^7<y,/ kSLct f>1>ï /933 To the binder: these 2 leaves, pp.vil-x are throw-outs in the final binding: GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of MAINE and NEW HAMPSHIRE PART II THE SOUTHWORTH PRESS PORTLAND, MAINE 1933 PREFACE TO PART II Although over four years have passed, the promise made in the Preface to Part I, that before Part II should go to press, all of my materials would have been thoroughly worked over for the whole book, is ixnkept. Not only have my minutes from so many years among the records not been fidly uti­ lized, but people who have studied certain families will often find that au­ thentic matter in print has escaped notice. Genealogists trained to library work will turn to many such omissions. Yet I do, to console myself, hold to the belief that James Savage himself, had he -in our day- thought of writing his Genealogical Dictionary, would have abandoned it almost before start­ ing. As it was, he exhausted every printed book from cover to cover (often led into errors thereby). Today such books have multiplied more than a hundred fold. In the interim between Parts I and II, books have gotten into print which fill me with dismay, and worse— books -flung- into print, reckless of errors; and some of these by a genealogist of high reputation. Is there not now enough of such material on the library shelves without increasing it 1 More to the point, shall I add to it? Personally I have reached a conviction that we have arrived at a stage where the desideratum is not the multiplication of genealogical books, nor even the extension of research, but the rescuing of genealogy itself from being brought into public contempt by reckless graspers after high ancestry and their exploiters. This does not reflect on innocent, right-minded people willing to spend money to do honor to their forebears, and helpless in whatever hands they fall into. We are fortunate to have such people, and there will always be those ready to take their money. But on my resigning from the Society of Colonial Wars, not because they would not, but because I knew they could not, deal with a rich man who by years of maneuvring had "established" two (ór more) spurious lineages to distinguished ancestry of his own se­ lection, I estranged a lifelong friend who was exasperated at my taking viii Preface to Part II a course to shut off genealogical funds. A youth whom I met a few years ago in the New England H. G. Library has since set up a -school- where in a few months' time high-school graduates may be prepared to earn their living as professional genealogists. An original member of a society formed with the commercial object of bringing the genealogy of the whole United States (and much of Europe) within the confines of one roof, came to my house last summer. In one breath she boasted of having been the means of excluding from their society the young man just referred to, and informed me that her grandmother was "sister of the man Bowdoin College was named for." Asked if she had verified this, "No, I've been too busy tracing other people's ancestry." Born in 1875, her father born in 1794, his Bowdoin mother would have been born by 1719, aged 75 or older in 1794. "Don't you suppose my father knew his own mother ?" my caller challenged me. On the contrary, the full family record on the town book gives her fa­ ther's birth, 15 Mar. 1794, the places and dates of his father and mother's births, she, Sarah -Stover-, born in Old York, (full of Bowdens, not Bow- doins), 25 Oct. 1766. Must those who have a regard for truthful genealogy (at least intended to be truthful), remain helpless to deal with this menace? Prom a soberer standpoint, I have become convinced that the genealogical format of the N. E. H. G. Society is wrong—to give the parentage, with the mother's maiden name, of all who marry into the family, and the children of daughters. This standard results practically in hasty reaching out into families not investigated, and especially in accepting what is found in print. Perhaps the best family genealogy I know of (Clement: 1927), edited by an unsurpassed genealogist, falls into several errors (several to my knowledge and must be others), by attempting this standard. Every thorough work on one family reveals some of the ancestry of those who intermarry, and some­ times the descendants of daughters for several generations, often undiseov- erable by direct search. All such new material