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The Varnums of Dracutt (In Massachusetts) a History of George NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 08043941 1 ATI/ V^RNUM ' THE VARNUMS OF DRACUTT (in MASSACHUSETTS) A HISTORY OF George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich ABOUT 1635, AND GRANDSONS ThOMAS, JoHN AND Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, AND their descendants. (romptlc5 from ffamtlp papers an5 ©tficial "Kccor&s BY JOHN MARSHALL VARNUM, OF BOSTON. BOSTON : DAVID CLAPP & SON, PRINTERS. 1907. n t5 < « ^*yo to not "STJjoae tnljo tio not treaaurc up tijt tncmorg of tjjti'r anttators " — lieset&e to be remcmbnttf bg Posterttg. edmund burke. CONTENTS. PAGE Preface ------..._ 5 History of the Family, by Squire Parker Varnum,' 1.S18 9 Genealogy : George Varnl^m' ---.._. 13 Samxjel Varnum- ----__. k^ Thomas Varnum' and his Descendants - - . 23 John Varnum' and ms Descendants - - - - 43 Joseph Varnum' and his Descendants - - - 115 Sketch of George Varnam' ---.__ 13 Will of George Varnam ------ 14 Inventory of Estate of George Varnam - - - 15 Sketch of Samuel Varnum' ---.._ ig Deed of Shatsavell-Varnum Purchase, 1664 - - 17 of Lan-d to - - Transfer Varnums, 1688-1735 . 21 Sketch of Thomas Varntjm' ------ 28 Will of Thomas Varnum ------ 29 Sketch of Samuel Varnusi* ------ 30 Inventory of Estate of Thomas Varnum' - - - 31 Sketches of Thomas Varnum* --.-.., 34 - - - - Deacon Jerejhah Varnum' . 35 - - - Major Atkinson C. Varnum' . - 35 John Varnum' ------__ 45 Inventory of Estate of John Varnum - - - 47 IV VAENTTTM GENEALOGY. Sketch of Lieut. John Vaenum* - - - - - 51 Journal of Lieut. John Varntjm* . _ _ _ 54-64 Will of Lieut. John Varnum' ----- 64-66 Sketches of Jonas Varnum* -.----_. 67 Abraham Varnum* .--..-- 68 James Varnum* __--... 70 Squire Parker Varnum' -__--. 74-78 Col. James Varnum' ------- 78-82 Jonas Varnum' -------- 83 Capt. William Varnum' --.--- gg James Varnum' ----._._ 89 John Varnum' -------- 89 Hon. John Varnum,' M. C. - - - - - 90-83 Col. Joseph Varnum^ - . - _ - 118 First Representative from Dracutt - - - 120 - - - Colonel of a Troop of Horse . 121 Bounds of his Farm - - - - - - 123 Will and Inventory of Estate - - - 124 Major Joseph Varnum' - - - - - - 126 Major Samuel Varnum' - - - - - - 130 John Varnum* --.._--- 132 Lieut. Ebenezer Varnum' - - - - - - 134 Bradley Varnum' ------- 137 - - - - - - Samuel Varnum' . 140 Biographical Sketch of : Gen. James Mitchell Varnum' - - - - 142 Letter from Gen. Nath'l Greene - - - 146 - Regiment at Siege of Boston, 1775 . 149 " " Battle of Long Island, 1776 - 150 " " " " White Plains, 1776 . 151 CONTENTS. V Brigadier General, 1777 152 At Valley Forge, 1777-78 . _ . 155 Resignation, 1779 _..._. 159 - - Mansion at East Greenwich . 160 - - Visit of Gen. Lafayette, 1778 . 161 - - Member of Continental Congress . 164 His Ability and Eloquence - _ _ . 165 Famous Case of Tretitt vs. Weeden - - 166 His Personal Appearance - - - - - 167 President R. I. Society of the Cincinnati - 167 Appointment as U. S. Judge Northwest Territory 170 - - - His last Letter to his Wife . 174 - - - - His Death and Funeral . 176 Biographical Sketch of : Hon. Joseph Bradley Varnum' - - - - 184 - - - Letter to his Son on Farming . 187 Captain of Trainband at Dracutt, 1770 - - 190 SIarciied to Reinforce y" Northern Army - 191 In Rhode Island Engagement . _ - - 192 Muster Rolls of his Compaioes [note] - 192-188 Service in Shays' Rebellion - - - - 193 Military Commissions - - - - - 195 Election to Congress, 1795 . - - . 195 - - - Contest over his Election . 196 Chosen Speaker 10th and 11th Congresses 197-198 . - - - Speeches : On Direct Taxes 198 Slavery Questions - - - 199-200 Judiciary - - - - - 201 Militia ----- 203-206 Elected U. S. Senator, 1811 - - - - 207 Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1811 208 VI VARNUM GENEALOGY. Speech against Giles Bill - - . _ 209 President, pko tkm., of Senate - - - 210 Presiding Oeficek of the Massachusetts Constitu- tional Convention of 1820 - - - _ 210 Remarks on Religious Toleration - - - 212 Political Commissions - - - - - 213 Personality - - - - - _ _ 214 His Death and Funeral - - - - . 217 Story of Silas Royal, Gen. Varnum's Servant - 218-225 Sketches of : Major Daniel Varnum' - - - - - . 226 Col. Prescott Varnum' ---... 230 Gen. Phineas Varnum' - - - - . 231 Joseph - - - Butterfield Varnusi' . _ 233 Joseph Bradley Varnum' - - . 237-242 Capt. Jasies Mitchell Varnum' - - . 244 Major Jacob Butler Varnum' - - - _ . 246 Hon. Benjamin Franklin Varnum' - - . 251-256 Moses Varnum' ----..__ 258 Justus Bradley Varnuji' - - - - - _ 261 Dr. James Varnum' ---._.. 262 Gen. John Varnum' ----... 264 Hon. Joseph Bradley Varnum, Jr.' - - _ 267-273 Rev. Joseph Bradley Varnum' - - . _ 280 Col. Charles Albert Varnltm' 282 Gen. James . _ . Mitchell Varnum* , 285 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAOR Will of George Varnam, 1G49 ------ 14 Shatswell-Varnum Purchase, 1664 ----- 17 Map of Dracutt, 1702, avhen laid oct as a Township, by JoNA : Danforth, Surveyor ------ 27 Silhouette of Thomas Varnum^ - - _ . _ 33 Portrait of Deacon Jeremiah Varnum' - - _ . 