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| 1 | Abiel Lovejoy settled in Conway perhaps about 1771 where his father, Henry, had had a grant of land. Abiel was prominent in Conway.He served as selectman for many years and was a deacon in the church andone of the foundation members of the Congregational Church on 28 October 1778. Abiel Lovejoy served in the Revolutionary War (Ma Revolutionary Archives, Vol. 13, page 42) as serving in the Lexington Alarm. | LOVEJOY, Abiel (I36923)
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| 2 | John and Lydia (Ladd) Carlton were married in Haverhill, Mass., where their families lived, and where they made their first home and the first of their children were born. Birth records for Kimball and Hannah are found in the Haverhill records. About 1750, John apparently moved his family to Tolland, CT where they remained as permanent residents. John became an early owner of land in the area. John was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War,serving the company formed by Capt Solomon Wills of Tolland, which answered the call to arms at Lexington, MA, in April of 1775. He died intestate and his widow declined to administer his estate, asking the probate judge to appoint her son, John, that "trust." On 21 July 1786, the son, John, and his brother-in-law, Simon Chapman (husband of Lydia Carlton) posted a bond of five hundred pounds with the probate judge. An inventory of the estate was filed 31 January 1787, and shows John to have had a well stocked farm of 100 acres with a substantial house, well-furnished, and with a barn stables. His personal wardrobe was of good size and materials. Distribution of a portion of the estate was made to the widow, Lydia, on 17 April 1787, when she received 24 acres of land, the rooms at the south end of the house with furnishings; privilege to use the kitchen for washing and baking; and part of the cellar and barn. The rest was sold to Simon Chapman (son-in-law) as the highest bidder. Final distribution to heirs was made on 23 April 1790. Among those named were Kimball Carlton, 2 acres; John Carlton, 6 acres; "Dirius" Carlton, 6 acres; Lydia (Carlton) Chapman, 8 acres. The rest of the heirs of the deceased "having before received the whole of their shares." The birth records have never been found for the children (except Kimball and Hannah), certain facts regarding them come from the above mentioned court proceedings and family papers. Ten children are listed on one DAR membership application. Ma kept good records early; Connecticut did not officially require them until much later. | CARLTON, John (I37861)
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| 3 | Robert Follett House. This lot was a part of the land conveyed by John Ormes of Salem, carpenter, to Robert Follett of Salem, shoreman or husbandman, May 24, 1659. Mr. Follett immediately built a small house thereon, and, for ten pounds, conveyed the house and lot to his grandson, William Herbert of Salem, mariner, April 29, 1703. Mr. Herbert died possessed of the house and lot before 1732, when two at least of his children were William and Benjamin. The house was gone before Jan. 20, 1761, when Capt. Benjamin Herbert died possessed of the lot, the house being gone. | HERBERT, William (I47157)
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| 4 | 36 acres of land with the buildings thereon to his grandson Daniel. from Ebenezer Frie | CARLTON, Daniel (I37544)
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| 5 | Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. Luke XII37 | WASHBURN, Harriet Newell (I36638)
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| 6 | Died unmarried. | PUTNAM, Abigail (I36856)
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| 7 | died young | HUTCHINS, Bethiah (I36710)
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| 8 | diphtheria | CARLTON, Ezekiel (I37655)
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| 9 | dropsy (consumption) | CARLTON, John (I37692)
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| 10 | Edward became a tax payer in Salem, NH in 1741. Signed the petition to Gov. Wentworth in 1742; signed a petition for incorporation of Plaistown, NH in 1747; petitioned for quit claim deeds to property in Salem, Rockingham Co., Nh in 1754, which was granted in 1759. Was on the tax list for Salem, NH in 1754. Was chosen selectman for Salem, NH in 1754. a grist-mill located on Captain's Brook to Samuel Clement. No evidence of the mill exists today. There is no record as to when Edward acquired the mill. | CARLTON, Edward (I37873)
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| 11 | Family records has 27 December 1745. He moved to Rindge, NH. He was in Captain Nathan Hale's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment in 1776. He joined Enoch Hale's Regiment in 1778. | CARLTON, Benjamin (I37598)
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| 12 | from Stephen Abbott | CARLTON, Ezekiel (I37620)
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| 13 | He died at age 92. | CARLETON, Samuel (I37219)
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| 14 | He died young. | CARLETON, Phineas (I36823)
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| 15 | He lived in Bradford and Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Ma, New Ipswich, New Hampshire and Reading, Windsor Co., Vt. He was in the Revolutionary war from New Ipswich. He was 43 years old, a farmer, 6 feet tall, with brown complexion and blue eyes. He served in Captain Towne's Company, Colonel James Reed Regiment as a private. He was the original owner of Lot 2, Range 14, in New Ipswich, Hillsborough Co., Nh in 1762. | CARLTON, Nathaniel (I37616)
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| 16 | He owned considerable real estate in Salem. A street in that city running from Essex Street to Derby Street was named in honor of him. | CARLETON, Col Samuel (I36799)
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| 17 | He was a signer of a pledge to preserve peace in the face of public uproar against the Stamp Act. He was made a messenger in October 1774 to convey £100 of relief money to a committee in Boston for the relief of those who suffered by British blockade of Boston Harbor. He was also a selectman of Exeter, Rockingham Co., Nh. | CARLETON, Theodore (I36934)
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| 18 | He was on a school committee in 1799, 1808, 1811, 1814, and 1821 in Lunenburg. He was a selectman in 1823 and 1826. | CARLTON, Luther (I37735)
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| 19 | Henry Carlton, with Asa Carlton, Jr., and Thomas Brown, Jr. were on a committee to divide the town into districts, 5 April 1778. Sacred to the memory of Cap't Henry Carlton who departed this life the 2 of May A.D. 1812, in the 52nd yr. of his life - Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. | CARLTON, Henry (I37795)
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| 20 | In general deportment he was grave, never indulging in foolish conversation nor in loud boisterous laughter; and he was equally free from despondency and moroseness. His life was so even that his history for one day would be a history of his life. | CARLTON, Jonathan (I37810)
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| 21 | Jeremiah Stickney went from Bradford, Essex Co., Ma to Pennycook (afterwards called Rumford, then Concord, Merrimack Co., Nh) about 1731. In records he is referred to as Lieut. Jeremiah Stickney, he was on the muster roll as a scout at Penacook and vicinity under Capt. John Chandler in the winter of 1745. His house was a garrison in 1746. | STICKNEY, Jerimiah (I36759)
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| 22 | Jeremy took after his Wilson ancestors and became a gambler, dying in a Hancock, NH poor-house. | CARLTON, Jeremy (I37676)
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| 23 | John Carlton married Margaret Kingsbury in Alstead, NY. Alstead town records show that they were married by Justice of the Peace, Nathaniel S. Prentice. Margaret was born 13 June 1761 in Coventry, Connecticut a daughter of Absalom and Rebecca (Rust) Kingsbury of Coventry. John and Margaret had four children: Asa, Jacob, Adolphus, and Rebecca. Margaret died ca. Sept. 1804. John was the grantee of the NW corner of lot 4, range 1, in Alstead, NH in 1771, the grantor being Nathaniel Rust, an uncle of his wife, Margaret. In 1785, John purchased 120 acres in the vicinity of Charlestown, NH and sold it in two parcels in 1791. He, with his brother-in-law, Simon Chapman, posted a bond of 500 pounds to administer the estate of his deceased father. The family moved to Reading, Windsor Co., Vt sometime after 1791 where John became a freeman 2 Sept. 1800. died young | CARLTON, John (I37870)
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| 24 | Jonathan served at Crown Point under Captain John Hazen from April 10 to November 17, 1758. He was commissioned Lieutenant of the First Company of Concord February 21, 1774 and pledged his life and fortune to sustain the Colonies in the Revolution on March 14, 1776. He held several town offices: Surveyor of Highways, 1771, 1775-76; Fence Viewer, 1774; Tythingman, 1786-87. | STICKNEY, Jonathon (I36741)
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| 25 | Joseph was distinguished for sound judgment, an honest heart, an unwavering regard for truthfulness, always discriminating between probability and certainty. What he affirmed was found to be true.Honored and respected while living he was not adequately appreciated until by death he was withdrawn from the active pursuits of a business life. He was for a long period magistrate and town officer of Methuen, adirector of the Andover bank, the Bay State bank of Lawrence, and President ofthe Spicket Falls Bank of Methuen. | CARLTON, Joseph Warren (I37818)
