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.756 [Page] Ebenezer Page for £80 sold to Daniel Estabrook of Cambridge Farms (Lexington) 76 acres farm lands (Weston) in the 9th division, 3d squadron, bounded west by land granted to John Sherman (?Freeman?) now in possession of Capt. Beers' heirs. _____________________________________________ p.756 [Estabrook] Daniel Estabrook, probably moved from Weston in 1704. May 15, 1704, Ebenezer Page, for £80 sold to Daniel Estabrook of Cambridge Farms (Lexington) 76 acres farm lands, Weston, in the 9th division, 3d squadron, bounded west by land granted to John Sherman (?Freeman), now in possession of Capt. Beers' heirs; east by Saltonstall's heirs; north by land of John Finch, now in possession of William Bond; south by land of Mr. Phillips' heirs. Also, 52 acres swamp, in 3d squadron, being all the upland, except 142 acres granted Mr. Eires, now in possession of Joseph Tainter's heirs; bounded north and south by squadron lines; east by Mr. Phillips' heirs; west by the above Eire Farm. Also, 6 acres of meadow, formerly Leiut. Hammond's; bounded north and south by the above 52 acres; south-east by John Cutting; east by Nicholas Cady, with all rights in the Nonesuch. October 21, 1704, Daniel Estabrook for £11. 5s. bought of John Woodward of Newton, Thomas Fisher of Dedham, and widow Mary Waite of Watertown, 5 acres meadow on Stoney Brook, 42d Lot, formerly granted to Richard Woodward. June 28, 1709, Daniel Estabrook bought of Thomas Waight of Watertown and wife Sarah, 8 acres of meadow, bounded west and north by Deacon William Bond, east by John Cutter; south by D.E. p.757 Hannah Estabrook m. April 6, 1785, Ebenezer Lawrence - see p.829. [J. Lawrence, 244 in Part II.] _____________________________________________ p.757 [Farr] Feb 25, 1652, Barnabas Farr and wife Grace of Boston, sold to Richard Beers of Watertown a homestall of 6 acres and five other lots in Watertown, formerly granted to John Firman, died, and by his heirs sold to Barnabas Farr. John Farr, wife and two children moved from Boston to Watertown in 1733. _____________________________________________ Volume II. p.766 [Fulham] Francis Fulham, Esq., was for a long time the most influential man in Weston, Mass. The Registry of Deeds shows that he purchased numerous lots or parcels of land, generally situated in the south-west part of the town. Jan. 4, 1697-8, James Barnard of Sudbury sold to Francis Fulham of Watertown (Farms) 60 acres in Watertown near Sudbury, a quarter of the farm called Barnard's Farm, "near the land of of Contention, so called." Feb 10, 1707-8, same sold to same, 24 acres in south-west corner of Watertown (Farms) part of a grant of 236 acres called Land of Contention. He was Selectman 1710 & 1711, before the separation, Weston from Watertown, and afterwards, he held numerous responsible offices. The date of his decease has not been ascertained; but he lived to advanced age, for "Colonel Francis Fulham," was Moderator of a town-meeting, March 25, 1751. March 30, 1752, he resigned his agency for collecting rents for the proprietors of Natick, and for paying to each his due share. The records of Natick were in his keeping as early as 1719. Francis Fulham m. December 4, 1740, Susanna Hammond, dau. of Eleazer & Hannah (Harrington) Hammond of Newton. Jacob Fulham died in Leominster, October 20, 1833, aged 83 yrs., probably a son of Jacob and Hannah (Ware) of Weston. Sarah Fulham was the 2nd wife of Deacon William Trowbridge. Five children. ___________________________________________________________ p.775 [Grant] (see p.260) Christopher Grant. Administration on estate of Christopher Grant was granted October 6, 1685, to his sons Christopher, Caleb and Joseph. Inventory by Henry Bright, John Biscoe and Samuel Jennison, October 5, 1685; house and about 19 acres, ?100; 17 acres of mowing-land, butting on Cambridge line, ?50; 12 acres adjoining Fresh Pond; highway south; butting on Canal line, ?36; four acres of salt marsh, north side of Charles River, ?21; 25 acres dividend land, bounded north by Cambridge line, south by Slender Gut, ?18; three acres in great meadow, ?6; twelve acres in lieu of township, 1st division; ?6; twelve acres in lieu of township, last division at Stoney Brook ?2.10s.; seven acres farm-land nigh Concord Pond, ?15; seventy- one acres farm land, not far from Little Nonesuch, ?30. His homestall of 5 acres in 1644, was on the north side of the Cambridge road, opposite to Mount Auburn Cemetery. January 19, 1691-2, Caleb, Christopher, and Joseph Grant and their sisters, Sarah Severns and Mary Smith, stated to the Court that their father died about six years since, intestate, and that their mother is now deceased and they pray for a division of the estate. February 5, 1699-1700, Roger Rose of Dover, tailor, and his wife Abigail, for ?28.5s, sold to John Brewer of Sudbury, 75 acres in Watertown, 5th squadron of farm-land from Cambridge line; land granted to William Guddridge (Goodridge). ___________________________________________________________ p.776 Estate of Joshua Grant, Jr., glazier, settled March 5, 1694-5. Feb. 25, 1692-3, Benjamin Grant, weaver and wife, Priscilla, sold to Roger Rose of Piscataqua (Maine) two lots in Watertown, 17 acres. They probably, about this date, moved to Cambridge. Sarah Grant m (1) at Charlestown, Feb 23, 1665-6, Samuel Seaverns. She m. (2) as late as 1694, Thomas Sylvester of Watertown. If this Mercy was a daughter of Christopher Grant, she must have died early; before the settlement of the father's estate. Administration on the estate of C. Grant granted to brother Joseph Grant, Nov 26, 1694. Mary Grant, the widow of Joseph Grant, was living March 1751 aged 84 yrs. Joseph Grant, Jr. of Charlestown m. Sarah ____. She was admitted full communion at Charlestown, Dec. 19, 1714. He died Jan 14, 1721-2 aged 31 yrs. 10 mos. His widow, Sarah died June 5, 1744, aged (?) 61 yrs. Children: 1. Joseph Grant, a mariner, of Charlestown, and Mary Parker of Cambridge were married in Charlestown, October 3, 1745. 2. Sarah Grant who m. 1746, Daniel Lawrence, 3rd. 3. Margaret Grant bap. May 14, 1721. Stephen Grant and his wife Abigail had nine children baptized at Charlestown. He was living in 1751. Joshua Grant died May 27, 1734. Lydia Grant died Aug. 6, 1731. Christopher Grant and Mercy Stratton married (published at Boston, November 1, 1739). Colonel Christopher Grant m. August 4, 1763, Sarah Watson of Cambridge. He died April 1, 1818 and his widow, Sarah died May 20, 1821, aged 75 yrs. Christopher Grant, Jr. died March 12, 1850. Colonel Christopher Grant was Selectman 13 years, 1781 to 1794. ___________________________________________________________ p.779 [Sparhawk] Thomas Hammond, Hingham in 1636. Nov. 14, 1656 for £40 he purchased of Esther, dau of Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge, 300 acres of land at Cambridge on the south side of the Charles River. ___________________________________________________________ p.779 [Hammond] Thomas Hammond settled in Hingham as early as 1636, was admitted freeman, March 9, 1636/7 and was a grand juror Sept. 19, 1637. In 1650, and again in 1656, he sold lands in Hingham. In 1650 he purchased land in Cambridge Village (Newton), near the' boundary line of Brookline, and near a beautiful body of water, which has since borne his name - "Hammond Pond." Nov. 14, 1656, for £40, he purchased of Esther Sparhawk, dau. of Nathaniel Sparhawk, of Cambridge, 300 acres of land in said town on the south side of the Charles River, bounded N., S., and West by a farm granted by the town to Robert Bradish (now partly in the possession of the widow Hammond), north by land now of John Ward and Thomas Prentice, formerly granted to Elder Frost; east by Mr. Hibbin's land. His wife, Elizabeth died first and he died Sept 30, 1675, leaving two sons, Thomas and Nathaniel, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, all mentioned in his Will. To his daughters he gave lands in Brookline - Muddy River. Inventory £1139. 16s. 2d. There is no clear evidence that he and William Hammond of Watertown were kinsmen, but it is probable. It is supposed that he came from Lavenham, County Suffolk, England, whence it is known that William Hammond of Watertown came; and that he was the Thomas Hammond who married in Lavenham, Nov. 12, 1623, Elizabeth Cason. Children: 1. Thomas Hammond who m. in 1662, Elizabeth Stedman; died 1678. (see below) 2. Elizabeth Hammond who m. Aug 7, 1659, George Woodward of Watertown as his 2nd wife. Five children. He d. May 31, 1676. She m. (2) Samuel Truesdale, Sr. 3. Sarah Hammond bap. in Hingham, Sept 13, 1640 m. ____Steadman. She died before her father (1675) leaving two daughters, Sarah Steadman & Elizabeth Steadman. 4. Nathaniel Hammond, bap. in Hingham, Mar. 12, 1643; died 1691 aged 48 [gravestone]. Thomas Hammond Jr. who m. Dec 17, 1662, Elizabeth Stedman. He died of small-pox Oct 20, 1678 and administration was granted to his widow who died 1715. Dec. 18, 1683, his sons Thomas and Isaac Hammond chose their uncle, Nathaniel Hammond, guardians of the three younger children. Children: ___________________________________________________________ p.780 1. Elizabeth Hammond b. May 9, 1664; m. April 18, 1682 Thomas Chamberlin. Her death is not recorded but it is supposed that Thomas Chamberlin is the one who m. in Concord, Jan 9, 1690, Elizabeth Hall. He died 1724. The Inventory of his widow, Elizabeth was dated Feb 19, 1732/3, William Ireland, administrator. Children: 1. Thomas Chamberlin b. in Cambridge, Sept 10, 1683; m. at Watertown, June 22, 1709, Sarah Mason. He died before 1720, when his widow had become the wife of John Bond. 2. Elizabeth Chamerlin b. Aug 1, 1686, m. 1717, George Allen. 3. Rebecca Chamberlin, b. Mar 11, 1688/9. Children supposedly of Thomas Chamberlin by his 2nd wife. 4. Mary Chamberlin b. Feb 11, 1693; m. Feb. 11, 1716/17, Isaac Hammond. 5. Sarah Chambelin, b. Feb 19, 1695; d. before 1756; m. Dec. 17, 1730, Eleazer Chamberlin of Brookline. Children: 1. Elizabeth Chamberlin b. Mar 30, 1736; m. in 1756, Ebenezer Thwing of Cambridge. 2. John Chamberlin b. Feb 9, 1739; d. 1749. 6. John Chamberlin b. Sept 26, 1698, by his wife Elizabeth had: 1. John Chamberlin b. Mar 28, 1721. 2. Thomas Hammond b. Dec 16, 1666. 3. Isaac Hammond b. Dec 20, 1668. 4. Sarah Hammond, twin of Isaac, born Dec 20, 1668. 5. Nathaniel Hammond b. Feb 3, 1670/1. 6. John Hammond b. April 30, 1674. 7. Eleazer Hammond b. Nov 13, 1677. Nathaniel Hammond who married about 1671 or 1672, Mary ___. (She is said to have been the dau. of Jonathan & Mary (French) Hyde; but I find no dau. Mary, recorded among the twenty-one children of Jonathan Hyde. Perhaps she was his eldest child whose birth was not recorded but this is improbable. He died May 29, 1691 aged 48 yrs. [gravestone] and administration granted to his widow, Mary, oct 6, 1691. Inventory: £396. 18s. May 6, 1702, Nathaniel and Thomas Hammond, Samuel Truesdale and Elizabeth, his wife, Samuel Prentice and Esther, his wife, Mary and Sarah Hammond, children of Nathaniel Hammond of Newton, agreed that the share of their sister, Hannah, who died in her monority, should go the their brother Thomas. In this agreement is mentioned "Mary Williams, their mother, widow of their father Nathaniel." She became the 2nd wife of Capt. Isaac Williams of Newton. Children: 1. Mary Hammond b. Dec 15, 1672; unm. in 1702. 2. Sarah Hammond b. Oct 3, 1675; unm. in 1702. 3. Nathaniel Hammond b. July 26, 1678. 4. Elizabeth Hammond b. Mar 11, 1682/3; died before 1730; m. Samuel Truesdale, Jr. Children: 1. Hannah Truesdale b. Mar. 18, 1706. 2. Elizabeth Truesdale b. Mar 12, 1709; m. 1733, Samuel Eddy. 3. Esther Truesdale b. April 30, 1711. 4. Thomas Truesdale b. Dec 14, 1714; m. in 1739, Elizabeth, dau. of Job Seger. 5. Mary Truesdale b. July 22, 1717. 6. Sarah Truesdale b. Aug 23, 1721. 7. Rebecca Truesdale b. Mar 21, 1725. 5. Esther Hammond who m. about 1701 Samuel Prentice, son of Thomas Prentice, Jr. and his wife, Sarah and the grandson of Capt. Thomas Prentice and his wife Grace of Newton, & moved to Stonington, Conn., had four sons and five daughters and numerous distinguished descendants. 6. Thomas Hammond b. Feb 27, 1686. 7. Hannah Hammond b. Mar 31, 1689, died Sept. 20, 1700. ___________________________________________________________ p.780-781 Thomas Hammond who m. (1) Mehitabel ____. She died 1704 aged 39 and he m. (2) in Roxbury, Aug 8, 1705, Mary Bacon. He died Mar. 15, 1738 aged 72 yrs. Children: 1. Mehitabel Hammond b. Jan 29, 1695. 2. John Hammond b. Mar 16, 1696. 3. Thomas Hammond b. July 10, 1698; m. April 10, 1734, Ann Farley. Had he a family? 4. Caleb Hammond b. July 4, 1700. By his 2nd wife, Mary Bacon, Thomas Hammond had: 5. Mary Hammond b. Feb 13, 1707; m. Nov. 28, 1723, Samuel Benjamin. 6. Samuel Hammond b. July 9, 1709; m. Eunice ____. He died October, 1736 aged 27 and his widow, Eunice m. 1746, Robert Prentice as his 2nd wife. Children: 1. Eunice Hammond b. Jan 14, 1733. 2. Mary Hammond b. Oct 4, 1734. 3. Isaiah Hammond b. Nov 13, 1735; m. 1763, Lydia Healy b. June 29, 1741, dau. of John & Hannah Healy of Newton, and the grandaughter of Nathaniel Healy. 1. Samuel Hammond b. Jan 1, 1765. 2. David Hammond b. May 28, 1766; m. 1789 Mary Hyde. 3. Jeremiah Hammond b. Aug 20, 1772. ___________________________________________________________ p.781 Isaac Hammond of Newton, m. Dec 7, 1692, Ann Kenrick, b. July 3, 1672, dau of Elijah & Hannah (Jackson) Kenrick of Newton. He died Jan 1, 1715. His widow, Ann, left a Will dated 1719. Children: 1. Margaret Hammond b. Aug 25, 1694; m. in 1737, Joseph Cheney. 2. Isaac Hammond b. July 31, 1698; m. Feb 11, 1716/17, Mary Chamberlin, dau of Thomas & Elizabeth Chamberlin of Newton. He purchased land in Newton of his father. He moved to New London, Conn., where his son Noah became a Baptist minister. (Caulkins, p. 611). 1. Noah Hammond b. Feb 14, 1718. 2. Amariah Hammond b. April 18, 1719. 3. Jason Hammond b. June 16, 1720. 3. Josiah Hammond b. 1700. 4. Hannah Hammond b. April 19, 1703. 5. Jonathan Hammond b. February, 1704/5. 6. Esther Hammond b. Feb. 3, 1708 (?); m. March 23, 1727, Samuel Chamberlin. 7. Elijah Hammond b. Oct 7, 1711. Eleazer Hammond of Newton, m. at Watertown, April 29, 1703, Hannah Harrington. The Will of his widow, Hannah, dated April 4, 1764 mentions son Ephraim, daughters, Patience Chamberlin, Hannah Green, Abigail Harrington, Susanna Fulham, Lydia Hammond and granddaughter Lydia Hammond. (was this grandchild, Lydia, a child of her son Eleazer or of her daughter Lydia?). Children: 1. Hannah Hammond - birth not recorded, prob. the eldest child; married Nov 9, 1724, Bartholomew Green. 2. Eleazer Hammond b. Oct. 1, 1705, died soon. 3. Elizabeth Hammond, b. Jan 12, 1707; not mentioned in her mother's Will. 4. Eleazer Hammond, b. May 2, 1711; not mentioned in his mother's Will. 5. Abigail Hammond b. Jan 31, 1712/13; m. Oct 28, 1731, her cousin, Richard Harrington of Lexington. 