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who died at Dorchester, December 20, 1728. He lived at Dorchester after the Narragansett war and perhaps earlier. Children, born at Dorchester: i. Isaac, Jr., born July 7, 1678; mentioned below. 2. Abraham, born April 7, 1680; married Hannah Wheeler, August 10, 1725. 3. Samuel, born June 17, 1685; resided in Dorchester. 4. Hannah, born March 18, 1688-89.

(IV) Thomas Howe, son of Isaac Howe (3). born in Dorchester, October 12, 1709; married, November 22, 1733, Sarah Searle. baptized June 17, .1711, died November 27, 1807, daughter of Jabez and Thankful (Toplifif) Searle. Howe died 1783-85. He settled in Dedham, where both he and his wife died. Children, born at Dorchester: i. Thomas;

(V) Thomas Howe, son of Thomas Howe (4). born August 24, 1735; married, March 17, 1763, Hannah Leeds, born at Dorchester, March 17, 1741, died at Dedham, November 27, 1807, daughter of Consider and Margaret (Dolbeare) Leeds of Dorchester. Howe died at Dedham, November 27, 1807. Children, born at Dedham: i. Rebecca, December 4, 1763. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, April 3, 1768. 4. William, August 17, 1770.

(VI) Thomas Howe, son of Thomas Howe (5), born in Dedham. July 7. 1765, died there December 22, 1805; married Hannah, daughter of Elijah and Alary (Allen) Withington. She was born at Dorchester, June 2, 1767, and married second, September 11, 1808, General Nathan Crane, of Canton. She died Alay 5, 1848. Child of Thomas and Hannah Howe, Elijah, mentioned below.

(VII) Elijah Howe, son of Thomas Howe (6), born in Dedham, October 21, 1792; married first, Alarch 26, 1826, Prudence, daughter of Major Jacob and Prudence (Stowe) Clark; second. November 18, 1824, Julia Ann, daughter of Moses and Mehitable (Holmes) Ciay. She died December 12, 1880. Children, born in Dedham: I. Elijah, Jr., born September 2"], 1828; mentioned below. 2. William, born May i, 1832; died August 19, 1832. He was educated in the public schools of Dedham, and learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet maker. With the exception of a year spent in Homesburg, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, he lived in his native town all his life and worked at his trade. He was a skilled craftsman. Among his ancestors having military records were General Humphrey Atherton, of the first settlers, and four who served in the revolution - Thomas Howe {4). Timothy Stow, Ebenezer Battle and Elijah Withington. He died at Dedham. November 30. 1880. Children, born in Dedham: I. Elijah. Jr., born September 2-j, 1828; mentioned below. 2. William, born May i, 1832; died August 19, 1832.

(VIII) Elijah Howe, Jr., son of Elijah Howe (7), born September 27, 1828, died at Dedham, Alay 7, 1898. The family homestead where he was born was on Highland street. Federal Hill, and is now owned and occupied by William H. Ivers. From there the family removed to a new house that the father built on the opposite corner of Lowder street in 1829. This house is now owned and occupied by Charles Shriver. In it Elijah, Sr., lived the rest of his life, and Elijah, Jr., his boyhood. Elijah, Jr., attended the public schools and began his preparation for college in the public school on Westfield street, in which Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Burgess took a special interest, and which later was given his name as a memorial. He completed his preparatory studies at Phillips Academy, Andover, during the winter of 1845, ^^'^ entered Amherst College. He was an apt student and especially brilliant in the classics. After his graduation in 1849 'is taught in the following schools in succession : The high school at South Hadley, Massachusetts, one year; the East Douglas high school two years, and the academy at South Wilbraham one year. He was a student in the Andover Theological Seminary in 1852- 53, fitting for the Christian ministry, but his health proved unequal to the demands of the ministry. He returned to Dedhani and gave his attention to business, filling the position of bookkeeper in the Shoe and Leather National Bank of Boston. In 1864 he resigned his position to become the agent in New England of Park Brothers & Company, of Pittsburg, the Black Diamond Steel Works, and continued in this position for twelve years. He had his head(|uarters in Boston, but traveled extensively throughout New England, visiting every machine shop and manufactory where steel was used. This company through him furnished the steel used for the drills in the Hoosac tunnel. He gained a wide and valuable acquaintance with the metal manufacturing industries in this section of the country, and a broad and useful business experience.

He was elected secretary of the Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company and of the Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, February i, 1880. The main office of both these companies was in Dedham. He was elected treasurer of the Norfolk Mutual, January I, 1885, a"f' li^'l'^l that ofiice until the time of his death. His experience in bookkeeping, banking and business gave him an admirable training for the important position he held in the insurance world. He showed great accuracy and faithfulness in administering his office even to the smallest detail. He had a fund of common sense and a matured and well-poised judgment that brought him to the foremost ranks in his line of business. He always justified the great confidence placed in him by the directors of the companies with which he was connected. In 1877 Mr. Howe was chosen a trustee of the Dedham Institution for Savings, and held the office continuously the rest of his life. He was an active and influential citizen of Dedham. He became a member of the Congregational church, in which he was prominent to the day of his death, serving as its treasurer, clerk, teacher in its Sabbath school, deacon, and moderator of the Allin Evangelical Society. He was generous in his contributions to the support of the church and its various benevolences and charities. His interest in the Dedham Historical Society began with its formation in February, 1859, and at the second meeting on the fifteenth of that month he was chosen a member. During his long membership his presence at the meetings and the active part he occasionally took in the discussion made him a valued associate. From 1886 to 1888 he served as curator, and was on the building committee during those years while the new building was being erected. In politics he was a Republican. He married, at Dedham, January 4, 1857, J"li^ Ann, daughter of Oliver and Persis Gibson (Forbush) Hunt. (See Hunt family). Children, born in Dedham: I. Oliver Hunt, born May 29, i860; mentioned below. 2. Francis Elijah, died in infancy. 3. Walter Clark, M. D., born June 21, 1872; educated in the public and high schools of Dedham, graduating at Amherst College 1894, and at Harvard Medical School 1898; was for a time house-surgeon of the Children's Hospital, Boston ; now practicing in Boston'; married Amelia Maria, daughter of Judge Ely. (See Ely family).

(IX) Dr. Oliver Hunt Howe, son of Elijah Howe (8), was born in Dedham. May 29, i860. He attended the Dedham public and high schools, and studied his profession in Harvard Medical School, where he was graduated in 1886 with the degree of M. D. He served for a time as house surgeon and assistant to the superintendent of the Boston City Hospital. He opened an office at Cohasset, Massachusetts, and has established an excellent practice. He is a member of the District Medical Society and the Massachusetts Medical Society; also of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Republican. He married, at Dedham, November 26, 1889, Martha Dresser Paul, daughter of Ebenezer and Susan Paul. Children: 1. Paul PL, born February 3, 1893. 2. Julia N. Cheever, born October 24. 1895. 3- Richard Withington, born January 26, 1899. 4. Henry Forbush, born January 15, 1905.

William Hunt was the inimi- HUNT grant ancestor of the family in America. It is believed that he was born in 1605 in England. He came to this country and settled before 1640 in Concord, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony June 2, 1641. He was witness to a will of his neighbor William Bowstred, October 23, 1643. He was a farmer. He married first, Elizabeth Bent, died 1861 ; second, Mercy (Hurd) Rice, widow of Edmund Rice, of Sudbury. He removed to Marlborough, where he died in October, 1667. He made his will October 23, 1667, leaving an estate valued in the inventory at five hundred ninety-six pounds. He bequeathed to wife Mary; to sons Samuel, Nehemiah and Isaac ; and daughter Elizabeth Barnes. Children: i. Nehemiah, born 1631 ; married, June i, 1683, Mary Toll (Towle) ; settled in Concord. 2. Isaac, born 1647; married. May 14, 1667, Mary Stone. 3. \\'illiam. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Hannah. 6. Samuel, mentioned below.

(II) Samuel Hunt, son of William Hunt (i ), was born in 1633, probably in England. He married Elizabeth Redding, and settled in Ipswich. Massachusetts. Children: i. Samuel, Jr., born November 17, 1657; died January II, 1742-43. 2. W^illiam. born April 23, 1660; died April 29, 1660. 3. Elizabeth, born May 29, 1661. 4. William, born 1663; mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born October 28, 1665. 6. Peter, born August 8, 1669, died young. 7. Peter, born May 14, 1670; died under twenty-one years.

(IV) Ezekiel Hunt, son of W'illiam H^unt (3), born July 15, 1710, in Ipswich; married there, Susanna Berry (intentions dated April 15, 1732) ; second. March 8, 1743-44, Elizabeth Hodgkins. Children, born at Ipswich:

(V) Ezekiel Hunt, son of Ezekiel Hunt (4), born in Ipswich, April 6, 1735, died at East Douglas, Massachusetts, January 25, 1803. He settled in Douglas when a young man. He was a soldier in the revolution from that town, a private in Captain Job Knapp's company. Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment from July 28 to August 7, 1780, marching to Tiverton, Rhode Island, on the alarm of July 27 ; also in same company on Rhode Island alarm March 2, 1780; also in Captain Joseph Elliott's company. Colonel William Thomas's regiment, 1 781. Service is also credited to Ivzekiel Hunt of the adjacent town of Northbridge, doubtless the same man, in Captain Josiah Wood's company, on the Lexington alarm. April 19. 1775; Captain David Batclicller's company. Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, 1776; in same company, under Colonel Ezra Wood, 1778, in a New York campaign. He married. 1735, Eunice White, who married second. Silas Cummings. Hunt died January 25, 1803. Children: i. Susanna, born January 5, 1762. 2. W'illiam, born January 12, 1764; died November 15, 1832. 3. Judith, born 1766. 4. Ezekiel, born March 3, 1771 ; died March 7, 1849. 5- Joseph, born June 22, 1773. 6. Oliver, born September 14, 1775; mentioned below. 7. Otis, born August 10, 1778. 8. Eunice, born January 21, 1781. 9. Clark, born October 21, 1783.

(\T) Oliver Hunt, son of Ezekiel Hunt (5), born in East Douglas, September 14, 1775 ; married, June 29, 1797, Diademia Whiting; second. January 25, 1808, Phebe Balcom. .About 1798 he and his brother Jo.seph Hunt built a small wooden shop on the site of the old axe shop lately demolished at East Douglas, on Main street, and they carried on at first the general custom blacksmithing business. This old shop stood near the Rev. William T. Briggs house. It would happen as a matter of course that among the miscellaneous work done at such an establishment a damaged axe would be brought occasionally for repairs and remodeling, and it was not long before the skill of the Hunt Brothers gave them a high reputation for their edge tools, and the axes that they began to make were in high favor from the outset. They drifted into the manufacture of a.xes and other edge tools and in a few years they were obliged to enlarge their plant by the addition of another building, which was erected at Douglas Center and Oliver took charge of it, his partner remaining at East Douglas. Business reverses followed after a hard struggle, however. Joseph Hunt retained the old shop at East Douglas and continued the business, and Oliver went to work for David Dudley forging axes in the shop his firm had lately owned. Lindley & Morse carried on the business for a time, and were succeeded by David Phillips. In 1 8 14 a new partnership was formed by the indefatigable Huijt Brothers, and a second failure followed. Oliver Hunt afterward bought the plant of Job Knapp and Jesse Balcom, who had owned it for a time, and with his two sons, Warren and Otis Hunt, went back to work in the old shop, and this time to achieve success. Benjamin Cragin became the selling agent of the firm. The market was excellent, but the difficulties of transportation very great. Mr. Cragin took a load of axes to the Boston market once a week. Business grew step by step, and another building was erectecL This building of late years has been used by the Douglas Axe Company for an icehouse. About 1823 the old building on Main street was destroyed by fire, and another erected in its place. The latter in turn has been torn down to make way for important improvements on Main street. The mark familiar to all dealers and users of axes was 'T O H," for the firm name Joseph and Oliver Hunt. Gradually machinery took the place of hand labor as the business grew. The business was incorporated in 1835 as the Douglas Axe Company, and became the leading concern in this line of business in the United States.

