Ancestry

of Daniel James Seely

St. George, N. B., 1826

and of Charlotte Louisa Vail

Sussex, N. B., 1837-St. John, N. B., 1912

with

a list of

Their Descendants

Compiled by Colonel William Plumb Bacon, Yale, 1858

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ANCESTORS OF DANIEL JAMES SEELY.

Acie, William, Rowley, Mass., 1643 Ayer, John, Salisbury, Mass., 1640 Berry, William, Piscataqua,. N. H., 1632 Blake, Jasper, Hampton, N. H., 1650? Bland, John, Edgartown, Mass., 1646 Brown, Nicholas, Lynn, Mass., 1638 Emerson, Thomas, Ipswich, Mass., 1638 Foster, Reginald, Ipswich, Mass., 1638 Fuller, John, Ipswich, Mass., 1635 Gilbert, Josiah, Hartford, Ct., 1651 Hale, Thomas, Haverhill, Mass., 1635 Hutchinson, Richard, Salem, Mass., 1636 Jewett, Maximilian, Rowley, Mass., 1639 Lamson, William, Ipswich, Mass., 1634 Leavitt, Thomas, Boston, Mass., 1637 Locke, Thomas, Portsmouth, N. H., 1656 Peabody, Francis, Ipswich, Mass., 1635 Sanborn, Mehetabel, Hampton, N. H., 16 Seeley, Robert, Watertown, Mass., 1630 Sleeper, Thomas, Hampton, N. H., 1645 Swan, Richard. Boston, lVIass., I 638 Parrat, Francis. Rowley, Mass., 1640 Tilton, Willia~, Lynn, Mass., 16 ?

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ACIE.

I. WILLIAM Ac1E b. d. m. MARGARET

He was a proprietor in Rowley, Mass., in 1643. Was a town officer. His will of Apr. 22, 1689, probated Sept. 30, 1690.

Children. John Mary m. Charles Brown. Elizabeth b. d. 1689. m. Robert Swan. Hannah b. Margaret

II. ELIZABETH AcIE m. abt. 1652. ROBERT SWAN.

III. RICHARD SwAN m. HANNAH.

IV. HANNAH SWAN m. STEPHEN PEABODY.

V. CAPT. FRANCIS PEABODY m. Nov. 18, 1742. MARY BROWN.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 6

AYER.

I. JOHN AYER b. d. Haverhill, Mass., 1657. m. HANNAH b. . d. Oct. 8. 1688 .

He came to Salisbury, Mass., where he was a proprietor in 1640 and removed to Haverhill, where he was a proprietor 1648-9, and became a town officer. His will was probated Oct. 6, 1657.

Cki1dren. Sarah b. m. 1641(?), William Lamson. John b. m. May 5, 1646, Sarah Williams. Robert b. m. Feb. 27, 1650, Elizabeth Palmer. Thomas b. m. Apr. I, 1656, Elizabeth Hutchins. Peter b. m. Nov. 1, 1659, Hannah Allen. Obadiah b. m. Mch. 19, 1660-1, Hannah Pike. Nathaniel b. m. May 10, 1670, Tamasin Turloar. Hannah Rebecca b. m. Oct. S, 1657, John Aslet. Mary

IL SARAH AYER m. vV1LLIAM LAMsoN.

III. SARAH LAMSON m. Mch. 6, 1665. CORNELIUS BROWN.

IV. CORNELIUS BROWN m. 1687 ( ?). SUSANNA FULLER. V. CALEB BROWN m. 1722 (?). ELIZABETH JEWETT.

VI. MARY BROWN m. Nov. 18, 1_742. FRANCIS PEABODY.

VII. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

IX. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 8

BERRY.

I. WILLIAM BERRY b. d. Newbury, Mass., 1654. m. JANE

He was in Piscataqua, N. H., in 1632, and removed to Newbury, Mass., in 1635, where he was made a freeman May 18, 1641. His widow Jane m. 2nd, Nathaniel Drake.

Chz'ldren.

Elizabeth b. m. abt. 1652, John Locke.

II. ELIZABETH BERRY m. abt. 1652. JOHN LOCKE.

III. NATHANIEL LocKE m. Jan. 22, 1688. DOROTHY BLAKE.

IV. ELIZABETH LOCKE m. Nov. 24, I 714. THOMAS LEAVITT.

V. JOHN LEAVITT m. May 3, 1739. MARY TILTON.

VI. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY.

VII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 9

BLAKE.

I. JASPER BLAKE b. d. Jan. 5, 1674. m. DEBORAH b. d. Dec. 30, 1678.

He was a mariner and was in Hampton, N. H., about 1650. She was perhaps a sister of Rev. Timothy Dalton. Children. Timothy b. Oct. 16, 1649. d. Jan. 6, 1718. m. Dec. 20, 1677, Naomi Sleeper, dau. Thomas. Deborah b. Jan. 15, 1652. m. Eleazer Elkins. Israel b. d. Dec. 3, 1678. John b. Oct. 31, 1656. d. Mch. 29, 1716. m. Frances. Sarah b. Feb. 14, 1659. d. Sept. 29, 1660. Sarah b. June 30, 1661. Jasper b. Nov. 16, 1663. d. Dec. 19, 1678. Samuel b. June 6, 1666. · Dorothy b. Sept. 17, 1668. d. Oct. 28, 1737. m. Jan. 22, 1688, Nathaniel Locke. Philemon b. May 23, 167r. m. Jan. 20, 1698, Sarah Dearborn, dau. Henry. Maria b. Mch. 1, 1673. II. DOROTHY BLAKE m. Jan. 22, 1688. NATHANIEL LOCKE. III. · ELIZABETH LOCKE m. THOMAS LEAVITT. IV. JOHN LEAVITT m. MARY TILTON. V. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY. VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY. VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 10

BLAND.

I. JOHN BLAND b. d. abt. 1667. m. JOANNA.

He was from Colchester, England, came to Edgartown, Mass., in 1646.

Children. Annabel Isabel

II. ISABELLA BLAND m. before 1644. THOMAS LEAVITT.

III. ARETAS LEAVITT m. Aug. 1, 1678. RUTH SLEEPER.

IV. THOMAS LEAVITT m. Nov. 24, 1714. ELIZABETH LOCKE.

V. JOHN LEAVITT m. May 3, 1739. MARY TILTON.

VI. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY.

VIL CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 11

BROWN.

I. NICHOLAS BROWN b. d. Apr. 5, 1673. m. ELIZABETH

Mariner, Lynn, proprietor 1638, Com. of General Court May 13, 164 3, removed to Reading, proprietor 1644, town officer. He, wife and children admitted from the church of Lynn. His will of Mch. 9, 1673, probated June 17, 1673, names wife Elizabeth, and children John, Josiah, Edward, Joseph, Cornelius and Elizabeth.

Children. John Josiah Cornelius Elizabeth Edward b. Aug. 15, 1640. Joseph b. Dec. 10, 1647. Sarah b. June 6, 1650.

II. CORNELIUS BROWN b. d. Jan. I, 1689. ' m. Mch. 6, 1665. SARAH LAMSON b. Ips\vich, 1644. d. Oct. 4, 1683.

He was a proprietor, freeman May 17, 1657.

Children. Nicholas b. Apr. 7, 1666. d. young. Cornelius b. June 3, 1667. Sarah b. Dec. 23, 1668. John b. Aug. 8, 1671. Abigail b. Apr. 5, 1674. d. young. Samuel b. Sept. 13, 1675. Mary b. Jan. I, 1679. Hannah b. Aug. 29, 1680. 12

III. CORNELIUS BROWN b. Reading, June 3, 1667. d. 1743. m. 1st Lynn, 1687 (?). SUSANNA (FULLER) CLARK b. d. Boxford, Jan. 9, 1734 ~ 74 (?).

She m., 1st, Ipswich, Oct. 25, 1671, William Story, and had dau. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1672. She m., 2nd, Lynn, July 13, 1681, John Clark, who d. Dec. 18, 1685. He settled in Boxford where he bought 200 acres. His will of Apr. 5, 1743, was probated July 4, 1743. He removed to Ipswich abt. 1740 and became a trader. He m., 2nd, in 1734 (pub. Apr. 8, 1734) wid. Mary Croker (Crooke, Cruke), d. 1757, of Ipswich.

Children. Susanna b. Lynn, Mch. 6, 1689-90. m. (pub. May 3, 1712) Samuel Cole. Moses b. m. (pub. Apr. 15, 1719) Martha Emmons of Lynn. Aaron b. n1. Dec. 30, 1718, Susanna Hovey. Caleb b. Lynn. m. (pub. Oct. 18, 1722) Elizabeth Jewett of Rowley. Jemima b. m. Mch. I, 1721, Daniel Boynton of Groton. Judith b. m. Apr. 8, I 724, Jon a than Cole.

IV. DEACON CALEB BROWN b. d. m. (pub. Oct. 18, 1722.) ELIZABETH JEWETT

Children. Sarah b. Apr. 17, 1724. Mary b. Dec. 12, 1725. m. Boxford, Mass., Nov. 18, 1742, Francis Peabody. Hannah b. May I 5, I 729. Elizabeth b. Feb. 11, 1730-1. d. 1739. Caleb b. May 29, 1732. Susanna b. Mch. 4, 1734. d. 1739. 13

Clark 6. Feb. 24, 1735-6. Hepsibah bp. Oct. 2, I 737. David hp. June 24, I 739. Maximilian hp. Sept. 27, 1741.

V. MARY BROWN m. Nov. 18, 1742. FRANCIS PEABODY.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY n1. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m~ July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 14

EMERSON.

I. THOMAS EMERSON b. prob. Sedgefield parish, Co. Durham, Eng. d. Ipswich, Mass., May I, 1666. m. ELIZABETH

He was in Ipswich in 1638. His will was dated May 31, 1653, and his inventory recorded Nov. 3, 1666.

Children. Elizabeth b. m. John Fuller. Thomas b. d. s. p. Joseph b. 1620. d. 1680. m. 1st, Elizabeth Woodmansey, dau. Robert m. 2nd, Elizabeth Bulkeley. John b. 1625. d. Dec. 2, 1700 (Harv., 1656). m. Ruth Symonds, dau. Samuel. James prob. remained in England. Nathaniel b. 1629. d. Dec. 29, 1712. m. 1st, Sarah. m. 2nd, Lydia. Sarah b. d. Aug. I 2, 1640.

IL ELIZABETH EMERSON m. JOHN FULLER.

III. SUSANNA FULLER m. 1687 ( ?). CORNELIUS BROWN.

IV. CALEB BROWN m. 1722 (?). · ELIZABETH JEWETT.

V. MARY BROWN m. Nov. 18~ 1742. FRANCIS. PEABODY . VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT. 15

VII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 16

FOSTER.

I. REGINALD FOSTER b. He was from Ipswich, Eng., and came to Ipswich, Mass., where he bought a house and lands Sept. 26, 1638, with his wife, five sons and two daughters. He had charge of the town herd of cattle on the south side of the river in 1643. He was a town officer. Hem. 1st m. 2nd JUDITH d. Oct. 1664. m. 3rd, Sept. 10, 1665. MRS. SARAH (WHITE) MARTIN, wid. of John. His will of Apr. 30, 1680, probated June 9, 1681, mentions wife Sarah and the following Chztdren. Abraham b. Eng. 1622. d. Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 25, 171 I. Reginald Sarah wife of William Story, ancestor of Chief Justice Story. Isaac Jacob William Mary b. d. Apr. 9, 1705. m. Francis Peabody.

II. MARY FosTER m. 1640 (?). FRANCIS PEABODY. III. WILLIAM PEABODY m. Aug. 14, 1684. HANNAH HALE. IV. STEPHEN PEABODY m. HANNAH SWAN. V. FRANCIS PEABODY m. Nov. 18, 1742. MARY BROWN. VI. HE PSI BAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT. VII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY. VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 17

FULLER.

I. JOHN FULLER b. d. Ipswich, Mass., June 4, 1666. m. ELIZABETH EMERSON The Fullers were from Toperton, Co. N ortolk, England. He came in the "Abigail" in May, 1635, settled in Ipswich, removed to Salis­ bury, and about 1648 _returned to Ipswich. He was Surveyor 1663, Commoner 1664. His will, of no date, was probated Sept. 25, 1666, mentions the wife, and names the nine children. Chz"ldren. John James William Thomas b. d. about Sept. 24, 1689. Nathaniel Joseph Susannah b. m. 1st, Oct. 25, 1671, William Story. m. 2nd, July 13, 1681, John Clark. m. 3rd, 1687 (?), Cornelius Brown. Elizabeth Sarah II. SusANNA FULLER m. 1687 ( ?) . CORNELIUS BROWN. III. CALEB BROWN m. 1722 (?). ELIZABETH JEWETT. IV. MARY BROWN m. Nov. 18, 1742. FRANCIS PEABODY. V. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT. VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY. VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 18

GILBERT.

I. JosIAH GILBERT (brother of John of Hartford) b. 1628. d. 1684. m. 1st ELIZABETH d. Oct. 17, 1682, ce. 50. m. 2nd, Jan. 1687-8. Wro. MARY WARD

Appears first 1651. In Wethersfield, Ct., 1665, Constable, Surveyor of highways 1667.

Children. Benjamin b. Sept. 22, 1652. m. Nov. 25, 1680, Mary Riley, dau. John. Elizabeth b. Mch. 28, 1654. d. Oct. 3, 1714. m. Dec. 5, 1673, Jonathan Deming. Lydia b. Dec. 8, 1656. · m. John Riley. Josiah b. Sept. 12, 1659. d. Feb. 2, 1704-5. Sarah b. Dec. I, 1661. m. Jacob Williams. Eleazer b. Sept. 20, 1663. Moses b. Apr. 12, 1666. Caleb b. June 10, 1668. Mary b. Nov. 18, 1670. m. Simon Willard. Amy b. Apr. 12, 1672. John

II. CALEB GILBERT b. Wethersfield, Ct., June 10, 1668. He was listed in 1698 in Southampton, L. I., with wife or dau. Elizabeth and children, Bethia and Mary. He sold his house and home-lot in I 707.

III. CALEB GILBERT b. pos. abt. I 700, of Orange Co., N. Y. His will of Apr. 19, 1755, probated N. Y. City, Apr. 18, 1760 (N. Y. Wills, 5-411), names the following 19

Children. Ebenezer Stephen John · (minor) Josiah (minor) Jeremiah Hannah Gilbert Phebe Goldsmith

IV. JosIAH GILBERT b. pos. abt. 1735.

His will of Sept. 1781, probated N. Y. City, Oct. 10, 1781 (N. Y. Wills, 9-239), calls him of Grey Court, Orange Co., names wife Han­ nah and the following Chz"ldren. Caleb Mary Elizabeth Hannah Breasted Sarah Person Bethia Seely

V. BETHIAH GILBERT m. 1770. EBENEZER SEELY.

VI. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY m. Aug. 24, 1809. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT.

VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 20

HALE.

I. THOMAS HALE b. 1604. d. Newbury, Mass., Dec. 21, 1682, ce 78. m. THOMASINE d. Jan. 30, 1683,

He was son of Thomas Hale of Warton-at-Stone in Hertfordshire. and his wife Joan Kirby. He first appeared in Newbury, Mass., Aug. IO, 1638, as u hayward." He was a glover. He removed to Haverhill in 1645 or 6, where he was Selectman; to Newbury before Jan. 15, 1652; to Salem between Mch. 3, 1656-7 and Jan. 28, 1658; to Newbury probably soon after, Nov. 9, 1661.

Children. Thomas hp. Warton, Eng., Nov. 18, 1633. John hp. Warton, Eng., Apr. 19, 1635. Samuel

II. THOMAS HALE b. England 1633. d. Oct. 22, 1688. m. May 26, 1657. MARY HUTCHINSON bp. North Muskham, Notts, Dec. 28, 1630. d. Boxford, Mass., Dec. 8, 1715.

He was of Newbury, Mass. He probably lived last at Boxford.

Ckz'ldren. Thomas b. Feb. I 1, 1658. m. Sarah Northend. Mary b. July 15, 1660. Abigail b. Apr. 8, 1662. m. Henry Poor. Hannah b. Nov. 29, 1663. d. Feb. 23, 1723. m. Aug. 14, 1684, William Peabody. Lydia b. Apr. 17, 1666. m. James Platts. Elizabeth b. Oct. 16, 1668. m. Samuel Pickard. 21

Joseph b. Feb. 20, 1671. m. 1st Mary Watson. m. 2nd Widow Joanna Dodge. Samuel b. June 6, 167 4. m. 1st Martha Palmer. m. 2nd Sarah (Perley) Hazen.

III. HANNAH HALE m. Aug. 14, 16s4. WILLIAM PEABODY.

IV. STEPHEN PEABODY m. 1707 (?). HANNAH SWAN.

V. FRANCIS PEABODY m. Nov. 18, 1742. MARY BROWN.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VIL CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. J OSlAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 22

HUTCHINSON.

I. RICHARD HUTCHINSON b. d. 1682, re 81. m. 1st ALICE

His wife Alice was a member of the church before 1636. (He m. 2nd, Oct. 1668, Susanna, wid. of Samuel Archard. m. 3rd Sarah, wid. of James Standish). He was a proprietor in Salem in 1636 and was admitted to the church Apr. 4, 1647. He bought a farm in 1648. His will of June 10, 1679, probated Sept. 26, 1682, mentions wife; names son Joseph; sons-in-law Anthony Ashby and dau. Abigail, his wife, and Daniel Boardman and dau. Hannah, his wife; and sons-in­ law Nathaniel Putnam, Thomas Hale and James Hadlock; gr. child. Bethia Hutchinson and Sarah Hadlock. ·

Children. Alice hp. Eng., Sept. 27, 1628. buried 1628. Elizabeth hp. Eng., Aug. 30, 1629. d. June 24, 1688. m. Nathaniel Putnam. Mary hp. Eng., Dec. 28, 1630. m. May 26, 1657, Thomas Hale. Rebecca b. Eng. 1632. m. May 1658, James Hadlock. Joseph Abigail bp. Salem, Mass., Dec. 25, 1636. m. Anthony Ashby. Hannah bp. Salem, Mass., Jan. 20, 1639. m. Daniel Boardman. John b. May 1643. d. Aug. 2, 1676. m. July 1672, Sarah Putnam, dau. John.

II. lVIARY HUTCHINSON m. May 26, 1657. THOMAS HALE, JR.

III. HANNAH HALE m. Aug. 14, 1684. WILLIAM PEABODY. 28

IV. STEPHEN PEABODY m. HANNAH SWAN.

V. FRANCIS PEABODY m. Nov. 18, 1742. MARY BROWN.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. I 772 . . JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VIL CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 24

JEWETT.

I. EDWARD JEWETT b. d. Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng., 1615. m. Bradford 1604. MARY TAYLOR

Children. William Maximilian Joseph Sarah

II. MAXIMILIAN JEWETT b. Eng. 1607. d. Rowley, Mass., Oct. 19, 1684. m. 1st ANN buried Nov. 9, 1667.

He m. 2nd, Aug. 30, 1671, Ellen, wid. of John Boynton. He came in 1639 with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and 60 others, settled at Row­ ley in April and became a freeman May 13, 1640. He had a two acre lot in 1643 on Bradford Street. He was a leading man in town affairs, representative many times and very early a deacon. His will of Jan. 8, 1682, and Oct. 17, 1684.

Children. Ezekiel b. Jan. 5, 1643. m. Faith Parrat. Anna b. Feb. 26, 1644. m. Dec. 5, 1666, Barzilla Barker. Mary b. Feb. 18, 1646. m. Nov. 26, 1668, David Haseltine. Elizabeth b. May 22, 1650 . . m. Bradford, July 21, 1680, Robert Haseltine. Faith b. Oct. 8, 1652. m. Samuel Dowse of Charlestown. Joseph b. abt. m. Rebecca Law. Sarah b. Mch. 17, 1658. d. young. 25

Sarah b. abt. 1660. m. May 13, 1689, Jeremiah Ellsworth. Priscilla b. May 19, 1664. d. young.

III. DEA. EZEKIEL JEWETT b. Mch. 5, 1643. d. Sept. 2, 1723 (81st yr., gravestone). m. Feb. 26, 1663-4. FAITH PARRAT, dau. of Francis. She d. Oct. 15, 1715 (grave- stone, 74th year).

His will of Feb. 16, 1722-3, probated Nov. 4, 1723. (Hem. 2nd, Oct 23, 1716, Elizabeth, wid. of John Jewett.)

Chz"ldren. Francis b. Mch. 15, 1664-5. m. Sarah Hardy. Thomas b. Sept. 20, 1666. m. Hannah Swan. Ezekiel b. July 24, 1668. d. young. Ezekiel b. Oct. 2 5, 1669. Maximilian b. Feb. 5, 1671-2. m. Sarah. Ann b. Sept. 29, 1673. d. Sept. 1 I, 1689. Sarah b. Nov. 24, 1675. m. Jan. 30, 1707-8, Jonathan Bailey. Elizabeth b. Mch. 29, 1678. m. 1st, Nov. 30, 1704, Isaac Platts. m. 2nd, June 6, 1716, Francis Nelson. Nathaniel b. Feb. 12, 1681. m. Mary Gage. Stephen b. Feb. 23, 1682-3. m. Priscilla Jewett.

IV. DEA. MAXIMILIAN JEvVETT b. Feb. 5, 1671-2. d. m. SARAH

Children. Hannah b. Apr. 6, 1699. m. Jan. 23, 1717-8, John Tenney. 26

Elizabeth b. Mch. 3, 1700-1. m. pub. Oct. 18, 1722, Caleb Brown. Seth b. Oct. 15, 1704. m. pub. Feb. 12, 1726-7, Dorcas Hardy of Bradford. Sarah b. June 3, 1707. m. Joseph Pickard. Faith b. Apr. 30, 1710. m. Mch. 30, 1736, Paul Dodge of Ipswich. Hepsibah b. Nov. 2, 1712. unm. 1768. Ann b. July 17, 1715. m. Apr. 23, 1735, Charles Tuttle of Ipswich. Jeremiah b. Sept. II, 1720. d. 1785. m. Elizabeth.

V. ELIZABETH JEWETT m. Oct. l 8, I 722. CALEB BROWN.

VI. MARY BROWN m. Nov. 18, 1742. FRANCIS PEABODY.

VII. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

IX. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 27

LAMSON.

I. WILLIAM LAMSON b. d. Feb. 1, 1658-9. m. 1641 (?). SARAH AYRES

He was of Ipswich, Mass., 1634, and later in Cambridge, Reading and Weston. He was made a freeman May 16, 1637. His inventory was Feb. 14, 1658. Administration Mch. 29, 1659. She m. 2nd, Apr. 10, 1661, Thomas Hartshorn of Reading.

Children.

John b. 1642. d. 1717. m. Martha Perkins. Sarah b. 1644. d. Oct. 4, 1683. m. Cornelius Brown. Phebe b. 1646. m. John Towne. Samuel b. 1648. d. 1692. m. Mary Nichols. Mary b. 1652. d. 1718. m. Thomas Payne. Hannah b. 1654. d. Dec. 16, 1682. m. Henry Collins. Nathaniel b. 1656. Joseph b. 1658. d. 1722. m. 1st Elizabeth Mitchell. m. 2nd Hannah Welch. m. 3rd Dorothy.

II. SARAH LAMSON m. Mch. 6, 1665. CORNELIUS BRO"WN.

III. CORNELIUS BROWN m. 1687 ( ?). SUSANNA FULLER.

IV. CALEB BROWN m. 1722 ( ?). ELIZABETH JEVlETT. 28

V. MARY BROWN m. Nov. r8, 1742. FRANCIS PEABODY.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VII. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISE VAIL. 29

LEAVITT.

I. THOMAS LEAVITT b. abt. 1616. d. Hampton, N. H., Nov. 28, 1696, ce, 80. m. as early as 1644. ISABELLA (BLAND) AsTEN b. abt. 1612. d. Hampton, N. H., Feb. 19, 1698-9, ce 87.

He was probably -in Boston in 1637. He was a first settler of Exeter, N. H., a signer of the combination in 1639, and removed to Hampton, N. H., before 1644. She was the widow of Francis Asten, and a dau. of John Bland,

Children. Aretas b. abt. 1646. d. Hampton, Jan. 14, 1739, aged 93. m. Aug. 1, 1678, Ruth Sleeper, dau. of Thomas. Hezron b. d. Hampton, Nov. 30, 1712. m. Sept. 25, 1667, Martha, prob. dau. Anthony Taylor. Sgt. John b. d. 1727 (?). m. May 28, 1701, Deliverance Robie. James b. Nov. 10, 1652, lived in Portsmouth. Thomas Isabel Jemima Heriah

II. ARETAS LEAVITT b. abt. 1646. d. Hampton, Jan. 14, 1739, aged 93. m. Hampton, N. H., Aug. 1, 1678. RuTH SLEEPER b. June I, 1650. d. Jan. 10, 1726.

Ch£ldren. Luther b 1697. d. Feb. 6, 1683, ce. abt. 4. Elizabeth b. Nov. 9, 1680. d. Feb. 6, 1683. Mehi table b. June 8, 1682. d. Oct. 20, 1725. m. Robert Rowe. James b. abt. 1683. d. Apr. 13, 1760. m. 1st, Feb. 20, 1716-7, Ann Brackett. m. 2nd Hannah 30

Thomas b. Jan. 15, 1686. Elizabeth b. Aug. 2, 1690. d. Kingston, May 2, 1770. m. James Sanborn. Ruth b. May 19, 1693. Reuben b. 1697. ( d. Kingston, May 18, l 749.) ( ?)

III. THOMAS LEAVITT b. Jan. 15, 1686. d. Nov. 16, 1761. m. Hampton Falls, Nov. 24, 1714. ELIZABETH LOCKE b. 1674. d. Hampton Falls, July l l, 1776. Children. Abigail b. Hampton, July 13, 1715. 1\1ary b. Hampton Falls, Oct. 14, 1716. m. 1738, Job Haskell. John b. Hampton Falls, May 4, 1719. m. May 3, 1739, Mary Tilton. Amos b. Hampton Falls, Oct. 23, 1720. d. June 26, 1808. m. Jan. 13, 1744, Elizabeth Varrel. Jonathan hp. Aug. 11, 1723. Ann hp. Aug. 6, 1727. Joseph b. Oct. 4, 1732. d. young. Benjamin b. Oct. 4, l 732. d. Mch. 14, 1805. m. Esther Towle. Elizabeth hp. Apr. 14, 1734.

IV. JoHN LEAVITT b. Hampton Falls, May 4, 1719. d. Jan. 12, 1770, "of ye island, froze to death." m. Hampton, N. H., May 3, 1739, before Joseph Whipple. MARY TILTON b. Mch. 28, l 719.

Children. John bp. Hampton, Mch. 18, 1739. d. Oct. 1739· John Tilton hp. Hampton, Apr. 20, 1740. m. Joseph hp. Hampton, Mch. 18, r 742. perhaps m. S. Hampton, Mch. 9, 1775, by Rev. Na­ thaniel Noyes, Sarah Currier. Jonathan bp. Hampton, June 1, 1746. n1. 1772, Hepsibah Peabody. 31 and perhaps Daniel b. 1753. d. St. John, N. B. 1833. m. 1st Sarah Ring. m. 2nd 1806, ·Mary Torrey. Mary b. m. Swain. Anna b. m. French. Deborah b. m. Batchelder.

In 1806, Thomas Leavitt's survey for Carrigan's map contained a note of reference to "Leavitt's Island in the Hampton river." It was once called Sargent's Island, and in 1911 is described as a piece of high land surrounded by the Hampton marshes; it is somewhat ledgy, has a small grove of willow trees,, is touched on one point by the l{ampton River, and is much visited in the summer months by camping-out and picnic parties. This was doubtless where John Leavitt lived. John Leavitt died intestate and insolvent. Mch. 5, 1770, his widow Mary petitioned and the son Jonathan, called "Mariner," was appointed administrator, and Mch. 7th gave a bond of five hundred pounds, the sureties being Christopher Toppan and William Davison, Cordwainer, all of Hampton. His inventory was 30 pounds and debts 73-. Jonathan's account as administrator, dated Nov. 15, was acknowl­ edged at Hampton Falls, N. H., Nov. 27, 1744; no division of real estate appears, the account showing only the various expenses with which Jonathan charges himself. "A certain tract of 16 acres, com­ monly known as Sargent's Island," is called estate of John. See Exeter, Vol. 106, p. 496.

V. JONATHAN LEAVITT bp. Brentwood, N. H., June 1, 1746. d. St. John, N. B. 1811. m. prob. St. John, N. B. I 772. HEPSlBAH PEABODY b. Boxford, Mass., Nov. 22, 1755. d. St. John, Mch. I 5, I 810, ce. 56 (gravestone).

