THE ANCESTRY OF DUDLEY WILDES ASA WALDO WILDES 1786-1857 THE ANCESTRY

OF APR 2 3 1364 DUDLEY WILDES 1759-1820

OF TOPSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

BY

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION vii

I. WILDES, OF TOPSFIELD 1

II. AVERILL, OF TOPSFIELD 37

III. HOWLETT, OF TOPSFIELD 51

IV. FRENCH, OF IPSWICH 61

V. CLARKE, OF TOPSFIELD 65

VI. BEANE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND 73

VII. PERKINS, OF TOPSFIELD 79

VIII. GOULD, OF TOPSFIELD 99

IX. TOWNE, OF TOPSFIELD 109

X. BLESSING, OF GREAT YARMOUTH, ENGLAND . . . 117

XI. SYMONDS, OF SALEM 127

XII. PORTER, OF SALEM VILLAGE 133

XIII. HATHORNE, OF SALEM 145

XIV. DORMAN, OF TOPSFIELD 161

XV. WOOD, OF IPSWICH 171

XVI. FOSTER, OF IPSWICH 175 L INTRODUCTION

ALL of the families that are included in this book lived in Tops- field or a very few miles away in Ipswich and Salem. Not only are many Essex County records in print, but Topsfield has been fortunate in having an active historical society, mainly due to the creative leadership of the late George Francis Dow, and the publications of that organization extend through thirty volumes. An account of the Wildes family was my first venture into print in the genealogical field. I toiled over and produced the material on the first five generations, but when publication was achieved, thanks to the Essex Institute, I found, to my surprise, that others had been enlisted to bring the genealogy down to date. The results were not particularly happy and in this present book I have tried to amend them in the part which deals with my own line. The witchcraft delusion looms large in the ancestry of Dud­ ley Wildes. Not only was his great-great-grandmother, Sarah Wildes, a victim but two of his remote aunts, Rebecca Nurse and Mary Easty, shared her fate. A Hathorne was on the bench, a Topsfield Perkins on the jury, and a Topsfield Gould was an accuser. Ten years after it was all over Essex County came to its collective senses and repented the fact that innocent men and women had suffered an ignominious death because of evidence that was well over the border of hysteria. So foreign to us in the belief, held not only by the people at large but by the unhappy sufferers as well, that the Devil is actively buying souls so that their erstwhile possessors can bewitch geese and stick phantom pins into their neighbors, that it is hard to judge these shocking proceedings by the ideas and standards of 1692.

WALTER GOODWIN DAVIS Portland, Maine July 1,1959 I

WILDES, OF TOPSFIELD JOHN WILDES EPHRAIM WILDES WILLIAM AVERILL SARAH AVERILL ABIGAIL HYNTON JOHN WILDES

THOMAS HOWLETT SAMUEL HOWLETT ALICE FRENCH MARY HOWLETT

DANIEL CLARK SARAH CLARK AMOS WILDES MARY BEANE

JOHN PERKINS THOMAS PERKINS ELISHA PERKINS ZACHEUS GOULD PHEBE GOULD PHEBE DEACON

PHEBE PERKINS DUDLEY WILLIAM TOWNE JACOB TOWNE WILDES JOANNA BLESSING

KATHERINE TOWNE JOHN SYMONDS KATHERINE SYMONDS rn*. JOHN PERKINS THOMAS PERKINS

TIMOTHY PERKINS ZACHEUS GOULD PHEBE GOULD JONATHAN PERKINS PHEBE DEACON

ABIGAIL JOHN PORTER HANNAH PERKINS JOSEPH PORTER

SAMUEL PORTER WILLIAM HATHORNE ELIZABETH HATHORNE

ELIZABETH PORTER THOMAS DORMAN THOMAS DORMAN

JUDITH DORMAN DANIEL WOOD JUDITH WOOD MARY FOSTER THE ANCESTRY OF DUDLEY WILDES

WILDES

Wild is an adjective of which, says the Oxford Dictionary, the primary meaning is uncertain. Ulterior meanings have de­ veloped with time. Certainly a very early meaning, if not the original one, was sylvan or rustic. As a surname it has a long history as one Ulric Wild was, according to Domesday Book, a tenant in the reign of Edward the Confessor, while in the me­ dieval Hundred Rolls one finds Nicholas le Wild, Walter le Wilde and Emma la Wilde. Derived from a characteristic, the surname must have been applied to unrelated individuals, and it is found in many counties, but principally in the northern midlands. Three closely related people named Wild emigrated to New England in 1635, sailing on the ship Elizabeth, from London. Unfortunately, while the parishes where some of their fellow passengers were certified to be conformists and not to be "sub­ sidy men" or large tax-payers appear in the record, there is no indication therein of the English home of William, Alice and John Wild. Seven men from Kent, with their families and serv­ ants, were on the Elizabeth, but, although there were Wilds in that county, our family has not been found there. It would be tedious to go into detail about the several searches, all unavail­ ing, which have been made to locate its English home. That William and John Wild were brothers is proved by a deed of 1685 given by John's daughters and their husbands and John's son Ephraim, stating that William Wild in his will, "con­ ditionally gave his lands unto his nephew John Wild, son of his Brother John Wild." John, the nephew, was then dead and his sisters and brother were his heirs. It is unusual that William in his will should have called his brother John his "kinsman," a term generally reserved for a more remote relationship. It is possible that they were half-brothers. The name continued to be Wild during William's lifetime, and much of John's. The pluralization, Wilds and Wildes, began to appear, however, in the late seventeenth century and finally pre­ vailed. Wild is last found in the Topsfield records in 1716/7. 4 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

1. WILLIAM WILD, aged thirty, appeared before the authori­ ties of the port of London on April 10, 1635, preparatory to sailing from London for New England on the Elizabeth, Wil­ liam Stagg, master. He was therefore born about 1605. Such estimates were in many instances in round numbers, so William may have been a few years older or younger. Alice Wild, aged forty, whose name follows after his among those of the Eliza­ beth's passengers has been supposed to have been his wife.* As Alice Wild does not appear in the New England records at all, but William's wife Elizabeth is found several times and is so named in his will, it is possible that Alice died on the voyage or soon after landing and that Elizabeth and William Wild were married on this side of the Atlantic. There are two other possi­ bilities, both slight: first, that Alice and Elizabeth were the same woman, called Alice by a clerk's error or because the names were sometimes used interchangeably at this period,f and, second, that Alice was William's widowed stepmother and mother of young J ohn Wild, aged seventeen, who accompanied them on the voyage. The Elizabeth arrived in Boston in "midsummer" (about June 15), 1635, and William Wild must have gone almost immediately to the new settlement, founded in 1633 by John Winthrop, Jr., at Agawam and soon to be named Ipswich, in the Massachu­ setts Bay colony, for he is first mentioned in the Ipswich records in 1635. In Ipswich William must have had ample opportunity to practice his trade as a carpenter and, although there is no record of the grants of land made to him, he had a house lot and a planting lot as later records show. Wild remained in Ipswich until 1643 when he moved to the town of Rowley which had been settled by Mr. Ezekiel Rogers, a dispossessed parson who had preached for seventeen years in Rowley, co. York, and who brought many of his parishioners with him. There William Wyld took the Freeman's Oath on March 31, 1646. Wild had the grant of a house lot of one and a half acres on Bradford Street in the village which was followed by other larger grants. The chief of these took place in 1649 when Rowley entered into an agreement with John and Robert Hazeltine and William Wild for the settlement of that part of the township which bordered on the Merrimac river and later became the town of Bradford, for which each of the three men received a grant of 200 acres. He sold 5 acres "in Bradford * The Original Lists, etc., John Camden Hotten, London 1874, commonly known as Hotten s Lists. t I was told that this was the case by Mr. Bower Marsh, a distinguished English genealogist. Wildes, of Topsfield 5

streete lots . . . having the highway on the east & the common on the west" to James Barker, tailor, in 1652.* On May 22, 1651, the Massachusetts Bay government ap­ pointed William Wild and Joseph Jewett to lay out the bounds of Haverhill, which they did that summer, submitting a report of their task which was accepted on October 30,1651.f Wild returned to live in Ipswich before December 17, 1655, when he sold all of his holdings "at Merrimac river near Haver­ hill" to George Hadley of Rowley for £140. They were made up of his house and barn and 15 acres of land, 28 acres adjoining his house lot, 200 acres adjoining Rowley common, 1 acre at the

end of Long hill, 2y2 acres at the end of Johnson's creek, 2 acres at Johnson's pond, 5 acres at a place called Five Mile rock on the way from Haverhill to Rowley and 9% acres of meadow. His wife Elizabeth released dower. J The deed to Hadley did not cover all of Wild's Rowley land for in 1661 he conveyed to Robert Andrews 70 acres of the "vil­ lage land of Rowley" bounded by Andrews, Abel Langley and "shooteing down to Pye brook toward the northeast." § Also in 1661 he conveyed to William Boynton by a very unspecific description "all my land lying upon the Merrimack river, with the privilidges thereof as it lyeth bounded, the vilage land east­ ward, the land of Thomas Palmer southward, Merrimack river westward and the land of William Jackson northward." || This would seem to conflict with the Hadley deed of 1655. In 1655 Wyld sued Robert Swan for payment of carpenter's work on a house, and in 1656 he sued William Evans for failure to return a borrowed steer. Mr. John Cogswell acknowledged judgment to Wyld in 1656. He was elected by Ipswich to serve on Essex trial juries in 1656, 1661 and 1662. In the court of April, 1659, he was a witness against John Andrews "for tak­ ing tobacco contrary to law." William Wild of Ipswich made his will on May 6 and it was proved on September 30, 1662. To his wife Elizabeth he left his house and all his land for her life, and after her death he gave them to "John wild the sonn of John wild of Topsfield my Kins­ man." To his "kinsman" John Wild, Senior, of Topsfield, £10 "which he the sayd John wild hath in his hands of myne & doe order the bond I have of him for it to be rendered up unto him * Ipswich Deeds, 1: 126. t Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, III: 233, 246; IV; Part I: 76. t Ipswich Deeds, I: 182. § Ibid., II: 49. II Ibid., II: 90. () The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes after my decease." To Robert Ames, £5. To Mark Warner, £5. To Hannah Lampson, £10. Residue to his wife Elizabeth Wild whom he appoints executrix. Overseers: loving friends Theoph­ ilus Willson, William White, Robert Lord, Senior. If his kins­ man John Wild, Junior, shall depart this life before he becomes of age or before the house and land comes into his possession, then it shall be divided among the children of John Wild, Senior, unless the said John (Junior) leaves heirs, when it shall go to them. Witnesses : the three overseers. The legatees Robert Ames, Mark Warner and Hannah Lampson were probably apprentices and servants.

The inventory was taken by Theophilus Wilson and Robert Lord, Junior, on June 26, 1662. The house, orchard, the ground about it and a six acre planting lot were worth £46. He had a mare, three colts, two cows and two yearlings, three oxen, six hogs and three pigs. In the hall there were two little tables, three chairs, two forms, a stool, a cupboard, two chests and a box, three cushions, besides wooden ware, earthern ware and brass, pewter and iron utensils. He had a cloak, breeches, jacket and hat worth £6: 14 : 4, a serge suit £1: 10: 0, a cloth coat and suit and other old apparell, two pairs of shoes, four pairs of stock­ ings and seven shirts. The principal bedstead was fitted with curtains and valence, a feather bed, bolster, three pillows, blank­ et, coverlet and rug, while another bedstead had only a straw bed and flock bolster, a blanket and coverlet. His arms consisted of a corslet, a pike, a sword and a fowling piece. In addition there were listed the usual tools of a carpenter. Debts were due him of £71: 10: 0, while he owed only about £5. The "Summa Tottalis" was £225: 14: 6, a moderately large estate.* Elizabeth Wild of Ipswich, the widow, made a prenuptial agreement with Richard Moore of Lynn on October 30, 1662. Moore was to have her estate to make use of and improve during their marriage, but she should have power to dispose of it at the time of her death. If Moore should die before her, he engaged himself to leave her £40 in addition to what she brought him. They were married on November 6, 1662. Moore made his will on November 29, 1688, and it was proved on September 24, * Essex Probate, No. 29827. Wildes, of Topsfield 7 1689. Elizabeth survived him and the will mentions their mar­ riage contract, but no will of hers is found nor is the date of her death recorded. If she were the Alice Wild, aged forty, sailing on the Elizabeth in 1635, she would have been ninety-three in 1688, which is, of course, possible but not probable.

2. JOHN1 WILD, giving his age as seventeen, registered with the authorities of the port of London for the voyage to New England on the Elizabeth on April 11, 1635, one day later than William and Alice Wild had done so.* He was therefore born about 1618. Later in his life his age appears in depositions as forty in 1660, forty-six in 1665 and fifty in 1669, but these esti­ mates were probably less accurate although the variation is slight. His first wife, whom he married about 1643, was Priscilla Gould who died on April 16, 1663. On November 23, 1663, he married Sarah Averill of Ipswich who was hanged for witchcraft on July 19, 1692. The wife of his old age was Mary Jacobs of Salem whom he married on June 26, 1693, and whose husband had shared Sarah Wilde's fate. He died in Topsfield on May 14, 1705, when he would have been about eighty-seven years old. John went to Ipswich with his brother William and continued to learn the carpenter's trade. In 1637 the New England settlers subdued the Pequot tribe of Indians who were bitterly hostile to the English, and John Wild became a soldier, for which serv­ ice he received 3s. from the town of Ipswich in 1639. Again in September, 1642, an expedition was organized to disarm Passa- conoway, the Sachem of the Merrimac, and John, one of the twenty Ipswich soldiers, saw more military action. After his marriage John moved to New Meadows, then a part of Ipswich but soon incorporated as Topsfield, and settled on a farm, possibly given him by his father-in-law Zacheus Gould, who was a great land-owner, or one granted him by the town of Ipswich. In any event, there is no record of how he obtained his first homestead. The house that he then built seems to have been where he lived for the rest of his life. It stood on the present Perkins Street at the fork of the road coming from Mile Brook bridge, in a pear orchard. Doubtless very simple at first, it was later a two-story house. It was taken down in 1835. In 1660 he bought from Richard Swaine of Hampton and his wife Jane,

* Also on the llth William Whitredd, aged 36, his wife and son, and four young men, including John Wild, their ages running from 17 to 22, were the only passengers listed for the Elizabeth. Whitredd settled in Ipswich and was a carpenter, like William and John Wild. Was John possibly Whitredd's apprentice, brought to London by him? Whitredd is a very uncommon name, which I have found only once, in co. Suffolk. Perhaps it is a variant of Whitredge or Whitbread. 8 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes whose former husband had been John Bunker of Topsfield, a 100-acre lot which adjoined his own land toward the northeast.* Wild seems to have bought no more land, but as one of the earliest settlers he must have obtained several grants of common land. He was on the list of commoners in 1659. His sales of property were mostly to his neighbors. In 1698/9 he testified that he had sold a small parcel to Francis Bates about fifty years ago (1649). He granted 20 acres to Robert Andrews in 1654, and in 1663 he conveyed to William Acie of Rowley, for £35, 32 acres at Bushy Hill and 8 acres of meadow, formerly Thomas Dorman's, at Snookes Hole, in Topsfield. John French bought from Wild 30 acres in 1672, Thomas Perkins 20 acres "in the first division of lots" in 1674, and William Perkins, Sr., 4 acres in 1685/6.f

The earliest book of Topsfield records was destroyed by fire in 1658, so we do not know what Wild's early services to the town were. In 1659 and 1686 lie wTas one of a committee to run the highly controversial line between Salem and Topsfield, and in later years he was often employed to decide town bounds and lay out lots. He was constable in 1661 and 1662, trial juryman ini 679/80 and tythingman in 1682/3. He paid the 9th largest tax, thirty-one being on the list, in 1659, the 7th in 1668, and the 18th in the minister's rate of 1681, when one hundred and five men were taxed. In 1669 Topsfield owed John Wild £14: 16: 0, its largest debt, probably incurred for carpentry. Although he was not admitted to full communion in the church until 1697, John was often employed in parish business. He was on committees to negotiate with Mr. Danforth to act as minister in 1680/1, "to discourse" with Mr. Capen in 1681, to lay out land for Mr. Capen and to seat the people in the meetinghouse in 1682. In 1689/90 "father John Wilds" was collecting the arrears in Mr. Capen's salary. He was "old father Wilds" in the records two years later. His second wife, Sarah, is on Mr. Capen's list of those who were already members of the church when he began his ministry. The court records produce some minor suits and unimportant * Ipswich Deeds, 1: 649. t Essex Deeds, 39: 3; Ipswich Deeds, IV, 271, 376; V: 291. Wildes, of Topsfield 9 depositions. In 1646 William Whitredd sued Michael Cartrick and the unexplained verdict was that the plaintiff should pay John Wild 30s., the defendant 30s., and that John Wild was to pay the other 20s. to himself. Mr. William Paine, the Ipswich merchant, sued Wild for a shop account in 1652 and attached his house. The two younger children of Widow Elithorp of Row­ ley were to be paid their portions into the hands of John Wyldes in 1654 and John Picard, Thomas Elithorp's executor, brought Wyldes' receipt into court. It is interesting to speculate on the meaning of this transaction of which there is no other evidence. Were Wild and Elithorp kinsmen ? Wild testified against Thomas Baker for "laughing in meeting" in 1678. When in 1679 the parson, Mr. Jeremiah Hubbard, sued Judith Dorman for slan­ der, Sarah Wildes testified for the minister.* Upon the restoration of the Stuarts in 1660, a long contro­ versy arose between the English government and that of Massa­ chusetts over the validity of the colony's charter. John Wilds was one of five Topsfield men who signed a declaration that they were utterly unwilling to yield either to a resignation of the charter or anything that should be equivalent thereto. It is diffi­ cult to reconcile this courageous act with the fact that Wild was one of the chief witnesses against his brother-in-law, Lieut. John Gould, who was charged with treason in 1686 for express­ ing the same sentiments but in a more forcible and indiscreet manner. This, and other evidence, indicate that the relationship between Wild and his first wife's family was not cordial. Sarah Wild, John's second wife, was suspected of witchcraft by some of her Topsfield neighbors years before the terrible de­ lusion of 1692, and most of the stories can be traced to the en­ mity of Mary Reddington, a very neurotic woman who was the sister of Priscilla Gould, John's first wife. It is also probable that the boundary disputes between the Putnams of Salem Vil­ lage and the Townes of Topsfield produced bitterness against John Wild in the former faction, he having been officially active in running the hotly contested town lines. The blow fell on the morning of April 22, 1692, when George Herrick, Marshal of Essex, rode up to the Wilds home and, in the presence of her husband and son, placed Sarah Wilds, then about sixty-five years of age, under arrest, charged with the crime of witchcraft. Ephraim Wilds was constable of Topsfield that year, and to him the marshal handed warrants for the ar­ rest of four others in Topsfield and probably told old John * Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, hereafter cited as Records and Files, Vols. I through VIII, by indexes. 10 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Wilds that his daughter Sarah Bishop and her husband were also named in the warrant and were in custody in Salem Village. It was surely a tragic scene when Sarah rode away with Herrick, never to return to her home, and young Ephraim was left to discharge his sworn duty by arresting William and Deliverance Hobbs, Mary Easty and Nehemiah Abbot. The formal complaint had been made to the magistrates on the previous day, April 21, by Thomas Putnam and John Bux­ ton, alleging "Sundry acts of witchcraft donne . . . upon the Bodys of Anna putnam and Marey Lewis belonging to the famyly of ye abovesd Thomas Putnam . . . and Mary Walcot ye daughter of Capt. Jonathan Walcot." Sarah's examination before Justices Hathorne and Corwin took place on the day of her arrest in the Salem Village meet­ inghouse. When she entered the room the "afflicted" girls and women fell into their usual hysterical fits, crying that she was not at the bar but "on the beam" which ran across the room. Her replies to the leading questions of the magistrates were simple and dignified: "I am not guilty, sir," "I thank God I am free." Abigail Hobbs, daughter of William Hobbs of Topsfield, a juvenile delinquent who had been arrested and examined and had "confessed" several days before, had said that Sarah Wilds had brought her the Devil's book to sign. Asked by the judge what she had to say to this accusation, Sarah replied "I never saw the book in my life and I never saw these persons before." On such evidence the charge was held to have been confirmed and she was lodged in Salem jail. From there, in fetters and handcuffs, she was taken to Boston on May 13, somewhat later to Ipswich and finally back to Salem for her trial. No detailed account of the trial, at which she was found guilty, and to which the examination was preliminary step, remains on record, but some of the evidence, in deposition form, is preserved. Also, the "confession" of Deliverance Hobbs, mother of Abigail, was doubtless in evidence. At her examination Deliverance had said that she was present at a meeting of witches in Mr. Parris's meadow at which Mr. George Burroughs preached and Goody Nurse and Goody Wildes administered a sacrament of blood and red bread. Elizabeth Symonds in her deposition said that Goodwife Wilds in the shape of a cat had lain on her breast all of one night and that the presence of Goodwife Wilds on a lecture day had caused her so much pain that she fell down unconscious. John Wildes, of Topsfield 11 Gould, John Wilds' brother-in-law, testified that when his sister Mary Redington was coming from Salem about fifteen years ago Goodwife Wilds (in spirit form) pulled her backward off her horse, also that hens given to her by Goodwife Wildes "went moping about till they died," and finally that, after Zacheus Perkins, for whom he was fetching loads of hay, told him to load it fast or else his Aunt Wilds would not let John carry it for she was angry with him, the loads slipped off and "I did thinke that it was done by Witchcraft." Thomas Dorman said that after Goodwife Wilds asked him "How do your geese thrive?," they pined away so that they were good for little. Humphrey Clark told of a spectral visit at midnight by a woman who seemed to be Goodwife Wilds. John and Joseph Andrews of Box- ford had borrowed young John Wild's sythe in 1674 although his stepmother was unwilling to lend it. Having cut and loaded their hay their six oxen refused to draw, a wheel mired and they unloaded the hay for they said to one another that it was vain to strive for Goody Willes was in the cart. Rev. John Hale of Beverley testified that Goody Reddington "opned her griefs" to him, saying that Goody Wiles, her neighbor, bewitched her and afflicted her many times, and that Goody Wiles' stepson, John, had said that he believed his mother Wiles was a witch. Sarah's husband and son did what little they could to save her. John Wilds testified that he had heard that Mary Redding­ ton had "raised a report" that his wife had bewitched her. Wilds had gone to John Reddington and threatened to sue him for defamation, but Reddington begged him not to do so for it would only waste his estate and that in time his wife would stop her gossip. After this Wilds got his brother Averill to go to the Reddingtons and offer, if Mary Reddington had anything against his sister Wilds, to be a means of making peace. Where­ upon Mary Reddington said that she knew no harm that Sarah had done her. Ephraim, the son, made two depositions. In the first he said that, hearing that Elizabeth Symonds believed that his mother had done her a wrong, he questioned her and she replied that she had no reason to believe any harm of his mother except what Goody Reddington had said. Ephraim had been engaged to marry one of the Symonds daughters, but he broke it off and he believed that her testimony against his mother was Eliza­ beth's revenge. In the second deposition he stated that Deliver­ ance Hobbs' accusation against his mother was her revenge for 12 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes his having, as constable, arrested her—"one might almost see re­ venge in her face, she looked so maliciously on me." As for his mother, he had never seen any sign in word or action of the crime of which she was accused. "She hath always instructed me well in the Christian religion and the ways of God ever since I was able to take instruction." The desperate father and son traveled the road to Salem, Boston and Ipswich at least once and sometimes twice a week during the three months of imprisonment to see that she was fed and clothed and to give her such comfort as they could. The jail authorities supplied nothing. It was to no avail. The warrant for her execution was signed on July 19, 1692, and on the same day she was driven from the jail, standing in a cart with four other victims, including the noble Rebecca Nurse, to "Gallows hill" where they were hanged. In 1703, the people of Massachusetts, including the magis­ trates and the clergy who had been so active during the delusion, began to experience revulsion against the method of trial of the accused and the character of the evidence on which they were convicted. This did not mean that their belief in the "hor­ rible Witchcraft" and "the Influence and Energy of the Evil Spirits" in 1692 was in any degree lessened. By 1711 the Gen­ eral Court had reversed the conviction and attainder of most of the victims, including Sarah Wild, and some financial aid was bestowed upon their heirs which could not, as Ephraim Wilds said, compensate "for the los of so dere a friend which can not be made up."* John Wild had conveyed on April 9, 1690, all of his property, real and personal, to his son Ephraim "in consideration of seven years service which I had of him when he might have been for himself," so that he had no estate to be administered.f Children, born in Topsfield: i. JOHN, probably b. about 1645; d. in 1677, s.p. In 1662, when he was about seventeen, he was left by the will of his uncle William Wild the latter's house and land in Ipswich, after the life estate of Wil­ liam's widow Elizabeth. When he was of age he made an unre­ corded "conveyance unto John Harris of Ipswich, locksmith," of his interest in this property, and in 1685 his sisters and brother deeded their reversionary estate, as his heirs, to Harris for £26. This deed is of great importance to us as it establishes family re­ lationships. The grantors were Edward Bishop and Sarah his wife, of Salem, Henry Lake and Priscilla his wife, of Topsfield, * AH of the surviving documents dealing with Sarah Wild will be found, verbatim, in Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, Vol. XIII. t Essex Deeds, 13: 39. Wildes, of Topsfield 13 Benjamin Jones and Elizabeth his wife, of Gloucester, Timothy Day and Phebe his wife, of Gloucester, and Ephraim Wild of Topsfield. They state that William Wild, formerly of Ipswich, by his will had conditionally given his lands to his "nephew John Wild son of his brother John Wild" of Topsfield. They as children of John Wild the elder claimed propriety in the said lands after the death of William Wild's widow. This "propriety" was still a future interest, as the widow, then wife of Richard Moore, was alive as late as 1688, but one suspects that she had already sold her life estate to John Harris. The property is described as "One dwelling house which said William Dec'd out of . . . and Rights of commons thereunto belonging, ye said house lott being one acre more or less," also 5 or 6 acres in the common field on the north side of Ipswich river, also a 3-acre upland lot on Hog Island.* John Harris made his payment by deeding to the sisters and brother, on Dec. 14, 1685, the same day as their conveyance to him, 108 acres in Haverhill.f John saw lengthy service in King Philip's War. He was first under Captain Poole but in the spring of 1676 Poole's soldiers were transferred to Captain Turner and John became a corporal. On June 24, 1676, the large sum of £9:5:6 was due him, and in the following August the colony paid him £6: 15: 6. Poole's com­ pany had fought in central Massachusetts, in the Hadley and Hatfield area, late in 1675.

John Wild's will, written Oct. 22, 1676, begins with a statement that he had received from his father that land which was promised to his brother Jonathan and himself, in satisfaction of £50 given them by his grandfather Gould, and "the intant of this is that my father may com to no trobell by any claime of my onkel gould." The land was part of that which was formerly Goodman Dor- man's. "And now I being prest to go to the war, being desirous to satell things before I goo: not knowing how god may daell with me in respact to Returning againe ... I have five sistors and one Brother, Sarah: Elizabeth: Phebe: Pracelah: Martha: and Ephraim and my will is that my land at Hauerill and at topsffeld and my mouabells be Equaly deuided amongst all the aboue named Sistors and brother." Executors: my honored father and my uncle John Redington. Witnesses: John How, Marah How. John did return, but on June 22, 1677, about to go out for fur­ ther service, he added a paragraph to his will: "This is to declare that I John Wild of topsfeald do purpose and intend that my formor will, writen in October: before my going to the Eastward shall stand good: prouided it be the will of god I retur[n] not again." Witnesses: John Herrick, Sarah Bishop. The will was proved on Sept. 25, 1677. The principal item of the inventory, taken by Thomas Perkins and William Averill, was the upland and meadow received from his father, the rest being his clothes, four sheep and wool, and a few carpenter's tools.J * Essex Deeds, 15: 119. t Ipswich Deeds, V: 291. t Essex Probate, No. 29828. The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Very probably John was in the expedition commanded by Capt. Benjamin Swett which arrived at Black Point in Maine by sea on June 28, 1677, and on the next morning suffered a severe de­ feat at the hands of the eastern Indians, from forty to sixty of Swett's company being slain. John may have succumbed to wounds received in that engagement. In 1728 his nephew, Capt. John Wilds, held in his name a Narragansett lot at Souhegan West. ii. JONATHAN, b. about 1651 (about 21 in 1672) ; d. in 1676, s.p. Even discounting the evidence, considering its source, it seems that he was somewhat peculiar in his youth. His uncle John Gould testified at the witchcraft trial of Jonathan's stepmother in 1692 that when Jonathan was ill "in a straing maner" at the house of his aunt Mary Reddington, she said he could go out at the chimney tops into the barn where he would kill her hens. Strange indeed! Rev. John Hale in a deposition said that Jonathan Wiles "about twenty yeares agoe or more did act very strangly Insomuch that I was invited to join Mr. Cobbet & others at Ipswich to advise & pray for ye said youth, whom some thought to counterfeit, others to be possessed by ye Devil. But I remember Mr. Cobbet thought he was under Obsession of ye Devil." He was about twenty-one in 1672 when he and Edward Putnam, about seventeen, testified that, finding the highway at Beaver Dam flooded and part of the bridge carried away, they dared not ride their horses across the stream.* Jonathan died before June 30, 1676, when his father was ap­ pointed to administer his estate. He was a casualty of King Philip's War. His possessions were small—his mare, saddle and gun, a book, and some few carpenter's tools. "There is . . . land about 15 acres which was to be Jonathans after his father's decease. This to be considered whether to be in the inventory or not." This inventory was taken June 28, 1676, by John How and William Averill.-)- In the right of Jonathan Wild, his nephew Capt. John Wilds was given a lot in Narragansett No. 3, called Souhegan West, now Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1728. It was one of the town­ ships granted to soldiers of King Philip's War or their heirs. iii. SARAH, b. about 1651 (aged about 41 in 1692) ; m. Edward Bishop of Beverly about 1675; he d. in Rehoboth on May 12, 1711, and she survived him. In 1651 they were living in Topsfield when Bishop was assessed for the minister's rate, but before May 25, 1690, when Sarah was received into the Salem Village church from Topsfield, they had moved to that ill-fated community. In 1692 Edward Bishop witnessed a witchcraft examination at Salem, after which at the inn, and again as they were riding home to the village, an "afflicted" Indian was very unruly and fell into a fit. Bishop "so managed him that he was very orderly," and in the second instance, when Bishop struck him with his stick "the Indian soon recovered and promised that he would do so no more: to which Bishop replied that he doubted not but that he could cure them all." Immediately thereafter he and his wife were accused, examined and thrown into Salem jail. One of their fellow prisoners was Mary Warren, originally one of the "afflicted" girls, but now herself a suspected witch. On May 13 the Bishops were taken to Boston and from the jail there they and Mary Easty sent a depo­ sition to Salem saying that Mary Warren had told them that "her Head was distempered and that shee could not tell what shee * Records and Files, V: 28. t Essex Probate, III: 80. Wildes, of Topsfield 15

said and the said Mary Tould us that when shee was well againe she could not say that shee saw any of the Apparissions." Before Oct. 7 the Bishops escaped from the Boston jail' and on that day the Essex sheriff, George Corwin, came to their Salem Village home and seized their property, but their son Samuel was able to borrow £10 with which he redeemed it.* The Bishops made their way to Rehoboth where all of their children eventually joined them except the eldest son, Edward, who also shook Salem Village dust from his feet and moved first to Ipswich and then to Newbury. In Rehoboth Edward Bishop was an innkeeper and on his death in 1711 his will left his estate to his wife and his eight living children. iv. ELIZABETH: m. Jan. 22, 1678, Benjamin Jones of Gloucester where they lived until about 1687 when they moved to that part of En­ field, Connecticut, which became Somers. Jones had been in Capt. Brocklebank's company in King Philip's War, stationed at Marl­ borough, for which service he received £1: 4: 0 on Aug. 24, 1676. Administration on his estate was granted to his son Thomas Jones of Enfield on July 6, 1718. His wife survived him. v. PHOEBE, b. about 1653; m. July 24, 1679, Timothy Day of Gloucester; d. April 8, 1723, aged 70. Her husband's receipt for the gift from her grandfather Gould is as follows: "This may sartefi to houm it ma consern that I Timothy Day have reseued the full and just sum of my wife house name was Phoebe Wylds part of ye wish in riten bond of my unkel John Gould." In 1692 she was accused of witchcraft and taken to Ipswich jail, the Salem jail being full, but on Sept. 24 she was released on bonds for her reappearance, which was never required as the de­ lusion was expiring. vi. PRISCILLA, b. April 6, 1658; m. May 9, 1681, Henry Lake of Salem; d. March 23, 1688, and he d. May 22, 1733, both in Topsfield. On the day of his marriage Henry Lake settled his property on Priscilla and their issue, conveying to her, on the receipt of £24 from her uncle John Gold and £9 from her father, his whole estate in New England, agreeing not to give away more than 20s. per annum without her consent. The witnesses were Edward Bishop and Ephraim Wildes. This document was not acknowledged until Oct. 15, 1718, when it was stated that the land later conveyed to him by uncle John Gold was included.f Henry Lake's lengthy will provided for his four children, Gershom Lake, Priscilla Smith and Martha Peck, all of Rehoboth, and Eleazer Lake of Topsfield, and twelve grandchildren. The legacy to his grandson Eleazer Lake was "to be paid toward his bringing up to Larning." It was dated Dec. 7, 1724. vii. MARTHA, b. May 13, 1660. She was living and unmarried in 1682 when she (Martha Wiles) and John Putnam, aged about 25, testi­ fied in a case in which Joseph Gatchell was accused of "presump­ tuous evils which are next door to forgery."J The only other record of her found is contained in the deed of Edward Bishop, her brother-in-law, in which, in addition to the interest of his wife in young John Wild's estate, he conveyed "ye share Interest & Claim of Martha Wild which was ye right he bought of her." The deed was dated Dec. 14, 1685, but Martha's sale to Bishop may have * More Wonders of the Invisible World, Robert Calef, edited by Samuel Fowler 61. t Essex Deeds, 26 : 215. t Records and Files, VIII: 357. 1(3 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes taken place some years earlier. She may have died unmarried or she may have made an unrecorded marriage, viii. NATHAN, b. Dec. 14, 1662; d. March 17, 1662/3. By second wife: 3. ix. EPHRAIM, b. Feb., 1665.

3. EPHRAIM2 WILDES (John1) was born in Topsfield in Feb­ ruary, 1665 (6). He married Mary Howlett on March 18, 1689/90. Quartermaster Ephraim Wildes died on April 2, 1725, and his widow Mary survived until May 17, 1758, "an aged woman." He lived on the paternal farm which had been given him in 1690 in consideration for his seven years of service to his aged father, and most of his later purchases and sales of land were transfers of small pastures or fractions thereof between him and his Perkins and French neighbors. He joined with three other Topsfield men in 1718/19 in selling for £40 to Jacob and Ed­ mund Towne, Jr., town grants which had been made to their fathers in 1661 and 1664, and in 1724 he and Daniel Reddington conveyed to David Balch two "cottage lots" on the south side of Ipswich river in Topsfield which had been laid out in 1722.* The tragedy which overwhelmed this young man when in 1692 his mother was tried and hanged as a witch has been told already. In one of the vain pleas to the court by which he hoped to save her, he attempts to counteract the evidence of Elizabeth Sy­ monds, a Topsfield neighbor. He said that about four years be­ fore (1688), when he would have been twenty-two or twenty- three years old, he was courting one of the Symonds daughters, and, "as the maid towld me, hur mother and father were veriey willing" that he should have her. He heard a hint that Goodwife Symonds had said that she believed that his mother had done her a wrong, so he took with him his friend Mark Howe "that is now dead who dyed at the Eastward" and confronted Goodwife Symonds. She denied that she had any grounds to think evil of his mother "onely from what Goodiey Redington had said." This did not convince Ephraim and he left the Symonds house to re­ turn no more. He believed that Elizabeth Symonds' testimony against his mother was her revenge against him.f After being elected to the minor offices generally filled by the younger citizens, Ephraim became constable in 1691/2 and was chosen a selectman in 1697/8, 1714, 1719/20, 1721/2, a ty- * Essex Deeds, 35: 270; 42: 264. t Essex Court Mss. Wildes, of Topsfield 17 thingman in 1702/3 and 1714/5, and overseer of the poor in 1719. Four times he perambulated the bounds between Topsfield and its neighbor towns, Ipswich, Salem and Boxford. He was a trial juror in 1705/6 and 1708, and a grand juror in 1712, 1718, 1721 and 1722. A corporal in the train-band in 1708, he was promoted to quartermaster by 1718. Also in 1718 he was on the committee to seat the people in the meetinghouse, and, with Mr. Isaac Peabody and Mr. Simon Bradstreet, Quartermaster Wildes was paid £25 by the town for building the bridge over the Ipswich river. A family tradition says that shortly before his death he saw all of his surviving children, thirteen in number, at his fireside. Ephraim Wildes made his will on April 2, 1725. To his wife Mary he left all his household goods, two cows, the liberty of one end of his dwelling house and the improvement of one-third of all his land so long as she remained his widow. If she married again she should be paid £20 by his sons and executors, John and Ephraim, and resign her dower to them. To his sons John and Ephraim all his lands and rights of land in common, all his cattle (except the two cows given to his wife), all his sheep and horses (except the black colt which he gives to his son Elijah), and all his utensils of husbandry, they to pay his just debts and such legacies as he ordered. To his sons Jonathan, Jacob, Sam­ uel, Nathan, Amos and Elijah, £60 each to be paid two years after his decease or when they came of age. To his daughters Mary Perkins, Susannah Town, Dorothy Perkins and Priscilla, £20 apiece beside what they had already had. To his daughter Hannah, £30 at the age of twenty-one or upon her marriage. His sons John and Ephraim were not to hinder their mother in any of the privileges given her by his will. Witnesses: John Howlett, Joseph Andrews, Jacob Peabody. There is no inventory recorded or on file.* Mary Wildes, widow, made her will April 28 and it was proved June 5, 1758. To her son Ephraim Wildes she left her old loom, the cupboard and the great table as "he hath ever found me with flax and wood." To her son Jonathan Wildes, 5s. To her daugh­ ters Priscilla Averell and Hannah Averell, the residue of her es­ tate. She mentions the money she had lent to her son Nathan during his life. Executor: son-in-law Jacob Averell. Witnesses: Elisha Wildes, Martha Wildes, Zebulon Wildes.f * Essex Probate, 315: 235-238. t Ibid., No. 29842. The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children, born in Topsfield: i. JOHN, b. June 25, 1690. ii. MARY, bapt. March 13, 1691/2; m. Nov. 26, 1719, Thomas Perkins of "Caporpus" [Cape Porpoise], a Topsfield man who had moved to Maine. Cape Porpoise was part of Arundel, later named Kenne- bunkport, and Perkins became a prominent man in the community which was being resettled after the Indian Wars. There are many descendants. She died April 1, 1742, and her gravestone is still standing. iii. EPHRAIM, bapt. Sept. 3, 1693; m. Jan. 31, 1730/1, Hepsibah Pea­ body; d. in Topsfield April 3, 1767; she d. Dec. 23, 1783. In Arundel there is a tradition that Ephraim and his brothers Jonathan, Jacob and Samuel were soldiers at the battle of Norridgewock in 1724 and on their way home visited their sister Mary Perkins at Cape Porpoise, all four returning there to settle. If he did settle in Arundel, he returned to Topsfield on the death of his father, from whom he inherited the family home, built by his grandfather, John Wild. He, in turn, left it to his son Moses Wildes. His estate was valued at £704: 5: 10, and the armor listed in the inventory may have been the corslet, pike and sword which had belonged to William Wild, the emigrant. iv. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 21, 1695; m. about 1725 Elizabeth . As a young man he was in Arundel, Maine, before the Norridgewock expedition, for in 1767, when he was 72, he testified that he was familiar with Arundel in 1716* He went home to Topsfield, where he was a carpenter, and was still there in 1730/1, but in the latter part of his life he returned to Arundel and was an innkeeper. v. SUSANNAH, b. Oct. 20, 1697; m. April 12, 1722, Benjamin Towne as his second wife; d. July 5, 1736, about two months after she had given birth to triplet sons, Edmund, Ezra and Elijah Towne, all of whom survived to manhood. Towne's first wife had been Katherine Towne, his third, married May 2, 1738, was Mary Perkins and his fourth, married April 15, 1761, was Mary Clark. He died Feb. 11, 1772. vi. SARAH, b. March 27, 1699; m. Jan. 21, 1718/9, Jonathan Perkins; d. Jan. 21, 1719/20, exactly a year after her marriage. (See page 96.) vii. DOROTHY, b. Dec. 15, 1700; m. about 1725 John Perkins and d. before 1736. (See page 96.) viii. JACOB, b. Aug. 31, 1702; m. Ruth Foster of Ipswich; d. in 1774 in Arundel where he was useful in the town government. With Joseph Averill, his cousin, he bought 450 acres and a sawmill in Arundel from James Mussey in 1727/8. He was called millman until 1733 when he sold his half of the mill to Thomas Perkins and in 1734 and 1735 purchased, with Moses Foster, 400 acres, also in Arundel, from Joseph and Benjamin Jeffrey of Lynn. In the last deeds he is called coaster and husbandman.t Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Ruth Wildes, and his son Jacob Wildes, mariner, on Oct. 10, 1774. ix. PRISCILLA, b. Aug. 12, 1704; d. Aug. 3, 1705. x. PRISCILLA, b. March 3, 1706; m. about 1728, Jacob Averill, her cousin through both the Howletts and the Averills; d. May 17 (town record), May 22 (church record), 1799; he had d. June 15, 1791. xi. SAMUEL, b. March 2, 1708; m. Elizabeth ; d. in 1760. He settled in Arundel and was the town's schoolmaster for several years. By * Supreme Judicial Court, No. 137226. t York Deeds, 12: 251; 16: 105; 17: 78, 153. Wildes, of Topsfield 19

trade he was a carpenter. He bought 100 acres of land there from Jonathan Philbrook in 1728.* His will, made March 6 and proved July 7, 1760, left his property to his wife Elizabeth, sons Samuel and John, both minors, daughters Mary, Hannah and Sarah, all minors, daughter Elizabeth Deshon and granddaughter Susannah Weeks. xii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 8, 1709; m. her cousin Nathaniel Averill Nov. 24, 1743, and d., his widow, May 22, 1790; he d. Aug. 17, 1731. xiii. AMOS, b. June 28, 1711; d. July 25, 1726, eleven days after his brother J ohn was appointed his guardian. xiv. NATHAN, b. Aug. 5, 1713; d., unmarried, "of a complication of dis­ orders," July 10, 1783. From the inventory of his estate it appears that he was a cooper by trade. In his sixty-ninth year he was ad­ judged non compos mentis, and Samuel Smith was appointed his guardian. xv. JULEENEA (Juliana?), b. Feb. 21, d. March 21, 1716/7. xvi. ELIJAH, b. Jan. 4, 1717/8; m. May 15, 1744, Anna Hovey; d. in Shirley April 6, 1791; she d. there March 16, 1806. He moved to Shirley, then a part of Groton, soon after his marriage, and when the Shaker religion was introduced into America by Mother Ann Lee, this family, among others in Shirley, was converted and the Shaker Village was built on his farm.+

4. JOHN3 WILDES (Ephraim2, John1) was born in Topsfield on June 25, 1690. He married about 1714 Phebe Perkins. Capt. John Wildes, gentleman, died on September 27, 1750, and Phebe Wildes, "widow, an aged woman" died on September 30, 1765. J Their father having left them all of his lands in common, John and Ephraim Wildes exchanged deeds on November 16, 1726, by which John granted to his brother his half interest in the Wildes home farm and Ephraim quitclaimed to John his half interest in other parts of their father's landed estate. § John had already bought 10 acres from John Averill for £40 in 1714/5, slightly more than 3 acres from John Bradstreet for £37 and 2 acres from Dorothy Bradstreet, part of the farm of her late grandfather Simon Bradstreet, Esq., for £28 in 1718.|| The Saltonstall heirs sold to John and his brother Ephraim 8 acres of meadow in 1731, and in 1733 John bought from his brother Jonathan, for £300, 17 acres and the buildings thereon * Ibid., 15: 211. t History of Shirley, Seth Chandler, 1883. t The marriage of John Wildes and Phebe Perkins is not recorded, but she has been identified by the familiar method of listing the Phebes born in Topsfield within a proper bracket of years and eliminating those whose marriage or death records are found. In the present case the fact that Phebe Wildes named her eldest daughter Katherine and a son Elisha, both names previously not used in the Wildes family, is strong evidence that she was that Phebe, daughter of Elisha and Katherine Perkins, born in 1690. In addition, Elisha Perkins and John Wildes acted as bondsmen for Elisha's brother. § Essex Deeds, 51: 207, 234. II Ibid., 30: 72; 36: 56; 43: 202. 20 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes in Topsfield. With Nathaniel Averill, Jr., he secured 4 acres of salt marsh "in the hundreds" in Ipswich in 1736.* Later, in 1738, he obtained more Averill land, 7 acres from Thomas Aver­ ill and 8 acres of upland with two-thirds of a house and one-half of a barn and 7 acres of meadow from John Averill.f Wildes speculated in the lands granted to the Narraganset soldiers at Souhegan West, New Hampshire, buying in 1735 from Ebenezer Perkins the lot granted to his father Samuel Perkins, and from Diamond Sargent that originally granted to his father Andrew Sargent of Gloucester, selling the first for a few pounds profit in 1735 and the second in 1736.\ Except for 10 acres on the "Great hill" in Topsfield which he conveyed to his brother Ephraim in 1739, John figures as grant­ or of Topsfield land only in very minor sales to his neighbor Wil­ liam Perkins. § It was probably on his marriage that John Wildes built his house on Meetinghouse lane, not far from his father's home. In the direct tax of 1798 it is described as two stories high, cover­ ing 1,280 square feet and having 17 windows. After having been lived in by his son Elisha and his grandson Sylvanus Wildes, the house was destroyed in 1864. Capt. John Wildes, his military titles derived from his com­ mand of one of the two Topsfield companies, was a leading citi­ zen of the town in his time. Between 1735/6 and 1750, when he died, he acted as moderator of town meetings twenty-two times and was elected selectman in thirteen years, in addition to the usual service on the county juries. By trade Captain Wildes was a housewright and must have built many houses in the town. The town records show that he was often employed to mend the parsonage fence, to fence the burying place, to install or replace glass in the meetinghouse. In 1720 the town paid him £1:4:0 "for makeing the Towns Stoock and for finding ye Iorns and Lock and bringing them to the meeting house and for seeting up sd stoocks." Twenty years later, in 1740, he made new stocks, the old ones supposedly being worn out by long use. John Wildes, gentleman, made his will September 26, and it was proved November 5, 1750. To his wife Phebe he left sole use and disposal of one-third of all his estate, real and personal,

* Ibid., 63: 251, 252; 72: 77. t Ibid., 76: 203; 77: 231. t Ibid., 70: 85; 74: 153; 75: 41. § Ibid., 84: 140. Wildes, of Topsfield 21 so long as she remained his widow, also another third of the in­ door movables. To his son John, all land bought of the Averills and his right in the house and barn thereon, also about 3 acres on Great hill, 2 acres in Bradstreet's meadow, and one-third of a lot in Boxford. John was also to have all of his carpenter's tools. To his son Elisha, all his houses and lands in Topsfield, Ipswich and Boxford, except what was willed to John, and all of his livestock, armor and husbandry tools. To his son Amos, his horse colt, £66:13:14 to be paid by Elisha within two years, and two lots at Souhegan.* To his son Zebulon, £20 to be paid by John within two years. To his daughter Katherine, £13: 6 : 8 to be paid by Elisha and one-half (sic) of the indoor movables. To his daughter Sarah Start, £13: 6: 8, beside what she had al­ ready had, to be paid by Elisha. Executors: sons John and Elisha. Witnesses: Benjamin Towne, Luke Averill, Nathaniel Averill, Jr. The inventory valued the lands and housing given to John at £280 and that given to Elisha at £560. His clothing was worth the large sum of £25: 10: 10 and the armor 30s. There were three bedsteads, valued with their curtains and furnishings at £10: 10: 0, £8 and £6: 10: 0. Books are entered at 35s., pewter and earthern ware at 50s. Tables, chairs and other furniture appear with no number or description. The total was £1,045: 3: 8, a large estate.f Children, born in Topsfield: i. JOHN, b. Nov. 1, 1715; m. Sept. 29, 1742, Sarah Rogers; d. Oct. 28, 1760; his widow, Sarah, d. April 23, 1810, aged 89 years. On March 5, 1738, he bought from John Averill a two-story house on Ridge Street in Topsfield which Averill had built in 1730. Administra­ tion on his estate was granted to the widow Dec. 15, 1760, and among the items in the inventory were a pew in the meetinghouse and "War Armes." Of Sarah Wildes' estate her daughter-in-law, Lydia Wildes, was appointed administratrix on Sept. 7, 1812. ii. KATHERINE, b. Jan. 27, 1716/7; d. Oct. 12, 1800. In the Salem Gazette of Oct. 24, 1800, appeared the following: "Died. At Topsfield Oct. 12. Miss Catherine Wildes, aged 84 . . . Whose amiable and benevo­ lent deportment through life secured her the esteem and affection of her acquaintance, and entitled her to the honorable appellation of 'a mother in Israel' although she had neither husband nor children." iii. ZEBULON, b. Dec. 19, 1718; m. Aug. 18, 1743, Margaret Hazen; d. in Topsfield Oct. 14, 1804, aged 84 years. iv. ELISHA, b. Sept. 23, 1720; m. Feb. 27, 1754, Mary Bradstreet, a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Capen and a descendant of Gover­ nors Bradstreet and Dudley; d. June 26, 1787; she d. Nov. 14, * Possibly the lots originally granted to his soldier uncles Jonathan and John, t Essex Probate, 329: 382, 396. 22 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1810. He lived in the house built by his father Capt. John Wildes, on Meetinghouse lane. Their son, Sylvanus Wildes, graduated from Harvard in 1777 and was a lawyer in his native town. v. EZRA, b. May 23, d. June 11, 1722. vi. SARAH, b. May 5, 1723; m. May 15, 1744, George Start of Boxford and New Ipswich, New Hampshire. vii. EPHRAIM, b. Aug. 25, 1725; d. Nov. 25, 1736. His death and that of his sister Mary in the same month were probably caused by the "throat distemper" which proved fatal to hundreds of Essex County children in 1736. 5. viii. AMOS, b. Jan. 27, 1727/8. ix. MARY, b. July 24, 1729; d. Nov. 5, 1736.

