Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass. by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860. ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth [All pages are not yet complete-more to come] _____________________________________________ p.644 Joshua Whitney, went early to Groton, Mass., where the births of three children are recorded. He afterwards lived some time in Watertown, whither he probably returned upon the outbreak of King Philip's War. He m. (1) Lydia ____. He m. (2) Mary ____. She died at Watertown Mar. 17, 1671-2 and he m. (3) at Watertown Sept 30, 1672, Abigail Tarball. His Will dated April 17, 1713 (note - Torrey has his death 1719 - p. 810-811), mentions several children, whose births are not recorded and the order of their births has not been ascertained. Children: 1. Joshua Whitney b. at Groton June 14, 1666. 2. Sarah Whitney b. at Groton Oct 10, 1668. 3. Mary Whitney b. at Groton July 1, 1675. 4. William Whitney b. at Watertown Feb 28, 1677-8; m. (1) Lydia ____ (Torrey p.811 has William Whitney b. 1678 m. (1) Lydia Perham (1673- 1716 Chelmsford/Watertown) Lydia died Jan 20, 1716 and he m. (2) Margaret ___? (not listed with Torrey) Children: 1. William Whitney b. May 5, 1701. 2. Lydia Whitney b. Dec. 26, 1710. 3. Joshua Whitney b. Nov 1, 1714. 4. John Whitney b. Jan 30, 1717-18. 5. Elizabeth Whitney b. Aug 12, 1719. 5. Cornelius Whitney, mentioned in his father's Will; was of Groton (see Caleb Butler, p.30* p.99 & p.444) m. Sarah ____ Insert - p.30 - Butler's Groton "Groton, Mar 23, 1721-2 "Then we, the subscribers laid out a fifteen acre right, originally Ralph Read's, now claimed by Cornelius Whitney. Signed by Zachariah Sawtell, Phinehas Parker & Nathaniel Woods, - Committee of the Proprietors of Groton" Children of Cornelius Whitney and his wife, Sarah ____: 1. Sarah Whitney b. April 17, 1715. 2. Abigail Whitney b. Dec 9, 1717. 3. Matthias Whitney b. May 26, 1720. 4. Mary Whitney b. Aug 20, 1722. 5. Joshua Whitney b. Dec 1, 1724. 6. Lydia Whitney b. April 23, 1729. 7. Sarah Whitney b. Jan 8, 1731-2. 6. David Whitney. 7. Martha Whitney. 8. Elizabeth Whitney. each mentioned in their fathe's Will. 9. a dau. ____ (Whitney) Hutchins mentioned in her father's Will; prob. was Abigial Whitney b. about 1673, wife of John Hutchins of Groton - five children, not listed*. *Butler in his History of Groton gives the names of John Hutchins and Abigail Farnsworth's children: John Hutchins and wife, Abigail Farnsworth had issue: 1. John Hutchins, Jr. b. Oct 13, 1693 [m. Abigail Whitney, Framingham: Torrey - p.406]. 2. Joshua Hutchins b. Nov 5, 1697; m. July 12, 1722, Sarah Shedd 3. Abigail Hutchins b. Sept. 14, 1698. 4. Elizabeth Hutchins b. Sept. 6, 1700. 5. Benjamin Hutchins b. Aug 17, 1705. 10. a dau. ____Woods mentioned in her father's Will was perhaps Alice Whitney the wife of Nathaniel Woods of Groton. 12 children. _____________________________________________ p.645 Benjamin Whitney. It appears by the Registry of Deeds, Vol. III, p. 451-2 that Benjamin Whitney first settled at York, Maine and in 1668, his father (Joshua Whitney) desired him to leave York and settle with him on the homestead during his lifetime, at Watertown promising him his house and barn and all his land about the home (about 17 acres, bounded north by John Sherman, east and south by William Bond; west by Martin Underwood. Which promise he confirmed by a deed, dated April 5, 1670. On March 9, 1670-1, Benjamin Whitney and his wife, Jane ____, with the consent of his father, sold to his brother, Joshua Whitney for £40., his right to his father's homestead, obtained as above stated. He probably moved to Sherburne soon after the above sale. He m. (probably) in York, Maine, Jane ____ who died at Sherburne on Nov 4, 1690. Only the births of two children are recorded, oneof whom was born at Watertown. It is probable that he had other children born at York, Maine or Sherburne and perhaps Benjamin Whitney of Framingham was his eldest child. Children besides Benjamin of Framingham - born at Watertown were: 1. Jane Whitney b. at Watertown Sept 29, 1669; m. at Sherburne, Mass., Jan 4, 1693-4, Jonathan Morse b. July 11, 1667, the eldest son of Lieut. Jonathan Morse and his wife, Mary (Barbour) Morse of Sherburne. 2. Joshua Whitney b. at Sherburne Sept 21, 1687. (Torrey has Benjamin Whitney (1643-1723) & 1st wife Jane ___ m. Nov 14, 1690 p.810) _____________________________________________ p.645 Nathaniel Whitney of Watertown who m. Mar. 12, 1673-4, Sarah Hagar, who died at Weston, Mass., May 7, 1746, "aged about 88 years." He died at Weston, Jan 7, 1732, "aged about 90 yrs." Children: 1. Nathaniel Whitney b. Mar 5, 1675-6; died Sept 23, 1730. 2. Sarah Whitney b. Feb 12, 1678-9; m. Jan 5, 1709-10, Jonathan Ball. 3. William Whitney b. May 6, 1683. 4. Samuel Whitney bap. July 17, 1687. 5. Hannah Whitney bap. March, 1688-9. 6. Elizabeth Whitney b. Dec 15, 1692. 7. Grace Whitney bap. at Weston, Mass., Dec 3, 1710 aged 10 yrs; died March 23, 1719-20. _____________________________________________ p.645 Joseph Whitney, m. Jan 24, 1674-5, Martha Beach. Children: 1. Joseph Whitney b. Aug 15, 1675; m. April 10, 1701, Hepzibah Flagg. 2. Martha Whitney b. Dec 20, 1677; d. 1702. 3. John Whitney b. July 29, 1680. 4. Isaac Whitney b. on the 10th and died March 20, 1681-2. 5. Isaac Whitney (again) b. Feb 4, 1682-3; died 1702. 6. Benjamin Whitney b. Jan 31, 1684-5 (Isaac Beach of Newton, his guard- ian). 7. Mary Whitney b. April 21, 1694; m. June 7, 1711, John Fiske, Jr. p.211 - Bond's Watertown John Fiske of the west precinct (Waltham) m. June 7, 1711, Mary Whitney. She died Feb 27, 1726-7 and he m. (2) Dec 14, 1727, Eliza- beth Chinery. He died at Worcester, Nov 1756 aged 75 and Elizabeth died the same year. Children: 1. Mary Fiske b. Dec 28, 1711; m. Nov 25, 1735, Samuel Hagar. 2. Abigail Fiske b. Nov 11, 1714; m. June 5, 1734, Stephen Sawin. 3. John Fiske b. June 10, 1716. 4. Sarah Fiske b. May 14, 1718. 5. Jonathan Fiske b. June 27, 1729; d. at Worcester, Jan. 8, 1781. 6. David Fiske b. June 16, 1734; d. at Worcester, Nov 23, 1777. 8. Sarah Whitney bap. June 20, 1697. Benjamin Whitney who married Mar 30, 1687, Abigail Hagar. (Barry says he had a 2nd wife, Elizabeth; that his Will proved 1736 mentions four children, viz.: Benjamin Whitney, Samuel Whitney, Joseph Whitney and Elizabeth (wife) Children: 1. Abigail Whitney b. May 3, 1688; m. Mar 18, 1717, Richard Sawtel. 2. Benjamin Whitney bap. July 10, 1698. 3. Ruth Whitney bap. July 10, 1698; m. July 7, 1715, John Bond. 4. John Whitney b. June 15, 1694. 5. David Whitney b. June 16, 1697. 6. Daniel Whitney b. July 17, 1700. Eleazer Whitney, a wheelwright, m. April 11, 1687, Dorothy Ross, dau. of James Ross of Sudbury. She died at Watertown, June 22, 1731. He resided at Sudbury in 1692. His children baptized in the 2nd church of Water- town by Mr. Angier. Children: 1. Sarah Whitney b. at Sudbury, 1688. 2. James Whitney who died at Watertown, Feb 12, 1697-8. 3. Thomas Whitney bap. at Watertown Jan 28, 1699-1700. 4. James Whitney (again) bap. Jan 28, 1699-1700; died young. 5. Mary Whitney bap. Jan 28, 1699-1700. 6. Dorothy Whitney bap. June 16, 1700. _____________________________________________ p.646 7. Eleazer Whitney bap. April 15, 1702; at town charge 1737 & 1738. 8. Elnathan Whitney bap. May 5, 1705. 9. James Whitney (again) bap. June 1, 1708. 10. Jonas Whitney bap. June 14, 1723. (?) Jonathan Whitney Jr. who m. Sarah ____ (prob. a dau. of Shadrach Hapgood late of Sherburne) He had a lot and built a house near Chestnut Brook in Sherburne about 1691 or 1692 (Barry) He, however, did not remain long in Sherburne, for his eldest seven children were born at Watertown. The 8th was born in Sherburne. He afterwards went to Concord where he died, leaving widow, Sarah. His Will was proved 1735. Children: 1. Sarah Whitney b. Mar 2, 1692-3; m. Nov. 1712, Jonathan Warren. 2. Jonathan Whitney b. Sept 27, 1694; died young. 3. Tabitha Whitney b. Aug 22, 1696; m. (1) Feb 28, 1715-16, Jacob Fulman of Weston, who d. (killed in Lovewell's Fight") May 8, 1725. (four children) she m. (2) April 19, 1726, George Parkhurst & had 5 children. 4. Shadrach Whitney b. Oct 12, 1698. 5. Jonathan Whitney b. Nov 25, 1700. (it is supposed that he was the Jonathan Whitney who died in Mendon, Mass., in 1755 (administration granted to Isaac Whitney, leaving widow Lydia and six children, viz: 1. Jesse 2. Jonathan 3. Sarah 4. David 5. Susanna Whitney who m. Isaac Tenney. 6. Lydia Whitney who m. Samuel Bowker. 6. Anne Whitney b. May 22, 1702; m. Mar 3, 1723-4, Ebenezer Cutler of Weston. 7. Amos Whitney b. May 1, 1705. 8. Zaccheus Whitney b. at Sudbury Nov 16, 1707. 9. Isaac Whitney mentioned in his father's Will; (? of Mendon) 10. Timothy Whitney, mentioned in his father's Will (? of Groton 1739) John Whitney of Framingham m. at Watertown April 10, 1688, Mary Hapgood dau. of Shadrach Hapgood of Sherburne. About 1694, he m. (2) Sarah ____ who died April 23, 1718; and he m. (3) Nov 10, 1718, Martha Walker who died Nov 14, 1721. Children: 1. Mary Whitney b. at Sherburne Mar 27, 1689; m. Feb 1, 1709, Daniel Moore. 2. Elizabeth Whitney b. at Framingham, Jan 29, 1690-1; m. Jonathan Willard. 3. James Whitney b. Dec 28, 1692. 4. Lydia Whitney b. April 18, 1695; m. Feb 4, 1713-14, Richard Haven. 5. Hannah Whitney b. Sept 27, 1697; m. Jan 23, 1722-3, Ezekiel Rice. Nathaniel Whitney, Jr., of Weston m. Nov 7, 1695, Mary Robinson who died Dec 31, 1740. Children: 1. Nathaniel Whitney b. Jan 23, 1695-6; d. Sept 23, 1730; m. June 22, 1722, Mary Child of Watertown (? dau of Joseph Child) Children: 1. Ephraim Whitney b. at Groton (birth recorded at Weston) June 2, 1723. 2. David Whitney bap. at Weston, Nov 6, 1726. 2. Sarah Whitney b. Mar 3, 1698-9; m. (published Aug 3, 1726) Ephraim Rice of Worcester. 3. Amos Whitney b. April 19, 1701. 4. Elizabeth Whitney b. July 23, 1702; adm. to church 1727; m. Daniel Bigelow and moved to Worcester. 5. Jonas Whitney b. Dec. 1703. 6. James Whitney b. Mar 2, 1704-5. 7. Susanna Whitney bap. June 17, 1711, aged 4 yrs. Had a dau. Mary b. Dec 29, 1732; m. May 31, 1736, Abraham Gregory. 8. Solomon Whitney bap. June 17, 1711, aged 3 yrs. 9. Samuel Whitney bap. June 17, 1711, aged 6 mos. 10. Ebenezer Whitney bap. April 25, 1714, aged ____ yrs. 11. Joshua Whitney bap. April 25, 1714, aged one month. William Whitney of Weston, Mass., who m. May 17, 1706, Martha Peirce. Children: _____________________________________________ p.647 1. William Whitney b. Jan 11, 1706-7 2. Judith Whitney b. Nov 15, 1708. 3. Amity Whitney b. Oct 6, 1712. 4. Martha Whitney b. April 4, 1716; m. (published Jan 6, 1734) Timothy Mossman of Sudbury. 5. Samuel Whitney b. May 23, 1719; (?) m. Oct 20, 1741, Abigail Fletcher. _____________________________________________ p.647 John Whitney of Weston, who m. Feb 22, 1703-4, Sarah Cutting, prob. the dau. of John Cutting. Children: 1. Isaac Whitney b. Sept 2, 1710; m. Feb. 3, 1729-30, Elizabeth Gale and had one child: 1. Elizabeth Whitney bap. July 19, 1741. 2. Zechariah Whitney b. Dec. 28, 1711. 3. John Whitney b. June 22, 1714; m. (published Jan 30, 1736-7) Bethia Cutter and he m. (2) Nov 28, 1754, Beria Peirce of Waltham. 4. Abraham Whitney b. Aug 8, 1716; (published June 17, 1741); m. Jan. 20, 1742-3, Tabitha Allen. Children: 1. Elisha Whitney b. Mar 2, 1743-4. 2. Simon Whitney b. Nov 21, 1745; died April 25, 1751. 3. Abigail Whitney b. April 23, 1751. 4. Levi Whitney b. May 16, 1750. 5. Sarah Whitney b. May 18, 1752. (Abraham Whitney of Sudbury and Sarah Adams, published at Weston Sept 2, 1771.) 5. Joseph Whitney b. Oct 2, 1719; m. (published Mar 11, 1743) Mary Child of Waltham. (Child, 44) Benjamin Whitney who m. Mar 1, 1709-10, Elizabeth Fiske. Children: 1. Joseph Whitney b. Dec 3, 1710; m. April 19, 1737, Mary Child (Child, 87.) Children: 1. Joseph Whitney b. Mar 13, 1737-8. 2. Joseph Whitney (again) b. Mar 13, 1738-9; (?) m. July 3, 1760, Elizabeth Goddard. 