35 Portrait of Maj. Atkinson C. Varnum' - - - - 36 Map of Dracutt m 1791, by Frederick French, Surveyor 45 Lt. - Powder-horn of John Varnum* ; Crown-point, 1760 50 Silhouette of Squire Parker Varnum' - - - - 74 Certii'icate of Stock in Pawtucket Bridge - - - 76 Silhouette of Col. James Varnum' - . - _ 73 Invitation to Jonas Varnum,' Survivor, on Laying of Corner- stone OF Bunker Hill Monument, 1S26 - - - 84 Silhouette of Dolly Varnum' of Peacham, Vt. - - 86 Certificate of Enrollment of Franklin Wyman Varnum' in San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 - - 111 Tombstone of Ruth, Wife of Col. Joseph Varnum' - 117 The Old Garrison House, Residence of Col. Joseph Var- num' - 123 Portrait of Gen. James Mitchell Varnum' - - - 142 Punch-bowl presented by Gen. Lafayette to Gen. Varnum 161 Portrait of Mrs. Molly, Wife of Gen. Joseph Bradley Varnum' ---------- I86 Silhouette of Hitty Varnum' and Daniel Swept - - 182 Silhouette of Hannah Varnum' and Maj. Ephraui Cobukn 183 Portrait of Hon. Joseph Bradley Varnum' - . _ 186 Portrait of Joseph Bradley Varnum' - - - . 237 Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Varnum' - - - - 251 ;Map of Dracutt, 1830, by Benj. F. Varnum, Surveyor 254 Portrait of Joseph Bradley Varnum, Jr.' - - - 267 PREFACE. This work relates only to the history of the Varnnm family since it> first representatives came to America, and is testimony merely as to such of the name as are descended from George Varnum who with his \\U\ Hannah and his children, Hannah and Samuel, settled in Ipswich, Mas- about and his and sachusetts, 1635 ; grandsons Thomas, John Joseph, who with their fotiier Samuel lived on land in Dracutt, Massachusetts, bought by said Samuel in 1664. That George Varnum and wife, with their children Samuel and Han- nah, came to America from Great Britain is well nigh certain, although evidence is lacking as to tlie ship by which they came over or the port from which tiicy sailed. It is, however, stated by Mr. Hntton, a well recognized English authority on these matters, that many ship lists oi that period were incorrectly kept or have since been entirely destroyed thai It is, moreover, well known to all who have investigated the subject, there are few if any records now extant of departures from the West coas! of (jreat Britain at this period, the same having been destroyed in a great fire in one of the Government offices where such records were depofitcd. There are many reasonable indications that lead to the impression that George Varnum and family would naturally iiave sailed from the Western coast. While the exact locality in Great Britain, from which the Var- nuras emigrated, has not been clearly determined, in a manner satisfactor^ even to a family historian, it seems evident that Squire Parker Varnum'f statement in his account of the family, that it came from "a hamlet called Drawcutt, supposed to be in Wales," cannot be substantiated. There is not now, and apparently never was in the 17tli Century, an) place by that or any similar name in Wales. There were, however, an( still are, a number of places in the centre or near the west of luiglanc' bearing the name of Draycott, but careful researches made by the Hon. Joseph B. Varnum, of New York, many years ago, and many times since by his eon, Gen. James M. Varnum, indicate that the places by thai G PREFACE, np.mo are cither of comparatively recent origin or of little importance, and that none of them have any records of the 17th Century extant. Parker Varniiin's suggestion of the Welsh origin of the family possibly came from a confounding of the names of Varnum and Farnum. Ralph Ffarnum, whose name is of record in Ipswich, January 1640, is recog- nized as the progenitor of the Farnums in America. T.1ie name appears so written, in the various original documents filed among the Ipswich Records, in Salem, Massachusetts, which is an indication tb.at the name is of AVelsh origin. George Varnum and his son Samuel were freemen of at the as Ffarnum but the former antedated Ipswich same period Ralph ; the latter some five years, appearing of record in 1635. Although ]>ho- nctically the names are similar, they were never actually confounded in Ipswich, nor afterwards in Dracutt, where they came into contact. A of the in slig'.it difference in the early spelling name Varnum appears some cases in the Ipswich Records, where it is written Varnliam or Var- nam, but Samuel always signed his name Varnum, as is shown in 1649, when he was 30 years old, in his subscription to Maj. Denison's Com- in in his with John Evered als \Vebb as to mand ; 1664, agreement pur- " cliasc of Drawcutt upon Mirrimack"; in 1676 in
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