He is said to have had a brother ·with General Wolfe at Quebec in 1759. He went with his father-in-law Francis Peabody and his brothers­ in-law Symonds and White to St. John in 1764. 32

Rev. W. 0. Raymond, Rector of St. Mary's Church, St. John, N. B., a careful historian, says Jonathan Leavitt was of N. H., because a Jonathan deposed Aug. 31, 1792, in a suit in the Supreme Court of N. B. "that his name was Jonathan Leavitt, that he is 45 years of age, that he is a mariner and has had his usual place of residence in City of St. John: that he removed from the Province now State of New Hamp­ shire, to the river St. John some time in the year 1764." Letter of July 4, 1905, of A. W. Savary of Annapolis Royal, N. S., to V. C. San­ born. In another deposition he states that from 1764 to 1774 he was master of one of the vessels of the Company and when in St. John Harbor lived in the family of Simonds and White who lived together at Portland Point. Raymond calls Jonathan and Daniel both Leavitt, and brothers. Will of Sept. 10, 1809, probated Feb. 13, 181 I, at St. John, N. B., Canada, of Jonathan Leavitt of St. John, mariner, mentions wife; names sons Daniel and Francis Executors; sons Thomas, youngest son George, Henry, William, James and John; eldest dau. Elizabeth, dau. Charlotte; "property at Miramachie to seven sons equally." Note by W. P. Bacon, Daniel or Francis is called Henry.

Children. John b. m. Margaret Frost. Daniel b. m. Sept. 19, 18 I 1, Catherine McPherson, dau. Charles. Francis b. m. Apr. 16, 1819, Mary McPherson. He was part owner, with George L. Lovett (son of Daniel), and Capt. of the brig "Wasp" on many voyages between New York and Sierra Leone, Africa. William b. m. Melick. He was a large ship-owner. George b. d. young. Thomas b. m. Mary Ann Ketchum. He was President of the Bank of New Brunswick. James b. d. young. Mary b. d. young. Elizabeth b. m. Wiggins. 33

' Charlotte b. St. John, N. B., Sept. 17, 1785. d. Apr. 12, 1858. m. Aug. 24, 1809, Josiah Gilbert Seely.

VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VII. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL.

NOTES. Jonathan Leavitt bp. Hampton, N. H., 1746. d. St. John, New Brunswick, 18u. Daniel Lovett b. 1753. d. St. John, New Brunswick, 1833. 80th year. Both were mariners. Were they brothers ? John Leavitt, b. England, 1608, of Dorchester, Mass., 1634, and Hingham, whose sons Moses and Samuel went to fXeter, N. H.; Thomas Leavitt, b. England, 1615 (?), a settler of Exeter and Hampton Falls, N. H., about 1643, and John Lovett who came to Salem, Mass., in 1638, whose descendants were in Beverly and Mendon, exhibit no Daniel born 1753 in vital statistics, church nor probate, and only Thornas exhibits a Jonathan born 1746, in church records only. The late Mr. Rufus Leavitt of Melrose, Mass., said John, Thomas and John were all brothers, named Leavitt, and from Hingham, England. I have all the vital statistics and church records of New Hampshire down to 1760, and the name is spelled every possible way. No printed nor manuscript genealogy exists. Rev. W. 0. Raymond of St. John, a careful historian, calls Jonathan and Daniel both Leavitt and brothers. Three great grandchildren of Jonathan are living (19u) in St. John, Miss Grace Leavitt, Robert T. Leavitt and A. Gordon Leavitt, the second of whom thir.tks Jona­ than ·and Daniel were brothers, that they quarreled and Daniel changed his name to Lovett. A grandson of Daniel, and son of George L., George F. Lovett, living in 1912 in Melrose, Mass., writes in Feb., 1912, "Some 60 years ago, I, a boy in St. John, used to hear my father speak of the children of Jonathan as his cousins," and he is sure that a quarrel of many years caused Daniel to change his name to Lovett. Clarence Ward, a genealogist in St. John, expresses the same opinion. In a St. John real estate record Daniel's name appears as Leavitt, corrected to Lovett. That he called himself Daniel Leavitt in 1788 appears in Register of Deeds, Vol. 143, page 393, in Exeter, N. H., where "I Dani.el Leavitt of Province of New Brunswick convey to Michael Brown, Apr. 16, 1788, marsh in Hampton Falls." In his will only Lovett is written. A letter of May 3, 1798, written by Daniel's son, Daniel, Jr., to his mother while his father and he were on a trip to Boston, M~ss., says, "Papa has been to Salisbury, (N. H.), all our relations and acquaintances are well there." A letter written early in the 19th century from London, N. H., by a sister of Daniel, to him was addressed "Capt. Daniel Leavitt," and said she had not heard from him for a long time. 84

DANIEL LEAVITT b. 1753 (?). d. St. John, N. B. Can., Feb. 16, 1833, 80th year (gravestone). m. 1st Sarah Ring of St. John. She b. 1763. d. 1804. m. 2nd 1806, Mary Torrey of Plymouth, Mass. d. 1843. Chz"ldren. Jacob. b. (oldest son.) d. Windsor, Nova Scotia 1829. He was a prisoner of war in France about 1809-10. Daniel b. 1790 ( ?). d. Island of Antigua, May 15, 1820, 30th year (mariner). George L. b. (youngest son) 1807. d. 1875. m. St. John, N. B., 1834, Olivia Sophia Prince, b. Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, 1816. d. St. John, N. B., 1911. Sarah b. d. m. Benjamin DeWolf of Nova Scotia. Daniel's will of St. John, Jan. 13, 1820, probated there July 14, 183~, names wife Mary and the four children, George and the widow Mary, executors. A gravestone in St. John has "Sally, wife of Daniel Lovett died Dec. 6, 1901." ' As John Leavitt and his wife Mary Tilton married in 1739, and no ,record of births of their children is found except baptisms of John Tilton 1740, Joseph 1742, and Jonathan 1746, and, as John the father died 1770 leaving Mary a w:idow, it is likely that there were other children and that Daniel was one. 35

LOCKE. ,, I. JOHN LOCKE Killed by Indians, Aug. 26, 1696 ( aged abt. 70) ( ?). m. abt. 1652. ELIZABETH BERRY She was living in Feb.

He came from Yorkshire, Eng., to Dover, N. H.; was first noticed in Portsmouth as being granted land in 1656. Settled in Hampton, probably 1666.

Cki"ldren. John b. abt. m. Elizabeth. Elizabeth b. prob. d. unm. before I 708. Nathaniel b. 1661. d. Nov. 12, 1734. m. Jan. 22, 1688, Dorothy Blake. Alice (?) alive in 1708. Edward b. m. Hannah Jenness, dau. Francis. Tryphena alive in l 708. Rebecca alive in 1708. Mary alive in l 708. William b. Apr. 17, 1677. d. Jan. 22, 1768. m. Nov. 23, 1699, Hannah Knowles, dau. John. James Joseph m. Salome (White) (?).

II. NATHANIEL LOCKE b. 1661. d. Nov. 12, 1734. m. Jan. 22, I 668. DOROTHY BLAKE b. Sept. 17, 1668. d. Oct. 28, 1737.

Children. Joseph b. 1689. Dorothy b. Mch. 20, 1691. m. Jethro Locke. Tryphena b. m. John Knowles. 36

Elizabeth b. 1694. d. Ha~pton Falls, N. H., July I I, 1776. m. Nov. 24, 1714, Thomas Leavitt. Rachel b. Dec. 12, 1695. d. Jan. 20, 1774. m. William Moul ton. Nathaniel b. Oct. 18, 1698. d. Falmouth, Me., abt. 1780. m. 1st Abigail Prescott. m. 2nd Mary Stubbs. Joseph b. abt. 1700. Samuel b. abt. I 702. d. Dec. 5, 1789. m. Dec. 11, 1729, Jerusha Shaw, dau. Joseph. Jonathan b. Dec. 22, 1705. Deborah b. m. Oct. 19, 1732, William Buckman. Abijah Timothy bp. Nov. 6, 1720.

III. ELIZABETH LOCKE m. Nov. 24, I 714. THOMAS LEAVITT.

IV. JOHN LEAVITT m. May 3, I 739. MARY TILTON.

V. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY.

VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 37

PEABODY.

I. LT. FRANCIS PEABODY b. d. Feb. 19, 1697-8. m. 1640 (?). MARY FOSTER b. d. Apr. 9, 1705.

He was of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and came in the ship "Planter," Apr. 2, 1635. He lived in Ipswi~h, Mass., where he was a proprietor in 1636. · He was an original settler of Hampton in 1638. He served as Juror and Grand Juror and became freeman May 18, 1642. He sold his house and 55 acres for 26 pounds in 1650 and removed to Topsfield, Mass., where he became one of those most prominent for wealth and enterprise.

Children. John b. 1642. Joseph b. 1644. William b. 1646. Isaac b. 1648. Sarah b. 1650. m. How. Hepsibah b. 1652. m. Rea. Lydia b. 1654. m. Jacob Perley. Mary b. 1656. m. John Death. Ruth b. May 22, 1658. Demaris b. Jan. 21, 1660. d. Dec. 19, 1660. Samuel b. June 4, 1662. d. Sept. 13, 1677. Jacob b. July 28, 1664. Hannah b. May 8, 1668. Nathaniel b. July 29, 1669. d. 1715.

IL WILLIAM PEABODY b. 1646. d. Mch. 1699. m. Aug. 14, 1684. HANNAH HALE b. Nov. 29, 1663. d. Feb. 23, 1733.

He lived in Boxford, Mass. 88

Children. Stephen b. Aug. 5, 1685. m. Hannah Swan. Mary b. Apr. 1 I, 1687. m. J~seph Symonds. Ephraim b. Apr. 23, 1689. Richard b. Feb. 7, 1691. Hannah b. Aug. 1693. m. Jonathan Foster. John b. Aug. I, 1695. Abiah b. 1697. m. Jan. 19, 1724, Joseph Kimball. Oliver b. May 7, 1698.

III. STEPHEN PEABODY b. Aug. 5, 1685. d. Jan. 7, 1759. m. 1707 (?). HANNAH SWAN b. 1689. d. Apr. 17, 1764, ~ 75.

He lived in Boxford, Mass.

Children. Hannah b. Feb. 1, 1709. m. John Smith. Richard b. May 29, 1711. d. Oct. 1 I, 171 I. Mary b. Dec. _29, 1713. William b. Jan. 29, 1715. m. Mch. 2 5, r 740, Rebecca Smith. Hepsibah b. Feb. 14, 1718. m. Feb. 1737, Ephraim Dorman. Priscilla b. Nov. 22, 1719. m. John Hale. Francis b. Feb. 12, 1721. m. Nov. 18, .1742, Mary Brown. Stephen b. Oct. 1, I 724. Richard b. Apr. 13, 173 r. m. Jemima Spofford.

IV. CAPT. FRANCIS PEABODY b. Feb. 12, 1721. d. Oct. 27, 1771. m. Nov. 18, 1742. MARY BROWN 39

He lived in Boxford, Mass., until 1762, when he removed to the St. John River, Nova Scotia, now New Brunswick, and settled what was later called Maugerville, Sunbury County, in that Colony, and with his sons-in-law White and Symonds was a pioneer English settler in New Brunswick.

Children. Samuel b. Mch. 24, 1743. m. 1st, Mch. 4, 1773, Molly Hildrick. m. 2nd Hannah Galishan. Elizabeth b. Dec. 4, 17 44. m. James White. Hannah b. Aug. 14, 1750. m. James Symonds. Stephen b. July 22, 1753. m. Clark. Hepsibah b. Nov. 22, 1755. m. St. John, N. B. 1772, Jonathan Leavitt of St. John. Francis. b. Jan. I 1, 1761. m. Miss Perley of London, Eng., and settled at Chatham, N. B. Oliver b. Aug. 12, 1763. m. Huldah Tapley.

V. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. . JONATHAN LEAVITT.

VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 40

SANBORN.

I. MEHITABLE SANBORN m. Hampton, N. H., Dec. 23, 1669. DANIEL TILTON. .

II. JETHRO TILTON m. Nov. 4, 1712. MARY.

III. MARY TILTON m. May 3, 1739. JOHN LEAVITT.

IV. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY.

V. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VI. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 41

SEELY.

I. ROBERT SEELY b. d. New York 1667. m. 1st m. 2nd, New York, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1666. MARY w ALKER.

Robert was in Watertown, Mass., in 1630, was a freeman May 18, 1631, and owned land there, and in Wethersfield, Ct., in 1635, and owned land there and his lot can be identified there today at the corner of Plant Lane and Broad St. Sold out in 1638 and joined the New Haven Colony. Was one of the signers of the "Fundamental Agreement," a curiosity in the history of civil government. This was on June 4th, 1639-a~d at the session of the Court he was ap­ pointed Marshal of the Colony. Reappointed 1640-41-42, serving with credit. In 1643 he had 179 pounds and four in the family. In 1643 he was sent to co-operate with Capt. Underhill against the Indians in aid of the Dutch-in May, 1646 he sold his New Haven home to John Bassett. His "Seate in church was in the 4th seate of Middle Seats" for men and "Sister Seely sat _in the 6th Seate in the Womans seates in the Middle." He asked leave to go to England about this time and the court granted it, but it doesn't appear that he went. He still appears in New Haven as Lieut. 1646 and 47 and in 1648 was made Captain of Artillery-was also rate maker and leather sealer. In 1649 he wanted to resign, but the court did not accept and the court thought of helping him to buy a house in New Haven. In 1652 he appears as owning land at Stamford. In 1654 he was sent to help the L. I. Indians with powder and lead to "keep friends with them." In this year he asked pay for his services in 1653 and 1654 in the "design on the Dutch," but the court did not pay him as they said they did not "absolutely require his attendance," but they gave him 5 pounds for his "encouragement in any service." In 1662 the court awarded him 15 pounds and gave him the use of a house at Saybrook where he had charge of the fort and ammunition and in Feb. of that year, the town of Huntington sent a boat to Say­ brook for him. In 1663 he was appointed a commissioner to the town of Huntington, L. I., and the same year he had a controversy with the town of Stratford about his rights in land there and the court adjudged that the town of Stratford pay him 25 pounds and he made over to 42 them all his right and title. He was appointed Chief Military Officer of Huntington, L. I., at this time. In 1665 he with Ogden and others started Elizabeth, N. J., and held land there in 1666. He was one of eight named-patentees of Huntington, L. I. 1667, the General Court of Conn. abated the widow Seely's rates for "Last year and this year." In 1668 his widow applied to the court in New York for administration and on Oct. 19th, letters were granted by the court (see Surrogate's Office, N. Y. City-Wills and Administrations, 1665-1683, Book I). His widow sold, Nov. 2, 1668, his land in Elizabeth, N. J., to Gov. Philip Carteret for 44 pounds. In July, 1669, his widow through Capt. Joseph Manning, "Executed in trust unto the aforesaid widow," sold "lands in Huntington, L. I." In the instrument Mrs. Seely refers to Capt. Manning as " my trusty and well beloved brother." The name has been spelled: Cilley, Cylley, Scillee, Sale, Sallie, Seeley, Seel, Seley, Sely, Seilley, Sela, Selah, Sele, Selie, Selil, Sellee, Selley, Selly, Silly, Silley, Silloy, Sylley.

Children. Obadiah b. d. Stamford, Ct., Aug. 25, 1657. m. Mary, widow of John Miller. John Miller d. in Stamford soon after 1642. Nathaniel b. Killed in Kingston, R. I,, Dec. 19, 1675. m. 1st, about 1649, Mary Turney, ~-of dtr-_.,c{ ~-r--r-r Benjamin. · · -.../ m. 2nd, about 1674, Elizabeth, widow of Obadiah Gilbert and former widow of Nehemiah Olmstead. Habakuk? b. d. Stamford, Aug. 13, 1658.

II. OBADIAH SEELY b. d. Stamford, Ct., Aug. 25, 1657. m. MARY, widow of John Miller.

He died intestate. In Fairfield, Ct., Nov. 7, 1666, the inventory was sworn to by his widow, who was to hold the property until the sons became 21, names "three children left-Obadiah, oldest, Cor­ nelius, second son, Jonas, the youngest."

Children. Obadiah b. 1645? d. 1682? 43

Cornelius b. 1649? removed to Bedford, N. Y. m. Priscilla Osborne, dau. of Richard of Fairfield. Jonas b. 1653? d. Stamford 1704?

III. JONAS SEELY b. 1653? d. Stamford 1704? m. 1689. MARY WICKES b .. d. Dec. 31, 1758, dau. of Thomas.

Chi"ldren. Martha b. Sept. 20, 1690. d. May 25, 1710. m. Jonas b. July 22, 1692. Susannah b. June 12, 1694. m. Jan. 1, 1728, Ebenezer Pettit. Sarah b. Feb. 16, 1694~5. Ebenezer b. Jan. 18, 1696~7; removed 1744? to Orange, Co., N. Y .. Nathaniel b. Aug. 23, 1699. m. Aug. 2, 1728, Elizabeth Holly. Eliphalet b. Aug. 20, 1701. m. Dec. ro, 1724, Sarah Holly. Elizabeth b. Aug. 20, 1701. m. Dec. 6, 1728, Nathaniel Sanford.

IV. EBENEZER b. Stamford, Ct., Jan. 18, 1696-7. d. Goshen, N. Y. m. 1st, Stamford, Jan. 22, 1718-9. · MARY DEAN. m. 2nd EUNICE

The ·will of Eunice (Pelletreau, N. Y., Wills, 7-359) was probated Dec. 5, 1769. Stamford, Ct., land record, book B, page 494, Aug. 13, 1723, has "Ebenezer and Eliphalet Seely to their brother Nathaniel Seely deed the home-lot, called the Seely lot, only reserving one third to our mother Mary Seely." Book D, page 462, Oct. g, 1744, has "Jonathan Hait, Jonathan Bate, Jonathan Maltbie, Town Committee, in the name of the Pro­ prietors, to Nathan Selleck of Stamford and Ebenezer Seely of Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., grant of land at Strawberry Hill in Stamford." The. will of Ebenezer Seely of Goshen, N. Y., of May 16, 1763, probated N. Y. City, book 26, page 79, Mch. 7, 1767 (incorrectly copied 44 in Pelletrau, 7-112 ), names '' wife Unis; sons John, Bezeal, Israel, Josiah and Nathaniel; daus. Mercy, Bartlett and Susina Sayre and son-in-law James Sayre; eldest grandson Bezeal Seely; grandchildren Ebenezer, Mercy and Hannah; my eight other grandchildren William, Jonas, Thaddeus, Elizabeth, Hannah, Susanna, Sarah and Mercy."

Children. Jonas b. Sept. I, I 719. Ebenezer b. Mch. 19, 1720-1. Mercy b. Apr. 19, 1723. m. Bartlett. Bezaleel b. Aug. 20, 1725. d. 1799- Israel b. Sept. 4, 1727. d. 1792. Susanna b. m. James Sayre. Nathaniel b. Oct. II, 1732. Samuel b. Sept. 10, I 734. d. Feb. 24, 1735-6. Josiah b. Sept. 22, I 736. d. Aug. 28, 1808. Thaddeus b. Feb. 21, 1738-9. John b. July 10, 1742. d. Feb. 1796.

V. EBENEZER SEELY b. Mch. 19, 1720-1. d. m.-

In 1748 John Alsop deeded to Ebenezer Seely 7 parcels ot land in New Windsor, N. Y. Sept. 9, 1749, the first entry in the original book of minutes calls Ebenezer Seely a member of the company. At the same time Ebenezer Seely, Jr., files his account for entertaining the Surveyor, etc. New Windsor was opened for settlement about 1750. The Wawayanda Patent of land in Orange Co. was granted Apr. 29, 1703. Goshen was open for settlement in 1714. Ebenezer Seely went with his wife and 10 children to Orange Co. in 1744~ and acquired land under the above patent Dec. 4, 1750, by "deed of John Drake of Goshen to Ebenezer Seely of Goshen " (Goshen land record Book C, page 309). In 1750 Ebenezer Seely witnessed a deed in New Windsor. In 1756 Ebenezer Seely, Jr., witnessed a deed in New Windsor. Apr. 21, 1758, Capt. Ebenezer Seely, Jr., Esq., was with 103 men, whose names are recorded, mustered in the 2nd regiment of Ulster Co. 45

A deed of Jan. 25, 1770, of "Ebenezer Seely, Yeoman, of New Cornwall, son and heir-at-law to Ebenezer Seely, Esq., deceased, to James Dunlap, of two lots Nos. 29 and 50 in town-ship of New Wind­ sor proves Ebenezer1 or Ebenezer2 to be dead; if Ebenezer2 was dead the Ebenezer3 was son of Ebenezer2."

VI. EBENEZER SEELY b. New Windsor, N. Y. 1745. d. Carleton, N. B., May 26, 1833, re 88. m. New Windsor, N. Y. 1770. BETHIAH GILBERT b.

Oct. 21, 1779, the New York State legislature passed a law to take the property of "Ill disposed persons who had gone off to the enemy." Under this law the property of Ebenezer Seely was confiscated. Money was later appropriated to reimburse those unjustly accused. "July 21, 1791, Power of Attorney, Ebenezer Seely, formerly of Precinct of Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y., now of the Parish of Wick­ ham, Queens County, New Brunswick, do hereby appoint my wife Bethiah Seely my la,vful attorney to collect and pay all bills in my name and to dispose of all my interest in the estate of the late Josiah Gilbert deceased of Cornwall Precinct, which I have by virtue of my marriage with said Gilbert's daughter and as one of the legatees men­ tioned in his will." (Goshen land record, Book E, page 89.) He removed to St. John, New Brunswick, in Sept., 1783.

Children. James b. d. m. Lydia b. 1772. d. Shubenacadie, N, S., unm., July 20, 1848, re 76. Josiah Gilbert b. New York, Nov. 15, 1778. Caleb b. Aug. 3 r, 1787. d. Liverpool, N. S., Feb. 14, 1869. Ebenezer b. 1784. d. Shubenacadie, N. S., unm., May 25, 1853, re 69 .

.VII. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY b. New York, Nov. 15, 1778. d. St. John, N. B., Dec. 31, 1872, re 94. m. New Brunswick, Aug. 24, 1809. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT b. St. John, N. B., Sept. 17, 1785. d. St. John Apr. 12, 1858, re 73. 46

Chz"ldren. Caleb Gilbert b. June 28, 1810. d. San Francisco, Sept. 30, 1849. m. Elizabeth Fairbanks. Josiah Gilbert b. Dec. 17, 181 I. d. Oct. 13, 1812. Charlotte Elizabeth b. July 14, 1813. m. 1st Samuel Collins. m. 2nd Alfred Gilpin. Hephzibah Bethia Eliza b. Sept. 20, 1815. d. unm. Josiah Gilbert b. Sept. 4, 1817. d. Yreka, Cal., unm., May 19. 1905. Amelia Jane b. Jan. 3, 1820, Eastport, Me. d. m. July 1854, George Morrisey. Phoebe Ann b. Dec. 4, 1821. d. m. Colin Campbell. Frances b. Dec. 7, 1822. d. Ottawa, unm. Caroline b. July 12, 1824. d. Aug. 3, 1824. Daniel James b. July 17, 1826, St. George, N. B. m. July 13, 1857, Charlotte Louisa Vail.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY b. St. George, N. B., July 17, 1826. d. m. Weymouth, N. S., July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL b. Sussex, N. B., Oct. 23, 1837. d. Hamilton, Ont., Oct. 12, 1912. Children. Gilbert Yelverton b. July 25, 1858. d. m. James Daniel b. July 26, 1859. d. m. Seattle, Wash., July 12, 1894, Anne Laurie Kim­ ball, b. Sept. 29, 1872. Grace Douglas b. May 19, 1862. d. m. Oct. 21, 1896, Morris Ashley Doane. John Oliver Vail b. Aug. 23, 1864. d. m. Charlotte Elizabeth b. Sept. 28, 1866. d. m. Newton Fairbanks b. Nov. 13, 1867. d. July 2, 1868. Alice Caroline b. June 18, 1870. d. m. N. Y., Dec. 8, 1904, Frederic William ·Stevens. 47

Helen Maud b. Apr. 26, 1873. d. m. Gertrude Theodora b. Feb. 16, 1876. d. m. Douglas Beresford b. June 30, 1882. d. m. Montreal, Apr. 21, 1910, Ruth Bosworth.

IX. GRACE DOUGLAS SEELY b. St. John, New Brunswick, May 19, 1862. m. St. John, New Brunswick, Oct. 21, 1896. MORRIS ASHLEY DOANE b. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, August 18, 1862, son of George Barlow and Elizabeth Olive (Wood) Doane. X. Children. Elizabeth Morris b. Chicago, Ill., July 16, 1897. Francis Morris b. Chicagb, Ill., July 8, 1900.

IX. ALICE CAROLINE SEELY b. St. John, New Brunswick, June 18, 1870. m. New York, Dec. 8, 1904. FREDERIC WILLIAM STEVENS b. New York, Sept. 19, 1839, son of Byam Kerby and Frances Gallatin Stevens. X. Child. Frederica b. New York, June 1, 1907.

IX. DOUGLAS BERESFORD SEELY b. St. John, New Brunswick, June 30, 1882. m. Montreal, April 21, 1910. RuTH MEDBURY BoswoRTH. b. April 20, 1888, dau. of George Morris and Lucy Ross Medbury Bosworth. X. Child. Ruth Medbury b. Montreal, May 24, 1912. 48

SLEEPER.

I. THOMAS SLEEPER b. abt. 1616. d. July 30, 1696. m. JOANNA b. d. Kingston, N. H., Feb. 5, 1703.

He bought land in Boston in 1645 and had land in Hampton, N. H., as early as 1646.

Children. Elizabeth b. m. 1st, Aug. 27, 1668, Abraham Perkins. m. 2nd Alexander Denham. m. 3rd Richard Smith. Mary b. m. Dea. Gershom Elkins. Ruth b. June I, 1650. m. Aug. I, 1678, Aretas Leavitt. John b. Sept. 10, 1652. Naomi b. Apr. 15, 1655. m. Timothy Blake. Moses b. Haverhill, Mch. 13, 1658. Aaron b. Feb. 20, 1661. m. May 23, 1682, Elizabeth Shaw, dau. of Joseph. Luther b. Nov. 14, 1668. d. May 19, 1670.

II. RUTH SLEEPER m. Aug. I, 1678. ARETAS LEAVITT. III. THOMAS LEAVITT m. ELIZABETH LOCKE. IV. JOHN LEAVITT m. May 3, 1739. MARY TILTON. V. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY. VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY. VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 49

SWAN.

I. RICHARD SWAN b. buried May 14, 1678. m. 1st ANN b. buried Apr. 4, 1658.

Hem. 2nd Mch. 1, 1658-9, the wid. of John Trumble. He came to Boston in 1638, was a husbandman. He joined the First Church, Feb.. 6, 1638. He was dismissed to the church in Row­ ley, Nov. 24, 1639. He became a freeman May 13, 1640. He was a Representative 1666 to 1675. His will of Apr. 25, 1678, probated May 23, 1678, names wife Ann, son Robert.

Chi"ldren. Richard Jonathan Robert b. d. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. I 1, 1697-8. m. 1652, Elizabeth Acie, dau. of William. Jane Julian m. Apr. 18, 1653, Samuel Stickney. Frances b. 1633. m. Mark Quilter of Ipswich. Dorothy b. 1636. m. July 13, 1655, Thomas Abbot. Mercy b. July 4, 1640. m. Oct. 21, 1662, Samuel Warner of Ipswich. Faith b. Mch. 30, 1644. Sarah b. 1646. rn. May 13, 1669, Joseph Boynton.

II. ROBERT SWAN b. d. Feb. 11, 1697-8. m. ELIZABETH ACIE b. d. 1689.

He lived in Andover, Mass., until 1650, then in Haverhill. He m. 2nd, Apr. I, 1690, Hannah Russ. 50

Children. Elizabeth b. Sept. 30, 165l Sarah b. Aug. 10, 1655. -Robert b. May 30, 1657. m. Elizabeth Stone, Ann b. Mch. 3, 1658. Richard b. Feb. 24, 1660. Timothy b. Mch. 12, 1662-3. Dorothy b. Nov. 8, 1666. John b. Aug. I, 166K m. Susannah Wood. Samuel b. April I 1, 1670. Samuel b. Oct. 24, 1672. in. Oorothie Ames. Joshua b. Sept. 13, 1674. m. Sarah Ingalls. Caleb b. June 18, 1676. d. young,,

III. RICHARD SwAN b. Feb. 24, 1660. rri. HANNAH

Chz'ldren. Ebenezer b. Salem, Dec. 10, 1686. buried Jan. 3, 1686 (?) Hannah b. Salem, Nov. 2, 1689.

IV. HANNAH SwAN m. I 707 ( ?); STEPHEN PEABODY.

V. FRANcis PEABODY m. Nov. 18, 1742. MARY BROWN.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. JONATHAN LEAVITT.

Vri. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 51

YELVERTON.