3. David Whitney b. Jan 21, 1740-1. 4. Jonathan Whitney b. April 12, 1743; m. Oct 10, 1765, Susanna Norcross. Children: 1. Susanna Whitney b. May 23, 1766. 2. Mary Whitney b. Jan 10, 1768. 3. Jonathan Whitney b. Dec 15, 1769. 4. Joseph Whitney b. June 16, 1774. 5. Samuel Whitney b. May 6, 1776. 5. Abijah Whitney b. Sept. 6, 1744; m. June 12, 1783, Lydia Stearns of Waltham. 6. a daughter bap. Nov 23, 1746. 2. Benjamin Whitney b. Sept 14, 1712; died Nov 13, 1713. 3. Samuel Whitney b. Nov 22, 1715; m. Mar 1, 1742-3, Mary Clark. 4. Elizabeth Whitney b. Mar 9, 1718-19; m. Nov 26, 1747, William McCune of Weston and had: 1. Lydia McCune b. Oct. 1748. 2. Isaac McCune b. May 31, 1750. Benjamin Whitney of Watertown who m. Rebecca ____. Children: 1. Mary Whitney b. July 12, 1733. 2. Benjamin Whitney b. Aug 25, 1736. 3. Rebecca Whitney b. Feb 4, 1738-9. 4. Samuel Whitney b. April 7, 1742. 5. Josiah Whitney b. June 17, 1746 (?4). 6. Henry Whitney bap. Jan 12, 1745-6 7. Lydia Whitney bap. Oct 18, 1747. 8. Sarah Whitney bap.Sept 10, 1749. John Whitney of Watertown, m. (1) Susan ____ and he m. (2) Bethia, the widow of Joseph Peirce. He moved to Westford, Mass. Children: 1. Susanna Whitney bap. May 31, 1730. 2. John Whitney bap. Mar 17, 1731-2; m. July 4, 1753, Mary Benjamin and had 1. Samuel Whitney, bap. June 6, 1756. 3. Jonathan Whitney bap. April 20, 1732. 4. Amos Whitney bap. Nov 10, 1734. 5. Abraham Whitney bap. Dec 7, 1735; m. July 10, 1766, Elizabeth Whitney. 6. Moses Whitney bap. Sept 3, 1738. 7. Ezekiel Whitney bap. April 12, 1741. 8. Stephen Whitney bap. Aug 14, 1743. p.648 9. Aaron Whitney bap. April 12, 1746. 10. Ruth Whitney bap. July 6, 1748. Ensign David Whitney of Waltham who m. Rebecca ____. His estate was devided April 30, 1745. Children: 1. Rebecca Whitney b. Nov 2, 1721; m. July 18, 1745, Thomas Stowell. 2. David Whitney b. Sept 25, 1723; died June 25, 1769; m. Mary (?Merriam) Children: 1. Mary Whitney b. Dec 22, 1751; m. April 19, 1769 William Wellington. 2. David Whitney b. July 9, 1753; died Mar 1, 1776. 3. Sarah Whitney b. Feb 8, 1756; m. Aug 28, 1776, Bezaleel Wright of "Murrayfield." 4. Ruth Whitney b. Jan 2, 1760; m. Dec 7, 1780, Roland Blackman of Weston. 3. Anna (Hannah) Whitney b. Aug 8, 1725. 4. Nathan Whitney b. Mar 12, 1726-7. 5. Ruth Whitney b. Feb 23, 1728-9; d. April 23, 1757. 6. Josiah Whitney b. Nov 22, 1730; d. Dec 3, 1800; of Waltham; m. June 15, 1762, Sarah Lawrence. She d. Sept 14, 1794 aged 59 yrs. Children: 1. Sarah Whitney b. April 18, 1763. 2. Josiah Whitney b. June 23, 1765; m. (published Jan 10, 1790) Mary Barrett of Ashby. After the birth of four children they were dismissed to the church of Ashby, Nov. 24, 1799. Children: 1. Josiah Whitney b. Mar 20, 1791. 2. Sally Whitney b. Mar 19, 1792. 3. Jonas Prescott Whitney b. Sept 22, 1793. 4. Mary Whitney b. Sept 14, 1796. 3. Rhoda Whitney b. Aug 22, 1768; m. May 8, 1794, Amos Smith. 4. Jonathan Whitney b. May 8, 1772. By his wife Sarah___ had: 1. Joseph Quincy Whitney b. 1805. 5. Anna Whitney bap. April 2, 1775. 6. Lucy Whitney bap. July 28, 1776. 7. Jonas Whitney b. June 25, 1733. 8. Jonathan Whitney b. Feb 10, 1735; died April 9, 1757. _____________________________________________ p. 648. Daniel Whitney of Watertown, m. Dorothy ____ who died Aug 7, 1788 aged 82 yrs. Children: 1. Benjamin Whitney b. April 12, 1723; by his wife, Deliverance had: 1. Henry Whitney b. Jan 8, 1745-6. 2. Sarah Whitney b. Sept 1, 1749. 3. Benjamin Whitney b. Feb 2, 1751-2. 3. Deliverance Whitney b. Nov. 20, 1757. 2. Abigail Whitney b. June 5, 1725; m. Mar 17, 1745, Edmund Fowle of Watertown. 3. Simon Whitney b. May 20, 1727; died Oct 16, 1797; m. May 26, 1757, Mary Ruggles who died Mar 12, 1773. Children: 1. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney b. Mar 19, 1759; Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk and Schoolmaster; m. Abigail, dau. of James & Abigail (Bradish) Frothingham b. May 24, 1760; d. Dec 17, 1833. Children: 1. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney b. May 27, 1782; of East Cambridge; m. Dec 1, 1806, Sally Stone. Children: 1. Nathaniel R. Whitney 2. Jonathan Stone Whitney 3. Alexander Whitney 2. Polly Whitney b. Feb 10, 1784. 3. James Bradish Whitney b. Mar 23,1786. 4. Francis Whitney b. june 29, 1788. 5. Hannah Whitney b. July 5, 1791. 6. George Call Whitney b. Aug 18, 1793. 7. William Whitney b. oct 20, 1795. 8. Simon Whitney b. oct 30, 1797. 9. John Whitney b. Oct 10, 1800. 2. Dorothy Whitney b. July 22, 1760; died 1761. 3. Mary Whitney b. Jan 10, 1762; died 1765. 4. Grace Whitney b. July and died Sept. 1763. 5. Lucy Whitney bap. Oct 25, 1767. *not birth date. 6. Anna Whitney bap. July 23, 1769. *not birth date. 7. Sarah Whitney b. Jan 25, 1773; m. Aug 29, 1792, Phinehas Jennison. 8. Simon Whitney b. April 12, 1778. 9. Richard Whitney b. Jan 12, 1782. 4. Joanna Whitney b. Sept 20, 1729; m. Sept 20, 1750 John Cooke. 5. Mary Whitney b. Sept 10, 1731. 6. Dorothy Whitney b. May 31, 1733; m. Sept 19, 1751, Nathaniel Coolidge. 7. Daniel Whitney b. Dec 7, 1735; of Waltham; m. Mary ____. Children: 1. Mary Kimball Whitney b. April 2, 1775. _____________________________________________ p.649 [Whitney] 2. Katherine Whitney b. Feb 21, 1777; m. Feb. 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker of Rutland. 3. Daniel Whitney b. Nov 8, 1778. 4. Charles Whitney b. Nov 16, 1780; m. ____ and had children: 1. Charles Whitney bap. July 15, 1810. 2. Ann Aspinwall Whitney bap. Oct 4, 1812. 3. James Frothingham Whitney bap. July 4, 1813. 4. Sarah Watson Whitney bap. Sept 7, 1818. 5. Martha Whitney. 6. Bradshaw Whitney bap. May 25, 1817. 5. Israel Whitney b. Aug 14, 1782. Married ____ Children: 1. Sarah Barnard Whitney bap. Feb 19, 1814. 2. Mary Ann Whitney bap. Feb 19, 1814. 6. Dorothy Whitney b. Aug 4, 1784; m. May 9, 1805, Nathaniel Bright. 7. Grace Whitney b. Jan 6, 1789. 8. Elisha Whitney b. July 21, 1792. 8. Joshua Whitney b. April 3, 1737; m. Jan 26, 1759, Mary Clarke of Newton. 9. Henry Whitney b. Dec 3, 1738; m. Jan 5, 1769, Hannah Tombs of Newton. Children: 1. Benjamin Whitney b. Mar 10, 1769 or 1770. 2. Lydia Whitney who died Dec 28, 1776 age 3 years. 3. Anna Whitney who died Dec 27, 1776 aged 3 years. 4. Hannah Whitney who died Dec 24, 1776 aged 17 months. 10. Israel Whitney b. Aug 6, 1741; m. Jemima ____. His estate was divided 1792. It adjoined the dower of widow Abigail Fowle. Children: 1. Anna Whitney born and died 1767. 2. Jemima Whitney b.July 23, 1768. 3. Mary Whitney b. Feb 22, 1770. 4. Dorothy Whitney b. Nov 10, 1771. 5. Israel Whitney b. Mar 7, 1774; died Sept. 1775. 11. Lydia Whitney bap. 1743. 12. Grace Whitney b. Oct 22, 1744; m. Sept 30, 1765, Josiah Biscoe. 13. Elisha Whitney b. Feb. 27, 1747; grad. Harvard Coll. 1766; was a physician of Hamilton and Beverly; M.M.S.S.; died 1807. 14. Lucy Whitney b. June 30, 1749; m. May 22, 1766, Benjamin Dana of Cambridge. Elnathan Whitney of Waltham m. Sarah ____ who died Oct 22, 1756 aged 54 yrs; he died April 18, 1759. Children: 1. Elnathan Whitney who died Mar 8, 1729-30. 2. John Whitney b. Mar 3, 1730-1; m. May 31, 1753, Mary Benjamin. 3. Aaron Whitney b. July 15, 1734. 4. Samuel Whitney b. June 16, 1736; died young. 5. Ebenezer Whitney b. Mar 9, 1738-9. [? the "Ebenezer of Sutton" who m. Oct 4, 1762, Abigail Brown of Weston ] 6. Elnathan Whitney (again) b. Mar 28, 1741. 7. Sarah Whitney b. Feb 13, 1745-6. 8. Samuel Whitney b. Dec 28, 1751. James Whitney who m. Nov 8, 1722, Mercy Flagg. Children: 1. Mercy Whitney b. Sept 5, 1723. 2. Abigail Whitney b. Mar 17, 1725-6. 3. Lydia Whitney bap. Mar 30, 1729. 4. Allen Whitney b. Oct. 19, 1731; died 1736. 5. Eunice Whitney b. May 3, 1734; died 1736. 6. Eunice Whitney (again) b. Jan. 9, 1737-8; died 1740. 7. Allen Whitney b. May; died Dec. 1740. 8. James Whitney b. Oct 26, 1743. James Whitney of Framingham who m. (1) Feb 2, 1714-15, Martha Rice. They were dismissed to Sherburn Church Mar 28, 1728, where he was chosen Deacon and where he m. (2) 1732, Elizabeth Twitchell. She died Mar 31, 1782 aged 85 yrs and he d. April 10, 1770 aged 77 yrs. Children: 1. John Whitney b. April 10, 1716; m. Feb 8, 1738-9, Abigail Perry of Sherburn and he died in Framingham 1741. Will dated Oct 31; prob. s.p. 2. James Whitney b. June 4, 1718; m. Mar 18, 1741-2, Patience Leland and had, at Framingham: 1. John Whitney b. Mar 10, 1742-3. 2. Joseph Whitney b. at Sherburn, Mar 7, 1745. 3. Martha Whitney b. Aug 16, 1747. 3. Mary Whitney b. May 12, 1720. 4. Martha Whitney b. Nov 9, 1721. 5. Micah Whitney b. June 4, 1725. 6. Ezra Whitney b. Feb 22, 1730. 7. Daniel Whitney b. Dec 13, 1733. _____________________________________________ p.649 Solomon Whitney of Weston, m. March 5, 1731-2, Martha Fletcher _____________________________________________ p.650 of Concord. He probably resided in that part of Weston which became a part of Lincoln, Mass. Children: 1. Solomon Whitney bap. Dec 14, 1735; m. at Lincoln, June 14, 1761, Mary Fay. 2. Sarah Whitney bap. Aug 28, 1737. 3. Sarah Whitney (again) bap. Nov 5, 1738. 4. Lois Whitney bap. Jan 1, 1743-4; m. at Lincoln, Nov 19, 1771, Richard Davis. 5. Abigail Whitney bap. Mar. 1, 1740-1. 6. Martha Whitney b. at Lincoln, May 14, 1754. Samuel Whitney of Weston who m. April 8, 1735, Elizabeth Hastings and moved to Shrewsbury about 1743. Children: 1. Elizabeth Whitney b. Nov 30, 1735; died young. 2. Elizabeth Whitney (again) b. Feb 26, 1738; m. April 24, 1754, Joseph Mixer, Jr. 3. Samuel Whitney b. Sept 23, 1739; m. 1762, Phebe Harrington, dau. of Isaac Harrington of Grafton. He moved to New Marlboro, Vermont. Children: 1. Catherine Whitney b. May 5, 1763. 2. Elizabeth Whitney b. Aug 26, 1764. 3. Moses Whitney b. Oct 20, 1765; died in infancy. 4. Moses Whitney (again) b. Jan 26, 1767. 5. Guilford Whitney b. Jan 2, 1769. 4. Lydia Whitney bap. Mar 22, 1740-1; died Oct 3, 1745. 5. Nathaniel Whitney bap. Dec 5, 1742; d. Nov 19, 1744. 6. Lucy Whitney b. at Shrewsbury Aug 27, 1744 m. July 14, 1762, Asaph Sherman of Grafton. 7. Lydia Whitney b. June 1, 1746; m. Nov 3, 1767, William Britton of Rutland. 8. Susanna Whitney b. Feb 26, 1748; m. Oct. 4, 1768 John Bellows Jr. of Southboro, Mass. and afterwards of Shrewsbury. 9. Nathaniel Whitney b. May 30, 1749; m. Jan. 21, 1771, Mary Houghton of Lancaster, and settled at New Marlboro, VT. 10. Jonas Whitney b. June 14, 1751; m. Jan 11, 1773, Tamar Houghton, sister of his brother Nathaniel's wife, and settled at New Marlboro, Vt. 11. Sarah Whitney b. July 15, 1753; m. 1777, John Fisher of Lynn, Mass. 12. Eliphalet Whitney bap. May 4, 1757; m. Aug 12, 1776, Lois Houghton of Lancaster & settled at New Marlboro, VT. 13. Martha Whitney bap. Aug 5, 1759. William Whitney of Weston who m. (1) at Sudbury, Sept 10, 1735, Hannah Harrington. She died in childbed, April 30, 1740 and he m. (2) Mar 30, 1742, Mary Peirce. She died Feb 23, 1756, and he m. (3) Aug 12, 1756, Margaret Spring. He m. (4) (published Jan 14, 1763) Mrs. Sarah Davis of Brookline. Children: 1. William Whitney b. April 10, 1736; m. June 4, 1762, Mary Mansfield. Children: 1. William Whitney b. June 26, 1764. 2. Hannah Whitney b. Feb 16, 1737-8; m. April 25, 1757, Henry Spring of Weston. 3. Phinehas Whitney b. April 23, 1740; grad. Harvard Coll. 1759; was ordained at Shirley, Mass., June 23, 1762; the first settled minister, and continued in that office more than fifty years (see Caleb Butler - p.367-369 and p. 497. - see insert below) He m. (1) at Weston, April 28, 1762, Miriam Willard of Harvard, Mass. She d. Mar 20, 1769 and he m. (2) 1770, Lydia Bowes. She d. Oct 11, 1805 and he m. (3) the widow Jane Garfield who d. Mar 4, 1824. He died 1819. Children: 1. Thomas Whitney b. Mar 18, 1771; died Jan 18, 1844; m. Henrietta Parker 2. Nicholas Bowes Whitney b. Mar 21, 1772; d. Nov 6, 1835; m. Nancy Adams 3. Lydia Whitney b. Sept 8, 1773; m. John Watson. 4. Elizabeth Whitney b. Nov 8, 1775; m. Dr. Amos Parker. 