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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 1, No. 3 - -Author: Various - -Editor: William Cogswell - -Release Date: December 24, 2015 [EBook #50758] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL REGISTER *** - - - - -Produced by Heather Clark, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. - - Superscript letters are denoted by ^, for example y^e and Serv^t. - A number following the ^ indicates the generation of the family, for - example Joseph,^3 is in the third generation of the (Parsons) family. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - More detail can be found at the end of the book. - - - - - =VOL. I. JULY, 1847. NO. 3.= - - - - - THE - - NEW ENGLAND - - =HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER:= - - PUBLISHED QUARTERLY, - - UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE - - NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. - - - REV. WILLIAM COGSWELL, D. D., EDITOR. - - - [Illustration] - - - BOSTON: - SAMUEL G. DRAKE, PUBLISHER, - NO. 56 CORNHILL. - 1847. - - - COOLIDGE & WILEY, Printers, 12 Water Street. - - - - - CONTENTS. - - Page - - Memoir of Governor Endecott, 201 - - Original Covenant of the First Church in Massachusetts Colony, 224 - - Heraldry, 225 - - Heraldic Plate, 231 - - Ratification of the Federal Constitution by Massachusetts, 232 - - Letter of Chief-Justice Sargent, 237 - - Complete List of the Ministers of Boston, 240 - - Congregational Ministers and Churches in Rockingham County, N. H., 244 - - Genealogy of the Wolcott Family, 251 - - Genealogy of the Minot Family, 256 - - Genealogy of the Parsons Family, 263 - - Ancient Bible in the Bradford Family, 275 - - Biographical Notices of Physicians in Rochester, N. H., 276 - - Sketches of Alumni at the different Colleges in New England, 278 - - Advice of a Dying Father to his Son, 284 - - Relationship, 285 - - Decease of the Fathers of New England, 286 - - New England, 288 - - Arrival of Early New England Ministers, 289 - - Genealogies and their Moral, 290 - - First Settlers of Rhode Island, 291 - - Marriages and Deaths, 292 - - Notices of New Publications, 293 - - - - -[Illustration: (Portrait of John Endecott, Governor.)] - - - - -NEW ENGLAND - -HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. - - VOL. I. JULY, 1847. NO. 3. - - - - -MEMOIR OF GOVERNOR ENDECOTT.[1] - - -It is now upwards of two centuries and a quarter since the despotic -sway of the English Sovereigns over the consciences of their -subjects, induced all who entertained different sentiments from those -of the established church, to turn their eyes towards the wilderness -of America, as an asylum from the unnatural persecutions of the -Mother Country. - -With this in view, some of the principal men among those who had -already sought a refuge in Holland, commenced treating with the -Virginia Company, and at the same time took measures to ascertain -whether the King would grant them liberty of conscience should they -remove thither. They ultimately effected a satisfactory arrangement -with the Company, but from James they could obtain no public -recognition of religious liberty, but merely a promise, that if -they behaved peaceably he would not molest them on account of their -religious opinions. - -On the 6th of September, 1620, a detachment from the Church at -Leyden set sail from Plymouth for the Virginia territory, but owing -to the treachery of the master,[2] they were landed at Cape Cod, -and ultimately at Plymouth, on the 11th day of December following. -Finding themselves without the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company, -they established a distinct government for themselves. - -In the year 1624, the success of this plantation was so favorably -represented in the West of England, that the Rev. John White, a -distinguished minister in Dorchester, prevailed upon some merchants -and others to undertake another settlement in New England. Having -provided a common stock, they sent over several persons to begin a -plantation at Cape Ann, where they were joined by some disaffected -individuals from the Plymouth settlement. This project was soon -abandoned as unprofitable, and a portion of the settlers removed -westward within the territory of Naumkeag, which then included -what is now Manchester. By the intercession and great exertions -of Mr. White, the project of a settlement in that quarter was not -altogether relinquished, but a new company was soon afterwards -formed. One of this company, and the principal one to carry its -objects into immediate effect, was the subject of this Memoir. He -was in the _strictest_ sense of the word a _Puritan_,--one of a -sect composed, as an able foreign writer has said, of the "most -remarkable body of men which perhaps the world has ever produced. -They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the -daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not -content with acknowledging in general terms an overruling Providence, -they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being -for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing -was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with -them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the -ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the homage of -the soul. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they -looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a -more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language; -nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the -imposition of a mightier hand." - - * * * * * - -JOHN ENDECOTT, whose name is so intimately associated with the first -settlement of this country, and with whose early history his own is -so closely interwoven, that, in the language of the late Rev. Dr. -Bentley,[3] "above all others he deserved the name of _the_ FATHER OF -NEW ENGLAND," was born in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England, in the -year 1588. He was a man of good intellectual endowments and mental -culture, and of a fearless and independent spirit, which well fitted -him for the various and trying duties he was destined to perform. Of -his early life, and private and domestic character, little is known; -neither are we much better informed as to his parentage, except -that his family was of respectable standing and moderate fortunes. -He belonged to that class in England called esquires, or gentlemen, -composed mostly at that period of the independent landholders of the -realm. With the exception, therefore, of a few leading incidents, -we are reluctantly obliged to pass over nearly the whole period of -Mr. Endecott's life, previous to his engaging in the enterprise for -the settlement of New England. History is almost silent upon the -subject, and the tradition of the family has been but imperfectly -transmitted and preserved. His letters, the only written productions -which are left us, furnish internal evidence that he was a man of -liberal education and cultivated mind. There are proofs of his -having been, at some period of his life, a surgeon;[4] yet, as he -is always alluded to, in the earliest records of the Massachusetts -Company, by the title of Captain, there can be no doubt whatever -that at some time previous to his emigration to this country, he had -held a commission in the army; and his subsequently passing through -the several military grades to that of Sergeant Major-General of -Massachusetts, justifies this conclusion, while the causes which led -to this change in his profession cannot now be ascertained. - -While a resident in London, he married a lady of an influential -family, by the name of Anna Gouer, by whom, it is understood, he -had no children. She was cousin to Matthew Cradock, the Governor -of the Massachusetts Company in England. If tradition be correct, -the circumstances which brought about this connection were similar -to those which are related of John Alden and Miles Standish. Some -needle-work, wrought by this lady, is still preserved in the Museum -of the Salem East India Marine Society.[5] Mr. Endecott was also a -brother-in-law of Roger Ludlow, Assistant and Deputy Governor of -Massachusetts Colony, in the year 1634, and afterwards famous for the -distinguished part he took in the government of Connecticut. - -But Mr. Endecott's highest claim to distinction rests upon the fact -that he was an intrepid and successful leader of the Pilgrims, and -the earliest pioneer of the Massachusetts settlement under the -Patent. His name is found enrolled among the very foremost of that -noble band, the fathers and founders of New England--those pious and -devout men, who, firm in the faith of the gospel, and trusting in -God, went fearlessly forward in the daring enterprise, and hewed -their homes and their altars out of the wild forest, where they -could worship "the God of their fathers agreeably to the dictates -of their own consciences." Such was the persecution to which the -Non-conformists in England were at this period subjected, that the -works of nature were the only safe witnesses of their devotions. -Deriving no honor, so far as we know, from illustrious ancestry, Mr. -Endecott was the architect of his own fame, and won the laurels which -encircle his name amid sacrifices, sufferings, and trials, better -suited to adorn an historical romance, than to accompany a plain tale -of real life. - -Under the guidance and influence of the Rev. Mr. Skelton, he embraced -the principles of the Puritans; and in the beginning of the year -1628, associated himself with Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, -Simon Whetcomb, John Humphrey, and Thomas Southcoat, in the purchase -of a grant, "by a considerable sum of money," for the settlement -of the Massachusetts Bay, from the Plymouth Council in England. -This grant was subsequently confirmed by Patent from Charles I. Mr. -Endecott was one of the original patentees, and among the first of -that company who emigrated to this country. - -Whatever may have been the objects of the first settlers generally -in colonizing New England, there can be no doubt that _his_ was the -establishment and enjoyment of the gospel and its ordinances, as he -supposed, in primitive purity, unmolested. With him it was wholly a -religious enterprise. - -He sailed from Weymouth, in the ship Abigail, Henry Gauden, master, -on the 20th of June, 1628, and arrived in safety at Naumkeag, the -place of his destination, on the 6th of September following. The -company consisted of about one hundred planters. - -The following extract from "Johnson's Wonder-Working Providence" -will illustrate the estimation in which he was held at this period. -"The much honored John Indicat came over with them, to governe; a -fit instrument to begin this Wildernesse-worke; of courage bold, -undaunted, yet sociable, and of a cheerfull spirit, loving and -austere, applying himselfe to either as occasion served. And now let -no man be offended at the Author's rude Verse, penned of purpose to -keepe in memory the Names of such worthies as Christ made strong for -himselfe, in this unwonted worke of his. - - -"_John Endicat, twice Governur of the English, inhabiting the -Mattachusets Bay in N. England._ - - "Strong valiant John, wilt thou march on, and take up station first, - Christ cal'd hath thee, his Souldier be, and faile not of thy trust; - Wilderness wants Christs grace supplants, then plant his Churches pure, - With Tongues gifted, and graces led, help thou to his procure; - Undaunted thou wilt not allow, Malignant men to wast: - Christs Vineyard heere, whose grace should cheer his well-beloved's tast. - Then honored be, thy Christ hath thee their General promoted: - To shew their love in place above, his people have thee voted. - Yet must thou fall, to grave with all the Nobles of the Earth. - Thou rotting worme to dust must turn, and worse but for new birth." - -To this company, under Endecott, belongs the honor of having -formed the first permanent and legally recognized settlement of -the Massachusetts Colony. We do not say that they were the _first_ -white men who ever trod the soil; for we know when Endecott landed -on these shores, he found here a few fishermen and others, the -remnant of a planting, trading, and fishing establishment, previously -commenced at Cape Ann, under the auspices of some gentlemen belonging -to Dorchester, his native place, but soon abandoned for want of -success. Their leader, the Rev. John Lyford, had already emigrated -to Virginia, and those of that company who removed their effects -to Salem, consisted at that time of some five or six persons, most -of whom were seceders from the settlement at Plymouth. They were, -however, only sojourners, disaffected with the place, and requiring -all the interest and entreaties of the Rev. John White, a noted -minister in Dorchester, to prevent them from forsaking it altogether, -and following Mr. Lyford to Virginia.[6] But higher motives and -deeper purposes fired the souls and stimulated the hearts of Mr. -Endecott and his friends to commence a settlement, and to form -new homes for themselves and their posterity in this wilderness, -before which the mere considerations of traffic and gain sink into -comparative insignificance. It was the love of religion implanted -deep in the heart, that gave impulse and permanency to the settlement -at Naumkeag, and the Massachusetts Colony generally; and the -commencement of this era was the arrival of Endecott with the first -detachment of those holy and devout men who valued earthly pursuits -only so far as they were consistent with religion. It was also at -this period that a sort of definite reality was imparted to this -region. Previously to this it had been viewed as a sort of _terra -incognita_, situated somewhere in the wilderness of America. But -the arrival of the Pilgrims at this time dispelled the uncertainty -in which it had before been wrapped, and at the same time threw -around it the warmest sympathies and most earnest solicitude of -large numbers who had now become deeply interested in its welfare. -We, therefore, consider the landing of Endecott at this place, as -emphatically the commencement of its permanent settlement, as an -asylum for the persecuted and oppressed of the Mother Country. All -previous visitors were comparatively adventurers, with motives and -purposes widely different from those of that little band who first -rested upon this spot on the 6th of September, 1628. On that day, so -to speak, was breathed into the settlement of Naumkeag the breath of -life, and it became as it were endued with a living soul, folding -within its embrace the dearest interests and most cherished rights of -humanity, unrivalled in the interest she will ever excite as the most -ancient town in the Massachusetts Patent. - -On Mr. Endecott's arrival, he made known to the planters who preceded -him, that he and his associate patentees had purchased all the -property and privileges of the Dorchester partners, both here and at -Cape Ann. He shortly after removed from the latter place, for his own -private residence, the frame house, which a few years before had been -erected there by the Dorchester Company. It was a tasteful edifice, -of two stories high, and of the prevailing order of architecture at -that period, called the Elisabethean, which was but of slight remove -from the Gothic. Some of its hard oak frame may still be found in -the building at the corner of Washington and Church streets, Salem, -commonly known at this day as the "Endicott House." - -The alteration which now took place in the affairs of the infant -colony did not meet with favor from the first planters, and for a -while prevented perfect harmony from prevailing in the settlement. -"One of the subjects of discord was the propriety of raising tobacco, -Mr. Endecott and his council believing such a production, except for -medicinal purposes, injurious both to health and morals." Besides -this, they probably viewed with no favorable eye the agreement -in sentiment between Mr. Endecott and the Plymouth Church as to -the propriety of abolishing the ritual forms of worship of the -Church of England; for an adherence to which they had already been -obliged to leave the Plymouth settlement. Mr. Endecott represented -these difficulties to the home government; and in answer to his -communication they say, "That it may appear as well to all the worlde -as to the old planters themselves, that we seke not to make them -slaves, as it seems by your letter some of them think themselves to -be become by means of our patent, they are allowed to be partakers -with us in all the privileges we have with so much labor and -intercession obtained from the King; to be incorporated into the -society, and enjoy not only those lands which formerly they have -manured, but such a further proportion as the civil authorities think -best." They were also allowed the _exclusive_ privilege of raising -their favorite weed--tobacco. - -The Company's Court in London, actuated by that true sense of -justice which ever marked its deliberations, were determined not to -trespass on any of the rights of the aborigines; and to this purpose -in their first two communications to Mr. Endecott, they desired -him to take especial care, "that no wrong or injury be offered by -any of our people to the natives there," and to satisfy every just -claim which might be made by them to the territory of Naumkeag and -the plantation generally. To this record the sons of the Pilgrims -have ever turned with peculiar pride and exultation. And, says -Felt, "From his well-known promptitude and high sense of equity, -there can be no doubt that Mr. Endecott fulfilled every iota of -such instructions." In his first letters to the home government, he -suggested various things to advance the interests of the Colony; such -as the manufacture of salt, cultivation of vineyards, sending over -fruit-stones and kernels, grain for seed, wheat, barley, and rye; -also certain domesticated animals; all of which were shortly after -transported to this country. - -The answer to this letter bears the date of April 19, 1629, wherein -they inform him, that the Company "are much enlarged since his -departure out of England," and for strengthening their grant from -the Council at Plymouth, they had obtained a confirmation of it from -his Majesty by his Letters Patent, under the broad seal of England; -incorporating them into a body politic, with ample powers to govern -and rule all his Majesty's subjects that reside within the limits of -their plantation; and that, in prosecution of the good opinion they -have always entertained of him, they have confirmed him Governor -of the Colony. No adventitious circumstances of fortune or birth -aided him in his appointment to this, even then responsible office; -for although the Colony was at this time few in numbers and feeble -in effort, yet in its success were involved the most momentous -interests, and every thing depended upon the right impulse and -direction being given to its affairs. In the words of the Record, -"having taken into due consideration the _meritt_, _worth_, and _good -desert_ of Captain John Endecott, and others lately gone over from -hence, with purpose to resyde and continue there, wee have with full -consent and authoritie of this Court, and ereccon of hands, chosen -and elected the said Captain John Endecott to the place of present -Governour of said Plantation." They further speak of the confidence -they repose in him, in thus committing the affairs of the Colony into -his hands. Gov. Cradock also compliments him upon his motives and -conduct; and the Company inform him, that they are disappointed of -the provisions ordered to be sent for himself and Mrs. Endecott, but -(God willing,) they purpose to send them by the next vessel. It is -also believed that at this time Mr. Endecott ordered the fruit-trees, -which afterwards constituted his orchard upon the farm granted him in -1632, of which one venerable patriarch, the celebrated old pear-tree, -yet remains, having withstood the "peltings of pitiless storms" for -upwards of two hundred winters, and still dropping down its rich -fruit into the bosoms of his distant descendants. - -In a second letter, dated the 28th of May following, the Company -remark: "Wee have sithence our last, and according as we there -advised, at a _full_ and _ample_ Court assembled _elected_ and -_established_ you, Captain John Endecott, to the place of present -Governour of our Plantation there, as also some others to be of the -Council with you, as more particularly you will perceive by an Act of -Court herewith sent, confirmed by us at a General Court and sealed -with our common seal." - -The model of the Government established by this "Act of Court," -consisted of a Governor, and twelve persons as a Council, styled "THE -GOVERNOUR AND COUNCIL OF LONDON'S PLANTATION IN THE MATTACHUSETTS -BAY IN NEW ENGLAND." They were to elect a Deputy-Governor, for -the time being, from among their number; were authorized also to -choose a Secretary and other needful officers. They were empowered -to fill vacancies in their body, occasioned by death or otherwise. -The Governor, or in his absence the Deputy, might call Courts at -pleasure, and they had power to establish any laws not at variance -with those of England; "to administer justice upon malefactors, and -inflict condign punishment upon all offenders." To make an act valid, -the Governor or his Deputy was always to vote with the majority. A -form of oath was sent over at this time to be administered to Mr. -Endecott as Governor, and one also for the other officers of the -government. He took the oath and was inducted into office. Here, -then, we conceive, is direct and incontrovertible testimony that -Endecott was appointed the _first_ Governor of Massachusetts under -its Colonial Charter from the King. It is so stated by Joselyn, -Hutchinson, and Prince. He received the Charter, and the documentary -evidence of his constitutional authority as Governor, both at the -same time. To Mr. Endecott was given, to act under it, all the powers -which his immediate successors ever exercised. They were conferred -upon him too, by the same body who subsequently elected Mr. Winthrop -to that office. The abolishment of the board of control in England, -and the transfer of "the government of the plantation to those that -shall inhabit there," and instead of choosing the Colonial Governors -in Old England by members of the Company there, to choose them by -members of the same Company who were in New England, could not weaken -the validity of his claim to be considered the _first_ Governor of -the Massachusetts Colony. - -It was well for Mr. Endecott that he possessed an ardent and sanguine -temperament, which nothing could daunt, otherwise the innumerable -discouraging circumstances which met him in this, his new abode, in -every form, amid sickness, death, and privations of every kind, well -suited to appal the stoutest hearts, would no doubt have wrought -their effects upon him, to the prejudice of the whole plantation. -But such was the energy and firmness of his character, aided, no -doubt, by a religious enthusiasm, which induced the belief that it -was the purpose of God to give them the land of the heathen as an -inheritance, that neither his faith nor confidence in the ultimate -success of the undertaking ever for a moment forsook him. In every -crisis, this little band looked to him, as the weather-beaten and -tempest-tossed mariner looks to his commander, next to God, for -encouragement and support; and they did not look in vain. Such was -the great mortality among them, during the first winter after their -arrival, arising from exposure to the rigors of an untried climate, -and their being badly fed and badly lodged, that there were scarcely -found in the settlement well persons enough to nurse and console -the sick. To enhance their distress, they were destitute of any -regular medical assistance. In this painful dilemma a messenger -was despatched by Mr. Endecott to Gov. Bradford, of the Plymouth -settlement, to procure the necessary aid; and Doctor Samuel Fuller, -the physician, who was a prominent member and deacon of the Plymouth -Church, was sent among them. During his visit, Mr. Endecott was -called by Divine Providence to suffer one of the heaviest of earthly -afflictions, in the death of his wife, the partner of all his -sorrows, who had forsaken home, kindred, and the sympathy of friends, -and consented to share with him the cares and privations incident to -a new settlement. Surrounded by savages, and from the circumstances -of the case, placed in a great degree beyond the pale of civilized -society, her sympathy and counsel must necessarily have been very -dear to him. She must have entwined herself about his affections, as -the tender ivy winds itself round the lordly oak. Her slender and -delicate frame was not proof against the rigors of a New England -climate. Born and nurtured in the midst of luxury and ease, she could -not withstand the privations and hardships of her new home, and she -fell a victim to her self-sacrificing disposition. Painful indeed -must have been the parting, and severe the trial to Mr. Endecott. -Under the influence of the feelings which this affliction produced, -he wrote the following letter to Gov. Bradford:-- - - "RIGHT WORSHIPFULLE SIR,-- - - "It is a thing not usual that servants of one Master, and of - the same household, should be strangers. I assure you I desire - it not; Nay, to speak more plainly, I _cannot_ be so to _you_. - God's people are all marked with one and the same mark, and have - for the main one and the same heart, guided by one and the same - spirit of truth; and where this is there can be no discord, - nay, here must needs be a sweet harmony; and the same request - with you, I make unto the Lord, that we as Christian brethren - be united by an heavenly and unfeigned love, binding all our - hearts and forces in furthering a work beyond our strength with - reverence and fear, fastening our eyes always on Him that is only - able to direct and prosper all our ways. I acknowledge myself - much bound to you, for your kind love and care in sending Mr. - Fuller amongst us, and rejoice much that I am by him satisfied, - touching your judgment of the outward form of God's worship: - It is as far as I can gather no other than is warranted by the - evidence of truth, and the same which I have professed and - maintained ever since the Lord in mercy revealed himself unto - mee, being far from the common report that hath been spread of - you in that particular; but God's people must not look for less - here below, and it is a great mercy of God that he strengtheneth - them to go through it. I shall not need at this time to enlarge - unto you for (God willing) I propose to see your face shortly; in - the mean tyme, I humbly take my leave of you, committing you to - the Lord's blessing and protection, and rest. - - Your assured loving friend, - JO: ENDECOTT. - - Naumkeag, May 11, 1629." - -The foregoing epistle is alike honorable to the head and heart of -Mr. Endecott. Humble, devout, and chastened feelings pervade it -throughout. It speaks a mind sensibly alive to religious impressions. -The sentiments here expressed cannot fail to find a response in the -hearts of all reflecting men, in this and succeeding generations. -The magnitude of the undertaking in which they were engaged, the -necessity of union in their efforts, and the impossibility of success -without direct divine assistance, are here represented in language -appropriate and devout. - -Whether Mr. Endecott carried into execution his design intimated in -this letter, of making Gov. Bradford a visit "shortly," is uncertain. -On the 27th of May, 1629, in a communication to the authorities at -home, he complained that some persons in his jurisdiction disregarded -the law of 1622, for the regulation of trade with the Indians, -and "desiring the Company would take the same into their serious -consideration, and to use some speedy means here for reformation -thereof." A petition was in consequence presented to the King, who -in compliance therewith issued a new proclamation, forbidding such -disorderly trading. These steps were no doubt taken in reference -to the associates of one Thomas Morton, whose residence at Mount -Wollaston, or Merry Mount, now Quincy, he visited shortly after his -arrival in this country. This man and his associates had alarmed -all the well-disposed settlers, from Piscataqua to Plymouth, by -selling arms and ammunition to the Indians, indulging themselves -in dissipation, and otherwise endangering the peace and welfare -of New England. The object of Mr. Endecott's visit was to rectify -abuses among the remaining confederates, Morton himself having been -already apprehended, and sent home to England for trial. He went -there, we are told, in the "purefying spirit of authority," and -caused their May-pole to be cut down, to which they had been in the -habit of affixing pieces of satirical composition against those who -opposed their wishes and practices, and "rebuked the inhabitants -for their profaneness, and admonished them to look to it that they -walked better." He also changed the name of the place, and called -it Mount Dagon. The precise period of this visit is not known, and -it is not improbable that Mr. Endecott extended his journey at the -time to Plymouth Colony. However this may be, a warm friendship soon -grew up between Gov. Bradford and himself, which continued without -interruption for the remainder of their lives. - -As yet no steps had been taken in the Colony towards the -establishment of a reformed Church for propagating the gospel, which -they professed above all to be their aim in settling this Plantation. -June 30th, 1629, the Rev. Francis Higginson arrived at Naumkeag, and -the Rev. Mr. Skelton, the early friend and spiritual father of Mr. -Endecott, arrived about the same time. They had been sent over by -the home government. Mr. Higginson thus speaks of his reception by -Mr. Endecott: "The next morning (30th) the Governor came aboard to -our ship, and bade us kindly welcome, and invited mee and my wiffe -to come on shore and take our lodgings at his house; which we did -accordingly." The settlement, we are told, then consisted of "about -half a score of houses, with a fair house, newly built, for the -Governor. We found also abundance of corne planted by them, very good -and well liking. Our Governor hath a store of green pease growing in -his garden, as good as ever I eat in England. * * * * Our Governor -hath already planted a vineyard, with great hopes of increase; -also mulberries, plums, raspberries, currants, chesnuts, filberts, -walnuts, small nuts, hurtleberries, and haws of white thorn, near as -good as our cherries in England--they grow in plenty here." - -Shortly after the arrival of Mr. Higginson and Mr. Skelton, the -necessary measures were taken preparatory to the settlement of a -religious congregation in accordance with the views of the Puritans. -In this they were aided by Mr. Endecott, and the most intelligent -of the colonists. Having first concluded a satisfactory form of -church government and discipline, which was submitted to Mr. Endecott -for approval, the 6th of August, 1629, just eleven months after -his arrival, was the time selected for this "little band of devout -Pilgrims to enter into solemn covenant[7] with God and one another, -and also for the ordaining of their ministers." By Mr. Endecott's -order, a solemn day of "humiliation" had been held on the 20th of -July preceding, for the choice of pastor and teacher. An important -step was about to be taken--a new priesthood was about to be -established--all allegiance to, or alliance with, any other church -on earth was about to be dissolved! It was a subject of momentous -concern with the Colonists, and called into exercise all their moral -heroism and spiritual courage. Mr. Bradford, the Governor of the -Plymouth Colony, came here by sea, and arrived just in season to -give the right hand of fellowship. Of all that little band, gathered -together on this occasion, none felt a deeper interest, or took a -more responsible part, than the subject of this Memoir.[8] - -We now approach an important event in the history of the Colony--the -removal of its entire government to New England. Gov. Cradock, with -whom the idea appears to have originated, acquainted the Proprietors, -at a meeting of the Court, July 28, 1629, that, for the purpose -of advancing the interests of the Plantation, and inducing and -encouraging persons of worth and quality to transport themselves -and their families thither, as well as for other weighty reasons, -it was proposed to transfer the entire government to this country, -and continue it no longer in subjection to the Company in England. -Soon after this communication, an agreement to that effect was drawn -up at Cambridge, and among those who signed it was their future -governor, John Winthrop. It was one of the stipulations that they -should settle their affairs so as to be ready for the voyage hither -by the first of March. This appears to have been the first connection -Mr. Winthrop had with the settlement of this soil. On the 29th of -August following, at a meeting of the Court of Proprietors, in -London, this change in the government was decided upon. On the 16th -of October, at another meeting of the Court, it was conceived "fitt -that Capt. Endecott continue the government there, unless just cause -to the contrarie." But on the 20th of the same month, Gov. Cradock -informed the Proprietors that in accordance with the alteration of -the government now about to take place, it was necessary to elect a -new Governor, Deputy, and Assistants; when John Winthrop was put in -nomination, and unanimously chosen Governor. In like manner, John -Humphrey was chosen "Deputy-Governor," and Sir Richard Saltonstall, -Matthew Cradock, John Endecott, with fifteen others, were chosen a -board of "Assistants." - -On the 12th of June, 1630, the ship Arbella, Capt. Milburne, having -on board Gov. Winthrop and company, and a duplicate Charter of the -Colony, of the same tenor and form as Gov. Endecott's, arrived at -Naumkeag, having sailed from Cowes March 29. Mr. Endecott, who had -already been apprized that he was shortly to be superseded in the -Governorship of the Plantation, repaired on board to welcome the new -Governor, and offer him and his friends the hospitalities of his -house. Among the distinguished personages were Isaac Johnson and his -wife, the Lady Arbella, daughter of the Earl of Lincoln. Speaking -of Mr. Endecott's visit, Gov. Winthrop says, "Wee that were of the -Assistants and some other gentlemen and some of the women, returned -with him to Nahumkeck, where we supped on good venison pastry -and good beer." At the time of the arrival of the new Governor, -wholesome and salutary laws for the government of the Colony had -been instituted by Endecott, under the authority given him by the -Charter, and the settlement had already assumed the condition of a -well-organized and regulated body politic. A church, with faithful -ministers, which they professed to value above all temporal interests -and earthly grandeur, had also been established, and the wheels -of government were moving on harmoniously, upon a safe and sure -foundation. Under this state of things, Endecott now surrendered the -civil power into the hands of Gov. Winthrop, and took upon himself -the more humble appointment of one of the Assistants. Yet "the -principles of Winthrop's administration," says the Annalist of Salem, -"were like those which had directed the course of his predecessor. -The commencement of legislation, which was to have an important part -in promoting social freedom, that has spread and is spreading in the -world, _began_ at Naumkeag, under Endecott, and was _continued_ by -his worthy successor." - -Soon after the arrival of Gov. Winthrop, the new settlers began to -be dissatisfied with Salem, as the capital of the Colony. It did not -combine, in their opinion, sufficient advantages of location, soil, -and natural means of defence. A party, therefore, was sent to explore -the country westward, to discover, if possible, some more suitable -situation. It had been the darling object with Endecott to make -Salem the seat of government; he, however, bowed in submission, and -continued his efforts to advance the common weal. - -On the 18th of August, 1630, Gov. Endecott entered into a new -matrimonial alliance with Elisabeth Gibson of Cambridge, England. -This lady probably came over in the ship with Gov. Winthrop, and -the marriage ceremony was performed by him and the Rev. Mr. Wilson, -afterwards pastor of the first church in Boston. This connection -appears to have been a happy one, although there was a much greater -disparity in their ages than prudence and judgment would seem to -allow--the difference being about twenty-six years. - -Such was his ardent and growing attachment to the place of his -adoption, that when it was decided in December, 1630, to fortify -Newton, now Cambridge, for the seat of government, and to build -houses, and move their military stores to that place next spring, he -could not be prevailed upon to quit his accustomed residence. All the -members, except himself and Mr. Sharp, who was about returning to -England, agreed to do so; but Mr. Endecott excused himself upon the -ground that he had so formed his connections in Salem, that it would -be attended with great inconvenience. - -On the 3rd of July, 1632, the Court of Assistants granted Mr. -Endecott three hundred acres of land, called by the Indians in -English, "Birchwood," afterwards known as his "Orchard Farm." It was -situated between two and three miles in a northerly direction from -the main settlement at Salem, upon a tongue of land bounded on the -north, south, and east by rivers, or more properly inlets of the -sea, and on the west by the main land. Even at that early period, it -was one of the most desirable situations in that vicinity. Though at -some distance from the place which was afterwards selected for the -seat of the government, and where the Court House was erected, yet -he was in the centre of the population, being by land nearer to the -shores than he was to the cultivated farms around him. It was many -years after he established himself at this beautiful place, so near -all the streams which passed through the adjacent country, before any -incorporation separated Salem from the Merrimack. For twenty years -Salem bounded on Andover. The spot then was the best he could have -chosen. On a commanding eminence, which overlooked the country for -some distance around, and about one eighth of a mile from one of the -inlets, he built his house, and commenced in earnest the cultivation -of his farm. Although the ploughshare has frequently passed over it, -yet part of the cellar of this house is plainly discernible at the -present day. It is a romantic situation, and denotes him to have -been a man of much discrimination and taste in matters of this kind. -On his farm he lived in a sort of feudal style, surrounded by his -servants. - -In front of his mansion house, and immediately upon the southern -slope of a gentle declivity, he planted his far-famed orchard, which -gave the name to his farm. The tradition that the Governor always -pointed out his dial, which bears the date of 1630, as denoting the -age of his orchard, seems to indicate that the trees were removed -hither from his town residence. Here, too, it is said, he introduced, -for medicinal purposes, as well as ornament to his garden, the -"white-weed," which has since become so detrimental to the hay-fields -of our farmers. - -His usual mode of transporting himself and family to and from this -place, was at first by water, and he was as often visited by his -friends in this way, as in any other. The inlet before the mansion -house had nothing to interrupt it--the passage was open to the bay, -and at that early period must have been delightfully romantic. The -shores on either side thickly clothed with wood, whose dark images -were reflected in the still waters beneath them, were picturesque -in the extreme. The bold jutting headlands, on some parts of the -passage, lent a sublimity to the prospect, which was continually -varying by the winding and circuitous course of the stream.[9] There -was nothing to break the stillness, or disturb the quiet which -reigned around, save the dashings of their own little boat amid -the waters, or the heavy plunge of some lordly sea-bird, in his -gyratory wanderings in pursuit of prey. The smoke from the humble -and solitary wigwams of the Indians, thinly scattered along the -margin of the waters, with an occasional glimpse at their tawny -inhabitants, as they stealthily watched the passing boat from their -leafy hiding-places, or listlessly reclined under the shadow of some -wide-spreading oak, heightened the effect, and diversified the scene. -Within the last half-century, the ruins of some of these wigwams -might have been seen,[10] and could not have failed to excite most -melancholy reflections respecting the wretched fate of these natural -lords of the soil, throughout our vast country. - -August 2, 1634, Mr. Endecott was called to mourn the death of his -early and particular friend, the Rev. Mr. Skelton, who had become -endeared to him as his spiritual guide, in first opening to his view -the way of truth while in England, and who had followed him to this -country to counsel and direct him in paths of piety and happiness. -This event must have been to him a severe affliction. - -About this time a Military Board of Commissioners, with almost -unlimited powers, was established by the General Court, and Mr. -Endecott was appointed one of its members. - -On the 18th of September, this same year, the Colony was thrown -into consternation, and alarmed for its liberties, by the news from -England, that a commission had been granted to two Archbishops, -and ten others of the Council, conferring on them the authority to -regulate the Plantations of New England; to establish and maintain -the Episcopal Church in this country; to recall its Charter; remove -its Governors; make its laws; hear and decide its legal cases; and -appoint its punishments, even death itself.[11] Intelligence was also -received at the same time, that a new Governor was being secretly -conveyed to Massachusetts, with orders which, if executed, would -prostrate all its civil and ecclesiastical rights. Gov. Cradock had -already informed them that the King's Council had demanded their -Charter. Such was the universal anxiety this news awakened, that the -idea of resistance appears immediately to have possessed the minds of -the inhabitants,[12] and the fortifications were hastened forward, -and an assessment laid of an additional rate of five hundred pounds -for defence. These tidings were received with indignant feelings -by Mr. Endecott. He saw by this step that all their dear-bought -privileges, purchased at such immense sacrifices, which none could -better appreciate than himself, were about to be violently, as with -a ruthless despotism, wrested from them. His independent spirit -could not quietly brook such high-handed infringements upon their -chartered rights, and he resolved in all the affairs of the Colony, -in which he had any share or influence, to pursue that course which -he deemed most for her interests, whether it led him over plains or -mountains, through flowers or thorns. There was exhibited in his -actions, on all occasions, a fortitude, which shows him formed for -great emergencies. Probably under the influence of feelings produced -by this intelligence, and excited by that ardent zeal which marked -his character through life, he shortly after cut the red cross from -the King's colors, deeming it a relic of Popish idolatry. This bold -and daring act was considered an insult, as well to the established -Church of England, as to the King himself; and the Colony dared not -refrain from taking cognizance of it, lest it should call down upon -their heads the vengeance of the whole British hierarchy. There -is ample evidence in the records of the Colony, that most of the -principal men, including Governor Winthrop,[13] agreed with him -on this subject, in sentiment and feeling. "The only difference -between him and others was, he manifested his opinions by his acts, -while they, with more prudence and safety, retained theirs in -secret." Had it not been for fear of the consequences, instead of -being censured, his conduct would have been openly applauded. His -boldness of action was made known in England, and looked upon there -in the light of rebellion. It was the first blow struck in defiance -of royal authority, and would no doubt have cost Mr. Endecott his -life, had it not been for those troubles which were then beginning -to gather thickly, like a tempest, about the devoted head of the -unfortunate Charles I., and which eventually burst upon it with a -fury which nothing could resist, involving in its course the ruin -of his government, and the destruction of his own life. The sword, -with which this rebellious act is said to have been performed by -Mr. Endecott, has been preserved, and is now in possession of one -of the family, to whom it has descended in direct line, by right of -primogeniture. It is a plain, unornamented rapier, emblematical of -the Puritan simplicity of our Forefathers. - -While these events were passing in this country, the Puritans -in England were experiencing the most unmitigated persecution, -at the hand of Archbishop Laud and his confederates. As their -numbers increased, the various modes of punishment were multiplied; -exorbitant fines were imposed; the pillory witnessed bloody scenes -of human agony and mutilation; the scaffold and dungeon had their -victims; the lash, the shears, and the glowing iron were most cruelly -applied to individuals of this proscribed sect.[14] But the faith of -the Puritans rose superior to oppression, and could not be overcome. -The most bloody persecution served only to add new converts to their -cause. - -In 1636, Mr. Endecott was appointed an Assistant, and was also -sent on an expedition against the Indians on Block Island and in -the Pequot country, he acting as General of all the forces in the -detachment. During this year his views relative to the cross in the -King's colors triumphed over all considerations, and the Military -Commissioners ordered it to be left out. On the ensigns at Castle -Island, in Boston harbor, they substituted the King's arms for the -cross. - -During the year 1641, Mr. Endecott was chosen Deputy-Governor, -and was continued in office for the two succeeding years. He was -also appointed one of a committee to dispose of all lands or other -property belonging to the company at Cape Ann; and was commissioned -by the Court, in conjunction with two others, Mr. Downing, the -brother-in-law of Gov. Winthrop, and Mr. Hathorne, to procure the -transcription of nineteen copies of the laws, liberties, and forms of -oaths, and to subscribe them with their own hands, the Court having -decreed that no copies should be considered authentic which were -without their signatures. - -In 1642, he was chosen one of the Corporation of Harvard College. - -Passing over some minor things in the life of Governor Endecott, -we arrive at the year 1644, when his increasing influence and -popularity ensured his election as Governor, and Mr. Winthrop was -chosen Deputy-Governor. The claim of Salem to be made the seat of -government, was now again revived, and it would be fair to infer from -his well-known attachment to the place, that the project met with -his hearty coöperation. But the effort was not successful, and Boston -still continued to be the capital. The Governor's salary was one -hundred pounds. - -During this year of his administration, improvements in the mode -of transacting business in the Legislature were introduced. The -Magistrates and Deputies, for the first time, now held their sessions -apart, and it required the concurrence of both bodies, to make an act -valid. The office of a speaker to the Deputies was also this year -ordained, and filled by an Essex man, Mr. William Hathorne. - -The conflicting claims of D'Aulney and La Tour, two Frenchmen at -Acadia, which had produced considerable excitement, were finally -settled during this year, by the government of France supporting -the claim of D'Aulney. His deputy came to Boston, and concluded a -treaty with Gov. Endecott, which was subsequently ratified by the -Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. - -The year following, (1645) Mr. Endecott was succeeded as Governor by -Mr. Dudley. Other offices of honor and trust, however, awaited him. -He was this year appointed Sergeant Major-General of Massachusetts, -the highest military office in the Colony. He had previously held -a commission of Colonel in the first regiment formed in Salem, -Saugus, Ipswich, and Newbury, in 1636, when John Winthrop, Jr., son -of the Governor, was his Lieutenant-Colonel. He was also elected an -Assistant, and one of the United Commissioners. - -In 1648, he was continued an Assistant, Sergeant Major-General, and -Commissioner for the Province. - -Upon the death of Governor Winthrop, which took place on the 26th -of March, 1649, at the age of 61, Mr. Endecott was again chosen -Governor, to which office he was annually elected until the time of -his death, with the exception of the years 1650 and 1654, when he -held that of Deputy-Governor. This was an eventful period in the -history of the Colony, as well as of the Mother Country. The violent -death of Charles I., the usurpation of Cromwell, and the restoration -of the Stuart family, took place while he was at the head of public -affairs. The difficulties and perplexities of his situation during -this period were very great. But all his public acts were marked -with a moderation and wisdom which do honor to him as an experienced -statesman. Had he possessed less integrity or firmness, had his mind -been at all vacillating, the consequences might have been affectingly -disastrous to the best interests of the Colony. - -In the year 1652, under his administration, a mint was established in -the Colony, for coining shillings, six-pences, and three-pences. No -other of the American Colonies, it is believed, ever presumed to coin -metal into money. Though unlawful, it was passed over by Cromwell and -the Parliament, and continued after the Restoration, for more than -twenty years. - -About the year 1655, Gov. Endecott removed from Salem to Boston, upon -the request of the General Court that he would do so, "if his own -necessary occasions would permit." Although the reasonableness of -this request must have been apparent to him, the step could not have -been taken without strong feelings of repugnance. It must have been a -severe struggle for him to have separated himself from the place of -his adoption, towards which he had ever felt and exhibited the most -ardent attachment. His residence in Boston was on the beautiful lot -lately owned and occupied by Gardner Green, now Pemberton Square.[15] - -Governor Endecott had now (1657) entered upon his seventieth year, -with a shattered constitution, and health seriously impaired, as we -learn by the following letter to Mr. John Leverett, the Colonial -Agent in England. - - SIR, - - I cannot write unto you by a more faithful friend[16] than I - have done, who is able at large, to relate to you how things in - general stand here. And that doth save mee some labour which - at this tyme is a favor to mee. For in the extremity of heate - and after a long sickness, I am very faint; not fitt to doe - any thing, yet I cannot but by these heartilie salute you in - the Lord, giving you many thanks for what you sent me. For all - good newes is welcome to us as you know full well. Yet I cannot - for the present answer your expectations touching Road Island - and Clarke and Holmes, but I have acquainted the rest of the - Magistrates with your letter, who were already to gather up - sufficient testimonie to prove what you spoke to the Protector, - and enough to satisfy (we doubt not) your opponent, if he be a - lover of truth. Only we would have the General Court act with us - therein, which will not meet till September next, when I hope I - shall procure a full answer to your former and last letters. - - What the end is of that point of State to make the Protector - King, I cannot fathom it; unless their proffering and his - deniall thereof ingratiate him the more in the hearts of the - people. The Lord in mercie guide all to his glory, and the good - of those commonwealths over whom he hath sett him. If there - be any opportunitie I pray you write mee a word about it, and - other occurrences that may fall out. I cannot be sufficientlie - thankefulle for what you wrote me last. Great motions there are - in the world which the Lord direct and turn to his glorie, the - overthrow of his enemies and the peace and welfare of his own - people. Which is the prayer of Sir, - - Your verie loveing friend and servant, - JO: ENDECOTT. - - Boston, the 29th 4th mo., (June,) 1657. - -During the principal part of Gov. Endecott's administration, and -particularly from 1655 to 1660, the Colony, "under his prudent and -equal government," made rapid progress in all things necessary to -its respectability and importance. Its population and wealth rapidly -increased; its trade flourished; and its foreign intercourse became -every day more widely extended. Free admission was allowed to vessels -of all nations, and the importations of all commodities was subject -to no incumbrance or restraint. The Colony took no notice of any -act respecting navigation, or other laws made in England for the -regulation of trade. They were never recognized as in force here, -unless required by their own legislature. - -In 1658, the Court granted Gov. Endecott, "for his great service, -the fourth part of Block Island." At this time he was also elected -President of the body of Colonial Commissioners. He now held the -double office of Governor of Massachusetts and President of the -United Colonies. - -His conduct towards the aborigines, that much abused and injured -people, was always marked with forbearance, lenity, and mildness. To -his eldest son John, the Indians in 1660 gave a tract of land, which -grant he applied to the Court to confirm. The Court declined taking -such power on itself; but at the same time, however, it passed the -highly complimentary resolve: - -The Court, "considering the many kindnesses which were shown the -Indians by our honored Governor in the infancy of these Plantations, -for pacifying the Indians, tending to the common good of the -Planters; and in consideration of which the Indians were moved to -such a gratuity unto his son, do judge meet to give the petitioner -four hundred acres of land." - -Though Governor Endecott removed from Salem to Boston in 1655, yet -neither he nor Mrs. Endecott removed their connection with the Salem -church, until November, 1664. A large and brilliant comet made its -appearance on the 17th of November of this year, and continued to the -4th of February following. It was the general belief of that period, -that comets were omens of great evil. One appeared just before the -death of that distinguished divine, the Rev. John Cotton; and the -death at this time of their aged Governor, and the troubles with -which the Colony met the next year from the King's Commissioners, -Hutchinson informs us, tended to confirm the people in their opinion. - -We are told that "old age and the infirmities thereof coming upon -him, he fell asleep in the Lord on the 15th of March, 1665," at -the age of 77, "and was with great honour and solemnity interred -at Boston," on the 23rd of the same month. His death was easy and -tranquil. Tradition has handed down the fact, that the "Chapel -Burying-Ground" was the place of his interment. But the exact spot -is not now known. No stone marks the resting-place of this intrepid -Father of New England.[17] Yet his name alone will ever be a monument -to his memory, more enduring than marble, and as imperishable as the -granite hills of his adopted country. - -Gov. Endecott came to this country in 1628, at the age of 40, and -died in 1665, at the age of 77. During these thirty-seven years he -was nearly all the time in public life, and for about seventeen -years, or nearly half the whole period, he was Governor of the -Colony. He was longer at the head of the administration than any -other Governor of Massachusetts. - -He was a man of highly respectable natural talents, good education, -a zealous Puritan, a brave man, a decided patriotic republican, a -friend of learning and religion, a lover of God and his country. - -We frankly acknowledge that the conduct of Gov. Endecott in the -religious intolerance of his day, may be considered a stain upon his -escutcheon. Yet, while we admit that those severe measures which were -adopted, especially when contrasted with the present unrestrained -exercise of religious freedom in our country, were great blemishes on -his administration, we think they certainly ought not to be regarded -as such on his moral character. It was not the cause of religion -alone, which was thought to be endangered by the dissemination and -triumph of such principles as were then advanced; but the overthrow -of all civil government was looked upon as the ultimate result. -Besides, the _whole_ responsibility and obloquy of this dark page in -our early history, should not be thrown upon him. True, he was the -official organ through which was carried into effect the established -laws of the Colony, and _vox populi_ was believed to be _vox Dei_. -But so far as he was individually concerned, we think his motives -were pure and elevated, and that all his actions were based upon -principle. Without doubt he partook largely of the prevailing -prejudices of the day; and the wild spirit of fanaticism found in him -a strenuous and energetic opponent. But we hold that all men should -be judged according to the light of the age in which they live, and -the influences with which they are surrounded. In this dread of -unlimited toleration he was not alone; it was the prevailing temper -of the times, and the errors in this respect, in which he shared in -common with the wise and good of his day, arose rather from an error -in judgment than any obliquity of heart. - -It has been remarked by a recent writer, that "Governor Endecott -was undoubtedly the finest specimen to be found among our Governors -of the genuine Puritan character,--of a quick temper, which the -habit of military command had not softened,--of strong religious -feelings, moulded on the sterner features of Calvinism; resolute to -uphold with the sword what he received as gospel truth, and fearing -no enemy so much as a gainsaying spirit." "He was a very virtuous -gentleman," says Secretary Morton, "and was greatly beloved of the -most, as he well deserved." "In his public and private relations," -says the Annalist of Salem, "he was a man of unshaken integrity. _For -my country and my God_, was the motto inscribed upon his motives, -purposes, and deeds. That he had his imperfections, there is no -doubt; but that he exhibited as few of them under his multiplied -duties, as the most excellent men would in his situation, is equally -correct. His many exertions for the prosperity of Salem, and his -ardent attachment to it, should impress his name and worth upon the -hearts of its inhabitants, so long as its existence continues." - -Thus lived and thus died, one of the principal founders and firmest -pillars of New England. - -At his decease he left a widow and two sons. The elder son left no -children;--the younger was a physician, and resided in Salem. He was -twice married; and a family of five sons and five daughters survived -him. His second wife was Elisabeth, daughter of Governor Winthrop, -and widow of the Rev. Antipas Newman of Wenham. - -There exists a perfect genealogy of the Governor's family, so far as -relates to his descendants in New England. We hope to publish it in -our next number. - -The Governor, and all his descendants, to the third generation, -(1724,) spelt their names _Endecott_; since then an _i_ has been -substituted for the _e_ in the second syllable. - -There is an original portrait of the Governor in possession of -one of the family, taken the year he died. By this we learn that -his countenance was open, energetic, and independent, possessing -much individuality of expression, and in perfect harmony with the -character of the man. According to the custom of the age, he wore -mustaches, and a tuft of hair upon his chin. The miniature likeness -which accompanies this Memoir was engraved from this portrait, and is -considered an excellent resemblance, and was presented by the family -to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, at their -solicitation. - - NOTE. The Charter posesssed by Gov. Endecott, and which is now in - the Salem Athenæum, and the Charter possessed by Gov. Winthrop, - and which is now in the State House, Boston, appear to be - duplicate original Charters, provided for in the Charter itself, - and neither of them copies. They are precisely alike in all - respects--the same in phraseology and chirography, and the same - in dates. Each Governor was elected and commissioned by the same - Company, and by the same Colony, acted under the same Charter, - with the same authority, and each alike entitled to the official - designation of Governor, whether he was elected Governor by the - Company in London, or by the Colony here, for both were elected - Governor by each. - - - - -ORIGINAL COVENANT OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN SALEM.[18] - - -We Covenant with our Lord, and one with another; and we do bind -ourselves in the presence of God, to walk together in all his ways, -according as he is pleased to reveal himself unto us in his blessed -word of truth; and do explicitly, in the name and fear of God, -profess and protest to walk as followeth, through the power and grace -of our Lord Jesus Christ. - -We avouch the Lord to be our God, and ourselves to be his people, in -the truth and simplicity of our spirits. - -We give ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the word of his -grace, for the teaching, ruling, and sanctifying of us in matters of -worship and conversation, resolving to cleave unto him alone for life -and glory, and to reject all contrary ways, canons, and constitutions -of men, in his worship. - -We promise to walk with our brethren, with all watchfulness and -tenderness, avoiding jealousies and suspicions, back-bitings, -censurings, provokings, secret risings of spirit against them; but in -all offences to follow the rule of our Lord Jesus, and to bear and -forbear, give and forgive, as he hath taught us. - -In public or private, we will willingly do nothing to the offence -of the church; but will be willing to take advice for ourselves and -ours, as occasion shall be presented. - -We will not in the congregation be forward, either to show our own -gifts and parts in speaking or scrupling, or there discover the -weakness or failings of our brethren; but attend an orderly call -thereunto, knowing how much the Lord may be dishonored, and his -gospel and the profession of it slighted, by our distempers and -weaknesses in public. - -We bind ourselves to study the advancement of the gospel in all truth -and peace, both in regard to those that are within or without; no way -slighting our sister churches, but using their counsel as need shall -be; not laying a stumbling-block before any, no, not the Indians, -whose good we desire to promote; and so to converse as we may avoid -the very appearance of evil. - -We do hereby promise to carry ourselves in all lawful obedience -to those that are over us, in Church or Commonwealth, knowing -how well-pleasing it will be to the Lord, that they should have -encouragement in their places, by our not grieving their spirits -through our irregularities. - -We resolve to approve ourselves to the Lord in our particular -callings, shunning idleness as the bane of any state; nor will we -deal hardly or oppressingly with any, wherein we are the Lord's -stewards. - -Promising also unto our best ability to teach our children and -servants the knowledge of God, and of his will, that they may serve -him also; and all this not by any strength of our own, but by the -Lord Christ, whose blood we desire may sprinkle this our Covenant -made in His Name. - - - - -HERALDRY. - - -In preparing this article we have consulted various writers on the -subject of Heraldry, and not only selected our thoughts from theirs, -but used their language when it appeared best adapted to our object. -For a more full account of Heraldry in all its branches, we refer -our readers to Guillim's Banner Displayed, Camden's British Remains, -Kent's Grammar of Heraldry, Edmonson's Complete Body of Heraldry, -Leigh's Accidence of Armorie, Playfair's British Baronetage, -Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Noble's History of the College -of Arms, Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry, Dallaway's Inquiries, -Newton's Display of Heraldry, Broun's Baronetage, Collins's Peerage -of England, Betham's Baronetage of England, and the various -Encyclopædias. - - -DEFINITION. - -HERALDRY is the science of conventional distinctions impressed on -shields, banners, and other military accoutrements; or it is the art -of armory and blazoning, or the knowledge of what relates to the -bearing of arms, and the laws and regulations appertaining thereto. -Arms in heraldry are ensigns armorial or marks of honor borne upon -shields, banners, and coats of mail, in order to distinction. The -science of Heraldry consists particularly in the appropriation of -figurative representations, designed, by suitable emblems, to exhibit -the achievements of valor, the descent of hereditary honors, and the -distinctions appertaining to nobility. - -The Degrees of Honor existing in England in 1597, were nine; of which -five were _noble_, as Gentleman, Esquire, Knight, Baron, and Lord; -and four were _excellent_, as Earl, Marquess, Duke, and Prince.--The -Degrees of Honor existing in the British nation in 1847 are eleven; -namely, Gentleman, Esquire, Knight, Baron, Baronet, Lord, Viscount, -Earl, Marquess, Duke, and Prince. - - -ORIGIN AND HISTORY. - -Arms may belong to individuals, to families, or to countries. Badges -and emblems on shields and helms occurred in the earliest times. -In Numbers, (_chap._ i: 52,) the children of Israel are enjoined -to pitch their tents, "every man by his own camp and every man by -his own standard," with the ensigns of his father's house. The -Greek and Roman poets speak of paintings and devices on shields and -helmets. These symbols were, moreover, hereditary. Thus Xenophon -relates that the kings of the Medes bore a golden eagle on their -shields. Suetonius asserts that Domitian had a golden beard for -his coat of arms; and Tacitus says of the ancient Germans, that -they marked their shields with brilliant colors, and that certain -standards were borne before them in battle. Notwithstanding these -traces of armorial bearings in the ancient world, our heraldry is -no older than the tournaments. That armory first became common and -regulated by certain rules at these solemn festivals, is corroborated -by the following reasons. In the first place, we find no tomb or -monument with escutcheons, older than the eleventh century. The -most ancient monument of this kind is said to be the bearings of a -certain Varmond, count of Vasserburg, in the church of St. Emmeran, -at Ratisbon. The shield is _coupé_ of argent and sable; over it is a -lion, with the words "_Anno Domini_ MX." On most of the other tombs, -even of the eleventh century, no arms are found; and the use of them -seems to have first become common in the twelfth century. The first -pope who can be proved to have had a coat of arms, is Boniface VIII., -who filled the papal see from 1294 to 1303. All the earlier papal -arms are the fanciful inventions of later flatterers. On coins, also, -no armorial ensigns are found till the thirteenth century. A second -proof of our assumed origin of coats of arms is the word _blason_, -which denotes the science of heraldry in French, English, Italian, -and Spanish. This word has most probably its origin in the German -word _blasen_, (to blow the horn;) for whenever a new knight appeared -at a tournament, the herald had to sound the trumpet, and, because -all appeared with close visors, to proclaim and explain the bearing -of the shield or coat of arms belonging to each. Because this was -performed by the herald, this knowledge was called heraldry; and -because, in doing so, he blew the trumpet, it was called _blazoning -the arms_. That this was a prevailing practice at tournaments, may -be proved from the poetry of the Troubadours of the twelfth and -thirteenth centuries. Thence it came, that those knights, whose right -to appear at tournaments had already been announced by blazoning -their arms, bore two trumpets on their crest. From the Germans, this -custom was transmitted to the French; for there is no doubt, that -tournaments were usual in Germany much earlier than in France. But -the French carried to far greater perfection the tournament, and the -blazon or heraldry connected with it, as they did the whole system -of chivalry. Since, moreover, the French language prevailed at the -court of the Norman kings in England, pure French expressions have -been preserved in British heraldry. Thus the green tincture, (color,) -in a coat of arms, is termed _vert_, (though in French _sinople_, -which originally denoted a _reddish brown_;) bright red is termed -_gueules_, probably with an allusion to the bloody revenge of wild -animals, which play so conspicuous a part in heraldry; the divided -shield is, moreover, called _coupé_; and _passant_, _regardant_, -_dormant_, _couchant_, &c., are used. German heraldry, on the -contrary, contains almost pure German expressions. In a coat of arms, -the helm is placed upon the shield, and the latter is surrounded -by the wreath. At a tournament, the mantle of the knight, with the -helm and shield, was suspended in the lists. The colors or tinctures -of the shields had their foundation in the custom of the most -ancient Germans, of giving their shields various colors--a custom -which received a tender meaning in the tournaments of the middle -ages; the knight, bound to defend the honor of dames, and devote -himself to their protection, wearing their colors on his shield. -By degrees, the partitions or sections on shields came into use; -for when, as often occurred, a knight was the champion of several -ladies, he bore several colors on his shield, which had therefore to -be divided into fields. When the martial youth of almost all Europe -left their homes, about the end of the eleventh century, inspired -with religious enthusiasm, to conquer the Holy Land, the use of arms -became still more general and necessary. In order to distinguish the -nations, armies, and families, the princes and commanders chose their -symbols, sometimes in commemoration of the exploits and events of the -campaign, or of the dignity of the commander, and sometimes from mere -fancy or passing humor. - - -BLAZONING, HISTORIFYING, AND MARSHALLING ARMS. - -Blazoning is the methodical description of a bearing. In the first -place, the shield is described according to its tinctures, figures, -and partitions. The inferior parts of an escutcheon are then -blazoned--the helm, with its insignia, which are trumpet, wings, and -plumes, men and animals, or their members; then the wreath and its -tinctures; after which the coronet cap, &c.; finally the supporters, -the mantle, the device, and other secondary things. Such terms for -the color must be used as are agreeable to the station and quality -of the bearer. All persons below the degree of noble must have their -coats blazoned by colors and metals; noble men by precious stones; -and kings and princes by planets. - -In emblazoning shields of arms, metals, colors, and furs are -used to depict the device, the technical terms of which are -these;--of metals, gold, called _or_, and silver, _argent_, only -are employed;--of colors, red, called _gules_, blue, _azure_, -black, _sable_, green, _vert_, and purple, _purpure_;--and of furs, -principally the skin of the little animal called _ermine_, and a -combination of grey and white squirrel skins, called _vair_. - -In blazoning arms it is an established rule with heralds, that -animals are always to be interpreted in the best sense, that is, -according to their most noble and generous qualities, that the most -honor may redound to the bearers. Thus the fox, being reputed witty -and given to filching for his prey, if this be the charge of an -escutcheon, we are to conceive the quality represented to be his wit -and cunning, and not his theft. - -All savage beasts are to be figured in their fiercest action: as -a lion erected, his mouth wide open, his claws extended; and thus -formed he is said to be _rampant_. A leopard or wolf is to be -portrayed going as it were _pedetentim_, which form of action suits -their natural disposition, and is called _passant_. The gentler kinds -are to be set forth in their noblest and most advantageous action, as -a horse running or vaulting, a greyhound coursing, a deer tripping, a -lamb going with smooth and easy pace. - -Every animal is to be represented as moving or looking to the right -side of the shield; and it is a general rule, that the right foot be -placed foremost, because the right side is reckoned the beginning -of motion. The upper part is nobler than the lower, and things -that are constrained either to look up or down, ought rather to be -designed looking upwards. We observe however that notwithstanding -such precepts of Guillim and other masters of armory, there are -lions _passant_, _couchant_, _dormant_, as well as _rampant_, and -most animals in arms look down and not up. Birds are esteemed a -more honorable bearing than fish, and wild and ravenous birds than -tame ones. When their bills and feet are of a different color from -the rest, they are said to be _membered_. Birds of prey are more -properly said to be _armed_. In the blazoning of fowls much exercised -in flight, if the wings be not displayed, they are said to be borne -_close_, for example, he beareth an eagle, a hawk, or a swallow, -_close_. Fish are borne different ways, upright, embowed, extended, -endorsed, surmounted of each other, fretted, triangled. Those borne -feeding should be termed _devouring_. Those borne directly upright -are termed _Hauriant_, and those borne traverse the escutcheon, -_naiant_. - -To historify, in heraldry, is to explain the history of a coat of -arms, its origin, and the changes it has undergone. If the herald -is to explain a bearing historically, he must show that this figure -is the proper emblem of the family or country. He derives, for -instance, from historical sources, the proof that the double-headed -eagle of the Roman king was first introduced in the beginning of the -fourteenth century, under Albert I., and that previously, from the -time of Otho II., the royal eagle had but one head; that the three -leopards in the English arms were first derived in 1127, under Henry -I., from the Norman house.--The marshalling of arms consists in the -preparation of new escutcheons. In this matter, the herald either -follows the orders of a sovereign, or he invents the idea, and makes -the plan of the escutcheon according to his own judgment, or he -composes a new escutcheon from several coats of arms. - - -DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARMS. - -In heraldic science, arms are distinguished by different names, to -denote the causes of their being borne, such as _arms of dominion_, -of _pretension_, of _concession_, of _community_, of _patronage_, of -_family_, of _alliance_, of _succession_, and of _assumption_. Those -of _dominion_ and _sovereignty_ are those which emperors, kings, -and sovereign states constantly bear, being, as it were, annexed to -the territories, kingdoms, and provinces they possess. Thus there -are the arms of England, of France, of the United States, &c. Arms -of _pretension_ are those of kingdoms, provinces, or territories, -to which a prince or lord has some claim, and which he adds to his -own, although such kingdoms or territories are possessed by another -prince or lord. Arms of _concession_, or _augmentation of honor_, -are entire arms, as the fortress of Gibraltar on the escutcheon of -Lord Heathfield. Arms of _community_ belong to bishoprics, cities, -companies, &c. Arms of _patronage_, to governors of provinces, lords -of manors, &c. Arms of _family_ are the property of individuals; -and it is criminal in any persons not of the family to assume them. -Arms of _alliance_ show the union of families and individuals. Arms -of _succession_ are taken up, by those who inherit certain estates, -manors, &c., either by will, entail, or donation, and which they -impale or quarter with their own. This multiplies the titles of -some families from necessity, and not from ostentation. Arms of -_assumption_, or _assumptive arms,_ are taken up by the caprice or -fancy of persons who assume them without a legal title. They are also -such as a man of his proper right may assume, with the approbation of -his sovereign and of the king of arms. - - -PARTS OF A COAT OF ARMS. - -The parts of arms are the escutcheon, the tinctures, charges, and -ornaments. Heralds distinguish nine different points in escutcheons, -in order to determine exactly the positions of the bearing they are -charged with, as in the figure. - -[Illustration: (The nine points of escutcheons.)] - - +-----------------+ - | A B C | - | | - | D | - | | - | E | - | | - | F | - | | - | G I | - \ H / - \ / - +-----------+ - -A, dexter chief; B, precise middle chief; C, sinister chief; D, honor -point; E, fess point; F, nombril point; G, dexter base; H, precise -middle base; I, sinister base. The _tinctures_ mean the variable hue -common both to the shields and their bearings; and there are seven -tinctures--yellow or gold, expressed by dots; white or argent; red, -by perpendicular lines; blue or azure, by horizontal lines; purple, -by diagonal lines from right to left; green, by the same from left -to right; black by horizontal and perpendicular lines crossing; and -orange and blood colors are expressed by diagonal lines crossing -each other. The charges are the emblems occupying the field of the -escutcheon, or any part of it. All charges are distinguished by -the name of _honorable ordinaries_, _sub-ordinaries_, and _common -charges_. Honorable ordinaries, the principal charges in heraldry, -are made of lines only, which, according to their disposition and -form, receive different names. Sub-ordinaries are ancient heraldic -figures frequently used in coats of arms, and which are distinguished -by terms appropriated to each of them. Common charges are composed -of natural, artificial, and even imaginary things, such as stars, -animals, trees, ships, &c. The ornaments that accompany or surround -escutcheons were introduced to denote the birth, dignity, or office -of the person to whom the arms appertain. They are used both by -clergy and laity. Those most in use are of ten sorts; namely, -crowns, coronets, mitres, helmets, mantlings, _chapeaux_, wreaths, -crests, scrolls, and supporters. The crest is the highest part of -the ornaments of a coat of arms. It is called _crest_ from the Latin -word _crista_, which signifies a comb or tuft, such as many birds -have upon their heads, as the peacock, &c. Crests were anciently -marks of great honor, because they were worn only by heroes of great -valor and high rank, that they might be the better distinguished in -an engagement, and thereby rally their men if dispersed. They are -at present considered as mere ornaments. The scroll is an ornament -usually placed below the shield and supporters, containing a motto or -sentence, alluding to the bearing or to the bearer's name. - - * * * * * - - _Explanation of the Plate on the following page, taken from - Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art._ - - - I. LINES. - - 1. Horizontal or straight. 2. Angled. 3. Bevelled. 4. Escartele. - 5. Nowy or Franche. 6. Arched or enarched. 7. Double arched. 8. - Wavy or undee. 9. Invected. 10. Engrailed. 11. Battled-embattled, - or crenellee. 12. Battled-embattled. 13. Nebuly. 14. Potent. - 15. Indented. 16. Dancettec. 17. Dove-tailed. 18. Urdee. 19. - Rayonnee, or radiant. - - - II. POINTS OF THE ESCUTCHEON, COLORS, AND FURS. - - 20. Escutcheon, points of. 21. Or. 22. Argent. 23. Gules. 24. - Azure. 25. Sable. 26. Vert. 27. Purpure. 28. Tenne. 29. Sanguine. - 30. Ermine. 31. Ermines. 32. Erminois. 33. Peau. 34. Vair. 35. - Varry cuppy. - - - III. DIFFERENCES, OR FILIATIONS. - - 36. (First son) Label of three points. 37. (Second) Crescent. 38. - (Third) Mullet. 39. (Fourth) Martlet. 40. (Fifth) Annulet. 41. - (Sixth) Fleur-de-lis. - - - IV. ORDINARIES, &C. - - 42. Chief. 43. Pale (between two annulets.) 44. Pallet. 45. Party - per pale. 46. Border. 47. Bars. 48. Fess. 49. Bend. 50. Bend - sinister. 51. Border. 52. Chevron. 53. Cross. 54. Cross of St. - John of Jerusalem, or Malta. 55. Cross patonce. 56. Cross moline. - 57. Cross of St. Andrew. 58. Crosses humettee. 59. Cross moline - in saltier. 60. Cross bottonee or trefoil. 61. Cross crosslet, - fitchee. 62. Cross flory. 63. Cross mascle. 64. Cross fitchee. - 65. Lozenge, fleury. - - - V. MISCELLANEOUS BEARINGS. - - 66. Lion, statant guardant. 67. Passant. 68. Passant guardant. - 69. Rampant. 70. Rampant guardant. 71. Rampant reguardant. 72. - Sejant. 73. Couchant. 74. Stag at gaze. 75. Stag's head caboshed. - 76. Tiger, heraldic. 77. Dragon. 78. Griffin. 79. Dragon's - head erased. 80. Wivern. 81. Eagle displayed, with two heads. - 82. Boar's head erased. 83. Water budgets. 84. Snake, bowed - debruised. 85. Quatrefoil. 86. Trefoils. 87. Fleur-de-lis. 88. - Clarion, or rest. 89. Mullets. - - - VI. CROWNS, CORONETS, &C. - - 90. Crown of England. 91. Coronet of the Prince of Wales. 92. - Coronet of a duke. 93. Marquis. 94. Earl. 95. Viscount. 96. - Baron. 97. Mitre of a bishop. 98. Eastern, or antique coronet. - 99. Celestial crown. 100. Crown of Edward I. 101. Mortier, or - cap of state. 102. Chapeau, or cap of maintenance. 103. Crown of - France. 104. Cardinal's hat. 105. Crown triple, or tiara of the - pope. - -[Illustration] - - - - -RATIFICATION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION BY MASSACHUSETTS. - - [The following account of the Ratification of the Constitution - of the United States by the Convention of the Commonwealth of - Massachusetts convened at Boston on the 9th day of January, - 1788, and continued until the 7th of February, was printed in - the Massachusetts Gazette of Feb. 8th, 1788, published by John - Wincoll Allen of Boston. It is here inserted as a historical - document of those times that tried men's souls, which will, - we think, be read with deep interest by those of the present - generation. In this way, too, it will be preserved, as it should - be, for posterity. It is printed as we find it in the Gazette, - with only the addition of the names of the towns, in which the - individuals of the Convention resided. Of the Convention, John - Hancock was President, William Cushing, Vice-President, and - George Richards Minot, Secretary.] - - -With the highest satisfaction we announce to the publick, that the -Convention of this commonwealth, on Wednesday last, at five o'clock, -P. M. _ASSENTED TO_ the CONSTITUTION, proposed by the late federal -Convention. On this pleasing event, WE DO HEARTILY congratulate -the publick, and do express our sincere wishes, that the general -joy which it has diffused through all ranks of citizens, may be an -auspicious omen of the superiour advantages which will undoubtedly -result from the establishment of such a federal government as this -constitution provides. - -Immediately on the news of this joyful decision being announced, the -bells in every publick building in this metropolis began to ring, and -continued to sound the glad tydings for two hours. At sun set the -Convention adjourned: after which, a multitude of people, from all -quarters, moved into State-Street, where they manifested the joy they -felt from this event, by incessant tokens of approbation, and loud -huzzas. The bells of the North church continued to chime harmonious -peals of gratulations the whole night, and part of the next day. -Illuminations were made and other insignia of joy exhibited. - -The yeas and nays, on the question of adoption, being taken, -agreeably to the orders of the day, were as follows, viz. - - -YEAS. - - His Excellency JOHN HANCOCK, Esq. President, Hon. James Bowdoin, - hon. Sam. Adams, hon. William Phillips, hon. Caleb Davis, - Charles Jarvis, esq. John C. Jones, esq. John Winthrop, esq. - Thomas Dawes, jun. esq. rev. Samuel Stillman, Thomas Russell, - esq. Christopher Gore, esq. _Boston_, hon. William Heath, hon. - Increase Sumner, _Roxbury_, James Bowdoin, jun. esq. Ebenezer - Wales, esq. _Dorchester_, rev. Nathaniel Robbins, _Milton_, - hon. Richard Cranch, rev. Anthony Wibird, _Braintree_, hon. - Cotton Tufts, _Weymouth_, hon. Benjamin Lincoln, rev. David - Shute, _Hingham_, rev. Joseph Jackson, _Brookline_, rev. Thomas - Thacher, Fisher Ames, esq. _Dedham_, col. William M'Intosh, - _Needham_, capt. John Baxter, jun. _Medfield_, hon. Elijah - Dunbar, esq. _Stoughton_, mr. Thomas Mann, _Wrentham_, mr. - George Payson, _Walpole_, hon. J. Fisher, _Franklin_, mr. Thomas - Jones, _Hull_, rev. Phillips Payson, _Chelsea_, mr. Ebenezer - Warren, _Foxborough_, Richard Manning, esq. Edward Pulling, - esq. mr. William Gray, jun. mr. Francis Cabot, _Salem_, hon. - Michael Farley, J. Choate, esq. Daniel Noyes, esq. col. Jonathan - Cogswell, _Ipswich_, hon. Tristram Dalton, Enoch Sawyer, esq. - E. March, esq. _Newbury_, hon. Rufus King, esq. hon. Benjamin - Greenleaf, esq. Theophilus Parsons, esq. hon. Jonathan Titcomb, - _Newburyport_, hon. G. Cabot, mr. Joseph Wood, capt. Israel - Thorndike, _Beverly_, Isaac Mansfield, esq. Jonathan Glover, - esq. hon. Azor Orne, John Glover, esq. _Marblehead_, Daniel - Rogers, esq. John Low, esq. capt. W. Pearson, _Gloucester_, - John Carnes, esq. capt. John Burnham, _Lynn_ and _Lynnfield_, - mr. William Symmes, jun. _Andover_, Bailey Bartlett, esq. capt. - Nathaniel Marsh, _Haverhill_, mr. Israel Clark, _Topsfield_, - dr. Samuel Nye, mr. Enoch Jackman, _Salisbury_, capt. Benjamin - Lurvey, mr. Willis Patten, _Amesbury_, Daniel Thurston, esq. - _Bradford_, mr. Jacob Herrick, _Wenham_, mr. Simeon Miller, - _Manchester_, hon. Francis Dana, esq. Stephen Dana, esq. - _Cambridge_, hon. Nathaniel Gorham, esq. _Charlestown_, hon. - Joseph Hosmer, _Concord_, hon. Abraham Fuller, _Newtown_, - capt. Lawson Buckminster, _Framingham_, Benjamin Brown, esq. - _Lexington_, Daniel Whitney, esq. _Sherburne_, capt. Asahel - Wheeler, _Sudbury_, capt. Benjamin Blaney, _Malden_, capt. - Abraham Bigelow, _Weston_, maj. gen. John Brooks, _Medford_, - dr. Charles Whitman, _Stow_, Leonard Williams, esq. _Waltham_, - hon. J. B. Varnum, _Dracut_, hon. J. Pitts, _Dunstable_, hon. - E. Brooks, _Lincoln_, W. Pynchon, esq. _Springfield_, hon. C. - Strong, mr. Benjamin Sheldon, _Northampton_ and _Easthampton_, - capt. Lemuel Pomeroy, _Southampton_, brig. gen. Elisha Porter, - _Hadley_, hon. Noah Goodman, _South Hadley_, hon. J. Hastings, - _Hatfield_, John Ingersol, esq. _Westfield_, mr. Ebenezer James, - _Northfield_, Abner Morgan, esq. _Brimfield_, capt. David - Shepard, _Chester_, mr. Jesse Reed, _Charlemont_, Nahum Eager, - esq. _Worthington_, col. Benjamin Bonney, _Chesterfield_, major - Thomas J. Douglass, _Northwick_, mr. Aaron Fisher, _Westhampton_, - mr. Edmund Lazell, _Cummington_ and _Plainfield_, capt. Thomas - Maxwell, _Buckland_, mr. Elihu Colton, _Longmeadow_, Joshua - Thomas, esq. mr. Thomas Davis, mr. John Davis, _Plymouth_, hon. - William Cushing, hon. Nathan Cushing, hon. Charles Turner, - _Scituate_, hon. George Partridge, _Duxbury_, rev. William Shaw, - _Marshfield_, Daniel Howard, esq. mr. Hezekiah Hooper, capt. - Elisha Mitchel, mr. Daniel Howard, jun. _Bridgewater_, rev. - Isaac Backus, Isaac Thompson, esq. _Middleboro'_, capt. John - Turner, mr. Josiah Smith, _Pembroke_, William Sever, jun. esq. - _Kingston_, hon. Joseph Cushing, _Hanover_, rev. Samuel Niles, - _Abington_, mr. Freeman Waterman, _Halifax_, col. Israel Fearing, - _Wareham_, Shearjashaub Bourn, esq. _Barnstable_, David Thacher, - esq. capt. Jonathan Howes, _Yarmouth_, hon. Solomon Freeman, - capt. Kimball Clark, _Harwich_, rev. Levi Whitman, _Wellfleet_, - capt. Joseph Palmer, _Falmouth_, James Williams, esq. _Taunton_, - hon. Elisha May, capt. Moses Willmarth, _Attleboro'_, col. - Sylvester Richmond, hon. William Baylies, _Dighton_, hon. Thomas - Durfee, Israel Washburne, esq. _Freetown_, hon. Walter Spooner, - rev. Samuel West, _New Bedford_, mr. William Almy, _Westport_, - Nathaniel Barrel, esq. _York_, rev. Moses Hemmenway, hon. - Nathaniel Wells, _Wells_, Thomas Cutts, esq. _Pepperelboro'_, - Jacob Bradbury, esq. _Buxton_, capt. John Low, _Coxhall_, mr. - William Mayhew, _Edgartown_, mr. Cornelius Dunham, _Tisbury_, - hon. John Sprague, _Lancaster_, capt. Seth Newton, _Southboro'_, - hon. Samuel Baker, _Bolton_, major David Wilder, _Leominster_, - mr. Matthew Patrick, _Western_, mr. Josiah Goddard, _Athol_, - capt. Ephraim Wilder, _Sterling_, John K. Smith, esq. _Falmouth_, - mr. John Fox, capt. Joseph M'Lellan, _Portland_, David Mitchell, - esq. Samuel Merrill, esq. _North Yarmouth_, William Thompson, - esq. _Scarboro'_, capt. John Dunlap, _Brunswick_, capt. Isaac - Snow, _Harpswell_, mr. Joshua Dyer, _Cape Elisabeth_, rev. - Samuel Perley, _Gray_, Thomas Rice, esq. mr. David Sylvester, - _Pownalboro'_, mr. Nathaniel Wyman, _Georgetown_, mr. David - Gilmore, _Woolwich_, William M'Cobb, esq. _Boothbay_, capt. - Samuel Grant, _Vassalboro'_, Moses Davis, esq. _Edgecomb_, - David Fales, esq. _Thomaston_, Dummer Sewall, esq. _Bath_, John - Ashley, jun. esq. _Sheffield_ and _Mount Washington_, hon. Elijah - Dwight, _Great Barrington_, hon. T. Sedgwick, _Stockbridge_, hon. - Jonathan Smith, _Lanesboro'_, hon. T. J. Skinner, _Williamstown_, - mr. Elisha Carpenter, _Becket_, capt. D. Taylor, _New Marlboro'._ - TOTAL _Yeas_ 187. - - -NAYS. - - Capt. Jedediah Southworth, _Stoughton_, mr. Nathan Comstock, - _Wrentham_, mr. Benjamin Randall, _Sharon_, mr. M. Richardson, - jun. _Medway_, rev. Noah Alden, _Bellingham_, hon. Israel - Hutchinson, _Danvers_, capt. Peter Osgood, jun. dr. Thomas - Kittredge, _Andover_, capt. Thomas Mighill, _Rowley_, hon. - A. Wood, _Boxford_, capt. Ebenezer Carlton, _Methuen_, dr. - Marshall Spring, _Watertown_, capt. Timothy Winn, _Woburn_, - mr. William Flint, mr. Peter Emerson, _Reading_, mr. Jonas - Morse, major Benjamin Sawin, _Marlboro'_, William Thompson, - esq. _Billerica_, col. Benjamin Ely, capt. John Williston, - _West Springfield_, capt. Phinehas Stebbins, _Wilbraham_, Mr. - Daniel Cooley, _Amherst_, Mr. Benjamin Eastman, _Granby_, Mr. - Josiah Allis, _Whately_, mr. William Bodman, _Williamsburg_, mr. - Samuel Field, _Deerfield_, mr. Moses Bascom, _Greenfield_, mr. - Robert Wilson, _Shelburne_, capt. Consider Arms, mr. Malachi - Maynard, _Conway_, capt. Zacheus Crocker, _Sunderland_, mr. - Moses Severance, _Montague_, capt. Asa Fisk, _South Brimfield_, - mr. Phinehas Merrick, _Monson_, mr. Adam Clark, _Pelham_, capt. - Nathaniel Whitcomb, _Greenwich_, mr. Timothy Blair, _Blanford_, - mr. Aaron Mirrick, _Palmer_, mr. John Hamilton, Mr. Clark Cooley, - _Granville_, mr. John Chamberlain, _New Salem_, mr. Justus - Dwight, _Belchertown_, mr. Samuel Eddy, _Colrain_, mr. Isaac - Pepper, _Ware_, capt. John Goldsbury, _Warwick_ and _Orange_, - capt. Agrippa Wells, _Bernardston_, mr. Ephraim Williams, - _Ashfield_, mr. Asa Powers, _Shutesbury_, capt. Silas Fowler, - _Southwick_, mr. John Jennings, _Ludlow_, mr. Jonathan Hubbard, - _Leverett_, mr. Benjamin Thomas, mr. Isaac Soul, _Middleboro'_, - mr. Nathaniel Hammond, mr. Abraham Holmes, _Rochester_, capt. - Francis Shurtliff, mr. Elisha Bisbee, jun. _Plympton_, dr. Thomas - Smith, mr. Thomas Nye, _Sandwich_, col. Nathaniel Leonard, mr. - Aaron Pratt, _Taunton_, capt. Phanuel Bishop, major Frederick - Drown, William Windsor, esq. _Rehoboth_, mr. Christopher Mason, - mr. David Brown, _Swansey_, hon. Holder Slocum, mr. Melatiah - Hathway, _Dartmouth_, hon. Abraham White, _Norton_, capt. - Ebenezer Tisdell, _Easton_, capt. John Pratt, _Mansfield_, - capt. Esaias Preble, _York_, mr. Mark Adams, mr. James Neal, - _Kittery_, capt. Elijah Thayer, dr. Nathaniel Low, mr. Richard - Foxwell Cutts, _Berwick_, mr. Thomas M. Wentworth, _Lebanon_, - major Samuel Nasson, _Sanford_, mr. Moses Ames, _Fryeburg_, Mr. - Jeremiah Emery, _Shapleigh_, rev. Pelatiah Tingley, _Waterboro',_ - mr. David Bigelow, _Worcester_, Edward Thompson, esq. _Mendon_, - major John Minot, _Chelmsford_, capt. Gilbert Dench, _Hopkinton_, - mr. Jonathan Keep, _Westford_, dr. Benjamin Morse, Joseph Sheple, - esq. _Groton_, mr. Obadiah Sawtell, _Shirley_, mr. Daniel Fisk, - _Pepperell_, capt. Daniel Adams, _Townsend_, capt. John Webber, - _Bedford_, capt. Sta. Chamberlain, _Holliston_, mr. Asa Parlin, - _Acton_ and _Carlisle_, capt. J. Harnden, _Wilmington_, mr. - Newman Scarlet, _Tewksbury_, mr. Samuel Reed, _Littleton_, - mr. Benjamin Adams, _Ashby_, major Hezekiah Bread, _Natick_, - capt. Jonathan Green, _Stoneham_, mr. Phinehas Gleason, _East - Sudbury_, mr. Daniel Forbes, mr. N. Jenks, _Brookfield_, capt. - Jeremiah Learned, _Oxford_, mr. Caleb Curtis, Mr. Ezra M'Intier, - _Charlton_, mr. David Harwood, hon. Amos Singletary, _Sutton_, - col. Samuel Denny, _Leicester_, mr. James Hathua, _Spencer_, mr. - Asaph Shermon, _Rutland_, mr. Abraham Smith, _Paxton_, capt. - Jonathan Bullard, _Oakham_, capt. John Black, _Barre_, capt. John - Woods, _Hubbardston_, capt. Benjamin Joslyn, _New Braintree_, - capt. Stephen Maynard, _Westboro'_, mr. Artemas Brigham, - _Northboro'_, capt. Isaac Harrington, _Shrewsbury_, capt. John - Fuller, _Lunenburg_, mr. Daniel Putnam, _Fitchburg_, dr. Samuel - Willard, _Uxbridge_, Josiah Whitney, esq. _Harvard_, mr. Jonathan - Day, _Dudley_, capt. Thomas M. Baker, _Upton_, capt. Timothy - Parker, _Sturbridge_, major Martin Kingsley, _Hardwick_, rev. - Joseph Davis, _Holden_, hon. John Taylor, _Douglass_, dr. Joseph - Wood, _Grafton_, Jonathan Grant, esq. capt. Samuel Peckham, - _Petersham_, John Frye, esq. _Royalston_, mr. Stephen Holden, - _Westminster_, capt. Joel Fletcher, _Templeton_, mr. Timothy - Fuller, _Princeton_, mr. Jacob Willard, _Ashburnham_, mr. Moses - Hale, _Winchendon_, capt. Josiah Wood, _Northbridge_, mr. Joseph - Stone, _Ward_, mr. David Stearns, _Milford_, mr. Jonas Temple, - _Boylston_, Daniel Ilsley, esq. _Falmouth_, mr. S. Longfellow, - jun. _Gorham_, William Widgery, _New Gloucester_, capt. David - Murry, _New Castle_, hon. Samuel Thompson, _Topsham_, mr. Jonah - Crosby, _Winslow_, mr. Zacheus Beal, _Bowdoinham_, William Jones, - esq. _Bristol_, capt. James Carr, _Hallowell_, mr. Joshua Bean, - _Winthrop_, mr. Valentine Rathbun, _Pittsfield_, mr. Comstock - Betts, _Richmond_, mr. Lemuel Collins, _Lenox_, capt. Jeremiah - Pierce, _Adams_, Ephraim Fitch, esq. _Egremont_, major Thomas - Lusk, _West Stockbridge_, mr. John Hurlbert, _Alford_, capt. - Ezekiel Herrick, _Tyrningham_, mr. Joshua Lawton, _Loudon_, mr. - Timothy Mason, _Windsor_, Ebenezer Pierce, esq. _Partridgefield_, - mr. David Vaughan, _Hancock_, capt. Jesse Bradley, _Lee_, mr. - Zenas Noble, _Washington_, mr. John Picket, jun. _Sandisfield._ - TOTAL _Nays_ 168. - -The open, manly and honourable conduct of the gentlemen who -composed the minority, in the great question on Wednesday, taken in -the honourable convention, was very different from the turbulent -opposers of the constitution in Pennsylvania, who, not content with -their declamatory and odious protest against its adoption, are now -endeavouring to involve their country in all the horrours of a civil -war, by exciting tumult and insurrection. On the vote of adoption -being declared, - -Honourable mr. WHITE rose, and said, that notwithstanding he had -opposed the adoption of the constitution, upon the idea that it would -endanger the liberties of his country, yet, as a majority had seen -fit to adopt it, he should use his utmost exertions to induce his -constituents to live in peace under, and cheerfully submit to it. - -He was followed by mr. WIDGERY, who said, that he should return to -his constituents, and inform them, that he had opposed the adoption -of this constitution, but that he had been overruled, and that he had -been carried by a majority of wise and understanding men: that he -should endeavour to sow the seeds of union and peace among the people -he represented--and that he hoped, and believed, that no person would -wish for, or suggest the measure of a PROTEST; for, said he, we must -consider that this body is as full a representation of the people, as -can be conceived.