5. AMOS4 WILDES (John3, Ephraim2, John1) was born in Topsfield January 27, 1727/8. He married Hannah Perkins on February 5, 1750/1. He "died with the small pox" on May 24, 1779. Six months later his widow, Hannah, "departed this life in a sudden & surprising manner, by means of her own using," on December 20,1779. He was a cordwainer by trade. In 1751 he and his wife Han­ nah conveyed to her brother David Perkins, cordwainer, her one- ninth share of two-thirds of the estate of her father Jonathan Perkins, late of Topsfield.* He was living in Ipswich, possibly just over the town boundary, when in 1771 he bought from Benjamin Woodbury, for £153: 6: 8, 62 acres in Topsfield and 7% acres in Ipswich, Elizabeth Davis, widow of John Davis, giving up her rights in the land under the will of her husband. He also bought from Joseph Goodhue of Ipswich 11 acres in Boxford in 1773.f In 1774 Amos was elected constable of Topsfield and applied for release. There is no record of the result of his petition, but he was again elected in 1775. Also in 1774 he was one of a com­ mittee of three to supply the town with a grammar school master. Administration on the estate of Amos Wildes, yeoman, late of Topsfield was granted to his son Dudley Wildes on December 6, 1779, Israel Clarke, Jr., and Philemon Foster being his sure­ ties. The inventory was entered on December 20, the values in the inflated Revolutionary money, being stupendous. For ex­ ample, his clothes were worth £555, and three beds and their furnishings £600. The real estate consisted of the farm bought from Woodbury, on which stood his home and outbuildings, and the smaller tracts in Ipswich and Boxford. The house was ade­ quately furnished, there being, besides the beds, one great chair * Essex Deeds, 107 : 33. t Ibid., 138: 106. Wildes, of Topsfield 23 and six red chairs, four tables, one case of drawers, one chest of drawers, two other chests and two looking-glasses. The quantity of pewter was large, including four platters, twelve plates, two quart and two pint basins, four porringers, a punch bowl, a drinking can, a quart, and six spoons. There were also another punch bowl, "delph plates," six tea dishes, saucers, cream pot and spoons, six knives and forks, a mustard pot, six glass bottles, a brass kettle, a warming-pan and "books," titles unspecified. To total was £34,528, of which about 1 per cent would have been the pre-war value.* After his mother's death Dudley Wildes settled the estate on August 18, 1780, by conveying to his sister, Mary Conant, they being the only surviving children, 12 acres of the homestead lot, the 7!/2 acres in Ipswich and one-half of the 11 acres in Boxford. Mary and her husband Moses Conant of Ipswich, in turn quit­ claimed to Dudley the remainder of their father's estate.f Children, born in Topsfield : i. MARY, b. Feb. 7, 1752; m. June 29, 1779, Moses Conant of Ipswich. Their deaths are not recorded in Ipswich. Several children. ii. Lois, bapt. July 22, 1753; d. June 7, 1779, of small-pox, a month after her father's death from the same disease. iii. AMOS, bapt. Feb. 16, 1755; d. by 1779. iv. ASA, bapt. July 31, 1757; d. by 1779. In the Revolution he served as a private in Capt. Robert Dodge's company Col. Jonathan Tit- comb's regiment, leaving home on April 25, 1777, for two months of service in Rhode Island. 0. v. DUDLEY, bapt. Jan. 7, 1759. vi. TAMESLN, bapt. ("Tamme") April 11, 1762; d. April 17, 1776.

6. DUDLEY5 WILDES (Amos*, John3, Ephraim2, John1) was baptized in Topsfield on January 7, 1759. | He married on May 1, 1781 (town record, but 1782 in the church record), Bethia Harris of Ipswich, who was eleven years his senior, and who died February 25, 1833, aged 85 years, in Topsfield. Dudley Wildes died on January 21, 1820, his son Dudley, Jr., having died ten days earlier on January 11. Both deaths were caused, according to the town records, by "pulmonic fever," which we may suppose to have been a term for pneumonia or some form of influenza. * Essex Probate, 354: 29, 274. t Essex Deeds, 139: 98. t In Topsfield at this time the given name Dudley might be expected to indicate a descent from the seventeenth-century Governor Thomas Dudley whose blood the Brad­ street family diffused in the town. It was not the case with Dudley Wildes. He was named for his uncle Dudley Perkins (1737-1758) and Dudley Perkins possibly for Dud­ ley Dorman who was born in 1734 and whose father was a cousin of Dudley Perkins' mother. The descendants of Governor Dudley at this period are well known and the Dormans are not among them. In this case Dudley is probably a complimentary name, of which it is a very early example. 24 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

As stated in the account of his father he inherited the greater part of the paternal farm. Unless the area was a rough estimate he must have bought 20 acres of adjoining land for, while his inheritance in the homestead, after conveying 12 acres to his sister Mary Conant, was only 50 acres, the land was listed at the time of his death as 70 acres. His son Dudley built for his father the two-story house now standing, using the old house, a "salt-box" of two stories in front and one in back, as an ell. This ell with its great chimney was destroyed in 1883 and a new ell erected. In the Revolutionary army he was a private in Capt. John Dodge's company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's regiment from April 1, 1778, to July, 1778. His name appears in the company receipt for wages on June 21, 1778, at Camp Winter Hill. The inventory of his estate shows that the farm was held in common and undivided by the father and son, and the whole with the buildings was valued at $1,800. The administrator, Samuel Newman, Esq., was ordered to deliver to the widow Bethia Wildes an allowance of $150 from the personal estate and the rest was to be sold at public auction, the estate being insolvent. Among the debts, which amounted to $1,654.41, were $500 owed to Asa W. Wildes, $340 to Amos Wildes who held a mortgage on the farm, $3 to Sarah Averill for cleaning the house for the funeral, $8.75 to Dr. Nehemiah Cleveland and $5 to Dr. Nathaniel Brad­ street for their professional services. The widow's dower con­ sisted of the lower east room of the house, the small back room adjoining it, the chamber over the east room, the eastern half of the cellar, the northeasterly part of the barn and certain lots of pasture and woodland. Her son Asa W. Wildes, bought 30 acres of the land. After these deductions the creditors received only 7 cents, 71/2 mills on the dollar.* Children, born in Topsfield: i. AMOS, b. May 5, 1782; m. July 18, 1819, Sally Burnham who d. in Danvers Oct. 2, 1826; he d. in Danvers June 17, 1848, aged 65. Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Arethusa, b. Jan. 17, 1820; m. June 28, 1846, Joseph W. Legro of Danvers. 2. Lydia Ann, b. June 18, 1821. ii. DUDLEY (twin), b. May 8, 1786; m. Feb. 13, 1812, Abigail Brad­ street who d. in Lynn Dec. 2, 1869, aged 83 years, 11 months; he d. Jan. 11, 1820, aged 33 years, 7 months, of "pulmonic fever." Called Captain in the records, the title must have been derived from command of the local militia company. * Essex Probate, 395: 351-352; 396: 339. Wildes, of Topsfield 25 Administration on the estate of Dudley Wildes, Jr., of Tops- field, gentleman, was granted to Samuel Newman, Esq., of New­ bury on March 1, 1820, the sureties being George Titcomb, gentle­ man, and Asa W. Wildes, Esq., both of Newburyport. The chief item in the inventory was the undivided half of the paternal farm of 70 acres. He also had 20 acres of pasture in Topsfield and one- half of a pew in the Topsfield meetinghouse. Interesting items in the personal estate were a secretary, a desk, a silver watch, his sword and uniform, a chaise and a sleigh. The widow Abigail Wildes had an allowance of $100 for herself and three children, one six years old, one four and one six months. Her dower was set off on August IS, 1820. Like that of his father, Captain Dudley's estate was insolvent, and the residue was sold at auction for the benefit of his creditors.*

Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Asahel Huntington, b. April 22, 1813; m. in Ipswich on Dec. 7, 1843, Wilhelmina Dodge who died Feb. 27, 1892, aged 72 years; he d. in Ipswich March 4, 1879. Children, born in Ipswich: a. A daughter, still-born June 21, 1845. b. Edward Bradstreet, b. Aug. 7, 1846; m. May 21, 1870, Harriet Manning Kinsman; d. Jan. 31, 1899, in Ipswich. Four children, born in Ips­ wich: Anna Kinsman (1873-1878), Henry Hammat (1876-1896), Wilhelmina (twin of Henry Hammat, 1876), and Madeline (1882). c. George Dudley, b. June 11, 1849; m. Blanche H. Dodge in Ipswich; d. in Boston Oct. 20, 1912. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, from Harvard (B.A., 1873), and Boston University (L.L.B., 1875) and prac­ ticed law in Boston. Two daughters: Blanche, b. April 6, 1880; Margery, b. Aug. 25, 1883. Both young women attended Radcliffe College. d. Frances, b. Nov. 11, d. Nov. 28, 1852. 2. Abigail Bradstreet, b. May 17, 1815; m. Aug. 9, 1835, at Newbury, Levi Pearson of Methuen. 3. Twin sons, b. and d. Sept. 8, 1817. 4. Elizabeth Harris, b. June 12, 1819; m. Oct. 6, 1840, Jo­ seph W. Rust.f 7. iii. ASA WALDO (twin), b. May 8, 1786. iv. ELIZABETH, m. Jan 21, 1835, David Hobbs, Jr.; d. s.p. Oct. 15, 18664: v. A CHILD, d. between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 1793.

7. ASA WALDO6 WILDES (Dudley5, Amos*, John3, Ephraim2, John1) was born in Topsfield in May, 1786, one of twin sons. He married on June 7, 1818, at Newburyport Eliza Ann Lunt who died January 1, 1857. He died in Newburyport on December 4, 1857, aged 71 years, 7 months. * Ibid., No. 29882. Chase" ^ °'d 3g6 S'le liV6d SaIem where 1 was taken to see her by my aunt, Mary t From the smiles exchanged by my great-aunts when Aunt Betsey was men­ tioned, I judge that she was somewhat of a character. 26 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809. The journey to Hanover from Topsfield was made on horseback, and the family story is that as the roads from the homes of the boys converged on Hanover a cavalcade was formed to gallop into the college town.* After graduation he taught school for several years in Newburyport and in Washington, D. C, then returned to Newburyport to read law in the office of Stephen Marston. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1820 and practiced his profession in Newburyport until 1826. He served as select­ man of the town in 1825, 1826 and 1827. Before 1825 Hannah Gould of Newburyport wrote a series of "epitaphs" in doggerel verse for the entertainment of her friends and they were circulated privately. One of the many was de­ signed for Asa Wildes. When his case was done pleading, And his boys were done reading And his speech was no longer fluent, Asa dodged out of sight And his boys took to flight When they saw their great master play truant. When the duties of the Court of Sessions which related to highways were transferred to a new board "called commissioners of highways" consisting of five members appointed by the gov­ ernor, Wildes received an appointment from Governor Lincoln, Robert Rantoul of Beverley, Stephen Barker of Andover, Joseph Winn of Salem and William B. Breed of Lynn being his associ­ ates. In 1828 the Board was abolished and the Board of County Commissioners established, Wildes being appointed its chair­ man. He held that office until 1835 when the Board became elec­ tive and he was elected until 1856, with the exception of one term of three years, from 1842 to 1845. "Mr. Wildes was pe­ culiarly fitted for the place he so long occupied and his pro­ longed incumbency was as creditable to the people of Essex County as to himself. They appreciated his legal knowledge and sound judgment."f After his service as county commissioner was ended he re­ turned to the practice of law. In 1848 he and two associates in­ corporated the Newburyport Health Insurance Co., which, about a century ahead of its time, dissolved a few years later. * His box or small trunk, covered with horsehide, is now (1959) at Dartmouth with his great-great-great-grandson, Conrad Born of the Class of 19G0. t History of Essex County, D. H. Hurd, Philadelphia, 1888, I: xxvii. Wildes, of Topsfield 27

Eliza Ann (Lunt) Wildes taught school before her marriage, and her handwriting is of the spidery type then in fashion. Many of her letters to her children, principally to her daughter Mary, have been preserved. She seems to have been well-read, a lover of poetry and natural beauty and deeply religious. Unhappily in the 1840's, she began to lose her eyesight and became subject to attacks of deep depression which would doubtless have responded to modern treatment but which ended in her confinement in a mental hospital. Asahel Huntington, Esq., a Salem lawyer and an old Tops- field friend, was appointed administrator of Asa Wildes' estate on December 8, 1857, at the request of the children. The Tops- field farm which he had retained and in which he had a keen in­ terest, as his wife's letters show, was sold at auction and brought about $2,500. The house on High Street in Newburyport which was the family home must have been rented as it does not appear in the inventory. The estate, which was small, was not settled until October 2,1866.*

Children: i. GEORGE DUDLEY, b. June 19, 1819; m. Nov. 5, 1816, Harriette Howard of Boston, who d. Dec. 11, 1901, in Riverdale, New York, where he had died June 3, 1898. He entered Phillips Exeter Academy in 183S after having been at Dummcr Academy in 1831. He was back at Dummer in 1836. He planned on graduation to enter Harvard College, but, after teaching mathematics at Chauncey Hall School in Boston, he en­ rolled in the Virginia Theological School in Alexandria. When he had completed the course in 1846 he was ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church at New Bedford, Massachusetts, by the Bishop of Kentucky who offered him the professorship of mathe­ matics in Shelby College in his diocese. He was ordained priest in 1848 at Dedham, Massachusetts, by Bishop Eastburn. After hold­ ing several charges he was attached to St. Paul's cathedral in Boston and became supervisor of the Episcopal School of Massa­ chusetts. After serving the church in Brookline he became the first rector of Grace Church in Salem. Harvard conferred on him the degree of A.M. in 1855. While in Salem Rev. George Wildes was appointed to the Massachusetts State Board of Education. At the onset of the Civil War he was instrumental in organizing the 23rd and 19th Massa­ chusetts regiments and the Field Hospital Corps, being com­ missioned chaplain of the latter service. In 1867 he became rector of Christ Church, Riverdale, New York, where he remained until his death. Hobart College gave him the degree of S.T.D. in 1871, and the College of Kansas the degree of D.D. in 1886. In 1874 he was a founder of the Church Congress and for many years thereafter he was its general secre­ tary, and in this capacity he edited eleven volumes of papers and addresses. * Essex Probate, 210 : 249. 28 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Dr. Wildes published numerous sermons, edited Bishop Gris- wold's Lectures on Prayer and translated the Latin poems of George Herbert. Children, born in Newburyport: 1. Grace Howard, b. March 6, 1848; m. June 7, 1877, Thomas Butler Meeker. 2. Alice Howard, b. March 3, 1852; d. unmarried. 3. Clarence Howard, b. Jan. 15, 1856; m. Florence Herrick, daughter of J. Hobart Herrick of New York, who d. in New York in Sept., 1934; he d. s.p., but she had a daughter by a previous marriage, ii. MARY HOWARD, b. March 5, 1820; m. in Newburyport on Nov. 18, 1841, Francis Chase of Salem; d. in Salem on April 9, 1882; he m., secondly, in Salem on May 11, 1886, Mary Deacon who d. April 1, 1907; he d. in Salem on Nov. 28, 1900. Mary Wildes was known as "Madam" to her brothers and sisters, and the many letters from her mother to her which have been preserved testify to the affection with which she was regarded in the family. Francis Chase was a civil engineer employed in railroad con­ struction, and his young brothers-in-law gained their start in the profession through his interest. He lived in the house of his grandfather, General Stephen Abbott, on Federal Street in Salem, a house filled with family portraits, fine eighteenth-century furni­ ture, silver and porcelain. One daughter (adopted): Alice, m. Augustus Frye. 7. iii. ASA WALDO, b. Aug. 2, 1822. iv. CAROLINE, b. Aug. 27, 1824; d. March 13, 1826. v. JOSEPH HENRY, b. March 31, 1826; m. in Newburyport on June 17, 1857, Alice Bridges who d. in Oakland, California, Sept. 6, 1898; he d. in Oakland on Jan. 14, 1901. He was known as "the Master" in his boyhood home and in one of his mother's letters (October 2, 1841) there is a reference to "the Master's great blue eyes dilated into an unusual comic stare" at finding her playing blind-mans-buff with his little sisters. Again we have a picture of the two girls, Caroline and Anne, rid­ ing the pony about the yard "under the Master's tuition till their noses look almost frostbitten." After his marriage he took his wife "around the Horn" to California, going first to Stockton where he was a Vigilante in still dangerous times. He saw service in the Civil War. In San Francisco he was a draftsman in the offices of the U. S. Surveyor General and of the City Appraiser for forty years and a director of the Mechanics Library. He also wrote editorials for the San Francisco Call Bulletin, and among his literary friends were Mark Twain, Bret Harte and Rudyard Kipling. Children: 1. Francis Livingston, b. in Stockton on Jan. 11, 1859; d. in Oakland on April 17, 1926, s.p. He was con­ troller of the Bank of Nevada at Carson City. 2. Helen Bridges, b. in San Francisco on Dec. 11, 1867; m. (1) John Gordon Lucas; m. (2) in San Francisco in June, 1889, William Stewart Angus who d. Dec. 30, 1914; she d. in Hayward, California, Feb. 28, 1929. Child, by first husband: (a) Alice Lucas, b. April, 1885. By second husband: (b) Henry Peer An- Wildes, of Topsfield 29

gus, b. August, 1890; (c) Helen Isabel Angus, b. Dec. 16, 1894; (d) Donald Stewart Angus, b. Oct. 5, 1897; (e) Betsey Stewart Angus, b. June 6, 1902. vi. CAROLINE HUNTINGTON, b. Jan. 29, 1828; m. in Salem, at the home of her sister Mary, in 1858, Henry Perkins Stanwood; d. in Melrose on Dec. 17, 1892. vii. ANNE TILTON, b. March 7, 1835; m. Oct. 7, 1856, George Thompson Brown of Haverhill, who d. Sept. 30, 1897; d. Aug. 17, 1912, in Melrose.

Children: 1. Emilie Anna Brown, b. in Haverhill on Aug. 15, 1857; m. Sept. 30, 1880, Clarence Phipps Bullen of Haver­ hill; d. in Haverhill on Oct. 5, 1944. 2. Caroline Wildes Brown, b. in Chicago on Sept. 28, 1860; d. Feb. 7, 1863. 3. Franklin Quimby Brown, b. in Chicago on July 29, 1862; m. in Boston on June 12, 1893, Ida Prescott Bigelow Eldredge; d. in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., on Nov. 6, 1955. 4. Annie Wildes Brown, b. in Chicago on July 6, 1865; m. in Sept., 1893, George Munroe Palmer, M.D.; d. March 9, 1912. 5. George Kimball Brown, b. Aug. 17, 1870; m. Lily Gross of Philadelphia; d. March 5, 1947. 6. Henry Stanwood Brown, b. in Melrose; d. in infancy Aug. 13, 1875. viii. FRANCIS ABEL, b. in 1839; d., unmarried, in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 25, 1914. He enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the Civil War, was appointed Sergeant Major on June 12, 1862, and 2nd Lieutenant of Co. A on Dec. 3, 1862, being discharged on Feb. 6, 1863, soon after the battle of Fredericks­ burg. He re-enlisted on March 5, 1864, in the 50th Mass. Volun­ teers and was commissioned Captain of Co. G. In May he was wounded and was discharged on Sept. 9, 1864. He had marked peculiarities as a person, was a voracious reader of serious litera­ ture, but seems to have been devoid of any ambition as he spent his life in very minor railroad positions obtained for him by his brother Waldo.

8. ASA WALDO7 WILDES (Asa Waldo*, Dudley5, Amos*, John3, Ephraim2, John1) was born in Newburyport on August 2, 1822. He married Jane Merrill Patten at Kennebunkport, Maine, on April 10, 1842. She died in Skowhegan, Maine, on May 1, 1877, during an attack of asthma, from an overdose of medicine given her by an anxious servant. He married, secondly, in Skow­ hegan on August 12, 1878, Fannie Gray who died in Pittsfield, Maine, November 4, 1939. He died in Augusta, Maine, on Sep­ tember 3, 1894. One story of Waldo's youth survives. He was called Waldo by his family. Like many little boys he ran away. His father in his chaise caught up with him before he had got far out of the 30 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes town. Tying his small son with a length of rope to the back of the chaise, he trotted back to High Street, Waldo, disabused of dreams of the great world, trotting behind. When he was about eighteen he got, through his brother-in- law Francis Chase, a job with the engineers who were laying out the Eastern Railroad, which, starting in Boston, had reached Newburyport. Upon completion of this road at Portsmouth, he transferred to the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad. Hav­ ing gained technical experience he then was engaged, with others, to make the surveys for the railroad projected to run from Bos­ ton to Portland by way of Dover. In this period of railroad ex­ pansion he was soon at work on various rail projects in Vermont. In 1850 he was appointed resident engineer of the Maysville & Lexington R.R. in Kentucky where he remained with his family until 1855. Then for two years he was back in Maine, in charge of completing the Somerset & Kennebec R.R., at which time he settled his family permanently in Skowhegan. In 1857 he went to Michigan where he was chief engineer of the Marquette & Ontonagon R.R., living in camps in a dense wilderness, and in 1859 he became chief engineer of Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R., extending from Fort Wayne to the Straits of Mackinaw. His compensation for his Michigan work was largely in land, which he ultimately allowed to go for taxes, thus providing his family with tales of fabulous wealth denied. There are two versions, first that a city was built on the land, second that vast copper deposits were discovered underlying it. One takes one's choice, the copper being preferred. Returning to Maine in 1860 Wildes was appointed a Lieuten­ ant-Colonel on the staff of Governor Washburn, and when the War began he was deputized by the governor to superintend the transportation of troops to the front, where he was present at the first battle of Bull Run. In May, 1862, Colonel Wildes was appointed colonel of the Sixteenth Maine and, until the muster-in of the regiment, served without pay and made liberal expenditures of his own means to further the interests of the regiment. While encamped near Sharpsburgh, Maryland, for some weeks after the Battle of Antietam, Colonel Wildes was seriously ill from some organic disease of the heart and, growing worse, was by the medical board granted leave of absence for a brief period. Before re­ covery he returned to Washington in order to rejoin his regi­ ment at Fredericksburg. After visiting the regiment, and it Wildes, of Topsfield 31 being deemed expedient by the medical director that he should delay in joining it in consequence of continued illness, Colonel Wildes thought it unjust to his officers to hold a command which his ill health prevented him from assuming and tendered his res­ ignation which was accepted and he was honorably discharged from service January 7, 1863.* It was in 1861 that Colonel Wildes was first chosen one of the three members of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners of Maine and he served continuously from that time until his death, a period of thirty-two years. From his mother the colonel doubtless came by his love of poetry and his ability to write verses, which, while of no particu­ lar merit, were expressions of the lyric gift after the manner of his time. One poem, set to music, gained a measure of popularity. Children, by first wife : i. FRANCIS CHASE, b. Feb. 1, 1846, at Northfield, Vermont; d. Sept. 17, 1849, at Waterville, Maine. 9. ii. GEORGE LTOT, b. Nov. 1, 1847, at West Waterville, Maine. 10. iii. WILLIE HENRY, b. Sept. 6, 1850, at West Waterville. iv. ANNIE WALDO, b. Sept. 17, 1856, at Skowhegan; m. (1) in Skow­ hegan on Oct. 17, 1876, Charles Douglas Whitehouse of Augusta, Maine, who d. Feb. 17, 1901; m. (2) in Denver, Colorado, Henry Norman James from whom she was separated by divorce; d. in Chicago, Illinois, April 27, 1939. Children: 1. Charles Waldo Whitehouse, b. Dec. 5, 1877, in Augusta; d. April 28, 1942, in Chicago, s.p. 2. Howard Douglas Whitehouse, b. Aug. 11, 1882, in Fargo, North Dakota; d. Nov. 25, 1946, s.p. 3. Richard White- house, b. Jan. 11, d. March 26, 1885, in Fargo. v. MARY HOWAKD, b. Oct. 9, 1859, in Skowhegan; m. there on Dec. 8, 1880, Walter Goodwin Davis of Portland, Maine; she d. in Port­ land on Aug. 20, 1920. Children: 1. Howard Davis, still-born, Feb. 18, 1882. 2. Walter Goodwin Davis, b. May 14, 1885. 3. Clinton Wildes Davis, b. June 2, 1888; d. Oct. 15, 1958. (See The Ancestry of Nicholas Davis, W. G. Davis, Portland, 1956.) By second wife: vi. ALICE, b. Nov. 30, 1879, in Skowhegan; m. (1) Jan. 28, 1903, Edwin Gledhill; m. (2) Nov. 17, 1906, Albert McCoombs; m. (3) Feb. 19, 1919, Thomas Anderson of Pittsfield, Maine; d. in Skowhegan on March 31, 1940.

9. GEORGE LTJNT8 WILDES (Asa Waldo7, Asa Waldo*, Dud­ ley5, Amos*, John3, Ephraim2, John1) was born in West Water­ ville, Maine, on November 1, 1847. He married in Brooklyn, New York, on June 26, 1877, Elizabeth Neil Gilman of Skow­ hegan, Maine, who died in Rochester, New York, on July 20, 1928. He died in Melrose, Massachusetts, on February 6, 1915. * The Sixteenth Maine Regiment, 1861-1865, Major A. R. Small, Portland, 1886. 32 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

When he was a boy of fourteen he had the exciting task of riding his father's horse from Skowhegan to Augusta and de­ livering him to the Colonel who was organizing the 16th Maine Regiment. A later experience almost ended fatally. While skat­ ing on the Kennebec River he broke through the ice and was carried under ice and over a dam before he was rescued. The re­ sult was deafness which got progressively worse during his life and seriously handicapped him in his business career. As a young man he was an enthusiastic gymnast, and played in a "ball tossers club," the game being a predecessor of baseball. After completing a course at Bloomfield Academy, he went to Portland to work in the office of the Portland, Saco & Ports­ mouth R.R., becoming General Ticket Agent. When that rail­ road was merged with the Eastern R.R. he held the same posi­ tion with the latter company. In 1885 he left the railroad to en­ ter the National Security Bank of Lynn and later joined the Melrose Savings Bank where he remained until his death. After his marriage he made his home in Melrose.

Children, born in Melrose: i. WALDO GILMAN, b. March 21, 1879; m. in Rochester, N. Y., on June 3, 1939, Ruth Clare Barber who d. in Rochester on June 17, 1955; he d. at Clifton Springs, N. Y., on June 27, 1959. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1901 and began his engineering career with the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Commission in Boston. Going to Rochester, New York, he ran highways and designed various reservoirs for the New York Barge Canal as well as being engineer in charge of construction. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and had been president of the Rochester Engineering Society. ii. KENNETH NEIL, b. July 24, 1888; m. in Melrose on March 23, 1913, Mildred Louise Aldrich. He studied civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and entered the construction department of the Boston and Maine R.R. as an inspector, going successively to the mainte­ nance of way department and the valuation department where he dealt with Interstate Commerce problems. Later, at Fitchburg, he was Assistant Supervisor of Bridges and Buildings, engaged in strengthening existing bridges and building new ones to provide for the heavy loads made necessary by World War I. In 1928 he became terminal engineer of Cities Service Refining Co. and designed and had charge of building marine terminals in South Portland and Bangor, Maine, and in St. John and Halifax, Canada, as well as other terminals, tank stations and buildings. The company appointed him New England Region Engineer, and he held that position until his retirement in 1958. In World War I Wildes was with the U. S. Railroad Adminis­ tration, and in World War II he was with Civilian Defense, deal­ ing with bomb shelters and decontamination in New England, reporting direct to the Army. Mrs. Wildes graduated from Boston University with an A.B. degree. Wildes, of Topsfield 33

Children: 1. Barbara Louise, b. in Nashua N. H., Nov. 15, 1913; m. in Melrose on Feb. 13, 1937, Clifton E. Curtis. 2. Virginia, b. in Melrose June 11, 1916; d. Aug. 13, 1916. 3. Winona Aldrich, b. in Fitchburg on Aug. 19, 1917; m. in Melrose on July 5, 1941, Cyril Norman Clarkson. 4. Lois Neil, b. in Fitchburg on June 11, 1920; m. in Mel­ rose on Aug. 22, 1943, Lincoln Smith. 5. Carol, b. in North Leominster, Mass., on Dec. 22, 1925; m. in Melrose on Nov. 2, 1947, Norman J. Atkinson. 6. Janice, b. in Fitchburg on Dec. 20, 1926; m. March 19, 1949, Thomas R. Fawcett. iii. RONALD PATTEN, b. Oct. 30, 1894; m. in Clearwater, Florida, on June 8, 1928, Georgia King Jackson, who was b. May 19, 1901, and graduated in 1924 from Florida State College for Women. In World War I he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry and served in France. Thereafter he entered the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1920 with the degree of B.S. He has been employed as branch manager of the Tarvia Department of The Barrett Co., Washington, D. C, manager in Florida of the Cromwell-Dodge Auto Finance Co., and as Princi­ pal Field Deputy of the Florida Industrial Commission. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

Children: 1. Ronald Patten, b. in Clearwater, March 27, 1929; m. in Panama City, Florida, April 12, 1952, Barbara Shirley Black. He graduated in 1950 from Florida State Univer­ sity. He is a Captain in the U. S. Air Force, serving as radar observer with all-weather jet fighter planes, and is a qualified pilot of four-engine weather and observation planes with service out from Japan.

Children: a. David Steven, b. April 24, 1953, in Columbus, Mississippi. b. Susan Gail, b. Jan. 13, 1955, in Tampa. c. Barbara Ann, b. Feb. 13, 1959, in Montgomery, Alabama. 2. Oilman Jackson, b. in Tampa, March 28, 1934. He grad­ uated in 1959 from Florida Southern College. 3. Shelton King, b. in Tampa, June 21, 1938.

10. WILLIE HENRY8 WILDES (Asa Waldo1, Asa Waldo*, Dudley5, Amos1, John3, Ephraim?, John1) was born in West Waterville, Maine, on September 6, 1850. He married on No­ vember 25, 1874, Abbie Keene who was born in Canaan, Maine, on August 29, 1849. He died in Skowhegan on June 17, 1914, and she died in Winnetka, Illinois, on December 16, 1931. He was educated in the public schools and in the Eaton School in Norridgewock. He first became a civil engineer, under his fa­ ther's instruction, but later entered the dry goods business in 34 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Skowhegan with Henry K. White. The firm, at first White & Wildes, later became Wildes & Judkins. He was a Mason and a member of the Board of Trade. A Republican, he had been chair­ man of the party's town committee and secretary of the district committee. In the State Legislature of 1895-1896 he represented Skowhegan, and in 1910-1911 he was a selectman in the town government. Children, born in Skowhegan: i. WALTER KEENE, b. June 9,1881; m. (1) Jan. 22, 1908, Ruth Madeleine Beattie, from whom he was separated by divorce; m. (2) Dec. 30, 1931, in Lake Frost, Illinois, Florence (Clarke) Hale who was killed in an automobile accident on Oct. 27, 1936; m. (3) Sept. 16, 1938, in New York, Marguerite (Crittenden) Lamb. He graduated from Bowdoin College, A.B., in 1904, and from Yale University Forestry School. M.F., in 1910. Before entering the Forestry School he was with the American Woolen Co. After­ ward he became Assistant State Forester of Vermont and en­ gaged in private practice. He served in the First World War in the Bureau of Aircraft Production. After discharge he was in New York with E. D. Pouch & Co., brokers, the bond department of the Guaranty Trust Co., General Motors, and, from 1931 to 1936, the Central Public Service Corporation. In 1937 he was employed by the Continental Supply Co., a subsidiary of Youngs­ town Sheet & Tube Co., in the export division for oil-well drilling equipment. He was one of the organizers of the Rumsey Manu­ facturing Co., providing combat tank equipment under Lend Lease, in 1942. In 1947 he retired, and is living in Auburn, New York. He is a Mason, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and of the University Club (New York) and the Owasco Country Club (Auburn). In Auburn his civic interests include the Council of Social Agencies of the Community Chest of which he has been chairman, the directorships in the Cayuga County Chapter of the Red Cross, the Booker T. Washington Community Center, the Volunteer Center, the Finger Lakes Association, the Salvation Army, and membership in the County Republican Committee. ii. GORDON LUNT, b. April 7, 1884; m. in Menominee, Michigan, on Sept. 19, 1909, Faith Weber, who d. in Enumclaw, Washington, on Aug. 7, 1934. He attended the University of Maine as of the Class of 1909, studying civil engineering, but did not take a degree. After several years with the construction department of the Illinois Central R.R., he went to Alaska where he was en­ gaged in the building of roads, bridges and airports for the gov­ ernment. He has retired and is living in California.

Children, born in Chicago : 1. Gordon Weber, b. April 7, 1911; m. Aug. 22, 1936, in Clarion, Pennsylvania, Emy Wilson. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., in 1935 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Mrs. Wildes graduated from Hollins College, Roanoke, Va., in 1935. 2. Mary Alice, b. Nov. 21, 1918; m. Ralph Dodge Merrill on Oct. 1, 1939, in Juneau, Alaska. Wildes, of Topsfield 35 ROBERT PATTEN, b. July 28, 1888; m. in Boston on Jan. 6, 1915, Clara May Brodmarkle; d. in Santa Barbara, California, on Nov. 7, 1951. He attended the University of Maine and Colby College and graduated from the Tufts Dental School in 1917 with the degree of D.M.D. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega at Colby and of Delta Sigma Delta at Tufts. He practiced his profession in Wareham, Massachusetts and in Denver and Carbondale, Colorado. In the First World War he served in France, Germany and Eng­ land as a 1st Lieutenant in the Dental Corps, 1917-1919, and from 1919 to 1922 he was Assistant Surgeon of the Dental Corps in the Public Health Service. In the U. S. Reserve he held a commission as Major until 1939. He was a member of several professional and military organi­ zations and Masonic bodies. In London and Coblenz he was active in establishing the Square Clubs for Masons in the services. He served on the Colorado State Commission for the Blind for seven years and was president of the commission for three years. Children: 1. Robert Patten, b. in Boston on Jan. 24, 1916; m. in Pittsburgh on Feb. 7, 1942, Ruth Ellen Sharpe. He attended the University of Denver. In the Second World War he served in Europe, 1941-1946, and, re­ called in 1951, he is now a Captain in the U. S. Air Force. Child: Roberta Ruth, b. Dec. 19, 1947, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 2. Mary EUzabeth, b. in Boise, Idaho, on Feb. 19, 1921; m. June 11, 1941, in Denver, Charles Maurice George, who graduated from the University of Colorado with the degree B.S., and who has been employed at Los Alamos, New Mexico, under the Atomic Energy Commission. Children: (a) Mary Charleen George, b. Jan. 21, 1943, in Paterson, New Jersey; (b) Charles Maurice George, b. Dec. 5, 1944, in Hacken- sack, New Jersey. 3. Dorothy Ruth, b. in Denver on Oct. 10, 1926; m. (1) in Littleton, Colorado, on March 9, 1943, William Don­ ald Mullen from whom she was separated by divorce; m. (2) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 1, 1953, John Wesley Overall, who is one of the original designers of the Snark missile, the Saberjet F 86 and the Scorpion F 89, and is manager in charge of the mis­ sile program of Radioplane Company, a subsidiary of the Northrup Aircraft Company. Children: (a) Michael John Mullen, b. in Denver on July 17, 1948, (b) Larry Donald Mullen, b. in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on Oct. 16, 1950; (c) Deborah Lee Overall, b. in Santa Barbara on Oct. 25, 1954; (d) Elizabeth Marie Overall, b. in Encino, California, on May 24, 1958. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Jan. 11, 1893; m. April 8, 1920, Marie Gould of Presque Isle, Maine. He graduated from Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, in 1912. In the First World War he was a Captain in the 132nd Infantry regiment, Thirty-third Division, and earned a citation for distinguished service at the European front, being discharged in September, 1919. The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes From 1916 to 1930 he was with E. H. Rollins & Sons, bankers, becoming a Vice-President and director, leaving to become Execu­ tive Vice-President and director of the Central Public Service Corporation. In 1934 he was elected President of the Republic Natural Gas Co., Dallas, Texas, and in 1957 Chairman of the Board. In Chicago he was a director of the Old Republic Life In­ surance Co. and in Dallas he is a director of the Republic National Bank and of several oil and gas associations. He is a member of the Chicago Club, the Dallas Club, and Brook Hollow Golf Club and the Dallas Country Club, the Imperial Club and the Dallas Petroleum Club, and the Masonic Order. His civic interests include the Dallas Citizens Council, the Pilot School for the Deaf and the Board of Adjustment and Zoning Commission of Highland Park, Dallas, where he makes his home. His wife graduated in 1912 from Villa Maria in Montreal and in 1914 from Abbott Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and in Dallas she participates in the parish activities of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Children, born in Chicago : 1. Patricia, b. May 8, 1921; m. Nov. 22, 1947, James Walter McCormick. She was educated at the Hockaday School in Dallas, and at Miss Garland's School in Boston. Her civic interests in Dallas include the Red Cross Nurses Aid program and the Volunteer Nurs­ ing Service. Children: (a) Melissa Corinne McCor­ mick, b. Oct. 2, 1952; (b) James Walter McCormick, May 16, 1954; (c) William Wildes McCormick, b. March 9, 1956. 2. Donald Gould, b. April 13, 1923; m. April 19, 1944; Virginia Hughes. He graduated from Oklahoma University in 1941 with a B.S. degree in engineering and is with the Republic Natural Gas Co. in Dallas. Receiving a commission as Pilot in the Army Air Corps in 1944 he served in the Air Transport Com­ mand in the Pacific Theater until September, 1945. He is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, of Serra In­ ternational, and has been active in Boy Scout com­ mittees. His wife is also a graduate of Oklahoma University. Children: (a) Christopher Keene, b. March 1, 1949; (b) Brian Hughes, b. March 16, 1950; (c) Kathleen Marie, b. March 16, 1952. II

AVERILL, OF TOPSFIELD

AVERILL

Averill sounds like a place name, not unlike Haverhill, lacking the aspirate. There is no English parish so called, but possibly some smaller piece of land or a geographic point, such as a hill, bore the name. Avery, the alternative name in the early genera­ tions, is equally obscure. Ave, like Avon, is a river name, haver means oats, Haverhill being a hill where oats were grown, while ever was Old English for boar. None of these possibilities are very satisfactory, and the origin of the name remains a puzzle. Chipping Norton, the Oxfordshire parish from where our Averill family came to New England, is a town of fair size with a large and handsome church. Some years ago I visited it, hop­ ing that the parish register, which began in 1563, would give me additional information about the early generations. The parson was most courteous, but the sixteenth-century ink was so com­ pletely faded as to make the entries illegible. Possibly some photographic or acid treatment would be needed to enable the writing to be read. The parson showed me a brass tablet placed in the church by American Averills.

1. AVERY or AVERILL lived in the first half of the six­ teenth century, presumably at Chipping Norton, co. Oxford, which was the home of two of his sons. i. JOHN, buried at Chipping Norton July 27, 1577. His will, dated April 25, 1577, was proved March 10, 1577/8. He directed that he be buried in the church of Chipping Norton, to which he left 10s. To the poor of the town, 20s. To my son Walter Averye. To John Trevis, a feather bed, etc. To Mathew Trevis, 13s. 4d. To William Trevis, Mathew Trevis' son, 12d. and all his children 12d. apiece. To every one of John Trevis' children, 12d. apiece. To William Trevis, lis. 12d. To Philip Avery, Richard Averye and Edward Avery, my brother William's sons, 20s. apiece. To Katherine Newman, 20s. To my brother William Averie, 6s. To my sister Annes Crosley, 40s. To Katherine Trevace. Residue to my son George Averye, executor. Overseers: Michael Chadwell, Edward Walford, William Avery, Thomas Newman, William Trevis. Witnesses: Michael Chadwell, Edward Walford, Thomas New­ man.*

Children, living in 1577: 1. Walter. 2. George. 2. ii. WILLIAM. iii. ANNES; m. Crosley, or Crosby. * Archdeaconry of Oxford, Series I, Vol. 8, p. 514. 40 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

2. WILLIAM1 AVERY or AVERILL, of Chipping Norton, was possibly born about 1525. He was living in 1577 when he and his three sons were mentioned in the will of his brother John Avery. He would probably be the William Averill who was one of the principal burgesses of Chipping Norton when it was in­ corporated on February 27, 4 James I [1605/6].* Children: i. PHILIP; named in the will of his uncle John in 1577 and in the will of his sister-in-law, Judith Averell, in 1618; d. s.p. before Feb. 21, 1628, when a commission was issued to his nephew ("nepote d fratre") William Averill to administer his estate. His nuncupa­ tive will, made in 1627, and witnessed by John Norgrove, Samuel Averill, Isabell Newmann and Laurens Ellmes, left all of his goods to his cousin William Averill with a special charge to pay the testator's debts and to dispose of the remainder amongst the kinsfolk of the said William Averill.f ii. RICHARD; named in the will of his uncle John in 1577; presumably the Richard Averill of Chipping Norton who made his will Feb. 28, 26 Elizabeth [1583]. The will, which left all of his goods to his wife and executrix (not named) to bring up his children, was proved May 15, 1584, and a commission issued to John Shaw. The witnesses were John Lancaster, clerk, John Lewes and others.* 3. iii. EDWARD.

3. EDWARD2 AVERY or AVERILL (William1), of Chipping Norton, was possibly born about 1550. He married Judith . He was named in the will of his uncle John in 1577. He was bur­ ied May 7, 1617, and his widow Judith Averill, survived him one year. The will of Edward Averie of Chipping Norton, made April 28, 1617, was proved September 25, 1617. To his children John, William, Thomas, Samuel, Edward and Margaret Averie he left a platter apiece. After the payment of his debts and funeral charges, the residue was given to his wife Judith, executrix. Overseers: loving brothers-in-law Richard Berrie and Thomas Hiat. Witnesses: Richard Berrie, Thomas Hiat, Richard Hei- don.§ Judith Averell, widow, of Chipping Norton, made her will on October 20, 1618, and it was proved February 20, 1618(9). To her eldest son John and her sons Thomas and Samuel Averell she left £ 1 each, to be paid by her son Edward Averell when he should be twenty years of age. In consideration of these pay­ ments Edward was to have her home and appurtenances "that * The Visitation of Oxfordshire, Harleian Society, V, p. 261. t Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 10 Ridley. t Archdeaconry of Oxford, Series I, Vol. 10, f. 103. § Consistory Court of Oxford, Series II, Vol. 2, f. 371. Averill, of Topsfield 41

John Coxe late lived in." To her son John, the bedstead which is in the house with a flock bed and a flock bolster, a feather bol­ ster, a pair of hempen sheets, a coverlet, a little brass pot, posnet of pot brass, a platter and a "pottenger." To her son Thomas, a platter, a "pottenger," two silver spoons, a little kettle and a posnet. To her son Samuel, the bedstead in the shop chamber, the second best "bee bedstead," standing in the chamber over the parlor, the worst feather bed, a feather bolster, a flock bol­ ster, the best coverlet, two pairs of sheets, her second best brass pot, her second best kettle, a posnet of pot brass, two silver spoons, two platters, the table board she bought of William Higgons, a little kettle, three of the biggest coffers in the cham­ ber over the parlor, a pewter candlestick, the liquor pan that his father used, three table napkins, two joined stools and the best cupboard in the hall. To her son Edward, two bedsteads in the chamber over the parlor, the best and third chest in the parlor, the coffer that was his father's, the best flock bed, a flock bolster, a feather bolster, two pair of sheets, the second best coverlet, the third brass pot, the third brass kettle, a posnet of pot brass, a little kettle and a little candlestick, two platters, two silver spoons, the table board in the shop chamber, the brass pan that was Thomas Carreck's, three table napkins, two joined stools and the other cupboard in the hall. To her daughter Margaret, "my greene say curtains with the frindge that belongeth to them, the vessell that we call the Corsell, a gallon kettle, and one of the best silver spoones and the ware that I leave unfouled, my best gown, my best peticoat," her best apron, her best kerchief, her best smock and her second best gown. To Robert Berry, her sis­ ter's son, and to Thomas Berry, his brother, 5s. each. To Sara their sister, 10s. and "more to Thomas a cracked silver spoon." To Alee Russell, a platter and a brazen candlestick. To her sis­ ter Crosbee, a gown and a petticoat, and to every one of her children 12d. To her brother Phillippe Averell, her husband's best doublet. To the poor of the town, 10s. Residue to her son William, executor. Overseers: Thomas Hiatt, Richard Berrye, to each of them 3s. 4d. Her sons Samuel and Edward to have eight quarters of malt that is at William Slatters to be divided equally. To her son Samuel, his father's best cloak, and to Ed­ ward his other coat or jacket. To each of them a "Dowghe Kever." To her son Edward Averell, a "Hobbert." Witnesses: Richard Berry, Thomas Hiat, Heidon, John Timson.*

* Ibid., Series II, Vol. 2, p. 417. 42 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Children, living in 1618: i. JOHN. 4. ii. WILLIAM. iii. THOMAS. iv. SAMUEL; witnessed his uncle Philip's will in 1627. v. EDWARD. vi. MARGARET.