5. William Whitney b. Oct 30, 1778; d. Jan 30, 1837; m. (1) Betsey Fiske and m. (2) Martha Simonds. 6. Rebecca Cook Whitney b. Sept 2, 1781; m. William B. Meriam. 7. Phinehas Sullivan Whitney b. July 6, 1785; m. (1) Lucy Cobb. He m. (2) Julia Ann Robinson. 8. Sarah Whitney b. Dec 19, 1787. 9. Clarissa Whitney b. Dec 2, 1790; m. Henry Isaacs. _____________________________________________ p.651 [Whitney] 10. Charles Whitney b. Jan 2, 1794; d. Oct 6, 1824; m. Dolly Davenport. 4. Mary Whitney bap. Dec 17, 1742. 5. Mary Whitney (again) b. Dec 11, 1744; m. May 29, 1777, Amos Fiske of Waltham. 6. Sarah Whitney b. Sep 6, 1736. 7. Nathaniel Whitney b. May 1, 1748; died Oct 10, 1751. 8. Joel Whitney b. Dec 22, 1749; died the next February. 9. Susanna Whitney b. Dec 23, 1751; m. May 14, 1778, Isaac Mead. 10. Abigail Whitney b. Dec 30, 1753; m. May 14, 1778, Samuel Custis of Marlborough. ---------------------------- Insert: Subject: Phinehas Whitney, Minister of Shirley, MA Source: History of Groton by Caleb Butler 1848 Chapter XX p.367 Mr. Whitney's ministry exceeded half a century. It was peaceful, harmonious, prosperous. The only controversy he had with his people, and that seems to have been conducted with friendly feelings on both sides, was respecting the competency of his support. His salary at his ordination was fixed at 66 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 d. This, at the time, Mr. Whitney acknowledged to be liberal. But as the Revolutionary War soon after commenced, deranging the currency, and enhancing the price of the necessaries of life, that sum paid in paper currency was evidently inadequate to his support. Several communications passed on the subject between the pastor and the people, and the matter was finally adjusted to the satisfaction of the parties by some temporary grants and a method of equalizing the salary by the price of grain. During his ministry, one hundred and thirty-seven persons were admitted to the church in full communion; one hundred and ten acknowledged the baptismal covenant; eight hundred and forty-one persons were baptized. No record of marriages is found. Having suffered several years from a paralytic affection, and arrived at the age of almost 80 years, he expired, December 13, 1819. His family are named in the list of families in the Appendix. (see p. 497, below) Mr. Whitney was a prudent manager of his temporal affairs; so that, notwithstanding the smallness of salary, he provided well for the education of his children and left them some property. He was one of the trustees of Groton Academy from its foundation till his death, and patronized science and literature. His standing among the clergymen of his time and vicinity was respectable, and he was often called to take part in ecclesiastical councils, and to deliver occasional discourses, some of which were published. In his religious sentiments, he was liberal, as were most of the clergy with whom he associated. He was a kind parent, affectionate husband andfaithful friend. p.497 - Hist. of Groton - Caleb Butler, 1848 Reverend Phinehas Whitney m. Meriam Willard. He m. (2) Lydia Bowes and m. (3) Jane Garfield, widow. He died December 13, 1819 Meriam Willard died March 20, 1769 Rev. Whitney m. (2) in 1770 Lydia Bowes d. Oct 11, 1805. Rev. Whitney m. (3) Jane Garfield who died March 4, 1824. 1. Thomas Whitney b. Mar 19, 1771 m. Henrietta Parker; died Jan 14, 1844. 2. Nicholas Bowes Whitney b. March 21, 1772, m. Nancy Adams; died Nov 6, 1835. 3. Lydia Whitney b. Sept 8, 1773, m. John Watson. 4. Elizabeth Whitney b. Nov 8, 1775, m. Dr. Amos Parker. 5. William Whitney b. Oct 30, 1778, m. Betsey Fisk and Martha Simonds; died Jan 30, 1837. 6. Rebecca Cook Whitney b. Sept 2, 1781, m. William B. Meriam. 7. Phineas Sullivan Whitney b. July 6, 1785, m. Lucy Cobb and Julia Ann Robinson. 8. Sarah Whitney b. Dec 19, 1787. 9. Clarissa Whitney b. Dec 2, 1790, m. Henry Isaacs. 10. Charles Whitney b. Jan 2, 1794 m. Dolly Davenport; died Oct 6, 1832. End, insert - Hist. of Groton - Caleb Butler, 1848 ------------------------ _____________________________________________ p.651 [Whitney] Ezekiel Whitney m. Dec 6, 1763, Catherine Draper of Roxbury. Children: 1. Ezekiel Whitney b. April 13, 1768, married _____and had at Watertown: 1. Frank Whitney bap. June 2, 1793. 2. Leonard Whitney bap. June 2, 1793. 3. Abigail Whitney bap. Sept 14, 1794. 4. Otis Whitney bap. Aug 12, 1798. He married (2) May 19, 1769 - Catherine Anson. 2. Francis Whitney b. Sept 23,1771. 3. Amasa Whitney b. May 4, 1774. 4. Catherine Whitney b. Mar. 4, 1777; m. Feb 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker of Rutland. 5. Aaron Whitney b. June 20, 1780. Stephen Whitney who m. May 10, 1770 Relief Stearns. They moved from Watertown to Lunenburg, Mass., about 1783, to live with her uncle, Col. Abijah Stearns who had no children. Their children: 1. Stephen Whitney b. at Watertown Jan 25, 1771; m. Sally, the dau. of Dr. Dexter, of Marlboro. Children: 1. William B. Whitney b. 1803, m. Harriet Hawks of Lancaster. Children: 1. William Stephen Whitney. 2. Maria Whitney. 3. William Whitney. 4. Sarah E. Whitney. 5. John H. Whitney. 6. Edmund C. Whitney 7. William Whitney (again) 8. Frances H. Whitney 9. Georgiana Whitney. 10. Marietta Whitney. 2. Eliza Dexter Whitney b. June, 1805; m. 1824, Augustus Peirce, a cabinet maker of Leominster. Children: 1. Theodore Peirce b. 1825. 2. Fidelia Peirce b. 1828. 3. Sally Whitney b. Feb. 1807. 4. Susan Whitney b. Aug 10, 1810; m. 1829, Emerson Hills, a cabinet- maker of Leominster. Children: 1. Juliette Hills b. June 4, 1831. 2. Relief Whitney b. at Watertown, Nov. 11, 1773; m. June 19, 1803, Asa Tarball, a miller, of Groton, Mass., born 1772. Children: 1. Edmund Tarball b. April 26, 1804, a jeweller; m. Feb. 1831, Sophia, dau. of Silas Smith of Westminster. Children: 1. Anna S. Tarball. 2. Edmund Tarball. 3. Josephine B. Tarball. Sophia (Smith) Tarball died March, 1844 and he m. (2) Hannah Smith. 2. Nancy Tarball b. Jan 6, 1806; m. June 5, 1830, J. J. Bigelow, a goldsmith of Boston. 3. Charles Tarball b. Dec 3, 1807; m. May 20, 1834, Sarah B. Jewett and settled in Gardner, Maine. Children: 1. Helen Tarball. 2. Henrietta Tarball. 3. Charles Tarball. 3. Lucy Whitney b. at Watertown Oct 17, 1774; m. Mar 5, 1797, Solomon Day a harness-maker of Fitchburg, b. Oct 23, 1769; d. Mar 3, 1837. Children: 1. Abigail B. Day b. Mar 12, 1799; died Nov. 1818. 2. Stephen Whitney Day b. Feb 28, 1801; married and had one child who died. 3. Lucretia Day b. April 19, 1803; a teacher in Boston. 4. Mary Ann Day b. May 25, 1805; m. Levi Dawn, a surveyor of Fitch- burg, b. Aug 7, 1804. Children: 1. Leonard Dawn 2. Elizabeth A. Dawn 3. Rufus S. Dawn 4. Edward P. Dawn 5. Julia M. Dawn. 5. Lucy Whitney Day b. Sept 10, 1807; m. Jan. 1832, Alvan Simonds, b. Dec 10, 1807; a cashier of the Mechanic Bank, South Boston. Children: 1. Thomas C. Simonds b. Jan 20, 1833. 2. Edward A. Simonds b. Dec 4, 1834. 3. Alvan A. Simonds b. Oct 19, 1836. 4. Joseph H. Simonds b. June 3, 1839. 5. Lucy A. C. Simonds b. Dec 15, 1843; died 1844. 6. Lucy E. Simonds b. Mar 3, 1845. 6. Relief E. Day b. Aug 16, 1813; died June 1835. _____________________________________________ p.652 4. Abijah Whitney b. at Watertown, Aug. 10, 1776; m. Feb 6, 1812; Betsey Whitney b. April 1, 1788, dau. of Jonas Whitney, Esq., of Westminster, Mass. Children: 1. Benjamin Hurd Whitney b. Oct 15, 1813; m. May, 1836, Mary, the dau. of Abel Butters of Lunenburg, Mass. She died Oct 3, 1840 and he m. (2) Nov. 1844, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Phelps of Lunenburg. 2. Charles Stearns Whitney b. Oct 16, 1816; died April 18, 1833. 3. Susan Whitney b. Dec. 23, 1820; died. 4. Joseph Whitney b. Feb 21, 1823; died Sept. 1825. 5. Francis Wolf Whitney b. July 15, 1825. 6. Mary Elizabeth Whitney b. July 19, 1828. 7. Martha Cunningham Whitney b. Feb 6, 1831. 5. Lois Whitney b. Jan 26, 1779; m. Francis Wolf of Boston. Children: 1. Louisa Wolf who m. Joseph Hunting of Boston. Children: 1. Louisa Hunting. 2. Joseph Hunting. 3. George Hunting. 4. Lucretia Hunting. 5. Henry Hunting. 2. Francis W. Wolf, a bookbinder of New York; married and had children. 3. Susan Wolf who m. Isaac Tole, a carpenter of Boston. 6. Nancy Whitney b. at Watertown, Oct 15, 1782; res. with her brother, Prentiss Whitney; unmarried. 7. Polly Whitney b. Nov. 1783; m. 1814, Joseph Burns of Milford, N.H. three children who died. 8. Lucretia Whitney b. Oct 14, 1785; m. Robert Cunningham, a carpenter of Boston, who soon after died. 9. Prentiss Whitney b. Nov 2, 1787; formerly an auctioneer, of Boston, removed to Gardner, Maine. He m. 1814, Sylvia, dau. of Joseph Bicknel, formerly of Abington, Mass. Children: 1. Sylvia Whitney who m. ___ Townsend of Buffalo. 2. Mary Whitney. 3. Edward Whitney 10. Sukey Whitney (Susanna) b. Aug 16, 1789; died 1807. Also: John Whitney of Stow & Elizabeth Barnard, married at Watertown, Mar 2, 1709-10. Mary Whitney who m. at Watertown, Oct 26, 1716, Abraham Chamberlin of Roxbury. Uriah Whitney of Natick and Lydia Mason married at Watertown Nov 11, 1747. Abraham Whitney & Mary Mead m. at Watertown Dec 3, 1772. Mary Whitney & John Woodbridge of So. Hadley, Mass. m. at Watertown, June 10, 1762. Polly Whitney & John Dudley of Lincoln, m. at Watertown Aug 29, 1793. Moses Whitney and Jane Polly m. at Watertown, Sept 11, 1796. Sukey Whitney & Jeremiah Knowlton, m. at Watertown April 13, 1800. Susanna Whitney & John Warren, m. at Watertown, July 27, 1749. Samuel Whitney & Mary Clarke, m. at Watertown, Mar 1, 1742-3. Jonathan Whitney of Framingham & Eunice Marshall, m. at Waltham June 15, 1758. Mary Whitney & Abraham Bemis who m. at Waltham, Mar 7, 1768. Amos Whitney of Watertown who m. Jan 17, 1811, Martha Priest of Waltham. _____________________________________________ p.656 [Page] Edward Winn of Woburn m. for his 2nd wife, Anna, relict of Nicholas Wood of Boggestow (Sherburne) and previously widow of William Page, Jr. of Watertown where was his wife's estate. The Will of his widow, Anna dated Sept 9, 1685, proved Nov 1, 1686 gave John Coolidge £5; deacon Henry Bright, £5; brother-in-law, Gleason 40 shillings; kinsman, Thomas Gleason, 20 shillings; wife of Thomas Pratt, 20 shillings and bequests to her kinsmen, Joseph, John, Philip, Isaac, William, Mary and Anne Gleason. _____________________________________________ p.656 [Winn] Edward Winn of Woburn, m. (for his 2nd wife) Anna, the relict of Nicholas Wood of Boggestow* (Sherburne) and previously the widow of William Page Jr* of Water- town and moved to Watertown where was his wife's estate. His Will dated Watertown, May 6, proved Oct. 6, 1682 mentions son Increase; Sarah, dau. of his son, Joseph; 3 youngest children of "my son Moses Cleave- land;" 3 youngest children of "my son George Polly." Inventory Sept 11, 1682 by Deacon Josiah Convers & Ensign James Convers of Woburn, where his estate was) £160. 4. 6. The Will of his widow, Anna, dated Sept 9, 1685, proved Nov 1, 1686, gave John Coolidge £5; Deacon Henry Bright, £5.; brother-in-law, Gleason 40 shillings; kinsman Thomas Gleason 20 shillings; wife of Thomas Pratt, 20 shillings; and bequests to kins- men, Joseph, John, Philip, Isaac, William, Mary & Anne Gleason. Edwin Winn of Woburn m. Jan. 3, 1697/8, Mary Stratton of Watertown. 2. Phebe Page m. about 1662, then past her prime, James Cutler. Her youth had not been unblemished. 3. Daniel Page buried August 10, 1634. 4. John Page Jr. b. 1630, adm. freeman 1652; m. at Groton, Mass., Faith Dunster. She died April 3, 1699 and he signed a marriage contract with the widow of Emory Lamb of Boston, Sept. 5, 1699, to be married that day. On June 6, 1702, they executed an indenture with Samuel Phipps of Charlestown and John Hammond of Watertown "for use of his wife." He went to Groton about 1662; in that year sold land in Watertown which he had bought of his father, John Sr., and the next year he, then of Groton, sold 40 acres of land in Watertown to Deacon Thomas Hastings. In 1700 to 1703 he sold 8 lots of land in Groton to his son, Jonathan Page and in 1708 sold land in Groton to John Page. He did not continue to reside in Groton. His son Jona- than was born at Watertown and he was probably the son who respresented Watertown in 1700. Children: 1. John Page b. in Groton Dec 10, 1669. 