---- After expressing his thanks for the civility -which the inhabitants of this town have shewn to the convention, and -declaring, as his opinion, that they had not in the least influenced -the decision; he concluded by saying he should support, as much as -in him lay, the constitution, and believed, as this state had adopted -it, not only 9, but the whole 13, would come into the measure. - -General WHITNEY said, that though he had been opposed to the -constitution, he should support it as much as if he had voted for it. - -Mr. COOLEY, (_Amherst_) said, that he endeavoured to govern himself -by the principles of reason, that he was directed to vote against -the adoption of the constitution, and that in so doing, he had not -only complied with his direction, but had acted according to the -dictates of his own conscience; but that as it has been agreed to by -a majority, he should endeavour to convince his constituents of the -propriety of its adoption. - -Doctor TAYLOR, also said, he had uniformly opposed the constitution, -that he found himself fairly beat, and expressed his determination to -go home, and endeavour to infuse a spirit of harmony and love, among -the people. - -Other gentlemen expressed their inclination to speak, but it growing -late, the convention adjourned to Thursday morning, at ten o'clock. - -_Let this be told to the honour of Massachusetts; to the reputation -of her citizens, as men willing to acquiesce in that republican -principle, of submitting to the decision of a majority._ - -Yesterday, A. M. the Convention met, according to adjournment, when -a vote was passed for proceeding in procession to the state-house, -and there to declare the ratification of the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, -which that honourable body, on Wednesday last, by a majority of -NINETEEN assented to, in behalf of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. -About 12 o'clock, the procession moved from their place of session, -preceded by the honourable vice-president of the Convention. His -excellency the president being seated in an elegant vehicle, was -drawn by THIRTEEN patriotick and publick spirited MECHANICKS, who -thus expressed their love and respect for a man who ever loved and -respected his country. - -The procession having arrived at the state-house, entered the -senate-chamber, from which his excellency the president, the -vice-president, secretary, high-sheriff of the county of Suffolk, -and other respectable characters, went out upon the balcony of the -state-house, from whence his excellency the president addressed the -multitude who had assembled below, in a short speech, preparatory to -what they were about to hear declared. The high-sheriff then declared -the federal constitution adopted and ratified by the Convention of -the commonwealth of Massachusetts. - -After which the whole assembly testified their approbation by the -loudest huzzas. - -An elegant repast being provided for the occasion in the -senate-chamber, the Convention, and a great number of other -gentlemen, partook thereof, and exhibited such marks of satisfaction, -as fully evinced, that this joyful event would tend to give vigour -and energy to our future continental administrations. After dinner -the following toasts were drank, viz. - -1. His excellency the president and convention of Massachusetts. - -2. The president and members of the late continental convention. - -3. The states that have adopted the federal constitution. - -4. A speedy accession to the union by those states who are yet to -deliberate upon the proposed constitution. - -5. May the same candour, and liberality, which has so conspicuously -distinguished the minority of Massachusetts, prevail thro' every -state in the union. - -6. May the United States of America be as distinguished for their -increase in agriculture, arts and manufactures, as they are for their -attachment to justice and the liberties of mankind. - -7. The great and magnanimous ally of the United States of -America--his most Christian majesty. - -8. The United Netherlands. - -9. May the States of America be the asylum of every distressed son of -liberty, throughout the world. - -10. May the flag of American commerce be displayed in every quarter -of the globe. - -11. May the landholders of America soon experience the happy effects -intended by the proposed constitution. - -12. May the nations of the world, who would be our rivals in trade, -soon find their disappointment in the energy of our councils. - -13. May peace, liberty, and safety, be the perpetual birthright of an -American. - -It seems that the joy which the adoption of the proposed constitution -has diffused, is not only general, but sincere and grateful.--The -rising sun of yesterday's morn, by its brightness and refulgent -beams, seemed to break forth, from the dusky horizon, with uncommon -grandeur, partaking, as it were, of the joy in which an event so -propitious immersed the souls of the people. The bells of all the -churches, &c. in town, began ringing at early dawn, and continued, -most of them without intermission, thro' the day, and part of last -evening. - -The hardy sons of Neptune, seemed not to be insensible of the -importance of this great event; for having procured a boat, which -they fixed on a sled, they continued to draw it through the town till -near the close of the day, frequently huzzaing, and loudly exulting -in the anticipation of reviving and flourishing commerce. In the boat -was displayed the flag of the United States, and musick, which kept -continually playing. - -In a cart, drawn by five horses, the British flag was displayed, -and insulted by numbers placed in the cart, armed with muskets, who -repeatedly discharged the contents of them through the tattered -remnant, in contempt of that faithless nation, whose exertions have -been unremitted since the peace, to cramp our commerce and obstruct -all our nautical proceedings. - -Repeated marks of joy were exhibited during the course of the day by -the lovers and well wishers of our country, but we believe none will -exceed the exhibition which is to take place this day, as will appear -by the following - - -NOTICE - -TO THE TRADESMEN. - -THE COMMITTEE of MECHANICKS appointed at their meeting the 7th. ult. -present their compliments to the several TRADESMEN, MECHANICKS, and -ARTIZANS of every description in the town of Boston, and request -their attendance at Faneuil Hall, this morning, at NINE o'clock, in -order to form and proceed in GRAND PROCESSION therefrom, to testify -their approbation of the ratification of the Federal Constitution, by -the Convention of this commonwealth the 6th instant. - -They recommend that the procession be formed as follows--First, -a plough, drawn by a horse, with husbandmen carrying proper -utensils--Then the tradesmen, &c. of the town, each with some tool, -decorated; to proceed by trades; each trade with one person at its -head. With the ship-builders, &c. will be a boat, drawn by horses, -properly manned. They request that the procession may be as full as -possible; that the several drummers, fifers, and other musicians in -the town, will join the procession, with their instruments. - -The rout of the procession will be mentioned at the Hall. - -Boston, February 7, 1788. - - - - -LETTER OF CHIEF-JUSTICE SARGEANT OF MASSACHUSETTS. - - [The following are extracts from a letter of Judge Sargeant to - the Hon. Joseph Badger of Gilmanton, N. H., who was a Delegate - to the Convention of that state for the adoption of the Federal - Constitution.] - - - I make no doubt but you have carefully compared y^e old - confederation with y^e new constitution and I wish you to review - them again. Can there be such a thing as Government without - Power? What is advice, recommendation, or requisition? It is not - Government.--Congress has a right to raise an army, to make war - and Peace, of entering into Treaties and alliances to borrow - money and appropriate y^e same--to ascertain y^e sums necessary - to be raised for y^e Service of y^e United States--to emit bills - of credit--to build and equip a navy, and to make requisitions - on y^e states for their quota of men, to Cloath, arm and equip - them. But who will lend Congress Money when they have not Power - to raise a Single Shilling to repay them? Who will take their - bills of Credit when every Body knows they can never redeem them? - Who will enlist into their army when Congress has no money to - pay them a Bounty or their wages or find them in Provisions? Who - will build and equip a navy for them without money? Who will - trouble themselves about Congress' making war or Peace when they - can't command a Shilling to support a war? To what Purpose is - it to appropriate money when they can't get it?--What end does - it answer for other nations to make treaties and alliances with - Congress when any one State by its obstinacy, fraud or some - Paltry private interest may defeat y^e treaty or by main force - break through it? - - What good end will be answered by ascertaining y^e Sums necessary - to be raised when thirteen independent Legislatures are to judge - whether those sums are necessary or not and whether they will - raise them or not and if one State won't raise their quota, y^e - other states are more than foolish, they are distracted if they - raise theirs.--What effect will a requisition on y^e states - for raising, cloathing, arming, and equipping their quotas of - men have, when y^e 13 Legislatures are left to judge of y^e - expediency, or necessity of this equipment, whether they are - not charged above their proportion--whether it won't do as well - sometime hence? What security is it possible to have under such a - Government? A Government without energy, without power. Zeal and - enthusiasm carried us thro' y^e last war without any Government - till March 1781, when y^e Confederation was compleated and then - we hobbled along 21 months longer under it until peace took - place, and since y^e Peace, Requisitions from Congress have had - no more effect than y^e Pope's bulls wou'd have had. The old - Confederation is just y^e same to y^e United States as a people, - as a milk and water diet wou'd be to a labouring man, both wou'd - grow weaker and weaker till they were not able to crawl. Nothing - ever gave us any respectability abroad but y^e readiness and - chearfulness with which we complied with all y^e recommendations - of Congress when we had no Government at all. That enabled us - to form treaties with other nations, to hire money, and their - hatred to Great Britain engaged them to join in y^e war against - her. The nations in Europe discovered this weakness long before - we did. Great Britain for 5 years has refused to make any Treaty - of commerce with us, has shut all her Ports against our shipping, - while our Ports are filled with their shipping and seamen and - are picking up our seamen for their employ--they bring their - Produce and manufactures to us to buy but won't let us carry - our own to them. They have embarrass'd our commerce with other - nations by setting y^e Algerines upon our shipping and thereby - obliged us to give 5 per Cent. to them for insurance against the - Algerines--all this while we have not had y^e power to retalliate - upon them in one Single Article. The other Powers viz: France, - Holland, Spain and Portugal have now taken y^e hint and are - imposing duties upon our Produce and Manufactures to y^e great - encouragement of their own and discouragement of ours, and we - can't make any Regulations to counterwork them. Massachusetts - some years ago took y^e lead and made some very advantageous - Regulations. New Hampshire followed, and Rhode Island adopted a - small part. Soon y^e People in New Hampshire grew restive and - obliged y^e Government to repeal y^e same. Rhode Island followed - and Massachusetts was obliged to follow them, so that you see - what a rope of sand we are. This conduct of y^e European nations - will in time, if it produces good Government, prove of eminent - advantage to us. They drained us of almost all our Cash. This put - People upon being industrious and frugal. Industry has occasioned - great improvements in agriculture and in manufactures. The first - has rendered Provisions plenty and so cheap that we sell them - to almost all nations. The latter has supplied us with many - necessaries which we used to send cash for, and we remitted to - other nations pay for what necessaries we wanted. Frugality has - prevented us from sending our Cash abroad for many Superfluities - which we can do as well or perhaps better without; so that now it - is an undoubted fact that y^e exports from America greatly exceed - y^e imports; consequently Cash may now become as plenty as it - wou'd be best it shou'd be. - - The old Confederation without Power or Energy destroyed y^e - Credit of y^e United States. The scarcity of Cash, and y^e - embarrassments of y^e Government, for want of some fixed - System of finance has destroyed y^e credit of y^e individual - States--different Tender acts in different States, different - sorts of paper money in different States, (for almost all y^e - States have either paper money or tender acts,) have destroyed - private Credit; so that we are now as a people and as individuals - totally without either public or private Credit. Under these - circumstances money never can circulate in plenty, let y^e - advantages for importing it be what they may-- - - Is it now possible for a Government, under these disadvantages, - whether it be continental or particular, to support itself any - length of time? Will not private industry be discouraged? Can - such a Government protect y^e industrious from y^e hands of - invaders or y^e more savage hands of violence among ourselves? - Anarchy will soon rear its head and y^e Tyranny of some ambitious - Demagogue will soon tread on its heels. Suppose for a moment y^e - General Court of New Hampshire or Massachusetts were to agree - that such a sum of money was necessary to be raised for y^e - building and maintaining of a colledge for supporting schools - in different Parts, for supporting ministers, for encouraging - y^e Iron manufactory, y^e manufactory of cloath, for repairing - y^e highways, for training and disciplining y^e militia, and - procuring a stock of guns and ammunition and building forts for - y^e defence of y^e State and then send a recommendation to y^e - several towns desiring them to raise their quota of that sum, - being so much. - - Wou'd not this be a laughable way of raising money for y^e public - exigences? One town wou'd say there was no need of building - a Colledge; others wou'd say there is no need of Schools or - ministers; let them that work Iron and cloath get their own pay; - our highways will do well enough without repairs; y^e militia - are good gunners already, there is no need of forts, and there - is no war at hand, and we can do without Guns and ammunition a - little longer; besides all they have rated our town too high. - Wou'd not this be y^e common language? A precious little money - wou'd be raised, I trow. Let me ask, if y^e People in our town - meetings are competent Judges of y^e necessity and advantage of - raising money for these purposes? You will instantly answer me, - no not one in six. Can they have large and extensive views of - y^e interest, of y^e essential and important interests of y^e - whole state? No, perhaps, not one, thô many of them when they - had met with other persons from all parts of y^e state, and had - freely conversed with them might be good Judges afterwards. How - absurd and impolitic then is it to trust y^e great affairs and - interests of a continent, 1500 miles long and 1000 miles wide to - y^e determination of 2600 men deputed from some little spots of - 6 miles square y^e greatest part of whom never went further than - y^e next market town perhaps, or at y^e outside to y^e shire town - of y^e state and never expects to go again after his year is up, - or if he does, it is only to get his 3_s._ 6_d._ a day without - labour or at y^e most to have y^e honour of saving a small Tax - upon his own town--and these men are not to meet altogether where - they might, if disposed, get y^e necessary information to form a - Judgment by,--but in thirteen different places where they have - different interests, different leaders and different information. - How much more ridiculous is it then, that all these men are to - determine of y^e necessity of Peace or War--of y^e sums of Money - necessary to be raised, of y^e best and easiest mode of raising - it thro' all y^e states, regulating y^e value of money thro' all - y^e states, of defining and punishing Piracies and felonies on - y^e high seas and of Offences against y^e law of nations--when - it is necessary and proper to grant Letters of Marque and - reprisal--what are y^e rights and duties of Ambassadors, Consuls - and public ministers, what are proper rules respecting captures - where other nations are concerned with us in y^e capture or are - interested in y^e vessel captured, what regulations of Trade may - be carried into effect in other nations so as not to injure our - own commerce. These and a thousand other matters respecting our - intercourse with other nations and other great national concerns, - must be determined by some Body of men with decision and be - carried into effect too. How preposterous is it then for us to - think of going on under y^e old Confederation where y^e several - states or some of them wou'd hiss any Law that might be proposed - on those matters out of Doors. - - Now let us consider y^e new Constitution. Are there any - objects, of Legislation in this, which were not left to y^e - decision of Congress under y^e old Articles? Very few, save - that of Regulating commerce with foreign nations for want of - which we have suffered enough already--also to form a rule - for naturalization Laws about Bankruptcies--fix y^e standard - of weights and measures--to promote y^e progress of arts - and Sciences--to prevent counterfeiting y^e Securities and - current coin of y^e states, to provide for organizing, arming, - disciplining and calling forth y^e militia on necessary - occasions; to exercise exclusive Jurisdiction over 10 miles - square of land where Congress may sit, if so much is ceded to - them by any state to their satisfaction and such other places - where continental arsenals are kept. Our People are taught y^e - necessity of this provision for if a man of less penetration - and decision had been in y^e chair y^e year before last--they - would have lost their most useful and costly magazine. Is it not - reasonable that these matters shou'd be done with uniformity - thro' y^e states? Can these great objects ever be accomplished - without making laws to bind all persons in y^e Jurisdiction? - Who are to make those Laws but y^e Representatives chosen - by y^e People at large every two years, and where an equal - representation is provided for, and a Senate chosen by y^e state - Legislatures, one third of which are to be chosen every two - years. When Laws are made they are nonsensical unless they can - be carried into execution; therefore it is necessary somebody - shou'd have a Power of determining when they are broken, and to - decree y^e forfieture in consequence of such breach. This shows - y^e necessity of y^e Judicial Power--and an executive with y^e - necessary officers are requisite for carrying those decrees into - execution--and without all this y^e whole parade of making laws - wou'd be idle. - - That these parts, y^e Judicial and executive, shou'd be - appointed by congress is necessary in order that y^e proceedings - may be uniform and to prevent one state from conniving at or - disregarding y^e laws made for y^e benefit of y^e whole. If they - are to raise money they must have officers to collect it. These - must be appointed by Congress or such men will be appointed by - particular states as will shew y^e most favour--and look thro' - y^e whole, I believe you will not find a Single Power given but - what would maim y^e constitution if it was left out. Perhaps it - may be said this will be an expensive Government. The Legislative - will not be more expensive, if so much, as y^e present congress - for after they have got matters a going properly, they may - be at home half their time. The other officers must be paid - it is true, but when we consider y^e advantages of a steady - uniform Government with proper energy, I believe we shall find - y^e Benefits purchased at a cheap rate. Perhaps some may say - that this annihilates our own state Governments, and our own - Legislatures will have nothing to do; but y^e Laws respecting - criminal offenders in all cases, except Treason, are subjects - for Legislation. We may increase, lessen, or change punishments - for crimes as we think best, and make any act criminal or pœnal - as far as Law can make it so at our pleasure. The regulating - Towns, parishes, Providing ministers, schools, looking after - Poor persons, punishing Idlers, vagabonds &c. &c. regulating - Highways, bridges, fisheries, common fields &c. are also matters - pertaining to y^e General court--but above all y^e great rules - for regulating inheritances, descent of estates, Partition of - them, last wills and Testaments, executors, Administrators, and - Guardians are subjects for our own Legislation--y^e appointment - of all courts, and y^e rules of Proceeding in them and of - determining all controversies between our own citizens, Rules - of Legitimacy, marriage and divorce and in fine all matters not - expressly given to congress are still to be the subjects of our - own Legislation to be carried into Effect by our own courts and - officers. Over what things does y^e constitution give congress - a Power only those of great national concern, which require a - large comprehensive view and which, Heaven knows, our Houses of - R-p-s-t-tives were never capable of comprehending or of judging - whether they were acting right or wrong.--I write very freely to - you, without any reserve. Y^e regard I have for my Children, my - Kinsmen, my friends, my Neighbours, Posterity and my country, - makes me bless God that those objects are likely for ever to - be taken out of such hands, two thirds of whom were never from - their fire side before, and never comprehended in their view more - than their own farms and their own little private interest. I - cou'd write a volume on this subject, but thus much must suffice - for y^e present. I believe you are tired now as well as your - affectionate - - Kinsman and sincere friend and Serv^t - NATH'L PEASLEE SARGEANT. - - - - -A COMPLETE LIST OF THE MINISTERS OF BOSTON OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, FROM -1630 TO 1842, ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SETTLEMENT. - -BY JAMES C. ODIORNE, M. A. - -(Continued from page 136.) - - - TABLE LEGEND: (Part 1 of 2) - A = _Order of Settlement._ - B = _Names of Ministers._ - C = _Denomination._ - D = _Churches._ - E = _Graduated._ - - -----+-----------------------+-------+---------------+----------- - A | B | C | D | E - -----+-----------------------+-------+---------------+----------- - 91 |David Annan |Pres. |Federal St. |Scotland - 92 {|Claudius Florent |Cath. |Chh. Holy Cross| - {| Bouchard de La Poterie| | | - 93 |Peter Thacher |Cong. |Brattle St. |Harv., 1769 - 94 |Jeremy Belknap, D. D. |Cong. |Federal St. |Harv., 1762 - 95 |William Montague |Epis. |Christ Chh. |Dart., 1784 - 96 |Thomas Gair |Bapt. |2nd Bapt. |Brown, 1777 - 97 |Samuel West, D. D. |Cong. |Hollis St. |Harv., 1761 - 98 |Louis de Rousselet |Cath. |Chh. Holy Cross| - 99 |John Thayer |Cath. |Chh. Holy Cross| - 100 |Thomas Baldwin, D. D. |Bapt. |2nd Bapt. |---- ---- - 101 |Jesse Lee |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 102 |Daniel Smith |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 103 {|John Sylvester John |Epis. |Trinity Chh. | - {| Gardiner, D. D. | | | - 104 |William Walter, D. D. |Epis. |Christ Chh. |Harv., 1756 - 105 {|Francis Anthony |Cath. |Chh. Holy Cross| - {| Matignon, D. D. | | | - 106 |Jeremiah Cosden |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 107 |Amos G. Thompson |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 108 {|John Thornton Kirkland,|Cong. |New South |Harv., 1789 - {| D. D., LL.D. | | | - 109 |Christopher Spry |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 110 |Evan Rogers |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 111 |John Harper |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 112 |Joshua Hale |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 113 |George Pickering |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 114 {|John de Cheverus, D. D.|Cath. |Chh. Holy Cross|Coll. Louis - {| | | | Le Grand, - {| | | |Paris, 1786 - 115 |Elias Hull |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 116 |Daniel Ostander |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 117 |William Beauchamp |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 118 {|John Snelling Popkin, |Cong. |Federal St. |Harv., 1792 - {| D. D. | | | - 119 |William Emerson |Cong. |1st. Chh. |Harv., 1789 - 120 |Joshua Wells |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 121 |Thomas F. Sargent |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 122 |George Pickering |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 123 |Samuel Haskell |Epis. |Christ Chh. |Yale, 1790? - 124 |Thomas Lyall |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 125 {|William Ellery |Cong. |Federal St. |Harv., 1798 - {| Channing, D. D. | | | - 126 |Epaphras Kibby |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 127 {|Joseph Stephens |Cong. |Brattle St. |Harv., 1800 - {| Buckminster, | | | - 128 |Asa Eaton, D. D. |Epis. |Christ Chh. |Harv., 1803 - 129 |Peter Jayne |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 130 |Reuben Hubbard |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 131 |Charles Lowell, D. D. |Cong. |West Chh. |Harv., 1800 - 132 |Samuel Merwin |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 133 |Thomas Paul |Bapt. |African Bapt. | - 134 |Daniel Webb |Meth. |2nd Meth. | - 135 {|Joseph Clay |Bapt. |1st Bapt. |Coll. N.J., - {| | | | 1784 - 136 |Caleb Blood |Bapt. |3d Bapt. | - 137 |Joshua Huntington |Cong. |Old South |Yale, 1804 - 138 |Martin Ruter, D. D. |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 139 |Elijah R. Sabin |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 140 |Phillip Munger |Meth. |2nd Meth. |---- ---- - 141 |Samuel Cary |Unit. |King's Chapel |Harv., 1804 - 142 |Horace Holley, LL.D. |Cong. |Hollis St. |Yale, 1803 - 143 |Greenlief Norris |Meth. |2nd Meth. |---- ---- - 144 |Edward Mitchell |Univ. |1st Univ. |---- ---- - 145 |Samuel Cooper Thacher |Cong. |New South |Harv., 1804 - 146 |Elijah Hedding, D. D. |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 147 |Erastus Otis |Meth. |2nd Meth. |---- ---- - 148 {|Edward Dorr Griffin, |Cong. |Park St. |Yale, 1790 - {| D. D. | | | - 149 |Daniel Sharp, D. D. |Bapt. |3d Bapt. |---- ---- - 150 |Paul Dean |Univ. |1st Univ. |---- ---- - 151 |William Stephens |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 152 |William Hinman |Meth. |1st and 2nd |---- ---- - | | | Meth. | - 153 |John Lovejoy Abbot |Cong. |1st Chh. |Harv., 1805 - 154 |Francis Parkman, D. D. |Cong. |New North |Harv., 1807 - 155 |Edward Everett, LL.D. |Cong. |Brattle St. |Harv., 1811 - 156 |Joseph A. Merrill |Meth. |1st and 2nd |---- ---- - | | | Meth. | - 157 |James Manning Winchell |Bapt. |1st Bapt. |Brown, 1812 - 158 |George Pickering |Meth. |1st and 2nd |---- ---- - | | | Meth. | - 159 {|Nathaniel Langdon |Cong. |1st Chh. |Harv., 1811 - {| Frothingham, D. D. | | | - 160 |Daniel Filmore |Meth. |1st and 2nd |---- ---- - | | | Meth. | - 161 |Henry Ware, Jun., D. D.|Cong. |2nd Chh. |Harv., 1812 - 162 {|Sereno Edwards Dwight, |Cong. |Park St. |Yale, 1803 - {| D. D. | | | - 163 |Timothy Merritt |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 164 |Enoch Mudge |Meth. |2nd Meth. |---- ---- - 165 |Hosea Ballou |Univ. |2nd Univ. |---- ---- - 166 |Phillip Larisey |Cath. |Chh. Holy Cross| - 167 {|John Gorham Palfrey, |Cong. |Brattle St. |Harv., 1815 - {| D. D., LL.D. | | | - 168 |Samuel Snowden |Meth. |African Meth. |---- ---- - 169 {|Francis William Pitt |Cong. |New South |Harv., 1814 - {| Greenwood, D. D. | | | - 170 {|James Sabine |Cong. |Essex St. |England - {| | | | - {| | | | - {| | | | - {| | | | - 171 |John Pierpont |Cong. |Hollis St. |Yale, 1804 - 172 |Benjamin R. Hoyt |Meth. |1st Meth. | - 173 |V. R. Osborn |Meth. |2nd Meth. | - 174 |Simon Clough |Christ.|1st Christ. |---- ---- - 175 |Patrick Byrne. |Cath. |Chh. Holy | - | Assistant | | Cross | - 176 |D. Kilburn |Meth. |2nd Meth. |---- ---- - 177 {|Samuel Farmar Jarvis, |Epis. |St. Paul's |Yale, 1805 - {| D. D., LL.D. | | | - 178 {|Benjamin Blydenburg |Cong. |Old South |Union, 1813 - {| Wisner, D. D. | | | - 179 |William Taylor, D. D. |Cath. |Chh. Holy | - | | | Cross | - 180 |Shipley W. Willson |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 181 |Ephraim Wiley |Meth. |2nd Meth. | - 182 |Francis Wayland, D. D. |Bapt. |1st Bapt. |Union, 1813 - 183 |Elijah Hedding, D. D. |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 184 |Samuel Green |Cong. |Essex St. |Harv., 1816 - 185 |Paul Dean |Univ. |Bulfinch St. |---- ---- - 186 |John Lindsey |Meth. |1st Meth. | - 187 {|James Sabine |Pres. |Church St. |England - {| | | | - 188 |Prince Hawes |Cong. |Phillips | - 189 |Sebastian Streeter |Univ. |1st Univ. | - 190 |Solomon Sias |Meth. |1st Meth. | - 191 |Isaac Bonney |Meth. |2nd Meth. | - 192 {|Ezra Stiles Gannett, |Cong. |Federal St. |Harv., 1820 - {| D. D. | | | - 193 |John Lauris Blake, D.D.|Epis. |St. Matthews |Brown, 1812 - 194 {|Francis William Pitt |Unit. |King's Chapel |Harv., 1814 - {| Greenwood, D. D. | | | - 195 |Alexander Young, D. D. |Cong. |New South |Harv., 1820 - 196 |Samuel Barrett |Cong. |Chambers St. |Harv., 1818 - 197 {|Benedict Fenwick, D. D.|Cath. |Chh. Holy |Georget'n, - {| | | Cross | D.C. - 198 |Aaron D. Sargent |Meth. |2nd Meth. |---- ---- - 199 |Timothy Merritt |Meth. |1st Meth. |---- ---- - 200 {|James Davis Knowles |Bapt. |2nd Bapt. |Col'b. D.C. - {| | | | 1824 - 201 {|Charles Mortgridge |Christ.|1st Christ. |---- ---- - {| | | | - 202 |James Lee |Meth. |Indep. Meth. |---- ---- - | | | Afr. | - 203 |Lyman Beecher, D. D. |Cong. |Bowdoin St. |Yale, 1797 - -(To be concluded.) - - - TABLE LEGEND: (Part 2 of 2) - A = _Order of Settlement._ - B = _Names of Ministers._ - F = _Settled._ - G = _Died or Resigned._ - - -----+-----------------------+----------------------+-------------------- - A | B | F | G - -----+-----------------------+----------------------+-------------------- - 91 |David Annan |Inst. 1783|Dism. 1786 - 92 {|Claudius Florent |Com. 1784|Left - {| Bouchard de La Poterie| | - 93 |Peter Thacher |Inst. Jan. 12, 1785|Died Dec. 16, 1802 - 94 |Jeremy Belknap, D. D. |Inst. April 4, 1787|Died June 20, 1798 - 95 |William Montague |Induct. June 1787|Left May, 1790 - 96 |Thomas Gair |Inst. April 23, 1788|Died April 27, 1790 - 97 |Samuel West, D. D. |Inst. March 12, 1789|Died April 10, 1808 - 98 |Louis de Rousselet | | - 99 |John Thayer |Com. June 10, 1790| - 100 |Thomas Baldwin, D. D. |Inst. Nov. 11, 1790|Died Aug. 29, 1825 - 101 |Jesse Lee |App. 1790|Left 1791 - 102 |Daniel Smith |App. 1791|Left 1792 - 103 {|John Sylvester John |Induct. April 22, 1792|Died July 29, 1830 - {| Gardiner, D. D. | | - 104 |William Walter, D. D. |Induct. May 28, 1792|Died Dec. 5, 1800 - 105 {|Francis Anthony |Com. Aug. 20, 1792| Sept. 19, 1818 - {| Matignon, D. D. | | - 106 |Jeremiah Cosden |App. 1792|Left 1793 - 107 |Amos G. Thompson |App. 1793|Left 1794 - 108 {|John Thornton Kirkland,|Ord. Feb. 5, 1794|Dism. Nov. 4, 1810 - {| D. D., LL.D. | | - 109 |Christopher Spry |App. 1794|Left 1795 - 110 |Evan Rogers |App. 1795|Left 1796 - 111 |John Harper |App. 1795|Left 1796 - 112 |Joshua Hale |App. 1796|Left 1797 - 113 |George Pickering |App. 1796|Left 1797 - 114 {|John de Cheverus, D. D.|Com. Oct. 3, 1796|Left Sept. 26, 1823 - {| | | - {| | | - 115 |Elias Hull |App. 1797|Left 1798 - 116 |Daniel Ostander |App. 1797|Left 1798 - 117 |William Beauchamp |App. 1798|Left 1799 - 118 {|John Snelling Popkin, |Ord. July 10, 1799|Dism. Nov. 28, 1802 - {| D. D. | | - 119 |William Emerson |Inst. Oct. 16, 1799|Died May 12, 1811 - 120 |Joshua Wells |App. 1799|Left 1800 - 121 |Thomas F. Sargent |App. 1800|Left 1801 - 122 |George Pickering |App. 1801|Left 1802 - 123 |Samuel Haskell |Induct. May, 1801|Dism. Sept. 1803 - 124 |Thomas Lyall |App. 1802|Left 1804 - 125 {|William Ellery |Ord. June 1, 1803|Died Oct. 2, 1842 - {| Channing, D. D. | | - 126 |Epaphras Kibby |App. 1803|Left 1805 - 127 {|Joseph Stephens |Ord. Jan. 30, 1805|Died June 9, 1812 - {| Buckminster, | | - 128 |Asa Eaton, D. D. |Induct. Oct. 23, 1805|Dism. May, 1829 - 129 |Peter Jayne |App. 1805|Left 1807 - 130 |Reuben Hubbard |App. 1805|Left 1806 - 131 |Charles Lowell, D. D. |Ord. Jan. 1, 1806| - 132 |Samuel Merwin |App. 1806|Left 1807 - 133 |Thomas Paul |Ord. Dec. 4, 1806|Died April 13, 1831 - 134 |Daniel Webb |App. 1807|Left 1809 - 135 {|Joseph Clay | Aug. 19, 1807|Dism. Oct. 27, 1811 - {| | | - 136 |Caleb Blood | Oct. 5, 1807| June 5, 1810 - 137 |Joshua Huntington |Ord. May 18, 1808|Died Sept. 11, 1819 - 138 |Martin Ruter, D. D. |App. 1808|Left 1809 - 139 |Elijah R. Sabin |App. 1809|Left 1811 - 140 |Phillip Munger |App. 1809|Left 1810 - 141 |Samuel Cary |Induct. Jan. 1, 1809|Died Oct. 22, 1815 - 142 |Horace Holley, LL.D. |Inst. March 9, 1809|Dism. Aug. 24, 1818 - 143 |Greenlief Norris |App. 1810|Left 1811 - 144 |Edward Mitchell |Inst. Sept. 12, 1810|Dism. Oct. 6, 1811 - 145 |Samuel Cooper Thacher |Ord. May 15, 1811|Died Jan. 2, 1818 - 146 |Elijah Hedding, D. D. |App. 1811|Left 1812 - 147 |Erastus Otis |App. 1811|Left 1812 - 148 {|Edward Dorr Griffin, |Inst. July 31, 1811|Dism. April 27, 1815 - {| D. D. | | - 149 |Daniel Sharp, D. D. |Ord. April 29, 1812| - 150 |Paul Dean |Inst. Aug. 19, 1812|Dism. April 6, 1823 - 151 |William Stephens |App. 1812|Left 1813 - 152 |William Hinman |App. 1812|Left 1813 - | | | - 153 |John Lovejoy Abbot |Ord. July 14, 1813|Died Oct. 17, 1814 - 154 |Francis Parkman, D. D. |Ord. Dec. 8, 1813| - 155 |Edward Everett, LL.D. |Ord. Feb. 9, 1814|Dism. March 5, 1815 - 156 |Joseph A. Merrill |App. 1814|Left 1815 - | | | - 157 |James Manning Winchell |Ord. March 13, 1814|Died Feb. 22, 1820 - 158 |George Pickering |App. 1814|Left 1815 - | | | - 159 {|Nathaniel Langdon |Ord. March 15, 1815| - {| Frothingham, D. D. | | - 160 |Daniel Filmore |App. 1815|Left 1817 - | | | - 161 |Henry Ware, Jun., D. D.|Ord. Jan. 1, 1817|Dism. Oct. 4, 1830 - 162 {|Sereno Edwards Dwight, |Ord. Sept. 3, 1817|Dism. April 10, 1826 - {| D. D. | | - 163 |Timothy Merritt |App. 1817|Left 1818 - 164 |Enoch Mudge |App. 1817|Left 1819 - 165 |Hosea Ballou |Inst. Dec. 25, 1817| - 166 |Phillip Larisey |Com. May, 1818|Left June, 1821 - 167 {|John Gorham Palfrey, |Ord. June 17, 1818|Dism. May 22, 1830 - {| D. D., LL.D. | | - 168 |Samuel Snowden |Inst. Sept. 18, 1818| - 169 {|Francis William Pitt |Ord. Oct. 21, 1818|Dism. Dec. 1820 - {| Greenwood, D. D. | | - 170 {|James Sabine |Inst. Jan. 27, 1819|Withdrew with } - {| | |a majority of } - {| | |the Ch., } 1822 - {| | |March 6. } - {| | |(See 187.) } - 171 |John Pierpont |Ord. April 14, 1819|Dism. May 10, 1845 - 172 |Benjamin R. Hoyt |App. 1819|Left 1821 - 173 |V. R. Osborn |App. 1819|Left 1820 - 174 |Simon Clough | 1819|Left 1824 - 175 |Patrick Byrne. |Com. March 18, 1820|Left July 11, 1830 - | Assistant | | - 176 |D. Kilburn |App. June, 1820|Left 1821 - 177 {|Samuel Farmar Jarvis, |Induct. July 7, 1820|Dism. Aug. 22, 1825 - {| D. D., LL.D. | | - 178 {|Benjamin Blydenburg |Ord. Feb. 21, 1821|Dism. Nov. 12, 1832 - {| Wisner, D. D. | | - 179 |William Taylor, D. D. | April, 1821|Left Dec. 17, 1825 - | | | Cross | | - 180 |Shipley W. Willson |App. June, 1821|Left 1822 - 181 |Ephraim Wiley |App. June, 1821|Left 1823 - 182 |Francis Wayland, D. D. |Ord. Aug. 22, 1821|Dism. Sept. 10, 1826 - 183 |Elijah Hedding, D. D. |App. June, 1822| - 184 |Samuel Green |Inst. March 26, 1823|Dism. Mar. 26, 1834 - 185 |Paul Dean | May 7, 1823|Dism. May 3, 1840 - 186 |John Lindsey |App. June, 1823|Left 1824 - 187 {|James Sabine |Inst. Nov. 26. 1823|Epis. June, 1829, - {| | | (See 170.) - 188 |Prince Hawes |Inst. April 28, 1824|Dism. April 18, 1827 - 189 |Sebastian Streeter | May 13, 1824| - 190 |Solomon Sias |App. June, 1824|Left 1825 - 191 |Isaac Bonney |App. June, 1824|Left 1826 - 192 {|Ezra Stiles Gannett, |Ord. June 30, 1824| - {| D. D. | | - 193 |John Lauris Blake, D.D.|Induct. July 18, 1824|Left June 24, 1832 - 194 {|Francis William Pitt |Induct. Aug. 29, 1824|Died Aug. 2, 1843 - {| Greenwood, D. D. | | - 195 |Alexander Young, D. D. |Ord. Jan. 19, 1825| - 196 |Samuel Barrett |Ord. Feb. 9, 1825| - 197 {|Benedict Fenwick, D. D.| May 10, 1825|Died Aug. 11, 1846 - {| | | - 198 |Aaron D. Sargent |App. June, 1825|Left 1826 - 199 |Timothy Merritt |App. June, 1825|Left 1827 - 200 {|James Davis Knowles |Ord. Dec. 28, 1825|Dism. Oct. 7, 1832 - {| | | - 201 {|Charles Mortgridge |Rec. as Pas. |Left Jan. 1, 1827 - {| | Jan. 1, 1826| - 202 |James Lee |Ord. March 18, 1826|Left ---- 1828 - | | | - 203 |Lyman Beecher, D. D. |Inst. March 22, 1826|Dism. Sept. 26, 1832 - -(To be concluded.) - - - - -COMPLETE LIST OF CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS IN THE EASTERN PART OF -ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT -TIME; TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON THE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. - -BY THE REV. JONATHAN FRENCH OF NORTH HAMPTON. - -(Continued from page 157.) - - - (Part 1 of 2) - ------------------+--------------------+------------------+------------- - _Towns._ | _Ministers._ | _Native Place._ | _Born._ - | | | - ------------------+--------------------+------------------+------------- - Exeter }|Daniel Rogers |Ipswich, Ms. | 1707 - A New Church was }|Joseph Brown |Chester, England |Feb. 8, 1762 - formed in 1744. }| | | - A New Church was |Isaac Hurd |Charlestown, Ms. |Dec. 7, 1785 - formed in 1813. | | | - Gosport |Joseph Hull, s.s. |England | - |John Brock, s.s. |Shadbrook, Eng. | 1620 - |Samuel Belcher, s.s.|Ipswich, Ms. | - |John Tucke |Hampton |Aug. 23, 1702 - |Josiah Stevens, s.s.|Killingworth, Ct. | 1740 - |Samuel Sewall, s.s. |Bath, Me. | - |Origen Smith, s.s. | | - |A. Plumer, s.s. | | - Greenland |William Allen |Boston, Ms. | 1676 - |Samuel Macclintock, |Medford, Ms. |May 1, 1732 - | D.D. | | - |James A. Neal |Londonderry, N. H.| 1774 - |Ephraim Abbot |New Castle, Me. | 1779 - |Samuel W. Clark |Hancock, N. H. |Dec. 15, 1795 - - - (Part 2 of 2) - --------------------+------------+---------------+----------------- - _Ministers._ |_Graduated._| _Settled._ | _Dismissed_ - | | | _or died._ - --------------------+------------+---------------+----------------- - Daniel Rogers |Harv., 1725 |Aug. 31, 1748 |d. Dec. 9, 1785 - Joseph Brown | | 1792 |dism. 1797 - | | | - Isaac Hurd |Harv., 1806 |Sept. 11, 1817 | - | | | - Joseph Hull, s.s. | | | - John Brock, s.s. |Harv., 1646 | |d. June 18, 1668 - Samuel Belcher, s.s.|Harv., 1659 | | - John Tucke |Harv., 1723 |July 26, 1732 | Aug. 12, 1773 - Josiah Stevens, s.s.| | | July 2, 1804 - Samuel Sewall, s.s. | | | March 16, 1826 - Origen Smith, s.s. | | | - A. Plumer, s.s. | | | - William Allen |Harv., 1703 |July 15, 1707 | Sept. 8, 1760 - Samuel Macclintock, |Coll. N. J.,|Nov. 3, 1756 | April 27, 1804 - D.D. | 1751 | | - James A. Neal |---- ---- |May 22, 1807 | July 18, 1808 - Ephraim Abbot |Harv., 1806 |Oct. 27, 1813 | Oct. 28, 1828 - Samuel W. Clark |Dart., 1823 |Aug. 5, 1829 | - - -NOTES. - - EXETER. _"Exeter New Church," afterwards called "The Second - Church of Christ in Exeter."_[19] A considerable number of the - members of the First Church seceded, and "embodied into a New - Church, on a day of Fasting and Prayer, June 7, 1744." There is - an error in several publications, giving 1748 as the date of the - formation of that church. This error is found on the monumental - stone of Rev. Daniel Rogers, in the graveyard, in Exeter. It is - not strange that, in so long an inscription, there should have - been, through inadvertency, an omission, by the engraver, or in - his copy, of the word _installed_, immediately after the name. - The words, _Pastor of a church gathered in Exeter_, should have - been marked by a parenthesis. The inscription on the gravestone - was copied by Alden, into his Collections, and thus currency has - been, unintentionally, given to the error. Original documents - show the facts in the case. - - The causes of the _secession_, which issued in the establishment - of a New Church in Exeter, were of a religious nature, but the - presentation of them does not come within the scope of this work, - and besides, we have not space for their discussion. - - The _Rev. Daniel Rogers_ was born in Ipswich, Ms., in 1707, and - graduated H. C. 1725. He received ordination, without a pastoral - charge, by a council, which met at York, July 13, 1742. The - ministers of the council were Rev. Messrs. Jeremiah Wise of - Berwick, Me.; Nicholas Gilman of Durham, N. H.; John Rogers of - Kittery, (now Eliot,) Me.; and Samuel Moody of York, Me. Rev. - Daniel Rogers "had been many years a tutor in Harvard College, - was a pious faithful minister of Jesus Christ, and a worthy son - of Rev. John Rogers, pastor of the first church in Ipswich, who - died, Dec. 28, 1745, in his 80th year. _He_ was a son of John - Rogers of the same place, a physician, and preacher of God's - word, and President of Harvard College, who died, July 2, 1684, - aged 54 years. _He_ was eldest son of the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, - who came from England, in 1636, settled at Ipswich, colleague - pastor with the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, and died, July 2, 1655, aged - 57 years. _He_ was son of the Rev. John Rogers, a famous minister - of God's word at Dedham, in England, who died Oct. 18, 1639, aged - 67 years. _He_ was grandson of John Rogers of London, Prebendary - of St Paul's, Vicar of St. Sepulchre's, and Reader of Divinity, - who was burnt at Smithfield, Feb. 14, 1555, first martyr in Queen - Mary's reign." [_Monumental Stone; Alden's Epitaphs._] Rev. - Daniel Rogers died, Dec. 9, 1785, aged 79. When the Covenant of - the 2nd church was adopted, it was signed by 30 males and 11 - females. During Mr. Rogers' ministry, 22 males and 39 females - were added. It is well known, that Mr. Whitefield preached a few - times at Exeter. During the last week in September, 1770, he - preached four times in Portsmouth. On Saturday morning he rode to - Exeter, and preached to a large concourse of people, assembled - in the open air. It was his last sermon. In the afternoon, he - rode to Newburyport, where he died the next morning, on the 30th - of September. He was interred on the 2nd of October. Of his - pall bearers were Rev. Dr. Haven of Portsmouth, and Rev. Daniel - Rogers of Exeter. "When the corpse was placed at the foot of the - pulpit close to the vault, the Rev. Daniel Rogers made a very - affecting prayer, and openly confessed that under God, he owed - his conversion to that man of God whose precious remains now lay - before them. Then he cried out, O my father, my father! Then - stopped and wept, as though his heart would break; and the people - weeping all through the place. Then he recovered, and finished - his prayer and sat down and wept." [_Dr. Gillie's Memoirs of - Whitefield._] - - The _Rev. Joseph Brown_ was educated at Lady Huntingdon's - Seminary, and was settled in the ministry at Epping, Essex, - England, until he came to this country. When dismissed at Exeter, - he removed to Deer Isle, Me., where he was installed, 1804, and - where he died, Sept. 13, 1819, aged 57. From the death of Mr. - Rogers to the close of Mr. Brown's ministry, in the 2nd church in - Exeter, there were added fourteen males, and twenty-four females. - During Mr. Brown's residence at Deer Isle, he was engaged in - soliciting aid for some charitable enterprise. For that purpose - he called on some of the people of Portsmouth. They received - him kindly, and only objected that they had just been doing for - _this_,--_that_,--and _the other_ objects of benevolence. His - reply is worthy of notice for the sentiment it contains: "I love - to come among these _have been doing_ folks." On the church - book are the baptisms of his son Americus, in 1793; his son - Charles Moulson, in 1794; and his son Daniel Rogers, in 1797. - Rev. Charles M. Brown has been a zealous and useful Seamen's - Chaplain. From the close of Mr. Brown's ministry, in the 2nd - church in Exeter, to 1802, there were admitted three males, and - nine females. There is then a chasm in the records, till Sept. - 18, 1823, when a majority of the members remaining in Exeter, - and they females, met at the house of Mrs. Martha Poor. Their - proceedings are regularly entered in the church book, the last - date being May 22, 1824. - - They had no pastor after Mr. Brown. For a few years they had - occasional preaching. They never formally disbanded; but most - of them united, or mingled in the observance of religious - ordinances, with other churches. Their meeting-house stood where - Maj. Waddy V. Cobb's house now stands, on Front street. - - _A New Church was formed Dec. 24, 1813_, which is now styled - "_The Second Church in Exeter_." The ministers invited on - the occasion by Letters Missive from "several members of the - Religious Society, in the Upper Congregational Society in - Exeter," were the Rev. Messrs. Porter of Rye, Holt of Epping, - Abbot of Hampton Falls, Webster of Hampton, and French of North - Hampton. - - Mr. Hosea Hildreth, professor of mathematics and natural - philosophy, in the Academy, and who was also a preacher, - supplied the pulpit for some time. Mr. Hildreth was ordained in - Gloucester, Ms., in 1825; and installed in Westborough, Ms., in - 1834. He died in Sterling, Ms., his native place, July 10, 1835, - aged 53. - - _Rev. Isaac Hurd_, pastor of the present Second Church, was born - in Charlestown, Ms., Dec. 7, 1785; graduated H. C. 1806; studied - theology with Rev. Dr. Osgood of Medford, Ms.; and afterwards at - Divinity Hall, in Edinburgh, Scotland; and commenced preaching in - the city of London. He was ordained pastor of the First Church - in Lynn, Ms., Sept. 15, 1813, resigned May 22, 1816, and was, by - the unanimous invitation of "The Second Congregational Church, in - Exeter," installed their pastor, Sept. 11, 1817. The sermon was - preached by the Rev. Daniel Dana, D. D., of Newburyport, from 2 - Tim. i: 7. - - The father of Mr. Hurd was Joseph Hurd, Esq., of Charlestown, - Ms., whose brother, Isaac Hurd, M. D., graduated at H. C. in - 1776, and was a physician of celebrity, in Concord, Ms. The Rev. - Mr. Hurd married, March 16, 1819, Mrs. Elisabeth Emery of Exeter, - whose maiden name was Folsom. One of the sons of Mr. Hurd died in - early childhood. His other son, Francis Parkman Hurd, graduated - at H. C. in 1839, and received the degree of M. D. from the - University of Pennsylvania, in 1845. - - GOSPORT, or Star Island, is one of a cluster of eight small - islands usually called The Isles of Shoals, composed of beds of - rocks, partly covered with soil. They are about nine miles from - Portsmouth Light House, and twenty-one from Newburyport Lights. - Five of these islands are within the limits of Maine. Of these, - Hog Island is the largest of the whole group, and contains about - 350 acres. Of the three in New Hampshire, Gosport, or Star - Island, formerly called Appledore, is the largest, and contains - 150 acres. White Island, on which the Light House is located, - is only one acre. These islands were visited, as early as 1614, - by the celebrated navigator, John Smith, who gave them his own - name; but they have long been called "The Isles of Shoals." They - invited settlement, merely by the advantages they furnished for - fishery. This business was prosperous, for about a century, - previous to the American Revolution. The population varied from - 300 to 600, employing a number of schooners and other craft. A - meeting-house, previous to 1641, was erected on Hog Island, where - the people from the several islands used to assemble. There was - also a Court House on the same island. At a subsequent period, a - meeting-house was built on Star Island, where the greater part of - the inhabitants have resided. - - _Rev. Joseph Hull_ came from England, and settled in Weymouth, - Ms., in 1635. He resigned in 1639, and afterwards preached at the - Isles of Shoals. He is mentioned as "of the Isle of Sholes," by - Dr. Cotton Mather, in his list of the first class of New England - ministers. [_Magnalia_, Vol. I., B. 3.] - - _Rev. John Brock_ came to New England in 1637. He commenced - preaching in Rowley, and afterward labored, a number of years, - at the Shoals. He was esteemed eminently pious. The celebrated - Mr. Mitchel of Cambridge said of him, "He dwells as near heaven - as any man upon earth." Rev. John Allin of Dedham observed, "I - scarce ever knew any man so familiar with the great God as his - dear servant Brock." There were several remarkable coincidences - between Mr. Brock's prayers and providential occurrences - afterward. A man, whose principal property was his fishing-boat, - and who had been very serviceable in conveying to the place of - meeting the inhabitants of other islands, lost his boat in a - storm. He lamented his loss to Mr. Brock, who said to him, "Go - home, honest man, I'll mention the matter to the Lord, you'll - have your boat to-morrow." Mr. Brock made the matter a subject - of prayer. The next day the anchor of a vessel fastened upon the - boat and drew it up. - - The people were persuaded by Mr. Brock to observe one day in - each month, as an extra season of religious exercises. On one - occasion, the roughness of the weather had for several days - prevented fishing. On the day of meeting, the weather was fine, - and the men wished the meeting put by. Mr. Brock, perceiving that - they were determined not to attend, said to them, _If you will - go away, I say unto you, catch fish if you can. But as for you - that will tarry and worship the Lord Jesus Christ this day, I - will pray unto him for you, that you may take fish till you are - weary._ Thirty men went away, and five tarried. The thirty caught - but four fishes. The five, who tarried, went out afterward and - took about five hundred. - - Mr. Brock continued at the Shoals till 1662, when he removed to - Reading, Ms., where he was settled, as successor of Rev. Samuel - Hough, whose widow he married, and where he continued till his - death, in his 68th year. For other particulars of Mr. Brock see - Magnalia, Vol. II., B. 4, and Am. Quar. Reg., Vol. VIII., p. 140, - and Vol. XI., pp. 176, 190. - - _Rev. Samuel Belcher_, who graduated H. C. in 1659, was preacher - at the Shoals in 1672. From 1698 to 1711, he was pastor of the - 2nd church in Newbury, which became the 1st in West Newbury. He - died in Ipswich, his native place, Aug. 13, 1714, aged 74. "He - was a good scholar, a judicious divine; and a holy, humble man." - [_Am. Quar. Reg._, Vol. VII., p. 259.] - - _Rev. John Tucke_ is understood to have been the only pastor - ever ordained at the Shoals. The writer of this article has not - been able to ascertain how the people were supplied, during the - forty years immediately preceding the settlement of Mr. Tucke. - Mr. Tucke was the son of _John_, who was the son of _Edward_, who - was the son of _Robert_, who emigrated from Gorlston, Suffolk, - Eng., about the year 1636, and was among the first settlers in - Hampton, N. H. Mr. Tucke's ordination sermon was preached by Rev. - Jabez Fitch of Portsmouth, from Matt. iv: 19--_I will make you - fishers of men._ It is said that Mr. Tucke was furnished with a - large library, and was, notwithstanding his isolated situation, - extensively acquainted with the affairs of his times. He was one - of the forty-five ministers, whose attestations, by letter, to - the revival in 1743, were published. His remains rest in Gosport. - The following inscription on his monumental stone, has been - considered a just tribute to his memory. - - Underneath - are the remains of the - Rev. John Tuck, A. M. - He graduated at Harvard - College A. D. 1723--was ordained - here July 26. 1732 - and died August 12. 1773. - Æ. 72. - He was affable and polite in his manners; - amiable in his disposition; - of great Piety and Integrity; - given to hospitality; - Diligent and faithful in his pastoral - office, well learned in History and - Geography, as well as general - Science, and a careful Physician - both to the bodies and - The souls of - his people. - - Mr. Tucke married, Nov. 26, 1724, Mary Dole of Hampton, a - descendant of Richard Dole of Newbury. - - Rev. John Tucke, son of Mr. Tucke of the Shoals, was born in - 1740, graduated H. C. 1758; ordained at Epsom, Sept. 23, 1761, - married, March 4, 1762, to Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Parsons - of Rye. Love M., daughter of Mr. Tucke of Epsom, married Simeon - Drake. These last mentioned were the parents of Samuel G. Drake, - M. A., of Boston. Mr. Tucke of Epsom remained in that place till - the time of the Revolution. While on his way to join the army as - Chaplain, he was taken with the small-pox, of which he died in - Salem, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1777, in the 37th year of his age. - - Not long after the death of the Rev. Mr. Tucke of Gosport, the - war of the Revolution commenced. The inhabitants were exceedingly - exposed; business was arrested, and many left the Islands not - to return. The population for the last half century, has varied - from 66 to 103. The preachers who have resided there have also - instructed the school, and have been supported in part, by - the inhabitants, and in part by contributions from benevolent - societies, and individuals. Near the beginning of the present - century, _Rev. Josiah Stevens_ was located at the Shoals. There - was at that time, a comfortable parsonage house, and a stone - meeting-house, which was also the school-house, on Gosport. Mr. - Stevens was much respected and beloved, and very useful as a - minister and teacher. He was born in Killingworth, Ct., about - 1740. In mature age, he removed, with his wife and five or six - children, to Newport, N. H. He aided in founding the church in - that place, and was one of its deacons. He served two short terms - in the Revolutionary war; and was in the battle of Bennington. - A fellow-soldier spake of him, as a man of decided piety, who - amidst the bustle of the camp, was constant in his morning and - evening devotions. Immediately after the adoption of the State - Constitution, he received a civil commission, and transacted much - business, as a magistrate. He was often engaged in teaching. - After commencing to preach, he labored for a time in Goshen. His - father was Josiah Stevens. A son of Rev. Mr. Stevens, Maj. Josiah - Stevens, was also a deacon of the church in Newport, where he - died, in 1844, aged 81. _He_ was father of Hon. Josiah Stevens of - Concord, who was born in Newport, Jan. 28, 1795, and was in 1838 - elected Secretary of State. _His_ eldest son is Josiah. The Rev. - Mr. Stevens died in Gosport, where the following inscription is - found on his gravestone: - - In memory of the Rev. Josiah Stevens, a faithful instructor of - youth, and pious minister of Jesus Christ, (supported on this - Island, by the Society for propagating the gospel,) who died, - July 2, 1804, aged 64 years. - - _Rev. Samuel Sewall_, who labored several years as pastor in - Edgecomb, Me., removed in 1824 to the Isles of Shoals, "being - employed by a benevolent society in Newburyport and vicinity, as - a missionary, and continued in this employment until the time - of his death." He died in Rye, N. H., after a short sickness, - March 16, 1826, leaving the character of an exemplary Christian, - and a devoted and useful minister. _Rev. Origen Smith_, of the - Free-will Baptist denomination, preached there in 1837. Recently, - the Society for Propagating the Gospel have employed _Rev. A. - Plumer_ as preacher, and Mrs. Plumer, as teacher. - - GREENLAND. It is not ascertained when the church was gathered - at Greenland. It consisted of nineteen members when the _Rev. - William Allen_, their first minister, was ordained. He was born - in Boston, Ms., in 1676, graduated H. C. in 1703; ordained July - 15, 1707; died, Sept. 8, 1760, aged 84. Rev. Dr. Langdon, in his - sermon at the ordination of Mr. Macclintock, as colleague, said - to the people. "Let not your affections be withdrawn from _him_, - who has spent his strength in your service; and now, bowing - under his infirmities, is no longer able to perform his public - work; but is preparing to leave _you_, that he may join the - church triumphant. Remember he is still your pastor; and, tho' - he cannot minister to you as formerly, he is still concerned for - your spiritual welfare, pouring out his soul the more earnestly - in prayer for you, as he sees the time of his departure is at - hand." During Mr. Allen's ministry 293 were added to the church. - In 1728, forty-four were added; in 1735, thirty; in 1742, thirty; - in 1756, the last year of his active ministry, thirteen. Mrs. - Eleanor Allen, his consort, died Jan. 16, 1734-5, aged 52; "an - early convert, eminent for holiness, prayerfulness, watchfulness, - zeal, prudence, weanedness from the world, self-denial, - faithfulness, and charity." Mr. Allen is said to have married, - for his second wife, Elisabeth Weare of Hampton Falls. - - _Rev. Samuel Macclintock, D. D._, second pastor, was a son of - Mr. William Macclintock, who came from the north of Ireland, and - settled in Medford, Ms.; was a respectable farmer, the husband - of four wives, the father of nineteen children, and died aged - 90. His third wife accompanied him to this country. She was - the mother of Samuel, who was born at Medford, May 1, 1732. He - was religiously educated, from early childhood. His classical - education, which commenced in the grammar-school, at Medford, - was continued under the instruction of the celebrated Master - Minot, at Concord, Ms.; and, afterward, under the preceptorship - of the Rev. Mr. Abercrombie, a clergyman, eminent for piety and - learning, in an Academy, near Northampton, Ms. Mr. Macclintock - graduated at the College of New Jersey, 1751. Before the - expiration of his senior year, he was invited, by Pres. Burr, - to accept an appointment to a tutorship, which, on account of - other plans, he declined. He was ordained at Greenland, colleague - with Mr. Allen, Nov. 3, 1756. The strain of Dr. Macclintock's - preaching was evangelical, serious, instructive, plain, and - practical; his style manly and nervous; his delivery solemn - and unaffected. His sermons were always the fruit of close - application, and finished with a degree of accuracy, that few - attempt, and fewer attain. - - He ardently espoused the cause of his country; and was repeatedly - with the army in the Revolution, in the capacity of Chaplain. - Three of his sons fell in the contest. He had fifteen children by - his first marriage, and one by his second. His last preaching was - on the annual Fast, April 19, 1804. He died of a pulmonic fever - on the 27th of the same month. His funeral sermon was preached - by Rev. Dr. Buckminster of Portsmouth, from 1 Cor. iii: 22. The - executor of Dr. Macclintock's will was directed by him, to place - only a plain stone at his grave, for which he had prepared the - last sentence of the following inscription. - - "To the Memory of Samuel Macclintock, D. D. who died April 27, - 1804, in the 72d year of his age, and the 48th of his ministry. - _His body rests here in the certain hope of a resurrection to - life and immortality, when Christ shall appear, the second time, - to consummate the great design of his mediatorial kingdom._" - [_Alden's Epitaphs; Dr. Buckminster's Serm._] - - Dr. Macclintock's publications were, a Sermon on the Justice - of God in the Mortality of Man, 1759; the Artifices of - Deceivers, 1770; Herodias, or cruelty and revenge the effects - of unlawful pleasure, 1772; Sermon at the commencement of the - new Constitution in New Hampshire, 1784; Correspondence with - Rev. John Cosens Ogden, 1791; Sermon, The Choice, occasioned by - the drought, the fever, and the prospect of war, 1798; Oration, - commemorative of Washington, 1800. [_Allen's Biog. Dic.; - Piscataqua Evan. Mag._ Vol. I.] - - _Rev. James Armstrong Neal_, third pastor in Greenland, was a - son of John Neal of Portsmouth, afterward of Londonderry, who - married Mary Leavitt of North Hampton. Their other children were - Moses Leavitt, Esq., of Dover, N. H.; John, superintendent of - the Orphan house, Charleston, S. C.; Mary, wife of Maj. Gershom - Cheney, of Rutland, Vt.; Sarah B.; Sophia W., who married Capt. - Samuel F. Leavitt of North Hampton; Joseph, of Hampton; and - Nathaniel P., of New Sharon, Me. Rev. Mr. Neal was born in 1774. - He had a good academical education, and was some years preceptor - of a young ladies' school, in Philadelphia. He was patronized - by Rev. Dr. Green, to whose church he belonged, and under whose - direction he commenced his theological studies. Although he - had not been a member of any college, such were his literary - attainments, that Dr. Nesbit, President of Dickinson College, - conferred upon him the degree of M. A. in 1802. Mr. Neal received - license from the Piscataqua Association. He was ordained at - Greenland, May 22, 1807. The exercises were, Prayer by Rev. - Peter Holt of Epping; Sermon by Rev. Jesse Appleton of Hampton, - from Hag. ii: 6, 7; Ordaining Prayer by Rev. William Morrison - of Londonderry; Charge by Rev. Timothy Upham of Deerfield; - Fellowship by Rev. J. French of North Hampton; Prayer by Rev. - H. Porter of Rye. Mr. Neal possessed popular talents, and died - much regretted, after suffering greatly, from an organic disease - of the heart, July 18, 1808, aged 34. He married Christiana - Palmer, a lady from Kelso, Scotland. They had two sons. The - oldest, John P., died Nov. 14, 1806, aged 2 years. Their other - son, Joseph Clay Neal, has resided in Philadelphia, and is known - to the public, as the editor of the Philadelphian; author of - the Charcoal Sketches. [_Piscat. Ev. Mag._; _Alden's Epitaphs_; - _Graham's Mag._] - - _Rev. Ephraim Abbot_, fourth pastor in Greenland, was of the - Concord branch of the Abbot family. He was born in New Castle, - Me., in 1779. His father was Benjamin, who was son of Benjamin - of Concord, who was son of Thomas, who was son of George, who - settled in Andover, Ms., in 1647, and who is said to have - emigrated from Yorkshire, England. Rev. Mr. Abbot of Greenland - graduated H. C. 1806, and at And. Theo. Sem. 1810, and was - ordained at Greenland, Oct. 27, 1813. The sermon was by Rev. - Eliphalet Pearson, LL. D., from Matt. x: 16. Mr. Abbot married - Mary Holyoke, daughter of Dr. Pearson, who, after he resigned - his professorship in the And. Theo. Sem., resided in Mr. Abbot's - family, in Greenland, where he deceased, in 1826. For some - account of Mr. Abbot's missionary labors, before he was settled - at Greenland, see "The New Hampshire Repository," Vol. II., No. 2. - - Mr. Abbot's health becoming infirm, in consequence of a wound in - his side, and not being able to confine himself entirely to the - labors of a pastor, he became the first preceptor of the Academy - in the place, established by George Bracket, Esq. He resigned - his ministry, Oct. 28, 1828. The _church_, at his ordination, - consisted of nineteen members. During his ministry thirty-seven - were added. He removed to Westford, Ms., and took charge of - the Academy in that place. His second marriage was with Miss - Bancroft, daughter of Amos Bancroft, M. D., of Groton, Ms. - - _Rev. Samuel Wallace Clark_ was born in Hancock, N. H., Dec. - 15, 1795, graduated D. C. 1823; ordained at Greenland, Aug. 5, - 1829. His father, John Clark, was grandson of Robert Clark, who - emigrated from the north of Ireland to Londonderry, N. H., in - company with the early settlers of that place; though not among - the first. Rev. S. W. Clark was the second of ten children, and - the eldest of four sons. His brother, Rev. William Clark, was - several years pastor of the 1st church in Wells, Me., and has - since been extensively known, in his agency for the A. B. C. F. - M. Rev. Mr. Clark of Greenland married Frances M., daughter of - Dea. Robert Clark, for many years an elder of the Presbyterian - church, in New Boston. She deceased July 12, 1832, leaving one - child, Frances Wallace. Mr. Clark's second marriage was with - Rebecca Elisabeth Howe, a descendant of the Pilgrim, John Alden. - She is a daughter of Josiah Howe, M. D., of Templeton, and - afterwards of Westminster, Ms. The children of Mr. Clark, by - the second marriage, were John Howe, Lucy Barrow, and William - Wallace; the last of whom deceased Aug. 19, 1846. - - When Mr. Clark was ordained, his church consisted of twenty-eight - members. In 1846, there were forty communicants. - - - - -GENEALOGIES. - - - - -THE WOLCOTT FAMILY. - - -INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. - -HENRY WOLCOTT was the first of the Wolcott Family who settled in -New England. He owned a considerable landed property in his native -country, which he held _in capite_, part of which he sold about the -time he left England; the rest of the estate was sold at sundry -times by himself and his descendants; the last remains were sold -since the Declaration of Independence, by Henry Allen, Esq., of -Windsor, who claimed it by female descent. From circumstances it -seems probable that the family are of Saxon origin. Mr. Wolcott, to -avoid the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the English Church, was induced -to come into this country. He first settled at Dorchester, where he -continued till 1636, when he came with the first settlers to the town -of Windsor, and with four other gentlemen, namely, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. -Newberry, Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, undertook the settlement -of that town, to which they gave the name _Dorchester_. The towns -of Hartford and Wethersfield were settled the same year, though the -town which is now called Windsor was, upon the first emigration, by -far the most considerable. Previous to this settlement on Connecticut -River, one had been made at Springfield, under the patronage of Mr. -Pynchon; and an earlier settlement, with commercial views, had been -made at Saybrook, by Mr. Fenwick, agent to Lords Say and Seal and -Brook. Those who settled on Connecticut River, in the year 1636, -were united with the people of Massachusetts in religious and civil -polity, and seem to have been much under their influence till 1638, -when they adopted a civil constitution for themselves, and Mr. Ludlow -was chosen their first Governor, and Mr. Wolcott a magistrate, then -called an Assistant, to which office he was annually chosen till his -death, in 1655. His eldest son Henry was one of the Patentees, whose -name is inserted in the Charter granted by Charles II. Mr. Ludlow -went to the West Indies, and left no posterity in this country. Major -Mason, it is said, had no male posterity. The descendants of the -others are well known in Windsor. - - -GENEALOGY. - -Henry Wolcott, Esq., was born A. D. 1578; and on or about the year -1607, married Elisabeth Sanders, who was born in 1589. He lived in -Tolland, near Taunton in Somersetshire, England, till the year 1630, -and then to avoid persecution, came with his family into New England, -and settled at Dorchester. In the year 1636, he went with his family -to Windsor in Connecticut. Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Newberry, -Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, were the five gentlemen that -undertook the settling of the town. Mr. Wolcott was one of the first -magistrates in the Colony of Connecticut; he lived in that post in -Windsor, till he died, May 30, 1655. His wife died July 7, 1655, and -she and her husband lie buried in one tomb in Windsor. Their children -were - - 1. Anna, who m. Matthew Griswold and d. at Lyme. 2. Henry - Wolcott, Esq., b. 1610, d. at Windsor, July 12, 1680. 3. George, - who d. at Wethersfield, Feb. 12, 1663. 4. Christopher, who d. in - Windsor, Sept. 7, 1662. 5. Mary, m. Job Drake, and d. in Windsor, - Sept. 6, 1689. 6. Simon, b. 1625, d. in Windsor, Sept. 11, 1687; - his wife d. Oct. 13, 1719. - -The children of Henry, son of Henry, by his wife, Sarah Newberry, were - - 1. Henry, b. Jan. 6, 1643, d. in Windsor. 2. John, b. Feb. 28, - 1646, d. in Windsor, Jan. 11, 1712. 3. Samuel, b. Oct. 8, 1647, - d. June 14, 1695. 4. Sarah, b. July 5, 1649, m. Walter Price and - d. at Salem. 5. Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1651, m. James Russell, Esq., - and d. at Charlestown. 6. Hannah, b. March 8, 1654, d. Sept. 4, - 1683. 7. Josiah, b. July 22, 1658, d. at Salem, Feb. 9, 1729. - -The children of Henry, son of Henry, son of Henry, by his wife -Abigail Goss, were - - 1. Elisabeth, m. Matthew Allyn, Esq., Windsor. 2. Abiah. 3. - Henry. 4. Sarah, m. Charles Chancey, d. at Stratfield. 5. Samuel, - d. 1707. - -The children of John, son of Henry, son of Henry, by his wife, Mary -Chester, were - - 1. John, d. 1750. 2. Charles. 3. George. 4. Benjamin. 5. Mary, m. - John Elliot, Esq. - -The children of John, son of John, son of Henry, son of Henry, by his -wife, Hannah Newberry, were - - 1. Mary, b. Sept., 1704. 2. Hannah, m. Uriah Loomis of Windsor. - 3. John, m. Mary Hawley. 4. Anne, b. Dec. 10, 1711. 5. Abigail, - b. Sept., 1717. 6. Jerusha, b. Jan. 18, 1719, m. Erastus Wolcott, - Esq. - -The children of John, son of John, son of John, son of Henry, son of -Henry, by Mary Hawley, were - - 1. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1736, m. Abiel Grant. 2. Lorana, b. June 5, - 1739, m. Jonathan Bement. 3. Hope, b. Dec. 29, 1742, m. Nathaniel - Drake. 4. Benjamin, b. Oct. 26, 1744. 5. Anne, b. March 6, 1747, - m. ---- Vansant. - -The children of Benjamin, the son of John, son of John, son of John, -the son of Henry, the son of Henry, by Abigail Pinney, were - - 1. Miriam, b. Aug. 26, 1766, d. May 29, 1773. 2. Caroline, b. - Aug. 29, 1769. 3. Eleanor, b. Dec. 18, 1770, d. Oct. 18, 1776. - 4. Talcot, b. Oct. 1, 1772. 5. Chester, b. Jan. 23, 1775. 6. - Eleanor, b. Nov. 2, 1776. 7. Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1778. 8. - Clarissa, b. June 16, 1781. 9. James, b. June 23, 1784. 10. John, - b. July 23, 1786, d. May 21, 1787. - -The children of Charles, the son of John, son of Henry, son of Henry, -were - - 1. Sarah. 2. Elisabeth. 3. George. 4. Mary, m. Jonathan North. 5. - Eunice, m. Benoni Olcott. - -The children of Samuel, son of Henry, son of Henry, were - - 1. Samuel, b. 1679, d. at Wethersfield, Sept., 1734. 2. Josiah, - b. Feb., 1682, d. Oct. 8, 1712. 3. Hannah, b. March 19. 1684. m. - William Burnham. 4. Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1686. 5. Lucy, b. Oct. - 16, 1688. 6. Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1690, d. Sept. 9, 1714. 7. - Elisabeth, b. May 31, 1692. 8. Mary, b. May 14, 1694. - -The children of Samuel, son of Samuel, son of Henry, son of Henry, -were - - 1. Abigail, b. June 3, 1707. 2. Oliver, b. Oct. 2, 1709, d. 1734. - 3. Samuel, b. April 13, 1713. 4. Mehetabel, Aug. 12, 1715. 5. - Elisha, b. Sept. 26, 1717. 6. Josiah, b. March 26, 1720. - -The children of Josiah, son of Henry, son of Henry, were, by Penelope -Curwin, his wife, - - 1. Elisabeth, b. March 30, 1688, d. July 12, 1702; - -by Mrs. Mary Treat, - - 2. Josiah, b. Dec. 21, 1690, d. Jan. 4, 1691. 3. Treat, b. March - 26, 1696, d. July 7, 1696. 4. Thomas, b. June 23, 1697, d. Sept. - 13, 1697. 5. Mehetabel, b. Aug. 3, 1698, d. July 6, 1721. 6. - Josiah, b. July 11, 1700, d. July 31, 1700. 7. John, b. Sept. 12, - 1702. 8. Elisabeth, b. April 1, 1705, d. June 24, 1716. 9. Mary, - b. July 13, 1706, d. July 29, 1706. 10. Treat, b. Oct. 9, 1712. - -The children of John, son of Josiah, son of Henry, son of Henry, were - - 1. John, b. Nov. 2, 1721, d. Nov. 27, 1731. - -The children of George, son of Henry, were - - 1. George. 2. Elisabeth. 3. John. 4. Mercy. - -The children of Simon, son of Henry, by Martha Pitkin, his wife, were - - 1. Elisabeth, b. Aug. 19, 1662, m. Daniel Cooley, d. Jan. 30, - 1707. 2. Martha, b. May 17, 1664, m. Thomas Allyn, d. Sept. 7, - 1687. 3. Simon, b. June 24, 1666, d. Oct. 30, 1732. 4. Joanna, - b. June 30, 1668, m. John Cotton. 5. Henry, b. May 20, 1670, d. - Nov., 1746. 6. Christopher, b. July 4, 1672, d. April 3, 1693. 7. - Mary, b. 1674, d. 1676. 8. William, b. Nov. 6, 1676, d. Jan. 6, - 1749. 9. Roger, b. Jan. 4, 1679, Governor of Connecticut, d. May - 17, 1767. - -The children of Simon, son of Simon, son of Henry, by Sarah Chester, -were - - 1. Sarah, m. Samuel Treat. 2. Martha, m. William Stoughton. 3. - Simon. 4. Christopher. 5. Eunice. 6. James, b. 1700, d. in 1748. - -The children of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, were - - 1. Henry. 2. Thomas. 3. Peter, d. Dec. 1735. 4. Rachel, m. Joseph - Hunt. 5. Gideon. - -Henry, son of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, had - - 1. Henry.--Peter, son of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, had - Giles. - -The children of Gideon, the son of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, -were, by Abigail Mather, - - 1. Abigail, b. April 15, 1741, m. Charles Rockwell; - -by Naomi Olmsted, - - 2. Samuel, b. April 4, 1751. 3. Naomi, b. Sept. 28, 1754, m. Rev. - William Robison. 4. Gideon, b. Nov. 28, 1756. 5. Elizur, b. April - 12, 1760. - -The children of Samuel, son of Gideon, son of Henry, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Jerusha Wolcott his wife, were - - 1. Jerusha, b. Oct. 8, 1775. 2. Naomi, b. Oct. 10, 1777. 3. - Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1781. 4. Elihu, b. Feb. 12, 1784. 5. Sophia, - b. March 29, 1786. 6. Ursula, b. Nov. 17, 1788. - -The children of William, son of Simon, son of Henry, by Abiah Hawley, -his wife, were - - 1. Abiah, m. Samuel Stoughton, Windsor. 2. Lucia, m. Stephen - Olmsted, Hartford. 3. William, b. July 21, 1711. 4. Martha, m. - ---- Chapin, Springfield. 5. Ephraim. - -The children of William, son of William, son of Simon, son of Henry, -by Abigail Abbot, his wife, were - - 1. Eunice, b. Dec. 11, 1747. 2. Eunice, b. March 1, 1750. 3. - Abigail, b. Dec. 25, 1751. 4. William, b. Feb. 10, 1753, m. - Esther Stevens at Castleton. 5. Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1755, m. - Oliver Ellsworth, Esq. of Windsor. 6. Martha, b. April 23, 1757. - 7. Abiel, b. Aug. 10, 1761. - -The children of Ephraim, son of William, son of Simon, son of Henry, -by Mary Kellogg, his wife, were - - 1. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1760, m. Josiah Bissell, Windsor. 2. - Ephraim, b. Feb. 25, 1762. - -The children of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, by Sarah Drake, -his wife, were - - 1. Roger, b. Sept. 14, 1704, d. Oct. 19, 1756. 2. Elisabeth, b. - April 10, 1706, m. Roger Newberry, Windsor. 3. Alexander, b. Jan. - 20, 1708, d. Oct. 18, 1711. 4. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1709, d. Dec. - 27, 1717. 5. Alexander, b. Jan. 7, 1712. 6. ---- (still-born,) - b. Dec. 10, 1712. 7. Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1715, d. Jan. 5, 1735. - 8. Hepsibah, b. June 23, 1717, m. John Strong, E. Windsor. 9. - Josiah, b. Feb. 6, 1719. 10. Erastus,[A] b. Feb. 8, 1721, d. May - 12, 1722. 11. Epaphras,[20] b. Feb. 8, 1721, d. April 3, 1733. - 12. Erastus, b. Sept. 21, 1722. 13. Ursula, b. Oct. 30, 1724, - m. Matthew Griswold, Esq., Lyme. 14. Oliver, b. Nov. 20, 1726, - Governor of Connecticut, d. at Litchfield, Dec. 1, 1797. 15. - Maryanna, b. Jan. 1, 1730, m. Thomas Williams, Esq., Brookline. - -The children of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, by -Mary Newberry, his wife, were - - 1. Roger, b. Sept. 18, 1729, d. Dec. 15, 1729. 2. Mary, b. Oct. - 15, 1730, d. Aug. 15, 1737. 3. Roger, b. June 16, 1733, d. Nov. - 1, 1736. 4. Sarah, b. June 7, 1735, m. Elisha Steel, Esq., of - Tolland. 5. Roger, b. Nov. 10, 1737. 6. Epaphras, b. May 2, 1740. - 7. Mary, b. April 4, 1742, m. John Goodale. 8. Emelia, b. Oct. - 20, 1744, d. Feb. 25, 1745. 9. Parmenio, b. April 17, 1746. 10. - Emelia, b. Oct. 27, 1750, m. Marvin Lord of Lyme. 11. Martha, b. - April 23, 1753, d. May 9, 1753. - -The children of Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, son -of Henry, by Dorcas Burnham, his wife, were - - 1. Martha, b. Oct. 29, 1777, (?) m. Samuel Treat, Windsor, d. - April 27, 1781. 2. Roger, b. May 25, 1760. 3. Abner, b. March - 12, 1762, d. May 11, 1762. 4. Jemima, b. May 14, 1763, m. James - Steel. 5. Cornelius, b. July 12, 1765. 6. Hannah, b. Aug. 1, - 1769, d. Dec. 31, 1769. 7. Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1770. 8. Seth, b. - Oct. 11, 1773. 9. Emelia, b. July 17, 1776, d. July 29, 1776. 10. - Emelia, b. Feb. 2, 1779. 11. Oliver, b. March 6, 1780, d. April - 24, 1781. 12. Rhoda, b. April 13, 1785. - -The children of Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger, son -of Simon, son of Henry, by Mary Steel, his wife, were - - 1. Maryann, b. Nov. 11, 1784. 2. Mehetabel, b. May 19, 1786, d. - July 13, 1787. 3. Mehitable, b. March 20, 1788, d. April 30, - 1788. 4. Oliver, b. May 25, 1789. - -The children of Epaphras, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Mabel Burnham, his wife, were - - 1. Sarah, b. July 10, 1765. 2. James, b. April 19, 1767. 3. - Mabel, b. March 17, 1771. 4. Mary, b. July 26, 1773. - -The children of Parmenio, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Mary Ballard, his wife, were - - 1. Alfred, b. April 14, 1769. 2. Parmenio, b. Dec. 17, 1770. 3. - Prudence, b. Aug. 21, 1772, d. Aug. 2, 1776. 4. Josiah, b. April - 20, 1776. 5. Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1778. 6. Pruda, b. May 10, 1789. - -The children of James, son of Epaphras, son of Roger, son of Roger, -son of Simon, son of Henry, by Miriam Munsell were - - 1. Anson, b. April 9, 1787. 2. Epaphras, b. April 7, 1789. - -The children of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, -were, by Lydia Atwater, his wife, - - 1. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 14, 1733. 2. Alexander, b. 1735, d. 1756. 3. - Lydia, b. 1737, m. Samuel Austin of New Haven; - -by Mary Richards, - - 4. Esther, b. Sept. 16, 1746, d. Oct. 9, 1746. 5. Simon, b. Aug. - 9, 1747. 6. Esther, b. July 17, 1749, m. Samuel Treat of E. - Windsor. 7. George, b. May 23, 1751, d. Oct. 17, 1751. 8. George, - b. Oct. 17, 1752. 9. Christopher, b. Oct. 1, 1754. 10. Mary, b. - Aug. 7, 1756, m. Elihu Griswold of Windsor. 11. Alexander, b. Sept. - 15, 1758. 12. Guy, b. Aug. 7, 1760. 13. Elisabeth, b. Jan. 13, - 1763, m. Elizur Wolcott of E. Windsor. - -The children of Jeremiah, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by Sarah Goodsale, his wife, were - - 1. Martha, b. Aug. 18, 1762. 2. Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1764. 3. - Sarah, b. May 7, 1767. - -The children of Simon, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Lucy Rogers, his wife, were - - 1. Emelia. 2. ----. 3. ----. 4. Alexander. 5. Lucy. 6. Mary. 7. - Lucy. 8. Martha. 9. Sophia. 10. Catharine. 11. Elisabeth. - -The children of George, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by T---- Rowland were - - 1. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1777. 2. Lucy, b. Jan. 31, 1780. 3. Henry - Rowland, b. March 22, 1783. 4. William Frederick, b. June 9, - 1787. 5. Elisabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1790. - -The children of Christopher, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by Lucy Parsons, his wife, were - - 1. Laura, b. May 7, 1783. 2. Elisabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1784. 3. - Christopher, b. June 20, 1786. 4. Laura, b. Oct. 3, 1789. - -The children of Alexander, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by Frances Burbanks, his wife, were - - 1. Frances, b. Aug. 9, 1786. 2. Henry, b. March 16, 1788. 3. - Alexander, b. Feb. 14, 1790. - -The children of Guy, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Abigail Allyn, his wife, were - - 1. Abigail. 2. Abigail, b. Oct., 1786. 3. Guy, b. Oct., 1788. 4. - James, b. Nov., 1790. - -The children of Erastus, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, by -Jerusha Wolcott, his wife, were - - 1. Erastus, b. Dec. 24, 1747, d. Aug. 16, 1751. 2. Fluvia, b. - May 27, 1750, d. Aug. 23, 1751. 3. Erastus, b. July 6, 1752. - 4. Fluvia, b. Jan. 5, 1754, m. Roswell Grant of E. Windsor. 5. - Jerusha, b. Nov. 29, 1755, m. Samuel Wolcott of E. Windsor. 6. - Aiodi, b. Sept. 29, 1759. 7. Albert, b. Dec. 19, 1761. - -The children of Erastus, son of Erastus, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Chloe Bissell, his wife, were - - 1. Erastus, b. Oct. 7, 1784. 2. Chloe, b. April 19, 1786. 3. - Edward, b. Oct. 12, 1788. - -The children of Albert, son of Erastus, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Hannah Loomis, his wife, were - - 1. Hannah, b. May 19, 1786. 2. Albert, b. Nov. 20, 1787. 3. - Cynthia, b. Sept. 15, 1789. - -The children of Oliver, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, by -Lorana Collins, his wife, were - - 1. Oliver, b. Aug. 31, 1757, d. Sept. 13, 1787. 2. Oliver, - b. Jan. 11, 1760, m. Elisabeth Stoughton, was Governor of - Connecticut, died in New York City, June 1, 1833, and was - interred in Litchfield, Ct., his native place. 3. Lorana, (or - Laura,) b. Dec. 15, 1761, m. William Moseley, Esq. of Hartford. - 4. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1766, m. Chancey Goodrich, Esq., of - Hartford. 5. Frederick, b. Nov. 2, 1767, m. 1. Betsey Huntington - of Norwich, b. Nov. 8, 1774, d. April 2, 1812; 2. Mrs. Sally W. - Cook, b. Aug. 7, 1785, d. Sept. 14, 1842. By his first wife, he - had six children; namely, 1. Mary Ann Goodrich, b. Aug. 9, 1801. - 2. Hannah Huntington, b. Jan. 14, 1803. 3. Joshua Huntington, - b. Aug. 29, 1804. 4. Elisabeth, b. March 6, 1806. 5. Frederick - Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1808. 6. Laura Maria, b. Aug 14, 1811. By his - second wife, he had four children; namely, 7. Charles Moseley, - b. Nov. 20, 1816. 8. Chauncey Goodrich, b. March 15, 1819. 9. - Henry Griswold, b. Nov. 24, 1820. 10. Mary Frances, b. July 9, - 1823.--He d. May 28, 1837. - - * * * * * - - [The above Family Genealogy was found among the papers of - the late Hon. Frederick Wolcott of Litchfield, Ct., and was - transmitted to us for publication, by George C. Woodruff, Esq. - We purpose to publish at some future time, a brief Memoir of - the Wolcott Family, accompanied with an engraving of one of the - Governor Wolcotts.] - - - - -THE MINOT FAMILY. - -BY LEMUEL SHATTUCK, ESQ. - -(Concluded from page 178.) - - -FIFTH GENERATION. - -(23) V. George Minot [57--3] d. in Dorchester, Nov. 10, 1744, a. 41. -He m. Abigail Fenno, Dec. 24, 1729. After his death she m. William -Tucker of Milton. They had - - 133--1 John, bapt. Dec. 6, 1730, m. Martha Wild of Milton. (51) - 134--2 Jerusha, Jan. 13, 1733, m. Col. Lemuel Robinson of Dorchester. - 135--3 Abigail. - 136--4 Samuel, 1742. - -(24) V. Dea. George Farrar m. Mary Barrett [61--1] and lived in -Lincoln. He d. of the small-pox, May 28, 1777, a. 73. She d. Sept. -25, 1778, in her 73d year. The children were - - 137--1 George, b. Nov. 23, 1730, gr. H. C., 1751, d. Sept. 17, 1756. - See notice of him in History of - Concord, p. 247. - 138--2 Mary, b. July 6, 1732, m. Nathan Brown of Lincoln. - 139--3 Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1733, d. July 28, 1736. - 140--4 Sarah, b. Oct. 4, 1736. - 141--5 Elisabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1739, m. Stephen Hosmer, Jr., May 3, 1743. - 142--6 Humphrey, b. Feb. 28, 1740, m. Lucy Farrar, April 26, 1770. - [195--6] - 143--7 Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 1744, gr. H. C., 1767. See History of - Concord, p. 314. - 144--8 Love, b. June 13, 1749, d. young. - -(25) V. Oliver Barrett [64--4] lived in Bolton, where he d. April 4, -1788, a. 76. He m. Hannah Hunt of Concord, Dec. 8, 1738, who d. April -7, 1774, a. 57. They had - - 145--1 Rebecca, b. Jan. 1, 1739, m. David Nurse, June 3, 1762, a - farmer who settled in Bolton, had 9 children, d. March 26, 1823. - - 146--2 Hannah, b. Feb. 19, 1742, m. William Sawyer, Jan. 18, - 1764, a farmer of Berlin, had a family, d. Feb., 1830. - - 147--3 Bathsheba, April 2, 1744, m. Aholiab Sawyer, June 5, 1769, - a farmer of Templeton, and had a family. - - 148--4 Oliver, b. July 22, 1746, m. Sarah Whitcomb. Settled on - his father's farm. Had 5 children. He d. May 11, 1817, a. 70. She - d. Feb. 5, 1834, a. 80. - - 149--5 Ruth, b. Dec. 24, 1749, m. Jonathan Nurse, Oct. 20, 1772, - a farmer of Bolton, had 10 children, d. Dec. 16, 1841. - - 150--6 Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1752, m. Calvin Sawyer, a farmer of - Bolton. She had 8 sons and 2 daughters, d. Nov. 24, 1839, a. 87. - -(26) V. Capt. Humphrey Barrett [65--5] lived in Concord, where he d. -March 24, 1783, in his 68th year. He m. his cousin, Elisabeth Adams, -[86--2] Dec. 9, 1742. She d. June 5, 1791, in her 70th year. The -children were - - 151--1 Elisabeth, b. April 10, 1745, m. Dea. Geo. Minot. (111--5.) - 152--2 Rebecca, b. Feb. 13, 1746, m. Reuben Hunt, Jan. 18, 1770. - 153--3 Mary, b. Nov. 18, 1748, m. Jonas Lee. - 154--4 Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1750, d. Aug. 14, 1751. - 155--5 Humphrey, b. May 23, 1752, m. Rebecca Heywood, July 6, 1780. - He d. without issue, March 18, - 1827, a. 74. - 156--6 Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1754, m. Stephen Barrett, June 22, 1775. - [187--7] - 157--7 Martha, b. May 21, 1756, m. Dea. Joshua Brooks, Feb. 27, - 1780. - 158--8 Ruth, b. Dec. 25, 1760, m. Jonas Haywood, Esq., Feb. 3, - 1786. - 159--9 Abel, b. Oct. 28, 1764, m. Lucy Minot, Dec. 1, 1796. - (21--3) He was a merchant; d. - in England. She d. Sept. 25, - 1798, a. 28, leaving one son, - b. Sept. 18, 1797, who d. Jan. - 2, 1818, a. 20. - -(27) V. Col. Charles Prescott m. Elisabeth Barrett, [66--6] and lived -in Concord. He represented the town nine years, was Justice of the -Peace and intrusted with many important offices. He d. Feb. 2, 1779, -a. 68. She d. April 23, 1799, aged 82. They had 7 children; - - 160--1 Elisabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1737, m. 1. Jesse Hosmer. 