DECEMBER 2013

A Hempstead Secret Mond 13 fair. I came home by my farm & Fannie Potter, the secretary of the his- got to ye ferry by noon & ... over by 2 & went torical society at the time. back to make up between Nattee & Sarah However, you may remember the entire Church. I went to Justice Perkins’s to get him manuscript was not available for Pat to to assist & came back at night 9 of ye Clock review. The folios for the years 1732 to before I got home. Son Robert is come over to 1750, had been loaned to the historical Mr Ledgyards. I turned my young Cattel out of society for the transcription, but then ye plain yt S. P kept. Wednsd 15 fair. I was returned to the owner in the Bolles- at home foren at Court & in Town &c. I bot Branch line of the Hempstead family. 1 Dozn Coat Plate buttons of Edwd Palmes The historical society was able to acquire & gave him 2 Dollers & am to pay him £3 the missing one third of the document 11s 6d. at auction in 2011, and Pat Schaefer has Did you notice anything as you read this (Continued on page 5) passage from The Diary of Joshua Hempstead? This is the text as it appears on page 492 of our 1999 edition, and yes, there is no entry for the 14th of June Holiday Open House and Volunteer Reception of 1748. Except, there is an entry for ~ Thursday 19 December at 4 PM that date in the manuscript. lease join us on the evening of Thursday 19 December for our holiday When we published the 1999 edition P open house and reception to honor the volunteers who do so much to under the guidance of Patricia Schaefer keep the historical society running smoothly. We’ll have holiday sweets and and Neild Oldham, we reformatted the cheeses, tea, coffee, and wine. text to make it easier to follow, and added a new index of names, including A special performance will take place at 5 o’clock with Jennifer Emerson (also the names of slaves and women who known as “Miss Perkins”) sharing some mid-nineteenth century holiday spirit had mostly been left out of the earlier with a reading of some of the most memorable parts of Charles Dickens’s, “A index. Pat Schaefer reviewed the manu- Christmas Carol.” Popular from the day that it was published, Jennifer will share script and conducted extensive research the story as it might have been read in the Perkins home. Certainly we’ll all be into the original to clarify discrepancies wishing, “God bless us, every one!” as we head home. and check confusing items in the tran- Not just for volunteers — all are invited. But because of the performance scription completed in 1896 by Miss please call the office to make reservations: 860.443.1209.

NEW LONDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 1 “Ye Towne’s Antientest Buriall Place” The Bolles Family, Part II

n the last newsletter we covered a 1, 1757, “att his wives fathers Isaiah 1740, and died November 5, 1783, “in few of the members of the large Bolles.” Neither of these, nor Bath- ye 45th year of his age.” (It seems to be I Bolles clan who have headstones sheba, has a stone in the burying off by a year.) The Bolles genealogy in the Antientest Burial Ground. This ground. says he “m. and had one child, who d. time we will cover the rest of the family. without issue.” It does not give his Hempstead did quite a bit of surveying John and Sarah (Edgecombe) Bolles, wife’s name. The headstone is in good for the Bolles family, including Isaiah. who do not have stones in the burying condition. Hempstead also bought livestock from ground, were the parents or grandpar- Isaiah, as in April of 1743, when “I The other headstone from this branch ents of most of those who do. John and made a Map for Ebe Bolles & he pd me of the family is for Alpheus, the sixth Sarah were both very active in the reli- 10s. I Sent it and 4. more to Isaiah by child of Joshua and Joanna, died July gious group known as the Rogerenes, Enoch to pay for 2 piggs.” (Enoch was 26, 1776, “in the 24th year of his age.” founded by John Rogers, and not recog- another brother, who does not have a He was born October 4, 1752, and did nized as a legitimate sect by Connecticut stone in the burying ground.) The fol- not marry. His headstone is interesting authorities. Suggestions for more infor- lowing year Hempstead notes on April because of mislabeling. The stone itself mation on the Rogerenes can be found 4, “I killed ye Last of my 2 piggs that I is spalled (the front layer of brown- in references at the end of this article. had of Isaiah Bolles last april yesterday.” stone has fallen off), although the Isaiah Bolles was the eighth child and footstone is there and says “Mr. Al- Lydia “departed this Life Sept. 10, A.D. sixth son of John and Sarah Bolles, pheus Bolles.” In front of the head- 1774, in the 62d year of her age,” as it born October 11, 1713. In 1735 he mar- stone is a metal plaque on a metal used to say on her headstone. The stone ried Lydia Powers, who does not seem stick, driven firmly into the ground, is next to Isaiah’s, but broken off at the to have been his first love. Joshua ground. Isaiah outlived her, dying Janu- (Continued on page 4) Hempstead, the diarist, notes on No- ary 28, 1789, “in the 76th year of his vember 18, 1733, “Isaiah Boles & Jemi age.” His stone is in good condition. Rogers published.” Since this Isaiah The Bolles genealogy says both died in Bolles appears to have been the only New London County Historical Society Incorporated 1870 Saybrook. one of that name in New London at the Officers time, it was probably he. However, on The tenth child of John and Sarah Nancy Steenburg, President Patty Oat, Vice President August 4, 1734, Hempstead says “Math Bolles, Joshua, has two children with Joe Selinger, Secretary Frederick E. Burdick, Treasurer Cooley of Lyme & Jemima Rogers pub- headstones in the burying ground, al- lished.” though neither he nor his wife has one. Board of Directors 2014

