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 -Lettice Phillips^ 
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 -Asa'' Woolson,- 
 
 -Elizabeth' Knight,- 
 
 -JoHN Sargent' 
 
 Chase,- 
 
 -Anna* Horton,- 
 
 — Ebenezer^ Baker,- 
 
 -Eunice'' Haynes,- 
 
 -John' Mason,- 
 
 — Anna* Phillips,- 
 
 — Joseph' Woolson, 
 
 — Elizabeth" Upham, — 
 
 — Ebenezer'' Knight, — 
 — Elizabeth Boynton. 
 
 — Timothy* Chase, 
 
 — Leah^ Robbins,- 
 
 — Joseph' Horton,- 
 — Alice' Knight,— 
 
 (—Elijah^ Baker, 
 
 — Lois Rood. 
 -Aaron' Haynes, 
 
 — Mary'^ Armstrong, — 
 
 -Perez* Mason,- 
 
 -Martha^ Barney,— 
 
 — JoHN^ Phillips,— 
 
 — Anna^ Cummings,- 
 
CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON. 
 
 -Joseph- Woolson,- 
 -Hannah . 
 
 -Thomas^ Upham,- 
 
 -Elizabeth^ Hovey,- 
 -JoHN^ Knight, 
 
 — Abigail- Cragin,- 
 
 1 — IsAAC^ Chase,- 
 
 -Hannah Berry. 
 -Thomas^ Robbins,- 
 ' — Lydia^ Adams, 
 
 I — David^ Horton, 
 
 I — Mary Badcock. 
 
 I — Ebenezer* Knight,— 
 
 -Mary'' Johnson,- 
 
 ,— Tryair Baker. 
 
 ' — Elizabeth Tibbetts. 
 
 — Jonathan'* Haynes,- 
 — Ruth'* Page, 
 
 |— William^ Armstrong,- 
 ' — Mercy Pitcher. 
 
 I — John^ Mason, 
 
 -Zerviah Ormsby. 
 -Josephs Barney,— 
 
 -Lois' Martin,- 
 
 — Amos^ Phillips,- 
 — Abigail- Dodge,- 
 
 -Jotham'' Cummings,— 
 
 -Anna^ Brown,- 
 
 -Thomas' Woolson. 
 
 -Sarah- Hyde, 
 
 I — Phineas^ Upham,— 
 ' — Ruth Wood. 
 
 I — JoHN^ Hovey, 
 
 I — Dorcas Ivory. 
 
 I — Joseph^ Knight,- 
 I — Hannah . 
 
 I — John' Cragin. 
 I — Sarah Dawes. 
 
 -Daniel^ Chase,— 
 
 -Martha- Kimball,— 
 
 I — Robert' Robbins. 
 ' — Mary (Maxwell?). 
 
 — Jonathan^ Adams,— 
 I — Leah Gould. 
 
 -Thomas' Horton. 
 
 j — JoHN^ Knight, 
 
 ' — Abigail Cragin. 
 
 I — Matthew^ Johnson, - 
 ' — Mary Reed. 
 
 — Thomas^ Haynes,- 
 
 -Hannah^ Harriman, 
 — Thomas^ Page, 
 
 — Lydl\3 Bixby, 
 
 I — Joseph^ Armstrong,- 
 I — Lydia Worth. 
 
 -Pelatiah^ Mason, — 
 
 -Hepsibah' Brooks,- 
 -JosEPH-* Barney, 
 
 — Joanna'* Martin, - 
 — Edward"* Martin,- 
 
 I — Samuel' Hyde. 
 I — Temperance — 
 
 I — John' Upham. 
 ' — Elizabeth . 
 
 — Martha^* Washburn,— 
 
 I — Seth' Phillips. 
 I — Lydia . 
 
 I — Noah"* Dodge, 
 
 — Margaret Crockett. 
 — Jerahmeel' Cummings,— 
 
 — Hannah-* Farwell, 
 
 — JosiAH^ Brown, 
 
 j — Daniel' Hovey. 
 — Abigail^ Andrews. 
 
 ,— John' Knight. 
 I — Mary . 
 
 I — Aquila' Chase. 
 I — Ann Wheeler. 
 
 I — Richard' Kimball. 
 ' — Ursula Scott. 
 
 -Thomas' Adams. 
 -Mary Blackmore. 
 
 —Joseph^ Knight. 
 — Hannah . 
 
 — Matthew^ Johnson. 
 — Rebecca Wiswall. 
 
 — Jonathan^ Haynes. 
 — Sarah Moulton. 
 
 — Matthew^ Harriman. 
 
 — Cornelius^ Page. 
 
 — Jonathan^ Bixby. 
 — S.'\rah Smith. 
 
 — Benjamin' Armstrong. 
 — Rachel . 
 
 — Sampson' Mason. 
 — Mary Butterworth. 
 
 — Timothy^ Brooks. 
 
 — Joseph^ Barney. 
 — Constance Davis. 
 
 — JoHN^ Martin. 
 — Mercy Hayward. 
 
 — Ephraim' Martin. 
 
 — Jonathan^ Washburn. 
 — Mary^ Vaughn. 
 
 — Joseph^ Dodge. 
 —Rebecca Balch. 
 
 — Samuel-* Cummings. 
 — Elizabeth Shedd. 
 
 — Henry^ Farwell. 
 
 — Susanna Richardson. 
 
 — S.A.MUEL' Brown. 
 
 — Elizabeth Wheeler. 
 
 -Anna- Farwell,- 
 
 -Josiah' Farwell. 
 
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 — Ralph' Fenno,- 
 
 -Mary' Fenno,- 
 
 — Joseph'' Fenno, 
 
 — Margaret Gibbons. 
 
 — Samuel* Fenno, 
 
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 — Deborah' Ford, 
 
 
 -Eliza Stearns'' 
 
 Crafts,- 
 
 -Samuel Jewett^ 
 
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 -Rebecca Stearns^ 
 
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 -Mary Bradley^ 
 
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 — Joel^ Flint, 
 
 — HULDAH* HaWES,- 
 
 -Benjamin* West,— 
 
 — Phebe' Tyler,- 
 
 — James' Flint,- 
 
 -Jerusha^ Lillie,- 
 
 -William' Hawes, — ■ 
 
 -Esther Smith. 
 
 -Timothy' West,- 
 
 — Lois' Dexter,- 
 
 , — David' Tyler,- 
 ' — Judith . 
 
LULA MAY FENNO. 
 
 -SamueP Fenno,— 
 -Rebecca . 
 
 -James'' Ford,^ 
 
 -Deborah" Badlam,- 
 
 — Samuel* Craft, 
 
 — Hannah Reed. 
 
 — Nathaniel' Stearns,- 
 
 -Eunice' Kenney,- 
 
 — Benjamin^ Fenno, — 
 — Mary^ Belcher, — 
 — Nathaniel^ Ford,- 
 — Hannah-* Pratt, — 
 
 -Samuel' Badlam. 
 -Mary'* Phillips,- 
 
 I — Ephraim^ Craft,- 
 ' — Hannah Reed. 
 
 -Jonathan'' Stearns,- 
 
 -EXPERIENCE'* LlNCOLN,- 
 
 — Josiah'' Kenney,- 
 ' — Ruth Tower. 
 
 I — John' Fenno. 
 
 ' — Rebecca^ Tucker. 
 
 I — Joseph' Belcher. 
 I — Rebecca Gill. 
 
 I — Nathaniel^ Ford. 
 ' — Joanna . 
 
 , — William^ Pratt. 
 ' — Hannah . 
 
 , — Nichols^ Phillips. 
 ■' — Mary . 
 
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 — Rebecca" Wheelock. 
 
 , — IsAAc^ Stearns. 
 
 ' IlLIZABETH . 
 
 I — Samuel^ Lincoln. 
 — Experience Briggs. 
 
 I — JONATHAN^ Kenney. 
 ' — Rebecca . 
 
 -Samuel"* Flint,- 
 
 -Mary Hall. 
 
 -Elisha' Lillie. 
 -Huldah' Tilden,- 
 
 -Eleazer* Hawes,- 
 
 -Mary'* Belcher,- 
 
 -Thomas'* West,- 
 
 -Ephraim'* Dexter, 
 -Martha Clark. 
 
 -David'* Tyler, 
 
 — John^ Flint, 
 
 —Christian Reed. 
 
 — Thomas'* Tilden,— 
 — Lettice'' Turner,-- 
 — Obadiah^ Hawes, — 
 — Rebecca- Cowen, — 
 
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 I — Edward^ Belcher,- 
 ' — Mary . 
 
 — Abner^ West,- 
 — Jean^ Look, — 
 
 I — Benjamin^ Dexter, 
 
 -Martha Howard. 
 
 -Ebenezer^ Tyler,- 
 -Elizabeth . 
 
 |— John= Flint. 
 
 ' — Elizabeth - 
 
 I — Thomas' Tilden. 
 ' — Hannah Mendall. 
 
 I —Thomas' Turner. 
 ' — Hannah Jenkins. 
 
 I — Obadiah- Hawes. 
 '—Mary Humphrey. 
 
 — John' Cowen. 
 — Rebecca . 
 
 — Jeremiah^ Belcher. 
 —Sarah Weeden. 
 
 — Thomas'^ West. 
 — Elizabeth . 
 
 — Thomas^ Look. 
 
 — Elizabeth Bunker. 
 
 — William^ Dexter. 
 — ^Sarah Vincent. 
 
 — Moses^ Tyler. 
 — Prudence Blake. 
 
TH K 
 
 WOOLSON-FENNO ANCESTRY 
 
 AND 
 
 ALLIED LINES, 
 
 WITH 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 BY 
 
 LULA MAY (FENNO) WOOLSON 
 
 AND 
 
 CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON, 
 Of SPRiNGFrELD, Vermont 
 
 PRIVATELY PRINTED 
 1907 
 

 
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WITH DEEPEST l.OVE AND AFFECTION, THIS VOLUME 
 
 IS DEDICATED TO 
 
 THEIR BELOVED AND ONLY SON, 
 
 AMASA GLENN WOOLSON, 
 
 BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, 
 
 WITH THE SINCERE HOPE THAT IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, 
 
 HE, AND PERCHANCE HIS DESCENDANTS, MAY LEARN 
 
 TO ESTEEM AND CHERISH THIS MEMORIAL, 
 
 NOT ALONE FOR THE LOVE OF ITS 
 
 LABOR, BUT FOR ITS LABOR 
 
 OF LOVE. 
 
"Honor th^ Father and thy Mother. " 
 
 Exodus XX : 12. 
 
 '■A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote 
 ancestors, will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with 
 pride by remote descendants. " Macaulay. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Pedigrees 
 Foreword 
 
 WOOLSON 
 
 Fenno 
 
 Baker 
 
 Flint . 
 
 Chase . 
 
 Mason 
 
 Crafts 
 
 West . 
 
 Knight 
 
 Horton 
 
 Haynes 
 
 Phillips 
 
 Hawes 
 
 Tyler 
 
 Upham 
 
 ROBBINS 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Barney 
 
 cummings 
 
 Gibbons 
 
 Ford . 
 
 Stearns 
 
 LiLLIE 
 
 Dexter 
 
 HOVEY 
 
 PAGES 
 
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 Cragin 
 
 Adams 
 
 Johnson 
 
 Page . 
 
 Martin 
 
 Dodge 
 
 Brown 
 
 Badlam 
 
 Kenney 
 
 TiLDEN 
 
 Belcher 
 -Hyde . 
 Kimball 
 Harriman 
 
 BlXBY . 
 
 Brooks 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Farwell 
 
 Pratt 
 
 Phillips 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 Turner 
 
 COAVEN 
 
 Look . 
 Andrews 
 
 MOULTON 
 
 Swan . 
 
 Marsh 
 
 Russell 
 
 ESTEN . 
 
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Contents. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Beers 
 
 Mandeli, 
 
 Jenkins 
 
 Humphrey 
 
 Blake 
 
 Vaughan 
 
 Mitchell 
 
 Cooke 
 
 Howlett 
 
 Witt . 
 
 Hunt . 
 
 Learned 
 
 Packard 
 
 Wheeler 
 
 Gould 
 
 Kinsley 
 
 Brackett 
 
 LOVELL 
 
 Wheelock 
 A Tribute 
 Index . 
 Addenda 
 
 OF Love 
 
 PAGES 
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FOREWORD. 
 
 It is with grateful appreciation that we express our thanks to 
 the kind friends in St. Louis, Missouri, in Springfield, Ohio, in 
 Albany, New York, in Boston, Brookline, Springfield and Weymouth, 
 Massachusetts, and in Rutland and Springfield, Vermont, for timely 
 and valuable suggestions generously contributed during the half 
 a score and more of years in which the material for this little 
 volume has been gradually accumulating. 
 
 In submitting its contents for the inspection and perusal of our 
 friends and relatives, we trust the reading may prove of interest 
 and possibly of inspiration to a continued study of these lines of 
 ancestry. Especially do we hope that the lives of those who come 
 after us may be enriched by a careful perusal of these memorials 
 of our worthy ancestors, and that their living descendants may 
 hold in veneration the soil whereon they trod and in whose bosom 
 their remains were gathered in our dear New England, and our 
 beloved Green Mountain State. 
 
 L. F. W. 
 
 C. A. W. 
 
 November, 1907. 
 
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 WOOLSON. 
 
 Thomas' Woolson, the immigrant ancestor, born about 
 1626/7, appeared at Cambridge, Mass., in 1653. He removed 
 to Watertown in 1660, where he ever after lived. He mar- 
 ried at Cambridge, Nov. 20, 1660, Sarah Hyde, of Cambridge 
 Village (Nexvton), Mass. He lived in that part" of ancient 
 Watertown then called Watertown Farms (now the town of 
 Weston), where he was a large landowner and an innkeeper 
 from 1686 to 1708. He was a selectman in 1699, 1700, 1702 
 and 1703. He died at Sudbury, April 5, 1713. His will was 
 probated April 24, 171 3. His widow Sarah was executrix of 
 his estate, and died at Sudbury, Sept. 11, 1721. 
 
 The Bond which he gave in 1690 —a quaint and interesting 
 document — shows something of the customs of Colonial times. 
 It reads as follows : 
 
 THOMAS WOOLSON'S INDIAN DEED, 1685. 
 
 This Indenture made the one and Twentieth Day of April in 
 y- year of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred Eighty and 
 ffive and in the first year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord James 
 the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance 
 and Ireland &c. Between Andrew Petemy and Samuel Owan- 
 samug Agents and Attorneys for the Inhabitants of Natick & Has- 
 saname Scot \_indexed Hassanamescot] for y^ Sale ordering and 
 
10 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 disposeing of vacant Lands belonging to y*^ Said Townes on Y o'^s 
 pt And Thomas Woolson of Watertowne in the County of Middlesex 
 in ye Massachusetts Coloney in New England on the other part witt- 
 neseth That the Said Andrew Pettemy and Samuel Owansamug 
 as Agents and Attorneys aforesaid Have granted bargained Sold 
 aliened and Confirmed and by these p''sents Do fully Clearly & 
 absolutely and ffor and in Consideracon of a valueable Sum of 
 Money to them in hand at and upon the Signing and delivery of 
 these p-'sents by the Said Thomas Woolson well and truly paid 
 the receipt whereof we Do hereby acknowledge, and our Selves 
 there with fully satisfyed Contented and paid. And thereof and of 
 Every part and parcell thereof Do for our Selves and Either of us 
 our heires Executor's and adm''s exonerate acquitt & Discharge the 
 Said Thomas Woolson his heires Executor's and Administrator's for 
 euer by these p''sents Grant bargaine Sell alien and Confirme unto 
 ye Said Thomas Woolson a Certaine Tract of Lands lying and be- 
 ing Southerly of Marlburroug & in y^ aboue said County of Middle- 
 sex Containing by Estimation Two hundred and fifty acres be it 
 more or less being butted and bounded as followeth viz* : begining 
 at a marked Maple Tree on the South Side of the Riuer that 
 boundeth y^ Said Marlburroug & runing West ward unto a pond 
 about three hundred Rodds there ending in an acute Tryangle And 
 from the Said pond by the Westermost Branch of a Brook runing 
 South Easterly about Sixty Rodds unto Two marked Maple Trees 
 by the Said Brooke Side and from the Said Two Maple Trees about 
 one hundred & eighty Rodds Southerly there making an Angle. 
 And from thence running upon an Easterly Line about Two hundred 
 Rodds there makeing an Angle and from thence upon a Northerly 
 line runing through a Cedar Swamp unto y^ first Named Maple 
 Tree by the Side of the Riuer Two hundred and forty Rodds. To 
 Have and To Hold all and Singular the hereby granted Tract 
 of Lands Containing by Estimacon Two hundred and fifty Acres 
 be it more or less, butted and bounded as aforesaid, with all and 
 every the rights Members privilidgis and appurtenances whatsoever 
 any manner of wayes belonging and appertaining unto all or any p* 
 or pr'cell thereof Unto y^ Said Thomas Woolson his heires Executo" 
 Adm"^^ and Assignes for Ever And the Said Andrew Pittemy and 
 
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 Samuel Owansamug and Every of them for them Selves theire 
 heires Executo's and Adm" Do Covenant promise and grant by 
 these p^sents To and with the Said Thomas Woolson his heires 
 Executo-'s Adm-'s and Assignes in manner and form following, Viz' : 
 That he y^ Said Thomas Woolson his heires Execuf^ Adm-'s & as- 
 signes and Every of them Shall and may by force of these p-'sents 
 from time to time and at all times here after Lawfully peaceably 
 and quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy all and Singu- 
 lar the hereby granted Tract of Lands with all and Every the rights 
 members priviledges and appurtenances as aforesaid to his and 
 theire own proper use and behoofe for Euer without any Lawfull 
 Lett Suit trouble Denyall Molestation or disturbance of them the 
 Said Andrew Pettemy and Samuell Owassamugg or either of them 
 theire or either of theire means act Consent Title Interests privily 
 or pvocurent Or from any other Lawfull Indian or Indians Title 
 whatsoever. Also that the hereby granted p''imeses and every part 
 and parcell thereof at the time of y^ ensealing and delivery of these 
 p-'sents are free and clear or otherwise by the Said Andrew Pettemy 
 and Samuell Owansumug theire heires Executors Adm-"* or Assignes 
 from time to time and at all times hereafter Shall be Sufficiently 
 Saved and kept harmless of and from all and all manner of former 
 and other gifts grants bargaines Sales had made Comitted Suffered 
 Omitted or Done by them or either of them or by theire or either of 
 theire Means or procurement, as also to Save and keep harmless 
 from all Lawfull Indian or Indians Title and Interest whatsoever, 
 ffurther more Shall and will at and upon the reasonable request 
 and at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law of the Said 
 Thomas Woolson his heires Exec"^^ Adm-'s & Assignes Do pi'forme 
 acknowledge Leavie Execute or Cause to be made Done pi'formed 
 Acknowledged Leavied and Executed all and every Such further 
 Lawfull and Reasonable Act & Acts thing and Things Devise and 
 Devises and conveyances whatsoever for the more p-'fect assurance 
 Suretie Sure making and Conveying of all and Singular the hereby 
 Granted p''mises in manner and form aforesaid unto y^ Said Thomas 
 Woolson his heires Exec""^ Adm"'^ & Assignes. 
 
 In Wittness Whereof the said Andrew Pettemy and Samuell 
 Owansamugg have hereunto Sett theire hands and Seals the Day 
 
12 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 and Year above written. Interlined before Signing Sealing & 
 Delivering (belonging to) between y*^ 2d and 3d lines & (acres) be- 
 tween y^ 14th & 15th Lines. 
 
 Signed Sealed and Delivered in y<^ pi'sence of 
 
 Thomas Brown ) t , ,, 
 
 \ John Parmeter 
 
 James Barnard ) 
 
 The mark of Andrew Pettemy & a Seal 
 The mark of Sam"-'- Owansamug & a Seal 
 
 The Grantors had Liberty from y^ Hon'^i Generall Court to Sell 
 the Grantee this Land which Liberty was granted at the Generall 
 Comt May : 27th : 1685 : as may appear by Record : 
 
 This Deed was freely acknowledged by Andrew Pittemey and 
 
 Sam" Owansamugg Agents and Attorneys for the rest of y^ Indians 
 
 Concerned in open Court at Natick the loth of June: 1685: 
 
 Before me 
 
 Dan'-I' Gookin Sen"" Assisia?it 
 
 * The mark of Thomas Tray 
 The mark of Jacob Jumpque 
 The mark of So Somett 
 The mark of Hasasome 
 
 All these men above named who have put theire hands to this 
 paper appeared before me in the Court at Natick y*^ loth of June 
 1685 : and freely Consented unto this Deed of Sale within Ex- 
 pressed. Before me 
 
 Daniel Gookin Sen"" Assistant. 
 
 Charlestown : March: 5lh 1702. Reed 
 and accordingly Entered : By 
 
 Sam'-l Phipps Reg^ 
 (Recorded in Middlesex Deeds, vol. xiii : p. 361.) 
 
 * The marks noted are omitted on the Record. 
 
Woo/son. I o 
 
 THOMAS WOOLSON'S RECOGNIZANCE, gru MAY, 1690. 
 
 Memorandum: Tiiat on y^ nineth day of May Anno Domini Six- 
 teen hundred and Ninety in y^ Second Year of y^ Reign of our 
 Soveraign Lord and Lady William and Mary by y^ Grace of God, 
 of England flfrance and Ireland King and Queen Defenders of y^ 
 ffaitli &c : Before y= County Court at Charlestowne by Adjournm' 
 from Cambridge April i6th last past, Dan'.'. Willard of Sudbury 
 in said County and David Church of Watertowne in ye County of 
 Mid^i-^ afores^ as Suerties — became bound each of them in y« 
 Summ of five pounds apiece Current money of New England and 
 Thomas Woolson of Water Towne in the County beforesaid Prin- 
 ciple for himselfe in y^ penall Sum of Ten pounds in like money of 
 New England, w^h they do acknowledge themselves to ow, and stand 
 justly indebited jointly and severally to our Soveraign Lord & and 
 [s/^] Lady William and Mary by y^ Grace of God King and Queen 
 of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland, Defenders of ye ffaith as 
 aforesaid, theire heires and successors, to be Levied on theire goods 
 and Chattells Lands and Tenements ^ 
 
 The Condition of this Recognisance is such, that whereas Thomas 
 Woolson abovebound is admitted and allowed by ye said Court to 
 Keep a Common Publick House of Entertainment and to use Com- 
 mon Selling of Wine Ale Beer Syder Rum Brandy and other Liquors 
 for ye year ensueing in ye now Dwelling House of said Thomas 
 Woolson '^ 
 
 If therefore ye said Thomas Woolson during ye said terme or 
 time, shall not p-'mitt, suiTer or have any playing at Cards Dice, 
 Tables, Bowls Nine Finns Billiards or any other unlawfull game or 
 games in his said house, or yard, Garden or Backsides, nor shall 
 Suffer to be or remain in his house any p^^son or pi^sons not being of 
 his own familie on Satur Day nights after it is Dark or on ye Sab- 
 bath Dales, or in ye time of Gods Publick Worship therein, Nor 
 shall entertain as Lodgers in his house any strangers. Men or 
 Women above ye Space of forty Eight hours but such whose 
 names and s"" names he shall deliver to some one of ye Select Men 
 or Constables of ye Towne unless they be such as he very well 
 knoweth and will answer for his or theire forth Comeing, Nor shall 
 
14 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 sell any Wine or Liquors in any wise to any Indians or Negros, 
 nor suffer any Children or Servants or any other pi'son to remain in 
 his house Tipling or r3rinking after Nine of y*^ Clock in y^ Night time, 
 Nor shall buy or take to Pawn any stoUen goods, nor willingly or 
 knowingly harbour in his house, Barn stable or otherwhere any 
 Rogues Vagabonds Theives or sturdy Beggers, Masterless men or 
 women or other Notorious offenders whatsoever Nor shall Suffer 
 any p^'son or p'^sons whatsoever to sell or utter any Wine Beer 
 Ale Syder Brandy Rum or other Liquors by Deputation, or by 
 Colour of his Licence, Nor shall entertain any pi^son or p''sons of 
 whom he shall be prohibited by law, or any of y^ Magistrates of 
 said County as p''sons of an idle conversation and given to Tipling. 
 And shall also keep y^ true assize and Measure in his pott^ Bread 
 and otherwise in uttering of any Wine Beer Ale Syder Rum 
 Brandy Rum or other Liquors & y^ Same sell by sealed Measure, 
 and in his said house shall use and maintain good order & Rule 
 and is and shall be well provided w"^ Sufficient houseing and Two 
 Beds at y^ Least for Entertainment of strangers and Travailers. 
 And shall attend y*^ Laws and orders of Courts referring to y^ \\\\- 
 ployment. Then this present Recognisance to be void, else to be 
 and stand in full power strength & vertue. In wittness whereof 
 they have hereunto sett theire hands and seals the day and year 
 above written. 
 
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 Signed, sealed &c. in y^ pJ'sence of Thomas Woollson 
 
 Nathan'i Goodwin. Daniel Willard 
 
 Henry Somers David Church 
 
 WILL OF THOMAS WOOLSON OF WESTON, 1708. 
 
 3^n tl)C l^amc of (0otJ Slmcn. I Thomas Woollson of Watertown 
 Farm"^s in y^ County of Midd^'^ in New Englan'' Being being \jic\ in 
 a Comfortable Measure of Helth & in Sound & Disposing Memory 
 praise be Given to God for the same, Do make this my Last Will & 
 Testement In Mann'" & forme as followeth : That is to say first 
 & principaly I Resign my Soul into y"^ Mercyfull Hands of Almighty 
 
Woo Is on, I c 
 
 God my Creator Assuredly Hopeing through ye Merritts of my 
 blessed Saviour to Obtain y" free pardon of all my SinnscSc a blessed 
 Resurrection to Life & Hapyness : And my body I Committ to y^ 
 Earth whence it was Taken to be Decently buryed at y^ Discretion 
 of my Executrex Herein after Named & as For y^ worldly Goods & 
 Estate ye Lord Hath Lent me ; I Dispose therof as Follows : 
 
 Imprims . I Qiye ^ Bequeath unto ray Eldest son Thomas WooU- 
 son all That my Farme of Two Hundred & fifty acres of Land W^^ 
 I bought of M"- Richard Norcross in ye Month of June One Thou- 
 sand Six Hundred Seventy & Two as it is bounded in ye Deed 
 of sale Then to me Given under his hand & seal be ye same More 
 or Less. Also a part of that farme which I bought of Jn° Coolledg 
 & Richard Coolledg on ye 2sth Day of T)e&^ 1694 at ye North- 
 east^ly Corn-- thereof togather with all ye Houses edifices buildings 
 Barnes cSr Fences & priviledges theron & therto belonging. To 
 Have & to Hold to him his heires and assines forever. Also all my 
 wareing apparell which I Leave undisposed of at my Decease & in 
 Consideration of ye Continual Helps which from time to time I 
 have afforded to my s'^ son, in Money, Cattell & Provisions w^h are 
 not herein Mententioned {sk) Definietly, I hereby Declare & Intend 
 that ye aboves^i P-'ticulars now given togather with what I have 
 Done before Shall be in full of all his part & portion of my Estate 
 both Real and personall 
 
 And for ye [torn] encouragement of my son as above named to 
 Manage his affairs Dureing my Life I have Given Him a Deed 
 of all ye above Mentioned Lands & housing Bareing even Date with 
 these pi^sents in w^^ ye Lands above Mentioned are butted bounded 
 and Discribed, Refferance therto being had; all s^ Lands Lyeth 
 in ye West P''cinct of s^ Waftown. 
 
 Ite)>i. I Give & beqaeath unto my Dutyfull son Joseph Woollson 
 all my Housing barns Lands Medows & Rights which I have in 
 ye West Precinct of s^ Waftown which is not conteined in ye Deed 
 above mentioned to my son Thomas Woollson or Other Waies Law- 
 fully Disposed of by Deed of Guift or Sale. To Have and To Hold 
 to hime his Heires & Assines for ever. Excepting Only Coneniancy 
 of House Roome In my Now Dwelling house which I Reserve to ye 
 use & Comfort of Sarah my beloved wife During ye Term of her 
 
1 6 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Naturall Liffe & at y*^ Expi[r]ation thcrof to Return to my son 
 Joseph as y^ Rest to him bequeathed in full of his part & portion 
 of all my Real & person all Estate 
 
 Item. I Give & bequeath unto my Dutyfull Daughters Sarah 
 Bond, Elizabeth How & Mary Jones Five pounds apeice to be paid 
 to them in or as Money within six Months after my Decease by my 
 Executrix Herein aff names w^'* togather with what they have Al- 
 ready had shall be in full of all their Part & Portion in my Estate 
 both Real & P-'sonall. 
 
 And all y^ Rest cSj Residue of my Estate of Rights Creditts 
 Good & Chattels & Money Not herein before bequeathed or Dis- 
 posed of after my Debts [are] paid & funerall Charges Defrayd, I 
 Do Give & bequeath unto my Dear & Loving Wife Sarah Woollson 
 whom I Do make sole executrex of this my Last Will & Testement 
 Revoking all other Wills by me here to fore made. In Wittness 
 WHEROF I have Herunto Sett my hand & seal this Sixth Day of 
 December in y^ year of our Lord God One Thousand seven hun- 
 dred and Eight 
 
 ^T^ 
 
 natvcxiO >yoywon. 
 
 Signed Sealed & Published, 
 in y^ P''sents of 
 
 Josiah Jones 
 Era : FuUam 
 James Jones 
 
 MiDD'^: Cambridge, April 24, 17 13. 
 
 This withinwritten containing one Side was exhibited by Sarah y^ 
 Widow & Executrix therein nominated as the Last Will & Testa- 
 ment of her Late Husband Thomas Woolson of Watertown, West- 
 ern Presinct, calld now y^^ Town of Weston, in this County of 
 Middlesex Deed & the Three Wittnesses Josiah Jones, P'ra: Fullam 
 & James Jones were there present & made oath that they see [saw] 
 
Woo/son. 1 7 
 
 y^ s^^ Testator sign & seal & heard him declare y-' within written to 
 be his Last Will cS^ Testam* & yt then he was of disposing mind & 
 y' They all sat to their hands as wittnesses in his Presence & this 
 Will is proved, approved & allowed & the adniincon thereof com- 
 mitted to ye above s^ Sarah to fullfill the same accordingly & to 
 give Bond to pay the Debts & Legacies. In Testimony whereof I 
 have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of y^ Court of Probate. 
 
 By Fra : Foxcroft, //u/ge of Probate <b^c for Middlesex. 
 
 Joseph^ Woolson, son of Thomas,' was born at Watertown, 
 Nov. i6, 1677; clicd at Weston, May 16, 1755. He married 
 
 Hannah , who died at Weston, April 30, 1721. He seems 
 
 to have inherited the W^oolson homestead in Weston, and to 
 have occupied the same house with his father and mother in 
 their old age. He was called Ensign Joseph Woolson, and 
 had the care of the meeting-house at Weston in 1746. 
 
 WILL OF JOSEPH WOOLSON OF WESTON, 1751. 
 
 3fn X\)t J^amc of (0oft amen. I Joseph Woolson of Weston in the 
 County of Middlesex in his Majesties Province of the Massachu- 
 setts Bay in New England Husbandman Being infirm of body but 
 of sound Disposing mind Do make & ordain this my last Will & 
 Testement : First Committing my Soul to God through Jesus Christ 
 Depending upon his merrits alone for pardon & salvation. And 
 my body to be Buried at the Discretion of my Executor herein after 
 named in hopes of a Resurrection to a Blessed Immortality. And 
 as to my Temporal Estate which God hath given me I Dis^Dose of 
 it as followeth : 
 
 Imprimis, I will that all my Debts & funeral Charges be Duly 
 paid. 
 
 Item, I Give & bequeath to my son Joseph Woolson all my Lands 
 And buildings Lying on the South Side of the Great Countery Road 
 in Weston s^ road leadeth from Weston to Sudbury — with all the 
 priviledges and comodities & apurtinances their unto or in any wise 
 belonging to him my s'^ son Joseph Woolson, his heirs & assigns for 
 Ever, 
 
1 8 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Item, I Give & bequeath to my Grand Son Ephrim Woolson all 
 my Lands Lying on the North Side of the Great Countery road in 
 Weston (s^ road Leadeth from Weston to Sudbury) with all the 
 Priviledges, Cofnodities & apurtanancies their unto or in any wise 
 belonging to him my s^ Grand Son Ephraim Woolson, his heirs & 
 assigns for Ever, Excepting Thirty three acres, be the same more or 
 less as it is hereafter bounded. Northerly with the land of Joseph 
 Woolson the Northerly line begins at the northwesterly Corner of s'^ 
 land at the west end of a stone wall near the Town way & so r'ns 
 Easterly as the wall now Stands on the southerly side of s^ wall to the 
 Easterly End their of to a Stake & Stones near the meadow & thence 
 Easterly five rods to a Stake & Stones ; And Thence the same course 
 [italics interlined] to the land of [William Smith " obliterated " in the 
 original], John Walker, Easterly by the Land of John Walker, south- 
 erly with the land of William Smith, Westerly with a Town way. 
 
 Item, I Give & bequeath to my four Daughters viz Mary, Han- 
 nah, Thankful & Beulah, the thirty three acres of land abovemen- 
 tioned as it is bounded be it more or less, with all the Priviledges 
 & appurtanences to the same appertaining or in any wise belonging 
 to them their heirs & assigns for Ever. 
 
 Item, I Give & Bequeath to my four Daughters viz Mary, Han- 
 nah, Thankful & Beulah all my movable Estate within Doors or 
 household stuff that I shall Leave undisposed of with that which I 
 have given them at their marriage in full of all their portions of all 
 my Estate both real & personal. 
 
 Item, I Give & Bequeath to my Grand Son Ephraim Woolson all 
 my bills bonds or notes of hand for bills of Credit or lawfull money. 
 My will is that if my s'^ Grand Son Ephraim Woolson shall not Live 
 to the age of one & Twenty years, nor marry before that age. That 
 then my Son Joseph & my four Daughters viz Mary, Hannah, 
 ThankfuU & Beulah Shall have the lands herein given to my Grand 
 Son Ephraim Woolson To them their heirs & assigns for Ever. 
 
 Itetn, I give & bequeath to my Son Joseph all my Husbandry 
 utensils &c and all my cloaths. My will is that my Son Joseph shall 
 pay the one half of all my Debts and funeral Charges. My will is 
 that my Grand Son Ephraim Woolson shall pay the other half of all 
 my debts & funeral Charges. 
 
Woo Is on. 
 
 19 
 
 I do appoint & Constitute my Son Joseph Woolson Executor of 
 this my last will Recommending all my Children to the favour & 
 blessing of a Gracious God. I have confirmed this my last will 
 Disannulling And Revoking all others. This Twenty seventh of 
 November 175 1. And in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain, &c. 
 
 Signed sealed and Declared to 
 be the Last Will & Testement of 
 Joseph Woolson afores*^ in the 
 Presence of us the subscribers 
 Witnesses 
 
 Benjamin Harrington 
 Jonas Harrington Ju'' 
 John Mirick Jun"" 
 
 Memorandum : The obliteration 
 in the thirty first & thirty second 
 lines from the top, also the inter- 
 line which words are the same 
 course, was before signing & 
 sealin< 
 
 t5' 
 
 BOND. 
 
 The Bond of Joseph Woolson, gentleman, Benjamin Harring- 
 ton, yeoman, and John Myrick, Jun., blacksmith, all of Weston, 
 to settle the estate of Mr. Joseph Woolson, late of Weston, 
 deceased, was filed June 30, 1755. 
 
 The Inventory of his personal estate was taken at Weston, 
 April I, 1756, among the items of which were the following: 
 
 One bond of Sybil Woolson, dated Mch 25, 1748, . . 
 Note of Ebenezer King, dated Dec. 5, 1754, .... 
 Bond of Eber King & Isaac Cutting, Dec. 5, 1754, . . 
 Note of Sybil Woolson, emitted 1741, dated Nov. 1 1, 1747 
 Note of Asa Woolson, dated Nov. 22, 1753, .... 
 Received whole of his Note Dec. i, 1754, except . . 
 
 £8s- 0-0 
 ^4— 9—4 
 
 £^~ 0-0 
 
 ^26 — 10— o 
 £7- 6-8 
 
 * The obliterated words are in brackets, and " the .'^ame course " inserted in 
 the text, in italics, as printed above, p. i8. 
 
