Boston City (part 59 of 67)

(HI) James Norris, son of Moses Norris (2), born in Exeter about 1702, was not of age February 2, 1720-21, when his father deeded his property to his children. He received one-eighth of a mill at Petuckaway. He lived in that part of Exeter incorporated as Epping in 1741. His home was about a mile and a half from West Epping, on the farm owned in 1892 by Jonathan P. Sanborn. He was a farmer and miller, and dealt largely in real estate. In May, 1724, he was a soldier in Captain Daniel Ladd's company, and scouted for Indians near Lake Winnipesaukee for six days. He signed the petition for the incorporation of Epping in 1 741, and the early town meetings were often called at his house. He was a leading man in the town and served often as moderator, selectman in 1745-49-50- 54. He was one of a committee to hire a minister and build a meeting house in 1745. His will was dated October 12, 1768, and proved December 28, 1768. The widow's dower was set off May 28, 1770. He married (first) Mary married (second) Mrs. Alice Mitchell, widow of Joshua Mitchell, of New Market. He died December 20, 1768, and his son Josiah was executor of his estate. Children, all by first wife: I. Josiah. 2. Joseph, born April 26, 1728. 3. Jeremiah, born December 16, 1729. 4. Moses, born January 20, 1732; mentioned below. 5. Mary, born May 22, 1734, married Major Joseph Prescott. 6. Elizabeth, born April 8, 1736. 7. Lydia, born August 28, 1737, married Thomas Drake. 8. James, born April 9, 1739, married Mary Chandler. 9. Sarah, born February 14, 1741, married Robert Smart. 10. Daniel, born June 3, 1743, died young. II. Daniel, born November 22, 1744, married Mary Lane. 12. Simeon, born August 8, 1748. 13. Anna, born November 20, 1749. 14. Lucy, born August 19, 1752. 15. Eliphalet, born August 22, 1757.

(IV) Moses Norris, son of James Norris (3), was born in Exeter, January 20, 1732. He settled first in Raymond, New Hampshire, where he was living in 1764. He removed to Nottingham, and on November 30, 1773, bought of his brother, Joseph Norris, a fiftyacre lot in Chichester, New Hampshire, No. 25, second range, third division, the original right of William Stafford. On October 22, 1774, he bought more land there of James Cram, but died soon afterward, before he could remove there. This land w^as set off later with that which was incorporated as Pittsfield, and his widow resided there. Administration of his estate was granted his widow May 29, 1776. He married Susannah L. Gordon, born October 30, 1743, died October 23, 1824. She married (second) Nathan White. Children: i. Moses, born in Nottingham, September 3, 1762, married Comfort Leavitt. 2. Ruth, born in Raymond, April 4, 1764, married Reuben Towle Leavitt. 3.

(V) Joseph Norris, son of Moses Norris (4), born August 8, 1768, settled on the Old Province road in Barnstead, New Hampshire. The road leads from Barnstead Parade to Gilmanton. The house in which he lived was occupied in 1888 by Fred P. Fletcher. He married Hannah Giles, born August 6, 1766, died May 10, 1852, sister of Nathaniel Giles, of Nottingham. She was a member of the Congregational church. He died December 28. 1848, aged eighty years. They are buried in Barnstead. Children, born in Barnstead: i. Nathan W., born July 27, 1791. 2. Emery, born November 7, 1792, married, October 26^ 1817, Abigail M. JelTs ; died August 10, 1843. 3. Hannah, born August ii, 1794, married William Nutter (see Nutter family sketch herewith). 4. Mary, born July 15, 1796, married Henry Blaisdell. 5. Martha G., born September 12, 1798, married, January 20, 1825, Charles Grandison Sinclair. 6. Abigail, born September 15, 1800, married, August 22, 1826, Samuel Pevey; died November 5, 1888. 7. Nancy, born April 18, 1802, married Nehemiah Kimball. 8. Mahala, born July 2, 1804, married Josiah Edwards. 9. Joseph S., born- December 26, 1806.

has been in use from the earliest times. The family is found in Scotland and Ireland as well as England. In England, Norfolk and W'iltshire were the seats of the family. The oldest coat-of-arms seems to be : Azure a pelican (or wivern) or. The Quincy Baxters are mostly descended from Gregory Baxter, who was born in England and came over with Winthrop's fleet in 1630 and settled in Roxbury. He removed to Braintree shortly after the birth of his son John in 1639, and settled in that part of the town called Ruggles Point, afterwards called Bent's Point, and now Quincy Point. He married Margaret Paddy, sister of William Paddy, of Plymouth,, treasurer of the Plymouth colony 1640-53. Daniel Baxter settled at Salem as early as 1638; Nicholas Baxter, a mariner, was in Boston, where he was admitted to the church August 25, 1644. Richard Baxter came in 1638 from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts.

The Cape Cod family, to which the family given below may belong, is descended from Captain Thomas Baxter, who came from England to Connecticut as early as 1653. He was captain of a privateer and seized Dutch vessels from time to time under authority of the "Rhode Island government." Thomas Baxter was of Wethersfield in 1654; in 1662 his wife Bridget in England secured a divorce.

Another branch of the Baxter family is found in York county, Maine, at an early date. John Baxter, doubtless of the Cape Cod or Braintree families, came to Arundel, Maine - Kennebunkport - about 1720. He married (first) Sarah Durrell. daughter of Philip Durrell ; (second) Sarah Bayley, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His first wife and her mother were captured and tomahawked by the Indians on their way to Canada in 1726. Mrs. Baxter's son John had his brains dashed out against a tree. Baxter moved from Durrell's bridge to Saco road, in 1729 and died before

1745. son of Hezekiah and Deborah (Nickerson) Baxter, and grandson of John Baxter, son of Captain Thomas Baxter of the Rhode Island "navy." Lemuel was a soldier in the revolution and was killed in the service. It is not known whether he had sons or not.

(I) Lemuel Baxter, said to be of a Scotch- Irish ancestry, came from Maine and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. The tradition as to his family is very likely due to the fact that his wife was of Irish ancestry. He married, April 30. 1820, Alley B. Keating, at Braintree. Ceremony performed by Rev. Peter Whitney. She was a daughter of Peter Keating, of Braintree (Quincy). Children of Lemuel and Alley B. Baxter: i. Lemuel, born 1 82 1, mentioned below. 2. Eunice, married Charles E. Wrisley ; children : IMary E., Emma L., Charles F., Angle. Martha B., Annie B., Frank A., Abbie J., ]\Iinnie F. Wrisley.

(II) Lemuel Baxter, son of Lemuel Baxter (i), was born in Braintree (Quincy) in 1821 and died there December 28, 1888. He married Ulvida Edes, born May, 1822, Maine, daughter of Colonel Wilkes and Mary Edes. Children, born at Quincy: i. Florence, married Joseph A. Lapham ; children : Frederick and Grace Marion. 2. Henrietta, married

Charles H. I. Newcomb ; children : Nettie Newcomb, deceased ; Evelyn Newcomb. 3. Edwin, died young. 4. Edwin Warner, born March 12, 1854, mentioned below. 5. Leo, deceased. 6. Leo, deceased. 7. Frederick, deceased. 8. Frank, deceased.

(Ill) Edwin Warner Baxter, son of Lemuel Baxter (2), was born in Quincy, March 12, 1854. He married, January 5, 1876, Ann Elizabeth Hoyt, born at Phillips, Maine, May 26, 1 85 1, daughter of Joel Whitney and Salina M. (Bates) Hoyt. (See sketch of Hoyt family herewith). Children, born in Quincy: i. Clara Leavitt, November 7, 1878. 2. Helen Hovt, Tulv II, 1883. 3. Frank Lemuel, January'3. "1886.

Hoyt is the surname of an ancient HOYT English family. Even to the present day the spelling lacks uniformity. From the same ancestor in America we trace families spelling the name Hight, Hoyt, Hoitt, Hoit and Haight. Most of the families in New Hampshire and vicinity have followed the spelling Hoyt. The word Hoit means to leap or caper, and doubtless was originally a designation of some agile progenitor of the thirteenth or fourteenth century in England. The early records have the name spelled Hoyt, Hoit. Hoyte. Hoytt. Hoitt, Hoyet, Hoyett, Hoyette, Heyght, Hoight, Hight, Hite, Hyatt. Hay'te. Haite, Hayt, Haight. Hayte.

(I) John Hoyt, immigrant ancestor of the American family, born about 1610 in England, was doubtless a son or brother of Simon Hoyt who settled in Charlestown, ^Massachusetts, and was a proprietor there as early as 1630; removed to Dorchester, where he became a proprietor and was admitted a freeman May 18, 163 1, settling finally at Windsor, Connecticut. William was a proprietor of Salisbury as early as 1639 and owned land also at Ipspich in 1641 and at Haverhill in 1650 but his home was in that section of Salisbury across the Powow river later called Amesbury. He was among the earliest settlers of Salisbury and had land in the first division. His house lot of one acre was between the homes of William Holdred and John Dickinson. He had various other grants and parcels of land acquired by purchase in Salisbury. He was once fined for felling trees on the common lands without permission, but the fine was abated. He was admitted a freeman in 1650. In common with other inhabitants of Amesbury he was fined for neglecting to attend Salisbury church, after the Amesbury people established a church of their own without permission of the general court. They had asked for the right in 1649 ^""^ had been refused, ^["he minister at Salisbury effected a partial compromise of the trouble by preaching at Amcsbury once a month. In 1660 the township was set off and in 1672 the first minister, Rev. Thomas Wells, was called to Amesbury. Hoyt sold his house in old Salisbury, September 4, 1647, and removed to Amesbury and was one of the original commoners of the new town, his name being on the articles of agreement signed by Salisbury on the new town in 1652. He held various town offices; was selectman in 1681-82; moderator in April, 1687, and other years; constable; juror and prudential man. A seat was assigned him in the Amesbury meeting house July 9, 1667. He took the oath of fidelity October 3, 1650; was on the grand jury 1652; was a freeman; was a planter and also a brickmaker ; was sergeant of the military company.

His wife Frances died February 2^, 1642-43, and he married (second) another Frances. He died February 28, 1687-88. He deeded most of his property to his sons during his lifetime. Ten years after his death an administrator was appointed on his estate. Children of first wife: I. Frances, married (first) John Colby; (second) John Barnard. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Thomas (twin), born January i, 1640-41. 4. Gregory (twin), born January i, 1640-41. 5. Elizabeth, born February 2;^, 1642. Children of second wife: 6. Sarah, born January 16, 1644-45; clied February 26, 1644-45. 7. Mary, born February 20, 1645-46, married Christopher Bartlett. 8. Joseph, born and died 1648. 9. Joseph, born and died 1649. 10. Marah, born and died 1653. 11. Naomi, born January 1654, married John Lovejoy. 12. Dorothy, born April 13, 1656, fined October 9, 1677, for wearing man's apparel. 13. Mehitable, born October 25, 1664.