Children, born at Douglas, by first wife: I. Deacon Warren, born April 30, 1799; "in his day and generation he was the leading citizen of Douglas, active in town affairs, interested in public improvements and prominent in the church. Generous and public-spirited by nature, he was accustomed to look forward to results, keeping constantly in view the growth and prosperity of the place, and endeavoring to make them keep pace with its business development. Probably he did more than anyone to build up the village." He married Martha Kelley, July 12, 1821 ; children: i. Francis Warren, born Augu.st 2, 1827; ii. Martha Jane, born January 30, 1830, died November 2T^, 1837; iii. Caroline Augusta, born September 7, 1833. 2. Otis Whitney, born

July 19, 1801 ; died December 21, X858; married Submit Cummings ; children : i. Charles Edwin, born July 25, 1824; ii. Edwin Augustus, born February 25, 1826, died May 8, 1857; iii. William, born April 4, 1828; iv. Franklin L., born September i, 1834; v. Mary Louise, born February 13, 1839; vi. Otis W., born November 13, 1849. Children of second wife: 3. Diademia, born August 19, 1802; married, 1835, Luther Stone ; child, Louensia Augusta, born 1826. 4. Anderson, born January 31, 1804; married. May 18, 1831, Eliza Forbush ; married second. May 30, 1842, Nancy Chamberlain ; children : i. Lysander Perry, born September 3, 1832, married, 1857, Minerva A. Batchelder ; ii. Charles Anderson, born June 23, 1834; married October 20, 1859, Sarah Chamberlain, and had Arthur Chamberlain, born October 11, 1866, and Clarence Mellen, born June 17, 1870; iii. Harlan Page, born July 6, 1836, married, November 26, 1863, Sarah Louise Cunliffe, and had Nellie E., born October 23, 1865, and Emma L., born March 20, 1874; children of second wife: iv. Ellen Eliza, born March 3, 1843; v. Anna Francelia, born November 11, 1845; vi. George Warren, born November 11, 1847, married, November 14, 1878, Josephine M., daughter of Newell Taft. 5. Austin, born November 24, 1807. 6. Oliver, born November 28, 1809; mentioned below. 7. Leander B., born July 15, 1812, married, November 8, 1836, Lydia B. Nourse ; second, October 27, 1852, Mary H. Hanchet; children : i. Antoinette Eliza, born October 25, 1839, married, September 7, 1864, Lucius M. Thayer; children: Walter Nourse, born April 8. 1870; May Hunt, October 29, 1873; Daisy Lillian, February 10, 1877; ii. Louis Herbert, born June 21, 1846, died October 2, 1846; iii. Herbert Eugene, born October 29, 1848. married May 29, 1870, Amelia Palmer, and had Mabel Gertrude, born June II, 1 87 1, died September 9, 1871, Bertha Grenville, born August 17, 1873, and Elizabeth Baker, born February 9, 1876; iv. Alfred Epher, born March 31, 1855, married, October 28, 1878, Minnie T! McOuesten, of Nashua, New Hampshire ; v. Arthur Leander, born August 7, 1856, died April 23, i860; vi. Mary Toby, born November 21, 1857, died November 14, 1858. 8. Harriet N., born November 21, 1814; married (published October 12, 1837). Charles Hutchins ; children: i. Alice Ann Hutchins, died April 22, 1861 ; ii. George Francis Hutchins, born October 5, 1841 ; married, December 28, 1869, Annie L. Bodkin, second. May 12, 1875, Edna P. Fair- banks; (children: i. Charles Francis Hutchins, born February i, 1871, officer Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester ; ii. Willie Lee Hutchins, born January 27, 1873; iii. Henry Talbot Hutchins, born February 3, 1877) ; iii. Harriet Augusta Hutchins, born June 15, 1844, married, October 3, 1871, Seth Richards, of Worcester, music dealer ; iv. Charles Henry Hutchins, born January 13, 1847; bead of Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester and Providence ; married, September 2, 1873, Lila E. Knowles, of Worcester ; child : Arthur Knowles Hutchins, born 1878; V. Oliver Clay Hutchins, born February 21, 1850; vi. Jessie Gertrude Hutchins, born October i, 1859.

(VH) Oliver Hunt, son of Oliver Hunt (6), was born at Douglas, November 28, 1809. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the business of axe manufacturing, in which his father was engaged. He was in partnership with his father and brother. Later the business was incorporated as the Douglas Axe Company, and grew to large proportions, being at present one of the most extensive and prosperous industries in that section of the state. He was connected with the business for many years in various capacities as manager and owner. He married, May 10, 1832, Persis G. Forbush, born February 19, 1808. Children: i. Julia Ann, born July 19, 1833"; married, January 4, 1857, Elijah Howe, Jr. (See Howe family). 2. Helen Maria, born February 22, 1835 ; died August 30, 1838. 3. Mary Elizabeth, born April 19, 1837; died November 15, 1^38. 4. Sarah Elizabeth, born January 30, 1843; ^1'*-'*^ September 5, 1843. 5. Anna Olivia, born July 27, 1845; died August 14, 1845.

of his descendants spell their name Blake. He may have been one of the Scotch soldiers that Cromwell sent over as prisoners of war. Savage says he w^as at Rowley in 1660. He settled in that part of the town that became Boxford, and the court records show that in September, 1660, he was fined for making love to Faith, the daughter of Edmund Bridges "without her parent's permission." But he was a persistent suitor and finally married the girl. He died at Boxford, December 5, 1680. Children: i. Daniel, born August 24, 1667; mentioned below. 2. Mehitable, born March 10, 1671. 3. John, born July 28, 1672. 4. Edmund, born February 6, 1674. 5. James, resided in Boxford. 6. Josiah, of York ; mentioned below.

(H) Daniel Black, son of Daniel Black (i), was born in Boxford, August 24, 1667. He w^as a weaver by trade. He removed to York, Maine, and deeded land to Daniel Wood, Sr., of Boxford, sixty-two acres of upland and meadow in Boxford, twenty-eight acres near Stetson Pond, and thirty-four near Andover Road. Fie married, July 14, 1690, Mary Cummings, of Topsfield ; second, July 19, 1695, at Boxford, Sarah Adams, of York, Maine. Daniel Black had a grant from the town of Saco of twenty acres, sold by his widow Sarah and son Samuel to John Harmon, December 5, 171 7. Sarah and Samuel also deeded to Jonathan Young, Jr., ten acres near Cape Ncddick Pond, in York, and various other parcels. He bought land by deed dated September 24. 1698, eleven acres at Burnt Plain in York of Thomas Wise, and about the same time two acres at Dummers Cove of Thomas Moore ; mortgaged, September 5, 1700, three acres of land and buildings on the highway and near Meeting House creek, York. He bought more land of Samuel Webber, February 29, 1703-04, located on the north side of Sentry Hill; deeded two acres on the north side of Hull's creek in York to Peter Nowell, August 24, 1709 (York Deeds, Book VHI fol 30). He died before 1 7 12, when his widow bought land of Peter Nowell, twenty acres on the northeast side of the highway by the market place in York. Children of Daniel and Sarah Black: i. Samuel. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Mehitable. (All his heirs, according to deeds on record).

(II) Josiah lilack, doubtless also son of Daniel Black (i), was in York before 1700, according to the history of Kittery, York county, Alaine. In a deed dated April 6, 1719, he received a gift of land from Lewis Bane (or Bean), Job Banks, and Benjamin Preble, three Scotch settlers probably, and some relation to I'dack, perhai)s brothers-inlaw, as the consideration in the deed was "love and affection." Peter Nowell seems to be a relative also. Ridlon thinks this Josiah Black was himself an immigrant in 1718 with the Scotch Irish.

(III) William Black was son of one of the early settlers, doubtless Josiah, for Daniel left but one son, Samuel, as shown by the settlement of his estate. The will of William Black, proved at Kittery, January i, 1727-28. bequeathed to wife Sarah and sons William and Joshua. Children: i. William, had chil- still living in Kittery, some having changed the spelling of their names to Blake. Children, recorded in Kittery: i. Benjamin, born April 19, 1719; not named in father's will, but was in grandfather's. 2. Jonathan, born February 15, 1720; mentioned below. 3. Mary, born January 2, 1722. 4. Joshua, Jr., (twin), born December 27, 1724; died May 3, 1742. 5. Henry (twin), born December 27, 1724; died February following. 6. Henry, born December i, 1726. 7. Thomas, born August, 1728; died 1729. 8. Sarah, born May 12, 1730; married Nicholas Collins. 9. Almy or Amy, born March 8, 1731. 10. Catherine, born May 15, 1734. 11. Thomas, born October, 1738; died about 1756, unmarried; in His Majesty's service in the French War; will dated April 30, 1756; brother Henry a legatee. 12. Margery, born August 19, 1739.

(VI) Josiah Black, son or nephew of Jonathan Black (5), was born in 1750. According to the Saco history he was of the family given above. The above records, in fact, include all that is known of this family down to Josiah Black, of Limington. He married Martha Cockson, and settled in Limington before the revolution. He was a soldier in the continental army, and served in the campaign in Vermont, ending with Burgoyne's surrender October 7, 1777. Josiah Black died at Limington, July 4, 1840. Children: i. Mary, born May 10, 1775 ; married Jacob Small. 2. John, born August 31, 1777; mentioned below. 3. Joab, bom November 4, 1780; married Hannah Hamlin ; children, born at Limington: i. Josiah, born October i, 1802; ii. Olive, born August 14, 1804; iii. Hannah, born December 18, 1809; iv. Ira, born September 8, 181 1 ; V. Lovina, born October 20, 1814. 4. Josiah, born August 31, 1784; married Mary Libby, of Scarborough, where he died July, 1864; children: i. Zebulon, born December 12, 1808, married Elmira Person; ii. John, born December 24, 1810, married, July 17, 1837, Roxanna Andrews, of Bethel, and had two daughters, Olive and Hannah ; iii. Josiah S., born November 29, 1812, married Eunice B. Smith and had son, David T., born December 27, 1838; iv. Mercy, born January 21, 1816, died young; v. Martha, born March 29, 1817, married John L. Plaisted ; vi. David I., born September 28, 1819; vii. Joab, had son Alvah; viii. Aimer, born April 13, 1824, married Betsey Bailey; ix. Mary L., born May 6, 1827, married Lorenzo Goodwin. 5. Mercy, born January 8, 1789; married Amos Libby. 6. Aaron, born September 10, 1791 ; married Lydia Libby. 7. Betsey, born February 22, 1798.