20 Aiwestral Lines. 
 
 Joseph^ Woolson, son of Joseph,^ was born at Watertown 
 (now Weston), Dec. 13, 1699; died at Maiden, Mass., Nov. 3, 
 1766. lie does not seem to have left a will. He married (i) 
 at Maiden, Oct. 6, 1726, Elizabeth Upham, of Maiden, who died 
 about 1760. After his father's death, in 1755, he removed to 
 Maiden, where he spent the last years of his life. He was 
 chosen constable at Weston, 1761. He married (2), Nov. 3, 
 1761, Mrs. Grace Gregory. He gave a deed of his pew in the 
 meeting-house in Weston, Aug. 8, 1764. (Middlesex Deeds, 
 vol. Ixii : p. 396.) 
 
 AsA'' Woolson, son of Joseph^ by his first marriage, was 
 born at Weston, July 23, 1727; died at Lunenburg, Mass., 
 about 1789. He was baptized at Weston, July 30, 1727, and 
 was admitted to the church there March 11, 1753. He was 
 dismissed and recommended to that in Lunenburg, Dec. 16, 
 1770. He married at Weston, June i, 1762, Elizabeth Knight, 
 daughter of Ebenezer Knight, of Woburn, Weston and Lunen- 
 burg. He bought land in Lunenburg of James Gordon in 
 1766. Elizabeth Woolson, administratrix of his estate, deeded 
 nineteen acres of land in Lunenburg to Asa Woolson, her son, 
 March 24, 1791. (Worcester Deeds, vol. cxii : p. 463.) 
 
 
 Asa5 Woolson, son of Asa,-* was born at Townsend, Mass., 
 Feb. 4, 1767 ; died at Grafton, Vt., Sept. 22, 1826. He mar- 
 ried at Templeton, Mass., Jan. 3, 1793, Anna Chase. She 
 was born at Templeton, Nov. 3, 1771, and died at Springfield, 
 Vt., Nov. 27, 1857. 
 
ANNA CHASE. 
 
 (Mrs. ASA WOOLSON). 
 
Woo Is on. 2 1 
 
 Amasa^ Woolson, son of Asa,5 was born at Grafton, Vt., 
 Aug. 6, i8ri; died at Springfield, Vt., Jan. ii, 1891. He 
 married (i), Jan. 15, 1838, Mary Lancaster Davidson, who died 
 in 1862. He married (2), at Manchester, Vt., July i, 1863, 
 Mary Eliza Baker, who died at Springfield, July 29, 1902. 
 For nearly fifty years Mr. Woolson was identified with the 
 business and religious life of Springfield, and its educational, 
 social and business prosperity and advancement. From 1S57 
 to 1 89 1 he was a deacon of the Congregational Church of 
 Springfield, and it was largely through his liberality that the 
 society has so fine a house of worship. 
 
 Mr. Woolson was president of the First National Bank of 
 Springfield, of the Parks & Woolson Machine Co., and of the 
 Jones & Lamson Machine Co. until his death. He repre- 
 sented his town in the Vermont Legislature in 1856 and 1857, 
 having been the unanimous choice of the citizens. 
 
 At the age of fourteen he began to work in the manu- 
 facture and finishing of woolen cloths, and for more than 
 twenty years was engaged in inventing and manufacturing 
 machinery. His long practical experience in using cloth-finish- 
 ing machinery suggested to him many needed improvements, 
 and prepared him to give a progressive impetus to the already 
 well-established business. 
 
 His first improvement was in the manner of saving the lists 
 of the cloth while shearing, of itself a most important im- 
 provement. This led to other and more valuable inventions, 
 until he finally perfected his unrivaled " Thirty Edge Perpet- 
 ual Shearing Machine with Self-operating List Guards," — 
 a machine capable of shearing from three thousand to four 
 thousand yards of cloth per day, or more than twice as much 
 as any other in the world, and at the same time doing the work 
 in a better manner, and with less cost to operate it. 
 
 For the invention of these machines, and for many improve- 
 ments on other machinery, Mr. Woolson took out eight differ- 
 
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 ent patents, and was awarded seven premiums of gold, silver 
 and bronze medals at Fairs held in Boston, New York and 
 Philadelphia. These improvements and his vigilant personal 
 oversight of the business of the companies in which Mr. Wool- 
 son was interested, increased their business from five to ten- 
 fold during his connection with them. 
 
 For many years his company gave constant employment to 
 a good number of skilled workmen, to whose faithfulness in 
 producing the finished work much of the company's prosperity 
 was due. These men were a most desirable class, joining in 
 no *' strikes," and with the proprietors contributed largely to 
 the material, moral, religious and educational prosperity of 
 Springfield. 
 
 In 1879 Mr. Woolson retired from active business on ac- 
 count of failing health, caused by too long and close applica- 
 tion in making and patenting improvements to secure busi- 
 ness for his company. Unable to lay down business cares 
 completely, however, he became instrumental in transferring 
 from Windsor, Vt., to Springfield, the plant of the Jones & 
 Lamson Machine Company, in which he held an active interest 
 up to the time of his death, when in the eightieth year of his 
 age he was called from the cares of an active business life to 
 that peace that passeth understanding. (See " A Tribute of 
 Love," infra) 
 
 The Vermont Missionary contained the following tribute to 
 Deacon Woolson : 
 
 The Springfield church is bereaved in the death of Deacon Aniasa 
 Woolson, for forty-three years a member and for more than twenty- 
 three years an honored and faithful office-bearer. Diligent and suc- 
 cessful in business, he honored the Lord with his substance and in 
 his public and private life. . . . Quiet in manner, well balanced in 
 mind, of sterling integrity, he was equally respected, whether seen 
 in his home, in the prayer-meeting, at the gathering of the General 
 Convention, in his machine-shop, or as president of a bank. He 
 
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Woolson. 23 
 
 was always and everywhere a true man, a consistent Christian, and 
 a lover of that which is good. His gifts for benevolent objects 
 were frequent and liberal. His funeral services were conducted by 
 his pastor, the Rev. E. S. Pressy, assisted by the Rev, R. L. Bruce 
 of the Methodist Church. 
 
 His personal friend, the late Rev. L. H. Cobb, D. D., Sec- 
 retary of the American Board, wrote of him for the Cono-rc 
 tionalist : 
 
 ^s ''^gn- 
 
 Amasa Woolson. 
 
 A pillar of strength has been taken from the Congregational 
 churches in Vermont in general, and from the Springfield church in 
 particular, in the removal by death on the nth of January, 1S9J, of 
 Deacon Amasa Woolson. Months of illness have foreshadowed 
 this issue. His well-grounded trust in the Son of God precluded 
 fear. He knew in whom he believed. Mr. Woolson was the last 
 man to put himself forward, or take the first step for his own emolu- 
 ment. Yet few of the strong men in our Vermont churches will be 
 missed more than he. He was a regular, generous and intelligent 
 giver to all branches of our Congregational work, and not a little 
 beyond that. It would have been hard to ascertain which of all 
 our benevolent societies stood first in his estimation. He was not 
 only a discriminating reader, but a student of the work of all of 
 them. The American Board stood high because of the broad scope 
 of its work. Home Missions, whether in Vermont or the whole 
 country, had a warm place, because they were Home Missions. 
 He made himself long ago, and I know not how many of his pas- 
 tors, life members or directors of the Bible Society. 
 
 Many a college president has gone from his home or office rejoic- 
 ing. Seldom was a worthy applicant sent away empty-handed. 
 Beyond all this, the centre of his benevolent and spiritual interest 
 was the home church in Springfield, Vt., of which he became a 
 member September 5, 1847. On the 2Sth of June, 1867, he was 
 elected deacon. Anything he could do in the prayer-meeting, the 
 Sunday-school, or to aid his pastor, was always a pleasure. If sent, 
 as he frequently was, with his pastor, to represent his church, or 
 
24 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 the Vermont Convention, in national or local Councils, his uniform 
 habit was to buy tickets for two. Did the house of worship need 
 repairing and enlarging, as in 1868, he and his business partner, 
 the late Frederick Parks, would pay $10,000 of the $14,000 needed. 
 As a business man, he was the embodiment of honor ; hence his 
 success. Beyond all else, his life centered in his home. No mat- 
 ter how busy, every day began with Bible reading and prayer. 
 This was the ground of unbounded confidence. It gave him power 
 with business men far away and near. It gave him estates to 
 settle ; a bank presidency with many other financial responsibilities. 
 Yet the last thing this good man would have coveted, or in any way 
 sought, would have been the honor which those who knew him best 
 will bestow on his memory. 
 
 Mary Eliza (Baker) Woolson. 
 
 Upon her marriage with Mr. Amasa Woolson, Mary Eliza 
 Baker removed to Springfield where she resided for nearly 
 forty years. Her whole life was filled with words of sympathy 
 and helpfulness and with deeds of kindness and works of char- 
 ity. By those who knew her best she was loved as a friend, 
 worthy of all their confidence and affection. By those who 
 witnessed the example and influence of her life she was re- 
 spected and loved as a true Christian woman. Disliking all 
 ostentation, quietly and unobtrusively she lived her Christian 
 life, giving generously of her abundance to supply the needs of 
 those who were less fortunate. What she did to relieve suffer- 
 ing and distress cannot be told because it was not recorded. 
 Her influence cannot be measured, for such a life defies and 
 transcends all human estimates. Those who came close to her 
 learned to feel that the secret of her character was manifested 
 in her implicit faith and deeply rooted trust in God, which found 
 beautiful expression and left an abiding influence upon her 
 daily life. She was one who could say with growing assur- 
 ance : " I know how to live with God." 
 
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Feiino. J 25 
 
 Charles Amasa7 Woolson, son of Amasa,^ was born at 
 Springfield, Vt., Jan. 12, 1870; married at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
 Jan. 21, 1890, Lula May Fenno, of St. Johnsbury. Issue: 
 
 i. Marguerite Estein.^ b. and d. March 20, 1894. 
 ii. Amasa Glenn,s b. Feb. 4, 1896. 
 
 FENNO. 
 
 John' Fenno, probably a native of Lancashire, England, 
 was born about 1629. He first appears in New England at 
 Dorchester about 1660. In 1660 he was granted twenty acres 
 of land at " Unquitie," that part of ancient Dorchester which 
 is now the town of Milton. The Dorchester records read as 
 follows : " We have laid out and staked the way two rodd 
 and halfe broad, from the meeting-house at Unquitie, from 
 John Gill's land and Robert Redman's land to John Fenno's 
 house leading to the way to the Blue Hills." At or about the 
 same time the town of Dorchester granted " 68 acres of land 
 in Unquity" to Rebecca Fenno. As John Fenno married 
 Rebecca" Tucker before 1661, it seems probable that the 
 Rebecca Fenno who received the gi-ant of land was his wife. 
 On Aug. 12, 1683, Rebecca Fenno, "Senior," was admitted 
 to the church in Milton. The wife of John Fenno then had 
 a daughter named Rebecca who was twenty-one years of age. 
 
 There was a "Rebecca ffenner," aged twenty-five, who came 
 to New England in 1635, in the Truelove. No evidence has 
 been found that she was, or was not, the mother of John Fenno 
 of Milton. 
 
 That Rebecca Fenno who died at Milton, June 12, 1690, is 
 described on the Milton town records as " the wife of John 
 Fenno," and her age at death is not recorded, as stated in the 
 " History of the Page Platter," p. 5. Robert' Tucker of Mil- 
 ton made his will March 7, 168 1/2, in which he bequeathed 
 " to my daughter Rebecca Fenno." This must be conclusive 
 
26 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 proof of the identity of that Rebecca Fenno who lived in Mil- 
 ton from 1660 to 1690, who was called at her death "the wife 
 of John Fenno." 
 
 John Fenno was a farmer, as were a majority of the first 
 settlers. He erected his house in Milton as early as 1660, and 
 lived on the old road leading to the Blue Hills. One of the 
 Blue Hills, called Fenno Hill, perpetuated the name of this 
 family until recently changed by the Metropolitan Park Com- 
 mission to Kitchamakin Hill. 
 
 John Fenno appears as one of the Milton soldiers in King 
 Philip's War. He was enrolled at Dedham in Capt. Isaac 
 Johnson's company, Dec. 10, 1675, and was credited for his ser- 
 vices \^s.\/^d., April 24, 1676. (Bodge's "Soldiers in King 
 Philip's War," pp. 161, 162, 369.) It seems probable that he 
 was in the Narragansett or Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675. 
 
 He died at Milton, April 7, 1708, aged 79 years, and his 
 will, made a few years before his death, when aged and infirm, 
 reads as follows : 
 
 THE WILL OF JOHN FENNO OF MILTON, 1702. 
 
 2fn tbe JQamc of 0olJ Slmcn: The [ ] day of August Anno 
 
 Dom' one thousand seaven hundred and Two, In the First Yeare of 
 the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Queen Ann over England &c : 
 I John Fenno Sen"" of Milton in the County of Suffolke within the 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being 
 in good bodily health and of sound and perfect mind and memory 
 praised be Almighty God for y^ same. Knowing the uncertainty of 
 this p''sent Life and being Desireous to settle that outward Estate 
 the Lord hath lent me, Doe therefore make and ordaine This my 
 Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following : 
 
 That is to say First and principally I commend my Soule into y*^ 
 hands of Almighty God my Creatour, hopeing to recieve full par- 
 don and Remission of all my Sins and Salvation through the alone 
 Merritts of Jesus Christ my Redem"" And my Body to the Earth to be 
 decently Interred according to y*^ Discretio of my Execute* herein 
 after named. 
 
Fenno. 
 
 27 
 
 And as touching such Worldly Estate [as] the Lord hath Lent 
 me My Will and meaneing is the same shall be Imployed & be- 
 stowed as hereafter in and by this my Will is expresst. hereby Re- 
 voakeing renounceing and makeing Null and void all wills and Tes- 
 taments by me heretofore made, declareing and appointing this to 
 be my last Will & Testam*. 
 
 iMpKs : After my just debts and funeral expenses are payd and 
 Satisfyed I doe hereby Give devise and bequeath unto my Son 
 John Fenno of Milton afores'^ And to his heires and assignes 
 Forever the House & Land now in his owne Occupacon lying in 
 Milton afores<^ Together with all my Common rights whatsoev"" 
 in Upland Swamp & Meadow as well Divided as undivided in 
 and throughout the bounds & Limitts of Dorchester in New Eng- 
 land afores^. 
 
 Ite77i : I doe hereby also Give Devise and bequeath unto my s*^ 
 Son John Fenno, and to his heires and assignes forever all my Salt 
 Meadow Lying in Dorchesf in the County afores'^, by the River 
 neare Goodman Tileston's, bounded east by the Land of Ezra Clap 
 and westerly by the Land of Thomas Pearce. And one third part 
 (the whole to be Divided in three Equall parts both for quantity 
 and quality) of all that Meadow which I Formerly bought of 
 Anthony Culliver Lying in Milton afores'^. And one Full third part 
 of my Farme Lying att Puncapauge in Dorchest"^ afores*^ which I 
 purchased of the Clapps : That is to say of the meadow Upland and 
 Swamp thereof both for quantity & quality ; Together with all my 
 Estate in Lands Lying in Lancashire within the Realme of England 
 or the Effects thereof if sold. 
 
 Item : Unto my Son Benjaman Fenno and to his heires and As- 
 signes forever I doe hereby Give devise and bequeath all my house- 
 ing & Land in Milton afores'^ whereupon I Now Dwell And One 
 full half part (the whole in two Equall parts in quantity & quality 
 to be divided) of the Salt Meadow I purchased of Caleb Hobart 
 lying in Milton afores^. And One Full third part both for quantity 
 and quality of all that meadow I bought of Anthony Gulliver as 
 afores^. Together with One Full third part of the afores^ ffarme I 
 bought of ye Clapps : That is to say of the Meadow Upland and 
 Swamp thereof both for quantity and quality. 
 
28 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Item: Unto my Son Ephraim Fenno and to his heires and as- 
 signes forever I doe hereby Give devise and bequeath all that my 
 Tract of Land in Milton afores^ Lying betwixt the land of Ebene- 
 zer Warring & y^ Land of Daniel Preston. And Four Acres of 
 Meadow in the Blue Hills meadow soe called lying in Dorchester 
 afores^. And the other half of y^ afores^ Meadow (both for quantity 
 & quality) [which] I bought of y^ beforenamed Caleb Hobart. 
 And the remaining Third part (both for quantity & quality) of the 
 afores^ Meadow [which] I bought of the afores'^ Anthony Gulliver, 
 Together w"^ ye remaining third part of my afores"^ Farme pur- 
 chased of y^ s*^ Clapps To witt of meadow Upland and Swamp 
 thereof both for quantity & quality. 
 
 Ite7n: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Fifty 
 pounds in money ; haveing already given unto my other two daugh- 
 ters namely Rebecca and Mary Fifty pounds in money apiece, as 
 their portions of my estate/*^ 
 
 Item : Whereas my Son Joseph Fenno formerly Went to Can- 
 nada in an Expedition ag* the then common Enemy Since which 
 Time I have not heard of him. Now if it happen that my Son 
 Returns home to New England againe then and in such case it is 
 my Will & I doe hereby ordaine order and appoint my other three 
 Sons abovenamed to pay out of my Estate I have herein before 
 given them unto their said Brother Joseph the summe of Thirty 
 pounds in money apiece to witt ninety pounds in the whole. 
 
 Item : I doe hereby Constitute and appoint my said Sons John 
 Fenno, Benj^ Fenno & Ephraim Fenno of Milton afores'^ to be 
 executo^ of this my Last Will and Testament. In Testimony 
 WHEREOF I have hereunto Sett my hand & Scale the day & yeare 
 first abovewritten. 
 
 Signed sealed published & declared 
 by the said John Fenno Sen'' as his 
 last Will & Testamt in p'^sence of 
 us 
 
 George Sumner 
 Henry Glover 
 Ephraim Tucker 
 Examined pr. P. Dudley, Regr 
 
 John Fenno i his mark. 
 
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Femto. 2Q 
 
 Probate of the Will of John Fenno late of Milton, husbandman, 
 deceased, was granted unto his three sons John, Benj? & Ephraim 
 Fenno, the executors, May i, 1708, by Isaac Addington, Esqr. 
 Judge of Probate. 
 
 After the will was made, and while the testator was aHve, 
 Elizabeth Fenno received her portion of ^50 on May ii[ 
 1704. The Inventory of the personal estate of John Fenno 
 was taken April 30, 1708, amounting to ^59 : 4^-. 
 
 The Fenno Platter, 1688. 
 Rebecca Fenno (1662-1741) the eldest child of John and 
 Rebecca (Tucker) Fenno owned a platter on which her initials 
 are engraved. From whom she received it is unknown, but it 
 is supposed to have been a gift from some near friend who 
 brought it from England. Its descent for more than two 
 hundred years is well authenticated and is as follows : 
 
 Rebecca Fenno married Dependence French . . . 1688 
 
 Their daughter Elizabeth French married Samuel Vinton . 1720 
 
 Their daughter Hannah Vinton married David Linfield . 1749 
 
 Their daughter Hannah Linfield married William Curtis . 1781 
 
 Their daughter Deborah Curtis married Samuel Page . 18 12 
 
 Their daughter Hannah Page married Edward Cole . . 187 1 
 
 Their niece Adela Page married Edward Thorne . . 1870 
 
 Their daughter Mabel Thorne married Willard Wright . 1897 
 
 Their daughter Dorothy Wright possesses the platter . 1907 
 
 The platter bears the initials of all its owners from Re- 
 becca Fenno to Dorothy Wright and has come down through 
 the female line. If Rebecca Fenno was not herself the original 
 owner, we may assume that she inherited it from her mother, 
 Rebecca Tucker, or from one of her grandmothers. 
 
 As there were no factories in New England for manufactur- 
 ing metal goods during the first hundred years and no skilled 
 workers in precious metals, it seems probable that this vener- 
 
30 Amcstral Lines. 
 
 able heirloom was brought from England. In 1630 Francis 
 Higginson of London made out a "catalogue of such needful 
 things as every planter doth or ought to provide to go to New- 
 England, viz. household impliments, one iron-pot, one kettle, 
 one frying-pan, one grid-iron, two skillets, platters, dishes, 
 spoons, trenchers," etc. We wonder if this venerable Fenno 
 platter came at Francis Higginson's suggestion. Certain we 
 are that it was wrought by hand, and hammered out and 
 shaped by an expert silversmith — one who must have been 
 trained to hammer metal into shape with wonderful precision. 
 The arms which it bears are a modern addition, and have no 
 reference to the Fenno family. 
 
 Benjamin^ Fenno, son of John,' was born at Milton, Feb. 4, 
 1673 ; died at Milton, May 19, 1750, aged yj years. He in- 
 herited the original Fenno homestead in Milton. He was a 
 selectman of that town in 1722, 1723 and 1724. He married 
 there, Sept. 23, 1696, Mary Belcher, who was baptized at Mil- 
 ton, Nov. 12, 1676. She is probably the Mary Fenno who 
 died at Milton, Dec. 25, 1758. 
 
 WILL OF BENJAMIN FENNO OF MILTON, 1749. 
 
 3rn X\t JQame of ©oB, 9lmcn. The Eight day of August in the 
 year of our Lord God 1749: I Benjamin Fenno of Milton in the 
 County of Suffolk & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New 
 England Yeoman, being of perfect Mind & Memory, thanks be 
 Given to God therefor calling to mind the Mortality of my Body & 
 knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & 
 ordain this my last Will Sz: Testament : 
 
 That is to say first and principally and first of all, I give & rec- 
 omend my Soul into hands of God that give it and my Body, I 
 recomend to the Earth to be buried in Christianlike & decent man- 
 ner, at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, nothing 
 doubting but at the general reserrection, I shall receive the same 
 again by the Mighty power of God. 
 
Fenno. 3 1 
 
 And as touching such worldly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased 
 God to bless me in this Life, I give, devise & dispose of the same in 
 the following manner & form : 
 
 Imprimis. My Will is that all my Just debts & Funeral charges 
 be paid by my Executors hereafter Named, out of my Estate. 
 
 Item. I Give to my dearly beloved Wife, Mary Fenno all my 
 Household Goods during her natural Life together with a honour- 
 able & handsome maintenace out of y^ Income of my Real Estate 
 dureing her natural life (and a maid to wait on her if she think 
 proper) & at her death that she have a decent & Christian burial, 
 all which my Will is shall be done & performed by my Executors 
 hereafter Named. 
 
 Item. I give to my Two Sons Benjamin Fenno & Samuel 
 Fenno, all my Real and Personal Estate Wearing apparel, Arms, 
 Cash, Bonds, or Bills, Husbandry & Carpenter's tools (Except- 
 ing my household goods) to be divided betwixt them in Equal 
 halves and I also give them my Clock after the death of my dearly 
 beloved Wife : provided they do & perform all that is herein re- 
 quired of them, as Executors of this my last Will. 
 
 Item : I Give to my daughter Rebeckah Shepard, the Sum of 
 One hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid to her at my decease, 
 by my Executors, & I also give her Six hundred pounds old Tenor, 
 to be paid her by my Executors, out of my Estate, in the following 
 maner : (Viz :) Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the Expiration 
 of three Years after my & my wife, Mary Fenno's decease, & so 
 Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the Expiration of Every Year, 
 til the afores'^ Sum of Six hundred pounds old Tenor be fully 
 paid. 
 
 Item, I Give to my daughter Jemimah Wadlin, the Sum of one 
 hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid to her at my decease, by my 
 Executors, and I also give her the Sum of Six hundred pounds old 
 Tenor, to be paid her by my Executors, out of my Estate, in the 
 following maner, (Viz :) Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the 
 Expiration of three Years after my & my Wife Mary Fenno's de- 
 cease, & so Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the Expiration of 
 every Year til the full sum of Six hundred pounds old Tenor, be 
 fully paid. 
 
32 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Item: I Give to my daughter Abigail Tucker the Sum of one 
 hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid her at my decease by my Ex- 
 ecutors, & I also give her y^ Sum of Six hundred pounds old Tenor 
 to be paid to her out of my Estate by my Executors, in the Follow- 
 ing Maner, (viz :) Two hundred pounds, old Tenor, at the Expira- 
 tion of three Years after my & my wife's decease & then two hun- 
 dred pounds, old Tenor at y« Expiration of Every Year til the full 
 Sum of Six hundred pounds, old Tenor be fully paid. 
 
 Item : I Give to my Grand-daughter Jerusha Harris, fifty Pounds, 
 old Tenor, to be paid to her out of my Estate, by my Executors, at 
 my decease ; Also I Give her Two hundred pounds, old Tenor, to 
 be paid her by my Executors, When Shee Shall be at the age of 
 Eighteen Years, but if it Should please God to take her away by 
 deth before She arive at those Years, My Will is that this Legacy 
 be paid to my Grand-daughter Hannah Harris When She Shall be 
 at y^ Age of Eighteen Years. 
 
 Item : I Give to my Grand-daughter Hannah Harris Fifty pounds 
 old Tenor, to be paid to her out of my Estate, by my Executors, at 
 my decease. Also I give her Two hundred pounds old Tenor, to be 
 paid her by my Executors, When She Shall be at the age of Eigh- 
 teen Years, but if it Should please God to take her away by deth 
 before she arive to those years, my Will is that this Legacy be paid 
 to my Grand-daughter Jerusha Harris when She Shall be at the 
 age of Eighteen Years. 
 
 Item : If both my aforementioned Grand daughters Shall die be- 
 fore those Legacies which I have given them in this my last Will, 
 shall or may becom pa3^able to them, then my Will is, & I do give 
 & bequeath the same to my Two Sons Benjamin Fenno & Samuel 
 Fenno. 
 
 Item: I Give to my Three Daughters (:viz :) Rebeckah Shepard, 
 Jemimah Wadlin, & Abigail Tucker & my Two Grand-daughters 
 Jerushah Harris & Hannah Harris, after y"^ decease of my dearly 
 beloved Wife Mary Fenno, all my Household Goods (: Excepting 
 my Clock, Which I have otherwise disposed of in this my last Will :) 
 (Viz :) Beds & Bedding, Tables & Table Linnen, Chests, Chairs, 
 Puter, Brass & Iron Ware, to be divided betwixt them in y^ Follow- 
 ing Manner (: Viz :) to my Daughters Rebeckah Shepard one fourth 
 
part, to my Daughter Jemimah Wadlin one fourth part, to my Daugh- 
 ter Abigail Tucker one fourth part, and to my Grand-daughters 
 Jerusha Harris, & Hannah Harris one forth part. 
 
 Item : my Will is that all the Aforementioned Legacies in this my 
 last Will be paid in Silver, at the rate of Fifty Nine Shillings old 
 Tenor ^ ounce or in bills of Publick Credit Equal thereto. 
 
 Item : I do Constitute, Make, Ordain & appoint my Well beloved 
 Sons Benjamin Fenno & Samuel Fenno the only Executors of this 
 my last Will And Testament. And I do hereby Utterly disallow, 
 revoke & disannul, all & Every other former Testaments, Wills & 
 Legacies, Bequests, & Executors by me in any other Ways before 
 this Time Named, Willed & Bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming 
 this and no other, to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness 
 WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, the day and year 
 afore Written. 
 
 t^ W«W>«- f-ejxr>ff 
 
 Signed, seald. Published 
 & declared by the s^ Benj- 
 amin Fenno as his Last 
 Will & Testament in the 
 Presence of us the Subscribers 
 (Viz :) 
 
 Justus Soper 
 Thomas Vose 
 We? Royall 
 
 Benjamin Fenno and Samuel Fenno presented this will June 
 lo, 1750, and it was probated June 15, 1750, by Edward liutch- 
 inson, Judge of Probate. 
 
 Samuel^ Fenno, son of Benjamin,^ was born at Milton, 
 Mass., March 12, 1717; died there Feb. i, 1791, aged 74 
 years. He married Rebecca , whose surname is un- 
 known. She was probably the Rebecca Fenno who died at 
 Milton, Dec. 21, 1793, aged 68 years. 
 
34 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 WILL OF SAMUEL FENNO OF MILTON, 1786. 
 
 STn tijc iI5amc of ©oU ^men, the Twenty third Day of June one 
 Thousand seven hundred and Eighty six, I Samuel Fenno of Mil- 
 ton in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
 yeoman, Laboring under Bodily Disorders but of perfect mind and 
 memory, thanks be given unto God ; Therefore,, calling unto mind 
 the mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all 
 men once to Die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testa- 
 ment, that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recom- 
 mend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it ; and my Body 
 I recommend to the earth, to be Buried in decent Christian Burial, 
 at the discretion of my executor, nothing doubting but at the Gen- 
 eral Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty 
 Power of God, and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it 
 hath pleased God to Bless me in this life, I give, demise and dis- 
 pose of the same in the following Manner and form — 
 
 Imprimis : That is to say first of all, I Will that all those Debts 
 and Duties that I do owe in right or conscience to any manner of 
 person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly paid in one 
 year after my Decease by my executor hereafter named. 
 
 Item : I give to my son Samuel Fenno and to my son Reuben 
 Fenno in equal shares all my Estate both real and personal wher- 
 ever it may be found. I give to them, their Heirs and assigns for 
 ever, they my two sons Samuel Fenno and Reuben Fenno, Provid- 
 ing for the Honourable and (as much as may be) comfortable sup- 
 port of their Mother at all times During her Natural life, and also 
 they my said two sons Samuel and Reuben paying as follows, in 
 one year after my decease, Viz. 
 
 To Moses Fenno son of my late son Moses Fenno, Deceased, 
 each of them two Pounds. To my son Benjamin Fenno, each two 
 Pounds. To my son Joseph Fenno each of them two Pounds. To 
 m}'' Daughter Miriam the wife of John Philips each two Pounds, 
 and this in addition to what I have before given to my said Sons 
 Moses, Benjamin & Joseph & to my daughter Miriam Philips ; to 
 be their full Portion of my Estate — 
 
 And I do here by constitute make and ordain Mr. John Ruggles 
 of Milton to be the executor of this my last Will and Testament, 
 
JOSEPH WARREN FENNO. 
 
Fetuio. 3 5 
 
 and do hereby revoke and disannul all former Wills and Testaments 
 by me made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my 
 last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereto set 
 my Hand and Seal the day and year first within written. 
 
 Jam\j&J&/^^^ 
 
 Signed, Sealed, Published 
 Pronounced and Declared 
 by the said Samuel Fenno as 
 his last Will and Testament 
 in Presence of us the Subscribers 
 
 Ebenezer Tucker, Jun 
 David Crane 
 Jabez Sumner 
 
 On March 8, 1791, John Ruggles renouncing Reuben Fenno 
 of Milton was appointed administrator cutn tesfo annexo, Sam- 
 uel Fenno, yeoman, and Jabez Sumner, yeoman, all of Milton, 
 sureties. The Inventory taken Sept. 2, 1791, amounted to 
 ^632 •.6:']. 
 
 Joseph* Fenno, son of Samuel,^ was born at Milton, Jan. 
 I, 1758; died at Hartford, Vt., Dec. 29, 1822. He married 
 Dec. 10, 1786, Margaret Gibbons, who was born Aug. 12, 1768, 
 and died June 24, i860, aged 92 years, 10 months and 12 
 days. 
 
 Mr. Fenno served four days as a private in Capt. John 
 Bradley's Milton company of Col. Lemuel Robinson's Reg't, 
 which marched on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, from 
 Milton. (Mass. Archives, Rev. War Rolls, vol. xi : p. 199.) 
 
 Again he appears in Capt. John Baker, Jr.'s, company of 
 Col. Samuel Gerrish's Reg't, on July 22, 1775. {Ibid., vol. 
 XXXV : p. 136.) He was in the service from May 11, to Aug. 
 i> 1775 — 2 months, 21 days, and appears as a resident of 
 Milton. {Ibid., vol. xiv : p. 16.) 
 
3^ Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Later he appears in Capt. Joseph Pettingill's Tenth company 
 of Col. Gerrish's Reg't, on a return dated " Camp at Sewall's 
 Point, Sept. 27, 1775." He continued in the service eight 
 months in 1775, being transferred to Col. Loammi Baldwin's 
 38th Reg't. {Ibid., vol. Ivi : p. 259; vol. lix : p. 1226; vol. 
 Ivii : p. 27.) 
 
 Ralphs Fenno, son of Joseph/ was born at Milton, Feb. 18, 
 1788 ; died at Hartford, Vt., March 16, 1824. He married at 
 Pomfret, Vt., July 29, 18 10, his cousin Marys Fenno, of Mil- 
 ton (daughter of Sarauelf and grand-daughter of Samuel.^ See 
 infra). She was born at Milton, Feb. 1 1, 1787, and died 1868. 
 
 Joseph Warren^ Fenno, son of Ralph,5 was born at Pom- 
 fret, Vt., Oct. 21, 181 1 ; died at Hartford, Vt., Oct. 14, 1878. 
 He married at Hartford, July 29, 1832, Eliza Stearns Crafts. 
 She was born at Walden, Vt., July 5, 18 17; died at Hartford, 
 Nov. 12, 1892. He was a sturdy New England farmer, born 
 and bred upon the farm lying on the banks of White River, 
 where he lived, reared his family and died. 
 
 His wife, Eliza Stearns Crafts, was a woman of strong per- 
 sonality, and v/as indeed a true helpmate. She possessed a 
 tender, motherly heart and rare executive ability, which she 
 manifested in the rearing of a large family of children amidst 
 such difficulties as were inevitably associated with the average 
 farmer's life of her day and generation. Her interests were 
 ever centered in her home, which was one of unbounded hospi- 
 tality, where many a homeless wanderer found shelter when 
 turned from other doors. Kindness, cheerfulness, and the for- 
 getfulness of self in the endeavor to make those around her 
 happy were her marked characteristics, and in loving remem- 
 brance of these, her children do indeed " rise up and call her 
 blessed." 
 
 Marcellus Taylor7 Fenno, son of Joseph Warren,^ was 
 born at Hartford, Vt., Aug. 5, 1846. He married at St. 
 
ELIZA STEARNS CRAFTS. 
 
 (Mrs. JOSEPH WARREN FENNO). 
 
i 
 
MARCELLUS TAYLOR FENNO, 
 
 Mounted Orderly, Engineer Corps. 
 
 [1861.] 
 
Fenno. 37 
 
 Johnsbury, Vt., May 25, 1867, Martha Washington Flmt of 
 St. Johnsbury. 
 
 Mr. Fenno was one of nine children born and reared on the 
 Fenno homestead in Hartford, Vt. He spent his early years 
 in rambling over the hillsides and along the banks of White 
 River, and attending the district schools of Hartford. At the 
 age of seventeen he left home and obtained employment in the 
 U. S. Armory, in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 He enlisted as a private in Capt. John Pickering, Jr.'s, com- 
 pany in the 3d Reg't Heavy Artillery, Mass. Vols., Dec. 31, 
 1863. He served as mounted orderly for Capt. Lyons, an 
 engineer ofificer attached to General Headquarters. During 
 the campaigns of 1864 and 1865 he was on duty with Capt. 
 Lyons, carrying despatches and delivering his orders wherever 
 necessary. He was present with his company at the surrender 
 of Gen. Lee at Appomattox, and was honorably discharged for 
 disability at Gallop's Island, Boston Harbor, Sept. 26, 1865. 
 His discharge papers describe him as nineteen years old, five 
 feet six inches in height, of light complexion, blue eyes and 
 auburn hair. 
 
 The picture, which was taken while he was on duty at the 
 front, shows him in the uniform worn by the Volunteers dur- 
 ing the Civil War. 
 
 Returning to his father's home in Hartford, he recovered 
 his health and later entered the employ of the E. & T. Fair- 
 banks Scale Co., at St. Johnsbury. Here he learned the 
 machinist's trade, becoming an expert scale builder and the 
 most extensive contractor ever in their employ. He served 
 this company twenty-five years. 
 
 About 1873 he united with the Order of Odd Fellows and 
 passed through all its degrees, becoming Noble Grand of Cale- 
 donia Lodge, No. 6, of Vermont. He is an active member of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, and has served as Senior 
 Vice Commander of Chamberlain Post of St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
 
38 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 He was also appointed on the staff of Capt. Pearl D. Blodgett, 
 Commander of the Department of Vermont. 
 