(H) John Hoyt, son of John Hoyt (i), was born at Salisbury about 1639. He married, June 1659, Mary Barnes, daughter of William and Rachel Barnes. He received grants of land in Amesbury, and was admitted a "townsman" December 10, 1660. He was constable, lotlayer, clerk. He was called planter, and sometimes carpenter. He was also an inn-keeper, and had a license to carry on the business. He took the oath of allegiance December 20, 1677. He was assigned a seat in the meeting house July 9, 1667. He was imprisoned for being in arrears in his collections of taxes while he was constable of

Amesbury, but on his petition, "having had his house plundered by the Indians, and visited with much sickness through the holy afflicting hand of God upon him," was released and given time to make good the amount. He was killed by the Indians in Andover on the road to Haverhill, with a young man named Peters, August 13, 1696. His widow was living in 1704. Children: i. William, born September 5, 1660, married, January 12, 1687-88, Dorothy Colby. 2. Elizabeth, born February 8, i(36i-62. 3. John, born March 28, 1663, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born October 11, 1664, married, January 14, 1685-86, John Whittier. 5. Joseph, born July 14. 1666, married, October 5, 1702, Dorothy Worthen ; died 1719-20. 6. Sarah, born 1668, married, November 21, 1688, Faun Clements. 7. Rachel, born June 28, 1670, married, November 29, 1693, Joseph Weed. 8. Dorothy, born January 29. 1673-74. 9. Grace, born March 29, 1676. 10. Robert, married (first), December 4, 1701, Martha Stevens; (second), March 17, 1706-07, Mary Currier; died 1741.

(III) John Hoyt, son of John Hoyt (2), was born March 28, 1663. His father deeded to him in 1686 land in West Amesbury which was formerly his grandfather's, John (i). He married Elizabeth, who married (second), January 6, 1692-93, John Blaisdell, and was living in December, 1744. John Hoyt died intestate August 24, 1691. Children: i. Lydia, born June 15, 1686, married Joseph Quinby, Jr., 1717. 2. Mary, born March 5, 1687-88, died young. 3. Daniel, mentioned below.

(IV) Daniel Hoyt, son of John Hoyt (3), born March 2, 1689-90, died March 3, 1742-43. In the settlement of his father's estate, Daniel had the "homestead at Jamaica on the road to Haverhill." His tombstone is still to be seen at the West Amesbury cemetery. He married (first), (intention published December 9, 1710) Sarah Rowell, who died January 2, 1728-29. He married (second), July 24, 1729, Elizabeth Baxter, who survived him. Children, all by first wife: i. Mary, born May 14, 1712, married October 4, 1737, Robert Mulliken. 2. Reuben, born October 31, 1713 or 1714, married, February 27, 1734-35, Hannah Beorter. 3. Jethro, born about 1716, died young. 4. Eliphalet, born October 28, 1716, died January 30, 1720-21. 5. Lydia, born March 15, born December 20, 1720, deacon and captain; married, November 4, 1745, Merriam Currier; married (second), Mary (Kelly) Moulton, widow, November 27, 1788. 7. Eliphalet, born

(V) Eliphalet Hoyt, son of Daniel Hoyt (4), was born June 2 or 3, 1723, and his name appears on the tax list of the West Parish, Amesbury, until 1751. He afterwards lived in the south part of Kingston, New Hampshire, and was hayward there in 1769. His son Simeon was appointed administrator of his estate January 9, 1795. He married. August I, 1745, Mary Peaslee. Children: i. Anne, born November 25, 1746, married Moses Carter and settled in New Hampton, New Hampshire. 2. Mary, born May 14, I747» married John Carter, of Newtown. 3. Eliphalet, born May 11, 1748, married Anne Rowell. 4. Peaslee, born October 23, 1749, mentioned below. 5. Ruth, born June 14. 1751, married Thomas Edmunds, of Sandowij. 6. Lydia, born May 19, 1753, married Philip Jones, of Hawke, and settled in Goffstown. 7. Ebenezer, born June 15, 1754, married, July 8, 1779, Sarah Nichols; was in the revolution.

9. 1824; was in the revolution; was said to have weighed four hundred pounds. 9. Daniel, born September 13, 1759, married (first), Betsey Whittier ; (second), Martha Whittier.

(VI) Peaslee Hoyt, son of Eliphalet Hoyt (5), was born October 23, 1749. He married (first), in 1774, Margaret Hubbard, born February 2, 1755. He removed in 1783 to New Hampton, New Hampshire, and in 1790 to Readfield, Maine. He died November 2"], 1827. Children: i. John Hubbard, born June 13, 1775, in Kingston, New Hampshire, married Abigail Howes, of Dennis, Massachusetts ; died April 10, 1847. 2. Mary, born August 9, 1777, died unmarried 1847. 3- Eliphalet, born July 9, 1779, married, January 22, 1806, Sally Hoyt; died August 15, 1856. 4. Nancy, born June 13, 1781, died July 17, 1816. 5. Peaslee, born April 4, 1783, married Achsa Marrow. .6. Samuel, born February 23, 1785, mentioned below. 7. Joanna, born May 5, 1787. married Eliphalet Hoyt. 8. Margaret, born October 6, 1788, married Daniel Kimball. 9. Simeon, born July i, 1791, married Rachel Heeler. 10. Francis, born July 18, 1793. married. August 13, 1818, Elizabeth Fowler; died June 11. 1824.

(VHI) Joel Whitney Hoyt, son of Samuel Hoyt (7), born December 17, 181 5, died November 12, 1855. He married. May 21, 1848, Salina M. Bates, born at East Livermore, Maine, January 28, 1824. Children: i. George 15ates, born March 25. 1850. married Ella Virginia Blanchard, April i. 1870, and had one son, Harry Blanchard Hoyt, who died in infancy. 2. Ann Elizabeth, born May 26, 185 1, married Edwin W. Baxter, (see sketch of Baxter family herewith). 3. Frank Summers, born September 26, 1854, died January 26,

The Davis family of New Eng- DA\TS land of the particular branch under consideration in this place appears to have been founded on this side of the Atlantic ocean by Francis Davis, who was one of three brothers - Francis, Gideon and Philip - sons of Francis Davis, who was born, according to various existing records, about the year 1620. and who himself was a son of Philip Davis, the latter having been born about 1590, in Southampton, England. The immigrant brothers sailed from Southampton, Wales, in 1638. Savage in his "Genealogical Dictionary" says that Philip Davis, of Plymouth, 1638, removed to Duxbury, and Davis' "Landmarks of Plymouth" adds that nothing was afterward known of him.

ship "Confidence," from Southampton in 1638, aged twelve years, and adds that if so he was probably first at Newbury, Massachusetts, where William Illsley, with whom he came, pitched his tent. He (Philip) married a daughter of Thomas Coleman, of Hadley, Massachusetts, was a freeman of Connecticut in 1656, and died in 1689, having two daughters but no sons.

(I) Francis Davis, one of the three immigrant brothers, born 1620, married Gertrude Emerson, 1640, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and had children, one of whom was Francis Davis.

(II) Francis Davis, son of Francis and Gertrude (Emerson) Davis, born June i, 1655, lived in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and took the oath of fidelity there December 20, 1677; became a member of the train band in 1680, and died in Amesbury, April 12, 17 10. He married, October 20, 1680, Mary Taylor, born June 12, 1658, Newfoundland, daughter of Walter Taylor, of Amesbury, a shipwright. He was born about 1623 and married Alice he had a grant of land in Amesbury, and another grant in 1662. He was living in Amesbury in 1665 and owned land there in 1670, but was dismissed from training in 1674. and died February 11, 1686-87. Mary (Taylor) Davis died May 21, 1733, Amesbury. Children of Francis and Mary (Taylor) Davis: i. John, was living in 1710; administered his father's estate. 2. Gertrude, married, November 2, 1700, (probably) Jacob Sargent, son of Thomas Sargent, who was a son of William Sargent. 3. A son, date of birth unknown. 4. Francis^ mentioned as "third son," see forward.

(HI) Francis Davis, the "third son," born September 29, 1687, died 1770; was living in Amesbury between the years 1720 and 1730. He married, September 6, 1716, in Haverhill, Joanna Ordway, born September 6, 1693, died December 3, 1775, Amesbury, and their children were: Anna (married a Stevens), Joanna, Gideon, Francis, Philip and one other, a daughter, who married a Nichols.

(IV) Captain Francis Davis, son of Francis and Joanna (Ordway) Davis, was born October 26, 1723, and was drowned in Beaver brook in the town of Derry, New Hampshire, November 26, 1784. His name is mentioned as one of the proprietors of Warner, New Hampshire, and appears among those who on June 21, 1763, signed the agreement to become settlers in township number one. In speaking of him Harriman's "History of Warner" says, "Francis Davis was from Amesbury. He settled at Davisville, which was named after him, and was prominent in the affairs of the town and state for many years." In 1772, when a sale of pews in the meetinghouse was held, "at public vendue," pew number one was "struck off to Francis Davis at nineteen shillings." Captain Davis was the first man put in command of the militia company of Warner, and his commission was signed by Governor Wentworth, March 9, 1773, "to constitute and appoint You the said Francis Davis to be Captain of the 22d Company of Foot, in the Ninth Regiment of Militia, in the Province of New Hampshire, of which John Goffe, Esq. is Colonel." In 1771 he was moderator of the town meetings and was the first representative elected from Warner, September, 1776. He married, June 10, 1745, in I^ortsmouth, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Ferrin, born September 20, 1724, Amesbury, died December 20, 1793, Dansville, New Hampshire, who bore him several children. Their sons were Zebulon, see forward ; Wells, Francis, Aquila, see forward ; Paine and Nathan Davis. Of these sons three at least were soldiers of the revolution. Wells Davis entered the service and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He lived at the north village in Warner. Francis Davis also was at Bunker Hill and after the close of the war removed to Warner and died there. Paine Davis was killed about 1790 by a falling tree. The name of Zebulon Davis also figures among the revolutionary soldiers and his service will be referred to in the succeeding paragraph.

(V) Zebulon Davis, of Warner, New Hampshire, son of Captain Francis and Elizabeth (Ferrin) Davis, born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, June 2, 1748, died at Davisville, New Hampshire, July 17, 1795. He entered the service as a soldier of the revolution in November, 1775, as a private in Captain James Hill's company which was stationed on Pierce island ; as private in Captain Daniel Gordon's company in Colonel Nash's regiment in September, 1776, which was sent to reinforce the continental army in New York ; as private in Captain Samuel M. Cornell's company in General John Stark's brigade which was raised from the regiments of New Hampshire militia in July, 1777, to join the continental army at Bennington, Vermont, and Stillwater (Saratoga), New York; and he was again in service in 1778. He married, December 25, 1771, Hannah Currier, born Amesbury, Massachu- setts, May 20, 1751, died June 26, 1805. She was a daughter of Deacon Nathan Currier, born 1710, and granddaughter of Joseph Currier, who went from Warner to Amesbury and settled in that part of the town which was known as Joppa. Zebulon and Hannah (Currier) Davis had thirteen children: i. Elizabeth, born November 8, 1773, died April 14, 1866; married, June 5, 1797, Jonathan Rand, born Rye, New Hampshire. September

4. Johanna, born January 30, 1779, died Chesterville, Maine, August 10, 1849; married (first), January 24, 1804, Isaac Lane, born Raymond, New Hampshire. 1773. died December 23, 1805; married (second), True Hodgkins, born Sandwich, February 18, 1785, died Chesterville, April 19, 1869. 5. Anna, born August 8, 1780, died Irasburg, Vermont, March 27, 1841 ; married, 181 5, Israel Hutchinson.

