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(VII) Nathan Ellis, son of Nathan Ellis, (6), born in Blue Hill, Maine, November 12, 1812. died at Andover, Massachusetts, December 17, 1898. He was educated in the public schools and Blue Hill Academy in his native town. He worked in his father's general store at Blue Hill during his youth, and was associated in business with his father until he was about thirty years old. He removed to Andover and for a number of years followed the trade and business of house painting. He was also in the shoe manufacturing business in Haverhill for a time. He was a man of retiring disposition, and devoted himself almost exclusively to home and business. He was a Republican in politics, and a Congregationalist in religion.

He married Susan Lovett (lardner. of Beverly, Massachusetts, born November i, 1812, died March 26, 1889, at Andover, daughter of John Gardner, who was born in Ireland in 1774 and died at Beverly, Massachusetts, a master mariner for many years. Children of Nathan and Susan L. Ellis: i. Elizabeth P., born February 4, 1840, at Blue Hill, died unmarried in 1892. 2. Maria H., born August 29, 1841, at Blue Hill, married, 1863, Rev. Charles A. Stork, born 1838 at Jefferson, Maryland, died 1883, in Philadelphia; was ordained in 1865 in Baltimore, remaining there about twenty years ; later was professor at (Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary; children : i. Mary Ellis, born May, 1866, died aged six weeks; ii. Gardner, born 1867. died 1871 ; iii. William B., born 1871. was in the United States navy; now (1908) on the "Louisiana" with Admiral Evans's fleet on its way to the Pacific ; married Helen Martin ; iv. Erancis O., born 1872, died December 25, 1873; ^- Amy Lynch, born 1879, unmarried. 3. Ellen Gardner, born December 9, 1843. educated in Abbot Academy, remained at home wth her parents, caring for them in their last illness ; she is an active and faithful member of the Congregational church, and has for many years been teacher in its Sunday school, and is at present treasurer of the Women's Union and South Church Sunday school.

The history of the Eng- CHURCFIILL lish Churchill family dates back to the time of the Norman Conquest. The name is derived from the town Courcil in Lorraine, France. The surname has been spelled Coucelle, Courcil, Curichell, Chercile, Churchil, Churchall, Churchell, and Churchill, the last form being the one generally accepted for many generations in England and America. The Churchill coat-of-arms is: Sable, a lion rampant argent debruised with a bondlet gules. Eight generations of the Churchill family have been Dukes of Marlborough. The first Duke was John Churchill, born ]\Iay 24, 1650, at Ashe, Devonshire, son of Sir Winston Churchill, of Wiltshire, whose mother was a Winston. The present Duke, the eighth, Richard John Churchill, married Consuelo \'anderbill, of New York. Winston Churchill, an author and member of parliament, is grandson of the seventh Duke, and son of Sir Randolph Churchill. It is likely that the American pioneers of the seventeenth century were of the same stock. Colonel \\'illiam Churchill came to \'irginia about 1(173 from Wilton, Middlesex county ; was a member of the Virginia Council in 1705; died 1710; and from his son Armistead is descended the \'irginia Churchills. It is of interest to note that the daughter of Colonel William married Thomas Randolph in 1 7 10. All the New England families are descended from John Churchill, mentioned below.

(I) John Churchill, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1620. \'ery little is known of him. He appears first in American records on the list of men able to bear arms at Plymouth in 1643. He died at Plymouth in 1662-63. He bought a farm of Richard Higgins. in Plymouth, August 18, 1645. He was admitted a freeman June 5, 1 65 1. He bought of Nathaniel Master son, then of Manchester, Massachusetts, ten acres of upland at Wellingsley, in Plymouth, October 20, 1652. His house was at Hobb's Hole and his homestead was on the east side from the south line of the estate of Branch Blackmer. He became a large land owner. He made a nuncupative will May 3. 1662, proved (Jctober 20, following. He had a new and an olfl house disposed of in his will. He married, December 18, 1644, Hannah Pontus, born in Holland or England, in 1623, daughter of William Pontus, who was at Plymouth as early as 1633. Pontus was one of the Pil- grims left behind with Rev. John Robinson ; a fustian worker by trade from Dover, England ; married Wybra Hanson, December 4, 1610. He had another daughter who married, October 31, 1645, James Glass. Mrs. Hannah (Pontus) Churchill married second, June 25, 1669, Giles Rickard as his third wife; she died at Hobb's Hole, December 22, 1690, in her sixty-seventh year. Her estate was distributed March 17, 1691. Children: i. Joseph, born 1647; mentioned below. 2. Hannah, born November 12, 1649; married, 1672, John Drew, son of William Drew, and grandson of Sir Edward Drew^ 3. Eliezer, born April 20,

(H) Joseph Churchill, son of John Churchill ( i), was born at Plymouth, in 1647. He settled there on the farm of his father, and some time before 1700 he built himself a house, which is still standing, on the easterly side of the curve in the road opposite Sandy Cutter Road. This home descended from Joseph to his son Barnabas, his grandson Lemuel; to Thomas Faunce, who in 1767 sold to Jonathan Churchill, who in turn the same year sold it to John Faunce. A part was owned by Charles Churchill and wife in 1773, and was finally owned by John Faunce also. In 1822 Freeman Norton bought the place and at that time the shape and character of the old house were ancient. Its roof was raised, chimney reconstructed, and modern expression given to the exterior ; but the interior gives evidence of its great age. In 1883 the owner was Alvin G. Morton. Joseph Churchill married, June 3, 1672, Sarah Hicks, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Doane) Hicks, and granddaughter of Robert Flicks, a felsmonger from Southwark, county Surrey, England, who came in 1621 to Plymouth in the ship "Fortune." Children of Joseph and Sarah Churchill: i. John, born July 3, 1676; married, November 19, 1700, Desire Holmes. 2. Margaret, born October 16, 1684; married Samuel Bates. 3. Barnabas, born July 3, 1686; mentioned below^ 4. Mercy, born 1689; died young. 5. Joseph, born January, 1693; married, 1716, Abiah Blackwell, of Sandwich.

(HI) Barnabas Churchill, son of Joseph Churchill (2), was born at Plymouth, July 3, 1686, and settled there. He married, February 5, 1 7 14, Lydia Harlow, born 1688, daughter of William Harlow and Lydia (Cushman), daughter of Rev. Thomas Cushman. Children: I. Barnabas, born October 19, 1714; married Lydia Holmes, daughter of Eleazer, November 13, 1744. 2. William, born December 25, 1716: married, November 13, 1746, Susannah Clark. 3. Ichabod, born January 12, 1718-19; died unmarried, October 14, 1745. 4. Joseph, born ]\Iay 10, 1721 ; married, September 23, 1745, Maria Ryder. 5. Lemuel, born July 12, 1723; married first, October 13, 1747, Lydia Sylvester; second, November 4, 1752, Abigail Ryder. 6. Isaac, born May 3, 1726; married, October 2, 1756, Sarah Cobb. 7. Thomas, born April 30, 1730; mentioned below. 8. Ebenezer, born November 9, 1732 ; married. May 19, 1755, Jean Fisher. 9. Lydia, born March 9. 1734-35; married first. June i, 1754. Nathaniel Holmes; second, September 16, 1762, Seth Ewee. 10. John, born May 9, 1739; married, April 4, 1771, Molly Bradford, of Plympton.

(IV) Thomas Churchill, son of Barnabas Churchill (3), was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 30, 1730, and resided there until 1759, when he removed to Newmarket. New Hampshire, settled on a farm and raised a large family of worthy and respectable sons and daughters. He or his son of the same name was in the revolutionary war in a company recruited from the vicinity of Hampton commanded by Captain Jacob Webster in the regiment of Colonel Reynolds in 1781. He married, August 5, 1758, Mary Ewee, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Stewart) Ewee. She was born August 7, 1737. at Barnstable, Massachusetts. Their first child was born at Plymouth, the others at Newmarket. Children: I. Gamaliel, born at Plymouth, August 30, 1759; died unmarried. 2. Polly, born August 23, 1760; married Wiggin Doe, resided at Newmarket ; had ten children. 3. Thomas, born 1762; married Alice Creighton, daughter of James. 4. Ichabod, born June 24, 1764: married first, Elizabeth Doe, and second, Leah Allen. 5. Lydia, born January 10, 1766; married Reuben French. 6. Joseph, born May 7, 1768, mentioned below. 7. Susannah, born August 18, 1770; married Samuel Badger ; resided at Deerfield, New Hampshire. 8. Nathaniel, born March 31, 1772; married Patience Tash and Polly Jackson. 9. John, born 1774, died young. 10. John, born May II, 1776; married Sally True. 11. Desire, born March 27. 1778; married John Stevens.

(V) Joseph Churchill, son of Thomas Churchill (4), was born at Newmarket, New Hampshire, May "], 1768, and died at Brookfield, New Hampshire, ]\Iarch 4, 1824. He was a farmer at Newmarket and Brookfield. He married at Newmarket, 1794, Sally Tash, of Lee, New Hampshire, and their first nine children were born there, the others in Brookfield. Children: i. John Tash, born August 6, 1796; mentioned below. 2. Joseph Tash, born April 18, 1798; married. September i, 1824, Martha M. Wiggin. 3. Thomas Tash, born August 26, 1800; married first, Ann Wentworth, and second, Eunice King. 4. Ebenezer Chapman, born November 11, 1802; married Ann E. Gove, of Portsmouth. 5. Sarah Tash, born March 5, 1805; married, December 27, 1842. at Newmarket, Rev. Samuel Nutt, who was born in Francestown, New Hampshire, December 16, 1784; was a blacksmith, then a minister of the Christian denomination and a famous evangelist : he died September 18, 1872; she died in 1898, at Exeter. New Hampshire. 6. Nathaniel, born April 2, 1807 ; married Si)])hia K. King. 7. ]\Iary A., born March 26, 1809, died unmarried. 8. Daniel, born December 3, 181 1; married Eleanor Langley, of Lee. 9. Charles, born April 3, 1814; married Irene Purington. 10. Betsey Tash, born May 14, 1816, married Cyrus C. Pickering, of Newmarket; resided at ^lanchester. New Hampshire. 11. James ^lonroe, born January 3, 1819; married Elizabeth Perkins, of Exeter. New Hampshire. 12. William, born August 8. 1821 ; married Elizabeth Kittridge, of Lowell, Massachusetts.

(VI) Colonel John Tash Churchill, son of Joseph Churchill (5), was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire. August 6, 1796, and resided there and at Brookfield during his active life. He was a farmer, drover, merchant and hotel keeper. He was a prominent and useful citizen, especially in the state militia and rose to the command of his regiment. He died at Brookfield, December 6, 1873. He married.

