug, 7, 1837 ; Sarah, Nov, 29,
1838 ; Alice J., Ap. 6, 1840 ; Benj. S., Sep, 22, 1842, d, Sep.
9, 1843 ; and Benj. S., Ap. 2, 1848 ; Benj. C, Hves in Taun
ton, and Is m. ; and the wid. of Ezekiel T, Is living in H,, on
Main st. There is also a da. Ruth, living with her fa,) 10,
GamaHel, Feb. 14, 1778, m, 1, Mary, da, Capt, Edward WUder,
of H'm,, and sett. In Beverly ; and, 2. Ann Bowker. He is d.
Left sev. ch. 11. Ruth, Jan, 6, 1780, m, Stephen BaUey, Oct,
27, 1816,
3. Melzar, s, Jno, 2, m, Sally Barstow, Jan, 3, 1802, and d.
Jan, 6, 1807, and his wid. Dec. 1, 1831, ae. 51. ch. : 1. Melzar,
1803, m. Ruth T., da, Benj. Bass, May 25, 1828, lives on Main
st,, in the house erected by himself, and. has one son, Melzar, Oct.
2, 1882, m. Sarah E,, da, Capt. James Farrow, and has a son
WalUr, b. 1852. 2. Sarah, 1805, m. Joshua Cushing. 3.
Barshaway T., 1808, m., Jacob Sprague, Nov. 16, 1829.
HERSEY, David, b. Nov., 1785, s. Stephen, of E. Bridg'r.,
and a desc't. of Wm,, of Ab'n,, 1719, m, Jane, da. Col. J. B.
Barstow, Nov. 12, 1816, who d. April 14, 1847. He llyes on
Broadway, in the old Bardin house, ch, : 1, Jacob, Dec 81,
1816, is a ship-master ; m. Frances G., da. Judge KUborn Whit
man, of Pemb., and Hves m P.; no ch. 2. Jane B., March 8,

318 HENDERSON — ^HOLLIS — ^HOLMES. ^
1820, d. March 1, 1847. 3, Robert, Ap, 10, 1824, m. Lucy S.,
da. Chas. Dyer, in 1848, lives with his fa., and has Jane B.,Ma,j
23, 1849. 4. Mary, Dec. 17, 1880.
HENDERSON, Wm., son Sam'l., b. Oct. 8, 1796, m. Mary
Mann, Mar. 11, 1821, and d. in California, in 1828. His wid.
lives on Main st, ch, : 1, Wm, L,, May 18, 1823, m, Sarah
Morse, Sept, 1, 1834, is in Cala., and has Wm. F., Jno. P., and
Charles C. 2. Mary M., Sept. 27, 1830, m. Capt. Duncan T.
Stoddard, Sept, 1851. 3, Sam'l, A,, Aug, 6, 1883, m, Rebecca
Spear, June 15, 1851. 4. Lloyd G., Jan. 1886. 6. Joseph M.,
June 22, 1840.

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HOLLIS, SUas, s, Jno,, m. Hannah B, DweUey, lives on Broad
way, Is a carpenter, and has 1, Mary D,, Aug. 1833, m, Chas. ,
E. Thayer, of H. 2. Lydia A. S., Jan, 1836. 3. Hannah J.,
Feb. 1838. 4, Elizab. A., Mar. 9, 1844.
2. Abel, of Plym'h,, m, Betsey Pratt, Nov. 1820, lives on
Broadway, and has 1. AbigaU, Feb. 27, 1826, m. Zenas Sturtevant.
2. Josh,, May 16, 1828, 3, Betsey S., Sep. 9, 1833, d. 1834.
4. Betsey S., Jan. 4, 1886-. 6. Sam'l., Dec. 8, 1841. 6. Lo
renzo, Mar. 20, 1844, d. 1848.
HOLMES, Rev. Cyras, s. Nath'l,, of Hfx,, b, July 9, 1800,
stud, at PhUHps Acad,, Exeter, N, H,, grad, at Dart, CoU. 1828, and
at And. 1881; was Princ. of the Acad, in Woburn, 1831-'85; Tutor
of the Clas'l. Dep't of the High School, Northampton ; after which
he preached for a time, but ill health compelled him to abandon his
profession, and ui 1840, he came to H,, and was Princ of the
Acad. tiU his death ; and Rep. in •1848-49. He d. Aug. 16,
1849, and his wid,, Sophia A,, da, Dr, Ant'y, CoUamore, of Pemb,,
whom he m, June 17, 1832, survives, and lives In the Judge
Cushing house, ch, : 1, Elizab,, Ap. 24, 1833, d. Sep. 20,
1834.« 2, Cyrus C, Oct, 2, 1836. 3. Luther W,, Sep. 15,
1889, 4. Sophia A., Ap, 20, 1842, 5, Thos. B., May 14, 1844.
6, EHza C, and 7. Nancy, Mar. 10, d. July, 1848.

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HOUSE, Sam'l., was of Bos'n., prob. the same as Sam'l; of
Scit., 1634 ; and Sam'l. of the 6th gen. from him, is now living
in H., m. 1, Ruth Tumer, and 2, Elizab. T. White, and has 1.
Sam'l., May 15,1823, m. Mary C. Josselyn, Hves m H'n., and
has ch. 2. Jas. W., May 17, 1827. •
2. Julius, a desc't of Sam'l. the first, m, Ruth BaUey, Hves on
King St., and has sons JuHus and WilHam.
HOWLAND, Alvin, s. Jona., of H'n., b. Nov. 20, 1808, m.
MarOla Josselyn, Nov. 20, 1888, Hves on Summer st,, is a shoema
ker, and has 1. Alonzo H., Aug. 4, 1889. 2. Charles A., June
1842.

JACOBS FAMILY.

Arms: A chev. gii., between three
wolves heads, erased, pfr.
Crest: A wolf, pass. ppr.

JACOB, or JACOBS, an EngHsh family, probably of Jew^
ish descent, settled, in Berkshire, Middlesex, Suffolk, Warwlok-
shire, and WUtshire. WUHam was among the gentry of Berk
shire, in 1433 ; Nicholas was of Suffolk ; Humphrey was of the
gentry of Warwickshire, in 1433 ; and Thomas was of WUtshire,
and d. in 1646, ae. 73. (See FuUer's Worthies of Eng. passim.)
The coats of arms of different branches, vary in some points, but
agree in the main, tigers heads being occasionally substituted for
wolves heads. (See Betham's Baronetage, and Burke's General
Armory.)

320 JACOBS.
Nicholas, the ancestor of a portion of the families In N. Eng,,
according to Dan'l, Cushing's record, "with his w,, and 2 ch,, and
their cosen Thos, Lincoln, weaver, came from old H'm, , and sett.
in this H'm,, in 1638,'" He resided a short time at Wat.,' and
was made freeman in 1635 — 6.
In June, 1636, there were granted to him 6 acs. of Planting
ground, upon "weariall HUl," June 4, 1636, the first of the
Great Lots next to Wey'h, river was assigned to him ; and a lot of
6 acs, "at the head of the plain next to Edward GUIman, his
bro. In law." He had also a house lot in Bachelor river, which he
sold to Mr. GUIman. Mar. 28, 1637, he was one of the nine Se
lectmen. July 6, 1640, he was one of the 9 to divide Conohasset,
where he had land. In 1648 — 49, he was Rep, to the Gen'l,
Court, In 1656, he was one of the 3 Commissioners to be pre
sented to the Court for the year ensuing. He d. June 5, 1657,
leaving an estate of .£398 8s. 6d., and a will, in which he gives
legacies "to wife Mary, £30 ;- to Joseph, Hannah, and Debo. Lor
ing, £10 each; to son John, a double portion ; to son Joseph, to
da. Mary, w. of Jno. Otis, to da. Elizab., w, of Jno. Thaxter, to
da. Sarah, w. of Jno. Cushing, and to das. Debo., and Han'h.,
equal IShares." ch. : 1, John, b. In Eng. 2, EHzab,, b. in
Eng,, m, Jno Thaxter, Dec, 1648, 3 Mary, b, in H'm.,
m, Jno. Otis, 1652 — 3. 4. Sarah, m. Jno, Cushing, 1653,
5. Hannah, bap. Feb. 23, 1640, m, Lt, Matt, Cushing?
(See her brother's wUL) 6. Josiah, bap, Nov. 6, 1642, d. young.
7, Debo. L., bap. Nov. 26, 1643, m. Cap. Nath'l Thomas, M'fd.
Jan, 19, 1664, had 10 ch., and d. ui 1696. 8. Joseph, bap.
May 10, 1646.
Note : the wid. of Mr. J., m. Jno. Beal, of H'm., in 1659.
(Captain John, ) son
^'^ /^ /7/ /? Nicholas, m. 1, Mar-
y^ J-0 jlJl /t^^(^OU\ gery, da. of. Anthony
J ^ J Eames, Oct. 20, 1653
^ who d, Ap, 7, 1659 ;
and 2, Mary, da. Geo. RusseU, Oct. 8, 1661 ; was of Glad Ti-
1 Lincoln's Bi. Cent address, p, 42. = Ibid, p. 37.
8 Deane's Scit. p, 292, and Prob. Rec. SuflF.

JACOBS, 321
duigs Plain ; surveyor, 1658 ; one of the 13 who. In 1660, oppos
ed Capt. Josh. Hobart's being freed from taxes "on acc't. of be
ing Capt." In 1670, 10 shares in each of the 1, 2, 3, and 4,
divsn's. of land were assigned him. In 1680, he was one of the
11 who voted against building the old meeting house, now Mr.
Richardson's, where It at present stands. His quarterly tax this
year was £3 4s. 6d. In 1682, he was Capt. of the Anc. and
Hon. ArtU'y. Co. ; and in 1685, he was one of Com'ee. of 8, to
lay out highways in the Conohasset grant. He was much employ
ed in town business ; and was a man of enterprise and shrewdness.
He d. Sep, 18, 1693, leaving a wUl, In which he gives to his bro,
Joseph, a piece of fresh meadow, then in his occupancy ; to his
eldest son David, ,£60, over and above what he had already had ;
— to Peter, and Sam'l., a saw mill aiJd fulling mill, with the ponds
and land adjoining, on both sides of the river, &;c. ; and to Peter,
j£60, for his services since of age ; to John, house and.land at Co
hasset, at Cold Spring, occupied by Francis HoweU, together with
70 shares in the 1st div. of lands. If he lives to have heirs, other
wise, 1-2 of the same to David's eldest son, and the other 1-2 to
Peter, and Sam'l. ; — to da. Mary Bisbe,12 acs., at G't. Plain, bought
of Jno. Otis, and formerly owned by Thos, Turner, and £17, to be
paid in six years ; to da, Sarah Hawkes, 4 lots at the Ware river
and £20, to be paid in six years ; — to da, Jael Cushing, home land,
bought of Jno. Magoone, and £10, in 6 years ; — to Elizab. Tur
ner, 2 shares in the Major's purchase, and £50, in 6 years ; — to da-
Hannah, £100, 1-2 in 1 year, and the rest in 6 years ; — to da,
Debc, £100, 1-2 when of age, and the rest jn 7 years ; to da.
Lydia, 1-2 com mUl at Wey'h., and £20, when 18 years of age ;
— and to da. Abigail, bam, upland, &c., at Cohasset, at a place
caUed Beach Island, — the profits to be for her education till of age.
He speaks of his gr. fa. RusseU, for whom he makes provision in
his old age ; also of his fa. Russell, and of his bros. in-law, Ca.pt.
Nath'l. Thomas, and Lt. Matt.Cushing ; and his estate was apprais
ed at £1298 5s.' ch. : 1. John, Oct. 2, 1654, slain by
the Indians, near his father's house, Ap. 19, 1676. 2, Mary,
1 Prob, Kec, Suff, Aug. 1693, and the files.

322 JACOBS.
March 30, 1657, caUed Mary Bisbe in her father's wiU;
prob. m. Sam'l. Bisbe ? 3, Sarah, Sep, 20, 1657, m. Jas. Hawkes,
July 9, 1678. (By 2d,) 4. Jael, Sep. 7, 1662, m. Matt. Cushmg,
3684, and d, Dec. 28, 1708. 5. David, June 20, 1664. 6.
EHzab,, Ap, 11, 1666, m. Elisha Turner ? 7, Peter, Feb, 12,
1667, 8, Hannah, Dec, 26, 1669, 9, Sam'l,, Nov. 30, 1671.
10, Debc, Aug, 16, 1674, d, Aug, 22, 1675. 11. Debc, May
8, 16 77, m. Jno. Cushing ? Dec, 27, 1694, 12. John, July 13,
1679, prob, m, Sarah, da, Dan'l. Cushing, Feb.. 19, 1711, was
of Cohasset, and Dea. of the Church, but left no ch. on record. '
18. Lydia, Ap. 18, 1681, m. Jno. Gould, HuU, Jan. 17, 1699-
14. AbigaU, Nov. 13, 1688, m. Nath'l GUI, Aug. 16. 1706.
„ -,/ r ^yi ^ son Nicholas, was freem., in
^J(Af<^/h CyeijCc>&' H'm., and had lot of land
^ / ^ near Great HUl,and4share3
in the divis. of Lands in 1670. He was a carpenter by trade,
and by wife Hannah, had 1. Joseph, Feb. 20, 1672, prob.
d. young. 2. Joseph, Ap., 10, 1675. 3. Benj., Ap. 10,
1680. 4, Mary, Se^. 16, 1686, d. Mar, 22, 1695, This
is all the record we have found of the famUy. He Is named in the
wiU of his bro. John.
9 s. Capt. John 2, sett, in
C*-<L^-t. J^^^^o- <L.a^ purchased the lands of his
uncle, Geo. Russell, on the south-east of Stockbridge's mlU,
anciently the Stedman place, and his house stood where stands
that of the late Sam'l Hatch. He Is caUed a "weaver " on
the Prob, Rec. Suff,, and was an active man in the town,
of good education, Dea, of the church, and always employed in
public affairs, and as a school-master. He m, 1, Sarah, da, Jno,
Cushing, Esq., 1689, she being his cousin ; and 2, Mary Cushing,
ch. : 1, David, Oct, 28, 1690, prob. d, young,' 2, Mary, July
15, 1692, m. Josh, Barker, 3, Sarah, Sep, 16, 1694, m. Jede-
di. Lincoln. 4, Elisha, Oct. 30, 1696, d, young, 6. Debo,, Ap.
22, 1698, m. Dr, Isaac Otis, Scit,, the first regularly edu, phys.
sett, in Scit,, and a gent, of uncommon acccompHshments of

JACOBS. 323
person and mind. He d. 1718." 6. Lydia, Aug. 1, 1700. 7.
Josh., Mar. 31, 1702. 8. Hannah, Ap. 27, 1704, m. Jno. Spar-
rowhawk, Plym'h., Dec. 2, 1715 ; and 2,, Sam'l. Cushing. 9. Jo
seph, Aug. 16, 170V. 10. Benj., Ap. 10, 1709. 11. Elisha, Oct.
7, 1711. Left no desc'ts. on record .
5. Peter, s. Capt. Jno. 2, m. Hannah, da. Sam'l. Allen, of
Barnstable, is caUed a "Fuller," on the Prob. Rec. Suff., and Hved
and d. in H'm. ch. : 1. Jnc, Oct. 7, 1694, m. Mercy Farrow,
1724, was Rep. 1726, and had Jno., 1724, Mary, 1726, afld Al-
lyn. 1728. 2. Hannah, July 22, 1695, m. Jacob Loring. 8.
Mary, Sep. 19, 1698, m. Abel Cushing. 4. Elizab., Ap. 9,1700,
m. Thos. Andrews, H'm. 5. Peter, Oct. 25, 1701. 6. Jael,
May 10, 1703, m. Benj. Loring, Dec. 24, 1728. 7. Lydia, Ap.
16, 1705, m. Rev. Ne'h. Hobart, Cohas't., Jan. 14, 1724, and d.
Feb. 12, 1736. 8. Joseph, Aug. 11, 1706, d. young. 9. Jo
seph, Ap. 14. 1708, m. Ruth WUson, and had Mary,, 1735,
Ruth, 1737, and 1 da. d. young. 10. Abig., Dec. 3, 1709, m.
Josh. Herrick, Beverly, Sep; 8. 1737. 11. Sarah, July 13, 1712,
m. Jona. LazeU, Dec. 21 1748. 12. Debo., Aug. 28, 1714, m.
Jas. Fearing, Nov. 22, 1733.
6. Sam'l. s. Jno. 2, m, Elizab.  , is caUed a " husbandman,"
in the Prob. Rec. Suff,, and d. Intestate, Oct. 29. 1695, leaving
one s., Sam'l., b. June 27, 1695, of whom his mo. was appointed
guardian, and who sett, in Pemb., being called Lt. Sam'l., on the
Pemb. Rec. By w. Susanna, he had, 1. Seth, m. Penelope Burton,
Oct. 23, 1751, and had Sam'l., (m. Mary Sprague, and had Jno.
who m. Grace Lamed,) Seth, Stephen, and Sam'l. ; and 2. Bur
ton. 7. Joshua, s. Capt. David 4, m. Mary James, Ap. 7, 1726, and
Hved in Scit., where I. R. Jacobs, Esq., now resides, having buUt
that house." He was an early proprietor of the Jacobs MUls, with
his bro. Dr. Joseph, and was an extensive landholder, and a man
of industry, and active business liabits. He d. Dec 9, 1784, ae.
82, and his wid. July 22, 1808, ae. 99. ch.. : 1. Sarah, Nov. 2,
1727, d. Aug. 13, 1753. 2. David, Jan. 16, 1729. 3.
1 See the Otis' Geneology, in the N, E, Gen. Reg,

324 jAcroBS.
Mary, July 17, 1732, m. Col. Jno. Cushing, of Scit,, and d,, Ap.
27, 1814, ae, 82, 4. Jno,, May 23, 1785, 5, Joshua, June 28,
1737, 6, Eunice, July 23, 1740, d, Dec 4. 1784, 7. James,
Mar, 6, 1742, 8, Lucy, Nov. 3, 1748, m, Nath'l, Jacobs, Jan. 6,
1780, and d. In 1812,
8, Dr. Joseph, s. Capt, David 4, m, Mary, da. Edward
Foster, of Dorchester, in 1734, was sometime Deacon of the 2d.
Church In Scituate, and lived where Col, Jno, CoUamore now
resides. He was a skilful physician, a man of good talents, suc
cessful In his practice, and of respectable standing. He was also
part proprietor of the Jacobs MUls, and a large land holder,
both In Scituate and Hanover, ch, : 1, Elisha, Aug. 29, 1735.
2. Relief, Jan, 16, 1737, m, David Jacobs, 8, Hannah, May 9,
1789, m, Jno. James. 4, Sarah, May 1741, m. Jno, Foster, 5.
Lydia, May 30, 1748, m, Amasa Whiting, 6. Joseph, May 7,
1745, d, young, 7, Debc, May 12, 1747, d, unm. 8, Nath'l,,
Oct, 7, 1748, d, young, 9, Nath'l,, Ap, 6, 1750. 10, Mary,
Jan, 27, 1761, m. Jno. Foster, — ^his 2d w. 11. Abig., Dec, 1,
1753, m, Caleb Sylvester, 12, Joseph, July 12, 1755, d, young.
18. Joseph, May 5, 1757.
9, Benj., s, Capt, David 4, m, Mary Thomas, of Pemb., and
Hved and d, at his father's place. In Scit,, since known as the Sam'l.
Hatch place, ch. : 1, Anne, July 6, 1738, d. young. 2, Mary,
Sep, 8, 1789, m, Sam'l, Hatch, 3, Anne, May 30,~1743, d.
young. 4. PrIscUla, Feb, 8, 1746, d, young, 5, PrIscUla, d,
unm. 6. Anne, Nov. 25, 1758, d. unm, 7, Sarah, Jan, 10,
1756, d, unm,. Mar. 27, 1887.
10. Peter, s, Peter 6, m. Lydia, da, Jno, Lane, Ap, 5, 1781,
and lived and d. In H'm., a respected and useful citizen, ch, : 1.
Jnc, Aug, 14, 1732, 2. Lydia, Aug. 3, 1734, m. Jno. Lincoln,
Aug. 6,1760. 8, Bethia, 1786, 4,- Peter, Aug, 23, 1738, 5.
Nicholas, Aug. 26, 1741. 6, Hannah, 1744, m, Isaac Sprague,
7. Mary, 1746. 8. David, 1747. m. Hannah Abbot ?
^^^ ^/^- Josh. 7, lived In H,, m, 1,
11. J2j'S^'^-*' ^"^^^^'^ Hannah Richmond, June 2,
^ 1759, who d. Mar, 17, 1776 ;
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JACOBS. 325
Rev. R. L. KUlam now resides. In Snappet ; and built that house,
which he improved for many years as a Tavern. (See the view
under Mr. KUIam's name.) He was an extensive land holder,
and surveyor ; Selectman from 1776-78 ; a member of the Com.
of Safety In the Rev'n.; Rep. In 1780, 81, and 86 ; and d. Dec. 16,
1808, ae. 79, and his w. Jan. 6, 1806, ae. 68. ch. : 1. David,
Ap. 20, 1763. 2. Perez, Oct. 29, 1765. 8. Richmond, Sep. 12,
1767, d. Feb. 4, 1775. 4. Hannah, May 29, 1769, m. Nath'l.
Cushing, Scit. 6. Eunice, Feb. 4, 1775, d. Feb. 27, 1860
12. Col. Jno., s. Josh. 7, m. Hannah Tolman, andlived in Scit.,
where Dr. Bailey's desc'ts. now reside. He was a mason by trade,
a Col. in the Rev'n., and a man of great activity and ability, ch. :
1. Jno.", Sep. 22, 1769, m. Mabel Litchfield, was a blacksmith by
trade, andlived for a time in H., where Hiram Curtis now resides,
whence he moved to Carlisle, Mass., where his desc'ts. still reside,
and of which town his son Jno., was Rep, to the Mass, Leg, In 1860.
2. Sam'l., or Lem'l., June 10, 1761, m. Sarah Randall, was a
shipwright by trade, lived in. Scit,, and had Sarah, m. Michael
Ford. ; Lem'l., d. unm. ; Benj., now living In So. Scit., (m. Trlpho-
sa Sylvester, and has Sarah, Adeline, Warren and Tempo,) and
Nancy. 8. Hannah, Ap. 4, 1763, m. Col. Chas. Turner, and Is yet
Hving, in So. Scit. 4. Sarah, Dec. 16, 1764, m. Calvin BaUey, of
H. 6. 'Francis, Oct. 2, 1766. 6. Mary, July 20^ 1768, m.
Jas. Bourne. 7. Chas., May 26, 1770, m. Elizabeth Snelling, was
a carpenter, Hved In Bos'n., and had, Elizab., m, a Peterson ;
Nancy S. ; Harriet ; and Chas. 8. Roland, Mar. 17, 1772, m
Anna Eames, lives in Me., Is a shipwright, and has Roland, m. a
Young, and has ch. ; Warren; John; Mary, m. a Bradford.;
Ann ; and Hannah. 9. Walter, Dec. 27, 1774, m, Elizab, Turner,
d. In Scit,, and his wid. Hves In Ab'n. ; had Walter; Mary A.,
(m, MUo Kellogg, and lives In E, Ab'n.) ; Mariah, (m, Marslial
H.Litchfield,); Roland, (m, Emily Blanchard, and has, Chas.,
Geo., Lyman, and Emily) ; Chas. ; layman ; EUinor ; and Lydia.
10. Fanny, Nov, 18, 1776, Hving in So. Scit. 11. Warren, Mar,
29, 1778, m. Rachel Clapp, was kUled by falling froni a building
in Boston, and his wid. m. Stephen HaU, and is now a wid., in
Medford. HIsch. were Warren, (m. Tamsen Puffer, May 10,

326 JACOBS,
1838, lives In So, H'm,, and has Warren H,, Jan, 10, '36, drown
ed In 1845 ; Mary C, Oct. 29, '38 ; Jnc 2., Jan, 28, '40 ; An-'
drew, Feb, 8, '43 ; and Warren H,, June 4, 1860, d. May, 1851) ;
Rachel, m. Dr. MUton FuUer, of Medford ; and Elizab., m. Ste
phen Coats, of Saugus. He is d.
13. Capt. Josh., s. Josh. 7, m. Elizab. Richmond, and lived
where his son Loring's desc'ts. now reside. He was a cooper by
trade ; a Capt. In the Rev'n. ; sometime Selectman of Scit. ; and a
man of sound sense, few words, and steady habits. He d. Aug.
9, 1808, ae. 71, and his w. Dec. 9, 1781, ae. 47. ch, : 1. Josh,,
Sep, 22, 1767. 2. Elizab., Oct, 24, 1769, d, unm, 8, Loring,
May, 1771, 4, Lucy, Ap, 16, 1778, m. Josh. Hersey, H'm,,
Mar. 6, 1794. 5. Rhoda, Aug. 17, 1778, m, Jacob Beal, Mar.
14, 1798. 6. Mary, Aug. 26, 1780, m. Alex'r. VIning, and is
living a wid,, In So, Scit, 7, Sylvester, Sep. 1, 1782, lives in Gro
ton, and has Elizab. ; Cynthia S., d, ae, ab, 28 ; Sylvester, d, ae.
ab. 12 ; Lucy; Amelia ; and Charles, now at H. Coll.
s. Josh, 7, m, Debo, Richmond,
(Y Y ^ ^ar- 19' l'^'^2, and Hved where
I'*- J iM^-c^ j^^g g^^ -^ -^ Jacobs, Esq,, now
^ l/ resides. In So, Scit,, where he
d,, Sep, 12., 1827, ae, 86, respected In life and lamented in death.
ch,: 1, Jas,, Jan. 8, 1773, d. atH. Coll., Sep. 16, 1793.* 2. Ich
abod R,, June 27, 1774, 8, Debo,, June 22, 1776, m, Capt,
Chas, Cushing, H'm, 4, Thos, M., Sep, 22, 1777, 5. Nabby,
June 19, 1780, m, Ablel Farrow, and is Hving, a wid,. In So, Scit.
6, Michael, July 17, 1782, m, wid Huldah Bowker, Hves in So,
Scit., and has Julia, d., and Edwin. 7. Eunice, Feb, 3, 1783,
m, Sam'l, Hatch, Scit,, and d. Jan, 2, 1811, g, Dr, Joseph, 8, m, Lu-
_ \^ ^"^^p^PiA^/^Ol sanna RandaU, was a farm-
15. yf /y er and brickmaker, lived
in Scit,, where his son,
Hon. E. F, Jacobs, now
resides, (having buUt that house,) and d, Dec, 8, 1779, ae. 43,
and his wId.,May 4, 1821, ae. 82. ch, : 1. Elisha, Aug, 12, 1760,

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m. in N. York, was Capt. of a corps of Artificers, In the Rev'n.,
and prob. d. at the South. 2. Saml., Mar, 4, 1762, a shipwright;
sett, in Me,; m, 1, Marg't, Stinson ; and 2, Marg't, McGlathery;
was many yrs. Rep. to the Mass. Leg.; Justice of the Peace and
Quorum; and d. Sep. 6, 1809, and his wid, in 1837, ae, 75; having
had, by 2d w,, Samuel, stud, law, but sett, as a merchant, and d,
unm,, in 1835, ae. 44 ; Frederic, m. Julia, da, Benj, Cushuig,
Esq., had Benj. C, Robt, W,, Eliza, AdaHne, Frederic, and Delia,
and d. in 1834, ae. 39 ; Robert, d. unm., in 1829, ae. 81 ; Bela,
d. unm., in 1849, ae. 52 ; and Caroline, m. Dr. Joseph H, Esta-
brooks, in 1823, and had 19 ch,, of whom 12 are living, 3.
Braddoc, May, 176,4. 4. Benj., Sep, 29, 1766, , 5, Lydia, Aug.
25, 1768, d. Sep. 24, 1785. 6. Bela, May 1, 1770, m. Polly
Eaton, Hved in Me., and d., leaving no ch. 7. Polycarpus, May
29, 1772, m. 1, a Clapp; and 2, Rebecca Coflin, Nantucket; sett.
first in Me,, as shipwright; andd. In Milton, Mass., in 1852;
having had, Melintha, d.; Susanna, m. Lewis Tucker, MUton, and
is d. ; Elizab.' G., m. Rev, Gamal, C, Beman, Winchendon,
Mass, ; Leah L., m. Henry Allen, of Me. ; Edwd. F., m. Lavina
Hcket, and Is d. ; Almena, va. Nathl. Swift, Andover, Mass. ;
Rachel, m. Jno. Myers, MUton, Mass. ; and Benj. T, d. 8.
Edward F., Oci 28, 1774. 9. Lusanna, Nov. 20, 1777, m.
Nathl. Tucker, and lives. In Dorch'r. s. Dr, Jos. 8, m.
d. Mar. 20, 1812 ; and 2, Charlotte Wade, Mar. 1, 1814; and d.
Sep. 22, 1822, and his wid.. Mar. 1, 1852. Lived In H,, whera
the present Alms House stands ; was a farmer, a man of good
natural abUities, a kind father, and an industrious citizen, ch. : 1.
Nathl., July 16, 1782. 2. Stephen, Mar. 6, 1786. 8. Wm.,
Oct. 6, 1788, a carpenter, d. at Canandalgua, N. Y,, Aug, 25,
1814, 17. Joseph, s. Dr. Joseph 8, m. Hannah EeUs, Dec. 3, 1780,
was a schoolmaster, in H'm., for several years, and d. June 14,
1811, and his wid. Feb. 3, 1818. ch, : 1, Joseph, Nov, 6, 1781,

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2, Hannah, Mar, 11, 1783, m. Smith Downing, of Lynn, and d,
Aug. 7, 1837, 3, Ruth, Dec, 18, 1784, m. Job Damon, of H.,
and d. Sep., 1819. 4. Jas. H., Ap. 2, 1787, m. 1, Celenda
Stetson, Nov. 24, 1811, who d. 1812 ; and 2, Lusanna Stetson,
Nov. 26, 1812, and d. Mar, 4, 1825, and his wid. lives In South
Scit,, with her da, Celenda, b. Nov, 8, 1813, 5, Elisha, Oct,
11, 1790* Is prob, d, 6, Clarissa, Oct, 28, 1792, m, 1, Elijah
Downing; and 2, a Pool; and lives In Lynn, 7. George W,, Dec.
3, 1797, d. Mar. 14, 1799. 8, David, Ap, 5, 1799, m, Olive
Fly, of Me,, Hves In E, Ab'n., and has Clarissa, m. Gridley
Wheeler ; David, (m, Abigail Wheeler, Hves In E. Ab'n., and has
Wilbur R.) ; Wm. F. ; Olive M. ; Jas. H. ; Danl. W. ; Mary A.,
d, ; Joseph, d.; and Walter R. 9, Benj,, Jan, 2, 1804, m, Har
riet Doten, lives in So, Scit,, and has Geo. T. ; Philip C. ; Gus
tavus; Amasa, d. ; Harriet S. ; and Everett, d.
18, Jnc, s, Peter 11, m, Lydia Beal, Ap, 10, 1761, was a
blacksmith by trade, lived in H'm,, and d, Dec, 4, 1806, ae. 76,
respected by the community, and lamented by his*frlends, ch, : 1.
Jno., Sep, 5, 1762, 2, Lydia, July 26, 1764, m, Ezek'l, Cushing,
and moved to Worthington, 3, Peter, Aug, 28, 1766. 4, Dan'l.,
July 18, 1768, m, Mary Jones, was a blacksmith, lived in S. H'm.,
and d, Ap. 16. 1806, having had Sarah, m. Piam Cushing, of H'm, ;
Mary, m.'LeaYitt Tower, of H'm.; and CaiAerme, m, PhUIp R,
Bennett, and Hves In lUs, 5, Hannah, Feb. 5, 1771, m. Isa. Tower,
H'm, 6, Debo., July 6, 1773, m, Crocker Wilder, of H'm,, and
was mo, of Crocker and Alden, to whose Factory we have al
luded on p, Mji 7, Jotham, Ap, 27, 1775.
(7> ( \ ^^ ^ s. David 11,
19,«^^2.2/^ 7 ^a-^<:^y^^'^'-^- Han, Her-
2^/ C^ sey, H'm,, and
lived In H. , In the house which stood where stands that of Perez
Simmons, Esq., and there d, Aug, 2, and his wid, Aug, 28, 1799.
Had his life been spared, we donbt not that the son, like the fath
er, would have been a prominent man In the town, as his abUItles
were good, and his prospects flattering, ch,: 1, Hannah R,, Oct. 18,
1782, living, unm. 2. ReHef, Feb. 29, 1785, m, C, P. Sumner,

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Esq., of Bos'n,, and Is mo. of Hon. Charles Sumner, now in the
U. S. Senate. 8. David 0,, July 19, 1787, m. Lydia Blake, of
Keene, N. H., is living in S. H'm,, and had Henry H, d. ae, 2 ;
and Caroline. 4. Amanda, July 18, 1789, m, Capt. Galen
James, Medford. • 5, Matilda, Feb. 16, 1792, d, Aug, 25,1799.
6. Hiram, Ap. 22, 1795, d..unm,, in Bos'n, 7, Maria, Sep. 10,
1797, d, ab. 1825, being drowned, at the Navy Yard, Chas'n,
ypg s, David 11, m. Relief Bow-
~^'^'^t-^ /^z^ o^ ker, Scit, ; Hved in part of his
c/ father's house ; and d. Mar, 8 ,
1828, ae, 62, and his wid. May, 1845, both leaving a good name
for their chUdren, as a valuable inheritance, ch, : 1, Desire, Sep,
25, 1788, m, Capt, Edward Curtis, and Is Hving, a wid,. In H,
2, Rebecca, Oct, 26, 1790, m. Jno, Bryant, of Chas'n. 8.
Debo. R,, August 9, 1795, d. May 17, 1796. 4. Debo. R.,
March 14, 1798, m. SneU Wade, May 11, 1819. 5.. Eunice,
December 12, 1799, m. 1, Joseph Mann, Dec. 5. 1822, and 2,
Martin Stoddard, and Hves in Mfd. 6. Perez R., Oct. 22, 1806,
m. Nancy Howe, Sep. 21, 1831, lives In Chas'n., is Dep, Sheriff,
and has George, Charles, Charlotte E., Edward C, Caroline M-,
and Julia M. 7. Theodoslus, m. Sophronia Whittemore, and both
are d ; no ch,
21. Capt. Josh,, s, Capt. Josh, 13, m, Hannah Cushing, May
30, 1796, Hved In So. Scit., where his son Piam now resides,
and d. May 3, 1840, and his w, Ap. 5, 1824, ae. 50. He was a
man of sobriety, industry, intelligence, and virtue, ch. : 1. Han
nah W., Feb, 24, 1798, 2. Mary J,, Jan. 3, 1800, m, Benjamin
Hersey, H'm, 3. Josh., Nov. 19, 1801, m. Ruth A, Davis, Feb.
1843, lives in Boston, is a stairbuUder, and has Mary E. D. 4.
ThepphUus, Dec, 15, 1803, d. Oct. 31, 1844, in Ohic 6, Emma,
Feb, 28, 1806, m. David Cushing, H'm, 6. Bela T., March 18,
1808, resided for some years in Valparaiso, but now in So, Scit.;
a carpenter by tjrade ; not m, 7, WUHam C, Nov, 15, 1810, m,
Louisa Dodge, Is a stairbuUder, lives in Bos'n., and has Hannah
W., Helen L., Clara D., and Martha, Hving, 8, Piam, Jan, 5,
1818. 9. David R., July 24, 1817, lives in SaHsbury, Ohio, is
m., and has Emma J., and Hannah.
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22. Loring, s. Capt. Josh. 13, m. 1, Mary Simmons, May 30,
1802, who d. Aug. 28, 1805 ; 2, Rachel WUder, Oct. 17, 1808,
who d. Aug. 27, 1810 ; and 3, Merlall Wilder, June. 12, 1811 ;
and d. Dec. 6, 1846 ; his wid. survives. Mr. J. was a carpenter
by trade, but the latter part of his Hfe resided in So. Scit,, as a
farmer. An exceUent citizen, and an honest and liberal minded
man. ch. : 1. Franklm, MarcH xl, 1803, fitted for CoU,, but d.
Sept, 6, 1838, (By 2d,) 2, Mary S,, Ap. 19, d. Aug. 6, 1810.
(By 8d,) 3. Loring, June 18, 1812, m. Mary E., da. Capt. Jnc
M. Nichols, Plym'h., May 31, 1840, Hves In So. Scit., was for
some years a trader and shoe manufacturer; and was Selectman
of So, Scit, froml848-'61 ; no ch. 4. Andrew, July 29, 1813,
m. Sophronia Litchfield, Ap. 1844, lives in So. Scit., and has
Andrew F., and JJucy A. 6. Mary A., Nov. 15, 1815, m. Dex
ter Bowker, Jan. 19, 1840, Hves in Bos'n., and has ch. 6. Mar
tha A,, Sep. 28, 1S17, unm. 7. MeriaU, Oct. 18, 1822, m. Rev.
H. P. Stevens, Sept. 13, 1846, and has one son. 8. Washington,
Nov. 19, 1826, m, Harriet E. A. Keyes, lives in Bos'n., is a
stairbuUder, and has Josephine, d. young ; Washington I. ; and
EllaM.
23. Ichabod R., s. Jas. 14, m. Clarissa Richmond, of Little
Compton, R.I., Oct. 16, 1805, who d. November 7,1840,ae. 62;
an amiable woman and an exceUent mother. Mr. J. early learned
the shoemaker's trade, but most of his life has been devoted to
farming, and he has received a premium for the best cultivated
farm in Plymouth County. He was Selectman of Scit., in
1840-41 ; has been for ten years a J. P., and is a gentleman of
amiable manners and high moral worth, ch. : 1. Mary S., Sept. 24,
1806, m. Rev. Massena B.,s. Rev. Hosea Ballon, Dec. 21, 1826,
lives in Stoughton, and has three chUdren Hving, Massena ^.,(who
Is m.) ; Clementina C. ; and Berthea R. 2. Richmond, Oct. 4,
1808, d. Sept. 6, 1838, in N. Ori's, merch't. 8. Sarah, Feb. 18,
1810, m. Rev. Jnc, s. Jno. Boyden, lives in Woonsocket, R. L,
and has Jno. R. 4. Thos., July 8, 1812, m. Elizab. S. Ratiey,
March 9, 1847, lives in Shreeveport, La., and hasten/. jB., 1847.
5, Benj., Sept. 4, d. Oct. 21, 1.814. 6. Benj., Sept. 17, 1816,

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m. 1, Lydia M. P., da. Rev. R. L. KUlam, May 26, 1839, who d.
Sept. 7, 1846 ; and 2, Sarah J,, da. Samuel Hatch, June 25, 1848;
lives in part of the ancestral homestead, and has Maria, Feb. 7,
1841, and Augustus, July 24, 1843. 7, Clarissa, Mar. 19, 1818.
8. Abby S., Ap.lO, 1821, m. Henry J. Curtis, Sept. 20, 1848.
9. Bariron R., June 23, 1823.
24. Thos. M., s. Jas: 14, m. Hannah, wid, Joseph Pocomy, and
da. of Geo. W. Felton, of Petersham, Mass., March 22, 1815, and
d. Nov. 4, 1845. He was a carpenter by trade, but resided, the
latterpartof hisHfe, In So. Scit., opposite the Universalist Church,
was a farmer, and by honest industry commended himself to the
favorable notice of those who knew him best. ch. : 1. Eunice H.,
Jan. 5, 1816, d. Dec. 17, 1838. 2. James M., merchant taUor,
Bos'n-., of the enterprising firm of Jacobs & Deane, Court st.; m.
Carolme E. Hendley, Sept. 9, 1849, who d. Mar. 2%, 1852, ae. 2a,
leaving a da.. Frances A.,h. Nov. 25,1851. 3. David H., a
master mason and contractor, living in Bos'n. ; m. Elizab. Ayres,
Ap. 25, 1847, and has Jos: A., October 15, 1848, and Anna E.,
Jan. 14, 1862. 4. AureHa P., June 22, 1828. 6. Thos. R.,
Nov. 24, 1825, clerk with his brother James.
25. Braddoc, s. Elisha 15, m. Sarah Hersey, H'm., in 1787,
lived first in Scit., where the wid. of Thos. M: Jacobs resides ; sett.
in Littleton ab. 1807, and there d., AprU 5, 1847. His wid. sur
vives, ch. : 1. Sarah, June 9, 1788, m. Moses Foster, ab. 1812,
and d. Dec. 2i, 1845, leaving Sam'l. H, Moses H, Mary A.,
Joseph V. , Fxands E., and Hannah A. 2. Aifcil, Dec 20, 1789,
d. Dec. 17, 1796. 3. Benj. H., Dec. 9, 1792, sett. In Lynn,
1810, m. EHzab. Downing, Oct. 4, 1818, and has Lydia M, July
24i 1819; Benj.H, Sept. 27, 1821, d. young; Edwin S., Jan.
16, 1826 ; Sophia E., Oct. 16,1826 ; Geo. H, Sept. 25,1829;
and Joseph E. , Sept. 23, 1832. 4. Lydia, Feb. 22, 1793, m.
Nathan Johnson, Sept. 10, 1860, and he d. March 9, 1861. 5
Joann, May 28, 1797, m. 1, Oliver Locke, Lex'n., AprU 1, 1817J
and had Faustina M., d. 1850, and Joann S. Her 1st husb. d-
Oct. 15, 1825, and she m. 2, Wm. Smith, Lex'n., 1882, and has
Mary E. B. 6. Hannah, June 26, 1799, m, 1, Dan'l. Harrln<r-

332 JACOBS.
ton, Lex'n., Dec. 1824, who. d. 1826; and 2, Luther Brooks,
Camb., June 1, 1830, who d. July 4, 1889, leaving her Imther F.,
Susanna J, Chas. E., and Everett W- 7. Susanna, Aug. 7,
1801, m. James Wellington, Medford, Nov. 19, 1820, and has
Jas. E., d. 1826 ; Angeline W. ; Jas. E. ; and Adria. 8. Mary
W., May 80, 1803, m. Isaac Wellington, Nov. 19, 1824, and has
Oliver L. , Isaac B. , Francena, Mary A. , and Jjuther B. 9.
Geo, H,, Oct, 5, 1806, of Chas'n,, m. Persis A, Teel, 1829, has
been a successful merchant, and Alderman of C, ; has Geo. H. ,
.June 20, 1830; Persis A, October 20, 1881, d. Feb. 27, 1832;
Angelia P., Dec. 1, 1834 ; and Jas. W., May 12, 1839. 10.
Sophia, Oct. 9, 1807, d. AprU 6, 1810. 11. Chas., April 27,
1810, of Medford, m. Octavia Burbank, Lex'n., Dec. 7, 1887,
and has Chas. S., Sept. 16, 1838 ; Octavia A, Jan. 23, 1840 ;
Elizab, B., Dec 16, 1842 ; Henry B., AprU 1, 1846 ; Sarah H,
Jan. 8, d. June 20, 1848 ; and Ed. F, Dec. 15, 1850.
26. Benj., s. Elisha 15, sett, in Dorch'r., Mass., in 1783, and
m. 1, Sarah, da. Time Foster ; and 2, Jemlmah, da. Edward
Foster ; was a carpenter by trade ; a man .of successful enter
prise, and honest Industry ; leaving to his children, at his decease,
a valuable estate, and the legacy of a character, true in all the re
lations of life, ch. : 1. WUHam, a cabinet maker, m. Eliza, da.
Dea. Isaac Howe, Dorch'r., and has Wm. T, (m. Ann, da. Wm.
Holmes, and has Geo. H. ;) Sarah F, ; Benj., (in Cala.) ; Eliza
A.; Caroline H; Henry; and Elisha. 2. Elisha, d. 3, Benj.,
merchant, of Bos'n ; resides on his father's estate, in Dorchester,
and is unmarried ; a gentleman of character and standing in
the community, well known to the business public. 4. Sarah, d.
(By 2d,) 6. Sarah A. 6. Mary D., d. 7. Timothy, d, 8.
Elisha, merchant, of Bos'n., m, Mary G., da. Nath'l, Coffin,
Newburypoft, and has Benj. F.; Mary C; Gertrude T; Sarah
A; d. ; Amelia G.; and Geo. C. S.
27, Hon. Ed. F., s. EHsha 15, m. PrisciUa, da. Wm, Clapp,
Scit., Jan. 5, 1802, Hves in So. Scit., was a shoemaker in early
life, and afterwards a trader, and a manf r. of brick, at his yard
in S, A gentieman of great natural ability, who, even In high

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party times, enjoyed the confidence of his townsmen, being often
elected to offices of trust; acting for many years on the board of Select
men; as Rep, to the State Leg, ; and as a memb, of the Govr's.
CouncU In 1836, and '87, ch. : 1. Edward, brick manufr., lives
in So. Scit., m. AdaHne, da. Perez Whiting, Ap. 16, 1826, and
has George E., Nov. 29, 1827, (a mason by trade,' m, Esther
C. Litchfield, Nov. 28, 1850, and has Alfred, Dec. 6, 1851) ; and
Howard B., a carpenter, b. June 14, 1838. 2. Lucy C, May
14, 1805, m. Perez Southard Whiting, and Hves In N. Y'k. 3.
EHsha, Mar. 12, 1808, merchant, Bos'n., m. Delia T., da. Luke
Fay, Ap., 1842, and has Elisha A., Mar. 28, 1848 ; Delia M.,
Dec, 1844, d. Ap. 15, 1849 ; Ed. F., Dec, 1848 ; and Eveline
W., Dec. 31, 1850. 4. Lydia S., Jan. 29, 1811, m. Rev. H.
W. Morse, June, 1840, Hves in N. Reading, and has ch. 5.
Henry, Aug. 24, 1813, formerly an engraver, in N. Y'k., and
Bos'n. ; a gent, of fine natural ablHtles, and an exceUent portrait
painter ; not m. 6. Frederick, Oct. 28, 1817, merchant, Bos'n. ;
m. Martha M. Fay, May 20, 1841, and has Fred'k. F., Mar. 3,
1842 ; Walter H, Nov., 1847 ; and Alfred H, Oct., 1849. 7.
Mary P., Oct. 26, 1820, d. Sep. 14, 1821.
28. Dr. Nathl,, s, Nathl, 16, grad. H, C, 1806, stud. med.
with Dr, Smith, of Hanover, N. H,, sett, in Canandalgua, N, Y.j
where he taught an Acad, many years, and practised as a physi
cian; m. Hannah Sanbom, and has 1, Chauncy 0,, d, ae, 2, 2,
Elizab,, m. Wm. Remington, Buffalo, N, Y. 3. Nathl. S., m.
Freelove Watts, of Roch'r., N. Y., .who d., leaving 2 ch,, both of
whom are decs'd. 4. Wm.,m,, lives at Black Rock, N, Y,, and
has Inccinda, and Amelia. 5, Caroline, m, Alex'r, Swartwout,
Canandalgua, 6. Lavinia, not m. 7. Charles. 8. Mary A.,
d. ae. 14. 9. Leavitt, M., d. 10. Harriet P.
29. Stephen, s. Nath'l. 16, lives In H., on Wash'n. st,, was
Selectman In 1825, m, Rachel H, Otis, Dec, 31, 1812, is an in
telligent and industrious farmer, and has 1, Lucy, May 17,'1814,
d. June 23, 1816, 2. Wm,, Ap, 23, 1816, d, Oct, 18, 1822.
3. Lucy, Oct. 1, 1818, m. Sam'l, Waters, Aug, SO. 1840, Hves
in So. Scit,, and has Jacob L. ; Helen M. ; and JJucy L. 4,

334 JACOBS.
Adaline M., Nov. 9, 1820, a school teacher, not m. 5. Wm.,
Mar. 7, 1825, of Randolph, wheelwright, m. Susan A. Loring,
H'm,, Oct, 1849, and has Anna L., Sept, 28, 1851. 6. Stephen
0., May 13, 1827, a mason by trade. 7. Charles, May 6, 1829,
resides with his fa. 8. Albert, Oct. 18, 1831. 9. Franklm,
June 24, 1835.
80. Joseph, s. Joseph 17, m. 1, Anne Damon, and 2, her
sister EHzab., Hved in So. Scit., where Col, Jno, CoUamore now
resides, and had, 1. Ann, prob. d. 2. Josejh, Mar. 10, 1804,
manf r. of edge tools, -at his steam factory, H'm,, m, Esther C, da.
Jottam Jacobs, and has Joseph, Dec. 8, 1828, (m. Clarissa
Cushing, Oct. 27, 1850, and has Clara A,, July 19, 1852); Esther
C, June 2, d. Oct. 3, 1831 ; Grace A., Dec, 22, 1833 ; Jjucy
M., Dec, 29, 1888; Sarah C, Jan, 9, 1845 ; and Fred'k. S,
June 10, 1850.
81. Jno., s. Jno. 18, m. Tamar Cushing, Mar. 11, 1787, and
d. June 7, 1847. Lived in H'm,, and had, 1. Tamar, Jan. 19,
1788, d. May 20, 1806. 2. Mary, May 5, 1790, d. Mar. 10,
1791. 3. Mary, Jan. 10, 1792, d. unm. 4. Lydia B., Dec. 26,
1794, d. unm. 5. Jne., July 27, 1797, m. Martha Fearing, Jan.
10, 1833, is a blacksmith, lives In S. H'm,, and has Martha F.,
June 14, 1835, d, Jan., 1889; Tamar C, May 26, 1887.;
Martha, Ap, 22, 1841 ; and Mary C, Feb. 17, 1846. 6. Piam,
Sept. 16, 1800, m. Clarissa Hathaway, Freetown, moved to Gale
na, lUs,, and has Mary ; Geo. W., d. ; and Geo. P. 7. Hannah, .
Nov. 19, 1808, m. MarshaU Sherman, and Hves in H'm.
32. Peter, s. Jnc, 18, m.' Amy Fearing, Hved In H'm., and d.
Oct. 13, 1810. ch. : 1. Amy, m. Fearing Burr, H'm., and Is d.
2. Peter, m. a Hobart ? and Is d. 3. David, m. a CortheU, lives
in H'm,, and has ch, 4. Hawkes, of H'm, 5, Lincoln, of H'm.
88. Jotham, s. Jno. 18, m. Grace Tower, lived In H'm. ; was
a blacksmith by trade, and there both he and his w. d. ch. : 1.
Lucy, m. SUas Chipman, and is living a wid., in V/ey'h. 2.
Laban, of Hm., manf r. of edge tools, m. CaroHne, da, Perez Whit
ing, Feb, 2, 1823, and has Mary C, Sep., 1824, m. Wm. H.
Lyon, of N. Y'k. State, and has ch. ; Wm. H., July, 1831 ;

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335

Alfred, Jan., 1833 ; and Adcdine TT,, Jan, 4, 1838. Has lost 6
ch,, d. young. 3. Joshua, d. young. 4. Debc, m, Peter Cush
ing, Wey'h,, and has ch. 5. Esther, m. Joseph Jacobs, H'm. 6.
Betsey, m. Robt. Gardner, H'm. 7. Cynthia, m. Theoph. Cushing,
H'm. 8. Mary, m. Henry C. WUder, H'm. 9. Joshua, m. 1,
Emily Higgms, and 2, Lydia D., da. Capt, Seth Hersey, Hves in
H'm., and has Joshua.