I. JOHN YELVERTON b. 1693. d. New Windsor, N. Y., June 12, 1767, re 74.

He was a Presbyterian and a carpenter. He was of Wales and came from England with brother and sister. He \Vas in Jamaica, L. I., N. Y., in New Windsor, Goshen and Chester. In Goshen land was deeded to him, called "of Jamaica," Oct. 17, 1715, and July 16, 1723. In New Windsor he owned a sloop and traded to New York. His monument is in the Presbyterian Cemetery in New Windsor. His will of Mch. 24, 1760, probated New York City, Aug. 17, 1767, names wife Mary, only son Anthony, grandson Abijah Yelver­ ton, and "to my grandchildren." Yelverton silver of 1676 was in the Seely family and burned in Fredericton, N. B., Canada. Mrs. F. W. Stevens' oldest brother was named Gilbert Yelverton Seely. It is said that the mother of the Loyalist Ebenezer Seely was Mary, daughter of John Yelverton.

Chz"ldren. John had one child Abijah who m. (Albany n1arriages) Mar- garet Dunning, Feb. 4, 1769. Anthony b. m. Dec. 23, 1758, Phebe Youngs (Albany marriages), Apr. 2, I 734, Anthony Yelverton; was the head ,vorkman on the church in Hen1pstead, L. I., at 4 shillings and sixpence and found. Thomas James dau. m. Carpenter of Goshen. dau. m. Howell of Goshen. dau. m. Carman. Abigail b. 1723. d. May ro, 1803, re So. m. abt. 1744, General Elihu Marvin. He b. Norwalk, Ct., Oct. 10, 1719. He died Aug. 24, 1803 (tombstone), Blooming Grove, N. Y. 52

PARRAT.

I. DEA. FRANCIS p ARRAT.

He was of Rowley, Mass., proprietor, Freeman May 13, 1640, town clerk for 14 years, Representative 1640 and 1642. He went home on business and died there about 1656.

Chztdren. Elizabeth b. May 1, 1640. m. Nov. 29, 1659, Samuel Worcester. Faith b. Mch. 20, 1642. m. Feb. 26, 1663-4, Ezekiel Jewett. Sarah b. Feb. 22, 1643. buried 1663_ Mercy b. Mch. 23, 1646. m. Feb.. 26, 1663-4, John Tenney. Mary b. July 15, 1647. m. John Sawyer. Martha b. Oct. g, 1649. m. Isaac Colby. Hannah b. Feb. 26, 165 r. d. y. IL FAITH PARRAT m. Feb. 26, 1663-4. EZEKIEL JEWETT. Ill. MAXIMILIAN JEWETT m. SARAH

IV. ELIZABETH JEWETT m. I 722. CALEB BROWN. V. MARY BROWN m. Nov. 18, 1742. FRANCIS PEABODY.

VI. HEPSIBAH PEABODY m. 1772. JONATHAN LEAVITT. VIL CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY. VIII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. 52a

TILTON.

I. WILLIAM TILTON b. d. Hampton, N. H., abt. 1653 or 4. m. SUSANNA

He was of Lynn, Mass. His widow m. 2nd, Roger Shaw.

Chz1dren. Abraham b. abt. m. Mary Cram, dau. of John ( ?). Samuel b. m. Dec. 17. 1662, Hannah Moulton. Daniel b. abt. 1648. d. Feb. 10, 1715. m. Dec. 23, 1669, Mehitable Sanborn.

II. DANIEL TILTON b. abt. d. m. Dec. 23, 1669. MEHITABLE SANBORN

Chz'ldren.

Abigail b. Oct. 28, 1670. d. Oct. 4, I 7 59· m. Christopher Page. Mary b. Mch. 9, 1673. Samuel b. Feb. 14, 1675. m. Jan. 7, l 703, Mrs. Meribah (Page) Shaw. Joseph b. Mch. 19, 1677. m. 1st, Dec. 26, 1698, !dargaret Sherburne. m. 2nd, Dec. 5, 1717, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hilliard) Shaw. m. 3rd, June 17, 1725, Mrs. Elizabeth (Chase) Hilliard. Mercy b. May 25, 1679. m. Samuel Elkins. Daniel b. Oct. 23, 1680. David b. Oct. 30, 1682. d. May 26, I 729. m. Jan. 8, 1708, Deborah Batchelder. Mehitabel b. Oct. 2, 1687. m. May 14, l 708, Joseph Lawrence. Hannah b. Apr. 2 7, 1689. m. Nathaniel Healy. 52b

Jethro b. m. Nov. 4, 1712, Mary Josiah b.

III. JETHRO TILTON b. d. m. Nov. 4, 1712. MARY b. Mch. 28, 1691. d. 177!.

Cki'ldren. Dorothy· b. Nov. 25, 1713. m. 1st James Prescott. m. 2nd Benjamin Sanborn. John b. Feb. 17, 1717. Mary b. Mch. 28, 1719. m. May 3, 1739, John Leavitt. Anna b. May 14, 1721. Daniel b. May 14, I 723. · d. Jan. 7, I 726. Benjamin b. July 4, 1725. m. Mary Green, dau. of Benjamin. Lydia b. June 10, 1727. Elizabeth b. June 9, 1729.

IV. MARY TILTON m. May 3, 1739. JOHN LEAVITT.

V. JONATHAN LEAVITT m. 1772. HEPSIBAH PEABODY.

VI. CHARLOTTE LEAVITT m. Aug. 24, 1809. JOSIAH GILBERT SEELY.

VII. DANIEL JAMES SEELY m. July 13, 1857. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL. Thomas Vail ...... Samuel Vail...... John Vail...... Sarah ...... z Elizabeth ...... ,....p.l O"' p.l t::I Edward Fitz Randolph ro- Nathaniel Fitz Randolph. -· Elizabeth Blossom ..... ~ -< 0 $'.I) John Fitz Randolph .. O" -...... (t) Joseph Holley ...... ,..,."'1- Martha Fitz Randolph Mary Holley...... < tr.I Rose ...... p.l N Martha ...... -·...... & '--l ·--~ ~ O"' ::s t:, (I) ("') ::s 0 ::, -.-~- (/1-· -(D < ~ ...... ~ 0 -$'.I) ::,c:r ·--()~-~ gn 0 c,q s::: ...... (Jq,_. (D (D John Arnold ...... -Robert Arnold ...... z Mary ...... P> M --~­O"' John Sargent...... , ... · I vVilJiam Seargeant. .. . ::, John Sargent...... Deborah H y 11'1er ...... Sarah.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · "'1> t;:j I g. -Mary ~s argent...... p.. '--l David Linnell ...... Robert Linnell 0 O"' Penninnah ...... ::, Mary Linnell ...... George Denison ...... :Mauck -p.. Ann Borodell...... Joseph Denison ...... Ralph John Gorham ...... Mercy Gorham...... John Howland Desire Howland ...... ---Nathan Denison, .... Elizabeth Tilly .. John Joseph Minor ...... j ·rhomas Minor ...... Walter Palmer '""C1 Grace Pal mer ...... "'1 n ~ Prudence 1\1 inor ...... Christopher A very O"' p.. Mary Avery ...... James Avery ...... p.l (1) "'1 ::::, (")­ Joanna Greenslade ... . -0,... (D ,-+ • John Cary ...... ro t:l John Cary...... Francis Godtrey (t Elizabeth Godfrey.... . ::c ::, Eleazer Cary ...... Elizabeth -:l, ~-· ::, CJ) I= -·0 Abigail Allen ...... Samuel Allen ...... ~ ::s O"' ·-Ann Cary ...... Margaret Lamb ...... William Throope ...... ►"'1 ::, Lydia Throope ...... 0...... l\,1ary Chapman ...... Ralph Chapman ...... Isaac Wells p.. en Lydia Wells ...... Margaret (1) Thomas Wiggins...... '"O- Thomas Wiggins ...... n Benjamin Wiggins .. . George Woolsey ...... c:r _g __ , Rebecca \V ool sey .... . Thomas Cornell...... p.) Rebecca Cornell ...... "'1,_. < Rachel ...... Rebecca Briggs...... ,..,.0 M (Jq-· (t) (Jq Henry Fowler ...... William Fowler...... ,,--.. vVilliam Fowler...... -·~ Abigail ...... CJ) .....~ ;..---.rq - John Fowler ...... Wi11iam Thorne...... CJ.9. John Thorne...... ::s M Mary Thorne ...... Saral1 ...... VI ...__, N & Mary Parcel ...... •••... Nicholas Pearsall ..... ::r: (D ~ ,... __ en,..,. ·~-::r (") ~ (D 0 Joseph Drake...... Samuel Drake ...... =6 Anne ...... -(1) "'1 Abigail Drake ...... (j ::r: Richard Shute ...... Mary Shute...... Thomas Sanford ...... > Sarah Sanford ...... ~ Sarah ...... L4 M 0 ::; -p) Thmnas Hanfol':~;.:.. :-· 0...... '-A"-'V"6'-" ~\..,J..ll~UI.I •••••••••• Monck 0, Ann Borodell...... Joseph Denison ...... John Gorham ...... Ralph Mercy Gorham...... John Howland Desire Howland ...... ---Nathan Dcuison ..... Elizabeth Tilly .. John Thomas 1\11 i nor ...... Joseph Minor ...... Walter Palmer 1-'d Grace Palmer ...... ""1 Prudence Minor ...... n ~ Christopher Avery 0, Mary Avery ...... James Avery ...... :::r (D p,) ::, ...... "'1 '--n­ Joanna Greenslade ... . ,...0 n ,...... John Cary ...... John Cary ...... Francis Godfrey Ci) d (t Elizabeth Godfrey.... . ::c ::J Eleazer Cary ...... Elizabeth '---~ -· ::i cii' Samuel Allen ...... ,.... 0 Abigail Allen ...... ::, ~ Margaret Lamb ..•.... ::r' ·-Ann Cary ...... WiJliam- Throope ...... "'1► Lydia Throope ...... ::, Ralph Chapman ...... £. Mary Chapman ...... •.. Isaac Wells p.. Lydia Wells ...... U),..... Margaret Ci> Thomas Wiggins...... --0 Thomas Wiggins ...... Q __ g__ Benjamin Wiggins .. . George vVoolsey ...... Rebecca \Voolsey .... . Rebecca Cornell ...... Thomas Cornell...... ~ j ~ 1 Rachel...... Rebecca Briggs...... ,..... ,..... oq Henry Fowler ...... William Fowler...... (l) (fq vVilliam Fowler...... --.. ::, Abigail ...... ~ VI ·--'lq- .--John Fowler ...... Wi11iam Thorne...... JS. John Thorne ...... ::, tr1 Mary Thorne ....•.... Saral1 ...... VI ..__,,, N ::r: & Mary Parcel ...... •.•.. Nicholas Pearsall .... . c:: ,..(l) __ ,....Ul '--;::r- (') (D '"rJ Samuel Drake ...... 0 Joseph Drake ...... ,_.=E Anne ...... ("D "1 '--Abigail Drake ...... n Richard Shute ...... ::r: Mary Shute., ...... Thomas Sanford ...... Sarah Sanford .•....•.... :;;;:i► Sarah ...... i4 ...... tr1 0 ::i 1...... lo-j p) Thon1as Hanfon ...., ;;. -Thomas Hanford ... . Richard Miles ...... M l'V1ary ( Miles) Ince ... . Catharine...... r' 0 Gershmn Lockwood .. . Robert Lockwood ...... C.,_. Susanna ...... •.•.•••.... U'J S o Burwell ...... Ann Millington ...... ► r.n~ p,,"'1 ~ < ::r: Matthew St. John .... . Matthew St. John ..•...... ,_.;;i;. Pl ~James St. John ...... ::, U) Elizabeth ...... t,-4 ~ o' "1 "1 0, &"' L-C/"J- ,...,. '­ p)s Christopher Con1stock. Ci> LMary Comstock.. •··· Richard Platt ...... t.11 ~ Hannah Platt...... Mary ...... :::r~ 0 '"1 \.Vi11iarn Thorpe ...... ---o -- John Thorpe...... Ci) EI izabeth ...... ::r:: .--John Thorpe ...... p.) :::, z Daniel Frost ...... William ...... p,) M-1 Hannah Frost ...... 0 John ...... (1) A "1 s- Elizabeth Barlow ...... 'O 0 0, ~ 0 ~ _::;1_ An11 ..•... , ...... ~ ~ U') I ~ ..... _, p,) QJ VI "1 :::r ..c ro ~ 0 ::r' "'1 John Davis ...... u~ ...--.. "Cl John Davis ....•...... , rD --Mary Davis ...... Lydia.·...... ~ C Rebecca ...... b/) Q.) :::r 0 ::::: 0 ~ ~ '--- "1 -- -0 .....Ci) John Osborn ...... Richard Osborn ...... •.. ~ Osborn.•····· :::r "1 Sarah Bennett ...... Ci) ,....0 James Bennett...... (b L_ ...... ::r (l) <_ ~ 0 Peter Bulkeley...... Peter Bulkeley...... Richard Chetwode] ~0 l___Dorothy Bulkeley.... Sir Richard Chetwode. '"rJ :::,""' Grace Chetwode ...... Dorothy Needham ..... ~ (') (l) Lewis Jones ...... VI Josiah Jones ...... t,-4 o_ An11 ....••...... '---c:: tr1 r-Josiah Jones ...... iii' ...... p,) .... Nathaniel Treadway .... . VI Lydia Treadway...... ::r: ;::r' Edward ...... ~ Sufferance Howe ...... ::s ,.:- MarQ'arPt . . . ..~ . .-_,~·->',f,., .. -· :•':"ri.'f;-! .. ~~ r1 ;~•- 0 ...., ~ Robert Lockwood ...... C! i:i' ~ '--Hannah (Lockwood) Gershmu Lockwood ...... 0 Susanna ...... U) 8" Burwell ...... 8 "1 Ann Millington ...... ;:t;- ~ 0. (/) - ;;r..< Matthew St. John .... . Matthew St. John ...... ,-., ~James St. John ...... U) Elizabeth ...... ~ ~ It0 ""t "1 ~ p.. ::r' L..- en --­ rt ._ '--< Pl 0 t::i Christopher Comstock. 8 ::::, (t) -Mary Comstock ...... Richard Platt ...... ,rn Hannah Platt...... Mary ...... t::i 0.., \Villiam Thorpe ...... ----c,-­ John Thorpe...... (t) EI izabeth ...... ~ r-J ohn Thorpe ...... Pl William ...... ::, z Daniel Frost...... p.) H-> Hannah Frost ...... 0 ..... John ...... V ~ "1 ::r' Elizabeth Barlow ...... "O 0 0.. _::::,_~ 0 ..... An11 ...... !?; l-, U) ..... Q.) ...., Q.) ..... ~ ""t t::i ~ If] ~ 0 u cd t:r" .., John Davis ...... ,,,...... -0 John Davis ...... l-, ~ (t) I-- M ary D av1s...... Lydia.- ...... (I.) i:l i-i Rebecca ...... bl) v O"" 0 - __ 0.., -- ~ ...... "O ro LJ John Osborn ...... Richard Osborn ...... ~ ? [David Osborn. • • · · · · Sarah Bennett ...•.... (t) 0 James Bennett...... (b ,.... L ::;- -(D '-<: Peter Bulkeley...... , -~- Dorothy Bulkeley.. •• Peter Bulkeley...... Sir Richard Chetwode. Richard Chetwode] '"1 1-rj t:I Grace Chetwode ...... Dorothy Needham ..... ~ ::, n (D Lewis Jones ...... rn Josiah Jones ...... •.. t-'4 An 11 ••••••••••••••••••••• o_ ~c M r-Josiah Jones ...... Ill ::.>-· ,..... Nathaniel Treadway .... . -en Lydia Treadway...•.• ~ ::r' Edward ...... p.) ,---~- Sufferance Howe ...... t:1 '--t Margaret...... C, 0 U) t:l - (t) a s en Thomas Barnes...... l'b L--Abigail Barnes...... Thomas Goodenow ...... 0 Abigail Goodenow ... . .--- ::, - Jc.111e • .•••••.•..•••.•••••• '--t 0 ::, (b ~ \\TaJter Allen ...... (J) Joseph A11en., ...... ~ _,Nathaniel AJlen .... . l{ebecca ...... Anne Brazier...... ~ -Lydia ...... (t) Robert Williams ...... ::::, Samuel Williams ...... Elizabeth Stalham .... . Samuel vVilliams ..... vVillian1 Parke ...... Robert Parke t-'4 Theoda Parke ...... 0 -Eleazer Wi11iams .... John Holgrave C . Martha Holgrave ...... (/) ...., Elizabeth --:i,l- ::r John May ...... '--t 0 John May ...... 0 Sarah May ...... ::, 8 Daniel ...... (t) !l) Sarah Brewer...... U) V, --:s- Joanna ...... Cl) ..... Thomas Ti lest on ...... l-, ...... Thomas Tileston ...... ro r:;· 0 - Elizabeth ...... ::i:: s Thomas Tileston ...... >, (f) IJl 1/j l-, p) James Bridgman ...... , L--Sarah Tileston ...... V CJ Sarah Bridgman ...... '7"' bl) p) rvlclry ...... Sarah ...... - I- t::i t ~ s:: Matthew Allyn ...... u ~ ---·­...... John \Villiams ...... Thomas Allyn ...... ~Elijah \Villiams ..... lVIargaret \Vyot ...... LJ -·~ Abigail (Allyn) Bissell. s Abigail \Varham...... Rev. John \\larham ... . U) ;;r.. O" (JQ-· John Dwight...... ~ Tiinothy Dwight...... Hannah ...... --~----· Thomas Flint Henry Dwight ...... Henry Flint ...... Dorothie ...... Anna (Flynt) Dassett .... p;· Mc1rgery (Hoar) 8 Charles Hoar en l'vlatthews ...... 1--Lydia Dwight ... , ... Joanna Hincksman Thomas Hawley ...... Joseph Hawley ...... Dorothy -( Harbottle) Lydia Hawley ...... Lamb Samuel Marshall ...... Lydia Marshall ...... Mary Wilton ......

53

ANCESTORS OF CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL.

Allen, Walter, Newbury, Mass., 1640 Allen, Samuel, Br~intree, Mass., 1635 Allyn, Matthew, Cambridge, Mass., 1632 Arnold, John, Newark, N. J., 1674? Avery, Christopher, Gloucester, Mass~, 1646 Barlow, John, Fairfield, Ct., 1639? Barnes, Thomas, Marlborough, Mass., 1656 Bennett, James, (see Osborn) Cambridge, Mass., 1636 Blossom, Thomas, Plymouth, Mass., 1633 Borodell, (see Denison) Mass. Brazier, Anne, (see Allen) Charlestown, Mass. Brewer, Daniel, Boston, Mass., 1632 Bridgman, James, Hartford Ct., 1640 Briggs, Rebecca (see Cornell) Boston, Mass., 1638 Bulkely ( ? ) , Peter ( ?), Cambridge, Mass., 1634? Cary, John Duxbury, Mass., 1634 Chapman, Ralph, Duxbury, Mass., 1635 Chetwoode (?), Grace (?), (see Bulkeley) Cambridge, Mass., 1634? Comstock, Christopher, Fairfield, Ct., 1661 Cornell, Thomas, Boston, Mass., 1638 Cowgill, Ellen, Neshaminy, Pa., 1682 Davis, John, Fairfield, Ct., 16 Denison, William, Roxbury, Mass~, 1631 Dennis, Thomas ( ?), Boston, Mass., 1630 Drake, Samuel, Fairfield, Ct., 1650 Dwight, John, Watertown, Mass., 1635 Fitz Randolph, Edward, Scituate, Mass., 1635 Flint, Henry, Braintree, Mass., 1635 Fowler, William, Boston, Mass., 1637 Frost, William, Fairfield, Ct., 1639 Garnett, Judith, (see Shelley) Boston, Mass., 1634 Godfrey, Francis, Bridgewater, Mass., 1644 Goodenow, Thomas, Sudbury, Mass., 1638 Gorham, Ralph, Duxbury, Mass., 1637 Greenslade, Joane, (see Avery) Boston, Mass., 1643 Hanford, Thomas, Scituate, Mass., Harbi ttle, Dorothy (see Hawley) Roxbury, Mass., 1640 Hawley, Thomas, Roxbury, Mass., 1651? 54

Hincksman, Joana (see Hoar) Braintree, Mass., 1640 Hoar, Charles, England Holgrave, John, Salem, Mass., 1633 Holley, Joseph, Dorchester, Mass., 1634 Howe, Edward, Watertown, Mass., 1634 Howland, John, Plymouth, Mass., 1620 Hyllier, Hugh, Salem, Mass., 1629 Jones, Lewis, Roxbury, Mass., 1640 Linnell, Robert, Scituate, Mass., 1638 Lockwood, Robert, Salem, Mass., 1631 Marshall, Samuel, Windsor, Ct., 1637 May, John, Roxbury, Mass., 1640 Miles, Richard, New Haven, Ct., 1643 Millington, Ann, (see Lockwood) Norwalk, Ct., 16 Minor, Thomas, Charlestown, Mass., 1634 Osborn, Richard, Hingham, Mass., 1635 Palmer, Walter, Salem, Mass., 1628 Parke, Robert, Wethersfield, Ct., 1639 * Parrat, Francis, Rowley, Mass., 1640 Pearsall, Nicholas,. Platt, Richard, Milford, Ct., 1639 St. John, Matthew, Dorchester, Mass., 1634 Sanford, Thomas. Dorchester, Mass., 1634 Sargent, William, Malden, Mass., 1638 Shelley, Robert, Boston, Mass., 1632 Shute, Richard, Milford, Ct., 16 Thorne, William, Lynn, Mass., 1638 Thorpe, William, New Haven, Ct., 1635 Throope, William,. Bristol, R. I., 1666 Tileston, Thomas, Dorchester. Mass., 1634 Tilley, John, Plymouth, Mass., 1620 ") * Tilton, William, Lynn, Mass., 16 ! Treadway, Nathaniel, Sudbury:, Mass., 1639 Vail, Thomas, Southampton, N. Y., 1647 Warham, John, Dorchester, Mass., 1630 Wells, Isaac, Scituate, Mass., 1638 Wiggins, Thomasr Jamaica, N. Y., 1656 Williams, Robert, Roxbury, Mass., 1637 Williams, Robert, Roxbury, Mass., 1637 Wilton, David~ Dorchester,. Mass., 1637 Woolsey, George., New York, N. Y., 1623 * Parrat and Tilton misplaced; should be under "Ancestors of Daniel Seely; see pages 52, 52a and 52b. o5

ALLEN.

l. SAMUEL ALLEN b. d. Aug. 5, 1669; -m. 1st ANN d. Sept. 29, 1641. (He m. 2nd, Margaret, widow of Edward Lamb ). He was of Boston and Braintree. Freeman, May 6, 1635. His will of Aug. 2nd, probated Sept. 16, 1669, names wife Mar­ garet; eldest son Joseph; sons Samuel and James; dau. Abigail, under 21; and sons:..in-law Josiah Standish and Nathaniel Greenwood. Ck£ldren. Samuel b. 1532. Mary b. m. Jan. 24, 1656; Nathaniel Greenwood. Sarah b. Bridgewater, Mch. 30, 1639. _ m. Josiah Standish of Duxbury. James Abigail n1. 1670, John Cary, Jr. Joseph b. May I 5, 1650. II. ABIGAIL ALLEN. m. JOHN CARY, JR. III. ELEAZER CARY m. LYDIA THROOPE. IV. ANN CARY m. Apr. I, t 736. NATH.-u~ DENISON. V. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. DR. NATHA.J.~ ARNOLD. VI. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, I 786. CHARLOTTE {WIGGINS) HusTICE.

VI I. CHARLOTTE HANN.IB ARNOLD. m. Jan. I 3, I 8 I 3- JOHN CouGLE VAIL. VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRAJ.""iCES LOUISA HA..~FORD. IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857; DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 56

ALLEN.

I. WALTER ALLEN b. abt. 1601. d. Charlestown, Mass., July 8, 1681, re 80. m. 1st REBECCA m. 2nd, Charlestown, Nov. 29, 1678. ABIGAIL ROGERS

He was in Newbury, Mass., as early as 1640, and removed to Charlestown about 1652. In 1665 he sold out and bought 60 acres in Watertown Farms, later Weston. In 1669 he bought 200 acres more there. About 1673 he moved to Charlestown. He also owned land in Sudbury and Haverhill. He was called "£armour," planter, haber­ dasher, shop-keeper, and "Haberdasher of Hatts." His inventory was 3015 pounds.

Children. John Daniel Joseph b. 1659. Abigail b. Newbury, Oct. 1, 1641. Benjamin b. Newbury, Apr. 15, 1647.

II. JOSEPH ALLEN b. 1659. d. Weston, Mass., Sept. 9, 172 I. m. Oct. 11, 1667. ANNE BRAZIER b. d. Dec. 1720.

He was a Cooper.

Children. Abigail b. 1668. d. young. Rebecca b. 1670. d. 1675. Anna b. 1674. d. 1698. Joseph . b. June 16, 1677. Sarah b. d. 1699. Deborah b. d. Sudbury, Dec. 5. 1744. m. 1714, John Moore. Nathaniel b. Dec. 8, 1687. 57

Rachel b. abt. 1690. d. Cambridge, Aug. I, 1775. m. 1718, Joseph Adams. Patience

III. NATHANIEL ALLEN b. Weston, Mass., Dec. 8, 1687. d. I 772. m. 1st LYDIA d. Apr. 26, 1750. m. 2nd, Dec. 20, 175 I. ELIZABETH, widow of William Bond of \tVeston ..

He was a farmer and a deacon.

Children b. Weston.

James b. 1713. d. I 713. Mary b. Dec. I 3, I 714 .. m. Elisha Jones. Martha b. Feb. 22, 1717. m. July r, I 738, Capt. Nathaniel Livern1ore. Josiah b. Apr. 30, 1719. Lydia b. Mch. 26, 1721. d. before 1757- Rachel b. Apr. 7, I 722. n1. Dec. 31, 1741, Samuel Traine.

IV. MARY ALLEN m. abt. 1735. ELISHA JONES.

V. SIMEON JONES m. Aug. 13, 1786. SARAH WILLIAMS.

VI. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 58

ALLYN.

I. MATHEW ALLYN, son of Richard, of Braun ton, Devon, Eng. d. 1671. m. Eng., Feb. 2, 1626. MARGARET WYOT

She was dau. of John Wytt, who was bp. at Braunton, Eng., Nov. 27, 1558, was admitted to the Inner Temple 1576, and m. Frances, dau. of Amyas Chichester of Arlington, who d. July 4, 1577. He was son of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh, who m. about 1534, Joan, dau. of Sir Roger Gifford of Brightley. He was of Cambridge 1632, proprietor 1633. He became freeman Mch. 4, 1635, was a representative in 1636. Probably in 1637 he re­ moved to Hartford and later to Windsor, where he was representative 1648-57, and assistant 1658-61, and was chosen Commissioner for the United Colonies in 1660 and 1664.

Children b. prob. England. John Thomas m. Oct. 1658, Abigail Warham. Mary m. June 11, 1646, Benjamin Newberry.

II. THOMAS ALLYN, of Windsor. m. Oct. 1658. ABIGAIL WARHAM, bp. Windsor, May 27, 1638.

:Children.

John b. Aug. I 7, 1659. d. young, Matthew b. Jan. 5, 1661. Thomas b. Mch. Ir, 1663. John b. 1665. Samuel b. Nov. 3, 1667. Jane b. July 22, 1670. Abigail b. Oct. I 7, 1672. m. 1st Benjamin Bissell. m. 2nd, Sept. 16, 1707, Rev. John Williams, 59

Sarah b. July 13, 1674. Esther b. Jan. 29, 1676. Benjamin b. 1680.

III. ABIGAIL (ALLYN) BISSELL m. Sept. 16, 1707. REv. JOHN WILLIAMS.

IV. MAJ. ELIJAH WILLIAMS m. May 28, 1735. LYDIA DWIGHT.

V. ABIGAIL WIL_LIAMS m. May 27, I 760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCIS LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX.. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 60

ARNOLD.

I. JOHN ARNOLD b. prob. England. m. MARY He was of Newark, N. J ., of Killingworth, Ct., of Norwich, Ct., and in May, 1693, became one of the earliest settlers of Windham at the "Ponds," now Mansfield, Ct. He bought, Feb. 9, 1693, lot No. 9, with the rooo acre right belonging to it. At the second annual town meeting in Windham he was chosen Selectman. He operated much in real estate in the early period, had earlier been a teacher, and was one of the m.ost intelligent and in flu-­ en tial of the settlers. Children. Benedict b. Newark, N. J., Mch. IO, John b. Newark, N. J., Feb. 10, d. 1745, m. I 702, Elizabeth Cross, dau. Peter. Samuel b. Oct. 5, 1678. Rowley b. Killingworth, Ct., Mch. 1, 1679-80. m. Sept. 24, 1702, Elizabeth Lathrop, dau. John of Norwich. Stephen b. Norwich, Ct., Jan. 29, 168- m. Sarah Mary b. Norwich, Ct., June 1688. m. in lVIansfield, Ct., John Angell. Robert · b. Norwich, Ct., June 18, 1690. Elizabeth b. Nonvich Ct., July 26, 1692. d. 1716, m. Sept. 6, 1711, Thomas Huntington. Mehitable b. prob. Windham, Ct., May 18, 1694. m. James Royce of Windham.