15. 1869. Children, born at Brookfield: I. John, born ]\Iay 19. 1818; mentioned below. 2. George Harris, born November 7, 1819; married, ]\Iay 10, 1849, Mary Emily Daniels, of Durham. 3. Thomas Lindsay, born April

16. 1822; married first, March 2, 1847. Sarah Stackpole ; second, Nancy Seward. 4. Alfred, born November 24, 1823; married Louisa W. Giles. 5. Joseph, born September 10, 1825 ; married ]\Iercv Anne Bailev. 6. Nathaniel

('\'II) John Churchill, son of John Tash Churchill (6), was born in Brookfield, New Hampshire, ]\Iay 19, 1818. He was educated there in the common schools and became a farmer and lumber merchant like his father, also dealing extensively in livestock. He removed to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1852 and has since then resided there. He established a slaughter house in Lawrence when that town was in its infancy, and built up a large and prosperous business in meats. He bought cattle and other livestock in the surrounding country to supply his business, and became one of the leading merchants in his line of business in that section for many years. His ])lace of business was destroyed by fire in 1891 and since then he has not been in active business as before, though notwithstanding his ninety years of age, he is as keen and vigorous as a young man. and still deals in cattle to some extent. He is a Rci)ul)lican in politics. He married, February 23, 1840, Eliza Lang, born December, 1817, died March 25, 1899. Children, born in r.rookficld : I. Edwin, born April 30, 1843; married. January 20. 1865. \*esta M. Crowell, at Lawrence; children: i. Helen C. born November 13, 1867, died young; ii. Helen E., born August 14, 1869; iii. Edwin Jr., born April 10, 1 88 1. 2. Llelcn Eliza, born January 16, 1846; mentioned below. 3. John Jr., born June 14. 1858; died young.

\'HI) Helen Eliza Churchill, daughter of John Churchill (7), was born in Brookfield, New Hampshire, January 16, 1846, and was educated in the schools of her native town and at Lawrence, Massachusetts. She married first. Albert D. Swan, at Lawrence, May 10, 1866. He was accidentally shot and killed in June. 1885. She married second, January 10, 1887, Edwin Woodbury Barton, son of Leonard and Ann (Harrington) Barton. His father was a veteran of the civil war. Edwin \\'. Barton was born November 9, 1852. at Washington, \'ermont, and died at Lawrence, November 5. 1899. He was a partner in the firm of Barton & Churchill, owners of the Emerson machine shop, and later in Law- rence. The business is now conducted under the same name but different owner. Mrs. Barton had no children by either marriage. She resides in South Lawrence. She is well known and highly esteemed.

William Lewis, the immigrant LEWIS ancestor, born in England, embarked for New England, June 2.2, 1632. and made his home at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was an early member of Rev. John Eliot's church, and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. His name appears in the Roxbury land records as the owner of a house, barn and five acres of land abutting on land of William Heath on the south, heirs of John Graves, on the west, on a highway to the north and eastward. He was also owner of thirty-five acres bounded by the lands of Peleg Heath, north ; the heirs of William Heath, east ; Arthur Gary, south, and Hugh Prichard, west. In May, 1653, he sold his house lot to Stephen Hopkins and removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts, with his family. He and his son John signed the town covenant there March 13, 1653-54. In the entries of the first inhabitants of Lancaster, W^illiam Lewis is rated for two hundred and eighty-five pounds, the eighth estate in point of value. His son John's estate was placed at eighteen pounds ten shillings. His lands are described in H. S. Nourse's "Early Records of Lancaster," page 254 ; also the lands of his son John. William died December 3, 1671. leaving a widow Amy. His will, dated November 21, 1671, bequeathed to wife Amy; sons Isaac and John; daughters Lydia, Mary and Hannah. He was a weaver by trade, and in 1671 secured land in Boston, and was preparing to build when he died. He was a friend and associate of Governor Bellingham. He married Amy Wells. Children: i. John, born November i, 1635; mentioned below. 2. Christopher, born 1636; received by deed from his father, April 19, 1662, the eastern half of the homestead in Lancaster. 3. Lydia, born December 25, 1640; married, January 13, 1670-71, Mordecai McLeod, of Lancaster ; was killed with husband and two children by Indians in Monco's raid, August 22, 1705. 4. Josiah, born July 28, 1641. 5. Isaac, baptized April 14, 1644. 6. ]\Iary, baptized August 2, 1646; married Josiah Wdiite, of Lancaster; parents of Captain John White, the Indian fighter. 7. Hannah, baptized March 18, 1648-49.

1665. He lived in Lancaster until the outbreak of King Philip's war, when he removed to Dorchester, Lancaster being abandoned. He bought a lot of land May 14, 1678-79, on the north side of Neponset, near Dedham. He died in 1685, leaving widow, Hannah, the mother of his children. Administration on the estate of John Lewis, late of Dorchester, was granted January 26, 1685-86, to his widow and eldest son, Barachiah Lewis. The inventory, taken at Dorchester, January 19, 1685-86, and at Lancaster, December 17, 1685, amounted to one hundred thirty pounds two shillings sixpence. The widow died July 12, 1714. Lewis was a weaver by trade. Children: i. Barachiah, born July 31, 1663. 2. Rebecca, born in Lancaster, August 8, 1665, baptized August 27, in Dorchester. 3. Bethia, born July 13,

(III) John Lewis, son of John Lewis (2), born June 30, 1671, in Lancaster, died September I, 1718; married, x\pril 4, 1700, Ann Eaton, born January 25, 1672-73, daughter of Nathaniel and Haniiah (Dwight) Whiting, and widow of John Eaton. He dealt extensively in real estate,, and was a farmer. His estate was divided April 13, 1724. Children: I. Mary, born April i, 1701 ; married, December 7, 1726, Joseph Fisher. 2. John, born January 18, 1702-03; married first, Margaret Hunting; second, Abigail Hastings. 3. Ebenezer, born May 29, 1705; married Hannah Colburn. 4. Jonathan, born December 6, 1708; mentioned below. 5. Barachiah, born October 28, 1710; married Hannah Adams.

(IV) Jonathan Lewis, son of John Lewis (3), born December 6, 1708, at Dorchester; married first, April 19, 1733, Hannah Hunting, daughter of John and Hannah (Fisher) Hunting, of Dedham; second, Abigail (Clapp) Everett, of Walpole, Massachusetts. Children of first wife: i. Jonathan, born March 16, 1733-34; died October 12, 1799. 2. Kathron, born April 28, 1737; died September 24, 1741.

(V) Deacon Aaron Lewis, son of Jonathan Lewis (4), born July 31, 1750, died May 20, 1833. In 1771 he and his brother Moses went to New Boston, New Flampshire, and bouglit a farm of John Dickey, situated alongside the farm reserved by the grantors for Colonel Blanchard, adjoining Haunted Pond. The farm is or was lately occupied by George Shattuck, and is a part of the town of Greenfield. Aaron Lewis made a clearing and built a log house. He married, Se])tember 24, 1772, Sarah White, born February 8, 1750, died May

16, 1804, sister of Mehitable (Mrs. Hezekiah) Dundee, of Moses White, of Lyndeboro, and Benjamin White, of Francestown, and daughter of I'enjamin and Mary White, of Dedham, ]\Iassachu setts. On May 6, 1780, Aaron bought land in the northwest part of Lyndeboro and removed there, and one lot is still known as the Lewis ])lace. He was selectman 1793-94, town clerk 1809-10. He was a man of great piety, and was deacon in the church until 1830, when he removed to New Boston again and made his home with his son Amasa. He was a ])rominent citizen, honored for his integrity and ujjrightness of character. He was a soldier in the revolution and was one of thirty-three who went with Captain William Barton, under Colonel Isaac Wyman, to Ticonderoga, in July, 1776; was with Lieutenant Samuel Houston as a private July, 1777, and a sergeant, December 8. 1777; also in Captain Lee's company. Colonel Moses Kelly's regiment, on Rhode Island alarm, August

17, 1778. His will was dated May 12, 1830. Children: i. Aaron, born March 19, 1775: died June 21, 1855; married. 1798. Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Boardman ; removed to Francestown. 2. Sarah, born April 24. 1777; married Ichabod Holmes; removed to Francestown. 3. Amasa, born May 14, 1780; mentioned below. 4. Nancy, born April 28, 1783: died August i, 1853; married.

May 22, 1806, John Elliott. 5. Abigail, born January 4, 1787; married, April 6, 1807. Israel H., son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich; died June 30, 1821. 6. Pamelia. born July 7, 1789; died December 24, 185 1 ; married, May 5. 1819, Samuel Cressey, of Lyndeboro. 7. Asa, born December 7, 1792; died 1831, at Baltimore, Maryland; married, January 18, 1820, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich.

(\ I) Amasa Lewis, son of Deacon Aaron Lewis (5), born May 14, 1780, died in Medford, ^Massachusetts, April 11. 1849; married, April 16, 1807, Polly Dane, of New Boston, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Goodhue) Dane. Her father's brother. Nathan Dane, was founder of the Harvard Law School. Amasa Lewis and his wife are buried in Woodlawn cemetery, at Everett, Massachusetts. Amasa Lewis owned large tracts of timber land, and late in life removed to Medford, where he found a market for his timber, lie and his sons cut and hauled the timber with ox teams to Medford. His ten children, with one exception, lived to a good old age. Children; i. Samuel, died unmarried; was a farmer. 2. George A., married Caroline Cutter: resided in Maiden, where he died; was a coal-dealer, and dealt in real estate. 3. Sarah,

Rodney, mentioned below. 5. Horace, was a farmer. 6. Mary, married Thomas Saunders ; resided in Medford; was a blacksmith; removed to West Andover. where they died. 7. Abbie. married Charles Drew, a ship carpenter; lived and died in Medford. 8. EHzabeth, married Elial Putnam, a dealer in wood in Medford. 9. Almira, married Joshua Buzzell, a contractor and builder of Chelsea, Massachusetts. 10. Julia, died unmarried, in Medford.

(VH) Rodney Lewis, son of Amasa Lewis (6), born in New Boston, New Hampshire, November 2, 181 1, died April 26, 1882. He was brought up on his father's farm in New Hampshire, and received his education there in the public schools. W'hen he was about twenty-one years of age he removed to Medford. Massachusetts, and engaged in the retailing of firewood, etc., in that town, in partnership with Elial Putnam. He was a successful merchant for many years in Medford, and Andover, Massachusetts. He was also a prominent farmer in Lawrence, formerly .Andover. In religion he was a Baptist. In jMilitics a Republican. He married, in Med- ford, Lydia A. Symonds, born in that part of Andover, now South Lawrence, June 2, 1817, died August 18, 1903, on the homestead in Lawrence, daughter of Solomon Symonds. Her father was a school teacher, a native of Oxford, New Hampshire, and descendant of the Symonds family of Salem, Massachusetts ; married Lydia A., daughter of Theodore Poor, of Andover, one of the largest land proprietors of this section. (See Poor family). Children: i. Rodney Harrison, born in Medford ; married Louisa Randall, of Lexington, Michigan ; he and his wife were school teachers before marriage; he returned east and engaged in business ; is now living on a farm in Lawrence, not in active business. 2. Sarah A., born in Medford; married William F. Cutler ; now living in South Lawrence, Massachusetts, widow; her husband was general superintendent of Boston & Maine railroad repair shops at South Lawrence. 3. Elizabeth Poor, born in Lawrence ; married James B. Smith, son of Peter Smith, of Andover; children of James B. and his first wife, Mary A. Lindsey, whom he married September i, 1851 : i. Jennette L. Smith, born December 14, 1852; ii. Caroline Bartlett Smith, born March 29, 1853; "i- Peter Smith, born August 14, 1856, died November 14, 1857; iv. John M. Smith, born November 20, 1858; v. Laura R. Smith, born July 17, i860; vi. Fred W. Smith, born September 21, 1861 ; died July 19, 1862; vii. Everett L. Smith, born May 10, 1865, died September 9, 1865. 4. Stephen Symonds, born March 11, 1849; mentioned below.