 He now (July, 1907) resides in his native town of Hartford, 
 Vt., where at the age of 61 he is employed in the U. S. mail 
 service. He is popularly called " Captain " Fenno. 
 
 Mr. Fenno belonged to Company I, of the 3d Mass. Heavy 
 Artillery, a company which consisted mainly of mechanics who 
 were transferred to the engineering department and thence to 
 the pontonier service, where they remained until mustered out. 
 
 Brigadier Gen. Peter S. Michie sent the following compli- 
 mentary and interesting letter to His Excellency John A. 
 Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts : 
 
 Headquarters, Department of Virginia, 
 Chief Engineer's Office. 
 
 Richmond, Va, 
 
 Aug. 8th, 1865. 
 
 To His Excellency Governor Andrew of Massachusetts. 
 
 Sir : — It is with great pleasure that I have the honor to bring to 
 your notice a Company of Massachusetts men who have served with 
 me since May, 1864. Thinking that you would be pleased to learn 
 of the record of the only body of Massachusetts men who have 
 served any time in the engineering branch of the service, I have 
 the honor to submit the following brief history of Company /, Third 
 Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. 
 
 This Company came into the service as the thirteenth Company 
 Unattached Heavy Artillery, and was ordered to report to Major 
 General Butler, Commanding the Department of Virginia and North 
 Carolina. It was mostly recruited from the Springfield Armory, 
 and was composed of as fine a body of men as I have ever seen in 
 the service ; and I may add here that their after-conduct more than 
 justified the highest expectations then formed. 
 
 It was at once assigned to duty with Capt. F. U. Farquhar, United 
 States Corps of Engineers, Chief Engineer of the Department, and 
 was put in charge of the pontoon trains of the Army. Knowing 
 
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Fenno. 20 
 
 nothing of pontoon drill, the officers and men applied themselves 
 so steadily that early in May they were excellent pontoniers, and 
 could build a bridge as rapidly and as well as any men of longer 
 experience in the volunteer service. 
 
 Briefly; it has since built two bridges across the Appomattox 
 river and taken care of them. These bridges connected the Armies 
 of the Potomac and the James. It repaired and almost remade the 
 bridge-train wagons furnished by the Government. It built two 
 pontoon bridges across the James, which enabled our Army to cross 
 and advance on Chapin's Farm, Sept. 29, 1864; assisted in build- 
 ing wharves, permanent bridges and roadways ; repaired and took 
 charge of three captured and burnt saw-mills, which cut nearly two 
 million feet of lumber since October last, which was used in build- 
 ing hospitals, bridges, batteries and magazines, and thereby saved 
 the Government the cost of that quantity. 
 
 It had charge of the pontoon train which accompanied the Army 
 of the James in its rapid march against General Lee, and built the 
 pontoon bridges at Farmville, over which passed the artillery and 
 trains of two Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the Second and 
 Sixth, and enabled them to follow in rapid pursuit of the enemy. 
 
 This company had charge of the pontoon bridges across the 
 James River at Richmond, over which passed safely all of the Army 
 of the James, the Army of the Potomac, Sherman's Army, and 
 Sheridan's Cavalry, with their teams and artillery. It furnished 
 the assistance of the surveying parties engaged in mapping the 
 rebel lines and country in the vicinity of Richmond. 
 
 This company has merited the best praise and commendation 
 that a commander can give his men. They have always given a 
 ready and willing obedience to every order, are good and worthy 
 men, and are ready now to make upright citizens. 
 
 The officers, without exception, have proved worthy of the men 
 they commanded, and by careful attention to their wants and neces- 
 sities, have acted like fathers to their children. 
 
 They have, one and all, proved worthy of their State and the 
 Nation, and deserve well of both for their valuable services. 
 
 The officers at present are : Capt. John Pickering Commanding, 
 First Lieut. O. J. Bixby (lately promoted to Captain), First Lieut. 
 
40 Ajtcestral Lines. 
 
 John F. E. Chamberlain, Second Lieut. Charles H, Ladd. Second 
 Lieut. William F. Merrill and William H. DoUiver have been pro- 
 moted and transferred to other Companies. 
 
 Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, 
 
 Peter S. Michie, 
 
 Brevet Brig. -Gen. U. S. Vols. 
 
 Chief Engineer, Department of Virginia. 
 
 LuLA May^ Fenno, daughter of Marcellus Taylor, ^ born at 
 St, Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 24, 1868; married there Jan. 21, 
 1890, Charles Amasa Woolson, of Springfield, Vt. 
 
 Descent is also traced from Samuel^ Fenno, Sr., above, 
 through his other son SamueH Fenno, Jr., as follows : 
 
 Samuel'* Fenno {Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jo/m^), brother of 
 Joseph'* Fenno, was born at Milton, April 25, 1763 ; died at 
 Milton in 1803. He married (i), in the South Parish of Wey- 
 mouth, Nov. I, 1784, Deborah Ford, who was born at Wey- 
 mouth, Oct. I, 1766, and died at Milton, Oct. 10, 1793. He 
 married (2), at Weymouth, July 6, 1794, Susanna Humphrey, 
 of Weymouth. 
 
 Marys Fenno, daughter of Samuel'* and Deborah, was born 
 at Milton, Feb. 11, 1787; died in 1868. She married at 
 Pomfret, Vt., her cousin Ralphs Fenno. (See page 36.) 
 
 BAKER. 
 
 Try ALL' Baker, one of the early settlers of Canterbury, 
 Conn., was living there as early as 17 18. William Baker 
 whose relationship has not been determined, was made respon- 
 sible for " the decency of the Meeting House " at Canterbury, 
 Dec. 10, 1717. In 1732 it was proposed to relocate and re- 
 

Baker. 4 1 
 
 build the meeting-house, and a minority of the parish voted to 
 locate it "near Tryall Baker's," "Mr. Tryall Baker" died at 
 Canterbury, Oct. 12, 1776. He married at Canterbury, Dec. 
 24, 1 7 18, Elizabeth Tibbetts. Elizabeth, the wife of Tryall 
 Baker was baptized at Canterbury, July 12, 1724. She was 
 admitted to full communion in the church in July, 1733. Her 
 death is not recorded at Canterbury. Tryall Baker and his 
 wife were among the Separatists at Canterbury in 1745. Pos- 
 sibly he was the " Mr. Baker who preached at Uncle John- 
 son's," in Canterbury, April 14, 1742, out of which movement 
 grew the Baptist society of Canterbury. 
 
 Elijah'' Baker, son of Tryall,' was born at Canterbury, 
 Conn., in 1725 ; baptized there Sept. 3, 1727 ; married at Can- 
 terbury, Jan. 29, 1750/1, Lois Rood. He died Aug. 17, 181 1. 
 He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in Capt. Nathan- 
 iel Wales's company of Col. Jeremiah Mason's Reg't of Con- 
 necticut Militia, serving at New London from Sept. 13 to Oct. 
 17, 1776. (Conn. Rev. War Rolls, p. 617.) He again en- 
 listed as Corporal in Capt. Jonathan Rudd's company of Col. 
 Samuel Chapman's Reg't, and was in Brig.-Gen. John Tyler's 
 Brigade, serving from Aug. 2, 1778, to Dec. 12, 1778. This 
 Brigade was commanded by Major-Gen. Sullivan in the expedi- 
 tion to Newport, R. L, in Aug. and Sept., 1778. His regiment 
 was present at the battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778. 
 {Ibid., p. 530.) 
 
 Ebenezer3 Baker, son of Elijah,^ was born Aug. 29, 1761, 
 probably at Canterbury, Conn. He married (2), Eunice 
 Haynes of Bennington, Vt. He died Aug. 2, 1841, probably 
 at Pawlet, Vt. His wife Eunice died at Pawlet, Nov. 2, 18 10. 
 
 Aaron Haynes'* Baker, son of Ebenezer,^ was born at 
 Pawlet, Vt., April 22, 1792 ; died at Manchester, Vt., Oct. 22, 
 1862. He was named for his maternal grandfather, Rev. 
 
42 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Aaron Haynes. As a boy he was a great reader, and at the 
 age of twenty-one he went to Manchester, where he entered 
 the employment of Mr. Jennings, afterward of the firm of 
 Jennings & Harris, manufacturers of broadcloth and woolen 
 goods. Here he learned the business, and when Mr. Jennings 
 retired he became the junior member of the firm. For many 
 years the firm of Harris Sc Baker was well and favorably 
 known throughout southern Vermont. During the war of 
 1812 he was commissioned as Colonel of a Vermont Regiment, 
 but was not actively engaged, as peace was declared before he 
 reached the battle fields near Ticonderoga. In recognition of 
 his services the Government granted him one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land in the West. He retired from business in 
 1850, when he purchased a small farm in Manchester, where 
 he spent the remainder of his life. He represented his town 
 five times in the Vermont Legislature, and was for many 
 years a director of the Battenkill Bank until the time of his 
 death. 
 
 In a quiet, unostentatious way he was kind to the poor. His 
 judgment and advice were frequently sought and his decisions 
 settled many disputes without the aid of lawyers. 
 
 It was one of his eccentricities that he would never have his 
 picture taken, but those who knew him best affirmed that he 
 bore a striking resemblance to the late Secretary of State, 
 William M. Evarts. 
 
 Although never identified with any religious denomination 
 he was yet possessed of a deeply religious nature and attended 
 and helped to support the Baptist church in Manchester. At 
 the time of his death it was said of him : " He had not an 
 enemy in the world." He married (i), in 1820, Minerva 
 French, who died within a few years. He married (2), at Cas- 
 tleton, Vt., March 7, 1827, Lettice Phillips Mason, a native of 
 Littleton, N. H., but then of Castleton, Vt. She died at Man- 
 chester, Vt., Dec. 30, 1868. 
 
HOME OF Col. AARON H. BAKER, Manchester, Vermont. 
 
 BIRTHPLACE OF MARY E. (BAKER) WOOLSON, Manchester, Vermont. 
 
 BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON, Springfield, Vermont. 
 
Flint. 43 
 
 Mary Elizas Baker, daughter of Aaron Haynes-* by his 
 second wife, was born at Manchester, Vt., Nov. 22, 1830; 
 married there July i, 1863, Amasa Woolson, of Springfield, 
 Vt. She died at Springfield, July 29, 1902. A biographical 
 sketch is given on a subsequent page. 
 
 FLINT. 
 
 Thomas' Flint was one of the earliest settlers at Salem 
 Village (now Peabody), where he bought 150 acres of land of 
 John Pickering, Sept. 18, 1654. His name occurs on the 
 town records in 1650. He purchased 50 acres of Robert 
 
 Goodall, on Jan. i, 1662. His wife's name was Ann , 
 
 and he died at Salem Village, April 15, 1663. The original 
 Flint homestead in that village remained in possession of the 
 Flint family for more than two hundred years. 
 
 JoHN^ Flint, son of Thomas,' was born at Salem Village, 
 Oct. 3, 1655 ; died there in April, 1730. He was the fourth 
 child and second son, and was made a freeman in April, 1690. 
 His wife was Elizabeth . 
 
 John3 Flint, son of John,^ was born at Salem Village, Feb. 
 8, 1681 ; married (i), May 5, 1709, Christian Reed, who died 
 Sept. 27, 1 72 1. He married (2), March 14, 1722, Susannah 
 Gennings, who was born April 30, 1695. He removed from 
 Salem to Windham, Conn., probably before 1712. 
 
 Samuel'* Flint, son of John^ and his first wife Christian, 
 was born April 9, 171 2, probably at Windham, Conn.; died 
 at Randolph, Vt., in 1802. He lived in that part of ancient 
 Windham which was incorporated as Hampton in 1786. He 
 married (i), April 13, 1736, Mary Lamphere, who died Jan. i, 
 
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 1744. He married (2), April 11, 1745, Mary Hall, who died 
 at Windham about 1783. He married (3), Sarah, daughter 
 of Benjamin and Sarah (Phelps) Blackman, who was born 
 April 15, 1744, and died in Sheldon, Wyoming County, N. Y. 
 
 PIONEER LIFE IN VERMONT. 
 
 Sometime after 1772 Samuel Flint, a man well advanced in 
 years, and a native of Windham, Conn., whose children were 
 then married and whose wife had died the winter before, feel- 
 ing quite alone in the world and having only a small farm, 
 sold his home and distributed his furniture and effects among 
 his children's families, and set out with saddle-bags on his 
 horse, his axe and gun, to explore the wilderness of Vermont, 
 to see if there was not better land. After travelling four 
 weeks he arrived in the township of Randolph, at that time 
 almost an unbroken wilderness. 
 
 After examining the country for a few days, he selected a 
 farm in the centre of the town of Randolph, and set himself 
 to work to make a home. After struggling for two years he 
 had a comfortable log-house completed, fifteen acres of land 
 cleared, a thriving nursery of apple-trees started, — the first 
 apple-trees planted in town, — and a good well of water at his 
 door, — the first well dug in town. In the autumn he re- 
 turned to Connecticut, to try to induce all his children to 
 remove to Randolph ; but on account of the tedious journey 
 and the cold weather, they all shrank from the undertaking 
 except his youngest son, James Flint, who, after making speedy 
 arrangements for departure, left his wife and little ones with 
 his brother, Samuel Flint, and accompanied his father to Ver- 
 mont. 
 
 Not liking the location which his father had chosen, James 
 Flint went three miles farther north in Randolph, and settled 
 on a tract that formed a ridge, on each side of which was a 
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 land, erected a comfortable log-cabin. In the summer he re- 
 turned to Connecticut for his family ; but one of his children 
 being sick and unable to travel, it was arranged that his brother 
 Samuel should go with his family to Randolph, occupying 
 James's house till he could clear a farm and erect a log-cabin 
 for himself. 
 
 Arrangements having been completed, Samuel Flint, Jr., 
 with his wife, seven children, a yoke of oxen, two cows, a hog, 
 and such furniture as could be packed on an ox-cart, leaving 
 room for the family, set out from Hampton, Conn., for their 
 new Green Mountain home. The milk of the cows, corn-cakes 
 baked by the open fire, and fried pork, formed their diet while 
 on the way. They did not enter a dwelling-house from the 
 time they left Windham until they arrived at their father's 
 home in the centre of Randolph. 
 
 At the home of Samuel Flint, Sr., the family remained sev- 
 eral days ; while here, one of the little boys was taken sick 
 and died. The journey had been too hard for the mother, and 
 several of the other children were now ill. When they carried 
 their little Asa out, to lay him to rest in the apple-nursery, the 
 father, grandfather and three children were all who were able 
 to stand by the side of the little grave in which were placed 
 the remains of the pride of the family. 
 
 A few days later the aged father, Samuel Flint, Sr., an- 
 nounced to his son's family that on the day of the funeral he 
 was to have been married to his house-keeper, but that he had 
 deferred his wedding on their account, and that he thought 
 best to delay it no longer, as his bride-elect was expecting him. 
 The old gentleman started on horseback, taking his bride-to-be 
 upon the pillion behind him, trotting off to Royalton to be 
 united in the bonds of holy wedlock. 
 
 The son now moved to the vacant log-house of his brother 
 James, and during his first winter in Vermont began to clear 
 
46 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 a farm directly north and adjoining his brother's. They 
 pushed along the work rapidly, but the winter was unusually 
 severe, and his younger children were sick nearly all the time. 
 Had it not been for his three elder daughters, who were reso- 
 lute, intrepid characters with strong constitutions, the younger 
 Samuel must have given out ; but by the first of May follow- 
 ing, he had his log-house completed. When James Flint and 
 his family arrived from Connecticut they found their crop 
 planted, and everything in readiness to receive them. 
 
 The next fall Samuel Flint, Sr., sold his farm in the centre 
 of the town to Mr. Ashbel Tucker, and moved with his young 
 wife to the town of Braintree, Vt., where he was near his wife's 
 relatives. 
 
 This year two more children of Samuel Flint, Sr., removed 
 to Vermont ; one, Mehitable, married Zebulon Parish and set- 
 tled in Randolph, directly north of the home of her brother 
 Samuel ; the other married Mr. Aaron Martin, and settled in 
 Williamstown. James Flint's family consisted of his wife and 
 six children at the time of his removal to Vermont. 
 
 The Flints were all Baptists and did not enjoy worshiping 
 with the Congregational church ; consequently they exerted 
 themselves to the utmost, and erected a Baptist meeting-house 
 near the home of James Flint, who gave the land upon which 
 to place the structure. In three months after they began to 
 build it was a comfortable place to worship in, but it was not 
 clapboarded till a year later, in 1781. 
 
 Samuel Flint, Jr., was appointed one of the deacons of this 
 church. After the building was completed it was suggested 
 that the meeting-house should be painted, and have a lightning- 
 rod put up for safety. A family tradition relates that Dea. 
 Flint assented, saying he was willing to have it painted, for 
 he wished the Lord's house to look as respectable as his own : 
 " But," said he, "I will never give a cent for a lightning-rod ; 
 for, after we have built the Lord a house, if He chooses to 
 
LOAMMI BRAINARD FLINT. 
 
Flint. 47 
 
 set fire to it and burn it down, He can do it. I shall never 
 object to His doing as He pleases with His own." 
 
 Both Dea. Flint and his brother James had built themselves 
 comfortable story-and-a-half frame houses, with barns, and were 
 thriving. They were both good farmers and steady, upright 
 men. Their sons and daughters were taught to labor dili- 
 gently with their hands, and with frugal economy and indus- 
 try they acquired wealth. Industrious, upright and religious, 
 this family possessed sound judgment, good practical sense, and 
 a thorough knowledge of business. 
 
 James5 Flint, son of Samuel, ■♦ by his wife Mary Hall, was 
 born at Windham, Conn., Aug. lo, 1751 ; removed from Wind- 
 ham (now Hampton), Conn., to Randolph, Vt., in 1782. He 
 married at Scotland, Conn., April 22, 1773, Jerusha Lillie, 
 who was born at Scotland, May 20, 1757. He died at Ran- 
 dolph, Vt., 1843. 
 
 JoEL^ Flint, son of James, s was born at Williamstown, Vt., 
 March 13, 1786; died Jan. 2, 1857. He married at Brook- 
 field, Vt., Aug. 29, 1805, Huldah Hawes, who was born Dec. 
 25, 1785, and died May 4, 1857. 
 
 LoAMMi Brainard'' Flint, son of Joel,^ was born at Wil- 
 liamstown, Vt., Oct. 10, 1810 ; died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct, 
 3, 1888. He married at St. Johnsbury, Nov. 8, 1838, Mary 
 Bradley West, who was born at Charlestown, N. H., July 12, 
 18 12, and died at St. Johnsbury, Oct. 7, 1899, 
 
 Mr. Flint and his wife were ardent workers in the cause of 
 temperance, both becoming members and officers of the Lodge 
 of Good Templars at its organization, Jan. 3, 1864. From 
 1879 to 1888 he held the office of Grand Sentinel of the 
 Grand Lodge of Vermont, Mrs. Flint serving frequently on 
 important committees. 
 
48 A7icestral Lines. 
 
 The Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks, D. D., for many years 
 pastor of the South Church of St. Johnsbury, Vt., wrote as 
 follows : 
 
 When I came to be Pastor of the South Church in 1874, no two 
 people greeted me more heartily than Loammi Brainard Flint and 
 Mrs. Mary (West) Flint, his wife. Mr. Flint derived great pleasure 
 from seeing that everything was done as I wished. Any suggestion 
 that I made he received with the utmost kindness. He had a 
 friendly pride in my successes, and I surely took the utmost satis- 
 faction in him as a fellow-worker and helper in the church. He 
 was a man who " magnified his office," having a true sense of his 
 responsibility in the care of the sacred edifice, which he had in 
 charge for more than thirty years. To this day I hardly ever read 
 Psalm Ixxxiv : 10, without recalling the figure of Mr. Flint at the 
 door and in the aisles of the South Church. 
 
 Mr. Flint was a most kindly neighbor. I cannot reckon up the 
 many things he did for us. Since his death there has never been 
 another to take his place as a neighbor in the old familiar and 
 kindly way. 
 
 Mrs. Flint was full of kindness and good will for everybody. She 
 was regarded almost as one of our family, and always cordially 
 welcomed. I know that she loved us sincerely. In time of sick- 
 ness or trouble she was a host ; full of kindly offices ; always know- 
 ing just what to do. 
 
 She was a great worker. Very few women ever gave so much of 
 their time in the care for other people. Yet her family was not 
 neglected. Her home was a model of neatness and order. 
 
 She shared with her husband the sense of responsibility for the 
 South Church, and no other woman did more to make its festivities 
 and social functions a success. 
 
 Her tall figure and striking countenance made her well known in 
 the village of St. Johnsbury for nearly two generations. In pres- 
 ence, speech and opinions she was a woman of marked individual- 
 ity. She had stern ideas of right, and was never satisfied with her 
 own attainments. She called herself old-fashioned, but never out- 
 grew her interest in what was going on around her, especially in 
 
Mrs. L. B. FLINT, AND HER DAUGHTER MARTHA W. FLINT, 
 NOW Mrs. M. T. FENNO. 
 
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 whatever would benefit young men and women. Early and always 
 she was active in temperance work. Her ministries to the sick 
 were abundant. 
 
 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Flint was on the corner of Park and 
 Main streets in St. Johnsbury, and their intimate friends called 
 the corner ' Cape Flint,' and still call it so in 1907, in loving and 
 affectionate remembrance of the two valued and dear friends who 
 lived on that pleasant spot, till they ' crossed the bar, and saw their 
 Pilot face to face.' 
 
 Martha Washington^ Flint, daughter of Loammi B./ 
 was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 24, 1844; married there 
 May 25, 186;, Marcellus Taylor Fenno. 
 
 CHASE. 
 
 Aquila' Chase, was born about 1618 ; he came perhaps 
 from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, where one Aquila 
 Chase was baptized Aug. 14, 1580. He was one of the earli- 
 est settlers of Hampton, N. H., in 1640. About 1646 he re- 
 moved to Newbury (the part now Newburyport), in which year 
 he appears as one of the proprietors, and was a mariner. He 
 died at Newbury, Dec. 27, 1670, aged 52 years, as in his depo- 
 sition made in 1666, he gave his age as about 48 years. He 
 married Ann Wheeler of Hampton. She was the daughter of 
 John Wheeler, one of the early settlers of Hampton. She 
 married (2), June 14, 1672, Daniel Mussiloway (Soloway), of 
 Irish descent, then aged about 27. She died April 21, 1687. 
 
 Daniel^ Chase, son of Aquila,' was born at Newbury, Dec. 
 9, 1661 ; died at Newbury, Feb. 8, 1707. He was a wheel- 
 wright, and married Aug. 25, 1683, Martha Kimball of Ips- 
 wich. 
 
50 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Isaacs Chase, son of Daniel/ was born at Newbury, Jan. 
 19, 1691 ; died at Sutton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1786, aged 91 years, 
 I month, 8 days. He married (i), Oct. 29, 17 10, Hannah 
 Berry, who died at Sutton, of cancer, May 8, 1771. He mar- 
 ried (2), Nov. 3, 1772, Hannah Tenney of Upton, who sur- 
 vived him. There is a tradition that he purchased 600 acres 
 in Sutton of the Indians for 40 shillings and a gallon of rum. 
 He is said to have removed from Newbury to Sutton about 
 172 1, but the birth of his son is recorded at Sutton, Feb. 12, 
 1 7 19. He was a housewright or carpenter, and deeded his son 
 Henry Chase, "for love," land in Sutton in 1743. (Worcester 
 Co. Deeds, vol. xvii : p. 256.) He also deeded land to his son 
 Ambrose Chase, who took care of him in his old age. The 
 Sutton church records, Oct. 4, 1728, show that "Jonathan 
 Whipple was chosen to set y^ psalm and Isaac Chase to set it 
 in his absence." 
 
 TiMOTHV* Chase, son of Isaac,' was born at Sutton (possi- 
 bly at Newbury), Jan. 12, 17 19; married Leah Robbins. He 
 was living in Nichewaug or Nichewagg (Petersham), in 1748, 
 when Elisha Chase of Nichewagg, for ^"15, deeded him lot 
 No. I, in Narraganset Township No. 6 (Templeton), which 
 formerly belonged to Jn° Gray of Biddeford, Co. of York, and 
 called " a settling lot." This deed was signed Oct. 3, 1748, with 
 no mention of a wife. (Worcester Co. Deeds, vol. xxvii : p. 182.) 
 Timothy Chase of Narraganset Township No. 6, husbandman, 
 for ^33, deeded David Goddard of the same place, husband- 
 man, 45 acres " that lyeth in the southwesterly side of Narra- 
 gansett Township No. 6 ; " said lot was laid out in lieu of lot 
 No. I, in the First Division in said Township, and is bounded 
 by Nichewagg (Petersham) line, and is on both sides of the 
 road that leads from Narraganset Township No. 6 to Niche- 
 wagg. He signed with his mark, and his wife, Leah Robbins, 
 signed her name, April 3, 1753. {Ibid., vol. xxxiv : p. 170.) 
 
JOHN MASON. 
 
Mason. 5 1 
 
 Here, in Templet on, Timothy Chase appears by the proprie- 
 tors' record to have been the third settler of Narraganset 
 Township No. 6, where he erected a log-house in May, 1753. 
 Charles Baker was a witness of his deed to David Goddard, 
 and to Baker he deeded land in Templeton, Jan. 24, 1754. 
 He was living in Templeton in 1757, and probably for some 
 years thereafter, but was a resident of Townshend, Vt., in 
 1790. 
 
 John Sergant^ Chase, who was probably a son of Timo- 
 thy,'' was born probably about 1750; married at Templeton, 
 Mass., March 27, 1770, Ann Horton, who was born at Milton, 
 Mass., July 21, 1752. [The Templeton records, which we 
 follow, give his middle name as Sergant, but this is probably 
 a clerical error, and Sargent the correct spelling.] 
 
 Anna^ Chase, daughter of John Sergant,5 was born at Tem- 
 pleton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1771 ; married there Jan. 3, 1793, Asa 
 Woolson, Jr. She died at Springfield, Vt., Nov. 29, 1857. 
 
 MASON. 
 
 Sampson' Mason, the immigrant, was living in Dorchester, 
 Mass., in 1649; i^i 1657 he removed to Rehoboth, Mass., 
 where he was buried Sept. 15, 1676. His wife was Mary 
 Butterworth, a sister of Dea. John Butterworth. She died at 
 Rehoboth, Aug. 29, 17 14. He may have been a dragoon in 
 Cromwell's army, as Baylies states. 
 
 Pelatiah^ Mason, son of Sampson,' was born near Provi- 
 dence Ferry, April i, 1669; died March 29, 1763, aged 94 
 years. He married (i). May 22, 1694, Hepsibah Brooks, who 
 was born at Woburn, Mass., in 1673, and died Aug. 24, 1727. 
 Although he was married four times, his first wife was the 
 m.other of all his children. 
 
52 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 John3 Mason, son of Pelatiah/ was born Oct. 3, 1713 ; died 
 June 27, 1 80 1, He married (i), Oct. 26, 1738, Zerviah 
 Orrasby, who was the mother of his son. She died July 20, 
 1765, aged 47 years; and he married twice afterwards. He 
 was a Baptist clergyman, and preached many years in Swan- 
 sea, Mass. 
 
 Perez'» Mason, son of John,^ was born April 9, 1747. He 
 married Martha Barney of Rehoboth, Mass., where she was 
 born F'eb. 18, 1754. He removed to Grafton, N. H., before 
 the Revolutionary War, in which his record is as follows : 
 
 His name first appears as a private on the pay-roll of Col. 
 Jonathan Chase's Regiment of Militia in New Hampshire, 
 which went to reinforce the Northern Continental Army at 
 Ticonderoga, by order of Major Genl. Folsom, May 7, 1777. 
 He was in the service on June 18, 1777, serving one month 
 and twelve days; travelled 102 miles to Ticonderoga, receiving 
 3</. per mile for travel, and in all £,Z : \s. : lod. His place of 
 residence is not given. (Rev. War Rolls of New Hampshire, 
 vol. ii : p. 17.) 
 
 His wife died at Lyman, N. H., March 13, 1823. He died 
 March 17, 1825. 
 
 Johns Mason, son of Perez,'' was born March 10, 1780, 
 probably at Grafton, N. H.; he removed to Littleton, N. H. 
 He married about 1800, Ann Phillips of Plymouth, N. H., 
 where she was born April 28, 1784. He died Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Lettice Phillips*^ Mason, daughter of John,5 was born at 
 Littleton, N. H., Nov. 4, 1804; died at Manchester, Vt., Dec. 
 30, 1868; married at Castleton, Vt., March 7, 1827, Aaron 
 Haynes Baker of Manchester, Vt. 
 
LETTICE PHILLIPS MASON. 
 (Mrs. AARON H. BAKER). 
 
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 CRAFT (CROFT), CRAFTS. 
 
 Griffin' Craft came with Gov. John Winthrop in 1630, 
 and settled at Roxbury, Mass. He was born about 1600, and 
 
 died Oct. 4, 1689. His first wife was Alice , who died 
 
 at Roxbury, March 25, 1673, aged 73 years. " Grif^th Crofts 
 and AHce Crofts the wife of Griffith Croft " were among the 
 early members of John Eliot's church. He was made a free- 
 man May 18, 1631. He was a selectman from 1650 to 1673, 
 a sergeant in 1653, and a lieutenant from 1653 to 1676. He 
 was a deputy to the General Court for 1638, 1663, 1664, and 
 1666. He married (2), July 15, 1673, Ursula, widow of Wil- 
 liam Robinson of Dorchester, and daughter of Henry Adams 
 of Braintree. He married (3), Dorcas, daughter of John and 
 Barbara Ruggles of Roxbury. She died Dec. 30, 1697. 
 
 JoHN^ Craft, son of Griffin' by his first wife Alice, was born 
 at Roxbury, July 10, 1630; died there Sept. 3, 1685, aged 55 
 years. He married at Roxbury, June 7, 1654, Rebecca, daugh- 
 ter of Ralph and Rebecca Wheelock of Dedham and Medfield. 
 She joined John Eliot's church in Roxbury, July 2, 1663, and 
 died there Nov. 24, 1667. He married (2), March 30, 1669, 
 Mary Hudson of Lynn, who died June 3, 1724. Mr. Craft 
 was admitted to the Roxbury church in 1684. 
 
 EPHRAIM3 Craft, son of John," was born at Roxbury, Aug. 
 9, 1677 ; and was living March 7, 1732/3. He was a weaver 
 in Roxbury, but removed to Chelmsford, Mass., about 1724, 
 settling in that part of the town which is now Westford. He 
 married May 15, 1699, Hannah Reed of Chelmsford. 
 
 Samuel" Craft, son of Ephraim,^ was born in Boston or 
 Roxbury, July 10, 1716 ; he was living in 1747. He was pub- 
 lished at Westford, Aug. 29, 1735, to Margaret Richardson, 
 
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 who probably died in Dec, 1741. He married (2), at West- 
 ford, Aug. 23, 1742, Hannah Read (Reed) of Westford. He 
 removed to Westford probably about 1725, but seems to have 
 lived in Boston some time up to 1740. 
 
 Samuel^ Craft, Jr., son of Samuel,"* was baptized at West- 
 ford, Aug. 2, 1747; died there in 1809. He was published at 
 Westford, Feb. 14, 1767, to Margaret Parrot, who died within 
 a few years. He married (2), at Lexington, Mass., Jan. 12, 
 1786, Esther Jewett of Boston. She married (2), Jan. 5, 181 3, 
 Isaac Patch, and died at Laconia, N. H., Oct. 13, 1825. 
 
 Samuel Craft of Westford, was a private in Capt. Timothy 
 Underwood's company, Col. William Prescott's Reg't of min- 
 ute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, serving 
 eight days. He appeared as a "main guard" under Lieut. 
 Col. Loammi Baldwin, June 22, 1775. He served in Capt. 
 Joshua Parker's company. Col. William Prescott's Tenth Reg't, 
 and received an order for advance pay at Cambridge, June 9, 
 1775, serving in this company and Reg't 96 days, from April 
 27> 1775- He probably witnessed or was an active participant 
 in the battle of Bunker Hill. 
 
 Again he enlisted in Capt. Wright's company of Col. Jona- 
 than Reed's Reg't, serving for the town of Westford for three 
 years, from Sept. 17, 1777. In Dec. 18, 1779, he was de- 
 scribed as "33 years old, 6 ft. i in. in stature; complexion 
 dark ; hair dark ; occupation a farmer." Later he appears to 
 have been in Capt. Asa Coburn's company, Lieut. Col. John 
 Brooks's Seventh Reg't, serving as late as Feb., 1782. He 
 was among those entitled to honorary badges for faithful ser- 
 vice from March 10, 1777, to Feb., 1783. 
 
 Samuel Jewett^ Crafts, son of Samuel,^ was probably 
 born at Westford, Mass., Jan. 26, 1792 ; died at Hartford, Vt., 
 April 12, 1872, aged 80 years. He married at Deering, N. H., 
 Oct. 10, or Nov. 26, 1 812, Rebecca Stearns Knight of Deering 
 
SAMUEL JEWETT CRAFTS. 
 
West. 5 5 
 
 She was born Jan. 22, 1794; died at Walden, Vt., Jan. 9, 
 1864, aged 70 years. He removed to Hartford, where he lived 
 after 1824. He served in Capt. Daniel Gregg's company, 45th 
 U. S. Infantry, from March 21, 18 14, to May 29, 18 15, when 
 he was discharged at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. ; he was orderly 
 sergeant of his company. He applied for a pension April 6, 
 1 87 1, and it was granted. In his application he stated that he 
 was born at Hollis, N. H., and that he lived in Henniker, N. 
 H., when he enlisted. The Crafts Family, p. 126, states that 
 the children of Samuels Craft were probably born in Westford, 
 and Worcester's History of the Town of Hollis, N. H., p. 362 
 et seq., contains no Crafts births. Samuel Jewett was the first 
 of this line to add the final s to his surname. 
 
 Eliza Stearns7 Crafts, daughter of Samuel J.,^ was born 
 July 2, 1 8 16; died Nov. 12, 1892; aged 76 years. She mar- 
 ried, July 29, 1832, Joseph Warren Fenno of Hartford, Vt. 
 
 WEST. 
 
 Francis' West, came from Salisbury, England, to Dux- 
 bury, Mass., before 1639. He was born about 1606, and died 
 at Duxbury, Jan. 2, 1692, aged 86 years. He married at 
 Duxbury, Feb. 27, 1639, Margaret Reeves, probably an im- 
 migrant. He was a carpenter in 1640, a constable 1641/2, a 
 member of the grand jury 1642, and purchased a house at 
 Millbrook in Duxbury that year. He was able to bear arms 
 in 1643, and was admitted a freeman June 8, 1655. He was 
 surveyor in 1658, and a constable again in 166 1. He was a 
 member of the ''Grand Enquest " in 1662, 1669, 1674, 1678, 
 1680 and 1681. 
 
 Thomas^ West, son of Francis,' was born in 1646, probably 
 in Duxbury ; died Sept. 6, 1706, aged 60 years. He made his 
 
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 will Jan. 15, 1697/8, in which he named his six sons but not 
 his daughters ; they, however, were mentioned in the division 
 of his estate in 1722. He was a physician and lived at 
 Plymouth from 1667 to 1671. After 1673 he removed to 
 Martha's Vineyard. He was also a lawyer, being called " the 
 King's Attorney" in 1681, and "their Majesties' Attorney " 
 in 1690. He was a member of the Sabbatarian Baptist 
 Church in Newport, R. I., from 1692 to 1702, when he was 
 
 dismissed. He married Elizabeth , who died Feb. 16, 
 
 1728, aged 75 years. 
 
 Abner3 West, son of Thomas,^ was born at Martha's Vine- 
 yard, June 9, 1683 ; died there in 1756. He was a carpenter, 
 and married Nov. 17, 1707, Jean, widow of John Cottle and 
 daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bunker) Look. 
 
 Thomas'* West, son of Abner,^ was born about 1709; died 
 at Rochester, Mass., July 14, 1790, "in y^ 82"^ year of his 
 age." He graduated at Harvard College in 1730, and re- 
 ceived the honorary degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater in 
 1759. He was a classmate of the Hon. Peter Oliver, who was 
 afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province 
 of Massachusetts Bay. He organized the Congregational 
 Church at North Rochester in 1753. 
 
 The name of his first wife, who died about 1762, has not 
 been discovered but she is described as an amiable and excel- 
 lent lady, — a mother whose piety no child ever doubted, and 
 whose affectionate nature her children never forgot. Long 
 years after her death they called her blessed. 
 