2. Aaron Jones. - 161--2 Lucy, b. Dec. 21, 1738, d. single, Dec. 22, 1819, a. 81. - 162--3 Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1742, d. single, May 4, 1797, a. 55. - 163--4 Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1744, d. single, May 10, 1810, a. 65. - 164--5 Rebecca, b. Sept. 19, 1746, m. Joseph Hayward. - 165--6 John, b. Oct. 18, 1748, d. Sept. 12, 1753. - 166--7 Anne, b. June 7, 1760, m. Amos Baker of Lincoln. - -(28) V. John Barrett [67--7] lived in the north part of Concord as a -farmer. He m. Lois Brooks, Nov. 15, 1744, and had - - 167--1 Joseph, b. Jan. 5, 1745, lived in Mason, N. H. - 168--2 John, b. Aug. 2, 1748, lived on his father's farm. He m. - Experience Ball, Nov. 29, 1780, and was father to Rev. Joshua - Barrett, who graduated at Dart. Coll. in 1810, and to Rev. John - Barrett, who graduated at Williams Coll. in 1810. - 169--3 Lydia, b. m. 1. Silas Mann. 2. Dea. George Minot. - [111--5] - 170--4 Rebecca, b. m. Samuel White. - -Another daughter m. a Chamberlain, another m. a Boynton, and another -d. single. - -(29) V. Benjamin Barrett [61--1] lived in Concord, where he d. Oct. -23, 1738, having had three children, names given below. He m. Rebecca -Jones, who, after Mr. Barrett's death, m. Jonas Prescott of Westford, -Dec. 25, 1740. - - 171--1 Rebecca, b. Feb. 19, 1731, m. Nathaniel Boynton of Westford. - 172--2 Benjamin, b. Jan. 9, 1735, m. Sarah Miriam of Lexington. - 173--3 Jonas, b. Sept. 24, 1737, m. - -The last two settled in Ashby. - -(30) V. Dea. Thomas Barrett [70--2] d. in Concord, June 20, 1779, -a. 72, on the place where his father lived. He and his brother Col. -James, did a large business and left a large estate. He m. Mary -Jones. They had 7 children, as follows; - - 174--1 Thomas, b. Nov. 17, 1731, m. Dorcas Minot, [110--4] Jan. 15, - 1761. - 175--2 Ruth, b. Oct. 19, 1734, m. Capt. Charles Miles. - 176--3 Charles, b. Jan. 13, 1740, m. Rebecca Minot, [112--6] and - lived in New Ipswich, N. H.; - had 2 sons and 2 daughters. - 177--4 Samuel, b. m. Sarah and lived at the mill - east of the old place. He had - one son, Samuel, b. Dec. 24, - 1773, d. Aug. 1, 1825; and - 2 daughters. - 178--5 b. m. David Hubbard of Hanover, N. H. - 179--6 Amos, b. April 23, 1752, m. and lived where his - father did, and had 2 sons and - 4 daughters. - 180--7 Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1756. - -(31) V. Col. James Barrett [71--3] was the distinguished commander -of the Provincial troops in the battle of Concord, when the first -forcible resistance was made to the British, at the commencement of -hostilities in the American Revolution, on the 19th April, 1775. -He died April 11, 1779, a. 68. The following epitaph is on his -gravestone in Concord. - - Here rests - in hope the body of - Col. James Barrett - who departed this life - April 11th, 1779, in the 69th year of his age. - _Sudden the summons came and quick the flight; - We trust to be with Christ in relms of light._ - In public and private life he was courteous, benevolent, - and charitable. His fidelity, uprightness and - ability in various offices and employments, justly - procured him esteem. For many years he represented this - Town in General Court. He early stepped forward in - the contest with Britain and distinguished himself in the - cause of America. His warm attachment to and careful - practice of the religion of Christ compleated his worth as - a Christian and with his other virtues preserve his memory - and keep it with that of the just which is blest. - -He m. Rebecca Hubbard, Dec. 21, 1732. Her mother was Rebecca -Bulkeley, a daughter of Capt. Joseph, granddaughter of Hon. Peter, -and great-granddaughter of Rev. Peter Bulkeley the first minister -of Concord. She d. Oct. 18, 1806, a. 90. They had the following -children; namely, - - 181--1 James, b. Jan. 4, 1734, m. Melicent Estabrook, July 4, 1758. - 182--2 Nathan, b. Dec. 30, 1735, m. Miriam Hunt, May 22, 1761. - 183--3 Lydia, b. Jan. 6, 1738, m. Josiah Melvin. - 184--4 Rebecca, b. Nov. 19, 1741, m. Dea. George Minot. (111--5) - 185--5 Ephraim, b. March 3, 1744, d. single, March 3, 1761, a. 26. - 186--6 Perses, b. Sept. 25, 1747, m. Jonas Patten. She d. Sept. 5, - 1781, a. 34, leaving one son and - 4 daughters. - 187--7 Stephen, b. Jan. 29, 1750, m. Sarah Barrett. [156--6] - 188--8 Peter, b. April 16, 1754, m. Mary Prescott, July 8, 1779. - [219--8] - 189--9 Lucy, b. July 20, 1761, m. Noah Ripley, April 8, 1783. He - was brother of Rev. Dr. Ripley - of Concord. She d. Dec. 19, 1787, - a. 26, leaving 2 sons and one - daughter. - -(32) V. Dea. Samuel Farrar of Lincoln m. Lydia Barrett, [72--4] Jan. -12, 1732. He d. April 17, 1783, a. 75. She d. Children, - - 190--1 Lydia, b. Sept. 2, 1736, m. William Bond, March 6, 1755. - 191--2 Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1737, m. Mary Hoar, Feb. 10, 1772. - 192--3 Stephen, b. Sept. 8, 1738, m. Eunice Brown. - 193--4 James, b. July 21, 1741, d. in 1767, single, in New Ipswich. - 194--5 Rebecca, b. Aug. 13, 1743, m. Dr. John Preston, Nov. 29, 1764. - 195--6 Lucy, b. April 27, 1745, m. Humphrey Farrar, April 26, 1770. - [142--6] - 196--7 Timothy, b. June 28, 1747, m. Nancy Bancroft. - 197--8 Mary, b. July 5, 1754, d. Sept. 2, 1756. - -(33) V. Dr. Timothy Minot [77--1] gr. H. C., 1747. He was a physician -in Concord, where he d. July 25, 1804, a. 78. He m. Mary Martin, -daughter of Rev. John Martin of Northborough. She d. Dec. 23, 1801. -Children, - - 198--1 Timothy Martin, b. Aug. 16, 1757, m. Hannah Austin, Jan. 27, 1804. - Lived in Boston. He d. Nov. 18, - 1837. She d. March 17, 1820, aged - 59. - 199--2 Mary, b. May 20, 1759, m. Ammi White, Aug. 12, 1788. - 200--3 Abigail, b. Aug. 20, 1761, d. Aug., 1830, unmarried. - 201--4 Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1763, d. single, in Concord, April, 1821. - 202--5 Susannah, b. Aug. 4, 1765, m. Col. John Parker of Billerica. - 203--6 James, b. Jan. 28, 1767, d. single in Ohio. - 204--7 Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1769, m. Tilly Merrick, Esq. - 205--8 John, b. Sept. 26, 1771, m. Thomasine Elisabeth Bond. - 206--9 Beulah, b. June 28, 1773, m. May 17, 1807, Professor Ebenezer - Adams of Dartmouth College. - -(34) V. Tilly Merrick m. Mary Minot, [78--2] and settled in Concord. -They had - - 207--1 Tilly, b. Jan. 29, 1755, m. Sarah Minot, his cousin. - 208--2 John, b. Feb. 7, 1761, d. single, Aug. 15, 1797, a. 36. - 209--3 Stephen, b. Aug. 8, 1767. - 210--4 Augustus, b. July 5, 1759. - -(35) V. Maj. John Minot [80--1] m. Sarah Stow of Marlborough, Jan. -26, 1744, lived in Concord, where he d. July 31, 1802, a. 85. She d. -Feb. 11, 1796, a. 75. They had - - 211--1 John, b. m. Hannah Hubbard. - -(36) V. Benjamin Prescott, Esq., of Salem, who gr. H. C., 1736, m. -Rebecca Minot, [81--2] Nov. 26, 1741. He d. Aug. 18, 1778, a. 61. She -d. Oct. 8, 1761, a. 41. They had the following children; - - 212--1 Rebecca, b. May 20, 1742, m. Hon. Roger Sherman, May 12, 1763. - 213--2 Martha, b. Nov. 23, 1744, m. Stephen Goodhue, Esq., of New - Haven. - 214--3 Benjamin, b. March 14, 1747, d. May 15, 1751. - 215--4 James, b. March 16, 1749, m. Rebecca Barrett, Oct. 28, 1783, - daughter of James Barrett, Jr. - [181--1] - 216--5 Elisabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1752, m. Henry Daggett, Esq., Nov. 26, - 1771. - 217--6 Mercy, b. Feb. 5, 1755, m. Henry Gibbs, Oct. 29, 1781. - 218--7 Benjamin, b. Oct. 22, 1757, m. Hannah Blakely of New Haven. - 219--8 Mary, b. May 9, 1760, m. Peter Barrett, July 8, 1779. - [188--8] - -(37) V. Capt. James Minot [82--3] m. for his 1st wife Rebecca Stow -of Merrimac, and for his 2nd wife, a daughter of Col. Blanchard of -Tyngsborough. He d. Aug. 2, 1773, a. 47. She d. Feb. 9, 1767, a. 37. -They had the following children, of whom I have not been able to -obtain many particulars. - - 220--1 Rebecca, m. Isaac Newton; - 221--2 Rachel, m. ---- Anger and d. without issue; - 222--3 Joseph, d. about 1776, a. 20; - 223--4 James, d. about 1776, a. 18; - 224--5 Sarah, m. ---- Upton; - 225--6 Hannah, m. Darly; - 226--7 Elisabeth, m. Smith; - 227--8 Martha, m. ---- Squiers. - -(38) V. Rev. Josiah Sherman, minister of Woburn, m. Martha Minot, -[83--4] Jan. 24, 1757. A biographical notice of Mr. Sherman is in the -American Quarterly Register, Vol. XI., p. 188. They had the following -children, born in Woburn, and perhaps others. - - 228--1 Roger Minot Sherman, b. Dec. 9, 1757, settled in Fairfield, Ct. - 229--2 Martha, b. Dec. 8, 1758. - 230--3 Elisabeth, b. March 26, 1761. - 231--4 Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1763. - 232--5 Susanna, b. April 7, 1765. - -(39) V. Lt. Ephraim Minot, [84--5] d. in Concord, Sept. 30, 1794, a. -53. He was an officer, and was wounded in the battle of Princeton. He -m. Abigail Prescott, who d. Feb. 27, 1825, a. 78. Their children were - - 233--1 Abel, b. July 10, 1765, m. Lydia Shed. He d. in Lincoln, - Aug. 6, 1809, having had 6 - children. - 234--2 Abigail, b. Jan. 30, 1778, m. William Bowers, May 12, 1797. - 235--3 Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1781. - 236--4 George, b. Jan. 31, 1783. - 237--5 Louisa, b. Feb. 10, 1787. - -(40) V. Capt. Daniel Adams [85--1] removed from Lincoln, the place -of his birth, to Townsend, where he d. Oct. 10, 1795, in his 75th -year. He represented the town in General Court, and held many -important civil and military offices. He was thrice married. 1. To -Kesia Brooks, daughter of Benjamin Brooks of Townsend, previously of -Concord, March 1, 1744. She d. in childbirth, Aug. 21, 1754, having -had 6 children, 5 of whom survived her. 2. To Mehitable Crosby of -Townsend, by whom he had 10 children. She d. April 4, 1783, a. 49. -3. Widow Sarah Phelps of Lancaster, Jan. 30, 1784. His children were -as follows; - - 238--1 d. in infancy. - 239--2 Daniel, b. July 29, 1746, m. Lucy Taylor. May 21, 1772. He - d. June 10, 1827, a. 80. She d. - Sept. 12, 1836. He was father to - Dr. Daniel Adams of Mont Vernon, - author of several valuable - school books. - 240--3 Abner, b. Oct. 22, 1748, m. 1. Mary Sawtell. 2. Sarah - Sawtell. - 241--4 Rebecca, b. July 6, 1750, m. James Campbell, Dec. 21, 1769. - He lived in Brookline, N. H. She - d. at an advanced age, leaving - several children. - 242--5 Benjamin, b. Oct. 15, 1752, m. Mary Stone of Ashly, July 16, - 1778. He d. in Cavendish, Vt.; - had 7 children, 4 sons and 3 - daughters. - 243--6 Ephraim, b. Aug. 14, 1754, m. Lydia Knowlton, lived in - Jaffrey, N. H. Had one child, - who died without issue. - 244--7 Kesia, b. m. John Sherwin. She d. May 25, - 1782, a. 23, a few days after - her marriage. - 245--8 Elisabeth, b. d. unmarried, Jan. 9, 1782, a. 19. - 246--9 Mehetabel, b. m. John Smith; lived in Brookline - and had 4 sons and 2 daughters. - 247--10 Mary, b. m. Dea. John Giles, May 6, 1789. He - had been previously m.; and his - first wife d. Oct. 17, 1788, a. - 24, by whom he had 5 children. - By his 2nd wife he had also 5 - children. He d. Aug. 14, 1825, - a. 62. - 248--11 James, d. young. - 249--12 Phebe, b. Dec. 18, 1770, m. Solomon Jewett, lived in - Townsend and had 4 children: - Solomon, Phebe, Kesia, and - Rozella. - 250--13 James, b. April 15, 1773, m. Sybel Gasset, lived in Townsend, - and had 3 daughters. - 251--14 Joseph, b. m. Polly Brooks. - Two other children d. in infancy. - -(41) V. Capt. Joseph Adams [87--3] d. in Lincoln, March 28, 1807, a. -83. He m. 1. Mary Eveleth of Stow, 1746. She d. July 10, 1791, a. 66, -having had 11 children. He m. 2. Mrs. Priscilla Reed Martin, July 23, -1795. Children, - - 252--1 Mary, b. April 29, 1747, d. Jun. 4, 1748, a. 1 y., 1 m., 6 d. - 253--2 Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1749, m. Love Lawrence, Sept. 4. 1770. He - was a physician; d. in England, - Feb. 2, 1807, a. 58. He had 12 - children. [303--2] - 254--3 Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1750, was a physician, and loyalist, d. at - Annapolis in Nova Scotia. - 255--4 Nathan, b. Nov. 11, 1752, d. Aug. 11, 1756, a. 3 y., 9 m. - 256--5 Mary, b. Oct. 11, 1754, d. Aug. 17, 1756, a. 1 y., 10 m., - 6 d. - 257--6 Sarah, b. Sept. 13, 1756, m. Robert Eames, Sudbury, Aug. 14, - 1783. - 258--7 Mary, b. July 14, 1758, m. Elisha Wheeler, Sudbury, May 4, - 1779. - 259--8 Nathan, b, March 1, 1760, m. Hannah McCarty, d. in Charlestown - without issue, Sept. 25, 1830, a. - 70. - 260--9 Martha, b. July 15, 1763, m. Dea. David Lawrence of Littleton, - Dec. 23, 1790. - 261--10 Daniel, b. April 14, 1766, m. Sarah Goldthwait of Boston. - 262--11 Love, b. March 21, 1749, m. Henry Willard of Keene. - -(42) V. Capt. Nathan Brown m. Rebecca Adams, [88--1] March 10, 1749. -He d. in Lincoln, Oct. 13, 1781. She afterwards m. Solomon Foster, -Nov. 15, 1790. She d. Dec. 24, 1811, a. 84. Children, - - 263--1 Mary, b. m. Benjamin Allen. - 264--2 Rebecca, b. April 8, 1751, d. unmarried, April 27, 1773. - 265--3 Elisabeth, b. Oct. 1, 1752, m. Dr. Richard Russell, Jan. 28, - 1777. - 266--4 Nathan, b. April 16, 1755, m. Lucy Garfield, 1775. He was - killed in Concord, by a load of - wood passing over him, Dec. 12, - 1814, a. 60. - 267--5 Daniel, b. Sept. 13, 1757, d. in the West Indies. - 268--6 Eunice, b. Feb. 13, 1761, m. William Lawrence of Lincoln, - Nov., 1780. - 269--7 Lydia, b. Nov. 12, 1763, m. Daniel Weston of Lincoln, 1793. - 270--8 Kezia, b. Feb. 28, 1769, m. Solomon Foster of Lincoln. - -(43) V. James Adams [89--5] m. 1. Kezia Conant, Jan. 15, 1756, by -whom he had 3 children. She d. Aug. 22, 1765, in her 37th year. He -m. 2. Delia Adams, daughter of Edward Adams of Sudbury, June 5, 1766, -by whom he had 12 children. She d. in Boston, Dec. 9, 1813, a. 70, -and was buried in Lincoln. He d. in Lincoln, March 10, 1805, a. 71. -His children were - - 271--1 Betsey, b. Jan. 22, 1757, m. Benjamin Adams of Sudbury, Nov. - 20, 1777. - 272--2 James, b. Jan. 14, 1759, m. Nancy Tarbell of Lincoln, Nov. - 15, 1796. - 273--3 Kezia, b. Nov. 6, 1762, d. March 30, 1769, a. 6 y., 4 m., - 24 d. - 274--4 Delia, b. May 26, 1767, m. Ebenezer Woodward of Hanover, - N. H., Feb. 26, 1795. - 275--5 Andrew, b. Oct. 9, 1768, m. Polly Hartwell of Lincoln, Sept. - 10, 1795. - 276--6 Eli, b. March 14, 1770, m. Sarah Swift of Boston. - 277--7 Samuel, b. June 7, 1771, m. Margaret Austin of Charlestown, - Sept. 15, 1797. - 278--8 Kezia, b. Feb. 19, 1773, m. Ephraim Jones of Boston, Dec. 6, - 1827. - 279--9 Joseph, b. Nov. 7, 1774, d. July 7, 1775, a. 8 m. - 280--10 Rebecca, b. April 4, 1776, d. Sept. 23, 1780, a. 4 y., 3 m., - 19 d. - 281--11 Joseph, b. June 17, 1778, d. Sept. 13, 1780, a. 2 y, 2 m., - 26 d. - 282--12 John, b. Nov. 13, 1780, d. in Havana, Oct. 15, 1809, a. 29. - 283--13 Mary, b. July 9, 1782, m. Silas P. Tarbell of Boston, - March 10, 1808. - 284--14 Joseph, b. May 6, 1784, m. 1. Betsey Archibald of Maine. - 285--15 Daniel, b. Feb. 20, 1789, d. Nov. 20, 1789. - -(44) V. Abel Miles m. Lydia Adams, [90--6] Feb. 26, 1756. He removed -from Concord to New Ipswich, N. H., where he d. Dec. 6, 1814, a. 81. -She d. March 20, 1804, a. 68. He had the following children, all born -in Concord; - - 286--1 Lydia, bapt. Feb. 20, 1757, m. David Rumrell, Feb. 20, 1800. - 287--2 Elisabeth, b. Dec. 4, 1758, m. John Shattuck, Dec. 11, 1783. - 288--3 Polly, b. July 8, 1760, d. unmarried in N. Ipswich, Nov. - 14, 1804. - 289--4 Rebecca, b. Jan. 3, 1762, m. Levi Mansfield, Jan. 21, 1781. - 290--5 Abel, b. Oct. 17, 1768, m. Betsey Shipley, Nov. 10, 1794. - -(45) V. John Adams [91--1] lived in Lincoln. He m. 1. Lucy Hubbard, -Dec. 12, 1749, who d. Dec. 24, 1791, and 2. Beulah Baker, Feb. 20, -1794. He had the following children, - - 291--1 John, b. April 15, 1751; - 292--2 Edward, b. March 27, 1753; - 293--3 Abel, b. March 8, 1755, d. July 9, 1756; - 294--4 Abel, b. Feb. 20, 1757; - 295--5 Thomas, b. March 22, 1761; - 296--6 Bulkeley, b. March 14, 1759, m. Persis Stone of Framingham, - 1785; - 297--7 Lucy, b. June 2, 1763; - 298--8 Ephraim, b. Feb. 24, 1765, d. Dec. 24, 1765; - 299--9 Rebecca, b. Feb. 28, 1767; - 300--10 Ephraim, b. Aug. 16, 1769, m. Susanna Flagg, 1789; - 301--11 James, b. June 8, 1772. - -(46) Rev. William Lawrence, minister of Lincoln, m. Love Adams, -[94--2.] He d. April 11, 1780, a. 56. She d. Jan. 3, 1820, a. 95. -(See Hist. Concord, p. 304.) They had children, - - 302--1 William, b. April 10, 1752, m. Eunice Brown, Nov., 1780. - 303--2 Love, b. April 18, 1754, m. Dr. Joseph Adams, Sept. 4, - 1770. [253--2] - 304--3 John Prescott, b. Dec. 24, 1755, m. Abby Kaine, d. Jan. 28, - 1808. - 305--4 Susanna, b. Jan. 4, 1758, d. March 12, 1836, unmarried. - 306--5 Sarah, b. May 12, 1760, m. Samuel Bass, Esq., of - Randolph, Oct. 29, 1783. She - d. Oct. 12, 1822. He gr. - H. C. 1782, d. Feb. 1, 1842. - 307--6 Phebe, b. Jan. 2, 1762, m. Rev. Edmund Foster of - Littleton, Oct. 29, 1783. - 308--7 Anna, b. March 15, 1764, m. James De Wolf, d. Dec. 8, 1807. - Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1767, m. Asa Brooks, d. Sept., 1812. - 309--8 Abel, b. Aug. 23, 1771, m. Mary Hodge, d. Sept. 1, 1800. - -(47) Capt. Jonas Minot [108--2] m. 1. Mary Hall, daughter of Rev. -Willard Hall of Westford. She was b. July 30, 1738, and d. Nov. 3, -1792, in her 49th year. He m. 2. Mrs. Mary Dunbar, widow of Rev. Asa -Dunbar of Salem. She d. in Boston, Aug. 2, 1830, a. 82. He d. in -Concord, March 20, 1813, a. 78. A great part of Wilmot, N. H., was -granted to him. - - 310--1 Mary, b. Feb. 21, 1761, m. Rev. Laban Ainsworth of Jaffrey, - Dec. 4, 1787. - 311--2 Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1763, m. Josiah Melvin, Jan. 28, 1790. - 312--3 Jonas, b. Feb. 13, 1765, m. Miriam Barrett, Nov. 18, 1790. - She was the dau. of Col. Nathan - Barrett. [182--2] - 313--4 Elisabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1767, m. Daniel Page, Jan. 25, 1791. - 314--5 Abigail, b. Sept. 3, 1769, m. John Stanyan, Oct., 1818. - 315--6 Martha, b. Oct. 17, 1771, m. Charles Barrett, Jr., of New - Ipswich, Oct. 15, 1799. He was - the son of Charles Barrett. - [176--3] - 316--7 Samuel, b. April 1, 1774, m. Hannah Stow of Concord. - 317--8 Stephen, b. Sept. 28, 1776, m. Rebecca Trask, Nov. 9, 1809. - 318--9 James, b. July 4, 1779, m. Sally Wilson of Nelson, Feb. 8, - 1809. - -(48) Dea. George Minot [111--5] settled in the eastern part of -Concord. He commanded a company in the Revolution, at Saratoga, (the -taking of Burgoyne,) and in several other places; and was a highly -meritorious officer. He was chosen deacon of the church, Aug. 3, -1779, and continued in office until his death, which took place April -13, 1808, a. 65. He m. 3 wives, all by the name of Barrett. His 1st -wife was Rebecca, daughter of Col. James Barrett, [184--4] whom he -m. Jan. 17, 1765, and who d. March 3, 1775, a. 33. His 2nd wife was -Elisabeth, daughter of Humphrey Barrett, [151--1] whom he m. Dec. 12, -1776, and who d. April 10, 1789, a. 45; and his 3d wife was Lydia, -daughter of John Barrett and widow of Silas Mann. [169--3] He had the -following children all by his first wife; - - 319--1 Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1768, m. William Heywood. - 320--2 Dorcas, b. April 19, 1769, m. James Barrett, a grandson of - Col. James B. [181--1] - 321--3 Lucy, b. April 27, 1770, m. Abel Barrett [159--9]. - -(49) V. Stephen Minot [115--1] m. Sarah Clark, only daughter of -Jonas Clark, Esq., of Boston, June 10, 1736. He d. Sunday, Jan. 14, -1787, a. 75. He graduated H. C. 1730, and was a merchant of Boston. -His wife d. June 10, 1783, in her 64th year. They had the following -children; - - 322--1 Jonas Clark, b. Aug. 20, 1738, m. Hannah Speakman. - 323--2 Stephen, b. Feb. 14, 1740, merchant in Jamaica, d. single. - 324--3 William, b. Feb. 7, 1743, m. Mary Collson, July 1, 1773, - one of the first settlers in - Camden, Me., d. in Boston, - Nov., 1773. - 325--4 John, b. Oct. 21, 1744, m. Mary De Rue of Boston; was - master of a vessel in the West - India and Surinam trade, d. of - fever at sea, leaving one child, - Stephen. - 326--5 Francis, b. Aug. 9, 1746, d. single in Marlborough, where he - had been for his health. He was - a merchant in Boston. - 327--6 Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1749, m. Gilbert Warner Speakman, by whom - she had 6 children. She d. Aug. - 29, 1786. - 328--7 James, b. Dec. 5, 1751, m. Mary Deming of Boston. - 329--8 Christopher, b. March 8, 1754, m. Elisabeth Mayhew of - Plymouth. - 330--9 George, b. Sept. 6, 1756, d. March 2, 1758. - 331--10 George Richards, b. Dec. 22, 1758, He grad. H. C. 1778, and was - the historian of - Massachusetts. He d. Jan. - 2, 1802. He m. Mary - Speakman. - -(50) V. Jonathan Minot [130--4] lived in Westford, where he d. Feb. -7, 1806, a. 83. He married Esther Proctor of Chelmsford, who d. March -30, 1808, a. 83. They had - - 332--1 Esther, b. May 23, 1747, m. Samuel Wright of Westford. - 333--2 Jonathan, b. Aug. 23, 1749, m. Hannah Eastman, Sept. 3, 1771. - He d. in Westminster, Ms. - 334--3 Joseph, b. Jan. 13, 1751. He was killed in the battle of - Bunker Hill. - 335--4 Olive, b. Jan. 14, 1753, m. William Reed of Westford. - 336--5 Elisabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1755. - 337--6 John Marston, grad. H. C. 1767, lived in - Castine, Me. - 338--7 Jesse, b. Nov. 5, 1759, m. Betsey Adams. - 339--8 Joash, b. m. ---- Hildreth of Westford. - 340--9 Patty, b. m. John Clark. - - - - -THE PARSONS FAMILY.[21] - - -As it respects the _origin_ of the name of Parsons, some have -supposed that it was derived from the word _parson_, a clerical -title, given from the fact that a clergyman is the principal person -in the church. Hence in law he is termed _ecclesiæ persona_, and has -full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. The _s_ is -added for euphony's sake, or from the fact that the individual was -the parson's son. - -Others have derived it from the word _parish_, as parish-son, meaning -the son of some parish, one supported or educated by the parish. - -And others again have supposed that the name is the same with -_Person_, _Peerson_, _Pierson_, and _Pearson_, modified in the -spelling. - -_Peirson_ or _Peerson_ is derived, according to Camden, from _son of -Peter_ or _Peterson_, the former coming originally from the French -word, _Pierre_. - -It does not appear that there has ever been any attempt to collect -even the materials for a history of the English family of Parsons, -so far as has come to our knowledge, notwithstanding there have -been many individuals among them of great distinction; as knights, -baronets, and noblemen. Those of the name are, and have been -for a long period, found in several counties; as Devonshire, -Buckinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, &c. - -Prior to 1672, Andrew Parsons, gent., was of Somersetshire, and -Philip Parsons, gent., of Worcestershire. But the earliest record we -have noticed is in - -1290. WALTER was then a resident of Mulso in Ireland. How long -before this he or his ancestors went there we know not. The name -is still extant there, and something above one hundred years ago, -Bishop Gibson remarked, (in his edition of Camden's Britannia,) "The -honorable family of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of -Viscounts, and more lately, Earls of Ross." - -1481. SIR JOHN was Mayor of Hereford, who had for his armorial -bearings, _Gules, a leopard's head between three crosses patee, -fitched in the foot ar._--Crest, _a halberd headed az. embued gules_. - -1546. ROBERT, afterwards the noted Jesuit, was born this year, and -died April 18, 1610, a. 64. He appears to have been the first of note -of his family. His father lived near Bridgewater, Eng., at a place -called Netherstoway. Robert was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, -and was early distinguished for his abilities, but being accused of -some irregularities he forsook his country and resided for a time -at Antwerp, Louvain, Padua, Rome, Paris and Valladolid. Becoming a -convert to the Romish faith, he propagated that doctrine with all his -ability, and was no small instrument in stirring up the benighted -vassals of Philip II. to attempt the conquest of his native country. -The event of that attempt will always be viewed with an intensity of -interest. - -How much Father Parsons had to do in circulating the Pope's bulls and -inflammatory tracts in England at the period of the Armada can never -be known, but from his knowledge of the country, the people, and -their language, it is not unlikely that his agency was by no means -inconsiderable. Fuller, in speaking of the fierceness of the battle -between the fleets observes, that "bullets did not fly about so much -at sea, as bastardly libels did by land; so fitly called, because -none durst father them." - -He established an English college at Rome and another at Valladolid, -for such of his countrymen as might follow him, or come otherwise -into exile. He published several works, but that by which he is -best known is entitled "Leicester's Commonwealth," which, though -abounding with misstatements, vague rumors, and base insinuations, -was nevertheless a work of great ability. And although the pen of Sir -Philip Sidney was exercised in its refutation, he is not considered -to have completely effected his object. This most singular book of -Father Robert was first printed in 1641, and in less than 70 years -had become so rare that an edition of it was published, purporting to -have been printed from a _newly discovered manuscript_, and passed -current as such without detection, it is believed. To the original -edition is appended a poem, entitled "Leycester's Ghost," a great -literary curiosity. An extract from the poem is as follows: - - Let no man think I exercis'd the Ghost - Of this great Peere that sleepeth in the dust,-- - Or conjur'd up his spirit to his cost - To presse with dispraise or praise unjust, - I am not partiall but give him his due, - And to his soule I wish eternall health, - Ne do I thinke all written tales are true, - That are inserted in his Common-wealth; - What others wrot before I do survive, - But am not like to them incenst with hate, - And as I plainely write, so do I strive - To write the truth, not wronging his estate. - Of whom it may bee said and censur'd well, - Hee both in vice and vertue did excell. - -1556. FRANCIS was vicar of Rothwell in Nottinghamshire. There is a -wood called Parsons' wood, in the hundred of Nassaburgh, in the same -county. - -1618. BARTHOLOMEW appears as the author of three sermons--"First -Fruits of the Gentiles," 4to. In 1616, "Assize Sermon," 4to. 1631, -"Dorcas, or a Perfect Patterne of a True Disciple," Sermon, 4to. -Oxford. - -[Illustration] - -1634. About this year Thomas Parsons was knighted by Charles I. The -foregoing engraving represents his arms, still retained in the family -in the United States, and by his descendants in London, among whom -were Sir John and Sir Humphrey; the former, Lord Mayor of that city -in 1704, the latter, in 1731 and 1740. The same coat of arms is also -retained by the branch of the Parsons family now long resident in -Barbadoes. - -Langley in Buckinghamshire was long a seat of a family of the name, -but they seem to have abandoned it about the end of the 17th century -for a residence in Nottinghamshire. The first of this family whose -descendants we can trace appears to have been - -RALPH, of Northampton, who had a son - -JOHN, who lived at Boveney, Co. Bucks, who had by his wife, dau. of ----- Cutler, Esq., - -JOHN of Boveney and Langley, who m. Elisabeth, the sole heiress of -Sir John Kidderminster, and had, - - 1. Charles, b. 1625, d. without issue. - 2. William, and three daughters. - -This WILLIAM, the only surviving son, m. Elisabeth, dau. and heiress -of Sir Lawrence Parsons, by whom he had two sons; one a Colonel, d. -without issue, and John, his successor. WILLIAM PARSONS (the father) -was made a baronet by Charles II. for his adherence to the cause -of his father, Charles I. He was somewhat conspicuous during the -_interregnum_, as may be inferred from his granting a pass to one -of the gentlemen of the privy chamber, to proceed to Ireland. The -gentleman, however, having been taken by the parliament officers, -was, Carte says, put to the rack, "to make him confess." This -circumstance is supposed to have given Butler the ground he has taken -in these lines in his _Hudibras_: - - "Rack 'em until they do confess, - Impeach of treason whom they please, - And most perfidiously condemn, - Those that engaged their lives for them." - -SIR THOMAS PARSONS of Great Milton in Oxfordshire, (before -mentioned,) m. in 1614, Catharine, a dau. of Edward Radcliff of -London, son of Alderman Radcliff, by whom he had ROBERT, THOMAS, -RICHARD, ANTHONY, and six daughters. He was the son of THOMAS of the -same place, by his first wife, Judith Garbrand of the city of Oxford, -who also had a daughter Amy, m. to Richard Alworth of Turford, -Buckinghamshire. His second wife was Sarah, dau. of Edmund Waller of -Costell, by whom he had three sons, JOHN, EDMUND, FRANCIS, and two -daughters, Elisabeth, m. Anthony Radcliff of Chalford, Co. Bucks, and -Ann, wife of Richard Baldwin of Beaconsfield, in the same county. - -The grandfather of SIR THOMAS was THOMAS of Great Milton, who m. -Catharine, dau. of Hester Sydenham, by whom he had THOMAS, HUGH, and -RICHARD. - -RICHARD m. Miss ---- Pierpont, and had a son JOHN of London, who m. -1. a dau. of Joshua Whistler, by whom he had a daughter Catharine; -he m. 2. Mary Gualter of London. Some of this family were among the -early emigrants to America. - -The first of the name we find in New England is JOSEPH, Springfield, -1636, where he appears as a witness to the deed from the Indians -of the lands of that place and vicinity to William Pynchon and -others, on the fifteenth of July. There appear, however, soon after, -at the same place, HUGH and BENJAMIN. And family tradition relates -that JOSEPH and BENJAMIN were brothers, that they were born in -Great Torrington, near Exeter, Devonshire, England, who, with other -children, accompanied their father to New England, about the year -1630. It is probable that they came over with Mr. Pynchon. - - (1) JOSEPH PARSONS,^1 as has been mentioned, was at Springfield in - 1636, where he probably remained until 1655, in which - year he removed to Northampton. On the records of the - latter town is this entry: "Joseph Parsons did at a Court - in Northampton, holden March, 1662, testifie that he was - a witness to a deed of the lands at Springfield, and a - bargain betweene the Indians and Mr. Pynchon, dated - July 15, 1636, for 18 fathoms of wampom, 18 coates, 18 - hatchets, 18 hoes, 18 knives." - - As soon as the town was incorporated he was elected - "Townsman," (or selectman,) though he subsequently - paid the town 20 shillings not to elect him to any office - during the second year of its incorporation. After that - we find him serving the town as "Townsman" for seven - years. He was a principal founder of Northampton, was - extensively engaged in the fur trade, and acquired a large - estate. - - He m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Bliss of Hartford, (afterwards - of Northampton,) Nov. 26, 1646. They resided in - Northampton till 1679, in which year they returned to - Springfield, where they both died. Among the records - of deaths of that town we find, "Cornet Joseph Parsons - was sick and died, Oct. 9, 1683." She outlived him - near 19 years, dying Jan. 29, 1712. Their children were, - - (2) I. Joseph,^2 b. 1647, m. Elisabeth, dau. of Elder John Strong, - (11) whose father was ancestor of the late Caleb Strong, - Governor of Massachusetts. He d. Nov. 29, 1729. She - was b. at Windsor, Ct., Feb. 24, 1648, d. at Northampton, - May 11, 1736, a. 88. - - (3) II. John,^2 b. 1649, m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut. ---- Clarke, at - Northampton, Dec. 23, 1675. - - (4) III. Samuel,^2 b. 1652, settled at Durham, Ct., 1706. - (21) - - (5) IV. Ebenezer,^2 b. 1655, served against the Indians in Philip's - war, and was killed fighting under Capt. Beers at - Northfield, Sept. 8, 1675, with his commander and many - more. He was the first white child born in Northampton. - - (6) V. Jonathan,^2 b. June 6, 1657, d. Oct. 19, 1684. - - (7) VI. David,^2 b. April 30, 1659. - - (8) VII. Mary,^2 b. June 27, 1661, m. 1. Joseph Ashley of - Springfield, Oct. 15, 1685; 2. Joseph Williston, March 2, - 1699. - - (9) VIII. Hannah,^2 b. 1663, m. Rev. Pelatiah Glover of Springfield, - Jan. 6, 1687. - - (10) IX. Abigail,^2 b. Sept. 3, 1666, m. John Colton, Feb. 19, 1689, - d. soon after, leaving a dau. who m. Francis Griswold of - Windsor, Ct. - - (11) X. Hester,^2 b. 1672, m. Joseph Smith of Greenwich, Ct. - -Joseph,^3 (2) who m. Elisabeth Strong, had, - - (12) I. Joseph,^3 b. June 28, 1671, graduated at H. C. 1697, being - (26) the first of the name who had graduated there. He m. - Elisabeth, dau. of Dr. Benjamin Thompson of Roxbury, - Ms., (who was son of Rev. William Thompson of Braintree, - Ms.,) in 1701. He settled in the ministry, 1st, at - Lebanon, Ct., 2nd, at Salisbury, Ms., in 1718, where he - d. March 13, 1739, a. 69. His wife d. at Kensington, N. H. - - (13) II. John,^3 b. Jan. 11, 1674. - - (14) III. Ebenezer,^3 b. Dec. 11, 1675, m. Mercy Stebbins, Dec. 15, - 1703, d. 1744. - - (15) IV. Elisabeth,^3 b. Feb. 3, 1678. - - (16) V. David,^3 b. Feb. 1, 1680, at Northampton, grad. H. C. 1705, - minister of Malden, 1708, of Leicester, 1721, where he - d. 1737, having been dismissed two years before. His - son David^4 graduated at Harvard College in 1729, and - was ordained as the first pastor of the church in Amherst, - Nov. 6, 1739. He m. Eunice Wells of Wethersfield, - Ct., had 9 children, and d. 1781, a. 69. He was the - father of the Rev. David^5 Parsons, D. D., of Amherst, - who was b. Jan. 28, 1749, H. C. 1771, settled Oct. 2, - 1782, d. 1823, a. 74. Dr. Parsons had eleven children; - namely, Ezekiel Williams,^6 a physician in Colchester, - Ct.; David^6 of Amherst, an artisan; Prudence Stoddard,^6 - m. Rev. Marcus Smith,^6 Rensselaerville, N. Y.; - Thomas,^6 a merchant, New York city, d. a. 41; Harriet,^6 - m. 1. Rev. Royal Washburn, and 2. Hon. David Mack of - Amherst; Francis,^6 an attorney at Hartford, Ct., and - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Mary,^6 m. Rev. - William Williams, formerly a clergyman, but now a - practising physician at Salem; Caroline,^6 d. a. 22; - Sophia,^6 m. Rev. Silas Aiken of Boston; William,^6 a - physician of Canaan, Ct., d. a. 27; and James,^6 a - graduate and an instructor of youth at Savannah, Ga., - d. a. 29. - - (17) VI. Josiah,^3 b. Jan. 2, 1682, m. Sarah Sheldon, June 22, 1710, - d. April 12, 1768, a. 86. - - (18) VII. Daniel,^3 b. Aug., 1685, at Northampton, m. Abigail Cooley - of Springfield, June 17, 1709, resided in Springfield. - - (19) VIII. Moses,^3 b. Jan. 15, 1687, at Northampton, m. Abigail Ball - of Springfield, Jan. 20, 1710, about which time he removed - to Durham, Ct. - - (20) IX. Abigail,^3 b. Jan. 1, 1690. - - (21) X. Noah,^3 b. Aug. 15, 1692, left descendants. - -Samuel,^2 (4) who settled in Durham, Ct, had, - - (22) I. Timothy,^3 b. 1694, d. Jan. 28, 1772. - - (23) II. Simeon,^3 b. 1701, d. Jan. 6, 1784. - - (24) III. Phinehas,^3 b. 1703, d. May 6, 1724. - - (25) IV. Aaron.^3 - - (26) V. Ithamar,^3 b. 1707, d. Jan. 21, 1786. He and probably all - his brothers left male posterity. David^4 and Nathan,^4 - sons of Ithamar, removed to Granville, Ms., about 1760. - David^4 of Granville, Ms., had a son Joel,^5 who was - father to the Hon. Judge Anson V.^6 Parsons of - Philadelphia. - -Joseph,^3 (12) who m. Elisabeth Thompson, had, - - (27) I. Joseph,^4 b. in Salisbury, 1702, grad. H. C. 1720, ordained - at Bradford, Ms., June 8, 1726, d. there May 4, 1765, a. - 63. His wife was Frances, dau. of John Usher, Lieut. Gov. - of New Hampshire, who was son of Hezekiah Usher, - by Elisabeth, dau. of the Rev. Zachariah Symmes of - Charlestown, Ms. His publications were an Election - Sermon, an Ordination, and an Artillery Election Sermon, - 1744. Their children were, 1. Frances,^5 b. 1730, d. at - Epping, N. H., Oct. 7, 1808, unmarried, a. 78. 2. - Elisabeth,^5 b. 1731, d. 1733. 3. Joseph,^5 b. Oct. 5, - 1733, minister of Brookfield, Ms., d. Jan. 17, 1771, a. - 38. His wife was Sarah, dau. of Rev. Warham Williams of - Waltham, Ms., by Abigail, dau. of Col. George Leonard of - Norton. Rev. Warham Williams was son of Rev. John Williams - of Deerfield, the "Redeemed Captive," and grandson of - Deacon Samuel Williams of Roxbury and Rev. Eleazer - Mather of Northampton, great-grandson of Robert Williams - and Deacon William Park of Roxbury. 4. Thomas,^5 - b. 1735, who went to Parsonsfield, Me. 5. Samuel,^5 b. - 1737, of Cornville, Me., d. 1807. 6. Dr. John,^5 b. 1740, - of S. Berwick, Me., d. 1775. 7. William,^5 b. 1741, d. - 1742. 8. William,^5 of Alfred, Me., b. 1743, d. Aug. 4, - 1826, a. 83. 9. Sarah,^5 b. 1745, d. at Parsonsfield, - 1800. 10. Edward,^5 b. 1747, went in the Revolutionary - army, as Adjutant in Col. Poor's regiment, and d. 1776. - - Rev. Joseph Parsons^5 of Brookfield left an only dau., - who m. Samuel Pitkin, Esq., of E. Hartford, Ct. William,^5 - who d. at Alfred, Me., had nine children, among whom - was Usher,^6 M. D., of Providence, R. I., a professor in - Brown University, a surgeon in the war of 1812, and in - Perry's fleet at the battle of Lake Erie. He m. Mary, - dau. of Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., author of "American - Annals." Dr. Parsons is himself author of several medical - treatises of great merit. - - Thomas^5 was the proprietor of Parsonsfield, Me., and - left a numerous posterity--19 children, by two wives. - His first wife was Mary Poor. - - (28) II. Samuel,^4 b. at Salisbury, Ms., 1707, grad. H. C. 1730, - ordained at Rye, N. H., Nov. 3, 1736, m. Mary, only child - of Samuel Jones, Esq., of Boston, Oct. 9, 1739, d. Jan. 4, - 1789, a. 82, in the 53rd year of his ministry. - The grandfather of Mary Jones was Capt. John Adams of - Boston, grandson of Henry of Braintree, who was among the - first settlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous - race of the name are descended, including two Presidents - of the United States. Gov. Samuel Adams (the patriot) - was cousin to Mary who m. Samuel Jones. - - Rev. Samuel Parsons^5 had four children; namely, 1. - Mary, m. Rev. John Tucke of Epsom, whose dau. Love - M. m. Simeon Drake, late of Concord, N. H. 2. Joseph, - M. D., a captain in the Revolutionary army, who d. in - Rye, N. H., in 1832, a. 86. 3. Hannah, d. unmarried. 4. - Betsey, m. Lieut. Samuel Wallace of Rye, whose dau. - m. the late Isaac Waldron, Esq., of Portsmouth, N. H. - - (29) III. William,^4 b. at Salisbury, April 21, 1716, grad. H. C. - 1735, settled over the church in South Hampton, N. H., - 1743, from which he was dismissed after a ministry of - about twenty years. He m. Sarah Burnham of Durham, N. H., - May 16, 1743. In 1763, he removed to Gilmanton with - his family, that town being then a wilderness, though by - the end of the year about twenty families had arrived - and commenced settlements.[22] Mr. Parsons was - employed by the proprietors to preach to the inhabitants. - He also instructed the youth of the place, and continued - these services after his labors as a minister ceased. He - d. Jan. 31, 1796, and his wife followed him to the grave, - Feb. 28, 1797. His children were Sarah, William, - Elisabeth, John, Joseph, and Ebenezer. Elisabeth m. Gen. - Joseph Badger, Jr., who was the father of Hon. William - Badger of Gilmanton, late Governor of New Hampshire. - - (30) IV. Elisabeth,^4 b. 1718, m. Rev Jeremiah Fogg of Kensington, - N. H. She d. March 5, 1779, a. 61. He d. Dec. 1, 1789, in - the 78th year of his age, and the 52nd of his ministry. A - descendant of Rev. Mr. Fogg is the consort of Rev. James - Farnsworth of Boxboro', Ms. - - (31) V. John,^4 b. Oct. 15, 1725, d. Sophomore in H. C., Oct. 28, - 1740. - - * * * * * - - (1) BENJAMIN PARSONS,^1 younger brother of Cornet Joseph, whose - descendants are above traced, was like him among the - first settlers of Springfield, and a prominent citizen, a - gentleman of exemplary moral character, of great worth - and respectability. He was Deacon of the church, and a - chief instrument in its formation in Springfield, as - appears from his correspondence with the Rev. Dr. Increase - Mather. In the civil affairs of the town, no one held - more responsible offices, or discharged them with greater - fidelity. - - Mr. Parsons m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of Richard Vore of - Windsor, who was a member of the Rev. John Warham's - church in Dorchester, and accompanied him to - Windsor in 1635. She d. at Springfield, Jan. 1, 1676. - He m. 2nd, Sarah, relict of John Leonard, Feb. 21, 1677. - Her father having settled in Springfield in 1639. Deacon - Parsons d. August 24, 1689, and his wife in 1690. - - His children by his first marriage were, - - (2) I. Sarah,^2 b. at Springfield, (as were probably all his - children,) Aug. 18, 1656, m. James Dorchester. - - (3) II. Benjamin,^2 b. Sept. 15, 1658, m. Sarah, dau. of John Keep - (10) of Springfield, Jan. 17, 1683. He d. at Enfield, Ct., Dec. - 28, 1728, a. 60. She d. July 8, 1729. Her mother was - Sarah, dau. of John Leonard of Springfield, and her - father was killed by the Indians at Long Meadow, 1676; - probably on the 26th of March; as on that day, six men - were killed at Springfield, three of them near Pecowsick - - brook, as they were passing from Long Meadow to the - town, with an escort under Capt. Nixon. The circumstance - was long perpetuated by the following distich, - but with how much truth we pretend not to say. It is - this: - - "Seven Indians, and one without a gun, - Caused Captain Nixon and forty men to run." - - (4) III. Mary,^2 b. Dec. 10, 1660, at Springfield, Jan. 27, 1662. - - (5) IV. Abigail,^2 b. Jan. 6, 1662, m. 1. John Mun, Dec. 23, 1680; - 2. John Richards, Oct. 7, 1686. - - (6) V. Samuel,^2 b. Oct. 10, 1666, m. Hannah Hitchcock, March 18, - (14) 1683, d. in Enfield, Feb., 1736, a. 70. - - (7) VI. Ebenezer,^2 b. Nov. 17, 1668, m. Margaret, dau. of Samuel - (24) and Katherine Marshfield of Springfield, and - granddaughter of Thomas Marshfield, who came from - Exeter, England, with Rev. Mr. Warham, and settled in - Windsor, Ct. Mr. Parsons d. at Springfield, Sept. 23, - 1752, a. 84. His wife d. June 12, 1758, a. 87, as is to be - seen on her tombstone in West Springfield, together with - these lines: - - The hope of life immortal - bloom, Dispel y^e grave's - most hideous gloom - Christ on y^e Resurection - day his Saints with glory shall array. - - Mr. Parsons was highly respected, was Deacon of the - Congregational church in West Springfield _fifty-two_ - years, which terminated at his decease. - - (8) VII. Mary,^2 b. Dec. 17, 1670, m. Thomas Richards, Oct. 21, 1691. - - (9) VIII. Hezekiah,^2 b. Nov. 24, 1673, m. Hannah, dau. of Eliakim - Cooley of Springfield, Feb. 20, 1701. [There is a curious - entry on the Springfield records concerning this - match.] They resided in Enfield and Suffield, Ct. He - d. July 11, 1748. - - (10) IX. Joseph,^2 b. Dec., 1675, m. Abigail Phelps, Sept. 15, 1697. - He resided in West Springfield. - - Benjamin,^2 (3) of Enfield, who m. Sarah Keep, had, - - (11) I. John,^3 b. in Enfield, Nov. 19, 1684, d. there May 9, 1717, - a. 33. - - (12) II. Benjamin,^3 b. March 1, 1688, was of Enfield, Ct., where - he d. unmarried, July 4, 1734, a. 46. - - (13) III. Christopher,^3 b. Jan. 28, 1691, m. Mary Pease of Enfield, - April 22, 1714, d. Sept. 10, 1747, a. 56. They had twelve - children, born between March 1, 1715, and Dec. 23, 1740; - eight sons and four daughters. The sons were John,^4 - Christopher,^4 Benjamin,^4 Joseph,^4 Ebenezer,^4 - Benjamin,^4 Jabez,^4 Noah,^4 John,^4 m. Ann Colton at - Enfield and had John,^5 Ebenezer,^5 Jabez,^5 and Oliver,^5 - who d. at Peekskill in 1777, in the Revolutionary war. - - Christopher,^4 m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Pease, and had - among other children, Asahel^5 and Christopher.^5 - - Benjamin,^4 m. Sophia Pease, and had Simeon,^5 Mary,^5 - and John.^5 He lived at Enfield. - - Joseph,^4 m. Rebecca Allen of Enfield, Ct., and had - Joseph,^5 and Jabez,^5 and three daughters. Joseph^5 had - a large family in Enfield. - - (14) V. Sarah,^3 of whom we have no account but of her death, July - 8, 1729. - -Samuel,^2 (6) of Enfield, who m. Hannah, dau. of Luke Hitchcock of -Springfield, had, - - (15) I. John,^3 b. July 23, 1693, m. Thankful Root of Enfield, June - 20, 1716. They had seven children, among whom were - John,^4 Moses,^4 and Thomas.^4 - - (16) II. Luke,^3 b. Jan. 4, 1696, m. Sarah Osborn, Sept. 13, 1716, at - Enfield. They had seven children, one of whom was - a son, Luke,^4 b. April 17, 1724. - - (17) III. Hezekiah,^3 b. April 13, 1698, m. Rebecca Burt, Nov. 15, - 1723, d. 1751. He had, besides other children, Hezekiah,^4 - David,^4 Eldad,^4 and Charles.^4 - - (18) IV. Hannah,^3 b. Aug. 2, 1700, m. Nath'l Horton, March 3, 1720. - - (19) V. Nathaniel,^3 b. Dec. 28, 1702, m. Mary Pease, Dec. 18, 1725. - He had Nathaniel,^4 Chadwell,^4 who m. Ruth, dau. of - Josiah Ward of Enfield, and Stephen.^4 - - (20) VI. Moses,^3 b. June 10, 1707, m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel - Stebbins of Springfield, Jan. 13, 1736, d. at Enfield, - 1786. He had 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters. Warham^4 - m. Mary Pease, and had, besides other children, Martin,^5 - Warham,^5 and Moses.^5 - - (21) VII. Miriam,^3 b. April 9, 1710, m. Caleb Jones, Nov. 10, 1730. - - (22) VIII. Samuel,^3 b. Nov. 23, 1690, (at Springfield) m. Abigail - Randall, Dec. 4, 1713, and had sons, Samuel^4 and - Aaron.^4 - - (23) IX. Sarah,^3 b. Nov. 10, 1704, m. Thomas Jones, June 10, 1742. - - (24) X. Daniel, of whom, as yet, nothing appears. - -Ebenezer,^2 (7) of West Springfield, who m. Margaret Marshfield, had, - - (25) I. Ebenezer,^3 b. at Springfield, Jan. 12, 1691, m. Martha Ely, - 1714, d. 1742, leaving 10 children; namely, Martha,^4 m. - John Taylor; Eunice,^4 m. Daniel H. Phelps of Upper - Housatonick; Margaret,^4 m. Daniel Foot of Colchester; - Mary,^4 m. William Clark of Colchester; Diana^4; - Ebenezer^4; Naomi,^4 m. Asaph Leonard; Stephen^4; - Abigail^4; and Seth.^4 - - (26) II. Margaret,^3 b. Sept. 19, 1693, m. Rev. Daniel Elmer of - Newark, N. J. - - (27) III. Jonathan,^3 b. July 15, 1695. Drowned, July 1, 1703. - - (28) IV. Benjamin,^3 b. Dec. 15, 1696, m. Martha Bliss, Aug. 15, - 1723; went to Kingston, thence to Palmer, Ms., d. at - Swansey, in the house of his son, Aaron.^4 His wife d. at - Palmer, Ms., July 17, 1760, a. 56. They had 12 children. - Eleanor,^4 m. Elizur Fitch of Monson; David^4 of Palmer, - Ms.; Tabitha,^4 m. Robert McMaster of Palmer, 1766; - Moses,^4 d. at the Havanna in the French war; Israel,^4 d. - in the same war, at Fort Harmer; Aaron^4 of Swansey; - Jonathan,^4 m. Mary, dau. Deacon Joseph Merrick of - Springfield, d. at W. Springfield, May 2, 1810, a. 75. She - d. March 15, 1817, a. 84. Joshua,^4 m. Eleanor Allen, - lived in Palmer, Ms. Abigail,^4 m. Ebenezer Bliss of - Belchertown. Martha,^4 m. Daniel Worthington, Vt.; - Benjamin,^4 d. in the French war. - - (29) V. Caleb,^3 b. Dec. 27, 1699, m. Miriam Williston, Oct. 4, - 1749. She d. at W. Springfield, July 24, 1760, a. 53, - leaving one son, Caleb,^4 b. 1755, d. 1760. - - (30) VI. Sarah,^3 b. Feb. 4, 1703, m. Pelatiah Hitchcock of - Brookfield, Ms. - - (31) VII. Jonathan,^3 b. at Springfield, Nov. 30, 1705, grad. at Y. C. - (33) 1729, studied theology with Rev. Elisha Williams, - President of Y. C., and Rev. Jonathan Edwards of - Northampton, ordained at Lyme, March 17, 1730, m. Phebe, - dau. of John Griswold of Lyme, and sister of Gov. Matthew - Griswold. - - In March, 1746, Rev. Mr. Parsons removed to Newburyport, - Ms., where he preached until his decease. He - d. July 19, 1776, a. 71, and was interred in a tomb under - his pulpit, by the side of Rev. George Whitefield, who - had died at his house not long before. His wife d. at - Newburyport also, Dec. 26, 1770. He m. 2. Mrs. Lydia - Clarkson, widow of Andrew Clarkson, Esq., of Portsmonth, - N. H. She survived him, and d. April 30, 1778. - - Mr. Parsons was author of several occasional and other - sermons in pamphlet form, and two volumes of sixty - sermons in 8vo., advertised as in press at Newburyport, - in 1781, by J. Mycall. As extended memoirs have been - published of him in several works, it is unnecessary to - be more particular at this time. - - (32) VIII. Abigail,^3 b. Oct. 21, 1708, m. Thomas Day of Springfield, - March 19, 1735. - - (33) IX. Katherine,^3 b. Oct. 16, 1715, m. Aaron Taylor of Upper - Housatonick. - -Rev. Jonathan Parsons^3 (31) of Newburyport had 13 children, 6 of -whom d. in infancy. Those who married were, - - (34) I. Marshfield,^4 b. Feb. 7, 1733, lived at Lyme, Ct., d. there - Jan. 13, 1813, a. 80. He m. 1. Lois, dau. of Richard Wait, - Sen., of Lyme. He m. 2. Abigail Marvin, Nov. 20, 1766. - She d. Aug. 22, 1782, a. 35. He m. 3. Abigail Waterman - of Norwich, Jan. 15, 1783. She d. March 14, 1793, a. - 53. He m. 4. Phebe Griffin, Oct. 10, 1793, widow, and - dau. of Pardon Taber of Lyme. He had children only - by his first wife. His son John^5 m. Joanna, dau. of - Joseph Mather of Lyme. By a second wife, Lois, dau. of - Richard Wait, Jr., he had 12 children. - - (35) II. Jonathan,^4 b. April 25, 1735, m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel - Gyles of Salisbury, Aug. 26, 1756. They had 10 children, - 4 of whom were sons, and all d. unmarried. Elisabeth^5 - m. 1. Samuel Chandler. 2. John Mycall. Hannah^5 - m. Abraham Jackson, and had Ellen^6 and Isaac Rand^6; - the latter d. July 27, 1842, at Copenhagen, while U. S. - Chargé d'Affaires, a. 37. He m. Louisa C. Carroll of - Philadelphia, granddaughter of Charles Carroll of - Carrolton, Md., one of the signers of the Declaration of - Independence. - - (36) III. Samuel Holden,^4 b. May 14, 1737, at Lyme, Ct., grad. - H. C. 1756; in 1781 he received an honorary degree from - Y. C., studied law at Lyme in the office of his uncle, - Gov. Matthew Griswold, admitted to the bar in New - London county, 1759, settled at Lyme, was elected - Representative to the General Assembly in 1762, and - successively for eighteen sessions, which brought him - to the year 1774, when he received the appointment of - King's Attorney, and removed to New London. In 1775 - he was appointed Colonel of the sixth Connecticut - regiment, and a Brigadier-General by Congress in 1776, - Major-General in 1780. In 1779 he succeeded Gen. - Putnam in the command of the Connecticut line of the - Continental army, and served in the Revolutionary army - as Major-General until the close of the war. He was - an active member of the Convention of Connecticut in - January, 1788, which ratified the Constitution of the - United States, and was elected President of the "Society - of Cincinnati" of Connecticut. In 1785 he was appointed - by Congress a Commissioner to treat with the Indians - at Miami. In 1788 he was appointed and commissioned - by President Washington, first Judge of the North West - Territory, which included the present States of Ohio, - Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan; and while holding that - office, was, in 1789, appointed by the State of - Connecticut a Commissioner to hold a treaty with the - Wyandots and other tribes of Indians on Lake Erie, for - extinguishing the aboriginal title to the "Connecticut - Western Reserve." While returning to his residence at - Marietta from this service, he was drowned by the - overturning of his boat in descending the rapids of the - Big Beaver river, Nov. 17, 1789, a. 52. - - Gen. Parsons m. Mehetabel, dau. of Richard Mather - of Lyme, (a lineal descendant of Rev. Richard Mather of - Dorchester,) Sept. 10, 1761. She was b. in Lyme, March - 7, 1743, d. Aug. 7, 1802, and was buried at Middletown, - Ct. The children of Gen. Parsons were, 1. William - Walter,^5 b. July 5, 1762, m. Esther, dau. of Thompson - Phillips of Middletown, d. Jan. 24, 1801, leaving - children, Esther Phillips,^6 m. to William Hammet of - Bangor, and Thomas,^6 who d. young. 2. Lucia,^5 b. Nov. 8, - 1761, m. Hon. Stephen Titus Hosmer, Chief-Justice of - Connecticut. They had 4 sons and 6 daughters. All the sons - d. young, except Oliver Ellsworth,^6 who m. Ann P. Hawes - of N. York. 3. Thomas,^5 who d. young. 4. ENOCH,^5 - whose biography was given in the April number of this - work. He was b. Nov. 5, 1769, m. 1. Mary Wyley - Sullivan, May 19, 1795. She was dau. of John Sullivan - of London, and b. in Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 1772, d. - at Middletown, July 2, 1807. He m. 2. Mrs. Sarah - Rosecrants, dau. of Nehemiah Hubbard of Middletown, by - whom he had one son, Henry Ethelbert,^6 who m. Abby - C, dau. of John Welles of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and a - dau., Mary Sullivan,^6 m. James, son of Robert Dickson - of London, Eng., d. at Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 1841. The - next of the children of Gen. Parsons was, 5. Mehetabel,^5 - b. Dec. 21, 1772. m. William B. Hall, M. D., of - Middletown, d. Nov. 1, 1823, a. 51, leaving, 1. William - Brenton^6; 2. Samuel Holden Parsons^6 of Binghampton, - N. Y. 6. Phebe,^5 b. Jan. 25, 1775. at N. London, m. - Samuel Tiffen, had a dau.,^6 m. to L. T. Clark of - Philadelphia. 7. Samuel Holden,^5 b. Dec. 31, 1777, m. - Esther, dau. of Giles Page of Middletown, d. in the West - Indies, leaving a dau., Mary Ann,^6 m. to William C. - Hammet of Howland, Me. 8. Margaret Ann.^5 9. Margaret,^5 - b. 1785, m. 1. Stephen Hubbard of Middletown, who settled - at Champion, N. Y., where he d. 1812. 2. Alfred Lathrop^6 - of Champion and W. Carthage, N. Y. - - (37) IV. Thomas,^4 b. April 28, 1739, m. 1. Mary Gibson, and had one - son, Jonathan G.,^5 who d. without issue. He m. 2. Sarah - Sawyer of Newbury, and had, 1. Sarah,^5 m. to Gorham - Parsons, late a merchant of Boston, whose father was - brother to the late JUDGE THEOPHILUS PARSONS of Boston, - descended from that branch of the family settled at - Gloucester, Ms., the ancestor of which was Jeffrey - Parsons, whose pedigree we propose to trace hereafter; 2. - Ann,^5 m. Fitz-William Sargent of Gloucester, Ms.; 3. - Mary,^5 m. Ignatins Sargent; 4. ----,^5 m. Samuel Torrey - of Boston. - - (38) V. Phebe,^4 b. at Newburyport, March 6, 1748, m. Capt. Ebenezer - Lane of Boston, had no children, d. 1781. - - (39) VI. Lucia,^4 b. at Newburyport, Dec. 23, 1752, m. Capt. Joseph - Tappan of that place, d. there in 1815, a. 63, leaving 7 - children; 1. Thomas P.^5; 2. Phebe Griswold^5; 3. Sarah^5; - 4, John Pike^5; 5. Richard^5; 6. Joseph^5; and 7. Thomas - Parsons.^5 - - (40) VII. Lydia, 4 b. April 3, 1755, m. Moses, son of Hon. Jonathan - Greenleaf of Newburyport, Sept. 17, 1776, and had - children. 1. Moses,^5 2. Clarina Parsons,^5 3. Ebenezer,^5 - 4. Simon,^5 b. Dec. 5, 1783, the distinguished attorney - and professor of law in II. C., 5. Jonathan,^5 a clergyman - of Brooklyn, N. Y, and author of a memoir of Rev. Jonathan - Parsons in the American Quarterly Register, also - of Ecclesiastical Sketches of Maine. - - * * * * * - -HUGH PARSONS appears on the town records of Springfield, 27. 8, -(27 Oct.) 1645. How long before that he was resident there does -not appear, though it is quite probable he was among the first -inhabitants. Whether HUGH were a brother of Benjamin and Joseph, or -what relationship he may have borne to them, nothing has yet come -to our knowledge to enable us to determine; yet he was probably the -older brother of those, and so we shall consider him until we are -otherwise assured. Mr. Parsons married _Mary Lewis_ on the date above -mentioned, by whom he had, - - I. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 4, 1648, d. Oct. 4, 1649. - II. JOSHUA, b. Oct. 26, 1650, d. June 4, 1651. - -About this point of time began the troubles and trials of this -devoted family, and here, on the Springfield town records stands the -following sad entry: - - "_Joshua Parsons_, son of Hugh was killed by Mary Parsons his wife, - 4. 1. 1651." - -Singular as it may now seem, and notwithstanding the above entry, -fair and legible at this day upon the records, an attempt was soon -after made to throw the cause of the death of the son upon the -father, and that he had effected it by witchcraft! We will not now -enlarge on this subject, as we propose to publish at some future time -an article on witchcraft in our country, and its unhappy effects. - - -P. S. We originally intended to have given in this number the -genealogy of the branch of the family of Parsons settled at -Gloucester, but for want of room, and some materials, are obliged -to defer it to a future one; meanwhile we hope the descendants of -JEFFREY PARSONS, (the progenitor of this branch,) will forward us -all the facts they possess concerning it, that it may be rendered as -complete as possible. For the information of those concerned, it may -be proper to state, that we have a copy of the pedigree which was in -the possession of the late William Parsons, Esq., of Boston, which, -though extensive as it respects the names of the descendants, is -very defective in dates and names of places. In these particulars we -especially want information. - - - - -ANCIENT BIBLE IN POSSESSION OF WIDOW LUCY WATERS OF SHARON, MS. - - -It is said that this Bible was brought from England to America by the -Pilgrim Fathers, who landed from the ship Mayflower, at Plymouth, -Ms., December 22, A. D. 1620. - -The title-page of the Testament[23] part of this Bible is in the -following words, viz.-- - - - =NEW TESTAMENT= - OF - OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. - - Confered diligently with the Greeke and best approved - translations, in divers Languages. - - Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer - to the Queens most excellent Majesty. - - =A. D. 1592.= - - _Cum gratia privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis._ - - -_Family Record in the Bible._ - -We Elisha Bradford and Bathshua Le-brocke, were married, September, -y^e 7th, Anno Domini 1718. (?) - -Account of the births, of all our children. - - Our Daughter Hannah, was born April y^e 10th 1719 - Joseph was born December y^e 7th day 1721 - Silvanus was born July y^e 6th day 1723 - Nehemiah was born July y^e 27th day 1724 - Laurana was born March y^e 26th day 1726 - Mary was born August y^e 1st day 1727 - Elisha was born October y^e 6th day 1729 - Lois was born January y^e 30th day 1730-31 - Deborah[24] was born November y^e 18th day 1732 - Allis was born November y^e 3d day 1734 - Azenath was born September y^e 15th day 1736 - Carpenter was born February y^e 7th day 1738-9 - Abigail was born June y^e 20th day 1741 - Chloe was born sixth day of April 1743 - Content was born twenty-first day of May 1745 - Content dec^d May 22 1745 - Silvanus dec^d the twelfth day of July 1723 - -The foregoing title-page and Family Register were transcribed for and -at the request of Alden Bradford, Esq., Feb. 22, 1842, - - By his humble servant, - WILLIAM ELLIS. - - - - -BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PHYSICIANS IN ROCHESTER, N. H. - - [For the account of the following medical gentlemen we are - indebted to Dr. Samuel Pray.] - - -_Dr. James Jackson_ was the first physician who settled in Rochester. -He went from Connecticut, but in what year he went and how long he -lived in the town, is not known. - -_Dr. James How_ was the son of Deacon How of Methuen, and brother of -David How, Esq., of Haverhill, Ms. He went to Rochester about the -year 1777, and practised in his profession till near the time of his -death, in 1807. He was a Representative to the State Legislature -several years, and was elected a member of the N. H. Medical Society -in 1791, soon after the Charter was granted. He was also surgeon's -mate in the army of the Revolution. He died at the age of 53. - -_Dr. Samuel Pray_ was born at South Berwick, Me., July 3, 1769. He -received his preparatory education at Dummer Academy, Newbury, Ms., -in the years 1784, '85, and '86, studied medicine with Dr. Jacob -Kittredge of Dover, three years, and commenced the practice of his -profession in September, 1792, at Rochester, where he has resided -about fifty-five years. He united with a number of physicians in -the old County of Strafford in 1811, who constituted the Strafford -District of the N. H. Medical Society, of which he was Secretary -several years. He was elected a Fellow of the N. H. M. Society in -1816, and has been one of the Censors for Strafford District. Dec. -14, 1821, he was elected an Honorary Member of the Medical Society at -Dartmouth College. - -_Dr. Timothy F. Preston_ went to Rochester in the year 1807, and -resided in town about a year, and then returned to New Ipswich, his -native place. - -_Dr. John Perkins_ went to Rochester in 1807, and resided there till -1815, when he moved with his family to Jaffrey. It is not known where -he received his education. - -_Dr. Asa Perkins_ went from Dover, his native place, to Rochester, in -1816, and resided there two years, and then returned to Dover, where -he now resides. He is the son of William Perkins, who was a merchant -in Dover, and who died several years since. The Doctor studied -medicine with Dr. Jabez Dow of Dover. He was born April 5, 1793. -Having abandoned his profession, he entered into mercantile business. - -_Dr. James Farrington_ went to Rochester in August, 1818, and has -resided in town, to this time [1847]. He was born at Conway, October, -1791, and is the third son, now living, of Jeremiah Farrington, -late of Conway, who emigrated when a young man from Concord, N. -H., and with several others formed a settlement upon the banks of -the Saco river, in that section of the country then called by the -Indians Pequawket, now Conway and Fryeburg; and grandson of Stephen -Farrington, who was one of the first settlers of Concord, and whose -wife was a sister of Jonathan and Samuel Bradley, who, with Obadiah -Peters, John Bean, and John Lufkin, were massacred by the Indians, -Aug. 11, 1746, between Concord and Hopkinton, and to whose memory a -granite monument has been erected on the spot where the massacre was -perpetrated, by their surviving relatives. He received an academic -education at Fryeburg Academy, where in 1814 he was prepared to enter -college. He commenced the study of medicine under the tuition of -Dr. Moses Chandler of Fryeburg, Me., February, 1815, and concluded -his term of study under the instruction of Dr. Jabez Dow of Dover, -in February, 1818. He was examined in the science of medicine and -surgery by the Censors of the N. H. Medical Society, Drs. Crosby and -Pray, July 18, 1818, and commenced practice in Rochester on the 9th -of August following. He is a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, -and has been Censor and a Counsellor of the Society, and for several -years President of the Strafford District Society. He has been a -Representative and Senator in the State Legislature, and in 1837 was -elected a member of the 25th Congress of the United States. In 1845 -he was appointed by the Executive of the State one of the Trustees of -the N. H. Asylum for the Insane. - -Dr. Farrington was married, in 1827, to Mary D., eldest daughter of -Mr. Joseph Hanson of Rochester, and has four children living; three -sons and one daughter. Formerly he had students in medicine, among -whom were Dr. Joseph H. Smith, now a successful practitioner in -Dover, Dr. Timothy Upham, an eminent physician, late of Waterford, N. -Y., and a son of the Hon. Nathaniel Upham, late of Rochester, also -Dr. Alfred Upham, now a physician in the city of New York. - -Dr. Farrington has had an extensive business in his profession -for twenty-five years, and has performed many difficult surgical -operations. - -_Dr. Calvin Cutter, Dr. Theodore Wells, and a Dr. Turner_ from -Massachusetts, went to Rochester and tarried a short time in 1832 and -1833, and then returned to their native towns. - -_Dr. Rufus K. Pearl_ was born at Farmington, Feb. 6, 1815, attended -Medical Lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges, and studied -medicine with Dr. Wight of Gilmanton. He commenced practice in -Rochester in 1840, and being out of health, he left the profession, -and has gone into trade in the village of that place. - -_Dr. John W. Pray_ is the son of Dr. Samuel Pray of Rochester, -with whom he studied medicine. He was born in Rochester, August, -1814, attended Medical Lectures at Dartmouth College, commenced the -practice of his profession in Barrington, in 1840, and continued at -that place three years, when he returned to Rochester and went into -practice with his father. - -_Dr. Richard Russel_ moved from Great Falls village to Rochester, -about the year 1841, and resided in town about three years, and then -returned to Great Falls, in 1844. It is not known when he began the -practice of his profession, nor what was his education. - -_Dr. Jeremiah Garland_ was born at Strafford, Sept. 23, 1815, and -commenced the practice of his profession at Rochester, in 1844. -He attended Medical Lectures at New York, in the old medical and -surgical institution, and obtained the degree of M. D. at that -institution. He studied medicine with Drs. Chadbourne and Haynes of -Concord. - - - - -SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AT THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES IN NEW ENGLAND. - - -HON. NATHAN WESTON OF AUGUSTA, ME. - -JOHN WESTON, from whom the subject of this memoir is the fourth in -descent, came from Buckinghamshire in England to this country, in -1644, at the age of 13. After residing a few years in Salem, he -purchased a tract of land in what is now South Reading, Ms., to -which he removed, and where he spent the residue of his days. He -died in 1723; being more than 90 years of age. It is noted on his -gravestone, that he was one of the founders of the church in Reading. -A part of his estate remained in the hands of his posterity for over -one hundred years. Stephen, his son, was a pious, industrious, and -respectable man. He had a farm in Reading, where he died in 1753, at -the age of 88. - -Stephen, his son, became the owner of a farm in Wilmington, Ms. He -was a leading man there, distinguished for his piety, and was for -many years Deacon of the church in that town, where he died in 1776, -in his 81st year. Nathan, his fifth son, was born at Wilmington, in -1740. He married Elisabeth, the mother of the subject of this Memoir. -She was the daughter of Samuel Bancroft, Esq., of Reading, who -represented that town for many years in the General Court, and sister -of the late Rev. Dr. Bancroft of Worcester. He (Nathan) removed to -that part of Hallowell which is now Augusta, in Maine, then a part -of Massachusetts, in 1781. He was for several years in the State -government of Massachusetts, being, at different times, a member of -the House, Senate, and Council of that Commonwealth. He died in 1832, -at the advanced age of nearly 93 years. - -NATHAN WESTON, his son and the subject of this Memoir, was born -at Hallowell, now Augusta, July 27, 1782. He pursued his studies, -preparatory to his entering college, at Hallowell Academy, under the -direction of the late Preceptor Moody. He was graduated at Dartmouth -College, in 1803. He went immediately into the study of the law. -After reading a few months with Benjamin Whitwell, Esq., of Augusta, -he entered the office of George Blake, Esq., Attorney for the -United States, for the Massachusetts District, at Boston, where he -prosecuted his studies, until his admission to the bar, in the county -of Suffolk, in July, 1806. - -He soon after opened an office at Augusta, but in March, -1807, removed to New Gloucester, in the county of Cumberland, -where he continued in full practice in his profession three -years, representing that town in 1808, in the General Court of -Massachusetts. In June, 1809, he married Paulina B., daughter of the -Hon. Daniel Cony, and returned to Augusta, in March, 1810, where he -now (1847) resides. He continued the practice of the law until the -fall of 1811, when he was made Chief-Justice of the Circuit Court -of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, in -which he continued to officiate until the separation of Maine, in -1820. He then became one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, -and in October, 1834, he was appointed Chief-Justice of that State, -which office he held till October, 1841, when his term of office -expired. In 1831, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred -upon him at Dartmouth College, and afterwards at Waterville and -Bowdoin Colleges, Maine. - -In February, 1825, at a general meeting of the members of both houses -of the Legislature, then sitting in Portland, without distinction -of party, he was with great unanimity nominated for the office of -Governor, but preferring to remain on the bench, he declined the -nomination. - -Judge Weston has four sons; Nathan, Daniel Cony, who married Mary -C. North, granddaughter of the late General William North of New -York, George Melville, and Charles. The first three were educated -at Bowdoin College, and are now in the practice of law; one in -Augusta, one in Orono, and one in Vassalborough, in Maine. His third -son, George Melville, is Attorney for the State for the county of -Kennebec. Charles, his fourth son, has been a midshipman in the Navy -of the United States. Of his daughters, Paulina Cony died in 1820, -aged two years. Two survive, namely, Catharine Martin and Louisa -Matilda. - -Chief-Justice Weston is not known as the author of any published -work, beyond an occasional oration or address, in his younger days; -but the decisions of the Supreme Court of Maine, now extended to -about twenty volumes, are filled with legal opinions drawn by him, -which will remain a monument of his learning and industry. - - -HON. RICHARD LAW OF NEW LONDON, CT. - -[This memoir was obtained through the instrumentality of Prof. -Kingsley of Yale College.] - -RICHARD LAW was a son of the Hon. Jonathan Law, Governor of -Connecticut, and was born at Milford, on the 17th of March, 1733. -He was educated at Yale College, where he was graduated in 1751, -and where also he received the degree of LL. D. Immediately after -graduating, he entered upon the study of the law, in the office and -under the instruction of that able jurist and accomplished lawyer, -the Hon. Jared Ingersoll; and after a course of studies usual at that -day, he was, soon after the age of 21, admitted to the bar, at New -Haven; and immediately removed, and settled at New London, where he -became highly distinguished in his profession. As an advocate at the -bar, his style was pure and correct, but not copious and flowing. He -was distinguished more as a learned lawyer, a close logician, a fair -special pleader, than an eloquent orator. His talents were better -adapted to a court than a jury. He possessed a discrimination, and -power of seeing and seizing the great point in the case--the point on -which it must turn; and by a course of special pleadings--by drawing -on the "_heartstrings of the law_," he had a faculty of presenting -his point, by forming an issue in law for the decision of the court, -most favorably for his client; and on such issues, from the logical -structure of his mind, he was powerful. He was thoroughly read in -the ancient English law authorities; and few American lawyers or -jurists, of his day and age, better understood the great principles -of the English common law, or could better discriminate between such -of those principles as were applicable to the genius of a republican -government, and such as were not, than Judge Law. Those which he -adopted formed, as it respected the common law, the polestar of his -judicial decisions. - -After a full and lucrative practice of several years, in consequence -of ill health, he was induced to relinquish the bar, and accept a -seat as Chief-Judge on the Bench of the County Court for the county -of New London. This office he held until May, 1784, when he was -appointed one of the Judges of the Superior Court. - -In May, 1776, he was chosen an Assistant, a member of the Council or -upper house of Assembly, which office he held by annual elections of -the freemen, until May, 1786, when an act was passed excluding Judges -from a seat in the Legislature. - -In 1777, it is believed that at May session, he was appointed by the -General Assembly a member of Congress; and continued with little, if -any intermission, a member of that body until 1782. - -On granting the charter to the city of New London, he was by the -freemen in March, 1784, unanimously chosen Mayor; which office he -held until his death--a period of nearly twenty-two years. - -On the return of peace, after the Revolution, he was appointed with -the Hon. Roger Sherman, to revise the code of Statute Laws of the -State. This code had not been revised for thirty years, and had -accumulated to a great size, from the great variety of statutes -enacted in the emergencies of the Revolution. In its subjects of -correction, a work of great interest and importance, it required no -small ability so to select and discriminate as to give universal -satisfaction. In the discharge of which duty he discovered great -knowledge of the science of legislation, and the true principles of -national government. - -In May, 1786, he was appointed Chief-Judge of the Superior Court; -and continued in that office until the adoption of the Constitution -of the United States; when being by President Washington appointed -District Judge of the District of Connecticut, in October, 1789, he -resigned the former and accepted the latter, which he held until his -death, which occurred at New London, Jan. 26, 1806, in the 73rd year -of his age. - -Judge Law lived in an eventful period of his country, and of the -world; and the many and various important offices which he held -and honorably sustained through the course of a long life, better -bespeak, than language can express, the character, the worth, and -merits of the man. - - -REV. NAPHTALI SHAW OF BRADFORD, VT. - -NAPHTALI SHAW was born at Bridgewater, Ms., June 20, 1764, and was -the fourth son of his parents. His father, who was by occupation a -tanner and shoemaker, was William Shaw, who lived in Bridgewater, -and married Hannah, daughter of Samuel West, who was a Deacon of -the Congregational Church in that place, and lived to be more than -eighty years of age. He had five sons and six daughters. At the age -of fifteen the subject of this Memoir enlisted as a soldier in the -Revolutionary army, and went with others to take Rhode Island, which -was in 1779 in possession of the British, but he did not continue -long in the service, the object being accomplished. He prepared for -college under the instructions of Dr. Crane, a physician of Titicut -Parish, and the Rev. Dr. Reed of West Bridgewater. In 1786, he -entered the Freshman Class of Dartmouth College, and graduated there -in 1790. After receiving his bachelor's degree, he taught school at -Easton, Ms., and at Boston, as an assistant of Mr. Caleb Bingham, an -instructor of much celebrity. His theological course of study was -pursued under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Sanger of Bridgewater, -who was in the habit of educating young men for the ministry. He -was approbated to preach the gospel, as it was then called, by the -Plymouth Association of Ministers, Aug. 1, 1792. Jan. 30, 1793, he -was ordained Pastor of the church in Kensington, N. H., where he -remained till Jan. 13, 1813, when he was dismissed on account of -ill health. His ministry was pacific and useful; peace and harmony -were restored, and the cause of education, morals, and religion -promoted. His health was such, that upon resignation, he retired from -the ministry, and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, having -purchased a farm in the town of Bradford, Vt., where he still lives -in the enjoyment of his bodily and mental powers, to a good degree, -at the age of 84 years. - -Mr. Shaw married, June 10, 1798, Mary Crafts, daughter of Dr. John -Staples Crafts of Bridgewater, who was to him a great blessing. -"The greatest blessing," said Martin Luther, "with which a man can -be favored is a pious and amiable wife, who fears God and loves her -family, with whom he may live in peace, and in whom he may repose -confidence." The wife of Mr. Shaw died Jan. 14, 1840. Their children -were four;--Thomas Crafts, living in Bradford, Vt., a farmer, and a -deacon of the church in that place, who married Sarah Jenkins, by -whom he has two daughters, Sarah Jane and Mary Ann; Eliza Park, who -married Dea. Randell H. Wild of West Fairlee, who died in Bradford, -Dec. 22, 1841, leaving two daughters, Elisabeth and Emily; Samuel -West, who married Jerusha Bliss of Fairlee, and died March 12, 1832, -leaving no child; Mary Ann, who died July 12, 1808, in childhood. - - -HON. NAHUM MITCHELL OF PLYMOUTH. - -NAHUM MITCHELL was born in East Bridgewater, Feb. 12, 1769. His -father was Cushing Mitchell, son of Col. Edward, grandson of Edward, -and great-grandson of Experience, who was one of the Pilgrim -forefathers, and arrived at Plymouth in the third ship, the Ann, in -1623. They all lived and died in East Bridgewater, on the spot which -their descendants now occupy. His mother was Jennet, daughter of the -Hon. Hugh Orr, from Lochwinioch, County of Renfrew, Scotland, who -married Mary, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Bass of East Bridgewater, -whose father was Dea. Samuel Bass of Braintree, whose father was -John, who married Ruth, daughter of the Hon. John Alden, the Pilgrim; -and John's father was Dea. Samuel Bass of Braintree, (now Quincy.) -Capt. Jonathan Bass's wife was Susanna, daughter of Nicholas Byram -of East Bridgewater, whose wife was Mary, daughter of Dea. Samuel -Edson of West Bridgewater, and whose father, Nicholas Byram, married -Susanna, daughter of Abraham Shaw of Dedham. - -Cushing Mitchell's mother was Elisabeth, daughter of Elisha Cushing -of Hingham, a descendant from Matthew Cushing, one of the first -settlers in Hingham, and ancestor of all of the name in this part -of the country, and whose father was Peter Cushing of Hingham in -England. Matthew's wife was Nazareth, daughter of Henry Pitcher. -Matthew's son Daniel married Lydia, daughter of Edward Gilman, -ancestor of all the Gilmans in New England. Daniel's son Daniel, -father of Elisha, married Elisabeth, daughter of Capt. John Thaxter -of Hingham, son of Thomas, the ancestor of all the Thaxters in this -vicinity. Capt. John Thaxter's wife was Elisabeth, daughter of -Nicholas Jacob, or Jacobs, of Hingham. - -Col. Edward Mitchell's mother was Alice, daughter of Maj. John -Bradford of Kingston, son of William, Deputy-Governor, and grandson -of William Bradford, the Governor. The Governor's wife was widow -Alice Southworth, her maiden name Carpenter. William the Deputy's -wife was Alice, daughter of Thomas Richards of Weymouth. Maj. John's -wife was Mercy, daughter of Joseph Warren, son of Richard Warren, -and his wife Elisabeth, from London. Joseph's wife was Priscilla, -daughter of John, and sister of Eld. Thomas Faunce of Plymouth. Col. -Edward Mitchell's mother, after the death of his father, married Dea. -Joshua Hersey of Hingham. - -The subject of this Memoir prepared for college with the Hon. -Beza Hayward, in Bridgewater, and entered Harvard College, July, -1785, where he graduated in 1789. He kept school at Weston, while -in college, and a few times after graduating, in Bridgewater and -Plymouth; and was engaged in instructing part of the time while -attending to his professional studies. He read law with the Hon. John -Davis, Judge of the District Court of Massachusetts, lately deceased -in Boston, but then living in Plymouth, his native place. He was -admitted to the bar, Nov. 24, 1792, and settled in the practice of -the law in East Bridgewater, his native place. - -Judge Mitchell was Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas -for the Southern Circuit, from 1811 to 1821, inclusive, being -Chief-Justice during the last two years of that time. He was -Representative to General Court from Bridgewater seven years between -1798 and 1812; Representative in Congress from Plymouth District two -years, from 1803 to 1805; Senator from Plymouth County two years, -1813 and 1814; Counsellor from 1814 to 1820, inclusive; Treasurer -of the Commonwealth five years, from 1822 to 1827; Representative -to General Court from Boston, 1839 and 1840, in which place he then -resided. He was appointed by the Governor one of the Commissioners -for settling the boundary lines between Massachusetts and Rhode -Island; and afterwards, for settling the line between Massachusetts -and Connecticut; and was Chairman of the first Commissioners for -exploring and surveying the country from Boston to Albany for a -railroad route, 1827, and is a member of the Massachusetts Historical -Society, and has been Librarian and Treasurer of that institution. -He was also several years President of the Bible Society in Plymouth -county. - -Judge Mitchell married, in 1794, Nabby, daughter of Gen. Silvanus -Lazell of East Bridgewater, and has 5 children, Harriet, Silvanus L., -Mary Orr, Elisabeth Cushing, James Henry. Harriet married the Hon. -Nathaniel M. Davis, Esq., of Plymouth; Silvanus L. married Lucia, -daughter of Hon. Ezekiel Whitman of Portland, Me., Chief-Justice of -Court of Common Pleas; Mary O. married David Ames, Jr., Esq., of -Springfield; Elisabeth C. married Nathan D. Hyde of East Bridgewater; -James Henry married Harriet Lavinia, daughter of John Angier of -Belfast, Me., and is a merchant in Philadelphia; Silvanus L. was -graduated at H. C., 1817, and he and his brother-in-law, Hyde, went -into business as merchants at East Bridgewater, and thence removed to -Boston. - -Judge Mitchell wrote a short History of Bridgewater, which was -published in 1818, in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical -Society, Vol. VII., 2nd series. He has since published an enlarged -History of the Early Settlement of that Town, with a particular -Genealogy or Family Register of the Early Settlers. - - - - -ADVICE OF A DYING FATHER TO HIS SON. - -Dated January 27, 1716. - - [The following article was addressed by the Rev. William Brattle - of Cambridge to William Brattle, his son and only child who lived - to maturity, while he was preparing for college. The father was a - man distinguished for "piety, wisdom, and charity;" and the son - "was a man of extraordinary talents and character, acceptable - as a preacher, eminent as a lawyer, celebrated as a physician." - He was a Major-General in the militia, and much in public - office. May it not be supposed that this paternal Advice from an - affectionate father to a son of filial affection and an obedient - disposition, had great effect in making him what he was? For - this and several other articles of an antiquarian nature we are - indebted to Charles Ewer, Esq.] - - -1. Agreeably to what is written 1 Chron. xxviii, 9, My dear Son, know -thou the God of thy father, & serve him with a perfect heart, and -with a willing mind. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but -if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. - -2. Think often of thine own frailty, and of the uncertainly and -emptiness of all Sublunary Enjoyments. Value not Self upon riches. -Value not thy Self upon any worldly advancement whatsoever. Let faith -and Goodness be thy treasure. Let no happiness content and Sattisfie -thee but what secures the favour and peace of God unto thee. - -3. Remember thy baptism, acquaint thy Self well with the nature -and obligations of that Ordinance. Publickly renew thy baptismall -Covenant. Renew it Seasonably in thy early Days with humility and -thirsty desires to enjoy Communion with God in the ordinance of the -Lord's Supper and in all Approaches before God therein bringing -faith and Love and a Self abasing Sence of thine own Emptiness and -unworthyness. - -4. Prize and Esteem the holy word of God infinitly before the finest -of Gold. Reverence it with thy whole heart, read it constantly with -seriousness, and great delight. Meditate much upon it, make it thy -Guide in all thy wayes, fetch all thy Comforts from thence, and by a -religious and holy walk, establish thine Interest in the blessed and -glorious Promises therein contained. - -5. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Reverence God's -Sanctuary. In prayer, in Singing, in hearing God's word Read or -preached, and in every public administration Wait upon God with -outward Reverence and true devotion in thine heart, Remembering that -holyness for ever becomes God's house. When in thy more private -retirements, Still let it be thy Care to Sanctifie God's Sabbath. Be -watchfull therefore over thine heart and over thy thoughts. Call to -mind and run over what thou hast heard in God's house. Read Savoury -books. Catechise thy Self, and others too when God gives Opportunity. - -6. Take care of thy health, avoid all Excess in eating and in -drinking, in taking thy pleasure, and in all innocent Recreations -whatsoever. Let not immoderate heatt and Colds needlessly Expose thy -body. - -7. Beware of Passion. Let not Anger and Wrath infect thine heart, -suffer wrong with Patience, Rather than to right thy Self by -unchristian methods, or by suffering thy spirit to be out of frame. - -8. Labour to establish thy Self and begg of God that he would -Establish thee in the grace of Chastity, keep thine heart clean and -Chast, keep thy Tongue clean and Chast, keep thine hands clean and -Chast, keep thine Eyes clean and Chast. Never trust to thy Self to -be thy keeper, avoid temptations to uncleaness of every nature, be -watchfull over thy Self night and day, but in the midst of all Let -thine heart be with God, and be thou much in prayer, that God would -be thy keeper. Let all the incentives to Lust as farr as may be, be -avoided by thee. - -9. Speak the Truth alwayes. Let not a Lye defile thy Lips, be content -with Suffering rather than by telling the Least Lie to Save thy Self. -Beware of Shuffling off by disimulation. - -10. Let Pride be an abomination in thy Sight. Cloth thyself with -humility. Let humility be thine under Garment. Let humility be thine -upper Garment. - -11. Despise no man, let the State of his Body or mind or other -circumstances of his, be what they will, still reverence humanity, -consider who made thee to differ. - -12. Be just to all men; be thou courteous and affable to all men; -render not Evil for Evil, but recompense evil with Good. Owe no man -any thing but Love. - -13. Be thou compassionate, tender hearted, and mercifull; do good -to all men, be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to -communicate; for with such sacrifices God is evermore well pleased. - -14. Avoid sloth and idleness, give thy Self to thy Studys; converse -with such Authors as may tend to make thee wise and good and to -forward thy growth in true wisdom and goodness. - -15. Acquaint thy Self with History; know something of the -Mathematicks, and Physick; be able to keep Accompts Merchant like -in some measure; but let Divinity be thy main Study. Accomplish thy -Self for the worke of the Ministry, begg of God that he would incline -thine heart therto, and accept thee therin, and if it shall please -God thus to Smile upon thee, aspire not after great things; let the -Providence of God chuse for thee, and let the Flock have the Love of -thy heart; be Solicitous for their Spirituall good, and for the glory -of God; and let thy Aims be this way in all thy private meditations, -and public administrations, all the dayes of thy Life. - -My dear Child, be of a Catholick Spirit. - - - - -RELATIONSHIP. - - In old wills and other old documents the word _cousin_ is - sometimes used for _nephew_, and thus many errors may occur in - tracing out genealogies. Many curious cases of relationship - will be found to exist by those that investigate the descent of - families, some of which cannot be described by the terms we now - use to designate consanguinity. It is surprising, that among the - many words that have been coined, some new terms have not come - into use as substitutes for the awkward way we now have of naming - some of our relatives; such as great-great-great grandfather, - great-great-great-uncle, &c. The following curious case was taken - from a newspaper; whether the account is correct or not, the - reader may see that it may be true. - - "_A man can be his own grandfather._ - - "A widow and her daughter-in-law and a man and his son--the widow - married the son, the daughter the father; the widow was mother - to her husband's father and grandmother to her husband; they had - a son to whom she was great-grandmother. Now as the son of a - great-grandmother must be either a grandfather or great-uncle, - the boy must be one or the other. This was the case of a boy in - Connecticut." - - - - -DECEASE OF THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND. - -Chronologically arranged. - -(Continued from p. 74.) - - - 1648. - - Oct. 11, Rev. Henry Green of Reading. - - - 1649. - - March 26, Gov. John Winthrop of Boston, b. Jan. 12, 1588, d., a. 61. - - Aug. 25, Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge, b. Nov. 5, 1605, d., a. 44. - - - 1650. - - Sept. 11, Atherton Hough of Boston, an Assistant. - - - 1651. - - Aug. --, William Thomas, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony, d., a. 77. - - - 1652. - - Aug. 24, Adam Winthrop, Esq., of Boston, d., a. 33. - - Sept. 14, Capt. Bozoun Allen of Boston, formerly of Hingham. - - Dec. 23, Rev. John Cotton of Boston d., a. 67. (The old "Boston Book" - says, Mr. Cotton d. 15th of 10th month.) - - - 1653. - - Jan. 18, Capt. William Tyng of Boston, Treasurer of the Colony. - - July 31, Gov. Thomas Dudley of Roxbury d., a. 77. - - Rev. Nathaniel Ward, first minister of Ipswich, d. in England, - a. 83. - - Nov. 8, Rev. John Lothrop of Barnstable. - - Oct. 8, Hon. Thomas Flint of Concord. - - - 1654. - - Jan. --, John Glover of Dorchester, an Assistant. - - Gov. John Haynes of Hartford, Ct. - - July 23, William Hibbins, an Assistant, d. at Boston. - - Dec. 9, Gen. Edward Gibbons of Boston. - - - 1655. - - May 8, Edward Winslow of Plymouth d. on board the Fleet, a. 61. - - July 3, Rev. Nathaniel Rogers of Ipswich d., a. 57. - - Rev. Daniel Maud of Dover, N. H. He had taught a school for - some years in Boston before he went to Dover. - - Henry Wolcott, the ancestor of the governors of Connecticut - by this name, d., a. 78. - - - 1656. - - Capt. Miles Standish of Duxbury d., a. ab. 72. - - Capt. Robert Bridges of Lynn, an Assistant. - - 1668? Rev. Peter Prudden of Milford, Ct., d., a. 56. - - March 23, Capt. Robert Keaine, merchant in Boston. - - Oct. 22, Rev. James Noyes of Newbury d., a. 48. - - - 1657. - - Jan. 7, Gov. Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut d., a. 66. - - March --, Gov. Edward Hopkins d. in London, a. 57. - - George Fenwick, the first settler of Saybrook, d. in England. - - May 9, Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth, d., a. 69. - - - 1658. - - Rev. Ralph Partridge of Duxbury. - - John Coggan of Boston. - - - 1659. - - Feb. 27, Rev. Henry Dunster of Scituate d., (buried at Cambridge.) - - March 9, Rev. Peter Bulkley of Concord d., a. 77. - - April 10, Rev. Edward Norris of Salem d., a. ab. 70. - - Sept. 29, John Johnson of Roxbury. - - - 1660. - - Oct. 16, Rev. Hugh Peters executed in England, a. 61. - - - 1661. - - Jan. 23, Rev. Ezekiel Rogers of Rowley, a. 70. - - Sept. 17, Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester. He was - killed by a fall from his horse on Boston Common, - when on his return from a military review on the - Common. Mr. Savage and the inscription on his tombstone - say, that he died on the 16th, but other authority,[25] - and incontrovertible, says, on the "17th at about 1 - o'clock, after midnight." - - Dec. 28, Rev. Timothy Dalton of Hampton d., a. ab. 84. - - - 1662. - - March 1, Rev. Ralph Smith d. at Boston. - - March 30, Rev. Samuel Hough, minister of Reading, d. in Boston. - - June 14, Sir Henry Vane executed in England, a. 50. - - Oct. --, William Pynchon d. at Wraisbury, Bucks, a. 72. - - - 1663. - - ----, Thomas Camock, nephew of the Earl of Warwick, d. in - Scarborough, Me. If he is the same who is named in - the 2nd charter of Virginia, 1609, he was quite - advanced in years. - - Rev. Richard Denton of Stamford, Ct., [ab. 1663.] - - April 5, Rev. John Norton of Boston, a. 57. - - June 12, Rev. John Miller d. at Groton. - - July 5, Rev. Samuel Newman of Rehoboth, a. 63. - - July 20, Rev. Samuel Stone of Hartford. - - - 1665. - - Jan. 9, Rev. Samuel Eaton of New Haven. - - March 15, Gov. John Endecott of Boston, a. 77. - - July 15, Capt. Richard Davenport, killed by lightning at Castle - William, a. 59. - - Rev. Adam Blackman of Stratford. - - Dr. John Clark of Boston, a. 66. - - - - -NEW ENGLAND. - - -The following is an extract from "A NEW DESCRIPTION OF THE -WORLD,--London, printed for Hen. Rhodes, next door to the Swan -Tavern, near Brides-Lane, in Fleet-Street, 1689." - - _NEW ENGLAND_, an _English_ Colony in America, is bounded on - the North-East with _Novumbegua_, on the Southwest with _Novum - Belgium_; and on the other parts by the Woods and Sea coast; - scituate in the middle of Temperate Zone, between the degrees - of 41 and 44, equally distant from the Artick Circle, and the - Tropick of _Cancer_; which renders it very temperate and very - agreeable to the Constitution of _English_ Bodies, the Soil being - alike Fruitful, if not in some places exceeding ours; all sorts - of Grain and Fruit trees common with us growing kindly there; The - Woods there are very great, wherein for the most part the Native - _Indians_ dwell Fortefying themselves as in Towns or places of - defence, living upon Deer and such other Creatures, as those vast - Wildernesses whose extents are unknown to the _English_ abound - with; there are in this Country store of Ducks, Geese, Turkies, - Pigeons, Cranes, Swans, Partridges, and almost all sort of Fowl, - and Cattle, common to us in _Old England_; together with Furs, - Amber, Flax, Pitch, Cables, Mast, and in brief whatever may - conduce to profit and pleasure; the Native _Indians_, in these - parts are more tractable, if well used, than in any other; many - of them though unconverted, often saying, that our God is a good - God, but their _Tanto_ evil, which _Tanto_ is no other than the - Devil, or a wicked Spirit that haunts them every Moon, which - obliges them to Worship him for fear, though to those that are - converted to Christianity he never appears. - - This _English_ Colony after many Attempts and bad Successes was - firmly Established 1620, at what time _New Plymouth_ was Built - and Fortified; so that the _Indians_ thereby being over-aw'd, - suffered the Planters without controul to Build other Towns, the - chief of which are _Bristol_, _Boston_, _Barnstaple_, and others, - alluding to the Names of Sea Towns in _Old England_; and are - accommodated with many curious Havens commodious for Shipping, - and the Country watered with pleasant Rivers of extraordinary - largeness; so abounding with Fish, that they are not taken for - dainties; and for a long time they were all Governed at their own - dispose, and Laws made by a Convocation of Planters, _&c._ but of - late they have submitted to receive a Governor from _England_. - - _NOVUM BELGIUM_, or the _New Neitherlands_, lies in this tract - on the South of _New England_, extending from 38 to 41 degrees - North Latitude; a place into which the _Hollanders_ intruded - themselves, considerable Woody; which Woods naturally abound with - Nuts and wild Grapes, replenished with Deer, and such Creatures - as yield them store of Furrs, as the Rivers and Plains do Fish - and Fowl; rich Pastures, and Trees of extraordinary bigness, - with Flax, Hemp, and Herbage; the ground very kindly bearing - the Product of _Europe_; and here the Natives, such as live in - Hutts and Woods, go clad in Beasts Skins, their Household goods - consisting of a Wooden dish, a Tobacco Pipe, and a Hatchet made - of a sharp Flint Stone, their Weapons Bows and Arrows; though - the _Dutch_ unfairly to their cost, out of a covetous Humor, - traded with them for Guns, Swords, _&c._, shewing the use of them - which the _Indians_ turning upon their quondam Owners, found an - opportunity to send 400 of their new Guests into the other World; - and here the chief Town is _New Amsterdam_, commodiously Scituate - for Trade, and the Reception of Shipping. - - - - -TIME OF THE ARRIVAL IN NEW ENGLAND OF THE FOLLOWING MINISTERS. - - - 1630. - - Rev. John Maverick. - Rev. John Warham. - Rev. John Wilson. - Rev. George Phillips. - - 1631. - - Rev. John Eliot. - - 1632. - - Rev. Thomas Weld. - Rev. Thomas James. - Rev. Stephen Bachiler. - - 1633. - - Rev. John Cotton. - Rev. Thomas Hooker. - Rev. Samuel Stone. - Rev. William Leveredge? - - 1634. - - Rev. John Lathrop. - Rev. John Miller? - Rev. James Noyes. - Rev. Thomas Parker. - Rev. Zechariah Symmes. - Rev. Nathaniel Ward. - - 1635. - - Rev. Peter Bulkley. - Rev. John Avery. - Rev. George Burdet? - Rev. Henry Flint. - Rev. Peter Hobart. - Rev. John Reyner? - Rev. Richard Mather. - Rev. Hugh Peters. - Rev. John Norton. - Rev. Thomas Shepard. - Rev. William Walton. - Rev. John Jones. - - 1636. - - Rev. Ralph Partridge. - Rev. Samuel Whiting. - Rev. Nathaniel Rogers. - Rev. John Wheelwright. - Rev. Thomas Jenner. - Rev. Samuel Newman. - - 1637. - - Rev. John Allin. - Rev. Edmund Brown. - Rev. Thomas Cobbet. - Rev. Timothy Dalton? - Rev. John Davenport. - Rev. John Fiske. - Rev. John Harvard. - Rev. George Moxon. - Rev. William Thompson. - Rev. John Prudden. - Rev. Samuel Eaton. - - 1638. - - Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. - Rev. Robert Peck. - Rev. Edward Norris. - Rev. Charles Chauncy. - Rev. Thomas Allen. - Rev. Henry Phillips? - Rev. Marmaduke Matthews. - - 1639. - - Rev. John Knowles. - Rev. Henry Whitfield. - Rev. Richard Denton? - Rev. Jonathan Burr. - Rev. Ephraim Hewett. - Rev. Henry Smith. - Rev. John Ward. - Rev. William Worcester. - Rev. Abraham Pierson? - - 1640. - - Rev. Henry Dunster. - - 1641. - - Rev. Richard Blinman? - - - - -GENEALOGIES AND THEIR MORAL. - - -We were carelessly looking over a genealogy of the "Minot Family" in -the second number of the "New England Historical and Genealogical -Register," when suddenly our eyes were suffused with tears, as they -rested on the following sentence in the catalogue of the children of -Capt. John Minot, who died in Dorchester, 1669: - - "Martha, born Sept. 22, 1657; died, single, Nov. 23, 1678, aged - 21. She was engaged to be married, but died unmarried, leaving - a will in which she directed that at her funeral her betrothed - husband, 'John Morgan, Jr. be all over mourning, and follow next - after me.'" - -What a history is there in these few words about Martha Minot, who -lived almost two centuries ago! The mind runs back in a moment to -those times, when almost all New England was a wilderness--to those -days of the old Indian wars, when no man could be a "captain" without -being a man of some rank and consequence. Just after the close of -King Philip's war, when the villages of New England were all in -peace, Capt. John Minot's daughter Martha, twenty-one years of age, -and having come into possession of her share of her father's estate, -had plighted her troth to one she loved, and was expecting to be -married too, when disease fastened upon her young frame, and would -not be repelled. In the chill November air, when - - "The melancholy days were come, the saddest of the year," - -she faded like a leaf. And at her burial there followed, nearer -than brother or sister, nearest to the hearse, the one whom, of all -the living, she loved most, from whom to part had been to her more -painful than the death-pang, and who had been in her thoughts till -"the love-light in her eye" was extinguished. That single item in -her directions for her funeral, that "John Morgan, Jr., be all over -mourning, and follow next after me," tells the whole story. - -Nothing seems, at first sight, less interesting or less instructive, -than a genealogical table, a mere register of names and dates. But -such a passage as that which we have quoted--so picturesque, so -suggestive, so touching, so dramatic--when it occurs in the midst -of these dry records, throws out an electric light at every link -in the chain of generations. Each of those names in the table is -the memorial--perhaps the only memorial--of a human heart that once -lived and loved; a heart that kept its steady pulsations through some -certain period of time, and then ceased to beat and mouldered into -dust. Each of those names is the memorial of an individual human life -that had its joys and sorrows, its cares and burthens, its affections -and hopes, its conflicts and achievements, its opportunities wasted -or improved, and its hour of death. Each of those dates of "birth," -"marriage," "death,"--O how significant! What a day was each of those -dates to some human family, or to some circle of loving human hearts! - -To read a genealogy then may be, to a thinking mind, like walking in -a cemetery, and reading the inscriptions on the gravestones. As we -read, we may say with the poet-- - - "To a mysteriously-consorted pair, - This place is consecrate--to Death and Life." - -The presence of death drives the mind to thoughts of immortality. -Memorials of the dead are memorials not of death only, but of -life. They lived, and therefore they died; and as the mind thinks -of the dead gathered to their fathers, it cannot but think of the -unseen worlds which they inhabit. All these names are memorials of -human spirits that have passed from time into eternity. Ready or -unprepared, in youth or in maturity, in childhood or in old age, they -went into eternity, as we are going. - - "The nursling, and the tottering little one - Taken from air and sunshine when the rose - Of infancy first blooms upon his cheek; - The thinking, thoughtless schoolboy; the bold youth - Of soul impetuous, and the bashful maid, - Smitten when all the promises of life - Are opening round her; those of middle age, - Cast down while confident in strength they stand, - Like pillars fixed more firmly, as might seem, - And more secure, by very weight of all - That for support rests on them; the decayed - And burthensome; and lastly that poor few - Whose light of reason is with age extinct; - The hopeful and the hopeless, first and last, - The earliest summoned and the longest spared, - Are here deposited." - -The genealogical chapters in Genesis and Chronicles are commonly and -very naturally regarded as being almost if not quite an exception -to the testimony, "All Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for -reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." But the -story is told of a man who had long been irreligious and thoughtless, -that in some vacant hour he happened to open his Bible, and began -to read the catalogue of antediluvians, in the fifth chapter of -Genesis. As he read that one lived so many years and he _died_, and -another lived so many years and he died, the uniformity of the record -arrested his attention, his mind was awakened to new thoughts of the -significancy of death and life, and thus he was led to realize the -ends of his existence, and to dedicate himself, in penitence and -trust, to a forgiving God.--_New York Evangelist._ - - - - -FIRST SETTLERS OF RHODE ISLAND. - -BY THE LATE JOHN FARMER, ESQ. - - - Roger Williams, - John Thockmorton, - William Arnold, - William Harris, - Stukeley Westcot, - Thomas Olney, Sen. - Thomas Olney, Jun. - John Greene, - Richard Waterman, - Thomas James, - Robert Cole, - William Carpenter, - Francis Weston, - Ezekiel Holleman, - Robert Williams, - John Smith, - Hugh Bewitt, - William Wickenden, - John Field, - Thomas Hopkins, - William Hawkins, - William Hutchinson, - Edward Hutchinson, Jun. - John Coggeshall, - William Aspinwall, - Samuel Wildbore, - John Porter, - John Sandford, - Edward Hutchinson, - Thomas Savage, - William Dyre, - William Freeborn, - Philip Sherman, - John Walker, - Richard Carder, - William Baulston, - Henry Bull, - William Coddington, - John Clark, - Edward Cope, - Chad. Brown, - Daniel Brown, - Henry Brown, - John Brown, - Samuel Bennett, - Hugh Bewett, - Adam Goodwin, - Henry Fowler, - Arthur Fenner, - Henry Reddock, - Thomas Sucklin, - Christopher Smith, - Richard Pray, - Nicholas Power, - Stephen Northup, - Edward Hart, - Benjamin Herenden, - Edward Inman, - John Jones, - James Matthewson, - Henry Neale, - William Man, - ---- Jinckes, - Roger Mawry, - Edward Manton, - Shadrach Manton, - George Shepard, - Edward Smith, - Benjamin Smith, - John Smith, (the Mason.) - John Smith, (Sen.) - John Smith, (Jun.) - John Smith, (Jamaica,) - Epenetus Olney, - Lawrence Wilkinson, - Daniel Williams, - Christopher Onthank, - Joshua Verin, - John Sayles, - Richard Scott, - Joan Tyler, - Joshua Winsor, - Valentine Whitman, - George Way, - William White, - Thomas Walling, - John Warren, - John Whipple, - Matthew Waller, - Robert Williams, - Joseph Williams, - William Wickenden, - Robert R. West, - Pardon Tillighast. - - - - -MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. - - [Our authorities for most of our records of Marriages and Deaths - are the newspapers. These may not always be correct.] - - -MARRIAGES. - - BATES, JOHN S., ESQ., of Canandaigua, N. Y., to ANNIE M., - daughter of Gen. Timothy Upham of Boston, late of Portsmouth, N. - H., May 19. - - BIGELOW, H. J., M. D., to SUSAN, daughter of William Sturgis, - Boston, May 8. - - BROWN, ABNER HARTWELL, M. D., of Lowell, Prof. of Chemistry in - Willoughby Medical College, O., to SUSAN AUGUSTA, daughter of - Rev. Dr. Shurtleff, late Prof. in Dartmouth College, April 13. - - BURLINGAME, ANSON, Attorney, of Boston, to JANE CORNELIA, - daughter of Hon. Isaac Livermore of Cambridge, June 3. - - COFFIN, REV. EZEKIEL W., Minister of the Universalist Society in - Attleboro', to MISS MARY ELIZA WEBBER of Boston, May 30. - - FOSTER, FORDYCE, M. D., to MISS ADELINE JANE TOWER, Cohasset, - March 24. - - GILMAN, WOODBURY, M. D., to MISS C. W. HAYES, only daughter of - Lewis Hayes, Esq., Kittery, Me. - - HARDING, SPENCER S., of Boston, to LOUISA T., daughter of Prof. - Joseph Dana of Athens, O., April 6. - - JOHNSON, REV. JOHN, appointed missionary to China, to ARETHUSA - ANNA, daughter of Abel Stevens, Esq., of Eastport, Me., May 30. - - LEMON, JOHN J., of Boston, to MISS EMMA L. BADGER of - Philadelphia, daughter of the late George Dier Badger of Windham, - Ct., March 20. - - RUSSELL, BRADFORD, Attorney, Groton, to MISS MARIA PROUTY of - Sterling, March 25. - - SEEGER, EDWIN, M. D., of Springfield, to ELIZABETH A., daughter - of Hon. John H. White of Lancaster, N. H., May 31. - - SHATTUCK, JOEL, ESQ., of Pepperell, to MRS. NANCY PARKER of - Boston, April 14. - - STEARNS, REV. OAKHAM S., of Southbridge, to ANNA JUDSON, daughter - of Rev. B. C. Grafton of Medford, June 8. - - TERRILL, CHARLES FREDERICK, to HANNAH WILLIAMS, daughter of W. - Warland Clapp of Boston, Editor of the Evening Gazette, May 28. - - -DEATHS. - - ADAMS, MRS. MEHITABLE T., May 9, a. 79, widow of the late Dea. - Nehemiah Adams of Salem, and mother of Rev. N. Adams of Boston. - - AIKEN, DANIEL, Wexford, Canada West, a. 120. He had contracted - seven marriages, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren - were 570--370 males and 200 females.--_New York Observer._ - - BLAKE, REV. CALEB, Westford, May 11, a. 85. He gr. H. C. 1784, - and was settled in Westford forty-five years. - - BRIMMER, HON. MARTIN, Boston, April 25, for some years Mayor. H. - C. 1814. - - BURNHAM, BENJAMIN, Essex, April 14, a. 92, a soldier of the - Revolution. Twelve persons have died in Essex since Jan. 12, - whose united ages amount to 970 years. - - CARPENTER, REV. CHESTER W., Sinclairville, N. Y., April 17, a. - 35. He died at Beaver, Pa., while returning home from Mobile. He - gr. A. C., 1839. - - CARPENTER, MRS. HANNAH, Chichester, N. H., April 21, a. 80, wife - of Rev. Josiah Carpenter. - - COTTON, JOHN, M. D., Marietta, O., April 2, a. 86. Dr. Cotton - was a lineal descendant of Rev. John Cotton of the first church, - Boston, and was a man of literary and scientific attainments and - deep piety. - - DAGGETT, HON. TIMOTHY, Edgarton, April 26, a. 79. - - DAY, ORRIN, ESQ., Catskill, N. Y., Dec. 25, a. 80. He was one of - those philanthropic men who formed the American Bible Society, - was a corporate member of the A. B. C. F. M., and a patron of all - good institutions. - - DUNBAR, ELIJAH, ESQ., Keene, N. H., May 18, a. 88. D. C. 1783. - Attorney. - - ELLSWORTH, MRS. NANCY G., Lafayette, La., Jan. 15, a. 54. She - was the wife of Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, late Commissioner of - Patents, and dau. of Hon. Elizur Goodrich of New Haven, Ct. - - FISK, DEA. EBENEZER, Shelburne, Dec. 21, a. 62. He was a brother - of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, Missionary to Palestine. - - FITCH, DEA. ELIJAH, Hopkinton, April 27, a. 68. He was a son of - Rev. Elijah Fitch, second pastor of the church in that town. - - FULLER, ABRAHAM W., ESQ., Boston, April 6, a. 63. Counsellor at - Law. - - GOULD, MRS. SALLY MCCURDY, May 19, widow of the late Hon. James - Gould of Litchfield, Ct. - - GRAY, REV. THOMAS, D. D., Pastor of the Congregational Church, - Roxbury, (Jamaica Plains,) June 1, a. 75. H. C. 1790. - - HARVEY, REV. BENJAMIN, Frankfort, N. Y., March 18, a. 112. He - was of the Baptist denomination, and had been a preacher more - than seventy years. - - HODGDON, ALBERT E., Barnstead, N. H., May 20, a. 25. D. C. 1842. - Attorney. - - HOLMAN, GEN. SILAS, Bolton, March 25, a. 86. He was connected - with the State Legislature between 20 and 30 years, and was one - of the Governor's Council during the administrations of Strong - and Brooks. - - KELLOGG, MRS. SUSAN C., Williamstown, April 8, a. 48, widow of - the late Prof. Kellogg. - - MEIGS, MRS. ELISABETH, New Britain, Ct., March 5, a. 92, widow of - the late Major John Meigs of the U. S. Army in the Revolution. - - MOORE, REV. GEORGE, Quincy, Ill., March 11, a. 35, H. C. 1834, - minister of the Unitarian Society in that place. - - NEVERS, GEN. JOHN, Northfield, March 30, a. 74. - - PARKER, MRS. MARTHA L., Lancaster, April 30, a. 23, wife of - Dr. J. O. Parker of Shirley, and daughter of Dr. C. Carter of - Lancaster. - - PATTEN, JEAN, Bedford, N. H., Feb. 16, a. 78, daughter of Hon. - Matthew Patten. - - PEABODY, REV. WILLIAM B. O., D. D., Springfield, May 28, a. 47. - H. C. 1816. - - REVERE, JOHN, M. D., New York, April 29, a. 60. He gr. H. - C. 1807, and was a Prof. in the Medical Department of N. Y. - University. - - ROBINSON, REV. CHARLES, Lenox, March 3, a. 45. He was a - missionary at Siam, and died on board the barque Draco, on his - return home. - - SAFFORD, CHARLES G., M. D., Rutland, April 27, a. 42. He was a - native of Exeter, N. H., gr. D. C. 1825, and Andover Theo. Sem'y, - and was a minister in Gilmanton, N. H. Having lost his health, he - gave up the ministry, studied medicine, and practised till his - death. - - SANBORN, MRS. MARTHA, Reading, May 2, a. 59, wife of Rev. Peter - Sanborn. - - SAVAGE, MRS. LUCY W., May 16, a. 57, wife of Rev. James Savage of - Bedford, N. H. - - SHURTLEFF, BENJAMIN, M. D., Boston, April 12, a. 72, B. U. - 1796, M. D. H. U. He was an honorary member of the New England - Historical and Genealogical Society, and a brief memoir of him - may be expected in our next number. - - SMITH, REV. ELI, Hollis, N. H., May 11, a. 87, B. U. 1792. - Minister in Hollis. - - STEWART, ENOS, ESQ., Davenport, Iowa, formerly of Boston, a. 48. - He was a native of Coleraine, H. C. 1820. - - STRONG, REV. CALEB, Montreal, Canada, Jan. 4, pastor of the - American Presbyterian Church. He was a son of Hon. Lewis Strong, - and grandson of Gov. Strong of Northampton. Y. C. 1835. - - THAYER, DEA. SHADRACH, South Braintree, May 4, a. 71. - - THOMAS, REV. DANIEL, Abington, a. 67. - - TUCK, MRS. SARAH A., Exeter, N. H., Feb. 20, a. 36, wife of Amos - Tuck, Esq., an attorney, and daughter of David Nudd, Esq., of - Hampton, N. H. - - UPHAM, ALBERT G., M. D., Boston, June 16, a. 29, B. C. 1840. He - was a member of the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Society. A - brief memoir of him may be expected in our next number. - - WIGGLESWORTH, SAMUEL, M. D., Boston, April 7, a. 35. H. C. 1831. - - WORCESTER, DR. NOAH, Cincinnati, O., April 4, a. 36. H. C. 1832, - M. D. at D. C. 1838, Prof. in Medical College, Cincinnati, O. - - WRIGHT, MRS. ELEANOR, Dec. 20, 1846, a. 85. She was the widow - of the late Silas Wright of Weybridge, Vt., and mother of Gov. - Wright of New York. Mr. Wright died in May, 1843, a. 84. This - couple lived together as husband and wife 61 years. - - - - -NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. - - -_The American Loyalists, or Biographical Sketches of Adherents to the -British Crown in the War of the Revolution; alphabetically arranged; -with a preliminary Historical Essay. By James Sabine._ Boston: -Charles C. Little and James Brown. MDCCCXLVII. - - Mr. Sabine, it is believed, is a merchant at Eastport, Me., but - still has been in the habit of composing for the press. He has - written articles for the North American Review, and is the author - of the Memoir of Commodore Preble in Prof. Sparks's American - Biography. - - The subject of his present work is both novel and interesting, - and one upon which we are too ignorant. The most intelligent and - best informed among us have but little knowledge of the names - and characters of the Loyalists, or Tories of the Revolution, - (probably twenty thousand in number,) and of the reasons which - influenced, of the hopes and fears which agitated, and of the - rewards or miseries which awaited them. Separated from their - homes and kindred, outlaws, wanderers, and exiles, they have - left but few memorials to their posterity. The difficult task - of collecting and arranging fragmentary events and incidents - relating to them, scattered here and there, we think the author - has succeeded admirably in accomplishing. We find among the - sketches, notices of many distinguished and influential men, - and while some were notorious for their want of principle, - there were many who, we cannot doubt, were true and honest in - espousing the cause of the mother country. Then, though we cannot - justify any, let us not censure all. "The _winners_ in the - Revolutionary strife are now twenty millions; and, strong, rich, - and prosperous, can _afford_ to speak of the losers in terms of - moderation." - - The Historical Essay, containing one hundred and fourteen pages, - which precedes the "Biographical Sketches," indicates much - acquaintance with the Revolution and its causes, and is very - valuable and highly appropriate. - - The work makes a handsome volume of 733 pages, and is well worthy - of being perused, and of a place in the library of the historian. - - -_A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of -Stetson; from the year 1634 to the year 1847. By John Stetson Barry. -"Virtus nobilitat omnia."_ Boston: Printed for the author by William -A. Hall & Co. 1847. - - The name of Stetson is spelt differently in old records; as - Stitson, Sturtson, Studson, Stedson, Stutson, and Stetson. The - last is the usual method of spelling the name, though some - families spell it Stutson. The first of the name and the ancestor - of all in this country was Robert Stetson, commonly called - _Cornet_ Robert, because he was Cornet of the first horse company - raised in Plymouth colony, Ms., in the year 1658 or '9. He - settled in Scituate, Ms., in the year 1634, but it is not known - satisfactorily whence he originated, though tradition says he - came from the county of Kent, England. - - Among his descendants are many who have held offices of trust and - responsibility, and who have stood high in public esteem. - - The pamphlet contains 116 pages, and gives a pretty full account - of the Stetson family. We hope it will be an additional incentive - to others to prepare memorials of their ancestors. - - -_An Oration delivered before the New England Society in the city -of New York, December 22, 1846. By Charles W. Upham._ New York: -Published by John S. Taylor, Brick Church Chapel, 151 Nassau Street. -1847. - - This is an excellent address, written in a clear, graceful, and - forcible manner. After describing the influences, both in the Old - World and in the New, which were at work, and the combination - of which resulted in the advent of our fathers to these desert - shores, the orator remarks upon the Puritans, and the chief - elements of their character and the result of their labors. The - blessings of a free government and religious liberty are largely - descanted upon, and the address closes as follows: "If the sons - of New England rear the school-house and the church wherever - they select their homes; if they preserve the reliance upon - their own individual energies, the love of knowledge, the trust - in Providence, the spirit of patriotic faith and hope, which - made its most barren regions blossom and become fruitful around - their fathers, then will the glorious vision of those fathers be - realized, and the Continent rejoice, in all its latitudes and - from sea to sea, in the blessings of freedom and education, of - peace and prosperity, of virtue and religion." - - -_A Sermon preached at Northwood, N. H., March 12, 1847, on the death -of Dea. Simon Batchelder. By Elliot C. Cogswell, Pastor of the -Congregational Church. Published by request._ Concord: Printed by -Morrill, Silsby, & Co. 1847. - - The text on which this discourse is founded is contained in Acts - viii: 2. "And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made - great lamentation over him." It is divided into six heads. When - the good man dies the people of God lose, 1. His society. 2. His - sympathy. 3. His counsels. 4. His prayers. 5. His coöperation. 6. - His admonitions. The subject is well treated, and the language - affectionate and appropriate. Dea. Batchelder was born, March - 5, 1758. He was the son of Davis Batchelder of Northampton, who - moved to Northwood about 1770; who married, 1. Mary Taylor of - Hampton, by whom he had four children; 2. Ruth Palmer; and 3. a - Widow Marston; by whom, (the last two wives,) he had fourteen - children, four of whom survive. Dea. Batchelder at the age of - eighteen enlisted in the war of the Revolution, in 1776, and - served in Capt. Adams's company and Col. Poor's regiment at - Winter Hill in Charlestown, Newport, R. I., and Ticonderoga, N. - Y. April 4, 1778, he married Rachel Johnson, daughter of Benjamin - Johnson, with whom he lived about fifty-two years, she dying Jan. - 5, 1830, aged 73. By her he had seven children, five of whom - still survive. He died March 10, 1847, aged 89 years and 5 days. - - -_A Discourse delivered before the Rhode Island Historical Society, -on the evening of Wednesday, January 13, 1847. By Hon. Job Durfee, -Chief-Justice of Rhode Island. Published at the request of the -Society._ Providence: Charles Burnett, Jr. 1847. - - The subject of this discourse is "Rhode Island's Idea of - Government." Judge Durfee speaks of the "origin of this idea--of - the various forms which it took in its progress towards its - realization in that state, in minds of much diversity of - character and creed; and of that 'lively experiment,' which it - subsequently held forth, that 'a most flourishing civil state may - stand, and be best maintained, with a full liberty in religious - concernments'--a liberty which implied an emancipation of reason - from the thraldom of arbitrary authority, and the full freedom of - inquiry in all matters of speculative faith." - - Though to the founders of Rhode Island, and particularly to Roger - Williams, belong the fame and glory of having realized this idea - in the form of a civil government, they were by no means the - first to maintain it. Long before the Reformation it originated - among the Waldenses in the valleys of Piedmont, and by means of - the crusade against them by Innocent III., it was spread far and - wide. The Reformation and the coming of the Puritans to America - tended to confirm it, but never was it fully realized till Roger - Williams and his followers came to "the forest-shaded banks of - the Mooshausic," and established a government on the principle - that "the State has no right to interfere between conscience and - God." - - After dwelling largely on the early history and influence of - Rhode Island, the author passes to the time of the Revolution. We - find that this little state, though royally armed in her Charter, - stood among the foremost in the great struggle for independence. - She was the first to direct her officers to disregard the Stamp - Act, and to assure them indemnity for so doing; the first - to recommend the permanent establishment of a Continental - Congress; the first to adopt the Articles of Confederation; the - first to brave royalty in arms; the first to enact and declare - independence; the first to establish a naval armament of her own; - and the first to recommend to Congress the establishment of a - Continental Navy. The oration closes with an eloquent appeal to - preserve the history and early records of the State. Appended is - a Poem by Sarah Helen Whitman, recited before the Rhode Island - Historical Society, previous to the delivery of the address. - - -_A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, -from 1635 to 1845. By Joshua Coffin, A. B. S. H. S._ - - "_For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe, - Cometh the new come from yere to yere, - And out of old bookes in good faithe - Cometh this new science that men lere._" - - _Chaucer._ - - "_Lives there a man with soul so dead, - Who never to himself hath said, - This is my own my native land?_" - - _Scott._ - -Boston: Published by Samuel G. Drake, No. 56 Cornhill. Printed by -George Coolidge. 1845. - - This is an exceedingly valuable and highly interesting work, and - appears to have been written with great labor, and _con amore_. - The author seems, as he says, "to have made a broad distinction - between fact and tradition, and to have related nothing as fact, - which he did not believe to be true." The representation of the - character of the inhabitants of Newbury and their transactions, - we think is accurately given, and seems to have been given "_sine - ira, sine studio_." Copious extracts are made from the town - records, and many from the church records, which latter exhibit - more fully the peculiar traits of our ancestors. - - The town of Newbury was originally one of the largest towns in - the county, being about thirteen miles long, and about six miles - broad in the widest place, and containing about thirty thousand - acres, of which nearly two thousand were covered with water. In - 1764 it was divided into two towns, Newbury and Newburyport, and - in 1819 West Newbury was set off and incorporated as a separate - town. - - This volume is embellished with portraits of Dr. John Clarke, - the physician in Newbury from 1637 to 1651, who died in Boston - in 1664, aged 66, Chief-Justice Sewall, Rev. Mr. Whitefield, and - Rev. Dr. Parish, and also with a map of the town and engravings - of the old-town meeting-house which stood one hundred and six - years, from 1700 to 1806, and of a house which "was infested - with demons" in 1679, and where, "before the devil was chained - up, the _invisible_ hand did begin to put forth an astonishing - _visibility_!" The Appendix, containing among other things a List - of Grantees, and Genealogies of the First Settlers from 1635 - to 1700, is a very important part of the work. The conclusion, - comprising about fifty pages, is also valuable. - - -_Brookline Jubilee. A Discourse delivered in Brookline, at the -request of its Inhabitants, on 15 March, 1847, the day, which -completed half a Century from his Ordination, by John Pierce, D. D., -fifth minister of the first Congregational Church and Society in said -town._ Boston: James Munroe and Company. MDCCCXLVII. - - The text on which this discourse is founded is in Psalm xxxvii: - 25. "I have been young and now am old." - - It is indeed pleasant in these "moving times," when ministers - are not settled during even good behavior, but only so long as - they please the fastidious taste of their people, to behold a - pastor who has remained with his flock a long series of years, - who stands among them, a relic of a former generation, to guide - them by his counsels and guard them with his watchful care. It - is alike honorable to the pastor and his people to meet in one - common jubilee, to thank the bounteous Giver of all things for - his mercies, and strengthen the ties which have so long bound - them together. In the present case, however, not a church merely, - but a whole town have united to honor one who may be regarded as - their father, and whose name is identified with the town. - - The sermon contains, as might be expected from Dr. Pierce, an - immense amount of historical facts, some of them of a general, - but most of them of a local character. The town of Brookline was - incorporated Nov. 13, 1705, O. S., and the first Congregational - church was gathered Oct. 26, 1717, O. S., of which Dr. Pierce - is the fifth pastor. Since his settlement nearly all who were - then around him have departed this life, while he, now enjoying - a "green old age," stands almost alone. The discourse is very - valuable for the history it contains, and is written in a - candid and an affectionate manner. Appended is an exceedingly - interesting account of the proceedings of the day, which was - published in the Christian Register, and other papers in Boston. - We regret that we have not room to insert extracts from it. Dr. - Pierce will go down to the grave beloved and respected by all - ministers and people who knew him, whether of his own or other - denominations. - - -_A Discourse on the Cambridge Church-Gathering in 1636; delivered in -the First Church, on Sunday, February 22, 1846. By William Newell, -Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge._ Boston: James Munroe and -Company. 1846. - - The text is from Psalm xliv. 1-3. "We have heard with our ears, - O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their - days in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen - with thy hand, and plantedest them.... For they got not the land - in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save - them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy - countenance, because thou hadst a favor unto them." - - This discourse contains an account of the formation of the church - in Cambridge, and of some of the events preceding it, and brief - notices of the principal actors. It contains also many other - valuable facts. There is an appendix containing nineteen pages of - great value, embracing among other things a list of the members - of the church, "taken and registered in the 11 month, 1658," - and brief genealogical notices of one hundred and seventeen - individuals. In giving this sermon to the public, Mr. Newell has - rendered an important service. - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] This Memoir is an abstract, (taken by permission,) of a "Memoir -of John Endecott, First Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, -by Charles M. Endicott, a descendant, of the seventh generation;"--a -work well prepared, and handsomely printed in folio form, containing -116 pages, and just issued from the press, solely for the private use -of the family. Our Memoir will be introduced with a few preliminary -remarks, and, occasionally, will be interspersed with passages -respecting the early history of the country. - -[2] See Morton's New England Memorial. The Planter's Plea notices the -event as rather the effect of accident from the prevailing winds, -than any design on the part of the master. - -[3] Letter to the elder Adams, among the MSS. of the Massachusetts -Historical Society. - -[4] The Rev. Mr. Felt has recently found among some papers at -the State House, Boston, a bill made out in Gov. Endecott's own -hand-writing, and presented to the General Court, for the cure of a -man committed to his care. He there styles himself "Chirurgeon." - -[5] Deposited there by C. M. Endicott, Esq., in 1828. - -[6] Perhaps Roger Conant and two or three others, in some respects, -might have been exceptions. - -[7] See Covenant, p. 221. - -[8] The Rev. Mr. Upham, in his Dedication Sermon, in 1826, thus -speaks of him: "John Endecott, (a man, who to the qualities -which have rendered him illustrious, as an effectual leader of -colonization, as a gallant soldier, as a skillful statesman, added -a knowledge of the Scriptures, and a devout piety, which will ever -hallow his memory,) early in the year 1629, before the formation of -this church, wrote to Gov. Bradford respecting a conference he had -held with a gentleman sent to him from Plymouth, (Dr. Fuller.) on the -subject of church institution and government. In this letter we find -no acknowledgment of any other authority in such a matter than his -own private judgment, and no desire expressed, or attempt exhibited, -to force his judgment upon others." The letter here referred to is -the one already cited, of May 11, 1629. "The standard," says Mr. -Upham, "by which Mr. Endecott made up his judgment in this matter, -was certainly no other than the standard of Protestantism--the -Scriptures, as they were opened to his understanding." - -[9] "Kernwood," the summer residence of Francis Peabody, Esq., is -situated on the borders of this stream, and for beauty of location is -not surpassed in that part of the country. - -[10] Charles M. Endicott, Esq., distinctly recollects his visiting, -when quite a boy, one of these ruins on the borders of this stream, -situated in the midst of a locust grove, in the vicinity of the -"Endecott Burying-Ground." - -[11] Mass. Hist. Coll., I., iv., p. 119. - -[12] The General Court, in January, 1635, unanimously agreed, that if -such a Governor should come to this country, the Colonists ought to -resist his authority, and maintain their rights. - -[13] The very next year, only two of the Council, Vane and Dudley, -would consent to spread the King's colors even in the fort, on -account of the cross in them.--_Winthrop's Jour._, Vol. I., p. 189. - -[14] Neal's History of the Puritans, Vol. II., chap. 5. - -[15] Snow's History of Boston. - -[16] This "faithful friend" was none other than Mrs. Leverett, the -wife of the Agent. - -[17] According to tradition, his tombstone was in a good state of -preservation down to the commencement of the American Revolution, -when it was with many others destroyed by the British soldiers, at -the time they occupied Boston. - -[18] The Church, (the first in Massachusetts Colony,) was established -Aug. 6, 1629. - -[19] This is not the church of which the Rev. Mr. Hurd is pastor. - -[20] Twins. - -[21] This account of the antiquities and pedigree of the Parsons -Family was prepared principally from manuscripts in the possession -of Samuel H. Parsons, Esq., of Hartford, Ct., by the Corresponding -Secretary of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society. - -[22] For minute and interesting particulars of this now important -town, the reader is referred to the history of it by REV. DANIEL -LANCASTER. In that work the author has given pedigrees of many of the -early settlers. - -[23] All the fly-leaves are gone from the beginning of the Old -Testament, as well as the title-page. - -[24] This Deborah was the mother of the American Heroine, _Deborah -Sampson_, who, under the name of _Robert Shirtlieff_, served about -two years as soldier in the army of the Revolution, in Capt. Webb's -Company, Col. Jackson's Regiment, and General Patterson's Brigade, -and after an honorable discharge from the Continental army, returned -home to her mother at Plimpton in the Old Colony; assumed her female -habiliments, and was married to Benjamin Gannet of Sharon, Ms., in -1784, where she died about ten years ago, and where three of her -children reside at the present day. - -[25] MS. Memorandum of Capt. John Hull, made at the time and -preserved among the Sewall papers. 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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 1, No. 3 - -Author: Various - -Editor: William Cogswell - -Release Date: December 24, 2015 [EBook #50758] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL REGISTER *** - - - - -Produced by Heather Clark, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>A superscript number in brackets is a Footnote; a superscript number indicates -the generation of the family, for -example Joseph,<sup>3</sup> is in the third generation of the (Parsons) family.</p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p class="handonly">On some handheld devices, the large tables are best viewed in -landscape mode and a small font size, in order to see all the columns.</p> - -<p>More detail can be found at the <a href="#TN">end of the book.</a></p> -</div> - -<div class="bbox figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" alt="Title page" /> -</div> - - -<h1 class="pg-brk"> -<span class="small bold">VOL. I. JULY, 1847. NO. 3.</span><br /> -<br /> -<br /> -<span class="xs bold">THE</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xl">NEW ENGLAND</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xl antiqua">Historical & Genealogical Register:</span></h1> - -<div class="center wsp"> -<br /> -<span class="large">PUBLISHED QUARTERLY,</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xs">UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE</span><br /> -<br /> -<br /> -<span class="large">NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.</span><br /> -<br /> -<br /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<span class="medium">REV. WILLIAM COGSWELL, D. D., EDITOR.</span><br /> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/titlepage-150.jpg" alt="Society logo" /> -</div> - -<span class="large lsp">BOSTON:</span><br /> -<span class="medium lsp">SAMUEL G. DRAKE, PUBLISHER,</span><br /> -<span class="small smcap lsp">No. 56 Cornhill</span>.<br /> -<span class="large lsp">1847.</span><br /> -<br /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<span class="xs smcap">Coolidge & Wiley</span>, <span class="xs">Printers, 12 Water Street.</span><br /> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> -<p class="p4" /> - -<h2 class="xl lsp"><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS.</a></h2> -<hr class="r10" /> -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="small tdc">Page</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Memoir of Governor Endecott,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#MEMOIR">201</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Original Covenant of the First Church in Massachusetts Colony,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#ORIGINAL_COVENANT">224</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Heraldry,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#HERALDRY">225</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Heraldic Plate,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#PLATE">231</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Ratification of the Federal Constitution by Massachusetts,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#RATIFICATION">232</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Letter of Chief-Justice Sargent,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#LETTER">237</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Complete List of the Ministers of Boston,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#A_COMPLETE_LIST">240</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Congregational Ministers and Churches in Rockingham County, N. H.,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#COMPLETE_LIST">244</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Genealogy of the Wolcott Family,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#THE_WOLCOTT_FAMILY">251</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Genealogy of the Minot Family,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#THE_MINOT_FAMILY">256</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Genealogy of the Parsons Family,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#THE_PARSONS_FAMILY">263</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Ancient Bible in the Bradford Family,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#ANCIENT_BIBLE">275</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Biographical Notices of Physicians in Rochester, N. H.,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#BIOGRAPHICAL">276</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Sketches of Alumni at the different Colleges in New England,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#SKETCHES">278</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Advice of a Dying Father to his Son,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#ADVICE">284</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Relationship,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#RELATIONSHIP">285</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Decease of the Fathers of New England,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#DECEASE">286</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">New England,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#NEW_ENGLAND">288</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Arrival of Early New England Ministers,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#TIME">289</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Genealogies and their Moral,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#GEN">290</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">First Settlers of Rhode Island,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#FIRST_SETTLERS">291</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Marriages and Deaths,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#MARRIAGES_AND_DEATHS">292</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Notices of New Publications,</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#NOTICES">293</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/image02.jpg" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -(Portrait of John Endecott, Governor.) -</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[Pg 201]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs120 wsp">NEW ENGLAND</p> - -<p class="pfs135 wsp">HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="fulla" /> -<hr class="fulla" /> -<p class="pfs90">JULY, 1847.</p> -<p class="lt fs90">VOL. I.</p> -<p class="rt fs90">NO. 3.</p> -<hr class="fulla" /> -<hr class="fulla" /> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="MEMOIR" id="MEMOIR"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">MEMOIR OF GOVERNOR ENDECOTT.</a><a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></h2> - </div> - -<p>It is now upwards of two centuries and a quarter since the despotic -sway of the English Sovereigns over the consciences of their -subjects, induced all who entertained different sentiments from those -of the established church, to turn their eyes towards the wilderness -of America, as an asylum from the unnatural persecutions of the -Mother Country.</p> - -<p>With this in view, some of the principal men among those who -had already sought a refuge in Holland, commenced treating with -the Virginia Company, and at the same time took measures to ascertain -whether the King would grant them liberty of conscience should -they remove thither. They ultimately effected a satisfactory arrangement -with the Company, but from James they could obtain no -public recognition of religious liberty, but merely a promise, that if -they behaved peaceably he would not molest them on account of -their religious opinions.</p> - -<p>On the 6th of September, 1620, a detachment from the Church -at Leyden set sail from Plymouth for the Virginia territory, but -owing to the treachery of the master,<a name="FNanchor_2" id="FNanchor_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> they were landed at Cape -Cod, and ultimately at Plymouth, on the 11th day of December -following. Finding themselves without the jurisdiction of the Virginia -Company, they established a distinct government for themselves.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[202]</a></span></p> - -<p>In the year 1624, the success of this plantation was so favorably -represented in the West of England, that the Rev. John White, -a distinguished minister in Dorchester, prevailed upon some merchants -and others to undertake another settlement in New England. -Having provided a common stock, they sent over several persons to -begin a plantation at Cape Ann, where they were joined by some -disaffected individuals from the Plymouth settlement. This project -was soon abandoned as unprofitable, and a portion of the settlers -removed westward within the territory of Naumkeag, which then -included what is now Manchester. By the intercession and great -exertions of Mr. White, the project of a settlement in that quarter -was not altogether relinquished, but a new company was soon -afterwards formed. One of this company, and the principal one to -carry its objects into immediate effect, was the subject of this Memoir. -He was in the <em>strictest</em> sense of the word a <em>Puritan</em>,—one of a sect -composed, as an able foreign writer has said, of the "most remarkable -body of men which perhaps the world has ever produced. -They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from -the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. -Not content with acknowledging in general terms an overruling -Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the -Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection -nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to -enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected -with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted -for the homage of the soul. On the rich and the eloquent, on -nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed -themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent -in a more sublime language; nobles by the right of an earlier creation, -and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">John Endecott</span>, whose name is so intimately associated with -the first settlement of this country, and with whose early history his -own is so closely interwoven, that, in the language of the late Rev. Dr. -Bentley,<a name="FNanchor_3" id="FNanchor_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> "above all others he deserved the name of <em>the</em> <span class="smcap">Father of -New England</span>," was born in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England, in -the year 1588. He was a man of good intellectual endowments -and mental culture, and of a fearless and independent spirit, which -well fitted him for the various and trying duties he was destined to -perform. Of his early life, and private and domestic character, little<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span> -is known; neither are we much better informed as to his parentage, -except that his family was of respectable standing and moderate -fortunes. He belonged to that class in England called esquires, or -gentlemen, composed mostly at that period of the independent landholders -of the realm. With the exception, therefore, of a few leading -incidents, we are reluctantly obliged to pass over nearly the -whole period of Mr. Endecott's life, previous to his engaging in the -enterprise for the settlement of New England. History is almost -silent upon the subject, and the tradition of the family has been but -imperfectly transmitted and preserved. His letters, the only written -productions which are left us, furnish internal evidence that he was -a man of liberal education and cultivated mind. There are proofs -of his having been, at some period of his life, a surgeon;<a name="FNanchor_4" id="FNanchor_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> yet, as -he is always alluded to, in the earliest records of the Massachusetts -Company, by the title of Captain, there can be no doubt whatever -that at some time previous to his emigration to this country, he had -held a commission in the army; and his subsequently passing -through the several military grades to that of Sergeant Major-General -of Massachusetts, justifies this conclusion, while the causes which -led to this change in his profession cannot now be ascertained.</p> - -<p>While a resident in London, he married a lady of an influential -family, by the name of Anna Gouer, by whom, it is understood, he -had no children. She was cousin to Matthew Cradock, the Governor -of the Massachusetts Company in England. If tradition be -correct, the circumstances which brought about this connection were -similar to those which are related of John Alden and Miles Standish. -Some needle-work, wrought by this lady, is still preserved in the -Museum of the Salem East India Marine Society.<a name="FNanchor_5" id="FNanchor_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> Mr. Endecott -was also a brother-in-law of Roger Ludlow, Assistant and Deputy -Governor of Massachusetts Colony, in the year 1634, and afterwards -famous for the distinguished part he took in the government of -Connecticut.</p> - -<p>But Mr. Endecott's highest claim to distinction rests upon the fact -that he was an intrepid and successful leader of the Pilgrims, and -the earliest pioneer of the Massachusetts settlement under the Patent. -His name is found enrolled among the very foremost of that noble -band, the fathers and founders of New England—those pious and -devout men, who, firm in the faith of the gospel, and trusting in -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a></span>God, went fearlessly forward in the daring enterprise, and hewed -their homes and their altars out of the wild forest, where they could -worship "the God of their fathers agreeably to the dictates of their -own consciences." Such was the persecution to which the Non-conformists -in England were at this period subjected, that the works of -nature were the only safe witnesses of their devotions. Deriving no -honor, so far as we know, from illustrious ancestry, Mr. Endecott -was the architect of his own fame, and won the laurels which encircle -his name amid sacrifices, sufferings, and trials, better suited to adorn -an historical romance, than to accompany a plain tale of real life.</p> - -<p>Under the guidance and influence of the Rev. Mr. Skelton, he -embraced the principles of the Puritans; and in the beginning of -the year 1628, associated himself with Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John -Young, Simon Whetcomb, John Humphrey, and Thomas Southcoat, -in the purchase of a grant, "by a considerable sum of money," for -the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay, from the Plymouth Council -in England. This grant was subsequently confirmed by Patent -from Charles I. Mr. Endecott was one of the original patentees, -and among the first of that company who emigrated to this country.</p> - -<p>Whatever may have been the objects of the first settlers generally -in colonizing New England, there can be no doubt that <em>his</em> was the -establishment and enjoyment of the gospel and its ordinances, as -he supposed, in primitive purity, unmolested. With him it was -wholly a religious enterprise.</p> - -<p>He sailed from Weymouth, in the ship Abigail, Henry Gauden, -master, on the 20th of June, 1628, and arrived in safety at -Naumkeag, the place of his destination, on the 6th of September -following. The company consisted of about one hundred planters.</p> - -<p>The following extract from "Johnson's Wonder-Working Providence" -will illustrate the estimation in which he was held at this -period. "The much honored John Indicat came over with them, to -governe; a fit instrument to begin this Wildernesse-worke; of courage -bold, undaunted, yet sociable, and of a cheerfull spirit, loving -and austere, applying himselfe to either as occasion served. And -now let no man be offended at the Author's rude Verse, penned of -purpose to keepe in memory the Names of such worthies as Christ -made strong for himselfe, in this unwonted worke of his.</p> - -<p class="centerx">"<em>John Endicat, twice Governur of the English, inhabiting the -Mattachusets Bay in N. England.</em></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"Strong valiant John, wilt thou march on, and take up station first,</p> -<p class="verse">Christ cal'd hath thee, his Souldier be, and faile not of thy trust;</p> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></span> -<p class="verse">Wilderness wants Christs grace supplants, then plant his Churches pure,</p> -<p class="verse">With Tongues gifted, and graces led, help thou to his procure;</p> -<p class="verse">Undaunted thou wilt not allow, Malignant men to wast:</p> -<p class="verse">Christs Vineyard heere, whose grace should cheer his well-beloved's tast.</p> -<p class="verse">Then honored be, thy Christ hath thee their General promoted:</p> -<p class="verse">To shew their love in place above, his people have thee voted.</p> -<p class="verse">Yet must thou fall, to grave with all the Nobles of the Earth.</p> -<p class="verse">Thou rotting worme to dust must turn, and worse but for new birth."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>To this company, under Endecott, belongs the honor of having -formed the first permanent and legally recognized settlement of the -Massachusetts Colony. We do not say that they were the <em>first</em> white -men who ever trod the soil; for we know when Endecott landed -on these shores, he found here a few fishermen and others, the remnant -of a planting, trading, and fishing establishment, previously -commenced at Cape Ann, under the auspices of some gentlemen -belonging to Dorchester, his native place, but soon abandoned for -want of success. Their leader, the Rev. John Lyford, had already -emigrated to Virginia, and those of that company who removed -their effects to Salem, consisted at that time of some five or six persons, -most of whom were seceders from the settlement at Plymouth. -They were, however, only sojourners, disaffected with the place, -and requiring all the interest and entreaties of the Rev. John White, -a noted minister in Dorchester, to prevent them from forsaking it -altogether, and following Mr. Lyford to Virginia.<a name="FNanchor_6" id="FNanchor_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> But higher motives -and deeper purposes fired the souls and stimulated the hearts -of Mr. Endecott and his friends to commence a settlement, and -to form new homes for themselves and their posterity in this wilderness, -before which the mere considerations of traffic and gain -sink into comparative insignificance. It was the love of religion -implanted deep in the heart, that gave impulse and permanency to -the settlement at Naumkeag, and the Massachusetts Colony generally; -and the commencement of this era was the arrival of Endecott -with the first detachment of those holy and devout men who valued -earthly pursuits only so far as they were consistent with religion. -It was also at this period that a sort of definite reality was imparted -to this region. Previously to this it had been viewed as a sort of -<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">terra incognita</i>, situated somewhere in the wilderness of America. -But the arrival of the Pilgrims at this time dispelled the uncertainty -in which it had before been wrapped, and at the same time threw<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a></span> -around it the warmest sympathies and most earnest solicitude of -large numbers who had now become deeply interested in its welfare. -We, therefore, consider the landing of Endecott at this place, as emphatically -the commencement of its permanent settlement, as an -asylum for the persecuted and oppressed of the Mother Country. All -previous visitors were comparatively adventurers, with motives and -purposes widely different from those of that little band who first rested -upon this spot on the 6th of September, 1628. On that day, so to -speak, was breathed into the settlement of Naumkeag the breath of -life, and it became as it were endued with a living soul, folding within -its embrace the dearest interests and most cherished rights of humanity, -unrivalled in the interest she will ever excite as the most -ancient town in the Massachusetts Patent.</p> - -<p>On Mr. Endecott's arrival, he made known to the planters who -preceded him, that he and his associate patentees had purchased -all the property and privileges of the Dorchester partners, both here -and at Cape Ann. He shortly after removed from the latter place, -for his own private residence, the frame house, which a few years -before had been erected there by the Dorchester Company. It was -a tasteful edifice, of two stories high, and of the prevailing order of -architecture at that period, called the Elisabethean, which was but -of slight remove from the Gothic. Some of its hard oak frame may -still be found in the building at the corner of Washington and -Church streets, Salem, commonly known at this day as the "Endicott -House."</p> - -<p>The alteration which now took place in the affairs of the infant -colony did not meet with favor from the first planters, and for a -while prevented perfect harmony from prevailing in the settlement. -"One of the subjects of discord was the propriety of raising tobacco, -Mr. Endecott and his council believing such a production, except -for medicinal purposes, injurious both to health and morals." Besides -this, they probably viewed with no favorable eye the agreement -in sentiment between Mr. Endecott and the Plymouth -Church as to the propriety of abolishing the ritual forms of worship -of the Church of England; for an adherence to which they had -already been obliged to leave the Plymouth settlement. Mr. Endecott -represented these difficulties to the home government; and -in answer to his communication they say, "That it may appear -as well to all the worlde as to the old planters themselves, that we -seke not to make them slaves, as it seems by your letter some of -them think themselves to be become by means of our patent, they<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></span> -are allowed to be partakers with us in all the privileges we have -with so much labor and intercession obtained from the King; to be -incorporated into the society, and enjoy not only those lands which -formerly they have manured, but such a further proportion as the -civil authorities think best." They were also allowed the <em>exclusive</em> -privilege of raising their favorite weed—tobacco.</p> - -<p>The Company's Court in London, actuated by that true sense of -justice which ever marked its deliberations, were determined not to -trespass on any of the rights of the aborigines; and to this purpose -in their first two communications to Mr. Endecott, they desired -him to take especial care, "that no wrong or injury be offered by -any of our people to the natives there," and to satisfy every just -claim which might be made by them to the territory of Naumkeag -and the plantation generally. To this record the sons of the Pilgrims -have ever turned with peculiar pride and exultation. And, -says Felt, "From his well-known promptitude and high sense of -equity, there can be no doubt that Mr. Endecott fulfilled every iota -of such instructions." In his first letters to the home government, -he suggested various things to advance the interests of the Colony; -such as the manufacture of salt, cultivation of vineyards, sending -over fruit-stones and kernels, grain for seed, wheat, barley, and rye; -also certain domesticated animals; all of which were shortly after -transported to this country.</p> - -<p>The answer to this letter bears the date of April 19, 1629, -wherein they inform him, that the Company "are much enlarged -since his departure out of England," and for strengthening their -grant from the Council at Plymouth, they had obtained a confirmation -of it from his Majesty by his Letters Patent, under the -broad seal of England; incorporating them into a body politic, with -ample powers to govern and rule all his Majesty's subjects that -reside within the limits of their plantation; and that, in prosecution -of the good opinion they have always entertained of him, they -have confirmed him Governor of the Colony. No adventitious -circumstances of fortune or birth aided him in his appointment to -this, even then responsible office; for although the Colony was at -this time few in numbers and feeble in effort, yet in its success -were involved the most momentous interests, and every thing depended -upon the right impulse and direction being given to its -affairs. In the words of the Record, "having taken into due consideration -the <em>meritt</em>, <em>worth</em>, and <em>good desert</em> of Captain John Endecott, -and others lately gone over from hence, with purpose to resyde<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a></span> -and continue there, wee have with full consent and authoritie of -this Court, and ereccon of hands, chosen and elected the said Captain -John Endecott to the place of present Governour of said Plantation." -They further speak of the confidence they repose in him, -in thus committing the affairs of the Colony into his hands. Gov. -Cradock also compliments him upon his motives and conduct; and -the Company inform him, that they are disappointed of the provisions -ordered to be sent for himself and Mrs. Endecott, but (God -willing,) they purpose to send them by the next vessel. It is also -believed that at this time Mr. Endecott ordered the fruit-trees, which -afterwards constituted his orchard upon the farm granted him in -1632, of which one venerable patriarch, the celebrated old pear-tree, -yet remains, having withstood the "peltings of pitiless storms" for -upwards of two hundred winters, and still dropping down its rich -fruit into the bosoms of his distant descendants.</p> - -<p>In a second letter, dated the 28th of May following, the Company -remark: "Wee have sithence our last, and according as we -there advised, at a <em>full</em> and <em>ample</em> Court assembled <em>elected</em> and <em>established</em> -you, Captain John Endecott, to the place of present Governour -of our Plantation there, as also some others to be of the -Council with you, as more particularly you will perceive by an -Act of Court herewith sent, confirmed by us at a General Court -and sealed with our common seal."</p> - -<p>The model of the Government established by this "Act of -Court," consisted of a Governor, and twelve persons as a Council, -styled "<span class="smcap">The Governour and Council of London's Plantation -in the Mattachusetts Bay in New England</span>." They were to -elect a Deputy-Governor, for the time being, from among their -number; were authorized also to choose a Secretary and other -needful officers. They were empowered to fill vacancies in their -body, occasioned by death or otherwise. The Governor, or in his -absence the Deputy, might call Courts at pleasure, and they had -power to establish any laws not at variance with those of England; -"to administer justice upon malefactors, and inflict condign punishment -upon all offenders." To make an act valid, the Governor -or his Deputy was always to vote with the majority. A form of -oath was sent over at this time to be administered to Mr. Endecott -as Governor, and one also for the other officers of the government. -He took the oath and was inducted into office. Here, then, we -conceive, is direct and incontrovertible testimony that Endecott was -appointed the <em>first</em> Governor of Massachusetts under its Colonial<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></span> -Charter from the King. It is so stated by Joselyn, Hutchinson, -and Prince. He received the Charter, and the documentary evidence -of his constitutional authority as Governor, both at the same -time. To Mr. Endecott was given, to act under it, all the powers -which his immediate successors ever exercised. They were conferred -upon him too, by the same body who subsequently elected -Mr. Winthrop to that office. The abolishment of the board of -control in England, and the transfer of "the government of the -plantation to those that shall inhabit there," and instead of choosing -the Colonial Governors in Old England by members of the Company -there, to choose them by members of the same Company who -were in New England, could not weaken the validity of his claim -to be considered the <em>first</em> Governor of the Massachusetts Colony.</p> - -<p>It was well for Mr. Endecott that he possessed an ardent and -sanguine temperament, which nothing could daunt, otherwise the -innumerable discouraging circumstances which met him in this, his -new abode, in every form, amid sickness, death, and privations of -every kind, well suited to appal the stoutest hearts, would no doubt -have wrought their effects upon him, to the prejudice of the whole -plantation. But such was the energy and firmness of his character, -aided, no doubt, by a religious enthusiasm, which induced the belief -that it was the purpose of God to give them the land of the -heathen as an inheritance, that neither his faith nor confidence in -the ultimate success of the undertaking ever for a moment forsook -him. In every crisis, this little band looked to him, as the weather-beaten -and tempest-tossed mariner looks to his commander, next to -God, for encouragement and support; and they did not look in vain. -Such was the great mortality among them, during the first winter -after their arrival, arising from exposure to the rigors of an untried -climate, and their being badly fed and badly lodged, that there were -scarcely found in the settlement well persons enough to nurse and -console the sick. To enhance their distress, they were destitute -of any regular medical assistance. In this painful dilemma a messenger -was despatched by Mr. Endecott to Gov. Bradford, of the -Plymouth settlement, to procure the necessary aid; and Doctor -Samuel Fuller, the physician, who was a prominent member and -deacon of the Plymouth Church, was sent among them. During his -visit, Mr. Endecott was called by Divine Providence to suffer one of -the heaviest of earthly afflictions, in the death of his wife, the partner -of all his sorrows, who had forsaken home, kindred, and the sympathy -of friends, and consented to share with him the cares and privations<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a></span> -incident to a new settlement. Surrounded by savages, and -from the circumstances of the case, placed in a great degree beyond -the pale of civilized society, her sympathy and counsel must necessarily -have been very dear to him. She must have entwined herself -about his affections, as the tender ivy winds itself round the lordly -oak. Her slender and delicate frame was not proof against the -rigors of a New England climate. Born and nurtured in the midst -of luxury and ease, she could not withstand the privations and -hardships of her new home, and she fell a victim to her self-sacrificing -disposition. Painful indeed must have been the parting, and -severe the trial to Mr. Endecott. Under the influence of the feelings -which this affliction produced, he wrote the following letter -to Gov. Bradford:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> -<p class="noindent smcap">"Right Worshipfulle Sir,—</p> - -<p>"It is a thing not usual that servants of one Master, and of the same -household, should be strangers. I assure you I desire it not; Nay, to -speak more plainly, I <em>cannot</em> be so to <em>you</em>. God's people are all marked -with one and the same mark, and have for the main one and the same -heart, guided by one and the same spirit of truth; and where this is -there can be no discord, nay, here must needs be a sweet harmony; -and the same request with you, I make unto the Lord, that we as -Christian brethren be united by an heavenly and unfeigned love, binding -all our hearts and forces in furthering a work beyond our strength -with reverence and fear, fastening our eyes always on Him that is only -able to direct and prosper all our ways. I acknowledge myself much -bound to you, for your kind love and care in sending Mr. Fuller amongst -us, and rejoice much that I am by him satisfied, touching your judgment -of the outward form of God's worship: It is as far as I can gather -no other than is warranted by the evidence of truth, and the same -which I have professed and maintained ever since the Lord in mercy -revealed himself unto mee, being far from the common report that hath -been spread of you in that particular; but God's people must not look -for less here below, and it is a great mercy of God that he strengtheneth -them to go through it. I shall not need at this time to enlarge -unto you for (God willing) I propose to see your face shortly; in the -mean tyme, I humbly take my leave of you, committing you to the -Lord's blessing and protection, and rest.</p> - -<p class="right">Your assured loving friend,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Jo: Endecott</span>. -</p> - -<p>Naumkeag, May 11, 1629."</p></div> - -<p>The foregoing epistle is alike honorable to the head and heart of -Mr. Endecott. Humble, devout, and chastened feelings pervade it -throughout. It speaks a mind sensibly alive to religious impressions. -The sentiments here expressed cannot fail to find a response in the -hearts of all reflecting men, in this and succeeding generations. -The magnitude of the undertaking in which they were engaged, the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span> -necessity of union in their efforts, and the impossibility of success -without direct divine assistance, are here represented in language -appropriate and devout.</p> - -<p>Whether Mr. Endecott carried into execution his design intimated -in this letter, of making Gov. Bradford a visit "shortly," is uncertain. -On the 27th of May, 1629, in a communication to the authorities at -home, he complained that some persons in his jurisdiction disregarded -the law of 1622, for the regulation of trade with the Indians, -and "desiring the Company would take the same into their serious -consideration, and to use some speedy means here for reformation -thereof." A petition was in consequence presented to the King, -who in compliance therewith issued a new proclamation, forbidding -such disorderly trading. These steps were no doubt taken in reference -to the associates of one Thomas Morton, whose residence at -Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount, now Quincy, he visited shortly -after his arrival in this country. This man and his associates had -alarmed all the well-disposed settlers, from Piscataqua to Plymouth, -by selling arms and ammunition to the Indians, indulging themselves -in dissipation, and otherwise endangering the peace and -welfare of New England. The object of Mr. Endecott's visit was -to rectify abuses among the remaining confederates, Morton himself -having been already apprehended, and sent home to England for -trial. He went there, we are told, in the "purefying spirit of authority," -and caused their May-pole to be cut down, to which they had -been in the habit of affixing pieces of satirical composition against -those who opposed their wishes and practices, and "rebuked the inhabitants -for their profaneness, and admonished them to look to it -that they walked better." He also changed the name of the place, -and called it Mount Dagon. The precise period of this visit is not -known, and it is not improbable that Mr. Endecott extended his -journey at the time to Plymouth Colony. However this may be, -a warm friendship soon grew up between Gov. Bradford and himself, -which continued without interruption for the remainder of -their lives.</p> - -<p>As yet no steps had been taken in the Colony towards the establishment -of a reformed Church for propagating the gospel, which -they professed above all to be their aim in settling this Plantation. -June 30th, 1629, the Rev. Francis Higginson arrived at Naumkeag, -and the Rev. Mr. Skelton, the early friend and spiritual father of -Mr. Endecott, arrived about the same time. They had been sent -over by the home government. Mr. Higginson thus speaks of his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a></span> -reception by Mr. Endecott: "The next morning (30th) the Governor -came aboard to our ship, and bade us kindly welcome, and -invited mee and my wiffe to come on shore and take our lodgings -at his house; which we did accordingly." The settlement, we are -told, then consisted of "about half a score of houses, with a fair house, -newly built, for the Governor. We found also abundance of corne -planted by them, very good and well liking. Our Governor hath a -store of green pease growing in his garden, as good as ever I eat in -England. * * * * Our Governor hath already planted a -vineyard, with great hopes of increase; also mulberries, plums, raspberries, -currants, chesnuts, filberts, walnuts, small nuts, hurtleberries, -and haws of white thorn, near as good as our cherries in England—they -grow in plenty here."</p> - -<p>Shortly after the arrival of Mr. Higginson and Mr. Skelton, the -necessary measures were taken preparatory to the settlement of a -religious congregation in accordance with the views of the Puritans. -In this they were aided by Mr. Endecott, and the most intelligent of -the colonists. Having first concluded a satisfactory form of church -government and discipline, which was submitted to Mr. Endecott -for approval, the 6th of August, 1629, just eleven months after -his arrival, was the time selected for this "little band of devout Pilgrims -to enter into solemn covenant<a name="FNanchor_7" id="FNanchor_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> with God and one another, -and also for the ordaining of their ministers." By Mr. Endecott's -order, a solemn day of "humiliation" had been held on the 20th of -July preceding, for the choice of pastor and teacher. An important -step was about to be taken—a new priesthood was about to be -established—all allegiance to, or alliance with, any other church on -earth was about to be dissolved! It was a subject of momentous -concern with the Colonists, and called into exercise all their moral -heroism and spiritual courage. Mr. Bradford, the Governor of the -Plymouth Colony, came here by sea, and arrived just in season to -give the right hand of fellowship. Of all that little band, gathered -together on this occasion, none felt a deeper interest, or took a more -responsible part, than the subject of this Memoir.<a name="FNanchor_8" id="FNanchor_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a></span></p> - -<p>We now approach an important event in the history of the Colony—the -removal of its entire government to New England. Gov. -Cradock, with whom the idea appears to have originated, acquainted -the Proprietors, at a meeting of the Court, July 28, 1629, that, for the -purpose of advancing the interests of the Plantation, and inducing -and encouraging persons of worth and quality to transport themselves -and their families thither, as well as for other weighty reasons, -it was proposed to transfer the entire government to this country, -and continue it no longer in subjection to the Company in England. -Soon after this communication, an agreement to that effect was -drawn up at Cambridge, and among those who signed it was their -future governor, John Winthrop. It was one of the stipulations that -they should settle their affairs so as to be ready for the voyage hither -by the first of March. This appears to have been the first connection -Mr. Winthrop had with the settlement of this soil. On the 29th -of August following, at a meeting of the Court of Proprietors, in -London, this change in the government was decided upon. On the -16th of October, at another meeting of the Court, it was conceived -"fitt that Capt. Endecott continue the government there, unless just -cause to the contrarie." But on the 20th of the same month, Gov. -Cradock informed the Proprietors that in accordance with the alteration -of the government now about to take place, it was necessary to -elect a new Governor, Deputy, and Assistants; when John Winthrop -was put in nomination, and unanimously chosen Governor. In like -manner, John Humphrey was chosen "Deputy-Governor," and Sir -Richard Saltonstall, Matthew Cradock, John Endecott, with fifteen -others, were chosen a board of "Assistants."</p> - -<p>On the 12th of June, 1630, the ship Arbella, Capt. Milburne, having -on board Gov. Winthrop and company, and a duplicate -Charter of the Colony, of the same tenor and form as Gov. Endecott's, -arrived at Naumkeag, having sailed from Cowes March 29. -Mr. Endecott, who had already been apprized that he was shortly -to be superseded in the Governorship of the Plantation, repaired on -board to welcome the new Governor, and offer him and his friends -the hospitalities of his house. Among the distinguished personages -were Isaac Johnson and his wife, the Lady Arbella, daughter of the -Earl of Lincoln. Speaking of Mr. Endecott's visit, Gov. Winthrop -says, "Wee that were of the Assistants and some other gentlemen -and some of the women, returned with him to Nahumkeck, where -we supped on good venison pastry and good beer." At the time of -the arrival of the new Governor, wholesome and salutary laws for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[214]</a></span> -the government of the Colony had been instituted by Endecott, -under the authority given him by the Charter, and the settlement -had already assumed the condition of a well-organized and -regulated body politic. A church, with faithful ministers, which -they professed to value above all temporal interests and earthly -grandeur, had also been established, and the wheels of government -were moving on harmoniously, upon a safe and sure foundation. -Under this state of things, Endecott now surrendered the civil power -into the hands of Gov. Winthrop, and took upon himself the more -humble appointment of one of the Assistants. Yet "the principles of -Winthrop's administration," says the Annalist of Salem, "were like -those which had directed the course of his predecessor. The commencement -of legislation, which was to have an important part in -promoting social freedom, that has spread and is spreading in the -world, <em>began</em> at Naumkeag, under Endecott, and was <em>continued</em> by -his worthy successor."</p> - -<p>Soon after the arrival of Gov. Winthrop, the new settlers began -to be dissatisfied with Salem, as the capital of the Colony. It did -not combine, in their opinion, sufficient advantages of location, soil, -and natural means of defence. A party, therefore, was sent to explore -the country westward, to discover, if possible, some more -suitable situation. It had been the darling object with Endecott to -make Salem the seat of government; he, however, bowed in submission, -and continued his efforts to advance the common weal.</p> - -<p>On the 18th of August, 1630, Gov. Endecott entered into a new -matrimonial alliance with Elisabeth Gibson of Cambridge, England. -This lady probably came over in the ship with Gov. Winthrop, and -the marriage ceremony was performed by him and the Rev. Mr. -Wilson, afterwards pastor of the first church in Boston. This connection -appears to have been a happy one, although there was a -much greater disparity in their ages than prudence and judgment -would seem to allow—the difference being about twenty-six years.</p> - -<p>Such was his ardent and growing attachment to the place of his -adoption, that when it was decided in December, 1630, to fortify -Newton, now Cambridge, for the seat of government, and to build -houses, and move their military stores to that place next spring, he -could not be prevailed upon to quit his accustomed residence. All -the members, except himself and Mr. Sharp, who was about returning -to England, agreed to do so; but Mr. Endecott excused himself -upon the ground that he had so formed his connections in Salem, -that it would be attended with great inconvenience.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</a></span></p> - -<p>On the 3rd of July, 1632, the Court of Assistants granted Mr. -Endecott three hundred acres of land, called by the Indians in English, -"Birchwood," afterwards known as his "Orchard Farm." It -was situated between two and three miles in a northerly direction -from the main settlement at Salem, upon a tongue of land bounded -on the north, south, and east by rivers, or more properly inlets of the -sea, and on the west by the main land. Even at that early period, -it was one of the most desirable situations in that vicinity. Though -at some distance from the place which was afterwards selected for -the seat of the government, and where the Court House was erected, -yet he was in the centre of the population, being by land nearer to -the shores than he was to the cultivated farms around him. It was -many years after he established himself at this beautiful place, so -near all the streams which passed through the adjacent country, -before any incorporation separated Salem from the Merrimack. -For twenty years Salem bounded on Andover. The spot then was -the best he could have chosen. On a commanding eminence, which -overlooked the country for some distance around, and about one -eighth of a mile from one of the inlets, he built his house, and commenced -in earnest the cultivation of his farm. Although the ploughshare -has frequently passed over it, yet part of the cellar of this house -is plainly discernible at the present day. It is a romantic situation, -and denotes him to have been a man of much discrimination and -taste in matters of this kind. On his farm he lived in a sort of feudal -style, surrounded by his servants.</p> - -<p>In front of his mansion house, and immediately upon the southern -slope of a gentle declivity, he planted his far-famed orchard, -which gave the name to his farm. The tradition that the Governor -always pointed out his dial, which bears the date of 1630, as denoting -the age of his orchard, seems to indicate that the trees were -removed hither from his town residence. Here, too, it is said, he -introduced, for medicinal purposes, as well as ornament to his -garden, the "white-weed," which has since become so detrimental -to the hay-fields of our farmers.</p> - -<p>His usual mode of transporting himself and family to and from -this place, was at first by water, and he was as often visited by his -friends in this way, as in any other. The inlet before the mansion -house had nothing to interrupt it—the passage was open to the bay, -and at that early period must have been delightfully romantic. The -shores on either side thickly clothed with wood, whose dark images -were reflected in the still waters beneath them, were picturesque in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a></span> -the extreme. The bold jutting headlands, on some parts of the -passage, lent a sublimity to the prospect, which was continually -varying by the winding and circuitous course of the stream.<a name="FNanchor_9" id="FNanchor_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> -There was nothing to break the stillness, or disturb the quiet which -reigned around, save the dashings of their own little boat amid the -waters, or the heavy plunge of some lordly sea-bird, in his gyratory -wanderings in pursuit of prey. The smoke from the humble and -solitary wigwams of the Indians, thinly scattered along the margin -of the waters, with an occasional glimpse at their tawny inhabitants, -as they stealthily watched the passing boat from their leafy hiding-places, -or listlessly reclined under the shadow of some wide-spreading -oak, heightened the effect, and diversified the scene. Within -the last half-century, the ruins of some of these wigwams might -have been seen,<a name="FNanchor_10" id="FNanchor_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> and could not have failed to excite most melancholy -reflections respecting the wretched fate of these natural lords -of the soil, throughout our vast country.</p> - -<p>August 2, 1634, Mr. Endecott was called to mourn the death of -his early and particular friend, the Rev. Mr. Skelton, who had become -endeared to him as his spiritual guide, in first opening to his -view the way of truth while in England, and who had followed -him to this country to counsel and direct him in paths of piety and -happiness. This event must have been to him a severe affliction.</p> - -<p>About this time a Military Board of Commissioners, with almost -unlimited powers, was established by the General Court, and Mr. -Endecott was appointed one of its members.</p> - -<p>On the 18th of September, this same year, the Colony was thrown -into consternation, and alarmed for its liberties, by the news from -England, that a commission had been granted to two Archbishops, -and ten others of the Council, conferring on them the authority to -regulate the Plantations of New England; to establish and maintain -the Episcopal Church in this country; to recall its Charter; -remove its Governors; make its laws; hear and decide its legal -cases; and appoint its punishments, even death itself.<a name="FNanchor_11" id="FNanchor_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> Intelligence -was also received at the same time, that a new Governor was being -secretly conveyed to Massachusetts, with orders which, if executed, -would prostrate all its civil and ecclesiastical rights. Gov. Cradock -had already informed them that the King's Council had demanded -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[217]</a></span>their Charter. Such was the universal anxiety this news awakened, -that the idea of resistance appears immediately to have possessed -the minds of the inhabitants,<a name="FNanchor_12" id="FNanchor_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> and the fortifications were hastened -forward, and an assessment laid of an additional rate of five hundred -pounds for defence. These tidings were received with indignant -feelings by Mr. Endecott. He saw by this step that all their dear-bought -privileges, purchased at such immense sacrifices, which none -could better appreciate than himself, were about to be violently, as -with a ruthless despotism, wrested from them. His independent -spirit could not quietly brook such high-handed infringements upon -their chartered rights, and he resolved in all the affairs of the Colony, -in which he had any share or influence, to pursue that course which -he deemed most for her interests, whether it led him over plains or -mountains, through flowers or thorns. There was exhibited in his -actions, on all occasions, a fortitude, which shows him formed for -great emergencies. Probably under the influence of feelings produced -by this intelligence, and excited by that ardent zeal which -marked his character through life, he shortly after cut the red cross -from the King's colors, deeming it a relic of Popish idolatry. This -bold and daring act was considered an insult, as well to the established -Church of England, as to the King himself; and the Colony -dared not refrain from taking cognizance of it, lest it should call -down upon their heads the vengeance of the whole British hierarchy. -There is ample evidence in the records of the Colony, that most of -the principal men, including Governor Winthrop,<a name="FNanchor_13" id="FNanchor_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> agreed with him -on this subject, in sentiment and feeling. "The only difference -between him and others was, he manifested his opinions by his acts, -while they, with more prudence and safety, retained theirs in secret." -Had it not been for fear of the consequences, instead of being censured, -his conduct would have been openly applauded. His boldness -of action was made known in England, and looked upon there -in the light of rebellion. It was the first blow struck in defiance of -royal authority, and would no doubt have cost Mr. Endecott his life, -had it not been for those troubles which were then beginning to -gather thickly, like a tempest, about the devoted head of the unfortunate -Charles I., and which eventually burst upon it with a fury which -nothing could resist, involving in its course the ruin of his government, -and the destruction of his own life. The sword, with which -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[218]</a></span>this rebellious act is said to have been performed by Mr. Endecott, -has been preserved, and is now in possession of one of the family, -to whom it has descended in direct line, by right of primogeniture. -It is a plain, unornamented rapier, emblematical of the Puritan simplicity -of our Forefathers.