Arlington Town (part 6 of 8)

1 Some recollections of Dr. Cutter's boyhood, by Mr. J. B. Russell, are interesting : " He was truthful, studious and particularly brave, in all personal matters. He had great admiration for the heroes of ancient history, in which he was well posted. For instance, as to his plucky character : when the school was out, Saturday afternoons, the up- town boys would have a grand snowballing with the down-towners, the school-house being the dividing line. The general battle would hnally settle down to personal rencounters. He would always tackle some boy larger than himself, and stick to him pertinaciously, though sure of being overcome at last, and 'muzzled,' that is, snow rubbed down his bare back. He was a great reader, day and night, and his sister Anna, who Avas a sort of house- keeper, finding he sat up late reading after he retired, would allow him only a short piece of candle on going to bed. He got even with her by secreting a whole one in the course of the day, and then reading as late as he pleased."

1 Cutters in Capt. William Adams's company, Col. Thatcher's regiment, " which marched at the request of Gen. Washington at taking possession of the Heights of Dorchester," 4 Mar. 1776: William, sergeant (par. 43) ; Thomas, sergeant (par. 47) ; Thomas, private (par. 36) ; Daniel, do. (par. 75) ; John, Jr., do. (par. 19) ; Ammi, Jr., do. (par. 20) ; Stephen^ do. (par. 40) ; Gershom, 3d, do. (par. 61). The Cutter family has been by far the largest represented on the local records. For succinct genealogies of this family see Paige, Hist, of Cam~ bridge, 521-526; Wyman, Charlestown Genealogies atid Estates, 260-271.

2. Rev. David, installed minister of Church and Parish in West Cambridge, 13 Mar. 1835; d. 25 June, 1843. Born Wayland, 12 Sept. 1787, grad. H. U. 1811 ; studied theology at Univ. Camb. under Rev. Prof. Ware; ordained at Lunenburg, 1 Feb. 1815, dismissed 2 Dec. 1827; installed Amesbury 25 June, 1828, dismissed 25 Dec. 1832, and preached there till 1 Apr. 1833; removed in Oct. 1833 to Reading West Parish, and supplied the desk of the Third Cong. Society till his removal to West Cambridge. - Am. Qaar. Register for 1839.

" The Rev. David Damon, D.D., whose body rests beneath this marble, was for eight years minister of the First Congregational Society in West Cambridge. Honored for his genius and learning, revered for his piety and virtue, trusted for his simplicity and integrity of character, loved for his kind and gentle affection ; his people mourn the loss of a pastor, whose daily life repeated the sermons of the pulpit ; his family a husband and parent, whose love knows no measure ; the public a valued citizen.

"Mr. Damon was born in Wayland, Sept. 12, 1787, was graduated at Cambridge a member of the class of 1811, was installed over the society in West Cambridge, April, 1835; seized with apoplexy at a funeral service, and died on the following Sunday, June 25, 1843, in the 56th year of his age. His body is the first interred in this cemetery, which was consecrated by him a few days before his death. This monument is erected by members of his late Congregation, as a humble tribute of affection and respect to his memory."

At the time when he was stricken by the fatal disease in the pulpit at Reading, after delivering an address and offering up a prayer with great fervor and earnestness, he beckoned to Dr. Gould to come to him in the pulpit. He said to the physician that before he had finished the exercises of the occasion he had felt a numbness creeping over his limbs, accompanied with violent pain in his head, adding with perfect composure that he supposed it to be an attack of paralysis.

Notices of the Rev. David Damon apjjeared in the Monthly 3Iiscel- Za??2/ for August, 1843, and the Christian World a.x\(\. Christian Register. From one by Rev Caleb Stetson, of Medford, we select the following : -

" He has left behind him the memory and the effects of his deeds. He was a good man, an able preacher, and a faithful, sympathizing, kind-hearted pastor. Under great difficulties and privations he obtained a liberal education, to qualify him for the ministry of the Gospel.

" His preaching - not unadorned by a poetic imagination - was strongly marked by the quaint simplicity of his character, which made it equally acceptable and useful to hearers of every degree of cultivation. He was always full of jjlain, good sense, and thoroughly in earnest. He never treated his subjects in tlie puli)it in an abstract and metaphysical way; but was close, searching, practical and often singularly felicitous in his racy and familiar illustrations, drawn from actual life. He was a close observer; and the wants and characteristics of the working day world about him contributed to enrich his public discourses.

" He was indeed by nature an eminently gifted man, a good scholar, and a good theologian - useful in his high calling - faithful to his sacred duties ; and now being suddeidy withdrawn from his labors in the prime of his life, he has left behind him a loved and honored name."

" With many noble and manly qualities, he had all the artless simplicity of a little child. With childlike freedom you might treat him, and allow him to treat you, with not the least danger, on either side, to true dignity of character or self-respect, and world-wide from that familiarity, which in some lower orders of mind would most surely lead to contempt and derision. With him, in view of all the shades, aspects, and developments of his character, you could not but feel, that you were in the presence of a man, - a true-hearted, noble-minded man, for such he showed himself to be in all the relations of life." *

(1) Sketch of the Life and Character of the late Rev. Joseph Mottey, of Lynnfield. From the Christian Disciple for Nov. and Dec. 1821. Boston, 1822. Pp. 16.

(2) A Sermon preached at Concord, Massachusetts, May 15, 1823, at the semi-annual meeting of the "Evangelical Missionary Society in Massachusetts." By David Damon, A.M., Minister of the Church in Lunenburg, Mass. (From the Christian Disciple.) Boston, 1823. Text, Rom. x. 14, 15. Pp.10.

(3) A Sermon preached at Charlton, Mass., Sept. 14, 1826, at the Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary Bible Society in the County of Worcester. By David Damon, Minister of Lunenburg. Pp. 27.

(6) Address delivered at Amesbury, Aug. 2, 1829, previous to the organization of the Salisbury and Amesbury Society for Promoting Temperance. By David Damon, Minister of the Congregational Society of Salisbury and Amesbm-y. - Published by Request - Boston, 1829. Pp.24.

(8) Sermon, The Faith common to Christians. By Rev. David Damon, of Amesbury, Mass. (Published in the Liberal Preacher.) Text, Eph. iv. 5, 6. Pp. 15.

(9) The Means of Attaining Religion. By David Damon. Printed for the Union Ministerial Association. Dover, 1832. Text, Matt. 15 : 27. Pp.16.

David Damoa was of the sixth generation in descent from Thomas Damon, who came from England about the year 1650, and settled in that part of Reading which is now Wakefield.

Their first son, and second child, Thomas, was born at E. Sudbury, Sept. 1731, and married Elizabeth Stow, of Sudburv; he d. Nov. 1813, a. 82.

Their fourth son, and fifth child, Aaron, was born at East Sudbury, 1 March, 1761, and married Rachel Griffin, of Sudbury, in the autumn of 1785.

(15) A Sermon at the Annual Election, Jan. 6, 1841. By David Damon. Pastor of the Congregational Church in AVest Cambridge. Boston, 1841. Pp. 34.

(16) A Sermon preached at West Cambridge, Aug. 1, 1841, the Sabbath after the Death of Philip Augustus AVhittemore, oldest son of Philip and Sarah Whittemore. By Rev. David Damon. Published by Request of the Parents and Friends of the Deceased. Boston, 1841. Text, Gen. xliii. 14. Pp 16.

(17) A Poem, written and read by him at the Fomth of July Celebration in West Cambridge, 1842. The procession mustered at the Universalist meetinghouse, and marched to the Unitarian meeting-house, led by a band of music from Woburn. The Declaration of Independence was read by Rev. Mr. Damon, and an address delivered by Rev. J. C. Waldo. A repast was prepared by the ladies at a grove. - See LoioellJoimial, for July 8, 1842, William Schouler, Editor and Proprietor.

(18) The Sinfulness of Sin, a Sermon by the Rev. David Damon, in The Monthly Miscellany of Religion and Letters for March, 1843. Boston. Text, Rom. vii. 13. Pp. 7.

(20) An Address delivered at the Consecration of the New Cemetery in West Cambridge, Mass., June 14, 1843. By David Damon, Pastor of the Congregational Society. Somerville, 1843. Pp. 12. From an introductory note to this address, Ave quote this statement : " Nine days subsequent to its delivery he attended the funeral of the Hon. Edmund Parker, in Reading, Mass. He entered the pulpit, apparently in good health, but at the close of the services was attacked with apoplexy. He was conveyed from the pulpit to the late residence of Mr. Parker, Avhere he died on Sunday morning, June 25, in the fifty- sixth year of his age. He was the first to rest in the New Cemetery, at the consecration of which he had so recently assisted. His townsmen, - who have since strewed his grave with flowers, 'and blessed the bed,' - previous to his decease requested a copy of the address for publication."

(21) Severalpoems in a bound volume of a paper published at Cambridge, while he was in college, given to Edward Everett, his classmate, after Mr. D.'s death. It contained articles by the students, among them many by Mr. Everett.

Their first child, David (the subject of this notice), was born at East Sudbury, 12 Sept. J 787, and married Rebecca Derby, of Lynnfield, 16 Oct. 1815.

Samuel Griffin (Damon) married at Monsou, Mass., Julia Fuller, of Monson, 23 Jan. 1849; she died at Monson, 1 April, 1850, without issue. He married for his second wife, Ella Gertrude Whitman, at Boston, 24 July, 1867. They reside at Arlington, on the spot where his father lived, and have had five children, all born in Arlington - Agnes Whitman, b. 20 Dec. 1869; David, b. 26 July, 1871, and d.

Henry (Damon) married at Marlboro', Lucy Ann Winch, of Weston, 10 April, 1846. They reside at Boston and have one child - Julia Fuller, b. in Wrentham, Mass., 22 June, 1852; m. John Tremere Deblois. of Boston, 17 Nov. 1875.

Delia Augusta (Damon) married at West Cambridge, John Burnham, Jr., of Brattleboro', Vt., 14 Dec. 1846. They have had two children - Julia Rossiter, b. at Ellington, Conn., 12 July, 1850, d. at Chicago, 111., 8 Feb. 1858; William Henry, b. at Ellington, 21 Dec. 1851. They reside at Batavia, 111.

Sarah Norwood (Damon) married at Boston, Alfred Chamberlain, of Newburyport, 16 Oct. 1850. Their children were - Chauncy Ward, b. in Boston, 24 Dec. 1851; Caroline Fowle, b. in West Cambridge, 18 June, 1857, and d. 10 Sept. 1858; Caroline Fowle, b. in West Cambridge, 16 Nov. 1858, and d. 19 Aug. 1859. Alfred Chamberlain died at West Cambridge, 27 June, 1859. Mrs. Chamberlain married at AVest Cambridge, for her second husband, Daniel R. Stanwood, of Arlington, 25 June, 1866. He died 19 March, 1874. She resides at Arlington.

DAVENPORT, John, who m. Abigail Whittemore, 4 May, 1801, o. c. here 13 Apr. 1806; had Elmira, bap. 13 Apr. 1806, and John, bap. 1 June, 1811. [John the father bought 12 Sept. 1806, of Josiah Wellington, the once famous tavern (which yet stands) on the westerly corner of North Avenue and Beach Street, Cambridge, which 21*

Wellington conveyed to John Bridge 8 Sept. 1796, and re-purchased of Bridge on 28 Oct. 1803.] See Wyman, Charlestoion Genealogies and Estates, 217.

3. Jonathan and Hephzibah Winship, residents - perhaps because of the military occupation and environment of Boston, 1775-76 - m. 29 Feb. 1776. Lucy, of Shirley, and Nehemiah Estabrook, m. 18 Dec. 1785. Jenny, and Francis Locke, m. 23 Nov. 1786.^ Patty, and Francis Locke, Jr., m. 19 Feb. 1804. Mary S. and George A. Locke, m. 4 Apr. 1839.

DE NEUFVILLE, John, merchant, formerly of Amsterdam - "eminent merchant" (g. s.) - d. here 5 Dec. 1796, a. 68. Anna Margarett, of Camb., m. John Stoughton, of Boston, 11 Nov. 1799; he was Spanish Consul, Boston - see Stoughton. Anna Cecilia Linzee, w. of Ralph I. Linzee, and dau. of John De Neufville, Esq., d. 27 Jan. 1811, a. 2b (gravestone).