(V) General Aquila Davis, son of Captain Francis and Elizabeth (Ferrin) Davis, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, June 27, 1760, and went with his father's family to Warner, New Hampshire, in 1762, then only a small child. At the age of seventeen years he entered the service and shared the fortunes of the American army on the Hudson river and in New Jersey and elsewhere ; and was with his command at Saratoga (Stillwater) when General Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates. At the end of his military service he received an honorable discharge, which reads in these words :

"Aquila Davis of the 3 N. H. Regiment, formerly an inhabitant of Amesbury in the County of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, having faithfully and honorably served as a soldier in the service of the United States of America, the term of three years - it being the term of his enlistment - is discharged the service, and has liberty to return to his own home.

After the close of the revolution General Davis took an active part in the military affairs of the state of New Hampshire, and from 1799 to 1808 was colonel commanding the thirtieth regiment of militia. From 1807 to 1809 he was brigadier-general of the fourth brigade, and in 1812, at the beginning of the the first regiment of New Hampshire volunteers and was commissioned its colonel. Soon afterward, however, congress repealed the law then existing in regard to raising volunteer regiments and the troops comprising the First New Hampshire \'olunteers were transferred to the Forty-fifth regiment of L^nited States Infantry, of which General Davis was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. His services in the army were arduous, but were faithfully performed, and it is said of him that while stationed on an island in Lake Champlain he mounted a battery of large guns and kept the British at respectful distance from the island by this formidable contrivance, which in fact was nothing but an array of heavy artillery constructed of pine logs. After the return of peace General Davis resumed his business vocations in Davisville and devoted his attention to the management of his mills and other extensive interests. He exercised a large influence in public affairs and frequently rei)resented his town in the legislature, but did not aspire to high political honors. He enjoyed life and was noted for good humor and ready wit. On one occasion between 1815 and 1820 there was a brigade muster at Smith's corners in the town of SaHsbury, and the Rev. John Woods was chaplain of the day. The reverend gentleman had a young, spirited horse, which after arriving at the muster field became unmanageable on account of the noise of the bands and the glistening of the muskets. General Davis was there as a spectator, seated on his old war horse, a fine animal, but perfectly quiet in the noise and excitement of the occasion. The chaplain was to make his prayer on horseback, within a hollow sc[uare formed by the troops, but not daring to ride his own horse he approached the doughty general and said, "My horse is afraid of the guns, and I wish you would let me take yours." "Oh, yes, take him, take him," said the general, "but if your horse is more afraid of guns than mine is of prayers, I'm mightily mistaken." General Davis died February 2"], 1835, and was buried with masonic honors. He married Abigail Watts Stevens, August 8, 1785, and had a large family of sons and daughters. His sons were Paine, Theodore S., Nathaniel A., Nathan, Charles, Aquila and James. His daughter, Abigail Watts Davis, born March 24, 1790, died February 4, 1869; married, August 8, 1809, Alpheus Davis, her cousin, of whom mention is made in the next paragraph.

(VI) Alpheus Davis, sixth child of Zebulon and Hannah (Currier) Davis, born in Warner, New Hampshire, September 10, 1782, died there November 11, 1847. He w^as a farmer and miller in business life, and a man of much influence and sterling qualities. He married, August 8, 1809, Abigail Watts Davis, born March 24, 1790, in Warner, New Hampshire, died February 4, 1869, daughter of General Aquila Davis, of the revolutionary army, and granddaughter of Captain Francis Davis. Children: i. Mary, died July 24, 1826. 2. Henry, born January 6, 1812, died June 28, 1879- 3- Charles, born December 24, 1814, died November 22, 1889. 4. Stephen B., born May 25, 1816, died June 2, 1884. 5. Nathaniel, born July 5, 1818. 6. Daniel C, born September 7, 1820, see forward. 7. Edwin, born August 3, 1822. 8. Mary Ann, born February 22, 1825, died April 25, 1854. 9. Paine, born July 7, 1827, died November 10, 1889. 10. George H., born September 11, 1833, married (first), November 7, 1858, Caroline M. Collins.

7, 1820, died Lynn, August 22, 1905. He married, November 20, 185 1, Dover, New Hampshire, Dorinda Soper Merrill, born Parkman, Maine, February 26, 1829, died Chelsea, Massachusetts, July 28, 1895. She was a daughter of Elias True and Rachel (Tarr) Merrill, and a descendant of Nathaniel Merrill of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Rachel (Tarr) Davis's father James Tarr, born Rockport, Massachusetts, 1777, died May 22y, 1827; married Lettie McFadden, 1799, born August 12, 1782, died March 3, 1858. Lettie (McFadden) Tarr's father was born Georgetown, married Patience Pettee. Daniel Currier and Dorinda Soper (Merrill) Davis had two children: i. Frank E., see forward. 2. George L., born November 7, i860, Lowell, died June 28, 1899; married, June 28, 1893, Marcia W. Morse. (See Merrill).

(VHI) Frank Everett Davis, son of Daniel and Dorinda Soper (Merrill) Davis, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, February 23, 1855, and for nearly thirty years has been in some prominent manner identified with the business life of the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. When about eight years old he went from Lowell to Chelsea, Massachusetts, and was educated in the public schools of that city and in Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Boston. When sixteen years old he began work with his father as a granite cutter, and when about twentythree went to Lynn and became a bookkeeper in the office of Osborn & Company, remained there about five years and then returned to Chelsea and took a partnership interest in the granite business with his father. Having engaged in the granite business in Chelsea less than five years, Mr. Davis again went to Lynn and became a member of the firm of L. M. Brock & Company, manufacturers of proprietary medicines, with which he was connected until the death of Mr. Brock, November 18, 1900, when Mr. Frederick M. Newhall succeeded to the Brock interests in the concern, the old firm name, however, having been continued to the present time. In addition to his business interests Mr. Davis is in many other respects identified with the city of Lynn, and during his residence there has taken an active part in public affairs. He has served one year as member of the city council, member of the school committee one year and for several years past has been a member of the Republican city committee. In politics he is a Republican. He is a trustee of Lynn Public Library. He is an Odd Fellow, member of Mystic Lodge of Chelsea and of Fraternity Encampment of Lynn. He also is a charter member of Nanapashemet Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, of Lynn, and has always taken an active part in the work of that body.

On May 19, 1881, Frank E. Davis married Ada A. Brock, of Lynn, daughter of Lemuel Meader and Melissa A. (Sanders) Brock, of Strafford, New Hampshire. Three children have been born of this marriage: i. Mildred Sanders, born March 8, 1884, educated in the Lynn high and clasical schools and the Massachusetts State Normal school at Salem. 2. Grace, born August 5, 1887, died August 7, 1887; buried in W'oodlawn cemetery. Everett, Massachusetts. 3. Raymond Merrill, born November 28, 1890, a student in Lynn high school. (See Brock and Meader).

The New England Merrills of MERRILL the branch considered here comes of an old English family of that name whose ancestry runs to the time of the Norman conquest. The Merrill arms as used from the third generation of the family in this country may be thus described : "Or, a barrulet between three peacocks' heads erased proper." Crest: "a peacock's head erased proper."

John and Nathaniel ^lerrill, brothers, came from England to America in 1633 and landed at Ipswich, In 1635 they were among the original proprietors of Newbury, where they continued to live until their death. John died July 14, 1682, leaving one child, a daughter Hannah, who married Stephen Swett.

(I) Nathaniel Merrill, brother of John Merrill, removed to Newbury in 1634 or 1635, and died there March 16, 1655. ^^^ married Susannah Jordan, probably in England, and they came to America together. She died January 5, 1672. Nathaniel and Susannah (Jordan) Merrill had seven children: i. John, born 1635, died July 18, 1712; married Sarah Watson and removed with his family to Connecticut. 2. Abraham, born 1637. died November 28, 1772; married (first), January 18, 1660, Abigail Webster; (second), September 2, 1713, Sarah Bond. 3. Nathaniel, born 1638, married, October 6, 1661, Joanna Kinney. 4. Susanna, born 1640, died 1690; married, October 15, 1663, John Burbank. 5. Daniel, born August 20, 1642, see forward. 6. Abel, born February 20, 1645, died October 28, 1689; married, February 10, 1671, Priscilla Chase. 7. Thomas, born 1648.

(II) Sergeant Daniel Merrill, son of Nathaniel and Susannah (Jordan) Merrill, born August 20, 1642, died January 27, 17 17. He took oath of fidelity and allegiance in 1668, was made freeman in 1682-83. He married (first). May 14, 1667, Newbury, Sarah Clough, born Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 28, 1646, died March 18, 1705-06. She was the third daughter of John Clough (or Cluff), of Salisbury, house carpenter, who was born about 161 3, and came to America probably in the "Elizabeth" in 1635. He received land in the first division of Salisbury and also in 1640, took the oath of fidelity in 1650 and became commoner in the same year. For his second wife Daniel Merrill married. May 29. 1708, Sarah, daughter of Abraham Morrill, of Salisbury, blacksmith, who received land in the first division in 1640, and twice afterward, was commoner in 1650 and signed the petition of 1658. He was of Cambridge in 1632. Sarah was his third child and eldest daughter, and was born October 14, 1650. She married (first). January 5, 1670, Philip Rowell, (second), July 31, 1695, Onesiphorus Page, and (third), Daniel Merrill. Children of Sergeant Daniel and Sarah (Clough) Merrill: i. Daniel, born March 15, 1671, married Esther Chase and had children : Joseph, Daniel, Abigail, Judith, Peter, Sarah, Benjamin, Thomas, Enoch, Edmund and Moses. 2. John, born October 7, 1674, married, September 23, 1702, Mary Allin. 3. Sarah, born October 15, 1677, married. May 12, 1696, William Morse. 4. Ruth, born February 7, 1680-81, marriage intention published April 22, 1701, to Onesiphorus Page. 5. Moses, born September 3, 1683, see forward. 6. Martha, born September 3, 1683. married, June 16, 1702, John True. 7. Stephen, born September 16. 1688, marriage intention published November 23, 1706, to Dorothy Straw ; married, July 20, 1710, Mary Carr.

(HI) Moses Merrill, third son and fifth child of Sergeant Daniel and Sarah (Clough) Merrill, born September 3, 1683, died January ^7' 1756- The church records in Salisbury show that Moses Merrill and his wife Mary were admitted to full communion. May 21, 1710. The baptismal name of his wife was Mary but her family name is unknown. Four of their ten children were baptized in Salisbury, May 28, 1 7 10 - Apphia, Sarah, Moses and Mary - and their other children, among whom was a son Daniel, were born between the years 171 1 and 1723.

(V) Elias Merrill, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Clough) Merrill, born February i, 1750, died October 18. 1802; married Rhoda True, born 1748, died December 27, 179 - .

(VII) Elias True Merrill, son of Elias and Polly (Marr) Merrill, born February 23, 1803, died August 14, 1870; married Rachel Farr, born February 24, 1802, died March 6, 1851.