(VHI) Stephen Symonds Lewis, son of Rodney Lewis (7), was born in South Lawrence, Massachusetts, March 11, 1849. He began life like most farmer's sons in his youth, working on the homestead when not attending school. He supplemented the public school training with a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College, Boston. After finishing his schooling he and his brother Rodney Harrison Lewis were in the rendering and chandlery business at Syracuse, New York, for about seven years. He then carried on a farm for his brother-in-law, James B. Smith, who was famous for his high-grade and fancy stock raised on his farms. He had an excellent dairy, and established a flourishing milk route in Lawrence. From 1880 to the present time he has lived on this farm, though for the past few years he has been retired. The farm contains one hundred and nineteen acres, and under his ownership has been brought to a high state of cultivation, the barns improved

He married. May 12, 1875, Jennette Lindsey Smith, born December 14, 1852, daughter of James B. Smith, of Andover, Massachusetts, mentioned above. Children: i. Ella Lee, born July 9, 1876, in Syracuse, New York. 2. Caroline .Smith, born July 26, 1878; in Syracuse, New York; married Herbert A. Morse, and reside in Lawrence ; he is a shipping clerk for the Smith & Dove ]\Ianufacturing Company, Andover. (See Smith family). 3. Harold Everett, born May 15, 1895, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

This surname is derived from WELCH the name of the nationality and belongs in the same class with English, Scotch, Irish, used as surnames. It is an ancient family of many branches. The Gloucester branch bears arms: Argent six mullets or. Another English family named \\'elsh bears : Azure six mullets- - three, two and one within a bordure gobony argent and gules. Crest : An antelope's head erased azure bezantee gorged with a collar gobony argent and gules on the top of each horn a ring or. Other families bear arms slightly varied from this. In Scotland the family bears : Argent a saltire four annulets sable a bordure gules. Crest : On three grieces, a long cross or.

(I) Philip Welch^ immigrant ancestor, was born in 1638 and according to family tradition was of Scotch ancestry. He came to this country in 1654, when sixteen years old, on the ship "Goodfellow," George Dell, master. He settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, where on February 20, 1666, he married Hannah Haggett and where their first child was born. They removed to Topsfield, Massachusetts, but later in life he returned to Ipswich and died there. Children: i. Philip Jr., born December 2j, 1668, mentioned below. 2. John, born November 27, 1670. 3. David, born August 27, 1672. 4. Samuel, born May, 1675, served in the expedition against Louisburg in 1745 at the age of seventy years; was one of the first settlers of Kingston, New Hampshire. 5. Hannah, born 1680, married, 1707, Thomas Scribner, of Kingston, as his second wife, and was among the early settlers of Kingston. 6. Moses, born at Ipswich, November 2=5, 1685, married Rebecca .

at Topsfield : i. Thomas, September 6, 1693, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, born about 1698, married, December 29, 1726, Deborah Scribner, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Clifford) Scribner, of Kingston; wife was born September 7, 1705; their children settled in South Hampton, Kingston, Newton and Plaistow, New Hampshire.

(HI) Thomas Welch, son of Philip Welch (2), born in Ipswich, September 6, 1693, ^^~ sided in Kingston, New Hampshire, or vicinity. Children; i. Thomas, baptized at Kingston, November 26, 1727. 2. George (?). 3. William, mentioned below.

(IV) William Welch, son of Thomas Welch (3), born 1729-30 in Kingston or vicinity, settled in Nottingham. He signed the association test in 1776, and was on the tax list of Nottingham with Isaac and Jacob in 1806. According to the census of 1790 he had three sons over sixteen and two females in his family. Children: i. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Isaac. 3. Jacob.

(V) Thomas Welch, son of William Welch (4), was born about 1755. According to the census of 1790 he had a family living in Nottingham with one son under sixteen and three females. The son was Andrew, mentioned below.

(VI) Andrew Welch, son of Thomas Welch (5), born in Nottingham, New Hampshire, February 8, 1779, died July 26, 1858. He removed to Parsonfield, Maine, where he lived in the valley at the base of Cedar Mountain near the Welch meeting house (Free-will Baptist), which was built on his farm and which he liberally supported. He engaged extensively in stock raising and general farming, and was also a ship-builder. He married his first cousin, Elizabeth Welch, born July 22, 1781, died December 17, 1877. Children; i. William, born October 7, 1803, died April 3. 1804. 2. Isaac, born February 8, 1805, died April 26, 1859 ; settled in Limerick, Maine. 3. Betsey, born September 27, 1806. 4. Lovina, born December 19, 1808, died January 5, 1856. 5. Acel E., born April 19, 181 1. 6. Lucinda, born December 27, 1813, died August 22, 1838. 7. Cyrus Brackett, mentioned below.

(VII) Cyrus Brackett Welch, son of Andrew Welch (6), born in Parsonfield, Maine, November 19, 1816, died July 30, 1869. He had the homestead of his father, consisting in his day of three hundred and seventy-five acres. He not only carried on this large farm successfully but was a drover and cattle dealer, and for some years kept a general store at Parsonfield. He was one of the most prominent men of the town. He and others of the family are buried on the old homestead in a private burial ground. He married Abigail Hill, born November 24, 1817, in Biddeford, Maine, died May 2, 1852. in Parsonfield. Children, born at Parsonfield; i. Oliver B., April 12, 1839, a farmer, living in New London, Wisconsin; married, February 18, 1856, Annie Rand, of Salem, New Hampshire. 2. Charles H., July 2, 1840, resides in Boston; married, January i, 1866, Abigail Hill, of Tilton, New Hampshire. 3. Luther H., September 28. 1841. died June 30, 1883, was a farmer at Parsonfield ; married ]\Iary Webster, of Salem, New Hampshire. 4. Elizabeth, March 22, 1843, died April 10. 1865 ; married Elwood Hanson. 5. Aaron, January 7, 1844, died June 26, 1873; married, November 6, 1861, Emma W^ebster, of Salem, New Hampshire. 6. Cyrus. July 13, 1846, removed to California, unmarried. 7. John, June 15, 1849, mentioned below. 8. Lucinda. June 3, 1851, died aged a year and a half. Cyrus Brackett Welch married for second wife Julia Tolpy, and they had these children ; Julia. Emma, Eugene.

(VIII) John Welch, son of Cyrus Brackett Welch (7), was born in Parsonfield, June 15, 1849. He worked on his father's farm in his boyhood, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of twenty he left home and began to learn his trade of hatter in the shops of Methuen, Massachusetts. He has continued in the business of making hats in that town to the present time. He is a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Methuen. He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 31, of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Democrat ; in religion a Baptist. Mr. Welch has built a number of houses to rent in Methuen, and is interested to some extent in real estate.

He married. December 3. 1873, Margaret Ann Cluff, born October 6, 1850, at Methuen, daughter of Jonathan Jr. and Eliza (Carleton) Cluff. Her father was born in Methuen in 1808 and died there in 1898; her mother was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1818 and died in Methuen in 1887. Jonathan Cluff Sr., father of Jonathan Cluff Jr., lived and died in Methuen. Children of John and Margaret Ann (Cluff) Welch; i. Herbert Arthur, born 1875, died aged ten months. 2. Maud Frances, December 14, 1877, educated in the public schools of Methuen and Lowell and was trained as kindergarten teacher in a private school, Lowell; married, 1900, \\'illiam Thompson, of Alethuen, a machinist in the Pacific Print Works ; child, Maxwell Sargent Thompson, born June 23, 1902.

REEV^ES into use in the same way as Constable, Chamberlain, Sheriff, and other titles. Reeves is the plural of Reeve, the bailiff in ancient Angla-Saxon times of a franchise or manor. Chaucer makes one of his Canterbury Pilgrims a Reeve. In ancient times almost every manor had a reeve whose authority was "to levy his Lord's rents, set to work his servants and husband his demesnes to best profit and commodity, to govern tenants in peace, to lead them in war when necessity required ; especially in the 'copyholde' manors where old custom prevailed longest." The word reeve is still in use and well understood, though after the Conquest the word bailiff' came into more general use as the title of an officer with the same or similar duties. A branch of the ancient English family went to live in Ireland in the time of the Lord Protector. Robert Reeves, a major in Cromwell's army from Sussex, and his descendants had a coat-of-arms. The family of Reeve in Lincolnshire, Somerset, and Thwayte, county Suffolk, bears these arms : Sable on a chevron between three fleur-de-lis or as many cronels of spears azure. Another : On a fesse engrailed sable between three escallops azure as many eagles displayed or. Crest : An eagle's head erased or, collared sable. The same arms are used with this crest : An eagle's head erased or collared sable. The only ancient coat-of-arms in a branch of the family using the final "s" is described : Argent on a bend cotised sable three lozenges ermine. Crest : A greyhound sejeant sable bezantee collared and ringed or.

fll) Richard Reeves, son of William Reeves, was born and died in England. He was educated in the schools of his native town and then became associated with his father in conducting the iron founclry, remaining in this business until his death. Children: i. Peter, mentioned below. 2. Jame^. 3. Andrew. 4. Samuel. 5. Joseph. 6. Thomas. 7. Leah. 8. Annie. 9. Annie. 10. Alice. 11. Lucy. 12. Elizabeth. 13. Hannah.

(2), was born January 2, 1840, at West Bromwych, Staffordshire, England. He was educated in the common schools and then went into the factory of his grandfather. He learned the trade of carriage maker and later became a clerk in a provision and meat store, and learned the trade of butcher, working at that trade until 1870. In that year he came to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and began work for his uncle, Fred Butler. He then worked with the Davis Machine Company of North Andover for about one year and for the sewing machine company at Lawrence for a short time, returning then to the Davis Machine Company at North Andover where he worked several years. He then embarked in business for himself with a store on Essex street, dealing in pork, and establishing a very successful business which is at present owned and conducted by his son and widow.

Mr. Reeves was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; of North Andover Lodge of Odd Fellows. In politics he was a Republican. He married, in England, July 27, 1861, Mary Kendrick, who was born in England, May 18, 1838, daughter of John Kendrick, who died in England in 1843, and Martha (Tuft) Kendrick^ died in England in 1870. Her father was a farmer in Codsall, Staffordshire, England, where his children were all born and educated : i. Betsey Kendrick, married George Stockton, in England ; ii. Sarah Kendrick, married Samuel Powell, in England ; iii. James Kendrick, married Ann Woolsworth, in England ; iv. Ann Kendrick, married Joseph Stockton ; v. Mary Kendrick, mentioned above. Children of Peter and Mary (Kendrick) Reeves: i. Andrew, born December 13, 1862; mentioned below. 2. Simon John, born October 6, 1864; died March 28, 1866, in England. 3. Martha, born January 21, 1866; died October 29, 1876, at North Andover. 4. Mary, born November 14, 1868; died October 27, 1876, at North Andover. 5. Clara F., born February i, 187 1 ; died October 23, 1876. 6. Frederick, born June 22, 1873; <Jied October 25, 1876. 7. Beatrice E., born February 19, 1876; died October 28, 1876. 8. Albert H., born December 8, 1877; died December, 1898. 9. Frank E., born November 28, 1880; diecl December 11, 1880. 10. James Arthur, born February 15, 1882; died October 16, 1898. Of the ten children but one survives, and but two grew to maturity. In one week five of the children were taken in an epidemic of diphtheria in October, 1876.