Arms : Chequy, gu. and az. ; on a fesse
of the first an annulet or.
Crest; A bear's head and neck sa.,
muzzled or.

JOSSELYN, JOSLIN, JOCELYN, &c., an old English fam
Uy, dating back several hundred years, and sett, in ComwaU,
Essex, Hertford, Kent, &c. The Earl of Roden, is Of the Joce-
lyns ; and Sir Ralph Joscefine, of Hertfordshire, a\ as Mayor of
London, hi 1474 and 1476, being made Knight of the Bath, by
King Edward IV., in the former year. The coats of arms vary
hi different famUies, and there is one extant in H,, different from
that which we have presented above, and handed down by tradi
tion. In America, Jno. Josselyn, gent., was In N. Eng. in 1638,
and was the author, among other works, of one called " New-
England's Rarities;" and Henry, his bro., (and son of Sir Thomas,
of Kent,) was at Black Point, now Scarborough, Me., in 1634,
being sent over, by Capt. Mason, to make " a more complete dis
covery," and examination of the advantages Of the grant made to
Capt. M. He was a memb, of tiie Gen, Court, at Saco, 1636 ;

* See Burke's Gen, Armory.

336 JOSSBLTN.
CouncUlor In 1639 ; Dep'y. Gov'r., 1645 ; a magistrate, and mem
ber of the gov't, of the province of LIgonia, 1650 ; and a commis
sioner and associate, under Massachusetts, 1658 ; and during the
long period, from 1636 to 1676, he was one of the most active and
influential men In the Prov,, and during aU the changes of propri
etorship, and gov't,, he held the most Important offices," He m,
Marg't., wid, of Capt, Thos, Cammock, and it is said had one son,
Henry, Family tradition, and other authorities, assert that this
son sett, in Scit., Mass., In 1668, m. AbigaU Stockbridge, 1676,
and was the ancestor of the Josselyns of Plym'h. Co.' ; but the
correctness of this assertion, is somewhat doubtful.
According to the Mass. Hist. CoU,, vol. 8, third series, " Thos.
Jestlin, a husbandman, ae, 43 ; Rebecca, his w,, of the same age ;
and their ch., Rebecca, ae. 18 ; Dorothy, ae. 11 ; Nath'l., ae, 8 ;
Eliza, ae, 6 ; and Mary, ae, 1 ; with a maid-servant, EllzaWard,
ae. 38, came to N. Eng., In the Increase, of London, Robert Lea,
master, In 1636" ; and according to Lincoln's Hist. H'm., Thos.,
the fa., was In H'm. in 1687 ; and in 1654, he was in Lancaster,
(Worcester Mag. 2, 280,) where he d. in 1660-1, (Midds'x. Rec.)
his wid., Rebecca, being Exec'x. of his Est, She m, Wm, Kerley,
1664, Abraham, son of Thos,, sen'r., was not with his fa,, when
he came to N, Eng., In 1635, but seems to have arrived afterward.
He was In H'm., In 1647, but moved to Lanc'r. before 1668, and
d. bef. 1670; and his wid., Beatrice, m. Serg't. Benja. Bosworth, of
Hull,' The desc'ts, of Thos., the fa., and of Abraham, the son,
still reside in Lanc'r., and the adjacent towns. The Josselyns of
Scit,, and H,, are desc'ts from Abraham, through his son Henry.
' 2. Henry, s, Abraham, and gr. s. Thos. of London, sett. In Scit.,
1669, was a blacksmith by trade, m. Abig., da. Chas. S'tockbridge,
Nov. 4, 1676 ; his house stood in the field, 50 rods east of Judge'
Wm. Cushing's farm-house, and he d. In H., Oct. 30, 1730, being

1 Williamson's Hist, of Me., vol. l,pp. 265, 278, 328, 392, 396, 439 &682;
also, N. E. Gen. Reg., vol 2, pp. 205—7.
2 Deane's Hist. Scit., and the other works above quoted.
^ See the elaborate cojimunioation of T. M. Harris, in N. E. Gen. Keg.,
vol. 2, p. 306, et seq.

JOSSELYN, 337
caUed, on the Ch, Rec, " the oldest n»an in the town for years,"
His wid, d. July 15, 1748, ch. : 1, Abig,, Ap. 1677, m. Benja.
Hanmer, Dec. 16, 1715. 2. Abraham, Jan. 1678-9, left no ch.
on record. 3. Anna, Feb. 1680-1, d, Nov, 17, 1683, 4, Chas,,
Mar,, 1682-3, left no desc'ts on rec. 6, Mary, Jan, 1684,
m, Benj, Munroe, of Swansey, Dec, 3, 1713, 6, Nath'l,, Feb,
1686-7, 7. Rebecca, b. Mar., d. Ap,, L689, 8, Jabez, Feb.
1690-1, m, Sarah Turner, Jan, 8, 1722, and d, July 14, 1734,
and his wid, Dec. 23,' 1756j having had Jabez, 1723, (m, Mary
Lmdsey, July 20, 1742, and had Sam'l, 1742 ; Jabez, 1744; Ke
ziah, 1746, d, 1760 ; and Lindsey, 1749) ; Eliah, Oct, 21, d,
Nov, 9, 1724 ; Sarah, Dec, 29, 1726, d, Oct, 80, 1789 ; Rebec
ca, Jan, 14, d. Jan. 26, 1728. 9, Rebecca, May 1693, m, Jos.
Perry, Ap. 24, 1728. 10, Jemima, Dec, 1695, d, Feb. 14, 1696.
IL Kezia, Dec 1695. 12. Henry, Mar., 1697. 18. Joseph,
Dec.,1699, m. 1, Ruth Bates, Dec, l9, 1726, who d. Jan. 6, 1742*;
and 2, Sylvester Barker, Pemb., Oct. 8, 1751 ; had no ch., and d.
Ap. 30, 1787, ae. 88 ; and his wid.. Mar J 5. 1801, ae. 91. He
is called Capt. Joseph, on the H. Rec, and was a man of great
enterprise, and an early prop'r. of the old Bardin Forge. He
gave to the town the bell now hanging In the Centre Meet. Ho.
14. Thomas, Sep. 1702.
3. Nath'l, 'S. Henry 2, m. Frances Yellings, Dec, 27; 1711,
who d. a wid, Aug, 26, 1755, She lived on what is now Spring st,
ch, : 1, Mary, bap. In Scit., Mar, 29, 1713, d. Mar, 81, 1715, 2,
Frances, bap, in Scit., May 29, 1716, m, Isaac Foster, Jan, 6.
1732. 3', Abraham, b. In Boston, 1717. 4. Mary, July 29,
1719, 5. Nath'l, July 6, 1722. . '
4. Henry, s, Henry 2, m, Hannah Oldham, and lived and d. In
Pemb. ch. : 1. Hannah, Oct, 1, 1719, m, Henry Munroe, Swan
sey, Nov. 16, 1738. 2. Lydia, Aug, 25, 1722, 3. Mary, m.
Shuble Munroe, Nov. 10, 1742, 4. Henry, June 11, 1727, 5,
Marg't., Dec. 9, 1729, m. Seth Ford, Jan, 7, 1747-8, 6, Joseph,
Jan. 2, 1731-2, d. young. 7. Joseph, June 22, 1734. 8, Chas,,
May 7, 1739, 9, Lucy, Oct. 5, 1741, m, Isaac Ford, Mf d,>
Oct, 1, 1761. 10, Isaac, Nov, 4, 1743,

338 JOSSBLTN. s. Henry 2, m. Ann Stock-
/fL^^ bridge, June 1,1732, was Dea.
of the First Church m H,, and
gave the silver Communion Cups alluded to on p. 60. With his
bro, Joseph, he was prop'r of the Bardin Forge ; was Selectman
in 1736, and from 1738-'44 ; and Rep. in 1738, '41, and '42.
ch, : 1. Thomas, Sep. 26, 1783, m. Patience Barker, June 10,
1761, and d. in Pemb., Jan, 20, 1818, ae. 86, having had Thos.,
Sep, 28, 1762, m, and d, in Me, ; Patience H, Feb. 28, 1765 ;
Bethiah T, Jan. 10, 1767, m. Bamab. Perry, 1789 ; Joseph B,,
June 10, 1769 ; Samuel W., Ap. 3, 1772, (m. Elizab, J, Coxe,
May 20,1798,andhadSam'l,,lT99, Elizab., 1801, DebcB,, 1804,
and Mehit., 1807) ; and Anna S., 1776. 2. John, May 4, 1735,
called Ensign John, on the Ch. Rec, m. Sage  , and d. 1770,
and his wid. 1775, having had John R., 1764, m. Nabby Studley,
Nov. 1, 1785, moved to Warren, Mass., and there d. ; Sage, 1764,
m. a Cookey, and moved to W. ; Cynthia, 1766, m. 1, OHver Bon
ney, Nov. 29, 1787, and 2, a Cookey ? ; and Eunice, 1769, m.
Joseph Kingman, Bridg'r, Dec. 16, 1791. 3. Ann, or Nancy,
Oct. 8, 1786, d. Ap. 21, 1801.x 4. Stockbridge, Mar. 29, 1741.
5, Ruth, June 1748, m. a Lowden?, Plym'h. 6. Debc, ba,p.
July 12, 1762. 7. PhiHp, bap, Jan. 27, 1754, d, unm,, in Pemb,
8, Isaiah, d, unm,, Ap. 3, 1804. 9. Seth, m. PrIscUla Standlsh,
Dec. 17, 1787, and moved to N. Salem, N. H.
6. Abraham, s, Nath'l. 8, m. Mary Soule, Dec. 16, 1741, and
lived and d, in Pemb, ch. : 1. Mary, Feb. 8, 1742, m. Wm.
Coxe, jr., Jan, 21, 1762, 2, Abraham, Jan, 14, 1744, m,, lived
in Woodstock, Vt., and left ch. 3. Elizab., Dec. 21, 1746, m
Seth Coxe, Dec 19, 1765. 4. Dorothy, Dec 10, 1748, m. Reu
ben Clark, Dec, 28, 1768. 5. Abig., Sept. 26, 1755, m. Eleazer
Ring, Worthington, Sep. 23, 1784. 6. Lydia, May 8, 1758.
7. CeHa, July 25, 1760, m. Nathan Sprague, Mar. 31, 1785. 8,
Eleazer, Sep, 14, 1762, 9. Tamar, May 1, 1765, m. Jas. Bourne,
jr., Feb. 13, 1783. 10. Isaac, Aug. 15, 1768.
7. Nath'l., s. Nath'l 3, m. Sarah Low, and d. in H,, May 2

JOSSELYN.

339

1790, ae. 68, and his wid. in Pemb., Aug. 18, 1802? ch, : 1.
Ambrose L., Mar, 13, 1752, prob. d, young, 2, Sarah, Aug, 28,
1753, m, 1, Amos Perry, Sep, 7, 1777, and 2, Belcher Clark.
3. Nath'l., Aug. 24, 1756, moved to Freeport, Me. 4. FrancIS)
May 27, 1757. 5. Chloe, July 28, 1759, m., and moved to Me.
6. Joshua, Aug. 30, 1761, m. Sarah Chapman, had Judson, 1789,
Ambrose L., 1791, Ira L, 1791, and Abraham, 1798, and moved
to Me. 7. Christiana, Nov. 10, 1763, d. Jan. 31, 1764. 8.
Christiana, bap. July 28, 1765.
fCj2ti^ (^<9y/G^7Z./^<^ Ann Palmer, and
^•(y (j/// (J U d.in Pemb., Mar.,.
(y 1, 1818, ae. 91.
ch. : 1. Hannah, Jan. 2,1755, m. Seth PeiTy, of P., and Is yet
Hving, at the advanced age of 98 ! 2, Sylvester, Sep. 11, 1767,
m, Jos. Sherman, July 26, 1780, and d. Mar. 4, 1801, and he
moved to Me. 3. Nancy or Anne, Nov. 21, 1769, m. Pratt
Allen, Mar. 17, 17«96, 4, Henry, Oct. 12, 1761. 6. Huldah,
Aug. 31, 1764, m. Jos. DUHngham, Feb. 29, 1793, and moved to
Me. 6. AbigaU, July 21, 1769, d. Mar. 6, 1806. 7. Charlotte,
Feb. 17, 1772, m. Capt. Josh. HaU, Dux'y., July 12, 1792, and
moved to Lunenburg. 8. BarzUlal, Feb. 14, 1776, d. Dec. 24,
1792. 9. Hai-riet, Mar. 16, 1778, d. Aug. 23, 1796. 10. Jo
anna, Sep. 28, 1780, m. Levi Loring, Dux'y., Feb. 7, 1802.
9. Joseph, s. Henry 4, m. Mercy Waterman, of Hfx., was an
anchor-smith by trade, and lived in Pemb., where he d. ae. ab. 90.
oh. : 1. Joseph, Mar. 12, 1767. 2. Waterman, Sep. 18, d. Dec.
14, 1758.. 3. Jnc, Mar. 30, 1761, m. Lucy Lowden, Nov. 25,
1784, and had Jno., 1785 ; Lucy, 1787 ; Mary W., 1791 ; Ed
win, 1794 ; Pamela, 1796 ; and Eliza, 1798. 4. PrIscUla, June
12, 1763, m. Freedom ChamberHn. 5. Jona,, Ap. 8, 1767. 6.
Marg't,, June 9, 1770, m. Matt, Sylvester, Jan. 29, 1791,' 7.
Mercy, Jan. 19, 1774, m. Time Rose, June 9, 1795. 8. Free
man, Aug. 25, 1778, m. 1, Debo. Turner, and 2, Dolly Pushee,
and moved to Lyme, N. H., where he has desc'ts. (See Turner
Geneal. p. 37.)

340 JOSSELYN,
10, Charies, s. Henry 4, m. Rebecca Keen, July 10, 1760, and
Hved in Pemb., where he d. Nov. 21, 1812. ch. : 1, Mary, Ap,
19, 1761, m: Lem'l, Keen, and moved to Me, 2, Luc;^, Ap, 4,
1763, m. Josi, Bonney, Mar. 27, 1794. 3. Lydia, Jan. 13, 1765,
m. Sam'l. EeUs, July 7, 1788, 4, Charles, Jan, 9, 1767, 6,
Jabez, Nov, 4, 1768, 6, Rebecca, Dec. 6, 1770, m, 1, Bezia
Ames, Bridg'r,, Oct. 26, 1791, and 2, a Studley, -7. Elisha K,,
Sep, 28, 1772, 8, Jacob, Aug. 28, 1775, 9, Josiah, Aug, 21,
1778, m, Ruth Howard, and had Josiah, 1799, m, a TopHff, and
lives In Bridg'r,, Vt, ; Ruth H, 1801, d, 1802 ; Jairus, 1803,
m,, and lives In Bridg'r,, Vt, ; Lewis, Oct, 25, 1805, of Lynn,
Ed, of the Bay State Democrat, and for 2 yrs. Clerk of the Mass.
Ho. of Reps., is m., and has ch. ; and Robert, 1810,
11, Isaac, s, Henry 4, m, Lois RamsdeU, Sep, 12, 1772, was
engaged In the Forge, for many years; finally moved to Me,,
and there d, ch. : 1. Isaac, Jan. 3, 1774, m. Christiana Josselyn,
Oct. 15, 1797, and d, Oct, 24, 1799, leavmg 1 da,, and 1 son,
the last of whom was drowned at N. Bed. 2» Almorin, July 16,
1775, m, Chloe Whiting, July 28, 1801, and has Eliza, 1814, d.
1817 ; Almorin, of Batavia, N. Y,, is m,, and has ch, ; Houghton
S., of Chelsea, Mass,, is m,, and has ch, ; and Caroline K., m.
Warren A, Alley, of Lynn- 3. Lois, 1776, d. 1778, 4, Ko-
land, May 3, 1778, m, Mary Church, lived in Me,, and had ch.
5. Lois, Feb, 20, 1780, m, Jno, Woodworth, Nov, 26, 1801, 6.
Hervey, Jan. 25, 1782, m., lived in Me., and had ch. 7, Han
nah, b. and d. 1788. 8. Alden, May 20, 1784, m. a Paige, Uved
in Me,, and had ch, 9, Ezra, Jan. 3, 1787, m,, Hved In Me,, and
had ch, 10. Sylvester, June 6, 1789, m. Simeon Prescott, and
Hved in Me, 11, Jno, D., June 4, 1791, in,, lives in Me,, and
has ch, 12, Martin, 1793, d. unm, in Me,
12. Stockbridge, s, Thos. 5, m. Olive Standlsh, Nov. 24, 1768,
who d, Sep, 10, 1803, and he May 10, 1817, ae, 76, ch, : 1.
OHve, Nov, 10, 1769, 2, Stockbridge, Feb, 23, 1772. 3. Abi
gaU, June 23, 1774, m,, and went to R, I, 4. Lucy, Ap. 9,
1777, d, unm, 5, Ruth, Ap, 1, 1779, m. Capt, Dan'l, Hall,
Dux'y., Nov, 27, 1798, 6, Seth, Dec, 6, 1782, 7, Jas., Nov, 15,
1785. 8. Christopher, May 2, 1788. 9. Amasa, Feb, 24, 1791.

JOSSELYN, 341
13. Eleazer, s. Abraham, 6, m, 1, Bethia Bourne, Jan, 9, 1783,
who d, Dec, 3, 1801 ; and 2, Alice W, Howland, Mar; 6, 1807 ;
and Hved and d, in Pemb, ch, : 1. Mary, Aug, 10, 1783, m, Jos.
Munroe, Hfx. 2. Lydia, Sep. 27, 1786, m. Jere. Stetson, H'n.,
Jan. 14, 1808. 3. Eleazer, Oct. 24, 1787, 4, Eph'm, A.,
Nov. 3, 1789. 5, Lyman, Nov, 9, 1791, m. 1, Betsey Delano;
2, wid. Bowdltch ; and 3, Sarah Holmes ; lives in Dux'y. ; no
ch. 6. Nathan, Jan. 15, 1794, m, 1, a Lincoln ; 2, a Lincoln ;
3, a Lincoln ; and 4, a Bronsden, and d, in Chas'n,, leaving ch,
7, Bethia, Dec. 15, 1796, m. Wm, Estes, H'n,, Sep., 10, 1816.
8, PrisciUa, Mar. 10, 1789, m. Ezek'l. Tumer. 9. Abraham,
Jan. 20, 1801. 10, Calvin, May 7, 1808, 11, Lucy, Ap, 27,
1806, m. Job Luther, H'n, 12, Dorothy, Mar, 16, 1806, m.
Benj. White, H'n. (By 2d,) 13. Debc H., Dec. 12, 1807, m.
Elb. Leach, N. Bridg'r. 14. Luther, Mar. 6, 1809, m. Jane G.
Reed, E. Ab'n., in Jan., 1844, Hves in H'n., and has Luther A.,
and Jawe R. 15. Elisha H,, Jan. 24, 1811, m. Hannah Sawlq,,
and Hves In E, Bridg'r. 16. JuHus, July 2, 1818, is m,, and
lives in H'n, 17. Jairus, Aug. 24, 1816, Is m,, and Hves in
Boston, 18, Issachar, Mar, 6, 1817, Is m,, and lives in Plymp'n.
19, Sophronia, m, Walter Reed, Ab'n. 20. Ezra, b. and d.
1819. 21. Ezra, d.
14. Isaac, s. Abraham 6, m. 1, PriscUla Bourne, Sep. 29,
1788 ; and 2, vrid. Mary Boylston, and lived and d. in Pemb.
ch. : 1. AbigaU, Ap. 3, 1788, m, Reuben Shaw, S. Ab'n,, Sep.
30., 1811. 2, Christiana, Feb. l2, 1790, m. Zebulon Clark, of
H. 3. .PriscUla, Ap. 21, 1791, m. Isaac HarkweU, 4, Sophia,
Ap, 21, 1793, m. Josi. Cushing, Ab'n, 5, Isaac B., Jan. 17,
1797, moved to Albany, N. Y. (By 2d,) 6. Elenor, Ap. 25,
1799, m. Thos. H. Sampson, Pemb,, Ap. 20, 1822. 7, Daniel,
May 18, 1800, m. Debc Damon, June 26, 1827, lives in Pemb.,
and has Isaac, Nov, 11, 1828 ; Dan'l, 1881, d. 1C34 ; Marcus
1832, d, 1834 ; Debo. M, June 14, 1885 ; Jos. W., June 28,'
1887 ; Betsey J, June 22, 1839 ; and Marcus M, July 23,
1841. 8, CeHa, Jan. 24, 1802, m. 1, Jno. White, and 2, Noah
Bonney. 9. Lois D,, Dec 15, 1808, m. Jas. H. Dwelley, Pemb.

342 JOSSELYN.
10. Emily, Aug. 29, 1805, m, Elij. Damon, H'n. 11. Elizab.
K,, 1807, d. 1812, 12, Almira, July 11, 1809, m. Eben'r. B.
K. Gurney, H'n.
15. Francis, s, Nathl, 7, m, Mary HiU, Feb. 17, 1782, and
Hved in that part of Pemb. now H'n., where he d, ch. : 1, Thos,
H., b. and d. 1783. 2. Francis, Nov. 2, 1784. 3. Peter, Feb.
16, 1787. 4. Thos, II,, 1789, d. 1792. 5. Jemima L., Oct. 4.
1791, 6, Mary, Feb, 24, 1794, 7, Sarah H,, Jan. 25, 1798,
8. Alvah, Ap, 7, 1800. 9. Chloe, Oct. 7, 1802.
16, Henry, s, Henry 8, m. Lois Stetson, Ap. 15, 1793, and
lived In Pemb. ch. : 1. Alnfy, Nov. 20, 1793, m. Eben'r. Mann,
and moved to Me. 2. Wealtiiy, Dec. 26, 1796. 3. Chariotte,
Nov. 12, 1797, m. Gad Soper, H'n., May 13, 1823. 4. Mary
A., Aug. 13, 1799, m. Richard Bowker, H'n., Aug. 26, 1818.
5. Hannah, Mar. 14, 1801, m. Wm. Taylor, and d. in N. Bed,
6, Debo, S,, Jan, 10, 1803, m. Josh, Stetson, Nov, 29,1832; 7,
J«anna L,, Dec. 20, 1804, m. EHsha MitcheU, H'n, S, AbigaU,
d, ae. 4. 9. Henry, May 1, ISOT, m. Charlotte Stetson, June
11, 1883, lives in Pemb,, and has Joanna L., Helen M'., Henry.
H., and Charlotte E.
17. Joseph, s, Joseph 9, m, Debo. Hatch, Aug. 23, 1784, Hved
in E. Bridg'r., and had, 1. Hercules H., Sep. 8, 1784, Hved m
Danvers, Mass., m., and had ch. 2. Demarcus, or Marcus F,,,
June 7, 1786, 3, Joseph, Ap. 2, 1788, m., went to sea, and is
prob. d. 4. Cyrus, July 6, 1790, m. Jane White, and moved to
^ Plainfield. 5. Earie, July 11, 1792. 6. Debo. K, Jan, 15,
] 795, m, Marcus Howe, Boston. 7. Branch, Dec-. 3, 1797, m,
wid, Lamson, and Hves in Danvers. 8, Theron, Nov, 28, 1799,
d, 9. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1799, m, wid. Hannah Morton, and
Hves in Me. 10. Eliza H., Sep. 22, 1802. 11. Jno. H, Sep.
22, 1805.
18. Jona., s, Joseph 9, m. 1, Sally Stetson, of Scit., and 2,.
Jenny Chase, and Uved and d. in Pemb, ch. : 1. Waterman,
Sep. 30, 1791, m. Mellnda, da, Jona, Stetson, Scit,, and d. leav
ing 2 das., one of whoin is d, (By 2d,) 2, Marg't., May K,

JOSSBLYN. 843
1794, m, Thos. Ellis, Mar. 28, 1814, and lives In E. Bridg'r. 3.
SaUy, Sept. 1, 1796, m. Nathl. Ellis, Dec. 21, 1818, and Hves In
Bridg'r. 4. Freeman M,, Aug. 8, 1798, m. PriscUla L. Old
ham, Dec. 11, 1820, lives in S. Boston, and has George, and
Freeman. 6. Wm,, Feb, 15, 1.801, m, Abigail, da, Chas, Bars
tow, Hvesim Pemb,, and has Wm, B., Clerk In Boston, m, Han
nah Barker, of Tiverton, R, I, 7, Jane, Jan. 1, 1803, m. Dan'l.
HaU, jr., Dux'y., Nov. 20, 1823. 8. Eliza, Jan. 11. 1805, m.
Jason Magoun, Nov. 30, 1826. 9. Hervey, Nov. 6, 1806, mer
chant, E. Bridg'r., m. Elizab. TaUman, and has Sarah C. ;
Elizab.; Mary E.; Harriet; and Frank. 10. Jas. M., May
12, 1809, m. 1, Lucy Josselyn, and 2, wid. Abby Delano, Hves
in Pemb., and has Warren TT., PrisciUa, Emma F, and Amelia
J. Two ch. d. young. 11. Dorothy M., May 12, 1809, m. 1,
Alex'r. HlUbom, Oct. 7, 1827, and 2, TUden Crooker, Jan. 16,
1837.' /^ J? f s. Charies 10, m. Lucy
19- /%a.^^^6^ i:^^?^^^-^ Dwelley, Nov. 14,
^ ^ ^ ^ -^790^ lived In H'n.,
and was for some years engaged in the Iron Business, at Sylves
ter's Forge, and on King st., and also in the Factory,. In H'n. His
w. d» m 1829, and he Nov. 2, 1846. ch. : 1. Lydia, Sep. 5,
1791, m. Benj. Mann, Esq., Mar. 10, 1810, and is d. 2. Oren,
July 6, 1793. 8. Lucy D., Aug. 5, 1796, m. Hira Bates, Feb.
24, 1825. 4. Ozen, Mar. 29, 1798. 6. Mary, Aug. 21, 1800.
6. Chas., 1802, d. 1830. 7. Aaron, May 4, 1804, m. Amy, da.
Spencer Binney, is a clergyman, of the Meth. denom., in Dux'y.,
and Rep. to the Mass. Leg, for the year 1863. ch. : Joseph R.,
Ed. S., Albert S., Charles G., Martin B., and Ann B. Lost
one. 8. AngeHne, Feb. 26, 1806. 9. Marcia, July 8, 1808,
m. Alvm Howland, Nov. 2, 1888. 10. Edwin, June 28,1810,
m. Nyreh Chandler, and lives in Chelmsford. 11. JuHa A.,
Aug. 25, 1812, m. Dyer Robmson, Esq., S. Bridg'r. 12. Cyrus,
Oct. 2, 1814, m. Elizab. B. Bates, Oct.' 24, 1833, Hves on King
St., and has Cyrus B ., 3\Aj 17 , 1834; Lewis, Aug. 15, 1842;
Wid. Angeline E., June 4, 1848. Lost 2, d, young. 13. Alonzo,

344 JOSSELYN.
Jan. 23, 1818, m, Caroline A, Morse, Rox'y,, lives in Boston, is
an Iron Founder, and has Charles D., 1848, and Lucy M., d,
1851, ae, 1,
20. Jabez, s, Charles 10, m, Huldah Mann, Dec, 27, 1796,
and had ch, : 1, Betsey, July 22, 1796, m, Calvin Barstow,
Matt't,, Aug. 7, 1814. 2. David, Nov. 26, 1798, m. Mary
Bates, Dec, 15, 1822, lives in Pemb,, and has David A., Dec,
1828, m. Sophronia Keen, and lives In P, ; Benj. W., 1826, m,
Lucy A, Brewster, and has Herbert A, ; Horatio, 1828 ; Caleb,
1831 ; Albert, 1833 ; and Jabez A., 1838. 3. MorriU, Dec. 4,
1801, m, Mary A, Mcintosh, and Hved and d. in Boston, leaving
ch, : Mary A., and Sarah E. 4. Jabez, Mar, 25, 1804, m,
EHza White, Feb, 6, 1827, and had 1 da,, Arabella W., m, La
ban Rose, jr,, of H. 6, Rebecca, Sep, 13, 1806, m, 1, Joseph
Estes, of Me,, and 2, Otis Perry, of H'n, 6, Isaiah, Feb, 17,
1809, m, Serena Bray, lives in S, Boston, is a Brass Founder,
and has Isaiah B., 1830 ; George, 1882 ; Edwin, 1834 ; Mary
A., d, ; Amelia A., 1839 ; and Charles, 1844, 7, Huldah, d.
young, 8, Huldah, June 16, 1814, 9. Daniel, m, Lydia Wad-
lelgh, lives in Me,, and has Edwin, and Herbert. 10, Otis P.,
May, 1823, m, AbigaU P. Delano, fives in Pemb., and has Laura
0., Dec, 1847. 11. Joshua, m, Mary Boylston, had 1 ch,, who
d, ; his w, d. ; and he went off in 1851, and has not been heard
from since.
21. Elisha K., s, Chas. 10, m. Lydia Dwelley, Mar, 12, 1797,
and is yet living In P. ch. . 1. Emily, Feb. 4, 1798, m. Isaac
0. Stetson, May 5, 1821. 2. Caroline, Mar. 30, 1804, m. Seth
Jones, of P. 3. George, May 8, 1803, m. Alice Walker, lives in
Brookfield, Mass., and has ch. 4. Albert, -1806, d. ae, 24, 5,
Lydia S., Mar, 6, 1808, 6, Elisha, Sep, 21, 1810, m,' Abby
Standish, Ap. 12, 1835, and has ch. 7. Almira, Feb. 13, 1814,
m, 1, Thos, Baker, and 2, Jno, Mann, and Hves in E, Bridg'r.
22. Jacob, s. Chas. 10, m. AbigaU Ryder, of Plym'h., and Hves
in New Hampshire, ch,: 1, Wm,, Aug, 19, 1796, sometime Capt.
of the Han. R. Co., m, Ruth Rose, Oct, 8, 1820, and Hved m H.
on King St., where he d. in 1852, leavmg ch. : Abig. Jf, j^q

JOSSELYN. 345
80, 1821, m. Ambrose Josselyn, andd. 1843 ; Wm. E., Sep, 22,
1828, m. Lucy S, Littlefield, and Hves in H'n, ; Eugene M., Sep.
2, 1826 ; Mercy W., Dec. 31, 1831 ; PrisciUa, July 10, 1884 ;
and Helen M., May 29, 1841. 2. Harriet, Feb. 13, 1798, m,
EH Stetson, of H'n., and is d. 8. Benj., May 10, 1802. 4.
Elbridge, May 15, 1802, m. a Keith, lives in Lawrence, Is sup't.
of a foundry, and has ch. 5. Elijah, Ap. 2,, 1804, m. Ednor
Pike, and lives in S. Bos'n. 6. Leavitt R., Oct. 1, 1807, m.
Hannah E. Hildreth, and lives in Chelmsford. 7. Algernon, Dec.
22, 1809, m. Mercy White, and Hves In LoweU. 8. Edward,
Aug. 20, 1812. 9. Maria E., Ap. 17, 1815, m. Caleb White,
H'n. 10. EHzab. C, Mar. 14, 1818, m. Hezek. Reed, Ab'n.
23. Stockbridge, s. Stockbridge 12, m. Sarah Bell, Bos'n.,
Sep. 27, 1795, was for a time a merchant In B., and d, in Ab'n,
ch, ; 1, Henry E, G., Nov, 29, 1796. 2. Ralph A. S., Oct. 2,
1798, d. July 9, 1822. 3. Charlotte M. A., Feb. 4, 1801, d.
Sep. 20, 1811. 4. Chas. 0. W., Aug. 2, 1803. 5. Danl, S, S,,
May 27, 1806, m, a HaU, of Dux'y,, and d, in N. Or's. 6. Fran
ces S. S., Sep. 9, 1807. 7. Naomi 0. R., Nov. 17, 1810, m.
SUas Lane, E. Ab'n. 8. Austm M. C, Sep. 20, 1812, m. EHzab.
J. Ware, Bos'n., 1841, and Is proprietor of a Restorator in B.
Noah. 9. Sarah C. A., Ap. 9, 1815, m. a Denton. 10. Mary
A. B,, b. and d. 1816.
24. Eleazer, s. Eleazer 13, m. Hannah Studley, Jan. 1, 1809,
and Hves in H., on Pleasant st. ch, : 1. Mary J,, May 6, 1809,
m. Ludov, Pool,E, Ab'n. 2. Stephen, Dec, 28, 1811, merchant
and shoe manf r,, atthe Four Corners ; m. Eliza Studley, Nov, 16,
1834, and has Eliza A., June 30, 1838, and Geo. S., June 17,
1842, 8. Robert, Oct. 80, 1814, not m, 4, Hannah S., Aug.,
1817 ? m. Jno. H. Benner, Jan, 1, 1836, 6. Eleazer, Feb. 14,
1823. 25. Abraham, s. Eleazer 13, m, Polly Cushing, Oct, 5, 1820,
lives on Cross st., and is an anchor-smith by trade, ch, : 1. Wm.
C, June 27, 1821, merchant tailor, late of Bos'n,, m, 1, Thurza B.
Shaw, and 2, Mary McDuffee, and has Anna F., b, and d, 1846 ;
and Wm. A., Jan. 20, 1848. 2. Abraham A., May 18, 1823, d.
Dec 29, 1832, 3. Mary C, June 25, 1826, m. Gee S. NewhaU,
22

346 JOSSELYN,
Dec 21, 1843, and lives in E, Bridg'r. 4. Michal B,, Oct, 9,
1827, m, Nathl, Pratt, and d, in Aug., 1848, 5. Bela C, Jan,
23, 1830, in Sprhigf d,, Mass. 6. Sarah J., Sep, 15, 1833, 7.
Henry C, Ap. 3, 1836, 8. Is'l, N,, Jan, 31, 1839. 9. Geo,
H,, May 23, 1841, 10. Louisa C, May 23, 1844.
26, Francis, s, Francis 15, m, Debo. House, Jan, 16, 1810, and
lived and d, in H'*., leavmg ch, : 1, Hannah H,, Ap, 12, 1810.
2. Mary, Ap. 29, 1811. 3. Ambrose, Dec, 17, 1812, m. Abig,
W,, da. ¦Capt, Wm. Josselyn, and d. In H'n,, leaving ch, 4. Ira,
May 16, 1814, m, Sarah, da. Gad BaUey, Hves on King st., and
has Sarah L, Dec. 4, 1842 ; Anne A, July 18, 1845, d. Sep.
1849 ; and Francis H., Aug. 14, 1851 . 5. Thacher, May 18,
1816, d. Sep. 23, 1818.
27. Demarcus, or Marcus F., s. Joseph 17, m. Eunice Saw-
teU, and had ch. : 1. Marcus F. 2. Debo. H., m. Phineas
Howard, of Canton. 3. Eunice S., m. Elijah Howard, of C.
4. Marcy W., m. Jas. M. Cook, Eng'r. Taunt. & N. Bed.
R. R. 5. Harriet N., m. Francis Farnsworth, and is In
N. Y'k. 6. Eliza F., m. C. C. Williams, of Taunton, and d. in
1851. 7. AbigaU, d. young. 8. Joseph H., May 13, 1820, stud.
med. In the Pa. Univ., Hves in Bos'n., m. Jane, da. David Kmg-
man, Bridg'r., and has no ch. 9. PrisciUa C, m. Francis A,
Massey, Bos'n, 10, Lydia J,, m. Chas. Howe, S, Ab'n,, and has
Chas. W, Emma L., Edwy L., d., and Joel J. 11, EmUy A.,
m. Jacob C, Young, of Bangor, and Is in Cal'a, 12, Lucy F.,
not m, 18, Lucretia, m, Geo, H, Osborn, of S. Ab'n., and has
Amy C. 14, Joel S., In Cal'a. 15. Benj, F,
28, Earl, s, Joseph 17, m, 1, Anne Brewster, and had 8 ch.,
all of whom d. He then m. 2, Sarah Hudson, of Bridg'r., and d.
In Bangor, Me., Ap. 7, 1836, and his wid. m. Geo. W. Smith, of
Bridg'r, ch. . 1. Eari P., May 16, 1822. 2. Asa H., Feb. 6,
1821, m. Harriet HamUton, and Hves in E. Bos'n. 3. Anna B.,
Oct, 6, 1825, m. Chas, Dyer, and lives In E, Wey'h. 4. Sarah
J., Sep. 30, 1827, m. Galen Osborn, E. Bridg'r. 5. Caleb H.
July 25, 1829, m. Harriet E. Fales, of Fox'o., and lives in W.
Bridg'r. 6. OHve M., Oct., 1835, m. Thos. Lee, and d July
15, 1851.

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29, Oren, s. Chas, 19, m. Mary C, Mann, Feb, 14, 1816,
Hves on King st., and has been for many years connected with the
foundry, In that part of H, He was Rep, from 1842-'44 ; T, Clk,
In 1839, and '41 ; and from '43-'45 ; and Selectman In 1832, '33,
'39, and from 1850-'53, ch. : ,1. Oren C, Mar, 10, 1817, d,
Ap. 6, 1819. 2. Mary C, Feb. 6, 1820. 3. EH C, Mar. 13,
1822, m. 1, Hannah F, Robbins, Ap, 27, 1845, who d, July 14,
1846 ; and 2, Elener T, Ford, May 8, 1848 ; lives on School st,,
and has EK E., May, 1846, and Florus, Sep, 14, 1849, 4,
Charles, Oct, 17, 1826, m, RachaelF, Winslow, May 16, 1850,
lives on King st,, and has Clara, Aug, 9, 1851, 5. Jane R.,
June 6, 1829, d. Jan. 2, 1830. 6, Gee R,, June 7, 1834,
30, Ozen, s. Chas, 19, m, Lucy, da. Elijah Barstow, who d.
Nov, 26, 1842. Mr. J. Hved for a time at the Four Corners,
and kept the tavern there, but has lately been connected with the
Custom House in Boston, as an Inspector, ch. : 1. Lucy B., Oct.
4, 1824, m. Caleb Packard, N. Bridg'r. 2. Ann E., May 2,
1826, m. Rob't. Barstow, Dec 24, 1846. 3. AmeHa W., Nov.
4, 1827, m. Henry A. Hall, Bos'n., Ap. 29, 1849. 4. Almira
M., Jan. 24, 1829. 5. James 0., Feb. 20, 1831, now living In
H. 6. Maria C, June 14, 1834. 7. Mary, Dec. 1, 1836. 8.
MeHssa, June 22, 1839. 9. Helen, Nov. 1, 1841. 10. Roberi,
Oct. 9, 1842. 11. Saml., Oct. 9, 1842, d. Sep. 29, '44.
31. Henry E. G., s, Stockbridge 23, m, Minerva Gardner,
Hves in E, Ab'n,, is a shoemaker, and has, 1, Henry W., m. Lydia
A. Pool, Hves in E. Ab'n., and has Ann W., and Miranda J. 2.
Charles S., m. Avis Ashley, and Hves In E. Ab'n. No ch. 3.
Harriet N., m. Jason Loud, of E. Ab'n., and has Rosalina. 4.
Ann, d. ae. 16. Two other ch. d. young.
32. Marcus F., s. Marcus F. 27, m. Eliza Reed, and d. in
Dec. 1846, having had, 1. Marcus F., Ap. 1828, m. Lucy Gurney,
lives In S, Ab'n,, and has Walter W., July 28, 1860. 2, Wm,
W,, Feb,, 1831, m, Amanda FuUerton, of Bridg'r,, and has Alice
A., 1850, and Ida W., 1852, 3, Eliza J, 4. Jas, W., d, 6.
Jas, E. 6. Waldo E.

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KILLAM — LINDSEY.

RESIDENCE OP EEV. EOBEET L, KILLAM.
KILLAM, Rev. Robert L., b, June 29, 1790, s, of Asa, of
Ipswich, and gr, s. of Isaac, (who descended from Austen KUlam
who was in Ipswich in 1637,) m. Phebe, da, Wm. Rico, of Marlb,,
Dec, 5, 1819 ; sett. In the ministry first In Marlbo',, from 1819-
'21 ; then In Att'o,, from 1821-'29 ; and since that period, has
resided In H,, on Wash'n. si, in the " Landlord Jacobs house," a
view of which is annexed. He was pastor of the Univ. Soc. in
Scit., from 1829-'37 ; has been one of the School Com'e. of H. ;
as a writer, has a logical mind, and a happy wit ; and as a citizen,
is universally esteemed, wherever he is known, ch. : 1. Lydia M.
P., Oct. 27, 1820, m. Benj, Jacobs, May 26, 1839, and d, Sep,
7, 1846, leaving 2 ch. 2. Robert W., Mar. 22, 1828, m. Sophia
B., da, Capt, Rufus Farrow, of Scit,, May 7, 1848, and has
Lydia P., Jan, 13, 1849, 3. Charles H., Dec, 22, 1832.
LINDSEY, James, s. James of Pemb., m. Lovisa, da. Leonard
HIU, June 26, 1808, who d. in May, 1842. He Is yet Hving.
ch. : 1. Mary, July 8, 1809, m. Geo. Beals, H'n. 2. Martin,
June 19, 1811, m. Olive, da. Adam Perry, and d. July 21 1843
leaving one son, Martin A., Ap. 4, 1833. 3. Betsey B. Mar,
14, 1815, m, Wm. H, Joice, Sep, 19, 1839, 4, Philander Au^",

LITCHFIELD — LITTLE — MAGOUN, 349
29, 1817, m. Mary Foster, lives in Wey'h., and has ch. 6.
Lovisa, July 14, 1819, m. Col. Jesse Reed, of Mfd., for a sketch
of whose Hfe, see pp. 141-47. 6. James, Jan. 20, 1824, m.
Jane A. Joice, and d. in Nov., 1843, leaving no ch,
LITCHFIELD, Lawrence, was of Barnstable, 1643, and bore
arms. His son Josiah, b, 1647, m. Sarah, da. Rev. Nicholas
Baker, and was the ancestor of Rev. Paul Litchfield, of Carlisle,
Mass., and of Rev, Joseph, of York, Me., of whom we have spoken
on p. 67. Frank Litchfield, of Scit,, was also a desc't. of Law
rence, of Barnstable, and he was fa. of Lewis, of Hanover.
2. Lewis, s. Frank, of Scit., m. 1, Lucy Studley ; 2, wid, Susan
Wall ; and 3, wid. Betsey Stetson formerly a Barstow ; Is a
painter by trade ; and has, 1. Marg't. L,, June 22, 1808, m,
Charles Winslow, 1827, sometime Selectman of H, 2, Lewis,
Sep, 23, 1811, m. Lucy L, Rogers, of Mfd., Jan. 4, 1836, lives
on Circuit st., is a shoemaker, and has Lucy S., Sep, 26, 1837 ;
Delana, Aug. 27, 1839 ; Laura E., b, and d, 1841 ; Emily,
Dec, 21, 1842 ; and Lewis E., May 6, 1847. 3. Luthej, Feb.
27, 1829.