(VIII) Dorinda Soper Merrill, daughter of Elias True and Rachel (Farr) Merrill, born February 26, 1829, died July 28, 1895; married, November 20, 185 1, Daniel Currier Davis. (See Davis).

since the times of the colony, yet there appears to be no present means by which the family of that name now living in Lynn, Massachusetts, can be connected with those of the same name who were settled in various parts of the east during the seventeenth century. Savage mentions John Brock, of Reading, Massachusetts, born in 1620, and came from England to America in 1637; William Brock, of Salem, Massachusetts, 1639; Henry Brock, of Dedham, 1642 ; and Richard Brock, of Watertown, Massachusetts, who is said to have come over in the "Elizabeth and Ann" from London, in 1635, being then thirtyone years old.

The Wentworth genealogy gives an account of several of the Brock surname who intermarried with the Wentworths, particularly those living in New Hampshire, but mentions that all attempts to trace their ancestry to the immigrant have met with little success. In that work mention is made of Rev. John Brock, who was born in England, graduate from Harvard College in 1646, preached first in Rowley, Massachusetts, afterward on the Isle of Shoals and still later removed to Reading. Massachusetts, and died there ; Andrew Brock, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, mariner, who had children by wife Anne; Benjamin Brock and wife Mary, who were of Dover, New Hampshire, in 1720; William Brock, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1723; Nicholas Brock, husbandman, of Dover, New Hampshire, who married, in 1730, Elizabeth, daughter of John Holden ; John Brock, of Newington, New Hampshire, 1732;

William Brock, of Boston, 1735; John Brock, of Boston, 1727; John Brock and wife Mary, of Woodstock, Massachusetts, 1722; and of John Brock, of Rochester, New Hampshire, 1772.

The first Brock of the family here considered, of which we have an authentic record, was Stephen Brock, whose son Ephraim married Hannah and had a son Nathaniel

Brock, born December 13, 1806, and married, November 3, 1831, Sarah Worth Meader, born December 26, 1804, died April 6, 1874. They lived in Strafiford, New Hampshire. (See Meader family). Nathaniel Brock spent his entire life in Strafiford, and was a prosperous farmer and one of the most representative men of that town. He was elected to a seat in the lower house of the state legislature in 1852-53, and for several years was selectman of Strafiford. He died in 1887.

Lemuel Meader Brock, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Worth (Meader) Brock, born in Strafford, New Hampshire, November 6, 1837, died in Lynn, Massachusetts, September 18, 1900. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the academies in Wolfboro, New Hampshire, and South Berwick, Maine, and having completed his own early education taught school three years in New Hampshire. In 1859 he gave up the pedagogue's chair, went to Boston, and for the next three years engaged in the grocery business, latter carried on a wholesale butter and cheese business in that city for seven years, and still later was for about two years landlord of a hotel. The business of hotel keeping afforded Mr. Brock congenial and profitable employment, and upon his removal to Lynn in 1870 he was proprietor of a popular and well kept hotel for the next seventeen years. In the meantime, however, he engaged in other pursuits, and in 1877 became partner and half owner in a proprietary medicine business which formerly had been carried on with indifferent success, but which under his capable management soon became an enterprise of considerable importance among the manufacturing interests of Lynn. When he first acquired an interest in the concern the former proprietor was putting on the market in a limited way what is now known throughout the country as "Mrs. Dinsmore's Cough and Croup Balsam." This business he greatly increased and in 1879 became its sole proprietor, and in 1885 he so disposed of his hotel affairs that he was able to give his sole attention to the manufacture and sale of his proprietary medicines. Then it was that the firm name of L. M. Brock & Company became known in business circles. Mr. Brock stood at the head of the firm from the time it was formed until his death. He proved himself a capable business manager, and through his own efforts and perseverance accumulated a comfortable fortune. Throughout the period of his residence in Lynn he wasdeeply interested in the welfare of its institutions, and also took a citizen's part in political affairs. He was a firm Democrat, and as the candidate of that party was twice elected representative, first in 1891 and again in 1892. He was a Mason, member of King Solomon Lodge, F. and A. ^L, of Charlestown ; an Odd Fellow, member of West Lynn Lodge, No. 65, and of West Lynn Encampment, No. 67 ; a charter member of Everett Lodge, No. 20, Knights of Pythias, of Lynn ; member of Manapashemet Tribe, No. 82, L O. R. M; and a member of Lynn Lodge, No. 117, B. P. O. E.

Mr. Brock married, h\'l)ruary 22, 1859, Melissa A. Sanders, of Strafford, New Hampshire, and by her had two daughters : Eva Mabel, born December 27, 1859, wife of Fred M. Newhall ; and Ada A., born December 8, ]86i, wife of Frank E. Davis. (See Davis family).

all descended from an English family of the same name, and the latter is an ancient house on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. The immigrant ancestor was John Meader, who came from Durham, England, in 1650, landed at Boston, and in 1653 was of Dover, New Hampshire. He was born in England in 1630 and died in Dover in 171 2. In 1656 he had land granted him there, in that part of "ancient Dover" which is called Oyster river.

(I) In 1669 John Meader was one of the inhabitants of Dover who presented the "humble petition of Oyster River to the Honored General Court of Massachusetts" that there should be appointed two ministers for that jurisdiction, one at Dover Neck and the other at Oyster River. In 1684 with other settlers there he was dispossessed of his lands by the representatives of the Mason proprietary, but as the oppressors failed to effect a sale to others, the actual settlers were restored to their rights. In 1685 he joined in the petition against Governor Cranfield. In 1694 his garrison house was destroyed by the Indians.

John Meader lived to the ripe age of eightytwo years. His wife, Abigail (Follett) Meader, bore him five children: i. John, died 1736; married (first), Sarah Follett, died 1727, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail Follett ; married (second) Elizabeth , born 1667;

(IIj Nathaniel Meader, youngest of the five children of John and Abigail (Follett) Meader, born at Dover, New Hampshire, June 14, 1 67 1, was killed by the Indians in an attack on the settlement on April 2}^, 1704. His wife Eleanor (Hall) Meader, who died in 1705, bore her husband five children: Lydia, born August 25, 1696; Daniel, November 3, 1698; Nathaniel. March 8, 1700; Elizabeth, April 3, 1702; Eleanor, June 3, 1704.

(HI) Daniel ]\Ieader, elder son of Nathaniel and Eleanor (Hall) Meader, born November 3, 1698, riiarried Elizabeth Allen, and had a large family of children. Of his sons at least seven settled in Rochester, New Hampshire, between the years 1750 and 1760; first Benjamin, Nathaniel, Elijah and Jonathan, who took up lands in that part of the town which afterward was known as Aleaderborough, and later three other sons of Daniel went there. They were Joseph, Lemuel and Jedediah, and they settled near the brothers who preceded them.

(I\') Lemuel Meader, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Allen) Meader, was born at Back (Oyster) River, Dover, New Hampshire, and in 1660 went to live near his brothers in Rochester, where he died in 1773. He married Sarah Worth, born December 26, 1804, died April 6, 1874, and had children, among them a son Lemuel.

(V) Lemuel Meader, son of Lemuel and Sarah (Worth) Meader, born in Rochester, New Hampshire, April 12, 1771, died May 19, 1839. His wife, Mary (Kimball) Meader, born April 17, 1779, died July 24, 1845. She was the third daughter of Ephraim Kimball, (see Kimball family), born June 17, 1751, married. September 23, 1773, Hannah Emerson, born February 13, 1754. Hannah (Emerson) Meader's father was Solomon Emerson; mother was Elizabeth (Smith) Emerson. Lemuel and Mary (Kimball) Meader had eight children: I. Abigail, born January 4, 1799, married Solomon Babb and removed to

Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois. 2. Timothy Eaton, born November 25, 1800, married Miriam Trickey and removed to Pawnee, Illinois. 3. Rev. Jesse, born December 12, 1802, married Hannah D. York and lived at Dover, New Hampshire. 4. Sarah Worth, born December 26, 1804, died April 6, 1874, married, November 3, 1831, Nathaniel Brock, born December 13, 1806, son of Ephraim and Hannah Brock ; Ephriam was son of Stephen Brock. Their son, Lemuel Meader Brock, born in Strafford, New Hampshire, November 6, 1837, died in Lynn, Massachusetts, November 18, 1900. He married, February 22, 1859, Melissa A. Sanders of Strafford. (See Brock family). Melissa A. (Sanders) Brock's father was John Sanders, born December 18, 1812, died April 9, 1896; married, 1833, Maria Leighton Gray, born April 4, 181 5, died July 31, 1897. John Saunders's father, William Saunders, born June 6, 1763, died November 30, 1834; married Comfort Drew, born July 21, 1766, died November 21, 1847.

(Ill) Amos Fams- FARNSWORTH worth, son of Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth, born Groton, November 27, 1704, and was drowned December 5, 1775. He ijuilt the house and lived on the place that was subsequently occupied by his son. Major Amos Farnsworth, on the road leading from Groton Centre to Page's bridge, about two miles from the old Groton meeting-house. A very tall man, six feet four inches high, and of striking appearance, he possessed an excellent education for his time and was also a man of great energy. Induced by the excellent chances afforded by the opening of the great territory after the conquest of Canada, and having a large family to support, he went to Nova Scotia, leaving his family in Groton, with the exception possibly of one or more sons. There he engaged in surveying and secured from the British government a grant of land in Granville near Annapolis. He erected buildings, and was prepared to remove his family, placing agents in charge while he returned for them to Groton. While he was absent his agents made such representations to the government officials of Nova Scotia that the title to the lands was transferred to them. Arriving with his family he found himself crowded out of his house, whereupon he petitioned the government, then in Halifax, (a copy of which petition in his own handwriting is still preserved) and had the matter been pursued he probably would have been reinstated, but with his family there he found it impossible to wait for justice and returned to Groton in

The revolutionary war soon followed, in which he took great interest, but on December 5, 1775, he and his youngest son, Benjamin, were both drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the Nashua river. His wife died in 1810. He married, November 20, 1735, Lydia, born June 26, 171 6, daughter of John and Sarah (Prescott) Longley, and cousin of Amos. John Longley, July 27, 1694, when eleven years old, had seen his father and mother and all the remainder of the family, except two sisters, murdered by the Indians in their attack on Groton. He and his sisters were taken to Canada and turned over to the French, with whom he remained a prisoner for five years, then was redeemed from captivity by his relatives. According to tradition he had become so accustomed to the savage life of his captors, by residence among them, that he was unwilling to return and force had to be used to compel him to leave them. However that may have been, after his return, which was at the age of sixteeen, he became one of the most prominent and well-to-do citizens of the town. He served in many offices of honor and trust and for several years was town clerk. The children of Amos and Lydia (Longley) Farnsworth were : Sarah, Rachel, Lydia, Susanna, Lucy, Amos, Jonas, Mary and Amos (2d).