Joshua was born August 5, 1717, and William Peterson, Karyn Garside, Isaiah and Lydia had five children, at Deborah McCann, Jeffrey Nelson married Joanna Williams January 30, least two of whom (both named Bath- 2015 1739. The genealogy says they had 15 Barun Basu, Karen Beasley, sheba) died young. Hempstead notes on Chris Donohue, Fawn Walker children, including three sets of twins. August 30, 1753, while an epidemic of 2016 One child died in the 1753 dysentery Dan Connors, Katherine Dimancescu, Peter the bloody flux (dysentery) gripped Emanuel, Benjamin Panciera epidemic, as noted above. The geneal- New London, “3 Children Died last Staff ogy also mentions a Sarah who died Edward Baker, Executive Director night & to day. one of Patrick Robert- Tricia Royston, Librarian in 1754. son & one of Joshua Bolles’s & one of 11 Blinman Street New London, Connecticut 06320 Isaiah Bolles’s.” Their second child, Samuel “Bowls” as it is spelled on his 860.443.1209 Margaret, born February 12, 1738, mar- headstone, was the first child of Joshua www.newlondonhistory.org [email protected] ried a Frederick Lee, who died February and Joanna. He was born December 7, ISSN 1940-2074

2 NEW LONDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Award Winning! New and Renewed PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Members ’m delighted to report to you that our 2012 joint exhibition, “The Rockets’ Educational Partners Red Glare,” created by the collaboration of the New London County His- Mitchell College New London torical Society and our partners the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, the Custom Connecticut College New London University of Connecticut, Avery Point Groton I House Museum, the Stonington Historical Society, and Mystic Seaport Museum, Contributing has won two more notable awards from the Association for the Study of Con- F.M. & J. Durrschmidt Mystic Ann Sheedy Lebanon necticut. The exhibit itself garnered the Bruce Fraser Award for the best public Daniel & Deborah Connors New London history exhibit in Connecticut in 2012. The companion book, with Dr. Glenn Shelley & William White Stonington Karen Halttunen San Marino, CA Gordinier as the principle author, won the Betty M. Linsley Award for the best Patricia & Todd Schaefer Mystic book on Connecticut history published by a historical society in 2012. We all Chris Donohue Mystic Brian & Pamela Ehrlich Mystic know that the exhibit and book were wonderful, and it is equally wonderful to Patty Oat Groton receive recognition for them. If you don’t own a copy of the book, we have Friend Fawn Walker & Ric Ricci Quaker Hill them for sale at the Shaw Mansion. Christopher Atwood New London Roy & Valerie Grimm Noank For 2014, the New London County Historical Society is producing something Russel Vocalina Niantic George & Olga Manos East Lyme entirely new – a calendar that highlights significant places and events in the his- Andrew German Mystic tory of New London County and of the society itself. Under the skillful and Individual and Family creative guidance of Board member Christopher Donohue, we have published a Barbara Bolles Kansas City, MO Emily Gere Menlo Park, CA wonderful calendar that you will want to own, and that you will want to share Lisa Clarke Perrin New London Robert J. Doyle Groton with your friends and families. The calendar highlights well-known and hidden Lee Fontanella New London treasures of the Society’s collection, along with the stories behind those items Wayne G. Tillinghast Groton Donna Bleak Thermopolis, WY and the notable people who have contributed to its history. Learn about the James Streeter Groton ladies of the Shaw Richard & Dottie Hoyt Groton Daniel Woodhead III San Francisco, CA Mansion. Discover Robert Ronfeld & Teresa Broach New London the link between Fred Paxton & Sylvia Malizia New London the whaling indus- Charles & Marilyn Starks Riverton, WY John Ruddy Waterford try and the Perkins’ Betty Proulx Waterford Helen Rozwadowski & family’s fortunes Daniel Hornstein New London and misfortunes. Katherine Dimancescu Concord, MA Jane Turton Chersterfield, MD Discover why peo- Elizabeth Whitley Old Lyme ple call Norwich Marilyn Davis Waterford Leslie P. Pettet Columbia, IL the “Rose of New Katherin Bowe West Hartford John Geary Uncasville England.” This Col. Charles & calendar is so full Mary Jane Gilman Waterford Linda Christenson Preston of wonderful nug- Marvin Berger New London gets of information Richard & Heather Grigsby Uncasville Oliver H. & Priscilla Porter Noank that you won’t Claire & Bill Peterson North Stonington Bernard Balser Novi, MI throw it away at the end of the year! Sales of the calendar will help support the Edward Janusz Stonington ongoing operations of the New London County Historical Society and is avail- Dr. David & Keli D. Levine Sanos Point, NY Robert M. Nye Waterford able to members at $18 and for others at $20 — at the Shaw Mansion or on our David & Marie Engelman Ledyard website (add $2 for shipping if you want it mailed). Susan Munger New London James Persson Woodstock Valley

John Benchimol Clinton Of course, I hope you will want to support the operations of the historical soci- Robert Doyen Old Lyme ety with a gift to the Annual Fund; please give generously Corrine Petrowsky Moosup Thank you, Nancy Steenburg (Continued on page 6)

NEW LONDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 3 The Bolles Family, Part II (continued) (Continued from page 2) Samuel and Margaret’s third child, Mar- Prentis, Edward, Ye Antient Buriall Place which says “Richard Coit Holt,” with tin, “died Aril 11, 1793, in the 23d year of New London, Conn. New London: dates. However, Holt’s headstone is of his age.” He was born November Press of the Day Publishing Co., 1899. closer to the burying ground entrance. It 21, 1770, and died single. His head- Schaefer, Patricia M. A Useful Friend: A is also spalled, but has the original words stone is spalled, but the footstone is Companion to the Joshua Hempstead Diary cut into the back. (The metal plaque is labeled “Martin Bolles.” He is the only 1711-1758. New London, CT: New actually a good way to locate the Bolles one of their children who has a stone in London County Historical Society, headstones, which are grouped to- the burying ground. 2008.