2. Samuel Page b. in Groton June 4, 1672. 3. Mary Page b. in Groton Jan 9, 1674/5; (m. ? ____Boardman). 4. Jonathan Page b. in Watertown June 24, 1677; by wife Mary had 8 children in Groton, where he died Oct 10, 1751 aged 74 (see Butler, p. 420). _____________________________________________ p.682 [Bigelow] John Bigelow, Senr. was born in 1617, according to his age, given as a witness in Court. His Will, dated January 4, 1702, 3, mentions his wife (not named); sons John ("the eldest"), Jonathan, Daniel, Samuel, Joshua; daughters Mary Flagg, Elizabeth Sternes; children of dau. Sarah Larned, daughters Abigail Harrington and Martha Woods. Son Joshua and son-in-law Isaac Larned, executors. Capt. Benjamin Garfield, overseer. The Inventory of his real estate, dated July 16, 1703. House and about 13 acres of land, 160 pounds; 20 acre Dividend land 15 pounds; 6 acres of meadow, east of Beaver Brook, 20 pounds; 5 acres at Four Mile Brook, 10 pounds; part of estate left by the widow's father, Bemis, to his daughter Sarah, relict of the deceased, not really known. The administrator's account mentions payment of legacies to children of John Stearns and children of Obadiah Wood. Also a charge of two shillings for a man and horse to notify John Stearns at Billerica, to attend the funeral. Also 3 shillings for a man and horse to Sherburne to notify Isaac Larned and wife to attend the funeral. As there is no reference to a son James, or his family in the father's Will, it might raise a doubt whether John had such a son; but the record of his marriage, by Reverand Mr. Bailey, must remove all doubt. "Upon the 25 March, 1687, at my own house in Watertown, I married James Begalow, the son of John Begalow, and Patience Brown, the daughter of Jona. Brown, with their parents full consent, being legally published." etc. For information concerning Major John Bigelow, see note in Hinman, p.211. He did not belong to the expedition to Canada in 1775, under Arnold. It was Major Timothy Bigelow who belonged to that expedition. _____________________________________________ p.687 [Sparhawk] Bethia Bond b. 1693 m. Nathaniel Oliver of Cambridge, b. Feb. 1, 1685, son of Deacon Thomas Oliver, Esq & Mary (Wilson) Oliver of Cambridge; grandson of Rev. John & Elizabeth (Newgate) Oliver of Rumney Marsh and great grandson of Elder Thomas Oliver of Boston, who came to New England in 1631. She died a widow December 1784 aged 81 yrs. The Boston News Letter of December 22, announcing her death, says "her only child Mary is the amiable consort of Thomas Sparhawk, Esq." Thomas & Mary (Oliver) Sparhawk had son Thomas Sparhawk b. Mar 16, 1736-7 who grad. Harvard Coll. 1755. Jonathan Fuller of Newton, uncle of Bethia Bond be- queathed £2 to the wife of Nathaniel Oliver. (see also Jackson's History of Newton, pp. 279, 331, 373 and 374) _____________________________________________ p.673 [Abbott] John Abbott b. Aug 26, 1662, son of George and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott of Andover, m. Jemima ____and settled at Sudbury about 1696. Children, born at Sudbury: 1. Jemima Abbott b. Oct 10, 1699 m. at Watertown, Dec 12, 1717, Nathaniel Norcross. 2. John Abbott, b. Oct 3, 1701, m. at Lexington Oct 18, 1721, Elizabeth Phipps, of Lexington & settled in Conn. 3. Sarah Abbott b. Sept 10, 1704, m. at Watertown Mar 19, 1723-4, Nathaniel Williams of Cambridge. 4. Mary Abbott who m. ____ Wheeler. 5. Hannah Abbott b. 1710 m. at Watertown, John Cady of Tolland, CT. It was probable that their dau. Hannah Cady m. at Tolland, William Shurtleff John Abbott, millwright of Watertown was apptd. to a committee for building a bridge over the Charles River. He died at Watertown Mar. 24, 1717-18 aged 57 years, and his widow m. prior to 1721, John Beeks. The Will of Jemima Beeks dated May 28, 1747 witnessed by John Coolridge, Sarah Briant and Sarah Cotting, and presented for proof March 18, 1754 by Daniel Livermore), mentions dau. Jemima Norcross; dau. Hannah Cadee (Cady) and children of her daughter, Mary Wheeler, dau. Mrs. Beeks died Mar 4, 1754. _____________________________________________ p.677 [Barsham] Barsham is a Yorkshire name. Coat of arms. Per pale gu. and ar. a chief or. Crest.--A garb in fesse. William Barsham was one of a jury of inquest, Sept. 28, 1630, and member of a trial jury, "of life and death," Sept. 19, 1637. He was a selectman in 1653, and was some time sealer of weights and measures. His son JOHN, probably of Exeter, by wife MEHITABEL had the following children. 1. Annable, b. May 31, 1670. 2. Mary, b. Feb. 26, 1671-2. 3. Dorothy, b. Feb. 2, 1673-4. 4. Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 167-. 5. William, b. Ap. 25, 1678. [Record in the State Archives, Concord, N. H.] Capt. Nathaniel Barsham, was a lieutenant in the forces raised in 1690 for an expedition against Canada. He was town-clerk 1686 and 98; selectman, 1686, 88, 89, and 90. _____________________________________________ p.679 The Inventory of Thomas Bartlett, dated January 9, 1644-5, £191. 16s. In May, 1631, Thomas Bartlett was a servant of Mr. Pelham. _____________________________________________ p.679 Beeks. John Beeks, a cordwainer of Watertown m. previous to 1721, Jemima, widow of John Abbott. Mr. John Beeks died June 22, 1746. Mrs. Beeks died Mar 4, 1754. Mary Beeks, dau. of John Beeks, bap. Oct 30, 1743, Margaret bap. April 7, 1745. Mr. Beek's (or Beath), eldest dau. died Feb 28, 1747. In 1722, there was a suit in Court, John Beeks of Watertown, cordwainer vs. Nutt. _____________________________________________ p.679 [Beers] Correction - Captain Beers was not the first one authorized "to keep an ordinary." Jabez Beers m. Elizabeth dau of Jasper Rush of Dorchester. May 17, 1698, Jabez and Richard Beers of Watertown sold to Samuel How 300 acres of land in Marlboro, granted to Captain Richard Beers, Oct 14, 1664. In 1714, Jabez Beers of Watertown sold land to Joseph Shattuck of Watertown, barber-chirurgeon, and his wife Mary. It is probable that Anthony Beers moved from Watertown to Roxbury and there had a son Barnabas b. Sept 6, 1658. In 1667, lands in Fairfield, Conn., wer granted to Anthony Beers, which he sold in 1669. This name, *Eleazer by inadvertence was misplaced. He was a son, probably of the eldest of Captain Richard Beers and one of his executors. [Elnathan was the eldest son] _____________________________________________ Volume II. p.702 [Boylston] It is evident from the County Records that Thomas Boylston of Watertown, was not a very exemplary husband or Christian and that his friends in England had not full confidence in his prudence and discretion; as an agent was employed to purchase an estate for him in Watertown. It is not improb- able that he had been a gay young gentleman of London, whose habits were not formed after the Puritanical model, and, not being a member of the church, he was never admitted freeman. April 1650 - Suit. Thomas Boylston vs. Thomas Pratt, for withholding money sent him by his uncle. John Sawin testified that in 1648, he spoke with the old man (the uncle), and he said he had assigned his house and lands in New England to him, Thomas Pratt, (in trust) for young Boylston ("Boidson") and his children. Nonsuited. Capt. Thomas Smith, a butcher of Charlestown, Mass., m. Sarah Boylston, the 2nd daughter of Thomas Boylston of Watertown. She was admitted full communion at Charlestown Aug 26, 1668. She died Aug 18, 1711 aged 70 yrs. (gravestone). Mar 27, 1671, Thomas Smith, butcher, of Charlestown, for good cause, conveys by deed to "John Chinery, my father-in-law, and Thomas Boylston, my brother-in-law," the house in Charlestown, "where I now dwell" the land and out-hourses and furniture, and all my lands, rights, and interest in Watertown; In trust, for behoof of Sarah Boylston, my wife and children, that I have by her. In consideration, they agree to pay his wife £20 and to discharge a debt he (Thomas Smith) owes John Richards, a mer- chant of Boston. July 1, 1679, Thomas Smith and wife Sarah for £29 sold 10 acres of land in Watertown to Samuel & Joseph Allen. Children: 1. Sarah Smith b. July 22; d. Aug 17, 1664. 2. Thomas Smith b. July 1, 1665. 3. William Smith b. Mar 24, 1666-7; m. Abigail Fowle. 4. Sarah Smith bap. May 3, 1668. 5. John Smith b. Feb 11, 1670. 6. a son, bap. Feb 12, 1681-2. 7. John Smith bap. Feb 12, 1688-9. _____________________________________________ p.703 For the information respecting the family and descendants of Dr. Thomas Boylston Jr. of Muddy River on p. 91, we were indebted almost exclusively to the researches of Mr. Thomas B. Wyman Jr. Since the printing of that page, he has made some corrections and added greatly to the amount of the information, which he has published in the Geneal. Reg. vii. pp 145-150. The Genealogy, is still far from being complete, and the compiler desires those who are interested in the subject, and are critical of such matters to communicate corrections and additions to Mr. John Hunt of Boston. To aid in this undertaking, and to give a more full and satisfactory view of that luxuriant branch of the old Watertown stock, we here insert in a condensed form, so much of that article in the Register, as seem to be clearly ascertained: Thomas Boylston born in Watertown, Jan. 26, 1644-5, chirugeon of Muddy River (Brookline) m. at Charlestown Dec 13, 1665, Mary Gardner, born at Muddy River, April 9, 1648. She died July 8, 1722 aged 74 yrs. He was en- gaged in the Narragansett War. His estate at £570. 14s. 10d. Children: 1. Edward Boylston, a tailor, of Boston, m. Mary, dau. of John & Mary (Fowle) Dasset of Boston. He is said to have been lost at sea (vessel foundered) in going to London. His widow, Mary m. Josiah Flint. Children: 1. Hannah Boylston b. 1696; d. 1697. 2. Edward Boylston bap. Nov 27, 1698. 3. Thomas Boylston bap. Jan 2, 1701. 2. Richard Boylston b. abt 1670; a cordwainer, of Charlestown, m. Mary Smith b. Feb 18, 1677-8, the only child of James and Mary (Foster) Smith and the grandaughter of John Smith, ship-builder of Charlestown. She died April 16, 1764 aged 86. He died April 25, 1752 aged 82 yrs. Children: 1. Mary Boylston b. Feb 23, 1698-9 m. at Charlestown Oct 27, 1719, John Earle of Boston. 2. Ann Boylston, b. Jan 12, 1700-1; m. June 18, 1719, Stephen Hall. She died in Charlestown, July 3, 1734 (gravestone). 3. Elizabeth Boylston bap. Oct 3, 1702; m. April 26, 1724, Capt. Nathaniel Wyer. She was a widow in 1753. 4. Sarah Boylston b. June 11, 1706; m. Aug 26, 1724, Jonathan Call. She died Oct 1796 aged 91 yrs. 15 children. 5. Dudley Boylston b. July 22, 1708; died in infancy. 6. Anna Boylston, bap. 1710; m. Jan 19, 1734-5, Benjamin Brown of Boston, boat-builder; of Shirley, Mass., in 1782. 7. Lydia Boylston, bap. May 24, 1713; died Oct 9, 1713 (gravestone). 8. Abigail Boylston bap. June 25, 1715; d. May 16, 1788; m. Dr. Francis Moore. 9. Lydia Boylston bap. Jan 31, 1719; d. Mar., 1791. 10. Richard Boylston b. July 7, 1722; a brazier of Charlestown; m. (1) April 16, 1747, Mary, dau. of William Abrahams. He m. (2) Oct 13, 1763, Parnel Foster, bap. Aug 24, 1729, dau of Richard Jr. & Mary Foster. He d. June 30, 1807 aged 85 yrs. Children: 1. Mary Boylston who m. Ezra Beamen. She died at West Boylston, June 9, 1813, aged 62 yrs. 2. Richard Boylston bap Sept 17, 1752; a brazier of Charlestown, m. Eunice Stetson. 3. William Boylston bap. Mar 19, 1755; a brazier of Charlestown & Boston; d. Sept 1836; m. (1) Mary B. Miles; m. (2) in Boston, Oct. 25, 1792 Hannah Gotte. One son, Nicholas Boylston. 