(IV) Andrew Reeves, son of Peter Reeves (3), was born in England, December 13, 1862. He was educated in the schools of his native place and of North Andover, Massachusetts, where his parents located when he was a boy. He began as clerk in the office of the Davis Machine Company, became bookkeeper in the Braid Mill. \\'hen his father died he resigned his position in the mill and took the management of his business which he inherited. He married Jennie Rextraw, of North Andover, born in 1862. They have one child, Arthur, born December 13, 1888, educated in the public and high schools of Lawrence and now associated in business with his father in the pork trade. Lawrence.

Captain James Harlow, the HARLOW earliest known ancestor of this branch of the Harlow family, came from Plymouth, Alassachusetts, to Cornish, New Hampshire, during the revolutionary war, bringing at least three children with him, namely: i. James Jr.. married Phebe ; children : i. Abner, born

(H) Robert Harlow, son of James Harlow, was born June 25, 1763, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He came to Cornish in 1778 when fifteen years of age. He married, May 6, 1790, Charity Barrows, of Cornish, New Hampshire, but recently of Carver, Massachusetts, whence she had come with her parents, Moses and Elizabeth Barrows. Charity was born September 12, 1768, died June 18, 1868, aged ninety-nine years nine months six days. The Barrows settled near Cornish Flats in a section since called "Dodge Hollow," near the foot of Fernald Hill. Robert Harlow lived on or near the same farm and cared for them in their old age. Robert Harlow died June 18, 1823. Children, all born in Cornish: I. George, born October 22, 1791, died December 3, 1873; married, March 4, 1817, Betsey Sanborn, of Springfield, New Hampshire, daughter of Reuben and Sarah Sanborn, born May 6, 1792, died September 2, 1872. They had six children, the first four born in Cornish and the remainder at Grantham, New Hampshire, where they removed ]\Iarch 17, 1826. A son, George W., settled in Strafford, V^ermont.

2. Deborah Cushman, born August 23, 1793. died January 6, 1823, unmarried. 3. Malachi. born May 7, 1795, died December 29, 1866; married, October 18, 1826, Betsey Hibbard ; settled in Michigan. 4. Robert Jr., born July 9, 1797, died December 23, 179 - . 5. Robert Jr., born July 5, 1799, died January 12, 1882; married Eleanor Hadley ; moved to Hanksbury, Canada. 6. Isaac, born September 24, 1 801, died August 15, 1803. 7. Sylvanus, see forward. 8. Isaac Cushman, born February 13. 1806, died February 6, 1872: married, April 4. 1839. Experience Cornish, of Plymouth. ^Massachusetts, born 1801. died May 21. 1869; no children. 9. William Clifford. born July i. 1808. married first. November 21. 1829, Mary Hall, of Cornish, daughter of Perley and Abigail (Osgood) Hall, born September 10, 1813, died April 10, 1880; married second, October 12, 1881, Mrs. Hannah (Gilfillan) Clough, of Plainfield ; she died April 8. 1902. He had two children by first wife: i. Abbie C, born February 25. 1842. married. March 23. 1862. Franklin D. Nevins, one child : ii. William Harvey, born June 27, 1853, married. June 28. 1876, Abbie F. Dow, one child. Leroy Harvey, who died December 3. 1905. 10. Hannah, born August 20, 1810, died September 15, 1812. 11. Moses Barrows, born December 11. 1812; married first, April 13, 1837, Priscilla P>ean Hubbard, born April

3. 1812. They settled at first in Lisbon, New Hampshire, where she died January 3, 1873; married second, March 5, 1874, Hannah Alice Hubbard, born May 4, 1830; he settled later in Woodsville, New Hampshire, where he died February 4. 1891. 12. Mary (adopted daughter), born January 14, 181 3, died September 25. 1858: married Daniel Wild, of Cornish.

(Ill) Sylvanus Harlow, son of Robert and Charity (Barrows) Harlow, was born November 12, 1803. He married, April 17, 1826, Elvira M. Leslie, of Cornish, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Farrington) Leslie, born June 20, 1810. died at Bridgeport. Connecticut, and is buried at Sj)ringfield. Massachusetts. They resided in Cornish Flats, where most of their children were born, and about 1852 removed to Windsor, Vermont, where they lived a few years and then went to Massachusetts. He died in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 4. 1887. Children: i. Louisa M., born November 4. 1826, died August 25,

1840. 2. Elizabeth E., born April 26, 1828, married, August, 1852, George W. Bartlett, one child, Edwin E., born July 22, 1861 ; lived in Hyde Park, Massachusetts ; she died January 24, 1897. 3- Robert Sylvanus, born October 18, 1829, married, January 8, 1854, Roxanna Danforth, of Stowe, Massachusetts; six children; he was a shoe manufacturer, residing in Hudson, Massachusetts. 4. Henry J., born October 12, 1831, married, May 26, 1867, Maria S. Marden ; one child, born August 12, 1876, died May 13, 1896; farmer, resided in Dudley, Massachusetts. 5. Philander, see forward. 6. Charles Franklin, born October 7, 1834, married twice; no children; machinist, resides in Boston. 7. William C, born August 8, 1836; married, 1862, Sarah Dunham, no children ; was a machinist ; resided in Springfield, Massachusetts. 8. Clarissa C, born September 7, 1837, married, December 31, 1861, George Clough ; five children; resides in Somerville, Massachusetts. 9. Silas C, born June 26, 1839, died April, 1857, at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. 10. George L., born October 31, 1841, married twice; resides in Somerville, Massachusetts ; children: Sarah, Sidney, Walter. 11. Edwin, born August I, 1845, died August 28, 1846. 12. Louisa M., born December 5, 1846, married, October, 1864, Lorenzo Follett. 13. Edwin, born January 24, 185 1.

(IV) Philander Carlos Harlow, son of Sylvanus and Elvira (Leslie) Harlow, born in Cornish, New Hampshire, November 24, 1832, died in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, March 7, 1890. He was a machinist by trade, and lived in Cornish, New Hampshire^ Windsor, Vermont, and Boston, Massachusetts. He was influential in Masonic circles, being an active member of Hyde Park Commandery, Knights Templar. He married, March 7, 1856, Susan M. Walsh. Children: i. William Henry, see forward. 2. Fannie E., born October 22, 1862, married Franklin D. Brigham, of Hyde Park. 3. Lillian M., born June 19, 1 87 1, married Herman Gregg, of Waltham, Massachusetts ; they have one daughter. May Elizabeth, born August 7, 1902.

(V) William Henry Harlow, son of Philander C. and Susan M. (Walsh) Harlow, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 14, 1857. He was reared in Hyde Park, receiving his education in public and high schools. In 1876 he entered the employ of N. H. Tucker in the coal business, later was employed by S. B. Balkam, was taken into partnership in 1882, and at the death of Mr.

Balkam succeeded him in the coal and lumber business. He is a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge, and was its secretary in 1881-84. Mr. Harlow married Mary E. Bleakie, daughter of Robert and Isabella (Henderson) Bleakie. Children: i. William B., born August 17, 1887. 2. Robert B., born June 6, 1889.

the county of Aberdeen, in 1628, fled with his family from religious persecution in Scotland to the north of Ireland, arriving at or near Londonderry prior to 1688. During the long and memorable siege of Londonderry by the forces of King James II, the Morrisons, with many other Scotch Presbyterian families, were by the inhuman order of the French commander of the assailants, General de Rosen, driven to a dangerous position beneath the walls of the city, where they not only suffered the pangs of starvation but were constantly exposed to the missiles of death from both the besieged and the besiegers. They survived, however, to witness with satisfaction the raising of the siege and the final defeat of King James in Ireland by William of Orange at the famous battle of the Boyne in 1690. About the year 1720, when ninety-two years old, John Morrison came from Ireland to Londonderry, New Hampshire, with those of his children who had remained with him in the old country, joining his sons, "Charter" James and "Charter" John, who had preceded him. He resided at what is now known as "Derry Dock" on the farm which, in 1882, was owned by Charles Day, and he died February 16, 1736, "at the reputed age of one hundred and eight years." The maiden name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife, whom he married in Ireland, was Janet Steele, and he was the father of eight children, four of whom (James, John, Deacon Halbert and Martha,) were of his first union, and were probably born in Scotland. The children of his second marriage were : Samuel, Hannah, Mary and Joseph.

(II) "Charter" Jame? Morrison^ eldest child of John Morrison, was born about the year 1675. As a boy he participated in the heroic defence of Londonderry, Ireland, and grew to manhood strong in his religious faith. He was one of the signers of the memorial or petition to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, sent over in 17 18, praying for a grant of land within the latter's jurisdiction for the purpose of establishing a Scotch-Ireland settlement, and like all the other signers who became original proprietors of Londonderry, New Hampshire, he acquired the title or prefix of "Charter." Charter James ^Morrison arrived with the original company of settlers from Ireland in 1 7 19, and was among those who chose to locate upon a grant in southern New Hampshire, which they called Londonderry, in memory of their former home. With others he petitioned for a redress of grievances, which resulted in the laying out of land in Windham Range for the settlers in 1728, and the allotment assigned him is still in the possession of his descendants, its original boundaries remaining unchanged. His home farm, situated in Derry, east of turnpike, was in 1883 the property of W. O. Noyes. His death occurred about March 5, 1756. He was first married, in Ireland, to Mary \\'allace. who bore him two sons, Halbert and Samuel. The maiden name of his second wife was the same as that of his stepmother, Janet Steele. Of his second union there were five children : Janet, Katherine, John, Thomas and James.

