Essex Town (part 3 of 26)

Children, born in Andover : - 461 - I. JoHN,^ b. April 8, 1759; grad. H. C, 1 784 ; instructor in Phillips Academy in Andover for two or three years, and tutor in Harvard college for five years. He then studied for the ministry, and was licensed to preach ; but his health forbidding, he engaged in mercantile business in Portland, Me. In 1802, he was elected a professor in Bowdoin college, and resigned in 1816. He was then appointed a fellow and treasurer of the college, and also served as librarian for twenty-four years. In 1829, he retired from college duties, and removed to Waterford, Me., and subsequently to Charlestown, Mass. He died at his brother's in Andover July 2, 1843, aged eighty-four. 462 - II. EzRA,^ b. Dec. 2, 1760. See below

463 - III. Benjamin,^ b. Sept. 17, 1762; grad. H. C, 1788; lived in Exeter, N. H., and had charge of the Phillips Academy there for fifty years ; and m., first, Hannah Tracy Emery of Exeter Nov. I, 1791. Shed. Dec. 6, 1793. aged twenty-two. He m., second, Mary Perkins of Boston May i, 1798. His son, Rev. John Emery Abbot, was pastor of the North church in Salem.

467 - VII. Abiel,^ b. Aug. 17, 1770; grad. H. C, 1792 ; was a D. D. ; instructor in Phillips Academy at Exeter and Andover two years ; ordained over First church in Haverhill in 1795; installed over First church in Beverly in 1803; and d., on his return from a trip to Cuba, off Staten Island, June 7, 1828. He m. Eunice Wales of Dorchester in 1796. She survived him, and d. Dec. 29, 183 1. Rev. William E. Abbot of Billerica was his son.

Anthony Colebie of Salisbury, planter, for land in Salisbury, on west side of Pawwaus river, conveys to Josiah Cobham 4 acres on west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by Willi: Sargent, etc., 25 ; i : 1645. Wit: Tho : Bradbury and Richard Currier. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and Robert Pike, commissioners.

Josiah Cobham of Sahsbury, planter, for land on west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by William Sargent, etc., conveys to Anthony Coleby of Salisbury, planter, land bought of Jarrett Haddon on Pawwaus river, etc., 25 : i : 1645. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Richard Currier. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and Robert Pike, commissioners.

Jarrett Haddon of Salisbury, planter, for 40J., conveys to Josiah Cobham of Salisbury, planter, 8 acres in Salisbury, on west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by Anthony Colebie, 1:1: 1644. Signed by mark h. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Richard Currier. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and Robert Pike, commissioners of Salisbury, 21 : 5 : 1652.

John Hoyt of Salisbury, planter, for a house lot, etc., in Salisbury, at ffitt's corner, and land bounded by Willi : Browne and Jn° Bayly, sen., and Merrimack river, conveys to Jn** Dickison of Salisbury, planter, 4 acres in Salisbury, bounded by Anthony Sadler and Willi : Holdred, 25 : i : 1642. Signed by mark H. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and Edward

George Martyn of Salisbury, blacksmith, conveys to Jn°. Dickison of Salisbury, planter, land in Salisbury, bounded by Jn**. ffullar and Anthony Sadler, on highway to mill, Sept. 29, 1643- Signed by mark M. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Edward ffrench. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and Josiah Cobham, commissioners.

John Severans of Salisbury, planter, conveys to Georg Martyn of Salisbury, blacksmith, land in Salisbury, bounded by Anthony Sadler, John ffullar, great river, Pawwaus river, William Barnes, and on road to mill ; and also common right I bought of Jn*^. Coles, March i, 1643. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Richard Wells. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and Robert Pike.

Edward Gyllman of Exiter, for ;£"i4, conveys to Jn°. Robeson of Haverell, "that dwelHng house in Exiter w*^* was sometimes m"^. Purmets house & y® houselott on w*''^ it standeth," and land adjoining sometimes M^. Isach Grosses ; and land said Edward bought of Henry Robie, bounded by Humfrey Wilson, near the great cove : and land I bought of Samuell Greenfeild, bounded by William Maver and Tho : King : "except y® privilidge of tymber for my saw mills, & Pines for great Masts." 20 : 12 : 1651. Wit: Edward Hilton and Jn*'. Legatt. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 22 : 12 : 1652.

Willi : Sargent of Salisbury conveys to Jn°. Browne of Hampton, planter, land bounded by Aquilla Chase and the widow Bristo, Dec. 16, 1652. Wit: Henry Green and Jn^. Redman. Ack. before the court at Salisbury 15 : 4 : 1653.