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LITTLE, John, s. Constant, of Mfd,, m, Abigail, da. Samuel
Stetson, In Aug., 1836, who d, June 5, 1850, and he Is Hving on
Centre st, ; a shoemaker by trade, ch, : 1, Mary F,, b, 1837,
d, 1838, 2. AbigaU E., Aug. 13, 1889. 8, Jno, S,, Jan, 24,
1843. 4, ZUpha A,, b, and d, 1847,
2, Peabody, bro. of Jno,, and s. Constant, of Mfd,, m. Olive,
da. Benj. Stetson, In Dec, 1842, lives on Broadway, Is a shoe
maker, and has 1. Edward E., Sep, 25, 1843, 2, Augusta M,,
Nov, 17, 1845.
MAGOUN, Abner, of Pemb., is prob, a desc't of Jno, Magoun,
or McGoun, who Hved in the " Two Mile," now a part of Mfd,,
in 1666, and who owned land in H, near Hugh's Cross, Abner
m, Mary Bates, Dec, 16, 1796, and d, July 16, 1846, ae, 78,
and his wid, Nov, 28, 1847, ae. 78. ch, : 1, Catherine, m, Jas,
Bonney, of Pemb, 2, Abner, m. Mary IT. EUIs, Ap. 1 1825,

350 MANN,
lives on Circuit st., Is a shoemaker, and a man of respectable
standing ; — has .Eoratio B., Nov, 20, 1826, m, Catherine B, Bon
ney, May, 1850, and Hves near his fa. ; Mary H, Mar, 12, 1834 ;
Abner B., Feb, 17, 1836 ; and Jane C, Dec, 30, 1839. 3,
-Mary S., m. Benoni Gurney, and Is d, 4, Jason, m, Eliza
Josselyn, and d,, and his wid, and ch. are in S, Boston,
MANN, Richard, a " planter," was a youth in Elder Brews
ter's family, came to Plym'h, In the May-Flower, In 1620, was
one on the Conihas, partners, In Scit,, In 1646, and his farm was
at the place known as " Mann hill." He died ab. 1655, and his
wid. Rebecca, m. John Cowen, 1656, Of his ch., Thos., b, Aug.
15, 1650, was fa. of Benj., b. Feb. 19, 1697, who sett, in H,
This Is an old name In Eng'd., numerously represented there, the
Earl of Cornwallls, being of the family, and Sir Horatio Mann,
of Linton, Kent, There are other famUies in the U, S., besides
the desc'ts, of Richard, who are sett. In Norfolk Co,, and who are
quite numerous In Randolph, and its vicinity. Samuel, was in
Dedham, 1678 ; and Theodore, was In Wrentham, in 1700, The
Manns of H, are desc'ts, of Richard, the planter,
2. Benj., s. Thos., and gr. s. Richard, m. Martha Curtis, Feb.
4, 1724, who d, Jan. 26, 1769, and he Mar. 2, 1770, He Uved
on Main st., It is said, in the ancient mansion, now occupied by
Mr, Hanson, not far from the Bap. M. Ho., and was Selectman
in 1745, ch. : 1, Martha, Jan. 6, 1725, m. WUHam Curtis, 2.
Benj., Aug, 4, 1727, 3. Rebecca, Aug. 18, 1729, m. Abner
Curtis ? 4. Sarah, Feb. 8, 1730, m. Robt, Gardner, H'm., June
5, 1760. 6. Ruth, May 12, 1735, m. Lem'l. Curtis, Jan. 16,
1752. 6. Mary, Aug. 13, 1737, m. Elij. Mann, Three ch, d,
young. s. Benj. 2, m. 1, AbigaU GUI,
:a/^ Nov. 23, 1749 ; 2, the wid.
of Charies BaUey, who d. in
1800; and 8, the wid. of
Abner Curtis, and d. Jan. 27, 1816, ae. 89. He was Selectman
in 1763 and '64, and erected the old grist miU, which formerly
stood near the bridge, on North st. ch. : 1. Abigail, Sep. 9,

MANN. 361
1751, m, Asa Turner, June 80, 1771, and d. In Me, 2. Benj ,
Mar. 3, 1768. 3. Olive, Ap. 18, 1764, m. Thos. Stetson, June
18, 1772. 4. Ezra, Dec, 11, 1755, d. In the Rev'n., Nov, 26,
1776, 5, Levi, Sep, 7, 1757, 6, Josh,, July 14, 1759, 7,
Bela, July 18, 1761, m. Ann Bryant, Scit,, and moved to Lun
enburg, 8. Sarah, Jan. 17, 1763, m, Jos, Neal, Cohas't,, Dec.
6, 1791. 9. Susa G., Oct. 24, 1764, m. Caleb Whiting, Ap. 23,
1785, 10, Charles, Nov, 27, 1766, m, AbigaU GiU, and d. In
1825, leaving Abigail, who m, Ithamar Whiting, of Ab'n,, and
Merrill, who m. Loring Curtis, of H., and others. 11. Perez,
Nov. 7, 1768, m. Abigail Johnson, had ch., and d, in Beverly,
Mass, 12. Sage, b, 1773, d, 1791, 13, Caleb, Sep, 13, 1776,
m, Betsey Pratt, and d. Feb, 23, 1840, leaving a da. Betsey, who
m. David Mann, of H.
4. Benj., s. Benj. 3, m. Hannah  , and d. in H,, Dec, 12,
1820, and his wid. May 21, 1827, ch, : 1, Hannah, m, 1, Thos,
Whiting, and 2, Elisha Faxon, 2, Ruth, 1778 ? m, Isaac WU
der, Aug, 8, 1802, 8. Sarah, m. Jno. Curtis, Nov. 1, 1798.
5. Levi, s. Benj. 3, m. 1, wid. Anne Cooley, and 2, Patience
DonneU, atnd d, Jan, 12, 1818, and his wid. Mar, 8, 1846, ch, :
1. Ezra, Ap. 21, 1780, m, Nabby Glover, of Beverly, and had
ch. 2. Levi, Jan, 6, 1782, m, Marg't, Ames, of Boston, and had
ch. 3. Alexander, Feb. 9, 1786, d. In S, Care, ae, 28, 4,
Jairus, Oct, 7, 1787, m. Desire Whiting, and lived In Chas'n,
5. Patience, May 1, 1791, m, 1, Eben'r. Amold, 2, Joseph Cole,
and 3, Job Pratt, 6, Anne K,, Dec. 2, 1792, m. Henry Stod
dard, of H. 7. John, Jan. 26, 1795, 8. Joseph, Oct, 12, 1797,
m, Eunice .Jacobs, and d. Dec, 2, 1835, and his wid, m. Martin
Stoddard, of Mfd. His ch. were Jairus, m. Emeline Runey,
Hves in SomerviUe, and has 3 ch, ; and Eunice, m. WUHam H.
Smith, Chas'n, 7, Sarah, June 12, 1779, m, Wm, Henderson,
Mar, 11, 1821. 10. Amy, Ap. 20, 1803, m. Dea. Jno. Brooks,
Dec 4, 1828.
a^/y y/ C^^P*' Joshua,) s. Benj. 8'
6. y^f^^^"'^^ t^^^L^JZ^^^-^m- Mary Cushing, of H'm,,
^ ^ Jan, 30, 1783, and d, Oct,
20, 1827, and his wid, July
1, 1849, He was Capt. of one of the MU'y. Co's. of the town,

352 MANN.
and Selectman from 1799 to 1802. Lived on Whiting st., where
Albert Pool now resides, ch. : 1. Josh., 1784, d. 1792. 2.
Molly, 1785, d. 1792. 8. Benj., 1788. 4. Mary C, 1794, m.
Oren Josselyn, Feb. 14, 1816. 6. Josh., July 4, 1796. 6.
David, Sep. 7, 1798.
7. John, s. Levi 5, m. Harriet Turner, his w. d., and he now
Hves in E. Ab'n. ch.: 1. Jne, Dec. 28, 1819, m. Sarah Chan
dler, lives in E. Ab'n., and has ch. 2. Josiah, Mar. 18, 1822.
3. Andrew, m, Abby 0, Torrence, lives In E, Ab'n,, and had 1
ch., which d, 4, Gustavus, Ap, 9, 1828, m, Elmira VIning, and
lives in E, Ab'n, 5, Lucy T., 1829, m, Geo. Dunham, Oct. 16,
1850. 6. Harriet, m. Warren Lane, E. Ab'n. 7, Lydia, m,
Lorenzo Foster, E, Ab'n, 8, Sarah, 9, Betsey,
8. Benj., Esq., s. Josh. 6, m. 1, Lydia Josselyn, and 2, Lydia
C. Waterman, lives on Whiting st., was J. P. for many years, and
a trader and farmer, ch. : 1. Benj. L., Ap. 19, 1812, d. in N.
Orieans. 2. Albert G., 1813, d. 1817. 3. Lydia J., Feb. 25,
1815, m. Jno. Pool, jr., 1833, and d. 1852. 4. Almira, 1817,
d, 1818, 6. Chas, F., tep, 5, 1818, 6, Almira C, Jan, 11,
1820, m, Lysander Nash. 7, Henrietta M., 1822, d. 1838, 8,
Newton, 1825, d. 1850. 9. Lucy A, Nov. 29, 1828, (By 2d,)
10, Marcus M,, Nov. 22, 1840. 11. Albert G,, July 17, 1843.
12, An Inf,, b, and d, 1846, 13. Everett N,, June 24, 1847,
14, Abby J,, May 13, 1861,
9, Maj. Josh., s. Josh. 6, m. Bethia Curtis, July 12, 1829,
lives on Centre st.. Is a farmer, of respectable standing, and has,
I. Josh. W., Mar, 19, 1830, at the West, 2, Nancy J,, Oct, 2,
1882, m, Martin T, Stetson, Oct. 6, 1850, 3. Rodney, Mar, 9,
1835. 4. Mary A., Nov. 10, 1839. 5. Horace, Nov. 12, 1842,
6. Geo, W,, Mar, 12, 1845.
10, David, s. Josh. 6, m. Betsey, da, Chas, Mann, Ap. 4, 1821,
lives at the corner of Main and North sts., and has, 1, David J,,
1822, d, at sea, 1846, 2, Geo. H, Ap, 20, 1824, In Cal'a, 8.
Mary J., Jan, 4, 1826. 4, Josh,, Aug, 26, 1827, 5, Caleb,
Ap. 3, 1829. 6. Sophronia, July 26, 1831, m, Jos, Hunt, Ab'n,
7, RusseU C, July 30, 1836, 8, Albert G,, June 26, 1838,' 9,
Howard F,, Mar, 30, 1843, 10, Perez, d. ae. 18 mos.

MCLAUTHLIN — MORSE — MUNROE. 363
McLAUTHLIN, Martin Parris, b. July 24, 1825, s, Martin,
of E, Bridg'r,, Is the present worthy and accomplished Principal
of the Academy, at the Four Corners ; and Is a gr, s, of Col,
Jesse Reed, of Mfd,, of whom we have spoken on p, 141,
MORSE, Maj, Wm., of Newburyport, m, Marg't,, da, David
Prouty, Esq,, the "plough maker," was Selectman for 9 years ;
Rep. 3 yrs. ; often Moderator at Town meetings ; and lived on
Main st,, until his removal to Lawrence, in 1847, ch. : 1, Lucy,
Jan, 17, 1823, m, a Howard, of Hav'l, 2, Quincy, Dec. 14,
1824, m. wid, EHzab, M. Norton, Sep, 20, 1861, and lives on his
father's place, 3. Sarah, Nov, 12, 1826, m, Wm. L. Hender
son, Sep. 1, 1844. 4, Marcus, Dec, 12, 1828, m, Mary A,
Leavitt, Scit,, Nov. 16, 1849, lives on Main si, and has Mary
E., Oct. 27, 1849, and Geo. B., Oct. 19, 1841. 5. Wm. M,,
Jan, 27, 1843.
MUNROE, Shuble, m. Mary Josselyn, Nov. 10, 1742, Hved in
a house which stood near Eben. Thayer's, on Centre st,, and d.
June 14, 1795, ac 75, and his wid, Ap, 27, 1815, ae. 91. The
Mil near his house Is stiU known as Shuble's Ridge. His son
Shuble, b. Ap. 1, 1761, m. Abig. Stetson, Jan. 27, 1788, who d.
June 6, 1812, and he Oct. 3, 1861, ae. 90. His ch. were, 1.
Abig. S., m. Saml. Stetson, of H. 2. Jno., d., ae. 20. 8. Mary
J., m. Eben. Thayer, of H. 4. Chas., of N. Y'k. 6. Isaiah, not
m. Several ch. d. young.
KoTE. Tradition says that 5 bros. of the name of Munroe, came early to
Am'a., and were the ancestors of the diiferent famihes now existing in the
U. S. ; and from the N. E Gen. Reg. for 1847, p. 378, we learn that among
the Scotch prisoners sent to N. Eng. in 1652, by order of the Eng. Gov't.,
were Robert Monrow, John Monrow, Hugh Monrow, and • — Monrow. Th«re
were also 5 of the name of Murrow, viz. : Jno., Jno., Neile, Jonas, and James ;
and among the Settlers of Reading, Mass,,, were Henry, Jno., and Saml.,
Merrow, the former of whom d. in 1685. There was early a family of
Munroes in R. I., and another in Va., from which President Munroe de
scended, 2. Benj., s, Benj,, of Dorch'r,, m, Mary H, Curtis, Nov, 11
1830, Hves on Hanover st,, and has, 1, Mary C, Aug, 28,. 1831,
2, Benj, W., Ap. 22, 1833. 3. Lucinda T,, Mar. 7, 1835. 4.
Wm. H,, Feb, 21, 1837. 5, David B,, Oct, 14, 1889, 6, Gee
IL, Ap. 26, 1843.

854 PERCIVAL — PERKINS.
3. Hiram, s, Benj,, of Dorch'r,, b, 1811, m. Tempo, C. Stetson,
May 6, 1832, lives on Spring st.. Is a shoemaker, and has, 1.
Francis M., May 4, 1834, 2. Joanna S,, Oct, 7, 1835, 3.
Julia M,, Dec, 22, 1838. 4. Lucy S., Mar, 28, 1841. 6. Eliza
L,, May 18, 1843, 6, Adaline T., June 15, 1846. 7. Sarah
E., July 28, 1848.
NASH, Lysander B., s. Lewis, of Wey'h., b. Mar. 22, 1822,
m. Almira C. Mann, and has Henrietta C, Ap. 15, 1846, and
Lysander W., May 24, 1848.
PERCIVAL, Sylvanus, b. June 20, 1796, s. Benj. of Sandwich,
m. CeHa Ewer, of S., Nov. 14, 1816, and Hves near N. River
Bridge, ch. : 1. Jno. P. T., Oct. 19, 1818, m. DrusIUa Snow,
and lives in Cohas't. 2. Sylvanus, Mar. 8, 1820, m. Mary A.
Stone, and Hves in Dorch'r. 8. CeHa E., Dec. 28, 1821. 4.
Saml. W., Sep. 8, 1823, m. Lurana Cleal, and Is in Cal'a, 5.
Nancy W., Dec, 29, 1824. 6. Gustavus, Aug, 80, 1826, m, Jo
sephine Josselyn, and lives In H'n, 7. Henry C, May 3, 1829,
m. Maria, da. Abisha Soule, Feb. 11, 1851, andd. In 1852, leav
ing Henry W, b. Nov. 12, 1851.
PERKINS, Ozias, b, June 9, 1804, s, Eben'r. of Bridg'r.,
(and a desc't, of David, of Beverly, who sett, in Bridg'r, bef, 1688,
and was Rep,, &c) m, 1, Ann Wing, Nov, 13, 1828, who d, Sept^
25, 1831 ; and 2, Mary C. Bates, May 21, 1832; lives on Winter
st. ; is an anchor smith by trade, and a gent, of inteUigence and
respectablHty; has, 1, Ann W,, Sep, 12, 1831. (By 2nd,>
2. Lorenzo, Oct, 12, 1836. 3. Lewis, May 15, 1839. 4. Mary
C, Nov. 16, 1840.
PERRY, Richard, was one of the Mass., Co., In 1629, and his
name often occurs on the annals of the Co. Jno. was freem. In
Bos'n., 1632-3, was aft. of Rox'y., and d. In 1643 ; and the same
year another Jno. Perry was freem. In Taunton. Isaac Perry
was a freem. in Mass., in 1681-2. Thos. Perry, ae. 84, with his
w. Dorothy, and s. Benj., were pass, for Va. In 1685 ; and we
find a Thos. early In Ipswich, who may have been the same. Ar
thur Perry was freem, in Bos'n., 1639, and had Seth, Jno., Ells-

PERRY. 355
hua, &c. Wm. Perry was freem. in Scit. In 1643, and some of
his desct's, are stiU living In Scit, and Pemb,, and elsewhere.
2. Thos. Perry, from Mass., according to Deane, was in Scit,^
bef. 1647, m. Sarah, da. Isaac Stedman, and had his farm on the
S. part of Chamberlain plain. He may have been s. of Thos.- of
Ipswich. There Is no record of births. of his ch. in Scit, ; but we
are told that he had Thos., Wm., Henry, Joseph, and Jnc Of
these, Wm. m. Elizab. LobdeU, 1681, and had Amos, who m. Ruth
Turner, June 8, 1720, Hved near the 3rd Herring brook, and was
fa. of Dea. Isaac, the shipbuilder, of H., who was b. Sept. 5, 1736,
m. Jemima Farrow, and d. Aug. 16,. 1826, ae. 89, and his w. in
Nov. 1824, ae. 78. His da. PrisciUa, m. Elij. Packard, June 26,
1808 ; and his sons Time, and Isaac, went to St. John's, N. B. ;
his da. Betsey, m. a Smith ; and Ruth went to Me. Wm., s. Thos.,
Senr., had also another son, Benj., b. Dec. 81,1688, who m. Ruth
Bryant, Feb. 20, 1711, and had Saml., Nov. 28, 1712, and oth
ers. The desct's. of this son are here given, according to the best
information we could obtain.
3. Saml., s. Benj. ? s. Thos,, lived in Pemb,, andm, Eunice
WithereU, Sep, 27, 1734, who d, a wid., Feb. 21, 1796. ch. : 1.
Henry. 2. Mary, m. Howland Beal, Dec. 29, 1757. 8. Saml.
4. Noah, m. Jane Hobart, Oct. 1, 1772, and had Hobart ? drown
ed, ae. 20 ; Mary, m. Jacob Ford, Oct. 11, 1792, and Hved in
Ab'n. ; and Danl., m. a Hobart, and lives in S. Ab'n. 5. Israel.
6. Betsey, m. Col. Amos Turner, Feb. 14, 1771. 7. Seth. 8.
Adam. 4. Henry, s. Saml. 3, m. Bethia Baker, of Dux'y., Dec. 26,
1760, Hved In Pemb. and d. March 23, 1815, ae. 80, and his
wid. Jan. 20, 1822, ae. 89. ch. : 1. Saml. B. 2. Henry, Ap.
26, 1764. 8. Jno., m. Rhoda Barker, Jan. 27, 1798, and Hved
and d. In Plym'h,, having had 4 ch., of whom 2 are living, viz. :
Lewis, of Plym'h., and Rhoda, both bap. May 18, 1794. 4.
James, d. unm. In Scit. John and James were twins.
5, Saml., s. Saml. 3, m. Alice Baker, lived In Pemb., and d.
Sept. 5, 1816, ae. 76. ch. : 1. Chas., Oct. 2, 1771. 2. Elizab.,
Sep. 22, 1776, m. Caleb White. 8. Lucy, m. 1, Jabez Wither
eU, 2, a Crooker, and 3, a Harrob. 4. Saml., m. Lucy Oldham,

356 PERPY,
of Pemb., in 1807, and had Otis, Ap. 18, 1808, a carpenter by
•trade, m. wid. Rebecca Estes, Dec. 8, 1840, and lives In H'n.,
no ch, ; Almira, Ap, 1, 1811, m, Thacher Perry, of Pemb, ; and
Horatio, May 4, 1814, living in Pemb., unm.
(Dea. Israel,) s. Saml. 3,
iL f U^ . m.l, Abig. Baker, of Mfd.,

y^ 61 ; and 2, wid. ReHef So

per, Dec. 17, 1809 ; and d.
Feb. 18, 1817, ae. 73, and his wid, Feb, 24, 1824, ae, 85, Lived
back of Plain st,-, in the house known as the, " Hanmer hook
house," which has been torn down for many years. He was
Selectman in 1797, and '98, ch. : 1, Israel, Ap, 28, 1771, of
Newbyp't, 2, Thos., Aug. 30, 1772, m. wid. Sarah RamsdeU,
June li, 1810, andd. July 22, 1817, leaving no ch. 8. Hannah,
June 18, 1775, m. Edward Stetson, Jan. 1, 1799, and is living
In H, 4. Horatio, Oct. 3, 1784, sett. In Salem, Mass,, and there
d, 6, Paul, June 25, 1786, m, Chloe BaUey, Sep, 23, 1813,
lives In Camden, Me., and has ch. 6, Oakes, sett. In Mc, and
there d. 7. Nabby B., Sep. 6, 1789, not m. 8. Hayti or J«ai,
of Salem, Mass.
7. Seth, s. Saml. 3, m. Hannah Josselyn, July 2, 1782, and d.
in Pemb. His wid. is living in P., with her son Josh., at the ad
vanced age of 98, and retains to a remarkable degree, both her
bodily and mental powers, ch. : 1. Elijah, Ap. 14, 1783, m.
Chloe Stetson, July 6, 1806, Hved in P., and d. Oct. 9, 1814, ae.
32, and his w. Dec. 27, 1812, ae. 26, leaving ch. ; Thacher, 1807,
d. 1811 ; Isaiah S., Mar. 23, 1809, m. Julia A. Oldham, May
6, 1831, and Hves In Me. ; and Edward Y., Oct. 4, 1812, m.
Mary Oldham, July 8, 1834, lives In P,, and is a manufacturer
of tacks, In H., at what was formerly Dyer's works. (See p. 141.)
2. Joshua, Ap. 27, 1788, m. Mary, da. Capt. Ichabod Thomas,
and Hves In P. Has no ch.
8. Adam, s. Saml, 3, m, Elizab, House, Oct, 20, 1776, and
lived In H,, where he d, Aug, 23,1880, ae. 78, and his wid, Feb,
12, 1845, ae, 89, ch. : 1. Elizab., Ap, 11, 1777, m. Moses

PERRY, 857
French, Bos'n, 2, OHve, b, 1779, d. 1788, 3. Adam, Dec,
28, 1780, 4, Calvm, b, and d, 1782, 6, Sage, 1783, d, 1799,
6. Calvin, June 19, 1786, m, Mary Litchfield, Hved In Scit,, and
had ch. 7. Gideon, Mar. 23, 1787, m, Cath, Perry, Mar, 21,
1816, who d, June 3, 1822, he survives, and has Catherine, 1817,
d, 1832 ; Franklin, May 17, 1821, Hving In H,, not m. ; and
Henry N, Ap, 17, 1828, Hves In Medford, 8, OHve, Oct, 5,
1791, m, Martin Lindsey, and is living, a wid,. In H, 9, Levi,
Mar, 2, 1793, m, Sarah J. Colcord, Sep, 9, 1826, and had a son
Levi, d. young. The fa. Is Hving in H, 10, Lovisa, Sep, 1,
1797, m. Benj. D, Torrey, Mar. 80, 1818, and is living, a wid.,
InH. 9. Samuel B., s. Henry 4, m. Anne Bates, Feb, 2, 1786,
Hved m H., on Broadway, and had, 1. Wealthy, 1786, d. 1790,
2, Nancy, 1787, Hvhig, unm, 8, Levi, Jan. 20, 1789, m. Fannj
Price, of H'm., and went to Ohio, many years ago. 4. Cephas,
Sep. 3, 1790, m. 1, Anne Norris, Bos'n. ; and 2, Nabby Cham
berlain, Oct. 7, 1838, lives on Broadway, and has, 1. Anne, m.
Levi Perry ; Lucy, m. Wm. R. Skerry, Ap. 26, 1846 ; Cephas,
Jan., 1828 ; and Jerome, Aug. 5, 1832. 5. Jnc, Ap. 29, 1793,
went to sea, and Is prob. d. 6. Seth, Ap. 29, 1793, m. Mellnda
F. Cox, Feb. 5, 1828, and has Jno. H, Jan. 19, 1831 ; Caroline
H, Oct. 20, 1832 ; and Julia A. 7. Bethia B., July 20, 1796,
m. Dea. Isaac Cook, H'n. 8. Wealthy, Feb. 10, 1797, m. Albert
Stetson, Nov. 29, 1830. 9. Saml., Jan. 24, 1799, m. Diana
Bret:, of E. Bridg'r., and had Levi, Nov. 9, 1820, (m. Anne
Perry, and has Francena, Dec. 4, 1842 ; Alfred, Aug. 2, 1844 ;
Albert S., June 1, 1847 ; Bradford, b. and d. 1848 ; and Flor
ence, Oct, 19, 1849) ; Kilborn'R., Aug, 17, 1822, (m, Rebecca
A. Gurneyj Oct, 1845, lives on Centre st,, Is a shoemaker, and
has Ellen A,, Dec, 30, 1846; Sarah E,, Jan, 11, 1849; and
Emma W,, May 13, 1851) ; Anna, m. Josh. S. Rose, of H.; and
Etizab. F., ae. ab. 12, 10, Alva, Dec, 16, 1800, d, unm, 11,
Perez, May 24, 1803, m. Fanny Stetson, Nov, 2, 1828, Hves on
Broadway, and has Perez E., 1829 ; and Fanny S., 1831, m.
Andrew T, Damon, Ap, 22, 1851. 12. Lydia N,, Feb, 1 1 , 1805,
m, Stephen S, Bowers, 13, Jerome, Sep. 15, 1807, d. unm. in
Ohio. 14. A da. d. young.

858 PERRY — .PETERSON.
10, Henry, s, Henry 4, m, 1, Content Barker, Ap. 26, 1790,
who d. Mar, 20, 1821 ; and 2, wid, Mary RamsdeU, and d. In P.,
Aug. 10, 1837, ae, 73. His wid, survives, ch. : 1, Nathl., Jan,
1, 1791, m. 1, an Edwards, and 2, the wid. of Jno. Perry, of
Plym'h., and lived m N. Bed, 2, Catherine, May 15, 1794, m.
Gideon Perry, Mar, 21, 1816,and d. Jan. 3, 1832. 3, Nabby B,,
Dec, 25, 1796, 4, Ethan, May 11, 1802. 5. Betsey, Oct. 27,
1805, m. aDIckerman, and d. Aug, 17, 1831, 6, Robert, Oct, 22,
1809, m, Betsey Macomber, lives in H'n,, and has ch.
11, Chas,, s, Saml. 5, m. Hannah Bisbee, Jan. 30, 1794, Hved
in Pemb., and had, 1, Chas, B, 2, Alice B., m, Levi C. Wright,
E, Bridg'r., June 24, 1827, 3, Ruth. 4. Hannah, m. and Hves
in Bridg'r. 6. Jno, B., Oct. 4, 1806, 6, PriscUla, Jan, 27,
1809, m, Thos, Drake, Jan. 6, 1828. 7, Thacher, Jan, 7, 1812,
m, Almira, da, Saml, Perry, Nov. 26, 1840, and Hves In P, 8,
Elijah, Oct, 13, 1815, of P, 9, Sherman, of Pemb,
12. Adam, s. Adam 8, m. Polly Field, Hved In Dorch'r,, and
d, July 7, 1826, and his wid, Aug, 1, 1849, ch, : 1. Sage, d,
2, Josiah F,, Sep, 17, 1808, m, Sarah Hildreth, Feb, 9, 1836,
lives on Circuit st., and has Sarah E., Jan, 25, 1887 ; Josiah F.,
July 24, 1839 ; James H, Mar, 5, 1844 ; and Anna A., Oct.
26, 1850. 3, Eliza, d. 4, Levi, of Dorch'r. 5. Louisa. 6,
Mary E, 7, OHver, of D,
13, Ethan, s, Henry 10, m, RosUla RamsdeU, July, 1823,
lives at the corner of Main and Plain sts.. Is a farmer, and has, 1.
Geo, B,, Jan, 21, 1824, m. Adaline W. Bates, May, 1846, who
d. in 1852, leaving Francis, Dec, 31, 1847, and Seth W., Mar.
10, 1850. 2. Wm, G., Oct. 23, 1826, m, Charlotte Torrey,
and has 1 ch, 3, Ethan T., Ap, 1829, 4. Elijah, Sep, 15, 1881,
6, Joseph, Aug, 1, 1838, 6, RosiUa C, 1836, d, 1839, 7,
RosUla J,, Aug, 6, 1841, 8, Chas,, Aug, 17, 1845.
PETERSON, Phineas P„ b. Dec, 7, 1824, s, Benj., of Paris,
Me,, m. Avis H,, da, Geo, W. Turner, July 4, 1848, is a shoe
maker, Hves on Whiting st., and has Geo. K,, Jan, 9, 1851,

PHILLIPS — POCORNY — POOL — PEATT, 359
PHILIPS, Absalom, s, Chris'r., of H'n,,'m, AbigaU Baker,
and has ch, : 1, GId, B,, Jan., 1805. 2. Abig,, Mar, 30, 1806, m^
Chas. Lmcoln, Bridg'r, 3, Almira, Dec. 29, 1808, m, Thomas
Damon, and is Hving a wid, in H. 4. Jas,, Feb,, 1810, 5,
Betsey, Oct, 9, 1811, m, Chas. Smith, of H. 6. Ann T,, 1813,
d, young, 7. Chas,, 1815, 8, Thos. H,, 1817. 9; William,
Dec, 1820. 10. Nath'l,, Feb, 4, 1822, 11, Zavan, Sep, 19,
1823. 12. Albert, Ap. 3, 1826.
2, Edmund, s. Edmund, of H'n,, an anchor-smith, m. Joan
Richmond, In Oct., 1845, lives on Winter st,, and has 1, Allen,
June 10, 1846. 2. Gee L,, Jan, 28, 1848. 3. Nancy B,, 1850,
4. Mary M., Mar. 29, 1852.
POCORNY, Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1809, s. Joseph, of Bos'n,,
m, Lydia Clapp, of Scit., May 20, 1832, and was the Landlord of
the Tavem, at the Four Corners, ch. : 1. Joseph E,, d. 1834.
2, Augustme P,, Dec, 22, 1836, drowned, Aug. 29, 1850, 8.
Cerena C, Jan. 3, 1828. 4, Eunice A,, Aug. 8, 1841. 6.
Joseph E., 1843, d. 1846. 6. Lydia A., Ap. 7, 1847.
POOL, Jne, b, Feb,, 1812, s. Jnc, of Ab'n,, m, Lydia J,,
da, Benj, Mann, Esq., m Mar,, 1883, lives on North st,, is a
shoemaker, and has, 1, Jno, S., Sep, 15, 1833. 2. Lydia M,,
May 18, 1886, 3. Benj, B,, Jan. 6, 1841. 4. Marg't. A,,
July 11, 1849, 5. Alonzo N,, Dec, 1851,
2, Joseph, s, Jnc, of Ab'n,, m. Debc, da. Ensign Crooker,
lives on Whiting st,. Is a stone-mason by trade, and has, 1. Jos.
W., Jan,, 1839, 2. Debo. A., May, 1843.
PRATT, Jona., s, Sam'l,, of Plym'h. ?, was In that part of
Scit., now H,, with his fa,, in 1676, Hved near where Martin
Church does, on Wash'n. st,, and d, June 28, 1729, He m.
Marg't. Locke, or Low, Jan. 8, 1691-2, and had Othniel, Jan.
25, 1708, who m. Mary Prior, Dux'y,, Ap. 2, 1737, She d.
Mar. 12, 1758, and he June 23, 1758, His ch, were, 1. Jona.,
Oct, 15,1740'; 2. Othniel, Mar, 7, 1743, moved to Spencer;
3, Benj,, Mar. 4, 1745 ; 4. Mary, 1750 ; and sev. ch. that d.
young.

360 PROUTY.
2. Jona., s. Othfilel, m. 1, Lucy Church, Dec. 30, 1762, who
d. Aug. 23, 1789 ; 2, Lydia ChamberHn, Ap. 16, 1790, who d.
Nov. 28 of that year ; and 8, Desire Palmer, Jan. 10, 1798 ; and
d. Nov. 28, 1814. ch. : 1. Jabez, 1769, of Me., was m., and had
ch. 2. Elisha, 1771, m. Rebecca Keen, and moved to Me. 3,
Mary ,1773, d. In Me. 4. Lucy, m. Josi. Chamberiln, Nov.25, 1784.
5. Jne, of Me. 6. Sarah, 1776, m. Cyrus Leavitt, of Me., June
1, 1794. 7. Joanna, 1779, m. Nath'l. Stetson, Mar. 7, 1811.
8. Church, 1789, of Me. 9. Debo., 1789, m. Luther MerriU,
Me. (By 2d,) 10. Benj. C, Nov. 23, 1790.
3. Benj. C, s. Jona. 2, m. 1, Rebecca E. Sylvester, Dec. 6,
1819, who d. Dec. 3, 1847, and 2, wid. Marg't. Lane ; Hves on
Elm st. ; Is a farmer, and nurseryman ; and has, 1. Rebecca E.,
Jan. 27, 1821, m. Silas B. Jones. 2. Lydia C, d. ae. 10 ds.
3. Lucy B., Jan. 31, 1824. 4. Benj. F., Mar, 10, 1826, In
Ab'n, 5. Gee, Aug, 27, 1828, works at the Curtis Forge, 6.
Mary, Sep, 14, 1831, 7. Lydia C, bee. 28, 1834, 8. -Henry
Mar. 11, 1839.
4. Jno. W,, s, Isaac, and gr, s, Isaac, Wey'h,, b, Dec. 9, 1829,
lives in H., on Centre st. and is a shoemaker, and school teacher.
Not m. PROUTY, . David,
"Esq., S.David, of Scit,,
b. May 18. 1778, m.
Lydia, da, Hezek, Stoddard, lived in H, for some years, on Curtis
st,, being engaged In the plough business, (see the chap, onMfr's,)
and d. Mar, 31, 1846, ae. 68, ch. : 1. Marg't., Feb. 4, 1796,
m. Maj. Wm. Morse, now of Lawrence, Mass, 2, Venlah, Ap,
9, 1811, kept the Half-way-House in Scit. for some yrs., (now
occupied by his son, Jno.) and Is at present In Framingham, Mass.
3. Lorenzo, May 3, 1806, of the firm of Prouty & Mears, Bos'n.,
m. Lucy W., da. Jno. Mears, and has Lorenzo, Lucy C, and
Ellen. 4. Lydia, July 19, 1807, m. Horatio Baker, Ab'n. 5.
David 0., June 7, 1818, m. Sarah A. Gray, lives in PhUad., and
has 8 ch. •

PUFFER — RAMSDELL. 361
PUFFER, Jno., s. Jnc, of Ab'n., b. 1798, m. 1, Abig. S.
Crooker, 1822, who d. Dec. 23, 1850 ; and 2, wid. Lovlsa Har
low, Aug. 16, 1851 ; Hves on Winter st. ; and Is a shoemaker.
ch. : 1. Abig., June 2, 1824, m. Martin W. Damon. 2. Tamar
J., Oct. 31, 1827, m. Chas. Sampson, of H. 3. Mary M., 1830,
m. Melzar Keen, Ab'n., Oct. 11, 1848.
RAMSDELL, or RAMSDEN, Joseph, was In Plym'h., In 1643,
and Saml., one of his desct's., sett. In that part of Scit., now H.,
m. Martha Bowker, and had ch. Thos., prob. also a desc't. of
.Joseph, was of H., 1712, and had, by w. Sarah, 1. Gideon, Sep.
13, 1712. 2. Sarah, July 12, 1715. 3. Mercy, Nov. 5, 1717,
m. Peleg Stetson, Mar. 9, 1738. 4. Lydia, Sep. 5, 1719. 5.
Elizab. ? m. Eben'r. Curtis, 1747. 6. Grace, 1726, m. Adam
Prouty, 1744. 7, Thos,? prob, another desc't,
of Joseph, of Dux'y,,
m. 1, Mary Homer,
Ap. 23, 1730, who d. June 1, 1764 ; and 2, Mercy Prior,
Nov. 25, 1755, who d. July 20, 1766, and he, Aug. 22, 1787, ae.
86. ch, : 1, Mary, Jan, 6, 1731, m, Wm, Whiting, 1748, 2.
Avis, July 14, 1782, d, Dec. 28, 1740. 3, PrisciUa, bap, Sep.
8, 1784, m, Isaac Prouty, Dec, 25, 1755, 4, Nehemiah, Nov.
18, 1784, m. Rebecca ChamberHn ? Dec. 29, 1767, and moved to
Ct. 6, Thos,, Oct. 3, 1736, d. March 18, 1757. 6. Joseph,
Ap. 25, 1739, d. Ap. 6, 1740. 7. Avis, bap. Mar. 29, 1741, m.
Josh. Dwelley, Dec. 24, 1761. 8. Joseph, July 3, 1848. 9.
Japhet, Aug. 22, 1745, d. June 19, 1750. 10. Sarah, Ap. 19,
1749, m. OHver Pool, Jan. 18, 1774. (By 2d,) 11. Mercy,
Ap. 28, 1757, m. 1, RIch'd. Estes, Nov. 4,1778, and 2, an EUIs,
of Sandwich. 12. Lydia, bap. Aug, 26, 1759, m, Saml, Whit
comb, Nov, 6, 1791,
3. Joseph, s. Joseph 2, <m. 1, Elizab. Barker, Feb. 1, 1770,
who d. June 19, 1786 ; and 2, Elizab. Ellis, May 17, 1787, who
d. Oct. 20, 1811, ae, 69, and he, Aug, 6, 1817. ch. : 1, Mary,
July 29, 1771, m, Nathl. Ellis, July 20, 1789, 2, PrisciUa, Mar,
23

362 RANDALL,
18, 1773, d, July 24, 1774, 8, Joseph, Sep, 10, 1775, 4,
PriscUla, July 1776, d, Oct, 17, 1777, 6, Barker, bap. June
13, 1779. 6. Homer,
4, Joseph, s, Joseph 3, m, Ruth Stockbridge, Feb, 3, 1800, and
lives In Warren, Mass. ch, : 1. Joseph, Oct. 21, 1800, m, Elizab. 7
da, Robt. Eells, Dec. 8, 1827, and has Elizab. H, Ap. 25, 1830,
m. Aaron King, of Palmer, Sepl, 1852 ; Adelaide, Oct. 8, 1833 ;
Marg't. B., Oct. 6, 1841. 2. Mary, Oct. 16, 1803, d. Ap. 12,
1827. 3. Homer, Aug. 12, 1810, m. Francis E. L., da. Thos.
PoweU, Newburgh, N. Y'k., June 16, 1835, and has Mary L. P.,
Mar. 23, 1836, d. July 29, 1841 ; Frances J, May 31, 1838 ;
Thos. P., May 14, 1840 ; Jas. A. P., Mar. 9, 1842 ; Henry P.,
1844 ; and Homer S., 1852.
5. Barker, s. Joseph 3, m. Lucy EUis, Aug. 31, 1800, and
had, 1, Ruth S., Dec. 14, 1801, m. Sylvanus Estes, Oct. 25, 1818.
2. Mary B., m. Reuben Estes, Mar. 18, 1819. 8. Lucy E., Oct.
17, 1804, m. Wm. Estes, Mar. 14, 1825. 4. Homer, Ap. 12, 1807.
6. Tryphosa, Oct. 17, 1809. 6. Josiah B., May 15, 1812. 7.
Joseph, Dec. 18, 1815.
6. Homer, s. Joseph 3, m. Betsy Stockbridge, Oct. 27, 1816,
sett. In Warren, and d. Dec. 19, 1850, having had, 1. Wm. B.,
June, 1825. 2. Mary E., Sep. 25, 1829, m'. Joseph K. Make
peace, Mar. 12, 1851, and has Mary E., Feb., 1852.
7. Silas Ramsdell, of a different family from the above, is in
H., with his son Jacob L., who is m., and has 1 da., Susanetta, b.
Oct. 24, 1851. The fa., Silas, m. 1, Ann Lawrence, by whom he
had Jacob L. ; 2, Elenor Stetson ; and 3, Lois Hammond. By
the last 2, he has no ch.
RANDALL, WiUiam, was of Scit., 1640, and of his descend
ants, Gideon, and Elijah, resided in H. for a time. The latter,
Elijah, was fa. oi Allen, of H., who m. Betsey Jones, of Seit., and
lives on Wash'n. st. His ch. are, 1. Elizabeth, m. Geo. Richard
son, of Medford. 2. Allen, 1821, m. Eliza Kelly, Oct. 6, 1846,
lives In S. Scit., and has ch. He Is a shoemaker by trade, and a
young man of respectable standing. 3, Lydia, m, John B, Wil
der, of H,

REED.

368

REED, Capt, WUHam, of Dux'y., m. Polly Glass, and lived
for a time in H., on Centre st., where he d. May 9, 1851, ae. 65.
His da. Wealthy, ir. Lewis Hunt, of D.; and Hannah, m. Jared
Alden, of S. Ab'n. His son, Saml, H., yet resides In Hanover ;
m. Lucy J. Estes, June 1835, and Hves on Circuit st. ch. : 1.
Wm. E., Sep. 24, 1836. 2. Bethia C, June 18, 1838. 3. Mary
G., Dec. 26, 1839. 4. Lucy P., Feb. 10, 1842. 5. Celia J.,
June 28, 1844. 6. EHza B., Mar. 8, 1845. 7, Augustine,
Mar. 14,1848, 8, A son,b. Mar, 3, 1850, d, young, 9, Jane
L,, June 31, 1851.

2, Col. Jesse, of Mfd,, b. 1778, is the one whose history we
have given at large on p, 142, We present, above, a likeness of
that gentleman, taken expressly for this work, as an accompani
ment to our sketch.