should be printed, instead of what may be a repetition of errors. Having now taken a year's leave of absence, to do my bit, however small, in the war against the malignant delusion that is depriving our merchants of a medium of exchange adequate for them to place the orders necessary to bring industry and transportation back to normal activity, and having passed 71, it is quite possible that I shall not live to finish the book. If so, and if it falls to Miss Sybil Noyes to do it, I am happy in the belief that she is as zealous for the truth as I claim to be, and more cautious, and in some respects will do it better than myself. A trained secretary of years' standing, she has been a lifelong enthusiast in original research in genealogy. Captain Davis's wonderful liberality, patience, and self-sacrificing coop­ eration cannot be praised too highly. Himself one of our best genealogists, he has been in sympathy with my thoroughness, although the impractica­ bility of it has fallen on himself alone. Doubtless the large number of surnames appearing, even for a day, among so small populations as New Hampshire and Maine had in the 17th Preface to Part II ix Century will surprise many. Of these not a few have been handed down in distant parts, but of English surnames that have once existed, it is probable that a large majority are extinct. Those still existing could by easy inven­ tion be multiplied a hundred fold. To one who has not slept with the variant pronunciations and spellings (and misreadings) of English surnames in for­ mer days, one extraordinary variation seems as likely as another, with the result that quite impossible notions are commonly seen in print, whereas an almost incredible divergence may be in strict accord with well established trends. Instances will be found in these pages. I must add to the list of those who have given aid outside their own fam­ ilies Mr. M. A. C. Shackford, who should have been the historian of Dover. To the many ready helpers in their own families I owe apologies for my lim­ ited cooperation. Yarmouth, Maine, Jan. 1,1933. CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS Lists List 1, 1. 3. Alter Aslley to Astley. List 271. J x x x yyell and Wm. Ruisk witness to 1. 11. Alter Gallow to Callow. Maverick. Fountayne and Pyrie wit. to Jeffreys. P. 2, 1. 6. Alter 6-16 to 6-19. List 276, 1. 3. Alter -sions to -sioners. List 6. Add Peter Gresling, master's mate of the List 289. Add (from Niles: Indian Wars 251) -Gift of God-. 1703-4. At Andrew Neal's garrison, Berwick, List 18, 1.9. Add [Dennis]. Capt. Brown killed 9 Indians. List 88. Read J. Belknaps Rednap. P. 36, col. 3, 1.22 from bot., alter Ferris to Fennix. List 52, Exeter. Chas. Gredon means Gledon. List 306c, I. 3. Alter [Dari] to Dew. List 54. For Robert Haye read Page. See Court of Asst. i. 117. List 88. Insert commas after -living- in 1. 3, after List 307b. Richard Escot means Westcott. -1676 in 1. 6. Make misplacements dis-. List 309. Richard Eaton means Yeaton. List 94, col. 1, 1. 21, insert Yarington. See also Doc. Hist. ix. 218. List 112. See Court of Asst. iii. pp. 59-63, Cham­ List 311c. Mark this -Dover, List 3561-. berlain Coll. E. 10. 10. List 813a. Alter 'read Dugginf to -means Dan List 213. Insert 219 after yi, 83 after cxxvi. O Shaw-. List 228d. See Me. Hist. & G. Rec. i. 196. P. 43, cols. 1 and 2 are the cont. of the last col. on List 229. See Doc. Hist. ix. 362, 387. p. 42. Cols. 3 and 4 are the cont. of col. 2 of List 235, 1. 30, insert 1659 after Oct. List 318a. P. 23 after 1.22 insert: P. 44, following List 327a, margin -327x printed Thomas Rogers ±36 2 June 1670. as List 3561-. Thomas Cummings ±22 2 June 1670. List 3561 belongs under Portsmouth. Margin -See John Feckett ±25 2 July 1670. List 311c-. List 244a. Alter 1653 to 1858. List 386. Cancel 'About 1663.' List 249, col. 2, drop T. Doughty 3 lines. List 399a should read Military Services 1694-1696. List 252. Alter pages to 88, 84. —N. H. Prov. Papers xii. 102-109. List 273. Alter the date to ab. 1642-1654. List 399b should read -Arrests for Rioting- etc. Genealogies Abdy. M. in Camb. 10 Apr. 1688 Matthew and Allison (2), line 7. Cancel 'more likely his.' Deborah Wilson. Line 8. Alter Cockford in Yorkshire to Cock- Adams(2), 1. 3 from foot, alter Mackworth to Ad­ field in co. Durham. ams. See Gen. -Robert and Mary Reynolds- Line 14. M. in Manchester 13 Mar. 1717 Rob­ 1981: p. 41-2. ert Leach and Jane -Bradford-.