(VII) John Black, son of Josiah Black (6), was born in Limington, Maine, August 31, 1777. He married Flannah Hamlin. Children, born in Limington: i. John, born 1807 ; died 1879 - married Mary Anderson, of Limington; children, born in Porter, Maine: i. Frank Melville; ii. Mary; iii. Marcia ; iv. Abbie ; v. Henry ; vi. James Anderson. 2. Samuel, mentioned below.

(VIII) Samuel Black, son or nephew of John Black (7), was a farmer in Hiram, Maine. He married Polly Milliken. Children, born in Hiram: i. John C. 2. Sally M. 3. Sewell L. 4. Sophia. 5. Ezekiel M. 6. Joshua L. 7. Lydia S. 8. Richard H. 9. Gardner M. 10. Samuel W. 11. Eliza Ann. 12. Mary Jane.

(IX) Gardner Merrill Black, son of Samuel Black (8), was born in Hiram, Maine. He settled in Corinna, Maine, and died there recently. He married Nancy Sevey. They had eleven children, viz: i. Porter M. 2. and 3. Died in infancy. 4. Angelia N. 5. Mary A. 6. George A. 7. Adrianna. 8. Eliza. 9. Rosina. 10. John. 11. Ella, died young.

(X) Porter Merrill Black, son of Gardner Merrill Black (9), was born in Stetson, Maine, March 13, 1840. He was educated in the district schools of Augusta, Maine, and worked on the farm with his father until he enlisted in the civil war in 1861 in the Third Maine Battery. He took part in the battle of Gettysburg. Later in 1863 he was mustered out and returned to his home. He worked in the Washington mill at Lawrence until 1882 when he embarked in the wholesale and retail tea business, continuing until 1889, ^^^ acquiring a competence. He had a large and flourishing business. Since disposing of his tea business he has been interested in the lead and zinc mines at Galena, Kansas. In politics Mr. Black is a Republican. He has been agent of the board of health for the past two years and has served in the common council of the city. He is a member of Monadnock Lodge of Odd Fellows ; of Post Needham, Grand Army, No, 39, and Kearsarge Encampment, and of the Lawrence Board of Trade. He married, January 26, 1871, at Lawrence, Annie Hartts, born July 27, 1844, at Lincoln, Maine, daughter of Henry and Annie (White) Hartts, whose children were: i. Ellen Hartts ; ii. Annie Hartts, mentioned above ; iii. Henry Hartts ; iv. George Llartts. Mr. and Mrs. Black have no children.

EMERSON has been prominent in New England since its first settlement, originated in England and numbers among its members many distinguished and able men. The first to use the name Emerson in England was Johannes Emeryson, of Brancepeth parish, Durham county, who was born before 1300. From him the various branches of the English family are descended, though the line cannot be traced perfectly. The coat-of-arms was borne by the American branches of the family as well as by the English.

(I) Thomas Emerson was born some time before 1540, in England. He was a resident of Great Dunmow, county Essex, where his three children are registered. He was probably son of Ralf, of Foxton, who received arms in 1535. Children: i. Robert, mentioned below. 2. Joan, baptized 1562. 3. John, baptized 1565.

(H) Robert Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (i), was born at Great Dunmow, and baptized there October 25, 1561. He may be identical with Robert Emerson, of Bishop's Stortford. who married there November 24, 1578, Susan Crabb, who was buried there November 20. 1626. aged seventy years. Robert was buried at Bishop's Stortford, January 6, 1620. Children: i. Alice, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, November 22, 1579. 2. Margaret, baptized February 21, 1581-82. 3. Thomas, baptized July 26, 1584; mentioned below. 4. Anne. 5. Robert, baptized April 12, 1596. 6. John.

(HI) Thomas Emerson, the immigrant to America, was son of Robert Emerson (2), baptized at Bishop's Stortford, July 26, 1584. In the church wardens' book of St. Michael's he is recorded as a collector for the poor in 1636, the year probably that he came to America. He married, at Bishop's Stortford, July I. 161 1, Elizabeth Brewster, and the genealogist of the English Emersons suggests that she was the daughter of the postmaster of Scrooby, the elder of the colony at Plymouth in New England. Emerson was in Ipswich as early as 1638, when his name appears on the list of proprietors of that town, and he was selectman in 1646. Late in life he conveyed to his son John for a yearly rental during the lives of himself and wife Elizabeth, the homestead on which he lived, making many stipulations of interest. He died May, 1666. in Ipswich, Massachusetts. His will, dated May 31, 1653, with codicil January 4, 1660, proved May 10, 1666, named his wife Elizabeth as executrix, and bequeathed also to sons Joseph, John and Nathaniel, daughters Elizabeth Fuller and Susan Emerson; to son James "if he shall come over to this country ;" and to wife Elizabeth. Children, all baptized in St. Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford: i. Robert, Alay 24, 1612. 2. Benjamin, October 2, 1614. 3. Ralfe, October 19, 1615; killed June 1626, by falling tree. 4. James, February 16, 1617; never emigrated. 5. Joseph, June 25, 1620; mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, June 14, 1623; married John Fuller. 7. John, h>bruary 26, 1625 ; died December 2, 1700; settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 8. Thomas, died before 1653. 9. Nathaniel, July 18, 1630; settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. 10. Susan, March 17, 1632.

(IV) Joseph Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (3), was born in England, about 1620- 21, and died at Concord, Massachusetts, January 3, 1680. Through his son Joseph he was the ancestor of that most illustrious American, Ralph Waldo Emerson ; Ralph Waldo (9), William (8), Joseph (7), Edward (6), Joseph (5). He married, 1646, Elizabeth "Woodmansey, daughter of Robert and Margery Woodmansey, schoolmaster of Boston. They resided at Ipswich, Massachusetts, York. Maine, and Milton, Massachusetts, Joseph Emerson was a Puritan minister, said to have been educated in England. He may have studied at Harvard. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638, and was admitted a freeman there December 19, 1648. He preached at York, Maine, the same year. In 1653 he was a resident of Wells, and took the freeman's oath there July 4, 1653. He signed a petition to Cromwell, wdiile of Wells, asking the Protector to confirm the jurisdiction of Massachusetts over the inhabitants of Wells. About 1664 he left Wells, where he seemed to have a turbulent lot of parishioners, and where the church, after he left, had to disband. About

1664 he became minister at Milton, Massachusetts, December i, 1669, he settled in Mendon, Massachusetts, where he remained until the town was destroyed by the Indians, when he retired to Concord, where he died. He married second, December 7, 1665, Elizabeth Bulkeley, born 1638, died September 4, 1693, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, of Concord, Massachusetts, and granddaughter of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, first minister of Concord. She married second. Captain John Brown of Reading, Massachusetts. Children of first wife: i. Joseph. 2. Mary. Children of second wife: 3. Lucy, born October 2, 1667; married, May 15, 1683, Thomas Damon, of Reading. 4. Edward, born April 26, 1670; mentioned below. 5. Peter, born 1673. 6. Ebenezer. 7. Daniel, married May 19, 1709, Jane Armitage.

(V) Edward Emerson, son of Joseph Emerson (4), born April 26, 1670, died at Maiden, Massachusetts, May 9, 1743. He was schoolmaster at Chelmsford before 1700, and was living in Charlestown 1705-13. In 1703 he was surveyor of highways in Chelmsford. In 1727 he was a merchant living in Newbury, Massachusetts, and August 3, 1728, was dismissed from the Chelmsford to the Newbury church, then the third church of Newbury, now the First Church of Newburyport. He was chosen deacon, and was a man of influence and prominence of devout character. Ele was buried in Maiden, where his gravestone is yet standing. He owned land in Chelmsford in his own right, perhaps inherited from his grandfather, Peter Bulkeley, of Concord. He had a grant of land in April, 1699, in Chelmsford. He died May 9, 1743. He married, January 27, 1697, at Chelmsford, Rebecca, daughter of Cornelius and Rebecca (Adams) Waldo of Chelmsford. She was born September 24, 1662, and died April 23, 1752 or 1753, aged, according to the record, ninety years. Her father was an early settler in Chelmsford in 1657, and died there in 1701. Children, born in Chelmsford: i. Joseph, born April 20, 1700; died July 13, 1747; married, December 20, 1721, Mary Moody; resided in Maiden. 2. Elizabeth, born April 19,

Emerson (5), born at Chelmsford, May 8, 1702, died in Boston, 1740; married, November 13, 1729, Hannah Beale, who was born in Braintree. He removed to Boston and was a shopkeeper there. He left a large estate, over eleven thousand pounds according to the inventory. Fie had a grant of land in Lunenburg in his father's name. May 11, 1720. He was a clerk of the market in Boston, March

13, 1737. According to a letter on file at the probate court in Cambridge, from his widow to Francis Foxcroft, dated November 7, 1740, he owned land in Chelmsford at the time of his death. He was elected constable March

(VII) Captain Joseph Emerson, son of Edward Emerson (6), was born September 13, 1 73 1. His will was dated at Chelmsford, October 17, 1792, and proved March 13, 1793- 94 ; Samuel Stevens, executor. His homestead at Chelmsford adjoined that of Noah Spaulding. At the time of his death his son Owen was not quite of age. He mentions an apprentice, Samuel Holt, in his will, and two other sons, Samuel and Luther, probably older than Owen. The will provided a bequest of sixty pounds for Owen's services in conducting the farm before he came of age, provided he continued after the testator's death to run the farm and the shoeshop for the benefit of the estate. Children: i. Samuel, died at Concord, March 2, 1838. 2. Dr. Luther, mentioned below, born April 18, 1785. 3. Owen, married Mary Spaulding; settled in Chelmsford.

(Vni) Dr. Luther Emerson, son of Joseph Emerson (7), born in Chelfsford, April 18, 1785, died in Salem, New Hampshire, 1844. He was educated in the public schools, and was a graduate of Yale Medical School. He settled at Salem, New Hampshire. He married. May, 1812, Patience Wood, of Dracut, died 1843. Children: i. Luther. 2. Joseph W., mentioned below. 3. George. 4. Rufus. 5. John. 6. Charles B., druggist in Haverhill many years ; resides at 5 Pleasant street, Bradford, Massachusetts. 7. Julia Ann. 8. Jeannette. 9. Martha.

