Cambridge City (part 2 of 15)

The days of peaceful prosperity came to an end under the oppressive rule of the tyrant Governor Sir Edmund Andros, and early in 1688 a petition asking redress was sent to James II, signed by John Gibson and George Willow representing their neighborhood and giving their respective ages "about 87 and 86 yrs." Despite the forcible statement that "our title is now questioned to our lands, by us quietly possessed for near sixty years, and without which we cannot subsist" - the touching plea that " we are a poor people and have no way to procure money to defend our cause in the law, nor know we of friends at Court, and therefore unto your royal Majesty, as the public Father of all your subjects, do we make this our humble address for relief" - the pathetic closing words, "If we perish we perish" - despite these appeals for redress none came from the king, due perhaps to his abdication, and John Gibson died a poor man.

j\Ir. Stearns was made freeman " 6"" 3'' m 1646 " [May 6, 1646] and Mar. 15, 1647/8 owned in Watertown "a house and 8 acre lot, 6 acres upland and other lots ; ' ' after the death of his wife he moved to Lynn (Mass.) named by order of General court in 1637, " Saugust is called Lin."

Children

Mrs. Stearns prior to Jan. 1659 ^^'^^ ^ member in *' f. c." of the Watertown First church organized June 12, 1630 ; at one time she partially lost her mind believing herself bewitched by Mary Holman, a delusion which led to the defamation suit " Holman versus Gibson" on Middlesex county court files of 1660. CHILDREN :

Mr. Stearns was a soldier in King Philip's war and his martial spirit descended to three gr. sons named Stearns - Ens. Isaac at Crown Point in 1755 ; Charles at the taking of Burgoyne in

Ill ^John Stearns of Lexington, Mass. ("the Farms" or Cambridge Farms till set off Mar. 20, 1713)!). Cambridge, Jan. 24, 1656/7 ; d. Feb. 22, 1722 ; m. first, Judith Lawrence, dan. of George and Elizabeth (Crisp) Lawrence of Watertown ; thirteen children b. in Lexington and bap. in Watertown ; among several descendants who were revolutionary soldiers - Benjamin Stearns, private in

1778 and gr. father of the distinguished Boston preacher and scholar Rev. Theodore Parker b. Lexington, Aug. 24, 1810, d. Florence, It., May 10, i860, bur. in the Protestant cemetery outside the Pinti gate. Rev. Mr. Parker was gr. son of a revolutionary .soldier not only on the maternal or Stearns-Gib.son side (Rev. Theodore""; Han- nail"'; Benjamin"; Benjamin '"; John'"; Rebecca"; John') bnt also on the paternal side was gr. son of Capt. John Parker, the venerable minute-man commander at battle of Lexington Ap. 19, 1775. Ill Isaac Stearns of Salem, Mass. b. Watertown ;

King's service " before 1695 ; unm. Ill ^Rebecca Stearns b. Watertown ; d. Sept. 23, 1746 aged 85 years ; m. Jan. 25, 1693, Thomas Traine of Watertown, son of John and Margaret Traine, pioneers in Watertown in 1635 ; four children. Ill ® Martha Stearns b. Watertown ; m. - Hutchinson. II =^ Mary Gibson. 2

II ^Martha Gibson b. Cambridge, "29. 2. 1639" [Ap. 29, 1639]; " baptized in this [First] church;" m. Nov. 3, 1657, Jacob Newell of Roxbury, Mass. (b. on shipboard 1634, bur. Roxbury, Dec. 30, 1678), son of Abraham and Frances Newell of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, Eng., pioneers in Roxbury in 1634, four years after its incorporation Sept. 28, 1630.

Ill ^Samuel Newell of Roxbury, a soldier in Sir William Phipps' expedition against Quebec in 1690, bap. Roxbury, Aug. 4. 1667 ; m. 1697, IMary - ; five children.

John Gibson

Mr. Gibson was a glover by occupation, and presumably a tanner as in 1679 the town staked out to him 2 rods "in the Corner next to his pit for his trade;" by thrift and perseverance he amassed a comfortable competency, owning considerable property both sides Charles river. He was of a convivial turn of mind evident from the following court entry: "Cambridge Octob. I. 1672. Sam' Gibson being convicted of enterteyneing some of the stud" [Harvard] contrary to Law is sentenced to be admonished and to pay a fine of forty shillings in money and he stands comitted untill it be p*^ ; " also evident from the " Records of the Acts of the hon*"'* Overseers of Harvard Colledge Camb''" 21:3: 1678" which read : " Samuel Gibson was called before the Overseers & solemnly cautioned of entertaining any of the students in his houfe frequenting the Colledge or otherwife drawing them into his Company;" and of same date "Js sentenced to pay a fine of forty shillings & costs." But, regardless of several admonitions and forty-shilling fines, this love for " company of scholars " did not abate and was even transmitted to more than one of his numerous descendants !

He was a soldier in King Philip's war - private, on list of Capt. Joseph Sill's co. of foot Jan. 25, 1675/6, starting on order of Council, Nov. 2, 1675, reconnoitering near Marlboro, Sudbury and Groton and not reaching the Narragansett country, west side the Pawtucket, till after the deathblow to the war, the Swam}) fight of Dec. 10, 1675 ; private, on list of Capt. John Cutler's CO. of foot July, 2.], 1676.

III ^ Sarah Gibson b. Cambridge, Mar. 30, 1670 ; d. July I, 1754 ; m. Ap. 9, 1691, her step-brother John Stedman, ' ' a wealthy tailor, storekeeper and innholder of Cambridge " (b. Aug. 22, 1668, d. Mar. 1728), son of John and Elizabeth (Remington) Stedman, and gr. son of Robert and Ann Stedman, the English pioneers in Cambridge in 1638.

Mrs. Stedman received from her husband Aug. 2, 1693, a "marriage dower," and by her father's will " 2 acre Lott of Marsh in Cambridge Neck [Cambridgeportand East Cambridge] and 20 acre lott in Newton." Eight children b. in Cambridge : 'John Stedman, graduate Harvard coll. 1712, b. 1692; d. 1719. ^Elizabeth Stedman bap. Aug. I, 1697 ; m. 1715, Dr. Lawrence Dolhond. 3 Samuel Stedman bap. 1699; d, young. ^ Sarah Stedman b. 1701. 'Jonathan Stedman of Chelmsford, Mass., graduate Harvard coll. 1726, b. 1703 ; d. after 1756. "Dr. Benjamin Stedman of Braintree, Mass. b. 1706. '' Capt. Ebenezer Stedman of Cambridge, innkeeper and selectman, bap. 1709 ; d. 1785 ; m. twice ; among thirteen children three Harvard graduates of the respective classes 1765, 1765 and 1784, certainly loved the "company of scholars" - Dr. John; Ebenezer, selectman, treasurer and postmaster of Cambridge ; Hon. William of Worcester, Mass., an eminent lawyer and from 1803-1810 M. C. from Massachusetts. ^ Mary Stedman bap. 1712 ; m. 1730, John Henshaw.

HI -Martha Gibson b. Cambridge, Dec. 12, 1671 ; m. - Rolfe, probably son of the Mary Rolfe of Cambridge who appears in The Regestcre Booke under date "27 (12) 1681 " [Feb. 27, 1682] - "granted to widdow Rolfe to make A dam about the old mill pond," and whose six sons, John jr. excepted, removed to New Jersey.

Mrs. Rolfe was amply remembered by her father's bequest " To my beloved daugh'" Martha Rolph fifty pounds in twelve"""'' aft"" my dec'* only She is to have my Young Bay Mare at Six pounds in part of y^ said fifty pounds."

Ill ^Elizabeth Gibson b. Cambridge; the residuary legatee of her father's estate, and joining her mother in the sale of 3 acres of " meadow land " for p^i3 IDS. to John Hill, May 4, 1711, the deed recorded " Charlestown Jan^ 26 1711/ 12." Miss Gibson was probably the Elizabeth Gibson who m. Oct. 4, 1 71 1, Joseph Phillips of Charlestown, Mass., son of Capt. Eleazar Phillips of Charlestown, and gr. son of Henry Phillips of Dedham, Mass. ; the baptism of three children found on Charlestown church records.

"- Thomas Ruggles of Sudbury, third son of Nicholas, m. ; children: ' Thomas of Roxbury in 1637 ; among several prominent descendants - Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D.D., historian of Cambridge and Hardwick ; Henry S. Ruggles, author I'he Ruggles Family in Efigland and America. ''John.

^^ John Ruggles of Nasing and Roxbury, second son of Thomas, b. Sudbury, 1591 ; d. Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1663; m. first, Harbara - (d. 1636 aged 31 years). He came over in the Hope- U'ell in 1635 and at one time was representative from Roxlaury. Children : ^ Dorcas. ''John.

And His Descendants

Mr, Ruggles accompanied his parents from England and during' his long residence in Roxbury held many important offices - selectman, trustee of the free school, etc.

III John Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass., second child of John and Mary 2 (Gibson) Ruggles, b. Roxbury, Oct. 16, 1657 ; d. Roxbury, Dec. 28, 1711 ; m. first, May I, 1679, Hannah Devotion (d. Dec. 17, 1700), dan. of the (French ?) pioneer Edward Devotion, " perambulator, constable and tithingman " of Brook - line, Mass. (Muddy River, and a part of Boston till set off as Brookline Nov. 13, 1705.)

IV Elizabeth liiiggles, eighth child of John .7 and Hannah (Devotion) Ruggles, b. Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 21, 1700 ; d. Petersham, Mass. (Nichewoag till Ap. 20, 1754), Aug. 1767 ; m. as first wife, Oct. 10, 1728, Dea. Daniel Spooner of Dartmouth, Mass. (b. Acushnet, Mass., 1694, d. Petersham, 1797 "set 103"), son of Samuel and Experience (Wing) Spooner, and gr. son of William Spooner of Colchester, co. Essex, Eng. , pioneer in Plymouth, Mass. in 1637, removing in 1660 to Dartmouth Purchase (now Dartmouth, Acushnet, New Bedford and Fair Haven), and the ancestor of Thomas Spooner, author Records of William Spoonc}- of Plymouth^ Mass.^ and His Descendants,

Dea. Spooner moved from place to place - in 1732 living in Newport, R. I., in 1748 in Hardwick, Mass. (Lambstown till Jan. 10, 1739) and in Petersham prior to Ap. 2, 1749, on which date he and wife Elizabeth were admitted to First church.

Children : V ' Lucy Spooner b. (probably Dartmouth or Newport) Aug. 29, 1729 ; d. Ap. 2, 1821 ; m. at Rochester, Mass., Jan. 29, 1747, Ens. Edward Ruggles of Hardwick, that part of the town which became New Braintree Aug. 23, 1775 (b. Rochester, Aug. 30, 1723, d. 1778), son of Rev. Timothy Ruggles of Rochester (Ens. Edward"'";

And His Descendants. , 1

Rev. Timothy"'; Samuel"; Samuel^'; Thomas'^' of Nasing, co. Essex, Eng. and Roxbury ; Thomas "* of Sudbury, co. Suffolk, Eng.; Nicholas" of Sudbury; Thomas' of Sudbury, see note under 2).

Capt. Ruggles was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Simon Hazeltine's co., marched from Hardwick on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 10 days ; sergt. , Capt. Newell's co. , Col. Jacob Gerrish's reg. Nov. 3 to 18, 1778, detached from Gen. Warner's brigade to march troops of Convention from Rutland to Enfield. He was commissioned ist lieutenant Mass. militia (4th Worcester county reg.) July i, 1781 and captain Jan. 17, 1784, and during the Shay rebellion in 1787 took an active part.

to Nov. lo, 1779, statioiie'l at Castle and Governor's islands, Boston harbor. He was commissioned lieutenant Mass. militia Sept. i, 1789 and justice of the peace in 181 1. Among descendants - Col. Daniel Ruggles, U. S. army, graduate U. S. mil. acad. (West Point) 1836, and brigadier-general Confederate army in the civil war.

V ^Elizabeth Spooner b. (probably Newport) Jan. 14, 1731; d. Nov. 24, 1756; m. as first wife, IVIay 18, 1749, Lt. Daniel Fay of Hardwnck (b. Hardwick, 1728, d. 1815), son of James an*d Lydia (Child) Fay (Lt. Daniel"'; James'" of Hardwick; John" of Marlboro, Mass., the part which became Westboro in 1717; John' in Marlboro about 1669).

Lt. Fay served in the Fr. and Ind. war - private, on Capt. Robinson's descriptive roll Mar. 13 to Dec. i, 1758. He was lieuteuant Mass. militia in 1771 and 2d lieutenant (alarm list), Capt. Joseph Allen'.s co. organized Feb. 1775.