364 RICE — RICHARDS — RIPLEY — BOBBINS,
RICE, Alvin, b, July 1, 1824, s, John, of Me,, (and prob, a
desct, of Edmond Rice, who was of Sudbury, 1640,) m. Charlotte
Amold, of Ab'n., d., Hves on Whiting st,, in the house built by
Jared Whiting, and Is a shoemaker, ch, : 1, Ann E,, May 9?
1847. 2. Jno. W., Jan, 1852, Lost one ch,, an infant,
RICHARDS, Dr. Jacob, s. Jacob, of Wey'h., grad. B. U.,
1824 ; stud. med. with Dr. Jno. C. Warren, of Bos'n. ; and sett,
in H. from 1834 to 1836. He now resides in Braintree, Mass,
He m. Elizabeth, da. Rev. Calvin Wolcott, formerly Rector of St.
Andrew's Church, and she d. May 2, 1846. ch. : 1. Augustus
Jacob, b. In H., Sep. 20, 1835; 2. George Calvin, b. in Br'c,
Jan. 18, 1838. 3. Sarah Ann, Feb. 6, 1840. 4. Susanna
Lincoln, Sep. 29, 1842. 5. Mary Gardner, Ap. 1, 1845.
RIPLEY, John, of Ab'n., lived on Whiting st., and d. Mar.
26, 1829, ae. 49, having had ch. : 1. John, d. unm. 2. Josiah,
m. a Keen, and d. in Pemb. 8. David, d. unm. 4. Benjamin,
d. unm. 5. Martin, m. a Lincoln, and Hves In Cohasset. 6.
Washington, Jan., 1826, Hves on Main st., shoemaker. 7. WU
Ham, d. young. 8. Seth, hi Ab'n.
ROBBINS, Nicholas, was of Dux'y., 1638 ; and Thos. was of
Dux'y., 1643. Richard was of Bos'n., 1643, and aft. of Camb.,
and had, Saml., b. 1643. WUHam, who was of H'm., 1665, m.
Susanna,^da. Geo. Lane, and had Thos., 1665, Is supposed to have
been son of Richard, of Camb. ; and Nathl., and Saml., who were
of Camb., 1680, were doubtless of the same family ; and tradition
says, that the Bobbins' of H., sprung from this stock.
2. Nathaniel, a desc't of Richard ? m. Hannah, da. Saml.
Witherell, May 15, 1740, and lived, not as Deane says. In Mfd.,
but In Hanover, first in the " Beech woods country," and then at
the corner of Grove st., where the cellar hole to his house is yet
visible. He was killed in Mfd., by the falling In of the stones of
a well, on which he was at work ; as the record says, Dec. 17,
1774, but as family tradition says, June 17, 1775, — the faU of the
stones being occasioned by the jarring of the earth, induced by the

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firing of the cannon at the battle of Bunker HUl. Hjs wid. d.
Jan. 7, 1807, ae. 88] ch. : 1. Nathaniel, Mar., 1741.^ 2. Tim
othy, Sep. 26, 1742. (Sep. 14, T. Rec.) 3. Hannah, 1744, d.
Feb. 28, 1761. 4. Betsey, 1748. 5. Thomas, 1750, 6, Jo
seph, 1755, d. 1760. 7. Luther, 1757, m. Ann Barker, Sep. 16,
1779, and moved to Greene, Me,, where his descendants reside.
He was a soldier In the army, from Hanover, during the Revo
lution, and his name wUl be found In the lists we have given, 8.
Joseph, m. a da. of Jas. Cushing, of Scituate, moved to Hebron
Me., where his descendants stIU reside. He was In the Rev'n. from
H., hi 1777, and went to R. I.
//- , /)/? s. Nathaniel 2, m.
3. C:7~^^-r7lO f/i^ pLl^ &6^^^Mary TUden, Oct.
(^S^ ^ 25, 1770, and Hved
on Centre st., near where his son TIm'y. resides. He was Dea.
of the Furat Church ; Town Clerk, from 1778-^7 ; a member of
the Committee of Safety, in 1777 ; and altogether was a man of
great usefulness in pubHc afialrs. He d. May 18, 1807, and his
wid., Feb. 9, 1825, ae. 74. ch. : 1. Hannah, Oct. 14, 1771, m.
Saml. Jenkhis, of Scit., Nov. 80, 1797. 2. Mary, July 12, 1773,
m. EHjah Sylvester, Dec. 19, 1798. 8. Bethia, Oct. 24, 1774,
d. Oct. 16, 1801. 4. Elizab., Mar. 28, 1776, m. Joseph Elmes,
of Scit, May 6, 1804, and d. Jan. 5, 1815. 6. Sibyl, Oct. 1,
1779, m. Amos Bates, Nov. 25, 1802, and d. May 26, 1816. 6.
Timothy, Aug. 28, 1181. 7. Sarah, Dec. 17, 1783. 8. John,
Dec. 9, 1785, d. Sep. 8, 1838.
4, Thomas,'s. Nathl. 2, m. Sylvlna Caswell, was a shipmaster,
and was drowned in the harbor of Cohasset, Ap, 14, 1790, ae, 38,
in the midst of his usefulness, and in the vigor of his life. He had
3 sons bap. in H., Sep. 19, 1790, viz. : 1, Walter ; 2, Anson,
Esq, ; and 8. Thomas.
6. Timothy, s. TIm'y. 3, m. Hannah Wright, of Scit., in 1818,
Hves on Centre st., and Is a worthy and respectable farmer, ch. :
1, Elenor, Sep. 25, 1813, d. Jan, 29, 1843, 2, Timothy, Jan,
1815, d. Aug. 14, 1850 ; much respected and greatiy lamented,
3, Sibyl T,,Feb. 22, 1817. 4. Hannah F,, July 29, 1824, m,
EH C, Josselyn, Ap, 27, 1845, and d, July 15, 1846, Of these

366 ROGERS,
4 ch., but one Is left, a daughter, to solace her parents in their de
clining years.
6. Anson, Esq., of Scit., s, Thos. 4, m, Rachel, da, Thos, Syl
vester, Aug, 28, 1803, and resides in So, Scit., near Mr. Stet
son's Meeting House. He has long held the office of J. P. ; and
Is a man of active business habits ; of great diligence and perse
verance ; and one whose services have been much sought, not only
In his own town, but in those adjacent, ch, : 1, George A,, July
20, 1807, m. Almira Sylvester, lived In So. Scit., was a wheel
wright by trade, had Elizabeth T., and George W., and d. In S.
in Jan., 1853. 2. Walter, June 31, 1809, m. Mary 0. Torrey,
and Hves In Charlestown, Mass, 3, Matilda, Feb, 16, 1811, d.
Mar. 10, 1839, 4, Clarissa, June 16, 1813, 5. Horace, Ap,
20, 1816, 6, Charles, June 13, 1817, d, July 10, 1830. 7.
Rachel S., Ap. 13, 1820, m. Dr. James Underwood, anintelHgent
and successful Physician, of E. Ab'n.
Note. The son, George, was a man of remarkable mechanical talent ;
ambitious, and enterprising ; one whose career, at the date of his decease,
seemed to be full of promise ; and who was arrested, in the midst of his use
fulness, by an affection of the brain, induced by over exertion, which caused
his death. He was much respected in the community, and his loss is a se
vere blow to his family and friends.
ROGERS, John, of Wey'h., 1639, came to Scit. with Rev, Mr,
WithereU, in 1644, but d. In Wey'h., in 1661, leaving a son John,
and others, John, jr., was of Scit., and by w, Rhoda, da. Elder
Thos, King, had also a son John, and others, John 3d., was fa,
of Caleb, b, Ap. 14, 1718, who was of H. ; and Caleb, by w,
Mary Harlow, was fa, of Caleb, b, Dec. 16, 1747, and others.
Caleb, jr., m. wid. Hannah Bates, and was fa. of Reuben, now of
H., and of several daughters, of whom Ruth T., m. Cap't. Levi
Curtis, of H.
2. Reuben, s. Caleb, m. AbigaU Stoddard, of Scit., and lives
on Water st., in the ho, buUt by himself, on the site of a former
house, which was burnt, ch, : 1, Reuben H., m,, and lives in
Mich'n, 2. Zenas, m. Ruth Sumner, w'ho Is d. Be lives In
Braintree, 8, Edwin, not m, 4, AbigaU J,, m, Melvin Stod
dard, 5, Bela T., d. ae. 4, 6, Harriet N,, d, ae, 22, 7,' An
drew, m, Mary A. Whiting, and Hves In E, Ab'n, 8, Sophronia
R,, m, Henry Hobart, of H.

ROSE, 367
ROSE, Thomas, according to Deane, was In the " Two mile,"
in 1660, and had a son John, who was slain in the battle at Reho
both, in 1676, By a 2d w., Alice, he had Jeremiah, who m,
Elizab,, da. Capt. Anthony CoUamore, in 1698, and d. In 1699,
leaving one son, Thomas, bap. June 27, 1708, who was of H. The
wid. m. Timothy Symnes.
2. Thomas, s. Jeremiah, m. Faith Sylvester, Aug. 19, 1731,
lived In H., was Dea. of the First Church, for a long time, and
Selectman for 13 yrs., from 1750-'63. ch. : 1. Ruth, Sep, 13,
1732, m. Thos. Curtis, Feb. l6, 1756. 2. Desire, June 3, 1734,
m. Amos Sylvester, Jan. 19, 1757. 8. Hannah, June 1736. 4.
Thomas, July 25, 1738. 5. EHzab., Sep., 1740, m. Time
Church, Sep. 5, 1765. 6. Timothy, Nov. 17, 1748.
3. Thos., s. Thos. 2, m. Rhoda Rogers, Nov. 12, 1761, and,
It Is said, moved to Me., with his family, ch. : 1. Deborah,
1762. 2. Thos., 1764, d. 1765. 3. Rhoda R., 1767. 4. Thos.
1768, d. 1772. 5. Jeremiah, 1772.

C-r<^y^i^<y4^ /2^;,^<_ (Capt, TImothy,)s, Thos.

4.^J-'-^ " / / C/" 2, m, Lydia Soper, Jan,
^ ^ 23, 1766, who d, Jan,
4, 1812, and he, O-jt, 22, 1819, Lived where his grandson Seth
now resides, on Hanover st. He was Selectman In 1789 ; an
officer In the Rev'n. ; a man of energy ; active In his habits, and
respected by his townsmen, ch. : 1. Timothy, Dec. 24, 1766.
2. Lydia, Mar. 19, 1769, m. Turner Stetson, Feb. 1, 1796, who
was for over 20 yrs. Selectman of H. 3. Seth, Aug. 19, 1771.
4. Charles, 1774, d. 1778. 5. Lucy, Sep. 18, 1775. 6, Ruth,
1777, d, 1778,
5, Timothy, s. Capt, Timothy 4, m, Mercy Josselyn, June 9,
1795, who d. May 8, 1850. He built, and lived for about 15
yrs.. In the house now occupied by SUas Hollis, on Broadway ;
and from thence moved to where Oren Josselyn lives, on King
St., being Interested In the iron works there. He finally settled
where Josiah Bonney lives, on Wash'n, st., and there d. He was
a mUlwright by trade, ch. : 1, Mercy W,, Feb. 26, 1797, m.

368 RUSSELL — SALMOND,
Josiah Bonney, Ap. 2, 1820, and lives In H. 2, Ruth, m, Capt.
William Josselyn, Oct. 8, 1820, 3, Maria, m, Horace Studley,
Jan, 15, 1834.
6. Seth, s. Capt. TIm'y. 4, m. Lucy Dwelley, Dec. 4, 1798,
who d. Ap. 25, 1845, and he, June 30, 1831. Lived on his fa
ther's place, and was a farmer, ch. : 1. Seth, Nov. 14, 1799,
lives unm., on Hanover st., and Is engaged in the Tanning busi
ness, with his brothers. 2. Lucy D., Oct. 31, 1801, d. Jan. 15,
1805. 3. Charles, Oct. 28, 1803, Hving, unm., at the old home
stead. 4. Martin, July 6, 1806. Moved to N. Y'k. State, and
lives In Batavia ; Is m., and has ch. 5. Eliza D., Aug. 12, 1811,
living with her brothers. 6. Mary H., July 25, 1814, d. June
6, 1815. 7. Edwin, June 8, 1816, m. Ann White, of Pemb., da.
Capt. Caleb W., and lives on Hanover st.
7. Laban, s. Laban, of Scit., and a descendant of Thos. 1, m.
Emily Young, Aug. 20, 1823, lives on Broadway, and is a shoema^
ker. ch. : 1. Joshua S., Mar. 17, 1824, m. Ann, da. Saml. Perry, and
has Ellen M., Oct. 12, 1846. Lives on Broadway. 2. Laban,
Aug. 1826, m. ArabeUa, da. Jabez Josselyn, Jan. 1847, had Jane
31, May, 1847, and Henry F., Oct., 1848, and d. Ap. 23, 1851.
Lived on Broadway, In the house built by himself. 3. Henry,
Oct., 1828. 4. Cordelia, Dec. 26, 1833. 5. Eliza, Dec. 14, 1838.
RUSSELL, WiUiam P., b. Oct. 15, 1814, m. Elmira Bates,
Ap. 2, 1837, lives on King st., and is a shoemaker, ch.: 1. Lucius
W., Mar. 3, 1838. 2. Lyman, Sep. 10, 1840. 3. Marcus P.,
July 18,1842. 4. Elizab. S., Ap. 15, 1844. 5. Lydia C, Oct
11, 1846. 6. George C, July 17, 1848. 7. Charies F., Jar.'
9, 185L
SALMOND, Robert, and his bro. Peter, were born in a smaU
town in Scotland, lying betiveen Edinburgh and Glasgow, within
8 mUes, It is said, of the tree in which William Wallace hid, as Is
related In the Scottish Chiefs. Robert was born in 1749 and
Peter In 1745. Previous to the opening of the Am. Rev'n. they
came to this country, on a visit, and staid In Bridg'r. Mass. one
year, from 1774 to 1775. Starting from thence to return to

SALMOND. 369
their native land, by the way of HaHfax, N. S., they were there
impressed Into the British army, under Burgoyne ; and when that
officer was defeated, they left the ranks, and returned to Mr.
RusseU, their feUow countryman, at Bridg'r., with whom they
had been tarrying. Soon they entered the employ of the Hon.
Hugh Orr, also a native of Scotland, — who was a manufacturer
of camion, and other arms, — and with him they remained for four
years, receiving, as their compensation, but $8 per month, and
their board, — a sum which would now be considered smaU by
most of our mechanics. From thence, both came to Hanover,
and engaged In trade. In the humble capacity oipedlers. Peter,
after remaining two years, moved to Pemb., and settled near the
Rev. Morrill Allen's. He m. Eunice, da. Capt. Jonathan Bass,
of E. Bridg'r., and widow of Seth Whitman, In 1785, and d. In
Pemb., in Oct. 1828, ae. 83, leaving ch., of whom his son Peter,
is stIU Hving In Pemb., on his father's place. Robert, the other
brother, remained In H., and was, for about thirty years, engaged
In the Iron business at Sylvester's Forge, — 28 years of the time
with Nath'l. Cushing, — In manufacturing Anchors, and carrying
on this business on an extensive scale. He lived first In the Bald
win House, so caUed, on Hanover St.. and afterwards on Broad
way, in what is now known as the " Salmond House." Both the
brothers, were men of high moral worth, and one who knew them
weU, has said, that "If all were like them, we should need no
penal laws." Both left behind a good name for their children, —
a legacy far more valuable than gold or silver ! The desc'ts of
Robert, we give below. _^^ of Scotiand, b. 1749,
2. V^,^-^=_W^^^ T^^^O '"• ^^^J^' ^^- of I^ev.
^ I -^-^/ i/ ^^wxe\ Baldwin, of
H., November 1, 1787, and d. in H., May 6, 1829, ae. 80, and
his wid. September 6, 1847, ae. 79. ch. : 1. Robert, August
2, 1788, was in the service of the U. S., In the Vfar Dep't., and
d. unm. in Louisville, Ky., Ap. 9, 1822. 2. Samuel, twin to
Robert, b. Aug. 2, 1788. 3. John, Aug, 1, 1700, was engaged,
for several years, in the mfr, of Tacks, at his works, on the 8d
Herring brook, and d, unm, Ap, 3, 1845, 4. WUHam, Sep, 24,

370 SAMPSON.
1791, was In the Tack business with his bro. Jne, and also d,
unm., Mar, 11, 1842, 5, Mary, Oct, 1, 1794, d, July 13,
1818, 6, Agnes, Oct, 4, 1776, m. Capt, Zephanlah Talbot, of
Scit,, July 20, 1826, and Is Hving a wid.. In Scit,, her husband
having been so unfortunately injured, by the bursting of a can of
camphene, as to cause his death In a few days, 7, Peter R,,
bap, Aug, 1, 1802, d, at Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1828,
8, Samuel, s, Robert 2, m, Eliza, da, Hon. Albert Smith,
of H,, July 26, 1826, and lives on Wash'on, st,, near the Four
Corners, His life, like that of his father and uncle, has been
eventful and instructive. At the age of 18, with his bro, Robert,
he sett. In Bangor, Me., where, for 10 years, he was engaged in
trade. In 1818, he left B,, and journeyed to the South, tarrying
there 4 years, until the death of his bro. Robert ; and thence he
Avent to Cuba, on which beautiful Island he passed 7 winters.
During a portion of this time, he was In the employ of the U, S,
Gov't, In 1838, he sett, permanently In Hanover, and engaged
In the Tack business, at the works previously occupied by his
brothers, and at the spot where anciently stood the Stockbridge
mill. Mr. S. Is a man of modest and retiring manners, of un
blemished Integrity, never weary In well doing, and is respected
most by those who know him best, and can best appreciate the
excellencies of his character, ch: 1. Robert, Ap. 1827, d. Oct.
18, 1845. 2. Mary, Dec. 1832. 3. Eliza S., May 13, 1844.
4. Samuel, d. Aug. 14, 1850, ae. 11 wks.
SAMPSON, Otis, s. Stephen, of Pemb., b. Sep. 1805, m; Sa
rah, da. Antliony Sylvester, lives on Broadway, and is a carpen
ter, ch. : 1. Frances, Feb. 9, 1836. 2. Otis, Ap. 11, 1837.
3. Almira J., May 21, 1839. 4. PrisciUa, May 1841. 5,
Mary E., Aug, 27, 1843, 6, Lewis, July 22, 1846,
2, Charles, s. Chas., of Dux'y,, m. Tamar J,, da. Jno. Puffer,
Dec. 9, 1847, lives on Centre st., Is a shoemaker by trade, and
has no ch.
Note. This name, on old records, is generally spelled Samson ; and
Henry, the ancestor of most of the Sampsons of Plymouth Co., arrived at
Dux'y., in 1620, according to Winsor.

SIMMONS, 371
SIMMONS, Moses, — formerly written "3foyses Symonson," —
came to Plymouth in the Fortune, In 1621, and is usuaUy reckon
ed as one of the Pilgrims, being among the early settlers of
Plym'h. Winslow speaks of him as " a child of one that was In
communion with the Dutch Church at Leyden," and as being
"admitted into Church fellowship at Plym'h., in N, Eng'd,, and
His children also to baptism as well as our own," In the division
of lands made in 1623, he,with Philip De la Noye, (now Delano,)
received each one acre, "beyond the first brooke, to the wood
westward ;" and In 1628, Mar, 26, he, and Edward Bompass,
sold each one acre of ground to Robert Hicks, " lying on the
North side of the town," — being probably the acre granted to
him In 1623. In the division of cattle, made May 22, 1627, the
first lot, consisting of the " four black heifers that came In the
Jacob, and two she goats," fell to Francis Cooke, and his com
pany, among whom was " Moses SImonson." He was In Dux'y,,
before 1637, and in that year, was one of a Jury of 12, '•' to set
forth heigh wages about Plymouth, Ducksburrow, and the Eele
River," In 1638-9, he received a grant of 40 acres of land In
D, He is in the Hst of those able " to bear arms," in 1643 ; and
in the Hst of freemen in D., in 1646. At about this period, he
became one of the 54 original proprietors of Bridg'r., but soon
after sold his share to Nicholas Byram. Under date of Mar. 7,
1652, he is spoken of, on the Col. Rec, as having one of the 34
shares, " of a tract extending 3 miles E. of the E. part of the
river or bay called Acusshena, and soe alonge the sea side to the
river called Coaksett, lying on the W. side of point prill (peril ?)
&c, and extending 8 mUes Into the woods,," — said tract being
land purchased of the Indians. He was a surveyor In Dux'y., In
1657; and In 1665, a footway was laid out through his land, and
that of Sam'l. Chandler. In 1662, he was one of the proprietors
of MIdd'o., his lot being the 18th, and being " bounded with a red
Ojlk and a Walnut tree marked," The name of his wife, we have
not learned, nor the dates of birth of his chUdren, We should
infer, from Winslow's account, that some of them, at least, were
bom before he cam3 to Am'a, Of his sons, we find recorded the
names of Moses and Thomas. The family is prob, of English

372 SIMMONS.
origin, and may be connected with the Symonds, or Simonds, of
Devonshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucester, Norfolk, Hertford,
&c. We find this family name sometimes speUed Symons, and
Simmons, and the family itself. Is numerous and respectable, and
of quite ancient date.
2. Moses, s. Moses, sen'r., was of Dux'y., where he d. in
1689, (Winsor.) By w. Sarah, he had, 1. John, m. Mercy
Pabodie, 1669, and had ch. 2, Aaron, was m., and had ch.
3. Mary, m. Joseph Alden. 4, EHzab., the 2d. w. of Richard
Dwelley. 6. Sarah, m. Jas. Nash, Dux'y.
8. Thos., s, Moses, sen'r,, was a householder In Scit. bef,
1647, and his house was on the Green field, between that of
Sam'l. Nash, and Jne Tumer, jr. The name of his wife Is not
given, nor the dates of birth of his ch. We only leam that he
had sons Moses and Aaron.
T/) D c /"/'-^ ^' ^^°™^ ^1 ™- Patience,
*• f/fojt^ ^-^yh^f^ da. Wm. Barstow, ab. 1664.
^ ^ ch, : 1, Moses, bap, June
10, 1666, d. in the Canada Expedition, 1690, 2, Jno, bap. Mar.
15, 1667-8, 3. Sarah, bap, July 31, 1670. 4. Aaron, bap.
Aug, 4, 1672, 6. Job, bap. Oct. 4, 1674, owned land S, of
" Old Pond," which he sold in part to Jona, Pratt, in 1696.
6. Patience, bap. Mar. 18, 1676, her mo, being then a wid,
5. Aaron, s. Thos, 3, m, Mary Woodworth, 1667, and, it Is
said, Hved at the " Green field," (Deane,) ch. : 1. Rebecca^
Dec, 12, 1679. 2, Moses, Feb. 24, 1681, m. Rachel Cudworth,
1711, and had Moses, 1718 ; Aaron, 1720 ; Rachel, 1723 ; and
Leah, 1726. 3. Mary, Mar, 11, 1683, 4. Elizab., Aug, 27^
1686. 5. Ebenezer, Aug. 10, 16S9. 6. Lydia, Mar, 27, 1693.
^P/^ ?""^ S.Aaron 5, m,
6- S C l>n&-^£^^f-fzyrrl iryL^< ^y*^'^ Kent,
7^ 1714, and, it
K said, Hved
where the widow of Charles Simmons now resides, in South
Scituate. ch, : 1. Abigail, 1715. 2. Joshua, 1717. 3. Ly
dia, 1719, 4, Elizab,, 1724. 5. Sam'l., 1725, moved to Ct,

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6. Reuben, 1726, sett, at Nutter HUl, in H'm. 7. Peleg, 1728.
8, Ebenezer ?, Hved on his father's place.
\l„^/ .. P' s. Ebenezer 6, m. EHzabeth
7. /'^'^^"•^''''''^^'^ DUHngham, November, 11,
^ 1742, and lived In H..
first in a house In the pasture back of where Dan'l. Chapman now
resides, and then in a house which recently stood where stands
that of Mr. C. His w. d. July 18, 1797, ac 76, and he. Mar.
4, 1807, ac 88. He was a memb. of the Com'e. of Safety in
the Rev'n., and Selectman, In 1775, &c. ch. : 1. Joshua, Mar.
5, 1743, d. Mar. 6, 1819. 2. EHzab., Ap. 14, 1746, d. Sep. 11,
1824. 3. Lydia, Aug. 23, 1749. 4. Eben'r-, Dec. 27, 1751,
d. June 11, 1764. 5. Eben'r., Ap. 11, d. Oct. 7, 1754. 6.
Mary, Sep. 26, 1766,' m. Jnc H. Thacher, of Bamstab., Sep. 29,
1795, and d. Ap. 28, 1814, no ch. 7. Sam'l., Nov. 1, 1757, d-
Sep. 17, 1762. 8. EHsha, June 16, 1769. 9. Lydia, July 14,
1768, m. Benj. Bailey, June 13, 1793, and d. Jan. 16, 1805.
10. Wm., Feb. 26, d. May 4, 1766-
^^ ^ j^ Z7 s. Joshua 7,
^' (^M^ fti^ (/ca^^'T^^^'>y<>--f^z^ m. Martha
Hersey, of
H'm., and d. in H., Mar. 14, 1825, ae. 80. Lived In part of
his father's house, ch. : 1. Hon. WiUiam., July, 9, 1782,
grad. H- C. , 1804, m- Lucia Hammett, of Plym'h., lived in
Bos'n. ; was Judge of the PoHce Court ; and was fa. of Wm. , ed. ;
Rev. Geo. F. ; Chas. F., lawyer, Bos'n. ; Henry, d. ; and Mar
tha. 2. Eben'r-, Oct. 18, 1785- 3. Martha, Mar. 19, 1789,
d- Feb. 1833. 4. Elisha, Dec 1, 1790, d. Nov. 26, 1792. 5.
EHsha, Nov. 19, 1793, was a merchant, and d. unm. In Bos'n.
6. Benj. H,, Dec, 20, 1796, m,, and d. in N. Or's., leaving 2
sons. 7. Gee W.,Feb. 20, 1800, merchant, in N. Y'k. Not
m. 8. Elizab., Oct. 6, 1802, Hving In Boston. 9. Joanna, Oct.
5, 1802, m. Thos, Stevenson, of Bos'n,, June 22, 1824. 10,
Franklin, of Bos'n., not m.

374 SLASON  SMITH. (Eben'r., Esq.,) s.
9 ArJ? ^^ y ' Elisha 8, m. 1, So-
^ phia Richmond, ot
Prov., R. I.; and 2, Mary H., wid. of Step. Curtis, of Scit., Aug. 23,
1835, who d. Ap. 30, 1837, and he. In Kov. 1840. Lived on
Wash'n. st., where his son Perez now resides, was a merchant ;
Selectman of the Town for 6 y'rs. ; Rep. to the Gen'l. Ct. in
1836; and a man of enterprise and abUIty. ch. : 1. Perez, Esq.,
grad. B. U., 1833, and sett, as a lawyer, first in Prov., R. I., and
then in H. in 1842. Has been Selectman of H. since 1849 ;
was Rep. in 1852 ; one of the Comis's. of Insolvency, for
Plym'h. Co.; Is chosen as one of the Delegates, to the Convention
to revise the Const'n. of Mass., which is to meet In Bos'n., in May,
1863 ; — m. AdaHne, da. of Jno. Jones, of So. Scit., and has Jno.
F., June 26, 1851, and a da., b. Mar. 5, 1B53. (By 2d w.) 2.
Eben'r., Feb. 12,1837.
10. Capt. Thos.,s. Sam'l., of Sclt.,gr. s. Peleg, and gr. gr. s.
of Eben'r. 6, m. Bethia Gray, Dec. 1, 1816, lives on Wash'n.
st., in the N. E. part of the town ; and was formerly a trader,
and a man of successful enterprise, ch. : 1. Bethia, Nov. 14,
1817. 2. Thos., July 18, d. Nov. 21, 1819. 8. Warren, July
18, 1821. 4. Rebecca, Jan. 9, 1824.
SLASON, Rev. Wm. N., sometime Pastor of the Bap. Soc. of
H., is s. Sylvanus and Mary Slason, of Yt., and was b. Feb. 26,
1809. He stud, for the ministry, under Rev. Dr. Barlow, and at
the Newton Seminary, and has been sett, at GofFstown, N. H.,
Parsonsfield, Me., and elsewhere. He m. Hannah E. Jackson, of
Camb., Mass., Jan. 7, 1833, and has, 1. Wm, T,, Dec, 5, 1833 ;
and 2, Francis W,, June 11, 1836. Lives on Main st., in the
house built by himself In 1852,
SMITH, Rev. Thos,, of Pemb,, b, Feb. 6, 1706, s, Joseph, of
Yarmouth, Mass,, grad, H, C, 1725, m, Judith, da. Josiah Miller,
Aug.- 28, 1734, and was sett, first In Yarmouth, and then in Pemb.,
where he d. ch, : 1, Mary, May 18, 1785, m. Rev. Isa. Duns-
ter, of Harwich. 2. Josiah, Feb. 26, 1738. 3. Joseph, Nov.

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22,1740, 4, Thos,, July 25, 1742, drowned in the river Elbe,
in Europe, Dec, 19, 1767, 6, Josh., July 27, 1744, d, at sea,
during the Rev'n, 6, Nathl,, b, and d, 1746, 7, Judith, Nov.
4, 1747, m. Rev. Saml. Angler, E. Bridg'r. ; no ch. 8. Thank
ful, Feb, 26, 1749, d, unm., Ap. 2, '98, 9, Nathl., Feb. 16,
1752, m, Elizab, Bass, of Bos'n., Ap, 27, 1806, and was fa, of
Nathl., Esq., T, C, of Pemb,, and a scientific and tasteful agri
culturist, as his beautiful residence In P, abundantly testifies ; m.
Susan S,, da, Luther Briggs, and has Moses B., and Susan A.
10. Edward, May 16, 1754, d. unm. 11. Catherine, Mar. 21,
1766, m. Isaac Thomas, Pemb., and had 2 ch. 12. Christ'r,,
Dec, 22, 1757, d, of the smaU pox, July 10, 1781, at Hfx,, N, S,
2, Dea, Josiah, s. Rev, Thos,, m. Mary Barker, of P., June
15, 1760, and d. Ap. 4, 1803, ae. 66, and his wid. who was b.
May 2, 1740, d. Nov, 15, 1818, ae, 73. ch. : 1. Miller, June
22, 1761, d. Sep. 80, 1779. 2, Albert, Mar, 22, 1768, 3,
Bowen, Aug, 27, 1764, sett. In Nova Scotia, 4, Josiah, Mar, 2,
1767. 5. Thos., May 31, 1769, d. May 30, 1774, 6, Elizab,,
May 9, 1771, m, Chas, Briggs, of P., and d, Nov, 16, 1798. 7.
Ruth B,, Ap, 12, 1773, m. Jno, Barker, of P. 8. Thos., Mar,
22, 1775, d. unm. in Nova Scotia. 9, Mary, Mar. 9, 1777, m.
Bachelor Wing, Nov. 28, 1805. 10. Elisha, June 21, 1779, m.
Mary Bass, of Bos'n., and had, Mary, m. a Cushing ; Joseph, d-
in France ; Elizab., m. Jno, PUlsbury, of Lowell ; Marg't., m. Josh,
Loring, Cashier Blackstone Bank, Bos'n, ; Jane, m, Jno, IL
Batchelder, Dentist, Salem ; Cordelia, m, Wm, R. Pearmain,
Cashier Chelsea Bank; and Sarah A., who m. a LazeU. 11.
MiUer, Feb. 9, 1782, m. Jane, da. .Dav. Stockbridge, Esq.,
had Jane S., m. Gen. A. W. Oldham, of Pemb. ; and the.fa. d.
Dec, 23, 1818, being washed overboard at sea, near the " Three
Sand HiUs," on the coast of N, CaroHna,
3. Capt. Joseph, s. Rev. Thos,, m, 1, — Waisworth, and 2,
Bathsheba Torrey, and had, 1, Capt, Sylvanus, of Dux'y, 2,
Joshua, d, unm. (By 2d,) 3. Lucia, living in H'n. 4. Bath
sheba, m. Eleazer Carver, Bridg'r. 6, Christ'r., m, a da, of Maj,
Wilder, and d. at sea, leaving no ch. 6. Judith, d. unm. 7.

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Joseph, Ap. 12, 1791, not m. 8. Capb. Joshua, Aug, 23, 1798,
for several years one of the Board of County Commls's. for Plym'h.
Co., was m,, lived In H'n,, had ch., and d,, and his desct's, are In
H'n, 9, Dea, Thos,, of H'n,, May 31, 1795, 16, Thankful, Nov.
30, 1797, m, Elb, Keith, E, Bridg'r, 11. Catherine, d. unm,
(Hon, Albert,) s, Dea, Jo
siah 2, m, Anne L,, da,
Capt. Rob't. L. Eells,
Aug, 23, 1787, and d. May 28, 1823, and his wid.. May 7,
1835, (See p, 168,) ch, : 1, AnneL., Oct, 4, 1788, m, Nathl.
Crooker, Mar, 9, 1808, who d, Jan, 20, 1847, and she, Dec, 12,
1846, 2. Joseph, Mar, 80, 1790, a Commodore, in the U, S.
Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards ; lives In
Wash'n., D. C, m. Harriet Bryant, of Mc, and has ch. 3.
Albert Esq., Jan. 3, 1793, grad. B. U., 1813, Is an eminent law
yer. In Wash'n., D. C, m, Roxa, da. Rev, Calvin Chaddock,
June 24, 1814, and has ch, 4, Mary, Oct, 21, 1796, m, Capt,
David Whittler, of Belfast, Me,, Sep, 27, 1816, and d, July 19,
1848, ae, 53, and her husb, Oct, 8, 1849, ae, 61, 5, John, Dec
10, 1797, d, Sep, 5, 1813, 6, Thos. M., Aug. 15, 1799, d, Jan,
7, 1803, 7. Elizab., Mar. 20, 1801, m. Saml. Salmond, of H,
July 26, 1826. 8, Sarah B., Nov, 25, 1802, d, same month, 9,
Sarah. B,, Jan, 7, 1808, m. Joseph EeUs, jr,. Mar. 11, 1827,
5. Josiah, s. Dea, Josiah 2, m, 1, Nabby, da, Capt, Robert L.
Eells, Mar, 13, 1794, who d, Aug. 8, 1812 ; and 2, Jane, da.
Jere. Smith, and d. In H., Ap. 24, 1842, ae. 75, and his wid, in
1850. ch, : 1. Nabby E., Aug. 26, 1796, m, Theodore Whitney,
of Niagara, N, Y, 2, Lucy W,, Nov, 12, 1796, m, Dr, Wm, L,
Loring, Dux'y, 8, Ruth C, Jan. 2,1798, 4. Elizab, B,, May 20,
1799, m. Ambrose Packard, Niagara, N, Y, 5, Mary L., Oct, 26,
1801, m, Edward E, Nash, of Medford, Mass., and d, in Arkansas,
6, Josiah M,, Feb, 12, 1808, m, Frances Waterman, Scit., and
lives In H,, at the Corners, In the new house erected by himself.
Noch. 6. Chas., s. Wm. E,, m, Betsey PhUHps, of H,, and Hves In
H'n., on Walnut st,, is a shoemaker by trade, ch, : 1, Betsey E.,

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July 4, 1832. 2. Chas. W,, May 30, 1834, 3. Jas. E., Feb. 9,
1888. 7. Wm. E,, s. Wm. E,, b, Feb. 27, 1801, m. Lucy, da. Jnc
Hatch, Nov. 6, 1842, lives in H., on Main st,, and Is a shoemake'r
by trade. Has one son, John S,, Aug. 24, 1843. •
SOPER, Cap't. Joseph, s. Thos, of Scit,, ? 1690, wash. 1703,
m. Lydia Stockbridge, Nov, 20,1729, and d, InH,, May 1, 1790,
ae, 87. No ch, are recorded, but he was prob. fa. of Capt. Joseph,
b. 1737, who m. Ruth Curtis, 1760, Hved on the hiU, W. of Josiah
Bonney's, was an Offi. In the Rev'n., and Selectman for 14 yrs.
He d. Mar., 1804, ae. 67, and his w.. Mar. 9, 1777. No ch.
SOULE, Abisha., s. Josiah, of Dux'y., (and a desc't. of George,
who came to N. Eng. ui 1620,) was b. July 18, 1805, m. Frances,
da. EHj. Hobart, Esq., Ab'n., In Ap. 1826, Hves on Main st., In
the house which stands where stood the Jno. Bailey homestead,
and has, 1. Sibyl H., Aug. 31, 1826, m. GUbert Brooks,, of H.
2. Care F., 1830, m. 1, Martha S. Torrey, May 3, 1846, and 2,
Spencer Binney, Sep., 1849. 3. Maria E,, Feb, 18, 1883, m.
Henry C. Percival, Feb. 16, 1861, who d. In Cal'a., in 1852.
SPRAGUE, Melzar, s. Melzar, of Mfd., and a desc't. of Fran
cis, who arrived in N. Eng. in 1623, was b, in Mar. 1795, m, Mary
D., da. Nathan Dwelley, Nov. 28, 1820, kept store for a time on
Broadway, and now Hves in Pemb. Had one 'son, Andrew J.,
July 14, 1823, d., ae. 18.
Note. Mr. S. is chosen as the delegate from Pemb., to the Conv'n,, for
revising the Const'n., which is to meet in Bos'n,, in May, 1853.
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'^^' {^c^<^^'^^'^^^^' ^°™®' Robert, the ancestor of the
' "^ ^^ Stetsons of the U. S., and a noted and valua
ble man In his day, prob. came from Yorkshire, Eng'd,, from which
county many of the first settlers of Scit, originated, and where,
according to Rev, R, Breare, the name is still extant, being found
in Richmond and other towns. Having already pubHshed a sketch
of this family, entitied " Records of the Stetson FamUy," we do
not deem It necessary to pursue Its history at large here, and shall
therefore confine this notlc^ chiefly to those that settled in Han
over, We need only remark, that the Cornet had five sons, who
left male issue, viz, : Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel and
Robert. The descendants of the first of these — ^Joseph — settled princi
pally in Scituate, A few resided in H., and these we shall give.
More of the descendants of Benjamin and Samuel, and a few of
those of Thomas, became residents of H, ; but none of those of
Robert, From the latter, however, descended Nahum Stetson,
Esq,, of whom we have spoken on p, 229.
2. Robert, s, Robert, and a desc't, of Cornet Robert through
his eldest son Joseph, was b, Sep, 3, 1710, m, Hannah Tower, of
Pemb,, in 1788, and Hved on what is now Centre st.. In a house

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lately torn down by Mr. Eben'r. Thayer. In 1746, he sold his
first place to Wm, Stetson, and moved to where Albert Stetson re
sides. He had ch. ; but his desct's are mostly In Me.
3. Capt, Joseph, s, Saml,, and a desc't, of the Cornet through
Joseph, was b. Mar, 25, 1724, m. Martha Gross, of Scit,, in 1774,
and lived, for a time j. on Water st., where Chas, Dyer resides, and
owned the mUl and privUege where Perry's Tack works stand. He
was a soldier in the French war, and was at Cape Breton, at the
stornung of the fort. He was a mariner for many years, and made
v«yages to HoUand, and other countries of Europe, His da, Xoa,
b. In May, 1779, Is yet Hving In H, ; also his son, Joseph, b, Aug.
27, 1787, whom, wid, Betsey Whitman, of Wey'h,, May 12, 1839,
Hves on East st,, and has'Joseph F., 1840, and Martha E., 1841.
4. Joshua, s. Joshua, and a desc't. of the .Obmet through Joseph,
wash. Nov. 21, 1805,llveson Ehn st,, andis a shipwright by trade;
m. Debo. Josselyn, of Pemb,, and has, 1, EHza A,, May 8, 1834,
d, Dec8, 1852, 2. Sarah J,, July 26, 1836, 3, DebcF,,
Mar. 28, 1839, 4. Lois A., July 27, 1842. ¦ 5. Joshua A,,
Dec. 2, 1846. 6. Andrew B., d, young.
5. Benj., s, Benj,, and a desc't. of the Cornet through Capt.
Benj., his 2d son, was b. July 1, 1696, m, LUlis Tumer ? of H,,
m 1725, who d, June 1, 1755, ae, 84, and he, Aug. 81, 1768.
He was Selectman from 1747-49. His da. Desire, m. Caleb
Sylvester, in 1760, and Susanna, m, Abner Sylvester, in 1761.
His son Job, m. Hannah Munroe, in 1762, and moved off. None
of the desct's. now remain In H. ¦ .
6. Benj., s. Matt., and a desc't. of the Comet through Capt.
Benj., was b, Ap. 7, 1740, m, 1, Bradbury EeUs, Ap. 30, 1768,
who d. Feb. 19, 1782 ; 2, Betsey Young, Nov. 8, 1784, who d.
June 9, 1813 ; and 3, Betsey Stockbridge. He is said to have
been a blacksmith by trade, and to have lived near the centre of
the town, ch, : 1, Edward. 2, Bradbury, m, Benj. DweUey,
1788. 3. Benj., m. Betsey Estes, Nov. 1, 1798, and d. Aug.
20, 1826, and his wid, m. Josh. Gates, Aug. 10, 1828, and Is d,
4. Mary, m, Saml, Plyer, Nov. 21, 1819, and lived on Broadway.
Four ch. d. young.
7. Edward, s. Benj. 6, m. Hannah, da. Dea. Israel Perry,
Jan. 1, 1799, was a blacksmith by trade, Hved on "Broadway, and

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d. in May, 1846. His wid. is stUl Hving. ch. : 1. Edward, Nov.
3, 1800, of New Bedford, 2. Mary E., Ap. 17, 1803, d, Aug,
15, 1839, 3, Bradbury E,, Ap, 17, 1803, d. Oct, 1835, 4,
CaroHne, Nov, 25, 1806, m, Martm Church, In May, 1832, 5.
Martin W,, Nov, 16, 1807. 6. Eliza, m. Sumner Setson, July
6, 1829. 7. Horace, Ap. 22, 1817, d. Aug. 14, 1842. 8.
Melissa, b. and d. 1815.

RESIDENCE OE MR. MARTIN STETSON.
8. Martin W,, s, Edward 7, m. Ruth B,, da, Lebbeus Stock-
bridge, in 1836, and lives on Broadway, in the house formerly
owiied by Hon, Albert Smith, and previously by Dea. Joseph Jos
selyn, a view of which is annexed. Mr, S, is a substantial and
enterprising farmer, and mechanic, and an esteemed and respected
citizen, ch, : 1, Ruth W,, Jan. 27, 1838, 2. Mary T,, Aug,
1840. 3. Betsey H,, June, 1841. 4, Edward P,, Ap, 14, 1844,
5. Hannah P., May, 1848, 6, George A., Feb,, 1850,
9. John, s, Abijah, and a desc't, of the Comet through Capt.
Benj,, was b, Ap, 17, 1731, and m. Thankful Curtis, Dec, 3, 1761,
who d. Feb. 5, 1806, ae. 63, and he, Ap, 15, 1811, ae, 80, ch.:
1. Zilpha, m, Saml. Stetson. 2, Abig,, 1765, m. Shuble Munroe,
1788, and d. 1812. 3. -Thankful, 1768, d, 1826, 4. Josh
ua, Aug, 23, 1777. 5. Lebbeus, Ap, 27, 1783, sett, in Bos'n ,
and has desct's, there. Two other ch, d, young.

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10. Josh/, s. Jno. 9, m. PriscUla DweUey, in 1804, was Se
lectman 7 yrs,, from 1813-20, and is yet Hving, on Union st.,
near Stetson's Brook. His wife is d. ch. : 1. AngeHne, July
11, 1805, m. George Gray. 2. Cassandra, July 11, 1805, m.
Wm. Curtis, Dec. 3, 1826. 3. Avis D,, Nov, 2, 1808, m. Jno.
Lane, of Ab'n., Dec. 22, 1881, 4. Dea, Jne, Aug. -26, 1811, a
shipwright. In Medford, 6, James, July 8, 1817. Lives in
Brighton. 11. Josh., s. Elijah, and a desc't. of Cornet Robert through
Thos., his 3d son, was b. May 12, 1713, m. LUlis, da. Benj. Stet^
son, July 8, 1747, and Hved InH. ch. : 1. LUlis, Ap., 1748, m.
Saml. Stetson, of Pemb. 2. Lucuida, 1750, 3. Joshua, 1752,
prob, d. 1754.
12, Nathl., s. Elij., and bro. of Josh. 11, m, Mary DUHs, Ap,
1, 1735, and she d, m H,, Ap. 20, 1796, ae, 91, He had a son
Nathl., who d. unm, ; and a da, who m. a Jenkins.
13. Luke, s. EHj., and bro. of Josh. 11, m. Ruth Howland, of
Dux'y., In 1762, who d. In 1764. He was a no,ted schoolmaster
in H., and had but one ch., a da. Ruth, b. 1763, who m. Asa
Soule, of Hfx,, Dec, 27, 1784.
14 Ca^rr^^ dj^fo^ '• ^r •¦' f" ^°^ °f ^°"^^* ^f «^*'
J y was b. m June, 1679, m. Rebecca
Turner, May 12, 1719, and sett. In H,, near the Cent, M. He,
where his desct's, still reside. He Is caUed " Drummer Stetson,"
on the Scit. Rec's., and was a somewhat noted man in his day,
his house being a tavem stand, and a famous place of resort. He
d. June 23, 1760, leavin'g 2 das,, who d, unm., and a son Saml,
b, ab, 1725.
16. Saml., s, Saml, 14, m. Alice Rogers, Dec 14, 1766,
Hved on his father's place, and d. Feb, 6, 1791, and his wid. May
29, 1820, ae. 76. He was Selectman In 1779, and '80. ch. :
1. Tumer, Sep. 8, 1767. 2. Reuben, 1769, d. 1778. 3. Saml.,
May, 1772. 4, Rebecca, Sep, 10, 1776, m. TImo. Church, Nov.
27, 1796, 5, Lydia,- m, Ezek'l. Tumer, Feb, 28, 1799, and d
July 16, 1819.
16. Tumer, s. Saml. 15, m; Lydia Ruse, Feb. 1, 1795, and
was Selectman for 27 years, and Rep. in 1812, and '13. He

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lived at the corner of Plain and Circuit sts., where his w, d. Jan,
22, 1819, ae, 50, and he, Feb, 25, 1«44, ch, : 1, Turner, June
22, 1795, Hving in Michigan, 2, Ruth, Sep, 24, 1797, Hving In
H,, unm, 3. Lydia R,, b, and d, 1799, 4, Lydia, May 18,
1800, m. a Cobb, of Ab'n, 5. Aristides, Ap, 11, 1802, d, at the
West, Oct, 16, 1889, 6, Saml., 1806, d, 1806, 7. Alice, Feb,
11, 1808, a school teacher for many years. 8. Eliza, Oct, 1,
1811, m, Jno. Hatch, jr., Aug. 26, 1886,
17, Saml, s. Saml. 15, m, 1, Zilpha Stetson, Jan. 29, 1798,
who d, Jan, 5, 1807 ; and 2, Abig,, da, Shuble Munroe, in 1808,
and Is yet Hving, on the old homestead, ch, : 1, ZUpha, b, 1799,
d, 1800, 2, Albert, Esq., Aug, 8, 1802^ Selectman in 1840 and
'41 ; m. Wealthy Perry, Nov, 29, 1830, Hves near the Cent. M.
He, and had one da,, Zilpha, b. 1832, d. 1843. 8. Fanny, July
22, 1805, m, Perez Perry, Nov, 2, 1828, and d. Mar. 19, 1831,
(By 2d,) 4, Zilpha, Jan. 1,. 1809, m. Zenas Rogers, Feb, 20,
1832, 5, Reuben,, Oct. 81, 1810, m, Ruth J., da, Amos Bates>
Ap, 26, 1846, Hves In the Baldwin House, and has Ruth E., June
1847, 6, Chas,, b, and d, 1812. 7. AbigaU, July 26, 1813,
m. Jno. Little, Aug, 11, 1835, and d, June 5, 1850, 8, John,
Jan,. 15,. 1816, m, Ann Hookway, of Syracuse, N, Y,, July 20,
1843, and has Henry M., Ap, 20, 1844 ; Wm. H, May 14,
1847 ; Saml. T, Jan. 28, 1860 ; and Jno. E., Jan. 9, 1852.
Lost 1 ch.,, d. young. 9. Mary, Sep. 27, 1816. Not m. 10.
Saml., June 1, 1818, went to sea, and has not been heard from
for several years. 11. Melatiah C, b. 1820, d. 1826. 12. Re
becca M., Jan. 18, 1822, m. Chas. Tower, and lives In H. 13.
Josiah, b. and d. 1823. 14. Melatiah C, Feb. 28, 1825, m-
Nathl. P. ChamberHn, of H. 15. Jeremiah, May 10, .1826.
Not m. 16. Henry M., b. 1827, d. 1831. 17. Turner, Ap. 27,
1829. 18. Henry M., Dec. 29, 1832. 19. Lydia A., d. ae. 3 mos,
18, Seth, s, Saml., 4th son of Cornet Robert, was b. in June,
1698, m. Eliza Rose, Ap. 19, 1727, and his w. d. Sep, 4, 1787,
ae, 83, ch, : 1, Elizab,, 1732, d, unm, 2, EH, d, 1734, 3.
Seth, June 4, 1735, 4, Thos,, b. 1787, d. 1739, 6, Jere,, Aug.
8, 1740, lived In H'n,, where his desct's, stIU reside, 6, Thos.,
July 23, 1741. 7, Saml,, b. 1744, d. 1748.