[Mr. J. B. Russell remembered seeing, " when a boy, a gravestone in the lot around Rev. Mr. Cooke's tomb, in the centre of the old Burying Ground, to Hyde De Neufville" a stone which has since been removed. The family boarded with Miss Cooke, who then kept a genteel boarding-house in her father's former parsonage, near where now stands the present Orthodox Church (1879).

" The following letter has turned up amongst my old papers, and well illustrates the vicissitudes of life. It was written by Madam De Neufville, whose husband was, I presume, the eminent banker of that name in Amsterdam, Holland, who rendered efficient service to this country during the Revolution, in promoting negotiations for a loan from the Dutch capitalists. After the war he came to the United States, and established himself in some commercial capacity, but does not seem to have succeeded, judging from this letter. He died, I think, in West Cambridge, where, at any rate, his gravestone was to be seen in the old burying- ground when I was a boy. Not long after the establishment of our Government she petitioned Congress for relief, stating that her late husband's eiForts in behalf of this country had reduced his family to great embarrassment. Alexander Hamilton, in a letter to Washington, in allusion to her claim, said, ' I do not know what the case admits of; but from some papers she showed me, it would seem she had pretensions to the kindness of this country.' She afterward married the Spanish Consul-General to the United States. The letter was addressed to T. K. Jones, for many j'ears the leading auctioneer in Boston.

" Sir : I take the liberty by deacon Frost to send you 8 looking glasses, which I request you will be so Kind to Sell for me, at your vendue's. Such is my present Situation, That I must part with every thing which wUl fetch some Cash, I wish you Sir to be friend me, you Know the value of Such goods better than I, my minister [Rev. Dr. Fiske] has purchased one of Them, and told me he conceives it as a bargain to have it for 20 dollars. I trust in your goodness to be friend a widow and a Stranger, please to remember me with my Compliments to Mrs. Jones, and I am sir your very humble servant

Don Juan Stoughton, her second husband, Avas Spanish Consul to the New England States in 1810, per document in Spanish with his signature belonging to Mr. Russell.

" When a boy of eight, I was present at the opening of Mr. Cooke's tomb, on some occasion. Several men were present, looking at the row of coffins. I well recollect old Mr. Gershom Swan's pointing out ' which was which,' and said of one, ' that contains the body of the Duellist ! ' I thought nothing particularly about it at the time, but have since often M-ondered what duellist could have been buried there." Mr. R. further says, " as to the duellist, it is possible, though not probable, that De Neufville may have been one in his day, and was referred to."

De Neufville evidently was first interred in the tomb of the Cookes, and removed after the tomb of his connections, '- Stoughton and R. I. Linzee, A.D. 1812," was built, and where his gravestone now stands. De Neufville's-name was pronounced here Du?mewilL]

DERBY, Robert, and Eliza Cutter, m. 12 Mar. 1818. Derby m. second, her sister Hannah Cutter, and third, Eleanor Warren. He was a tailor and rem. from Salem to Camb. and thence to Stow. See Cutter (par, 31), and Cutter Book, 157-58; Coll. Essex Institute, iii, 206.'

Prentice and m. William Dickson, 12 June, 1718. His age at time of death is given as 94 in the records, but was prob. 74, as given by Paige. He o. c. at Camb. eh. 3 May, 1719 ; William Dickson and w. Ruth were adm. Camb. ch. 20 Feb. 1721. He was s. of John, and gr.-son of William Dickson, or Dixon, an early settler in Cambridge - see Paige. Had with others, William ; Josiah ; Ruth, adm. to Pet. ch. 18 Apr. 1742; Margaret, m. Joseph Cook, Jr., 13 May, 1756; Lydia, m. Samuel Prentice; Jane, m. Samuel Teel, of Medford, 3 Apr. 1755; a child, d. 13 Jan. 1740, a. 6 mos. ; Jonas, b. 28, bap. 31 May, 1741, d. 5 July, 1749, a. 9. The family resided in the Charlestown part of the Precinct. William Dickson was a Pet. committeeman 1741, and Pet. assessor 1741, '42. See Wyman, 295.

9. John, Jr., a nephew of William (1), m. Sarah Whittemore, 19 Jan. 1749. Had here, child, stillborn, buried here, 22 Apr. 1753; Susanna, bap. 23 Dec. 1755, m. Joseph Shaw, 23 Jan. 1777; David, bap. 6 Aug. 1758, d. soon. Sarah, wife of John, buried here, d. 13 May, 1777, a. 51. John the father was a private soldier in the French War, and John, his father, was ensign in same war, or lieutenant, per gravestone. (The family resided between the two Parishes.)

DOWNING, Polly, of Lexington, and Samuel Butterfield. Jr., of Camb., m. 1 June, 1805. Susanna, and Daniel Chandler of Lexington, m. 19 May, 1817.

DUNSTER, Henry, and w. Martha, adm. to Pet. eh. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Her maiden name Russell, and m. 25 Feb. 1708. He o. c. and was bap. Camb. 1 Feb. 1708, and both were adm. to Camb. eh. 16 Mar. 1711. He was son of Jonathan and Abigail (Eliot) Dunster, was b. 17 July, 1680, and was grandson of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College. He d. 28 Jan. 1753, a. 73 (g. s.) ; his w. Martha m. Francis Locke, 15 Mar. 1759. His children are carefully specified by Paige. Henry Dunster was one of the Precinct committee, 1733, 1734. See Wyman, 312.

1739. Flora, a negro child of his, was bap. 13 June, 1742. David and Mary, his wife, were dism. " to be imbodyed in a church to be gathered at Narrhaganset No. 2, so call'd " - afterward Westminster, Mass. - 17 Oct. 1742.' See Wyman, 313.

* David, of Charlestown and Narraganset Township, No. 2, sold his estate here, bounded on Medford River, to Joseph Winship, 12 Mar. and 23 Nov. 1742, with a dwelling-house and barn on same.

Mr. Samuel Dunster, of Attleborough, Mass., m a volume entitled Henry Dunster and his Descendants (published 1876), gives a very full account of the above individuals.

1817, a. 75. Ward, Hist. Shrewsbury, states, he was b. 19 Feb. 1743; was a sea-captain, and early in the Revolution was made prisoner by a British man-of-war, and with his vessel carried to Halifax ; his family meantime retired from Boston to Worcester, and with them, he located in Shrewsbury in 1776, in Waltham in 1804, and in West Cambridge [prob. in 1810]. After the Revolutionary War, he for several years commanded vessels out of Boston in the London trade. His wife was Martha Bronson, of Boston. Had children born in Boston, Worcester and Shrewsbury ; and his dau. Sarah m. William Getting and resided here. See Cotting.

2. Thomas, of Royalston, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Sarah Swan of Camb. 26-28 Aug. 1781. Prob. the Thomas Eliot who belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet., 21 July, 1787. See Wyman's Gharlestoion, 332, 333; also 286, James Deblois.

3. Experience had son, b. 10 Sept. 1757, d. soon. Negro boy at Mr. Elliot's, d. suddenly 6 Nov. 1756, a. 7 mos. The name is usually spelt Elliot.

1 John Russell Estabrook, a native of AVest Camb. (b. in 1801) - in 1820 for family reasons had his name changed to John Brooks Russell, by the legislature. When he was 16, he left for Boston, to learn the printer's trade. In a letter to the writer of this notice, he says, " Your father and I were intimate playmates and schoolmates from early childhood .... Your father, as well as myself, was a great reader of History and Biography, &c. ; and, say in 1813 to 1815, we read everything worth reading in the old Social Library of that day, which then contained but little over 100 vols ; also all the books we could borrow, as they were scarce in that day. Rev. Dr. Fiske was librarian." Mr. Russell has furnished some vakiable additions to this work.

FAY, Samuel, of Westboro', and Elizabeth Cutter, m. 6 Apr. 1756. See Cutter (par. 2). Jeduthun, of Westboro,' m. Sarah Shattuck of Camb. 12 Dec. 1739 - Cooke s Private Journal.

FESSENDEN, Anna, widow, was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Anna, d. - "awfully! hangel herself!" - 12 July, 1753, a. 63. She was widow of Thomas, and originally Anna Fillebrown, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Cutter) Fillebrown - see Paige. She was prob. the Anna Fillebrown adm. to Camb. ch. 11 Apr. 1725 - another Anna Fillebrown. afterward prob. the w. of Gershom Cutter, adm. same ch. 4 June, 1727 - see Cutter (par. 14).

2. Timothy, of Lexington (prob. s. of Thomas, mentioned in preceding paragraph), and Elizabeth, wife of the same, o. c. here 3 Nov. 1754; had Timothy, bap. here 4 Nov. 1754.

3. N.\thaniel, a gr.-s. of Thomas, mentioned in paragraph (1), but not through the wife Anna - see par. (1) - m. Lydia, dau. of Philip Bemis - (see Bemis). Lydia, w. of Nathaniel - "shot! awfully!" - 30 May, 1770, a. 19. [She was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun, holding at the time in her arms her only son Ichabod. - See History of Precinct, under 1770.] Nathaniel m. Elizabeth Webb, 20 June, 1771 ; both o. c. 6 Dec. 1772; she bap. (ret. 22) 4 Oct. 1772, her sister Sarah Webb, of Medford (;et. 18), being bap. here same date. Nathaniel had child, b. - 1769, prob. Ichabod, bap. (a;t. 3 or 4) 6 Dec. 1772; also Elizabeth, infant dau., b. 13 Nov.,

4. Aaron, an older brother of Nathaniel (3), o. c. here 1 Apr. 1770; had Ja;Yw, b. 19 JMar., bap. 1 Apr. 1770. Thomas, another bro. of Nathaniel (3), had dau. Betsey Apthorp, who m. here Elias Viles, of Lexington, 14 May, 1818. See these families more fully in Book of the Lockes.

6. Philip B., s. of Ichabod (5), m. Rebecca C. Tufts, 31 Aug. 1820. Philip Winslow and James Henry, children of Philip B., d. 13 May, 1842, the former aged 4 yrs. 10 mos., the latter aged 1 yr. 8 mos. Other chil. have resided here. Philip B. the father leased the mill formerly belonging to Ephraim Cutter (par. 24), 1 Apr. 1843; this lease was continued by P. B. Fessenden 8^ Co., 1850; Fessenden, Whittemore 8)- Co., 1853; Russell, Fessenden ^ Co., 1859-1860.

7. Mr. William (H, U. 1768), m. Mrs. Sarah Read, 22 Jan. 1771. She was perhaps the Sarah Fessenden, buried 28 Jan. 1775. He was ordained at Fryeburg, Me., 11 Oct. 1775, and was father of Gen. Samuel Fessenden of Portland, Me., and grandfather of the distinguished Hon. William Pitt Fessenden of the same place. See Book of the Lockes ; N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, iov Apr. 1871; and Paige. The Mr. William Fessenden, whom the Rev. Samuel Cooke of Menotomy mentioned in his diary, as having heard twice, 4 Jan. 1742, on Ps. 89: 7, and Num. 23: 10, was prob. the graduate of H. U. 1737, and father of the above Rev. William. The father taught the Grammar-school in Cambridge, and was licensed as a preacher, but was never ordained.

7. John, perhaps s. of Thomas (6), m. Anne Horton, 10 June, 1804, and d. 20 Sept. 1814, a. 30. Anna, adult, prob. she, o. c. and was bap. 29 Oct. 1815, the same date Adeline Rebecca, Darius White, Elizabeth and John, chil. of John, were baptized.

10. James, s. of Richard (4), m. Elizabeth Prentice, 5-8 June, 1774, and Phebe Barnard, 24 May, 1798. James was a sergeant in the Revolution - see Paige, 428.

Edward, John and Richard Fillebrowu were private soldiers from Cambridge in the French War. (Paige expresses difficulty in tracing the lineage of this family.)