4. WILLIAM3 AVERILL (Edward2, William1) was born about 1595, presumably at Chipping Norton where on November 26, 1618, he married Abigail Hynton.* He died in Ipswich, Massa­ chusetts, between June 3, 1652, and March 29, 1653. Averill was one of the bailiffs of Chipping Norton in 1634. On September 8, 1634, Thomas Hyatt of Chipping Norton made his will leaving to William Averie and William Diston his mes­ suage in the west end of Chipping to provide a preacher to preach five sermons a year. The will was not proved until 1644 when Averill had emigrated, so he was not called upon to administer this Puritan trust.f The year of the Averill family's emigration is not known. They were still in Chipping Norton in September, 1634, and the first mention of William Averill in New England is on March 2, 1637(8), when Ipswich, where he settled, granted him six acres of planting ground on the further side of Muddy river, and twenty acres of upland and six acres of meadow at Chebacco, then a part of Ipswich but now the town of Essex. Presumably he had been given a house lot in the town at some previous time, and it is probable that he received this unrecorded grant in 1635 or 1636. This lot, whereon the family lived, was on the northeast side of the Ipswich river at the "great cove" below the falls, and contained three acres.J William was recorded as a commoner of Ipswich in 1639 and 1641, sued Thomas Newman for debt in 1646, and in 1648 he subscribed the Major Denison's salary. In March, 1646, the town bargained with William Averill (possibly the son William, who would have been of age within three months) "to keep the herd of goats on the North side of the River, to begin the 29th of this present month: and to have for his pains 5s 6d the week, to have 6d a head at their first going out and the rest at the end of his time, of this pay 3d for * In the tabular pedigree in the supplement to The Averill Family Abigail Hynton is said to have come from the parish of Bicester, co. Oxford, but there is nothing in the text to support the statement. t Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 91 Seager. I The location is shown on Diagram No. 1 in Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Thomas F. Waters. Averill, of Topsfield 43 every head to be paid in butter or wheat, only the last month he is to have but 3s 6d a week." William Averill made his will on June 3, 1652, and it was proved March 29, 1653. He directed that he be buried in the burying place of Ipswich. "And for my outward estate being but small I doe give vnto my children each of them being seven.* in number the some of five shillings a peece & the rest of my es­ tate my debts being discharged I give vnto Abygal my wife whom I make sole Execotrix." Witnesses: Andrew bodges, Renold ffoster.f The inventory, taken by the two witnesses to the will, was indeed small, amounting only to £40. The widow Abigail Averill survived her husband only two years and died intestate, apparently without having settled her husband's estate. Her son William swore to the full inventory, again taken by Hodges and Foster, on March 27, 1655. The house and lot was valued at £12, the six-acre lot at Muddy river at £4, "the pequett [Pequot] lot" of seven acres at £6 and six acres of meadow at £5. It would seem that William had sold the twenty acres of upland at Chebacco before his death as it was not listed in either inventory. The Pequot lot, one of those granted to Ipswich soldiers who took part in the Pequot expedi­ tion of 1637, among whom Averill is not listed, had probably been bought. The house was very sparsely furnished, but con­ tained a good supply of brass, pewter and iron utensils, bedding and clothing. Interesting items are "a hour glase," a corslet, two bibles and two other books, unnamed, and "a hatt bruish." The total was £77: 04: 11, but there were debts of £13. Not in­ cluded was "a frame raysed & something done to it to be (con­ sidered) whether it be the estate of the widdows or otherwise."! William Averill's will states that he was survived by seven children. Six were baptized in Chipping Norton and we know the name of a seventh, a daughter Sarah. The three daughters whose baptismal records we have may not have lived and others may have been born in Ipswich, but as three sons and one daugh­ ter we know to have been living in 1653, it is probable that there were three other daughters, married to Ipswich men, of whom we have no record. It has been suggested that James Everill of Boston, an adult in 1634, Thomas Avery of Salem, an adult in 1637, and Abiel Everill of Boston who married in 1655 were children of William Averill, but it is most unlikely, the first two * First written six, but crossed out. t Probate Records of Essex County, I: 151. t Ibid., I: 201. 44 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes being much too old to have been offspring of the Averill-Hynton marriage. Children, six baptized in Chipping Norton: i. ABIGAIL, bapt. Oct. 17, 1619. ii. MARY, bapt. Oct. 14, 1621. iii. HANNA, bapt. Sept. 28, 1623. 5. iv. WILLIAM, bapt. June 26, 1625. v. SARAH, b. about 1627. She was in court in November, 1649, accused of too great intimacy with Thomas Wardell. Wardell was not in court with her, and the only other record of him is his subscription to Major Denison in 1648, so his Ipswich residence was of short duration. She was again presented for the lesser offense of wearing a silk scarf in May, 1663. She married John Wildes, as his second wife, Nov. 23, 1663. (See Wildes.) 6. vi. THOMAS, bapt. Jan. 7, 1630. vii. JOHN, bapt. 11, 1632. He testified in court, March, 1654, that he had been dwelling with Goodman Cumins the last year, the case dealing with a stolen heifer. He was fined in April, 1656, for striking Jonas Griggs several times in the meeting house "in time of the public ordinance on the Sabbath day." Also in 1656 he sued Mr. Daniel Eppes for not returning a cow which Eppes had had to winter. In 1659 Sarah Marshall came to the court to answer the charges of John Averill, but, as he did not appear, she was discharged. He was probably at Wells, where his brother Thomas soon settled. John Avril was a Wells witness in 1660, signed a petition of Wells men to the Massachusetts General Court, asking the court to restore authority over them in 1664, and sued two Portsmouth men in 1665 and 1666. The last record of him is found in 1667 when John Alcott was granted costs because John Averill had failed to prosecute an action against him. There is no record of a wife, but see Samuel and Joseph Averill, page 48.

5. WILLIAM* AVERILL (William5, Edward2, William1) was baptized at Chipping Norton, co. Oxford, June 26, 1625, and was about ten years of age when the family emigrated. He mar­ ried Hannah Jackson in Ipswich on July 31, 1661. Averill was a housewright by trade. He died in Topsfield on April 23, 1691. She was living in 1701/2, but her death is not recorded. The first record of Averill appears in the court of May, 1649. He and his brother Thomas with two other men, having been duly notified, failed to "watch," that is to do sentry duty, and were fined quite properly. He was a witness against Theophilus Salter, accused of lying, in 1654. In 1661 Serg. Richard Jacob sued him for failing to complete a new house which Averill had contracted to build for Jacob in 1659, and asked that Averill's bond be forfeited. In 1663 Averill left Ipswich for Topsfield, an inland town which had been set off from Ipswich in 1650, and there he bought from Daniel Clarke a farm of about one hundred acres on which Averill, of Topsfield 45 was a house with outbuildings, an orchard, meadow land and woodland. In 1667 the town granted him and Daniel Borman permission to dam Mile brook in order to flood their meadows. In 1675 and 1683/4 he was on the county's trial jury, was one of the committee to seat the people in the meeting house in 1675, was chosen commissioner by Topsfield to represent the town at a meeting in the shire town in 1684, and was a selectman in 1688. The Topsfield church was not fortunate in its early parsons. The incumbent in 1670, Mr. Thomas Gilbert, was presented "for suspicion of being overtaken with drink," and William Averill "late constable of Topsfield," addressed the court, he having been charged with "base carriages" openly in the congregation for doing no more than he apprehended was his duty: "About the 14th of the 9th month last Mr. Gilbert being about to pub­ lish an order from the gen[eral] court for a day of thanksgiving, as afterward appeared: hee was pleased to say that on the 4th of the next month the last generall court . . . had given order for a day of thanksgiving, whereupon one that was present Replyed 'Sir, you mean the 4th day of the next week.' I being present saw there was a mistake in bowth [and] I accounted it my duty in conscience to my oth to endeavor to prevent furder inconvenience at that time and place: made bold to say it is the 4th day of this week as I had been informed to which mr. gillbert Replyed 'I blesse god I am not drunk; o base base unworthy cariages to catch at a ministars words, let them that are more godly and judicious speke that are church members.' If I have desarved justly to be so villifyed in the face of an assembly for this cause I desire freely to leave it to the court to determine." Other witnesses attributed Mr. Gilbert's conduct to drink, while several more charitably laid it to his "distemper," he being "not as composed as he used to be." The court admonished him.* It is obvious from what Mr. Gilbert said, that Averill was not a church member. In 1680, another parson, Mr. Jeremiah Hobart, was haled before the court at Ipswich and fined. Hobart was dissatisfied with the provision made for him, and William Averill testified that in the evening, after Topsfield town meeting, several of the neighbors went up to Mr. Hubard's and Averill noticed that the parson was displeased with the town for not accepting the propo­ sitions he had made to them. There was some mention made of the parsonage, and Mr. Hubberd said "I would that [the] par­ sonage were a fire and som of them int," to which Averill made * Records and Files, III: 244. 46 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes so bold as to reply: "Sir, I hope you doe not spake now Just as you thinke." Isaac Cumins, Sr., added that Mistress Huberd re­ plied to William Averill, "Noe, he Does not mean soe."* William Averill's will, dated April 15, 1690, was proved June 30, 1691. He left to his eleven children, £6 apiece to be paid as they were or should come of age. His lands, housing, stock and household goods to his dear and loving wife, to be improved for the mutual relief and comfort both of her self and family. On his wife's death, if his sons John and Nathaniel were then living, they should each have £10 out of the value of the house before any division be made; then his lands, housing and the rest of his estate should be equally divided among his children then living, the lands and housing to belong equally to his sons. His son Na­ thaniel might use the shop tools. Executrix: his wife, during her widowhood. If she shall see fit to change her condition, she shall take two of her sons whom she shall judge best able and most faithful to join with her in the executorship. Witnesses: John Wilds, Sarah Wilds. The inventory, taken by Samuel Howlett and Daniel Redington, amounted to £589.f The widow, who lived with her son John, and the children made a mutual agree­ ment for the division and settlement of the estate on February 4, 1701/2.

Children, all but the first two recorded in Topsfield: i. WILLIAM, b. at Ipswich May 1, 1662; m. Mary who d., his widow, in Topsfield March 14, 1728/9. ii. JOHN, b. in 1663 ;t m. June 8, 1710, Anne Greensleet; d. in Topsfield in 1719/20. iii. NATHANIEL, b. Oct. 13, 1664; m. (1) Dec. 13, 1698, Sarah Howlett who d. July 11, 1729; m. (2) June 17, 1730, Lydia French who d. May 31, 1746; d. in Topsfield April 3, 1751. iv. JOB, b. Jan. 1, 1666/7; m. Feb. 1, 1702/3, Susanna Brown; d. in Middleton in 1730. v. HANNAH, b. Dec. 18, 1667; probably d. unmarried. vi. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 14, 1669; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1697, Susanna Hovey who d. Nov. 11, 1699; m. (2) Dec. 31, 1700, Mehitable Foster of Ipswich; d. Dec. 22, 1716, at Topsfield. vii. ISAAC, b. Jan. 26, 1671/2; d. June 11, 1680. viii. THOMAS, b. Dec. 9, 1672; m. Jan. 27, 1701/2, Mary Baker; d. in Preston, Conn., before Nov. 11, 1734. He was a soldier under Capt. John Hill at Wells, 1693-1694. ix. ABIGAIL, b. March 8, 1673/4; m., int. July 6, 1699, Jonathan Bishop. x. EZEKIEL, b. July 24, 1675; d. young. *Ibid., VII: 382. t Essex Probate, 303: 52. t The date of John's birth, as given in the family genealogy and by Mr. Sidney Perley in The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 4, p. 129, is Jan. 1, 1600. There is no such record in the Topsfield town book, and I feel certain that it is an error. In the docu­ ment by which William Averill's estate was divided by his widow and children in 1701 /2, John's name appears between William and Nathaniel, and I believe that that is where he belongs. By so placing him the eight sons are listed in strict order of age. Averill, of Topsfield 47 xi. PAUL, b. June 21, 1677; m. (1) March 27, 1706, Sarah Andrews; m. (2) Feb. 3, 1736, at Wenham, Mary Symonds; moved to Killingly, Conn. xii. SILAS, b. May 1, 1679; d. young. xiii. ISAAC, b. Nov. 10, 1680; m. at Rehoboth, May 16, 1709, Esther Walk­ er; d. in New Preston, now Washington, Conn. xiv. MARY, b. 168-; m. Feb. 16, 1709, Silas Titus; d. Feb. 9, 1729/30, in Preston, Conn.

6. THOMAS4 AVEBILI. (William3, Edward2, William1) was baptized in Chipping Norton on January 7, 1630. He married in Ipswich on December 8, 1657, Frances Collins who died before 1672 when his wife was Hannah, unless Frances was so called in error. He died in York before October 7, 1714, when administra­ tion of his estate was entrusted to his son Job. His widow sur­ vived him one year. While he was still in Ipswich, Thomas was sued for debt by John Andrews in 1658 and gave evidence in two unimportant court cases in 1657 and 1658. By 1663 he had joined his brother William in Topsfield where in that year he was delinquent in pay­ ing his share toward the building of a new meetinghouse. He was taxed in the town in 1668. By 1671 Averill had settled in Wells, Maine, far inland near the Berwick line, where he bought from Jonathan Hammond two hundred acres of upland and ten acres of fresh meadow "at a place Commonly Called Maryland" on October 22, 1671.* Here he built a house, referred to in a Cloves deed in 1673. On Febru­ ary 23, 1673/4, he sold this entire purchase to Francis Little- field, Sen.f On January 31,1678, the town of Wells granted him two hundred acres, which he held until October 10, 1689, when he conveyed it, "comonly known by ye name of Tatnack . . . about six miles from ye Town of Wells, . . . about a Quarter of a mile from ye place where my house Once stood," to Francis Little- field, Sen.| Presumably the house had been destroyed by Indians. Twenty days later Littlefield sold the land to Nathaniel Rust, Sr., of Ipswich. From his inland location Averill came down to the coast. On June 5, 1680, he bought fifty-six acres at Cape Neddick from Andrew Everest, and on July 10, 1683, from Peter Weare "a necke of Land" of twenty-six acres "one Mile on the Eastward side of Cape Naddack River beginning vpon the South side of a Small pond of Water & from thence vpon a Streight Lyne unto * York Deeds, III: 11. t Ibid. t Ibid., VIII: 175. 48 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes a Percell of Low Land, known by the name of burnt Marsh brooke, & so bounded by the sea, vnto a Small Coue where the fresh water runnes into the sea."* This land was long known as Averill's Neck. In 1672 Hannah, wife of Thomas Averell, and Thomas Averill of York, aged about 36, testified in the case of Anthony Lamy, a Portuguese mulatto physician, who was accused of causing the death of John Gooch by giving him a strong medicine. Administration on the estate of Thomas Averill was granted to his son Job on October 7, 1714. From Job's account we learn that Thomas and his family spent the years of the Indian War at Chebacco. Job moved his father and mother, their household goods and stock back from Chebacco to Cape Neddick in his sloop, (£6). Although he gives no dates, this was possibly during the false peace for he moved them later from Cape Neddick to York and finally back again to Cape Neddick, (£3). He also makes entries: "To Taking Care and supplying my father and mother in their old age about seven years in ye time of ye War" (£21), "Expense on my father in his last Sickness and his fu­ neral" (£3), and "To taking care of my mother and Providing necessaryes in the Time of her old Age until her Death, near one year, and her funeral Expenses" (£13).f Apparently Job was dilatory in closing the estate, for on January 26, 1725/6, Benjamin Averill, mariner, and Ebenezer Lufkin and Sarah, his wife, all of Gloucester, petitioned the Judge of Probate of York County, stating that with their elder brother Job Averill of York, fisherman, they are the only sur­ viving children of Thomas Averill, and that Job took administra­ tion eleven years ago but "does unjustly delay and neglect to bring his account in to your Honour." They pray that he be cited to do so and appoint Mr. Jacob Curtice of York as their agent. The judge, on August 27, 1726, ordered that two shares of the land at Cape Neddick be given to the heirs of Job, who had died in the interval, and one share to each of Benjamin Averill and Sarah Lufkin. No personal property is mentioned.

Children: i. SARAH, b. March 23, 1666, in Topsfield; m. Ebenezer Lufkin of Gloucester. ii. SAMUEL (probably) ;J administration on the estate of Samuel Averil, * Ibid., II: 87, 132. t York Probate, II: 94. t Another possibility is that he and Joseph were sons of John2 Averill of Wells. Averill, of Topsfield 49 late of York, who died in Boston, was granted to his brother Joseph Averill on Jan. 16, 1690/1.* iii. JOSEPH (probably); d. s.p. before 1725/6. iv. JOB, b. about 1671; m. Mary Preble of York where he died July 5, 1726, aged about 55. Coaster and fisherman. v. BENJAMIN; m. Mary Chamblet on July 24, 1702, in Boston; a mariner of Gloucester; d. in 1746. * Suffolk Probate.

Ill

HOWLETT, OF TOPSFIELD

HOWLETT

1. ENSIGN THOMAS1 HOWLETT was a young man of twenty- five when he sailed for New England on one of the ships of the Winthrop fleet in 1630. His age was given as about 52 in 1658 and about 60 in 1665.* He was a carpenter by trade. With the majority of the Winthrop colonists he went to Boston where he was made a member of the first church on August 27, 1630, but before April, 1633, he had gone with John Winthrop, Jr., to Agawam to found the settlement which became Ipswich, where he was sworn freeman March 4,1633(4). Either just before leaving Boston or soon afterward, he mar­ ried Alice French, daughter of Thomas and Alice (Riddlesdale) French, who had come to New England before her parents and who was also an early member of the Boston church, from which she was dismissed to Ipswich on September 10, 1643, as "Our sister Alice French ye wife of Thomas Howlett of Ipswich." Ipswich, in 1634, granted him two acres of meadow and two and a half acres of marsh between the town river and the lands of William Sergient and John Newman, also six acres, in part­ nership with John Manning and others, on the neck of land on which the town stood. To this was added, in 1635, thirty acres of upland and ten of meadow at the head of Chebacco creek, ten acres north of the town toward the Reedy marsh and a house lot in the town. In 1637 he purchased forty acres from John Perkins, Sr. He was a commoner in 1641. His later Topsfield holdings, on which he spent the latter part of his life, are de­ scribed in his will. Howlett's highest political office came to him as a young man, when, in 1635, he represented Ipswich in the General Court. He served on the Essex county jury of trials in 1645,1657 and 1665, and on the grand jury in 1650, 1654, 1659, 1666 and 1667. He served as selectman of Topsfield in 1661. He was sergeant of the Ipswich company in 1640 and later its ensign. In 1643 Sergeant Howlett and ten soldiers were out three days in defense of the Agawam Indians against their tribal ene­ mies, and were voted compensation by the town. After the death of his first wife, Alice, on June 6, 1666, Ensign Howlett married Rebecca Smith, widow of Thomas Smith of Ipswich and Newbury, and in 1671 his stepson, Thomas Smith, chose him as his guardian.f In 1672 he became a deacon of the * Records and Files, II: 146; III: 259. t Ibid., IV: 345. GENEALOGICAL SOCiE"

OF LA; I"tR-DAY SAINTS 0099466 54 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Topsfield church and his contribution of £5 to the salary of Rev. Jeremiah Hubbard was the largest made.* He died in 1678. His will, made November 4, 1677, was proved September 24, 1678. To Rebecca, my wife, one cow and two heifers that are called hers, my little gray mare and an annuity of £5 a year, to be 50s. in corn and 50s. in cattle, the corn part to be half in wheat and malt and half in Indian corn. Also my wife's goods are to be returned to her. To my son Samuel Howlett, fifty acres of land which I formerly intended for my son John, two twenty- acre lots in the thick woods in Topsfield and four acres of mead­ ow. To my daughter Sarah Cummings, four acres of the "hasa- key" meadow lying at the mouth. To my son Samuel, the rest of the "hasakey" meadow at the bridge. My son Samuel shall pay 50s. of the annuity of £5 that I have given to my wife in specie according to my will. To my wife, a kettle instead of a bed-tick I promised. To my daughter Sarah Cummings, £4 to be paid within four years after my decease, if she be living, else to her heirs. To Alice Cummings, 20s. at her marriage or at eighteen years of age. I have given my daughter Mary Perley £23 which my will is should be made up to £50, one half of it within a year after my decease and the other half within three years. To Mary Howlett, my son John Howlett's daughter, £45 to be paid to her at eighteen years of age or at the day of her marriage. If she live not to receive it, there shall be £10 paid to my son John Howlett's wife. Executor: my son William Howlett, to whom, my debts being paid, I give all the rest of my estate, housing, lands, goods and cattle, utensils of all sorts and debts from whomsoever due. Overseers: my loving friends Capt. John Appleton, Major Samuel Appleton and John Whipple, Sr., and I do give them power to determine any difference that may arise between my executor and any of the legatees. My son Thomas Howlett's wife shall enjoy that hundred acres of land I possessed him of until his eldest daughter be at the age of eighteen years or at her day of marriage when she shall enjoy one quarter of it. When my son Thomas' youngest daughter is of the age of eighteen years or at her day of marriage, she shall enjoy one quarter of the hun­ dred acres. After their mother's decease, they shall enjoy the other fifty acres, equally divided between them. If one of my son Thomas Howlett's daughters die before she is possessed of her portion, it shall go to her sister, and if the two daughters die before they are eighteen years of age or married, then my daugh-

* Ibid., VII: 238. Recorded in 1679, after Howlett's death. Howlett, of Topsfield 55 ter-in-law, my son Thomas Howlett's wife, shall enjoy all the hundred acres for her life, and at her decease shall pay out of it to my children then living £100 which shall be equally divided among them. Witnesses: John Appleton, Samuel Appleton, John Whipple. John Gould and Abraham Reddington took the in­ ventory, amounting to £452, of which the largest item was the homestead farm at £200, and it was attested by the executor September 24, 1678.* The widow sued the executor in the court of September, 1680, to recover certain geese and turkeys which she claimed as her own. Thomas Dorman testified that Ensign Howlett had said "No, I meddle not with the geese nor turkeys, for they are hers, for she hath been and is a good wife to me." Isaac Cummings, Jr., and Samuel Kingsbury, who lived with the Howletts, also testified, f Rebecca Howlett died November 1, 1680, in Newbury. In a letter from Samuel Sewell to his brother Stephen Sewell, dated at Boston December 24, 1680, he says, referring to a letter he had written to "Cous. Storkes,"—"rote him of Mis. Howlet's death."J Administration on the estate of Mrs. Rebecca How­ lett, widow, of Newbury, was granted to James Smith March 28,1681. Her two sons James and John Smith, having agreed to pay the debts and to divide her property to their mutual satis­ faction, the court allowed their agreement as a full settlement of the estate. Her wardrobe contained four gowns, a hood and a cloak, four waistcoats, nine petticoats, two sea-aprons, three aprons of ordinary wear, four shifts, two blue aprons, two silk scarfs, two silk hoods, two whisks, a muff, two pairs of gloves, a calico neck-handkerchief, four fine aprons, eight laced caps, seven neck-handkerchiefs, three pocket handkerchiefs, four pairs of sleeves, three linen whisks, three stock neck-cloths, two fillets, four coifs, a head-band, a pair of knit cotton gloves, a white hood and a hat. This was a large stock for her time and place. §

Children: i. SARAH, b. about 1634/5; m. John Cummings, son of Isaac Cummings of Topsfield, about 1655; settled in Dunstable about 1680; she d. Dec. 7, 1688, a month after an Indian attack in which two of her sons were slain; he d. Dec. 1, 1700. ii. THOMAS, b. about 1638; m. Lydia Peabody, daughter of Francis and Lydia Peabody, about 1661; d. Dec. 23, 1667, in Ipswich; his will, * Essex Probate, No. 14093. t Records and Files, VIII: 10. t New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 24: 120. § Essex Probate, No. 14090. 56 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

dated Dec. 21, 1667, leaves his estate to his wife and two daugh­ ters, provides for a possible posthumous child, and names his wife and "my ffather Pebody" executors; the inventory, including the hundred-acre farm given him by his father, totalled £340;* his widow m. Thomas Perley, son of Allen and Susanna Perley of Boxford, before 1677/8, and d. April 30, 1715. Children: 1. Mary; m. Thomas Hazen, son of Edward and Hannah (Grant) Hazen, of Boxford, Jan. 1, 1682/3; d. Oct. 24, 1727, in Norwalk, Conn. 2. AUce; m. Isaac Cummings, son of Isaac and Mary (Andrews) Cummings of Topsfield Dec. 25, 1688; she d. before 1696. iii. MARY, b. about 1642; m. John Perley, son of Allen and Susanna Perley of Boxford, about 1661; d. Oct. 21, 1718, in Boxford; he d. Dec. 15, 1729. iv. JOHN, b. about 1643/4; mariner; m. Susanna Hudson, daughter of Francis and Mary Hudson of Boston, about 1669; d. in Boston in 1675, and his widow entered an inventory Jan. 26, 1675; she in. second Edmund Perkins about 1677, and third Christopher Sleg, int. Oct. 30, 1696. Children, born in Boston : 1. Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1670; mentioned in her grandfather Howlett's will in 1678. 2. Samuel, b. Feb. 6, 1672; probably d. in infancy. 3. Sarah, b. May 22, 1674; probably d. in infancy. 2. v. SAMUEL, b. about 1646. vi. WILLIAM, b. about 1650 ;t m. Mary Perkins, daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Gould) Perkins of Topsfield Oct. 27, 1671; they lived over the Ipswich line, but were associated with Topsfield; corporal in 1703 and sergeant in 1718; d. in 1718 and his widow d. in 1728. The will of Mr. William Howlett of Ipswich, dated Jan. 3 and proved May 12, 1718, named his cousin (nephew) John Howlett executor. One half of his personal estate was to be divided between his cousin (nephew) John Howlett "that lives hard by me" and my cousin (great-nephew) Joseph Cummings. The other half, to include a silver tankard, silver porringer and grater, was left to his wife, to be divided at her death as she saw fit. A silver spoon was to go to his great-nephew William Howlett, son of his cousin (nephew) John.J The heirs gave receipts to the executor Oct. 1, 1718.§ The will of Mary Howlett, widow, was made April 16, 1719, a codicil Feb. 2, 1719/20, and proved Aug. 5, 1728. To my sister Martha Lamson "living and being together with myself" and Joanna Nichols, eldest daughter of my sister Phebe Towne, one half of my wearing apparel. To my cousin Joseph Cummings, son of my sister Sarah Cummings, late of Dunstable, a bed and a silver tankard, he paying £4 to the Church of Topsfield and £3 to my cousin Jacob Perkins, son of my brother Elisha Perkins. To my cousin (husband's nephew) John Howlett and his son John, a silver porringer, and to his daughter Mary, a silver spoon.

* Probate Records of Essex County, II: 124. t Aged forty-six in 1696—Essex County Deeds, XI: 208. t Essex Probate, 812: 829. § Ibid., 813: 98. Howlett, of Topsfield 57 To my cousin (husband's nephew) John Howlett, a bedstead, a great chest and a cane with an ivory handle. Residue to my cous­ in Joseph Cummings and my cousin (husband's great-niece) Sarah Wild, now Perkins, "who hath lived with me some years," her share to include a coverlid which was my sister Judith's. Executor: cousin Deacon Daniel Reddington. Codicil: What was to have gone to my cousin Sarah Perkins, deceased, now to go to Sarah Cummings, wife of cousin John Cummings. To cousin Bath­ sheba Howlett, wife of cousin (husband's nephew) John How­ lett, one half of my wearing apparel not otherwise disposed of.* Child: 1. Thomas, b. Oct. 26, 1672; m. Rebecca Cummings, daugh­ ter of Isaac and Mary (Andrews) Cummings, Jan. 13, 1695/6; d. Feb. 10, 1713; his widow m. Michael Whidden of Portsmouth Dec. 20, 1715. vii. NATHANIEL, d. April 28, 1658, in Ipswich.

2. ENSIGN SAMUEL2 HOWLETT (Thomas1) was born about 1646 in Ipswich. In 1668 he was invited by the town of Tops- field to settle there and practice his trade of smithing, four acres on the common hill being offered him as an inducement. Two years later, January 3, 1670, he married Sarah Clarke, daugh­ ter of Daniel Clarke, the Topsfield tavern-keeper. He was made a commoner of the town in 1675/6 and began a long career of public service, holding the following offices: constable, 1678; selectman, 1681, 1683, 1685, 1687, 1688, 1690, 1693, 1696, 1700, 1707, 1711, 1713, 1715, 1716; tythingman, 1698; asses­ sor, 1694, 1696, 1697; grand juror, 1702, 1706, 1714, 1718; trial juror, 1704, 1709; moderator of the town meeting, 1708, 1710, 1713, 1716; Representative to the General Court, 1717, 1718; overseer of the poor, 1720. In 1701 he was a member of a committee to deal with the Indians "as lays Claime to our Lands," and in 1703 he shared in a job which must have required con­ siderable diplomacy, that of seating the people in the meeting­ house. He was sergeant of the military company in 1687, and ensign in 1700. From 1703 he was a deacon of the church. Sarah (Clarke) Howlett died March 26, 1717, and Deacon Howlett died March 11, 1720. His will was made January 24, 1714/5, and proved April 4, 1720. He directed that his wife should have one "fire room" [room with a fireplace] and a cellar room in his house, and all necessary supplies. To his son John he left all the upland, mead­ ow and houses of the land on which John lived. To his son Samuel, the homestead, shop and tools, the wainscot bedstead, great table and joined form. All of the remainder of his personal prop- * Ibid., 316: 373. 58 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes erty was to be divided among his daughters Mary Wild, Sarah Averill, Martha Dorman, Susanna Sherwin and Miriam Stanley, after their mother's death. "All my Bibles and Sermon books" to be equally divided between the sons and daughters. The two sons were named executors. Witnesses: Humphrey Clarke, John Cur­ tis, Joseph Capen.* Children, born in Topsfield: i. MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1671/2; m. Ephraim Wilde, son of John and Sarah (Averill) Wilde, March 18, 1689. (See Wildes.) ii. SARAH, b. Nov. 25, 1674; m. Nathaniel Averill, son of William and Hannah (Jackson) Averill, Dec. 13, 1698; d. July 11, 1729. iii. JOHN, b. April 3, 1677; m. Bathsheba Hoyt Dec. 26, 1699; d. Sept. 7, 1735; she d. Oct. 17, 1740. He was one of the leading citizens of Topsfield from his middle age until his death, serving as trial juror in 1717, 1720 and 1722; selectman 1717, 1719, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1729, 1731, 1733, 1735; moderator of town meetings in 1723, 1724, 1725, 1727-1733, 1735; Representative to the General Court in 1726; trustee of the town fund in 1726; assessor in 1735; deacon of the church from 1723 until his death; sergeant of the military com­ pany in 1719 and captain in 1730; member of the committee to choose a minister in 1725, 1727 and 1728, and to find a schoolmaster in 1732. His will, dated Aug. 21, and proved Oct. 20, 1735, made his son Thomas executor and left his estate to his wife Bathsheba, his sons John, William and Thomas, his daughter Mary Clarke, and to Sarah Smith "which formerly lived with me." Capt. Howlett's inventory totalled £2420.f Thomas Howlett was appointed to administer the estate of his mother Dec. 15, 1740.J Children, born in Topsfield: 1. John, b. Dec. 14, 1700; m. Hannah Averill July 18, 1728; husbandman, of Ipswich; his will, dated Jan. 16, and proved April 18, 1746, left his estate to his wife Hannah, his niece Dorothy Clarke, "now living with me" (£100) and the other three children of his sister Mary Clarke, and named Mr. Andrew Burley executor.§ 2. Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1702; m. Jacob Clarke Dec. 22, 1729. 3. William, b. Aug. 13, 1705; A. B., Harvard 1727; school­ master at Topsfield in 1735 and 1736; as his name was marked with an asterisk in the Harvard catalogue of 1745, he died before or during that year; on the exact date of publication depends the decision as to whether he or his cousin William4 (Samuel3) was the William Howlett whose death while a soldier on the Louisburg expedition, on Dec. 29, 1745, was re­ corded in Topsfield. 4. Thomas, b. Oct. 17, 1714; m. Lydia Potter of Ipswich March 16, 1731/2; d. Sept. 14, 1746; his will, dated * Ibid., 313 : 131. t Ibid., 20: 160. J Ibid., 823: 54. § Ibid., 326 : 573. Howlett, of Topsfield 59 Feb. 2, 1744, left his property (inventory value £842) to his wife Lydia, with the exception of 25s. to each of their children (not named, but six were born in Topsfield); his widow m. Arthur Brown of Ipswich, int. April 5, 1750. iv. SUSANNAH (Joannah in birth record), b. Aug. 27, 1679; m. Ebenezer Sherwin of Boxford, son of John and Frances (Loomis) Sherwin of Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1699/1700. v. MARTHA, b. Sept. 10, 1684; m. Ephraim Dorman, son of Ephraim and Mary Dorman, Jan. 5, 1709/10. vi. MIRIAM, bapt. May 5, 1689; m. Jacob Stanley, son of Corp. Samuel and Johanna Stanley, Oct. 25, 1711; of Attleborough in 1720, when he signed a receipt for her legacy from her father. vii. SAMUEL, b. April 6, 1693; m. Martha Chapman of Boxford April 3, 1722; served as trial juror in 1727 and held other minor offices in Topsfield before moving to Woodstock, Conn., where he d. Oct. 18, 1759. Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Samuel, b. April 19, 1723; m. Mary Redington Nov. 22, 1744; two children born in Topsfield before he moved to Woodstock, his wife being recommended to the church there in 1749. 2. Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1724/5. 3. William, b. Dec. 10, 1726; either he or his cousin WU­ liam4 (Thomasz) died while on the Louisburg expe­ dition, Dec. 29, 1745. 4. Daniel, b. March 11, 1728/9; m. Mary Stevens Oct. 28, 1751, in Woodstock. 5. John, b. May 31, 1732; m. Rebecca Chaffee Oct. 3, 1754, in Woodstock. 6. Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1735. 7. Davis, b. Oct. 13, 1737; m. Mary Balch Feb. 5, 1761, in Topsfield, where three children were born 1761- 1767. 8. Miriam, bapt. Oct. 24, 1740; m. Benjamin Bacon Oct. 17, 1760, in Woodstock.

IV

FRENCH, OF IPSWICH

FRENCH

Thomas French and Susan Riddlesdale were married Septem­ ber 5, 1608, at Assington, co. Suffolk, England, and their eight children were baptized in the Assington church.* The will of John Gurdon, Esq., of Assington, made December 6, 1621, left to his grandson, John Gurdon, "the messuage or farm house wherein one Thomas French doth now inhabit, called Garland's." Four of Thomas French's children came to New England be­ fore him. Thomas and Alice were among the earliest members of the Boston church and the evidence indicates that they were followers of John Winthrop in the great emigration. John Bluette, writing to John Winthrop, Jr., from Groton, co. Suf­ folk, March 4, 1632/3, sent his loving commendations to "my schollers Thomas French and John Clarke." Dorcas and Susan were doubtless the two daughters who came over in 1633. Thomas Gostlin wrote to Winthrop, Jr., from Groton on June 11, 1633, in regard to sending over a maid—"she is one of the goodman Frenches daughters of Assington. I have sent 2 of them, one for your father and the other for you. Your father must take his choice. The eldest must serve for 3 yeeres, & the youngest 4. . . . pray let them be delt as well with all as any of the same quality." Thomas French, Sr., his wife and younger children emigrated and settled in Ipswich, where the younger Thomas had gone from Boston with John Winthrop, Jr., before July 25, 1638, when a planting lot of Thomas French the elder is mentioned as a bound to land at the Reedy marsh. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Novem­ ber 5, 1639,and it was directed that "the land which he left is to be disposed of by sale, or otherwise, by advice of the magistrates of Ipswich, for the maintenance of his wife and the education of his children which are not yet able to provide for themselves nor were disposed of in their father's life." Widow French was an Ipswich commoner in 1641. She died before March 10,1658, when an inventory of the goods of Susan French, widow, of Ipswich, deceased, was taken, the total being £12: 11: 6. Dorcas Ridelsdell, a witness in a case in Ipswich court in March, 1647, must have been an unmarried sister or a

important respects: (1) Thomas French, Sr., and Thomas French, Jr., being clearly differentiated and their relationship determined, and (2) Alice French who married •nomas Howlett being identified as the daughter and not the widow of Thomas 64 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes niece of Susan (Riddlesdale) French, who either accompanied the family to America or joined them there. Children, baptized in Assington : i. THOMAS, bapt. Nov. 27, 1608; presumably came to New England in the fleet with Winthrop in 1630, was a member of the Boston church in 1631 and was made freeman in 1632; m. Mary , presumably in Boston, about 1631; dismissed to the Ipswich church in 1638; d. Aug. 8, 1680; his widow, Mary, d. May 6, 1681. French was a soldier in the Pequot expedition in 1637. He was called Sergeant French until 1664 and Ensign French thereafter. For his will, dated Aug. 3, 1680, see The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, pp. 45-47. Of his six children, his son John founded the French family of Topsfield and built the house which is the nu­ cleus of the fine French-Andrews house near the Newburyport turnpike. ii. ALICE, bapt. April 9, 1610; probably came with her brother Thomas in the Winthrop fleet in 1630; m. Thomas Howlett about 1634. (See Howlett.) iii. DORCAS, bapt. July 31, 1614; Dorcas French, maid servant to our brother John Winthrop the elder, was admitted to the First Church in Boston Aug. 10, 1634; m. (1) Christopher Peake Jan. 3, 1636; m. (2) Griffin Craft; d. Dec. 30, 1697, in Roxbury. iv. SUSAN, bapt. April 22, 1616, probably came over with her sister Dorcas in 1634 and served in the family of John Winthrop, Jr., in Ipswich. v. ANNE, bapt. March 15, 1617. vi. MARGARET, bapt. March 12, 1619. vii. JOHN, bapt. May 26, 1622; m. Freedom Kingsley about 1654; d. Feb. 1, 1697, in Northampton, Mass. viii. MARY, bapt. Jan. 6, 1624; m. George Smith about 1644 in Ipswich. V

CLARKE, OF TOPSFIELD

CLARKE

Daniel1 Clarke of the parish of St. Botolph Bishopsgate, car­ penter, bachelor, aged 26, and Mary Beane, aged 17, were mar­ ried in the church of St. Katherine Coleman, London, on March 3, 1639/40. The bride's father, Thomas Beane, had obtained a license on the previous day, but he overestimated his daughter's age as she, baptized on January 2, 1624/5, was only fifteen. By 1645 the young couple had come to New England and settled at New Meadows, which was then in Ipswich but which became the town of Topsfield in 1650. There he bought a farm from Mr. William Payne who attached the land for nonpayment in 1652. He had a grant of a house lot and six acres at New Meadows before 1648 when it was recorded that, as this land had never been laid out, he was given fifteen acres of upland near Mr. Sal- tonstall's farm in lieu thereof. Again the grant was not consum­ mated, and in 1650 the lot-layers were ordered to give him satis­ faction out of the common land beyond Mr. Winthrop's farm, near New Meadows. In June, 1646, Evan Morris, servant of George Carr, was ac­ cused of threatening to kill his master, of running away from the constable and of "an action of a high nature done in Eng­ land." Daniel Clarke became bondsman for Morris who was soon, and for many years thereafter, Clarke's servant in Topsfield.* A William Clark of Ipswich, a troublesome character, was bound to good behavior in 1647 and a Daniel Clarke was his surety. This William Clarke was apparently dead by 1656 and his widow had married Mordecai Larcom of Beverley. The Lar- coms sued Cornelius Waldo of Ipswich in that year "for making use of a dwelling house built by William Clarke."f There is, per­ haps, some slight possibility that Daniel Clarke was our man.} In 1660 Daniel Clarke's license to keep a "house of entertain­ ment" or an inn was recorded, and that year the Topsfield town meeting was held there. After business was concluded some of the lesser citizenry remained to drink. A brawl arose over the bill and Evan Morris, Clarke's servant, and Clarke himself were roughly handled by Francis Urselton and his friends. As usual * Records and Files, 1: 97. t Ibid., I: 416. t Clarke is, of course, an extremely common name. Judge Savage says that a William Clarke, who probably came in the fleet with Winthrop, was sworn freeman May 18, 1681, and went to Ipswich with the earliest settlers in 1688. A Daniel Clarke had commoner's rights in Ipswich in 1635. In order to make this Daniel the Topsfield man we should have to send him to England to get married in 1639/40 and bring him back to Ipswich, which is not impossible but very unlikely. 68 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes in such cases there was conflicting testimony. Edmund Bridges testified that Evan Morris "laid violent hands upon him, buffet- ting him with as good courage as his cups and manhood would permit," and that Daniel Clarke "laid violent hands" on Ursel- ton, "calling them cowards and challenged them to the field, say­ ing 'Come Urselton left us goe behind ye hill & I will try a touch with thee.' " The battle, punctuated with the screams of Good- wife Clarke, Goodwife Urselton and Goodwife Bates, a neighbor who came in haste on "hearing a great noise," and with futile commands from the constable, lasted for three hours! As a re­ sult Clarke was served with a warrant from "worshipful Mr. Symonds," tried and sentenced to pay fines of 20s. for selling half a pint of liquor to Indians and 10s. for "provoking speeches," imprisoned for selling liquors without a license, and prohibited from keeping an ordinary any longer for disorders in his house.* He was free, and constable himself, in 1661, and served on the jury of trials in 1662. He was again licensed to keep an ordinary for selling beer and victuals in 1669, and the license was renewed from time to time until his death, although he was again fined for selling a gill of rum to "Jeremiah In­ dian" in 1678. Clarke had administered the estate of his servant Andrew Creeke in 1658. In 1672 another servant, John Davis, died leav­ ing a will containing legacies of £10 to his dame Clarke, 20s. to Martha Clarke, his master's daughter, and £5 to his master's daughter, Mr. Perking's wife, and naming his master and Fran­ cis Peabody executors. Evan Morris, apparently still drawing beer in the inn, witnessed this document.f It is a great pity that so few of the thousands of letters which must have crossed the Atlantic from the emigrants and their relatives in England have been preserved. One such letter ad­ dressed to Daniel Clarke has survived.

"London, the 27 Ap1 1670 Brother and Sister Clarke this cometh by the hand of Mr Will™ Perkins your neighbour, which I hope will find you with your little ones in health. I send you over (by) John Peirce, five pieces of good Red pennistone and (a) kittle and a barrel of good fine powder, with some other necessarys, the God who sending them to you, I hope will also convey them safe to you. As to your children craveing from be- * Records and Files, II: 243-247. t Ibid., V: 160. Clarke, of Topsfield 69 yond your will, I am not therein pleased, and would have them all submit to their parents with all due obedience and would have you so Govern yourself as to be Father over them in all Right­ eousness. I keep your son Samuel at school, and Doubt not but he will be a good schollar. I have made provision after my De­ cease, for you and all yours in New England, and particularly for my nephew Samuel, so living or Dieing you shall have found me your affectionate Brother. Humphrej' Beane."* Mary Clark was about forty years old in 1667 when she testi­ fied in a Perkins lawsuit. She died before her husband. He was re­ leased from training in 1672 and died in 1689 or early in 1690. The will of Daniel Clarke, Sr., of Topsfield, was made Janu­ ary 10,1688(9), and proved March 28, 1690. To my three sons, J ohn, Daniel and Humphrey, all my land and housing and they are all to live together until my debts are paid. To my son Humphrey, "whom God hath wonderfully preserved, both at his birth and also of late," my bed with all the appurtenances there­ to belonging, and also my old mare. To my son John, my mare that is in the woods or wheresoever she be, and her first colt that she brings I give to my grandchild John Howlett. To each of my son Howlett's five children, a sheep. To every one of my son Home's children, a shilling. All my pewter is to be equally di­ vided between all my own natural "daughters, and also my late wife's wearing-clothes. To my son Daniel, my silver cup. To my son Samuel Clarke in England, 10s. in silver. Executors: sons John, Daniel and Humphrey. The inventory came to £147, of which the real property was valued at £100 and the silver cup at 20s. 8d.f

Children, born in Ipswich and Topsfield: i. MART, b. Nov. 1, 1645; m. John Home (Orne) of Salem, son of Dea­ con John and Frances Home, Oct. 30, 1667; d. June 19, 1690; 8 children, b. in Salem. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 10, 1647; m. William Perkins of Topsfield, son of Rev. William and Elizabeth (Wooten) Perkins, Oct. 24, 1669; of this marriage, Rev. William Perkins made the following entry in his family record: "William, my second son, married Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Daniel Clarke of Topsfield, October 24, 1669, with consent of parents on both sides, and, before my return from England, was blest with a daughter named Elizabeth, and, be­ fore my return the second time after their marriage, with a daughter Mary and a son William at two births." * Collections of Topsfield Historical Society, XVIII. f Essex County Probate, 304: 222. 70 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

iii. DOROTHY, b. Jan. 10, 1649/50. iv. SARAH, b. Jan. 31, 1651; m. Samuel Howlett of Topsfield on Jan. 3, 1670. As Francis Heseellton, constable of Topsfield, and Daniel Clarke are mentioned in the case it was probably she, a child of eight, who was accused of stealing a silk scarf from the house of John Putnam, Jr., in 1659* (See Howlett.) v. MARTHA, b. Nov. 22, 1655; living in 1672. vi. DANIEL, b. Oct. 26, 1657; d. Jan. 17, 1660/1. vii. JUDITH, b. Jan. 21, 1659/60. viii. JOHN, b. Aug. 27, 1661; m. Hannah Stanley Sept. 20, 1689; adminis­ tration on his estate was granted to his widow Hannah Clarke of Topsfield Sept. 20, 1703, and the property was divided between her, her son John Clarke and her daughter, Hannah Johnson, who had sold her share to her brother before July 11, 1724 ;f widow Hannah Clarke d. Nov. 7, 1744. Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Hannah, b. Aug. 7, 1681; m. Johnson. 2. John, b. Aug. 7, 1694; in 1726 he asked the town's per­ mission to live in the watch house during the winter; apparently m. late in life, Nov. 14, 1751, Mary Clem­ ens; d. April 25, 1756. ix. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 5, 1663; sent to England about 1669, probably in the care of Rev. William Perkins, to be brought up by his uncle Humphrey Beane in London; living in 1688/9. 2. x. DANIEL, b. Nov. 20, 1665. xi. HUMPHREY, b. Aug. 3, 1668; weaver; on Sept. 8, 1693, he sold to his loving brother Daniel all his share in the estate of his father, and on March 9, 1693, he conveyed to Parson Capen nine rods of meadow ;t probably d. soon after, s.p.

