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Certain Early Ancestors CERTAIN EARLY ANCESTORS GENEALOGIES OF THE BUTTERFIELDS OF CHELMSFORD, MASS., OF THE PARKERS OF WOBURN AND CHELMSFORD, MASS., OF THE HOHNS OF ONTARIO, CANADA, OF THE JOHNSONS OF ROXBURY, MASS., AND OF THE HEATHS OF HAVERHILL, MASS. Compiled from records of the First Church of Christ in Frances­ town, N. H., '1791.(deposited at the State Library, Concord, N. H.), and from framed old family registers, and Bibles, and from the history · of Old Families of Amesbury and Salisbury, Mass., and from town histories of Roxbury, Mass., Ryegate, Vt., Lyndeboro and Francestown, N. H., and from histories of Buf, falo and Erie Co., N. Y., Macomb Co., and Ionia and Montcalm Cos., Mich., and Houston Co., Minn., and from published gene, alogies, gravestone records and censuses, and from personal recoJ, lections of Nellie B. Buffum, Emma C. Perry, Lilly Ellis and Jessie Culver, extended and substantiated by inspection of offi, cial documents of births, marriages, deaths, deeds, probate rec, ords, pension papers and war records in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Michigan and Ontario. Compiled by Cora Elizabeth Hahn Smith I 9 4 3 Copyright 1944 Cora Elizabeth Hahn Smith Lithoprinted in U.S.A. EDWARDS BROTHERS, INC. ANN .-4,RROR, MIC~ICAN 1944 FOREWORD This book of early New England and Ontario fam­ ilies records, in the case of the Butterfields of Chelms­ ford, Mass., primarily, the descendants of William Butterfield (family #4),beginning with the record of his birth and including his marriage to Rebecca Parker as given in New England Historical and Genealogical Register of January 1890, page 37, and continuing with the historical account of the man as given in History of Francestown, New Hampshire,by Cochrane, published 1895, and including data obtained through corresponding with various de3~endants of his children who had records of their family descent. An account of the first three generations of the ancestors in America of Rebecca Parker, wife of William Butterfield, follows the Butterfield tables. Of the Heaths, it was our curiosity as to the parentage of our great-grandmother Polly(Heath) Butter­ field that led to the identity of her father Ebenezer Heath, and to the identity of her grandfather Zebediah Heath, Revolutionary War soldier. In tracing the family to Bartholomew Heath, the first ancestor in A,~erica, something of that which was found in histories and proven data from other sources of some of the collateral lines df the family, are included in the table of Heaths be­ cause of the convenience it will be for desc,endants to obtain the genealogy of their remote ancestry. A desire to record the Hohn family and to pre­ serve the activities of their lives for future gener­ ations, led to the tabulating of the deocendants of Adam Hohn and Christina his wife. And a desire to know more about the Johnsons re­ sulted in tracing the direct line (from Rhoda Johnson who married Ebenezer Heath) to the first ancestor in Amer:lca, John Johnson of/Roxbury and his wife Margaret. This record of our ancestors is published and placed in various genealogical and historical lJbraries for the benefit of those who may care to read i~s pages. iv CERTAIN EARLY ANCESTORS We wish to acknowledge here the helpful co­ operation received from various members of the fam­ ilies, without which the compilation would contain fewer families. Knowing better than anyone else ~ts incompleteness, we yet send it forth in the hope that others later on may be encouraged to pre~erve the records of the succeeding generations. Cora Elizabeth Hahn Smith THE ANCIENT FREEMAN'S OATH AND BALLOT The following was copied from Hudson's History of Marlborough: "As we have frequent occasion, especially in the Genealogy., to speak of 'freemen' and or' individuals being 'admitted freemen,' it seems proper that a few words should be said upon the subject. A 1freeman 1 was one who was allowed the right of suffrage, and was eli­ gible to office. Our pious ancestors guarded the ballot box with peculiar care. As early as 1631., they ordered that •no man shall be admitted to the freedom of the Commonwealth., but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of this jurisdiction.' This law operating harshly against some recent innnigrants, it was so modified in,1662., that all Englishmen 'shall pre­ sent a certificate., under the hand of the minister or ministers of the place where they dwell, that they are orthodox in religion, and not vicious in their lives; and also a certificate from the Selectmen., that they are freeholders, ratable to the county in a single country rate to the value of ten shillings, 1 and they may then present themselves to the General Court for