IL LIEUT. ROBERT ARNOLD b. prob. Norwich, Ct., June 18, 1690. d. n1. Feb. 8, r 715-6. MARY SARGEANT b. Aug. 12, 1694. d. Aug. 24, 1747. He was pron1inen t in Mansfield. Chi'ldren. Mary b. Feb. 23, 1716-7. m. Dec. 25, 1735, John Manley. 61

:E:lizabeth b. Mch 27, 1719. m. John Fletcher. Ruth b. Nov. 16, I 720. m. as 2nd wife Seth Paddock. John b. Mch 27, I 724. Me hi table b. Feb. 25, 1725-6. m. Elijah McC_all. Hannah b. Oct. 21, 1728. n1. Jon a than Atwood. Eunice b. Sept. 8, I 730. m. June 3, 1751, Eleazer Hosmer. Nathan b. Feb. I 5, I 732-3. Ann b. Mansfield, June 26, I 73 5. Sarah b. Mansfield, July 8, 1740.

III. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD b. Feb. I 5, 1732-3. m. lVl ch. 5, l 7 55 . PRUDENCE DENISON b. Feb. 11, 1736-7.

He was a distinguished and successful physician and had an ex... tensive practice in Mansfield, Windham and neighboring towns. He studied medicine with the celebrated Doctor Jonathan Huntington of Windham.

Chz"ldren b. £n Mansfield. Oliver b. Oct. 15, 1755. m. Nov. 9, I 786, Charlotte Wiggins. Mary b. Oct. 12, 1757. m. Eleazer McCall. Amos b. Oct. 4, 1759. Settled in Charleston, S. C. Denison b. Sept. 16, 1761. d. Mansfield, Ct., Nov. 5, 1761. Lucretia b. Nov. 16, I 762. m. Jehiel Storrs and settled in Middle- bury, Vt. Nathan b. Mch. 2, 1765. Roswell b. Feb. 10, 1767, went with Oliver to New Brunswick. Prudence b. Nov. 16, 1768. d. in Mansfield, unm. Fidelia b. Nov. 27, 1770. m. Waldo Cary of Windham. 62

IV. OLIVER ARNOLD b. Mansfield, Ct., Oct. I 5, I 75 5. d. Sussex, New Brunswick, Apr. 9, 1834. m. in Long Reach, New Brunswick, Nov. 9, I 786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS b. Newburgh, N. Y., July I l, I 766. d. Sussex, New Brunswick, Nov. 23, 1831.

She m. 1st, Stephen Eustice, a Loyalist, by whom she had a dau. Elizabeth, who m. Robert Scott. He graduated at Yale in 1776, and received the degree of M.A. in 1792. The following is from Dexter's "Yale Biographies '': "Nothing is known of his history after graduation until he appears St. John, N. B., as the Secretary of the board of directors of the new settlen1ent after the arrival there in 1783, of the refugees from the States. He became a landed proprietor in St. John, but soon removed into the country to Long Reach, in Kings County (north of St. John). While residing there he was married Nov. 9, 1786, to Charlotte, the eighth child and third daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Wiggins, of New­ burgh, N. Y., the widow of Stephen Hustice, a Loyalist, who had emi­ grated to St. John. In 1787 he removed to Sussex, in the same county, where he es­ tablished a school for Indians, under the patronage of the London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians. A year or two later the inhabitants of Sussex, who were without any clergyman, recommended Mr. Arnold to Bishop Inglis of Nova Scotia, for ordina­ tion, and he ,vas accordingly ordained (perhaps in 1791-2), and s~rved from that date until his death as rector of the Church of England in Sussex. He also n1inistered to several missions in the vicinity, and traveled over a wide district as missionary of the Society for the Propa­ gation of the Gospel. In January, 1829, one of his sons became his assistant, but he continued for five years longer to be actively en1- ployed. His wife died in Sussex on Nov. 23, 1831, in her 66th year, and he followed her on Apr. 9, 1834, in his 79th year. They had five sons and two daughters, all of whom survived him except one son who died in infancy. The two youngest sons were graduated at King's College, Nova Scotia, in 1819 and 1825 respectively, and became clergymen. The author of a sketch of his life printed at St. John in 1792 de­ scribes Mr. Arnold as 'good-looking and of commanding appearance, somewhat over six feet in height. In business matters he was honor- 63 able, prudent and sagacious. Beneath a dignified and serious manner, which some mistakenly attributed to haughtiness, he carried a nature both friendly and genial. He was a temperate, moral and good living man. As a pastor he was much respected.' An engraving from a portrait is contained in Mr. Allison's sketch. Authorities:-Allzson, "The Rev. Oliver Arnold," digest of S. P. G. Records, 864. Eaton, "Church in Nova Scotia," I 58-9. Lee, "The Church of England in New Brunswick," 101-2. Sab£ne, "American Loyalists," 2nd ed., i, 184. Weaver, "History of Ancient Windham," i, 43." Ch£ldren. Thomas Oliver b. Oct. 13. 1787. d. Mch. 8, 1867. m. 1st Ann Vail, dau. of Robert. · Had I 2 children. m.. 2nd Martha Wiggins Shires. George Na than b. Sept.1 1789. d. May 1846. m. Eliza Ann Hallett. Had 9 children. Charlotte Hannah b. Apr. 27, 1792. d. Mch. 26, 1835. m. John Cougle Vail. William b. Dec. 2, I 794. d. Dec. 21, 1794. Mary Ann b. May 25, 1797. m. John Barberie. Had children. Horatio Nelson b. Dec. 21, 1799. m. 1st, Oct. 30, 1823, Catherine Cochran. m. 2nd, Jan. 29, 1826, Georgiana Williams, dau. Thomas of Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Samuel Edward b. Aug. 23, 1805. d. Maryland 1885. m. 1st, Mary Ann. Had I daughter. tn. 2nd, Annie Maria Robertson, dau. of John. Had son and daughter. He removed to Bordertown, N. J., where he had for many years a hording school.

V. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

VI. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

VII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY 64

AVERY.

I. CHRISTOPHER AVERY b. Eng. abt. I 590. d. New London, Ct., Mch. 12, 1670.

He was a weaver. He came perhaps from Salisbury, Han ts, Eng­ land, with his son James to Gloucester, Mass., where he was Selectman in 1646, 1652 and 1654. June 29, 1652, he took the freeman's oath in Salem, was clerk of the band, constable and clerk of the market. In 1658 he sold land in Gloucester and removed to Boston, where he bought a lot 26 by 46 feet on Devonshire Street, which in 1663 he sold for 40 pounds. Aug. 8, 1665, he bought a house, orchard and lot in New London, Ct.

II. CAPT. JAMES AVERY b. Eng. 1620. d. Apr. 18, 1700. m. 1st, Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 10, 1643. JOANNA GREENSLADE of Boston b. abt. 1622. d. after 1693.

He came from England with his father, lived several years in Gloucester, Mass., and went to New London, Ct., in 1651. He built the house at Groton known as "The Hive of the Averys." He was Ensign, Lieu tenant and Captain of the New London companies and served throughout King Philip's War in command of forty Indians fron1 Stonington, New London and Lyme. In 1676 he was Captain of one of the four companies which pro­ tected the frontier, \Vas for 23 years an officer of the town and twelve times Deputy to the General Court between 1656 and 1680. He was assisting Judge in the Prerogative Court and ·was prominent in the church. (He m. 2nd, July 4, 1698, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes.)

Ch£ldren.

Hannah b. Gloucester, Mass., Oct. I I, 1644. m. June 20, 1666, Ephraim Minor. James b. Gloucester, l\'lass., Dec. I 5, 1646. m. Feb. 18, 1669, Deborah Sterling. 65

Mary b. Feb. 19, 1648. d. Feb. 2, 1698. m. Oct. 28, 1668, Joseph Minor. Thomas b. May 6, 1651. m. Oct. 22, 1677, Hannah Minor. John b. Feb. 10, 1654. m. Abigail Chesebrough. Rebecca b. Oct. 6, 1656. . m. Aug. 5, 1678, William Potts. Jonathan b. Jan. 5, 1658. buried Sept. 15, 1681. Christopher b. Apr. 30, 166r. d. Dec. 8, 1683. Samuel b. Aug. 14, 1664. m. Oct. 2 5, 1686, Susannah Palmes. Joanna b. 1669.

III. MARY AVERY m. Oct. 28, 1668. JOSEPH MINOR.

IV. PRUDENCE MINOR m. Feb. 17, 1707 JOSEPH DENISON

V. NATHAN DENISON m. Apr. I 1736. ANN CARY.

VI. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HUSTICE.

VIII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

. . IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCIS LOUISA HANFORD.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 66

BARLOW.

I. JOHN BARLOW b. d. 1674. m. ANN b. d. before Feb. 25, 1685.

Freeman 1664. He was one of the earliest settlers of Fairfield, Ct. He had a large estate. Barlow's plain where he lived was called after him. His will of Mch. 28, 1674, mentions wife Ann; children John; Isa­ belle, wife of Peter Clapham; Ruth, wife of Francis Bradley; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Frost; Martha, wife of James Beers, and Deborah, wife of John Sturgis.

Children. John b. m. Abigail Lockwood, dau. Robert. Isabelle b. m. Peter Clapham. Ruth b. m. Francis Bradley. Elizabeth b. m. Daniel Frost. Martha b. m. James Beers. Deborah b. m. abt. 1652, John Sturgis.

II. ELIZABETH BARLO\V m. DANIEL FROST.

III. HANNAH FROST m. 1674 (?). JOHN THORPE.

IV. JOHN THORPE m. May I 5, 1699. MARY DAVIS.

V. NATHAN THORPE m. May 3, 1738. DOROTHY OSBORN. 67

VI. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THOMAS HANFORD.

VII. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 68

BARNES.

I. THOMAS BARNES d. 1679. m. ABIGAIL GOODNOW, dau. of Thomas.

He came in the H Speedwell " in May, 1656, and was early in Marlborough, Mass.

Children. Thomas b. Mch. 23, 1662. m. Mary Howe. Dorothy b. Feb. 5, 1664. John b. Dec. 2 5, 1666. William b. Apr. 3, 1669. Abigail b. June 14, 1671. m. abt. 1692, Josiah Jones. Susanna b. m. June 4, 1699, Supply Weeks.

II. ABIGAIL BARNES m. abt. 1692. JOSIAH JONES.

III. ELISHA JONES m. 1735 ( ?). MARY ALLEN.

IV. SIMEON JONES m. Aug. 13, 1786. SARAH \VILLIAMS.

V. LOUISE JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VI. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 69

BLOSSOM.

I. THOMAS BLOSSOM b. England. d. Plymouth m. ANNA The widow Anna m. 2nd, Oct. I 7, 1633, Henry Rowley. He came from Leyden to Plymouth, Eng., but failing to get pas­ sage in the "Mayflower," returned to Leyden to encourage the emigra­ tion of the rest of Mr. Robinson's church. He came in 1629. He was the first deacon of the church in Plymouth and was an educated man. Children b. Leyden. (son) b. d. before 1625. Elizabeth b. m. Scituate, May IO, 1637, Edward Fitz Randolph. Thomas b. abt. 1620. drowned at N ocett, Apr. 22, 1650. m. June 18, 1645, Sarah Ewer, dau. Thomas. Peter b. after 1627. m. June 21, 1663, Sarah Bodfish. II. ELIZABETH BLOSSOM m. May IO, 1637. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH. III. NATHANIEL FITZ RANDOLPH m. Nov. 1662. MARY HOLLEY. IV. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH m. MARTHA. V. MARTHA FITZ RANDOLPH m. July 7, 1712. REV. JOHN VAIL. VI. NATHANIEL VAIL m. May 4, 1748. ELIZABETH DENNIS. VII. ROBERT VAIL m. Apr. 1, 1783. MARY CouGLE. VIII. JOHN CouGLE VAIL rn. Jan. 13, 1813. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD. IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD. X. CHARLOTTE LouISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 70

BREWER.

I. DANIEL BREWER, of Roxbury, Mass. d. Mch. 28, 1646. m. JOANNA d. Feb. 7, 1689, re. 87.

He came in the "Lion" with wife, reaching Boston Sept. 16, 1632. He became a freeman May 14, 1634.

Children. Daniel b. prob. Eng. Nathaniel b. May 1, 1635. Ann Joanna Sarah b. Mch. 8, 1638. m. Nov. 19, 1656, John May.

II. SARAH BREWER m. Nov. 19, 1656. JOHN MAY.

III. SARAH MAY m. Feb. 24, 1680. SAMUEL WILLIAMS.

IV. ELEAZER WILLIAMS m. Oct. 22, 1724. SARAH TILESTON.

V. THOMAS WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LoursA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LouISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 71

BRIDGMAN.

I. JAMES BRIDGMAN d. Northampton, Mass., Mch. 1676. m. SARAH d. Northampton, Mass., Aug. 31, I 688.

He was probably from Winchester, Han ts, Eng. He was in Hart­ ford, Ct., Mch. 3, 1640. He was a carpenter. He removed to Spring­ field, Mass., in 1643, where he was a constable in 1645 and became freeman in 1648. In 1654 he removed to Northampton, where he was appointed constable May, 28, 1659, and in the same year Sealer of Weigh ts and Measures.

Chz1dren. Sarah b. Hartford, Ct. 1643. d. Dorchester, Mass., June 26, 1712. m. May 3, 1659, Timothy Tileston. John b. Springfield, Mass., July 7, 1645. d. Northampton, Apr. 7, 1712. m. Dec. I I, 1670, Mary Sheldon, dau. of Isaac. Thomas b. Springfield, Jan. 14, 1647-8. d. Feb. 27, 1647-8. Martha b. Springfield, Nov. 20, 1649. m. June 4, 1668, Samuel Dickinson of Hatfield. Mary b. Springfield, July 5, 1652. d. Northampton 1674. m. Samuel Bartlett. James b. Northampton, May 30, 1655. d. Northampton, June 14, 1655. Patience b. Northampton, Jan. 5, 1656-7. d. Northampton, Feb. Hezekiah b. Northampton, June 1658. d. Northampton, Mch. 30, 1659.

II. SARAH BRIDGMAN m. May 3, 1659. TIMOTHY TILESTON.

III. THOMAS TILESTON m. 1700 (?). MARY.

IV. · SARAH TrLESTON m. Oct. 22, 1724. ELEAZER WILLIAMS. 72

V. THOMAS WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISE JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LoursA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 73

BULKELEY.

I. REV. PETER BULKELEY b. Odell, County Bedford, Eng., Jan. 3 I, I 58 3. d. Concord, Mass., Mch. 9, 1659. m. 1st, Eng. JANE ALLEN, dau. Thomas. m. 2nd, Eng. GRACE CHETWODE d. New London, Ct., Apr. 21, 1669.

He was of the 10th generation from Robert Bulkeley, Esq., an English Baron, who in the reign of King John, who died 1216, was Lord of the Manor of Bulkeley, in the County Palatine of Chester. (B. D. St. John, Cambridge.) He came to Cambridge, Mass., prob­ ably 1634, and became the first Pastor in Concord.

Chi"ldren by I st m. Edward b. Odell, Eng., June 17, 1614. d. Chelmsford, Mass., Jan. 2, 1696. m. Mary hp. Eng., Aug. 24, 1615. d. young. Thomas b. Eng., Apr. II, 1617. rn. Sarah Jones of Concord, 1\1: ass., dau. Rev. John. Nathaniel b. Nov. 29, 1618. d. a:. g. John b. Feb. 17, 1620 (Harv. Coll. 1642.) Mary b. Nov. 1, 1621. d. a:. 3. George b. May 17, 1623. Daniel b. Aug. 28, 1625. Jabez b. Dec. 20, 1626. d. a:. 2. Joseph b. William b. Richard b.

Children by 2nd m. Gershom b. Dec. 6, 1636 (Harv. Coll. 165 5). m. Oct. 26, 1659, Sarah Chauncey, dau. Pres't Chaun­ cey of Harvard. Eleazer b. prob. 1638. 74

Dorothy b. Aug. 16, 1640. Peter b. June 12, 1643.

II. PETER BULKELEY b. June 12, 1643. d. m.

He was a Doctor and settled in Fairfield, Ct. His will of Mch. 25, 1691; inventory July 7, 1691. Will names Grace, Margaret and Peter, minors. Will of Peter's brother Gershom of Nov. 24, 1713, names the five children of Peter.

Children. Gershom b. m. 1700 (?), Rachel Talcott. Dorothy b. m. 1706 (?), David Osborn. Margaret Grace Peter b. Dec. 2 5, 1683. m. Hannah Ward, dau. Samuel.

III. DOROTHY BULKELEY m. DAVID OSBORN.

IV. DOROTHY OSBORN m. May 3, I 738. NATHAN THORPE.

V. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THOMAS HANFORD.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 18 I 1. LOUISA JONES.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 75

CARY.

I. JOHN CARY b. d. 1681. m. June ELIZABETH GODFREY

He came from Somersetshire, Eng., about 1634. He was an orig­ inal proprietor and first settler of Duxbury and of Bridgewater, where he was elected Constable in 1656. He was elected the first Town Clerk and each year until 1681. In May, 1667, he was appointed on a jury "to lay out the ways requisite in the town." In the same year, with Deacon Willis, he was chosen "to take in all the charges of the late war (King Philip's) since June last and the expenses of the scouts before and since June.

Children.

John b. Duxbury, Mass. 1645. d. Bristol, R. I., July 1721. m. 1670, Abigail Allen. Francis b. 1647. d. Bridgewater, 1718. m. 1676, Hannah Britt. Elizabeth b. 1649. m. Dea. William Britt. James b. Braintree 1652. d. Bristol, R. I. 1706. m. 1682, Mary Shaw. Mary b. Bridgewater 1654. d. unn1. Jonathan b. 1656. d. Bridgewater 1695. n1. Sarah Allen. David b. Bridgewater 1658. d. 1718. m. Elizabeth Hannah b. 1661. d. unm. Joseph b. Bridgewater 1663. d. Jan. IO, 1722. m. 1st Hannah d. 1691. m. 2nd Mrs. Marcy Rudd. Rebecca b. 1665. m. 1685, Samuel Allen. Sarah b. 1667. 76

II. JOHN CARY b. Duxbury, Mass. 1645. d. Bristol, R. I., July 14, 1721. m. 1670. ABIGAIL ALLEN

He lived in Bridgewater, Mass., until 1680, when he removed to Bristol, R. I., where he lived until he died. His will was probated in Bristol in Aug. 1721. His inventory was 700 pounds.

Chi"ldren. John b. Nov. 6, 1670. d. Nov. 29, 1671. Seth b. Jan. 23, 1672. John b. Bridgewater, Dec. 9, 1674. d. Bristol, R. I., Apr. 25, 1711. m. Arnold Nathaniel b. Nov. 24, 1676. d. Dec . .11, 1739. Eleazer b. Bridgewater, Sept. 27, 1678. d. Windham, Ct., July 28, 17 54. m. 1700 ( ?), Lydia Throope. James b. Bridgewater, June 10, 1680. m. Bridget Benjamin b. Bristol, R. I., Oct. 27, 168 I. d. Jan. 20, l 734. m. Susannah Elizabeth b. May 23, 1683. m. Ephraim Kidder. Abigail b. Aug. 3, 1684. m. May 6, I 708, Samuel Ho,vland. Josiah b. Bristol May 6, 1686. d. June 26, 1739. m. Bristol, R. I., Nov. 9, 1710, Ruth Reynolds. Timothy b. Feb. 16, 1688.

III. ELEAZER CARY b. Bridgewater, Mass., Sept. 27, 1678. d. Windham, Ct., July 28, 1754. m. 1700. LYDIA THROOPE b. Bristol, R. I., July 15, 1686.

He went with his father to Bristol, R. I., and about 1716 removed to Windham, Ct., where he became one of the prominent and substan­ tial men. He was chosen Deacon of the First Church and held the office until he died. 77

Children. Elizabeth b. Mch. 25, 1701. m. Joshua Wright. Abigail b. Jan. 15, 1703. d. Oct. 16, 1766. m. Jeremiah Ripley. Ann b. Sept. 21, 1708. m. Apr. 1, 1736, Nathan Denison. Lydia b. 1710. m. David Ripley. Eleazer b. Bristol, ;R. I., Nov. 19, 1713. d. July 24, 1754. m. Windham, Ct., Jan. 29, 1736, Jerusha Wales. Mary b. Mch. 23, 1716. m. Gideon Bingham. Martha b. 1718. d. unm., Jan. 25, 1774. Sarah b. Apr. IO, 1720. William b. Mch. 4, 1722. ' d. May 2, 1726. Alathea b. May 12, 1724. William b. Windham, Ct., Oct. 28, 1729. d. May 7, 1808. m. Feb. 19, 1754, Eunice Webb, dau. Nathaniel.

IV. ANN CARY m. Apr. I, 1736. NATHAN DENISON.

V. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, I 75 5. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VI. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, I 786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS VIL CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 78

CHAPMAN.

I. RALPH CHAPMAN b. abt. 1615. d. Marshfield, Mass., abt. 1671, re. 56. m. Marshfield, Nov. 23, 1642. LYDIA WELLS

He came in the "Elizabeth" in April 1635, from London, aged 20. He was a ship carpenter of Southwark in Surry near London. He was first of Duxbury where he bought land Oct. 8, 1639. Later he was in Marshfield where he was a partner in a ferry Jan. 11, 1641. Proprietor 1644. His will of Nov. 28, 1671, names dau. Sarah and her husband Wil­ liam Norcutt; younger son Ralph; children Isaac, John and Mary. Inventory 46 pounds.

Children . .Mary b. Oct. 31, 1643. m. May 14, 1666, William Throope. Sarah b. May 15, 1645. m. William N orcutt of Yarmouth. Isaac b. Aug. 4, 1647. m. Sept. 2, 1678, Rebecca Leonard, dau. James. Lydia b. Nov. 26, 1649. d. young. (son) b. 1651. Ralph b. June 20, 1653. d. July 1653. Ralph b.

II. MARY CHAPMAN m. May 14, 1666. WILLIAM THROOPE.

III. LYDIA THROOPE m. abt. 1700. ELEAZER CARY.

IV. ANN CARY m. Apr. 1, 1736. NATHAN DENISON.

V. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD. 79

VI. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. g, I 786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN COUGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA _HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY. 80

CHETWODE.

I. ROGER CHETWODE, of Rees and Warleston, County Chester. m. ELLEN, dau. of Thomas Masterton of the "Wyche," Conn ty Chester.

II. RICHARD CHETWODE, of Chetwoode, County Bucks, was Gentle­ man of of the Privy Chamber to Edward IV. His wife was Agnes, sole daughter and heiress of Baron Woodhull of Woodhull, County Bedford, who married Ann, daughter of Sir John Smith, Knight and Baron of the Exchequer, 18th Elizabeth, Mch. 20, 1575, a distinguished soldier and Embassador in 1576 to Philip 2nd of Spain.

III. SIR RICHARD CHETWODE, of London. m. DOROTHY NEEDHAM She was daughter of Sir Richard Needham of Shevington, County Salop.

IV. GRACE CHETWODE m. abt. 1633 (?). PETER BULKELEY. V. PETER BULKELEY m. VI. DOROTHY BULKELEY m. 1706 (?). DAVID OSBORN. VII. DOROTHY OSBORN m. May 3, I 738. NATHAN THORPE. VIII. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THOMAS HANFORD. IX. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 1811. LOUISA JONES. X. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL. XI. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 81

COMSTOCK.

I. CHRISTOPHER COMSTOCK b. d. Dec. 28, 1702. m. Oct. 6, 1663. HANNAH PLATT b. Oct. 1643. He was of Fairfield, Jan. 27, 1661, where he bought a house and lot. He went to Norwalk about 1671, where he was appointed to keep an ordinary (hotel) to entertain strangers. Jan. 16, 1694, he was one of a committee of ten to obtain a faithful minister for the town. In 1687 his estate was 202 pounds. Children. Daniel b. July 21, 1664. m. Jan. 13, 1692, Elizabeth Wheeler, dau. John. Hannah b. July 15, 1666. , Abigail b. Jan. 27, 1669. d. 1689. Mary b. Feb. 19, 1671. m. Dec. 18, 1693, James St. John. Elizabeth b. Oct. 7, 1674. m. Ebenezer St. John. Mercy b. Nov. 12, 1676. m. Nathan Olmstead. Samuel b. Feb. 6, 1680. m. Dec. 27, I 705. Sarah Hanford. Nathan Moses b. 1685. d. 1766. II. MARY COMSTOCK m. Dec. 18, 1693. JAMES ST. JOHN. III. SARAH ST. JOHN m. 1725 (?). ELNATHAN HANFORD.

IV. THOMAS HANFORD m. Feb. 29, 1784. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER.

V. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES. VI. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VII. CHARLOTTE LoursA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY 82

CORNELL.

I. THOMAS CORNELL b. County Essex, Eng., abt. 1595. d. Portsmouth, R. I., abt. 1655. m. REBECCA BRIGGS b. 1600. d. Feb. 8, 1673.

He came to Boston with wife and some, perhaps all, of the chil­ dren and bought a house Aug. 20, 1638, which he sold in 1643. In 1640 he became a freeman in Portsmouth, R. I. In 1642 he removed to New Amsterdam. In 1644 and 1646 he acquired land in Portsmouth. In 1646 he received land at Cornell's neck near New Amsterdam, and, after living there nine years, he returned to Portsmouth and died there.

Children. Thomas b. d. May 23, 1673. m. 1st m. 2nd Sarah Earle. Sarah b. m. 1st, Sept. 1, 1643, Thomas Willett. m. 2nd, Nov. 3, 1647, Charles Bridges. m. 3rd, License Nov. 20, 1682, John Lawrence, Jr. Rebecca b. m. Dec. 9, 1647, George Woolsey. Ann b. m. Thomas Kent. Richard b. d. 1694. m. Elizabeth John b. d. 1704. m. Mary Russell. Joshua b. m. Elizabeth b. d. 1708. m. 1661, Christopher Almy of Newport, R. I. Samuel b. d. 1715- m.

II. REBECCA CORNELL m. Dec. 9, 1647. GEORGE WOOLSEY. 83

III. REBECCA WOOLSEY m. THOMAS WIGGINS.

IV. BENJAMIN WIGGINS m. RACHEL

V. STEPHEN WIGGINS m. ELIZABETH FOWLER.

VI. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 84

COWGILL.

I. ELLEN CowGILL and her children came from Settle, County York, England.

She came in the "Welcome" in 1682 with William Penn with sons John, the eldest, Ralph, and perhaps other children, and settled in Neshaminy, Bucks Co., Pa. The mother probably died on the ship.

Children. John Ralph removed to Burlington, N. J.

IL JOHN COWGILL m. 1st BRIDGET CROASDALE, a fellow passenger, and had 4 children. m. 2nd Win. RACHEL BUNTING and had 5 children.

He removed to Kent County, Del., about 1712.

III.

IV. JoHN CouGLE

V. MARY CouGLE m. Apr. 1, 1783. ROBERT VAIL.

VI. JOHN CouGLE VAIL m. Jan. 13, 1813. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD.

VII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. ·DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 85

DAVIS.

I. JOHN DAVIS b. d. Fairfield, Ct. 1712. m. LYDIA

He was in Fairfield, Ct., as early as 1678. She was widow of James Walker.

Children. John

II. JOHN DAVIS b. d. Fairfield, Ct. m. REBECCA

Children. Mary b. 1678. d. Fairfield, Ct., Jan. 27, 1758, aged 80 (gravestone). m. Greenfield Hill, May 15, 1699, John Thorpe.

III. MARY DAVIS m. May 15, 1699. JOHN THORPE.

IV. NATHAN THORPE m. May 3, 1738. DOROTHY OSBORN.

V. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THOMAS HANFORD.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 1811. LOUISA JONES.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DI... NIEL JAMES SEELY. 86

DENISON.

I. JOHN DENYSON, of Bishop's Stortford, 1567. buried Dec. 4, I 582. m. AGNES Chz"ldren. Luce bp. I 567. William bp. Stortford, Feb. 3, 1571. Edward bp. Stortford, Apr. 6, I 575, rem. to Ireland. Mary hp. Stortford, Apr. 28, 1577. Elizabeth bp. Stortford, Aug. 23, I 579- George bp. Stortford, Mch. 17, 1582.