6. Patience Hammond b. Sept. 8, 1717; m. April 30, 1761, Eleazer Chamberlin as his 3d wife. 7. Ephraim Hammond b. Mar 13, 1720; of Newton; m. Dec 10, 1741, Martha Steel. He died 1775 and she died 1771. Children: 1. Hannah Hammond b. Aug 8, 1742; died young. 2. Martha Hammond b. Dec 9, 1743, "Pattee"; died Jan 8, 1832, aged 88, unm. 3. Ephraim Hammond b. Dec. 31, 1745; m. Mar 24, 1768, Sarah Parker. Child: 1. Hannah Hammond b. Oct. 12, 1768. 4. Thankful Hammond, twin of Ephraim, b. Dec 31, 1745. 5. Samuel Hammond b. Feb 2, 1748; m. Nov 8, 1770, Mary Rodgers. Children: 1. Samuel Hammond b. May 25, 1772. 2. Peter Hammond b. April 9, 1776. 3. Joel Hammond b. July 10, 1778. 4. Artemas Hammond b. April 3, 1782. 5. Nathaniel Hammond b. Aug 14, 1784; a carpenter of Boston. 6. Hannah Hammond (again) Sept 20, 1749. 7. Edward Hammond b. Sept 20, 1752. 8. Catherine Hammond, twin to Edward, b. Sept 20, 1752. 9. Henry Hammond, b. July 27, 1757. 10. Patience Hammond who m. 1778, Nathaniel Parker, Jr. 11. Elizabeth Hammond who m. 1777, Jonathan Bixby. 12. Jemima Hammond. 8. Susanna Hammond who m. Dec 4, 1740, Francis Fulham, Jr. of Weston. 9. Lydia Hammond who m. May, 1745, John Hammond, Jr. Nathaniel Hammond of Newton who m. (1) Mary Hyde b. Feb. 7, 1684/5, dau. of John & grand- daughter of Jonathan Hyde, Sr. She died Feb 7, 1710 and he m. (2), Jan 31, 1711, Margaret Stone b. Aug 1, 1688, dau. of the Hon. Ebenezer Stone of Newton. He died April 4, 1749 aged 70 yrs and his widow m. (2) Ebenezer Woodward. She died 1776 aged 88 years. Children: 1. Nathaniel Hammond b. Nov 9, 1707; m. April 15, 1734, Sarah Farley & settled in Stoughton He d. 1770 and administration granted to widow Sarah. p.782 2. Benjamin Hammond b. July 9, 1709; died same year. By his 2nd wife, Margaret Stone, Nathaniel Hammond had: 3. Jonas Hammond b. Nov 11, 1711; m. Nov. 1, 1739, Elizabeth Miller and settled in Charlton 4. James Hammond b. Jan 24, 1713; died Jan 17, 1715. 5. Ebenezer Hammond b. Sept. 19, 1714; m. Nov. 1743, his cousin, Esther Stone & settled in Charlton. 6. Margaret Hammond b. Mar 4, 1716; (?) m. Nov 30, 1737, Joseph Cheney. 7. Mary Hammond b. Nov 5, 1717; died Jan 11, 1726. 8. Kezia Hammond b. Jan 23, 1719; m. Feb 17, 1743, Timothy Parker who settled in Holliston. 9. James Hammond (again) b. Nov 14, 1721; died May 8, 1724. 10. Benjamin Hammond b. June 7, 1724. 11. Elinor Hammond b. Jan 12, 1725/6; m. Jan 7, 1748, Jonathan Fuller. 12. Mary Hammond b. Aug 1, 1727; died Aug 18, 1729. 13. Mary Hammond (again) b. Oct 23, 1730 (?); m. at Watertown, June 15, 1756 Moses Bigelow. 14. Mercy Hammond b. 1732; died Oct 17, 1749. 15. David Hammond b. Aug 10, 1733; m. Rebecca, dau. of Dr. James Ormes of Spencer. He settled at Charlton. ___________________________________________________________ p.782 Lieut. Thomas Hammond of Newton, m. (1) in Roxbury, Dec 30, 1714, Sarah Griffin. She died Sept 30, 1732. He m. (2) May 23, 1734, Ann Longley. He died March 15, 1753 and his widow, Ann died 1758 aged 51. His Will, proved 1753, mentions one son, Joseph and six daughters. Children: 1. Sarah Hammond b. Oct 16, 1715; m. 1739, Josiah Parker. 2. Joseph Hammond b. April 15, 1717; m. April 3, 1744, Mary Gore of Roxbury. He d. 1786, and she d. Mar 1, 1786. Children: 1. Thomas Hammond b. Nov 12, 1744. 2. Mary Hammond b. Mar 10, 1746; m. 1777, Isaac Jackson, Jr. 3. Sarah Hammond b. Sept 7, 1747; m. Norman Clark, Jr. 4. Rebecca Hammond b. Dec 14, 1748. 5. Ann Hammond b. Feb 25, 1750. 3. Elizabeth Hammond b. Feb 14, 1719, died young. 4. Eunice Hammond b. April 27, 1721; m. Sept 3, 1741, Thomas Parker and died 1812. 5. Martha Hammond (twin to Eunice) b. April 27, 1721; m. 1749, John Shattuck. 6. Hannah Hammond b. April 26, 1723; d. July 29, 1725. 7. Hannah Hammond (again) b. 1726. 8. Esther Hammond b. Aug 29, 1728; m. Oct 18, 1750, Thomas Greenwood of Holden. 9. Moses Hammond b. Jan 23, 1731; d. May 12, 1741. Lieut. Thomas Hammond by his 2nd wife, Ann Longley had: 10. Aaron Hammond b. Jan 9, 1735. 11. Benjamin Hammond b. Aug. 17, 1737. 12. Ann Hammond b. June 5, 1741. 13. Elizabeth Hammond b. June 15, 1745. John Hammond of Newton, m. Dec 8 (or 11th), 1718, Margaret Wilson, b. Aug 28, 1699, dau. of Samuel & Experience (Trowbridge) Wilson, of Newton. He died in 1763. Children: 1. John Hammond b. July 25, 1719; m. 1745, Lydia Hammond. Children: 1. Lydia Hammond b. June 17, 1746; (?) m. April 4, 1765, Benjamin Cook. 2. Elizabeth Hammond b. June 16, 1749. 2. Joshua Hammond, b. Mar 10, 1721; m. May 15, 1739, Elizabeth Prentice, b. Aug. 26, 1714, dau. of Capt. Thomas & Elizabeth (Jackson) Prentice of Newton. "She is said to have been one of the most virtuous and accomplished women of the town." (see Prentice Family, p.164). He died 1792 aged 72 and his widow d. 1798 aged 84. They had only one child: 1. William Hammond b. July 15, 1740; a captain of Newton who moved to Bangor, Maine. 3. Thomas Hammond b. April 23, 1723; d. Feb 26, 1728. 4. Mary Hammond b. Oct 7, 1725. 5. Margaret Hammond, twin of Mary, b. Oct 7, 1725; m. May 15, 1746, Robert Prentice and in 1751, m. (2), Thomas Marean. 6. Daniel Hammond b. Oct 18, 1727, m. April 17, 1751, Lucy Jones. Children: 1. Lucy Hammond b. July 25, 1752. 2. Thomas Hammond b. June 6, 1753; died July 31, 1763. 3. Phinehas Hammond b. June 4, 1755. 4. Beulah Hammond b. May 11, 1757. ___________________________________________________________ p.783 5. Thomas Hammond b. Feb 20, 1762; m. Nov 2, 1788, Sarah Winchester of Brook- line. This family left Newton & joined the Shakers in Harvard, Mass. See Shakers of Harvard - http://www.neara.org/Boudillion/shakerspring.htm 1. Joseph Hammond b. June 23, 1789. 2. Thomas Hammond b. Aug 8, 1791. 3. Sarah Hammond b. Sept 30, 1793. 4. Mary Hammond b. Sept 22, 1795. 5. Lucy Hammond b. July 2, 1797. 6. Moses Winchester Hammond b. June 6, 1799. 7. Elnathan Winchester Hammond b. May 6, 1802. 8. Benjamin Franklin Hammond b. Oct 29, 1803. 9. Charles Hammond b. June 22, 1805. 6. Ann Hammond b. June 28, 1764. 7. Sarah Hammond b. Dec 19, 1766. There has been a typo here in the numbering system where the next child is listed as No. 6 (see Daniel above listed as No. 6 - but following strictly to the book: 6. Samuel Hammond b. June 14, 1730; m. Mar 13 175_, Mary Fiske of Waltham. She d. 1770. Children: 1. Mary Hammond b. May 5, 1755; m. Ebenezer Fairbanks of Dedham & d. 1843. 2. Rebecca Hammond b Jan 17, 1757; d. 1845; m. Mar 18, 1779, Ephraim Traine as his 2nd wife. 3. Samuel Hammond b. Sept 30, 1758; d. 1780. 4. Jonathan Hammond b. Nov 21, 1761; m. Mar 18, 1790, Beulah Hyde & had a dau. Julia who m. ____ Crane. 5. Margaret Hammond b. April 1, 1764; m. April 30, 1794, Capt. John Pritch- ard and had one daughter, Lucy Pritchard who d. Jan 20, 1823 and she died Jan 23, 1846. 6. Asa Hammond b. July 12, 1766, name changed to Samuel after the decease of his brother, Samuel. He settled in Boston. 7. Abijah Hammond, b. Nov 5, 1732; m. at Watertown, June 5, 1755, Mary Saltmarsh, bap. in Charlestown June 6, 1731, eldest child of Thomas & Mary Saltmarsh of Watertown, wither he moved in 1760. Children: 1. Abijah Hammond, Jr. b. Feb 22, 1757; was a Colonel in the U. S. Army, and died at Westchester, N.Y. He m. ____ Ogden of New York and left two sons, Charles and Odgen Hammond. 2. Martha Hammond. 3. Isaac Hammond bap. at Watertown July 17, 1763. 4. Mary Hammond.* 5. George Hammond.* 6. Abigail Hammond.* *All baptized at Watertown, March 4, 1770. 8. Enoch Hammond b. Oct 29, 1734; m. May 10, 1764, Lucy Fiske of Waltham. 1. Lucy Hammond b. April 17, 1765. 2. Lucy Hammond (again) b. Dec 24, 1766. 3. Enoch Hammond b. April 7, 1768. 4. Samuel Hammond b. Aug 16, 1770. 5. Jeremiah Hammond b. Aug 20, 1772. 6. Artemas Hammond b. Jan 1, 1775. 7. Charles Hammond b. Mar 3, 1777. 9. Ann Hammond b. Sept 23, 1736; m. 1758 Gulliver Winchester, b. Mar 4, 1733, son of Stephen & Hannah Winchester of Newton. She died in Brookline, 1797 and he died there Nov. 1811. Children: 1. Elizabeth Winchester b. Feb 13, 1759 m. Edward Mitchell of Newton. 2. Henry Winchester b. Aug 10, 1761; a schoolmaster; d. 1801, unm. 3. Anna Winchester, b. July 26, 1762 m. James Foster. 4. William Winchester b. June 25, 1765 m. Anna Fuller in 1800 & settled in Roxbury. 5. Mary Winchester b. Oct 28, 1767 m. John Durell. 6. Susanna Winchester b. May 15, 1769; m. Abijah Seaverns of Roxbury. 7. Artemas Winchester b. Aug 7, 1770; d. 1812, unm. 8. Lucretia Winchester b. Aug 13, 1773; m. Jabez Lewis of Roxbury. 10. Martha Hammond b. April 10, 1738; died Oct 12, 1757. 11. Abigail Hammond b. 1741, m. February, 1764, Lieut. John Marean, commander of a company of minute men in the Battle of Concord; 8 children. He died 1786 & his widow m. (2) 1789, Capt. Edward Fuller. She d. May, 1826, aged 85 yrs. ___________________________________________________________ p.783-784 Colonel Benjamin Hammond of Newton is said to have commanded a company of militia at Lexington, April 17, 1775 and did other military duty during the Revolution. He afterwards obtained the rank of Colonel and for a long time was a leading many in the municipal affairs of Newton. He m. Oct 5, 1749, Sarah Brown of Waltham, dau. of Deacon William & Sarah (Bond) Brown. She died March 19, 1800 aged 75 yrs. In advanced age he went to Rutland to reside with his daughter, Abigail. Children: 1. Nathaniel Hammond b. May 22, 1750; died Jan 31, 1752. 2. Ebenezer Hammond, twin of Nathaniel, b. May 22, 1750. p.784 3. Sarah Hammond b. Nov 30, 1751; m. 1769, Capt. Norman Clark of Newton and moved to Princeton, Mass. 4. Anna Hammond b. Dec. 16, 1754; m. Oct 9, 1777, Rev. Joseph Pope, b. in Brookline (then a part of Pomfret, Conn., Sept 28, 1746; grad. Harvard College, 1770; ordained in Spencer, Mass., Oct 20, 1773. He died Mar 8, 1826 and his widow now (1855) survives in her 101st year, occupying the same chamber she has done more than 70 years. (see also History of Spencer) Children: 1. Joseph Pope, b. July 14, 1778, grad. Dartmouth Coll. 1798; a lawyer of Portland, where he m. (1) January 1811, Caroline McLellan, b. May, 1793, dau. of Major Hugh McLellan, a distinguished merchant of Portland. She died Dec 4, 1817. He m. (2) July, 1821, Hannah Wakefield b. 1798 who d. May 19, 1828. He m. (3), Oct 29, 1832, Harriet M. Jones, b. April 10, 1801, sister to T. R. Jones, Esq., of Portland. Mr. Pope died April, 1852. Children: 1. Ann Jane Pope b. Dec 1, 1811; m. Feb 22, 1836, Samuel H. Pennington, M.D., b. Oct 16, 1806 of Newark, New Jersey. Children: 1. Samuel H. Pennington b. June 13, 1837; d. August, 1838. 2. Sarah Caroline Pennington b. Dec 25, 1838. 3. Anna Pope Pennington b. April 4, 1840. 4. Samuel H. Pennington b. Mar 9, 1842. 5. Joseph Pope Pennington, b. Jan 27, 1845. 6. John C. Pennington b. Oct 12, 1850. 2. Harriet T. Pope b. Aug. 31, 1813; m. Nov 5, 1839, Rev. Calvin E. Park, of Boxford, Mass., born in Providence, R.I. Dec 30, 1811, son of Rev. Calvin E. Park, D.D., a professor at Brown University. Children: 1. Anna Pope Park b. Sept. 18, 1842. 2. Charles Ware Park b.Sept 8, 1845. 3. Caroline McLennan Park b. July 23, 1847. 4. Edward Charles Park b. May, 1817; d. August, 1820. Joseph Pope by his 2nd wife, Hannah Wakefield had: 5. Joseph Pope b. Dec 25, 1822. 6. Lucretia Howe Pope b. April, 1823; d. March, 1824. 7. Hannah Pope b. April 27,; died June, 1828. Joseph Pope by his 3d wife, Harriet M. Jones had: 8. Caroline Eliza Pope, b. Oct. 5, 1833. 2. Charles Pope b. Feb 26, 1780; died at Thomaston, Maine in 1842, unm. 3. William Pope b. Dec 10, 1781; a Justice of the Peace of Spencer, Mass., occupying the paternal homestead. In early life he resided some time at Thomaston, Maine. He m. (1) Eliza Prince, dau. of Hezekiah Prince, Esq., of Thomaston, Maine. He m. (2) Elizabeth Stearns, dau. of the late Charles Stearns of Worcester. He m. (3) Mrs. Experience (White) Clapp, the widow of George W. Clapp and a native of Spencer, Mass. He was a widower at the writing of this book. Children: 1. Anna Eliza Pope b. Nov 12, 1818; m. April 16, 1840, Rawson Vaile, a grad. of Amherst Coll., 1839 & settled in Indianapolis, Iowa, where he was co-editor and proprietor of the Indiana State Journal. She d. in 1853. Children: 1. William P. Vaille. 2. Sarah Lucretia Vaille. 3. Joel Frederick Vaille. 4. Joseph Edward Vaille. 5. Charles Selden Vaille. 2. Isabella Prince Pope b. Dec 17, 1820; died May 31, 1821. 3. Joseph Pope b. Aug 16, 1822; unm. 4. Lucretia Howe Pope b. Sept 17, 1824; m. June 23, 1853, William Upham, a manufacturer of Spencer, Mass. 6. Maria Isabella Pope b. Jan 27, 1831. 4. Anna Pope, b. Feb 16, 1786; m. September, 1810, Rev. Roswell Shurtleff, D.D., b. Aug 29, 1773, youngest son of William & Hannah (Cady) Shurtleff.* footnote: *William Shurtleff of the early Plymouth Colony stock b. April 4, 1730; m. November 1753, Hannah Cady of Tolland, Conn. and settled in Ellington then called East Windsor, Conn. They had nine children, the youngest of whom was Roswell Shurtleff. It is supposed that his wife, Hannah (Cady) was a dau. of John Cady of Tolland, who m. at Watertown, Mass., May 6, 1726, Hannah the dau. of John & Jemima Abbott of Watertown. Children of Rev. Roswell Shurtleff and his wife, Anna Pope: 1. Anna Pope Shurtleff b. Mar 8, 1812; m. May 18, 1836, Rev. Evarts Worcester, grad. of Dartmouth Coll., 1830; tutor 1832/1833, ord- ained in Littleton, N.H., where he died Oct 21, 1836 aged 29 yrs. p.785 He was a son of Rev. Leonard Worcester of Peacham, Vermont, who m. a dau. of the Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D.D., of Hadley. His widow m. (2) Oct 3, 1844, Joseph Emerson, Jr., a merchant of Hanover, born in Norwich, Vermont Oct 3, 1807. One child: 1. Roswell Shurleff Worcester, b. Feb 20, 1846. 2. Roswell Shurtleff b. Mar 12, 1816; d. Nov 6, 1820. 3. William Joseph Shurtleff, b. Aug 24, 1819; d. Nov 26, 1820. 4. Susan Augusta Shurtleff, b. Jan 14, 1822; m. April 13, 1847, Abner Hartwell Brown b. July 6, 1816, son of Abner & Polly (Ager) Brown of New Ipswich, grad. Dartmouth Coll. 1839, tutor 1840 to 1842; M.D. Yale, 1844; Professor of Chemistry in Willoughby Univ. and in the Berkshire Medical School. He settled in Lowell; was M.M.S.S. and he died at Lowell, 1851. Children: 1. Abner Hartwell Brown b. Nov 21, 1848; d. Sept 23, 1849. 2. Susan Anna Brown b. Aug 19, 1850. 5. Sarah Elizabeth Shurtleff b. and d. July, 1825. 5. Jonathan Hammond b. Dec 19, 1756; d. Mar 28, 1760. 6. Benjamin Hammond b. and d. 1759. 7. Abigail Hammond b. Oct 17, 1761; m. Deacon Jonas Reed, Jr. of Rutland. 8. Elizabeth Hammond b. May 26, 1764; died unm. 9. Benjamin Hammond b. June 12, 1768; of Roxbury; m. 1793, Mary Hovey. Children: 1. William H. Hammond b. Sept 27, 1794. 2. Matilda Hammond b. July 23, 1796. 3. Stephen Hammond b. Dec 31, 1798. 4. Sarah Hammond b. Feb 14, 1801/2. 5. Maria Paine Hammond b. Sept 14, 1803. 6. Josiah H. Hammond b. Oct 20, 1806, settled at Grafton. 