(Ill) Lieutenant Samuel Morrison, second son of "Charter" James and Mary (Wallace) Morrison, was born in Ireland, in 1704. He came to Londonderry with his parents when fifteen years old, sharing with the others in the great privation and toil subjected to by those zealous pioneers, and in 1739 he received from his father a deed of the farm in Windham Range previously referred to. He was moderator of the first town meeting held in Windham after its incorporation in 1742, and in that capacity he presided at thirty subsequent meetings, officiating for the last time in 1775. He was also a member of the first board of selectmen, serving as such for seven years, and was town clerk for four years. His death occurred in Windham, February 11, 1776. His mental faculties were well developed, and being exceedingly sensitive to the call of the needy and unfortunate, he was noted for his charity and benevolence. He was also noted for his piety, and adhered strictly to the Presbyterian precepts of his forefathers. He married Martha Allison, born March 31. 1720. daughter of Samuel Allison, of the Double Range, Londonderry, and was the first female child of European parents born in the town. She died December 3, 1761, and is represented as having been a very lovable woman. She was the mother of five children : John, Catherine, Samuel, Robert and Martha.

of Lieutenant Samuel and Martha (Allison) Morrison, was born in ^\'indham, September 28, 1748. He resided upon the Rev. James McGregor farm, purchased by his father in 1749, and deeded to him in 1776. He was a revolutionary soldier, serving for some time at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and on August 29, 1777, he was with the Londonderry company which had participated in the battle of Bennington a few days previous under General Stark. Considering his meagre opportunities, he possessed a good education, and there are still in existence books containing in his handwriting his mathematical investigations, which would do credit to a collegian. He served the town of Windham as moderator, town clerk and selectman, holding the latter office for seven years, and was representative to the legislature. Like his ancestors he clung tenaciously to the Presbyterian doctrine, observing conscientiously every rule and ordinance in its articles of faith, and for many years he was an elder of the church. He died in January. 18 16. May 20, 1779, he married Sarah Park of W'indham. born September 4, 1757, daughter of Robert Park, and she died December 2^, 1789. His second wife, whom he married August 31, 1792. was Margaret Armor, nee Dinsniore, born October 14. 1759, daughter of William Dinsmore and widow of John Armor. Her death occurred September 18, 1837. The children of his first union were: Martha, Jane, Samuel, Robert, James and Stephen ; those of his second marriage were : ^Margaret. Jeremiah, John, Christopher and Sarah.

(\') Robert Morrison, second son and fourth child of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Parker) Morrison, was born in Windham, May 22, 1787. He spent several years in the vicinity of Portland, Maine, and Cambridge. Massachusetts, but returned to W^indham and l)ur chased a farm one mile south of the meeting house. Plere he resided for the remainder of his life, which terminated November 3, i860. He was an intelligent, strong-minded man, and possessed other commendable qualities characteristic of the family. He married Nancy McCleary. born April 21. 1792, daughter of John, and a granddaughter of Thomas McCleary, a native of Scotland, or of Scotch descent, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, to Londonderry, New Hampshire, shortly after its settlement. His children were: David, Sarah, Samuel, Thomas and John. John McCleary, son of Thomas, served with his brothers David and Thomas in Caj^jtain

Reynolds's company under Stark at the battle of Bennington. John McCleary married Mary (3) Anderson, daughter of James (2) and granddaughter of James (i) Anderson, of Windham. She died August 4. 1825, aged sixty-three years, having been the mother of ten children, all of whom were natives of Windham except David, the eldest, who was born in Londonderry. The names of the others were: Nancy. Alice, Rufus Anderson, Jean Grimes. Peggy Man, John, James Woodburn, Sally and Martha. Nancy, second child of John and Mary (Anderson) McCleary, became the wife of Robert Morrison, as stated above ; she survived her husband and died in Lawrence, Massachusetts. October 14, 1876. She was the mother of four children, all of whom were born in Windham: i. Robert Park, who will be again referred to. 2. Samuel, born April 22, 1830. 3. Rufus Anderson, born March 10, 1834. 4. John, born October 22, 1837. Rufus A. and John settled in Washington. District of Columbia.

(VI) Robert Park Morrison, eldest child of Robert and Nancy (McCleary) Morrison, was born in Windham, December 27, 1828. He was reared and educated in his native town, and beginning at an early age to assist in carrying on the homestead farm he eventually took entire charge of the property caring for his parents during their declining years. Disposing of the farm in 1873, ^""^ removed to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and establishing himself in the flour and grain trade he conducted it successfully for a number of years, or until selling out. During the last six years of his life he was engaged in the lumber business. He died in Lawrence, November 14, 1896. In politics he was a Republican. While residing in Windham he was more or less active in public aiTairs, serving as a member of the board of selectmen in 1857, and for the years 1866 and '67 he officiated as town clerk. He was a member of the Lawrence Street Congregational Church, served upon the church committees, and taught in the Sunday school. On November 24, 1859, Mr. Morrison was united in marriage with Harriet Ann White Kelley, born in Windham May 21, 1835, daughter of John and Rebecca (Newell) Kelley. She is a descendant in the eighth generation of John (i) Kelley the immigrant, through John (2), Abiel (3), Captain Richard (4), Richard (5), Nathaniel (6) and John (7). John Kelley, the immigrant, came from Newbury, Berkshire, England, with a company of seventy colonists in 1635 and settled in Newbury,

Massachusetts. Dissatisfied with his allotment in the division of land he removed from the settlement, and erecting a dwelling upon the north end of Grand Hill he resided there until his death, which occurred about 1642. He left two children - Sarah and John. The latter became the second largest farmer of Newbury in his day, and was a man of ability and worth. He reared five sons and five daughters, all of whom married and lived to a ripe old age. One of these, Abiel, born December 12, 1672, was a lifelong resident of Newbury, and had a son. Captain Richard Kelley, who was born October 24, 1697. Richard Kelley, son of Captain Richard, was born November 7, 1737, and settled in Salem, New Hampshire. His son Nathaniel, born April i, 1763. resided on Zion's Hill, Salem, and died there an octogenarian July 4, 1843. He married Sally' Andrews, daughter of James and Mary (Glover) Andrews, of Salem, Massachusetts, and her death occurred July 31, 1847. They were parents of seven children : Sally, Nathaniel, Mehitable. Lydia. Daniel, John and Mary Ann. John Kelley, third son and sixth child of Nathaniel and Sally (Glover) Kelley, was born in Sale\m, New Hampshire, June 16, 1802. He settled upon the old Dinsmore farm in Windham, afterward known as the Daniels place, and resided there for the remainder of his life, which terminated November 13, 1863. He was an industrious farmer, prudent and thrifty, and therefore became prosperous. December 18, 1825, he married Rebecca Newell, born July 31, 1797, daughter of Nathan and Rebecca (Richardson) Newell, of Lynn, Massachusetts. She became the mother of nine children, one of whom, the first born, died in infancy, and four others (Rebecca, Caroline, Sarah Ann and Mary Jane (born January 8, 1832, died May 21, 1906,) are no longer living. The survivors are: Harriet Ann White, the date of whose birth has already been recorded; Eliza Andrews, born February i, 1838; John A., born May 10, 1839; Nathan, born October 10, 1841.

Harriet Ann White Kelley, sixth child of John and Rebecca (Newell) Kelley, became the wife of Robert Park Morrison, as previously stated. She bore him two children : Hattie Frances, born July 2, 1862; and Sherman Howard, born December 4, 1864, died August 24, 1876. Hattie Frances married William Arthur Lewis of Lawrence, and has three children : Sherman Leland, Robert Park Morrison and Frederick Arthur Lewis. Sherman Leland Lewis married Helen W. McAllister.

COLE came to New England in the ship "JMary and John," March 26, 1633- 34. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor in 1649. He was also an original proprietor of Hampton and was mentioned as there in 1638. He married

(H) John Cole, son of Thomas Cole (i), was born in 164 - . He was a cooper by trade, and lived in Salem until about 1675. He was one of the inhabitants of Salem who protested against the imposts in 1668. About 1675 he removed to Maiden, and about 1684 to Lynn, where he died intestate October 8, 1703. He marricfl, first, May 28, 1667, Mary Knight, ]Tobably daughter of William Knight. He married, second, between 1675 and 1686, Sarah Alsbee. She was tried for witchcraft at Charlestown, and accjuitted February i, 1693. His son Samuel was appointed administrator of his widowed mother's estate. May 25, 1741. Children: 1. John, born May 18, 1668. 2. Thomas, born November, 1669, died 1669. 3. Mary, born September i, 1671. 4. Hannah, born December 12, 1674. 5. Sanmel, born December 2"], 1687, mentioned below. 6. Anna, born August 5, 1690; married Sessions.

( HL) Samuel Cole, son of John Cole {2), was born in Lynn, December 27. 1687. lie removed to Boxford in 1717, where he dietl January 20, 1765. He was a farmer in the west parish of Boxford, and was taxed there from 1717 to 1749. He married Susanna , who died July 29, 1785, aged ninetyfive. Children: i. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. John. 3. Rebecca, married, June 16, 1743. Andrew Bradford. 4. Susanna, married. November 4, 1746, Andrew Bixby, and settled in Amherst, New Hampshire. 5. Mary, married, January 11, 1757, John Hovey Jr.

( IV) Samuel Cole, son of Samuel Cole (3). was born probably in Lynn, and married, October 5, 1738, Bethiah Hardy, of Bradford. He resided in Boxford and died in 1805. Children : I. Daniel, born December 10, 1739. 2. Benjamin, November 8, 1741. 3. Solomon, April I, 1743, mentioned below. 4. Phineas, November 20, 1744, died in Pelham, New Hampshire. 5. Mercy, August 3, 1746, married Emerson. 6. Martha. October 12,

(V) Solomon Cole, son of Samuel Cole (4), was born in Boxford, Massachusetts, \\)X\\ I, 1743. He was a soldier in the revolution and served at Camp Reading, March 9. 1779. He was in Captain Robinson's company. Colonel Reed's New Hampshire regiment. He was wounded at Stillwater and transferred to the invalid corps. He enlisted for three years, Ai)ril 18, 1777, and received his full pay to February, 1779. He was also in Captain Moses McFarland's company. Colonel Lewis Nichols' regiment, in 1779. He married ]\Iehitable Barker, of Andover, the intention being published January 8, 1766. He settled in Zandafif. New Hampshire, and died there in 1835. Children: i. Timothy, baptized June 28, 1767. 2. Kimball, mentioned below. 3. Ik'njamin. 4. Isaac, born 1774. 5. Jt)hn. 6. Solomon. 7. Sanmel. 8. Asa, bai)tized May 15, 1785. 9. Catherine, married, November 30, 1801, l>enjamin W'hitcher, of Xorthfield. New Hampshire. IVrhaps other daughters.

(W) Lieutenant Kimball Cole, son of Solomon Cole (5), was born in 1780 in Boxford and died there in 1822. He married Abigail Kuiuiells, of Methuen. born February, 1780, died April 7, 1861. daughter of William and Rebecca Runnels, of Methuen. Children, born in Boxford: i. Sarah Foster, August 2t^, 1805, married, September 21. 1824, Ezra Town ; died March, 1834. 2. Rebecca, April 2, 1807, died February 19, 1834. 3. Ephraim Foster, July 6, 1809. 4. Mehitable Barker, June 9, 1811, married, March 2^. 1832, Henry C. Sullivan, of Boxford; died Marcli 9, 1835.

