THE SYMMES 11EMORIAL.
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OJI' ZECHARIAH SY~f~IES, 1,JL.'\"ISTER OF CHARLESTOWN, 103·1-1671,
'WlTH 4 GENEALOGY AND BRIEF MEMOIRS OF SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
ALSO
Embracing Notices of many of the Name, both in Europe and America, not connected with his Family.
AND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
l3Y JOHN ADAMS VINTON, ~~Olt C'? T!t!l: tt "\""':?ITO~ )l!lIORUL," OP TH• "GlLRS llElfORUL," J.ND OF 'l"t:JB: u UPTON ll'EllORU.L n j 1'.'S}.\B&r. ron T...iFR CF TPJI NB\'f SNGLAND HJSTORIO, OENE.ALOOIOA.L 90CIRTY j CORRKSPO!iDI~G M&.'1.Db:TI. DV 'l'ES H4nrs BlSTORlCAL SOCIKTY, or Til& BUFFALO IIISTORIO..U. SOL:Hli1'Y, AND _O.W 'l'Rli1 ST.A.TB lllSTO.RICJ.L SOCIETY Oi' WISCO~SU{.
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BOSTON: PRrnTF.D ::'~-;:;. 'l'HF, .AU'.l'lIOR IW D.AVID CLAPP & SON. 1873. Entered, according tci act of Congress, in the yenr 1873, Br Jowr- AD.UIS VINTON, In the Office of t4e Librarian of Congress, nt \Vnshlngton,
AU,TOBIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPILER.
As there a re intl:catlone, scarcely to be mistaken, that my life on earth is urnwiug to v. close, I deem it proper, for the satisfaction of those who may come after me, to make some sta.tements concerniug the manner in which my life has peen. !JV.ssed. I was born in Winter Street, Boston, Feb. 5, 1801; just five weeks after the cowwenccmeu~ of the nineteenth century. I was the eldest son of .fosiah 1.md 33e~~e;r (Gi;es) Vinton, who were married in Boston, April 7, :c8W;. ·]: wn,~ r--r:.11.-'!<5. ,;OEN .i.\n ..ui:s, :from tbe. strong attachment e.nte!"~:'.;ned }iy my f1Athei· fo:- 1i.is kinsman, the second P1·es~dent of the U~ited S;:ites; my fathe1·'s mothe._., .A.p.ue Adams, being a daughter of Boylston Adams, a fust cousiu of the >:.'."eside:ut, whose term of oilice was then just e:x:pii-ing. Dn the skfo of both. father aud mother, I trace my ancestry to n0 Jcss th:-.r. fairty-1lv0 l'.lCn of different names, in tho first genemtion of .New E:1g!P.ncl people. Ou the side of my father I am descended from tho llu~uonots of .l•'.ra:ice, exiled 300 years ugo. Though foeblo iu body, I was always disposed to meutal effort, the more perhaps on that very account. I was nblo to reatl at a. very early ago, and w}1uu five you.rs old could read a. psalm in the Biblo without serious dilli culty. "When sevou years of age, I hnt.l read the New Testament through. I could also mako rude letters uud figures on a slate. I began to writo on puper the summer after I was seven years old. l'\I v mlvauta~es for euuct\tion were alwnvs vcrv limited. I never attended a pn(,Jic school in Boston, of any kind. ·This ;vas not then permitte I Jo not remember ·any special concern for my salvation after this, till Ot:Lohcr, 1811, when I was in my eleventh year. The solemn, earnest ,ircachintt of Rev. Daniel A. Clark, then just settled as our minister, in i~1u,t !3,·;iuti·ee, and the death of a young girl• in the neighborhood, gavo rise to m::my solemn reJJections, and drove mo to secret pmyer and earnest cries for :m"·cy. 'I'heae impressions of divine truth were never wholly lost. l !hul in my t1i:v:y, which I began to keep in my eleventh year, a great deal t.hat iu "' 1\fr. rh'.•'.:. 01:r :11inistcr nt Umintrcc, speaking to my father, nml rcfc1Ting to me. onro :,aicl-" Tilat. ~,uy will get uu education, if ho hns to wait till you nml your wife Ul'O lJotJ.J •.l'!1,d." iv .AUTOBIOGRAPIIY. can have any idea or it but from experience. I enjoyed a heaven upon earth. At times, I was perfectly overcome. Everything around me was changed. More than all, God, who had formerly been contemplated with alarm and terror, if not with aversion, now appeared unspeakably glorious and excellent. Never, from that day to the present, have I doubted the reality of the change•• I am at this time tenderly and deeply impressed with God's wonderful goodness, in bringing me so early and so distinctly to know Hn1 as my F ATBER, REDEEMER, and SANCTIFIER. I well remember exercises of mind, when only sixteen years of age, which could only have been felt by a renewed soul. During four or five years I suffered extreme distress, in view of being in an unconverted state, and, as such, exposed to the wrath. of God through interminable ages. God was to me an object of unspeak able terror, as a holy, just, and righteous Being, the inflexible Enemy and Punisher of sin. I knew he was not vindictive; but that IIOL Y LA w of his he must maintain. I could not flee out of his hands ; I could not render myself acceptable to him ; I could not even produce in my heart the repentance a.nd faith which the gospel requil-es; what could I do? I now see that I gave way, unduly, to a certain morbid tendency of mind, a disposition to look too much on the dark side. This has always afflicted me. I was looking into my heart for comfort, and no comfort could possibly arise thence. Oh I if I had fully reulized that Christ came to save the lost; that I might apply to him just as I was, bad as I was, wretched and undone as I felt myself to be; and that it was safe uud proper to cast myself simply and wholly on H1111, an all-sufficient SAYIOUR, giving myself wholly to Him, relying on His boundless grace, His unspeak able love, His infinite power ; it had been well with me I Foolish c:reatur~ that I was, to think I must make some preparation for believing in Chrfat l when, according to scripture, and to every chi-istian's experience, believing in Christ, trusting wholly in Him, is the very first step in the way to &nu! · Ohl what relief I felt when I came at length to reruize Chl'ist's infinite ability and willingness to save I when 1 felt that I .bau nothing to do, in the affair of my salvation, but to cast all my buruen, all my care, my whole soul, on Christ I I felt just as the Pilgrim felt when he came in sight of tho cross. Tho tears now start freshly from my eyes, at the bare recollec tion of wlmt I folt mol'O than fifty years ago, aJH1 for u lo11~ timo after. I was one of twelve young persons who made u public profession of religion in I'ark Street Church, Iloston, Juno 4, 1820, being then ll. littlo over nineteen. ·when I became of age, February, 1822, I wns released from my long nnc1 irksome service in my father's store, which hau coutinuetl, with some intermissions, from August, 1811. For this long service of ton years or more, I recei veu. nothing but my boll.rel and clothing; antl my clothing was for tho most pll.rt, I thiuk, made up from my father's oltl clothes. After trying, four or five months, without success, to get into business iu Boston, I went to 1->hilallclphia, at the invitation of my two uucles there, mv father's brothers, !lnd assisted tu their wholesale dry:goods store until the ·spring of 1823. All this while, my mind wns exercised on the suhject of a prcpam~ tion for the gospel rnini_stry. At length my mind became folly scttlc Total receipts for fourteen months, $ll!l.30 · l\Iy total expenses during those fourteen mouths, including vacations, travelling, and incidentals of all sorts, were exactly $12UJ2, which amounted to one hundred dollars for a year, nearly. .A.t college, the sum tot:tl of my expenses was $GD3.G3 viz.: Freshman year; $153.7G Sophomore year, 192.04 Juuio1· year, I G5.00 Scnim· year, 182.83 $G!l3.G3 At Exeter I l1ad nothing to pay for tuition, being n. charity scholar. At college, being n charity scholar, one-half of the amount of my torn1 bills, 01· seventy (70) dollars in all, was remitted. :My hoart} nt Ilanovor, in ihc entire fonr yc:1rs, cost mo $175; room rent, $27.80; tmvclling, $77.'17; clothing, $152.50. I gavo in chui-ity, $20. l\Iy receipts, while in college, were as follows: From my father, in the whole, $150.00 For my own labors, of which were $15G.87 for} teaching school four winters, 180.00 From l\Ir. Richard Chmuberluin, Roston, 80.00 From l\Ir. George J. Home1·, Boston, 120.00 From my uncles, T. & A. Vinton, Philadelphia, llG.G-! From George Vinton, my brother,· 22.00 From my mothm·, besides bedding and some clothing, 2.Gl From l\lrs. Carter, Pencham. Vt.• 5.00 .From a society in -college, · - 4.GO Total receipts in four years, $G80.85 :My expenses in Arn1ovor Thcologicul Seminary, three years, woro $G:!8.2G. Tuition is free at Andover 8orui1rnry to :ill tho stm1ouLs, AUTOBIOGRAI'IIY, vii Received from my father, $170.00 " « · my brother George, 23.00 " " my mother, $3.00; sister Eliza, $3.00, G.00 " " George J. Homer, Boston, 25.00 11 1' Daniel Safford, Boston, 20.00 11 '' American Education Society, 80.00 " ,i Ropes Fund, Andover, 20.00 Avails of PC!'Sona.1 labor, of which I received for clerk) hire, ::,U~.'H; preaching, $43.00; writing for the press, ~ 163.00 $:H.00 ; •tgency for N. H. Bible Soc. 5 weeks, $30.00,) Total, $lill.00 The amount received from the Rones Fnncl I afterwards repaid, as also t!10 gr!lat.or pur~ 9f what. I received fr~m the American EJucn.tion Society; I nlw repaill.$i14, received from Seminary Fund, with iuterest, iu 18J9, eight ycar11 uftei-. Tho Uopes Fuud was established by Mr. ,Yilliam Ropes, an c111immt christiau merchant of lfostou. l\Ir. Geo1·ge Joy Homer wn.s 011u of tho 11art11cri1 in the well-known firm of Homes & Homer, lw.nlwaro merchants, ·uuion St1·cet, Iloston. I cntorctl tho 'fhcological Sc1ninnry at .1\..ndover, Oct. 31, 1828. J<1_;very tltiug there concurred to promote my iutcllcctual 1)rogrcss, and spirituality of mi11J. The !ight shone brightly upon my p:ith, am! I found myself us it wc:·o iu tho vei"; sulmrbs of heaven. 'l'ho subjcc~ ;f Fo1·eign Missions had for many years occupied my mind. I read nud conversed much on the subject. Dr. ,voods, tho professor of ihcology, am! others, wa1·mly approved of my inclination to be a foreigu ,nbsiouury. Ifo a.llvised mo to cherish the desire I felt. Aftm· uuc dcHbcrntion ,.md much -prayer, I made a. formal temler of my services to the America,1 Bou1·d of Commissio11c1·s fol' Foreign l\lissious. I was willing to go whel'ever they might wish to scud me. The olfor was kindly received; but after some delay, Dr. .All(lersou, the HCcrctary, tokl mo fr:rnkly, inFcb1·nn.ry, 18Jl, that my own s1cll(ler health, antl. tlmt of my intomletl wife, prese11~~,0 au insuperable lrnr to its acceptance.* Tho matter J1a '" i\Iy tender of myself to tho :C'orelgn Missionary Society wns ucclincll in the following letter: "Jllissio11al'y Rooms, 11oston, Feb. 17, 1S3l. "i\IY DE.\n 8rn: I stntcil your enso to tho I'rllllcntial Comlllittcc ns yon described it to mo, \Hll'Licnlnrly in l·clation to yunr intcntlctl p:u·tn!!r's hc,1lth; 1111,l it appeared to them so very dtntbtthl wlLctlwr duty 1·cq11h-cd yo11 to go on n mission, that they wero not l""'"J"11·,·d to vot11 yon nn np!)C•intmcnt ,u prcsonr. This is the rcnsun why none is .sent yon. They have lo11g- ntndo it n. rule not to .!!ivc a.n 11nnuiutme11t_ 11111,•s~ tlrn cnse i..: n. dt'm· uno. Yun wil.l not eonsittl'l' ,liis, llowovcr, t\S I\ 1·ef11~1~t ot' yon/ soi~l~~H- ··~The cu;;llllirtec mc,tn to say 11,,:',ing moro ,J,,•.,t this: -that, ns circnmst,mccs now 11ppcar, they do not !",•el warr:tntctl IL• ,'.ceidc in f,,vnr ,_,f your becoming II mill,hm,n·y tu tho hcatl1c11. i\Iay the Lord cnli;;l1ten ~·nnr l"'th, 1m,l i-~n,.lct' yon eminently usct',d wherever m11y he _v,,111· lield or lal>or, "I am, my dear Sir, very truly yo11rs, ,, lt . ..:\NDJ:P..3QX." ·'Mr.Jolin A. Vinton, T.licol. Scm., Audove,r." viii AUTOBIOGIUFHY, laid before my class in the seminary, and their opm10n requested; and thirty.nine out of forty, by express vote, said it was my duty to go. The students in the other classes took the same view. ·l\fr. Evarts, also, the former secretary, who knew me well, both being members of the same church in Boston, told me in an interview at Andover, in August, 1830, that it was probable the Prudential Committee would wish to send me out as a missionary, and he bade me ge~ my testimonials ready. Bridgman, afterwards missionary to China ; Schaufiler, now and for many years missionary at Constantinople; Emerson, mission'ary to the Hawaiian Islands; Munson and Lyman, the martyr.missionaries of Sumatra-'- all these were intimate friends of mine, all being members of the Society of "Brethren,'' and all, of course, consecmted personally to go out as mission aries, if God should open the way; we all talked over the matter together, and all approved of my going. I was therefore surprised at the letter of Dr. Anderson, and not only surprised, but disappointed. After the lapse of more than forty years, it is my decided belief that I ought to have bee:i a foreign missionary. I now regret :qothiog so much as that I was not n missionary. I should have been a translator, and my work done chiefly within doors. T!ie fatigues and exposures of a missionary life in the Turkish Empire, would, I apprehend, have been no more oppressive or injurious to our health than those which l and my wife actually entlured in America. She lived but six years after marriage, here, in New England. Very likely she would have lived as long in Turkey. For myself I must say I have never been satisfied with the life I have since passed in the United States;· I should have been far happier and more useful nbroad. It has always· afforded me comfort that I did, after much deliberation, fully make up my' miud to go ; I am sure it was from love to Christ and his cause ; and I trust that, as in the oose of David, God accepted the will for the deed. •· The writer begs permission to say, that from tho~e days to the present, he has been able to conceive of no human employment so worthy, so noble, so congruous to all our true relations to God and to eternity, so much .in harmony with the example of Christ and the genius of his gospel, as that. of making known to the benighted, perishing heathen the infinite riches 0f a Saviour's love. · I completed the full theological course of study at .Andover, Sept. 28, 1831, and immediately entered on the work of the ministry at Bloomfield, Me., now called Skowhegan, on the Kennebec river. Here and in the neighboring towns my labors were incessant, arduous and exhausting, though to myself unspeakably joyous. The glad anticipations of many years now begun to be realized. Through the divine blessing, my labors, though I had help from others, rest1lted in a precious revival of religion. just about doubling the church. The church was saved from extinction; but, as often happens, the consequences to me were pe1·sonally disastrous. '\Vorldly people were displeased with me; and the church, to please tho worldly people, and to secure a continuance o~ their favor, after giving me a unauimous call to be their minister, retracted the vote. I was ordained pastor of the church at New Sharon, l\fe., i\Jay lG, 1832. I was married at Hanover, N. H., ,lune G, 1832, to Orinda Haskell, who was horn in Strafford, Vt., Jan. 14, 1805, daughter of Thomas L. and Orimfa (Carpenter) Huskcll, successively of Strafford and of lfanover. I need not detail my suhsef[ueut labors in Maine, where I spent, in all, seven years; nor in Vermont, where I passed four or -fivo years; uor iu Massachusetts, where I spent about fom years. I found the work very X ·AUTOBIOGRAPIIY. Supplement ta Dr. Anderson's History of tJ1e Mission to the Sandwich Islands ; a Supplomcut to· his History. of the 1\Iissions to tho Decayed Oriental Churches; a Supplement to his Histm·y of tho Missions in Ceylon 1111(1 Southern Indi1i; each coutuining about thirty octnvo puges. I lmve assisted other authors in thoit- works,. '1']10 Triennial Catalogue of tho Theological Seminary at Andover for 1870, is partly my work. Iudee !:1borious nnd exhausting. Part of the time, I was almost constantly in tho s:11ltilo. I !iibored under tho gre(.tt disadvantage of weak luogs, m~t~ a tiloudor phyqical frame. From these causes, I coulu not hold compet1t~on with 1qon of Horculeun stature, of .Miloniun strength, and of ::i. Stenton:m '!foico, It would liave been far better for me to have labored in 1V estern. Asla.' My l11iiors w~re Yery inadequately recompensed. Only in one or ;wo fostaneel:l, Tms work owes its existence to a. desire entertained by tho com piler, to colfoct, treasure up, nnd preserve, nll that can now be known of one of the worthiest of the founders of New Englanu -:-- whom he iO.l:!t:1iblo, no effort hna been spnrct]. 'l'ho materials hU.Yil been dmwn from.. I', groat variety of sources, m11l 'nothing has '..• most eminent divines said in a letter_(the writer being in his eighty first year) : "I am ashamed, my dear Sir, that the business of gene, alogy has, in times past, ·engaged so little of my attention; and that now, when I see so much of its real value, n. great deal truly interesting to me hllS. 41"~overably gone." :Multitudes have had occasion for a similar acknowiedgment I Washington, in the midst of his duties as President of the United States, in 1792, found time to c_ollect and write out the genealogy of his family; and Denja~in Franklin, when in England, undertook a journey for the express purpose of ascertaining his li~eage and connections. It cannot be doubted by any reflecting mind, that N cw England is largely -indebted to .her tm4itious of the past for her culture and refinement, her ~igh; int~ll~ctit~';!lild· ':moral character, and even for • I • • • • - •• • } ~.. ' ' • .,... ' -, .. I ••: ·~- ·:- her ~01qiperc\tl':and· wan~fact~iµg prosperity. Equally true is it . that as you ·go south· and south-west, the civilization, the moral principle, the 1ntellecti1nl energy, and even the power of commercial achievement, diminish in exact proportion to the reverence cntertainc l take pleasure in e:x:pressing my obligations for aid rcndci·c whom was a l\iichnel Symes, lieutenant-colonel of the 76th regi ment, ambassador to the court of Ava, who was killed at Corunna, 1809. The name has been variously spelled, as fancy or caprice dic tated: as Sym, Syme, Syms, in Scotland; Symes, Syrns, Sims, Symmes, in England , and Ireland.· Several coats of arms are known, indicating respectability, if nothing more. In the city of New York, as will appear in .Appendix II., the name is spelled in seven different ways. This work is the result of, at least, eight months' severe labor, performed under the pressure of constant and immedicable illness, often when the writer was scarcely able to be about house, or even to stand, and when he was miable to see company or to converse. He could think and write,' but h1{could do nothing else; He could not even go to the p~st-ofiice, though less than half a mile distant, nor has he been able once to attend church during the eight months past. Gladly would he have been excused ·from the labor attendant. on this work,. and only· a solemn sense of duty prevented. The labo1· has been exceedingly arduous : none but those accustomed to such employment can have any tolerable idea of what it is. Winchester, Massaclmsetts, July 31, 1873. EXPLANATIONS. TnE plan of tiifa · voh:.me is simple. A consecutive numbering runs through the whole, beginning with Rel!. ZEc1unuu 8Yl!.l!ES 1 of Charlestown, the original erni gnmt, who cal!ls to this country in 1634. 'fhis numbering is found on the left hand of the page, before tae neme of ea.oh individual in the series of his recorded descend nllts.' l'hus. en page 33~ e.re found eight children of \Vi!!in1u and Ruth Symmes, numbered from 53 to 50, •inclusive. , Thi11 mark -i:-, :m:.nedie.tely preceding a consecutive number, .denotes that e. dis tincz 11nd n:.kUtio11nl notice of the person to whom thnt number boiongs is rcsorYou fo:-: 9, sepal"J.to !mtl ~ubscq_uent paragraph. 'l'he pince whore this promise is fulfilled -m.iry be found by look:ng for the sa.mo oonijecutivo number in hetivy typo, iike this, 80, in tho n1',tlt.1!0 of o. Jine, nnd occupying o. line by itself. Thus, 'l'hornus Symmos, '!!'hose coutreeufrrs :ium!ler, found on puge 40, is 80, is nftcrwnrds found on pnge ,HJ, 11.~. ~hs bend of~ fam.Uy. Cnly (',-e c0-:1sec:iti·ve r.umber belongs to an indiridual. By menns of this, and in the use ofn copil'UB inde,'t' nt the end of the Yolume, he is immediately found, o.nd :i;s :.ncestry .i:::tcl posterity ure easily traced. · If there be c>ccnslon to mention nn individunl elsewhere, his plnee in the series is iudicnted by his consecutive number in brackets, thus: [10::!]. A small figure o.fter o. unme, nnd just nbovo the line, thus, 'William Symmes,> denotes the generation to which the individual belongs, and serves in part to dis- tinguish him fr0111 others of the snme 1,11.me. · When 1, wonmn•~ nnrne occurs in this foshiou •.Eu:,INOlt (Tnom·so:-i) Moor,y, the ntuno in pnreuthrdi~ w1is her or.iginnl or maillcn name, nml the mm10 following was tho m1mo nct1nircu by n rormer murringo. 'l'ho nnmo 0f tho !10nd or pnt·eut of euch sopnrnte family is found nt the brgiuuing of tho notic() of such fotnily, printed in cnpittds. It is found to be 1t great cunvc nienco to insert, immctlintuly nfter the parent's n:.mo, tho n:.nws of his or her .Ameri 4 3 2 can prc>.!.{cnitors, thus : 'l'L\lO'rIIY SY~nrns ( Timothy, l\Tilliam, Zec!ta1·ia/1 l). The fhmi!ies :n-e mnged in the order of llcniority, ns they occur in the s~contl g~nc1·ation. 'l;hns, tho posterity of :':cchnt"inh,• second son of .Rev. Zeclmd:.h Syi:1mcs,1 io11•:-·;-, in each genomtion, tho postcr'it:v of "\Villiam,2 tho oklest son. ',Vhen I\ tL,wn :,: '!Umc1cl without nny Rpccitic11tit,n of Stntc, .Massnchusett~ is to Le un,.,J\·strm,1, nnlo,s tho plnco be tmivcrsn!ly known, us l)ortlnml or Cincinnati. 1L C. l73:,, menns thnt the person grnlltmtctl 1.\t lfarvnn1 Collcgo in thnt yc,tr, xvi EXPLANATIONS, Previous to tho year 1752, two methods of reckoning time existed in Great Britain nnd her colonies. According to one of these methods, the yea1• be~nn on the 25th of March-this being supposed to be the time of the conception of our Saviour. :By this reckoning, February was the twelfth month; this was the civil, legal, or ecclesiastical year. .According to the other method, the year began, as among the Romans after the time of Julius Omsar, on the first of January; this was the historical year, closing with December. In old reoorc.ls these two methods were frequently combined, thus: Feb. 91 1723-i; which means that tho year was 1723 of tho civil, but 1724 of the historical year. When in dates between January 1 and March 25, only one reckoning occurs in an old record, a year is for the most part to be added, to make it conform to our present usage. In the following pages, this practice of "double dating" will occasionalJy be found. '!'Q change Old Sty lo into Now, add ten days to dates between 1600 and 1700 ; · or adc.l eleven days to dates between 1700 and Sept. 3, 1752, at which date the New Style wns inaugurated by act of Parlia ment-the 3d of September being counted as the 14th, and the year made to begin with- January. To find the name of an individual recorded in this volume. Suppose it to be Timo thy Symmes, tho father of Hon. John Cleves Symmes. Thil'tcen persons of that name p.re recorded i11 this book •. ' 'l'hi, Timothy was horn in lil4. J.!'ind the name Timothy among th,;, Christian [IAmes of the Symmes Family in IndeJ!: I., preceded by 1714, the year of his birth, and fullowing the name is the consecutive number, which you will find foits proper place i.u the body of the work.; TIIE SYMMES ME]IORIAL. jf'(rat 6entrnt£on. 1. REV. ZEC!L\.RIAII SYMUES1 was the ancestor of most of those who 1Jcn1· tho nn.mo in America, so far as is known. He was born in gn~lnml ot' mol:lt respcctablo and worthy parents, who had been sleiu.lfllst in tho faith of tho gospel, even in the worst of times. His granufutbcr, W1LL1AM SYMMES, was a. tl'llly religious man, nntl a fi1·m pl'otestant, in tho reign of tho bloody Quee_n Mary, from 1553 to 155~. His wifo was likc-mindecl. Their son, I~cv. Wit.r,,;,1,;: SnrnEs, was 01·uainecl to the ministry of the gospel in thl.\t ftuii::ms year 1588. He exercised his office faithfully, at o. timo when it llXposcd him to greut suffering. Queen Elizabeth was o.frui•.l of cnrrying tho Refo~·mntion too far. Shc·had set up a stand art1 of her owi~. )J\ things eeclesiastica1, retaining many of the old rvpish rites, nnd she determined thata.11 her subjects should conform to ~t. She inherited the stern, unrelenting spirit of her father, and wns fond or the old ceremonies in which she had been educated. The yenr nftcr her accession, tho parliament made her the supreme heu.d of tho Church of England, and conferred on her the right of regulating all its affairs. Ber authority was thus made to supersede tho authority of the Lord Jesus Christ; and tho power thus conferred slFJ was 11ot slow to exert. Sho was in c[eet the rope of England. 8ho clnii11cd, and pretended to exercise, supreme authority in mat ters of faith, to determine what every man between the four seas slionltl liclicvo, in what manner ho should worship GoL1, and what shou!tl lio the tenns of Ms nccoptaneo with his Maker. To enforce theso high claims o. court was erected, called the Court of High Conuni:ssion, which was little else than tho Spanish Inquisition ill di:c"s;"tiiso. If nny persons dicl not conform precisely to the orders anc1 clccrces o; this trilnrnal, tho court were authorized to pnn\sh t\:c•.n by (ip,, :-r :mpris0nmont, at their discretion. This power was exct·ci,rnd witi: lhc most unrclont111g severity. Many of the best pco pk in Engl:J,m1 1 both ministers und hymen, wore fined for beyond l 2 THE SYMMES MEMORIAL. their ability, and to their utter ruin; others were shut up iu prison without a. trial, and kept there for months and m·en for years, none of their friends, not even their wives, being allowed to speak to them except in the presence of the jailor, and twenty or more excellent ministers perished in jail. Many hundreds of faithful ministers, whose only ojfeuce was that they chose to obey God rather than man, were turned out of their parishes, and their families left to starve. Some, of whom the world was not worthy, were executed as felons.* Such things rendered the condition of upright, conscientious men in England intolerable. To escape the sufferings which awaited them there, great numbers wMt over to Holland, and thousands at length sought refuge beyond the stonny Atlantic. It was such a state of affairs which, in the reign of the weak and bigoted Charles Stuart, compelled Zechariah Symmes and bis family to emigrate to America. .A.mid all these dangers our Symmes ancestors stood firm. Cotton Mather relates that Rev. William Symmes charged his sons Zecha l·iah nnd William never to defile themselves with any idolutry·i· or superstition, but to dcrivo their religion from Gotl's holy word, and to worship God as he himself has directed, and not after the devices and traditions of men. Ho says, in a passage preserved by Cotton Mather: '' I went to Sandwich in Kent to preach, the first or second year after I was ordained (l.'minister, in 158'1 or 1588, and preached in St. Mary's, where Mr. Rawson, an ancient godly preacher, was minister, who knew my parents well, and me too at school." How long he remained at Sandwich we do not know. He had at least two sons. Zechariah and William. It is uncci·tain whether William came to Amcrica.t There is no evidence that he did come, as we have found his name in no early record, save his brother's will. He was living in 16 64, as we learn from the docu ment ji1st mentioned. From that document we infer that he pos sessed some property, some of which had been used for the relief of the suffering brother and his family. Rev. Zechariah Symmes, son of Rev. William, and granc1son of Mr. William Symmes, already mentioned, was born at Canterbury, in England, April 5, 1599. Ho gavo evidence of piety ut an early age. Ho was educated at Emanuel College, in tho Unfrersity of Cambridge, where he was graduate • Henry Darrow, a lnwye1·, John GrcQnwood 11nd ,Tohn renry, clcl'gymcn, to gratif~· tho spito ofnn n11g-ry prclutc, wci·e exccutc1.r'without any legal nuthoritv, anti \Jy the mere sen tence of tho Ili15h Commission, in 1593, nncr being kcµt three ycnrs·in prison. t The worship of tho Church of Romo, some of which still lingers in the Chul'ch of England, is essentially idolatrous. t Coult! he have !Jeon the father of Miss Sm·uh Simes, who died in Caml.Jridgc ncnr DJoton, Jm~o ll, !653? . ' FlnST GENER.a.TION, 3 up':! courts* for his nonconformity, he removed to D_unstu.ble 'I- in l o:.!5, whcro1 11s rector, he continued for eight years his labors in tho l{O:!pcl. Still annoyed by prosecutions of this nature, he at fou~lli dctc,·iuincd to rcmovo to America. Ho urrircu in Boston, with his wife and seven children, in the 11hip Orillin, ~cptcmbcr 18, 1634. This ship brought over about t1Vo humfre1I emigrants, umong whom were William and Anne Hutch iu:1011 aurl Hcv. John Lothrop. Mr. Lothrop, afler prcachin_g in Sdtuuto L!1t·1.:e er four years, settled in Barnstable in 1G39. This ci.ulgr~tion, and othors that took place in the six years following, wcro greatly p!·omoted by an apprehension now entertained by g0tlly pecph, in England, that thero '' wai:1 a special providence of Gou ii& ru1sii.lg ihfs. plantation, which generally stirreu their hearts to como O\'or."t lk Lothrop, for instanco, was accompanied in his vuyn:.tc Ly about thh-ty of his i'or:nor charge in London. lh-. Symiucs, u.uu his wifo Sarah-of whom more in the sequel wcro a 1; 't'hu cxe~r:ihla ·wniiam Lnnd wns then hishop of London, u fit instmmcnt of nrhitrmy TH•wc1·. lic w,l~ nrcltl>islwp ot' Canterbury f.-om rn:1a to lG-H. Ho wits beheaded on Tow~r .llill for hi9 n.g-cncy in Buhvertlng the liberties of Rngh111,l, Jttu. 10, Wl!-5. t In Bcll!'urclslilrn, thit't\•-four miles N. ,v. from London. '.t '."!.'his statc::1~11\ Wtt, mallo by ~[r. John Umnphrcy, who with his wifo Sm:tn, fl ~i>lcr ·)i' t!,o E,u-l oi' Llnc:oln, P.rrivctl in Boston, July, 1G31. 'l'htJ lmly Anthelb, wil't: ol' b,t,tc J uhi!oun, whu ~nuw wi\ll ·wiuthrop ill Hi31l, W.18 daughter of that nobleman, 4 TIIE SYMMES MEMORIAL. Nine ministers were present, one of whom was Mr. Symmes, the nearest minister, yet none of them took part in the ordination. Mr. Carter himself preached and prayed. Other instances of this sort might be mentioned, all of which show that such was the prevailing, as it was the primitive practice.* Tho First Church, Bol:lton, was originally formed in Charlestown, July 30, 1630.t But it being found diflicult to cross tho river, especially in winter, the church was removed to Boston, where a majority of its members resided, and a new church, consisting of six teen men and their wives, and three unmarried men living on the north side of the river, organized in Charlestown, Nov. 2, 1632. Of this new church, Rev. Thomas James, who arrived in Boston with Rev. Stephen Batchelor and Rev. Thomas Welde, June 5, 16321 was chosen the first pastor. It being customary for each church to enjoy the labors of two ministers, Mr. Symmes, in December, 1634, was ordained as colleague with Mr. James, taking on him tho work of teacher, while Mr. James confined himself to pastoral labors. Difll cuities soon arose between the two ministers, a majority of the peo ple adhering to Mr. Symmes, which occasioned the calling of an ecclesiastical council. This council, on the 11th of March, _I 63 6, advised Mr. James to ask a dismission, which was accordingly done. Ho went to Providence in 1637, 'and thence to New Haven, where he engaged in teaching. In October, 1642, he accompanied Rev. Messrs. Knowles of Watertown and Tompson of Braintree, in their unsuccessful mission to Virginia, returning with them in June of the following year. Not long after this, he returned fo Englund; was resettled at Needham in Suffolk; was deprived of his parish for non conformity, and died .about 1678, aged 86. In all his tria1s he approved himself as a faithful servant of Christ, and appears to lrnvo been a truly good man.t • It wns held, and such is tho theory at the present time, tlrnt by the appointment of Christ himself, all rhurch power, unucr Christ, resides in the church it,;clf; i. e., in tho body of church mcmtJcrs. Every chm·ch, therefor.?, hns the right of choosing its own officers; a right which no mqn can tnke from it. llut the power of e!ectio,i implies nm[ Includes the power of ortli11atio11. For, ns the Cmnbridgo Plntform snys, "Onli1m tion is nothing clso but the solemn putting n mnn Into his pince 11ml olllco iu tho l'hnrch, whcrcnnto he hntl right before l!y olcctlun. Onliuntlon is to follow election. Ordination tloth nut constitute an ottlcer, no1· give him tho csscntiuls of his olllcc ••..• Tn churcl,cs where thcro aro cMers, imposition of luuuls In orui1111tion is tu l>u performed hy those chlcrs, •••• For if tho people mny elect otllccrs, whlclt is tho grc11tcr, they mny much mm·o lm11osc lum 'l'ho Hcv. Jolin Harvard, who, with Anna. his wife, came oYer in 1631, wus with hc1· admitted a member of the Charlestown church, Nov. 61 in tliat yca.r. Ho gra.duated o.t Emanuel College, Cambridge, lu lGal, c.n Lcr of that dmrch1 it is next to certain, says Rev. Samuel Sewall, that ho never was ca.Bed to oflico in that church. 'l'he only notice to uo founJ of him in the church records is of his admission as a mem!Jo.r, ct tho 1rnd soon v.l'tcr, if 11ot at the same timc1 Loco.me the colleague of Mr. Syuuuo::;. ile was tho tcac!ter, whereas 1\Ir. Symmes, from the time of the dismissiou of Mr. James, 1636, was the pastor. Mr. Ailon was born in Norwich, Eng., 1608; graduated at Caius Col lege, Camiiritlgc, 1 G27; was minister of St. Edmund's Chui·ch iu his natirn city, lrnt was deprived for nonconformity, 1 G3G, and came with his wifo Anno to Ne,v England in 1638. It is supposed that sho soon dictl, un + 1,liot, in hi~ biography, calls him "pnstor of the chureh in Charlestown." In a list of !t.s ministt•rs, clrawn up in motlcl'll times, nnd inserted in the second volume or thu ehccrd1 reeun!.s, Mr. llarvarll is 1mmllcn:tl nmoug them. 13ut nil this nppcars to lie fonmlcJ i11 mbt.cko. t Sec American Qumtcrly Rrgi8tcr, vol. xi. p. '19. t A~ c11rly as Ilfcly, lii:JG, mcn.:mrcs hnll been _put in tr11in for a coii<'go in Massnclmsetts. Saic1n wa!