Mr. Fay was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Samuel Dexter's co., Col. Ebenezer Learned's reg., the returns dated " Roxbury camp, Jany 1776;" corp., Capt. Edmund Hodge's co.. Col. Job Cushing's reg. (6th Worcester countv) July 27 to Aug. 29, 1777, "at Northward; " private, Capt. John Crawford's co.. Col. Job Cushing's reg. Sept. 19 to Nov. 29, 1777.

Mr. vSpooner was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Wing Spooner's co.. Col. Nathan Sparhawk's reg. Aug. 21 to 30, 1777, marched from Petersham to Bennington to reinforce Gen. Stark.

Mr. Spooner was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Wheeler's co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle's reg. (24th Mass.), marched from Petersliam on Lexington alarm, served \2\ days; private, Capt. Joseph Elliot's CO., Col. William Thomas' reg. Aug. 12 to Dec. I, 1781, Rhode Island service.

Capt. Spooner was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Wheeler's co.. Col. Ephraim Doolittle's reg., marched from Petersham on Lexington alarm, served 2\\ days; capt., nth co.. Col. Nathan Sparhawk's reg. Aug. 21 to 30, 1777, marched to Bennington; capt.. Col. Job Cushing's reg. Aug. 31 to Nov. 29, 1777, "Northern Dpt."

Mr. Spooner was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Wheeler's co.. Col. Ephraim Doolittle's reg., marched from Petersham on Lexington alarm, served 12 J days.

Hon. Mr. Spooner was jndge Vermont Snpreme conrt, and lieutenant-governor of the Territory not admitted to the Union till 1791, two years after his death.

V Philip Spooner of Petersham, Mass., third child of Dea. Daniel and Elizabeth 4 (Ruggles) Spooner, b. (probably Newport, R. I.) Dec. 13, 1733; d. Sept. 30, 1826; m. first, Dec. 26, 1756, Elizabeth Winslow (b. May 4, 1737, d. Ap. 8, 1792), dan. of Kenelm and Elizabeth (Clapp) Winslow of Hardwick, Mass. (Elizabeth"; Kenelm"'; Dea. Samuel'" of Petersham; Kenelm" of Hardwick; Kenelm' of Droi twitch, Worcestershire, Eng., pioneer in Plymouth, Mass. in 1633.) Children :

Mr. Spooner was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Wing Spooner's co.. Col. Job Cushing's reg. (6th Worcester county) Sept. 5 to Nov. 29, 1777, "at Northward."

VI Betsey Spooner, first child of Philip 5 and Elizabeth (Winslow) Spooner, b. Petersham, Mass., Sept. 17, 1757; d. Ap. 10, 1831; m. 1775, Lt. Luther Holland of Petersham (b, Shrewsbury, Mass., June 7, 1750, d. Jan. 5, 182 1 ), son of James and Batlisheba (Ivory) Holland of Shrewsbury and Petersham (Lt. Luther''; James John'" of Marlboro, Mass.; Nathaniel" of Watertown, Mass.; John' of Boston, Mass., freeman in 1636).

Lt. Holland was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Willard's co.. Col. Ephraim Doolittle's reg. (24th Mass.), marched from Petersham on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 8| days; 2d It., Capt. Wing Spooner' s co.. Col. Job Cushing's reg. (6tli Worcester county) Aug. 31 to Dec. 9, 1777, " Northern Dpt."

VII Luther ISolliiiid of Belchertown, Mass. , farmer and manufacturer, first child of Lt. Luther and Betsey 6* (Spooner) Holland, b. Petersham, Mass. Dec. 16, 1776; d. Springville, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1851 ; m. first, Aug. 14, 1802, Clarissa Ashley (b. Sunderland, Mass., Nov. 8, 1777, d. Oct. 21, 1817); m. second, Oct. 20, 1818, Mercy Smith (b. Belchertown, July 10, 1780, d. May 13, 1873), dau. of Joseph and Mary (Clark) Smith. Children : VIII * Nelson Holland of Belchertown b. Belchertown, Jan. 23,

26, 1808. VIII * Luther Holland of Belchertown, selectman and representative, b. Belchertown, Sept. 18, 1810 ; d. 1862 ; m. Dorothy W. Stebbins ; eight children.

VIII niary Clark Holland b. Belchertown, May i, 1821 ; in. Nov. 4, 1840, John Rnssell Shuinway of Belchertown (d. Sept. 5, 1871); eleven children.

IX 'Susan Mercy Vining b. Buffalo, June 16, 1849 5 "^- first, at Chicago, Sept. 15, 1868, David S. Eldredge of Galesburg, 111. ; m. second, Oct. 19, 1892, Thomas Baldwin Griggs of Brookline, Mass., son of Dea. Thomas Griggs of Brookline whose family for several generations were owners of the well-known Griggs farm on Corey hill ; no children. IX 'George Holland Vining b. Buffalo, 1854 ; d. young.

John ' II Jolm Oibsoii, jr., of Cambridge, Mass., fourth child of John 1 and Rebecca Gibson, b. Cambridge, about 1641 ; " baptized in this [First] church ; " d. Cambridge, Oct. 15, 1679; m. "9. 10. 1668" [Dec. 9, 1668], Rebecca Errington (b. Cambridge, bap. First

^ Ann Erfingtoii of Cambridge, widow, perhaps the "Abigaile Arriugton " who iu 1645 had granted her 3^ acres "right side Menotomye river," b. New-Castle-on-Tyue, Eng. ; d. Cambridge, Dec. II, 1653 aged 77 years; children: '^Abraham. ^ Rebecca m. - Watson.

^^Abi-ahant Errington of Cambridge, blacksmith, only son of widow Ann, b. New-Castle-on-Tyne ; d. Cambridge, May 9, 1677 aged 55 years ; m. Rebecca Cutler (b. England, in " f. c." with Cambridge church prior to Jan. 1659, d. Cambridge, 1697), dau. of Dea. Robert and Rebecca Cutler of Charlestown, Mass. Mr. Errington is first entered in The Regestere Booke under date " 23'^ 12"^ mo. 1648 " [Feb. 23, 1648], at a meeting of the West-field proprietors to decide about fencing : "Abra Erringtone the gate and fence to y^ corner ; " in 1652 he was voted by the church, lot no. 96 of 70 acres in Shawshine ; in 1662 granted by the town, " foure acres " in the sixth Division of lands laid out on the south side Charles river, and again, Mar. 27, 1665, " Thirty acc''^ & Three cow Comons." He lived on the east side Brighton street, and was probably prosperous as his name appears (the seventeenth) on the address of "good content and sattisfactiou " dated Oct. 17, 1664 and sent to the General court ; before his death he became impoverished, and his widow as administratrix, petitioned May 11, 16S1 "to sell land." In 1683 his heirs were allotted "Twenty acce" Three comons" in the fifth Squadron in "the Diuishon of lotts beyond the 8 Mile Line betwixt that and Concord line ; " also, iu 16S9 widow Errington had laid out to her on Cambridge rocks (the Common) lot no. 48 of 12 acres in the first Division and lot no. 34 of 12 acres in the second Division. Children b. in Cambridge : ^ Rebecca, viUit of John Gibson, jr. b. Nov. 11, 1652 ; d. young. ^Abraham b. Nov i, 1654; d. j'oiuig. * Hannah bap. First church; ni. Daniel Parker. ^ Sarah bap. First church. "Marj' bap. Jan. 13, 1660. 'Abraham bap. Nov. 8, 1663, and at his decease in 1689 the church sent £6 to his widowed mother as "her family were under the afflicting hand of God, her son taken away by death, aiid her daughter and a grand daughter." ** Jacob b. and d. 1668.

^ Dea. Robert Cutler oi Charlestown b. England; d. Mar. 7, 1664/5; "1- Rebecca - (d. 1677). He was in Charlestown in 1637, eight years after its incorporation June 24, 1629, made freeman May 2, 163S and deacon in 1659. Children : ^ Dea. Jolin of Charlestown, captain iu King Philip's war, d. 1694 ; amoug gr. sons - the emiuent divine Timothy Cutler, D. D., graduate Harvard coll. 1701, president Yale coll. 1719-1722, rector Christ church, Boston (the familiar " Old North " in Paul Revere' s Ride), d. 1765, "one of the finest scholars of his age in the colonies." "^Rebecca, wife of Abraham Errington. ^Hannah. * Nathaniel bap. 1640.

Mr. Gibson always resided in his native town and doubtless on the homestead in the West-end, his father deeding him Nov. 30, 1668, "3 acres and \ my house Cambridge;" there is no record that he ever owned any other real estate.

Although a minor at the time of the suit " Holman versus Gibson" in 1660 he was one of the defendants and, boy like, must have been very vehement against the supposed witch, widow Winifred's daughter, as he was sentenced either to openly acknowledge in court that "he hath wronged and scandalously slandered Marye Holman, by speeches irregularly, rashly and sudden spoken," or refusing to do this, to pay the plaintiff five pounds ; of the two alternatives he wisely chose the former.

He was a soldier in King Philip's war - private, on list of Capt. Thomas Prentice's troopers Aug. 27, 1675, i^i ^li^ f^i'st or Mt. Hope expedition, the company leaving Boston the preceding June 24, fighting at Swansey June 28, skirmishing in July on ]\It. Hope neck near Mt. Hope or Pokanoket (Bristol, R. I.), the home of King Philip ; private, on list of L-t. Edward Oakes' troopers Mar. 24, 1675/6, scouting near Marlboro ; private, on pay list of Capt. Daniel Henchman's CO. of foot Sept. 23, 1676, impressed the preceding Ap. 27, starting May 27 and reaching Hadley June 14 ; possibly the John Gibson on list of Capt. Joshua Scottow's men at Black Point near Saco, Me., Sept. 1677, the garrison being captured the following month by Mogg Megone, the celebrated Indian chief.

daily routine of lal3or ; liis name appears on Colonial records as "John Gipson " under marginal entry: " II Octob 1670 ffree men to be admitted," an entry showing- that he was then a church member ; his name also appears from time to time on town records as holder of some small office, the last and most important, the appoiutment in 1678 " to view fences in Westfield." At his death of small pox when only thirtyeight years of age, he left little property, and in the First church cash book is recorded Nov. 2, 1679, tlie contribution of ^6 19 s. 4 d. to his family, "they being in a low condition, they being visited by the small pox and under many wants." "An Inventory of the eftate of John Gibson Jun''of Cambridge deceafed OctoV 15: 1679," taken "Mar. 25 : 1679: 80" showed £^^'] i6s. including house and 3 acres, £16 ; his widow was appointed administratrix by order of court : " Cambridge Aprill 6"' 1680 Admstraccon is granted unto Rebecca Gibson on y* eftate whereof her husband dyed seized an inventor}' wdiereof she p'sented in Court on her oath ; " also the following June the court further decided : " Charlestown 15. 4. 1680 The Selectmen of Cambridge are ordered to dispose of y" children of Jn° Gibson & of such a p* of his estate as shall be neces- .sary for y' putting them forth to service," etc. In the proprietors' records of 1683, under division of lots "beyond the 8 Mile Line," is given this allotment in the ninth Squadron: "John Gibfons heirs Twenty acce'"" Three coihons." Children :

Mr Knight by his will dated Jan. 16, 1732/^3 and proved Ap. 5, 1733, appointed " my loving brother Timothy Gibson of Stow, executor, and my beloved wife, executrix."

Ill ^ Mary Gibson b. Cambridge; m. at Concord by Justice Minot, Oct. 17, 1700, Nathaniel Gates of Stow, Mass. (b. perhaps Cambridge, d. 1731 aged about 56 years), son of Stephen and Sarah (Woodward) Gates, see note under ,9.

Mr. Gates died intestate, the inventory of his estate dated Dec. 15, 1731 ; in the settlement in 1732 the children named were " Stephen; Mary; Martha [Gates] Shaw; Rebecca; Sarah; Nathaniel," a minor for whom Deliverance Wheeler gave bonds as guardian Feb. 7, 1731/2.

III Timothy Gibson (Dea.) of Sudbury and Stow, Mass., fourth child of John 8 and Rebecca (Errington) Gibson, jr., b. Cambridge, Mass., about 1679; d. Stow, July 14, 1757, his gravestone in the Lower village cemetery, easterly part of Stow, inscribed: "Here lies Buried - The Body of - Dea" Timothy - Gibson Who Died - July y'' 14 - A. D. 1757. In y^ 79 year of - His Age;" m. first, at Concord, Mass. by Justice Minot, 'Nov. 17, 1700, Rebecca Gates of Stow (b. Marlboro, Mass., July 23, 1682, d. Stow, Jan. 21, 1754 "in y* 73 year of Her age," bur. at the right of her husband), dan. of Stephen and Sarah (Woodward) Gates; m. second (pub. Nov. 30, 1755), Mrs. Submit Taylor of Sudbury (d. Stow, Jan, 29, 1759 "in y" 75 year of Her Age," bur. at the left of her husband).