10. Lucretia Hammond b. Dec. 11, 1771. ___________________________________________________________ p.785 Capt. William Hammond of Newton, m. (1) April 18, 1770, Mary Livermore of Waltham. She died 1775 aged 28 yrs. and he m. (2) Nov 12, 1778, Relief Baldwin, dau. of Henry & Abigail (Butler) Baldwin of Shrewsbury, from Pelham, N.H. He moved to Bangor, Maine in 1808 and died about 1834 aged 94 yrs. Children: 1. Elizabeth Hammond b. Sept 26, 1770; m. 1793, Johua Marean. 2. William Hammond b. Jan 27, 1772. 3. Joshua Hammond b. Nov 2, 1773; a captain; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Caleb Kendrick of Newton. He was lately living in Northampton. Children: 1. Elisha Livermore Hammond, b. Dec 29, 1799; m. & lived at Northampton. 2. Elizabeth Hammond. 3. Emily Hammond. 4. Mary L. Hammond. 5. Sarah T. Hammond. 6. Susan Hammond. 7. Harriet Hammond. 8. William Hammond. 9. Jane Hammond. 10. Albert Hammond. Capt. William Hammond had by his 2nd wife, Relief Baldwin: 4. Charles Hammond b. Sept 6, 1779. 5. Elisha Hammond b. April 14, 1781. 6. Mary Hammond b. Oct 11, 1782; m. Dr. Abbot of Bangor, Maine. 7. Nancy Hammond b. May 29, 1784; m. ____ Taylor. 8. Harriet Hammond b. Mar 3, 1786; m. ____ Taylor. 9. Relief Hammond b. Nov 27, 1787. 10. Melinda Hammond 11. Sophia Hammond. Samuel Hammond, a merchant of Boston, engaged in the East India trade; m. in Boston, June 4, 1794, Sarah Dawes, b. April 23, 1768. He died Nov. 4, 1838. Children: 1. John Lucas Hammond b. Feb 21, 1795; d. May 10, 1846. 2. Charles Hammond b. May 18, 1796. Some time a member of Harvard College; a merchant of Boston. 3. Hannah Dawes Hammond, b. Nov 4, 1797; m. Feb 13, 1822, Hon. Nathaniel Pope Russell of Boston, as his 2nd wife and had: 1. Samuel Hawes Russell b. Jan 3, 1823; m. April 22, 1847, Louisa Ann Adams of Boston. Children: 1. Edith Russell b. Nov 8, 1848. 2. Alice Russell b. Mar 13, 1852. 2. Mary Ann Palfrey Russell b. Jan 5, 1826. 3. Nathaniel Pope Russell b. Feb 1, 1829; grad. Harvard College, 1849. 4. Mary Ann Hammond b. Jan 15, 1800, m. Mar 11, 1823, Hon. John Gorham Palfrey, born in Boston, May 2, 1796; grad. Harvard Coll. 1815, D.D. 1834; LL.D., 1838; ordained in Boston, June 17, 1818; a professor of Sacred Literature at Harvard Univ., 1830 to 1839, S.H.S. etc. Children: ___________________________________________________________ p.786 1. Sarah Hammond Palfrey. 2. Anna Russell Palfrey. 3. John Gorham Palfrey who died. 4. Francis Winthrop Palfrey who grad. Harvard Coll. 1851. 5. John Carver Palfrey who grad. Harvard Coll., 1853; a cadet at West Point. 6. Mary Gorham Palfrey. 5. Samuel Hammond, b. Oct 7, 1801; a merchant of Boston; m. Nov 5, 1828, Susannah Copley Greene, dau. of the late Gardner Greene, Esq. of Boston. He died Sept. 10, 1834 and his widow died Mar 22, 1844 aged 38 yrs. Children: 1. Gardner Greene Hammond b. Nov 20, 1832. 2. Samuel Hammond b. Jan. 1835 - posthumously. 6. Sarah Hammond b. Feb 21, 1803; d. Oct 20, 1820. 7. Catherine Hammond b. May 20, 1804; m. Sept 19, 1833, John Gardner Gibson, Esq., a merchant of Boston. He died May 12, 1838. Children: 1. John Gardner Hammond b. Aug 21, 1835. 2. Charles Hammond b. Nov 1, 1836. 8. William Dawes Hammond b. April 13, 1806; grad. Harvard Coll. 1827; died Nov 12, 1835. 9. Almira Hammond b. Dec 13, 1809 m. Sept 3, 1838, Walter Cooper Greene of Dover, N.Y., a surgeon, U. S. Army. She d. July 20, 1847. Children: 1. Sarah Hammond Greene b.July 16, 1840. 2. Walter Hammond Greene. footnote: Moses Bigelow and Mary Hammond of Newton, married at Watertown, June 15, 1756. [Brickwall solved at last. The 2 Farnsworth brothers, founders of Fort 4, NH married sisters - daughters of John Hastings of Watertown & his wife, Sarah Fiske. Their step-brother, Lieut. Moses Willard m. another of the sisters and dau of John Hastings & Sarah Fiske.] ___________________________________________________________ p.789/790 [Hastings] John Hastings of Watertown, Mass., m. (1) Nov 2, 1702, Susanna Bemis. She died Nov 15, 1703. He m. (2) Jan 8, 1706/7, Sarah Fiske. It is probable he moved to Lunenburg or that vicinity about 1723. Children: 1. Sarah Hastings b. Nov 8, 1707. 2. Susanna Hastings b. April 4, 1710 [see her marriage below to Lieut. Moses Willard] 3. John Hastings b. Feb 4, 1711/12. ___________________________________________________________ p.790 4. Nathaniel Hastings b. June 9, 1714; m. at Lunenburg, Mass., May 21, 1741, Lois Houghton Children: 1. John Hastings b. Oct 20, 1741. 2. Lois Hastings b. May 17, 1743. 3. Nathaniel Hastings b. May 28, 1745. 4. Caleb Hastings b. Mar 31, 1749. 5. David Hastings b. Mar 31, 1751. 6. Elizabeth Hastings b. April 14, 1753. 7. Nicholas Hastings b. June 30, 1755. 8. Jonathan Hastings b. Aug 16, 1756, by his wife, Nancy had in Lunenburg, son Christopher Hastings b. Feb 26, 1793. 9. Susanna Hastings b. Mar 11, 1759. 10. Samuel Hastings b. May 19, 1761. 11. Esther Hastings b. July 21, 1765; m. July 8, 1788, Phineas Divol. 12. Eunice Hastings b. June 6, 1769; m. Mar 18, 1799, Asael Divol. 5. Hannah Hastings b. Jan 24, 1716/17; m. Aug 15, 1735, Daniel Farnsworth, both of Lunenburg. [note that was David Farnsworth] 6. Eunice Hastings b. Sept 3, 1722; m. Dec 22, 1741, Stephen Farnsworth, both of Lunenburg. 7. Mary Hastings b. in Lunenburg July 6, 1731; m. July 20, 1748, Nicholas Dike, both of Lunenburg. ___________________________________________________________ p.792 [Paige] For Lucius K. Paige read Lucius R. Page. - note of Dr. Henry Bond ___________________________________________________________ p.794 (see p.300) Mary Derby was the daughter of General Samuel Barton Derby, formerly of Salem. Samuel Hobbs m. Mar 27, 1834, Abigail Woodward, dau. of Rev. Dr. S. Kendall. Elmira Hobbs m. 1825, Amos Upham. ___________________________________________________________ p.795 James Hubbard by his wife Sarah had: 1. James Hubbard who m. a dau of Miles Ives and was his executor and residuary legatee. 2. Sarah Hubbard m. Samuel Champney 3. Thomas Hubbard b. in Watertown Aug 10, 1638, "joined the church in Wethersfield." he died in 1738 and his widow Sarah m. William Hamlet of Cambridge and of Watertown ___________________________________________________________ p.799 For a copious record, and much exact and interesting information respecting the families and descendants of Deacon Samuel & Jonathan Hyde of Newton, see Jackson's History of Newton, pp. 313-326. p.305 - Philip Pratt of Framingham, m. at Weston, June 2, 1726, Mary Osland, of Newton. ___________________________________________________________ p.804 Thomas Giles of Danvers, Mass., m. Nov 4, 1753, Mary Jennison. He was b. 1730, younger son of Samuel Giles of Salem, Mass. b. 1694; grandson of Eleazer Giles and great grandson of Edward Giles an early settler of Salem, who was admitted freeman May 14, 1634. He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and died the next day. His widow died 1784. Children: 1. Thomas Giles b. at Danvers Oct 6, 1754; he was 5 years in the Continental Army; three years in Continental Navy and was a sailmaker of the Frigate Alliance February, 1781. 2. Mary Giles bap. at Danvers Feb 1, 1755 or 1756, m. after April 1793, S. Stevens and settled at Genesee County, N.Y.; afterwards moved to Indiana and died. No children. 3. Samuel Giles b. April 6, 1757; enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776; was in the battles of Trenton and Monmouth; shared the sufferings of Valley Forge and the glories of Saratoga and continued in the army until 1782. 4. Abigail Giles bap. Jan 21, 1759. 5. Elizabeth Giles bap. Nov 2, 1760. Both died young. 6. William Giles bap. ___28, 1762; a soldier of the Revolutionary War; m. and settled in Middle- town, Conn., was drowned in attempting to cross the Connecticut River. 7. James Lindall Giles, bap. Mar 30, 1766; m. (1) Jan 6, 1794, Anna Page of Salem. He m. (2) Martha Bellamy of Kittery, Maine. He d. January 1821. No children. 8. Abigail Giles bap. May 7, 1769; m. (1) Robert Watson and resided 1st in Onondaga Co., N.Y. and afterwards Canada. She m. (2) Adna Gates & resided in Scarborough, near Toronto, C.W. She died - no issue. ___________________________________________________________ p.804 Part 2 Thomas Giles (a grandson of Rev. William Jennison) m. June 22, 1780, Mary Soper Marshall, b. Aug 9, 1756, dau. of Zerubabel & Elizabeth (Soper) Marshall, of Boston. In 1786, he settled at Sandy Bay, Gloucester, Mass. (now Rockport) where he d. Nov 18, 1795, aged 41 yrs. His widow, Mary died Sept. 27, 1822, aged 66 years. Children: 1. Betsey Snow Giles b. at Boston, Mar 29, 1781; m. April 7, 1800, Deacon Josiah Vinton b. at Boston July 27, 1777, son of Josiah Vinton of Braintree. She d. Aug 9, 1849 aged 68 yrs. He was a prosperous merchant, a Deacon, successively in the Essex Street and Phillips Churches of Boston and in 1853 resided in South Boston. Children: 1. John Adams Vinton b. Feb 5, 1801; grad. Dartmouth Coll. 1828; and at the Andover Theological Seminary 1831; ordained and installed in New Sharon, Maine, May 16, 1832. Afterwards settled at Chatham, Mass., and Williamstown, VT; in 1855 a resident of So. Boston. He m. (1) June 6, 1832, Orinda Haskell b. Jan 14, 1805, dau. of Thomas L. and Orinda Haskell of Hanover, N.H. She d. Aug 4, 1838 and he m. (2) Feb 24, 1840, Laurinda Richardson, b. Oct 26, 1813, dau. of Deacon Reuben and Sarah (Vinton) Richardson of Stoneham, Mass. Children: 1. Edward Payson Vinton b. Feb 10, 1834. 2. Mary Orinda Vinton b. Feb 18, 1835. 3. John Francis Vinton b. Oct 3, 1836; d. Aug. 8, 1847. 4. Arthur Vinton b. Mar 22, 1841; d. Aug 25, 1842. 5. Larinda Ellen Vinton, b. Mar 31, died Oct 4th, 1843. 6. Alfred Clarence Vinton b. July 16, 1844. 2. George Vinton b. Aug 13, 1803; a merchant, formerly of Boston then of South Hadley, Mass. He m. (1) Sept 14, 1826, Charlotte Williams Callender b. Feb 14, 1802, dau. of Joseph Callender, a merchant of Boston. She died Aug. 6, 1842 and he m. (2) Nov 28, 1844, Mary Callender, sister of his 1st wife. Children: 1. Charlotte Ann Vinton b. Jan. 12, 1828. 2. George Vinton b. Feb 21, 1830; died Sept 10, 1831. 3. George Vinton (again) b. July 26, 1831; d. April 22, 1832. 4. Mary Callender Vinton b. Jan 21; died July 29, 1835. 5. Mary Callender Vinton (again) b. April 19, 1837; d. Aug 8, 1852. 6. Sarah Ann Callender b. June 15, 1839. 3. Eliza Ann Vinton b. Jan 31, 1806; was of South Boston, unmarried. 4. Nancy Adams Vinton b. Oct 26, 1807, m. Nov 28, 1833, William Vinton Alden, a merchant of Boston, her cousin, b. Aug 4, 1809, son of Ezra and Abigail (Vinton) Alden of East Bridgewater. Children: 1. William Edward Alden b. June 17, 1837. 2. Leonard Case Alden b. Dec 22, 1839. 5. Mary Marshall Vinton b. Mar 30, 1809; died Oct 31, 1821. 6. Alfred Vinton b. Dec 28, 1815; a merchant of St. Louis; m. Sarah Martin of Lancaster, Penn. No issue. ___________________________________________________________ p.805 7. Frederick Vinton b. Oct 9, 1817; grad. Amherst Coll, 1837; at Andover Theol. Seminary, 1843; a teacher in St. Louis. He m. Sept. 13, 1843, Phebe Worth Clisby, dau. of Seth and Elizabeth Clisby of Nantucket. 8. Harriet Newell Vinton b. Mar 8, 1819; of South Boston, unmarried. 2. Matthew Smith Giles b. at Boston Aug 16, 1784; settled at Rockport, Mass., formerly devoted to a seafaring life. He m. (1) Dec 14, 1806, Sally Webster of Rockport. She died Mar 6, 1840 aged 57 yrs. and he m. (2) Mar 22, 1841, the widow, Lydia (Lee) Clifford of Wenham. Children: 1. Matthew Giles b. Nov 28, 1807; a cabinet-maker of Manchester, Mass., m. May 30, 1831, Harriet Allen b. Dec 14, 1807. Children: 1. Eliza Giles b. Oct 22, 1832. 2. Harriet Atwood Giles b. Aug 23, 1834. 3. John James Giles b. July 20, 1836. 4. Sarah Webster Giles b. Aug 10, 1839. 5. Anna Allen Giles b. Apr 5, 1841. 6. William Darius Giles b. July 22, 1843. 7. Mary Dodge Giles b. Jan 21, 1846. 8. Lydia Smith Giles b. Nov 13, 1850; died March 1851. 2. John James Giles b. Feb 1, 1810; a seafarer of Rockport, Mass., m. (1) Betsey Lane of Rockport. He m. (2) Margaret Somes Stockman of Rockport. He m. (3) Catherine McFarland of Fonda's Bush, a village near Johnstown, New York. Children: 1. Margaret Giles. 2. Mary Giles. 3. Catherine Ann Giles, b. 1848; died 1852. 3. William Giles b. Nov 14, 1812; d. July 19, 1834, unmarried. 4. Darius Giles b. Jan 23, 1815; d. April 12, 1842, unmarried. 5. Lydia Dodge Giles b. Dec 23, 1817, m. Feb 15, 1838, Jabez Richardson of Rockport. He d. June 7th and she died June 22m 1843. One child who died in infancy. 6. Alfred Giles b. July 31, 1820; a cabinet-maker of Rockport; m. Nov 6, 1846, Eliza Jane Torrey of Rockport. Children: 1. Alfred Giles 2. Charles Hale Giles. 7. Mary Giles b. Oct 22, 1822 died Oct 20, 1840, unmarried. 8. Calvin Giles b. Aug 24th; d. Sept 28, 1828. ___________________________________________________________ p.805 3. Thomas Giles (son of Thomas Giles & wife, Mary Soper Marshall) was born in Boston, Nov 16, 1785. He was of Rockport since 1786, in early life a fisherman, afterwards engaged in trade and since 1837, an agriculturalist; a deacon of the Orthodox Church. He m. (1) Aug 9, 1808, Oliver Tarr, dau. of Benjamin & Lucy (Pool) Tarr of Rockport, Mass. He m. (2) Jan 3, 1833, Mary Holmes b. July 10, 1796, dau. of Robert Holmes of Dunstable, New Hampshire. Children: 1. Thomas Giles b. Mar 20, 1809; a sea-captain, accidentally knocked overboard and drowned, March 9, 1832, unmarried. 2. Samuel Jennison Giles, b. Nov 15, 1811; a trader of Rockport; m. there, June 6, 1835, Elizabeth Leonard of Kingsboro, New York b. Dec 5, 1813. Children: 1. Newell Giles b. at St. Johnsville, N.Y., May 25, 1837. 2. Mary Olive Giles b. at Kingsboro, N.Y., Mar 5, 1841. 3. William Henry Giles, b. at Gloversville, N.Y. Feb 10, 1844. 4. Newton Leonard Giles b. at Rockport, Mass., Nov 26, 1851. 3. Benjamin Giles, b. Feb. 1, 1816; two yrs. a member of Dartmouth Coll.; a teacher many years at Rockport, Mass.; in 1854 of Beverly, Mass.; a deacon of the Orthodox Congregational Church at Rockport. He m. Nov 30, 1843, Susan Bartlett Haskell of Rockport b. Apr 22, 1824. Children: 1. Lorenzo Tarr Giles, b. April 4, 1847; died Aug 30, 1848. 2. Susan Adeline Giles b. April 12, 1850. 4. Newell Giles b. Feb. 14, 1818; a trader of Rockport; m. Nov 28, 1844, Elizabeth Whipple Gott, dau. of Deacon Jabez R. Gott of Rockport, Mass. Children: 1. Ellen Elizabeth Giles b. July 5, 1847; died Feb 28, 1851. 2. Mary Greenwood Giles b. September, 1850. 5. George Vinton Giles b. Mar 26; d. Sept 10, 1820. 6. George Vinton Giles (again) b. Jan 1, 1822; d. Sept 7, 1842. 7. Olive Giles b. Feb. 9, 1824; m. Dec 18, 1847, Nathaniel Tarr, of Rockport then of Boston, son of Nathaniel & Mary Tarr. 1. a daughter Olive Geneva Giles b. March 24, 1852. 8. Lucy Giles b. Sept 26, 1826. 9. Thaddeus Giles b. Feb. 27, 1829. 10. Susan Elizabeth Giles b. Oct 28, 1833. 11. Walter Harris Giles b. Oct 6, 1837. 