gether.) There is another headstone, in good Williams, George E. A Genealogy of the The 14th and last child of John Bolles, condition, for a member of another Descendants of Joseph Bolles of Wells, Maine. with his second wife Elizabeth Wood, branch of the Bolles family. It is for Self-published, 1970. There is a copy at also has a headstone in the burying Ebenezer Bolles, who died June 24, the New London County Historical ground. This was Samuel, born May 10, 1776, in his 54th year. According to a Society. This was used to identify Ebe- 1744, “when his father was 67 years 1970 genealogy of the Bolles family, he nezer, d. 1776. old.” John and his first wife Sarah had was the fifth child of Joseph, who was ten children. After she died he married the fifth child of Samuel and Mary Caulkins and Schaefer both have infor- Elizabeth, and they had an additional Dyer Bolles. Joseph was among the mation on the Rogerenes. For informa- four. This Samuel was named after an first settlers of Rochester, Massachu- tion from a Rogerene point of view, see older brother who had died at the age of setts. He married Mary (last name not Bolles, John Rogers and Anna Bolles 35. Samuel was a farmer, who “lived and known) before 1715, and they had nine Williams, The Rogerenes: Some Hitherto died in a house built by himself at the children. While Ebenezer’s birthdate is Unpublished Annals Belonging to the Colo- age of 19, on a wild and rocky lane lead- not given in the genealogy, the third nial History of Connecticut. Boston: Stan- ing from New London to Nor- child was born in 1720 and the eighth hope Press, F. H. Gilson Co., 1904. wich.” (This appears to be Victorian in 1729, making a birth year of 1723 Also available through archive.org. hyperbole. Any road that went from reasonable. New London to Norwich was more Patricia M. Schaefer main road than not.) On December 18, 1766, Samuel married Margaret Moore, References: and they had 13 children. She “died June Bolles, John A. Genealogy of the Bolles 30th, 1820, aged 74 years,” as her head- Family in America. Boston: Henry Dut- stone once said. It is spalled, but you can ton and Son, 1865. Available online see “Marg” and the footstone has the through archive.org. This is the geneal- initials M.B. ogy used for all of the New London family members. In 1827 Samuel married the widow Lois Hamilton, whose maiden name was Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, The His- Wickwire. He was 83. She does not have tory of New London, Connecticut to 1860. a headstone in the burying ground. Sam- New London, CT: New London uel “died August 10th, 1842, in the 99th County Historical Society, 2007.

year of his age.” His stone is also Hempstead, Joshua, The Diary of Joshua spalled, although a little of the lettering Hempstead, 1711-1758. New London, can be seen. CT: New London County Historical

Society, 1999.

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A Hempstead Secret Now we know why Joshua needed to (Continued from page 1) later on the page: Tuesd 21 foggy & Some borrow £40 from Madam Winthrop for been back at work, scouring the fair. I was most of the day up in Town to get his grandson, Nattee. And, of course, we diary to once again correct discrep- Somebody to Saw Timber att ye Mill to make a also now know what needed to be settled ancies and look for misplaced or New Cogg wheel. I borowed of Madm Winthrop between Nattee and Sarah Church. wrongly transcribed words. £40 for Nattee &c. Joshua Hempstead’s son, Nathaniel, died On a recent Wednesday (Pat’s day With a bit more research Pat found two in 1729 at age 28, leaving two sons and a to volunteer at the Shaw Mansion), additional entries that had been left out daughter, Joshua, Nathanael and Mary. At she was looking through the manu- from September and October 1747: the time, Nathaniel and his family were script to clarify a confusing word Wednesd 16 Yesterday Nathanael was ar- sharing the Hempstead house with his when she was rather shocked as she rested to appear before Justice Perkins at Groton father. Shortly after his death, Nathaniel’s saw something that shouldn’t have being accused by Sarah Church of Sd Groton of wife Mary married Joseph Truman and been there, an entry for the 14th of begeting her with child. & forasmuch as he is not took baby Mary to live with him, leaving June 1748. These are the words she able to go now, I've promised he Shall go when the boys to live with their grandfather. found: well Enough. [October ]Tuesd 6 afternoon I They all lived quite close (Truman Street went with James Harris Constable & Nattee to does intersect with Hempstead Street at Tuesd 14. Fair. In the morn I went to Justice Perkins house att Groton & then & the Hempstead house), and so this ar- Groton & Met Mr Perkins at foresc. . . there I gave bond with Nattee for his appear. . . rangement was not a great infringement & after much debate I agreed to give att November Court to answer the Accusation of upon family togetherness. The Diary is Sarah Chh £40 in 10 days & £30 more Sarah Church of Sd Groton who Swears that filled with entries for the two boys as they by the first day of June next if her child Nattee begat her with Child more than 6 months grew to be young men in New London. shall bee then alive & if dead not to be pd. Since Recog. £80 New Tenor. I pd ye Consta- Nattee does marry Hannah Booth not & the note left in ye hands of Justice Per- ble 6s 7d for his Travell because Nattee was not long after his liaison with Sarah Church kins. In the aftern I came home & went able to go So far. These entries should ap- and Nattee and Hannah eventually have out to the Cornfield & fetched home my pear on pages 479 and 480 of the 1999 six children. The stone house on the mare & Rid up into Town&c. Which edition, but you won’t find them there. Hempstead property was built by this provides clarification to an entry Nathanael Hempstead.