4. Martha Boylston bap. June 20, 1756; m. at Boston, June 3, 1794 Deacon Ephraim Frost. 5. Ann Boylston bap. April 23, 1758; m. April 15, 1788, Ebenezer Jones of Princeton. 6. Thomas Boylston bap. April April 13, 1760, a brazier of Charlestown; m. Oct 27, 1808, the widow, Mercy (Hay) Farnsworth dau. of John & Mercy Hay. (Insert: Source - Farnsworth Memorial p.424 - Line of Jonathan Farnsworth & Ruth Shattuck of Groton, MA Jacob Farnsworth bap. July 1, 1764 son of Abel Farnsworth & wife, Elizabeth McFarling of Harvard, Mass. Jacob Farnsworth m. (1) 1789, Sally Carey who died Nov 8, 1794; he m. (2) June 21, 1795, Mercy Hay bap. May 11, 1766 dau of John & Mercy Hay of Charles- town, Mass. She died Jan 2, 1849 aged 83 and he died Mar 4, 1798. She m. (2) Oct 27, 1808, Thomas Boylston of Charlestown, Mass. Some of his descendants are said to live at or near Fort Scott, Kansas. Jacob Farnsworth's children by Mercy Hay were: John H. Farnsworth b. 1797; m. 1845, Sarah E. Wise of Boston; res. at Dana, Mass., and died there. 3 children. Mercy Farnsworth b. November 1798. 7. Parnel Boylston bap. Dec 23, 1764; m. Thomas Brooks. 8. Hannah Boylston bap. April 20, 1766; d. July 7, 1807. 3. Abigail Boylston b. 1674; m. Ebenezer Brooks of Medford, a grandson of Joshua & Hannah (Mason) Brooks and the grandfather of Governor John Brooks. She died May 26, 1756 aged 82 yrs. 4. Peter Boylston a shop-keeper of Brookline, m. Ann White. He died Sept 10 1743. The Will of his widow, Ann, dated Mar 13, 1754. May 2, 1713, his brother and other heirs conveyed to him their shares in the homestead of 96 acres. Children: _____________________________________________ p.704 4. Peter Boylston a shop-keeper of Brookline, m. Ann White. He died Sept 10 1743. The Will of his widow, Ann, dated Mar 13, 1754. May 2, 1713, his brother and other heirs conveyed to him their shares in the homestead of 96 acres. Children: 1. Benjamin Boylston b. April 29, 1705; m. Nov 30, 1727, Elizabeth Sumner b. April 7, 1708, dau of Edward & Elizabeth (Clap) Sumner. of Brookline - 1729; of Mendon, 1733. 2. Ann Boylston, b. Nov 1, 1706; m. Mar 21, 1729, Ebenezer Adams b. Dec 30, 1704, youngest son of Joseph & Hannah Adams of Braintree. 6 children of whom the 5th child was Zabdiel Boylston b. Nov 5, 1739; grad. Harvard Coll. 1759; minister of Lunenburg, Mass. 3. Susanna Boylston b. 1708-9; m. Nov 23, 1734, Deacon John Adams of Brain- tree. They were the parents of John Adams, President of the United States. 4. Mary Boylston b. Sept 15, 1714; m. at Boston, Sept 5, 1740, Nathan Simpson a blacksmith. 5. Elizabeth Boylston b. June 29, 1717, m. at Boston, June 4, 1742, James Cunningham. 6. Jerusha Boylston, bap. Feb 8, 1719; m. Sept 23, 1743, Joseph Veasie. 5. Sarah Boylston b. 1680; m. Samuel Brooks of Medford. She d. Oct 16, 1736 aged 56 yrs. 6. Lucy Boylston who m. Mar 10, 1702-3, Benjamin Phillips of Charlestown. 7. Zabdiel Boylston, b. abt 1679; an eminent physician, of Brookline, m. at Boston, Jan 18, 1706, Jerusha Minot b. Jan 28, 1679, dau of John & Elizabeth (Brick) Minot of Dorchester. She d. april 15, 1764 aged 85 and he died Mar 1766 aged 87. Children: 1. Zabdiel Boylston b. Feb 10, 1706-7 grad Harvard Coll. 1724 & died in England, unm. 2. John Boylston b. Mar 23, 1708-9 settled at Bath, England and died there Jan 17, 1795 aged 86; unm. He was very liberal in his gifts to benevolent objects. 3. Elizabeth Boylston b. June 29, 1710; died young. 4. Jerusha Boylston b. Nov 5, 1711; m. Oct 28, 1731, Benjamin Fitch. 5. Mary Boylston who d. May 1802 aged 89, unm. Will dated June 3, 1796. 6. Thomas Boylston b. July 30, 1715; a physician of Boston; m. Nov 15, 1745, Mary Coales s.p. His Will dated July 26, 1749 proved May 29, 1750 and his wife survived him. 7. Elizabeth Boylston b. Jan 4, 1716-17 m. Oct 22, 1747, Dr. Gillum Taylor of Boston. 8. Joseph Boylston b. July 11, 1710; died early. 8. Mary Boylston who m. (1) ___Lane; m. (2) ____Hubbard & m. (3) ___Dwight. 9. Rebecca Boylston b. Sept 15, 1685; m. May 25, 1708, William Abbot. She d. in Roxbury, Sept 7, 1762; aged 76 (gravestone) 10. Dudley Boyston b. abt 1688; of Brookline m. Elizabeth Gardner. He died april 18, 1748 aged 60 yrs. Estate, £2410. 13s. Her Will dated March 2, 1772, proved Oct 31, 1776. Children: 1. Ann who m. Robert Williams of Boston. 2. Mary b. Dec 25, 1719; d. Jan 3, 1727. 3. Elizabeth who m. at Roxbury Mar 9, 1756, Benjamin Williams. four children. She died before 1772. 4. Dudley b. about 1723; d. Aug 29, 1749. 5. Joshua of Brookline m. Mar 22, 1783 Abigail Baker who died Oct 1814, aged 70 yrs. He d. abt Nov 1, 1804 aged 79 yrs. Children: 1. Abigail Boylston b. Jan 28, 1784; m. May 31, 1810, Deacon Joshua Clark. She d. Dec 14, 1825, aet 42 yrs. 2. Rebecca Boylston who died Oct 3, 1817. 6. Mary Boylston who d. Oct., 1815 aged 88 yrs. unm. 7. Richard Boylston a cordwainer, of Brookline; estate (£27) admin. May 8, 1750. 8. Caleb Boylston b. Mar 19, 1730; lived in the South, 1796. 9. Sarah Boylston bap. Aug 6, 1732; m. Dec. 22, 1761, Samuel Davis. 10. Susannah Boylston b. Dec. 5, 1734; m. at Roxbury, Aug 18, 1757, Deacon Samuel Sumner. 4 children. 11. Edward Boylston b. Jan 2, 1737-8; of Springfield; wife, Lydia. He d. Dec 21, 1814 aged 77 yrs. 12. Hannah Boylston who m. Beza Cushing. 11. Joanna Boylston who m. July 5, 1714, James Landman. _____________________________________________ p.705 12. Thomas Boylston, a saddler and shopkeeper of Boston, m. May 14, 1715, Sarah, dau of Nicholas Morecock. His Will dated Mar 28, proved April 6, 1739. His widow died Feb. 1774. Children: 1. Nicholas Boylston b. Mar 13, 1716; lived on School St., Boston, owner of a pew in Brattle Street Church. His Will dated Aug 1, proved Aug 30, 1771. He endowed a professorship at Harvard Coll. He directed his executors to purchase the ancient homestead in Brookline which had beloged to his grand- father Dr. Thomas Boynton, and to convey the same to Brookline Church. 2. Saray Boylston b. Jan 7, 1717, m. at Boston Sept 23, 1743, Edward Robinson. 3. Anna Boylston b. Jan 8, 1719. 4. Thomas Boylston b. Oct 7, 1721; a merchant of the Parish of St. Martin's Vintry, London, where he died Dec 30, 1798, unm. He made bequests to the city of Boston. 5. Mary Boylston b. Feb 19, 1722; m. June 13, 1746, Benjamin Hallowell. fourteen children. One of whom assumed the name of Ward Nicholas Boylston. Another was Sir Benjamin Hallowell, an Admiral in the British Navy. Another, Mary, m. Judge Elmesley of Montreal, Canada. Children: 1. Ward Nicholas (assumed) Boylston, a merchant of London, of Roxbury, and Princeton, Mass., m. (1) Mary. He m. (2) Alicia Darrow of England. His Will dated Feb 5, 1828. As a trustee and in his own right, he held much wealth and was a very liberal benefactor. Children: 1. Nicholas who died in London, of the East India service. 2. Thomas. 3. John Lane of Princeton, who m. Sarah Brooks b. abt 1791, now (1853) a widow. Children: 1. Ward Nicholas who grad Harvard Coll. 1835, M.D. 1839, M.M.S.S. of Princeton. 2. Thomas of Roxbury m. Caroline A. Fowle. 3. Alicia b. 1822. 4. Mary Hallowell b. 1825. 5. Louisa Catharine Adams b 1828. 6. Nathaniel Boylston b. Mar 21, 1724; of St. Christopher's in 1771. 7. Lucy Boylston b. Sept 28, 1725; m. at Boston, Timothy Rogers. 8. Rebecca Boylston b. Dec 7, 1727; m. Aug 13, 1773, Lieut. Governor Moses Gill of Massachusetts. 7. Sarah Boylston bap. Mar 17, 1723; m. John Potter, brazier. _____________________________________________ p.706 Since the Bright pedigree was printed (September, 1852) Mr. Somerby has been prosecuting his antiquarian and gen- ealogical researches in England and has obtained much additional information respecting the early history of this family. The additions are so great, that it is deemed advisable to reprint the pedigree, corrected and enlarged, and to append to it, in the form of notes, most of the information recently obtained. For the materials of this in- formation we are chiefly indebted to the personal researches of Mr. Somerby, and for the condensation and arrange- ment of them in the following pages, we are much indebted to Mr. Jonathan B. Bright of Waltham, whose enlightened liberality has furnished the means for prosecuting these elaborate investigations. That the Bright family of Suffolk, England, was one of high respectability among the gentry of that county, is evident from their many alliances by marriage, with persons of honourable houses. Although their lineage has been traced back no farther than Walter Bright of Bury St. Edmunds, yet there are reasons for believing the family to have related to the Brights who flourished in the County of Kent, England, at a much earlier period. Catherine Bright of Royton, in that county, who married Robert Waters, a gentleman of large estates, was the mother of Mary Waters who after became the celebrated Mrs. Honeywood of Mark's Hall, in Essex, England. In 1709, her por- trait was bequeathed to Thomas Bright of Bury St. Edmonds, to his cousin, Fisher; who, he says, was related to the Honeywoods. Some families of the name of Bright flourished in Essex and Norfolk, England, from a very early period, and as these counties adjoin Suffolk, it is quite probable that they were of the same original stock. That Suffolk family of Bright, in the male line, is believed to be extinct in England. Henry Bright, the Anglo-American ancestor of the family embraced in this volume, was evidently the only one of the Suffolk, England family, that came to New England. It has already been shown (p.96) that he must have come over as early as 1630, as in that year he became a member of the first church of Boston, Mass., which was organized in Charlestown. As his name does not afterwards occur in the Boston Records, nor among those who remained in Charles- town, after the great removal thence to Boston, it is presumed that he went very early to Watertown, perhaps in 1630, although not with the very first settlers. His descendants, in the male line, have continued to reside in Watertown, and vicinity to the present (1854) time. They have never been numerous; but the pages of this volume show that those in the female branches who trace their lineage to him, are very numerous. Others of the name Bright came early to New England, but there are no reasons, derived from American records or traditions, for supporting that any of them were related to Deacon Henry Bright of Watertown; and the result of extensive investigations in England, seems to clearly prove that they are not. Two of these were of Watertown viz.: Henry Bright, Sen. (see p.96) and Thomas Bright, who purchased the house _____________________________________________ p.707 and homestall lot of Lieut. Robert Feake (famous for marrying "The Winthrop Woman") and sold it Dec 17, 1640 for £60, to Col. William Rainborow. It is probable that this Thomas Bright went to Hampton about the time he sold his house and land in Watertown. Nothing is known of the origin or the date of the arrival of either of them. Author's note: May not this Thomas Bright be the Thomas Brighton who embarked on the ship Truelove, for New England in Sept. 1635, then aged 31 yrs? Rev. Francis Bright son of Edward Bright of London, England, came over in 1629, in company with Rev. Mr. Higginson, settled in Charlestown and returned to England the next year. (see also Frothingham's History of Charlestown, Mass., p.25.) Samuel Bright, servant of John Sweat, was admitted full communion in the first church of Boston, Sept. 1644 and was admitted freeman May, 1645. The name Bright appears in Salem, Mass. in 1636 and in Hampton in 1640, but it is not known what became of those bearing it. The name occurs frequently in Boston in the last century, as early as 1724, in church records, and also in Dedham, Mass. Most of those in the United States, out of New England, are supposed to be descended from the early settlers of this name in Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ p.723 [Brooks] Capt. Caleb Brooks or Medford m. (1) Mary Wyer. She died Jan 11, 1745 aged 54 yrs. He m. (2) Mar 1, 1749, Ruth Albree. He died Nov. 21, 1766 aged 73 and his widow, Ruth died May 6, 1793. His Will, dated May 2, 1766 mentions wife, Ruth, son Caleb Jr., son John (who was provided for as wishing to be a physician) daughters, Mary Pratt, Abigail Hall, Ruth Secomb, Sarah, Increase, Elizabeth, Hannah and Ebenezer. Children: 1. Mary Brooks bap. Dec 26, 1731 m. ____Pratt. 