4. Mary Giles b. Sept 3, 1787; m. Aug 16, 1804, Daniel Smith Tarr, son of Benjamin Tarr of Rockport. Children: 1. Abigail Giles Tarr b. Mar 3, 1805; m. May 12, 1824, her cousin, Fitz Tarr of Rockport. Children: ___________________________________________________________ p.806 1. Mary Abigail Tarr b. Sept 29, 1826; d. July 30, 1832. 2. Fitz William Tarr b. May 30, 1828; m. Nov 14, 1850, Frances Ingalls of Bridgeton, Maine. 3. Laurana Tarr b. July 28th, died Nov 3, 1830. 4. Daniel Smith Tarr b. July 29, 1832. 5. Jabez Tarr b. Dec 18, 1834; d. Feb 6, 1835. 6. Mary Abigail Tarr b. Dec 6, 1836. 2. Daniel Smith Tarr b. Mar 12, 1807; was a cabinet-maker and a manufacturer of deerskin gloves at Gloversville, N.Y.; m. (1) Aug 19, 1830, Charlotte M. Case, dau. of Elisha Case of Kingsboro, N.Y. She died Nov 8, 1837, aged 31 yrs. and he m. (2) Oct 16, 1838, Nancy Case, dau. of Darius Case of Kingsboro, N.Y. She died April 25, 1846 aged 40 yrs., and he m. (3) April 1, 1847, Abigail L. Heacock of Kingsboro. Children: 1. a son who died aged 2 weeks. 2. Jerusha Tarr b. April 26, 1833. 3. Eliza Vinton Tarr who died soon. 4. Helen Maria Tarr b. Sept. 1845. 5. David Henry Tarr b. May 8, 1848. 6. Daniel Edward Tarr b. Mar 13, 1850. 3. Laurana Giles Tarr b. Jan 7, 1810; d. June 8, 1830. 4. Mary Eliza Tarr b. Oct 6, 1811; d. May 8, 1812. 5. David Tarr b. June 1, 1813; d. Feb 20, 1814. 5. Samuel Giles b. Aug 22, 1789; a mariner of Rockport; m. Mar 14, 1811, the widow Margaret (Davis) Norwood of Rockport b. Oct 21, 1790. Children: 1. Olive Giles b. Oct 11, 1811; m. Nov 27, 1831, Stephen Andrews of Rockport. Two children, both died. 2. Azubah Prentiss Giles b. Apr 16, 1813; m. Mar 18, 1833, Nathan Franklin Burr, of Kingsboro, N.Y. Children: 1. Lucius Franklin Burr. 2. Stephen Norwood Burr. 3. Thaddeus Giles Burr. 4. Julius Henry Burr. died. 5. Ellen Calista Burr. 6. Julius Henry Burr (again) 7. Wilbur Burr. 8. Harriet Mills Burr. 9. Samuel Giles Burr. 10. Mary Laurana Burr. 11. Nathan Henry Burr. 3. Samuel Giles Jr. b. Sept 4, 1815; died June 25, 1817. 4. Margaret Giles b. May 17, 1817; d. April 8, 1819. 5. Margaret Giles (again) b. Feb 28, 1819; m. Nov 28, 1844, William Foster of Rockport. 1. Betsey Marshall Foster b. March, 1846. 6. Mary Marshall Giles b. Oct 3, 1821; m. FEb 9, 1848, Thomas Woodbury Knowlton of Boylston, Mass. Was of Worcester, Mass. 1854. 7. Samuel Giles (again) b. Jan 27, 1824; d. Oct 7, 1825. 8. a child b. September; died October, 1825. 9. Laurana Tarr Giles b. Nov 5, 1826; m. Jan 31, 1849 her 2nd cousin, William W. Marshall of Rockport, Mass. 10. Lucy Elvira Giles b. Dec 7, 1828; m. July 10, 1851, her cousin, Eben Giles, son of William Giles. 11. Jason Giles b. Nov 28, 1830. 12. Sarah Beach Giles b. Dec 30, 1833; d. Oct 22, 1837. 6. Abigail Giles b. July 11, 1791; died Jan 31, 1799. 7. William Giles b. Sept 16, 1793; a mariner of Rockport; m. 1814, Hannah Gott, dau of Ebenezer Gott of Rockport. Children: 1. William Giles b. August 1815; died Sept, 1826. 2. James Giles b. June, 1817; m. Oct. 1849, Hannah E. Long of Whitefield, Maine. 3. Eben Giles b. June, 1819; m. July 10, 1851, his cousin, Lucy E. Giles. 4. Jabez Gott Giles b. October 1821. Unmarried. 5. Elizabeth Giles b. Aug. 1823; d. Nov 14, 1847; m. Dec 31, 1844, William Goss. 6. Laura Giles b. Jan 10, 1826. 7. Hannah Jewett Giles, b. Feb 10, 1829. 8. William Giles (again) b. Sept., 1831; died June, 1833. 9. Frederick Giles b. July 3, 1835. 10. Newell Giles b. April, 1837. 11. Eliza Giles b. Nov. 1839. 12. George Giles b. August, 1841. ___________________________________________________________ p.806 Samuel Giles m. Jan 8, 1783 at Windsor Co. Vermont, Laurana Holmes born at Pembroke, Mass. In March, 1792, he moved from Windsor and settled permanently at Kingsboro, Fulton Co., N.Y. He was a Deacon of the Congregational Church and of eminent piety. He died October 30, 1841, aged 84 yrs. and his widow died October 23, 1850. Children: 1. Lemuel Giles b. July 5; died July 20, 1784. 2. Jennison Giles b. Sept 5, 1785; was a tanner, currier and farmer of Kingsboro; m. (1) Sept 24, 1806, Philenda Beach, dau. of Amos Beach of Kingsboro. She died in childbed Dec. 28, 1821, aged 36 yrs. He m. (2) July 17, 1822, Prudence Hatch of Sherburne, N.Y. Children: p.807 1. Samuel Lindall Giles b. Nov 14, 1807; died Sept. 28, 1808. 2. Albert Giles b. May 10, 1809; a physician of Racine, Wisconsin; m. January, 1836, Ann Osborn of Troy, N.Y. Children: 1. Frances Mary Giles b. Nov. 1836. 2. Willard Parker Giles b. 1839; d. 1841. 3. Martha Ann Giles b. Sept, 1840. 4. Jane Sophia Giles b. 1843. 5. James Albert Giles who died in childhood. 3. Laurana Giles b. June 3, 1811; m. Oct 8, 1831, Ebenezer Rowe, of Rockport, Mass. 4. Orsamus Holmes Giles b. Apr. 6, 1814; drowned in a tan-vat, July 19, 1816. 5. James Jennison Giles b. Jan 9, 1816; d. October, 1846, unmarried. 6. Amos Beach Giles b. July 14, 1818; a merchant of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N.Y.; m. June 5, 1849, Harriet Newell Wadsworth of Westford, Otsego Co., N.Y. 1. Henry Wadsworth Giles b. July 8, 1851. 7. John Adams Vinton Giles, b. Dec 14, 1821; a merchant of Cherry Valley, N.Y. m. Dec. 18, 1850, Elizabeth McDonald of Gloversville, N.Y. Child: 1. Francis Eugenia Giles b. Jan 20, 1852. 3. Mary Giles b. July 23, 1787; m. Dec 30, 1807, Henry Dubois Lounsbery. She died April 23, 1813 and he died October 1846. Children: 1. Samuel Giles Lounsbery b. Nov 14, 1808; of Euclid, Onondaga Co., N.Y.; m. about 1831, Harriet S. Kinney. He died June, 1841. Children: 1. Mary Giles Lounsbery b. June, 1833. 2. Edward Henry Lounsbery b. June, 1835. 3. Sarah Beach Lounsbery b. April, 1837. 4. Amanda Hale Lounsbery b. February, 1839. 5. Samuel Giles Lounsbery, Jr. b. and died of the croup aged 5 years. 2. Edward Lounsbery b. Jan 3, 1811; the Rector of St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia; m. April 19, 1844, Anne Maria Vosburg, his cousin, of New York City Children: 1. Louisa Brooke Lounsbery b. in Kentucky, Mar 6, 1845, died Mar 7, 1847. 2. Edward Leighton Lounsbery b. at Troy, Jan 4, 1847. 3. Willard Lounsbery b. at Troy, Aug 13, 1850, died Mar 25, 1851. 4. Dubois Lounsbery b. at Troy, Jan 27, 1853. 3. Mary Giles Lounsbery b. Mar 20, 1813 m. 1835, Rufus Hosmer; died March, 1845. 4. Sarah Giles b. May 26, 1792; m. April 5, 1825, Amos Beach of Kingsboro, N.Y. Child: 1. Giles Beach b. May 29, 1826, an organ builder who m. June 24, 1851, Charlotte Camilla Smith of Kingsboro. ___________________________________________________________ p.808 Major Josiah Willard of Keene, N.H. m. about 1770, as his 2nd wife, Mary Jennison, dau. of John Jennison & his wife, Mary Hubbard, the dau. of Major Jonathan Hubbard of Groton, Mass. She was his 2nd wife. She died in childbed July 20, 1779 and he m. (3) Susannah Wyman who d. Oct 25, 1785. He d. June 29, 1801, aged 64 years. Children by his 2nd wife, Mary Jennison. 1. Rebecca Willard b. May 24, 1772; m. June 24, 1790, John Stimpson of Watertown as his 2nd wife. 1. Hannah Stimpson 2. Rebecca Stimpson. 2. Hannah Willard b. Jan 14, 1774; m. Sept 5, 1790, Joshua Wyman of Keene b. Jan 9, 1769, a son of Colonel Isaac Wyman. Children; 1. Mary Jennison Wyman b. Dec 4, 179_; m. Silas Perry. She d. 1844. Children: 1. Franklin R. Perry b. 1823 2. Mary Louisa Perry b. 1825. 3. John H. Perry b. 1827. 4. Josiah Perry b. 1829. The sons were of Texas. 3. Josiah Willard b. Jan 9, 1778; was a Major. Some time of Keene. In 1854 of Needham, Mass. He m. 1799, Bial Wellman. He m. (2) Oct 27, 1805, Purdence Morse. Children: 1. Henry Willard b. Aug 14, 1799 of Keene; m. June 22, 1822, Sarah Perry of Keene. Children: 1. Lafayette Willard b. Apr 29, 1823; of Keene; m. Nov 10, 1847, Anna Bradford. 2. Sarah Ann Willard b. Jan 8, 1826. 3. Marietta Keep Willard b. Oct 8, 1828; m. Oct 8, 1849, William R. Marsh, Innkeeper of Northampton, Mass. 4. Henry Clay Willard b. Sept 30, 1829. 5. Catherine Hale Willard b. Oct 31, 1831; m. 1851, Joseph R. Pettengill of Worcester, Mass. 6. Edwin Thompson Willard b. Sept 9, 1833; d. March 9, 1836. 7. Caroline Eliza Willard b. June 9, 1836. 8. Bial Wellman Willard b. May 4, 1839. 9. George Clarence Willard b. Sept 29, 1842. 2. Eliza Willard b. on a Sunday, Jan 1, 1801 (the first day of the first week of the first month of the first year of the Century. She died aged two years. 3. Josiah Willard Jr. b. 1803; died soon. 4. Mary Jennison Willard b. Aug 7, 1804. Children by Josiah Willard's 2nd wife Prudence (Morse): 5. Josiah Willard (again) b. July 9, 1806; died 1833. 6. Charles Morse Willard b. July 31, 1808; m. Mary Ross. 7. Hannah Willard b. July 31, 1810; m. Jacob R. Farwell of Wilton, Maine; a boot and shoe dealer of Boston. 8. Edward Willard b. July 21, 1812; of Wilton, Maine; m. Martha Dunn. 9. Abigail Rebecca Willard b. Sept 15, 1814; m. Stephen F. Harvey. 10. Catherine Willard b. 1819; m. William How. 11. James Dascom Willard b. 1821; d. 1844. 12. Sarah M. Willard b. 18 1824; d. 1834. 13. Emily W. Willard b. 1826, d. 1842. 14. Lucien F. Willard b. Mar 30, 1830. 4. Henry Willard b. July 20, 1779; a merchant of Washington, New Hampshire; m. 1804, Lovey Adams of Keene, N.H. He died in February, 1815 of malignant spotted fever, and his widow survived him only a week. Children: 1. Mary Willard b. May 12, 1805; d. 1827. 2. Catherine Hannah Willard b. Jan 1, 1807; was adopted by her uncle, Nathaniel Adams, Esq. of Charlestown, Mass. and her name changed to Catherine H. Adams by legal enactment. She m. June 12, 1832, George Adams Kettell, Esq., of Charlestown, treasurer (in 1854) of the Northern Railroad. Children: 1. Mary Soley Kettell b. Apr 21, 1833. 2. Catherine Hannah Kettell b. Nov 4, 1835. 3. Henry Augustus Kettell b. Feb 8, 1838. 4. Frances Elizabeth Kettell b. Oct 16, 1841. 5. Louisa Cary Kettell b. Nov 11, 1843. 6. George Adams Kettell b. May 10, 1846. 7. Charles Willard Kettell b. Nov 3, 1848. 8. Helen Lee Kettell b. Mar 1, 1851. 3. Joseph Henry Willard b. Sept 27, 1808; died August, 1833. 4. Elisha Wheeler Willard b. May 22, 1810; went out West in 1833 and there married Mary Ellen Estabrook. He was a partner in the banking-house of George Smith & Co. of Chicago. Children: 1. Julia Willard b. 1837; died soon. 2. Joseph Henry Willard b. 1843. 3. Mary Adams Willard b. October, 1851. 5. Martha Lawrence Willard b. Sept 17, 1812; m. February, 1837, Charles Hunter Jackson, Esq., Commander in the U.S. Navy. Resident of Middletown, Conn. Children: 1. Catherine Teresa Jackson b. 1840. 2. Mary Alsop Jackson. 3. Martha Lawrence Jackson. 4. Alice Fenwick Jackson. ___________________________________________________________ p.809 6. Sarah Willard b. 1814; died 1821. 5. a child who died in infancy. 6. a child who died in infancy. ___________________________________________________________ p.813 Thomas Jennison b. Oct 4, 1776; a farmer of Walpole, m. Martha Moore. He died June 24, 1823 and his widow died within a few years. Their 5th child, Mary Holland Jennison, b. June 5, 1813; m. Oct 28, 1838, John W. Lovejoy of Lancaster, New Hampshire. (her record ends). ___________________________________________________________ p.816 [King] King. This "young, resolute and confident" Thomas King appears to have been the pioneer in the settlement of Rutland - then called Nashaway. From an excursion thither, with Sholan, the Indian chief, he returned and induced the hardy and adventurous John Prescott and others to go and commence a settlement there. He and Symonds built a trading-house; but Symonds died in Watertown before he had moved his family thither. His inventory renders it very probable he was a trader in Watertown. Mary King, a member of the 2nd Church in Boston, name of her husband not given, had eight children baptized there, the 6th of whom, Richard was bap. Oct 18, 1711. Was this the Richard King who settled in Watertown as early as 1740, and afterwards moved to Scarborough? - Bond. ___________________________________________________________ p.819 [Page] John Lawrence. The date of his removal to Groton is determined with sufficient precision by the following facts: Oct 23, 1662 he sold land in Watertown to John Barnard. Oct 27, 1662 he sold another lot to William Page and on the same day another lot to Joseph Underwood. etc. etc. ___________________________________________________________ p.820-821 John Lawrence m. abt 1657 Susanna, and lived prob. in Charlestown. "He is named on the list of those who paid county rate." His widow Susanna m. in Charlestown, Aug 15, 1676, Thomas Tarball Sr. He died previous to 1680/1 for widow Susanna Tarball was admitted to Charles- town Church Mar 6, 1680/1; Hannah & Abigail Lawrence dau's of widow Tarball, bap. Mar 3, 1681/2. In Court, in 1681, the age of Hannah Lawrence was stated to be 20 yrs. and that of Abigail Lawrence to be 19 yrs. Perhaps it will yet be discovered if this John Lawrence was a son of Henry and Christian Lawrence of Charlestown. Children: 1. Hannah b. Feb 22, 1658/9 m. Sept 21, 1682 James Capen. 2. Abigail bap. April 24, 1681 then aged 19 m. (1) 1684, Edward Wyer; m. (2) 1689 Nicholas Lawrence Jr. a mariner of Charlestown b. 1661. In 1691 he was Master of the ketch, "Salisbury." 3. Sarah died in Charlestown 1724. 4. David [when John Lawrence (below) was bap. he was designated as the youngest son of widow Tarball implying that an elder brother was living, and he is supposed to have been this David.] He married in Charlestown, Feb 3, 1700/1, Sarah dau of Samuel & Hannah Whittemore. July 22, 1702, Samuel Whittemore and wife, Hannah executed a deed in favor of David Lawrence and his wife Sarah. The Will of Sarah Lawrence of Cambridge dated (unknown) mentions her son, Uriah; Jonathan, son of her dau Elizabeth Dickson; grand daughter Sarah Champney; chil. of son Jonathan Lawrence, d.; drs Sarah Phillips and Catherine Champney; brother Samuel Whittemore, Exr. Wit. Samuel Whittemore, Margaret Whittemore and Margaret Whittemore Jr. Richard Champney and Catherine Lawrence, pub in Boston, Mar. 1736. William Lawrence of Providence, R.I. gave power of attorney to Samuel Whittemore, concerning right in the estate of David & Sarah Lawrence. Samuel Whittemore and wife Margaret executed a deed to widow Sarah Lawrence in 1735. Wit., Samuel Whittemore, Jr. 5. John, youngest son of widow Susanna Tarball was baptized in Charlestown Mar 3, 1681/2 when he must have been at least 12 years old. Nov 25, 1700, admin. was granted to Sarah Lawrence of Charlestown, spinster, and James Capen, upon the estate of her brother, John Lawrence of Charlestown, mariner. He probably died unm. ___________________________________________________________ p.822 [Page] Sarah Lawrence b. May 16, 1672, dau of Deacon Nathaniel Lawrence of Groton, Mass. & first wife, Sarah Morse. Sarah Lawrence was probably the first wife of that Samuel Page who in 1714, then of South Carolina, m. Sarah Sanderson. As she died before her father she is not mentioned in his Will but her suriviving husband is. (p.821 - His Will dated Aug 4, 1718 proved May 8, 1724 mentions son Nathaniel; son John, dau's Hannah Houlden (Holden), and Mary Wheeler; son (in law) Samuel Page, dau. Elizabeth Harris, dau. Deborah & grandson Lawrence. ___________________________________________________________ p.829 Ebenezer Lawrence b. Oct 16, 1757 son of Jonathan Lawrence of Woburn & his wife Rachel Wright of Watertown. Ebenezer Lawrence was of Woburn; a soldier in the Rev. War and afterwards a deacon. He m. April 6, 1785, Hannah Estabrook of Lexington. He died Jan 12, 1842, aged 85 yrs. Children: 1. Ebenezer Lawrence b. 1786 or 1787 (?) died Jan 11, 1807. 