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| 26 | land to Thomas Kimball | CARLTON, Enoch (I37667)
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| 27 | Lived in Alstead, NH. | CARLTON, Mehitable (I37878)
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| 28 | Mary and Captain Delano both attended school in Woolwich. | CARLTON, Mary (I37545)
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| 29 | Mr. Phineas Carleton was a man of retiring habits and methodical ways, who disliked and avoided the bustle and display attendant upon public position. It appears, however, that he joined the well-knownFire Society, January 1814. He was a merchant on Water Street for manyyears, retiring from active business about 1840. He attained considerable celebrity as a manufacturing jeweler, his silverware being famous, far and near, for its solidity and workmanship. An obituary notice of Mr. Carleton, published in the Haverhill Gazette, concludes: " He bore a reputation for unbending integrity and untarnished honor, which gained for him the respect and confidence of the community." | CARLETON, Phineas (I36903)
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| 30 | Mrs. Prudence Carleton, Relict of Mr. Aaron Carleton, of Bradford; died, June 25th, 1798, ∆t. 83. Death! thou haft conquer'd me, I by thy darts am slain, But Christ has conquer'd thee, And I shall rise again. | GAGE, Prudence (I36691)
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| 31 | Served as private in Col. Rufus Putnam's Ma regiment from April 1781 to June 1783. At the close of the Revolutionary War he came to Bath, and lived on the farm on the Ammonoosuc, later known as the Aliel Deming place. Jesse was born in the old house in Boxford, Essex Co., Ma (now south Groveland), that had been in the possession of the Carleton family since 1723 (which burned in 1924). He enlisted in the War of the Revolution in Ma in April 1781 and served until June 1783 as a private. He served under Capt. Hatfield White and Col. Rufus Putnam and was allowed a pension on application dated 9 April 1818. He took up his residence in Bath, NH. | CARLETON, Jesse (I36896)
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| 32 | Served in the Revolutionary war under Captain Solomon Wills of Tolland. He was one of the Revolutionary Worthies Sargeant Colonel. He performed the duties of a Captain, declining a commission, though urged to accept it by General Washington. On 4 April 1818 he applied for Revolutionary War Pension. He was a resident of Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt. | CARLETON, Richard (I37159)
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| 33 | She kept a millinery store and library on Main Street for many years. | CARLETON, Katharine (I37039)
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| 34 | She was an exemplary Christian. | CARLTON, Sarah (I37681)
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| 35 | Stephen studied with Dr. Jones of Lundeboro, NH. He was never married. He represented Acworth in the NH Legislature in 1831. | CARLETON, Dr Stephen (I37028)
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| 36 | The mass migration of Mormons began on 13 Feb. 1846. They must have reMed in Nauvoo where mob rule prevailed. | LOWELL, Olive (I36944)
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| 37 | The original location of the Register office was in the lower room of a house on Essex Street, next below the Franklin building, now the side hotel Hawthorne, which was also next door to Dr. Bentley's residence. On Jan. 3, 1803, it was moved to a room over the post office on the site of the present Bowker block, and later that year was treated to a new dress of type, Carlton advertising for sale in the autumn "a font of English, one of Pica, one of small Pica, one of Burgeois and one of Brevier." At the same time a new heading, with a figure Liberty was adapted, bearing the motto, "were Liberty is, there is my country." The Gazette cannot lose an opportunity to ridicule the new heading. "In the first place," wrote a correspondent, "the Salem Register is made as black as possible. In the center is seen a female figure (Jacobinian, without doubt) in the act of throwing away the cap of Liberty, and trampling under foot the motto, "were Liberty dwells, there is my country." She holds in her left-hand the CON-stitution, three-quarters of which are lopped off; and leans on an altar, from which "law, justice and religion, are almost obliterated. The American Eagle appears to be taking its flight from the scene of anarchy and desolation." William Carlton died July 24, 1805, at the age of 34 years. To quote from Mr. Streeter: "He had suffered from fever during his imprisonment, as stated by Dr. Bentley, he continued feeble until a day before his decease, when he was suddenly seized by a violent fever and derangement, which terminated his life in 24 hours. His constant friends said of him: "He always possessed great cheerfulness of temper and great benevolence of mind. He was distinguished by his perseverance, integrity and uprightness. To his generous zeal upon the public were indebted for the early information, which the Register gave of the most interesting occurrences. To a tender mother he was faithful, and to his family affectionate. The friends of his youth enjoyed the warmth of his gratitude. His professions and friendships were sincere. He was able editor and an honest man." Of his funeral Dr. Bentley wrote: "This day was interred our printer, Mr. W. Carlton. The procession was long and the recollection that he never had enjoyed his health since his imprisonment occasioned to various sensations on the melancholy occasion. Thus departed the youthful victim of political party." The question whether or not Carlton contracted the disease, which caused his death, while imprisoned in Salem jail was a disputed one for years caused no end of hard feeling. As late as 1806, the Boston Chronicle was giving credence to the story, which called forth the following comment from the Gazette: "The Parsons story that Carlton lost his life by his imprisonment is certainly going the circuits, and comes back to us about once a quarter; and it has been told so often that we verily believe the Parson almost begins to believe it himself. We doubt not the editor the Chronicle really thinks that Carlton found his death in the damps of a dungeon, but they are imposed upon; everybody here knows the humanity of Mr. Hutson, the prison keeper, and that he was permitted to place Carlton in a convenient chamber where he was as comfortably lodged as Mr. Hutsons family themselves. But Mr. Carlton is since dead, and it has been convenient to represent him as a martyr to federal persecution." William Carlton was a s/o William M. and Mary (Farmer) Carlton of Salem. His father had been commander during the Revolution of a private armed sloop, the "Black Snake", of 12 guns and 60 men, and died in June, 1791, and Barbados. His grandfather, Col. Samuel Carlton, had been an officer in the Revolution also, residing in Andover, where he married Deborah Stevens of that town. Young Carlton was but 20 years of age when his father died, and considerable responsibility was thus thrust upon him. He married, May 22, 1796, Elizabeth Cooke of Salem, by whom he had three daughters, only one of whom, Elizabeth, survived him, and she passed away in 1818 at the age of 19 years. Mr. Benjamin F. Browne, writing for the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute[:ITAL], Volume IV, said: "Mr. Carlton was a man a very genial character, and exuberant wit, and was much respected even by his political opponents at a time when political differences seriously interrupted social amenities. He was imprisoned in Salem jail for a libel on Col. Pickering of which he was not the author, but whose identity he refused to disclose." During the five years of Mr. Carltons proprietorship of the Register he printed 14 pamphlets, mostly religious and only one or two of more than 50 pages. "Letter to the People, by a Farmer," was probably his most pretentious work, a pamphlet of 102 pages, brought out 1802. Carlton published a sermon preached at Lynn by Reverend Thomas Cushing Thatcher upon the death by lightning of Miles Shorey and wife, in 1803, donating half the profits to the orphans left. Carlton, too, was probably the printer of the first edition of Timothy Dexters "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones[:ITAL]", although his name does not appear. In 1805, Dexter proposed a second edition and asked Carlton figure on 500 copies. In a letter written in June, 1805 Carlton agreed to print the book, which was a small pamphlet of 32 pages, for $50, but he died in the month following, which no doubt was the reason for the second edition being printed in Newburyport. This letter which was a fine example of Carltons wit, succeeded so well in flattering this eccentric character that Dexter printed it in his second edition, as follows: Salem, June 14, 1805. My Lord Dexter, By the politeness of Mr. Emerson I received the very valuable contents of your package. A new edition of that unprecedented performance entitled, "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones," is very urgently called for by the friends of literature in this country and in England -- and I presume with the additions and improvements intended to accompany the second edition, provided it should be well printed, would entitle the author to a seat in Bonapartes Legion of Honor, --for my Lord Dexter is an honorable man. But, sir the work cannot be executed for the sum named, --nor in the time specified, --I will printed an edition of 500 copies with the additions for $50 a content cannot possibly due them for less. Wishing your Lordship health in perpetuity -- a continuance of your admirable