(IV) Jonas Farnsworth, son of Amos and Lydia (Longley) Farnsworth, born Groton, August 18, 1748, died July 16, 1805. He went with his father into Nova Scotia and was living there when the revolutionary war broke out. and at which time he had a wife and one child. It soon became apparent that either he must take part with England in the approaching struggle or return to Groton and join his fortunes with the revolting colonies. He promptly chose the latter course, but he had much difficulty in following it and his family endured great suff'ering in so doing. He arrived in April, 1776, at the paternal homestead and built a house about a quarter of a mile southerly from where his father lived. He married, in 1774, Jane Delap, daughter of James and Mary (Kelley) Delap, , of Granville, Nova Scotia, who with their family emigrated into that province from Massachusetts. His wife survived him many years and died May 20, 1826. Their children

(V) Rev. James Delap Famsworth, son of Jonas and Jane (Delap) Farnsworth, was born in Groton, September ii, 1793. He fitted for college at the Groton Academy, entered Harvard in 1814 and graduated there A. B., 1818; A. M. and B. D., 1821, having studied theology in the Cambridge Divinity School. He was ordained as an orthodox Congregational clergyman over the church at Orford, New Hampshire, January 21, 1823. He was afterward successively minister of churches of that denomination in Paxton, Boxboro, North Chelsea and Bridgewater, all in Massachusetts ; and he was, in the year 1853, chaplain to the senate of Massachusetts ; and at the time of his death was pastor of the church in Scotland parish (Congregational), Bridgewater. Massachusetts. He died November 12, 1854. very suddenly, on a Sunday morning while sitting at his study table looking over a sermon which he was about to preach. He had preached on the Sabbath before from the text, "It is finished." and had made preparation to preach that day from the words. "Follow thou me." He was a man of great liberality and kindness of heart and led, rather than drove, his people. He was a corresponding member of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, having been elected May 23, 1846, and was a subscriber to the Register from commencement. He made large collection of material for the genealogies of the families with which he was connected, the largest relatinj* to the Farnsworths. Rev. James Delap Farnsworth married, November i, 1825. Rebecca Miller Thayer Fogg, of Braintree, Massachusetts, daughter of Dr. Daniel Fogg, a. native of New Hampshire. He died while walking in his garden, 1830. She died April 25. 1873. Six children were born of this marriage, the first four in Orford, New Hampshire, the others in Paxton, Masachusetts. They were Charles Edward. Susan Thayer, Edward Miller. Rebecca Miller. Charlotte Jane and Elizabeth Fogg.

(\T) Edward Miller Farnsworth, son of Rev. James Delap and Rebecca Miller Thayer (Fogg) Farnsworth, born Orford. New Hampshire, September 13, 1829. died Brookline, Massachusetts, October 8, 1897. He married, June 4. 1855, Charlotte Frances Pinkham. daughter of \'incent Pinkham. of Chelsea, Massachusetts (see Pinkham family). Of this marriage five children were born: i.

Edward Miller, born May 28, 1856, married, December i, 1878, Esther Crafts Morse, daughter of John C. and Joanna Paige (Emmons) Morse, and had three children. Edward Miller, born Brookline, April 18, 1882. Esther Morse, born October 15, 1885, and Edith. 2. James Delap, born May 25, 1859, married, September 25, 1884, Caroline A. Bird, of Revere, ^Massachusetts, and has one son, Charles Edward, born Revere, May 11, 1889. For many years he was with Kidder, Peabody & Company, bankers in Boston, and later was a bond broker on his own account in that city. 3. Emma Josephine, born June 13. 1861, married. 1884, Charles C. Hoyt, of Boston, and had three children - Mary W., born November 9. 1885, died November 21, 1894; Richard Farnsworth, born July 3, 1888; Kathryn, born December 17, 1889. 4. Mncent, born October 5, 1866. 5. Sewall Bradbury, born October 18. 1869, unmarried.

(\'H) \'incent Farnsworth, third son and fourth child of Edward Miller and Charlotte F. (Pinkham) Farnsworth, was born in Boston, October 5. 1866. He was educated in P>oston schools, and when a young man entered the employ of Kidder. Peabody & Company, bankers, with which firm he has been connected in various capacities for the last quarter century and is at present filling a position of trust and responsibility with that well known establishment. He made his home in Revere for about twenty years, and has been prominent in the civil and social life of that town. For four years past he served as a member of the school committee, in 1906 and 1908 as its chairman, but resigned in the latter year and removed to Winchester, Massachusetts, where he intends to reside permanently. He is a prominent Mason, a member of Star of Bethlehem Lodge. F. and A. M. of Chelsea; Shekinah Chapter. R. A. M. and Palestine Commatidery. K. T. Mr. Farnsworth married, October 3. 1889, Alice Russell Fenno, born December 2, 1868. daughter of Charles F. and Emma C. (Tucker) Fenno. Three children have been born of this marriage: i. Emma Fenno, July 2, 1891. 2. Harold Vincent, October 5, 1894. 3. Vincent Jr., April II, 1901.

(I) Richard Pinkham, of PINKHAM Dover Neck, New Hampshire. 1640, perhaps earlier, was one of the signers of what is called in history "Dover's Magna Charta." and of which Rev. Dr. Quint says "it antedated in practice by one hundred thirty-six years the principles announced in the Declaration of Independence of 1776." Richard Pinkham was one of the conspicuous figures in the early history of Dover and indeed of New Hampshire, and for more extended mention of him and his part in the making of that history reference is had to another account elsewhere in other annals. He is believed to have died about 1647-48, and was survived by his wife Julia, who was still alive in 1688. According to the statements of contemporary writers Richard and Julia had at least three sons, Richard, John and Thomas, and if they had other children the records make no mention of their names.

(H) John Pinkham, son of Richard and Julia Pinkham, born about 1644, died August 2^], 1724. He was first taxed at Dover Neck in 1665, and it is said that "he first assumed the care of his father, legally, and took possession of the homestead in 1671, just before the time it became necessary to build garrisons and carry guns to meetings." He was a man of energy and divided a large estate in lands among his children. He married Rose Otis, daughter of Richard Otis, of Cocheco, a man of prominence and an officer of the colony whose name appears frequently on the records during the period of his active life. Rose Otis was one of the occupants of the Otis garrison house at the time when it was captured by the Indians, and after the peace of Casco, 1699, she and others of the family returned to their former home. John and Rose (Otis) Pinkham had at least nine children : Richard, Thomas, Amos, Otis, Solomon, James Rose, Elizabeth and Sarah.

(III) Thomas Pinkham, son of John and Rose (Otis) Pinkham, sold land in Dover to his brother James in 17 14, and in the next year received a gift of lands from his father. Little else is known of him and his children appear to have scattered and settled in other parts of the colonies. He married, December 2, 1700, Mercy (written Marcy) Allen, and their children so far as known were: Sarah, Joseph, Mary, Richard, Ebenezer, Benjamin and Martha. Of these children Ebenezer, Benjamin and Martha went to Maine, the first mentioned settling in Harpswell, and the others in Boothbay. Joseph removed from Dover to Madbury, New Hampshire.

(IV) Richard Pinkham, son of Thomas and Mercy (Allen) Pinkham, was born about 1710, and received a deed of land in 1763, from his father, "being 20 acres in the first division of the common land." The baptismal name of his wife is supposed to have been Abigail, as is inferred from her name signed to a deed in 1748; but her family name does not appear, nor the names of their children.

(V) Thomas Pinkham, son of Richard and Abigail Pinkham, born Dover, October 8, 1756, died New Durham, New Hampshire, 1830. He married, July 16, 1782, Bridget Berry, born Rochester, New Hampshire, September 15, 1761, died Chelsea, Massachusetts, February 8, 1846. The records of this family in the Bible of Thomas Pinkham close with this inscription: "Be grateful to thy father, for he gave thee life; and to thy mother, for she sustained thee." Thomas and Bridget Pinkham had nine children : i. Jonathan, born Milton, New Hampshire, July 26, 1784. 2. Stephen, born Milton, .October 8, 1786. 3. Mary, born Milton, March 9, 1788, married Surpelus Davis and removed to North Chelsea, Massachusetts. Children : Charles, Emily, Calvin, Thomas, Mary, Delphine and John Davis. 4. Ephraim, born Milton, February 24, 1790, died July 18, 1847: married, December 19, 1823, Sarah, who died in November, 1880. 5. Isaac, born Milton, May i, 1792, died March (or November) 9, 1855; married, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 6, 1824, Lydia Tripp, of Sanford, Maine, born August 9, 1805, died August 5, 1879. Isaac was an old-time stage driver between Salem and Haverhill, Massachusetts. 6. Thomas, born Milton, May 31, 1794. 7. Vincent. 8. Reuben, born May 22, 1799. 9. Willard, born Lebanon, New Hampshire, April 19, 1804, married, September 9, 1824, Eliza Runnells.

(VI) Vincent Pinkham, son of Thomas and Bridget (Berry) Pinkham, born Alilton, New Hampshire, October 14, 1796, died North Chelsea, Massachusetts, May 23, 1855. He married, December 24, 1829, North Chelsea, Lois Low, born Chelsea, August 29, 1807, died April 29, 1894, daughter of James and Thirza Low. They had twelve children, all born in North Chelsea: i. James Low, January 14, 1831, lives in Cliftondale, Massachusetts ; married, September 26, 1852, Caroline A. Bennett, and had Elizabeth Low, born East Boston, October 24, 1853, died Woburn, February 3, 1891 ; married Charles F. Hayes, born February 22, 1856, son of Solon K. and Clara S. (Brown) Hayes (child: Lois Low. born Woburn, March 9, 1880). 2. Charlotte Frances, May 28, 1832. 3. Henry Vincent, December II, 1833, died February i, 1897; was a Boston merchant; married (first), December, 1855, Susan W. Hastings, died September 16,

(VH) Charlotte Frances Pinkham, daughter of Vincent and Lois (Low) IMnkham, born May 28, 1832, lives now in Brookline, Massachusetts. She married, June 4., 1855, Edward Miller Farnsworth (see Farnsworth family).

(I\^) John Conant, son of John CONANT Conant, born July 7, 1686, in Beverly, baptized .August 15, following. He was a farmer and weaver. ?Ie was admitted to the ?lrst Church at Beverly, August 6. 1704, and chosen deacon February 23, 1723. About 1732 he built a house on the north side of Dodge street in Beverly near his father's house. This house was taken down in 1884. He had a fulling mill where he worked at his trade. He owned houses in Marblehead, which he sold to Jonathan Conant, currier. His will, dated May 28, 1754, proved May 26, 1755. He left a legacy to the second parish of Beverly, to which other sums were added in 1760, and a silver tankard for communion service purchased. The inventory of his estate amounted to over six hundred twenty-eight pounds. He married (first), January 30, 1713-14, Martha Dodge, daughter of Richard and Mary (Eaton) Dodge, of Wenham, and granddaughter of Richard Dodge, the immigrant. She was admitted to the First Church August 8, 1714, and died October 5, 1721. He married (second), June 2, 1722, Mary (Lovett) Cressy, widow of John Cressy. She died 1766. Children of first wife: i. Samuel, born December 29, 1713-14- died January 29, 1715. 2. Martha, born April 22, 1716. 3. John, born :March 6, 17 17- 18, mentioned below. 4. Bethiah, born

( \' ) John Conant, .son of John Conant, born March 6, 1717-18. He lived on Dodge street, and was a farmer and deacon of the church. He was a man of great piety. It is related that while getting a load of hay in one Saturday night, he was unable to get the hay into the barn before the sun had set. He unyoked his oxen, therefore, and left the load in the field until Monday. He died in 1780, and his son John was appointed administrator of his estate. He married, July, 1739. Mary Meacham, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Cue) Meacham. Children: i. Mary, born

John, born June 23, 1743, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, born February 29, 1745, died unmarried. 4. Martha, baptized October 2, 1747, died unmarried, of a cancer. 5. Bethiah, baptized November 26, 1752, died unmarried.