</p> - -<p>While these events were passing in this country, the Puritans in -England were experiencing the most unmitigated persecution, at -the hand of Archbishop Laud and his confederates. As their numbers -increased, the various modes of punishment were multiplied; -exorbitant fines were imposed; the pillory witnessed bloody -scenes of human agony and mutilation; the scaffold and dungeon -had their victims; the lash, the shears, and the glowing iron were -most cruelly applied to individuals of this proscribed sect.<a name="FNanchor_14" id="FNanchor_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a> But -the faith of the Puritans rose superior to oppression, and could not -be overcome. The most bloody persecution served only to add -new converts to their cause.</p> - -<p>In 1636, Mr. Endecott was appointed an Assistant, and was also -sent on an expedition against the Indians on Block Island and in the -Pequot country, he acting as General of all the forces in the detachment. -During this year his views relative to the cross in the King's -colors triumphed over all considerations, and the Military Commissioners -ordered it to be left out. On the ensigns at Castle Island, -in Boston harbor, they substituted the King's arms for the cross.</p> - -<p>During the year 1641, Mr. Endecott was chosen Deputy-Governor, -and was continued in office for the two succeeding years. He -was also appointed one of a committee to dispose of all lands or -other property belonging to the company at Cape Ann; and was -commissioned by the Court, in conjunction with two others, Mr. -Downing, the brother-in-law of Gov. Winthrop, and Mr. Hathorne, -to procure the transcription of nineteen copies of the laws, liberties, -and forms of oaths, and to subscribe them with their own hands, -the Court having decreed that no copies should be considered authentic -which were without their signatures.</p> - -<p>In 1642, he was chosen one of the Corporation of Harvard College.</p> - -<p>Passing over some minor things in the life of Governor Endecott, -we arrive at the year 1644, when his increasing influence and popularity -ensured his election as Governor, and Mr. Winthrop was -chosen Deputy-Governor. The claim of Salem to be made the seat -of government, was now again revived, and it would be fair to infer -from his well-known attachment to the place, that the project met<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[219]</a></span> -with his hearty coöperation. But the effort was not successful, and -Boston still continued to be the capital. The Governor's salary -was one hundred pounds.</p> - -<p>During this year of his administration, improvements in the mode -of transacting business in the Legislature were introduced. The -Magistrates and Deputies, for the first time, now held their sessions -apart, and it required the concurrence of both bodies, to make an -act valid. The office of a speaker to the Deputies was also this -year ordained, and filled by an Essex man, Mr. William Hathorne.</p> - -<p>The conflicting claims of D'Aulney and La Tour, two Frenchmen -at Acadia, which had produced considerable excitement, were -finally settled during this year, by the government of France supporting -the claim of D'Aulney. His deputy came to Boston, and -concluded a treaty with Gov. Endecott, which was subsequently -ratified by the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New -England.</p> - -<p>The year following, (1645) Mr. Endecott was succeeded as Governor -by Mr. Dudley. Other offices of honor and trust, however, -awaited him. He was this year appointed Sergeant Major-General -of Massachusetts, the highest military office in the Colony. He had -previously held a commission of Colonel in the first regiment formed -in Salem, Saugus, Ipswich, and Newbury, in 1636, when John -Winthrop, Jr., son of the Governor, was his Lieutenant-Colonel. -He was also elected an Assistant, and one of the United Commissioners.</p> - -<p>In 1648, he was continued an Assistant, Sergeant Major-General, -and Commissioner for the Province.</p> - -<p>Upon the death of Governor Winthrop, which took place on the -26th of March, 1649, at the age of 61, Mr. Endecott was again chosen -Governor, to which office he was annually elected until the time of -his death, with the exception of the years 1650 and 1654, when he -held that of Deputy-Governor. This was an eventful period in the -history of the Colony, as well as of the Mother Country. The violent -death of Charles I., the usurpation of Cromwell, and the restoration -of the Stuart family, took place while he was at the head of -public affairs. The difficulties and perplexities of his situation -during this period were very great. But all his public acts were -marked with a moderation and wisdom which do honor to him as -an experienced statesman. Had he possessed less integrity or firmness, -had his mind been at all vacillating, the consequences might -have been affectingly disastrous to the best interests of the Colony.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[220]</a></span></p> - -<p>In the year 1652, under his administration, a mint was established -in the Colony, for coining shillings, six-pences, and three-pences. -No other of the American Colonies, it is believed, ever -presumed to coin metal into money. Though unlawful, it was -passed over by Cromwell and the Parliament, and continued after -the Restoration, for more than twenty years.</p> - -<p>About the year 1655, Gov. Endecott removed from Salem to -Boston, upon the request of the General Court that he would do so, -"if his own necessary occasions would permit." Although the reasonableness -of this request must have been apparent to him, the step -could not have been taken without strong feelings of repugnance. -It must have been a severe struggle for him to have separated himself -from the place of his adoption, towards which he had ever felt -and exhibited the most ardent attachment. His residence in Boston -was on the beautiful lot lately owned and occupied by Gardner -Green, now Pemberton Square.<a name="FNanchor_15" id="FNanchor_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></p> - -<p>Governor Endecott had now (1657) entered upon his seventieth -year, with a shattered constitution, and health seriously impaired, as -we learn by the following letter to Mr. John Leverett, the Colonial -Agent in England.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent smcap">Sir,</p> - -<p>I cannot write unto you by a more faithful friend<a name="FNanchor_16" id="FNanchor_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> than I have done, -who is able at large, to relate to you how things in general stand here. -And that doth save mee some labour which at this tyme is a favor to -mee. For in the extremity of heate and after a long sickness, I am -very faint; not fitt to doe any thing, yet I cannot but by these heartilie -salute you in the Lord, giving you many thanks for what you sent me. -For all good newes is welcome to us as you know full well. Yet I -cannot for the present answer your expectations touching Road Island -and Clarke and Holmes, but I have acquainted the rest of the Magistrates -with your letter, who were already to gather up sufficient testimonie -to prove what you spoke to the Protector, and enough to satisfy -(we doubt not) your opponent, if he be a lover of truth. Only we -would have the General Court act with us therein, which will not -meet till September next, when I hope I shall procure a full answer -to your former and last letters.</p> - -<p>What the end is of that point of State to make the Protector King, -I cannot fathom it; unless their proffering and his deniall thereof ingratiate -him the more in the hearts of the people. The Lord in mercie -guide all to his glory, and the good of those commonwealths over -whom he hath sett him. If there be any opportunitie I pray you write -mee a word about it, and other occurrences that may fall out. I cannot -be sufficientlie thankefulle for what you wrote me last. Great -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[221]</a></span>motions there are in the world which the Lord direct and turn to his -glorie, the overthrow of his enemies and the peace and welfare of his -own people. Which is the prayer of Sir,</p> - -<p class="right"> -Your verie loveing friend and servant,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Jo: Endecott.</span> -</p> - -<p>Boston, the 29th 4th mo., (June,) 1657.</p> -</div> - -<p>During the principal part of Gov. Endecott's administration, and -particularly from 1655 to 1660, the Colony, "under his prudent and -equal government," made rapid progress in all things necessary to -its respectability and importance. Its population and wealth rapidly -increased; its trade flourished; and its foreign intercourse became -every day more widely extended. Free admission was allowed to -vessels of all nations, and the importations of all commodities was -subject to no incumbrance or restraint. The Colony took no notice -of any act respecting navigation, or other laws made in England -for the regulation of trade. They were never recognized as in -force here, unless required by their own legislature.</p> - -<p>In 1658, the Court granted Gov. Endecott, "for his great service, -the fourth part of Block Island." At this time he was also elected -President of the body of Colonial Commissioners. He now held -the double office of Governor of Massachusetts and President of the -United Colonies.</p> - -<p>His conduct towards the aborigines, that much abused and injured -people, was always marked with forbearance, lenity, and mildness. -To his eldest son John, the Indians in 1660 gave a tract of -land, which grant he applied to the Court to confirm. The Court -declined taking such power on itself; but at the same time, however, -it passed the highly complimentary resolve:</p> - -<p>The Court, "considering the many kindnesses which were shown -the Indians by our honored Governor in the infancy of these Plantations, -for pacifying the Indians, tending to the common good of -the Planters; and in consideration of which the Indians were -moved to such a gratuity unto his son, do judge meet to give the -petitioner four hundred acres of land."</p> - -<p>Though Governor Endecott removed from Salem to Boston in -1655, yet neither he nor Mrs. Endecott removed their connection -with the Salem church, until November, 1664. A large and brilliant -comet made its appearance on the 17th of November of this -year, and continued to the 4th of February following. It was the -general belief of that period, that comets were omens of great evil. -One appeared just before the death of that distinguished divine, -the Rev. John Cotton; and the death at this time of their aged<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></span> -Governor, and the troubles with which the Colony met the next -year from the King's Commissioners, Hutchinson informs us, tended -to confirm the people in their opinion.</p> - -<p>We are told that "old age and the infirmities thereof coming -upon him, he fell asleep in the Lord on the 15th of March, 1665," -at the age of 77, "and was with great honour and solemnity interred -at Boston," on the 23rd of the same month. His death was -easy and tranquil. Tradition has handed down the fact, that the -"Chapel Burying-Ground" was the place of his interment. But -the exact spot is not now known. No stone marks the resting-place -of this intrepid Father of New England.<a name="FNanchor_17" id="FNanchor_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a> Yet his name -alone will ever be a monument to his memory, more enduring than -marble, and as imperishable as the granite hills of his adopted -country.</p> - -<p>Gov. Endecott came to this country in 1628, at the age of 40, -and died in 1665, at the age of 77. During these thirty-seven years -he was nearly all the time in public life, and for about seventeen -years, or nearly half the whole period, he was Governor of the -Colony. He was longer at the head of the administration than -any other Governor of Massachusetts.</p> - -<p>He was a man of highly respectable natural talents, good education, -a zealous Puritan, a brave man, a decided patriotic republican, -a friend of learning and religion, a lover of God and his country.</p> - -<p>We frankly acknowledge that the conduct of Gov. Endecott in -the religious intolerance of his day, may be considered a stain upon -his escutcheon. Yet, while we admit that those severe measures -which were adopted, especially when contrasted with the present -unrestrained exercise of religious freedom in our country, were great -blemishes on his administration, we think they certainly ought not -to be regarded as such on his moral character. It was not the cause -of religion alone, which was thought to be endangered by the dissemination -and triumph of such principles as were then advanced; -but the overthrow of all civil government was looked upon as the -ultimate result. Besides, the <em>whole</em> responsibility and obloquy of this -dark page in our early history, should not be thrown upon him. True, -he was the official organ through which was carried into effect the -established laws of the Colony, and <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">vox populi</i> was believed to be -<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">vox Dei</i>. But so far as he was individually concerned, we think -his motives were pure and elevated, and that all his actions were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[223]</a></span> -based upon principle. Without doubt he partook largely of the -prevailing prejudices of the day; and the wild spirit of fanaticism -found in him a strenuous and energetic opponent. But we hold -that all men should be judged according to the light of the age in -which they live, and the influences with which they are surrounded. -In this dread of unlimited toleration he was not alone; it was the -prevailing temper of the times, and the errors in this respect, in -which he shared in common with the wise and good of his day, -arose rather from an error in judgment than any obliquity of heart.</p> - -<p>It has been remarked by a recent writer, that "Governor Endecott -was undoubtedly the finest specimen to be found among our Governors -of the genuine Puritan character,—of a quick temper, which -the habit of military command had not softened,—of strong religious -feelings, moulded on the sterner features of Calvinism; -resolute to uphold with the sword what he received as gospel truth, -and fearing no enemy so much as a gainsaying spirit." "He was -a very virtuous gentleman," says Secretary Morton, "and was -greatly beloved of the most, as he well deserved." "In his public -and private relations," says the Annalist of Salem, "he was a man -of unshaken integrity. <em>For my country and my God</em>, was the -motto inscribed upon his motives, purposes, and deeds. That he -had his imperfections, there is no doubt; but that he exhibited as -few of them under his multiplied duties, as the most excellent men -would in his situation, is equally correct. His many exertions for -the prosperity of Salem, and his ardent attachment to it, should impress -his name and worth upon the hearts of its inhabitants, so long -as its existence continues."</p> - -<p>Thus lived and thus died, one of the principal founders and firmest -pillars of New England.</p> - -<p>At his decease he left a widow and two sons. The elder son left -no children;—the younger was a physician, and resided in Salem. -He was twice married; and a family of five sons and five daughters -survived him. His second wife was Elisabeth, daughter of Governor -Winthrop, and widow of the Rev. Antipas Newman of Wenham.</p> - -<p>There exists a perfect genealogy of the Governor's family, so far -as relates to his descendants in New England. We hope to publish -it in our next number.</p> - -<p>The Governor, and all his descendants, to the third generation, -(1724,) spelt their names <em>Endecott</em>; since then an <em>i</em> has been substituted -for the <em>e</em> in the second syllable.</p> - -<p>There is an original portrait of the Governor in possession of one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[224]</a></span> -of the family, taken the year he died. By this we learn that his countenance -was open, energetic, and independent, possessing much -individuality of expression, and in perfect harmony with the character -of the man. According to the custom of the age, he wore -mustaches, and a tuft of hair upon his chin. The miniature likeness -which accompanies this Memoir was engraved from this portrait, and -is considered an excellent resemblance, and was presented by the -family to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, -at their solicitation.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span> The Charter posesssed by Gov. Endecott, and which is now in the Salem Athenæum, -and the Charter possessed by Gov. Winthrop, and which is now in the State House, -Boston, appear to be duplicate original Charters, provided for in the Charter itself, and neither -of them copies. They are precisely alike in all respects—the same in phraseology and chirography, -and the same in dates. Each Governor was elected and commissioned by the same -Company, and by the same Colony, acted under the same Charter, with the same authority, -and each alike entitled to the official designation of Governor, whether he was elected Governor -by the Company in London, or by the Colony here, for both were elected Governor by each.</p></div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="ORIGINAL_COVENANT" id="ORIGINAL_COVENANT"></a><a href="#CONTENTS"> -ORIGINAL COVENANT OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN SALEM.</a><a name="FNanchor_18" id="FNanchor_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a></h2> - </div> - -<p>We Covenant with our Lord, and one with another; and we do bind -ourselves in the presence of God, to walk together in all his ways, according -as he is pleased to reveal himself unto us in his blessed word -of truth; and do explicitly, in the name and fear of God, profess and -protest to walk as followeth, through the power and grace of our Lord -Jesus Christ.</p> - -<p>We avouch the Lord to be our God, and ourselves to be his people, -in the truth and simplicity of our spirits.</p> - -<p>We give ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the word of his -grace, for the teaching, ruling, and sanctifying of us in matters of worship -and conversation, resolving to cleave unto him alone for life and -glory, and to reject all contrary ways, canons, and constitutions of men, -in his worship.</p> - -<p>We promise to walk with our brethren, with all watchfulness and -tenderness, avoiding jealousies and suspicions, back-bitings, censurings, -provokings, secret risings of spirit against them; but in all offences to -follow the rule of our Lord Jesus, and to bear and forbear, give and forgive, -as he hath taught us.</p> - -<p>In public or private, we will willingly do nothing to the offence of -the church; but will be willing to take advice for ourselves and ours, as -occasion shall be presented.</p> - -<p>We will not in the congregation be forward, either to show our own -gifts and parts in speaking or scrupling, or there discover the weakness -or failings of our brethren; but attend an orderly call thereunto, knowing -how much the Lord may be dishonored, and his gospel and the -profession of it slighted, by our distempers and weaknesses in public.</p> - -<p>We bind ourselves to study the advancement of the gospel in all -truth and peace, both in regard to those that are within or without; no -way slighting our sister churches, but using their counsel as need shall -be; not laying a stumbling-block before any, no, not the Indians, whose -good we desire to promote; and so to converse as we may avoid the -very appearance of evil.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[225]</a></span></p> -<p>We do hereby promise to carry ourselves in all lawful obedience to -those that are over us, in Church or Commonwealth, knowing how -well-pleasing it will be to the Lord, that they should have encouragement -in their places, by our not grieving their spirits through our irregularities.</p> - -<p>We resolve to approve ourselves to the Lord in our particular callings, -shunning idleness as the bane of any state; nor will we deal hardly or -oppressingly with any, wherein we are the Lord's stewards.</p> - -<p>Promising also unto our best ability to teach our children and servants -the knowledge of God, and of his will, that they may serve him -also; and all this not by any strength of our own, but by the Lord -Christ, whose blood we desire may sprinkle this our Covenant made -in His Name.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="HERALDRY" id="HERALDRY"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">HERALDRY.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p>In preparing this article we have consulted various writers on -the subject of Heraldry, and not only selected our thoughts from -theirs, but used their language when it appeared best adapted to -our object. For a more full account of Heraldry in all its branches, -we refer our readers to Guillim's Banner Displayed, Camden's -British Remains, Kent's Grammar of Heraldry, Edmonson's Complete -Body of Heraldry, Leigh's Accidence of Armorie, Playfair's -British Baronetage, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Noble's History -of the College of Arms, Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry, -Dallaway's Inquiries, Newton's Display of Heraldry, Broun's Baronetage, -Collins's Peerage of England, Betham's Baronetage of -England, and the various Encyclopædias.</p> - - -<h3>DEFINITION.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Heraldry</span> is the science of conventional distinctions impressed -on shields, banners, and other military accoutrements; or it is the -art of armory and blazoning, or the knowledge of what relates to -the bearing of arms, and the laws and regulations appertaining -thereto. Arms in heraldry are ensigns armorial or marks of honor -borne upon shields, banners, and coats of mail, in order to distinction. -The science of Heraldry consists particularly in the appropriation -of figurative representations, designed, by suitable emblems, to -exhibit the achievements of valor, the descent of hereditary honors, -and the distinctions appertaining to nobility.</p> - -<p>The Degrees of Honor existing in England in 1597, were nine; -of which five were <em>noble</em>, as Gentleman, Esquire, Knight, Baron, -and Lord; and four were <em>excellent</em>, as Earl, Marquess, Duke, and -Prince.—The Degrees of Honor existing in the British nation in -1847 are eleven; namely, Gentleman, Esquire, Knight, Baron, Baronet, -Lord, Viscount, Earl, Marquess, Duke, and Prince.</p> - - -<h3>ORIGIN AND HISTORY.</h3> - -<p>Arms may belong to individuals, to families, or to countries.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[226]</a></span> -Badges and emblems on shields and helms occurred in the earliest -times. In Numbers, (<em>chap.</em> i: 52,) the children of Israel are enjoined -to pitch their tents, "every man by his own camp and every -man by his own standard," with the ensigns of his father's house. -The Greek and Roman poets speak of paintings and devices on -shields and helmets. These symbols were, moreover, hereditary. -Thus Xenophon relates that the kings of the Medes bore a golden -eagle on their shields. Suetonius asserts that Domitian had a -golden beard for his coat of arms; and Tacitus says of the ancient -Germans, that they marked their shields with brilliant colors, and -that certain standards were borne before them in battle. Notwithstanding -these traces of armorial bearings in the ancient world, our -heraldry is no older than the tournaments. That armory first -became common and regulated by certain rules at these solemn -festivals, is corroborated by the following reasons. In the first place, -we find no tomb or monument with escutcheons, older than the -eleventh century. The most ancient monument of this kind is -said to be the bearings of a certain Varmond, count of Vasserburg, -in the church of St. Emmeran, at Ratisbon. The shield is <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coupé</i> -of argent and sable; over it is a lion, with the words "<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Anno Domini</i> -MX." On most of the other tombs, even of the eleventh century, -no arms are found; and the use of them seems to have first become -common in the twelfth century. The first pope who can be proved -to have had a coat of arms, is Boniface VIII., who filled the papal -see from 1294 to 1303. All the earlier papal arms are the fanciful -inventions of later flatterers. On coins, also, no armorial ensigns -are found till the thirteenth century. A second proof of our -assumed origin of coats of arms is the word <em>blason</em>, which denotes -the science of heraldry in French, English, Italian, and Spanish. -This word has most probably its origin in the German word <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">blasen</i>, -(to blow the horn;) for whenever a new knight appeared at a tournament, -the herald had to sound the trumpet, and, because all -appeared with close visors, to proclaim and explain the bearing of -the shield or coat of arms belonging to each. Because this was -performed by the herald, this knowledge was called heraldry; and -because, in doing so, he blew the trumpet, it was called <em>blazoning -the arms</em>. That this was a prevailing practice at tournaments, may -be proved from the poetry of the Troubadours of the twelfth and -thirteenth centuries. Thence it came, that those knights, whose -right to appear at tournaments had already been announced by -blazoning their arms, bore two trumpets on their crest. From the -Germans, this custom was transmitted to the French; for there is -no doubt, that tournaments were usual in Germany much earlier -than in France. But the French carried to far greater perfection -the tournament, and the blazon or heraldry connected with it, as -they did the whole system of chivalry. Since, moreover, the -French language prevailed at the court of the Norman kings in -England, pure French expressions have been preserved in British -heraldry. Thus the green tincture, (color,) in a coat of arms, is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">[227]</a></span> -termed <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vert</i>, (though in French <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">sinople</i>, which originally denoted a -<em>reddish brown</em>;) bright red is termed <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">gueules</i>, probably with an allusion -to the bloody revenge of wild animals, which play so conspicuous -a part in heraldry; the divided shield is, moreover, called -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coupé</i>; and <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">passant</i>, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">regardant</i>, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">dormant</i>, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">couchant</i>, &c., are used. -German heraldry, on the contrary, contains almost pure German -expressions. In a coat of arms, the helm is placed upon the -shield, and the latter is surrounded by the wreath. At a tournament, -the mantle of the knight, with the helm and shield, was suspended -in the lists. The colors or tinctures of the shields had their -foundation in the custom of the most ancient Germans, of giving -their shields various colors—a custom which received a tender -meaning in the tournaments of the middle ages; the knight, bound -to defend the honor of dames, and devote himself to their protection, -wearing their colors on his shield. By degrees, the partitions -or sections on shields came into use; for when, as often occurred, -a knight was the champion of several ladies, he bore several colors -on his shield, which had therefore to be divided into fields. When -the martial youth of almost all Europe left their homes, about the -end of the eleventh century, inspired with religious enthusiasm, to -conquer the Holy Land, the use of arms became still more general -and necessary. In order to distinguish the nations, armies, and -families, the princes and commanders chose their symbols, sometimes -in commemoration of the exploits and events of the campaign, -or of the dignity of the commander, and sometimes from -mere fancy or passing humor.</p> - - -<h3>BLAZONING, HISTORIFYING, AND MARSHALLING ARMS.</h3> - -<p>Blazoning is the methodical description of a bearing. In the -first place, the shield is described according to its tinctures, figures, -and partitions. The inferior parts of an escutcheon are then blazoned—the -helm, with its insignia, which are trumpet, wings, and -plumes, men and animals, or their members; then the wreath and -its tinctures; after which the coronet cap, &c.; finally the supporters, -the mantle, the device, and other secondary things. Such -terms for the color must be used as are agreeable to the station and -quality of the bearer. All persons below the degree of noble must -have their coats blazoned by colors and metals; noble men by -precious stones; and kings and princes by planets.</p> - -<p>In emblazoning shields of arms, metals, colors, and furs are used -to depict the device, the technical terms of which are these;—of -metals, gold, called <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">or</i>, and silver, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">argent</i>, only are employed;—of -colors, red, called <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">gules</i>, blue, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">azure</i>, black, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">sable</i>, green, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vert</i>, and -purple, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">purpure</i>;—and of furs, principally the skin of the little -animal called <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">ermine</i>, and a combination of grey and white squirrel -skins, called <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vair</i>.</p> - -<p>In blazoning arms it is an established rule with heralds, that animals -are always to be interpreted in the best sense, that is, according -to their most noble and generous qualities, that the most honor<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_228" id="Page_228">[228]</a></span> -may redound to the bearers. Thus the fox, being reputed witty -and given to filching for his prey, if this be the charge of an -escutcheon, we are to conceive the quality represented to be his -wit and cunning, and not his theft.</p> - -<p>All savage beasts are to be figured in their fiercest action: as a -lion erected, his mouth wide open, his claws extended; and thus -formed he is said to be <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rampant</i>. A leopard or wolf is to be portrayed -going as it were <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">pedetentim</i>, which form of action suits their -natural disposition, and is called <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">passant</i>. The gentler kinds are to -be set forth in their noblest and most advantageous action, as a -horse running or vaulting, a greyhound coursing, a deer tripping, a -lamb going with smooth and easy pace.</p> - -<p>Every animal is to be represented as moving or looking to -the right side of the shield; and it is a general rule, that the right -foot be placed foremost, because the right side is reckoned the beginning -of motion. The upper part is nobler than the lower, and -things that are constrained either to look up or down, ought rather to -be designed looking upwards. We observe however that notwithstanding -such precepts of Guillim and other masters of armory, -there are lions <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">passant</i>, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">couchant</i>, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">dormant</i>, as well as <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">rampant</i>, and -most animals in arms look down and not up. Birds are esteemed -a more honorable bearing than fish, and wild and ravenous birds -than tame ones. When their bills and feet are of a different color -from the rest, they are said to be <em>membered</em>. Birds of prey are -more properly said to be <em>armed</em>. In the blazoning of fowls much -exercised in flight, if the wings be not displayed, they are said to -be borne <em>close</em>, for example, he beareth an eagle, a hawk, or a -swallow, <em>close</em>. Fish are borne different ways, upright, embowed, -extended, endorsed, surmounted of each other, fretted, triangled. -Those borne feeding should be termed <em>devouring</em>. Those borne -directly upright are termed <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Hauriant</i>, and those borne traverse the -escutcheon, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">naiant</i>.</p> - -<p>To historify, in heraldry, is to explain the history of a coat of -arms, its origin, and the changes it has undergone. If the herald -is to explain a bearing historically, he must show that this figure is -the proper emblem of the family or country. He derives, for -instance, from historical sources, the proof that the double-headed -eagle of the Roman king was first introduced in the beginning of -the fourteenth century, under Albert I., and that previously, from -the time of Otho II., the royal eagle had but one head; that the -three leopards in the English arms were first derived in 1127, under -Henry I., from the Norman house.—The marshalling of arms consists -in the preparation of new escutcheons. In this matter, the -herald either follows the orders of a sovereign, or he invents the -idea, and makes the plan of the escutcheon according to his own -judgment, or he composes a new escutcheon from several coats of -arms.</p> - - -<h3>DIFFERENT KINDS OF ARMS.</h3> - -<p>In heraldic science, arms are distinguished by different names,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[229]</a></span> -to denote the causes of their being borne, such as <em>arms of dominion</em>, -of <em>pretension</em>, of <em>concession</em>, of <em>community</em>, of <em>patronage</em>, of <em>family</em>, -of <em>alliance</em>, of <em>succession</em>, and of <em>assumption</em>. Those of <em>dominion</em> -and <em>sovereignty</em> are those which emperors, kings, and sovereign -states constantly bear, being, as it were, annexed to the territories, -kingdoms, and provinces they possess. Thus there are the arms of -England, of France, of the United States, &c. Arms of <em>pretension</em> -are those of kingdoms, provinces, or territories, to which a prince or -lord has some claim, and which he adds to his own, although such -kingdoms or territories are possessed by another prince or lord. -Arms of <em>concession</em>, or <em>augmentation of honor</em>, are entire arms, as the -fortress of Gibraltar on the escutcheon of Lord Heathfield. Arms of -<em>community</em> belong to bishoprics, cities, companies, &c. Arms of -<em>patronage</em>, to governors of provinces, lords of manors, &c. Arms of -<em>family</em> are the property of individuals; and it is criminal in any persons -not of the family to assume them. Arms of <em>alliance</em> show the -union of families and individuals. Arms of <em>succession</em> are taken up, -by those who inherit certain estates, manors, &c., either by will, -entail, or donation, and which they impale or quarter with their -own. This multiplies the titles of some families from necessity, -and not from ostentation. Arms of <em>assumption</em>, or <em>assumptive arms,</em> -are taken up by the caprice or fancy of persons who assume them -without a legal title. They are also such as a man of his proper -right may assume, with the approbation of his sovereign and of the -king of arms.</p> - - -<h3>PARTS OF A COAT OF ARMS.</h3> - -<p>The parts of arms are the escutcheon, the tinctures, charges, and -ornaments. Heralds distinguish nine different points in escutcheons, -in order to determine exactly the positions of the bearing they -are charged with, as in the figure.</p> - -<div class="figright"> -<img src="images/image03.jpg" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>A, dexter chief; B, precise middle chief; C, -sinister chief; D, honor point; E, fess point; -F, nombril point; G, dexter base; H, precise -middle base; I, sinister base. The <em>tinctures</em> -mean the variable hue common both to the -shields and their bearings; and there are seven -tinctures—yellow or gold, expressed by dots; -white or argent; red, by perpendicular lines; -blue or azure, by horizontal lines; purple, by diagonal -lines from right to left; green, by the -same from left to right; black by horizontal and -perpendicular lines crossing; and orange and blood colors are expressed -by diagonal lines crossing each other. The charges are -the emblems occupying the field of the escutcheon, or any part of -it. All charges are distinguished by the name of <em>honorable ordinaries</em>, -<em>sub-ordinaries</em>, and <em>common charges</em>. Honorable ordinaries, -the principal charges in heraldry, are made of lines only, which, -according to their disposition and form, receive different names.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[230]</a></span> -Sub-ordinaries are ancient heraldic figures frequently used in coats -of arms, and which are distinguished by terms appropriated to each -of them. Common charges are composed of natural, artificial, -and even imaginary things, such as stars, animals, trees, ships, &c. -The ornaments that accompany or surround escutcheons were -introduced to denote the birth, dignity, or office of the person to -whom the arms appertain. They are used both by clergy and -laity. Those most in use are of ten sorts; namely, crowns, coronets, -mitres, helmets, mantlings, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">chapeaux</i>, wreaths, crests, scrolls, -and supporters. The crest is the highest part of the ornaments of -a coat of arms. It is called <em>crest</em> from the Latin word <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">crista</i>, which -signifies a comb or tuft, such as many birds have upon their heads, -as the peacock, &c. Crests were anciently marks of great honor, -because they were worn only by heroes of great valor and high -rank, that they might be the better distinguished in an engagement, -and thereby rally their men if dispersed. They are at present considered -as mere ornaments. The scroll is an ornament usually -placed below the shield and supporters, containing a motto or -sentence, alluding to the bearing or to the bearer's name.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="centerx"><em>Explanation of the Plate on the following page, taken from Brande's Dictionary of -Science, Literature, and Art.</em></p> - - -<p class="center smcap">I. Lines.</p> - -<p>1. Horizontal or straight. 2. Angled. 3. Bevelled. 4. Escartele. 5. Nowy or Franche. -6. Arched or enarched. 7. Double arched. 8. Wavy or undee. 9. Invected. 10. Engrailed. -11. Battled-embattled, or crenellee. 12. Battled-embattled. 13. Nebuly. 14. Potent. 15. -Indented. 16. Dancettec. 17. Dove-tailed. 18. Urdee. 19. Rayonnee, or radiant.</p> - - -<p class="center smcap">II. Points of the Escutcheon, Colors, and Furs.</p> - -<p>20. Escutcheon, points of. 21. Or. 22. Argent. 23. Gules. 24. Azure. 25. Sable. 26. -Vert. 27. Purpure. 28. Tenne. 29. Sanguine. 30. Ermine. 31. Ermines. 32. Erminois. -33. Peau. 34. Vair. 35. Varry cuppy.</p> - - -<p class="center smcap">III. Differences, or Filiations.</p> - -<p>36. (First son) Label of three points. 37. (Second) Crescent. 38. (Third) Mullet. 39. -(Fourth) Martlet. 40. (Fifth) Annulet. 41. (Sixth) Fleur-de-lis.</p> - - -<p class="center smcap">IV. Ordinaries, &c.</p> - -<p>42. Chief. 43. Pale (between two annulets.) 44. Pallet. 45. Party per pale. 46. Border. -47. Bars. 48. Fess. 49. Bend. 50. Bend sinister. 51. Border. 52. Chevron. 53. Cross. -54. Cross of St. John of Jerusalem, or Malta. 55. Cross patonce. 56. Cross moline. 57. -Cross of St. Andrew. 58. Crosses humettee. 59. Cross moline in saltier. 60. Cross bottonee -or trefoil. 61. Cross crosslet, fitchee. 62. Cross flory. 63. Cross mascle. 64. Cross -fitchee. 65. Lozenge, fleury.</p> - - -<p class="center smcap">V. Miscellaneous Bearings.</p> - -<p>66. Lion, statant guardant. 67. Passant. 68. Passant guardant. 69. Rampant. 70. Rampant -guardant. 71. Rampant reguardant. 72. Sejant. 73. Couchant. 74. Stag at gaze. 75. -Stag's head caboshed. 76. Tiger, heraldic. 77. Dragon. 78. Griffin. 79. Dragon's head -erased. 80. Wivern. 81. Eagle displayed, with two heads. 82. Boar's head erased. 83. -Water budgets. 84. Snake, bowed debruised. 85. Quatrefoil. 86. Trefoils. 87. Fleur-de-lis. -88. Clarion, or rest. 89. Mullets.</p> - - -<p class="center smcap">VI. Crowns, Coronets, &c.</p> - -<p>90. Crown of England. 91. Coronet of the Prince of Wales. 92. Coronet of a duke. 93. -Marquis. 94. Earl. 95. Viscount. 96. Baron. 97. Mitre of a bishop. 98. Eastern, or antique -coronet. 99. Celestial crown. 100. Crown of Edward I. 101. Mortier, or cap of state. -102. Chapeau, or cap of maintenance. 103. Crown of France. 104. Cardinal's hat. 105. -Crown triple, or tiara of the pope.</p></div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">[231]</a></span></p> - -<div> -<a name="PLATE" id="PLATE"></a> -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="#CONTENTS"><span class="xs pad8">[back]</span></a> -<img src="images/image04.jpg" alt="Heraldry" /> -</div></div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232">[232]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="RATIFICATION" id="RATIFICATION"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">RATIFICATION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION BY -MASSACHUSETTS.</a></h2> - </div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>[The following account of the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States by -the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts convened at Boston on the 9th day -of January, 1788, and continued until the 7th of February, was printed in the Massachusetts -Gazette of Feb. 8th, 1788, published by John Wincoll Allen of Boston. It is here inserted -as a historical document of those times that tried men's souls, which will, we think, be read -with deep interest by those of the present generation. In this way, too, it will be preserved, -as it should be, for posterity. It is printed as we find it in the Gazette, with only the addition -of the names of the towns, in which the individuals of the Convention resided. Of the Convention, -John Hancock was President, William Cushing, Vice-President, and George Richards -Minot, Secretary.]</p></div> - - -<p>With the highest satisfaction we announce to the publick, that the -Convention of this commonwealth, on Wednesday last, at five o'clock, -P. M. <em>ASSENTED TO</em> the CONSTITUTION, proposed by the late -federal Convention. On this pleasing event, WE DO HEARTILY -congratulate the publick, and do express our sincere wishes, that the -general joy which it has diffused through all ranks of citizens, may be -an auspicious omen of the superiour advantages which will undoubtedly -result from the establishment of such a federal government as -this constitution provides.</p> - -<p>Immediately on the news of this joyful decision being announced, -the bells in every publick building in this metropolis began to ring, and -continued to sound the glad tydings for two hours. At sun set the -Convention adjourned: after which, a multitude of people, from all -quarters, moved into State-Street, where they manifested the joy they -felt from this event, by incessant tokens of approbation, and loud -huzzas. The bells of the North church continued to chime harmonious -peals of gratulations the whole night, and part of the next day. -Illuminations were made and other insignia of joy exhibited.</p> - -<p>The yeas and nays, on the question of adoption, being taken, agreeably -to the orders of the day, were as follows, viz.</p> - - -<h3>YEAS.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>His Excellency JOHN HANCOCK, Esq. President, Hon. James Bowdoin, hon. -Sam. Adams, hon. William Phillips, hon. Caleb Davis, Charles Jarvis, esq. John C. -Jones, esq. John Winthrop, esq. Thomas Dawes, jun. esq. rev. Samuel Stillman, -Thomas Russell, esq. Christopher Gore, esq. <em>Boston</em>, hon. William Heath, hon. Increase -Sumner, <em>Roxbury</em>, James Bowdoin, jun. esq. Ebenezer Wales, esq. <em>Dorchester</em>, rev. -Nathaniel Robbins, <em>Milton</em>, hon. Richard Cranch, rev. Anthony Wibird, <em>Braintree</em>, hon. -Cotton Tufts, <em>Weymouth</em>, hon. Benjamin Lincoln, rev. David Shute, <em>Hingham</em>, rev. Joseph -Jackson, <em>Brookline</em>, rev. Thomas Thacher, Fisher Ames, esq. <em>Dedham</em>, col. William -M'Intosh, <em>Needham</em>, capt. John Baxter, jun. <em>Medfield</em>, hon. Elijah Dunbar, esq. <em>Stoughton</em>, -mr. Thomas Mann, <em>Wrentham</em>, mr. George Payson, <em>Walpole</em>, hon. J. Fisher, <em>Franklin</em>, -mr. Thomas Jones, <em>Hull</em>, rev. Phillips Payson, <em>Chelsea</em>, mr. Ebenezer Warren, <em>Foxborough</em>, -Richard Manning, esq. Edward Pulling, esq. mr. William Gray, jun. mr. Francis -Cabot, <em>Salem</em>, hon. Michael Farley, J. Choate, esq. Daniel Noyes, esq. col. Jonathan -Cogswell, <em>Ipswich</em>, hon. Tristram Dalton, Enoch Sawyer, esq. E. March, esq. <em>Newbury</em>, -hon. Rufus King, esq. hon. Benjamin Greenleaf, esq. Theophilus Parsons, esq. hon. -Jonathan Titcomb, <em>Newburyport</em>, hon. G. Cabot, mr. Joseph Wood, capt. Israel Thorndike, -<em>Beverly</em>, Isaac Mansfield, esq. Jonathan Glover, esq. hon. Azor Orne, John Glover, -esq. <em>Marblehead</em>, Daniel Rogers, esq. John Low, esq. capt. W. Pearson, <em>Gloucester</em>, John -Carnes, esq. capt. John Burnham, <em>Lynn</em> and <em>Lynnfield</em>, mr. William Symmes, jun. <em>Andover</em>, -Bailey Bartlett, esq. capt. Nathaniel Marsh, <em>Haverhill</em>, mr. Israel Clark, <em>Topsfield</em>, -dr. Samuel Nye, mr. Enoch Jackman, <em>Salisbury</em>, capt. Benjamin Lurvey, mr. Willis -Patten, <em>Amesbury</em>, Daniel Thurston, esq. <em>Bradford</em>, mr. Jacob Herrick, <em>Wenham</em>, mr. -Simeon Miller, <em>Manchester</em>, hon. Francis Dana, esq. Stephen Dana, esq. <em>Cambridge</em>, hon. -Nathaniel Gorham, esq. <em>Charlestown</em>, hon. Joseph Hosmer, <em>Concord</em>, hon. Abraham<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">[233]</a></span> -Fuller, <em>Newtown</em>, capt. Lawson Buckminster, <em>Framingham</em>, Benjamin Brown, esq. <em>Lexington</em>, -Daniel Whitney, esq. <em>Sherburne</em>, capt. Asahel Wheeler, <em>Sudbury</em>, capt. Benjamin -Blaney, <em>Malden</em>, capt. Abraham Bigelow, <em>Weston</em>, maj. gen. John Brooks, <em>Medford</em>, dr. -Charles Whitman, <em>Stow</em>, Leonard Williams, esq. <em>Waltham</em>, hon. J. B. Varnum, <em>Dracut</em>, -hon. J. Pitts, <em>Dunstable</em>, hon. E. Brooks, <em>Lincoln</em>, W. Pynchon, esq. <em>Springfield</em>, hon. C. -Strong, mr. Benjamin Sheldon, <em>Northampton</em> and <em>Easthampton</em>, capt. Lemuel Pomeroy, -<em>Southampton</em>, brig. gen. Elisha Porter, <em>Hadley</em>, hon. Noah Goodman, <em>South Hadley</em>, hon. -J. Hastings, <em>Hatfield</em>, John Ingersol, esq. <em>Westfield</em>, mr. Ebenezer James, <em>Northfield</em>, Abner -Morgan, esq. <em>Brimfield</em>, capt. David Shepard, <em>Chester</em>, mr. Jesse Reed, <em>Charlemont</em>, Nahum -Eager, esq. <em>Worthington</em>, col. Benjamin Bonney, <em>Chesterfield</em>, major Thomas J. Douglass, -<em>Northwick</em>, mr. Aaron Fisher, <em>Westhampton</em>, mr. Edmund Lazell, <em>Cummington</em> and -<em>Plainfield</em>, capt. Thomas Maxwell, <em>Buckland</em>, mr. Elihu Colton, <em>Longmeadow</em>, Joshua -Thomas, esq. mr. Thomas Davis, mr. John Davis, <em>Plymouth</em>, hon. William Cushing, -hon. Nathan Cushing, hon. Charles Turner, <em>Scituate</em>, hon. George Partridge, <em>Duxbury</em>, -rev. William Shaw, <em>Marshfield</em>, Daniel Howard, esq. mr. Hezekiah Hooper, capt. Elisha -Mitchel, mr. Daniel Howard, jun. <em>Bridgewater</em>, rev. Isaac Backus, Isaac Thompson, esq. -<em>Middleboro'</em>, capt. John Turner, mr. Josiah Smith, <em>Pembroke</em>, William Sever, jun. esq. -<em>Kingston</em>, hon. Joseph Cushing, <em>Hanover</em>, rev. Samuel Niles, <em>Abington</em>, mr. Freeman -Waterman, <em>Halifax</em>, col. Israel Fearing, <em>Wareham</em>, Shearjashaub Bourn, esq. <em>Barnstable</em>, -David Thacher, esq. capt. Jonathan Howes, <em>Yarmouth</em>, hon. Solomon Freeman, -capt. Kimball Clark, <em>Harwich</em>, rev. Levi Whitman, <em>Wellfleet</em>, capt. Joseph Palmer, -<em>Falmouth</em>, James Williams, esq. <em>Taunton</em>, hon. Elisha May, capt. Moses Willmarth, -<em>Attleboro'</em>, col. Sylvester Richmond, hon. William Baylies, <em>Dighton</em>, hon. Thomas Durfee, -Israel Washburne, esq. <em>Freetown</em>, hon. Walter Spooner, rev. Samuel West, <em>New -Bedford</em>, mr. William Almy, <em>Westport</em>, Nathaniel Barrel, esq. <em>York</em>, rev. Moses Hemmenway, -hon. Nathaniel Wells, <em>Wells</em>, Thomas Cutts, esq. <em>Pepperelboro'</em>, Jacob Bradbury, -esq. <em>Buxton</em>, capt. John Low, <em>Coxhall</em>, mr. William Mayhew, <em>Edgartown</em>, mr. Cornelius -Dunham, <em>Tisbury</em>, hon. John Sprague, <em>Lancaster</em>, capt. Seth Newton, <em>Southboro'</em>, -hon. Samuel Baker, <em>Bolton</em>, major David Wilder, <em>Leominster</em>, mr. Matthew Patrick, -<em>Western</em>, mr. Josiah Goddard, <em>Athol</em>, capt. Ephraim Wilder, <em>Sterling</em>, John K. Smith, esq. -<em>Falmouth</em>, mr. John Fox, capt. Joseph M'Lellan, <em>Portland</em>, David Mitchell, esq. Samuel -Merrill, esq. <em>North Yarmouth</em>, William Thompson, esq. <em>Scarboro'</em>, capt. John Dunlap, -<em>Brunswick</em>, capt. Isaac Snow, <em>Harpswell</em>, mr. Joshua Dyer, <em>Cape Elisabeth</em>, rev. Samuel -Perley, <em>Gray</em>, Thomas Rice, esq. mr. David Sylvester, <em>Pownalboro'</em>, mr. Nathaniel -Wyman, <em>Georgetown</em>, mr. David Gilmore, <em>Woolwich</em>, William M'Cobb, esq. <em>Boothbay</em>, -capt. Samuel Grant, <em>Vassalboro'</em>, Moses Davis, esq. <em>Edgecomb</em>, David Fales, esq. <em>Thomaston</em>, -Dummer Sewall, esq. <em>Bath</em>, John Ashley, jun. esq. <em>Sheffield</em> and <em>Mount Washington</em>, -hon. Elijah Dwight, <em>Great Barrington</em>, hon. T. Sedgwick, <em>Stockbridge</em>, hon. Jonathan -Smith, <em>Lanesboro'</em>, hon. T. J. Skinner, <em>Williamstown</em>, mr. Elisha Carpenter, <em>Becket</em>, capt. -D. Taylor, <em>New Marlboro'.</em> <span class="smcap">Total</span> <em>Yeas</em> 187.</p></div> - - -<h3>NAYS.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>Capt. Jedediah Southworth, <em>Stoughton</em>, mr. Nathan Comstock, <em>Wrentham</em>, mr. Benjamin -Randall, <em>Sharon</em>, mr. M. Richardson, jun. <em>Medway</em>, rev. Noah Alden, <em>Bellingham</em>, -hon. Israel Hutchinson, <em>Danvers</em>, capt. Peter Osgood, jun. dr. Thomas Kittredge, <em>Andover</em>, -capt. Thomas Mighill, <em>Rowley</em>, hon. A. Wood, <em>Boxford</em>, capt. Ebenezer Carlton, -<em>Methuen</em>, dr. Marshall Spring, <em>Watertown</em>, capt. Timothy Winn, <em>Woburn</em>, mr. William -Flint, mr. Peter Emerson, <em>Reading</em>, mr. Jonas Morse, major Benjamin Sawin, <em>Marlboro'</em>, -William Thompson, esq. <em>Billerica</em>, col. Benjamin Ely, capt. John Williston, <em>West -Springfield</em>, capt. Phinehas Stebbins, <em>Wilbraham</em>, Mr. Daniel Cooley, <em>Amherst</em>, Mr. Benjamin -Eastman, <em>Granby</em>, Mr. Josiah Allis, <em>Whately</em>, mr. William Bodman, <em>Williamsburg</em>, -mr. Samuel Field, <em>Deerfield</em>, mr. Moses Bascom, <em>Greenfield</em>, mr. Robert Wilson, <em>Shelburne</em>, -capt. Consider Arms, mr. Malachi Maynard, <em>Conway</em>, capt. Zacheus Crocker, -<em>Sunderland</em>, mr. Moses Severance, <em>Montague</em>, capt. Asa Fisk, <em>South Brimfield</em>, mr. Phinehas -Merrick, <em>Monson</em>, mr. Adam Clark, <em>Pelham</em>, capt. Nathaniel Whitcomb, <em>Greenwich</em>, -mr. Timothy Blair, <em>Blanford</em>, mr. Aaron Mirrick, <em>Palmer</em>, mr. John Hamilton, Mr. Clark -Cooley, <em>Granville</em>, mr. John Chamberlain, <em>New Salem</em>, mr. Justus Dwight, <em>Belchertown</em>, -mr. Samuel Eddy, <em>Colrain</em>, mr. Isaac Pepper, <em>Ware</em>, capt. John Goldsbury, <em>Warwick</em> -and <em>Orange</em>, capt. Agrippa Wells, <em>Bernardston</em>, mr. Ephraim Williams, <em>Ashfield</em>, mr. Asa -Powers, <em>Shutesbury</em>, capt. Silas Fowler, <em>Southwick</em>, mr. John Jennings, <em>Ludlow</em>, mr. -Jonathan Hubbard, <em>Leverett</em>, mr. Benjamin Thomas, mr. Isaac Soul, <em>Middleboro'</em>, mr. -Nathaniel Hammond, mr. Abraham Holmes, <em>Rochester</em>, capt. Francis Shurtliff, mr. -Elisha Bisbee, jun. <em>Plympton</em>, dr. Thomas Smith, mr. Thomas Nye, <em>Sandwich</em>, col. -Nathaniel Leonard, mr. Aaron Pratt, <em>Taunton</em>, capt. Phanuel Bishop, major Frederick -Drown, William Windsor, esq. <em>Rehoboth</em>, mr. Christopher Mason, mr. David Brown, -<em>Swansey</em>, hon. Holder Slocum, mr. Melatiah Hathway, <em>Dartmouth</em>, hon. Abraham White,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[234]</a></span> -<em>Norton</em>, capt. Ebenezer Tisdell, <em>Easton</em>, capt. John Pratt, <em>Mansfield</em>, capt. Esaias Preble, -<em>York</em>, mr. Mark Adams, mr. James Neal, <em>Kittery</em>, capt. Elijah Thayer, dr. Nathaniel Low, -mr. Richard Foxwell Cutts, <em>Berwick</em>, mr. Thomas M. Wentworth, <em>Lebanon</em>, major -Samuel Nasson, <em>Sanford</em>, mr. Moses Ames, <em>Fryeburg</em>, Mr. Jeremiah Emery, <em>Shapleigh</em>, -rev. Pelatiah Tingley, <em>Waterboro',</em> mr. David Bigelow, <em>Worcester</em>, Edward Thompson, -esq. <em>Mendon</em>, major John Minot, <em>Chelmsford</em>, capt. Gilbert Dench, <em>Hopkinton</em>, mr. Jonathan -Keep, <em>Westford</em>, dr. Benjamin Morse, Joseph Sheple, esq. <em>Groton</em>, mr. Obadiah -Sawtell, <em>Shirley</em>, mr. Daniel Fisk, <em>Pepperell</em>, capt. Daniel Adams, <em>Townsend</em>, capt. John -Webber, <em>Bedford</em>, capt. Sta. Chamberlain, <em>Holliston</em>, mr. Asa Parlin, <em>Acton</em> and <em>Carlisle</em>, -capt. J. Harnden, <em>Wilmington</em>, mr. Newman Scarlet, <em>Tewksbury</em>, mr. Samuel Reed, -<em>Littleton</em>, mr. Benjamin Adams, <em>Ashby</em>, major Hezekiah Bread, <em>Natick</em>, capt. Jonathan -Green, <em>Stoneham</em>, mr. Phinehas Gleason, <em>East Sudbury</em>, mr. Daniel Forbes, mr. N. Jenks, -<em>Brookfield</em>, capt. Jeremiah Learned, <em>Oxford</em>, mr. Caleb Curtis, Mr. Ezra M'Intier, <em>Charlton</em>, -mr. David Harwood, hon. Amos Singletary, <em>Sutton</em>, col. Samuel Denny, <em>Leicester</em>, -mr. James Hathua, <em>Spencer</em>, mr. Asaph Shermon, <em>Rutland</em>, mr. Abraham Smith, <em>Paxton</em>, -capt. Jonathan Bullard, <em>Oakham</em>, capt. John Black, <em>Barre</em>, capt. John Woods, <em>Hubbardston</em>, -capt. Benjamin Joslyn, <em>New Braintree</em>, capt. Stephen Maynard, <em>Westboro'</em>, mr. Artemas -Brigham, <em>Northboro'</em>, capt. Isaac Harrington, <em>Shrewsbury</em>, capt. John Fuller, <em>Lunenburg</em>, -mr. Daniel Putnam, <em>Fitchburg</em>, dr. Samuel Willard, <em>Uxbridge</em>, Josiah Whitney, esq. -<em>Harvard</em>, mr. Jonathan Day, <em>Dudley</em>, capt. Thomas M. Baker, <em>Upton</em>, capt. Timothy -Parker, <em>Sturbridge</em>, major Martin Kingsley, <em>Hardwick</em>, rev. Joseph Davis, <em>Holden</em>, hon. -John Taylor, <em>Douglass</em>, dr. Joseph Wood, <em>Grafton</em>, Jonathan Grant, esq. capt. Samuel -Peckham, <em>Petersham</em>, John Frye, esq. <em>Royalston</em>, mr. Stephen Holden, <em>Westminster</em>, capt. -Joel Fletcher, <em>Templeton</em>, mr. Timothy Fuller, <em>Princeton</em>, mr. Jacob Willard, <em>Ashburnham</em>, -mr. Moses Hale, <em>Winchendon</em>, capt. Josiah Wood, <em>Northbridge</em>, mr. Joseph Stone, <em>Ward</em>, -mr. David Stearns, <em>Milford</em>, mr. Jonas Temple, <em>Boylston</em>, Daniel Ilsley, esq. <em>Falmouth</em>, -mr. S. Longfellow, jun. <em>Gorham</em>, William Widgery, <em>New Gloucester</em>, capt. David Murry, -<em>New Castle</em>, hon. Samuel Thompson, <em>Topsham</em>, mr. Jonah Crosby, <em>Winslow</em>, mr. Zacheus -Beal, <em>Bowdoinham</em>, William Jones, esq. <em>Bristol</em>, capt. James Carr, <em>Hallowell</em>, mr. -Joshua Bean, <em>Winthrop</em>, mr. Valentine Rathbun, <em>Pittsfield</em>, mr. Comstock Betts, <em>Richmond</em>, -mr. Lemuel Collins, <em>Lenox</em>, capt. Jeremiah Pierce, <em>Adams</em>, Ephraim Fitch, esq. -<em>Egremont</em>, major Thomas Lusk, <em>West Stockbridge</em>, mr. John Hurlbert, <em>Alford</em>, capt. Ezekiel -Herrick, <em>Tyrningham</em>, mr. Joshua Lawton, <em>Loudon</em>, mr. Timothy Mason, <em>Windsor</em>, -Ebenezer Pierce, esq. <em>Partridgefield</em>, mr. David Vaughan, <em>Hancock</em>, capt. Jesse Bradley, -<em>Lee</em>, mr. Zenas Noble, <em>Washington</em>, mr. John Picket, jun. <em>Sandisfield.</em> <span class="smcap">Total</span> <em>Nays</em> 168.</p></div> - -<p>The open, manly and honourable conduct of the gentlemen who -composed the minority, in the great question on Wednesday, taken in -the honourable convention, was very different from the turbulent -opposers of the constitution in Pennsylvania, who, not content with -their declamatory and odious protest against its adoption, are now -endeavouring to involve their country in all the horrours of a civil -war, by exciting tumult and insurrection. On the vote of adoption -being declared,</p> - -<p>Honourable mr. <span class="smcap">White</span> rose, and said, that notwithstanding he had -opposed the adoption of the constitution, upon the idea that it would -endanger the liberties of his country, yet, as a majority had seen fit to -adopt it, he should use his utmost exertions to induce his constituents -to live in peace under, and cheerfully submit to it.</p> - -<p>He was followed by mr. <span class="smcap">Widgery</span>, who said, that he should return -to his constituents, and inform them, that he had opposed the adoption -of this constitution, but that he had been overruled, and that he had -been carried by a majority of wise and understanding men: that he -should endeavour to sow the seeds of union and peace among the people -he represented—and that he hoped, and believed, that no person -would wish for, or suggest the measure of a PROTEST; for, said he, -we must consider that this body is as full a representation of the -people, as can be conceived.—— After expressing his thanks for the -civility which the inhabitants of this town have shewn to the convention, -and declaring, as his opinion, that they had not in the least influenced -the decision; he concluded by saying he should support, as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a></span> -much as in him lay, the constitution, and believed, as this state had -adopted it, not only 9, but the whole 13, would come into the measure.</p> - -<p>General <span class="smcap">Whitney</span> said, that though he had been opposed to the -constitution, he should support it as much as if he had voted for it.</p> - -<p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Cooley</span>, (<em>Amherst</em>) said, that he endeavoured to govern himself -by the principles of reason, that he was directed to vote against the -adoption of the constitution, and that in so doing, he had not only -complied with his direction, but had acted according to the dictates of -his own conscience; but that as it has been agreed to by a majority, -he should endeavour to convince his constituents of the propriety of its -adoption.</p> - -<p>Doctor <span class="smcap">Taylor</span>, also said, he had uniformly opposed the constitution, -that he found himself fairly beat, and expressed his determination to -go home, and endeavour to infuse a spirit of harmony and love, among -the people.</p> - -<p>Other gentlemen expressed their inclination to speak, but it growing -late, the convention adjourned to Thursday morning, at ten o'clock.</p> - -<p><em>Let this be told to the honour of Massachusetts; to the reputation of her -citizens, as men willing to acquiesce in that republican principle, of submitting -to the decision of a majority.</em></p> - -<p>Yesterday, A. M. the Convention met, according to adjournment, -when a vote was passed for proceeding in procession to the state-house, -and there to declare the ratification of the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, -which that honourable body, on Wednesday last, by a -majority of NINETEEN assented to, in behalf of the commonwealth -of Massachusetts. About 12 o'clock, the procession moved from their -place of session, preceded by the honourable vice-president of the -Convention. His excellency the president being seated in an elegant -vehicle, was drawn by THIRTEEN patriotick and publick spirited -MECHANICKS, who thus expressed their love and respect for a man -who ever loved and respected his country.</p> - -<p>The procession having arrived at the state-house, entered the senate-chamber, -from which his excellency the president, the vice-president, -secretary, high-sheriff of the county of Suffolk, and other respectable -characters, went out upon the balcony of the state-house, from whence -his excellency the president addressed the multitude who had assembled -below, in a short speech, preparatory to what they were about to -hear declared. The high-sheriff then declared the federal constitution -adopted and ratified by the Convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.</p> - -<p>After which the whole assembly testified their approbation by the -loudest huzzas.</p> - -<p>An elegant repast being provided for the occasion in the senate-chamber, -the Convention, and a great number of other gentlemen, -partook thereof, and exhibited such marks of satisfaction, as fully -evinced, that this joyful event would tend to give vigour and energy -to our future continental administrations. After dinner the following -toasts were drank, viz.</p> - -<p>1. His excellency the president and convention of Massachusetts.</p> - -<p>2. The president and members of the late continental convention.</p> - -<p>3. The states that have adopted the federal constitution.</p> - -<p>4. A speedy accession to the union by those states who are yet to -deliberate upon the proposed constitution.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[236]</a></span></p> - -<p>5. May the same candour, and liberality, which has so conspicuously -distinguished the minority of Massachusetts, prevail thro' every state -in the union.</p> - -<p>6. May the United States of America be as distinguished for their -increase in agriculture, arts and manufactures, as they are for their -attachment to justice and the liberties of mankind.</p> - -<p>7. The great and magnanimous ally of the United States of America—his -most Christian majesty.</p> - -<p>8. The United Netherlands.</p> - -<p>9. May the States of America be the asylum of every distressed son -of liberty, throughout the world.</p> - -<p>10. May the flag of American commerce be displayed in every -quarter of the globe.</p> - -<p>11. May the landholders of America soon experience the happy -effects intended by the proposed constitution.</p> - -<p>12. May the nations of the world, who would be our rivals in trade, -soon find their disappointment in the energy of our councils.</p> - -<p>13. May peace, liberty, and safety, be the perpetual birthright of an -American.</p> - -<p>It seems that the joy which the adoption of the proposed constitution -has diffused, is not only general, but sincere and grateful.—The -rising sun of yesterday's morn, by its brightness and refulgent beams, -seemed to break forth, from the dusky horizon, with uncommon grandeur, -partaking, as it were, of the joy in which an event so propitious -immersed the souls of the people. The bells of all the churches, &c. in -town, began ringing at early dawn, and continued, most of them without -intermission, thro' the day, and part of last evening.</p> - -<p>The hardy sons of Neptune, seemed not to be insensible of the -importance of this great event; for having procured a boat, which they -fixed on a sled, they continued to draw it through the town till near -the close of the day, frequently huzzaing, and loudly exulting in the -anticipation of reviving and flourishing commerce. In the boat was -displayed the flag of the United States, and musick, which kept continually -playing.</p> - -<p>In a cart, drawn by five horses, the British flag was displayed, and -insulted by numbers placed in the cart, armed with muskets, who -repeatedly discharged the contents of them through the tattered remnant, -in contempt of that faithless nation, whose exertions have been -unremitted since the peace, to cramp our commerce and obstruct all -our nautical proceedings.</p> - -<p>Repeated marks of joy were exhibited during the course of the day -by the lovers and well wishers of our country, but we believe none -will exceed the exhibition which is to take place this day, as will -appear by the following</p> - -<p class="center lsp">NOTICE</p> - -<p class="pfs80 lsp">TO THE TRADESMEN.</p> - -<p>THE COMMITTEE of MECHANICKS appointed at their meeting -the 7th. ult. present their compliments to the several TRADESMEN, -MECHANICKS, and ARTIZANS of every description in the -town of Boston, and request their attendance at Faneuil Hall, this -morning, at NINE o'clock, in order to form and proceed in GRAND<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[237]</a></span> -PROCESSION therefrom, to testify their approbation of the ratification -of the Federal Constitution, by the Convention of this commonwealth -the 6th instant.</p> - -<p>They recommend that the procession be formed as follows—First, -a plough, drawn by a horse, with husbandmen carrying proper utensils—Then -the tradesmen, &c. of the town, each with some tool, decorated; -to proceed by trades; each trade with one person at its head. -With the ship-builders, &c. will be a boat, drawn by horses, properly -manned. They request that the procession may be as full as possible; -that the several drummers, fifers, and other musicians in the town, will -join the procession, with their instruments.</p> - -<p>The rout of the procession will be mentioned at the Hall.</p> - -<p>Boston, February 7, 1788.</p> - - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="LETTER" id="LETTER"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">LETTER OF CHIEF-JUSTICE SARGEANT OF MASSACHUSETTS.</a></h2> - </div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>[The following are extracts from a letter of Judge Sargeant to the Hon. Joseph Badger -of Gilmanton, N. H., who was a Delegate to the Convention of that state for the adoption -of the Federal Constitution.]</p></div> - - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>I make no doubt but you have carefully compared y<sup>e</sup> old confederation with y<sup>e</sup> new -constitution and I wish you to review them again. Can there be such a thing as Government -without Power? What is advice, recommendation, or requisition? It is not -Government.—Congress has a right to raise an army, to make war and Peace, of -entering into Treaties and alliances to borrow money and appropriate y<sup>e</sup> same—to -ascertain y<sup>e</sup> sums necessary to be raised for y<sup>e</sup> Service of y<sup>e</sup> United States—to emit -bills of credit—to build and equip a navy, and to make requisitions on y<sup>e</sup> states for -their quota of men, to Cloath, arm and equip them. But who will lend Congress -Money when they have not Power to raise a Single Shilling to repay them? Who -will take their bills of Credit when every Body knows they can never redeem them? -Who will enlist into their army when Congress has no money to pay them a Bounty or -their wages or find them in Provisions? Who will build and equip a navy for them -without money? Who will trouble themselves about Congress' making war or Peace -when they can't command a Shilling to support a war? To what Purpose is it to -appropriate money when they can't get it?—What end does it answer for other -nations to make treaties and alliances with Congress when any one State by its obstinacy, -fraud or some Paltry private interest may defeat y<sup>e</sup> treaty or by main force break -through it?</p> - -<p>What good end will be answered by ascertaining y<sup>e</sup> Sums necessary to be raised -when thirteen independent Legislatures are to judge whether those sums are necessary -or not and whether they will raise them or not and if one State won't raise their <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'quotâ'">quota</ins>, -y<sup>e</sup> other states are more than foolish, they are distracted if they raise theirs.—What -effect will a requisition on y<sup>e</sup> states for raising, cloathing, arming, and equipping their -quotas of men have, when y<sup>e</sup> 13 Legislatures are left to judge of y<sup>e</sup> expediency, or necessity -of this equipment, whether they are not charged above their proportion—whether -it won't do as well sometime hence? What security is it possible to have under such a -Government? A Government without energy, without power. Zeal and enthusiasm -carried us thro' y<sup>e</sup> last war without any Government till March 1781, when y<sup>e</sup> Confederation -was compleated and then we hobbled along 21 months longer under it until -peace took place, and since y<sup>e</sup> Peace, Requisitions from Congress have had no more effect -than y<sup>e</sup> Pope's bulls wou'd have had. The old Confederation is just y<sup>e</sup> same to y<sup>e</sup> -United States as a people, as a milk and water diet wou'd be to a labouring man, both -wou'd grow weaker and weaker till they were not able to crawl. Nothing ever gave us -any respectability abroad but y<sup>e</sup> readiness and chearfulness with which we complied -with all y<sup>e</sup> recommendations of Congress when we had no Government at all. That enabled -us to form treaties with other nations, to hire money, and their hatred to Great Britain -engaged them to join in y<sup>e</sup> war against her. The nations in Europe discovered this -weakness long before we did. Great Britain for 5 years has refused to make any Treaty -of commerce with us, has shut all her Ports against our shipping, while our Ports are -filled with their shipping and seamen and are picking up our seamen for their employ—they<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[238]</a></span> -bring their Produce and manufactures to us to buy but won't let us carry our -own to them. They have embarrass'd our commerce with other nations by setting -y<sup>e</sup> Algerines upon our shipping and thereby obliged us to give 5 per Cent. to them for -insurance against the Algerines—all this while we have not had y<sup>e</sup> power to retalliate -upon them in one Single Article. The other Powers viz: France, Holland, Spain and -Portugal have now taken y<sup>e</sup> hint and are imposing duties upon our Produce and Manufactures -to y<sup>e</sup> great encouragement of their own and discouragement of ours, and we -can't make any Regulations to counterwork them. Massachusetts some years ago took -y<sup>e</sup> lead and made some very advantageous Regulations. New Hampshire followed, and -Rhode Island adopted a small part. Soon y<sup>e</sup> People in New Hampshire grew restive -and obliged y<sup>e</sup> Government to repeal y<sup>e</sup> same. Rhode Island followed and Massachusetts -was obliged to follow them, so that you see what a rope of sand we are. This -conduct of y<sup>e</sup> European nations will in time, if it produces good Government, prove of -eminent advantage to us. They drained us of almost all our Cash. This put People -upon being industrious and frugal. Industry has occasioned great improvements in -agriculture and in manufactures. The first has rendered Provisions plenty and so -cheap that we sell them to almost all nations. The latter has supplied us with many -necessaries which we used to send cash for, and we remitted to other nations pay for -what necessaries we wanted. Frugality has prevented us from sending our Cash -abroad for many Superfluities which we can do as well or perhaps better without; so -that now it is an undoubted fact that y<sup>e</sup> exports from America greatly exceed y<sup>e</sup> imports; -consequently Cash may now become as plenty as it wou'd be best it shou'd be.</p> - -<p>The old Confederation without Power or Energy destroyed y<sup>e</sup> Credit of y<sup>e</sup> United -States. The scarcity of Cash, and y<sup>e</sup> embarrassments of y<sup>e</sup> Government, for want of -some fixed System of finance has destroyed y<sup>e</sup> credit of y<sup>e</sup> individual States—different -Tender acts in different States, different sorts of paper money in different States, (for -almost all y<sup>e</sup> States have either paper money or tender acts,) have destroyed private -Credit; so that we are now as a people and as individuals totally without either public -or private Credit. Under these circumstances money never can circulate in plenty, let -y<sup>e</sup> advantages for importing it be what they may—</p> - -<p>Is it now possible for a Government, under these disadvantages, whether it be continental -or particular, to support itself any length of time? Will not private industry be -discouraged? Can such a Government protect y<sup>e</sup> industrious from y<sup>e</sup> hands of invaders -or y<sup>e</sup> more savage hands of violence among ourselves? Anarchy will soon rear its -head and y<sup>e</sup> Tyranny of some ambitious Demagogue will soon tread on its heels. -Suppose for a moment y<sup>e</sup> General Court of New Hampshire or Massachusetts were to -agree that such a sum of money was necessary to be raised for y<sup>e</sup> building and maintaining -of a colledge for supporting schools in different Parts, for supporting ministers, -for encouraging y<sup>e</sup> Iron manufactory, y<sup>e</sup> manufactory of cloath, for repairing y<sup>e</sup> highways, -for training and disciplining y<sup>e</sup> militia, and procuring a stock of guns and ammunition -and building forts for y<sup>e</sup> defence of y<sup>e</sup> State and then send a recommendation to -y<sup>e</sup> several towns desiring them to raise their quota of that sum, being so much.</p> - -<p>Wou'd not this be a laughable way of raising money for y<sup>e</sup> public exigences? One -town wou'd say there was no need of building a Colledge; others wou'd say there is -no need of Schools or ministers; let them that work Iron and cloath get their own -pay; our highways will do well enough without repairs; y<sup>e</sup> militia are good gunners -already, there is no need of forts, and there is no war at hand, and we can do without -Guns and ammunition a little longer; besides all they have rated our town too high. -Wou'd not this be y<sup>e</sup> common language? A precious little money wou'd be raised, I -trow. Let me ask, if y<sup>e</sup> People in our town meetings are competent Judges of y<sup>e</sup> necessity -and advantage of raising money for these purposes? You will instantly answer -me, no not one in six. Can they have large and extensive views of y<sup>e</sup> interest, of y<sup>e</sup> essential -and important interests of y<sup>e</sup> whole state? No, perhaps, not one, thô many of -them when they had met with other persons from all parts of y<sup>e</sup> state, and had freely -conversed with them might be good Judges afterwards. How absurd and impolitic then -is it to trust y<sup>e</sup> great affairs and interests of a continent, 1500 miles long and 1000 miles -wide to y<sup>e</sup> determination of 2600 men deputed from some little spots of 6 miles square -y<sup>e</sup> greatest part of whom never went further than y<sup>e</sup> next market town perhaps, or at -y<sup>e</sup> outside to y<sup>e</sup> shire town of y<sup>e</sup> state and never expects to go again after his year is -up, or if he does, it is only to get his 3<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em> a day without labour or at y<sup>e</sup> most to have -y<sup>e</sup> honour of saving a small Tax upon his own town—and these men are not to meet -altogether where they might, if disposed, get y<sup>e</sup> necessary information to form a Judgment -by,—but in thirteen different places where they have different interests, different -leaders and different information. How much more ridiculous is it then, that all these -men are to determine of y<sup>e</sup> necessity of Peace or War—of y<sup>e</sup> sums of Money necessary -to be raised, of y<sup>e</sup> best and easiest mode of raising it thro' all y<sup>e</sup> states, regulating -y<sup>e</sup> value of money thro' all y<sup>e</sup> states, of defining and punishing Piracies and felonies on -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[239]</a></span>y<sup>e</sup> high seas and of Offences against y<sup>e</sup> law of nations—when it is necessary and proper -to grant Letters of Marque and reprisal—what are y<sup>e</sup> rights and duties of Ambassadors, -Consuls and public ministers, what are proper rules respecting captures where -other nations are concerned with us in y<sup>e</sup> capture or are interested in y<sup>e</sup> vessel captured, -what regulations of Trade may be carried into effect in other nations so as not to -injure our own commerce. These and a thousand other matters respecting our intercourse -with other nations and other great national concerns, must be determined by -some Body of men with decision and be carried into effect too. How preposterous is it -then for us to think of going on under y<sup>e</sup> old Confederation where y<sup>e</sup> several states or -some of them wou'd hiss any Law that might be proposed on those matters out of Doors.</p> - -<p>Now let us consider y<sup>e</sup> new Constitution. Are there any objects, of Legislation -in this, which were not left to y<sup>e</sup> decision of Congress under y<sup>e</sup> old Articles? -Very few, save that of Regulating commerce with foreign nations for want of which -we have suffered enough already—also to form a rule for naturalization Laws -about Bankruptcies—fix y<sup>e</sup> standard of weights and measures—to promote y<sup>e</sup> progress -of arts and Sciences—to prevent counterfeiting y<sup>e</sup> Securities and current coin -of y<sup>e</sup> states, to provide for organizing, arming, disciplining and calling forth y<sup>e</sup> militia -on necessary occasions; to exercise exclusive Jurisdiction over 10 miles square of land -where Congress may sit, if so much is ceded to them by any state to their satisfaction -and such other places where continental arsenals are kept. Our People are taught y<sup>e</sup> -necessity of this provision for if a man of less penetration and decision had been in y<sup>e</sup> -chair y<sup>e</sup> year before last—they would have lost their most useful and costly magazine. -Is it not reasonable that these matters shou'd be done with uniformity thro' y<sup>e</sup> states? -Can these great objects ever be accomplished without making laws to bind all persons -in y<sup>e</sup> Jurisdiction? Who are to make those Laws but y<sup>e</sup> Representatives chosen by -y<sup>e</sup> People at large every two years, and where an equal representation is provided for, -and a Senate chosen by y<sup>e</sup> state Legislatures, one third of which are to be chosen every -two years. When Laws are made they are nonsensical unless they can be carried into -execution; therefore it is necessary somebody shou'd have a Power of determining -when they are broken, and to decree y<sup>e</sup> forfieture in consequence of such breach. This -shows y<sup>e</sup> necessity of y<sup>e</sup> Judicial Power—and an executive with y<sup>e</sup> necessary officers -are requisite for carrying those decrees into execution—and without all this y<sup>e</sup> whole -parade of making laws wou'd be idle.</p> - -<p>That these parts, y<sup>e</sup> Judicial and executive, shou'd be appointed by congress is necessary -in order that y<sup>e</sup> proceedings may be uniform and to prevent one state from conniving -at or disregarding y<sup>e</sup> laws made for y<sup>e</sup> benefit of y<sup>e</sup> whole. If they are to raise -money they must have officers to collect it. These must be appointed by Congress or -such men will be appointed by particular states as will shew y<sup>e</sup> most favour—and -look thro' y<sup>e</sup> whole, I believe you will not find a Single Power given but what would -maim y<sup>e</sup> constitution if it was left out. Perhaps it may be said this will be an expensive -Government. The Legislative will not be more expensive, if so much, as y<sup>e</sup> present -congress for after they have got matters a going properly, they may be at home half -their time. The other officers must be paid it is true, but when we consider y<sup>e</sup> advantages -of a steady uniform Government with proper energy, I believe we shall find y<sup>e</sup> -Benefits purchased at a cheap rate. Perhaps some may say that this annihilates our -own state Governments, and our own Legislatures will have nothing to do; but y<sup>e</sup> -Laws respecting criminal offenders in all cases, except Treason, are subjects for Legislation. -We may increase, lessen, or change punishments for crimes as we think best, -and make any act criminal or pœnal as far as Law can make it so at our pleasure. The -regulating Towns, parishes, Providing ministers, schools, looking after Poor persons, punishing -Idlers, vagabonds &c. &c. regulating Highways, bridges, fisheries, common fields -&c. are also matters pertaining to y<sup>e</sup> General court—but above all y<sup>e</sup> great rules for regulating -inheritances, descent of estates, Partition of them, last wills and Testaments, -executors, Administrators, and Guardians are subjects for our own Legislation—y<sup>e</sup> -appointment of all courts, and y<sup>e</sup> rules of Proceeding in them and of determining all -controversies between our own citizens, Rules of Legitimacy, marriage and divorce -and in fine all matters not expressly given to congress are still to be the subjects of our -own Legislation to be carried into Effect by our own courts and officers. Over what -things does y<sup>e</sup> constitution give congress a Power only those of great national concern, -which require a large comprehensive view and which, Heaven knows, our Houses of -R-p-s-t-tives were never capable of comprehending or of judging whether they were -acting right or wrong.—I write very freely to you, without any reserve. Y<sup>e</sup> regard -I have for my Children, my Kinsmen, my friends, my Neighbours, Posterity and my -country, makes me bless God that those objects are likely for ever to be taken out of -such hands, two thirds of whom were never from their fire side before, and never comprehended -in their view more than their own farms and their own little private interest. -I cou'd write a volume on this subject, but thus much must suffice for y<sup>e</sup> present. I -believe you are tired now as well as your affectionate</p> - -<p class="right padr4">Kinsman and sincere friend and Serv<sup>t</sup></p> -<p class="right smcap">Nath'l Peaslee Sargeant.</p> -</div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[240]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="A_COMPLETE_LIST" id="A_COMPLETE_LIST"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">A COMPLETE LIST OF THE MINISTERS OF BOSTON OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, FROM 1630 TO -1842, ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SETTLEMENT.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p class="pfs80">BY JAMES C. ODIORNE, M. A.</p> - -<p class="pfs80">(Continued from page 136.)</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p class="small pad4"> -TABLE LEGEND:<br /> -A = <em>Order of Settlement.</em><br /> -B = <em>Names of Ministers.</em><br /> -C = <em>Denomination.</em><br /> -D = <em>Churches.</em><br /> -E = <em>Graduated.</em><br /> -F = <em>Settled.</em><br /> -G = <em>Died or Resigned.</em><br /> -<br /> -</p> - - - -<div class="xxs"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary="List of Boston Ministers"> -<tr><td class="tdlbb" colspan="12"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc"> A</td><td class="tdcbl">B</td><td class="tdcbl wd10">C</td><td class="tdcbl wd15">D</td><td class="tdcbl wd10" colspan="2">E</td><td class="tdcbl wd15" colspan="3">F</td><td class="tdcbl wd15" colspan="3">G</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlbt" colspan="12"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 91</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">David Annan</td><td class="tdlbl">Pres.</td><td class="tdlbl">Federal St.</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2">Scotland</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td></td><td class="tdr">1783</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td></td><td class="tdr">1786</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 92</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Claudius Florent Bouchard de La Poterie</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl">Com.</td><td></td><td class="tdr">1784</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 93</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Peter Thacher</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Brattle St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdl">1769</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr"> 12, 1785</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr"> 16, 1802</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl"> 94</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Jeremy Belknap, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Federal St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdl">1762</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">4, 1787</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">20, 1798</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 95</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Montague</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">Christ Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Dart.,</td><td class="tdl">1784</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">1787</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">May,</td><td class="tdr">1790</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 96</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Thomas Gair</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">Brown,</td><td class="tdl">1777</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">23, 1788</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">27, 1790</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 97</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel West, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Hollis St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdl">1761</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">12, 1789</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">10, 1808</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 98</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Louis de Rousselet</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> 99</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Thayer</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Com.</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">10, 1790</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">100</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Thomas Baldwin, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Nov.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1790</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">29, 1825</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">101</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Jesse Lee</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1790</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1791</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">102</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Daniel Smith</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1791</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1792</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">103</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Sylvester John Gardiner, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">Trinity Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">22, 1792</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">29, 1830</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">104</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Walter, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">Christ Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdl">1756</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">28, 1792</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1800</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">105</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Francis Anthony Matignon, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Com.</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">20, 1792</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1818</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">106</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Jeremiah Cosden</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1792</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1793</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">107</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Amos G. Thompson</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1793</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1794</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">108</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Thornton Kirkland, D. D., LL.