reasoning the faculties, good spirits, and an abundance of wealth, --and finally a safe passage over any river, not with sticks but a pleasure boot, I remain yours with the utmost profundity. W. Carlton. The right honorable Lord Dexter, KT., Newburyport. The death of Mr. Carlton threw consternation into the ranks of the Democrats, who were determined that a newspaper should be maintained Salem for the support of their cause. They were in a predicament. The paper had been in existence only five years. Dr. Bentley could well continue the editorial supervision, and the mechanical part of the business was in the hands of Warwick Palfray, Jr., then only 18 years of age, who had been an apprentice of Carlton, and whom Bentley characterized as a "discrete a capable youth." They day following the funeral a "select meeting" was called to consider what could be done. Hon. Jacob Crowninshield, Capt. Joshua Ward, Representatives, and John Hathorne, Jr. were a committee to choose a successor. Bentley says several men were suggested: "Mr. Caleb Cross, the editor of the Merrimac Gazette in Newburyport, which has not succeeded. Antony Pasquin, the celebrated Williams, who is an outcast from the Democrat & Chronicle office in Boston, is supposed to be the stranger who has applied." Rather a discouraging outlook. Capt. Joseph White, agent for Carlton, consented to the use of the type and press until some arrangements could be made. It was later contemplated making G. Richards, from Portsmouth, editor, but the "the letter," says Bentley, "in the Repertory, disowning the Democrats, has checked these proposals. Salem Register is important enough to have powerful enemies and bold efforts to suppress it. Its friends speak of its support but do little with true courage." Meanwhile, Macanulty, the bookseller, was assisting in some capacity in its publication. The Register was published for the benefit of the widow until August 26, 1805, when her death occurred. Concerning Mrs. Carlton, Dr. Bentley has written: "On Sunday night at midnight died Elizabeth, wife of William Carlton, lately deceased. She was a Cooke. Her father Charles Cooke, a foreigner and Mariner, died at sea. Her mother was a Stone and sister of Elizabeth, wife and Joseph White. Mrs. Carlton, when young, discovered great activity of mind and body, was beautiful, was indulged, was caressed. I had the charge of her education. Addressed by many a youth, she refused all the deceived all. In these matters she lost her fair charms. Capt. Orne, who had her promises, died abroad and lost her an acknowledgment. Mr. Carlton married her. Her condition did not suit her ambition, but she gave herself to gay scenes of life. Her health refused the charge and for a long time she was in decay. Upon the death of her husband, she was removed to her Uncle Whites and at his house had the fondest attentions. But she is now no more. Age 34. She had an active mind, and opened countenance, great address, and might have been one of the happiest as the best of women." The Register office, which was appraised at this time at about $1100, continued to be carried on for the estate, Dr. Bentley and Warwick Palfray, Jr., assuming proprietorship and editorial management. By the next summer, the clergyman editor was becoming weary of urnishing gratuitously the product of his pen twice each week. On August 20, 1806, he writes, "It is time I should have some assistance as I have all the labor and none of the profit." So constant was Dr. Bentley and his contributions to the paper that he comments and in 1812 upon the fact that he allowed four issues of the Register to pass without his notes, "an interruption not before known since 1800." Reflecting this thought comes an advertisement in the Register in August 1806, stating "The Salem Register having been supported in its editorial department by the voluntary assistance ofits friends since the decease of the late editor, Mr. Carlton the proprietors are desirous of obtaining an editor to conduct the same future." | CARLTON, William (I37838)
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| 38 | The rising morn cannot assure That we shall end the day, For death stands ready at the door To snatch our lives away.[:ITAL] | CARLTON, Daniel (I37637)
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| 39 | They had two children whose names are not known. | CARLETON, Solomon (I36947)
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| 40 | They lived in Haverhill. | PRESCOTT, Samuel P. (I37450)
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| 41 | war | CARLTON, Abram (I37714)
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| 42 | SUTTON, Ellis Craig (I3640)
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| 43 | SHAPLEIGH, Catherine (I10452)
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| 44 | HALL, Deacon John (I33065)
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| 45 | LLYWELYN, Catherine (I15522)
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| 46 | COCHRAN, Jane (I10940)
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| 47 | BEARDSLEY, William (I42575)
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| 48 | ""Staples Family History Association" Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 2, Jan 1980: Mary Batchelder (California 1620 - 1685) of Old Kittery, Maine, created in the community shock waves that still reverberate twelve generations later. As the third wife of the Rev. Stephen Batchelder, 87 years old, Oxford graduate, weary veteran of a lifetime of losing contests with both Church of England and Puritan hierarchies, she vaulted into the history books by adultery with next-door neighbor George Rogers and a subsequent sentence by the Georgiana (York) court to be flogged and branded with the letter "A" ("Old York", "Romance of the Maine Coast," Sylvester, Vol. II, 559-363). Not so well known is her remarkable recovery from public humiliation to a position of stature and respect in the community. Mary's triumph over adversity, and her growth in character rivaled that of Hawthorne's heroine in "The Scarlet Letter", Hester Prynne. "A Disastrous Second Marriage and Decade of Recovery. Mary was married three times: first about 1641 to Robert Beedle, fisherman-farmer, by whom she had daughter Elizabeth, wife of Peter Staples, and son Christopher; second to the Reverend Stephen Batchelder, sixty years her senior, who was the founder in 1638 of Hampton, New Hampshire, and its Congregational Church from which he was ousted after a feud with his assistant minister and the solicitation of his neighbor's wife while he was still married; third in 1657 to Thomas Turner who sold the Beedle homestead to Peter Staples in 1674. The first and third marriages were quiet, so prosaic that Mary would have died an obscure woman had she been limited to their experiences. "Documented events of the decade between 1647 and 1657 tell the story of Mary's tempestuous second marriage. In 1646-1647, the Rev. Batchelder, barred from preaching in the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of repeated dissension in former parishes, moved in with his grandson and godchild, Stephen Sanborn, two farmsteads below Mary Beedle on the Piscataqua River in Kittery. Mary soon became his housekeeper, an arrangement that disconcerted the neighbors, as Batchelder later reported to Gov. Winthrop. The situation was rectified by the two joining in marriage, exact date unknown because Batchelder, who performed the ceremony, failed to publish it, an omission for which he was fined 10 pounds, reduced later to five. On Feb. 14, 1648 the farmstead of her late husband Robert Beedle was confirmed to Mary by the Town of Kittery. On Oct. 15, 1650, at Georgeana (York) court, widower (and next-door neighbor) George Rogers and Mary Batchelder were presented for "incontinency for living in one house together and lieing in one room". A year later on Oct. 15, 1651 in the same court they were presented for adultery and were sentenced to receive 40 stripes save one, she to receive hers at the first Kittery town meeting 6 weeks after delivery of her child, and she also was to be branded with the letter "A" (worn on the garment). The court also ordered the Batchelders to live together as man and wife. Instead, the Rev. Batchelder took refuge with his grandson in Hampton. In 1651 Mary's daughter, named Mary, was born. The latter eventually married William Richards, a currier from Portsmouth, N. H., and lived a solid churchgoing life in that community. "On Oct. 14, 1652, Mrs. Batchelder was presented at the district court for entertaining idle people on the Sabbath (possibly harassed Quakers). On Nov. 16, 1652, Mary signed the Certificate of Submission, the only woman signer along with 40 leading male citizens. That document, which was endorsed under threats by the stronger Puritan government of Mass. to use its militia unless Maine succumbed peacefully, turned Maine over to the jurisdiction of the Mass. Bay Colony. Maine was not to regain its independence until 1820. That Mary was chosen to inscribe the treaty is some indication of her stature in the community. She penned her own signature, an act only half the subscribers could do. "Mary, husbandless in fact if not in law, in a frontier settlement with two children, acquired land by grant in 1653, and by lawsuit in 1654. Then in June 1654 the York court ordered Thomas Hanscom, age 31, "not to live with" Mary Batchelder. Further investigation reveals Mary's plight. At the Oct. 1651 adultery trial both she and the Rev. Batchelder sought divorce but were denied it. By the time Hanscom was living with Mary, her legal husband was in England where he remained until his death at age 99. "Mary had found an attractive man from the Hanscom shipbuilding family, but was barred legally from marrying him. Finally, in 1656 Mary solved her dilemma. In this year she