^Stephen Gates 'of Cambridge," so styling himself, son of Thomas of Hingham, co. Norfolk, Eng., b. England; d. Cambridge, "29. 7. 1662" [Sept. 29, 1662]; m. Ann - (b. England, 1603, d. Stow, Feb. 5, 16S3, then widow of Richard Woodward). Mr. Gates came over in the Diligent iu 1638 with his wife and two children, and located in Hingham, Mass. (Barecove until Sept. 2, 1635 when the General court ruled that "the name of Barecove is changed and hereafter to be called Hingham"). In 1653 ^^^ removed to CamVmdge but the next year wasiu Lancaster, Mass. (Nashwash or Nashawa}^ before its incorporation May iS, 1653), signed the covenant Ap. 3, 1654, "made ffree " May 14, 1656, chosen constable iu 1657, and was the third largest taxpayer on the roll ; he resided on a farm of several hundred acres in the southeast of the town which after various changes of name became Berlin in 1812 ; his sta}' in Lancaster was short and he returned to Cambridge. Children (arranged perhaps not in sequence as each Gates' compiler " gangs his ain gate " with the chronological order of a family whom Lancaster historians describe as "dreadfully tropical in blood"): 'Elizabeth b. England; m. at Hingham, 1647, John Lasell. ' Mary b. England; m. Ap. 5, 165S, "the wealthy John Maynard of Sudbury." '''Stephen. ^ Simon of Cambridge, Lancaster and Muddy River bap. Hingham, May 3, 1646. ^Thomas of Marlboro, Sudbury and Stow bap. Hingham, May 3, 1646. "Isaac bap. Hingham, May 3, 1646 ; d. Sept 3, 165 1. '' Rebecca bap. Hingham, May 3, 1646; d. 1650.

'''^ Stephen Gates of Cambridge, Marlboro and Stow, most likely first son of Stephen, b. probably Hingham ; d. Stow, July 9, 1707 and by his will proved Sept. 15, 1707, left "my farm 300 acres to my six sons ; " m. about 1664, vSarah Woodward (.1). Watertown, Mass., Feb. 6, 1643), '1^"- '^f^ George and

Mary Woodward; cliildreu : ^Stephen of Stow. ^Simou of Stow b. Cambridge, 1666. * Thomas b. 1669. * Isaac of Stow. ^Nathauiel of Stow m. Mary Gibson, see 8. ^ Sarah b. 1679. ''Rebecca, wife of Dea. Timothy Gibson. ^Daniel b. (probably Stow) 1685.

"" Richard Woodward of Watertowu b. Ipswich, co. Suffolk, Eng., about 1589 ; d. Feb. 16, 1665 ; came over iu the Elizabeih in 1634 with wife Rose (d. Oct. 1662) and two sous ; m. second, Ap. 18, 1663, Mrs. Ann Gates, widow of Stephen Gates of Cambridge.

" George Woodward of Watertowu, iirst son of Richard, b. Ipswich, about 1620 ; d. May 31, 1676 ; m. first, Mary - ; among eight children - Sarah, wife of Stephen Gates.

Dea. Gibson was brought up by selectman Abiaham Holman of Cambridge, son of William and Winifred Holman, and after 1689 removed with him to Stow (incorporated May 16, 1683 and previously called both Pomciticut and Shabbukin, the Indian names of its two most notable hills) ; he continued a member of the Holman household till into 1703 when he moved to the northwest of Sudbury and settled north of Assabet river (Assabeth, Elisabeth, etc.) on a 60 acre farm "bounded westward by bounds of Stow, eastward by highway from Concord to Jewell's Mill, southwesterly by land Joseph Jewell, north by land John and Jonas Burk," and deeded him June 21, 1703 by Mr. Holman, joined by wife Sarah, " for divers good and weighty reasons moving me thereto but in special manner to shew my love unto and care of Timothy Gibson now living with me & hath done from a child." Mr. Holman a second time showed "love and good will" by deeding Nov. 29, 1708 to "Timothy Gibson, husbandman, Sudbury, 20 acres in Sudbury, north side of Assabeth river, meadow, the right of way to the 60 acres;" he again testified the "love and affection I bear unto Timothy Gibson of Sudbury, husbandman," by a last gift Ap. 23, 171 1, of 10 acres in Sudbury,

" soutli east of Assabetli river, bounded east by land Thomas Burk, south east upon the highway, south west upon my own 'land crossing the river to the 20 acres, and northerly by said 20 acres;" he also appointed Timothy Gibson executor of his will dated Sept. 1711, shortly before his death, and devising '' To wife Sarah, 40 acres, house and barn, in Stow, butteth on Elsabeth river ; all personal property, one half of which to be

Gibson, son of the executor," etc. On Mar. 27, 1712 widow Sarah signed an agreement giving her entire iuterest to Timothy Gibson on condition that he provided for her during life.

"To: his Excelency Josep: Diidlv Ksquir Caplu Gfiierall aud Governer in Cheeif lu and: over her majestis proveiice of y*^ Massachustts bay in New England with Her Majesties hounourable Councell and houfeof Reprefentitivesconvenied in Generall Assembly -

To he petition of vs: who are the Subscribs Living ou y'^ weft side of Sudljury great River Humbly: Sheweth: that whare as y*^ all wise and over Ruling provedeus of y* great god Lord of Heveu & Eearth who is god blefsed for ever moore hath Caft our lott to fall on that sid of the River whare By: Reason of the find of watars which for a very great part of the year doth very much Jnconimode us and often by Extremely of watar and tereble and violent winds and a great part of the winter by jcs as it is att this presant . so that wee are shutt up and cannot com forth and many times when wee doe ate^pt to gitt over our find wee are forced for to seeke our spirituall food with The perrill of our Lives Besides the extream Travill that many of vs are Expofed unto sum 3:4 5:6 miles nmch more than a Sabbath days Jurney by Reason of theaf and many more obstructions to many heare to jnmnnerat whareby many of our chil- dren and little ons anchiant an wek persons Can very Rarh' attend the public^ worfhip in the houfe of god The considered premizes we humbly pray your Exceleucy and y"" Honnorrable Couucel and house of Representitives to Confider vs & compationat vs in this our Ex- Iream Suifering Condition and if wee niayobtaj-ne so much favor in your Eyes as to Grant us: a prefin<5lor to appoynt a Commity to vsee and confider our Circomftances, and make Report thar of to: this honnorable Courte And your Pore petitioners shall ever pray Sudbury January : 15 ij"? "

For some reason this humble petition was not granted at the time and it was as late as 1723 before the West precin(5t church was built at Rocky Plains (Sudbury Center), up to which date the one church of Sudbnry since its incorporation Sept. 4, 1639 had stood on the other side the "great River" [the Sudbury], in that part of the town set off Ap. lo, 1780 as East Sudbury and name changed to Waylaiid in 1835. It is doubtful if Dea. Gibson was one of this new society as his name is not among those who Mar. 18, 1724, "entered into and renewed a holv church Covenant," and it niav be that he had already left the old church and gone back to the Stow church which he had attended while a member of Mr. Holman's family. Another public improvement, one of importance to Dea. Gibson, was the first bridging of the Assabet, the town voting Dec. 14, 1715, that ''there shall be a horse bridge built over Assabeth river, and that the selectmen do order that }' bridge be erected and built over assabelh river between y' land of Timothy Gibson and Thomas Burts [Burk's] land."

There is no record that Dea. Gibson ever pnrchased real estate in Sudbury ; that he owned property in Cambridge is seen from his deed of Dec. 24, 1713 conveying to Isaac Watson for £']^ " a small piece of land in Cambridge, part of the lot known as Arringtons lot, containing \ an acre, bounded N. E. by the highway to Watertown, S. W. by land Rev. Mr. Brattle, S. E. by Holme's land, N. W. by rest of lot - also half the house on it."

He was a large land-owner in Lunenburg, Mass., the southern of two townships laid out as " y* South Town " in the Turkey hills' district in 1720 and incorporated Aug. I, 1728 as Lunenburg. His name is not among the eighty original proprietors of 1721 and is first mentioned in The Early Records of the Tount of Lunenburg under entry : " Concord, June 25"" & 26 1723 Ephraim Sautle Desires Leave to Sell his Lott in y^ South Town to Timothy Gibfon for his son Timothy," house-lot no. 33 drawn by Mr. Sautle at the first drawing May 23, 1721 ; and in The Proprietors* Records of the Toivn of Ltinenbiirg it is entered that house-lot no. 33 of \\\ acres was "granted unto Timothy Gibson by the Greate and General Courts Committee " and surveyed for him Nov. 7, 1730. The latter book has also the following entries :

"Lunenburg April the ly'*" 1729 Laid out to Timothy Gibfon by the Committee appointed two pieces of third Divifiou Land [about 220 acres] the Rights ariefing from houfe Lott Number thirty three and feventy two. Lying near the Eaft fide of the pearl hill " [the hill west of the center of Lunenburg and in that part of the town set off Feb. 3, 1764 as Fitchburg].

" Lunenburg June the y'^ 17"' 1730. Survayed for Timothy Gibfon 1^ Division Number 34 the Contents of Which is 53 acres and a halfe " [upland].

'- Lunenburg Novem1:)er the 7* 1730 furvayed for Timothy Gibfon House Lott Number 3S the Contents of Which is forty four acres and a half." Same date: "Survayed for Timothy Gibfon House Lott Number 72 the Contents of Which is forty fix acres and a quarter" [drawn by Benjamin Prescott at the first drawing and granted to Timothy Gibson prior to Ap. 17, 1729].

" Lunenburg March the 18"' 1730/1 Survayed for Timothy Gibfon 2'^ Divifion number 69 the Contents of Which is 60 acres [upland] In the fouth east part of the townfhip."

" Lunenburg June the 10"^ 1740 Laid out to M''. Timothy Gibfon ten acres of Land in faid Townfhip for an Equevilent to what is wanting in his Houfe Lott and fecond Divifion Lying on the Eafterly fide of the pearl hill adjoyuing to his own third Divifion."

Although Dea. Gibson never lived in Lunenburg, nor did his son Timothy, he sent four younger sons, John, Arrington, Isaac and Reuben, known in local history as " the Gibson brothers ' ' and men of such great size, strength and courage that several anecdotes are related of their personal prowess, and it is said that " the Indians standing on the brow of Pearl hill and carefully watching these brave, athletic brothers, did not dare attack them ! "

In addition to Mrs. Sarah Holman's gift of " 40 acres, house and barn," Dea. Gibson had other property in Stow - lots in the second, third, fourth and fifth Divisions, about 100 acres in all, the surveys recorded in the proprietors' book between Dec. 24, 1721 and Jan. 27, 1729; - 4 acres and 25 rods on Pomciticut hill ' ' bounded west by my own land, south by John Jewell's, east by Sudbury, and north by land of Jonas Burk," deeded him Dec. 6, 1728 by Rev. John Gardner of Stow ; - " 2| acres in Stow bounded north by Burk's land, west on widow's premises, south east on Gibson house on the Sudbury and Stow line," purchased Feb. 24, 1731/2 from the widow of Jonas Burk ; as the deed of Dec. 6,1728 is to "Timothy Gibson of Sudbury" and that of Feb. 24, 173I//2 to "Timothy Gibson of Stow," his removal to Stow was between these dates and perhaps by merely moving to another part of his home farm which lay on both sides the town line. He is entered on Stow records as selectman 1734, 1735, 1736, 1739, and as "dissenting to ^60 for Rev. John Gardner, May 17, 1736." Unfortunately First church has no records earlier than 1774, but doubtless it was in this church that he held his office of deacon under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Gardner, successor in 171 7 of Rev. John Eveleth who had been called in 1700 by thirty-two proprietors of Stow, among whom were Abraham Holman and Simon, Isaac and Nathaniel Gates, the foster-father and three brothers-in-law of Timothy Gibson.

slope of Poinciticut hill (also spelled Ponipociliciit, Pomseticut, Poiiipositticutt, etc., pronounced Pom si tcut and name chanoed to Summer liill). Ten years before his death he deeded on certain conditions, " my house and 50 acres in Stow" to his son Stephen, and like deedino^s continued in turn from sire to son iintil the Gibson home for nearly a ceutur}- was sold in 1823 to strangers and in 1826 became the property of the Maynard family who call it Summer Hill farm ; on April 19, 1871 the northwest of Sudbury including the Assabet, and the northeast of Stow including Pomciticut hill, each comprising land once owned by the Gibsons, were incorporated as Maynard. Today a tall flag staff graces the summit of the old hill where in years gone bv juvenile Gibsons must have often climbed "to view the smiling landscape o'er." Children : IV ' Abraham Gibson. . 10

IV ' Rebecca Gibson b. Sudbury, Mar. 19, 1703 /4 ; m. at Concord by Justice Minot, May 4, 1727, Joseph Farnsworth of Groton, Mass. (b. Groton, Feb. 26, 1698, d. 1731), son of John and Hannah (Aldis) Farnsworth, and gr. son of Matthias Farnsworth, the English pioneer in Groton in 1660, five years after its incorporation May 29, 1655, see iiolc under 117 ; three children but no surviving descendants named Farnsworth. IV 'John Gibson (Capl.) H:i

IV -' Sarah Gibson b. Sudburv, Oct. 27, 1710; m. as first wife, Thomas Willard of Plarvard, Mass. (set off from Lancaster, Groton and Stow June 29, 1732), son of Hezekiah and Anna (Wilder) Willard, and gr. son of Henr\- and Mary (Lakin) Willard of Lancaster.