2. SERGT. DANIEL2 CLARKE (Daniel1) was born in Topsfield November 30, 1665, and lived there all his life, continuing the management of his father's inn. He married Damaris Dorman, daughter of Thomas and Judith (Wood) Dorman of Topsfield, May 29, 1689. She died September 20, 1727, and on January 7, 1728/9, he married Hannah (Young) Derby, widow of Sam­ uel Derby of Salem, who survived him and was doubtless the Mrs. Hannah Clarke who died in Salem March 22, 1770, in her ninety-fourth year. Sergeant Clarke died January 18, 1748/9. Clarke was an active and trusted citizen of Topsfield. He served as constable in 1691, trial juror in 1696, 1707, 1710, 1714, 1728 and 1738, selectman in 1698, tythingman in 1701 and 1714, grand juror in 1702,1712, and moderator of the town meeting in 1721. In boundary disputes with the town of Box­ ford, he acted as Topsfield's agent before the General Court in 1712 and 1727. He was a member of committees to seat the people * Records and Files, II: 194. t Essex Probate, 308: 102; 315: 129. t Essex Deeds, 9: 94, 179. Clarke, of Topsfield 71 in the meetinghouse in 1718 and to secure a minister in 1727. The high point of his career was his election as Representative to the General Court in 1718 and again in 1722. He was a cor­ poral in the local company in 1702 and sergeant in 1710. His will was dated June 7, 1746, and probated February 13, 1748/9. To my beloved wife Hannah, all the household goods she brought with her to be disposed of among her own children. She is to have the liberty of the parlor and a bedroom in my now dwelling house, a bed with its furnishings, the wine cellar and the little oven to bake in, as long as she remains my widow. She is to have the use of a brass kettle, brass skillet, brass skimmer, a pair of andirons, a fire-slice, tongs, frying-pan, warming pan, iron pot, trammels, gridiron, chafing dish, oval table, candlestick, tankard, two pewter platters, six pewter plates, six knives and forks, six chairs and a pair of bellows. If she chooses to live where my son Dan now lives, she shall have the liberty of that whole house. She is to be supplied annually with six cords of wood, cut fit for fire and brought to her door, six bushels of In­ dian corn, one bushel of wheat, one bushel of rice, two bushels of malt, one-half bushel of salt, ten pounds of good flax, one hun­ dred pounds of good pork, seventy pounds of beef, two barrels of cider, three bushels of winter apples, one bushel of turnips, 40s. in money, the milk of one cow and all the summer apples she wishes for her own eating. To my son Samuel, £5, he having had his portion. To my grandson Daniel, son of my son Samuel, one of my guns. To my son Israel, about twelve acres of land called "Berzillors," the gun he used to train with, my brass hilted sword, one of my iron bars, a pair of beetle rings, a set of boxes and bands for a pair of cart wheels, a plowshare and a draught chain. To my son Dan, all the rest of my estate undisposed of. To my grandchildren, children of my son Jacob, deceased, 20s. apiece when they come of age, their father having had his por­ tion. To my daughter Mercy Dorman, £11. To the children of my daughter Sarah Bradstreet, namely Anna, Sarah, Samuel, Elijah, Eunice and Asa, 20s. apiece as they come of age. Exec­ utor : my son Dan. Witnesses: Jacob Robinson, Eleizer Gould, Jacob Peabody. In spite of the careful and detailed provision for her widow­ hood, the widow Hannah Clarke wrote to the judge of probate: "it is not sufficient for my support. I desire to be satisfied some other way."* * Essex Probate, No. 5418. 72 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children by first wife, born in Topsfield: i. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 13, 1690/1; living in York, Maine, when he m. Dec. 1, 1712, Dorothy Bradstreet, daughter of John and Sarah (Perkins) Bradstreet, who d. Feb. 9, 1780, aged 90, and handed down to her descendants a silver box which had belonged to her grandmother, Anne (Dudley), wife of Gov. Simon Bradstreet. ii. ELIJAH, bapt. April 2, 1693; d. before his father, s.p. iii. MARY, b. Aug. 16 and d. Aug. 22, 1694. iv. DANIEL, b. July 3, 1695; d. at "Rowsick alias Georgetown" in Maine before June 12, 1721, when administration was granted to his father.* v. JACOB, b. March 23, 1696/7; m. Dec. 22, 1729, Mary Howlett, daugh­ ter of John and Bathsheba (Hoyt) Howlett, who m. second April 15, 1761, Capt. Benjamin Towne; d. in Topsfield in 1743, his brother Samuel being named administrator of his estate. vi. DAMARIS, b. June 17 and d. June 30, 1698. vii. MERCY, b. Sept. 10, 1699; m. Jacob Dorman, son of Ephraim Dorman, Dec. 31, 1722. viii. ISRAEL, b. Sept. 28, 1701; m. (1) Mercy Porter, daughter of Na­ thaniel and Eleanor (Dorman) Porter of Topsfield, July 21, 1730; she d. April 3, 1756; m. (2) Anna (Jewett) Sweat, who sur­ vived him; d. Nov. 24, 1789, aged 88. ix. HUMPHREY, b. Dec. 18, 1703; d. before his father, s.p. x. SARAH, b. Jan. 1, 1705/6; m. Samuel Bradstreet, son of John and Sarah (Perkins) of Topsfield and grandson of Governor Brad­ street, April 3, 1722. xi. DAN.t b. Sept. 2, 1707; m. Martha Reddington, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Davison) Reddington, June 17, 1731; d. Nov. 25, 1764; his will, made Nov. 19, 1764, and proved Jan. 5, 1765, left money to his granddaughters Martha Simonds and Mary Clarke and grandson Humphrey Clarke, directed that his daughter-in- law Joanna Clarke should live in the house which stood before the house in which he was then living as long as she remained the widow of his son Elijah, and left the residue of his estate to his son Daniel;J widow Martha Clarke d. Sept. 25, 1786, aged 84 years. xii. DAVID, still born Dec. 12, 1709. * Ibid., 813: 803. t His elder brother Daniel was living when he was born, but Daniel and Dan are distinct Old Testament names, t Essex Probate, 342: 25. VI

BEANE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND

BEANE

Thomas Beane, of the parish of St. Katherine Coleman, Lon­ don, chandler, appeared at the proper office of the London dio­ cese on March 2, 1639/40, and alleged that Daniel Clarke of the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, carpenter, bachelor, aged 26, intended to marry his daughter Marie, aged 17. He asked for a license, which was granted, and the young couple were married on the following day.* The parish register of St. Katherine Coleman contains the baptismal records of fourteen children of Thomas Beane between 1609/10 and 1630, and various burial records, the last in 1635. When his daughter Anne was baptized in 1611 the record calls him "chandler," while in the baptismal record of his son Thomas his wife is named Elizabeth. John Baptist Cullvar of London, stranger, in his will made January 14,1629/30, left legacies to Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Beane, chandler, and to Elizabeth, their daughter.f As Thomas Beane's eldest surviving son, Humphrey, was a member of the Cordwainers Company it would not be surprising to find that his father was also. A Thomas Beane was listed as a yeoman of the Company in 1597 and in 1615-1616, while in 1663/4, Joseph Parsons, late the apprentice of Thomas Beane, took up the freedom. One or all of these records may refer to our man. The name Humphrey may also be a clue of Thomas Beane's origin. In the accounts of the Cordwainers is the record that Humphrey Beane, son of Robert Beane of Richmond, co. York, saddler, was apprenticed to Thomas White "from the Purifica­ tion last for 9 years," dated March 20, 1597. Humfrey Benn, apprentice of Thomas White, became a freeman of the Company in 1606-1607 on payment of a white (silver) spoon and 3s. 4d. ingress money. If this young man was fourteen when he was ap­ prenticed, as was usual, he would have been born in 1583. Was our Thomas Beane his brother and also a son of Robert Beane, the Richmond saddler? There is no will of a Robert Beane of Richmond of the proper period indexed, but the Richmond parish register has not been searched. Humphrey Banes, leatherseller, who paid a London poll tax in 1641, was probably the Cord­ wainer.

* Bishop of London, Allegations for Marriage licenses, Book 22, f. so. t Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 2 Scroope. 76 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children of Thomas Beane, baptized at St. Katherine Coleman: 1. THOMAS, bapt. Feb. 18, 1609/10; buried Aug. 25, 1612. ii. ANNE, bapt. Nov. 10, 1611; buried Dec. 19, 1611. iii. ELIZABETH, bapt. Nov. 5, 1612; living in 1629/30 when she was re­ membered in the will of John Baptist Cullvar; possibly the Eliza­ beth Beane buried at St. Katherine Coleman April 19, 1634. iv. CATHERINE, bapt. July 31, 1614; buried Aug. 11, 1625. 2. v. HUMPHREY, bapt. Aug. 25, 1615. vi. SIMON, bapt. Nov. 2, 1617. vii. SABA, bapt. Oct. 11, 1618; d. in infancy. viii. SARA, bapt. Sept. 30, 1619; buried Aug. 18, 1625. ix. MARTHA, bapt. Sept. 26, 1621; buried (Mathew) Aug. 26, 1625. x. THOMAS, bapt. Aug. 24, 1623. xi. MARY, bapt. Jan. 2, 1624/5; m. Daniel Clark at St. Katherine Cole­ man, London, March 3, 1639/40. (See Clarke.) xii. MARTHA, bapt. Feb. 23, 1626/7; buried March 17, 1627/8. xiii. HANNA, bapt. Jan 1, 1628/9; buried Aug. 6, 1629. xiv. JOHN, bapt. July 18, 1630; buried April 19, 1635.

2. HUMPHREY2 BEANE (Thomas1) was baptized at St. Katherine Coleman, London, on August 25, 1615. He married Katherine , who survived him when he died in 1679. He was a member of the Cordwainers Company, but the records do not disclose his apprenticeship or admission. He was sworn in as Alderman of the City of London in 1667, representing Bread Street Ward, but was discharged on June 6, 1667, on payment of a fine of £420, an expensive way of avoiding the responsibili­ ties of the office. He was Master of the Cordwainers in 1667/8. The letter which he wrote to his sister Mary (Beane) Clarke of Topsfield in 1670 initiated this search. In the earliest London Directory, 1677, Humphrey Beane is listed at Turkey Walk, Exchange. As his will indicates, he was a man of considerable wealth. The will of Humphrey Beane, late of London, Esq., and now of Ebbisham [Epsom], co. Surrey, dated September 15, 1679, was proved January 14,1679/80.1 confirm the freehold settled on my son and daughter Parsons in St. Mary Axe, he to give security for £500 for the use of my two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Katherine, with reversion to the next daughter, at 21 or mar­ riage, and I desire my wife to confirm the said settlement at Hustings. I desire that the chamber of London recover for the two daughters next Elizabeth and Katherine, that is, Susan Par­ sons and Jane, the interest of about £400 due me from the exec­ utors of Thomas Sutton. To my two grandsons Humphrey Ar­ thur and Beane Arthur and my nephew Sam: Clerk, the benefit of the judgment I obtained against the father of Humphrey & Beane, of London 77 Beane equally, the lands in Wales and Essex worth about £50 a year and the judgment in the Exchequer about 9 or 10 years ago, the three to enjoy it at 7 years after my decease, until then to the use of the father Arther and his wife, they to give Beane Arther £5 yearly. To my wife Katherine the field and buildings over against the new house where my son Parsons and I dwell in Ebbisham, but I would my son Parsons should have it for £150. To my wife all my household stuff, goods, plate, etc., cattle, carts, etc., at Ebbisham and elsewhere, unless she please to leave it, when my son Parsons is to pay her £40 a year. To my wife, also, all copyholds in Ebbisham for life, she paying to George Wadloe of Blackwell Hall, factor, Robert Heath of Billiter Lane, shoemaker, and John Vernon of Watling Street, furrier, £20 yearly for the use of my daughter Julian Arther. Also to my wife, the lease I hold of the Skinners Company in St. Mary Axe (about 30 years to come), she to pay to my grandsons Humphrey Arthur and Beane Arthur and nephew Sam: Clarke, now servant to Thomas Price, goldsmith in London, £20 yearly equally among them. After my wife's death my copyholds at Ebbisham and the St. Mary Axe lease to George Wadloe, Thom­ as Price, Sam: Clarke, Robert Heath and John Vernon, to the use of my daughter Julian Arthur for life and then to my grand­ daughters Julian and Angell Parsons. To my said two grand­ sons and nephew, £50 each at 21. Of the residue, one half to the use of my three grandsons John, James and Henry Parsons, the other to my executors equally. To Matthew Clement £10. Exec­ utors : wife Katherine and Mr. Matthew Clement, late of Wap- pmg, pulley maker. Witnesses: William Letts, Epsum; John Drew, Epsham; Henry Waterman; Nathaniell Potterton, Ed­ ward Hale.* Children: i. ELIZABETH; m. Sir John Parsons, knighted in Aug., 1687, who d. Jan. 25, 1717. Lady Parsons did not survive him. He was a mem­ ber of the Brewers Company but transferred to the Fishmongers Oct. 19 1703. He was elected M.P. for Bramber in 1661 but was unseated upon petition. He was sworn in as Alderman of Castle Baynard Ward, London, on Aug. 10, 1687, but exchanged with of TT Hawkins for Portsoken Ward, being sworn on Aug 24. He was Sheriff of London in 1687/8, and Lord Mayor in 1703/4 On May 7, 1689, he was sworn in as Alderman of Bassishaw Ward. From 1685 to 1717 he represented the borough of Reigate, tui J\£l;cm Parliament> except the Coronation Parliament and that ot 1698. His will left legacies to his son Humphrey (his mansion called * Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1 Bath. 78 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes The Priory and a manor in Reigate, all his lands in Epsom and Marine Square, co. Middlesex, and a manor in East Smithfield), his daughters Susanna, Jane Holbethe, Juliana Martin, Mary, Anne and Marianna (£2000 each), his grandson John (£2000 and a brewery in the parish of St. Butolphs, East Smithfield), grand­ daughter Eleanor (£1500). The Red Lion brewhouse in Aldgate Without, worth £4000, had already been advanced to his son Henry, and daughters Elizabeth Sturt and Katherine Bartlett seem to have had their portions. The elder son, Humphrey Parsons, was a member of the Wax- chandlers Company, but transferred to the Grocers Company on April 20, 1725. He was sworn Alderman of Portsoken Ward m 1721, was Sheriff of London 1722/3, and Lord Mayor 1730/1 and 1740/1, dying during his term on March 21, 1741. He was M.P. for London in 1727 and 1734, a strong Tory and opponent of Sir Robert Walpole's government.* The second son, Henry Parsons, was M.P. for Maldon, co. Essex, and d. Dec. 29, 1739. Elizabeth Parsons, 17, daughter of John Parsons of Rygate Place, Surrey, Esq., was licensed to marry Anthony Sturt of Trinity Minories, London, bachelor, 21, on May 9, 1684. ii. JULIAN; m. Arthur. She, her husband and two sons, Hum­ phrey Arthur and Beane Arthur, were living in 1679. * See Dictionary of National Biography. VII

PERKINS, OF TOPSFIELD i

L PERKINS

It has been stated in print that "there is no reason to doubt" that the Perkins family descended from Pierre de Morlaix who flourished in the reign of Richard II and had a son called Henry Pierrekins, and a grandson John Perkins. As a matter of fact there is every reason to doubt it and surely nothing is offered that even remotely approaches proof. Perkins is of course a patronymic from Pierre or Pier with the addition of the diminu­ tive Mn, but there were doubtless many little Piers or Peters scattered about England, and of no kinship to each other, when surnames became common. The New England family is fortunate to be able to establish its origin in a substantial yeoman family of Hillmorton in the county of Warwick.

1. THOMAS1 PERKYNS, of Hylmoreton, possibly born about 1475, made his will on April 3 and it was proved on April 21, 1528. He directed that he be buried in the church of St. John the Baptist before the Rood, and that his mortuary be as the custom and manner was. To the high altar, 8d. To the mother churches of Coventry and Lichfield, 4d. each. To the parish church of Hillmorton, 6s. 8d. To his wife Alice, all his lands and tenements in the towns of Fylds, Hillmorton and Lylborne (co. Northamp­ ton) as long as she continueth in widowhood. If she marry, Hen­ ry, his son, shall have the said lands and tenements, but if he die without lawful issue, they shall remain to Jone and Jelyan, his daughters, and their heirs. If they die without issue, the tail lands and tenements shall remain to the next heirs and the fee simple lands and tenements to the inhabitants of the town of Hillmorton for ever, to the best use that can be provided for the pleasure of God and for the health of his soul and all Chris­ tian souls. Residue to his wife Alice and Thomas Clerke, execu­ tors. Supervisors: George Sale and Richard Smith, to whom 40s. between them for their labors. Witnesses: Sir John Grendon, vicar of Hillmorton, Sir John Stookes, Sir Thomas Bolland, William Bayle, Richard H orne, John Cumpton, Roger Jones and others.* The will of Alice Perkyns of Hillmorton, widow, was dated July 31 and proved October 15, 1538. She asked that she be buried in the church of St. John the Baptist. To Jeyn Sleyter, her daughter. To Juliana Cumpton, her daughter.To Henry Perkyns, her son and executor. Supervisors: John Stokys, clerk, * Lichfield Registry. 82 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Thomas Gierke, Richard Smyth. Witnesses : John Brendon, clerk, George Dobbe, William Freman, Thomas Dunkele, Richard Bassett.* Children:

2. i. HENRY. ii. JOAN ; m. Sleyter before 1538. iii. JULIAN; m. (Thomas?) Cumpton before 1538.

2. HENRY2 PERKINS (Thomas1) was presumably born in Hill­ morton about 1500. He made a will which is missing, but on June 16, 1546, it was proved by Simon Clare, Thomas Cumpton and Richard Balye, the executors, he being named as Henry Perkyns late of the parish of Hilmorton, deceased. It is stated in an abstract made in or before 1894 that "Thomas Perkyns, the son, is mentioned," but in a recent abstract this does not appear.f

Child:

3. ?i. THOMAS. ?ii. WILLIAM; mentioned in the will of his brother Thomas in 1588. A William Perkins was buried in Hillmorton on April 1, 1590. ?iii. JOAN; administration on the estate of Joan Perkins, of Hillmorton, was granted to Thomas Perkins, her brother, on June 17, 15784:

3. THOMAS3 (? Henry2, Thomas1) was presumably born in Hillmorton about 1525. As he leaves a legacy in his will to his "brother Kebble's wife," his wife Alice may have been Alice Keb- ble, but there are, of course, other possibilities. Four Kebble wills of the period and locality have been abstracted without identifying her. Thomas Perkyns was buried at Hillmorton on March 23,1591/2, and an Alice Perkyns, probably his widow, on August 20, 1613.§ The will of Thomas Perkyns the elder, of Hilmorton, was made September 15, 1588, and proved May 11, 1592. He asked to be buried in the parish church or churchyard, and gave for the re­ lief of the poor of Hillmorton 10s. To every godchild, 6d. To his son John and his heirs male, his house, messuage or tenement in Hillmorton late in the tenure of Thomas Bassett, with an or­ chard, a close, one back-side of the tenement and one half-yard of arable land with meadows, pastures and commons thereto be- * Ibid. t Ibid., Act Book 4. p. 44. t Ibid., Act Book 7, p. 103. § The Hillmorton parish register begins in 1564. Perkins, of Topsfield 83 longing, with successive remainders to his sons Edward and his heirs male, his son Luke and his heirs male and a final remainder to his own right heirs. To his eldest son Henry Perkyns, all the residue of his houses, lands, tenements and hereditaments. To Alice "now my wife," all his household stuff, furniture in the parlor or chamber where we used to lie (one coffer with his evi­ dences excepted), and the use of the said chamber during widow­ hood. To his son William Perkyns, 10s. To his son Thomas Perkyns, 10s. To his son Edward Perkyns, £40 four years after his death. To his son Luke Perkyns, £40 six years after his death. To his son Isacke Perkyns, £40 ten years after his death. To every one of his sons' children, a ewe and a lamb. To his brother Kebble's wife, a ewe and a lamb. To Thomas Kebble, a lamb. To his brother William Perkyns, a ewe and a lamb. Residue to son Henry Perkyns, sole executor. Witnesses : Edward Tomson, Ed­ ward Heres, Thomas Bottre, Nicholas Duell, William Kebbell, Thomas Heres. The inventory was in the sum of £192 : 10: 0, and was taken March 29, 1592, by Edward Compton, Richard Smyth and Thomas Garfield.*

Children: 4. i. HENRY. ii. JOHN; m. Elizabeth Shaw, who was buried July 4, 1603. John Per­ kins, of Hillmorton, husbandman, made his will Dec. 17, 1601, and it was proved June 6, 1601/2 (sic). He leaves legacies to his wife Elizabeth, his executrix, to his son Edward, not of age; to his brother Harry Perkins; to his brother Thomas Perkins's daughter; to Joan Stormant, his servant; to Richard Bassett; to "my moth­ er"; to Isaac Perkins son of his brother Thomas; to his brother Lewis [Luke] Perkins. Overseers; his brothers Thomas Perkins and Edward Shaw. The inventory amounted to £154: 14: O.f Elizabeth Perkins of Hillmorton, late wife of John Perkins, husbandman, made her will on June 29, 1603, and it was proved on Aug. 13, 1603, by Edward Shaw "the lawful uncle of Edward Perkins, the executor." She mentions her brother Edward Shaw, her mother Shawe, her brothers Henry and Thomas Shawe, her sisters Elnor Shawe, Mary Masters and Agnes Shawe, her god­ daughter Elizabeth Shawe, her brother Henry Perkins and his three daughters, her sister Elizabeth Perkins, her servant Joan Sturman, her brother Isaac Perkins and his three daughters, her brother Thomas Perkins and his two daughters. Executor: her son Edward Perkins. Overseers: her brothers Edward Shawe and Henry Perkins.£ On Nov. 24, 1603, Thomas Perkins was appointed administrator c.t.a. of the estate of John Perkins, late of Hillmorton, and tuition was provided for Edward Perkins, the son, a minor.§ * Lichfield Registry, t Ibid, t Ibid. § Ibid., Act Book 10, p. 124. The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children, baptized in Hillmorton: 1. Thomas, bapt. May 19, 1590; buried May 26, 1590. 2. Edward, bapt. Aug. 19, 1598; m. Oct. 6, 1616, Mary Watkin, her sister Marjorie and Henry Shawe being married the same day. The will of Edward Perkins the elder, of Hillmorton, was made June 12, 1657, and proved Dec. 1, 1658. His legatees were his wife Mary, his sons John and Edward (executor), and his daughters Mary, Susanna and Elizabeth. Overseer "cozon Thomas Perkins gent."* iii. WILLIAM; m. Elizabeth ; he may be the William Perkins who was buried in Hillmorton on April 1, 1590, instead of his uncle William. Letters of administration on the estate of William Perkins of Hillmorton were granted to his widow Elizabeth on April 10, 1590. The inventory, in a total of £159, contains "wares at Rugby" where he seems to have been in business as a mercer, t Children, baptized in Hillmorton: 1. Margaret, bapt. Oct. 30, 1586. 2. John, bapt. Nov. 4, 1587. iv. THOMAS; m. Mary Bate on Oct. 16, 1586; buried Dec. 7, 1629. In his will dated Dec. 1, 1629, proved June 17, 1630, he is called Thomas Perkins, senior, of Hillmorton, yeoman. He left to his eldest son, Isaac, his messuage and lands in Hillmorton and an inn there called The Bell, in the tenure of Henry Watts. To his wife Mary. To his second son Francis, but he must not take to wife Sara Tant of Hillmorton. To his third son, Edward. To his daughters Mary and Alice. To his cousins Thomas and John Perkins. To his brothers Luke and Isaac Perkins. Executors: his wife and his son Isaac. Witnesses: Thomas Perkins, Isaac Perkins.! Children, baptized in Hillmorton: 1. Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 11, 1589; living in 1603. 2. Agnes, bapt. Feb. 13, 1591/2; buried July 14, 1619. 3. Thomas, bapt. June 7, 1594; buried May 19, 1597. 4. Isaac, bapt. March 18, 1597/8; living in 1629. 5. William, bapt. Dec. 19, 1600; buried March 15, 1619/20. 6. Francis, bapt. April 15, 1604; living in 1629. 7. Edward, bapt. April 5, 1607; living in 1629; possibly the Edward who married Alice Harding Sept. 14, 1637. 8. Mary, bapt. Nov. 18, 1610; living in 1629. 9. Alice, bapt. June 8, 1613; living in 1629. v. EDWARD; m. Sara Smyth on July 22, 1605; buried at Hillmorton on August 18, 1619, intestate. Administration was granted to the widow Sarah Perkins of Hillmorton on Oct. 8, 1619, Richard Smith of Hillmorton, yeoman, being her bondsman. Tuition was provided for his children Judith, Francis, Alice, Edward and Isaac.§ * Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 643 Woolton. t Lichfield Registry, Act Book 8, p. 29. t Ibid. § Ibid., Act Book 13, p. 26. Perkins, of Topsfield 85 Children, baptized in Hillmorton: 1. Elizabeth (twin), bapt. July 6, 1606: buried July 22. 1606. 2. Alice (twin), bapt. July 6, 1606; d. young. 3. Judith, bapt. June 12, 1608; living in 1619. 4. Francis, bapt. Oct. 14, 1610; living in 1619, called son at baptism, but my sister in brother Edward's will. 5. Alice, bapt. Sept. 26, 1613; living in 1619. 6. Edward, bapt. Jan. 14, 1615/6; m. Sarah ; d. before June 5, 1643, when the inventory of his es­ tate was taken. His will, made May 31, 1643, was proved May 30, 1618. He left his house and land in Hillmorton to his wife Sarah until September 29 next, but, if she then be with child, to the child. Legacies to his sister Alice Perkins, his sister Ju­ dith, his sister Francess, his brother Francis Sarge. Executrix: wife Sarah. Overseers: Mr. Thomas Per­ kins, brother William Bromwich.* 7. Isaac, bapt. May 8, 1618; living in 1619. vi. FRANCIS, bapt. April 20, 1565; not living in 1588. vii. LUKE, bapt. Sept. 20, 1568. There seems to be no record means of deciding whether the Luke Perkins who was buried June 4, 1638, testate, was this Luke, son of Thomas, who would have been 70 years old, or Luke, son of Henry, the first Luke's nephew, who would have been 38 years old. Luke Perkins of Hillmorton, yeo­ man, signed this document on June 1 and it was proved June 28. He named his wife Margaret residuary legatee and executrix, and there are legacies to the poor and to his servants. Apparently he had no children. "My cozen Thomas Perkins" was overseer, and the inventory was taken by Thomas, John and Edward Perkins all yeomen of Hillmorton. viii. ISAAC, bapt. Dec. 20, 1571; m. (1) about 1596 Alice who was buried June 17, 1603; m. (2) an unknown wife; no burial record. Children, baptized in Hillmorton: 1. Sara, bapt. Aug. 25, 1594. 2. Marie, bapt. Nov. 17, 1598; d. young. 3. Elizabeth, bapt. (Aug. 23?), 1600. 4. Thomas, bapt. March 21, 1601/2. 5. Jacob, bapt. March 23, 1605/6. 6. Abigail, bapt. Nov. 8, 1607. 7. Isaac, bapt. Jan. 26, 1611/2. 8. Hanna, bapt. Oct. 9, 1614. 9. Lydia, bapt. Jan. 1, 1617/8. 10. Mary, bapt. Sept. 16, 1621.

4. HENRY4 PERKINS {Thomas3, ? Henry2, Thomas1), was probably born in Hillmorton about 1555. He married at Hill­ morton on November 29, 1579, Elizabeth Sawbridge. He was buried there on March 11, 1608/9. His wife's burial is not re­ corded. Letters of administration were granted on April 5, 1609, to * Ibid. 86 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes his son Thomas, and a bond was given for the tuition of Mar­ garet, Edward, Anne [Agnes], Sarah, Francis, William, Lucy [Luke], Elizabeth and James [Jacob], "the other children." Thus the son John, of age and married, is not mentioned. The inventory, dated March 22,1608 [1609], was taken by Rowland Wilcox, gent., Thos. Perkins, John Sawbridge, Thos. Compton and William Burnam, yeomen. It was in the sum of £336: 8: 8* The Sawbridge family originated in the hamlet of Sawbridge in the parish of Wolfhamcote, co. Warwick, which is about six miles from Hillmorton. Several Sawbridge wills exist but they throw scant light on Elizabeth Sawbridge's parentage. The will of Richard Sawbridge of Sawbridge, made in 1558 and proved in 1559, mentions his wife Elizabeth, his son Richard and his daughter Joan. Thomas Sawbridge of Hillmorton left a will, undated but apparently proved in 1586, which leaves his estate to his son William, William's children Thomas, Elizabeth, Hel­ ena, Lettice and John (the executor) and his godchildren and the poor of Hillmorton. Thomas' son William Sawbridge of Hillmorton made his will on November 3 and it was proved on November 30, 1593. There are legacies to his son Thomas, his daughter Lettice, his son John, his son-in-law Thomas Twigger and his daughter Ellen, and John is named executor. The fourth will is that of George Sawbridge of Hillmorton who was doubt­ less the brother of Elizabeth Perkins. It was made March 13, 1636, and proved October 21, 1637. The legatees are his wife Agnes, his mother Elizabeth, his sons William (executor), John, George, Thomas and Isaac, his daughters Agnes and Marie. His brothers Richard Turville and Edward Bassett are mentioned, and, with Turville, "cozen [nephew] Thomas Perkins" is named an overseer.f

Children of Henry Perkins, baptized in Hillmorton: i. ALICE, bapt. March 17, 1580/1. . ii. THOMAS, bapt. July 24, 1582; m. Elizabeth , possibly his sec­ ond wife; d. in 1658. The will of Thomas Perkins of Hillmorton, gentleman, was made Nov. 12, 1655, and proved Feb. 10, 1658(9). He left to his wife Elizabeth £10 and a joined bed in the chamber over the old parlor. To his son Francis, £10, and to Francis' son Francis, 30s. To his daughter Anne Hanslope, £5, and to all her sons and daughters 30s. each at age of 21. To his daughter Marie Bromich, £5, and to her sons and daughters 30s. each at age of 21. To the sons and daughters of his son Henry, such portions as his executors shall think fit to raise for them. Carts, plows, etc. to his grandson Thomas, heir of his son Henry, deceased, provided he * Ibid., Act Book 11, p. 73. t Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 131 Goare. Perkins, of Topsfield 87 help the executors to bring up his brothers and sisters. To the poor of Hillmorton, 20s. Residue to his sons Francis Perkins and Nicholas Hanslope, the executors. Overseer: Thomas Marriott gentleman. Codicil, Oct. 1658: Thomas Perkins gave the £5 given to his daughter Anne Hanslope, who had died, to her children.*

Children: 1. Anne, bapt. Sept. 25, 1614; m. Nicholas Hanslope. 2. Elizabeth, bapt. March 9, 1616/7; buried March 28, 1622. 3. Henry, bapt. Dec. 5, 1619; d., leaving children, before Nov., 1655. 4. Mary, bapt. March 28, 1622; m. Bromwich. 5. Francis, bapt. (Nov.?) 7, 1624; living in 1655. 5. iii. JOHN, bapt. Dec. 23, 1583. iv. FRANCIS, bapt. Nov. 1, 1585; buried Dec. 3, 1585. v. FRANCIS, bapt. Sept. 18, 1586; buried Jan. 7, 1586/7. vi. MAHGARET, bapt. Nov. 9, 1588; living in 1608/9. vii. EDWARD, bapt. Dec. 12, 1590; living in 1608/9. viii. AGNES, bapt. Oct. 16, 1592; possibly the Agnes who m. Edmund Collyson June 29, 1618. ix. SARA, bapt. Aug. 25, 1594; possibly m. Humphrey Edmunds April 4, 1624. x. FRANCIS, bapt. Feb. 8, 1596/7; living in 1608/9. xi. WILLIAM, bapt. Jan. 13, 1598/9; living in 1608/9. xii. LUKE, bapt. Nov. 27, 1600; living in 1608/9. xiii. ELIZABETH, bapt. Nov. 28, 1602; buried Dec. 25, 1602. xiv. ELIZABETH, bapt. Oct. 4, 1604; living in 1608/9. xv. JACOB, bapt. July 26, 1607; living in 1608/9.

5. JOHN5 PERKINS {Henry*, Thomas', ? Henry2, Thomas1) was baptized at Hillmorton, co. Warwick, December 23, 1583. He married there on October 9, 1608, Judith Gater, who sur­ vived him when he died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, between March 28 and September 26, 1654. Judith Gater, daughter of Michael Gater, was baptized in Hillmorton on March 19, 1588/9. Michael Gater had married Isabel Baylie in Hillmorton on November 13, 1576, and Ann Gater who married Thomas Wright on July 29, 1600, was prob­ ably an older sister of Judith. Hillmorton is about two miles from Rugby, near that point on the map where the three counties of Warwick, Northampton and Leicester come together. Some six miles to the north lies the parish of Cotesbach, co. Leicester, from where two sons of the parson, Henry Dillingham, emigrated to New England, their father probably having Puritan leanings, while at Claybrooke, in the same neighborhood, preached John Higginson who left England in 1629 and became the first minister of Salem's con- * Ibid., 53 Pell. 88 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes gregation. Possibly John Perkins came under the influence of one or the other of these nonconformist parsons. With five of their children John and Judith Perkins sailed from Bristol on December 1,1630, on the Lyon, William Pierce, master, one of their fellow passengers being the famous Roger Williams. After a stormy voyage of sixty-seven days, during which one seaman was lost, the Lyon made land at Nantasket on February 5, 1630/1, and entered Boston harbor the next day, the provisions with which the ship was loaded saving the colony from rapidly approaching famine. The Perkins family remained in Boston for over two years before joining the settlers who under the leadership of the younger John Winthrop went up the coast in 1633 to found a townlt Agawam, soon to be named Ipswich. Having joined the Boston church, John was sworn Freeman on May 18, 1631, and in 1632 he served on a committee to fix a boundary between Roxbury and Dorchester. John Perkins was a man of forty- nine in 1632 and his son John was twenty-two, so it is probable that young John was the man named in the order of the General Court on April 3, 1632: "It was ordered that no person what­ soever shall shoot at fowl upon Pullen Point or Noodle's Island but that said places shall be reserved for John Perkins to take fowl with nets."* In Ipswich Perkins had various land grants. In 1634 he was given 40 acres and, in 1635, 3 acres of upland and 10 acres of meadow lying toward the head of Chebacco creek, also a little island of about 50 acres called More's point on the south side of the town river. Also in 1635 he had 10 acres "on part whereof he hath built a house" and 6 acres of meadow and 6 acres of upland adjoining the house lot. In 1636 he was granted 40 acres at Chebacco which he sold to Thomas Howlett in 1637, and in 1639 planting ground of 6 acres on the south side of the river. Besides holding town offices he was the Ipswich Representa­ tive in the General Court of Massachusetts Bay in 1636 and a grand juryman in 1641, 1648 and 1652. John Perkins, Sr., being "above 60 years of age" was freed from training in March, 1649/50. John Perkins the elder made his will March 28, 1654, and it was proved on the following September 27. He divided his cattle, horses and sheep between his son John, John's two sons John and Abraham, his son Thomas and Thomas' son John, his daugh- * Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, I: 103. Perkins, of Topsfield 89 ter Elizabeth Sargent and her children, his daughter Mary Bradbury and her children, his daughter Lydia Bennett and her children and his grandson Thomas Bradbury. To his son Jacob, his dwelling-house, the outhousing and all his lands and the improvements thereon, according to a former covenant, but after the death of his wife and not before. Residue to his dear wife Judith Perkins, the sole executrix. Witnesses : William Bar­ tholomew, Thomas Harris. The inventory, mostly of real es­ tate, was in the sum of £250: 5: 0.* In 1637 there was an Isaac Perkins in Ipswich where he owned "land lying above the street called Brook street, six acres." He was dead before June 15, 1639, when his widow Alice Perkins sold the lot to Joseph Morse. It is tempting to believe that he was also of the Hillmorton stock. Our John Perkins did not have a brother Isaac, but he had an uncle Isaac only eleven years older than he, while other Isaacs were baptized in Hillmorton in 1597/8 and 1611/2, If Isaac Perkins of Ipswich was a man of middle age, which we have no means of knowing, he and Alice may have been the parents of Abraham and Isaac Perkins who turned up in Hampton, not far down the coast, where Abraham took the Freeman's Oath in 1640 and Isaac in 1642. These men are presumed to have been brothers. Abraham named a son Luke, not a common name, and our John Perkins of Hillmorton and Ipswich had an uncle Luke, a brother Luke, and a grandson Luke.

Children of John Perkins, all but the last baptized in Hillmorton: i. JOHN, bapt. Sept. 14, 1609; m. Elizabeth who d Sept 27 1684; he d. in Ipswich Dec. 14, 1686. He took the Freeman's Oath on May 19, 1633. It was probably he, not his father, who was or­ dered to carry up 40 turfs toward the building of the fort on Corn Hill or Fort Hill in Boston, as a punishment for drunken­ ness, on Oct. 1, 1633. His adventure with a force of Tarratine In­ dians in forty canoes, who were about to attack Agawam when there were only between twenty and thirty men, young and old, living in the settlement, is told in the family genealogy In Dec 1643 3s. were due him, at 12d. a day, for service against Indians! He kept the first ordinary or inn in Ipswich, his license being re- ne,T6f .froniyear to year. In 1672 a new room in the house was called the Kings arms" and the young bloods of the town raised a riot there in the evening after training day.f There are on rec­ ord the usual land grants beginning in 1634. He was Quarter- master of the Ipswich company. At least 8 sons and 1 daughter n. ELIZABETH, bapt. March 25, 1611; m. William Sargent. They moved to Newbury, to Hampton, to Salisbury and finally to Amesbury where she died before Sept. 18, 1670, when he married widow * Probate Records of Essex County, I: 190-191. t Records and Files, V: 31-34. 90 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Joanna (Pindor) Rowell. He died about 1674 and the widow Joanna married Richard Currier on Oct. 26, 1676. iii. MABY, bapt. Sept. 3, 1615; m. about 1636 Capt. Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, a prominent man in his town and county, serving as town clerk, schoolmaster, J.P. and Representative in the General Court 1651-1656. She was tried for witchcraft and convicted in 1692 but her execution was delayed and she was released when the delusion waned. Her husband and her clergyman testified for her, and 117 of her neighbors courageously signed a petition praising her character. Captain Bradbury died March 16, 1694/5, and she survived until Dec. 20, 1700. iv. ANNE, bapt. Sept. 5, 1617; died young. 6. v. THOMAS, bapt. April 28, 1622. vi JACOB, bapt. July 12, 1624; m. (1) Elizabeth (said to be daughter of Matthew Whipple) who d. Feb. 12, 1685/6; m. (2) widow Da- maris Robinson; d. Jan. 27, 1699/1700. He was sworn Freeman in 1660, was a sergeant in the Ipswich train-band, and a very fre­ quent choice as juryman. Early in an August afternoon in 1668 Mehitable Brabrook, the sixteen-year-old servant of Elizabeth Perkins, her master and mistress having gone to the town, was alone in the house and was smoking a pipe. Going outside she climbed to the top of the oven which projected from the back of the house, "to looke if there were any hogs in the corn," and knocked out her pipe on the thatch at the eaves. This was the end of the house built by old John Perkins and left by him to his son Jacob. The efforts of the neighbors to save it were futile and it burned to the ground. Mehitable was convicted of extreme care­ lessness "if not wilfully burning the house," was severely whipped and ordered to pay £40 to her master* By October a new house was being built. This house was struck by lightning on a Sunday in 1671 "while many people were gathered there to repeat (dis­ cuss?) the sermon, when he and many others were struck down." Jacob and the house survived, however. In 1693 he made an agree­ ment with two of his sons for life support. After Jacob's death in 1699 his widow returned to Boston, where she had lived with her first husband Nathaniel Robinson, and survived until 1716. vii. LYDIA, bapt. June 3, 1632, in Boston; m. Henry Bennett of Ipswich who bought a 200-acre farm from Jonathan Wade in 1654; d. before May 20, 1685, when he m. widow Frances Burr who d. Jan. 12, 1707/8. One of Lydia Bennett's sons, John, was in Capt. La- throp's Company, "the Flower of Essex," and was slain at Bloody Brook in 1675, about twenty years old.

6. THOMAS6 PERKINS (John5) was baptized in Hillmorton on April 28, 1622, and was nearly nine years old when he landed in Boston. He married, presumably in Ipswich, about 164.3 Phebe Gould of New Meadows, a settlement, partly in Ipswich and partly in Salem, which was to become the town of Topsfield in 1650. He died in Topsfield on May 7, 1686, his wife Phebe surviving him. Upon an alarm of an impending Indian attack, which proved false, Ipswich sent a few young men into the field to join others

* Ibid., IV: 56-57. Perkins, of Topsfield 91 from neighboring towns, to put up a defense. They were gone only a few days, but in 1643 Thomas was paid 3s. for the serv­ ice. After their marriage he and his wife settled at New Mead­ ows on a farm of 150 acres given him by her father, Zacheus Gould. Perkins was a useful citizen of Topsfield and particularly in church affairs. He was made a Freeman in 1664, was a grand juror in 1666 and 1667 and a selectman in 1668,1676, and 1682. He became deacon in 1677 and was a tythingman that year and in 1678, when he haled Thomas Baker into court for laughing in church! He served on several committees to deal with the men of Rowley Village [Boxford] as to their privileges and responsi­ bilities in the Topsfield church which they attended before or­ ganizing a church of their own. In 1680 he was a member of a committee seeking to secure Mr. Danforth as minister, but ap­ parently they were unsuccessful for in 1681 Perkins and the others were ordered to "discourse" with Mr. Capen who came to an agreement with them and was a much loved and respected Topsfield parson for many years. Thomas and Phebe Perkins were among the guests at a Sun­ day dinner at the house of an earlier parson, Mr. Gilbert, in 1670. Mr. Gilbert was a sick man, as good old Joanna Towne charitably realized (See page 112), but others believed him to have drunk too much wine. The matter was aired in court and Phebe Perkins testified as follows: "there was a cup with wine in it which was offered to Mr. Gilbert. He refused to take it at first, but afterward put the cup to his mouth" but she did not know whether he drank or not. Three more had the cup beside himself and after he had dined he drank what was left in the cup. Immediately after dinner he sang a psalm and in reading it she thought his voice was lower than it used to be. As evidence of drunkenness this would seem to be negligible. Phebe Perkins' sister-in-law, Sarah Gould, wife of Capt John Gould, went farther, however. She testified that she and Phebe went into another room after dinner, where Phebe said "I wonder my Husban would ask him to drinke for I think hee had noe need of it. The first time hee toke the Cope I saw him drinke a good draft." In spite of his wife's testimonv that Mr. Gilbert was a sick man, the court admonished him.* Sarah Gould continued to gossip and Mr. Gilbert eventually sued her for slander. In court he asked the judges to "compare * Ibid., IV: 246. 92 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes her [Sarah's] Oath with the Oath of Goodie Perkins, taken att the same tym, and if they do not clash one against another I am much mistaken." We heartily agree.* Thomas Perkins's will was made December 11, 1685, and proved September 10, 1686. He directed that his wife live in his house with his two sons Thomas and Timothy, "if they can pos­ sibly agree, for I do think it will be best for them to carry on together." If not, and the two sons part, Thomas, Timothy and his son Elisha are to pay their mother £2 each per annum. To his wife, a bed and all the furniture thereto belonging, and half of the household stuff. To his sons Thomas, Elisha and Timothy and their heirs male, "all the farm I do live on." To son Zacheus, four acres of meadow out of the farm for his life, and, if he has a son or sons, the remainder to them. To his grandchild Thomas Perkins, son of his son John, the thirty-acre lot over the river or £30 "if he liveth till he marryeth or be of age." To his son Zacheus, the farm which he lives upon "which I had of my father Gould" provided he pay £60 to the executors, and if he will not pay he shall have but half of it. To his daughters' children, £40 to be divided equally. To his son Joseph Towne, sixteen acres of land at the northwest end of the long hill and £16. To his daughter Judith, £40, a bed and its furniture and a cow. After his mother's death his son Thomas shall have all the housing. If Thomas and Timothy cannot agree, Thomas shall pay to Tim­ othy "3 parts out of 4 toward the building of Timothy an house of the same bigness of his brother Elisha's house." He makes gifts of cattle, horses, sheep and swine to his sons Timothy and Elisha, his wife, and Elisha's son Thomas. When Thomas and Timothy part, one-quarter of the income of the orchard shall go to Elisha. The farm implements to Thomas and Timothy, who are named executors. Witnesses: Samuel Howlett, Daniel Reddington.

Children: i JOHN, b. about 1644; m. Nov. 28, 1666, Deborah Browning; d. May 19, 1668, administration being granted to his widow in June. Son Thomas, a legatee of his grandfather Perkins in 1685, was born Nov. 4, 1667. ii. PHEBE; m. about 1665 Joseph Towne. iii ZACHEUS; m. Rebecca about 1704; d. Dec. 1, 1732. Zacheus was the cause of what must have been great sorrow to his parents. To his credit must be placed the fact that he was a soldier under Capt. Joseph Gardiner of Salem in King Philips war and took part in the Great Swamp Fight when the fortified village of the Narragansetts was destroyed, in 1676.

' Ibid., VII: 368. Perkins, of Topsfield 93 In 1680 he was in serious trouble indeed. According to his own confession, on an election day at Wenham he fell in with a French­ man, one Nicholas Jennings (surely a much distorted version of a French name) whom he had known at Narragansett. Jennings invited him to go to Salem to drink and they rode over in the evening and tied their horses to a tree in an orchard. Jennings told Zacheus to remain there to look after the animals and went away, returning after two hours when they went to the shop of Mr. Thomas Maule. The door was open and Jennings went in and brought out a bundle of goods which he gave to Zacheus, then going in again he came out with a sack of goods which he laid on his horse. "Soon they parted as they heard the watch coming" Zacheus riding to Topsfield and Jennings to Marblehead. This was not Zacheus's only offense. He had stolen a silver cup from Mr. Joseph Whiting, a gold ring from Goodman Robison of Topsfield, and goods and money from Mr. Batten. Found guilty at his trial on May 4, 1680, he was sentenced to be branded on the forehead with the letter B and publicly whipped, which was car­ ried out on May 6 "immediately after lecture." He was to pay Mr Maule £250 and Mr. Batten £24, which presumably his father had to assume.* iv. MARTHA; m. Dec. 17, 1669, John Lamson of Ipswich; living in 1719 when her sister Mary made her will. v. MAM; m. Oct. 27, 1671, William Howlett of Ipswich whom she sur­ vived; d. about 1728, s.p. (See page 56.) 7. vi. ELISHA. vii. THOMAS; m. June 1, 1683, Sarah Wallis; d. in 1722, his wife sur­ viving. He was a weaver as well as a farmer in Topsfield. A mem­ ber of the witchcraft jury in Salem in 1692, he and the other jury­ men made a declaration of repentance for their part in the trials in 1696. He made his will on July 5, 1720, and it was proved May 10, 1722. He left property to his wife Sarah and his three sons lhomas, Robert and Samuel. To his four daughters Sarah, Phebe Hannah and Martha, £40 apiece, of which Phebe had already had £34, and Hannah and Martha "the greater part."f The daughter Phebe Perkins had married Thomas Goodale on Nov. 10, 1713. He died before her father and she was appointed administratrix on Nov. 7, 1720, but when she accounted on March 15, 1729/30, she was Phebe Goodale alias How, having married Joseph How of Topsfield on April 2, 17294: viii. JUDITH, b. Jan. 28, 1658(9) ; d. unmarried before 1719 8. ix. TIMOTHY, b. June 6, 1661.

7. ELISHA7 PERKINS (Thomas*, John5) was born in Tops- field about 1654. His first wife whom he married on February 23, 1680, was Katherine Towne who died on July 2, 1714 He married, secondly, on April 4, 1715, Elizabeth Towne, who was born Elizabeth Knight and was the widow of Samuel Towne his first wife's uncle. He died on February 18, 1741, and his wi'dow survived until May 17, 1752. He served Topsfield in the usual minor offices, was a selectman * Records and Files, VII: 364. t Essex Probate, 313: 454-456. t Ibid., 313: 208; 316: 183. 94. The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes in 1710, 1712, 1716 and 1724, and was a member of the Essex grand jury in 1708, 1709, 1715,1718, 1721 and 1725. He was a farmer and lived on a portion of his father's large holdings. He died intestate and there is no record of administra­ tion. To his sons, however, he made gifts of land. In 1720 he deeded to his son John 2 acres of land and an island, presumably in the Ipswich river, containing 2 acres of upland and meadow. In 1739 he conveyed to his three sons John, Jacob and Joseph, the lands which he had bought from Jacob, William and Samuel Towne in 1702/3. On May 3, 1742, John Perkins, house car­ penter, and Jacob Perkins, husbandman, quitclaimed to Joseph Perkins one third of the farm possessed by their father Elisha Perkins, deceased, mentioning "our grandfather Thomas Per­ kins."* Presumably Thomas Perkins, the eldest son, had re­ ceived his share when he removed to Maine. Children, born in Topsfield: i. THOMAS, b. Oct. 15, 1681; of "Caporpus" when he m on Nov 26, 1719 Mary Wildes who d. in Arundel in Maine on April 1, 174.J; he died there in 1761. As their first two children were born in Topsfield it seems that he did not settle permanently in Arundel until about 1723. On May 16, 1718, Joseph Leach of Manchester, for £ 110, sold to Thomas Perkins of Cape Porpoise 200 acres in Cape Porpoise "formerly John Barrett's . . . commonly called Barrett's place," and on June 24, 1719, Perkins and Andrew Brown bought for £10 from John Watson, Jabez Dorman and James Tyler 50 acres on Montague's Neck at Cape Porpoise.f Cape Porpoise became Arundel and is now Kennebunkport. About a year after Thomas Perkins bought his Arundel lands another Thomas Perkins from Greenland, N. H., settled there. Both men were very prominent in the community and it is difficult to assign their activities. Our man is said to have served as town clerk and clerk of the proprietors and was a deputy to the General Court, after which he was "Esquire," having previously been Ensign and Captain. ii. ELISHA, b. May 27, 1683; d. Dec. 24, 1704. iii. JOHN, b. Aug. 11, 1685; m. Sept. 10, 1713, Mary Esty; d. June 22, 1750, in Topsfield. She was probably the widow Mary Perkins, a very aged pr'son" who d. Nov. 18, 1781. iv. KATHERINE, b. Feb. 3, 1688; d., unmarried, on July 2, 1714. v. PHEBE b Aug. 10, 1690; m. Capt. John Wildes. (See Wildes.) vi. JACOB, bapt. Nov. 13, 1692; m. Dec. 5,1721, Hannah Borman; d. Nov. 18, 1758, in Topsfield, "an aged man" (66!). His widow m. Aug. 23, 1763, John Batchelder. vii. RUTH, b. May 10, 1695; no further record. viii. MARY, b. March 30, 1699; probably m. John Swain of Reading at Ipswich, recorded in Topsfield, Dec. 1, 1720. ix JOSEPH, b. May 10, 1702: m. Mercy Robinson at Salem on Nov. 30, 1727. She was dismissed from Topsfield church to Methuen on May 27, 1753. * Essex Deeds, 39: 185: 78: 210; 95: 239. t York Deeds, IX: 41, 209. Perkins, of Topsfield 95

8. TIMOTHY7 PERKINS {Thomas", John5) was born in Tops- field on June 6, 1661. He married about 1688, Hannah who died November 14, 1690. She had been admitted to the church on June 1 of that year. He married secondly, about 1691, Abigail , who died before him. Timothy died on August 7, 1738, in Topsfield. Perkins held only minor offices in Topsfield, as fence viewer in 1686/7, pound keeper in 1694/5, surveyor of highways in 1689/90, 1700/1, 1701/2 and 1715/6, and tythingman in 1708/9 and 1718/9. He was called Timothy junior, his senior being Timothy, born in 1658, son of the erstwhile parson, Mr. William Perkins, who was of no relation to our family. He was also a deacon in the Topsfield church and when common lands were divided in 1720 he was listed as "decon Timothy Perkins so called." Timothy Perkins left no will and there is no record of the ad­ ministration of his property. His children settled his estate by an interchange of deeds. On September 18, 1738, Timothy Per­ kins, jun., husbandman, Abigail Dwinell, Esther Perkins and Elizabeth Perkins, singlewoman, all of Topsfield, for £72: 11: 0, conveyed to Jonathan Perkins, mason, and John Perkins, jun.' husbandman, all rights in the estate of their father, Mr. Tim­ othy Perkins, Jonathan and John having paid the debts and funeral expenses, and also "in consideration of our having the liberty of improving and living in the Dwelling house where our said father last dwelt."* On the same day Timothy and Jonathan quitclaimed to John their rights in many specified pieces of their father's land (common rights excepted), and on November 9, 1738, Timothy and John executed a similar quitclaim to Jona­ than.f Children, by first wife: i. TIMOTHY, bapt. July 6, 1690; m. Ruth Dorman (born in 1686) whose lather Ephraim Dorman, in his will made in July, 1720, stated that she had married Timothy Perkins and was then dead, leav­ ing a daughter Ruth to whom he left £10. The will of Timothy f«o « J[-'of J°Psfield» made Sept. 4, 1741, was proved May 11, T" 4-L 6r> 1 • CState t0 his cousins [^phews] Stephen and Iimothy Perkins, sons of his brother John, and named his friend Jacob Averill executor.! * Essex Deeds, 77: 165. t Ibid., 77: 164, 202. t Essex Probate, 303: 442. 96 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Children, baptized in Topsfield: 1. Ruth, bapt. Aug. 29, 1714; living in 1720 but d. before 1741. 2. Jonathan, bapt. Aug. 28, 1715; d. young. 3. Timothy, bapt. Sept. —, 1717; d. young, ii. HANNAH, bapt. July 6, 1690; died young. By second wife: 9. iii. JONATHAN, bapt. Jan. 29, 1692/3. . iv ABIGAIL, b. June 7, 1695; m. Dec. 11, 1716, Thomas Dwinell. v. ' HANNAH, b.Jan. 21, 1697/8; died before 1738 vi. JOHN, b. June 2, 1700; m. (1) Dorothy Wildes before April 2, 1724/5, when she was named in the will of her father Ephraim Wildes; m. (2) June 18, 1736, widow Martha (Perkins) Robinson who d. Aug. 16, 1736; m. (3) Feb. 14, 1737/8, Jemima Averill, who d March 2, 1749; he d. Feb. 7, 1780, "in the 80th year of his age. His son by his first wife, Capt. Stephen Perkins, commanded a company in the Revolutionary army and was a Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts. vii. ESTHER, b. July 22, 1703; "died in an instant by falling into a well

viii. EozABETH^^bapt. Jan. 7, 1709/10; d. unmarried Dec. 3, 1809, "aged 99 years, 10 months, 15 days."