appealed to the Mass. General Court to obtain a divorce and remarry. She apparently obtained it, for she married Turner a year later. The substance and eloquence of her plea is moving. She tells the court that she does not want to live on the "common charity of others", that her husband is in England married to a fourth wife, that she needs her freedom to remarry for assistance in rearing two ailing children and preserving her estate. She is saying give Maine liberty and I will not be a welfare case. She achieved her goals, gained a husband more her age, saw two daughters married well, and conserved her estate which she passed on to her son-in-law, Peter Staples. Connection of Mary Batchelder with Hester Prynne. For his services as a Mass. Bay Colony commissioner, Capt. William Hawthorne, immigrant ancestor of distinguished novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, was rewarded with 870 acres of prime land on the Piscataqua River three farms north of Mary Batchelders. Years later, Nathaniel Hawthorne, noted as an avid scholar of colonial history, soaked up local history during extended visits to the Kittery area. His journal does not mention the name of Batchelder, but does note a young woman doomed to wear the letter "A" on the breast of her gown under an old colony law as punishment for adultery. A book (1) published at the time of the Eliot centennial in 1910 states that Mary Beedle Batchelder was the woman upon whom Hawthorne patterned the heroine of the "Scarlet Letter". The description of Hester Prynnes's cottage closely parallels that of Mary on what was to become the Staple property. The evidence is strong that Hester Prynne was a character derived from Hawthorn's extensive knowledge of the history of Kittery in Colonial times. Hester was a victim of Puritan intolerance in Boston, Mary of Cavalier justice at old York. "Hester and Mary were both strong, self-reliant, and iron-willed but with different styles. Mary was an outspoken battler, active in community affairs, aggressive in managing her estate and seeking a new husband. Hester was quiet, reserved, accepting her penance of loneliness gracefully apart from the village in an isolated cottage, graciously defiant with her aristocratic bearing, calmness of speech, and pride in self-support by needlework. Both won community respect but by different means. "Literary and social critics have assessed Hester's conduct for almost 130 years. The orthodox Puritans among them have said the stain of sin persists, its permanent effect warping. Others, notably Mark Van Doren, have hailed Hawthorne as the Homer of ancient New England, and Hester as its most heroic creature, almost a goddess. In between these extremes some have said Hester expiated her sin, gained wisdom, self-knowledge, spiritual power, and hence greatness. Others have said that society sinned more than Hester by over-punishment of one who responded to a natural urge. Others say that sin is relative, it depends on what the sinner thinks is sinful and what it does to the personality and psychic balance. Virtually all attest to Hester's heroism in her self-reliance and calm steadfastness. Mary likewise exhibited self-reliance and steadfastness; she, too, was of heroic proportions. | BAILY, Mary Magdalene (I626)
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| 49 | "As Governor, Benning Wentworth lined his pockets selling land grants in what is now Vermont - He scandalized Portsmouth's elite in 1760 when he surprised his dinner guests by marrying his maid, Martha Hilton, then and there is his dining room." - New England Historical Society Bennington, Vermont -- town and county both -- are named in Governor Wentworth's honor | WENTWORTH, Benning (I36066)
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| 50 | "Cape Cod History and Genealogy", (Yarmouth Massachusetts: p. 15), by C.W. Swift. Richard had a propensity to steal other peoples possessions in the Plymouth Colony and later in Eastham. His wife's hanging gave Richard some notoriety, but he remained in Plymouth and on March 6, 1649 was presented at court for stealing a neighbors spade. He was judged guilty and sentenced to both sit in the stocks and replace the spade prior to the June court or be whipped. He did not comply. He was in Eastham by 1654 and had tracts of land allowed him. In 1670 he entered George Crisps property and helped himself to the fleece taken from the sheep. He was arraigned and ordered to pay thirty shillings, which he did. Soon after this affair, he left the township with his family and removed to Piscataway, NJ. and lived with his son-in-law, William Sutton. -Winsor's "Duxbury", p. 228; and Monnette, "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge", p. 792. | BISHOP, Richard (I4222)
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| 51 | "Great Migration" is the authoritative source. The couple's first eight children were baptized at St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey. 1. Thomas, bp. 19 Feb 1603/4; bur. 23 Apr 1604. 2. John, bp. 12 Oct 1605; no further record. 3. Sara, bp. 25 Oct 1607; bur. 24 Feb 1617/8. 4. Richard, bp. 17 Sep 1609; no further record. 5. Samuel, bp. 18 Aug 1611; m. Plymouth 11 Sep 1645 Lydia Doane, daughter of John Doane. 6. Lydia, bp. 6 Sep 1612; m. by about 1633 Edward Bangs. 7. Phoebe, bp. 15 Mar 1614/5; m. by about 1636 George Watson (their daughter Phebem. Jonathan Shaw on 22 Jan 1656 8. Mary, bp. 11 May 1617; bur. 14 Sep 1619. 9. Ephraim, b. Plymouth about 1625; m. Plymouth 13 Sep 1649 Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John Howland; Ephraim Hicks d. 12 Dec 1649 "a violent death" and his widow m. (2) Plymouth 10 Jul 1651 John Dickenson. | WINSLOW, Margaret (I12625)
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| 52 | "Great" John, so called from his large size. He weighed 310 lbs when he died and his arm chair would hold 2 ordinary men with ease. Was a farmer and was buried in the old cemetery in N. Andover where the grave, unmarked by a headstone, was known for years by its great size. | FRYE, John (I15668)
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| 53 | "He was a scout in the American Revolution and was disowned by Cane Creek Meeting of the Soc. of Friends for bearing arms.("1781, 6, 2. Jacob Doan dis repeatedly bearing arms & accompanying armed men to suppress robbery."[2] He was restored to membership, June 2, 1792.[3] In the 1790 U. S. Census of Hillsborough Dist., Chatham Co., N.C., he is listed as having one free white male under 17, and two free white females. We believe that he and his family left N.C. early in the 19th Century. They stayed briefly in Clinton Co., Ohio, but prior to 1871, most of the family moved on to Washington Co., Ind. His grave at Honey Creek, Wash. Co., Ind., where he was thought to be the first permanent settler in 1809, is described as "about one mile from Hardinsburgh, a rough stone marker". As a scout in the Federal Army in the Rev., it has been marked by the D.A.R. of New Albany, Ind. His wife, Hannah, is thought to have died in 1817. Jacob may have married a 2nd time in 1820 an Anna Culbertson but no wife survived him. Jacob d. without a will and his estate was divided among his surviving children and grandchildren." [4] | DOANE, Jacob (I42806)
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| 54 | "History of Des Moines and Polk County" records that, as of 1911, Charleswas an attorney in Washington, DC. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BARTLETT - SHERMAN - - - - - - Nephew of the Senator Weds a Baltimore Belle. Baltimore, Dec. 12.--Miss Bertha Bartlett, of Baltimore, daughter of thelate Gen. Joseph Bartlett, of the United States army, was married todayto Chas. M. Sherman, of Chicago, son of Hoyt Sherman, of Des Moinses,Ia., and nephew of Senator Sherman. The ceremony was performed at thecountry home of Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Lee, near Melvale, by the Rev.Father Whalen, of the cathedral, the cardinal giving the blessing. Thebride was given away by her uncle, Rev. Wm. A. Bartlett, of Washington,and the maid of honor was Miss Annie Lathrop. Tecumseh Sherman, a cousinof the groom, was best man. After the wedding a breakfast was served,Mr. and Mrs. Sherman leaving later for a wedding journey. Their futurehome will be in Chicago, where Mr. Sherman is engaged in the practice oflaw. Among the guests who were limited to a few intimate friends andrelatives, were Gen. and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, Senator and Mrs. Sherman,Miss Miles, Miss Lizzie Sherman, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wiborg, ofCincinnati. [Sioux City Journal (IA), 13 December 1895] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | SHERMAN, Charles Moulton (I43048)