(VH) Ephraim Foster Cole, son of Kimball Cole ('6), born in Boxford, July 6, 1809, died there Aprd 2^^. 1879. He was a farmer and resided in Boxford on the farm that had belonged to his father. He married, first, December 10, 1830, Eliza Spofiford, born in Box- ford, Massachusetts, died April 25, 1832. He married, second, March 5, 1833, Sarah Spofford, born in Danville, New Hampshire. Child of first wife: Eliza SpofFord, born September 10, 1831, died December 19, 1831. Children of second wife: 2. William Kimball, born January 6, 1834, died unmarried in Hillsborough, Iowa, October 23, 1856. 3. George Spofford, born July 2, 1836; married Emma Bodwell, children : Rebecca, John, George, Lillian. Maud. 4. John Foster, born January 20, 1841, enlisted in Company F, Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers; was wounded and died in McClellan Hospital, Philadelphia, from the efifects of his wound, June 14, 1864; unmarried. 5. Charles Warren, born April 3, 1844, enlisted in same company with his brother ; died at Newport News, of fever, March 3, 1863. 6. Sarah Jane, born March 13, 1846, married. May 14, 1866, jMelville T. Wadlin, of Biddeford, Maine ; resides in Methuen, Massachusetts; children: i. Charles Melville Wadlin, born July 10, 1868; ii. Margaret Eugenia Wadlin, September 16, 1869; iii. George Leslie W^adlin, September 14, 1871 ; iv. Ida Louisa Wadlin, December 22, 1875 ; v. Jennie Alice Wadlin, May 26, 1880. 7. Arthur E., born September 30, 1848, married Sarah Wood. Children : Charles, William, Bertha, Walter. 8. Joseph Franklin, born September 28, 1 85 1, mentioned below. 9. Wallace W., born November 19, 1855, married Irene Whittier, children : Ida, Elizabeth, Arthur, Ralph, Irene. 10. Roscoe Kimball, born February 28, 1861, married Ida Colby. Children: Mabel, Minnie, Gertrude, Clarence, Edith, Mildred, William, George.

(VIII) Joseph Franklin Cole, son of Ephraim Foster Cole (7), was born in Boxford, September 28, 1851. He was educated in the district schools of his native town. He then learned the trade of millwright in shops in Lawrence, Worcester, Methuen and other places. Wdien his apprenticeship was completed he returned to Andover and worked for liis brother George's firm, Hardy & Cole. Two or three years later his brother withdrew from the firm and he took his place, in 1878, the firm name remaining the same. The mill and shop of the firm are on Essex street, Andover, and in addition to the extensive business of the firm as contractors and builders they manufacture boxes and finish lumber in their mills, employing from twenty to eighty hands in the shop. Among the important structures built by this firm in recent years may be mentioned : The Andover Electric Light plant in

1888; addition to Abbot Academy in 1889; the Andover National bank building ; the Grammar school building ; L. A. Belknap's residence. Central street ; the pumping station of Andover in 1889; W. A. Hull's residence, Andover, in 1890; residences of George F. Foster, Main street, and of Judge Cann ; Taylor's cottage at Phillips Academy ; the laboratory and Byers House in 1891 ; the Byers stable, Ijancroft cottage and Andover cottage at Phillips Academy, in 1892; the Mansion House, now called Phillip's Inn in 1893, and the Girls' Academy building in 1898. This firm built Draper Hall and the Congregational church edifice, and many other public buildings and fine residences in Andover and vicinity. Mr. Cole is one of the most prominent business men of the town. Of sterling character and sound judgment, he is counted among the most useful and successful citizens of the town. A Republican in politics.

He married first, September 30, 1874, Carrie Elizabeth Bodwell, born March 31, 1855, daughter of Louis Bodwell. He married second, June 14, 1906, Celestie Luella Goss. Children of first wife,, born in Andover: i. Frank Lewis, born September 3, 1875, married Lottie Miller, one child, Ethel. 2. Blanche Mildred, born November 29, i88r. married Fred. Smith, one child, Joseph Harold. 3. Ray Harold, born November 26, 1885.

in New England. One of these, Anthony Bennett, located first in Gloucester, Massachusetts, later in Beverly and still later in Rowley. It is said that he was the American ancestor of the Bennetts of Maine. John Bennett, probably a descendant of Anthony, was an industrious farmer of Wells, Maine.

Alvah Bennett, son of John, was born in Wells. His attendance at the district school was interspersed with the lighter duties upon the homestead farm during his boyhood, but his father's death caused him to relinquish farm life for that of a mechanic, and at the age of about sixteen years he went to Exeter, New Hampshire, for the purpose of learning the tinsmith trade. After completing his apprenticeship he went to Methuen, Massachusetts, but was shortly afterwards attracted to Lawrence, where business opportunities were unusually promising, and he opened the first tinsmith's establishment in that city. Meanwhile the industrial facilities of Lawrence were rapidly developing and keeping pace with their development he established Bennett and Joslyn's Merrimack Iron Foundry, which promptly took its place among the prosperous manufacturing enterprises, and he was actively identified with that concern for the rest of his life. His energies however were not confined solely to the business field, as he was mainly instrumental in organizing the first Methodist Episcopal church in that city, and he was actively connected with it, officially and as a leading member until his death, which occurred December 23, 1872. In politics he acted with the Democratic party, and for a number of years was connected with the city government. His fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic order. Mr. Bennett married for his first wife Vina Brock, a native of New Hampshire, who died in 1858. Of this union there were four children : Eliza Anna, who became the wife of Charles Stickney, and died leaving no children; John E., born 1843; and two others who died in childhood. In 1861 Mr. Bennett married for his second wife ]\Irs. Hannah Coe (nee Miller), born in West Granville, Massachusetts, July 21, 1828, daughter of Isaac Robinson and Louisa (Miller) Miller, and widow of Henry Coe.

Mrs. Bennett's parents were fourth cousins, being descendants of the same immigrant ancestor, Thomas Miller, and she is of the seventh generation in descent on both sides. Thomas Miller, born 1610, came from Birmingham, England, to Rowley, Massachusetts, prior to 1639, in which year he was made a freeman in that town, and in 1643 he was granted one acre of land for a house lot. In 1647 '1^ paid fifteen shillings, the authorized fee for the privilege of selling wine, and he is designated in the records as a carpenter. Subsequent to 165 1 he removed to Middletown, Connecticut, where he acquired land in 1654, and he built the first gristmill in that town, utilizing for that purpose the waterpower afi^orded by what has since been known as Miller's Brook. He was admitted by letter to the church in Middletown from that in Rowley. The Christian name of his first wife was Isabel, and of that luiion there was one daughter. Ann, who was married in 1653, to Nathaniel Bacon. When fifty-six years old, Thomas Miller married for his second wife Sarah Nettleton, daughter of Samuel Nettleton, of Branford, and probably many years younger than himself. His death occurred August 14, 1680, and his second wife died March 20, 1727-8. She bore him eight children : i. Thomas, born

1, 1668; married Mary Eggleston. 3. Joseph, born August 21, 1670; married Rebecca Johnson. 4. Benjamin, see succeeding paragraph. 5. John, born ]\Iarch 10, 1674; married Mercy Bevin. 6. Margaret, date of birth not given ; became wife of Isaac Johnson. 7. Sarah, of whom there is no further mention in the records. 8. ]\Iehitable, born March 28, 1681 ; became the wife of George Hubbard.

Governor Benjamin Miller, fourth son of Thomas and Sarah (Xettleton) ^liller, was born in Middletown, July 20, 1672. In the year 1700 he settled in Aliddlefield, Connecticut, locating in the southerly part of the town, on the east side of Coginchaug or West river, and he cleared a farm from the wilderness. His title of governor was not official, but was accorded him by his fellow townsmen on account of his wealth, dominant character and far-reaching inlluence, both among the white settlers and with their aboriginal neighbors. He was prosecuted for desecrating the Sabbath by shooting a bear which had killed some of his pigs. His death occurred November 22, 1747. September 18, 1695, he married Mary Joiinson, born February 14, 1674, daughter of Nathaniel (3), Captain Isaac (2), John (i) and Mary (Smith) Johnson. She died December 15, 1709. His second wife was Mercy Bassett. of New Haven ; she died February 9, 1756, aged seventy-nine years. The children of his first union were: Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Benjamin, Hannah, Isaac and Ichabod. Those of his second marriage were: Rebecca, Amos, Ebenezer, Martha, Oavid and Thankful.

Deacon Ichabod Miller, youngest child of Benjamin and Mary (Johnson) Miller, was born in Middlefield, December 15, 1709; died in Middlefield, August 22, 1788. He was married first, December 15, 1731, to Mary Elton, who bore him five children: i. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1732; became wife of Joseph Bacon, died September 2, 1752. 2. Recompense, the date of whose birth is wanting. 3. Ichabod, married Elizabeth Bacon, daughter of his step-mother by her first husband, Jeremiah Bacon. 4. Timothy, married Mary Hale, and had a son Isaac. 5. Richard, married Ann \\'ard, daughter of Captain William Ward. Deacon Ichabod Miller married for his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon nee Corn well, born March 7, 171 5, daughter of Captain Joseph (3) Corn well (Sergeant John

Bacon. She died August 22, 1787. The children of this union were: i. EHzabeth, born 1753; became wife of James T. Ward, son of WilHam Ward. 2. Seth, married Hannah Parsons. 3. Mary, who became the wife of Seth Coe, son of Captain David Coe. 4. Rachel, born 1761 ; became the wife of Eli. son of Captain David Coe.

Recompense Miller, eldest son of Deacon Ichabod and Mary (Elton) Miller, was born in Middlefielrl, and settled elsewhere, February 16, 1757, he married Isabel Ives, and had a son Isaac, who resided in West Granville, Massachusetts. The latter married Hannah Robinson, and was the father of Isaac Robinson Miller.

Isaac Robinson Miller, son of Isaac, was born in West Granville, January 26, 1800. He was reared and educated in West Granville, and in early life assisted his father in farming. He subsequently became a commercial traveller, and followed that occupation until his death, which occurred March 19, 1839. He was a Democrat in politics and a Congregationalist in his religious faith. He married his fourth cousin Louisa Miller, born October i, 1807, daughter of Captain Ichabod (5) and Sarah E. (Birdsey) Miller. Captain Ichabod

(5) was a descendant of Thomas Miller, the immigrant, through Governor Benjamin (2), Deacon Ichabod (3), and Lieutenant Ichabod (4). Sarah E. Birdsey was a daughter of David Birdsey (5), John (4), Abel (3). John (2), John (i). John (i) Birdsey, an immigrant from England, settled in Mil ford, Connecticut, in 1639; removed to Stratford, Connecticut, in 1649, 'ii'icl became a very prominent church member. Captain Ichabod and Sarah E. (Birdsey) Miller were the parents of eight children: i. Electa, born July 3, 1796; married Ira (5) Miller; Elisha 4, Amos 3, Gov. Benjamin 2, Thomas i. 2. Martha, born />pril 15, 1799; married Bethuel Roberts. 3. Sarah E., born July 31, 1802; married Almon

(6) Miller; (Jesse 5, Lieut. Ichabod 4, Deacon Ichabod 3, Governor Benjamin 2, Thomas i). 4. David, born March 5, 1805 ; married Nancy Hale, daughter of Hezekiah. 5. Louisa, who has already been referred to. 6. Ichabod. born March 13, 1810; married Aurelia M. Coe, daughter of Colonel Levi Coe. 7. Jesse, born April 17, 1815; married Roxanna Coe, daughter of Seth and grand -daughter of Captain David Coe. 8. Elbert, born May 20, 1818; married Rachel Coe, daughter of Bela and granddaughter of Eli Coe.

Ichabod and Sarah E. f Birdsey) Aliller, married Isaac Robinson Miller, as previously stated, and had four children: i. Hannah, previously referred to as the second wife of Alvah Bennett ; 2. Persis Aurelia, who became the wife of Lurandus Beach and had one son, Irving ; 3. Charles Isaac, married Mariette Coe; 4. Louise Victoria, died at the age of seventeen years.