-4 nt Hrst jirnpt)SCtl; httt In Novc1nhcr, tH37, _thu li.;g-i,,l,.iturc rcsoivcll 011 the erec tion or 11 colleµ:e in C,unhC'itlgc, then 11 part ot' Newton, ti,r the support uf' whkh it wn,; n::;:·::ctl to give :~"•r '.\nmlre,l 1m11ml~, whcroof t1i'o l111ml1·ctl pound.~ to he paid the tirst n·11r :1:Hl twn l111m1c·cci. i•t•tcmls when thu work w,i.:s tinishc,l.-Pelt's Eccl. ]list . .Y. E., vol. 1. l'i': 2,J l, ~1;~1, :J:2li. · 11 ';'l,u G,•ni:rnl Go111·t. ,Ttt,,c 8, 1639, gmntc,1 to Re,·. 1'h01n,i~ Allen five lrnnclrcd ncrcs of lw,", " ill n•ganl to .\!r. H:1rvanl'~ gift."-fl,ll's Eccl. llis/ • .Y. E., vol. i. p. 'J77, II Am. Quar. He,;-. yuJ xl,, J'P· •lG, 49; vcl. xiii. p. •11. 6 . TITE SYMllES YElIOnIAL. the eminent Thomas Shepard, of our Cambridge; grad. H. C. lG53; was ordained tcaclter of the church in Chal'lestown, April 13, 1659. 'l'he imposition of hands was by Mr. Symmes, Uev. John Wilson of Boston, and Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester, at tlie express desire <.!f tlte dmrcl,, and acting in their behalf.* He died suddenly, of small pox, caught while visiting ono of his flock, Dec. 22, 1G77. President Oakes, in a Latin oration, pt·onounced at the Commencement after his death, extolled him " as holding the first rank among tho ministers of his day." · Mr. Symmes was admitted freeman of the colony, May 6, 1635. Not long after his settlement in Charlestown he became involved in the celebrated controversy with Mrs. .Ann Hutchinson'I- and the Antinomians. As already observed, ho was a fellow-passenger, 1634, with Mrs. Hutchinson in the voyage from England. :Mrs. Hutchinson had startled him and other passengers by some eccen tricities and speculations of her own in matters of religion, anJ especially by " revelations II w4!ch she professed to have received. According to he1· statement, revelations from heaven were with het· matters of frequent occurrencQ. After her arrival, Mr. Symmes felt it his duty to inform the Boston church of what he had heard her say during the passage. This caused some del::ty in her admission to that church, which, however, _fook place early in November. • Ihict, vol. xii. p. 2i4. t She was the d:1ughter of Rev. Francis Marbury, of Lincolnshire, and w::is h,tptizcu at Alford, July 20, 1591. At the age of twenty sho was married to Willium HntchinMou, a pro.spcrous merchant of that place. At the time of the contrnversy spoken of in the text, she was forty•tl\'e years of uge, and lrnd fcvcml children alrcntly i:ome to maturity. Sltc wns an exceedingly capable and resolute woman. Afte1· her h,mi,;lunent from :Massaclrn· setts, she und her husb,md went to Rhode Islund, where ho died in 1612. She then went to re.side under the Dutch jurisdiction at Pelham Neck, nenr New Rochelle, N. Y., where she was killed by the Indians, with most of her family in September of the followinl; year. Some of her children and grnndchildren arose to wealth and distinction in Massaclmsctts. Tl1omas Hutchinson, her great•grcnt-grundson, was governor of that province, 1771-74. Tho following Is the testimony given by Mr. Symmes on the trial of llfrs, Hutchinson before the court at Nc1vtown (nO\V Cambridge) iu 1637. Weliud it in Hutchin~on's History of J\fassachusetts, published in 1767. "For my own part, bci11g culled to speak in this case, to discharge the relation wherein I st!md to the Commonwealth, and that wherein I stand to Got!, I shall spenk bricfl_v. ".For my ucqnuintnnre with this person, I lmu none in our native country, only I had occ:ttion to be in her company once or hvicc bctbre I cmne, where I did perceive that she did slight the ministers of the wortl of God. llut I came along with her in the ship, nnd it ~o fell ont that we were in the great cnbln together, and therein did agree with the laiJonrs of l\fr. L11throp and mysclt~ only thcro was a secret opposition to things delivered. Tho main thing that was then in hand was about evidencing of a good estate, um! among the rest nliont that place in John concerning the love of the brethren. Thnt which I took notice of was the corruptness and na1·rowncss of her opinions; which I doubt not I mny cull them so; but she said, when she came to Boston there would be something seen. • • . . " And IJcing eomo, nnd site desiring to be numittetl n member, I was dc~ircd to !Jo there, and then Mr~ Cotton did give PJ.C full satisfaction in the things in question. - " And for things which have been here spoken, ns far as I cun remember, tbcy arc tho truth: 1md when I asked her what she thought of me, she said, Alas I yon know my mind Jong ago. Ye, I do not think myself dbpnmgcll IJy her testimony; and I wo11ltl not trnn blc the court, only thi~ one thing [ sliull pnt In, that .Mr. Dudley and Mr. Haines wcro not wanting In the cause, nftcr I hud given notice of her." 'l'homns Dnclicy came to New England with Wintln·op In 1G3J; w::is depnty governor of l\fo,s.ichusctts, 16:l0-\6:13; go,·c1·nor, 163-1 nnd \010; dicll July 31, Jii63. ,Tot111 Haynes camu with John Cotton in 1633; wns governor, 163i; governor of Connectic11t many yenrs; diet.! :Murch 11 16J!. FinST GENERATION, 7 Soon after her arrival, she began to hold meetings once ~r twice n week, nt lirst for women only, afterwards meetings at wluch rncn n:i well ns women were present. Sixty or eighty or even one~Dn.m droJ wou11.:a uttcn number of her adherents guilty of sedition, and proceeded to disarm, disfranchise and banish from the colony seventy-five of the more prominent men, and banished Mrs. Hutchinson herself. If this measure was a stretch of power, it at least saYed the country from ruin. Mr. Symmes took piirt in these proceedings. Mr. Symmes appears to. have been held in esteem by his cotem poraries, aml when we remember who they were, this is no small praise. In regard to literary attainment, ho appears to have been respectable. He had for those times a good library, containing the works of tho able divines of his day. But so far as wo can now discover, ho was more distinguished for practical talent and general usefulness than for intellectual eminence. Ile must have boon a man of no small ability to retain a firm hold of such a parish for so many years. He wrote his sermons, and left a largo number in manuscript, most of -them bound up in volumes. " He knew his Bible well," says Cotton Mather,,," and he was a preacher of who.t he knew, and a sufferer for what he preached." Of his wife, Edward Johnson, in ihe Woncior-W orking Provi dence, writes as follows: "Among all tho godly women that came through tho perilous seas to war theh- warfare, the wife of this zealous teacher, Mrs. Sarah Symmes, shall not be omitted. This vir tuous woman, endued by Ohrist with grace fit for a wi!Jcrncss condition, her courage exceeding her stature, with much chee1·.ful ncss did undergo all the difficulties of those times of straits, her God through faith in Christ supplying all wants, with great indus try nurturing up her young children in the fear of the Lord; their number beiug teu1* both sons and daughters; ~ certain s1gn of t!1c Lord's fotent to people this vast wilderness. God grant they mr,y be as valiant in :fight against sin, Satan~ and all the enemies of Christ's kingdom, following the example of their father and grand father, who have both suffered for the same; in remembrance of whom these following lines are penned: " Come Znchnry, thou must re-edify Christ's churches in this di,sort-lnnd of hii-, With Moses' zenl, stamped unto dust, defy All crooked WRys tlmt Obrist'e true worship miss. With Spirit's sword and armour girt nbout, '.l'hou lnycdest on proud prelate's crown to crack, And wilt not suifor wolves thy flock to rant, 1'hough close they creep, with sheep-skins on their back. 'l'hy father's ~pirit If these lines have little poetic merit, they aptly express the spirit und life of tho Ohn.rlostown pus tor. • We hnvo tho names of twelve, of whom ten were then living, FIRST GENERATION, 9 Wouurn was aottied from Chal'iestown in 1641. The first sct tlur11 hat!. bccii members of ~fr. Symmcs's church and congregation. 'l'hll first aermou ovor preached in Woburn was by Mr. Symmes, Nov. 21 1 ·10·H, from tho text, Jer. 4: 3: "'l'hus saith the Lord, brea~ up your fuHow ground, and sow not among thorns." V cry appropr1~te, ccrtuluiy, to tho occasion, Mr. Symmes was present at the format10n of tho church, Aug. 24, 1642. On that occasion ho "continued in pruyor unil p1·caching about the space of four or five hourcs."* Ila wu11 aiso pt·cscnt ut the ordination of Mr. Thomas Carter,, tho first miai~tcr, Dccoml,cr 2, foHowing. Ho p1·oechcu tho E!cctio:1 Sermon in 1648. . · In ;a!y, l~Mi; *o· Que?,t8ra first cnmo to lloston. The sect then hcnr~!lg. $i1q.t ~1~lllf,l'JOf1J po~ jhf~oncep.blo, order-loving citizens now known tQ ua un~lcf thR.t '.'designation. ' 'l'hoy wcro people who, pro fussing to bav9 1·0•1olatfons l!.nd impulses directly from heaven, made it lhulr spcciai business to disquiet all who diffcreu from them, to tho utmost of thc;r power. ln England G-e01·gc Fox and others tranJllcd through tho 1and, declaiming against ·tho ministers and churches, interrupting public worship, and refusing any respect to · tho civil mngistrr..tc. Some of them, even females, went into meet ings for public woTsilip stark naked. Many opened their shops on 1 tho Lo!·d'a liiy1 in do!io.nce of the laws. Others wont ubout tho 1:1tl'octs of Louuou denouncing tho judgments of God ,against tho govcr:'.?.rnont. i' T;,'J o.dvcnt '::t -~~~%0 :people to New Englund was d:ceadecl. us among the worst 0:f ~vils. But in 1656, two Quaker women en.me :r0mr _;:-m:-t1.c.0~s~ ... - h "I ~0 .ooston,n as they expressly stated, to propagate +.bci.~· ':',0ntemT-'~ 0? t1.Jo mfo.istry and of the civil power. 1\ mon~G }atcr, sevei·ul 0foer Q•.:r.~ers arrived with s1milar intent. ?b.cy cou ti:rnctl ~o co.m The General Court of Massachusetts passctl an net against the Quakers, imposing heavy fines, sentencing offontlers to prison aucl banishing them from the colony. Some of them, after being sent away, returned a second or o. third time, notwithstanding that the penalty of death was denounced upon them in case of their return.* The government were very reluctant to proceed to extremities. But exercising tho right which every householder has to clear his house of disorderly persons, and finding that these wretches, after being sent away, would still return, and, as some of them avowed, for the- express purpose of defying and trampling upon the laws of the land, the executive authority made use of the last resort; they hanged four of these Quakors.t But they were not hanged for be ing Quakers; they were not tlms dealt with, nor were they fined, imprisoned or banished, for opinion's sake, lmt for riot and sedi tion, for endeavoring the orcrthrow of the civil aulhority, and for disturbing the public peace. While some of these Quakers were in prison, Mr. Symmes visited them for religious conversation suited to their need. For this and similar efforts he was grievously reviled by the Quakers. The latter part of the life of Mr. ·Symmes was embittered by the conduct of some of the members of his church, who were among the founders of tho First Baptist Church in Boston. This church was originally gathered in Charlestown, about the year 1665. Thomas Gould,, o. member of Mr. Symmes's church, had o. child born to him in 1655, which he withheld from baptism. For this, and for absent ing himself from tho worship and ordinances oi' that church, in disrc- · gard of covenant vows, he was repeatedly admonished, au " Ibid, vol. ii. ill, ot seq.; Palfrey, ii. 41H, &c. t Fclt's Eccl. Hist. N. E., ii. pp. 208, 211 ct seq. 25·!; P11lfrry, JI. 464 ct seq. t 1''clt's Eccl. llist.N. E., ii. 138, 151 1 341,362,371,513; Pulfrey; iii. 89, UO. Fmil'r GE::{ER.1.TIOX. In 10-lS, nn A synod, a.'!scmulou in Boston in l 6 62 1 introcluccd into the N cw England churches wlmt has long been known as ihc "half.way co\·e nunt," whcl'cby persons baptized in infancy, on coming to maturity and owning the covenant made by their pa.rents at their baptism, wore ontitlc "' f,'clt's Eccl. ,r,t. };, :E., ii. ll; P,ilfroy, ti, 67; Scwnn•~ Hist. of Wohnrn, p. 50. Silver wns ~ctwco; tho 11wst tltat lmLl been brought over, was ~ont back to E11.~l:t11 . eight years after. There had been some misunderstanding about the line, which was at lengtl,i quieted by an arrangement entered into July 29, 1650, by a committee mutually chosen. By this arrange ment Charlestown relinquished to Woburn five hundred acres of Jand, beginning at the east corner of Edward Convers's farm, which was in Woburn, and running north to Charlestown Head Lino; in exchange for which Woburn ceded to Charlestown throe thousand acres lying further north. Edward Oonvera lived near where the Orthodox church in Win chester now stands. His f~m, of course, was in the neighborhood of his house, including what was long known as Convers's Mill, on the Mystic River, in the present village of Winchester, and now in the occupation of Joel Whitney, or very near it. Afr. Symmes's farm lay immediately west of the farm of Convers. The arrangement now entered into gave to Woburn the farms and lots on " Richardson's Row," now Washington Street, in Winchester, respecting a part of which there had been some dispute. But Woburn 1·elinquished to Charlestown three thousand. acres of land, of which the rights of property were to be veste~ in Charlestown, though considered to bo within the bounds of W ob.urn. When Woburn was incorporated, October, 1642, it was four miles square, and the three thousand acres lay at its northern extremity, within the limits· of the present town of Wilmington. It was long known as the "Land of Nod," and is so called by many a~ the present day.* This name was probabiy sug gested by its forlorn condition, so far from church ordinances, which seemed to justify a comparison with that distant region to which Cain banished himself when he went from the presence of the Lord-Gen. 4: 16. This tract of land lay for many years in a neglected, uncul tivated state. It was div,ded by Charlestown, in H.i43, among twelve of her prominent citizens, of whom Mr. Symmes was one. '.l.'be share given to him was three lmndred acres; none had more than this, some had 1css. But the lot8 were not surveyed nor staked out till 1718, and were considered of so little mluc, that several of the gentlemell" resigned their grants to the town again.-!· In 1 G71, Mr. Symmes's three hundred acres were valued at only five pounds. Mr. Symmes continued to be pastor of tho church in Charlestown till his death, which took place Feb. 4, 1610-1,:~ at tho age of 71 years and ten months. His wife Sarah survived him, dying in l G'7G. Mather says his epitaph§ represents him as having lived with !tis wifo forty-nine years and seven months, and as having had Ly her-- * A mill jn thut vicinity is stiii cniicd u :-N·o,rEI MHi/1 t Sewall's Hist. "\Vobum, pp. 8, 23, 29, 640, 541. t A diflcrent date is given in tho N. E. Genonl. Reg., vol. xiii. 207, viz., Feb. 'H, 1G71. nut Muther, in his MU1,rnt11in, snys Mr. Symmes died .l'cb. 4, 1670, wliich of course ls olcl stylo. 'l'cn l111ys must be ntlded to make it conform to tho ne1v style, nnd tho tmc ll::i,c, nccorcling to onr present mode of rcckoniug, is 'Fcu. 14, lG71. This also corresponds with the lluto us given In Hobnrt'd Joumul untl in Judge Sownll's intrrlcuvcd nlmu11ac. We•J Gcncul. neg., vii. 200.) Moreover, the inventory Is untcll l•'cb. 15, IU70-l. · 9 lt is 10 bo n·;;retteu tluU lhill CJJlt!IJJh now cxistd ollJy in tho Mugualiu. FIRST GENERATION, 13 lh·o sous 11ml eight daughters. According to this statement be must hnrn l.H.wn mutTiou to hor as curly as July, 1621, tho year after he grailuutod 11~ college. Ho resided in London from 1621 to 1 G25, and hia two 01uost children seem to have been born there. W c have tho namos of twolvo children, none of whom were born previous to 1025. Eu waa honorably interred o.t tho expense of the town. His grave was "covcrcti und sot comclie" by a stone-work laid in lime, together with n. tom!.i-slonc, wocurcd by tho selectmen of the town and the Jcucons 01' tho cliu"i-ch, in pursuance of a vote of the town. The opltuph, wliicli has boon wholly offocod by the ravages of time, con tniuod the following Jin!JS :. "A ]i)J'OJ>bot lioe benenth this stone : ilia worJa 11htill livo, though lie be gono." m~ _will i.5 1fatcd Jan. 20, 1664-5; it was proved March 31, 1(,7 l, nllll i:i rcco!'ucd Midd. Prob. 3, 234. I have carefully c.x:a miud tho origiuu.l document, written with his own hand, which I shnll h,wn quot.I} <':,.-n<>t. a,nil entire. Tho twcntict:1 day of January 1664, I Zechariah Symmes of Charles town, New Eugiami, being at present, through God's free mercy, in some competent measure of health, yet daily wayting for my change, have rnvisccl tho lust former ·' :>t11 wns ta:~ sr.vc:1th ,laughter, not then mnnlcd. Dellomh, younger than she, had :)('~':! 1f\~t1TicU tL l'e-.'r \\"~el:~ l,1'CY!OUS, -~ :::-ro other sau3 :in ui~~ll\ionct.l In tile will th:in tlioso llll'ec, "\Yillium, Zcchurin/1 nnu T11nc·~!.ty, 14· THE SYMMES lllillORIA.L. going to Rehoboth I· gave some books, with some household stuff, and to make up his first dividend, I assign unto him all my library, except what is after mentioned, and provided that soone after my death he oblige himself in a bonde of eighty pounds, together with his heirs and assigns, to pay unto his brother Timothie fourty pounds sterling in money, or merchantable goods at money price, within one year nftcr my doccusc, or in case his brother Timothy dye before the year expired, then to pay it to my other children surviving, in equal portions, reserving a double portion to my eldest sonne William. Other legacies doe some of my dear friends deserve, and therefore may probably expect, but considering my dear widos probable necesseties, and that fnrr most of our first estate came by her, I trust they will take it well though I do dispose of the remainder of my estate in the manner following. First, my debts being discharged (which are none that I know of bnt what my wife is privye unto) and one legacy of five pounds to my dear brother 11fr. "William Symmes, to which I know my wife will be as willing as myself, it being but a small remembrance of his very great love and costs to us and ours, I then give and bequeath to my faithful and dearly beloved wife, the whole use and benefit of all my temporal estate, consisting in !ands, houses, cattell, moneye, plate, with all other goods and moveables which tho Lord hath given, to her own proper use, to have, hold and enjoy during the whole time of her widowhood. In case she shall see good to marry, which I suppose she will never do without good atlvice, then I take it _for grantml that it will be with one that may bring some comfortable outward estate with him, and therefore in case ·she shall marry I give a tbinl part of my whole estate to be equally divided among my children then living, only a double part to my eldest sonne, and at her death the other two thirds to be alike divided, only I give her liberty and power at her decease to dispose of fifty pounds sterling to any of he1· children or any other of her relatives or .friends as she shall see mete. :Further, out of my books and papers, I give her that largo English Bible web was her mothers, also such books as I have of Doc Sibs 01· Doc Prcstons,* also a book of Baynes lctters,t :rnd about comfortable ,vnlking with God. Also all my notes of my sc:·:.nolls, one book iu octavo upon 1 Gth Mat. 24 and 17 cap of John, 2 small 1.iooks of my lattm· sermons, one in decimo sexto, the oLhcr hath yet but :i. few sermons. Also I give to my oldest sonno Fnlko t on Hhcm. Test. with •1 Looks i11 qua1'to of !lfr. llolton's works,§ ns also a fourth part of Huch rn:rnu scripts either mine owno or my father's sermons, as are in papers or sticht, Lut not bound up. All my written books besides I give to Zech: with the rest of the manuscripts, yet so as upon their requests not to ucny the lcutl- • Dr. Rlchnrd SilJlJcs, n cclobrntod l'urltnn Jll'enchcl', nnd tho nnthor of somo highly np provoLI works, tho most notoll of which wna "'fho llruisetl Hcc,I,'' to which Baxter snys ho owed hi8 conversion. Ho died in lll35, 11ged 5!), Dr. John Prestou wns another Llistinguishe,l J'urit.nn Llivino, ma:1tcr of E111111111ci College, C,unhrhlgc, nllll might lmvo Ileen L,i:;hop of Oim1CC8tcr, but ho l'Cfused. Ho Wll'l II l'CIIIIU'kahly eloquent Jll'CIIL"hCr, IIIHI ,liotl July, Hi:!8. t l'aul UayncH w1i~ 11 preacher or grent Jc11r11l11!-\" aml CXl'111plnry piety, and tho author of ~cvcml vahmhlo works. Ho suHcrcll much for his uoucoutimuity, null w11s l'cLlucccl to great povcny nmi w1111t for rciigiun 's snko. t Dr. Willi11m Fulkc, 1111 eminent 111HI lcnrnci\ ruritun llil-inc, horn 1510, die,\ 158(), !lo expose,! tho 111lstnkl'8 In tho tmnslation, uutl tho litlsc glosse8 put upon the 81tcl'C1l text, in what wns cnllcli tho Uhcmish 'l'estnmcnt; which was ,m En;.:lislt vo1-,,ion r.-0111 the Lnt.i11 Yull-(ato of tho Now 'l'ostmncnt, mmlo in tho (Hombh) .E11glisl1 Cullcgo nt lthcims, 1''rnncu, in \f,8:!. § .ltuhert Bolton, horn 1572, died Hi3l, wns 11 ,•cry karn<'•l Purit:tn mlulstcr, a most mrnk cumg 11111[ uhlo preacher, 11 very lll-vout 1111d holy mun. .Ile con ILi spcuk tlrcek with 11il11ust us great J'.1dlity ns his 111othcr tuuguc. FlllST GENERATION. 15 iu;r of them for n smnll time to any of their brethren or sisters to peruse for thuir owuo priv11to uso oucly, for I never intcudc 'l'hcro hi i:i. codicil_ dated Dec. I!), 1G67, making no essential chango. llin:sTonr of 1-:~u1to of Ur. Zechm·inh Simmes, c1cccnsel1, made Feb. 15, !1370-1. [ Exactly copied, as was tho will, from the l>robate Rccor 4G0. 0. 0 In Cv.ttcll £7. 0. 0 Jn ~,Vuriugn1;;':::.:·eH 20. 0. 0 :! Ii\ ;~,ibrm·:r. · · _ 85. 10. 3 111 .1.· intc a :.•1, :i'u)ny 20. 0. 6 132. 10. D lfo1:scJ,clt1 Goods. l'ewtci·, .£1 O. 0. (I : Brass, .£5. 10. 0} 1rou 'warn. £7. iv. 0 _· ]k,diug & l,ot1stctls, £2-1. 15. 0 G7. 11. G Ly11l!Cll .£1!). 11. G Covol'lcts, Blankets, Scargo, :F.lanno11, Flux, Yarn, Ct~rpcts, &c. .£7. HI. O ]~!onvo11 Cnsl1ions 1. G. O One clock 2. 10. O Jn trunks, chests, Tables, C1mircs, Stoolcs & Desks 8. 2. 0 Ju Lmuucr 1. O. D 20. 17. D £G81. 0. 0 Signet1 by Thomas Limle, 1-Vijlimn Stitson, 1 Lllwl'onco lI,:minontl, nutl ,Toslnm Tidd, appraisers. J" :i'l:Iit1l1. rn,l•:ito l\CCOl't1s, 3: 237. ~ .llcnotomy in Wc~t Curnt,rftlgo. 16 - THE SYMMES MEMORIAL. The following is, with some slight omissions, the will of Mrs. Sarah Symmes, as found on record in the Suffolk Registry, vol. vi. fol. 145. It was proved Dec. 281 1676. WILL OF SARAH Srn:111s, relict of Zechariah Simms, late of Charlestown. I do freely give and resigne my soul into the hands of my blessed Crea to• and Redeemer, desiring for the merit of Christ alone to be accepted, and desire with thankfulness to acknowledge his grace for that measure of as surance thereof which hee hath vouchsafed unto mee. And for that tempo rall Estate which I have which is onely tlifty pound, which my husband in his last will and Testament gave me liberty to dispose of as I saw good, I do dispose and give as followeth I do give unto my son Zachary Simms fifteen pounds. I do give to my grandchild Margaret Prout ten pounds. I give to my son Timothy Simms seven pounds. I give unto my grandchild Margaret Davis five pounds. I give to my grandchild Hann!ili Davis five pounds. The remaining' eight ·pounds !'give to my son William Simms, to my son John B1·oke and to his wife, to my son Zachary Simms and to his wife, to my son Timothy Simms and to his wife, to my son Thomas Savage and to his wife, to my son Timothy Prout and to his wife, to my son Hum phrey Booth, to my son Edward Willies and his wife, to each an equal part for to buy each of them a Ring, which I desire them to accept as a token of my love, I not having farther to _give unto them. Thomas Savage and Edward Willis.-. .were Executors• Mr. Symmes had by his wife Sarah, according to Cotton Mather, thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters. W c find but ten mentioned in the foregoing will; the same number assigned to him by Johnson - this being the uumber lMng in 1652, tho date of tho " Wonder-Working Providence.'1 Eight were born in Englund, of whom seven accompanied him to this country. Five were born afterwards. Born in London, Eng. 2. A son,' born about 1623. This must bo supposed, to mako out the number assigned to him by Mather. Died early. +3. SARAII,2 b. about 1625; m. first, Rev. Samuel Haugh ; m. second, Rev. John Brock, both of Reading. Born in .Dunstable, Eng. +4. W1LLIA11.t,3 bapt. Jan. 10, 162G-7; m. first, Sarah (?) --; m. sec ond, Mary--. f5. l\fAuy,2 bapt. April lG, 1628; m. Tl10mus Savage. IG. ELIZADETU,2 bapt. Jan. 1, 1G2!>-30 ; m. Hezekiah Usher. IluLDAH,2 1 7. bapt. l\:forch 18, 1G30-1; m. "William Dnvis. 8. lIANNAU,2 bapt. Aug. 22, 1G32; uum.; cl. early. D. R&r.ECCA/ bapt. Feb. 12, 1633-4; m. Humphrey Ilooth. Born i'n Charlestown, .New England. 10. RuTTT, 2 b. Oct. 18, 1G35; m. Edward ,vmis, Juno 15, HiGS. +11. ZECIIAmAu/ b. Jan. 9, 1G37-8; m. first, Snsannal; Gmvos; m. secon 12. T1uomv,• b, 1\foy 7, IG,10; cl. Sept. 25, 1G41. l:J, Dt:1101u11,1 L. Aug. 28, lG·12; m. Timothy Prout, Dec. 13, 1GG4- lii11 5ccond wifo; his first wife's name was J\fargaret. +u. T1.MOTUY,8 t,, .lt.i-13; m. first, l'ifary Nichols; m. second, Elizabeth · Norton, Tho LnptL,ms of tho childl'on born in Dunstable appear in 1fr. Rm1go's "UlcLrnings." ~ttonl:I ~r1m:ntion. 3. ::iAUAIT SYMMES,• daughter of Rev. Zechariah and Sarah Symmes- the oldest of theit· children except a son who died in fofuncy- was born in England about 1625; accompanied her father to America in 1634; admitted to the church in Charlestown, April 17, Hi42; m. fh·st, Rev. SAMUEL H.A.umr,* in 1650. He was born in Eng!anu, eon of Atherton Haugh, who came in 1633 from Boston in Old Euglan with Messrs. Ilookor1 Stone and Cotton, the Ia.st of whom was pro bub!y his Ntstot ~-~ England. He was 11n adherent of Mrs. Hutchin sen in J.!33';'. 8.ntl ;·euresentative from Boston with Vane and Cod l:=:,~~on. s:'.1.:r. 1.1':l\ ~\e son, was a member of tho first class fo Har ""-'·1_'. CoHcgo. ~:1ouf1 :for somo reason ]10 did not graduate. Ile came 1,e Reading, 0r what 5s now W n.kcfield, in 1648, o.nd was ordained pust0t' of fie c'.rnrc:i there, March 26, 1650. He was the second minister of tho place, succeeding the Rev. Henry Green. Be died at the house of his brother-in-law, Hezekiah Usher, in Boston, March 30, 1GG2. Uc left thrco daughters, and v. son Samuel. She married second, Rev. JOHN J3ROCK, of Reading, now W " Pronounced .Flo.if, 18 THE SYMMES M.EMOnl.A.L. 4. CAPT. WILLIAM SYMMES/ the eldest son of Rev. Zechariali1 nnd Sarah Symmes who camo to maturity; Lorn in DunstnLle, Bed fordshire, Eng.; bapt. Jan. 10, 1626-7; came to New England with his parents at eight years of age; and· was twice married. The name of his first wife is not known. As she had a daughter Sa.rah, this may have been her name.* 'l'he second wife was MARY-. Not much is known respecting him. He resided in Charlestown, in that part which lay north of Mystic Pond, and which is now in cluded in Winchester; was chosen tytbing-man there in 1679. Tho Indians gave a deed of the land afterwards known as Chelms ford, April 3, 1660. Of this deed William Symes was a subscrib ing witness. The others· were Samuel Green and James Convcrs. [See Allen's History of Chelmsford, page 163.] Sept. 21, 1674.. In behalf of the proprietors of the Land of Node, William. Sims and Edward Wilson,· both of Charlestown, received from the town of Woburn a quit-claim of that tract, being 3000 acres.t Ho appears to have adhered to the royal government dul'ing the melancholy timo from 1684 to 1689. The charter of' Massachusetts, uncler which the colony had prospered for :fifty-four years, was rncatcd in· October, 1684, and tho people now lay at the mercy of tho king. In December, 1686, Sir Edmund Andros arrived in Boston as :royui governor of all New England. His government was oppress1 1re jn the highest degree. He pronounced the titles under which the :inhabi tants held their land utterly worthless. Their land, ho said, belong ed to the king of England. If they would retain possession~ they must take out new titles froni him or his agents. In l\farch1 1688, he and his council passed an act which struck at the root of that sys tem of town government, which is the safeguard of our civil liberties. This a.ct forbade that more than one town meeting should be held in a year, on any pretence whatever; and this only for the election of town officers; and this meeting must be called, not hy the select men, but by certain justices of tho peace within tho county. 'l,he town of Woburn met in March, ns usual, and chose five wor thy men for selectmen. But within a fortnight the election wo.s de clared null o.nd void, and the inhabitants were directed to meet for a new choice, by a wo.rrnnt issued by Jonathan Wade of Medford, • ,ve fiml on file in the Probnte Office nt Eust Cumllriclge, the will of "Sumh Simes, of Cambi'iclge, Mnss. Dny in New Engll\nd," dntccl Aprii 4, 16b3. Sito mnkcs bequests to her brother John Steclmnn, her dear pnstor Mr. fJomith11n] Mitchell, mcicr [Richnnl] Champ ney, Bider f.Edmuntl) Frost, her brothcr,Viillam 1-'rcnch, Dcncon (Grcgoryl Stone, DPncon [John] llriilgc. All ol' thcso were .highly respcctnlJlc Cambridge men, nicrnbcrs of tho church, nncl nil were freemen of the colony ns early as 1640. There is nothing fmthcr to indicate the conclition of the testatrix; but we c,mnot nvoicl the conclusion that she wns the first wile of Capt. William Symmes. By the inventory it nppcars that she died ,Tune 11, 16.53. Amount of Inventory, £44 11 9, all porsonn.l cstntc. t Sewnll'li !list. of Woburn, p • .540. SECOND GENERATION, 19 .Jnhn Brown of Ilonding, nnd William Symmes of Charlestown, thrco ju:;ticcll ol' tho peaco fot· the County of lifiddlese.x. These justices hull liocu nppoiutod by tho arbitrnry royal Governor, and were ex pected to Lo suusor\'ient to his will.* .Al\cr hid father's death, and probably beforo, ho resided on tho funu gircu to his fathct· by the town of Charlestown, and which by will tho father gv.vo to him to be his after his mother's death, on coutlition that he po.y to his brothors and sisters one hundred pounds in cqunl portions within two years. This condition was never performed, as we learn from a document, dated 1G92-3, which will now oo quoted. It was signed by his brother, Zechariah Symmes, of llr11dlim.l 1 aud fae other children then living. After speaking of U1orndolvos as the children of the Rev. Zechariah Symmes, late of Cha.rlos&own, deceased, a.pd of his having made a will devising his 1:ropcrty, they say that "Mr. William Symmes, eldest son of the afo1·cdai INVENTORY of the :Estate of Capt. William Symmes, Esq. [sic] of Charles town, who deceusccl Sept. 22, lGDl. }fonsing and lands £G2-1. 0. 0 l\Ioney nncl Pluto £22. 5. G Homed beasts, sheep, horses & swine 28. 5. 0, English & Imlit\U Corn 5. 4. 0 G0ods in the I1n11 ]8. l. 0 Gootls in the rhr>.mbers, garret, kitchen & cellar 58. 3. 0 Table linon & ot'wr linen 7. 15. 8 -~ Pnlfr?J", E'st. 0:"'S'cw .Englnncl, vol, iii. p. 550; Scwnll's Hi,t. of \Yl,llllrn, p. 12£1. -t Ho died, ns ye,· In•;cntory, Sept. 22, 169\. 'Ne know not the manner of Liis death. 20 TIIE SYIDIES MEMORIAL. Books, £6. 11. 0; Wearing apparel, ·£10. 0. 0 16. 11. 0 Arms and ammunition 4. o. 0 Cart, plow, chains & other utensils of husbandry 4. 10. 0 Sundriei 3. 7. 0 168. 2. 2 Total £792. 2. 2 Desperate debts, £38. Rates, &c. £34. 8. 8. Funeral charges, .£11. 0. 0 Appraisers- James Convers, Sen. Matthew Johnson, Sen. James Convers, 2d.* This Inventory was exhibited in court, Jan. 3, 1693-4. As an index to the housekeeping of those days, even in good fami lies, we introduce the following, exactly copied from the original. "John Warner of Lawfull age doth testefy yl· he liued with Captn wm Sy ms late of Charlestoune a 'many years, in perticulet he liued there at yt tim8" wheµ y0 Reverend M' Moses ffisk, courted and Mnrryed his daughter Mrs. Sarah $yins, and ad Mr. ffisk recd and had Caryed to Brantro a Con siderable quantity of Goods y1 were Mr. Symses. Imp•t two tables one formo six: Joynstools and two or three chests yl went not away Empty. Six chairs of John La1·kin at Charlestn also 90 weight of fcthcrs, and a new tick ing for thoso fothers that cost three shilling a y:.ml, also n. considerable snm 11 of money laid out at y~ vphoJ.sters, for his Master's daughtc1· n.forcs , nn • J,imcs Convcrs, Senior, wng son of Don, Eclw:ml Convcrs, ono of tho fonmlcrB of 'Woburn, nnd father of Maj. James Convcrs, tho third apprniscr nnd tho gallnnt dcfcnclcr or Storcr'ij garrison in Wells, in June, 1692. t Imprimis, first in orclcr, t A cup of pcculinr construction, ending in 11 beak or poiut. ~ A trammel, a sort of pot-book that might llo Yllricd in lcugth, to hang kettles uvcr t!to fire. . SECOND GENERATION. 21 Capt. Symmes received that title from being an officer in the train bands. Ho was o, lieutenant in 1687. At tho time of his death, Sept. 22, 16lH 1 he was in his 65th year. 'l'horo is a long interval between the birth of his daughter Sarah in 1652, and tbe birth of his next child Mary, which was in 1 G7 G. Wo know of no other child than Sarah by the first marriage. The coll\·iction forces itself uoon us that his first wife died in 1653, in Cambridge, while living· apart from him, and that he lived in u. widowed state tilt about 1675. Probably his second wife was con Hidcrably younger than himself. She had by him six children, and outlived him near!y thirty years. Unfortuuate!y, no record of Capt. Symmes's family has been pre sonod.