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| 55 | "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) p 843-844 GEORGE E. COUNTRYMAN, M. D., is one of the successful physicians and surgeons of the state, being established in the practice of his profession in the city of Aberdeen, where he has maintained his home since 1888, having the confidence and esteem of his professional confreres and of the community at large. George Edwin Countryman is a native of Hastings, Dakota county, Minnesota, where he was born on the 31st of July, 1865, being a s/o Peter F. and Elizabeth (Gleason) Countryman, respectively of Holland Dutch and English, while both were born in the state of New York, whence they removed to Minnesota in 1851. The mother died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1900, the father now resides in Hastings, Minnesota. The Doctor is a direct descendant of Baron Johana Von Konderman, who was exiled from Holland in 1608 and who came to New England with the earliest Puritan settlers, while he rendered distinguished service for the colonies in their conflicts with the Indians, participating in the protracted wars with the aborigines, and in recognition of his long and valiant service he was given a grant of land in the Mohawk valley, in the state of New York, and the same has been largely in the possession of his descendants through all the succeeding generations. The name, through years of careless and indifferent pronunciation and spelling, has assumed divers forms, notably Konderman and Countryman. Baron Von Konderman's descendants have settled in many different states of the Union, but the major portion have undoubtedly remained in New York, where the name is found spelled in both forms just mentioned. Mr. Countryman completed a course in the high school of his native town and then continued his studies in Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1885 he was matriculated in the Missouri Medical University, in that city, in which institution he was graduated in 1888, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He instituted the active practice of his profession by opening an office in Mellette, South Dakota, in June, 1888, and in 1894 he took up his residence in Aberdeen, where he now has a large and representative practice. He served as coroner of Brown county for two terms of four years each, and for five years he acted as librarian of the Alexander Mitchell Free Library. He is a member of the South Dakota State Medical Society; is a staunch Republican in politics, fraternally is identified with the Masonic order and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and both he and his wife hold membership in the First Presbyterian church of Aberdeen, being prominent in the social life of the city. On the 15th of November, 1888, Dr. Countryman was united in marriage to Miss Kate A. Van Auken who was born in Hannibal, Missouri, January 30, 1865, being a daughter of William A. and Maria Van Auken. Dr. and Mrs. Countryman have one child, Marguerite, who was born August 27, 1890. | COUNTRYMAN, George Edwin (I7016)
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| 56 | "Lieut. U. S. A. 369th Inf. On staff of Col. William Hayward andIntelligence officer. Unm." --Thomas Townsend Sherman, "Shermangenealogy" (1920). "Sherman genealogy" lists him as Charles Hoyt Sherman, but all availabledocumentation, including passport application and draft registration cardwhich he would have filled out himself, record him only as Hoyt Sherman. His marriage must have taken place after 1920, as "Sherman genealogy,"published in that year, lists him as unmarried. | SHERMAN, Hoyt (I43164)
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| 57 | "Our family with two others, Smith and Kimberly, came from England. Loveland died on the passage. He was supercargo, and Smith and Kimberly were in his employ. Smith, Kimberly and the Widow Loveland and her three sons came to America. They together bought land of an Indian chief, the tribe assenting. When the land was surveyed some lay in what is now Glastonbury and some in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The Widow Love- land's land lay on each side of the Connecticut River. One of Mrs. Loveland's sons settled in Wethersfield, the other in Glas tonbury. The third son was drowned in the Connecticut River when passing from one side to the other. He died unmarried. The other two married." | LOVELAND, John (I45733)
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| 58 | "Rev. Samuel Treat (1716/17) was minister in Eastham for 45 years from 1672 until his death. He is remembered as preaching hellfire and damnation." His voice was so loud that when speaking it could be heard at a great distance from the meetinghouse, even in the midst of the winds that howled over the plains of Nauset." Rev. Treat learned the language of the Indians and preached to them with missionary zeal over a wide area of Cape Cod. ——- Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau https://www.online-literature.com/thoreau/cape-cod/3/ excerpts The first minister settled here was the Rev. Samuel Treat, in 1672, a gentleman who is said to be "entitled to a distinguished rank among the evangelists of New England." He converted many Indians, as well as white men, in his day, and translated the Confession of Faith into the Nauset language. These were the Indians concerning whom their first teacher, Richard Bourne, wrote to Gookin, in 1674, that he had been to see one who was sick, "and there came from him very savory and heavenly expressions," but, with regard to the mass of them, he says, "the truth is, that many of them are very loose in their course, to my heartbreaking sorrow." Mr. Treat is described as a Calvinist of the strictest kind, not one of those who, by giving up or explaining away, become like a porcupine disarmed of its quills, but a consistent Calvinist, who can dart his quills to a distance and courageously defend himself. There exists a volume of his sermons in manuscript, "which," says a commentator, "appear to have been designed for publication." I quote the following sentences at second hand, from a Discourse on Luke xvi. 23, addressed to sinners:— "Thou must erelong go to the bottomless pit. Hell hath enlarged herself, and is ready to receive thee. There is room enough for thy entertainment.... "Consider, thou art going to a place prepared by God on purpose to exalt his justice in,—a place made for no other employment but torments. Hell is God's house of correction; and, remember, God doth all things like himself. When God would show his justice, and what is the weight of his wrath, he makes a hell where it shall, indeed, appear to purpose.... Woe to thy soul when thou shalt be set up as a butt for the arrows of the Almighty.... …. Mr. Treat died of a stroke of the palsy, just after the memorable storm known as the Great Snow, which left the ground around his house entirely bare, but heaped up the snow in the road to an uncommon height. Through this an arched way was dug, by which the Indians bore his bod to the grave. | TREAT, Rev Samuel (I47098)
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| 59 | "Samuel Orcutt, the s/o John, d. March 5, 1742-43." (Town Records.) Selectman 1733, 1734, 1736, 1738, 1741. and 1742. Resided in the sec.pre.2 | ORCUTT, Samuel (I12352)
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| 60 | "The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire" by Charles H. Bell, (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1894), on pp. 3-4, has this entry for Joseph Smith: JOSEPH SMITH Justice 1693-1696, Chief Justice 1696-1697; 1698-1699 Joseph was a s/o Robert Smith, one of the signers of the Exeter Combination in 1639. He was born about the year 1653, either in Exeter or in Hampton, to which place his father removed, and where he himself passed his adult life. He was many years in public employment. He was a representative in the provincial Assembly in 1692, 1708, 1709, and 1716, at least; selectman of Hampton seven years, and a justice of the peace as early as 1708. His first commission as an assistant Justice of the Superior Court was dated in 1693, and he acted as such until 1696; then he was advanced to the position of Chief Justice, which he held, with perhaps a slight interval, till 1699. In 1696 he was treasurer of the province, and in 1698-99 was of the council. In King William's war he was much engaged in military affairs, being then a major of the militia. he also held the office of Judge of Probate from 1703 to 1708. It is evident that he was a useful and much trusted citizen. He left no descendants, though he was thrice married; first, to Dorothy, eldest daughter of Rev. Seaborn Cotton; second, April 17, 1707, to Mary, daughter of Captain William Moore; and last, February 16, 1709, to Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, who outlived him. He died November 9, 1717. | SMITH, Joseph (I5497)
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| 61 | "The History of Coos County" has a biographical description of the Parsons Family and gives the parents of Benjamin Parsons as Hugh Parsons and Elizabeth (Bagshaw) Thomkins. Volume One of "The Parsons Family" by Gerald Parsons disputes this, saying that no record can be found of a relationship to Hugh Parsons. Benjamin Parsons came to New England in 1650 or 1651 and was one of the original settlers of Springfield, MA. He took an active role in town affairs and was chosen to be a selectman thirteen times at town meetings. He received many grants of land from the town of Springfield, including grants in what are today the towns of Enfield and Suffield in Connecticut. He took an active role in the founding of the town of Enfield, which was annexed to Connecticut in 1749. He never lived in Enfield, but his sons Benjamin and Samuel settled there. His will was probated on 30 Mar 1690 and the court appointed Benjamin and Ebenezer Parsons to be guardians to their brothers Joseph and Hezekiah. Three pages of biography are in "The Parsons Family", Volume One. | PARSONS, Deacon Benjamin (I40217)
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| 62 | "The History of the Town of Dorchester" by Ebenezer Clapp: In 1807, John Frederick Enslin, of Boston, a physician, who married the daughter of McCarney, and was the only heir to his estate, sold to Edmund Baker the one quarter of the paper-mill formerly owned by McCarney. "Reminiscences of Worcester" by Caleb Wall: D. Frederick Enslin was a member of the "Charitable Fire Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" founded in 1792. ——- 1810, Suffolk County, Boston City Massachusetts City Directory: Physician, Lowell Place, Boston, MA | ENSLIN, Dr John Christopher Frederick (I12101)
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| 63 | "to avoid Catholic persecution of Huguenots in France." | COMEAU, Pierre (I47084)