(\'T) John Conant, son of John Conant, was born June 23. baptized June 26, 1743, in Beverly. He lived on the homestead in Beverly. He was in the revolution, and marched to Lexington on the alarm in Captain Peter Shaw's company. In 1778 he was in Captain Francis Brown's company in service at Rhode Island. He died June 20, 1809. He married, January 14, 1764. Emma Thorndyke, daughter of Herbert Thorndyke. She died July 25, 1824. Children: i. Sally, born November 10, 1765, died unmarried July 20, 1850. 2. Martha, born September 8, 1767, died unmarried. 3. Emma, born May 4, 1769, died August 14, 1770. 4. John, born March 11, 1 77 1, mentioned below. 5. Emma, born January 3. ^771^ clied April, 1773. 6. Herbert,

(VII) John Conant, son of John Conant, was born in Beverly. March 11, 1771. He was a farmer and shoemaker. He was major of the mihtia, and served as representative to the general court from Beverly two years. He removed from Beverly to Topsfield, and afterward returned to Beverly and bought a farm on Conant street, where he died March 30, 1859. He married (first), September 2, 1792, Sarah W. Fisk, born in Topsfield. 1773, died February 25, 1830, daughter of Benjamin Fisk. He married (second), in Beverly, October, 1831, Rebecca Baker, died May i, 1883, daughter of Cornelius Baker. Children, all by first wife, born in Topsfield : i. John, born October 5, 1793, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born October 5, 1796. 3. Harriet, born June, 1799. 4. Benjamin, born 1802, married, October 15. 1835, Sophia Silver; sea captain; died July 17, 1839, in Madagascar. 5. Irene, born 1808, died July 20, 1822.

(VIII) John Conant, son of John Conant, was born in Topsfield. Massachusetts, October 5, 1793. He was a shoemaker and farmer. He married, in Topsfield, October 5, 1816, Ruth Standley, born February 18, 1798, daughter of Wells and Ruth (Baker) Standley. Children; i. John, born January 17, 1818. 2. Ruth, born February 2, 1822. married Moses Cheever, of Brimfield. 3. Irene, born July 14, 1825. 4. Benjamin, born April 26, 1828, died May 24, 1829. 5. Wells Standley, born June 22, 1833, married Jane Spencer. 6. Sarah, died in infancy. 7. Benjamin, born December 29, 1835, mentioned below. 8. Henry, born October 16, 1841, married, October 4. 1864, Hannah W. Cressy.

(IX) Benjamin Conant, son of John Conant, born at Beverly, Massachusetts, December 29, 1835. died December 31, 1905. He was educated there in the district schools. He worked on a farm in his youth and learned the trade of shoemaker, following his trade until he was twenty-three years old. He then engaged in farming at Danv&rs and Salem, and had a flourishing dairy business. He finally bought the old "Porter" homestead at Topsfield. The house is over one hundred and fifty years old, of colonial architecture, spacious and inviting. It contains fourteen large rooms. Besides the dwelling or mansion house are the milk house, ice house, carriage houses, tool house, wood house and the barns, with one hundred and sixty acres of land. He carried on general farming, having an excellent dairy of thirty or more cows. In politics Mr. Conant was a Republican, in religion a Unitarian. His business sagacity, and prudent, economical methods of farming explain the success that attended his farming, the very appearance of his place, its neatness and artistic attractiveness indicating the characteristics of the owner. He was a steady, useful, upright, honorable citizen whose worth was appreciated by his neighbors.

He married (first), 1857, Josephine B. Wilson, born at North Beverly, died at Topsfield. He married (second), June 18, 1873, Margaret Starrett, born Nova Scotia, daughter of Francis and Deborah (Manning) Starrett. Children, born at Topsfield: i. Frederick Wells, born January, 1859, died April 19, 1908; (Easter Sunday) ; married June, 1883, Virginia L. Garrett ; have one child, Florence Josephine, married George Fellows ; children ; Clara Winifred and Virginia Conant. 2. Arthur Henry, born June, 1862, married Sarah L. Garrett, sister of Frederick W. Conant's wife; child. Henry Wilson. 3. Clarence Leslie, born February, 1864, married Mary W. Dodge ; child, Helen J. 4. Albert Stanley, born August, 1867, married Harriet E. Day; children of Albert S. ; Harold and Harriet, twins. 5. Josephine B., born July 23, 1871, resides at home unmarried. Children of second wife ; 6. Frank Stanford, born September, 1874, unmarried. 7. Ruth Cheever, born January, 1876, died February 27, 1901 ; married G. B. Howe, June 27, 1900. 8. Clarissa, born November 14. 1877, unmarried. 9. Benjamin Victor, born July. 1878. married Nellie B. Gilland ; no children.

family, was born in England, May 29. 1 78 1. He was educated and learned his trade there, and in 1803 came to Nova Scotia and settled, following the occupations of fishing and farming for the remainder of his life. He died in 1838. He married, in Nova Scotia, Rhoda McKinley, who is believed to be of the same ancestry as the late President McKinley. Three brothers came to America, and the late president's line is descended from another brother. Rhoda Mc- Kinley's father was when a boy taken captive by the British during the revolution and imprisoned in Maryland or Pennsylvania, where he almost starved to death. Among the children of Mr. and Mrs. Grover were Jasj^er, who was living in 1902, at Cole Harbor, Nova Scotia, died 1906; and James Jacobs, mentioned below.

(H) James Jacobs Grover, son of John Meshech Grover (i), was born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia, April 19, 1825. He received a common school education, and served seven years apprenticeship at shoemaking, at fourteen to twenty-one years, which occupation he followed five years before coming to Lynn. In 185 1 he removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he was employed for a time, and in 1865 engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, shortly afterward forming a partnership with Stephen Oliver, Jr.. under the firm name of J. J. Grover, manufacturing shoes for ladies. At the expiration of a year the firm name became French, Grover & Company, Henry W. French and George D. Whittle having been admitted to partnership. This firm was dissolved within a year, and the name again became J. J. Grover, his father-in-law, Simon Brown, being his special partner until 1868, and from that date until his death continued alone and was very successful. He was one of the j)ioneer shoe manufacturers of Lynn, and as a consequence was one of the oldest at his death. He was a man of great enterprise, indomitable industry, high character and sound judgment, which c|ualities assured his constant success, and combined with his great heart and genial manners, entitled him to the respect, confidence and love in which he was held by his fellow-citizens and by all who knew him. He was a member of Golden Fleece Lodge of Free Masons, and an active and faithful member of the Washington Street Baptist Church, on the standing committee of which he served many years.

James J. Grover married (first) Sarah Richardson. He married (second), in Lynn, December 10, 1868, Annie Mary Brown, born in Rye, New Hampshire, May 19, 1837, daughter of Simon Brown, whose history and that of his ancestors appears in sketch following. Children of James J. and Sarah (Richardson) Grover: i. Elizabeth Jane, died young. 2. Charles Shreve, born at Guysboro, Nova Scotia, June 14, 1850, mentioned below. 3. Sarah Elma, born at Lynn, Massachusetts, October 13, 1855, married, October 20, 1875, George W. Stiles, of Maiden; four children: i. Millie Grover, married, December 2, 1902, Frank B. Williams, one child, Newton Williams ; ii. George Warren, married, December, 1907, Winnifred Smith; resides in Maiden; iii. James Garfield, married, June 26, 1907, Florence W. Woods ; resides in Maiden ; iv. Anne Belle, married, March 18, 1908, James Henley Hallet; resides in Maiden. 4. Ada Frances, died young. 5. James Warren, died young. 6. Eddie Nye, born at Lynn, Massachusetts, January 2, 1864, died at Denver, Colorado, February 24, 1895, aged thirty-one years. Children of James j. and Annie M. (Brown) Grover: i. Louie Brown, married, November 27, 1890, Walter F. Fisher; two children : Doris Louise and Florence M. ; Walter F. Fisher died January 24, 1897 ; she married (second), April 4, 1906, Jacob William Amick, of Freeport. Maine ; one child, Grover Shaw Amick. 2. James Herbert, married. June 9, 1897, Jessie Claude Durrcll. of Cambridge; four children: Faith and Louis Durrel living, and Richard and Gertrude, died in infancy. 3. Lyndon \'assar, married. June 20, 1895. Louis Garvin Perkins; she died July 13. 1896; he married (second), June 30, 1898, Grace Mabel Fuller; four children: Dorothy Lind, ]\Iarjorie Putnam, Elizabeth West and Lyndon X'assar, Jr. 4. Alfred Crosby, married. May 28, 1898, Ethel Louise Peterson, of New Bedford; four children: Alfred Crosby, Jr., Pochard Peterson, Paul Merritt and Elliott Brown. 5. Harmon Faunce, married, November 26, 1903. Anna Augusta Farrell ; one child, Everett Harriman.

(HI) Charles Shreve Grover, son of James Jacobs Grover (2), was born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia, June 14, 1850. He came to Lynn with his parents when a young child, and was educated there in the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1866. He then entered his father's shoe factory and learned the business, becoming active in the management. Upon the death of his father he became the head of the firm, the present name of which is J. J. Grover's Sons, w^ho conduct a large and flourishing business, chiefly in the manufacture of soft shoes for ladies. Mr. Grover, as a citizen of Lynn, has taken an active interest in everything pertaining to the progress and welfare of the city, especially in educational matters. In 1889-90 he was a member of the common council of Lynn, and president of that body during the second year. He was one of the committee on education which purchased the site and superintended the erection of the present Lynn high school building. Mr. Grover is a faithful member and liberal supporter of the Washington Street

Boston And Easte.Rn Massachusetts

Baptist Church, of which he has been deacon for a number of years. He is a RepubUcan in poHtics. He is a member of Golden Fleece Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters; Olivet Commandery, and Scottish Rite, all of Lynn. He is a prominent and influential factor in the business and financial circles of Lynn.

Charles S. Grover married, September 25, 1872, Mary Rogers, daughter of Rev. George W. and Matilda (Willard) Rogers, of Lynn. Her mother was a daughter of the Rev. Elijah Willard. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Grover: I. Frederick W., born September 3, 1876, educated in the Lynn public schools, graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, teacher for a time in Wesleyan, now Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania; later in Washington, D. C, now completing his education in Germany ; married, August 14, 1901, Bessie Warren Tibbetts. 2. Edith M., born November 2^], 1877, deceased; married William McLeod, of Lynn. 3. Isabel R., born March 23, 1879. 4. Ernest W., born June 9, 1881, graduated from the high school in 1901. 5. Bertha L., born August 4, 1883, married Philip Goodrich, formerly a teacher of Lynn, now of Charlestown, Massachusetts. 6. Alice M., born September' 27, 1884. 7. Miriam M., born April 17, 189 1.