2. PIoRATio H., of Boston, m. Letitia Whittemore of W. Camb., 29 Mar. 1818. Horatio H., and Letitia his wife, o. c. here 20 Nov. 1823, the same date Elmira his dau. was baptized. Horatio Hancock, s. of Rev. Thaddeus, was bap. 27 June, 1790 > Eemira, dau. of Thaddeus, bap. 26 Apr. 1792 - Elmira and Joseph Adams, Esq., m. 19 Nov. 1811. Horatio Hancock Fiske, b. 22 June, 1790, " served an apprenticeship in the mercantile house of Munson and Barnard, Boston, from 1805 to 1813. He then commenced mercantile business in the copartnership and under the firm of Stanton, Fiske and Nichols^ Boston, who were very enterprising, reputable and successful merchants." He d. 13 Sept. 1829, a. 39, " leaving a wife and two daughters, Elmira and Caroline." An obituary notice in the Gentinel, 16 Sept. 1829, speaks of him as the only son of the Rev. Dr. Fiske of West Cambridge, and as one of "our most active, him was sure to be done punctually, faithfully, and to the best of his power .... few perhaps live so short a period in whose character are combined more good qualities than in his, or fill up the measure of their days better than he." His daughters both m. George B. Neal, of Charlestown, and his widow Letitia is yet living (1879).

Rev. Thaddeus, D.D., s. of Jonathan Fiske and Abigail Fiske, b. Weston, 22 June, 1762; grad. H. U. 1785; settled at Camb. Second Pet. as second minister of the parish, 23 Apr. 1788; m. Lucy, dau. of Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, 17 June, 1789; had two children, a son and daughter, already mentioned ; resigned his charge 23 Apr. 1828, after a forty years ministry. He lived to see five ministers successivel}'^ ordained over this society, three of whom died before him ; was at the time of his death the oldest clergyman in Massachusetts, and d. in Charlestown, 14 Nov. 1855, a. 93. Received the degree of D.D. in 1821, from Columbia College. His wife d. 9 Mar. 1855, a. 88.

The Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, in an account of himself d ancestry appended to a " Sermon delivered at West Cambridge, April 13, 1828," at the close of his ministry, and published at Boston, by Charles C. Little and James Brown, 18*43, states, "I was born on the 22d of

June, 1762. At the age of seventeen, I began to prepare for College under the tuition of Rev. Mr. Samuel Woodward, who was an able instructor and linguist, the minister of Weston, my native town. I was offered by him for examination, and was admitted a student of Harvard University in July, 1781, and graduated in 1785."

After he had taken his degree, he taught a grammar school in Lexington, and boarded in the family of the Rev. Jonas Clark. He returned to the University in Cambridge, and studied divinity under Rev. Prof. Wigglesworth, and was licensed to preach 8 Aug. 1786, by the " Association of Ministers in and about Cambridge." He preached his first sermon in his native town, and after supplying several vacant parishes, was invited in March, 1787, to preach to the Second Congregational Church and Society in Cambridge, then called Menotomy, now West Cambridge." On 16 July, 1787, he received a call to settle as their minister. " I hesitated," he says, " for some time, whether to decline or accept their invitation. The parish was very small and poor, and considerably involved in debt, having been destitute of a settled minister about six years, and were in a broken state, very much reduced in numbers and property.' It was generally thought doubtful whether they would be able to support a minister, or pay the small salary they offered me. .... But it was feared by many, and so stated to me, that if I gave a negative answer, the church and society would not make any further effort to obtain a minister, and would be broken up and dissolved."

He accepted their invitation, and was ordained 23 Apr. 1788. The proceedings in reference to his settlement are entered elsewhere in this work. Having cast his lot with the '' Second Church and Congregation in Cambridge," he immediately endeavored to allay the difficulties that obstructed their prosperity. He began by relinquishing a part of his salary. To supply the deficiency of his support, he boarded and instructed children and youth, and some he prepared for admission to college; he instructed many daughters of his parishioners, and other young ladies of the neighboring towns.

Thouirh this employment occupied much of his time, yet he was enabled to perform the usual duties of a minister, and to " study and write and preach" upwards of twelve hundred sermons during his ministry. He visited and taught his flock from house to house, gave religious instruction to youth, and continued the practice adopted by his predecessor, the Rev. Samuel Cooke, of meeting the children annually, and oftener, for the purpose of examining and assisting them in their knowledge of the Assembly's Catechism, which was universally taught then by their parents and heads of families. Sabbath schools were designed at fii'st to aid this practice. He assisted in defraying the current expenses of the parish ; he contributed fifty dollars

1 Col. Thomas Russell remembered that after the Revolution, when it took a generation to recuperate from the general poverty of the time, so scarce were pins, hooks and eyes, that long thorns were used in place of them. - J. B. Russell,

FRANCIS, Nathaniel, d. 2 Sept. 1764, a. 72, or 71 (g. s.). Nathaniel Francis, of Medford, and Ann Cutter, of Charlestown, were joined in marriage by Simon Tufts, Esquire, 3lMar. 1743 - Charlestown Records. She was the widow of Samuel Cutter - see Cutter (par. 5). Wid. Ann, of Mason, was buried here 1 Jan. 1778, a. 76 - d. 31 Dec. 1777, a. 74 (g. s.). Anna, Rebecca and Hannah Cutter, daughters of Mrs. Francis, were severally adm. to the eh. here, in 1748, 1749 and 1753; and Samuel Cutter - son Francis - o. c. 1758. Nathaniel Francis o. c at Camb. 1 Mar. 1724. lie was a Pet. committeeman 1744, '45, '48, '49, and was Pet. assessor the same period. See Paige, 550; Wyman, 374, and Brooks's Medford, b\'2-V?>. By w. Sarah Whitmore (m. 1723), he had children (4 sons) in Medford.

2. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Phebe Frost, 11 Apr. 1751 ; he being styled Jr., of this Pet., and she of Camb. ; marriage fee ^ Dol. Nathaniel, Jr., and w. Phebe, o.c. here 22 Mar. 1752. Had Sarah, h. 10 July, 1751, bap. 22 Mar. 1752. He prob. rem. soon to Medford, and had children recorded there - See Wi/maii, 374; Brooks's ffist. 513. Nathaniel Francis, of Medford, was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Adams's Company, from this Pet. and other towns, in 1758. John and Richard Francis, likewise of Medford, were private soldiers of the same company in 1758.

4. Lucy, of Medford, m. Edward Wilson of Camb., 23 Nov. 1758. Prob. sister of the following. Thomas, of Charlestown, m. Susanna Hill of Camb., 11 July, 1771. He was major, and brother to Col. Ebenezer Francis, the distinguished Revolutionary officer. See Paige, 551; Wyman, 374. Richard was rated here, 1781. Son perhaps of Nathaniel (1) - see Wyman, 374.

1 Converse Francis was father of Converse, D.D., b. 9 Nov. 1795, Menotomy, H. U. 181-5, minister at Watertown and professor Harv. Univ., d. 7 Apr. 1863 ; also of Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, b. Medford 11 Feb. 1802, the celebrated author. - See IVi/maii, 374 ; Drake's Bioff. Diet, toward furnishing a new house of worship, built in 1805; he remitted annually, during his ministry, the parish taxes of many individuals who were either unable or unwilling to pay their annual assessments ; he gave fifty dollars in aid and support of a singing school for the service of the house of worship, and ten dollars toward purchasing an octavoviol for the use of the singers; had a set of curtains put in the foreseat of the front gallery for the singers' convenience, and the pulpit painted, at his expense. He commenced, in 1806, the establishment of a social library, and took the entire care of it in his house, and delivered books to the proprietors for more than twenty years without compensation. This and much more he did; and hence, in a few years, " the appearance of the town, and the morals and habits of the people," were changed for the better, and -' its favorable aspect induced many individuals and families of other towns to come and settle in the place, and aid and share in its growing prosperity." He received from his people at the same time "' many tokens of their respect and benevolence," and enjoyed his full share of " their regards and affections."

In 1788, the Rev. Mr. Fiske became a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University; in 1821 he was honored with the degree of Doctor in Divinity by Columbia College, New York. He voluntarily resigned his pastoral office and charge, 23 Apr. 1828, leaving a church of about one hundred members and a congregation of about five hundred souls for his successor.

Such is the substance of the narrative of this aged minister, appended to the discourse delivered at the close of his ministry. The text of this farewell discourse was Acts xx. 18-21. Subject: The Life and Character of St. Paul a Model for Christian Ministers. During his ministry he baptized 749; number of funerals he attended, 666; admissions to the church, (including those owning their covenant), 288; joined in marriage, 386 couples. His ancestry are mentioned in the above published discourse, and in Bond's Hist, of Waterto^vn ; see also Paige's Hist. Cambridge, and Harvard Necrology, by Palmer.

* A gravestone in the new, or Mount Pleasant Cemetery, to William Fletcher, d. Feb. 26, 1853, aged 83 years, states, " He was the tirst man that ever carried Ice into Boston Market for Merchandise."

4. Rev. Jacob, of Berwick, m. Hephzibah Prentice, 13 Oct. 1756 - marriage fee nothing ; customary fee a dollar. She was dau. of Dea. Henry Prentice of Camb. Hegra^l- il- U. 1754, and d. 1798. He was ord. in Berwick, 1756, dism. at his own request 1777, and became a chaplain in the army; in 1781 he was installed at Packersfield, Cheshire Co., N. H., and dism. about ten years after. - Greenleaf, Eccles. Hist. Maine. For son. see Wyman's Charlestown. 353-4. Su- KET, m. William Adams, 17 Sept. 1818. Hannah, m. Abbot Allen, 1 May, 1825. Martha, m. Luke Vila, 3 July, 1825. Maria, m. Augustus Babcock, 20 Nov. 1825. Herjian, of Boston, m. Harriet M. A. Whittemore, 8 Nov. 1826. He was b. Andover, 31 Oct. 1800, and was a distinguished citizen of Manchester, N. H. where he d. 17 Feb. 1875. - See extended notice of him in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. for July, 1875, pp. 322-23. George, had s. George, d. 9 Mar. 1837, a. 31.

2. James, s. of John (1), had child d. 6 Sept. 1782, a. 11 mos., and James, the father of said child, d. 27 Sept. 1782, a. 29. James Fowle, of Camb., m. Ruth Iladley, 30 Nov. 1780. - Lexington Records. He was a corporal in the Revolution - see Paige, 410, 428; and John Fowle, Jr., and Samuel Fowle, prob. his brothers, were also in the Revolutionary service.

FRANCIS, Nathanikl, d. 2 Sept. 17G4, a. 72, or 71 (g. s.). Nathaniel Francis, of Medfoid, and Ann Cutter, of Charlestown, were joined in marriage by Simon Tufts, Esquire, 3rMar. 1743 - C/iarlestowii Records. She was the widow of Samuel Cutter - see Cutter (par. 5). Wid. Ann, of Mason, was buried here 1 Jan. 1778, a. 76 - d. 31 Dec. 1777, a. 74 (g. s.). Anna, Rebecca and Hannah Cutter, daughters of Mrs. Francis, were severally adm. to the ch. here, in 1748, 1749 and 1753; and Samuel Cutter - son Francis - o. c. 1758. Nathaniel Francis o. c. at Camb. 1 Mar. 1724. He was a Pet. committeeman 1744, '45, '48, '49, and was Pet. assessor the same period. See Pair/e, 550; Wijnian, 374, and Brooks's Medford,b\^2-V^. By w. Sarah AVhitmore (m. 1723), he had children (4 sons) in Medford.

2. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel ( 1 ), m. Phebe Frost, 1 1 Apr. 1751 ; he being styled .Jr., of this Pet., and she of Camb. ; marriage fee \ Dol. Nathaniel, Jr., and w. Phebe, o. c. here 22 Mar. 1752. Had Sarah,h. 10 July, 1751, bap. 22 Mar. 1752. He prob. rem. soon to Medford, and had children recorded there - See Wipnan, 374; Brooks's Hist. 513. Nathaniel Francis, of Medford, was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Adams's Company, from this Pet. and other towns, in 1758. John and Richard Francis, likewise of Medford, were private soldiers of the same company in 1758.