9. JONATHAN8 PERKINS (Timothy7, Thomas6, John5) was baptized in Topsfield on January 29, 1692/3. He married Sarah Wildes on January 21,1718/9. She was living on April 16,1719, when Mary (Perkins) Howlett made her will, in which she is called "my cousin Sarah Wildes now Perkins," but died before Mrs. Howlett on January 21, 1719/20, aged 20 years, 9 months and 24- days. Jonathan married secondly, on December 11, 1722, Elizabeth Porter of Salem, who survived him and died in Tops- field on November 26, 1772, "an aged woman." Perkins was a mason by trade, and his death on June 25, 1749, was caused by his "falling from a chimney." He was elected Topsfield's con­ stable in 1733/4, tythingman in 1732/3, and held other minor offices. Jonathan Perkins seems to have lived on his father s farm, after the division of 1738. On November 15, 1738, he and his brother John conveyed to Dr. Richard Dexter of Topsfield be­ tween ten and eleven acres south of the Ipswich river, their wives Elizabeth and Jemima releasing dower, and on the following day Jonathan, mason, and his wife Elizabeth deeded to the doctor one acre of woodland* Jonathan had bought three and a half acres in Topsfield from Daniel Reddington on July 11, 1738.f Administration on the estate of Jonathan Perkins, late of * Ibid., 77: 218, 219. t Ibid., 77: 218. Perkins, of Topsfield 97

Topsfield, intestate, was granted to his widow Elizabeth on July 17, 1749.* The inventory totalled £662, of which £530 was in real estate. From Elizabeth's account we learn that she had spent 26s. 5d. on "a suit of mourning." The court appointed a committee to divide the real estate and careful provision was made for the widow's dower. The remaining two-thirds of the land was found not to admit of division among the children, and it was decided to settle it on the eldest surviving son, David Per­ kins, he to pay to each of his brothers and sisters, Jonathan, Hannah, Judith, Abigail, Dudley, Philemon and Sarah, £21: 0: 8 and 3 farthings, the document being dated October 28, 1751, and allowed by the court on February 24, 1752.f It was not until after the death of their mother in 1772 that a final settlement was made by deed.

Children, by second wife: i. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 1, 1723/4; d. May 31, 1729. u. DAVID, b. Dec. 26, 1725; m. March 10, 1752, Mercy Fiske of Wen- ham; d. April 21, 1803, aged 77, "a paralytic"; she d. Oct 19 1777. His sisters Hannah Wildes and Judith Perkins conveyed their interest in their father's estate to him on April 30, 1751 % 111. HANNAH b. Jan. 16, 1727/8; m. Feb. 5, 1750/1, Amos Wildes of iopsneld. Her conveyance to her brother David is noted above (See Wildes.) iv. JONATHAN, b. March 3, 1730; in 1773 his wife was named Mary, probably Mary Trask who married Jonathan Perkins of Wen- ham in Beverly on Feb. 7, 1754. On March 9, 1750(1), Jonathan Perkins of Topsfield, husbandman, for £28, released to David Perkins of Topsfield, cordwainer, 2/3 of 1/9 of the estate of their father, Jonathan Perkins, late of Topsfield.§ Jonathan Perkins of Beverly, cordwainer, Philemon Perkins of Ipswich, tailor Joseph Cummings, Jr., of Ipswich, yeoman, and wife Judith, and Samuel Fisk of Topsfield, yeoman, and wife Sarah for £64, con­ veyed to David Perkins their shares in their father's estate, in­ cluding the house, barn and barnyard set off to their mother Elizabeth Perkins, deceased, and their interest in an orchard on the land of John and Stephen Perkins, on Feb. 3, 1773. Mary Per­ kins and Abigail Perkins released dower. || No death records of Jonathan and Mary Perkins are in Beverly. v. JUDITH, b. (Judah in record) June 21, 1732; m. March 21 1758 Joseph Cummings, Jr., of Ipswich. Her conveyances are entered above. vi. ABIGAIL b. Dec. 20, 1734; m. July 14, 1752, Joseph Edwards, Jr., who died in ye war" in 1757. No conveyance to her brother David is found. vii. DUDLEY, b. Sept. 8, 1737; "died in ye war" in 1758 viii. PHILEMON, b. June 8, 1740; m. Dec. 14, 1769, Abigail Foster. Caleb * Essex Probate, 328: 591. t Ibid., 330: 145, 320. t Essex Deeds, 107: 33, 34. § Ibid., 108: 82. II Ibid., 145: 85. 98 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Adams conveyed to Philemon Perkins of Topsfield, tailor, a house, barn and 31 acres in Ipswich on April 4, 1769.* There is no death record of Philemon in Ipswich and no entry in the 1790 Census of Massachusetts, but in that of New Hampshire a Philemon Perkins is entered at New Boston, his family consisting of three males of 16 or over, two males of 15 or under and two females. SAEAH, b. Sept. 20, 1743; m. June 2, 1772, Samuel Fisk. Her con­ veyance to her brother David in 1773 is noted above.

* Ibid., 122: 22. VIII

GOULD, OF TOPSFIELD 1 GOULD

In the parish of Bovingdon, co. Hertford, a family named Gould has lived since the thirteenth century, if not earlier, and to it Zacheus Gould of Topsfield in Massachusetts and sev­ eral other seventeenth-century emigrants, closely related to him, belonged. The family genealogy, quoting from the county history, says that, when in 1235 a charter granted to the vicar of Hemel Hempstead, an adjoining parish, the appointment of a curate to the church of St. Laurence in Bovingdon, Thomas Gould was one of the signatories.* An unusual and very valuable clue to the English home of these New England Goulds was provided by an account book, kept by John Gould (1662-1724) of Topsfield, who wrote there­ in "Grandfather Gould lived at a place called Hunts Green near Potter Row, belonging to Great [Missenden]." Great Missen- den lies about eight miles to the west of Bovingdon, but, the general neighborhood being established, the full identification followed. An expert in Anglo-American genealogical problems,f search­ ing the appropriate probate registry, found some ten wills of this Gould family of prosperous yeomen and constructed from them a pedigree which is, in all probability, sound, but the Goulds were prolific and, in my opinion, further research, which I am not prepared to make, might strengthen it. Because it demonstrates the unusual devotion to their parish church common to almost all of them, the first few items in the will of Thomas Gould, proved in 1520, are here given, in modern spelling. After directing that he be buried in the churchyard of St. Laurence at Bovyngdon, he makes bequests to the high altar, the mother church of Lincoln, the rood light, Our Lady's light, St. Laurence's light, St. Leonard's light, St. Nicholas' light, to the maintaining of the torches, to the gilding of St. Laurence's tabernacle and to a priest to sing for his soul for two years. This Thomas Gould is considered to have been the great-great- great-grandfather of Zacheus Gould, the emigrant. Because his parentage is possibly the weakest link in the pub­ lished pedigree this account begins with Richard Gould who lived in the latter half of the sixteenth century. fw/n® Fa™aV °f .za?heus Gould, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Lynn, 1895, quoting from Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, Sir H. Chauncy, II: 470. quucin0 t The late Horatio G. Somerby. 102 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

1. RICHARD1 GOULD, of whom nothing is known except that he was "late of Bovingdon" in 1604 when his son Jeremy was married, had at least three sons, Jeremy, John and Zacheus, and possibly daughters as well.* Children: i JEREMY, b. about 1581; on Nov. 8, 1604, "Jeremie sonne of Richard Gould of Bovingdon deceased & Priscilla daughter of Willm Grover of Codmore" were married at Chesham, co. Buckingham. He was assessed in 1623 for property in Halton and Weston Turville, co. Buckingham. By 1639 he had emigrated to New England and settled at Wey­ mouth where on Oct. 1, 1639, he mortgaged to Joseph Holloway of Sandwich a house, lot and meadow, which he had lately pur­ chased of Holloway, to secure the payment of £20. This is pre­ sumably the house in Weymouth which he sold to James Parker of Strawberry Bank who conveyed it to Zacheus Gould of Ipswich on Nov 26, 1644, and which Zacheus sold to Capt. William Per­ kins on April 2, 1645.f There is a plausible tradition that after 1639 Jeremy went to England and brought back with him to Wey­ mouth his wife and family. In any event he was here in 1641 when William Coddington of Newport in Rhode Island appointed his "well-beloved friend Mr. Jere. Gould" his attorney in Massachu­ setts. It was possibly because of his association with Coddington that Gould settled soon afterward in Middletown, Rhode Island. Again, there is a tradition that he returned to England after the death of his wife. Of his children, his son Daniel Gould was an ar­ dent Quaker who was whipped and imprisoned in Boston in 1659. ii JOHN, b. about 1585; m. Judith ; buried at King's Langley, co Hertford, July 11, 1633. He, yeoman, made his will on June 30 and it was proved July 18, 1633. He left £20 to his eldest son John at the age of twenty-four, and £10 each to his other children Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Zacheus, Nathan, Abel, Lydia and Elizabeth. Residuary legatee and executrix: his wife Judith. Overseers: Thomas Childe, gent., of Abbot's Langley, Ralph King of Watford, John Save of Hempsted. Judith Gould of Watford, co. Hertford, widow, made her will May 6, and it was proved Sept. 3, 1650. She left to her son Abel £400 and a little box at the house of her cousin Gase and all that was in it. To her daughters Lydia and Elizabeth, £300 each. To Hannah and Elizabeth, daughters of her daughter Hannah, £40 between them. Her son-in-law George Younge owed her £100 of which her executors should claim only £40. To the own children of her son Nathan in New England, £40. To the children of her daughter Sarah, £60 if her [the testatrix's] son Nathan had not divided the goods her son Zacheus left him when he died equally between him and his sister Sarah, but, if they were equally di­ vided, then this £100 [sic] was to be equally divided for the use of their children. If her son Abel should die before coming of age, £300 should be divided between her daughters Lydia and Eliza­ beth, £50 given to her daughter Hannah, £20 to her daughter Marie, and £30 sent to New England to be equally divided be­ tween the own children of her son Nathan and her daughter Sarah.

* The family genealogy names a fourth son, Richard, but gives no evidence what­ ever for his inclusion. t Suffolk Deeds, I: 10, 54, 50, 58. Gould, of Topsfield 103

If money that she had lent to the Parliament should be paid, she willed £100 to her son Abel, £40 to her daughter Marie and the rest to her daughters Hannah, Lydia and Elizabeth. To Master Goodwinge, minister of Watford, £3. Residue to her executors: son Abel and daughters Lydia and Elizabeth. Witnesses: Ralph King, Thomas Barrabee.* Of the three children who came to New England before 1650, Nathan founded a family in Amesbury, the married name of Sarah is not known, and Zacheus had died unmarried. On Sept. 12, 1650, nine days after proving her mother's will, Elizabeth Gould took out administration of her brother Zacheus's estate in London. 2. iii. ZACHEUS.

2. ZACHEUS2 GOULD (Richard1) was born, presumably in Bovingdon, about 1589 (aged 72 in 1661 ).f He married Phebe Deacon of Hemel Hempstead about 1619. She died in Topsfield on September 20, 1663, and he survived until 1668. The Goulds lived in Hemel Hempstead for several years after their marriage and in the parish church their first three children were baptized 1620-1623. Soon thereafter they moved to Great Missenden, co. Buckingham, where Zacheus Gould was assessed in a subsidy in 1629. An early tradition says that their son John was born on midsummer day, the 10th of June, old style, 1635, and that he was three years old "in his hanging or large-sleeved tunic" when the Goulds sailed for New England. This would place their emigration in the last half of 1638 or the first half of 1639. Weymouth, not far south of Boston, was Gould's destination after landing in Massachusetts Bay and the first record of him is in the will of Henry Russell of that town, made January 28, 1639/40, in which Zacheus Gould was named an overseer and to which Jeremy Gould was a witness. He must have regarded Wey­ mouth as temporary quarters, however, while he looked about for a promising place for permanent settlement. In the notebook of Thomas Lechford, the Boston notary, there are drafts of two documents, the first drawn between May 26 and June 1,1640, and the second between December 11 and 19, of the same year, for leases from Mr. John Humphrey to Zacheus Gould "of Lynn." The first covered a messuage and a 300-acre farm called The Plains, "lying within the liberties of Salem," and the second added to The Plains another farm called The Ponds. The ne­ gotiations fell through, however, but they serve to locate Gould in Lynn in 1640, in which year the town history says that he owned a mill on Saugus river. * Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 145 Pembroke. t The parish registers of Bovingdon before 1674 have been destroyed by fire. 104 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes On October 7, 1640, Zacheus Gould, husbandman, in behalf of himself and all other husbandmen in the country, addressed a plea to the Governor and the General Court, asking for an order "for the encouragement of your petitioners who are hus­ bandmen employed about English grain, that they and their servants be exempted from ordinary trainings in seed time, hay time and harvest." The petition was wisely granted. Earlier in 1640, on June 4, Zacheus had witnessed the will of "ould Hugh Churchman" of Lynn, and, from a comparison of the writing of the document and the witness clause, it would appear that he had written the whole. During his Lynn residence he made several appearances in the county court. In 1642 he, Thomas Putnam and James Huberd entered a suit as partners, which is interest­ ing as Gould and Putnam's father were probably brothers-in- law. In 1643 William Taylor, Gould's servant, was ordered severely whipped for theft. By 1644 Gould had found his permanent home—a farm of 300 acres which had been granted to Capt. Daniel Patrick, who sold it in 1640 to Mr. William Paine, and which lay in the inland part of Ipswich known as Ipswich Farms or Village, later to become New Meadows and finally Topsfield. Its general bounds must have been known, but it was not definitely laid out until 1665 when Gould's son-in-law, John Wild, testified that "about twenty-one years before" William Paine sold land to Zacheus Gould where his house then stood, while on May 23, 1666, it was reported to the General Court that Thomas Howlett and John Gage having been appointed to lay out and measure to Zacheus Gould the 300-acre grant to Captain Patrick, did so about a year since. Zacheus took immediate steps to encourage settlement in his neighborhood and on May 29, 1644, the General Court decreed: "Upon Zaccheus Gould's petition it is conceived to be for the general good and very convenient that there should be a village about that farm and that the town of Ipswich should further them therein." Four years later, on October 18, 1648, the Court acted on a new petition of which Zacheus was one of the signers. They asked the deputies "that you wold be pleased to bestowe a name upon our Villiage at the new meadowes at Ipswich . . . wee think that hempstead will be a fit name." The request was partially granted but it must have been a sore disappointment to Zacheus that the magistrates, influenced by the Assistant to the Governor, Samuel Symonds, disregarded Hempstead and voted for Topsfield, to commemorate the parish in Essex, Eng- Gould, of Topsfield 105 land, where Symonds had had an estate. In 1650, "in answer to the request of Zacheus Gould and William Howard of Topsfield, the Court doth grant that Topsfield shall henceforth be a town." Obviously Gould had been the most influential citizen in these steps leading to the final incorporation.* In 1645 Gould sued Capt. William Perkins for debt, Perkins being the man to whom he had sold the property in Weymouth which had originally belonged to Jeremy Gould who conveyed it to James Parker who in turn conveyed it to Zacheus. Perkins moved to Topsfield, and although probably not ordained, became the town's minister. Gould took the Oath of Fidelity on September 30, 1651, but, as he remained outside the church all his life, he never became a freeman. Possibly while in Lynn he became interested in the doc­ trines of the Baptists who were numerous in that town. It is equally possible that he leaned toward the Quakers. In 1659 he was fined £3 for entertaining Quakers and at the same time Daniel Gould of Rhode Island, his nephew, was ordered to be whipped thirty stripes and to depart the Massachusetts juris­ diction. Daniel had probably been his uncle's guest in Topsfield. The fine was remitted in 1660 because of the great loss he had lately sustained by fire.f On a Sunday afternoon in 1658 Gould's behavior in the meet­ ing house was, it must be admitted, nothing short of scandalous. The parson, William Perkins, and a deacon, Isaac Cummings, testified "that Zacheus Gould in time of singing the psalm one Sabbath day in the afternoone, sate him downe upon the end of the Table (about which the minister & chiefe of the people sit) with his hatt fully on his head, & his back toward all the rest of them that sate about the Table and though spoken to by the minister & 2 others either to shewe reverance to the Ordinance or to withdrawe yet altered not his posture." Topsfield must have been a busy place during the following week. On the next Sunday Gould asked the congregation to remain after the service and an unedifying exchange of insults ensued. Naturally he soon found himself before the magistrates and was fined for "abusive carriages in the meeting house." The incident is reminiscent of the less sympathetic methods of the Quakers in calling attention to what they held to be the emptiness of the New England church. J

* Records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay, II: 73, 258; IV, Part I: 33. t Ibid., IV, Part I: 407, 420. t Records and Files, II: 118, 152. 106 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Also in 1658 Gould, being sued by Sergt. Thomas Hale as at­ torney for Mr. Thomas Burnap, and "not being abel to Com," appointed "my Cozan John Putnam the younger" his attorney. It seems very probable that the Priscilla, the wife of John Put­ nam the elder, was a sister of Zacheus Gould. The Putnams emi­ grated from Aston Abbots, co. Buckingham, which is not far from the Gould country on the Hertford and Buckingham border.* Gould's final troubles were with the town of Rowley. The boundary between Rowley and Topsfield had not been defined, and Rowley claimed that part of Gould's farm was in its terri­ tory. At a Topsfield town meeting on March 14, 1661/2, Gould did "give in his farm of three hundred acres . . . that he now lives upon, to Topsfield . . . forever, with all the priviledges and ap­ purtenances thereunto belonging." Rowley did not consent to this unilateral action and distrained the farm for rates. Two Rowley men, John Prichard and Ezekiel Northend, testified that "the dwelling house in which goodman gould liveth is within the bounds of the towne of Rowley several scores of Rods." Gould sued the constable of Rowley for trespass. The defendant won the verdict, but the court would not accept it, noting that Gould had paid toward the ministry in Topsfield for many years. The General Court finally settled the matter in favor of Gould and Topsfield on October 11, 1665.f The Court also settled the dis­ puted bounds between the farms of Governor Endicott and Gould in 1666. The records contain no will or settlement of Gould's estate.

DEACON Thomas Deacon, of Corner Hall, a hamlet in the parish of Hemel Hempstead, co. Hertford, was a tanner by trade. He it was who was referred to when his great-grandson, John Gould of Topsfield (1662-1724) wrote in his account book "Grand­ father Deacon lived in Hertfordshire in Hempsteadtown in Cor­ ner Hall." He married at Hemel Hempstead on June 15, 1596, Martha Field, who survived him. His will, dated December 8, 1642, gives his residence as Hemel Hempstead and names his wife Martha executrix "being full}' persuaded that she will dis­ charge the friends that stand bound for me to divers men and be

* Ibid., II: 126. t Ibid., Ill: 125, 236, 259. Records of the Governor and the Company of Massachu­ setts Bay, IV, Part II: 289. Gould, of Topsfield 107 helpful to my children." To his children he left "no more than 20s. each," and to the poor of the parish 30s. Overseers: cousin Richard Sawell of Ivinge and son Elisha Deacon to whom 10s. each. Witnesses: Roger Deacon, Thomas Paice. Administration was granted to William Davies, chief creditor, the executrix hav­ ing died, on October 24, 1663, and on April 3, 1667, to Isaac Field, executor of William Davies, of the goods of Thomas Dea­ con not fully administered.* There were Deacons in neighboring Hertfordshire parishes but no light has been shed on Thomas Deacon's parentage. There were three Deacons, contemporaries of Thomas, married in Hemel Hempstead: Mathew Robson and Awdrie Deacon on January 16, 1586/7; Raphe Deacon and Widow Howton on October 9, 1592; Roger Deacon and Annis Turner on June 2, 1596. They were very probably his sister and brothers. Roger's wife, Agnes (Annis and Agnes are interchangeable) was buried December 5, 1616. They had a son Jeremy Deacon baptized in Hemel Hempstead February 8, 1600/1, who was at the Mer­ chant Taylors School in 1614 and at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1619. The father was probably that Roger Deacon, citizen and skinner of London, whose will, dated October 11, and proved November 18, 1624, left his estate to his son-in-law Thomas Sharow, his daughter Martha and his grandchildren William Jones, Grace Jones and Roger Cottrell.f Children of Thomas Deacon, baptized in Hemel Hempstead: (1) Phebe, bapt. April 3, 1597; m. Zacheus Gould. (2) Anne, bapt. June 22, 1600. (3) Thomas, bapt. February 14, 1601/2. (4) Elisha, bapt. January 9, 1602/3 ; living in 1642. (5) Sara, bapt. December 25, 1604. (6) Thomas, bapt. December 25, 1609; buried in the church of Hemel Hempstead, "Heere lyeth interred the body of Thomas Deacon the sonne of Thomas Dea­ con and Martha his wife of Cornerhall Batchelor of Arts and student in phisick who by his extraordinary spare body in re­ spect of breadth being long sick of a consumption and of his as extraordinary height being in proportion to the length of this stone might show the desire he had to heaven and so departed Sept. 28 An. Do. 16—"; as Thomas son of Thomas Deacon of Hempstead, co. Herts, pleb., he had matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, November 23, 1627, aged 18, and received his P>. A. on December 6, 1630. (7) Martha, daughter of Thomas Deacon "of Corner Hall," bapt. August 22, 1613.

* Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 119 Juxon. t Ibid., 105 Byrde. 108 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children of Zacheus and Phebe Gould: i. PHEBE, bapt. at Hemel Hempstead Sept. 27, 1620; m. about 1640 Thomas Perkins. (See Perkins.) ii. MABY, bapt. at Hemel Hempstead Dec. 19, 1621; m. about 1647 John Reddington of Topsfield. iii. MARTHA, bapt. at Hemel Hempstead June 15, 1623; m. John New- march of Ipswich. X iv. PBISCIXLA, probably born at Great Missenden; m. John Wilde of Topsfield. (See Wildes.) v. JOHN, probably born at Great Missenden in 1635; m. Oct. 14, 1660, Sarah Baker; d. in Topsfield Jan. 26, 1709/10; she d. Jan. 20, 1708/9. He was the greatest landowner and the most prominent citizen in Topsfield in his day. In the local foot-company he became an ensign in 1674, lieutenant in 1686 and captain in 1694. He was town clerk from 1681/2 through 1684/5 and on his assuming that office he and Lieutenant Peabody were entrusted with transcribing the old town book into a new book. He was selectman from 1677/8 to 1686/7 and again in 1692. Finally in 1690 he was a deputy to the General Court. He was an active promoter of the iron works in Rowley Village, afterward Boxford, which venture was not suc­ cessful and was abandoned about 1680. In the unhappy scandal over the conduct of Mr. Thomas Gil­ bert, the Topsfield parson, in 1671, Sarah Gould was the principal witness against him, and there is much local color in the testi­ mony. To the present-day reader of the testimony it would seem that Gilbert was a sick man rather than an alcoholic, but the court, although somewhat doubtful, ruled against him. Captain Gould was an ardent defender of the Massachusetts Charter when it was abrogated in 1686, and an outspoken critic of the new government of President Dudley. Some of his Tops- field neighbors, regrettably including his brother-in-law John Wild, informed against him and he was accused of treason and lodged in Boston jail. He petitioned for pardon and was released upon the payment of a fine of £50, costs of £10, and provided a bond of £100 for good behavior. He must have had mental reser­ vations, however, and there was ill will between him and the Topsfield informers until the church intervened. From Captain Gould's five sons there is a multitude of descend­ ants. IX

TOWNE, OF TOPSFIELD

TOWNE

Since 1929, when I published The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, The Norfolk Record Society has produced many vol­ umes of documentary material dealing with that county, includ­ ing probate indices, subsidy rolls, etc., but nothing in them throws further light on the Towne family of Great Yarmouth. The name Towne is not common, but some of the name are found in southern Lincolnshire and northern Suffolk, and, as Great Yarmouth is on the Suffolk border, our Townes may have come from the latter county. John Towne, the father of the emigrant, was not a freeman of Great Yarmouth nor were any others of the name, and his status was doubtless very simple.

1. JOHN1 TOWNE is represented in the registers of the parish of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, by the baptism of two children and his later marriage to Margaret Walden on September 1, 1600. The first of the children baptized is entered as son of John and Alice Towne and the second as son of John and Elizabeth Towne. The clerk may have made an error in writ­ ing the mother's name in one case or the other, or John Towne may have had two wives in close succession. However, the late Mr. Bower Marsh, a highly experienced English genealogist, has said that he has found Alice and Elizabeth used interchange­ ably more than once.

Children: 1. ARTHUR, bapt. Aug. 28, 1597. 2. ii. WILLIAM, bapt. March 18, 1598(9).

2. WILLIAM2 TOWNE (John1) was baptized at Great Yar­ mouth on March 18, 1598(9). He married Joan Blessing at St. Nicholas church, Great Yarmouth, on April 25, 1620. In that church they had six children baptized between 1621 and 1634 and some time thereafter, the exact year not known, they emi­ grated to New England and settled in Salem where many Great Yarmouth people had preceded them. William Towne died in Topsfield about 1673 and his wife probably survived until about 1682 when their children divided the Towne property. The first record of William Towne in America appears in the town book of Salem in 1640 when he was granted "a little neck of Land right over against his house on the other side of the river." In the same year he sued John Cook in what seems to have been a boundary dispute and obtained a verdict and costs. It is probable that Towne was in Salem some years before 1640, 112 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes however. The list of grants by the town to that portion of its territory called the North Fields is undated and the best opinion seems to indicate that the grants were made before 1635, when the town records begin. William Towne's name appears on this list, and it was in the North Fields that he lived. In 1651 Towne purchased land in the neighboring town of Topsfield from William Paine of Ipswich. This farm contained forty acres "part of which is plow land, another part is meadow, another part is upland unplowed, all lying together," bounded by William Howard toward the east, Walter Roper on the north and a "Sertaine River" toward the south or southwest. There were also included two acres on the south side of the river. He sold his Salem property to Henry Bullock in 1652 and bought additional land at Topsfield in 1656. In 1660 in testify­ ing in a lawsuit his age was estimated at three score years.* He was made a commoner of Topsfield in 1661, and his wife was dis­ missed from the Salem church to that of Topsfield in 1664. On the occasion of the marriage of his son, Joseph, to Phebe Per­ kins, daughter of Deacon Thomas Perkins, in 1663, William Towne deeded two-thirds of his real property to Joseph, with whom he and his wife doubtless lived for the remainder of their days. Joanna Towne figured in a series of suits brought by and against Mr. Thomas Gilbert, the Topsfield minister, in 1670. Gilbert, by his own testimony and that of his wife, was a sick man and he was doubtless of erratic temperament, but some of his principal parishioners laid his acts and eccentricities to over­ indulgence in drink, and the court seems to have considered their suspicions credible. Most of the evidence produced dealt with a dinner at the parsonage between two Sunday services at which Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert had Capt. John Gould, Mr. Thomas Per­ kins, and their wives, and old Mrs. Towne as their guests. A gold cup (surely a rare treasure in seventeenth-century New Eng­ land) filled with wine was passed about the table and Mr. Gould alleged that Mr. Gilbert drank too freely therefrom. Joanna Towne (her age being given as seventy-five) testified that on Sunday Mr. Gilbert had administered the "sacrament swetly unto us" and that after the service "I was att dinner att Mter Gilberts table . . . and sat next to him on his right hand, and though some report that he drank too much of the sacrament wyn ... I believe he is wronged, for I that then sat next him saw no such matter ... And I can saifly take my oath that though our * Records and Files, etc., II: 205. Towne, of Topsfield 113 minister had the cup twyce in his hand, yet the first tyme he drank not one drop of it, but gave it out of his hand to Thomas Perkins, bidding him give it to me, for I needed it mor than he, being older. When the cup had gone about, it came into his hand the second time and I am sure ther could not be much in it then (it may be two or three spoon-ful) and that he drank."* In 1692 at the trial of Joanna Towne's daughter Rebecca Nourse for witchcraft, Ann Putnam testified that young John Putnam had said, referring to Rebecca and her sister Sarah Cloyes, "that [it] was no wonder they were witches for their mother was so before them." At the June term of court, 1673, Joanna Towne was appointed to administer the estate of her late husband, which fixes the ap­ proximate date of William Towne's death. The property was probably retained by her until her death, and it was not divided until 1682, when Mary, widow of Edmund Towne, Jacob Towne, Joseph Towne, Francis Nourse, Mary Estey and Sarah Bridges addressed to the court "the Humbell peticion of us whos names are under wrighten in way of a seatellment of a small esteat left to us by our Honered ffather deceased about tenn yers agoo who died and leaft no will," and requested that the real estate be as­ signed to the sons and the personal property to the daughters.f Children, the first six baptized in Great Yarmouth: i. REBECCA, bapt. Feb. 21, 1621; m. Francis Nourse of Salem. She was executed for witchcraft on July 19, 1692, having been acquitted on her first trial, but later rearrested and convicted, her attitude throughout demonstrating the highest nobility of character. Fran­ cis Nourse distributed his estate among their children in 1694, his sons being John, Samuel, Francis and Benjamin Nourse, and his sons-in-law Michael Bowden, Thomas Preston, John Tarbell and William Russell.! ii. JOHN, bapt. Feb. 16, 1623/4; d. s.p. iii. SUSANNAH, bapt. Oct. 20, 1625; d. s.p. iv. EDMUND, bapt. June 28, 1628; m. about 1652, Mary Browning; d. in 1678. He came to New England when he was nine years old as an apprentice of Henry Skerry on the ship Rose which sailed from Great Yarmouth in 1637. He settled, after his marriage, in Tops- field where he was a commoner in 1661, and took the Freeman's Oath in 1664. He was a trial juryman in 1655, grand juryman in 1663, selectman in 1673, constable in 1675 and tythingman in 1677. In 1666 he was appointed corporal of the Topsfield train band and was later promoted to sergeant. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Mary on June 27, 1678. She made her will Feb. 1, 1709, and it was probated Dec. 16, 1717.§ * Ibid., IV: 247, 369. t Essex Probate, No. 27923. Xlbid., 80S: 104. § For further information on Edmund Towne and his descendants, see The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, W. G. Davis, 1927. 114 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

3. v. JACOB, bapt. March 11, 1632. vi. MARY, bapt. Aug. 24, 1634; m. Isaac Estey. She was executed for witchcraft Sept. 22, 1692, her petition to the court being the out­ standing note of high fortitude and understanding charity which has come down to us from Salem's black days. He died in 1712 in Topsfield. His will, made March 26, 1709, mentions his sons Isaac, Joseph, J ohn, Benjamin, Jacob, and Joshua, and his daugh­ ters Sarah Ireland and Hannah Abbot. vii. SARAH, bapt. Sept. 3, 1648, in Salem; m. (1) Edmund Bridges Jan. 11, 1659/60. He died about 1682, and she m. (2) Peter Cloyes as his second wife. She was accused of witchcraft in 1692, primarily because of her courageous protest against the public blackening of her sister's name by the Salem Village clergyman, Mr. Parris, but escaped execution. She removed to Sudbury and died before 1704, when Cloyes married as his third wife Susanna Beers. He died July 18, 1708. viii. JOSEPH, bapt. Sept. 3, 1648, in Salem; m. Phebe Perkins about 1663, in which year his father conveyed to him a part of his house and land in Topsfield in view of the contemplated marriage. He was made freeman March 22, 1690. He died in 1713, administration being granted to his eldest son Joseph on Feb. 21, 1714. His chil­ dren yielded their rights in his household goods to their mother on May 27, 1715, the names signed to the instrument being Joseph, Sarah, Martha and Phebe Towne, John Cummings (husband of Susannah Towne) and Thomas Nichols (husband of Joanna Towne) .*

3. JACOB3 TOWNE (William2, John1) was baptized at Great Yarmouth on March 11, 1632, and was a boy of three or four when he came to New England with his parents. He married Catherine Symonds in Salem on June 26, 1657. He died in Tops- field on November 27, 1704. In Topsfield he was a commoner in 1661, a selectman in 1679, 1680 and 1683, and was frequently on committees to run lines of town grants and boundaries. He served as a trial juror in 1676 and 1681, and as a grand juror in 1692. He was a corporal in the town's train band in 1681 and ensign in 1687. Towne was one of the committee appointed by the church to choose a minister in 1680, and, Mr. Joseph Capen having come to Topsfield for the preliminary interviews, Towne was directed to accompany Capen back to Dorchester "and bring him again with his friends' consent to continue with us in the ministry." He was also on the committee to provide for Mr. Capen's ordination in 1684, and the committee to seat the people in the meeting­ house, a task requiring great tact, in 1687. He was one of the tythin"men in 1701. Jacob was seldom in the courts. Mr. William Perkins sued him in 1657, but the case was withdrawn, but in 1660, when Mr. Henry Bartholomew sued him for withholding a mare and a foal, * Essex Probate, 311 : 236, 270. Towne, of Topsfield 115 the verdict was for Bartholomew. He testified in 1681, aged about 50, that thirty-five or six years ago his father had bought twenty acres of land of Jeffrey Massey and paid for it in wheat, and when his father removed from Salem to Topsfield in 1651, he sold the lot, which was at Ryal Side, to Nathaniel Felton. In 1682 he acted as agent for his town in the bitter dispute between Salem and Topsfield over the boundary line, which is considered to have had vengeful repercussions in the witchcraft accusations of 1692. The will of Jacob Towne, husbandman, was made November 24, 1704, and proved January 5, 1704(5). He left to his son Jacob the land upon which he was already settled consisting of about 49 acres on the south side of Ipswich river and an acre and 60 poles on the north side. To his daughter Katherine, wife of Elisha Perkins, £5 "not in or as money but other Current pay," besides what he had already given her. To his daughter Deliverance, wife of John Stiles, £4 "besides what she hath had of me already." To his son John and his daughter Ruth, equal shares in the land that he [the testator] lived on, not otherwise disposed of, with the house, orchards and all of the moveable estate, they to provide comfortable maintenance for his wife Katherine and his son Edmund during their natural lives. They were also to pay his debts and his funeral expenses. In addition, to his daughter Deliverance, after his wife's decease, the (bed?) which his son Edmund hath usually had improvement of. Wit­ nesses : Joseph Capen, William Town, Samuel Town.*

Children, born in Topsfield: i. JOHN, b. April 2, 1658; m. Mary Smith, Feb. 2, 1680. In 1698 he bought 211 acres in Framingham from Joseph Buckminister, and apparently moved there as he had a son born in Framingham in 1699, and was elected selectman in 1700. His father, from the evidence of his will in 1704, seems to have hoped that he would return to Topsfield. He sold his Framingham farm in 1713, and moved to Oxford where he was town clerk, selectman and dea­ con. He died in 1740. ii. JACOB, b. Feb. 13, 1659(60) ; m. June 24, 1684, Phebe Smith who d. Jan. 14, 1740; he d. Oct. 4, 1741, in Topsfield. iii. KATHERINE, b. Feb. 25, 1661(2); m. Feb. 23, 1680, Elisha Perkins. (See Perkins.) iv. DELIVERANCE (twin), b. Aug. 5, 1664; m. Nov. 24, 1684, John Stiles, the marriage recorded in Boxford. v. RUTH (twin), b. Aug. 5, 1664; apparently unmarried in 1704, and probably the Ruth who d. Aug. 1, 1739. vi. EDMUND, b. July 21, 1666; obviously, from his father's will, a cripple or an invalid; d. Dec. 25, 1736. * Ibid., 308: 319-321.

X

BLESSING, OF GREAT YARMOUTH, ENGLAND

BLESSING

Blessing is an exceedingly rare surname in England. Search in many indexes of public records has failed to turn it up at all, with the exceptions with which this article deals. In Boyd's in­ valuable marriage index for Suffolk, which covers every recorded marriage in that county, is found that of John Blyssynge and Joane Preaste in the year 1569 in the parish of Somerleyton. This is the one record of the name in the tens of thousands of entries which the Suffolk index contains. A letter to the rector of Somerleyton produced a pleasant but genealogically unsatis­ factory reply, as is so often the case with such missives, inas­ much as the clergy do not, and probably cannot be expected to, understand the objects of record searching and too often cannot read the ancient writing in the registers. From it, however, it was learned that John and Joane Blyssynge had two children baptized in Somerleyton, a daughter Julian in 1571 and a son William in 1575. The rector found no more. Between forty and fifty years later, in the parish of Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, which lies on the Suffolk border and is about seven miles from Somerleyton, as the crow flies, three Blessing girls were married. Here again they are the sole representatives of the name in the Great Yarmouth marriages, indexed by Mr. Boyd, and a search of the parish register failed to disclose their baptismal records. It seems most likely that these young women were granddaugh­ ters of the Somerleyton couple, their parents marrying and bringing their children to baptism in some other parish before settling in Great Yarmouth, but unless one is personally on the ground, with plenty of time, a search of the registers of neigh­ boring parishes is almost prohibitive. There are no Blessing wills to solve the problem and no Blessing man received the freedom of Great Yarmouth. The family was doubtless of humble status. The three Great Yarmouth girls were Margaret Blessing who married Robert Buffam in 1613, Joan Blessing who married William Towne in 1620 and Julian Blessing, married to Thomas Goose in 1622. That there was a fourth sister, Alice Blessing, who married about 1615 into the family of Firmage of Great Yarmouth, can be demonstrated with reasonable certainty al­ though her marriage record has not been found. Great Yar­ mouth was a strongly Puritan town in the period with which we are dealing and sent many emigrants to New England, among them Robert Buffam, the widower of Margaret Blessing, Alice (Blessing) Firmage and her children, and Joan (Blessing) 120 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Towne, her husband and family. With other Great Yarmouth neighbors they settled in Salem in the colony of Massachusetts Bay.

1. MARGARET BLESSING married Robert Buffam in the church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, August 23, 1613. Buffam or Bougham was a rare name in the parish and Robert was pre­ sumably a son of James Bougham and Margery Raylton who were married there on February 13, 1589/90. Margaret (Bless­ ing) Buffam died before August 11, 1634, when in the neighbor­ ing church of South Walsham, co. Norfolk, Robert Buffam married Thomasine Thompson, the young widow of J ohn Thomp­ son and a daughter of George Ward of Great Yarmouth and his wife Dionis Burrow. Thomasine Ward had married John Thompson at St. Nicholas' church on November 29, 1632, and her parents had been married there January 28, 1596/7. Thom­ asine Buffam had a son Joshua, named for a son of Margaret (Blessing) Buffam who had been buried in 1631, baptized on February 28, 1635/6, and a daughter Mary baptized February 2, 1637/8, and soon thereafter Robert Buffam, his wife and chil­ dren, and Margaret Thompson, Thomasine's daughter by her first husband, must have crossed the Atlantic, for on October 29, 1638, Robert appeared at a town meeting in Salem and asked for "accomodation," that is to say, a grant of land, which he obtained. Thomasine and her children became strong Quakers and suffered severely for their faith. In 1666 her brother Jeffrey Ward of Great Yarmouth left £100 to "Thomesin Buffam my sister now or late the wife of Robert Buffam on New England."* Robert Buffam died in Salem on August 6, 1669, and his widow survived until May or June, 1688.