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Mr. Willard was a revolutionary soldier - Corp., Capt. Isaac Gates' co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's reg. of militia, marched from Harvard on Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, served 8J days.

Dea. 7~iinol/iv"^, Johti j} }^, John^ IV Abraham Gibsdii of Sudbury and Stow, Mass., first child of Dea. Timothy 9 and Rebecca (Gates) Gibson, b. Stow, 1701 (no entry on Stow records as those of births, marriages and deaths prior to 1712 were destroyed liy fire many years ago) ; d. Stow, Nov. 8, 1740, his gravestone in the Lower village cemetery inscribed: " Here LiES Buried - y' Body of Mr. - Abraham Gibson - Who departed - This life - Nov. y'S - A. D. 1740 - Age 39 years - i M. & 9 D. ;" m. Mary Wheeler (b. Stow, Nov. 5, 1707, d. Stow, Jan. 15, 1793), dan. of Deliverance and Mary (Davis) Wheeler.

^Capf. Thomas Wheeler^ "the Indian fighter," in Concord, Mass. in 1639, fo'^f years after its incorporation Sept. 2, 1635, b. England ; d. Concord, Dec. 10, 1676, the original records having entry: " Capt. Tho' Wheeler hus. to Reuth his wife dyed 10 decern. 76;" m. Ruth Wood, dau. of William and Margaret Wood of Concord. Capt. Wheeler's name is found on Colonial records as follows : " Made free the 18 : 3 Mo. 1642 [May 18, 1642] Thom : Wheller;" - Oct. 12, 1669, "Persons in frontier towns may lyst as troopers under Thomas Wheeler Senio'' of Concord whom this Ct. app*^ to be their leiften' ; " - May 31, 1671, "Left. Thomas Wheeler is app"* Captaine of 2d troop of horse in Middlesex being the Western troope of that County." During King Philip's war he was sent by order of Council of July 27, 1675 with twenty troopers, as escort to Capt. Edward Hutchinson, into the Nipmuck country ; he started from Cambridge the next day, was severely wounded Aug. 2 in the Indian ambuscade at Quabaug, "alias Brookfield ", and reached home Aug. 27, where the following Oct. i\ was observed as a day of praise for the safe return of Capt. Wheeler and his troopers. In his Trtie Narrative of the Lord^ s Providence, called "the epic of New England colonial times" and of whose early copies only a few are extant, he gives an account of the expedition - the treachery of the Nipmucks, his own wounds received at Wickabaug pond near Quabaug, his life saved by his son Thomas, the death of Capt. Hutchinson, etc. Children : ^ " Allice the dau of Thomas Wheeler dyed 17, i. 1640" [Mar. 17, 1641]. ^ " Nathaniell son to Reuth his mother died 16 Janery 1676 " [ 1677 ]. ^Joseph of Stow. " Ephraim Wheeler y*^ son of Capt Th Wh. and Ruth his wife dyed February 19, 1689." ^"Thomas sou to Reuth Wheeler his mother died 9 Jan 1676" [1677]. '^Deliverance.

'^'^Deliverance Wheeler ai Stow, fifth sou of Capt. Thomas, b. Concord, 1663; d. Stow, Feb. 4, 1716; m. May 28, 1691, Mary Davis (b. Concord, Oct. 3, 1663, d. Stow, June 27, 1748), dau. of L,t. Simon and Mary ( Blood ) Davis of Concord. Mr. Wheeler left an estate of almost ^600, his widow being administratrix and guardian. Children : ^ Deliverance of Slow, assessor, selectman and town treasurer, b. Concord, Juue 5, 1691. Thomas of Stow bap. June 27, 1697. ' Ephraim of Stow b. Stow about 1702. *Jl/ary, wife of Abraham Gibson.

^Dolor Z?flOT5 of Cambridge, Barnstable and Concord, "carpenter and master-builder," b. England ; d. Barnstable, June, 1673 ; m. first, in co. Kent, Eng., Mar. 29, 1624, Margery Willard (bap. Horsemonden, co. Kent, Nov. 7, 1602, d. prior to 1667), dau. of Richard Willard of Horsemonden, "yeoman." Whether this marriage was soletuuized at Horsemoudeu uear Paddockbourne or ten miles distant at East Fairleigb uear Maidstone, is not definite as two similar records have been found, one in the vicarage at Ilorsemonden, the other in the parish church at East Fairleigh, the latter entered thus :

Mr. Davis came over iu 1634, his wife and three children following early the next year ; he was accompanied by his brotherin-law Simon Willard who was one of the founders of Concord, captain of foot in 1646, major in 1654, and at whose death in 1673, " the colony lost one of its most distinguished members." The proprietors' records of Cambridge ( The Regestere Booke) under date of June 4, 1635, read as follows : " Dollard Dauis one houfe lot of halfe a rood more or les watter Street norweft John Bridg Southwe a Willam Andrews iiortheft Will a Weftwood eaft " - "more Upon the weft Syd of Charls Riuer Twenty & fiue acars Charls Riuer one the eaft Symon willard fouth John bridg north the Coihou fouth waft ; " this second tract allotted him Aug. 4, 1634, he. sold Aug. 25, 1635 for ^10 " vnto Richard Girling Marin A "[mariner]. The Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England place him in Duxbury, Mass., taking the oath of fidelity, proposed as freeman Mar. 5, 163S/9 and granted 50 acres in 1640. In 1643 he was living in the Cape Cod town of Barnstable, propounded as freeman June 4, 1645 and admitted June 2, 1646; on Aug. 27, 1648, "Dolor Davis and his wife being dismissed from the Church att Duxbury was joyned to ours," and while in Barnstable he was surveyor of highways, constable, etc. In 1655 he left Plymouth colony and returning to the " Massachusetts Bay," bought some 150 acres including house and lot, in Concord ; he was, however, back again in Barnstable in 1666, remaining there until his death. Children : * John of Barnstable b. England, about 1626 ; received under his father's will dated Sept. 13, 1672, the Concord homestead. b. England, about 1631. ^ Elizabeth b. England. ^^ Li. Simon. ^Sanmel of Concord, resident on the farm deeded him by his father in that part of the town which became Bedford Sept. 23, 1729, b. America; among prominent descendants - Hon. John Davis, " Honest John," M. C. 1824-1833, governor Massachusetts 1834, 1840-1843, U. vS. senator 1835-1841, 1S45-1853, and father of Hon. Horace Davis, author Dolor Davis - A Sketch of his Life; Hon. John Davis Long, governor Massachusetts 1879- 1S83, M. C. 18S3-1889 and present Secretary of War. « Ruth bap. Barnstable, Mar. 24, 1645.

"Z,A Simon Davis of Coucord, second son of Dolor, b. America ; d. Concord, June 14, 1713 " aet. 77" and will proved July 3, 1713 ; m. Dec. 12, 1660, Mary Blood (b. Concord, July 12, 1640), dau. of James and Eleanor Blood. Lt. Davis resided near the homestead on the farm given him by his father ; he was one of Capt. Thomas Wheeler's troopers in the expedition of 1675 to the Nipmuck country and took command when that officer was wounded ; was commissioned lieutenant July 2, 16S9, made freeman Mar. 21, 1690 and held the office of deputy 1689, 1690, 1692 and 1705. Children b. in Concord : ^ Dr. Simon of Concord b. Oct. 12, 1661. '^Mary, wife of Deliverance Wheeler. 'Sarah b. 1666. ^ James b. 1668. ^Eleanor b. 1672. * Ebenezer b. 1676. ' Hannah b. 1679.

Mr. Gibson as namesake of ]\Ir. Abraham Hoi man received under his will of 171 1, on the condition of paying " to the legatees ten (10) pounds after my decease," 25 acres in Stow including 5 acres of meadow. He must have removed from the parental home in Sudbury to Stow about the time of his marriage as his various deeds of lands in Stow are made to " Abraham Gibson of Stow" - Jiily 3, 1724 from Richard Whitney of Stow, 2 acres or more; - Jan. 8, 1725 from his brothersin-law Deliverance and Thomas Wheeler, 10 acres, "great meadow," ;^30 ; - Jan. 14, 1725 from Timothy Gibson of Sudbury and wife Rebecca, "to show fatherly love and affection to my eldest son," two 20 acre lots in Stow, and also for ;,^2oa second conveyance of 8 acres along Concord line; - Jan. 23, 1727 from S. Randall, 5 acres, "great pine Swamp ;" - Ap. 10, 1727 from M. Whitney, 6 acres, 78 rods for ^35. The proprietors' book of Stow shows that on "Jan 10, i728/'9 Proprietors laid out to Abraham Gibson 4 acres by said Gibson's house" which most likely stood near the Center village, some distance from Pomciticut hill. His short military service as private reads thus : "Muster Roll of Capt. Nathan Bridgam & comp Troopers from Sept 18 to Oct 9 1725 - Abraham Gibson, Cent - from Sept. 18 to Oct 9 - 3 wks i da." He was assessor 1733 and 1734, constable 1735 and 1736 and selectman 1732, 1733, 1739 and 1740 llie year of his death. The inventory of his estate returned Jan. 6, 1741, amounted to near ^1500, and his widow Mary was appointed administratrix A p. 20, 1741 with Richard Whitney and " Timothy Gibson Jun'' " as bondsmen. Mrs. Gibson after July 6, 1745, m. Dea. Daniel Hapgood, selectman of Stow, see note under 14, and by whose will proved June 14, 1791, his homestead (east half of the old paternal plantation of 700 acres) was left to his wife Mary and their three children, and to "my beloved gr. son, Jacob Gibson of Stow, all my lands in Waterford, Cumberland Co. Maine, two lots 300 - 400 acres." Shortly after iier second marriage Mrs. Hapgood made the following application :

" To the Hou ble Judge of Probates for y'' County of Midd. These are to ask y*^ Favour y' you would please to appoiut Guardians for my Three youngest children who are under y'^ years of choice whose Names I here send according to y*^ Date of their primogeniture Viz Sarah Abraham & Ephraim Gibson y" children of my late husband Abraham Gibson late of Stow deca'' and It would be very agreeable to me If your Hon in Your Wisdom shall think proper to appoint my Hon*^ Father In, Law Timo Gibson Guardian for y" oldist of them and my Third Brother In Law Stephen Gibson of Stow Guardian for y'' other two.

As Stephen was the fifth brother-in-law in chronological order, " my Third Brother In Law " probably referred to him as youngest of the three brothers-in-law then residing in Stow - Timothy jr., Samuel, Stephen ; for some reason the appointments were not made as requested, and Stephen Gibson gave a bond Ap. 14, 1746, with Daniel Hapgood for surety, as guardian of Sarah and Ephraim ; also the same day Daniel Hapgood gave his bond, with Stephen Gibson surety, as guardian of Rebecca, " in i8th year and at her own election."

1818; ni. (pub. Nov. 18, 1749) Peter Conant of Stow (b. Chelmsford, Mass., about 1732, d. before Oct. 12, 1785), son of Robert Conant of Chehnsford and Stow, and descendant of Roger Conant, pioneer in Nantasket (Cape Ann), Mass. in 1624 (Peter"; Robert^ ; Lot'^ of Concord ; John "' of Beverly, Mass. ; Lot " of Beverly ; Roger ').