4. Lucy, of Medford, m. lulward Wilson of Camb., 23 Nov. 1758. Prob. sister of the following. Thomas, of Charlestown, m. Susanna Hill of Camb., 11 July, 1771. He was major, and brother to Col. Ebenezer Francis, the distinguished Revolutionary officer. See Paige, 551; Wyman, "61 4,. Richard was rated here, 1781. Son perhaps of Nathaniel (1) - see Wyman, 374.

* Converse Francis Avas father of Conoerse. D.D., b. 9 Nov. 1795, Menotomy, H. U. 181.5, minister at Watortovvn and professor Harv. Univ., d. 7 Apr. 1863 ; also of Mrs. I.ydia Maria Child, b. :Medford U Feb. 1802, the celebrated author. - See Wyman, 374 ; Drake's Biog. Diet.

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[Translation.] Do not inquire into the great grief of 3-om- friends, The fates only show him on the earth ; And ijermit him not to exist longer. Jesus wept.

^ Samuel Frost - who married Dorcas Hill - belonged to the Gideon Frost family of Camb. He had a brother Gideon - Paige, o54. A correspondent states Samuel was b. Oct. 1760, and d. II Dec. 1831, a. 71. His wife Dorcas was b. Aug. 1769, and d. 2 Sept, 1849, a. 80. They had ten children.

Frost were private soldiers in tlie Revolutionary Army. Paige, 429. Neptune Frost of Camb. m. Bathslieba Locke, of Lexington, 22 Mar. 1787. - Lexington Records.

FROTHING HAM, Bexjamin, of Charlestown, had Benjamin, b. 2G. bap. 31 Mar. 1776. Jabez, m. Rebecca Rand, 27 Sept. 1781. See Wyman's Charlestown, 390, 391, for former; and 388, for latter.

2. Elizabeth, daughter of late Henry Gardner, was adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1777 - the same date Lucy {Wyman), wife of Daniel, ait. - , and Elizabeth (above) set. - , adults, and daughters of Henry Gardner, deceased, were baptized. Lucy, of Charlestown, and Daniel Wyman, of Woburn, were m. 25 (26) Jan. 1776. Elizabeth, of Chas., and John Adams of Camb. were m. 18 Nov. 1777 - fee $3. [Henry Gardner the f. d. 16 Dec. 1763, a. 66 - g. s. Woburn 1st B. G.]. See Wyman's Charlestown, 399.

1 Samuel, her husband, d. 15 April, 1858, a. 88 - g. s. "Woburn 2d B. G. See Vinton's Richardson Memorial, p. 302. The family resided in a part of Winchester, formerly West Cambridge, and once a part of Charlestown,

GLEASON, Jonas, and Esther Peirce Cutter, m. 31 Oct. 1805 - Camb. Rec. Child of (and grandson of Jonas Cutter), d. - 1826, a. 4 yrs. See Cutter (par. 23).

GODDARD, Stephen, of Camb. First Parish, had Stephen, bap. here 14 Feb. 1773. Stephen the father resided on the estate nearly opposite to the present Porter's Hotel - see Paige, 561 ; Bond's Wat., and Wyman, 412. Elisha, of Sutton, and Mary Thatcher of Camb., m. 23 May, 1758 (see Bond, 239, &c.). John, and Eunice Dickson, of Camb., m. 21 Dec. 1806. See Paige, 561.

1 Samuel Godding with Mary Boyce, alias Bathrick, buys of Samuel Bull, 12 acres in Oharlestown and Cambridge, lot late of Samuel Bull's bro.-in-law, William Godding, Mrs. Bull's portion, 1 7 24. See History, Chap. 11., and Wytnan, 69, 104, 149, 261, 413. Samuel Godding, of Charlestown, and wife Mary, sell John Cutter 2 lots, 1737. See Wyman. Paige, Hist. Camb. 504, says Samuel Godding was an adopted child of Samuel BuU.

GOULD, Sarah, of Medford, and Thomas Robbins of Camb., m. 29 Oct. 1761. Gould, a baker - young man - frozen near Phile. Russell's, 12 Feb. 1838.'

GREEN, Rebecca - granddaughter of John Williams, deceased - adm. Pet. ch. 13 Dec. 1761. Thomas, was pastor of the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Prect. 21 July, 1787, and continued in that

^ Francis Gould, one of the officers in the military service before Richmond, to whom the town sent resolutions of greeting on July 22, 1862, aUuded to on p. 157 of this work, went to the war from West Cambridge. His company was attached to a New York regiment, called the " Mozart." He was wounded by a musket ball in the knee at Chantilly, Sept. 1, 1862, then in full commission as lieutenant, the ball remaining in his knee until his death, Sept. 7, 1874, at the age of 44 years, 6 raos., caused it has been supposed by lead- poisoning produced by the bullet. His friend who contributes these facts states, " The cause of his death is an open question ; there is no doubt in my mind, and many others share my opinion. He was finely educated, gentlemanly and brave, and well worthy of honorable mention in the records of Massachusetts patriotism."

* He was grandson of Dr. Thomas Green, first pastor of the Baptis t Church in Leicester, and b. at Worcester, 3 Jan. 1761. He came to Cambridge by letter from AV rentham. See Green Family in Vinton Memorial, pp. 408-9, 421, 435 ; Arlington Baptist Church Book; Sewall's History of Wobicrn, 484-85 ; Hanson's Hist, of Danvers, 247.

4. Caleb, s. of Moses (1), was killed by the British troops on Lexington Common, on the morning of 19 Apr. 1775. "It was not your Brother Harrington that was killed, nor his son. It was Moses Harrington's son. It runs in my mind there were two of that name killed, but I forget whose son the other was." ^ Jonathan Harrington, Jr., and Caleb Harrington, were two of the ten citizens of Lexington, ''killed by the King's troops," 19 Ajjr. 1775, in Lexington.

5. Jonathan and Ruthy Britton, of Camb., m. 10 Nov. 1799. Solomon and Hannah Kendall, of W. Camb., m. 7 Jan. 1813. Nathaniel and Clarissa Mead, of Lexington, m. 30 Nov. 1815. Lydia and Daniel Keniston, of Lexington, m. 10 Feb. 1828.

HASSELL, Elizabeth, of Charlestown Precinct, and Robert Pomroy, of Bedford, m. 27 Nov. 1740. Hassell's Brook is named in the Proprietors' Records, in 1702-3. See Paige, 574; Wyman, 480.

^ The following epitaph is from a stone in the old burying- ground : - " In memory of Thomas Hill, who was born in the precinct called Menotomy, now the Town of AVest Cambridge, and died there July 8. 1851, aged 89 years. He was a brave and faithful soldier of the Revolution, and the last Revolutionary pensioner of the Town. He lived esteemed, and died surrounded by pleasant memories among all that knew him ; by some of whom this monument has been placed over his ashes, Nov. 1, 1851."

1 Isaac Hill, politician and journalist of New Hampshire, born Cambridge, Mass., 6 April, 1789, died Washington. D. C, 22 March, 1851. His parents removed to Ashburnham, Mass. ; at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to the 'pvhlis'h.ex oi the Amherst Cahinet. In 1809 he went to Concord, N. H., purchased the American Patriot, changed its name to the Ne^o Hampshire Patriot, and made it the organ of the Republican party ; for twenty years it had an immense influence. In 1828 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the U. S. Senate; in 1829 he was Second Comptroller of the Treasury ; U. S. Senator, 1830-36 ; Governor of New Hampshire, 1836-39; U. S. Sub-Treasurer at Boston, 1840 41. His biography, speeches and miscellaneous writings were published in Concord, in 1835. - (Drake's Biographical Dictionary.')

^ A few paragraphs from Rev. Mr. Brown's sermon are of interest: - ' ' The life of James Hill is intimately connected with a large portion of the history of this church and society .... For thirty years he was a member of our choir .... He was gentlemanly in his deportment, kind and conciliatory in his spirit, industrious and temperate in his habits .... He was devoted to agricultural pursuits, and ranked among the first farmers of our village .... He was not impulsive, but ever self-poised, and restrained by deep-rooted principle .... His devotedness to public worship cannot have been unobserved. Through storm and sunshine he was here to take his accustomed seat ..... The last simple and beautiful act of our venerable friend, before reason had deserted her throne, was to bow in family worship .... His early hfe was marked by great precision of character."

2. Eleazer, had sous Alfred Wellington and Orlando Mead, bap. 18 Nov. 1838, and William F. had Adeline Wellington, Mary Bartlett, Maria Mead and William Flagg, all bap. 18 Nov. 1838. See Wellington (par. 5).

HUFFMASTER, Thomas, and Susan Reed, of Charlestown this parish, m. 28 Jvdy, 1818. His property suffered in the tornado of 22 Aug. 1851, and he was the only one who lost his life, of seven persons injured, all at Medford - See work entitled " The Tornado of 1851," Boston, 1852. (Thomas Huffmaster d. " at his residence in

HUTCHINS, James Read, of Windsor, Vt., and Mary Ann Emma Thomas, m. 15 Jan. 1792. Mary Ann Emma was dism. from Pet. ch. to the 1st ch. in Springfield, 19 May, 1793. See Thomas.

Butchers - slain in Concord Battle, near this meeting-house - buried here." - Bev. Sam'l Cooke's Record. The event referred to occurred 19 Apr. 1775. "Hutchinson's Butchers" were the British Troops !

INGRAHAM, Duncan, Jr., had William, b. 30 Aug., bap. 6 Sept. 1778, and Susanna Coburn - dau. of Duncan, Jr. and Susanna his wife - b. 4, bap. 7 Maj^ 1780. Estate rated here in 1781. Duncan Ingraham, Esq., of Concord, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tufts, of Medford, were m. 12 Sept. 1795; she was his second wife, and wid. of Dr. Simon Tufts - Medford Marriages. Duncan Ingraham d. of "old age," a. 86, funeral Medford, 11 Aug. 1811. By his first wife he had a son NathanieU who resided in the South, and was father of Duncan N. Ingraham, U. S. N., who rendered himself famous by his bold measure at Smyrna for the rescue of an Hungarian in 1854. See Hist. Medford, 494; and anecdote, ibid. 439.

1751, a. 17 yrs, Esther, of Woburn, m. Jonathan Eastman, of Concord, New Hamps, 15 Sept. 1776. Reuben, of Woburn, and Keziah Baldwin, of Woburn, m. 5 Aug. 1777. Seth, of Woburn, m. Abigail Symmes. of Medford, 10 Feb. 1780. Frederick, and Rboda Reed, m. 16 Oct. 1783.

' The Mr. Nichols who delivered the oration on July 4, 1808, at West Cambridge, married at Westford, Mass., the daughter of Artemas Kennedy, the baker, and died there a few years after. - Letter of Ev R. Thompson to J. B. Russell, 1879.

1. Francis (s. of William, s. of William, both of Woburn), was adm. Pet. ch, with w. Elizabeth, and dau. Elizabeth, at organization of ch. 9 Sept. 1739. [She was Elizabeth Winship, and d.

1 The news of his death ,'n the West Indies, ?et. 25, received Jan. 18, 1799, mentioned in Wj'man's Geneilorjics, 622, M'as probably untrue, as the children bap. 180i-0S, are all named as children of him in the original record.

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1751, m. Isaac Watson, of Medford, 26 Sept. 1771; Phehe,h.dO Nov., bap. 3 Dec. 1753, m. Francis Locke, Jr., 1 Nov. 1772 (par. 8) - See Wyman, 623. Samuel the father " lived many years a tenant on the jDilace at the south part of West Cambridge [now Belmont], afterward owned by his son Samuel ; he died at small-pox house, 5 Aug. 1775, a. 61."

wid. Mary d. 29 Dec. 1809, a. 71. "He lived where his son William afterward did, and d. 7 Dec. 1791, a. 53." He was a selectman of Camb. 1777, 1778, and assessor 1778, 1788, 1789; Avas captain of the comjoany of Meuotomy minute-men in April, 1775, afterward in Col. Thomas Gardner's regiment, and engaged in Bunker Hill Battle. This regiment was stationed, after the battle, in the lines of the Continental Army, on Prospect Hill.