2. Abigail Brooks bap. July 22, 1733, m. Oct 24, 1757, Joseph Hall. 3. Ebenezer Brooks bap. May 4, 1735. He d. Sept 18, 1775. 4. Caleb Brooks, Jun'r., bap. Sept 5, 1736, died. 5. Caleb Brooks, (again) bap. Oct 5, 1737, died. 6. Rebecca Brooks, bap July 7, 1739; m. Nov 6, 1765, Samuel Hall. 7. Ruth Brooks bap. Aug 12, 1741; m. Oct 23, 1760, Joseph Secomb. 8. Sarah Brooks bap. Nov 28, 1742. 9. Caleb Brooks (again bap. Sept 29, 1745; m. January, 1767, Mary Kidder. 10. Increase Brooks bap. Dec 26, 1746. _____________________________________________ p.724 11. Theodore Brooks b. Jan 6, 1751. 12. John Brooks bap. May 31, 1752; m. Lucy Smith.(see p. 725) 13. Joseph Brooks bap. Feb. 24, 1754;d. May 11, 1756. 14. Elizabeth Brooks bap June 26, 1757; m. Dec 31, 1776 Rev. Jacob Burnap of Merrimack, father of Rev. George W. Burnap of Baltimore. 15. Hannah Brooks bap. Feb 12, 1760; m. Oct 21, 1794, Francis Burns. _____________________________________________ p.725 Gov. John Brooks, son of Caleb Brooks b. May 31, 1752, studied medicine with Dr. Simon Tuft of Medford, Mass. and commenced medical practice in Reading, Mass. where he married in 1774, Lucy Smith and was there commander of a company of Minute-Men at the commencement of the Revolution. when he went to Boston to procure medicine for his practice, he engaged an English officer to teach him the military excercise, in this manner, preparing him- self for the important military duties that devolved upon him. In military life, he rose to the rank of Major-General and his military character and services are too well known to require a recital here. In civil life he sustained successively the office of Representative, Senator, Councilman, U.S. Marshal for Massachusetts, Elector of President, which last office he held seven times successively and Governor of Massachusetts. He received his education at the common schools, but in 1787, he received the honorary degree of A.M. at Harvard and Yale; M.D. at Harvard, 1810 and LL.D. in 1817. He was President M.M.S. He died March 1, 1825 aged 73 yrs. His wife Lucy died Sept 28, 1791 aged 38 years. In the Medford graveyard there is a monument erected to his memory by his friends and fellow citizens. Children: 1. Lucy Brooks b. June 16, 1776 m. George O'Kill Stuart and died 1813. 2. Alexander Scammell Brooks b. oct 19, 1781; m. Sarah Turner. He d. Dec. 17, 1836. His children: 1. Lucy Brooks who m. May 30, 1843, Edward L. Keys. 2. John Brooks a midshipman, U.S.Navy died June 4, 1843. 3. John Brooks, Jun'r. b. May 20, 1783; graduated Harvard 1803; of the U.S. Navy; killed Sept. 10, 1813 on board Commodore Perry's flag ship in the battle of Lake Erie. Note: Gov. John Brooks descended from Thomas Brooks of London, England to Watertown, Mass., admitted freeman Dec. 7, 1636. It is evident he is not the Thomas Brooks aged 20 who in 1635 arrived with Rev. Peter Bulkley. This Thomas Brooks was known as Capt. Thomas Brooks who first settled at Watertown. There are numerous alliances between his descendants and other families of Watertown but it cannot properly be called a Watertown family. I am indebted to Mr. Wm. G. Brooks of Boston, who is still prosecuting his researches. We hope that what is here presented will awaken attention and an increased interest in the subject. (Dr. Bond) The children of Capt. Thomas Brooks and his wife, Grace Brooks: 1. Joshua Brooks. 2. Caleb Brooks b. 1632 3. Gershom Brooks. 4. Mary Brooks (prob. the oldest child) who m. Capt. Timothy Wheeler 5. Hannah Brooks who m. Dec 13, 1647, Thomas Fox. _____________________________________________ p.729-730 Ephraim Hartwell Farrar b. Dec 8, 1783, 13th child of Rev. Stephen Farrar & his wife, Eunice Brown of Waltham, Mass. Rev. Stephen Farrar born at Lincoln removed to New Ipswich, N.H. & began to preach there in the winter of 1758/9; was ordained Oct. 22, 1760. [see also Farrar Family, History of New Ipswich pp. 358 etc] Ephraim Hartwell Farrar was a teacher several years in Boston, a trader, town clerk and magistrate of New Ipswich, N.H. occupying his father's homestead; m. 1826, Phebe (Parker) Champney the widow of Jonas C. Champney and sister of his brother Caleb Farrar's wife, Sarah Parker. He died Jan 8, 1851, leaving a daughter Sarah Eunice Farrar b. 1827. [see History of New Ipswich, pp. 319-320] _____________________________________________ p.731 [Page] March 16, 1698-9, Esther Brown sold to her son, Joseph Brown a house and six acres of land bounded northeast and west by John Barnard; south by highway. Jan 4, 1708-9 Joseph Brown cordwainer of Watertown, bought of John Mixer and wife Abigail a house and 72 acres bounded east by Daniel Harrington; west by Thomas Woolson; north by Samuel Whitney and John Warren; south by Thomas Harrington and the heirs of William Page. _____________________________________________ p.733 [Cady] Nicholas Cady of Watertown as early as 1645, married Judith, dau. of William Knapp, Sen., of Wattertown [Knapp,5). About 1668 he moved to Groton [Mass.] They were both living there in 1680. Nar 6, 1650/1, Nicholas Cady sold to John Knapp of Watertown, his right to a home and land, granted to them _____________________________________________ p.734 jointly, by deed dated Dec. 8, 1645. This shows that he was in Watertown as early as 1645. Sept. 11, 1668, "John " [Nicholas] Cady of Groton and wife Judith sold to George Lawrence 6 acres of upland and 5 acres of meadow, in Watertown. April 29, 1680, Nicholas Cady planter of Groton, and wife Judith, sold to Simon Coolidge, of Watertown, 25 acres dividend land, also 6 acres near West Meadow. Children: 1. John Cady b. Jan 15, 1650/1; m. (1) Joanna ___. He m. (2) Elizabeth ___. About 1701 he moved to Canterbury, Conn. Children: 1. Jonathan Cady b. in Groton, Mass., Jan 22, 1693, of Canterbury, by wife Hannah had several children. 2. Joanna Cady b. in Groton Oct 14, 1695. By his second wife John Cady had: 3. John Cady b. in Groton Aug 7, 1699 (?), of Tolland; m. in Watertown, June 14, Hannah Abbott 4. Elizabeth Cady b. in Groton Mar 5, 1701. 5. William Cady b. in Canterbury 1704. 6. Eleazer Cady b. in Conn. 1708. 7. Ebenezer Cady b. in Conn., 1714. 2. Judith Cady b. Sept 2, 1653. 3. James Cady b. Aug 28, 1655; d. Dec 2, 1690; m. in Watertown June 14, 1678, Hannah Barron. Child: 1. Elizabeth Cady b. in Groton, Mass., April 10, 1686. 4. Nicholas Cady b. Aug 2, 1657; died next Jan. 21st. 5. Daniel Cady b. Nov 27, 1659. [author's note: This is probably the David Cady mentioned by Hinman, p. 467, who was the owner of a large tract of land, now within the limits of Brooklyn, Conn.; who purchased land in Canterbury, Conn in 1714 and died there in 1736, where his wife Mary also died.] He m. (1) Mary ____. He m. (2) Abigail _____. Children born in Groton, Mass: 1. Mary Cady b. Aug 10, 1684. 2. Ezekiel Cady b. Sept 29, 1686. 3. Rachel Cady b. July 18, 1689. 4. Daniel Cady b. Mar 26, 1692 (?); of Canterbury; m. in 1712 Joanna Leach. 5. Jane Cady b. April 1, 1696 6. Ezra Cady b. Aug 11, 1699 (?); m. Hannah Winter. 7. Josiah Cady b. Feb 7, 1702. 8. Eunice Cady b. Oct 20, 1704 (? 3). 9. Ephraim Cady b. Feb 19, 1704/5. 6. Ezekiel Cady, b. June 14, 1662. 7. Nicholas Cady b. Feb. 20, 1683/4 (?); of Wethersfield, Conn. 8. Joseph Cady, b. May 28, 166_. of Groton, Mass., m. Sarah ___. In 1714 after the birth of his 5th child he purchased land in Canterbury. Children: 1. Joseph Cady b. in Groton Oct 3, 1690. 2. James Cady b. Nov 22, 1694. 3. Isaac Cady b. Jan 17, 1697/7. 4. Abigail Cady b. June 22, 1699. 5. Stephen Cady b. June 16, 1701. 9. Aaron Cady, supposed to be a son, birth not recorded; m. Mercy Fuller, dau of Joshua Fuller. Children 1. James Cady b. in Watertown Nov. 15, 1692. James Cady belonged to Isaac How's garrison in Marlboro in December 1711. 2. Aaron Cady b. in Canterbury, Conn. 1781 _____________________________________________ p.734 [Carter] Rev. Thomas Carter first of Watertown, afterwards of Woburn, is said to be the ancestor of the families of that name in Lancaster. p.734 [Chadwick] Chadwick. Feb. 27, 1689-90, inquest on the body of Samuel Chadwick of Reading, killed by the fall of a tree. Was he a son of John Chadwick of Malden? (Dr. Bond). _____________________________________________ p.735 The Will of John Chadwick, dated Jan. 31, proved March 15, 1710-11, mentions wife Sarah, sons Charles, John, Ebenezer, Joseph and Benjamin; dau., Hannah Hayward; dau., Elizabeth Woolson, Sarah and Mary, two youngest daughters. Inventory, house and seven acres - ?60; seven acre marsh ?50; 4 acres waste land, ?12; 26 acres of pasture land. Besides Charles, Elizabeth and Abigail, Charles Chadwick of Watertown Farms, had daughter, Submit Chadwick and probably others. September 9, 1706, for ?15, 8s. per ounce, he mortgaged to his brother "Ebenezer Chadwick of Boston, waterman," 35 acres near John Sawin; condition, to pay Joanna Everton of Charlestown. Mortgage not discharged. June 9, 1709, he and wife Sarah, sold to Edward Harrington, 1-1/2 acres of meadow, and 4 acres of meadow; July 9, 1711, he sold to Ebenezer Chadwick, 18 acres at Watertown (Weston) About 1709, he became indigent and he and his family became unsettled, changing their residence several times. In Court C.C.P., suit in 1723 v. Charles Chadwick, Jr., formerly of Weston, now of Killingley. John Pillsbury, moved from Lexington to Watertown in March, 1722. Suit in Court, 1726, John Pillsbury, now of Watertown, laborer, vs. Elizabeth Parks, executrix of her husband, Richard of Concord for 10 mos. service in 1707 at 40 shillings per month. John, Jr., had a dau. Lydia, who m. Thomas Adams of Worcester. (see Locke family, p.48). In 1706, Ebenezer Chadwick, was a "waterman" of Boston. He died before March 31, 1727. April 6, 1710, he (of Watertown Farms) sold to David Stone and Edward Goddard of Boston, 3 lots at Watertown amounting to 30 acres. Benjamin Chadwick married in Cambridge, May 10, 1711, Hannah Welch. _______________________________________________________________ Volume II. p.735 [Chester] Leonard Chester from Brady or Blaby, Leicestershire, England, of a very respectable lineage, came to New England in 1633, then aged 23 or 24 years, and settled in Water- town, Mass. Two years afterwards, he left Watertown with the colony that first planned Pyquag, which they named Watertown, Conn.; and soon after, by the Court, name Wethersfield. He left Watertown, Mass., previous to the making out of the earliest to making out of the earliest list of possessions, and his name, therefore, is not found in any list of the earliest of proprietors; but it is recorded that one of the lots of Mr. William Paine of Watertown, Mass. was bought of Mr. Chester. Several circumstances in conformation of tradition, evince his respectable social position, and that he was comparatively wealthy. His name occurs only once in Massachusetts Colonial Records, in April 1634, and then although a young man, he was designated as "Mr. Chester." Although he remained in Watertown, Mass., only about two years, a considerable water-course (the outlet of Sherman's Pond, sometimes of late, called the West Branch of Beaver Brook), was named for him, Chester Brook. A tract of land was also named Chester Meadow, and these names were long retained. In laying out the Nawbuc Farms, on the east side of the Connecticut River (now in Glaston- bury, Conn.) previous to 1640, which was "the first tract of land in the Colony regularly surveyed and laid out into farms," Mr. Chester's allotment was the largest except four, viz: 1. To Elder Clement Chaplin 1200 acres. 