II. WILLIAM DENISON, Bishop's Stortford, Co. Hertford. bp. Feb. 3, I 571. d. Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 25, 1653. m. Nov. 7, 1603, at Bishop's Stortford. MARGARET (CHANDLER) MoNcK d. Roxbury, Mass .. Feb. 23, 1645.

He came in the "Lion" in 163 I with his wife and sons Daniel, Edward and George, and John Eliott, who seems to have been a tutor in the family, and who became Pastor of the church in Roxbury and missionary to the Indians. He ·was Deacon of the Roxbury Church and a prominent citizen. He and his sons were liberally educated. He was among the large land-holders. Deputy 1635.

Ch£ldren. John bp. Stortford, Apr. 7, 1605, graduate of Cambridge, Eng. William bp. Stortford, Oct. 5, 1606. George bp. Stortford, Oct. I 5, 1609. Daniel bp. Stortford, Oct. 18, 1612, graduate of Cambridge, Eng. d. 1682. m. Patience, dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley, and lived in Ipswich. He was Major General of Militia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and for 29 years an Assistant. His son John m. a dau. of the Deputy Gov. John Symonds, and his dau. Elizabeth m. John Rogers, President of Har­ vard College. 87

Sarah bp. 1615. Edward bp. Nov. 3, 1616. d. Roxbury, Apr. 26, 1668. m. Mch. 20, 1641, Elizabeth Weld, dau. Capt. Joseph. George bp. Bishop's Stortford, Eng., Dec. 20, 1620. m. 1st 1640, Bridget Thompson, dau. John. m. 2nd Ann Borodell.

III. CAPT. GEORGE DENISON b. England, prob. 1618. d. Hartford, Ct., Oct. 23, 1694, re. 76. m. 2nd, England. ANN BoRODELL (dau. John) d. Sept. 26, 1712, re. 97.

( He m. 1st, Bridget Thompson, d. Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 1643.) After his wife's death he returned to England, served under Crom­ well, won distinction, was wornded at N aseby, nursed at the house of John Borodell by his daughter Ann, whom he married. He came back to Roxbury 1645, removed to Stonington and had seven children. He was Deputy 1671; Provo. Marshall of the Narragansett Country, Feb., 1676; Captain, May, 1676. Capt. George and Ann were both remark­ able for their magni:ficen t personal appearance and for force of mind and character. They had a foremost place in society, where she was always called "Lady Ann." He had no equal in warfare against the Indians, except perhaps Capt. Mason. It was he and Capt. Avery who left Norwich Mch. 30, 1676, and killed or took 44 Indians. They cap­ tured Canonchet, the Sachem of the Narragansetts, the son of Mianto­ non1oh. He has been described as "the Miles Standish of the Settle­ n1en t," but he was a greater and more brilliant soldier. Will of Stonington, Nov. 20, 1693, of Capt. George Denison, names wife Ann Denison; son "John the eldest, William and George; daus., eldest Sarah Stan ton, Ann Palmer, Margaret Brown, Borodell Stan ton; gr. sons George, John, Robert, William and Daniel Denison, sons of John; gr. children William, George, Sarah Denison, chil. of William, and Edward Denison, son of George; gr. son George Palmer, and son­ in-law Gershom Palmer."

Chz'ldren. son b Sarah b. Mch. 20, 1641. d. Dec. 19, 1701. m. 1658, Thomas Stanton, son of Thomas. 88

Hannah b. May 20, 1643. d. m. 1659, Nathaniel Chesebrough. John b. July 14, 1646. Ann b. Mch. 20, 1649. d. 1694. m. New London, Nov. 28, 1667, Gershom Palmer, son of Walter. Borodell b. 1651. m. June 16, 1680, Samuel Stanton, son of Thomas. George b. 1653. m. Mercy Gorham, dau. John. William b. 1655. m. wid. Sarah (Stanton) Prentice, dau. Thomas Stanton. Margaret b. 1657. m. James Brown, Jr. Mary b. 1659. d. Mch. 10, 1671.

IV. GEORGE DENISON b. 1653. d. Westerly, R. I., Dec. 27, 171 I. m. MERCY GORHAM li Barnstable, Mass., Jan. 20, 1658. d. Sept. 24, 1725.

Children. Edward bp. Nov. 14, 1683, b. 1678. m. twice. Joseph bp. Nov. 14, 1683, b. 1681. m. Feb. 17, 1707, Prudence Minor, dau. Dr. Joseph. Mercy bp. Mch. 1, 1685, b. 1683. m. Mordecai Dunbar. Samuel bp. Sept. 26, 1686, b. 1685. m. Mary Minor. Desire bp. July 15, 1688, b. 1687. d. young. Elizabeth bp. Sept. 11, 1690, b. Sept. 11, 1689. m. Christopher Champlin, Jr. Desire bp. Apr. I 1, 1693, b. 1693. m. John Williams. Thankful bp. Apr. 1, 1695, b. 1695. m. Thomas Stan ton. George hp. May 7, 1699, b. 1698. m. twice. 89

V. JOSEPH DENISON bp. Nov. 14, 1683. d. Stonington, Ct., Feb. 18, 1725. m. Feb. 17, 1707. PRUDENCE MINOR bp. May 6, 1668. d. May 26, r 726, re. 66.

Children. Joseph b. Sept. 21, 1707. m. three times. Prudence b. Nov. 28, I 709. d. s. p. l 726. m. Jan. 26, 1726, Benjamin Sprague. Borodell b. Feb. 14, I 712. m. Ezekiel Turn er. Amos b. Feb. 18, I 714. m. Martha Gallup. Nathan b. Feb. 20, 1716. m. Apr. 1,: 1736, Ann Cary. Elizabeth b. Feb. I 5, 1720. m. Samuel Minor. Joanna b. Jan. 28, 1718. m. Henry Hevvitt. Thankful bp. Apr. 7, I 723. m. Elis ha Williams. Anna bp. May 3, l 724. m. 1739, Amos Allen.

VI. NATHAN DENISON b. Feb. 20, 1616. d. Kingston, Pa., Mch. 10, 1803. m. 1st, Apr. I, 1736. ANN CARY b. Sept. 21, 1708. d. May 16, 1776.

(He m. 2nd, March 15, 1778, Hannah Fuller.).

Children.

Prudence b. Feb. I 1, I 736-7. m. Mch. 5, 1755, Dr. Nathan Arnold. Rev. Joseph b. Nov. 2, 1738. Col. Nathan b. Jan. 25, 1740. m. Elizabeth Sill. Ann b. Nov. 19, 1742. m. Solomon Huntington. 90

Eleazer b. Dec. 24, 1744. m. Susanna Elderkin. Lydia b. Apr. 27, l 747. m. Joshua Elderkin. Amos b. May 31, 1749. d. Sept. 19, 17 53.

VII. NATHAN ARNOLD m. Mch. 5, 1755. PRUDENCE DENISON.

VIII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

IX. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

X. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

XI. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 91

DENNIS.

I. THOMAS DENNIS.

He was of Boston 1630, came in the fleet with Winthrop. He removed to Woodbridge, N. J., where he was a proprietor, and a representative in 1668.

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III.

IV,.

V. ELIZABETH DENNIS , m. May 4, 1748. NATHANIEL VAIL.

VI. ROBERT VAIL m. Apr. I, 1783. MARY CouGLE.

VII. JOHN CouGLE VAIL m. Jan. 13, 1813. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. July 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 92

DRAKE.

I. SAMUEL DRAKE b. d. m. ANNE

He was of Fairfield, Ct., 1650, representative 1662, removed to East Chester, N. Y., in 1663. His will of May 30, 1684, proved Nov. 20, 1686.

Children. John Samuel Ancestor of Joseph Rodman Drake, the poet. Joseph m. Mary Shute. Mary m. Joseph Joannes. Sarah m. Richard Hoadley. dau. dau.

1I. JOSEPH DRAKE. m. MARY SHUTE. Children. Abigail III. ABIGAIL DRAKE m. 1719. JOHN FOWLER. IV. ELIZABETH FOWLER m. STEPHEN WIGGINS. V. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD. VI. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JORN CouGLE VAIL. VII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCIS LOUISA HANFORD. VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY. 93

DWIGHT.

l. JOHN DWIGHT d. Dedham, Mass., Feb. 3, 1660. m. HANNAH d. Dedham, Mass., Sept. 5, 1656.

He m. 2nd, without issue, Mrs. Elizabeth Ripley, who had m. 1st, Thomas Thaxter, 2nd, William Ripley, d. July 20, 1656. They came ,vith _their daughter Hannah and their sons John and Timothy from Dedham, England, in 1634 or 5 to Watertown, Mass. He was one of the twelve who held the -first Town meeting of Dedham, Sept. I, 1635, the date when the Dedham records were begun. In In 1636 he was one of the nineteen grantees of many square miles of land on the Charles river. He was one of the founders of the Church in Dedham, and was second 1in amount on the tax list. The first free school in America supported by a town tax was voted in a town meeting in Dedham, Feb. I, 1644-5, and John Dwight was one of the 41 assembled there. He was one of the five Trustees of the School. Freeman, May 2, 1638. Selectman, 1639-5 5. His will of June 16, 1658, names wife Elizabeth; sons Nathaniel Whiting and wife Hannah, Henry Phillips and wife Mary, Nathaniel Reinolds and wife Sarah, and Timothy Dwight. Inventory 506 pounds.

Children. Hannah b. Eng. 162 5. d. Nov. 4, 1714. m. Mch. 4, 1643, Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham. Capt. Timothy b. Eng. 1629. d. Jan. 31, l 717-8. m. 1st, Nov. I 1, 1651, Sarah Sibley, d. May 29, 1652. n1. 2nd, May 3, 1653, Sarah Powell, d. June 27, 1664, dau. Michael. m. 3rd, Jan. 9. 1664-5, Anna (Flynt) Dassett, d. Jan. 29, 1685-6, dau. of Henry Flint. m. 4th, Jan. 7, 1686-7, wid. Mary Edmunds, d. Aug. 30, 1688. m. 5th, July 31, 1690, Esther Fisher, d. Jan. 30, 1690-1, dau. of Daniel. m. 6th, Feb. 1, 1691-2, Bethiah Morse, d. Feb. 6, 1717-8. John b. Eng. 1632. d. lvlch. 24, 1638. 94

Mary b. Dedham, Mass., July 25, 1635. rn. abt. 1652, Henry Phillips. Sarah b. June 17, 1638. d. Jan. 24, 1664-5. rn. Jan. 7, 1657, Nathaniel Reynolds.

II. CAPT. TIMOTHY DWIGHT b. Eng. 1629. d. Dedham, Mass., Jan, 31, 1718. re. 88. rn. 3rd, Jan. 9, 1664-5. ANNA (FLYNT) DASSETT b. Sept. l 1, 1643. d. Jan. 29, 1685-6.

She was widow of John Dassett. He came from England with his parents in 1634-5 and was made Freeman in 1655. He was for ten years To,vn Clerk; Selectman, 1664-89, and a Deputy to the General Court 1691-2. He was Cornet of a troop, and later Capt. of foot. He fought the Indians ten times and killed or captured nine. In 1660 he and Richard Ellis were the Committee who made a treaty with King Philip for 36 square miles of land. In 1669 he was one of a Committee of five, appointed by the Selectmen, who made seven treaties for other lands. In 1707 and I 710 by deeds of gift to his sons Michael, Henry, Nathaniel and Josiah he settled his estate.

Chz'ldren. Timothy b. Nov. 26, 1654. d. Jan. 2, 1692. rn. Elizabeth Sarah b. Apr. 2, 1657. d. Feb. 9, 1659-60. John b. May 31, 1662. m. Dec. 3, 1696, Elizabeth Harding, dau. John. Sarah b. June 25, 1664. d. July 10, 1664. Josiah b. Oct. 8, 1665. d. y. Nathaniel b. Nov. 20, 1666. d. Nov. 7, 1711. m. Dec. 9, 1693, lVIehitable Partridge, dau. Samuel. Samuel b. Dec. 2, 1668. d. y. Rev. Josiah b. Feb. 8, 1670-1. d. 1748. rn. Dec. 4, 1695, Mary Partridge, dau. Samuel. Seth b. July 9, 1673. d. Jan. 2, 1731. rn. Anna b. Aug. 12, 1675. d. Oct. I 5, 1675. Capt. Henry b. Dec. 19, 1676. d. Mch. 26, 1732. m. Aug. 27, I 702, Lydia Hawley, dau. Joseph. 95

Michael b. Jan. 10, 1679-80. d. 1761. m. May 14, 1702, Rachel Avery, dau. Robert. Daniel b. Sept. 23, 1681. d. y. Jabez b. Sept. I, 1683. d. June 15, 1685.

III. CAPT. HENRY DWIGHT b. Dec. 19, 1676. d. Mch. 26, I 732, ce. 55. m. Aug. 27, 1702. LYDIA HAWLEY b. July 7, 1680. d. Apr. 27, 1748, ce. 68.

He was a farmer and trader at Hatfield, Mass., and · a man of weal th and standing. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1727 to 1731. In I 728 hs was licensed to sell liquor. He was active in the purchase of the territory comprising now the towns of Great Barrington, Sheffield, Egremont, Alford, etc. In 1726 he and Major John Pynchon of Springfield, and John Ashley of West­ field were appointed by the General Court Commissioners under "the act prepared for issuing 100,000 pounds in bills of credit" for govern­ ment purposes.

Children. Brig.-Gen'l Joseph b. Oct. 16, 1703. d. June 19, 1765 (Harvard, 1722). m. Aug. I I, 1726, Mary Pynchon, dau. Col. John. Capt. Seth b. Aug. 18, 1707. d. June 9, 1774. m. Nov. 29, 1732, Abigail Strong, dau. Ebenezer. Dorothy b. Sept. 17, 1709. d. Jari. 12, 1745. m. Major Noah Ashfield. Lydia b. Apr. 25, 1712. d. Jan. 25, 1749. m. May 28, 1735, Major Elijah Williams. Anna b. and d. Aug. 14, 1714. Col. Josiah b. Oct. 23, 1715. d. Sept. 28, 1768 (Yale, 1736). m. abt. 1750, Sarah Pynchon, dau. Col. William. Capt. Edmund b. Jan. 19, 1717. d. Halifax, Oct. 28, 1755. m. Aug. 23, 1742, Elizabeth Scutt, dau. Capt. James. Col. Simeon b. Feb. 18, 1719. d. Feb. 21, 1776. m. Dec. 14, 1743, Sibyl Dwight, dau. Capt. Samuel. Elisha b. May 25, 1722. d. unm. Sept. 1803, ce. 81. Anna b. Sept. 24, 1724. d. Dec. 22, 1802. m. Dr. Charles Pynchon. 96

IV. LYDIA DWIGHT m. May 28, 1735. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

V. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, l 760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VIL LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES "THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 97

FITZ RANDOLPH.

I. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH. m. May 10, 1637. ELIZABETH BLOSSOM.

He came from Nottinghamshire. He was a proprietor of Scituate, Mass., 1636. He joined the church, May 14, 1637, and became a freeman, Sept. 4, 1638. He went to Barnstable in 1639 where he was a juryman in 1641. In 1669 he removed to New Jersey.

Chz"ldren b. Barnstable. Nathaniel 9, 1640. Dec. bp. Aug. 1 d. Nathaniel bp. May I 5, 1642. m. Nov. 1662, Mary Holley, dau. Joseph. Mary bp. Oct. 6, 1644. d. young Hannah bp. Apr. 23, 1648. m. Nov. 6, 1668, Jasper Taylor. Mary bp. June 2, 165 I. m. Jan. 15, 1669, Samuel Hinckley. John b. Oct. 7, 1653. Joseph b. Mch. 1, 1656. Benjamin? Thomas b. Aug. 16, 1659. Hope b. Apr. 2, 1661.

II. NATHANIEL FITZ RANDOLHH bp. Barnstable, Mass., May 15, 1642 d. Woodbridge, N. J., Nov. 21, 1713 m. Nov. 1662. MARY HOLLEY

He was of Barnstable and in 1669 went to New Jersey.

Chz"ldren. John b. Feb. 1, 1663. n1. Martha Isaac b. Dec. I 664. m. l\f ay 26, 1692, Ruth Higgins. 98

Nathaniel Samuel Joseph Edward m. Catherine Hartshorne. Martha Benjamin

III. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH b. Feb. 1, 1663. d. m. l\ilARTHA

Ch-ildren. Christian b. Feb. 23, 1682. Rose b. July 28, 168 5. Resier b. July 22, 1689. Joseph John Martha } twins, b. April 25, 1693. d. April l8, 1766. m. Woodbridge, N. J., May 7, 1712, John Vail. Peter b. Apr. 20, 1695.

IV.. MARTHA FITZ RANDOLPH m. May 7, 1712. REV. JOHN VAIL.

V. NATHANIEL VAIL m. May 4, 1748. ELIZABETH DENNIS.

VI. ROBERT VAIL m. Apr. I, 1783. MARY CouGLE.

VII. JOHN CouGLE VAIL m. Jan. 13, 1813. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD.

VIII. JoHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 99

FLINT.

I. THOMAS FLINT, yeoman, of Matlock, Derbyshire, Eng. d. 1623. m. DoROTHIE

His will of July I, 1623, proved Aug. 27, 1623, mentions wife Dorothie, sons Henry and Thomas, son-in-law Robert Hall. Inventory July 23, 1623, 78 pounds.

II. REv. HENRY FLINT b. England abt 1617. d. Braintree, Apr. 27, 1668, re. 51. m. MARGERY (HOAR) MATTHKWS d. Mch. 10, 1687.

He came to this country, Feb. 2, 1653, 0. S., and was ordained Mch. 17, 1639, teacher of the Church of Braintree when about 22 years old. As his brother, Rev. Thomas Flint, who was "a man of talents, Christian character, wealth and benevolence," came to Concord, Mass., in 1637, from ~atlock in Derbyshire, Rev. Henry Flint is supposed to have come from the same place. In Boston Old Town Records, "he had a grant of land made to him of 80 acres of land, at the 1'1ount by the town of Boston in 1639," and "July 29, 1644, the proceeds of the sale of the land within the Common fence of Braintry, near Knight's Neck, belonging to Boston, was ordered paid to him for his own use" because of his great loss by fire. She was a sister of President Hoar of Harvard College (1672-5), who married a daughter of Lord Lisle. His will of Jan. 24, 1652, mentions wife, but does not give her name. Mentions son, Josias and son Seth; mentions daughters, but does not give their names or number. Will allov;ed July 2, 1668, and names son Josiah "being grown up," executor with his wife executrix. The inventory describes "Henry Flint as Teacher of the Christ at Brain try" and is dated June 24, 1668. The total amount of the estate is 1297 pounds. The inventory is sworn to by "Mrs. Margery" as the inventory of "her late husband's estate," J nly 2, 1668. 100

Children. Dorothy b. July 21, 1642. m. Apr. 30, 1666, Rev. Thomas Sheppard. Anna b. Sept. 11, 1643. m. 1st, Nov. 15, 1652, John Dassett. m. 2nd, Jan. 9, 1665, Capt. Timothy Dwight. Rev. Josiah b. Aug. 24, 164 5 (H. C. 1664). d. Sept. 16, 1680. m. Esther Willet, dau. Thomas, first Mayor New York. Margaret b. June 20, 1647. d. Braintree, Aug. 29, 1648. Joanna b. Feb. 18, 1648. m. Dec. 30, 1669, Noah Newman of Rehoboth. David b. Jan. 11, 1651. d. Braintree, Mch. 21, 1652. Seth b. Apr. 2, 1653. d. Harvard College. Ruth b. Jan. 3 I, 1654. John b. Sept. 15, 1656. d. Braintree, Nov. 20, 1656. Cotton b. Sept. I 5, 1656. d. Braintree, Nov. 20, 1656.

III. ANN (FLYNT) DASSETT m. 2nd, Jan. 9, 1664-5. CAPT. TIMOTHY DvvIGHT.

IV. CAPT. HENRY DWIGHT n1. Aug. 27, 1702. LYDIA HAWLEY.

V. LYDIA DWIGHT m. May 28, 1735. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

VI. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VII. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VIII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

IX. FRANCES LoursA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY. 101

FOWLER.

I. WILLIAM Fo,vLER b. England. d Jan. 2 5, 1661. m.

He came with Rev. John Davenport, Gov. Eaton and others from London and reached Boston June 26, 1637. From Boston he sailed and arrived at New Haven in April, 1638, and signed the compact June 4, 1639, in Mr. Newman's barn and went to Milford where became one of the seven pillars of the church founded Aug. 22, 1639. He was the first named of the trustees of Milford, and was the only one called Mr. at the first meeting of the Milford Company. He was authorized by the General Court, Mch. 9, 1640, to build a mill. He was Repre­ sentative, Lt., and Assistant and was a Magistrate until 1654. Clzi"ldren. Henry b. England. John b. England. m. 1647, Mary Hubbard, dau. George. \tVilliam Mary

II. HENRY FOWLER b. England. d. East Chester, N. Y., Oct. 1704. m. ABIGAIL He ·was of Mamaroneck and a first settler of East Chester, N. Y. Will probated 1704. Children. William Moses Jeremian Jonathan Henry

III. vV1LLIAM Fo,vLER b. East Chester, N. Y. 1660. d. Flushing, N. Y., May 1714. m. Jan. 24, 1680. MARY THORNE 102

He settled in Flushing about 1680. His will of Flushing, L. I., Jan. 24, 1711, probated May 25, 1714. (N. Y. Wills, 2-132.)

Chz"ldren. John Joseph William Jeremiah Thomas Henry Benjamin Hannah Rebecca Sarah Mary Dusenbury

IV. JOHN FOWLER b. Flushing, N. Y. 1686. d. Newburgh, N. Y. 1768. m. 1719. ABIGAIL DRAKE

She was dau. of Joseph, Sr., of East Chester. He removed to Rye, N. Y., but sold his property there in 1742 and in 1747, with his two sons, removed to Newburgh. His will of Mch. 11, 1767, probated N. Y. City (N. Y. Wills, 7-144), Aug. 18, 1767, names oldest son Nehemiah; sons San1uel, Isaac, Daniel, John; dau. Elizabeth Wiggins; Stephen Wiggins.

Children. Nehemiah Samuel Isaac Daniel John m. Margaret Theall, dau. Charles. Elizabeth m. Stephen Wiggins. Abigail Phebe James 103

V. ELIZABETH FOWLER m. STEPHEN WIGGINS.

VI. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 104

FROST.

I. WILLIAM FROST b. d. 1645.

He was of Fairfield, Ct., 1639. He came from Nottingham, Eng., and was called old. His will of Jan. 6, 1644, names the following:

Ckildren. Daniel b. m. Elizabeth Barlow. Abraham prob. rem. to Hempsted, L. I. Elizabeth b. m. John Grey. Mary m. Riley in England. Lydia m. Ist, John Watson. m. 2nd, Henry Grey. Rebecca Sarah

II. DANIEL FROST b. d. before Dec. I 5, 1684. m. ELIZABETH BARLOW

He was of Fairfield, Ct., and settled near his father in the Frost square, but sold his house and lot of 3¾ acres in 1648 to John Banks, and became one of the five Bankside farmers, having a home-lot of ten acres on the east side of Frost Point on Long Island Sound.

Children. Rebecca b. 1640. d. Enfield, Ct., Dec. 25, 1688. m. Jan. 5, 1664, Simeon Booth, son of Robert. Daniel b. d. abt. I 707. m. Mary Howland, dau. of Henry. Joseph b. d. abt. I 707. m. Elizabeth Hubbell, dau. of Richard. Isaac b. d. 1685. 105

Sarah b. m. Samuel Smith. Rachel b. m. Robert Rumsey. Hannah b. m. 1674 (?), John Thorpe. Esther b. m. Samuel Cooley.

III. HANNAH FROST m. 1674 (?). JOHN THORPE.

VI. JOHN THORPE m. May I 5, 1699. MARY DAVIS.

V. NATHAN THORPE m. May 3, I 738. DOROTHY OSBORN. :

VI. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THOMAS HANFORD.

VII. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, I 837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 106

GODFREY.

I. FRANCIS GODFREY d. abt. 1667. m. ELIZABETH He was a carpenter in Duxbury, Mass., had a grant of land in 1638. He removed to Mansfield, and to Bridgewater, where he was one of the first settlers in 1644. His will of Oct. 29, 1666, probated July 30, 1669, calls himself "an aged inhabitant of the town;" names wife Elizabeth, dau. Elizabeth Carye, son-in-law John Carye, grandchildren John and Elizabeth. Chz"ldren. Elizabeth b. m. June 1644, John Cary.

II. ELIZABETH GODFREY m. June 1644. JOHN CARY. III. JOHN CARY m. 1670. ABIGAIL ALLEN. IV. ELEAZER CARY m. 1700. LYDIA THROOPE.

V. ANN CARY m. Apr. I 1736. NATHAN DENISON.

VI. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VIL OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

VIII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD. X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL }AMES SEELY. 107

GOODENOW.

I. THOMAS GOODENOW b. 1608. d. 1666. m. 1st JANE (He m. 2nd Joanna .) He came from Shasbury, Eng., in the "Confidence,'~ Apr. l 1, 1638. He settled at Sudbury, was proprietor 1639, Selectman 1639. He be­ came a freeman May 10, 1643. He removed to Marlborough. His will of Sept. 29, 1666, was probated Oct. 24th. Children. Thomas b. Sudbury d. Oct. 5, 1663. Mary b. · Sudbury, Aug. 2 5, 1640. Abigail b. 'Mch. 1 I, 1642. m. Thomas Barnes. Susanna b. Jan. 20, 1643. d. young. Sarah b. Jan. 20, 1644. d. Apr. 7, 1654. Samuel b. Feb. 28, 1646. m. lVlary Susannah b. Dec. 21, 1647. II. ABIGAIL GOODENOW m. THOMAS BARNES. III. ABIGAIL BARNES m. abt. 1692. JOSIAH JONES. IV. ELISHA JONES m. 1735 ( ?). MARY ALLEN. V. SIMEON JONES m. Aug. 13, 1786. SARAH \V ILLIAMS.

VI. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD. VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLrVER VAIL. VIII. CHARLOTTE LouisA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 108

GORHAM.

I. R.\LPH GORHAM

Of Duxbury, Mass., 1637, prob. came with son John and prob. Ralph from Benefield, Northamptonshire, Eng.

II. CAPT. JOHN GORHAM hp. Benefield, Jan. 28, 1621. d. Swansey, Feb. 5, 1675. m. 1643. DESIRE HovVLAND b. d. Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 3, 1683.

He \Vas of Plymouth where he had land granted Dec. 18, 1638, was a partner ·with John Rogers at Duxbury in 1638-9. He became a free­ man June 4, 1650. With Joseph Beadle he built a bridge over South river in 1650-1. He commanded a company in the battle at the "Swamp Fort" in the Narragansett country Dec. 19, 1675, and died of exposure and fatigue. He died in testate-administration granted in Mch. 1675-6.

Chi"ldren.

Desire b. Plymouth, Apr. 2, 1644. d. Oct. 13, 1683. m. Barnstable, Oct. 7, 1661, John Hawes. Temperance b. Marshfield, Mass., May 5, 1646. Elizabeth b. Marshfield, Mass., Apr. 2, 1648. James b. Marshfield, Mass., Apr. 28, 1650. Lt. Col. John b. Marshfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1651. m. Feb. 24, 1675, Mary Otis, dau. John. Joseph b. Yarmouth, Mass., Feb. 16, 1653. Jabez b. Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 3, 1656. Mercy b. Barnstable, Mass., Jan. 20, 1658. m. George Denison. Lydia b. Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 11, 1661. m. Jan. l 1, 1684, John Thacher. Hannah b. Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 28, 1663. Shubael b. Barnstable~ Mass., Oct. 21, 1667. m. May 1695, Priscilla Hussey. 109

III. MERCY GORHAM m. 1676 (?). GEORGE DENISON.

IV. JOSEPH DENISON m. Feb. 17, 1707. PRUDENCE MINOR •.

V. NATHAN DENISON m. Apr. I, 1736. ANN CARY.

VI. PRUDENCE DENISON .m. Mch. 5, 1755. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

VIII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. , John CouGLE VAIL.

IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JA:MES SEELY. 110

HANFORD.

I. THOMAS HANFORD b. England 1621. d. Norwalk, Ct. 1693. m. 2nd, New Haven, Ct., Oct. 22, 1661. MARY (MILES) INCE b. d. Sept. 12, 1730.

She was dau. Richard and widow of Jon a than Ince. She m. 1st, Dec. 12, 1654, Jonathan Ince (Harvard, 1650), and had one child Jonathan, b. June 27, 1656. He came to Scituate, Mass., and removed to Norwalk, Ct., as early as 1669. He was the first Presbyterian minister of Norwalk.