Joshua Hempstead in keeping track of his Winter Series of “Second Sunday” Lectures Scheduled work and the people he encountered in ell, NOT Quite “Second Sunday,” because in January we will be gath- his life did not shy away from speaking of W ering on the FIRST Sunday, but we hope you will join us at the Shaw illegitimate children, nor of fornication. Mansion for our Winter Lectures on Sunday afternoons at 4 PM. On 5 Janu- There are multiple entries on these topics, ary we will hear from Tricia and Edward about some “Hidden Treasures” of as well as adultery (intercourse with a the Shaw Mansion. They will each share three of their favorite things. Tricia is married woman, not one’s spouse) and retiring at the end of December and so this event will also feature a reception these accounts all appear to have been at which we thank her for her nine years of dedicated service as our librarian. correctly transcribed by Miss Potter. One

has to wonder why this youthful trans- On 9 February we will hear from Dr. Jason Mancini, Associate Director of gression (Nattee was 21 at the time) by Research as the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, a presentation on his exten- the grandson of the diarist – about which sive research into the work of Indians on whaling ships. And on 9 March (the Joshua Hempstead himself was not afraid day Daylight Savings Time begins again) we will look at maps in the collection to record – would have been hidden from of the historical society, including some recent acquisitions. the view of the world in 1895. So remember, First Sunday in January, Second Sundays in February and We don’t have an answer, do you? March, we’ll see you here at the Shaw Mansion at 4 PM.