(TX) Joseph W. Emerson, son of Dr. Luther Emerson (8), was born in Salem, New Hampshire. He was educated there in the common schools and took up farming for a calling. He settled in his native town and was a prominent citizen there, and died there. He was a member of the Congregational church. In pohtics he was a RepubUcan, and he held various positions of trust and honor in his native town. He was for a time superintendent of schools. He married Harriet N. Davis, born at Chester, New Hampshire, died at Salem, New Hampshire. Children: i. Elizabeth, born 1846 ; teacher in public schools of Haverhill ; unmarried. 2. George, died at Kalamazoo. Michigan. 3. Frank, born 1851 ; resides in South Lawrence, engaged in the drug business. 4. Warren, born 1853; mentioned below. 5. Infant, died young.

(X) Warren Emerson, son of Joseph Warren Emerson (9), was born in Salem, New Hampshire, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of Salem, New Hampshire, and at the Pinkerton Academy, at Derry, New Hampshire. At the age of eighteen he began as clerk in the Essex Savings Bank, and became bookkeeper ; left this position for a clerkship in a clothing store in Haverhill, and continued in mercantile life until 1881 as clerk for the firm of Hastings & Tilton, succeeding his employers in business, and continuing with marked success as a merchant. His business has prospered, and he has attained a leading position in the commercial and financial circles of the city. He was elected president of the Essex National Bank in 1898, and is a member of the investing committee of the Haverhill Savings Bank. He is a member of Merrimack Lodge of Free Masons ; Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar; Mizpah Lodge, of Odd I'Y^llows ; Palestine Lodge, of Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Pentucket Club. In politics he is a Republican. He attends the Congregational church. He married, 1891, Inez Hapgood. born in Haverhill, daughter of Levi Hapgood. They have no children.

that has the manuscript of its genealogy in England brought to this country by the original immigrant. This pedigree amply authenticated is written on a sheet of parchment now in the possession of Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard College, together with a copy made in 1802. Upon the parchment numerous coats-of-arms of the families mentioned are painted in colors. The Norton family of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Mark-Atwell, Hertfordshire, to which this family belongs, bears arms : Gules a fret argent over all a bend vaire or and

(VH) Sr. de Noruile, alias Norton, married the daughter and co-heiress of Mons. Bassingbourne, and had daughter Elizabeth, who married Roger Hill, of Staffordshire. 2. Sir John mentioned below.

(\TII) Sir John Norton married a daughter of Lord Gray de Ruthyn. Children: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Son, married daughter of Monchencie. 3. Joane, married William Walker. 4. Katherine.

(X) John Norton, of Sharpenbow, married a daughter of Mr. Danie ; second Jane Cowper, (laughter of John. Child of first wife: r. William, died young. Children of second wife: 2. Thomas. 3. Richard, mentioned below. 4. Robert, d. s. p. 5. John, married

Thomas Decon. 8. William. (Thomas Norton (12), son of Thomas (11) and grandson of this John (10), married first. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury ; married second, Alice Cranmer, niece of the Archbishop).

(XL) Richard Norton, son of John Norton (10), married Margery, daughter of Wingar, of Sharpenbow. Children: i. Thomas, married Anne Pratt, and had son Thomas. 2. William, mentioned below.

(XII) William Norton, son of Richard Norton (ii), lived at Sharpenbow; married first, Margery, daughter of William Hawes and widow of Mr. Hamon; second, Dennis Cholmly, daughter of Sir Nicholas Hare. Children: i. William, mentioned below. 2. Thomas. 3. John. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Francis. 6. Hugh. 7. Daniel. 8. Phebe. 9.

(XIII) William Norton, son of William Norton (12), married Alice Browest, daughter of John. Children: i. Rev. John, born at Star ford (Bishop's Stortford?), Hertfordshire, May 6, 1606, and was educated at Cambridge University ; came to Plymouth, October, 1635; settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1636; admitted freeman May 17, 1637, at Boston; succeeded Rev. John Cotton as minister of First Church of Boston, 1655 ; died April 5, 1663, without issue. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Richard. 4. Thomas, married Katherine, daughter of Gabriel Clincard, and had Gabriel, Thomas and Anne. 5. Martha. 6. Mary.

(XIV) William Norton, son of William Norton (13), born about 1626, died April 30, 1694, aged sixty-eight years; married Lucy, probably daughter of Emanuel and Lucy (Winthrop) Downing. He deeded to his son Bonus land at Ipswich, February 5, 1697-98. His will, dated April 28, 1694, proved May 15, following, bequeathed to John and Bonus, daughter Elizabeth Wainwright, wife of Colonel John. He owned a share in Plum Island and land on High street. Children: i. Rev. John, born 1650, graduate of Harvard College, 1671 ; married Mary Mason, November, 1674; settled as second minister of Hingham, Massachusetts, where he died October 3, 1716; ancestor of Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard. 2. Bonus, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, married first. Colonel John Wainwright, second, Hon. Isaac Addington. 4. William, born February 2, 1660. 5. Lucy, born January 25, 1662.

(XV) Bonus Norton, son of William Norton (14), born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1657, died April 30, 1718, at Hampton, New Hampshire. He resided on the Hampton Falls side in 17 10, near the Hampton turnpike. It is said that he had a fine orchard, importing his apple trees from England. He lived at one time at Hingham, Massachusetts, where his brother was minister. He was a soldier in Captain Green's company in the service in 1712. (See N. H. Rev. Rolls, V. i, p. 11). He is buried in the Friends' burial ground, Seabrook, New Hampshire. He married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Whipple) Goodhue. He took the oath of fidelity in 1678. The first child was born at Ipswich, most of the others, if not all of them, at Hampton, New Hampshire. Children: i. William, born May 9,

1691 ; married, December 19, 1706, Elizabeth Cotton. 2. Joseph, born November 17, 1695; mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born September 12, 1699. 4. Elizabeth, born March 31, 1703; married Thomas Jenness and Benjamin Swett. 5. Lucy, born September 10, 1706; married John Jenness. 6. Anna, born March 20, 1708; married Jonathan Towle (3).

(XVI) Joseph Norton, son of Bonus Norton (15), was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, November 17, 1695. He settled at Hampton Falls with his father. He was on the list of tax-payers 1747 to 1767. He settled in what is now Seabrook, New Hampshire. Children: I. David. 2. Moses. 3. Joseph, came from Greenland to Chester, New Hampshire, and settled in the northeast end of Governor Shute's farm; second wife, Mary Tabor, died March 21, 1840, aged one hundred years one month; he died February 17, 1818, at Chester, aged eighty-one. 4. Jonathan ; mentioned below.

XVII) Jonathan Norton, son of Joseph Norton (16), was born about 1735. He came from vicinity of Hampton Falls and settled on lot 131 in Chester, New Hampshire, now called the Josiah Seavey place. He died in 1 79 1, and his widow married second, Stephen Lufkins. Children: i. Simon, born 1758; mentioned below. 2. John, married Polly, daughter of Benaiah Colby, and lived on the homestead, Chester. 3. Daniel, married Lydia Norton, and resided in Raymond, New Hampshire. 4. Nathan. 5. David.

(XVIII) Simon Norton, son of Jonathan Norton (17), was born in 1758. He was a soldier in the revolution, aged seventeen, according to the revolutionary rolls, in 1775, and aged twenty in 1778. (P. 754 vol. 2 N. H. Rev. Rolls). He was in Captain Hezekiah Hutchins's company. Colonel Reed's regiment, 1775, and in Captain Nathan Brown's company. Colonel David Oilman's regiment, 1776; in the militia again in 1778. He settled in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and in the federal census of 1790 was the only head of a family of this surname in that town. He had one son under sixteen and two females in his family (wife and daughter probably). He married Alary, daughter of Thomas Patten. Children: i. David, mentioned below. 2. Simon, Jr. 3. Polly, married Nathaniel Emerson, Jr.

(XIX) David Norton, son of Simon Norton (18), born about 1790, in Deerfield, New Hampshire, died in 1875, aged about eightyfive, in Candia, New Hampshire ; married

Mary Curtis, born 181 3, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, died at the age of eighty-five in 1898. He was a farmer in Candia, New Hampshire, all his active life. He was prosperous and influential. He and his family were connected with the Congregational church in Candia. In politics he was a Democrat and held various positions of trust and honor. He was in the service during the war of 1812, and rose to the command of his regiment in the state militia. After the civil war Mr. Norton became a Republican, and loyally supported the government during the war. Children: i. William S., resides in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 2. Mary E., married George Dudley, of Lowell, Massachusetts. 3. Sarah, died young. 4. Richard, served through the civil war, and continued in the regular army afterward under General Custer, and was never heard from. 5. David T., mentioned below. 6. Henry C, married Maggie Kiefe. (XX) David T. Norton, son of David Norton (19), was born in Candia, New Hampshire, in 1836. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Chester Academy. He learned the trade of shoemaker, and followed it as journeyman and operator all his life. He came to Haverhill in i860, and was employed in various factories there until the war broke out. In 1861 he enlisted in the Nineteenth IMassachusetts Regiment Volunteers, afterward re-enlisting in a New York cavalry regiment. He was a member of Major Howe Post, No. 47, Grand Army of the Republic. At the close of the war he returned to Haverhill and continued to work at his trade. For many years he filled a responsible position in the shoe factory of Chick Brothers, at Haverhill. He died October 15, 1892. He was a Democrat in politics before the civil war. a Republican afterward. He was a man of high character and a useful citizen. He was a member of Plymouth Rock Colony, Pilgrim Fathers. He married. 1864, Mary, daughter of James and Sarah Hamilton, both natives of Scotland. She resides in the home in Haverhill. They had no children.

about 1600. He came to New England with John Winthrop, Jr., in 1 63 1, and that year he and his wife were admitted to the church at Boston. He married Lydia Eliot, daughter of Bennett and Lettice Eliot, of Widford and Nasing, England. He was admitted a freeman at the same time as the brothers of his wife, Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, and Jacob, March 6, 1632. There were four of Mrs. Penniman's brothers among the early settlers : Francis, Jacob, John and Philip. Francis Eliot settled at Braintree ; was admitted a freeman June 2, 1 641 ; became schoolmaster to the Indians under his brother about 1650; with his wife Mary sold land in Braintree, May 4, 1662; died 1677. Jacob Eliot was baptized September 21, 1606, in England; came to Boston early ; was deacon and ruling elder ; admitted freeman March 6, 1631-32; died 1651. His will was proved November 20, 165 1, bequeathing to wife, son Jacob and daughter Hannah; other children to have portions at marriage or majority. Rev. John Eliot was baptized at Widford, England, August 5, 1604; came to New England, November 2, 1631, and was acting pastor of the Boston church in the absence of Mr.- Williams; was ordained over the church at Roxbury, October, 1632; found time to learn the language of the Indians, reduced it to writing and translated the Bible and other books into the language of the Indians, and achieved a great work in the conversion and education of the natives, justifying his title of "Indian Apostle;" married, 1632, Anna Mumford, who died March 22, 1686; he died Alay 20, 1690. Philip Eliot was baptized April 25, 1602, and came early to Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was deacon of the church; died October 22, 1657; will proved February 11, 1657, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth, son Aldis and daughter Sarah Aldis ; grandchild Henry Withinglon, daughter Lydia.