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19. Seth, s. Seth 18, m. Lucy Stiidley, Ap, 11, 1766, and
Hved in the house which stood where stands that of N. F, Cham
berHn, on Centre st, ch, : 1. Rebecca, Dec, 17, 1766, m, Clem
ent Bates, Dec, 25, 1788, and d, 1813. 2, Debc, Mar. 18,
1767, m. Jno. Bates, and moved to Me, 3, Hannah, Ap, 1,
1769, m, Saml. Bates, Mar, 27, 1791, and moved to Me, 4.
Nathl,, Jan, 6, 1771. 6. Seth, Mar. 4, 1778, of Boxford, Mass.
6. Saml., Mar. 22, 1775. 7. Lucy, Feb. 11, 1777, m. Joseph
Tubbs, Aug. 18, 1797. 8. Thankful, June 7, 1779, m. Freeman
Harden, Jan. 25, 1800. 9. Ezek'l., July 8, 1781, sett, in Me.
10. Reuben, 1784, d, 1798, 11, Martin, 1789, d. 1798,
20. Thos., s. Setii 18, m. Olive Mann, June 18, 1772, who
d. July 20, 1819, and he Dec. 24, 1821. ch. : 1. Thos,, Mar.
31, 1773, Hves in H'n. 2. Olive, Mar. 20, 1775, m. Saml.
Beals, May 7, 1796, and moved to Me. 8. Ruth, Mar, 10, 1777,
m. David S. Whifanan, Bridg'r., 1798. 4. Elizab,, Jan, 80, 1780,
m, Calvin Bates, Aug, 2, 1801, and is d, 5, Luclnda, X7SS, m.
Noali Mason, and is Hving a wid,, in Ills. 6, Benj,, 1786, d,
young, *7. Benj,, Sep. 28, 1790. 8. EH,' Oct. 13, 1794, a
miUwright by trade, is m,, and Hves in H'n,, near his bro. Thomas.
21. Nathl,, s. Seth 19, m, 1, Temperance Curtis, Nov. 7,
1793, who d, Nov. 6, 1808 ; and 2, Joanna Pratt, Mar, 7, 1811,
and had ch. : 1. Nathl,, Ap, 17, 1795, lives In Me, 2, Elisha
C, May 8, 1797, m. Betsey Barstow, Jan. 14, 1816, and d. Jan.
21, 1845, and his wid. m. Lewis Litchfield, of H. 8. Saml.,
June 28, 1799, Hves in Mfd. 4. Seth, Sep, 18, 1802, m. De
sire 0, Palmer, Ap, 17, 1882, Hves on Cross st., Is a shoemaker,
and has Seth C, June 9, 1836 ; Wm. W., Ap. 18, 1888 ; Nathl.
M., Mar, 1, 1848, d,; Abby M., Aug. 25, 1844; Mary E.,
Aug." 10, 1846 ; Martha M., June 1849 ; and Emeline 0., Ap.
1852. 5, Harrison, a shoemaker, lives on Cross st,, m, OHve
L, Smith, of CatskUl, N, Y,, and has Sarah C, Jan, 31, 1848 ;
Joanna P., May 2, 1845 ; Hannah E., Ap. 5, 1847 ; Theodore,
Ap. 29, 1850 ; and Wm. L., Mar, 18, 1852, 6, Temperance
C, m. Hiram Munroe, of H., May 6, 1832.
22. Benj,, s, Thos. 20, m. Lucy Bates, Sep. 10, 1820, is a
mUlwright by trade, and was Selectman in 1835, and '86 ; lives

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on Centre st., and has ch. : 1. Olive, Ja,n. 30, 1821, m, Peabody
Littie, 2. PriscUla, Mar. 81, 1825, m. Wm. Whitmg, and Hves
in H'n. 3. Benj. L,, July 1, 1837.
23, Nathl,, s. Saml., 4th s. of Cornet Robert, was B, in June,
1700, m, Rebecca Brisco, Feb. 18, 1788, and d. July 28, 1758,
and his wid. m, David Cudworth, of Scit,, in 1760, ch. : 1,
Freelove, 1738, m, Theoph, WithereU, 1761, and d, 1824, 2,
Rebecca, 1743, m. 1, Joseph Studley, 1765, who d. the same
year ; and 2, EHsha WithereU, Dec. 30, 1772, and moved to
Chesterfield. 8. Ruth, 1746, m. Jona. Bates, of Rochester, 1771.

STOCKBRIDGE FAMILY.
Arms : Ar. on achev. az. 3 crescents or.
Crest : out of a cloud 2 dexter
hands in armor conjoined, hold
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a wheelwright by
trade, came to N.
Eng., in the Blessing,
John Leicester, master. In June 1636, being then 27 years of
age, and his wife Anne, ae. 21, and his son Charles, ae. 1. . Sev
eral of the early settlers of Scit. came Jn the same vessel, among
whom were elder Thos, King, Gilbert and Wm. Brooks, and Mr.
Wm, Vassall, The fa, was in Scit, in 1638, at which date he
took the oath of fidelity. His 1st. w. d. ab. 1642, and he m.
2, wid. EHzab. Scan, 1643, and 3, Mary  . He was one of
the Conihasset partners in 1646, and had a house near to John
Hollet's, which is supposed to have been a few rods S. W. of the

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late residence of Jesse Dunbar, Esq. He also owned a large,
tract of land, purchased of Abraham Sutliffe, near " Stockbridge's
mill-pond," so caUed, on the north and east. In 1666, he pur
chased half the null privUege of George RusseU, with the saw-
miU, which Isaac Stedman had erected ten years before, and
buUt a grIst-miU, In partnership with Mr. RusseU. In the same
year, probably, he buUt the Stockbridge Mansion House, which
was a garrison in PhUip's War. This venerable building was
torn down a few years since, and In some of its timbers, were
found buUets, fired at the Inmates by the Indians. The wUl of
the fa. is dated at Boston, in 1657, and In it he gives, " To eld
est son Chas,, my water-miU, at Scit,, house, ground, and orchard
belonging to it, he paying to his sis, Elizab, £10, &c. To wife
Mary, house and land at Bos'n., and the house m wh. GUbert
Brooks Hves,^ at Scit, with the land adjoining ; the same to be for
her use through life, and then to belong to s. Jne, In case he
survives his mc, he giving to his sis. Mary £10 ; — If he should
not survive, the same to be equaUy divided among the rest of the
ch. To da, Hester, the house In wh, Wm. TIcknor lives, at Scit,,
with the ground and orchard, and land at Brushy HUl, and at the
4th CUff To da- Han'h,, w, of Wm. TIcknor, 40s. To da. Sa
rah, £10 at marriage, or at the age of 21, &c. To w. Mary,
the household goods, and to s. Chas,, the working tools," From
the Bos'n, Rec's,, we leam, that the fa, d, 13 d, 8 mo, 1657,
The Inv'y of his Est. is on the Prob. Rec. Suff., vol. 8, p, 117.
ch. : 1. Chas., b. in Eng'd., in 1634. 2. Hannah, 1636, m.
Serg't, Wm. TIcknor, 1656. (By 2d,) 3. EHzab,, 1644, m
Thos, HUand, Jan. 1, 1661. 4. Sarah, 1645, m. Jos. Wood-
worth, Jan. 6, 1669, 5, Hester, 1647. (By 3d,) 6, Abig,,
1655. 7. Jno,, b. in Bos'n,, July 9, 1657, prob. d. young.
2. Chas., s. Jne, m, Abig,  , and Hved first in Bos'n., and
Chas'n., but aft. In Scit., on his father's place. He Is. said to
have built, by contract, the 2d water-mUl iu the Town of Ply
mouth, in 1676 ; also the com-mUl on the 3d Herring Brook,
aUuded to on p. 21. He d. 1683, and his wid. m. Amos Tumer.
ch. ; 1. Chas,, b. in Bos'n,, Dec. 2, 1659, d. Feb. 1, 1669-60.
2. Abig., b. at Chas'n., Feb. 24, 1660-1, m, Henry Josselyn,

386 STOCKBRIDGE,
Nov, 4, 1676, 3, John, 1661 ? d, young. 4, Chas,, Feb, 4,
1663, 5, Sarah, May 30, 1665, m, Is'l, Tumer, 6. Thos,, Ap,
6, 1667, 7, EHzab,, Aug, 13, 1670, m, David Turner, 8, Jos.,
June 28,1672. 9. Benj,, Oct. 9,1667. 10. Saml., July 9,
1679, 8, Chas,, s. Chas, 2, inherited part of his father's mlU, on the
3d Herring Brook, and Hved In that vicinity. The name of his
wife, we have not learned. He was Selectman in H,, in 1727,
and prob. d, Ap, 7, 1731, (H, Ch. Rec.) He left no son that
survived, but had several da's. These were, 1. Rachel, Ap. 9,
1690. 2. Mary, Aug. 11, 1692. 3. Abig., Mar. 22, 1694-5,
m. Gilbert Brooks? Mar. 12, 1718. 4. Hannah, Jan. 30,
1697-8, prob. d. unm., Sep. 19, 1788, ae. 90 ? 6. Ruth, July
80, 1700, m. Hon. Jno, Cushing, 6, Experience, Jan, 1, 1703-4.
7. Judith, July 19, 1706. 8. Chas,, Oct. 13, 1709, bap. Mar.
18, 1710, " being sick" ; probably d.
4, Thos,, s. Chas, 2, m, Sarah, da. Thos, Reed, of Wey'h,,
July 28, 1697, (H'm, Rec,) and lived in Scit,, where Eph'm.
Stetson now resides. He is called Ensign, on the Rec. 2d Ch,,
in 1708. His wid. d, Sep, 7, 1758, ch. : 1, Sarah, Ap, 25,
1699, 2, Mary, Mar, 31, 1701, 3. Thos., Feb. 13, 1702-3.
4, Debc, June 21, 1705, 6, Anne, May 31, 1710. 6. Mcah,
Nov. 22, 1714, m, Mary Jones, Nov. 30, 1738, and had Isaac,
b. and d, 1740 ; Kezia, bap, Jan. 10, 1742, being sick ; and per
haps others. 7. Sarah, Oct. 26, 1718, m. Henchman Sylvester,
1747. Note. Was there a da. Lydia, m, Joseph Soper, Nov. 20, 1729 ?
/f^ / I ^ j^!-^ Jos. 'lurner, and lived first
in H., and then in Pemb.,
wjiore Capt. HavUand Torrey now resides. He was Dea. of the
Ch. in H, for many years, and a man of activity, Intelligence and
usefulness. His w. d. Mar, 27, 1747, and he. Mar, 11, 1778,
ae, 100 ! WhUst in H,, he was Selectman, from 1731-35, ch, :
1. Joseph, Oct. 1, 1698, 2, Grace, 1700? m, Jno, Thaxter',

STOCKBRIDGE, 387
H'm,, Jan. 15, 1719, (H'm. Rec) 3, John, bap, July 2, 1704,
4. Barshua, bap, Dec, 1, 1706, 5. Marg't,, bap, Oct. 81, 1708,
m, Dea, Saml, Barstow, 1731, 6, Lusanna, bap. Nov. 25,
1711. 7, David, 1718 ?
Note, Was there another da., Abigail, who m. Jona. Turner, Nov. 15,
1738? 6. Benj., s, Chas. 2, m. Mary Tilden, 1701, succeeded to the
Stockbridge mansion in Scit., and there Hved and d. His son
Benj,, b, 1704, was the 2d regularly bred phys'n. sett. In Scit,,
being educated under Dr, Bulfinch, of Bos'n,, and having a prac
tice extending aU over the Old Colony, and even to Worcester,
and Ipswich, He also .educated many In Med,, from Bos'n,,
and other places, among whom was the distinguished Dr, Isaac
Otis, who aft, m. his da. The w. of Dr. Benj,, was Ruth, da.
Job Otis ; and by her, he had but one s, that survived. Dr. Chas.,
b. 1734, also a phys'n. of high reputation, and a gent, of pleasmg
manners, and accomplished in Hterature, His s,. Dr. Chas,, b,
1790, d, early, at the outset of his professional career ; and with
him, this branch of the famUy, In the male Hne, became extinct.
" 7. Saml., s. Chas. 2, m. Lydia, da. Wnk BarreU, 1703, and
sett, at Mt. Blue, in Scit., in which vicinity some of his desct's.
yet reside. He left a son Saml., who m. Sarah Tilden, Nov. 1,
1787, and who was fa. of James, Lydia, Sarah a-nd others. >'The
son Jas., d. in 1819, leaving ch. s, Thos, 4, m,
Hannah,  ,
and Hved on his
</^ father's place,
by the 3d, Herrmg Brook, ch. : 1. Thos,, bap, Aug, 6, 1725,
d. unm, 2, Hannah, bap, Sep, 26, 1726, 3, Stephen, bap.
Mar. 24, 1784, m., buj; had no ch., and d, in 1800.
8. Joseph 5, m, 1, De-

9- L/)/7yx/^y,'y^^^^^^€^°^^^' ^^- J^dge Jno.
^ __)CushIng, Jan., 1736,
who d. 1747 ; and 2, Jane Reed, and Hved In II, , where
the new house of E. Q, Sylvester stands, near N, River

388 STOCKBRIDGE,
bridge, where he d. Dec, 13, 1788, ae, 75. He was Rep. from
1749-'56, and fr, 1760-62, and 72; T. C, from 1744-74'; J,
P, under king George for many years ; and was an extensive land
holder, a man of large estate, a valuable citizen, eminently useful,
and thoroughly versed in everything pertaining to pubHc affairs.
His Justice Records are still In existence, and are in the posses
sion of his gr, s,, Lebbeus, of H, ch. : 1, Jose_ph, Aug, 20, 1737,
graid. H. C, 1755, and d, at Falmouth, Me,, Ap. 6, 1761, where he
was estabUshed as a lawyer. He was also Reg. of Prob, for the '
Co, of Cumberland, 2, Betsey, Ap, 22, 1739, m, 1, Job Young,
and 2, Benj, Stetson. 3. Jnc, Dec, 7, 1741, kUled In the woods
by the faU of a tree, 4, Wm., Dec 20, 1752. 5. David, 1755.
6, Debo., Aug, 18, 1761, m, Capt, Marlboro Tumer, Tan. 7,
1790. -* i /'-wi /? / / ' ^v,^ s. David 9, m. Ruth, da.
10 VK^^=/fet^W^j,, Bailey, Oct. 9, 1774,
who d. Dec. 10, 1839, and he Feb. 20, 1881, He lived first on
Broadway, where Levi Perry now resides ; then on King st., where
Geo. BaUey lives ; and finally sett, on Curtis, now Main st,, and
buUt the house occuj^ed by his son Lebbeus, In 1798 he was the
greatest landholder then In H, ; and was a man of ready wit, live
ly and sociable In his habits, an agreeable companion, and an in
dustrious and upright citizen. He was Selectman in 1812, ch. :
1. Joseph, Oct, 1, 1775, a merchant, d, unm, in N. Yarmouth,
Me,, Ap, 18, 1804, 2, Ruth, Nov, 8, 1777, m, Jos. RamsdeU,
Feb. 3, 1800, and moved to Warren, Mass. 3. John. Ap. 18, 1780.
4. Wm. R., June 29, 1782. 6. Calvin, Sep. 19, 1784. 6.
Lebbeus, Nov. 29, 1787. 7. Betsey, m. Homer RamsdeU, Oct.
27, 1816, and Is Hving in Warren, with her son Wm. 8. SUvia
B., Mar. 1, 1793, d. June 28, 1795. 9. Marcia, Ap. '7, 1795,
m. Sam'l. G. Bowman, of Bath, Me., May 19,, 1816, and had
Nath'l., July 28, 1817, a lawyer, d. at the South; Sam'l. S-,
Aug. 27, 1818, m. Miss Hoover, and Is In Louisiana ; Ruth E.,
Sep. 17, 1820, m, Lt, Jos, F. Green, U, - , N, ; Wm. S., Sep,
9, 1822, d, young ; Wm. H, Nov. 18, 1828, m. Helen L. Ran
daU, of Bath, and Hves at the South ; Marcia S., Feb. 9, 1826,
m, Nath'l, C. A. Jenks, of N. Yar'h,, Me. ; Sarah W., Feb. 10,

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1828 ;. Francis J., May 9, 1880 ; Orville R., Dec. 18, 1832 ;
and Howard D., Dec 7, 1835, d. young: Mr, B,, the fa,, d, in
Bath, Mar. 29, 1841, ae, 60, 10, Stephen, Ap, 3, 1797, d. May
14, 1818. 11, Luther, May 19, 1801, d. Mar, 26, 1802,
11, Hon, David, s; David 9, m, Ruth, da, Hon, Jos. Cushing,
Dec 23, 1779, who d. Ap, 14, 1833, and he Feb, 26, 1848.
Lived on his father's place ; was Selectinan in 1782, '89, '99, arid
^ 1800 ; T. C. from 1798-98 ; Rep. 1794 ; In the Mass. Sen.
1818 ; and a gent, of fine talents, sociable habits, and correct
deportinent. ch. : 1. Jane R., Oct. 6, 1780, m. MUler Smith,
Pemb,, Sep. 15, 1803, 2. Benj., Nov, 7, 1781, m, Mary Crook
er, Jan. 26, 1814,- who d. Mar, 1, 1818, and he Oct, 16, 1847,
having had Mary B., d. Mar, 4, 1817 ; Benj., d. young ; and
Mary T., m, Rob't. Eells, Jan. 20, 1838, 3. DavId,^Nov. 25,
1783, m. Sarah B, Crooker, July 28, 1811, and has Caroline,
Sep, 13, 1812, m, Benj, White, Fairhaven, Feb, 15, 1833 ; Ma
ria T, Dec. 28, 1814, m. Capt. Jas. Gouch, Mar, 7, 1836, sett,
in Dls,, and d, in Oct., 1862 ; Jno., Aug. 23, 1816, of N. Haven,
Ct. ; and Geo. M., Dec. 6, 1821, in Cal'a. 4, Martin, Dec, 20,
1785, m, wid, Thurza Reed, who d., leaving him no ch,, and he
lives in Scit, 5, Horatio, Ap, 27, 1788, 6, Debe, Nov. 4,
1790, m. Thos. Tumer, Pemb,, May 10, 1811, and Is Hving a
wid,, m H,, with her son Thos. 7. Ruth, Mar. 23, 1798, m. Jas.
Tumer, and Is living a wid., in H. 8. Joseph C, July 4, 1798,
m. 1, Ann W, Clark, Dec 29, 1833, who d, Jan, 26, 1837 ; and
2, Pamella Ford, Dec, 13, 1888 ; Hves atthe Corners ; was school
teacher for sev. years ; and has, 1. Ann E., Oct. 17, 1884, 2.
Jos. C, Nov. 3, 1836. (By 2d,) 3, Pamella F., Nov, 13, 1839,
d, Oct, 5, 1841. 4. AmeHa F., Feb. 18, 1843. 5. Emma B,,
Sep, 24, 1846,
12. Dr. John, s. Wm. 10, stud. Med. with Dr, Gad Hitch
cock, of Pemb,, Mass,, and sett, in Topsham, Me,, 1804, and
moved to Bath, In 1805, where he d. May 3, 1849, ae, 69. He
m, 1, Theodosia, da. Rev, Tristram Gilman, of N, Yar'h,, Oct.
15, 1805, who d. Nov. 4, 1822, ae, 34 ; and 2, Eliza I,, da, Hon,
Jno, RuJgsell, of Bos'n,, (for many years ed, and prop, of the
Bos'n. Oom'l. Gaz.) Jan. 5, 1824. She survives. Mr. S, was

390 STOCKBRIDGE. ^
devoted to his profession, and In some of its branches became
highly distinguished. He received the honorary degree of M,
D,, at Dart, CoU, In 1822, and was in practice 48 yrs. He was
a scientific and successful practitioner, a consistent and devoted
friend, and an honest and upright man, ch, : 1, Tristram G.,
Aug, 28,1806, rec'd. the degree of M, D. atBowd. CoU., 1827,
is a distinguished surgeon and physician in Bath, and m, Mary R,
P,, da, Capt, Neb, Harding, of Bath. No ch. 2. Jno, W., Ap.
27, 1811, living in N. Orleans. 3, Marcia E,, Mar. 25, 1816, d,
Sep, 18, 1823, 4. Mary G,, June 12, 1818, m, Capt. Wm.
Drummond, of Bath, Oct 30, 1848, and hadl ch,, b, 1849, d,
1861, 5, Theodosia, Sep. 20, 1819, Hvmg in Hanover, N. H.
6. Francis B,, Dec, 27, 1821, d, Feb. 28, 1823. (By 2d,,) 7.
Francis B.,Ap, 9,1826, 8, Cornelia R,, Dec 18,1827, 9.
Joseph H., Feb, 18, 1831, 10, Marcia E,, Oct 27, 1832, The
last ch,, with their mo., are living at the West.
13. Wm. R., s, Wm, 10, m, OHve Trae, of N. Yar'h., Me.,
and was one of the oldest and most eminent merchants In that
town, with his bro. Calvin. He was also engaged In shlp-buUd-
ing and navigation ; and was a man of active habits, and highly
esteemed by the community in which he Hved. The foUow
ing record of his ch. is from Mr. Wm. Dawes : — 1. Maria,
m. Dr. Nelson H. Carey, of Me., a native of Bridg'r., Mass.
2. Marcla,^m. Mr. Ring, Merchant, of Calais, Me. 3. Rev. Jo
seph, grad. Bowd. Coll., and stud, law, but is now a chaplain In
the U. S. N., and resides with his family, at Bridgeport, Ct. He
m. an Everett, of N. Yar'h. 4. Wm., grad. at the WatervUle
Inst., stud. Med., and is sett, as a Phys'n. at the West. Not m,
6, Olive, not m, 6. Sam'l,, edu, as a merchant, but Is now Hv
ing, an invahd. In Me.
14. Calvin, s, Wm. 10, m. Rachel W. Rogers, of Mfd., and was
a merchant In N. Yarmouth., Me., and Dea. of the Baptist
Church, and died In Me., In May, 1833. A man of warm
religious feelings ; Influential In the denomination to which he be
longed ; of a benevolent, heart, and upright and honest, ch. : 1,
Wm. C, d. young. ^ Jne C, ent. at Brunswlck,but grad. at B.
U,, 1838 ; 'had charge of the female dept. of a seminary at War-

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ren, R, I, ; and sett, as a clergyman, first in WaterviUe, Me,, In
1844, then in Woburn, Mass,, 1847, and is now In Prov,, R, I, ;
m. Mary T., da, Suchet Mauran, of Warren, R, I,, and has Mary
S, and Annie W. 8. Wales R., Mar,, 1821, auctioneer, Bos'n,,
of the firm of Holt & Stockbridge ; m. Marg't, T, Southwick, of
Vassalboro', Me,, and has Arthur B., Nov. 25, 1861. 4. Ed
ward A., Sep. 1831, m Bos'n.
15. Lebbeus, s. Wm. 10, m. Lydia, da, Capt. Leavitt Lane,
of H'm,, In 1810, Hves on his father's place on Main st., and
is a farmer, ch. : 1, Wm,, Nov, 5, 1812, m, Mary A- Damon,
Hves with his fa,, and has Fred'k. W., Aug. 7, 1842, d. Jan. 17,
1868 ; Francis J, Oct. 3, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1847 ; Elizab. A.,
Mar. 8, 1847 ; Frank, June 30, 1849 ; and Mary A., Aug. 11,
1852. 2. Leavitt L., May 5, 1815, a shipmaster ; m. Abby W.,
da. Dr. Melzar DweUey, July 4, 1844, and has Geo. E.^ Dec, 13,
1845 ; Ellen E., Feb, 18, 1848, d. Jan. 10, 1860 ; and Chas.L.,
Ap, 3, d. Nov. 2, 1850. 3. Ruth B,, Dec, 5, 1818, m, Martin
W. Stetson, Dec. 1, 1886. 4. Lebbeus, Feb. 15, 1825, a mari
ner for the past 8 yrs., m. Mary T. Sylvester, June 24, 1849,
Hves on Broadway, and has Edwin W., May 18, 1850. 5. Lydia
L., Aug. 26, 1827. 6. Sarah L., Jan. 3, 1830, a school-teacher
in Baltimore, Md. i
16. Dr. Horatio, s. Hon. David, 11, at the age of 15, went to
the Acad, at Bridg'r., under the charge of Mr. Zach. Eddy, and
thence to the Acad, at Rochester, under the charge of Rev, Cal
vin Chaddock ; and In 1804, ent, H, Coll, where he remained two
yrs., after wh, he commenced the study of med., under Dr, Free
man Foster, of Scit,, with whom he remained 2 yrs,, and subse
quently, was with the distinguished Dr. Jas, Mann, of Wrentham,
one yr. Mr. S. was sett, first in Berwick, Mc ; then in Medway ;
then in Blackstone Village, where he remained until 1833, at
which date he moved to Woonsocket, R, I,, where he has since resided,
and where, for 18 yrs,, he was engaged in the Druggist business,
from which he withdrew, in 1861, 'In 1810, htJln, PriscUla W,,
da, Saml. and PrisciUa Faxon,^ of Fox'o,, Mass,, who proved a
kind and aff. wife, and with whom he Hved happily for 38 yrs.,
when she d, June 29, 1848, ae, 63, ch. : 1. Horatio, June 13,

892

STODDARD — STUDLEY,

1813, m. Data A,.Kempton, of Mendon, Mass,, Nov, 9, 1886,
(she b, June 80, 1818,) and has, Francis M., Ap, 20, 1837 ;
Harriet A., Aug, 26, 1839 ; Horatio L, Dec. 27, 1841 ; Imcia
A, June 1, 1843; Chas. E., Dec. 29, 1847; and Walter S.,
Feb, 12, 1849. 2. Harriet A,, Dec. 8, 1815, m. Elisha T. Read,
Cashier of a Bank In W., May 16, 1834, and has Jas. S., Sep.
9,1885; Harriet A., Oct. 2, 1889; Geo. S., Sep, 22,1842;
and Isabella, July lO, 1850. Lost 2, d. young.
STODDARD, Henry, s. Laban, of H'm., m. 1, PoUy Cud
worth, and" 2, Ann K. Mann ; was a carpenter by trade ; Hved at
the comer of Walnut and Main sts. ; and d. June 30, 1848, ae.
64. ch, : 1. Henry,' 1807, d, 1832, (By 2d,) 2, Ann C,
Sep, 21, 1816, m. Edwin Packard, N. Bridg'r, 3, M:ary C,
Oct, 12, 1817, m. Thos, W. Gurney, Ab'n,, Nov, 1, 1886. 4.
Wm.B,, Sep. 17,1820, 5. Capt, Duncan T,, Mar, 7, 1823, a
carpenter, m. Mary M. Henderson, 1861, and has Duncan T,
1862, 6, Abby S. H,, 1825, d, 1844. 7. Isabella R,, m,
Henry Mann, June 13, 1850, 8, Jos, A., Mar, 24, 1830, 9,
Henry A,, Jan. 12, 1838. 10. Patience E., May 6, 1835. 11.
Levi M,, June 14, 1888.
2. Melvui, s. Hezek, of Scit,, b, Oct,, 1808, m, 1, Laura
Young, 1832, who d. the same year; and 2, Abig, Rogers; Hves
on Broadway ; Is a shoemaker ; and has, Martha A,, Dec, 1843,

STUDLEY FAMILY.

a fesse vert, betw.

Arms : Ar, on
stags' heads cabossed or.
Crest: A stag's head cabossed or,
pierced through the scalp with an arrow
In bend sinister, vert, feathered ar.,
headed sa.

STUDLEY, an old English name, found In the County of Kent,
and also in Yorkshire, — the seat of the family, in the latter place.

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being at Studley Park, near which are the rains of the celebrated
Fountains Abbey, a famous place of resort for traveUers, each one
of whom is entitled, to " meat by measure, (a quarter of a yard
of roast beef for dinner) and a great black jack of strong drink," on
calling for the same.' We find two famlHes ra N. Eng. at an early
date, one in Boston, and the other ui Sandwich. A branch of each
of these sett, in Scit., and have desct's. in H. We shall trace these
separately. I. Jno. Studley, and w. Elizab., were in Bos'n., in 1659, but
when they came to the city, or how long they remained, we cannot
say. Their s. Jno,, was b. in Bos'n,, Dec 8, 1669 ; and their son
Benj,, was b, in B,, May 23, 1661, This Is aU the notice we find
on any of the records in B. The latter son, Benj,, seems to have
been in Scit,, in 1688, m, Mary, da. Jno, Merritt, and sett, near
Merritt's brook, a few rods S, E, of the bridge, ch. : 1. Jne,
Dec. 11, 1684. 2. Benj., Dec. 7, 1687. 8. Jas., July 15. 1690,
m, Sarah Farrow, of H'm,, 1717, and had Sarah, 1718 ; Jas.,
1720 ; and Elizab., 1725. 4. Jona,, June, 19, 1693. 5. Da
vid, Jan. 19, 1696-7, m. Susanna Ymton, 1717, and left
1 da,, and 8 sons, some of whose desc'ts, yet Hve m Scit. 6. Mary,
Sep. 28, 1698. 7. EHzab., June 8, 1701. 8. Debe, Dec. 19,
1702—3. 9. EHzab., Sep. 10. 1706.
Note : We think it highly probable, that Benj. Studley, who was in H'm ,
in 1724, m. Susanna, da. Eben'r. Lane, Dec. 31, 1724, and had flannaii, 1725;
Sarah, 1727 ; Ruth, 1729 ; LoU and Eunice, 1731 ; Jona., 1734 ; d. young ;
Rhoda, 1735; Irania, 1737; and Jona., 1728;— was a desc't. of Benj. of
Scit, and prob. his son, as he is ealled " a. of Benj. " We think It also
probable, that most of this name, in H'm. and Cohas't., sprung from Jno. of
Boston. 2. Eliab, s. Benj., and gr. s. Jno. I, m, Mary Briggs, of Scit.,
Ap. 10, 1729, and it is said, sett, m H., or what is now Pleas' t. st.,
where David Studley resides. He was the first Studley owner of
the null long known as " ElUiab's MiU, " and was a noted Tavem
keeper, his house being a favorite place of pubUc resort. He d.
December 13, 1785, and his wid. October 19, 1797, ae. 90. ch. :
1. Benjanun. 2. Martha, m. Jno. Shaw, of Ab'n.,~ April 16,
1 Gou<rh'3 British Topography, pp, 416, 443, 461, and 474,
25

394 STUDLEY.
1752. 8. Elizab,, m. Jno. Robmson, Plym'h., Feb. 12, 1754
4. Jas., lost at sea. 5. Thankful, m, 1, Michael Jackson, Ab'n,,
Feb. 15, 1769 ; and 2, Seth Keith, of Bridg'r., 1776.' 6. Debe,
m. an Erskine. 7. Lucy, m. Seth Stetson, Ap. 11, 1765. 8. Abig.,
m. Thos. Curtis, June 6, 1770. 9. Japhet, July 26, 1766. 10.
Joseph, m, Rebecca Stetson, Jan. 10, 1765, was klUed by llghtmng,
June.l6,of thesameyr., and his w. had twin ch., Rebecca, and
Lucy,' who were bap. Ap. 2, 1768, and the mother m. Elisha
WithereU, of Chestf d,, Dec. 80, 1772.
3. Benj., s. EHab 2, m. Han'h. Litchfield, and was Selectman
in H., from 1778-81, and m 1787, and '88. We find his ch. on
the Ch, Recs. of H., as follows : 1. EHzab., bap, Oct, 13, 1754,
2, Benj,, bap. June 5, 1757. 3. Abner, bap. June 5, 1757,
prob. d. young. 4. Hannah, bap. June 1, 1760, m. Isaac Moore,
of Warren, Mass., Mar. 18, 1782. 5. Mary, bap. Sep. 2, 1764.
6. Jas., -bap. Sep. 2, 1764, d. Feb. 7, 1766. 7. Zenas, bap.
Oct. 7, 1764, d. Ap. 11, 1771. 8. Nabhy, bap. Aug. 3, 1776, m,
Jno, R. Josselyn, Nov. 1, 1785. 9. Debc, m. Arad Woodworth,
of Warren. 10. Zenas, m. and d. in Leicester, leaving ch. 11.
Joseph, of Leicester. s. EHab 2, m. Rachel
Fearing, H'm,, who d.
^ /7^ //^ Sept. 28, 1826, ac 92,
{y6C4y^^^€-^ and he Jan. 2, 1842,
^y^ ae. 86. ch. : 1. Ra-
^ chel. May 5, 1781,
m. Jesse Stoddard, Ab'n., Ap. 21, 1803. 2. David,
Mar. 31, 1783. 3. Walter B., Mar. 7, 1786. 4. Lucy, Jan.
25, 1788, m. Lewis Litchfield, of H. 5. Lydia, Ap. 6, 1791, d.
Mar. 11, 1793. 6. Luther, Jan. 26, 1793, m, a Cleaveland, and
d. inN, Y. State, leaving a son Eliphaz. 7. Lydia, Sep. 26,
1796, m. David Darling, Aug, 24. 1816, 8, Japhet, Oct, 31,
1799, d. May 9, 1832.
5. Eliab, s. Benj. 3, m. Betsey, da. Peleg Stetson, Ab'n,, and
lived on Pleas't, st,, in a house which stood a Httle N. of where
Gridley Studley resides. He d. Aug, 14, 1826, and his wid. ra

STUDLEY. 395
Jan., 1835, ac 79. ch. : 1. Jas., Feb. 28, 1777. 2, Betsey, m,
Capt. l^hos. Stetson, Oct. 19, 1801. 8. Nathan. 4. Experience,
m. Rob't. Estes. 5. Alvin, Jan. 1792, m. Nabby Stetson, who
d. m 1844 ; he lives in E. Ab'n,, is a shoemaker, and has 1 da,,
Nancy, not m. 6. Hannah, 1785, m. Eleazer Josselyn, Jan.. 1,
1809. 7. Gridley. 8, Nancy, m. Josh. Curtis, Ab'n,, Mar, 18,.
1816, and is d.
6. Benj., s. Benj. 3, m. SUvester Bonney, of Pemb,, Nov,, 28,,
11782, and, it is said; moved to Leicester, Mass. His ch,, b.-
in P., W3re, 1, Abner, May 16, 1784. 2. Silvester, Oct. 24,
1786. 8. SUvia, Jan. 30, 1789, 4. Zenas, Ap. 25 1791, 5,
Benj., May 3, 1798. 6. Wealthy, Aug. 8, 1796. 7. Sally,
Sep. 24, 1797.
7. David, s. Japhet 4, leamed the watchmaker's trade in H'm, ;
m. Hannah, da, Caleb Torrey, of Midd'e, and sett, on Pleas't st.,
where he yet resides. His w. d. May 19, 1860. Mr. S., is a man of
natural mechanical ablHty, much esteemed as a citlzeil, and has rais
ed a large and respectable famUy of sons and daughters, ch. : 1.
Cephisa,.Feb. 1 0, 1811, m. Ezekiel Reed, Ab'n. 2. David F., Oct.
6, 1812, a jeweller In N. Bridg'r., m. Martha J. Howard,and has
Martha J. 3. PhUander, Nov, 6, 1814, m, Elizab, Estes, May
11, 1837, Hves on Circuit st,, and has Mary M., Oct, 6, 1839, d.
Mar, 5, 1840 ; and Amelia J, May 5, 1847. 4. Joseph H.,
Oct. 13, 1816, shoe mfr,, in H, ; m, Luclnda Curtis, Nov, 2,
1838, Hves on Maui st,, and has Edwin H., June 9, 1839 ; Ma
ria, A.xig. 7, 1842 ; Lucinda H, Oct. 19, 1846, d. Sep. 4, 1848 ;
and Ellen A, June 15, 1849. 6. lantha E., Feb. 26, 1819, m.
Jos. W. Gurney, May 26, 1889. 6. Luther, L ec 28, 1820, jew
eUer, in N. Bridg'r. ; not m. 7, Benj. F,, Feb. 21, 1823, m. Bet
sey R., da. Amos Bates, lives on Circuit St., and has Benj. W.,
Jan. 10, 1846; and Betsey I, June 15, 1848. 8. Mary F.,
Mar. 5, 1825, d. Sep. 14, 1826. 9. Walter B., Jan, 10, 1827, a
jeweUer, in E. Ab'n,, m. Susan Tumer, Pemb., in Nov., 1848,
and has Susan L. B., and Adelaide F. 10, Henry C, Jane 3,
1829,of N. Bridg'r, 11, Han'h. M., June 28, 1834.

396 STUDLEY,
8, Walter B,, s, Japhet 4, m, Matilda Crooker, Pemb,, May
18, 1806, and moved to Hartford, Ct, Had one son b. In H.,
viz. : Danl,, Aug. 26, 1806, We are informed that there were
other ch,, b, in Ct,, but their names we have not learned.
9. Jas,, s, EHab 5, m. Mary D,, da, Dr, Peter Hobart, m
1803, and lives near Hudson, N. Y. ch, : 1, Mary C, May 18,
1806, d. young, 2, EHzab, C, Mar, 8, 1808, m, Waldo Pool,
E, Ab'n,, and is d, 3. MarshaU L,, Mar, 23, 1809, m, Sarah
E, Eells, Norwich, Ct,, and d, in Demarara, leaving 1 ch., which
d, 4. Elb. G., Sep, 1, 1810, m. Catherine Cole, lives in N.
Y'k, State, and has ch, 5, Salome H,, Jan. 80, 1812, m, Henry
R. Curtis, E, Ab'n,, and Is d. 6. Elmira S., Jan. 28, 1814, m.
Henry R. Curtis, E. Ab'n, 7, Lucy J,, Sep, 27, 1817, m.
Corn's. T, Stinkle, of N. Y'k, State,8. Jas. J,, Dec, 18, 1821,
m. Elizab, J., Boardman, lives in E, Ab'n,, is a shoemaker, and
has David C.
10, Nathan, s, Eliab 5, m, Huldah ElHs, May 18, 1806, and
d. In 1849. ch, : 1. Wm,, June 19, 1806, m. EHzab. J. Hask-
eU, Hves In E. Ab'n., and has Wm. A., Mary E., Hannah M.,
Nathan F., Jno. A., Adaline A, Jacob N, and Chas. E. 2.
Andrew, m. Mary, da, Zenas Jenkins, lives in E, Ab'n., is a
dealer in provisions, and has Mary A., Austin, Jane B., Andrew
H., Huldah E., Sarah E., Ferdinand and Isabella, (the latter
d,,) and Elvira. '8. Sophia, m, Jacob Nash, and is Hving a wid.
in Ab'n. 4. Reuben, provision dealer. In E. Ab'n., m, Adaline
Burgess, of Harvard, Mass., and has Reuben W ; Geo. S. ;
Henry J, d.-; Horace W; Chas. H, d. ; Susan E.; and Emily
M. 6, Alvin, m, Mercy Estes, and Hves in Natick, Mass. 6.
Sylvia, m. Bela Smith, Ab'n. 7. EHzab,, m, Stephen Standlsh,
E. Ab'n,, no ch, 8, Huldah, m, N, Porter Baker, of E. Ab'n,,
•and has Abby E., Susan A., and Andrew H.
11. Gridley, s. EHab 5, m, Rebecca Keen, of Pemb,, July
11, 1820, and lives on Pleasant st, ch,': 1, Betsey, Nov. 23,
1820, m, Nathan S, Jenkins, E, Ab'n,, and 'has Albina^ and Jo
seph H. 2, Ruth M,, Aug, 25, 1822, m, Jos. Hobart, N. ^Ab'n. ;
he is d. 3. Han'h. M,, Dec, 15, 1824, m, Chas. Dunham, E.
Ab'n., and d. leaving a da- Ellen. 4. Wm., Dec. 19, 1826, m.

STUDLEY. 397

Sophia J., da. Enos Curtis, and Hves In E, Ab'n. 6. Gridley,
Mar. 19, 1829. 6. Judson, June 3, 1831. 7. Lucy J,, Nov,
4, 1838. 8. Rebecca A., May 6, 1836. 9. Mary K,,' Mar,
12, 1889. SECOND BBANCH.
n. 'V<^'Mtf"'2^,-i2^]^j^ (Benoni), of Sandwich, Mass., was In
^-^U Q/ that part of Scit, , now Hanover, and his
house, which was built in 1702, is the oldest now standing In the
town, on Hanover st. He m, Abig,, da, Jno. Stetson, of Scit.,
Dec. 22, 1701, and d. suddenly, Nov, 14, 1746, and his wid,,
Feb, 1, 1758-9, ae, 82. He left only a verbal wiU, drawn up,
at his request, by Rev. M'r. Bass,, and the same Is now in the
hands of some of his desc'ts. ch. : 1. Abig;, Aug, 13, 1702, m.
Joseph House, Dec 14, 1732. 2. Jne, Feb, 25, 1704. 3.
Josh., Aug. 1707. 4. Gideon, May 6, 1710, d, Aug, 3, 1734.
6. Sarah, Mar. 31, 1716. 6., Benoni, July 16, 1720, m,, and
had in H. a son Benoni, bap. May 10, 1741, and it is said that
the fa. moved to Rehoboth.
2. Jne, s. Benoni IL, m. EHzab. Doten, of Plym'h., who d.
in H., Oct. 11, 1774, and be Sep. 28, 1787. Lived for a time
in the Judge Cushing house, at the Comers, and finally built the
house where his grandson Jabez now Hves. ch. : 1. Sarah, July
2, 1731, m. Thos. Barstow. 2. EHzab., Oct. 30, 1734, m. Elisha
Curtis, Jan. 15, 1760. 3. Gideon, Mar. 13, 1736, d, Aug, 5,
1787. 4. Jabez, bap. Aug. 17, 1738. 5. Rebecca, May 19,
1744, prob. d unm.
3. Josh., s. Benoni II. , m, Lydia Pratt, of Pemb,, Mar, 6,
1735, who d. July 9, 1769, and he July 16, 1760. Another
rec says she d. June 27, and he, July 9, 1769. ch. : 1, Gid
eon, May 15, 1738. 2. Lydia, Jan. 16, d. May 6, 1740. 3,
Abig., bap. June 28, 1741, m. Danl. Crooker; Feb. 16, 1766,
and d. in Sep. 1779. 4. Joshua, Sep. 26, 1742. 5. Joanna,
Jan. 13, 1744, d. Ap. 16, 1779. 6. Ann, May 11, 1746, d.
May 15, 1760.- 7. Lydia, May 8, 1748, d. Sep, 27, 1826 ?
8. Jne, July 22, 1750, d. Jan. 17, 1761. 9. Rebecca, Mar. 8,
1752, d. May 16, 1764,
Note. It is said there were twins in this fam., who d. young.

398

STUDLEY.

,. /Uci i^^ LtMra!* r?™S;
f/ ^ 1790, and he Feb. 14, 1825,.
ae. 86, Lived on Wash'n. st., where his son Jabez now lives
,and was a soldier In the Rev'n, ch. : 1, Rebecca, bap, Jan. 2,
1774, m, I^uther Sprague, Mfd. 2. .Jabez, bap. Sep. 22, 1776,
.m. Chloe M.. Clark, Feb. 28, 1800, lives. on his father's place, and
has, 1. Hmturah, Man 20, 1801, m. Rob't. Curtis, .Ap. 16, 1826.
2, Eliz.a, July 10, 1808, m, Steph. Josselyn, Nov. 16, 1834.
3, Jno., July 50, 1805, m, Eliza A. Herrick, iChas'n., is a ship
wright, and has Jno., m. Mary F, Hammond, and lives In Chas'n, ;
.Jas, W. ; Edwin; Georglana; andOhas, 4. (reor^e, Aug. 25,
1807, carpenter, m^ Judith Curtis, .Jan. 30, 1834, and Hves near
his father ; no ch, ,5.. Horace, Jan. 6, 1810, m. Marcia Rose,
Jan. 15, 1884, lives- on Spring* st, and has^ Horace C, Nov.
1834 ; Gee, Oct., 18., 1836 ; Marg't. S., Nov. 80, 1838.; TImo.
R,, July 9, 1841 ; and Rebecca, Aug, 22, 1845. 6. Hiram,^
Ap. 28, 1812, m, 1, Sarah A. Brett, of Bridg'r., Mar. 27, 1836;
and 2, Esther HoUis, May 4, 1845 ; Hves on Cross st. ; is a car
penter ; and has Abby A,; Mary R., b. 1844, d, 1845; and
Hiram A., b, 1848, d, 1849, 7. RcAert C, Oct. 31, 1816, d.
Jan. 19, 1817. 8. Robert H, Dec. 8, 1818, m. Lucy J., da.
Josi.. Boimey, and lives with his fa. ; no ch.
5- Gideon, s. Josh, 3, m, Rosamond Church, Jan, 4, 1762,
and d, Aug. 14, 1816, ae, 78, and his wid. Jan, 3, 1832, ae, 92.
It Is sajd that he was out In the Fr, War, In 1756, and we have
seen ,old certificates of service, signed by Lieut. Jno. BaUey, and
dated 1756, and '58. ch. : 1, Anna, Dec 27., 1762, m. Homer
Whiting, May 8, 1785. 2. Sarah, July 9, 1766, d. June 26,
1847. 3.. Rosamond, June 9, 1768, m.. Zati;u Cushing, Ab'n.,
July 12, 1790.. 4. Rebecca, Feb, 16, 1770, m. Benj. Tolman,
Mfd.., Feb. 11, 1800. 6. Lucy, Oct. 12, 1773, living, unm., in
H. 6. Gideon, July 19,1776. 7. Abig., Oct. 19, 1778, m.
David Pool, Ab'n., Sep. 16, 1801. 8. Dr. Joshua, Sep. 16,
1784, a physician in H. for 40 yrs. ; T, C. from 1824-32 ; and
an active and useful man. He d. unm., Feb. 28, 1848.