Children. Theophilus b. July 29, 1662. Mary b. Nov. 30, 1663. Hannah b. June 28, 1665. m. Jan. 26, 1704, Joseph Platt. Elizabeth b. Jan. g, 1666. Thomas b. July 18, 1668. d. June 7, 1743. m. abt. 1692 ( ?), Hannah (Lockwood) Burwell. Eleazer b. Sept. 15, 1670. Elnathan b. Oct. 11, 1672. Samuel b. Apr. 22, 1674. m. Haynes ( ?). Eunice b. Mch. 1676. Sarah b. May 1678. m. Dec. 27, 1705, Samuel Comstock.

II. THOMAS HANFORD b. July 18, 1668. d. m. abt. 1692 ( ?). HANNAH (LOCKWOOD) BURWELL b. d. Dec. 28, 1745, re. 69 (?)

She was d. of Gershom Lockwood and widow of.John Burwell. He was chosen Schoolmaster of Norwalk, Feb. 21, 1692, at 30 shil­ lings a month. 111

Chz"ldren. Theophilus b. Thomas b. Elna than b. Jan. 23, l 707. m. abt. 1725, Sarah St. John. Elizabeth Catherine Mary

III. ELNATHAN HANFORD b. Jan. 23, 1707. m. abt. 172 5. SARAH St. JOHN b. abt. 1705. d. Dec. 17, 1751.

Children. Anna b. Sept. 22, 1726. m. Oct. 1746, James Fitch. Hannah b. Mch. 8, I 728-9. Elnafhan b. Nov. 7, I 731. Sarah b. J uiy 29, I 734. Isaac b. Oct. 19, 1736. John b. Feb. 13, 1739. m. Oct. 28, 1762, Mehitable Comstock, dau. Nathan. James b. Sept. 10, 1741. Thomas b. Dec. 31, 1743. m. 1st, June II, 1767, Mary d. June 20, 1769. m. 2nd, Sept. I, 1776, M-ary d. Aug. 5, 1781. m. 3rd, Feb. 29, 1784, Mrs. Sarah (Thorpe) Wheeler. David b. May 3, 1746. Mary b. Apr. 18, 1747. d. Nov. 27, 1750. Catherine b. July 26, 1750.

IV. THOMAS HANFORD b. Dec. 31, 1743. m. 3rd, Feb. 29, I 784. MRS. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER b. Fairfield, Ct., June 26, 1747. d. St. John, N. B.. Mch. I 1, 1811.

Captain Thomas Hanford was drowned in Oct. ( I 789 ?) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Josiah Wheeler, Gouph, Wall, Whitney and a boy on their way in the sloop "Huron" from St. John to Quebec. 112

Ch£ldren. Thomas b. May ro, I 768, bp. May I I, I 768, by Rev. Mr. Leaming. d. St. John, N. B., Jan. 1795. Elnathan b. June 11, 1777, bp. by Rev. Mr. Leaming. d. in Connecticut. James Thorpe b. St. John, N. B. Apr. 20, 1785, hp. St. John, Sept. 25, 1785, by Rev. Mr. Cook; Mr. Munson (Jarvis ?) . godfather. Isaac Charles b. St. John, N. B., May 13, 1787, bp. July 8, 1787, by Rev. Mr. Clark; (Stephen Hoyt) godfather.

Isaac Charles perished in a hurricane in Aug. I 822, going from Jamaica to St. Thomas.

V. JAMES THORPE HANFORD b. St. John, N. B., Apr. 20, 1785. d. St. John, N. B., Oct. 3, 1864. m. Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Aug. 20, 1811. LoursA JONES b. Prince William, N. B., June 3, I 788. d. Sept. 19, 1849.

She was eldest dau. of Simeon Jones of (Liscomb ?) Nova Scotia and earlier of Weston, Mass. They were married by Rev. Mr. Perkins. He was a merchant in St. John, N. B.

Chz"ldren. Thomas b. Sept. 2, 1813. Frances Louisa b. Feb. 22, 1815. Julia Anna b. May 6, 1816. James Wheeler b. Feb. 17, 1817. Charles b. June I, 1819. drowned 1830. Simeon Jones b. Apr. 6, 1822. William b. Aug. 1, 1823. d. Sept. I 5 William Edward Parry b. Oct. 24, l 824.

VI. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VII. CHARLOTTE Lou1sA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 118

HAWLEY.

I. THOMAS HAWLEY, of Roxbury, Mass. Killed by Indians at Sudbury, Apr. 21, 1676. m. 2nd, Feb. 2, 1652. DOROTHY (HARBOTTLE) LAMB, wid. of Thomas Lamb, d. 1646. d. Jan. 28, 1699.

(Hem. 1st Amy d. Nov. 29, 1651.)

Children. Thomas b. Oct. 8, 165 I. Joseph b. Nov. 12, 1652. d. young. Joseph b. June 7, 1654 (?) m. Sept. 24, 1676, Lydia Marshall. Elizabeth hp. June 29, 1656. m. Edward Dorr. Dorothy hp. June 20, 1658. m. John Booth.

II. CAPT. JosEPH HA\VLEY b. Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 28, 1655-6. d. Northampton, May 19, 171 I. m. Sept. 24, 1676. LYDIA MARSHALL b. Feb. 3, 1657. d. Oct. 28, 1732, ce. 75.

He was of Harvard, 1674. He taught school, became preacher and later a trader. He was made a freeman in 1680 and Representative in 1683, 1685, 1691 and 1692.

Children. Dorothy b. Sept. 6, 1678. d. Aug. 23, 1682. Lydia b. July 7, 1680. d. Apr. 27, 1748, ce. 68. m. Aug. 27, 1702, Capt. Henry Dwight. Lt. Joseph b. Aug. 28, 1682. d. June 1, 1735, ce. 52. m. Nov. 6, 1722, Rebecca Stoddard, dau. Rev. Sol­ mon. Dorothy b. Aug. 20, 1684. m. May 29, 1716, Rev. Thomas Cheney. Samuel b. Feb. 23, 1687. 114

Thomas b. Sept. 29, 1689 (Harvard, 1709). Ebenezer b. May 2, I 694.

III. LYDIA HAWLEY m. Aug. 27, 1702. CAPT. HENRY DWIGHT.

IV. LYDIA DWIGHT m. May 28, 1735. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

V. ABIGAiL WILLIAMS m. May 27, I 760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE Lou1sA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY 115

HOAR.

A William le Hore was one of the Norman Knights who invaded Ireland in I I 70 and obtained grants of land in Wexford, where he es­ tablished a family. English antiquaries unite in favoring the supposition that the founder of the race was one Robert Hore, who about 1330 married the heiress of Forde of Chagford in Devonshire, England.

I. CHARLES HOARE b. England abt. I 548. d. Gloucester, Eng. 1636 . m. . MARGERY

His will of May 29, 1632, names wife Margery, sons Thomas, Charles; grandchildren Thomas, Margery and John Hore, children of son Charles; grandchildren Charles and John, children of son Thomas; sons-in-law Leonard Tarne and Thomas Hiil; bequeaths silver ware; makes son Charles executor under a bond of 200 pounds.

Children. Charles Thomas dau. b. n1. Thomas Hill, Alderman. Mayor of Gloucester 1640. dau. b. m. Leonard Tarne, Sheriff, who d. abt. 1642. He was a glover of great wealth.

IL CHARLES HOAR b. d. Gloucester, Eng. m. Jo.-\SX.-\ HrxcKS~L\X b. England. d. Braintree, ~1ass., Sept. 21, 1661, gravestone old Quincy burying ground.

He was from Gloucester, England, \Vas a \Vealthy bre\ver, Alder­ man 1632-8, Sheriff 1634. His \Vill of Sept. 25, 1638, probated Dec. 21st, gave wife Joane 350 pounds; brother Thomas Hincksman 5 pounds; brothers \Villiam Hincksman, \Valter Hincksman and Edward Hincksman each 20 shil- 116 lings; sister Ffounes 20 shillings; sister Elinor Bailies 40 shillings; brother-in-law Leonard Tarne; brother Thomas Hoare 20 pounds; sons John 240 pounds, Daniel 150 pounds, Leonard 100 pounds and to be educated at Oxford for the ministry, Thomas 20 pounds; dau. Margery Matthews and her son Charles Matthews 200 pounds. All the children mentioned in the will except Thomas came to Braintree about 1640; their mother Joanna came with them. "The common origin of that remarkable progeny, in which Statesmen, Jur­ ists, Lawyers, Orators, Poets,. Story-tellers and Philosophers seem to vie with each other in recognized eminence." (Charles Francis Adams in "Three Episodes of Massachusetts History.")

Children. Thomas hp. June I 5, 1612. Margery b. m. 1st, Gloucester, Eng., Dec. 25, 1633, John Mat­ thews. m. 2nd 1641 (?), Rev. Henry Flynt of Brain- tree, Mass. John b. abt. 1623, prominent in Scituate and Concord. d. Apr. 2, l 704. m. Alice d. June 5, 1696. Daniel b. came and returned prob. to London. m. Mary Leonard b. Gloucester abt. 1630 (Harvard, 1650 ). d. Boston, Nov. 28, 1675. In Nov. 1653, he returned to England, but landed in Boston again July 8, 1672. Third President of Harvard College, 1672-5. HBridget, widow of President Leonard Hoar, died May 25, 1723, dau. of John Lord Lisle, President of the High Court of Justice, Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal, who drew the indictment and sentence of King Charles I, and was murdered at Lausanne, Aug. I 1, 1664, and of Lady Ali_cia Lisle, who was be­ headed by the brutal judgment of Jeffries, 1685." (From monument erected 1892 in the old Quincy burying ground by Hon. George F. Hoar.) Widow Bridget Hoar had m. 2nd, Nov. 29, 1676, Hezekiah Usher, Jr. 117

Joanna hp. June 1624. d. May 16, 1680. m. Braintree, July 26, 1648, Col. Edmund Quincy.

III. MARGERY (HOAR) MATTHEWS m. 2nd REv. HENRY FLINT.

IV. ANNA (FLYNT} DASSETT m. 2nd, Jan. 9, 1664-5. CAPT. TIMOTHY DWIGHT.

V. CAPT. HENRY DWIGHT m. Aug. 27, 1702. LYDIA HAWLEY.

VI. LYDIA DWIGHT m. May 28, 1735. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

VIL ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VIII. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, I 786. SIMEON JONES.

IX. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

X. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

XI. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 118

HOLGRAVE.

I. JOHN HOLGRAVE m. ELIZABETH She was one of the first members of the church. He was of Salem, became freeman Nov. 5, 1633. He was fisher­ man and mariner, was a Deputy 1634 and 1635, and town officer. Was inn-keeper 1639. After 1640 he lived in Gloucester. Children. Joshua Lydia Elizabeth hp. Nov. 1, 1640. m. Robert Gooch. Martha b. 1614 ( ?) . d. Aug. 25, 1708, ce. 94. m. per. 1635, William Parke of Roxbury.

II. MARTHA HoLGRAVE m. 1635 (?). WILLIAM PARKE.

III. THEODA PARKE m. Feb. 2, 1654. SAMUEL WILLIAMS.

IV. SAMUEL WILLIAMS m. Feb. 24, 1679-80. SARAH MAY.

V. ELEAZER WILLIAMS m. Oct. 22, 1724. SARAH TILESTON.

VI. _ THOMAS WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

VII. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VIII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

IX. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JORN OLIVER VAIL.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 119

HOLLEY.

I. JOSEPH HOLLEY d. Dec. 1647. m. ROSE

He was of Dorchester 1634, Weymouth 1639, Sandwich 1643 ..

Children. Mary b. m. Nov. 1662, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph. Joseph b. Sarah m. Joseph Allen. Experience Hopestill rn. Samuel Worden.

11. MARY HOLLEY m. Nov. 1662. NATHANIEL FITZ RANDOLPH.

III. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH m. MARTHA

IV. MARTHA FITZ RANDOLPH m. July 7, 1712. REv. JoHN VAIL.

V. NATHANIEL VAIL m. May 4, 1748. ELIZABETH DENNIS.

VI. ROBERT VAIL m. Apr. l, I 783. MARY CouGLE.

VII. JOHN CouGLE VAIL m. Jan. 13, 1813. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LoursA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 120

HOWE.

I. EDWARD HOWE d. June 24, 1644. m. MARGARET d. 1660.

He was of Watertown, Mass., became freeman May 14, 1634, was a Ruling Elder, often Selectman, and Representative in 1635, 1636 and 1639.

Chztdren. Sufferance b. d. July 22, 1682. m. Nathaniel Treadway. Ann b. m. John Stone of Sudbury.

II. SUFFERANCE HowE m. NATHANIEL TREADWAY.

III. LYDIA TREADWAY m. Oct. 2, 1667. JOSIAH JONES.

IV. JOSIAH JONES m. abt. 1692. ABIGAIL BARNES.

V. ELISHA JONES m. 1735 (?). MARY ALLEN.

VI. SIMEON JONES m. Aug. 13, 1786. SARAH WILLIAMS.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 121

HOWLAND.

I. JOHN HowLAND b. Essex Co., Eng. I 592. d. Feb. 23, 1672-3. m. Aug. 14, 1623. ELIZABETH TILLEY b. 1607? d. Swansey, Feb. 21, 1687, ae. 80.

He came in 1620 in the "Mayflower" and was the 13th Signer of the "Compact." He _settled at Plymouth. In 1633 he was assessor and his tax 18 shillings. In 1634 he was assessor and his tax was 24 shillings. He \iVas a partner in the Trading Company of the Colony and took an active part in the early explorations. He was prominent in the church and assisted in the imposition of hands upon Rev. John Cotton, Jr., ·when he was ordained pastor, Aug. 30, 1669. In 1635 he was in Gov. Bradford's Council. In 1636 on a jury, in 1666 Selectman, and Deputy 1652, 1658, 1661, 1663, 1666, 1667 and 1670. His \vill of May 29, , was probated Mch. 6, 1672.

Children.

Desire b. d. Barnstable, Mass., 1683. m. 1643, Capt. John Gorham. John b. Feb. 24, 1627- d. W. Barnstable, Mass., 1651. m. 165 I, Mary Lee. Jabez b. d. Bristol, R. I. 01. Bethiah Thatcher, dau. Anthony. Hope b. 1629. d. 1684. n1. John Chipman. Deborah b. m. Jan. 4, 1648, John Smith. Elizabeth b. m. 1st, Sept. 13, 1649, Ephraim Hicks. m. 2nd, John Dickerson. Lydia b. m. James Brown. Ruth b. m. Nov. 17, 1664, Thomas Cushman. Hannah b. \, m. 1661, Jonathan Bosworth. 122

Joseph b. d. 1704. m. 1664, Elizabeth Southworth. Isaac b. d. 1724. m. Elizabeth Vaughn.

II. DESIRE HOWLAND m. 1643. CAPT. JOH.N GORHAM.

III. MERCY GORHAM m. 1676? GEORGE DENISON.

IV. JosEPH DENISON m. Feb. 17, 1707. PRUDENCE MINOR.

V. NATHAN DENISON m. 1736. ANN CARY.

VI. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

VIII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 123

HYLLIER.

I. HUGH HYLLIER b. d. abt. m. ROSE b. d. 1687, ce. abt. 71. (Savage says he had wife Mary.) He came in the "Lyon's Whelp,, to Salem in 1629 to help set up a saw-mill. He was of Yarmouth 1639, then of Barnstable, Mass. (Widow Rose m . .at Nocett, Nov. 3, 1648, Thomas Huggins.) Estate not settled in Barnstable.

Children. Job b. m. Benjamin b. m. Deborah b. Yarmouth, Oct. 30, 1643. d. Apr. 20, 1669. m. Mch. 19, 1662, John Sargent. Samuel b. Yarmouth, July 30, 1646. IL DEBORAH H YLLIER m. Mch. 19, 1662. m. JOHN SARGENT. III. JOHN SARGENT m. 1689? MARY LINNELL. IV. MARY SARGENT m. Feb. 8, 1716. ROBERT ARNOLD. V. NATHAN ARNOLD m. Mch. 5, 1755. PRUDENCE DENISON. VI. OLIVER ARNOLD n1. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS. VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL. VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD. IX. CHARLOTTE LoursA VAIL m. July 13, 1857- DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 124

JONES.

I. LEvvrs JONES of Roxbury, 1651. d. Apr. l I, 1684. m. ANN b. 1602? d. May 1, 1680, ce. 78, buried Watertown.

He was of Roxbury 1640. He was a first settler of Watertown, Mass., abt. 1651.

Ch£ldren. Lydia b. m. Oct. 30, 1656, Jonathan Whitney. Josiah b. 1640. Phebe b. Jan. 21, 1646. d. July 6, 1650. Shubael b. Oct. 14, 1651.

II. JOSIAH JONES b. 1640. d. Oct. 3, 1714, of Watertown. m. Oct. 2, 1667. LYDIA TREADWAY b. 1650. d. Sept. 16, 1743, ce. 94.

He was Selectman 1685 and later, Freeman 1690, a Capt. and a Deacon.

Ch£ldren. Lydia b. Sept. 25, 1668. m. Jan. 2, 1687-8, Nathaniel Coolidge, Jr. Josiah b. Oct. 20, 1670. d. Dec. 2 I, I 734. Mary b. Dec. IO, 1672. m. July 5, 1693, John Brewer. Nathaniel b. Dec. 31, 1674. d. Nov. 1745. m. 1st, Mary m. 2nd, Flagg. Samuel b. July 9, 1677. d. July 17, 1717-8. James b. Sept. 4, 1679. Sarah b. Feb. 6, 1681. m. May 20, 1704, John Warren. Ann b. June 28, 1684. m. Deacon Joseph Mixer. 125

John b. Mch. 19, 1687. Isaac bp. May 25, 1690. m. and had l 7 children.

III. JOSIAH JONES b. Oct. 20, 1670, of Watertown. d. Dec. 21, 1734. m. abt. 1692. ABIGAIL BARNES d. Nov. 4, 1749, Stockbridge.

He was of Weston, was elected Deacon Feb. 13, 1714-5, but re- - fused to accept.

Children.

Daniel b. Feb. 2, 1693. Abigail b. Sept. 14, 1694. m. May 21, 1719, Col. Ephraim Williams of Newton, whose son founded Williams College. Josiah b. Oct. 24, 1701. William b. Jan. 4, l 707. Elisha b. Nov. 20, 1710. d. Feb. I 775. m. Mary Allen.

IV. ELISHA JONES, of Weston, b. Nov. 20, 1710. d. Boston, Feb. 1775. m. Nov. 24, 1733-4. MARY ALLEN b. Dec. 14, I 714.

Children.

Nathan b. Sept. 29, I 734. m. Oct. 13, 1756, Sarah Seaverns. (Child) Elisha b. Jan. 9, l 736-7. m. Oct. 22, 1761, Mehitable Upham. Israel b. Sept. 21, 1738. m. Alithea Todd, dau. Rev. Samuel. Daniel b. July 25, 1740 (Harvard, 1759). m. Dec. 8, 1763, Lydia Williams, dau. Major Elijah. Elias b. Aug. 19, 1742. m. Dec. 22, 1768, Elizabeth Baldwin. Josiah b. Nov. 9, 1744, Lawyer in Liscomb, N. S., and the first judge of the C. C. P. at Annapolis. m. a French Lady. 126

Silas b. Nov. 7, 1746. d. Dec. 9, 1754. Mary b. June l 1, 1748. m. Weston, Oct. 22, 1772, Rev. Asa Dunbar. Ephraim b. Apr. 17, I 750, settled at Oswegatchie, U. C. m. a French Lady from near Montreal. Simeon b. Dec. 1, 1751. d. Aug. 14, 1823. m. Aug. I 3, I 786, Sarah Williams, and settled at Sis­ sibo, afterward Yarmouth, N. S., as a British officer on half pay. Stephen b. Mch. 5, 1754 (Harvard, 1775), settled at Sissibo, after­ ward Yarmouth. N. S., as a British officer on half pay. m. Goldberg. Jonas b. Aug. 16, 1756, was British officer on half pay. m. Miss Mason, a London heiress. Philemore Charles d. unm.

V. SIMEON JONES b. Dec. 1, 1751. d. Aug. 14, 1823. m. Aug. 13, 1786. SARAH WILLIAMS b. Oct. 13, 1762. d. Jan. l l ' l 83 3' re. 70.

Chztdren. Louisa b. June 3, 1788. d. Sept. 19, 1849. m. Aug. 20, 181 I, James Thorpe Hanford. . d. Oct. 3, 1864. Thomas b. Oct. 4, 1789. d. 1872, re. 82. Frances Elizabeth b. Sept. 18, 1791. m. Jan. 20, 1820, Lt. George West of the British Navy, later in the Crown Land Dept. in Fred­ ericton, N. B. Richard W. b. Dec. 7, 1792. d. Nov. 29, 1873, re. 80. Ann b. Aug. 8, 1794. d. Oct. 1871. m. Davidson. Mary b. Jan. 20, I 796. m. Hazen. Lydia b. Dec. 16, 1797. d. May 26, 1865, re. 67. m. Alpheus Jones. Charlotte b. Sept. 16, 1800. d. Oct. 18, 1816. Margaret b. Aug. 20, 1802. d. Mch. 15, 1865. m. Lyon. 127

VI. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 128

LINNELL.

I. ROBERT LINNELL d. 1662-3. m. PENNINNAH

He was admitted to the church in Scituate with his wife Sept. r6, 1638, "having a letter of dismission from the church in London." Freeman Feb. 1, 1638; proprietor at Barnstable Jan. 22. 1638-9. His will of Jan. 23, 1662, probated Mch. 12, 1662-3, mentions "wife; to son David; to Abigail and Bethye; to John Davis." His widow Penninnah petitioned the Court Oct. 29, 1669.

Chi"ldren. Hannah m. Mch. I 5, 1648, John Davis. Abigail m. May 1650, Joshua Lombard. David m. Mch. 9, 1653, Hannah Shelley.

II. DAVID LINNELL b. England. m. Mch. 9, 1653. HANNAH SHELLEY bp. Scituate, July 2, 1637.

Children. Samuel b. Dec. 15, 1655. Elisha b. June l, 1658. Hannah b. Dec. 15, 1660. m. Aug. 3, 1681, Dolor Davis. Jonathan Mary m. John Sargent.

III. MARY LINNELL m. JOHN SARGENT.

IV. MARY SARGENT m. Feb. 8, 1716. ROBERT ARNOLD. 129

V. NATHAN ARNOLD m. Mch. 5, 1755. PRUDENCE DENISON.

VI. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, I 786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JoHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 180

LOCKWOOD.

I. ROBERT LOCKWOOD d. m. SUSANNA

He came in the " Mary and John " to Salem, 1631. He was a pro­ prietor in 1636 of Watertown, freeman Mch. 9, 1637. He sold lands Apr. 30, 1646, and removed to Norwalk, Ct. His widow m. Jeffrey Ferris.

Children. Jonathan b. Watertown, Sept. 1, 1634. m. Mary Ferris of Greenwich. Deborah b. Oct. 12, 1636. Joseph b. Aug. 6, 1638. m. Isabel Beacham, dau. Robert. Daniel b. Mch. 2, 1640. m. Abigail Burr, dau. Daniel. Ephraim b. Dec. I, 1641. m. June 8, 1665, Mary St. John, dau. Matthew. Lt. Gershom b. Watertown, Sept. 6, 1643. John Abigail m. John Barlow, of Fairfield. Sarah m. Mary m. Jonathan Huested of Greenwich.

II. LT. GERSHOM LOCKWOOD b. Watertown, Mass., Sept. 6, 1643. m. abt. 1665 (?). LADY ANN MILLINGTON, of England, who came over here.

Children. Sarah b. m. Nathaniel Selleck. Gershom b. 131

Hannah b. 1667 (?). m. 1st, Greenwich, Ct., abt. 1688, John Burwell. m. 2nd abt. 1692, Thomas Hanford.

III. HANNAH (LocKwoon) BURWELL m. 1692 (?). THOMAS HANFORD.

IV. ELNATHAN HANFORD m. 1725 (?). SARAH ST. JOHN.

V. THOMAS HANFORD m. Feb. 29, 1784. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 1811. LOUISA JONES.

VII. FRANCES Lou1sA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 132

MARSHALL.

I. CAPT. SAMUEL MARSHALL m. May 6, 1652. MARY WILTON d. Aug. 25, 1683.

She was the only child of Lt. David Wilton. He had a lot in Windsor as early as 1637, was a Deputy in 1637, a Magistrate in 1638, and often a juror. In 1663 he was licensed by the General Court to sell liquors, not to be drunk in his house. He was quite a dealer in real estate. He was admitted as a member of the Windsor church May 3, 1663. In 1673 Quartermaster Samuel Marshall received a grant of 150 acres. He was actively engaged in King Philip's War, was appointed Ensign in Major Treat's army Oct. 14, 1675, and was one of the five Connecticut Captains who led the Colony's forces to the attack on the Narragansett fort Dec. 19, 1675, where he fell at the head of his troops.

Ckz"ldren. Samuel b. May 27, 1653. m. June 22, 1675, Rebecca Newberry. Lydia b. Feb. 18, 1655. Lydia b. Feb. 3, 1657. m. Joseph Hawley. Thomas b. Apr. 23, 1659. d. before David b. July 24, 1661. m. Dec. 9, 1686, Abigail Phelps. Thomas b. Feb. 18, 1663. m. Mch. 3, 1685-6, Mary Drake. Mary b. May 8, 1667. Eliakim b. July 10, 1669. m. Aug. 23, 1704, Sarah Leet of Guilford. John b. Apr. 10, 1672. Elizabeth b. Sept. 27, 1674.

II. LYDIA MARSHALL m. Sept. 24, 1676. CAPT. JOSEPH HAWLEY. 133.

III. LYDIA HAWLEY m. Aug. 27, 1702. CAPT. HENRY DWIGHT.

IV. LYDIA DWIGHT m. May 28, 1735. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

V. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE Lou1sA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 184

MAY.

I. JOHN MAY of Roxbury. d. Apr. 28, 1670, ce. 80. m. 2nd SARAH d. May 4, 1670.

He came as early as 1640 and was made a freeman June 2, 1641. Children. John Samuel

II. JOHN MAY b. England. m. Nov. 19, 1656. SARAH BREWER

She was dau. of Daniel. Chi"ldren. Mary b. Nov. 7, 1657. m. Nov. 4, 1676, John Ruggles. Sarah b. Sept. 8, 1659. m. Feb. 24, 1680, Samuel Williams. Eleazer b. Feb. 12, 1662. d. young. John b. May 19, 1663. Mehitable b. May 6, 1665. Naomi b. May 20, 1667. Elisha b. Mch. 20, 1669. Ephraim b. Dec. 23, 1670. d. 171 I.

III. SARAH MAY m. Feb. 24, 1680. SAMUEL WILLIAMS.

IV. ELEAZER WILLIAMS m. Oct. 22, 1724. SARAH TILESTON.

V. THOMAS WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES. 185

VIL LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 r. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 186

MILES.

I. RICHARD MILES b. d. Jan. 1667. m. CATHERlNE

He was of Milford 1639, New Haven 1643. He was a Representative in 1651.

Children. Richard b. Samuel hp. Milford, Apr. 12, 1640. d. Dec. 24, 1678. Hannah b. New Haven 1642. John b. New Haven, Oct. 1644. m. Apr. I I, 1665, Elizabeth Harriman, dau. John. Martha m. Oct. 20, 1650, George Pardee. Mary m. 1st, Dec. 12, 1654, Jonathan Ince. m. 2nd, Oct. 22, 1661, Rev. Thomas Hanford. Ann m. Nov. 3, 1664, Rev. Samuel Street.

II. MARY (MILES) INCE m. Oct. 22, 166L REV. THOMAS HANFORD.

III. THOMAS HANFORD m. HANNAH (LOCKWOOD) BURWELL.

IV. ELNATHAN HANFORD n1. SARAH ST. JOHN.

V. THOMAS HANFORD m. Feb. 29, 1784. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 137

MINOR.

I. LT. THOMAS MINOR b. England, Apr. 23, 1608. d. m. Charlestown, Mass., Apr. 23, 1634. GRACE PALMER b. England.

He was a member of the church in Charlestown in 1632, a pro­ prietor in 1634, and removed to Hingham, where he was a proprietor in 1636. He signed_ the petition for liberty to plant at Whitehead Neck in 1645; also for Nashaway the same year. He removed to New London, Ct., and later to Stonington. He served in the Colonial Indian Wars.

Children. John b. Charlestown, Mass. 1636. m. Elizabeth Booth. Clement bp. Hingham, Mch. 18, 1638. m. 1st Mrs. Frances Winley. m. 2nd Martha Wellman. Thomas bp. Hingham, May 10, 1640. d. unm. Apr. 1662. Ephraim bp. Hingham, May 1, 1642. m. Jan. 20, 1666, Hannah Avery. Joseph bp. Hingham, Aug. 2 5, 1644. 1st, Oct. 23, 1668, Mary Avery.

II. DR. JosEPH MINOR bp. Hingham, Mass., Aug. 25, 1644. d. m. 1st, Oct. 23, 1668. MARY AVERY b. d. Feb. 2, 1698.

He served in King Philip' War.