About 1638 Penniman moved to Braintree, where Francis Eliot also located. His first three children were born in Boston, the others at Braintree. He died December 26, 1654. His will was proved January 31, 1664. bequeathing his movable estate and half his land and buildings to his wife Lydia for the support of herself and the lesser children; the other half to his son Joseph, who was directed to help his mother. James already had his share. The youngest son Samuel and three youngest daughters were bequeathed twenty pounds each. The widow married second, Thomas Wight, in whose will and her own are proofs that she was the daughter of Bennett Eliot and sister of the four Eliot brothers. Children: i. James, baptized ISIarch 26, 1633. 2. Lydia, baptized February 22, 1634-35. 3. John, baptized January 15. 1637. 4. Joseph, born at Braintree, August i, 1639. 5. Sarah (twin), born November 14, 1645; died young. 6. Samuel (twin), born November 14, 1645, (lied young. 7. Hannah, born March 26, 1648. 8. Abigail, born December 27, 165 1 ; married, April 18, 1678, Samuel Neale. 9. Mary, born September 29, 1653 ; married, April 4, 1678, Samuel Paine. 10. Samuel, born November i, 1655 ; mentioned below. II. Sarah, married Increase Robinson. 12. Bethia Allen, mentioned in the mother's will.

(H) Lieutenant Samuel Penniman, son of James Penniman ( i ) . born in Braintree, November I, 1655, died January 16, 1705. He was admitted a freeman 1678, and was a lieutenant of the Braintree militia company. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Parmenter. January 7, 1674. Children: i. Elizabeth, born February, 1674-75. 2. Samuel, born March 15, 1675-76. 3. Samuel, born November 5, 1677. 4. Josiah, born November 21, 1678. 5. Hannah, born February 12, 1682. 6. Jonathan, born February 17, 1685-86. 7. Nathan, born 1689 (not recorded), mentioned below. 8. James, born March 29, 1695.

(HI) Deacon Nathan Penniman, son of Samuel Penniman (2), was born in Braintree, in March, 1689. He came to Mendon, Massachusetts, about 17 19. Joseph Penniman, his cousin, and James Penniman, probably his brother, were also proprietors of Mendon as early as 1719. He built his house first at Quisset, later settling in what is now South Milford. Joseph lived on what is now called the Henry Swan place, of the old Medfield road. He bought land of Benjamin Thayer, ten acres in the Old Field on the south side of Muddy Brook, on Joseph Penniman's meadow, June 27, 1732. He also bought a lot of land April 8, 1738, of Job Kieth, and many lots in Mendon. He deeded farms to his sons, and his homestead where he lived, with forty acres of land, to his son Peter, April I, 1751. It adjoined the farm previously given to his son Samuel. Nathan gave Samuel more land in 1773. Nathan was a cordwainer by trade. Fie married first, Mary second, January 16, 1758, Mary Holbrook, of- Bellingham, who died September 11, 1759; third. May 28, 1760, Joanna (Thayer) Cheney, widow of William Cheney, Jr. He died June 14, 1773, having distributed his estate before his death, by will. Children, all by first wife: i. Samuel, born October 11, 1717; known as Lieutenant or Landlord Penniman ; married, December 3. 1741, Huldah White;

(IV) Captain Peter Penniman, son of Deacon Nathan Penniman (3), born in Mendon, September 11, 1728, died there 1806. He was a captain in the revolution, a prominent patriot. He was first lieutenant in the third Mendon company. Captain Joseph Daniels, and marched with it on the Lexington call, April 19. 1775, to Roxbury. Pie was chosen captain of his company July 9, 1776, and commissioned same day the sixth company. Third Worcester county regiment. Colonel Ezra Wood. Fie was captain of a company in Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment from December 8. 1776, to January 21, 1777, in the Rhode Island campaign ; in the service again in April and May, 1777, in same regiment; was major also. He and other officers resigned July 20, 1779. His relatives Pelatiah, Jesse, John and Baruch were also soldiers in the revolution from Mendon, some of them in his company. He was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Massachusetts, 1779- 80, and was afterwards representative and senator and was in the governor's council. Fie was one of the most distinguished citizens in Mendon, and at various times held every office in the town. He was one of the incorporators and a trustee of the First Congregational church. He settled on the homestead in Mendon. He was one of the early proprietors of the town of Warwick, in central Massachusetts, after the revolution, but did not move there. His son Bunyan and son-in-law Jacob- White settled in Warwick. Peter gave a hundred acres of wild land to his daughter Catherine, wife of Jacob White. Before his death he gave a house and farm at Uxbridge to bis daughter Abigail Brastow. He died intestate, leaving a large amount of real estate. The valuation for the purposes of partition amounted to $5,737, and the division among the heirs took place by agreement in 1806. He married, November 21, 1754, Huldah Wheelock, who survived him and administered the estate. Her bond was dated July 8, 1806. Children: i. Asa, the eldest. 2. Bunyan, the second son ; mentioned below. 3. Rev. Andrew, the youngest son. 4. Catherine, married Jacob White. 5. Eleanor, married Moses Peters. 6. Abigail, not mentioned in the will.

about 1770. He and his father were among the proprietors of Warwick in 1798, and he settled there. The record of his death gives his name John Bunyan Penniman, died July 21, 1825. He married Sarah Buttrick. Children : Dean, mentioned below ; probably others.

( \T ) Dean Penniman, son of Bunyan Penniman (5), born in Warwick, October 24, 1800, died in Lowell, Massachusetts, May 11, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He learned the trade of carpenter, and when a young man settled in Lowell. He was also a farmer. He went into business as a contractor and builder, and was eminently successful. He was also a dealer in wood. He took an active part in the development and upbuilding of the city of Lowell, and built many of the buildings of importance in the early days of the town. He made good investments himself in Lowell real estate, and acquired a competence before he retired from business. In politics Mr. Penniman was a Whig, but followed his party into the Republican organization and was active in his supl)ort of the Union during the civil war. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a generous sujiporter of the church and its charities. He had an irreproachable character, a kindly and attractive way and manner of s])ecch, and enjoyed the fullest measure of confidence and esteem in the hearts of his friends and townsmen. He married. December 6, 1 82 1, Hannah Hastings, born November 22, 1804, died in Lowell, May ii. 1893. Children: i. Isaac Hastings, born June 2, 1823; was a stone mason; served in civil war ; married Dorothy C. Stowell, and died in Chelsea, without issue. 2. Clarissa Prudence, born September 14, 1825; died June 29, 1829; buried in Warwick. 3. John Bunyan, born December 21, 1827; mentioned below. 4. George Fayette, born September 29, 1831 ; mentioned below. 5. Franklin Haven, born December 11, 1833: died March 31, 1893; niarried Hannah Whitely ; children: i. Alice, married Benjamin Tucker ; ii. Walter H., married Mary J. Bliss. 6. Hannah Angeline, born November 15, 1836; unmarried, resides in Athol, Massachusetts. 7. Sarah Ann, born October 26, 1839; unmarried; resides in Lowell. 8. Mary Abbie, born January 8, 1844; died unmarried, July 22, 1907.

his native town, and was employed for a few years in Warwick in various clerical positions. He removed to Lowell when a young man, and established himself in the express business in that town. His business grew rapidly, and he was shortly the leading man in his line. He extended his facilities, and as the city grew his business continued to increase. Penniman's Express became a household word in Lowell. He retired a few years before his death, and devoted his attention to his real estate, in which he had invested extensively in Lowell. He bought a large tract of land in what is called Lowell Highlands, laid it out in house lots with broad streets, and himself built many houses upon it. This property is very desirable and attracts tenants readily. The results of his business and the increase from his shrewd investment in real estate and other property brought wealth to Mr. Penniman. He was enterprising, energetic, and always interested in the development and upbuilding of the city of Lowell. He was active in his civic duties, a Republican in politics, and served with credit in the common council of Lowell. He was a director of the Lowell National I5ank, and trustee of the Five Cents Savings Hank. He was active in the Ma.sonic order, and was a member of the L'niversalist church in Lowell. He married. March 16, 1863. .Mar\- .A., daughter of William AIcAlvin. She was born at Lowell, and died there, December 24, 1906. Children: 1. Caroline L.. married lulward Pullen. 2. ( i. ,\nhur, married Marion Gregg.

(\'ll) John Bunyan Penniman, son of Dean I'enniman (6), born at Warwick, December 21, 1827. (lied in Lawrence, Massachusetts, November 4, 1900. He spent his early childhood in his native town and began his schooling there. At the age of nine he came to Lowell with his ]:)arents, and completed his education in the public schools of that city. He worked with his father in the contracting business from an early age, and worked on the Lowell canal during its construction, among other undertakings of his father. When he came of age he removed to Lawrence, and there helped to build the first ice houses erected in that place, situated on the present site of the Lawrence Ice Company's houses on Water street. He was clerk in the grocery store of Shattuck Brothers for a few years. He spent a year in Minneapolis, Minnesota, then went to Hartford, Connecticut, and was a hotel proprietor for one year. In 1857 he returned to Lawrence, and engaged in business with a retail meat and provision store on Lawrence street. He secured a large trade and prospered, continuing in this business for a period of eighteen years, then sold his business and retired for four years. He then established a wholesale pork business in a store on Amesbury street, Lawrence, and was again highly successful. After a period of eighteen years of successful business he again retired, in 1894, and devoted the remainder of his life to leisure and the care of his property. His first store was in the building now occupied by the newspaper office of the Lazvrcncc Eagle on Lawrence street ; his second store was at 56 Amesbury street, where he was succeeded by Church & Watts and they in turn by the Lawrence Provision Company.

Mr. Penniman was a Republican in politics. He was a member of Grecian Lodge of Masons ; of the chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Bethany Commandery, Knights Templar and one of the charter members, and of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He and his family attended the Congregational church of Lawrence.

Mr. Penniman was a substantial and useful citizen. Upright and enterprising in business, he always commanded success in his ventures. He had many fine qualities of mind and heart, attracting friends and retaining friendships. At the time of his death one of the Lawrence newspapers said of him : "John B. Penniman, an old and much respected resident of this city, died last evening at seven o'clock at his house, 488 Broadway. By his death Lawrence loses an honorable and upright man, a credit to the community."

He married, December 13, 1865, Sarah C. Sawyer, who was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, May 10, 1845. 'i"*^^ educated at Nashua, New Hampshire, coming to Lawrence when about eighteen years of age. Her father, Benjamin Sawyer, died when she was but two years old. Her mother, Phebe Alandana (Cain), was daughter of Obadiah Cain, of Goshen, New Hampshire, and Mrs. Penniman was brought up by her mother's family. Children of John B. and Sarah C. (Sawyer) Penniman: i. Sarah Ella, educated at Wellesley, graduating in 1893 ^^'^'^^ masters degree in 1895, ^^so graduated in organ and harmony at Wellesley College School of Music ; in the Lawrence High School has taught Latin and Greek. 2. Etta Van Velsor, only graduate from Wellesley in violin and harmony, an accomplished musician and teacher of the violin before her marriage ; married John Wylie. a merchant of Roxbury, Boston, and have one child, Donald. 3. Annie Blanche, born at Lawrence, graduated from Wellesley in piano and harmony, a teacher in the Mary A. Hemenway Household Art Department, connected with the Framingham Normal School, also a graduate of this school.