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| 64 | "Winslow Memorial" doesn't give his birth and says the first six children were copied from the records of Swansey, the five following Joseph from Freetown records but nothing about Joseph's birth. It also says the father appears to have been one of the early settlers of Rochester, as he was there about 1680. [Barber's Mass. Hist. Collections, p. 524.] Perhaps Joseph was born at Rochester. However, there is no record of his birth there. Date of his first marriage is date of publication of intent at Taunton. Second marriage is in Swansey records. Administration on his estate was granted 4 Sep 1727, to his widow Hannah, but she died before 22 Feb 1727-8, when an inventory was presented. Distribution was made 15 Jan 1733-4 to the children. | WINSLOW, Joseph (I13453)
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| 65 | (intentions to marry 2nd, Priscilla [Bradstreet], widow of Nehemiah Jewett of Rowley). She died 6 Sep 1736 [Rowley VR, Deaths, Vol. 2, p. 24]. He may have married a 3d time to either Martha Nurse or Mary Wilkins [Middleton VR, Marriages, p. 103] | PUTNAM, Edward (I5392)
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| 66 | (received November 27, 2005) Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:47 PM Subject: Fran Gustafson Dear Friends, On Saturday, November 19, Fran fell in the parking lot where we live while getting in the car. She tripped over her walker and fell face down on the pavement. There was severe head damage but she was OK immediately. Later in the apartment she suffered a major seizure. She was transported to the hospital but never regained consciousness. She had severe hemorrhage in the brain, in part due to the drug Plavix which she took to prevent clots. It is a great cardiovascular drug but poison for intracranial bleed. Neurosurgeon said he could operate but results would be bleak, Fran had written and said many times she didn't want extraordinary means to be kept alive. Life support was removed and she quietly expired Monday afternoon (November 21 @ 3:10 PM). The children and I know that Fran is in a much better place - with her Lord Jesus - and is now free of pain that was a constant torment, There will be a memorial service at Fourth Presbyterian Church; 5500 River Road; Bethesda, MD 20816, Saturday, December 3 at 3:00 PM. Gus (John Gustafson) —— Frances Gustafson November 27, 2005 12:50 am Frances Gustafson Frances Dame Gustafson of Springfield died at Fairfax Hospital Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, following massive head injury from a fall. She is survived by her husband, John F. Gustafson, M.D.; her son, John Fowler Gustafson Jr. and his wife, Chi Hollister Gustafson, of Spotsylvania County; her daughter, Jane G. VanSickle and her husband, Larry VanSickle, of Herndon; and her grandchildren, C. Wade Gustafson, Greta Gustafson, Hannah VanSickle and Sarah VanSickle. She was born in Concord, N.H., in 1928, the daughter of Edward A. and Mildred C. Dame. She graduated from Concord High School in 1946 and from the University of New Hampshire with a double-major Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. She was a librarian in the Concord Public Library. She married Dr. John F. Gustafson in 1954 and they lived in New York City for one year. Her husband was an intern at St. Luke's Hospital, and she was a librarian at Columbia University Teachers College. In 1955 they moved to Temple, Texas, where her husband was a military doctor at Fort Hood, and later a resident physician at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple. Their two children were born there. In 1959 they moved to Washington, D.C., where her husband entered private practice of internal medicine. They were both active in Fourth Presbyterian Church of Bethesda, Md. She had an individual prayer ministry and kept in touch with countless people locally and throughout the world. In 1965, they moved to West Bethesda. In 2002, they settled in Greenspring Village, Springfield. Services are at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5500 River Road, Bethesda, Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. Arrangements are being handled by Demaine Funeral Home, Springfield. —— Paper: Concord Monitor (NH) Deceased: Frances Gustafson Was a leader in her Presbyterian church Date: December 17, 2005 SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- Frances (Dame) Gustafson, 77, formerly of Concord, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, after a head injury from a fall. She graduated from Concord High School in 1946 and from the University of New Hampshire in 1950. Survivors include her husband, a Concord native, Dr. John F. Gustafson; two children, John Jr. and Jane VanSickle; and four grandchildren. Memorial services were held Dec. 3 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Md., where she led an individual fellowship and prayer ministry. | DAME, Frances Coolidge (I36010)
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| 67 | (V) John (3), s/o John (2) Billings, was born Nov. 23, 1731, in that part of Concord which was set off as Lincoln, April 19, 1754. He removed to the head of Little Deer Isle, Maine, in 1762. In 1767 he removed to Brooksville, Maine, where he lived many years. He was one of the first, if not the first, settlers on Deer Isle, probably the first settler in that part of Brooksville opposite Deer Isle. He died just over the line of Brooksville, in Sedgwick, in 1802, and his estate was administered in that year in Hancock county. He married, in 1752, Hannah Farrar, born in Sudbury, Mass., died in Brooksville, Maine. Children: 1. Benjamin, born in Lincoln, Mass., Dec. 12, 1753, resided in Sargentville, Maine; married Abigail, daughter of Nathan Closson; died March 23, 1826. 2. John Jr., born in Lincoln, April 14, 1755, mentioned below. 3. Abel, married Betsey Farrar; resided in Sedgwick, Maine; was a revolutionary pensioner; died either Oct. 27, 1833 or Dec. 5, 1832, in Brooksville. 4. Deacon Solomon, married Abigail Eaton; resided in Brooksville where he died. 5. Azubah, married John Hooper; died Oct., 1825. 6. Timothy, born at Deer Isle,, May, 1764, said to have been the first white child born on that island; married Hannah Wells; died Dec. 6, 1854. 7. Hannah, married Samuel Howard; died June 10, 1832. 8. Daniel, born in Brooksville, married Catherine Carter; died Aug. 29, 1857. 9. Lucy, married Bartholomew Flowers; died Jan., 1798. 10. Deacon Isaac, born in Brooksville, married Sally Harding; died in Sedgwick, Aug. 29, 1836 | BILLINGS, John (I31554)
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| 68 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mitchell, W. Ledyard, executive; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1881; sonof Richard Hannaford and Mary (Lincoln) Mitchell; educated St. XavierCollege, Cincinnati; Yale Univ. (A.B., 1904); married, Sara MoultonSherman, of Des Moines, Ia. July 18, 1910; children: W. Ledyard, Jr.,Mary S., Sherman, Sara A., Ann S. With Rob't Mitchell Furniture Co.,Cincinnati, 1904-17; with Maxwell Motor Corpn., Detroit, from 1917 untiltaken over by Chrysler Corpn, with which he has been since. ["Who's Who in Detroit, 1935-36" (p.235)] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * While at Yale, Ledyard was a distinguished member of the football team,being remembered for kicks that helped Yale to victory over Ivy Leaguerivals Harvard and Princeton in the 1903 season. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W. L. MITCHELL, A CHRYSLER AIDE - - - - - - One of Company's Founders, Ex-Vice President, Dies DETROIT, May 19 (AP)-- William Ledyard Mitchell, who helped organize theChrysler Corporation in 1925, died yesterday at his home at Grosse PointeFarms near here. He was 82 years old. Mr. Mitchell, a Yale graduate in 1904, was named secretary and vicepresident in charge of manufacturing for Chysler after it was formed tosucceed the old Maxwell Motor Corporation. He was in the furniture business in his native city of Cincinnati beforejoining Maxwell Chalmers Motors in 1917. He was named receiver for theconcern in 1920, just before it was reorganized as the Maxwell MotorCorporation. Mr. Mitchell became general manager of operations at Chrysler in 1926 andwas named board chairman of the export division three years later. In1932, he became chairman of the board of Chrysler Corporation of Canada. During World War II, he directed the construction of destroyer escortvessels built by Chrysler for the Navy. He retired in 1947. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his widow, Sara; two sons, Sherman and W.Ledyard Mitchell Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Henry M. Campbell 3d and Mrs.James W. Walker; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. [New York Times, 20 May 1964] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** A photo of Ledyard and his wife is available at my website. ** | MITCHELL, William Ledyard (I43039)