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">New South</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdl">1789</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1794</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Nov.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1810</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">109</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Christopher Spry</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1794</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1795</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">110</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Evan Rogers</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1795</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1796</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">111</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Harper</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1795</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1796</td></tr> - -<tr><td> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[241]</a></span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">112</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Joshua Hale</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1796</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1797</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">113</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">George Pickering</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1796</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1797</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">114</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John de Cheverus, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2">Coll. Louis Le Grand, Paris, 1786</td><td class="tdlbl">Com.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">3, 1796</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">26, 1823</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">115</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Elias Hull</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1797</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1798</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">116</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Daniel Ostander</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1797</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1798</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">117</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Beauchamp</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1798</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1799</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">118</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Snelling Popkin, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Federal St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1792</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">10, 1799</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Nov.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1802</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">119</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Emerson</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st. Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1789</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">16, 1799</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">12, 1811</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">120</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Joshua Wells</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1799</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1800</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">121</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Thomas F. Sargent</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1800</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1801</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">122</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">George Pickering</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1801</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1802</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">123</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Haskell</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">Christ Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1790?</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">May,</td><td class="tdr">1801</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">1803</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">124</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Thomas Lyall</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1802</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1804</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">125</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Ellery Channing, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Federal St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1798</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">1, 1803</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1842</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">126</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Epaphras Kibby</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1803</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1805</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">127</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Joseph Stephens Buckminster,</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Brattle St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1800</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">30, 1805</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">9, 1812</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">128</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Asa Eaton, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">Christ Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1803</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">23, 1805</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">May,</td><td class="tdr">1829</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">129</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Peter Jayne</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1805</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1807</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">130</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Reuben Hubbard</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1805</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1806</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">131</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Charles Lowell, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">West Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1800</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1806</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">132</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Merwin</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1806</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1807</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">133</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Thomas Paul</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">African Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1806</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">13, 1831</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">134</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Daniel Webb</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1807</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1809</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">135</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Joseph Clay</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">Coll. N.J.,</td><td class="tdr">1784</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1807</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">27, 1811</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">136</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Caleb Blood</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">3d Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1807</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">5, 1810</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">137</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Joshua Huntington</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Old South</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1804</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">18, 1808</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1819</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">138</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Martin Ruter, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1808</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1809</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">139</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Elijah R. Sabin</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1809</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1811</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">140</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Phillip Munger</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1809</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1810</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">141</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Cary</td><td class="tdlbl">Unit.</td><td class="tdlbl">King's Chapel</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1804</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1809</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1815</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">142</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Horace Holley, LL.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Hollis St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1803</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">9, 1809</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">24, 1818</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">143</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Greenlief Norris</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1810</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1811</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">144</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Edward Mitchell</td><td class="tdlbl">Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">12, 1810</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">6, 1811</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">145</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Cooper Thacher</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">New South</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1804</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">15, 1811</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1818</td></tr> - -<tr><td> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[242]</a></span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">146</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Elijah Hedding, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1811</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1812</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">147</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Erastus Otis</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1811</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1812</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">148</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Park St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1790</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">31, 1811</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">27, 1815</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">149</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Daniel Sharp, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">3d Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">29, 1812</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">150</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Paul Dean</td><td class="tdlbl">Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1812</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">6, 1823</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">151</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Stephens</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1812</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1813</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">152</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Hinman</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st and 2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1812</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1813</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">153</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Lovejoy Abbot</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1805</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">14, 1813</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">17, 1814</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">154</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Francis Parkman, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">New North</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1807</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1813</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">155</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Edward Everett, LL.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Brattle St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1811</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr">9, 1814</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">5, 1815</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">156</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Joseph A. Merrill</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st and 2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1814</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1815</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">157</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">James Manning Winchell</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">Brown,</td><td class="tdr">1812</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">13, 1814</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1820</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">158</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">George Pickering</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st and 2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1814</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1815</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">159</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1811</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">15, 1815</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">160</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Daniel Filmore</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st and 2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1815</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1817</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">161</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Henry Ware, Jun., D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Chh.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1812</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1817</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1830</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">162</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Sereno Edwards Dwight, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Park St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1803</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">3, 1817</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">10, 1826</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">163</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Timothy Merritt</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1817</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1818</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">164</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Enoch Mudge</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1817</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1819</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">165</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Hosea Ballou</td><td class="tdlbl">Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">25, 1817</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">166</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Phillip Larisey</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdlbl">Com.</td><td class="tdl">May,</td><td class="tdr">1818</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1821</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">167</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Gorham Palfrey, D. D., LL.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Brattle St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1815</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">17, 1818</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">22, 1830</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">168</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Snowden</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">African Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">18, 1818</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">169</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Francis William Pitt Greenwood, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">New South</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1814</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">21, 1818</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">1820</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">170</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">James Sabine</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Essex St.</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2">England</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">27, 1819</td><td class="tdlbl xxs" colspan="2">Withdrew with a majority of the Ch., March 6. (See 187.)</td><td class="tdr">1822</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">171</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Pierpont</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Hollis St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1804</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">14, 1819</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">10, 1845</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">172</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Benjamin R. Hoyt</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1819</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1821</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">173</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">V. R. Osborn</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1819</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1820</td></tr> - -<tr><td> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_243" id="Page_243">[243]</a></span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">174</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Simon Clough</td><td class="tdlbl">Christ.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Christ.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1819</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1824</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">175</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Patrick Byrne. Assistant</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Com.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">18, 1820</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">11, 1830</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">176</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">D. Kilburn</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1820</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1821</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">177</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Farmar Jarvis, D. D., LL.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">St. Paul's</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1805</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">7, 1820</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1825</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">178</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Benjamin Blydenburg Wisner, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Old South</td><td class="tdlbl">Union,</td><td class="tdr">1813</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr">21, 1821</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Nov.</td><td class="tdr">12, 1832</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">179</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">William Taylor, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">April,</td><td class="tdr">1821</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">17, 1825</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">180</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Shipley W. Willson</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1821</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1822</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">181</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Ephraim Wiley</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1821</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1823</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">182</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Francis Wayland, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">Union,</td><td class="tdr">1813</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1821</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">10, 1826</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">183</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Elijah Hedding, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1822</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">184</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Green</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Essex St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1816</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">26, 1823</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Mar.</td><td class="tdr">26, 1834</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">185</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Paul Dean</td><td class="tdlbl">Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">Bulfinch St.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">7, 1823</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">3, 1840</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">186</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Lindsey</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1823</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1824</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">187</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">James Sabine</td><td class="tdlbl">Pres.</td><td class="tdlbl">Church St.</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2">England</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">Nov.</td><td class="tdr">26. 1823</td><td class="tdlbl xxs" colspan="3">Epis. June, 1829, (See 170.)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">188</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Prince Hawes</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Phillips</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">28, 1824</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">April</td><td class="tdr">18, 1827</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">189</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Sebastian Streeter</td><td class="tdlbl">Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Univ.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">13, 1824</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">190</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Solomon Sias</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1824</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1825</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">191</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Isaac Bonney</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1824</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1826</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">192</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Ezra Stiles Gannett, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Federal St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1820</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">30, 1824</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">193</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">John Lauris Blake, D.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Epis.</td><td class="tdlbl">St. Matthews</td><td class="tdlbl">Brown,</td><td class="tdr">1812</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">18, 1824</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">June</td><td class="tdr">24, 1832</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">194</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Francis William Pitt Greenwood, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Unit.</td><td class="tdlbl">King's Chapel</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1814</td><td class="tdlbl">Induct.</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">29, 1824</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1843</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">195</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Alexander Young, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">New South</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1820</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1825</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">196</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Samuel Barrett</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chambers St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv.,</td><td class="tdr">1818</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr">9, 1825</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">197</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Benedict Fenwick, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cath.</td><td class="tdlbl">Chh. Holy Cross</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2">Georget'n, D.C.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl">May</td><td class="tdr">10, 1825</td><td class="tdlbl">Died</td><td class="tdl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1846</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">198</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Aaron D. Sargent</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1825</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1826</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">199</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Timothy Merritt</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">App.</td><td class="tdl">June,</td><td class="tdr">1825</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1827</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">200</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">James Davis Knowles</td><td class="tdlbl">Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">2nd Bapt.</td><td class="tdlbl">Col'b. D.C.</td><td class="tdr">1824</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1825</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">7, 1832</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">201</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Charles Mortgridge</td><td class="tdlbl">Christ.</td><td class="tdlbl">1st Christ.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Rec. as Pas.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1826</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1827</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">202</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">James Lee</td><td class="tdlbl">Meth.</td><td class="tdlbl">Indep. Meth. Afr.</td><td class="tdlbl">——</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdlbl">Ord.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">18, 1826</td><td class="tdlbl">Left</td><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdr">1828</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">203</td><td class="tdl tdlbl">Lyman Beecher, D. D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Cong.</td><td class="tdlbl">Bowdoin St.</td><td class="tdlbl">Yale,</td><td class="tdr">1797</td><td class="tdlbl">Inst.</td><td class="tdl">March</td><td class="tdr">22, 1826</td><td class="tdlbl">Dism.</td><td class="tdl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">26, 1832</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="center small">(To be concluded.)</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="COMPLETE_LIST" id="COMPLETE_LIST"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">COMPLETE LIST OF CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS IN THE EASTERN PART OF ROCKINGHAM -COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME; TOGETHER -WITH NOTES ON THE MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p class="pfs80">BY THE REV. JONATHAN FRENCH OF NORTH HAMPTON.</p> - -<p class="pfs80">(Continued from page 157.)</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="xxs"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdlbb" colspan="10"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc"><em>Towns.</em></td><td class="tdcbl wd20"><em>Ministers.</em></td><td class="tdcbl wd20"><em>Native Place.</em></td><td class="tdcbl" colspan="2"><em>Born.</em></td><td class="tdcbl"><em> Graduated. </em></td><td class="tdcbl" colspan="2"><em>Settled.</em></td><td class="tdcbl" colspan="2"><em>Dismissed<br />or died.</em></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlbt" colspan="10"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Exeter</td><td class="tdlbl">Daniel Rogers</td><td class="tdlbl">Ipswich, Ms.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1707</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1725</td><td class="tdlbl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">31, 1748</td><td class="tdlbl">d. Dec.</td><td class="tdr"> 9, 1785</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">A New Church was formed in 1744.</td><td class="tdlbl">Joseph Brown</td><td class="tdlbl">Chester, England</td><td class="tdlbl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr"> 8, 1762</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1792</td><td class="tdlbl">dism.</td><td class="tdr">1797</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">A New Church was formed in 1813.</td><td class="tdlbl">Isaac Hurd</td><td class="tdlbl">Charlestown, Ms.</td><td class="tdlbl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">7, 1785</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1806</td><td class="tdlbl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1817</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Gosport</td><td class="tdlbl">Joseph Hull, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl">England</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">John Brock, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl">Shadbrook, Eng.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1620</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1646</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl">d. June</td><td class="tdr">18, 1668</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Samuel Belcher, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl">Ipswich, Ms.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1659</td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">John Tucke</td><td class="tdlbl">Hampton</td><td class="tdlbl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">23, 1702</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1723</td><td class="tdlbl">July</td><td class="tdr">26, 1732</td><td class="tdlbl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">12, 1773</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Josiah Stevens, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl">Killingworth, Ct.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1740</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl">July</td><td class="tdr">2, 1804</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Samuel Sewall, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl">Bath, Me.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">March</td><td class="tdr">16, 1826</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Origen Smith, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">A. Plumer, s.s.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td><td class="tdlbl" colspan="2"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Greenland</td><td class="tdlbl">William Allen</td><td class="tdlbl">Boston, Ms.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1676</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1703</td><td class="tdlbl">July</td><td class="tdr">15, 1707</td><td class="tdlbl">Sept.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1760</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Samuel Macclintock, D.D.</td><td class="tdlbl">Medford, Ms.</td><td class="tdlbl">May</td><td class="tdr">1, 1732</td><td class="tdlbl">Coll.N.J., 1751</td><td class="tdlbl">Nov.</td><td class="tdr">3, 1756</td><td class="tdlbl">April</td><td class="tdr">27, 1804</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">James A. Neal</td><td class="tdlbl">Londonderry, N. H.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1774</td><td class="tdlbl">—— ——</td><td class="tdlbl">May</td><td class="tdr">22, 1807</td><td class="tdlbl">July</td><td class="tdr">18, 1808</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Ephraim Abbot</td><td class="tdlbl">New Castle, Me.</td><td class="tdlbl"></td><td class="tdr">1779</td><td class="tdlbl">Harv., 1806</td><td class="tdlbl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">27, 1813</td><td class="tdlbl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1828</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdlbl">Samuel W. Clark</td><td class="tdlbl">Hancock, N. H.</td><td class="tdlbl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">15, 1795</td><td class="tdlbl">Dart., 1823</td><td class="tdlbl">Aug.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1829</td><td class="tdlbl"></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p2" /> - -<div class="small"> -<p class="center lsp">NOTES.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Exeter.</span> <em>"Exeter New Church," afterwards called "The Second Church of -Christ in Exeter."</em><a name="FNanchor_19" id="FNanchor_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a> A considerable number of the members of the First Church -seceded, and "embodied into a New Church, on a day of Fasting and Prayer, -June 7, 1744." There is an error in several publications, giving 1748 as the -date of the formation of that church. This error is found on the monumental -stone of Rev. Daniel Rogers, in the graveyard, in Exeter. It is not strange that, -in so long an inscription, there should have been, through inadvertency, an -omission, by the engraver, or in his copy, of the word <em>installed</em>, immediately -after the name. The words, <em>Pastor of a church gathered in Exeter</em>, should have -been marked by a parenthesis. The inscription on the gravestone was copied -by Alden, into his Collections, and thus currency has been, unintentionally, -given to the error. Original documents show the facts in the case.</p> - -<p>The causes of the <em>secession</em>, which issued in the establishment of a New -Church in Exeter, were of a religious nature, but the presentation of them does -not come within the scope of this work, and besides, we have not space for their -discussion.</p> - -<p>The <em>Rev. Daniel Rogers</em> was born in Ipswich, Ms., in 1707, and graduated H. -C. 1725. He received ordination, without a pastoral charge, by a council, which -met at York, July 13, 1742. The ministers of the council were Rev. Messrs. -Jeremiah Wise of Berwick, Me.; Nicholas Gilman of Durham, N. H.; John -Rogers of Kittery, (now Eliot,) Me.; and Samuel Moody of York, Me. Rev. -Daniel Rogers "had been many years a tutor in Harvard College, was a pious -faithful minister of Jesus Christ, and a worthy son of Rev. John Rogers, pastor -of the first church in Ipswich, who died, Dec. 28, 1745, in his 80th year. <em>He</em> -was a son of John Rogers of the same place, a physician, and preacher of -God's word, and President of Harvard College, who died, July 2, 1684, aged -54 years. <em>He</em> was eldest son of the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, who came from -England, in 1636, settled at Ipswich, colleague pastor with the Rev. Nathaniel -Ward, and died, July 2, 1655, aged 57 years. <em>He</em> was son of the Rev. John -Rogers, a famous minister of God's word at Dedham, in England, who died Oct. -18, 1639, aged 67 years. <em>He</em> was grandson of John Rogers of London, Prebendary -of St Paul's, Vicar of St. Sepulchre's, and Reader of Divinity, who was -burnt at Smithfield, Feb. 14, 1555, first martyr in Queen Mary's reign." [<cite>Monumental -Stone; Alden's Epitaphs.</cite>] Rev. Daniel Rogers died, Dec. 9, 1785, aged -79. When the Covenant of the 2nd church was adopted, it was signed by 30 -males and 11 females. During Mr. Rogers' ministry, 22 males and 39 females -were added. It is well known, that Mr. Whitefield preached a few times at -Exeter. During the last week in September, 1770, he preached four times in -Portsmouth. On Saturday morning he rode to Exeter, and preached to a large -concourse of people, assembled in the open air. It was his last sermon. In -the afternoon, he rode to Newburyport, where he died the next morning, on the -30th of September. He was interred on the 2nd of October. Of his pall bearers -were Rev. Dr. Haven of Portsmouth, and Rev. Daniel Rogers of Exeter. -"When the corpse was placed at the foot of the pulpit close to the vault, the -Rev. Daniel Rogers made a very affecting prayer, and openly confessed that -under God, he owed his conversion to that man of God whose precious remains -now lay before them. Then he cried out, O my father, my father! Then -stopped and wept, as though his heart would break; and the people weeping -all through the place. Then he recovered, and finished his prayer and sat down -and wept." [<cite>Dr. Gillie's Memoirs of Whitefield.</cite>]</p> - -<p>The <em>Rev. Joseph Brown</em> was educated at Lady Huntingdon's Seminary, and -was settled in the ministry at Epping, Essex, England, until he came to this -country. When dismissed at Exeter, he removed to Deer Isle, Me., where he -was installed, 1804, and where he died, Sept. 13, 1819, aged 57. From the -death of Mr. Rogers to the close of Mr. Brown's ministry, in the 2nd church in -Exeter, there were added fourteen males, and twenty-four females. During -Mr. Brown's residence at Deer Isle, he was engaged in soliciting aid for some<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</a></span> -charitable enterprise. For that purpose he called on some of the people of -Portsmouth. They received him kindly, and only objected that they had just -been doing for <em>this</em>,—<em>that</em>,—and <em>the other</em> objects of benevolence. His reply -is worthy of notice for the sentiment it contains: "I love to come among these -<em>have been doing</em> folks." On the church book are the baptisms of his son Americus, -in 1793; his son Charles Moulson, in 1794; and his son Daniel Rogers, -in 1797. Rev. Charles M. Brown has been a zealous and useful Seamen's -Chaplain. From the close of Mr. Brown's ministry, in the 2nd church in -Exeter, to 1802, there were admitted three males, and nine females. There is -then a chasm in the records, till Sept. 18, 1823, when a majority of the members -remaining in Exeter, and they females, met at the house of Mrs. Martha -Poor. Their proceedings are regularly entered in the church book, the last -date being May 22, 1824.</p> - -<p>They had no pastor after Mr. Brown. For a few years they had occasional -preaching. They never formally disbanded; but most of them united, or mingled -in the observance of religious ordinances, with other churches. Their -meeting-house stood where Maj. Waddy V. Cobb's house now stands, on Front -street.</p> - -<p><em>A New Church was formed Dec. 24, 1813</em>, which is now styled "<em>The Second -Church in Exeter</em>." The ministers invited on the occasion by Letters Missive -from "several members of the Religious Society, in the Upper Congregational -Society in Exeter," were the Rev. Messrs. Porter of Rye, Holt of Epping, -Abbot of Hampton Falls, Webster of Hampton, and French of North Hampton.</p> - -<p>Mr. Hosea Hildreth, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, in the -Academy, and who was also a preacher, supplied the pulpit for some time. Mr. -Hildreth was ordained in Gloucester, Ms., in 1825; and installed in Westborough, -Ms., in 1834. He died in Sterling, Ms., his native place, July 10, -1835, aged 53.</p> - -<p><em>Rev. Isaac Hurd</em>, pastor of the present Second Church, was born in Charlestown, -Ms., Dec. 7, 1785; graduated H. C. 1806; studied theology with Rev. -Dr. Osgood of Medford, Ms.; and afterwards at Divinity Hall, in Edinburgh, -Scotland; and commenced preaching in the city of London. He was ordained -pastor of the First Church in Lynn, Ms., Sept. 15, 1813, resigned May 22, -1816, and was, by the unanimous invitation of "The Second Congregational -Church, in Exeter," installed their pastor, Sept. 11, 1817. The sermon was -preached by the Rev. Daniel Dana, D. D., of Newburyport, from 2 Tim. i: 7.</p> - -<p>The father of Mr. Hurd was Joseph Hurd, Esq., of Charlestown, Ms., whose -brother, Isaac Hurd, M. D., graduated at H. C. in 1776, and was a physician -of celebrity, in Concord, Ms. The Rev. Mr. Hurd married, March 16, 1819, -Mrs. Elisabeth Emery of Exeter, whose maiden name was Folsom. One of -the sons of Mr. Hurd died in early childhood. His other son, Francis Parkman -Hurd, graduated at H. C. in 1839, and received the degree of M. D. from the -University of Pennsylvania, in 1845.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gosport</span>, or Star Island, is one of a cluster of eight small islands usually -called The Isles of Shoals, composed of beds of rocks, partly covered with -soil. They are about nine miles from Portsmouth Light House, and twenty-one -from Newburyport Lights. Five of these islands are within the limits of -Maine. Of these, Hog Island is the largest of the whole group, and contains -about 350 acres. Of the three in New Hampshire, Gosport, or Star Island, -formerly called Appledore, is the largest, and contains 150 acres. White -Island, on which the Light House is located, is only one acre. These islands -were visited, as early as 1614, by the celebrated navigator, John Smith, who -gave them his own name; but they have long been called "The Isles of -Shoals." They invited settlement, merely by the advantages they furnished -for fishery. This business was prosperous, for about a century, previous to the -American Revolution. The population varied from 300 to 600, employing a -number of schooners and other craft. A meeting-house, previous to 1641, was -erected on Hog Island, where the people from the several islands used to -assemble. There was also a Court House on the same island. At a subsequent -period, a meeting-house was built on Star Island, where the greater part of the -inhabitants have resided.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[247]</a></span></p> - -<p><em>Rev. Joseph Hull</em> came from England, and settled in Weymouth, Ms., in -1635. He resigned in 1639, and afterwards preached at the Isles of Shoals. -He is mentioned as "of the Isle of Sholes," by Dr. Cotton Mather, in his list of -the first class of New England ministers. [<cite>Magnalia</cite>, Vol. I., B. 3.]</p> - -<p><em>Rev. John Brock</em> came to New England in 1637. He commenced preaching -in Rowley, and afterward labored, a number of years, at the Shoals. He was -esteemed eminently pious. The celebrated Mr. Mitchel of Cambridge said of -him, "He dwells as near heaven as any man upon earth." Rev. John Allin of -Dedham observed, "I scarce ever knew any man so familiar with the great -God as his dear servant Brock." There were several remarkable coincidences -between Mr. Brock's prayers and providential occurrences afterward. A man, -whose principal property was his fishing-boat, and who had been very serviceable -in conveying to the place of meeting the inhabitants of other islands, -lost his boat in a storm. He lamented his loss to Mr. Brock, who said to him, -"Go home, honest man, I'll mention the matter to the Lord, you'll have your -boat to-morrow." Mr. Brock made the matter a subject of prayer. The next -day the anchor of a vessel fastened upon the boat and drew it up.</p> - -<p>The people were persuaded by Mr. Brock to observe one day in each month, -as an extra season of religious exercises. On one occasion, the roughness of -the weather had for several days prevented fishing. On the day of meeting, -the weather was fine, and the men wished the meeting put by. Mr. Brock, -perceiving that they were determined not to attend, said to them, <em>If you will go -away, I say unto you, catch fish if you can. But as for you that will tarry and -worship the Lord Jesus Christ this day, I will pray unto him for you, that you may -take fish till you are weary.</em> Thirty men went away, and five tarried. The -thirty caught but four fishes. The five, who tarried, went out afterward and -took about five hundred.</p> - -<p>Mr. Brock continued at the Shoals till 1662, when he removed to Reading, -Ms., where he was settled, as successor of Rev. Samuel Hough, whose widow -he married, and where he continued till his death, in his 68th year. For other -particulars of Mr. Brock see Magnalia, Vol. II., B. 4, and Am. Quar. Reg., Vol. -VIII., p. 140, and Vol. XI., pp. 176, 190.</p> - -<p><em>Rev. Samuel Belcher</em>, who graduated H. C. in 1659, was preacher at the Shoals -in 1672. From 1698 to 1711, he was pastor of the 2nd church in Newbury, -which became the 1st in West Newbury. He died in Ipswich, his native place, -Aug. 13, 1714, aged 74. "He was a good scholar, a judicious divine; and a -holy, humble man." [<cite>Am. Quar. Reg.</cite>, Vol. VII., p. 259.]</p> - -<p><em>Rev. John Tucke</em> is understood to have been the only pastor ever ordained at -the Shoals. The writer of this article has not been able to ascertain how the -people were supplied, during the forty years immediately preceding the settlement -of Mr. Tucke. Mr. Tucke was the son of <em>John</em>, who was the son of <em>Edward</em>, -who was the son of <em>Robert</em>, who emigrated from Gorlston, Suffolk, Eng., -about the year 1636, and was among the first settlers in Hampton, N. H. Mr. -Tucke's ordination sermon was preached by Rev. Jabez Fitch of Portsmouth, from -Matt. iv: 19—<em>I will make you fishers of men.</em> It is said that Mr. Tucke was furnished -with a large library, and was, notwithstanding his isolated situation, extensively -acquainted with the affairs of his times. He was one of the forty-five -ministers, whose attestations, by letter, to the revival in 1743, were published. -His remains rest in Gosport. The following inscription on his monumental -stone, has been considered a just tribute to his memory.</p> - -<p class="center"> -Underneath<br /> -are the remains of the<br /> -Rev. John Tuck, A. M.<br /> -He graduated at Harvard<br /> -College A. D. 1723—was ordained<br /> -here July 26. 1732<br /> -and died August 12. 1773.<br /> -Æ. 72.<br /> -He was affable and polite in his manners;<br /> -amiable in his disposition;<br /> -of great Piety and Integrity;<br /> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</a></span>given to hospitality;<br /> -Diligent and faithful in his pastoral<br /> -office, well learned in History and<br /> -Geography, as well as general<br /> -Science, and a careful Physician<br /> -both to the bodies and<br /> -The souls of<br /> -his people.<br /> -</p> - -<p>Mr. Tucke married, Nov. 26, 1724, Mary Dole of Hampton, a descendant of -Richard Dole of Newbury.</p> - -<p>Rev. John Tucke, son of Mr. Tucke of the Shoals, was born in 1740, graduated -H. C. 1758; ordained at Epsom, Sept. 23, 1761, married, March 4, 1762, -to Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Parsons of Rye. Love M., daughter of Mr. -Tucke of Epsom, married Simeon Drake. These last mentioned were the parents -of Samuel G. Drake, M. A., of Boston. Mr. Tucke of Epsom remained in that -place till the time of the Revolution. While on his way to join the army as -Chaplain, he was taken with the small-pox, of which he died in Salem, N. Y., -Feb. 9, 1777, in the 37th year of his age.</p> - -<p>Not long after the death of the Rev. Mr. Tucke of Gosport, the war of the -Revolution commenced. The inhabitants were exceedingly exposed; business -was arrested, and many left the Islands not to return. The population for the -last half century, has varied from 66 to 103. The preachers who have resided -there have also instructed the school, and have been supported in part, by the -inhabitants, and in part by contributions from benevolent societies, and individuals. -Near the beginning of the present century, <em>Rev. Josiah Stevens</em> was located -at the Shoals. There was at that time, a comfortable parsonage house, -and a stone meeting-house, which was also the school-house, on Gosport. Mr. -Stevens was much respected and beloved, and very useful as a minister and -teacher. He was born in Killingworth, Ct., about 1740. In mature age, he removed, -with his wife and five or six children, to Newport, N. H. He aided in -founding the church in that place, and was one of its deacons. He served two -short terms in the Revolutionary war; and was in the battle of Bennington. -A fellow-soldier spake of him, as a man of decided piety, who amidst the bustle -of the camp, was constant in his morning and evening devotions. Immediately -after the adoption of the State Constitution, he received a civil commission, and -transacted much business, as a magistrate. He was often engaged in teaching. -After commencing to preach, he labored for a time in Goshen. His father was -Josiah Stevens. A son of Rev. Mr. Stevens, Maj. Josiah Stevens, was also a -deacon of the church in Newport, where he died, in 1844, aged 81. <em>He</em> was -father of Hon. Josiah Stevens of Concord, who was born in Newport, Jan. 28, -1795, and was in 1838 elected Secretary of State. <em>His</em> eldest son is Josiah. -The Rev. Mr. Stevens died in Gosport, where the following inscription is found -on his gravestone:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>In memory of the Rev. Josiah Stevens, a faithful instructor of youth, and pious -minister of Jesus Christ, (supported on this Island, by the Society for propagating the -gospel,) who died, July 2, 1804, aged 64 years.</p></div> - -<p><em>Rev. Samuel Sewall</em>, who labored several years as pastor in Edgecomb, Me., -removed in 1824 to the Isles of Shoals, "being employed by a benevolent -society in Newburyport and vicinity, as a missionary, and continued in this -employment until the time of his death." He died in Rye, N. H., after a short -sickness, March 16, 1826, leaving the character of an exemplary Christian, -and a devoted and useful minister. <em>Rev. Origen Smith</em>, of the Free-will Baptist -denomination, preached there in 1837. Recently, the Society for Propagating -the Gospel have employed <em>Rev. A. Plumer</em> as preacher, and Mrs. Plumer, -as teacher.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Greenland.</span> It is not ascertained when the church was gathered at Greenland. -It consisted of nineteen members when the <em>Rev. William Allen</em>, their -first minister, was ordained. He was born in Boston, Ms., in 1676, graduated -H. C. in 1703; ordained July 15, 1707; died, Sept. 8, 1760, aged 84. Rev. Dr. -Langdon, in his sermon at the ordination of Mr. Macclintock, as colleague, said<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[249]</a></span> -to the people. "Let not your affections be withdrawn from <em>him</em>, who has spent -his strength in your service; and now, bowing under his infirmities, is no -longer able to perform his public work; but is preparing to leave <em>you</em>, that he -may join the church triumphant. Remember he is still your pastor; and, tho' -he cannot minister to you as formerly, he is still concerned for your spiritual -welfare, pouring out his soul the more earnestly in prayer for you, as he sees the -time of his departure is at hand." During Mr. Allen's ministry 293 were added -to the church. In 1728, forty-four were added; in 1735, thirty; in 1742, thirty; -in 1756, the last year of his active ministry, thirteen. Mrs. Eleanor Allen, his -consort, died Jan. 16, 1734-5, aged 52; "an early convert, eminent for holiness, -prayerfulness, watchfulness, zeal, prudence, weanedness from the world, self-denial, -faithfulness, and charity." Mr. Allen is said to have married, for his -second wife, Elisabeth Weare of Hampton Falls.</p> - -<p><em>Rev. Samuel Macclintock, D. D.</em>, second pastor, was a son of Mr. William -Macclintock, who came from the north of Ireland, and settled in Medford, Ms.; -was a respectable farmer, the husband of four wives, the father of nineteen children, -and died aged 90. His third wife accompanied him to this country. She -was the mother of Samuel, who was born at Medford, May 1, 1732. He was -religiously educated, from early childhood. His classical education, which -commenced in the grammar-school, at Medford, was continued under the instruction -of the celebrated Master Minot, at Concord, Ms.; and, afterward, under -the preceptorship of the Rev. Mr. Abercrombie, a clergyman, eminent for piety -and learning, in an Academy, near Northampton, Ms. Mr. Macclintock graduated -at the College of New Jersey, 1751. Before the expiration of his senior year, -he was invited, by Pres. Burr, to accept an appointment to a tutorship, which, on -account of other plans, he declined. He was ordained at Greenland, colleague -with Mr. Allen, Nov. 3, 1756. The strain of Dr. Macclintock's preaching was -evangelical, serious, instructive, plain, and practical; his style manly and nervous; -his delivery solemn and unaffected. His sermons were always the fruit -of close application, and finished with a degree of accuracy, that few attempt, -and fewer attain.</p> - -<p>He ardently espoused the cause of his country; and was repeatedly with the -army in the Revolution, in the capacity of Chaplain. Three of his sons fell in -the contest. He had fifteen children by his first marriage, and one by his second. -His last preaching was on the annual Fast, April 19, 1804. He died of -a pulmonic fever on the 27th of the same month. His funeral sermon was -preached by Rev. Dr. Buckminster of Portsmouth, from 1 Cor. iii: 22. The -executor of Dr. Macclintock's will was directed by him, to place only a plain -stone at his grave, for which he had prepared the last sentence of the following -inscription.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>"To the Memory of Samuel Macclintock, D. D. who died April 27, 1804, in the 72d -year of his age, and the 48th of his ministry. <em>His body rests here in the certain hope of a -resurrection to life and immortality, when Christ shall appear, the second time, to consummate -the great design of his mediatorial kingdom.</em>" [<cite>Alden's Epitaphs; Dr. Buckminster's Serm.</cite>]</p></div> - -<p>Dr. Macclintock's publications were, a Sermon on the Justice of God in the -Mortality of Man, 1759; the Artifices of Deceivers, 1770; Herodias, or cruelty -and revenge the effects of unlawful pleasure, 1772; Sermon at the commencement -of the new Constitution in New Hampshire, 1784; Correspondence with -Rev. John Cosens Ogden, 1791; Sermon, The Choice, occasioned by the -drought, the fever, and the prospect of war, 1798; Oration, commemorative of -Washington, 1800. [<cite>Allen's Biog. Dic.; Piscataqua Evan. Mag.</cite> Vol. I.]</p> - -<p><em>Rev. James Armstrong Neal</em>, third pastor in Greenland, was a son of John -Neal of Portsmouth, afterward of Londonderry, who married Mary Leavitt of -North Hampton. Their other children were Moses Leavitt, Esq., of Dover, -N. H.; John, superintendent of the Orphan house, Charleston, S. C.; Mary, -wife of Maj. Gershom Cheney, of Rutland, Vt.; Sarah B.; Sophia W., who -married Capt. Samuel F. Leavitt of North Hampton; Joseph, of Hampton; -and Nathaniel P., of New Sharon, Me. Rev. Mr. Neal was born in 1774. He -had a good academical education, and was some years preceptor of a young<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</a></span> -ladies' school, in Philadelphia. He was patronized by Rev. Dr. Green, to -whose church he belonged, and under whose direction he commenced his theological -studies. Although he had not been a member of any college, such -were his literary attainments, that Dr. Nesbit, President of Dickinson College, -conferred upon him the degree of M. A. in 1802. Mr. Neal received license -from the Piscataqua Association. He was ordained at Greenland, May 22, -1807. The exercises were, Prayer by Rev. Peter Holt of Epping; Sermon by -Rev. Jesse Appleton of Hampton, from Hag. ii: 6, 7; Ordaining Prayer by -Rev. William Morrison of Londonderry; Charge by Rev. Timothy Upham of -Deerfield; Fellowship by Rev. J. French of North Hampton; Prayer by Rev. -H. Porter of Rye. Mr. Neal possessed popular talents, and died much -regretted, after suffering greatly, from an organic disease of the heart, July 18, -1808, aged 34. He married Christiana Palmer, a lady from Kelso, Scotland. -They had two sons. The oldest, John P., died Nov. 14, 1806, aged 2 years. -Their other son, Joseph Clay Neal, has resided in Philadelphia, and is known -to the public, as the editor of the Philadelphian; author of the Charcoal -Sketches. [<cite>Piscat. Ev. Mag.</cite>; <cite>Alden's Epitaphs</cite>; <cite>Graham's Mag.</cite>]</p> - -<p><em>Rev. Ephraim Abbot</em>, fourth pastor in Greenland, was of the Concord branch -of the Abbot family. He was born in New Castle, Me., in 1779. His father -was Benjamin, who was son of Benjamin of Concord, who was son of Thomas, -who was son of George, who settled in Andover, Ms., in 1647, and who is said -to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England. Rev. Mr. Abbot of Greenland -graduated H. C. 1806, and at And. Theo. Sem. 1810, and was ordained at Greenland, -Oct. 27, 1813. The sermon was by Rev. Eliphalet Pearson, LL. D., from -Matt. x: 16. Mr. Abbot married Mary Holyoke, daughter of Dr. Pearson, who, -after he resigned his professorship in the And. Theo. Sem., resided in Mr. -Abbot's family, in Greenland, where he deceased, in 1826. For some account -of Mr. Abbot's missionary labors, before he was settled at Greenland, see "The -New Hampshire Repository," Vol. II., No. 2.</p> - -<p>Mr. Abbot's health becoming infirm, in consequence of a wound in his side, -and not being able to confine himself entirely to the labors of a pastor, he became -the first preceptor of the Academy in the place, established by George -Bracket, Esq. He resigned his ministry, Oct. 28, 1828. The <em>church</em>, at his -ordination, consisted of nineteen members. During his ministry thirty-seven -were added. He removed to Westford, Ms., and took charge of the Academy -in that place. His second marriage was with Miss Bancroft, daughter of Amos -Bancroft, M. D., of Groton, Ms.</p> - -<p><em>Rev. Samuel Wallace Clark</em> was born in Hancock, N. H., Dec. 15, 1795, graduated -D. C. 1823; ordained at Greenland, Aug. 5, 1829. His father, John Clark, -was grandson of Robert Clark, who emigrated from the north of Ireland to Londonderry, -N. H., in company with the early settlers of that place; though not -among the first. Rev. S. W. Clark was the second of ten children, and the -eldest of four sons. His brother, Rev. William Clark, was several years pastor -of the 1st church in Wells, Me., and has since been extensively known, in his -agency for the A. B. C. F. M. Rev. Mr. Clark of Greenland married Frances -M., daughter of Dea. Robert Clark, for many years an elder of the Presbyterian -church, in New Boston. She deceased July 12, 1832, leaving one child, Frances -Wallace. Mr. Clark's second marriage was with Rebecca Elisabeth Howe, -a descendant of the Pilgrim, John Alden. She is a daughter of Josiah Howe, -M. D., of Templeton, and afterwards of Westminster, Ms. The children of Mr. -Clark, by the second marriage, were John Howe, Lucy Barrow, and William -Wallace; the last of whom deceased Aug. 19, 1846.</p> - -<p>When Mr. Clark was ordained, his church consisted of twenty-eight members. -In 1846, there were forty communicants.</p> -</div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[251]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="GENEALOGIES" id="GENEALOGIES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">GENEALOGIES.</a></h2> - </div> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<h3><a name="THE_WOLCOTT_FAMILY" id="THE_WOLCOTT_FAMILY"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE WOLCOTT FAMILY.</a></h3> - - -<p class="center small p2">INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Henry Wolcott</span> was the first of the Wolcott Family who settled in New -England. He owned a considerable landed property in his native country, -which he held <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">in capite</i>, part of which he sold about the time he left England; -the rest of the estate was sold at sundry times by himself and his descendants; -the last remains were sold since the Declaration of Independence, by Henry -Allen, Esq., of Windsor, who claimed it by female descent. From circumstances -it seems probable that the family are of Saxon origin. Mr. Wolcott, to -avoid the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the English Church, was induced to come -into this country. He first settled at Dorchester, where he continued till 1636, -when he came with the first settlers to the town of Windsor, and with four other -gentlemen, namely, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Newberry, Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, -undertook the settlement of that town, to which they gave the name <em>Dorchester</em>. -The towns of Hartford and Wethersfield were settled the same year, though -the town which is now called Windsor was, upon the first emigration, by far -the most considerable. Previous to this settlement on Connecticut River, one -had been made at Springfield, under the patronage of Mr. Pynchon; and an -earlier settlement, with commercial views, had been made at Saybrook, by Mr. -Fenwick, agent to Lords Say and Seal and Brook. Those who settled on Connecticut -River, in the year 1636, were united with the people of Massachusetts -in religious and civil polity, and seem to have been much under their influence till -1638, when they adopted a civil constitution for themselves, and Mr. Ludlow -was chosen their first Governor, and Mr. Wolcott a magistrate, then called an -Assistant, to which office he was annually chosen till his death, in 1655. His -eldest son Henry was one of the Patentees, whose name is inserted in the -Charter granted by Charles II. Mr. Ludlow went to the West Indies, and -left no posterity in this country. Major Mason, it is said, had no male posterity. -The descendants of the others are well known in Windsor.</p> - - -<p class="center small p2">GENEALOGY.</p> - -<p>Henry Wolcott, Esq., was born A. D. 1578; and on or about the year -1607, married Elisabeth Sanders, who was born in 1589. He lived in -Tolland, near Taunton in Somersetshire, England, till the year 1630, -and then to avoid persecution, came with his family into New England, -and settled at Dorchester. In the year 1636, he went with his -family to Windsor in Connecticut. Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Newberry, -Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, were the five gentlemen that -undertook the settling of the town. Mr. Wolcott was one of the first -magistrates in the Colony of Connecticut; he lived in that post in -Windsor, till he died, May 30, 1655. His wife died July 7, 1655, and -she and her husband lie buried in one tomb in Windsor. Their children -were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Anna, who m. Matthew Griswold and d. at Lyme. 2. Henry Wolcott, Esq., b. -1610, d. at Windsor, July 12, 1680. 3. George, who d. at Wethersfield, Feb. 12, 1663. -4. Christopher, who d. in Windsor, Sept. 7, 1662. 5. Mary, m. Job Drake, and d. in -Windsor, Sept. 6, 1689. 6. Simon, b. 1625, d. in Windsor, Sept. 11, 1687; his wife d. Oct. -13, 1719.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[252]</a></span></p> - -<p>The children of Henry, son of Henry, by his wife, Sarah Newberry, -were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Henry, b. Jan. 6, 1643, d. in Windsor. 2. John, b. Feb. 28, 1646, d. in Windsor, Jan. -11, 1712. 3. Samuel, b. Oct. 8, 1647, d. June 14, 1695. 4. Sarah, b. July 5, 1649, m. -Walter Price and d. at Salem. 5. Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1651, m. James Russell, Esq., and d. -at Charlestown. 6. Hannah, b. March 8, 1654, d. Sept. 4, 1683. 7. Josiah, b. July 22, -1658, d. at Salem, Feb. 9, 1729.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Henry, son of Henry, son of Henry, by his wife -Abigail Goss, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Elisabeth, m. Matthew Allyn, Esq., Windsor. 2. Abiah. 3. Henry. 4. Sarah, -m. Charles Chancey, d. at Stratfield. 5. Samuel, d. 1707.</p></div> - -<p>The children of John, son of Henry, son of Henry, by his wife, Mary -Chester, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. John, d. 1750. 2. Charles. 3. George. 4. Benjamin. 5. Mary, m. John Elliot, Esq.</p></div> - -<p>The children of John, son of John, son of Henry, son of Henry, by -his wife, Hannah Newberry, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Mary, b. Sept., 1704. 2. Hannah, m. Uriah Loomis of Windsor. 3. John, m. Mary -Hawley. 4. Anne, b. Dec. 10, 1711. 5. Abigail, b. Sept., 1717. 6. Jerusha, b. Jan. 18, -1719, m. Erastus Wolcott, Esq.</p></div> - -<p>The children of John, son of John, son of John, son of Henry, son -of Henry, by Mary Hawley, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1736, m. Abiel Grant. 2. Lorana, b. June 5, 1739, m. Jonathan -Bement. 3. Hope, b. Dec. 29, 1742, m. Nathaniel Drake. 4. Benjamin, b. Oct. 26, 1744. -5. Anne, b. March 6, 1747, m. —— Vansant.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Benjamin, the son of John, son of John, son of John, -the son of Henry, the son of Henry, by Abigail Pinney, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Miriam, b. Aug. 26, 1766, d. May 29, 1773. 2. Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1769. 3. Eleanor, -b. Dec. 18, 1770, d. Oct. 18, 1776. 4. Talcot, b. Oct. 1, 1772. 5. Chester, b. Jan. 23, 1775. -6. Eleanor, b. Nov. 2, 1776. 7. Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1778. 8. Clarissa, b. June 16, 1781. -9. James, b. June 23, 1784. 10. John, b. July 23, 1786, d. May 21, 1787.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Charles, the son of John, son of Henry, son of Henry, -were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Sarah. 2. Elisabeth. 3. George. 4. Mary, m. Jonathan North. 5. Eunice, m. -Benoni Olcott.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Samuel, son of Henry, son of Henry, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Samuel, b. 1679, d. at Wethersfield, Sept., 1734. 2. Josiah, b. Feb., 1682, d. Oct. 8, -1712. 3. Hannah, b. March 19. 1684. m. William Burnham. 4. Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1686. -5. Lucy, b. Oct. 16, 1688. 6. Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1690, d. Sept. 9, 1714. 7. Elisabeth, -b. May 31, 1692. 8. Mary, b. May 14, 1694.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Samuel, son of Samuel, son of Henry, son of Henry, -were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Abigail, b. June 3, 1707. 2. Oliver, b. Oct. 2, 1709, d. 1734. 3. Samuel, b. April -13, 1713. 4. Mehetabel, Aug. 12, 1715. 5. Elisha, b. Sept. 26, 1717. 6. Josiah, b. March -26, 1720.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Josiah, son of Henry, son of Henry, were, by Penelope -Curwin, his wife,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Elisabeth, b. March 30, 1688, d. July 12, 1702;</p></div> - -<p>by Mrs. Mary Treat,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>2. Josiah, b. Dec. 21, 1690, d. Jan. 4, 1691. 3. Treat, b. March 26, 1696, d. July 7, 1696. -4. Thomas, b. June 23, 1697, d. Sept. 13, 1697. 5. Mehetabel, b. Aug. 3, 1698, d. July 6,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[253]</a></span> -1721. 6. Josiah, b. July 11, 1700, d. July 31, 1700. 7. John, b. Sept. 12, 1702. 8. Elisabeth, -b. April 1, 1705, d. June 24, 1716. 9. Mary, b. July 13, 1706, d. July 29, 1706. -10. Treat, b. Oct. 9, 1712.</p></div> - -<p>The children of John, son of Josiah, son of Henry, son of Henry, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. John, b. Nov. 2, 1721, d. Nov. 27, 1731.</p></div> - -<p>The children of George, son of Henry, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. George. 2. Elisabeth. 3. John. 4. Mercy.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Simon, son of Henry, by Martha Pitkin, his wife, -were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Elisabeth, b. Aug. 19, 1662, m. Daniel Cooley, d. Jan. 30, 1707. 2. Martha, b. May -17, 1664, m. Thomas Allyn, d. Sept. 7, 1687. 3. Simon, b. June 24, 1666, d. Oct. 30, 1732. -4. Joanna, b. June 30, 1668, m. John Cotton. 5. Henry, b. May 20, 1670, d. Nov., 1746. -6. Christopher, b. July 4, 1672, d. April 3, 1693. 7. Mary, b. 1674, d. 1676. 8. William, -b. Nov. 6, 1676, d. Jan. 6, 1749. 9. Roger, b. Jan. 4, 1679, Governor of Connecticut, d. -May 17, 1767.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Simon, son of Simon, son of Henry, by Sarah -Chester, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Sarah, m. Samuel Treat. 2. Martha, m. William Stoughton. 3. Simon. 4. Christopher. -5. Eunice. 6. James, b. 1700, d. in 1748.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Henry. 2. Thomas. 3. Peter, d. Dec. 1735. 4. Rachel, m. Joseph Hunt. 5. Gideon.</p></div> - -<p>Henry, son of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, had</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Henry.—Peter, son of Henry, son of Simon, son of Henry, had Giles.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Gideon, the son of Henry, son of Simon, son of -Henry, were, by Abigail Mather,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Abigail, b. April 15, 1741, m. Charles Rockwell;</p></div> - -<p>by Naomi Olmsted,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>2. Samuel, b. April 4, 1751. 3. Naomi, b. Sept. 28, 1754, m. Rev. William Robison. 4. -Gideon, b. Nov. 28, 1756. 5. Elizur, b. April 12, 1760.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Samuel, son of Gideon, son of Henry, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Jerusha Wolcott his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Jerusha, b. Oct. 8, 1775. 2. Naomi, b. Oct. 10, 1777. 3. Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1781. -4. Elihu, b. Feb. 12, 1784. 5. Sophia, b. March 29, 1786. 6. Ursula, b. Nov. 17, 1788.</p></div> - -<p>The children of William, son of Simon, son of Henry, by Abiah -Hawley, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Abiah, m. Samuel Stoughton, Windsor. 2. Lucia, m. Stephen Olmsted, Hartford. -3. William, b. July 21, 1711. 4. Martha, m. —— Chapin, Springfield. 5. Ephraim.</p></div> - -<p>The children of William, son of William, son of Simon, son of -Henry, by Abigail Abbot, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Eunice, b. Dec. 11, 1747. 2. Eunice, b. March 1, 1750. 3. Abigail, b. Dec. 25, 1751. -4. William, b. Feb. 10, 1753, m. Esther Stevens at Castleton. 5. Abigail, b. Feb. 8, -1755, m. Oliver Ellsworth, Esq. of Windsor. 6. Martha, b. April 23, 1757. 7. Abiel, b. -Aug. 10, 1761.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Ephraim, son of William, son of Simon, son of -Henry, by Mary Kellogg, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1760, m. Josiah Bissell, Windsor. 2. Ephraim, b. Feb. 25, 1762.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[254]</a></span></p> - -<p>The children of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, by Sarah Drake, -his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Roger, b. Sept. 14, 1704, d. Oct. 19, 1756. 2. Elisabeth, b. April 10, 1706, m. Roger -Newberry, Windsor. 3. Alexander, b. Jan. 20, 1708, d. Oct. 18, 1711. 4. Samuel, b. -Jan. 9, 1709, d. Dec. 27, 1717. 5. Alexander, b. Jan. 7, 1712. 6. —— (still-born,) b. Dec. -10, 1712. 7. Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1715, d. Jan. 5, 1735. 8. Hepsibah, b. June 23, 1717, m. -John Strong, E. Windsor. 9. Josiah, b. Feb. 6, 1719. 10. Erastus,[A] b. Feb. 8, 1721, d. -May 12, 1722. 11. Epaphras,<a name="FNanchor_20" id="FNanchor_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> b. Feb. 8, 1721, d. April 3, 1733. 12. Erastus, b. Sept. 21, -1722. 13. Ursula, b. Oct. 30, 1724, m. Matthew Griswold, Esq., Lyme. 14. Oliver, b. -Nov. 20, 1726, Governor of Connecticut, d. at Litchfield, Dec. 1, 1797. 15. Maryanna, -b. Jan. 1, 1730, m. Thomas Williams, Esq., Brookline.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, -by Mary Newberry, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Roger, b. Sept. 18, 1729, d. Dec. 15, 1729. 2. Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1730, d. Aug. 15, -1737. 3. Roger, b. June 16, 1733, d. Nov. 1, 1736. 4. Sarah, b. June 7, 1735, m. Elisha -Steel, Esq., of Tolland. 5. Roger, b. Nov. 10, 1737. 6. Epaphras, b. May 2, 1740. 7. -Mary, b. April 4, 1742, m. John Goodale. 8. Emelia, b. Oct. 20, 1744, d. Feb. 25, 1745. -9. Parmenio, b. April 17, 1746. 10. Emelia, b. Oct. 27, 1750, m. Marvin Lord of Lyme. -11. Martha, b. April 23, 1753, d. May 9, 1753.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Dorcas Burnham, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Martha, b. Oct. 29, 1777, (?) m. Samuel Treat, Windsor, d. April 27, 1781. 2. Roger, -b. May 25, 1760. 3. Abner, b. March 12, 1762, d. May 11, 1762. 4. Jemima, b. May 14, -1763, m. James Steel. 5. Cornelius, b. July 12, 1765. 6. Hannah, b. Aug. 1, 1769, d. -Dec. 31, 1769. 7. Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1770. 8. Seth, b. Oct. 11, 1773. 9. Emelia, b. July -17, 1776, d. July 29, 1776. 10. Emelia, b. Feb. 2, 1779. 11. Oliver, b. March 6, 1780, d. -April 24, 1781. 12. Rhoda, b. April 13, 1785.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger, son -of Simon, son of Henry, by Mary Steel, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Maryann, b. Nov. 11, 1784. 2. Mehetabel, b. May 19, 1786, d. July 13, 1787. 3. -Mehitable, b. March 20, 1788, d. April 30, 1788. 4. Oliver, b. May 25, 1789.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Epaphras, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Mabel Burnham, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Sarah, b. July 10, 1765. 2. James, b. April 19, 1767. 3. Mabel, b. March 17, 1771. -4. Mary, b. July 26, 1773.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Parmenio, son of Roger, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Mary Ballard, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Alfred, b. April 14, 1769. 2. Parmenio, b. Dec. 17, 1770. 3. Prudence, b. Aug. 21, -1772, d. Aug. 2, 1776. 4. Josiah, b. April 20, 1776. 5. Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1778. 6. Pruda, -b. May 10, 1789.</p></div> - -<p>The children of James, son of Epaphras, son of Roger, son of Roger, -son of Simon, son of Henry, by Miriam Munsell were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Anson, b. April 9, 1787. 2. Epaphras, b. April 7, 1789.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of -Henry, were, by Lydia Atwater, his wife,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 14, 1733. 2. Alexander, b. 1735, d. 1756. 3. Lydia, b. 1737, m. -Samuel Austin of New Haven;</p></div> - -<p>by Mary Richards,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>4. Esther, b. Sept. 16, 1746, d. Oct. 9, 1746. 5. Simon, b. Aug. 9, 1747. 6. Esther, b. -July 17, 1749, m. Samuel Treat of E. Windsor. 7. George, b. May 23, 1751, d. Oct. 17, -1751. 8. George, b. Oct. 17, 1752. 9. Christopher, b. Oct. 1, 1754. 10. Mary, b. Aug. -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_255" id="Page_255">[255]</a></span>7, 1756, m. Elihu Griswold of Windsor. 11. Alexander, b. Sept. 15, 1758. 12. Guy, b. -Aug. 7, 1760. 13. Elisabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1763, m. Elizur Wolcott of E. Windsor.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Jeremiah, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by Sarah Goodsale, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Martha, b. Aug. 18, 1762. 2. Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1764. 3. Sarah, b. May 7, 1767.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Simon, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Lucy Rogers, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Emelia. 2. ——. 3. ——. 4. Alexander. 5. Lucy. 6. Mary. 7. Lucy. -8. Martha. 9. Sophia. 10. Catharine. 11. Elisabeth.</p></div> - -<p>The children of George, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by T—— Rowland were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1777. 2. Lucy, b. Jan. 31, 1780. 3. Henry Rowland, b. March -22, 1783. 4. William Frederick, b. June 9, 1787. 5. Elisabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1790.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Christopher, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by Lucy Parsons, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Laura, b. May 7, 1783. 2. Elisabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1784. 3. Christopher, b. June 20, -1786. 4. Laura, b. Oct. 3, 1789.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Alexander, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of -Simon, son of Henry, by Frances Burbanks, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Frances, b. Aug. 9, 1786. 2. Henry, b. March 16, 1788. 3. Alexander, b. Feb. 14, -1790.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Guy, son of Alexander, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Abigail Allyn, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Abigail. 2. Abigail, b. Oct., 1786. 3. Guy, b. Oct., 1788. 4. James, b. Nov., 1790.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Erastus, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, -by Jerusha Wolcott, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Erastus, b. Dec. 24, 1747, d. Aug. 16, 1751. 2. Fluvia, b. May 27, 1750, d. Aug. 23, -1751. 3. Erastus, b. July 6, 1752. 4. Fluvia, b. Jan. 5, 1754, m. Roswell Grant of E. -Windsor. 5. Jerusha, b. Nov. 29, 1755, m. Samuel Wolcott of E. Windsor. 6. Aiodi, -b. Sept. 29, 1759. 7. Albert, b. Dec. 19, 1761.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Erastus, son of Erastus, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Chloe Bissell, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Erastus, b. Oct. 7, 1784. 2. Chloe, b. April 19, 1786. 3. Edward, b. Oct. 12, 1788.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Albert, son of Erastus, son of Roger, son of Simon, -son of Henry, by Hannah Loomis, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Hannah, b. May 19, 1786. 2. Albert, b. Nov. 20, 1787. 3. Cynthia, b. Sept. 15, 1789.</p></div> - -<p>The children of Oliver, son of Roger, son of Simon, son of Henry, -by Lorana Collins, his wife, were</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>1. Oliver, b. Aug. 31, 1757, d. Sept. 13, 1787. 2. Oliver, b. Jan. 11, 1760, m. Elisabeth -Stoughton, was Governor of Connecticut, died in New York City, June 1, 1833, and was -interred in Litchfield, Ct., his native place. 3. Lorana, (or Laura,) b. Dec. 15, 1761, m. -William Moseley, Esq. of Hartford. 4. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1766, m. Chancey Goodrich, -Esq., of Hartford. 5. Frederick, b. Nov. 2, 1767, m. 1. Betsey Huntington of Norwich, -b. Nov. 8, 1774, d. April 2, 1812; 2. Mrs. Sally W. Cook, b. Aug. 7, 1785, d. -Sept. 14, 1842. By his first wife, he had six children; namely, 1. Mary Ann Goodrich, b. -Aug. 9, 1801. 2. Hannah Huntington, b. Jan. 14, 1803. 3. Joshua Huntington, b. Aug. -29, 1804. 4. Elisabeth, b. March 6, 1806. 5. Frederick Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1808. -6. Laura Maria, b. Aug 14, 1811. By his second wife, he had four children; namely, -7. Charles Moseley, b. Nov. 20, 1816. 8. Chauncey Goodrich, b. March 15, 1819. 9. -Henry Griswold, b. Nov. 24, 1820. 10. Mary Frances, b. July 9, 1823.—He d. May 28, -1837.</p></div> - -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>[The above Family Genealogy was found among the papers of the late Hon. Frederick -Wolcott of Litchfield, Ct., and was transmitted to us for publication, by George C. Woodruff, -Esq. We purpose to publish at some future time, a brief Memoir of the Wolcott Family, -accompanied with an engraving of one of the Governor Wolcotts.]</p></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[256]</a></span></p> - -<h3 class="large lsp"><a name="THE_MINOT_FAMILY" id="THE_MINOT_FAMILY"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE MINOT FAMILY.</a></h3> - -<p class="pfs70">BY LEMUEL SHATTUCK, ESQ.</p> - -<p class="pfs70">(Concluded from page 178.)</p> - - -<p class="pfs90">FIFTH GENERATION.</p> - -<p>(23) V. George Minot [57—3] d. in Dorchester, Nov. 10, 1744, a. -41. He m. Abigail Fenno, Dec. 24, 1729. After his death she m. -William Tucker of Milton. They had</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">133—1 John,</td><td class="tdl">bapt.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr wd12">6, 1730,</td><td class="tdl">m. Martha Wild of Milton. (51)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">134—2 Jerusha,</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1733,</td><td class="tdl">m. Col. Lemuel Robinson of Dorchester.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">135—3 Abigail.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">136—4 Samuel,</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">1742.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(24) V. Dea. George Farrar m. Mary Barrett [61—1] and lived in -Lincoln. He d. of the small-pox, May 28, 1777, a. 73. She d. Sept. -25, 1778, in her 73d year. The children were</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">137—1 George,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr wd12">23, 1730,</td><td class="tdl">gr. H. C., 1751, d. Sept. 17, 1756. See notice of him in History of Concord, p. 247.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">138—2 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">6, 1732,</td><td class="tdl">m. Nathan Brown of Lincoln.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">139—3 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1733,</td><td class="tdl">d. July 28, 1736.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">140—4 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1736.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">141—5 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1739,</td><td class="tdl">m. Stephen Hosmer, Jr., May 3, 1743.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">142—6 Humphrey,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1740,</td><td class="tdl">m. Lucy Farrar, April 26, 1770. [195—6]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">143—7 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">20, 1744,</td><td class="tdl">gr. H. C., 1767. See History of Concord, p. 314.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">144—8 Love,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">13, 1749,</td><td class="tdl">d. young.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(25) V. Oliver Barrett [64—4] lived in Bolton, where he d. April 4, -1788, a. 76. He m. Hannah Hunt of Concord, Dec. 8, 1738, who d. -April 7, 1774, a. 57. They had</p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> - -<p>145—1 Rebecca, b. Jan. 1, 1739, m. David Nurse, June 3, 1762, a farmer who settled -in Bolton, had 9 children, d. March 26, 1823.</p> - -<p>146—2 Hannah, b. Feb. 19, 1742, m. William Sawyer, Jan. 18, 1764, a farmer of Berlin, -had a family, d. Feb., 1830.</p> - -<p>147—3 Bathsheba, April 2, 1744, m. Aholiab Sawyer, June 5, 1769, a farmer of -Templeton, and had a family.</p> - -<p>148—4 Oliver, b. July 22, 1746, m. Sarah Whitcomb. Settled on his father's farm. -Had 5 children. He d. May 11, 1817, a. 70. She d. Feb. 5, 1834, a. 80.</p> - -<p>149—5 Ruth, b. Dec. 24, 1749, m. Jonathan Nurse, Oct. 20, 1772, a farmer of Bolton, -had 10 children, d. Dec. 16, 1841.</p> - -<p>150—6 Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1752, m. Calvin Sawyer, a farmer of Bolton. She had 8 -sons and 2 daughters, d. Nov. 24, 1839, a. 87.</p> -</div> - -<p>(26) V. Capt. Humphrey Barrett [65—5] lived in Concord, where -he d. March 24, 1783, in his 68th year. He m. his cousin, Elisabeth -Adams, [86—2] Dec. 9, 1742. She d. June 5, 1791, in her 70th year. -The children were</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">151—1 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. April</td><td class="tdr wd12">10, 1745,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dea. Geo. Minot. (111—5.)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">152—2 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1746,</td><td class="tdl">m. Reuben Hunt, Jan. 18, 1770.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">153—3 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">18, 1748,</td><td class="tdl">m. Jonas Lee.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">154—4 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1750,</td><td class="tdl">d. Aug. 14, 1751.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">155—5 Humphrey,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">23, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">m. Rebecca Heywood, July 6, 1780. He d. without issue, March 18, 1827, a. 74.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">156—6 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">16, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">m. Stephen Barrett, June 22, 1775. [187—7]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">157—7 Martha,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">21, 1756,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dea. Joshua Brooks, Feb. 27, 1780.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">158—8 Ruth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">25, 1760,</td><td class="tdl">m. Jonas Haywood, Esq., Feb. 3, 1786.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">159—9 Abel,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1764,</td><td class="tdl">m. Lucy Minot, Dec. 1, 1796. (21—3) He was a merchant; d. in England. She d. Sept. 25, 1798, a. 28, leaving one son, b. Sept. 18, 1797, who d. Jan. 2, 1818, a. 20.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">[257]</a></span></p> - -<p>(27) V. Col. Charles Prescott m. Elisabeth Barrett, [66—6] and -lived in Concord. He represented the town nine years, was Justice of -the Peace and intrusted with many important offices. He d. Feb. 2, -1779, a. 68. She d. April 23, 1799, aged 82. They had 7 children;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">160—1 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr wd12">31, 1737,</td><td class="tdl">m. 1. Jesse Hosmer. 2. Aaron Jones.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">161—2 Lucy,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">21, 1738,</td><td class="tdl">d. single, Dec. 22, 1819, a. 81.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">162—3 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">9, 1742,</td><td class="tdl">d. single, May 4, 1797, a. 55.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">163—4 Charles,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">24, 1744,</td><td class="tdl">d. single, May 10, 1810, a. 65.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">164—5 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1746,</td><td class="tdl">m. Joseph Hayward.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">165—6 John,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">18, 1748,</td><td class="tdl">d. Sept. 12, 1753.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">166—7 Anne,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">7, 1760,</td><td class="tdl">m. Amos Baker of Lincoln.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(28) V. John Barrett [67—7] lived in the north part of Concord as -a farmer. He m. Lois Brooks, Nov. 15, 1744, and had</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">167—1 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr wd12">5, 1745,</td><td class="tdl"> lived in Mason, N. H.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">168—2 John,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1748,</td><td class="tdl"> lived on his father's farm. He m. Experience Ball, Nov. 29, 1780, and was father to Rev. Joshua Barrett, who graduated at Dart. Coll. in 1810, and to Rev. John Barrett, who graduated at Williams Coll. in 1810.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">169—3 Lydia,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. 1. Silas Mann. 2. Dea. George Minot. [111—5]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">170—4 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. Samuel White.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>Another daughter m. a Chamberlain, another m. a Boynton, and -another d. single.</p> - -<p>(29) V. Benjamin Barrett [61—1] lived in Concord, where he d. -Oct. 23, 1738, having had three children, names given below. He m. -Rebecca Jones, who, after Mr. Barrett's death, m. Jonas Prescott of -Westford, Dec. 25, 1740.</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">171—1 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr wd12">19, 1731,</td><td class="tdl">m. Nathaniel Boynton of Westford.