- June, 1785; Joel, b. (1), bap. - Jan. 1787; Jonas, b. (15), bap. 15 Mar. 1789; Leonard, b. (5), bap. 10 July, 1791, d. 18 Sept. 1791, a. 2 mo. (10 w. - g. s.) ; Oliver, b. (14), bap. 16 Sept. 1792. Margaret (w. of Samuel) d. 29 Oct. 1808, a. 59. Samuel the father d. 13 Sept. 1819, a. 71. He was a selectman of Camb. 1789, 1790, and assessor, 1790-1805. He resided at the South part of West Cambridge [now Belmont], known as Flob-end. He was a sergeant in Capt. William Adams's Company, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment of Militia, which marched at the request of General Washington at taking possession of Dorchester Heights, 4 March, 1776. He was detached from Capt. John Walton's Company of Militia for Noddle's Island, 8 Dec. 1776, and was Lieutenant of same company. " Cambridge, May 9, 1777. Received of Capt. John Walton my wages, Sergt. Belknap's, Corp. Perry's, together with 25 men that were with me out of Capt. Locke's Company at Noddle's Island in Dec. 1776 - per me Samuel Locke, Lieut." ^ (Capt. Locke's Company was that of his brother Benjamin Locke, which belonged to the regular Continental Army.)

^ See Paige, 428. In the Rolls of Capt. John Walton's Company of Militia, " that was detached for Noddle's Island in consequence of orders from the Council of this State on the 8th of December hist, 1776," are the names of Samuel Locke, lieut., Joseph Belknap, sergt., and James Perry, corp. The company was made up of men from Cambridge First and Second Parishes.

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/ra, who d. 18 Oct. 1801, a. 8 yrs. Joseph the father tl. suddenly, 13 Sei)t. 1823, a. 73 (g. s.). He was prob. the Joseph Locke, a private in William Adams's Co., Thatcher's Regt., which marched at taking possession of Dorchester Heights, 4 Mar. 177G.

* See Book of the Lorkes. Delmont, m. Rebecca R. Learned, 28 Nov. 1826, and was father of B. D. Locke, the present town treasurer and "town clerk of Arlington ; Susanna, m. Bowen Russell, 12 May, 1825 ; and Mary Ann, nv John A. P. Peirce, 16 Jan. 1834.

a. 38. His dan. Hannah m. Abiel H. Fillebrown, 3 July, 1817; also had Samuel Adams, m. Lydia Stoddard ; Lucy, m. Joseph Clark : Ann Eliza, m. Peter Jones; Margaret Adams. See Book of the Lockes.

18. Joel, s. of Samuel (6), d. here 19 Apr. 1837, a. 50. His wife was Abigail Simonds, of Burlington, and he had a large family elsewhere. See Locke Book.

20. Oliver, s. of Samuel (6), m. Lavinia Smith, of Lexington, 2 Apr. 1818. He resided at Lexington, and d. 5 Oct. 1842, a. 50. Had several children. See Book of the Lockes.

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»?e//r/, in. J. L. Kidder; Nehemiah M. ; Abigail, m. Thaddeur Frost? 29 Nov. 1827. The wife of Joseph was of Lexington origin. He resided in the house now occupied by Timothy Eaton. See Book of the Lockes.

22. William, s. of Joseph (7), m. Hannah Porter (he styled Jr.), 20 July, 1806. He had Caroline, m. Addison Hill: Emeline, m. Thomas P. Peirce, 9 Apr. 1829; Harriet, m. Thomas P. Peirce (his second wife) ; Henrietta, m. Artemas Locke, Jr. (par. 32) ; Hannah Munroe, m. Samuel F. Woodbridge, 5 Apr. 1843; William Porter ; Frederick James. See Locke Book.

29. James, brother of Jonathan (28), had dau. Sally, m. here Joseph Deane, of Medford, 1 Jan. 1807. James, a private, Wm. Adams's Co., Thatcher's Regt., 1776; was in John Walton's Co. in camp 31 Oct. 1776; was out 3 mos. to 1 June, 1776, Walton's Co.,- Brooks's Regt.; discharged 228 miles from home. James, a corp. (per Paige, 428).

31. Asa, s. of Josiah, Sen. (30), had Elbridge G., who m. Eliza B. Cutter (15 May, 1832) - Cutter (par. 71); Almira W., who m. Hiram Andrews; Betsey R., m. Timothy Eaton; had also Lydia ; Josiah; Asa; Daniel Wyman ; Lucy Gardner, m. William Adams. The wife of Asa the father was Lucy Wyman, dau. of Daniel Wyman of Woburn. See Book of the Lockes.

1816. A child of his, d. 16 Sept. 1825, a. 2 yrs. Had also Artemas, m. Henrietta Locke (par. 22) ; Helen E., m. Rev. Horace Wellington; ilfaria, m. Lewis P. Bartlett; Lorenzo; Benjamin; Adelaide; Henry Josiah. See Locke Book.

33. MiCAJAH, brother of Asa (31), m. Elmira Russell, 20 Sept. 1812. He resided in Lexington, in the house now occupied by Franklin Alderman, near Arlington line, and had a large family. See Book of the Lockes.

35. Jonathan, bi-other of Asa (31), m. (he, of Woburn) Elizabeth Russell, 5 Mar. 1816. Had Lydia Ann; Elizabeth Richardson, m. Daniel Fifield (both Woburn); Adeline Matilda, m. Daniel W. Locke ; Jonathan Oliver ; Harriet Ann ; Varnum P. ; Mary G. ; Sarah M. ; Frances L. and others.

36. Abraham, of St. George's (now Warren, Me.j, m. Hannah Locke, 20 June, 1776 (see par. 3). He was son of Daniel and Mary Locke, and b. at Acton, 31 June, 1752 {Daniel,* Daniel,^ William,^ William^). Abraham Locke, of George's, appears on the rolls of the Provincial Army during the Revolution.

1 Isaac Mimroe, s. of Isaac and Abigail, andgr.-s. of Dea. Isaac, ofMeuotomy, was born 26 April, 178o ; married Emily Wheeler, of New Ipswich, N. H., 28 October, 1807. He was a printer, and was of the tirm of Munroe & French, publishers of the Boston Patriot, established 1809. In 1812 he removed to Baltimore, ild., and was associated in publishing the Baltimore Patriot, which supported Mr. Madison's administration and the war of 1812, and was an influential journal for half a century. He Avas a volunteer in the Artillerj^ Company of Fenciblcs, commanded by Chief- Justice Nicholson, at the time of the attack on Baltimore by the British in 1814, and was stationed at Fort McHenry. He was appoiiTted by Gov. Sprigg one of his staff. He was an influential man in Baltimore, and was at one time named as a candidate for Governor of Maryland, but declined the nomination. His parents both dying, leaving a large family of young children, he became a second father to them, and gave them a good education. [His brother Henry was killed on board theU. S. frigate Chesapeake, in her sanguinary battle with the British frigate Shannon, off Boston Harbor, June, 1813. Another brother, Charles, was a lieutenant in the 4th U. S. Infantry, which did good service in many of the battles on the northern frontier, in the above war. He was a brave and gallant officer. Others of this family became famous. - See Locke Book, 125, &c.] - J. B. Russell, 25*

NICHOLS, Charity E., m. Abijah Cutter, 23 Oct. 1814 - Cutter (par. 50). William, and Sally Reed, of Lexington, m. 2 Apr. 1816. William, of Boston, and Louisa Carlisle of W. Camb., m. 9 May, 1826. Mrs. Louisa Carlisle Nichols was buried here 2i Feb. 1842.

NOTES, Doct. Nathaniel, m.^ Lydia Whittemore, 18 May, 1819. Nathaniel (Dr.) d. 29 Mar. 1823, a. 79. He was b. Boston 20 Dec. 1743, grad. H. U. 1763, and was a druggist of Boston, where his old apothecary shop is lately renewed by William Read as a gun store

OSBORN (sometimes Ozoorn), Thomas, bap. by the Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington, here 1 Apr. 1733, "and this was the first child baptized in the congregation at the school-house at Menotomy." - Rev. John Hancock. The same gentleman bap. here Mehcy Os- BORX. 13 Apr. 1735. These before the church organization was accomplished.

2. Abraha^i, who was a sergeant from Cambridge in the French War, was prob. the Abraham who o. c. Pet. ch. 16 Oct. 1757, and had Elizabetk, b. 14 Sept., bap. 16 Oct. 1757, m. William Eaton, of Reading, 1 Jan. 1781 ; Ahrahain - of Abraham, of Charlestown, deceased - bap. here 8 July, 1759. Elizabeth, of Chas. this Pet., wid. of Abraham (2), m. Nathan Champney, of Camb., 23 June, 1760. See Wyman, 716, 717. Timothy, m. Mary Wilson, of Boston, 29 Nov. 1827.

PAGE, Hephzibah, of Hampton - at Capt. Carteret's - d. 5 Aug. 1765, a. 29. Niece of Mrs. Carteret, and gr.-dau. of Jonathan Dunster (par. 1), and dau. of Rev. Solomon Page [H. U. 1729], 0|f Hampton, N. H. See the Dunster Descendants (by S. Dunsterj, p. 27; Wyman, 720. Timothy, of Bedford, m. Margaret Wellington, of Camb., 12 June, 1766.

4. Jonas, and w. Lydia, and Lydia, daughter, o. c. 20 Oct. 1805; and Lydia, wife of Jonas, Anna Dummer, Jonas, George, Roxa, Ehenezer Prentice (d. 20 Apr. 1870, a. 67) and Sarah Prentice, children of Jonas, were all bap. 20 Oct. 1805; had also TJiomas Perkins, bap. 15 June, 1806; John Appleton Prentiss, bap. 27 May, 1810; Amanda, bap. 20 May, 1813; Elizabeth Melinda, bap. 29 Sept. 1816. JoxAS the father and w. Ly'dia were adm. Pet. ch. 28 Aug. 1808; Anna Dummer was adm. do. 28 June, 1812, and m. Alfred Locke, 14 Apr. 1814; Roxa m. Alfred Brooks, of Lincoln, 30 Sept. 1821; Sarah P. m. Daniel Grant, 29 Aug. 1824; Elizabeth 3Minda m. Thomas Ramsdell, 24 Nov. 1836. Jonas the father was Precinct assessor 1805-07. He was s. of Solomon, from Lexington (par. 1), who was wounded at Lexington Battle.

12. Samuel, of Wilmington, m. Elizabeth Hovey, of W. Camb., 22 Aug. 1813. Washington, of Weston, m. Hannah Kendall, of W. Camb., 30 Mar. 1820. Abijah, of Winchendon, m. Mary Prentiss, 3 Sept. 1826. Nathaniel, and Abigail Wellington, of Lexington, m. 25 Nov, 1827.

PILKINGTON, Mary Ann Felloavs, o. c. (Fiske) 28 July, 1821; had chil. Georgianna Amory, a. 4 yrs., Caroline Weston, a. 2 yrs., and Mary Bethune, a. 2 mos., all bap. 29) July, 1821.

POLLY, Ruth, of Medford, m. William Swan, 13 Apr. 1743. [William (of Medford), a young man, of a wound in Concord battle, d. Medford, 25 Apr. 1775, funeral in Medford, 26 Apr. 1775.]

POOL, SciPio, of Medford, m. Rose Cutler of Camb., 1 Sept. 1768. They were slaves. (For Scipio, see Hist. Medf. 438.) Mary, of Boston, m. Daniel Locke, of Northumberland, Penn., 14 Apr. 1825 (par. 15).

1 Joseph S. Potter, selectman and representative of the town from 1865 to 1868, also a member of the Massachusetts Senate; now (1879) and for some years past United States Consul at Stuttgart, Germany, and well known as a writer and a man of esthetic taste.

Genealogical Registee

PUTNAM, infant of INIr. Putxam, buried here, stillborn, o May, 1756. Perhaps the IIkxuy, of Charlestown. who had non Joseph Arcii^. here 30 JMar. 17G0. See Wijman, 11\). [Funeral in Medford, 21 Apr. 1775, of Mr. IIexky Pltnaji, " slain at Menotoniy by the enemy in the retreat from Concord, on the 19th inst. " He was about 70 years old. - Medf. Rec.'\

PYNCHON, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Hon. Jos. Pynchon, Esq., adm. Pet. ch. 9 Sept. 1770. Mary, dau. of Hon. Joseph Pynchon, Esq., dec'd, was adm. this ch. 29 Sept. 1771.