Mr. Conant was a revolutionary soldier - private on alarm list of Capt. Benjamin Munroe's co. (6th), Col. Ezekiel Howe' sreg. (4th Middlesex county) Dec. i, 1776. He owned considerable property and by his will dated July 7, 1785, appointed his wife Sarah executrix, leaving to her "east h my house and J my real estate."

Mr. Conant was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. William Whitcomb's co., Col. James Prescott's reg., marched Ap. 19, 1775 on Lexington alarm.

^Ir. Conant was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Amasa Cranston's co. (Marlboro), Col. Eleazar Brooks' reg. of guards, endorsed 1776.

VI * Isaac Conant of Stow b. Stow, Oct. 9, 1759 ; a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Caleb Brooks' CO. , Col Nicholas Dike's reg. Dec. 16, 1776 to Mar. I, 1777, guarding stores in Boston ; private, Capt. vSilas Taylor's vol. co., Col. Jonathan Reed's reg. (6th Middlesex county) Oct. i to Nov. 8, 1777, marched to join Gen. Gates; private, Capt. Benjamin Monroe's co.. Col. Ezekiel Howe's reg., enlisted at P'ort Arnold (Fishkill), July 5, 1778, described " 18 yrs., 5 ft. 6 in." ; private, Capt.

Josliiia Iceland's co. Oct. 8 to Nov. lo, 1779, service under Gen. Heath to man forts around Boston; private, Capt. Thomas Brinthall's co. , Col. Cyprian Howe's reg-. (Middlesex county) July 28 to Nov. I, 1780, reinforcing Continental arm}'.

Lt. Gibson as early as 1762 was living in Ashby, part of Lunenberg at that date but in 1764 becoming the northern part of the new Fitchburg, and on Mar. 6, 1767 set off with land taken from Town send and Ashburnham, under the name of Ashby ; his farm was in the southeast of the town near Fitchburg line at Gates' crossing on the Pearl hill road, and comprised 30 acres, 100 rods, purchased May 13, 1762 for £26 from Eleazar Coffin.

He was a revolutionary soldier - corp. , Capt. Samuel Stone's CO., Col. William Prescott's reg. (Middlesex county), marched from Ashby on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, ser\'ed 10 days; private, Capt. Josiah Stearns' co.. Col. Ephraim Doolittle's reg. (24th Mass.), enlisted June 13, 1775 and entered on returns dated at Winter hill near Boston, Oct. 6, 1775 ; private, Capt. Job Shattuck's co., Col. John Robinson's reg. (raised to protect the harbor) Mar. 1776, served 6 days ; 2d It., Capt. Aaron Jewett's co., Col. Job Cushing's reg. (6th Worcester county) July 25 to Aug. 29, 1777, marched to Bennington on " y^ Alarm ; " ist It., Capt. Jewett's CO. (then Col. Samuel Bullard's reg.) Aug. 29 to Nov. 29, 1777, served at North river, marched to Saratoga and on duty at surrender of Burgoyne.

Sergt. Davis was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Isaac Davis' co. of minute-men at " North Bridge fight " (Concord) Ap. 19, 1775, his name, however, entered on the company roll of Caj^t. John Hayward (Capt. Davis' successor), Col. Abijah Pierce's reg. as serving on Lexington alarm 16 days; Corp., Capt. Israel Heald's co. , Col. Eleazar Brooks' reg. of guards, marched to Roxbury Mar. 4, 1776, served 6 days; private, Capt. John Buttrick's vol. co.. Col. Jonathan

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Reed's reg. (6tli Middlesex county) Sept. 28 to Nov. 11, 1777, served at taking of Burgoyne ; sergt., Capt. Abraham Andrew's co. , Col. Cyprian Howe's reg. (Middlesex county) July 27 to Oct. 30, 1780, Rhode Island service.

\l '^Josiah Davis of Acton b. Acton, June 14, 1755 ; a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Israel Heald's co. , Col. Eleazar Brooks' reg., marched to Roxbury Mar. 4, 1776, served 6 days; private, Capt. John Buttrick's CO., Col Jonathan Reed's reg. Sept. 28 to Nov, 7, 1777, detached from Col. Brooks' reg. to reinforce Gen. Gates ; private, Capt. Simon Hunt's co.. Col. Brooks' reg. June 18, 1778, "age 23, stature 5 ft. 8 in." on descriptive roll.

Capt. Davis, " the man who headed the first column against the King's troops in the revolutionary war," was early on the ground with his thirty-eight Acton minute-men, and in the hesitancy of the older ofiicers to attack the British regulars, drew his sword, saying " I am not afraid, I haven't a man that's afraid to go ; " receiving orders to lead the five companies (his own, two Concord, one Bedford, one Lincoln) he advanced towards the bridoe to the tune of the White Cockade and was instantly shot ; his name does not appear upon revolutionary rolls as John Hayward, his ist lieutenant, immediately took command of the company and the rolls are in his name. In 1851 the state of Massachusetts and town of Acton erected at Acton Center a monument commemorative of the engagement, and the remains of Capt. Davis were removed from Woodland cemetery, the old burying ground in the southeast of the town, and together with those of Abner Hosmer and James Hayward were placed under the monument ; Acton has also proudly cherished the memory of its courageous young minute-man by sending the Davis Blues to the war of 1812 and the Davis Guards to the civil war. Childrrn :

IX - Amos Lncien Noyes of Acton, proprietor the Monument house, b. Acton, Nov. i, 1837 ; ni. Jan, 20, 1864, Ann E. Jennings (b. Springfield, Mass. Jan. 25, 1840) ; five children b. in Boston, Mass. ^ William Amos Noyes of Acton b. July 16, 1865 m. Laura S. Atwood of Cambridge, IMass ^George Lucien Noyes of Acton b. Dec. 9, 186S unm. '^ Annie Josephine Noyes b. Oct. 25, 1870 m. Edward W. Quimby of Boscawen, N. H ^Charles Chapin Noyes d: 1872. ^Lucy Eniih Noyes b. Feb. 23, 1874 ; m. Nov. 11, 1896, Francis Senior Davis of Concord, Mass.

V Rebecca Gibson, second child of Abraham 10 and Mary (Wheeler) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Jan. 27, 1728; d. Acton, Mass., before Oct. 18, 1803; m. (pub. Jan. 19, 1746/7) her step-father's nephew Ens. Ephraim Hapgood of Stow and Acton (b. Stow, Ap. 21, 1725, drowned at sea Oct. 31, 1780), son of Capt. Hezekiah and Sarah (Whitney) Hapgood.

^Shadrach Hapgood or " Habgood,^' the young pioneer, b. England, about 1642 ; killed in the Quabaug ambuscade (Brookfield, Mass.) Aug. 2, 1675 while iu service in Capt. Thomas Wheeler's troop ; m. 1664, Elizabeth Treadwaj'. He came over in the Speedivell in 1656, located in Lynn, Mass., removed to Sudbury, Mass. and in 1669 was one of the eleven petitioners for Pomciticut, the future Stow of 1683, receiving a grant of 50 acres south side Assabet river. Five children.

" Dea. Nathaniel Hapgood of Stow, first son of Shadrach, b, 1665 ; m. 1695, Elizabeth Wood. He resided on a 700 acre plantation and was a very prominent man - ensign, selectman, town treasurer. Children : ' Nathaniel. ' Capt. Hezekiah. *Lt. Shadrach. * Dea. Daniel of Stow d. 1791 ; ni. fust, Hep-

"' Capt. Hezekiah Hapo;ood of Stow, second son of Dea. Nathaniel, d. May 13, 176S ; m. Sarah Whitney. He owned and occupied the west half of his father's 700 acre plantation. Among children - Ens. Ephrahn. Col. Jonathan of Stow, selectman, town clerk, magistrate, etc.

Ens. Hapgood at the time of his death was returning from Norridgewock, Me. where he had been opening farms ; the inventory of his estate taken May lo, 1781, showed ^1334 real and nearly ^300 personal property ; widow's dower distributed by Order of Oct. 18, 1802.

Ivt. Hapgood was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Hay ward's co., Col. Abijah Pierce's reg., marched Ap. 19, 1775 on Lexington alarm, served 10 days; corp., Capt. Israel Heald's co., Col. Eleazar Brooks' reg. of guards, marched to Roxbury Mar. 4, 1776, served 6 days; drafted by Capt. Simon Hunt, (Col. Eleazar Brooks' reg.) by Resolve of Aug. 8, 1777 ; commissioned June 7, 1780, lieutenant, Capt. Daniel Davis' CO. (5th), Col. Francis Faulkner's reg. of militia (3d Middlesex county). VI ^Ephraim Hapgood of Acton b. Acton, May 3, 1755 ; m. Mary Tuttle ; eleven children.

Mr. Hapgood was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Israel Heald's co. , Col. Eleazar Brooks' reg., marched to Roxbury Mar. 4, 1776, served 6 days. VI * Hezekiah Hapgood (Capt.) of Stow b. Acton, Dec. 23, 1757 and brought up by his uncle Col. Jonathan Hapgood of Stow ; m. twice ; eight children.

Mr. Hapgood was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Buttrick's co., Col. Jonathan Reed's reg, Sept. 28 to Nov. II, 1777, service "at North"; private, Capt, Francis Brown's co. (Lexington), Col. William Mcintosh's reg, (ist Suffolk county) Aug. 4 to Sept, II, 1778, Rhode Island service, b. England; d. (perhaps Cambridge, Mass.) Ap. 14, 1658, the Cambridge entry worded : "Thomas ffox husband of Hannah his wife dyed 14. 2. 165S;" m. first, Rebecca - (d. May 3, 1647); m. second, Dec. 13, 1647, Hannah Brooks; five children, the last three by the second marriage.

'' Eliphalet Fox of Concord, only son of Thomas and Rebecca, a minor at his father's death, d. Concord, Aug. 15, 1711; m. first, Oct. 26, 1665, Mary Wheeler (b. Concord, Sept. 6, 1645, d. Dec. 24, 1678), dau. of the "wealthy selectman " George and Katharine Wheeler, pioneers in Concord 1635-1638 ; eight children.

"^Sajnuel Fox of Concord, second sou of Eliphalet, b. Concord, Sept. 11, 1670; d. Concord, Jan. 15, 1734; m. June I3> ^693, Ruth Knight (d. Concord, Sept. 21, 1741), dau. of Jonathan and Ruth (Wright) Knight of Concord, and gr. dau. of Philip and Margery Knight, the English pioneers in Charlestown Village (Woburn), Mass. prior to 1637; nine children.

'^ Thomas Fox of Concord, housewright and yeoman, third son of Samuel, b. Concord, June 8, 1706; d. Concord, July 30, 1759 (this date on town original records conflicting with Aug. 30. 1759 the date of his will on file at East Cambridge) ; m. after 1740, his third cousin Mrs. Rebecca (French) Carey (d. Concord, Nov. 22, 1746), dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Knight) French of Bedford, Mass., and widow of James Carey who died about 1740 and whose estate was administered upon Nov. 18, 1747 by Thomas Fox ; children : ' Hannah b. Concord, Mar. II, 1741 ; d. Ap. 20, 1741. ''Esther, wifeofLt. Abraham Gibson, residuary legatee under her father's will presented Sept. 6, 1759, to a nearly ^500 real and personal estate, the will giving " to brother Enos Fox jz lands and J2 negro boy - to dau Esther residue when 21 years old or on marriage ; " the latter occurred so early that Samuel Barrett, the guardian chosen by Esther, had short service ; pieces of her bridal dress (white and pink striped silk, the white dotted with small red buds) are still preserved.

Lt. Gibson in early life was a schoolmaster ; that he was teaching- in Lnnenbnrg (Fitchburg since 1764) at the time of his majority but shortly returned to Stow as master of the parental homestead, is shown by the following deeds dated respectively Oct. 8, 1756 and Jan, of Luueuburg, laborer [teacher], for ^128, quit claim of estate of our father Abraham Gibson, being the estate of our mother, Mary Hapgood, from our grandmother Wheeler," etc.

"Daniel Hapgood of Stow, yeoman, and Mary, his wife, quit claim of |< estate of Abraham Gibson of Stow, deceased [with other tracts and rights], formerly the estate of our father and mother. Deliverance and Mary Wheeler of Stow, to Abraham Gibson of Stow, yeoman," etc.