« STURTEVANT. 399
6. Josh., s. Josh. S, moved to Sharon, Ct.,,was a carpenter
by trade, and a man of successful enterprise ; m. Ruth Allen, ?
and had 1. Polly, m. a Coleman, and had Fanny, Philena, Maria,
and Polly. 2. Amy, m. a Parsons, and had Polly, Anna, Amy,
and Caroline. 3. Joshua, m. and had a da. Maria, and a son,
who was drowned. 4. Ruby Ruth A., m. a Hatch, and had
Abig., Jru)., Lydia A., and another. 5. Gideon, m. but had no
ch. 6. Mary A., m. an Everett, and had a son Josh. She is d.
7. Lydia, m. an Everett, and had Thos., Ichabod, Ruby R. A.,
Russell, Abig., Betsey, and Caroline. 8, Ichftbod, m, and had
Josh., Gideon A., Enoch, and Calvin. 9. AbigaU ? not m.
Note, The above is from papers left by Dr, Studley,
7. Gideon, s. Gideon 5, m. Sarah, da. Jno. and Grace Butler,
of Oakham, Ma^., Dec. 17, 1809, lived on Main, near Grove st.,
where his w. d. July 9,. 1838, and he Jan. 10, 1850. ch. : 1.
Ann, July 28, 1 810, a school teacher for sev. yrs., m. Caleb Whi-
tuig. May 11, 1852. 2. Gideon, Oct. 19, 1811, a carpenter in
Ab'n, ¦; m. PriscUla B. Shaw, and has Grideon, d. ; Jas. B. ; Sa
rah A.; AnnaH.; Alice; and GHdeon. 3. Jno. B., June 27,
1813, living in H., not m. 4. Jas., Mar. 9, 1816, merchant, in
MobUe, Ala. 5. Josh., Dec. 5, 1817, Hving m H., imm. 6.
Sarah B.j Dec. 23, 1819. 7. Geo., Nov. 11, 1822, m. Sarah,
da. Croel Bonney, H'n., Nov% 28, 1860, and ia a shoe m'fr, in
E. Ab'n.
STURTEVANT, Rufus M., s. Geo. of Pemb., b. Feb. 17, 1830,,
m. Rebecca A. Woodman, Mar. 1, 1852, Hves on Centre st., with
Seth Harding, and is a shoemaker. No ch.

400

SYLVESTER.

SYLVESTER FAMILY.
Arms: Ar. an oak tree, eradicated,
vert.
Crest: A Hon's head, erased, vert.

SYLVESTER, SILVESTER. This name appears to be of
French origin, and In the French language, sylvestre signifies a tree,
whence the coat of arms represents an oak tree In the shield, being
a parlant, or speaking coat, descriptive of the name. We find
the family sett, in Eng. not long after the Conquest, and the an
cestor probably went over in the army of WUHam, in 1069. Ste
phen Silvestre, is named by Fuller, among the gentry of Norfolk.'
Gabriel Sylvester, D.D,, was Prebend of Weeford, Litchf d,, in
1606 f and in 1538, Robert, was Archd'n, of Langtoft, York;'
Preb, of York, 1541 ;* and Archd'n. of Nottingham, 1549.^ The
famUy Is highly respectable in the old country, and is numerously
represented In the U. States.
The first of the name In N. Eng., was Richard, who was of
Wey'h., 1683, and of Scit., 1642, and sett, on the "Two Miles."
The year In which he came over, and the name of the vessel in
which he embarked, we have not been able to learn. Settlements
were made at Wey'h., m 1619, 1624, and 1625. He prob.
came In the company with Rev. Robert Lenthal, mmister of
Wey'h,, and the cau^e of his coming to Scit,, was on acc't, of
difficulties, arising from his religious opinions," He m, Naomi

1 Worthiesof Eng'd., vol. 2, p. 472. " Willis' Cathedrals, p. 471, ^ Ibid.,
_ 149, " Ibid., p. 180. 6 Ibid, p. 106, « Mather's Magnalia, vol. 1, p. 222.

SYLVESTER. 401
Torrey, ab. 1632, and d. m Scit. in 1663, ch, : 1. Lydia, 1683,
m, Nath'l, RawHns, Sep. 4, 1662, 2, Jno,, 1634, m., and had
Sarah, 1671 ; John., 1672 ; Joseph, 1674, who was of Marsh
field, and left ch, ; Samuel, 1676, also of Marshfield ; m., and
left ch. ; Lydia, 1679. 8. Peter, 1637, d, 1642, being acci
dentally shot, on the Sabbath, by the discharge of a gun in his
father's house. (See Wmthrop's Journal, and Deane's Scit.)
4, Joseph, 1638. 5. Dinah, 1642, prob, d, unm, 6. EHzab ,
1648, m. Jno. LoweU, Jan. 24, 1658, and d. soon after. 7.
Richard, 1648, was of MUton, 1678, m. Hannah, da. " Old Jas.
Leonard, of Taunton," and was prob, ancestor of the Sylvesters
of NorfoUc Co. 8. Naomi, 1649, m. Jno. LoweU, 1666. 9. Is
rael, 1651, had a house on the margin of the 2d Herring Brook,
1670, m., and had I^ael, Sep. 28, 1675, who left desc'ts. ; Si
lence, 1677 ; Richard, 1679, m. and left desc'ts, ; Lois, 1680 ;
MaHha, 1682 ; Mary, 1683 ; Elisha, 1685 ; Peter, 1687, m,
and left desc'ts,, who are In Leicester, Mass,, and In N, Hamp
shire ; Zebulon, 1689, m. and left desc'ts, ; Barshua, 1692 ; and
Debo., 1696. 10. Hester, 1658, prob. d. unm, 11. Benj., 1656,
m. Lydia Standlake, 1684, and has desc'ts, in Mfd,
2. Capt. Joseph, s. RIch'd., Hved where Sam'l. Waterman's
house stands, in So. Scit., near Church HUl, and improved the
farm wh. he purchased of Jno. Whiston, 1664. We have given
some sketch of his Hfe on p. 22. As a reward forhls services In
the Indian wars, a grant of land was made to him and his com
pany, by the Gen'l. Court, which was designed to ' have been in
Maine, but which, when the Hne was run between the Provinces,
proved to be in N. Hampshire; and on a repres'n. of these facts
by Chas. Tumer, and others, agents for the claimants. In 1765,
a new grant was made in Me., on condition that 30 families and
a minister should be sett,, and a meeting-house built, within six
y'rs, ; and this is now known as the town of Turner, Me,' His
ch., by w. Mary, were, 1, Joseph, Nov, 11, 1664, 2, Mary,
Dec, 24, 1666, m, Benj. Curtis, 1689, 3. Naomi, Mar. 5, 1668.
4. Anna, May 5, 1669. 5. Benj., Dec. ll, 1680. 6. David,
Ap. 20, 1683. 7. Amos, Nov. 15, 1685.
1 Williamson's Hist, Me., vol. 2, p. 528-9.

402 SYiLVESTEH.
3, Benj., s. Capt. Joseph 2, m. Jerusha Wheaton, Nov. 16,
1710, and had, 1. Benj., Nov. 15, 1711. 2. Ruth, bap. May 8,
1720. 3. Jas,, bap, June 27,1722, was m,, and prob. lived on
Wash'n,, near East st., where remains, of an old cellar are yet vis
ible, and where his wid. Sally, resided some time after his decease.
4. Jacob, bap. Oct. 4, 1724, m. Mary Bates, Nov, 5, 1758, and
d, July 26, 1806, and his wid. Dec 24, 1811, ae. 86. No ch.
4. Amos, s. Capt. Joseph 2, m. Elizab, Henchman, Nov. 20,
1706, who d. Feb, 11, 1762, ae. 77, and he Oct, 23, 1763, His
house stood on Wash'n, st., near where that of Rob't, Sylvester
now stands, and was for many years a Tavem stand, kept by his
widow after his decease. He was Selectman m 1748, and a black
smith by trade, his shop standing near the house. When the old
mansion was torn down, two chairs were preserved, one of wh. is in
the possession of Rob't, and the other of Michael Sylvester, ch. :
1. Amos, Sep. 14, 1707. 2. Wm,, Feb. 22, 1709. 8. Joseph, Jan.
9, 1711. 4, Henchman, Dec, 20, 1718, m, Sarah Stockbridge,,
Feb. 29, 1748, had no ch,, d. Ap. 23, 1768, and his wid. m. Wm.
Norton, bef. 1761. His house stood oppo. his father's, and is now
occupied by B. F. Burgess. 5. Michael, Oct. 27, 1714 ? 7.
Nath'l., Ap. 29, 1718. 8, CaleblT)ec. 14, 1719, m. Desire Stet
son, Nov, 1, 1760, lived on what is now Main st., whence he mov
ed to Townsend, Mass. His ch. were, Desire, 1752, d. 1754 ;
Caleb, 1764, m. Abig., da. Dr. Jos. Jacobs, and moved to Me. ;
Desire, 1765; Henchman, 1758, a soldier In the Rev'n ; LUlis T.
and Grace, 1763 ; Joseph, 1764, 9. Edmund, June 20, 1721.
10. Mary, Oct. 19, 1723, d. Aug, 28, 1724. 11. Thos,, Oct.
19, 1723, m, Sarah, da. Matt. Estes, who d. June 20, 1794,
and he Oct. 1, 1760, leaving one son. Matt., bap, Sep. 19, 1760,
who m. a Josselyn, and d. In Pemb., leavmg one da. Marg't,, who
m, Isaac Magoun, Pemb, The father's house stood where, now
stands that of l)r. Garratt. 12. EHzab., July 15, 1725,
5. Benj., s. Benj. 3, m. Abig. Buck, July 27, 1737, and d.
Jan. 24, and his wid., July 29, 1796. Lived back of where Jno.
Sylvester now resides, on a road long, since discontinued, ch. :
1, Jerusha, Ap, 8, 1788, d, young, 2. Benj., Aug. 21, 1739,
moved off, 3. Abig., bap. Ap. 8, 1742, m. 1, Abner House,

SYLVESTER. ¦ 403
1768, and 2, an Alvord. 4. Sarah, bap. Dec. 18, 1743, m. Wm.
Norton, Ab'n., 1759. 5. Jerusha, bap. Mar. 31, 1745, d. June
24, 1769. 6. Isaac, bap. Mar, 29, 1747. 7. Mary, bap. July
17, 1748, m. a Howland, Kgs'n. 8, Lydia, bap. Aug. 26, 1760,
m, Jno. Oldham, Pemb. 9. Debe, bap. Dec, 31, 175i, m, Paul
Webb, Scit,, 1787, 10, Obadl., 1765, moved to Ohio, m,, and
it is said had 12. ch., who are In 0. 11. Joel, bap. Aug, 14,
1757. 12. Cornelius, m. a Sprague, moved to N. Y'k. State,
and had ch.
s. Amos 4, m. Patience Palmer, February 7, 1732, and had,
1. Amos, 1734, m. Desu'C Rose, Jan. 19, 1757, and had Amos,
1758; Thomas., 1760; Jacob, 1762, d. 1766; John, 1765;
Desire R., 1767 ; and Hannah, 1769. 2. Xbner, Ap. 23, 1788,
m. Susanna Stetson, Dec. 3, 1761, and prob. moved off. 8. Job>
1742, m. and had Job, m. Lydia Philips, 1790 ; Roland, of Dur
ham, Me. ; and Joseph, m. Ruth Estes, and is of Durham, Me.
./^ ^ . %. Amos 4, appears to
'^- JUt'DO 1 ^f/? /f'^haye been a man of
t/ffUZ^JX^^^ <<4/z^l4f^Vsome note in his day,
as we often find his name attached to deeds, and other instru^
ments. By w. Mary, he had, 1. Wm., 1737. 2. Chas., 1739.
3. Mary, July 30, 1741. 4. Elijah, July 13, 1744. 5. Isaac
June 27, 1746. 6. Hannah, Nov. 11, 1748. 7. DebC, 1751.
After this date, the family disappears, and we find no further
record of it. '^ y Captain Thos,
Bardin, Nov. 12, 1741, who d. Oct. 29, 1765 ; and 2, Ruth Tur
ner, Jan. 17, 1760 ; and d. Nov. 12, 1798, ac 84, and his wid.,
Oct. 31, 1806, ae. 70. Lived on his father's place, ch. : 1.
Bardin, d, Feb, 15, 1746. 2. Mary, bap. Mar. 12, 1745, d.
Mar, 18, 1746.. 3. Michal, bap. Nov. 9, 1756, m. Comel. Tur
ner, Dec. 8, 1768, and moved to Me. 4. Bardin, bap; Nov. 9»

404 SYLVESTER.
1755. 5. Michael, bap. Nov. 9, 1755. 6. Mary, bap. Nov, 9,
1755, m, Chas, Tolman, May 19, 1774. (By 2a,) 7. Bath
shua, bap, Feb, 18, 1761, d, June 4, 1768. 8. Robt,, bap,
Oct, 19, 1766, d, June 4, 1768, 9. Luclnda, bap. Ap. 10,
1768, m, Benj, Bass, Dec, 4, 1794, , 10, Juliette, bap. Ap. 8,
1770, d. unm,, Dec, 27, 1842, 11. Robert, bap. Aug. 9, 1772.
l/^j. P /> ^^ 8. Amos 4, known as
O^ cL^yL,.i.^/J'^lJ^^.U/ ^^ " BuUder Sylvester,"
^ a shipwright by trade,
lived where Rufus Farnum now resides, m. 1, Sage, da. Capt.
Thos. Bardm, Jan. 26, 1743, and 2d, Sarah Bates, who d. July
8, 1775, and he, Feb. 21, 1781. He was" Selectman from 1765
-67, and from 1772-74. ch,: 1, Nath'.l., m- Sarah, da, Galen
Clapp, was a shipbuilder ; Selectman from 1794-96 ; and moved
to Winchendon, Mass. His ch. were, Polly, JJucy, Joanna, Pa
tience, Ruth, and Bardin. 2. Lydia, m. Thos. Barstow. 3. Sa
rah, m, a HIU, and d. Mar, 18, 1818 ? 4, Elijah, Nov, 24,
1767, 6, Sage, m. Prince Stetson,
10, Edmund, s, Amos 4, m, Elizab,, da. Rev. Benj, Bass,
Jan, 30, 1762, and d, Sep, 20, 1783, ae,'51, and his wid. Sep.
18, 1784, ae, 50, Lived for a time on Elm st,, where Josh, Stet
son resides, and afterwards in the house of his brother Hench
man, ch, : 1, Edmund, 1753, d, June 16, 1757. 2." EHzab,,
1755, d, March 10, 1840, 3, Olive, 1767, d, Dec, 16,' 1782,
4. Molly G., 1758, d. June 12, 1784. 5. Bethlah, 1760, d.
Jan. 12," 1792. 6. Edmund, 1763, d, unm, in Mar. t829, 7.
1766, a cabinet-maker
by trade, and d. unm.
May 11, 1849. 8.
Christopher.,, 1768, ¦ d.
Nov. 13, 1789. 9. Lucy, 1771, d. Feb. 3, 1778. 10. Lucy,
1773, d. Oct. 9, 1786. No desc'ts. are left of this family, and
the property passed Into the hands of the desc'ts. of Michael.
11 ^./r^ \/11^*-<f^^2^s. Benj, 6, m, Sarah Damon,
V"^ ^ who d, Sep, 10, 1820, and
^ he in 1836., Lived In his
father's house for a time, and finally buUt on Broadway, where

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his son Jno. now resides. A view of his house Is here presented.
ch. : 1. Benj., Aug, 19, 1789, a mariner ; not m, 2, Joseph,
Jan, 27, 1792, m. 1, Elizab, B, SUvester, and 2, Hannah M,
Stetson ; Hves on Broadway, Is a mfr, of soap, and has Joseph
B., m. Lucy W„ da. Wm, Church, Feb, 8, 1847, is an anchor-
smith, and Hves on Broadway. 3, Sarah, June 11, 1794, m.
Turner Stetson, Mar. 8, 1822, and is m Mich'n. 4. Isaac, bap.
Dec. 25, d, Dec 30, 1797. 6. Jne, July 8, 1798, the present
proprietor of Sylvester's Forge, «,nd junior partner of the firm of
Jno. Taggart and Co., Bos'n,, Importers and dealers in Iron and
steel ; (see p. 140,) m, Lucy J. Bonney, in Nov, 1824, lives in
the house built by his father, (see view,') and has Sarah J., Sep.
27, 1830 ; Benj. F., June 29, 1833 ; Laura A., Mar. 16, 1835 ;
Jno. E, July 24, 1889 ; Lucy A, Aug. 26, 1840 ; and Amelia
F., June 8, 1848.
12. Rob't., s. Michael 8, m. Lucy BaUey, Jan. 14, 1773, and
buUt and occupied the house in wh. Wm. Dawes resides, untU his
father's decease, and then tore down the old family homestead,
and buUt the house in wh. his son Rob't. now Hves. He d. Aug.
17, 1807, and his wid. Oct. 7, 1840. ch. : 1. Lucy B., Sep.
1, 1797, m. Wm. Church, July 29, 1821. 2. Rebecca E., Nov.
27, 1799, m. Benj. C. Pratt, Dec. 5, 1819, and d. Dec. 1, 1847.
3. Michael, May 5, 1802. 4. Robert, Oct. 19, 1806. 5. Sa^
rah E., Mar. 21, 1808, m. Sam'l. Church, Dec. 14, 1828, and
d. Dec. 28, 1850. .
13. EHjah, s. Nath'l. 9, m. 1, Elizab.. Briggs, Oct. 13, 1791,
who d. Jan. 23, 1792 ; and 2, Mary Robbins, Dec. 19, 1798 ;
and d. Dec. 28, 1828, and his wid. June 26, 1829. He was a
shipwright by trade, and owned a farm in H., which was con
ducted with neatness and skUl. ch. : 1. Elijah, Nov. 22, 1794,
m. Lucy Taylor, June 25, 1823, Hved on Broadway, and d. In
June, 1862, leavuig ch., Mary T., Aug. 13, 1824, m. Lebbeus
Stockbridge, jr., June 24, 1849 ; Elijah W-, Aug. 15, 1828, m.
Christiana M. Bonney, Nov. 27, 1851 ; Lucy P., Feb. 26, 1831,
d. Oct. 14, 1833 ; Elizab. B., Dec. 28, 1886 ; and Geo. F.,
Oct. 24, 1889. 2, Elizab, B,, May 2, 1798, m, Joseph Sylves
ter, Nov. 26, 1818, and d. July 16, 1840.

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SYLVESTER.

14. Michael, s, Rob't. 12, m, 1, Martha Reed, of Ab'n,, Dec
3, 1824, who d. Jan. 18, 1831 ; and 2, Sarah, da. Lem'l. Cur
tis, May 29, 1833, and lives on Wash'n. st., near his bro, Rob
ert. A view of his residence is annexed, ch. : 1. Michael R.,
June 24, 1825, m. Emily S. Spear, of Bos'n., July 8, 1849, who
d, Sep, 21, 1851, and an Inf, with- her, 2, Edmund Q,, Ap, 29,
1827, Not m,, — the present owner of the David Stockbridge
estate (By 2d,) 3, Martha R., Dec 20, 1839. 4. Lem'l. C,
May 14, 1842. 6. Lydia, Jmte 12, 1845.

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KESIDENCE OF MICHAEL SYLVESTEK.

15. Robert, s. Rob't. 12, m. Sarah, da. Loammi Burgess,
of Harvard,, Mass., Nov. 28, 1828, and Hves on Wash'n. st,. In
the house built by his father, a view of which is annexed, ch. :
1. Loammi B,, Mar, 18, 1882, 2, Susanna F,, Ap, 5, 1834.
3. Belcher, May 26, 1837, d, July 21, 1838. 4. Elizab, B.,
July 5, 1889. 5. Sarah B., Sep. 1, 1843. 6. Juletta, Ap. 14
1845. 7. Robert, June 20, 1847.

SYLVESTER.

407

KESIDENCE OF MK, KOBEKT SYLVESTEH,
16. Jona., of Mfd., a desc't. of RIch'd. of Scit., was m. and
had, 1. .Jona., m. 1, Rebecca Laphan, and 2, Ruth Jones, and
had Tabitha; Imiher, 1802; Rebecca, 1^0^, d. young.?; Ra
chel 0., 1812. 2. Jas. 8. Deborah. 4. MoUy. 5. Tabitha.
6. Eben'r., of Me. TT Lydia, m. a HaU.-
17. Jas., s. Jona, 16, m, Sarah Osborn, and was drowned In
crossing N. River bar, with two others, Andre^f Keen andPeter
Rogers, in retuming from a fishing voyage. The bodies were
found, and int. in Mfd. His wid. m. 2, Joseph D. RamsdeU,
and 3, Thos. Peny, and d. Aug. 20, 1847, ae. 84. ch. : 1. An
thony, Oct. 27, 1T87. 2. Joseph, Oct. 27, 1788, m. wid. EHzab.
T- Pratt, Ap. 2, 1815, Hves at the corner of East st., and has
one son, Wm. T., Feb. 19, 1816, Hves in So, Scit, m. Betsey
'Kendar, and has Wm. K. 3. Thos, 0,, m, Lucy Walker, of
Mfd,, Is a blacksmith by trade, lives in Quincy, and has Roxana,
m. Hatch Carver, Mfd. ; Debo., m. Geo, Hunt, baker, of H'm. ;
Mary; Sarah; and Marcia. 4. James, m. Betsey Young, and
d. leaving ch. : Jas., Jno., Francis, and Elizabeth. 5. Wm.,
d. ae. 19.
18. Anthony, s. Jas. 17, m. Nancy Taylor, Jan. 1812, Hved
on Broadway, and. d. in 1852, ae. 64. ch. : 1. Sarah, Feb. 1,

408 ¦ TAYLOR — THAYER — THOMAS.
1813, m. Otis Sampson^ Nov. 4,1833. 2, Robert.,, Oct. 17,
1814, a shipwright by trade, m, 1, Hannah Sturgis, Sep. 11,
1836, and 2, Martha A, Coates, In 1852, Hves in his father's
house, and has Geo. W, 1837, and Helen M, 1839, 8, Almira,
J,, Sep, 26, 1816, m, Jno, C, Damon, of Quincy, May 1, 1836,
4, Mary, July 1, 1818, m. Thos. 0, Bates, jr., Dec, 11, 1836.
6. Horace, Sep. 16, 1820, m. Mary P. Holmes, Ap. 30, 1846,
and Is a mariner. 6. Jas., Dec. 27, 1822, in S. America. 7.
Lydia A., Mar. 27, 1825, m. Austin Damon, July 11, 1841,
who resides at the Comers, and is a blacksmith, with Mi:. War
ren Wright, 8. Nancy, June 18, 1827, m. Jno. Tower, Ap, 26,
1846, 9, Elizab, T,, May 29, 1880, m, Thos, T, Lathrop, Jan.
31, 1847, and Hves in Va, 10. .Helen M., July 29, 1836, d.
Feb. 9, 1837.
TAYLOR, Edwin P., s, Wm,, of Pemb,, b, June, 1826, a
young man of fine promise, resides In H., and works at Mr. S.
Josselyn's shoe mfy. Not m.
THAYER, Eben'r., s. Barnabas, of Wey'h,, and a desc't. of
Richard, of Bos'n., 1640, and aft. of Braintree, m. Mary J., da.
Shuble Munroe, Ap. 8', 1819, and Hves on Centre st., near the
site of the old Robert Stetson house. A shoemaker, ch. : 1.
Martin C, Dec: ti5, 1823. 2, Cha's, E,, July 26, 1826, m.
Mary D., da, SUas HoUis, Aug, 13, 1848, lives oppo. his fa,, in
the house built for him In 1861-2, and has Cha's. W., Feb. 9,
1849 ; and Mary A., Mar. 5, 1861.
THOMAS, Charles, of Georgetown, Mass., m. 1, Martha
McFadden, and 2, Sarah B. Damon, Uved on Main st., and d.
Nov. 7, 1847, ae. 66, ch, : 1, Jas,, is m,, and Hves in Me.
2, Jne, d. at sea. 3, Mary, m. Isaac Packard. 4. Nancy, m.
Sidney Everson, Kgs'n. He Is d. 5. Cha's,, Nov, 1821, m.
Mary Vining, lives on Main st., and has Alonzo, Nov. 1860.
6, David, m, Maria F, Eames, Mfd,, Hves in E, Ab'n,, and has
Izora F, 1850, (By 2d,) 7. Joseph. 8. Levi. 9. Martha.
10. Alpheus. 11. Ira, May, 1839. 12, Sarah, Mar, 16, 1842.

THOMPSON— TILDEN* 409
THOMPSON, Wm, E., s. Andrew, (and a desc't. of Jnc, of
Wales, who landed at Ply'h., 1622,) m, EHza N, Gardner, Ap.
1841, hves on Whiting st., and has, 1. Mary E. , Mar. 4, 1842,
2. Wm. F,, Jan. IC, 1846, 3, Rufus D., Dec, 19, 1848, 4.
Jas, F., Oct. 16, 1851.
2. Lyman, s. Francis, of Nelson, N. H., b. May 2, 1817, m,
Barshaway, da. Luther Curtis, Jan, 1, 1853, and lives on SUver
st,, near his wife's mother.
3. Francis, bro. Lyman, b. June 28, 1823, m. Dorilsca Vini-
ca, of Midd'e, Jan. 1, 1843, Hves in the house built by his bre,
on SUver street, and has, 1, DorHsca A, 2. Elizab. R. 8.
Francis G. 4. Eliza V. —^ /^ Lieut. Job, a desc't.
//J\J~f'^^^ of Elder Nathl., of
'^^^^'^^^^^^^Scltuate, m. EHzab.
Vmal, and Hved on Winter st., where, for many years, he kept a
tavern. His bro. Jne, had previously occupied the same house,
— ^part of which is stiU standing, — ^but on the marriage of Job,
who had been fitted for CoU., and who m. against the wishes of
his parents, at the early age of 17, he was sent to H., and Jno.
retumed to Scit. Job was a Lieut, in the Rev'n., and was a man
of active habits, and good education. He d, Jan, 22, 1809, ae,
88, and his w. Mar. 2, 1799, ch,: 1, Sarah, 1746, d. .1761.
2. Betty, 1748, m. Dan'l. Barstow, July 4, 1771. 3. Nath'l.^
1750, d. 1821. 4. Sarah, 1758, d. 1808. 5. Job, 1757.
2. Job, s. Job, m. Lydia Jackson, Scit., lived in his father's
house, and there d. Sep. 27, 1820, and his wid., Aug. 23, 1848,
ae, 88. He was out in the Rev'n,, and his wid, drew a pension
in her latter years, ch.: 1. Betty, 1786, m, John Gardner,
Bridg'r,, July 27, 1806, 2, Job, 1789, d, 1806. 3. Lydia, m.
Enos Bates, and d. in 1852. 4, Polly, July 3, 1791, m. Jne.
Tribou, Oct. 18, 1810. 5. Debe, Sep, 29, 1793, m. Elias Bar
reU, Bridg'r,, Nov. 21, 1813, and has a da. Debo.Xvi\ng In H,.
6. Sally, July 9, 1797, Hving unm. on her father's plaee.. There.
was another son, Joseph, drowned at the age of 25..
26

410 TORREY — TOWER— TRIBOU.
TORREY, a name once common in H., but now extinct in the
male line. The families sett, mostly on Winter st. Benj. D., s,
Caleb, of Midd'e, b, November 16, 1796, m, Lovisa, da,, Adam
Perry, Mar, 80, 1818, was a watchmaker by trade, and lived on
Circuit st,, in the house built by himself, where he d, July 18,
1843, ae, 47, His wid, survives, ch, : 1, Lovisa P,, May 25,
1818, m, Martm White, Mfd, 2, Janet, Ap. 10, 1823, m. Wm.
F, Tribou, of H. 3, Eliza M., AprU 16, 1825, m. Cyrus A.
WiUIs, 4. Martm S,, May 26, 1827, m, CaroHne F, Soule, May
8, 1846, had Caro. S., Mar, 22, 1847, and d. Mar, 24, 1848,
and his wid, m, Spencer Binney, 6, Charlotte B., Oct, 3, 1827,
m. W, G, Perry. 6. Marietta, Aug. 4, 1831, m. Warren Estes,
1852. 7. Sarah J,, Dec, 14,1883, m. Sylvanus Whiting, jr.,
1852i 8. Wm. D,, 1835. 9, Leander, Mar. 31, 1888.
TOWER, David, b. July 1786, s, Jas,, (and a desc't, of Jno.,
of H'm,, who m, Marg't. Ibrook, 1639,) m. Patience Palmer, Aug,"
1811, Hves on Spring st.. Is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Patience,
1812, d, 1817. 2, Jane, 1818, m, Jno, S. Tower, and d, Aug,
22, 1849. 8, Jne, July 1817, d. young. 4. David, Ap. 3,
1818, 5. Patience, June 29, 1821, m, Henry S, Hollis, Wey'h.
6. Jnc, July 14, 1824, m, Nancy Sylvester, lives on Broadway,
and has Horace S., May 11, 1847 ; and Jno. F., Nov. 15, 1849,
Lost 2. ch., d. young. 7. Reuben, Ap, 17, 1828, of H'n. 8.
JVIahala, June 29, 1881, m, Francis Cobbin, Nov, 23, 1861, and
lives In H, ^  ' b, Feb. 26, 1788, s. Wm.,
^^^ ,y^^c^^^ ^°*^ s"- '• ^^^'•' °^ ^'^°"''
y/^ • ^lio sett, in Bridg'r., in
^ 1745, m. Mary, da. Job
TUden, and lived at the corner of Centre street, and Broadway,
where he d. Oct. 17, 1848. His wid. survives, ch. : 1. Mary
A., Nov. 16, 1811, m. Sam'l, S, Turner, Oct, 28, 1832, 2.
Jno. T., Feb. 8, 1814, m. Melissa B., da. Capt. Thos. M. Bates,
Oct. 16, 1835, Hves at the corner of Winter and Circuit sts., is a
shoemaker, and has, Andrew T., Sep, 27, 1887 ; Mary J"., Mar.
28, 1839; Ann A, Oct. 24, 1844 ; and Maria jSJ., Mayl2,

TUBES- TtRNER, 411
1847. 3. Levi W., Mar. 22, 1816, m. Lucinda White, Dec.
1840, lives with his me, and has Corrissand W., Oct. 1841. 4.
Wm. F,, July 27, 1819, m. Jennet Torrey, Feb. 2, 1840; lives
on Summer st.. Is a shoemaker, and has Ellen M., Oct, 1842 ;
Wm. E., Nov. 16, 1846 ; Walter S., July 29, 1848, d. Ap. 4,
1850 ; Mary H, May 19, 1850, d. May 31, 1851 ; and Laura
J, Mar. 30, 1852. 6. Walter S., Jan. 8, 1822, went to sea,
and is prob. d. 6. Emeline H., May 2, 1824, m. Seth Pratt,
H'n. 7. Sarah J., June 7, 1827, m. Rufus T. Estes, of E. Ab'n.,
and d. Dec. 28, 1860. 8. Cynthia J, Sep. 21, 1829, m. Seth
W. Harding, and lives in H.
TUBES, Joseph, b. Ap. 14, 1770, s. Joseph, of Pemb., (and a
desc't. of Wm., of Duxbury, 1687,) m. Lucy Stetson, Oct. 13,
1797, and Hves on Winter st., in the old Torrey house, ch. : 1.
Eunice W., Feb. 8, 1798. 2. Mary B., October. 22, 1800. 8.
Harriet, Oct. 21, 1802, m. t!orneHus White. 4. Lucy, Dec. 24,
1804, m. Seth RandaU, Dux'y, 6. Temperance, Feb. 20, 1807,
m. Paul Bates. 6, Joseph, May 9, 1809, living iinm,, with his
&. 7. Betsey C, July 1, 1811, m. Prescott Lathrop, E, Wey'h,,
and is d.
TURNER, an ancient family, of Norman French origin, which
appears in Eng'd. as early as 1067, the date of the Norman Con
quest, when " Le sire de Toumeur," accompanied King Wm. in
his expedition. (N. E. Gen. Reg,, vol. 2, p, 33,) There are
various coats of arms, belonging to different branches, In most of
which, the mill^nd, so called, is a distinguishing feajture. Burke
gives the names of 35 families, to whom coats of arms have been
granted, -and these have produced many eminent men, distinguish
ed in historical, and literary annals. Several famihes appear
early in N. Eng'd., among whom are, Humphrey, of Scit., the
" taimer," who arrived with his family in Plym'h., In 1628, had a
house lot assigned him in 1629, and erected a house, in which he
prob. Hved in 1633. (Deane.) He is the ancestor of most of
the Tumors in Plym.'h. Co., though there have been some in H.
descended from Thos., of H'm,, 1637, whose son Thos, was In

412 TURNER.
Scit,, 1680. As several sketches of the Tumer family have al
ready been published to the world, and the number who have sett.
in H, Is comparatively small, we do not deem it necessary to enter
at large into its history here, and shall confine ourselves, there^
fore, principally to those that have sett, in H. We need only
say, by way of introduction, that Humphrey, of Scit., had Jnc,
who was fa, of Amos, and Jona. ; and Amos was fa. of Ezekiel, of
H,, and Jona. was fa. of Isaac, and he, of Wait and Jona., of H.
Daniel, another son of Humphrey, had Amasa, and Abner;
and Amasa was fa. of Amasa and EHab, of H., and Abner was
fa. of Abner, of H. Thos., of H'm., had Thos , of Scit;, and
he was fa. of Caleb, and he, of Caleb and Mariboro, of H. The
descendants of these famUies are given in the following sketch :
2. Ezek'l., s. Amos, and gr. gr. s. I. Humphrey, m. 1, Bath
sheba Stockbridge, who d. July 14, 1731 ; and 2, Ruth Randall,
June 17, 1736 ; and d. Aug: 10, 1773, and his wid. May 26.
1806, ae. 86. He was Selectman from 1742-55, from 1762-67,
and for 1772 ; and Rep. in 1761, and '67. ch. : 1. Mary, June
4, 1729, m. Wm. Torrey. 2. Debe, June 24, 1731, m. Free
dom Chamberlain. 8. Ruth, Ap. 12, 1787, m. Michael Sylves
ter, Jan. 17, 1760. 4. Bathsheba, Ap. 9, 1789, m. Jno. Hatch,
1760. 5. Ezekiel, July 18, d. Oct. 18,1740. 6. Amos, July
16, 1741. 7. Elizab., Mar. 30, 1743, m. Thos. CoUamore, Scit.,
Jan. 23, 1766. 8. Abig., Ap. 9, 1744, m. Stephen BaUey.
3. Walt, or WaltstUl, s. Isaac, and gr. gr, gr, s, Hum
phrey, lived near where the wid, of Thos, M. Jacobs resides, in
Snappet, and m. Mary Staples, who d. July 15, 1768, and he
Oct. 25, 1816, ae, 93, ch, ; 1, Elisha, Mar, 15, 1762, prob, d,
young, 2, Mary, bap, Oct, 6-, 1764, 3, Hannah, July 23,
1765, d, young, 4, Hannah, bap, Dec, 14, 1766.
4. Jona., s. Isaac, and gr. gr. gr, s, Humphrey, m, Abig,
Stockbridge, and. It is said, Hved on Curtis, now Main st,, where
his w. d. May 13, 1756. We find no dates of birth of his ch. on
the Recs. of H., but theur names, as given in t)ie Turner Geneal
ogy, were, 1. Asa, Feb. 20, 1743, m. Abig, Mann, June 30,
1771, and moved to Me,, where he d, Aug. 25, 1821, ae, 78,
and his wid, Ap. 16, 1863, ae. 72. He has many desct's. in

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Me., residmg principally m Orland, and Norridgewock. 2. Reu
ben, a shipmaster, was m., but had no ch,, and, it is said, was
lost at sea. 3. Lydia, 4, Calvm, moved to Me., m,, and d,
there. 5. Isaac. 6. Susanna, m. a McGraw, and lived in Dur
ham, Me. 7. Persis, m. a McGraw, his 2d w. 8. Ruth, m.
Abel Curtis. 9. Luther, 1760. 10. Seth. 11. PhUip.
5. Amasa, s. Amasa, and gr. gr.s. Humphrey, m. EHzab.  ,
and was recom. to the Ch, In Lancaster, in 1748, whither ' he
moved, with his family, ch, : 1, EHzab,, June 4, 1729, 2.
Hannah, Ap. 28, 1731. 3. Ichabod, Mar. 3,1732-3. 4. Zil
pha, Dec. 80, 1734. 5. Nathl,, Jan, 31, 1736-7, 6. Lemuel,
July 10, 1738. 7. Ezra, July 22, 1740, 8. Joseph, bap. July
31, 1748. 9. Lurana, bap. Sep. 6, 1747. 10. Amasa, bap.
Sep. 6, 1749.
6, Eliab, s, Amasa, and gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Martha
Barstow, May 12, 1731, and had, 1. David, Oct. 9, 1782. 2.
A son, Feb. 3, 1735. 3. A-ch., Jan. 12, 1738. 4. A ch.. Mar.
4, 1740.
7. Abner, s. Abner, and gr. gr. s, Humphrey, m, Mary
Munroe, Oct. 18, 1740, and had, 1. Naomi, Aug. 3, d. Aug.
22, 1741. 2. Abner, Oct. 14, 1742. 3. Mary, Mar. 1, 1744,
m. Elij. Cushmg, Pemb., Jan. 18, 1768.
8. Caleb, s. Caleb, and gr. gr. s. Thomas, of H'm., m.
Ruth Barker, was a shipwright by trade, and d. Ap. .12, 1767,
and his wid. Nov. 8, 1768. ch. : 1. Luclnda, Sep. 27, 1740.
2. Cornelius, May 6, 1742, m. 1, Michal Sylvester, Dec. 8, 1768 ;
and 2d, a Soule. 3. Briggs, Feb. 9, 1744, m. Mary Gardner,
of Gardiner, Me. 4. Caleb, Aug. 8, 1746, m. Peggy McCow-
an ? of Me. 5. Ruth, Oct. 10, 1748, m. Atherton Wales, Ap.
5, 1768. 6. Alexander, Aug, 1, 1750, m. Sarah Soule, Waldo-
boro'. Me. 7. Barker, Oct. 21, 1752, d. unm. 8. Robert, Feb.
1, 1756, m. a Rhodes, of Bristol, Me.
9. Capt. Marlboro, s. Caleb, and gr. gr. s. Thos,, of H'm,,
m, 1, Mary Curi;Is, Nov. 26, 1753, who d. Oct. 3, 1776; and
2d, Abig. Curtis, Jan. 1, 1777 ; and was a Capt. in the Rev'n,,
and a valuable man in- his day, ch, : 1. Marlboro, bap, July 30,
1757, m, Debo. Stockbridge, Jan. 7, 1790. 2. Nabby, bap.

414 ,. TURNER,
July 30, 1757, m, Joseph BIckneU, jr., Ab'n,, Nov, 8, 1775, and
moved to Lunenburg. 8. Melzar, bap. Ap. 17, 1762, d. Ap. 20,
1768. 4. Joseph, bap, Sep. 1, 1765, moved to Lun'bg. 5. Ly
dia S., bap. Sep. 1, 1766. 6, Molly, Oct. 30, 1768, m. John
J:ones, Lun'bg., Feb. 9, 1792.
10. Col. Amos, s, Ezek'l. 2, m. 1, Betsey Perry, Feb. 14,
1771, who d, Dec, 80, 1816 ; and 2, Mary R, Stetson, Oct, 27,
1816, and d. Mar, 14, 1822, ae. 81, He was Selectman in
1775, and was an officer in the Rev'n. ch, : 1, Betsey, 1772,
m. Dan'l. Keen, Pemb. 2. Ruth, 1774, d. 1776, 3, Ezek'l.,
1776, m, Lydia Stetson, Feb, 28, 1799, who d, July 15, 1819,
and had Harriet, 1800, m, Jne Mann; Wm., 1801, d, 1824,
leaving one ch, ; Ezk'l., 1804, '(m. 1, PrisciUa Josselyn, 2,
Nancy Turner ? and 3, wid. Mary Bowen, and has Sarah ,R.,
1821, PrIscUla J., 1823, Cath. P., 1825, Ezek'l, T,, 1833, Ma
ria J., 1839, a ch. b, 1841, Chas. H., 1844, and Jno. A,, 1848 ;)
I/ydia S., 1807 ; and Saml. S., (a housewrlght in H., m, Mary
A, Tribou, Oct, 28, 1832, lives on Centre st,, and has Saml, N,,
Aug. 16, 1834; Gee G., Oct, 9, 1837, d, Oct, 8, 1888; Chas,
K, May 28, 1839 ; Julia A,, Oct, 25, 1842 ;• Jane G,, Sep, 22,
1844 ; and Walter, Ap. 27, 1847.) 4- Amos, m, Mary Reed,
and had Mary R, 1808 ; Alice, 1805 ; Clarissa, 1808 ; and Da
vid R., 1811, 6, Ruthj 1784, m, Saml, House, and is d, 6.
Seth, 1786, m, PrisciUa Beal, and had Seth, 1811, of Bridg'r,,
m. Debe House ; Nathan, 1814; PrisciUa P., 1817, d, 1818 ;
PrisciUa; Noah. 7. Wm,, bap, and d, 1787.
11. Isaac, s. Jona. 4, m, 1, Mary, da. Wm. Wliiting, Dec. 10,
1778, who d. ab. 1796 ; 2, Rebecca, da. Wm, Curtis, Aug, 28,
1.796 ; and 3, Esther Spaulding, of Townsend, and, it is said, d.
In Vt,, being killed by falling from a load of hay, and striking on
a stake, which plerped his body. ch. : 1. Isaac, m. Abig. Whi
ting ? 2, PrisciUa, 1786, d, 1792, 3. Mary, Oct. 1794, m.
Isaac WIthlngton, Dorch'r., Dec 15, 1799. 4. Avis, 17 1 2. 5.
Betsey, 1784, m. Peter Hobart, Bos'n. 6. Sylvia, 1790, d.
1801. 7. Wm., m. Sally Gowen, and is d. 8. Saml., d.

VINAL — VINING. 415
/ A-^>.w--, x^^^' JoJia. 4, m. Grace,
^"^ ^iPt-TXv^ /^>**tJL^*^*- ^™- Whiting,
\^^ was a baker by trade,
and spent most of his Hfe in mechanical employments ; lived in H.,
and in Scit. ; and d. in H., Oct. 14, 1889, ae. 80, and his wid.
June 8, 1842. ch. : 1. Grace, Mar, 24, 1784, m, Joseph Foster,
July, 1808. 2. Jane, 1791, m. David Hazen, of Vt,, and is d.
3. Avis, 1793, m. Wm. Lapham, of Scit., and has one son, Wm.
T., of Scit. 4. Luther, 1800, m, wid, Luclnda Whitney, and has
Geo.,oi Ab'n., m. Rachel Bennett, and has ch. : Mary F., of
Ab'n. ; and Luther, of A., m. a Stoddard, and has ch, 5. Geo.
W., Ap. 10, 1806, m. Avis, da. Wm, Whiting, Oct. 22, 1829,
lives on Whiting st., and has Avis H, Aug. 8, 1830,. m. Phineas
P. Peterson, July 4, 1848 ; and Mary E., b. Mar. 8, d. Oct. 31,
1832. VINAL, Joseph, s. Seth, of Scit., m. SOphia DarUng, in April,
1848, Hves on Pleasant st., ajid has Florence E,, AprU 23, 1851.
Mr. V. is a descendant of the widow Anna VInal, who, with her
sons, Stephen and John, and her daughter Martha-, were in Scit,
in 1636, and from whom, probably, most of the name of VInal in
New England are descended.
VINING, David, b. Dec. 27, 1797, s. Ebed, of Ab'n., and a
desc't. of the Vinings, who were early of Wey'h., m. 1, Mary
Curtis, Nov. 8, 1821, who d. Feb. 18, 1826, ae. 80 ; and 2, Mar
tha Briggs, May 4, 1828 ; lives on Main st. ; is a shoemaker ;
and has, 1. Mary S., July 29, 1822, m. Chas. Thomas. 2. Da
vid, Ap. 7, 1824, m. Cynthia Cobb, and lives in Midd'e 3.
Martha A., Feb. 28, 1829. 4. Israel L., Oct. 8, 1830, m. Nancy
L. Matthews, Nov. 12, 1851. 6. Hannah B., Sep. 6, 1835.
6. Chas. C, Dec. 7, 1838. 7. Asaph D., Aug. 1, 1842.
2. Joseph, s. Ebed., of Ab'n.,, m. Hannah, da. Caleb Gardner,
1816, Hves at the corner of North and Whiting sts., is a shoe
maker, and has, 1. Hannah, Oct., 1817, m. Paul W. Hannam, E.,
Ab'n. , 2. Abig., Nov. 1819, m. Caleb K. GUman. 3. Julia A.,
Aug. 24, 1821, m. Joseph DUl, E. Ab'n. 4. Lucinda, Jan. 22,

416 , WADE  WARDROBE  WHITE.
1823, m, Isa, Gardner, of S, H'm. 6, Marietta, July 29, 1826,
m, Harvey C, BurriU, E, Ab'n, 6, Joseph, Mar. 24, 1828. 7.
Levi L,, Nov, 17, 1832, 8, Wm, H,, May 24, 1840,
S. Judson, s, Ebed, of Ab'n,, b. Mar. 15, 1804, m. Sarah
W. Briggs, Ap. 26, 1826, Hves on Main st,, is a shoemaker, and
has, 1. Wm, J,, Ap. 2, 1826, m. Mercy T., da. Capt. Thos. M.
Bates, Mar. 15, 1849, lives on King street, and has Georgiana,
July 15, 1860. 2. Sally B., Oct. 5, 1881. 3. Thos. J., June
10, 1828. 4. Lydia S., Oct. 23, 1834.
WADE, Isaac, s. Isaac, and w. Lucy (Harding, m. May 23,
1776,) lives in H., on Main st., is a farmer, m. Debo. Curtis, and
has, 1. Lucy, Dec. 3, 1798, m. David Damon, Aug. 8, 1821, and
lives In So. Scit. 2. Debe, Aug. 17, 1800, m. Jno. Damon, and
d. July 3, 1849. 3. Louisa, Dec. 29, 1802, m. Andrew Gard
ner, H'm. 4. Maria, June 80, 1804, m. Thos. Wade, Bridg'r.,
6. Sarah, Sep. 16, 1807, d. Ap. 15, 1827. 6. Matilda H., July
8, 1810, m. 1, Joseph Cushing, Ap.- 10, 1835 ; and 2, Jno. C.
Perkms, 7. Isaac, Ap. 15, 1818, m, Harriet NeweU, Bos'n,, had
1 ch,, who d,, a,nd he has not been heard from for sev. years. 8.
Mary, Oct. 4, 1816, m, Lewis Orcutt, Ab'n, 9. Dorcas, Jan, 31,
1820, m, Mmot Wales, Ab'n., and d, ab. 1844. 10. Henry W.,
m, Maria WUbur, lives In N, Bridg'r,, and has 3 ch. 11. Sarah,
June, 1830.
WARDROBE, Dan'l,, b, in Ports'h,, N, H,, 1789, m, Orpha
Morse, Hved In H., on Main st., and had, 1. Dan'l., m Canada.
2. Walter W,, Ap, 1822, m, Sarah J, Curtis, Mar. 12, 1848,
Hves on Main st., and has Ella, Jan, 9, 1849 ; and another ch.,
b, June 11, 1861. 3. Erastus H., m. Lydia Curtis, is now in
Cal'a., andhaa Herbert E., June 26, 1849. 4. Reuben L., in
Cal'a. 5. Sam'l, 6. JuHa.
WHITE, AYm., with his w., and 5 ch,, came to N, Eng. In the
Mayflower, in 1620. Their s. Peregrine, was b. before the land
ing. The fa. d. the spring after, and his wid. Susannah, m. Ed
ward Winslow, May 12, 1622, It being the first marriage solem
nized ia K Eng- Peregrine, the son, Hved in Mfd,, and there

WHITE. 417
d., July 20, 1704, ae. 83. He m, Sarah, da. Wm, Bassett, of
Dux'y,, and she d. in 1711. ch. : 1. Dan'l. 2. Sylvanus, 3,
Jonathan, 4, Peregrine, 5. Sarah, 6, Mercy, m, Wm, Sherman ?
Feb. 3,1697. (Mfd. Recs.)
2. Dan'l,, s. Peregrine, m, Hannah Hunt, of Dux'y,, Aug, 19,
1674. (Mfd. Recs.) and had ch,, 1. Jne, 1676, m, Susannah
Sherman ? Feb. 18, 1700. (Mfd, Recs.) 2. Joseph, 1678. 3.
Thos., 4680. 4. ComeHus, 1682. 5. Benj,, 1684, m. Faith
Oakman? Dec. 2, 1714. (Mfd. Recs.) 6, Eleazer, 1686.
7. Eben'r., 1691, m, 1, Mary Doggett ? Sep. 29, 1712, and 2,
Hannah Doggett, ? Mar. 9, 1712-18. (Mfd. Recs.)
/O (\ P' t ^ y s- Dan'l. 2, m, Hannah;^
3. AJffU^nJ^^^^ 72^l>^ Randall, May 22, 1706,
>-_ and In 1743, bought
the Hatch place, on what is now Centre st,, formerly part of the
" Hanmer Hook, " so called, which is stiU improved by his desc'ts.
being occupied by Albert White, Esq. His ch. were, 1, Lemuel,
2. ComeHus, prob. m. Sarah Hewett, Bridg'r., 1747. 3. Paul,
m. Elizab. Curtis, Feb. 24, 1737, and had in H,, a son, b, Oct,,
1787. This Is aU the notice of him on the H. Recs. 4. Joanna.
5. Dan'l. 6. Gideon. 7. Benj., 1721.
4. Benj., s. Cornelius 8, m. Hannah Decrow, and d. in H.,
Feb. 10, 1786, ae. 65, and his wid. Mar. 22, 1814, ae. 94. Liv
ed on his father's place, on Centre st, ch. : 1. Pennlah, Mar. 24,
1744, d. Aug. 9, 1768. 2. Robert, May 8, 1747. 3. Hannah,
bap. Sep. 7, 1754., m. Dan'l. Crooker, Pemb,, Dec 19, 1776.
4. Benj., bap. Sep. 7, 1754. 5. ComeHus, July 9, 1766.
5. Robert, s. Benj. 4, m. 1, Mary Crooker, Ap. 25, 1771,
who d. July, 1773; and 2, Anna House, Mar. 20, 1777,. and ¦ d.
at Thompson, Ct., ae. 88. ch. : 1. Pennlah, bap. Aug. 8, 1773,
d. Nov. 9, 1774. 2. David, bap. Sep, 9, d. Sep. 10, 1779. 3.
Martin, of Ct. 4. Richmond, of Ct. 5. Charles, d. 6. Elijah., d.
6. Benj., s, Benj. 4, m. Mary Chamberlam, E, Bridg'r., 1780,
and d. in H., July 12, 1839, ae. 88, and his wid. Mar, 27, 1841,
ae, 86. ch. : 1. Lewis, Aug, 7, 1785, d, Ap, 3, 1813, being ac
cidentally shot. 2. Cyrus,, bap. Aug. 7, 1785. 3. Mary, bap.