 He married (2), Nov. 30, 1763, Priscilla Hammond, daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin^ (^John,^ Benjamin,- William^) and Priscilla 
 (Sprague) Hammond of Rochester. She was born at Roches- 
 ter Oct. 31, 1740; died May 14, 1796, "in the 56th year of 
 her age." Mr. West probably lived in the northeast part of 
 
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 Acushnet (then a part of old Dartmouth, Mass.). The l/ide- 
 peiident Chronicle, published in Boston, July 22, 1790, reads as 
 follows : — "Died at Rochester, the 15th inst., in the 82d year 
 of his age, the Rev. Thomas West. Having served his gener- 
 ation according to the will of God, he fell asleep." The in- 
 scription on his tomb-stone in the old Parish Cemetery at 
 North Rochester reads as follows : 
 
 MEMENTO MORTIS 
 
 This stone is sacred to the Memory of the 
 
 Rev° THOMAS WEST 
 
 who died July 14, 1790, 
 
 in the Sad year of his age and in the 42d of 
 
 his ministry. 
 
 Weep ye, my friends, for West is gone ; 
 
 His glass of time doth cease to run ; 
 
 His active tongue and virtuous heart 
 
 Have ceased to act, — they've done their part, 
 
 Althougli he's gone, he yet does live. 
 
 He's now disrobed of earthly clay, 
 
 And shines in one eternal day. 
 
 Timothys West, son of Thomas,-* was born about 1750; 
 published at Rochester, Mass., Aug. 14, 1768, to Lois Dexter 
 of Rochester, and married there Aug. 28, 1768. He lived in 
 Rochester till 1781, when he removed to Charlestown, N. H., 
 and settled near his brother, the Hon. Benjamin West, who 
 was a delegate to the Continental Congress 1781 ; member of 
 the Convention which framed the Constitution of the United 
 States in 1787; and member of Congress in 1789. " Dea. 
 Timothy West died " at Charlestown, " Feb. 24, 1833, ae. 83 
 years." "Lois Dexter, wife of Dea. Timothy West, died Nov. 
 19, 183 1, ae. 83 years." He was a private in Capt. Nathl. Ham- 
 mond's company, which marched from Rochester to Marshfield 
 on April 20, 1775. Again he enlisted in Capt. Nathl. Ham- 
 
58 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 mond's company, Col. John Dagget's Reg't, Aug. 25, 1778, 
 and was discharged Sept. i, 1778. (Mass. Archives, Rev. 
 War Rolls, vol. xii : p. 132 ; vol. ii : p. 123.) 
 
 Benjamin^ West, son of Timothy,^ was born at Charles- 
 town, N. H., March i, 1791 ; married in Oct. (i .?), 181 1, Phebe 
 Tyler of Piermont, N. H. She was born at Piermont, June 4, 
 1759; died Oct. 16, 1851, at Si. Johnsbury, Vt. He removed 
 to Springfield, Vt., and later to St. Johnsbury, where he died 
 Aug. 3, 1854. 
 
 Mary Bradley^ West, daughter of Benjamin,^ was born at 
 Charlestown, N. H., July 12, 181 2 ; died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
 Oct. 7, 1899 ; married at St. Johnsbury, Nov. 8, 1838, Loammi 
 Brainard Flint of St. Johnsbury. 
 
 KNIGHT. 
 
 John' Knight came to Watertown, Mass., where he was 
 made a freeman in 1636, and was a proprietor in 1642. He 
 
 removed to Sudbury in 165 i. His wife, Mary , died May 
 
 19, 1676. He died May 29, 1674. 
 
 Joseph^ Knight, son of John,' was born in 1624; he set- 
 tled in Watertown, but sold his house there, Dec. 10, 1649, 
 and removed to Woburn. He married before that date Han- 
 nah , who died at Woburn, Jan. 13, 1694/5. He died at 
 
 Woburn, Aug. 13, 1687. 
 
 JoHN^ Knight, son of Joseph,^ was born at Woburn, Mass., 
 Jan. 16, 1656; died there Nov. 9, 1735. He married at Wo- 
 burn, March 2, 168 1, Abigail Cragin of Woburn. 
 
 Ebenezer* Knight, son of John,^ was born at Woburn, 
 Aug. 20, 1695 ; died at Lunenburg, Mass., before Dec. 5, 1775. 
 
MARY BRADLEY WEST. 
 (Mrs. LOAMMI B. FLINT.) 
 
Knight. 59 
 
 He married at Woburn in Nov., 1 7 1 7, Mary Johnson, who is 
 supposed to have died about 1741. He married (2), Aug. 19, 
 1742, EHzabeth Boynton of Dorchester. He resided in Wo- 
 burn until after 1732 ; he was Hving at Maiden in 1735 ; at 
 Woburn in 1743 ; removed to Weston, where he was taxed in 
 1 76 1 and 1762, then to Sudbury and finally settled in Lunen- 
 burg, where he spent his last years. 
 
 WILL OF EBENEZER KNIGHT OF LUNENBURG, 1773. 
 
 ^Tn tbe Hamc of ^oH ^tmen, the twenty eighth day of May Anno 
 Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy three, I Ebenezer 
 Knight of Lunenburg in the County of Worcester, husbandman, 
 calling to mind my own mortality, being at present in health and of 
 sound disposing mind and memory, blessed be God for it, do make 
 and ordain this to be my last will and testament. 
 
 First of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my 
 body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my ex- 
 ecutors hereafter named and as touching such worldly estate where- 
 with it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and bequeath 
 in manner following, viz. : — - 
 
 Imprhnis. To my son Amaziah Knight I give and bequeath 
 twelve pounds lawful money to be paid him in one year after my 
 decease by my executors hereafter mentioned. 
 
 Item. To my son Ebenezer Knight I give and bequeath six 
 pounds lawful money to be paid him in one year after my decease 
 by my executors hereafter mentioned. 
 
 Item. To my son Mathew Knight I give and bequeath twelve 
 pounds lawful money to be paid him in one year after my decease, 
 etc. 
 
 Item. To my daughter Alice Horton wife of Joseph Horton I 
 give and bequeath four pounds lawful money to be paid, etc. 
 
 Item. To my daughter Ruth Atherton wife of Jonathan Ather- 
 ton I give and bequeath ten pounds, etc. 
 
 Item. To my daughter Sarah Salter wife of Samuel Salter, I 
 give and bequeath twelve pounds, etc. 
 
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 Item. To my daughter Anna Knight I give and bequeath thir- 
 teen pounds, etc. 
 
 Ite7ti. To my daughter Elizabeth Woolson wife of Asa Woolson 
 I give and bequeath ten pounds lawful money to be paid her in one 
 year after my decease by my executors hereafter mentioned. 
 
 Item. To my grandson Asa Horton son of Ebenezer Horton born 
 of my daughter Mary I give and bequeath six pounds, etc. 
 
 Item. It is my will that if my daughter Anna Knight or my 
 grandson Asa Horton both or either of them shall die childless 
 that what I have given them shall be equally divided among the 
 other heirs afore mentioned in this my will. 
 
 Itetn. And likewise also I give and bequeath to the above men- 
 tioned heirs all my other estate both real and personal or by what- 
 ever other name it may be known by, after my just debts and 
 funeral charges and legacies aforesaid are paid and satisfied — All 
 of which estate I give to them, their heirs and assigns forever, 
 and I do hereby ordain and appoint my beloved friends John Duns- 
 more of Lunenburg, physician, and Phinehas Dunsmore of Lunen- 
 burg aforesaid, yeoman, to be executors of this my last will and 
 testament, thereby disannulling, revoking and making void all form'' 
 and other wills and testaments, bequests, legacies and executors, 
 and declare my \sic\ this and this only to be my last will and testa- 
 ment. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
 the day and year aforesaid. 
 
 Signed, sealed and pronounced Ebenezer Knight 
 
 and declared by the Ebenezer 
 Knight to be his last will and 
 testament in presence of us 
 
 William Clarke 
 
 Samuel Farrar 
 
 Daniel Gardner 
 
 Elizabeths Knight, daughter of Ebenezer,** probably by 
 his second wife, Elizabeth, wras born probably about 1745, but 
 her birth does not seem to have been recorded in any town 
 in the vicinity of Woburn, where the births of eight of her 
 
Horton. 6i 
 
 brothers and sisters were recorded from 17 19 to 1743. She 
 married at Weston, Mass., June i, 1762, Asa Woolson, then 
 of Weston, and later of Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 Levi' Knight married Eunice Stearns, who was born at 
 Stoughton, Mass., July 19, 1774; he settled at Francestown, 
 N. H., but removed to Walden, Vt. The History of Frances- 
 town states that he was the son of John, an early settler of 
 Francestown from Dedham, Mass., and gives the date of the 
 birth of the latter "at Dedham " ; but nothing has been found 
 on the Dedham records (town and church) to confirm this state- 
 ment, or on those of either town to show Levi's birthplace. 
 
 Rebecca Stearns^ Knight, was born Jan. 22, 1794; mar- 
 ried at Francestown, N. H., Oct. 10, 18 12, Samuel Jewett 
 Crafts. She died Jan. 9, 1864. The History of Francestown 
 is confusing as to this family. 
 
 The connection between the two branches of the Knight 
 family, if such exists, has not been traced. 
 
 HORTON. 
 
 Thomas' Horton is found mentioned first in Milton, Mass., 
 in 1669. He was a weaver, and lived on the south side of 
 Neponset river near the Braintree (now Quincy) line. John 
 Fenno, Jr., and Rachel his wife, for £,\^ and " divers other 
 good causes," deeded him 15 acres in Milton bounded ** east- 
 erly by the land of Thomas Horton where his dwelling house 
 now stands," April 20, 1695. (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. xvii : 
 p. 124.) He removed to Rehoboth, and for ;^I20 deeded his 
 son David^ Horton of Milton, a weaver, 25 acres with the 
 dwelling house thereon March 12, 1712. (/(i!;/^^., vol. Ixxx : p. 
 175.) The date of his death and his wife's name have not 
 been found. 
 
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 David^ Horton, son of Thomas/ was born at Milton, Oct. 
 14, 1679; died there, Jan. 7, 1752. He was a weaver, and 
 married at Milton, Sept. 10, 1702, Mary Badcock of Milton. 
 His eldest son David administered upon his father's estate. 
 The Inventory was taken March 3, 1752, one item of which 
 reads: "The old House where Joseph Horton lives w^'^ 4 acres 
 and an half of land £26'. i^s.'. ^dr His account shows: 
 " To cash rec'd of Joseph Horton on Acc^ of the priviledge of 
 a Read £\ : i.>-.: 4^." It is evident from documents which 
 accompany the settlement that the " Read " was used in his 
 business as a weaver. 
 
 Joseph^ Horton, son of David," was born at Milton, June 
 I, 171 7; married about 1743, Alice Knight, eldest child of 
 Ebenezer and Mary (Johnson) Knight of Woburn, born Jan. 
 12, 1719. He removed from Milton to Bolton in the spring 
 of 1754, and from Bolton to Narraganset Township No. 6 
 (now Templeton), Mass., in 1758. His father, David Horton 
 of Milton, weaver, " for parental love which I do bear unto my 
 son Joseph Horton of Milton, weaver," and for ;^30, deeded 
 him, five acres in Milton " a part of my homestead where I 
 now dwell," bounded south by Braintree (now Quincy) line, 
 March 14, 1740, without mentioning his wife. (Suffolk 
 Co. Deeds, vol. Ixii : p. 41)- This property Joseph Horton 
 of Milton, yeoman, and Alice his wife, for £6y : Qi". : 4^-, 
 deeded to Enoch Horton of Milton, gentleman, April 20, 1754. 
 (/<5'z^., vol. Ixxxv : p. 108.) 
 
 Ebenezer Knight of Sudbury, husbandman, for ^I73 • 6-f. : 
 8^/., deeded Joseph Horton of Milton, husbandman, a mansion 
 house, barn and one hundred acres of land in Bolton, April 13, 
 1754. (Worcester Co. Deeds, vol. xxxv : p. 40.) This prop- 
 erty was deeded by Joseph Horton of Bolton, husbandman, for 
 £\6o, to Thomas White of Milton, cordwainer, Nov. 19, 1756, 
 Alice Horton joining in the deed. Then Jonas Wilder of Nar- 
 
Haynes. 63 
 
 raganset Township No. 6 (now Templeton), for ^10, deeded 
 Joseph Horton of Bolton, husbandman, 46 acres in Templeton, 
 being house lot No. 108, June 23, 1758. {Ibid., vol. xliii : p. 
 6.) He deeded his property in Templeton to John Newton of 
 Hubbardston, calling it " the whole of my homestead farm in 
 Templeton except what I lately sold to my son Jonathan 
 Horton," and his wife Alice joined with him in the deed signed 
 Oct. 20, 1794. {Ibid., vol. cxxiv: p. 82.) This is the latest 
 mention both of Joseph and his wife found on record at Wor- 
 cester. 
 
 Ann-* Horton, daughter of Joseph,^ was born at Milton, 
 July 21, 1752 ; married at Templeton, Mass., March 27, 1770, 
 John Sergant Chase of Templeton. (See page 51.) 
 
 HAYNES (HAINES). 
 
 James' Haynes was at Salem, Mass., in 1637 ; he was ad- 
 mitted a freeman in March, 1638, and became a member of 
 the First Church of Salem. William' Haynes appeared 
 at Salem as early as 1644, and was admitted to the Salem 
 church Nov. 14, 1647. He removed to Newbury, Mass., and 
 James' Haynes removed to Southold, L. I., about 165 1/2. 
 He described himself in his deed as " James Haynes, late of 
 Salem in the County of Essex." He made his will at South- 
 old, March i, 1652; he probably died in 1655, Nov. 18 of 
 which year the Inventory of his estate was taken. His wife 
 Mary , married (2), at Southold, in June, 1656, Ralph 
 
 Dayton. 
 
 From the New England Historical Genealogical Register 
 (vol. xxxvii: p. 161) it appears that James Haynes, of South- 
 old, in his will, mentioned by name his wife Mary and his eldest 
 
 son John, providing that " my children continue with my 
 
 wife till they be twenty-one — the older laboring to help bring 
 
64 Aftcestral Lines. 
 
 upp the younger — unless Providence order that she shall dis- 
 pose of herself in marriage and then shall see cause to put any 
 of them to some honest trade." 
 
 William' Haynes was probably from Bedfordshire, England, 
 for, Nov. 25, 1647, he gave a letter of attorney to Thomas 
 Haynes, a merchant of London, for collection at " Danes 
 Halle," Bedfordshire. He was a husbandman, and was in 
 Salem as early as 1644; he mortgaged land in 1647, which was 
 discharged in 1660. With Richard Haynes of Salem, he joined 
 in the sale of two-thirds of a farm in that town June 29, 1648. 
 He married Sarah Ingersoll of Salem. The records of the 
 First Church there show that "Jonathan and Sarah, children 
 of Bro. Haines," were baptized there June 11, 1648. Savage 
 calls them twins, and assigns them to James, but on what au- 
 thority has not been found. An inspection of those records 
 shows that between 1638 and 1648 entries of seven baptisms 
 of children of •* Bro. Haines" are noted, and not until May 4, 
 165 1, when a Thomas was baptized, do we find the full name 
 (James Haynes) of the father given. A comparison of the 
 dates of the baptisms in 1646-48 shows that Jonathan was 
 quite as probably the son of William as of James. 
 
 It may be further remarked that, aside from the above bap- 
 tismal record, the first trace of Jonathan found is in 1663, 
 when he is said to have been a blacksmith — rather early for a 
 boy, of only fifteen if an infant when baptized, to be so styled 
 — and in Newbury, whither William had removed about 1648, 
 while James had gone to Southold, as mentioned above. From 
 various entries on Salem records it is inferred that Richard, 
 William and James were nearly connected, and very likely 
 brothers, but the relationship of Jonathan^ to either has not 
 been clearly established, though with the weight of evidence 
 rather in favor of the belief that he was the son of William, 
 and was baptized when a lad, with his sister, not necessarily a 
 twin, and not long after his father joined the church. 
 
Haynes. 65 
 
 Jonathan^ Haynes, whether the son of James or William 
 is uncertain, was baptized June 11, 1648, at the First Church 
 of Salem, Mass. He was a blacksmith at Newbury, Mass., in 
 1663 ; married (i), at Newbury, Jan. i, 1673/4, Mary Moul- 
 ton, who died soon after. He married (2), at Hampton, N. H,, 
 Dec. 30, 1674, Sarah Moulton of Hampton ; he removed from 
 Newbury to Haverhill, Mass., between 1684 and 1687, and 
 lived in the West Parish of Haverhill, near Bradley's Mills, 
 where he was killed by Indians, Feb. 22, 1698. 
 
 Indian Captivity. 
 
 On Aug. 15, 1695, he and his four children, Mary, Thomas, Jon- 
 athan and Joseph, were captured by Indians and carried into cap- 
 tivity. The children were at work in a field near Bradley's Mills, 
 picking beans, and their father was reaping near by. The Indians 
 immediately started with the captives for Pennacook (Concord), 
 N. H. When they arrived, they divided their prisoners and sepa- 
 rated — one party took the father and one son, and the other the 
 remaining children. 
 
 The first party started for their home in Maine, where they soon 
 arrived. The father and son had remained with them but a short 
 time, when they improved an opportunity to escape. After travel- 
 ling two or three days, with scarce anything to satisfy their cravings, 
 the old man sank down exhausted. Finding his efforts to encou- 
 rage his father were vain, the son started onward, and soon after 
 coming to the top of a hill, he climbed a tall tree to see if he 
 could discover any signs of civilization. But no such joyful sight 
 was his. After the first bitter gush of grief had passed, and while 
 he yet hesitated which course to take, his quick ear caught the 
 sound of a saw-mill ! He listened. There was no mistaking that 
 familiar sound, and with a glad heart and bounding step he fol- 
 lowed it, and soon found himself at the settlement of Saco. 
 
 His story was soon told, and with ample assistance and a bottle 
 of milk, he hastened back to his father, whom he found as he had 
 left him — laid down to die, without the hope or expectation of 
 ever again looking upon the face of a friend. The milk and the 
 
56 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 good news revived him, and with considerable difficulty he reached 
 Saco. Here they remained until their strength was sufficiently 
 recruited, when they started for Haverhill, where they soon arrived 
 without further difficulty. 
 
 The party which took the other children went to Canada, where 
 they were sold to the French. Tradition says that Mary was car- 
 ried to Canada on a hand-sled, which seems to indicate that the 
 Indians tarried at Pennacook till the following winter. However, 
 she was redeemed with one hundred pounds of tobacco. Mary 
 afterwards married John Preston, of Andover, and removed to 
 Windham, Conn., where she was living Oct. 12, 1730. The boys 
 never returned, and a deed dated in 1731 stated that they were still 
 in Canada. In one of the companies in the Canada expedition of 
 1757 there were three Haynes brothers from Haverhill. While in 
 Canada they had leave granted to search for the captive brothers, 
 and they found them. 
 
 They had lost their mother language completely, and could only 
 converse with their English relatives through an interpreter. One 
 of them inquired about his sister, who had one of her fingers acci- 
 dentally cut ofE by a young lad, the son of a neighbor, a short time 
 before her capture. He recollected the circumstances, and asked 
 if she was still living. Neither of them could be persuaded to 
 return with their relatives. 
 
 Among the Haverhill captives who were still missing, April 17, 
 1701, were Jonathan Haynes, aged 12 years, and Joseph Haynes, 
 aged 7 years. (Chase's History of Haverhill, p. 184.) 
 
 Again the Indians fell upon Haverhill on Feb. 22, 1697/8. On 
 that morning Jonathan Haynes and Samuel Ladd, who Uved in the 
 western part of the town, started with their teams consisting of a 
 yoke of oxen and a horse, each accompanied with a son, to bring 
 home their hay, which had been cut and stacked the preceding 
 summer, in their meadow in the extreme western part of Haverhill. 
 While they were slowly returning, little dreaming of present danger, 
 they suddenly found themselves between two files of Indians, who 
 had concealed themselves in the bushes on each side of their path. 
 There were seven of them on a side, with guns presented and cocked, 
 and the fathers, seeing it was impossible to escape, begged for 
 
Haynes. 67 
 
 "quarter." To this the Indians twice replied, "Boon quarter! 
 boon quarter ! " Young Ladd escaped and gave the alarm, which 
 became general. Two of the Indians then stepped behind Jonathan 
 Haynes and Samuel Ladd, and dealt them heavy blows upon the 
 head. Mr. Haynes, who was quite aged, instantly fell. 
 
 The Indians, on being asked why they killed the old man, said 
 that they killed Haynes because he was " so old he no go with us," 
 meaning that he was too aged and infirm to travel. Young Haynes 
 was carried into captivity, where he remained a prisoner for some 
 years, and at last was redeemed by his relatives. When about 
 leaving the Indians, his master, in token of good-will and esteem, 
 presented him with his best cane. This cane was possessed by Mr. 
 Guy C. Haynes, of Boston, who exhibited it at a meeting of the 
 New England Historic Genealogical Society on July 11, 1855. 
 (Chase's History of Haverhill, pp. 201-2.) 
 
 Thomas^ Haynes, son of Jonathan,^ was born at Newbury, 
 Mass., May 14, 1680; he was taken prisoner Aug. 15, 1695, 
 and carried to Pennacook (Concord), N. H., and from thence 
 to Maine with his father, but made his escape back to Haver- 
 hill. He was again taken prisoner by the Indians, Feb. 22, 
 1697/8, and again carried to Pennacook, but was redeemed in 
 1699. He returned to Haverhill where, Dec. 22, 1703, he 
 married Hannah Harriman, who died Feb. 12, 176 1. He died 
 Dec. 6, 1 77 1. 
 
 Jonathan^ Haynes, son of Thomas,^ was born at Haverhill, 
 April 25, 1712; died at Bennington, Vt., April 28, 1776, or 
 1786. He removed to Bennington in 1770, and he, or his son 
 of the same name, probably the latter, served in the Revolu- 
 tionary War from Jan. i, to Dec. 31, 1781. He married (i), 
 Sept. 26, 1734, Elizabeth Kingsbury, who died Sept. 17, 1741- 
 He married (2), April 2, 1742, Ruth Page, who died in 1796. 
 
 Aarons Haynes, son of Jonathan^ by his second wife Ruth, 
 was born at HaverhUl, Dec. 6, 1745; died March 27, 1827. 
 
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 probably at Hoosick, N. Y. He married (i), at Norwich, 
 Conn., June 23, 1768, Mary Armstrong, who died Aug. 27, 
 181 1. He married (2), widow Margery (Parmell*) Hurd. He 
 was a Baptist clergyman, and is said to have been a chaplain 
 in the battle of Bennington. 
 
 According to the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, p. 155, 
 Aarons Haynes served as a private in the Revolutionary War 
 in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company, Aug. 16, 1777. His 
 name also appears in Capt. Dewey's company. He is said 
 to have been one of four brothers who were in the battle of 
 Bennington, and it is stated that his brother Jonathan had a 
 musket ball pass through his body coming out under his left 
 shoulder, and another pass through his thigh. The four broth- 
 ers who were in the battle were : Rev. Aaron Haynes, Dr. 
 Thomas Haynes, David Haynes and Jonathan Haynes. There 
 is a tradition that Aaron Haynes's wife Molly, becoming fright- 
 ened when the battle of Bennington began, placed all of her 
 children in a feather-bed in a house, and started for Norwich, 
 Conn., in her fright. 
 
 Eunice'' Haynes, daughter of Aaron,s was born March 7, 
 1769 ; married Ebenezer Baker ; she died at Pawlet, Vt., Nov. 
 2, i8io. 
 
 PHILLIPS. 
 
 Seth' Phillips of Groton, Mass., purchased a farm of sixty- 
 six acres bounded northerly by Sandy Pond, of William Powers 
 of Littleton, Mass., June 14, 1777 (Middlesex Deeds, vol. xxi : 
 p. 259), "which land is the whole of the upland which did be- 
 long to John Tarbell of his Father Thomas Tarbell, his liveing 
 in Groton." He sold his homestead of 42 acres to "my son 
 Seth Phillips, Jun'., of Groton," on July 12, 1757, his wife 
 
 * Perhaps this name should be Parmalee or Parmelee. 
 
Phillips. 69 
 
 Lydia joining in the deed. Seth Phillips of Grot on, husband- 
 man, "being now weak of body," and "for avoiding controver- 
 sies after my decease," made his will, which was signed July 
 27, 1757, in which he bequeathed "To my two sons Isaac and 
 Amos Phillips," £2 : 13^-.: 4^. each, and his carpenter's tools ; 
 "to my son Samuel Phillips"; "to my son Seth Phillips"; 
 "to my five daughters, Elizabeth Nutting, Jemima Gilson, 
 Lydia Adams, Susanna Phillips and Kezia Phillips," he left 
 various legacies. The will was proved Sept. 8, 1757. He 
 died at Groton, evidently in the summer of 1757, and his wife 
 Lydia , died before 1775. 
 
 Amos" Phillips, son of Seth' by his wife Lydia, was born 
 at Groton, Mass., Oct. 27, 1719: baptized there April 24, 
 1720; died at Plymouth, N. H., Oct. 25, 180 1. He married 
 in 1746 (marriage intention recorded at Lunenburg, Feb. 8, 
 1745/6), Abigail Dodge, a native of Topsfield, Mass. He set- 
 tled in what was then Dunstable, Mass., about 1746, and 
 removed in 1767 to Plymouth, N. H. His wife was born 
 at Topsfield, Dec. 6, 1724, and died at Plymouth, Feb. 15, 
 1808. 
 
 JoHN^ Phillips, son of Amos," was born at Dunstable, Mass., 
 March 18, 1760; died at West Haven, Vt., Aug. 15, 1825. 
 He married at Plymouth, N. H., Dec. 18, 1783, Anna Cum- 
 mings, who was born at Hollis, N. H., March 11, 1764; died 
 after Dec. 4, 1839, at which date she was "suffering from 
 great physical debility," as appears from records in the War 
 Department at Washington, D. C. John^ Phillips served in 
 the Revolutionary War in Capt. Thomas Simpson's company, 
 commanded by Col. Charles Johnson, serving two months from 
 Oct. I, 1776, and travelling no miles. (New Hampshire 
 Rev. War Rolls, vol. iv: pp. 80, 82.) On March 27, 1777, he 
 enlisted for the war as a private in the Seventh company, 
 
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 Third N. H. Reg't, commanded by Capt. Benja. Stone and 
 by Capt. McGregore, Alexander Scannell, Colonel. {Ibid., pp. 
 86, 38.) He continued in service from and for Plymouth, and 
 was promoted to be corporal April i, 1780, appearing as such 
 on a return of Capt. Saml. Cherry's company of Light Infan- 
 try, of Col. George Reid's Reg't, dated Feb. 14, 1781. {Ibid., 
 p. 233 ; History of Plymouth, vol. i : p. 47.) He was wounded 
 in action at Ticonderoga, and taken to the hospital in Albany, 
 N. Y. ; on his recovery he rejoined the Continental Army, then 
 at Valley Forge. In 1778 he was again wounded, receiving a 
 shot in his right knee in a skirmish at White Plains, near 
 New York. In 1782 he was wounded for the third time in 
 an affair near Pine Bridge, N. Y., where he was taken prisoner 
 and carried to New York ; after he had been confined for 
 about four months he was exchanged, and shortly afterward 
 received an honorable discharge. He applied for a pension 
 April 27, 1 8 19, and his record as above is given in the accom- 
 panying affidavit. His pension certificate was signed by Hon. 
 John C. Calhoun, then Secretary of War. His widow, Ann 
 Phillips, applied for a pension on account of her husband's 
 service, Dec. 4, 1839, which was granted in 1840. (Docu- 
 ments in War Department, Washington.) The Revolutionary 
 War Rolls of N. H., (vol. iii : p. 307), have the record of a 
 John Phillips, who served twice in Capt. Samuel Young's com- 
 pany in 1777-8, one month from March i, 1777, in Col. Tim- 
 othy Bedel's expedition against Canada, and again in the same 
 company and regiment, from Dec. 15, 1777, to March, 1778, 
 but nothing has been found to identify him with John, the son 
 of Amos. 
 
 Anna'* Phillips, daughter of John,^ was born at Plymouth, 
 N. H., April 28, 1784; married about 1800, John Mason of 
 Littleton, N. H. 
 
Hawes. y i 
 
 HAWES. 
 
 Richard' Hawes came in the "True-love," in which he 
 embarked for New England Sept. 19, 1635, at the age of 29. 
 With him came his wife Ann, aged 26, his daughter Ann, aged 
 2i years, and his son Obadiah, aged 6 months. He settled 
 at Dorchester, Mass., and was admitted a freeman May 2, 
 1638. He died at Dorchester the last of Dec, 1656, or early 
 in Jan., 1657. His wife Ann died probably before 1662. 
 
 Obadiah^ Hawes, son of Richard,' was born in England 
 early in 1635 I died at Dorchester, Oct. 5, 1690. After April 
 19, 1662, he assumed the management of his father's estate, 
 which was administered by Major-Gen. Humphrey Atherton 
 and Lieut. Roger Clap of Dorchester. He was made a free- 
 man May 23, 1666, and was chosen a constable in 1670. He 
 married about 1662, Mary, daughter of Elder James Hum- 
 phrey of Dorchester; she died at Dorchester, April 21, 1676. 
 
 Obadiah^ Hawes, Jr., son of Obadiah,- was born at Dor- 
 chester, Mass., Aug. 20, 1663 ; married at Boston, Dec. 19, 
 1693, Rebecca Cowen of Scituate, Mass., Samuel Sewall, Esq., 
 performing the ceremony ; they settled at Dorchester. 
 
 Eleazer4 Hawes, son of Obadiah, ^ Jr., was born at Dor- 
 chester, Mass., "the last of June, 1707"; he settled in that 
 part of the old town of Dorchester which in 1727 was incor- 
 porated as Stoughton. On April 26, 1729, the marriage in- 
 tention between Eleazer Hawes and Mary Belcher, both of 
 Stoughton, was entered there, and July 9, 1729, they were 
 married by the Rev. Samuel Dunbar. She was born at Lynn, 
 Mass., Nov. 22, 17 1 3, and removed to Milton with her parents 
 about 1720. 
 
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 Williams Hawes, son of Eleazer/ was born at Stoughton 
 (the part now Sharon), Mass., May 19, 1753. He lived at 
 Milton, Mass., from 1774 to 1780, and then removed to Brook- 
 field, Vt. ; died at Braintree, Vt., April 21, 1804. He married 
 about 1773, Esther Smith, perhaps the daughter of Abijah and 
 Amity Smith of Milton, born April 12, 1758, who married (2), 
 Ichabod Hyde of Brookfield, where she died Nov. 13, 18 14. 
 He served in the Revolutionary Army from Feb. i, 1777, the 
 date of his enlistment, to Feb. 14, 1780, when he was dis- 
 charged. He was a private in Capt. John Spurr's company of 
 Col. Thomas Nixon's Sixth Reg't, of the Continental Army, 
 being credited to the town of Milton. His regiment appears 
 to have been near Peek skill and in the Highlands in New 
 York. He enlisted for three years ; he appears to have first 
 entered Capt. Bradley's company of Col. Benjamin Gill's Reg't, 
 and later to have been transferred to Capt. Spurr's company, 
 as noted above. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, Rev. War, vol. 
 vii: pp. 556, 576.) 
 
 HuLDAH^ Hawes, daughter of William,5 was born Dec. 24, 
 1785, probably at Brookfield, Vt. ; married there Aug. 29, 
 1805, Joel Fint; she died May 4, 1857. 
 
 TYLER. 
 
 Job' Tyler, who was born about 1620, appeared at Mount 
 Wollaston (now Ouincy), Mass., in 1637, but settled at An- 
 dover, Mass., early. He mortgaged his house as security for 
 the payment of money, March 5, 1650. In 1661 he deposed 
 that he was about forty years of age, and his wife Mary was 
 then about the same age. In 1665 he removed to Roxbury, 
 Mass., where his wife Mary joined John Eliot's church. May 
 28, 1665, and on the next Sunday their sons John and Samuel 
 were baptized there. In 1669 he removed to Mendon, Mass., 
 
Tyler. 73 
 
 from which place he was driven by the Indians in 1675. He 
 returned to Roxbury, but before 168 1 was living at Rowley 
 Village (now Boxford), Mass., as in 1680 he was distinguished 
 there from his son Moses Tyler as '* Old Goodman Tyler." 
 He later went back to Andover, where after the death of his 
 wife — probably in 1700 — he divided his estate among his sons. 
 
 Moses- Tyler, son of Job,' was born at Andover, Mass., 
 about 1641 ; died there Oct. 2, 1727. He married at Ando- 
 ver, July 6, 1666, Prudence Blake, who died at Boxford, Mass., 
 March 19, 1689. He removed from Andover to Boxford 
 about 1666, but returned to Andover in his old age. The in- 
 scription on his tomb-stone in the old North Andover Ceme- 
 tery reads as follows : — 
 
 Here lyes buried | ye body of Mr. | Moses Tyler who | died 
 October ye 2"d | 1727 & in the | 86 year of his age. 
 
 He married (2), Sarah (Hascy) Sprague, widow of Phineas 
 Sprague. She died in 171 8, and he married (3), in July or 
 August, 17 1 8, widow Martha Fiske, who died Feb. 13, 1735. 
 He was a selectman of Rowley 1691, 1694, 1695, 1698 and 
 1 71 2. He served on various town and church committees in 
 1685, 1691, 1695, 1699, i7ioand 1711 ; was town treasurer 
 171 5, and 1717 to 1720. In 1696 he was chosen custodian 
 of the town's ammunition, which office gave him the title of 
 Quartermaster. 
 
 WILL OF MOSES TYLER, 1725. 
 
 I, Moses Tyler of Andover, in the County of Essex, and Province 
 of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, husbandman, being at 
 present of sound mind and memory, but considering my mortality, 
 have thought meet to make this my last will and testament. And 
 first of all, I commit my soul into the hands of God, who gave it, 
 and my body I commit to the earth in hope of a blessed resurrec- 
 tion at the last day, through the merits of my Lord and Saviour 
 Jesus Christ, — and as for my worldly estate which God hath given 
 me, I give and dispose of the same in manner following : 
 
74 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 As for my sons Moses, John, Ebenezer, Job, Jonathan, James and 
 Joshua, I have formerly given them their full portion out of my estate, 
 according to my ability. Also I give to my six sons, first mentioned, 
 ten pounds apiece, and to my son Joshua, the last mentioned, twenty 
 pounds, all of which sums are to be paid by my executor in the space 
 of eight years after my decease, and he shall be obliged to pay but 
 ten pounds a year, and shall pay the younger before the elder. 
 
 Item, 1 give to my son Jacob all my homestead in Andover, and 
 my dwelling house, with all my other buildings, that are upon said 
 homestead, and all my meadows in Andover, and all my stock of 
 cattle, sheep and swine and household goods and other moveables. 
 Excepting so much of my household goods, which my second wife 
 brought to me, as shall be left at my decease, which shall be equally 
 divided between my son Jacob and his three sisters, Martha, Kath- 
 arine and Sarah, and the children of his sisters Joanna and Abigail, 
 deceased ; the children of each sister to have one share, and my 
 son Jacob shall have the choice of the beds and furniture thereof 
 that was his mother's ; and if my son Jacob shall die without issue 
 lawfully begotten, then the lands, which I have given him in this 
 my will, shall be equally divided among my other sons. 
 
 And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain my son Jacob the 
 sole executor of this my last will and testament, and if there is any 
 part of my real or personal estate, that I have not disposed [of] in 
 this my last will and testament, I give it to my said executor, and I 
 do hereby revoke and disannul all and every other will and testa- 
 ment by me made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be 
 my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto 
 set my hand and seal this ninth day of April, Anno Domini, 1725, 
 and in the eleventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George 
 of England, Scotland, P'rance and Ireland. King, &c. 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered Moses Tyler 
 
 I)y the said Moses Tyler to be 
 
 his last will and testament 
 
 in presence of us the subscribers. 
 
 John Barnard 
 
 Daniel Colbe 
 
 Sarah Barnard 
 
 {New England Hist. Gen. Req., vol. xii : p. 319.) 
 