NEW LONDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 5 Christopher Allesandro Charlestown, RI New and Renewed David Swiss Higganum Corazon B. Kerbel Groton Jeffrey Mullaly Middletown Members Sarah R. Swiatek Rocky Hill Myron Leanne Ledyard Randolph Baggesen Ashaway, RI Peter Chaplin Westerly, RI (Continued from page 3) Sean Young Westerly, RI Andrian Genovesio Lebanon Vickie Videll New London J. Colville New London Thomas Tynan Waterford Scott Aubin Danielson Frank & Shelley Hewes Norwich Michael Hislop Niantic Dr. William Willoughby Chicago, IL Michael A. Burnes W. Greenfield Janet Byer Farmington Ryan Coats Colchester D. Whitman Wakefield, RI Matthew Bryant Pawcatuck Ron Hafer Jamaica Plain, MA Jayson Blackwell Westerly, RI Perry Githens Warren Catherine Zahn Pennington, NJ Christopher P. Howard Charlotte, NC Joseph Whitemore Westerly, RI Michael Spellmon Old Mystic Kristy A. Grispine Westerly, RI Arthur Perra Hope Valley, RI Evelyn & Fred Commentucci Gales Ferry Melanie Bedard N. Franklin Marissa Scapino Mashantucket Robert Belletzkie Prospect Shelley Bostwick Thompson Reiva Grimshaw Ledyard Christina Corcoran Uncasville Teresa Clouse Branford Thomas Beebe Mystic Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Howard East Granby Linda Lameira Dayville Sharon Crowley Old Saybrook Vivian A. Brooks Waterford John E. Farrar, JR Westerly, RI Catherine Dacigad Pomfret Center Barbara Low Niantic Tom Hazzett Manchester Daniel F. Sullivan III Old Saybrook Marion O. Harris Morristown, NJ Susan Audette Mansfield Nicholas Cherenzia Charlestown, RI Edwin Smith Ann Arbor, MI Lawrence Szczepanik Berlin Robert Christy Jewett City Lewis & Dona Marquardt Austin, TX Joshua Allen Dexter Putnam Arthur Pangaio Madison Jennifer Geoghan Orlando, FL Gregory R. Chapman Uncasville Sanda Dumas Norwich Dr. & Mrs. Scott Rottinghaus New London Jason Correia Ashaway, RI Michelle Thomas-Rilmore Mashantucket Deanna Bossdorf New London Christopher Michard Canterbury Linda Cady Pawcatuck Karen & Robert Beasley Voluntown Keisha Morales Hartford Chang Ji Wakefield, RI Doug & Lois Walsh Cortland, NY Charlene Adams Canterbury Lawrence Bean Windham Barbara L. Britton West Trenton, NJ Jennifer Bocchino Ellington David Tafarella Deep River Thomas Althuis Groton Zachary M. Christmas Colchester Rebecca Labrez Coventry Edward C. Murphy & Geoffry Ehrendreich Chaplin Nathaniel Gilman Groton Doris Edmond New London Shayla LeGassie Chaplin Christina Rivera Daniel Melanie Jarvis Gales Ferry Janine Reese New London Beth Starks Brooklyn, NY Leigh Anne & Henry Cox