John Brown, a baker of London, BROWN England, embarked for America on the "Elizabeth," April 17, 1635. After a brief residence at Salem, Massachusetts, he settled at Hampton, New Hampshire, 1638, and was the immigrant ancestor of a numerous and prominent family which through the early generations lived in Rockingham county, New Hampshire. He was one of the largest owners of land, and in Hampton only two paid a larger tax. He married, 1640, Sarah Walker, who came to America in the same ship. She died July 6, 1672, aged fifty- four. The following record of his death is found in Hampton : "John Brown, Aged about ninetie eight years Died upon the 28th Day of february 1686." Their children were: Sarah, who married John Poor; John; Benjamin; Jacob, mentioned below ; Mary, who married Nathan Parker ; Thomas ; Stephen.

(II) Jacob Brown, son of John and Sarah (Walker) Brown, born in Hampton, 1653, married Sarah Brookin, a daughter of William and Mary (Walford) Brookin, of Portsmouth. He lived on the homestead in Hampton, where he died February 13, 1740. He was a soldier in the early Indian wars and was one of the petitioners for the removal of Lieutenant Governor Cranfield. Nine children: John, Samuel, mentioned below; Abraham, Joshua, Sarah, Jacob, Abigail, Jonathan and Jeremiah.

(III) Samuel Brown, son of Jacob and Sarah (Brookin) Brown, was born at Hampton, November 4, 1686. He married Elizabeth Maloon, and lived, a farmer, on the homestead of his father and grandfather. Several of his descendants have been successful in business, and foremost in town and state afifairs. He died January 14, 1772; his wife died February 9, 1774. Their children were: Mehitable, Stephen, Hannah, Zachariah, mentioned below ; Sarah, Samuel and Elizabeth.

(IV) Zachariah Brown, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Alaloon) Brown, was born at Hampton, 17 16. He married Anne Leavitt, born Hampton, February 24, 1720, daughter of Moses and Mary (Carr) Leavitt. He was the fourth generation who owned and occupied the original homestead. He died January 31, 1783. Children: Jacob, Moses, Sim'on, mentioned below ; Mary, Sarah, Zachariah, Anne, Zaccheus, Sally.

(V) Captain Simon Brown, son of Zachariah and Anne (Leavitt) Brown, born Hampton, August 13, 1744. He married Mary Leavitt, daughter of Captain John and Abiah (Hobbs) Leavitt. He lived in North Hampton. He was a captain, town officer and a soldier in the revolution. He died July 20,. 1 83 1. His widow died September 23, 1837. Children : Simon, mentioned below ; Mary, who married Simon Dearborn ; Sarah, who married Captain Trueworthy Dearborn ; John, who lived at Epsom and Chichester.

(\T) Lieutenant Simon Brown, son of Captain Simon and Mary (Leavitt) Brown,, was born August 14, 1766, in Rye or Nottingham. He was a shoe manufacturer, tanner and currier. He owned a large amount of land in Northwood. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married, in August, 1793, Esther Dalton, born July 29, 1772, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (A/farden) Dalton. She died May 25, 1805. He married (second), March 16, 1806, Mary Seavey, born January 5, 1780, daughter of Joseph Langdon and Elizabeth (Garland) Seavey. He died' March 4, 1846, aged eighty years. His second wife died March i, 1832. He had three children by the first and seven by the second wife ::

1, 1803, died October 29, 1805. 3. Eliza, born January 14, 1805, married Thomas J. Parsons, of Rye. 4. Mary Esther, born January 5, 1807, .married Jonathan T. W'alker. 5. Sarah Ann. born May 17, 1809, married Thomas Rand. 6. Simon, born September 6, 181 1, mentioned below. 7. Langdon, born June 2, 1814, married twice and was the father of two children. 8. John Henry, born February II, 181 7, married and reared a family. 9. Martha Adaline, born January 9, 1822, married Francis A. Berry. 10. Lucetta, born December 10, 1824, died October 20, 1850.

(VH) Simon Brown, son of Simon and Mary (Seavey) Brown, born .September 6, 181 1, was a farmer, also a tanner and currier. He followed these occupations for some years, and in 1855 came to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he engaged in the livery business, which he followed until his death, March 2, 1882, over seventy years of age. He married, January 4, 1837, Mary Seavey. daughter of Lieutenant xA^mos and Sarah (Drake) Seavey, of Rye. Mrs. Brown died August 10, 1885. Children: i. Annie Mary, born Alay 19, 1837, in Rye, New Hampshire, was educated in the public schools of Rye and the Exeter Female Academy, and then coming to Lynn attended the State Normal school at Salem, graduating in the regular and advanced courses, after which she took a position as teacher in the Normal school where she remained two years. Then returning to Lynn she took a position as teacher in the high school, which position she held for six and a half years prior to her marriage, December 10, 1868. to James J. Grover, mentioned above.

(\'ni) Amos Simon Brown, son of Simon and Mary (Seavey) Brown, born November 10, 1843, manager of J. B. and \V. A. Lamper Company of Lynn. He married, September 29, 1869, Martha E. Mudge, born Lynn, January 12, 1848, daughter of John Ingalls and Mary (Ingalls) Mudge.

the petitioners for the new town of Marlborough, in 1666, and was one of the proprietors thereof. His lands lay in the south part of the town, and on the division fell within the limits of Southborough. He lived to the ripe age of almost one hundred years, and died August 24, 1 701. Notwithstanding his years he was active in town affairs at the time of King Philip's war. He was called Captain Newton and with Captain Hutchinson went out with a guard to treat with Philip's warriors with the purpose of pacifying them; but the Indians attacked them from concealed places, killed eight men and mortally wounded several others, one of whom was Captain Hutchinson himself. His wife's baptismal name was either Hannah or Anna, the records not being quiet clear regarding the subject. She died December 5, 1697. Their children were: John. Moses, Ezekiel, Joseph, Hannah and Daniel.

(II) John Newton, son of Richard and Hannah Newton, born 1641, died October 16, 1723. He was one of the proprietors of Marlborough in 1666, and evidently was a man of some importance in the town. He married, January 6, 1666, Elizabeth Larkin, who died October 15, 1719. Their children were:, John, Samuel, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Thomas, Johanna, Sarah, Nathaniel and Experience.

(HI) John Newton, son of John and Elizabeth (Larkin) Newton, born Marlborough, June 5, 1667, married, about 1690, Hannah Morse. Their children were: John, Rachel, Hannah (died young), Hannah. Experience, Ruth, Grace. Deliverance, Phinehas, Eunice, Patience, Stephen and Amos.

(W) John Newton, son of John and Hannah (Morse) Newton, born June 13, 1692, married, in 1717, Hannah Parkhurst, of W'atertown. Their children were : Dinah, John, Amos, Azariah and Hannah.

(\') Amos Newton, Sr., son of John and Hannah (Parkhurst) Newtan, born April 17, 1727, married, April 26, 1749, Prudence Bellows. They had children, among them Amos, Jr., Hannah, Mary, and perhaps others.

(VIII) Curtis Newton, son of Stephen and Sally (Fay) Newton, born Marlborough, November 13, 1803, was a farmer and dealer in cattle. He married (intentions), November II, 1833, Lydia Ball Smith, and had three children: i. George Leslie, born April 21, 1836. 2. Marcella A. 3. Henry Holden.

(IX) Henry Holden Newton, son of Curtis and Lydia Ball (Smith) Newton, born Southborough, Massachusetts, April 15, 1845, lives now in Revere, retired from active pursuits. During the earlier part of his business life he made shoes, and afterward was a poultry dealer, buying and selling in the markets. He retired in 1892. He married Ida Jane Fales, born Monson, Massachusetts, daughter of Ira and Adeline (King) Fales (see Fales family), and by her had two children: I. Jessie Fales, married Ernest Leonard, of Milo, Maine. 2. William Curtis.

(X) Dr. William Curtis Newton, son of Henry Holden and Ida Jane (Fales) Newton, born .Southborough, June 2, 1874, acquired his professional education at Boston University, graduating M. D. in 1896, later taking a post-graduate course in Harvard Medical School. In 1897 he began his professional career in Revere, and since has engaged in general and successful practice in that town and its vicinity. At Worcester, Massachusetts, October 20, 1900, Dr. Newton married Elizabeth Stanwood Perry, daughter of William Stanwood and Harriet B. (Humphrey) Perry (see Perry family), the latter a daughter of Richard Humphrey, a native of England, and who married Augusta, daughter of Samuel and Adeline (Newton) Leonard. Dr. and Mrs. Newton have two children: i. Elizabeth Curtis, born Worcester, July 2, 1904. 2. Eleanor Fales, born Revere, March 25. 1906.

(I) Anthony Perry, of Reho- PERRY both, Massachusetts, came of Welsh ancestors and was among the early settlers in New England. He was buried March 16, 1682-83. His wife was Elizabeth and their children were : Samuel, Elizabeth, Johaziel, Mary, Mehitable and Nathaniel, all born between December, 1648, and October 8, 1660.

children were: Anthony (died young), Anthony, Sarah, Nathaniel, Patience, Jacob and John, all born between March, 1683, and March 11, 1700-01.

(III) John Perry, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Perry, born Rehoboth, March 11, 1700- 01, died October 2, 1762. His wife was Mercy and their children were: Isabel, Newsom, Zephaniah, Diadama, Sarah, John and Jabez, all born between February, 1722-23, and February 10, 1740-41.

(IV) Captain John Perry, son of John and Mercy Perry, born Rehoboth, August 7, 1736 (one account says August 2, 1735), died March 5, 1814. He was Captain John Perry, of Rehoboth and Brunswick, Maine, a soldier of the revolution and commander of a company of Colonel Walker's regiment. He married, April 16, 1 761, Leafe (otherwise written Lepha and Lefe) Walker, born August 4, 1742, daughter of Timothy, Jr. and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Walker (Timothy, Jr., 5, Timothy, Sr. 4, Samuel 3, Philip 2, Widow Walker i). Captain John and Leafe (Walker) Perry had seven children, born in Rehoboth: i. William, February 3, 1762. 2. Bette (Betsey or Elizabeth), April 3, 1764. 3. Leafe, January 31, 1768. 4. John, December 23, 1770 5. Isabel, January 27, 1775. 6. Samuel, September 17, 1777. 7. Lydia, September 28, 1781.

(V) Deacon John Perry, son of Captain John and Leafe (Walker) Perry, was born in Rehoboth, December 2},, 1770 (Rehoboth records). Wheeler's "History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell," Maine, says he was born December 3, 1772, removed to Brunswick in 1798 and to Orono in 1833. He died March 18, 1846. He was agent of the cotton mill established in Brunswick in 1812 and was engaged in general trade for many years. "As a husband and father he was most devoted, affectionate and kind. Possessing a warm heart and a mind well stored with extensive reading and close and judicious observation, he was ever an agreeable and instructive companion, and his society was always welcome. As a citizen he was active and enterprising, and his example and influence were always on the right side ; as a neighbor always kind and obliging, and was as cheerful to do good offices as to receive them. In the support of the moral and benevolent institutions of the day he was consistent, firm and liberal ; of the cause of missions in particular he was an ardent and devoted friend." He became a member of the Congregational church in Brunswick in 181 1, and was one of its deacons from 1820 until his removal to Orono in 1833. He was chosen to fill the same office in the latter town. On January 14, 1802, Deacon Perry married Jennet Stan wood, born July 3, 1784, daughter of Colonel William and Hannah (Thompson) Stan wood (see Stan wood family). The children of this marriage were: John A., Octavia Jane. Isabella Hunt, Martha Stanwood, William Stanwood, Hannah L. W. and Jesse Appleton.