Mrs. Bennett's first husband, Henry Coe, whom she married in April, 1855, was born in ]^liddletown, Connecticut, in 1829, and died in 1856, leaving no children. He was a descendant of Robert Coe, born at Long Mel ford, county of Suffolk, England, in 1596; arrived at Boston in the ship "Francis" in June, 1634, accompanied by his wife Anna and their three sons, and was made a freeman at W^atertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. He shortly afterwards removed to Wether sfield, Connecticut, thence to Stamford and finally settled permanently on Long Island. All of the Coes mentioned in this article were descended from this immigrant.

The surname Shirley is one of SHIRLEY the most ancient and distinguished in England. The seat of the family is at Shirley, county Derby, also at Staunton Harold, county Leicester and Chartley, Staffordshire. The family is derived from Sewallis de Etingden of the reign of Edward the Confessor. At the Conquest, the Lordship of Etingden or Eatington, was granted to the Earl of Ferrars of Normandy, one of the principal adventurers under Duke William, and was held under him by the Sewallis, in whose possession it remains to the present day. The senior line of descendants of Sewallis, the Shirleys of Staunton, are represented by Earl Ferrars. Arms : Paly of six or a quarter ermine. Crest: The head of a Saracen ppr. couped at the neck wreathed round the temples. All the Shirleys bear arms similar to these. The Earl of Ferrars bears: Quarterly first and fourth paly of six or and azure a quarter ermine (for Shirley), second and third France and England quartered with a bordure argent for Plantaganet. Crest : The head of a Saracen in profile couped at the neck about the temples or and azure. Supporters ; Dexter a talbot ermine eared and billetted or attired azure ducally gorged of the second. Motto: "Honor Virtutis Praemium." The family formerly was prominent in Wiston, Preston, W^est Grinstead and Oat Hall, county Sussex, and all bore the same coat-of-arms. There were also branches of the family in London and at Insfield of Sussex. While the family described herein is given by all the authorities as Scotch-Irish, it was neither Scotch nor Irish in the paternal line and though the immigrant doubtless came from the north of Ireland with the Scotch-Irish to New Hampshire, its connections were doubtless Scotch to a large extent ; he or his father must have been born in England.

(I) James Shirley, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England or Ireland, in 1649, and died in 1754. aged, it is said, one hundred and five years. He was an old man when he came to America in 1730 with three or more sons. He and his family settled in Chester, New Hampshire, and he owned Lot 13, a large farm, now the town farm of Chester. His three sons all had large families and many descendants. Children, born in Ireland: i. John, married first, in Ireland ; second, widow of Archibald ^Miller. 2. Ca])tain James, born December, 1700; mentioned below. 3. Thomas half-brother of James, was once at Hampstead, later at Auburn, New Hampshire; was killed from the effect of a blow by John Patten, December 25, 1775. dying I'ebruary i, 1776.

(II) Captain James Shirley, son of James Shirley (i), was born in Province of Ulster, Ireland, December, 1700, and died in Chester, New Hampshire, May 17, 1796, nearly ninetysix years old. He was a "seventh son" and famous for curing the "king's evil." He was a prominent citizen for many years in Chester where he settled with his father in 1730. He was probably a captain in the French and Indian war. He lived at Brookline, Massachusetts, for a short time before settling in Chester. In 1734 he bought the Addition lot No. II, near that of his father and settled where Dudley C. Swain lately lived. He married first, in Ireland, Janet Shirley. Children, born in Ireland: i. James, killed by lightning. 2. Margaret, married Deacon Thomas Shirley, cousin. 3. Agnes, married John McNair. mariner, who died soon after ; she died February, 1823, aged eighty. 4. John, had a son John. 5. Hugh, clerk of the Presbyterian parish at Chester ; his son Peter settled in Maine. 6. Lieutenant William, mentioned below.

(III) Lieutenant William Shirley, son of James Shirley (2). was born in Chester, New Hampshire, about 1760, and died there in 1870. He married, 1788, Mary Morrison, who died July, 1843, ^gG(^ eighty-three. He was a prominent figure in the militia of his town. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and for many years clerk of the parish. Children, born at Chester: i. Margaret, born August 6, 1789; resided on the homestead, died unmarried. 2. James, born 1791. 3. John, born 1793' mentioned below. 4. Mary, born 1801 ; married Samuel Cowdrey. 5. Robert, born 1803.

(I\') John Shirley, son of Lieutenant William Shirley (3), was born in Chester, 1793. He died January, 1863. He was a farmer in Chester. ?Ie married Polly Graham. ( This name was called (irimes among the Scotch, according to the history of Chester. Polly and Mary are also used interchangeably). Polly was the daughter of Robert and Sarah (Gilchrist) Graham, widow of Joseph Carr. Robert Graham, father of Robert mentioned, resided on the cast side of the Derry Road ; died May. 1790; married Jane Carr, of Londonderry. Robert Shirley, son of Robert last named, was born in Ireland of Scotch ancestry ; married Janet Hume ; settled on Lot No. 128 in 1733; signed the Presbyterian protest November. 1735; will dated December, 1748, when he was about eighty years old ; children : .Vgnes, married Andrew Grain; Jean, married William White, Sr. ; Esther, married Matthew Forsaith ; Mary, married William Crawford; Ann, died unmarried. Children, born at Chester: i. Hannah. 2. William. 3. Mary B., married Jacob Irving, of Hampstead, New Hampshire. 4. Harriet. 5. Dorothy. 6. John Achin, mentioned below.

(V) John Achin Shirley, son of John Shirley (4), was born in Chester, June 13, 1836, He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and worked at home on the farm with his father until he was sixteen years old. He then worked out on various farms in the vicinity until he was of age, living at home most of the time, fie then went to work in a grist mill at Danversport. ^lassachusetts, and continued there until 1850 when he went to Lawrence to work in a grist mill. After three years he took a lease of the property and conducted the mill on his own account for a short time. He finally engaged in his present business of market gardening, buying the farm on which he now lives in Methuen, Massachusetts, for that purpose. He has about sixtyfive acres of land in the estate. In recent years his sons have been associated with him in the business and they have greatly prospered. He is an attendant of the Congregational church. In politics a Republican, he is an in- fluential and prominent citizen. He married first 1862, Emma Maria Frye, born December 31, 1842, died 1879 at Methtien. He married second, Mary A. Townsend Bailey, widow of Tristum, of Andover, Massachusetts. Her father was Charles Jarvis Townsend. Children of first wife: i. John William, born June 13, 1863; educated in the public schools and Lawrence high school, now in partnership with his father in conducting their market gardens ; married first, Mary Dolbier ; and second, Abbie A'larshall, of Lawrence; all children were of the first wife; two died young; Margaret, born 1898. 2. Annie M., born July 13, 1864; died December 10, 1878. 3. Charles H., born June 24, 1875; married Nettie Babcock ; he is an engineer on the Boston & Maine railroad. 4. Dana P., born April 17, 1878, educated in the public and high schools of Methuen ; in partnership with his father and brother, John W. Shirley ; lives with parents ; unmarried. 5. Walter, born June 2, 1879, unmarried ; fireman on the Boston & Maine railroad. ' the United Kingdom and in many sections in America. The surname is of ancient Irish origin. Lochan Dilmhain (by some called Lochan Dilionn, for the Irish word dile, meaning flood) was, according to the "Book of Armagh/' ancestor of Dillon of Cuircneach, or Dillon's Country, in the county of Westmeath ; and was, according to some of the Irish genealogists, brother of Colman Mor (King of Meath) and of Hugh Slaine, Ihe 141st monarch of Ireland; all three (these genealogists say) the sons of Dermod, the 133d monarch, who was the son of Fergus Cearrbheoilm, son of Conall Creamthann (the first Christian King of Meath) son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the 126th monarch. And it is stated that the said Lochan killed the said Colman Mor, for refusing to let him enjoy his proportion of the kingdom of Meath, called Cuircneach ; and therefore fled into France, where he and his posterity remained until Robert Le Dillon, lineally descended from the said Lochan, came into Ireland (with those that Dermod MacMorough invited out of England to assist him in the recovery of his kingdom of Leinster) and laid claim to the said territory of Cuircneach ; which having made appear, after some contest and strife, O'Melaghlin, then king of Meath, was by the interposition and mediation of O'Molloy and Mac-

Geoghagan, then powerful men in the country, content he should enjoy; and, accordingly he and his posterity possessed that territory from that time to the Cromwellian confiscations of Ireland in the seventeenth century. That Loclian Dilmhain was brother of Aodh Slaine or of Colman Mor is contradicted, however, another authority stating that he was brother of Colman Rimeach, the I42d monarch. From Robert Le Dillon, called also The Englishman, the Irish family is traced to the present time. There have been many prominent men of this family in public life and in the various professions.

(I) Edward Dillon, a descendant of this Irish family, from a branch in England, was born in Ireland. He was engaged in the business of a dry goods dealer at Manchester, England ; he died in Choley, England. He married and had children : Edward, Ann, John, Bridget. Bridget married Samuel Briggs, and lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The other three died in Lawrence.

(II) John Dillon, son of Edward Dillon ( I ), born in Choley, England, January 4, 1852, died in Lawrence, Massachusetts, December 30, 1906. He enjoyed a liberal education in his youth in his native town. He came to America when he was nineteen years old, and located at Lawrence where he lived the rest of his life. He began in the plaiting business, but after a short time he engaged in dyeing. He built up a large and flourishing business. His location was 570 Essex street. He continued in active business until the time of his death, and was an extensive owner of real estate. He was of model character, domestic in his tastes and of retiring disposition. In politics he was independent. He was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. He married, January 30, 1889, Mary Frances Reagan, born March 16, i860, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Corcoran) Reagan, natives of Ireland, and resided in Norwich, Connecticut, for over fifty years. He died January 6, 1906. Children, born in Lawrence: i. Mary Frances, born June 27, 1896. 2. Ann Agnes, born November 2, 1899. 3. Helen, born June 15, 1903; died September following.

Samuel Jenkins, descendant of JENKINS Reginald Jenkins, immigrant ancestor, settled in Andover. Massachusetts. He was born about 1700 and died at Andover in 1787. His will dated October 12, 1785. was proved two years later. He married Rebecca , who survived.

In his will he mentioned his wife and these children: i. Joel. 2. Samuel, then deceased, mentioned below. 3. Daughter Jones. 4. Lydia. 5. Benjamin.

(II) Samuel Jenkins, son of Samuel Jenkins (i), was born about 1730 and died before his father, leaving a son Samuel who was mentioned in the will of Samuel Jenkins (i) above. This son must have been born about 1760.

(III) Samuel Jenkins, son of Samuel Jenkins (2), was born about 1760 in Andover, Massachusetts. Among his children was Samuel, mentioned below.