Children of Margaret (Blessing) Buffam, baptized at Great Yarmouth: MART, bapt. Aug. 21, 1614; m. at Great Yarmouth Dec. 6, 163S, Adam Mills, both single, but she soon died as Adam Mills, widower, m. Jane Ward, single, on Dec. 27, 1636. SAMUEL, bapt. Dec. 22, 1616; m. at Great Yarmouth Jan. 10, 1637/8, Margaret Greney, both single. They did not come to New England. DEBORAH, bapt. Sept. 26, 1619. From the papers dealing with the estate of her father it appears probable that Deborah died young and that Robert Buffam's second wife had a daughter whom she named Deborah and who married Robert Wilson in Salem in 1658. JOSHUA, bapt. Aug. 25, 1622; buried, "puer," Sept. 23, 1631. ABRAHAM, bapt. Aug. 17, 1625; buried "infans," Oct. 21, 1631. JACOB, bapt. Oct. 28, 1627; buried "infs," Oct. 13, 1631. JOHN, bapt. May 22, 1631; no further record. * Archdeaconry of Norfolk. Blessing, of Great Yarmouth 121

2. ALICE BLESSING—the evidence for believing her to have been a Blessing will be given later—was married about 1615 to a man named Firmage whose given name is not known. The family of Firmage had some slight prominence in Great Yar­ mouth, men of the name having been bailiffs of the town in 1531, 1532, 1537 and 1551, and others being listed in the freeman's roll. The name is hardly spelled twice alike either in Old or New England—Fermace, Formais, Fearmayes, Feiremayde, Ver- mage, Vermaes, Vermaz, Vermayes, Vermasse and Vermages. Alice's husband either died in England or on the voyage to Ameri­ ca for she was "widow Alice Vermais" when she appeared before the Salem town meeting on October 29, 1638, with her son Mark and her presumptive brother-in-law, Robert Buffam, and asked for "accomodation" which was granted her in the form of 50 acres on February 4, 1638/9. The two sons and four daughters who were with her in Salem must have been born in England, but, like her marriage, their baptisms are not found in the Great Yarmouth register. Probably they lived in a neighboring parish. Alice Vermais was a member of the Salem church in 1639, but after a few years she moved to Boston, possibly with her daugh­ ter Abigail Button and her husband. The Buttons were still in Salem in 1644 but were living in Boston in December, 1645. On August 3, 1655, Alice Vermaz, widow, sometimes of Salem, for £10 sold to Henry Skerry 10 acres in the North Field in Salem, abutting on North river, and 5 acres of meadow in Wenham, ad­ joining land given by the town of Salem to Henry and Francis Skerry.* She made her will on February 8, 1656, and died on the following day. The will of Alice Fermace of Boston, widow, was proved April 24, 1656. To my sister Joan Towne, my old cloth gown. To my daughter Ester Estick, my best stuffe gown. To my grandchild Susan Goose, my box and my muff. To my daughter Sary Lang­ don, my red petticoat. All my wearing linen to my daughter Sarah Langdon and my daughter Ester Estic. Pilgrim, Edee and Elizabeth, my negro servants, to my son Mr. Edward Hutch­ inson, their service to be equally divided by my daughter Susan Goose and my daughter Abigail Hutchinson. Residue to all children equally. Executor: son Mr. Edward Hutchinson. Wit­ nesses: Jonathan Negus, Elkenah Coope. The goods of Alice Fermase, widow, late of Salem, deceased, were on February 20, 1655(6), appraised at £18: 3: 0 by Jeffrey Massey and Henry * Essex Deeds, I: 67. 122 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Skerry, Sen. Her Boston property was valued at £11: 10: 0 in a separate inventory made by Richard Cooke and Benjamin Gillam on March 11, 1656. The legacy to "my sister Joan Towne" is evidence that Alice Firmage was born a Blessing as we know Joan to have been, al­ though there is the possibility that they were half-sisters, born to a common mother. Additional evidence is presented by the name of Alice's daughter Susan Goose. The will (1705) of Josh­ ua Buffam, son of Alice's brother-in-law, Robert Buffam, states that he had bought 5 acres in the North Field from his "cousin Goose." This conveyance, dated November 13, 1677, was from Susanna Goose of Boston, widow, to Joshua Buffum, covering 5 acres in the North Field. Her son Isaac Goose, consented to the sale on the same day.* It should also be noted that Joshua Buf­ fam was not a son of his father's first wife, Margaret Blessing, but of the second, and was not, therefore, a blood cousin of the Firmage children, but it would not be strange for the relation­ ship to be assumed. Alice Firmage's 50-acre grant in Salem was not disposed of until June 1, 1678, when Susannah Goose of Boston, widow, Abigail Hutchinson of Boston, widow, John Langdon, sailmak- er, of Boston, and Sarah, his wife, and Esther Eastwick of Sa­ lem, widow, sold it to Samuel Frayl of Salem for £50.f It is hardly to be doubted that the two Firmage young men who were in Salem with Alice Firmage, 1638-1640, were her sons, but neither Mark nor Benjamin is mentioned in her will. Both had long since left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, however, and her highly personal legacies would not have been suitable for them. They are treated herein as her children, although slight possibility exists that she was their stepmother. Children of Alice (Blessing) Firmage, born in England: i. MARK, surely born by 1619 as he (Formais) was made a freeman in Salem May 13, 1640, having been admitted to the church Sept. 22, 1639. He had applied to the town for land in 1638 and was granted a 10-acre lot. Mark became engaged to marry a girl named Katherine, her surname unknown, but she jilted him and married Nicholas Pacy. On Dec. 29, 1640, the Pacys appeared in court and Nicholas confessed that he knew of his wife's promise to marry Mark Vermass of Salem when he married her and made "hearty acknowledgment" of the wrong, while Katherine ad­ mitted that she had been troubled in her conscience since her mar­ riage. Mark Vermais was sued for trespass by William Cousins in 1641 and in June, 1643, he (Vermass) was a member of the Es- * Ibid., i: 165. t Ibid., 18: 99. Blessing, of Great Yarmouth 123 sex County grand jury. This is the last record of him found in New England. He must have returned to England and found a more faithful girl than the fickle Katherine, for at the Independ­ ent Church at Great Yarmouth Mark and Ruth Firman or Ver- mace had four children baptized, 1647/8-1658, named Benjamin, Ruth, Benjamin again, and William. ii. BENJAMIN, probably born about 1620. He was admitted to Salem church on March 6, 1641/2, and made a freeman in Boston May 18, 1642. "Mr. Benjamin Vermayes married unto Mris Mercy Bradford the one and twentyeth of December," 1648. She was the eldest daughter of Gov. William Bradford and the marriage is recorded as above in the Plymouth Colony Records. He is said to have bought a house and garden in Plymouth, and in 1650/1 in the inventory of the estate of Thomas Richards of Weymouth was entered "debt due to mr. ffermace of Plymouth." Mercy seems to have soon died, childless, and Benjamin, a sea captain, may have travelled far afield, his home port unknown. On Nov. 28, 1665, the Essex County Court, having been in­ formed of the death of Benjamin Fearemayes at Ginne [Guinea], ordered that his estate in Salem be given into the hands of Cap­ tain Huchesson and the widow Hester Eastwick, and on June 26, 1666, administration on the estate of Captain Fermayes was granted to Hester. George Gardner and Francis Nurse appraised the property which consisted of one acre in the field near the north ferry and half an acre, lying between Mr. John Gidney and Goodman Peter, at £14. There was also a ten-acre lot "on Marblehead side" but unfortunately it could not be located. Fran­ cis Nurse, aged about forty-five years, deposed that Ester Es- wicke entrusted a cow worth £5 to Fermane who promised to pay her 20s. a year for it, nineteen years ago, and Esther was ordered to pay herself her due. Francis Nurse was the son-in-law of Joan (Blessing) Towne. Possibly Mistress Firmage's three negro slaves were the product of one of the captain's voyages to Guinea. iii. SUSAN, married before 1656 Peter Vergoose of Boston.* In her mother's will of 1656 Susan was called Goose, she signed the deeds of 1677 and 1678 Susan Goose and the will of Joshua Buffum of 1705 refers to her as cousin Goose, Judge Savage's statement that Goose and Vergoose were alternative names, however, led to further investigation, and the fact that Isaac Goose consented to his mother's conveyance to Buffum in 1677 proved a valuable clue. Peter Vergoose was a Boston merchant who died about Decem­ ber, 1667, when his widow Susanna was appointed administratrix. Their son Isaac Vertigoose of Boston bought a lot in Boston from Anthony Harker on Jan. 12, 1662, the deed stating that the pur­ chase price of £30 was paid by Peter Vertigoose, father of Isaac, in part payment for Isaac's services for five years, worth £10 a year. Edward Hutchinson, husband of Abigail Firmage, wit­ nessed the deed.f The land of Isaac Goose alias Vergoose was mentioned in a deed of July 13, 1671,J and both Peter and Isaac * In an article entitled "The Four Blessing Sisters" in The American Genealogist, Vol. 33, p. 199, I advanced a "plausible theory" that Susan Firmage was the first wife of Capt. William Goose of Charlestown and that she died before 1858 when Captain Goose married Susanna Jones. This theory has proved to be untenable. In fact, I had, at that time, an abstract of the conveyance of the Firmage heirs which was made in 1678, in which Susan Goose, widow, was a grantor, but it was filed in a Hutchinson folder, Abigail Hutchinson being another of the heirs, and thus escaped my notice. t Suffolk Deeds, IV: 75. t Ibid., VII: 238. 124 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Goose are several times mentioned as abutters in other convey­ ances. On Sept. 20, 1679, Susanna Vergoose of Boston, widow and administratrix of the estate of Peter Vergoose, and her children Isaac Vergoose and John Raynsford and Susanna, his wife, con­ veyed her property to Isaac for "my more comfortable main­ tenance now in my old age."* Susanna Vergoose of Boston, widow, made her will Dec. 23, 1681, and it was proved Jan. 29, 1685. She left to her son Peter Vergoose in the city of Norwich, England, "if he come over or send for it," £20 in New England money. To the children of her dear daughter Susannah Raynsford "lately departed this life," that is John Raynsford, Mary Shute, Susannah Raynsford, Ed­ ward Raynsford, Hannah Raynsford and Nathan Raynsford, £5 each. To the children of her son Isaac Vergoose, that is Jonathan, Mary and Isaac Vergoose "and the little child that my daughter Mary-)- (now wife to my Son Isaac) now goeth with," £5 each. "Whereas through oversight Elizabeth Raynsford, the eldest daughter of my said daughter Raynsford, deceased, which should have been the first of those children mentioned," [was omitted], to her £20. Residuary legatee and executor, son Isaac. Witnesses: Samuel Sewall, Daniel Quinsey, Robert Howard. The inventory, taken by Robert Sanderson, Sr., and Henry Alline, amounted to £954: A pedigree of the family of Vertegans alias Rottengoose of Norwich, co. Norfolk, begins with a Peter Vertegans, "born be­ yond the seas," which doubtless means the Low Countries, who by his first wife Judith Baert had a son Peter, baptized in 1601, and by his second wife Jacomine Giliots, whose will was dated Feb. 7, 1648/9, six children including a son Isaac who was baptized in 1608. There can be no doubt that the emigrant Peter Vergoose of Boston was a member of this family.§ iv. ABIGAIL, admitted to the church in Salem in 1640. She married (1) Robert Button, freeman at Salem in 1642, and they had two children baptized in Salem 1642-1644. In 1645 Button moved to Boston where three more children were baptized 1645-1650, and where he was a prominent merchant. He died in Jan. 1651. Abigail married (2) Edward Hutchinson, Jr., of Boston, son of William and Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson, as his second wife. The distinguished son of a notable mother, Hutchinson was a repre­ sentative to the General Court, a captain in the colony's military forces, and firm in opposition to the cruel treatment of the Quak­ ers. He died at Marlborough Aug. 19, 1675, aged 62, as the result of a wound treacherously inflicted by an Indian during King Philip's war. Abigail survived until Aug. 10, 1689. By Hutch­ inson she had four children. v. SARAH, married before 1656, when her mother made her will, John Langdon of Boston, sailmaker. The Boston records contain the birth record of only one child, Abigail Langdon, born Aug. 25, 1660, but deeds disclose two others. John and Sarah Langdon on Feb. 2, 1664, deeded to Thomas Randall of Marblehead who was about to marry their daughter Sarah, land in Boston.]] On May * Ibid., XI: 230. t Mary Goose, wife of Isaac, died Oct. 19, 1690, aged 42. Her grave in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, is pointed out as that of "Mother Goose," a harmless fiction. t Suffolk Probate, No. 1446. § East Anglian Pedigrees, Arthur Campling, Norfolk Record Society. Vol. XIII, p. 226. II Suffolk Deeds, VIII: 400. Blessing, of Great Yarmouth 125 14, 1674, they conveyed to their son Benjamin Langdon their dwelling house and the land thereto belonging, for affection, some relief in old age and the love he bore to his sisters.* They were both living in 1678. vi. ESTHER, married about 1650 Edward Eastwick, mariner, of Salem. The Goodwife Eastwick who was admitted to Salem church on Dec. 29, 1640, was possibly Edward's mother and identical with the Elizabeth Eastwick who testified in Salem court in June, 1643, as to Mary West—"ye woman is a very diligent woman." Mary was asking for higher wages from her master, Goodman Canterbury. Elizabeth also testified to the nuncupative will of John Thorne of Salem in 1646, and then appears no more. Edward Eastwick died before Nov. 28, 1665, when widow Hester Eastwick had the estate of her brother Benjamin Feare- mayes placed in her hands. Administration on Edward's estate was granted to her June 26, 1666, when she brought in a small inventory and was ordered to pay her children, Elizabeth 14 years old, Sarah 12, Hannah 10, Esther 7 (born April 21, 1659) and Edward 4 (born April 12, 1662) 40 shillings each at age or mar­ riage. She survived until 1708 when her will, made July 22, 1698, was proved. She made bequests to her grandchildren Elizabeth Carle (phonetic for Searle), Benjamin Bush, Edward Bush and Estwick Bush, and left the remainder to her daughter Elizabeth Bush. It would seem that Elizabeth was the only one of the five Eastwick children to reach maturity and marry. Her first hus­ band, whom she married June 24, 1673, was William Pickman of Salem on whose estate she was granted administration June 28, 1676, and to whom she bore a posthumous son, William Pickman, on Sept. 7, 1676. She married, secondly, Aug. 1, 1678, in Salem, as his second wife, Edward Bush by whom she had seven children.

3. JOAN BLESSING married William Towne in Great Yar­ mouth on April 25,1620. (See Towne.)

4. JULIAN BLESSING married Thomas Goose in Great Yar­ mouth on July 31,1622, but of her later life nothing is at present known. A Thomas Goose, son of John Goose, mariner, was granted the freedom of Great Yarmouth by birth in 1615, and it is highly probable that he was Julian's future husband. Also, one would like to think that Capt. William Goose, the Great Yar­ mouth mariner who transported so many Norfolk people to New England, was Julian's brother-in-law.

* Ibid., 401.

XI

SYMONDS, OF SALEM

SYMONDS

John Symonds, who emigrated to New England from Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, settled in Salem where he had a 20-acre land grant near the North river in 1636. He testified in 1669 that he was about seventy-four years old, so he was born about 1595. In Great Yarmouth he and his wife Ruth had children bap­ tized at St. Nicholas church between 1625 and 1633. That her maiden name was Ruth Fox we learn from an entry in the diary of Dr. Bentley who states that he had seen the papers in an old lawsuit brought by the Symonds' son James, giving the names of his parents and their English home, and the expectation that he had of inheriting land in Norwich.* The date of Ruth Sy­ monds' death is not known, but Symonds had a second wife, Eliza­ beth, who survived him when he died in 1671. Symonds was a joiner and cooper by trade. He took the Free­ man's Oath in March, 1637/8. He had further grants of a house lot in 1652 and 10 acres in the North field in 1670. In 1644 he was in court for allowing his cattle to go at large before the fruits were gathered. He was discharged from training because of lameness in 1648, on the condition that he would at­ tend ordinary training if he sufficiently recovered. He was a grand juror in 1657. The will of John Symonds of Salem was made August 16, and proved September 19, 1671. To my wife Elizabeth, my house, orchard and outhousing, all my land, my bed and bedding and all such vessels and household stuff as she shall have occasion to use during her natural life, also £20 to be paid her, £5 a year, by my son James Symonds. To my son James Symonds, my dwell­ ing-house, outhousing, orchard and all my land, at my wife's decease, and I do assign to him my servant John Pease during the term of the indenture, he paying £5 per annum to my wife and 50s. per annum to my son Samuel and to my daughter Kath­ erine for four years. To the children of my deceased daughter Ruth Swinnerton, £20 to be divided equally among them. Residue to be equally divided between my son Samuel Symonds and my daughter Katherine Towne. To my son Samuel, an ox now in his hands. To John Swinnerton, one sad-colored cloth coat. Execu­ tors: my sons James and Samuel. Overseers: Major Hathren and Mr. Bartholomew, and in special I do humbly entreat them to take care of my wife who is in an ill condition. To my son James, all my working tools belonging to my trade. Witnesses:

* New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 96: 205. 130 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Henry Bartholomew, John Swinnerton, Samuel Inguls. The in­ ventory, totalling £342, of which the real property accounted for £230, listed two old Bibles, a book of Dr. Preston's works, a book of Mr. Rogers's works and a psalm book, also an appren­ tice, seventeen years old, who had still to serve three years, nine months and two weeks. Samuel Symonds renounced the executor­ ship in court.* Of the seven children the first six were baptized in Great Yar­ mouth and were by John's wife Ruth. The seventh, baptized in Salem, may have been by Ruth also, or by John's second wife Elizabeth. Children: JOHN, bapt. March 30, 1625; probably d. young. EDMUND, bapt. Dec. 31, 1626; probably d. young. MARY, bapt. May 18, 1628; probably d. young. CATHERINE, bapt. April 18, 1630; m. Jacob Towne June 26, 1657. (See Towne.) RUTH, bapt. Feb. 20, 1630/1; m. Job Swinnerton July 19, 1656. JAMES, bapt. May 19, 1633; aged about thirty-seven in 1670; joiner, living in Salem; m. Elizabeth Browning Nov. 20, 1661; adminis­ tration on his estate was granted to his son John June 7, 1714, and the inventory, including entailed land at Topsfield, was taken by John Ropes, Joseph Meacham and Samuel Shattuck; his wife, who may have died before him, was surely dead when the estate was divided, June 30, 1715, between his children John (eldest son), Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin and Sarah, and the representatives of Ruth and James, each share being worth £32: 7: 0; the real estate being incapable of division, was confirmed to John Symonds with the consent of the other heirs.f Children, born in Salem: 1. Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1662; m. (1) Edward Norris Dec. 3, 1685; m. (2) Starr. 2. Ruth, b. Feb. 19, 1663/4; m. Josiah Southwick; d. be­ fore 1715. 3. John, b. July 8, 1666; m. (1) Sarah Waters March 3, 1689/90; m. (2) Sarah Foster March 15, 1710/1. 4. Elizabeth, b. Oct. and d. Dec. 1668. 5. James, b. Feb. 14, 1670; d. about June 1673. 6. Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1672/3; d. young. 7. James, b. April 15, 1674; m. Mary Robinson March 25, 1697; d. before 1715. 8. Benjamin, b. Jan. 7, 1674(5); d., probably unmarried, in 1722. 9. Thomas, b. April 1, 1677; m. Elizabeth Stone. 10. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 29, 1679; d., unmarried, March 23, 1757. 11. Joseph, b. March 20, 1681/2; d. about 1756. 12. Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1687/8; m. Samuel Stone. * Essex Probate, No. 27089. t Ibid., 311 : 136, 155, 299, 300. Symonds, of Salem 131 SAMUEL, b. abt. Nov., 1638, in Salem; lived in Rowley Village (Box­ ford) where he m. Elizabeth Andrews April 14, 1662; a joiner by trade, he built the pulpit of the Topsfield church in 1682; freeman March 22, 1689/90; selectman of Boxford in 1692, 1698, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1706, 1710; Representative to the General Court in 1704; on Oct. 2, 1716, he deeded his Boxford farm to his son Joseph for the life support of himself and his wife, reserving the eastern half of the house for their use; d. Aug. 14,1722, aged 84 years, 7 months; his widow Elizabeth d. March 17, 1725, aged 82. Children, born in Boxford: 1. Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1663. 2. Hannah, b. Dec. 25, 1664. 3. Grace, b. Oct. 14, 1667; m. Zerubabel Endicott, grand­ son of Gov. John Endicott, July —, (before 1691). 4. Mary, b. Feb. 26, 1669/70; m. Joseph Peabody at Ips­ wich March, 1693/4. 5. Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1672; m. (1) Abigail Porter of Salem at Topsfield, June 8, 1698; she d. Nov. 12, 1716; m. (2) Mary ; constable of Boxford 1699 and selectman 1712, 1715, 1718, 1722, 1723; d. July 7, 1755, in Middleton. 6. John, b. March 29, 1674; m. Hannah Hazen Feb. 13, 170-; selectman of Boxford 1716, 1725, 1734, 1736; Representative to the General Court 1734, 1736-8. 7. Ruth, b. Dec. 24, 1676; m. Andrew Eliot of Boston July 19, 17 [05]; her son, Rev. Dr. Andrew Eliot, was chosen president of Harvard College in 1773 but de­ clined the office. 8. Rebecca, b. May 31, 1679; m. Jacob Smith of Boxford. 9. Phebe, b. Oct. 2, 1682; m. John Fuller of Salem Jan. 22, 170-. 10. Joseph, b. May 24, 1685 (probably the same child was also recorded as Josiah, b. May 25, 1685) ; m. Mary Peabody Jan. 3, 1710/1; town clerk of Boxford 1736- 1742, selectman 1719, 1730, 1731, 1737, 1738, 1743, 1745, 1746, 1748; d. March 5, 1755. 11. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 26, 1687; builder; selectman of Box­ ford 1727, 1733, 1747, 1749; d. unmarried in 1769.

XII

PORTER, OF SALEM VILLAGE

PORTER

1. SERGT. JOHN1 PORTER was born about the year 1595, his age being estimated as seventy-three in 1669 and seventy-nine in 1674. He probably married his wife Mary in England and brought her and one or two children with him to Massachusetts Bay, where the first record of him is found in the town of Hing­ ham in 1637. The town book, to be sure, mentions him as an abuttor of a grant of land made in 1635, but there seems to be some suspicion that this was not a contemporary entry but one made some years later, after Porter's own recorded grants. These latter took place on September 1 and 2, 1637, and included a seven-acre house lot at the northeast corner of the common, a planting lot, a "great lot" on the east side of the river, salt marsh at Layford's Liking meadows, fresh meadow at Crooked mead­ ows, a planting lot at Plain Neck, salt meadow at Wear Neck and fresh meadow at Turkey meadows, sixty-six acres in all. Twenty-four acres laid out to him at Nantasket in 1637/8 were later found to be outside the town's boundaries and he was given other land in compensation. He was chosen to rate the town's estates and to serve as constable in 1641, and was elected a Dep­ uty to the General Court to represent Hingham on May 20, 1644. This election is somewhat surprising as Porter had already taken steps to abandon Hingham for Salem, although he did not sell his Hingham lands to Nathaniel Baker until 1648. In May, 1643, he had bought from Mr. Samuel Sharp a large farm lying north of Skelton's Neck, in Salem, and if his wife was, as seems certain, the Mary Porter admitted to Salem church on May 5, 1644, the removal from Hingham took place before he served as the town's deputy. The Sharp farm was the first of a series of purchases in that part of Salem which later became Dan­ vers which resulted in his becoming Salem's largest land-owner. To three great farms, Sharp's, Downing's and Bishop's, he added many of lesser extent, so that, after giving Downing's farm to his son Joseph, he was still the owner of nearly two thousand acres at his death. Although a tanner by trade, he was commonly known as "Farmer Porter." Porter first appears on the town records in 1644 as a member of a committee to "walk forth in the time of God's worship to take notice of such as either lie about the meeting-house without attending to the word and ordinances, or that lie at home or in the fields without giving good account thereof." Obviously an ardent Puritan, he testified against John Brackenbury for 136 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes "wearing points and ribbons" and Henry Bullock for "excess in apparel" in 1652 and against various less ardent townsmen for absence from meeting. He was a selectman of Salem from 1646 to 1662, with the ex­ ception of three years, and again in 1668 and 1671. First called sergeant in 1646, he held that office in the town's train-band until 1665 when he was relieved at his own request. His name con­ stantly appears as a member of committees to lay out lands and roads, and to determine or perambulate the bounds of the town. In 1668 he was again a Deputy to the General Court and in 1669 acted as Salem's constable. In 1661 he was seated in the deacon's seat in the meetinghouse, and in 1672 he had permission to build a pew in "the first place on the north side of the west door." He served on the grand jury in 1647, 1649, 1650, 1656, 1658, 1659 and 1666, and on the trial jury in 1646, 1651-1654, 1664 and 1669. Sergeant Porter died September 6, 1676. His widow, Mary, survived until February 6, 1684/5. Their house, on Sharp's farm, remained in the family until about 1796, and was destroyed by fire in 1865. The will of John Porter, Sr., yeoman, of Salem, was made April 28, 1673, and proved September 26, 1676. To my wife Mary Porter, sole executrix, one-half of all my goods, debts, chattels and cattle, and during her life one-third of the yearly value of all my houses and lands, or the thirds thereof, as the law directs. To my son John, who by his rebellious and wicked prac­ tices hath been a great grief to his parents and hath greatly wasted my estate, £150, in three annual payments, etc. To my son Benjamin, all that parcel of land commonly called Bishop's farm, also two hundred acres of land lying in Blind Hole given me by the town, also one hundred acres of land purchased of Mr. Bradstreet, also five acres of fresh meadow purchased of Jeffrey Massey, also eight acres of meadow and upland purchased of William Nichols and formerly a part of Bishop's farm, also ten acres of upland bought of John Hawthorne of Lynn, and also £100 in two equal annual payments. To my daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Gardiner, to whom I have already done for according to my ability, to her three children 40s. apiece. To my daughters Mary and Sarah, to be equally divided, the farm called Smith's containing eighty acres, also one hundred and twenty-five acres lying between the farm that was sometime Kenistone's and Law­ rence Leach's, also ten acres purchased of Mr. Gott, also Keni­ stone's farm of two hundred acres with twenty acres of meadow Porter, of Salem Village 137 appertaining thereto. To my son Joseph Porter, £5, and 40s. to each of his children. To John, son of my son Samuel, £10 to be paid him at the age of twenty-one. To my son Israel, my now mansion place with all the housing thereon, orchards, and lands adjoining, viz., so much as was purchased by me from Mr. Sharp, and also sixty acres of Skelton's Neck, being that part which I purchased of Mr. Skelton's daught ers. To Joseph, Benjamin and Israel Porter, the remainder of Skelton's Neck, containing one hundred and fifty acres, and I do order them to make pay­ ment of the £150 bequeathed unto my son John. To my son Ben­ jamin, eighty acres purchased of Mr. Gott, thirty acres pur­ chased of Jacob Barney, jr., forty acres purchased of Jeffrey Massey, forty acres purchased of Goodman Watson and forty acres purchased of John Pickard, and my will is that he shall pay my daughters Mary and Sarah £50 apiece in five years time. To my son Israel, my interest in the sawmill near Skelton's Neck. To Rev. Mr. John Higginson, 40s. To the poor of Salem, £5. To my wife, my best feather-bed with all appurtenances necessary to complete the same. To Cornelius Baker and John Glover, 40s. apiece. Residue to sons Joseph, Benjamin and Israel and daugh­ ters Mary and Sarah. Overseers: my loveing friends Mr. Ed­ mund Batter and Mr. Hillard Veren, to each of whom 40s. Wit­ nesses : Samuel Danforth, Peter Olliver, Thomas Brattle Junir. The inventory came to the large total of £2,753, mostly in land. There were few articles of luxury, but the house was well filled with ordinary furnishings. Sergeant Porter had books valued at £3, two negro servants worth £40 and three English servants worth £30. His clothing was valued at the large sum of £20.* Children: i. JOHN, b. about 1634; d. March 16, 1684, unmarried. He was a sailor, making voyages to England and to the West Indies, but it was his "rebellious spirit" which is perpetuated in the records. In 1657 his father stated that he had already given John £200 and in 1661, after what must have been a long series of troubles and counter- accusations, John was committed to the house of correction, charged with abuse of his parents and of the authorities. His letter to his father and mother from jail, dated Nov. 18, 1661, and his petition to the court seem to express a sincere repentance and grief. In 1663, however, he had forfeited his bond to keep the peace, and was sent to Boston to be tried before the Court of Assistants. He escaped from prison sometime before June, 1668, when J ohn Barnes, one of his father's servants, complained against him, and he was again committed. In 1674, John having made some claim to his father's land at Skelton's Neck, his father sued him * Essex Probate, No. 22468. 138 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes but lost the case, the court stating that they had agreed in 1670 to submit any differences to arbitration and that arbitrators had decided that the land was the father's property but had awarded John £150 for his portion.* ii. SAMUEL, b. about 1636; m. Hannah Dodge, daughter of William Dodge of Beverly; mariner and owner of a large farm in Wen- ham; his will, made Feb. 10, 1658/9, when about to go on a voyage to Barbadoes, was proved June 28, 1660; his widow m. Thomas Woodbury of Beverly Dec. 2, 1661. Child: 1. John; m. Lydia Herrick about 1680. 2. iii. JOSEPH, bapt. Sept. 9, 1638, in Hingham. iv. BENJAMIN, bapt. Nov., 1639, in Hingham; lived, unmarried, with his brother Israel, to whom and to the sons of his brother Joseph he deeded his lands, inherited from his father, in 1700 and 1701; d. Jan. 7, 1722/3, aged eighty-three. v. ISRAEL, bapt. Feb. 12, 1643, in Hingham; m. Elizabeth Hathorne, daughter of Major William Hathorne of Salem, Nov. 20, 1672. While none of Sergeant Porter's sons attained his standing in the community, Israel was selectman 1680-1684, 1686, 1690-1698, 1700, a trial juror 1674 and 1677, and ensign of the 2d foot-company in 1681; d. Nov. 1706, leaving a large estate.

Children: 1. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1673; m. Joseph Putnam April 21, 1690; the mother of Gen. Israel Putnam. 2. Sarah, b. Aug. 24, 1675; m. Abel Gardner. 3. John, b. Sept. 24, 1677; m. Elizabeth Fisk July 11, 1706. 4. Ginger, b. Oct. 6, 1679; m. Samuel Leach Sept. 25, 1699. 5. Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1681; d. June 28, 1682. 6. Israel, b. April 4, 1683; m. Sarah Putnam Sept. 12, 1706. 7. Benjamin, b. Sept. 4, 1685; d. Aug. 22, 1691. 8. Anna, b. June 17, 1687; m. William Elliot, Jr. of Beverly Oct. 21, 1708. 9. William, b. Feb. 12, 1689; m. (1) Edith Herrick Feb. 1, 1708/9; m. (2) Mary (Batchelder) Kettle Dec. 8, 1725. 10. Benjamin, b. May 17, 1693; m. Hannah Endicott April 3, 1712. vi. MARY; m. Lieut. Thomas Gardner April 22, 1669. vii. JONATHAN, bapt. March 12, 1647/8, in Salem; d. before 1676. viii. SARAH, bapt. June 3, 1647; m. Daniel Andrew.

2. JOSEPH2 PORTEU (John1) was baptized in Hingham Sep­ tember 9,1638. On January 2,1664/5, he and his father made a contract with Major William Hathorne, as a preliminary to Joseph's marriage with the Major's daughter, Elizabeth, by which Hathorne agreed to give his daughter £50 within two years of her marriage and Sergeant Porter agreed to give his son the Downing farm and half an acre in Salem town on his wedding-day and £50 in horses, cattle, hides, cider, corn and * Records and Files, II: 335; III: 111; IV: 37, 175, 845. Porter, of Salem Village 139 money within one year thereof.* The marriage took place on January 27, 1664/5. Joseph Porter was, like his father, a tanner and farmer. The farm was partly in Topsfield and Porter was commonly selected on the committees to perambulate the boundary between that town and Salem. He served on the grand jury in 1677 and was constable in 1688. In 1681 the town of Wenham claimed that part of the Downing farm was within its bounds and seized some of Porter's property for taxes. Salem appointed Lieut. John Putnam and Mr. Israel Porter to take legal action in the matter, and Wenham's claims were defeated. In 1696 Porter bought ad­ ditional property in Topsfield, a twenty-acre lot on the south side of Ipswich river, from widow Sarah Williams. Porter's house, somewhat altered, is still standing in Danvers. In the graveyard, close at hand, is a rough stone marked A. P. which probably marks the grave of his wife, who predeceased him. He died December 14, 1714. The will of Mr. Joseph Porter, Sr., of Salem, was made July 15, 1713, and proved January 17, 1714(5). To my son Joseph, all my homestead that I now live upon, my dwelling-house, barn and housing, together with all the farm known formerly as Mr. Downing's farm, except as hereinafter given. To my son Samuel, the land he now lives upon, together with the dwelling-house and one hundred acres adjoining the land he lives upon, it being the southerly part of my farm ; also ten acres lying in the east corner of my farm. To my son Nathaniel, twenty acres bought of widow Williams of Salem, joining the land of Isaac Estey of Topsfield ; also ten acres of meadow. To my son William, twenty acres lying to the west of land William hath already in possession, and ten acres of meadow adjoining the meadow given to my son Samuel. To my four sons, equal shares of my land at Skelton's Neck. To my son Joseph, an acre of land in Salem town, fronting the main street. To my son Joseph, all my instruments of husbandry. To my four sons, to be equally divided, my indoor movables and wearing apparel. To my son Joseph, a negro boy. To my six daughters Anne, Mary, Abigail, Hepsibah, Ruth and Mehitable, £50 apiece beside what they have had already. Executor: my son Joseph.f The executor died at about the same time as the testa­ tor, and Samuel and Nathaniel Porter were appointed adminis­ trators cum testamento annexo of their father's estate. In 1719/20 the widow of the executor, having married George Bix-

* Essex Deeds. 8: 139. t Essex Probate, 311: 215. 140 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes by, sued the administrators in the interest of her three Porter children, charging them with extravagance and the retention of exorbitant fees. She apparently won her case as she and her hus­ band appear to have been in charge of the final settlement of the estate. The homestead farm was valued in the inventory at £900, and a negro boy named Robin, aged about thirteen, at £40. There were three silver cups, one "with a foot to it" valued at £4, the second "with 2 handels to it—prity large one" at £3, and the third "with 2 handels to it—a small cup" at 18s. Children, born in Salem: i. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 30, 1665; d. in infancy. ii. ANNA, b. Sept. 5, 1667; m. Dr. Samuel Wallis July 7, 1696. 3. iii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 4, 1669. iv. NATHANIEL, b. March 8, 1670/1; m. Eleanor Dorman, daughter of Thomas and Judith (Wood) Dorman of Topsfield Dec. 16, 170(1) ; she d. Jan. 5, 1752; he d. March 8, 1758; no will nor settlement of estate, he having deeded his land to his sons Nathaniel and Elijah, tanners, 1741-1749. Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Mehitable, b. April 14, 1702. 2. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 22, 1703; m. (1) Mary Averill Feb. 24, 1729/30; m. (2) Abigail Jacobs of Salem March 25, 1738; d. June 22, 1758. 3. Mercy, b. Sept. 23, 1705; m. Israel Clarke July 21, 1730. 4. Abigail, b. Jan. 19, 1708/9; m. Joseph Dorman June 16, 1737. 5. Thomas, b. Jan. 5, 1711/2; m. Mercy Clarke of York Oct. 7, 1755. 6. Elijah, b. April 22, 1713; m. Dorothy before 1746. 7. Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1715; m. Ruth Towne April 5, 1744. 8. Eleanor, b. Oct. 21, 1717; m. Nehemiah Abbot of Ips­ wich May 18, 1744. 9. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1720. v. MAET, b. Dec. 18, 1672; m. William Dodge of Beverly Dec. 12, 1689. vi. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 30, 1674; m. Phebe Dorman, daughter of Thomas and Judith (Wood) Dorman, Dec. 25, 1706; moved from Tops- field to Norton about 1725 and d. there May 7, 1732; she d. in Braintree June 21, 1736. Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Ruth, b. Aug. 28, 1707; d. July 20, 1729. 2. Judith, b. July 6, 1710; m. Ebenezer Hewins of Stough- ton Nov. 19, 1730. 3. Benjamin, b. Feb. 4, 1711/2; m. Dorothy Curtis June 1, 1738. 4. Seth, b. Feb. 15, 1713/4; of Braintree when he m. wid. Abigail Herrick in Topsfield March 27, 1746. 5. Anna, b. Feb. 21, 1715/6; m. Peter Thayer of Braintree June 1, 1732. 6. Phebe, b. June 18, 1718; d. July 3, 1718. Porter, of Salem Village 141 7. Jonathan, b. July 17, 1720; physician in Braintree; m. Hannah Hayden Sept. 14, 1742. 8. Jabesh, b. Feb. 1, 1722/3; Harvard 1743; schoolmaster; m. Ruth Wadsworth. vii. ELEAZER, b. May 23, 1676; not mentioned in his father's will. viii. ABIGAIL, b. May 23, 1676; m. Samuel Symonds of Boxford June 8, 1698. ix. HEPSIBAH, b. April 11, 1678; m. Joseph Andrews June 7, 1711. x. JOSEPH, b. April, 1681; m. Mary Bayley May 3, 1709; administra­ tion on his estate was granted to his widow Jan. 3, 1714; she m. George Bixby Aug. 6, 1718, and d. Feb. 8, 1767 in Topsfield. Children: 1. Joseph, bapt. Aug. 13, 1710; m. (1) Lydia Flint, int. Sept. 5, 1730; m. (2) Elizabeth Perkins of Topsfield Jan 1, 173S/6; m. (3) Mary Dorman at Topsfield May 25, 1738; 2 children by first wife, 1 by second wife and 4 by third wife. 2. Priscilla, bapt. May 12, 1712; m. Thomas Flint of Fal­ mouth Dec. 7, 1732. 3. Mary, bapt. May 29, 1715; m. Dr. Jonathan Prince of Salem, int. Aug. 24, 1732. xi. RUTH, bapt. Sept. 1682; m. Jesse Dorman, son of Thomas and Judith (Wood) Dorman, Nov. 26, 1707. xii. MEHITABLE, bapt. Sept., 1682; m. Thomas Cummings of Boxford March 20, 1705.

3. SAMUEL3 PORTER (Joseph2, John1) was born in Salem Village August 4, 1669. He married Judith Dorman, daughter of Thomas and Judith (Wood) Dorman of Topsfield, January 14, 1695/6. She died before September 15, 1722, when his inten­ tion to marry Love Howe, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Pea­ body) Howe of Ipswich, was published. He died between 1744 and 1749, and his widow, Love, survived until 1754. On his first marriage, his father built for him a house on the south portion of the Downing farm and later made the gift ab­ solute by will. Although he lived on land within the bounds of Salem Village, he and his family were closely identified with Tops- field and its church. In 1722 Samuel Porter conveyed to his sons Eleazer and Sam­ uel one-half of his house and homestead farm and built a new house about fifty rods south of the old one, living there until September 8, 1737, when he conveyed it to his son Samuel, Jr. He made a final conveyance of the old house and eighty-six acres, together with eleven acres on Skelton's Neck, to Eleazer on June 8, 1738.* These conveyances leave it uncertain where he was liv­ ing at his death, when he left a house to his widow. The will of Samuel Porter of Salem, yeoman, was made No- * Essex Deeds, 48: 90; 75: 227. 142 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes vember 28, 1744, and proved April 24, 1749. To his wife Love he left the goods she brought with her upon their marriage, his house, half of his stock of cattle and provisions and a brass ket­ tle, holding four pails-full. The residue was to be divided between his children Eleazer, Samuel, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Hepsi- bah and Jerusha. His wife was named executrix. Witnesses: Daniel Rea, Lemuel Rea, Mary Hadlock. Probably by error, the records state that Love Porter was appointed administratrix of the estate of her late husband, intestate, on the same day that the will was proved. In the inventory, "one Negro man," possibly the same Robin who was owned by his father, was valued at £25.* The widow conveyed her dower rights to her stepson, Samuel Porter, January 25, 1750.f The will of Love Porter, widow of Samuel Porter, late of Dan­ vers, was made July 12, 1759, and proved September 13, 1762. To my brother Abraham How, a chest-of-drawers and a brass skimmer. To my brother Mark How, all my pewter, a three-quart glass bottle, a chafing dish and a plain chest with a lock. To my grandson, Israel Putnam, £2: 8: 0, a flowered chest with a lock, my bed and furniture, my cow, if I leave one, and a blue serge coat. To my two brothers, what money I leave and the residue. Executor: my grandson Edmund Putnam.% The will of Love Porter caused the compiler of the published Porter genealogy (Joseph W. Porter), followed by the Putnam genealogist (Eben Putnam) and the historian of Salem (Sidney Perley), to stray into excusable error. In the first place none of them discovered the record of Samuel Porter's first marriage to Judith Dorman and the fact that she was the mother of all of his children. As Love Porter's will mentioned two grandsons, Edmund and Israel Putnam, Mr. Porter must have searched the records for an Edmund Putnam of the proper age to fulfill the description and hit upon Edmund, son of John Putnam, Jr. There seems to be no marriage of this John Putnam and Lydia • on the books, Putnam's only recorded marriage being with Rachel Buxton in 1717, but, granting that Mr. Porter had evi­ dence from Putnam's will that he had a second wife, Lydia, he drew the conclusion that this Lydia was a Porter and a daughter of Samuel and Love (Howe). Mr. Putnam, working some years later, accepted Mr. Porter's theory but felt obliged to give an­ other son, Israel, to John and (Lydia?) Putnam to match Love * Essex Probate, No. 22S05. t Essex Deeds, 94: 100. t Essex Probate, No. 22487. Porter, of Salem Village 143

Porter's tally of grandsons. His sole description of this Israel is "mentioned in his grandmother Love's will," which proves that the Porter will, made in 1759, was his only authority for Israel's existence. Mr. Perley copied his predecessors' conclusions. It is, of course, physically impossible that Love (Howe) Porter, whose first and only marriage occurred in 1722, could have been the grandmother of Edmund (son of John Putnam) baptized in 1724, but there existed an acceptable reason for her to call him grandson. By the first marriage of her husband, Samuel Porter, a daughter named Anna (called Hannah in his will) was born. Anna Porter married Israel Andrew in 1720 and had a daughter, Anna Andrew, who married Edmund Putnam in 1745. To the Putnams, in turn, was born a son Israel in 1754. Thus "my grand­ son Edmund Putnam," Love Porter's executor, might have been described, had it been necessary to identify him more fully, as my late husband's granddaughter's husband and the small boy Israel Putnam as my late husband's great-grandson.

Children, by first wife, baptized in Topsfield: i. ELEANOR, bapt. May 30, 1697; not mentioned in her father's will. ii. ANNA; m. Israel Andrew of Salem Dec. 22, 1720; five daughters re­ corded of whom Anna m. Edmund Putnam, int. June 22, 1745; living in 1744 when she was named (Hannah) in her father's will. iii. ELIZABETH, bapt. April 26, 1702; m. Jonathan Perkins, son of Tim­ othy and Abigail Perkins of Topsfield, Dec. 11, 1722. {See Perkins.) iv. ELEAZEB, bapt. Oct. 31, 1703; m. (1) Mary Flint int. Nov. 1, 1729; m. (2) Abigail Waters, int. Sept. 2, 1732; d. of a fever Oct. 4, 1756, aged 53, his wife and two eldest sons dying that same month. The will of Eleazer Porter was made Sept. 25 and proved Nov. 8, 1756. To my wife Abigail, £14 and all the household goods ex­ cept what my first wife brought me, also one-third of my real estate during her life, paying one-third of the money I am bound to pay annually to my father Samuel Porter's widow. To my son Samuel, £134 at twenty-two and I direct that he have a liberal education. To my daughter Mary, £67. To my daughter Abigail, £67. To my son David, all the household goods my first wife brought. Remainder to sons David and Asa, the executors. Wit­ nesses: Stephen Putnam, Edward Sparhawke, Elijah Porter. As the executors died immediately after their father, his cousin Elijah Porter of Topsfield was appointed administrator cum testamento annexo* Administration on the estate of Abigail Porter, late of Danvers, presumably the widow, was granted to Tarrant Putnam March 6, 1758.f Child, by first wife: 1. David, bapt. in Salem May 9, 1731; administration on his estate was granted to Tarrant Putnam March 6, 1758. * Essex Probate, No. 22452. t Ibid., 335: 206. 144 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children, by second wife: 2. Asa, bapt. Jan. 26, 1734/5; administration on his estate was granted to "his son-in-law Tarrant," in error for his brother-in-law Tarrant Putnam, March 6, 1758. 3. Mary, bapt. Aug. 22, 1736; m. Tarrant Putnam Jan. 19, 1758. 4. Abigail, bapt. Dec. 17, 1738; d. before 1764, when Mary Putnam quitclaimed rights in her estate to her broth­ er Samuel. 5. Samuel, bapt. Jan. 30, 1742/3; Elijah Porter was ap­ pointed his guardian March 6, 1758; Harvard 1763; practiced law in Ipswich and Salem until the Revolu­ tion when he, as a Loyalist, went into exile in Lon­ don; visited America in 1788 but returned to Eng­ land where he d. in 1798. v. HEPSIBAH, bapt. Oct. 7, 1705; living in 1744. vi. SAMUEL, bapt. April 24, 1709; m. (1) Hannah Flint Sept. 1, 1737, and possibly m. (2) Sarah Eliot Sept. 2, 1747. He released to his brother Eleazer his interest in the property conveyed to them by their father in 1722 on Aug. 20, 1737, just before his marriage.* On May 8, 1738, he released to Eleazer his interest in that house, barn and land "which I now live upon." He was living when his father made his will in 1744 and in 1750, when his stepmother con­ veyed her dower rights to him. There exists no settlement of his estate, no death records for him or his wives and no birth or bap­ tismal records of children in Salem or Topsfield. vii. JERUSHA, bapt. Feb. 3, 1711/2; m. Caleb Balch of Beverly Feb. 21, 1739/40. viii. DAVID, bapt. July 11, 1714; d. before his father. ix. MART, bapt. Sept. 4, 1715; living in 1744. * Essex Deeds, 77: 20. XIII

HATHORNE, OF SALEM

HATHORNE

In the southernmost part of the parish of Bray in Berkshire there is a manor of Crichfield and Hawthorne and it is possible that the Hathorne or Hawthorne family derived its name there­ from. The Hathornes can be traced back only to the first quar­ ter of the sixteenth century, but as a yeoman family not of ma­ norial rank, they may have lived there for several earlier cen­ turies without surviving record. James Hothorne, who died in 1559 or 1560, wished to be buried in Bray churchyard "by my auncetors." On the border of Bray and Warfield, the parish to the south of Bray, lies Hawthorne hill on the top of which legend states that an early Hathorne found two pots of Roman coins. The hill must be a minor landmark, as it does not appear on modern maps of fairly large scale, but an estate called Haw- thornvale is in the general neighborhood. By the time the family name begins to appear on the records there were Hathornes in the neighboring parishes of Warfield and Binfield as well as in Bray.*

1. JOHN1 HOKTHOENE of Horthorne. Some time between the marriage (1509) and the divorce (1533) of Queen Catherine of Aragon, Robert Brooke, Esquire, sued John Horthorne of Horthorne, co. Berks, claiming that he was seised in fee of a messuage, mills, 186 acres of land and £3 in rent in Binfield, held of Queen Catherine, as of her manor of Cookham, of which Hor­ thorne was attempting to deprive him, and alleging that Horthorne was, in entering a writ against Brooke, acting as a tool of one Stafferton, son-in-law of Sir Richard Weston, knight, the queen's steward at Cookham. He asked for an injunction against Horthorne. The decision in this case is not known. A John Horthorn of Bray died in 1520, leaving a son and heir Henry, and he may have been the father, or a more remote relation, of two men who appear in a subsidy roll of 1523-1524, as of the parish of Bray, namely, Thomas and Robert Horthorn.

i. HENRY. 2. THOMAS HATHORNE. ?iii. ROBERT HATHORNE.

2. THOMAS2 HATHORNE ( ?John1) of Bray, born probably about 1490, is first seen in the 1523-1524 subsidy mentioned * No new research has been made for the purposes of this account of the Hathornes. The English material used herein may be found in articles by three very able gen­ ealogists in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Henry F. Waters, 38: 201 ; Elizabeth French, 67: 24,8; George Andrews Moriarty, 79: 311. 148 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes above. In 1533 he was appointed collector for lands called Chaunters held by John Bysshop at a yearly rental of 20s. 9d. John Bysshop in 1535 held four closes in Cry chef eld and an­ other field adjoining the land of Thomas Horthorn. Thomas also is listed in subsidies of 1545-1546, 1548-1550, 1549-1551 and 1549-1550, and in one without date but probably about 1530. In the index of the Act Book for the Archdeaconry of Berks ap­ pears the administration on the estate of Thomas Hathorn in 1557, which may be that of this man. Thomas's place in the pedigree is fixed by the reference to him as "Thomas Hawthorn my father-in-law" in the will of Jone Hawthorn in 1575. Children: 3. i. THOMAS, probably b. about 1520. ii. JAMES, d. s.p. His will of March 22, registered with wills of 1559 and 1560, but no year of making or proving given, names his brother William executor and directs that he be buried in Bray churchyard with his ancestors. He leaves small personal legacies to his brother John and John's son Thomas, to his brother Henry, to his sister Elizabeth, to his sister Alice Vanor and her three children Joas [Joyce], Thomas and Henry, to his sister Finche's daughters Jane, Jone, Alis and Christian, to his brother William. Also to the poor at his burial, and to Robert Martyne.* iii. ROBERT, m. Elizabeth who survived him; d. s.p. His will, made Jan. 24, 1561/2, and proved March 22, 1563/4, directs that he be buried in the churchyard at Bray. He left personal legacies to the poor, to Robert Martyn (a buckskin doublet), to George Hatche, to Jeffrey of Cluar, to William Hunden, to Robert, James, Eliza­ beth and Jone Bishop, to Alice Winch and to Agnes Nortrugs. Also, to his sister Finche's four daughters Jane, Jone, Alice and Christian, to his brother John Hothorn's two children Thomas and William, to his brother Thomas Hothorn's five children Wil­ liam, Christopher, Thomas, John and Jane, to his sister Alice Ho- thorn [Vanor]'s three children Joyce, Thomas and Henry, to his brothers William and John Hothorn, to Henry Hothorn and Eliza­ beth Hothorn. His satin doublet was to be sold and the money given to the poor. Executrix: wife Elizabeth. Witnesses: Thomas Finche and Alice his wife, John Welles and Jone his wife, one Nortrugg's wife.f Elizabeth Hothorn, Robert's wife, was obviously a widow Bishop when he married her and the four Bishop legatees were her chil­ dren. James Bishop of Bray, carpenter, in his will of 1570/1, names his brothers Robert Bishop and Robert Bishop the younger, and makes his mother Elizabeth Hathorne executrix, and Robert Winch of Bray overseer.J iv. JOAN, m. Finch. v. ALICE, m. Vanor. vi. JOHN, had son Thomas, born before 1559, and William, born be­ tween 1559 and 1561/2. * Archdeaconry of Berks, Vol. C, fo. 71. t Ibid., Vol. E, fo. 295. t Ibid., Register F, fo. 334. Hathorne, of Salem 149 vii. WILLIAM, living in 1561/2. viii. HENRY, living in 1561/2. ix. ELIZABETH, living in 1561/2.

3. THOMAS3 HATHOEN (Thomas2, ?John1) was probably born about 1520 in Bray. His name is found, as Thomas Ho- thorne Jun., in the lay subsidy lists for 1548-1550, 1549-1551 and 1549-1550. He married Joan Powney, a widow. They lived at East Oakley, a part of Bray lying on the river Thames above Windsor. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Joan on January 16, 1565/6, and an inventory of £180: 2: 0 was entered.* Joan Hawthorne "of Eastockley of the parish of Bray," widow, made her will on June 28, "1577, 17 Elizabeth," but the year given is erroneous, June 28, 17 Elizabeth, falling in 1575. It was proved on April 1, 1577. She directs that she be buried in the parish church of Bray, and leaves money to that church, to the Cathedral Church of Sarum, and 6s. 8d. for a sermon at her burial. To Jone Hawthorne, daughter of her son William Haw­ thorne, a cow and one mather [wether?] "which I had of Thom­ as Hawthorn my father-in-law." To sons Christopher and Thomas Hathorne, £30 each at marriage or within one year of her decease, and a bed furnished, household goods and pewter, a cow, ten sheep and three "quishings" [cushions?]. To son John Hathorne, at marriage or twenty-six years of age, the same legacy as to Christopher and Thomas. To daughter Jane Winch, a cow, a chest and its contents and three "quishings." If Christopher, Thomas or John die before receiving his portion, reversion to the survivors. To each godchild, 20d. Twelve bushels of wheat and £3 were to be distributed at her burial. To Henry Southey, three sheep. Executor: her son Richard Powney. Over­ seers : well-beloved William Hawthorne, her son, and William Winch, her son-in-law.f

Children:+ 4. i. WILLIAM, b. probably about 1545. ii. CHEISTOPHEB, living in 1575. iii. THOMAS, living in 1575. The will of Thomas Hawthorne of Bray, yeoman, made July 6 and proved Oct. 2, 1616, directs that he be buried in Bray churchyard. To his son William he left "one acre of maslyn lying at the lynche in Ockly field." To Marie Smythe and Elizabeth Holloway. Executrix: wife Marie, to whom his house and land for life, except six acres of arrable land and mead- * Ibid., Act Book 1, fo. 128. t Ibid., Vol. G, fo. 75. t The existing parish registers of Bray do not begin until 1652. 150 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes ow given by deed. Witnesses: Ro: Fynche, John Page, Henry Powney. Inventory £96: 3: 0.* iv. JOHN, living in 1575, under 26 years of age. v. JANE, m. before 1575 William Winch.