* Wo derive t'our information from other but authentic sources, espccinliy the court rcco1·ds and the will of Mrs. Mary Tor rey, who Jiau !Jeon tho second wifo of Capt. Symmes. Capt. Symmes left no will. His widow Mary was appointed ndmiuistratdx, und gave bonds in the sum of £ 1200, with .Matthew Jo!rn~on, Sen., 1rn "' Thero m·c mnny clcHcicncics In onr c:.u·ly town records. There wus no lnw then requir ing the rogistmtion of families. Uno rcasou for the dcficicnl'y in this cnsc may have IJccn the fac'. that Capt. S:,nHncs li,·cd sc,•cn Ol' eight miles from the town clerk. -t- :Ol,1tthow Jo!l\lson wa:; '.ho son of C,1pt. Bdw11nl Jolmson, the nnthol' of tho ",vomfor ·wo:·:c.ing .Providc•11cc." Ho wns often cmployr,! in town !Jnsincss. John Carter was a son c,f C:,ipt. JuJJ11 Dr:1·t8r, ouc Ji' tile foumlcr~ uf Wu!mrn.-&1oalf3 IlM. uf Wvb11rn. 22 THE SYMMES llIEMORUL. try, three years in IIull and forty.seven in W cymouth; and died .April 21, 1707, aged 75. He was prolrn.bly much older than his wife Mary; and his children, at least two of them, seem to have married hers. Cotemporary writers rept·escnt him as possessing command ing mental abilities, richly ornamented with science, and as truly a great and good man. He was three times chosen by the legislature to preach tho Election Sermon, in 1674, 1683, and 1693; and all three of tho sermons wore printed. He was chosen president of Harvard College, 1684, but declined the honor.* No division of Capt. Symmes's estate was mu.do till July 31, 1705. A.t that date a survey of the fo.1·m was executed, and a plot of it made by Capt. Joseph Burnap, of Reading, a noted surveyor. This plot may now be found among tho po.pcr.3 on file in tho probate orrlco at East Cambridge. I have given it a careful examination, and an exact copy is now before me. Tho farm is to my eyes quite a fami liar object. Indeed it came up within a few rods of tho spot where I now write. It extended from tho north end of Mystic Pond to the confines of Woburn. It had Mystic Pond on the south-west; the Gardinet• farm, originally granted to Increase Nowell, of Charles town, afterwards owned by Samuel Gardiner, and recently by Hon. Edward Everett, on the west; on the north it extended to what was from 1153 till 1850, the boundary line between Medford and Wo burn. It lay on both sides of tho Aberjona (by some called .Mystic) Uiver.t It had on its wei;t border tho road which is now known as Church St1·ect. Most of it, nearly all, lay west of what is now Main Street, in Winchester. The form, originally granted to Dea. l~dwu.rd Oonvcrs, and long occupied by his • Am. Qnar. Reg., viii. 57. t It was often cullctl Symmcs's River. t }'1ll'lncrs In those tlays, nml ever sin ct', lmvc thought it clesirnblc to have a piece of snlt marsh. This piece lny two or three miles south of the fnrm, on l\Iystic .River, where tho ticll! clJIJs and flows. ~ One piece, or twenty ncres, lay ne:w Spot Pond, nt n distance of u!Jont two miles cust, n11uctl nt .£0 10 0, . SECOND GENERATION. 2S ,John Bacon and his sister ..A.nn Bacon now live. That part of the form which lay on tho river was low, and often overflowed. Indeed, tM·cml ncrc1:1 arc now permanently flowed for tho supply of the C!iadostown waterworks. ':'ho fo.rm ii, of course very greatly altered since that time. :Most of it l1us gouc 01Jt of the family. Forty acres, however, remain in tho present possession and occupancy or Marshall Symmes. Smaller portions uro owned by 'l'lieodoro Symmes, Hosea Dunbar, whoso wifu was a daughter of Edmund Symmes, and other heirs. Ono thir .i\Irs. Mary 'l'orrcy, in her will dated Juno 2G 1 1720, bequeaths various nrticlcs of household furnit.uro to her eldest son, Wil liam Symmes, of Charlestown; to her son T.imothy Symmes, of Sci tun to; to lier duughtor i\Iury 'l'orrey, to whom she gives all her wearing apparel; tL' her daughter Elizabeth Torrey, a ticking ue +10. SA r.Arr, 1 b. 1 G5:} ; m. Rev. Moses Fiske, of Bruin tree. :By suc0;1d wife l\IARY, afterwards l\Irs. Torrey; · . ~~. :t\TA1n-,~ b.1G7G: m.l➔ -~Torrey•. itb.4, 1100 u.1'°'l"'""'~ -t-1:. "\V1LLIA;1r/ 1'. : G78; m. Ruth Conve1•s, 24: THE SYMMES MEMORIAL, 3 18. TmOTBY, ' b. 1G83; m. Elizabeth ( Collamore) Roso. 19. ELIZABETH,3 m. Torrey. ·20. ZEClIARIA.Il,3 21. NATUA..NIEJ..3 Ono of tho o.bovo daughters was the wife of Joseph Torrey. This is certo.in, because Mrs. rrorrey in hor will says her oldest brass ket tle was then lent to her son-in-law, Joseph Torrey. Ho was probn. bly tho husband of Mary; but which it was we do not know. Joseph and tho othe1· Torrey were probably sons of Rev. Samuel. 5. MA.RY SYMMES,1 sister of tho preceding, and second daughter of Rev. Zechariah Symmes,1 of Charlestown; born in Dunstable, in the county of Bedford, England, and baptized there, April 16, l G2 8; was brought by her father to tliis countl'y in 1 G34, when a little morn than six: years old; o.dmitt~q ·to the church in Charlestown, July 9, 1648. She married THOMAS SAVAGE, of Boston, Sept. 15, 1652.* She was his second wife, and much younger than her husband. His first wife, to whom he was married about 1637, was ]faith Hutchinson, born at Alford, in Lincolnshire, England, and bapti'zcd there, Aug. 14, 1617 - tho daughter of William and the famous Anne (Marbcry) Hutchinson; cnme with her parents to this country in the Griffin, with the Symmes family. She died in Boston, Feb. 20, 1651-2, By this his first wife Mr. Savnge had Habijali, b. 1638; Tlwmas, 1640; .lla.mial1, 1643 j Ephraim, 1 G45; Mary, 1647; Dionysia, 1649 ; Perez. 1652. · Mr~ Savage - admitted freeman, Mo.y 251 1 G36 -was a s:1cccss ful D1erchant and eminen$ citizen of Boston, though for .p, time unlw.p pily implicated in the Hutchinson controversy. He roso to wealth and high respectability; was deputy from Boston to tho General Court, 1654-1G7G; was Speaker of tho House of Deputies in lGGO; Assistant, 1680-1; and rose through all the military grades from sergeant to be commander-in-chief of tho Massachusetts forces in the eal'ly part of Philip's war. Ile died suddenly, but greatly respected, Feb. 15, 1681-2. Tho will of Maj. Thomas Savage was dated Juno 28, 1675, tbo very day ho commenced his mnrch against the Indian chieftain 1-'hilip; proved Feb. 231 lGSl-2; recorded Sufi: Prob. vi. 370. Ilo gives to wife Mary Savage the uso of Jiis new house at Hog Island, with tho new garden and orclmrcl, forty acres of marsh, five cows, two oxen, eight swino and seventy sheep, dirnrs articles of house-keeping • She nnd her sister Elizabeth wcro m11n-icd b,v Incrcaso Nowell, Esq., of Chnrlcstown• It wits cnstom11i·y then fur justices and other mngistrntcs to solcmnizo marringcs--m:n-riago being hehl to be n civil onlhumcc. I diHcover no fuumfation fur tho statement in Hroolrn ·a Hhtory of Medford, p. 642, that ?4ary Symmes married n second hnolnmll, Anthony StoLlclnrcl. SECOND GENERATION. 25 goods sheets, beds, &e.1 also a negro maid. To his daughter Han nah Gillam, .£ 180, and £50 to each of her three children. To his son 'l'homo.s Savage1 .£1501 and £50 to each of his three children. 'l'o his daughtm· Mary Thacher, £150, and £50 to each of her four c~ildrou. I'o his grandson Thomas Savage, son of testator's son Ila!Jiah S1m1ge1 deceased, .£150, and £50 to each of his two daugh ters. To Ilabfo.h's widow Haunah, £50. To tho testator's son ]~phraim Savage, .£!,50, and £50 to each of his three children. To tho testator's daughter Higginson1 all his land in Salem Town, or .£:WO, whichevo;: she· may choose. To her daughter Mary Higgin son, .£50. To tho testator's daughter Dinnice (Dionysia), £100. 1r o his son Ebenezer, £300. To his son Benjamin, £300. To his 1 son .Poroz1 .£3?,0, 1 1)ta.11 .£2830, besides the house, farm, &c. Tho ohildro!l of THOHA.S and MARY (Snnrns) SAVAGE were: +2t. S.uuu (Suvngo), b. June 25, 1G53; m. Hon. Johu Higgiuson. :,!;J. ZECll.-\lll.\.H (Savage), b. Dec. 2G, 1G5,i; died Aug. 23, 1G5G. l'rolml.>ly nlso: 2J. E1rnNEZE::? (Savage). 25, lJENJAMIN (So.vago). a. ELIZA.BETH SYMMES,1 sister of the preceding;· bapt. at Dun atablo, Engln.nd1 .fan. 1, 1629-30 i came with her parents to Ame rica. fo 1634; admitted to the church in Charlestown, Sept. 23, 1652; married HEZEKIAB: Usmm, Nov. 2, 1652. She was his second wife. }Ilg :first ""Pi,,.'.:" """ns 3'rances -, who died April 25, 1652. By her '.]') ~:r.d B.eze.:,;~.~, 11;.St); Et€zabeth; Jo!tn. b. April 27, 1648; Bannalt t\m: Peter. His son ,fohn was a printer and bookseller in Boston; wns a MnnJamus Councillor, 1686-lGSV, under Duuley and Andros, and Lieut.-Govornor of New Hampshire. Ho lived iu Boston, 1 G89, but afterwn.rds moved to Medford, where he died Sept. 25, 1726. Ilczekfo.h Usher was o, prominent merchant of Boston; a man of decidedly religious chn.raeter; ono of the original members of tho Old South Church, 1669, and ready to good works. He assisted in tho :redemption o.f kirs. Rowlandson, wife of Rev. Joseph Rowland son, from Indian captivity, in 1676. He died soon after. We know of but one child of .Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Symmes) Usher, vii:.: 2G. ZEC.ItARUrr {Usher), b. Dec. 2(.i, 165,l. 7. IIULDAE SYiv.IMES,' sister of the preceding; bapt. nt Dunsta b1o, Eug1anr7. ?lfarcl1 .l S, 1630-1 ; was brought by her parents to .America in .l GB 0b: r.c1mitted to tho church in Charlestown, Nov. 2 7, lG,52; married WILLIAM DAVIS, 4 2G TIIE SYMMES MEMORIAL. Ile was an apothecary in Boston in 1647; freeman, May, 1645; a prosperous merchant, 1655; chosen selectman, 1655, 1656; one of . the original members of the Old South Church, 1669; and was often employed in public business. His first wifo was Margaret, daughter of William Pynchon, of Springfield.* Thomas Davis, an innholder of Boston, a son of William and Huldah (Symmes) Davis, married Hannah, duugliter of Gov. John Leverett:t 11. REV. ZECHARIAH SYMMES,2 second son of Rev. Zcclmriah Symmes,1 of Charlestown, was born in Charlestown, l\fass., Jan. 97 163 7-8; baptized three days after. He had two wives. He married, first, SUSANNAH GRAVES, Nov. 18, 1669 (8, 0. S.). She was born July 8, 16431 daughter of 'l'homas Graves, of Charles town, a prominent citizen of that place.:j: She died July 23, 1G81, and he married, second, MEBIT~BLE (PALMER) DALTON, Nov. 26, Hi83. She was tho daughter of' Henry Palmer - one of the founders of Haverhill, and a clistinguislwd citizen there - and widow of Hon. Samuel Dalton, of Hampton, N, H. , Ho was udmittccl to his father's church in Charlestown, Aug. 22, 165 8, and grad. H. 0. I 65 7. Ile is tho first uumcd of his cluss in the catalogue, which indicates that he was tho first scholar in raDic He becumo one of the fellows of the college. The Lo.tin inscription on his tombstone says that he was • Fclt's Eccl. Hist. of New Enghmu, vol. il. 65. t Gcncnl. Reg., Iv. 1:H. t Thomns Gmvcs wns hom In Ratcliffe, ncnr London, in Englund, Juno 6, lGM, Ha wns II scut'nring man, nnd master of scvcrnl Hl1ips, us tho Whnll•, tho Etizuueth llu1111dvc11- t11rc, the Jnmcs, the Trial, tbnt !Tllllle voyugcs from Oltl to New J,;11gl1111d. He cnme cycry year, from IG:!0 to 1G35, i11clusivc. llc nt ll'11g1h scttlccl in Cl111rlcstow11, or between that vtacc nnd Wul.Jurn, mH.l nrnrric 1 GGG. A.bout this time, or a little earlier, Rev. John Miles, who bacl buen p11.sto1· of a Baptist church in Swansea, Wales, came to the plat:o - or ra.thcr that part of it which is now Swanzey- and preached, 11.nci tho pooplo became divided in religious sentiment. A. Haptii1t church was formed there in Hi67. Mr. Symmes left Reho Loth that your a111l camo to Bradford, a new town on the Merrimack, pre\· iousiy knowu as Rowley Vill_age - incorporated as a town in IU75. 'l'he1·0 ho became permanently establishedin 1668, and was tho ar.,t miaistc1· of tho town, though not ordained till Dec. 27, 1682. 'l'ho ;,coplc Luiit ll iwuso for him in l(HiS, which was standing in Utl8. '!.'hero wail no church in the place1 regulady organized, till tho do.to jus~ mcut:onod. !Iis so.la1·y was fifty pounds a yea1·, be side~ which tho pcoplo ga.vo him fot·ty ac1·es of land, and chose a couHuiHoo from yoa1· to year to p1·ovido for having his work done. 'l'ho whole pcrioJ. of his ministry in Bm 21. SusA.NNA,3 b. Oct. 11, 1G70; m. first, John Chickering, of Charles-· town; aoi.:oau, Benjamin Stevens, Oct. 18, 1715. 28. S,uui:/ ;J. l\f~\;' 20, 1U72; m. Joslnm Scottow, ]\fay 25, 1GD7. +2~1• ZtsCIL'.'R'AH,~ 11. March 13, 1G74; m. Dorcas Ilt·ackenhu;y. ~w. ·CATUA;.(•N:•,/ ').. M::urch 29, 167G. . "' --· .,,.d.!OolA::!," .. ,), ''..c< c·~'- 1 , .G77.l • - 8 ; m. fi1rst, El'~ 1zaueth ,. Ill owcrs; second, + Uannu'.1 1.~ikc: third, Ele:\nor (Thompson) Moo 14. 'l'tMOTHY SY.?IHIES,2 youngest son of Rev. Zechariah Symmes,' of Clml'lestown; prolrn.uly hom there in 1 G43; married, fit·st, i\LrnY Nwnor,s, Dec. 10, 16GB. She p1·obablv died soou aftet· tho birth ot' her 0nly child. He married, sc·cond, ELIZ.1.llETII Non.TOY, Sept. 2 i, 1G7l. ~ F. l_t•s. Eccl. 1l\0 t. of C'i' c"· Bngl:mtl, ii. 317, 3S7; Am. Qnnrt. Reg., x. 24.5; Umliugton':1 H,,,. o! Flrst Church in Ch::r1u,town, p, 210. · 28 THE SYMYES MEMORIAL. He resided in Charlestown; and died of smallpox, July 4, 1678. Bis widow probably married Capt. Ephraim Savage, son of Maj. Thomas Savage, May 12, 1688. His children were-by first wife : 34. T.woTIIY,3 b. Sept. 6, 1669; died in infancy. By second wife : 35. TruoTHY,11 b. November 18, 1672. 36. ELIZA.BETH,' b. July 24, 167 4 ;. m. James Herrick, Jan. 19, 1708-9. 87. SARAH/ b • .A.ug. 6, 1676.* 1rbltlJ @tnttatlott. 15. 1 SARAH SYMMES' ( William,• Zechariah ), daughter· of Capt. William Symmes,• of Chadestown; born 1652 ;t married Nov. 7, 1672, Rev. MosES FISKE, pastor of tho church in Braintree, then including the present town of Quincy.:t: Moses Fiske was borri in We_nham, 1643; grad. H. C. 1662, in the class with the renowned Solomon Stoddard, of Northampton i was ordained at Braintree, now Quincy, Sept. 11, 1672, being the third minister of that place; and was pastor there thirty-six years, till liis death, Aug. 20, 1708, aged 66.§ Ho appears to have enjoyed and retained tho affections of his floe],. Tho following testimony to his worth is given in tho Diary o:f .John Marshall, who sat under his ministry o.nd knew him well: "This excellent person was ordained pastor of the church in Tiraintrce, in September, 1672, in which sacred employment ho continued till his dying day, a diligent, faithful laborer in the harvest of Jesus Christ; studious iu the Ho]y Scriptures, having an extraordinary gift in prayer above many • Geneal. Reg., xiii. 136. t Mo.rshnll's Diary. t Ho wns the youngest son of Rev. John Fiske, of Wenham nnd Chelmsford. The father wns born 1601, in the parish of St. James, Suffolk, Eng., nnd wus educated, it is bcliovcd, nt Emanuel College, Cambridge. Ho not only prcaclml, but pmctiscd metlicinc, upon a thorough oxnmination, In England; came to this country in 1637, bringing- with him a largll property; wns admitted freeman, Nov. 2, In that year; resided in Snlcm about three years, enguged in teaching and occnsionnlly prenching. About 1610, he commenced preaching in Wenham, the settlement of which began in 1639, un Mrs. Sarah (Symmes) Fiske, his first wife1 died Dec. 2, 1692, J111ving borne Mm fourteen children. His second :wife, to whom he was married Jt-.n. 71 1700-1, was Ann {Shepard) Quincy, born 1663, duughter of Rev. 'l'homas Shepard, who has been already mentioned (pp. 51 G) o.s ('> coHeagua of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, of Charlcstowu. ~'10 was t,he ..,.,-~d0~ 0f Dnniol Quincy1 born 1681, s011 of the second J.~i.lmund Quincy, of .Brnintt·co. Sho died July 24, 1708, aged 4G, less tlrn.n three weeks before his own ucccusc. Tho following were tho fourteen children of Rev. MosEs FISKE, by ltil:! first wife, SAR.A.H SYMMES : 38. l\L\RY (Fiske), b. Aug. 25, 1G73; m. Rev. Joseph Baxter, millister of l\lcdfielJ, aud a native of Braintree. She died March 2!.l, 1711. SARAH (Fiske), b. Sept. 22, 1G74; m. Rev. Thomas Rurrnlcs. MARTHA (l<.,iskc), b. Nov. 25, 1675: d. Nov. 28, 1675. ot> ANNE (:Fiske), b. Aug.17, 1677; t1. June!), 1G78 . .A ...."!Nls (Fiske), b. Oct. 2!), l678; m. Rev. Joseph l\Iarsh, June BO, 170\J. He grad. H. C. 1705; succeedetl her father in the miuis tr_y in l~mintree; d. March 8, 1725-G, ngcd 41. A very .ible man. ELI'.::ABETU (Fiske), b. Oct. D, l G7f); m. -- Porter. " Tly some nnnccount_ahlo mistnke1 tho vainablo Diary, from whil'h this intcrc~tlng cxtrnct h:ls been taken, um! wl\:ch extends trom 1607 to 171 l. !ms been attrihutetl to Daniel Fair !ic'•.l mid quote•,;. ~s h!s. Tho l'llnl nuthor wns ,Tolm :.\!arshull, then of Hrnintrce, formerly of Hoston, an nnccstor of t!10 compiler of the present Yolnmc. Daniel I-'airJield, who 11111r- 7••~r.'. tho mot!tc, of ,Tohn ?-Inrshull, wus of Boston, nud tliccl there Dec. 22, 1709, ni::ed 77. l·:.c coulrl no.'. ~!1creforc he the nuthor of the Dhtry_ .For n full 1wconnt of ,Tohn llhirslmll nnd tho nffcctlng elegy wltich ho wroto nml printed, nftcr tho denth of his excellent nuJ !;~!•Jyed wifo, .JCU \ho ,:ornpilcr'il GILES MEllOllIAL, Dostoa, 186,t, pp. 3.19, 550. 30 THE SY.MMES MEMORIAL. 44. JorrN (Fiske), b. May 29, 1681; d. Aug. 5, 1681. 45. l\IosES (Fiske), b. July 19, 1682. 46. Jom, (Fiske), b. Nov. 26, 168-1; admitted to church, Aug. 26, 1705; grad. I-I. C. 1702; was a preacher, 1710. 47. WrLLI.UI (Fiske), b. Aug. 2, 1G86. 48. S.uIUEL (Fiske), b. Feb. 19, 1687; d. l\farch 4, 1687. 49. SAlIUEL (Fiske), b. April 6, 168£1. (See tho note below.*) 50. RuTII (Fiske), b. March 24, 1692 ; d. Juno 6, 16£12. 51. Eow,um (Fiske), b. Oct. 20, 1692; J. Oct. 25, 1692. This record is copied from the 'l'own Register of Braintree; but an evident mistake occurs in the date of Ruth's birth.t 17. 1 WILLIA.J[ SYMMES' ( William/ Zccharia!t ) 1 eldest son of Capt. William• and Ma1·y Symmes, of Charlestown; born 1678; married Ru-rn OoNVERS,4 Dec. 7, 1704. She was born in Woburn, l\fay 28, 1686, and was the eidest daughter of Capt. Josiah3 and Ruth (Mar shall) Convers, of that place.:j: Though living in two separate towns, the two families were near neighbors. • Rev. Samuel Fiske was born in Quincy, then part of Draintrcc, April 6, 1689. Ho ~r1Hluatcd at H. C. 1708; taught school till 1710: was chosen minister of Hingham, Feb. 11, 1716-17, u.s successor to Rev. John Nortoa, but did not accept the call. He was ordaincu. pastor of tho Fkst Church in Salem, Oct. 8, 17l8, as successor to Rov. Gl.'O, Curwin. Itt 173!, a violent disruption of that body took place and an embittered controversy nrosc, which continued many ycnr~. A. majority of the church-it was a bare majority-with Mr. Fiske, thch· pastor, left their old house of worship, and founded another church, whid1yct, till 1762, claimed to be lhc First Church. In 1762, they took the name of tho l'hird Church. Siucc 1775, it has been known as tho Tabernacle Church. The charges ma,lc against l\Ir. }'iskc in 173!, do not seem to bo entitled to serious consideration. They ,liu. not afftJct his moral character. Ho uicd in Salem, April 7, 1770, aged 81. One ot' his sons wns General John }'iske, I.lorn in Salem, April 10, 1744. I-Io "cnrly cng,,gcu iu the business of tho sea;" wus successful in business i nnd was a gentleman t•f much distinction. He Willi a major-gcneml in tho militia, and died of apoplexy, Sept. ~8. 1797, aged .53. He had thrco wives: 1st, Lydia Phippen, married June 12, 1766; died Oct. 13, 178:.l. 2u, l\Iurtha (~ec) Hibbert, t\ wjdow, daughter of Col. John Lee, of l\lanchestor; mar ried Feb. 11, 1783; d1ctl Nov. 30, 178i>. 3d, Sarah ('Vcnucll) Gerry, Jnnc 18, 178G. She uicd Feb. 12, 1804, agcu 58. Silo w-i,s widow of John Gerry, of Mnrhlehcacl, nnd Lhtnghtcr of M:1jor Johu ancl Eli:.mllcth (Quincy) Wendell, of Boston. Elizabeth Quincy, her mother, was daughter of Hon. Edmund Quincy, who wus brother of D,rnicl Q., alrcauy mentioned, and son of Col. Edmunu Quincy, and grandsou of Edmund Quincy, who camo from Eng- 1,uul rn:;3, and wus prngcnltor of tho Quincy family in America.-.-1,n. Q11ar. Reg. ; Gencal, Reg .• vii. 252; xii., lll ; Giles ilfema1·ial, p. 10. t For most of what has bore been said of Mr. Fiske and his family, I am indebted to tho Centennial Discourso of Rev. Willia!Il P. Lunt, delivered Sept. 29, 1839 . . t Eow,1.nn CoN'VEils 1 came from England In tho ttcct with Winthrop, 1630, and scttlccl in Charlestown. In 1631, a grant was made to him of tho first terry !Jetwecr1 Doston nntl Charlestown. Ile was a<.lmittcd freeman, May 18, 1631; was selectman ofClmrlcstown from 1635 to 16-10; und was a member of the First Church there from the !Jcginning. His name stands first of the seven men appointed by that church for the settlement of \Voburn, anti for g.tthcl'ing a church there. From the incorporation of that town, he w,,s one of its most c,tccmetl, active, and useful citizens. He 11ml John Mousa! were the 1irst deucons of Wo burn church. Ile was chosen ns one of the selectmen every your from 16H till hi, deceru;c. Uc <.lic,I Ang. 10, IG63, aged 73. His rcsillcuco was vc1·.1· near where the Orthodox Clrnrrh in ,viuchcstcr now stnmls, uml nlso near the mill once called hy his name, now occupiccl hy Joel Whitney. Several of hi, posterity ,!welt in that vicinity many ycnr~. l~y his wifo S,m1h, who accompanied him from Bni;lancl, he l1ad three sons, ,Tos1,1.u, J,1.~rns uml S,nrnEL, and tl daughter M.uw. Josu11 Co:-1ve1Ls,~ hi, cltlcst son, nccompanicd him from England, nnd to '\Voburn, in 1611. Ifo rnnnicLl, ofarch 26, 1651, Esther Cluuupucy, dauglttcr of lUchartl Champney, ot' THIRD GENERATION. 31 Ur.' Symmes was a clothier by trade, as we learn from some old papers. He hau the whole of his father's large landed property. oumo of it came by inhel'itancc, and some by purchase from the other hoil's. Until 1754 it was regarded as being· in Charlestown; but in that year it wus annexed to Medford, and is now in Winchester. The town of .Medford had long been straitened for room. Seve ral uttcmpts had been made for an enlargement of its territory. At lc11D;th a petition: dated Dec. 13, 1753, was signed by a committee of tiic to,,·n, appointed for the purpose, asking that a certain tract in Chnrlestown, lying south of Medford, and another tract in Charles town, lying north of Medford, might be annexed to Medford. '!'he petition suys : " The northerly tract is bounded on the south by tho north line of Medford and the southerly bounds or Mr. Symmcs's farm, west by the line that divides Mr. S.rmmes's from Mr. Gardinci·'s !'arm, north by the line of Woburn and Stone ham, cast by Malden line." The reasons assigned were, the con trncted limits of Medford, containing only aLout two thousand ucnis, surrounded almost whoiiy by Charlestown, and the fact that the inhabitants of the northerly tract [the Symmes family, &c.J were Lut two miles from the Medford meeting-liouse, where they attended meeting without payfog for the privilege; while they were obliged to go seven miles to attend town meetings, trainings, &c., in Charles to,vn. This pctitfon. wr,s presented to the General Court, ancl granted· April 1 7, 1'75{:. .A f~er that date, Mr. Symmes's farm was in Med ford till 1850, when jt became part of the new town of Winchester. -J.:· ~1:rndition J•cpor:~ that the land included in tho Svmmes farm was fot'WJI·1y the r.b.ode of u. portion of the tribe of Indi~ns called by tho euphonious name o:f Aberginians. It is said thut it contained twen ty-seven wigwnms. Tho story is likely to be true i for hero were Mystic Pond and the Aberjona Rivcr,t both very convenient for fish ing. Nanepaslicmit, the sachem of the Jarger tribe called the Paw tuckets, whose sway extended to the Merr.imack River, and who was killed, 1619, in an attack upon his tribe by the 'l'arratincs from tho :Penobscot River, lived in the near vicinity, somewhere on :Mystic or Abc1jona River. It wus his son, Sagamore John, of Mystic [Medford], wh0, before his deuih at :Medford, Dec. 5, 1633, wished to go to tho Got1 of the Christian people. The widow of N unepashemit, in 1639, sold to the town of Charlestown all the land on the west of Mystic Pond, bounded north by Increase Nowell's lot ,(the Gardiner farm), west by Cambridge Common, south by tho_ land of .Mr. Cooke. This Cnnihrid~c, cr. ruling ~ldcr in tho church there. Ile like l!is father was u deacon in t!Jo cl111rd1 in Woburn, 1:37-1-IG!JO. ,Tf'.•TAH Co:-.v1rn8," son l'f the prcccdin~, born March 15, lGGO, married Oct. S, 1GS5, :r..11,11 ;\farshull. 'l.hcy wc:·o the parents of Ruth Conyers• in the text. He was mneh ein- 1'!';:::c seems to have included the Symmes farm; for after her death, it was claimed, March 25, 1662, by William Symmes, son of Rev. Zechariah. Or rather the claim was for land at the upper end of the Pond, which the squaw-sachem had reserved for her use and the use of the Indians, to plant and hunt upon,· "and the wearo above the Pond for the Indians to use in fishing," during her life. This " weare " must have been in tho Symmes fal'm.* It is where the A.berjona River enters the Pond, and we are sure that this river at that place, and for some distance north, divided the Symmes farm from the lot of Increase Nowell. Mr. Symmes built a. clothing mill on the .Aberjona River, near where the railroad bridge now crosses that stream. It was a little north of the spot where, not long ago, Mr. Robert Bacon's dam stood. A little island in the small pond, near the railroad bridge, shows where the waste-way was. His house was on the left bank, or east ern side of the river, nearly opposite the house of Mr. John Bacon, son of Robert Bacon. He afterwards built a large house on the spot where John Bacon 1s house now stands. This was on the west side of tho river; it was occupied by his sons Timothy and John after him. His grandson John Symmes was born there. The first house built on the farm, where Capt. William Symmes proba_bly once lived, was further north, on the west side of the river, and very near tho old line between Charlestown and Woburn. William Symmes, of Charlestown, gentleman, was surety, March 24, 1126, with John Richardson, of Medford, for Elizabeth Richard son, widow of Capt. James Richardson, late of Woburn. His papers, still in existence, show him to have been a man of business and of influence. His farm had been reduced to eighty acres at the time of his death. This was caused by his having con veyed portions of it to his sons during his life-time, the deeds not having effect till after his death. He died May 24, 1764, aged 86. His wife Ruth died March 16, 1758. The gravestones of both are standing in the old cemetery in Woburn. His will is dated Nov. 27, 1761; proved April 16, 1766; record ed :Midd. Prob. Records, xxix. 1!)2. Ho calls himself William Symmes, of Medford, yeoman. He leaves legacies to his sons Zech ariah, Josiah, Timothy, John and William, and bis daughter .Mary Munroe. To his sons Zechariah, Josiah, Timothy and John, ho gives his dwelling-house, barn, the mill, and about eighty acres of la.nd; the land to be equally divided among these four sons. The portion of each is partic11lariy described, and cannot conveniently be noted here. 'l'o his son W.illiam ho gives tho wholo expense he, tho father, had incurred for his education at school and ut college, und .£13 G 8 besides - cquivo.lont to forty tlollo.rs. Inventory of _his cstato-Rco.I, .£490 3 4 i Pcrsono.l, .£S3 1 G 1. • Drooks's History of Medford, p. 72 ct seq, THIRD GENER.A.TION. 33 The children of WrLLI.A.M' and RuTH SYMlIES were: 53. W1LLUM,4 b. Oct. 10, 1705; died young. -L5.1,, ZECIIARIA!I,4 b. Sept. 1, 1707; m. Judith Eames. +.55. Josuu,• b. April 7, 1710; never married. --r5G. TrnoT11Y,4 b. 171-; m. Elizabeth Bougo. 57. A!.rn.Y,4 m. -- Munroe. +58. Jo11N/ ~- about 1720; m. Abigail Dix. 59. 1~L!ZA:3E'Ir!,4 b. May 7, 1722; died young. +Go. 1VILLIAM/ b. Nov. 1729; m. first, Anna Gee; m. second, Susanna Powell. 18. TIMOTHY SYMMES~ { William,2 Zechariall ), brother of the preceding, and second son of Capt. William Syrnmes,2 of Charles tow·n; born about 1683; married ELIZABETH (COLLAMORE) RosE, July 31, 1710, widow of Jeremiah Rose and daughter of Capt. Anthony OoJ.lamo!'e, of Scituate. Weymouth, which was the home of his mother, and his homo for many yeru·s 1 is but a few miles from Scituate. We are not surprised, therefore, at finding him there in 1707, nor at the fact that he spent tho remainder of bis life there. I lw.ve before me a letter from him to his brother William, dated Scituate, Jun.e 28, 1707. He sympathizes with him in the loss they ho.c. 1.r.tely st~s·cainetl {the death of their step-father, Rev. Samuel Torrey1 of Weymouth, who died April 21, 1707), and procc_eds: "My heart's dcs:~-0 ::i,'Jd t''.'.~,ver to God is. that he would make us sensible of ou::- sins api::1st \im. ~hich provoke him to .... remove him who wus sc emin~nt1y se:-viceable for Christ and his kingdom. We all have great cause to say, 'Against Thee, Thee only have we sinned,' &c. Let us :3/ to Christ for mercy and pardon. He has promised that he will hearken. to our cries and pardon our iniquities, though great." He then reverts to his temporal affairs; speaks of working at a trade, and of his master as exceedingly kind, and loth to part with him, but as not wishing to hinder him in any plans he may make for his own atlvantnge. "For reasonable terms," he says, "I shall dcpm·t.'' He then proposes that his brother meet him on the ensu ing W cdnesdn;·, to talk over his plans for tho future. He thinks of going to Woburn to settle in three or four weeks. .A.t the close he says : " Give my c1nt_y unto uncle a.nd aunt, and my kind salutations to the lady of my best affections, :Miss R. B. 11 Tho uncle and aunt probably were his mother's brother and sister. Tho ":Oiiss R. B." ho did not ma.rry, as it seems. Uo at. long th sottlotl on n. farm ncnr tho con tro of South Scituate, :Oinss., on tho J3ost0n wo.c.1, where his grnnt1son, Jehu Cleves Symmes, vf~;;od him in" 1 'iS2, Ro died in 17G5, n,c:;cd 82. 5 34 T:ijE SYMMES MEMORIAL. His children were, so far as is known : Gl. lIANN,rn,4 b. Mny 12, 1712. +G2. TnuoTnY,4 b. May 27, 171'.l,; m. first, Mary Cleves; m. second, Euuice CogswelJ. G3 • .ANTIIONY,4 b. Sept._ 22, 1716. 20. 3 ZECHARIAH SYMMES ( William/' Zccl1arial.') 1 brother of the preceding, and third son of Capt. William Symmes,2 of Charlestown i born 168-. Unmarried . .About all wo know of him is derived from a letter written by him to his brother William Symmes3 and wifo, dated Jan. 21, 170G, which is old style, and is equivalent to Feb. 1, 1707, N. S. From this letter it appears that about three weeks previously he had sailed from Boston in a vessel commanded by 0apt. Mears, with a cargo of farm produce, such as onions, cranberries, &c., suited to a West India market. The vessel· could not have been of large size, since he mentions as officers only Capt. M:ears and the mate, a brotho1· of the captain. Some days after sailing, a conspiracy was discovered to take possession of the vessel, after first taking the lives of Capt. Mears, his brother, and young Symmes. There were, he says, three blood-thirsty men who had this design, -two of them Frenchmen, and the third a rune.way, a deserter from tho navy. Tho design having boon discovered, Capt. Mears, his brother, and young Symmes, armed themselves, took possession of all the ammunition, drove the con spirators below, and kept them prisoners under the Latches eight or niuo days, until they came under tho guns of a fort in Jamaica, when they dolh-ered them to a British man-of.war, receiving better men 111 their room. Ho ascribes his uoliveru.nco to tho mcrcv of God. Tho letter breathes tho language of ardent affection for l;is bl'othcrs and sisters, and for his "honoured parents," who aL this time were Mr. and Mrs. Torrey of Weymouth. Ile says nothing about a wife, and it is probable ho had none. Ilis home was in Boston. He died, either durfog this voyage or soon after his return, Juno 19, 1707. His brother William was administrator, cum testamcnto annexo, and rendered an inventory, Oct. 28, 1 708. .Among the items are, money received which was duo from tho two-thirds of their father's estate, £4 7 3 9; money in reversion expected from one-third of the father's estate, upon tho death of }fury 'l,orrcy, ,Vido,v (the n1othcr), £23 11 10; "j)[cni. Logwood in tho Day of Campcachy, liclonging to the deceased, not reccivc 21. 1 NATHANIEL SYMMES' ( William/ Zecl1aria/1 ), brother of tha preceding, und youngest son of Capt. William Symmes;= born about l GOU. llis mother, in a petition to the Probate Court, Uarch, lCW2-3, prays that she .may be appointed guardian to her youngest chilu, Nathaniel, in order that she ma.y have legal power to improve tho mill stream given to said child, by making lea.se of the same till said child becomes of age. The mill privilege seems, however, never to have como into his immediate possession. His brother ,William b91,1ght it. - Ifo became oz age a~oµt 1710 or 1711. Wo infer this from somQ receipt~ boforo '\lij of money paid by William Symmes, in November, 1712, to :::srael Walker and Oliver Noyes, who had sup plied. Nathaniel with goods out of their stores in Boston. Ho was a cordwainer in Boston, and was living in 1720, when his mother, Mrs. J.\,fary Torrey, in her will, made him her executor and residuary legatee. We have no further information respecting him. It is not known whether he had a family. ;32. 1 SARAH SA V .A.GE~ _{ Mary Symmes,2 Zecl,arial, Symmes ), eldest daughter of Maj. Thomas and Mary (Symmes) Savage; born in Boston, Jur..c 25 1 11353; married Oct. 9, 1672, Hon. JOHN HIGG-IN ss~/ eldest s?:i. ~f ~ev. John Higginson, of Salem, and grandson or :Rey. F,:anc~s R~gg,.nson.* no:;>., John I:-1:iggtr..son wv.s admitted freeman, 16 7 7; was a scfoct m::i.:1 of Sulc!1~; representative, 1689; and member of the Executive Council o.f tho Province from 1700 to 1 719. He was also colonel of tllo 1·ogimc:1t. !Jc died March 23, 1120. Tho child!·cn of .JoUN and SAR.A.It (Savage) HIGGINSON were: +M. nIARY, 4 b. Sept. 27, 1678; m. first, Thomns G:m1uor; m. second, Etlwurd Weld; m. third, Jo.mes Linda.JI. f.5. ,Torrn.1 GS. SA1uu.4 GG. T.II01rAs.4 G9. ELIZAUETn.4 G';'. NA.TIIANIEL,4 70. J\LuwAnET.4 Of these, John, who must have been the youngest, or nearly so, ,vas born 1 C.9S; grad. I:l. C. 1117; sustained the chief town ofliccs; was a justice of the peace, and County Register. Ile m. first, Ruth ltonnlman, Dec. 111D i m. second, Esther Ca.Lot; d. July 15, 1 744, n.god 4G. " :;.uY, 1''1u~ern 'T:0CT1~r~0:-r, son of Rov. ,Tolin ltl~r;:i,,son, wn.s horn ht En~l:111,l in 1.'i:'17. 