admittance as freemen, and if accepted by the Court., may enjoy the privileges of freemen in the Commonwealth. "But before., or rather as a part of the in­ duction into the high and responsible post of freem~,­ the following solemn oath was to be taken: "'I., AB, being by God 1 s providence an inhabi­ tant and freeman within the jurisdiction of this Common­ wealth, do freely acknowledge myself to be subject 'to the government thereof, and therefore so swear by the great and dreadful name of the everlasting God., that I will be true and faithful to the same., and will according­ ly yield assistance and support therewith with my person­ al estate, as in equity I am bound, and also truly en­ deavor to maintain and preserve all the liberties and privileges thereof, submitting myself to the wholesome V vi CERTAIN EARLY ANCESTORS laws and orders made and established by the S.91D.e; and further, that I will not plot nor practice ~Y evil against it, nor consent to any that shall do so, but will timely discover and reveal the same to lawful authority now here established for the speedy prevention thereof; moreover, I do solemnly bind myself in the sight of God, that when I shall be called to give my voice touching any such matters of this .State wherein freemen are to deal, I will give my vote and suffrage., as I shall judge in my conscience may best conduce and tend to the public need of the body, with9~t respect of persons, or favor of any man, so help me God, in the Lord. Jesus Christ.' 11After be1ng thus qualified by the Vote of the Court, and by taking the above oath, the freeman was allowed to vote in the elections in the following manner, and under the following penalty: 1 It is ordered by this Court, and by the authority thereof, that for the yearly choosing of assistants, the freemen shall use Indian corn and beans--the Indian corn to manifest election., the beens the contrary; and if any freeman shall put in more than one corn or bean for the choice or refusal of any public officer, he shall forfeit., for every such offense, ten pounds.' "The freemen at first were all required to appear before the General Court, to give their vote for assist­ ants; but it was found inconvenient, and even dangerous, for all of them to assemble in one place, leaving their homes unprotected; hence, it was ordered, 'That it shall be free and lawful for all freemen to send their votes for elections by proxy in the next General Court in May, and so for hereafter, which shall be done in this manner: The deputy which shall be chosen shall cause the freemen of the town to be assembled, and then take such freemen's votes, as please to send them by proxy, for any magis­ trates, and seal them up severally, subscribing the mag­ istrate's name on the back side, and to bring them to the Court sealed, with one open roll of the names of the freemen that so send them! "But though corn and beans were sufficient to elect an assistant, for governor, deputy-governor, major­ general, treasurer, secretary., and commissioners of the THE ANCIENT FREEMAN I S OATH AND BALLO~' vii United Colonies, it'was required that the freemen should make use of written ballots." (pp. 239-241.) From Essentials in American Histor~ by Albert Bushnell Hart we read: "Freemen had to be church members and hardly one adult male immigrant in eight was admitted as a freeman." CONTENTS Page Foreword ••.•••• iii The Ancient Freemans•s Oath and Ballot . V THE BUTTERFIELDS OF CHELMSFORD, MASS •• 1 Records of First Church of Christ, 1791, Francestow~ N.H .•.••••••••• 8 Will of Samuel, Butterfield. • . • • • • • • 86 Deeds from Samuel 5.Butterfield, Hillsborough County, N.H. • • • . • . • . • • • • , , • 88 Deeds to Samuel 5 Butterfield, Hillsborough County, N .H . .............• 90 Deeds of Seth 6 Butterfield, Erie County, N.Y. 91 Leases to Seth 6 and Polly Butterfield, Erie County, N. Y. 95 Petition of Administration of Seth 6 Butter­ field Estate, Erie County, N,Y •.••••• 98 Inventory of Personal Property of Seth 6 Butter­ field Estate, Erie County, N.Y. 102 THE PARKERS OF WOBURN AND CHELMSFORD, MASS ••.• 107 Will of Rose (Whitlock) Parker •••••• 115 Inventory of Estate of Abraham 1 and Rose Parker . 116 Last, Will and Testament of' Joseph 3 Parker •• 117 Final Receipt of' Heirs of Joseph 3 Parker. 122 THE HOHN3· OF ONTARIO, CANADA •••••••. 123 Description of Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada • . • . • . • • • • • . • . • . • 125 Berlin (nov Kitchener), Ontario, Canada, in 1851 . 131 Adam Hohn of' Waterloo county, Ontario ••• 132 ix X CERTAIN EARLY ANCESTORS Page THE JOHNSONS OF ROXBURY, MASS .•...... , . 143 Line of Descent of Mary (Weld) Harris, Mother of Mary Harris, Who Married Isaac 3 John- son, Jr.
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