2. Nathaniel Lawrence b. July 12, 1791. 3. Jonathan Lawrence b. June 8, 1794. 4. Meliscent Lawrence b. May 17, 1796; died 1842; m. 1816, Jacob Peirce of Woburn. 5. Hannah Lawrence b. Sept 27, 1799; m. 1829, Rev. James Cushing of Boxboro. ___________________________________________________________ p.834 [Page] Esther Lawrence b. Dec 15, 1746, at Groton, dau. of Jonathan Lawrence & wife Esther___ of Groton. Esther Lawrence m. at Groton, Oct 29, 1767, John Page who died at Rindge, N.H., Feb 18, 1817. ___________________________________________________________ p.837 [Page] Abel Lawrence b. July 31, 1754, son of Abel Lawrence & his wife, Mary Bulkley dau of John Bulkley Esq of Groton. (grand daughter of Joseph Bulkley and great grand daughter of Peter Bulkley & gr. gr. grandr of Rev. Peter Bulkley of Concord. Abel Lawrence m. Aug 5, 1780, Abigail Page, dau. of Daniel & Abigail (Johnson) Page. She died Jan 14, 1839 aged 80 yrs. & 11 mos. "Her end was peace; she slept in Jesus" He d. Dec 4, 1822, "beloved and honored by all who knew him". ___________________________________________________________ p.838 Betsey Lawrence b. June 24, 1782; died 1827, dau. of Amos Lawrence of Groton, & his wife, Betty Hubbard b. Dec 24, 1750, dau. of Nathan & Mary (Patterson) Hubbard. Betsey Lawrence m. about 1804, Dr. Lovejoy of Townsend. He had a son Lawrence Lovejoy of Baltimore. ___________________________________________________________ p.841 [Paige] Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Boston & his wife, Katherine Bigelow dau. of Hon. Timothy Bigelow of Groton. Their son Abbott Lawrence b. Sept 9, 1828 m. Apr. 12, 1853, Harriette White Paige, dau. of J. W. and H. S. Paige. (record ends for this entry). ___________________________________________________________ p.860 [Norcross] Notes. The Will of Jeremiah Norcross dated Sept. 15, 1654, proved Oct 6, 1657. He gave 20s. to ministers Sherman, Simes, Watson, Eliot and Mather. His Inventory was proved by his son, Richard, October 5, 1658. In Court, Oct. 6, 1657, Deacon Simon Stone, and Charles Chadwick, testified that Mr. Norcross, deceased, declared his Will before he went to England. This implies that he died in England. The name of Nathaniel Norcross is the first on the list of petitioners (May, 1644), for a plantation at Nashaway. The Will of R. Norcross, mentions sons Richard, Samuel, Jeremiah, dau., Mary; six grandchildren, the children of his daughter, Sarah Child. In the Inventory dated Oct 14, ___________________________________________________________ p.861 1709, is mentioned widow Mary. On the files of court for 1679, is the petition of Richard Norcross, for 20 years schoolmaster, that the privilege of exemption from training may be conferred on him, who is called (again) to the same employment, (then aged 58 yrs). He was schoolmaster at least 49 years. (ref.p.377) - Jan. 31, 1709-10, Jeremiah Norcross and Mary Norcross, spinster, sold to Joseph Child, 19 acres, late of Richard Norcross, d., bounded north and west by Capt. N. Barsham; south by the Charles River; east by land of J. & M. Norcross. Also one acre of marsh, east of the above, on the Charles River. Sarah Norcross m. Jan 3, 1760 Ephraim Peirce. Nathaniel Norcross m. (2) Susanna Shattuck. She died at Sudbury, Feb 15, 1711-12. March 15, 1692-3, Nathaniel Norcross, cordwainer of Watertown, for ?23, sold to Michael Homer of Boston, 12 acres, bought of ____ Moss, and March 28, 1688, 12 acres in lieu of township. Mehitabel Norcross m. Daniel Livermore. Nathaniel Norcross died April 19, 1749. Nathaniel Norcross died at sea August 5, 1744. (p.378) Nehemiah Norcross of Charlestown in 1773 and in April, 1775, lived very near the meeting- house. In November, 1720, Philip Norcross bought the ancient house with 7 acres of land supposed to have been built by Richard Park, Sr., which stood within 100 feet of the site of the present Elliot meeting-house. He died Jan 18, 1748 aged 50 yrs. Inventory, house, barn, shop and 14 acres - ?1659. 15s. His widow, Sarah died in 1754. Grace Norcross m. in 1744, Gershom Hyde (six children) Thankful (Norcross) Spring m. (2) in 1782, Joseph Adams. Samuel Norcross m. at Newton, in 1751, Mary Wiswall. He moved to Cambridge, probably about 1758. Children: 1. Samuel Norcross b. at Newton, Dec. 23, 1752. 2. Philip Norcross b. at Newton, Mar. 16, 1754. 3. Mary Norcross b. at Newton, Sept 24, 1755. 4. Elijah Norcross b. at Newton, Feb 16, 1757. 5. Josiah Norcross. 6. Daniel Norcross, bap. Mar 8, 1761 by Rev. Jacob Cushing. For Ann Winchester, read Fanny Winchester b. Mar 4, 1768, dau. of Stephen W. by his first wife. James W. Norcross of Newton m. in 1816, Esther Clark, (?) dau. of Norman Clark, Jr. and had 11 children. Josiah Norcross, m. (2) at Newton in 1798, Elizabeth (Betsey) Corkham. (ref. p. 379) Moses Norcross m. May 7, 1799, Mary Winchester b. Mar 24, 1770, dau. of Stephen & Hannah (Hastings) Winchester, and sister of his brother Nathaniel's wife. He settled at Northboro, Mass. Children: 1. Mary Norcross. 2. Ermina Norcross. 3. Stephen Winchester Norcross. 4. Fanny Winchester Norcross. 5. Harriet Norcross. (ref. p.380) Charles M. Fogg, Esq., died Dec 9, 1854 aged 49 yrs. __________________________________________________ p.865 [Page] [see also p.383, Vol. I] Testimony in Court, 1678 by James Knapp aged 53 yrs. concerning the estate of John Page: that about 27 years ago he worked with John Page, Sen'r., and John Page Jr., at Piscataqua.John Hamant (Hammond) aged 50, also a witness, when Page is called his uncle. Feb. 13, 1664-5, widow Hannah Page sold land to Rev. John Sherman. Nov 16, 1665, widow Hannah Page made a marriage contract with Nicholas Wood of Boggestow (Sherburne), John Coolidge, Sen., and Henry Bright, trustees. May 22, 1674, suit by John Coolidge, Sen., and Deacon Henry Bright, feoffees of Widow Annah Woods vs. John Thurston of Meadfield. John Page was Selectman of Watertown, 1695, 1696, 1697 & 1698. He had a son Joseph Page whose birth is not recorded March 25, 1710, John Page conveyed to Samuel Phipps of Charlestown for the use of his wife Emery, 26 acres in Watertown. Mar 14, 1710-11, John Page and wife Emery sold land in Groton to son John Page of Groton. He must have died soon after this. Nov. 15, 1711, Emery Page of Watertown, quitclaimed to son Joseph Page all estate of her husband, John Page deceased. On the same day, Joseph "Paige" of Watertown, sold to Daniel Harrington two lots of land in Watertown. Sept 27, 1670, Samuel Page of Watertown, planter, and wife Hannah for £32 sold to Benjamin Garfield about 23 acres bounded west by Edward Garfield, the highway and John Page; north by Thomas Smith; east by William Knapp, Thomas Straite and Beaver Brook Meadows with the brook southerly; south by John Page, Sen'r. and highway. Oct 11, 1676, Samuel Page bought of David Fiske the 9th lot. He probably moved to Watertown Farms about this date. Samuel Page at the same time (1713) sold land to Nathaniel Lawrence, then of Charlestown. Caution of Watertown against the settlement of Thomas Ingram, wife and family from Weston July 8, 1709. Watertown Index for Page families. __________________________________________________ p.872 Henry Phillips went from Watertown to Dedham about 1636 as a candidate for the office of teacher in the Church. He m. Anne, a daughter of John Dwight who also went from Watertown to Dedham. He returned to England in 1642 [Winthrop, II, p.389]. What affinity there was, if any, between Rev. George Phillips, this Henry Phillips and HANNAH PHILLIPS "of Watertown," who married Sept. 1, 1638, Joseph Morse, first of Dedham, afterwards of Medfield, has not been ascertained. Henry Phillips was ensign, of Dedham, in 1648. (Colonial Records II, p. 258) Hannah, widow of Joseph Morse, m. in 1658, Thomas Boyden, an early settler of Watertown, then said to be of Medfield. In her Will, dated 1676, she mentioned her daughters Elizabeth and Sarah Lawrence __________________________________________________ p.897 John Phillips White who m. April 12, 1797, Lucy Gutterson of Pelham, New Hampshire where they settled. 1. Lucy White b. Mar 27, 1798; m. in 1822, Nathan Bodwell of Methuen who died Nov 20, 1840. 1. John White Bodwell b. Feb 29, 1824; m. Dec 28, 1848, Harriet Lovejoy. (record ends) __________________________________________________ p.901 [Abbot] Capt. George Abbot of Andover, b. Dec 22, 1692, son of Capt. George Abbot and Dorcas (Graves) Abbot, and the grandson of George & Hannah (Chandler) Abbot of Andover. He m. 1721, Mary Phillips. He lived with his father on the old homestead. He died March 17, 1768, in his 76th year and his widow, Mary, died Oct 5, 1785, aged 91 yrs. Children: 1. Mary Abbot b. Mar 12, 1722-3; died Aug. 8, 1798; m. Stephen Abbot. 2. Col. George Abbot, b. Dec 14, 1724; died Dec 26, 1775; lived with his father on old homestead. He was a Justice of the Peace. He m. 1747, Hannah Lovejoy, who died Sept 7, 1813 aged 89 years. Children: 1. George Abbot b. Feb 9, 1748; died Oct 5, 1784; was of Salem; m. Priscilla Manning. 2. Hannah Abbot b. Oct 25, 1749; d. May 27, 1784; m. 1773, Joseeph Ballard. Had two sons and two daughters (not listed). 3. Mary Abbot, born and died 1751. 4. Mary Abbot (again) b. June 9, 1753; died Aug 17, 1820; m. Deacon Joseph Poor of Danvers. Children: 1. Joseph Poor, who was the father of Rev. Ebenezer Poor; a grad. of Dartmouth Coll. 1818 & minister of the 2nd Church of Beverly, Mass. 2. Mary Poor. 3. Hannah Poor. 4. Enoch Poor. 5. Sally Poor. 6. Nathan Poor. 7. Daniel Poor; grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1811; S.T.D.; a missionary of the A.B.C. Foreign Missionary in Ceylon and President of Batticota College. He died 1855. 8. Martha Poor. 9. George A. Poor. 10. Nancy Poor. 5. Elizabeth Abbot, b. July 10, 1755; died Aug 18, 1821; m. Samuel Lummus of Hamilton, Mass. Eight children (not listed). 6. John Lovejoy Abbot b. April 12, 1757; d. Nov. 1837; a Magistrate; lived on his father's homestead. He m. Phebe Abbot, dau. of Nehemiah Abbot. She died October 1825, aged 62. yrs. Children: 1. Rev. John Lovejoy Abbot, b. Nov. 29, 1783; grad. Harvard Coll. 1805; was a librarian, 1811 to 1813. Minister of the first church in Boston; died Oct. 14, 1814; m. Elizabeth B. Warland. 2. Capt. George Abbot b. April 25, 1785; d. Oct 21, 1822; lived with his father on the old homestead. He m. Ruth Dixon. Children: 1. Margaret W. Abbot b. Feb 9, 1811; died Aug 25, 1813. 2. George Abbot b. Oct 4, 1813; d. April 1829. 3. Mary Wood Abbot b. Nov. 26, 1815. 4. Elizabeth Abbot b. Nov 15, 1817. 5. John Abbot b. Mar 26, 1820; died Jan 14, 1821. 6. John L. Abbot b. Mar 9, 1822. 3. Samuel Abbot, b. June 29, 1787; a merchant of Charlestown, Mass.; m. Lucretia Fowle. 1. Ann M. Abbot. 2. Lucretia Abbot. 3. Sarah Abbot. 4. Samuel Abbot. 4. Phoebe Abbot b. June 15, 1789; died 1811. 5. Lydia Clark Abbot b. July 10, 1791; died Mar 16, 1796. 6. Hannah Abbot b. Feb 19, 1793, m. E. L. Herrick, Esq., of Rockford, Illinois. Children: 1. Phebe A. Herrick. 2. John W. Herrick. 3. Elijah L. Herrick, Jr. 4. Edward Herrick. 5. Hannah Herrick. 6. George Herrick. 7. Sarah Herrick. 8. Martha Herrick. 9. Samuel Herrick. 7. William Lovejoy Abbot b. Jan. 6, 1795; d. March 27, 1796. 8. Sarah K. Abbot b. July 7, 1797; m. (1) Hezekiah Hull of La. She m. (20 Sidney Hull of New Haven, Conn. __________________________________________________ p.902 9. William Abbot b. Dec 16, 1799; was of Charlestown; m. (1) Amelia Hull. He m. (2) E. M. Bradley. 7. Samuel Abbot; born and died July, 1759. 8. Samuel Abbot (again) b. July 19, 1760; died May 8, 1792; grad. Harvard Coll, 1784; a merchant of Saco, Maine. He m. Mary Cutts. Children: 1. Samuel Phillips Abbot who died 1813. 2. Thomas Cutts Abbot who died young. 9. Sally Abbot b. Oct 3, 1762; m. Nehemiah Abbot who d. Dec 30, 1823. She was the founder of the Abbot Female Academy of Andover. 10. Martha Abbot, b. Oct. 17, 1764; died Sept 15, 1798; m. John Jenks of Salem. Children: 1. Priscilla Jenks. 2. Martha Jenks. 3. Hannah Jenks. 11. Dorcas Abbot, b. Dec 18, 1766; d. Mar 15, 1841; m. Deacon John Holt of Greenfield. Children: 1. Dorcas Holt b. Jan. 12, 1793; m. Deacon Peter Pevey. 2. Sarah Holt b. Mar 10, 1795; m. F. Duncklee. 3. Hannah Holt b. Sept 15, 1797; died Nov 10, 1821. 4. John Holt b. Aug 9, 1799; was a deacon; m. Phebe Holt. 5. Tamezin Holt b. Nov 23, 1803. 6. Phebe Holt b. Jan 29, 1806. 7. Martha Holt b. Apr 24, 1808; m. Arnold Hutchinson. 8. _____Holt, b. Apr 2, 1811; died June 20, 1830. 12. Tamezin Abbot, b. Jan 14, 1769; m. William Appleton of Salem. 3. Elizabeth Abbot b. Sept 14, 1726; died Jan 7, 1727. 4. Elizabeth Abbot (again) b. Nov 5, 1727; m. (1) Benjamin Abbot of Hollis. She m. (2) J. Pollard of Westford, Mass. She m. (3) Capt. Josiah Bowers of Billerica. 5. Sarah Abbot b. Jan 14, 1730; d. Dec 26, 1797; m. 1757, Rev. Nathan Holt of Danvers who grad. Harvard Coll. 1757; d. 1792. Children: 1. Sarah Holt b. Oct 29, 1758; d. Sept 17, 1841; m. 1778, William Frost of Andover. Six sons & six daughters (not listed). 2. Mary Holt b. Oct 3, 1761; m. Robert Endicott of Beverly, Mass. who died Mar 6, 1819 aged 63 yrs. Four sons and one daughter (not listed) 3. Hannah Holt b. May 11, 1769; m. 1793, Reverend Peter Holt who was born at Andover, Mass. June 12th, 1763; grad. Harvard Coll. 1790; was of Epping, N.H. from 1793 to April, 1821 and after- wards of Peterboro. Four sons and 3 daughters (not listed). 6. Samuel Abbot b. Feb 25, 1732; was a merchant of Boston, Mass., from 1753 to the commencement of the Rev. War; when, being a Whig, he moved his goods from Boston, sold them, received much of the proceeds in paper money, which he loaned to the government. He kept his government securities and funded them. By doing this, by his prudence in business and by his frugal habits, his property continued to accumulate, until it amounted to a large estate. He married the widow, Sarah Kneeland. He died April 12, 1812. aged 80, and his widow died Feb 16, 1816 aged 89 yrs. Besides many smaller benefactions, he established and en- dowed a professorship in the Andover Theological Seminary. By his Will, after making legacies to his near relations, he made the Seminary his residuary legatee, which residuary legacy amounted to about one hundred thousand dollars. 