1[o -,~ccive,l the ,t,,g,·co cf A.TI. In \GOO, nt ,Tc~n~ Col:,·,;c,, awl tho tlt•l{rco oJ' A.M. ln 1(;1:.1, i\l ,!:';. Johl\'S Colkgo, Jot:i OJ tho Uulvur~Jty ;1t ClllJllJ!'ld:;o, lfog • .llc WI\S settled in ti.Jo 36 THE SYMMES IDJ:UOilIAL. 29. 1 ZECHARIAH SYMMES' ( Zechariah,' Zecl1arial1 ), eldest son of Rev. Zechariah Symmcs,2 of Bradford, and grandson of Rev. Zecha riah Symmes,' of Charlestown; born in Bradford, March 13, 16 74; married DORCAS BRACKENBURY,* Nov. 28, 1700. Ho was of Charlestown, and died between 1709 and 1713. His widow Dorcas signed a deed, March 4, 1712-13. Their children were : +11. ZECHAnIA.H,4 b. March 18, 1701-2; m. Elizabeth-. 72. Dono.A.a? bapt. Aug. 22, 1703; died young. 73. JonN BRAOKENBUnY,4 b. May 20, 1705; m. Elizabeth--. [See below.) 4 74. W1LLIA:U1 b. Jan. 9, 1708-9; m. 1\fary ---. They lived in Boston, and had William,• b. July 30, 1730. It is altogether'. probable that •there arc, or have been, descend ants of this family. I have not found them, except they be found in tho following schedule, which I make out from the Malden re- ministry, 16lli, at Claybrooke, ono of tho parishes in Leicester. Thero the Holy Spirit mado !Jim tho honored instrument of saving conversion to many souls. During twclvo years, he continued a strict conformist to tho .Estalilishcd Church. But 11bout lli27, his in creased acquaintance with the Scriptures led !Jim to embrace the principles of the Puri tans. In consequence ot' this, ho was excluded from•, his parish, though his pcopl'.l, who felt that they could not be deprived of his faithful labors, obtained pcrmisliion for him to preach to them a part of the time. Tho next year, the intolerant measures of Bi:sllop Laud exposed him to be brouirht before tbo Hi~b Commission Co1ut. (For a notice of this Court, see page I,) He then began to entcrtnm tho design of n removal to Amcricu. Tho Mussacbusctts Company, then just formed in England, hnving information of his puqJosc, invited him and another excellent minJ,;ter, Rev. Samuel Skelton, to emlmrk with u com pany of about one hundred new planters, whom they were intending soon to send 011t • .Accordingly, he with his famlly sailed lu the Talbot of 300 tons, Capt. 'l'ho1u,1s 13ccchcr (un excellent man who settled ln Charlestown, and was one of the founders of the churdt there), from Gravesend, a port on tho Thames, below London, April 26, 1629, and lundcd nt Salem, June 30. He was installed as teacller of tile chnrcll at Salem, tlle 6th of ;.\ugust following; Mr. Skelton being installed ns pnstor tho same duy. There was a great mortality at Salem the ensuing wiutcr: about one hnndretl, out of three hundred, the wholo population, being Jnid low in death. l\Ir. Higginson Jived to welcome Governor Winthrop and the lnrge accession of new settlers who came with him in Jnna and July, 1630; but died soon nller, Ang. 6, 1630, ngcd 43 years. He was a man of amiable spirit, of warm piety, of exemplary life; "a man," says Edwnrd Jolrnson, "endued with grace, apt to tench, mighty in the Scriptures, learned in the tongues, al.Jlo to convince gainsayers." , · He left, at his death, eillht children; of whom the eldest wns Rev. JonN H1001NsoN, born at Claybrooke, In .Leicester, Eng., Aug. 6, 1616; nccomp:micd his father to Amcrict\ in 1629; seryed as chnplain at Saybrook, Ct., 1636-1640; in 1641, wcut to Guilford, Ct., and was some years colleague with Rev. Henry WhitefichJ, whose daughter Sanllt ltc married; was instnlled pastor of the First Church in Snlem, Ang. 1660; und died in thnt relation, highly .honored, Dec. 9, 1708, at the advnnced nge of ninety-two, having been n. minil.tor of the gospel about seventy-two yenrs. His children wcrc-.Tohn, Nnrhnnicl, 'l'homas, Francis, Henry; Surnl1, married in 1672 Richard Wltnrton; Ann, m. 1682 Wil- liam Dolliver, of Gloucester. · • 1,Villirun Brackeubnry was one of the early settlers of C!rnr!cstown. He wns ndmittcd to tho church in that town, Dec. 20, 1632. Anne Brackenbury, supposed to be his wife, Willi admitted ,Tan. 5, 1632-3. He was admitted frccmnn of the colony, l\Inrch 4, 1632-3. He died In Mnlllcn, .Angnst, 1668. Alice Brnekenlmry, his wife, died Dec. 28, 1670, and wus buried by his side In the old Cemetery in l\Cnlden, Snmucl Drnckcnlmry, son of Samuel, nnd probably a gmndrnn of ,vnlinm, wns born in Mnlucn, Feb. 3, JG72-3. He was n physicinn, died Nov. 2G, 1702, nnd wns bmiccl in 11,0 old Cemetery in Malden. He was admitted to tl1e church in Clmrlcotow11, Oct. 11,. lGDG. Dorcas Bruckenllury may havo been bis sister. · THIRD GENERATION, 37 corcls, ns copied in tho N. E. Genealogical Register, vol. xi. pp. 129, 130, 2H, 213. Children of JOHN and ELIZ.!IlETH Sun.rs, born in Malden: 75. ELIZABET:::!/ b. May 22, 1721. 7G. JoaN/ b. Aug. 13, 1722. 77. MARY,6 b. April 16, 1724. 78. SA~AE; b. March 11, 1727-8. I am fully persuaded that John Simms, of Malden, the father of these children, is identical with John Brackenbury Symmes,4 the second son of Zechariah Symmes,3 husband of Dorcas Brackenbury. 1Iv !'ea.sons are - J.. Tho Brackenbury family lived in Malden; so did iho father Qf these children. 2. I have before me a paper relat ing to the settlement of tho estate of Rev. Zechariah Symmcs,2 or ruthor to some· morrcy which his children were to receive from his hrolher William's estate. In this paper the heirs of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, living in 1725-G, aro thus enumerated: Mr. Scottow. Mr. Osgood. Mr. Stevens. [These wer'3 :husbands of three daughte1·s of Rev. Zechariah 3 Svmmes. ; 'l'hos. S•rmmes's children. Emcke~berrv S,,--mms. :Eo.ch of these ;,as ·to receive .£2 0 7. This ,paper uµpcars to show that Catharine and William, children of Rev. Zec1rndah, bad died before 1125, leaving no living issue ; u1so Zechariah ['HJ and Dorcas [72J children of the thinl Zcclrn rfah. Some further considerations may appear in an .Appendix. 31. REv. THOM.AS SYMMES• ( Zechariah,2 Zechariali1 ), brother of the -preceding, anc.1 second son of Rev. .Zechariah Symmes,2 of Brad ford; born there, Feb. 1, 1677-8; married, first, ELJZABETH BLOW ERS, of Cambridge, a sister of the Rev. Thomas Blowers,* of Bev erly. Slio died April 6, 1714. He married, second, H.,\NN.AH Pnrn, l\Jo.rch 2S, 11151 daughter of Rev.John Pike,·r of Dover, N . .I:T. She ,. llcv. Thomas :Blowers was born in Cambl'iclge, Aug. l, 1677; son of Cnpt. Pynm lllowCl"S of thnt town, by his wife Eliznbetb, sister of Hon. Andrew Belcher. He l{rnduntccl nt H. C. 1695, nnd wns ordained pn~tor nt Beverly, Oct. 29, 1701, succeeding Rev. John ltale, the first minister. Ho died June 17, 1729, in !110 52d ycur of his nge, nnd 28th of liis l'astornto. }le wns 11 good scholar, nn excellent minister, nnd n most useful mnn. He leit !our sons nnd iwo ckughters.-Geneal. Reg., vol. viii. 179. r Rev. John t'ilcc wns !)om at Snlishnry; IG53; "ruduntcd U. C. 1675; onlninc,1 pnstor nt Dover, N. H., Aug. :11, 1681: clied M111·ch 10, 17W, aged 57. His wife wns. Samb, second d,u1ghtcr 0f the excellent and Re,;. Joshun l\Ioocly, of Portsmouth, N. TI., who wns impri .1~,1ed Feb. 1684, by t1rn, worthless wretch, :Edwnnl CnmtieJ,1, Lil'nt. Gov. of New IInmp :;h[;·~, for refosing to c1liminister to him tho Lord's Supper uccor<.liuJ to tho rituni ot' tho Clturc.h of Ellgluml, I!.Q wns kept ii_i prison thirteen weeks. 38 THE SYIDIES MEMORIAL. died in childbcd, Feb. 1, 1'718-19. Ho married, third, ELEANOR (TnoMPSoN) :MOODY, Jan. 19, 1720-1. She was born Nov. 9, 1679, and was daughter of Benjamin Thompson, and granddaughter of Rev. William Tompson, first minister of Braintree, and widow of Eleazar Moody, of Dedham. She survived her second husband. He was instructed in the rudiments of the Latin language by his father. His preparation for college was completed at Charlestown, under tho able tuition of Mr. Emerson, a distinguished teacher. He was admitted to Harvard College in 1694, and graduated there in 1698, decidedly the first scholar in his class. Ile remained two years longer at Cambridge to perfect his education, through aid received from Mr. Brattle and other benefactors. Ile was ordained Dec. 30, 1702, the first minister of Boxford. During his pastorate there of only six yoat·s, seventy-two persons were adued to that church. Ho met with difliculties, however, the nature of which is not known; but they greatly tried his patience, and led him, in 1 706, to think of a removal., .By the death of his father, March, 1707-8, the way was opened for his settlement in Bradford, a town joining Boxford, and ho was installed there, December, 1708. His salary was one hundred pounds, paid in a depreciated currency. 'l'he small ness of his salary subjected him to great embarrassments, so that he could not bring up any of his sons to college as he wished, though they possessotl promising to.louts. IIo was minister at Bradfor singing in publio worship, which had been very low. Ile introducccl many new tunes, and preached on the subject. He published, in 1722, a "Joco-Serious Dialogue concerning Regular Singing." It is full of wit and sv.rcasm, and was designed to ridicule the opposers of what he calls <1 regular singing," that is, singing by rule, or "sing ing by note," waich he strongly advocated in preference to the old !Ilcthod of "tining out the hymns" and singing by impulse. It is a o;ract of sixty O'-' more pages, und he informs us that he wrote it in I,), single cay, adding a few quotations afterward. He also printed a sermon, entitled " The Bravo Lovewell La mented," prefixed to which is an account of the "Fight at Pig wo.cket,1' which is said to be tho most authentic record of that aanguinary afair. * , Hia othei- published works wore: '-' .A. Legacy of Advice to the Clnirch of Brailford." "A Monitor for Delaying Sinners." 11 An ArtiHcry Election Sermon, 1720." . "A Sermon a.t tho Ordination of Rev. Joseph Emerson at Malden, 1721." "A Funeral Sermon for 1?.cv. Thomas Barnard, 1718." 11· Against Prejudice." He was a man of much intelfoctua.1 ability, diligently cultivated by close study. Ris library contained many of tho books of his father and grandfather, v.nd for those days was somewhat large. Ilo usually reviewed I11s classfoal studies once a year. In his family he some times fluently rendered the Hebrew Bi!Jlo into English. In religious sentiment ho was thoroughly Calvinistic. Ho was diHgent in v;_siHng his people, ospocio.lly tho sick - always aiming to give t:io conve!.'sa.tion a religious cirection. IJ e loved to nrcuch, ,::md embraced ovo1-y opportunity for performing this service. • In the pnlpit his manner wus o,nimated and impressive. 1:Us co'J.stitut~on was naturally vig0r0us, and he seemed to enjoy u1most perfect hon.1th till his last sickness, which lasted only ten * Tho fight took plRcc in tho present town of Fryeburg, llfolno, l\Iuy 8, 1725, 0. S., nn swcring to llfoy Hl, N. ~. Capt. John Lovowcll, with thirty-three men, c111·01111lcrc,l 11 mnclt superior force ot' Imlinns unclo,· tho uotctl P,m~us. 'l'hc Iru.lians took them in front nnLl rcnr. 'l'lic action lnstctl fro1n ten, A~ M~i till snnsctt or nhout ten hours. N,.1twith ~tamli11~ the grcnt ·r 7_':liH nc(sL11rnt i.A lar;;,:'y tlorivetl from n memoir of Mr. Symnir.s, by his ncnrcst nci"h•0 :!,,,r, i::.c,· ..Tolin Urown. <:>I' Unvcrhill, 1n·iutcd in t7:!G, ro-prlntcd 1816. :t ~oston :New~ 1AtHtr!-, Oct. 1725. , i· ~:cv. James 'l'. 1,cc,,nom, pnstor In :Drnllford from 1854 to 18G5; now pnstor in l\IcJ ~'-''-'d nenr JJoHton, 40 THE SYMMES MEMORIAL. ministry, " is fragrant to this. day in this vicinity. Perhaps no one in the region was more useful in the ministry." Ho was much be loved by his people. His children wore : By his first wife ELIZ.ABETH. Born in Boxford. -80. THOMAS/ b. Jan. 11, 1702-3; m. first, l\fartha Call ; m. second, Ruth (Hall) Webber; m. third, J\fury Frothingham. -81. ANDREW,4 b. May 20, 1704; m. Hannah--. 82. JoaN,-t b. Feb. 14, 1705-G; m. first, Martha Kneeland; m. second, Philadelphia -- 83. W1LLLUr,• b. Oct. 23, 1707; died before the birth of Anna, tho seventh child of Mr. Symmes, 1714.* Born in Bradford. 84. ELIZABETn,4 b. March 3, 1709-10; m. Hon. Samuel Danforth. 4 85. ZECIL\.RIAU1 b. July 15, 1712; m. first, Grace Parker; m. second, Elizabeth Locke. · 8G. A.'i'NA,4 b. April 4, 1714; admitted to tho first church in Charles town, May 31, 1741, and then unm. By second wife HAN.NA!!. Born in Bradford. 87. AmGAIL, 4 b. Api-il 4; 1716. 88. S,\.R,rn," b. Sept. 30, 1717. The foregoing is copied from the family record. 32. WILLIAM SYMMES' (Zechariah,2 Zeclcariall), brother of the preceding; born in Bradford, Jan. 7, 1679-80; married ELIZAil0TfI L.ANGDON, of Boston, June 13, 1706. They lived in Boston, and had: 88l. ELIZABETH/ b. Mn.rch 20, 1706-7. §ourtfJ ~eneratfotr. 54. ZECHARIAH SYMMES• ( William,' William,i Zcc/1arialt1 ), sou of William3 and Ruth (Convers) Symmes; born in what was then Charlestown, now the southern part of ,vinchester, Sept. 1, 1 707; married, 1741, JUDITH EAMES, born in Woburn, March 22, 1718, eldest child of Dea. Samuel and Judith (Simonds) Eames, of W o bu1·n. 'rJ1e name is of late spelled Ames, as pronounced. Den. Eames, born iu HW2, was sou of Samuel born :in 1GG4, who was a son of Robert Eames who was of Charlestown, 1G51, but removed to Wobum before lGGG. • l~or thle statement we ltu.ve tho u.itthorlty of Mr. Symmes: "Atlvico to my Ile was a farmer, and dwelt in the last house in what was then WoLum, on the road to Boston. It was opposite the Black Horse '1'::wern, which is still standing. The house stood on the spot where now stands tho dwelling-house of Mrs. Hutchinson. H was a part of the farm of his father, Mr. William Symmes,3 and his grandfather, Oant. William Svm:nes.* It is now in the town of Winchester. Ho died. there, Aprii 19, 1793. His will is dated Jan. 24, 1791; proved Juno, 1793. Ho and his wi."e Judith, who joins in the will,i· bequeath to their sons Zecha riah, Samuci arid \-ViHiam, land in Tewksbury, Woburn (tho Wood Hill lo';)_. l\fotli'ord, and elsewhere, "which we had by her father A:r.cs."t They also J.eave a legacy to their daughter Ruth Prentice nnd }ter. chi!tlt·en. A pew in Woburn meeting-house is also be qucnthed; v,Iso catt:e., hogs and farming utensils. Zechariah Symmes died April 19, 17931 aged 87. Judith, his wife, dictl July 24, 1795, aged 84, according to gravestone. The chl!l'ch record makes lier but 76. The children of ZECH.A.RIAH and JUDITH (EAMES) SYMMES wore: 89. Junnn," b. Aug.14, 1742; died young. !JO. ZEcrr,1.mAn,• h. Oct. 1, 17•i4; m. Rcbccc:i. Tuttle. ±, 91. S,rnmn," o. Oct. 20, 17 46; m. Sus:i.nna Richur 55, 4 2 ,.TOSIAH SYMMES ( William/ William, Zecliar·ialt'), brother of the preceding, :w Pond1 April 7, 1110; never married. He was doubtless named for his maternal grandfather, Capt. Josiah Convers. His father's 1arge farm was divided in 1765, and about a fourth part was assigned to him. His part included the mill, the mill-pond, the house nnd burn. It bordered, I think, on the great road to Bcston1 now Mr..in Street in Winchester. It consisted of several detached po1·tions; one of these portions bordered on the west on tho Gardiner farm (formerly Increase Nowell's) iu Clmrlcstown . .,. -:C·•.o '.\no 1,ctwcc•1 '\Vo1mrn nnd l\rcdforu run bctwcrn his llonso 11ml 1mm, his ltt'uso :.,c~~-:: :,· \Vo~.,p':"·,. ~-·10 l\ar.n ht 1'!ot.lf(H"c.l. ·:· ; ·•:·vo cxPi"'iv~c· 1101·1\l\·'-~ \11111drcds of wins. Ir. r:0 other .instance huyc I found I\ W1 1('. ~lJ•~,\')~ !,c;" :1•.!:0:~_1!\W_l ~~• '"\ Wi\\. ~ '.his uxi•n'";o11 ,.-,rn ,·~;;_,! only ton pm·t of whnt t'.1~ tcst,1tor left, for 11 p11rt cnmo .f\'Om 1.\i~ !.~~':!'JSt~.\"~ ~~.\'.J ~JUlil~~~~~. ' {'u 42 THE SYlll[ES MEMORIAL, He lived, th~refore, in the extx:eme northerly part of Medford,* in the house standing on the bank of the .A.berjona River, on the spot now occupied by John Bacon, which, since 1850, has been in Winchester. He died previous to 1780, as we learn from a quit claim, signed by his four brothers in July of that year. He must have lived to near the age of 70. His father, William Symmes, in 1761, conveyed to him by deed thirty acres of land near Wedge Pond, bounded N: E. on Ebene zer Convers's land in Woburn, and S; E. on the river called Symmes's River [the .A.borjona]. 56. 4 3 2 1 TIMOTHY SYMMES ( William, William, Zecliaria/1 ), brother of tho preceding, and third son of William3 and Ruth (Convers) Symmes; born about 1714; married ELIZA.BETH ( or Betsey) BoDGE. He inherited a. portion of his ,father's estate, including a portion of the mill. His land was bounded west by the mill-pond and the river; west and south by the land of his brother Josiah Symmes; south on land of his brother John Symmes and his nephew Samuel Symmes; east and west on the great road, now Main Street in Win chester. In other words, it was Oil\ both sides of the road to Boston. Jt was formerly in Medford; it is now in Winchester. He died in 1784, intestate. The inventory of his estate was ex hibited in court, Sept. 2, 1784, by his widow Elizabeth Symmes, administratrix. Real estate, £412; Personal estate, £72 10. He left three children, all minors; which induces the belief that he was not married till more than 50 years of age. Of his children, Capt. Joseph Brown, of South Woburn, a near neighbor of Timothy Symmes, was_ appointed guardian, Elizabeth, widow of Timothy Symmes, was living in 1814. His children were : +96. Tu.roTnY/ b. about 1770; m. Martha Wyman. +n7. DANIEL,6 b. about 1778; m. Sophia Emerson. 98. ELIZABETII/ b. about 1780; m. George "Washington Reed, of Wo burn. · Published Oct. 30, 1801. 99. WILLIAM: b. about 1782. 58. 1 1 JOHN SYMMES ( William,° Witliam,2 Zr:chariah ), brother of the preceding; born about 1720; m. Nov. 7, 1754, AmGAIL DIX! born .May 21, 1733_. daughter of John and Mary (Cooke) Dix, of Wal tham. llfr. Dix., her father, was selectman of Waltham for several • In II bond given by him Oct. 1, 1748, ho is snid to be of Chnrlcstown. Uis :house und tnrm were at thnt timo in Cllndestowu, but anucxctl to Medford in 1754, . FOURTH GENER.ATIO:-l". 43 years. She was admitted-to the church in West Cambridge, now .ArEngton, March 16, 1760. Mr. Symmes was a farmer and lived in Charlestown until 1754, when he and his father's farm were annexed to Medford. After his marriage he continued to live in the same house with his father, on the spot where now stands the house of John Bacon, in the present town. of Wirrchester, near where the railroad bridge spans the Abcr jona. mver; and not far from the Mystic Station. He owned part of the mill and mill privilege; his brother Josiah the other part. Jo sia.h's part, after his death, was divided between John and Timothy. It was· more convenient for him to attend church at West Cambridge than at Woburn, and he was admitted to that church, Sept. 31 1758, ut which time his children John and Josin.h were baptized. June 19, 17611 his fathP,r William Symmes conveyed to him tho above John Symmes a considerable portion of his farm in Medford. His land ox:tendcd to Sy.mmes's Oorner, in the south po.rt of what is now Winchester, but was none of it on the south side of the road lead ing to West Medford. Forty acres, and probably more, of his land are now owned by his descendants. His wife Abigail died March 28, 1761, aged 28. Ho did not mar ry l.l.gain. He was living July 21, 1780, when he signed a quit claim deed, together with his brothers Zechariah and William, in favor of their brother Timothy• .His children wer9 : 100. ~ToRN/ b. August, 1755; m. Elizabeth Wright. 101. Josun,6 bapt. Sept. B, 1758; m. Elizabeth Johnson. H12.. A.mGA,L;' 'oaµt. March 16, 1760; m. Joseph Cutter. 60. REV. WILLIAM SYMMES,• D.D. ( William,' William,' Zeclza riah' ), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of William" and Ruth ( Convcrs) Symmes, born in the north part of Charlestown, afto'.'wn.rds inc1nded in Medford, and since 1850 in Winchester; born N-:;,v. 172D; :nurried, 1759, ANNA GEE, daughter of Rev. Joshua Gee, past:;:· of the Sec0nd or Old North Church in Boston.* She died June ~,8: 1712, aged 38. He married, second, July 2G, 1174, SusaNNA PowELL of Boston, b. 1729, a native of England. Slle died Ju]y 2B: 1801, ugccl 79. Ee graduated .H. C. 1750; was tutor there, 1755 to 1758 i re cei,cd the degree of D.D. from that college, 1803; was ordabed pastor 0.f the North Church and Parish in .A.udovor, now the town of ~-:-:··;:~ 1.\!1c:over, N0,. }, 175S, and continued pastor there more than ,. :'.civ. ;ros11ll!\ 0~;; r'J :w_0 ~) His children, all by first wife ANNA, were : -103. WILLIAM,• b. May 26, 1760; unmarried. 104. DANIEL/ b, Oct. 1, 1761. Ho settled in Pendleton District, South Carolina; a son of his was a physician in Charieston, in that State. Perhaps Wm. Gilmore Sims, so well known a few years since as a brilliant writer of novels, was of this family, and per haps not. 105. JosnuA GEE,' b. July 11, 1763; m. Mary Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of Dr. Hall Jackson, of Portsmouth, N. H. He was a physician in Now Gloucester, Me., and 1liet1 at sea about 1804. His widow died at Portsmouth, Nov. u, 1808, aged 39. [GmvD stone in Portsmouth.] 106. ELIZABETH/ b. March 13, 1765; unm.; a. Aug.13, 178,l, agec11(). 107. THEODORE/ b. May 16, 1767; unm. A physician, settled in Fal mouth, J\Ie., and died in New Gloucester, Me. 108. ANNA/ b. April 1, 1768; m. Isaac Cazneau, probably a son of An drew Cazneau, of Boston. After residing many years in Ando ver, they removed to Boston, where he exercised the trade of a book-binder. She and her husband were living there, Nov., 1841. 109. CONYERS/ b. July 22, 1770; died Sept. 4-, 1770. 110. LYDIA/ } twins, born } . 111. CnA:RLOTTE/ Dec. 29, 1771; both c11ed the next day. 62. REV. TIMOTHY SYMMES• (Timotl1y/ William,: Zecharia/1 1 ), son of Timothy3 and Elizabeth Symmes, of Scituate, Mass.; born i\-fav 27, 1714; married, :first, 1740, MARY CLEVES, John Cleves, a wealthy farmer of Aquaboguc1 Long Island. Sho died in 1746 or 1747. He married, second, I 752, EUNICE COGS• WELL, daughter of Francis and Hannah Cogswell,. of Ipswich,. l\foss. Ho grad. IT. C. 1 733. He was ordained pastor of MilliJJgton. a parish in the town of East Haddam, Ct.! Dec. 21 1 nG1 on which occa sion Rev. Stephen Hosmer, of the First Church in that town1 prcac'.1ed from 1 'l'im. v,. 20: " 0 Timothy, keep that which is committed to FOURTH GENERATION. 45 thy trust." He was a zealous promoter of evangelical religion, and n. warm friend of the Great Revival of 1741-2. His great activity v.nd fervor in this causo led to his dismission shortly after. He then too1t charge of the church at Southold, Long Isla.ud. In 1 74-! the Presbytery of New Brunswick sent him to supply vacancies in West New Jersey. He was pastor of the churches in Springfield aud New Providence, in that State, from 1746 to 1750, during which time he twice so,t as a member of the Synod of New York. In 1752 ;10 removed to Ipswich, Mass., having been recommended to the peo ple there by Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, of that place, as a man who bad been II driven from his Society in Connecticut ten years before fot· being so active on the side of religion." In Ipswich ho was an. assistant of Mr. Rogers; but it does not appear that he was formally installed as collel.l.gue. He continued at Ipswich till his death, Apl'il G, 1756, ugcd 41. Ile had been in the ministry twenty years. After the death of his first wife, her faU1er 1 Capt. Cleves, took her two little children and kept them till hi:; death iu 1760. After· the The children of Mr. SYMMES, by first wife hl..rnY, were : --;-l.12. JOHN CLEVES,° b. July 10, 1742; m. first, Anna Tuthill; m. second, 1,Iary Halsey; m. third, Susan Livingston . ..;...113. Tnrn1•ny,• b. April 10, 1744; m. first, Abigail Tuthill; m. second, ' _. 1fai·y !{c.rker. . . . _'.:.4. WrL1.u,r,• ½. 1746; died m mfo.r.cy. n.v second wife EUNICE, born in Ipswich: _:_115. EBENEZER.~ b. 1754. +~ l G. "\V ILLr.i.:u/ b. 17 5 G ; m. l\Iehitable Moulton. 64. r,IARY E!:IGGINSO~-f ( Sarah Savage, Mary Symmes, Zccliariali Symmes), eldest daughter of Hon. John and Sarah (Savage) Hig~in son; born in Sa~em, Sept. 27, 1673; married, first, April 4, 1695, Tuo~.1.s GL\RDNER, son of Thomas and Mary (Porter) Gardner, of Salem. She married, second, April 25, 1GD9, Dr. EDWARD ·WELD, soa of Daniel :.md Bethiah Weld. He died Oct. 3, 1702, aged 36. [Gravestone.] T~1ey had one son, Daniel, born April 13: 1 700 .. who died nfarch, 1701. Sbc married, third, :May 3, l 708, JAMES LIND.A.LL, Esq., of Salem. She was his second wife; tho former wife ueing Elizabeth Curwcni daughter of Hon. Jonathan Curwen, of Salem. This wife died i\fay 19, 1706, aged 28. 1-:Ir. Lindri;_l wns an eminent and prosperous merclrn,nt of S:i.lcm; pc-ss::!ssor ,::-f u ~l:'.udsomo property; u deacon of the l•'irst Cbrch in ,':r.:'; ~own; uno '.-.'. Justice of the Court of General Sessions. His .,~tV\6ir.g 'c-''.'.s o~w of the first respectability, and big connections were ,r:th some 'J[ tlio influential famiLics of the Province. Ile died l\Iay 46 THE f?YMMES MEMORIAL. 10, 1753, aged 77. [Gravestone.] His wife Mary was living in 1739. His children, by MARY HIGGINSON, were : 117. An infant son, b. April 25, 1709; died same day. 118. JAlIES (Lindall), b. May 21, 1710; unm.; a merchant in Salem; died 1754. 119. VEREN (Lindall), b. May 14, 1711; died April 29, 1712 •. +120. SAR.A.II (Lindall), b. June 17, 1712; m. Lawrence Lutwyche. +121. ABIGAIL (Lindall), b. June 16, 1713; m. Rev. William Jennison. 121½, RA.CHEL (Lindall), b . .Aug. 9, 1714; died Sept. 9, 1714. 122. TIMOTHY (Lindall), b. April 14. 1716; merchant in Salem. 71. 1 ZE CHARI.AH• SY.MMES ( Zecliariali,3 Zecltarialt,2 Zecl1arialt ), eldest son of Zechariah' and Dorcas (Brackenbury) Symmes; born Charlestown, March 13, 1101-2; m. Elizabeth --. He lived in Boston, and appears to have died before 1725. He had by wife ELIZABETH : 123. ZECHARIAH/ b. Feb. 28, 1722-3. 80. 1 1 DEA. THOMAS SYMMES• (Tl,omas,3 Zecl1arial1, Zecliarialt ) 1 eldest son of Rev. Thomas3 and Elizabeth (Blowers) Symmes; born in Boxford, Jan. 11, 1702-3; married, first, Nov. 11, 1125, MARTHA CALL, daughter of Lieut. Caleb and Ann Call, of Charlestown. She died June 19, 1733, aged 28. Caleb Call was admitted to the First Church in Charlestown, April 6, 1118, and bis wife Jan. 1, 1720-1. He married, second, Dec. 11, 1735, RUTH (HALL) WEnBER, sister of Rev. Willard Hall, of Westford; born 1708, daughter of Stephen and Grace (Willis) Hall, of Medford, and widow of John Webber. She was admitted to the church Oct. 9, 1726. She died Jan. 17, 1753, aged 45.* He married, third, MARY FROTHINGHAM, July 2':t, 1753. She was admitted to the church in Charlestown, Feb. 10, 1740. Mr. Symmes early submitted to the claims of the gospel, and was ad!!)itted to the First Church in Charlestown, March 27, 1720. His. first wife, Martha, was admitted Oct. 9, 1726, and his second wife the same day. Ile was chosen deacon of said church, Feb. 5, 1752. He passed his life, after the age of childhood, in Charlestown. He was by trade a potter, as we learn from Micldlesex Deeds, vo1. xxvii. fol. 57. He also kept a store. He died July 7, 1754, aged 51½ years, greatly respected. His will is dated Dec. 10~ 1753; proved .Ju1y 25 1 1154. He gives to his wife Mary, besides her dower, or third part of his :rca1 tistato, one third part of his personal estate. The residue be g1,cs FOURTH GENERATION, 47 to his four chil His chUdren by his first wife, MARTHA, were : 124. THO:'.IL\.S/ b. .April 16, 1727; unm.; d. July 26, 1756. He was a cortlwainer. and died intestate. 125, MARTITA( b . .Aug. IO, 1729; d. Sept. 3, 1745. -126. C.aLEll/ b. Oct. 10, 1732; m. Elizabeth Hall.* By second wife, RuTu : 127. • ELIZAilET!I/ bap. Dec. 24, 1738. 128. RuTn,5 bap. Dec. 6, 1741. 81.· 4 . .A.i\""DREW S"".'':'.M:ME8 ( Thomas/ Zechariah,2 Zecliariall), brother of the preceding, a.nd second son of Rev. Thomas3 and Elizabeth Sym:'..Iles; born in Boxford, May 20, 1704; m. HANN.A.II --. He wo,s named Andrew out of respect to .Hon. Andrew Belcher, his grandmotber'8 brot;;.er . .Re live,:;1 in 3osto~; was a man of much respectability; was admitted a membe:r of the .Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com pany i.n 1134. Ile was living in 1764, when he was a witness of the will of his brother John Symmes, of Boston•. He must also have • Tho RALL }',D!ILY; STE:'TIEN' HALL, son of'widow 'Mnry Hnll, of Cnmbridgc, and probnbly of John Jfoll, was of Concord., 11ftorwu:-tts, i.585, of Stow1 which pluce :rn represented in 168!). He mnr riccl, Dec. 3, 1G63, Ruth Davis, daughter or Capt. D.olor Dnvis, of Bnrnstnblc, by his wifb Mnrgcry ·wmard, 8istcr of tho famoue Major Simon ·wrnnrd, of Lnncnstc1·. Hence the muno vVifan•c\ an:ong h'.s grnntlson Stephen Hall's child1·cn. He hnd n son Stephen bNu 1667. who wus of Sl:al'lcstown, nnc\ married, first, Grncc \Villis, daughter of 'l'homns nnd Gmcc •Yiris. She t.lieo.l of smnll-pox, Nov. 12, 1726. Re married, scconc.l, :Mnrtlm Hill. Ho mnn-icd, third, in 173!), Ann Nowell, widow of Joseph Nowell. He c.licd Nov. 7, 17-19, aged 82. Ho hnd: Steplien, b. Nov. 5, 1693 • m. first, 1719, Anne Boylston, b. Jnn. 12, 1701, second 1.hm. of Ric!1ard Boyiston, of Charlestown. Sho died July 3, 173·1. Tho Iloyl;ton Fn.~ily becnmc eminent. Dr. Zabdiol lloylston, of Boston, brother of this Rich nrc\ iutroJuceC: into tlle British dominions the pmctico of inoculnting fur snmll :rox, nnu thus snvcd thousands of lives. Hem. second, in 1736, Elizabeth Sanders. Grtzce, b. Juno 11: 1697; m; Isaac Purkcr, of Charlestown, May 21, 1715. Their dun. 2'.·('.~~. b. J1:n.c 2~, lil6, m. Zechnrinh Symmes h 173!. ."3s·,;~-::-:·~ :_,~ ~;}~.~:.~.:co: '!Ti. Peter 3dcs, Dec. 18, 1720. 1 F1".'€-~_>.~-~~- .,. :-r::i.:~'"' · ~. ·.~-f\~-~; :!l... !\b.igail C0~t0n., of !'c:tsn,ont11, n"hout 1729. IIc ~n~ :-ri'.~.lstc~ ~r: Vlcs:;'o~c:. 1'1:lch: t1uu. Sliznbeth, '.'. Oct, 24, 1732, wns tl1c wifo of Cf".-::-~.~~•,;:) Sv,~•-"'·o~. son of :)en '11 homas al.Joye. '\:"':"." ... ~·,..,.\. :.,. }'.:~y ~L~, }i'.\3: ~. }In,· 2(.\ 1706 • .2:;; :.. '), ~~ -2s ~ ::1. ~l::::-t. -=-C~'..:J. )'Ycb!)Cr, o.f Cho.\'losto"~".11 :1.11y 8, 17~J... She ~· s..r~?{~~(. ='::: -:::ic:~.c1s S/-:::.2,u,. (Seo nbovo.) [ Genea/, 1,cg., xm. lo, .<,•, 48 TIIE SY.MMES MEMORIAL. been living in Apl'il, 1778, when in a legal instrument his son Andrew has the suffix " Junior." IIis children, a.11 ham in Boston, were: 129. HANNAH/ b. June 15, 1733; m. David l\Iason, Sept. 5, 17£i0. +mo . .A.Nn1mw,6 b. 1\far. 19, 1735; m. first, Ly 82. 2 1 JOHN SYJDfES,4 EsQ. ( Tltomar/ Zecliarial1, Zeclwrialt ), brother of the preceding, and third son of Rev. 'l'homas Symrnes,3 born in Boxford, Feb. J 4, 1 705-6 ; m. firat, }1An.1'IIA KNEELAND, Dec. 19, 1 728; m. second, PHILADELPHIA. --. Ile resided in Boston, on tho west side of the land of Col. Wen dcll. He was a man of high repute there, as will appear from tho following obituary notice in tho Boston Ga:::cttc aud News of March 1, 17G4: "Monday evening last, died hero, after a fo,v days illness, of a violent fever, John Symmes, ])]sq., in tho 58th yea1· of his age, Lieut. Col. of the regiment of militia. in this 'l'own. Ho was a gentleman of a very courteous and alfaLlo disposition, industrious in his lrnsi ness, honest in his dealings with mankind, an His children, by fh·st wife l\f.Anrrr.a, all born in Tioston., were: 137. TrrolrAs; b. Sept. 8, 1729; m. R.ebeccn. nforsJ1nll, March 22, 175:}. IIo was admitted a member of tlte Ancient an By second wife, PmL.A.DELPIIIA --: J.38. E!.!Z.A.ll"ETII/ b. J'lfay 5, I 745. 189. SA!?A!I/' b. Ja.11. 13, 1746-7. 140. Gn.acE/ b. July 29, 1748. 84. 1 ELIZA.BETIT SYMMES• ( Tlwma.s,3 Zccltarialt, Zechariah' )1 sister of tho precediug, and daughter of Rev. Thomas3 and Elizabeth Symmes; born in Bradford, March 3, 1709-10 i 111. Hon. SAMUEL DAN"POn.1'H, of Cambridge. After her father's death, 1725, she was tr.x:cn into tho family of Rev. Beujamiu Wadsworth, president of lfarvard College. Her husband was baptized Nov. 15, 1696, in Dorchest01·1 being son of Rev. John Danforth, of that place. Rev. John was son of Rev. Samuel Danforth, of Roxbury, who was born in England, Sept. 1626, and was son of Nicholas Danforth, who came to Now England, 1634. Rev. Samuel was brother of Hon. 'fhomus Danforth, who was Deputy Governor of 1\fa.sso.chusetts under Bradstreet from 16 79 to 16 86. Hon. So,muel Danforth grad. I-I. C. 1715; was Judge of Probate, and of the Co,1rt of Common Pleas for the County of Middlesex; and was for sc,c!·al years President of the Executive Council. Ile was named Mandamus Oouncillor*-which means an. instrument of arbitrary power under the royal government-in 1774. 1'his last honor, o.lthong:1 he had taken the oath for the performance of its du~ies, the populal." clamor obliged him publicly to relinquish. Foui• t)1ousand peoplo assembled in tho open air before the steps of tho oJ.d Court House., in Cambridge, Sept. 1, 1 774, determined to resist, at u.11 ho.zv.rds, tho encroachments of the British ministry. They were aroused even to f'ury, and yet such order prevailed, that tho low voice of Judge Danforth, now a feeble old man of seventy-eight years, wn.s heard by the whole multitude. Ile addressed them at some length, nnd closed by giving a written promise, never "to be in any wr,y concerned as a member of tho council." His townsman, JUtlgc Lee: confirmed his former resignation. Another townsman, 'l'homus Oliver, l'Csigncd. tho u.cxt day. Juclge Danforth occupied a prominent uositiou i.n ilis dav. Ile sat on the bench till tho Revolution, a period of thirty-fol1r years, and died at his residence in Cambridge, Oct. 27, 1771. aged 81. Elizabeth (Symmes) Danforth, his wifo, died t1ierc, .Jan. JS, 1775, aged 65. Their children were : :::."'°1- SA'.'I'JC:L (D:'.nforth), b. August, 17 40; m. first, -- Watts, of Cl1e'se::l; m. second~ l\fargarct :Billings; m. third, l\Iartha Hall " '.'.'':1.l' ::Vfandn'Til'S C'o"nr.f'.ors were nppointcu 1)y the 1 Gray. He grad. H. C. 1758; studied medicine; practised the healing art many years in Boston, and enjoyed a reputation as :i. physician seldom equalled. He continued in practice till nearly eighty years of age. "In all difficult cases his opinion was re lied on as the utmost effort of human skill." He died of paralysis, Nov. lG, 1827, aged 87. 