4. WILLIAM4 HATHORNE (Thomas3, Thomas2, ?John1) was probably born about 1545 in Bray. He married on June 25, 1570, Agnes Perkins in Binfield,f a parish a few miles south­ west of Bray, where there were many Hathorns, doubtless dis­ tantly related to the Hathorns of Bray, living in the sixteenth century. As was the custom, their first child was baptized in the mother's parish, but William and Agnes lived in Bray. William Hathorne's name is found in Berkshire subsidies for 1585-1586,1592-1593,1596-1597,1600-1601 and 1610-1611, as well as in an undated subsidy of the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth I, being also one of the assessors of the three last- mentioned subsidies. In 1580 he held property called Wises at East Oakley and property called Chambers and Bellows at Water Oakley, all in Bray and close to the river Thames. He was a church-warden in 1600-1602, a trustee of a church charity and one of the lessees of Queens Lease in Bray, an estate of 66 acres. From these facts and his will, it is obvious that William Hathorn was in the higher rank of the yeomanry. His children married into families of the minor gentry, of visitation standing. William Hathorne the elder of Bray, yeoman, made his will September 13, 1620, and it was proved July 1, 1626. He directs that he be buried in Bray churchyard near his father. To his wife Anne (Agnes and Anne were synonymous), for life or while she remained unmarried, his messuage and house where he then dwelt and all his lands and tenements in Bray except 6 acres pur­ chased of Robert Bishop, the rents, firewood and timber to re­ pair the houses. To son Nathaniel Hathorne, 10s. To each child of Joane Winch, his daughter, namely Richard, Joane, John, George and Judith, 5s. To his daughter Elizabeth Dollar, £10, a cow, two ewes and lambs, and to her children Anne, Richard, Margaret, Elizabeth, Joane and Jane 5s. each. To his daughter Mary Bishop, 10s., and to her sons Robert and George Bishop 5s. each. To daughter Anne Winch, 10s. To his son William Ha­ thorne, 10s. and to his children William, Anne, Joane, Elizabeth and Robert, 5s. each. In the house where he dwelt were to be left "as standards" the glass in the windows, one cupboard, one table, * Archdeaconry of Berks, Vol. L, fo. 624. t Binfield is in the beautiful countryside called the Forest of Windsor. Alexander Pope spent his youth in Binfield with his parents. Hathorne, of Salem 151 one little form, one settle, all the benches, painted cloths (to hang on the walls), backs of wainscot in the parlor; all the benches and shelves in the little buttery ; all the benches, the back of wain­ scot and the little settle by the chimney in the hall; one fir chest bound with iron and one latten basin in the loft over the hall; various articles in the milkhouse, the applehouse, the bakehouse, the millhouse, the stable and the wheat barn; also, in his house in Binfeyld, one joined bedstead in the loft over the parlor; one settle of wainscot, one table with trestles, one form with the benches, and the wainscot in the hall. To each godchild, 12d. Residue to executrix, his wife Anne. Overseers : William Mounta- gue of Boveny, and his son-in-law George Bishop, to each of whom 10s. The inventory, amounting to £194, included a Bible and other books, a carpet, painted cloths, a halbert, a sword, a dozen and a half silver spoons and £30 in money.* Anne Hathorne of Bray, widow, made her will July 25, 1626, and it was proved March 14, 1626/7. She asked that she be bur­ ied near her late husband, when three score dozens of bread were to be distributed to the poor of Bray. To her eldest son William Hathorne, the court cupboard standing in her parlor with two cupboard cloths, and farm implements. To her daughter Eliza­ beth Dollar, her best gown and kerchiefs. To her daughter Mary Bishop, her best saddle cloth. To her granddaughter Anne Ha­ thorne, her longest table cloth, a dozen napkins and three pairs of sheets. To her grandchildren living at her death, a silver spoon each, except the godchildren "which hath had a spoon of me already." To her other godchildren, 12d. each. To her two servants, 5s. each. Residue to her son Nathaniel Hathorne and her sons-in-law George Bishopp, Richard Winche and Richard Deller, executors. Witnesses: Henry Powney, Robert Bishopp, Nicholas Pilcher.f Children: i. JOAN, bapt. at Binfield Jan. 5, 1571/2; m. Richard Winch; living in 1620. 5. ii. WILLIAM, b. probably about 1576. iii. NATHANIEL, probably m. (1) Anne Loggins who d. s.p. before 1623; m. (2) Martha (Whistler) Mattingley (?), daughter of John Whistler, Esq., of New Windsor, and widow of Mattingley by whom she had a son William Mattingley, called son-in-law in Nathaniel Hathorne's will. Nathaniel seems to have prospered exceedingly and purchased lands in distant counties, including the manor of South Bruham, co. Somerset, which involved him in some legal difficulty. * Archdeaconry of Berks, original will, 1620. t Ibid., original will, 1626. 152 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Nathaniel Hathorne of Cookham, co. Berks, gentleman, made his will Sept. 27, 1652, and it was proved July 29, 1654. He left to his wife Martha £800 in lieu of her jointure and dowry. He men­ tions his manor of South Braham and estates in the counties of Devon, Somerset and Berks. His four brothers-in-law, Thomas Loggins, John Whistler, Ralph Whistler and Thomas Whistler, gentlemen. His three own sisters, Elizabeth, Mary and Anne, and John Lawrence, husband of Anne. His son-in-law William Mat­ tingley and Jone his wife. Kinsman William Eldridge and Judith his wife. Anne Winche, wife of his nephew John Winche. His nephew William Winche. He mentions a deed making provision for the education and maintenance of his children. To the poor of Cookham and South Braham. Executrix: his wife Martha. Over­ seers: Dr. Daniel Whistler of Gresham College, and John Winche of London, haberdasher, his kinsmen. Witnesses: John Hathorne, Margaret Louduin.* iv. ELIZABETH; m. Richard Dellar; living in 1652. v. MARY; m. George Bishop of East Oakley, Bray; living in 1652. vi. ANNE, m. (1) Winch; m. (2) John Lawrence with whom she is mentioned in the will of her brother Nathaniel in 1652.

5. WILLIAM5 HATHORNE (William4', Thomas3, Thomas2, ?John1) was probably born about 1576. He married about 1605 Sarah who survived him and was buried in Binfield on Sep­ tember 8, 1655. He was buried in Binfield on October 16, 1650. A wealthy yeoman by inheritance, he lived in Binfield, pre­ sumably in the house there which his father mentioned in his will, and which came to him as his father's eldest son and heir. William Hathorne of Binfield made his will on May 18, 1650, and it was proved on May 2, 1651. He left to the poor of Bin- field 20s. to be distributed on the day of his burial. To his son Robert, his messuage in Bray, now in the tenure of his brother- in-law John Laurence, and all the outbuildings thereto belong­ ing, also his cottages, parcels of land, pasture and meadow in Bray (carefully described and much of them abutting on Oakley Green) upon trust that he shall pay to his [the testator's] eld­ est son, William Hathorne £100 within two years of his decease, and to his son John Hathorne £20 within three years. To his son Nathaniel Hathorne, 20s. Also to his son John, £20, if liv­ ing, otherwise to John's wife and children, within one year of his decease. To Edmund Hathorne, his youngest son (thirty acres and more), in Bray, in trust that he shall pay to his [the testa­ tor's] daughter Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Richard Davenport, £40 within two years of his decease. To his daughter Anne, wife of Hugh Smith, 20s. and to her daughter Elizabeth, 5s. To Rob­ ert, Sara, Anne and Katherine, children of his son-in-law Philip Lee, 5s. apiece. Residue to his wife and executrix, Sara Hathorne. * Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 251 Alchin. Hathorne, of Salem 153 Witnesses: John Sowthy als Hayle, Thomas Dyer, Robert Southey als Hayle.* Sara Hathorne of Binfield, widow, made her will September 5, 1655, and it was proved March 14, 1655/6. She left to the poor of Binfield 20s., to be bestowed on such as have most need, at the discretion of her executors, on the day of her burial. To Robert Hathorne, my son, a round table in the chamber over the Hall, with a drawer to him, a great joyned chair in the parlor, a great pair of andirons standing in the parlor, two pillow beares, one of them a Holland pillow beare and the other of them a flaxen pillow beare, two silver spoons, one of my best joined stools in the hall, a cupboard cloth wrought with blue at the ends and a great brazen candlestick. To Anne, my daughter, the wife of Hugh Smith, my best feather bed and bolster belonging to him, a feather pillow, two blankets, my green rug, my green sea curtains and valians to them, two pair of my better sheets, the fourth part of all my pewter, my lesser brass pot and pothooks, my little skillett, all my wearing apparell, three of my bigger milk bowls, a low leather chair, my best green matted chair, the biggest chest that was her father's and ten pounds of lawful money of England. To my two grandchildren Anne Lee and Katherine Lee, 20s. apiece. To all the residue of my grand­ children, that is to say, Sara Hathorne, Elizabeth Hathorne, William Smith and Elizabeth Smith, the several sums of 10s. apiece. To Anne Middleton, my late servant, 10s. The residue to son Nathaniel Hathorne, who is to be sole executor. The wit­ nesses were John Yonges and Henrie Otwaie.f It should be noted that she did not include her many Ameri­ can grandchildren in her benefactions. Children, all but eldest baptized at Binfield: 6. i. WILLIAM, b. probably at Bray late in 1606 or early in 1607. ii. ANNE, bapt. Sept. 25, 1608; m. Hugh Smith; living in 1655. iii. JOAN, bapt. July 21, 1611; m. about 1635 Philip Lee of Binfield who was buried there Oct. 27, 1649. iv. ELIZABETH, bapt. May 6, 1614; emigrated to New England probably with her brother William, and married Capt. Richard Davenport of Salem and later of Boston, who was Deputy to the General Court, and commander of the fort at Castle Island where he was killed by lightning July 15, 1665; she d. June 24, 1678. v. ROBERT, bapt. April 12, 1618; he married a wife whose name is not known; d. between Feb. 15, 1689/90 and Feb. 16, 1691/2, the dates of the making and proving of his will. He was a yeoman of Bray and left his estate to his son Robert Hathorne the younger, of * Ibid., 87 Grey, t Ibid., 34 Berkley. 154 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Bray.* A letter from him to his brother William in New England supplied the clue for this ancestry ,f vi. JOHN, bapt. April 20, 1621; m. in New England about 1643, Sarah , who survived him; d. Dec. 12, 1676. Whether he sailed from England with his brother William or followed him later is not known. The first record of him here is his admission to Salem church in 1637, and in Salem he was sworn Freeman in August, 1644. His first three children were baptized in Salem, 1644-1649, although it is said that he lived in Maiden in 1648. About 1650 he moved to Lynn where in 1652 he was licensed to keep "a house of common entertainment," and in 1653 "to draw and sell strong waters." From the court records it also seems that he conducted trade in wood and timber. He served Lynn as selectman and attorney and was elected quartermaster of the three Essex County troops. As in most 17th-century inns and taverns life in the Hathorne establishment was not always peaceful, as two court cases testify. In 1657 he was fined for "suffering disorder in his house," allowing persons to sit tippling and two at several times to be drunk. A witness said "In one room was one Muzzy and his wife she sitting on one side of the table between two men and her husband on the other side, merrily singing to the rest." Such scandalous goings-on were not to be tolerated. After his trial he uttered "contemptuous words against authority." In 1662 he refused to assist the marshal, Robert Lord of Ipswich, whom he called "a lying prating fool and knave," and was fined, his brother William being on the bench. As late as 1672 he was in court again for a tavern row with one Robert Potter, and also accused of selling liquor to Indians, which he and his family denied, but apparently not very convincingly. In spite of this his license was renewed from year to year and he was titled Mr. John Hathorne. After his death his widow had the license. John Hathorne made his will October 19, 1676, and it was proved March 26, 1677. He left his whole estate to his wife Sarah for her use and comfort for her life. Thereafter all his housing and land were given to his two sons Ebenezer and Nathaniel. Of a great store of beds, linen and utensils he made a careful division be­ tween his sons and two of his daughters, Marah and "little daugh­ ter Phebe." To his daughter Priscilla Shore "as a remembrance of my love," 40s., and to her daughter Phebe Shore, 20s. Executors: his wife Sarah and son Ebenezer. Overseers: respected friends and neighbors John Fuller, Thomas Newhall, Oliver Purchis. The inventory amounted to £263, and we could wish that some interest­ ing items, including three livery cupbords and two wrought cush­ ion covers, had survived. There were many debts due him which he listed when he made his will.J vii. NATHANIEL, bapt. Sept. 14, 1623; m. about 1650 Elizabeth who was buried at Binfield Jan. 28, 1662/3; he was buried there July 7, 1672. Six children baptized in Binfield. viii. GILBERT, bapt. Aug. 9, 1626; buried Aug. 19, 1640. ix. EDMUND, bapt. March 1, 1628/9; d. unmarried in June, 1652. The will of Edmund Hathorne of London, yeoman, was made June 15 and proved June 26, 1652. He mentions his mother Sara Hathorn, his sister Anne, wife of Hugh Smith, his brothers Robert and Na- * Ibid., 49 Fane. t A'eio England Historical and Genealogical Register, 12: 295. Unless the record is an error, which I strongly suspect, a Robert Hathorne was in Essex County, Massa­ chusetts, in 1645. Records and Files, I: 78. t Probate Records of Essex County, HI: 144. Hathorne, of Salem 155

thaniel Hathorn and his house and lands in Bray. Also, John Hanscombe, a servant at Gresham College, London, and Ann Hawkins, his master's servant. Witnesses: Ann Webster, John Warner, scrip., clerk of the parish of St. Helen's within Bishops- gate, London.*

6. MAJOR WILLIAM6 HATHORNE {William5, William*, Thomas5, John1, FJohn1) was born, probably in Bray, Berk­ shire, either late in 1606 or early in 1607. His age in 1658 was given as "about 51." When he emigrated to New England is not surely known. Possibly, as has been conjectured, he was with Winthrop and his distinguished companions on the ArbeUa which arrived in Salem on June 14, 1630, with about three hundred passengers. However, there is no record of him in the Bay Colony until 1634 when he is found in Dorchester. Whenever he came, his sister Elizabeth was with him and possibly his young brother John. From the birth date of his eldest known child (1634/5) it is probable that his marriage to his wife Anne, her surname unknown, took place on this side of the Atlantic in 1634. It was in 1634 that Hathorne took the Freeman's Oath, and in the same year he became a selectman of Dorchester. In 1635 he was elected Dorchester's Deputy to the General Court. He was still in Dorchester in 1636 but by 1637 he had moved to Salem which was his permanent home. Although he was a merchant all of his life, making ventures in exporting and importing, he had grants of two farms in Sa­ lem, the first in 1637 being 200 acres in what is now Danvers in­ cluding the lofty hill which soon became known as Hathorne hill. Here he lived for four years, until his official and business interests demanded that he settle nearer the town. To accom­ plish this he moved to a 100-acre grant that he called the Mill Pond farm, a mile southwest of the meetinghouse, where he built a new home.f There he lived until 1651 when he built a house in town on the lot granted him when he first came to Salem. For so young a man Hathorne's rise in the political world was remarkable. He took the place of his brother-in-law, Lieutenant Davenport, in the General Court in 1637, and thereafter from 1639 to 1661, with the exception of three years, he represented Salem in that legislative body. In 1639 the Court made him a member of the commission to draw up a body of laws for the colony, and, when the work was completed, he, with two others, * Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 184 Bowyer. t Hathorne hill is now the site of the Danvers Asylum, while the mill-pond and the South river which flowed from it are now filled land. 156 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes wrote the copies which were assigned to the individual towns. When the New England Confederation of four Puritan colonies was organized in 1643, for purposes of common defense, Simon Bradstreet and William Hathorne were the two delegates from Massachusetts Bay. In May, 1644, Hathorne, having already made a name for himself as an orator and a dynamic leader, was named Speaker of the General Court, an office to which he was again elected in 1646,1648,1650,1657 and 1660. It is said that the diary of Gov. Winthrop plainly indicates some jealousy of the rapidly rising young man. When not actually engaged in the affairs of the Colony, he was occupied in the Essex County Quarterly Court, on which he sat for most of the years between 1638 and 1679, and in the local government of Salem, where he was a selectman almost con­ tinuously from 1650 to 1675. He was also Commissioner to End Small Causes, or local justice, in 1655, 1656,1658 and 1661. In 1646 Hathorne went with Gov. Thomas Dudley and Ma­ jor-General Daniel Denison to treat with the Frenchman, d'Aul- nay, at St. Croix, and in 1657, when Massachusetts Bay "usurped" control over the Province of Maine, the General Court sent him, Denison and Simon Bradstreet to the Maine towns to receive the submission of the inhabitants. In return for his public services the General Court had made some highly speculative land grants to Hathorne—400 acres in New Hampshire in 1651 and a quarter of Block Island and a farm a mile square in Groton at other times. Only the Groton farm proved of value. With six other outstanding men of the col­ ony—Saltonstall, Bradstreet, Symonds, Dummer, Hubbard and Payne—Hathorne formed "a free company of adventurers" to found a trading-post on the Hudson river in competition with the Dutch, but it was a plan which came to naught. Hathorne became captain of the Salem train-band in 1646 and in 1656 he was promoted to a majority. It was also in 1656 that the persecution of the Quakers, in which Salem played a large part, began. These gentle people, regarded as dangerous heretics, were heavily fined in Salem, but it was in Boston, where many of the Salem Quakers were sent to prison by the Essex Court on which Hathorne sat, that they suffered death and penalties only less severe. In 1666 the Major was promoted from member of the General Court to be an Assistant, or member of the Governor's Council, a small body which acted as an upper house in legislation, and a Hathorne, of Salem 157

Supreme Judicial Court as well. Henceforth he was "the Wor­ shipful Major Hathorne." At the fall of the Commonwealth and the restoration of the Stuarts Massachusetts feared that her charter would be forfeited, and rebellion was in the air. The Major made a speech to the Salem militia which savored of dis­ loyalty and in the summer of 1666 a letter arrived from Charles II—"His Majesty's express command and charge is that the Governor and Council of Massachusetts Bay do forthwith make choice of four or five persons to attend upon His majesty, where­ of Mr. Richard Bellingham and Major William Hathorne are to be two, both which His Majesty commands upon their alle­ giance to attend." Massachusetts speedily proclaimed loyalty and dispatched gifts to the king. Bellingham and Hathorne re­ mained quietly at home. The remainder of Hathorne's life was spent in carrying out his duties as an Assistant, in Boston, and as a justice in the Es­ sex County Court. He gave his town house in Salem to his son Eleazer and returned to the Mill Pond farm where he died in the spring of 1681. His contemporary, Edward Johnson, in his New England chronicle, Wonder-Working Providence (1654), describes him as "the godly Captaine William Hathorne, whom the Lord hath indued with a quick apprehension, strong memory, and rhetorick, volubility of speech, which hath caused the people to make use of him often in publick service."* The Major made his will on February 17, 1679/80, and it was proved on June 28,1681. To the two sons of his son Eleazer, deceased, William and Samuel, he gave £40 apiece, and to Abi­ gail, Eleazer's daughter, £20, which £100 his son John should pay out of his share in the estate when the boys reached the age of twenty-one and the daughter eighteen. To his son John Ha­ thorne, all his housing, land, orchard and appurtenances in Sa­ lem. He had formerly given to his son William, deceased, 320 acres of land near Groton and "two adventures at sea," and his * An excellent short account of William Hathorne's life is in the Dictionary of American Biography. A recent book, The Hawthornes, Prof. Vernon Loggins, Colum­ bia University Press, 1951, makes, it seems to me, the common error of judging Wil­ liam Hathorne and his son John by the moral standards of the Anglo-Saxon 20th century instead of by those of the 17th century in which they lived. Cruel and brutal as the punishments inflicted in the Quaker and Witchcraft persecutions seem to us. they were a product of a brutal and cruel age. Nor were "the terrible ancestors" of Nathaniel Hawthorne, as they were lately referred to in a Salem publication, solely responsible. Such odium as they deserve should be shared by Gov. Endicott, Gov. Bradstreet, Deputy-Gov. Symonds and the other distinguished judges, Assistants and Councillors, not forgetting the majority of the Puritan clergy of the times. Prof. Loggins seems to think that the culprits brought before the Quarterly Court were accused by "informers" employed by the Hathornes. The fact is that the jurymen, elected by the several towns, were bound to "present" local offenders against law and morals. 158 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes will is that his daughter-in-law, Sarah, shall have and hold the same. The other part of the Groton farm he gives to Jervice Helwyes, his grandchild, "provided he come over out of Urop to enjoy it"; if not, to the two eldest sons of his daughter Sarah by her husband Coaker that are now living. To the rest of his grandchildren, 10s. apiece. To his wife Anne, all his movable estate, and she is to be the sole executrix. Overseers: his son John Hathorne, his son-in-law Israel Porter. Witnesses: Hilliard Veren, Sr., John Pickering. The inventory was taken on June 10, 1681, by Veren and Pickering. The house, outbuildings, orchard and land of about 60 acres were valued at £450, a small parcel of land for a ware­ house at "burying point" at £2, and the farm of 640 acres at Groton at £50. There was the usual livestock of all sorts, and in addition to the two horses and a mare in the barn there were "7 mares & colts wild in the woods." He had silver plate worth £8 and £110 in cash. The furniture is not given in detail except for various beds, 9 chairs, 8 joined stools and 10 cushions. He had 3 guns, 3 old pistols, a rapier and a cutlass. His clothing was worth £15 and the table, bed and household linen £11. The total was £750, a moderate sum considering the Major's promi­ nence, which would indicate that his governmental interests out­ weighed his mercantile pursuits. The Major's funeral cost the large sum of £42.* Children, born in Salem, except the first: i. SARAH, b. March 11, 1634/5, in Dorchester; m. (1) Edward Helwise from whom she obtained a divorce on Sept. 9, 1664; m. (2) April 13, 1665, as Sarah Hathorne, Joseph Coker of Newbury; d. Feb. 8, 1687/8. The divorce from Helwise was granted on the evidence in two depositions obtained from England. Richard Hoskins and Eliza­ beth Browne testified that Helwise, late a private soldier in the Tower, now sergeant of a foot company in Ireland, married an­ other woman although his wife Sarah Haythorne was still living, and within the two years last past had had a child by that woman, which he acknowledged to the deponents. Walter Littleton, a Master in Chancery, testified on April 7, 1663, that the woman and her child were living in Westminster.f ii. ELEAZER, b. Aug. 1, 1637; m. Aug. 28, 1663, Abigail Curwen, who survived him and m., secondly, Hon. James Russell of Charles- town. On June 29, 1680, the court of probate stated that Mr. Eleazer Hathorne had died intestate and that no one had ap­ peared to claim administration. It was therefore ordered that the marshal should make inquiry and make a return.% Eleazer was a * Probate Records of Essex County, III: 422. t Records of the Court of Assistants of the Massachusetts Bay, III: 146. t Probate Records of Essex County, III: 370. Hathorne, of Salem 159 successful merchant in partnership with Mr. Jonathan Corwin, and he died at Wells where he had gone to fetch a load of lumber in one of their ships. His three surviving children, named in their grandfather's will were William, Samuel and Abigail Hathorne. iii. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 11, 1639; probably d. young. iv. JOHN, b. Aug. 4, 1641; m. March 22, 1674/5, Ruth Gardner; d. May 10, 1717. His career closely follows that of his father. In his young manhood he kept merchants' accounts, drew up legal documents and acted as supercargo on trading voyages, a preparation for his own life as a merchant. In quick succession he became deputy marshal of Essex County, selectman, constable and town clerk of Salem, and in 1683 Deputy to the General Court where he must have made an immediate impression as in the following year he was named an Assistant. He also became a judge on the Essex bench. A strong defender of the Massachusetts charter, he was cited as disloyal by Edward Randolph in a report to the English government in 1686, but the "glorious revolution" of 1688, when the Stuarts were expelled and William III arrived to rule in Eng­ land, cancelled the danger of a summons to London to answer the charge. With the arrest of Sir Edmund Andros, the Royal Gover­ nor, Hathorne was immediately named by Simon Bradstreet to the Committee of Safety which took over the government of the colony, and soon thereafter he became a Councillor, a new name for Assistant, under the new governor Sir William Phips. Unhappily Hathorne is chiefly remembered for his part in the witchcraft delusion of 1692. He did not sit with his judicial col leagues when the unfortunate victims were tried and condemned, but he did conduct the preliminary examinations which were a travesty of justice, accusation being equivalent to conviction. In 1696 Hathorne was named colonel of an expedition against the French and Indians in the Penobscot region, but his military abilities were not equal to the task. He did, however, serve creditably on the commission which negotiated peace. He was known thereafter as Colonel Hathorne. In 1702 the Colonel was appointed a justice of the Superior Court and the remainder of his life was occupied by his judicial duties. His son, Capt. Josiah Hathorne, who followed the sea, was the great-grandfather of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Salem's most famous son. v. ANNA, b. Dec. 12, 1643; m. Jan. 27, 1664/5, Joseph Porter. (See Porter.) vi. WILLIAM, b. April 1, 1645; m. Sarah to whom administration was granted Feb. 4, 1678/9. Not counting the Groton farm, the estate was valued at £102: 8: 11, which, after the payment of debts, accrued to the widow.* Capt. William Hathorne commanded a company in King Philip's War and saw very active service in the campaigns in Maine and New Hampshire. vii. ELIZABETH, b. July 22, 1649; m. Nov. 20, 1672, Israel Porter of Salem. viii. MARY, bapt. at Salem May 1, 1653; d. young. * Ibid., Ill: 287.

XIV

DORMAN, OF TOPSFIELD

DORMAN

1. THOMAS1 DORMAN, from the statement of his age with which he began his will, was born about 1600. His name does not appear on any of the passenger lists from Old to New Eng­ land, and the first record of him is on March 4, 1634/5, when he was sworn Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Boston. Whether he married his wife Ellen in England or in America is not known. To either him or her, George Hadley of Rowley stood in the relationship of brother, in one of its degrees, and likewise Daniel Bradley was their cousin (nephew). Isaiah Wood was his apprentice in 1646. Dorman had a grant of four acres of meadow in Ipswich and he had also an unrecorded grant of a house lot in the village, on which he built, selling the property to Joseph Morse before 1646. He was a commoner of Ipswich in 1641. On May 1,1651, he bought from Mr. Samuel Symonds a farm of one hundred acres in Topsfield, adjoining the farm of Francis Peabody, and probably moved there at once. In 1656 he was fined for not warning the town's freemen to meet to nominate magistrates, and that same year he was discharged from train­ ing with the Topsfield company. He served on the county trial jury in 1657, 1658, 1659 and 1660. In 1665 it was again re­ corded that he was released from training but was to pay what he pleased for the upkeep of the company. Ellen Dorman died February 27, 1667/8. Thomas Dorman died April 25,1670. The will of Thomas Dorman, Sr., of Topsfield, "being about seventy years old," was made the day before his death. It was not signed by the testator, but was proved by the two witnesses, Francis Peabody and John How, May 3,1670. To my son Thom­ as, my feather-bed and bolster, my bigest iron pot, a trammel, my great timber chain, one draft chain, a spanshackle, and two shares of the household stuff. To my son Ephraim, my ring and three blankets, two little pots, a trammel, two draft chains and one share of the household stuff. To my cousin Daniel Bradly, two petticoats, two waistcoats and two bodices. To my two sons, my land in Rowley bounds to dispose of equally to their best con­ tent. To my son Thomas, all that land I bought of Mr. Simons, all housing and fences that are about it and all privileges that do belong to it, except my land on the south side of the river, of which I give one-half to my son Thomas and one-half to my son Ephraim. To my son Ephraim all that land I had given me by 164 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

Ipswich and all that land I bought of Evan Morris, and all rights that belong to them. To my son Thomas's children, my sheep. To both my sons, my horse and my bullocks. Debts owed me: four and a half days' work by John Warner, three and a half days' work by Thomas Day, three pecks of Indian corn and a half day's work by Robert Stiles, 13s. by goodman Bigsbe. I do owe to goodman Bigsbe for four days plowing, to William White of Ipswich one bushel of Indian corn, to Robert Cobarnd half a bushel of Indian corn, Thomas Hobbs doth owe me two bushels of wheat, John Morall doth owe me 10s., and William Smith oweth me 20s. To my son Thomas, what Smith, Warner, Day and Micall Dounill and John Morrall owe me, and also £3 that Matthew Standly oweth me. Executor: son Thomas.* Children: i. JOHN; m. Mary Cooper, daughter of Peter Cooper of Ipswich, Nov. 21, 1660; d. Jan. 16, 1661/2; the inventory of his estate was taken Feb. 12, and administration granted to his widow Mary. Her father owed her husband £21, which was a part of her marriage portion, and in 1662 Thomas Dorman, his father, agreed with Cooper to fulfill their mutual agreements, Dorman to turn over certain property to his daughter-in-law.f 2. ii. THOMAS. 3. iii. EPHRAIM, b. about 1645.

2. THOMAS2 DORMAN (Thomas1) was born about the year 1640. He married Judith Wood, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Foster) Wood, in Topsfield November 6, 1662. In 1669 he was the town constable, grand juror in 1682, 1686, 1693, 1701, 1708, 1710 and 1711, selectman in 1684, 1687, 1688, 1690, 1693, 1695 and 1703, tythingman in 1693, 1697 and 1711. He took the Freeman's Oath in 1681 and in 1692 was chosen commissioner "to take account of the town's estates." He was a deacon of the church. In 1679 Rev. Jeremiah Hubbard, the Topsfield minister, sued Thomas and Judith Dorman for slander and won the case. It was only one of the several unpleasant incidents of his life in the village. Judith Dorman had spread the story that, while she watched during illness in Mr. Hubbard's house, he had made im­ proper advances to her. Among the witnesses were Judith's half- sister Hepsibah (Peabody) Ray and Mary Dorman, wife of her brother-in-law Ephraim Dorman. Deacon Thomas Dorman made his will November 24, 1715. * Essex Probate, No. 8166. t Records and Files, II: 809. Dorman, of Topsfield 165

It was proved January 9, 1715/6. For my son Timothy, "I have already done for him as much as can be thought to be his propor­ tion" by a deed for one hundred acres in Boxford. The share of my son Thomas, deceased, is in the hands of his widow Deborah to improve for her child. My son Amos has had £50 toward pur­ chasing land where he now dwells in Topsfield. My son Jacob is £7 behind his brother and my son Jesse is to pay it to him. My son Seth has had something less than his brothers "as he went away from me sooner." To my son Jesse, one-half of my dwell­ ing-house, barn, and land I now dwell upon, the other half being in the hands of my son Thomas's widow. To my daughters Damaris, Judith, Hannah, Sarah, Eleanor and Phebe, my mov­ able property, to be divided among them and their brothers at my wife's discretion. My wife Judith is to have my dwelling-house for life and she and my son Jesse are to be executors.* Judith Dorman, widow, of Topsfield, made her will November 26,1719, and it was proved June 7,1725. To my granddaughter Deborah Dorman. To my daughters Damaris, Hannah, Sarah, Eleanor and Phebe, all my movables, and, if my granddaughter Mercy Robinson lives to be married and have a child, she is to have a share. Executrices: my two eldest daughters. Witnesses: Ezekiel Cheever, Abigail Cheever, Ebenezer Cheever. Included in her small estate were two gold rings.f

Children, born in Topsfield: i. TIMOTHY, b. Dec. 12, 1663; m. Eliza Knowlton of Ipswich Nov. 15, 1688; lived in Boxford, husbandman. His will, dated June 19, 1739, and proved Dec. 19, 1743, made his son John executor and left to him all his real estate and tools. Money legacies were the portion of his daughters Elizabeth Dag­ gett, Mary Stanley, Hannah Daggett and Sarah Peabody .J Children, born in Boxford: 1. Timothy, b. Sept. 18, 1689; d. Feb. 1701/2. 2. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1691; m. John Daggett Nov. 30, 1721. 3. Mary, b. Oct. 26, 1693; m. Joseph Stanley March 29, 1716. 4. John, b. Feb. 9, 1696; m. Rebecca Smith Jan. 28, 1729/30; d. in Boxford Feb. 5, 1775, aged 79; she d. in 1794, aged 85. 5. Hannah, b. Dec. 22, 1698; m. Israel Daggett of Rheho- both April 15, 1724. 6. Sarah, b. Feb. 7, 1700/1; m. John Peabody May 8, 1736. ii. JOHN, b. March 20, 1664/5; d. Nov. 7, 1674. * Essex Probate, 311: 341. t Ibid., 315: 247. t Ibid., 325: 382. 166 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes iii. DAMARIS, b. Aug. 3, 1666; m. Daniel Clarke, son of Daniel and Mary Clarke, May 29, 1689. iv. MART, b. Dec. 18, 1667; m. John Esty May 31 (church record) or July 20 (court record), 1688. v. JUDITH, b. Feb. 23, 1668/9; m. Samuel Porter of Salem Farms, Jan. 14, 1695/6. (See Porter.) vi. THOMAS, b. Aug. 14, 1670; m. Deborah Moulton Dec. 1, 1702; d. Feb. 21, 1713; administration was granted to his widow Deborah, March 15, 1713; from her account it appears that he had occupied one- third of his father's farm and was to have inherited one-half thereof; the widow's "mourning suit" cost £3;* widow Deborah d. March 22, 1750. Her will made Jan. 29, 1749(50) and proved April 2, 1750, left to her grandson William Rogers her marsh and stock of cattle in Ipswich, and other property to her granddaughter Elizabeth Rogers, and made her friend Mr. Thomas Adams of Ipswich executor.f Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Deborah, b. Feb. 5, 1703/4; m. William Rogers before 1735. 2. Ellinor, b. June 21, 1706; d. before 1713. 3. Thomas, bp. May, 1708; d. before 1713. vii. AMOS, b. March 14, 1671/2; m. Dorothy Robinson Oct. 7, 1702; En­ sign Dorman d. Jan. 16, 1728/9. His will, dated Jan. 11 and proved Feb. 10, 1728/9, left all his personal property to his wife and named her executrix, all his lands and buildings to his sons Amos and Thomas, £40 to his daughter Dorothy Towne and £100 to his daughter Mary.£ The will of Dorothy Dorman, widow, of Topsfield, left her es­ tate to her sons Amos and Thomas, her daughters Dorothy Towne and Mary Porter (executrix), widow of Joseph Porter of Salem, and her granddaughters Lydia Porter (my least silver tankard) and Mary Porter. It was dated Feb. 18, 1748, and proved Feb. 24, 1752.§ Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Dorothy, b. Sept. 17, 1703; m. Daniel Towne Aug. 29, 1721. 2. Judith, b. Dec. 2, 1705; d. before 1728/9. 3. Amos, b. March 2, 1711/2; m. Mary Clarke of Ipswich April 11, 1734. 4. Thomas, b. June 6, 1714; m. Elizabeth Flint of Salem June 17, 1735. 5. Mary, b. June 1, 1719; m. Joseph Porter of Salem May 25, 1738. viii. DANIEL, b. July 27, 1673; d. Aug. 10, 1673. ix. HANNAH, b. Dec. 2, 1674; m. Thomas Robinson Nov. 20, 1695. x. SAUAH, b. June 1, 1676; m. Abraham Jewett of Rowley Jan. 5, 1702/3. xi. ELLEN, b. Sept. 25, 1677; (Ellinor) m. Nathaniel Porter, son of Jo­ seph and Anna (Hathorn) Porter, of Salem Farms, Dec. 16, 170(1?). * Ibid., 311: 100. t Ibid., 829: 183. t Ibid., No. 8145. I Ibid., 330: 322. Dorman, of Topsfield 167 xii. JABEZ, b. Nov. 9, 1678; m. (1) Hepsibah Perley of Ipswich May 31, 1709; she d. Feb. 1715/6 in Boxford in her 35th year; m. (2) Abial Fisher Aug. 16, 1716, in Boxford. In 1716 he bought from James Tyler of Bradford one-half of Tyler's land holdings in Cape Porpoise, Maine,* from which large tract he made many sales during the following years. He was moderator of the first Arundel town meeting in 1719 and was the town's Representative at the General Court in 1724. A tavern keeper in 1738, he was still living in 1746. Child, by first wife: 1. Jabez, b. Jan. 25, 1715/6; d. March 25, 1716. Children, by second wife: 2. Jabez, b. July 9, 1717; m. Hannah Look. 3. Jesse. 4. Hepsibah. 5. Elizabeth. xiii. PHEBE, b. about 1680; m. William Porter, son of Joseph and Anna (Hathorn) Porter of Salem Farms, Dec. 25, 1706. xiv. SETH, b. May 8, 1682; m. Sarah Thayer of Braintree Aug. 13, 1715, and settled in Norton, where he d. Dec. 21, 1741. Children, born in Norton: 1. Sarah, b. May 3, 1716; m. Matthew Peabody April 13, 1743, in Topsfield. 2. Eleanor, b. Nov. 11, 1717. 3. Judith, b. Dec. 1, 1718 (bapt. Nov. SO, 1718). 4. Mercy, b. Sept. 6, 1720. 5. Micajah, b. March 5, 1721/2; served in Maj. Joseph Hodges' co. in the Louisburg expedition; m. (1) Mary Smith of Sudbury July 4, 1752; m. (2) Charity White, int. June 1768. 6. Priscilla, bapt. April, 1725. 7. Ruth, bapt. Dec, 1727; m. David Vinton Nov. 19, 1747, in Braintree. xv. JESSE, b. Aug. 22, 1684; m. Ruth Porter, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Hathorn) Porter, Nov. 26, 1707; d. Dec. 16, 1748; she d. Sept. 12, 1755; yeoman. His will, proved Jan. 23, 1748, names his wife Ruth, his brother Jabez (£100), John Allen and Elizabeth Towne, former servants of his father Dorman (£10 each) and leaves the residue of his estate to Micajah Dorman and Sarah Peabody, children of his brother Seth, Mercy Perkins, daughter of his sister Dorcas Robin­ son, Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of his sister Judith Porter, Mary Clarke, daughter of his sister Eleanor Porter and Anne Sweat, daughter of his sister Sarah Jewett.f The will of Ruth Dorman, widow, proved Oct. 6, 1755, left all her household goods and wearing apparell to her cousin Thomas Symonds and his wife Anna, £1: 6: 8 to her cousin Daniel Clarke, 20s. to her cousin Ruth Andrews and the residue to Thomas Symonds.J * York Deeds, VIII: 249. t Essex Probate, 328: 302. t Ibid., 333 : 240. 168 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Philemon, b. May 5, 1710; d. unm. before 1748. 2. Ruth, b. April 26, 1712; d. unm. before 1748. xvi. DORCAS, b. April 17, 1686; m. Joseph Robinson Sept. 23, 1706. xvii. PHILEMON, b. June 13, 1687; d. unm. before 1715.

3. LIEUT. EPHRAIM2 DORMAN (Thomas1) was born about the year 1645, his age being estimated as about thirty in 1675. The surname of his wife Mary, whom he married before 1677, has not been discovered. She died in Topsfield November 14, 1705. He died August 25, 1721. He served Topsfield in many capacities, being elected con­ stable in 1675, selectman in 1676, 1681, 1706 and 1709, town clerk from 1686 until 1702, trial juror 1674 and 1703, Repre­ sentative to the General Court in 1703, grand juror in 1705, moderator of the town meeting in 1706 and tythingman in 1710 and 1715. He was sergeant of the train-band in 1685 and was promoted to be lieutenant in 1686. He subscribed £ 1: 15: 0 to the salary of Rev. Mr. Hubbard in 1679. On January 5, 1696/7, he bought from his nephew Timothy Dorman five hundred acres at Coxhall or Swansfield in Maine, probably as a real estate speculation.* He distributed it in hun­ dred-acre parcels to his children Susanna Fuller, Ephraim Dor­ man, Timothy Foster (son-in-law), Lydia Dorman and Hannah Kimball, beginning in 1719. The will of Ephraim Dorman, Sr., of Topsfield was made July 23, 1720 and proved September 18, 1721. To my son Ephraim Dorman, all my land in Boxford. To my grandchild Ruth Per­ kins, £20. To my daughter Hannah Kimball, £5. To my son Timothy Foster, for the children he had by my daughter Mary Dorman now deceased, £5. To my son Jacob Dorman, the mead­ ow called "the Shipe" and eight acres of upland joining to it. To my son Joseph, all the rest of my meadow. To my sons Jacob and Joseph, all my lands in the north line of the town, common­ age rights, etc. To my daughter Fuller, £10. To my daughter Lydia Dorman, £50. I request that what I have given to my daughter Ruth, who was married to Timothy Perkins, now de­ ceased, may be preserved for her child.f Children, born in Topsfield: i. MART, b. Dec. 7, 1674; m. Timothy Foster of Boxford Oct. 2, 1699. ii. EPHRAIM, b. Sept. 17, 1677; m. Martha Howlett, daughter of Samuel * York Deeds, IV: 106. t Essex Probate, 313: 337. Dorman, of Topsfield 169 and Sarah (Clarke) Howlett, Jan. 5, 1709/10; administration on his estate was granted to his widow Martha Feb. 9, 1724.* Their children Ephraim, Elijah and Samuel Dorman and Mary Matthews divided the land in Boxford March 9, 1758.+ Children, born in Boxford: 1. Ephraim, bapt. in Topsfield July 1, 1711; m. Hepsibah Peabody April 11, 1738. 2. Mary, bapt. in Topsfield Nov. 23, 1712; m. Joseph Matthews Sept. 29, 1754, in Boxford. 3. Elijah, b. Dec. 2, 1714. 4. Samuel, b. Oct. 17, 1716 (bapt. Sept. SO, 1716) ; d. in 1805 in Alfred, Maine. 5. John, b. April 11, 1719; d. July 8, 1737. 6. Sarah, b. June 1, 1724; d. July 10, 1737. iii. HANNAH, b. July 30, 1680; m. Richard Kimball of Boxford Feb. 22, 1698/9. iv. SUSANNA, b. April 7, 1683; m. Joseph Fuller of Salem Village Nov 3, 1713. & v. RUTH, b. March 26, 1686; m. Timothy Perkins; d. before 1720. vi. JACOB, b. June 7, 1688; m. Mercy Clarke, daughter of Daniel and Damaris (Dorman) Clarke, Dec. 31, 1722; she d. Nov. 17, 1766- he d. Dec. 11, 1769. Children: 1. Mercy, b. June 8, 1724; d. July 16, 1724. 2. Ruth, b. May 24, 1725; m. John Symonds of Boxford at Rowley May 13, 1746. 3. ,7acoo, b. June 20, 1727; d. July 2, 1727. 4. Damaris, b. Jan. 24, 1729/30; d. Jan. 29, 1729/30. 5. Jacob, b. Jan. 31, 1731/2; d. "in ye war" in 1755. 6. David, b. Feb. 25, 1733/4; d. June 29, 1736. 7. Mercy, b. Aug. 22, 1735; d. Nov. 20, 1735. 8. Sarah, b. Sept. 4 and d. Sept. 10, 1737. 9. Damaris, b. Oct. 6 and d. Oct. 19, 1738. 10. Susanna, b. Sept. 15, 1740. vii. JOSEPH, bapt. Oct. 18, 1691; m. Abigail Porter, daughter of Na­ thaniel and Eleanor (Dorman) Porter, June 16, 1737; Lieut. Jo­ seph Dorman d. April 17, 1753; his widow Abigail, "an aged woman," d. Dec. 9, 1773. The will of Joseph Dorman of Topsfield, gentleman, made on the day of his death and proved May 28, 1753, named his wife Abigail and Elijah Porter executors, and left all his lands to his sons Nathaniel and Ephraim.! Children, born in Topsfield: 1. Hepsibah, b. Jan. 17, 1738/9; d. Jan. 24, 1739. 2. Nathaniel, b. March 31, 1740; m. Sarah Wildes July 2, 1765; d. Oct. 13, 1776. 3. Ephraim, b. Nov. 8, 1741; d. Jan. 18, 1818 "suddenly in his chair." 4. John, b. Nov. 12, and d. Nov. 20, 1744. 5. Abigail, b. Feb. 20, 1746/7; d. April 21, 1747. viii. LYDIA, b. Nov. 27, 1696; d. unm. April 20, 1753. * Ibid., 314: 165. t Ibid., 335: 224. t Ibid., 831 : 343.

XV

WOOD, OF IPSWICH

WOOD

Daniel Wood was one of the soldiers who took part in the three-day expedition to disarm the sachem of the Merrimac, Passaconoway, for which he was paid 3s. by the town of Ipswich on December 4, 1643. He died before March 27, 1649, when his widow, Mary, was appointed administratrix of his estate, all of which was assigned to her for the purpose of bringing up their two children. The inventory, taken March 23 by Robert Lord and Thomas Wells, lists a house with the ground about it, six acres at Heartbreak hill, ten acres beyond Chebacco river and simple household utensils and furnishings.* Although Judge Savage expresses incredulity, and both the Foster and Peabody genealogists are extremely cautious on the point, there seems to be adequate proof that Daniel Wood's wife was Mary Foster, daughter of Renald Foster of Ipswich, and that after his death in 1649 she married Lieut. Francis Peabody : (a) As stated above, Wood's estate was administered by his widow for the benefit of their two children, (b) In 1680, Renald Foster mentions in his will "my daughter Mary wife of ffrancis Paybody."f (c) In 1679 Hepsibah (Peabody) Rea, daughter of Lieut. Francis and Mary Peabody, called Judith (Wood) Dorman "my sister.(d) Francis Peabody, in his will made in 1695/6, gave land to his "son-in-law" (stepson) Daniel Wood "in consideration of what I was obliged to do for him when come of age."§ Thus we can identify the two Wood children, Daniel being named for his father and Judith for her grandmother, Judith, wife of Renald Foster. By her second marriage with Lieutenant Peabody, Mary Foster had a large family of children. She died April 9, 1705, in Topsfield. Children: i. JUDITH; m. Thomas Dorman Nov. 6, 1662 in Topsfield. (See Dorman.) ii. DANIEL; fined for some minor offense in the court of April 28, 1669. In 167S, when he gave evidence concerning the burning of the ironworks at Rowley Village, he was said to be "about twenty- five," which must have been a slight understatement.il He m. before 1675 Sarah , who d. Sept. 23, 1714, in her 57th year. He was made freeman March 22,1690, and was a deacon of Boxford church. His will, proved Feb. 22, 1714/5, appointed his son, Dr. David * Probate Records of Essex County, I: 106. t Ibid., Ill: 420. t Records and Files, VII: 300. § Peabody Genealogy, S. H. Peabody, 1909, p. 12. II Records and Files, VI: 55. 174 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Wood, his executor and confirmed to him 100 acres lately deeded to him. His son John received the homestead in Boxford and his son Jacob the seven score acres where he then lived. The personal property was to be divided between the daughters Huldah Bridges and Sarah Wood, the latter receiving £30 in addition.* Children, recorded in Topsfield and Boxford: 1. Daniel, b. Aug. 15, 1675; d. June 1, 169-, in Boxford. 2. David, b. Feb. 18, 1677/8; a physician practising in Boxford; m. Mary ; David Wood, Esq., d. Aug. 30, 1744, aged 66. His will, dated Oct. 27, 1741, and proved Sept. 17, 1744, left £100 to his wife Mary, large tracts of land at Ashford and Union, Conn., Woodstock, Mass. and Pennacook, N. H., to his sons Daniel, David, Jonathan and Samuel, who was at college, and other property to his daughters Sarah Kimball, Hannah Johnson, Mary and Mercy Wood.f 3. John, b. March 25, 1680; m. Ruth Peabody, daughter of Capt. John and Hannah (Andrews) Peabody; he d. in Boxford April 5, 1759, aged 78, and she in the following month, on May 29, aged 74. His will, made Nov. 16, 1756, proved April 16, 1759, left his property to his wife Ruth, his sons Thomas (the farm and a pew in the meetinghouse), Solomon, John and Aaron, his daughters Eliza Wood, Lydia Titcomb and Ruth Andrews, and mentions his late daughter Abigail Foster.{ 4. Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1684; d. July 25, 168-. 5. Huldah, b. May 23, (1687) ; m. John Bridges Jan. 19, (1709/10), in Boxford. 6. Mercy, b. Sept. 13, (1689); d. before her father. 7. Jacob, bapt. Aug. 30, 1691; m. Hannah Bradstreet of Ipswich, int. Dec. 6, 1713; administration on his es­ tate of £643 was granted to his brother John on June 1, 1731, and in the account were named his children Nathan, Hannah Andrews, Bridget Pem­ berton and Phebe.§ 8. Sarah, b. April 16, 1689; m. Jedediah Pearson of New­ bury Feb. 13, 1716/7. * Essex Probate, No. 80247. t Ibid., 826: 78. t Ibid., 386: 157. § Ibid., 319: 176; 325: 117. XVI

FOSTER, OF IPSWICH

FOSTER

Foster is an occupational surname, a broken form of Forester. England was a heavily wooded country when surnames became customary and there must have been many foresters on the ba­ ronial and lesser estates. In dealing with the English origin of emigrants to America many genealogists have discarded all in­ hibitions and respect for evidence and have produced fantastic pedigrees. It must be said that the English practitioners of Vic­ torian days were not behind our own in perpetuating this form of family fiction, some of which still remains to be corrected. The chapter on the English Fosters in the American Foster Genealogy is nothing short of ridiculous, so much so, in fact, that few, if any, others of its kind surpass it in this quality. Ex­ cept for a very few statements it can be discarded as of no value except as a horrible example.