In the early Essex county rec- ALLYN ords the name of Allen (which is the form of spelling now in general use) is written in so many dift'erent ways that it is difficult to determine its original orthography. The variations referred to comprise Allen, Alen, Alin, Allin, Ailing, Allyn, Allyne, Allynn, etc., all of which are undoubtedly from one source.

William Allen, the first of the name in America, born in Manchester, England, about the year 1602, was of the Dorchester company which settled on Cape Ann in 1623, and, going to Salem with Roger Conant in 1626, was admitted a freeman there in 1631. About 1640 he removed to Jeffrey's Creek, where with others he established a settlement which they called ^Manchester, and was one of the petitioners for its separation from Salem. He served upon the first board of selectmen in Manchester, and was a man of considerable energy, enterprise and influence. He was one of the early members of the church of Salem. In the records of 1659 he is called a carpenter. He made his will June 7, 1678, and it was proved April 26, 1679. His first wife, whose Christian name was Alice, died March 8. 1631-32, and for his second wife he married Elizabeth Bradley, who probably survived him. His children were : Persis, Samuel, Elizabeth, Deborah, Bethiah, Onesiphorus, William and Jonathan. Many of his descendants remained in Salem and the adjacent . towns, and a considerable number of them have followed the carpenter's trade. One of these was David, who, according to information at hand, spelled his name Allyn. He married Elizabeth Symonds and resided in Salem.

Alfred Warren Allyn, son of David and Elizabeth (Symonds) Allyn, was born in Salem. April 2, 1824. He began his education in the schools of Salem, concluded his studies in Lynn, and learned the carpenter's trade. This occupation he followed in Lawrence for many years, and was widely known as an excellent mechanic. In politics he was a Republican. He attended the Congrega- tional church. He died in Lawrence January 9, 1894. On April 28, 1846. Mr. Allyn was united in marriage with CaroHne Chandler, who was born May 2, 1822, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Dickerman) Chandler. Samuel Chandler, son of Joseph and Mary (Felt) Chandler, of Canton, Massachusetts, was born March 28. 1784, and died April 14, 1874, aged ninety years. He was married, October 2"], 1808, to Betty Billings, born December 13, 1788, died December 23. 181 1, and of this union there was one daughter, Mary, who became the wife of Henry Nye. Sarah Dickerman, whom Samuel Chandler married for his second wife, was born July 19, 1785, daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth (Wales) Dickerman, of Canton. She was of the seventh generation in descent from Thomas (i) Dickerman the immigrant, through Thomas (2), John (3), John (4), Samuel (5), and Ezra (6). Thomas Dickerman and his wife Ellen, with at least two of his children, came from England in 1635 with a comj^any of colonists under the guidance of the Rev. Richard Mather, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a tailor by trade, and in addition to a farm in Dorchester he owned land on Boston Neck. He died June 11, 1637. His children were Thomas, Abraham, Isaac and John. Ellen, his widow, married for her second husband John Bullard, and went to reside in ]\Iedfiel(l, Massachusetts, j^rior to July 14, 1663. Thomas (2) Dickerman, born in England about the year 1623, came with his parents to Dorchester, and subsequently settled in Maiden, where he died previous to 1691. The Christian name of liis first wife, who died May 10. 1671, was Elizabeth, and that of his second wife, whom he married in March, 1673-74, was Anna. The children of his first union were : Sarah, "Lidea," Thomas, Hannah, Mary, John and Elizabeth. Of his second marriage there was one daughter, Anna. All were born in Maiden. John (3) Dickerman, son of Thomas, was born in Maiden about the year 1666. Sarah, his wife, whom he married at Reading in 1691, was of that town, and about the time of his marriage he sold property in Maiden consisting of upland, meadow and a dwellinghouse, reserving for Anna, relict of Thomas Dickerman, the free use of the house for life. He purchased land in Reading of John and Mary Polly, of Woburn, also of John Vinton, and he resided in Reading for some years, or until moving to Milton, where he and his wife were admitted to the church December 30,

1726. He died in Milton, August 14, 1829. John and Sarah Dickerman were the parents of three children: John (4), born in Reading in 1692; Thomas, born 1693, died in infancy; and Sarah, born 1694, married Noah Damon, of Dorchester. John (4) Dickerman, settled in that part of Stoughton which is now Canton, where he united with the church, June 22, 17 18, and he died there February 9, 1759- 60, aged sixty-seven years. ]\Iay 6, 1714, he was married, in Milton, to Mary Tucker, who was born about 1693, daughter of Manasseh and Waitstill (Sumner) Tucker. She died in Stoughton, January 11, 1771. Their children were: John, born 1715; Thomas, born 1716, died in infancy; Thomas, born 1718; Ebenezer, born 1719; Samuel, born 1721 ; Mary, born 1723-24; ^lanasseh, born 1726-27; Elizabeth, born 1729; \\'aitstill, born 1731 ; Sarah, born 1735. Samuel (5) Dickerman, fifth child of John and Mary (Tucker) Dickerman, was born in Milton, F"ebruary 6, 1721-22; died in Stoughton, about 1778. He served in the I'Vench and Indian war, enlisting May 3. 1757, in Captain Stephen Miller's company of Stoughton. He married Rebecca Bent, born about 1731, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Badcocke ) Bent, of Milton. She bore him six children: Samuel, born 1750; Lemuel, born 1751 ; Elijah, born 1753; Elizabeth, born 1755; Enoch, born 1758; Ezra, born in Stoughton, July 10, 1760. Mrs. Rebecca Dickerman married for her second husband T'eter Talbot, and she died May 9 or 17, 1798. Ezra Dickerman, youngest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Bent) Dickerman, resided in Canton and died there August 6, 1827. He was a revolutionary soldier, serving forty days from March i, 1778, in Captain Theophilus Long's company, which marched to Castle Island, Boston Harbor. Vox many years he operated a fulling mill in Canton, and in 1824 sold it to his son-in-law, Samuel Chandler. In his religious belief he was a Unitarian. November 7, 1782, he married Elizabeth Wales, born March 10, 1756, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Wales. Elizabeth died January 17, 182 1, and on April 9, 1822, Ezra Dickerman married for his second wife, Mrs. Ann Paul, widow of William Paul. She was born about 1777; died April 7, 185 1. His children, all of his first union, were : Elizabeth, born January 26, 1784. died July 2, 1829; Sarah, the date of whose birth has already been recorded ; Rebecca, born July 17, 1787, married Samuel Dickerman; Eunice, born January 17, 1794, died January 7, 181 3.

Sarah Dickerman, second child of Ezra and Elizabeth (Wales) Dickerman, became the wife of Samuel Chandler, as previously stated, and her death occurred January ii, 1851. She was the mother of four children: i. Eunice, born February 15, 1816; died unmarried, January 13, 1874. 2. Sarah, date of birth not given ; married John Fanning, by whom she had two children; died April 24, 1873. 3. Betsey, born January 5, 1820; died single, June 7, 1850. 4. Caroline, now the widow of Alfred W. Allyn, and resides in Lawrence; she has had three children: Mary E., born September 3, 1850, became the wife of Warren F. Taylor, and has five children; W^arren C. Allyn, born August 15, 1853, married Abbie M. Doland, and has one son; Alfred W., born August 8, 1858, died in infancy.

WENT WORTH have been able to trace their ancestry in England. Some know the English home of the immigrant and can perhaps trace three or four generations. Some of the pedigrees claimed for American immigrants are mere guesswork. Therefore, the history of the Wentworth family in England as well as America, well authenticated at every step, is a monument to the ability, skill and patience of the family historian. Dr. John Wentworth, as well as a source of satisfaction and pride to all members of the Wentworth family.

( I ) Reginald Wentworth, or, as given in the original spelling, Rynald de Wynterwade, was living at the time of the Norman Conquest, A. D. 1066. At that time there were no surnames. He was merely Reginald of the lordship of Wentworth, a place in the wapentake of Strafford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Wentworth is in the parish Wathupon-Dearn, nine miles from Sheffield. The family of Reginald was Saxon.

(VIII) Robert Wentworth, son of William (7), married Emma Woodhouse, thus acquiring the estate from which the family was subsequently known as the Wentworths of Wentworth-Woodhouse. He was living in the reign of Henry III and Edward I.

(IX) William Wentworth, son of Robert (8), of Wentworth- Woodhouse, married Beatrice, daughter of Gilbert Thakel, of Yorkshire. Children: i. W'illiam, mentioned below. 2. Richard, became prebendary of St. Paul's, and in 1338 was made Bishop of London, and in the same year Lord High Chancellor of England. He died 1339, one of the most distinguished men of his day.

(X) William Wentworth, son of William (9), married first, 1288, Dionysia, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield ; second, Lucy, daughter of Sir Adam Newmarch. He died 1295, in the lifetime of his father, at whose death ni 1308-09 the family estate went to William (11). Children, all by first wife: i. William, mentioned below. 2. John, married Alice, daughter of John Bissett.

(XI) Wiliiam Wentworth, son of William (10), inherited Wentworth- Woodhouse. He married Isabel, daughter of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington, Yorkshire. Children: I. William, who was knighted and continued the direct line of the family of Wentworth- Woodhouse. 2. John, mentioned below.

(XII) John Wentworth, son of William (11), of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, inherited that estate from his uncle John Wentworth ( II ), and which is at no great distance from Wentworth- W^oodhouse, being in the parish of South Kirkby, about nine miles from Doncaster. He married Joan, daughter of Richard Tyas, of Burghwallis, Yorkshire.

(XIII) John Wentworth, only son of John Wentworth (12), of North Elmsall, married Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, Yorkshire, and was living in 1413. Sons: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Roger, married. June, 1423, Margery le Despenser. 3. Thomas, settled in Doncaster ; died 1449-50. 4. Richard.

(XIV) John Wentworth, Esq., son of John Wentworth (13), of North Elmsall, married Joan, (or Elizabeth, according to some authorities), daughter of Richard Beaumont, Esq., of Whitley Hall, Yorkshire. Sons: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Roger. 3. William.

(XV) John Wentworth, Esq., son of John Wentworth (14), married Elizabeth, daughter of William Calverley, Esq., of Calverley, Yorkshire. Children: i. Jane, married Wil-

(XVI) Thomas Wentworth, son of John Wentworth (15), of North Ehnsall, married Jane, daughter of Ohver Mirfield, of Howley, Yorkshire, by his wife Isabel, daughter of Sir John Saville, Knt., of ^lethley Hall, Yorkshire. He died in 1522. Children: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Roger, married Elizabeth Went, settled at South Kirkby. 3. Oliver, mentioned below. 4. William. 5. Thomas. 6. Daughter, married William Ilawksworth, Esq. 7. Isabel, married her kinsman. Sir Thomas Wentworth, Knt., of Bretton.