1-12. TnOYAS {Danforth), b. Sept. 1, 1744; grncl. II. C. 1762; wns a tutor in Harvard College ; practised law in Charlestown. Left the country with the British troops when they evacuated Boston iu March, 177 6, and never returned. He died in London, April, 1820, aged 7G. 143. ELIZ.A.BETII (Danforth), died at Cambridge, 1816.* 85. ZECHARIAH SY:MMESi (Thomas,3 Zecl1arial1,i Zccl1aria/1i), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of the Rev. Thomas Symmes'; born in Bradford, _July 15, 1712; married, first, July 10, 1735, GRACE PARKER, b. June 21, _1716, eldest dau. of Isaac and Grace (Rall) Parker,t of Charlestown, and niece of the second wife of his brother. Thomas Symmes. She died March 9, 1747. He married, second, June 16, 1748, ELIZABETH LoCKE, 4 born in Medford June 17, 1716, eldest daughter of Francis3 and Elizabeth (Winship) Locke, first of Medford, where this· ~aughter was born, then, 1718, of Woburn, and afterwards of West Cambridge, now Arlington. Francis 2 -was son of Dea. William Locke , of Woburn, the part now Lexing ton, and grandson of Dea. William Locke,1 of Wolmrn, who wo.s born in London, Dec. 13, 1628, and came to New England in 1634, when only six years old.t Mr. Symmes came to Charlestown when a youth, and was admHted to the First Church in that town, Oct. 31, 1731, at the age of nine teen. His wife Grace was admitted to that church, Dec. 6, 1735. During many years, he kept the "Cape Breton Tavern," in Charlestown, which stood near the present "Bunker Hill Tavern." It was a noted place in those days. The British troops had posses sion of it, after the battle of Bunker Ilill, and occupied it for barracks. A gra.nddaughter of Mr. Symmes stated that the British built a large oven near the house: the floor consisting of grave-stones found in the neighboring cemetery. · Mr. Symmes, in the latter part of his life, removed to Plymouth, and died July 12, 1772, aged 60. A letter is on file in the Probate office, East Cambridge, written by him to his brother-in-law, Hon. Samuel Danforth: of Cambridge, and dated Plymouth, Dec. 2, 1170~ askiug to be excused from coming • N, E. Illst. nn The children of ZECHARI.AR SYMMES, by his first wife, were: 144. ZE.C:lI.A.E.!A..'I,3 'I_), Sept. 18, 1736 ; m. Elizabeth --. He was a. :n:in:l'ine_,., B.nd G. in !765. [Midd. Prob., xlvii. 398.] He seem,; to ~ave :'.eft :10 cl:iilclren. H5. W!LLr,u:r.b b. Nov. 9, 1738. 14G. Jmrn/ b. Oct. rn, 1740. +147. }sAAO," 1'. April 10, 1743; m. Hannah Davis, March 20, 1765. :Sy second wife, ELIZABETH : 148. E!.IZARETrr." b. l\Ia.rch 26, 17 49 ; m. Benjamin Pierce, March 28, 1771. It is sn.id that he died in the army, and that she died of yellow :fever in Eoston, 1798. 149. Tno111As,• b. April 21, 1752; a brilliant young man, a student at .Harvard Coll.; ·died before he graduated, about 1771. 150. ABIGAIL,° b. April 18, 1755 ; m. first, Aug. 30, 1774, ~Toscph l~ullough (pronounced Bullo) ; lived in Newton; he was a man o:f .1urge _rro;:-ert:-·, a nativ-e of England. She m. second, '\Villiam Hayden, n native of Ireland, wl.to also lived in Newton. -j-151. SA:-An:/ b. Dec. 2:.1, 1757; m. James Locke, b. April 7, 1752, son of ,Jonatha!! Locke, of that part of 1Volmrn which is now the ·west en iFiftb @'.tnttatfott. 90. ZECHARIAH SYMMES' (Zecltariah,• William,' lVilliam,2 Zecl1- arialt'), eldest son of Zechariah• and Judith (Eames) Symmes, of ·woburn; born there, in the part now Winchester, Oct. I, 1744; m. REBECCA TUTTLE. His father left him, in 1793, a handsome estate. Ile kept ·the "Black Horse Tavern," a noted place of resort for travellers and teamsters in those days. It was the last house in Woburn, as you approach Boston, on tho east side of the Boston road, now Main Street in Winchester. It is now owned and occupied as a private dwelling by Josiah Francis Stone, Esq. He served as a soldier during a part of tho Revolutionary war, previous to 1777. His wife Rebecca died Aug. 10, 1805, aged _63. His children were : 153. REBECCA,' m. Francis Wait; published April l(i, 17£14. They lived in 1\Icdford and had a large family. +154. ZECIIARI.A.H,1 m. Hannah Richardson. 155. JorIN,1 unm.; a blacksmith. Went to·Newburyport. 15G. MEIIITABLE,8 unm. She was ready to be married, but became insane and drowned herself in Mystic River. +157. BENJA:UIN,8 b. about 1780; m. Rizpah Saunders. 91. 4 1 SAMUEL SYMMES' (Zec!tariah, William/ 1Vill-iam,2 Zccliarialt ), brother of the preceding, an,d second son of Zechariuh4 and Judith (Eames) Symmes; born in tho extreme south part of \Voburn, now iu tho town of Winchester, Oct. 20, 1746; marrio The children of SilIUEL and Sus.ANNA Snn.ms were: 159. SusANNA,1 b. April 1, 1772; m. Jesse Johnson, Dec. 19, 1792. +11.i0. SAMUEL/ b. Oct. 28, 1776; m. J\Iary Richardson. 161. ManY/ b. March 30, 1779 ; died at the age of l 6. 1 Gl½, Zi,:crr.uuAB,8 b. Jan. 1, 1780; died in infancy. +1u2. ZECIIAJUAE: RrCHARDSON,1 b. Jan. 2, 1781; m. Nancy Richardson. +1G3. JosEPJI :BROWN,• b. Feb. 2, 1783; m. Lydia ·wyman. I 63,t A child --; d. :Feb. 21, 1785. +lu4. J01rn-,S b. May 19, 1786; m. first, Abigail Green; m. scconu, · Sophi;,. Spaulding. 1G5. NANCY/ o. April 19, 1788; m. James Hill. lGG. STEPHEX/ b. May 18, 17!J0; m. Priscilla Reed. $167. HORATIO/ b. Nov. 8, 1795; m. Charlotte Johnson. 95. 1 0 1 WILLIAM: SYMMES (Zecliarialt,1 William, William,= Zecharial1 ), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Zechariah¾ and Judith (Barnes) Syrnmee; born.in Woburn, Sept. 1, 1757; m. MARY MALLET, of Charlestown. Hor father was of French descent, and her grandfather~ or perhaps o. remoter ancestor, fled from persecu tion to this country. Her mother was o. Gardner, of Scotch descent, from Glasgow. · He lived in the fast house in Woburn as you go south, on the west s£de of the road to Boston, where his father dwelt before him. It is now h the town of Winchest9r1 a few rods from the spot where I am now writing. · He enlisted in tbe Continental Army, 17,77, and probably served three years. He had an only child: +1G8. MAnY, 6 b. 1785; m. Rev. Jucob Coggin, 96. TIMOTHY SYi\HfES• ( Timot!t!J,4 1Villiam,3 TViltimn,9 Zcclw riali, ). son of Timothy 4 and Elizabeth (Botlgc) Symmes i horn nbout J 'i '70; marrii:id l\L.\RTHA "\YY.lIAN, daughter of Seth Wyman, of the west side of 1Y oburn, now in the town of ·winche:;;tcr. Ee kept a store, :first in Boston, afterwards in l\Ieuford, and for some time seemed to prosper. .At length he became heavily involvell in debt. and failed in business. Dcc.' 11 1797, he conveyed by deed; for three !rnndrcd dollnrs, to his cousin .Josla:1 ·symmes,' "one half of a certain :Mill right in l\led for'~: -.,-ith h~:I' fie Ni:l Stones and Irons thut belonged to suid :i\Jill, ti.ls'-' '...':JC hu:f. cf t)10 Jv.~d said mill flows, hounded on lands formcdy 1Jcl0ng::ig unto W:mnm Symmes, deceased, together with one ha1f of the 1'Ji1l st.ream." p1~dd. Deeds, vol. cxxvii. p. 101.] 54 THE SYMMES maronu.L. He had many credito'rs, and was indebted to a large amount. The estate was represented insolvent. '£he · whole amount of claims exhibited was $10,531.40. The estate paid only thirty-thl'cc 'and one-third cents on a dollar. He died suddenly and in testate in 1810. Four or five year:3 elapsed before the eiltate was settled. l\frs. Mar tha Symmes, the widow, afterwards married Samuel Uussell, and died at the age of 93. The children of TIMOTHY and MARTHA SnmEs were: IGO. WILLIAM,1 b. about 1798; died in infancy. 170. TmOTHY,1 b. Dec. 23, 1800; died unm. while young. 171. 1V1LLIAll Wnu.N,1 b. Aug. 24, 1803; d. uum. at sea, while young. 172, 173. Two other sons died in infancy. +174. MARTUA,' b. Dec. 30, 180G; m. William )Vyman. 97. 1 DANIEL SYMMES• (Timothy/ 1Yilliam,3 William,' Zecltarialt ); brother of' the preceding; born in the north part of Medford, now a pal't of Winchester, about 1718; married SOPHIA EMERSON, of South Heading. When under seven years of age he was deprived of his father, and Capt. Joseph Brown, a near neighbor, though living in Woburn, was appointed his guardian. In after life he lived iu Medford, I believe ucur Medford bridge, and was a blacksmith. His children were : · 175. Sot>mA,' b. Oct. 10, 1801; m. --- Eastman; she lived in Derry, N. II.; died 1871. 176. SARAII W ALTON,1 b. May 8, 1803; died Oct. 9, 1804. 177. SARAH )V ALTON,' b. l!'eb. 11, 1805; m. - Bryant; she cl. Dec. 13, 183~ • 178. I-lErHZIBAll W.,6 b. Nov. 21, 1806; died young. 179. DANIEL,' b. Sept. 27, 1808; died Dec. 15, 1831.* 180. G1wnoE 1VASUlNGTON,6 b. Sept. 23, 1810; died June 9, 1814. 181. lIEI'IIZillAII,6 b. Dec. 27, 1812; unmtirried. +182. GE:oRGE W.A.SIHNGTON,' b. Oct. 16, 1815; m. ---. 183. AL1~ar:n,• b. April 4, 1818; lives in Westfield, l\1nss. 184. EowA:ao,' b. li'cb. 2, 1821; died June 17, 1825. 100. CAPT. JOHN SYM:irns~ ( Jolin,' William/ William.= Zecltaria1i1), eldest sou of John a.nd Abigail (Dix) Symmes; born in the north pa.rt of Medford, no\V the south pa.rt of Winchester, Aug. 115-5 _; married Oct. 31, 1780, ELIZ.ADE'rH WRIGHT, born 1151. Her father lived 011 "the west side" of what is now Winchestc::-1 • Daniel Symme~; formerly of Mcclfor • i '.!nYc c~:-c;"::ii·, cxm!lincd mr,:nv 11ccou!1ts of tllc buttlc. Iu none of them ,1ocs Cnpt. 1Id's 11amc uppcnr: • 5G THE SYMMES ME:MORIA.L, In 1793, a plan was formed by some enterprising citizens of Med ford and other towns in the vicinity, for a canal to connect the waters of the Merrimack ut Chelnisford with the tide water of :Mystick River, near Iloston. A company formed for this purpose was incorporated by the legislature, June 22; 1793, by the name-of "The Proprietors of Middlesex Canal." Some years were spent in surveying and in other necessary preparations, so that it was not navigable till 1803. * . On the 17th of October, 1801, Capt. Symmes conveyed by deed a certain portion of land to the Proprietors of the Midtllcsex Canal, tho canal passing very near it. He afterwards sold to them another portion. A bill of his now before me is for business done for tho canal, in 1 IH 8-20, especially in carting materials autl machines to and from Boston. Among these wei·e steam engines to be used on the canal, as early as 1819. Afr. John L. Sullivan, of Boston, was agent for tho canal, though o. pa1-t of the business transacted Ly him was on his own private account. In 1800 or 1801, Mr. Sullivan purchased of Josiah Symmes, brother of Capt. Symmes, his share of the mill and mill-pd vilege, being three-fourths of the same, which had come to him from his gran • This canal was nt the time regarded with much favor, ancl ns pTomising to be of great pn\Jlic utility. lfot it cost a grel\t ueal of money. One ltnudrcd nsscs~mcnts were murlc between Jau. 1, 1791, ,mu Sept. 1, 1817-thc whole mnonnt ueing $1, \6!,200, or :j/;l,1il5.25 on caclt share. The first dividend wus not declared till Feb. 1, 181!1. From that time it yid,lcd au income of kss than one Gilli u lrnlf per cent. pet· anumn, The construction of the lluston & Lowell Ituilruad, in 1835, utterly rnincd its hu;;incss ; and iu 18ti2 its chnrtcr was surrc11 In another document of the same date, the property now con veyed is called "one fourth part of the Medford factory estate." It appears also that a trip-hammer and a turning lathe for making huhs for wheels, were r-eserved by Mr. Symmes, as owned by his sons John and Marshall. M1·. Sullivan was somewhat given to scheming. The Middlesex Canal was under his superintendence, and he on his own account made steam engines at the factory on "Symmes's River," to be used for propelling boats on the canal. The manufacture of wootl screws by a newly-invented machine was also p1·osccutcd. :Mr. Sul livan became involved, the whole enterprise failed, and at last he sold the whole establishment for four thousand dollars to Abel Stowell, l1 son-in-1aw of Capt. Symmes, who disposed of it to Robert Bacon, hatter, of Boston. Mr. Bacon carried it on for several years, and left it at his dcuth to his children who now possess it. For a time it was known as "Baconville." Capt. Symmes had a. largo farm ancl a largo family. When his son John came of mature age, he gave up to him the care of tho wheelwright shop, and to his son Marshall the care of the blacksmith shop. The father and sons carried on a flourishing business nearly fifty years. lie was captain of o. company of Light Dragoons. He received his commission, still preserved in tho family, from Gov. Sumner. Ho held vo,1·ious othc1· offices of trust. Twice he went to Canada to visit Ms youngest son Charles, who liad sett1ed on the Ottawa River, near the present city of" Ottawa. Such u. journey was then a formiclable affair. He died June 24, 1834, aged 79. His wife Elizabeth died July 18, 1848, aged 91. Their children were : +185. Jo1rn,6 b; Jan. 27, Jl~81; m. Pamelia Richar 101. Tr,~T ~ 'CT ,..TTV""'\,r~,-. ( T • 4 •~;.... O TTrzz· • Z 1 .. • \' v\..·.::5.'.L1..t:, .:::_"..11,w.r,~.:::~ .Jotm, fri,uiam, rr·t iam; -.,,ec11ana11 1~ hrotl1c:· ◊.f tho p1·cccc~i'.1g1 aud second son of John~ and Abigail (D.ix) S_v:nn~0s "t-aptizec:. Sept. S~ 1758; married E1rzanETR JonxsoN. 1 s 58 THE SYIDIES MEMORIAL. Who her father was we have not learned, but her brothers were Ezekiel, Levi and Reuel, and she had a sister Lucy. He lived a bachelor till he was over fifty, then married o. young girl who had been his housekeeper, and had by her six children. Be never had the measles till he was about seventy, then took tho dis. order and died of it. Ho lived in what was then U10 northern part of Medford, but is now in Winchester. It was near the stream known as Symmes's River. Dec. 1, 1797, he bought of his cousin Timothy Symmes one half of the mill privilege on that river. About 1800 ho sold to John L. Sullivan, agent for the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, his in terest in the mill and mill stream, it being three-fourths of the same. (Sec the notice of his brother Capt. John Symmes.) It would appear that ho still retained some connection with the mill stream at least: for I find a document dated Boston, Nov. 3, 1821, containing a~ agreement between John Symmes, Josio.h Symmes, and John L. Sul livan, respecting expenses incurred in defending suits against them by Abel Richardson and others. His children were : 194. JosrArr,1 b. 180-; m. Sufah Butters. Ile was kille 103. W.iLLIA.M SYMMES/ EsQ. ( William,4 William/ TVilliam,2 Zccft• aria/?), eldest son of Rev. Dr. William• and .Anna (Gee) Symmes; born at North Andover, Mass., May 26, 1760; never married. Tio wv.s prepared for college at Phillips Academy, in Andover, under the tuition of that highly distinguished scholar, Rev. Eliphalet Per.rson. This eminent teacher was accustomed to say, that John Lowell, .John r;:'hor!lton Kirkland and William Symmes were the three brightest boys ever under his instruction. He graduated at Harvard Collcgo in 1780, after which he spent some time in Virginia as c private tutor. While in this employment he kept up a corres pondence with his class-mates and friends. His letters at this time are said to havo been instructive and even beautiful. After pursu ing a, regular course of legal study in the office of that unrivalled jurist, TheophHv.s Parsons, in Newburyport, he was admittctl to prac tise o.t the Essex. bar, then including such men as Theophilus and Moses Parsons, Rufus King, Nathan Dano, Prescott, Wetmore and Bradbury. He immediately opened an office in the North Parish of :Andover. On the 3d of December, l'.787, ho was, while under twenty-eight years of age, chosen by tho citizens of Andover as a delegate to represent the town in the Convention to be held at Boston in January .following1 to act an the question of the adoption of the constitution of the United States. r.rho aspect of public affairs was dark and por_tentous. The people were suffering from the pressure of debt, heavy taxation uud a dept'cciated currency. Many intelligent and i.;pright men t•.\0~1ght that the proposed constitution conferred on the fc0,eral government too much power; power that might and doubt less would be used for purposes of oppressi_on. Even Samuel A.dams nnd John Hancock had doubts whether it were best to adopt and raffy it. Patrick Ecnry, of Yirginia, and Luther .Martin, of ltfary land, exerted. their utmost energies against it. Mr. Symmes at tbe first took a decided stand in opposition1 and made far tho abbst argument in the convention against it. But on heuring tho urguments of 'l'heophilus Parsons and others in its favor, he clmnged 1:~s v;cws and maclo a speech recalling his opposition, a:1d giving 11:s un,esc~·vcd assent to the constitution. In so doing he acted b opposHi0:1 to tho wishes of his constituents, expressed in a very full meeting. The course ho now pursued subjected him to tho popt:iur ~n. will. o! his. native. parish, anJ even to bi~Ler personal cn:'.'ntv .. mt1:n~tc.tv .tcadmg to lus removal. But there 1s much rcu- 80'."l. t0 ·bclicrn faa~ it secured the adoption of the constitution uot 0 1J :y- i::i. ~his St:.'-~C- but through tho country. !fad this briiliunt young ~'l.'.". jc!·s1s:cc ~!1 :.1rs opposition, :1c _might have led a very irnmc1·0u;-; pr.r':y. Bvcn 0I ';11,::, :uost ardent f!'icm1s 0f .liberty, such men us had fo.ccl1 tho El·L:s:~ music on Ilunkc1· Hill; and liacl · nfassnchusctts, 60 THE SY!illES :MEMORIAL. under his leading, refused to ratify the instrument, New Hampshire, New York and other States would probably have done tho same. His conduct, therefore, merits the highest praise. It was an instance of the highest moral heroism. Mr. Symmes went to Portland in 1790 ; entered at once upon a successful practice, and took high rank at the bar.* He was a good classical. scholar, a sound lawyer, and an able advocate. His manner was formal and stately, but graceful. .A letter from one of his stu dents says: "His personal appearance was stately and dignified. He was in all respects a gentleman in his manners, and emphatically one of the old school. He was affable and polite, and conunamled affection as well as respect. Ho may truly be sai - Mr. Symmes, ns n member ot' tho Cumberland bar, hncl such nssocintcs n.s Isaac P,n-kcr, aftcrwnnlH Chief Justko of Mnssnchusctts, l'rcutiss l\Icllcu nncl :Ezekiel \Vhltman. wltl' both \;ccamc Chief Justices in .Maino; Stephen Longfcltow, Snlmon Chtise, St1mucl Cooprr Johonnot, .Tohn }'rothingh11m, 11ml othc1· eminent lnwycrs, t Hon. George 1'hachc1-, of Biddeford, of t.b.o Snprcmc Juuiciul Court of .'.\fossachnsctts. Mahle was tilili a purt of that 8tatc. • FIPTH GE.i.'fER.A.TIO:Y, Gl titled I Communications,' about the year 1795, in 112. IIoN. JOI-IN CLEVES SYMMES& ( Timotl1y/ Timotlty,' William,2 Zccltariall ), eldest son of Rev. Timothy4 and Mary (Cleves) Symmes; born at _Riverhead, L. I., July 10, 1742, 0. S., or July 21, N. S.; married, first, about 1761, ANN.A. 'fu'rHILL, daughter of Daniel Tut hill, of Southold, L. I.* She died iu 1776. Ho married, second, pcr- 1rn.ps about 1794, Mrs. ManY ( HENRY) HALSEY, a sister of Col • .fames Henry, of Somerset Co., N. J. He married, third, at Vin cennes, in J. 804, Sus.AN LIVINGSTON, daughter of William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey during tho Revolutionary ·War, and sister of Bl'Ockholst Livingston.t In early lifo Mr. Symmes was employocl in teaching school and in surveying. About 1 '770 ho removed to Flatbrook, Sussex Co., N. J. Ho had v. farm and a house there, which conti1111od to bo his nearly or quite to the close of his lifo. Tho farm and house wc1·c culled Ly him "So1itudo/' for what reason docs not appear. He curly took purt iu the great struggle of tho Revolution. lie was chairman of the Committee of Safoty for Sussex: Co. in 1774, and was ti colonel, in 1775, of one of tho Sussex militia regiments. In l\larch, 177G, he was ordero J. 17G 1 and was a member of the committee which was appointctl to t1ruft a co:1stitution for tho State. Towa1· ~ .~ouN TuTHILJ. ls mentioned in Thompson':1 History of Long Isl1111d, ns one of tho ni·inclpul member~ of tho Coni:rcgntlonal Church nt Southold, at its or;;1111lwcio11 loy ltcv. Joh'.l Youn~s in !G'10. Southolu was scttlctl that yc:u· by n comp1my from Norfolk, in ~~r::;:,tnL1. :;'11::1 1G74~ th1s nnd t"·o other to,1,-~1s nt the cnstcrn end of Long I.sln.ud bciougctl ';.-,• :0 the 'J:,\,:iv 0:· N of making a new arrangement of the officers of the Now Jersey troops there employed. On his return he was ordered with his com mand to Morris County, and in December assisted in covering the retreat of Washington to the Dela.ware. While thus engaged, Col. Symmes attacked a detachment of eight hundred British troops under Gen. Leslie at Springfield, Dec. 14. This, it is said, was the first check to the progress of the enemy towards Philadelphia. Ho was with Gen. Dickinson when he surprised the British on Staten Island. Ile was at Red Bank when the hostile ships came up the Delaware and attacked the fort there and Fort Mifllin. He was in the battle of Monmouth, Sunday, June 28, 1778. He con ducted five expeditions to Long Island, when it was in tho hands of the British. In one of the battles of tlie war he had three horses shot undei· him. In civil life Col. Symmes rendered himself equally conspicuous. He was licut.-governor of New Jersey one year; six years a member of the council. In 1777 ha was appointed one of the associate judges of tho Supremo Court of New Jersey. He served in this capacity twell"o years. In 1786 ho was a member of Congress from that State, and served two years. After the war, a strong impulse was felt through the northern and eastern States, towards tho settlement of the Great ,vest. 'rhis impulse was especially stt-ong among those who had toiled and suf fered and mado heavy: sacrifices for the liberties of America. Tho "Ohio Company" was organized in Boston, March 1, 1786. It was originated by tho disbanded officers of the late army. That year and the next were chiefly occupied in making surveys and other necessary preparations. The ordinance of Congress establishing the '' Territory North-West of the Ohio," was passed July 13, 178 7. On the 23d of the following October, Judge Symmes, together with Gen. James Mitchell Varnum and Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons, were appointed judges of the Supreme Court of tho new Territory.* Tho settlement of Ohio commenced at Marietta, in April, 1788, under Gen. Rufus Putnam, distinguished as an aule engineer and military commander in the continental army. In tho summer of that year, Judge Symmes passed down the Ohio Rin-r with a few fami lies, but they were obliged to spend the ensuing winter in Kentucky, the settlement of which had commenced in 1 770, under Daniel Boone. Judge Symmes, in 1187, contracted with Congress, in uehalf of himself and his associates, f~n· one million acres of wha.t were called " military· lands," in the south-western part of the present State of Ohio., between tho Groat and Little Miami Rivers. The price stipulat1.i • Gcncrnl Vnrnum wns born In Dmcut, Mnss .• li40, out iu 1,Si w11s 11 rcsitlcnt .in Enst Orccnwkh, It. I. 11c WU8 ll. brother of Jo,cph Dmdley Varnum. Gen. Pnrsons, hL>rn at Lyme, Ct., l\I:iy H, '737, w,,s 11 mnjor-grncrul in the co11tincntal 11rn1y, nntl i11178711 lawycl" iu Midt.lktown, Ct. FIFTII GENERATION, ()3 designated on the early maps as "Symmcs's Purchase." In the spring of 1789, he took possession of it with his little colony. 'l'hc purchase inclu b 1791 1 hindered the settlement of the new purchase, and mac1c it hnpossil>lc for Judge Symmes to fulfil the contract, although several pay:;.icnts :iad been made on it. In 1794, after ·wayne's victory, a !1cw contrac~ was made for 248,000 acres, which are all that arc properly indn11ed in the "Symmes Purchase." .Judge S;·!11mes se!ected a site for a settlement at North Bend, so ~uEc Re gave1 either in whole or in part, o. section of land to each of the eight children of his brother Timothy. :Mr, Symmes did not become rich - at least not as the word is commonly 1Jsed-in consequence of his purchase. Many lawsuits nrose against him,* causing no small embarrassment. Much of his hrnd was taken from him to satisfy those demands, and sold under tho sliedff's hammer as low as ten cents the acre, although some of :\ -:'ost as :15g'.1 as -twenty shillings. or $3.33 tho acre. He up plied t0 C:ongre.ss for relief, but could not obtain it. In one of his letters, oo.tcu. Oincinnuti, Oct. 8, 1803, he speaks of being "grievously sttaitened anc1 oppl·essed." In another, he says, " I fear I s1mll be :ru~.-:__:cd u1togother." I }10,ve 1,een favored with the perusal of a series of letters from l1ill.l to his brother-in-law, Col. James Hem·y, LaruLerton, Somerset Co. 1 :N'. J.) bcnr:ing date from May. 17D 1, to May, 1813. They mostly •·c~'.',.\:- ·to ~".,:31'..:~ss ·'.,ransactions, bnt contain much information on fr.-,,·.~:-· ::\'Ir.'·.-~- :-~,:o_y li.rcathe a s:pirit of kindness a.nd aifoction for 64 THE SYMMES MEMORIAL. his relatives, many of whom are mentioned by name. He is careful to send his kind regards to "Mamma floury," the mother of his second wife. It appears that he often suffered from the carelessness or injustice of others; but he maintains a cheerful, hopeful spirit through the whole. On the 1st of March, 1811, during an absence from home of seve ral days, his house in Cincinnati was set on fire by some malicious person who had a spite against him, and utterly consumed, with all its contents. All his papers {several barrels full), all his clothing save what he bad on, "everything that could burn," were destroyed; $30,000, he says, would not repair his loss. 'l'he house alone cost him $8,000. He had nothing left but his lauds, the income from which be estimated at $1,700. The last two or three years of his life passed in much suffering from a cancer, which, commencing in the under lip, spread into his mouth and cars, and finally his throat. This dl'eadful malady caused his death, Feb. 26, 1814, aged 72. The latter part of his life was spent in the family of his son-in-law, Gen. Harrison, at Cincinnati. I have before mo a letter from Gen. Harrison to Col. Henry, before mentioned, dated March 4, 1814, relating to the sad event. The writer, after a visit to New Jersey1 arrived at home Jan. 9, and continued with him to the last. Mr. Symmes " died with great serenity., preserving his senses till about ten minutes before his exit. ·On tho following day I [Gen. Harrison] took his body to North Bend, where he earnestly requested to be buried. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of peopie, and ample justice is now done to his character, even by many who were most inveterate against him. Ho has appointed his grandson and myself his executors, and has given us whatever wo may be able to save out of his estate. This will be nothing unless we can 'fo.uset' tho iniquitous rules which were made under color of law, of an immense and valuable estate, which in most instances was sold for one-twentieth part of its then value." He was buried with military honors. The procession moved from the dwelling-house of' Gen. Harrison, on l!,1·ont Street, in Cincinnati, and the body was interred at North Bend, in a spot selected by him self for tho purpose. The following is the inscription on his tomb : "Here rest the remains of JonN CLEVES Srmms, who at the foot of thcso hills matlc the first settlement between the Miami Rivers. Born on Long Island, State of New York, July 21, 17-12. Dietl at Cincinnati, Feb. 2G, 18H." II is chil 113. TIMOTHY SY.MMES) ( Timothy/' Timotliy,3 William,' Zechariah'), brother of the preceding, and second son of Rev. Timothy4 and 1fary (Cleves) Symmes; born at .Aquabogue, Long Island, April 10, 1144; manicd, first, in 1765, ABIGAIL TUTHILL, daughter of Daniel Tuthill, of Southold, Long Island, and sister of .Anna, who married the pre ceding John Cleves Symmes. She died in New England in 1776. Ho married, second, in 1778, MERCY HARKEil1 daughter of Rev. Samuel Harker. He resided in Sussex County, New Jersey, during the greater pat't of liis life1 and there all his children were l.iorn. He owned a farm, but lived mainly by his trade, which was that of a silversmith. He wus active :n the cause of liberty in the Revolutionary War, aud was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sussex County. He died Feb. 20., 1797, in his 54th year. His children, by first wife, .ABIGAIL, were : +205. CELADON/ b. May 30, I 770 ; m. Phebe R:i.ntlolpb. +20G. DANrnL/ b. 1772; m. Elizabeth Oliver. +207. WILLIAM,5 b. 1774; m. Rebecca lfandolpl1. By second wife, MERCY: +208. JoFIN CLEYES/ b. Nov. 5, 1779; m. Mrs. Marianne ·Lockwood. 200. TrnoTrrY,' b. 178-; d. in cl1ildhood. f2J.0. 1YIAmc/ b. 1785; m. Hugh Moore. j 211. ,TuL!ANA/ ·b. 1791 ; m. Jeremi:,h Reeder. +212. J->1sYTON SrronT,6 b. 1793; m. Hannah B. Close. +21:.i. Trno·rnY,6 b. 1795; m. Ruth Spurrier. 115. 6 2 1 EBENEZER 8Yl\H1ES ( Timothy/ Timotl,y,' Tflilliam, Zccl1an·a1i ), hn1f-llrother of the prccetling, and son of H.cv. 'fimothy4 antl Eunice (Cogswell) Symmes; born in Ipswich, Mass., 1754; married, antl hod a family. l ;w.yo :no certain :informo.tion respecting this person, further than is given above. A letter from Newfield, Mc., says: a During the war of the Revolution, two brothers, Ebenezer ::incl William Symmes, came to this town, settled on farms and married." Nothing more is st;\tcd concerning Ebenezer, except that before his going to Ncw ficlu he was a sea. captain. 116. y;;:7.., l.IAr.:t SY.0r0-rns& ( Timotl1y,4 Timothy,' lVilliam,2 Zccliaric:,1l ), l 1r0',\ot of t11c p!·~~'JLling i born in I:)swich, 175G; married, Dec. 12, 11~::: .. il.:.e:u~·.t·A?.lL!~ 1'ior.rt.'l'ON. of NewEck1, l\10. Iler fo,thcr rcruovcu fr,_,:n Ifamp';o:', ~- :::I., to Newfield, ~bout 1780. D 6G THE SYMMES :MEMOill.A.L, William Symmes came to Newfield about 1780, or in tho latter part of the Revolutionary War, and settled on a farm in that town. He was a deacon in the church there, and died Dec. 20, 1825, a. 70. His children were : 214. M1m1TA.BLE.' 215. ANSTICE.' -216. TrnoTHY,1 b. I 788; m. Sally .Hill. 217; JAMES.' . 218. WILLLUI.' 120. SAR.All LIND.A.LL• (Mary Higginson,• Saralt Savage/ Mary 2 1 Symmes, Zechariah Symmes ), daughter of Dea. J'amos and Mary (Higgiuson) Lindall; born in Salelll, June 17, 1712; married, 173G, LAWRENCE LUTWYCIIE, of ~o~toµi a native Qf tho county of Radnor, in South Wales. · He was a " distiller; " an occupation which, in those times, occa sioned no scandal, He was a member and " vestry-man " of Trinity Church, in Boston. He died in Sept. 1740. Mrs. Lutwyche was still a widow in 1754, at the division of her father's estate. She had but one child : 219. EDWARD GOLDSTONE (Lutwycbe), b. about 1737; m. 1777, June Rapalje. This son owned a large estate, on which ho resided, in the town of Merrimack, N. H. It was on the western bunk of Merrimack River, near "Lutwyche's :Ferry," as it was then called. Ho was an influential, leading man in that vicinity ; and as early as 1767, when scarcely thirty years old, commun 121. .A.BIG.AIL LIND.A.LU (:Mary HiKginson, ◄ Sara/1 Sai:ag11/ 11fory 1 Symmes.,' Zecliarialt Symmcs ), daughter of Dea. ._Tames and J..fary (Higginson) Lindall; born in Salem, ...Tune 16, 1713; married :iu · FIFTII GENER.!.TION. G7 Salem, May 15, 1730, Rev. WILLI.A.M JENNISON,4 b. in Watertown, 0 0 Feb. 61 1706-7, second son of Samuel ·and Mary (Stearns) Jenni~ son, of that place.* · Mr.. Jennison grad. H. C. 1724; in Feb. 172 8, was chosen pastor of the Eas·t Church in Salem, and ordained on the second day of :0-.fo.y following. His prospects for a time were bright and flattering. Connected by mo;rriuge with one of the most respectable and wealthy families in Salem, and pastor of a flourishing church in that ancient town, he might promise himself a long life of comfort and usefulness. But tile gay illusions of hope were changed to bitter di3appoiutment. A general 2.isaffection of the society towards him ere long arose, the cause of whfoh is now unknown. Sept. 13, 1736, he asked, and soon after received: a dismission from his pastoral charge . .He preached, after this, as a temporary supply in Westborough, Holden, and otl1er places; he also taught school in Worcester, but did not again nssumo a pastoral charge. Ho was tho teacher of tho pul>Ec school in his native Watertown at the time of his The children of Rev. WILLI.ill and .ABIGAIL (LINDALL) JENNISON, all born in Salem, were : · 219~. AUIGAIL (.7ennison), b. Feb. 10, 1730-1; d. in infancy. 220. WILLIA::ir (~Tennison), b. March 19, 1731-2; m. Mnry Staples. Ho was a physician in Mendon, the part which is now J\{ilforcl, He was also engaged in trade there, and in Douglas, Sn _,, 1.'hc JENll"ISf:':ST family hns been one of ronch respectability in Engfand dt1ring mnny ngc~. : 1uwo be.tore mo n record of twelve generations, proct1rcd by the zeal nm! indn,try f:'f my ,;;insmnn. Rev. Joseph Fow.lcr Jenuison. now of C,mton. l\Iass, It begins in tho timo of Henry YI., who 1·e;,;ncd from 1422 to H61. This family possessed large estates in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and in tho vicinity of Durham and Nowcustlc. One of them, Rev. Robert Jennison, D.D., wn• "the Puritan vicar of Newcastle," his native place, from 1617 to 1652. ltnlph Jennison, his ncpho1v, wns mayor of Ncw~1St!e, W68, nnd received tho honor of knigltthood Mny 1$, 16i7. ,·vu.LIAM JENNISON, ono of this family, came from Englund to America in tho fleet with W:nthrop., in 1$30. He scttbl in 'Watertown, near Iloston, where he was a mnn of influ ence n!'d distinct.ton, Re was sclectmun of the town, and held otllcr important otllcc,;. Ho nnd Cnpt. John UntlcrhiH hnd charge of tho militury affairs of the colony of Jlfassne!m set:s Ruy frc,rn 1630 to \5. 221. SAMUEL· (Jennison), b. 1733; m., Naomi Evcrdcn. He was a lieutenant in the "old French war," 175G; a merchant in New London, Ct.; afterwards dwelt in Oxford, l\Iass., aucl · 126. 6 3 CAPT. CALEB SYMMES ( Thomas/ Tlwmas, Zecl1aria/1,2 Zcclta• rialt'), son of Dea. Thomas' and Martha (Call) Symmes; born in Charlestown, Oct. 10, 1732.; m. Sept. 21, 17 5G, ELIZAUETrr HALL, born Oct. 24, 1 732, daughter of Rev. Willard and .AJ.Jigail (Cotton) Hall, of Westford, Mass.