A year or two after his marriage Lt. Gibson removed from Stow to Concord and about 1768 to Fitchburg, residing on a farm of 150 acres or more on the eastern slope of Pearl hill ; a portion of this farm he deeded Mar. 25, 1786 as follows : " I, Abraham Gibson of Fitchburg, gentleman, in consideration of ^265 paid me by Jeremiah Kinsman of Ipswich, county of Essex, husbandman - a certain tract of land - containing 55 acres 117 rods - with a house and barn on the same, consisting of Tillage, mowing, pasturage and wood land ; " also July 5, 1794, to the same person then of Fitchburg, 7-I acres adjoining the first purchase, " said Gibson reserving liberty for the schoolhouse now standing on said land to remain there as long as the town shall support a town school." Besides property in Fitchburg where in 1 77 1 he was one of the largest taxpayers, he owned real estate in the adjacent town of Ashby. He was one of the five Gibsons among the forty-four Fitchburg minute-men in 1775 and selectman 1778 and 1779 ; as his name disappears from the tax roll after 1791 he may have removed elsewhere that year although in the deed of 1794 to Jeremiah Kinsman he called himself of Fitchburg.

Lt. Gibson was a soldier in the Fr. and Ind. war, his service recorded thus : " Muster Roll - Capt. Abijah Hall Comp. Col. Willard'sReg - in Exp. to Crown Pt. from May 9, 1759 to Jany 12, 1760, 2d Lt. Abraham Gibson, Stow - fr. May 9 to Jany 13 - 31 wks 2 da." He was also a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Ebenezer Woods' CO., Col. Asa Whitcomb's reg. of militia,

VI "Esther Gibson b. Concord, Ap. 28, 1762; bap. First Parish chnrch, May 2, 1762 ; d. Grafton, Vt., Nov. i, 1825 ; ^^- (P^^b. at Fitchbnrg, Aug. 6, i78i)her father's cousin Abraham Gibson of Fitchburg and Grafton, son of Isaac and Keziah (Johnson) Gibson, see Tl-t. VI ^ Mary Gibson. 26

VI Thomas Gibson of Fitchburg, Mass., first child of Lt. Abraham lo and Esther (Fox) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Feb. 15, 1761 ; d. Fitchburg, Ap. 4, 1827 5 t)ur. in the old South yard (Lunenburg, Mass.) ; m. May 7, 1783 (pub. July 13, 1782), Lucy Martin (b. Westminster, Mass., Oct. 23, 1765, d. Poultney, Vt., Feb. 21, 1849), ^^^'^- o^ Joli^^ ^iicl Betty Martin of Westminster, and gr. dan. of John and Elizabeth Martin of Lunenburg, pioneers in Ipswich, Mass.

Mr. Gibson was frequently entered on records as "Thomas jr." or "Thomas 2d" and familiarly called "Tom Concord," to distinguish him from his second cousin an older Thomas Gibson. He belonged to the Fitchbnrg train-band, and after his marriage continued to reside on Pearl hill, his farm separated from his father's by the road leading down to the old Spoflford garrison of 1748.

Thomas "-^ 7 J. Abraham'', Abrahatn", Dea. Tijuothy"^^^, John, jr. ""^ John'' VII Steplieii Gibson, a respected citizen of Lunenburg, Mass., first child of Thomas l(y and Lucy (Martin) Gibson, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 23, 1783 ; d. Lunenburg, Jan. 18, 1864 ; bur. in the South yard ; m. first, by Rev. Francis Gardner, Ap. 4, 1811, Mary Hartwell (b. July 16, 1792, d. Sept. 18, 1853), dau. of John Hartwell of Lunenburg, and descendant of Ens. William Hartwell in Concord, Mass. in 1636 (Mary "; John ^ ; Joseph '^ ; Judge Edward "' ; John " ; Ens. William ', see noie under 83); m. second, Feb. 8, 1855, Mary Billings (d. Ap. 24, 1887, then widow of Enoch Page).

IX ^ Charles Albert Adams of Melrose and Brookline, Mass. b. Shirley, Oct. 5, 1862 ; m. Oct. 4, 1888, Jennie H. Porter ; one child : ' Porter Hartwell Adams b. Andover, Mass., Aug. 10, 1S94.

IX Florence Luella Adams, graduate Mt. Holyoke coll. (So. Iladley, Mas.s.) 1893 and student Zurich univ. (Switz.) 1897, b. Shirley, July 25, 1869 ; unm.

VIII ^"Joseph Hartwell Gibson of Boston, superintendent Miller piano factory, b. Lunenburg, Feb. 21, 1831 ; m. Ap. 17, 1853, Mary Elizabeth Litchfield, dan. of Thomas and Mary Litchfield of Leominster, Mass.

IX * Frank Lester Gibson of Jamaica Plains, Mass. b. Groton, Mass., Ap. 18, 1862 ; m. Ap. 25, 1887, Florence Elizabeth Kling, dan. of S. and Elizabeth Klingof Philadelphia ; two children : ' Lester Hartwell Gibson b. Nov. 9, 1889. ^ Percy Eugene Gibson b. May i, 1891.

IX * Arthur Dana Gibson of Wakefield, Mass. b. Leominster, Ap. 8, 1866 ; m. Ap. 27, 1894, Grace Hilton, dan. of Dr. G. W. Hilton of Lowell, Mass.

VIII Mary Fairbanks Gibson, first child of Stephen It and Mary (Hartwell) Gibson, b, Lunenburg, Mass., Sept. 5, 1812 ; d. Shirley, Mass., May 20, 1881 ; m. Dec. 31, 1832, Stephen Melvin Longley of Shirley (b. Shirley, Aug. II, 1802, d. Aug. 16, i860), son of Stephen and Rhoda (Parker) Longley of Shirley, and descendant of Richard Longley, pioneer in Lynn, Mass. in 1635 (Stephen M.""'; Stephen""; Joshua"' of Shirley; William " of Groton, Mass. ; Dea. John '" of Groton, taken captive in the Indian massacre of July 27, 1694 ; William'"of Groton, slain in the massacre of 1694; William" of Lynn and Groton b. England; Richard').

Children : IX ' Walter B. Page of Pepperell, Mass. (set off from Groton in 1742 as Groton West Parish and since Ap. 12, 1753 called Pepperell) b. Shirley, Ap. 17, 1843 ^^^- Aug. 24, 1865, Lucy P. Bancroft (b. Pepperell, Jan. 16, 1841), dau. of George T. and Candace W. (Smith) Bancroft of Pepperell, and gr. dau. of Capt. Samuel and Eunice (Hoar) Smith of Littleton, Mass.

Mr. Arrington was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Sept. 14, 1863, private, nth Unattached co. Mass. heavy artillery (co. G, 3d Mass. in 1864), transferred 1864 to CO. M, mustered out Sept. 18, 1865.

CHILDREN : X ' William B. Arrington of Appleton, Me. b. Appleton, Aug. 28, 1872; unm. IX * Benjamin F. Arrington of Lynn, editor Sale?n Evening News^ b. Leominster, July 6, 1856 ; m. Sept. 1878, Etta Cummings; no children. IX Stephen Melville Arrington of Lynn b. Lynn, Mar. 30, i860; unm.

VII Thomas Gibson of Townsend, Mass., third child of Thomas IG and Lucy (Martin) Gibson, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Mar, 12, 1791; d. Townsend, Oct. 15, 1862; m. Mar. 28, 1815, Frances Maria Hastings (b. Woburn, Mass., Oct. 2, 1792, d. Stoneham, Mass., May 12, 1872), dau. of the revolutionary soldier Maj. John and Lydia (Dana) Hastings of Woburn, and descendant of John Hastings, the English pioneer in Cambridge, Mass. in 1654 (Maj. John''; Jonathan'' of Cambridge ; Jonathan '" of Cambridge ; Walter " of Cambridge bap. England; John'); also descendant of Richard Danie (Dana), the French Huguenot pioneer in Cambridge, " fouth fide of Charles river" [Brighton] in 1664 (Lydia *^; Richard"' of Cambridge; Daniel " of Cambridge; Richard').

Mr. Gibson resided after his marriage in several Mas.sachnsetts towns and while a resident of Leominster was among the early members of the Calvinistic Congregational church, signing the compact about 1823; ^^1 ^844 he permanently located in Townsend, the northern of two townships laid out in 1720 in the Tuikey hills' district and called " y" North Town" prior to its incorporation June 22, 1732.

\'I1I - Kdmund Trowbridge Hastings Gibson of Brooklyn, N. Y. b. Granb}', Mass., Jan. 29, 1818; d. Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 1868; bur. in Greenwood cemetery; m. June 2, 1842, Elizabetli Charlotte Sanford (d. Brooklyn, May 29, 1893), dau. of Klijah and Elizabeth vSanford of Newtown, Conn.

Mr. Gibson was a well-known banker and broker, a prominent member of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's church, and was held in high esteem as a christian and honorable gentleman.

Dr. Gibson was a graduate Yale coll. 1864 and College of physicians and surgeons (New York) 1868; since relinquishing his profession some vears ago he has been connected with the Lancashire insurance company (New York). One child : ' Edna Sanford Gibson b. New York, May 8, 1888.

IX ^William Hamilton Gibson of Brooklyn b. Newtown, Oct. 5, 1850; d. Brooklyn, Jnly 16, 1896; m. Oct. 29, 1873, Emma Ludlow Blanchard (b. Cumberland Center, Me., May 29, 1851), dau. of Charles A. L. and Lucretia B. (Smith) Blanchard.

jMr. Gibson was the distinguished artist, author, botanist and lecturer, illustrating his lectures on cross fertilization with charts of his own design; his memory will always be cherished by lovers of art and natural history. Two children b. in Brooklyn:' ^ William Hamilton Gibson b. Ap. 29, 1882. " Dana Blanchard Gibson b. Oct. 12, 1889.

IX ^Juliet Sanford Gibson b. Brooklyn, Dec. 8, 1852; m. Oct. 29, 1873, Clarence Meigs Noble of New York, son of Gen. William H. Noble of Bridgeport, Conn.; three children b. in New York: ' Henrietta L. Noble d. young. ^ Edith Noble b. Dec. 2, 1882. '^Kenneth Brook Noble b. Feb. 2, 1885.

children b. in Walthani : ' Sewall Emerson Swallow b. Aug. 6, 1882. ^Charles Sewall Swallow b. Aug. 6, 1882 ; d. Aug. 10, 1882. IX -'Francis Owen Swallow of Newton Center, Mass. b. Wilmington, Mass., Dec. 16, 1854; m. Oct. 14, 1896, Florence Elmer Mayhew, dau. of Charles Mayhew of Edgartown, Mass. VIII H^eorge Gibson (Capt.) b. Leominster, Mar. 20, 1822 ; d. Aug. 18, 1854 from an accident on board his ship Tornado; num. \'III -''Harriet Endicott Gibson b. Leominster, Sept. 4, 1824 i ^'^-

And His Dkscknijants

Nov. 29, 1876, Col. Richard Stone Bostwick of New York, secretary Simpson dry dock company (b. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 22, 1831), son of Maj. Charles and Mary (Treat) Bostwick ; no children.

Col. Bostwick was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted with the New Haven Greys, May 7, 1861, private, co. G, 2d reg. Conn, volunteers, discharged Aug. 7, 1861 ; elected Oct, 2, 1862, col., 27th reg. Conn, infantry, taken prisoner at battle of Chancelloisville, Va., May 3, 1863 and kept seven weeks in Libby prison (Richmond, Va.), mustered out Jnly 27, 1S63.

VHI Charles Diiia Gibson of Boston, Mass, and New York, N. Y., treasurer National spring car company, first child of Thomas 21 and Frances M. (Hastings) Gibson, b. Sterling, Mass., Mar. 22, 1816; d. New York, Aug. 19, 1867 ; m. first, Oct. 16, 1838, Abigail Bowers (d. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 20, 1841), dan. of Sampson and Abigail Bowers of Pepperell, Mass. ; m. second, Jan. 10, 1844, Abby De Wolf (b. Ap. 26, 1822), dau. of Henry and Annie E. (Marston) De Wolf of Bristol, R. I. Mr. Gibson in addition to his business qualifications, was a gentleman of culture and greatly interested in genealogical and heraldic research.

X * Cliarles Dana Gibson of New York, the author and brilliant artist famous both sides the Atlantic for his book and magazine writings and illustrations, b. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 14, 1867; m. Nov. 7, 1895, Irene Langhorne (b. Danville, Va. , June 5, 1873), dau. of Chi.swell D. and Nannie (Keen) Langhorne of Richmond, Va. ; two children: ' Irene Gibson b. New York, Feb. 3, 1897. '" Dana Gibson b. Hempstead, L. I., July 31, 1899.

VIII ^ Betsey M. Beaman b. Poultney, Oct. 9, 1819 ; m. as second wife, Ap. 23, 1839, her brother-in-law James Bradshaw of Pawlet and Hydeville, Vt. (d. Nov. 27, 1897) ; five children.