Tyler. 7 5 
 
 Ebenezer^ Tyler, son of Moses,'' was born at Boxford, 
 Mass., Dec. 17, 1673 ; died there Dec. i, 1742, aged 71 years. 
 He married about 1693, Elizabeth — , who died at Bo.xford, 
 April 9, 1745, aged 'j'] years. 
 
 David'* Tyler, son of Ebenezer,^ was born at Boxford, 
 Mass., June 5, 17 10; baptized in the First Church of Boxford, 
 June 18, 1 7 10; died at Piermont, N. H., about 1800. His 
 intention of marriage to Martha Howard of Lynn, Mass., was 
 entered at Lynn, Nov. 21, 1736. The marriage was forbidden 
 by Benjamin Downing, Nov. 22, 1736, but the objection was 
 found insufidcient according to law on Nov. 25, 1736. (Lynn 
 Vital Records, vol. ii : p. 380.) His marriage intention was 
 entered at Boxford, Nov. 28, 1736, and he probably married 
 soon after. His wife Martha died at Piermont about 1805. 
 He lived in Boxford until 1750, when he went to Lebanon, 
 Conn., from which place he removed to Piermont, in 176S, 
 where he was among the pioneers. 
 
 Davids Tyler, Jr., son of David,* was born at Boxford, 
 Mass., Nov. 4, 1749; he removed with his parents to Leba- 
 non, Conn., in 1750, and again to Piermont, N, H., in 1768; 
 
 he married about 1774, Judith , who was born Nov. 15, 
 
 1 75 1. He was a signer of the test association at Piermont 
 with his father in 1776; served in Col. Morey's Militia from 
 Oct. 5, 1777. (New Hampshire Rev. War Rolls, vol, iv : p. 
 
 1 34-) 
 
 Phebe^ Tyler, daughter of David,s was born at Piermont, 
 N. H., June 4, 1789; married Oct. n, 1811, Benjamin West 
 of Charlestown, N. H. She died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 
 16, 1851. 
 
 The following account of some experiences of the Tyler fam- 
 ily at Piermont, is compiled from Powers's Historical Sketches 
 of the Coos Country and Vicinity, 1841, pp. 105-111. 
 
•J 6 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 LIFE AT PIERMONT. 
 
 Davicl4 Tyler, Sr,, with his wife Martha and his sons Daniel, 
 Ebenezer, David, Jr., and Jonathan, removed to Piermont in the 
 autumn of 1768. During the winter of 1769 wild game was abun- 
 dant in the township, especially moose, deer, bears and w^olves. 
 Some years after they settled there a bear came into their barn- 
 yard at different times, "while men slept," and destroyed their 
 sheep. This was sport for Bruin but destruction to the Tylers. At 
 length, Jonathan Tyler, aroused to a sense of the injury inflicted 
 upon the family, resolved on revenge. Procuring three guns he 
 charged them heavily with powder and balls, keeping them ready 
 for any emergency. A few nights later, Mr. Tyler heard the cry of 
 distress in his father's yard. He sprang from his bed, seized his 
 guns, and sallied forth. Approaching the yard he saw the bear de- 
 vouring his prey. Without delay the three guns were " let off " in 
 rapid succession and every ball took effect, one i3enetrating the 
 heart. 
 
 At that time the Tylers were obliged to travel to Genl. Morey's 
 Hill in Orford, to have their corn ground, often journeying to 
 Charlestown, N. H., and to Northfield, Mass., for breadstuffs. They 
 seldom attempted to ride on horseback to Haverhill for several 
 years after they came to Piermont, owing to the bad condition of 
 the road. 
 
 In 1770, this whole section of country from I^ancaster, N. H., 
 to Northfield, Mass., was devastated by the army worm, from the 
 latter part of July until September, The wheat and corn crops 
 were devoured, but pumpkin-vines, peas, potatoes and flax were not 
 attacked. This visitation, destroying the principal grains, was felt 
 severely by the new settlement at Piermont, for it not only cut off 
 the supply of breadstuffs, but it deprived the people of the means of 
 making their pork, and reduced the quantity of fodder for their 
 cattle. 
 
 The following winter David Tyler, Sr., drew hay on a hand-sled 
 upon the ice from the great Ox-Bow in Newbury, to feed his 
 cow. Had it not been for two sources opened for their support, 
 Mr. Tyler's family must have deserted the town. One was the ex- 
 
Upham. yy 
 
 traordinary crop of pumpkins which grew in Haverhill, N, H., and 
 in Newbury, Vt. The settlers in these towns gave those of Pier- 
 mont the privilege of carrying away, gratis, as many pumpkins as 
 they would. The Tylers and others made a kind of raft, and trans- 
 ported quantities of this vegetable from the older settled towns to 
 Piermont. Another source of support was opened to them by the 
 appearance of immense numbers of pigeons following the army 
 worm. 
 
 David Tyler and his brothers began taking pigeons on the mead- 
 ows, west of Haverhill Corner, and in the space of ten days, they 
 had captured more than four hundred dozen ! They carried them 
 to Piermont and made " a bee " for picking pigeons ; two or three 
 times a week the people of Haverhill were invited down to Mr. 
 Tyler's for this purpose. Those who went had the meat of all 
 they picked, and the Tylers had the feathers. Jonathan Tyler said 
 that " they made four very decent beds of those feathers." The 
 bodies of the pigeons were dressed, dried and preserved for winter, 
 and proved a palatable and nutritious substitute for other meats, of 
 which there was a great scarcity. 
 
 UPHAM. 
 
 John' Upham was born about 1597 ; settled at Weymouth, 
 Mass., in 1635 ; removed to Maiden, Mass., about 1649, ^"^^ 
 died there Feb. 25, 1681/2, aged 84 years. He was a Deputy 
 from Weymouth to the Massachusetts General Court for 1636, 
 1637, 1638 and 1639; admitted freeman Sept. 2, 1635. He 
 was a Commissioner to the Indians in 1642. He was a Com- 
 missioner to end small causes in 1644, 1645, 1646 and 1647. 
 He was a selectman at Weymouth in 1643, and at Maiden, 
 also retaining the ofBce of Commissioner in the latter town. 
 For more than twenty-four years he was a deacon of the First 
 
 Church of Maiden. He married (i), Elizabeth , who was 
 
 living in 1670. He married (2), at Maiden, in August, 167 1, 
 Catharine Hollard, whose name may have been Holland. 
 
yZ Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Phinehas- Upiiam, son of John,' was born at Weymouth 
 about 1636 ; died at Boston in October, 1676, at the age of 41 
 years; buried in Maiden. He married at Maiden, April 14, 
 1658, Ruth Wood, who died at Maiden, Jan. 18, 1696/7, aged 
 60 years. He was a Lieutenant in Capt. Wayte's company. 
 King Philip's War, with Maj. Samuel Appleton, October, 1675, 
 and later with Capt. Jonathan Poole, a Lieutenant in the Fourth 
 company, commanded by Capt. Isaac Johnson, and was in the 
 "Great Swamp Fight" at Fort Canonicus, on Dec. 19, 1675. 
 Capt. Johnson being killed early in the engagement, the com- 
 mand devolved upon Lieut. Upham, who was so severely 
 wounded that he died in the following October. 
 
 " In battle Lieut. Upham exhibited the character of a brave 
 man and a patriot, purchasing with mortal wounds the palm of 
 victory. The Government was not unmindful of his great sac- 
 rifice, but bore testimony upon the records to the long and 
 good service rendered for his country and the great loss sus- 
 tained by his friends in his death." 
 
 Thomas^ Upham, son of Phinehas,^ was born at Maiden, 
 Mass., in 1668; died at Reading, Mass., Nov. 26, 1735, in 
 the 67th year of his age. He probably lived in that part of 
 ancient Maiden which was set off to Reading in 1727, occupy- 
 ing the same farm through life. He married (i), at Topsfield, 
 Mass., April 21, 1693, Elizabeth Hovey of Topsfield, who died 
 Feb. 16, 1703/4, aged 32 3^ears. He married (2), Oct. 2, 
 1704, Mary Brown of Reading, where she died April 21, 1707, 
 ^gcd 33 years. He married (3), Ruth, widow of John Smith 
 of Charlestown, and daughter of Thomas Cutler of Reading. 
 She was born in 1688 and died May 17, 1758, in the 70th year 
 of her age. In his will, dated Jan. 13, 1729/30, he made a 
 bequest "to my daughter Elizabeth Wilson " [Woolson]. 
 
 Elizabeth'' Upham, daughter of Thomas,^ by wife Elizabeth, 
 was born at Maiden, Mass., Nov. 30, 1695 ; married at Maiden, 
 Oct. 6, 1726, Joseph Woolson of Weston. 
 
Robbins. — Armstrong. 79 
 
 ROBBINS. 
 
 Robert' Robbins who was born about 1645, was a settler 
 in Concord, Mass. He married about 1670, Mary Maxwell (?), 
 who died in March, 1725. He died March 23, 1720. 
 
 Thomas- Robbins, son of Robert,' was born about 1686; 
 married at Concord, Aug. 6, 171 3, Lydia Adams of Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., who was born April 2, 1691. 
 
 Leah^ Robbins, daughter of Thomas,- was born April 25, 
 1 7 18; married Timothy Chase of Sutton and Tcmpleton, 
 Mass., Townshend and Londonderry, Vt. 
 
 ARMSTRONG. 
 
 Benjamin' Armstrong of Norwich, Conn., appears to have 
 been one of the first planters of Windham, Conn., and also a 
 patentee of Mansfield, Conn., in 1703. He made his will 
 Nov. 5, 17 1 7, and died Jan. 10, 17 17/18. His wife was 
 Rachel — . 
 
 Joseph- Armstrong, son of Benjamin,' was born at Nor- 
 wich, Conn., Dec. 10, 1684; married Lydia Worth, probably 
 a daughter of John and Miriam (Gordon) Worth of Nantucket. 
 
 William^ Armstrong, son of Joseph,^ was born Oct. ri, 
 1718; baptized Nov. 28, 1718; married at Franklin, Conn., 
 March 16, 1743, Mercy Pitcher, probably a daughter of Samuel 
 Pitcher of Milton, Mass., and Norwich, Conn. She died Oct. 
 30, 1766. 
 
 Mary4 Armstrong, daughter of William,^ was born at 
 Norwich, Conn., Sept. 10, 1745 ; married June 23, 1768, Rev. 
 Aaron Haynes. She died probably at Hoosick, N. Y., Aug. 
 27, 1811. 
 
go Ancestral Lines. 
 
 BARNEY. 
 
 Jacob' Barney, probably son of Edward Barney of Brad- 
 enham, Co. Bucks, England, was an early settler at Salem, 
 Mass., where he was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. He 
 was born about 1601, and died April 28, 1673, aged 72 years. 
 He opposed the sentence of the General Court against those 
 who petitioned for a freer franchise. He was a Deputy from 
 Salem to the Massachusetts General Court for 1635, 1638, 
 1647 and 1653. 
 
 Jacob" Barney, Jr., son of Jacob,' was probably born in 
 England ; died at Rehoboth, Mass. He married (i), at Salem, 
 Mass., Aug. 18, 1657, Hannah Johnson, who died at Salem, 
 June 5, 1659. He married (2), at Salem, April 26, 1660, 
 Ann Witt of Lynn. He made his will July 30, 1690, being 
 "aged," and it was probated Jan. 10, 1 690/1. 
 
 Joseph^ Barney, son of Jacob,=' by his second marriage, 
 was born at Salem, Mass., March 9, 1672/3 ; died at Reho- 
 both, Feb. 5, 1 730/1. He married about 1692, Constance 
 Davis. He is styled Lieutenant on the records. 
 
 Joseph^ Barney, son of Lieut. Joseph,^ by his wife Con- 
 stance, was born at Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 16, 1700; died 
 there "Dec. 15, 1745/6" [sic].* His intention was entered at 
 Rehoboth Oct. 15, and his marriage recorded Dec. 29, 1726, 
 to Joanna Martin of that town. 
 
 Josephs Barney, son of Joseph,-* and the third of the name 
 in lineal succession, was born at Rehoboth, Mass., March 15, 
 1731 ; died Oct. 4, 1821. His intention of marriage was pub- 
 
 * In copying this death, perhaps Mr. Arnold called the twelfth month Decem- 
 ber, whereas it was then February, in which case the correct date would be 
 Feb. 15, 1745/6, and this seems to be implied by the double date. 
 
 X 
 
Cummings. 8i 
 
 lished Dec. 2, and he married Dec. 24, 1752, his cousin Lois 
 Martin of Rehoboth. He lived in Taunton, Mass. In the 
 Revolutionary War he was a sergeant in Capt. Carpenter's 
 company, Col. Simon Cary's Reg't, Genl. John Fellows's Brig- 
 ade. He "served five months at New York and White Plains," 
 and was discharged Dec. i, 1776. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, 
 Rev. War, vol. i: p. 649.) Again he served as a private in 
 Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's company of Col. Josiah Whitney's 
 Reg't, from May 13, 1777, to July 5, 1777, and the pay-roll 
 included his travel from Point Judith and South Kingston, 
 R. I., to Rehoboth, Mass. {Ibid., p. 686.) Later he was a 
 private in Capt. Peleg Peck's company of Col. George Wil- 
 liams's Reg't, and marched on a secret expedition under Major 
 Gen. Spencer, Sept. 29, 1777, serving at Tiverton, R. L, till 
 he was discharged, Oct. 30, 1777. {/bid., 66^.) 
 
 Martha'"' Barney, daughter of Joseph,5 was born at Reho- 
 both, Mass, Feb. 18, 1754; married Perez Mason of Grafton, 
 N. H. 
 
 CUMMINGS. 
 
 Isaac' Cummings was born in 1601, probably in England; 
 died at Topsfield, Mass., in May, 1677. He was an early settler 
 of Ipswich, Mass., and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. 
 He removed from Ipswich to Topsfield before 1661, and was 
 for many years a deacon of the First Church in the latter town. 
 His wife's name does not seem to be known. 
 
 John' Cummings, son of Isaac,' was born in 1630; died at 
 Dunstable, Mass., Dec. i, 1700. In 1658 he went to Boxford, 
 and about 1680 removed to Dunstable where he was one of 
 the early settlers and a selectman. He married Sarah How- 
 lett of Ipswich. 
 
82 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 JoiiN^ CuMMiNGS, Jr., son of John,^ was born at Boxforcl, 
 Mass., in 1657, and was an early settler of Dunstable, Mass. 
 He married, Sept. 13, 1680, Elizabeth Kinsley, who was born 
 at Braintree, Mass., Nov. 22, 1657, and was killed by Indians, 
 July 3, 1706, in that part of Dunstable which later became 
 Nashua, N. H. 
 
 Samuel'* Cummings, son of John,^ was born at Chelmsford, 
 Mass., Oct. 6, 1684; died in 1768. Relived in that part of 
 Groton, Mass., which in 1753 was annexed to Dunstable. He 
 married at Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 14, 1708/9, Elizabeth 
 Shedd of Groton. 
 
 Jerahmeels Cummings, son of Samuel,'' was born Oct. 10, 
 171 1 ; died Oct. 21, 1747. He settled in We.st Dunstable, 
 now Hollis, N. H. He married in 1736, Hannah Farwell, of 
 that part of Dunstable which is now the town of Tyngsborough, 
 Mass. In 1743 he was chosen ensign, and treasurer of the 
 parish of Hollis. 
 
 JoTUAM^ Cummings, son of Jerahmeel,^ was born at Hollis, 
 N. H., then West Dunstable, Mass., Dec. 29, 1741 ; died at 
 Plymouth, N. H., April i or 14, 1808, aged 66 years. He 
 was a soldier in the French and Indian War in 1755, and was 
 at Crown Point in 1760. In the Revolutionary War he held 
 the commission of second lieutenant from July 6, 1775, serv- 
 ing until Dec. 21, 1775, in Capt. James Osgood's company of 
 Rangers, which joined the northern Continental Army. He 
 received 70 shillings per month, amounting to ^19: i8j-. : 'jd. 
 (New Hampshire Rev. War Rolls, vol. i: pp. 166, 170, 168.) 
 In 1 781 he was a selectman of Plymouth. He married April 
 27, 1763, Anna Brown of Hollis. She was born Oct. 23, 
 1744, and died Nov. 8, 1827, having lived to see sixty-eight 
 grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. He removed 
 from Hollis to Plymouth in 1764. 
 
Gibbons. 83 
 
 Anna7 Cummings, daughter ui Jotham,^ was born at IloUis, 
 N. H., March 1 1, 1764 ; married at Plymouth, N. H., Dec. 18, 
 1783, John Phillips of Plymouth. 
 
 GIBBONS (GIBBINS). 
 
 F'lTCH (FiTz)' GiBBiNS vvas a resident of Stoughton, Mass., 
 ii\ [761. He was a husbandman, and married (i), at Stough- 
 ton, July 3, 1 761, widow Naomi (Noyes) Caldwell of that town. 
 The intention was entered there May 9, 1761. Naomis Noyes 
 was the daughter of John"* {Jo/m,^ Jo/ui,'- Nicholas') and Deborah 
 (Savell) Noyes of Newbury, Abington, and Stoughton, Mass., 
 and married (i), in 1755, William Caldwell. (Noyes Gen- 
 ealogy, 1904, vol.i: p. 62.) She died about 1766, for the 
 
 marriage intention of Fitch Gibbins was again entered 
 
 [before Oct.] 4, 1766, with Margaret Howard of Braintree, 
 and the baptism of two of his children at Stoughton was 
 recorded in St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church of Dedham before 
 the Revolutionary War. He and his wife Naomi, for £2$, 
 deeded " one-fifth of two-thirds of the real estate of our father 
 John Noyes, late of Stoughton, innholder," to Esther Noyes 
 of Stoughton, March 2, 1765. (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. cxi.x : 
 p. 213.) He and his second wife Margaret deeded for £12, 
 land in Stoughton to Joseph Riford of Braintree, March 26, 
 1782, which he acknowledged March 6, 1784, when he was 
 described as of Dedham. His death is not on the Dedham 
 records, and the settlement of his estate is not recorded in 
 Suffolk Co. It may be in Norfolk Co., which vvas set off from 
 Suffolk in 1793. 
 
 Margaret^ Gibbons, who is thought to have been the 
 daughter of Fitch,' was born Aug. 12, 1768, probably at 
 Stoughton; married Dec. 10, 1786, Joseph Fenno of Milton. 
 
84 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 FORD (FOORDE). 
 
 Andrew' Ford, an early settler of Weymouth, Mass., was 
 made a freeman in 1654 ; resided in that town until after 1663. 
 He removed to Hingham, Mass., and died there March 4, 
 1693. He married before 1650, Eleanor or Ellen Lovell of 
 Weymouth. 
 
 Nathaniel- Ford, son of Andrew,' was born at Weymouth, 
 Mass., March 31, 1658, and died there May 5, 1733, aged j6 
 
 years. He married before 1683, Joanna , who died at 
 
 Weymouth, Aug. 29, 1739. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Ford, Jr., son of Nathaniel,^ was born at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., Nov. 21, 1695, and died there Dec, 24, 1769. 
 He was published at Weymouth, March 7, 17 19, to Hannah 
 Pratt, who died there May 23, 1740. 
 
 James'' Ford, son of Nathaniel, ^ was born at Weymouth, 
 Mass., March 8, 1724, and died there March 13, 1782, aged 
 58 years. He was published at Weymouth, May 18, 1750, to 
 Deborah Badlam, who died there July 11, 1798, aged 68 years. 
 He was called " Captain " at the time of his death. 
 
 Deborahs Ford, daughter of James,"* was born at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., Oct. I, 1766; she was published Sept. 4, and 
 married Nov. i, 1784, in the South Parish of that town, to 
 Samuel Fenno of Milton, Mass. She died at Milton, Oct. 10, 
 1793. (Weymouth Vital Records.) 
 
 STEARNS. 
 
 Isaac" Stearns embarked at Yarmouth, England, April 8, 
 1630, and arrived at Salem, Mass., June 12, 1630. He came 
 in the good ship "Arabella." He soon removed to Water- 
 
Stearns. 85 
 
 town, Mass., where he was one of the first settlers. He was 
 made a freeman May r8, 163 1. He married in 1622, Mary, 
 daughter of John and Margaret Barker of Stoke-by-Nayland, 
 Co. Suffolk, England. He died at Watertown, June 19, 167 1 ; 
 and his widow Mary died April 2, 1677, 
 
 IsAAC^ Stearns, Jr., son of Isaac,' was born at Watertown, 
 Mass., Jan. 6, 1632/3 ; died at Lexington, Mass., Aug. 29, 
 1676. He married at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Mass., 
 June 28, 1660, Sarah Beers of Watertown. She married (2), 
 July 23, 1677, Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Mass. 
 
 IsAAC^ Stearns, son of Isaac,^ Jr., was born at Lexington, 
 Mass., Aug. 20, 1665 ; died at Stoughton, Mass., in 1741. He 
 was taxed in Lexington in 1692. He was admitted to the 
 Lexington Church from Watertown, May 8, 1699, but removed 
 from Lexington to Stoughton about 1716. Administration 
 was granted upon his estate May 22, 1741. He married about 
 1696, Elizabeth . 
 
 Jonathan^ Stearns, son of Isaac,^ was baptized at Lexing- 
 ton, Mass., Nov. 20, 1 701 ; the Inventory of his estate was 
 taken at Stoughton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1769. He married there 
 May 24, 1727, Experience Lincoln of Taunton, Mass. 
 
 Nathaniels Stearns, son of Jonathan,-* was born at Stough- 
 ton, Mass., about 1729; died there in 1788. He was ap- 
 pointed administrator of the estate of Jonathan Stearns, late of 
 the District of Stoughtonham (now Sharon), yeoman, deceased, 
 and returned his account to the judge of probate May 7, 1771. 
 (Suffolk Probate, vol. Ixx : p. 289.) Nathaniel Stearns of 
 Stoughtonham, and Eunice Kenney of Stoughton, were pub- 
 lished May 13, 1769, and married the 29th of June following. 
 Eunice Stearns, widow, and Nathaniel Fisher, gentleman, were 
 appointed administrators of the estate of Nathaniel Stearns, 
 
86 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 "late of Stoughton, deceased," Nov. lO, 1788. His Inventory 
 shows that the deceased had two-thirds of the estate of Josiah 
 Kinney, deceased, valued at £T2. (Suffolk Co. Wills, vol. 
 Ixxxvii: pp. 549, 585.) 
 
 Eunice^ Stearns, daughter of Nathaniel, 5 was born at 
 Stoughton, Mass., July 19, 1774; she is mentioned in the 
 division of her father's estate in 1788; married Levi Knight 
 of Francestown, N. H., and of Walden, Vt. 
 
 LILLIE (LILLEY). 
 
 Elisil-k-* Lillie, Jr., son of Elisha^ and Sarah (Knight) 
 Lillie, was born at Windham (now Scotland), Conn., Dec. 10, 
 1729. He was probably of the fourth generation from George 
 Lillie, who was at Reading, Mass., as early as 1659. His 
 father, Elisha^ Lillie, Sr., is said to have been born April 10, 
 1699, and to have married Sarah Knight, May 25, 1721. Eli- 
 sha^ Lillie, Jr., lived in the Third Parish of Windham. He 
 married Huldah Tilden, and died in 18 17. He was not Elisha 
 Lillie, the Revolutionary pensioner, as that man was much 
 younger, and was living at Randolph, Vt., in 1835. 
 
 Jerushas Lillie, daughter of Elisha,4 was born at Windham, 
 Conn., May 20, 1757 ; she married there April 22, 1773, James 
 Flint, 3d, of Windham, and later of Randolph, Vt. 
 
 DEXTER. 
 
 Thomas' Dexter settled at Lynn, Mass., in 1630, and was 
 made a freeman May 18, 1631. He removed to Sandwich, 
 Mass., between 1637 and 1648; administration was granted 
 on his estate Feb. 9, 1676. 
 
Hovey. 87 
 
 William- I^extek, sou of Thomas/ was born i)robably at 
 Lynn, Mass., and married at Barnstable, Mass., in July, 1653, 
 Sarah Vincent. They removed to Rochester, Mass., where he 
 died in 1694. 
 
 Benjamin^ Dexter, son of William,- was born at Barnstable, 
 Mass., in February, 1670; he removed to Rochester, Mass., 
 and according to Otis, married in that town July 27, 1695, 
 Mary Miller. The correctness of Otis's statement is doubted 
 by descendants. 
 
 EphraiiW Dexter, son of Benjamin, ^ was born at Roches- 
 ter, Mass., May 27, 171 1, and married July 31, 1735, Martha 
 Clark. 
 
 Lois5 Dexter, daughter of Ephraim,'' was born at Roches- 
 ter, Mass., Dec. 6, 1748. She married there Aug. 28, T768, 
 Timothy West, and died at Chaiiestown, N. H., Nov. 19, 183 1, 
 aged nearly 84 years. 
 
 HOVEY. 
 
 Daniel' Hovey was an inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass., in 
 1637. He was born in 1618 ; died at Ipswich, April 24, 1692. 
 He was admitted a freeman March 11, 1673. He subscribed 
 with others to support Major Dennison as a leader of the 
 Colony in 1648 ; he owned a share in Plum Island in 1664; 
 removed to Quaboag (Brookfield), Mass., in 1668, and was in 
 the Brookfield massacre in 1675 ; upon the destruction of the 
 town he removed to Hadley, Mass., but after 1677 returned to 
 Ipswich. He married Abigail Andrews, daughter of Robert 
 Andrews of Ipswich. She died at Ipswich, June 24, 1665. 
 As administrator of the estate of Thomas Andrews, teacher, 
 at Ipswich, Mr. Hovey wrote : " More than forty years did I 
 
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 match with his loving and well-beloved sister Abigail Andrews, 
 by whom the Lord blessed me with six sons and one dafter, five 
 of which sons are yet living." (Essex Co. Court Records, 1683.) 
 In his will, dated March 21, 169 1/2, he made bequests "to my 
 eldest sons Daniel and John Hovey." 
 
 JoHN^ Hovey, son of Daniel,' was born at Ipswich, Mass., 
 about 1644; married (i), Aug. 13, 1665, Dorcas Ivory of Tops- 
 field, Mass. He lived in Topsfield and Ipswich. His will was 
 dated March 22, and was proved April 7, 17 18. He married 
 (2), in 1712, Mercy Goodhue. 
 
 Elizabeth^ Hovey, daughter of John,^ was born at Tops- 
 field, Mass., Jan. 18, 1672; married there April 21, 1693, 
 Thomas Upham of Maiden, where she died Feb. 16, 1703/4, 
 aged 32 years. 
 
 CRAGIN (CRAGGIN). 
 
 John' Cragin appeared as a settler at Woburn, Mass., about 
 1660. He married there Nov. 4, 1661, Sarah Dawes, who 
 died Dec. 23, 1725. He died at Woburn, Oct. 27, 1708. 
 
 Abigail- Cragin, daughter of John,' was born at Woburn, 
 Mass., Aug. 4, 1662 ; married there March 2, 168 1, John 
 Knight of that town. 
 
 ADAMS. 
 
 Thomas' Adams who was a Cambridge proprietor in 1639, 
 removed to Braintree, Mass. He was a proprietor at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., in 1643 ; thence he went to Concord, Mass., 
 where he sold his house and land Jan. i, 1654/5, '^'^^ settled 
 in Chelmsford, Mass. He married in 1642, Mary Blackmore. 
 
Johnson. 89 
 
 He died in 1688, leaving a will dated March 28, 1688, in which 
 he made a bequest to his " son Jonathan." His Inventory was 
 taken Aug. 1 1, 1688. 
 
 Jonathan^ Adams, son of Thomas,' was born probably at 
 Concord, Mass., March 6, 1646; married Leah Gould. 
 
 Lydia^ Adams, daughter of Jonathan,^ was born at Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., April 2, 1691 ; married at Concord, Mass., Aug. 
 6, 17 1 3, Thomas Robbins of Concord. 
 
 JOHNSON. 
 
 Capt. Edward' Johnson, author of the celebrated history 
 of New England, called the " Wonder-working Providence of 
 Sion's Saviour in New-England," was baptized at Canterbury, 
 Co. Kent, England, Sept. 16 or 17, 1598, and died at Woburn, 
 Mass., April 23, 1672. He was a man of large influence in 
 the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and held many offices. He 
 was active in founding the First Church of Woburn, and com- 
 manded the first military company of the town. In 1665 he 
 was appointed to make a map of the Colony. His wife Su- 
 sanna , died March 7, 1689/90. 
 
 Matthew^ Johnson, son of Capt. Edward,' was baptized at 
 Canterbury, England, March 30, 1633 ; died at Woburn, Mass., 
 July 19, 1696, aged 62 years. He married (i), Nov. 12, 1656, 
 Hannah Palfrey of Salem and Reading, Mass., who died Aug. 
 I, 1662. He married (2), Oct. 23, 1662, Rebecca, daughter 
 of Elder John Wis wall of Boston. She died Dec. 25, 1709. 
 He was a sergeant and a lieutenant in the Woburn train-band. 
 
 Matthew^ Johnson, Jr., son of Matthew^ and his second 
 wife, was born at Woburn, Mass., March 18, 1667/8; died 
 there Aug. 8, 1740. He married (i), Dec. 12, 1695, Mary, 
 
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 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 daughter of George and Hannah (Rockwell) Reed of Woburn. 
 She died Oct. 4, 1703, and he married (2), Nov. 30, 1704, 
 Alice Ward, who died July 31, 1727. He married (3), Han- 
 nah Trask; he made his will June 3, 1737, in which he named 
 his "daughter Mary Knight." 
 
 MarV Johnson, daughter of Matthew,^ Jr., was born Sept. 
 12, 1696; married in November, 17 17, Ebenezer Knight of 
 Woburn and Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 John' Page, who was an early settler at Hingham, Mass., 
 later removed to Haverhill, Mass. He married Mary Marsh, 
 and died Nov. 23, 1687. 
 
 Cornelius'' Page, son of John,' was born at Hingham, 
 Mass., July 15, 1649; died Oct. 11, 1697. He married (i), 
 Nov. 13, 1674, Martha Clough, the date of whose birth has 
 not been ascertained: he married (2), Jan. 16, 1684, Mary 
 Marsh of Haverhill, who died Nov. 24, 1697. 
 
 Thomas^ Page, son of Cornelius^ and Mary, was born Feb. 
 24, 1693/4; married Nov. 25, 171 5, Lydia Bixby of Boxford, 
 Mass. 
 
 Ruth'* Page, daughter of Thomas,^ was born March 21, 
 1 718; she married as his second wife, in April, 1742, Jona- 
 than Haynes of Haverhill, Mass., and Bennington, Vt. She 
 died in 1796. 
 
 Robert' Page, aged 33, Lucy Page, aged 30, their three 
 children, Francis, Margaret and Susanna, and two servants, 
 William Moulton, aged 20, and Anne Wadd, aged 1 5 years, 
 
Martin. 9 1 
 
 " were desirous to passe into New England to inhabitt " April 
 II, 1637. He settled at Hampton, N. H., where he died 
 Sept. 22, 1679, aged 75 years. His wife Lucy died there 
 Nov. 12, 1665, aged 58 years. 
 
 Margaret^ Page, daughter of Robert,' was probably born 
 in Ormsby, Co. Norfolk, England, about 1629; married (i), 
 William Moulton of Hampton, N. H.; married (2), John San- 
 born. She died July 13, 1699. 
 
 The connection, if any existed, between the two branches 
 of the Page family has not been traced. 
 
 MARTIN. 
 
 Richard' Martin, an early settler of Rehoboth, Mass., 
 came to New England about 1663. He died at Rehoboth, 
 March 2, 1694. He was a surveyor of highways in 1669. 
 His will was dated at Rehoboth, June 2, 1686, in which he be- 
 queathed property "to my son John Martin." His wife's 
 name does not seem to be known. 
 
 JoHN^ Martin, son of Richard,' came with his father about 
 1663. He was born about 1633, and died at Swansea, Mass., 
 March 21, 17 13/14. His will, dated Aug. 28, 171 1, mentioned 
 "my son Ephraim Martin." He married at Swansea, April 
 26, 1 67 1, Johanna Esten of North Providence, R. I. She is 
 reported to have been born in Hertfordshire, England, June i, 
 1645. She died March 23, 1733, aged 88 years. He was 
 constable in 1671 ; surveyor in 1673 and 1685 ; a founder of 
 the town, and of the Baptist Church of Swansea. 
 
 Ephraim^ Martin, son of John,^ was born at Swansea, Mass., 
 Feb. 7, 1676; died at Rehoboth, Mass., June 25, 1734. He 
 
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 made his will May lo, 1734, in which he bequeathed "to my 
 son Edward Martin, ;^40." He was published April 28, 1699, 
 and married Oct. 18, 1699, Thankful Bullock of Rehoboth; she 
 was born June 27, 1681, and died July 22, 1762. 
 
 Edward^ Martin, son of Ephraim,' was born at Rehoboth, 
 Mass., Oct. 22, 1700; died there June 2, 1745. He married 
 there (i), Nov. 8, 1722, Rebecca, daughter of Jathniel and 
 Sarah (Smith) Peck of Rehoboth. She was born Oct. 10, 
 1700; baptized May 20, 1701 ; died at Rehoboth, April 14, 
 1 73 1. He married (2), at Rehoboth, Jan. 19, 1732, Martha 
 Washburn of Bridgewater, Mass., who died June 19, 1770, 
 aged about 78 years. (Martin Genealogy, p. 114.) 
 
 Loiss Martin, daughter of Edward,^ by his wife Martha, 
 was born at Rehoboth, Mass., Aug. 21, 1733; married Dec. 
 24, 1752, her cousin, Capt. Joseph Barney, who lived in Taun- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Descent is also traced through John^ Martin, a brother of 
 Ephraim^ Martin above given, as follows : — 
 
 JoHN^ Martin, Jr., {JoJin,^ RicJiard,,'' as above), was born at 
 Swansea, Mass., March 15, 1674; died there Nov. 3, 1757. 
 He made his will July 9, 1757, leaving a bequest "to the heirs 
 of my daughter, deceased, namely Joannah." He married (i), 
 Oct. II, 1701, Mercy Hayward, who died Oct. 11, 1710. He 
 was published (2), April 4, 17 13, to Marcy, widow of Richard 
 Thurber. He settled in Rehoboth, Mass., where he lived till 
 about 1728, when he removed to Swansea. 
 
 Joanna-* Martin, daughter of John,^ was born about 1707, 
 probably in Rehoboth, Mass.; married Dec. 29, 1726, Joseph 
 Barney, Jr., of Rehoboth. 
 
Dodge. 93 
 
 DODGE. 
 
 Richard' Dodge, the immigrant, was a settler at Salem, 
 Mass., in 1638. He was born about 1602, and died at 
 Beverly, Mass., June 15, 1671. He resided in the northern 
 part of the town, east of Wenham Lake. His wife was 
 
 Edith — , born about 1603, and died June 27, 1678, aged 
 
 75 years. 
 
 Joseph^ Dodge, son of Richard,' was born at Beverly, Mass., 
 in 165 1 ; died there Aug. 10, 17 16, aged 65 years. He lived 
 in North Beverly. He married Feb. 21, 167 1/2, Sarah Eaton 
 of Reading, Mass., born about 165 i, who died Dec. 12, 1714, 
 aged 64 years. 
 
 Joseph^ Dodge, Jr., eldest son of Joseph,^ was born about 
 1676 ; he died at Beverly, Mass., Feb. 9, 1756, aged 80 years. 
 He was a physician, and lived in " Dodge Row," Beverly. He 
 married (i), Nov. 28, 1695, Rebecca Balch, who died Sept. 24, 
 1704, aged 29 years. He was published (2), July 9, 1705, to 
 Priscilla Eaton of Reading. 
 
 NoAH"* Dodge, son of Joseph, ^ by his wife Rebecca, was 
 born at Beverly, Mass., Feb. 17, 1697/8; married Nov. 15, 
 1 7 1 7, Margaret Crockett of Kittery, Me. He was a brick and 
 stone mason, and lived in Portsmouth, N. H., in Beverly in 
 1729, in Lunenburg, Mass., from 1729 to 1736, to which lat- 
 ter place he is supposed to have returned after 1739. 
 
 Abigails Dodge, daughter of Noah,-* was born Dec. 6, 17245 
 her intention of marriage with Amos Phillips of Dunstable, 
 Mass., w^as published at Lunenburg, Feb. 8, 1745/6- She died 
 Feb. 15, 1808. 
 