Sam : Dudley leases to Edward Colcord of Hampton one-third of the sawmill on land on Humfry Wilson's creek in Exiter, etc., and one-third "of those sawes w^^^ are in y® hands of Georg Halsie," for seven years from March I St next, the annual rent to be 10,000 feet of sound, well condiconed and merchantable boards of pine. Humfrey Wilson also owns one-third of the mill. Dec. 13, 1651. Wit: Christopher Hussey. Ack. by S. D. and H. W. before Tho: Wiggin 15:4: 1653, ^nd by E. C. in court at Salisbury 14 : 4 : 1653.

M^ Jn^ Ward of Haverhill, for £1 2s. 6^., conveys to Jh°. Clement of Haverhill 2 acres of land in the plain March 29> 1653. Wit: Jn'*. Eaten and Joseph Peasly. Ack. before Jn°. Eaton and Joseph Peasly. Also signed by Alice Ward.

Thomas Biggs of Exiter conveys tO' Jn**. Gyllman of Exiter interest in a grant for a saw-mill at Pascasuck river ; also,, land at mouth of Lamprell river, granted to me. May 8, 1652. Signed by O mark. Wit : Jn^ Legatt arid Elizabeth Legatt. Ack. before Tho: Wiggin 22: 12 : 1652.

Henry^ Sayword (also written Seword in the deed) "of Ssgrmore Creke, in Straubury Banke," conveys to Jn**. ffillbrooKe (also spelled Philbroocke) of Hampton a common right in Hampton Oct. 9, 1652. Wit: Humphrey Humber and Joseph Davis. Ack. before Richard Bellingham 10: 1652. To be Continued.

Mrs. E. R. H.

41. Anthony Vaughan, born 175 1 (?) at Scituate, R. I., or Mass. (?), married Anne Armstrong of Sugar Loaf, N. Y., and settled at Chester, Lunenburg county, N. S., in 1773. What was his father's given name and who was his mother? What was her father's given name and who was her mother? d. a. keizer.

44. Mary Fairbanks married Michael Metcalf (son of English emigrant, of same name, in 1637). Who were her parents and grandparents? a. h. b.

45. David Nichols of Salem, born Amesbury, 1709; married Hannah Gaskill, 1730; lost at sea, 1756. What was name and record of his immigrant ancestor, and how descended? f. l. hills.

50. Did Thomas Tolman, who married Elizabeth Johnson in Lynn in 1664, reside there? If so, when? When and where was their son Thomas born, and who was his wife Experience ?

Mrs. A. M. Pickford

21. Martha Greenleaf, who married Ezra Moody April 26, 17 16, was daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hills) Greenleaf, and was born in Newbury April 23, 1699. - Ed.

26. Lydia, widow of David Haynes of Haverhill, married Nathaniel Perley of Boxford Sept. 10, 1776. Mr. Perley died July 18, 1 810, and she survived him. Her home in Boxford was the farm now owned by T. Perley Killam, and situated near the railroad station. There were no children born of this marriage. - Ed.

By Eliza Philbrick

We have but a faint conception of the sheep the privilege of grazing them on severe and varied labors of pioneer life, the common lands, and dogs that had Nearly everything we use today we buy killed sheep were hung, and the owners ready-made, while in the old days the of the guilty canines had also to pay colonists had to produce whatever they twice the value of the sheep killed, needed. The general court ordered. May 13, The first settlers of Essex County 1640, that the magistrates and deputies brought a limited supply of clothing and of the several towns "make enquiry what bedding with them, and some of the seed is in every town, what men and families brought their spinning wheels, on women are skillful in the breaking, spinwhich they could manufacture yarn for ning, weaving, what means for the prothe weaving of cloth on home-made viding of wheels ; and to consider with hand-looms, which were probably con- those skillful, in that manufacture, and structed by carpenters here as soon as what course may be taken for teaching new apparel was needed. The great in- the boys and girls in all towns the spincrease in population, and the diminishing ning of the yarn," also concerning the intercourse with England made more spinning and weaving of cotton wool, necessary the home production of woolen The general court encouraged the and linen cloth. The first mention made raising of hemp and flax by offering preof a spinning wheel here is in 1638, and miums for cloth woven from material the next year home-made clothing is grown, spun and woven here. They also mentioned. To be sure, leather was used proposed that as much as possible of the to a some extent, and so continued for wild hemp should be saved by the chila century and a half. From that early dren and servants.