Children : yill ' Hiram G. Gibson of So. Adams, Mass. and W. Lebanon, N. Y. b. Spencer, Oct. 29, 1822; m. second, July, 1851, Maria Van Husen of PI Nassua, N. Y.

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Mr. Ingraham was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted and mustered June 21, 1861, 2d cornet (Hodge's band), loth reg. Mass. infantry, wounded at battle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, mustered out Aug. 11, 1862.

And His Jjescendants. G3

VIII 'George William Gibson of Schenectady, N. Y., one of the directors and managers Citizens', line of steamboats between Troy and New York, b. Poultney, May 31, 1838; m. first, Sept. 11, 1861, Helen Wells (d. May, 1869) ; m. second, Oct. 15, 1873, Carrie Waring of New York, N. Y.

Mr. Gibson studied law Albany law school (N. Y.), was principal Greenwich acad. and in 1868 became law partner of Judge Lowry, the firm changing in 1888 to Gibson & \'an Kirk. VIII ^ Edwin T. Gibson b. Poultney, Oct. 5, 1840; d. young.

H4 John Gibsox

VI Mary Gibson, third child of Lt. Abraham 15 and Esther (Fox) Gibson, b. Concord, Mass., Feb. 2, 1764; bap. First Parish church, Feb. 5, 1764; d. Walpole, N. H., Dec. II, 1823; "^- ^t Ivunenburg, Mass., Ap. 9, 1782 (pub. Feb. 2, 1782), William Wyman of Ivunenburg and Walpole (b. Lunenburg, Nov. 30, 1752, bap. Dec. 10, 1752, d. Grafton, Vt. , Feb. 15, 1809 one family record, Dec. 15 another family record), son of Ezekiel and Abigail (Wyman) Wyman of Lunenburg, and double descendant of Francis Wyman of West Mill parish, co. Herts, Eng.

^ Lt. John Wy}nan iu Woburu Mass. in 1640, sou of PVaucis of West Mill parish, b. England, 1621 ; d. Woburn, 1684; m. 1644, Sarah Nutt. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and among several descendants inheriting the martial spirit - his gr. son Capt. Seth Wyman who in " Lovewell's fight" assumed com. mand when Lovewell fell at Piggwacket (Fryeburg), Me., May 8, 1725.

"Ezekiel Wyman of Woburn and Lunenburg, son of John, b. Woburn, July 8, 1712 ; m. Nov. 12, 1735, Abigail Wyman (b. Woburn, Aug. 31, 1713), dau. of Sergt. William and Abigail (Stearns) Wyman ; among ten children b. in Lunenburg - Lucy m. Lt. Ephraim Gibson, see lO. William. Seth of Lunenburg, a revolutionary soldier three years or more.

^Francis Wyman in Woburn in 1640, sonof Eraucis of West Mill parish, b. England, about 1618; d Woburn, 1699; "'- second, 1650, Abigail Reed.

^'^^ Sergt. William Wyman of Woburn, sou of William, b. Woburn, 16S5 ; d. 1753; m. Oct. 22, 1712, Abigail vStearns : among children - Abigail, wife of Ezekiel Wyman.

Mr. Wyiiiaii was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Josiali Stearns' co. , Col. Epliraini Doolittle's reg. (24th Mass.), on returns dated Winter hill, Oct. 8, 1775; private, Capt. Sylvanus Smith's co. , Col. Timothy Bigelow's reg. (15th Mass.) Ap. i, 1777 to Ap. 1780 and after Jan. 1778 "on command Gen. Washington's Guard," at Valley Forge, West Point and other places. The original certificate of service under this second enlistment, now in possession of one of his gr. sons, reads as follows:

"William Wyman of Lunenburg listed in Capt. Silveuus Smith's Compeny in year 1777 the first Apriel for three years iu Corl. Timothy Bigelow qrr Regement served iu that Rigmeut Till January 1778 then eteard to general Washintou Life g^rd and served Till Apriel 17S0. William Lord - [endorsed] George Washington - Pr. Larned."

^ Clarion ^loore Reid (birth surname Wyman) b. Geneva, X. Y., Dec. 31, 1876, changing surname to Reid on her mother's marriage, I\Iay 14, 1885, to William H. Reid of INIuncie, Ind.

VII AVilliaiii AVYinaii (dipt.) of Charlestown, Cambridge and Fitchburg, I\Iass. , second child of William and Mar}- 26 (Gibson) Wyman, b. Rindge, X. H., Mar. 15, 1785; d. Fitchburg, Aug. 16, 1852; m. Dec. 13, 1815, Anna Palmer of Grafton, Vt. (d. Jan. 1S62.)

Capt. Wyman was a soldier in the war of 1812 - 2d It., Capt. James M. Warner's co. of infantry. Col. David Steele's reg. (2d) X. H. militia Sept. 26 to Nov. 17, 1 81 4, marched from Keene to Portsmouth and was with Gen. Andrew Jackson.

VIII "William Gibson Wyman of Maine Prairie and Saratoga, Cal. b. Cambridge, Sept. 6, 1819 ; m. Aug. 31, 1843, Lydia Lucretia Brown (b. Fitchburg, Oct. 20, 1820).

]\Ir. Wyman was many years justice of the peace in ]\Iaine Prairie, also treasurer of the county (Solano), but since his residence in Santa Clara county has devoted himself to fruit growing.

VIII WNinan of Fitchbiirg b. Cambridge, Nov. 7, 1821 ; 111. Feb. 27, 1846, Sophia Hartvvell ]\Iuiiroe (b. Ashbiirnham, ]\Iass., "Slav. 27, 1821, d. Fitchburg, June 17, 1895), dan. of John and Sophia (Gibson) Alunroe, and gr. dan. of Lt. Ebenezer ]\Iunroe of whom it is claimed that he fired the first shot at battle of Lexington in 1775, see :^"il. CHILDREN :

IX ^ Mary Coes of Cambridge, secretary Radcliffe coll. (Harvard annex prior to Mar. 23, 1894), graduate Harvard annex 1887, b. Worcester, Mar. 24, 1S61; unm.

Dr. Clark was a graduate Norwich univ. (then Norwich, Vt.) 1842, and prior to studying medicine was a civil engineer in Massachusetts and a teacher in Georgia.

IX Wbbie Louisa Clark b. San Francisco/ Sept. 3, 1858 ; m. June 6, 1883, Joel Wilbur Crocker of Portland, Or.; three children b. in Portland: * Fred Wilbur Crocker b. Sept. 29, 1885. -Ruth Emily Crocker b. Ap. 5, 1887. 'Everett Clark Crocker b. Jan. 2, 1891.

IX 'Frederick Hiram Clark of Eos Angeles and Oakland, Cal. b. San Francisco, Sept. 20, i860; m. Jan. I, 1S87, Anna EouiseHazeltine of Norwood, Mass.

Mr. Clark was a graduate University of California (Berkeley) 1882, principal several years Eos Angeles high school, and. is present head master history dept, Eowell high school (San Francisco). Three children : ^ Robert Hazeltine Clark b. Eos Angeles, June 25, i88g. ^Marion Clark b. Oakland, May 6, 1893. 'Elinor Clark b. Oakland, May 17, 1896. IX 'George Thomas Clark of San Francisco b. San P^ancisco, Dec. 7, 1862 ; m. June 8, 1892, Annie Douglas of San Francisco.

Mr. Clark was a graduate University of California 1886, deputy several years State library (Sacramento), and is present librarian Public library (San Francisco). One child : ' George Douglas Clark b. Sacramento, Ap. 6, 1893. IX nVillie Eincoln Clark b. San Francisco, Ap. 21,

Col. Clark was a student Norwich univ. 1841-1842, teacher several years, merchant in Fitchburg 1850- 1857 and Cleveland, O. 1857-1861 and, after his removal to Cambridge, custom-house officer (Boston) ; at one time colonel of a N. H. militia reoiment.

He was a soldier in the civil war - appointed Ap. 1861, drill master, iQtli reg. (3 months) O. vol. infantry; appointed Aug. 31, 1861, organizer with rank as major, 29th reg. (Gidding's) O. vol. infantr}-, promoted It. col. Dec. I, 1861, taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862 and held in Salisbury (N. C), Libby (Richmond, Va.) and other prisons until paroled three months later, injured at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, resigned June 19, 1863.

VII Thomas Bellows Wyinau of Charlestown, Mass., sixth child of William and Mary 2(i (Gibson) Wy man, b, Walpole, N. H., May i, 1794 ;-d. Charlestown, June 24, 1867 ; m. Oct 27, 1816, Mary Frothingham (d. June 9, 1875), sister of the historian Hon. Richard Frothingham.

VIII ^ Thomas Bellows Wyman of Charlestown, genealogist of the Wyman family and author The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown^ b. Charlestown, Dec. 11, 181 7 ; d. Charlestown, May 19, 1878 ; unm.

VIII " Richard Frothingham Wyman of Charlestown b. Charlestown, Mar. 5, 1819 ; d. Charlestown, May i, 1884 ; m. Oct. 12, 1843, Harriet lyouisa Lee Hoppin (b. Dec. 12, 1824), dan. of Richard and Sarah A. (Pratt) Hoppin of Providence, R. I.

VII Abrjiliani Gibson Wyman of Boston, Mass., merchant, ninth child of William and Mary ,t^6* (Gibson) Wyman, b. Walpole, N, H., Aug. 5, 1801 ; d. Boston, June 24, 1868; bur. in Mt. Auburn cemetery near Boston; m. at Boston by Rev. Samuel Barrett, May 11, 1826, Miranda Priest (b. Rindge, N. H., June 16, 1802, d. Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 11, 1869, bur. beside her husband), dan. of John and Rebecca (Gibson) Priest, see

Mr. Wyman was a gentleman very much respected both for his private character and the honorable filling of places of trust in church and city government.

Mr. Wyman in 1852 entered the connting-room of the honored Boston merchant Robert B, Storer and since 1894 has been sole member of the firm Robert B. Storer & Co. ; he is also Mr. Storer's successor as Russian vice-consul for New England.

VI liebecca Gibson, fourth child of Lt. Abraham h'j and Esther (Fox) Gibson, b. Concord, Mass., Nov. 15, 1765 ; bap. First Parish church, Nov. 24, 1765; d. Lunenburg, Mass., June 30, 1814 ; bur. in the South yard ; m. as first wife (pub. at Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. i, 1785), John Priest of Rindge, N. H. and Lunenburg (b. Lancaster, Mass., Oct. I, 1761, bap. by Rev. T. Harrington, Oct. 30, 1763, d. Lunenburg, Ap. 12, 1830, bur. beside his wife), sou of Benjamin and Hannah (Johnson) Priest.

'^Jo/ni Priest of Woburn and Lancaster, Mass. d. Lancaster, 1704, between Ap. 20 when he was "holding garrison" and Dec. 21 when the inventory of his estate was taken ; m. Rachel Garfield (d. 1737), .said to be a descend.mt of Kdward Garfield of Chester, Eng. It is clain.ed hy some of the Priest line th«t this John was son of John and Sara of Wevniouth, Mass or son of Jan.es of Weymouth and gt. gr. smi of Degorv^'the Puritan pmneer in i62o.-Records show that a John Priest of Woburn, joined hy wife Sara, sold 20 acres in 1680, and he may have been the John Priest in Weymouth at au earlier date - that a "James Prist " of Weymouth was made freeman May 10' 1640 and granted 3 acres 1642-1644 and 20 acres in 1663 - that a Degory, " Digory " or " Diggory " Priest died Plymouth', Mass Jan. I, 1621, a few days after lauding from the Maj:/^ozi'er T>ec 22, 1620, married at Leydeu, Holland, 1611, Mrs. Sarah Allerton- Vmcent who came to the Plymouth colony in 1622 accompanied by her third husband Cuthbert Cuthbertson and her Priest daughters Sarah and Mary and, as claimed, "sons Emanuel of Salem, Mass. and James of Weymouth." - In 6>^'^;/ O-;,/;,;-/^^ ?;/ //;e A neelaud Family it is stated that Degory had a son John who married Sara Allerton, settled in-Woburn and was father of the John who married Rachel Garfield. However uncertain Mr. Priest's ancestry, he was the soldier John Priest "of Wo burn Towne" in King Philip's war, and a comparatively youn^ man when in 16SS he removed from Woburu and located on a 30 acre grant on the eastern side of Bare hill, east part of Ivancaster (Harvard since 1732). Children, the first three b in Woburn, the other four in Lancaster: 1 Elizabeth b Sept 12, 1679. 'John of Lancaster, b. 1681 ; d. Bolton, Mass.', Sept" 12, 1756; m. Anna Houghton; eight children. » Daniel of Lancaster b. July 19, 1686; d. Oct. 9, 1723; m. Elizabeth on Bare hill till 1743, then sold his farm and moved to Lancaster proper. Children b. on Bare Hill between 1717 and 17.S - Joseph. -^Benjamin. ^ Mary. * Susanna. ^Eleazar. «Tabitha' ^Bathsheba. « Dorothy. "Betty, 'ojohii.

