DESCENDANTS of THOffiflS fflRR of Hff RPSlllf ll, ffiff Inf an~ nlnf TY fllllf Dfff ffilllf S Compiled by EDITH BARTLETT SUMNER Los Angeles, California 1959 Lithographed from Compiler's Typescript By American Offset Printers, Los Angeles, Calif. other books published by Edith B. Sumner: Ancestry and Descendants of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden, and 90 Allied Families, 1948 Ancestry and Descendants of Samuel Bartlett and Lucy Jenkins, with 30 Allied Families, 1951 Ancestry and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin, with 50 Allied Families, 1954 Ancestry and Descendants of James Hensman Coltman and Betsey Tobey, with 63 Allied Families, 1957 Other compilations: Benton-Graves Ancestry, 39th 144 Allied Families, 1953 Noble and Royal Lineage of Mrs Ann Hutchinson, 1955 · Ancestry of Alice Gertrude Carsley of Portland, Maine, with 65 Allied Families. (Will be publish~d.) CONTENTS. Aldous - 1 Hebert - 165 Allen 4 Hildreth 168 Allerton 8 Holt 171 Antrobus 13 Hunting 175 Austin 14 Hutchinson 178 Ballard 17 Leach 186 Barrell 19 Long 190 Batchellor 23 Luff 192 Bennett 25 Lyndall 194 Bent 27 Maverick 196 Blood 30 Metcalf (2 lines) 201 Blott 32 Morse 205 Boyden - 34 Neale 207 Boyes 37 Onion 209 Bray 39 Otis 211 Brock 41 Palmer - 214 Browne - 43 Park 216 Bullard 45 Parke 218 Buxton - 50 Parker - 220 Chamberlain - 52 Peirce - 223 Clapp (2 lines) 55 Pinkham 224 Clark, Joseph 65 Pitcher 228 Clarke, William 67 Pond 230 Cogswell 69 Rice 232 Colbron 72 Sawtelle 236 Coltman 75 Searle - 242 Cram 76 Sherman 243 Davis 84 Starbuck (2 lines) 252 Doak 86 Stevens 254 Dyer 89 Stone 261 Ellwyn - 91 Stoughton 267 Fairbanks 92 Swaine - 270 Fales (2 lines) 95 Talbot - 272 Farr - 101 Tompkins 282 Faxon - 123 Turrell 283 Fisher (2 lines) - 125 Tuttle - 287 Fiske - 134 Tybbot - 293 Flint - 139 Wadsworth 295 Foster - - 141 Walden - 303 Freeman - 147 Ward 304 Frost - 153 Ware 307 Furbush - 154 Weare 310 Harris - - 238 White 314 Haskell - 156 Winship 320 Woodcock 322 APPENDIX (Not indexed) Bohun - 325 Kit ton 330 Washburn 331 Pension certificate of Mrs Lucinda Cram, 333, 334 Autographs of ancestors, 335, 336 ILLUSTRATIONS: Coats of arms, drawn by Mrs Phyllis Rice, Heraldic artist, Los Angeles, California. Bohun - 325 Clapp - 55 Fairbanks 92 Fisher 125 Fiske - 134 Free~an 147 Sherman 243 Stoughton 267 Talbot - 272 Wadsworth 295 Washburn 331 Weare - 310 Pension certificate of Mrs Luci~da Cram, for War of 1812 - 333, 334 Autographs of ancestors 335, 336 FOREWORD In 1941 my cousin Mrs. Thomas R. Jones, of San Diego,Cal­ ifornia, compiled a genealogy of our paternal Wadsworth and Stevens lines. The interest aroused by the limited distribu­ tion of this book among our Wadsworth - Stevens connections, convinced me that there would be an equal interest in our ma­ ternal ancestry. The result was The Ancestors and Descendants of James Bensman Coltman and Betsey Tobey, compiled by Mrs. Edith Bartlett Sumner, and published in 1957. This covered some sixty allied maternal lines, and is now in most of the genealogical libraries in the country. The book aroused much family interest in our paternal con­ nections, aside from those covered by Mrs Jones' compilation. The present volume, also compiled by Mrs Sumner, contains some ninety paternal families,including the Wadsworth, Stevens and Farr families, with especial attention and space devoted to the last named. It also contains an Appendix outlining the descent from Henry de Bohun, Magna Charta Surety Baron. Authorities are cited at the end of each family sketch, and as in the Coltman-Tobey Ancestry, eligibility to patriot­ ic societies is indicated in footnotes. Excepted are Society of New England Women and Daughters of American Colonists, to which practically every descendant is eligible. The discov­ ery of the hitherto unknown wife of William4 Haskell has pro­ vided a line to Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower for their de­ scendants. This book is dedicated to my nephews, Frederic Farr Fost, Ronald William Griffin and Vernon Ira Griffin, whose interest in their Farr ancestry is appreciated. Years of research has failed to reveal the parentage of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine, but many pages of his descendants have been gathered, even the most recent additions. Our gratitude is extended to all who have contributed to the book, with especial thanks to Dr. Clifford Bailey Farr of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Willard Henry Farr of Dubuque, Iowa; and Mrs Wesley Farr of Manchester, Maine, who have sent volu­ minous Farr data, otherwise unobtainable. EXPLANATORY NOTES Ancestors occurring in other family sketches are printed in capitftls. For instance on page 163, Willobee Haskell married Sarah Pinkham. EBENEZER4, THOMAS3, JOHN 2 , and RICHARD1PINK­ HAM are ancestors; Nathaniel5 