* . - He lived in Charlestown; in a house on or near the spot where now stands the dry-goods store of John Skilton. He was a master, suc cessively, of several vessels engaged in the 1Vest-In * Formerly the West Precinct of Chelm~forcl, incorporate,! as n town Sept. 23, 1729. Rev. \VILLARD HALL, b. in Medford, March 11, 1702-3, WllS sun of Stephen 11ml Grnco (Willis) Hall, of tliat town. Ho grnd. H. C. 1722; orclttincd lirst pastor of tho church at \Vcsrfunl, Nov; 15, li27-that church hcing gathered und organizcll tho samo day. Ho continued pastor there more thun lilly-one yonrs, viz., till his Jcath, March 10, 1770. Ho wus prohauly n dcsccndunt from John and Bcthiuh Ilauie, who were dismissed from tho Doston Chui·ch, Oct. B, 1632, uull embodied into tho p1·escnt First Church in Charlestown, Nov. 2, 1632.-Am. Quar. Req., xi. 377, 38-5. His wifo waa Abigail Cotton, of Portsmoutll. Hia children were: Ornce, m. Bcnjnmin Whiting. ,vrnarll, b. June 12, 1730; nuinicd, nnd had soven chiltlrcn. Eliznhcth, lJ. Oct. 24, 1732; m. first, Cnpt. C11lcll Sy1111nc~~; m. second, Cnpt. Dcnj .unin Fletcher. Ahignil, b. July 10, li3¼j m. -Ahhot, of Billerica. Ann, LI. April 22, 1736; m. L. Whiling, of Hollis, N. IL l\Ia1-y, l,, July 30, 1738; m. Jonas Minot, or Concord, l\foss. l\Iarrlm, b. June 8, li41; tliccl young. Stephen, h. May 28, 1743; 111. M1uy Holt. Uc,~rnd. H. C. liGo; settled in Portland. Willi~, IJ. Nov, H, 17'17; m. llfohitnhlc Pool. llc lived :tml died in Westford. His L•ltlcst ~on \Villard, ll. Dec. 2·1, 1780, wu~ rcprcscnt11tivc in t:011~rcs, fr1)111 the Statu uf Dcli1- . ware; 181U-18'20; al'tcrw1mlsjuugu of the Distl'il't t:unrt ul'tlw U. i:i. Tsnilih, h. Jan. HI, 17-l!J. llforth,1, IJ, July 2G, 1752; 111. - Kneeluud. [Brooks's IIi~t. of Medford. FIFTII GENERATION. GO His widow Elizabeth, a woman of courage and energy, returnell from Charlestown to her native W cstford, in 1774, with her two little boys, Caleb and Thomas. She supported herself an farm, Dec. {3; 17881 to his step-son, Thomas Symmes, and to Levi Parker_. the son of his only daughter. Capt. Fletcher died Jan. 25, 1789, in his 72d year. His widow Elizabeth died at the house of her son, Caleb Symmes, in Groton, Jan. 31, 1813, in her 82d year. She was intcrrou at Littleton. · The childrcu of Capt. 0.ALEB and ELIZA.BETH (HALL) Sn.urns, all born in Charlestown, were : 224. l'r!An.TIIA/ b. Sept. 20, 1757; d. Sept. 30, 17G7. 225. AnrGAH,/ b. April D, 175!); 129 . 5 .tJ.1\.NN AH SY~.L\'LES (Andrew/ Thomas,' Zechariah,2 Zcclwriali1 )1 oldest daughter of Andrew~ and Hannah Symmes; Lorn in Boston, June 15, 1133; married Col. DAVID MASON, of Boston, Sept. 5, 1750. He was b. 1727. She was his second wife. '!'he first wife, nu1.rried June 0, 1748, was Sarah Goldthwait. Be was r. prominent man in Boston. Iu 17G3 he founded an artillery company, kncwn as the "Train of Artillery," the only artil lery company ut that time existing in Boston. 'l'his company Lccarne a celebrated military school, and furnished many excellc11t oJnecrs . for the Revolutionary m·my. Gen. Knox was one of its commaml ers. h the year 17 GS, there came from London for tlic use of this com!'uny,. two beautiful brass field pieces, tliree pounders, with the l}rovincc arms thereon. Thcso two pieces con;;tituted jnst ouc half of the field artillery with which the war of the Hcrnlution com menced.:* T!iey we1·c constantly in service during the wm; worn in many 0;1gage:,icnts; \Yore takcu and retaken rna-uy times; and finally, in 1188_. the names of Hancock and Adams, "sacred to lil.Jerty," · • ·:t>:~ :::tf'.:c~~-"·,: :~ ::''.'~~" ~~ ~he Gc111..'f\logical ~e:;iste,-. inn note on pa~c 3G:3, of tJ)c Y01 .. 1 1 urnc '.'er ~~:J2: 1'.1: i: tiLi~ ::)~ :\1J trnc. There Wl'r'~~ ut Cnu1hridg"l\ in April, 17i The children of Col. DAVID and H.ANNA.II (SYmms) MA.SON were: 231. DAVID (l\foson), b. Aug. 7, 1752. 232. ANDREW (l\fason), b. Aug, 19, 1754. 233. HANNAH (Mason), b. Dec. 21, 175G. 234. AnTilUR (Mason), b. Sept. 2, 1758. 235. SAllIUEJ. (Mason), b. April 20, 17Gl. +2aG. Sus.A.NNA. (Mason), b. 1763; m. 1785, Rev. John Smith, D.D. 130. CoL. ANDREW SYMMES~ ( Andrew," Thomas,° Zccliarial1,• Zcclta• ,·ial&' ), elclest son of Andrew' and Hannah Symmes; born in Boston, March 19, 1735; married, first, Oct. 201 1763, LYDIA GA.LE, daugh ter of Joseph and Mary (Alden) Gale.* He married, second, MARY Houms, of Boston. She died previous to August, 1774. He mar ried, third, at Christ Church, Boston, Sept. 2 I, 1 779, MARY ANN (STEVENS) SYMMES, widow of his brother, Capt. Ebcnc:.:cr Symmes [131]. • 'rho Ar.DEN FA)IILY. L Jom, ALDEN, h. In England nbout 1599 is the nnccstor of nll who bem· this widely oxtcmlod. muuo in this country. Ho camo lu the fur-fiuncd ltfoytlowor to Plymouth, in Hl20. Ilo wns not, us hn8 been supposed, one of tho Lcydon church 11or did ho emlmrk ia the Speedwell nt DcJrt-Ifovcn, July 22, 1620, 0. S., With tho8o who tlacn null them receive,! tho p11rting hlossing of John Robinson. 'l'hnt vessel stopped at Sonthnmpton to meet tho ltfayUowcr from London, 1111d to tiiko in provisions lbr the voyugo. 'l'llcro tho Pilgrims firnt matlo tho ocq1111int,rncc of Jobn Alden, and thcnco lie nccomp11nicd them to tho New ,vorld. · Ifo 1v11s dbtingniahcll fu1· 11 holy llfo nnd convcr811tlon; o. m11n of 1,•TCl.\t integrity nntl worth, nml hold lu grc,it honor IJy tho men of lits tlmo, us ho luui been !Jy nil succeeding generations. 'l'ho <:ompilcr of this volumo rqjolccs In calling him 0110 of l1is uuccstors, 1\s do thous1111ils of othcl'~ 1111 over tho luml. • • !Io wus 1111mmTiod whon he cumc to thcso shores, lmt soon nllcr mnrrlctl Priscilla l\lnl Hns, Col. Symmes r~sided in Boston, and was an eminent member of the community. He was distinguished by his air, manner, and en tire personal appearance. He was remarkably intelligent, of great probity of charo.cte.!', a warm-hearted patriot and christian gentle mo.:c, and much beloved for his kindly traits of character. He was admitted in 1760 v. :member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co!D.pany, an organization of which Benjamin Lincoln, after haviug served in the armies of his country as major-general many years, said be deemed :t an honor to be a private member. I:Ie was one of that famous fraternity, the "Sons of Liberty,"* which originated. in 1765, to oppose the execution of the Stamp A.ct and other arbitrary measures of the British Parliament. He was present at their memorable celebration and great dinner at the Liberty Tree ':.'avern, in Dorchester, .Aug. 14, 1769, held in n. can vas tent, " in the open field, near tho barn," the rain pouring down in torrents. This wo.s the anniversary of the hanging in cfligy of Andrew Oliver1 the odious distributor of stamps, on the Liuerty 11.'reo at the intersection of Washington and Essex Streets, .Aug. 14, 17135. The day wo.s hold in honor somewhat as the 17th of Juno now is, as the time of o. mighty outbreak against arbitrary power. Samuel Adams and. John Adams were there. The procession, a mile and o. half in length, on leaving the place, was !leaded by John Han cock in his splendid chariot. Gentiemcn of distinction from other colonies wer9 ::>.lso there, among whom ,yere Joseph Recd of Phila do}p'.1ia, and Mr. :Dickinson of New Jersey.t ..A.bout three hundred aud fifty persons were :present; tho " Liberty Song " was-sung, the whole company joining in the chorus; forty-five toasts were drunk, yet no one wv.s seen. intoxicated. '£ho company broke up between four and five o'clock iu the afternoon; entered Boston before durk; marched roum1 tho Stato House (nt tho head of State Street), n.nu thoi:: dispersed, Tho who1o o.ifo.ir wo.s conducted with perfect order, und tho cnthusi~sm wus :intonse.i Jn ]Jroof of tho estimation in which ho was held, we may mention that Col. Symmes was ·an intiµiato nnd confidential friend of John Ifancock, before and after tho Revolution. After that event, 110 wns · h-is a:_(:-dc-co.mp 1 and tho warm frieudship between them continued till • T'•-'s cxw~ssion wns :'.1::-st uscu by Col. Isunc Barre (b. 1726, cl. 1802) in one of his cnrly spcoclu!s in pm:lin:ncnt in favor of .'1.mcr!cn. It ,vr~ aftciwn.rU.s npplictl to un itssociution formctl in 1765, consisti11:; of the popuhtr Icndc1·s nnd other ardent friends of liberty, nnd cxtmv..:i~g- ~nto n.1! 0f' ~!'aost of tho colo,~h~s.. T.hcy ,vcro 1cn;,'1lc sion for all who desired, to leave Boston. In a few days this permis sion was suddenly revoked, and many respected and patriotic citizens were compelled to remain. Of this number was Col. Andrew Symmes. It so happened, therefore, that he was in Boston on the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17th. On the return of tho British from that sanguinary encounter, a captain of tho royal army, finding himself mortally wounded, requested his bearers to tako him to the house of his friend, Col. Symmes. In that house he diod that evening, his young son holding his hand. Just previous to his death, Col. Symmes came in, and the dying officer said to him, "Ah! Colo nel, I little thought that the bullet was cast by my American friends here to send me to my grave." During the visit of Lafayette to this country, in 1824, while mak ing inquiries in Boston for his old friends, he learned that Mrs. Snelling, a daughter of Col. Symmes, was alive. On her presenta tion to him in the evening, ho said to her, in his inimitably graceful way: "Well do I remember your father, Col. Symmes. He was the first man who took me by the hand on my return to this country from Franco in 1780." Col. Andrew Symmes was appointed, Aug. 5, 1774, guardian of his daughter Polly Holmes Symmes, a minor under fourteen years of ago, with Ebenezer Symmes, mariner, and llcnjamin M. Ilolmcs, uis tiller, both of Boston, as bondsmen. [Sutr. Prob., lxxiv. 17 .] Ben jamin M. Holmes was probably brother of tho second wife. After the death of his brother Ebenezer, Col.· Symmes gave another bond, dated April 16, 1779, as guardian of the same child, with John Osborne, painter, and William Symmes, tailor, both of Boston, as sureties. [lbid., lxxviii. 624.] John Osborne prol,a bly married his sister. Col. Andrew Symmes died April 9, 17!)7, aged Gl. His third wife, Mary Ann, was living as late as August, 1 70G. Ilis children, Ly first wife LYDIA, were: 237. MAnY/ b. Aug. G, 17M. +208. LYJJIA,6 b. Dec. 18, 17GS; m. Joun.than Snclli11g. · Dy 'seconJ wifo, l\IA1tY: 2lHJ. MAnY ANN,1 b. between 1770 nnd 177-1. By third wife, l\Lrny ANN: +~HO. ANDREW EuoT: m. Eliza Colfin. 131. CAPT. EBENEZER SYMMES~ (An She was a sister of tho artist, John Greenwood, already mentioned. 'l'hoy wore married by Rev. Samuel Mather.* He married, second, MA.RY ANN STEV!i:NS, of 'rurnham Green, near London. He lived in Boston ; was a man of great courage and energy; a mun of decided public spirit and patriotism. Ho was one of the '' Sons of Liberty," and was present with his brothers on the great occasion, .A;.1g. 14, 1769, mentioned in the notice of Col. Andrew Symmes [l30J. He was a mariner, and commanded for yen.rs what ,;,co.s call.eel r,, "king's ship" (not a man-of-war) running between Boston and London. He died some time in 1776, in his 40th year. His widow, Mrs. Mary Ann Symmes, married his brother, Col. Andrew Symmes, Sept.. 21. 1779. i:Ie left no will. Of his estate, the widow, l\fo.ry Ann Symmes, was appointed administratrix, and as such presented an inventory, .Jan. 10, 1777-the assets consisting of a dwelling-house on Middle Street, goods in the town of Littleton, &c. Her bondsmen were ,John Sco!lay1 Esq., and Andrew Symmes, Jr., Gent., both of Boston:r fo u. sulJsequout account, presented Dec. 2, 1782, she charges for earting goods t0 and from Littleton, and from Littleton to Billerica; 1 Jikewise, mono,:, f paid to his five sisters agreeably to the request of the intestate before his death; " and money "paid to his sister Ma son antl sister Thompson. [Suff. Prob., lxxv. 100, 194-G.] After pnying out these various charges, there was found to be a 'Jv.luncc of ?C':sono.l estate amo'J.nting t,o £1022 G I½. As "conti :icntul .mo'1oy =· een.sea to circulate in 1780, this balancu was doubt less rccko11<.;tl fo a sound currency, and the amount may lie stated as c.bout $5,400. It was distributed one-third to the widow, then be co.:110 o. wife; two-thirds to the oniy daughter, Mary Ann Symmes. * Snmucl Gl'cenwood, son of Snmucl nnd Eliznbcth (Bronsdon) Greenwood, of Doston, wns aorn Aug. 15, lGDJ; m. Mary Churnock, his second wifo, Dec. 1, 1726; wns n merch1Lnt in Unston, nnd L1icd J~cb. 22, 1741-2. His urothcr fa1111c Greenwood !{rill!. II. C. 17:.!l; wa8 }follis Fro!cs:;0,• llf tuuthcumtics null N11turn.l Philosophy iu thut collcgo from I i27 to 17311, 1mtl The only child of Capt. EBENEZER SYMMES was by his second wife : +241. lliRY ANN, 6 b. Aug. 15, 1775; m. John Gre~nwood. 134. JOHN SYMMES6 (Andrew,4 Tlwmas/ Zccliarialt,' Zecltariall ), brother of the preceding, and fourth son of Andrew• and Hannah Symmes; born in Boston, Feb. 5, 1741 ; married HEPHZIBAH BAR• RETT, June 1, 1766. They were married by Rev. Andrew Eliot, of the New North Church from 1742 to 1778. Ho was ono of the " Sons of Liberty," and was present at the great celebration in Dorchester, Aug. 14, 1769, described under the notice of Col. Andrew Symmes. He afterwards, it is said, lived in Lynn. His children were : 242. WILLIAM,' had a son William,1 whose daughter Susan m. a Barnes, and was living in Boston in 1867. 243. ELIZABETH,' m. -- Coiman, and had ten daughters. 244. Anuu,S m. -- Shepard, and had Susan (Shepard) and John (Shepard). I am in doubt whether these were not the children of another John Symmes. 138. 6 1 WILLIAM SYM~illS (Andrew,4 Thomas,' Zecl1arial1,' Zecharialt ), brother of ihe preceding; born in Boston, 1753; married, first, PRU DENCE URANN, a native of Boston, said to be a descendant of Rev. Pierre Daille, the minister of the French Protestant Congregation in Boston, from 1696 to 1715; married, second, ELIZABETH RussELL, s:ster of the well-known Benjamin Russell, printer and pubfober of the Columbian Centinel, of Boston.* She diccl at Ludlow, Vt., Jan. 25, 1856, in her 91st year. He resided in Boston, and was by trade a tailor. He was also a ship-master, sailing from Boston and Philadelphia. He was one of the sureties of his brother Col. Andrew Symmes, A.pril 16, 1 77G, when the latter was appointed guardian of his child Mary, by his • According to Mr. Samuel G. Dmkc, in his "History of Boston," p. i33, there were issued in Boston, prcvi~us to Dec, 1767, only four weekly papcrs-tlie New.• Lette,·, com menced 1704; the Evcnmg Post, 1739; tho Adi•ertiser, 1753; the Gazette, 1755. In Dccem- 1.Jer, li67, two cntcrp1·ising men, John Mein nnd John :Fleming, commenced tl1e Boston Chronicle. It wus II high tory pnper, and from the force of pnhlic opinion suspended ,Tune, 1770. All the other pn.pcrs but the lust continued till the ltcyolutlonarY· \Vnr, 1775-G, when they were discontinued. The Independent Cl1ro11icle was commenced J°an. 2, 1777. und rrfler the division of tho country into parties, wrrs thu nccretlitcd amt leading Ol'gan of the tlcmo cratle party in New England. Tho Massac/,usetts G'entinel was first issued in r;s,1, tho name hcing changed, Juno 16, 1790, to Columbian Cen1;izel. This papc1· wns owned uml couduc~ed (I thi~1k from the I.Jcginn!ng) hy .\leujamin Russell, a man of mre ability, and ~ossessmg In 11 high degree tho confit!encu and snppo,·t of the fcdcrnl pnrty. It wus ct•n• trnued by him t\l.l 11hou1 1820, when it W'-'S merged in tile Bo3ton Daii11 Adve,·/iser. FIFTII GENERATION, 75 second wife, Mary Holmes. Also surety for him in a similar case, Aug. 28, 1787. [Suff. Prob., lxxviii. 624, and lxxx:vi. 227.J He was for o. time a deputy-sheriff of the county of Suffolk, and ncv.r the close of life removed to Cambridge, where he died of con eur;:iption in 1810, aged 57. His wife's brother, .ofr. Russell, was g:.:ar 147. 1 4 ISAAC SYMMES ( Zechariali, Tliomas,3 Zecltaria/1/ Zecl1arial11 ), son of Zechariah4 and Grace (Parker) Symmes; born in Charles town, April !O~ 1'743; married, first, March 20, 1765, H.ANNAII 1'.A,:2-, b. Fe'b. 2'\ 1743-supposed to be a descendant of Dolor Dr.vis, of Barnstable: 1680-1704. She died Oct. 1; 1773. He m. second, Dec. 15, 1774, BANNAH --, b. Feb. 5, 17491 d. Dec. 13, 1783. He m. third: Oct. 24, 1784, JOANNA--, b. Aug. 30, 1754. He wus a baker. and one of the selectmen of the town. He lived in Plymouth, Mass: He died in consequence of a fall from a horse, Su.turday1 .Aug. 2 7, 179 I, at 11 o'clock, .A..M. Bis children, by first wife, were : 242. HANx,rn,8 b. Jan. 30, 1766. She was beautiful and attractive in person; was engaged to be married, but was clisappoiuted, uncl died in consequence, while yet young. 2-5\.\ ISAAC/ h. J,:;_ne 5, 1767; d. Nov. 1767. 201. GRAc:s,S b. Aug. 24, 1768. 25Z. ~1ARTIL\.,S l,. May 6, 1770; d. J:.in. 23, 1859. +253. ISAAC/ b. Nov. J, 6, 1771 ; m. Mary Whitman. 254. ELIZAJ}ET:::!," b. Sept. 16, 1773; d. May 2, 1803. By second wife : 255. I..-·:i·cy.' ~,. Set't, 14. 1775; d. Oct. 4. 1775. -H~:::-G. XA~QA~s:'; ·a. Nov. 15, 1777; m. James Spooner. · :2,:7. S~\R.ATT: :,. A_?.:-il 24, 177~: ~- :PcDiam Brewster, of Kingston, :'.'(::-.!"?., ".::'\ey bad £ve children, !lnmes unknown. 72.J-?•~ I.n\ZA:O:."L"S/. ~- :.~"'~b. 18~ 1781; :-.n. ~Irtry \Veston. 2:5V, ::::,ucY,S ;::. O~t, 24, 1782; d. Nay 2, 1783. 7G TilE SYMMES lIEMOnIAL. By thh-u wife: 2GO. JOANN.A,1 b. Oct.14, 1785; d. Dec. 27, 178!:I. 261. NANCY' HOLLAND,' b. Nov. 2, 178G. +262. ZECIIAIUAII PARKER/ b. May 8, 17!)1; m. first, Elizabeth D. Ber ry ; m. second, Elizabeth Young; m. third, Caroliue .F, Esty. 151. 1 SARAH SYMMES ( Zechariali," Tlwmas,3 Zecharia/1,2 Zecharialt'), half-sister of the preceding, and daughter of Zechariah+ and Elizabeth (Locke) Symmes; born in Charlestown, Dec. 29, 1757; m. 1777, J.AMES LOCKE, born in the west end of the present town of Winches ter, then part of Woburn, April 7, 1752. He was son of Jona than and Phebe (Pierce) Locke, of the same place. James Locke was a soldier of the Revolution. He dwelt, succes sively, in Winchester, Lexington, and Arlington, the last placo then known as West Cambridge. He died at the place last named, July 6, 1831, in his 80th year.· His wife Sarah died Feb. 22, 1831\ a. 81. Their children, who were born at West Cambridge : 263. JA.MES (Locke), b. Jan. 28, 1778; m. :first, Nancy Perkins, Sept. 4, 1811; m. second, Lydia (Hills) Haskins, 1821. He resided in Mai~e till 1818, and then removed to Cortland, N. Y. He was a Baptist minister. He died of cholera, at Millport, Chenango Co., N. Y., Aug. I, 1849. . 264. ELIZABE.TH SYMMES (Locke), b. Feb. 17, 1779; m. Caleb Eames, of "Wilmington, May 3, 1796. He was the sixth Caleb Eames in a direct line, who were eldest sons, aud occupied the same farm. He died July 3, 1828, aged 65. She d. Oct. 1, 1844, aged 65. Born in Lexington, 265. SAR.AU Snnrns (Locke), b. Nov. 16, 1782; m. Joseph Dean, of ·Wilmington, Jan. 1, 1807, his second wife. She ~fJ;UJ ~rnernUon. 154. ZECHARIAH SYMMES' (Zecliarial,,6 Zccharial1,4 William,' Wil liam/ Zecharialt1 ), son of Zechariah• and Rebecca (Tuttle) Symmes; born in the extreme south part of Woburn, now included in Win chester, 177-; married, Oct. G, 1801, HANNAH RICHARDSON, daugh ter of Nathan Richardson, of Woburn. He was by trade a cooper; lived in the south part of Woburn, now Winchester, and died there. He became, late in life, a member of the Congregational Church; his wife bad long been a member. Their children were : 272. HANNAII,7 b. about 1802; m. Samuel B. Tidd, March 2, 1820. They lived and died in Woburn. I-fa.d children. 273. MEHITABLE,7 b. 180-; m. Ira Bucknam, of ,voimrn ; had children. 274. ZECHAR!AH,1 b. 1807; unm.; d. April 16, 1830; said to have been an excellent young man. 157. .. BENJAMIN SYMMES• (Zechariah,' Zecharialt, 4 .1flilliam,3 Wil. 1 liam,2 Zecliarialt ), brother of the preceding, and son of Zechariah• and Rebecca Symmes; born in what is now Winchester, on the bor tlc:r of Medford, a.bout 1780; m. RIZPAH SAUNDERS, of. Tewksbury, Mass. They were published March 25, 1809. He lived in the south part of Woburn, and died about 1815. His widow married Charles Stackpole, of Charlestown. The children of EENJAM!~ nnd RrzPAH J?nurns were: ' (Y \;, a-- v\~ \ \ ~ I I ~ • ~• ~-, . ~ 2,5. RrsPAE,7 b. ,hn. 26, 1810; said to have been married very young.-u~· .'27G. I◄'ItANCEs,7 b. Dec. 11, 1810; m. Isaac Lathrop. He kept :i. lrn.t store in Charlestown, and died about 1850. His wife died some · years previous. They left a family of six children. One of tltem m. Charles E. Rogers, of Charlestown, and is now living. An ...::~married daughter, Mary Lathrop, is a teacher at Jamaica. · :P~uin, ·west Roxbury. 277. MARY,' b. 1812; m. 1832, Horatio Jenkins. They resided in Boston for a time, then in Chelsea, and now in .Alexandria, Douglas Co., Minnesota. 278. MARTHA SAUNDERS,7 b. Sept. 2G, 1813; m. Henry Ilurs1ey, of Boston. They reside at No. 4 Bond Street, near Shawmut Ave~mc. 160. SAM"JE!, SYM11BJ:S9 {Samuel,• Zccha1'iali,4 TVitliam,, JVi!fiam,2 Zlci(::ri.(J,1/ )7 Qlt.est son of Su:nuet und Susanna. (Richardson) 78 THE SY.MMES :MEMORIAL. ·Symmes, of South Woburn, now Winchester; born there, Oct. 28, 177G; married, April 23, 1807, MARY RICHARDSoN,6 daughter of Joseph, and ALigail (Felton) Richardson, of Danvers ~ncl Woburn. They lived iu 8outh Woburn, on what is now Washington Street, in Winchester, where their daughter Mrs. Todd now lives. Ile died about 18511 aged 75. Their children were : 279. M,rnY,7 m. Andrew Todd. They are now living, Nov. 1872. 280. ABIGAIL FELTON,7 b. Nov. 2, 1812; d. Nov. 11, 1812. 281. SAlIUEL FELTON,7 b. 1814; d. March 13, 1832, aged 18. 162. ZECHARIAH RICHARDSON SYMMES• (Samuel/ Zecliariah,4_ 2 1 William/ William, Zechariah ), brother of the preceding, and son of Samucl6 and Susanna (Richardson) Symmes, of South Woburn, now Winchester; born there, Jan. 2, l 78i; mar~ied, March 28, 1809, NANCY RICHARDSON, born Feb. 1786, daughter of Gideon Richard son, of Woburn. They lived in what is now Winel1ester, on Main Street, near the mill on the Aberjoria River. He died Oct. 16, 1850. His widow Nancy died at Winchester, June 21, 1871. His children were : 282. JERUSIIA RICDAilDSON,7. b. April 2V, 1810; m. 1\farch 5, 184G, Joseph 1Vyman, of West Cambridge, now Arlington, b. Aug. 10, 1805. IIo dic 183. JOSEPH BROWN SYMMES' (Samuel,• Zecliarial1,4 William/ TVilliam/' Zecl,arial/ ), brother of the preceding; Lorn in South W o· burn, now Winchester, Fe.b. 2, 1783; m. LYDIA WYllrAN, daughter of Daniel ,v y1nnn, of thn.t loco.lity, which is kno,vn as the "-r:cst si Boston, in the midst of the Symmes family. Bis house stood on the lot wliich I now own and occupy in Winchester. He had no cl,ild rcn, and he mo.de Joseph B. Symmes, und a. young woman who li\·cd w;th him, his heirs. Joseph B. Symmes was n. farmer. He died March 22, 1850. Ilis widow Lyo.iu died Oct. 231 1853. His children were : 285. LYDIA Wx:MAN,7 b. Feb. 8, 1812; m. Oct. 8, 1835, Jefferson Ford. He was a master of vessels trading to foreign ports. He was also o. sailing-master in the U. S. Navy, in the war of the Re bellion, nnc! died at Newbern, N. C., June 18, 18G4. Children : 286. (Ja;•o?ine (Ford), b. Dec. 1 G, 1837; m. William H. Gunnison, of Baltimore, now a clerk in tl1e Treasury Department at 'Washington. 287. Joseph G. (Ford), b. lfoy 15, 1840; cl. Oct. 23, 18li0. 288. Sarah (Ford), b. July 23, 1843; m. Charles Fitch Lunt, b. in Newburyport, July 24, l 8,J3, now a salesman in ,vinslow & Myrick's store, State-Street Block, Boston. 289. Josr-:Pir,7 1.). Jan. 30, 1815; m, Hannah Wyman, sister of Joseph 1Yyuum, of West Cambridge, now Arlington, the husband of his cousin Jerusha R. Symmes,7 been a. great sufferer from bodily infirmity, which she bus borne with exemplary fortitude an 164. JOHN SYMMES' ( Samuel,~ Zecliaria!t,4 William/ William,' Zec/1a riali' ), brother of the preceding; born in South Woburn, now Win chester, May 10, 178G; m. first, July 25, 181G, AnIGAIL GnEEN, of Boston, b. Feb. 10, 1796. Sho died in Winchester, then South Wo burn, Nov. 8, 1834 [Gravestone; 1835, Family Record]. He m. second, Juno 2, 1836, SOPHIA SPAULDING, of Lowell, b. June 22, 1792. Ho was a trader in West India goods, flour, &c. Ile was in busi ness one year in Fredericksburg, Va., and was during many years a merchant on the 'l' wharf, in Boston, part of the time as partner with Daniel Cummings, part of the time with Charles Eaton, under the firm of Symmes & Eaton. He resided in South Woburn, and built a house there in 1832, or about that time. He died in Sept. 1863, aged 77. His widow Sophia died June, 1867, aged 75. His children, all by his first wifo, were : 297. Er.rzA,' b. July 13, 1817; died a.t sea., on the passage homeward from Fredericksburg, Aug. 5, 1818. +298. JouN,' b. Dec. 14, 181!) ; m. first, Almira Stoddard; m. secon 165. NANCY SYM~IES8 (Samuct,• Zecliariali,4 William,' TVilliam, 2 Zccltarial/ ), sister of the preceding i born in South Woburn, now "Winchester, April 19, 1788; married, March 28, 1811, JAMES HILL, ehlcst son of Jo.mes Hill, of Stoneham. Ho wns brother of tho lute John Hill auu the present Luther Ilill, of that place. Their children were: 301. NANCY SYMMES (Hill), b. Feb. 22, 1812; m. Joseph "\Voods, from Dunstable, now a carpenter in ,Vinchestcr. Chiltlreu; 302. Jonas (Woods). 303. Andrew (Woods). 304. Cr.ARDIOND (Hill), a 308. PAULINA (Hill), d. in infancy. 309. WARD ( Hill), d. iu infancy. 310. LEVIN A (Hill), m. Abner Hayford, of Swampscot, and is still living there. 168. 6 2 STEPHEN SYMMES ( Samuel/ Zec/1arial1,4 1Villiam,3 TVilliam, Zcclwrial.1), brother of the preceding; born in South W olrnrn, now Winchester, May 19, .i.790; married (published Oct. 7, 1815) Prus CILLA REED, liorn in a nart of Charlestown which is now included in the town of Arlington.· Ho is a farmer o,nd lives in .Arlington. Their·children were: 311. STErIIEF.' m.. Catharine Pollard, of Ilolton. 312. HAnRrnT, PnrsCILLA.,7 m. Jan. 5, 184-3, Josiah Locke, son of Asa and Lucy ('Wyman) Locke, of a p:u·t of \Vol.mra which is now inclm1e 167. 0 II ORA TIO SYl\E\fES ( Samuel,• Zcchariali,4 William,' 1Villiam,2 Zec/ien'.ali' ), brother of the six preceding heads of families, and youngest son of Samuel• and Susanna (Riclmrdson) Symmes; bom in South Woburn, now Winchester, Nov. 8, 1795; married, Nov. 11, 1819, CHARLOTTE JomrnoN, born in Lexington, July 7, 1788, daugh ter of Munson and Betsey (Monroe) Johnson, of Lexington, after wards oi' Woburn. He was by trade o. s11oemakcr, and JS now a stijfcner, or maker of the stiffening purt of shoes. He and his wifo a1·e still living in Win chestc1·, in tho l10usc where ho was born, and out a fow rods from tho spot w:icre his gl·audfo.ther Zechariah Symmes lived. Ile and his wife were com·crted :in t:1e great reYival in Woburn, in 1827, when two hundred and twelve were admitted to the church by profes sion, and tMs couple among them; and they have ever since remain ed in C')YC:rn.nt w:t;1 God and 11is people. T°:Jch- children h::i.vc been: 31G. Dl7. 82 THE SY.MMES :MEMORIAL, 319. HENRY ·w1LLIA:U,' b. Dec. 29, 1829 ; m. Harriet Fogg, of Harri son, Me. 320. Cru.nLOTTE ELIZABETB,7 b. Jan. 30, 1833; unm.; lives with her parents. 321. SAllUEL JoIINSON,7 b. Sept. 30, 1838; m. Eunice Fanny Forres ter, of Lynnfield. They have no children. The three sons of this family now living, reside near their father in ,vinchester. Stability is a marked characteristic of the Symmes family. The farm of their ancestors, 'William,3 Wil liam' and Zechariah;1 is but a stone's throw from their present residence. ' 188. MARY SY)IMES1 ( William,' Zecharial,, 4 Willinm,' William,' Zeclt ariall ), only child of William6 and Mary (l\fallct) Symmes; born in South Woburn, now Winchester, Oct. 12, 1785; married, Nov. 10, l 807, Rev. J.A.con COGGIN, born in Woburn, Nov. 5, 178 I,* son of Jacob 0oggin of that place, whose wife was a daughter of Deaco11 David Blanchard, of Burlington•. Jacob Coggin, the father, was a nath·e of Woburn, descended from an early settler of that place, whose name, as given on. the Town Records, is John Craggen. 'l'his ancestor married Sarah Dawes, Nov. 4, 166 l. Mr. Jacob Coggin grad. H. C. 1763; was u. school teacher by profession; taught iu Woburn and elsewhere, and occasionally preached. Rev. Jacob Coggin, the husband of 'Mary Symmes, grad. H. C. 1803; studied divinity with his pastor, Rev. Joseph Chickering, of '.'\Voburn; was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Tewksbury, Oct. 22, 1806, and continued in that 1;elation till his death, on the afternoon of, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1854, aged '73. The colleague of his later years, Rev. Richard Tolman, in the funeral dis course, characterizes him as more earnest than brilliant, graceful rather than imposing, sensitive rather than profound; as winning the affection rather than the admiration of his hearers i as having more of the caution of Mclancthon than the daring of Luther; and in his sermons dealing with the practical rather than the doctrinnl. His disposition was frank, his sympathies lively, his attachments strong. During the forty-eight years of his pastorate, he retained o. strong hold on tho affections of his flock. He represented the town for two successive years in tho State legislature; also in the convention called to revise the State consti tution in 1853. He wa.s one of the Presidential Electors in 1852 : ono of the three insnectors of the State .Almshouse in Tewksbm·; from the beginning;" aud chaplain of that institution- till his death. • Mrs. Coggin died in Tewksbury, Sept. 181 185(\ aged 1 l. • This date is tlcriYcd from lhe Am, QuaT. Reg., vol. xi. 3i!J. nnd purport~ to hiwe '..•~en furnished I.Jy Mr. Coggin himself. .But l\Ir. Tolman, in the discourse referred to in the text, says Mr. Voggin was born Sept. o, 1781. SIXTH GENERATION. 83 Tho children of Rev. JA.con and MAnY (SYMMES) COGGIN were: 322 • .ABIGAIL (Coggin), b. Sept. 28, 1808; m. C. F. Illanchard, a mer chant of Charlestown. She died in 1838. 02S. MARY (Cogg!n), b. Sept. 10, 1810; m. C. F. Bianclun· 174. 8 3 ~CART.HA SY:VH1ES ( Timothy,• Timotlty,4 lFilliam, JVillimn/ Ze::iw..r?°alt'·), daughter of Timothy" and :Martha (Wyman) Symmes; 1:,-::-.:-~ b 1'.fodfo!·d, :Dec. 30, 1806; married, April 16, 1828, WILLIAU Wn'.AN. born in the "west. side" of 1Voburn, now inciudcd in W~c'.Ci'.';:s';c~·. }fay ZS. 1803. son cf Daniel and Hannah (Wright) W·:'.-:~". 0[ ';:,:.i l-:-~~m.. ·This Daniel '\Yvman was a llrothc~: of Sc~·-. W v~an, ~-:::-.~C::.'.~:1;!' to the afo.'.'csail1 Iviartha Srn1mcs. · Fi1'./am W:7"-''-~,..._. -:,;~s by tw.de a curi·icr. He f;llowcd this busi- 11:}SS ';:~: his '.1m--.:t:~ ;t,i:ed, then took np tho business of farming. He died Y!.1.rC:! S. l 8'32, His widow now resides with SylYestcr G. 84 THE snruES MEMORIAL. Pierce, son of Rev. Sylvester G. Pierce, formerly pastor at Dracut, who died 1839. The younger Sylvester is son of :Hr. Wyman's sister Clarimond Wyman. [See Book of the Lockcs, p. 153.J WILLI.All and l\f.ARTJIA (SYMMES) WYMAN had only one child: 330. llfArtTIIA Rum (Wyman), b. 1833; d. July 30, 1850. 182. GEORGE WASHINGTON SYMMES 6 (Daniel/ Timotlty,4 "TVil lia1n,3 Hiilliam/ Zeclwrialt1 ), s011 of Daniel and Sophia (Emerson) Symmes, of :Medford; married --. He occupied the homestead in Medford, and was a blacksmith. His children were : 331. LoursA,1 m. Chnrles L. Newcomb, of Boston. 332. l\IARY JANE,7 333 . .AnnY.7 334. ELLA.7 335. lIEPIIZmArr,7 b. about 1857. 3:JG. CIIAULES.7 Though I have tried, I have not been able to obtaiu a better record of this family. 185. DEA. JOHN SYMMES& (John,6 Joltn,4 William,3 William,"' Zeclta rial/ ), eldest son of Capt. John... and Elizabeth (Wright) Symmes; born in the north part of Medford, a locality now included in the town.of Winchester,'Jan. 27, 1781; married, June 28, 1804, PAME LIA RICHARDSON, born July 13, 1782, daughter of Dea. Jedutlmn Richal'dson, of South ,v oburn, now Winchester, by his wife Mary Wright, born Jan. 2D, 1741, eldest daughter of Dea. John and llfary (Locke) Wright, of Woburn. He resided at "Symmes's Corner," in a house built by himself, in that part of l\fc Their children were : 337. JonN ALBERT/ b. l\Iarch 30, 1805; d. May 30, 1808. 338. PAMELIA,7 b. Feb. 3, 1807; m. Horatio A. Smith, l\fay 28, 1852. MARY "iVmGnT,7 b. Oct. 2G, 1809; unmarricu. A lady of culti~ vute 186. THOMAS SYi\DIES6 (Jolm,6 Jokn,4 1V£llia-m, 3 TVilliam,2 Zeclia rial.1 ), brothor of tho preceding, and second son of John ancl Eliza beth (Wright) Symmes; born in the north part of l\Ieclford, a locality now belonging to ·winchester, March 30, 1783; married SARAI! LLOYD WAIT, daughter of Nathan Wait, of l\feclford. He lived in Medford i was a farmer, and was killed in the woods by the irregular action-what is called slewing-of a sled heavily laden with fire-wood. This took place iu the winter of 1811-12. His children. were : 3-{4. Sin.AP.: .JA;,:E, 0 b. Jan. 1807; m. John Hunt, of Rox bury, as Ji.is sec0nd wife~ 345. ELIZA i.1:;,;N/ o. Ang. 1808; m. Henry Withington, of ll!cuford. +s4G. THO~As RussE:r..L,7 b. 1812; m. Harriet Eady. ]87. ABIGAIL SY.i\BIES' (John/ Juhn,4 TVi"lliam, 0 JVilliam,2 Zcc!ta riali1), sister of tho prcce +317. A 0 ,,.mm (Tufts). b. Jnly 8, 1818; m. Caroline 1\1. Wright. +3A8. :,ARKIX '_l\;mrn~ (Tufts), b. ◊ct. 28, 1821; m. Fm11ces I'. Hc- 11'ar1r.:'J'~~- SG THE SYMMES MEMORIAL. 188. ELIZABETH SYMMES' (Jolm/ Jolm,4 William,' William,' Zecha riali1), sister of the precedingj' born April 10, 1787; married AnEL S1·owELr., 1814, son of Abel Stowell, of Worcester, a noted clock maker. His home, after marriage, was in Charlestown, where he carried on tho busines2 of a jeweller. He purchased of John L. Sullivan, for four thousand dollars, the mill privilege on the Aberjono. River, in tho present town of Winchester, which had, from tho settlement of tho country till 1823, been, partly at least, in the possession and occupancy of the Symmes Family. He had on this stream an iron foundry. After some years, he sold it to Robert Bacon, hatter, of Boston, and it is now in the possession of Mr. Bacon's children. Mr. and Urs. Stowell are both deceased. Their ehiidren were : 349. ELIZA (Stowell), b. Jan. 1815; unmarried. 