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 BROWN. 
 
 Charles' Brown was an early settler of Rowley, Mass., 
 where he married Oct. 4, 1647, Mary, daughter of William 
 and Margaret Acie of Rowley. He died in 1687 and was 
 buried at Rowley, Dec 13, 1687. His wife died in 1683 and 
 was buried Dec. 12, 1683. 
 
 JoHN^ Brown, son of Charles,' was born at Rowley, Mass., 
 Feb. 5, 1653/4; and married Aug. 31, 1685, Abigail, daugh- 
 ter of James and Sarah Brown. She was born at Newbury, 
 Mass., Oct. 24, 1665. He lived in Rowley near the Newbury 
 line, and in 1706 he was dismissed from the First Church in 
 Rowley to become one of the founders of the Byfield church. 
 
 Samuel^ Brown, eldest son of John,^ was born at Rowley, 
 Mass., July 20, 1686. He married May 17, 17 16, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Wheeler of Salisbury, Mass. 
 She was born July 12, 1695, and was living in 1758. He died 
 at Hollis, N. H., Feb. 25, 1755. He purchased his father's 
 estate in 1722, and for several years he was a collector for the 
 Byfield parish of Rowley. In 1729 he removed from Rowley 
 to Littleton, Mass., where he and his wife were admitted to 
 the Littleton church. In 1736 he was a constable at Little- 
 ton. He removed from Littleton to West Dunstable (now 
 Hollis), N. H., in 1743. Here he was prominent in town and 
 church affairs, being one of the committee to arrange for the 
 ordination of Rev. Daniel Emerson. 
 
 JosiAH'* Brown, son of Samuel, ^ was born at Rowley, Mass., 
 May 3, 1720 ; and died at Plymouth, N. H., in 1787 or 1788. 
 He married at Groton, Mass., Nov. 11, 1741, Anna, daughter 
 of Josiah and Hannah (Lovewell) Farwell. Her father was 
 killed in the fight at Pigwacket (Fryeburg) May 8, 1725, and 
 
Bad lam. — Kcnney. 95 
 
 her mother was a sister of Capt. John Lovewell who fell in the 
 same memorable engagement. Josiah'^ Brown was commis- 
 sioned an ensign in Capt. Nehemiah Lovell's company, of Col. 
 John Hart's Reg't, April 9, 1758. The regiment was on the 
 northern frontiers and a part of it at Louisburg ; and was in 
 service from April to Oct. 20 or later, 1758. He was com- 
 missioned a lieutenant of the Militia, May 24, 1765. He was 
 one of the grantees of Plymouth, N. H., his name appearing 
 there with the first settlers in 1764. He was a deacon in the 
 Congregational Church for many years. 
 
 Annas Brown, daughter of Josiah,'* was born at Mollis, 
 N. H., Oct. 23, 1744; married there April 27, 1763, Lieut. 
 Jotham Cummings of Hollis ; she died Nov. 8, 1827 or 1829. 
 The two Cummings Genealogies disagree. 
 
 BADLAM. 
 
 Samuel' Badlam was born about 1690; he was published 
 at Weymouth, Mass., Sept. 22, 17 16, to Mary Phillips of 
 Weymouth. She was born at Weymouth, Aug. 24, 1692. 
 He died there Nov. 22, 1761, aged 71 years. 
 
 Deborah^ Badlam, daughter of Samuel,' was born at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., March 10, 1730; her intention of marriage to 
 James Ford of Weymouth, was published there May 18, 1750. 
 
 KENNEY. 
 
 Henry' Kenney was apprenticed to William Parke of Rox- 
 bury, Mass., by Vincent Potter, June 21, 1639. After serving 
 his apprenticeship in Roxbury, he removed to Salem, Mass., as 
 
 early as 1653. His wife, Ann , was admitted to the First 
 
 Church of Salem, Aug. 24, 1654. 
 
96 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Thomas^ Kenney, son of Henry/ was born at Salem, Mass., 
 March i, 1655; he married at Salem, May 23, 1677, Eliza- 
 beth Knight. Her ancestry has not been determined, as there 
 appear to be four Elizabeth Knights either of whom might 
 be available. 
 
 Jonathan^ Kenney, son of Thomas,^ was born at Salem, 
 
 Mass., May 27, 1686 ; he married Rebecca , and removed 
 
 to Boxford, Mass., where he lived from 1712 to i7i6or longer. 
 Aug. I, 1720, Jonathan Kenney of Boxford and five associates 
 purchased 500 acres in the Nipmug Country (now Sutton) 
 Mass., to which place he removed. Soon after, Elizabeth 
 Salter, widow of Charles Salter of Boston, and her two daugh- 
 ters, Sarah and Susanna, deeded him a farm of 60 acres " lying 
 beyond the Blue Hills." This farm was probably in the Second 
 Precinct of Dorchester (now Canton), Mass. March 9, 1723, 
 " Josiah Kenney aged about 16 years one of the sons of Jona- 
 than Kenney, late of Dorchester, deceased," chose Mr. Shubael 
 Wentworth of Dorchester for his guardian ; therefore Jonathan 
 Kenney died at Dorchester (Canton) before March 9, 1723. 
 (Suffolk Co. Wills, vol. xxiii : p. 140.) 
 
 JosiAH'* Kenney, son of Jonathan,^ was born about 1707 ; 
 he married at Stoughton, Mass. (intention published June 26, 
 1 741), Ruth Tower of Stoughton. He made his will June 
 17, 1772, and died at Stoughton between June 17 and Dec. 11, 
 of that year, as his widow Ruth was appointed executrix Dec. 
 II, 1772. He bequeathed "to my daughter Eunice Stearns 
 one third of my real estate." His Inventory, taken Dec. 23, 
 1772, amounted to ;^32 3 : 3^. He was a blacksmith and 
 owned a farm containing 38 acres in Stoughton. 
 
 Eunices Kenney, daughter of Josiah,"* was born at Stough- 
 ton, Mass., Sept. 14, 1749; and married at Stoughton, June 
 29, 1769, Nathaniel Stearns of that town. She administered 
 
Til den. 
 
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 upon the estate of her husband, Nov. lo, 1788, and the Inven- 
 tory shows that Nathaniel Stearns had two-thirds of the estate 
 that lately belonged to Josiah Kenney, deceased, valued at £72. 
 Nathaniel Stearns and Eunice, his wife, on the one part, and 
 Ruth Kenney on the other, being heirs of Josiah Kenney, late 
 of Stoughton, agreed to divide his estate, April 17, 1782, 
 (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. clxvi : p. 104.) After the death of 
 Nathaniel Stearns it is conjectured that she married again. 
 
 TILDEN. 
 
 Nathaniel' Tilden, baptized at Tenterden, Co. Kent, En- 
 gland, July 28, 1583 ; he was mayor of the borough of Ten- 
 terden in 1622 ; bought land in Scituate, Mass., April 10, 
 1628 ; perhaps he returned to England and came again in the 
 "Hercules" in 1635, with his wife Lydia, seven children and 
 seven servants. He was elder of the First Church of Scituate 
 in 1634. He died there in June, 1641, leaving a will. 
 
 Thomas^ Tilden, son of Nathaniel,' was baptized at Ten- 
 terden, England, Jan. 19, 1618/19; died at Marshfield, Mass., 
 
 in 1705. He married (i), Elizabeth , who died Dec. 12, 
 
 1663; married (2), at Marshfield, Jan. or Feb., 1664, Mary 
 Holmes. He was able to bear arms in 1643. 
 
 Thomas^ Tilden, Jr., son of Thomas,^ married at Marsh- 
 field, Mass., Dec. 20, 1692, Hannah Mendall. 
 
 Thomas'* Tilden, son of Thomas,^ Jr., was born June 30, 
 1701; married at Scituate, Mass., Dec. 12, 1728, Lettice 
 Turner. 
 
 Huldahs Tilden, daughter of Thomas,-* married Elisha 
 Lillie of Scotland, Conn. 
 
98 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 BELCHER. 
 
 Jeremiah' Belcher came to New England in the " Susan 
 and Ellen," in the spring of 1635, at the age of 22. He was 
 born about 161 3, and died at Ipswich, Mass., in March, 1692/3, 
 aged about 80 years. He was a proprietor and settler at Ips- 
 wich, and was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638/9. He 
 was the second of the name Belcher to come to New England, 
 while Gregory Belcher [see below] was third. He was called 
 "merchant" and "sergeant," and in his deposition March 21, 
 1 67 1/2, gave his age as 59 years. He married (i), about 1637, 
 
 Mary , probably Mary Clifford whose name stands next 
 
 to his in the list of passengers on the " Susan and Ellen." 
 He married (2), in 1652, Mary Lockwood, with whom he 
 had a written marriage contract. She died in October, 
 1700. 
 
 Jeremiah^ Belcher, Jr., son of Jeremiah,' was born in June, 
 1641 ; died at Rumney Marsh (now Revere), Mass., Feb. 6, 
 1722/3, aged 81 yrs., 6 mo. He settled there about 1665. He 
 married about 1667, Sarah, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth 
 Wheeden of Boston, Mass. She died at Rumney Marsh, Jan. 
 20, 17 1 5/16, and he was published, March 20, 17 16/17, to 
 Rebecca Nash, widow of John Nash, cooper, of Boston, but 
 perhaps he never married her. 
 
 Edward^ Belcher, son of Jeremiah,^ Jr., was born at Rum- 
 ney Marsh, Mass., Feb. 14, 1669/70; died at Stoughtonham 
 (now Sharon), Mass., March 16, 1744/5, aged y6 yrs., i mo., 
 
 2d. He married about 1700, Mary , born about 1675 ; 
 
 died at Stoughton, March 5, 1752, in her 78th year. He 
 lived at Revere until 1720, when he removed to Milton, 
 Mass., and later to Sharon. He is called ensign in the 
 records. 
 
Hyde. 99 
 
 Marv* Belcher, daughter of Edward, ^ was born at Lynn, 
 or Revere, Mass., Nov. 22, 1713; married at Stoughton, 
 Mass., July 9, 1729, Eleazer Hawes of Stoughton. 
 
 Gregory' Belcher, perhaps the son of Thomas Belcher, 
 who was baptized at Aston, Co. Warwick, England, March 30, 
 1606; came to New England as early as 1637, and settled at 
 Braintree, Mass., in 1639; he was made a freeman May 13, 
 
 1640; selectman in 1646. He married Catherine , who 
 
 died in the spring of 1680. He died at Braintree, Nov. 25, 
 1674. 
 
 Joseph^ Belcher, son of Gregory,' was born at Braintree, 
 Mass., Dec. 25, 1641 ; died at Milton, Mass., about 1678. He 
 was an early settler of Milton. In King Philip's War he 
 served as quartermaster in the cavalry troop of Capt. Thomas 
 Prentice, in the first expedition against the Indian chieftain at 
 Mount Hope, R. I. He distinguished himself for great brav- 
 ery at Swansea on June 28, 1675, when he was badly wounded. 
 He married in 1664, Rebecca, daughter of John and Ann Gill 
 of Dorchester. She was baptized July 7, 1650. 
 
 Mary3 Belcher, daughter of Joseph,^' was baptized Nov. 12, 
 1676; married Sept. 23, 1696, Benjamin Fenno of Milton. . 
 
 HYDE. 
 
 Samuel' Hyde, born about 1610; embarked in the ship 
 "Jonathan," at London, in April, 1639; he settled at Cam- 
 bridge Village (Newton), Mass., in 1640. His wife, Temper- 
 ance , probably came with him. He was a deacon of the 
 
 First Church of Cambridge Village, where he died Sept. 12 or 
 14, 1689, aged 79; his Inventory shows that he was "about 
 
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 80 years old." His will, dated in 1679, shows that his wife 
 Temperance was then living, and that Thomas Woolson was 
 his son-in-law. 
 
 Sarah^ Hyde, daughter of Samuel,' was born at Newton, 
 Mass., April or May 19, 1644; married at Cambridge, Mass., 
 Nov. 20, 1660, Thomas Woolson of Watertown, Mass. 
 
 KIMBALL. 
 
 Richard' Kimball came from Rattlesden, Co. Suffolk, En. 
 gland, embarking from Ipswich in the "Elizabeth," April 10, 
 1634. He settled first at Watertown, Mass., and was admitted 
 a freeman May 6, 1635. He removed to Ipswich, Mass., 
 where he died June 22, 1675. He married (i), Ursula, daugh- 
 ter of Henry and Martha (Whotlock) Scott of Rattlesden and 
 of Ipswich. He married (2), Oct. 23, 1661, Margaret, widow 
 of Henry Dow, of Hampton, N. H. She died March i, 1676. 
 The Inventory of his estate was taken July 12, 1675. 
 
 Henry^ Kimball, son of Richard,' was born at Rattlesden, 
 Co. Suffolk, England, in 161 5; he married (i), about 1640, 
 Mary, daughter of John and Mary Wyatt, who came in the 
 same ship with him and his parents. She died at Wenham, 
 Mass., Aug. 12, 1672, and he married {2), Elizabeth, widow of 
 William Rayner, and daughter of Humphrey Gilbert. He first 
 settled at Watertown, Mass, but after 1646 removed to Ips- 
 wich, Mass. About 1655 h^ again removed to Wenham, 
 where he died in 1676. 
 
 Martha^ Kimball, daughter of Henry,'' was born at Wen- 
 ham, Mass., Aug. 18, 1664; married Aug. 25, 1683, Daniel 
 Chase of Newbury, Mass. (History of the Kimball Family, 
 vol. i : pp. 27-36.) 
 
Han'inian . — Bix by. i o i 
 
 HARRIMAN. 
 
 Leonard' Harriman, believed to have been of the first 
 company to settle that part of Rowley which is now George- 
 town, Mass., bought land there on Bradford street in 1667. 
 
 His wife Margaret was buried at Rowley, Oct. 22, 1676. 
 
 His will, dated May 12, 1691, mentioned "my son Mathew to 
 have land in Haverhill," etc. He died at Rowley, May 16, 
 1691. 
 
 Matthew- Harriman, son of Leonard,' was born at Row- 
 ley, Mass., Aug. 16, 1652; married (i), at Haverhill, Mass., 
 Dec. 22, 1673, Elizabeth Swan. He owned a house in Hav- 
 erhill, and was living there at the time of his marriage, though 
 then a member of the church in Rowley. He made a deposition 
 May 8, 1722, in which he said he was aged about 70 years. 
 He married (2), Mary Caller. 
 
 Hannah^ Harriman, daughter of Matthew,- was baptized 
 at Rowley, Mass., Aug. 4, 1678. She was born Nov. 29, 
 1677, perhaps at Haverhill, Mass.; married at Haverhill, Dec. 
 22, 1703, Thomas Haynes of that town. She died Feb. 12, 
 1761. 
 
 BIXBY. 
 
 Joseph' Bixby removed from Ipswich, Mass., to Bo.xford 
 (then a part of Rowley), Mass., in 1660. He was a soldier in 
 King Philip's War in 1675. He died April 19, 1704- He 
 married Sarah . 
 
 Jonathan^' Bixby, son of Joseph,' married Feb. 2, 1692/3, 
 Sarah Smith of Topsfield, Mass. 
 
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 Lydia^ Bixby, daughter of Jonathan,^ married Nov. 25 
 17 1 5, Thomas Page of Boxford, Mass. 
 
 BROOKS. 
 
 Henry' Brooks was made a freeman March 14, 1638/9, at 
 which time he was living at Concord, Mass., with a wife and 
 children. About 1650 he removed to Woburn, Mass., where 
 he purchased 178 acres near Horn Pond, together with "a 
 house frame," Dec. 20, 1650. His homestead was located on 
 Lower Main street, and was owned by his descendants as late 
 as 1798. He was born about 1592, and died at Woburn, 
 April 12, 1683. In 1658 he called himself aged "about 66 
 years." He married (2), between 1650 and March 27, 165 i, 
 Susanna, widow of Ezekiel Richardson. In 1670 she was de- 
 scribed as "an ancient and skilful woman." She died at Wo- 
 burn, Sept. 15, 168 1, and he married (3), at Woburn, July 12, 
 1682, Annes Jaquith. Her death is not on record there. He 
 was a selectman of Woburn in 1669, 1671 and 1672. In his 
 will, dated July 18, 1682, he bequeathed property to his son 
 Timothy Brooks. 
 
 Timothy^ Brooks, son of Henry,' probably by his first wife 
 whose name is unknown, married (i), Dec. 21, 1659, Mary, 
 daughter of John Russell, Sr. She died at Billerica, Mass., 
 Sept. 15, 1680, and he married (2), Mehitable (Mowry) Kins- 
 ley. He was a prominent Baptist, and settled at Billerica, and 
 after 1679 removed to Swansea, Mass., where he found sym- 
 pathetic associates in a church of that faith. 
 
 Hepsibah^ Brooks, daughter of Timothy,^ was born at Bil- 
 lerica, Mass., in Feb., 1673/4; married May 22, 1694, Pelatiah 
 Mason of Swansea, Mass. She died Aug. 24, 1727. (New 
 England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. Iviii : pp. 
 48, 125.) 
 
Washburn. 103 
 
 WASHBURN. 
 
 John' Washburn, first Secretary of the Council of Plymouth 
 in England, came to Duxbury, Mass., from Evesham, Co. Wor- 
 cester, England, in 163 1. His wife Margaret, aged 49, and 
 his sons, John, aged 14, and Philip, aged 11, came in the ship 
 "Elizabeth and Ann," in 1635. He removed from Duxbury 
 to Bridgevvater, Mass., about 1665. He served under Capt. 
 Myles Standish in 1643, and was in an expedition against the 
 Narragansetts in 1645. He was born about 1585, and died at 
 Bridgewater before 1670. 
 
 John- Washburn, Jr., son of John,' was born in England 
 about 162 1 ; came to this country with his mother in 1635, 
 aged 14; he married at Duxbury, Mass., Dec. 6, 1645, Eliza- 
 beth, eldest daughter of Experience and Jane (Cooke) Mitchell 
 of Duxbury, where she was born about 1628. He made his 
 will in 1686, and died soon after. He served in the Pequot 
 alarm in 1645, and also in King Philip's War under Capt. 
 Church. 
 
 Jonathan^ Washburn, son of John,- Jr., married about 
 1683, Mary, daughter of George Vaughn of Duxbury and 
 of Middleborough, Mass. He died at Bridgewater, Mass., 
 about 1725, and his son was appointed administrator of his 
 estate Jan. 10, 1725/6. After the ordination of Rev. Benja- 
 min Allen on July 9, 1718, his name is fourth among those 
 who joined the South Precinct Church, of Bridgewater. The 
 church record also shows that he died before 1731. 
 
 Martha-* Washburn, daughter of Jonathan,^ was born at 
 Bridgewater, Mass., Feb. 27, 1692 ; he married at Rehoboth, 
 Mass., Jan. 19, 1731, as his second wife, Edward Martin of 
 Rehoboth. She died there, June 19, 1770, aged about 78 
 
104 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 years. (Bridgewater Town Records, Rehoboth Vital Records, 
 Martin Genealogy, p. 114.) 
 
 There was a Martha, daughter of James and Mary (Bowden) 
 Washburn, born at Bridgewater, Jan. 10, 1708/9, who married 
 there May 17, 1733, Robert Richmond. This marriage is 
 confirmed by the will of James Washburn, dated Jan. 14, 1747, 
 in which he made a bequest to his " daughter Martha, the wife 
 of Robert Richmond." (Plymouth Co. Probate Records, vol. 
 xi: p. 236.) Robert Richmond died after 1767 (see Richmond 
 Family, p. 30). Edward Martin had deceased June 2, 1745. 
 Evidently, therefore, the daughter of James Washburn did not 
 marry Edward Martin. The daughter of Jonathan, who was 
 about 78 in 1770, is the only Martha who satisfies all the 
 conditions. 
 
 FARWELL. 
 
 Henry' Farwell, an early resident of Concord, Mass., was 
 made a freeman March 14, 1639. He came to New England 
 probably in 1635. He removed from Concord to Chelmsford, 
 Mass., about 1655, where he was one of the first settlers. By 
 occupation he was a tailor, and died at Chelmsford, Aug. i, 
 
 1670. His wife was Olive , and she died March i, 1691. 
 
 In his will, dated July 12, 1670, he made bequests to his "wife 
 Olive and to his son Joseph." The Inventory of his estate was 
 taken Aug. 5, 1670, and valued it at ^343 '- H-^- 
 
 Joseph^ Farwell, son of Henry,' was born at Concord, 
 Mass., Dec. 26, 1640 ; died in that part of old Dunstable, Mass., 
 now Nashua, N. H., Dec. 31, 1722, in the 82d year of his 
 ao-e. He married Dec. 25, 1666, Hannah Learned of Woburn, 
 Mass.; born Aug. 24, 1649; and died after Nov. 13, 171 1. 
 About 1699 he purchased one-half of the Waldo farm in old 
 Dunstable, to which place he removed. His house, standing 
 
Pratt. 
 
 105 
 
 in a commanding position, was, in the time of the Indian wars, 
 used as a garrison in which more than one-quarter part of all 
 the inhabitants of the settlement found shelter. He was 
 known as Ensign Joseph Farwell ; was a selectman of Dun- 
 stable in 1 70 1, 1702, 1705, 1707 and 17 10, and served on im- 
 portant committees in 1702, 1707, 17 12, 17 16 and 17 17. 
 
 Henry3 Farwell, son of Joseph,^ was born at Chelmsford, 
 Mass., Dec. 18, 1674; died in 1738. He married Jan. 23, 
 1695/6, Susannah Richardson of Chelmsford. She was born 
 in 1676. The Inventory valued his estate at ;^2744, equiva- 
 lent to about ^13,000, a large sum for those times. He was 
 a leading man in the affairs of both the town and church of 
 old Dunstable. In the church he was a deacon, and in mili- 
 tary affairs a lieutenant, and a captain. He was a selectman 
 in 1706, 1 7 10, 1712-20, 1726 and 1728. He was a modera- 
 tor of the town and proprietors' meetings sixteen times between 
 1 7 19 and 1730, and was appointed twenty-eight times on im- 
 portant committees in the public affairs of Dunstable. 
 
 Hannah'* Farwell, daughter of Henry,^ was born at Dun- 
 stable, Mass., April 14, 1719; married (i), Jerahmeel Cum- 
 mings of Hollis, N. H. After his death she married (2), about 
 1752, Dea. Stephen Jewett. She died Dec. 8, 1793. 
 
 PRATT. 
 
 Matthew' Pratt perhaps came to Wessagusset (Wey- 
 mouth), Mass., with the Gorges Company in August, 1623 ; 
 admitted a freeman May 13, 1640; called "an old resident" 
 
 in 1643; townsman in 1648. His wife was Elizabeth . 
 
 He died at Weymouth, Aug. 29, 1672. 
 
io6 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Matthew^ Pratt, Jr., son of Matthew,' was born in 1628 ; 
 died at Weymouth, Mass., June 12, 171 3, aged 85 years. He 
 married at Weymouth, June i, 1661, Sarah Hunt of Wey- 
 mouth, where she was born July 4, 1640. She died Aug. 3, 
 1729. She and her husband were deaf and dumb or nearly so. 
 
 William^ Pratt, son of Matthew,^ Jr., was born at Wey- 
 mouth, May 5, 1673 ; died there Sept. 18, 1714. He married 
 Hannah , who married (2), Dec. 23, 17 19, Thomas Ran- 
 dall of Easton, Mass. 
 
 Hannah'» Pratt, daughter of William, ^ was born between 
 1693 and 1701 ; published March 7, 17 19, to Nathaniel Ford 
 of Weymouth, Mass.. She died there, Aug. 29, 1739. (Vital 
 Records of Weymouth ; Pratt Genealogy.) 
 
 PHILLIPS. 
 
 Nicholas' Phillips, a pioneer at Dedham, Mass., in 1636, 
 removed to Weymouth, Mass., about 1641. He was made a 
 freeman May 13, 1640, and was a town officer of Weymouth 
 in 1648. He removed to Boston about 165 1. He died March 
 15, 1669/70, his eldest son Richard' being executor of his 
 estate. 
 
 Richard^ Phillips, son of Nicholas,' was born before 1641 ; 
 married Mary Packard, and was living at Weymouth, Mass., 
 from 1657 to 1670. 
 
 Nicholas^ Phillips, son of Richard,^ was born at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., March 30, 1664; died there March 11, 1751. 
 
 His wife, Mary , died at Weymouth, Feb. 11, 1749, aged 
 
 8r years. 
 
Lincoln. 107 
 
 Marv* Phillips, daughter of Nicholas,^ was born at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass., Aug. 24, 1692 ; marriage intentions to Samuel 
 Badlam of Weymouth, published there Sept. 22, 17 16. 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 
 Thomas' Lincoln, "the miller," was one of four immigrants 
 named Thomas Lincoln, all of whom settled in Hingham, Mass. 
 He came probably from County Norfolk, England, in 1635. 
 He had a house-lot granted him on South, near Main street, in 
 Hingham, July 3, 1636. He removed from Hingham to Taun- 
 ton, Mass., in 1652. His first wife's name is unknown. He 
 married (2), at Taunton, Dec. 10, 1665, Elizabeth Street, prob- 
 ably the widow of Francis Street. Tradition asserts that he 
 erected at Taunton the old grist-mill where, in 1675, King 
 Philip and his chiefs met the pioneers of Taunton for a friendly 
 interview. He made his will Aug. 28, 1683, being then 
 " eighty years of age or thereabouts," and it was proved March 
 5, 1684. 
 
 Samuel^ Lincoln, son of Thomas' by his first wife, was 
 baptized at Hingham, Mass., February, 1637/8; removed to 
 Taunton, Mass., with his father in 1652. He married Cathe- 
 rine , who joined with him in conveying a part of a mill 
 
 in Taunton to Robert Crossman, May 26, 1698. 
 
 Samuel^ Lincoln, Jr., son of Samuel,^ was born at Taun- 
 ton, Mass., June i, 1664; died at Taunton, May 10, 1738. 
 He married Experience Briggs, probably a daughter of Jona- 
 than and Experience Briggs. 
 
 Experience* Lincoln, daughter of Samuel,^ was born about 
 1705 ; married at Dorchester, Mass., May 24, 1727, Jonathan 
 Stearns of Stoughton, Mass. 
 
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 TURNER. 
 
 Humphrey' Turner came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1628, and 
 removed to Scituate, Mass., probably in 1633. He was a tan- 
 ner, and erected a tannery at Scituate in 1636. He was born 
 about 1593, and died at Scituate in 1673, aged about 80 years. 
 He married in England, Lydia Gamer, who died at Scituate 
 before 1673. He was possessed of that judgment, discretion, 
 energy and perseverance which eminently fitted him to be one 
 of the pioneers of a new settlement. He was a member of the 
 First Church of Scituate, and deputy to Plymouth Colony in 
 1641, 1642, 1644-47, 3.nd 1650-52, inclusive. He was a sol- 
 dier in the military company of Scituate, and a Commissioner, 
 
 Thomas^ Turner, son of Humphrey,' married Jan. 6, 1652, 
 Sarah, daughter of Thomas Hyland of Scituate, Mass. He 
 died at Scituate in November, 1688. 
 
 Thomas^ Turner, Jr., son of Thomas,^ a distinguished Co- 
 lonial lawyer, lived near Scituate Harbor, Mass., perhaps born 
 at Scituate, in December, 1670; married in 1693, Hannah, 
 daughter of Edward Jenkins of Scituate. Many stories of Mr. 
 Turner's wit are preserved. On one occasion Michael Wanton, 
 a leader among the Quakers of Scituate, had been quite suc- 
 cessful on a fishing excursion ; upon returning to White's 
 Ferry he found an assemblage of gentlemen attending a refer- 
 ence trial, and among them Esquire Thomas Turner, who thus 
 addressed him : " Friend Wanton, you are like the Apostle 
 Peter ; in the first place he was a fisherman, and so are you ; 
 he was a preacher, and so are you ; he denied his Lord, and so 
 do you." Mr. Wanton was so much pleased with the witti- 
 cism that he caused an entertainment to be prepared of his 
 fish, and invited the company to dine. According to tradition 
 the company, after partaking of the repast, notwithstanding 
 
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 their high appreciation of the witty lawyer, decided that the 
 Quaker had gained the advantage, his dinner being much more 
 substantial and useful. 
 
 Lettice'* Turner, daughter of Thomas,-^ Jr., was born at 
 Scituate, Mass., April 17, 171 1 ; married there Dec. 12, 1728, 
 Thomas Til den of that town. 
 
 COWEN (COWING). 
 
 John' Co wen, a settler of Scituate, Mass., was a Scotchman 
 who purchased an estate there. He married in 1656, Rebecca, 
 the widow of Richard Mann. In 1670 he "appeared in Court 
 to answer for contemptible words against Royal Authority ; to 
 wit : that he scorned to be in subjection to an Englishman, 
 and that there never was any King in England that w-as an 
 Englishman save one crooked backed Richard — a crooked 
 Rogue," etc. (Dean's History of Scituate, p. 243.) 
 
 Rebecca^ Cowen, daughter of John,' w^as born in 1666 ; 
 married in Boston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1693, Obadiah Hawes, Jr., 
 of Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 LOOK. 
 
 Thomas' Look was an early settler of Lynn, Mass. (1646- 
 1666). His wife, Sarah , died at Lynn, June 30, 1666. 
 
 Thomas' Look, Jr., son of Thomas,' was born at Lynn, 
 Mass., in June, 1646; removed to Nantucket, Mass., and was 
 living at Tisbury, Mass., in 1700. He married Elizabeth 
 Bunker. 
 
 Jane or Jean3 Look, daughter of Thomas,' Jr., was born 
 Dec. 24, 1680; married (i), John Cottle; married (2), Nov. 
 1 7, 1 707, Abner West, by whom she had issue. 
 
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 ANDREWS. 
 
 Robert' Andrews, a sea-captain, sailed from Norwich, Co. 
 Norfolk, England, as master of the ship ''Angel Gabriel." 
 The ship was cast away at Pemaquid, on the coast of Maine, 
 in a terrible storm, Aug. 15, 1635. Captain Andrews settled 
 at Ipswich, Mass., then called by the Indian name Chebacco. 
 His will was probated at Ipswich, March i, 1643, in which he 
 mentioned his "son Daniel Hovey." 
 
 Abigail'- Andrews, daughter of Robert,' married before 
 March i, 1643, Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Mass. She died 
 there June 24, 1665. 
 
 MOULTON. 
 
 William' Moulton came, probably in 1637, from Ormsby, 
 Co. Norfolk, England, being then 20 years of age. He mar- 
 ried Margaret Page of Hampton, N. H., and settled in that 
 town, where he died April 18, 1664. She married (2), John 
 Sanborn, and died July 13, 1699. 
 
 Sarah^ Moulton, daughter of William,' was born at Hamp- 
 ton, N. H., Dec. 17, 1656; married at Hampton, Dec. 30, 
 1674, Jonathan Haynes of Newbury and Haverhill, Mass. 
 
 SWAN. 
 
 Richard' Swan came to Boston, Mass., in June, 1639; re- 
 moved to Rowley, Mass., in 1640. He served in King Philip's 
 War, and in the expedition to Canada. He was a deputy 
 from' Rowley to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay from 
 1666 to 1677. 
 
Marsh. — Russell. i i i 
 
 Robert^ Swan, son of Richard,' married (i), in 1650, Eliz- 
 abeth Acie of Rowley, Mass., who died in 1689. He married 
 (2), in 1690, Hannah Russ. 
 
 Elizabeth^ Swan, daughter of Robert,^' was born Aug. 10, 
 1655 ; married Dec. 22, 1673, Matthew Harriman of Rowley 
 and Haverhill, Mass. 
 
 MARSH. 
 
 George' Marsh came to New England in company with the 
 Rev. Peter Hobart in 1635. He .settled at Ilingham, Mass., 
 where he drew a house lot, Sept. 18, 1635. He brought his 
 
 wife Elizabeth , and four children, probably coming from 
 
 County Norfolk, England. He was admitted a freeman March 
 3, 1636, and was a selectman in 1645. He died at Hingham, 
 July 2, 1647, leaving a will in which he named his son, One- 
 siphorus. His widow Elizabeth, married (2), in November, 
 1648, Richard Bowen. 
 
 Onesiphorus- Marsh, son of George,' was born in 1633; 
 died at Haverhill, Mass., March 15, 1713, aged 80 years. He 
 married at Hingham, Mass., Feb. 6, 1654/5, Hannah, daughter 
 of John and Mary Cutler of Hingham. He was made a free- 
 man in 1672, and removed to Haverhill in 1674. 
 
 Mary3 Marsh, daughter of Onesiphorus," was born at Hing- 
 ham, Mass.,JMarch 12, 1658/9; married, probably at Haverhill, 
 Mass., Jan.^'i6, 1684, Cornelius Page. 
 
 RUSSELL. 
 
 Elder John' Russell was a proprietor of Cambridge, Mass., 
 in 1635. He was born about 16 16, and died at VVoburn, 
 Mass., June i, 1676. He was made a freeman March; 3, 
 
112 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 1635/6, and removed to Woburn, where he became a proprie- 
 tor in 1640. His first wife, Elizabeth , died there Dec. 
 
 16, 1644. He married (2), May 13, 1645, Elizabeth Baker. 
 He deposed in 1671 that he was then about 55 years of age. 
 He made his will May 27, 1676, bequeathing property to his 
 "daughter Mary Brooks," and others. 
 
 Mary^ Russell, daughter of John' by his first wife, mar- 
 ried at Woburn, Mass., Dec. 2, 1659, Timothy Brooks of that 
 town. 
 
 ESTEN. 
 
 Thomas' Esten came in 1665 and was a settler in Provi- 
 dence, R. I. He took the oath of allegiance in May, 1682. 
 
 JoAN^ Esten, daughter of Thomas,' married at Swansea, 
 Mass., April 26, 167 1, John Martin of that town. She is 
 said to have been born in Hertfordshire, England, June i, 
 1645. She died March 23, 1733, aged 88 years. 
 
 BULLOCK. 
 
 Richard' Bullock was born in 162 1 or '22; he was a 
 settler at Rehoboth, Mass., as early as 1643 \ 1^^ was admitted 
 a freeman in May, 1646; he is reported to have removed to 
 Newtown, L. L, about 1656, but returned to Rehoboth and 
 died there in 1667; the Inventory of his estate was taken 
 Nov. 22, 1667. He married (i), at Rehoboth, Aug. 4, 1647, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ingraham ; she died there Jan. 
 7, 1659-60; he married (2), at Rehoboth, Sept. 21, 1660, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Christian (Penn-Eaton) 
 Billington of Plymouth, Mass., born there July 10, 1635. 
 She married (2), June 25, 1673, Robert Beere of Rehoboth ; 
 
Richardson. 113 
 
 and married (3), Thomas Patey of Providncee, R. I. (Reho- 
 both Vital Records.) 
 
 Samuel^ Bullock, son of Richard,' was born at Rchoboth, 
 Mass., Aug. 19, 1648; married (i), at Swan.sea, Mass., Nov. 
 12, 1673, Mary, said to have been a daughter of John and 
 Priscilla Thurber, vv^ho died Oct. 4, 1674. He married (2), 
 at Rehoboth, May 26, 1675, Thankful Rones. She is called 
 both Thankful Rouse and Thankful Rencff by Arnold in the 
 Vital Records of Rehoboth, but we have found no other au- 
 thority for the latter spelling. It is Rouse on Plymouth Colony 
 Records (vol. viii : p. 62), but the correct orthography was 
 probably Rounds. " Dea. Samuel Bullock died at Rchoboth, 
 March 10, 1717/8." (Rehoboth Vital Records.) 
 
 Thankful^ Bullock, daughter of Samuel,- was born at 
 Rehoboth, Mass., June 26, 168 1 ; married there Dec. 6, 1699, 
 Ephraim Martin of that town. She died July 22, 1762. 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 
 EzEKiEL' Richardson came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1630, 
 and on Aug. 30 of that year he and his wife Susannah be- 
 came members of the First Church then and there gathered. 
 He was admitted a freeman May 18, 163 1, and settled in 
 Charlestown. He was a constable and selectman, and a dep- 
 uty in 1634 and 1635 ; removed to Woburn, Mass., in 1641. 
 Pie was ''embodied in the Woburn Church, Aug. 14/24, 
 1642 " (now in Winchester). He was a selectman at Woburn 
 in 1644, 1645, 1646 and 1647. He died there Oct. 21, 1647. 
 His widow Susannah married (2), Plenry Brooks of Woburn. 
 She died Sept. 15, 1681. 
 