(XVII) Oliver Wentworth, son of Thomas Wentworth (16), resided at Goxhill, Lincolnshire, a parish which extends to the Humber, nearly opposite Hull. His will, dated there December 7, 1568, proved January 28 following, bequeathed to sons William and Francis, and Oliver, son of William. Francis, his son, lived at Waltham, Lincolnshire, and died 1612.

(XVIII) William Wentworth, son of Oliver Wentworth (17), also settled finally in Waltham, Lincolnshire. His will was dated May 16, 1574, and proved May 24. He was probably buried at North Elmsall. He died, according to an inquisition post mortem, May 22, 1574. He left only two sons, both in their minority, the son Oliver mentioned in the grandfather's will, dying before his father. The son Thomas was born in 1554. He married first, Ellen Gilby Ferrars, daughter of John Gilby of Ravendale and widow of John Ferrars. He married second, Anne .

(XIX) Christopher Wentworth, son of William Wentworth (18), was born probably in 1556; married, August 19, 1583, at the church of St. Peter, at Gowts, in the city of Lincoln, Catherine, youngest daughter of William Marbury Esq.. of Girsby, in the parish of Burgh-upon-Main. Lincolnshire, by his wife Agnes, daughter of John Lenton. One of her younger brothers was Rev. Francis Marbury, whose daughter Ann married William Hutchinson and became afterwards the famous religious leader in New England. Christopher seems to have been constantly changing his residence, the baptisms of his eight children have taken place in five different places. His will was dated December 8, 1628, at Barrow, a village near Goxhill, the seat of his ancestor, but it was not proved until May 15, 1633, and then at Alford, forty miles distant. Children : I. William; mentioned below. 2. Anne, baptized at Irby, Lincolnshire, October 28, 1585; married Rev. John Lawson. 3. Faith, baptized at Great Grimsby, Alay 14, 1587. 4. Elizabeth, baptized at Irby, August 15, 1589: married John Winne. 5. Frances, baptized at Irby, November 8, 1590. 6. Francis, baptized at Conisholm. May 24, 1593, died young. 7. Priscilla, .baptized June 14, 1594; married, September i, 16 19, William Holmes. 8. Christopher, baptized at Waltham, February 27, 1596-97, died young.

(XX) William Wentworth, son of Christopher Wentworth (19), was baptized at St. Peter at Gowts, in the city of Lincoln, June 8. 1584. He was living in Alvord from 1614 to 1620. He married, November 28, 1614, Susanna Fleming, a widow, daughter of Edward Carter, of Well. She had married first, Julv I, 161 3, Uther Fleming, son of Robert and Jane Fleming, her first husband dying six months later. Three children of Wentworth were baptized at Alford. Then he removed to Rigsby. Children: i. William, mentioned below. 2. Edward, baptized at Alford, January 18, 1617-18. 3. Christopher, baptized at Alford. June 4, 1620, buried at Rigsby. May 18, 1621. The son Edward, settled at Boston. England, and had a large family. -

(XXI) Elder William Wentworth, son of William Wentworth (20). was baptized at Alford. England, March 15, 1615-16. He was the American immigrant, and came to Exeter, New Hampshire, with numerous relatives and friends. The first record we have of him is his signature to a comi)act drawn by Rev. John Wheelwright for the government of Exeter, dated July 4, 1639. Wentworth probably came over in 1637 with a party of Wheelwright's friends. The settlement at Exeter was made up of exiles and dissenters from the Puritan church in Boston, and when in 1642 the jurisdiction of Massachusetts extended to Exeter, Mr. Wheelwright was obliged to leave the town he had founded, being under sentence of banishment. He went to Wells, province of Maine, to which Massachusetts then had no claim, and with him went Wentworth and other adherents from Exeter. In 1642 Wentworth was a juror of Wells in the county court at York ; in 1648, constable ; and juror again in 1647 and 1649. He removed to Dover, New Hampshire, 1650, in the section set off later as the town of Somersworth. December 19, 1729, incorporated April 22, 1754. as a town ; and the lower part, including the Wentworths', was set off from Somersworth and incorporated July 3, 1849, as the town of Rollinsford. JNIost of the numerous grants of land to Wentworth were in that vicinity, north and east of Garrison Hill, on the eastern side of the present road to Great Falls and west of north of Fresh Creek tidewater. The Boston and Maine railroad runs through the property, which was also cut by the turnpike to South Berwick. Part of the estate has come down in the family to Bartholomew Wentworth, now or lately living on the old place. In 165 1 Wentworth was a selectman of Dover, also in 1657-60-64-70; moderator of town meeting 1661 ; commissioner to end small causes, 1663; "lot-layer," 1657-60-61; served on important special committees of church and town. The office by which he is best known and remembered is that of ruling elder of the First Church of Dover, organized December, 1638. He was elected before 1655, and served in the pastorates of Daniel Maud, John Reyner, John Reyner Jr., and John Pike, a period of more than forty years. He frequently preached in the absence of the pastor of the church. He officiated as minister at Cocheco, 1665-66, and seems to be the first person employed by public authority to preach within the limits of the present city of Dover. He preached more commonly, we are told, at Quamphegan, now South Berwick, Maine. He preached in Exeter in 1690 and 1693. In Alarch, 1693, the town agreed with him to supply the pulpit for one whole year, if he be able, and to pay him forty pounds for his services. In 1693 he gave his farm at Cocheco to his son Benjamin, whose descendants still own some of the land.

The story of the saving of Heard's Garrison by Elder Wentworth is famous. On the evening of June 27, 1689, squaws requested leave to sleep by the kitchen fires in the various garrison houses, and were admitted to four of the garrisons, a common practice. Just before dawn the Indian murderers were admitted by t^-'^ snuaws, and in three of the houses they killed twenty-three and carried away twentynine captives, ^^''entworth was awakened by tlie barking of a dog, and found the Indians entering the open door, pushed them out, and managed to hold the door until help came. Two bullets passed through the door above him. He returned to Dover. He died March 16, 1696-97. He married first, Elizabeth Kenny, and second (probably) Elizabeth

(XXII) Ephraim Wentworth, son of William W^entworth (21), died in Dover, New Hampshire. He owned the mill privilege at Fresh Creek, which he received from his father. He sold it in 1652. On November 8, 1708, he bought of John Tuttle Sr., half the lower fall of Salmon river, the west side. He also bought a hundred acres, being half the grant made to William Pomfret in 1656 in Cocheco woods. He was surveyor of highways 1702, and fence viewer in 1709. He married first, Mary, daughter of Richard and Grace Miller of Kittery, Maine ; second, Elizabeth , probably widow of Joseph

Beard. His will, dated March 16, 1738, proved June 29, 1748, mentions no wife, and wills the liomestead to his son Ezekiel. Children: i. Ephraim, married February 11, 1724-25, Martha Gray. 2. Spencer, married Keziah Heard. 3. Ezekiel, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, soldier in the revolution ; married lirst. Patience Downs; second, Widow Elizabeth Carter. 5. Jonathan, married Abigail Heard, of Dover. 6. Mary, married Nehemiah Kimball, of Dover. 7. Anna, married Ephraim Ham, born 1701, died 1752, son of John and grandson of John Ham. 8. Martha, married Joseph Twombly, and resided at Madbury. New Hampshire. 9. Elizabeth, said to have married Twombly.

(XXIII) Ezekiel Wentworth, son of Ephraim Wentworth (22), died in the summer of 1762, in Dover. He inherited the homestead in Dover. An Ezekiel Wentworth was in Colonel W^illiam Pepperell's Louisburg expedition in 1745, and also in Captain Samuel Gerrish's Canada expedition in 1760. He married first, Dorothy Wentworth (3), daughter of his uncle Benjamin Wentworth (2). She died in 1750, leaving three sons, and he married second, 1751, Sarah Nock (now Knox), who married second, David Lyford, April 15, 1768, and after her husband's death lived with her son Jonathan of Rochester until her death in 1802. Children: i. Ephraim (twin), born July 11, 1746; mentioned below. 2. Isaac (twin), born July 11, 1746; was a sea captain ; left after the revolution and was never heard from. 3. Phineas, born 1748; soldier in revolution ; pensioner ; resided at Dover; died unmarried, February 12, 1828, aged eighty. 4. Jonathan, born May 25, 1752. 5. Dorothy, born June 16, 1754; married, March 19, 1772, Evans Wentworth, son of William (3), and grandson of Benjamin (2).

(XXIV) Ephraim W entworth, son of Ezekiel Went worth (2^), born July 11, 1746, died August i, 18 19, aged seventy-six years ten months. He married, December 20, 1770, Deborah Merrow, sister of Abigail Merrow. who married Nicholas Canada, and of Dorcas Merrow, who married David \\'entworth. His widow died October 7, 1827, aged eighty-three years nine months. Children: i. Dorothy, born September 10, 1771 ; married, 1798, Samuel Tibbets, son of Joseph Tibbets, born in Rochester, November 10, 1767, and died May 2, 1854. She died July 17, 1856; children: i. Isaac Tibbets, born November 2, 1800; ii. Michael Tibbets, born September 3, 1802; iii. James Tibbets, born January 24, 1806; iv. Anna Tibbets, born April 13. 1809; v. Elizabeth Tibbets, born November 2, 1817. 2. Ezekiel, born at Rochester, New Hampshire, January 16, 1774; mentioned below. 3. Isaac, born April 17, 1780; died about 1797.

(XXV) Ezekiel Wentworth, son of Ephraim Wentworth (24), born at Rochester, New Hampshire, January 16, 1774, died at Acton, Maine, February 3, 1856. He resided at Acton, Maine. He married, August 30, 1807, his cousin Rebecca Wentworth, born at Dover, New Hampshire, September 25, 1788, daughter of Drisco and Anna (Libby) Wentworth. After her husband's death she resided at Acton Corners, Maine, with her son, Ephraim D. Wentworth. Children: i. Isaac, born October 17, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah, born December 22, 1810; married, October 17, 1836, Amelia P. Crant. born July 20, 1813; resided at Parsonsfield, Maine, where he died December 26, 1871 ; children: i. Edward W., born March 8, 1841, married, September i, 1864, Mary F. Hurd, of Newfield. Maine, born March i, 1848, had Mary M., born November 25, 1868, and Gilbert I., born July 18, 1876; ii. John G., born January

8, 1813; married, October 27, 1839, Jane Brackett ; resided at Acton Corners ; children : i. Martin Van Buren, born October 2, 1841 ; married at Springvale, Maine, August 5, 1869, Ora. daughter of Charles C. Lord, he died September 28, 1870, and she married second, February 5, 1874, George Deland ; ii. Edward A., born August 14, 1843, married, May 16, 1875, Fannie H., daughter of Stephen and