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">172—2 Benjamin,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">9, 1735,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sarah Miriam of Lexington.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">173—3 Jonas,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">24, 1737,</td><td class="tdl">m.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>The last two settled in Ashby.</p> - -<p>(30) V. Dea. Thomas Barrett [70—2] d. in Concord, June 20, 1779, -a. 72, on the place where his father lived. He and his brother Col. -James, did a large business and left a large estate. He m. Mary Jones. -They had 7 children, as follows;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">174—1 Thomas,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr wd12">17, 1731,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dorcas Minot, [110—4] Jan. 15, 1761.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">175—2 Ruth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1734,</td><td class="tdl">m. Capt. Charles Miles.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">176—3 Charles,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1740,</td><td class="tdl">m. Rebecca Minot, [112—6] and lived in New Ipswich, N. H.; had 2 sons and 2 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">177—4 Samuel,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">m. Sarah and lived at the mill east of the old place. He had one son, Samuel, b. Dec. 24, 1773, d. Aug. 1, 1825; and 2 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">178—5</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdl">m. David Hubbard of Hanover, N. H.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">179—6 Amos,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">23, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">m. and lived where his father did, and had 2 sons and 4 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">180—7 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">21, 1756.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(31) V. Col. James Barrett [71—3] was the distinguished commander -of the Provincial troops in the battle of Concord, when the first -forcible resistance was made to the British, at the commencement of -hostilities in the American Revolution, on the 19th April, 1775. He -died April 11, 1779, a. 68. The following epitaph is on his gravestone -in Concord.</p> - -<p class="center small"> -Here rests<br /> -in hope the body of<br /> -Col. James Barrett<br /> -who departed this life<br /> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_258" id="Page_258">[258]</a></span>April 11th, 1779, in the 69th year of his age.<br /> -<em>Sudden the summons came and quick the flight;<br /> -We trust to be with Christ in relms of light.</em><br /> -In public and private life he was courteous, benevolent,<br /> -and charitable. His fidelity, uprightness and<br /> -ability in various offices and employments, justly<br /> -procured him esteem. For many years he represented this<br /> -Town in General Court. He early stepped forward in<br /> -the contest with Britain and distinguished himself in the<br /> -cause of America. His warm attachment to and careful<br /> -practice of the religion of Christ compleated his worth as<br /> -a Christian and with his other virtues preserve his memory<br /> -and keep it with that of the just which is blest.<br /> -</p> - -<p>He m. Rebecca Hubbard, Dec. 21, 1732. Her mother was Rebecca -Bulkeley, a daughter of Capt. Joseph, granddaughter of Hon. Peter, and -great-granddaughter of Rev. Peter Bulkeley the first minister of Concord. -She d. Oct. 18, 1806, a. 90. They had the following children; -namely,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">181—1 James,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr wd12">4, 1734,</td><td class="tdl">m. Melicent Estabrook, July 4, 1758.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">182—2 Nathan,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">30, 1735,</td><td class="tdl">m. Miriam Hunt, May 22, 1761.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">183—3 Lydia,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">6, 1738,</td><td class="tdl">m. Josiah Melvin.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">184—4 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1741,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dea. George Minot. (111—5)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">185—5 Ephraim,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">3, 1744,</td><td class="tdl">d. single, March 3, 1761, a. 26.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">186—6 Perses,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">25, 1747,</td><td class="tdl">m. Jonas Patten. She d. Sept. 5, 1781, a. 34, leaving one son and 4 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">187—7 Stephen,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">29, 1750,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sarah Barrett. [156—6]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">188—8 Peter,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">16, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary Prescott, July 8, 1779. [219—8]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">189—9 Lucy,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">20, 1761,</td><td class="tdl">m. Noah Ripley, April 8, 1783. He was brother of Rev. Dr. Ripley of Concord. She d. Dec. 19, 1787, a. 26, leaving 2 sons and one daughter.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(32) V. Dea. Samuel Farrar of Lincoln m. Lydia Barrett, [72—4] -Jan. 12, 1732. He d. April 17, 1783, a. 75. She d. Children,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">190—1 Lydia,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr wd12">2, 1736,</td><td class="tdl">m. William Bond, March 6, 1755.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">191—2 Samuel,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">14, 1737,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary Hoar, Feb. 10, 1772.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">192—3 Stephen,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1738,</td><td class="tdl">m. Eunice Brown.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">193—4 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">21, 1741,</td><td class="tdl">d. in 1767, single, in New Ipswich.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">194—5 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1743,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dr. John Preston, Nov. 29, 1764.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">195—6 Lucy,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">27, 1745,</td><td class="tdl">m. Humphrey Farrar, April 26, 1770. [142—6]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">196—7 Timothy,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">28, 1747,</td><td class="tdl">m. Nancy Bancroft.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">197—8 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">5, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">d. Sept. 2, 1756.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(33) V. Dr. Timothy Minot [77—1] gr. H. C., 1747. He was a -physician in Concord, where he d. July 25, 1804, a. 78. He m. Mary -Martin, daughter of Rev. John Martin of Northborough. She d. Dec. -23, 1801. Children,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">198—1 Timothy Martin,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr wd12"> 16, 1757,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah Austin, Jan. 27, 1804. Lived in Boston. He d. Nov. 18, 1837. She d. March 17, 1820, aged 59.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">199—2 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">20, 1759,</td><td class="tdl">m. Ammi White, Aug. 12, 1788.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">200—3 Abigail,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">20, 1761,</td><td class="tdl">d. Aug., 1830, unmarried.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">201—4 Stephen,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">30, 1763,</td><td class="tdl">d. single, in Concord, April, 1821.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">202—5 Susannah,</td><td class="tdl"> b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1765,</td><td class="tdl">m. Col. John Parker of Billerica.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">203—6 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1767,</td><td class="tdl">d. single in Ohio.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">204—7 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1769,</td><td class="tdl">m. Tilly Merrick, Esq.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">205—8 John,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">26, 1771,</td><td class="tdl">m. Thomasine Elisabeth Bond.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">206—9 Beulah,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">28, 1773,</td><td class="tdl">m. May 17, 1807, Professor Ebenezer Adams of Dartmouth College.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '(31)'">(34)</ins> V. Tilly Merrick m. Mary Minot, [78—2] and settled in Concord. -They had</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">207—1 Tilly,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr wd12">29, 1755,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sarah Minot, his cousin.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">208—2 John,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">7, 1761,</td><td class="tdl">d. single, Aug. 15, 1797, a. 36.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_259" id="Page_259">[259]</a></span> - 209—3 Stephen,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1767.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">210—4 Augustus,</td><td class="tdl"> b. July</td><td class="tdr">5, 1759.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(35) V. Maj. John Minot [80—1] m. Sarah Stow of Marlborough, -Jan. 26, 1744, lived in Concord, where he d. July 31, 1802, a. 85. She -d. Feb. 11, 1796, a. 75. They had</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">211—1 John,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b.</td><td class="tdl wd12"></td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah Hubbard.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(36) V. Benjamin Prescott, Esq., of Salem, who gr. H. C., 1736, m. -Rebecca Minot, [81—2] Nov. 26, 1741. He d. Aug. 18, 1778, a. 61. -She d. Oct. 8, 1761, a. 41. They had the following children;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">212—1 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. May</td><td class="tdr wd12">20, 1742,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hon. Roger Sherman, May 12, 1763.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">213—2 Martha,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">23, 1744,</td><td class="tdl">m. Stephen Goodhue, Esq., of New Haven.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">214—3 Benjamin,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">14, 1747,</td><td class="tdl">d. May 15, 1751.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">215—4 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">16, 1749,</td><td class="tdl">m. Rebecca Barrett, Oct. 28, 1783, daughter of James Barrett, Jr. [181—1]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">216—5 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">m. Henry Daggett, Esq., Nov. 26, 1771.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">217—6 Mercy,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1755,</td><td class="tdl">m. Henry Gibbs, Oct. 29, 1781.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">218—7 Benjamin,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1757,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah Blakely of New Haven.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">219—8 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">9, 1760,</td><td class="tdl">m. Peter Barrett, July 8, 1779. [188—8]</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(37) V. Capt. James Minot [82—3] m. for his 1st wife Rebecca -Stow of Merrimac, and for his 2nd wife, a daughter of Col. Blanchard -of Tyngsborough. He d. Aug. 2, 1773, a. 47. She d. Feb. 9, 1767, a. -37. They had the following children, of whom I have not been able -to obtain many particulars.</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd50">220—1 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">m. Isaac Newton;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">221—2 Rachel,</td><td class="tdl">m. —— Anger and d. without issue;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">222—3 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">d. about 1776, a. 20;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">223—4 James,</td><td class="tdl">d. about 1776, a. 18;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">224—5 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">m. —— Upton;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">225—6 Hannah,</td><td class="tdl">m. Darly;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">226—7 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">m. Smith;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">227—8 Martha,</td><td class="tdl">m. —— Squiers.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(38) V. Rev. Josiah Sherman, minister of Woburn, m. Martha Minot, -[83—4] Jan. 24, 1757. A biographical notice of Mr. Sherman is -in the American Quarterly Register, Vol. XI., p. 188. They had the -following children, born in Woburn, and perhaps others.</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">228—1 Roger Minot Sherman,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr wd12">9, 1757,</td><td class="tdl">settled in Fairfield, Ct.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">229—2 Martha,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1758.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">230—3 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">26, 1761.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">231—4 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">3, 1763.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">232—5 Susanna,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">7, 1765.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(39) V. Lt. Ephraim Minot, [84—5] d. in Concord, Sept. 30, 1794, a. -53. He was an officer, and was wounded in the battle of Princeton. He -m. Abigail Prescott, who d. Feb. 27, 1825, a. 78. Their children were</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">233—1 Abel,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. July</td><td class="tdr wd12">10, 1765,</td><td class="tdl">m. Lydia Shed. He d. in Lincoln, Aug. 6, 1809, having had 6 children.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">234—2 Abigail,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">30, 1778,</td><td class="tdl">m. William Bowers, May 12, 1797.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">235—3 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">10, 1781.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">236—4 George,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">31, 1783.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">237—5 Louisa,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">10, 1787.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(40) V. Capt. Daniel Adams [85—1] removed from Lincoln, the -place of his birth, to Townsend, where he d. Oct. 10, 1795, in his 75th -year. He represented the town in General Court, and held many -important civil and military offices. He was thrice married. 1. To Kesia -Brooks, daughter of Benjamin Brooks of Townsend, previously of -Concord, March 1, 1744. She d. in childbirth, Aug. 21, 1754, having had -6 children, 5 of whom survived her. 2. To Mehitable Crosby of Townsend,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_260" id="Page_260">[260]</a></span> -by whom he had 10 children. She d. April 4, 1783, a. 49. 3. -Widow Sarah Phelps of Lancaster, Jan. 30, 1784. His children were -as follows;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">238—1</td><td class="tdl wd12"></td><td class="tdr wd12"></td><td class="tdl">d. in infancy.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">239—2 Daniel,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">29, 1746,</td><td class="tdl">m. Lucy Taylor. May 21, 1772. He d. June 10, 1827, a. 80. She d. Sept. 12, 1836. He was father to Dr. Daniel Adams of Mont Vernon, author of several valuable school books.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">240—3 Abner,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1748,</td><td class="tdl">m. 1. Mary Sawtell. 2. Sarah Sawtell.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">241—4 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">6, 1750,</td><td class="tdl">m. James Campbell, Dec. 21, 1769. He lived in Brookline, N. H. She d. at an advanced age, leaving several children.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">242—5 Benjamin,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">15, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary Stone of Ashly, July 16, 1778. He d. in Cavendish, Vt.; had 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">243—6 Ephraim,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">14, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">m. Lydia Knowlton, lived in Jaffrey, N. H. Had one child, who died without issue.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">244—7 Kesia,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. John Sherwin. She d. May 25, 1782, a. 23, a few days after her marriage.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">245—8 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">d. unmarried, Jan. 9, 1782, a. 19.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">246—9 Mehetabel,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. John Smith; lived in Brookline and had 4 sons and 2 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">247—10 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. Dea. John Giles, May 6, 1789. He had been previously m.; and his first wife d. Oct. 17, 1788, a. 24, by whom he had 5 children. By his 2nd wife he had also 5 children. He d. Aug. 14, 1825, a. 62.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">248—11 James,</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">d. young.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">249—12 Phebe,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">18, 1770,</td><td class="tdl">m. Solomon Jewett, lived in Townsend and had 4 children: Solomon, Phebe, Kesia, and Rozella.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">250—13 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">15, 1773,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sybel Gasset, lived in Townsend, and had 3 daughters.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">251—14 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. Polly Brooks. Two other children d. in infancy.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(41) V. Capt. Joseph Adams [87—3] d. in Lincoln, March 28, -1807, a. 83. He m. 1. Mary Eveleth of Stow, 1746. She d. July 10, -1791, a. 66, having had 11 children. He m. 2. Mrs. Priscilla Reed -Martin, July 23, 1795. Children,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">252—1 Mary,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. April</td><td class="tdr wd12">29, 1747,</td><td class="tdl">d. <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Jan. 4, 1748'">Jun. 4, 1748</ins>, a. 1 y., 1 m., 6 d.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">253—2 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1749,</td><td class="tdl">m. Love Lawrence, Sept. 4. 1770. He was a physician; d. in England, Feb. 2, 1807, a. 58. He had 12 children. [303—2]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">254—3 Charles,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">8, 1750,</td><td class="tdl">was a physician, and loyalist, d. at Annapolis in Nova Scotia.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">255—4 Nathan,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">d. Aug. 11, 1756, a. 3 y., 9 m.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">256—5 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">11, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">d. Aug. 17, 1756, a. 1 y., 10 m., 6 d.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">257—6 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1756,</td><td class="tdl">m. Robert Eames, Sudbury, Aug. 14, 1783.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">258—7 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">14, 1758,</td><td class="tdl">m. Elisha Wheeler, Sudbury, May 4, 1779.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">259—8 Nathan,</td><td class="tdl">b, March</td><td class="tdr">1, 1760,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah McCarty, d. in Charlestown without issue, Sept. 25, 1830, a. 70.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">260—9 Martha,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">15, 1763,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dea. David Lawrence of Littleton, Dec. 23, 1790.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">261—10 Daniel,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">14, 1766,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sarah Goldthwait of Boston.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">262—11 Love,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">21, 1749,</td><td class="tdl">m. Henry Willard of Keene.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(42) V. Capt. Nathan Brown m. Rebecca Adams, [88—1] March -10, 1749. He d. in Lincoln, Oct. 13, 1781. She afterwards m. Solomon -Foster, Nov. 15, 1790. She d. Dec. 24, 1811, a. 84. Children,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">263—1 Mary,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b.</td><td class="tdr wd12"></td><td class="tdl">m. Benjamin Allen.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">264—2 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">8, 1751,</td><td class="tdl">d. unmarried, April 27, 1773.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">265—3 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dr. Richard Russell, Jan. 28, 1777.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">266—4 Nathan,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">16, 1755,</td><td class="tdl">m. Lucy Garfield, 1775. He was killed in Concord, by a load of wood passing over him, Dec. 12, 1814, a. 60.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">267—5 Daniel,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1757,</td><td class="tdl">d. in the West Indies.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">268—6 Eunice,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1761,</td><td class="tdl">m. William Lawrence of Lincoln, Nov., 1780.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">269—7 Lydia,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">12, 1763,</td><td class="tdl">m. Daniel Weston of Lincoln, 1793.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">270—8 Kezia,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1769,</td><td class="tdl">m. Solomon Foster of Lincoln.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(43) V. James Adams [89—5] m. 1. Kezia Conant, Jan. 15, 1756, -by whom he had 3 children. She d. Aug. 22, 1765, in her 37th year.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_261" id="Page_261">[261]</a></span> -He m. 2. Delia Adams, daughter of Edward Adams of Sudbury, June -5, 1766, by whom he had 12 children. She d. in Boston, Dec. 9, 1813, -a. 70, and was buried in Lincoln. He d. in Lincoln, March 10, 1805, a. -71. His children were</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">271—1 Betsey,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr wd12">22, 1757,</td><td class="tdl">m. Benjamin Adams of Sudbury, Nov.20, 1777.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">272—2 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">14, 1759,</td><td class="tdl">m. Nancy Tarbell of Lincoln, Nov. 15, 1796.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">273—3 Kezia,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">6, 1762,</td><td class="tdl">d. March 30, 1769, a. 6 y., 4 m., 24 d.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">274—4 Delia,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">26, 1767,</td><td class="tdl">m. Ebenezer Woodward of Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26, 1795.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">275—5 Andrew,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">9, 1768,</td><td class="tdl">m. Polly Hartwell of Lincoln, Sept. 10, 1795.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">276—6 Eli,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">14, 1770,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sarah Swift of Boston.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">277—7 Samuel,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">7, 1771,</td><td class="tdl">m. Margaret Austin of Charlestown, Sept. 15, 1797.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">278—8 Kezia,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">19, 1773,</td><td class="tdl">m. Ephraim Jones of Boston, Dec. 6, 1827.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">279—9 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">7, 1774,</td><td class="tdl">d. July 7, 1775, a. 8 m.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">280—10 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">4, 1776,</td><td class="tdl">d. Sept. 23, 1780, a. 4 y., 3 m., 19 d.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">281—11 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">17, 1778,</td><td class="tdl">d. Sept. 13, 1780, a. 2 y, 2 m., 26 d.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">282—12 John,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1780,</td><td class="tdl">d. in Havana, Oct. 15, 1809, a. 29.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">283—13 Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">9, 1782,</td><td class="tdl">m. Silas P. Tarbell of Boston, March 10, 1808.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">284—14 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">6, 1784,</td><td class="tdl">m. 1. Betsey Archibald of Maine.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">285—15 Daniel,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">20, 1789,</td><td class="tdl">d. Nov. 20, 1789.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(44) V. Abel Miles m. Lydia Adams, [90—6] Feb. 26, 1756. He -removed from Concord to New Ipswich, N. H., where he d. Dec. 6, -1814, a. 81. She d. March 20, 1804, a. 68. He had the following children, -all born in Concord;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">286—1 Lydia,</td><td class="tdl">bapt.</td><td class="tdl">Feb.</td><td class="tdr wd12">20, 1757,</td><td class="tdl">m. David Rumrell, Feb. 20, 1800.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">287—2 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl">Dec.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1758,</td><td class="tdl">m. John Shattuck, Dec. 11, 1783.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">288—3 Polly,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl">July</td><td class="tdr">8, 1760,</td><td class="tdl">d. unmarried in N. Ipswich, Nov. 14, 1804.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">289—4 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl">Jan.</td><td class="tdr">3, 1762,</td><td class="tdl">m. Levi Mansfield, Jan. 21, 1781.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">290—5 Abel,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl">Oct.</td><td class="tdr">17, 1768,</td><td class="tdl">m. Betsey Shipley, Nov. 10, 1794.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(45) V. John Adams [91—1] lived in Lincoln. He m. 1. Lucy -Hubbard, Dec. 12, 1749, who d. Dec. 24, 1791, and 2. Beulah Baker, -Feb. 20, 1794. He had the following children,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">291—1 John,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. April</td><td class="tdr wd12">15, 1751;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">292—2 Edward,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">27, 1753;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">293—3 Abel,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">8, 1755,</td><td class="tdl">d. July 9, 1756;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">294—4 Abel,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">20, 1757;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">295—5 Thomas,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">22, 1761;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">296—6 Bulkeley,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">14, 1759,</td><td class="tdl">m. Persis Stone of Framingham, 1785;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">297—7 Lucy,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">2, 1763;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">298—8 Ephraim,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">24, 1765,</td><td class="tdl">d. Dec. 24, 1765;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">299—9 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1767;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">300—10 Ephraim,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">16, 1769,</td><td class="tdl">m. Susanna Flagg, 1789;</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">301—11 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. June</td><td class="tdr">8, 1772.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(46) Rev. William Lawrence, minister of Lincoln, m. Love Adams, -[94—2.] He d. April 11, 1780, a. 56. She d. Jan. 3, 1820, a. 95. (See -Hist. Concord, p. 304.) They had children,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">302—1 William,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. April</td><td class="tdr wd12">10, 1752,</td><td class="tdl">m. Eunice Brown, Nov., 1780.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">303—2 Love,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">18, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">m. Dr. Joseph Adams, Sept. 4, 1770. [253—2]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">304—3 John Prescott,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">24, 1755,</td><td class="tdl">m. Abby Kaine, d. Jan. 28, 1808.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">305—4 Susanna,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">4, 1758,</td><td class="tdl">d. March 12, 1836, unmarried.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">306—5 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. May</td><td class="tdr">12, 1760,</td><td class="tdl">m. Samuel Bass, Esq., of Randolph, Oct. 29, 1783. She d. Oct. 12, 1822. He gr. H. C. 1782, d. Feb. 1, 1842.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">307—6 Phebe,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">2, 1762,</td><td class="tdl">m. Rev. Edmund Foster of Littleton, Oct. 29, 1783.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">308—7 Anna,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">15, 1764,</td><td class="tdl">m. James De Wolf, d. Dec. 8, 1807.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"> Mary,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">1, 1767,</td><td class="tdl">m. Asa Brooks, d. Sept., 1812.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">309—8 Abel,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">23, 1771,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary Hodge, d. Sept. 1, 1800.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(47) Capt. Jonas Minot [108—2] m. 1. Mary Hall, daughter of Rev. -Willard Hall of Westford. She was b. July 30, 1738, and d. Nov. 3, -1792, in her 49th year. He m. 2. Mrs. Mary Dunbar, widow of Rev. -Asa Dunbar of Salem. She d. in Boston, Aug. 2, 1830, a. 82. He d. -in Concord, March 20, 1813, a. 78. A great part of Wilmot, N. H., was -granted to him.</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">310—1 Mary,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr wd12">21, 1761,</td><td class="tdl">m. Rev. Laban Ainsworth of Jaffrey, Dec. 4, 1787.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">311—2 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">14, 1763,</td><td class="tdl">m. Josiah Melvin, Jan. 28, 1790.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_262" id="Page_262">[262]</a></span> - 312—3 Jonas,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1765,</td><td class="tdl">m. Miriam Barrett, Nov. 18, 1790. She was the dau. of Col. Nathan Barrett. [182—2]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">313—4 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1767,</td><td class="tdl">m. Daniel Page, Jan. 25, 1791.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">314—5 Abigail,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">3, 1769,</td><td class="tdl">m. John Stanyan, Oct., 1818.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">315—6 Martha,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">17, 1771,</td><td class="tdl">m. Charles Barrett, Jr., of New Ipswich, Oct. 15, 1799. He was the son of Charles Barrett. [176—3]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">316—7 Samuel,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">1, 1774,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah Stow of Concord.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">317—8 Stephen,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">28, 1776,</td><td class="tdl">m. Rebecca Trask, Nov. 9, 1809.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">318—9 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. July</td><td class="tdr">4, 1779,</td><td class="tdl">m. Sally Wilson of Nelson, Feb. 8, 1809.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(48) Dea. George Minot [111—5] settled in the eastern part of -Concord. He commanded a company in the Revolution, at Saratoga, -(the taking of Burgoyne,) and in several other places; and was a highly -meritorious officer. He was chosen deacon of the church, Aug. 3, 1779, -and continued in office until his death, which took place April 13, 1808, -a. 65. He m. 3 wives, all by the name of Barrett. His 1st wife was -Rebecca, daughter of Col. James Barrett, [184—4] whom he m. Jan. -17, 1765, and who d. March 3, 1775, a. 33. His 2nd wife was Elisabeth, -daughter of Humphrey Barrett, [151—1] whom he m. Dec. 12, -1776, and who d. April 10, 1789, a. 45; and his 3d wife was Lydia, -daughter of John Barrett and widow of Silas Mann. [169—3] He had -the following children all by his first wife;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">319—1 Rebecca,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr wd12">4, 1768,</td><td class="tdl">m. William Heywood.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">320—2 Dorcas,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">19, 1769,</td><td class="tdl">m. James Barrett, a grandson of Col. James B. [181—1]</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">321—3 Lucy,</td><td class="tdl">b. April</td><td class="tdr">27, 1770,</td><td class="tdl">m. Abel Barrett [159—9].</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(49) V. Stephen Minot [115—1] m. Sarah Clark, only daughter of -Jonas Clark, Esq., of Boston, June 10, 1736. He d. Sunday, Jan. 14, -1787, a. 75. He graduated H. C. 1730, and was a merchant of Boston. -His wife d. June 10, 1783, in her 64th year. They had the following -children;</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">322—1 Jonas Clark,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr wd12">20, 1738,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah Speakman.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">323—2 Stephen,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">14, 1740,</td><td class="tdl">merchant in Jamaica, d. single.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">324—3 William,</td><td class="tdl">b. Feb.</td><td class="tdr">7, 1743,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary Collson, July 1, 1773, one of the first settlers in Camden, Me., d. in Boston, Nov., 1773.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">325—4 John,</td><td class="tdl">b. Oct.</td><td class="tdr">21, 1744,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary De Rue of Boston; was master of a vessel in the West India and Surinam trade, d. of fever at sea, leaving one child, Stephen.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">326—5 Francis,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">9, 1746,</td><td class="tdl">d. single in Marlborough, where he had been for his health. He was a merchant in Boston.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">327—6 Sarah,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">7, 1749,</td><td class="tdl">m. Gilbert Warner Speakman, by whom she had 6 children. She d. Aug. 29, 1786.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">328—7 James,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1751,</td><td class="tdl">m. Mary Deming of Boston.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">329—8 Christopher,</td><td class="tdl">b. March</td><td class="tdr">8, 1754,</td><td class="tdl">m. Elisabeth Mayhew of Plymouth.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">330—9 George,</td><td class="tdl">b. Sept.</td><td class="tdr">6, 1756,</td><td class="tdl">d. March 2, 1758.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">331—10 George Richards,</td><td class="tdl">b. Dec.</td><td class="tdr">22, 1758,</td><td class="tdl">He grad. H. C. 1778, and was the historian of Massachusetts. He d. Jan. 2, 1802. He m. Mary Speakman.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>(50) V. Jonathan Minot [130—4] lived in Westford, where he d. -Feb. 7, 1806, a. 83. He married Esther Proctor of Chelmsford, who d. -March 30, 1808, a. 83. They had</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd25">332—1 Esther,</td><td class="tdl wd12">b. May</td><td class="tdr wd12">23, 1747,</td><td class="tdl">m. Samuel Wright of Westford.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">333—2 Jonathan,</td><td class="tdl">b. Aug.</td><td class="tdr">23, 1749,</td><td class="tdl">m. Hannah Eastman, Sept. 3, 1771. He d. in Westminster, Ms.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">334—3 Joseph,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1751.</td><td class="tdl">He was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '335—4 Oliver'">335—4 Olive</ins>,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">14, 1753,</td><td class="tdl">m. William Reed of Westford.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">336—5 Elisabeth,</td><td class="tdl">b. Jan.</td><td class="tdr">13, 1755.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">337—6 John Marston,</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">grad. H. C. 1767, lived in Castine, Me.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">338—7 Jesse,</td><td class="tdl">b. Nov.</td><td class="tdr">5, 1759,</td><td class="tdl">m. Betsey Adams.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">339—8 Joash,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. —— Hildreth of Westford.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">340—9 Patty,</td><td class="tdl">b.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">m. John Clark.</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">[263]</a></span></p> - -<h3 class="large"><a name="THE_PARSONS_FAMILY" id="THE_PARSONS_FAMILY"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">THE PARSONS FAMILY.</a><a name="FNanchor_21" id="FNanchor_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a></h3> - - -<p>As it respects the <em>origin</em> of the name of Parsons, some have supposed -that it was derived from the word <em>parson</em>, a clerical title, given from -the fact that a clergyman is the principal person in the church. Hence -in law he is termed <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ecclesiæ persona</i>, and has full possession of all the -rights of a parochial church. The <em>s</em> is added for euphony's sake, or -from the fact that the individual was the parson's son.</p> - -<p>Others have derived it from the word <em>parish</em>, as parish-son, meaning -the son of some parish, one supported or educated by the parish.</p> - -<p>And others again have supposed that the name is the same with -<em>Person</em>, <em>Peerson</em>, <em>Pierson</em>, and <em>Pearson</em>, modified in the spelling.</p> - -<p><em>Peirson</em> or <em>Peerson</em> is derived, according to Camden, from <em>son of -Peter</em> or <em>Peterson</em>, the former coming originally from the French word, -<em>Pierre</em>.</p> - -<p>It does not appear that there has ever been any attempt to collect -even the materials for a history of the English family of Parsons, so -far as has come to our knowledge, notwithstanding there have been -many individuals among them of great distinction; as knights, baronets, -and noblemen. Those of the name are, and have been for a long -period, found in several counties; as Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, -Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, &c.</p> - -<p>Prior to 1672, Andrew Parsons, gent., was of Somersetshire, and -Philip Parsons, gent., of Worcestershire. But the earliest record we -have noticed is in</p> - -<p>1290. <span class="smcap">Walter</span> was then a resident of Mulso in Ireland. How long -before this he or his ancestors went there we know not. The name is -still extant there, and something above one hundred years ago, Bishop -Gibson remarked, (in his edition of Camden's Britannia,) "The honorable -family of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of Viscounts, -and more lately, Earls of Ross."</p> - -<p>1481. <span class="smcap">Sir John</span> was Mayor of Hereford, who had for his armorial -bearings, <em>Gules, a leopard's head between three crosses patee, fitched in -the foot ar.</em>—Crest, <em>a halberd headed az. embued gules</em>.</p> - -<p>1546. <span class="smcap">Robert</span>, afterwards the noted Jesuit, was born this year, and -died April 18, 1610, a. 64. He appears to have been the first of note of -his family. His father lived near Bridgewater, Eng., at a place called -Netherstoway. Robert was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and -was early distinguished for his abilities, but being accused of some -irregularities he forsook his country and resided for a time at Antwerp, -Louvain, Padua, Rome, Paris and Valladolid. Becoming a convert to -the Romish faith, he propagated that doctrine with all his ability, -and was no small instrument in stirring up the benighted vassals of -Philip II. to attempt the conquest of his native country. The event -of that attempt will always be viewed with an intensity of interest.</p> - -<p>How much Father Parsons had to do in circulating the Pope's bulls -and inflammatory tracts in England at the period of the Armada can -never be known, but from his knowledge of the country, the people,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[264]</a></span> -and their language, it is not unlikely that his agency was by no means -inconsiderable. Fuller, in speaking of the fierceness of the battle between -the fleets observes, that "bullets did not fly about so much at -sea, as bastardly libels did by land; so fitly called, because none durst -father them."</p> - -<p>He established an English college at Rome and another at Valladolid, -for such of his countrymen as might follow him, or come otherwise -into exile. He published several works, but that by which he is best -known is entitled "Leicester's <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Commonweath'">Commonwealth</ins>," which, though abounding -with misstatements, vague rumors, and base insinuations, was -nevertheless a work of great ability. And although the pen of Sir -Philip Sidney was exercised in its refutation, he is not considered to -have completely effected his object. This most singular book of -Father Robert was first printed in 1641, and in less than 70 years had -become so rare that an edition of it was published, purporting to have -been printed from a <em>newly discovered manuscript</em>, and passed current -as such without detection, it is believed. To the original edition is appended -a poem, entitled "Leycester's Ghost," a great literary curiosity. -An extract from the poem is as follows:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">Let no man think I exercis'd the Ghost</p> -<p class="verse">Of this great Peere that sleepeth in the dust,—</p> -<p class="verse">Or conjur'd up his spirit to his cost</p> -<p class="verse">To presse with dispraise or praise unjust,</p> -<p class="verse">I am not partiall but give him his due,</p> -<p class="verse">And to his soule I wish eternall health,</p> -<p class="verse">Ne do I thinke all written tales are true,</p> -<p class="verse">That are inserted in his Common-wealth;</p> -<p class="verse">What others wrot before I do survive,</p> -<p class="verse">But am not like to them incenst with hate,</p> -<p class="verse">And as I plainely write, so do I strive</p> -<p class="verse">To write the truth, not wronging his estate.</p> -<p class="verse">Of whom it may bee said and censur'd well,</p> -<p class="verse">Hee both in vice and vertue did excell.</p> -</div></div> - -<p>1556. <span class="smcap">Francis</span> was vicar of Rothwell in Nottinghamshire. There -is a wood called Parsons' wood, in the hundred of Nassaburgh, in the -same county.</p> - -<p>1618. <span class="smcap">Bartholomew</span> appears as the author of three sermons—"First -Fruits of the Gentiles," 4to. In 1616, "Assize Sermon," 4to. -1631, "Dorcas, or a Perfect Patterne of a True Disciple," Sermon, 4to. -Oxford.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/image05-150.jpg" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_265" id="Page_265">[265]</a></span></p> - -<p>1634. About this year Thomas Parsons was knighted by Charles I. -The foregoing engraving represents his arms, still retained in the family -in the United States, and by his descendants in London, among -whom were Sir John and Sir Humphrey; the former, Lord Mayor of -that city in 1704, the latter, in 1731 and 1740. The same coat of arms -is also retained by the branch of the Parsons family now long resident -in Barbadoes.</p> - -<p>Langley in Buckinghamshire was long a seat of a family of the -name, but they seem to have abandoned it about the end of the 17th -century for a residence in Nottinghamshire. The first of this family -whose descendants we can trace appears to have been</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ralph</span>, of Northampton, who had a son</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">John</span>, who lived at Boveney, Co. Bucks, who had by his wife, dau. -of —— Cutler, Esq.,</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">John</span> of Boveney and Langley, who m. Elisabeth, the sole heiress -of Sir John Kidderminster, and had,</p> - -<p class="noindent pad2"> -1. Charles, b. 1625, d. without issue.<br /> -2. William, and three daughters.<br /> -</p> - -<p>This <span class="smcap">William</span>, the only surviving son, m. Elisabeth, dau. and heiress -of Sir Lawrence Parsons, by whom he had two sons; one a -Colonel, d. without issue, and John, his successor. <span class="smcap">William Parsons</span> -(the father) was made a baronet by Charles II. for his adherence to -the cause of his father, Charles I. He was somewhat conspicuous -during the <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">interregnum</i>, as may be inferred from his granting a pass -to one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber, to proceed to Ireland. -The gentleman, however, having been taken by the parliament officers, -was, Carte says, put to the rack, "to make him confess." This circumstance -is supposed to have given Butler the ground he has taken in -these lines in his <cite>Hudibras</cite>:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"Rack 'em until they do confess,</p> -<p class="verse">Impeach of treason whom they please,</p> -<p class="verse">And most perfidiously condemn,</p> -<p class="verse">Those that engaged their lives for them."</p> -</div></div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Thomas Parsons</span> of Great Milton in Oxfordshire, (before mentioned,) -m. in 1614, Catharine, a dau. of Edward Radcliff of London, -son of Alderman Radcliff, by whom he had <span class="smcap">Robert</span>, <span class="smcap">Thomas</span>, <span class="smcap">Richard</span>, -<span class="smcap">Anthony</span>, and six daughters. He was the son of <span class="smcap">Thomas</span> of the -same place, by his first wife, Judith Garbrand of the city of Oxford, -who also had a daughter Amy, m. to Richard Alworth of Turford, -Buckinghamshire. His second wife was Sarah, dau. of Edmund -Waller of Costell, by whom he had three sons, <span class="smcap">John</span>, <span class="smcap">Edmund</span>, <span class="smcap">Francis</span>, -and two daughters, Elisabeth, m. Anthony Radcliff of Chalford, -Co. Bucks, and Ann, wife of Richard Baldwin of Beaconsfield, in the -same county.</p> - -<p>The grandfather of <span class="smcap">Sir Thomas</span> was <span class="smcap">Thomas</span> of Great Milton, who -m. Catharine, dau. of Hester Sydenham, by whom he had <span class="smcap">Thomas</span>, -<span class="smcap">Hugh</span>, and <span class="smcap">Richard</span>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Richard</span> m. Miss —— Pierpont, and had a son <span class="smcap">John</span> of London, -who m. 1. a dau. of Joshua Whistler, by whom he had a daughter -Catharine; he m. 2. Mary Gualter of London. Some of this family -were among the early emigrants to America.</p> - -<p>The first of the name we find in New England is <span class="smcap">Joseph</span>, Springfield, -1636, where he appears as a witness to the deed from the Indians<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_266" id="Page_266">[266]</a></span> -of the lands of that place and vicinity to William Pynchon and others, -on the fifteenth of July. There appear, however, soon after, at the -same place, <span class="smcap">Hugh</span> and <span class="smcap">Benjamin</span>. And family tradition relates that -<span class="smcap">Joseph</span> and <span class="smcap">Benjamin</span> were brothers, that they were born in Great -Torrington, near Exeter, Devonshire, England, who, with other children, -accompanied their father to New England, about the year 1630. -It is probable that they came over with Mr. Pynchon.</p> - - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(1)</td><td class="tdlxy" colspan="2"><span class="smcap">Joseph Parsons</span>,<sup>1</sup> as has been mentioned, - was at Springfield in 1636, where he probably remained until 1655, in which year he - removed to Northampton. On the records of the latter town is this entry: "Joseph Parsons - did at a Court in Northampton, holden March, 1662, testifie that he was a witness to a - deed of the lands at Springfield, and a bargain betweene the Indians and Mr. Pynchon, - dated July 15, 1636, for 18 fathoms of wampom, 18 coates, 18 hatchets, 18 hoes, 18 - knives."<br /> - - As soon as the town was incorporated he was elected - "Townsman," (or selectman,) though he subsequently - paid the town 20 shillings not to elect him to any office - during the second year of its incorporation. After that - we find him serving the town as "Townsman" for seven - years. He was a principal founder of Northampton, was - extensively engaged in the fur trade, and acquired a large - estate.<br /> - - He m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Bliss of Hartford, (afterwards - of Northampton,) Nov. 26, 1646. They resided in - Northampton till 1679, in which year they returned to - Springfield, where they both died. Among the records - of deaths of that town we find, "Cornet Joseph Parsons - was sick and died, Oct. 9, 1683." She outlived him - near 19 years, dying Jan. 29, 1712. Their children were, -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(2)<br />(11)</td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Joseph,<sup>2</sup> b. 1647, m. Elisabeth, dau. of Elder John Strong, - whose father was ancestor of the late Caleb Strong, - Governor of Massachusetts. He d. Nov. 29, 1729. She - was b. at Windsor, Ct., Feb. 24, 1648, d. at Northampton, - May 11, 1736, a. 88. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(3)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">John,<sup>2</sup> b. 1649, m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut. —— Clarke, at - Northampton, Dec. 23, 1675. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(4)<br />(21)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Samuel,<sup>2</sup> b. 1652, settled at Durham, Ct., 1706. -</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="tdl">(5)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Ebenezer,<sup>2</sup> b. 1655, served against the Indians in Philip's - war, and was killed fighting under Capt. Beers at - Northfield, Sept. 8, 1675, with his commander and many - more. He was the first white child born in Northampton. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(6)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">Jonathan,<sup>2</sup> b. June 6, 1657, d. Oct. 19, 1684. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(7)</td><td class="tdl">VI.</td><td class="tdlxx">David,<sup>2</sup> b. April 30, 1659. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(8)</td><td class="tdl">VII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Mary,<sup>2</sup> b. June 27, 1661, m. 1. Joseph Ashley of - Springfield, Oct. 15, 1685; 2. Joseph Williston, March 2, - 1699. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(9)</td><td class="tdl">VIII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Hannah,<sup>2</sup> b. 1663, m. Rev. Pelatiah Glover of Springfield, - Jan. 6, 1687. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(10)</td><td class="tdl">IX.</td><td class="tdlxx">Abigail,<sup>2</sup> b. Sept. 3, 1666, m. John Colton, Feb. 19, 1689, - d. soon after, leaving a dau. who m. Francis Griswold of - Windsor, Ct. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_267" id="Page_267">[267]</a></span> - (11)</td><td class="tdl">X.</td><td class="tdlxx">Hester,2 b. 1672, m. Joseph Smith of Greenwich, Ct. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">Joseph,<sup>3</sup> (2) who m. Elisabeth Strong, had,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(12)<br />(26)</td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Joseph,<sup>3</sup> b. June 28, 1671, graduated at H. C. 1697, being - the first of the name who had graduated there. He m. - Elisabeth, dau. of Dr. Benjamin Thompson of Roxbury, - Ms., (who was son of Rev. William Thompson of Braintree, - Ms.,) in 1701. He settled in the ministry, 1st, at - Lebanon, Ct., 2nd, at Salisbury, Ms., in 1718, where he - d. March 13, 1739, a. 69. His wife d. at Kensington, N. H. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(13)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">John,<sup>3</sup> b. Jan. 11, 1674. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(14)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Ebenezer,<sup>3</sup> b. Dec. 11, 1675, m. Mercy Stebbins, Dec. 15, - 1703, d. 1744. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(15)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Elisabeth,<sup>3</sup> b. Feb. 3, 1678. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(16)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">David,<sup>3</sup> b. Feb. 1, 1680, at Northampton, grad. H. C. 1705, - minister of Malden, 1708, of Leicester, 1721, where he - d. 1737, having been dismissed two years before. His - son David<sup>4</sup> graduated at Harvard College in 1729, and - was ordained as the first pastor of the church in Amherst, - Nov. 6, 1739. He m. Eunice Wells of Wethersfield, - Ct., had 9 children, and d. 1781, a. 69. He was the - father of the Rev. David<sup>5</sup> Parsons, D. D., of Amherst, - who was b. Jan. 28, 1749, H. C. 1771, settled Oct. 2, - 1782, d. 1823, a. 74. Dr. Parsons had eleven children; - namely, Ezekiel Williams,<sup>6</sup> a physician in Colchester, - Ct.; David<sup>6</sup> of Amherst, an artisan; Prudence Stoddard,<sup>6</sup> - m. Rev. Marcus Smith,<sup>6</sup> Rensselaerville, N. Y.; - Thomas,<sup>6</sup> a merchant, New York city, d. a. 41; Harriet,<sup>6</sup> - m. 1. Rev. Royal Washburn, and 2. Hon. David Mack of - Amherst; Francis,<sup>6</sup> an attorney at Hartford, Ct., and - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Mary,<sup>6</sup> m. Rev. - William Williams, formerly a clergyman, but now a - practising physician at Salem; Caroline,<sup>6</sup> d. a. 22; - Sophia,<sup>6</sup> m. Rev. Silas Aiken of Boston; William,<sup>6</sup> a - physician of Canaan, Ct., d. a. 27; and James,<sup>6</sup> a - graduate and an instructor of youth at Savannah, Ga., - d. a. 29. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(17)</td><td class="tdl">VI.</td><td class="tdlxx">Josiah,<sup>3</sup> b. Jan. 2, 1682, m. Sarah Sheldon, June 22, 1710, - d. April 12, 1768, a. 86. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(18)</td><td class="tdl">VII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Daniel,<sup>3</sup> b. Aug., 1685, at Northampton, m. Abigail Cooley - of Springfield, June 17, 1709, resided in Springfield. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(19)</td><td class="tdl">VIII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Moses,<sup>3</sup> b. Jan. 15, 1687, at Northampton, m. Abigail Ball - of Springfield, Jan. 20, 1710, about which time he removed - to Durham, Ct. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(20)</td><td class="tdl">IX.</td><td class="tdlxx">Abigail,<sup>3</sup> b. Jan. 1, 1690. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(21)</td><td class="tdl">X.</td><td class="tdlxx">Noah,3 b. Aug. 15, 1692, left descendants. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">Samuel,<sup>2</sup> (4) who settled in Durham, Ct, had,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(22) </td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Timothy,<sup>3</sup> b. 1694, d. Jan. 28, 1772. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(23)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Simeon,<sup>3</sup> b. 1701, d. Jan. 6, 1784. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(24)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Phinehas,<sup>3</sup> b. 1703, d. May 6, 1724. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(25)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Aaron.<sup>3</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(26)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">Ithamar,<sup>3</sup> b. 1707, d. Jan. 21, 1786. He and probably all - his brothers left male posterity. David<sup>4</sup> and Nathan,<sup>4</sup> - sons of Ithamar, removed to Granville, Ms., about 1760. - David<sup>4</sup> of Granville, Ms., had a son Joel,<sup>5</sup> who was - father to the Hon. Judge Anson V.<sup>6</sup> Parsons of - Philadelphia. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_268" id="Page_268">[268]</a></span></p> - -<p class="noindent">Joseph,<sup>3</sup> (12) who m. Elisabeth Thompson, had,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(27) </td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Joseph,<sup>4</sup> b. in Salisbury, 1702, grad. H. C. 1720, ordained - at Bradford, Ms., June 8, 1726, d. there May 4, 1765, a. - 63. His wife was Frances, dau. of John Usher, Lieut. Gov. - of New Hampshire, who was son of Hezekiah Usher, - by Elisabeth, dau. of the Rev. Zachariah Symmes of - Charlestown, Ms. His publications were an Election - Sermon, an Ordination, and an Artillery Election Sermon, - 1744. Their children were, 1. Frances,<sup>5</sup> b. 1730, d. at - Epping, N. H., Oct. 7, 1808, unmarried, a. 78. 2. - Elisabeth,<sup>5</sup> b. 1731, d. 1733. 3. Joseph,<sup>5</sup> b. Oct. 5, - 1733, minister of Brookfield, Ms., d. Jan. 17, 1771, a. - 38. His wife was Sarah, dau. of Rev. Warham Williams of - Waltham, Ms., by Abigail, dau. of Col. George Leonard of - Norton. Rev. Warham Williams was son of Rev. John Williams - of Deerfield, the "Redeemed Captive," and grandson of - Deacon Samuel Williams of Roxbury and Rev. Eleazer - Mather of Northampton, great-grandson of Robert Williams - and Deacon William Park of Roxbury. 4. Thomas,<sup>5</sup> - b. 1735, who went to Parsonsfield, Me. 5. Samuel,<sup>5</sup> b. - 1737, of Cornville, Me., d. 1807. 6. Dr. John,<sup>5</sup> b. 1740, - of S. Berwick, Me., d. 1775. 7. William,<sup>5</sup> b. 1741, d. - 1742. 8. William,<sup>5</sup> of Alfred, Me., b. 1743, d. Aug. 4, - 1826, a. 83. 9. Sarah,<sup>5</sup> b. 1745, d. at Parsonsfield, - 1800. 10. Edward,<sup>5</sup> b. 1747, went in the Revolutionary - army, as Adjutant in Col. Poor's regiment, and d. 1776.<br /> - - Rev. Joseph Parsons<sup>5</sup> of Brookfield left an only dau., - who m. Samuel Pitkin, Esq., of E. Hartford, Ct. William,<sup>5</sup> - who d. at Alfred, Me., had nine children, among whom - was Usher,<sup>6</sup> M. D., of Providence, R. I., a professor in - Brown University, a surgeon in the war of 1812, and in - Perry's fleet at the battle of Lake Erie. He m. Mary, - dau. of Rev. Abiel Holmes, D. D., author of "American - Annals." Dr. Parsons is himself author of several medical - treatises of great merit.<br /> - - Thomas<sup>5</sup> was the proprietor of Parsonsfield, Me., and - left a numerous posterity—19 children, by two wives. - His first wife was Mary Poor. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(28)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Samuel,<sup>4</sup> b. at Salisbury, Ms., 1707, grad. H. C. 1730, - ordained at Rye, N. H., Nov. 3, 1736, m. Mary, only child - of Samuel Jones, Esq., of Boston, Oct. 9, 1739, d. Jan. 4, - 1789, a. 82, in the 53rd year of his ministry. - The grandfather of Mary Jones was Capt. John Adams of - Boston, grandson of Henry of Braintree, who was among the - first settlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous - race of the name are descended, including two Presidents - of the United States. Gov. Samuel Adams (the patriot) - was cousin to Mary who m. Samuel Jones.<br /> - - Rev. Samuel Parsons<sup>5</sup> had four children; namely, 1. - Mary, m. Rev. John Tucke of Epsom, whose dau. Love - M. m. Simeon Drake, late of Concord, N. H. 2. Joseph, - M. D., a captain in the Revolutionary army, who d. in - Rye, N. H., in 1832, a. 86. 3. Hannah, d. unmarried. 4. - Betsey, m. Lieut. Samuel Wallace of Rye, whose dau. - m. the late Isaac Waldron, Esq., of Portsmouth, N. H. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_269" id="Page_269">[269]</a></span> - (29)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">William,<sup>4</sup> b. at Salisbury, April 21, 1716, grad. H. C. - 1735, settled over the church in South Hampton, N. H., - 1743, from which he was dismissed after a ministry of - about twenty years. He m. Sarah Burnham of Durham, N. H., - May 16, 1743. In 1763, he removed to Gilmanton with - his family, that town being then a wilderness, though by - the end of the year about twenty families had arrived - and commenced settlements.<a name="FNanchor_22" id="FNanchor_22"></a><a href="#Footnote_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a> Mr. Parsons was - employed by the proprietors to preach to the inhabitants. - He also instructed the youth of the place, and continued - these services after his labors as a minister ceased. He - d. Jan. 31, 1796, and his wife followed him to the grave, - Feb. 28, 1797. His children were Sarah, William, - Elisabeth, John, Joseph, and Ebenezer. Elisabeth m. Gen. - Joseph Badger, Jr., who was the father of Hon. William - Badger of Gilmanton, late Governor of New Hampshire. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(30)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Elisabeth,<sup>4</sup> b. 1718, m. Rev Jeremiah Fogg of Kensington, - N. H. She d. March 5, 1779, a. 61. He d. Dec. 1, 1789, in - the 78th year of his age, and the 52nd of his ministry. A - descendant of Rev. Mr. Fogg is the consort of Rev. James - Farnsworth of Boxboro', Ms. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(31)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">John,<sup>4</sup> b. Oct. 15, 1725, d. Sophomore in H. C., Oct. 28, - 1740. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(1)</td><td class="tdlxy" colspan="2"><span class="smcap">Benjamin Parsons</span>,<sup>1</sup> younger brother of Cornet Joseph, whose - descendants are above traced, was like him among the - first settlers of Springfield, and a prominent citizen, a - gentleman of exemplary moral character, of great worth - and respectability. He was Deacon of the church, and a - chief instrument in its formation in Springfield, as appears - from his correspondence with the Rev. Dr. Increase - Mather. In the civil affairs of the town, no one held - more responsible offices, or discharged them with greater - fidelity.<br /> - - Mr. Parsons m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of Richard Vore of - Windsor, who was a member of the Rev. John Warham's - church in Dorchester, and accompanied him to - Windsor in 1635. She d. at Springfield, Jan. 1, 1676. - He m. 2nd, Sarah, relict of John Leonard, Feb. 21, 1677. - Her father having settled in Springfield in 1639. Deacon - Parsons d. August 24, 1689, and his wife in 1690. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">His children by his first marriage were,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(2)</td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Sarah,<sup>2</sup> b. at Springfield, (as were probably all his - children,) Aug. 18, 1656, m. James Dorchester. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(3)<br />(10)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Benjamin,<sup>2</sup> b. Sept. 15, 1658, m. Sarah, dau. of John Keep - of Springfield, Jan. 17, 1683. He d. at Enfield, Ct., Dec. - 28, 1728, a. 60. She d. July 8, 1729. Her mother was - Sarah, dau. of John Leonard of Springfield, and her - father was killed by the Indians at Long Meadow, 1676; - probably on the 26th of March; as on that day, six men - were killed at Springfield, three of them near Pecowsick -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[270]</a></span> - brook, as they were passing from Long Meadow to the - town, with an escort under Capt. Nixon. The circumstance - was long perpetuated by the following distich, - but with how much truth we pretend not to say. It is - this:<br /> - - "Seven Indians, and one without a gun,<br /> - Caused Captain Nixon and forty men to run." -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(4)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Mary,<sup>2</sup> b. Dec. 10, 1660, at Springfield, Jan. 27, 1662. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(5)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Abigail,<sup>2</sup> b. Jan. 6, 1662, m. 1. John Mun, Dec. 23, 1680; - 2. John Richards, Oct. 7, 1686. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(6)<br />(14)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">Samuel,<sup>2</sup> b. Oct. 10, 1666, m. Hannah Hitchcock, March 18, - 1683, d. in Enfield, Feb., 1736, a. 70. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(7)<br />(24)</td><td class="tdl">VI.</td><td class="tdlxx">Ebenezer,<sup>2</sup> b. Nov. 17, 1668, m. Margaret, dau. of Samuel - and Katherine Marshfield of Springfield, and - granddaughter of Thomas Marshfield, who came from - Exeter, England, with Rev. Mr. Warham, and settled in - Windsor, Ct. Mr. Parsons d. at Springfield, Sept. 23, - 1752, a. 84. His wife d. June 12, 1758, a. 87, as is to be - seen on her tombstone in West Springfield, together with - these lines:<br /> - - <span class="pad6">The hope of life immortal</span><br /> - <span class="pad6">bloom, Dispel y<sup>e</sup> grave's</span><br /> - <span class="pad8">most hideous gloom</span><br /> - <span class="pad6">Christ on y<sup>e</sup> Resurection</span><br /> - <span class="pad4">day his Saints with glory shall array.</span><br /> - - Mr. Parsons was highly respected, was Deacon of the - Congregational church in West Springfield <em>fifty-two</em> years, - which terminated at his decease. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(8)</td><td class="tdl">VII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Mary,<sup>2</sup> b. Dec. 17, 1670, m. Thomas Richards, Oct. 21, 1691. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(9)</td><td class="tdl">VIII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Hezekiah,<sup>2</sup> b. Nov. 24, 1673, m. Hannah, dau. of Eliakim - Cooley of Springfield, Feb. 20, 1701. [There is a curious - entry on the Springfield records concerning this - match.] They resided in Enfield and Suffield, Ct. He - d. July 11, 1748. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(10)</td><td class="tdl">IX.</td><td class="tdlxx">Joseph,<sup>2</sup> b. Dec., 1675, m. Abigail Phelps, Sept. 15, 1697. - He resided in West Springfield. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">Benjamin,<sup>2</sup> (3) of Enfield, who m. Sarah Keep, had,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(11) </td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">John,<sup>3</sup> b. in Enfield, Nov. 19, 1684, d. there May 9, 1717, - a. 33. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(12)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Benjamin,<sup>3</sup> b. March 1, 1688, was of Enfield, Ct., where - he d. unmarried, July 4, 1734, a. 46. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(13)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Christopher,<sup>3</sup> b. Jan. 28, 1691, m. Mary Pease of Enfield, - April 22, 1714, d. Sept. 10, 1747, a. 56. They had twelve - children, born between March 1, 1715, and Dec. 23, 1740; - eight sons and four daughters. The sons were John,<sup>4</sup> - Christopher,<sup>4</sup> Benjamin,<sup>4</sup> Joseph,<sup>4</sup> Ebenezer,<sup>4</sup> - Benjamin,<sup>4</sup> Jabez,<sup>4</sup> Noah,<sup>4</sup> John,<sup>4</sup> m. Ann Colton at - Enfield and had John,<sup>5</sup> Ebenezer,<sup>5</sup> Jabez,<sup>5</sup> and Oliver,<sup>5</sup> - who d. at Peekskill in 1777, in the Revolutionary war.<br /> - - Christopher,<sup>4</sup> m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Pease, and had - among other children, Asahel<sup>5</sup> and Christopher.<sup>5</sup><br /> - - Benjamin,<sup>4</sup> m. Sophia Pease, and had Simeon,<sup>5</sup> Mary,<sup>5</sup> - and John.<sup>5</sup> He lived at Enfield.<br /> - - Joseph,<sup>4</sup> m. Rebecca Allen of Enfield, Ct., and had - Joseph,<sup>5</sup> and Jabez,<sup>5</sup> and three daughters. Joseph<sup>5</sup> had - a large family in Enfield. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(14)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_271" id="Page_271">[271]</a></span> - Sarah,<sup>3</sup> of whom we have no account but of her death, July - 8, 1729. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">Samuel,<sup>2</sup> (6) of Enfield, who m. Hannah, dau. of Luke Hitchcock of -Springfield, had,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(15) </td><td class="tdl padr2">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">John,<sup>3</sup> b. July 23, 1693, m. Thankful Root of Enfield, June - 20, 1716. They had seven children, among whom were - John,<sup>4</sup> Moses,<sup>4</sup> and Thomas.<sup>4</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(16)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Luke,<sup>3</sup> b. Jan. 4, 1696, m. Sarah Osborn, Sept. 13, 1716, at - Enfield. They had seven children, one of whom was - a son, Luke,<sup>4</sup> b. April 17, 1724. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(17)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Hezekiah,<sup>3</sup> b. April 13, 1698, m. Rebecca Burt, Nov. 15, - 1723, d. 1751. He had, besides other children, Hezekiah,<sup>4</sup> - David,<sup>4</sup> Eldad,<sup>4</sup> and Charles.<sup>4</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(18)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Hannah,<sup>3</sup> b. Aug. 2, 1700, m. Nath'l Horton, March 3, 1720. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(19)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">Nathaniel,<sup>3</sup> b. Dec. 28, 1702, m. Mary Pease, Dec. 18, 1725. - He had Nathaniel,<sup>4</sup> Chadwell,<sup>4</sup> who m. Ruth, dau. of - Josiah Ward of Enfield, and Stephen.<sup>4</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(20)</td><td class="tdl">VI.</td><td class="tdlxx">Moses,<sup>3</sup> b. June 10, 1707, m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel - Stebbins of Springfield, Jan. 13, 1736, d. at Enfield, - 1786. He had 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters. Warham<sup>4</sup> - m. Mary Pease, and had, besides other children, Martin,<sup>5</sup> - Warham,<sup>5</sup> and Moses.<sup>5</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(21)</td><td class="tdl">VII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Miriam,<sup>3</sup> b. April 9, 1710, m. Caleb Jones, Nov. 10, 1730. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(22)</td><td class="tdl">VIII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Samuel,<sup>3</sup> b. Nov. 23, 1690, (at Springfield) m. Abigail - Randall, Dec. 4, 1713, and had sons, Samuel<sup>4</sup> and - Aaron.<sup>4</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(23)</td><td class="tdl">IX.</td><td class="tdlxx">Sarah,<sup>3</sup> b. Nov. 10, 1704, m. Thomas Jones, June 10, 1742. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(24)</td><td class="tdl">X.</td><td class="tdlxx">Daniel, of whom, as yet, nothing appears. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">Ebenezer,<sup>2</sup> (7) of West Springfield, who m. Margaret Marshfield, had,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(25)</td><td class="tdl">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Ebenezer,<sup>3</sup> b. at Springfield, Jan. 12, 1691, m. Martha Ely, - 1714, d. 1742, leaving 10 children; namely, Martha,<sup>4</sup> m. - John Taylor; Eunice,<sup>4</sup> m. Daniel H. Phelps of Upper - Housatonick; Margaret,<sup>4</sup> m. Daniel Foot of Colchester; - Mary,<sup>4</sup> m. William Clark of Colchester; Diana4; - Ebenezer4; Naomi,<sup>4</sup> m. Asaph Leonard; Stephen4; - Abigail4; and Seth.4 -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(26)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Margaret,<sup>3</sup> b. Sept. 19, 1693, m. Rev. Daniel Elmer of - Newark, N. J. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(27)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Jonathan,<sup>3</sup> b. July 15, 1695. Drowned, July 1, 1703. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(28)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Benjamin,<sup>3</sup> b. Dec. 15, 1696, m. Martha Bliss, Aug. 15, - 1723; went to Kingston, thence to Palmer, Ms., d. at - Swansey, in the house of his son, Aaron.4 His wife d. at - Palmer, Ms., July 17, 1760, a. 56. They had 12 children. - Eleanor,<sup>4</sup> m. Elizur Fitch of Monson; David4 of Palmer, - Ms.; Tabitha,<sup>4</sup> m. Robert McMaster of Palmer, 1766; - Moses,<sup>4</sup> d. at the Havanna in the French war; Israel,<sup>4</sup> d. - in the same war, at Fort Harmer; Aaron4 of Swansey; - Jonathan,<sup>4</sup> m. Mary, dau. Deacon Joseph Merrick of - Springfield, d. at W. Springfield, May 2, 1810, a. 75. She - d. March 15, 1817, a. 84. Joshua,<sup>4</sup> m. Eleanor Allen, - lived in Palmer, Ms. Abigail,<sup>4</sup> m. Ebenezer Bliss of - Belchertown. Martha,<sup>4</sup> m. Daniel Worthington, Vt.; - Benjamin,<sup>4</sup> d. in the French war. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(29)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">Caleb,<sup>3</sup> b. Dec. 27, 1699, m. Miriam Williston, Oct. 4, - 1749. She d. at W. Springfield, July 24, 1760, a. 53, - leaving one son, Caleb,<sup>4</sup> b. 1755, d. 1760. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_272" id="Page_272">[272]</a></span> - (30)</td><td class="tdl">VI.</td><td class="tdlxx">Sarah,<sup>3</sup> b. Feb. 4, 1703, m. Pelatiah Hitchcock of - Brookfield, Ms. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(31)<br />(33)</td><td class="tdl">VII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Jonathan,<sup>3</sup> b. at Springfield, Nov. 30, 1705, grad. at Y. C. - 1729, studied theology with Rev. Elisha Williams, - President of Y. C., and Rev. Jonathan Edwards of - Northampton, ordained at Lyme, March 17, 1730, m. Phebe, - dau. of John Griswold of Lyme, and sister of Gov. Matthew - Griswold.<br /> - - In March, 1746, Rev. Mr. Parsons removed to Newburyport, - Ms., where he preached until his decease. He - d. July 19, 1776, a. 71, and was interred in a tomb under - his pulpit, by the side of Rev. George Whitefield, who - had died at his house not long before. His wife d. at - Newburyport also, Dec. 26, 1770. He m. 2. Mrs. Lydia - Clarkson, widow of Andrew Clarkson, Esq., of Portsmonth, - N. H. She survived him, and d. April 30, 1778.<br /> - - Mr. Parsons was author of several occasional and other - sermons in pamphlet form, and two volumes of sixty - sermons in 8vo., advertised as in press at Newburyport, - in 1781, by J. Mycall. As extended memoirs have been - published of him in several works, it is unnecessary to - be more particular at this time.<br /> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(32)</td><td class="tdl">VIII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Abigail,<sup>3</sup> b. Oct. 21, 1708, m. Thomas Day of Springfield, - March 19, 1735. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(33)</td><td class="tdl">IX.</td><td class="tdlxx">Katherine,<sup>3</sup> b. Oct. 16, 1715, m. Aaron Taylor of Upper - Housatonick. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="noindent">Rev. Jonathan Parsons<sup>3</sup> (31) of Newburyport had 13 children, 6 of -whom d. in infancy. Those who married were,</p> - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="98%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">(34) </td><td class="tdl">I.</td><td class="tdlxx">Marshfield,<sup>4</sup> b. Feb. 7, 1733, lived at Lyme, Ct., d. there - Jan. 13, 1813, a. 80. He m. 1. Lois, dau. of Richard Wait, - Sen., of Lyme. He m. 2. Abigail Marvin, Nov. 20, 1766. - She d. Aug. 22, 1782, a. 35. He m. 3. Abigail Waterman - of Norwich, Jan. 15, 1783. She d. March 14, 1793, a. - 53. He m. 4. Phebe Griffin, Oct. 10, 1793, widow, and - dau. of Pardon Taber of Lyme. He had children only - by his first wife. His son John5 m. Joanna, dau. of - Joseph Mather of Lyme. By a second wife, Lois, dau. of - Richard Wait, Jr., he had 12 children. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(35)</td><td class="tdl">II.</td><td class="tdlxx">Jonathan,<sup>4</sup> b. April 25, 1735, m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel - Gyles of Salisbury, Aug. 26, 1756. They had 10 children, - 4 of whom were sons, and all d. unmarried. Elisabeth5 - m. 1. Samuel Chandler. 2. John Mycall. Hannah5 - m. Abraham Jackson, and had Ellen6 and Isaac Rand6; - the latter d. July 27, 1842, at Copenhagen, while U. S. - Chargé d'Affaires, a. 37. He m. Louisa C. Carroll of - Philadelphia, granddaughter of Charles Carroll of - Carrolton, Md., one of the signers of the Declaration of - Independence. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(36)</td><td class="tdl">III.</td><td class="tdlxx">Samuel Holden,<sup>4</sup> b. May 14, 1737, at Lyme, Ct., grad. - H. C. 1756; in 1781 he received an honorary degree from - Y. C., studied law at Lyme in the office of his uncle, - Gov. Matthew Griswold, admitted to the bar in New - London county, 1759, settled at Lyme, was elected - Representative to the General Assembly in 1762, and - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">[273]</a></span> - successively for eighteen sessions, which brought him - to the year 1774, when he received the appointment of - King's Attorney, and removed to New London. In 1775 - he was appointed Colonel of the sixth Connecticut - regiment, and a Brigadier-General by Congress in 1776, - Major-General in 1780. In 1779 he succeeded Gen. - Putnam in the command of the Connecticut line of the - Continental army, and served in the Revolutionary army - as Major-General until the close of the war. He was - an active member of the Convention of Connecticut in - January, 1788, which ratified the Constitution of the - United States, and was elected President of the "Society - of Cincinnati" of Connecticut. In 1785 he was appointed - by Congress a Commissioner to treat with the Indians - at Miami. In 1788 he was appointed and commissioned - by President Washington, first Judge of the North West - Territory, which included the present States of Ohio, - Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan; and while holding that - office, was, in 1789, appointed by the State of - Connecticut a Commissioner to hold a treaty with the - Wyandots and other tribes of Indians on Lake Erie, for - extinguishing the aboriginal title to the "Connecticut - Western Reserve." While returning to his residence at - Marietta from this service, he was drowned by the - overturning of his boat in descending the rapids of the - Big Beaver river, Nov. 17, 1789, a. 52.<br /> - - Gen. Parsons m. Mehetabel, dau. of Richard Mather - of Lyme, (a lineal descendant of Rev. Richard Mather of - Dorchester,) Sept. 10, 1761. She was b. in Lyme, March - 7, 1743, d. Aug. 7, 1802, and was buried at Middletown, - Ct. The children of Gen. Parsons were, 1. William - Walter,<sup>5</sup> b. July 5, 1762, m. Esther, dau. of Thompson - Phillips of Middletown, d. Jan. 24, 1801, leaving - children, Esther Phillips,<sup>6</sup> m. to William Hammet of - Bangor, and Thomas,<sup>6</sup> who d. young. 2. Lucia,<sup>5</sup> b. Nov. 8, - 1761, m. Hon. Stephen Titus Hosmer, Chief-Justice of - Connecticut. They had 4 sons and 6 daughters. All the sons - d. young, except Oliver Ellsworth,<sup>6</sup> who m. Ann P. Hawes - of N. York. 3. Thomas,<sup>5</sup> who d. young. 4. <span class="smcap">Enoch</span>,<sup>5</sup> - whose biography was given in the April number of this - work. He was b. Nov. 5, 1769, m. 1. Mary Wyley - Sullivan, May 19, 1795. She was dau. of John Sullivan - of London, and b. in Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 1772, d. - at Middletown, July 2, 1807. He m. 2. Mrs. Sarah - Rosecrants, dau. of Nehemiah Hubbard of Middletown, by - whom he had one son, Henry Ethelbert,<sup>6</sup> who m. Abby - C, dau. of John Welles of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and a - dau., Mary Sullivan,<sup>6</sup> m. James, son of Robert Dickson - of London, Eng., d. at Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 1841. The - next of the children of Gen. Parsons was, 5. Mehetabel,<sup>5</sup> - b. Dec. 21, 1772. m. William B. Hall, M. D., of - Middletown, d. Nov. 1, 1823, a. 51, leaving, 1. William - Brenton6; 2. Samuel Holden Parsons6 of Binghampton, - N. Y. 6. Phebe,<sup>5</sup> b. Jan. 25, 1775. at N. London, m. Samuel - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[274]</a></span> - Tiffen, had a dau.,<sup>6</sup> m. to L. T. Clark of Philadelphia. 7. - Samuel Holden,<sup>5</sup> b. Dec. 31, 1777, m. Esther, dau. of - Giles Page of Middletown, d. in the West Indies, leaving - a dau., Mary Ann,<sup>6</sup> m. to William C. Hammet of - Howland, Me. 8. Margaret Ann.5 9. Margaret,<sup>5</sup> b. 1785, - m. 1. Stephen Hubbard of Middletown, who settled at - Champion, N. Y., where he d. 1812. 2. Alfred Lathrop6 - of Champion and W. Carthage, N. Y. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(37)</td><td class="tdl">IV.</td><td class="tdlxx">Thomas,<sup>4</sup> b. April 28, 1739, m. 1. Mary Gibson, and had one - son, Jonathan G.,<sup>5</sup> who d. without issue. He m. 2. Sarah - Sawyer of Newbury, and had, 1. Sarah,<sup>5</sup> m. to Gorham - Parsons, late a merchant of Boston, whose father was - brother to the late <span class="smcap">Judge Theophilus Parsons</span> of Boston, - descended from that branch of the family settled at - Gloucester, Ms., the ancestor of which was Jeffrey - Parsons, whose pedigree we propose to trace hereafter; 2. - Ann,<sup>5</sup> m. Fitz-William Sargent of Gloucester, Ms.; 3. - Mary,<sup>5</sup> m. Ignatins Sargent; 4. ——,<sup>5</sup> m. Samuel Torrey - of Boston. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(38)</td><td class="tdl">V.</td><td class="tdlxx">Phebe,<sup>4</sup> b. at Newburyport, March 6, 1748, m. Capt. Ebenezer - Lane of Boston, had no children, d. 1781. -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(39)</td><td class="tdl">VI.</td><td class="tdlxx">Lucia,<sup>4</sup> b. at Newburyport, Dec. 23, 1752, m. Capt. Joseph - Tappan of that place, d. there in 1815, a. 63, leaving 7 - children; 1. Thomas P.<sup>5</sup>; 2. Phebe Griswold<sup>5</sup>; 3. Sarah<sup>5</sup>; - 4, John Pike<sup>5</sup>; 5. Richard<sup>5</sup>; 6. Joseph<sup>5</sup>; and 7. Thomas - Parsons.<sup>5</sup> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">(40)</td><td class="tdl">VII.</td><td class="tdlxx">Lydia, 4 b. April 3, 1755, m. Moses, son of Hon. Jonathan - Greenleaf of Newburyport, Sept. 17, 1776, and had - children. 1. Moses,<sup>5</sup> 2. Clarina Parsons,<sup>5</sup> 3. Ebenezer,<sup>5</sup> - 4. Simon,<sup>5</sup> b. Dec. 5, 1783, the distinguished attorney - and professor of law in II. C., 5. Jonathan,<sup>5</sup> a clergyman - of Brooklyn, N. Y, and author of a memoir of Rev. Jonathan - Parsons in the American Quarterly Register, also - of Ecclesiastical Sketches of Maine. -</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Hugh Parsons</span> appears on the town records of Springfield, 27. 8, -(27 Oct.) 1645. How long before that he was resident there does not -appear, though it is quite probable he was among the first inhabitants. -Whether <span class="smcap">Hugh</span> were a brother of Benjamin and Joseph, or what -relationship he may have borne to them, nothing has yet come to our -knowledge to enable us to determine; yet he was probably the older -brother of those, and so we shall consider him until we are otherwise -assured. Mr. Parsons married <em>Mary Lewis</em> on the date above mentioned, -by whom he had,</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> -<p>I. <span class="smcap">Samuel</span>, b. Oct. 4, 1648, d. Oct. 4, 1649.</p> -<p>II. <span class="smcap">Joshua</span>, b. Oct. 26, 1650, d. June 4, 1651.</p> -</div> - -<p>About this point of time began the troubles and trials of this devoted -family, and here, on the Springfield town records stands the following -sad entry:</p> - -<p>"<em>Joshua Parsons</em>, son of Hugh was killed by Mary Parsons his wife, -4. 1. 1651."</p> - -<p>Singular as it may now seem, and notwithstanding the above entry, -fair and legible at this day upon the records, an attempt was soon after -made to throw the cause of the death of the son upon the father, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_275" id="Page_275">[275]</a></span> -that he had effected it by witchcraft! We will not now enlarge on this -subject, as we propose to publish at some future time an article on -witchcraft in our country, and its unhappy effects.</p> - - -<p class="p2">P. S. We originally intended to have given in this number the -genealogy of the branch of the family of Parsons settled at Gloucester, -but for want of room, and some materials, are obliged to defer it to a -future one; meanwhile we hope the descendants of <span class="smcap">Jeffrey Parsons</span>, -(the progenitor of this branch,) will forward us all the facts they possess -concerning it, that it may be rendered as complete as possible. -For the information of those concerned, it may be proper to state, that -we have a copy of the pedigree which was in the possession of the late -William Parsons, Esq., of Boston, which, though extensive as it respects -the names of the descendants, is very defective in dates and -names of places. In these particulars we especially want information.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="ANCIENT_BIBLE" id="ANCIENT_BIBLE"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">ANCIENT BIBLE IN POSSESSION OF WIDOW LUCY WATERS OF -SHARON, MS.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p>It is said that this Bible was brought from England to America by the Pilgrim -Fathers, who landed from the ship Mayflower, at Plymouth, Ms., December -22, A. D. 1620.</p> - -<p>The title-page of the Testament<a name="FNanchor_23" id="FNanchor_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a> part of this Bible is in the following -words, viz.—</p> - -<div class="bbox2"> - -<p class="p1 center antiqua large wsp">NEW TESTAMENT</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs120 wsp lsp">OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.</p> - -<p class="p1 center">Confered diligently with the Greeke and best approved<br /> -translations, in divers Languages.</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs80">Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer<br /> -to the Queens most excellent Majesty.</p> - -<p class="center bold">A. D. 1592.</p> - -<hr class="r20a" /> -<p class="pfs80"><i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Cum gratia privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis.</i></p> -<br /> -</div> - -<p class="p4" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_276" id="Page_276">[276]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Family Record in the Bible.</em></p> - -<p>We Elisha Bradford and Bathshua Le-brocke, were married, September, y<sup>e</sup> -7th, Anno Domini 1718. (?)</p> - -<p>Account of the births, of all our children.