7. Hannah Abbot, b. Dec 14, 1733; d. Mar 26, 1820; m. William Foster. Children: 1. Hannah Foster, b. June 20, 1756; m. Capt. Timothy Rogers of Tewksbury. Children: 1. Rev. Timothy Foster Rogers b. Mar 16, 1781; grad. Harvard Coll. 1802; was ordained minister at Bernardston Sept. 20, 1809; died 1847. 2. William Rogers b. June 1, 1758; d. Aug 20, 1843; m. Sally Kimball. 3. Mary Rogers b. July 21, 1763; m. Timothy Ballard. 4. Sally Rogers b. Sept 9, 1765; m. Joseph Brown of Tewksbury. __________________________________________________ p.910 [Prescott] John Prescott took the oath of fidelity in 1652 and was admitted freeman May 19, 1669. He died 1683. For much information respecting his life, character, parentage, family and very numerous and highly respected descendants, see Geneal. Reg. vi, 274; Willard's History of Lancaster in Worcester Magazine vol II and his Centennial Address in Lancaster, June 15, 1853; Butler, pp. 285, 428 and 476; Shattuck, p. 381; also see p. 828. He owned six lots of land in Watertown amounting 126 acres. _____________________________________________ p.915 [Saltonstall] Sir Richard Saltonstall, of Huntwicke, England, b. 1586, was a son of Samuel Saltonstall of Rookes and Huntwicke, England, by his first wife, Ann, daughter of John Ramsden of Longley, England and a grandson of Gilbert Saltonstall, who purchased Rookes in Hipperholme, England. He was a Justice of the Peace for West Riding, Yorkshire, England and Lord of the Manor of Ledsham, near Leeds, which he purchased of the Harebreds. He was not of the six who purchased Massachusetts Bay from the Plymouth Company, March 19, 1627-8, but he soon became one of their associates. After Sir Henry Rosewell and Sir John Young, two of the original purchasers he is the next named among those associates in the Charter granted by King Charles I, March 4, 1628-9. He is the first named among those associates appointed by that Charter. The first time his name appears in the records of the Courts of the Massa- chusetts Bay Company, was March 5, 1628-9, where it immediately succeeds the names of the officers, and it will be found, in those records, that his name almost invariably stands at the head of the Assistants. When the proposition of Governor Cradock, to transfer the government of the Company from England to the Colony, was to be argued in a General Court of the Company on the 29th of August, 1629, Sir Richard was named first of those who were designated to advocate the transfer. At a General Court, held October 15, 1629, two committees were appointed, one on the part of the Adventurers, who were to remain in England and the other on the part of those to go over, in order to draw up articles of agreement "between the Adventurers here at home, and the Planters that are to go over, as well for arranging and settling the joint stock, as for re- conciling any differences that may happen upon this change (transfer) of government." Sir Richard Saltonstall was appointed chairman of the committee on the part of the emigrant adventurers. At a General Court held September 29, 1629, "were read the orders made the 28th and 29th of August last, concerning the transferring of the patent and government of the plantation into New England, but that business, being of great and weighty consequences, is thought fit to be deferred for determination until Sir Richard Saltonstall, Mr. Johnson and other gentlemen, be come up to London, and may be here present." It is probable that his residence continued to be in Yorkshire, England, until about the time he went to America and for that reason he was not a constant attendant at the Courts of the Company. At a General Court held Dec 1, 1629, in order to fulfill those articles of agreement, the Company appointed five "undertakers" among those about to go over, of whom Sir Richard Saltonstall was named next after the Governor, and five others among those that were to remain in England. Ship Arabell, the Winthrop Fleet of 1630 Early in April, 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall with his sons and daughters embarked at Yarmouth, England, on board the ship, Arabella and arrived at Salem, Mass., on the 12th of June, 1640. (this full book transcribed by me available on request) p.915 cont'd Planting of Watertown, Mass. Those passengers by this and other ships, who landed at Salem, Mass., very soon proceeded to Charlestown where their number was much enlarged by the arrival of passengers in other ships that came directly to Charles- town. Here this company was very soon divided into two portions. One of the them, with Sir Richard Saltonstall as their leader, and Mr. Phillips as their minister went to plant Watertown and without delay, (July 28, 1630) organized a church, and Sir Richard Saltonstall was the first subscriber to the church covenant. The other portion of the Company withGovernor John Winthrop as their leader, and Mr. Wilson as their minister, remained at Charlestown and organized a church, which was soon afterwards transferred to Boston, Mass. Sir Richard Saltonstall remained in America less than a year. On the 29th of March, 1631, he, with his two daughters and one of his younger sons, embarked for England and, it is said, fixed his residence in London, having sold his estate in Yorkshire about the time he became one of the Adventurers in the Massachusetts Bay Company. He never returned to America; yet we may presume that he proposed, and was expected to return as he was elected an Assistant of the General Court in May, 1633. He continued to be a proprietor of Watertown, Mass., for several years. March 3, 1635-6, the Court granted him 100 acres of meadow in Watertown and in the allotment of Beaver Brook plowlands, 1636, 30 acres were assigned to him, among "the townsmen then inhabiting." This assignment was made because his estate at Watertown was managed by his servants, in his name, for whom he was responsible; and this probably continued only until his sons, Samuel and Henry Saltonstall attained their majority. In the list of possessions ordered to be made in 1642, Sir Richard Saltonstall's name does not appear, but the names of those two sons. Sir Richard Saltonstall with Viscount Say and Seal, Lord Brooke and others, was one of the patentees of Connecticut, and he was active in promoting its settlement. For this purpose, he sent over a bark of 40 tons with 20 servants which arrived at Boston, June 16, 1635. His interest in the Connecticut plantation did not, however, seem to diminish his regard for Massachusetts Bay. This was evinced by his efficient superintendence of its interests in England, by the settlement of three of his sons, and the education of the other, in Massachusetts and by his legacy to Harvard College. _____________________________________________ p.916 Among those who subscribed the two letters, dated London, August 29, 1629, one of them addressed to Governor Endicott and the other to the ministers of Salem, Mass., and likewise that letter dated on board the ship, Arbella, April 7, 1630, addressed to their Christian friends and brethren they were leaving in England, the name of Sir Richard Saltonstall stands first. Copy of the letter from Sir Richard Saltonstall to Mr. Cotton and Mr. Wilson. "For my reverend ad worthyly much esteemed frieds, Mr. Cotton and Mr. Wilson, preachers to the church which is at Boston in New England, give this (letter): "Reverend and deare friends, whom I unfeignedly love and respect. "It doth not a little grieve my spirit to heare what sad things are re- ported dayly in your tyranny and persecutions in New England, as that you fine, whip, and imprison men for their consciences. First, you compell such to come into your assemblyes as you know will not joyne with you in your worship, and when they show their dislike thereof, or witness against it, then you styrre up your Magistrates to punish them for such (as you conceive) their publicke affronts. "Truely, friends, this your practice of compelling any in matters of worship to do that whereof they are not fully persuaded is to make them sin, for soe the Apostle (Romans 14 & 23) tells us, and many are made hyprocrites thereby, conforming in their outward man for feare of punish- ment. We pray for you, and wish you prosperity every way, hoped the Lord would have given you so much light and love there, that you might have been eyes to God's people here, and not to practice ghose courses in a wilderness which went so far to prevent. These rigid ways have layed you very low in the hearts of the saints. I doe assure you I have heard them pray, in the public assemblies that the Lord would give you meeke and humble spirits, not to strive so much for uniformity as to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace. "When I was in Holland, about the beginning of our wars, Iremember some christians there that then had serious thoughts of planting New England, desired me to write to the Governor thereof to know if those that differ from you in opinion, yet holding the same foundation in religion, as, Anabaptists, Seekers, Antinomians, and the like, might be permitted to live among you, to which I received this short answer from your Governor Mr. Dudley. God forbid (said he) our love for the truth should be grown so cold that we should tolerate errors; and when for satisfaction of myself and others, I desired to know your grounds, he referred me to the books written here between the Presbyterians and Independents, which if that had been sufficient, I need not have sent so far to understand the reasons of your practice. I hope you doe not assume to yourselves infallibility of judgement, when the most learned of the Apostles confesseth he knew but in parte and saw but darkly as through a glass, for God is light and no further than he doth illumine us can we see, be our parts and learning never so great. Oh that all those who are brethren, though yet they cannot think and speake the same things, might be of one accord in the Lord. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be thus minded towards one another, after the example of Jesus Christ our blessed Savior in whose everlasting armes of protection He leaves you who will never leave to be... Your truly and much affectionate friend in the nearest union. Richard Saltonstall." Sir Richard Saltonstall married (1) Grace Kaye, daughter of Rober Kaye, Esq. of Woodsome, and aunt of John Kaye, Bart. She was the mother of all his children. She died before he went to the Massachusetts Bay. After his return to England, it is said, he m. (2) a daughter of Lord Delaware. He m. (3) Martha Wilford. The date of his decease has not been ascertained but his Will was made in 1658 at the age of 72 years. Children: _____________________________________________ p.917 1. Richard Saltonstall b. at Woodsome, York County, England, 1610 and died at Hulme Co. of Lancaster, England, April 29, 1694 aged 84 yrs. 2. Robert Saltonstall was prob. the 2nd son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, as he must have attained his majority at least as early as 1636; for on the 23rd September, 1637, Mr. Hugh Peters prsented to the Court a deed, by which Robert Saltonstall assigned to him all the estate that he hath or shall have to satisfy his creditors. It appears by a deed dated abt 1642, that he had resided some time in Watertown, Mass., and he prob. went to reside in Boston as early as 1638 or 1640 and he was admitted a member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company in 1638. He was the superin- tendent of his father's interests in this country which was allowed by the Court. His name often occurs in the Colonial Records in connection with business transactions. June 2, 1641, it was certified to the Court that the Connecticut Colony had sold to Mr. Robert Saltonstall "a great quantity of land, not far below Springfield." June 20, 1645, for £100 he sold to his brother Richard Saltonstall, 2100 acres of land on Connecticut River, "between Springfield and Windsor Ferry." (Essex Deeds I., p.7) He was one of those purchasers of the two patents of Wecohannet (Dover) and Pascata- quack (Portsmouth) who on the 14th of June, 1641, "gave up and set over," all their power of jurisdiction to the government of Massachusetts Bay. October 1, 1645, the Court granted to him 3,200 acres in the right of his father which had been granted to Sir Richard Saltonstall as an Adventurer. Previous to May 26, 1647, he had sold to Adam and Dean Winthrop, 1000 acres at Cochituit, which had been granted to his father, to be laid out by Capt. Pelham and Mr. Pendleton. There were repeated contests between him (as agent for his father) and Watertown, respecting titles to lands. They were finally terminated by arbitration in Oct., 1647. May 29, 1644, he was fined 5s. for presenting a petition respecting land at Watertown on so smal and so bad a piece of paper. March 16, 1647-8, having sold a house and land to which he had no just and true right, and about which there had been considerable controversy, he was ordered by the Court to make restitution, was fined for his miscarriage, to pay costs of Court and was debarred from pleading in other men's causes in any Court of Justice, except himself have real interest therein. This renders it probable he was a lawyer, or had been accustomed to act as an advocate in courts of justice. May 2, 1649, he petitioned for a new trial in the above mentioned case which was granted. In October, 1648 and again in Oct 1649 the Court permitted him to prosecute and recover, in any court of justice, his legal claims in the two patents of Swamscote (Exeter) and Dover on Pascataqua River. He was never admitted freeman, prob. because he was not disposed to conform to the rigid discipline of a Puritan church. He was enterprising and energetic and his father seems to have reposed entire confidence in his integrity; yet he seems not to have possessed public spirit and the high-toned religious and moral characteristics which were so admirably illustrated in his father and his brother, Richard Saltonstall. He died unmarried July, 1650. His Will dated June 13, proved August 15, 1650, mentions his father, his brothers - Richard, Samuel and Henry Saltonstall; his sisters, Rosamond and Grace; his uncle John Clarke whom with George Munnings, he appointed executors; his aunt Clarke and her son, then in the Barbadoes. He made bequests also to Henry Walton, Adam Winthrop and Thomas Lake. On the day the Will was proved, John Clarke renounced the executorship. It is supposed that Martha, wife of John Clarke of Boston was a sister of Sir Richard Saltonstall, but it seems to me (Dr. Bond) more prob. that their wives, Grace and Martha were sisters. 3. Samuel Saltonstall, prob. the 3rd son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, is mentioned in the Will of his brother, Robert, and in a letter of his sister, Rosamond, dated April 22, 1644. 4. Henry Saltonstall, prob. the youngest son. No additional information respecting him has been ascertained. He is mentioned in the Will of his brother, Robert, and in the letter of his sister, Rosamond. 