Mary Wentworth, of Acton, had Lily A., born June 24, 1876; iii. Martha J., born May 4, 1846, married, October 24, 1875, Stephen Marsh, had Forest Marsh, born September 5, 1876; iv. Crosby L., born January 28, 1849; V. John B., born November 4, 1855. 4. Lewis, born August 21, 1815; married, May 31, 1840, Sally B. Bodwell; died April 3, 1852, and she married second, Morris Dalton ; resided at Acton. 5. Elizabeth, born August 20, 1817; married, June 25, 1846, Rev. John Mitchell, born November 17, 1819, a Methodist Episcopal minister ; children : i. Francis E. Mitchell, born at Kennebunkport, Maine, August 19. 1842: ii. Ellen Mitchell, born at York, Maine, April 20, 185 1. 6. Deborah, born August 30, 1819; married, 1850, Edmund, son of George and Mary Roberts; his first wife was Abigail Brown ; he resided at Lebanon, Maine ; Deborah died there June, 1864; he married third, Mary C. (Hodge) Wentworth, widow of Edward Wentworth (6). 7. Ephraim. born September 20, 1821 ; married Martha Brackett, born November 23, 1822 ; was living in Acton Corners, Maine, 1871 ; children: i. Alfaretta Augusta, born April 24, 1853; ii. Harry Alton, born November 7, 1856; iii. Rose Ann. born May 31, 1859; iv. Orville Drisco, born August 26, 1862. 8. Levi H., born February 24, 1824; married, August 10, 1852, I'etsey H. Hubbard; resided at Great {-'alls. New Hampshire; he adopted his wife's sister's child. Emma E. Willard, born in Rochester, New York, January 21, 1840, and changed her name to Wentworth. 8. John, born December 2, 1828; married first, January

4. 1862, Lucy M., daughter of Deacon John Farnham, of Wakefield. New Hampshire ; she died January 24, 1866, and he married second, January i, 1867, Sarah M., daughter of Joseph

(XXVI) Isaac Wentworth, son of Ezekiel Wentworth (25), born at Somersworth, New Ilami)shire, October 17, 1808, died at Lynn, July 8, 1873; married, December 31, 1829, Ann Maria Remick, born at Acton, January 21, 1812. Children, the first and third born at Shapleigh, Maine: I. Mary Abbie, born November 10, 1830; married, January i, 1854, Edward P>rickett Taylor ; lived in Portland, Maine ; children : i. George Francis Taylor, born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 12, 1854, resided at Yonkers, New York; ii. Frederick Allen Taylor, born at Haverhill, Massachusetts ; iii. Herbert Edgar Taylor, born at Natick, Massachusetts, July 31, 1862. 2. George Walker, born February i, 1835; mentioned below. 3. Lydia Ann, born June 25, 1838; married April 15, i860, Henry C. Butterfield, of Tyngsborough. He died August 25, 1874. 4. John Wedgewood, born at Acton, Maine, January 21, 1843; died at Salem. New Hampshire, August 17, 1859. 5. Ella Maria, born at Acton, August 9, 1850; Lawrence, Massachusetts, married. March 8, 1870. Andrew J. March, of

(XXVH) George W. Wentworth, son of Isaac Wentworth (26), was born in xA.cton, Maine. February i. 1835. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and remained on the farm of his father until he was eighteen years old. During the next three years he worked on farms in Massachusetts. When he was twenty-one he took charge of a farm that his father purchased in Haverhill. Massachusetts, but decided to go west and in 1857 went to the western frontier and saw much of frontier life for three years, the experiences of which, if written, would fill the pages of a good sized volume. He enlisted August 14. 1862. in Company I. Thirty-ninth Regiment Alassachusetts \^olunteers, for three years. He served until his regiment was mustered out in June, 1865, after the close of the war. at Arlington Heights, Virginia, with the rank of sergeant. He took part in twenty-four battles and minor engagements, including the battles of the WiLlerness. Spottsylvania, Cold Flarbor, Laurel Hill. Welden Railroad, and was in the front rank of the firing line when Lee surrendered.

At the end of military service Mr. Wentworth returned to Haverhill, engaged in farming a year, then removed to Lawrence and opened a restaurant which he conducted for two years. He was in the restaurant business during the next two years at Ad^anchester, New Hampshire, and was proprietor of the City Hotel, Manchester, for the three years following. He returned to the farm in Haverhill for five years, and then purchased and established a real estate business in Haverhill, and has successfully continued it to the present time. He is well known in real estate and financial circles and is accounted one of the leading experts on the value of real estate. He is a Republican in politics, and has been active in political alTairs for the past twentyfive years. In 1890 he was alderman-at-large - the second highest ofiice in the city government, and acted as mavor in the absence of that official. He also served as justice of the peace seven years. He is a member of the Union Veteran Union, and was past department commander. Department of Massachusetts, with the rank of major-general. He is also a member of M. Lawton Post, G. A. R., of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He married, April 3, 1862, Hannah J. Pettingill, born in Haverhill, West Parish, in 1838, daughter of Isaac and Judith B. (Coffin) Pettingill. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth have no children.

about 1680, and settled at Dover, New Hampshire, at what is known as the "Corner." His brother Ichabod, who came with him, settled "South," and was progenitor of the Connecticut family. (See Genealogical Register xxxvii, p. 287). John had a grant of land at Tole End and Barbadoes, in Dover, May 19, 1693-94. He bought considerable land from time to time and became a citizen of some prominence. He is buried in Pilgrim lot. Pine Hill, Dover, beside his son. Deacon John Hayes. He married, June 28, 1686, Mary Home. According to tradition she was but thirteen years old at the time of her marriage. Children, born in Dover: i. Deacon John Jr., born 1686; resided at Tole End, a farming locality a few miles up the Cocheco river from the falls ; married Tamsen (Wentworth) Chesley, widow of James Chesley, killed by Indians, September 17, 1707, son of Philip; Tamsen died December 30. 1753. aged sixty-six, and John married second, Mary (Roberts), widow of Samuel Wingate; he, died July 3, 1759 (gravestone, Pine Hill); children: i. John Hayes, born October 9, 171 1 ; ii. Paul, born September 16, 1713, justice of the peace, Barrington, New Hampshire; died April 9, 1776. 2. Peter, resided at Tole End ; married Sarah Wingate, daughter of John; died 1762; only child married Dr. Ezra Green. 3. Robert. 4. Ichabod, born March 13, 1691-92, resided at Littleton, New Hampshire ; killed at mill logging, June I, 1734. 5. Samuel, born March 16, 1694-95, resided on Back river ; married Leah, daughter of William and Martha (Pomfret) Dam, November 23, 1720. 6. William, born September 6, 1698. 7. Benjamin, born September, 1700; mentioned below. 8. Daughter, married Ambrose, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. 9. Daughter, married

(II) Benjamin Hayes, son of John Hayes (i), was born at Dover, New Hampshire, September 6, 1700. He was dismissed from the church at Dover to that at Barrington, New Hampshire, ^larch 28, 1742, and later removed to Rochester^ New Hampshire. He married Jane (Snell), widow of Tristram Heard. She was admitted to the First Church at Dover, May 9, 1725. Children: i. Benjamin, born December 29, 1726, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, ba])tized June 9, 1728. 3. George, baptized June 30, 1730. 4. Elizabeth, baj^tized May 14, 1732. 5. Hannah, baptized October 28, 1733. 6. Dodovah. baptized July 13, 1735. 7. George, baptized at Rochester, April 15, 1739. 8. Daniel, baptized January 17, 1741. 9. Hezekiah, baptized January 17, 1741.

(HI) Benjamin Hayes Jr., son of Benjamin Hayes (2). was born in Dover, New Hampshire, December 29, 1726. He settled in Rochester, and was a farmer. He married there December 4, 1756. jVIary Deering. Children, born at Rochester: i. Sarah, baptized February 14, 1751, (i)rivately by Rev. Jonathan Gushing). 2. I'lbenczer, baptized at same time as Sarah. 3. Andrew, baptized June 5, 1757, by Rev. Jonathan Gushing. 4. George Snell, baptized November 23, 1760; mentioned below. 5. Clement, baptized July 13. 1766; married, April 2, 1788. Anna Wentworth. 6. Ezekiel, married, December 16, 1783, Mary Foss. 7. Enoch, married. December 15, 1779, Susannah Knowles. 8. Ichabod. 9. Benjamin, baptized August 11, 1771.

(IV) George Snell Hayes, son of Benjamin Hayes (3), was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, 1760, and baptized November 23, same year. . He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain John Drew's company (later Ca])tain Badger's), Colonel Evans's regiment, 1776; also Captain Daniel McDuffie's company. Colonel Steven Evans's regiment. 1777; also Captain John Hill's company. Colonel Joshua Wingate's regiment; he receipted for a bounty of ten pounds paid to soldiers August TO, 1778, for service at Providence, Rhode Island, under General Sullivan. Children: i. George, mentioned below. 2. John. 3. Clement. 4. Elihu. 5. Maria, married Enoch W. Gray; lived at Gonic, New Hampshire, near Rochester. 6. Lucina. married Pcndence Gottle ; settled in Lebanon, New Hampshire, opposite North Rochester, across the river. 7. Sophia, married James Martin, lived in \'ermont.

(V) George Hayes, son of George Snell Hayes (4), was born at Rochester, about 1785. He married Lydia Jones. He had a common school education, and followed the trade of butcher, and was also an inn-keeper many years. In politics he was an old-line Democrat. Children, born in Rochester: i. Luther, mentioned below. 2. Clement. 3. Sophia. 4. IMary. 5. Charles. 6. Washburn. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Woodbury. 9. Albert.

( V] ) Luther Hayes, son of George Hayes ( 5 ), was born in Rochester, 1821. He settled in the adjoining town of Milton, New Hampshire, and became a prominent citizen and held many offices of trust and honor. He was a dealer in lumber as well as a farmer, and owned and operated a saw-mill and a gristmill. He was high sheriff of the county for five years ; he had ])rcviously been deputy sheriff many years. He served four years as representative in the state legislature from his district, and four years as county commissioner. He was for two years a state senator. He was a Free ]\Iason and also an Odd Fellow, and widely known among members of the two orders. He was a Reinil)lican in politics. In religion he was a Freewill Baptist, being one of the pioneers of that denomination in the town of Milton, and a liberal supporter of the church and its benevolences. He married, at South Milton, Louisa Adeline, daughter of Samuel Bragdon and his second wife, Lydia Walker (6), born at Milton 1779. Bragdon married third, Susan Nute, and fourth, Lydia Clements, sister of Betsey Clements, his first wife. Lydia Walker was daughter of Richard and Sarah (Wentworth) Walker. Richard Walker was son of Richard Walker, of Woburn. Massachusetts, born 1698, died August, 1780. Richard Walker Jr., born 1735, died April 9, 1812. was a soldier in the revolution. (See vol. I p. 369, Wentworth Genealogy). Richard Wentworth (4), father of Sarah, was son of John (3) and Martha (Miller) Wentworth. grandson of Ezekiel (2), and great-grandson of Elder William (i). Louisa Adeline (Bragdon) Hayes died in 1859. Luther Hayes died in 1896, aged seventy-five. He married second, Sarah Coffrin. and third, Ellen H. Morrill. Children, born at Milton: i. Lydia, married Charles H. Cloutman. 2. Clara, married John Pounds. 3. Louisa, married Henry H. Winters. 4. Charles H., see forward. 5. George A. 6. Samuel L.. died aged two years. Children of Luther and Sarah (Coffrin) Hayes; 7. Sam-