Pinkham is not. ABBREVIATIONS are obvious: b., born; a., aarried; d., died; dau., daughter; c before a year, circa, about - c1847. DATES~ The calendar correction by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, was 1-ediately accepted by all Catholic countries but not by England or her colonies until 1752. Before that year the new year began on March 25, causing the confusing "double dates," as February 14, 1722/3, for instance, which after 1152 became February 14, 1723, "new style." The compiler had given the double dates whenever possible. FREEMAN. A freeman was a man who held the right of franchise in colonial times. Only those who were proprietorsas well as members of the church could become freemen. The requirements for a freeman were that he should be of age, orthodox in re­ ligion, "of sober and peaceable conversation," and possessed of a ratable estate of at least £20. It is estimated that pounds should be multiplied by fifty to form a modern compar­ ison. In 1776 only one-sixth of the population of Boston were freemen: therefore for that reason five-sixths had no partic­ ipation in local government. Admittance as an inhabitant was a privilege not lightly acquired, only those being admitted who could contribute something of value to the community. Any stranger who came in was warned out of town if after a reason­ able time he had not bought land or become self-supporting. GENERAL COt~T. This was the legislature or governing body, and had judicial powers as well. A representative to General Court of Massachusetts corresponds to the present day United states senator. TITLES OF RESPECT. "Only a small number of persons 'of the best condition' had the distinction Mr. and Mrs. [Master and Mistress] prefixed to their names;this respect was always ac­ corded ministers and their wives. Goodman and Goodwife were the appropriate addresses for persons above the condition of servitude and below that of gentility." (Palfrey: History of New England, 2:67.) "Gent.f' was a title allowed to be used only by gentlemen, be low the class of esquire but above "Mr.,~ l ALDUS THOMAS 1 ALDOUS of Stradbrook, Suffolk, England, born about 1440, is the first of the name found in this line, proved by nu­ merous wills found in Suffolk probate records. He made his will in 1495, leaving considerable property. He named his wife Jo­ han, who made her will in 1505. Children, from wills: + 1 ROBERTI I, c14'i0. See below. 2 Agnes. M., Robert Firmage. ROBERTI! ALDOUS, of Stradbrook, born about 1470, made his will in 1507, leaving a large estate to wife Margaret and the following children: 1 Johniii, vl596. 2 Thomas, of Fressingfield, near Stradbrook, Suffolk. Will of. 1566 names wife Agnes, daughters, and four sops. + 3 ROBERT, cl500. See below. 4 George. Living 1507. 5 Daughter. Living 1507. 6 Daughter. Living 1507. ROBERTI!! ALDOUS, of Fressingfield, born about 1500, made his will in 1558, proved 1560. His widow Elizabeth made her will in 1566, proved 1576. Children, from these wills: 1 Williamiv, cl530. 2 Agnes. M. bef. 1558, Robert (?) Barber. + 3 THOMAS, cl531. See below. 4 Joane. M. bef. 1558, William(?) Fox. 5 John. Will 1595; proved 1596. Beq. "Laurences" to THOMAS. 6 Alice. Unm. in 1588 7 Robert. Will 1624; proved 1625. Chil.: Robert, Elizabeth and John, the latter making his will in 1610. THOMAS IV ALDOUS, born about 1535, was living in 1595. when his brother John left him property called Laurence, etc. He married, Fressingfield, Oct. 14, 1561, Gilyan Fiske, who was born about 1541, the daughter of William Fiske. She was liv­ ing in 1575. See FISKE. 1 Elizabethv, cl561. M., a Mr Kettle. + 2 FRANCIS. See following. 3 John. Rad a wife named Emme. 4 Anne. 2 Aldus FRANCISV ALDOUS of Fressingfield, was born about 1565. He had awife Sarah in 1595, and a second wife Mary in 1625. His will, dated Toftmonks, Norfolk, Oct. 7, 1625, names wife Mary -she to have "the best parlour in my house in Fressingfield, wherein my son NATHAN now dwelleth, during her natural life." NATHAN to have "three parts of my meadow called Laurences med­ dow," pasture, etc.; mentions having given by deed to his sons John and NATHAN his free lands in Fressingfield, they to pay certain legacies. After other bequests, "to MARY ALDOUS, the daughter of NATHAN ALDOUS my son, 40 s. at the age of 20. To my son NATHAN, my greate cupboarde standing in the hall at Fressingfield, and a chest there, on the death of his mother; also a long table." He appointed his wife Mary residuary leg­ atee; John and NATHAN to be executors, "to performe all these duties in truste reposed unto them, in the feare of god, and care of conscience, and they to live in mutuall Love & Amitie as becometh brothers." Signed, FRANCIS ALDOUS. The will was proved at Beccles, Nov. 5, 1625. Children of Francis, from wills, probably by first wife: 1 Francisvi_ Probably d.