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| 69 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * He supplemented his common school education with a course at the BrooklynAcademy, near Cleveland and a select school at Medina. In order to pursuehis chosen profession of law he had to accept a clerkship in themerchandizing industry in Cleveland. He remained there until he was readyto be called to the Bar in 1854. Shortly thereafter, he married FrancesB. Sherman. He began active practise in Toledo with Hon. George R. Haynes, later oneof the Judges of the Common Pleas Court in Toledo, with whom he remaineduntil the outbreak of the Civil War. He received the appointment ofCaptain and Asst. Quartermaster in the volunteer service of the UnitedStates from which he was subsequently transferred to the regular armywith the rank of Captain and promoted to that of Lt.-Colonel ofvolunteers. He was first assigned to duty in Beverly, WV and then toGallipolis, OH, later to the Depot Quartermaster for the City ofCincinnati, where he remained until the end of the war. During the war herendered efficient and valuable service to the Government in thedisbursement of large sums of money and in the distribution of immensesupplies of stores and provisions for the army in the field. Hedischarged his whole duty with marked ability and fidelity. Once he resigned he renewed his practise in Cincinnati forming anassociation with Hon. Charles T. Sherman, who later became the USDistrict Judge of Cleveland, and Hon. M. H. Tilden, who later became oneof the Judges of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. Subsequently he formed co-partnerships with Hon. W. M. Bateman, a U.S.District Attorney in Cincinnati, J. William Johnson, Theo. A. Blinn andLipman Levy, under the firm names respectively: Sherman, Tilden andMoulton; Tilden, Moulton and Tilden, the latter a s/o Judge Tilden;Moulton and Johnson; Moulton, Bateman and Johnson; and, lastly, Moulton,Johnson and Levy. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of the US in 1867.He established branch offices for his practise in Washington and NewYork, and while in the latter city, he was suddenly attacked by theillness which caused his unexpected death. ["Moulton Annals", by Henry W. Moulton (Chicago, 1906),pp.97,106,127-136] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Colonel Moulton Dead. NEW YORK, January 25.--Charles William Moulton died at 3 o'clockyesterday morning at the Arno House, from apoplexy. Colonel Moulton wasborn in Cuyahoga county, near Cleveland, December 16, 1830. At the timeof his death he was the New York partner of the firm of Sherman, Johnson& Lexy, of Cincinnati, Ohio. His widow is the youngest sister of Generaland Hon. John Sherman. They had four children all of them married andwell established. All of them were with him during the latter part ofhis fatal sickness, except the youngest daughter, the wife of Captain C.H. Rockwell, of the Fifth U. S. Cavalry, who is stationed at Camp Supply,in the Indian Territory. She will arrive this morning. The funeralceremonies will take place from his proper home, at Glendale, Ohio, onThursday, January 26, and the burial will be in Spring Grove cemetery. [Newark Daily Advocate (OH), 25 January 1888] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Place of birth not entirely certain. His death notice says he was bornin Cuyahoga County near Cleveland, while "Sherman genealogy" says'Ricefield'. There is no municipality by that name in the state of Ohio,so I presume it to be a misprint for 'Richfield', which is located inSummit County, just across the boundary from Cuyahoga County. Richfieldtoday is one of the suburbs comprising the greater Cleveland area, and itis possible that the author of his death notice made a faulty assumption. | MOULTON, Charles William (I43056)
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| 70 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MITCHELL, William Ledyard Jr. Age 90, of Fox Hill Village, Westwood, formerly of Grosse Pointe, MI,June 30th. Beloved husband of the late Heidi (Flannery) Mitchell. Lovingfather of Sara Mitchell Bass of Cambridge, Deborah Mitchell Bergh ofShelburne, VT, Mary Mitchell of Burlington, VT, William Ledyard MitchellIII of Las Vegas, NV and Richard Mitchell of Cazenovia, NY. Also survivedby 9 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Brother of Ann CampbellMcMahon of Madison, CT and the late Sara Walker, Sherman Mitchell andMary Deming. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Masswill be celebrated on Friday, July 19th at 9AM in St. Margaret Mary'sChurch, Westwood. There will be no visiting hours. A Burial Service willbe held in Grosse Pointe, MI at a later date. Donations may be made inLedyard's name to The American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St, Framingham,MA 01701. [The Boston Globe, 10 July 2002] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W. Ledyard Mitchell, Jr. W. Ledyard Mitchell, Jr. passed away at his home in Westwood, Mass., onSunday, June 30, 2002. Mr. Mitchell, known as Ledge, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Feb. 11,1912. Grosse Pointe was his home for most of his life until his recentmove to a retirement community in Massachusetts. He attended Andover Academy and graduated from Yale University. Heretired from Chrysler Corporation, and worked briefly at DifcoLaboratories on whose board he served for many years. Mr. Mitchell loved to sail, ski and play tennis. He was a competitivesailor, racing out of the Little Club where he was active on the boardand served as commodore for many years. He was a member of the YondotegaClub. He served on the Grosse Pointe Farms City Council, the Clinton RefuseDisposal Authority and was a member of St. Paul's parish. He is survived by his children, Sallie (Rob) Bass of Cambridge, Mas.,Debby Bergh of Shelburne, Vt., Mary Mitchell of Burlington, Vt., TripMitchell of Las Vegas, Nev., Dick (Maureen) Mitchell of Cazenovia, N.Y.;ten grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and his sister, Ann CampbellMcMahon of Madison, Conn. Mr. Mitchell was predeceased by his wife, Heidi Flannery Mitchell; hisformer wife Josephine Schlotman Evans; his sisters, Mary Deming and SaraWalker; and his brother, Sherman Mitchell. "He will be remembered for sense of humor, his enjoyment of his manyfriends of all ages and his loyalty to the Little Club and the Yon," saidhis daughter, Debby. A memorial service will be held at St. Margaret Mary's church inWestwood, Mass., at 9:00 a.m.on Friday, July 19 and a service will bescheduled in Grosse Pointe at a later date. [Grosse Pointe News (MI), 11 July 2002] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | MITCHELL, William Ledyard (I43099)
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| 71 | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * O'KEEFE--Drowned at sea, Sept. 18, while on active duty, Lieut. JohnEugene O'Keefe Jr., U.S.N.R., husband of Sara Mitchell O'Keefe and fatherof John and Sheila. Lieutenant O'Keefe was formerly of Carthage, Mo. [New York Times, 23 September 1943] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | O'KEEFE, Lt John Eugene Jr. (I43147)
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| 72 | 1 _FA1 2 PLAC Winnicut Rd., Stratham, NH | NORRIS, Mehitable (I11463)
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| 73 | 1 child by second wife and 5 by third wife. These are documented in Hoyt Genealogy. | HOYT, John (I1675)
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| 74 | 1 M 10-15, 1 M 45+, 1 F <10, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 26-44, 1 F 45+ | CARLTON, Deacon Moses (I4203)
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| 75 | 1 M <10, 1 M 16-25, 1 F 16-25 | CARLTON, Deacon Moses (I4203)
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| 77 | 1 male 3 females | CUNTRAMANN, Marcus Marelus (I31386)
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| 78 | 1. It is impossible for anybody to be descended from Sir Francis Drake. Although he was married twice, he did not produce any children. Furthermore, there is no evidence whatsoever, of any illegitimate issue. 2. Descent from his brother Thomas could be possible but highly remote. Thomas only fathered two children and the direct male line died out in the 18th century. There are indirect descendants of Thomas via the female line; in England, America and Switzerland. However, the relationship is very distant and tenuous. 3. Descent from a cousin is not possible. Sir Francis only had two paternal cousins, being John and Robert Drake; both of whom died without issue. The word cousin or kin were very loose terms in Elizabethan England and covered a multitude of relationships. Some of these were very distant. | DRAKE, Edmund (I31595)
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| 79 | 1. William T.18 Tilden (Ebenezer17, Joshua16, Joshua15, Stephen14, Stephen13, Stephen12, Nathaniel11, Thomas10, Richard9, Richard8, Ro bert7 TYLDEN, John6, born February 22, 1800 in Coventry, Tolland, Conneticut1 , and died October 15, 1872 in Washington Township, Le Sueur Co. MN2. He marri ed (1) Margaret Smith in Dodge, Minnesota. She was born ABT 1797 in Pennsylvan ia, and died 1860 in Dodge County, MN. He married (2) Mary Jane Sherwood ABT 1 857. She was born ABT 1836 in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada3, and died ABT 1905 in Reeve, Wisconsin4. Notes for William T. Tilden: William T. Tilden was born in Conneticut (Coventry) not Pennsylvania as Etta Pease Johnson (his great-granddaughter) wrote in her diary and in a letter to her son Theodore. Etta also said her grandmother was born in Pennsylvania. She said "grandmother" , but in the "family Bible" (which Etta wrote) she listed her grandmother - Ma ry Tilden's place of birth as Holmes Co. Ohio, so we assume she meant her grea t-grandmother, Margaret Smith was born in Pennsylvania. Holmes County, Ohio wa s settled by Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish (amongst others) and since Ohio did not become a state until 1803 there may have been some confusion over what was Pennsylvania or Ohio*. The census index for 1830 lists a William TildAN (note spelling) and a Mary (Margaret?) in Holmes County, Ohio (township MEC). Some of the notes written by Helen Tilden McGovern and a Dr. Benjamin R. Tilden (Ti lden family genealogist of Marion, Mass in the 1960's), lists Sally or Sarah H atch as William's first wife, with Margaret Smith as second and (Elizabeth)) S herwood as third. (Eliza A. Sherwood was Austins (Williams' son) second wife), William was married to Mary Jane Sherwood- there are several inconsistencies i n Bejamin Tilden's work. Joan is certain that Sally (Sarah) Hatch was William' s mother because Sally (Sarah) Hatch is listed as the wife of Ebenezer