418 WHITWELL.
Oct, 15, 1786, m. Reuben Peterson, jr., Dux'y., Ap. 26, 1812,
and lives in Ply'h. 4. Sylvia, bap. Sep. 26,1790, m! Ezek'l.
Stetson, May 4, 1806, and moved to Me. 5. Benj., 1791, d. May 8
1793. 5. Benj,, Nov. 27, 1795, m. Mary Hall, lives mMi'd.,
and has Geo., 1832"; Mary H, 1833, Lewis E., 1835, Benj. F.,
1837, and HarHet S., 1841.
7. Cornelius, s. Benj, 4, m, 1, Sarah L, HUl, of Pemb., May
21, 1787; and 2, Rebecca Bates, of H., Dec, 30, 1801, and d.
Mar. 30, 1841, ae. 86, and his wid. Ap. 1, 1843, ae. 78. ch, .
1. Cornelius, Jan. 26, 1788. (By 2d,) 2. -Albert, Esq., Ap.
24, 1802, J. P. ; T, C. from 1832-'39, and In 1840 and '42 ;
Selectman 1842-48, '50—58 ; also a school teacher, and a
useful and enterprising citizen ; m, Lydia Bates, May 1 , 1836,
and Hves on Centre st, ; no 'ch.
8. Cyrus, s. Benj. 6, m. Ruth S. Keen, Pemb., Aug. lO, 1806,
and went to Ohio, ab. 1817, since wh. time he has not been heard
from, ch, : 1, Sylvia, m, Leonard Green, Sharon, 2, Lydia,
d. ab. 1827, ae, 16. 3. Mary, Aug. 24, 1810, m. Algernon Jos
selyn, and lives in LoweU, 4, Cyrus, Nov, 2, 1811, m, Betsey
H, Bonney, H'n,, lives in S. Ab'n., and has Levi ; Wm. d., ae.
1 ; Cynthia A., d., ae. 1 ; .and Wm. Lloyd and Wendell Phil
lips, b. Mar. 28, 1847. 5. Lewis, of Bridg'r., m. 1, Catherine
Gardner, of Dux'y., who d. July 1847 ; and 1., wid. Anne Bell ;
and has Laura A.; Catherine L. ; Jjuey T. ; Algernon; and
Sylvia G. 6. Debe, d. Ap. 6, 1817, ae. 3. 7. Benj., Dec,
1816, m. Dolly Josselyn, Hves, in H'n., is a shoemaker, and has
Lousia, d. ; and Ellen P.
WHITWELI^, Dr. Benj., s. Benj., Esq., of Bos'n., Ca Law
yer, who grad. H. C, 1790, and m. Lucy ScoUay,) was b. June
4, 1817, ent. at H. C, and grad. in the med. dep't.. In 1848 ;
stud, at the Tremont Med. School, under Drs. Bigelow, Storer,
Jackson, &c. ; and sett, first in Holyoke, Mass.; and in H., In
1850-1, under the auspices of Dr. J. B. Fobes. Lives at the
Four Corners, and is unm.

WniTON, OR WHITING.

419

WHITON, OR WHITING FAMILY.
Arms : Gyronny of four, az. and erm. ;
over aU a Leopard's head, or; in
chief 3 bezants.
CrSst : A Lion rampant ; beneath, a
helmet, resting upon the shield.

WHITON, or WHITING, James, the ancestor of the families
here recorded, appears in H'm., Mass., m 1647, Dec. 30th of
which year, he m, Mary Beals, In his wUl, his name is spelled
Whiton, and by a large number of famUies in H'm,, It is stUl.
spelled in this way, though by others, it Is speUed Whiting. The
coat of arms handed down in the family, a copy of which Is given
above, agrees with tha,t of the Whitings, as described by Burke,
in his General Armory.
In 1657, land was granted to Jas. Whiton, and to Oneslphorus
Marsh, in H'm. ; and he owned large tracts in Scit., Ab'n,, and
Hanover. In Ap., 1676, his house, and "Jno. Jones's, Anthony
Sprague's, Israel Hobart's, and Nathl, Chubbuck's," were burn
ed by the Indians, His w, d, Feb. 12, 1696-7, and he Ap. 26,
1710, leaving a wiU, dated Sep. 29, 1708, in which he gives to
his eldest s. Jas., land bo't. of Jos. Church ; land bo't. of Wm.
Ripley ; land at Scit., bo't. of RIch'd. DweUey, and " butting on
the pattent line ;" part of a lot bo't. of Humph'y. Johnson, at
Great Plain ; 3 shares of the com. land in H'm. ; and one fourth of

420 WHITON.
a lot in the " small shares," being in Ab'n. To s. Matt,, he gives 5
shares In the eighth lot, 2nd div'n, of upland in Cohas't, ; 1 2 acs.
at Great Plain ; a lot In the 4th div'n, of lands In H'm,, and the
meadow adjoining ; the 2d part of his 3d division of Cohas't,,
upland ; and one fourth of the " small share" lot. To Enoch, he
gives one half of a lot of fresh meadow, bo't, of RIch'd, Dwelley,
and Humph'y. Johnson, lying E. of the river, at Mast Bridge,
H'm, ; part of a lot in the 4th div'n, in H'm,, bo't, of Jere, Beal ;
one fourth of the " small share" lot; two and a half shares of the
com, land In H'm, ; the front part of his 3d div'n. In Cohas't. ;
and the lands now in his possession, adjoining his dweUing house
in H'm,, &c. To the ch. of his s, Thos,, decs'd,, he gives his
dwelling-house, barn, outhouses, and land on which they stand,
with the orchard, of 25 acs,, and all other lands and meadows that
the said Thos. possessed while living ; also one half the meadow
at Mast Bridge ; one fourth of the small shares ; and two and a
half shares of the com, land in H'm, ; and the names of these ch.
are given as Thos., Jona,, Eleazer, Joanna, Jael, Leah, and Ra-
chael. To his da, Mary Jordan, wid,, he gives £SQ, to be paid
out of what was left his 8 sons, and the ch. of Thos, The ch, of
Jas,, sen'r,, were, 1, Jas,, Ap, 10, 1649, d. Nov, 11, 1650. 2.
Jas., bap. July 15, 1651. 3. Matt,, Oct, 30, 1658, 4, Jno,,
bap, Dec. 2, 1655, d. young. 5. David, and 6. Jona, b. and d.
1667-8. 7. Enoch, Mar. 8, 1659. 8. Thos,, May 18, 1662,
9. Mary, Ap, 29", 1664, m, 1, Isaac Wilder, Jan, 3, 1689, who d.
Sep, 6, 1690, and 2, a Jordan.
2, Jas., s, Jas,, lived in H'm,, near his fa., and owned land
on "Great Plain," and in Scit., and Ab'n. He d. Feb. 20,
1724-5, and his wid. Abig,, May 4, 1740. In his wiU, which
bears date Oct, 15, 1724, he gives, to w,' Abig,, his part of
dweUing-house, and all his lands, and movable estate, and Hberty
to cart wood from his Scit, lot, ; to son Benj,, 10 acs, adjoining
his house, &c, ; to Jas, and Jno,, of Plympton, Joseph, of Reho
both, Saml. and Sole, of H'm., and das, Hannah King, of Ply
mouth, Judith White, and Rebecca Whiton, his Cedar lot in Ab'n.,
and that part of his Scit. lot not before given to Benj,, to be
equally divided between them, Appomts w. Abig., and friend

WHITON. 421
Jona. Farrow, Exec's, ch. : 1, Hannah, July 4, 1678, m, Jnc
Kmg, Plym'h,, Jan, 18, 1704, 2. Jas., Feb, 17, 1679, m. Mary,
da. Matt, Whitmg, Dec, 26, 1704, had Barsheba, 1705, Elisha,
1706, and Job, 1708, and was of Plymp'n, bef, 1724, 3. Jnc, Ap,
1, 1681, of Plymp'n, 4, Abig,, Sep. 1, 1683, d. Dec. 10, 1695.
5. Sand., Nov, 12, 1685. 6, Joseph, Mar, 23, 1686-7, m, Mar-
tiia Tower, Dec. 10, 1713, had Elijah? 1714, Abig., 1716, and
MaHha, 1718, and sett, in Rehoboth before 1724, 7. Judith,
May, 1689, m. Jas. White, Dec, 18, 1722, 8, Rebecca, Dec,
1691. 9. Benj., May 21, 1693, 10, Sole, June 10, 1695.
3. Matt., s. Jas,, m, wid. Debc Howard, Dec, 27, 1677, Hved
in H'm,, and there d. mtestate; July 22, 1725, and his wid, Sep.
19, 1729. Like the rest of his bros., he was a large landholder,
and was early engaged in the business of coopering, or manufac
turing the wooden buckets for which H'm. has been so long noted.
ch. : 1. Mary, Sep. 26, 1678, m. Jas. Whiting, Dec. 26, 1704.
2. Jnc, Jan. 10, 1680, m. Mary, da. Ibrook Tower, Feb. 3,
1704, and' had e/wo,, 1705, d.. 1725; Debo., Mar. 3, 1706, m.
Sole Bates, Scituate, May 1, 1730 ; Margaret, Feb. 3, 1708,
m. John CoUamore, Scituate, April 27, 1732; Josh., Ap, 15.
1710, sett, in Scit., was m., (w. SUence  ,) and had ch. ;
Ann, June 18, 1711, prob. d. unm., Sep. 13, 1799, ae, 88 ; and
Lydia, May 26, 1714, d. Oct. 19, 1734. 3. David, June 6,
1681. 4. Matt., Nov. 28, 1682, prob. sett, in Pemb. 5, EHzab,,
Mar. 1684. m. Hezek. Tower, Jan. 13, 1704. 6. Susanna, Nov.
14, 1686, 'd. Aug. 22, 1750? 7. Lydia, Ap. 2, 1693, m.
Saml. Tower ? Nov. 26, 1719. 8. Isaac, Mar. 25, 1696.
4. Enoch, s. Jas., called "Sergeant Enoch" on the H'm.
Recs., m. Mary Lincoln, Jan. 11, 1687, lived In H'm,, and d.
May 5, 1714, and his wid, Oct. 2, 1716. In his will, which Is
dated Dec. 30, 1713, he gives, to w. Mary, the improve't. of aU
his est., real and personal, except a few legacies, &c. ; to das.
Mary, Bethia, Abig., and Marg't., .£50 ea. ; and the rest to his
s. Enoch. Est. appraised, £1021, 8«. ch. : 1. Sarah, Oct. 27,
1687, m. Caleb Marsh,, Dec. 19, 1711. 2. Mary, Sep. 21, 1690,
d May 28, 1692. 3. Mary, Nov. 6, 1692, m. Jeded. Lincoln,
Jan. 9, 1717, and d. Sep. 24, 1734. 4, Abig,, Sep. 8, 1697,

422 WHITON.
m. Danl. Waters, Mar. 10, 1722. 5. Enoch, Sep. 25, 1699.
6. Marg't. Jan. 28, 1702,
5. Thos, s, Jas,, m, Joanna Gamet, or Gardner, Jan. 26,
1689-90, Hved In H'm., Is called a " husbandman, " on the Prob.
Rec. Suff,, and was also a cooper. Family tradition says, that he
owned a large tract of cedar swamp In Ab'n., which he was accus
tomed to -visit every winter, and from which trees of a very large
size were cut, and split Into clapboards for the Boston market ; and
that he came to his death near Cedar bridge, in Ab'n., Sep. 17,
1708, by the faU of a tree, a limb from which struck his head, and
kUled him instantly. His wid., who admin, on his est., aft. m.
Nathan Farrow, Mar, 23, 1710. 'ch. : 1, Joanna, Jan, 27, 1691,
m. Jona. Farrow, Oct. 27, 1714. 2. Jael, Feb. 12, 1693, m. a
Hobart ? 8. Leah, Ap. 4, 1695, m. Benj. Farrow, Dec. 14,
1715. 4. Thos., Feb. 10, 1697-8 m., and had Thos., 1719.
5. Rachel, July 12, 1700, m. Sam'l. RIccard, or Richards, Oct.
19, 1721. 6. Jona., Mar. . 5, 1702-3. 7. Eleazer, Nov. 15,
1706. 6. Sam'l., s. Jas. 2, m. 1, Marg't.  -, who d. Ap. 3, 1738 ;
2, EHzab. WiUiams, Oct. 4, 1788, who d. May 24, 1747 ; and 8,
Rebecca Gamet, or Gardner, Nov. 12, 1747. He was common
ly known as " King Whiting, " lived near Accord Pond, and was
a large landholder and farmer, ch. : 1. Sam'l., Mar. 8, 1712-13.
2. Dan'l., bom and d. 1714. 8. Moses, Dec. 2, 1715, left no
desct's. on rec. 4. Desire, Ap. 6, 1717, d. young. 6. Kezia,
June 5, 1720, m. Stephen Dunbar, Dec. 13, 1739. 6. Dan'l.,
Nov. 16, 1722.
Note. It is said there was a da. Hannah in this family, who m. Sam'l.
Curtis, of Hanover, Nov. 14, 1729, and d. Oct 26, 1789, ae. 72; also a dia.
Abig., who m. Hezek. Stoddard, Nov. 22, 1 743 ; and Marg't., who m. Oba-
diah Grose, Jan. 11, 1739. Authority of Mr. Joseph Whiting, H'm.
^y-j s. Jas. 2,
7. 1'^ „A^ .' ^ • ,._ iL> , ™- Sarah,
J^-e^C^^,r^ -l^,-^^ da. Benja!
Tower, H'm., Ap. 19,1716, and sett, at " Queen Ann's Corners,'*
his house standing In the field back of the shop of Mr. Sam'l. Wa
ters, ch.: 1. Benj,, Dec 28, 1716. 2. Thos,, Jan. 29, 1718-
19. 8. Wm., Mar. 28, 1720. 4. Jacob, Aug. 10, 1723, m. Ann

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Gibbs, Scit., had a da, Ann, who m, Caleb Beal, and the fa, mov
ed to Plamfield, Mass, 5. Nath'l,, b, and d. 1725. 6. Sarah,
Oct. 22, 1726. 7. Lem'l,, Aug, 7, 1729. 8. Abel, May 7,
1733. Left no desct's. on record.
8. Sole, s. Jas, 2, m. Jael, da. Jos. Dunbar, H'm,, Oct. 19,
1721, and d, Dec. 18, 1745. ch. : 1. Jael, July 8, 1722, 2.
Sole, Dec. 5, 1724. ' 3. Ruth, Sep. 22, 1726. 4, Debe, Oct,
7, 1728, 5. Mercy, Sep. 22, 1730. 6. Thankful, Oct. 26,
1732. 7, SUence, Nov. 23, 1784, 8, Comfort, Sep, 15, 1736,
9. Melea, Nov. 5, 1739, m. Jas. Chubbuck, Mar, 1, 1767, 10.
Rebecca, Nov. 22, 1741.
"A (David) s.Matt. 3, m. Elizab.
9- C^^^^iy'7^\i<l\^  , andd. In H*m, May 24,
17^, being spoken of as
" upright and industrious, and one who enjoyed the confidence
and respect of his townsmen, " ch. : 1. David, Ap. 12, 1716.
2. EHzab., Jan. 29, 1719, m. Jere. Sprague, jr., Dec. 19, 1789.
3. Sarah, Aug, 10, 1720, m, Jona, Hersey, Nov. 19, 1741. 4.
Peter, Oct. 21, 1722, m. Ann WUder,* July 4, 17 4^0, hzARadhael,
1746, and Anwi, 1748 ; the fa. d. Oct. 23, 1751, and the mc
Sep. 19, 1799. 6. Abijah, Ap. 2, 1729, 6, Lydia, July 9,
1732, d. May 30, 1737 ? 7. K ch., b. May 2, 1734 ?
10. Isaac, s. Matt. 3, m. Lydia Garnet, or Gardner, Mar. 17,
1720, who d. Jan. 26, 1766. The fa. Hved m H'm., and had
ch: 1. Isaac, Jan. 7, 1720-1, m. 1, Rachel Taylor, Jan. 7, 1745,
who d. Ap. 10, 1746 ; and 2, Sarah Sears, Nov. 27, 1746 ; lived
in H'm., near Hersey st. ; had 3 ch,, who d. young ; he d. Nov.
4, 1797, ae. 90, and his wid. Sep, 15, 1804, 2. Stephen, Oct.
13, 1722. 3. Lydia, Nov. 27, 1724, d. Mar, 30, 1728, 4. Debc,
Jan. 1, 1726-7, d. Jan. 24, 1756 ? 5. Lydia, b. and d,, 1728.
6. Abraham, Mar. 18, 1730, m. Mary Ripley, Feb. 21, 1751,
had Mary, 1752; Abraham, 1755; Lydia, 1758, 'm. Shereblah
CortheU; and Rebecca, 1762, 7. Jacob, Feb. 7, 1733. 8.
Israel, Aug, 1734, d, Feb, 15; 1756 ? 9, Lydia, May 14, 173ff,

424 WHITON.
/^ / / ^" ^^"''^ ^' ™* I'sah,
>i?/C9c/7 /.TT' t'—. da. Benj. Stetson, of
lived on " Liberty Plain," near " Gardner's brook," and his w,
d. Mar. 22, 1761. ch, : 1, Enoch, Aug. 29, 1783, d. young.
2. Enoch, 1784. 8. Leah, 1736, m. Eben'r. Simmons, Scit.
4. Elijah, June 8, 1737. 6. Mary, 1739, d, young. 6. Grace,
1741, m. Stephen Stoddard; Cohas't. 7. EHas, June 18, 1743.
12. Jona., Si Thos. 5, a " housewright," m. Hannah Dunbar,
H'm,, July 13, 1732, and d, m H'm,, June 19, 1751, the inv'y,
of his est, being dated July 24, 1751, (Prob, Rec, Suff,) ~ His
ch, were, 1. Hannah, Oct. 17, 1738, m. Benj. Barnes, H'm.
2. Jona., May 9, 1736fm. 1, Rhoda Rose, Jan. 6, 1768, and 2,
a Gardner ? and had Jona., 1767 ; Melzar, d. at sea ; Rhoda, m,
Thos. Steel ; and Josh., who went off, and d. 3. Elisha, Nov. 3,
1787, m. Jael Dunbar, 1760, was a butcher, Hved In H'm., had
Elisha, Oct. 27, 1760, m. Chloe WUder, Sep. 12, 1782, had
Tamar, 1783, and the fa.'went off; Hannah^ Sep. 21, 1762, m.
EHj. Lewis, May 16, 1784 ; Grace, June 21, 1766 ; Rachael,
Aug. 23, 1767 ; Emma, Feb. 8, 1790, m. Martm Hersey, of
Bos'n,; (7aZeJ, b. 1772, d. 1773 ; and Tamar, b. and d,, 1775.
It is said there was another Caleb, who m. in Mc, had 1 ch., and
finally d. In Vt,
.13, Eleazer, s. Thos. 5, a cooper by trade, m. Sarah Beal,
H'm., Mar. 6, 1746, and sett, in Ab'n., where his w. d. Sep. 9,
1789, ae. 65, and he Jan. 17, 1796, ae. 98. He moved to A.,
at a time when the part of the town where he resided was compa
ratively uninhabited ; built a log house first, which he occupied in
the winter ; and finaUy erected the frame house, now standing oppo.
where his gr. s. Eleazer lives, ch. : 1. Jotham, Dec. 18, 1746.
2. Thos., Sep. 10, 1753, m. Jane Smith, Hved where Melvin Gur
ney now does, had no ch., and d. Jan. 1, 1826, and his wid. July
13, 1838. 3. BarzIUai, March 5, 1767. One ch., d. young.
14. Sam'l., s. Sam'l. 6, m. Mary Wing, of Hanover, and Hv
ed in H'm., where his wid. d. May 24, 1795. ch. : 1. Joanna,
July 26, 1734, m. Enoch Whiting, Oct. 30, 1755. 2. Mary,

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June 17, 1736, m. Lem'l. Whiting, Ap. 9, 1754. 3. Marg't.,
Aug. 4, 1788, m. David Prouty, Scituate, Nov. 27, 1777. 4.
Thankfiil, Sep. 18, 1740. 5. Sam'l,, Aug. 22, 1742, 6. Ju-
ditii, 1744, m. Job Loring, H'm., Ap. 19, 1764.
15,

(Daniel Whiton,) s, Sam'l, 6, m, Jael Damon, Scit,, who d. In H'm,,
Aug. 1, 1812, ae, 96. ch, : 1, Dan'l., Oct. 31, 1745, 2, Zach,,
Dec. 19, 1747. 8. Amasa, Aug. 24, 1749. 4. Martha, July 14,
1762. 5. Zenas, Oct. 1, 1764, m. 1, Sarah Loring, H'm., Sep. 17,
1778, and 2, Mary Loring, and had Sarah, Mar. 8, 1779, m.
Peakes Grose ; Zenas L., July 3, 1780 ; Harriet, Aug. 2, 1782 ;
Sophia, m. a Brownson ? ; and Frances. It is said that the fa.
moved to Ct., and there m. a 3d w. He was a carpenter by
trade, a man of superior mechanical abUIty, and, it is said, super
intended the erection of the old Cambridge bridge, having pre
viously superintended the erection of a bridge in Ireland. 6.
Hosea, d. unm. in the Rev'n.
/y\ t // ' T ^^ ^" -^^"yaiiin 7, m. 1,
Feb. 11, 1741, and 2, Jemima Stoddard, Nov. 7, 1783, Hved m
H'm., near Accord Pond, was an enterprising farmer, his w. d.
Dec. 3, 1806, and he Dec. 5, 1808, ae. 9^!. ch. : 1. Benj., Jan.
1744. 2. Ezek'l., May 4, 1745, 3, Joseph, d. Aug, 1, 1776,
in the Am'n, Army, at Ticonderoga, 4, Abel, 1757 ? 5. Na^
thaniel, m. Lydia Gardner, had Jjydia, m, a Harrington, of Lu
nenburg; Mary; Nath'l. ,vn. an Adams; Sarah; and Abig: W;
the fa, moved to Lunenburg, In 1797, and his desct's. stUl live
there, 6. Abig,, not m. Two ch,, Abel and Sarah, d. young.
^j J ^- Benjamin 7, m.
i"^- <f/^ w/^ p i^n//;^^ ^^^"^ ^'^"' °^
yfia -y^^JZy ^ '''^IrC^n^ Wey'h., and sett.
in Hanover, on Whiting st., being one of the eariiest residents in
that neighborhood. His house stood where stands that of Caleb
Whitino-; he was an enterprising farmer, and d. Sep, 23, 1793,
ac 76,°and his wid, Nov. 7, 1801, ae. 82, ch.: 1. Thos., June
27

^6 WHITON.
3, 1748. 2. Lydia, May 22, 1745, d. Nov. 8, 1801, 3, Ozias,
July 20, 1746, m, 1, a Vinal, and 2, a Fadden, had Lucy, LUlis,
Ozias, and Jacob. Some of these ch. are m., and have desc'ts.
4. Lucy, Jan. 27, 1748, d. Nov. 28, 1789. 5. Sarah, Nov. 16,
1749, d. June 11, 1826. 6. Jas., July 26, 1751. 7. EHas,
Feb. 8, 1753. 8. Asa, Ap. 2, 1755. 9. PriscUla, Mar. 14,
1757, m. Noah Beal, Ab'n., and d. in 1819. 10. Celia, June
8, 1759, d. unm. 11. Caleb, Aug. 9, 1761.
18.

¦T^ty^UC^^-^ 'U/^i{/>tl. RamsdeU, 'ab. 1748 ;

lived on Whiting st., his house stood where stands that of his gr. s.
Wm. ch.: 1. Wm., b. and d. 1752. 2. Abel, Oct. 12, 1762, m,
PrisciUa Peakes, Feb, 19, 1784, and d. Jan, 24, 1821, and his
wid, Jan, 10, 1851, ae. 89 ; no ch. 3. Mary, Mar. 21, 1756,
m. Isaac Turner, jr., Dec. 10, 1778. 4. Avis, May 14, 1758,
d. Oct, 12, 1793, 5. Betty, May 4, 1760, m, Asa Whiting,
Ap, 12, 1789, 6, Wm., May 23, 1762, 7, Grace, July 8,
1764, m, Luther Turner. 8, Homer, Aug, 24, 1766, m, 1,
Anna Studley, May 8, 1785, who d, July 24, 1789 ; and 2, Try-
phena Beal ; and d, Oct, 11, 1793, and his wid, Oct. 31, 1851.
His ch. were, Homer, bap. Sep. 14, 1788, m. Hannah White, and
moved to Vt.; Anna, b. 1788, d. 1798 ; and Tryphena, bap,
Oct, 21, 1792, m, Zadoc Beal, May 22, 1816, and Hves m H,
19, Lem'l,, s. Benj. 7, m. Mary Whiting, H'm., Ap. 9, 1754,
and lived In H., on Whiting st., his house standing where stands
that of Sylvanus Whiting. His wid. d. June 12, 1826, ae. 95.
ch. : 1, Mary, Ap, 18, 1766, d, unm,, at thehouse of Mr. Lebbe
us Stockbridge, June 21, 1849. 2. Sam'l., June 4, 1757, m.
EHzab. Gardner, Sep. 6, 1778, and moved to Lunenburg. 3.
Thankful, Feb. 19, 1759, m. Jas. Whiting. 4. Lucinda, Mar.
8, 1761, d. July 19, 1771. 5. Marg't., Nov. 18, 1768. 6,
Beulah, Mar. 17, 1766. 7. Lem'l., b. and d. 1769. 8. Betha-
na, Jan. 21, 1770. 9. Lem'l, b, and d, 1772. 10, Lem'l.,
Nov. 5, 1773, 11. Luclnda, Dec. 14, 1766. 12. Perez, Sep.
18, 1788. 13. Buchsa, Ap. 9, 1782.
20.- Solo.., s. -Solo, 8, m, Mary CampbeU, Aug, 12, 1746, Hv-

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ed in H'm,, and d, Oct, 15, 1813, ae, 89. He was a blacksmith
by trade, and his shop stood where stands the house of Chas. Cush
ing, Esq., on Great Plain, ch. : 1. Asa, Feb, 26, 1746-7. 2.
Sole, Aug. .10, 1751. 3. Joseph, Ap. 19, 1754, m. Abig,, da.
Isaac Alden, 1778, and sett, in Bridg'r., (MitcheU's Bridg'r.) 4.
Peleg, Nov. 1758. 5. Jael, m, Thos, Berry, Oct. 31, 1784. It
is said there were other ch., Mary, Ruth, and Betsey, aU of whom
d. in H'm., unm.
21. Comfort, s. Solo. 8, m, Grace Fadden, and sett, in Doiv
Chester? ch. 1. Joanna, Ap, 27, 1769, 2, Nath'l,, Jan, 28,
1761, d. young. 3. PhUip, Jan. 28, 1761. 4. Mary, Dec. 1,
1762. 5. Ruth, Nov. 6, 1764, 6. Rebecca, Mar. 6", 1767, m.
Peter BUlmgs, Canton, Dec. 2, 1784. 7. Nathl., Dec. 24, 1768.
8. Abig., Mar. 1, 1771. 9. Lem'l,, 1773. 10. Grace, July,
1775. 11. Comfort, Mar. 1777.
22. David, s. David 9, m. Mary Gilbert, Oct. 29, 1739, and
d in H'm., Oct. 12, 1751, and his w., (who was b. 1715,) d.
Nov. 10, 1799, ae. 84. ch. : 1. Elizab., July 20, 1740, d. young.
2. EHjah, Feb. 6, 1741. 3. Ezra, Dec. 21, 1743. 4. Elizab.,
m. EHjah Lewis, 'Ap. 14, 1762. 6. David, Jan. 31, 1748, d.
Oct. 11, 1761 ? 6. Moses, b. 1750, d. 1751. 7. Moses, Mar.
3, 1752.
23. Abijah, s. David 9, m. 1, Mary Gardner, and 2, Marian
Gardner, ? Aug. 13, 1767, and had ch. : 1. Peter, Ap. 28, 1755.
2. AbigaU, Oct. 11, 1756. 3. Lucy, Oct. 4, 1760. 4. Luther,
June 21, 1764. 5. Mary, Oct. 22, 1765. (By 2d,) 6. Lucin
da, June 8, 1768. 7. David, Nov. 10, 1769. 8. Elizab., Aug.
17, 1771. 9. Peggy, Dec. 17, 1772.
24. Stephen, s. Isaac 10, m. 1, Mercy Campbell, and 2, Sa
rah Stoddard, Dec. 20, 1755, and d. In H'm., June 14, 1812,
and his wid. Sep. 30, 1823. Lived near Hersey 8t.,and was a
cooper by trade, ch. : 1. Debc, Feb. 5, 1756. 2. Israel, Sep.,
1758. 3. Sarah, Nov. 8, 1759. (By 2d,) 4. Isaac, Oct. 21,
1778. 5. Dan'l., July, 1781.
25. Jacob, s. Isaac 10, m. EHzab. Marble, Nov. 10, 1756,
Hved in H'm., and was a cooper by trade, ch. : 1. Jacob, Sep. 10,
1757. 2. Betsey, Aug. 23, 1769, m. Josi. Sprague, Mar. 4,

428 WHITON.
1785, and d, soon after, 3, Laban, Nov, 18, 1761, d, at sea,
unm, 4, Susa, Mar. 2, 1764, m, Josi, Sprague, Dec, 14,
1794, 5, Chloe, m. 1, EHj, Fearing, Nov. 9, 1788, and 2, Seth
Lincoln ? 6. Lydia, m. Benj, Thomas, Aug, 19, 1798, 7, Debe,
m, Amos Sprague, Oct. 21, 1796. 8, Reuben, d, unm.
26. Capt. Enoch, s, Enoch 11, m, Joanna Whiting, 1756,
lived In H'm,, on Liberty Plain, was a farmer by occupation, and
d, June 21, 1778. ch, : 1, Joan, m, Thomas Chubbuck, June
11, 1787, 2, Chloe, m, Samuel Gardner, Aug, 28, 1789, 3,
Bethia, m. David Loring, Oct, 8, 1780, 4, Enoch, Dec, 27, 1763,
6. Leah, Mar, 8, 1765, m. Jno, Abbott, Newark, N, J, 6,
Laurena, Mar, 4, 1767, m, Dan'l, Parks, Lmcoln, Nov, 11, 1805,
7, Dolly, Mar, 5, 1769, m, Lewis Squler, Newark, N, J, 8,
Phoebe, Ap, 12, 1771, m, Daniel Whiting, jr,, Brookfield,
Jan, 11, 1798,
27. Elijah, s. Enoch 11, m, Mary Wilder, H'm,, July 18,
1768, and d. In H'm,, June 15, 1797, ae. 60, and his wid. In
Jan, 1811? ch.: 1, Mary, Oct, 7, 1764, m, Enoch Dunbar,
May 7, 1786, 2, Persis, Sep, 21, 1766, m,. Jacob Sprague,
June 1, 1794, 8, Elizab,, Aug, 7, 1769, 4, Tamsen, Oct, 2,
1771, m. Chas, Simmons, Scit., Dec, 7, 1794, 5, Charlotte,
Feb, 24, 1774, m, Nath'l, Bump, Midd'e, Nov, 26, 1803,
6, MerriU, July 8, 1776, m, Geo, B, Lapham, of Medford, ship-
buUder, of the firm of Lapham and Magoun, 7, Isaiah, Nov. 7,
1778, d. unm,, Sep, 5, 1820, 8. Blossom, Ap. 80, 1781. 9.
Walter, Nov. 28, 1783, a Major, in the U. S. A., was kUled at
the battle of Bridg'r., during the war of 1812.
28. Capt. Ellas, s. Enoch 11, m. Sarah Blossom, June 22,
1769, lived In H'm., on Liberty Plain, and d. of the smaU pox. In
1778, and his w., who was b. in June, 1749, d. May 16, 1817,
ae, 68, ch, : 1. Elias, Dec. 18, 1769, m, MehIt,, da, Daniel
Whiting, July 1, 1804, and d. In Brookf'd., Mass., having had
Elias, d. on the coast of Africa ; Franklin, of Ohio ; Nymphas,
and Edward, of N. Brookf'd. ; Sarah, m, a Bailey, of Worces
ter ? and is d. ; Mehitab., m, Ed, Humphrey, and Hves in Chas'n, ;
Abig., d. unm. ; and Desire. 2, Sarah, Oct, 18, 1771, va. 1

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Henry Cushing, H'm,, Dec 28, 1791, and 2, Seth Cushing, and
is Hving, a wid., in H'm. 3, PrIscUla, Dec, 21, 1773, m. Josiah
Lane, jr,, H'm,, Dec, 28, 1801, 4, Martha, b, and d, 1776.
5. Martha, Oct. 10, 1776, m. Thos. Fearing, H'm,, Dec, 25,
1808, and d. In 1852, 6. Marg't., Oct, 1778, m, DImIck Bow
ker, Scit,, Feb, 10, 1798.
29, Jotham, s, Eleazer 18, m, Susanna Wilder, H'm,, Jan. 1,
1771, a farmer by occupation, lived in E, Ab'n,, where his w. d,,
Jan, 24, and he May 24, 1828, ch, : 1. Susanna, 1771, d. 1773,
2, Susanna, Mar, 9, 1774, m, Bela Cushuig, H'm,, 1803, and d.
Aug. 27, 1818, 3, Mary, Oct. 9, 1775, m, Jos, Turner, H'm,,
1796, and d, 1800, 4, Sarah, Mar, 6, 1778, m, Melzar Beal,
Ab'n,, July 15, 1797, and d, Jan. 31, 1850. 5, Lydia, Jan, 14,
1780, m. Jared Shaw, Ab'n,, 1802, and d, Lee. 15, 1819.
6. Lucy, Ap. 10, 1782, m. Jos. Benner, Ab'n., 1803, and d.
July 3, 1836. 7. Jemsha, Aug. 12, 1785, m. Wm. Wheeler,
Quincy, 1806, and d. June 6, 1810. 8. MerriU, July 24, 1787,
m. Samuel Colson, Ab'n, 1812, and d. Mar. 29, 1834.' 9. Eph'm.,
Sep. 26, 1790. 10. Emma, Sep. 3, 1793, m Mich'n.
who d. Ap. 22, 1844, ae. 84. ch. : 1. Abig., m. Isaac Tumer,
H'n., and d. Oct. 14, 1845. 2. Eleazer, Sep. 28, 1782. 3.
Ithamar, 1786. 4. Joanna, Feb. 28, 1791. 5. MarUla, 1799,
d. Jan. 26, 1802.
81. Daniel, s. Daniel 16, a farmer by occupation, m. Desire
Stoddard, Scit,, Ap. 7, 1768, who d. Feb, 28, 1820, and he ab,
1822. It is said that he Hved first where Enoch Dunbar now
resides, and In his latter days, at " High HUl," so. called, ch. : 1.
Martha, Nov, 25, 1767, m, Enoch Whiting, H'm.. 2. Mehlt.,
Ap, 23, 1770, d. young, 8, Dan'l,, Ap, 23, 1772, 4„ Galen,
Feb, 1, 1774, m, Rachael Prouty, of Scit, ? sett,, in Brookfield,
where he d, in Dec, 1849, having had ch, : Galen, d. at the
West ; Leonard, and Charles, sett, in lU's, ; Andrew, an invalid,
unm, ;' Wm., is m., and Hves on his father's place ; Louisa, unm, ;
and Rachel, m. Jere, Doming ? and has ch, 5, Sylvanus, Dec.

430 WHITON.
7, 1776. 6, Hosea, June 24, 1778. 7. Mehit,, Jan, 28, 1781,
m, Ellas Whiting, Brookf'd., July 1, 1804. 8. Josiah, Nov. 29,
1784, m. a Prouty, sett. In Brookf'd., and d, leaving ch. : Os
born, Josiah, Julia, A., Elizab., Merrill, (d. young,) Abig.,
Martha, and Mary ; — all m., and have ch. but Elizab, 9, Abig,,
Mar, 1, 1788, d, Dec, 1795.
32. Zach., s. Daniel 15, m. Kezia Wilder, H'm,, Dec. 12,
1770, and d. May 15, 1804 ? and his wid. in 1833. ch. : 1,
Prudence, m, Enoch LoveU, Wey'h. ; and d, in Me. 2. "Chas.,
m, a Stoddard ? and d, Feb, 7, 1849, 3, Theoph., Mar, 80,
1775, 4. Susan, m. Steph. Gardner, H'm., Dec. 29, 1796,
5, SybU, Oct, 27, 1780, living unm. 6, Hosea, Sep, 11, 1782,
7, Polly, m, Joel Seymour, H'm, 8, Martha, m, Jotham Shaw,
Wey'h., and d, in 1836 ? 9. PriscUla, m. Justm Rogers.
^^j^ s, Dan'l. 15, m. Lydia Ja-
.y^^6<.^ Ct- ///C2'c0y{ cobs, Scit., and Hved at
" Queen's Ann's Comers,"
where he d. Nov, 5, 1818, He was a carpenter by trade, and
lived in a house which stood where stands that now occupied by
the wid, of his son Joseph J., and by his gr, s, Amasa, ch,: 1,
Davis, Aug, 20, 1778, m. Abig, Bowker, Scit,, and d, Ap, 12,
1838, having had ch., Mary C, 1797, m. Leonard Cushing,
H'm.; Abig. B., January 4, 1799, m. Jas. W. Sivret, June 10,
1819, and Hves In Dorch'r,; and Davis, Feb. 2, 1801, lost at
sea. In May, 1828- 2. Perez, Ap. 3, 1776. 3, Jael, Mar, 18,
1777, d, Oct, 19, 1794. 4, Joseph J,, Dec 29, 1778, 5. Ly
dia, Oct. 25, 1780, m, Nath'l, Bump, MIdd'o, June 15,1807.
6. Abig,, Sep. 30, 1788, m. Alex'r, Vining, Ab'n,, Feb. 3, 1807,
7, Eunice, July 14, 1786, m. Neh. Ripley, jr., H'm,, Feb, 4,
1807, and d, Oct, 1850. Was there another da. Jael ? m. Harris
Turner, Scit.? Oct. 19, 1794,
34, Benj., s. Benj. 16, m. Joanna Gardner, H'm., 1766, who
d. June 14, 1807, and he Ap, 12, 1816. Lived in a house which
stood where stands that of Eleazer Chubbuck, In H'm,, was a far
mer, and a man of great mechanical ingenuity, and industry, ch. :
1, Joanna, Jan, 11, 1767, d, July, 1782. 2, Asenath, Ap, 10,
1770, d. Feb. 11, . 1840. 3. Benj,, Jan. 22, 1773. 4. Joseph,

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Jan, 9, 1777, Hves In H'm., near Accord Pond, m. Lucy, da, Wm;
BarreU, Scit., Dec. 22, 1812, and has ch. : Jos. M., Nov. 6, 1813 ;
Lucy B., Jan. 17, 1816, m. Albert G. Mann, Oct, 19, 1834, and
d, Jan, 3, 1837 ; Ruth, Jan, 26, 1818, d. Feb, 10, 1889 ; and
Salome, Nov. 30, 1819. 6. Archelaus, Sep. 30, 1778, m. Eliz
abeth Gardner, H'm., May 4, 1799, who d. Oct., 1808, and in
1812, he enlisted from the frigate Constitution to go to the Lakes,
and prob. d, there. He had 1 da., Betsey, Jan. 24, 1801, m.
Eleazer Chubbuck, H'm., Jan. 13, 1838, and has 4 ch. 6, Lu
ther, Mar, 16, 1781, m, 1, Cynthia E, Stetson, Dec. 31, 1815,
who d. May 29, 1818 ; and 2, Lois Gardner, Dec. 27, 1818 ; and
had, by 1st,, ch, : Cynthia S., Mar. 21, 1818, m, Benj. White,
Dux'y,, Feb, 1849 ; and Sophia S, Mar, 21, 1818, m, Abner Lor
ing, H'm., Mar, 22, 1840,
35. Ezek'l,, s. Benj. 16, m. 1, Olive Stoddard, Scit., and 2,
Mary Berry, Mar, 10, 1804, was a farmer, lived InH'm,, and had
ch, : 1. Sarah, m, Asa Souther, Cohas't,, Nov. 29, 1796. 2.
Lois, m. Jos. HUl, jr., Ab'n,, Ap, 10, 1803. 3, OHve, m, Peleg
Dunbar, H'm., FeT). 15, 1806. 4, Abig,, m, Jno. Blake, or
Black, Plym'h. 5, Judith, m, 1, Quincy Gardner, and 2, Nicho
las Daniels, (By 2d,) 6. Ezek'l., Jan, 25, 1805.
36. Abel, s, Benj, 16, m, Grace, wid, Sam'l, Stoddard, Jan.
9, 1779, and moved to Worcester, where he d. ch. : 1. Abel,
Dec. 4, 1779, m,, Hved in Blandford, Ct., and had ch, 2, Sarah,
Mar. 19, 1782. 3. Sam'l., July, 1786, m., lived in N. T'k.
State, and has Jas, W-, and others. 4. Amos, July, 1788, m.
Hannah Keith, Bridg'r., and had Sidney, and others. 6. Ezek'l.,
May 7, 1790, m. and had ch, 6, Ambrose,' m, and had ch., 7.
Laban. 8. Andrew, m. Lucy Briggs, lives in Waltham, and has
ch. ry^ ^^y^^.J  ^ s, Thos. 17, m. Ra-
37. d/y^a>?o^/ ^;%-^^:^chael Peakes, Nov, 15,
1770 and d, in Hanover, Dec, 18, 1805, and his wid. Sep. 80,
1828* ae 8L Lived on Whiting st,, in the house now occupied
by Piam Damon, and was Selectman from 1780-82, and in '89.
ch • 1 Wm. P., Ap. 28, 1771, m, Sally Wales, Randolph, and
prl^ticed law in Bos'n,, where bed,, leaving ch., Mary W., m.