1. RENALD FOSTER, the emigrant, was married to Judith Wignol at Theydon Garnon, co. Essex, in 1619. They with their children emigrated to New England and settled in Ipswich in 1635. Judith Foster died in Ipswich in October, 1664, and in September, 1665, Foster married Sarah Martin who survived him when he died in 1681. Theydon Garnon is a parish in the western part of the county of Essex. About eight miles to the north lies the parish of Har­ low where at the beginning of the seventeenth century lived a Foster family which commonly used the Christian name Renald and to which it is highly probable that our Ipswich Renald Foster belonged. Two miles southeast of Harlow village there is a ham­ let still called Foster Street. John Foster of Harlow made his will on December 10, 1601, and it was proved on January 7, 1601/2. After making provi­ sion for his wife Agnes, he left "my mansion house where I now dwell and half the barn . . . half the stable . . . the south part of the orchard from the corner of the house to the Arber, 2 parcels of land called Pond Crofts, a parcel of land called Broad Crofts, meadow called Great Mead" to his son Reynold who was to make payment of £4 a year to the testator's wife Agnes, £20 to his son Bennett and £10 to his daughter Elizabeth. To his son William he left the kitchen of the said house and the residue of the houses and lands thereto belonging, William to make payments to A gnes, Bennett and Elizabeth of sums one-half of those to be made by their brother Reynold. His son John received a small 178 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes

legacy and was to be overseer of the will, sons Reynold and Wil­ liam to be executors. Witnesses: Edward Kinge, George Harri­ son, John Foster, Jr.* Obviously John was the oldest son who had already been provided for. Reynald Foster of Harlow, whose will was made September 18, 1622, and proved January 7, 1722/3, mentions therein the "Great Mead" which proves him to be the son of John whose will is abstracted above. He left to his wife Margaret and son Wil­ liam "the messuage where I dwell in Harlow with the free and copy lands there" for ten years, thereafter to wife Margaret and son Reynold for Margaret's life. If Margaret remarried the ten years occupancy was to go to his son William with a remain­ der to Reynold forever, but subject to a payment of £40 to his son Peter. Otherwise Peter was to have the Great Mead and the Little Mead. To his daughter (torn—Elizabeth?), £20. All mov­ ables to his wife Margaret, but, if she remarry, two-thirds of them to his youngest children, Elizabeth, William and Peter. To Jane and Sara, daughters of his daughter Jane, 40s. To son-in- law John Clay, his best wearing apparel. Executors: wife Mar­ garet, son William. Witnesses: George Parker, George Harri­ son, Reynold Foster Jr.f It would seem that Margaret Foster was Renald Foster's second wife and mother of the "youngest children," and probably she was that Margaret Humphrey who married Renold Foster in 1608 in Thaxted, co. Essex, some fif­ teen miles north of Harlow. At this point it may be well to issue a warning. While it is highly probable that Renald Foster, after his wedding at They­ don Garnon, took his bride to Harlow and lived there until he emigrated with his wife and children, and that he was the son of the Renald Foster and grandson of the John Foster whose wills are quoted above, it is not proven, and the parish register of Harlow for the seventeenth century, which would have pro­ vided the positive or negative answer to the problem, is missing. Also, there were other Renald Fosters in this Essex neighbor­ hood. A Dennis [Denise] Foster of Moreton, co. Essex, widow, in her will of 1601 left her property to her sons Robert, Thomas and Reynold, her daughters Denise and Margaret and various grandchildren. It is perhaps more likely that this Renald Foster was the man who married Mary Kinge in Moreton in 1575 than Renald Foster of Harlow. Also in the parish of White Roding, six miles east of Harlow, a Renold Foster married Mary Hor-

* Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Herts), Register Grove, fo. 187. t Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Herts), Register Bushew, fo. 8. Foster, of Ipswich 179 wood in 1630, and a Renold Foster, perhaps the same man, mar­ ried Mary Waterman in 1640. They are too late to interest us except as they show that the name Renald was not uncommon among the Fosters of Essex. Renald Foster, the emigrant, is first mentioned in the records of Ipswich in 1635. On September 26, 1638, he bought a house and a large lot on the north side of Ipswich river, described as "lying near the great Cove beneath the Falls of the Town River." The house had been built by Richard Brown who had moved to Newbury and who had sold to Richard Saltonstall. It must have changed hands rapidly as Saltonstall sold it to Richard Lump­ kin and Lumpkin to John Tuttell from whom Foster bought it. Also on the north side of the river was a house and lot which Foster bought on March 11, 1655, from Roger Preston, who had been granted it by John Gage, the original owner.* This house was the one later occupied by Foster's son Jacob. Foster also had various town grants. Renald is seldom mentioned in the county records. He was a member of trial juries in 1651, 1655 and 1658, of grand juries in 1659, 1665 and 1668, and constable of Ipswich in 1661. He was released from military training in 1667 but was to pay a bushel of Indian corn annually for the company's support. In 1674 he was relieved of this payment. Renold Foster, Sr., of Ipswich, made his will the last day of April, 1680, and it was proved June 9, 1681. He left to his wife Sarah the use of the house he then dwelt in, the orchards and gardens, £5 yearly, two cows which she should choose out of his stock and the keeping of them, the bedstead with bedding in the parlor, the rest of the linen and woolen yarn that she had "pro­ vided into the house," a brass pot, a cheese press, a kneading trough, the utensils in the lean-to, the great kettle and two skil­ lets, for her natural life. Also three sheep to be kept winter and summer, two pigs, the provisions in the house at his death, and the table and form for life. The household stuff his wife brought into the house when he married her were to be at her disposal, in life and at death. To his son Abraham Foster, after his wife's decease, the dwelling-house, orchard and ground about it, three acres more or less, half the barn and half of the land in the field lying between the land of John Denison and Philip Fowlers, ten acres "on this syde the River caled mudy River" by Major Deni- son's and John Edwards' land, and six acres of salt marsh.

* Ipswich Deeds, I: 211. This house still stands and is the property of The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 180 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes Also to son Abraham four acres of marsh at Plum Island and six acres at Hog Island. To his son Renold all the land "which he possesses of myne at the Falls that he hath built a house upon," be it fifty acres more or less, he to pay out of it "to Sarah my daughter Story" the sum that he gives her "except what the sheets and pillowbeers amounts to." To his son Isaac, eight acres of fresh meadow at the west meadows and four acres of salt marsh at Hog Island, "Jacob to have the use of the salt till the decease of my wife." To his son William, six acres of land he had of Thomas Smith and six acres of marsh at Hog Island, [the use of] the marsh to Jacob until his wife's decease. To his son Jacob, the house he [Jacob] lives in and the ground about it, two lots beyond Muddy River, ten acres more or less, and the remainder of salt marsh at Hog Island. Also to Jacob, "my land at home and barne dureing my wives natural! life," the pasture on the south side of the river by Simeon Thompson's, the pasture by Caleb Kimball's, a feather­ bed, he to pay what he [the testator] has given his wife and to keep in repair what he had given her in his will. To daugh­ ter Sarah, William Storye's wife, £10, viz. a pair of sheets and a pair of pillowbeers and the rest in the hands of his son Renold "which I have willed him to pay, as appeares above." To daugh­ ter Mary, the wife of Francis Pabody, £10, part to be paid in a pair of sheets, a pair of pillowbeers and a featherbed, the bed after his wife's decease. To grandchild Hannah Story, £6, viz. a bed, bolster, pillow and a pair of sheets and blankets "which are of my now wives making, the rest to be paid by my executors, if she carry it well to my wife while she lives with her as she hath done to us hitherto." To son Jacob, the instruments of husband­ ry. Executors: sons Abraham and Jacob Foster. Overseers: friends Simon Stace and Nehemiah Jewett, "and if any differ­ ence arise amongst my wife and children, or amongst them, about any perticuler in my will ... my two overseers shall end it . . . and if they two differ, then as a third may, who thev shall choose, joining with either of them." Witnesses: John Starkweather, Nehemiah Jewett. The testator and the same witnesses signed a "Memorandum," dated March 5, 1680/1, by which his wife's life estate was "soe except she marry againe," what she earned by her labor should be for her sole benefit, the repairs to the house should be out of her own estate during her abode in it, and she should have liberty to cut what wood she needed from the land at Muddy river. The inventory was taken May 30,1681, by John Whipple and Foster, of Ipswich 181

Simon Stace. It was in the large sum of £744: 16: 0. He had a corselet, two pikes and a rapier, sparse furniture but much bed and table linen. The bulk of his estate consisted of his homestead, the house occupied by his son Jacob and the many acres of mead­ ow, pasture and marsh.* When he signed his will our Ipswich ancestor wrote himself Renold. In the eight volumes of Records and Files of the County Courts of Essex County Foster is mentioned forty-eight times. In nineteen instances his name is Renold, in four Reienalld, in three Reienald, in two each Reinold, Reynold and Reinald, and in one each Reienold, Reonall, Reanalld, Rainold and Renall. In two instances each he is Regnald and Reg. and in one Regnell, but, needless to say, gn is commonly sounded as n. This leaves three cases of Reginall, two of Reginald and one of Reginold, and very possibly a re-examination of the manuscript record would eliminate the i in each of these readings.f It has been suggested that the Mr. William Foster who was in Ipswich in 1635 was a brother of Renald. If Renald was the son of Renald Foster, the Harlow testator of 1622, he would have had a brother William, but, as Foster is a not uncommon name and the Ipswich William was given "the prefix of respect" while Renald was not, the identification is dubious. Mr. William, who disappears from Ipswich, was possibly the William Foster who was disarmed as a follower of Mrs. Hutchinson in 1637 and or­ dered to leave the jurisdiction of the Bay in 1638. "We conceive him not fit to live with us," the theocracy pronounced. He was probably the Mr. William Foster who was living in the more tolerant atmosphere of Newport, Rhode Island, in 1639.

Children of Renald and Judith Foster: SARAH, b. about 1620 (aged about 48 in 1668); m. William Story who d. before Jan. 1702/3, when his will was proved. ABRAHAM, b. about 1622 (aged about 76 in 1698) ; m. Lydia Bur­ bank of Rowley; d. Jan. 15, 1711, "in about his 90th year." He had distributed his estate by deed on Dec. 21, 1698.J MARY; m. (1) Daniel Wood;§ m. (2) Francis Peabody; d. April 9, 1705, in Topsfield. (See Wood.) RENALD, b. about 1628 (aged "about 40" in 1676 but probably nearer 50); m. Elizabeth Dane; d. in 1707 or 1708. His will, made July 11, 1704, and proved Jan. 10, 1708, left to his wife Elizabeth the parlour of his house, what use of the cellar she needed, half the orchard, the keeping of a cow and two sheep, firewood "to be * Probate Records of Essex County, III: 419-422. t For further comment on the name Reginald see The American Genealogist, XVIII: 13; the new Complete Peerage, III: Appendix C. % Essex Deeds, 13: 206. § The argument for this marriage, of the existence of which I am convinced. Judge Savage to the contrary notwithstanding, will be found on page 173. 182 The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes fetched home and cutt fit for ye fire," "a horse and one to ride be­ fore her to carry her to meeting and this my son Nathaniel Foster shall do." His sons Isaac and John to pay their mother 45s. apiece yearly and "if she desires to remove to Billerica they shall carry what was brought to Andover." To son Isaac, the house he has lived in since he married and various acreages of pasture and meadow. To son John, the house he lives in, the orchard, part of the corn field next Mr. Wade's mill, and meadow, pasture and marsh. To son Nathaniel, "my now dwelling house," half the or­ chard and barn, etc. To eldest daughter Elizabeth, £10. To daugh­ ter Judith, £10 and my bed, bedstead, bolster, two pillows, cur­ tains and coverlet belonging to it. To daughter Eleanor, £8. Exec­ utors: son John, wife and son Nathaniel. Witnesses: Joseph Eveleth, Nathaniel Rust, Sr., Umphrey Clark. v. ISAAC, b. about 1630 (aged about 62 in 1692); m. (1) May 5, 1658, Mary Jackson who d. Nov. 27, 1677; m. (2) Nov. 25, 1678, Hannah Downing; m. (3) March 16, 1679, Martha Hale; d. in Ipswich Feb. 6, 1691/2. His undated will was proved on March 29, 1692. To his wife Martha he left the bedding and other things she brought with her and £12 in corn, one-half in English corn and one-half in Indian corn, to be paid when she leaves his house or within four years. If she dies before payment, his sons Jacob and Daniel are to make payment to her children. She was to have the use of the lower room at the east end of his house, a cow, firewood and £5 a year. To his three sons Jacob, Daniel and Eleazer (under age), all of his lands. To each of his seven daughters, £20 at the age of eighteen. His "three little children" were to be brought up by his executors, his sons Jacob and Daniel Foster. Witnesses: John Peabody, Sr., Thomas Dorman, Sr. When he signed his will he stated that the house where Jacob lived was his own, but that the house where he [the testator] lived was the one given to Daniel.* vi. WILLIAM, b. about 1633 (aged about 78 in 1711); m. Mary ; d. May 17, 1713, in Boxford, where he lived. His will, made Sept. 3, 1711, and proved June 15, 1713, left to his wife Mary his entire estate, real and personal, except for the following legacies. All his carpenter's and joiner's tools were to be equally divided by his sons. To his five sons Jonathan, William, Timothy, Samuel and David, all the salt marsh that he had had from his father. But it is to be understood that his wife shall have the whole estate during her widowhood "to maintain herselfe & her son Joseph withall," then his executors shall have it to maintain his son Joseph if he be still living. To his son Jonathan, the land where he dwelleth. To his son William, the money he had from the testator and the lands he now liveth upon. To his son Timothy, certain lands lying be­ tween Samuel Pickard's farm and the 400 acres which had be­ longed to Dorman, Cummings and Styles. To his son Samuel, the house and land "where I now live," after his mother's death. To his son David, £5. To his daughters Mary Kilborne, Judah Plates [Judith Platts] and Hannah Rixe, £5 each, "my Will is yt my Son Samuel shall keep Joseph always att his house to look after him." Executors: sons Jonathan and Samuel.f vii. JACOB, b. about 1635; m. (1) Jan. 12, 1658, Martha Kinsman who d. Oct. 15, 1666; m. (2) Feb. 26, 1666/7, Abigail Lord who d. June 4, 1729; d. in Ipswich July 9, 1710, in his 75th year. The will of Deacon Jacob Foster of Ipswich was made July 7 and proved July 24, 1710. He directed his executors to give to his wife Abigail * Essex Probate, 304: 420. t Ibid., 311: 163. Foster, of Ipswich 183 "honorable and comfortable maintenance" during her natural life. To his daughter Sarah Caldwell, the four acres at Muddy river that his father bought from Ralph Dix, but she or her heirs were to pay his executors £10 in money. To his sons Abraham and Jacob, the marsh at Plum island, 12 acres of land and all the land at Muddy river that was his father's. The residue, including his house, barn, land and movables, to his sons and executors Joseph and James Foster. "Witnesses: J. Stainford, Nathaniel Knowlton, Elizabeth Gould.* * Ibid., 813: 242.

INDEX

INDEX

A Mary 141 Margaret 119 120 122 ABBOT Hannah 114 Richard 82 William 119 Nehemiah 10 140 William 81 BLUETTE John 63 Stephen 28 BAKER Cornelius 137 BOLLAND Thomas 81 ACIE William 8 Mary 46 BORMAN Hannah 94 ADAMS Caleb 98 Nathaniel 135 BORN Conrad 26 Thomas 166 Sarah 108 BOTTRE Thomas 83 ALDRICH Mildred L. 32 Thomas 91 BOWDEN Michael 113 ALLEN Henry 124 BALCH Caleb 144 BOYNTON William 5 John 167 Mary 59 BRABROOK Mehitable 90 AMES Robert 6 BARBER Ruth C. 32 BRACKENBURY John 185 ANDERSON Thomas 31 BARKER James 5 BRADBURY Mary 89 ANDREWS, Andrew Stephen 26 Thomas 90 Daniel 188 BARNES John 137 BRADFORD Mary 123 Elizabeth 131 BARNEY Jacob 137 William 123 Hannah 174 BARRABEE Thomas 103 BRADLEY Daniel 103 Israel 143 BARRETT John 94 BRADSTREET Abigail 24 John 5 11 47 BARTHOLOMEW Henry 114 Anna 71 Joseph 11 141 115 130 Asa 71 Mary 56 57 Mr. 129 Dorothy 19 72 Robeit 5 8 William 89 Elijah 71 Ruth 167 174 BARTLETT Katherine 78 Eunice 71 ANDROS Sir Edmund 159 BASSETT Edward 86 Hannah 174 ANGUS Betsey S. 29 Richard 82 83 John 19 72 Donald S. 29 Thomas 82 Mary 21 Helen I. 29 BATCHELDER John 94 Mr. 136 Henry P. 28 Mary 138 Nathaniel 24 William S. 28 BATE Mary 84 Samuel 71 72 APPLETON John 54 55 BATES Francis 8 Sarah 71 Samuel 54 55 Goodwife 68 Simon 17 19 71 72 1 ARTHUR Beane 76-78 BATTEN Mr. 93 159 Humphrey 76-78 BATTER Edmund 137 BRATTLE Thomas 137 Julian 77 78 BEANE Anne 75T 76 BREED William B. 26 ATKINSON Norman J. 33 Catherine 76 77 BRENDON John 82 AVERILL, Avery Elizabeth 75-77 BRIDGES Alice 28 Abigail 43 44 46 Hanna 76 Edmund 68 114 Annis 39 Humphrey 69 70 75 76 Huldah 174 Benjamin 48 49 John 70 Sarah 113 Ebenezer 46 Marie 75 BRODMARKLE Clara M. 35 Edward 39-42 Martha 76 BROMWICH 87 Ezekiel 46 Mary 67 76 Marie 86 George 39 Robert 75 William 87 Hannah 17 44 46 48 58 Sara 41 76 BROOKE Robert 147 Isaac 46 47 Simon 76 BROWN Andrew 94 Jacob 17 18 95 Thomas 67 75 76 Annie W. 29 Jemima 96 BEATTIE Ruth M. 34 Arthur 59 Job 46-49 BEERS Susanna 114 Caroline W. 29 John 19-21 39-42 44 46 BELLINGHAM Richard 157 Elizabeth 158 48 BENNETT Henry 90 Emilie A. 29 Joseph 17 18 44 48 49 John 90 Franklin Q. 29 Judith 40 Lydia 89 George K. 29 Luke 21 BENTLEY Dr. 129 George T. 29 Margaret 40-42 BERRY Richard 40 41 Henry S. 29 Mary 44 46 140 Robert 41 Richard 179 Nathaniel 19-21 46 58 Thomas 41 Susanna 46 Paul 47 BISHOP Edward 12 14 15 BROWNING Deborah 92 Philip 39-42 Elizabeth 148 Elizabeth 130 Priscilla 17 George 150 151 Mary 113 Richard 39 40 James 148 BUFFAM Abraham 120 Samuel 40-42 44 48 Joan 148 Deborah 120 Sarah 7 24 43 44 48 58 John 148 Jacob 120 Silas 47 Jonathan 46 James 120 Thomas 20 40-44 46-48 Mary 150 151 Joshua 120 122 Walter 89 Robert 148 150 151 Margaret 120 William 11 13 14 39-47 Samuel 15 Mary 120 58 Sarah 10 12 13 Robert 119-122 BIXBY George 139 Samuel 120 Joseph 141 B Thomasine 120 BLACK Barbara S. 33 BULLEN Clarence P. 29 BACON Benjamin 59 BLESSING Alice 119 121 BULLOCK Henry 112 136 BAERT Judith 124 Joan 111 119 125 BUNKER John 8 BAILEY, Baylie John 119 BURBANK Lydia 181 Isabel 87 Julian 119 125 BURLEY Andrew 58 188 Index

BURNAP Thomas 106 COOK John 111 DOLLAR Anne 150 BURNHAM Sally 24 Richard 122 Elizabeth 150 151 BURR Frances 90 COOPE Elkenah 121 Jane 150 BURROUGHS George 10 COOPER Mary 164 Joan 150 BURROW Dionis 120 Peter 164 Richard 150 151 BUSH Benjamin 125 CORWIN George 15 DONNELL Michael 164 Edward 125 Jonathan 159 DORMAN Aaron 174 Estwick 125 COTTRELL Roger 107 Abigail 169 BUTTON Abigail 121 COUSINS William 122 Amos 165 166 Robert 124 COXE John 41 Damaris 70 105 109 BUXTON John 10 CRAFT Griffin 64 Daniel 166 Rachel 142 CREEKE Andrew 68 David 169 CROSBEE 41 Deborah 165 166 CROSLEY Annis 39 C Dorcas 168 CULL VAR John Baptist 75 Dorothy 166 CALDWELL Sarah 183 76 Dudley 23 CAPEN Joseph 8 21 58 70 CUMMINGS Alice 54 Eleanor 72 140 105-167 91 114 115 Goodman 44 Elijah 169 CARR George 07 Isaac 46 55-57 105 Elizabeth 165 167 CARRECK Thomas 41 John 55 57 114 Ellen 163 166 CARTRICK Michael 9 Joseph 56 97 Ephraim 59 72 95 163 164 CHADWELL Michael 39 Rebecca 57 168 169 CHAFFEE Rebecca 59 Samuel 50 Hannah 165 166 169 CHAMBLET Mary 49 Sarah 54 56 57 Hepsibah 167 169 CHAPMAN Martha 59 Thomas 141 Jabez 94 167 CHASE Alice 28 CURRIER Richard 90 Jacob 72 165 168 169 Francis 28 30 CURTIS Clifton E. 33 Jesse 141 165 167 CHEEVER Abigail 165 Dorothy 140 John 164 165 169 Ebenezer 165 Jacob 48 Joseph 140 168 169 Ezekiel 165 John 58 Judith 9 141 142 164-167 CHILDE Thomas 102 CURWEN Abigail 158 173 CHURCHMAN Hugh 104 Lydia 168 169 CLARE Simon 82 D Martha 58 CLARK Damaris 72 Mary 141 164-166 168 Dan 71 72 DAGGETT Elizabeth 165 Mercy 71 167 169 Daniel 44 57 67-72 75 76 Hannah 105 Micajah 167 166 167 169 Israel 165 Nathaniel 169 David 72 John 165 Phebe 140 165 167 Dorothy 58 70 DANE Elizabeth 181 Philemon 168 Elijah 72 DANFORTH Mr. 8 91 Ruth 95 167-169 Elizabeth 69 Samuel 137 Samuel 169 Hannah 70 71 DAVENPORT Richard 152 Sarah 165-167 169 Humphrey 11 58 69 70 153 155 Seth 165 167 72 182 DAVIES William 107 Solomon 174 Israel 22 71 72 140 DAVIS Clinton W. 31 Susanna 169 Jacob 58 71 72 Elizabeth 22 Thomas 8 11 55 70 140 Joanna 72 Howard 31 163-166 173 174 182 John 63 69 70 John 22 68 Timothy 165 168 Judith 70 Walter G. 31 DOWNING Hannah 182 Martha 68 70 72 DAVISON Elizabeth 72 Mr. 139 Marv 18 58 69 72 76 166 DAY Phebe 13 15 DUDLEY Anne 72 167 Thomas 164 Thomas 23 156 Mercy 72 140 169 Timothy 13 15 DUELL Nicholas 83 Samuel 69-72 76 DEACON Anne 107 DUNKELE Thomas 82 Sarah 57 70 72 169 Audrey 107 DWINELL Abigail 95 Thomas 81 82 Elisha 107 Thomas 96 William 67 Jeremy 107 DYER Thomas 153 CLARKSON Cyril N. 33 Martha 107 CLAY John 178 Mary 28 E CLEMENS Mary 70 Phebe 103 107 CLEMENT Matthew 77 Ralph 107 EASTWICK Edward 125 CLEVELAND Nehemiah 24 Roger 107 Elizabeth 125 CLOYES Peter 114 Sara 107 Esther 121-123 COBARND Robert 164 Thomas 106 107 Hannah 125 COBBET Mr. 14 DENISON Daniel 156 Sarah 125 CODDINGTON William 102 John 179 EASTY, Estey COGSWELL John 5 DERBY Samuel 70 Benjamin 114 COKER Joseph 158 DEXTER Richard 96 Isaac 139 144 Sarah 158 DILLINGHAM Henry 87 Jacob 114 COLLINS Frances 47 DISTON William 42 John 114 166 COLLYSON Edmund 87 Dix Ralph 183 Joseph 114 COMPTON. Cumpton DOBBE George 82 Mary 10 14 15 94 113 Edward 83 DODGE Blanche H. 25 EDMUNDS Humphrey 87 John 81 Hannah 138 EDWARDS John 179 Juliana 81 John H Joseph 97 Thomas 82 86 Robert 23 ELDREDGE Ida P. B. 29 CONANT Mary 23 24 Wilhelmina 25 Judith 152 Moses 23 William 138 140 William 152 Index 189

ELIOT, Elliot William 177 178 180-182 GRENDON John 81 Andrew 131 FOWLER Philip 179 GRENEY Margaret 120 Sarah 144 Fox Ruth 129 GRIGGS Jonas 44 William 138 FREEMAN William 82 GROSS Lily 29 ELITHORP Thomas 0 FRENCH Alice 53 63 64 GROVER Priscilla 102 Widow 9 Anne 64 William 102 ELLMES Laurens 40 Dorcas 63 64 GURDON John 63 ENDICOTT Hannah 138 Elizabeth 147 John 131 John 64 H Zerubabel 131 Lydia 46 EPPES Daniel 44 Margaret 64 HADLEY George 5 163 EVANS William 5 Mary 64 HADLOCK Mary 142 EVELETH Joseph 182 Susan 63 64 HALE Edward 77 EVEREST Andrew 47 Thomas 8 53 63 64 Florence 34 EVERILL Abiel 43 FRYE Augustus 28 John 11 14 James 43 FULLER John 131 154 Martha 182 Joseph 169 Thomas 106 Susan 168 HAMMOND Jonathan 47 F HANSCOME John 155 FAWCETT Thomas R. 83 HANSLOPE Anne 86 87 FELTON Nathaniel 115 G Nicholas 87 FIELD Martha 106 GAGE John 104 179 HARDING Alice 84 FINCH Alice 148 GARDINER, Gardner HARKER Anthony 123 Christian 148 Abel 138 HARRIS Bethia 23 Jane 148 George 123 John 13 Joan 148 Joseph 92 Thomas 89 Robert 150 Ruth 159 HARRISON George 178 Thomas 148 Thomas 136 138 HATCH George 148 FIRMAGE etc. GATER Anne 87 HATHORNE, Hawthorne Abigail 123 124 Judith 87 Abigail 157 159 Alice 119 121 122 Michael 87 Alice 148 Benjamin 122 123 GEDNEY John 123 Anna 159 166 167 Esther 125 GEORGE Charles M. 35 Anne 150-153 155 158 166 Mark 121-123 Mary C. 35 Christopher 149 Ruth 123 GERRISH Jacob 24 Ebenezer 154 Susan 123 GILBERT Thomas 45 91 108 Edmund 152 154 William 123 112 Eleazer 157 158 FISHER Abial 167 GILIOTS Jacomine 124 Elizabeth 138 148-150 FISKE Elizabeth 138 GILLAM Benjamin 122 152 153 155 159 Mercy 97 GILMAN Elizabeth N. 31 Gilbert 154 Samuel 97 98 GLEDHILL Edwin 31 Henry 147-149 FLINT Elizabeth 166 GLOVER John 137 James 147 148 Hannah 144 GOOCH John 48 Joan 148-151 153 Lydia 141 GOODALE Thomas 93 John 136 147-149 152 Mary 143 GOODHUE Joseph 22 154 155 157 159 Thomas 141 GOODWING Mr. 103 Josiah 159 FOSTER Abigail 97 GOOSE Isaac 122-124 Marah 154 Abraham 179-181 183 Jolm 125 Martha 151 Agnes 177 Mary 124 Mary 149 152 159 Bennett 177 Susau 121-123 Nathaniel 150-155 157 Daniel 182 Thomas 119 125 159 David 182 William 123 125 Phebe 154 Denise 178 GOTT Mr. 136 Robert 147 148 150 152- Eleanor 182 GOULD Abel 102 103 154 Eleazer 182 Benjamin A. 101 Samuel 157 159 Elizabeth 177 178 182 Daniel 102 105 Sarah 152-154 158 Isaac 180 182 Eleizer 71 Thomas 147-149 Jacob 179 180 182 183 Elizabeth 102 103 183 William 129 138 148-159 James 183 Hannah 20 102 103 HAWKINS Ann 155 Jane 178 Jeremy 102 103 Sir Richard 77 John 177 178 182 John 9 11 14 15 55 91 HAYDEN Hannah 141 Jonathan 182 101 102 100 108 112 HAYLE alias Southey John Joseph 182 183 Joseph 102 153 Judith 177 Judith 102 Robert 153 Margaret 178 Lydia 102 103 HAZELTINE, Urselton Mary 104 173 181 Marie 35 Frances 70 Mehitable 46 Martha 108 John 4 Moses 18 Mary 102 103 108 Robert 4 Nathaniel 182 Nathan 102 HAZEN Edward 56 Peter 178 Phebe 56 90 108 Hannah 131 Philemon 22 Priscilla 7 9 108 Margaret 21 Renald 43 173 177-181 Richard 101 102 Thomas 56 Robert 178 Sarah 91 102 108 HEATH Robert 77 Ruth 18 Thomas 101 HEIDON 41 Samuel 182 Zacheus 7 91 101-107 Richard 40 Sarah 130 181 GRANT Hannah 56 HELWISE Edward 158 Thomas 178 GRAY Fannie 29 Jervice 158 Timothy 168 182 GREENSLEET Anne 46 HERES Edward 83 190 Index

Thomas 83 Edward 121 123 124 Sarah 121 122 124 HERRICK Abigail 140 William 124 LANGLEY Abel 5 Edith 138 HYATT Thomas 42 LARCUM Mordecai 67 Florence 28 HYNTON Abigail 42 LAWRENCE John 152 George 9 LEACH Joseph 94 J. H. 28 I Lawrence 136 John 13 Samuel 138 Lydia 138 INGALLS Samuel 130 LECHFORD Thomas 103 IRELAND Sarah 114 HEWINS Ebenezer 140 LEE Anne 19 152 153 HIAT Thomas 40 41 Katherine 152 153 HIGGINSON John 87 137 J Philip 152 153 HIGGONS William 41 Robert 152 JACKSON Georgia K. 33 HILL John 46 Sarah 152 Hannah 44 58 HOBART Jeremiah 45 Mary 182 LEGRO Joseph W. 24 LETTS William 77 See also Hubbard William 5 HOBBS Abigail 10 LEWIS John 40 JACOB, Jacobs Mercy 10 David 25 Abigail 140 Deliverance 10 11 LINZEE John W. 03 Mary 7 LITTLEFIELD Francis 47 Thomas 164 Richard 44 William 10 LITTLETON Walter 158 JAMES Henry N. 31 LOGGINS Anne 151 HODGES Andrew 43 JEFFREY Benjamin 18 Joseph 167 Thomas 151 Joseph 18 Vernon 157 HOLBETHE Jane 78 JENNINGS Nicholas 93 LOOK Hannah 167 HOLLOWAY Elizabeth 149 JEWETT Abraham 166 Joseph 102 LOOMIS Frances 59 Anna 72 LORD Abigail 182 HORNF. Frances 69 Joseph 5 John 69 Robert 6 154 173 Nehemiah 180 LOUDUIN Margaret 152 Richard 81 JOHNSON Edward 157 LUCAS Alice 28 HORWOOD Mary 178 Hannah 70 174 John G. 28 HOSKINS Richard 158 JONES Benjamin 13 15 HOVEY Anna 19 LUFKIN Ebenezer 48 Elizabeth 18 15 Sarah 48 Susanna 46 Grace 107 How, Howe LUMPKIN Richard 179 Roger 81 LUNT Eliza A. 25 Abraham 142 Susanna 123 John 13 14 163 Thomas 15 Joseph 93 William 107 M Love 141-143 Marah 13 MANNING John 53 Mark 16 142 K MARBURY Anne 124 HOWARD Harriette 27 KEBLE, Kebbel MARRIOTT Thomas 87 Robert 124 Alice 82 MARSH Bower 4 111 William 105 112 Thomas 83 MARSHALL Sarah 44 MARTIN Juliana 78 HOWLETT Alice 53 56 William 83 Bathsheba 57 KEENE Abbie 33 Robert 148 Daniel 59 KETTLE Mary 138 Sarah 177 Davis 59 KILBORNE Mary 182 MASSEY Jeffrey 115 121 136 John 17 54 56-59 69 72 KIMBALL Caleb 178 137 Martha 59 168 Hannah 168 MASTERS Mary 83 Mary 16 54 56 58 59 72 Richard 169 MATTHEWS Joseph 169 96 Sarah 174 Mary 169 Miriam 59 KING Edward 178 MATTINGLEY Joan 152 Nathaniel 57 Mary 178 Martha 151 Rebecca 54 55 Ralph 102 103 William 151 152 Samuel 46 54 56 57 59 KINGSBURY Samuel 55 MAULE Thomas 93 70 92 KINGSLEY Freedom 64 MCCOOMBS Albert 31 Sarah 46 55-58 KINSMAN Harriet M. 25 MCCORMICK James W. 36 Susannah 59 Martha 182 Melissa C. 36 Thomas 53-55 57 58 64 KNIGHT Elizabeth 93 William W. 36 88 104 KNOWLTON Eliza 165 MEACHAM Joseph 180 William 54 56 58 59 93 Nathaniel 183 MEEKER Thomas B. 28 HOWTON Widow 107 MERRILL Ralph D. 34 MIDDLETON AnDe 153 HOYT Bathsheba 58 72 L HUBBARD Hobart MILLS Adam 120 James 104 LAKE Eleazer 15 MONTAGUE William 151 Jeremiah 9 164 Gershom 15 MOORE Richard 6 13 MORIARTY George A. 147 Mrs. 46 Henry 12 15 Priscilla 12 15 MORLAIX Pierre de 81 HUDSON Francis 56 MORRALL John 164 Mary 56 LAMB Marguerite 34 LAMPSON, Lamson MORRIS Evan 67 68 164 Susanna 56 MORSE Joseph 89 163 HUGHES Virginia 36 Hannah 6 John 93 MOULTON Deborah 166 HUMPHREY John 103 MULLEN Larry D. 35 Margaret 178 Martha 56 HUNDEN William 148 LAMY Anthony 48 Michael J. 35 HUNTINGTON Asahel 27 LANCASTER John 40 William D. 35 HUTCHINSON Abigail 121- LANGDON Abigail 124 MUSSEY James 18 124 Benjamin 125 MUZZY 154 Anne 124 181 John 122 124 Index 191 N PECK Martha 15 Asa 143 144 NEGUS Jonathan 121 PEMBERTON Bridget 174 Benjamin 136-138 140 NEWHALL Thomas 154 PERKINS Abigail 85 96 97 David 144, NEWMAN Isabel 40 Abraham 88 89 Eleanor 140 143 167 John 53 Agnes 84 86 87 150 Eleazer 141-144 Samuel 24 25 Alice 81 82 84-86 89 Elijah 140 143 144 Thomas 39 42 154 Anne 87 90 Elizabeth 96 138 142 143 NICHOLS Joanna 56 David 22 97 98 Ginger 138 Thomas 114 Dorothy 17 Hannah 142 143 William 136 Dudley 23 97 Hepsibah 139 141 142 NORGROVE John 40 Ebenezer 20 144 NORRIS Edward 130 Edmund 56 Israel 137 138 142 143 NORTHEND Ezekiel 106 Edward 83-87 158 159 NORTRUGS Agnes 148 Elisha 19 56 92-94 115 Jabesh 141 NURSE Benjamin 113 Elizabeth 83-87 95-97 Jerusha 142 144 Francis 113 123 141 167 John 135-189 John 113 Esther 95 96 JoDathan 138 141 Rebecca 10 12 113 Francis 84-87 Joseph 135 137-141 159 Samuel 113 Hannah 22 85 166 167 Henry 81-83 85-87 Joseph W. 142 Isaac 83-85 89 0 Judith 140 167 Jacob 56 85-87 90 94 Love 142 143 OLIVER Peter 187 James 86 Lydia 166 ORNE John Jemima 96 Mary 135-142 144 166 See also Home Joan 81 82 Mehitable 139-141 OTWAY Henry 153 John 18 53 81-90 92 94-97 Mercy 72 140 OVERALL Deborah L. 35 Jonathan 18 22 95-97 Nathauiel 72 139 140 106 Elizabeth M. 35 143 169 John W. 35 Joseph 94 Phebe 140 Judith 57 84 85 89 92 93 Priscilla 141 167 P 97 Ruth 189-141 Julian 81 82 Samuel 187-144 166 PACY Nicholas 122 Katherine 19 94 115 Sarah 136-138 PAGE John 150 Luke 83-87 89 Seth 140 PAICE Thomas 107 Lydia 85 90 Thomas 140 PAINE William 9 104 112 Margaret 84-87 PALMER George M. 29 William 138-140 167 Martha 93 96 POTTER Lydia 58 Thomas 5 Mary 17 18 56 84 85 87 Robert 154 PARKER George 178 90 93 94 96 POTTERTON Nathaniel 77 James 102 Mercy 167 POWNEY Henry 150 151 PARSONS Angel 77 Phebe 19 91-94 112 114 Joan 149 Anne 78 Philemon 97 98 Richard 149 Eleanor 78 Robert 93 PREBLE Mary 49 Elizabeth 76 78 Ruth 94 96 168 PRESTON Roger 179 Henry 77 78 Samuel 20 93 Thomas 113 Humphrey 77 78 Sarah 57 72 84-87 93 97 PRICHARD John 106 James 77 98 PRIEST Joan 119 Jane 76 Stephen 95-97 PRINCE Jonathan 141 John 77 78 Susanna 84 PURCHASE Oliver 154 Joseph 75 Thomas 8 13 18 56 81-86 PUTNAM Ann 113 Julian 77 88 90-94 Anna 10 Katherine 76 Timothy 143 168 169 92 David 143 Marianna 78 93 95 96 Eben 142 Mary 78 William 8 20 68-70 82-84 Edmund 142 143 Susan 76 86 87 95 102 105 114 Edward 14 Susanna 78 Zacheus 11 92 93 Israel 138 142 143 PATRICK Daniel 104 PERLEY Allen 56 John 15 106 113 139 143 PATTEN Jane M. 29 Hepsibah 167 Joseph 138 PAYNE William 67 John 56 Lydia 142 PEABODY Francis 55 163 Mary 54 173 180 181 Priscilla 106 Sidney 46 142 143 Sarah 138 Hepsibah 18 164 169 173 Susanna 56 Stephen 143 Isaac 17 Thomas 56 Jacob 17 71 Tarrant 143 144 PHILBROOK Jonathan 19 Thomas 10 104 John 165 174 182 PICKARD JohD 9 137 Joseph 131 Samuel 182 Lieut. 108 PICKERING Johu 158 Q Lydia 55 PICKMAN William 125 QUINCY Daniel 124 Mary 131 173 180 PIERCE John 68 Matthew 167 PILCHER Nicholas 151 Ruth 174 PINDOR Joanna 90 R Sarah 165 167 PLATTS Judith 182 RANDALL Thomas 124 PEAKE Christopher 64 PORTER Abigail 131 139- RANDOLPH Edmund 159 PEARSON Jedediah 174 141 144 169 RANTOUL Robert 26 Levi 25 Anna 138 140 143 RAY Hepsibah 164 PEASE James 129 Anne 139 RAYLTON Margery 120 RAYNSFORD Edward 124 192 Index

Elizabeth 124 Elizabeth 83 Ruth 129 Hannah 124 Henry 83 84 SYMONDS Benjamin 130 John 124 John 40 Edmund 130 Nathan 124 Thomas 83 Elizabeth 10 11 16 129 Susanna 124 SHELTON Mr. 137 130 REA Daniel 142 SHERWIN Ebenezer 59 Grace 131 Hepsibah 173 John 59 Hannah 131 Lemuel 142 Susanna 58 James 129 130 REDDINGTON Abraham 55 SHORE Phebe 154 John 129-131 169 Daniel 10 40 57 92 96 Priscilla 154 Joseph 130 131 John 11 13 108 SHUTE Mary 124 Katherine 114 129 130 Mary 9 11 14 59 SKERRY Francis 121 Martha 72 Henry 113 121 122 Mary 130 131 Martha 72 Nathaniel 131 RICHARDS Thomas 123 SLATER Jane 81 William 41 Phebe 131 RIDDLESDALE Alice 53 Rebecca 131 Dorcas 63 SLEG Christopher 56 SMITH Anne 154 Ruth 129-131 Susan 63 64 Samuel 104 105 129-131 RIXE Hannah 182 Elizabeth 152 153 ROBINSON Damaris 90 George 64 141 163 Dorcas 167 Hugh 152-154 Thomas 130 167 Dorothy 166 Jacob 131 Goodman 93 James 55 T Jacob 71 John 55 TANT Sarah 84 Martha 96 Lincoln 33 TARBELL John 113 Mary 130 Marie 149 TAYLOR William 104 Mercy 94 165 Mary 115 167 THAYER Peter 140 Nathaniel 90 Phebe 115 Sarah 167 Thomas 166 Priscilla 15 THOMPSON John 120 ROBSON Matthew 107 Rebecca 53 165 Margaret 120 ROGERS Elizabeth 166 Richard 81-84 Simeon 180 Ezekiel 4 Samuel 19 Thomasine 120 Sarah 21 Sara 84 TIMSON John 41 William 166 Thomas 53 180 TITCOMB Jonathan 23 ROPER Walter 112 William 153 104 Lydia 174 ROPES John 130 SOMERBY Horatio G. 101 TITUS Silas 47 ROWELL Joanna 90 SOUTHEY Henry 149 TOMSON Edward 83 RUSSELL Alice 41 SOUTHWICK Josiah 130 TOWNE Alice 111 Henry 103 SOWTHY alias Hayle John Benjamin 18 21 72 153 James 113 Daniel 166 RUST Joseph W. 25 Robert 153 Deliverance 115 Nathaniel 25 182 SPARHAWK Edward 143 Dorothy 166 STACE Simon 180 181 Edmund 16 18 113 S STAGG William 4 Elisha 18 STAINFORD J. 183 SALE George 81 Elizabeth 93 111 167 STANLEY Haonah 70 SALTER Theophilus 44 Ezra 18 SALTONSTALL Richard 179 Jacob 59 Jacob 16 94 113 114 130 SANDERSON Robert 124 Joseph 165 Joan 91 112-114 121 123 SARGE FraDcis 85 Mary 165 John 111 113 115 SARGENT Andrew 20 Michael 164 Joseph 92 112-114 Diamond 20 Miriam 58 Katherine 18 93 115 129 Elizabeth 89 Samuel 59 Martha 114 William 53 89 STANWOOD Henry P. 29 Mary 113 114 START George 22 SAVAGE Judge 173 Phebe 56 114 SAWRRIDGE Agnes 86 Sarah 21 Rebecca 113 Elizabeth 85 STEVENS Mary 59 Ruth 115 140 George 86 STILES DeliveraDce 115 Samuel 93 94 115 Helena 86 John 115 Sarah 114 Robert 164 Isaac 86 Susanna 17 113 114 Joan 86 STOKES John 81 William 94 111-118 115 John 86 STONE Elizabeth 130 119 125 Lettice 86 Samuel 130 TRASK Mary 97 Marie 86 STORMANT Joan 83 TREVIS John 39 Richard 86 STORY Hannah 180 Katherine 39 Thomas 86 Sarah 180 Matthew 39 William 86 William 178 181 William 89 STURT Anthony 78 SAWELL Richard 107 TURNER Annis 107 SEARLE Elizabeth 125 Eleanor 78 TURVILLE Richard 86 SEWELL Samuel 55 124 SUTTON Thomas 76 TUTTELL John 179 Stephen 55 SWAIN Jane 7 TWIGGER Ellen 86 SHAROW Thomas 107 John 94 Thomas 86 SHARP Mr. 187 Richard 7 TYLER James 94 167 Ruth 35 SWAN Robert 5 Samuel 135 SWETT Aona 72 U SHATTUCK Samuel 130 Anne 167 SHAW Agnes 83 Benjamin 14 URSELTON Francis 67 Edward 83 SWINNERTON Job 130 Goodwife 68 Elenor 83 John 129 130 See also Hazeltine Index 193

WILCOX Rowland 86 Mary E. 35 v WILDES, Wild etc. Mary H. 28 31 VANOR Alice 148 Abigail 25 Moses 18 Henry 148 Abigail B. 25 Joyce 148 Nathan 16 17 19 Alice 3 4 7 31 Nicholas 3 Thomas 148 Alice H. 28 VEREN Hilliard 137 158 Patricia 36 Amos 17 19 21-24 97 Phebe 13 15 19 20 VERGOOSE Isaac 123 124 Anna K. 25 Jonathan 124 Priscilla 13 15 17 18 Mary 124 Anne T. 29 Robert P. 35 Peter 123 124 Annie W. 31 Ronald P. 33 Susanna 124 Arethusa 24 Ruth 18 VERNON John 77 Asa 23 Saoiuel 17-19 VERTEGANS Peter 124 Asa W. 24-31 Sarah 8-14 18 19 21 22 VINTON David 167 Asahel H. 25 46 57 96 169 Barbara A. 33 Shelton K. 33 W Barbara L. 33 Susan G. 83 Bethia 24 Susanna 18 WADE Jonathan 90 Blanche 25 Sylvanus 20 22 WADLOE George 77 Brian H. 36 Tamesin 28 WADSWORTH Ruth 141 Carol 33 Ulric 3 WALCOT Jonathan 10 Caroline 28 Virginia 33 Mary 10 Caroline H. 29 Waldo G. 32 WALDO Cornelius 67 Christopher K. 36 Walter 3 WALFORD Edward 39 Clarence H. 28 Walter K. 34 WALKER Esther 47 David S. 33 Wilhelmina 25 WALLIS Samuel 140 Donald G. 36 William 3-5 7 12 13 18 Sarah 93 Dorothy 18 96 William H. 35 WALTERS Sarah 130 Dudley 22-25 Willie H. 81 33 WARD George 120 x Edward B. 25 Winona A. 33 Jane 120 Elijah 17 19 Zebulon 17 21 Jeffrey 120 Elisha 17 20 21 WILLIAMS Roger 88 Thomasine 120 Eliza Ann 27 Sarah 139 WARDELL Thomas 44 Elizabeth 4-7 12 13 15 19 WILSON Emy 34 WARNER John 155 164 25 Robert 120 Mark 6 Elizabeth H. 25 Theophilus 6 WARREN Mary 14 Emma 3 WINCH Alice 148 WATERMAN Henry 77 Ephraim 9-13 16-19 22 Anne 150 152 Mary 179 58 96 George 150 WATERS Abigail 143 Ezra 22 Joan 150 Henry F. 147 Frances 25 John 150 152 WATKIN Elizabeth 84 Francis A. 29 Judith 150 Mary 84 Francis C. 31 Richard 150 151 WATSON Goodman 137 Francis L. 28 Robert 148 John 94 George D. 25 27 28 William 149 150 152 WATTS Henry 84 George L. 31 WINN Joseph 26 WEBER Faith 34 Gilman J. 33 WINTHROP John 53 63 64 WEBSTER Ann 155 Gordon L. 34 156 WELLES Joan 148 Gordon W. 34 WOOD Abigail 174 John 148 Grace H. 28 DaDiel 164 173 174 181 Thomas 173 Hannah 17 19 97 David 174 WESTON Sir Richard 147 Helen B. 28 Eliza 174 WHIDDEN Michael 57 Henry II. 25 Huldah 174 WHIPPLE Elizabeth 90 Jacob 17 18 Jacob 174 John 54 55 180 Janice 33 John 174 Matthew 90 John 3 4 7-15 17 22 44 Jonathan 174 WH:STLER Daniel 152 40 58 94 104 108 Judith 70 140 164 173 John 151 152 Jonathan 13 17-19 Mercy 174 Martha 151 Joseph H. 28 Nathan 174 Ralph 152 Juleenea 19 Samuel 174 Thomas 152 Katherine 21 Sarah 174 WHITE Charity 167 Kathleen M. 36 WOODBURY Benjamin 22 Henry K. 34 Kenneth N. 32 Thomas 138 Thomas 75 Lois 23 WOOTEN Elizabeth 69 William 6 164 Lois N. 33 WRIGHT Thomas 87 WHITEHOUSE Charles D. ; Lydia 21 Charles W. 31 Lydia A. 24 Y Madeline 25 Howard D. 81 YONGES John 153 Richard 31 Margery 25 Martha 13 15 17 YOUNG George 102 WHITING Joseph 93 Hannah 70 WHITREDD William 7 9 Mary 17-19 22 23 58 94 WIGNOL Judith 177 Mary A. 34