(VI) William Stanwood Perry, son of Deacon John and Jennet (Stanwood) Perry, was born in Brunswick, Maine, and at the age of sixteen left school and went to work. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in the lumber business in Boston, and while living in Massachusetts was a director of the Mt. Wollaston Bank, Quincy. In 1870 he returned to Brunswick and bought the property formerly owned by Professor Boody, on Alain street, and there he died April 8, 1873. ^^ '^^'^^ ^ '"n^" of splendid mind and w^hile not a college graduate possessed an excellent knowledge of mathematics, was well versed in Latin and French, and took especial pleasure in the study of history. He married Elizabeth Curtis, of Brunswick, daughter of Samuel and Jerusha (Fenno) Curtis, of Quincy, Massachusetts.

(VII) William Stanwood Perry, son of William S. and Elizabeth (Curtis) Perry, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and married Harriet B. Humphrey. Their daughter, Elizabeth Stanwood Perry, married, October 20, 1900, Dr. William Curtis Newton, now of Revere, Massachusetts (see Newton family).

history in the town of Gloucester on Cape Ann in 1652, and in the records is frec|uently mentioned as Goodman, thus indicating the certain distinction in social position which was accorded him. He was fence viewer in 1654 and afterward, selectman in 1658 and four times afterward. He died August 7, 1672, and his widow Jane afterward married John Pearce. Philip and Jane Stanwood had nine children : Philip, John, Mary, Jane, Samwell (Samuel), Jonathan, Naomi, Ruth and Hannah.

(II) Samuel Stanwood, son of Philip and Jane Stanwood, born in Gloucester 5th i mo. 1657-58, and died there in 1726. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, serving under Major Walderne in 1675, i^inder Captain Poole in 1676, and in consideration of his services received a grant of seven acres of land at Kettle Cove in 1679 ; and to this grant he added other lands by purchase. He married, November 16, 1686, Hannah Presson, and by her had thirteen children : Hannah, Samuel, W' illiam, Ebenezer, Alary, Jane, John, Judah (Judith), Hannah (Anne), Philip, Rachel, Joseph, and one other, born 1693, name not found.

(HI) Lieutenant Ebenezer Stanwood, son of Samuel and Hannah (Presson) Stanwood, born Gloucester, July 20, 1695, '^^^^ ^^ Brunswick, Maine, July 21, 1792. He was taken by his parents to Amesbury, Massachusetts, soon after his birth, and in 1717 went to Maine, and in that year was impressed into service by Sir William Pepperell for duty in the early wars with the French and Indians. He was afterward in service in 1723-24, sergeant from 1747 to 1749, sentinel from 1753 to 1757, and was returned as lieutenant in 1762. Besides his long service against the Indians he was deputy sheriff in 1732, selectman in 1744-45, "agent" to secure a minister in 1745, and for two years previous to his death was deacon of the church. He married,

(IV) Sergeant David Stanwood, son of Lieutenant Ebezener and Jane Stanwood, born August 23, 1721, died June 13, 1752. In 1751 he was sergeant in Captain Getchell's company on guard and scout duty, later was in the expedition against Quebec, and was captured, stripped and tortured. While attempting to escape he was wounded by a spear thrust, and making a second attempt received a bullet wound which broke his arm, necessitating amputation after he had managed to escape. Sergeant Stanwood married, December 30, 1743- 44, Alary Reed, of Topsham, Alaine, born December 28, 1723, died December 22, 1798. She married (second) John Hunt, of North Yarmouth, Alaine. David and Alary (Reed) Stanwood had five children : Ebenezer, a soldier and lieutenant in the Second Cumberland county regiment ; Jane, Alary, David and \\'illiam.

(V) Colonel William Stanwood, son of Sergeant David and Alary (Reed) Stanwood, born in Brunswick, Alaine, April 5, 1752, died there June 24, 1829. He seems to have inherited in a remarkable degree the military spirit and fighting qualities of his ancestors, and aside from the distinction gained by him in the service of his country he probably was the most prominent man of his time in Brunswick. His revolutionary record may be noted as follows : private in Captain Lithgow's company, at Falmouth March ii, to November 3, 1776; first lieutenant in Captain White's company, under Colonels Francis and Tupper, January i, 1777, to October 11, 1780; was at Ticonderoga and Saratoga ; joined Washington's army in Pennsylvania and was in service more than three years. After the war he w^as commissioned colonel in the Maine militia. Before the war and for a time afterward he was a blacksmith, later engaged in lumbering operations, owned three large farms and other real estate, and otherwise became possessed of large wealth. He was selectman in 1798, representative in 1794-95, and one of the overseers of Bowdoin College from 1798 until 181 5, when he resigned. Colonel Stanwood married (first) Mary Orr, who died June 26, 1801, leaving one child, Mary, born June 13, 1 78 1. He married (second) Hannah Thompson, by whom he had children : Jennet, Dorothy, David, Martha, Hannah, William, Ebenezer, Elizabeth and Charles. He married (third) Ruth Thompson.

(VI) Jennet Stanwood, daughter of Colonel William and Hannah (Thompson) Stanwood, was born in Brunswick, Maine, July 3, 1784, and married, January 14, 1802, John Perry, Jr. (See Perry family).

FALES Chester, England, and on coming to America was among the early planters at Dedham, Massachusetts, where he was admitted townsman in 1753. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675-76, and died in Dedham, July 10, 1708. He married, 1654, Anna Brock, of Dedham, and had eight children : John, James, Mary, Peter, Hannah, Martha, Rachel and Ebenezer.

(H) James Fales, son of James and Anna Fales, born July 4, 1756, married Deborah Fisher. Their children were : James, Stephen, Samuel, Timothy, Nathaniel, Nehemiah, David and Deborah.

(VI) Ira Fales, son of Ambrose and Amy Fales, born Holden, January 14, 1815, married, March 30, 1836, Adeline King, born April 25, 1818, died May ii, 1883, daughter of George King, born June 9, 1784, died March 30, 1844, and Miranda (Blanchard) King, born April 3, 1787. Samuel King, Jr., father of George King, married Philena Haskins. He was son of Samuel King, (who married Bethiah King), son of Samuel King, of Salem, son of Samuel King (born Salem, 1664. died 1738, married Elizabeth Marsh), son of John King, of Salem, born 1638, died 1719 (married Elizabeth Goldthwaite). son of William King, born Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, 1595, died 1650; married Dorothy Hayne,born 1 60 1. Ira and Adeline (King) Fales had seven children : Susan Adeline, Lucy Paine, Lucinda Everett, Helen Holbrooke, George Ambrose, Ida Jane and Silas Piper.

(VII) Ida Jane Fales, daughter of Ira and Adeline (King) Fales, born in Monson, Massachusetts, married Henry Holden Newton (see Newton family).

Under the designation of "Mr." CLARKE Clark and as one of the proprietors of Gloucester on Cape Ann, Edmund Clarke ( i ) , first appears in our early colonial history. The suggestion has been made that he may be identical with Edmund Clark, of Lynn, 1636, and afterward of Sandwich, but there does not appear any present means by which this assumption is_ to be sustained. There also was an Edmund Clark, of Haverhill, in 1654, and he too has been ofifered as Edmund of Gloucester.

Another assumption is that the immigrant ancestor of the family here treated first settled in Ipswich and because of religious dissensions there betook themselves to other plantations, some going thence to Newbury, others to Haverhill and still others to various parts of the colonies. It is known that the Clarks and Clarkes (the name is spelled both ways in the early records, and sometimes is written Clerk) 'were afifected by the controversy referred to, and of course it is possible that Edmund was one of them. In his "Genealogical Dictionary" Savage mentions him as Edward Clarke, an error which has carried through several generations of the family. The fact that he is first mentioned as "Mr." Clarke indicates that he was a person of some importance, perhaps by reason of superior mental attainments, and such would appear to have been the case, for in 1657 he was chosen town clerk of Gloucester and performed the duties of that office until November, 1665. He had lands on the south side of the Poles, and there probably built his house, near Tryall Cove, where the widow of his son Joseph was living in 1 704.

Edmund Clarke died February 26, 1666, and the inventory of his property show'ed a value of eighty-four pounds, five shillings, and debts amounting to thirty-three pounds. His wife's name was Agnes, and she is believed to have been a daughter of Walter Tybbot, who mentions in his will, 165 1, son-in-law Edmund Clarke. After his death Agnes married Thomas Penny. Walter Tybbot was born in 1584, came to Gloucester with Mr. Blynmah, was admitted freeman in 1642, served several years as selectman and in 1647 ^^'^s licensed "to draw wine," and also was exempted from common training. He was a farmer and as Babson says, "the inventory of his estate shows that he did not cultivate our unpromising soil in vain." Edmund and Agnes (Tybbot) Clarke had at least three children: i. John, who died January 2, 1681, probably unmarried. 2. Abigail, married William Sargent. 3. Joseph.

(H) Joseph Clarke, son of Edmund and Agnes (Tybbot) Clarke, was born November 16. 1650, in Gloucester, and is the only one of the children of Edmund and Agnes whose birth is recorded in that town. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675, being one of eight men in that year who were drafted for service, and of whom, says the report of their commanding officer, "due want warm cloathing, and must have new coates." On account of his service Joseph Clarke had lands granted him at Kettle Cove, December 16, 1679. Joseph Clarke died November 29, 1696. He married, March 27, 1682, Hannah Davis, probably a daughter of John Davis, of Ipswich, fisherman. Their children: i. Hannah, born January 16, 1683. 2. Joseph, September 10, 1684, married Rachel Pickworth, of Manchester. 3. Edmund, April I, 1686, died soon. 4. Abigail, December 20, 1687, died soon. 5. Mary, March 9, 1689, died June 7, 1709. 6. John, March 6, 1692. 7. Edmumi. December 3, 1695.

(Ill) Edmund Clarke, son of Joseph and Hannah (Davis) Clarke, was born in Gloucester, December 3, 1695, ^""^ probably lived most of his life in Manchester. He was admitted an inhabitant of Falmouth, Maine, in 1728, but did not settle there. He married, November 24, 17 18, Elizabeth Pierce, of Manchester, and had two sons, Edmund and Benjamin, and seven daughters.

( IV ) Edmund Clarke, Jr., son of Edmund 2nd Elizabeth (Pierce) Clarke, was born about 1719 and died "at the beginning of June, 1752," aged thirty-three years. He married, at Gloucester, October 21, 1743, IMargaret Collet, who died February 2, 1753. aged thirty-seven years. Their children: i. Frances, born August 3, 1744. 2. Edmond (Edmund or Edward), January 10. 1746. 3. Samuel, February 28, 1747- 48, died in New ^'ork in August, 1776. 4. Margaret, February 22, 1749-50. 5. Mehitable. January i. 1753.