</p> - - -<div class="center small"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Our Daughter Hannah, was born April y<sup>e</sup> 10th</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1719</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Joseph was born December y<sup>e</sup> 7th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1721</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Silvanus was born July y<sup>e</sup> 6th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1723</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Nehemiah was born July y<sup>e</sup> 27th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1724</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Laurana was born March y<sup>e</sup> 26th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1726</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Mary was born August y<sup>e</sup> 1st day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1727</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Elisha was born October y<sup>e</sup> 6th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1729</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Lois was born January y<sup>e</sup> 30th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1730-31</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Deborah<a name="FNanchor_24" id="FNanchor_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a> was born November y<sup>e</sup> 18th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1732</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Allis was born November y<sup>e</sup> 3d day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1734</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Azenath was born September y<sup>e</sup> 15th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1736</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Carpenter was born February y<sup>e</sup> 7th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1738-9</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Abigail was born June y<sup>e</sup> 20th day</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1741</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Chloe was born sixth day of April</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1743</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Content was born twenty-first day of May</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">1745</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Content dec<sup>d</sup> May 22</td><td class="tdl">1745</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Silvanus dec<sup>d</sup> the twelfth day of July</td><td class="tdl">1723</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>The foregoing title-page and Family Register were transcribed for and at the -request of Alden Bradford, Esq., Feb. 22, 1842,</p> - -<p class="right"><span class="padr6">By his humble servant,</span><br /> -WILLIAM ELLIS.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="BIOGRAPHICAL" id="BIOGRAPHICAL"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF PHYSICIANS IN -ROCHESTER, N. H.</a></h2> - </div> - -<div class="blockquot"> -<p>[For the account of the following medical gentlemen we are indebted to Dr. Samuel Pray.]</p> -</div> - -<p><em>Dr. James Jackson</em> was the first physician who settled in Rochester. -He went from Connecticut, but in what year he went and how long -he lived in the town, is not known.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. James How</em> was the son of Deacon How of Methuen, and brother -of David How, Esq., of Haverhill, Ms. He went to Rochester -about the year 1777, and practised in his profession till near the time of -his death, in 1807. He was a Representative to the State Legislature -several years, and was elected a member of the N. H. Medical Society -in 1791, soon after the Charter was granted. He was also surgeon's -mate in the army of the Revolution. He died at the age of 53.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. Samuel Pray</em> was born at South Berwick, Me., July 3, 1769. -He received his preparatory education at Dummer Academy, Newbury, -Ms., in the years 1784, '85, and '86, studied medicine with Dr. -Jacob Kittredge of Dover, three years, and commenced the practice of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[277]</a></span> -his profession in September, 1792, at Rochester, where he has resided -about fifty-five years. He united with a number of physicians in the old -County of Strafford in 1811, who constituted the Strafford District of the -N. H. Medical Society, of which he was Secretary several years. He -was elected a Fellow of the N. H. M. Society in 1816, and has been -one of the Censors for Strafford District. Dec. 14, 1821, he was elected -an Honorary Member of the Medical Society at Dartmouth College.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. Timothy F. Preston</em> went to Rochester in the year 1807, and resided -in town about a year, and then returned to New Ipswich, his -native place.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. John Perkins</em> went to Rochester in 1807, and resided there till -1815, when he moved with his family to Jaffrey. It is not known -where he received his education.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. Asa Perkins</em> went from Dover, his native place, to Rochester, in -1816, and resided there two years, and then returned to Dover, where -he now resides. He is the son of William Perkins, who was a merchant -in Dover, and who died several years since. The Doctor studied -medicine with Dr. Jabez Dow of Dover. He was born April 5, 1793. -Having abandoned his profession, he entered into mercantile business.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. James Farrington</em> went to Rochester in August, 1818, and has -resided in town, to this time [1847]. He was born at Conway, October, -1791, and is the third son, now living, of Jeremiah Farrington, late -of Conway, who emigrated when a young man from Concord, N. H., -and with several others formed a settlement upon the banks of the -Saco river, in that section of the country then called by the Indians -Pequawket, now Conway and Fryeburg; and grandson of Stephen -Farrington, who was one of the first settlers of Concord, and whose -wife was a sister of Jonathan and Samuel Bradley, who, with Obadiah -Peters, John Bean, and John Lufkin, were massacred by the Indians, -Aug. 11, 1746, between Concord and Hopkinton, and to whose memory -a granite monument has been erected on the spot where the massacre -was perpetrated, by their surviving relatives. He received an -academic education at Fryeburg Academy, where in 1814 he was prepared -to enter college. He commenced the study of medicine under -the tuition of Dr. Moses Chandler of Fryeburg, Me., February, 1815, -and concluded his term of study under the instruction of Dr. Jabez -Dow of Dover, in February, 1818. He was examined in the science -of medicine and surgery by the Censors of the N. H. Medical Society, -Drs. Crosby and Pray, July 18, 1818, and commenced practice in Rochester -on the 9th of August following. He is a Fellow of the N. H. -Medical Society, and has been Censor and a Counsellor of the Society, -and for several years President of the Strafford District Society. -He has been a Representative and Senator in the State Legislature, and -in 1837 was elected a member of the 25th Congress of the United -States. In 1845 he was appointed by the Executive of the State one -of the Trustees of the N. H. Asylum for the Insane.</p> - -<p>Dr. Farrington was married, in 1827, to Mary D., eldest daughter of -Mr. Joseph Hanson of Rochester, and has four children living; three -sons and one daughter. Formerly he had students in medicine, among -whom were Dr. Joseph H. Smith, now a successful practitioner in -Dover, Dr. Timothy Upham, an eminent physician, late of Waterford, -N. Y., and a son of the Hon. Nathaniel Upham, late of Rochester, also -Dr. Alfred Upham, now a physician in the city of New York.</p> - -<p>Dr. Farrington has had an extensive business in his profession for -twenty-five years, and has performed many difficult surgical operations.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[278]</a></span></p> - -<p><em>Dr. Calvin Cutter, Dr. Theodore Wells, and a Dr. Turner</em> from Massachusetts, -went to Rochester and tarried a short time in 1832 and 1833, -and then returned to their native towns.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. Rufus K. Pearl</em> was born at Farmington, Feb. 6, 1815, attended -Medical Lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges, and studied -medicine with Dr. Wight of Gilmanton. He commenced practice in -Rochester in 1840, and being out of health, he left the profession, and -has gone into trade in the village of that place.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. John W. Pray</em> is the son of Dr. Samuel Pray of Rochester, with -whom he studied medicine. He was born in Rochester, August, 1814, -attended Medical Lectures at Dartmouth College, commenced the -practice of his profession in Barrington, in 1840, and continued at that -place three years, when he returned to Rochester and went into practice -with his father.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. Richard Russel</em> moved from Great Falls village to Rochester, -about the year 1841, and resided in town about three years, and then -returned to Great Falls, in 1844. It is not known when he began the -practice of his profession, nor what was his education.</p> - -<p><em>Dr. Jeremiah Garland</em> was born at Strafford, Sept. 23, 1815, and -commenced the practice of his profession at Rochester, in 1844. He -attended Medical Lectures at New York, in the old medical and surgical -institution, and obtained the degree of M. D. at that institution. -He studied medicine with Drs. Chadbourne and Haynes of Concord.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="SKETCHES" id="SKETCHES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AT THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES -IN NEW ENGLAND.</a></h2> - </div> - -<h3>HON. NATHAN WESTON OF AUGUSTA, ME.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">John Weston</span>, from whom the subject of this memoir is the -fourth in descent, came from Buckinghamshire in England to this -country, in 1644, at the age of 13. After residing a few years -in Salem, he purchased a tract of land in what is now South Reading, -Ms., to which he removed, and where he spent the residue of his -days. He died in 1723; being more than 90 years of age. It is -noted on his gravestone, that he was one of the founders of the -church in Reading. A part of his estate remained in the hands of -his posterity for over one hundred years. Stephen, his son, was a -pious, industrious, and respectable man. He had a farm in Reading, -where he died in 1753, at the age of 88.</p> - -<p>Stephen, his son, became the owner of a farm in Wilmington, -Ms. He was a leading man there, distinguished for his piety, and -was for many years Deacon of the church in that town, where he -died in 1776, in his 81st year. Nathan, his fifth son, was born at -Wilmington, in 1740. He married Elisabeth, the mother of the -subject of this Memoir. She was the daughter of Samuel Bancroft, -Esq., of Reading, who represented that town for many years -in the General Court, and sister of the late Rev. Dr. Bancroft of -Worcester. He (Nathan) removed to that part of Hallowell which -is now Augusta, in Maine, then a part of Massachusetts, in 1781. -He was for several years in the State government of Massachusetts,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[279]</a></span> -being, at different times, a member of the House, Senate, and -Council of that Commonwealth. He died in 1832, at the advanced -age of nearly 93 years.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nathan Weston</span>, his son and the subject of this Memoir, was -born at Hallowell, now Augusta, July 27, 1782. He pursued his -studies, preparatory to his entering college, at Hallowell Academy, -under the direction of the late Preceptor Moody. He was graduated -at Dartmouth College, in 1803. He went immediately into the -study of the law. After reading a few months with Benjamin -Whitwell, Esq., of Augusta, he entered the office of George Blake, -Esq., Attorney for the United States, for the Massachusetts District, -at Boston, where he prosecuted his studies, until his admission to -the bar, in the county of Suffolk, in July, 1806.</p> - -<p>He soon after opened an office at Augusta, but in March, 1807, -removed to New Gloucester, in the county of Cumberland, where -he continued in full practice in his profession three years, representing -that town in 1808, in the General Court of Massachusetts. In -June, 1809, he married Paulina B., daughter of the Hon. Daniel -Cony, and returned to Augusta, in March, 1810, where he now -(1847) resides. He continued the practice of the law until the fall -of 1811, when he was made Chief-Justice of the Circuit Court of -Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, -in which he continued to officiate until the separation of Maine, in -1820. He then became one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial -Court, and in October, 1834, he was appointed Chief-Justice of that -State, which office he held till October, 1841, when his term of -office expired. In 1831, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws -was conferred upon him at Dartmouth College, and afterwards at -Waterville and Bowdoin Colleges, Maine.</p> - -<p>In February, 1825, at a general meeting of the members of both -houses of the Legislature, then sitting in Portland, without distinction -of party, he was with great unanimity nominated for the office -of Governor, but preferring to remain on the bench, he declined the -nomination.</p> - -<p>Judge Weston has four sons; Nathan, Daniel Cony, who married -Mary C. North, granddaughter of the late General William -North of New York, George Melville, and Charles. The first three -were educated at Bowdoin College, and are now in the practice of -law; one in Augusta, one in Orono, and one in Vassalborough, in -Maine. His third son, George Melville, is Attorney for the State -for the county of Kennebec. Charles, his fourth son, has been a -midshipman in the Navy of the United States. Of his daughters, -Paulina Cony died in 1820, aged two years. Two survive, namely, -Catharine Martin and Louisa Matilda.</p> - -<p>Chief-Justice Weston is not known as the author of any published -work, beyond an occasional oration or address, in his -younger days; but the decisions of the Supreme Court of Maine, -now extended to about twenty volumes, are filled with legal opinions -drawn by him, which will remain a monument of his learning -and industry.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_280" id="Page_280">[280]</a></span></p> - - -<h3>HON. RICHARD LAW OF NEW LONDON, CT.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot"> -<p>[This memoir was obtained through the instrumentality of Prof. Kingsley of Yale College.]</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Richard Law</span> was a son of the Hon. Jonathan Law, Governor -of Connecticut, and was born at Milford, on the 17th of March, -1733. He was educated at Yale College, where he was graduated -in 1751, and where also he received the degree of LL. D. Immediately -after graduating, he entered upon the study of the law, in the -office and under the instruction of that able jurist and accomplished -lawyer, the Hon. Jared Ingersoll; and after a course of studies -usual at that day, he was, soon after the age of 21, admitted to the -bar, at New Haven; and immediately removed, and settled at New -London, where he became highly distinguished in his profession. As -an advocate at the bar, his style was pure and correct, but not copious -and flowing. He was distinguished more as a learned lawyer, a -close logician, a fair special pleader, than an eloquent orator. His -talents were better adapted to a court than a jury. He possessed -a discrimination, and power of seeing and seizing the great point -in the case—the point on which it must turn; and by a course of -special pleadings—by drawing on the "<em>heartstrings of the law</em>," -he had a faculty of presenting his point, by forming an issue in law -for the decision of the court, most favorably for his client; and on -such issues, from the logical structure of his mind, he was powerful. -He was thoroughly read in the ancient English law authorities; -and few American lawyers or jurists, of his day and age, -better understood the great principles of the English common law, -or could better discriminate between such of those principles as -were applicable to the genius of a republican government, and such -as were not, than Judge Law. Those which he adopted formed, -as it respected the common law, the polestar of his judicial -decisions.</p> - -<p>After a full and lucrative practice of several years, in consequence -of ill health, he was induced to relinquish the bar, and accept a -seat as Chief-Judge on the Bench of the County Court for the -county of New London. This office he held until May, 1784, -when he was appointed one of the Judges of the Superior Court.</p> - -<p>In May, 1776, he was chosen an Assistant, a member of the -Council or upper house of Assembly, which office he held by annual -elections of the freemen, until May, 1786, when an act was -passed excluding Judges from a seat in the Legislature.</p> - -<p>In 1777, it is believed that at May session, he was appointed by -the General Assembly a member of Congress; and continued with -little, if any intermission, a member of that body until 1782.</p> - -<p>On granting the charter to the city of New London, he was by -the freemen in March, 1784, unanimously chosen Mayor; which -office he held until his death—a period of nearly twenty-two years.</p> - -<p>On the return of peace, after the Revolution, he was appointed -with the Hon. Roger Sherman, to revise the code of Statute Laws -of the State. This code had not been revised for thirty years, and -had accumulated to a great size, from the great variety of statutes<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_281" id="Page_281">[281]</a></span> -enacted in the emergencies of the Revolution. In its subjects of correction, -a work of great interest and importance, it required no -small ability so to select and discriminate as to give universal satisfaction. -In the discharge of which duty he discovered great knowledge -of the science of legislation, and the true principles of national -government.</p> - -<p>In May, 1786, he was appointed Chief-Judge of the Superior -Court; and continued in that office until the adoption of the Constitution -of the United States; when being by President Washington -appointed District Judge of the District of Connecticut, in October, -1789, he resigned the former and accepted the latter, which -he held until his death, which occurred at New London, Jan. 26, -1806, in the 73rd year of his age.</p> - -<p>Judge Law lived in an eventful period of his country, and of the -world; and the many and various important offices which he held -and honorably sustained through the course of a long life, better -bespeak, than language can express, the character, the worth, and -merits of the man.</p> - - -<h3>REV. NAPHTALI SHAW OF BRADFORD, VT.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Naphtali Shaw</span> was born at Bridgewater, Ms., June 20, 1764, -and was the fourth son of his parents. His father, who was by -occupation a tanner and shoemaker, was William Shaw, who lived -in Bridgewater, and married Hannah, daughter of Samuel West, -who was a Deacon of the Congregational Church in that place, and -lived to be more than eighty years of age. He had five sons and -six daughters. At the age of fifteen the subject of this Memoir -enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and went with others -to take Rhode Island, which was in 1779 in possession of the -British, but he did not continue long in the service, the object being -accomplished. He prepared for college under the instructions of -Dr. Crane, a physician of Titicut Parish, and the Rev. Dr. Reed of -West Bridgewater. In 1786, he entered the Freshman Class of -Dartmouth College, and graduated there in 1790. After receiving -his bachelor's degree, he taught school at Easton, Ms., and at Boston, -as an assistant of Mr. Caleb Bingham, an instructor of much -celebrity. His theological course of study was pursued under the -direction of the Rev. Dr. Sanger of Bridgewater, who was in the -habit of educating young men for the ministry. He was approbated -to preach the gospel, as it was then called, by the Plymouth Association -of Ministers, Aug. 1, 1792. Jan. 30, 1793, he was ordained -Pastor of the church in Kensington, N. H., where he remained till -Jan. 13, 1813, when he was dismissed on account of ill health. His -ministry was pacific and useful; peace and harmony were restored, -and the cause of education, morals, and religion promoted. His -health was such, that upon resignation, he retired from the ministry, -and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, having purchased a farm -in the town of Bradford, Vt., where he still lives in the enjoyment of -his bodily and mental powers, to a good degree, at the age of 84 years.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_282" id="Page_282">[282]</a></span></p> - -<p>Mr. Shaw married, June 10, 1798, Mary Crafts, daughter of Dr. -John Staples Crafts of Bridgewater, who was to him a great blessing. -"The greatest blessing," said Martin Luther, "with which a -man can be favored is a pious and amiable wife, who fears God -and loves her family, with whom he may live in peace, and in -whom he may repose confidence." The wife of Mr. Shaw died -Jan. 14, 1840. Their children were four;—Thomas Crafts, living -in Bradford, Vt., a farmer, and a deacon of the church in that place, -who married Sarah Jenkins, by whom he has two daughters, Sarah -Jane and Mary Ann; Eliza Park, who married Dea. Randell H. -Wild of West Fairlee, who died in Bradford, Dec. 22, 1841, leaving -two daughters, Elisabeth and Emily; Samuel West, who married -Jerusha Bliss of Fairlee, and died March 12, 1832, leaving no -child; Mary Ann, who died July 12, 1808, in childhood.</p> - - -<h3>HON. NAHUM MITCHELL OF PLYMOUTH.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nahum Mitchell</span> was born in East Bridgewater, Feb. 12, 1769. -His father was Cushing Mitchell, son of Col. Edward, grandson of -Edward, and great-grandson of Experience, who was one of the -Pilgrim forefathers, and arrived at Plymouth in the third ship, the -Ann, in 1623. They all lived and died in East Bridgewater, on the -spot which their descendants now occupy. His mother was Jennet, -daughter of the Hon. Hugh Orr, from Lochwinioch, County of -Renfrew, Scotland, who married Mary, daughter of Capt. Jonathan -Bass of East Bridgewater, whose father was Dea. Samuel Bass of -Braintree, whose father was John, who married Ruth, daughter of -the Hon. John Alden, the Pilgrim; and John's father was Dea. -Samuel Bass of Braintree, (now Quincy.) Capt. Jonathan Bass's -wife was Susanna, daughter of Nicholas Byram of East Bridgewater, -whose wife was Mary, daughter of Dea. Samuel Edson of -West Bridgewater, and whose father, Nicholas Byram, married -Susanna, daughter of Abraham Shaw of Dedham.</p> - -<p>Cushing Mitchell's mother was Elisabeth, daughter of Elisha -Cushing of Hingham, a descendant from Matthew Cushing, one of -the first settlers in Hingham, and ancestor of all of the name in this -part of the country, and whose father was Peter Cushing of Hingham -in England. Matthew's wife was Nazareth, daughter of Henry -Pitcher. Matthew's son Daniel married Lydia, daughter of -Edward Gilman, ancestor of all the Gilmans in New England. -Daniel's son Daniel, father of Elisha, married Elisabeth, daughter of -Capt. John Thaxter of Hingham, son of Thomas, the ancestor of all -the Thaxters in this vicinity. Capt. John Thaxter's wife was Elisabeth, -daughter of Nicholas Jacob, or Jacobs, of Hingham.</p> - -<p>Col. Edward Mitchell's mother was Alice, daughter of Maj. John -Bradford of Kingston, son of William, Deputy-Governor, and grandson -of William Bradford, the Governor. The Governor's wife -was widow Alice Southworth, her maiden name Carpenter. William -the Deputy's wife was Alice, daughter of Thomas Richards -of Weymouth. Maj. John's wife was Mercy, daughter of Joseph<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_283" id="Page_283">[283]</a></span> -Warren, son of Richard Warren, and his wife Elisabeth, from -London. Joseph's wife was Priscilla, daughter of John, and sister -of Eld. Thomas Faunce of Plymouth. Col. Edward Mitchell's -mother, after the death of his father, married Dea. Joshua Hersey of -Hingham.</p> - -<p>The subject of this Memoir prepared for college with the Hon. -Beza Hayward, in Bridgewater, and entered Harvard College, July, -1785, where he graduated in 1789. He kept school at Weston, -while in college, and a few times after graduating, in Bridgewater -and Plymouth; and was engaged in instructing part of the time -while attending to his professional studies. He read law with the -Hon. John Davis, Judge of the District Court of Massachusetts, -lately deceased in Boston, but then living in Plymouth, his native -place. He was admitted to the bar, Nov. 24, 1792, and settled in -the practice of the law in East Bridgewater, his native place.</p> - -<p>Judge Mitchell was Justice of the Circuit Court of Common -Pleas for the Southern Circuit, from 1811 to 1821, inclusive, being -Chief-Justice during the last two years of that time. He was Representative -to General Court from Bridgewater seven years between -1798 and 1812; Representative in Congress from Plymouth District -two years, from 1803 to 1805; Senator from Plymouth County two -years, 1813 and 1814; Counsellor from 1814 to 1820, inclusive; -Treasurer of the Commonwealth five years, from 1822 to 1827; -Representative to General Court from Boston, 1839 and 1840, in -which place he then resided. He was appointed by the Governor -one of the Commissioners for settling the boundary lines between -Massachusetts and Rhode Island; and afterwards, for settling the -line between Massachusetts and Connecticut; and was Chairman -of the first Commissioners for exploring and surveying the country -from Boston to Albany for a railroad route, 1827, and is a member -of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and has been Librarian -and Treasurer of that institution. He was also several years -President of the Bible Society in Plymouth county.</p> - -<p>Judge Mitchell married, in 1794, Nabby, daughter of Gen. Silvanus -Lazell of East Bridgewater, and has 5 children, Harriet, Silvanus -L., Mary Orr, Elisabeth Cushing, James Henry. Harriet -married the Hon. Nathaniel M. Davis, Esq., of Plymouth; Silvanus -L. married Lucia, daughter of Hon. Ezekiel Whitman of Portland, -Me., Chief-Justice of Court of Common Pleas; Mary O. married -David Ames, Jr., Esq., of Springfield; Elisabeth C. married Nathan -D. Hyde of East Bridgewater; James Henry married Harriet Lavinia, -daughter of John Angier of Belfast, Me., and is a merchant in -Philadelphia; Silvanus L. was graduated at H. C., 1817, and he -and his brother-in-law, Hyde, went into business as merchants at -East Bridgewater, and thence removed to Boston.</p> - -<p>Judge Mitchell wrote a short History of Bridgewater, which was -published in 1818, in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical -Society, Vol. VII., 2nd series. He has since published an enlarged -History of the Early Settlement of that Town, with a particular -Genealogy or Family Register of the Early Settlers.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_284" id="Page_284">[284]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="ADVICE" id="ADVICE"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">ADVICE OF A DYING FATHER TO HIS SON.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p class="pfs80">Dated January 27, 1716.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>[The following article was addressed by the Rev. William Brattle of Cambridge to William -Brattle, his son and only child who lived to maturity, while he was preparing for college. -The father was a man distinguished for "piety, wisdom, and charity;" and the son "was a -man of extraordinary talents and character, acceptable as a preacher, eminent as a lawyer, -celebrated as a physician." He was a Major-General in the militia, and much in public office. -May it not be supposed that this paternal Advice from an affectionate father to a son of filial -affection and an obedient disposition, had great effect in making him what he was? For this -and several other articles of an antiquarian nature we are indebted to Charles Ewer, Esq.]</p></div> - - -<p>1. Agreeably to what is written 1 Chron. xxviii, 9, My dear Son, -know thou the God of thy father, & serve him with a perfect heart, and -with a willing mind. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but -if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.</p> - -<p>2. Think often of thine own frailty, and of the uncertainly and emptiness -of all Sublunary Enjoyments. Value not Self upon riches. -Value not thy Self upon any worldly advancement whatsoever. Let -faith and Goodness be thy treasure. Let no happiness content and -Sattisfie thee but what secures the favour and peace of God unto thee.</p> - -<p>3. Remember thy baptism, acquaint thy Self well with the nature -and obligations of that Ordinance. Publickly renew thy baptismall -Covenant. Renew it Seasonably in thy early Days with humility and -thirsty desires to enjoy Communion with God in the ordinance of the -Lord's Supper and in all Approaches before God therein bringing faith -and Love and a Self abasing Sence of thine own Emptiness and -unworthyness.</p> - -<p>4. Prize and Esteem the holy word of God infinitly before the finest -of Gold. Reverence it with thy whole heart, read it constantly with -seriousness, and great delight. Meditate much upon it, make it thy -Guide in all thy wayes, fetch all thy Comforts from thence, and by a -religious and holy walk, establish thine Interest in the blessed and -glorious Promises therein contained.</p> - -<p>5. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Reverence God's -Sanctuary. In prayer, in Singing, in hearing God's word Read or -preached, and in every public administration Wait upon God with -outward Reverence and true devotion in thine heart, Remembering -that holyness for ever becomes God's house. When in thy more private -retirements, Still let it be thy Care to Sanctifie God's Sabbath. -Be watchfull therefore over thine heart and over thy thoughts. Call -to mind and run over what thou hast heard in God's house. Read -Savoury books. Catechise thy Self, and others too when God gives -Opportunity.</p> - -<p>6. Take care of thy health, avoid all Excess in eating and in drinking, -in taking thy pleasure, and in all innocent Recreations whatsoever. -Let not immoderate heatt and Colds needlessly Expose thy body.</p> - -<p>7. Beware of Passion. Let not Anger and Wrath infect thine heart, -suffer wrong with Patience, Rather than to right thy Self by unchristian -methods, or by suffering thy spirit to be out of frame.</p> - -<p>8. Labour to establish thy Self and begg of God that he would -Establish thee in the grace of Chastity, keep thine heart clean and -Chast, keep thy Tongue clean and Chast, keep thine hands clean and -Chast, keep thine Eyes clean and Chast. Never trust to thy Self to -be thy keeper, avoid temptations to uncleaness of every nature, be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_285" id="Page_285">[285]</a></span> -watchfull over thy Self night and day, but in the midst of all Let -thine heart be with God, and be thou much in prayer, that God would -be thy keeper. Let all the incentives to Lust as farr as may be, be -avoided by thee.</p> - -<p>9. Speak the Truth alwayes. Let not a Lye defile thy Lips, be -content with Suffering rather than by telling the Least Lie to Save -thy Self. Beware of Shuffling off by disimulation.</p> - -<p>10. Let Pride be an abomination in thy Sight. Cloth thyself with -humility. Let humility be thine under Garment. Let humility be -thine upper Garment.</p> - -<p>11. Despise no man, let the State of his Body or mind or other circumstances -of his, be what they will, still reverence humanity, consider -who made thee to differ.</p> - -<p>12. Be just to all men; be thou courteous and affable to all men; -render not Evil for Evil, but recompense evil with Good. Owe no -man any thing but Love.</p> - -<p>13. Be thou compassionate, tender hearted, and mercifull; do good -to all men, be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; -for with such sacrifices God is evermore well pleased.</p> - -<p>14. Avoid sloth and idleness, give thy Self to thy Studys; converse -with such Authors as may tend to make thee wise and good and to -forward thy growth in true wisdom and goodness.</p> - -<p>15. Acquaint thy Self with History; know something of the Mathematicks, -and Physick; be able to keep Accompts Merchant like in -some measure; but let Divinity be thy main Study. Accomplish thy -Self for the worke of the Ministry, begg of God that he would incline -thine heart therto, and accept thee therin, and if it shall please -God thus to Smile upon thee, aspire not after great things; let the -Providence of God chuse for thee, and let the Flock have the Love of -thy heart; be Solicitous for their Spirituall good, and for the glory of -God; and let thy Aims be this way in all thy private meditations, and -public administrations, all the dayes of thy Life.</p> - -<p>My dear Child, be of a Catholick Spirit.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="RELATIONSHIP" id="RELATIONSHIP"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">RELATIONSHIP.</a></h2> - </div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>In old wills and other old documents the word <em>cousin</em> is sometimes used for <em>nephew</em>, -and thus many errors may occur in tracing out genealogies. Many curious cases of -relationship will be found to exist by those that investigate the descent of families, -some of which cannot be described by the terms we now use to designate consanguinity. -It is surprising, that among the many words that have been coined, some -new terms have not come into use as substitutes for the awkward way we now have -of naming some of our relatives; such as great-great-great grandfather, great-great-great-uncle, -&c. The following curious case was taken from a newspaper; whether the -account is correct or not, the reader may see that it may be true.</p> - -<p class="center">"<em>A man can be his own grandfather.</em></p> - -<p>"A widow and her daughter-in-law and a man and his son—the widow married the -son, the daughter the father; the widow was mother to her husband's father and grandmother -to her husband; they had a son to whom she was great-grandmother. Now as -the son of a great-grandmother must be either a grandfather or great-uncle, the boy -must be one or the other. This was the case of a boy in Connecticut."</p></div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[286]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="DECEASE" id="DECEASE"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">DECEASE OF THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p class="pfs80">Chronologically arranged.</p> - -<p class="pfs70">(Continued from p. 74.)</p> - - - -<p class="center">1648.</p> - -<p>Oct. 11, Rev. Henry Green of Reading.</p> - - -<p class="center">1649.</p> - -<p>March 26, Gov. John Winthrop of Boston, b. Jan. 12, 1588, d., a. 61.</p> -<p>Aug. 25, Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge, b. Nov. 5, 1605, d., a. 44.</p> - - -<p class="center">1650.</p> - -<p>Sept. 11, Atherton Hough of Boston, an Assistant.</p> - - -<p class="center">1651.</p> - -<p>Aug. —, William Thomas, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony, d., a. 77.</p> - - -<p class="center">1652.</p> - -<p>Aug. 24, Adam Winthrop, Esq., of Boston, d., a. 33.</p> -<p>Sept. 14, Capt. Bozoun Allen of Boston, formerly of Hingham.</p> -<p>Dec. 23, Rev. John Cotton of Boston d., a. 67. (The old "Boston Book" - says, Mr. Cotton d. 15th of 10th month.)</p> - -<p class="center">1653.</p> - -<p>Jan. 18, Capt. William Tyng of Boston, Treasurer of the Colony.</p> -<p>July 31, Gov. Thomas Dudley of Roxbury d., a. 77.</p> -<p class="in4">Rev. Nathaniel Ward, first minister of Ipswich, d. in England, a. 83.</p> -<p>Nov. 8, Rev. John Lothrop of Barnstable.</p> -<p>Oct. 8, Hon. Thomas Flint of Concord.</p> - -<p class="center">1654.</p> - -<p>Jan. —, John Glover of Dorchester, an Assistant.</p> -<p class="in4">Gov. John Haynes of Hartford, Ct.</p> -<p>July 23, William Hibbins, an Assistant, d. at Boston.</p> -<p>Dec. 9, Gen. Edward Gibbons of Boston.</p> - -<p class="center">1655.</p> - -<p>May 8, Edward Winslow of Plymouth d. on board the Fleet, a. 61.</p> -<p>July 3, Rev. Nathaniel Rogers of Ipswich d., a. 57.</p> -<p class="in4">Rev. Daniel Maud of Dover, N. H. He had taught a school for - some years in Boston before he went to Dover.</p> -<p class="in4">Henry Wolcott, the ancestor of the governors of Connecticut - by this name, d., a. 78.</p> - -<p class="center">1656.</p> - -<p class="in4">Capt. Miles Standish of Duxbury d., a. ab. 72.</p> -<p class="in4">Capt. Robert Bridges of Lynn, an Assistant.</p> -<p>1668? Rev. Peter Prudden of Milford, Ct., d., a. 56.</p> -<p>March 23, Capt. Robert Keaine, merchant in Boston.</p> -<p>Oct. 22, Rev. James Noyes of Newbury d., a. 48.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[287]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center">1657.</p> - -<p>Jan. 7, Gov. Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut d., a. 66.</p> -<p>March —, Gov. Edward Hopkins d. in London, a. 57.</p> -<p class="in4">George Fenwick, the first settler of Saybrook, d. in England.</p> -<p>May 9, Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth, d., a. 69.</p> - -<p class="center">1658.</p> - -<p class="in4">Rev. Ralph Partridge of Duxbury.</p> -<p class="in4">John Coggan of Boston.</p> - -<p class="center">1659.</p> - -<p>Feb. 27, Rev. Henry Dunster of Scituate d., (buried at Cambridge.)</p> -<p>March 9, Rev. Peter Bulkley of Concord d., a. 77.</p> -<p>April 10, Rev. Edward Norris of Salem d., a. ab. 70.</p> -<p>Sept. 29, John Johnson of Roxbury.</p> - -<p class="center">1660.</p> - -<p>Oct. 16, Rev. Hugh Peters executed in England, a. 61.</p> - -<p class="center">1661.</p> - -<p>Jan. 23, Rev. Ezekiel Rogers of Rowley, a. 70.</p> -<p>Sept. 17, Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester. He was - killed by a fall from his horse on Boston Common, - when on his return from a military review on the - Common. Mr. Savage and the inscription on his tombstone - say, that he died on the 16th, but other authority,<a name="FNanchor_25" id="FNanchor_25"></a><a href="#Footnote_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a> - and incontrovertible, says, on the "17th at about 1 - o'clock, after midnight."</p> -<p>Dec. 28, Rev. Timothy Dalton of Hampton d., a. ab. 84.</p> - -<p class="center">1662.</p> - -<p>March 1, Rev. Ralph Smith d. at Boston.</p> -<p>March 30, Rev. Samuel Hough, minister of Reading, d. in Boston.</p> -<p>June 14, Sir Henry Vane executed in England, a. 50.</p> -<p>Oct. —, William Pynchon d. at Wraisbury, Bucks, a. 72.</p> - -<p class="center">1663.</p> - -<p>——, Thomas Camock, nephew of the Earl of Warwick, d. in - Scarborough, Me. If he is the same who is named in - the 2nd charter of Virginia, 1609, he was quite - advanced in years.</p> -<p class="in4">Rev. Richard Denton of Stamford, Ct., [ab. 1663.]</p> -<p>April 5, Rev. John Norton of Boston, a. 57.</p> -<p>June 12, Rev. John Miller d. at Groton.</p> -<p>July 5, Rev. Samuel Newman of Rehoboth, a. 63.</p> -<p>July 20, Rev. Samuel Stone of Hartford.</p> - -<p class="center">1665.</p> - -<p>Jan. 9, Rev. Samuel Eaton of New Haven.</p> -<p>March 15, Gov. John Endecott of Boston, a. 77.</p> -<p>July 15, Capt. Richard Davenport, killed by lightning at Castle William, a. 59.</p> -<p class="in4">Rev. Adam Blackman of Stratford.</p> -<p class="in4">Dr. John Clark of Boston, a. 66.</p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_288" id="Page_288">[288]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="NEW_ENGLAND" id="NEW_ENGLAND"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">NEW ENGLAND.</a></h2> - </div> - - -<p>The following is an extract from "<span class="smcap">A new description of the world</span>,—London, -printed for Hen. Rhodes, next door to the Swan Tavern, near Brides-Lane, -in Fleet-Street, 1689."</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><em>NEW ENGLAND</em>, an <em>English</em> Colony in America, is bounded on the North-East -with <em>Novumbegua</em>, on the Southwest with <em>Novum Belgium</em>; and on the -other parts by the Woods and Sea coast; scituate in the middle of Temperate -Zone, between the degrees of 41 and 44, equally distant from the Artick Circle, -and the Tropick of <em>Cancer</em>; which renders it very temperate and very agreeable -to the Constitution of <em>English</em> Bodies, the Soil being alike Fruitful, if not in -some places exceeding ours; all sorts of Grain and Fruit trees common with us -growing kindly there; The Woods there are very great, wherein for the most -part the Native <em>Indians</em> dwell Fortefying themselves as in Towns or places of -defence, living upon Deer and such other Creatures, as those vast Wildernesses -whose extents are unknown to the <em>English</em> abound with; there are in this -Country store of Ducks, Geese, Turkies, Pigeons, Cranes, Swans, Partridges, -and almost all sort of Fowl, and Cattle, common to us in <em>Old England</em>; together -with Furs, Amber, Flax, Pitch, Cables, Mast, and in brief whatever may conduce -to profit and pleasure; the Native <em>Indians</em>, in these parts are more tractable, -if well used, than in any other; many of them though unconverted, often -saying, that our God is a good God, but their <em>Tanto</em> evil, which <em>Tanto</em> is no -other than the Devil, or a wicked Spirit that haunts them every Moon, which -obliges them to Worship him for fear, though to those that are converted to -Christianity he never appears.</p> - -<p>This <em>English</em> Colony after many Attempts and bad Successes was firmly -Established 1620, at what time <em>New Plymouth</em> was Built and Fortified; so that -the <em>Indians</em> thereby being over-aw'd, suffered the Planters without controul to -Build other Towns, the chief of which are <em>Bristol</em>, <em>Boston</em>, <em>Barnstaple</em>, and others, -alluding to the Names of Sea Towns in <em>Old England</em>; and are accommodated -with many curious Havens commodious for Shipping, and the Country -watered with pleasant Rivers of extraordinary largeness; so abounding with -Fish, that they are not taken for dainties; and for a long time they were all -Governed at their own dispose, and Laws made by a Convocation of Planters, -<em>&c.</em> but of late they have submitted to receive a Governor from <em>England</em>.</p> - -<p><em>NOVUM BELGIUM</em>, or the <em>New Neitherlands</em>, lies in this tract on the South -of <em>New England</em>, extending from 38 to 41 degrees North Latitude; a place into -which the <em>Hollanders</em> intruded themselves, considerable Woody; which Woods -naturally abound with Nuts and wild Grapes, replenished with Deer, and such -Creatures as yield them store of Furrs, as the Rivers and Plains do Fish and -Fowl; rich Pastures, and Trees of extraordinary bigness, with Flax, Hemp, -and Herbage; the ground very kindly bearing the Product of <em>Europe</em>; and here -the Natives, such as live in Hutts and Woods, go clad in Beasts Skins, their -Household goods consisting of a Wooden dish, a Tobacco Pipe, and a Hatchet -made of a sharp Flint Stone, their Weapons Bows and Arrows; though the -<em>Dutch</em> unfairly to their cost, out of a covetous Humor, traded with them for -Guns, Swords, <em>&c.</em>, shewing the use of them which the <em>Indians</em> turning upon -their quondam Owners, found an opportunity to send 400 of their new Guests -into the other World; and here the chief Town is <em>New Amsterdam</em>, commodiously -Scituate for Trade, and the Reception of Shipping.</p></div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[289]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="TIME" id="TIME"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">TIME OF THE ARRIVAL IN NEW ENGLAND OF THE -FOLLOWING MINISTERS.</a></h2> - </div> - - -<div class="textcol"> -<p class="pad4">1630.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. John Maverick.<br /> -Rev. John Warham.<br /> -Rev. John Wilson.<br /> -Rev. George Phillips.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1631.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. John Eliot.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1632.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Thomas Weld.<br /> -Rev. Thomas James.<br /> -Rev. Stephen Bachiler.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1633.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. John Cotton.<br /> -Rev. Thomas Hooker.<br /> -Rev. Samuel Stone.<br /> -Rev. William Leveredge?</p> - -<p class="pad4">1634.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. John Lathrop.<br /> -Rev. John Miller?<br /> -Rev. James Noyes.<br /> -Rev. Thomas Parker.<br /> -Rev. Zechariah Symmes.<br /> -Rev. Nathaniel Ward.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1635.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Peter Bulkley.<br /> -Rev. John Avery.<br /> -Rev. George Burdet?<br /> -Rev. Henry Flint.<br /> -Rev. Peter Hobart.<br /> -Rev. John Reyner?<br /> -Rev. Richard Mather.<br /> -Rev. Hugh Peters.<br /> -Rev. John Norton.<br /> -Rev. Thomas Shepard.<br /> -Rev. William Walton.<br /> -Rev. John Jones.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1636.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Ralph Partridge.</p> -</div> - -<div class="textcol"> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Samuel Whiting.<br /> -Rev. Nathaniel Rogers.<br /> -Rev. John Wheelwright.<br /> -Rev. Thomas Jenner.<br /> -Rev. Samuel Newman.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1637.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. John Allin.<br /> -Rev. Edmund Brown.<br /> -Rev. Thomas Cobbet.<br /> -Rev. Timothy Dalton?<br /> -Rev. John Davenport.<br /> -Rev. John Fiske.<br /> -Rev. John Harvard.<br /> -Rev. George Moxon.<br /> -Rev. William Thompson.<br /> -Rev. John Prudden.<br /> -Rev. Samuel Eaton.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1638.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Ezekiel Rogers.<br /> -Rev. Robert Peck.<br /> -Rev. Edward Norris.<br /> -Rev. Charles Chauncy.<br /> -Rev. Thomas Allen.<br /> -Rev. Henry Phillips?<br /> -Rev. Marmaduke Matthews.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1639.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. John Knowles.<br /> -Rev. Henry Whitfield.<br /> -Rev. Richard Denton?<br /> -Rev. Jonathan Burr.<br /> -Rev. Ephraim Hewett.<br /> -Rev. Henry Smith.<br /> -Rev. John Ward.<br /> -Rev. William Worcester.<br /> -Rev. Abraham Pierson?</p> - -<p class="pad4">1640.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Henry Dunster.</p> - -<p class="pad4">1641.</p> -<p class="noindent"> -Rev. Richard Blinman?</p> -</div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[290]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="GEN" id="GEN"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">GENEALOGIES AND THEIR MORAL.</a></h2> - </div> - - -<p>We were carelessly looking over a genealogy of the "Minot Family" in the -second number of the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," -when suddenly our eyes were suffused with tears, as they rested on the following -sentence in the catalogue of the children of Capt. John Minot, who died in -Dorchester, 1669:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>"Martha, born Sept. 22, 1657; died, single, Nov. 23, 1678, aged 21. She was engaged -to be married, but died unmarried, leaving a will in which she directed that at her -funeral her betrothed husband, 'John Morgan, Jr. be all over mourning, and follow next -after me.'"</p></div> - -<p>What a history is there in these few words about Martha Minot, who lived -almost two centuries ago! The mind runs back in a moment to those times, -when almost all New England was a wilderness—to those days of the old -Indian wars, when no man could be a "captain" without being a man of some -rank and consequence. Just after the close of King Philip's war, when the -villages of New England were all in peace, Capt. John Minot's daughter Martha, -twenty-one years of age, and having come into possession of her share of -her father's estate, had plighted her troth to one she loved, and was expecting -to be married too, when disease fastened upon her young frame, and would not -be repelled. In the chill November air, when</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"The melancholy days were come, the saddest of the year,"</p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">she faded like a leaf. And at her burial there followed, nearer than brother or -sister, nearest to the hearse, the one whom, of all the living, she loved most, from -whom to part had been to her more painful than the death-pang, and who had -been in her thoughts till "the love-light in her eye" was extinguished. That -single item in her directions for her funeral, that "John Morgan, Jr., be all over -mourning, and follow next after me," tells the whole story.</p> - -<p>Nothing seems, at first sight, less interesting or less instructive, than a genealogical -table, a mere register of names and dates. But such a passage as that -which we have quoted—so picturesque, so suggestive, so touching, so dramatic—when -it occurs in the midst of these dry records, throws out an electric light -at every link in the chain of generations. Each of those names in the table -is the memorial—perhaps the only memorial—of a human heart that once -lived and loved; a heart that kept its steady pulsations through some certain -period of time, and then ceased to beat and mouldered into dust. Each of those -names is the memorial of an individual human life that had its joys and sorrows, -its cares and burthens, its affections and hopes, its conflicts and achievements, -its opportunities wasted or improved, and its hour of death. Each of -those dates of "birth," "marriage," "death,"—O how significant! What a -day was each of those dates to some human family, or to some circle of loving -human hearts!</p> - -<p>To read a genealogy then may be, to a thinking mind, like walking in a -cemetery, and reading the inscriptions on the gravestones. As we read, we -may say with the poet—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"To a mysteriously-consorted pair,</p> -<p class="verse">This place is consecrate—to Death and Life."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The presence of death drives the mind to thoughts of immortality. Memorials -of the dead are memorials not of death only, but of life. They lived, and -therefore they died; and as the mind thinks of the dead gathered to their fathers, -it cannot but think of the unseen worlds which they inhabit. All these -names are memorials of human spirits that have passed from time into eternity. -Ready or unprepared, in youth or in maturity, in childhood or in old age, they -went into eternity, as we are going.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[291]</a></span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"The nursling, and the tottering little one</p> -<p class="verse">Taken from air and sunshine when the rose</p> -<p class="verse">Of infancy first blooms upon his cheek;</p> -<p class="verse">The thinking, thoughtless schoolboy; the bold youth</p> -<p class="verse">Of soul impetuous, and the bashful maid,</p> -<p class="verse">Smitten when all the promises of life</p> -<p class="verse">Are opening round her; those of middle age,</p> -<p class="verse">Cast down while confident in strength they stand,</p> -<p class="verse">Like pillars fixed more firmly, as might seem,</p> -<p class="verse">And more secure, by very weight of all</p> -<p class="verse">That for support rests on them; the decayed</p> -<p class="verse">And burthensome; and lastly that poor few</p> -<p class="verse">Whose light of reason is with age extinct;</p> -<p class="verse">The hopeful and the hopeless, first and last,</p> -<p class="verse">The earliest summoned and the longest spared,</p> -<p class="verse">Are here deposited."</p> -</div></div> - -<p>The genealogical chapters in Genesis and Chronicles are commonly and very -naturally regarded as being almost if not quite an exception to the testimony, -"All Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction -in righteousness." But the story is told of a man who had long been irreligious -and thoughtless, that in some vacant hour he happened to open his -Bible, and began to read the catalogue of antediluvians, in the fifth chapter of -Genesis. As he read that one lived so many years and he <em>died</em>, and another -lived so many years and he died, the uniformity of the record arrested his -attention, his mind was awakened to new thoughts of the significancy of death -and life, and thus he was led to realize the ends of his existence, and to dedicate -himself, in penitence and trust, to a forgiving God.—<cite>New York Evangelist.</cite></p> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="FIRST_SETTLERS" id="FIRST_SETTLERS"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">FIRST SETTLERS OF RHODE ISLAND.</a></h2> - </div> - -<p class="pfs80">BY THE LATE JOHN FARMER, ESQ.</p> - -<div class="textcol3"> -<p class="noindent"> -Roger Williams,<br /> -John Thockmorton,<br /> -William Arnold,<br /> -William Harris,<br /> -Stukeley Westcot,<br /> -Thomas Olney, Sen.<br /> -Thomas Olney, Jun.<br /> -John Greene,<br /> -Richard Waterman,<br /> -Thomas James,<br /> -Robert Cole,<br /> -William Carpenter,<br /> -Francis Weston,<br /> -Ezekiel Holleman,<br /> -Robert Williams,<br /> -John Smith,<br /> -Hugh Bewitt,<br /> -William Wickenden,<br /> -John Field,<br /> -Thomas Hopkins,<br /> -William Hawkins,<br /> -William Hutchinson,<br /> -Edward Hutchinson, Jun.<br /> -John Coggeshall,<br /> -William Aspinwall,<br /> -Samuel Wildbore,<br /> -John Porter,<br /> -John Sandford,<br /> -Edward Hutchinson,<br /> -Thomas Savage,<br /> -William Dyre,<br /> -William Freeborn,</p> -</div> - -<div class="textcol3"> -<p class="noindent"> -Philip Sherman,<br /> -John Walker,<br /> -Richard Carder,<br /> -William Baulston,<br /> -Henry Bull,<br /> -William Coddington,<br /> -John Clark,<br /> -Edward Cope,<br /> -Chad. Brown,<br /> -Daniel Brown,<br /> -Henry Brown,<br /> -John Brown,<br /> -Samuel Bennett,<br /> -Hugh Bewett,<br /> -Adam Goodwin,<br /> -Henry Fowler,<br /> -Arthur Fenner,<br /> -Henry Reddock,<br /> -Thomas Sucklin,<br /> -Christopher Smith,<br /> -Richard Pray,<br /> -Nicholas Power,<br /> -Stephen Northup,<br /> -Edward Hart,<br /> -Benjamin Herenden,<br /> -Edward Inman,<br /> -John Jones,<br /> -James Matthewson,<br /> -Henry Neale,<br /> -William Man,<br /> -—— Jinckes,<br /> -Roger Mawry,</p> -</div> - -<div class="textcol3"> -<p class="noindent"> -Edward Manton,<br /> -Shadrach Manton,<br /> -George Shepard,<br /> -Edward Smith,<br /> -Benjamin Smith,<br /> -John Smith, (the Mason.)<br /> -John Smith, (Sen.)<br /> -John Smith, (Jun.)<br /> -John Smith, (Jamaica,)<br /> -Epenetus Olney,<br /> -Lawrence Wilkinson,<br /> -Daniel Williams,<br /> -Christopher Onthank,<br /> -Joshua Verin,<br /> -John Sayles,<br /> -Richard Scott,<br /> -Joan Tyler,<br /> -Joshua Winsor,<br /> -Valentine Whitman,<br /> -George Way,<br /> -William White,<br /> -Thomas Walling,<br /> -John Warren,<br /> -John Whipple,<br /> -Matthew Waller,<br /> -Robert Williams,<br /> -Joseph Williams,<br /> -William Wickenden,<br /> -Robert R. West,<br /> -Pardon Tillighast.</p> -</div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[292]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="MARRIAGES_AND_DEATHS" id="MARRIAGES_AND_DEATHS"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.</a></h2> - </div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>[Our authorities for most of our records of Marriages and Deaths are the newspapers. -These may not always be correct.]</p></div> - - -<div class="blockquoty"> - -<div class="textcol"> -<p><span class="pad4 lsp">MARRIAGES.</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bates, John S., Esq.</span>, of Canandaigua, N. -Y., to <span class="smcap">Annie M.</span>, daughter of Gen. Timothy -Upham of Boston, late of Portsmouth, -N. H., May 19.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bigelow, H. J.</span>, M. D., to <span class="smcap">Susan</span>, daughter -of William Sturgis, Boston, May 8.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Brown, Abner Hartwell</span>, M. D., of -Lowell, Prof. of Chemistry in Willoughby -Medical College, O., to <span class="smcap">Susan -Augusta</span>, daughter of Rev. Dr. Shurtleff, -late Prof. in Dartmouth College, -April 13.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Burlingame, Anson</span>, Attorney, of Boston, -to <span class="smcap">Jane Cornelia</span>, daughter of -Hon. Isaac Livermore of Cambridge, -June 3.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Coffin, Rev. Ezekiel W.</span>, Minister of the -Universalist Society in Attleboro', to -<span class="smcap">Miss Mary Eliza Webber</span> of Boston, -May 30.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Foster, Fordyce</span>, M. D., to <span class="smcap">Miss Adeline -Jane Tower</span>, Cohasset, March 24.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gilman, Woodbury</span>, M. D., to <span class="smcap">Miss C. -W. Hayes</span>, only daughter of Lewis -Hayes, Esq., Kittery, Me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Harding, Spencer S.</span>, of Boston, to <span class="smcap">Louisa -T.</span>, daughter of Prof. Joseph Dana of -Athens, O., April 6.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Johnson, Rev. John</span>, appointed missionary -to China, to <span class="smcap">Arethusa Anna</span>, -daughter of Abel Stevens, Esq., of Eastport, -Me., May 30.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Lemon, John J.</span>, of Boston, to <span class="smcap">Miss Emma -L. Badger</span> of Philadelphia, daughter of -the late George Dier Badger of Windham, -Ct., March 20.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Russell, Bradford</span>, Attorney, Groton, -to <span class="smcap">Miss Maria Prouty</span> of Sterling, -March 25.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeger, Edwin</span>, M. D., of Springfield, -to <span class="smcap">Elizabeth A.</span>, daughter of Hon. -John H. White of Lancaster, N. H., May -31.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Shattuck, Joel, Esq.</span>, of Pepperell, to -<span class="smcap">Mrs. Nancy Parker</span> of Boston, April -14.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stearns, Rev. Oakham S.</span>, of Southbridge, -to <span class="smcap">Anna Judson</span>, daughter of -Rev. B. C. Grafton of Medford, June 8.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Terrill, Charles Frederick</span>, to <span class="smcap">Hannah -Williams</span>, daughter of W. Warland -Clapp of Boston, Editor of the -Evening Gazette, May 28.</p> - - -<br /> -<p><span class="pad4 lsp">DEATHS.</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Adams, Mrs. Mehitable T.</span>, May 9, a. -79, widow of the late Dea. Nehemiah Adams -of Salem, and mother of Rev. N. -Adams of Boston.</p> -<br /></div> - -<div class="textcol"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Aiken, Daniel</span>, Wexford, Canada West, -a. 120. He had contracted seven marriages, -and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren -were 570—370 males and -200 females.—<cite>New York Observer.</cite></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blake, Rev. Caleb</span>, Westford, May 11, -a. 85. He gr. H. C. 1784, and was settled -in Westford forty-five years.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Brimmer, Hon. Martin</span>, Boston, April 25, -for some years Mayor. H. C. 1814.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Burnham, Benjamin</span>, Essex, April 14, a. -92, a soldier of the Revolution. Twelve -persons have died in Essex since Jan. -12, whose united ages amount to 970 -years.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carpenter, Rev. Chester W.</span>, Sinclairville, -N. Y., April 17, a. 35. He died at -Beaver, Pa., while returning home from -Mobile. He gr. A. C., 1839.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carpenter, Mrs. Hannah</span>, Chichester, -N. H., April 21, a. 80, wife of Rev. Josiah -Carpenter.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cotton, John</span>, M. D., Marietta, O., April -2, a. 86. Dr. Cotton was a lineal descendant -of Rev. John Cotton of the -first church, Boston, and was a man of -literary and scientific attainments and -deep piety.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Daggett, Hon. Timothy</span>, Edgarton, -April 26, a. 79.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Day, Orrin, Esq.</span>, Catskill, N. Y., Dec. -25, a. 80. He was one of those philanthropic -men who formed the American -Bible Society, was a corporate member -of the A. B. C. F. M., and a patron of -all good institutions.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dunbar, Elijah, Esq.</span>, Keene, N. H., -May 18, a. 88. D. C. 1783. Attorney.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ellsworth, Mrs. Nancy G.</span>, Lafayette, -La., Jan. 15, a. 54. She was the wife of -Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, late Commissioner -of Patents, and dau. of Hon. -Elizur Goodrich of New Haven, Ct.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fisk, Dea. Ebenezer</span>, Shelburne, Dec. -21, a. 62. He was a brother of the Rev. -Pliny Fisk, Missionary to Palestine.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fitch, Dea. Elijah</span>, Hopkinton, April -27, a. 68. He was a son of Rev. Elijah -Fitch, second pastor of the church in -that town.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fuller, Abraham W., Esq.</span>, Boston, -April 6, a. 63. Counsellor at Law.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gould, Mrs. Sally McCurdy</span>, May 19, -widow of the late Hon. James Gould of -Litchfield, Ct.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gray, Rev. Thomas</span>, D. D., Pastor of the -Congregational Church, Roxbury, (Jamaica -Plains,) June 1, a. 75. H. C. 1790.</p> -</div> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="textcol"> -<p><span class="smcap">Harvey, Rev. Benjamin</span>, Frankfort, N.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_293" id="Page_293">[293]</a></span> -Y., March 18, a. 112. He was of the -Baptist denomination, and had been a -preacher more than seventy years.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Hodgdon, Albert E.</span>, Barnstead, N. H., -May 20, a. 25. D. C. 1842. Attorney.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Holman, Gen. Silas</span>, Bolton, March 25, -a. 86. He was connected with the State -Legislature between 20 and 30 years, -and was one of the Governor's Council -during the administrations of Strong and -Brooks.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kellogg, Mrs. Susan C.</span>, Williamstown, -April 8, a. 48, widow of the late Prof. -Kellogg.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Meigs, Mrs. Elisabeth</span>, New Britain, -Ct., March 5, a. 92, widow of the late -Major John Meigs of the U. S. Army in -the Revolution.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Moore, Rev. George</span>, Quincy, Ill., March -11, a. 35, H. C. 1834, minister of the -Unitarian Society in that place.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nevers, Gen. John</span>, Northfield, March -30, a. 74.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Parker, Mrs. Martha L.</span>, Lancaster, -April 30, a. 23, wife of Dr. J. O. Parker -of Shirley, and daughter of Dr. C. Carter -of Lancaster.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Patten, Jean</span>, Bedford, N. H., Feb. 16, a. -78, daughter of Hon. Matthew Patten.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Peabody, Rev. William B. O.</span>, D. D., -Springfield, May 28, a. 47. H. C. 1816.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Revere, John</span>, M. D., New York, April -29, a. 60. He gr. H. C. 1807, and was a -Prof. in the Medical Department of N. -Y. University.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robinson, Rev. Charles</span>, Lenox, March -3, a. 45. He was a missionary at Siam, -and died on board the barque Draco, on -his return home.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Safford, Charles G.</span>, M. D., Rutland, -April 27, a. 42. He was a native of Exeter, -N. H., gr. D. C. 1825, and Andover -Theo. Sem'y, and was a minister in Gilmanton, -N. H. Having lost his health, -he gave up the ministry, studied medicine, -and practised till his death.</p> -</div> - -<div class="textcol"> -<p><span class="smcap">Sanborn, Mrs. Martha</span>, Reading, May -2, a. 59, wife of Rev. Peter Sanborn.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Savage, Mrs. Lucy W.</span>, May 16, a. 57, -wife of Rev. James Savage of Bedford, -N. H.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Shurtleff, Benjamin</span>, M. D., Boston, -April 12, a. 72, B. U. 1796, M. D. H. U. -He was an honorary member of the New -England Historical and Genealogical -Society, and a brief memoir of him may -be expected in our next number.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Smith, Rev. Eli</span>, Hollis, N. H., May 11, -a. 87, B. U. 1792. Minister in Hollis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stewart, Enos, Esq.</span>, Davenport, Iowa, -formerly of Boston, a. 48. He was a -native of Coleraine, H. C. 1820.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Strong, Rev. Caleb</span>, Montreal, Canada, -Jan. 4, pastor of the American Presbyterian -Church. He was a son of Hon. -Lewis Strong, and grandson of Gov. -Strong of Northampton. Y. C. 1835.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Thayer, Dea. Shadrach</span>, South Braintree, -May 4, a. 71.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Thomas, Rev. Daniel</span>, Abington, a. 67.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Tuck, Mrs. Sarah A.</span>, Exeter, N. H., -Feb. 20, a. 36, wife of Amos Tuck, Esq., -an attorney, and daughter of David -Nudd, Esq., of Hampton, N. H.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Upham, Albert G.</span>, M. D., Boston, June -16, a. 29, B. C. 1840. He was a member -of the N. E. Historical and Genealogical -Society. A brief memoir of him may -be expected in our next number.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Wigglesworth, Samuel</span>, M. D., Boston, -April 7, a. 35. H. C. 1831.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Worcester, Dr. Noah</span>, Cincinnati, O., -April 4, a. 36. H. C. 1832, M. D. at D. -C. 1838, Prof. in Medical College, Cincinnati, -O.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Wright, Mrs. Eleanor</span>, Dec. 20, 1846, -a. 85. She was the widow of the late -Silas Wright of Weybridge, Vt., and -mother of Gov. Wright of New York. -Mr. Wright died in May, 1843, a. 84. -This couple lived together as husband -and wife 61 years.</p> -</div> -</div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="NOTICES" id="NOTICES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.</a></h2> - </div> - - -<p><em>The American Loyalists, or Biographical Sketches of Adherents to the British -Crown in the War of the Revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary -Historical Essay. By James Sabine.</em> Boston: Charles C. Little and James -Brown. MDCCCXLVII.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>Mr. Sabine, it is believed, is a merchant at Eastport, Me., but still has been in the -habit of composing for the press. He has written articles for the North American -Review, and is the author of the Memoir of Commodore Preble in Prof. Sparks's -American Biography.</p> - -<p>The subject of his present work is both novel and interesting, and one upon which -we are too ignorant. The most intelligent and best informed among us have but little -knowledge of the names and characters of the Loyalists, or Tories of the Revolution, -(probably twenty thousand in number,) and of the reasons which influenced, of the -hopes and fears which agitated, and of the rewards or miseries which awaited them. -Separated from their homes and kindred, outlaws, wanderers, and exiles, they have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[294]</a></span> -left but few memorials to their posterity. The difficult task of collecting and arranging -fragmentary events and incidents relating to them, scattered here and there, we -think the author has succeeded admirably in accomplishing. We find among the -sketches, notices of many distinguished and influential men, and while some were notorious -for their want of principle, there were many who, we cannot doubt, were true -and honest in espousing the cause of the mother country. Then, though we cannot -justify any, let us not censure all. "The <em>winners</em> in the Revolutionary strife are now -twenty millions; and, strong, rich, and prosperous, can <em>afford</em> to speak of the losers in -terms of moderation."</p> - -<p>The Historical Essay, containing one hundred and fourteen pages, which precedes -the "Biographical Sketches," indicates much acquaintance with the Revolution and its -causes, and is very valuable and highly appropriate.</p> - -<p>The work makes a handsome volume of 733 pages, and is well worthy of being -perused, and of a place in the library of the historian.</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of Stetson; -from the year 1634 to the year 1847. By John Stetson Barry. "Virtus nobilitat -omnia."</em> Boston: Printed for the author by William A. Hall & Co. 1847.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The name of Stetson is spelt differently in old records; as Stitson, Sturtson, Studson, -Stedson, Stutson, and Stetson. The last is the usual method of spelling the name, -though some families spell it Stutson. The first of the name and the ancestor of all -in this country was Robert Stetson, commonly called <em>Cornet</em> Robert, because he was -Cornet of the first horse company raised in Plymouth colony, Ms., in the year 1658 or -'9. He settled in Scituate, Ms., in the year 1634, but it is not known satisfactorily -whence he originated, though tradition says he came from the county of Kent, England.</p> - -<p>Among his descendants are many who have held offices of trust and responsibility, -and who have stood high in public esteem.</p> - -<p>The pamphlet contains 116 pages, and gives a pretty full account of the Stetson family. -We hope it will be an additional incentive to others to prepare memorials of their -ancestors.</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>An Oration delivered before the New England Society in the city of New York, -December 22, 1846. By Charles W. Upham.</em> New York: Published by John S. -Taylor, Brick Church Chapel, 151 Nassau Street. 1847.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>This is an excellent address, written in a clear, graceful, and forcible manner. After -describing the influences, both in the Old World and in the New, which were at work, -and the combination of which resulted in the advent of our fathers to these desert -shores, the orator remarks upon the Puritans, and the chief elements of their character -and the result of their labors. The blessings of a free government and religious liberty -are largely descanted upon, and the address closes as follows: "If the sons of New -England rear the school-house and the church wherever they select their homes; if -they preserve the reliance upon their own individual energies, the love of knowledge, -the trust in Providence, the spirit of patriotic faith and hope, which made its most barren -regions blossom and become fruitful around their fathers, then will the glorious -vision of those fathers be realized, and the Continent rejoice, in all its latitudes and -from sea to sea, in the blessings of freedom and education, of peace and prosperity, of -virtue and religion."</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>A Sermon preached at Northwood, N. H., March 12, 1847, on the death of Dea. -Simon Batchelder. By Elliot C. Cogswell, Pastor of the Congregational Church. -Published by request.</em> Concord: Printed by Morrill, Silsby, & Co. 1847.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The text on which this discourse is founded is contained in Acts viii: 2. "And -devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him." It -is divided into six heads. When the good man dies the people of God lose, 1. His society. -2. His sympathy. 3. His counsels. 4. His prayers. 5. His coöperation. 6. His -admonitions. The subject is well treated, and the language affectionate and appropriate. -Dea. Batchelder was born, March 5, 1758. He was the son of Davis Batchelder of -Northampton, who moved to Northwood about 1770; who married, 1. Mary Taylor of -Hampton, by whom he had four children; 2. Ruth Palmer; and 3. a Widow Marston; -by whom, (the last two wives,) he had fourteen children, four of whom survive. Dea. -Batchelder at the age of eighteen enlisted in the war of the Revolution, in 1776, and -served in Capt. Adams's company and Col. Poor's regiment at Winter Hill in Charlestown,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_295" id="Page_295">[295]</a></span> -Newport, R. I., and Ticonderoga, N. Y. April 4, 1778, he married Rachel Johnson, -daughter of Benjamin Johnson, with whom he lived about fifty-two years, she -dying Jan. 5, 1830, aged 73. By her he had seven children, five of whom still survive. -He died March 10, 1847, aged 89 years and 5 days.</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>A Discourse delivered before the Rhode Island Historical Society, on the evening -of Wednesday, January 13, 1847. By Hon. Job Durfee, Chief-Justice of Rhode -Island. Published at the request of the Society.</em> Providence: Charles Burnett, -Jr. 1847.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The subject of this discourse is "Rhode Island's Idea of Government." Judge Durfee -speaks of the "origin of this idea—of the various forms which it took in its progress -towards its realization in that state, in minds of much diversity of character and creed; -and of that 'lively experiment,' which it subsequently held forth, that 'a most flourishing -civil state may stand, and be best maintained, with a full liberty in religious -concernments'—a liberty which implied an emancipation of reason from the thraldom -of arbitrary authority, and the full freedom of inquiry in all matters of speculative -faith."</p> - -<p>Though to the founders of Rhode Island, and particularly to Roger Williams, belong -the fame and glory of having realized this idea in the form of a civil government, they -were by no means the first to maintain it. Long before the Reformation it originated -among the Waldenses in the valleys of Piedmont, and by means of the crusade against -them by Innocent III., it was spread far and wide. The Reformation and the coming -of the Puritans to America tended to confirm it, but never was it fully realized till -Roger Williams and his followers came to "the forest-shaded banks of the Mooshausic," -and established a government on the principle that "the State has no right to interfere -between conscience and God."</p> - -<p>After dwelling largely on the early history and influence of Rhode Island, the author -passes to the time of the Revolution. We find that this little state, though royally -armed in her Charter, stood among the foremost in the great struggle for independence. -She was the first to direct her officers to disregard the Stamp Act, and to assure them -indemnity for so doing; the first to recommend the permanent establishment of a Continental -Congress; the first to adopt the Articles of Confederation; the first to brave -royalty in arms; the first to enact and declare independence; the first to establish a -naval armament of her own; and the first to recommend to Congress the establishment -of a Continental Navy. The oration closes with an eloquent appeal to preserve the -history and early records of the State. Appended is a Poem by Sarah Helen Whitman, -recited before the Rhode Island Historical Society, previous to the delivery of the address.</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from -1635 to 1845. By Joshua Coffin, A. B. S. H. S.</em></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"<em>For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>Cometh the new come from yere to yere,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>And out of old bookes in good faithe</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>Cometh this new science that men lere.</em>"</p> -<p class="verse14"><em>Chaucer.</em></p> -<br /></div></div> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"> -<p class="verse">"<em>Lives there a man with soul so dead,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>Who never to himself hath said,</em></p> -<p class="verse"><em>This is my own my native land?</em>"</p> -<p class="verse14"><em>Scott.</em></p> -</div></div> - -<p class="noindent">Boston: Published by Samuel G. Drake, No. 56 Cornhill. Printed by George -Coolidge. 1845.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>This is an exceedingly valuable and highly interesting work, and appears to have -been written with great labor, and <i lang="it" xml:lang="it">con amore</i>. The author seems, as he says, "to have -made a broad distinction between fact and tradition, and to have related nothing as fact, -which he did not believe to be true." The representation of the character of the -inhabitants of Newbury and their transactions, we think is accurately given, and seems -to have been given "<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">sine ira, sine studio</i>." Copious extracts are made from the town -records, and many from the church records, which latter exhibit more fully the peculiar -traits of our ancestors.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[296]</a></span></p> - -<p>The town of Newbury was originally one of the largest towns in the county, being -about thirteen miles long, and about six miles broad in the widest place, and containing -about thirty thousand acres, of which nearly two thousand were covered with -water. In 1764 it was divided into two towns, Newbury and Newburyport, and in 1819 -West Newbury was set off and incorporated as a separate town.</p> - -<p>This volume is embellished with portraits of Dr. John Clarke, the physician in -Newbury from 1637 to 1651, who died in Boston in 1664, aged 66, Chief-Justice Sewall, -Rev. Mr. Whitefield, and Rev. Dr. Parish, and also with a map of the town and engravings -of the old-town meeting-house which stood one hundred and six years, from 1700 -to 1806, and of a house which "was infested with demons" in 1679, and where, "before -the devil was chained up, the <em>invisible</em> hand did begin to put forth an astonishing <em>visibility</em>!" -The Appendix, containing among other things a List of Grantees, and Genealogies -of the First Settlers from 1635 to 1700, is a very important part of the work. The -conclusion, comprising about fifty pages, is also valuable.</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>Brookline Jubilee. A Discourse delivered in Brookline, at the request of its -Inhabitants, on 15 March, 1847, the day, which completed half a Century from -his Ordination, by John Pierce, D. D., fifth minister of the first Congregational -Church and Society in said town.</em> Boston: James Munroe and Company. -MDCCCXLVII.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The text on which this discourse is founded is in Psalm xxxvii: 25. "I have been -young and now am old."</p> - -<p>It is indeed pleasant in these "moving times," when ministers are not settled during -even good behavior, but only so long as they please the fastidious taste of their people, -to behold a pastor who has remained with his flock a long series of years, who stands -among them, a relic of a former generation, to guide them by his counsels and guard -them with his watchful care. It is alike honorable to the pastor and his people to -meet in one common jubilee, to thank the bounteous Giver of all things for his mercies, -and strengthen the ties which have so long bound them together. In the present case, -however, not a church merely, but a whole town have united to honor one who may -be regarded as their father, and whose name is identified with the town.</p> - -<p>The sermon contains, as might be expected from Dr. Pierce, an immense amount of -historical facts, some of them of a general, but most of them of a local character. The -town of Brookline was incorporated Nov. 13, 1705, O. S., and the first Congregational -church was gathered Oct. 26, 1717, O. S., of which Dr. Pierce is the fifth -pastor. Since his settlement nearly all who were then around him have departed -this life, while he, now enjoying a "green old age," stands almost alone. The discourse -is very valuable for the history it contains, and is written in a candid and an -affectionate manner. Appended is an exceedingly interesting account of the proceedings -of the day, which was published in the Christian Register, and other papers in -Boston. We regret that we have not room to insert extracts from it. Dr. Pierce will -go down to the grave beloved and respected by all ministers and people who knew -him, whether of his own or other denominations.</p></div> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<p><em>A Discourse on the Cambridge Church-Gathering in 1636; delivered in the First -Church, on Sunday, February 22, 1846. By William Newell, Pastor of the First -Church in Cambridge.</em> Boston: James Munroe and Company. 1846.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>The text is from Psalm xliv. 1-3. "We have heard with our ears, O God, our -fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days in the times of old. How -thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedest them.... For -they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm -save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, -because thou hadst a favor unto them."</p> - -<p>This discourse contains an account of the formation of the church in Cambridge, -and of some of the events preceding it, and brief notices of the principal actors. It -contains also many other valuable facts. There is an appendix containing nineteen -pages of great value, embracing among other things a list of the members of the church, -"taken and registered in the 11 month, 1658," and brief genealogical notices of one -hundred and seventeen individuals. In giving this sermon to the public, Mr. Newell -has rendered an important service.</p></div> - - - <div class="chapter"> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="FOOTNOTES" id="FOOTNOTES"></a><a href="#CONTENTS">FOOTNOTES:</a></h2> - </div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> This Memoir is an abstract, (taken by permission,) of a "Memoir of John Endecott, -First Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, by Charles M. Endicott, a descendant, -of the seventh generation;"—a work well prepared, and handsomely printed in folio form, -containing 116 pages, and just issued from the press, solely for the private use of the family. -Our Memoir will be introduced with a few preliminary remarks, and, occasionally, will be -interspersed with passages respecting the early history of the country.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2" id="Footnote_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> See Morton's New England Memorial. The Planter's Plea notices the event as rather -the effect of accident from the prevailing winds, than any design on the part of the master.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_3" id="Footnote_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> Letter to the elder Adams, among the MSS. of the Massachusetts Historical Society.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_4" id="Footnote_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> The Rev. Mr. Felt has recently found among some papers at the State House, Boston, -a bill made out in Gov. Endecott's own hand-writing, and presented to the General Court, for -the cure of a man committed to his care. He there styles himself "Chirurgeon."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_5" id="Footnote_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> Deposited there by C. M. Endicott, Esq., in 1828.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_6" id="Footnote_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> Perhaps Roger Conant and two or three others, in some respects, might have been -exceptions.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_7" id="Footnote_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> See <a href="#ORIGINAL_COVENANT">Covenant, p. 221.</a></p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_8" id="Footnote_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> The Rev. Mr. Upham, in his Dedication Sermon, in 1826, thus speaks of him: "John -Endecott, (a man, who to the qualities which have rendered him illustrious, as an effectual -leader of colonization, as a gallant soldier, as a skillful statesman, added a knowledge of the -Scriptures, and a devout piety, which will ever hallow his memory,) early in the year 1629, -before the formation of this church, wrote to Gov. Bradford respecting a conference he had -held with a gentleman sent to him from Plymouth, (Dr. Fuller.) on the subject of church institution -and government. In this letter we find no acknowledgment of any other authority in -such a matter than his own private judgment, and no desire expressed, or attempt exhibited, -to force his judgment upon others." The letter here referred to is the one already cited, of -May 11, 1629. "The standard," says Mr. Upham, "by which Mr. Endecott made up his -judgment in this matter, was certainly no other than the standard of Protestantism—the -Scriptures, as they were opened to his understanding."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_9" id="Footnote_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> "Kernwood," the summer residence of Francis Peabody, Esq., is situated on the borders -of this stream, and for beauty of location is not surpassed in that part of the country.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_10" id="Footnote_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> Charles M. Endicott, Esq., distinctly recollects his visiting, when quite a boy, one of these -ruins on the borders of this stream, situated in the midst of a locust grove, in the vicinity of the -"Endecott Burying-Ground."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_11" id="Footnote_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> Mass. Hist. Coll., I., iv., p. 119.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_12" id="Footnote_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> The General Court, in January, 1635, unanimously agreed, that if such a Governor should -come to this country, the Colonists ought to resist his authority, and maintain their rights.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_13" id="Footnote_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> The very next year, only two of the Council, Vane and Dudley, would consent to spread -the King's colors even in the fort, on account of the cross in them.—<cite>Winthrop's Jour.</cite>, Vol. I., -p. 189.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_14" id="Footnote_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> Neal's History of the Puritans, Vol. II., chap. 5.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_15" id="Footnote_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15"><span class="label">[15]</span></a> Snow's History of Boston.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_16" id="Footnote_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16"><span class="label">[16]</span></a> This "faithful friend" was none other than Mrs. Leverett, the wife of the Agent.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_17" id="Footnote_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17"><span class="label">[17]</span></a> According to tradition, his tombstone was in a good state of preservation down to the -commencement of the American Revolution, when it was with many others destroyed by -the British soldiers, at the time they occupied Boston.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_18" id="Footnote_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18"><span class="label">[18]</span></a> The Church, (the first in Massachusetts Colony,) was established Aug. 6, 1629.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_19" id="Footnote_19"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19"><span class="label">[19]</span></a> This is not the church of which the Rev. Mr. Hurd is pastor.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_20" id="Footnote_20"></a><a href="#FNanchor_20"><span class="label">[20]</span></a> Twins.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_21" id="Footnote_21"></a><a href="#FNanchor_21"><span class="label">[21]</span></a> This account of the antiquities and pedigree of the Parsons Family was prepared principally -from manuscripts in the possession of Samuel H. Parsons, Esq., of Hartford, Ct., by -the Corresponding Secretary of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_22" id="Footnote_22"></a><a href="#FNanchor_22"><span class="label">[22]</span></a> For minute and interesting particulars of this now important town, the reader is referred -to the history of it by <span class="smcap">Rev. Daniel Lancaster</span>. In that work the author has given pedigrees -of many of the early settlers.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_23" id="Footnote_23"></a><a href="#FNanchor_23"><span class="label">[23]</span></a> All the fly-leaves are gone from the beginning of the Old Testament, as well as the title-page.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_24" id="Footnote_24"></a><a href="#FNanchor_24"><span class="label">[24]</span></a> This Deborah was the mother of the American Heroine, <em>Deborah Sampson</em>, who, under -the name of <em>Robert Shirtlieff</em>, served about two years as soldier in the army of the Revolution, -in Capt. Webb's Company, Col. Jackson's Regiment, and General Patterson's Brigade, and -after an honorable discharge from the Continental army, returned home to her mother at -Plimpton in the Old Colony; assumed her female habiliments, and was married to Benjamin -Gannet of Sharon, Ms., in 1784, where she died about ten years ago, and where three of her -children reside at the present day.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_25" id="Footnote_25"></a><a href="#FNanchor_25"><span class="label">[25]</span></a> MS. Memorandum of Capt. John Hull, made at the time and preserved among the -Sewall papers. The Boston Records also say Sept. 17.</p></div> - - -<div class="transnote pg-brk"> -<a name="TN" id="TN"></a> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>A superscript number in brackets is a Footnote; a superscript number indicates -the generation of the family, for -example Joseph,<sup>3</sup> is in the third generation of the (Parsons) family.</p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p class="handonly">On some handheld devices, the large tables are best viewed in -landscape mode and a small font size, in order to see all the columns.</p> - -<p>Missing names and dates were usually indicated by a blank space in the -original text, a few times by ——, and this is retained in the etext.</p> - -<p>Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, -and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. 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