 JosiAH^ Richardson, son of EzekieV was baptized at 
 Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 7, 1635 ; died at Chelmsford, Mass., 
 
114 Ancestral Lilies. 
 
 June 22, 1695, aged 60 years. He was one of the founders 
 of Woburn, Mass., but removed to Chelmsford about 1659. 
 He married at Concord, Mass., June 6, 1659, Remembrance, 
 daughter of William and Sarah Underwood of Concord. She 
 was born at Concord, Feb. 27, 1639/40, and survived her 
 husband. He was made a freeman March 11, 1673/4, and 
 served as selectman in 1668, 1673, 1677, 1679, 1680 to 1688, 
 and 1694. He was town clerk from 1690 to 1694, and is 
 called " Captain." 
 
 Susannah^ Richardson, daughter of Josiah,^ was born in 
 1676; married Jan. 23, 1695/6, Henry Farwell of Chelms- 
 ford, Mass. 
 
 TUCKER. 
 
 Robert' Tucker born in 1604, appeared at Weymouth, 
 Mass., in 1635 ; he was an officer there in 1643 ; went to Mil- 
 ton, Mass., in 1662. He seems to have gone from Weymouth 
 to Gloucester about 1650, where he was deputy 1652, and 
 town clerk 1652 to 1656 ; he was deputy from Milton for 1669, 
 1679, 1680 and 1 68 1, and was a selectman in 1677. His wife 
 v/as Elizabeth, probably surnamed Allen. He made his will 
 March 7, 168 1/2, and it was probated the 30th of the same 
 month, in which he bequeathed property " to my daughter, 
 Rebecca Fenno." He died at Milton, March 11, 1681/2, aged 
 'j'^ years. 
 
 Rebecca^ Tucker, daughter of Robert,' married about 1660, 
 John Fenno of Milton, Mass., where she died June 12, 1690. 
 
 BEERS. 
 
 Richard' Beers, an original proprietor of Watertown, Mass., 
 was admitted a freeman March 9, 1637. He was a deputy 
 from Watertown to the General Court of the Massachusetts 
 
Mandell. — Jenkins. 1 1 5 
 
 Bay Colony from 1663 to 1675. lie was licensed "to keep 
 an ordinary" at Watertown in October, 1654, which was the 
 first public house in that town. He was a selectman from 
 
 1644 to 1675. His wife was Elizabeth . He served in 
 
 the Pequot War in 1637, and was a captain in King Philip's 
 War. He was slain in battle by the Indians at Squakeag (now 
 Northfield), Mass., Sept. 4, 1675. On Aug. 6, 1675, he made 
 a nuncupative will which was proved Oct. 5, 1675. 
 
 Sarah^ Beers, daughter of Richard,' married (i), June 24, 
 1666, Isaac Stearns of Lexington, Mass. She married (2), 
 Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Mass., and signed as Sarah 
 Wheeler with the other heirs of her father's estate in June, 
 171 1. 
 
 MANDELL (MENUALL). 
 
 John' Mandell, a rope-maker, lived in Marshfield, Mass., 
 May 10, 171 1, being then "aged and weak in body," he made 
 his will, which was proved Feb. 8, 1720. To his son John 
 he devised one shilling, having already provided for him. To 
 his grandson Francis Crooker, " all my rope-making tools that 
 I do use in or about the making of ropes, after I have done 
 using them myself " ; the remainder of his estate he bequeathed 
 to his daughters Mercy Tinkham, Sarah Torrey, Hannah Til- 
 den and Ruth Doty. 
 
 Hannah" Mendall, daughter of John,' married at Marsh- 
 field, Mass., Dec. 20, 1692, Thomas Tilden of Marshfield. 
 
 JENKINS. 
 
 Edward' Jenkins first appears as a servant to Nathaniel 
 Tilden in 1641. He became a planter, and settled in Scituate, 
 Mass. He was able to bear arms in 1643, was admitted a 
 
ii6 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 freeman June i, 1647, and was a deputy from Scituate, Ply- 
 mouth Colony, in 1657. He married (i), Lettice . He 
 
 married (2), at Hingham, Mass., June 17, 1684, Mary (Farns- 
 worth) Ripley, widow of Abraham Ripley of Hingham. " Be- 
 ing very aged " he made his will March 2, 1699, and it was 
 probated Aug. 9, 1699. In it he made a bequest to his grand- 
 daughter, Hannah^ Turner. 
 
 Hannah^ Jenkins, daughter of Edward,' married in 1693, 
 Thomas Turner, Esqr., of Scituate, Mass. 
 
 HUMPHREY. 
 
 Jonas' Humphrey came to New England in 1637, arriving 
 Sept. 9, and settling at Dorchester, Mass. He was born at 
 Wendover, Co. Bucks, England, and died at Dorchester, March 
 19, 1 661/2. He was a constable at Wendover in 1632. He 
 settled in that part of ancient Dorchester now known as Har- 
 rison Square. " Jonas Humphreys laid hold of the covenant 
 the 6th day, 9 mo. [Nov.], 1639, as also his wife " Frances. 
 (Dorchester Church Records.) He was admitted a freeman 
 May 16, 1640, and became a "proprietor of the great lots" 
 in 1646. He married (2), Jane Clapp, widow of George Weeks 
 who died Oct. 27, 1659. She was a niece of Richard Clapp 
 of Dorchester, and was born at Salcombe Regis, Co. Devon, 
 England. She died at Dorchester, Aug. 2, 1668. 
 
 James^ Humphrey, son of Jonas' by wife Frances, was born 
 at Wendover, England, about 1608 ; he came with his father 
 in 1637. He became a freeman in 1645 ; was a tanner, and a 
 leading man in Dorchester. He was a bailiff of Dorchester 
 in 1650, and for many years was a ruling elder of the First 
 Church in that town. On Feb. 14, 1686, he "moved the 
 Church that they would look out and provide themselves an- 
 
Blake. 1 17 
 
 other Elder, because he had long been lame and did look at 
 himself near his departure out of this world." He died at 
 Dorchester, May 12, 1686, in the 78th year of his age. His 
 
 wife, Mary , died May 7, 1677. The inscription on his 
 
 tombstone in the North Burial Ground of Dorchester reads as 
 follows : — 
 
 Here lyes Interred y^ Body 
 of Mr. James Humphrey Here- 
 tofore one of y*-" Ruling 
 Elders of Dorchester, who 
 Departed this life y*^ 12''^ 
 of May, 1686, in y«= 
 78^^^ year of his age. 
 
 Inclosed within this shrine is precious Dust 
 And only waits for th' rising of ye Just. 
 Most usefuU while he lived adorn'd his station 
 Ever to old age he Served his Generation 
 Since his Decease tho't of with Veneration 
 How great a Blessing this Ruling Elder he, 
 Unto this Church and Town and Pastors three 
 Mather he first did by himself Receive 
 Flint did he next his burden much Relieve 
 Renowned Danforth he did assist with skill 
 Esteemed high by all; Bear fruit untill 
 Yielding to Death his Glorious seat did fill. 
 
 '& 
 
 Mary3 Humphrey, daughter of James,* was born about 
 1635 ; married Obadiah Hawes, Sr., of Dorchester, Mass. 
 She died April 21, 1676. 
 
 BLAKE. 
 
 George' Blake was a settler at Gloucester, Mass., in 1649 ; 
 admitted a freeman 165 1 ; removed from Gloucester to Box- 
 ford, Mass., about 1675. He was born in 161 1, and died at 
 
1 1 8 Anccs/ral Lines. 
 
 Boxford, Feb. 17, 1698, aged 87 years. He made his will Jan. 
 17, 1697/8, leaving a bequest to "Moses Tyler whose mother 
 
 is deceased." His wife was Dorothy , who died Dec. 12, 
 
 1702. 
 
 Prudence^ Blake, daughter of George,' was born in 1647 ; 
 marrried July 6, 1666, Quartermaster Moses Tyler of Boxford, 
 Mass. She died March 9, 1689. 
 
 VAUGHN (VAUGHAN). 
 
 George' Vaughn was an early settler at Scituate, Mass. ; 
 he removed to Middleborough, Mass., where he died in 1694. 
 He married in 1652, Elizabeth Henchman, perhaps a daugh- 
 ter of Edmund Henchman of Marshfield, Mass. He made his 
 will June 30, 1694, and it was proved Nov. 10, 1694, in which 
 was the following bequest : — " Thirdly, to my daughter Mary 
 Washburn, I do give ten acres of land lying where the house 
 stands that I now live in, with a bed and a rug, to her and her 
 heirs forever." (Plymouth Co. Wills, vol. i : p. 210.) 
 
 Mary^ Vaughn, daughter of George," married about 1683, 
 Jonathan Washburn of Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 MITCHELL. 
 
 Experience' Mitchell was born about 1609 ; he came in 
 the "Ann" in 1623; removed to Duxbury, Mass., in 1631 ; 
 was in the Militia in 1643 ; he removed to Bridgewater, Mass., 
 late in life. He died between Dec. 5, 1688, and May 14, 
 1689. He married Jane, daughter of Francis Cooke, of the 
 "Mayflower." 
 
 Elizabeth^ Mitchell, daughter of Experience,' was born 
 about 1628; she married in 1645, John^ Washburn of Bridge- 
 water, Mass. 
 
Cooke. — Ho ivlett. 1 1 9 
 
 COOKE. 
 
 Francis' Cooke came in the " Mayflower " in 1620. He 
 married at Leyden, Holland, June 30, 1603, Hester Mahieu, 
 a French Walloon, who came from Canterbury, England, and 
 was the daughter of Jennie Mahieu. His wife Hester, with 
 their children, except John, who came with his father, came 
 in the "Ann" in July, 1623. She died after June 8/18, 
 1666; he died April 7/17, 1663. He was a signer of the 
 ••- Mayflower Compact ; " a member of Myles Standish's com- 
 pany in an expedition against the Indians ; he was admitted 
 a freeman in 1633, and was a member of the Plymouth train- 
 band in 1643. His children, John, Jacob, James, Hester, and 
 Mary, were named in the division of cattle in 1627. He lived 
 in Plymouth, Mass., and made his will Dec. 7, 1659, which 
 was probated June 5, 1663. 
 
 J.\NE^ Cooke, daughter of Francis,' married about 1628, 
 Experience Mitchell of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 HOWLETT. 
 Thomas' Howlett came to Boston with Gov. John Wm- 
 throp's fleet in 1630; in 1633 ^e went to plant a settlement 
 at Ipswich, Mass.; made a freeman March 3, 1634; grantee 
 of Ipswich 1635 ; purchased land 1637- I" 1643 he was a ser- 
 o-eant and in 1646 an ensign; commoner 1641 ; owned one 
 and one-half shares in Plum Island in 1668; deputy from 
 Ipswich to the General Court 1635. He joined the First 
 Church of Boston, Aug. 27, 1630, and was dismissed to the 
 Ipswich church, Sept. 10, 1643. He married (i), Alice French 
 of Boston, who was dismissed to the same church from Boston, 
 June 16 1644. She died at Ipswich, June 26, 1666, and he mar- 
 ried (2)' Rebecca , who died at Newbury, Mass., Nov. i. 
 
120 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 1680. He died Dec. 22, 1667, aged 79 years, his will of the 
 day before being proved March 31, 1668. He was a brave 
 and trusty officer in several expeditions against the Indians. 
 
 Sarah^ Howlett, daughter of Thomas,' married John 
 Cummings. 
 
 WITT. 
 
 John' Witt appeared at Lynn, Mass., in 1650. He mar- 
 ried Sarah , who survived him. He died there Dec. 2, 
 
 1675. 
 
 Ann^ Witt, daughter of John,' married April 26, 1660, 
 Jacob Barney of Salem. 
 
 HUNT. 
 
 Enoch' Hunt came from Titenden, in the parish of Lee, 
 near Wendover, Co. Bucks, England, to Weymouth, Mass., 
 as early as 1640 or 1641. He had land allotted to him at 
 Weymouth in 1642. His first wife's name is unknown, but 
 he married (2), about 1639 (.?), the widow Dorothy Barker.* 
 In 1647 she is spoken of, in a land-grant, as "widow Dorothy 
 Hunt." She married as her third husband, perhaps in that 
 year, John King of Weymouth, and made her will June 14, 
 1652, in which she bequeathed property to her son Joseph 
 Barker, to her daughter Ruth Barker, and " to my daughter 
 Sarah Hunt, all my household goods." Nov. 18, 1652, Eph- 
 raim^ Hunt of Weymouth was appointed administrator on the 
 estate of his father Enoch,' who had returned to England, 
 where he died before 1647. 
 
 * The Hunt Genealogy (1863), p. 271, erroneously says that Enoch married 
 a daughter of Dorothy. 
 
Learned. 1 2 1 
 
 Sarah^ Hunt, daughter of Enoch' by his second wife, was 
 born at Weymouth, Mass., July 4, 1640; married Matthew 
 Pratt of Weymouth. She was deaf and dumb, and her hus- 
 band lost his hearing and nearly lost his speech before his 
 death. (Mather's Magnalia, Book iii : chapter 26.) 
 
 LEARNED. 
 
 William' Learned was admitted to the First Church of 
 Charlestown, Mass., with his wife, "Goodith"* Learned, Dec. 
 6, 1632. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634 ; re- 
 moved to Woburn, Mass., about 1640. He was a selectman 
 and constable in 1643 and 1644. He was born about 1590, 
 and died at Woburn, March i, 1646. Johnson {Wondcr- 
 xvorkhig Providence, p. 17) says he was one of the seven per- 
 sons who formed the First Church of Woburn, Aug. 14, 1642. 
 
 Isaac- Learned, son of William,' was baptized at Ber- 
 mondsey, Co. Surrey, England, Feb. 25, 1623/4; died at 
 Chelmsford, Mass., Nov. 27, 1657. He married at Woburn, 
 Mass., July 9, 1646, Mary, daughter of Isaac Stearns of Water- 
 town, Mass. She was baptized at Stoke-by-Nayland, Co. Suf- 
 folk, England, Jan. 26, 1626. She married (2), John Burge 
 of Chelmsford, and died Jan. 8, 1663. Isaac removed from 
 Woburn to Chelmsford about 1653. He was one of the three 
 proprietors of the Dudley Farm of Billerica ; selectman at 
 
 *This name (?) has caused some discussion. The Rev. Samuel Sewall 
 thinks it was derived "from the Saxon Goditha," which is very doubtful. The 
 late Col. Joseph L. Chester says that in one instance he found that the name 
 of 2 woman who, by the record, was baptized " Goodith," afterward appears as 
 Judith. The true explanation in this case is that "Goodith" is merely a not 
 uncommon way of writing " Goody," a title occasionally given to women 
 at that time (the feminine form of " Goodman "), and an analysis of the evi- 
 dence in the Learned Genealogy shows that her Christian name was very 
 probably Jane. 
 
122 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 Chelmsford, 1654; sergeant of the train-band, 1656; a com- 
 missioner to decide small cases, and chosen deacon July 13, 
 1656. 
 
 Hannah^ Learned, daughter of Isaac,^ was born at Wo- 
 burn, Mass., Aug. 24, 1649; married Dec. 25, 1666, Joseph 
 Farvvell of Chelmsford, Mass. 
 
 PACKARD. 
 
 Samuel' Packard and his wife came in the ship " Dili- 
 gent," arriving Aug. 10, 1638. He came from Wymondham, 
 Co. Norfolk, England, and settled at Hingham, Mass., but re- 
 moved to Bridgewater, Mass., in 1660. His sons, and proba- 
 bly he himself, were soldiers under Capt. Benjamin Church in 
 King Philip's War in 1675 and 1676. He was a town officer 
 in 1664, and was licensed to keep an ordinary in 1670. He 
 died after 1684. 
 
 Marv^ Packard, daughter of Samuel,' was born perhaps 
 at Hingham, Mass. ; married Richard Phillii^s of Weymouth, 
 Mass. 
 
 WHEELER. 
 
 John' Wheeler came in the "Mary and John" in 1634, 
 perhaps from Salisbury, Co. Wilts, England. He went to 
 Hampton, N. H., early, but removed to Newbury, Mass., 
 where his wife Ann died Aug. 15, 1662. He made his will 
 in 1668, in which he bequeathed property to his sons in Salis- 
 bury, England. 
 
 Anne- Wheeler, daughter of John,' was born about 1620, 
 and died April 21, 1687; married about 1644, Aquila Chase 
 of Hampton, N. H., and Newbury, Mass. 
 
Go tild. — Kinsley . 123 
 
 GOULD (GOOLE). 
 
 Francis' Goole with his wife Rose was at Duxbury, Mass., 
 in 1643; at Braintree, Mass., in 1649; and at Chelmsford. 
 Mass., in 1661. He died at Chelmsford, March 27, 1676. 
 His wife was living March 28, 1673. 
 
 Leah^ Gould, daughter of Francis,' was born at Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., May 4, 1663 ; she was one of twins ; she married 
 Jonathan Adams of Chelmsford. 
 
 KINSLEY (KINGSLEY). 
 
 Stephen' Kinsley was of Braintree, Mass., in 1637 ; he 
 was made a freeman May 13, 1640. He removed to Dor- 
 chester, Mass., but returned to Braintree. He was ordained 
 a ruling elder of the First Church gathered there, Sept. 17, 
 1639. He removed to Milton, Mass., where he died in 1673. 
 He was a deputy from Braintree to the General Court in 1640, 
 1641, 1643, 1644, 1647, 1648, 1650, 1651, 1652 and 1653; 
 first deputy from Milton in 1666. He made his will May 27, 
 1673, and it was proved July 3, 1673. 
 
 Samuel" Kinsley, son of Stephen,' was a freeman in 165 i ; 
 he lived at Braintree, Mass., and in August, 1659, received a 
 grant of land in Billerica, Mass. He married Hannah Brackett 
 of Braintree, who was baptized in Boston, Jan. 4, 1635. He 
 died at Billerica, May 21, 1662, and she married (2), John 
 Blanchard of Dunstable, Mass. She was killed by the Indians 
 at Dunstable, July 3, 1706. 
 
 Elizabeth^ Kinsley, daughter of Samuel,^ was born at 
 Braintree, Mass., Nov. 22, 1657; married Sept. 13, 1680, John 
 Cummings of Dunstable, Mass. She was killed witli her 
 mother by the Indians, in the attack on that town, July 3. 
 1706. 
 
T24 Ancestral Lines. 
 
 BRACKETT. 
 
 Richard' Brackett lived in Boston, Mass., in 1632. He 
 was admitted a freeman May 25, 1636, and was appointed 
 keeper of the prison in Boston, Nov. 20, 1637. He became a 
 member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Mas- 
 sachusetts in 1639. He and his wife Alice were dismissed to 
 the First Church of Braintree, Mass., Dec. 5, 1641 ; ordained 
 there a deacon, July 21, 1642. He was town clerk of Brain- 
 tree for many years, and captain of the Braintree train-band, 
 being third captain of the town. He was appointed to marry 
 and administer oaths in civil cases. He was deputy from 
 Braintree to the General Court for 1655, 1665, 1667, 1671, 
 1672, 1674 and 1680. He died at Braintree, March 5, 1691, 
 aged 80 years, and his wife Alice died in 1690, aged 76 years. 
 
 Hannah- Brackett, daughter of Richard,' was baptized in 
 the Fir.st Church in Boston, Mass., Jan. 4, 1635 ; married (i), 
 Samuel Kinsley of Braintree and of Billerica, Mass. She mar- 
 ried (2), John Blanchard of Dunstable, Mass., and was killed 
 by the Indians at Dunstable, July 3, 1706. 
 
 LOVELL. 
 
 Robert' Lovell came with the company of Rev. Joseph 
 Hull, sailing from Weymouth, Co. Dorset, England, March 20, 
 1635. It is supposed that he came from Somerset, Worcester 
 or Dorset. He was described as a husbandman, aged 40, with 
 wife Elizabeth, aged 35, and daughter Ellen, one of twins, 
 aged one year. His will was dated May 3, 165 1, and proved 
 June 25, 1672, in which he named his son-in-law, "Andrew 
 fford, the husband of his daughter Eleanor." 
 
 Eleanor^ Lovell, daughter of Robert,' was born 1634; 
 married before 1650, Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Mass. 
 
Wheelock. 1 2 5 
 
 WHEELOCK. 
 
 Ralph' Wheelock, believed to be the Rev. Ralph Wheel- 
 ock, an alumnus of Clare College, Cambridge, England, 1626, 
 first appeared at Watertown, Mass., about 1637. He was a 
 proprietor in 1637, and was admitted a freeman March 13, 
 1638/9. He was a school-master at Dedham, Mass., — prob- 
 ably the first there — from 1644 to 165 i, and a deputy to the 
 General Court for 1654, 1663, 1664, 1666 and 1667. He re- 
 moved to Medfield, Mass., where he made his will May 3, 
 1681, and his Inventory was taken Jan. 31, 1683. His wife 
 Rebecca came with him and died before May 3, 168 1. 
 
 Rebecca' Wheelock, daughter of Ralph,' married at Ro.x- 
 bury, Mass., June 7, 1654, John Craft of that town. She 
 died there Nov. 24, 1667. 
 
A TRIBUTE 01^ LOVE. 
 
To the Memory of Amasa VVoolsox and Mary Baki:u Woolson 
 by their son, Charles Amasa Woolson. Dedicated to my dearly 
 beloved son, Amasa Glenn Woolson, in the sincere hope that he may 
 live to emulate the Christian virtues, the noble and exemplary lives of 
 his Grandfather and Grandmother Woolson, with a loving inscription 
 also to my niece and nephews, Ruth Irene Woolson, Kenneth 
 Hazen Woolson and Eric Amasa Woolson, with the prayer that 
 two beautiful lives fragrant with gentle memories may be reproduced in 
 all their grandchildren. 
 
A TRIBUTE OF LOVli. 
 
 MORITURI SaLUTAMUS. 
 
 To the living 
 
 called the dead, 
 
 Whose dear, paternal images appear 
 
 Not wrapped in gloom, but robed in sunshine here ; 
 
 Whose simple lives complete, and without flaw, 
 
 Were part and parcel of great Nature's law; 
 
 Who said not to their Lord, as if afraid, 
 
 " Here is Thy talent in a napkin laid," 
 
 But labored in their sphere, as men who live 
 
 In the delight that work alone can give : 
 
 Peace be to them ; eternal peace and rest. 
 
 — Longfellow. 
 
 Amasa Woolson, born in Grafton, Vermont, August the sixtli. 
 Eighteen hundred and eleven, died in Springfield, Vermont, Jan- 
 uary the eleventh, Eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Of him the 
 History of Springfield says : For nearly fifty years Mr. Woolson 
 was identified with the business and religious life of this town, and 
 also with its educational, social, and business prosperity and ad- 
 vancement, and from the year 1857 until his death was a deacon 
 in the Congregational Church ; and it is largely through his Hberal- 
 ity that this church and society have so fine a house of worship. 
 
 Mr. Woolson was president of the First National Bank of Spring- 
 field, the Parks and Woolson Machine Company, and of the Jones 
 andLamson Machine Company, until his death in 1891. He was 
 
132 A Tribute of Love, 
 
 unanimously chosen by acclamation to represent his town during 
 the years 1856 and 1857. 
 
 For twenty-one years, previous to his becoming a partner in the 
 Parks and Woolson Machine Company (from the age of fourteen 
 to thirty-five), he had been engaged in manufacturing and finishing 
 woolen cloths, and in inventing and making machinery. This long 
 practical experience in using cloth-finishing machinery had sug- 
 gested to him many needed improvements, and prepared him to 
 give a progressive impetus to the already well-established business. 
 His first improvement was in the matter of saving the lists on the 
 cloth while shearing, which was of itself a most important one, and 
 soon led to other and more valuable inventions, until he finally 
 perfected his unrivalled " thirty-edged perpetual shearing machine, 
 with self-operating list guards," which is capable of shearing to a 
 finish from three to four thousand yards of cloth per day, or more 
 than twice as much as any other shear in the world, and at the 
 same time doing the work in a better manner and with less cost to 
 operate it. For these machines, and many improvements on other 
 machinery, Mr. Woolson took out eight different patents, and was 
 awarded seven premiums of gold, silver and bronze medals at Fairs 
 in Boston, New York, and at the World's Fair at Philadelphia. 
 
 By reason of these and other inventions, and by the vigilant per- 
 sonal oversight of the business by the proprietors, the annual 
 amount of the sales soon increased to five or ten times more than 
 they were previous to Mr. Woolson s admittance to the firm. The 
 company for many years gave constant employment to a good num- 
 ber of skilled workmen, to whose faithfulness in producing perfect 
 work much of the permanent prosperity of the concern was due, 
 and through them the company had a permanent and desirable set 
 of men, with "no strikes," and who, with the proprietors, contrib- 
 uted largely to the material, moral, religious and educational pros- 
 perity of the town, 
 
 Mr. Woolson retired from active business in the company in 1879, 
 on account of failing health, caused by too long and close applica 
 tion in making and patenting improvements to secure business for 
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 became instrumental in transferring from Windsor, Vermont, to 
 Springfield, the plant of the Jones and Lamson Machine Company, 
 in which he held an active interest up to the time of his death. 
 When in the eightieth year of his age he was called upon to lay 
 down the cares of this world, the following tribute bore testimony 
 to the deep and tender regard of his near friends and neighbors for 
 many years. 
 
 A LOSS AND A LEGACY. 
 
 Almost daily since 1846, the people of Springfield have been 
 accustomed till within a few weeks to meet on the street, in his 
 home, or at his place of business, one of the most thrifty, substan- 
 tial and reliable citizens, in the person of Mr. Amasa Woolson. His 
 decease, January the eleventh, was a loss that will be widely and 
 deeply felt. After years of successful business in the Parks and 
 Woolson Company, and as president of the First National Bank 
 of Springfield, as an honored and highly esteemed officer of the 
 Congregational Church, as a citizen interested in all that related to 
 the welfare of the village and the town, his death makes a vacancy 
 that cannot easily be filled. Yet great as the loss is, such a life is 
 a legacy, in which all who knew him are sharers. Genial, hospita- 
 ble, generous, of unquestioned integrity, he will be remembered and 
 quoted for years to come. 
 
 It is not easy to say which of three monuments best represent 
 the man, — his home, built with such studious regard for the com- 
 fort of his family, the church with which he had so mixh to do in 
 making it what it is, or his business, in which he won a wide and 
 enviable reputation. Many hearts, bowing with the stricken family 
 in sorrow that we shall see his face no more, warmly thank the 
 Giver of all good for the legacy of such a life. 
 
 His pastor for many years thus paid a most touching tribute : 
 
 "A subdued and unusually mellow light rests upon the home of 
 
 the late Amasa Woolson in Springfield. To survivors, it seems like 
 
 the light of the life into which he entered, January the eleventh, 
 
 in the eightieth year of his age. The end had long been fore- 
 
134 A Tribute of Love. 
 
 shadowed, yet not a suggestion of fear, neither a thought of com- 
 plaining, came to the ears of those who attended him. His Hfe-long 
 serenity of soul never forsook him. His unquestioning trust held 
 like an anchor. He was soon to leave those dear as life to him, to 
 meet One still dearer, in whom he had implicitly trusted. A de- 
 voted husband and father, an earnest Christian, a generous benefac- 
 tor, loved and honored most by those who knew him best : — deeds 
 rather than words was the motto of his daily life." 
 
 Mr. Woolson was twice married ; first, to Mary Lancaster David- 
 son, on January the fifteenth, Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, by 
 whom he had one daughter, Helen Ann, who lived to the age of 
 twenty-three years, when he, then in his fifty-first year, suffered 
 a double and heart-rending bereavement in- the death in January^ 
 Eighteen hundred and sixty-two, of this only daughter and child, 
 followed in less than three months by the great grief of laying 
 away his wife, when he was left alone. 
 
 Yet we read in his own handwriting at that most sorrowful and 
 trying time, penned in his Diary on the morning following his 
 daughter's death, these beautiful and triumphant words: " At half- 
 past three o'clock in the morning dear Helen's ransomed spirit 
 went up on high in full assurance of hope to be with her precious 
 Saviour ; " and again on the morning that his wife was taken from 
 him, these words : " At half-past nine o'clock in the morning my 
 beloved wife fell asleep in Jesus. She is not dead, but gone before, 
 to join Helen in worship and praise in the new Jerusalem on high." 
 
 As he w^as thus bereft of family and home, and his faith tried as 
 by fire, what more beautiful example could he give of sublime and 
 unbounded trust in his God and love for his Master ! To these, his 
 loved ones, does one who came into close touch with both, in their 
 home life of the days of long ago, thus pay tribute : " The first 
 Mrs. Amasa Woolson, nee Davidson, was a person of generous pres- 
 ence, and most generous hospitality, as all who were privileged to 
 know her, even slightly, could testify; a real home-maker and a 
 true helpmeet to her husband, fostering all his noblest impulses ; 
 while the sweet Christian character of the daughter Helen was such 
 
MARY ELIZA BAKER. 
 (Mrs. AMASA WOOLSON) 
 
A Tribute of T.ovc. 135 
 
 as could be expected from such a parentage. She was like a lovely 
 flower, too delicate for this world's rude breezes, who faded away 
 early in life, to " bloom in the fields of Paradise." Her vision of 
 eternal things was so clear that, cheerful to the last, she sustained 
 and comforted those whom she was leaving, with the bright hopes 
 that animated her own pure spirit. 
 
 The memory of their kindly deeds, the reflex of their gentle 
 spirits, still remain with all who knew them, inciting to nobler 
 lives. " Lovely and pleasant in their lives, in death they were not 
 long divided." 
 
 Mr. Woolson married as his second wife, on July first, Eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-three, Mary Eliza Baker of Manchester, Ver- 
 mont : born there, November the twenty-second. Eighteen hundred 
 and thirty, and who died in Springfield, July the twenty-ninth, Nine- 
 teen hundred and two. Her obituary, as thus written by her pastor, 
 pays fitting tribute to her many rarely beautiful traits of character : 
 " The sad news of the death of Mrs. Woolson, after an illness 
 of three months, was received with sincere sorrow and a keen sense 
 of loss by a large circle of friends, who had learned to love her 
 and appreciate her beautiful Christian character and life. For 
 nearly forty years Mrs. Woolson has lived in Springfield, and her 
 whole life here has been one filled with words of sympathy and 
 helpfulness, and deeds of kindness and charity. By those who 
 knew her best, she was loved as a friend worthy of all their confi- 
 dence and affection ; and by the larger circle of those who had 
 witnessed and felt the example and influence of her life she was 
 respected and loved as a true Christian woman. Quietly and un- 
 obtrusively, disliking all ostentation, she lived her Christian life, 
 giving generously of her abundance to supply the needs of those 
 who were less fortunate. What she did to relieve suffermg and 
 distress cannot be told, because it cannot be known. So her m- 
 fluence cannot be measured, because an impress of a life thus lived 
 defies and transcends all human estimates. Those who came close 
 to her learned to feel that the secret of her character and daily h(. 
 
136 A Tribute of Love. 
 
 was to be found in her implicit faith and deeply rooted trust in 
 God, which found beautiful expression and left an abiding influence 
 in her daily living. She was one who could say with growing assur- 
 ance, ' I know how to live with God.' 
 
 " Mrs. Woolson, at an early age, united with the Baptist Church 
 in her childhood's home, but on coming to Springfield she at once 
 removed her church connection to the Congregational Church, which 
 was that of her husband's choice, and has ever since been a loyal 
 and helpful member. Immediately following her marriage, she 
 came at once with her husband to Springfield, living at first in the 
 house now the residence of Mrs. Charles A. Forbush, which Mr. 
 Woolson built, and here her children, twin sons, George and John, 
 who died in infancy, William Dickenson, and Charles Amasa, were 
 born. 
 
 " The funeral services were held at the house Thursday after- 
 noon, the pastor of the Congregational Church officiating. The 
 bountiful and beautiful floral offerings told of the love and respect 
 with which she was regarded. ' She knocked feebly, and the gate 
 swung wide open on noiseless hinges. No one stood beside it, for 
 it marked neither end nor beginning of a journey, and the road ran 
 straight through it, unbroken and unchanged, save that a soft light 
 rested on it, and in the air there was infinite content. The woman 
 rested within the gate, and as she rested, she was conscious of no 
 change in herself, but the raiment which she had worn, thin and 
 bare, fell away and vanished. The stains of travel were gone, the 
 signs of age had vanished. Through the soft mist beautiful forms 
 seemed moving, and, faint and far, she heard voices that seemed 
 to come out of her childhood, fresh with the freshness of the morn- 
 ing, and her spirit grew faint for joy at the sound of them.' " 
 
 How sweet a life was his ; how sweet a death ; 
 Dying, to leave a memory hke the breath 
 Of summers full of sunshine and of showers, 
 A grief and gladness in the atmosphere. 
 
 — Longfello'iv. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Acie, Elizabeth 1 1 1 
 
 Margaret ( ) 94 
 
 Mary 94 
 
 William 94 
 Adams, Henry 53 
 
 Jonathan 89, 123 
 
 Leah (Gould) 89, 123 
 
 Lydia 79, 89 
 
 Lydia (Phillips) 69 
 
 Mary (Blackmore) 88 
 
 Thomas 88, 89 
 
 Ursula 53 
 Addington, Isaac 29 
 Allen, Benjamin 103 
 
 Elizabeth 114 
 Andrew, John A. 38 
 Andrews, Abigail 87,88, 110 
 
 Robert 87, 110 
 
 Thomas 87 
 Appleton, Samuel 78 
 Armstrong, Benjamin 79 
 
 Joseph 79 
 
 Lydia (Worth) 79 
 
 Mary 68, 79 
 
 Mercy (Pitcher) 79 
 
 Rachel ( ) 79 
 
 William 79 
 Atherton, Humphrey 71 
 
 Jonathan 59 
 
 Ruth (Knight) 59 
 Badcock, Mary 62 
 Badlam, Deborah St, 95 
 
 Hannah (Phillips) 107 
 
 Marv (Phillips) 95 
 
 Samuel 95, 107 
 Baker, Aaron Haynes 41,43, 
 52 
 
 Charles 51 
 
 Ebenezer 41, 68 
 
 Elijah 41 
 
 Baker, Elizabeth 112 
 
 Elizabeth (Tibbetts) 41 
 
 Eunice (Haynes) 41, 68 
 
 John 35 
 
 Lettice Phillips (Mason) 
 42, 52 
 
 Lois (Rood) 41 
 
 Mary Eliza 21, 24, 43 
 
 Minerva (French) 42 
 
 Tvyall 40,41 
 
 William 40 
 Balch, Rebecca 93 
 Baldwin, Loammi 36, 54 
 Barker, Dorothy ( ) 120 
 
 John 85 
 
 Joseph 120 
 
 Margaret 85 
 
 Mary 85 
 
 Ruth ( ) 120 
 
 Barnard, James 12 
 
 John 74 
 
 Sarah 74 
 Barney, Ann (Witt) 80, 120 
 
 Constance (Davis) 80 
 
 Edward 80 
 
 Hannah (Johnson) 80 
 
 Jacob 80, 120 
 
 Joanna (i\lartin) 80,92 
 
 Joseph 80, 81, 92 
 
 Lois (Martin) 81,92 
 
 Martha 52, 81 
 Bedel, Timothy 70 
 Beere, Elizabeth (Billing- 
 ton-Builock) 112 
 
 Robert 112 
 Beers, Elizabeth ( ) 115 
 
 Richard 114, 115 
 
 Sarah 85, 115 
 Belcher, Catherine ( ) 99 
 
 Edward 98, 99 
 
 Belcher, Gregory 98, 99 
 
 Jeremiah 98 
 
 Joseph 99 
 
 Mary 30, 71,99 
 
 Mary ( ) 98 
 
 Mary (Lockwood) 98 
 
 Rebecca ( , Nash) 98 
 
 Rebecca (Gill) 99 
 
 Sarah (Wheeden) 98 
 
 Thomas 99 
 Berry, Hannah 50 
 Billington, Christian (Penn- 
 Eaton) 112 
 
 Elizabeth 112 
 
 Francis 1 12 
 Bixby, Jonathan 101 
 
 Joseph 101 
 
 Lydia 90, 102 
 
 O.J. 39 
 
 Sarah ( ) 101 
 
 Sarah (Smith) 101 
 Blackman, Benjamin 44 
 
 Sarah 44 
 
 Sarah (Phelps), 44 
 Blackmore, Mary 88 
 Blake, Dorothy ( ) 118 
 
 George 117, 118 
 
 Prudence 73, 118 
 Blanchard, Hannah (Bmck- 
 ett-Kinslev) 123, 124 
 
 John 123, 124 
 Blodgett, Pearl D. 38 
 Bond, Sarah (Woolson) 16 
 Bowden, Mary 104 
 
 Bowen, Elizabeth ( , 
 
 Marsh) 111 
 
 Richard 111 
 Boynton, Elizabeth 59 
 
 Brackett, .Alice ( ) 124 
 
 Hannah 123, 124 
 
138 
 
 Index. 
 