Children. Joseph · b. Sept. 19, 1669. m. Sarah Tracy. Mary · b. Sept. I 7, 1672. m. Eliza Chesebrough. Marcie b. Aug. 21, 1673. m. Francis West. 138

Benjamin b. June 25, 1676. m. Mary Saxton. Joanna b. Mch. 30, 1681. Sarah bp. Mch. 30, 1679. Prudence bp. May 6, 1668. m. Feb. 17, 1707, Joseph Denison. Christopher bp. July 13, 1684. m. Mch. 9, 1704, Mary Lay.

III. PRUDENCE MINOR m. Feb. 17, 1707. JOSEPH DENISON.

IV. NATHAN DENISON m. Apr. 1 I 736. ANN CARY.

V. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VI. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 139

OSBORN.

I. RICHARD OSBORN b. d. 1686.

He sailed from London Feb. 17, 1634, in the "Hopewell." In July, 1635, he drew for a home-lot in Hingham, Mass. He was a founder of New Haven, Ct., signed the "fundamental agreement Mch. 4, 1639," shared in the divisions of land in 1643, and took the oath July 1. 1644. He removed to Fairfield about 1652, where he bought houses and lands. · The General Court of Connecticut granted him June 4, 1639, So acres, a "long lot " in Fairfield, for his good services in the " Pequot War" in 1637. He removed to Westchest~r and to Newtown, L. I., where he died.

Children. John b. d. Fairfield, Dec. 5, 1709. m. Priscilla b. m. Cornelius Seely and went to Bedford, N. Y. Sarah b. m. 1st John Peat of Stratford. m. 2nd John Brooks. Mary b. m. Thomas Bedient.

II. CAPT. JOHN OSBORN b. 1652. d. Fairfield, Dec. 5, 1709. m. by Jan. 1673. SARAH BENNETT, dau. of James.

He was an important and influential man. He received land in Fairfield Oct. 27, 1682. Distribution to widow 396 pounds; sons, one of whom was David, 169 pounds each. Children. Hannah b. July 26, 1677. Samuel b. m. Abigail Rumsey (prob.) John b. m. Abigail Bulkeley, dau. Thomas. 140

David b. m. Dorothy Joseph b. m. Hannah Elizabeth

III. SGT. DAVID OSBORN b. d. l 732. m. per. I 706, probably to DOROTHY BULKELEY. He received the Covenant at Fairfield Feb. 8, 1707-8. Clz£ldren. David bp. Feb. 8, 1707. m. vVilliam bp. l\1ay 22, 1709. m. 1st, Feb. 16, 1741, Elizabeth Turney, dau. Thomas. m. 2nd Marion Lyon. Sarah bp. June 1711. m. Joseph Sherwood. John bp. Nov. 8, 1713. Eleazer bp. Jan. 29, 1715. m. June 29, 1738, Hannah, bp. 1726, dau. Peter Bulkeley. Dorothy bp. Nov. 3, 1717. m. May 3, 1738, Nathan Thorpe. Hannah bp. Feb. 5, 1720. Grace bp. Jan. 10, 1724. m. Stratton. David bp. Aug. 6, 1727. d. Aug. l 3, l 772. m. Mind·well Shenvood of Greenfield.

IV. DOROTHY OsBORN m. l\1ay 3, I 738. N_-\THAN THORPE.

V. SARAH (THORPE) vVHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THO:.\IAS HANFORD.

VI. JAl\1ES THORPE HA.1~FORD n1. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JO:N"ES. VII. FRA:N"CES LouISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN 0Ln-:ER V_-\IL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 141

PALMER.

l. WALTER p ALMER b. d. Nov, 10, 1661. m. 1st m. 2nd, June 1633. REBECCA SHORT.

He came as early as 1628 to Salem and was an early settler in Charlestown, went in 1~43 to Rehoboth whence he was the first Deputy to the General Court at Plymouth. He removed to Stonington, Ct., in 1653. Inventory Mch., 1662-1644 Pounds.

Chz"ldren. Grace b. England. m. Charlestown, Mass., Apr. 23, 1634, Thomas Minor. William b. England. John b. England, Jonah b. England. m. Elizabeth Grissell. Elizabeth b. England. m. twice.

By 2nd wife. Hannah hp. Charlestown, Mass., June I 5, 1634. m. three times. Elihu bp. Charlestown, Jan. 24, 1636. Nehemiah bp. Nov. 23, 1637. m. Hannah Lord Stan ton. Moses bp. Apr. 6, 1640. m. Dorothy Gilbert. Benjamin b. Charlestown, May 30, 1642. Gershom b. Rehoboth Mass. m. 1st, Ann Denison, dau. Capt. George. m. 2nd, Mrs. Elizabeth Mason. Rebecca b. Stonington, Ct. m. twice.

II. GRACE PALMER m. Apr. 23, 1634. THOMAS MINOR. 142

III. JOSEPH MINOR m. Oct. 28, 1668. MARY AVERY.

IV. PRUDENCE MINOR m. Feb. 17, 1707. JOSEPH DENISON.

V. NATHAN DENISON m. April 1, I 736. ANN CARY.

VI. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE.

VIII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 143

PARKE.

I. ROBERT pARKE d. 1665.

Of Wethersfield 1639, Freeman Apr. 1640, Representative, 1st, 1642, 1649 to New London, Selectman, 1651, Representative, 1652. His will of May 14, 1660, probated Mch. 1665, names the fol- lowing. Chz"ldren. William. Samuel. Thomas.

II. WILLIAM PARKE d. May 11, 1685. m. perhaps 1635. MARTHA HoLGRAVE b. abt. 1614 . . d. Aug. 25, 1708, ce. 94.

She was dau. of John Holgrave of Salem. He was of Roxbury. Came in the "Lion," arrived Boston, Feb., 1631, with Roger Williams, one of the earliest members of the church, Freeman May 18, 1631, P.i..rt. Co. 1638, Representative I635, and for 32 years after. Many years deacon.

Children. Theoda b. July 26, 1637. d. Aug. 26, 1718. m. Feb. 2, 1654, Samuel Williams. Hannah b. Aug. 28, 1639. d. June 24, 1655. Martha b. Mch. 2, 1642. d. Oct. 24, 1674. m. Isaac Williams. Sarah hp. Nov. 19, 1643. d. Sept. 8, 1644. John b. June 30, 1645. d. June 1646. Deborah hp. Jan. 16, 1647. d. Aug. 1649. John b. May 13, 1649. d. 1663. Deborah b. Mch. 26, 1651. Son and dau. buried June I, 1653. William hp. Oct. 8, 1654. d. y. Hannah b. Sept. 26, 1658. 144

III. THEODA PARKE m. Feb. 2, 1654. SAMUEL WILLIAMS.

IV. REv. JOHN WILLIAMS m. 2nd, Sept. 16, I 707. ABIGAIL (ALLYN) BISSELL.

V. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS m. 1st, May 28, 1735. LYDIA DWIGHT.

VI. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VII. . SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VIII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

IX. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 145

PEARSALL OR PARCEL.

I. NICHOLAS PEARSALL.

Children.

Mary

II. MARY PARCEL m. JOHN THORNE.

III. MARY THORNE m. WILLIAM FOWLER.

IV. JOHN FowLER m. ABIGAIL DRAKE.

V. ELIZABETH FOWLER m. STEPHEN WIGGINS.

VI. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 146

PLATT.

I. RICHARD PLATT d. abt. m. MARY d. or buried Jan. 24, 1676.

He was of Milford 1639 and a member of the church. He had lands in 1646, was a freeman 1669, was a deacon.

Children. Mary m. 1st, May 1, 1651, Luke Atkinson. m. 2nd Thomas Wetmore. John Isaac Sarah m. 1st Thomas Beach. m. 2nd Miles Merwin. Epenetus bp. Milford, July 12, 1640. Hannah b. Oct. 1643. m. Christopher Comstock. Josiah b. 1645. Joseph b. 1649.

II. HANNAH PLATT m. Oct. 6, 1663. CHRISTOPHER COMSTOCK. III. MARY COMSTOCK m. Dec. 18, 1693. JAMES ST. JOHN. IV. SARAH ST. JORN m. 1725 (?). ELNATHAN HANFORD. V. THOMAS HANFORD m. Feb. 29, I 784. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES. VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JORN OLIVER VAIL. VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 147

ST. JOHN.

I. MATT~EW ST. JOHN d. Norwalk, Ct., after Oct. 11, 1669.

He was of Dorchester 1634, freeman Sept. 3, 1634, went probably 1638 to Windsor, and was a first settler at Norwalk about 1654.

Ch£ldren. Matthew m. Elizabeth. Mark b. 1639. m. Sept. 1663, Elizabeth Stanley. Samuel m. 1663, Elizabeth Haite, dau. Walter. James m. Dec. 31, 1673, Rebecca Pickett, dau. John of Stratford.

II. MATTHEW ST. JOHN b. d. Dec. 1728-9. m. ELIZABETH

He was a Selectman of Norwalk, Ct., Fence-Viewer 1659.

Ckildren. Ebenezer b. abt. 166 . d. 1723-4. m. Elizabeth Comstock, dau. Christopher. Matthew b. Norwalk 1667-8. d. Wilton, Aug. 17, 1748. m. abt. 1690, Rachel Bouton. Mary b. m. Nov. 10, 1677, Thomas Hyatt. James b. 1674. d. June 1754. m. Dec. 18, 1693, Mary Comstock, dau. Christopher.

III. JAMES ST. JOHN b. 1674. d. 1754. m. Norwalk, Dec. 18, 1693. MARY COMSTOCK b. Norwalk, Feb. 19, 1671-2. d. Norwalk, Oct. 17, 1749. 148

Children. Samuel b. 1698. d. Oct. 12, 1779. m. 1st Eunice Sherman. m. 2nd, June 10, 1776, Esther Daniel b. I 700. d. May 28, I 761. m. Mary Benedict. James b. Mch. 30, 1708. d. 1756. m. 1st, Mch. 30, 1738, Abigail Person. m. 2nd Experience Moses b. 1705. d. Mch. 29, 1785. m. 1st Mercy Olmsted. m. 2nd Mary, wid. Benjamin Couch. Hannah b. 1703. d. June 30, 1746. m. I 723-4, Jeremiah Mead. Mary b. m. Aug. 14, 1721, David Keeler. Sarah b. abt. I 705. d. Dec. 17, 1751. m. abt. 1725, Elnathan Hanford.

IV. SARAH ST. JOHN m. abt. 1725. ELNATHAN HANFORD.

V. THOMAS HANFORD m. Feb. 29, 1784. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 149

SANFORD.

I. THOMAS SANFORD b. d. Sept. or Oct. 1681. m. SARAH b. d. May 14, 1681.

He was of Dorchester, Mass., 1634, freeman Mch. 9, 1637, removed to Milford, Ct., probably about 1639, was a house-holder there 1646 and became a freeman ~efore 1669.

Children. Ezekiel b. Dorchester. Sarah b. Dorchester. m. Aug. 14, 1656, Richard Shute. Mary hp. Feb. 1642. Samuel b. Milford, Apr. 1643. Thomas b. Milford, Dec. 1644. Ephraim b. Milford 1646. Elizabeth b. Milford 1648. m. Oct. 28, 1669, Obadiah Allen of Middletown.

II. SARAH SANFORD m. Aug. 14, 1656. RICHARD SHUTE.

III. MARY SHUTE m. JOSEPH DRAKE. IV. ABIGAIL DRAKE m. 1719. JOHN FOWLER.

V. ELIZABETH FowLER m. STEPHEN WIGGINS.

VI. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE n1. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 150

SARGENT.

I. HUGH SARGENT of Courteenhall, Co. Northampton, Eng. b. abt. I 530. d. Feb. 23, I 595-6. m. MARGARET GIFFORD

She was dau. of Nicholas and Agnes (Masters) Gifford. They had 15 children, b. from 1655 to 78.

II. ROGER SARGENT, Mayor of Northampton, Eng., in 1626.

They had 11 children.

III. REV. WILLIAM SEARGEANT b. Northampton, Eng., June 1602. d. Barnstable, Mass., Dec. 16, 1682. m. 3rd SARAH b. d. Jan. 12, 1688-9.

He was Bailiff 1632-3 in Northampton, England, whence he came in 1638. Freeman, Charlestown 1638. Haberdasher of Hats. Planter. He removed to Malden where he was an active citizen, deacon, and lay-preacher in the church, and privately to Indians at Marshfield. He and his wife were admitted to the church in March 1639. Later he removed to Barnstable. He m. 1st, Hannah d. Sept. 1632, had Hannah and Elizabeth; m. 2nd, Marie d. prob. 1637; m. 3rd, Sarah, widow of William Minshall, Gent., of Whitchurch, Co. Sal op, Eng. His will of Mch. 9, 1679-80, probated Mch. 3, 1682-3, names wife Sarah, sons John and Samuel, and daus. Hannah Felch and Ruth Bourne, grandson Samuel Bill. Inventory sworn Mch. 3, 1682-3-310 pounds.

Children by Ist wife. Hannah b. England. d. Dec. 15, 1717. m. 1649, Henry Felch, Jr., of Reading, Mass. Elizabeth b. England. d. Mch. 5, 1657-8. m. 1st David Nichols. m. 2nd, Jan. 14, 1652-3, Thomas Bill of Boston. 151

Children by 3rd wife. John b. Dec. 8, 1639. m. 1st, Mch. 19, 1662, Deborah Hyllier (dau. Hugh). d. Apr. 20, 1669. m. 2nd, Sept. 3, 1669, Mary Bense. d. Feb. 1671. m. 3rd 1671-7, Lydia Chipman, dau. John. Ruth b. Oct. 2 5, 1642. m. 1st, abt. 1663, Jonathan Winslow (Nephew of Gov. Edward Winslow). 2nd, J~ly 1677, Richard Bourne of Sandwich. 3rd 1684, John Chipman of Sandwich. Samuel b. Mch. 3, 1644-5. d. unm. Sept. 22, 1710.

IV. JoHN SARGENT b. Malden (then Charlestown), Mass., Dec., 1639. d. Malden, Sept. 9, r 716. m. 1st, Mch. ·19, 1662. DEBORAH HYLLlER b. Oct. 30, 1643. d. Apr. 20, 1669.

He m. 2nd, Sept. 3, 1669, Mary Bense, d. Feb. 1671, had no children. He m. 3rd 1671-7, Lydia Chipman, dau. of Ruling Elder John Chipman and his wife Hope Howland, dau. of John How­ land, who came with his wife in the "Mayflower." He was a farmer, admitted inhabitant of Barnstable 1662-6, re­ turned to Malden 1669; was for six years Selectman; Freeman Mch. 22, I 6 89-90. His will of May 20, 1708, probated E. Cambridge Nov. 12, 1716, mentions wife Lydia; sons Joseph, John, William and Samuel; daus. Hannah, Lydia, Deborah, Hope, Ruth, Sarah and Mehitable; Seth Tobe and Deborah Ivery, children of dau. Mary; estate of his son Jabez Sargent (prob. deceased), and sons Jonathan and Ebenezer Sar­ gent. No inventory appears.

Chz"ldren. Joseph b. Apr. 18, 1663. d. Malden, Nov. 27, 1717. m. 168 5, Mary Green, dau. of John. John b. Feb. 16, 1664-5. d. Apr. 16, 1755. m. Mary Linnell, dau. David. Mary b. 1667 .. m. Nathan Toby of Sandwich. Jabez b. Apr. 1669. d. unm. 1694-5. 152

Children by 3rd wife. Hannah b. Dec. 1675. Jonathan b. Apr. 17, 1677. m. 1st, Mch. 13, 1699-1700, Mary Lynde. d. Nov. 19, 1716, dau. John. m. 2nd, Nov. 26, 1717, lVlary Sprague, dau. Jonathan. William b. Nov. 20, 1680. m. Dec. 30, I 702, Mary Lewis, dau. Isaac. Lydia b. m. 1701, Joseph Waite, Jr., of Malden. Deborah b. m. Dec. 26, 1701, Thomas Waite of Malden. Ruth b. Oct. 26, 1686. d. Oct. 28, 1719. Samuel b. Sept. 15, 1688. m. ])ec. 2, 1714, Elizabeth Pratt, dau. Thomas. Ebenezer b. Sept. 2 5, 1690. · m. 1st, Aug. 7, 1716, Esther Willis. m. 2nd Mary Hope b. Mehitable b. Sept. 5, 1696. Sarah b. d. Dec. 5, 1716.

V. JOHN SARGENT b. Feb. 16, 1664-5. d. Apr. 16, 175 5. m. 1689 ( ?). MARY LINNELL (dau. David)

Lived Malden and Reading, Mass., and J\,iansfield, Ct.

Children. John b. Dec. 22, 1689. d. young. Sarah b. Jan. 23, 1691-2. d. May 16, 1693. Mary b. Aug. 12, 1694. d. Aug. 24, 1747. m. Feb. 8, 1716, Robert Arnold. Ruth b. Mch. 29, 1697. m. Mch. 2, 1720, Theophilus Hall. Isaac b. Feb. 24, 1699-00. d. Mansfield, Ct., Apr. 20, 1742. m. Apr. 11, I 722, Anne Wood. Jacob b. Mch. 29, 1702. d. Mansfield, Ct., Apr. 2, 1787. m. Dec. 21, 1727, Mindwell Root, dau. Thomas. John b. Jan. 1705. d. Mansfield, Ct., Aug. 23, 1741. m. Jan. I 5, l 730, Mary Porter, dau. Thomas. 153

VI. MARY SARGENT m. Feb. 8, 1716. ROBERT ARNOLD.

VII. NATHAN ARNOLD m. Mch. 5, 1755. PRUDENCE DENISON. VIII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE WIGGINS.

IX. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813 . . JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

X. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

XI. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY.

NOTES TO SARGENT. , GIFFORD. The family is of high authority. They were seated at Hanfleur in Normandy in the 8th Century. At the battle of Hastings ( 1066), Sire Rundolphde Gifford was one of the Conqueror's Standard Bearers. vValter Gifford, Earl of Buckingham, was a cousin of the Conqueror. In the reign of Henry 2nd, I I 54-89, Sir Peter Gifford married Alice, dau. of Sir Grey de Corbuchin. In the reign of Richard 1st, 1189-99, Sir Stephen Gifford was one of the barons accompanying the King, Richard Creur de Lyon, to the Holy Land, and was killed at the siege of Jerusalem. His son, Sir Stephen, was wounded. Baron George Gifford was made Earl of Buckingham, and subsequently Duke of Buckingham. He married the Princess Maude Plantagenet, the King's Cousin .. George Gifford, Duke of Buckingham, son of the first George, Duke of Buckingham, was a favorite of Richard 3rd, but being detected in corre­ sponding with the Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry 7th, he was attained of high treason and beheaded by Richard's order, and his children deprived of their lands and titles. I. JOHN GIFFORD of Twyford, Co. Bucks, Eng., 15th Century. II. THOMAS GIFFORD m. Mary . He was of Twyford. III. ROGER GIFFORD m. Mary He d. abt. 1542. He leased the Manor of Middle Claydon in 1535. IV. NICHOLAS GIFFORD m. Agnes Masters, dau. of John of Sand- wich. He was of the Abbey of St. James, Bailiff, Gent.; d. 1546. Children: Roger Gifford b. ; m. Amy Samwell, dau. of Francis Samwell of Thorpe, Northampton; d. abt. 1618. Margaret V. MARGARET m. Hugh Sargent. Amy Samwell's sister Margaret, m. Robert Pargiter of Gretworth, eldest son and heir of William Pargiter, whose sister Amy m. Lawrence Washington ancestor of George. 154

SHELLEY.

I. ROBERT SHELLEY d. Sept. 6, 1692. m. Scituate, Sept. 26, 1636. JUDITH GARNETT of Boston, who came in the "Francis" in 1634 from Ipswich, aged 26.

He came to Boston in the "Lion" 1632, arriving Sept. 16, joined the church in Scituate May 14, 1637, removed 1640 to Barnstable.

Ckildren.

Hannah bp. Scituate, July 2, 1637. m. Mch. 9, 1653, David Linnell. Mary bp. Scituate; Nov. 3, 1639. m. Jan. 25, 1666, William Harlow. John Robert

II. HANNAH SHELLEY m. Mch. 9, 1653. DAVID LINNELL.

III. MARY LINNELL m. 1688? JOHN SARGENT.

IV. MARY SARGENT m. Feb. 8, l 7 l 5-6. ROBERT ARNOLD.

V. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD m. Mch. 5, 1755. PRUDENCE DENISON.

VI. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 7, 1786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE. VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL. VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY 155

SHUTE.

I. RICHARD SHUTE b. d. m. Aug. 14, 1656. SARAH SANFORD.

He was of Milford, Ct.

Ch-ildren. Thomas b. Aug. 5, 1659, lived in East Chester, N. Y., in 1665. Mary b. m. Joseph Drake.

II. MARY SHUTE m. JOSEPH DRAKE.

III. ABIGAIL DRAKE m. 1719. JOHN FOWLER.

IV. ELIZABETH FOWLER m. STEPHEN WIGGINS.

V. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VI. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

VII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 156

THORNE.

I. WILLIAM THORNE b. d. m. SARAH

He was made a Freeman in Lynn, Mass., May 2, 1638, and had land granted to him in the same year. In 1645 he was in Flushing, L. I., where he was one of the 18 patentees from Hon. William Kieft, the Dutch Governor~ Oct. 19, 1645. In 1646 he was granted a plantation lot in Gravesend and in 1657 he was a proprietor in Jamaica. Dec. 27, 1657, William Thorne, Sr., and William Thorne, Jr., were among the 31 signers of a remonstrance to Gov. Stuyvesant, drawn up at a meeting in Flushing, against severe treatment of the Quakers.

Children. William b. m. Winifred Linnington, dau. of Henry of Hempstead. John b. 1643. d. I 709. m. Mary Parcel, dau. of Nicholas. Joseph b. m. Flushing, L. I., Mary Bowne, b. 1660, dau. of John. Samuel b. Susanna b. m. Jamaica, L. I., July 10, 1667, John Luckerson (or Ockerson) of Flushing.

II. JOHN THORNE b. 1643. d. 1709. m. MARY PARCEL.

Children. William b. d. near Crosswicks, 1742. m. Dec. 2, I 708, Mehi table Allen, dau. of Jediah. John b. m. Catherine 157

Joseph . b. m. Flushing. Sept. 9, 1695, Martha Johanna Bowne, dau. of John. Mary b. m. William Fowler. Elizabeth b. m. Shuerman. Hannah b. m. 1701, Richard Cornwell, son of John. Sarah b. m. Joshua Cornwell, son of John.

III. MARY THORNE m. Jan. 24, 1680. WILLIAM FOWLER.

IV. JOHN FowLER m. 1719. ABIGAIL DRAKE.

V. ELIZABETH FowLER m. STEPHEN WIGGINS.

VI. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN COUGLE VAIL.

VIII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL· m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 158

THORPE.

I. WILLIAM THORPE b. abt. 1605. d. abt. 1684. m. 1st ELIZABETH b. abt. 1615. d. Oct. 9, 1660.

He m. 2nd Margaret Pigg, widow of Robert. He came to New England about 1635, aged about 30, with wife Elizabeth, aged about 20, and dau. Elizabeth, aged 2. He was a set­ tler and founder of New Haven, where in 1643 his family was 3 and his estate 10 pounds. His will was dated Sept. 12, 1670.

Children. Nathaniel bp. May 24, 1640, prob. in Mass. d. 1709. m. 1st, Nov. 20, 1662, Mary Ford, dau. Timothy of Charlestown. m. 2nd, Dec. Io, 1692, Sarah Robbins. Elizabeth bp. Apr. 1643. John b. July 1643-4. m. 167 4, Hannah Frost. Samuel b. 1644. d. Feb. 2, 1728. m. Dec. 6, 1666, Mary Ben ton. Eleazer b. Jan. 12, 1649. d. Feb. 20, 1649.

II. JOHN THORPE bp. July 1643-4. d. before Oct. 17, 1720. m. 1674 (?). HANNAH FROST b.

He removed to Fairfield, Ct., where he had a grant in the "Home Lot" Sept. 3, 1679.

Children. John b. abt. 1678 (?). d. Greens Farms, Mch. I, 1741-2, re. 63. Samuel b. 1684-5. d. Apr. 26, 1758. Peter b. d. Sept. 27, I 769. Daniel b. d. Greens Farms, Feb. 26, 1748-9. m. Hepsibah d. Mch. 16, 1751-2. 159

III. JOHN THORPE b. abt. 1678. d. Greens Farms, Ct., Mch. 1, 1741-2, ce. 63. m. Greenfield Hill, Ct., May 15, 1699. MARY DAVIS b. abt. 1678. d. Jan. 27, 1758. Chi"ldren. John b. Dec. 8, 1701. m. Sept. 1760, Mary, wid. of Joseph Whitlock. Hannah b. Oct. 30, I 703. d. Apr. I 5, 17 58. m. July I 5, I 729, James Davis. Mary b. Feb. 17, 1705-6. m. Jabez Hull. Elizabeth b. June l 1, 1708. m. William Kerns. Eunice b. Mch. 18, 1709-10. d. Oct. 2, I 762. m. John Fanton. Sarah b. Jan. 27, 1711-2. m. James Redfield. Nathan b. Dec. 1, 17:4. d. Nov. 16, 1785. m. May 3, I 738, Dorothy Osborn. Naomi b. Jan. 18, 1717-8. m. Jacob Gray. Ebenezer b. July 15, 1720. d. Aug. 2 5, 1792. m. June 24, 1746, Mary Jones. Peter b. Feb. 6, 1723. m. Jan. (?) 13, 1747-8, Eunice Davis, dau. Jabez.

IV. NATHAN THORPE b. Dec. 1, 1714. d. Nov. 16, 1785. m. May 3, 1738. DOROTHY OSBORN b. l 717. d. Sept. 14, 1794.

He was of Greenfield Hill, Ct.

Chz"ldren. Eunice b. Dec. 3, 1738. m.- Apr. 23, 1761, Samuel Merwin. Hannah b. July 29, 1739. d. Mch. 27, 1812. m. Dec. 10, 1761, Daniel Banks. Sarah b. June 26, I 747. m. 1st Wheeler. m. 2nd, Feb. 29, I 784, Thomas Hanford. 160

Grissell b. Apr. 18, 1756-7. m. 1st Moses Dimon. m. 2nd Lyman Bradley.

V. SARAH (THORPE) WHEELER m. Feb. 29, 1784. THOMAS HANFORD.

VI. JAMES THORPE HANFORD m. Aug. 20, 181 I. LOUISA JONES.

VII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY. 161

THROOPE.

I. WILLIAM THROOPE m. May 14, 1666. MARY CHAPMAN b. Oct. 31, 1643.

He was of Bristol, R. I. Was a representative in 1691 and had then five children and a son-in-law.

II. LYDIA THROOPE m. abt. 1700. ELEAZER CARY.

III. ANN CARY m. Apr. 1, 1736. NATHAN DENISON.

IV. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD.

V. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE.

VI. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

VII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 162

TILESTON.

I. THOMAS TILESTON b. 1611? d. June 24, 1694, ce. 83. m. ELIZABETH

He was a proprietor in Dorchester, 1634, Freeman Mch. 9, 1636-7, juryman and town officer.

Ckildren. Timothy b. Dorchester, 1636. d. Dorchester, Aug. 10, 1697. m. Apr. 28, 1659, Sarah Bridgman, dau. James. Elizabeth bp. Aug. 3, 1639. Ruth bp. Oct. 3, 1641. m. 1st, Richard Den ton. m. 2nd, Timothy Foster. _ Cornelius bp. May 19, 1646. d. July 20, 1659. Naomi hp. May 7, 1648. Bathsheba bp. Sept. 16, 1649. m. John Payson. Onesiphorus bp. Oct. 19, 165 I.

JI. TIMOTHY T1LESTON b. Dorchester, 1636. d. Dorchester, Aug. IO, 1697. m. Apr. 28, 1659. SARAH BRIDGMAN b. Hartford, Ct., 1643. d. Dorchester, June 26, I 712, ce. 69.

He became a Freeman 1666, .was Representative 1689, 1692. He \Vas a cooper. He left a large estate, of which the mills were yet in the family in 1860.

Children. Timothy · b. abt. 1664. Elizabeth b. Mch. 29, 1666. m. Robert Spurr. Cornelius b. Sept. 4, 1668. Sarah b. June 2, 1671. 163

Col. Thomas b. Oct. 19, 1675. d. Oct. 21, 1745. m. Mary James b. July 2, 1678. Ann b. Dec. 7, 1681.