2. To Matthew Mitchell (? father of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell of Cambridge), 900 acres. 3. To Governor George Wyllis, 480 acres. 4. To Governor Thomas Welles, 435 acres. 5. To Mr. Leonard Chester, 432 acres. The next largest was to Mr. Thurston Raynor, 330 acres. _______________________________________________________________ p.736 PEDIGREE OF CHESTER, OF BLABY From Nichol's History of Leicestershire, England Arms: ermine on a clief sable, a griffin peasant, Argent William Chester of London and of Barnet Co., Hertford - ________________________________________________I I dau of Leonard Chester=Bridget, dau & co-heir of John Sharpe of Blaby, Robert Chester I I Super Wreke; 2nd wife. _____________ I I I I I _________ I I Robert Chester I I I I I ________I I I A dau and heir. I I __________________________I ______ I______________________________________________ I Augustus Chester=Phebe, dau John Chester= Dorothy, Wm. Chester Anne Chester, I of John Mitchell, dau of T. Hoker of lived beyond m. R. Sharpe. I m. 1598 Leicestershire. the sea. Alice Chester, I m. Richard I Sharpe ___________________________________________________________________________________________ I Charles Clement = Alice Brickwood, John b.1608 Leonard Leonard Rachel Amy Chester Chester m. 1624 b. 1611 b. 1617 b.1624 b.1614 b. 1599. b. 1602 d. infant d. 1628 d.1626 I d. 1626 __________I_______ __I______ John Amy I Charles b. 1632 b.1634 b. 1635. __________________________________________________________________________________________ His eldest son, John, by wife Mary (Nevill) was born in Watertown, where she was left, on account of her health, until he could go and prepare accommodations for her. We have not found this birth upon the town records of births, which did not begin to be kept until after Mr. Chester's removal. He was a jurer in 1643, 1644 and 1645, and a grand juror in 1643/44. He died Dec. 11, 1648 aged 38 or 39, and his widow Mary, married the Hon. Richard Russell of Charlestown, s.p. She was probably the Mary Russell admitted to the Charletown Church, Feb. 21, 1655/6. She died in Charlestown, Mass., Nov 30th (Will dated Nov. 20th) 1688. Children: 1. John Chester, b. in Watertown, Mass., Aug 3, 1635; a captain, of Wethersfield. 2. Dorcas Chester, b. in Wethersfield, Conn., Nov 1, 1637; m. Rev. Samuel Whiting. 3. Stephen Chester, b. Mar 3, 1639; d. April 23, 1705; unm. His brother, Capt. John, administrator. Inventory, 200 pounds, 1 shilling, 6 pence; his estate distributed to the children of Thomas Russell of Charlestown, d, who had m. his sister Prudence, viz: Thomas Jr. and Prudence. 4. Mary Chester b. Jan 15, 1641; d. in Charlestown, Sept 15, 1669, unm. 5. Prudence Chester b. Feb 16, 1643; m. in Charlestown, Dec 30, 1669, Capt. Thomas Russell, Esq., of Charlestown. He died Oct 20, 1676 [monument]. She died Oct 21 and her invent- ory proved Dec 5, 1678. Children: 1. Mary b. Sept 27, 1670; m. John Watkin Mary, wife of John Watkin appeared Aug 1, 1693 as one of the heirs of Thomas and Prudence Russell. She probably died early. s.p. 2. Thomas b. Mar 30, 1672; was living in 1705. 3. Prudence bap. Mar 28, 1675; living in 1705. 6. Eunice Chester b. June 15, 1645, m. Feb. 25, 1672, Capt. Richard Sprague of Charlestown son of Ralph Sprague. She died May 27, 1676, probably s. p. 7. Mercy Chester, b. Feb 14, 1647; died in Charlestown, Mass., in 1669. Her will, dated Aug 5, (Inventory, Dec 18) 1669, mentions brother John and her three sisters, Dorcas Whiting, and Prudence and Eunice Chester. _______________________________________________________________ p.737 Capt. John Chester of Wethersfield, m. in Feb. 1653/4, Sarah Welles, dau of the Hon. Thomas Welles of Wethersfield, sucessively Treasurer, Secretary, Lieut. Governor and Governor of Conn., and a deputy in May 1676 and several times afterwards. He was very useful and influential in the colony. He died Feb. 23, 1697/8 and his widow Sarah died Dec 12, 1698. His Will dated Feb 21, 1697/8, and proved May 6, 1698. Inventory, 1,103 pounds. Children: 1. Mary Chester b. Dec 23, 1654; m. Feb 14, 1676/7, John Wolcott. She died July 10, 1689. 2. John Chester b. June 10, 1656; a Major of Wethersfield. 3. Sarah Chester, b. Nov 11, 1657; m. Dec 5, 1689 Simon Wolcott of Windsor, Conn. 4. Stephen Chester, b. May 26, 1659 of Wethersfield, m. Dec 17, 1691, Jemima Treat, b. 1668, dau of James and Rebecca Treat of Wethersfield. He d. Feb 9, 1697/8. Inventory 1,140 pounds; distributed April 5, 1714; to Widow Jemima, 210 pounds, 11 shillings & 10 pence; to son Stephen John Chester, 500 pounds 11 shillings & 2 pence; to his daughters, Dorothy, Sarah & Mercy, each 250 pounds, 5 shillings & 7 pence. Children: 1. Dorothy Chester b. Sept 5, 1692; m. Martin Kellogg. 2. Sarah Chester b. 1693/4 m. _____ Lamb. 3. Mercy Chester b. Oct 26, 1696; of Wethersfield; d. unm and her estate was distributed Feb 6, 1749, to her two sisters viz,: to Dorothy, wife of Martin Kellogg 794 pounds, 8 shillings & 10-1/2 pence; and the same sum to Sarah Lamb. 4. Stephen John Chester b.Feb 1697/8; grad. Yale College 1724; died 1725. 5. Thomas Chester b.Mar 23, 1661/2, of Wethersfield; m. Dec 10, 1684 Mary Treat b. 1666, dau of Richard and Sarah Treat of Wethersfield (Glastonbury). He died Dec 5, 1712, aged 50 and his widow died in 1748 aged 81. To his widow he bequeathed movables and 152 pounds, no shillings & 7 pence, and to each of his two daughters, 746 pounds, 11 shillings & 6 pence. Children: 1. Eunice Chester b. Nov 22, 1685; m. about 1717, Elisha Williams b. Aug 26, 1694, son of Rev. William Williams of Deerfield; grad Harvard College 1711, ordained at Newington in Wethersfield, Oct 22, 1722. He afterwards studied law, engaged in civil and military life, and attained to the rank of Colonel and Judge. In 1726 he was elected Rector of Yale College and held the office 13 years. His wife, Eunice died May 3, 1750. He m. (2) a wife in England, returned and died July 25, 1755. 2. Samuel Chester b. Sept 29, 1696; died Dec 14, 1700. 3. John Chester b. Dec 17, 1699; died Dec 14, 1700. 4. Mary Chester b. Jan 6, 1706. 6. Samuel Chester b. May 23, 1664; died 1689. 7. Prudence Chester b. Dec 10, 1666. 8. Eunice Chester b. May 17, 1668; m. Timothy Stevens. [? Rev. T. Stevens, grad. Harvard College 1687; d. 1725). She died June 16, 1698. _______________________________________________________________ p.741 [Clarke] It appears by Dr. John Clarke's own statement, in his "Ill News from New England," that he arrived at Boston in November, 1637, and Mr. Savage supposes that the "Mr. Clarke" who was by the Court chosen Constable of Watertown in May, 1632, was the "Mr. William Clarke" was was admitted freeman May 18, 1631. This is very probable, and if so, he soon after left Watertown, as his name is not on the earliest list of proprietors, nor in the town records. [Winthrop, I. p.74.] As there is not evidence that he remained long at Watertown, it is very probable that he was the William Clarke who accompanied John Winthrop, Jun'r. in March, 1633, when he, with others, went to begin the plantation of Ipswich. What became of him is not shown in Felt's History of Ipswich. It is probable that he was the William Clarke "dwelling between Lynn and Ipswich," licensed by the General Court, June 2, 1641, "to entertain passengers and cattle." The evidence is not conclusive, yet there is good reason to believe that Dr. John Clarke, the physician, preacher and civilian of Rhode Island, first settled at Watertown, and that it is his name, which is found on the list of proprietors in 1642; for it is not unusual for a name to remain on that list, after the proprietor had moved from the town. In the first place, Dr. John Clarke, of Rhode Island _______________________________________________________________ p.742 had made bequests to his neices, the daughters of John Fiske, Sen'r. of Watertown. In the next place, there seems to have been a particular intimacy and congeniality of sentiments between him and Nathaniel Brisco, Sen'r., of Watertown. They were appointed joint executors of the Will of John Hazell, dated Nov. 19, 1651, about the time he (Dr. Clarke) was released from prison at Boston, and a short time before he and Mr. Briscoe sailed for England. They were, however, to depart so soon, that they gave a letter of attorney to Thomas Broughton, lately removed from Watertown to Boston, son-in-law of Mr. Briscoe, for the settlement of Hazell's estate. The Will was witnessed by John Warren and Thomas Arnold of Watertown, who wer also Baptists. About this date, (i.e. in October, 1651), both these witnesses wer fined by the Court "for an offence against the laws concerning baptism." [See Warren, I., and see Arnold.] Nathaniel Brisco, Jr. was one of the witnesses to the said letter of attorney. [See Geneal. Reg. IV., p.319.] For the intimacy and co-operation of Clarke and Briscoe in England, the next year (1652), see Briscoe's letter, in Mass. Hist. Coll., vol I., 3d series. For further information concerning Dr. John Clarke, see Allen's Biog. Dict.; Drake's History of Boston, pp. 325-326; Winthrop, I. 271; Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d series, vol. viii, p. 292. For a genealogy of the multitudinous descendants of Deacon William and Mary (Clarke) Locke, see "Book of the Lockes," per totum. Hugh Clarke was witness in Court in 1681, then aged about 68, showing that he was born about 1613. Uriah Clarke died at Watertown July 26, 1721 ated 77 yrs., 1 mo. & 21 days. The Inventory of John Clarke of Newton was dated Jan 31, 1694-5. His Will mentions wife (not named), sons John, William and other younger children. Witness Hugh Clarke, etc. Mary Clarke m. in 1730, John Ball as his 2nd wife. Ann b. Jan 12, 1702 m. 1736, Ebenezer Bartlett of Newton. For Brown, read Bowen. Children of William Clarke of Newton: 1. Elizabeth Clarke b. Aug 23, 1709. 2. Norman Clarke b. Feb 13, 1711. 3. Sarah Clarke b. Mar 26, 1714. 4. William Clarke b. Sept 10, 1716. 5. Caleb Clarke b. Oct 3, 1717. 6. Hannah Clarke b. Dec 3, 1719. 7. Joanna Clarke. _____________________________________________ p.749 [Corey] Isaac Corey of Weston, m. April 12, 1739, Abigail Priest of Waltham. Children: 1. Isaac Corey b. Jan 9, 1739/40; a soldier at Lake George in 1758 in Capt. Jonathan Brown's Company. He m. Ruhamah ____ and moved to Sudbury after the birth of two children, viz., 1. Abigail Corey bap. in Waltham, May 20, 1764. 2. Leonard Corey bap. April 30, 1769. 2. Timothy Corey b. Oct 27, 1741; m. (published Sept.) 1766, Elizabeth Griggs of Brookline where he settled. Children: 1. Elizabeth Corey b. Dec 19, 1767; m. (1) Nov 26, 1788, John Corey, a distant relative of Marlboro who settled and died in Brookline. She m. (2) John Welch who died in Boston. She died in Newton, Oct. 1846. 1. Harriet 2. Elizabeth 3. Ann 4. Caroline. 2. Amelia Corey, b.Nov 12, 1769; m. (1) Moses Robbins of Brighton. She m. (2) Ebenezer Brown of Brighton. She died in Cambridgeport, March, 1840. Children: 1. Polly Robbins 2. Eliza Robbins 3. Ebenezer Brown 4. Amelia Brown who m. Aaron Corey. 3. Elijah Corey, b. Nov 7, 1773; in 1855 a Deacon of the Baptist church in Brookline and a trustee of Newton Theological Seminary; m. (1) Nov 17, 1797, Polly Leeds of Dorchester b. July 14, 1779. She d. Oct. 21, 1827 and he m. (2) Jan 19, 1829, the widow Lucy (Stearns) Davis. Children: 1. Aaron Corey b. oct 23, 1798; of Cambridgeport and Alton, Illinois; m. his cousin, Amelia Brown. 2. Elijah Corey b. Aug 14, 1800, died June 28, 1843; of Brook- line; m. May 5, 1821, Mary Richards b. Mar 10, 1800; died Sept. 15, 1848. Children: 1. Charles R. Corey b. Nov 4, 1822, m. April 25, 1844, Eliza Wetherill of Worcester where he died July 21, 1851. _____________________________________________ p.750 2. Amanda Maria Corey, b. Oct 28, 1824; m. May 8, 1844, James Emond of Portland; and they resided in Brooline, Philadelphia and again in Brookline. She had published a small volume of poems and several tracts for youth, which have had an extensive circulation. 