 Brackett, Richard 124 
 Bradley, Capt. 72 
 
 John 35 
 Briggs, Experience 107 
 
 Experience ( ) 107 
 
 Jonathan 107 
 Brooks, Annes (Jaquith) 102 
 
 Henry 102, 113 
 
 Hepsibah 51, 102 
 
 fohn 54 
 
 Mary (Russell) 102, 112 
 
 Mehitable ( Mowry-Kins- 
 ley) 102 
 
 Susannah ( , Richard- 
 son) 102, 113 
 
 Timothy 102, 112 
 Brown, Abigail 94 
 
 Abigail (Brown) 94 
 
 Anna 82, 95 
 
 Anna (Farwell) 94 
 
 Charles 94 
 
 Elizabeth (Wheeler) 94 
 
 James 94 
 
 John 94 
 
 Josiah 94, 95 
 
 Mary 78 
 
 Mary (Acie) 94 
 
 Samuel 94 
 
 Sarah ( ) 94 
 
 Thomas 12 
 Bruce, R. L. 23 
 Bullock, Elizabetii (Billing- 
 ton) 112 
 
 Elizabeth (Ingraham) 112 
 
 Marv (Thurber) 113 
 
 Richurd 112, 113 
 
 Samuel 113 
 
 Thankful 92, 113 
 
 Thankful (Rones) 113 
 Bunker, Elizabeth 56, 109 
 Burge, John 121 
 
 Mary (.Stearns-Learned) 
 121 
 Butler, Benj. F. 38 
 Butterworth, John 51 
 
 Mary 51 
 Caldwell, Naomi (Novfs) 
 83 
 
 William 83 
 Calhoun, John C. 70 
 Caller, Mary 101 
 Carpenter, Capt. SI 
 
 Nathaniel 81 
 Cary, Simon 81 
 Chamberlain, John F. E. 40 
 Chapman, Samuel 41 
 Chase, Ambrose 50 
 
 Ann (Horton) 51,63 
 
 Ann (Wheeler) 49, 122 
 
 Anna, 20, 51 
 
 Aquila 49. 122 
 
 Daniel 49, 50, 100 
 
 Chase, Elisha 50 
 
 Hannah (Berry) 50 
 
 Hannah (Tenney) SO 
 
 Henry 50 
 
 Isaac SO 
 
 John Sergant (.'' Sargent) 
 51,63 
 
 Jonathan 52 
 
 Leah ( Robbins) 50, 79 
 
 Martha (Kimball) 49, 100 
 
 Timothy 50, 51, 79 
 Cherry, Samuel 70 
 Chester, Joseph L. 121 
 Church, I?enjamin 103, 122 
 
 David 13, 14 
 Clap, Roger 71 
 Clapp, 27, 28 
 
 Ezra 27 
 
 Jane 116 
 
 Richard 116 
 Clark, Martha 87 
 Clarke, William 60 
 Clifford, Mary 98 
 C lough, Martha 90 
 Cobb, L. H. 23 
 Coburn, Asa 54 
 Colbe, Daniel 74 
 Cole, Edward 29 
 
 Hannah (Page) 29 
 Cooke, Francis 118, 119 
 
 Hester 119 
 
 Hester (Mahieu) 119 
 
 Jacob 119 
 
 James 119 
 
 Jane 103, 118, 119 
 
 John 119 
 
 Mary 119 
 Coolidge, John 15 
 
 Richard 15 
 Cottle. Jean (Look) 56, 
 109 
 
 John 56, 109 
 Cowen, John 109 
 
 Rebecca 71, 109 
 
 Rebecca ( , Mann) 109 
 
 Craft, AHce ( ) 53 
 
 Dorcas (Ruggles) 53 
 
 Ephraim S3 
 
 Esther (Jewett) 54 
 
 Griffin 53 
 
 Hannah (Reed) 53 
 
 Hannah (Reed- Read) 54 
 
 John 53, 125 
 
 Margaret (Parrot) 54 
 
 Margaret (Richardson) 53 
 
 Mary (Hudson) 53 
 
 Rebecca (Wheelock) 53 
 125 
 
 Samuel 53, 54, 55 
 
 Ursula (Adams-Robinson) 
 53 
 Crafts, Eliza Stearns 36, 55 
 
 Crafts, Rebecca Stearns 
 (Knight) 54,61 
 
 Samuel Jewett 54, 55, 61 
 Cragin, Abigail 58, 88 
 
 John 88 
 
 Sarah (Dawes) 88 
 Crane, David 35 
 Crockett, Margaret 93 
 Crooker, Francis 115 
 Crossman, Robert 107 
 Culliver, see Gulliver 
 Cummings, .Anna 69, 83 
 
 Anna (Brown) 82, 95 
 
 Elizabeth (Kinsley) 81, 
 123 
 
 Elizabeth (Shedd) 82 
 
 Hannah (Farwell) 82,105 
 
 Isaac 81 
 
 Jerahmeel 82, 105 
 
 John 81, 82, 119, 123 
 
 Jotham82,95 
 
 Samuel 82 
 
 Sarah (Hewlett) 81, 120 
 Curtis, Deborah 29 
 
 Hannah (Linfield) 29 
 
 William 29 
 Cutler, Hannah 1 1 1 
 
 John 111 
 
 Mary ( ) 1 1 1 
 
 Ruth 78 
 
 Thomas 78 
 Cutting, Isaac 19 
 Dagget, John 58 
 Davidson, Mary I-ancaster 
 
 21 
 Davis, Constance 80 
 Dawes, Sarah 88 
 
 Dayton, Marv( ,Haynes) 
 
 63 
 
 Ralph 63 
 Dennison, Major 87 
 Dewey, Capt. 68 
 Dexter, Benjamin 87 
 
 Ephraim 87 
 
 Lois 57, 87 
 
 Martha (Clark) 87 
 
 Mary (Miller) 87 
 
 Sarah (Vincent) 87 
 
 Thomas 86, 87 
 
 William 87 
 Dodge, Abigail 69, 93 
 
 Edith ( ) 93 
 
 Joseph 93 
 
 Margaret (Crockett) 93 
 
 Noah 93 
 
 Priscilla (Eaton) 93 
 
 Rebecca (Balch) 93 
 
 Richard 93 
 
 Sarah (Eaton) 93 
 Dolliver, William H . 40 
 Doty, Ruth (Mandell) 115 
 Dow, Henry 100 
 
Index. 
 
 139 
 
 Dow, Margaret ( ) 100 
 
 Downing, Benjamin 75 
 Dudley, P. 2S 
 Dunbar, Samuel 71 
 Dunsmore, John 60 
 
 Phinehas 60 
 Eaton, Christian (Peiin) 1 12 
 
 Priscilla 9,3 
 
 Sarah 93 
 Eliot, John 53, 72 
 Emerson, Daniel 94 
 Esten, Johanna [Joanl 91, 
 112 
 
 Thomas 112 
 Evarts, William M. 42 
 Fairbanks, Edward T. 48 
 Farnsworth, Mary 116 
 Farquhar, F. U. 3S 
 Farrar, Samuel 60 
 Farwell, Anna 94 
 
 Hannah 82, 105 
 
 Hannah (Learned) 104, 
 122 
 
 Hannah (Lovewell) 94 
 
 Henry 104. 105, 114 
 
 Joseph 104, 105, 122 
 
 Josiah 94 
 
 Olive ( ) 104 
 
 Susannah (Richardson) 
 105, 114 
 Fellows, John 81 
 Fenno, Abigail 1>2. Zl> 
 
 Benjamin 27-34, 40, 99 
 
 Debora (Ford) 40,84 
 
 Eliza Stearns (Crafts) 36, 
 55 
 
 Elizabeth 28, 29 
 
 Ephraim 28, 29 
 
 Jemimah 31-33 
 
 John25-30, 40. 61. 114 
 
 Joseph 28, 34-j6, 40, 83 
 
 Joseph Warren 36, 55 
 
 LuIaMay25,40 
 
 Marcellus Taylor 36, 40, 
 49 
 
 Margaret (Gibbons) 35, 83 
 
 Martha Washington 
 (Flint) 37, 49 
 
 Mary 28,36,40 
 
 Mary (Belcher) 30-32,99 
 
 Mary (Fenno) 36 
 
 Miriam 34 
 
 Moses 34 
 
 Rachel ( ) 61 
 
 Ralph 36, 40 
 
 Rebecca 25,26,28,29,31, 
 
 Rebecca ( ) 33 
 
 Rebecca (Tucker) 25. 29, 
 
 114 
 Reuben 34, 35 
 Samuel 31-36, 40, 84 
 
 Fenno, Susanna (Humphrey 
 
 40 
 Fisher, Nathaniel 85 
 
 Fiske, Martha ( ) 73 
 
 Flint, Ann ( ) 43 
 
 Asa 45 
 
 Christian (Reed) 43 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 43 
 
 Huldah (Hawes) 47, 72 
 
 James, 44-47, 86 
 
 Jerusha (Lillie) 47, 86 
 
 Joel 47, 72 
 
 John 43 
 
 Loammi Brainard 4749 
 
 58 
 Martha Washington 37,49 
 Mary Bradley (West) 47- 
 
 49,58 
 Mary (Hall) 44,47 
 Mary (Lamphere) 43 
 Mehitable 46 
 Samuel 4347 
 Sarah (Blackman) 44 
 Susannah (Gennings) 43 
 Thomas 43 
 Folsom, Gen. 52 
 Forbush, Charles A. 136 
 Ford, Andrew 84, 124 
 Deborah 40, 84 
 Deborah (Badlam) 84,95 
 Eleanor (Lovell) 84. 124 
 Hannah (Pratt) 84, 106 
 James 84, 95 
 
 Joanna ( ) 84 
 
 Nathaniel 84, 106 
 Foxcroft, Fra: 17 
 French, Alice 1 19 
 Dependence 29 
 Elizabeth 29 
 Minerva 42 
 Rebecca (Fenno) 29 
 F"ullam. Fra: 16 
 Gamer, Lydia 108 
 Gardner, Daniel 60 
 Gennings, Susannah 43 
 Gerrish. Samuel 35, 36 
 Gibbons, Fitch 83 
 Margaret 35. 83 
 Margaret (liowaid) S3 
 Naomi (Noves-Caldwell) i 
 83 ' ' 
 
 Gilbert, Elizabeth 100 
 Humphrey 100 
 
 Gill, Ann ( ) 99 
 
 Benjamin 72 
 John 25,99 
 Rebecca 99 
 Gilson, Jemima (Phillips) 
 
 69 
 Glover, Henry 28 
 Goddard, David 50, 51 
 Goodall. Robert 43 
 
 Goodhue, Mercy 88 
 Goodwin, Nathaniel H 
 Gookin. Daniel 12 
 Goole, Francis 123 
 
 Rose ( ) 123 
 
 Gordon, James 20 
 
 Miriam 79 
 Gould, Leah 89, 12 
 Gray, John 50 
 Gregg, Daniel 55 
 
 Gregory, Grace ( ) 20 
 
 Gulliver, Anthony 27, 2S 
 Hall, Mary 44. •17 
 Hammond, Benjamin 56 
 
 John 56 
 
 Nathaniel 57, 58 
 
 Priscilla 56 
 
 Priscilla (Spragiie) 56 
 
 William 56 
 Harriman.Elizabeth(.'^wan) 
 101, 111 
 
 Hannah 67, 101 
 
 Leonard 101 
 
 Margaret ( ) 10| 
 
 Mary (Caller) 101 
 
 Matthew 101. Ill 
 Harrington, Benjamin 19 
 
 Jonas 19 
 Harris, Hannah 32, i'l 
 
 Jerusha 32, 'i'i 
 Hart, John 95 
 Hasey, Sarah 73 
 Hasosome (Indian) 12 
 Hawes, Ann 71 
 
 Ann ( ) 71 
 
 Eleazer 71, 72,99 
 
 Esther (Smith) 72 
 
 Huldah 47, 72 
 
 Mary (Belcher) 71,99 
 
 Mary (Humphrey) 71, 117 
 
 Obadiah71, 109. 117 
 
 Rebecca (Cowen) 71, 109 
 
 Richard 71 
 
 William 72 
 Haynes, Aaron 42. 67 , 68, 79, 
 144 
 
 David 68 
 
 Elizabetii (Kingsbury) 67 
 
 Eunice 41, 6K 
 
 Guy C. 67 
 
 Hannah (Harriman) 67, 
 101 
 
 James 63-65 
 
 John 63 
 
 Jonathan 64-68, 90, 110 
 
 Joseph 65, 66 
 
 Margery (P.irmell-llurd) 
 68 
 
 Mary 65, 66 
 
 Mary ( ) 63 
 
 Mary (.Armstrong) 68.79 
 
 Mar)- (Moulton) bj 
 
I40 
 
 Index. 
 
 Haynes, Richard 64 
 
 Ruth (Page) 67,90 
 
 Sarah 64 
 
 Sarah (Ingersoll) 64 
 
 Sarah (Moulton) 65, 110 
 
 Thomas 64-68, 101 
 
 WiUiam 63-65 
 Hayward, Mercy 92 
 Henchman, Edmund 118 
 
 Ehzabeth 118 
 Higginson, Francis 30 
 Hobart, Caleb 27, 28 
 
 Peter 1 1 1 
 Hollard, Catliarine 77 
 Holmes, Mary 97 
 Horton, Alice (Knight) 59, 
 62,63 
 
 Ann 51,63 
 
 Asa 60 
 
 David 61, 62 
 
 Ebenezer 60 
 
 Enocli 62 
 
 Jonathan 63 
 
 Joseph 59, 62, 63 
 
 Mary (Badcock) 62 
 
 Mary (Knight) 60 
 
 Thomas 61, 62 
 Hovey, Abigail (Andrews) 
 87,88, 110 
 
 Daniel, 87, 88, 110 
 
 Dorcas (Ivory) 88 
 
 Elizabeth 78," 88 
 
 John 88 
 
 Mercy (Goodhue) 88 
 Howard, Margaret 83 
 
 Martha 75 
 Howe, Elizabeth (Woolson) 
 
 16 
 llowlett, Alice (French) 119 
 
 Rebecca ( ) 119 
 
 Sarah 81, 120 
 
 Thomas 119, 120 
 Hudson. Mary 53 
 Hull, Joseph 124 
 
 Humphrey, Frances ( ) 
 
 116 
 
 James 71, 116, 117 
 
 Jane (Clapp- Weeks) 116 
 
 Jonas 116 
 
 Mary 71, 117 
 
 Mary ( ) 117 
 
 Susanna 40 
 Hunt, Dorothy ( , Bar- 
 ker) 120 
 
 Enoch 120, 121 
 
 Ephraim 120 
 
 Sarah 106, 120, 121 
 Hurd, Margery (Parmell) 68 
 Hutchinson, Edward Zi 
 Hyde, Esther (Smith-Hawes) 
 72 
 
 Ichabod 72 
 
 Hyde, Samuel 99, 100 
 Sarah 9, 100 
 
 Temperance ( ) 99, 100 
 
 Hyland, Sarah 108 
 
 Thomas 108 
 Ingersoll, Sarah 64 
 Ingraham, Elizabeth 112 
 
 Richard 112 
 Ivory, Dorcas 88 
 Jaquith, Annes 102 
 Jenkins, Edward 108, 115 
 
 Hannah 108, 116 
 
 Lettice ( ) 116 
 
 Mary (Farnsworth-Rip- 
 ley) 116 
 Jewett, Esther 54 
 
 Hannah (Farwell-Cum- 
 mings) 105 
 
 Stephen 105 
 Johnson, AHce (Ward) 90 
 
 Cliarles 69 
 
 Edward 89, 121 
 
 Hannah 80 
 
 Hannah (Palfrey) 89 
 
 Hannah (Trask) 90 
 
 Isaac 26, 78 
 
 Mary 59,62,90 
 
 Marv (Reed) 89,90 
 
 Matthew 89, 90 
 
 Rebecca (Wiswall) 89 
 
 Susanna ( ) 89 
 
 Jones, James 16 
 
 Josiah 16 
 
 Mary (Woolson) 16 
 Jumpque, Jacob 12 
 Kenney, Ann ( ) 95 
 
 Elizabeth (Knight) 96 
 
 Eunice 85, 96 
 
 Henry 95, 96 
 
 Jonathan 96 
 
 Josiah 96, 97 
 
 Rebecca ( ) 96 
 
 Ruth (Tower) 96,97 
 
 Thomas 96 
 Kimball, Elizabeth (Gilbert- 
 Rayner) 100 
 
 Henry 100, 144 
 
 Margaret ( , Dow) 100 
 
 Martha 49, 100, 144 
 
 Marv (Wyatt) 100 
 
 Richard 100, 144 
 
 Ursula (Scott) 100 
 King, Dorothv( , Barker- 
 Hunt) 120 
 
 Ebenezer 19 
 
 John 120 
 Kingsbury, Elizabeth 67 
 Kinney, Josiah 86 
 Kinsley, Elizabeth 82, 123 
 
 Hannah (Brackett) 123, 
 124 
 
 Mehitable (Mowry) 102 
 
 Kinsley, Samuel 123, 124 
 
 Stephen 123 
 Knight, Abigail (Cragin) 58, 
 88 
 
 Alice 59, 62 
 
 Amaziah 59 
 
 Anna 60 
 
 Ebenezer 20, 58-60, 62, 90 
 
 Ehzabeth 20, 60, 96 
 
 Elizabeth (Boynton) 59 
 
 Eunice (Stearns) 61, 86 
 
 Hannah ( ) 58 
 
 Jolin 58, 61,88 
 
 Joseph 58 
 
 Levi 61, 86 
 
 Mary ( ) 58 
 
 Mary (Johnson) 59,62,90 
 
 Mathew 59 
 
 Rebecca Stearns 54, 61 
 
 Ruth 59 
 
 Sarah 59, 86 
 Ladd, Charles H.40 
 
 Samuel 66, 67 
 Lamphere, Mary 43 
 Learned, Goodith ( ) 121 
 
 Hannah 104, 122 
 
 Isaac 121, 122 
 
 Jane 121 
 
 Mary (Stearns) 121 
 
 William 121 
 Lee, Gen. 37, 39 
 Lillie, Ehsha 86, 97 
 
 George 86 
 
 Huldah (Tilden) 86,97 
 
 Jerusha 47, 86 
 
 Sarah (Knight) 86 
 
 Lincoln, Catherine ( ) 
 
 107 
 
 Elizabeth ( , Street) 
 
 107 
 
 Experience 85, 107 
 
 Experience (Briggs) 107 
 
 Samuel 107 
 
 Thomas 107 
 Linfield, David 29 
 
 Hannah 29 
 
 Hannah (Vinton) 29 
 Lockwood, Mary 98 
 Look, Elizabeth (Bunker) 
 56, 109 
 
 Jane [Jean] 56, 
 
 Sarah 109 
 
 Thomas 56, 109 
 Lovell, Eleanor 84, 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 
 
 Ellen 124 
 
 Nehemiah 95 
 
 Robert 124 
 Lovewell, Hannah 94 
 
 John 95 
 Lyons, Capt. 37 
 McGregore, Capt. 70 
 
 109 
 
 124 
 124 
 
Index. 
 
 141 
 
 Mahieu, Hester 119 
 
 Jennie ( ) 119 
 
 Mandell [Mendall], Hannah 
 97, 115 
 
 John 115 
 
 Mercy 115 
 
 Ruth 115 
 
 Sarah US 
 Mann, Rebecca ( ) 109 
 
 Richard 109 
 Marsh, Elizabeth ( ) 111 
 
 George 111 
 
 Hannah (Cutler) 111 
 
 Mary 90, 1 1 1 
 
 Onesiphorus 111 
 Martin, Aaron 46 
 
 Edward 92, 103, 104 
 
 Ephraim91,92, 113 
 
 Joanna 80, 92 
 
 Johanna [Toan] (Esten) 
 91, 112 
 
 John 91, 92, 112 
 
 Lois 81, 92 
 
 Marcy ( , Thurber) 92 
 
 Martha (Washburn) 92, 
 103 
 
 Mercy (Hay ward) 92 
 
 Rebecca (Peck) 92 
 
 Richard 91 
 
 Thankful (Bullock) 92, 
 113 
 Mason, Anna (Philhps) 52, 
 70 
 
 Hepsibah (Brooks) 51, 102 
 
 Jeremiah 41 
 
 John 52, 70 
 
 Lattice PhiHips42, 52 
 
 Martha (Barney) 52. 81 
 
 Mary (Butterworth) 51 
 
 Pelatiah51,52, 102 
 
 Perez 52, 81 
 
 Sampson 51 
 
 Zerviah (Ormsby) 52 
 Maxwell, Mary 79 
 Merrill, William F. 40 
 Michie, Peter S. 38, 40 
 Miller, Mary 87 
 Mirick, John 19 
 Mitchell, EHzabeth 103, 118 
 
 Experience 103, 118, 119 
 
 Jane (Cooke) 103,118,119 
 Morey, Col. 75 
 Moulton, Margaret (Page) 
 91, 110 
 
 Mary 65 
 
 Sarah 65, 110 
 
 William 90. 91, 110 
 Mowry, Mehitable 102 
 Mussiloway, Ann (Wheeler- 
 Chase) 49 
 
 Daniel 49 
 Myrick, John 19 
 
 Nash, John 98 
 Rebecca (- 
 
 -)98 
 
 Newton, John 63 
 Nixon, Thomas 72 
 Norcross, Richard 15 
 Noyes, Deborah(Savell) 83 
 
 Esther 83 
 
 John 83 
 
 Nicholas 83 
 
 Naomi 83 
 Nutting, Elizabeth (Phil- 
 hps) 69 
 Oliver, Peter 56 
 Ormsby, Zerviah 52 
 Osgood, James 82 
 Owansamug, Samuel 9-12 
 Packard, Mary 106, 122 
 
 Samuel 122 
 Page, Adela 29 
 
 Cornelius 90, 111 
 
 Deborah (Curtis) 29 
 
 Francis 90 
 
 Hannah 29 
 
 John 90 
 
 Lucy ( ) 90,91 
 
 Lydia (Bixby) 90, 102 
 
 Margaret 90,91. 110 
 
 Martha (Clough) 90 
 
 Mary (Marsh) 90, 111 
 
 Robert 90, 91 
 
 Ruth 67, 90 
 
 Samuel 29 
 
 Susanna 90 
 
 Thomas 90, 102 
 Palfrey, Hannaii 89 
 Parish, Mehitable (Flint) 46 
 
 Zebu Ion 46 
 Parke, William 95 
 Parker, Joshua 54 
 Parks, Frederick 24 
 Parmell, Margery 68 
 Parmeter, John 12 
 Parrot, Margaret 54 
 Patch, Esther (Jewett- 
 Craft) 54 
 
 Isaac 54 
 Patey, EHzabeth (Billing- 
 ton-Bullock-Beere) 112 
 
 Thomas 1 13 
 Pearce, Thomas 27 
 Peck, Jathniel 92 
 
 Peleg 81 
 
 Rebecca 92 
 
 Sarah (Smith) 92 
 Penn, Christian 112 
 Petemy, Andrew 9-12 
 Pettingill, Joseph 36 
 Phelps, .Sarah 44 
 Philips, John 34 
 
 Miriam ( Fenno) 34 
 Phillips, Abigail (Dodge) 
 69, 93 
 
 Phillips, Amos 69, 70,93 
 
 Ann 52 
 
 Anna 70 
 
 Anna (Cummings) 69, 70, 
 83 
 
 Elizabeth 69 
 
 I-saac 69 
 
 Jemima 69 
 
 John 69, 70, 83 
 
 Kezia 69 
 
 Lydia 69 
 
 Lydia ( ) 69 
 
 Mary 95, 107 
 
 Mary ( ) 106 
 
 Mary (Packard) 106, 122 
 
 Nicholas 106, 107 
 
 Richard 106, 122 
 
 Samuel 69 
 
 Seth 68, 69 
 
 Susanna 69 
 Phipps, Samuel 12 
 Pickering, John 37, 39, 43 
 Pitcher, .Mercy 79 
 
 Samuel 79 
 Poole, Jonathan 78 
 Potter, V'incent 95 
 I'ratt. Elizabeth ( ) 105 
 
 Hannah 84, 106 
 
 Hannah ( ) 106 
 
 Matthew 105. 106, 121 
 
 Sarah (Hunt) 106, 121 
 
 William 106 
 Prentice, Thomas 99 
 Prescott, William 54 
 Pressy, E. S. 23 
 Preston, Daniel 28 
 
 John 66 
 
 Mary (Haynes) 66 
 Powers, Wiliiani 68 
 
 Randall, Hannah ( , 
 
 Pratt) 106 
 
 Thomas 106 
 Ravner, Elizabeth (Gilb*^!) 
 
 ' 100 
 
 William 100 
 Read, Hannah 54 
 Redman, Kolx»rt 25 
 Reed. Christian 43 
 
 George 90 
 
 Hannah 53 
 
 Hannah (Rockwell) 90 
 
 Jonathan 54 
 
 Mary 89 
 Reeves, Margaret 55 
 Reid, George 70 
 Reneff. Thankful 113 
 Richardson, Ezekiel 102, 1 1.1 
 
 Josiah 113, 114 
 
 .Margaret 53 
 
 Remembrance (Under- 
 wood) 1 14 
 
 Susannah 105, 114 
 
142 
 
 Index. 
 
 Ri chardson,SusaniKih ( ) 
 
 102, 113 
 Richmond, Maitlia (Wash- 
 buin) 104 
 
 Robert 104 
 Riford, Joseph 8.3 
 Ripley, Abraiiam 116 
 
 Mary (Farnsworth) 116 
 Robbins, Leah SO, 79 
 
 Lydia (Adams) 79, 89 
 
 Mary (Maxwell) 79 
 
 Robert 79 
 
 Thomas 79, 89 
 Robinson, Lemuel 35 
 
 Samuel 68 
 
 Ursula (Adams) 53 
 
 WilHam S3 
 Rockwell, Hannah 90 
 Rones, Thankful 113 
 Rood, Lois 41 
 Rounds, Thankful 113 
 Rouse, Thankful 1 1 3 
 Koyall, Wm. 33 
 Rudd, Jonathan 41 
 Ruggles, Barbara ( ) 53 
 
 Dorcas 53 
 
 John 34, 35, S3 
 Russ, Hannah 1 1 1 
 Russell, Elizabeth ( )1I2 
 
 Elizabeth (Baker) 112 
 
 John 102, 111 
 
 Mary 102, 1 12 
 Salter, Charles 96 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 96 
 
 Samuel 59 
 
 Sarah 96 
 
 Sarah (Knight) 59 
 
 Susanna 96 
 Sanborn, John 91, 1 10 
 
 Margaret (Page-Moulton) 
 91, 110 
 Savell, Deborah '&i 
 Scannell, Alexander 70 
 Scott, Henry 100 
 
 Martha (Whotlock) 100 
 
 Ursula 100 
 Sewall, Samuel 71, 121 
 Shedd, Elizabeth 82 
 Shepard, Rebeckah (Fenno) 
 
 jIoj 
 Simpson, Thomas 69 
 Smith, Abijah 72 
 
 Amity 72 
 
 Esther 72 
 
 John 78 
 
 Ruth (Cutler) 78 
 
 Sarah 92, 10! 
 
 William 18 
 Somers, Henry 14 
 Soper, Justus 35 
 So Somett (Indian) 12 
 Spencer, Gen. 81 
 
 Sprague, Phineas 73 
 
 .Sarah (Hasey) 73 
 
 Priscilla 56 
 SpiuT, John 72 
 Standish, Myles 103, 119 
 Stearns, Elizabeth ( ) 85 
 
 Eunice, 61, 86 
 
 Eunice (Kenney) 85, 96, 
 97 
 
 Experience (Lincoln) 85, 
 107 
 
 Isaac 84, 85, 115, 121 
 
 Jonathan 85, 107 
 
 Mary 121 
 
 Mary (Barker) 85 
 
 Nathaniel 85, 86, 96, 97 
 
 Sarah (Beers) 85, 115 
 Stone, Benja. 70 
 Street, Elizabeth ( ) 107 
 
 Francis 107 
 Sullivan, Gen. 41 
 Sumner, George 28 
 
 Jabez 35 
 Swan, Elizabetli 101. Ill 
 
 Elizabeth (Acie) 111 
 
 Hannah (Russ) 111 
 
 Richard 110, 111 
 
 Robert 1 1 1 
 Tarbell, John 68 
 
 Thomas 68 
 Tenney, Hannah 50 
 Thorne, Adela (Page) 29 
 
 Edward 29 
 
 Mabel 29 
 Thurber, John 113 
 
 Mary 113 
 
 Marcy ( ) 92 
 
 Priscilla ( ) 113 
 
 Richard 92 
 Tibbetts, Elizabeth 41 
 Tilden, Elizabeth ( ) 97 
 
 Hannah (Mendall) 97, 115 
 
 Huldah 86, 97 
 
 Lettice (Turner) 97, 109 
 
 Lydia ( ) 97 
 
 Mary (Holmes) 97 
 
 Nathaniel 97, 115 
 
 Thomas 97, 109, 115 
 
 Tileston ( ) 27 
 
 Tinkham, Mercy (Mandell) 
 
 US 
 Torrey, Sarah ( Mandell) 1 1 5 
 Tower, Ruth 96 
 Trask, Hannah 90 
 Tray, Thomas 12 
 Tucker, Abigail (Fenno) 'il^ 
 
 Ashbel 46 
 Ebenezer 35 
 Elizabeth (Allen) 114 
 Ephraim 28 
 Rebecca 25, 29, 114 
 
 Tucker, Robert 25, 114 
 Turner, Hannah 116 
 
 Hannah (Jenkins) 108,116 
 
 Humphrey 108 
 
 Lettice 97, 109 
 
 Lydia (Gamer) 108 
 
 Sarah (Hyland) 108 
 
 Thomas 108, 109, 116 
 Tyler, Abigail 74 
 
 Daniel 76 
 
 David 75-77 
 
 Ebenezer 74-76 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 75 
 
 Jacob 74 
 
 James 74 
 
 Joanna 74 
 
 Job 72-74 
 
 John 41, 72, 74 
 
 Jonathan 74, 76, 77 
 
 Joshua 74 
 
 Judith ( ) 75 
 
 Katharine 74 
 
 Martha 74 
 
 Martha ( , Fiske) 73 
 
 Martha (Howard) 75, 76 
 
 Mary ( ) 72 
 
 Moses 73-75, 118 
 
 Phebe 58, 75 
 
 Prudence (Blake) 73, 118 
 
 Samuel 72 
 
 Sarah 74 
 
 Sarah (Ha.sey-Sprague) 73 
 Underwood, Remembrance 
 114 
 
 Sarah 114 
 
 Timothy 54 
 
 William 114 
 Upham, Catharine (Hollard) 
 77 
 
 Elizabeth 20, 78 
 
 Ehzabeth ( ) 77 
 
 Elizabeth (Hovey) 78,88 
 
 John 77, 78 
 
 Mary (Brown) 78 
 
 Phinehas 78 
 
 Ruth (Cutler-Smith) 78 
 
 Ruth (Wood) 78 
 
 Thomas 78, 88 
 Vaughn, Elizabeth (Hench- 
 man 118 
 
 George 103, 118 
 
 Mary 103, 118 
 Vincent, Sarah 87 
 Vinton, Elizabeth (French) 
 29 
 
 Hannah 29 
 
 Samuel 29 
 Vose, Thomas 33 
 Wadd, Anne 90 
 Wadlin, Jemimah (Fenno) 
 
 31-33 
 Wales, Nathaniel 41 
 
Index. 
 
 143 
 
 Walker, John 18 
 
 Wanton, Michael 108 
 
 Ward, Alice 90 
 
 Warring, Ebenezer 28 
 
 Washburn, Elizabeth( Mitch- 
 ell) 10.>, lis 
 James 104 
 John 103, 118 
 Jonathan 103, 104, 118 
 
 Margaret ( ) 103 
 
 Martha 92, 103, 104 
 Mary (Bowden) 104 
 Mary (Vaughn) 103, 118 
 Phihp 103 
 
 Wayte, Capt. 78 
 
 Weeks, George 116 
 Jane (Clapp) 116 
 
 Wentworth, Shubael 96 
 
 West, Abner 56, 109 
 Benjamin 57, 58, 75 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 56 
 
 Francis 55 
 
 Jean (Look-Cottle) 56, 109 
 Lois (Dexter) 57. 87 
 Margaret (Reeves) 55 
 Marv Bradlev 47. 48, 58 
 Phebe (Tyler) 58, 75 
 Priscilla (Hammond) 56 
 Thomas 55-57 
 Timothy 57, 58. 87 
 
 Wheeden, Edward 98 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 98 
 
 Sarah 98 
 
 Wheeler, Ann 49 
 
 Ann ( ) 122 
 
 John 122 
 
 Wheeler, Anne 122 
 
 Elizabeth 94 
 
 Elizabeth ( ) 94 
 
 John 49 
 
 Josiah 94 
 
 Sarah (Beers-Stearns) 85, 
 115 
 
 Thomas 85, 115 
 Wheelock, Ralph 53, 125 
 
 Rebecca 53, 125 
 
 Rebecca ( ) 53, 125 
 
 Whipple, Jonathan 50 
 White, Thomas 62 
 Whitney, Josiah 81 
 Whotlock, Martha 100 
 Wilder, Jonas 62 
 Willard, Daniel 13, 14 
 Williams, George 81 
 Winthrop, John 53, 119 
 Wiswall, John 89 
 
 Retecca 89 
 Witt, Ann 80, 120 
 
 John 120 
 
 Sarah ( ) 120 
 
 Wood, Ruth 78 
 Woolson, Amasa 21-25, 43, 
 129, 131-136 
 
 .-^masa Glenn 25, 129 
 
 Anna (Chase) 20, 51 
 
 Asa 19,20, 51, 59-61 
 
 Beulah 18 
 
 Charles Amasa 25, 40, 129, 
 136 
 
 Elizabeth 16 
 
 Elizabeth (Knight) 20. 
 60 
 
 Woolson, Elizalxth (Up 
 ham) 20, 78 
 
 Ephraim 18 
 
 Eric .\masa 129 
 
 George 136 
 
 Grace ( , Gregory) 20 
 
 Hannah IS 
 
 Hannah ( ) 17 
 
 Helen Ann 134 
 
 Joseph 15-20,78 
 
 Kenneth Hazen 129 
 
 Lula May (Fenno) 25,40 
 
 Marguerite Estein 25 
 
 Mary 16, 18 
 
 Mary Eliza (Baker) 21,24, 
 129, 135 
 
 Mary Lancaster (David- 
 son) 21, 134 
 
 Ruth Irene 129 
 
 Sarah 16 
 
 Sarah (Hvde)9.15-17, 100 
 
 Sybil 19 
 
 Thankful IS 
 
 Thomas 13-17. 100 
 
 William Dickenson 136 
 Worth, John 79 
 
 Lydia 79 
 
 Miriam (Gordon) 79 
 Wright, Capt. 54 
 
 Dorothy 29 
 
 Mal>el (Thome) 29 
 
 Willard 29 
 Wvatt, John iOO 
 
 Mary 100 
 
 Mary ( ) 100 
 
 Young, Samuel 70 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 While this work has been passing through the press it has 
 been found that Martha Kimball, who is given in the Pedigree 
 as the daughter of Richard,' was the gTand-daughter of Rich- 
 ard,' and daughter of Henry, as appears on page lOO. 
 
 On page 67, last line, for March 27, read March 25, which 
 is the date given in the History of Rensselaer Co., N. V., p. 
 375, as that of the death of the Rev. Aaron Haynes. March 
 27 may have been the date of his burial. 
 
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