5. Rosamond Saltonstall, perhaps the eldest child. In April, 1644, she had been living two _____________________________________________ p.918 years at Warwick House in the family of the Earl of Warwick. Whether she ever married or what became of her, has not been ascertained. 6. Grace Saltonstall, mentioned by name, in her brother Robert's Will and in her sister's letter (but not named) and the, 1644, living in the family of Lady Manchester. It is not known whether she married, or what became of her. 7. Peter Saltonstall, was formerly conjectured to be a son of Sir Richard Saltonstall; but it is now deemed nearly certain that he was not. His name has been discovered in no records, except those of the Artillery Company. He is not mentioned in the Will of Robert, which mentions all the other children of Sir Richard, nor in the letter of Rosamond to her brother Samuel, which was probably written some time before he was elected into the Artillery Company; as he was, with one exception, the last one elected in the year 1644. It is not improbable that he was a son of Sir Peter Salton- stall of Berkway, Co. Herts, Kt, a first cousin of Sir Richard Saltonstall. Sir Peter Saltonstall had a son Peter who died. Richard Saltonstall, Jr., eldest son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, was born at Woodsome, Co., York, in 1610. matriculated "Mr. Fellow-Commoner" in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Dec 14, 1627. He accompanied his father to New England in 1630 (Winthrop Fleet, Ship Arbella), before taking a degree. Was admitted freeman May 18, 1631, then of Watertown, aged 21 with the title "Mr." This was only a few weeks after his father departed for England. He embarked for England Nov. 23, 1631, where he remained aboutfour years and a half, and, it is conjectured, gave some attention _____________________________________________ p.919 to legal studies. About 1633, he married Meriell Gurdon, dau of Brampton Gurdon of Asson, Co. Suffolk, England, (who, it is said had "eight sons, all Parliament men." He embarked at London, April, 1635, with wife Meriell who was 22 yrs old and dau. Meriell, aged 9 months. Upon his arrival, then aged 25 years, he settled at Ipswich, Mass. and immediately began to receive tokens of public respect and confidence, and there is not probably in the early colonial history another instance, where so young a man received so many. the Colonial Records show that he was truly a worthy son of a very worthy father. Children of Richard Saltonstall, Jr. & his wife, Meriell (Gurdon) Saltonstall. (neither the dates nor the order of their births (except for dau. Meriell) have been ascertained.) 1. Meriell Saltonstall born in England in July, 1634; m. Sir Edward Moseley of Hulme, Co. Lancaster, Kt. England. One child. 1. Anne Moseley who m Sir John Bland of Kippax Park, Bart., England. 2. Nathaniel Saltonstall b. in Ipswich, Mass. Grad. Harvard Coll. 1659. 3. Richard Saltonstall died, s.p. 4. Abigail Saltonstall m. Thomas Harley of Hinsham Court, Co. Hereford, England, younger son of Sir Robert Harley, whose elder son, Sir Edward Harley was the father of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, England. 5. Elizabeth Saltonstall who m. Hercules Horsley, Esq., and had a dau. Meriell Horsley mentioned in the Will of her uncle, Colonel Nathaniel Saltonstall. Colonel Nathaniel Saltonstall son of Richard Saltonstall, Jun'r, Esq., of Ipswich, Mass. m. Dec 28, 1663, Elizabeth Ward, b. April 9, 1647, dau of Rev. John & Alice (Edmunds) Ward of Haverhill, Mass., where he settled. Rev. John Ward b. Nov 5, 1606, was a son of Rev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich, Mass. the author of "The Simple Cobler of Agawam," and a grandson of Rev. John Ward, a minister of Haverhill, England. Aug. 29, 1664, Richard Saltonstall of Ipswich, Mass., conveys by deed to his son Nathaniel Saltonstall, now of Haverhill, 800 acres on his marriage with Elizabeth Ward. (Essex Deeds, II. 208.) He died May 21, 1707 and his widow, Elizabeth died April 29, 1741. His Will, dated May 19, 1707, made a bequest to his neice, Meriell Horsley; mentions his sister, Elizabeth Horsley and his "rents in Killingly," England. Colonel Saltonstall was town clerk of Haverhill from 1668 to 1700, 32 years. He was chosen Assistant from 1679 to 1686, when the Charter of _____________________________________________ p.922 Massachusetts Bay was taken away, and when he was named one of "the Council of the Governor of Massachusetts Bay," under sir Edmund Andros. But he refused to accept the apptmt and upon the deposition of Sir Edmund Andros he became one of the Council which took the government of the Colony into their hands. He continued in office until the arrival of the Charter of William & Mary, wherein he was appointed one of their Majesty's Councils. On the 2nd of June, 1692 he was apptd one of the Judges in a special commission of Oyer and Terminer, for the trial of persons accused of witch- craft and, with a highminded liberality, worthy of his father and grandfather, the more honorable for being at that time singular, he and he alone, refused to serve in that commission from conscientious scruples. In August 1680, he went with the Deputy Governor and others, "with 60 soldiers in a ship and sloop from Boston, to still the people at Casco Bay and prevent Governor Andros's usurpation." In 1683, he was apptd by the Crown one of the Commissioners "to examine and inquire into the claims and titles as well of his Majesty as others, to the Narragansett country" to which important commission he attended. he was administrator of the estate of his uncle, Samuel Saltonstall of Watertown. Children: 1. Gurdon Saltonstall b. Mar 27, 1666; grad. Harvard Coll. 1684; died Sept 20, 1724. 2. Elizabeth Saltonstall b. Sept 17, 1668; m. (1) Rev John Dennison, grad. of Harvard Coll 1684; d. 1689 leaving one child, John Dennison. She m. (2) 1690, Rev. Roland Cotton b. Dec 27, 1667, son of Rev. John Cotton, Jr. & Joanna (Rossiter) Cotton of Plymouth; grad. Harvard Coll. 1685; ordained in Sandwich, Mass., Nov 2, 1694; died Mar 22, 1721-2. His widow, Elizabeth died at Boston July 8, 1726. _____________________________________________ p.923 3. Richard Saltonstall b. April 25, 1672; grad. Harvard Coll. 1695; was a Colonel; m. Mar 25, 1702, Mehitabel, dau. of Capt. Simon & Sarah Wainwright of Haverhill and grandaughter of Francis & Phillis Wainwright of Ipswich. He died April 22, 1714 and admin. was granted to his nephew, John Dennison Juen 28, 1714 and same day Rev. Rowland Cotton, his brother-in-law, was apptd guardian of his children. 1. Richard Saltonstall b. June 14, 1703; grad. Harvard College 1722. 2. Ward Saltonstall b. May 21, 1705; d. Aug 5, 1706. 3. Nathaniel Saltonstall b. June 3, 1706; was a merchant; died young; grad. Harvard Coll. 1727. 4. Elizabeth Saltonstall b. June 25, 1707. 4. Nathaniel Saltonstall b. Sept 5, 1674; grad. Harvard Coll. 1695; Tutor, Librarian, 1697-_____. _____________________________________________ p.923 [Sparhawk] Ichabod Brown b. Sept 9, 1666 of Cambridge m. 1693, Mary Woodbury of Beverly, Mass. Their 3rd child, Priscilla Brown m. Sept 24, 1724, Noah Sparhawk b. abt. Feb. 1696-7 son of Deacon Nathaniel & Abigail (Gates) Sparhawk of Cambridge. He was the grandson of Nathaniel Sparhawk & Patience (Newman) Sparhawk and great-grandson of Deacon Nathaniel Sparhawk an early settler of Cambridge, from England. (see Farmer) He died Feb 4, 1748-9 and she died about 1766. Children: 1. Priscilla Sparhawk b. Aug 6, 1725; died before 1765; m. Oct 3, 1745, Abraham Cutting. 2. Nathaniel Sparhawk b. Oct 8, 1727. 3. Noah Sparhawk b. Oct 19, 1729 was of Rutland in 1765. 4. Martha Sparhawk b. Jan 2, 1731-2 m. Nov 20, 1760, John Hancock, Jr. of Charlestown. 5. Nathan Sparhawk bap. July 28, 1734; of Rutland, 1765. 6. Ebenezer Sparhawk b. June 15, 1738. 7. George Sparhawk bap. Sept 20, 1741; died Jan 27, 1757. _____________________________________________ p.924 Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall, grad. Harvard Coll. 1684; received a unanimous call in May, 1688, to settle in New London, CT, where he was ordained Nov 19, 1691. Upon the death of Governor John Winthrop, Jr. , who died Nov 27, 1707, Gurdon Saltonstall was elected his successor and took the oath of office as Governor of Connecticut, Jan 1, 1708. He was tall and well pro- portioned, of dignified aspect and demeanor; of eminent intellectual endowments and acquire- ments and a very graceful and impressive elocution. He was an advocate of vigorous ecclesiastical authority, always striving to exalt the ministerial office, to maintain its dignity and to enlarge the powers of ecclesiastical bodies; which gave him unbounded popularity among his clerical brethren. Such were his views of law and order, both in church and state, and of the discipline to be employed in maintaining them, and such his regard for official dignity and privileges that he acquired the reputation of being severe, imperious and of seeking self-aggrandization. Yet he was a very popular Governor, and remained in office until September 21, 1724, when he died suddely of apoplexy. For a full and excellent delineation of his character, see Caulkin's History of New London. Gurdon Saltonstall m. (1) Jerusha Richards dau. of James Richards of Hartford, CT. She died in Boston, July 25, 1697. He m. (2) Elizabeth Rosewell, daughter and sole heir of William Rosewell of Branford. (see Wm. Rosewell report below). She died in childbed in New London, Sept. 12, 1710. He m. (3) Mrs. Mary Clarke, dau. of William & Mary (Lawrence) Whittingham and the widow of William Clarke of Boston. She died in Boston, Jan 23, 1730. To his son, Rosewell Saltonstall he bequeathed the Rosewell estate in Branford, and his manor in Killingly near Pontefract, in Yorkshire, England; to his son, Nathaniel Saltonstall, his farm at Cauchinghaug (Durham); to his son, Gurdon Saltonstall, his lands in New London; to his daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah, the estate at Wethersfield, that was their mother's. He also provided for his daughter, Catherine. He built a mansion on the border of Lake Saltonstall in Branford, which has a variety of antique ornaments - walls hung with grotesque pictures, Spanish leather tapestry, etc. Children: By his first wife, Jerusha Richards he had: 1. Elizabeth Saltonstall b. May 11, 1690 m. (1) Aug 4, 1710, Richard Christophers b. Aug 18, 1685, son of Richard & Lucretia (Bradley) Christophers of New London, CT. Children: 1. Richard Christophers b. July 29, 1712; d. Sept 28, 1736; m. 1734, Mary Pickett, dau. of John Pickett. Children: 1. Mary Christophers b. May 23, 1734. 2. Elizabeth Christophers b. Dec 24, 1735; m. Capt. Joseph Hurlburt. and died March 11, 1798. 2. Elizabeth Christophers b. Sept 13, 1714. 3. Mary Christophers b. Dec 17, 1716. 4. Sarah Christophers b. Dec 6, 1719. 5. Joseph Christophers b. Nov. 30, 1722. 6. Catherine Christophers b. Jan 5, 1724-5. continued p. 925. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ footnote p.924 - William Roswell b. 1630; m. by Increase Nowell, Esq., at Charlestown, Nov. 29, 1654, Catherine Russell, dau of Hon. Richard and Maud Russell of Charlestown. In 1658, wood and common land was assigned to him "on Mistick side" in Charlestown. He moved to Conn. as early as 1667. He probably first went to Branford, as he was one of the original signers of the "New Plantation Covenant" of Branford January 20, 1667, but he must have moved to New Haven very soon afterwards for on Jan. 13, 1667, the town of New Haven granted him a lot, on which he built a house and "for some years dwelt in" - he was engaged in trade and owned a bark, trading between New Haven and the Barbadoes. He probably returned to Branford, CT in 1671 for on the 9th of February 1671, the town of Branford granted him a tract of land, at the outlet of the Lake (since called Saltonstall Lake), on condition of his erecting and maintaining a dam there. This dam yet remains. In the same year was a marriage settle- ment between Hon. Richard Russell and his daughter Catherine Rosewell, of the one part, and Mr. William Rosewell of the other part, settling upon her heirs of this marriage, first male and second female, the farm by the Lake, with the negroes (naming them), Albert and his wife, Ruth and children, Caty, Andrew and Ruth and another negro named Peter. He died July 19, 1694 aged 64 years, intestate. Inventory, 1st, estate in Branford; 2nd, 200 acres of land in Durham, purchased of Mr. Wyllys, for £24 silver; and £119 gold; 3d., a gold ring; 4., a great still and worm. Total: £476. His widow, Catherine, died 1698. Inventory November 1698, and Elizabeth is mentioned as her "only child". Children: 1. Maud Rosewell b. Aug 20; died Sept 1668 at New Haven. 2. William Rosewell b. at New Haven June 16, 1670; died young, but was living at the date of his grandfather Russell's Will, March 29, 1674. 3. Elizabeth Rosewell b. at Branford October 1, 1679, married Governor Gurdon Saltonstall. end footnote. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________________ p.925 (children of Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall coninued from p. 924: 2. Mary Saltonstall b. Feb 15, 1692-2 m. Mar 2. 1717-18, Jeremiah Miller of New London; grad. Yale Coll. 1709; died 1761. 3. Sarah Saltonstall b. April 8, 1694; m. (1) John Gardner; m. (2) Samuel Davis; m. (3) Thomas Davis; all of New London. 4. Jerusha Saltonstall b. July 5; died Sept 12, 1695. 5. Gurdon Saltonstall b. the 17th died the 27th, July, 1698. By his 2nd wife, Elizabeth he had: 6. Rosewell Saltonstall b. jan 19, 1701-2; grad Harvard Coll. 1720. 7. Katherine Saltonstall b. June 19, 1704; m. Thomas Brattle of Boston. 8. Nathaniel Saltonstall b. July 1, 1707; m. in 1733, Lucretia Arnold & settled in one of the Southern colonies. 9. Gurdeon Saltonstall b. Dec 22, 1708; grad. Yale Coll. 1725. 10. Richard Saltonstall b. Sept 12th, 1710. Capt. Rosewell Saltonstall, Esq. settled at Branford, Conn. on the estate inherited from his maternal grandfather, William Rosewell. The beautiful Saltonstall Lake on the west side of Branford, was probably named for him. He m. Mrs. Mary Lord, dau. of the Hon. John Haynes, grad. Harvard Coll. 1658; of Wethersfield 1663; afterwards of Hartford, by wife Sarah, dau. of Richard Lord and grandaughter of Thomas Lord, one of the first settlers of Hartford. She was a great grandaughter of Gov. John Haynes. He died at New London while there on a visit, October 1, 1738 and was buried in the tomb of his father. His widow m. Feb 5, 1741, Rev. Thomas Clapp, minister of Windham, Conn., afterwards President of Yale College. Children: 1. Mary Saltonstall who m. Nathan Whiting of New Haven, (?) grad. Yale Coll. 1743; d. 1771. 