Fairbanks, AK Thomas Lazzard Narragansett, RI Lindsay Burns Canterbury Jane B. Schoonover Groton Douglas Steers Waterford Stephen Lyons Willimantic Dr. & Mrs. Frederic Anderson Noank Joshua Lammer Lyme Alexandra kane N. Windham Annemarie & James Sheehan New London Jack Widman Madison Xuequin Liang Westerly, RI Jessica Thrasher San Jose, CA Sharon L. Bannister N. Kingston, RI Gary Blackman Amston Jeanne Howard &Barbara Perris Portland, OR Jennifer Gay Pawcatuck Wilken Y. Rodriguez Putnam Christopher Collier Orange Hope Case Uncasville Jordann Plante Westerly, RI Gladys Colon Willimantic You Quing Li Hartford Associate Sean Cormier Moodus Alexander Williams Westerly, RI Johanna Oliveros Ossining, NY Gloria Belua Gales Ferry Wilfredo Quintana Windham Keith McDermott Scituate, RI B. Radziszewski New Britain Robert Littlefield Jewett City Jessica Birch Chester Angela M. Nobile Westerly, RI Ellen Benson Bradford, RI Andris Dutram Dayville Colleen Roche Charlestown, RI Violet Drury-Silva W. Greenwich, RI Darren Piechowski Hampton John & Linda Cahoon Pawcatuck John Winalski Stonington Marylin & Charles Greene Hopkinton, RI Melanie Denslow Centerbrook Greg Siros Griswold Robert F. Farrell Lyme Robert H. Christensen Lebanon Stephanie Rosa Meriden Amanda Higgins Deep River Scott Beaulieu Mystic William Snell Hopkinton, RI Roger M. Letendre W. Greenwich, RI George Slusler Westerly, RI Colin D. Jounu N. Branford Amanda Sibley Old Lyme Mark S. Evanrow Lyme Inshan Baksh Ronkonkoma, NY Jennifer Marocco Ellington Susan G. Franklin Chester Corine Casale Willimantic Phyllis C. Rothmeyer Oakdale Jorgo Malo Hartford Leo Willet Hope Valley, RI Jocelyn M Morales-Cruz Willimantic Doviary D. Herreia-Cimon Westerly, RI Austin York Canton Sarah M. Molinari Colchester Philip Zetterstrom Coventry Leame Secondo Willington Steven D. Tharp Ledyard Robert Erickson Plainville Alexander Moran Danielson Theda C. Verdone Cromwell Donna Richo East Haven Robert R. Smith Plainfield Michael Lenihan Westerly, RI Phillip J. Paulsen Canterbury Thomas Shilosnvili Southborough, MA Steven & Diane Kelley East Lyme Patricia E. Putorti Westerly, RI Scott Kidd Plainfield Dylan McCormick Great Barrington, MA Natheem C. Myles Bloomfield Jason Romeo Niantic Dana J. Rotella Essex Jessica Williams Westerly, RI Cathy Ann Mistrik Westerly, RI William Binnett Salem Sanda White Bradford, RI Maureen C. Hanlon Spencer, MA Michael Walburn Lisbon Ryan Grant Gardner, MA Michael Corsini Guilford Erika Lorange Plainfield Ethan St. Peter Union

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