> The late Jefferson Cutter, a native of ISIeivotomy, now Arlington, contributed the following regarding the Putnam family, from records in possession of Miss Susan Putnam, Danvers, Mass.

1. John Putnam came from Buckinghamshire, Eng., in 1634, and settled in Salem, ^lass. Sons Nathaniel, Thomas and John came with him. He died suddenlv. at the age of 80. 2. John, s. of John (1), had sons Jonathan, John, Elea/er and James. 3. Eleazer, s. of John (2), had sons Samuel, Jeptha, Henry and Samuel. 4. Henry, s. of Eleazer (3) - see text - had sons Benjamin, John, Roger, Billings, Elijah, Henry and Eleazer. Israel, the General of Revolutionary fame, a second cousin of Henry (4), the gr.-gr.- father of Jefferson Ciitter, through Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Johii.i The old Putnam house, Danvers, built 1648, birth-place of Gen. Putnam, is yet standing and is now occupied by Miss Susan Putnam. The furniture of Gen. Putnam and his grandfather is still in the house.

639. James, of VVoburn, m. Elizabeth Wellington, 24 Sept. 1778 - fee a silver dollar. George Washington, of Woburn, m. Elizabeth Symmes, of Medford, 13 Dec. 1801. Sally, of Lexington, and William Nichols, m. 2 Apr. 1816. Charles, and Elmira Muzzey, of Lexington, m. 23 Oct. 1817. See Wyman's Chas., 806. Otis, of Boston, and Emily Winship. of Lexington, m. 13 Nov. 1817. Sophia R., and Thomas T. Wellman, both of Lynnfield, m. 21 Dec. 1837.

REEVES, Mr., had Hannah, d. 20 Jan. 1838, a. 5 yrs. Charles Reeves, a file cutter, of W. Camb., was a party with Welch & Griffiths in a leasehold deed in 1832.

3. William, brother of Joseph (2), had w. Ruth, who was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739 - maiden name Butterfield. - see Paige, 643. William ra. Wid. Hannah Hartwell (of Charlestown), 17 Oct. 1764. He and w. nAN>!AH were adm. Pet. ch. 6 Dec. 1767. His dau., Ruth, m. Zechariah Hill, 9 May, 1771. His son, William, b.

Thomas, Senior, of Lexington, the same, had a dau., Deborah, bap. here 11 Nov. 1750, prob. the Deborah, of Lexington, who m. Aaron Williams, of Camb., 12 May, 1772. A son, John, of Lexington, m. here Sarah Prentice, of Camb. this Pet., 14 May, 1761. See Paige, 642, 643; Wyman, 817.

^ A Sermon by Rev. Samuel Cooke, on May 5, 1771, " delivered on occasion of y-' sudden death of James liobbins - drowned at Medfoid, April 30, 1771," No. 1282 - Text, Mark 13 : 35, 36, contains the following: -

6. Thomas, s. of Thomas (4), m. Elizabeth Moor, 1 May, 1746. Had Ebenezer - s. of Thomas, Jr., of Lexington - bap. here 18 Nov. 1750. A dau., Elizabeth, m. Abraham Hill, Jr., 9 JMay, 1782. Thomas Robbins, of Lexington, was a sergeant in Capt. Thomas Adams's Co. in 1758. See Wyman, 817.

7. Thojias, prob. s. of Thomas (5), of Camb., m Sarah Gould, of Medford, 29 Oct. 1761, and had Nathaniel, bap. here 16 May, 1762; and twin children, stillborn, buried here 11 May, 1763. Thomas and wife Sarah o. c. Pet. ch. - she renewed, she being before baptized in adult years, 16 May, 1762. Thomas, perhaps he, d. 25 Sept. 1778. Prob. the Thomas Kobbins, Jr., who was a private soldier in Capt. Adams's Co. in 1758 (John Cutter, master).

are with us, and with whom we heartily sympathize. One brought up with us from his youth - one who long met with us, and was improved to call us together in this house of God, - one inoffensive in his behavior, and we hope a true fearer of God, the thread of Avhose life was cut off in a moment. Be ye also ready, is the voice of Christ to us all, young and old. Let us awake to righteousness and sin not."

ROBINSON, Elizabeth, of Lexington, m. Samuel Bemis of Camb., 16 Nov. 1775. Silas, m. Lydia Blodgett of Camb. 18 Nov. 1779 - fee $13. David, of New Ipswich, m. Elizabeth Bacon of Bedford, 4 June, 1794. Jacob, Jr., of Lexington, m. Ann Hall of W. Camb., 11 Jan. 1818. William T., m. Isabella McLennan of W. Camb., 6 June, 1836.

was Elizabeth Winship, m. 3 Apr. 170G (second wife), and b. 1 June, 1G8G, in Camb. She was adm. to Camb. 1st ch. 16 Mar. 1718. Wal- TKK the father d. 30 INIar. 1748, a. 72 (g. s.). His wid. Elizabeth d. 14 Apr. (July) 1750, a. G4 (g. s.). She had children living, 14 Sept. 1749 - Jeremidh, Walter^ Sainuel, Daniel aud Hubbard, sons, and Mary Dickson, Martha Wilson and Elizabeth Cox, daughters. The father had a son Joseph, by a former marriage. See Wyman's C/ias., 838.

14. Edavard, s. of Jeremiah - see (6), grad. H. U. 1759 - styled "-4. B.'' - was adm. Pet. ch. 19 Aug. 1759. [He studied for the ministrjs and was licensed as a preacher at Camb. 9 June, 1761, but accepted no pastoral charge and became a physician. He settled in North Yarmouth, Me., where he led an active and useful life, and d. 19 Apr. 1785. Was a justice of the peace and quorum, and colonel of militia.]

29. Jason (s. of Hubbard, s. of Jason, s. of William the emigrant), m. Elizabeth Wiuship, 28 Jan. 1740. He was bap. at Medford 14 Apr. 1717, and was adm. Pet. ch. 20 Apr. 1740. He sold Rev. Samuel Cooke, first pastor of the church, an acre of ground for a house, 12 May, 1740. He was a Pet. committeeman, 1758, 1761-63, and Pet. assessor the same period. P^lizabeth .Johnson d. at his place 8 Feb. 1751, a. 17 yrs. Kate, his negro child, was bap. 17 Mar. 1754, a. 3 mos. He was the famous .Jason Russell, an invalid and noncombatant, who was barbarously butcliered in his own house here by the British troops on their retreat from Lexington and Concord on tbe 19th of April, 1775. He had refused to flee, exclaiming, an " Englishman's house is his castle I " He was shot with two ballets, and eleven bayonet stabs were found on his body. A simple slate gravestone in the old burying ground contains the inscription inserted on p. 69 of this work. His wid. P^lizabeth d. 11 Aug. 1786, a. 65 (g. s.). A Bible that formerly belonged to her, contained this inscription : -- Purchased with money given her by some unknown friend in England, in consideration of the loss of her beloved husband, on the 19th of Ai^ril, 1775, who was inhumanly murdered by the British troops, under the command of Gen. Thomas Gage, to the eternal infamy of the British nation." He had Jason, b. 7, bap. 14 Mar. 1742; Elizabeth, b. 26 D.ec.

35. James, of Lexington, had Submit, bap. here 22 July, 1744; Martha and Sarah, b. 8, bap. 26 July, 1747. (He rem. from Lexington here, before 1749; s. of James, s. of Philip, s. of William, of Camb., the emigrant.)

1 AVilliam Schouler, Adjutant General of Massachusetts during the War of the Rebellion, came from Scotland with his father. Followed his father's trade of calico printer in Taunton, Lynn and West Cambridge. Became editor and propi'ietor of the Loioell Courier, one of the proprietors and editors of the Boston Daily Atlas, of the Cincinnati Gazette, Ohio State Journal, and again of the Boston Atlas and Bee. Four times in the Mass. Legislature ; member Constitutional Convention, 18o.3; Author of "Massachusetts in the Civil War," 2 vols. 8vo. 1868-71. See Drake's Bio/j. Did.

" Special Order. - TheGovernor and Commander-in-Chief, at themoment of retiring from office, as his last official act, tenders this expression of cordial and grateful respect to Major- General William Schouler, Adjutant General of this Commonwealth, who has served the country, the Commonwealth, and his Chief, with constancy, devotion, ability and success, throughout his administration.

1 In 1805 Abner Stearns of Billerica bought a lot of land of Ephraim Cook, -which in 1808 he sold to John Tufts, with a woolen factory and machinery thereon. Mr. Stearns then bought another lot, about one- third of a mile above his original purchase, and by digging a canal half a mile long, created a good water power, and established a thrifty business in carding wool. He soon added a grist mill, afterward altered into one for grinding and bolting yellow ochre for paints, and a machine for chipping dye Avoods. In 1811 he erected a large building in the rear of his dwelling-house, and directly over the brook, where he had a machine shop, and made several hundred machines for splitting leather, believed to be the first ever used for this purpose ; also agricultural implements. He had previously invented a machine for dyeing silk, since in general use for that purpose. In the same building he had a fulling mill, and a spinning jenny of seventy-two spindles. The yarn spun Avas taken elsewhere, and made into broadcloth. The peace of 1815, however, broke up this business, owing to excessive importation of British cloths. In 1816 Mr. Stearns removed from West Cambridge to his old homestead in Billerica, where he died in 1838. He was an ingenious mechanic, and an upright, excellent, enterprising citizen. In 1832 he sold to James Schouler, of Lynn, Mass., a calico printer, his place in West Cambridge, with the dwelling-house, factory, mill privilege, &c. They were destroyed by tire in 1873 or 74. - J. B. R.

STONE, Rebecca, dau. of Mrs. Wellington, was adm. Pet. ch. 17 May, 1741. Probably had the following: Rebecca, m. Timothy Wellington, of Lexington, 23 Sept. 1742. Sister of the following - see Bond, 523. Samuel, of Lexington, and w. Martha, were adm. to this ch. 17 Mar. 1754. Samuel, of Lexington, had Mary, bap. here "28 Apr. 1754; Samuel, bap. 30 May, 1756; Timothy, bap. 29 Jan. 1758; John Earle, bap. here 23 Sept. 1764. Samuel, and Martha his wife, were dism. from this ch. " to Townseud," 1 Sept. 1765. See Bond's Wat.,b-2d; Woman's C/^a^., 908.

23. Ebenezer (son perhaps of some of the persons previously mentioned) belonged to the Baptist Society in the Pet. 1787. At that time in that society were Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Jr., and Ebenezer, Senior, of this name. " A beloved sister Swan " (perhaps Swain), funeral (Rev. Mr. Cooke) 15 Aug. 1775. Walter, d. 6 June, 1797, a. 4 yrs. Mrs. Elizabeth, d. 24 Jan. 1799, a. 76. Miss Phebe, d.

SYMMES, Zechariaii, of Charlestown, m. Elizabeth Locke, 16 June, 1748. See Wyman's Chas., 929. Vinton's Si/mmes Memorial, p. 50. &c. He had dau., d. 5 June, 1750, a. - mos. Zeciiauiah (another), m. Rebecca Tuttle, 1 Feb. 1773. Symuies Mem., p. 52; he lived and died in Woburn. Zechariah (probably the first named) d. 25 July, 1772. Elizabeth (dau. of first named Zechariah) m. Benjamin Peirce, of Lexington, 28 Mar. 1771. Abigail, of Medford, m. Seth Johnson, of Woburn, 10 Feb. 1780. Elizabeth, of Medford. m. George Washington Reed, of Woburn, 13 Dec. 1801. Symmes Mem p. 42.

TEEL, Samuel, of Medford, m. Jane Dickson of Chas. this Pet. 3 Apr. 1755. See Wyman, 935-6. Rachel of Chas. (sister of the foregoing), m. William Dickson, Jr., of Charlestown this Pet. 8 Dec. 1753. Samuel had Elizabeth, bap. here 3 July, 1757. Samuel of Charlestown, the same, buried here 7 May, 1773, a. 48. Benjamin

1 Ebenezer Smith Thomas learned the printer's art in oiRce of his relative Isaiah, at Worcester; editeA. City Gazette, Charleston, S.C. ; resided in Baltimore, member legislature ; edited Cincinnati Daily Advertiser and Evening Post, and d. Cincinnati, 22 Oct. 1845. Pub. " lleminiscences of Last 65 Years," 2 vols. 1840. See Drake's Bioy. Diet.