350. AnEL (Sto,vell), b. Jan. 1819; lives in Baltimore; is a jeweller, 351. ALEXANDER (Stowell), b. Nov. 29, 1821; m. first, Esther Adams, of Billerica; m. second, Faunie Davis, of Vermont. Ile is a jeweller, at lG "Winter Street, Boston. 352. CAROLINE (Stowell);b. June, 1823; m. Charles Rogers, of Charles town, Mass., and has two children. 353. EmLY (Stowell), b. Aug. 1825; unmarried; lives with her sister on Tremont Street, Boston. 354. An11Y 1\LrnrA (Stowell), b. Sept. 1829; m. John G. Hunt, of Rox bury. They have two chiluren. He was son of John Hunt (344], by the first wife. 189. MARSHALL SYUMES1 (John,5 Jolm,4 William/ William/ Zccha- 1·iali1 ), brother of the preceding, and fifth child of Capt. Johnb and Elizabeth Symmes; born in what was then the north 11art of Med ford, now part of Winchester, July 30, 1789; married, Jt1.n. 26, 18 t 8, LEl'IIE STOWEI,T,, born 1791, sister of Abel Stowell, tho husband of hci· sister Elizu.both .. (Soe preceding paragrnph.) Her name, jutlg ing frnm tho no.me sho gave to her oldest daughter, may have bce11 RELIEF. He pursued the business of a ulacksmith at "Symmes's Corner/' in what is now ·winchester. Ho is still living in W inchostcr, No\·., 1872, and able to be about. His wife, Relief, died Nov. 23, 184S, aged 51. It is a remarkable fa.ct that he and the children of his brother Ed mund still own fifty or sixty acres of the farm in the present town of Winchester, which was girnn to their ancestor, 1tcv. ZECIIARTATI Snurns, by the town of Charlc1:1town, two hundred and thirty ycurs SIXTH GENERATION. 87 ngo. It has never gone out of the SyimIJCS family. Wlien trans ferred from one person to another, it has been by the ProLatc Court. Their children were : +355. MA::1srrA:-:.r.,1 b. Oct. 27, 1818; m. Abbie Stowell. 35G. ELIZAilETH RisLIEF,7 b. Sept. 28, 1820; d. Dec. 1, 1820. 1357. HAIUtIET STOWELL,7 b. Nov. Hi, 1821; unmarried; resitlcs with her ±lit.her. +358•. ALEXANDER STOWELL/ b. Dec. 13, 1823; m. Sarah Jane Liver more. 359. Pnu.. E~ION 1VRIGHT,1 b. Feb. 12, 182G; · m. Eliza P. Stowell, tlan. of Samuel Stowell, of Worcester. Samuel was a. cousin of .Abel Stowell, mentioned above. :Mr. Symmes died Jau. 8, 18Gl. His wife Eliza 191. EBENEZER SYMMES• (John,& Joltn,4 Witliam,3 William,• Zccha rial/) brother of the preceding; born at "Symmes's Corner," in the present town of Winchester, Aug. 17, 1793; married, first, HANNAH DAVIS, of Wilmington, Mass., sister of the wife of Joseph Bond, of that t~~n, the noted baker of excellent crackers. ·nc married, ze~O:l·G, ~''....iA?-T:Ss.A --- :Mr. ·symmes car:ried on the baking business in Hanover, N. H., as many who were students at Dartmouth College in 1825 and the fol lowii~g years may remembc1·. He removed to Concord, and there had a wholesale flour store. In 1867, ho remornd to llfodford, where lie now lives on an ample income. His children, by his first wife, wore: E:irnm:zirn,7 entered the U. S. Navy ns midshipmnn many ycnrs ago. ·what has become of him we have not learned. 3GB. HANNAH MAmA,7 m. Sullivnn Ji'ay, of Southboro', l\foss. Sho is 1i wil1ow. Ullll rositlos with her father in l\Icdfor 192. ::']I'1fU.N.D SYMMES• (Joltn," Joltn,4 lVilliam,3 lVilliam,2 Zcclia '."ic•:_'.,:,. ·_,1·0ti:"J.': ('f ~1:>.e 1,1.:-cccd1ng; born at "Symmcs's Corner," fa:m fo ;,Tc:~:".:i~·c., c'.'.)\Y :n Winchester1 Aug. 141 1795; married, Nov. 15, 18Zt'. :-8•,~z,,.-s~T:'::' ANN SMJTP, born Nov. 27. 1803.. daughter of Elijuh r..-:1·~: ~1y~1iu s~11.i:!1; ~.:~~ ?~:cdfc.rd1 88 THE SYIDIES !IIE:lIOIUJ.L. Ile was a farmer; lived and died on tho spot where he wns horn.* He His children were : 3G5. EDMUND AuousTus,7 b. March 2, 1822. 3GG. ELIZA.BE'l'II ANN,7 b. l\Iay 12, 1824; m. IIosea Dunbar, of Win chester, Jan. 3, 1847. He is a master mason. Children: 3G7. Octavia Smitlt (Dunbar), b. Oct. 22, 1847; m. Thomas E. Holway, Nov. 24, 1870. 3G8. Lorenzo .Atwood (Dunbar), b. Dec. 25, 18,HJ. 3GD. Elva Eli"::abetlt (Dunbar), b. Jan. 2'!, 1852. 370. J.1:linni'e Gertrude (Dunbar), b. Jan. 20, 185G. 371. LORENZ0,7 b. Aug. 28, 182G; d. July lG, 184G. 372. LYDIA l\LrnrA,7 b. April 15, 1831; m. Thomas Prentiss Ayer, Dec. 12, 1854. He is a merchant in Boston, on Commercial Street, in company with Thomas Dennie Quincy, under the firm of Thomas D. Quincy & Co. He resides at" Symmes';; Corner," in Winchester. One child: 373. Henry Prentiss (Ayei·), b. March 30, 185!:J. 374. TrrEODORE,7 b. Aug. 11, 1835; m. Josephine G. Teel, Sept. 7, 1870. They live at " Symmes's Comer." Ile is engaged in business at 233 C:imbridge Street, Boston. 375. SARAH SmTII,7 h. l\foy 11, 1840; m. Jacob Clark Stanton, Jr., n. merchant in ·winchester. 193. CHARLES SYl\DfESs (Jo!tn,• Jolm,4 William/ William,• Zcclw ria/11 ), brother of the preceding, and youngest cltil The children of CII.A.RLES and HANN.A.IT (Rrcrrnn) SY:MMES: 37G. AmoA.IL,7 b. Jan. 8, 182G. 377. ELiz.~nETH,1 b. Nov. 17, 182D; m. Peter .1.\.ylcn, July 1, 1852. Children: 378. Charles P. (Aylen ), b. Oct. 17, 1854. 37D. Joltn (Aylen), b. l\fay 23, 1856. 380. ]Ie;wy (Aylen), b. May 22, 1858. 381. Peter (Aylen), b. Sept. 4, 18G0. 382. SARAII JA:-.E,7 b. Oct. 16 .. 1831; m. Richart! 1V. Cruice, Feb. 27, 1851. Children : • The Symmes family arc not given to change. SIXTH GENERATION. 89 383. Olara O. (Cl'Uico), b. Dec. 14, 1851; lll, Frederick White, Dec. 5, 1871. One child: 384. Edith W. (White), b. Oct. 5, 1872. 385. Jane (Cruice), b. l\Iay 27, 1853. 1 , 386. JOHN '.rn:o,as, } twins, born { m. Harriet Grimes. !, 387. Tumas Jo1IN,1 Jan. 26, 1836; m. Mary ·weymouth. 388. ED-llUND,7 b. Feb. 6, 1838. 389. TIBERIUS WRIGHT,1 b. May 4, 1842. 201. l\IARI.A. SYMMES' ( Jvlm, Cleves/ 'l.'imotliy,4 Timot!ty,3 William,' Zccltariali1), elder daughter of Hon. John Cleves Symmes/ by his first wife, Anna; born on Long Island about 1 762; married, about l 790, Afojor PEYTON SHORT, a wealthy farmer of Kentucky. Little is known of either the husband 01· the wife. 'l'hey lived in Lexington, Kentucky.* It is supposed that she died about 1820. Their children were : +390. Jo1m CLEVES (Short), m. first, Betsey n. Harrison; II).. second, Mrs. Mitchell, a widow, about 1850. +391. CrrARLES W. (Short), b. about 17!J5; m. ---. +392. AN~A MA.ma (Short), b, 1803; m. Dr. Benjamin Dudley. 204. 6 ANNA SYMl\fES ( John Cleves/ Timotliy,4 Timotl,y,3 William,' 1 Zcdw,rialt ), sister of the preceding, and younger daughter of Hon. ~folrn Cleves Symmes; born at Flatbrook, New Jersey, July 25, 1775; mo..rriod, at her father's residence, North Bend, in what is now the State of Ohio, Nov. 22, 1795, WILLIAM HENRY HAnnrso~. Her father, in her earlier years, called her Nancy. Hor mother died when she was al.lout a year old. In her fourth year she was placed in the cnxo of 11or mother's parents, Mr. and l\Jrs. Daniel Tut hill, at Southold, Long Island. The incidents of tliis journey sho well remembered. 'l'he city of Now York was then occupied by the British Army, and her father, though a Colonel in tho American ser vice, contrived, by assuming the British uniform, to pass the hostile lines, with .his young charge, without suspicion. Her grandmother wns n. godly woman, whose soul had been stirred to its inmost depths by the preaching of Whitefield. From her lips Anna Symmes re ceived ber first religious jnstruction, which prodttccd impressions fasting as her . Hfe. She early acquired a relish for religious read ing: :.-..rrd commHted to memory large portions of the Bible, and many " 1-:cr '.';tthc1·. in a 1c,!c,; ~◊ Ms brother-In-law. Col. Jnmcs Henry, of Somerset Co., X. ::., Gl\';cc'. Xor:h :'Jc•.1~'.. Xav 22, 1791, s1ws : "Poo,· dcnr ~1:ti-i,1, she sc~ms to \Jc lost to us nil, nn~~ '.wrie 1_' !\~ Lcxingtoi1 1,, n circlo o(s~n1,ngcrs. She ,vonld ·uot co1nc Jwro with inc, nor i~ ~h(, wl\';ni yet to como; ~11~ 'cm· of !ntlinns dctc1·s her. Aml yet thero is not the lenst d:1n :;cr. A~ ~l' .her \1ci\'.~!1 .i: is vel"y -;ioor. Sho is very iulirm nml wcitkly, She trcmlik~ for ~.ny s·::.:\.. !~y·, .test~'...~~ .InLBnns s~oultl kHl .me.'' 10 .,..;;; 90 THE SY.MMES MEMORIAL, hymns, which she delighted to repeat after eighty years l1acl passed away. In early life, she enjoyed tho advantages of a female school at Easthampton, L. I.,* and afterwards was a pupil of Mrs. Isabello. Graham, and an inmate of her family. For that excellent woman she always cherished the highest regard. In the autumn of 1794, her father having married again, she left her eastern home, in company with her father and step-mother; but the journey at that time was made with difficulty, and the party did not reach North Bend, her father's home, till the morning of the first of January, 1795. That region was then regarded as the Ultima, Thule of civilization. Soon after, she paid a visit to her elder sister, tho wife of Major Short, near Lexington, Kentucky; and there she first met with her future husband, Capt. Harrison, who was then in com mand at Fort Washington, Cincinnati. Her home was with him at that place till 1801, when, on his appointment as the first governor of Indiana Territory, then extending to the Mississippi River, she ac companied him to Vincennes, where she resided till the commence ment of the war of 1812. She then returned to Cincinnati, and, after tho war, removed with her family to N ortb Bend. She united with the First Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, but transferred her connection to the church at Cleve~, near North Bend, on its organization, and continued a member of it till her death. She could never tell the precise time of her conversion ; the new life must have begun in her very early youth. She could not rerncm- 1.Jer a time when she was not penitent for sin, or when she did not prefer the service of Christ to all the pleasures of the world. Her only reliance for acceptance with -God, was the atoning merit of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Her influence was most happy on all who came within its reach. During the active Presidential canvass of 1840, a company of poli ticians from Cincinnati visited, one Sabbath day, the residence of General Harrison at No1th Bend. The General met them at some place near by, and extending his hand, courteously said, " Gentle men, I should be most happy to welcome you on any other day, but if I had no regard for religion mysclt~ I have too much respect for tho religion of roy wife to encourage the violation of the Christian Sabbath."t Mrs. Harrison was not indifferent to political interests, and few were Lotter informed on public affairs than liersol!: But hc1· real life wus in n. higher sphcro. 'l'hc spirit oi' vhrist from ci1ii • Doth Southold nnd Eusthumpton wcro settled from Connecticut nbout ll'JO, unu hnvo nlwnyH \Jccu pcrvntlcd uy n Ncw-£ngl1111d inllucnco. t l'his incltlcn~. so honornl>lu hoth to Gen. J{11n-ison om! his wife, ls l'l'portc,l hv 11 ~cntlc mun w!Jo wns present, uud who furnished tho l!fogrnpliit:nl sketch t•f Mrs. liiuT[sou which hus IJccu uscu. SIXTH GENERATION. 91 deemer. Her love embraced all mankind. To rclieyc want, to suc co:· the distressed, gave her unspeakable joy. A writer sums up her chara~tcr thus :- " She is distinguished for benevolence and piety. All who know her view her with esteem and affection. Her whole course through life, fa all its relations, has been characterized by-those qualifica ticns that compose the idea of an accomplished woman." She retained ner intellectual and physical powers almost to the last, and at the cge of eighty-eight was an agreeable companion both to young and old. She calmly fell asleep in Jesus, at LongueYue, the :residence of her son, Hon. John S. Harrison, February 25, 1864, in her 89th year. [Cincinnati Presbyter, May 11, 1864.J We must not omit to sketch the principal events in the life of her nobic husband. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON was born in the County of Berkeley, in Virginia, in the year 1775. His father, Benjamin Harrison, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated at Eampdeu Sydney College, in that State, and studied medicine i but: prefer:dng e. military life, entered tho .Army of the United States in 1791, with an ensign's commission, at the early age of sixteen. Ho soon became a. lieutenant, and in 1 794, as captain, had command of Fori; Wash!ngton, on the ground now occupied by the city of Cincinnati. Jn 1797, he was appointed secretary of the Ter ritory Northwest of the River Ohio, and, in 1799, was its first dele gate to Congress. In 1801, he was appointed Governor of tho now1y formed Territory of Indiana, which office he held for thirteen yours, during whic11 time he resided at Vincennes. In 1811, l1e de:fcuted the Indians at the battle of Tippecanoe, receiv ing a bullet through his stock, without further injury. After the sur render of Gen. Hull, in 1812, he rose to the rank of Major General in tbe U. S. Army. Iu 18 I 3, after Perry's victory on Lake Erie, he invaded Cn':1acn,, and gained the battle of the Thames. .A. misuu de:rstancfo,g arising between him and Gen. Armstrong, Secretary or War, he in J.814 resigned his commission, and retired from the army, r.ftcr a connection with it of nearly twenty-four years. F.ro~ this time his course was wholly in civil life. Not long after, ho k,1t1. out .tho viilugo of Clc,cs, Ohio, just back of tho hills in tho vicinity of North Bon 0:~ ';~,0 4.th o.fn:Ic:·d1 1 18411 ho wus foaugurate THE UNITED STATES, to which great office he had been elected, after a most animated canvass, by an overwhelming majority. 'l'ho en thusiasm of his supporters has never been e:xcccdeu in this country. But a.mid the general rejoicing consequent on his election, he sud denly diecl just one month after his inauguration. The children of WILLIAM HENRY and ANNA (Snn.rns) H.A.nmsoN were: 393. BETSEY BASSETT (Harrison), b. 179G; m. her cousin, John Cleves Short. She died in 1848. Ho was a lawyer aucl farmer at North Bend. +394. JouN CLEVES Snr11rns (Harrison), b. 1798; m. Clarissa Pike. 395. Lucy SYMMES (Harrison), b. 1800; m. D. K. Este, of Cincinnati, in 1819. He was a lawyer and judge. Shed. 182G. 39G. Their dau. Lucy .Ann (Esto) m. -- Reynol 205. CELADON SY.MMES' (Timotlty,6 Timotl,,y,4 Timotl,,y,' William,• Zccliariall ), eldest son of Timothy and Abigail (Tuthill) Symmes; born in Sussex Co., N. J., May 30, 1 770; m. Oct. 14, 1 79·1, PHEUE RANDOLPH, said to be a cousin of the famous .John Randolph of Ro anoke, Va.* He went, probably in tho company led by John Cleves Symmes, in 1789, to the 1'crritory Northwest of the River Ohio, and there took up his abode for life. Here, in Cincinnati, he bought a small lot of land for eight dollars; built a shop eight by ten foot, and worked one year at his trade, that of a silversmith, which he Im.cl learned of his father. IIe then sold l1is lot and shop· for seventeen dollars. It may well be supposed that in a new country, like that around Cin cinnati in 1789, little encouragement could be found for such u. business. In 1790 he went to North Bend, and during four years took the oversight of the form of bis uncle, Hon. John Cleves Symmes. He also o.cted us one of the guard whose duty was to protect from the Indians the surveyors who were laying out his uncle's lands. lt was then a time of war, und the Indians were troublesome. " I recollect, from my enrly days, a pastoral, beginning, "Young Cclatlou and his Amelia were a ulnmclcss pair," SI.XTII GENER!.TION. 93 There seems to have been no price stipulated for his scrdces; only Judge Symmes said to his nephew, "You shall never be the worse for it." '£he uncle afte1·wards gave him a section of land in Butler County, estimated to be worth eight hundred dollars, of which thr~e hundrect dollars might be considered as a present. During his residence at North Bend he was often in danger from the savages. Once he and his brother Daniel, both being unarmed, were followed several miles by t1Vo Indians, ono of whom proposed to kill them. I:Io was prevented by the other, who maintained that tuey wore too good to be killed. He was a. ma~ of daring courage. At a certain time his dogs were fighting with a wounded panther, and the beast seemed to be getting the advantage. Mr. Symmes rushed into tho fray, seized tho animal by the fore paw and stabbed it to tho heart, thus ending tho conflict. Hon. John C. Symmes, his uncle, often speaks of him with inter est in his lettcl's. In a. letter to Col. Henry, of Now Jersey, now beforo mo, dated Cincinnati, Oct. 8, 1803, he says: "Celadon is very unwell. He hurt himself in tho harvest field [la.st summer] and has never got over it. He and his brother William wel'e both elect ed justices of the peace in one day by the body of the people; and the next week after, Celadon was elected captain of' a company of militia.; und tho week following, the Governor [Dr. 'l'il'fin, of Chili cothc] scut him. r. ,::om.mission appointing him commissioner for leas ing," ,_tG. fo a :.cttcr dated Cincinnati, Fob. IO, 1805, ho .calls his nephew " Major Oe)adon."* He served sevc!·u: terms (sovon years in all) as judge of the Court of Com:mou Pleas o.f Butler County. Ho owned a section of land three -:ni:.cs south of Hamilton, Ohio, which was afterwards known as " Symmos's Corner." On the southern side of his farm he laid off two :::.cres as a public burying-ground, which received the desig nation1 "The Symmes Cemetery.'' There ho was buried, dying July 11; 1837, aged G'i years, 1 mo. 11 days. [Family Record.] Their children wore : 404. Wrr.L1.1x CLEVES/ 'It twins, } * r~ ~) :'.!!~c: i:.1~!0d Cinci~:1a~_.. Nov. 5. 1810, Jo~1n CICYCS Symmes snys: 0 "\Vo have grcut crops oi nll kinJs or !!'min this ycnr. Corn ut 20 cents, wheat nt only 50, +413. JosEPII RANDOLPII,7 b. 1814; m. first, Martha J. Huston; m. second, l\lnry C. Bigham. +u4. SARAII DEBOH,\.H,7 b. 1817; m. first, Enoch Powers; m. second, Joseph Danford. 206. DA.NIEL SYMMES' ( Timothy, 6 Timothy, 4 Timot!ty,3 William,' Zech ariall ), second son of Timothy' and Abigail (Tuthill) Symmes; born in Sussex County, N. J.1 1772; married, about 1795, ELIZADETH OLIVER. He studied at Princeton College, and went out west with his uncle. He was clerk of tho court of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, until that Territory was 207. WILLIAM SYMMES' ( Timothy,• Timotlty,4 Timotlty,3 Wi!Ha.m,2 ZccliariaN )~ brother of tho preceding, and third son of Timothy and .Abig-uil Symmes; born in Sussex County, N. J., 1774; married. in 1796, R@nECCA RANDOLPH, a sister of his brother Celadon's wife. " Docs tllis l'efcr to the cclclJrntctl " Ynzoo clnims " I SIXTH GENERATION. 95 Ho learned the trade of silversmith of his father; but after his :removal to Ohio, or rather to the 'l'erritory Northwest of tho River Ohio, as it was then called, he devoted himself wholly to farming. Re resided in the south part of Butler County, Ohio, near what is :now known as Jones's Station, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton ancl :Davton Railroad. He died in 1809, lea·.ing the children whose names follow: 415. TrnuMr F. R.,7 b. 1798; was a grocer in Hamilton, Ohio; died in 183\!. +"u G. P1rn:a.s,7 b. 1804; m. 1826, Barnabas Hoel. 417. EsTmm,' b. 1806; m. James Davis, a farmer in Butler Co., Ohio. +418. TJMO'l'H,:-,1 h. 1801) ; m. lfaniet Wilmuth. 208. 6 4 CAPT. JOHN CLEVES SY.MMES ( Thnotl1y/ Timotl,y, Timotl1y,3 1 William/ Zediarialt ), half-brother of the preceding, and son of 'l'im othy~ and Mercy ( Harker) Symmes; born in Sussex County; New ,Jersey, Nov. 5, 1779; married at Fort Adams, Louisiana, Dec. 25, J.808, .Mrs. MARIANNE LOCKWOOD, widow of Capt. Benjamin Lock wood, 'Jf the U. S. Army, who had died in that year. In early life ha received a good common English education; ancl then, and in ufter life, was particularly fond of mathematics and the r.ui.tul'al sciences. In the y 1xu- 1802 he entered tho U. S . .Army with an ensign's com mission. In~ lotter, dated Cincinnati, Oct. 8, 1803, his uncle of the :oamo name says to his correspondent and brother-in.law, Col. .Henry, H Johnny Symmes is a lieutenant in the standing troops, and is be loved by his men uud respected by his officers. So much for bring i.:ng up boys as they ought to be, to keep them steady to business, without discouraging them." In 1807 he was stationed at Natchez nnc1 New Orleans. "Johnny Symmes " was commissioned us a cn:ptuin of ;nfantry, Jan. 20, 1812. He was in the battle of Briuge water, sometimes called the battle of Lundy's Lane, on the evening of ,_Tnly 25, 1814, and was then senior captain in his regiment. The c0rnpany under his command discharged seventy rounds of cartridges, anc. repelled three desperate charges of the bayonet from veterans who had dr:iv011 Napoleon's troops out of tho Spanish Peninsula. His ~·ogimont was c.1most the only one which maintained its position fa:·,rnghout the v.ction. In a sortie during the siege of Fort IDrie, Sept. 1 7, 18 l 4c, :!10 with his command captured the enemy's buttery No. 3, and with his own hand spiked their heaviest cannon; a tweu ty-:'.)r:- po~1~c~0r. ?e was universally esteemed ·a brave soldier, a zs~ '.0~Js ~r.f. -~~~-tb:::.~ ~- 0fficcr .. * -~O 19ft t:,o m:·m;· -::-n the general disbandment, 18H\ at the close "· ::;-:•~·'cl s·:!\'.e:-r..n,;s T.i\ci3 ~o him l:Jy Gen. Jessup, Gen. Brown, in his o!l1cfal report, 1m1kcs ;irm:cr~.'.Jle m~ntiou ufthll ~rnvcry of Cupt. Symmes in this b11ttlc. 96 TIIE SYIDIBS MEMORIAL, of the war, and took up his residenco at St. Louis, where he was engaged, for about three years, in furnishing supplies to the troops stationed on the Upper Mississippi. Contrary to the usual experi ence, he did not make this business profitable, and he left it in 1819. Capt. Symmes has become extensively known us the author of a " Theory of Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids," which he promul gated at St. Louis in 1818, and which attracted considerable atten tion about the year 1824. We will here present, in as few words as possible, the substance of this theory, and the arguments by which the author attempted to sustain it. For this we are indebt ed to o. book written by James McBride, Esq., of Hamilton, Ohio, entitled "Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres, demonstrating that the earth is hollow, habitable within, and wiu.cly open about the poles." 011 page 2 8 of this book we read : " According to Capt. Symmes, the earth is composed of at least five hollow concen tric spheres, with spaces between each, and habito.l.>lc, as well upon the concave as tho convex surface. Each of these spheres is widely open about the poles. " The north polar opening is believed to bo nhout four thousand miles in diameter, the south six thousand; and that they iucliue to the plano of tho equator at o.n o.ng_lo of about twelve degrees. 'l'ho highest point of tho northern pofa1· ,opening is near the coast of Lap land, on a meridian passing through Spitzbergcn; tho lowest point will be found in the Pacific Ocean, about N. latitmle Jifty A.gain 1 meteoric stones arc not soliu., but hollow. Secondly. In all his works God never socllls to use more material SIXTH GENERATION. 97 than is needful to accomplish the object in view. Straws, bones, some pln.nts: e't"CU the hairs of our heads, are hollow. Why thc11 suppose our earth to be a solid sphere, when a hollow globe would answer every ~urpose just as well, with a great saving of stuff? Ttiirdly. Celestial appearances favor the theory suggested. The author maint::dns that the rings of Saturn, the belts of Jupiter, and the circles aroJJnd the poles of Mars, prove these planets to be con centric sphcr':ls with polar openings; and that similar appearances arc not '.Jbscrved on the other planets, is because their poles arc neve!' presented to our view. The spots on the sun and the cavities on tho surface of tile moon are holes, formed by portions of thcit· outer crusts falling inwards. .All the planets seem to be hollow spheres . .Fourthly. Terrestrial facts favor this theory; such, for example, as the following. Arctic navigators have discovered that great mul titudes of rein-deer, white bears and foxes, musk oxen, ducks and geese, and vast shoo.ls of whales, herrings and other fish, migrate south ward from the regions of the north pole in the spring, and in very fine condition. In autumn they return to the northerly regions, where they pl'Opngate theit- species. Is it not evident, therefore, that beyond the most northern disco·reries yet made, there must be a vast region, embracing both land llnd water, and very fertile and salubrious ? Such a region as is indicated by these facts can exist 01ily on tho supp6sition that tho earth is hollow, habitable within, and widely open a.bout the poles; and through these polar openings th~sc ani mals find ent1·auco to aud egress from the interior. Tho oojcctio11s anc1 difficulties which lie in the way of this tl1cory are me~ with unswers and solutions which are highly ingenious, and sometimes apparently conclusive. The author of the theory was intensely desirous to have it subjected to the test of actual experi ment. On the 10th of April, 1818, he issued a. circular from St. Louis, n.sking to be furnished with a.n outfit of one hundred bravo • companions, well equipped, to set out from Siberia in autumn, with rein-deer and sleighs, to puss over the ice of the :Frozen _Ocean. '11 lrns :furnished, ho enga.ged to oxploro tho concave regions, antl to discover u. wu.nn, or nt \cast a temperate country, of fertile soil, well stockc2 ,vith u.nimals and vegetables, if not with men, on reaching ubout sixty-nine miles beyond north latitude eighty-two degrees. Having made t!ie discovery, he would return tho next spring. Capt. Symmes long- contornpluted such art cxpcuitiou in orucr to verily hi,; theory. Twice-in Mu.rch, 1822, and December, l 823- he asked Congress fo:- an uppi·opriation for this purpose. But Con grnss did not sec fit to grant hls request: an Tho children of Capt. JoiIN CLEVES SYMMES wore: +-119. LouISIANA,7 b. Feb. 5, 1810; m. first, James 1,V. Taylor; m. sec ond, Joel Baker. +420. A:mmwus,7 b. Nov. 2, 1811 ; m. first, Ann Milliken; m. scconcl, l<'r:mces Scott. +421. Wn.LIAlU HENRY lIARnISON,7 b, :May, 1813; m. first, T'hebo A. 1V nycn; m. second, H. Bnrgen. 422. ELIZAUETII,7 b. 1814; d. at Newport, Ky., in 1821. +423. JonN CLEYES,1 b. 1824; m. Marie Lepowitz. 210. :MARY SYM:MES' ( Timothy/ Tim9thy,1 Timotiiy,3 FVilliam/ Zecha riaft1 ), sister of tho preceding, and daughter of 'l'imothv• antl :Mercv (Ha1:kcr) Symmes, born in Sussex County, New Jersey: 1785; mm:- 1·icd HtrGH MooRE, 1805. I:Ic was n. merchant in Cincinnati. She died in 1834. SIXTII GENERATION, Their children were : 424. MARGARET (Moore), b. 1806; d. in infancy, 1806. +425. MARY ANN (Moore), b. 1809; m. James B. l\farshall. 426. JULIA Snr::.rns (Moore), b. 1811; d. in infancy, 1812. 427. DANIEL SnBrnS (Moore), b. 1817; d. in infancy, 181D. +428. Hum.r MONTGOMERY (l\Ioore), b. 1819; m. first, Margaret Crane; m. second, Clara Harris. +429. ,ToHN CLEVES SYMMES (Moore), b. 1822; m. Emily Wright. 430. Lucy (Moore), b. 1824; m. 1855, Rev. William W. Wright, of Dunnon Springs, Ky. They had: 431. Lucy (Wright), b. 185G. 432. Alice (Wright), b. 1858; d. 18GO. 433. JANE (Moore), h. 1826; m. 1856, Charles E. Matthews, a mathe matie.ian, of 1iValnut Hills, Ohio. They had : 434. Fanny (Matthews), b. 1857. 435. Oharles Edward (Matthews), b. 1859. 211. 8 2 JULI.A.NA SY.MMES ( Timotliy/ Timotliy,4 Timotlty,3 TVilliam, Zecliariali1 ), sister of the preceding·, a.ml daughter of 'l'imotby~ and Mercy Symmes i born in Sussex County, N cw Jersey, 1 7D 1 ; mar- 1·icd, 1811, J mumIA.U REEDER. She came from her eastern home to Ohio in 1800. Mr. Reeder, whom she married, was o. native of Pennsylvania, and in 1811 was c merclmut i.n Ci11cinnati. In 1818 they removed to a furm below Cincinnati, which had boon bequeathed to her by her uncle, Holl. John Ulovcf Symmes. Mr. Reeder there engaged lo.rgoly in tlio 1rnrscry business. A few yeurs after, they rcturnetl to the city, uml 110 :·csumetl his former oecni:mtion, continuing it until his death. IJe acquired consitlerable property, but lost most of it liy indorsiug fo1· some of his friends. After his death Mrs. Rceller removed to lier form, where sue died :iu 1844. Their children wore : 48G. ANNA IL\.RRIS◊N (Reeder), b. 1813 ; unm.; d. iu 183G. 4~,T. ~TouN CLEVES (Reeder), b. 1815; d. 1818. +43!3. ALLES LAK.s (Reeder), b. 1817; m. Lytlia A. Elliot. {,39. I:1AR:trn7 1-IENRIETTA (Reeder), O· ism; d. 182J. 440. DANIEL OLIVER. (Reeder), b. 1824; a nursery-man near Cincinnati. +M:.. MARY Snrn:zs (Reeder), b. 1824; m. William R. McAllister. 212. ~--.--"T'lf"l'\.T ~,..,,.,,,"".,., 6 1, & ,r• I ~ ~ .:: _.:, .". •• '"'1, ;:,_c:,..., _;_\ .a SY"• lY.i.J:' ... 1\IES • _ ('T''.1. unot 1y, .1. unotny,. T.'. unot, !.1y. TVi.Uic,:m/ Z,:clirzr·ia1t'). brother of the preceding, and son of Timothy' a~d :-.::c,·cy SyD:'.~cs; born in Sussex Com1ty,. New .Jersey, 1n 17:.':;; :na.:-fr:)c: HANNAE: :B. C:;.osE, in 1819. 100 TIIE SYMMES :MEMORL\.L, He went to Ohio in his childhood, and was one of the pioneers of the West. He passed his life in Cincinnati, and was one of its most respected and valued citizens. , His name stands intimately connect ed with every important social improvement made in the Queen City. He took a deep interest in the cause of education, and did much to promote the cfliciency and success of the public schools. He had refined literary tastes, and was a man of much culture. He wrote often in prose and verse, for papers and magazines. He was dis tiuguished for purity of character, and was courteous and pleasant in social life. He was fond of humor and excelled in wit, but not at the expense of others. He was apt with the pencil, and could draw the human countenance with remarkable success. He gnse mucl1 time to the affairs of the city, in the City Council and in tho Board of Health, of which he was a member from 1830 to 1850, as well as in the Board of School Trustees from 1833 to I 849. He was one of the Trustees of Cincinnati College, an actire member of tho Horticultural Society, and prominent as a member and correspond ing secretary of the Pioneer .Association. He succeeded his bro ther Daniel, in 1827, as Register of the U. S. Land Oilicc in Cin cinnati. He was the last male survivor of the family of the cider John Cleves Symmes, tho purchaser and pioneer settler of the wild erness of the northwest, between the Great aml Little Miami, where those flourishing cities, Cincirmati, Hamilton and Dayton now stand. He died of a paralytic stroke, on the afternoon of Saturday, July 27, 1861, aged 69, at the house of his son-in-lu.w, Charles L. Col burn, at Mount Auburn, near Cincinnati, where he had been resting for a few weeks, during the heat of the weather. On the morning of that day he had attended the weekly meeting of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society at its rooms in the city. His funeral was at tended on Friday, Aug. 2, by many of the old pioneer families, and the body deposited in the Spring Grove Cemetery. [Cincinnati Daily Gazette.] The children of PEYTON S. SYMMES were : 442. '\VILLIAN,7 b. 1820; d. same year. +443. J\IARY SusAN/ b. 1822; m. Charles L. Colburn. 444. ELIZABETH/ b. 1825; m. Langdon H. Haven, 1845, a merchant of the citv of New York. Children: 445. Hen;y Langdon (Haven), b. 1846. HG. Etlwn Allen (Haven). 447. RACllEL ANNA,7 m. Henry B. Skinner, merchant, of Boston. Child: ,!48. Henry C. (Skinner). +449. HENRY EDWARD/ b. 1835; unm. 450. lIAnmET LouisA,7 d. 1852. 451. DANIEL Cu:vEs.7 452. ETHAN ALU;N.7 453. ALLEN CLEVES.7 SIXTH GENERATION. 101 213. TDIOTHY SYMMES8 (Timothy/ Timotlty,4 Timothy/ William,· Zeduiriall), brother. of the preceding, and youngest son of Timothy• and Mercy (Harker) Symmes; born in Sussex County, New Jersey, · 1795; married RuTH SPURRIER, 1817. He was o. farmer at North Bend, Ohio, and died on his farm in 1822. His children were : 454. CAnOL!NE,7 b. 1819; m. first, 1832(?), Joseph Tincher, a cabinet maker and farmer in Kentucky; m. second, Charles L. Palmer, of St. Louis. She died in 1855. Children : 455. 'Jlirno!h.y Symmes (Tincher), b. 1834; engineer on steamboat navigation. 456. Julia .Ann (Tincher), b. 1836; m. 1855, John G. Keady, tai- lor, of St. Louis. 457. Caroline (Tincher), b. 1839; d. 18-U. 458. Henry J. (Tincher), b. 1841. 459. Caroline (Palmer), b. 1851. 4G0. Edward .A. (Palmer), b. 1853. +4Gl. HENUY HARKER,7 b. 1821; m. Belinda Sedam. 4G2. JULIA,r b. 1823; d. 183-i. 216. 0 TIMOTHY SY~IMES ( William/ Timotlty,4 Timothy/ Tflilliam,2 Zedwrial/\ so:i of William• and Mehitablc (Moulton~ Symmes; bor:, :n Newfield, Me., about 1788; m. SALLY HILL, of Newfield. He wl:!s a 222. MARY JENNISO~ (Abigail" Lindall, Mary lligginson, Saralt Sm·uge. lifary Symmes, Zecliarialt Symmes), daughter ur Rev. William and AbiO'ailn (Lindall'' Jennison:,. born in Salem,, 17 34 ,· married in Salem, No\'. 4, l 753~ TuoMAS GILES( born Feb. 1730-i, youngest so::'. o'.' Sr.rrE~J:~ ;::.::i:: s~~sannn. (Palfrey) Giles, of that place:* ~ :~:\c G~:.1::~ ~.\V.~~Y. Si~ :SDWAP..":' G-:~.~-.:~, 'J: 3o,vt!cn, in :Devonshire. En~lnntl. 1G2C\ wns shcri!!' of tl1nt conn !,w, -~ ~~:·~~Jc1· ')~· ~::c :;)i:·t.! :'\arlfruncnt of Jllmcs the First, 1G20-J, nnd one of the Pa:cntee~ 1u· tl.lc ":.?:·(~:1: Ch~:r~c~: g1·n;1~cll Jy tllat monarch, Nov. 3, 1G2n, ttt'ua!ly called the PJy~nouth 102 THE SY.MMES MEMORIAL. He was a substantial mechanic, a cabinet-maker, which trade he learned of his father. Ho resided in South Danvers, now Peabody, which till J uuc IG, l 7 5 7, was the Middle Parish in Salem. Tradi tion reports that they commenced married life in a style above what they were able to support, induced, no doubt, by their connection with the wealthy family of the Lindalls; and thus became reduced in their worldly circumstances. Ile was a soldier iu tho '' Old French War," 1755-1762, the war which resulted in the expulsion of the French from Canada. He suil'ored much on the Canada frontier. When the enc1·oachmcnts of the British ministry, long patiently endured, at length aroused all tho colonies to an armed resistance in 1775, 'l'homas Giles was among the first who repait·cd to the Revolutionary standard. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and fought with undoubted cour age. Just as ho was about to fire away his last cartridge, he was heard to exclaim, "Heaven direct the charge l" 'l'he fatigue and exhaustion of that very warm d,ay proved too much for him ; and on tho next day, oi· day after, in a tailor's shop in Medford, he suddenly foll and instantly expired, June 18, 1775, in his 45th year. His wife, a ministe1·'s daughter, was, for those times, a well edu cated woman, and possessed great worth of character. She died at Salem, Nov. 1784, aged 50 .. Their children were : +471. TnO!liAS (Giles), b. Oct. 6, 1754; m. lfory Soper l\farslrn.11. 472. lHAnY (Giles), b. .Feb. 1, 1756; ru. Solomon Stevens. -17:J. SAllUEL (Giles), b. April 61 1757; m. Luur:rn:i Ilolmcs, li83. 474. ABIGAIi. (Giles), lmpt. Jan. ::!1, 175~; d. youug. 475. ELIZ,\.IlE'flI (Giles), bupt. Nov. 21 17G0; u. youu~. Charter, which Prince, In his N. E. Chronology, styles "tho grcnt civil bnsis of nll the snh scqucnt patcnt8 which dividctl New Englund." Sir Edward Giles w,L~ u lending Puritan, anti toolc an interest In the colonizntion of tho New \Vorld. His cont of 1u·ms is still used by our titmily. Ilo lu\ 47G. WrLLU:1r (Giles), bupt. Feb. 28, 17G2; m. --. 1.J77. JA11rns LIN-PALL (Giles), bapt. 1\farch 30, 17GG; m. first, Aunn. Page; m. second, l\fartlrn Bellamy. 478. AllIGAlL (Gi'.es), bapt. May 7, 17G9; m. first, Robert 'Watson; m. ' second • .Ao.nu Bates. ' Three of the above-named sons, Thomas, Samuel and ,Villinm, as -cve:l ns their fat1ier, were in the military service of their country 227. 3 CALEB SY;'.,ifMES1 ( Caleb,& Thomas/ 1'/wmas, Zecliariah,2 Zeclia rial11 ), son of Cant. Cal ell and Elizabeth (Hall) Symmes; born in Charlestown, Muss., March 7, 1762; maniccl, first, LYDIA TROW BRIDGE, in Westford, Nov. 23, 1784. She was horn in Shirley, ifoss., Dec. 25, 1762.. duu. of Thomas and Lucy Trowuriuge. She died in Groton, Mass., D,Jc. 5, l 812, and was buried in Littleton on the 7th. Thomo.s was son of Rev. Caleb Trowbridge, of Groton. Mr. Symmes married, second, MARY (CHITTENDEN) LANE, a widow, dau. of Calvin and Sally Chittenden, in Charlestown, the marriage ceremony by Rev. James Walker, July 20, 1820. She was born in l'IIaldcn, March 19, 1781 i died in Char1estown, Sept. 13, 1826, and was. interred in Mu1den. Sept. 1-4. l;'. :iiB chiid'.~ocd Mr. Svmmcs was fond of studv, and obtained some ::rnowlccJ~o of Latin and Greek. Ile aft;rwartls learned the trudo c{ .{ h1o,ci.;:smith. I-Jc resided, after mn.rriag·c, in W cst fo.ra, ;iJ.l nbout 1 'ii12; :in Hollis, N. II., one JC'ar; in Pctcruorough, N. JI., about tho snmo Jongth of timo. In 17% his mothe1· boug-ht o. form of one hundred and twenty uercs in tho south part of Gro ton, Mass., of her brother-in-Jaw, Capt. Jonas l\Iinot, father of Juclgo Minot, of Hu,crhill, Mass., to which place they rcmovctl tho same vcar. After his first wife's death he lived in Charlestown. He·died, trusting in Christ, ut 1ifol · His children, by first wife LYDIA, were: Born in Wesiford. +479. CALE:B,° b. SeF;;· 1, 1786; m. Mary Bowers. +480. RETSBY,7 b. Sep~. 5, 1788; m. Joshua l\Iixter. 481. LYDIA,7 b. ,Jan. 11, 1791 ; unm.; she was a member of a Baptist clnu:ch ncurly fifty years, uud ~n eminently useful person; t!. in 13'..'s:0::c, ,.;:\;;. ,;~ 1857. Her end was perfect pence . .Born i'n Hollis • ..1.Y. JI. +48:2. :,·;cy/ ·.:-. ,;'.'.':'':' ;.;!;, 17~S; m. John Clement . .:Y.Jrn •:n Groton. JJ,fass. +·IS-?. 1Y:u.A:::n EAr.:;./ b. Mm-ch 26, 17%; m. Sally Parker, 104 THE SYMMES l[E:UORLI.L. +4.8-L CAL vr-s,1 b. l\forch 8, 1798; unmarried. 485. Il,1.n.nr1n,' b. l\Iay 19, 1802; never married. This estimable lady has been a worthy member of the Episcopal church for the last thirty-one years. She has taken a warm interest in this Family History, and has contributed much to its completeness, especially in the record of her father's allll grandfather's descendants. She resides with her brother Caleb's widow, No. 8 Joiner Street, Charlestown, +-1sG. MARY,7 b. Nov. lG, 1805; m. William C. Paterson. By second wife, J\fAUY, and born in Charlestown : +487. Tno~us,7 b. Dec. 13, 1823; m. fast, l\lary l\litchell; m. second, Sarah Ellen Bowers. 229. 8 0 THO;\[AS SY~IMES ( Caleb/ 11/wmas/ Tliomas, Zeclwria/1,2 Zeth'l• rial/), brother of the preceding, and. son of Capt. Culch and Eliza beth (Hall) Symmes; born in Charlestown, Sept. 19, l 7G5; mal'ried REBECCA CARVER, born July 3, 176G, youngest child of Ensign Ben jamin and Edca Carver, of Westford.* Her mother, Ede a Fletcher, was sister to Capt. Benjamin Fletcher, his step-father. Ile wont with his mother, in 1774, to Westford, where she mar ried Capt. Fletcher in 1779. He was brought up, under Capt. Fletcher, to tho business of husbandry, to which he addeu that of a cooper. He was unsuccessful ·in business, us many were in tho pinching times that followed the war of the Revolution. He found it necessary, in 1796, to dispose of his interest in the farm at West ford, which had belonged to Capt. Fletcher, an~l removed to Ashby1 where Dr. Thomas Oan·cr, his wife's brother, was the practising physician. He bought a farm there, and engaged in trade, lmt soon sold out, and in 1799 returned to W cstford. He bought a small place in the south part of Westford, which, with some additions since made, remains in the hands of his descendants. Ho was a man honest, industrious, and of excmplui·y life; a clmrch-goiug man, and very careful in observing the sablmth. He was fond of' church music, and took part in the devotions of. tho sanctuary. • Tho CAR'\'EU FAMILY. 1. RonE1t1· C.i.uvI-:u, sniu to be n brother of John Cnrvei·, the first governor of Plymontlt Colony, was born in Englunll, 1594; eumc to J\forslllielu, in 1>1y111outh Colony, 1G38; tliell 1G80, uged 86. , ii. Jo11N CARVER, hi~ son, b. 1G37; m. l\folicent Ford, of J\f:lrshtickl. He He died Sept. 1, 1817, aged 52, ne::i.rly. His widow Rebecca re mained at the homestead till 1832, when she removed to the house of her son Edward, where she died, Nov. 17, 1836, in her 71st year. The children of THOlUS and REBECCA (CARVER) SnnIEs were : Born in Westford. +4BS. THNrAS,7 b. March 27, 1790; unm.; d. Nov. 27, 1846. · 489. PA'!.'TY CARVER/ b. Aug. 14, 1791; d. June 28, 1795. ,'c90. SusANNA BANCROFT,7 b. July 5, 1793; d. April 13, 1813. +4!Jl, EDEA FLETCIIER,7 b. Aug. 2, 1795 ; m. Cephas Drew. Born in .Ashby. 492. MARTIIA/ b. May 4, 1797; d. April 2-i, 1820. Born in Westford. 493. CALEB/ 'J. Nov. 15, 1800; d. March 29, 1821. 494. ELIZABETII HALL,7 b. April 16, 1803; d. 1805. +495. E;:>WAirn/ } twins, born {m. Rebecca P. Fletcher. +496. EDMUND/ April 1, 1806; unmarried. 236. SUS.ANNA. MASON• (Hannali Symmes/ Andrew,4 Thomas/ Zcclta• riali,• Zecl1arialt1), daughte:.- of Col. David and Hannah (Symmes) Mason; born in Boston, 1763; married, 1785, Rev. John Smith, D.D., Professor. of the Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Oriental Languages in Dartmouth College, :Hanover, N. EL She was his second wife. Her husband was son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Palmer) Smith; was born at Rowley, "Mass., Dec. 21, 1752, and died at Hanover, N. H., April 30, 1809, in his 57th year. He studied divinity with the Ro,. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D., first president of Dartmouth Col lege; graduated at that institution, 1773; was tutor there from 1 '174 to 1778; and was Professor of the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and the Oriental Languages from 1778 till bis death. Ile was also pastor of the churqh at Hanover; associate pastor with president Wheelock from 1773 till 1779, when Dr. Wheelock died; associate p.o.stor with Rev. Sylvanus Ripley from 177G till Mr. Ripley's death, Feb. 5, 1787; after which ho was sole pastor till his own dcccuso. Ile b.ad a great 1·oputation as a linguist. He published a Latin G:·u:mmar, a Greek Grammar, a. Hebrew Grammar, Cicero de Ora torc, with notes and a memoir; besides several ordination sermons. His :f..rst wife wr.s Mary Cleveland, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Clevefo.nd, of Gloucester, Mass., Y. C. 1748. Whc!l I was a student and a resident at Hanover, I heard fre que::1: a:-ad hono:rab;,J mentio:J made of Professor Smith. I was ncr S0!'.8.fy acqm.1.i'J.tcd wifa Madam Smith, his widow-a lady of ;cry :cs?0c';::1~1}e abnitics. Sho told me of revolutionary scc:ies, nnd in :?t~~-:;,c·.::.::v:.· of '.:10~· ~u:t~ng upi with ti1c help of hm· sister, c::i.rtridgcs, unc". custin'.r ~-.~s~ 497. JonN WHEELOCK (Smith), b. April 25, 1786; never married. He grad. Dart. Coll •. 1804; studied law; began practice in Boston, 1808 ; was forced by ill health to go abroad; travelled in vari ous parts of Europe, and died in London, Feb. 19, 1814, in his 28th year. · 498. SA.llIUEL MASON (Smith), b. 1792; d. at Hanover, April 15, 1813. He was then on his last year in college. 238. LYDIA.STIIMES' (Andrew,6 A11drew,4 '1.1/wmas, 3 Zecharial1,= Zecha rialt1 ), daugl1ter of Col. Andrew Symmes6 by his first wife, Lydia Gale; born in Boston, Dec. 18, J 7G8; m. July 2, 1795, JONATHAN SNELLING, son of Joscph4 au 501. ANDREW SnmES (Snelling), b. in Boston, July 19, 1797; m. April 9, 1829, ELIZA TEMPLETON STRONG, b. Dec. 7) 1804, • A daughter of Prof. Smith by his first wifo l\Inry Clcvclnnd, Abigail (Smith), in 1800 bccumc the-wife of Cy1·us Perkins, M.D., b. in I\liddlclioru', l\lass., Sept. 4, 1778, rl. 184!), 11n eminent physicinn in New York city, and nlso professor of Anatomy nnd Surgery iu Dartmouth College from 1810 to 1819. t Tho SNELLING FAMILY. 1. JouN SNELLING, sou of Thomas Snelling, of Cl11Hl!llewood in Plympton St. l\Iury, Co. of Devon Eng., came to New Englnnd nhont 1657, nnd diet! in Boston, 1672. 2. JosEPll SNELLING, son of John, b. 1()67; ct. Aug. 15, li2G; father of eleven cllll eminent master, Dr. Luther Stearns.* He chose an 240. ANDREW ELIOT SYMMES' (Andrew/ Andrcw,4 Thomas,' Zeclia riah/ Zeclmria1/ ), ha.If-brother of the preceding, and only son or Col. .Andrew Symmcs6 by his third wife Mary Aun (Stevens) Symmes; born in Boston; married ELIZA CoFPIN, daughter of lion. Peleg CofHn, 11 native of Nantucket and a member of Congress from the disti·ict in which Nn,ntucket was situated. Re was an intimate and confidential friond of Caleb Strong, the exceHcnt governor of this commonwcaith. Ile resided in Boston, and was one of the firm of [Samuel] Torrey, Symmes & Co., from 1806 to 1810. He had two daughters : :i;uzA,7 m. first, John Thorne, of Brooklyn, L. I.; m. second, 1Vil- 1iam Raymond Lee Ward, formerly of 8:1lem, l\fass., now, 1873, n brok'3r in New York city. She and her husl.mnd are both living. Ily her first marriage she hm1 one child, :i. son, George ·winthrop (Thorne), who m. a Miss Beckwith, but is now a young willower. 508. MARY .ANNE,7 m. Frederick A. Heath, of Brookline. She d.ietl ubout a. year after marriage. 241. MARX ANB SYMMES' (El,enczer/ Andrew,4 Tlwmas,3 Zecliariati.' Zccl1aria.lt1 )1 only daughter of Capt. Ebenezer• and l\fa1·y Ann (Ste ,ens) Symmes; born in .Boston, Ang. 15, 1775; manicd her cousin, Jom, Gr-:c:ENWOC'), Apl"il 22, 1802. The marriage took place at St. Gcorgc·s [Hotel ?l Ifanovcr Square, London. He!' fo~hcr dyi:1g when she was kss than two ycm·s olcl, slto was • :'.:.'J:'•~.'- S'.~:w,~. '.''.:,, ?c'.'. :::-. l7i0; tiled Aprii 3t\ 1820; wns cltlcst son of Hon. Jo~iah Sten~~. ,,_,; ~nnc~1~n-~ri, ?.n The children of JORN and MARY .ANN GREENWOOD were: 500. JonN DANFORTH (Greenwood), b. in LonJon, Jan. 4, 1803; m. a Miss Field, near London; emigrated to New Zealand, after 1825. 510. FREDERIC (Greenwood), b. Oct. 5, 1804; came to Boston in 1820, after the death of his parents, to his uncle Jonathan Snelling ; was adopted by Mr. Samuel Torrey, but 248. WILLIAM SYMMES' ( William,6 Andrew,4 Tlwmas/ Zccliarialt/ Zechariah'), only son of William~ and Elizabeth (Russell) Symmes; born in Boston, 1802; married, first, 1826, ELIZABETII RIDGELEY, a native of England. She died in Dorchester, in J 833, aged 2G. Ile married, second, ELIZA A. M.aYLAND1 May 2, 1836. Ilia father dying when he was but eight ye:ll's old, his mother's • In o. noto tho poet informs his readers th:it Mr. Skeffington is tho " illnstrions n11thor" of several comedies, of whicli Le says "baculo mngis qunm lauro Lligne ;" for whose suc cess tho writer wns much im.lc!Jtcd to the scene painter, Mr. Greenwood. Matthew Grcg orv Lewis, a cclchmtcd writer of plnys, is intcnclc 253. 1SAAC SYMMES6 (Isaac,~ Zecliarial1,4 Tliomas,3 Zccliariah,2 Zccl1a -ria.~1), son of Isuac and Hannah' (Davis) Symmes; born in Ply mouth, i\Iass., Nov. 16, 1771; marricd 1 Jan. 1, 1798, MARY WmnLrn, who was born .t\ug. 19, 1778. We suppose he lived in Plymouth, Mass.; possibly in Kingston, an adjoining town. Their children were : 5]7. IsAAC/ b. Sept. 27, 1798. 518 ..HANNAlr,7 b. Mny G, 1801. +5rn. "'\YJLLr,m/ b. Aug. rn, 1802; m. first, Mary D. ""\Vushbttrn; m. second, Caroline II. Jameson. +520. 1.1:ARY "\Vrrrn!AN,1 b. Oct. 29, 1805; m. Alden Sampson. 521. l\IAuTHA.7 b ..Jan. 12, 1809. 522. DANl!::L/ b. Nov. 1820; m. Selina A. ilfeston. 256. ?.:"A~(: :-\.""."37 ~"":~::-.nrns~ (Isaa< _;;;;cclwrialt,~ T/11:mns,D ~cclwri~li,1 z~c-:~t,~:i· \, ~:-~if.s:.s~8r of the ?l'CCCQlJJg i b, Nov. lti, 1 77 I ; ill:.l.l'l'lCd JAMES 8:POONB'?,. 110 THE SYIDIES :MEMORIAL. He was o, trader in Plymouth, Mass. Their children were: 523. JAMES (Spooner), unmarried; is said to be a clergyman_; lives in Plymouth, Jan. 1873. 524. EruRAIM ( Spooner), m. ---; is living, 1873, in Plymouth, and has children. 525. MARGARET (Spooner), unmarried; lives in Plymouth, 1873. 52G. GEORGE (Spooner), •.•. "went south aud died there." 258. LAZARUS SYM}IES6 (Isaac,' Zecl,arialt,4 Tlwmas,' Zecliarialt,2 Zechariali' ), brother of the preceding; b. Feb. I 8, 1781 ;. married, Nov. 7, 1802, MARY WESTON, b. 1784, daughter of William Weston, of Plymouth, Mass. " Their home was in Plymouth; but the last part of their lives they spent mostly with their children." Mr. Symmes died Jan. 25, 1851, aged 70. .Mrs. Symmes died Dec. 4, 1863, aged 79. Their children were : 527. Er.rzA,7 b. 1803; d. 1804. 528. '\VILLL\..M,7 b. June 1, 1805; m. in Boston, April, 1834, Jane G. Pratt, a widow; wus a sea-captain; d. at sea, 183G. 529. ELIZA ANN,1 b. Jan. 17, 1808; m. in Plymouth, Sept. 29, 1828, John '\V. Newman,· of Lancaster, Mass. She nO\V resides in '\Vakefield. Their son (530), Dr. J. Frank Newman, is a den tist in Boston. 531. CoLmmus,7 h. Sept. 28, 1813; cl. May 19, 1827. 532. '\VASUINGTON,7 b. Aug. 29, 1816; m. Juliette Jones, in -Phila 262. ZECH.A.RIA.HP.A.RKER SYMMES• (Isaac,' Zecltariali/ Tltomas,' Zcc!tarialt,2 Zecharial/ ), brother of tile preceding; born iu Plymouth, Ma,;s., May 8, 1 791 ; m. first, ELIZABETH Du1rns BERRY, b. Aug. 16, 1791, died Nov. 23, 1834:; rn. second, ELIZABETH YOUNG, who died Dec. 17, 18-10; m. third, CAROLINE Fox EsTY, b. April 21, 1808, now deceased. Mr. Symmes died Sept. G, 1865. Ilis children, hy first wife, were: 537. DA YID l\L1.soN,1 b. Sept. 23, 1815; unmarried; a "jobber." 7 538. PAmom, b. :March 191 1817; died at sen, Sept. 1838. SEVENTH GENERATION, 111 +539. LEWIS,7 b. April 17, 1819; m. Sarah P. Hood. 540. HENRY,7 b. Jau. 25, 18z2; ru. Almira W. Wiley. He was a shoe maker; lived in Beverly and Lowell, l\Iass., aud d. Oct. 27, lSGG. His wife is living in Lowell. One child: .. 541. Lucy," b. June 6, 1852. ,542. STEPHEN,7 1,. March 20, 1824; a shoemaker in Beverly; m. Jan· 8, 1846, Sarah D. Hildreth, b. Sept. 21, 1827, cbugh. of James Hildreth, a blacksmith, of Hopkinton, N. IL Only child : Freddie H.,8 b. July 28, 18G9; d. Aug. 3, 18G9. +543. CrrARLES,1 b. April 10, 1827; m. Nancy Duffee. 543½, ANN,7 b. Nov. 23, 1828; d. young. 544, RrcIIARD,1 b. Sept. 25, 1830 ; unmarried; a shoemaker. By second wife: 545. RUFUS WH,L!AY,1 b. Dec. 2, 1836; m. 1867, l\Iary E. Page, dau. of William Page, of Newburyport, Mass. Resides in Beverly; a trailer. Only child: Walter/ b. March 14, 1870. By third wife : 546. PARKER Fox,7 b. Sept. 5, 1842. 546f. JOANNA A.1 .StbtntfJ '.'.'~~c~e w-c1·e :10 c'.J:~c~ren by tho fh·st wifo 1 at least uone that li,cc~. 112 THE SY.ill!ES MEMORIAL. Children by second wife : 547. ·E:u::u:A SoPmA,8 b. in Winchester, Feb. 11, 1846; unmarried, and lives with her father. fi48. W1LLL\.11I FnANKLIN,8 b. in Naples, Me., July 31, 18,:19, M9. CrrARLES AuGUSTus,8 b. in Naples, May 31, 1851; d. July 31, 1851. 550. MARY ELLA,1 b. in Naples, Sept. 2, 1853. 551. AnTIIUR CARTER," b. in Burlington, Sept. 15, 1855; 299. WILLIAM BITTLE SY.MMES1 ( Jolin/ Samuel/ Zecliariali, • Wil liam/ William,2 Zecltarialt1), brother of tho preceding; b. June 13, 1822; married ANNA HILL, of Portsmouth, N. IL, Feb. 11, 1847. Ile lives in New York city, or very near there, and is connected with a clothing store in that city. Only ono child: 555. W1LLIAM,1 b. July 81, 1851. 340. JOHN ALBERT SYMMES1 (John,• Joltn,& Jolm,• Wi_lliam,3 Wil liam,2 Zecliarial/ ), son of Dea. John' and Pamelia (Richu.rdsou) Symmes; born u.t "Symmes's Corner," in what was Medford, but is now included in Winchester, Nov. 3, 1812; ma.nied LYDIA MARIA S.llITH, June 1, 1839. He kept a store in South Woburn, now the centre of Winchester. He was to have taken tho wheelwright's business from his father's hands, with his brother Luther, a.nd moved to tho homestead for this purpose, but died from a, cut on tho knee, Feb. 19 1 18491 aged 3G years and throe months. Ho had but one child : 556. A11ELIA. MARIA.,1 b. March 24, 18-U. 341. 1 CHARLES CAREY SYMMES ( Joltn,8 Jolin/ Jolin/ TVilliam,3 JVilliam, 2 Zccliarial/), brother of tho preceding; born Noy. 15, 1814; married, Nov. 10, 1840, LYDIA FLETCIIEit CLARK, daughter of Den. Oliver Clark, o.f Tewksbury, Mass., by his first wife, and hnlf-sistc:r to Hon. Oliver Richardson Clark, of Winchester, and Rev. Edward SEVENTH GENERA.TION. 113 Warren Clark. of Claremont, N. H., they being children of the second wife. · .Re went to .Aylmer, Ottawa Co., Canada East, when sixteen years of age, as clerk to his uncle Charles Symmes [193], a lumber mer chant there. After his marriage, 1840, he and his brother Ilcnry succeeded to the uncle's business. He died of cholera at Three Rivers, Canada. East, Aug. 4, 1854. His widow Lydia died at Aylmer, 0. E., March 26, 1859. Th_eir children, all born at Aylmer, were: 557. CraRLES HENRY,8 b. Oct. 31, 1841; d. Oct. 3, 1858. 558. EDWARD CAREY,8 b. Oct. 18-14; d. Feb. 184G. 55(1, CATHARINE NoEL,8 b. Dec. 25, 1846; d. Dec. 1846. 560. FRANCIS EDWARD,' b. Sept. 12, 1851. After his mother's death, as above, her bl'Other, Rev. Edward "\V. Clark, o.bovc mentioned, adopted this her only living chihl, and had his name changed to Francis Edward Cl:i.rk. He is now n. member of Dartmouth Coi.legc, o.nd it is expected that he will graduate in tho summer of 1873. 342. IIENRY RICHARDSON SYMMES1 (Jolm,6 Jo!tn,• Jolm/ TVil liam,' lVilliam,= Zcdutrial/ ), brother of tho preceding; born April 13: 1818; mL\!'riod~ March 25, 1842, his eousia .A.nm.A.IL Snn.rns,1 [37GJ, b. Jan. 8, 1826, daughter of his father's youngest brother Charlce. of .Av1mcr, Canada East. !.:.l."c resided ·somo years at Aylmer, where ho was editor of a paper. :in 18G8, he removed to Threo Rivers, in the same province, and has since been superintendent of Public Works on the River Saint Maurice. His children havo been : 5Gl. HENRY CrrARLEs,8 b. April 18, 1843; m. Jennie Brown Thomp• son, Aug. 22, 1867. They live at Hamilton, Canada "\Vest. -Child: . 5G2. Jkrbcrt Ormsby,9 b. Sept. 20, 1872. 5G3. Jon:::-r AL1.1Em·,' b. l\fa.y 28, 18'15. 5G-:L lUARY ELIZABETH,' b. Jau. 4, 18:18. -5G5. EDw,urn,8 b. Feb. 3, 1850; d. Dec. 10, 1850. -5GG. W1Lr.:,ur,8 b. Oct. 25, 1851. 5~;7, IL\NNA:! P,urn:r..u,' b. March 25, 1854. 5G8. Lunnm RrcrrARDSON,8 b. Aug. 22, 1856. -5Gt\ l\IARGARET McDouGAL,' b. Aug. 5, 1858. ,570. ~'REDE~:o,S "::,. Nov. 11, 1859; d. I\farch 28, 18G7. ,57:. }'A-.;~-,~," ). S•Jl,'~. 5, 18Gl; d. 1861. ;::,-;-~. KA:rn ~''lANC~·~.9 b. Jan. 12, 1863. 8 ~7:;. Cr:ARL~S, :,• • ju1v 18. 18G4; d. 18G4. ;-,7 ~~ . .1..i\.GNES-A.DELA:::vE,:s .8 b· .. ~lun.. 25,. 186G, 114 THE SYMMES MEMORI.A.L, 343. LUTHER RICHARDSON SYMMES1 (Joltn,• Jolm,~ Jolm,4 Wil 2 1 liam/ William, Zechariah ), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Dea. John4 and Pamelia (Richardson) Symmes; born March 21, 1822; married, Nov. 1, 1848, ELIZ.A.BETH ABBY AYER, daughter of Nathaniel .Ayer, formerly of Charlestown, and more recently of Winchester, and sister of Thomas Prentiss Ayer [372]. He resides at the old homestead at "Symmes's Corner," in what is now the south part of Winchester, formerly the north part of Med ford, on the spot where he was born. He was for some time a wheel wright, following the business of his father and grandfather. He is pow the efficient superintendent of the upper portion of tho Charles town Water Works, which derive an unfailing supply from :Mystic Pond, near to which is "Symmes's Corner," and Mr. Symmes's house. North of this beautiful sheet of water, and immediately contiguous to it, was the farm granted to his ancestor, Rev. Zechariah Symmes, two centuries and a quarter ago. Only one child : 8 575, .ALICE FRANCES1 b, Sept. 13, 1851. 346. THOM.AS RUSSELL SYMMES1 (Tliomas,' Jolm/ Jolin,• William/ William,2 Zecharialt1), son of Thomas• and Sarah Lloyd (Wait) Symmes; born I 812; married HARRlE'r EADY, of Canada. He lived at Aylmer, Canada East, and died a few years ago. Their children were : 576. ELIZADETH,8 577. SARAlI,8 578. TITOllIAS RUSSELL,' lives in Medford, near Iloston. 579. ALBERT.8 1 580. JANE1 d. 1870. 347. ALFRED TUFTS1 (Abigail Symmes,' Jolin/ Jolin,4 William/ fVil liain,2 Zccliarial/ ), son of Elias and Abigail' {Symmes) Tufts; born in Medford, July 8, 1818; married CAROLINE l\f. WRIGHT, of North field, March 5, 1843. She was born Murch 16, 1820. Their children were : 581. ARTTIUR TrrOMPSON (Tufts), b. Feb. 9, 1844; m. Lizzie P. Ue::-- rick, of Brattleboro', Vt.~ Oct. 5, 1869. 582. EDWARD ALBRO (Tufts), b. July 19, 1845; d. Aug. 3, 1848. 583. Anny T:aERESA. (Tufts), b. Nov. 1, 1846 ; d. Sept. 25, 18Gl. 584. CHARLES ALFRED (Tufts), b. May 9, 1848; d. Sept. 8, 184V. SEVENTH GENERATION. 115 585. LIZZIE ELLEN (Tufts), b. Aug. 6, 1850; m. George D. 1\Ioore, of Somerville, May 30, 1871. 586. EMMA SHEPARD (Tufts), b. May 30, 1852; m. Allston JH. Redman, of Medford, May 30, 1871. -587. FLORA. LYMAN (Tufts), b. Oct. 9, 1855; d. July 23, 1865. .188. A:NNA CAROLINE (Tufts), b. May 6, 1857. 589. Fil"NIE GERTRUDE (Tufts), b. Jan. 6, 1859. 348. 1 6 LARKIN TURNER TUFTS ( Abirrail Symmes,6 Jolm, Joltn,4 Wil 1 liam/ William,2 Zer:harialt ), brother of the preceding; born in Med ford, Oct. 2 81 1821 ; married FRANCES PARTHEN IA McFARLAND, of Skowhegan1 Tufo. Sbe was born in Anson, Somerset Co., l\fe., Dec. 15, 182B. 'I'hey were married at East Boston, Dec. 2, 1856, by Rev. William EL Cudworth. At present, they live in Chelsea. Their children : 590. FREcER10 SUMNER (Tufts), b. in Leavenworth, Knnzas, Nov. 6, 1860. 591. °VIRGINIA PEARSON (Tufts), b. in Medford, Mass., March 29, 1865. 355. 7 MARS.ttALL SYMMES ( Marsltall,' Jolin/ John,4 !Pilliam,= Wil ~iam," Zecliaria!l ), eldest son of Mo.rshall6 and Lephe (Stowell) Sy:nmes-; ]Jorn in what is now the south part of Winchester, Oct. 27, 1818; married, June 17, 1846, ABBIE STOWELL, born Aug. 16, 1824: o.au. of Samuel Stowell, of Worcester, who was cousin of Abel Stowell, already mentioned as the husband of his aunt Eliza l1cth Symmes. [Seep. 86.J They live at "Symmes's Corner," in the south part of Winches tor: in the house formerly owned and occupied by Gov. John Brooks. Their children : 592. F"ANCES LOUISA,8 b. April 26, 184-7; d. Aug. 25, 1849. ,:_;93_ :FREDERIC MARSUA.LL,8 b. Aug. 13, 1850. 8 0>N. EL:t.A. Li;:rm:, b. May 28, 1852. -595. WALTER FAY,8 b. Aug.1.1854. 596. ANNA ELIZA,' b. Feb. 16, 1857. 527. SAXUEL S-rOWELL,8 b. Oct. 22, 1858. ,5S8. ALBERT RE,mY,8 b. Aug. 11, 1860; d. April 28, 18Gl. ~?~. ABBIE ELIZABETH,8 b. Aug. 2, 1862. 358. AL"'3:XAX:)E~ STOWELL SYMMES1 (Marsliall, 6 Julm/ Jolm, 4 !,7i/iiam/ }'7;.ZZiain,/ Zechariah'): brother of tho preceding; horn llG TIIE SYMMES MEMORI.A.L. Dec. 13, 1823; married, Jan. 27, 1852, SARAH JANE LrVEm,IOnE, of Watertown, born Dec. 7, 1830. They reside in Medford. Their children, all born in Medford, are : GOO. ADDIE MARIA,8 b. March 23, 1853. G0l. .ARTHUR CoTTING,8 b. Feb. 9, 1856. 602. MARY ELLEN,8 b. May 9, 1858. 603. JENNIE,' { twins; b. } G04; NETTIE,8 April 1, 1861. d. Nov. 12, 1861. G05. SARAU ELIZADE1'H,8 b. July 3, 1863. GOG. LILLIAN FnANCEs,8 b. Oct. 17, 1865. G07. IDA LIVE:RlllORE,8 b. Juno 9, 1871. 360. ELLEN LOUISA SYMMES1 (Marshall,' Joltn,6 Jolm,4 William/ William/ Zeclzariall), sister of the prece They live in Medford, and their children were born there, as follows : 608. ELLEN SYmrns (Wellington), b. Dec. 9, 1853. 60!). ILumrnT STOWELL (Wellington), b. Sept. rn, 1855. Gl0. FRANK OLIVER (Wellington), b. Aug. 2, 1857. 611. HERBERT l\f.aus1L\.LL (Wellington), b. June 2,t, 1850; deceased. 612. !far.nY EUGENE (Wellington), b. Nov. 2\), 1861. 361. CHARLES THOMAS SY1\IMES1 (J.11arsliall,G Joltn/ Joli-n, 4 rVil liam,3 William,2 Zccharial/), brother of tho preceding, and youngest child of Marshall8 and Lephe (Stowell) Symmes; born March D, 1832; married, March 30, I 863, .AnnY ELIZADE'rH IluNT, born Feb. 28, 1843, dau. of John Hunt, of Roxbury, and sister of Johu G. Hunt, who was the husband of Abby Marfa Stowell [354]. Ohiltlren: Gl3. I1tVING L1v1NGSTON,1 b. July 13, 18li6. (il-1. Cu,rnL1r.s II1mu1mT/ b. Nov. 15, 18(i(). 886. 1 JOHN TilOl\IAS SY~fMES ( Cl,arlcs,S Joltn,6 Jo!tn,1 TFilliam,3 William/ Zccllariall), son of Chades• and llanrrnh (Ricker) Symmes; born at Aylmer, Canada East, Jan. 261 183G; married ll.!RUIET Qnnrns, April 51 18G0. SEVENTII GENERATION. 117 Children: 615. SA.RAH D., 8 b. J:i.n. 24, 1861. 616. CHARLES w., 8 b. Sept. 9, 1863. 617. lIANNAll E.,8 b. Feb. 26, 1867. 387. 1 T HO:M:AS JOHN SYMMES ( C!tarles,S Jolin/ Jo!tn,4 William/ 1 TVilliam,2 Zediariah ), twin brother of the preceding; born at Ayl mer, Canada East, Jan. 26, 1836; married MARY WEYMourn, April 17, 1865. Children: 618. CHARLES Tno:r,us,8 b. Jan. 17, 1866. 619. En:MUND, 8 b. Jan. 3, 1868. 620. DANIEL WEY.MOUTH,8 b. Jan. 30, 1870: 621. THOMAS JOJIN,8 b. Dec. 13, 1871. 390. J.IoN. ,JOHN CLEVES SHORTT (Maria Symmes,& Jolm Cleve:J Symmes/ Timotliy,4 Timothy,3 lVilliam,2 Zecl1arial/ ), son of .Major Peyton and Maria (Symmes) Short, of Kentucky; b. about Oct. 1 790; married, first, his cousin, BETSEY Il.A.SSE1'T il.A.RRISON, born at North Bend, on the Ohio Hivcr, 1796, eldest child of William .Henry and Annv. ~Symr:i.es) Harrison. She died in 1848, und ho married, s0cond, a widow MITCHELL, about 1850. Ho lived at North Bend, Ohio; was engaged in agricultural pur suits; had some acquaintance with law; was for a time judge of tho Court of Common Pleas .for Hamilton County, in which North Bend is situated; and was a. member of the legislature of Ohio. While tho rebel John Morgan was pursuing his devastating march in Ken tucky, in July, 1862, and had even crossed the Ohio into ln 391. Drt. CIIARLES W. SHORTT (Maria Symmcs, 0 Jvlm Claes Sy111111cs/ 'T"inwthy,4 1"imotity/ William/ Zediarialt'), brother of Lhe pt·eeediug; born auont 11~5; married --- Ifo WU8 t1. physician in Louisville, Ky. IIis children were: s2::,. l\-IAR, (S::ort), m. -- Riclrnr(lson, n. merchant, of Lonisvilie. :~:::G. 1V1r.~.I.u1 (S1iort), :m. l\fatiki:i Str:Hlcr. Ile was a fal'lllcr in Ky. 2:27. ~i,\N:.-: (S'.loi-t) 1 xn. Dr. Butler, n. physician, of Louisyillc. 118 THE SYMMES MEMORIAL, 628. SARAH (Short), m. Dr. Tobias Richardson, a physician, of Louisville. 629. LucY (Short), m. --Kincaid, a lawyer.(?) G30. ALICE (Short). 392. ANNA MARI.A. SHORT7 (Maria Symmes,S Joltn Cleves Symmes,& Timothy,' Timotliy,a William,' Zecliarialt'), sister of the preceding; born 1803; married, 1821, Dr. BENJAMIN DUDLEY, a physician, of Lexington, Ky. - Their children were : 631. CHARLES W. (Dudley), b. 1822; m. Margaret A. Johnson. He was a planter, near Lake Washington, in Mississippi. Chil 394. JOHN CLEVES SYMMES HARRISON' (Anna Symmes,• Jolin Cleves S:,,mmes,6 Timotliy/ 1'imotl,y,' William,2 Zeclwriq}t1 ), eldest son of Gen. William Henry Harrison, President of the United States, by his wife Anna Symmes;• born at North Bend, Ohio, 1798; mar ried, 1819, CLARISSA. PIKE, dau. of Gen. Zebulon Pike. · He resided at Vincennes, Ind., and was for some time Receiyer of the Public Moneys at that place. He died in 1830. - Children: 639. A daughter, m. John Hunt. Had children as follows : 640. Symmes Harrison (Hunt). 641. Clara Pike (Hunt). 642. Mary (Hunt), 643. A daughter, m. -- Roberts. Had James Montgomery (Roberts)• 644. CLARA (Harrison), m. :first, Dr. T. M. Banks; m. second, - M9rgan, of Fort ·w ayne, Ind., a merchant. Three chil in Texns, and as he was returning from Santa Fe, with n de tachment of soldiers under Capt. Randolph B. Marcy, he got separated from them and was cruelly murdered by Indi,ms, near the Colorado River, Texas, Oct. 7, 1849. 550. JOHN CLEYES Snt:MES (Harrison). I-Io was a soldier in the Mexican war. 397. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON1 (Anna Symmes,6 Jolin Cleves Symm,1,st Timothy,4 Timothy,3 }Viliiam,2 Zecltarialt1 ), brother of the preceding; born 1802 ; married JANE !RwIN. Ee was c. graduate of Transylvania University, Ky., but spent his li.fe as a farmer at North Bend, Ohio, and died about I 838. Their children were : G51. WILLIAllr HENRY (Harrison). 652, ,JAMES FINDLEY (Harrison), m. Caroline Allston. He was edu ca.ted at Cincinnati College and at West Point, and studied law at Cincinn1.1ti. He served as Adjutant in the Cincinnati Regi ment in the war with Mexico. .After the war, he settled on a farm near Dayton, Ohio, where he still resides. Children : 653. William .llenry (Harrison). 554. James .t.f?,'ndley (Harrison). 398. JOH?-T SCOTT .tt.ARRISON1 (Anna Symmes,' Jolin Cleres Symmes/ Timotky, q Timothy/ rViUiam,2 Zecharialti ), brother of the preceding; born 1804; married, first, LUCRETIA K. JOHNSON; m. second, ELIZA BETH IRwm. Be is a grn.aun.,te of Cincinnati OoUege; resides ut North Bend; n.nd ~s 11, lawyer by profession. He was a member of Congress from Ohio: in 1855.* His children nre : 655. BETSEY H. (lfarrison), b. about 1825; m. Dr. George C. Eaton, a physician at North Bend, Ohio. Four children. G5,3, WILLIAM HENRY (Harrison), b. 1827; d. 1829. 657. SARAI! (linrrison), b. about 1830; m. -- Devine, of Iowa. 658. IRWIN { .Fforris◊n ), b. 183-; m. Ilcttie Shute. Resides nt Indian apolis. Ho .is a gra '' ~; ;.:,":~:s thu:·~ ·.nm;·:,·:- .;01rns in Gen, Iforr'.~on's fnmlly who curuo to nmturo ycnr8 t1nd JE::. ,,,.:,.,mes or t:.1.~Jr ow.,, 120 TIIE SYIDIES :MllliORI.A.L, to leave the army in the summer of 1862. He has several children. 65!). BENJAlIIN (Harrison), b. 183-; m. Carrie Scott. Resides at In dianapolis. He also is a graduate of l\Iiami University, at Oxford, Ohio, and is a lawyer. In 1860 he was chosen Reporter of the Supremo Court of Indiana. On the breaking out of the war in 1861, he entered tho military service as colonel of tho 10th Reg't Indiana Vols. He rose to the rank of brigadier-gen eral, and distinguished himself as a good oflicer. Since the war, he has been engaged in the profession of the law, at Indianapolis. Tu the celebrated Clem case, a difficult affair, which had four dif ferent trials, Gen. Harrison was the leading prosecutor. In the fourth and last, at Lebanon, Juel., 1872, he was opposed, on tho defence, by Hon. D. "\V. Voorhees, of Terre Haute. Gen. I-ln.r rison is at the head of his profession in Indiana, aud indeed in tho West. 660. JENNY (Hn.rrison), b. 183-; m. Samuel l\Iorris. 661. CARTEii (Harrison). 662 • .ANNA (Harrison). 663. JonN (Harrison). 664. JAMES FINDLEY (Harrison), b, 1847. 665. J.-1.:3rns fawLN (Hanisou), b. 184!l. 399~ Dn. BENJAMIN IIARRISON1 (Anna Symmes,& Jolm Clc_ves 1 Symmes,' 'l.1imotlty,4 Timotlty,' William/ Zccltarialt ), brother of tho preceding; born I 806; married, first, -- BONNER; m. second, --HANEY. Uc graduated at Cincinnati College, and studied medicine in Bal timore. He closed his lifo at New Orleans in 1840. Children: GGG. Jorrn C. (Ifarrison),' b. 183-; m. l\Iary Harrison. A banker in lndianapolis. 6G7. "\VrLLLUI HENRY (Harrison), b. 183!); d. 1850. GGS. nENJAMIN (Harrison). . 400. MARY SYMMES HARRISOW (Anna Syrrunes,' John Clci1cs 1 Symmes/ 'Timothy/ Timothy,' 11'-illiam,2 Zccltarialt ), sister of the pre ceding; born I 808; married, 1829, Dr. J. F. H. 11.EIORNTON, a physi cian of North Bend, Ohio. Children: GG!l. ,rrLLLDr HE:Nrr.Y IIAnmsoN (Thornton), b. 1831; a farmer of Monroe Co .• Ill. G70. CrrAttLT~S (Thornton), b. 1832; a physician, in Cincinnati. G71. ANNA IlJ.musoN (Thornton), b. 1835; lives at Newstead, Ohio. 672. LucY H. (Thornton), b. 1837; d. 1839. SEVENTH GE~ERATION. 121 673. ALICE E. (Thomton), b. 1838. G7 4. FITZHUGH (Thornton), b. 1842. 401. CARTER BASSETT HARRISON1 (Anna Symmes,' Jolni Cleves Symmes/ 1'imothy/ 1'imotl1y,3 IVilliam,= Zeclwrialt'), brother of the prc-:cdiug; born 1811 ;_ married, 1836, l\lAuY SUTHERLAND. He graduated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 183 3; attend ed hw lectures in Cincinnati, and completed his legal studies with tho eminent hwyc.rs, Schenck and Crane, at Dayton, Ohio. He accompanied his father, Gen. William Henry Harrison, after wards President., t0 Colombia, as private secretary. He lmd com mew~cd a brilliant career as a lawyer, in Hamilton, Ohio, but it was cut short by his untimely death in 1839. He had one child: G75. ANNA C. (Harrison), b. 1837. 402. ANNA TUTHILL HARRISON1 (Anna Symmes,' John C!c1:es Symmes,• Timothy,• Timotliy,' 1Villiam,z Zccliarialt' ), sistc1• of tho pre ceding, and dau. of Gen. William Henry Ha.i·rison by his wife .Anna. Symmes; b. 1813; married Col. WILLIAM HENRY !I.ARRISON T.AY• LOR. u. grand nephew of her father. · I-le has servoL~ us clerk of the court and deputy sheriff of Hamil ton C0., Ohio; and also as post-master of Cincinnati. He has n.lso been colonel of tho Fifth Cavalry Regiment of Ohio. To his worthy lady the reader is indebted for most of the informa tion tonching the descendants of her father, Gen. H:1rriso11. She