(\^) Albert H. Jenkins, son of Samuel Jenkins (4), was born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. He was brought up in Reading, Massachusetts, by an uncle. Mr. Holt, and settled in Andover. He married Nancy Giles, born in Billerica, Massachusetts. Children: i. Benjamin, born June 30, 1843. 2. Emma. 1845. 3. William. 1847. 4. Frank, 1849, died in the service in 1863, a soldier in the Fourth New Hampshire artillery. 5. Herbert E., 185 1. 6. Delia, 1852. 7. Alfred A., June 20, 1854 (twin), mentioned below. 8. Adeline (twin). June 20, 1854. 9. Sarah, 18^6. 10. Kendall, 1858.

(A'l) Alfred A. Jenkins, son of Albert H. Jenkins (5), was born in Andover, June 20, 1854. He was educated in the public schools, and followed farming in Bradford until thirtyfive years of age. He has since that time been engaged in the real estate and express business, conducting his operations in Haverhill and Bradford, and making his home at 66 Central street, Bradford. He and his family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church of Bradford. In politics he is a Republican. He is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Saggahew Lodge, Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Haverhill Comm'andery. Knights Templar ; and of the Masonic bodies to the thirty-second degree. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of Mutual Relief Lodge of Odd Fellows.

He married, July 31, 1877, Hattie F. Atwood, born in Bradford, in October, 1854, daughter of Augustus and Dolly (Boynton) Atwood of Bradford. She died January 21, 1908. Their only child, Guy G.., born December 30. 1879, married June i, 1904, Lillian M. Harmon, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Harmon, of Epping, New Hampshire. Children of Guy G. and Lillian M. (Harmon) Jenkins: i. Minona May, born May 12, T905. 2. Ruth ^liriam, September 12, 1906.

Thomas West, immigrant ancestor, WEST was born in England about 1600 and came to Massachusetts Bay colony in the ship "Mary and John," sailing March 24, 1633-34. He settled at Salem where he had a grant of land in 1640. His descendants are numerous in Beverly, Massachusetts. He is the progenitor of the Chester, New Hampshire family. His sons Henry and Thomas and Henry's wife Elizabeth were admitted to the Salem church, January 4, 1665- 66. Children: i. Henry, deposed ]May 31, 1686, aged about fifty-seven; married Elizabeth Merriam. of Concord, Massachusetts. 2. Thomas, Jr., mentioned below. Perhaps others.

(IL) Thomas West, son of Thomas West (T), born in England in i^>3i, died at Bradford, Massachusetts, intestate, December 23, 1 720, aged eighty-nine years. He was admitted to the .Salem church. January 4, 1665-66. and later dismissed to the church at Haverhill, December 3, 1677. soon after he settled in tlv adjoining town of P>radford. He married first, at Salem, Phebe Waters, daughter of Richard Waters. She was born in 1640, died A])ril 16. 1674, before her father. Mr. West married, second. Mary . who died at Bradford. May 12, 1731, aged eighty-five years. Children: i. Samuel. 2. Joseph. 3. lUniamin, baptized with the two older children, ]\Iarch 25, 1665-6. 4. John, baptized February 10. 1666-67, also at Salem, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, had a posthumous son baptized June 21, 1691-92. Children born at r>radford: 6. Phebe, born September 30, 1679, married, December 30, 1718, Zechariah Eastman. 7. Ebenezer, born November 24, 1 68 1, died April i, 1683. 8. Deliverance, born February 26, 1684. 9. Sarah, born Anarch 10, 1686-87. lO- William, born September 16, 1689. died May 8, 1712.

(Ill) John West, fon of Thomas West (2), was baptized in Salem, February 10, 1666-67. He married. ]\Iarch 25, 1696. ^'ary Webster, at Salem. He was a farmer at Bradford. His will dated April 12, 1739, bequeaths to sons John, Isaac. Thomas, daughters Mary Heath, Sarah \\'est, Rebecca Gray and Bethia Poor. Children, born in Bradford: i. Mary, born

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Bradford: i, son, born January 23, 1740. 2. John, born June 23, 1742, mentioned below. 3. Deborah, born March 17, 1743, married, October 13, 1768, Abijah Gage. 4. Abigail, born January 22, 1745, married. September 10. 1767. Samuel Buswell. 5. Molly, baptized March 29. 1748. 6. Phebe, born Xovember 16, 1752. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Daniel. 9. Elsey. The last three were mentioned as minor children in the administration of the estate in 1758.

(V) John West, son of Isaac West (4), born in Bradford, June 23. 1742, died there in 1 78 1. He was a potter by trade. His widow Elizabeth administered the estate in 1781. Children, born in Bradford: i. Thomas, October 4, 1767. 2. John, February 28, 1770.

(\'I) Richard W^est. son or nephew of John West (5). born about 1775. at Haverhill or Bradford, died at Haverhill in 1817, leaving a family of young children and widow Mary. He married Mary Hazeltine. She was granted the personal estate in 181 7 on her petition. Children, born at Haverhill: i. Harriet. x\pril 15. 1798. 2. Richard Hazen, September. 1799. 3. George, March 10. 1802.

(VH) Richard, H. West, son of Richard West (6), was born in Haverhill. September, 1799. He settled in Bradford, and married Louisa Runnells. daughter of Thomas and Lucy Ann (Lapham) Runnells. of Bradford. Children, born at Bradford: i. Orestes, January 9, 1825. mentioned below. 2. Elbridge, December 26, 1827. 3. Ellen. October 4,

(\'III) Orestes West, son of Richard H. West (7), was born in Bradford, January 9, 1825. He was educated in the public schools. When a young man he engaged in the shoe jobbing business in Xew York city and pursued that calling with uninterrupted success for a period of thirty years. After the civil war he returned to Bradford and followed farming, dealing also in lumber and real estate, building many houses in Bradford. In politics Mr. West is a Repubhcan, and has served the town of Bradford as assessor four years. He and his family belong to the Bradford Congregational church, of which he has been deacon for many years. He is a prominent and useful citizen, enjoying the utmost respect and esteem of his townsmen. His home is at 5 Kimball street. Bradford.

He married. April 19, 1850. Mary A. Hyatt, daughter of Louis Hyatt, of Wilton, Connecticut. Children,, born in Xew York City: i. George H., born February 26. 1850, is engaged in the shoe business as traveling salesman; married, first. Eleanora Punchard. who died October 13. 1901 ; married, second, Catherine Herron. Children : Charles O., married Emma Carpenter, of X^ewburg, X^ew York, June 2^. 1897 ; two children : Kenneth and Dorotliy. Elizabeth, married Wilber Parker, Ida ].. married Harry P. Readman, October 22. 1903. George H.. Lewis P.. Katherine, Christine M. 2. Mary Louise, born September 12, 1852, married Wallace L. Kimball, of Bradford, who is engaged in the jewelry business in Haverhill. 3. Ida, born 1856, died in infancy. Mrs. Mary A. West died January 24, 1908, aged eighty-three years.

first in Hingham, Massachusetts, and was one of the signers of a petition to the general court, X'ovember 4, 1646. He removed to Haverhill about 1652. He died November 2T,, 1687. Administration on his estate was granted to his grandson, Thomas Page. March 12, 1721-22, and the estate was finally divided in X^ovember, 1723. His widow died February 15, 1696-97. He married Mary Marsh, daughter of George Marsh. Children:

(II) Cornelius Page, son of John Page (i), born 1649, baptized July 15, 1649; married, November 13, 1674, Martha Clough, who died May II, 1683, at Haverhill. He married (second), January 16, 1684, Mary !*klarsh, daughter of Onesiphorus Marsh, and granddaughter of George I\Iarsh. She died November 24,

(Til) Joseph Page, son of Cornelius Page (2), was born in Haverhill, September 12, 1689. He married Mary Thompson, daughter of Tohn Thompson. He resided in that part of Haverhill set off as Plaistow. New Hampshire. His brother John's sons Edmund, Joshua and Caleb were also living there. He, his brother Thomas and nephew Nathaniel were grantees of Concord. New Hampshire, in 1725. His son Joseph is mentioned below.

(I\') Joseph Page, son of Joseph Page (3), was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, or in the adjoining town of Plaistow or Atkinson about 1725. He was called of Atkinson, New Hampshire, January 20, 1768, when he bought James Merrill's place in Haverhill. He was of Haverhill in 1770 when he sold to John Emerson lands in Haverhill. He was a farmer. He also sold land in Haverhill to Timothy Eaton, January 15, 1771. His son Joseph is mentioned below.

(V) Joseph Page, son of Joseph Page (4), was born in Haverhill about 1760. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Haverhill in Captain James Sawyer's company. He married Rhoda . He deeded to Dudley

Page his share in his mother's estate, Lot No. 10, Haverhill, May 18, 1816, and Dudley sold land set oft' to his mother as widow's dower, adjoining lot 10, to \\'illiam Kimball. Joseph Page, of Haverhill, May 27, 181 5, sold to ]\Ioses Wingate, of Haverhill, land in that town. Chikl. Joseph, mentioned below.

( \'\) Joseph Page, son of Joseph Page (5), born May 21. 1798, died January 9, 1832. He married, December 31, 1820. Sarah Trask. who died September 8, 1876. He settled in Xewburyj)ort, Massachusetts. Child, Joseph, Jr., mentioned below.

(\TT) Joseph Page, son of Joseph Page, born in Xewbury, Massachusetts. November I. 1822. died May 8, 1896. He married. May 6, 1847, Mary F. Goodridge. who died July 26. 1894. He lived at Andover. Massachusetts, a short time, then removed to Bradford where he died. He was a fine mechanic, carjKMiter by trade. Children: i. William Henry, born August i. 1848. mentioned below. 2. Frank Joseph, born October 11, 1850, died September 9. 1871. 3. Mary Elizabeth, born February 9. 1853.

(\'IH) William Henry Page, son of Joseph Page (7). was born in Andover. Massacliusetts. August i. 1848. He was educated in Bradford, Massachusetts, and at sixteen years of age began looking after himself, engaging at the jewelry business in a store in Haverhill for eight years. He then worked for two years at carpentering with his father, and in 1876. engaged in the insurance business and has ha'l a very extensive patronage. His office is in the Masonic block, Haverhill. He is one of the most useful and best known citizens of Haverhill. He is president of the Haverhill board of fire underwriters ; member of the park commission of that city. In politics he is a Republican, and possesses a large influence in his party. He is a member of Mispah Lodge of Odd Fellows and of Alerrimack Lodge of Free Masons. He is a director, secretary and treasurer of the Haverhill Co-operative Bank. He attends the Congregational church, Haverhill. Air. Page occupies a prominent position not only in business but in social life, and has the esteem and confidence of many friends.

He married, first, August 6, 1872, Elvira H. Russell, born at Andover, Massachusetts, September 21, 1847, clied January 11, 1906, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Holt) Russell. He married, second, June 8, 1907, Emma Pearson, born at Sandown, New Hampshire, December 7, 1867, daughter of Edmund and Susan Pearson, of North Hampton, New Hampshire. Children of his first wife: i. Frank Russell, born May 15, 1873. principal of Staten Island Academy, New Brighton, New York ; married Grace L. Lougee, May, 1904. 2. Frederick William, born September 21, 1874. died August 20, 1887. 3- James Goodridge, born August 2, 1881, assistant of his father ; married Beatrice E. Cook, September 5, 1905. Both sons are graduates of Harvard College.