THORNDIKE, Joseph, of Jaffrey, N. H., m. Mrs. Lydia Blanchard of Camb. 30 July, 1795. Charlotte, m. Asahel Gilbert, of Boston, 10 Dec. 1827.

TUFTS, Peter, Jr., of Charlestown, m. Anna Adams of Camb. 19 Apr. 1750 - fee 10 shillings. [He had Peter, b. 20 May, 1751 - Woburn E., d. 19 Mar. 1752, a. 10 mos. - gravestone Burlington; Peter, b. 9 Jan. 1753 - Woburn R. ; and others in Chas.] - See Wyman's Charlestown, 965,«fec. for exhaustive treatment of family.

1 Ebenezer Thompson was a Captain, 9th U. S. Infantry, in war of 1812. He enlisted about a dozen citizens of the town (Stephen Frost, John Cutter, Barton Swan, Wheeler, and others), of whom three or four only lived to return. - /. B. Russell. Ebenezer Thompson died in Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., 23 Dec. 1860, a. 93. Ebenezer Rumford Thompson, a son, b. here 5 March, 1795, grad. H. IT. 1816, taught the public school in West Cambridge during the winter of 1814-15, aiid was the first Latin teacher of the senior author of this work. Mr. E. R. Thompson is yet living in Dunkirk, N. Y.

TURNER, John, a sojourner, of Boston, had Elizabeth, b. 26 Sept., bap. 8 Oct. 1775. The 2d son of John, sojourner, birth 3 Oct. 1775. Sarah and Samuel Adams, residents, m. 25 Feb. 1776. Perhaps in Wyman's Chas., 973, No. 8. [Refugees prob. from Boston during the Siege, 1775-76.]

"WALKER, Nathaniel, of Westmoreland, m. Mrs. Martha Burbeck, of Camb., 2 Nov. 1805. Mary, m. Thaddeus Winship, of Lexington, 2S Jan. 1818. Olive A., m. Mark Alcutt, of Lexington, 22 Nov. 1827.

3. Amos, s. of Amos (2) of Chas., m. Susanna Frost, 19 Dec. 1802. He had Elizabeth Abbot and Susan Ann, both bap. 5 July, 1812. Susanna, prob. his wife, was adm. to the ch. 28 June, 1812, and dism. thence to the Istch. in Charlestown 6 Apr. 1817.

5. Frances Eliza, m. William Schouler. 6 Oct. 1835. Sarah J., m. Oliver W. Blake, 17 Aug. 1842. Daus. of Isaac, s. of Amos (2). Their bro. William Wilkins'Warren, born here 1814, was an eminent merchant in St. Thomas, W. I., 1830-40, and retired. He is now a well-known public sj^irited gentleman, residing in Boston.

1787. Joseph the father was prob. the Joseph Wellington whose negress Violet was bap. privately 3 Dec. 1772, and d. 3 Dec. 1772, a^t. 14 or 16 yrs. (both ages given). See Bond's Wat., 629, &c. Joseph Wellington was a Prect. committeeman and assessor, 1761-63.

6. Dr. Timothy, m. Maria Eunice Lord, 17 Oct. 1813, Both o. c. Pet. ch. 16 Oct. 1814, and she was adm. to this ch. 18 Feb. 1816, Maria Eunice, adult, was baptized 16 Oct. 1814; and their son William Williamson, bap, 16 Oct. 1814. She d. 6 Mar. 1816, a. 23. Dr. TiMO. m. Lydia Yates, 1 Apr. 1819, who o. c. and was bajj. this ch. 5 Nov, 1820. Had Francis Edward, bap. 5 Nov, 1820; Maria Eunice, bap, 13 Oct. 1822; George Yates, bap. 22 Apr. 1827; and others, [Dr. Timothy Wellington died in West Cambridge 6 May, 1853, aged 71, He was son of Timothy Wellington, of Lexington, where he was born 8 Oct. 1781 [II. U. 1806]. After completing his professional studies, he settled in W. Camb. as a physician, where he resided till his death, always engaged in the active and arduous duties of an extensive and successful practice. - Harvard Necrology (Palmer), pp. 14-15.]

7. Timothy, of Lexington, grandfather of Dr, Timothy (6), m, Rebecca Stone, '2o Sept, 1742 ; prob. the Rebecca Stone - dau. of Mrs, Wellington - adm. to Pet. ch. 17 May, 1741. Her mother - see Bond's Wat. 523, 632 - m. Thomas Wellington (par. 1).

* To these, perhaps, may be added A iron Smith WilUngton, as originating in this vicinity, son of Josiah W., went to Charleston, S. C, and published the Cfiarlesion Courier for many years. It was the most influential journal published in the Southern States. - J. B. R. Wyman's Chas., 1010, has a notice of the family of Josiah W.

WHITMORE, Widow Rebecca, d. 13 Nov. 1751, a. 90. Maiden name Rebecca Rolfe, and William Cutter's widow and widow of Dea. John Whitmore of Medford. She was b. at Newbury 9 Feb. 1662, dau. of John and Mary (ScuUard) Rolfe. Her father, John Rolfe, of Cambridge, originally from Newbury, came hither about 1670, from Nantucket Island. She and husband William Cutter were admitted to membership of Cambridge church 28 July, 1700. By Cutter she had ten children, nine of whom attained maturity and gave birth to a numerous progeny. He d. 1 Apr. 1723. ifit. 74, and she m. on 3 June, 1724, her second husband Whitmore, who d. 22 Feb. 1739-40, a. 84. She gave six pounds toward procuring utensils for the communion table of the Pet. ch. at organization, 1739. Those constituting her gift are inscribed, " The gift of Rebeckah Whitmore to the 2d Church of Christ in Cambridge, 1739." See Cutter Booh, 21, 25, 411, &c.

2. Stephen, 3d, of Medford, m. Mary Whittemore of Camb., 14 July, 1763 - fee two dollars. He was son of Francis, s. of John, s. of Dea. John (par. 1). Stephen and Mary, of Medford, had sons Samuel ixml William, both b. here 11, bap. here 12 June, 1768; John, bap. 3 Sept. 1772, here - son of Stephen of Kennebeck. See Paige, 686; Brooks's Medford, 564, «fec.

3. Francis, 3d, of Medford, m. Elizabeth Bowman, 30 Dec. 1764. He was a bro. of Stephen (2). Francis, 3d, of Kennebeck, had Francis, bap. here 5 Aug. 1770.

AVHITNEY, Emery, and Lydia Locke, of Lexington, m. 29 May, 1817. Samuel, of Boston, m. Rebecca Perry, of W. Camb., 2 Sept. 1824. Harriet W., of W. Camb., m. Edmund M. Brown, of Lexington, 1 May, 1836.

WIIITTEMORE, Samuel (a grandson of Thomas of Chas.), and w. Elizabeth, were both adm. to the Pet. eh. 10 Aug. 1740 - formerly Elizabeth Spring. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Samuel, d. 5 June, 1764, a. 63 (or 64 - g. s. Pot. B. G.). Had dan. Elizabeth, styled Jr., adm. Pet. ch. 8 Nov. 1741, and m. William Cutler, 15 Sept. 1743; Sarah, m. John Dickson, Jr., 19 Jan. 1749; Susanna, d. " of a sudden illness," 5 Apr. 1752, a. 20 yrs.. unm. ; Hannah, m. Thomas Cutter, 19 Ma,y, 1757 - Cutter (par. 36); Mary, b. 5, bap. 10 May, 1741, m. Steijhen Whitmore, 3d, of Medford. 14 July, 1763. Mary Andrew, at Capt. Whittemore's, d. 7 Dec. 1756. Capt. Samuel the father d. (2) or 3 Feb. 1793, a. 99; otherwise 96, and 98 (g. s.). He was one of the Pet. committeeman 5 yrs. between 1734 and 1747; Pet. treasurer, 1751-57, and Pet. assessor four years ; selectman and assessor sixteen years, 1743-46, '48-57, '59, '62; served on important committees during the Revolutionary period, and had been Captain of Dragoons. This was the celebrated Samuel Whittemore, the aged veteran, who withstood the assault of several British soldiers in Menotomy, on the retreat of the enemy from Lexington and Concord, 19 April, 1775, and who is stated to have killed two of the British, and was then shot and bayoneted six or eight times by them, but although terribly wounded, and nearly 80 years old, survived eighteen years afterward. See Pae>e, 414, 415, 688, &c.; Wyman's (7/m.f., 1027, group 41.

10. Amos, s. of Thomas (3), had Amos, b. 16 Apr. 1782; Timothy ; Helen ; Clarissa, adults, all o. c. and bap. Pet. ch. 5 May, 1805; Ger shorn, Henry and Letitia, all bap. 5 May, 1805; and Harriet Mary Ann, bap. 31 Aug. 1806. Amos, and Helen his wife, o. c. Pet. ch. 5 May, 1805, and she was adm. this ch. 1 June, 1805. (Mary, a dau. of Amos, Jr., was bap. with this gi'oup 5 May, 1805.) The dau. Helen m. Jonas Prentiss, 22 Feb. 1807 ; Clarissa m. Thomas Davis of Boston, 2 Oct. 1808; Letitia m. Horatio H. Fiske of Boston, 29 Mar. 1818; Harriet M. A. m. Herman Foster, of Boston, 8 Nov. 1826; Amos's child (Mary) d. 24 Aug. 1802, a. 1 (11 mos. - g. s.) ; Harriet, of Amos, d. 9 Sept. 1802, a. 10 (g. s.) ; J^ancy, of Aaios, d. 25 Sept. 1802, a. 8 (g. s.); one other dau. Helen, d. young. Amos, Sen., the father, d. 27 Mar. 1828, a. 69. [His wife was Helen Weston, of Concord, m. 18 June, 1781, d. 15 Oct. 1829, a. 66.] He was the inventor of the once celebrated card-machine for making cotton and wool-cards. He took his first patent on this machine 2 June, 1797, for the term of fourteen years; and went to England, in 1799, to secure a patent in that country. A renewal of his original patent was secured by the unanimous vote of Congress, for a second term of fourteen years, on 3 Mar. 1 809, and on 20 July, 1812, he sold his patent right and machinery for the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. He devised several ingenious mechanical contrivances. His card machine was regarded as a marvel of human ingenuity, and by a series of successive, independent operations, wonderful in the perfection of its performance, completed the card. Edward Everett could compare its performance with nothing more nearly than the mechanism of the human system. John Randolph, of Roanoke, said in Congress, in 1809, he would renew the patent to all eternity, " for it is the only machine which ever had a soul/ " It was considered of great advantage to the cotton and wool-growing interest of the country, and on 1 Sept. 1799, a company styled the

"Whittemore Brothers (Amos, William and Samuel) commenced business in card factory in the Northwest Parish of Cambridge. Twentythree machines were in operation and forty persons employed in this factory in 1801 {Holmes). The machines numbered fifty-five in 1809 (Mske). The town of West Cambridge dates its prosperity from the establishment of this manufacture. See Wymmi, 1028; Hist. Cutter Family, 231-2, 338-44, 374, 393-4; and Boston Daily Advertiser for 20 June, 1877.