Tilden and that Margaret Smith was his first wife. Etta's mother Margaret (Maggie) wa s probably named after Margaret Tilden. In many records William is listed as a Doctor and one note says "Herb" Doctor. (this is also in Etta's diary - also see notes under Elbert Tilden). Although William died in St. Peter, his body w as later moved to Concord, Dodge County. Notes from Dr. Benjamin Tilden (1961) say that William Tilden (Sr.) was a large man weighing about 300 pounds. He w as known as Squire and Doctor Tilden. Mary Jane Sherwood, William's second wif e, was a sister to Ann Sherwood, Austin (William's son) Tilden's second wife. Helen McGovern's notes state that the Sherwood's (the two sisters and a brothe r) came to Minnesota through Canada and Wisconsin as they were Tories and had to escape to Canada during the Revolutionary War. Children of William Tilden a nd Ann Sherwood were Alice, Harriet, Cecelia, Ellsworth, and Joseph. Etta also told her children and grandchildren that Samuel J. Tilden was a great uncle. Research indicates that he is a 3rd cousin (3 generations removed from Joan Sch uette). Our common ancestor with Samuel is Stephen Tilden Jr., b. 1663), Samue l J. Tiden is a cousin to Joshua Tilden, William's grandfather. *In the la te 1700's the Northwest Territory exploration and development was underway. Ex isting states tried to lay claim to the land of Ohio. Groups of people from New England came to settle or buy land, as well as from Pennsylvania, Kentucky an d Virginia. In 1795 the Indians surrendered claim too much of the territory an d it was opened for development. Our Tilden family was part of this land movem ent. 600-acre tracts in the Ohio Territory sold for as low as 66 cents an acre . Settlers could later sub-divide their property, sell at a profit and move we st to do the same. Our family moved to Miami County, Indiana (Gilead) near Per u, Indiana, and then to Dodge, Kandiyohi and Ramsey County Minnesota. They did not do a lot of farming, but bought and sold lan | TILDEN, William (I3555)
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| 80 | 10 children | NICHOLAS, Ida Pauline (I18958)
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| 81 | 10 children according to Cathy Haro | CARLETON, Harriet Poor (I37182)
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| 82 | 10 males, 5 females; near Robert Spear | SPEAR, Capt John (I38176)
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| 83 | 10/13/1740. SUTTON, Peter, of Metuchin, Middlesex Co, weaver; will of. Wife, Sarah. Brothers and sisters; no names given. Real and personal estate. Executors - wife, Sarah, James CAMPBLE and John BLACKFORD. Witnesses - William McCREERY, Alexander THOMPSON, Richard SUTTON. Proved 11/1/1740. (Lib C, p359) | SUTTON, Peter (I5852)
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| 84 | 100 acres valued at $1150 | REED, Abraham (I42855)
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| 85 | 11 children. | HAWES, Nancy Cornelia (I128)
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| 86 | 114 Carlisle St, | GOLDING, Alice R (I37902)
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| 87 | 12 children | WITHERELL, Bethiah (I26834)
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| 88 | 12/10/1805. SUTTON, Henry, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co; will of. Wife, Mary, furniture for a room at her disposal; also the interest from money from sale of moveable estate, the use of 2 lots of salt marsh or meadow lying in Piscataway meadow, one known as the BUNN lot and the other bought of John ARNOLD , during her widowhood. Daughter, Priscilla NEIFFIC, the cow and household furniture now in her possession. Daughters, Mary SUTTON and Caty SUTTON, each a cow and the furniture called theirs. Son, John, the BUNN lot, after the expiration of wife's widowhood; and son, Henry, the lot bought of John ARNOLD. Remainder of estate to be divided as follows; sons, Joseph, and Henry, each 20 pounds; daughter Priscilla NEIFFIC, 20 pounds; daughters, Mary SUTTON and Patty SUTTON, each 40 pounds. Grandson , Samuel SUTTON (s/o Joseph SUTTON), 20 pounds. Grandson Henry SUTTON (s/o John SUTTON), 20 pounds. Grandchildren, Esther SUTTON and Henry SUTTON (children of son, Henry SUTTON), 20 pounds. Remainder to be divided between my children, ie, Joseph, John, Henry, Priscilla NEIFFIC, Mary SUTTON and Caty SUTTON. Executors - friends, John LANGSTAFF, Sr and James LANGSTAFF, Sr, both of Piscataway. Witnesses - John DUNHAM, Elijah DUNHAM, Azael F. RANDOLPH. Proved 2/5/1807 12/6/1806, Inventory, 38.08 pounds; made by Samuel GILMAN and Robert ARNOLD. (File 10155 L) | SUTTON, Henry (I3754)
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| 89 | 13 children | BARTLETT, Shuah (I33801)
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| 90 | 1419 Taylor | DAM, George Washington (I330)
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| 91 | 15 May 1672 - Freeman.«s1 33:97» | LEIGHTON, Thomas (I970)
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| 92 | 151 Dudley St | CARR, Capt William (I36645)
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| 93 | 1546 W Minnehaha; from draft card | HANSON, Albert John (I3631)
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| 94 | 155 Toledo St | STEVENS, Benjamin Theo[Dore] (I39562)
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| 95 | 156 Clark St | CONARY, Olive W. (I38498)
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| 96 | 1566 James Coffyn esq Lord of the Manor Born c1540 in Alwington, son of Richard Coffyn and Wilmot Chudleigh of Ashton He married firstly Mary Cole of Knowston by whom he had 1. Peter Tristram b1555 in Alwington, He married secondly Elizabeth Ede by whom he had, ,. 1. Mary b1560 in Marsh near Honiton 2. Elizabeth 'the Older' b1563 in Marsh 3. Wilmot b1563 in Marsh 4. Elizabeth 'the Younger' b1565 | COFFIN, Sir James (I32567)
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| 97 | 1618 - Freeman Related to John Adams and John Quincy Adams. | ADAMS, Alexander (I6661)
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| 98 | 1634: Came from Ipswich, England on the Elizabeth (which left 10 April 1634), arrived in Boston on 12 Nov 1634, included the following: Richard, 39 Ursula, [no age] wife of Richard. Also on this ship were the following children of Richard and Ursula: Henry, 15 Richard, 11 Mary, 9 Martha, 5 John, 3 Thomas, 1 —— The ship Elizabeth sailed from Ipswich, England in April, 1634 with William Andrews, Master. On board were Richard and Ursula Kimball and their children, Ursula’s mother Martha Whatlock Scott and her brothers Roger and Thomas Scott. Humphrey and Bridget Bradstreet sailed on the same ship. They arrived in July at Boston. http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Kimball%20Family/KimballRichard1595.html —— | KIMBALL, Richard (I4893)
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| 99 | 1636, was granted 30 acres of land at Jeffrey's Creek near Salem Massachusetts. He must have returned to England, as he is listed as leaving England for America in 1638: "William Walcot for Capt. Butler, passenger for Providence Island by the Swallow". William held land at Salem for a family of 4 people in 1640. He married Alice Ingersoll, daughter of Richard Ingersoll of Salem. Richard Ingersoll died in 1644 and his wife married John Knight in 1647 and moved to Newbury. Richard Ingersoll's 's daughter, Alice Walcott, was mentioned in his will to receive "my house at town with 10 acres upland & meadow after my wifes decease." William Walcott was one of several residents of Salem, including the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, who were censured in a letter from the Salem church to the Dorchester Church, dated 1/5/39: "William Walcott for refusing to bring his child to the ordinance, neglecting willingly family duties, etc." This probably means that he did not have his child baptized, and may indicate he was a follower of Roger Williams who advocated adult baptism. The Quarterly Court at Salem ordered in 1642 that William Walcott be whipped for idleness. Essex Co. Quarterly Court records state: "Willia. Walcotts wife children & estate committed to Richard Inkersell hs father in law 27:10:1643 to be disposed of according to God and the said Wm. Walcott to bee & Remaine as his servant." William is thought to have left Salem about 1644, leaving his family behind. In that year a law was passed saying that all who opposed infant baptism were subject to banishment from the colony. In 1651 he or another William Walcott was a shoals witness in Maine. In 1652 the Salem records show that "means were taken by the court to preserve his estate." This probably included selling his land, because in 1652, Robert Goodell of Salem owned land at Salem which included 30 acres that had formerly been granted to William Walcott. ----- According to the Wolcott DNA website (http://www.wolcottfamily.com/dna.html), William is from genetic group, Group I1A, which in England usually indicates early Danish or Norman origins. The family probably originated in eastern England where these invaders settled. | WALCOTT, William (I3970)
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| 100 | 1640 - signed Dover Combination. Was sergeant, and of Greenland. Full account in Historical Memoranda, No. 303, Dover Enquirer. He was an ancestor of the March and Pierce families, leaving but one son, Joseph, who left three daughters only. There were 3 John Halls in Dover in 1650, viz. John, John Jr, and Sargeant John. The first one is said to be the father of John, Jr, but nobody knows. Sgt John lived at Greenland, or rather on the dividing line between Dover and Portsmouth. There is no connection between him and the other Johns., ,«s1 33:93», «s1 33:95», «s1 6:259» | HALL, Sgt John (I10955)
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