432 whiton.
Levi H, Marsh,? Sarah A., d. ae. ab, 26; Eph'm. W., was
m,, had 2 ch., and was lost at sea ; and Ella S. ? 2, Rachael,
Oct, 14, 1773, d. May 7, 1849, 3, Thos., Aug, 16, 1776, m,
Hannah Marin, June 8, 1797, lived on Whiting st,, where he d.
In 1806, leaving ch., Marcia, May, 1798 ; Jairus, moved to N.
Y'k. State ; Oren, (m. 1, Sarah C. Faxon, who d. Feb. 20,1827,
and 2, Mary Jones, May, 1831, Hves on Whiting st., and has
Lewis, Jan, 24, 1832; Oren T,, Aug, 28, 1834; Lucius,
Ap, 22, 1837 ; Abel H., 1841, d, 1842. Abel H., July,
1843; Albert, March 24, 1846; and Jno. B., Mar. 24,
1849,); Lewis, d. ; and Hannah M., m, EHsha Faxon, Ab'n,
4, Charles, bap, June 27, 1784, m. Betsey Pool, Ab'n,,
and had ch., Albert, Nov. 6, 1808; Emily, Dec. 7, 1806,
m. David Pool, E. Ab'n. ; Nath'l. H, Nov. 24, 1808, m.
Mary Clark, and lives In Mfd., no ch. ; Wm., sometime a clergy
man, of the Univ. denom., and now sett. In H'n., m.a da. of Benj.
Stetson, of H., for his 2d w., and has ch. ; and Betsey, m. Reu
ben Loud, E. Ab'n. 5. OHve, bap. July 22, 1787, m. Piam
Damon, June 16, 1814. 6. Martin, bap. July 22, 1792, d.
young. 88. Jas., s. Thos. 17, m. Thankful Whiting, Hved in Hanover,
and d, Sep, 26, 1812, ae, 65, and his wid. Aug, 8, 1832, ae. 73.
BuUt and occupied the house in which Jno. W. Estes now lives.
ch. : 1, Thankful, Nov, 6, 1781, d. Feb, 1, 1793, 2, Rebecca,
May 28, 1784, d, Aug, 13, 1786, 3, Jas., Dec. 5, 1789, m.
Ann Brooks, had no ch,, d,, and his wid, m, a Gray, of Me. 4.
Mary, May 8, 1786, m, Uriah Lawrence, Lunenburg, 5, Hora
tio, Nov. 2, 1791, m. 1, Ruth LoveU, who d, Ap, 26, 1839, and
2, Lucy Lane, lives in Mfd-, and has ch., I/ucy, Aug, 15, 1828,
d,. 1848? Flora, K^. 24, 19>?,0,d.; Marcia; and Alden. 6.
Thankful, Dec, 1, 1794, d, unm. 7, Rufus, Aug, 7, 1797, d.
Dec, 24, 1799, 8, Rebecca, Sep, 28, 1800, m, Zadoc Beal, Nov,
80,1837, 89„ Ellas, s, Thos, 17, m, Debo, Jackson, and d. In H., May
20, 17,90, and his wid. May 25, 1818, ae, 61, ch, : 1, Ruth,
Jan. 30, 1779, 2, Justus, Sep, 14, 1780, m, Abig, WUder,
H'm., Hveson Whiting st,, and is a respectable farmer ; no ch.

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S. Benj,, Ap. 28, 1782, Is m,, and lives In Me, 4. Sarah, Aug.
27, 1784, d. Mar, 4, 1804, 5, Amos, Aug. 9, 1786. 6, Ed
mund, b. and d, 1788, 7. Elias, b, 1789, d, 1798,
40, Asa, 3, Thos, 17, m. 1, Debc Dwelley, Ap. 18, 1786, who
d, Ja,n. 8, 1787 ; and 2, Betty Whiting, Ap, 12, 1789 ; lived on
Whiting st,, and finally moved to Lunenburg, where he d, ch,
by 2d w., 1, Asa, b. 1790, d. 1793. 2. Elijah, Aug. 22, 1792,
a blacksmith, d, unm, ab, 1842. 3, Debo, D., Dec. 10, 1794, m,
Nathan Beal, Ab'n,, and d. Dec. 17, 1821, leaving ason Nathan.
4. Asa, Oct. 14, 1797, sett. In Lunenburg. 5. Betty, bap.
Oct. 23, 1803, m. a Battles, and Hves In Fitchburg.
/ / //fT^^^ ^' '^^°^- ^'^' ™- ^'^^^ ^'
41:,'^qXjIA/ ^l/^Z^^<^yyiann, Ap. 23, 1786, who
'Vo // <J- Nov- 26, 1842, ae. 77,
{/ and he May 20, 1848, ae.
87. Lived in the house now occupied by Jas. Fish, on Whiting
St. ch.: 1. Caleb, b. 1788, d. 1792. 2. Lucy, Jan. 17, 1791,
d. June 15, 1840. 3. Susa G., Dec. 26, 1793, d. Oct. ll,
1794. 4. Caleb, Mar. 21, 1795, m. 1, Mary Whiting, June 9,
1828, who d. Sep. 2, 1850 ; and 2, Anne, da. Gideon Studley,
May 11, 1852, Hves on Whiting st,, and had a da, Mary W, b.
Mar. 21, 1829, d. Sep. 25, 1843. 6. Sage, Ap. 20, 1797, m.
David Nichols, Cohas't,, Nov, 28, 1817. 6, Ezra, May 21,
1800, m, Sally Curtis, Hved on Mam st,, and d. Oct. 3, 1831,
having had ch,, Ezra, Sep, 9, 1823, in Cohas't,; Josh. S., Dec,
6, 1825, m, Betsey B, Dwelley, June 20, 1847, and has Elmira
E,, Aug, 10, 1860 ; Lucius C, Mar, 20, 1828, In Cal'a.; and
Edwin, Aug. 22, 1831, d. ae. 4. One other ch. d. young, 7.
Jared, Ap. 16, 1804, m. Desire Loring, H'm,, Jan, 1838, lives
on Whiting si, and has Caleb L., Jan. 4, 1839, and Jared, Aug.
16, 1842, 8.. Lydia P., Sep, 26, 1806, m, Briggs Freeman,
Ab'n,, and d. Sep. 28, 1849. s, Wm. 18, m. Betsey Clapp,
^^1808, and '04, lived on
Whiting St., and d. Mar. 19, 1825, ae. 63, and his wid. Mar, 17,
1829, ae, 58, ch,: 1. Avis, Mar. 17, 1803, m. 'G, W. Turner,

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Oct. 22, 1829. 2. Mary, Jan. 80, 1806, m. Caleb Whiting,
June 9, 1823, and d, Sep, 2, 1850, 3, SUvanus, Feb, 9, 1808,
m, Lucy Bates, Nov, 20, 1828, lives on Whiting st,. Is a farmer,
and has ch., Silvanus, Nov, 24, 1829, m. Sarah J, Torrey, Jan,
14, 1852; Betsey C, Oct, 7, 1831; Nathan, July 12, 1833;
Lucy M., July 5, 1835; Laura A., July 28, 1837; Adelaide,
Feb, 10, 1840 ; Thos. H. B., Jan. 10, 1842 ; Geo. D., Mar. 18,
1845 ; Mary R.,d. ; and Elmer, Feb, 8, 1849, 4. Wm., Feb.
5, 1811, m. Cynthia Curtis, Nov. 20, 1831, Hves on Whiting
st., is a farmer, was Selectman in 1845, '47, '48, and '49; and
has ch., Triphena, Bee. 13, 1832; Cynthia, Sep. 14, 1834;
Wm., May 19, 1836 ; Simeon, July 16, 1888, d. Mar. 4, 1839 ;
Betsey, Maj 18, 1840 ; Mary, Ap. 1847 ; and Walter, Mar. 6,
1850. 43. Elijah, s. David 22^ m. Lydia Lincoln, H'm., Jan. 7,
1768, was a farmer, Uved on " Bull's Lane," so called, and
d. Mar. 16, 1814. ch.: 1. Lydia, Aug. 29, 1768, m. Jno. Chad-
wick, Bos'n., Jan. 30, 1798. 2. Elij., b. 1770, d. 1778. 3.
Peggy, 1771, d. 1773. 4. Peggy, June 17, 1776, m. Laban
Beal, H'm., Oct. 2, 1796. 5. Olive, Dec. 3, 1777, m. a Felch,
Boylston, Mass. 6. Elij., Dec, 29, 1779, 7, Bela, June 4,
1783, went South, m,, and d, there,
44. Ezra, s, David 22, m, Martha Lincoln, Nov, 15, 1770, and
d, in H'm., Oct. 25, 1773, and his wid. m. his bro. Moses. He
had one son, Ezra, b. May 8, 1772, m, Emma, da, Thos', Jones,
H'm,, June 14, 1795, and d. In Mar. 1851, having hadch, :
Ezra J, Ap. 6, 1797, of Bos'n, ; Emma, Ap, 17, 1800, m.
Benj. Andrews, H'm, ; Ebed, Sep, 18, 1802, m 1, Esther C,
Richardson, and 2, Mary A, Howe, and lives in Bos'n ; Bela,
Oct. 18, 1804, m, Martha L. Whitney, and had a son, Geo. H,,
b. 1829, d, 1830 ; MaHha, Sep, 16, 1807, m, a Wiggins, Bos'n,;
Susan C, Sep, 8, 1810, m. Zadoc Hersey, H'm. ; Thos. L., b.
1812, d. 1813 ; Thos. L., Dec 28, 1813 ; Peter; and Hannah R,,
m. Bela H. Whiton.

WHITON, 435
jP/y^i_ s. David 22, m. Mar-
^^" / f ^1^^/' ^^' ^'^^' °^ "^^^ brother
<lA'\OJ ca y77t>LXoTL Ezra W., and Hved in
H'm,, where he d, June
9, 1823, and his w, Nov. 13, 1812. He was a merchant In H'm.,
on the Plain, and was a man of exceUent character, and respect
able standbg. ch. : 1, David, Ap, 23, 1775, 2, WUson, Sep.
26, 1777. 3. Mary, Aug. 26, 1780, m, Peter Sprague, Nov.
28, 1799. 4, Sarah, Jan, 11, 1783, m. Judge Abel Cushing,
June 16, 1811, and Hves m Dorch'r. 5. Moses, June 26, 1786.
6. Starks, June 26, 1786.
46. Israel," s. Stephen 24, m, Hannah StoweU, H'm., Jan, 14,
1781, and d, Aug. 2, 1840, ae. 82, and his w,, who was b, Jan,
9, 1761, d. Ap. 11 ? 1827. ch. : 1. Israel, m. Rebecca Cleverly,
Ap, 11 ? 1802, and d, Nov, 6, 1825 ; no ch. 2. CampbeU, Feb.
19, 1784, known as Kimball Whiting, m. Desire Jordan, and
had ch., Henry ; Kimball; Rebecca; Harriet, m,- a Smith;
lydia A., m. a Watson; Mary A.; Almira, m. a Leavens;
Ellen; zxid George. 3. Hannah, b. 1787, d. 1788. 4. Isaiah,
Oet. 8, 1789, m. Martha Estabrooks, and had ch., MaHha D.,
Sep. 18, 1811 ; Isa. G., May 5, 1818 ; Chas. E., Feb. 22, 1815;
Susan A., May 24, 1817 ; Debo. C, May 19, 1820 ; Albert, b.
1823, d. 1824; Anna A., .lune 13, 1825 ; ETrdly E., Oct. 11,
1827 ; AlbeH, Oct. 10, 1829 ; Olive M., May 4, 1832 ; and
Wm. S., Oct. 28, 1834. 6. Royal, Feb, 2, 1792, m. Esther
Cleverly, July 3, 1811, Hves in Quincy, and has ch, : Elizab. i).,
Ap. 9, 1812, m. Dr. T. L. Turner, Bos'n,, Ap. 3, 1843; Hannah
S., Ap. 25, 1814, m. Jairus Beal, Nov. 29, 1838 ; Cath. C. A,
b. 1816, d. 1818 ; Cath. C A, b. 1818, d, 1888 ; Royal, July
26, 1820, m. Rebecca A. Lothrop, Nov, 1, 1843 ; Hiram, Mar.
22,' 1823 ; Jas., b. 1825, d. 1826 ; Hannah J. ? b. 1829, d.
1848 ; Rebecca E., b. 1830, d. 1832, 6. Job S,, Jan, 23, 1797,
m, Lucy Fadden, of Ct., and had ch, : Lucy, Sep, 26,1822;
Lydia E. ? b, 1825, d. 1845 ; Josi. W., Dec. 4, 1827 ; Lyman
B. ; and Mehit, S.

436 WHITON.
47. Enoch, s, Capt, Enoch 26, m, Martha Whiting, Sep, 14,
1786, and d. In H'm,, Dec, 30, 1811, ch. : 1, Desire, Ap, 15,
1787, m. Jairus Mann, June 9, 1811,? 2. Enoch, b, 1789, d,
1790. 3. Enoch, b. 1791, d, 1792, 4, Joanna, May 30, 1793,
m, Ed, Humphrey, ? 5, Martha, Feb. 27, 1795. 6. Sam'l.,
Ap. 7, 1797, 7, Mary W., Ap. 5, 1799, m. Jona. D. Pratt,
Nov. 17, 1823, 8, Enoch, Oct, 12, 1801, m. Sarah, da. Col.
John CoUamore, Scit,, lived In H'm., and d. ab. 1837, leaving
ch. : Sarah A; and Mary C, m. Henry W, Clark, of Boston,
April 17, 1861, and lives in Woburn. 9, Bethia, July 27, 1803,
10, Christopher, Dec, 8, 1806, 11. Leah S., Mar. 21, 1808,
m. Cushing Bames, H'm., Dec. 16, 1830.
48. Elij., s. Elij. 27, m. Charity, da. Job Loring, H'm., May
20, 1798, was a carpenter by trade, and a farmer, and d. In H'm,,
In Mar, 1837. ch.: 1. Elijah, Mar. 6, 1799, m. Lydia, da.
Crocker Wilder, H'm,, Sep. 18, 1822, and has ch., Chas., Nov.
9, 1824, (m, Sarah J,, da. Capt, Seth Hersey, and has 2 ch.,
Sarah J., 1848, and Chas., Mar. 27,1850;) and George, Oct.
12, 1828. 2. Loring, Oct. 29, 1801, a skilful carpenter, was m.,
and I§ prob, d. He had ch., George, who is one of the commu
nity of Shakers, at Harvard, Mass.; Stephen, a mariner, drowned
on a voyage to Smyrna, 1852 ; and Caroline, who Is m., and
Hves In Bos'n, 3, Lavinia, February 2, 1804, m, Jacob TirreU,
Wey'h,, and has 5 ch, 4, Elizab,, 1806, unm, .5, Charlotte,
b. 1808, d. 1813. 6, Alvan, Sep, 23, 1811, Hving unm,, InH'm.
Note. The son Elijah, is a man of rare mechanical ability, and has been
the successful inventor of various machines, several of which have been pa
tented, and have been found highly useful. His latest invention, a machine
for sawing volutes and cylinders, is now in operation, in H'm., and prom
ises to work quite a revolution in the bucket business. Did our hmits pre-
mit, we might fill a long chapter with a sketch of the life of Mr. W., whose
varied incidents would be instructive and encouraging to the young. He
has been somewhat in political life, and is a man of great energy of charac
ter, persevering in whatever he undertakes, and carrying it on to a success
ful issue.
49. Blossom, s. EHjah, 27, m. Sarah Lincoln, and lived in
Chas'n., where he d. ch,: 1, Blossom L. 2. Jas, 3. Albert.
4. Walter. 5. Henry. 6. Sarah. 7. Mary, m. Mark War
ren.

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50. Ephraim, s. Jotham, 29, m. Mehit. Hobart, Ab'n,, in
1810, and d, Ap, 14, 1842, Lived In Ab'n,, and was a shoema
ker by trade. He was also a trader for a time in Bos'n, ch.: 1,
Eph'm, W,, Mar. 16, 1811, of Bos'n,, m. Sarah Morton, Dux'y,,
and has Helen E., Adelaide L., and Walter B. 2. Geo, L,,
Mar. 24, 1818, m, Maria Peterson, Dux'y., and has Sasan M.,
July 4, 1885. 3. Alden, May 9, 1816, m. Sophronia Hunting
ton, Ct., and has Amelia S., and Lydia. 4. Henry, Feb. 23,
1819, m. Almedia ? Watson, and lives in Dux'y. 5. Polly, Nov.
15, 1821, m. Jno. W. Estes, of Hanover. 6. Peter W., Dec. 3,
1826, d. Oct. 1, 1847. 7. Lydia, Dec. 3, 1825, m. Benj. H,
Bowker, of Hanover, 8. MerrUl, Sep, 25, 1835.
61. Eleazer, s. BarzUlal 3©, m, 1, Reverence Nash, Ab'n,,
1810, who d. Feb. 19, 1816; and 2, Nancy Hobart, Nov. 18,
1821, Hves in E. Ab'n., and has ch : 1. Clarissa, Jan. 27, 1811,
m. Vincent Blanchard, N. Ab'n. (By 2d,) 2. Elbridge, Aug.
1, 1822, surveyor ; a young man of fine talents, and great prom
ise, now engaged on one of the raUroads in lU's. 8. Leonard,
May 8, 1824, m. Elizab. Hobart, Dorch'r,, Hves In E. Ab'n,, and
has Harriet E., July 25, 1847 ; Leonard A., Jan, 1849 ; and
Henry, 1850. 4. Jacob, Dec 28, 1825, Hves In Milford, 6.
Marilla, May 26, 1828, m. Jos, W. Davis, E, Ab'n., and has
Willard W., and Geo. H. 6. Rowena, b, 1831, d, 1882, 7.
Roxa A., July 13, 1833. Joanna E,, Jan, 3, 1888,
52. Ithamar, s. BarzUlal 30, m, Abig. Mann, and lived in E.
Ab'n,, where he d, July 31, 1820, ae. 34. ch. : 1. Lydia G.,
Dec. 28, 1811, m. Gideon B. PhiUips, and lives in E, Ab'n.
2. Abig,, Ap. 24, 1813, m. John H. Marsh, Worcester. 3. Ste
phen, Ap. 18, 1819, m. 1, Mary Prouty, who d. Ap. 10, 1844 ;
and 2, Judith A. Baker, Midd'e, Hves In E. Ab'n., and has
Stephen W., b. 1843, d. 1844; (by 2d,) Simeon D., June 15,
1847 ; and Herbert J, Aug. 6, 1849. 4. Rowena, May 11,
1814, d. ae. 3.
53, Daniel, s, Daniel 31, m, Phoebe, da. Capt. Enoch Whiting,
and sett. In N, Brookf'd., in 1810, where he d. in Feb. 1850,
ch, : 1. Lewis is m., and has Caroline, Rebecca, Phoebe, and
Frances. 2. Nelson, m. Cath., da, Sam'l. Gardner, H'm., and

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had 1 son, Gardner, d. ae, 11. 3. Daniel. 4. Rev, Lyman, of
Reading, Mass, 5, Eliza, m, Parker Johnson, of N. Brookfield.
Note. — The anniversary of the fiftieth wedding day of Mr. Daniel W.,
and his wife, was celebrated by appropriate festivities, on which occasion,
the following odes were sung : —
THE GOLDEN MARRIAGE,
OR THE
FIFTIETH MARRIAGE ANJMIVERSARY
OT
MR. DANIEL AND MRS. PHCEBE "WHITING.
I Jan. 11, 1798.[ HYMN. ADDRESS.
Our Father God, before Thee now.
Together we, thy children bow,
And joyful, willing songs of praise
From lip and heart, to Thee we raise.

We 're gathered on the cherished spot,
W^here thou in wisdom cast the lot
Of parents ; who, before Thee stand
With children, these, a filial band.
Back half a century's rolling years,
This night; with love, and hopes and tears.
Their bridal vows, they made in youth ;—
Since kept with holy faith and truth.
Through life's bright prime; through wiser
days,
Together toiled their blended ways.
And now Age smites, they kiss the rod.
And patient wait their call to God.
Now, sons and daughters, come to bless
Their kind parental faithfulness.
And childrens' children, join and sing —
While orphan hearts thank-offerings bring.
Departed ones, who shared this love.
Raise holier songs in homes above !
Help us, O God ! to join thzie song
And in thy praise their strains prolong. • S.

[Jan. 11, 1848.1
PLACING THE RING,

HYMN,
j'ather, and Mother ! Husband, Wife !
Names in which dwell earth's holiest charms,
We hail this length of wedded life, —
Of aged vows — of trembling palms.
Dim eyes, gray locks, were bright the day
These bridal vows, ye youthful took,
Tho' dimmed the eye, the locks turned gray.
Their bonds, not loosened, nor forsook.
Since that far day, how sore the strife
In household toil, ye two have borne
Daughters and Sons — life from your life
Have drawn ; 'till yours' is waste and worn.
We children greet you on this day,
Father and Mother, take our song, —
While " little longer" you may stay,
We would in peace your hours prolong.
Now old, fond love, drop gladsome tears.
These children hands, shall 'fend from need,
'Till we all end our mortal years.
Then Jesus, count us " holy seed." 1..

64. Sylvanus, s. Dan'l. 81, m, Hannah Stoddard, H'm,, Feb.
26, 1800, and lives m H'm. ch,: 1, Sylvanus, m. Sibyl Gard
ner, H'm,, Jan, 1, 1828, and has Adaline 0. 2, Nathan, m.
Tempo, BickneU, Wey'h,, and has Tempe., Susan A., and George.
3, Nahum, m, Merlbel Orcutt, lives in E, Wey'h., and has Mary
A; and Anna L. 4. SUas, m, 1, Mary Dyer, Braintree, and 2,
Anne Newcomb, Wey'h,, lives in W., and has Mary L., Susan
M., and Emma J. 6. Hannah, m. Chas, Gardner, jr. 6. Ly
dia, m. Chas. Whiting. 7. Mary, m, Jas, Matthewson, Wey'h.

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56. Theoph., s. Zach. 32, m. Hannah CoUamore, Scit., who
d. Sep. 25, 1824, and he May 4, 1831. ch.: 1. Hannah C,
Dec. 14, 1798, m. David Cushing, E. Ab'n., and has Wm. S.,
Davis, Brainerd, Urban W., Sarah C, Andrew J, Fanny W.,
and Henry J. 2. Lusanna, Dec. 21, 1800, m. Silas Ripley,
Ab'n., 1821, and d. Feb. 15, 1830. 3. Theoph. W., Dec. 7, 1802,
m. Mary Paine, Rdl'ph, and had Nancy A., b. and d. 1833, and
Leonard W., d. 1840. 4. Zenas L., Oct. 3, 1804, m. Mary
Lane, Ab'n., 1826, and has Hiram L., Nov. 1825 ; Mary A., Sep,
26, 1827, m, Andrew Rogers, Hanover ; Edwin W., Dec. 9,
1880 ; Albert L., b. and d. 1884 ; Henry L. ; Emily L. ; Al
bert F.; Josephine M.; and TFm. X,, Jan, 26, 1849, 5, Maria,
July 28, 1807, m, Peter W. Beal, E, Ab'n. 6. GUman C, Feb,
16, 1809, m, Diantha Stoddard, Abington; Hves In H,, on Main
street, has been constable, &c.; and has ch,: Diantha S., Septem
ber 27, 1830; Mary TT., August 22, 1831 ; Nathan G^,, AprU
15, 1838 ; Hannah M., June 10, 1836, d. September 27, 1862 ;
Soranus W., October 1836, d. July, 1839 ; Anson V., Aug.
1838 ; and Lusanna M., AprU 14, 1842, 7. Piam C, June
27, 1811, m, Sarah D, Brooks, September 16, 1831, and died
Aug. 12, 1845, leaving ch,, Piam W., b, 1832, d. 1833 ; Ed
win W, Dec. 2, 1833 ; Angeline S., Aug, 9, 1836 ; Piam A.,
Ap. 1838 ; and Lucy M, Feb. 28, 1848. 8. Edwin, July 19,
1813, m. Mary Batties, N. Bridg'r., and d, Jan. 2, 1844, and his
wid.. In 1861, leaving no ch. 9. Hiram, Jan. 28, 1818, d. Feb.
6, 1823,
66, Hosea, s, Zach, 32, m. 1, Anne Stoddard, H'm., Nov. 11,
1804, who d. June 16, 1844 ; and 2, AHce Turner ;— Hves in
H'm., and is a farmer, ch.: 1, Hosea,. Jan. 12, 1806, m. 1, Be
thia Curtis, Oct. 24, 1827, who d. July 13, 1831 ; 2, Maria A.
Hawes, 1881, who d. Sep. 1841 ; and 3, Mary E. Stone, June
10, 1843 ; lives In H'm., Is a shoemaker, and has ch., Geo. B.,
Oct. 19, 1828, (m. Mary Damon, Mfd., Jan, 1, 1851, and lives
in Wey'h.); Alfred B., June 27, 1832; and Florinda C, Oct.
22, 1839. 2, Ann, Mar. 6, 1808, m, Spencer Shaw, Ap, 1,
1838, 3, Chas., March 30, 1811, m, Lydia Whiting, AprU 1,
1838, lives In Wey'h,, and has Rowena C, and Chas. D. 4.

440 WHITOK,
Jane, May 26, 1813, m. Chas, Shaw, Cummington, 5, Persis,
January 2, 1815, m, John Haynes, Charlestown, 6. Ruth, m.
May 10, 1817, m, Jno. W. Penniman, H'm., Feb. 26, 1837. 7.
Harriet, June 27, 1819, m. Dexter M, Wolcott, Jan. 8, 1848.
8, Dexter, Jan, 5, 1824, m. Ann TIsdale, Oct, 20, 1847, and
Hves In H'm,; no ch, (By 2d,') 9 AHce R,, June 6, 1846.
57, Perez, s, Amasa 33, a carpenter by trade, m, 1, Mary
Bowker, Scit,, Nov, 13, 1799, who d. Ap. 4, 1823, and 2, Sarah
Simmons, Dux'y. ; and Hves in So. H'm. His 2d w. Is also d.
ch, : 1. Perez S,, Oct. 19, 1800, m. Lucy C, da. Hon. E.F.
Jacobs, and Hves In N. T'k. 2. Mary, Feb. 6, 1802, m. Rev.
Calvin Gardner, WatervUle, Me., Dec, 26, 1825. 3. Adaline,
Feb, 2, 1804, m, Ed, Jacobs, ScU,, Ap, 16, 1826, 4. Caroline,
Feb, 2, 1804, m, Laban Jacobs, H'm,, Feb, 2, 1828. 6. Geo.,
Mar. 1, 1806, d, Ap, 7, 1828, 6, Chas., May 29, 1808, m,
Anna C. Fearing, H'm., Jan. 10„ 1830, is a mfr. of edge tools,
in H'm., near Accord Pond, and has Chas. D., Mar., 1831, d.
June, 1848 ; Catl. B., 1885 ; and Geo. F. 7. Albert, Feb.
28, 1810, a master mason, and contractor, m. Sarah G. Fearing,
H'm., and has Albert T., Sep. 80, 1833, clerk with J. J. Whiting
& Co., Boston ; Geo. F. ; and Sarah H, Mar. 21, 1849. 8.
Winslow L., Ap. 1, 1813, m. Ann E. Ripley, of H'm., Hves In
Newark, and has ch. 9. Benj. S., Mar. 22, 1815, m. OHve Fear
ing, H'm-, who d. ab. 1849, and he is living in Ab'n. Has TFe6-
sfer J.., Sep. 27, 1840; Shurtleff ; and Olive A. 10. Davis J.,
Nov. 15, 1816, unm. 11. Julia A., Feb. 7, 1820, m. Wm.
Brown, shoe manf r., Ab'n.

(Capt. Joseph J.) s. Amasa 33, a house carpenter by trade, and
for many years a highly respectable master mechanic In Bos'n.,
m. 1, Anna E. Crane, and 2, Cath. Bowker ; lived latterly in S,
H'm., where his son Amasa now resides, where he d. in Oct. 1838.
A view of his residence Is given in the Frontispiece, ch. :
1. Joseph J., b. In Bos'n., June 25, 1818, and now an ex
tensive merchant In B., of the firm of Whiting, Kehoe & Gal-

WHITON, 441
loupe, dealers in clothing, &c., on Federal st. Notm. 2. Ama
sa, Oct. 15, 1821, m, Hannah L, Fearing, H'm,, Hves on his fath
er's place, and has ch., Mary L., June 21, 1845, and Amasa J,
Ap. 2, 1849. 3. Catherine, Jan. 24, 1823 ? d. Oct. 9, 1826.
59. Benj., s. Benj., 34, m. Lydia Stoddard, Dec. 10, 1797,
and Hves In H'm., near Accord Pond. A blacksmith by trade.
ch. : 1. Jared, May 26, 1798, d. Dec. 1817. 2. Richard, Ap.
19, 1800, m. Mary Stoddard, Hves in H'm., and Is a shoe
maker ; noch. 3. Lydia, Jan, 3, 1803. 4. Maria, Dec. 7,
1804, m. Freeman House, H'm. 5. Joanna, Mar., 1807, m.
Freeman French, H'm., Dec. 28, 1826. 6. Joel, May, 1809, m.
Eunice Ide, of Seekonk, Hves in Ab'n., is a shoemaker, and has
Benj. S., d. young; and Eunice I. 7. Pamela, Oct. 6, 1814,
m. Benj. Mann, Hanover. 8. Jared, Mar, 31, 1819, not m, 9,
Elizab,, Oct, 1821, m. Jas, M, BurriU, H'm,
60, EHjah, s, EHjah 48, m, 1, Susan Beal, who d. Aug, 1,
1812 ; and 2, Mary Llncohi, Wey'h ; Hved In H'm., was a packet
man, of the line running from Bos'n. to H'm., and d. In H'm.,
June 17, 1841, ae. 61. ch. : 1. Susan L., Dec. 27, 1809, m.
Eben'r. Pratt, Bos'n. (By 2d,) 2. Elijah L., Jan. 15, 1814,
m. Rachael C. Lincoln, H'm., Jan. 1, 1840, lives in H'm., is a
hatter, and has ch.. Dexter B., 1842 ; Charlotte L., 1844 ; and
Mary L, Aug., 1848. 3. Bela H., Feb. 14, 1816, wheelwright,
Hves iu H'n., m. Hannah, da. Ezra Whiting, Feb. 22, 1844, and
has Frances H, Jan. 30, 1846, and Elenor R., Jan. 24, 1848.
4. Fred'k., May 4, 1818, hatter, of Bos'n., m. Sarah Waters, and
has Sarah W., and Susan. 6. Mary L., Ap. 17, 1820, m. Sid
ney Sprague, H'm. 6. Lucy, Oct. 9, 1822, m. Luther Sprague,
H'm. 7. Erastus, Jan. 11, 1826, m. PriscUla Burr, In Jan. 1853,
and Hves In H'm. 8. Jno. C, Aug. 21, 1828, of Bos'n. ; not m.
61. David, s. Moses 45, m. Nabby Fearing, H'm., Jan. 16,
1808 and was for many years a diligent and successful merchant
in H'm., in the grain and flour business. He d. Aug. 14, 1843.
ae. 68. ch. : 1. MerriaU, Dec. 3, 1803. 2. Nabby F., Sep. 6,
1805, m. Morris Fearing, H'm. 3. Mary R., Sep. 28, 1806, d.
Jan. 2, 1808. 4. Mary R., June 18, 1808. 6. David, Oct. 9,
28

442 WILDER.
1809, m. 1, Lucy P, Dorr, Bos'n., Nov. i, 1842, who d. Sep. 4,
1843 ; and 2, Ellen L. Kelloran, of Portiand, Me., and is of the
weU known firm of Whiton, Train & Co., Bos'n. ; no ch. 6.
Wm., Nov. 3, 1811, m. Abig. Ripley, of H'm., Jan. 31, 1849, Is
of the firm of Whiton, Train & Co., and has ch., Abby H, Jan.,
20, 1840, d. ae. 2 ; Wm. T., d. ae, 3 ; Chas F., Aug, 20, 1844 ;
Lucy D. ; Abby R. ; and Laura and Fanny, twins, b. Mar. 23,
1851, 7. Harriet, Jan, 9, 1814, 8, Lydia R,, Feb. 11, 1816.
9 Thos. F., Ap. 14, 1821, merchant, Bos'n.
62. Wilson, s. Moses 45, m. Chloe White, Wey'h., Oct. 21,
1804, and for many years kept the well known packet station, at
the head of Long Wharf, Bos'n. He is yet living. In H'm. ch. :
1. Wilson, Feb. 1, 1805, 2, Jane T., Mar. 31,1807. 3. Thos.
J., Mar. 7, 1809, of Bangor, Me,, Is m., and has 2 ch. 4. Jno.
P., June 18, ? 1811, m. 1, Maria E. Ome, Camb., F*. 5, 1888,
who d. May 5, 1844 ; and 2, Lydia B. Bancroft, of Danvers, In
June, 1846 ; is a merchant In Bos'n. ; and has ch., Jno. W. ;
Chas. H; (By 2d,) Maria L. ; lost one son, d. young. 5.
Henry, Aug. 14, 1812, ? of Bos'n. ; not m. 6. AdaHne, Sep.
16,? 1816. 7. EHzab. H., Mar. 2, 1820. 8. Sarah C.,Ap. 6,
1822, d. Sep, 29, 1828.
63. Moses, s. Moses 45, m. Ann Stoddard, H'm., Jan. 7,
1810, lives in H'm., and Is a grain dealer, at the Cove. ch. : 1.
Moses L., May 1, 1814, m. Sophia M. Parker, Bos'n., Jan., 1837,
lives In SomerviUe, and has ch., Mary A., d. ae, 4; Geo. H,
1840 ; Sophia, 1842 ; Caroline E., d. ae, 4 ; and Rachael P.,
June, 1848. 2. Mary A., June 8, 1816, m. Jno. W. Pierce,
carpenter, Feb. 11, 1841. 3. Stark, of Bos'n. ; not m. Some
ch. d. young.
64. Starks, s. Moses 45, m. Hannah, da. Capt. Benj. Dyer,
Wey'h., and was a merchant. In W. ch,: 1, Joseph, of Camb.
2, Lydia, m. Jno, P. LoveU, Wey'h, 3. Benj,, d, unm, 4, Lu
cinda ? 5. Hannah ? m. a Reed, and lives in Bangor. The rec
ords of this family are wanting.
WILDER, Isaac, of H'm., s, Isaac, m, Ruth Mann, and lived
In Hanover, on Main st,, where he d. Mar. 80, 1818, ae, 41.
His wid. survives, ch, : 1, Ruth, Ap., 1803, m, Vaniah Prou-

WINSLOW. 443
ty, Sep. 11, 1822. 2. Isaac M., June 19, 1805, a trader at the
Four Corners, m. Luclnda EeUs, Feb. 5, 1834, and has ch., Isaac,
Nov. 15, 1834 ; Joseph E., Ap. 24, 1839 ; and Lucinda, July,
1841. 3. Hannah, Sep., 1807, d. Nov. 12, 1829. 4. Jno.,
1809, m. Mary Tolman, and Hves In Bridg'r. 5. David, 1812, of
Bridg'r. 6. Caleb, d. May 22, 1818, ae. 16 mos.
2. Laban, bro. Isaac, and s. Isaac, of H'm., m. Rebecca Don
neU, and d. in H., Mar. 6, 1848, ae. 63, and his w. ae. ab. 60.
Lived on Main st.. In the Chas. DonneU house, ch. : 1. Rebecca,
m. Ansel G. Grose, of So. Scit., Nov. 27, 1826." 2. Jane, m.
Ezek'l. T. Hatch, Oct. 16, 1833. 3. Laban, m. 1, Lucy C, da.
Joseph Curtis, July 16, 1832, who d. Ap. 21, 1843, and 2, Har
riet, da. Daniel Chapman, July 9, 1844, is a shoemaker, lives In
So. Scit., and has sev. ch. 4. Chas., Dec, 1811, m. Mary A.
Hayden, lives in So. Scit., Is a shoemaker, and has also sev. ch.
Another da. m. a Ford.
3. Joseph C, s. Joseph, jr., of H'm., b. June 13, 1815, m.
PrIscUla, da. Geo. W. BaUey, Hves on King st., with his fa.-in-
law, is a shoemaker by trade, and has ch.
WINSLOW. Five brothers of this name, ch. of Edward Wins
low, of Droltwich, in Worcestershire, Eng'd., came early to New
Eng'd., and from these have sprung most of that name now In the
TJ. S. Edward, the first, known as Gov. Winslow, with his w.
Elizab., came In the Mayflower, 1620; and his w, dying the
spring after, he m, 2, Susanna, wid, of Wm, White, 1622, Hved
in Mfd., at his seat caUed CaresruU, and there d. Gilbert, the
2d, arrived in the same vessel, but soon after left the colony, and
it is said went to Portsmouth, and d. before 1660, without issue.
Jno., the 3d, came in the Fortune, in 1621, and m. Mary ChUton,
the adventurous maiden, who was the first to step on the memor
able rock of Plymouth. Some of his dec'ts. Hve in Bos'n. Kenelm,
the 4th, arrived at Plymouth, in 1629, m. Elenor, wid. of John
Adams, 1631, and sett, ui Mfd. He had sons Kenelm, Nath'l.,
and Job, and d. In 1672. From the son Nath'l., descended Maj.
Nath'l. of Scit., the ancestor of Josiah Winslow, now Hving in
H. Josiah, the 5th brother, came with Kenelm, In 1629, was in
Scit. In 1637, and In Mfd., after 1643, and d. In 1674, ae. 69,

444 WINSLOW.
leaving ch. As but few of the descendants are now living In H.,
we do not deem It necessary to extend our sketch further than to
show the connexion between them and the original settlers.
2. Nath'l, s. Kenelm, m. Faith MiUer, 1664, was of Mfd.,
and his oldest son, Nath'l., b. 1667, m. Lydia Snow, 1692, and
had Oliver, 1702, who was of Scit., m. 1, Agatha Bryant, and 2,
Bethia Prior, 1749, and lived near the 8d Herring Brook, where
his descendants still reside. His ch., bap. In Hanover, were 1.
Oliver, klUedin the French war, in 1758, leaving a son Oliver, a
Rev'n. pensioner, in Scit., now d. 2. Ruth, July 22, 17S9. 3.
Nath'l., Oct. 11, 1741. 4. John, Feb. 6, 1748, moved to Noble-
boro'. Me. (By 2nd,) 5. Bethiah, Sep. 29, 1751. 6. Joseph,
1758, d. early.
3. Nath'l., s. Oliver, s. Nath'l. 2, early espoused the Am.
cause, in the Rev'n. War, entered the Army In 1776, rose to the
rank of Major, and acquitted himself with honor in the southern
expeditions. He m. Sarah Hatch, 1766, and was fa. of Nath'l.,
b. 1767, who m. Clarissa, da. Ebn'r. Curtis, of H., Oct. 13, 1796,
and had Josiah, now of H., who m. AbigaU^ da. Lemuel Curtis,
and lives on Washington st., ab. one mUe N. of the Four Corners.
No children.
4. Thomas, s, Thos., of Plym'h., m. 1, Ruth Grose, Feb. 20,
1810, who d. Feb. 13, 1828, ae. 45 ; and 2, Harriet Delano, of
Dux'y. A carpenter by trade. ch. : 1. Thos. G., July 20,
1800, m. 1, Susan, W. Gardner, of H'm., Oct. 28, 1822; and 2,
a PoUard, of Me. , lived In Boston, and d. ab. 1846. 2. Joshua,
May 12, 1801. 3. Charles, May 16, 1803. 4. Richmond, July
30, 1804. 5. Pelham, Nov. 17, 1805. 6. Lucy T., Sep. 26,
1808, m. Geo. HUdreth, of Dorch'r., May 24, 1830. 7. Henry,
Nov., 1810. 8. Wm., Feb. 10, 1812. 9. Ruth G., July 24,
1814. 10. Elizab., b. Feb. 9, d. June 23, 1816, 11, Elenor J.,
Dec. 28, 1816, m. Isaiah Jenkins, and d. 1848. 12. Samuel,
Oct. 14, 1818, d. Oct. 14, 1820. 13. Mary, Nov. 22, 1819, m.
David Freeman, of Dux'y. 14. PriscUla B., Dec. 28, 1821.
15. Samuel. L. F., Nov, 18, d, Dec 27, 1825,
6. Charles, s, Thos, 4, m, Margaret L. Litchfield, in 1827,
lives on Circuit st., and is a shoemaker by trade. Was Selectman

WOLCOTT — WOOD, 445
from 1846-48. ch, : 1. Charles L., Mar. 8, 1828, 2, Rachel
•F-, June 16, 1832, m, Chas, Josselyn, May 16, 1850, 3, Helen,
Feb. 9, 1838.
6. Richmond, s. Thos. 4, m. Harriet Howard, of Dux'y., Jan.
10,1828, Hves on Circuit st., and Is an anchor smith by trade.
ch. : 1. Samuel R., Mar. 14, 1829, m. Elizab. Bates, Mar. 22,
1849, and lives in Plym'h. 2. James B., Oct. 22, 1830, 8.
Rebecca H., Sep. 22, 1832. 4. Erastus B., July 14, 1834.
5. John A., Mar. 2, 1837. 6. Joshua S,, July 15, 1840. 7.
Daniel W., Dec. 15, 1842. 8. Frederick R., Ap. 2. 1848.
7. Henry, s. Thos. 4, m. Harriet, da. Nath'l. Pratt, June 15,
1835, lives on Summer st., and is a shoemaker, ch. : 1. Harriet
F., Feb. 10, 1841.
WOLCOTT, Rev. Calvin, a desc't. of the noted family of
Wolcotts, of Ct., m. Sarah, da. Col. Saml. Gardner, of Danvers,
Mass., coUat. desc't. of Gen. Putnam, of Ct., and was sett. In H.,
as Rector of St. Andrew's Church, from 1818 to 1834, and Is now
coUeague with Rev. Dr. Tyng, of N. York. ch. : 1. Elizab. G,,
b. in Marblehead, Dec. 30, 1812, m, Dr, Jacob Richards, of
Braintree, and Is d. 2. Augustus C, b, at Danvers, Oct. 15,
1814, d. at Havana, In 1832. 3, Sarah A,, b, at Marblehead,
Mar, 27, 1817. Notm. 4. Samuel G., b. In Hanover, Jan, 2,
1820, grad. Wash, CoU,, Hartford, Ct., and is sett, as a Physician
m UtIca,N. Y. 5. Henrietta B., b. In Hanover, May 15, 1823,
m. Edwin A., s. Hon. Joseph Richards, of Braintree, and Hves
in B. 6. Asa G., b. in Hanover, Ap. 25, 1825, grad. Wash.
Coll., and is sett, in N. Y. city, as a Teacher of Languages. 7,
George C, b, InH., July 15, 1827, grad. B. U., 1848, and d.
Oct. 24, 1851. Principal of the Acad, in H. for one term.
WOOD, Alexander, Esq., s. Ichabod, of Midd'o., b. Nov. 6,
1796, m. Louisa Bourne, of M., Oct. 1824, Hves near the Four
Comers, was formerly a lawyer. Is P. M., and has been engaged
in trade for many years, ch. : 1. Louisa B., Mar. 21, 1826. 2.
Wm. B., Oct. 27, 1831. 3. Ed. F., Sep. 28, 1834. 4, Henry
A,, Oct. 22, 1836. 5. EUen P., Dec. 25, 1838. 6. Lucy P.,
Jan. 16, 1843, d. Feb. 15, 1850.

446 WOODMAN — WRIGHT.
2. Abner, s. Ezra, of MIdd'o., m. 1, Marg't. Bessey, and 2,
Mary Bessey, and lives on Centre st. ch. : 1. Abner A., July 1,
1827. 2. Marg't. B., Mar. 1, 1831. 8. Ezra, Nov. 11, 18*'33.
4. Mary B., July 19, 1835. (By 2d,) 5. Charles R., May 12,
1848. WOODMAN, James, s. Barney, of Scit., m. Mary C. Bates,
Nov. 24, 1850, lives on Centre street, and is a carpenter by
trade, ch. : Mary V., Mar. 15, 1851.
WRIGHT, Warren, s. Levi, of Plymp'n., m, Ruth J, Hasklns,
of Scit,, May 29, 1839, and lives near the Four Corners, In the
house built by himself A blacksmith by trade, ch, : Warren
J., Feb, 26, 1846, 2. Frances J,, June 12, 1848.

APPENDIX.

Barstow Famlt, Since this work went to press, we have
obtained the following additional particulars relative to the Bars
tow family. The original name seems to have been Burstow j
and we find this name In Sussex Co., in the reign of Edward II, ,
A. D., 1308, at which date grants were made to Roberto de
Burstowe. See " Documents lUastrative of English History, In
the 13th and 14th Centuries," in the N. E. Gen. Soc. Lib,; and
Rymer's Foedera, vol, 8, In the reign of Henry III,, A, D,,
1271, we find In Suffolk Co,, Will, de Burstowe, and Christiana,
his wife. See " Excerpta RotuHs," &c,, vol, 3, In the N. E.
Gen. Soc. Lib. In the " History of Surrey and Sussex," pub.
m London, In 1829, vol, 2, p. 273, we find the parish of Burstow
described, which is " situate in the weald of Surrey, and is not
mentioned in Domesday Book, It adjoins Home on the east,
Horley on the west, Blechlngley and Nutfield on the north, and
Worth, in Sussex, on the south. In 1821, there were 915 in
habitants, and 106 houses in this parish. The manors of Burs
tow CouH lodge, Burstow, Burstow lodge, and Red haU, are
situate in this parish, and principally belong to M, Sanders and
T, Dickson, Esqrs. The benefice Is a rectory. In the deanery of
Ewell. It Is rated In the valor of Ed, I. at 12 marks. In the
king's book at .£15 13«, 4d. It is a peculiar of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, and is in the patronage of the king. The church,
dedicated to St, Bartholomew, consists of a nave and south aisle,
a chancel, and a wooden turret and steeple at the west end. The
interior is particularly neat. On SmaUfield Common, m this par-

448 APPENDIX,
ish. Is the remaining part of a mansion-house, built of stone, which
belonged to the family of De Burstow, and passed from them to
that of Byshe, long settled there. It was formerly called Crutt-
Ings, and was given by Bartholomew, (Lord Burgherst,) to John
de Burstow, as an acknowledgment for assistance received from
him when thrown from his horse In an engagement with the
French, The house, of which part Is now standing. Is supposed
to have been erected by Edward Byshe, He was a bencher of
Lincoln's Inn, and a great practitioner in the Court of Wards,
where he amassed his fortune, and used jokingly to say, that he
" buUt his house with woodcocks' heads,"
We think it probable, that branches of this family, — the Burs-
tows, — settled in Yorkshire ; and from the latter, sprung t':e
Barstows who emigrated to America,

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