2. Sarah Saltonstall who m. Jonathan Fitch of New Haven, (?) grad. Yale Coll. 1748, d. 1793 3. Catharine Saltonstall who m. Jonathan Welles, Esq., of Glastonberry, Conn., (?) grad. Yale Coll. 1751; d. 1792. 4. Rosewell Saltonstall b. 1736; grad. Yale Coll. 1751; died in Branford, Jan 25, 1788, unm. When he left College, a "conservator" (guardian) was place over him and he continued under guardianship until his decease. General Gurdon Saltonstall of New London, grad. Yale Coll. 1725; was distinguished for activity in mercantile and military affairs. He long held the rank of Colonel, and attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Revolutionary Army previous to 1776. He wa the 1st Collector of the Port of New London in 1784. He m. Mar 15, 1732-3, Rebecca Winthrop, the dau. of the Hon. John and Ann (Dudley)* Winthrop and the grandaughter of the Hon. Waitstill & Mary (Browne) Winthrop. He died Sept 19, 1785. Children: 1. Gurdon Saltonstall, Jun'r, b. Dec 15, 1733, grad Yale Coll. 1753; died on the Island of Jamaica, West Indies, July 18, 1762, unm. 2. Rebecca Saltonstall b. Dec 31, 1734; m. David Mumford of New London, afterwards of New York. 3. Catharine Saltonstall b. Feb 17, 1735-6; m. John Richards of New London. 4. Winthrop Saltonstall b. June 10, 1737; grad. Yale Coll. 1756; Register of the Court of Admiralty; m. April 17, 1763, Ann Wanton, eldest dau. of Hon. Joseph Wanton of Newport, R.I. She died in 1784 and he died in July, 1811 at New London, where he always resided. Children: 1. Rebecca Saltonstall b. Mar 4, 1764; m. Peter Christopher of New London. 2. Gurdon Saltonstall b. July 3, 1765; he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He m. Mary Sage b. Jan 28, 1769, dau. of Comfort Sage of Middletown, Conn. He d. at St. Nicholas Mole, Island of St. Domingo, June 9, 1795. She lived in widowhood 58 years and died in Chicago, Illinois, Jan 28, 1853, aged 84 yrs. Children: 1. Mary H. Saltonstall bap. April 13, 1791; m. July 21, 1812, Rev. Daniel Hunting- ton, late of Bridgewater, Mass., now (1854) of New London, Conn. 2. William W. Saltonstall b. April 19, 1793; m. 1826, Mary, dau. of Richard W. Parkin of New London. In 1836 he moved from New London to Chicago, where he now (1854) resides. Children: 1. Gurdon W. Saltonstall. _____________________________________________ p.926 2. Francis G. Saltonstall. 3. Mary P. Saltonstall, m. William Woodward of New York. 4. William W. Saltonstall. 5. Edward H. Saltonstall. 6. Thomas L. Saltonstall. 3. Mary Wanton Saltonstall b. Mar 14, 1767; m. Nov 29, 1789, Dr. Thomas Coit of New London, b. April 1767; son of Thomas Coit, Jr. & Mary (Gardner) Coit. Children: 1. Anna W. Coit b. Sept 11, 1790; d. Aug 30, 1794. 2. Mary Gardner Coit b. Apr. 28, 1792. 3. Hannah Saltonstall Coit b. June 18, 1795; d. Aug 23, 1796. 4. Augusta Dudley Coit b. Mar. 31, 1797; d. 1822. 5. Martha Coit b. Mar 13th, d. Mar 17, 1802. 6. Thomas Winthrop Coit, b. June 28, 1803; grad. Yale Coll. 1821; D.D. Columbia Coll.; Pres. Trans. Univ and now (1854) Prof. Eccl. Hist. in Trinity Coll., and lecturer on chemistry and natural science; m. Eleanor Forester. 7. Elizabeth Richards Coit, b. May 25, 1806; d. Feb 25, 1837; m. Edward Coit of Norwich, CT. 8. Gurdon Saltonstall Coit b. Oct 28, 1808; m. Eleanor F. Carlisle. 4. Ann Dudley Saltonstall b. Jan 8, 1770; d. May 21, 1845, unm. 5. Winthrop Saltonstall b. Feb 10, 1775; grad. Yale Coll, 1793; M.D. Columbia Coll., NY, a physician, of Trinadad, where he died June 27, 1802, unm. 5. Dudley Saltonstall b. Sept 8, 1738; a distinguished seaman of New London, CT. In early life he made numberous voyages in mercantile pursuits. In the Revolutionary War he attained the rank of Commodore and had command of the American Fleet in the expedition against Penob- scot in 1779. The disastrous issue of that expedition was attributed to unforeseen obstacles, and the insufficiency of the force - not to any want of skill or bravery of the Commander. The largest American vessel was the ship Warren of 32 guns, and they wer attacked by a squadron of five British war vessels led on by Sir George Collier, in the ship, Rainbow of 44 guns. Under such circumstances the destruction or capture of the American fleet was inevitable. He afterwards commanded the privateer Minerva and among the prizes by him was the ship Hannah, a merchant ship of London, bound for New York, having the most valuable cargo sent to America during the war. The exasperation produced by this and other losses by privateers from New London is said to have led to that expedition, in September, 1781, in which New London and Groton were burnt, and the garrison of Fort Griswold massacred. Capt. Dudley Saltonstall married in 1765, Frances Babcock, dau. of Dr. Joshua Babcock of Westerly, R.I. She died in New London, CT., October, 1787 and he died in the West Indies in 1796. After his decease, his family moved from New London to Canandaigua, New York. Children: 1. Hannah Saltonstall b. 1767; m. Joseph Walley, a native of England who settled in Canandaigua, N.Y. 2. Frances Saltonstall b. 1769. 3. Dudley Saltonstall b. 1771; grad. Yale Coll. 1791 & settled in the south. 4. Thomas Brattle Saltonstall b. 1772; died in the West Indies in 1795, unm. 5. Catherine Saltonstall. 6. Martha Saltonstall. 7. Joshua Saltonstall. 6. Ann Saltonstall b. Feb 29, 1738-40; m. Thomas Mumford of Norwich, Conn. 7. Rosewell Saltonstall b. Aug 29, 1741; m. Mar 4, 1763, Elizabeth Stewart, dau. of Matthew Stewart of New London. He moved late in life to New York, where he died Jan 12, 1804; and his widow, Elizabeth died in 1817. They are buried in Trinity churchyard. Children: 1. Elizabeth Saltonstall b. about 1765; died at an advanced age, unm. 2. Richard R. Saltonstall b. 1768; an able merchant, died of yellow fever in Sept., 1798, unm. 3. Rosewell Saltonstall an eccentric character, well known in the latter years of his life in the streets of New York; died in 1840. 4. Abigail Saltonstall who m. Rev. William Handy of Newport, afterwards of New York. 5. Ann Saltonstall who m. Rev. Charles Seabury of St. James Church, New London; afterwards Rector of Carolina Church at Setauket, Long Island; where he died in April, 1845. 6. Hannah Saltonstall who died unm., Sept. 1805. 7. William Saltonstall m. Maria Hudson, an English lady. He died at Pensacola, August 26, 1842 leaving 3 children: 1. William Saltonstall, Jr., of Chicago. 2. Susan Saltonstall who m. ____ Beare of Meriden, Conn. 3. Henry Saltonstall of Meriden, Conn. _____________________________________________ p. 927 8. Matthew Stuart Saltonstall who died early. 9. Mary Saltonstall who m. John Fell, Esq. of New York. 10. Francis Walter Saltonstall who died in New York, unm. 11. Frances Saltonstall. 8. Elizabeth Saltonstall b. Jan 12, 1742-3; m. (1) John Ebbets or Evarts. She m. (2) Silas Dean, U.S. Commissioner to France during the Revolutionary War. 9. Mary Saltonstall b. Mar 28, 1744; m. Jeremiah Atwater of New Haven, many years the steward of Yale College. 10. Richard Saltonstall b. Jan 1, 1746-7; died unm. 11. Martha Saltonstall b. Oct 8, 1748; m. David Manwaring, first of New London; afterwards of New York. 12. Henrietta Saltonstall b. Mar 19, 1749-50; m. John Miller of New Haven, Conn. 13. Gilbert Saltonstall b. Feb 27m 1751-2; grad. Harvard Coll. 1770; a Captain in the Marines on board the ship Trumbull, in her desperate combat with the ship Watt; he m. Harriet Babcock; He died about 1800, leaving two sons, and his widow m. (2) in April, 1805, Marvin Wait, Esq., of New London. Children: 1. Gurdon Saltonstall, professor of mathematics at the Univ. of Alabama where he died 2. Gilbert Saltonstall b. 1791; m. July 3, 1814, Elizabeth Starr, dau. of J. Starr of New London. He died at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Feb 6, 1833, aged 42 yrs. Children: 1. Harriet B. Saltonstall. 2. Gilbert D. Saltonstall, a physician of New York city, m. May 13, 1854, Sarah, dau. of John Marseilles. 3. Gurdon Saltonstall. 14. Sarah Saltonstall b. June 17, 1754; m. Dec 3, 1775, Daniel Buck of Wethersfield, Conn., b.June 13, 1744, son of Josiah and Ann (Deming) Buck, grandson of David & Elizabeth (Hubbard) Buck and great grandson of Emannuel and Mary of Wethersfield. He d. June 6, 1808 and his widow, Sarah d. Nov 19, 1828. Children: 1. Anna Buck b. and d. 1776. 2. Gurdon Buck b. Dec 30, 1777. 3. Daniel Buck b. Oct 27, 1779. 4. Charles Buck b. Mar 21, 1782. 5. Winthrop Buck b. Dec 9, 1784. 6. Ann Buck b. Oct 12, 1786; d. 1788. 7. Dudley Buck b. June 25, 1789. _____________________________________________ p.927 Hon. Richard Saltonstall of Haverhill; grad. Harvard College, 1722; received the commission of Colonel at the age of 23 yrs. and was appointed Judge of the Superior Court in 1736, at the age of 33 yrs. He "was a man of talents and learning; was distinguished for generous and elegant hospitality, and for his bountiful liberality to the poor. His address was polished, affable and winning, his temper was gentle and benevolent and he enjoyed the love and esteem of all." He m. (1) Jan 6, 1726, Abigail Waldron b. 1702, daughter of Richard Waldron. She died March 16, 1735. He m. (2) Mar 4, 1740, Mary Jekil of Boston. He m. (3) Mary Cooke, dau. of Elisha Cooke Jr. of Boston by his wife Jane, dau. of Richard Middlecott, Esq. of Boston, who m. in 1672, a grand daughter of Gov. Elisha Cooke Sr., Esq., physician, of Boston, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Governor John Leverett. He died October 20, 1756. Children: 1. Abigail Saltonstall b. Oct 5, 1728; m. Colonel George Watson of Plymouth (see Sabine's American Loyalists). 2. Elizabeth Saltonstall, b. June 5, 1730; died Oct 19, 1737. 3. Richard Saltonstall, b. Apr 5, 1732; grad. Harvard College, 1751; was a distinguished scholar, and had the Latin oration when he graduated. He was the 4th in the family in succession who held the office of Colonel. In the rank of Major, he was engaged in active service in the French War on Lake George and belonged to that body which capitulated at Fort William Henry, August 9, 1757. When the Indians fell upon the unarmed prisoners, he fled to the woods, and very narrowly escaped death in that horrid massacre. He commanded a regiment from 1760 until the end of the war. Soon after this he was appointed High Sheriff of the County of Essex. Colonel Saltonstall was a firm Loyalist, and uniformly opposed the measures taken in opposition to the Royal government. He deemed the proceedings of the _____________________________________________ p.928 British Parliament extremely inexpedient, but he never doubted their right to tax their American Colonies. In the autumn of 1774, he fled to Boston, and soon afterwards embarked for England. He refused to enter the British service, lest he should be directed to act against his native country. The King, nevertheless granted him a pension, and he never returned to America. Colonel Saltonstall resided upon the family estate in Haverhill, in a liberal and hospitable manner but was never married. He was charcterized by integrity, frankness, a benevolent disposition, polished manners, a superior understanding and knowledge of the world, which made him much loved, and gave him great in- fluence. He died October 6, 1785 at Kensington, England, where there is a monument erected to his memory. (see also, Sketch of Haverhill, by the Hon. Leverett Saltonstall; Massachusetts Historical Collection, 2nd Series, Vol. IV, p.164-5; also, Sabine's American Loyalists. 4. William Saltonstall b. the 2nd, died the 15th of November, 1733. 5. William Saltonstall (again) b. Oct 17, 1734; died October 25, 1737. By his 3rd wife, Mary Cooke, he had: 6. Nathaniel Saltonstall b. Feb 10, 1746; at the age of 10 years, upon the decease of his father, was received into the family of his uncle, Meddlecott Cooke, Esq., of Boston; grad. Harvard College, 1766; settled in Haverhill where he devoted his life to the practice of medicine; M.M.S.S. His classical education and general intelligence, his eminent professional skill, and conscientious discharge of duty, his gentle manners and kind disposition, and h is strong attachment to the liberty and independence of his country, acquired for him great respect in the community, and the affection and entire confidence of his patients. He was remarkable for his humane and assiduous attention to the poor, consoling them by his friendly, cheerful demeanor, and by the medicines and other necessaries which he freely supplied, without the prospect of any pecuniary remuneration. At a time when all his brothers and brothers-in-law adhered to those principles of loyalty in which they were educated, Dr. Saltonstall remained true to those principles of civil liberty and humanity which he inherited from his worthy ancestor, Sir Richard Saltonstall, and his not less worthy son, Richard Salton- stall of Ipswich. This conscientious adherence to his principles separated him forever from those he loved most. It was to him a severe trial, and gave the strongest proof of his sincerity and the strength of his principles. These had probably been much invigorated, by his training in the patriotic Cooke family. 7. Mary Saltonstall, b. Sept 9, 1749; m. Rev. Moses Badger, a graduate of Harvard Coll. 1761; an Episcopal minister and a Loyalist. She died Dec. 24, 1791, and he died at Providence, R.I. in 1792. (see also Sabine's American Loyalists). 8. Middlecott Cooke Saltonstall, born Jan. 24th, died Mar 10, 1752. 9. Leverett Saltonstall, b. Dec 25, 1754. He had nearly completed his apprenticeship with a merchant of Boston at the outbreak of the Revolution. Becoming acquainted with the British officers there and fascinated with the profession, he accepted commission, and unlike his brother, Colonel Richard Saltonstall, bore arms against his native land, and was engaged in several battles. He was a Captain under Cornwallis, fell a victim to the hardships of a camp life, and died of consumption at New York, December 20, 1782 aged 28 yrs. (see "Sketch of Haverhill," by his nephew and namesake; see also, Sabine's American Loyalists. Dr. Nathaniel Saltonstall of Haverhill who grad. Harvard College, 1766; m. Oct 21, 1780, Anna White. He died May 15, 1815, aged 69 yrs. and his widow Anna died Oct 21, 1841 aged 89 yrs. (see Phillips, App. I., White 52, p.888) Children: 1. Mary Cooke Saltonstall b. Sept 20, 1781; m. Oct 9, 1806, the Hon. John Varnum, a native of Dracut, Mass. He grad. Harvard Coll. 1798; was a lawyer of Haverhill & a Representative in Congress etc. She died Aug 7, 1817 and he died July 23, 1836. Children: 1. Nathaniel Saltonstall Varnum b. July 19, 1812; entered the U.S. Army as a private; was promoted. It is supposed he is not living (1854). 2. John Jay Varnum b. Dec 5, 1814; was some time a student in Columb. Coll., D.C.; then a farmer of Indiana. 3. Richard Saltonstall Varnum b. Apr 13, 1817; m. June 18, 1844, Sallie Potter, dau. of William Potter of Jonesville, Michigan, where he lived. He was an apothecary. She died Sept 7, 1845.