Benjamin Priest o[ Lancaster, first son of Joseph, b I ancaster, Dec. 12, 173S ; d. Lunenburg, Jan. 4, 1S17 ; m. at Lancaster by Joseph Wilder, esq., Jan. 20, 1761, Hannah Johnson of Lancaster. He was a soldier in the Fr. and Ind. war-" Private under Capt. Thomas Beaman - Lancaster - Entered Feb 29 - 1760 until Nov. 10-1760, 40 weeks & 60 days " ; he was also a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Hartwell's co Col

Mr. Priest resided till 1811 in Rindge (Rowley'- Canada from 1690 nntil incorporated Feb. 11, 1768) when he removed from the town to Lnnenburg and in 1813 and 1814 served as school committee ; after the death of his wife Rebecca he married, Nov. 17, 1814, Mrs. Phebe (Atherton) Sherman, and of two dang-liters by this marriage the elder died yonng and the other, Abigail, born 1819, married Luke Carter of Leominster, Mass.

He was a revolutionary soldier; in the absence, however, of family confirmatory records it is perplexing to identify him among the Lancaster John Priests whose names appear on official rolls in the IMassachu- .setts archives (Boston) - the private in Capt. Hartwell's CO., Col. Dike's reg. July 10, 1776, and if so, marching with his father to Dorchester heights - the trooper in Col. Sheldon's light dragoons - the fifer in Col. Denny's reg. - the private in Col. Marshall's reg. who on the retreat to Fort Ann from Schene(Skeensborough, now White hall on Lake Champlain) was disabled and subsequently pensioned ; unfortunately the pension records of 1787, those for disability, were destroyed by fire in 1814 and the earliest extant are those of Mar. 18, 1818 for " 9 mos. on Continental establishment." Children : VII ^](A\\\ Fox Priest. .?'>

VII ^Rebecca Priest b. Rindge, June 7, 1790 ; d. young. VII Priest Gibson (birth name Abraham Gibson Priest) of St. Petersburg, Ru.ssia, U. S. consul thirtyone years, b. Rindge, July lo, 1791 ; d. London, Eng. , Nov. 30, 1852 ; num.

VIII 'Herman Edgarton Priest of Waltham, accountant Waltham gas-light company, b. Waltham, Oct. 20, 1844 ; m. Oct. 19, 1871, Ella Grace Gillett (b. June 9, 1853), ^^^^^- of Orson and Elizabeth (Thorpe) Gillett of Gainesville, N. Y. ; one child: 'George Pleywood Priest b. Waltham, May 16, 1877 ; unm.

VII J<)]iu Fox Priest of Boston, ]\Iass. , a successful and prominent importer of iron and steel, first child of John and Rebecca til (Gibson) Priest, b. Rindge, N. H., ]\Iay 31, 1786; d. Boston, July 12, 1846; m. Sept. 9, 1810, Catherine Brewer Marean (b. Boston, July 21, 1794, d. Boston, May 12, 1855), dan. of William and Sarah (Brewer) Marean, and descendant on the maternal side of John Brewer, pioneer in Cambridge, Mass. in 1642 (Catherine B.^' ; Sarah"; Col. David*" of Brookfield and Palmer, Mass., one of three brothers who were colonels in the revolution ; Jonathan"' of Framingham, Mass. ; John " of Sudbury, Mass. b. Cambridge, 1642; John').

IX ' Frederick Hammond Gibbens of New York, N. Y., late treasurer Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad company, b. Boston, Jan. 27, 1843 m. Oct. 29, 1884, Mrs. Isabel (Connelly) Sanford (b. Dec. 25, 1848) ; no children.

Ivlass., second child of John and Rebecca .7/ (Gibson) Priest, b. Rindge, N. H., Feb. 14, 1788 ; d. Lunenburg, Oct. 7, 1861 ; bur. in the North yard ; m. INIar. 30, 1815, Lydia R. Hey wood (d. 1851), dau. of John Prescott and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Heywood of Lunenburg, and descendant of John Prescott, pioneer in Watertown and Lancaster, Mass., sec note under- 111.

IX ^Mary Priest b. Boston, Jan. 11, 1857 ; m. Nov. 3, 1881, Warren Kendall Blodgett of Cambridge, lawyer, graduate Harvard coll. 1878 and Harvard law school 1881, son of Warren K. and Minnie (Paddock) Blodgett of Boston ; no children.

IX ^ Ada Maria (Addie) Morse b. Boston, Jan. 16, 1848 ; m. Ap. 27, 187 1, Thomas Edward Bixby of Boston and Francestown, plantation owner in Surinam, Dutch Guiana (b. Surinam, 1835, d. Francestown, Oct. 19,

VII Rebecca Priest, sixth child of John and Rebecca SI (Gibson) Priest, b. Rindge, N. H., May 15, 1795; d. Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 11, 1872 ; bur. in the South yard ; m. May 26, 1814, Dea. Lincoln Heywood of Lunenburg (b. Lunenburg, Ap. 29, 1791, d. Oct. 30, 1867), son of John Prescott and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Heywood, and descendant of John Prescott, pioneer in Watertown and Lancaster, Mass. , j'^^ note under 111,

1845 ^ soldier in the civil war - enlisted Aug. 23, 1864, private, 24th Unattached co. heavy artillery, Mass. volunteers (co. H, 4th Mass.), d. of sickness. Fort Craig, Va., Nov. 8, 1864. IX 'Helen Miranda Heywood b. Lunenburg, Aug. 31, kindly nature and noble integrity won the love and respect of the entire community. \'III "Sarah Rebecca Heywood b. Lunenburg, Nov. i6, 1830; m. July 4, 1853, Andrew Goodrich of Lunenburg (b. Lunenburg, Jan. 2, 1827, ^- Ap. 7, 1897), son of Artemas and Lydia (Rowsdell) Goodrich of Lunenburg, and descendant of William and Margaret Goodridge of Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, Eng. , pioneers in Watertown in 1634 (Andrew'", resident on the homestead in the family since 1720; Artemas'' ; Simon" of Lunenburg who changed the surname from Goodridge to Goodrich; Capt. Philip'" of Lunenburg; Philip'" of Newbury, Mass., the original owner in 1720 of lot 70 in "ye South Town*' or present Luneiiburg ; Jeremiah" of Newbury b. Watertown, 1638 ; William').

And His Descendants. So

IX ^Georgianna Priest b. Qiiincy, Sept. 20, 1885. VIII nValter Priest of Lower South River, N. S. b. Boston, Ap. 2, 1846; m. 1889, Isabel Chisholm ; no children.

VII Fanny Priest, eleventh child of John and Rebecca 31 (Gibson) Priest, b. Rindge, N. H., June 12, 1809; d. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 24, 1890; m. Mar. 2, 1830, Wolcott Charles Chandler, M. D., of Andover, Vt. and So. Natick, Mass., graduate Dartmouth med. scliool 1829 (t*- Andover, Jan. 3, 1807, d. So. Natick, Aug. 19, 1848), son of Dr. Charles Wolcott and Nancy (White) Chaudler of Andover, and descendant of William and Annis Chandler, pioneers in Roxbury, Mass. in 1637 (Dr. Wolcott C"; Dr. Charles W." ; Judge John" of Chester, Vt.; Judge Thomas '^' of Chester ; Hon. John '" of Woodstock, Conn. ; Dea. John " of New Roxburv, Conn., originally the Indian Wapaquasett and later Woodstock and New Roxbury ; William ' ).

Durbrow of San Francisco; two children : ' Charles Wolcott Durbrow (birth name Catton) b. Jan. 26, 1875. ^Ross Lewis Durbrow (birth name Catton) b. Dec. 25, 1877. VIII ^ Fanny Maria Chandler b. Ludlow, Vt, Oct. 20, 1835; m. Nov. 6, i860, Cornelius Briggs Houghton of Benicia,

VI Sarah Gardner (Sally) Gibson, fifth child of Lt. Abraham 1^ and Esther (Fox) Gibson, b. Concord, Mass., Sept. 5, 1767; bap. First Parish church, Oct. II, 1767; d. Dorchester, Mass., June 24, 1836; bur. in Mt. Auburn cemetery near Boston, Mass.; m.

N. Y. ; ni. second, at Boston by Rev. Samuel West, pastor Hollis Street church, Feb. i, 1800 family record, Feb. 21 city records (pub. Jan. 17, 1798), Ebenezer Winter Calef of Cape Elizabeth, Me. and Walpole, Mass. (b. Milton, Mass., Aug. 17, 1760, d. Walpole, Feb. 9, 1829), of Joseph and Mehitable (Miller) Calef.

^ Robert Calef o{ Boston ami Roxbury, Mass., weaver, b. (probably England) 164S, d. Roxbury, Ap. 13, 1719, the gravestone still in good preservation in Roxbury old burying ground ; arrival in Boston in 1687, Mr. Calef became so exercised over the witchcraft delusion that he wrote his More Wonders of the Invisible World, a work denouncing the delusion and an answer to Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather's Wonders of the Invisible World ; in the words of the poet Whittier - book " ; of the few copies extaut of this original edition, one now owned by the Massachusetts historical society was once the property of Dr. Mather who inscribed on its cover the utterance of Job - " My desire is that mine adversary had written a book ; surely I would take it upon my shoulder and bind it as a crown to me." Children, the first six b. in Europe, the other two in America : - Dr. Joseph. * Robert of Boston drowned 1722 ; m. Margaret Barton ; eight children. ''John of Newbury, Mass. and Chester, N. H., clothier, d. 1748 ; m. 1702, Deborah King ; nine children ; among descendants - Capt. John Calef the distinguished New Hampshire soldier and civilian in the revolution. 'Jeremiah of Portsmouth and Exeter, N. H., clothier, d. 1763 -, m. 1708, Lucy Chadbourn ; four children ; among descendants - Hon. Arthur B. Calef, the best living authority on Calef genealogy. "' Martha m. 1700, Solomon Hews of Portsmouth and Dorchester ; children. * Mary m. 1712, Dr. Samuel Stevens of Roxbury ; six children ; among gr. sons - Gen. Joseph Warren and Dr. John Warren, the revolutionary patriot brothers of Boston. 'Edward b. 16SS ; d. young.

'^^ Dr. Joseph Ca/^ of Ipswich, Mass. (the Indian Agawam till incorporated Aug. 5, 1634), first son of Robert, b. (probably England) about 1671 ; d. Ipswich, Dec. 28, 1707 ; m. Mary Ayer, dau. of Rep. Peter Ayer of Haverill, Mass., and gr. dan. of John Ayer of Salisbury, Mass., in 1640 ; children b. in Ipswich : 'Robert of Ipswich b. 1693 ; d. 1730 ; m. Margaret Stauiford ; among children - Hon. John, physician, loyalist and author Seige oj Penobscot by the Rebels. ^Joseph. ' Sanmel b. 1697 ; d. unm. * Ebenezer, perhaps the Judge Ebenezer Calef of Nantucket, Mass. 1775-1781, *Dr. Peter of Charlestown, Mass. b. 1700; d. 1735; m. 1723, Sarah Foster; eight children.

'''^^ Joseph CaleJ oi Boston, tanner, " a man of standing in the community," second son of Dr. Joseph, b, Ipswich, May 20, 1695 ; d. Boston, Sept, 1763 ; m. Hannah Jordan, dau. of Capt. Dominicus and Hannah (Tristram) Jordan of Spurwink (Cape Elizabeth), Me., and gr. dau. of Rev. Robert and Sarah (Winter) Jordan of Spurwink ; children b, in Boston and bap. New South church: 'Sarah bap. Nov. 15, 1719; d. unm.

Phillips and James Perkins ; children. "' Elizabeth bap. Sept. 21, 1740. "Hannah bap. Dec. 12, 1742; ui. June 3, 1764 (Boston records), Dr. Gottfried Christian Schmidt (name anglicized Smith in the next generation ) of Newburyport, Mass. ; seven children ; among descendants - the brothers Walter George Smith, author Life and Letters of Thomas Kilby Smith (his father Gen. T. K. Smith) ; Thomas Kilby Smith, compiler of his paternal and maternal ancestry, including Calef, Jordan, Winter, and Aj'er.