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PECKHAM FAMILY of NEWPORT and WESTERLY, R GENFA.LOGY of ONE BRANCH OF THE PECKHAM FAMILY of NEWPORT AND WESTERLY, R. I. and its ALLIED FAMILIES Compiled in Affectionate Memory of :Emma Frances 7 (Peckham) Bentley by Her Sons William Perry and John Earle Bentley Documentary Evidence by :Emilie Sa.rter, Genealogist Boston, Mass. FOREWORD Genealogies are commonly written for sentimen­ tal reasons, and if sentiment were to prevail the name of' this booklet would be "Mother's Ancestors". As a practical matter, however, the title of a gene­ alogy should give some clue to its contents, there­ fore, I have decided that the title should be Genealogy of One Branch of' the Peckham Family of Newport and Westerly, R. I. and its Allied Families In the early part of the yea:r 1949 I happened to be looking through a Bible which had belonged to my mother, Emma Frances7 {Peckham) Bentley, and there found a :faded piece of writing paper upon which she had written "Mother 's Ancestors John A. Saunders Catherine Maxson John Maxson Sarah Sbrieve Daniel Shrieve Mary Green" She referred, of course, to the ancestors of' her own mother, my grandmother, Mary Ann6 (Saunders) (Saun­ ders) Peckham. This little memorandum made by my mother, no doubt for my brother, Fred Harold8 Bent­ ley, who worked out our Bentley lineage, was often on my mind. During the month of August, 1949, my wife and I spent our vacation at Shelter Harbor, a summer re- · sort on the Rhode Island shore, in the town of West­ erly, which was the home of' many of' my ancestors. Without much hope o:f success, I inquired at the Westerly Public Library :for information about the Maxson family. To my surprise, the Librarian pro­ duced a neatly typewritten ms. on the Maxson family, compiled by Irving Maxson some twenty-five or thirty years ago. With this assistance no difficulty was encountered in tracing our Maxson lineage to Jobn2 Maxson, original settler in Westerly. · A week or so later I made an inquiry at the Li­ brary about the Saunders family and again was re­ ward,ed by permission to study a ms. genealogy of this family made by Nelson B. Va:rs . And there I found the data which enabled me to trace my grand­ mother's line to Tobiasl Saunders, another first settler of this town. Later a visit to the Newport Historical Socie­ ty and a chance remark made to the Assistant Direc­ tor that I was related to a Sbrieve family of New­ port, through Sarah Sbrieve, wife of John5 Maxson of that city, brought the information that Mrs. Oliver Cushman was at that time looking up her ~son and Shrieve ancestors. Though I did not meet Mrs. Cush­ man that year, we did begin a correspondence in which she was very helpful in furnishing information on the Shrieve, Greene, Havens, and many other fami­ lies whose names appear in this book. Without her assistance I might not have undertaken the task of having this genealogy compiled. Emilie Sarter has :furnished a great deal of the information contained in this booklet, so much that it would be tedious to repeat acknowledgements for each item. She has made important corrections to my original draft and genealogical chart • Much of her work has been used verbatim. She has checked all available records, except perhaps possible records of Tobiasl Saunders in Taunton, Massachusetts, and letters and memoranda of the Saunders and Clarke families in the Westerly Public Library. Miss Sa.rter's copious notes of records have been filed with this library. They should prove use­ ful to anyone wishing to refer to the records of any of the lineages described herein. Readers of genealogies must keep in mind the b. matter of double dating prior to the acceptance of the Gregorian calendar. According to the Julian calendar, the year began on March 25th. Thus March was the first and February the last month of the year. Since January was historically, though not legally, the first month of the year, all events oc­ curring between January 1st and March 24th were double dated. Thus February 14, 1675 was -written February 14, 1674/5. Double dating ceased upon in­ troduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1752, and thus January l 753 became legally the first month of the year. One must keep in mind also that up to 1748 the word cousin, or "cozin" meant nearest rela­ tive outside the immediate family. After that date the word acquired the precise meaning which it now has. I am, of course, indebted for much of the in­ formation in this short genealogy to the published genealogies of the various families whose names ap­ pear in this book. It should be said, however, that practically all of it has been rechecked :from the records by Miss Sarter, and thereby some errors avoided. It is believed that the genealogical chart contains very :few errors. Every person attempting research into the gene­ alogy of his family is entitled to -write one para­ graph of Lamentations wherein he can vent his disap­ pointment at the loss of information which was read­ ily available to him in his younger days • The trouble is, of course, that youth is not interested in ancestry. This is a prelude to shedding a :few literary tea.rs when I come to the task of writing about the Hyde lineage. My children, nephews, and cousins to the nth degree, and perhaps some of our friends, I hope, will enjoy reading this record of our ancestors, many of whom were among the first settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island. It may be of assistance to those who wish to carry on researches into the bis - tory of the Peckham and allied families farther than I have done. c. It will be noted that most of the pioneers came to Rhode Island because it tolerated a free con­ science in matters of religion. No person or reli­ gious sect was ever persecuted in this colony or state because o:f religious :faith. It was the first colony to have embodied in its royal charters, and later on in its state constitution, those guarantees or religious freedom which later became the common inheritance of all -who live in our great nation. W. Perry Bentley Dallas, Texas July 31, 1957 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. The Peckham Family • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 Descendants of' Stephen7 C. Peckham • • • • • • • • • • • 12 Descendants of William7 J. Peckham • • • • • • • • • • • 15 Descendants of F)nma.7 F. (Peckham) Bentley •••• 19 Descendants of Ha.nnah 7 M. {Peckham) Gould 24 LINFA.GES OF ALLIED FAMILIES Barber • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 30 Bliven • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 33 Brownell • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 35 Burdick • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 38 Clark • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cooper • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 52 Crandall • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Fones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 61 Foster • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Greene • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 66 Havens • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 73 Hazard • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 77 Hubbard • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 84 Hungerford • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 89 Hyde • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 91 Keeney • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Maccoone • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Maxson • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mosher • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 109 Parker • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 110 Potter • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 113 Rogers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 115 Ross • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 122 Rowland • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 124 Saunders • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 125 Sheriff, Sbrieve • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 132 Soule • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 137 Starr • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 139 Stewart • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 153 Stillman • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 154 Weeden • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16o West • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Whitford • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Wilcox • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 170 Willey • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 174 Appendix • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 175 T.tl,l!; .I:' .&;KHAM !''.AMI.LY The general history of this family, so far as it could
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