III. CoL. THOMAS TILESTON b. Oct. 19, 1675. d. Oct. 21, 1745. m. pos. 1700? MARY

He was a prominent man in Dorchester, Justice of the Peace in 1734, Lieut. of the Artil~ery Co., a Colonel in the Militia, and Deputy to the General Court for more than ten years. His will (Suffolk Files No. 8372, vol. 38, p. 175), dated 15 April, 1745, was: "To wife Mary ½ personal estate forever, and ½ real estate for life. To son Elisha Tileson ~Jl real estate in Dorchester, Mil ton and Stoughton and one share in the new township called Dorchester Canada Township. To dau. 'Sarah Williams 300 pounds. To dau. Mary Russell 300 pounds. To dau. Ann Boucher 300 pounds. To dau. Johanna Tileston 500 pounds. To each of these daus. Sarah Williams, Mary Russell and Ann Boucher a right in the said new township called Dorchester Canada Township. To dau. Johanna Tileston one right in one of those new to,vnships called Narragansett Number five. Son Elisha sole exr. Witnesses, Edward Foster, Ebenezer Withington, Thomas Foster."

Chz1dren. Thomas b. Mch. 19, 1701. d. 1720. Sarah b. Dec. 6, 1702. m. Oct. 22, 1724, Eleazer Williams. Mary b. Dec. 9, 1705. m. July 19, 1744, Capt. Joseph Bissell of Boston. Caleb b. Dec. 21, 1708. d. 1721. Anna b. Feb. 9, 1712-3. m. Thomas Boucher of Boston. Elisha b. Apr. 16, 1716. m. Feb. 27, 1752, Elizabeth Bowman of Dorchester. Joanna b. Dec. 19, 1717. m. 1746, Daniel Sigourney of Boston.

IV. SARAH TILESTON m. Oct. 22, l 724. ELEAZER WILLIAMS. 164

V. THOMAS WILLIAMS m. May 27, I 760. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE Lou1sA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 165

TILLEY.

I. JOHN TILLEY b. England abt. 1582. d. Plymouth, Mass. 1621.

He came with wife and daughter Elizabeth in 1620 in the " May­ flower," and lived at Plymouth. He was the 16th signer of the ucompact." He took part in the exploration and died from hardship and ex­ posure. His wife died ·about the same time that he did.

Clz£ld. Elizabeth b. 1607 (?}. d. Swansey, Dec. 21, 1687.

II. ELIZABETH TILLEY m. Aug. 14, 1623. JOHN HOWLAND.

III. DESIRE HowLAND m. 1643. CAPT. JOHN GORHAM.

IV. MARY GORHAM m. 1676 (?). GEORGE DENISON.

V. JOSEPH DENISON m. Feb. 17, 1707. PRUDENCE MINOR.

VI. NATHAN DENISON m. 1736. ANN CARY. VII. PRUDENCE DENISON m. Mch. 5, 1755. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VI I I. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE. IX. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JoHN CouGLE VAIL.

X. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

XI. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 166

TREADWAY.

I. NATHANIEL TREADWAY d. July 20, 1689. m. Sudbury. SUFFERANCE HOWE d. July 22, 1682.

He was a weaver, was first of Sudbury, Mass., later of Watertown.

Children. Jonathan b. Sudbury, Nov. 1 I, 1640. Mary b. Sudbury, Aug. 1, 1642. d. May 17, 1677. m. 1st, Sept. 12, 1665, John Fisher. m. 2nd, July 21, 1675, Timothy Hawkins. James b. Sudbury. Elizabeth b. Watertown, Aug. 3, 1646. m. 1st, Oct. 21, 1664, Shadrach Hapgood. m. 2nd Hayward. Lydia b. 1650. d. Sept. 18, 1743. m. Oct. 2, 1667, Josiah Jones. Josiah Deborah b. Aug. 2, 1657. m. May 25, 1680, Joseph Goddard.

II. LYDIA TREADWAY m. Oct. 2, 1667. ] OSIAH JONES. III. JOSIAH JONES m. abt. 1692. ABIGAIL BARNES. IV. ELISHA JONES m. 1735 ( ?). MARY ALLEN. V. SIMEON JONES m. Aug. 13, 1786. SARAH WILLIAMS. VI. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD. VII. FRANCES LoursA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL. VIII. CHARLOTTE LoursA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 167

VAIL.

I. THOMAS VAIL d. early in 1668. m. SARAH

He was in Southampton, L. I., in 1647 to 1654, and possibly later. He removed to Westchester Co., N. Y., where he is of record as Magis­ trate Jan. 21, 1660.

II. SAMUEL VAIL b. prob. Southampton. d. Westchester Co. before June 1695. m. ELIZABETH b. 1657. d. Woodbridge, N. J., Nov. 3, 1747.

III. REV. JOHN VAIL b. Westchester Co., N. Y. 1685. d. Nov. 27, 1774. m. May 7, 1712. MARTHA FITZ RANDOLPH b. d. Apr. 18, 1766.

He resided in Woodbridge, Rahway and Plainfield, N. J. He was a prominent preacher among the Friends and was highly respected for his usefulness and worth.

IV. NATHANIEL VAIL b. Woodbridge or Rahway, N. J., Sept. 22, • I 724. d. in N evv Brunswick, Can., Autumn of I 783. m: May 4., 1748. ELIZABETH DENNIS, lived with her son Nathaniel for many years after her husband's death.

He was a Loyalist and a grantee of St. John, N. B.

Chi"ldren. Nathaniel .lived at Gagetown, Queens Co., N. B. Robert b. Mch. 31. 1761. m. in New York, Apr. 1, I 783, Mary Cougle, dau. Capt. John. 168

V. ROBERT VAIL b. Mch. 31, 1761. d. Sussex Vale, N. B., Nov. 17, 1817, m. in New York, Apr. I, 1783. MARY CouGLE b. Feb. 19, 1767.

She was dau. of Capt. John Cougle. Robert was a Loyalist and a grantee of Carleton, now St. John, N. B. He settled at Sussex Vale, Kings Co.

Children.

Susannah b. Oct. 24, I 783. m.? Henry Leonard.? Anna b. Sept. 24, I 787. m. Jan. 23, 1810, Thomas Oliver Arnold-12 children. John Cougle b. Aug. 31, 1790. m. 1st, Jan. 13, 18i3, Charlotte Hannah Arnold. d. Mch. 26, 1835. m. 2nd, Sept. 15, 1836, Mary Elizabeth Chisholm Williams, dau. Col. 'Thomas.

VI. CoL. J oHN CouGLE VAIL b. Aug. 31, 1790. d. m. 1st, Jan. 13, 1813. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD b. New Brunswick, Apr. 27, 1792. d. Mch. 26, 1835.

Chz"ldren. John Oliver b. Sept. 19, 1813. m. New Brunswick, Jan. 5, 1837, Frances Louisa Hanford. Edwin Arnold b. Aug. 12, 1816. m. Frances Charlotte Cougle. Robert Burwell b. Sept. 18, 1819. m. Margaret Robertson. Anna Matilda b. Nov. 30, 1821. m. Nelson Arnold. William Berrien b. Dec. 19, 1823. m. Charlotte Leslie Jones. George Botsford b. Mch. 14, I 826. d. unm. Charlotte Elizabeth Wiggins b. Mch. 3, 1829. d. unm. John Ingles b. Apr. 20, 1830. d. unm. 169

Child by 2nd wife, Mary Eliza Williams, Mrs. Chisholm, sister of Sir Fenwick Williams of Kars. Mary Ann d. unm.

VII. JoHN OLIVER VAIL b. Sept. 19, 1813. d. of Yellow Fever, St. Thomas, W. I., July 29, 1855. m. New Brunswick, Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD b. Feb. 22, 1819. d. Sept. 6, 1891.

Chitdren. Charlotte Louisa b. Oct. 23, 1837. Mahlon Burwell b. Feb. 19, 1841. d. Jan. 1901. Grace Douglas b. Nov. 13, 1847. d. Nov. 13, 1854.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LoursA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 170

WARHAM.

I. REV. JOHN WARHAM b. d. Windsor, Ct., Apr. I, 1670. m. 1st d. 1634. m. 2nd, Mrs. Jane Newberry. d. Apr. 23, 1645, widow of Thomas. m. 3rd, abt. Oct. 9, 1662, Mrs. Abigail, widow of J no. Branker.

He was ordained by the bishop of Exeter at Silferton, Devon, May 23, 1619. He preached also at Exeter. He was one of the two ministers of the Dorchester Colony, chosen to office at Plymouth in March, 1629. He came in the "Mary and John" and came as the pastor and head of the religious colony, reaching Nantasket May 30, 1630, He settled at Mattapan, soon called Dorchester. He became a Freeman May 18, 1631. In 1636 the mass of the Dorchester Colonists, with accessions from Newtown (Cambridge) and Watertown, in all about 100, went through the wilderness in the summer, on a slow march of fourteen days, singing and praying as they went and began at what is now Windsor, Ct., the first white settlement of Connecticut. Thither Mr. Warham soon followed, as their pastor from Sept., 1636, to Apr., 1670. He was regarded by the whole colony of Connecticut as the "principal pillar and father of the colony."

Children. Samuel b. d. 1647. Abigail hp. Windsor.· May 27, 1638. m. Oct. 1658, Thomas Allyn. Hepzibah bp. Aug. 1640. d. 1647. Sarah b. Aug. 28, 1642. d. Dec. 26, 1678. m. Return Strong. Esther bp. Dec. 8, 1644. d. F eh. 10, I 736, ce. 92. m. 1st, Rev. Eleazer Mather of North- ampton. m. 2nd, Mch. 8, 1670, Rev. Solomon Stoddard (Har- vard 1662).

She \Vas grandmother of Rev. Jonathan Edwards. 171

II. ABIGAIL WARHAM m. Oct. 1658. THOMAS ALLYN.

III. ABIGAIL (ALLYN) BISSELL m. Sept. 16, 1707. REv. JORN WILLIAMS.

IV. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS m. May 28, 1735. LYDIA DWIGHT.

V. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. DR. THOMAS .WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LoursA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 172

WELLS.

I. ISAAC WELLS d. prob. m. MARGARET d. prob.

Of Scituate. Took the oath of allegiance Feb. 1, 1638. Removed to Barnstable. Was Juryman 1642. Admitted to the church May 27, 1643. His will of ( Mch. 5?), 1673, bequeathed all to his wife.

Chz"ld.

Lydia.

II. LYDIA WELLS m. Nov. 23, 1642. RALPH CHAPMAN.

III. MARY CHAPMAN m. WILLIAM THROOPE.

IV. LYDIA THROOPE m. abt. 1700. ELEAZER CARY.

V. ANN CARY m. April I, 1736. NATHAN DENISON.

VI. PRUDENCE DEN.CSON m. Mch. 5, 1755. DR. NATHAN ARNOLD.

VII. OLIVER ARNOLD m. Nov. 9, 1786. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE.

VIII. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN CouGLE VAIL.

IX. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 173

WIGGINS.

I. THOMAS WIGGINS b. d. Jamaica, N. Y.,_ per. abt. 1683. m.

The Wiggins of Southold and Jamaica, N. Y., were perhaps from South wold, Co. Suffolk, England. John, . aged I 5, first appears in Southold in 1656. Thomas, Feb. 18, 1656, was granted a town-lot at the Jamaica town meeting. Thompson's History of L. I., 1843, p. 97, says: "Nov. 25, 1656, Thomas Wiggins was one of 20 who bought land from the Indians." He also bought land in 1679.

Clzildren--perliaps. Thomas b. d. 1728. John Gershom went to N. J. Josias b. d. 1720. m. Isabella Elizabeth b. m. Smith. ( dau.) b. m. William Creed. Benjamin b. d. 1735.

II. THOMAS WIGGINS b. d. 1728. m. REBECCA WOOLSEY b. d. 1733. His will of Apr. 21, 1728 (N. Y. Wills, 11-66), names" wife Rebecca: brother Gershom Wiggins of N. J., brother Josias lately deceased and his sons William and Josias: sister-in-law Mary Williamsen and her daughters Rebecca Williamsen and Mary Williamsen: wife and two nephews, Executors." That it was Thomas Wiggins, Jr., and not his father that married the Woolsey, is proved by the following: In the will is "I leave my wife Rebecca the 20 acres I bought of William Foster." In the town record _is "Feb. 16, 1683-4, Willian1 Foster of Jamaica has land adjoining Thomas Wiggins, Sr., which he sells to Thomas Wiggins, Jr." 174

Ckild. Benjamin

III. BENJAMIN WIGGINS b. d. , m. RACHEL He and wife Rachel were living in Hempstead Apr. 17, 1744.

Chz"ldren.

Stephen bp. Jamaica, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1725. Elizabeth bp. Jamaica, N. Y., Mch. 3, 1727. Charity bp. Jamaica, N. Y., July 19, 1730.

IV. STEPHEN WIGGINS bp. Jamaica, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1725. d. m. ELIZABETH FOWLER

He removed to Orange Co., N. Y. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1775, Stephen Wiggins, Daniel Purdy sent to N. Y. for unlawful acts.

Chz"ld. Charlotte b. Newburgh, N. Y., July 11, 1766. d. Sussex, New Brunswick, Nov. 23, 1831. m. 1st, Stephen Hustice. m. 2nd, Long Reach, New Brunswick, Nov. 9, I 786, Oliver Arnold.

V. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VI. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN COUGLE VAIL.

VII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL ]AMES SEELY. 175

WILLIAMS.

I. ROBERT WILLIAMS b. England, probably 1607. d. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. I, 1693, ce. 86. m. 1st, England. ELIZABETH STALHAM d. July 28, 167 4.

He m. 3rd, possibly, Mar~ha Strong, who d. Dec. 22, I 704, ce. 91. He m. 2nd, Nov. 3, 1675, Margaret, wid. of John Fearing of Hingham. He sailed for New England in the "Rose of Yarmouth," Apr. 15, 1637, and settled in Roxbury. He was from Norwich, Co. Norfolk, Eng.

Children. Elizabeth b. abt. 1626. m. 1644, Richard Cutter. Deborah b. d. m. 1648, John Turner. John b. d. s. p. Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1658. Samuel b. 1633. d. Sept. 28, 1698. m. Feb. 2, 1654, Theoda Parke, dau. William. Isaac b. Sept. 1, 1638. d. Feb. 9, 1707. m. 1st, Martha Parke, dau. William. m. 2nd, Nov. 13, 1677, Judith (Hunt) Cooper. Stephen b. Nov. 8, 1640. Mary b. Eng. m. Nicholas Wood. Thomas? d. Y·

II. SAMUEL WILLIAMS b. 1633. d. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 28, 1698. m. 1st, Feb. 2, 1654. THEODA PARKE b. July 26, 1637. d. Aug. 26, 1718.

He settled in Roxbury, was a shoemaker, Deacon and Ruling Elder. 176

Ckildren. Elizabeth b. Feb. 1, 1653-4. d. Mch. 1654. Samuel b. Apr. 27, 1656. m. Feb. 24, 1679-80, Sarah May, dau. John. Martha b. Apr. 29, 1657. Elizabeth b. Feb. 1 I, 1659-60. d. Mch. 12, 1710. m. abt. 1679, Stephen Paine. Theoda b. July 27, 1662. d. Mch. 8, 1678-9. Rev. John b. Dec. 10, 1664. m. 1st, Jan. 21, 1687, Eunice Mather, dau. Rev. Eleazer. m. 2nd, Sept. 16, 1707, Abigail (Allyn) Bissell. Ebenezer b. Dec. 6, 1666. m. 1st, Jan. 24, 1687-8, Mary Wheeler, dau. Isaac. · m. 2nd, July 12, 1711, Sarah Hammond, dau. Nathaniel. Deborah b. Nov. 20, 1668. d. Oct. 6, 1743. m. abt. 1693, Joseph Warren. Martha b. May 19, 1671. d. Mch. 21, 1751, re. 80. m. abt. 1695, Jonathan Hunt. Abigail b. July 12, 1674. d. Apr. 2, ·1765. m. Experience Porter. Park b. Jan. 11, 1677. d. Oct. 31, 1757. m. 1698, Priscilla Payson, dau. of John. (Child) d. Apr. I 7, 1680. (Child) b. and d. May 29, 1683. III. SAMUEL WILLIAMS b. Apr. 27, 1656. d. Aug. 8, 173 5-of Roxbury. m. Feb. 24, 1679-80. SARAH MAY b. d. Dec. 29, 1712. She was dau. of John of Roxbury. He m. 2nd. Apr. 28, I 720, Dorothy (Weld) Denison, dau. of Thomas Weld and widow of William Denison.

Children. Samuel b. Apr. 6, 1681. m. Deborah Scarborough. Theoda b. Dec. 8, 1682. m. Feb. 5, 1706, Samuel Scarborough. John b. Dec. 1, 1684. m. June I, 1709, Sarah Weld. dau. Joseph. 177

(Child) b. and d. Jan. 1, 1687. Sarah b. May 19, 1688. m. Jan. 1706, John Polly. Rev. Ebenezer b. Aug. 12, 1690 (Harvard, 1709). m. Penelope Chester, dau. John. Elizabeth b. Jan. 12, 1692. m. Apr. 18, 1727, Rev. Samuel Ruggles. Eleazer b. Feb. 20, 1694-5. d. Nov. 1768. m. Oct. 21, 1724, Sarah Tileston. William b. Apr. 24, 1698. m. Oct. 20, 1720, Sarah Stevens, dau. Joseph. Martha b. Aug. 10, 1701. m. Apr. 14, 1725, Thomas Cotton. (Child) b. d. July 25, 1704.

IV. ELEAZER WILLIAMS q. Feb. 20, 1694-5. d. Nov. 1768. m. Oct. 22, I 724. SARAH TILESTON He was of Roxbury. Children. Samuel b. Aug. 24, 1725. m. May 17, 1750, Hannah Chandler. Sarah b. Oct. 25, 1727. m. May 9, 1751, Conant. Mary b. July 20, 1729. Elizabeth b.July25, 1731. m. Sept. I, 1755, Samuel Holbrook. Abigail b. May I 5, I 734. Thomas b. Oct. 12, 1736. d. Sept. 10, 1815, ce. 79. m. May 27, 1760, Abigail Williams, dau. Dr. Thomas. Anna b. Apr. 6, 1737. d. unm, Mch. 25, 1827. l\ilartha b. Mar, 9, I 746. Joanna b. Jan. 15, 1748. m. Dec. I 778, Joseph Ruggles.

V. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS b. Roxbury, Oct. 12, 1736. d. Sept. 10, 18 I 5, ce. 79. m. May 27, 1760. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS b. Jan. 17, 1738. d. May 3 I, 1818, ce. 80. 178

He was Harvard, 1757, and a physician in Roxbury, Mass.

Chz1dren. Ebenezer Hinsdale b. 1761. d. June 1, 1838 (Harvard, 1783). m. Jan. 2, 1792, Joanna Smith, dau. Capt. Reuben. Sarah b. Oct. 13, 1762. d. Jan. 11, 1833) re. 70. m. Aug. 13, 1786, Simeon Jones. Thomas b. May 28, 1765. d. Nov. 1823. m. Frances Jones. Eleazer b. abt. 1767. m. I st Charlotte Deane. m. 2nd, Carew. Elijah b. abt. I 769. d. unm. Abigail b. abt. 1768. d. Springfield, July 6, 1807. m. Alexander Bliss. Lydia b. abt. 1774. d. unm. May 13, 1856, re. 82. Dwight b. abt. 1774. d. Aug, 10, 1812.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, 1786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY. 179

WILLIAMS ..

I. ROBERT WILLIAMS b. England, probably 1607. d. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. I, 1693, ce. 86. m. 1st, England. ELIZABETH STALHAM d. July 28, 1674.

He m. 3rd, possibly Martha Strong, who d. Dec. 22, 1704, ce. 91. He m. 2nd, Nov .. 3, 1675, Margaret, widow of John Fearing of Hingham. He sailed for New England in the "Rose of Yarmouth," Apr. 15, 1637, and settled in Roxbury. He was from Norwich, Co. Norfolk, Eng.

Children. Elizabeth b. abt. 1626. m. 1644, Richard Cutter. Deborah b. d. 1676. m. 1648, John Turner. John b. d. s. p. Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1658. Samuel b. 1633. d. Sept. 28, 1698. m. Feb. 2, 1654, Theoda Parke, dau. William. Isaac b. Sept. I, 1638. d. Feb. 9, 1707. m. 1st Martha Parke, dau. William. m. 2nd, Nov. 13, 1677, Judith (Hunt) Cooper. Stephen b. Nov. 8, 1640. Mary b. England. m. Nicholas Wood. Thomas ( ?) d. young.

II. SAMUEL WILLIAMS b. 1633. d. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 28, 1698. m. 1st, Feb. 2, 1654. THEODA PARKE d. Aug. 26, 1718.

He settled in Roxbury, was shoemaker, deacon and Ruling Elder.

Children. Elizabeth b. Feb. r, 1653-4. d. Mch. 180

Samuel b. Apr. 27, 1656. m. Feb. 24, 1679•80, Sarah May, dau. John. Martha b. Apr. 29, 1657. Elizabeth b. Feb. 11, 1659-60. d. Mch. 12, 1710. m. abt. 1679, Stephen Paine. Theoda b. July 27, 1662. d. Mch. 8, I 678-9· Rev. John b. Dec. 10, 1664. m. 1st, July 21, 1687, Eunice Mather, dau. Rev. Eleazer. m. 2nd, Sept. 16, 1707, Abigail (Allyn) Bissell. Ebenezer b. Dec. 6, I 666. m. 1st, Jan. 24, 1687-8, Mary Wheeler, dau. Isaac. m. 2nd, July 12, 1711, Sarah Hammond, dau. Na­ thaniel. Deborah b. Nov. 20, 1668. d. Oct. 6, 1743. m. abt. 1693, Joseph Warren. Martha b. May 19, 1671. d. Mch. 21, 1751, ce. So. m. abt. 1695, Jonathan Hunt. Abigail b. July 12, 1674. d. Apr. 2, 1765. m. Experience Porter. Park b. Jan. I I, 1677. d. Oct. 31, 1757. m. 1698, Priscilla Payson, dau. of John. (Child) b. d. Apr. 17, 1680. (Child) b. and d. May 29, 1683.

III. REV. JOHN WILLIAMS b. Dec. IO, 1664. d. June 12, 1729. m. 2nd, Sept. 16, 1707. ABIGAIL (ALLYN) BISSELL b. d. June 21, 1754, ce. 81.

She was widow of Benjamin of Hartford and dau. of Thomas Allyn, u The Redeemed Captive" (Harvard, 1683). He m. 1st, July 21, 1687, Eunice Mather, dau. of Rev. Eleazer Mather and his wife Esther Warham. She was killed by Indians Mch. l, 1704.

Children. Eleazer b. July 16, 1688. d. Sept. 21, 1742. m. Mary Hobart, dau. Rev. Nehemiah. Samuel b. Jan. 24, 1689-90. d. June 30, 1713. Esther b. Apr. 10, 1691. m. June 21, 1715, Rev. Joseph Meacham. 181

Stephen b. May 14, 1693 (Harvard, 1713). m. 1st · Abigail Davenport, dau. Rev. John. m. 2nd, Sept. 17, 1767, Sarah (Chapin) Burt. Eliakim b. May I, 1695. d. Apr. l 5, 1696. Eunice b. Sept. 16, 1696. m. 1713, in Canada an Indian. John b. Jan. 19. 1697-8, killed I 704. Warham b. Sept. 16, 1699 (Harvard, 1719). d. June 22, 1751. m. May 23, 1728, Abigail Leonard. Jemima b. Sept. 3, 1701. d. Sept. 11, 1701. Jerusha b. Sept. 3, I 701. d. Sept. 16, 1701. Jerusha b. Jan. I 5, I 703-4. Killed by Indians Feb. 29, I 704. Abigail b. Sept. 27, 1708. d. Dec. 3, 1787. m. 1st, abt. I 730, Rev. Ebenezer Hinsdale. m. 2nd, Oct. 8, 1764, Col. Benjamin Hall. m. 3rd 1773, Judge Ebenezer Silliman. John b. Nov. 23, 1709. d. June II, 1714. Eliakim b. Feb. 6, 1711. Elijah b. Nov. 13, 1712. d. July 10, 1771. m. May 28, 1735, Lydia Dwight. Sarah b. Sept. 8, 1716. d. Feb. 19, 1736-7.

IV. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS b. Nov. 13, 1712. d. July IO, 1771. m. 1st, May 28, 1735. LYDIA DWIGHT b. Apr. 25, 1712. d. Enfield, Ct., Jan. 25, 1749.

He m. 2nd, Jan. 7, 1750, Margaret Pynchon, dau. Col. William. He was Harvard, 1732, a lawyer in Deerfield, Mass., a Major of Militia and Town Clerk for many years and zealous in public affairs. In the Indian wars he removed to Enfield, Ct., returning later to Deer­ field, where he was appointed one of the judges of the County Court.

Children. Sibyl b. Mch. 4, 1735. d. Oct. 15, 1750. Sarah b. Feb. 3, 1737. d. Apr. 4, l 738. Abigail b. Jan. 17, 1738. d. May 13, 1818. m. May 27, I 760, Dr. Thomas Williams, son Eleazer of Roxbury. Lydia b. Mch. 13, 1740. m. Dec. 8, I 763, Daniel Jones. 182

Sarah b. June II, 1743. d. June 14, I 756. m. Elijah b. Jan. 27, 1745. d. Deerfield, unm., Mch. 24, 1793. Harvard, 1764, Loyalist. Eunice b. Dec. 17, 1746. m. Nov. 25, 1773, William Felton.

V. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, I 760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VI. SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, I 786. SIMEON JONES.

VII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 1811. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

VIII. FRANCES LoursA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

IX. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL }AMES SEELY. 183

WILTON.

I. LT. DAVID WILTON. He was of Dorchester, Mass., 1632; was freeman June II, 1633; re­ moved to Windsor, Ct., 1635 or 6, where he had land granted in 1640. He was a representative in 1646 and 1647, 1650-4 and 1656; removed in 1660 to Northampton, where he was one of the pillars of the founda­ tion of the church June 18, 1661, was Ensign in 1662, Lieut. in 1663, served in Philip:s War, and died at Windsor on a visit Feb. 5, 1678. Chi"ld. Mary d. Aug. 2 5, 1683. m. May 6, 1652, Capt. Samuel Marshall.

II. MARY WILTON m. May 6, 1652. CAPT. SAMUEL MARSHALL.

III. LYDIA MARSHALL m. Sept. 24, 1676. CAPT. JOSEPH HAWLEY.

IV. LYDIA HAWLEY m. Aug. 27, 1702. CAPT. HENRY DWIGHT.

V. LYDIA DWIGHT m. May 28, 1735. MAJOR ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

VI. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS m. May 27, 1760. DR. THOMAS WILLIAMS.

VIL SARAH WILLIAMS m. Aug. 13, I 786. SIMEON JONES.

VIII. LOUISA JONES m. Aug. 20, 181 I. JAMES THORPE HANFORD.

IX. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD m. Jan. 5, 1837. JOHN OLIVER VAIL.

X. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY 184

WOOLSEY.

I. GEORGE WooLSEY b. Yarmouth, Eng., Oct. 27, 1610. d. Jamaica, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1698. m. New Amsterdam, Dec. 9, 1647. REBECCA CORNELL b. 1622 ? buried Feb. 5, 1713, re. 91.

He is thought to have lived a while in Holland with his father Benjamin, son of Thomas. He came in 1623 with Dutch emigrants, and was in trade for some years in New Amsterdam with Isaac Aller­ ton, who came in the "Mayflower;" Aug. 10, 1647, he bought land in Flushing, L. I. He probably lived, as a trader, in New York until Feb. 15, 1664, when he received land from the town of Jamaica. went there, became Town Clerk 1673-1698. His will of Nov. 2, 1691, was probated Feb. 22, 1698-9, and names "wife Rebecca, oldest son George, sons Thomas and John, daus. Sarah (Hallett), Rebecca (Wiggins) and Mary Woolsey."

Children. Sarah hp. Aug. 7, 1650. m. William Hallett of Newtown, L. I. George bp. Oct. 10, 1652. d. Dosoris, L. I., Jan. 19, 1740. m. Hannah Thomas hp. 1655. m. Ruth and removed to Bedford. Rebecca bp. Jan. 16, 1661. m. Thomas Wiggins. John hp. Jan. 16, 1661. m. Abigail d. abt. 1729. Mary hp. Mch. 9, 1664. William hp. June 30, 1678, "of reasonable age.''

II. REBECCA WooLSEY m. THOMAS WIGGINS.

III. BENJAMIN WIGGINS m. RACHEL 185

IV. STEPHEN WIGGINS m. ELIZABETH FOWLER.

V. CHARLOTTE (WIGGINS) HusTICE m. Nov. 9, 1786. OLIVER ARNOLD.

VI. CHARLOTTE HANNAH ARNOLD m. Jan. 13, 1813. JOHN COUGLE VAIL.

VII. JOHN OLIVER VAIL m. Jan. 5, 1837. FRANCES LOUISA HANFORD.

VIII. CHARLOTTE LOUISA VAIL m. July 13, 1857. DANIEL JAMES SEELY.