3. Francis Henry Corey, b. Jan 27, 1827; of Brookline; m. Sept. 2, 1847, Lucy Stearns. 4. Mary Cornelia Corey, b. Jan 15, 1831. 5. Frederick Adolphus Corey, b. June 20, 1833. 6. Theodore Franklin Corey b. Oct 17, 1836. 3. Timothy Corey b. June 21, 1803; died Feb 21, 1807. 4. Mary Glover Corey b.Mar 20, 1806; m. May 18, 1830, Rev. John Pratt b. at Thompson, Conn.; grad. Brown Univ. 1827; a professor at Granville College, Ohio. 5. Elizabeth Griggs Corey, b. Nov 21, 1809; m. Feb 1830, Rev. Barnas Sears, grad. Brown Univ. 1825; D.D. Harvard Univ. 1841; some time professor and president of Newton Theol. Seminary; and in 1852, superintendent of the public schools of Mass. Among his literary productions is the Life of Martin Luther. 6. Timothy Corey b. April 21, 1811; died Oct 22, 1816. 4. Julia Corey b. Feb. 4, 1776; d. July 15, 1852; m. Jan 25, 1801, William Cheever of Chelsea. Children: 1. Charles Cheever. 2. George Cheever. 3. William Cheever. 4. Abby Cheever. 5. Susan Cheever. 6. Harriet Cheever. 5. Anna Corey b.Mar 19, 1778; m. Oct 27, 1803, James Leeds of Dorchester. 1. James Leeds 2. Timothy Leeds 3. Elizabeth Leeds. 6. John Corey b. Mar 18, 1780; d. July, 1831, unm. 7. Timothy Corey, b. April 2, 1782; a deacon of the Baptist Church in Brookline; died Aug 10, 1844; he m. Nov 16, 1806, Mary Gardner of Brookline, b. Sept 2, 1782. Children: 1. Caleb G. Corey b. Feb 10, 1809; d. Mar 3, 1837 in Brookline. 2. Mary Ann Corey b. Nov 30, 1810. 3. Sarah Corey b. July 29, 1812. 4. Timothy Corey b. June 11, died Sept 18, 1814. 5. Susan G. Corey b. Mar 20, 1816; m. May 19, 1840, Gilbert G. Pullen of Augusta, Maine. 6. Lucy Maria Corey b.Dec 29, 1819; m. May 7, 1849, Rev. Joseph Ricker of Belfast, Maine. 7. Timothy Corey (again) b. Mar 2, 1822. 8. Eliza Corey b. July 26, 1824; m. Jan 1, 1851, George Brooks of Roxbury. 8. Sally Corey b. April 8, 1786, m. Dec 26, 1815, William Graves of Washington, N.H. Children: 1. William Graves 2. Thomas Graves 3. Howard Graves. 9. Susan Corey b. May 4, 1788; m. May 26, 1813, John Dean of Cambridge- port. Children: 1. Mary Dean 2. Catherine Dean 3. Susan Dean 4. Sarah Dean 5. William Dean _____________________________________________ p.751 [Crisp] Benjamin Crisp returned from Groton to Watertown as early as 1681. The selectmen of Watertown on May 24, 1681, chose Benjamin Crispe, in room of Goodman Bloise, to take care of the meeting house, salary 4 pounds, 10 shillings, also to be pound-keeper. He married for his 2d wife, Joanna, widow of William Longley, Sr., of Groton. In her Will, she is said to be "of Groton," but she died at Charlestown [gravestone] April 18, 1698 aged 79. [William Longley Sen., of Groton, died November 29, 1680. His Will dated November 23, 1680, proved April 1681, mentions sons John and William and 4 daughters, viz., 1. Mary Lemond (by husband Samuel, had Samuel b. April 29, 1667). 2. Hannah Tarball (married about 1666, Thomas Tarball, Jr. [2.] 4 children) 3. Lydia Nutting (wife of James Nutting of Groton, 6 children) 4. Sarah Rand (born at Lynn Oct 15, 1660; m. (1) June 17, 1679, Thomas Rand, Jr. (? of Charlestown). She m. (2) before 1710, ____ Watt.) His widow Joanna, in her Will, mentions two granddaughters, Mary and Elizabeth Shaddock. Their parentage not ascertained. Is this name Shattuck or Chadwick? - Bond. _____________________________________________ p.751 [Cutter] In 1696 the house-lot of Ephraim Cutter was bounded east by William Knapp and the meeting house lot; north and west by highway; south by Nicholas Guy's farmland. His wife, Bethia died in Watertown Sept 18, 1731 aged 72. Mary "Cutler" bap. in Weston Jan 1721/2, dau of Jonathan and Abigail, who had o.c. in Lexington. Jonathan Cutter died in Watertown Nov 25, 1703 aged 17 yrs. 7 mos. The parentage of that Jonathan Cutter who married Abigail Bigelow has not been ascertained. It is not clearly ascertained that his is the Hannah Cutter who m. Ebenezer Chinery Sarah Cutter m. Dec 5, 1700 James Locke. Subject: CUTTER, William R. Source: Biographical Review, Middlesex County, Mass. Boston - Biographical Review Publishing Company 1898 "Who among men art thou, and thy years how many, good friend? - Xenophanes. pp.168 to170 William R. Cutter, librarian of the Woburn Public Library was born in this city, Aug. 17, 1847 son of Dr. Benjamin Cutter and Mary (Whittemore) Cutter. He was descended from Richard Cutter who with his mother, Elizabeth Cutter, a widow, came to this country in 1640 and was enrolled as a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1643. The stone that marks the grave of Richard Cutter in the old burial ground in Cambridge bears the date, "ye 16 June, 1693." His son William born at Cambridge February 22, 1649/50 married Rebecca, dau. of John Rolfe; and their son, Deacon John Cutter born Oct 15, 1690 married Lydia daughter of John Harrington and wife, Hannah (Winter) Harrington of Waltham. Ammi Cutter son of the last named couple, and the next in this line, was born Oct. 27, 1733. An active patriot he participated in the capture of a convoy of provisions for Lord Percy's re-enforcements on April 19, 1775, the day of the battle of Lexing- ton. He was three times married. In 1751 he m. Esther Pierce dau of James Pierce and wife, Phebe (Reed) Pierce of Woburn. She d. Jan 8, 1772. He m. (2) Abigail Holden dau of Simon and Abigail Holden of Charlestown who died June 29, 1773. He m. (3) the sister of Abigail, Hannah Holden. Mr. Ammi Cutter was the father of twenty-one children. His son Ephraim Cutter, grandfather of the Woburn librarian, was born Oct. 31, 1767. He married on March 13, 1791, Deborah Locke, daughter of Captain Samuel Locke and his wife, Margaret (Adams) Locke of Menotomy, now Arlington, Mass. Her father was an officer in the Revolutionary War and an extensive farmer. Benjamin Cutter for a long period the well known and much respected Dr. Cutter of Woburn, where he practiced medicine for forty years, was born in what is now Arlington, Mass., June 4, 1803. He was fitted for college in the academies at Westford and Andover, Mass., and Pelham and New Market, N.H. and was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1824. In the meantime he taught school in winter in different places and in 1823-24 was teaching in Medford and Wellfleet, Mass. He took his degree from the Harvard Medical School in 1827 and in 1857 he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Philadelphia Medical College. He studied also with Dr. Francis Kittridge, of Woburn, Mass., and on the death of that celebrated physician succeeded to his practice. Dr. Cutter was the founder and first president of the Middlesex East District Medical Society which was organized at his residence in Woburn, October 22, 1850. In 1826 he was commissioned surgeon's mate and in 1829 was appointed surgeon of a regiment of militia. He resigned this position in 1834. Dr. Cutter was a leading spirit in the Woburn Young Men's Society and the organizer of the Woburn's Young Men's Library, which contained nearly seven hundred volumes, mainly of his selection, comprising history, biography, books of travel and of science, but no novels or religious works. Dr. Cutter was a member of the School Committee in Woburn from 1845 to 1849 and he was secretary of the Board of Trustees of Warren Academy for thirty successive years. Possessed of antiquarian taste and skill, and enjoying an extensive acquaintance in this part of the county, he succeeded in collecting a rich fund of historical, genealogical topographical lore. About sixty years ago (speaking in 1889) he commenced researches which culminated in the History of the Cutter Family of New England, published by his son, William R. Cutter. Dr. Cutter worked earnestly in the temperance cause, side by side with Jewett, Edwards, and Lyman Beecher. He died in Woburn, Mass., March 9, 1864. On September 26, 1824 he was united in marriage with Mary Whittemore, dau of Amos and Rebecca (Russell) Whittemore, of West Cambridge, Mass. She died June 6, 1871. Dr. and Mrs. Cutter had six children: Benjamin Austin Cutter b. Feb. 15, 1825 died at West Cambridge 1825; Benjamin Lincoln Cutter b. at Woburn Sept 26, 1828; Mary Ann Eliza Cutter b. Sept. 16, 1830 d. 1832; Ephraim Cutter, born Sept. 1, 1832;Mary W. Cutter b. November 18, 1834; and William R. Cutter the librarian. Benjamin Lincoln Cutter a grad. of Amherst in the class of 1844 made a number of voyages to the Pacific, to Calcutta and to California. He d. in Mauch Chunk, PA March 23, 1852. Mary W. Cutter who married Samuel A. Fowle, died 1865. Ephraim Cutter grad. at Yale in 1852. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Harvard in 1856 and from the Philadelphia Medical College in 1857. In 1861 he gained the Boylston Medical Prize and in 1862 he made a tour of hospitals and medical schools in Europe. He was the lst physician in this country to construct the laryngoscope and he had published a work on the principles and practice of laryngoscopy and rhinoscopy. He m. Rebecca Sullivan dau of Capt. Thomas V. Sullivan and wife, Elizabeth (Dunning) Sullivan. William R. Cutter was educated in the Woburn public schools, Warren Academy, the Norwich Military Univ. (VT), by private teachers at his home, and in the Scientific School at Yale Univ. where he was a special student, taking a two year's course. At the age of twenty-one he published the History of the Cutter Family which is now out of print. For a number of years he was engaged in literary composition and compilation and for ten years of this time he lived in Lexington. His works consisted of a History of the Town of Arlington, Mass., and articles on various subjects, mostly local history. He was engaged also in tracing titles and managing similar business for others. In 1882 he was appointed librarian of the Woburn Public Library. He m. 1871 Mary Kimball dau of Daniel and Mary Ann (Ames) Kimball of Woburn and grand-daughter of the Rev. David Tenney Kimball who was for fifty years pastor of the First Congregational Church of Ipswich, Mass. One daughter, Sarah Hamlen, who was born to Mr. & Mrs. Cutter in 1873 died in 1890. While living in Lexington, Mass., Mr. Cutter was secretary of the school commitee for seven years; and he was clerk of the committee, and had charge of the funds of the Cary Library. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, of the NEHGS and of the American Library Assoc. He was ex-vice-presidentof the MA Library Club. He was a member of Norwich Univ. Alumni. During the war Mr.Cutter was Captain and Major of a juvenile military company connected with Warren Academy, the lst organization of a military character under the auspices of a school outside of Boston and Worcester. _____________________________________________ p.752 Henry Dengayne (Dingham) a "townsman then inhabiting" (1636) to whom a lot of Beaver Brook Plowland was granted, was prob. the "Doctor Dingham" mentioned as a grantee of land in Watertown, in a deed, Dr. Philip Shattuck to Jonathan Smith [Middlesex Deeds, Vol X, p.52] He was an early proprietor of Dedham and was probably the "Mr. Henry Dingham" who m. in Roxbury, April 1641, Elizabeth Alcock, widow of the doctor and deacon, George Alcock, who died Dec 30, 1640. He died in Roxbury of apoplexy Dec 8, 1645. Nov 4, 1646, the petition of Mrs. Dingham and John Alcock for division of the houses and land (two-thirds to John, eldest son, and one-third to Samuel, b. April 16, 1637), was granted by the General Court. (Colony Rec. II. p. 165) This was a few months after John had graduated from Harvard College and about 13 years before Samuel graduated. See Will of George Alcock (Geneal. Reg. II. p. 104.) wherein is mentioned only two children, John and Samuel, and wife, not named. Also see p.627 note.