11. William, s. of Thomas (3), m. Elizabeth Cutter, 2 Nov. 1783 - Cutter (par. 42). Elizabeth - Esq. Wji.'swife - d. 18 July, 1806, a. 43. Had ^//ra, d. unm. 16 June, 1812, a. 28; Hannah Maria, adm. to the ch. and bap. (ajt. 27) 16 Jan. 1814, d. unm. 9 Mar. 1814, a. 27; Sarah Ann, d. 10 June, 1810, unm., a. 21; William, styled 4th, d. 26 May, 1812, a. 21, unm.; Caroline, d. unm. 22 Oct. 1812, a. 19; James Madison \_M.B. Harv. 1822] - 'left college in sophomore year from ill-health; Thomas Jefferson [b. Menotomy, 30 Oct. 1797, removed elsewhere]; Mary Aitn,m. Henry S. Low;* John Hancock, name changed to William [served in Mexican War]. Hon. William, the father, d. 2 Nov. 1842, a. Sl - Cutter Book, 250, 372, 395; Wyman's Chas., 1028. [Hera, a second wife, Rebecca Tufts, who d. 29 Oct. 1833. William, Esq., int. mar. Avith Hitty Hopkins, of Boston, 2 May, 1807 - Camh. Rec. - but the marriage did not take place.] He was the business partner of his brother Amos in the manufacture of cotton and wool cards in this Precinct at the commencement of this century, and built and occupied the mansion now owned and occupied by Nathan Robbins. The card factory stood in rear of this house. He was selectman of Cambridge from 1803 to 1805; Representative, 1804 to 1806; and Senator in 1820 and 1821.

1 Capt. W. H. Low, U.S.N., d. at Frankford Arsenal, 24 June, 1877, a. 55; a native of Arlington, and gr.-son of William Whittemore, Esq. ; won his title by bravery displayed at Battle of Mobile, in the late war.

'A sermon by Rev. Mr. Cooke, "On the death of Dea. Winship, &c.," No. 673, was delivered ISTov. 11, 17o9. His text was Ps. 27: 10, " When my Father and ray Mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up," Mr. Cooke first alludes to the various distresses to which mankind are exposed, j^articularly the death of friends and relations, as often the most affecting ; and especially the death of tender jtarents. " In our text are mentioned the ground of this sorrow, and their only support under it." "In the ordinary course of nature, parents must forsake their children by death, and when Father and Mother forsake, it is commonly a time of distress with children that are left. The death of one of the head of a family makes an awful breach in a house, but when Father and ^Mother forsake, the Foundations of it are dissolved."

The speaker then proceeds at some length to apply his subject to the present case, and closes a few practical reflections, with these words ; " And a late sorrowful instance, the like of whicli, in all its circumstances, has not happened in this place, should now awake our thoughtfulness and pity. We have seen in a few days a family bereaved of a kind and affectionate father, a very tender and careful mother, who (lived in love and peace together) were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death were not long divided ; and of a dear and hopeful brother. And by the death of his servant, this place has lost a kind neighbor and well-wisher, one who studied the things which make for peace; and this Church has lost a faithful officer and friend."

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4. Jason, bro. of John (3), had w. Hannah, who was adm. Pet. ch. at oi'gauization, 9 Sejit. 1739. His dau. Lydia was adm. Pet. ch. 3 July, 1757, and m. Jabez Wyman, of Woburn, 13 Jan. 1767; Prudence, a dau, was adm. Pet. ch. 22 Apr. 1744, and m. Michael Geohagan, of Boston, 10 May, 1744; Nathan, a son, d. 27 Sept. 1766. a. 38; a son Jason was killed by the British at Menotomy, 19 Apr. 1775, and Jabez Wyman (brother-in-law) was killed at same time. Jason the father was drowned in a pond, 26 Dec. 1762, a. 62. "Going from a neighbor's, near Menotomy Pond, it is supposed he missed his way, and got into the pond where he was drowned." Hannah, w. of Jason, d. 12 Dec. 1756, a. 63. Joseph St. Lawrence, d. at Jason Winship's, 2 Apr. 1751, a. 6. (The three brothers William, John and Jason Winship married three daughters of John Wyeth,the eldest sister marrying the youngest brother. - Paige.) Hannah, w. of Jason Winship, m. first, Nathaniel Prentice. Jason Winship was a private soldiir in the French War.

5. Joseph (s. of Joseph, and a gr.-son of Lieut. Edward of Camb.), was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. His w. Anna was adm. at same time. He d. 24 July, 1761, a. 60. His wid. Anna d. 2 Feb. 1806, at the age of 101.* A dau. Sarah, m. Henry Spring, Jr., of Watertown (she of Chas. of this precinct), 30 Jan. 1744 - the Sara//, dau. of Joseph, adm. Pet. ch. 27 Dec. 1741; a dau. Anna, m. Samuel Manning; a dau. Mary, m. Ebenezer Wyeth, Jr.; a dau. Joanna, m. Andrew W^ilson (she of Chas. this Pet.), 5 July, 1757 (had several sons). Mrs. Cowell, of Boston, d. at Joseph Winship's, 24 June, 1746, a. 24. He resided in the Charlestown jiart of the Pet. where he purchased the estate of David Dunster, of Narragansett Township, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1742, bounded east and northeast by Medford River and Pond ; there being a road leading from Medfoi-d over the weirs to Menotom3% running through it. Tlie home place, bought of Dunster, was northwest of the road, where Benjamin Cutter, about 1798, built another house, since demolished. See Cutter (par. 22); Wy man's Chas., 1041.

6. Edward, s. of Pklward (1), also of Lexington, was buried here 7 Dec. 1773, a. 68. Amos (a son prob. of his), was bap. at 'Notomy previous to the organization of the Pet. ch., by the Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington. 2 Jan. 1736-7; a dau. Miss (record says Mrs.) Esther, d. 1 May, 1789, a. 50 - Wyman's Chas., 1042; Isabef, dau. of Edward, Jr., of Lexington, bap. here 6 Feb. 1743 - the Isabel, dau. of Edward of Lexington, unm., who was buried here 18 Nov. 1763.

* Wyman, pp. 1020, 1041, gives her a less age, and calls her Anna Whitmore, dan. of Francis, s. of John, b. 4 Apr. 1706. Sarah Whitmore, her sister, married Nathaniel Francis (1).

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a. 24. He m. a second wife. A dan. Hephzibah, of Joxatiiax, of Lexington, was bap. here 25 Feb. 1753. The father eventually removed to Brighton. (Jonathan Winship from 2d eh. Carab. received 20 May, 1754. - Lexiin/ton Clnirch Records.)

11. Jason, s. of Jason (4). had a child, b. 29 Jan. 1765, d. - stillborn - 30 Jan. 1765 (Rec. of Deaths). The wife of Jasox d. 30 Jan. 1765, a^t. - . (She was Ruth Carter, of Woburn, m. 24 Mar.__1764, and he m. a second wife Mary Piper, of Lexington, 16 Jan. 1768 - Paige.'] He was Pet. collector. 1766. By second wife he had an infant son, stillborn, 14 May. 1769; a dau. Prudence Peirce, b. t), bap. 15 Apr. 1770; an infant, stillborn, 1 Nov. 1772; a son Jason, b. Mar. or April, 1775. bap. - (" s. of Jasox, killed the 19th ") - 23 Apr. 1775. Jason the father was killed by the British troops on their retreat through Menotomy from Lexington and Concord, 19 April, 1775. He was sitting in Cooper's Tavern, where the Arlington House now stands, in company with his fellow-victim and brother-in-law Jiihez Wyman, when the troops entered and knocked both down v,'ith muskets, stabbed them through with bayonets, and left them wallowing in their blood on the floor. See other particulars on p. 74 of this work.

21 Oct. 1810, prob. the child of Jonathan that d. 24 Oct. 1812, a. 2. The wife of Jonathan was Elizabeth Coggin, of Natick, m. 12 May, 1800 - Lexington Records. See Coggin.

1 He was the son of Ephraim and Hannah (Cutter) Winship, who resided in Lexington, and his mother -was daughter of William Cutter, who resided here. He m. ^lehitablc, dau of Gorshom Cutter - see Cutter (par. 8) - by whom he had several children, includins the above ; and was dism. from Lexington ch. 30 May, 1762, to New ^larblehead (now Windham, Me.), where he had removed some time previous, and where he d. 4 June, 1766. He was shot and scalped by Indians at Windham, 14 ^lay, 17o6, but recovered from his wounds. The Indians, in taking his scalp, left a narrow strip of skin from his forehead directly over the top of his head. See Cutter Book, pp. 42, 86, 382 ; Wyman's Chaa., 1041.

30. The following Winships of Lexington are on record here. Edith, m. Lsaac Adams, of Boston, 2 Sept. 1806. Lydia, m. John Erost, 3d, of W. Camb., 8 May, 1808. Hannah, m. Leonard Johnson, of W. Camb., 2 Apr. 1812. Sally, m. John Frost, of W. Camb., 1 Ang. 1813. Emily, m. Otis Reed, of Boston, 13 Nov. 1817. Thad- DEUS, m. Mary Walker, of Lexington, 28 Jan. 1818. Anna, m. Erastus Brown, of Lexington, 22 Oct. 1826. Hannah, of Dorchester, m. John Boutell, of Charlestown, 21 Oct. 1812.

1 William Withington, of Stow, but formerly of Camb., sold to Joseph "Winship of Chas. two acres in Camb., bounded S. W. on the brook running out of Spy Pond, 6 Apr. 1747. William Withington (1) was grandson of William Russell (Ij, per Wyman, 1041.

WYER, Lydia, w. of Elkazer, late of Charlestozni, was adm. Pet. ch. G Oct. 1776, and Anne, {Vm\. oi Elkazkr, of Charlestovvii, was bap. here same time. See Wi/nian, lOoo, No. 18. Anna, dan. of^ David - late of Chadestotcn - was bap. here 11 Awg^. 177G. See Wi/man, lOoG. [Cliarlestown was burnt by tlie liriti.sli 17 June, 1775.]

2. Doct. Edavaud, d. 19 Sept. 1788, a. 37 [gravestone in enclosure of family of liev. Samuel Cooke, in the Pet. Burying Ground]. It is said lie died of the accidental prick of a cambric needle into his hand. See Wymnn, lOol).

Family of P]bi:xi:zer AVyetii. - The following interesting particulai-s regarding the descendants of Ebenezer Wyeth, of Cambridge (Mt. Auburn), are procured from family records and pai^ers:

Susanna, the daughter, m. AVilliam "Watson, 6 Dec. 1779, and had several children, all but one of whom died unmarried. - See Paige, 681. In 1842 her only surviving heirs were her grandchikU-en Susan ^loore and Mary Moore, both of Cambridge, daughti-rs of Susan, wife of Artenatus (or Artemas) Moore, who deceased 1807, first wife of Moore. - See Paif/e, 612.

Anna, the daughter, m Benjamin Cutter, of Charlestown, 6 Mar. 1785, who d. 8 Mar. 1824, without issue. At her death in 1842, the property was divided among the relatives, who proved to be very numerous. - ^See Appendix to Cutter Book for a copy of the settlement.

Ebenezer. the father, was s. of Ebenezer, s. of John, s. of Nicholas Wyeth, the progenitor of the family in Cambridge. See Paige. John Wyeth's heirs gave a quitclaim to Joseph Winship's heirs, on 17Feb. 1725 - Joseph Winship, Senior, having married the widow of John Wyeth. The subscribers to the deed were Jonathan Wyeth, mason; Samuel Bowman and wife Deborali; Jason Winship and wife Hannah ; William Winship and wife Thankful ; Ebenezer Wyeth, cordwainer ; John Winship and wife Elizabeth ; and John Wyeth, mason. - Sec Hist. Camb, 703.

(2) Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (1), "first born son" of his parents, whose father records that his " birth is on the records of Watertowu," deceased Nov.

1837. His children, who were heirs of Anna Cutter's estate in 1842, were Joseph, of Chelsea - near Hospital; Stephen, of Irving' s Grant; Mary - wicl. Bellows, 320 Washington St., Boston ; Catherine, M'ife of Jaleel Baker, of Lincoln; and Lucy, wife of Calvin Hodgman, of Madison, Illinois. Other particulars regarding the family of Ebenezer (2) are furnished in the text.

(3) Jonas, s. of Ebenezer (1), d. 3 Oct. 1817 - Paige. His children who were heii'S of Anna Cutter's estate in 1842, were Jonas, of Cambridge (proprietor of the well-known Fresh Pond Hotel); John, of Cambridge; Elizabeth, Mary, Francis, Joseph, all of Cambridge; Susan, wife of Oren AVillard, of Ashbuniham ; Nancy, wife of Richard C. Hastings, of Boston ; Harriet, wife of Keuben Winslow, of Hoxbury.