date to comparatively recent times it was About this time (1641), Samuel Cornthe custom, in the rural districts for the hill of Salem was allowed an acre of land

The settlers first used the wild hemp selectmen of each town to see that all of that was made use of by the Indians for the children were taught spinning and the manufacture of ropes and mats ; and weaving, and diligently exercised therein, very soon had flax and hemp seed for In May, 1656, the general court ensowing sent to them by their friends in acted "that all hands not necessarily em- England who were interested in the wel- ployed on other occasions, as women, fare of the colony. girls and boys, shall be and hereby are tion of wool, were early introduced, every town do consider the condition and The general court allowed the owners of capacity of every family, and accordingly more families from Yorkshire, England, ling, and spinning. At the fourth anniwho had thoroughly learned the business versary of the society, three hundred was used for finishing men's wear, the The Stamp Act oflended the Americloth being first woven at the homes of can colonists so seriously that they

The people went to work earnestly, and In Newbury, the "Daughters of Libthere was not, at the beginning of the erty" held all-day sessions for spinning eighteenth century, one family in forty and weaving, sometimes as many as that did not spin and weave the cloth for seventy linen wheels being employed, their own clothing. As early as 17 19, the English parlia- Early in 1706, one hundred and fifty- ment passed a stringent law against exfive dozen of cards and a large number porting any tools or utensils used in the of wool-combs, of wrought iron, were silk and woolen manufacture ; and in brought to New England. The first 1774 all tools and implements used in mention we find of any cards being made cotton and linen manufacture, excepting here is in 1747, when both wool and cot- wool-cards, were prohibited. These ton cards were made and sold in Boston, statutes were vigorously enforced, and By 1745, the manufacture and use of proved serious obstacles to the introduchome-spun woolen cloth was thoroughly tion of machinery. Garments made of incorporated into the domestic habits of fabrics spun by the young lady weavers' the people. Most of the cloth was used own hands were emulously worn as proofs at home, but a part was sold to the set- of patriotism. Spinning matches in Estlers on the frontier, who had not been sex county were common occurences for able to produce it for themselves. This several years prior to the Revolution, and lessened the sales of the English mer- extraordinary achievements by the fair chants. spinners are recorded. They also some- In 1751, the general court granted times took their wheels to their neighbors' fifteen thousand pounds to erect a "spin- and spent the day socially and profitably, ning house" for the "Boston Society for As the implements of manufacture Promoting Industry and Frugality.*' were comparatively rude, and many This was a school for the instruction modern processes of manufacture and of poor children. A similar and smaller finish were as yet unknown, the fabrics school had been established a few years made, whether woolen or linen, were more before for which the children were remarkable for service than elegance. to be furnished by overseers of the poor. The material was mostly grown upon and the town was to pay expenses for the farms of the planters. The breaking and hatchling were done by the men, and the carding, spinning, weaving, bleaching and dyeing, by the wives and daughters of the planters. Beautiful and abundant stores of household linen were objects of laudable pride and emulation with all thrifty famiUes.

Dyeing made the cloth quite ornamental. Indigo was the most common color. Samuel Diggadon of Salem made the coloring of cotton and linen yarn in English blue his business.

Linen Wheel

The ancient implements for spinning linen were the spindle and distaff. The spindle was a round stick or rod of wood about a foot long, tapering toward each end, and having at one end a notch or slit in which the yarn might be caught or fixed. This end was held uppermost supported by the thread which was being spun, the upper end of the thread being slowly evolved from a handful of tow held in the same hand. The spindle was made to swiftly revolve by rolling it outwardly on the right thigh, by a quick stroke of the open right hand, the thread being slowly worked downward by the manipulation of wet fingers. Generally a ring or "whorl" of stone or clay was passed round the upper part of the spindle to give it momentum and steadiness in its rotary movement.

The distaff consisted of a stick larger and stronger than the spindle. The fibre was wound around one end of it in a loose coil or ball. The other end was carried under the left arm, or fixed in the girdle at the left side. Otherwise the implement and the principles of the movement were similar to the spindle. In the eastern countries this ancient method of spinning is still in vogue.

The first improvement in the implements of spinning was the placing of the spindle in a horizontal position in a frame between two upright supports, and made to rapidly revolve by a band passing around the spindle and over a large wheel, set in the same frame work, the large wheel being turned by one hand. This improvement was probably made about the thirteenth century, and is the same as the woolen wheel shown in the frontispiece. At first the wheel was made to revolve by taking hold of the spokes with the hand, but, soon after its invention, a round stick of wood about nine inches in length and an inch in diameter came into use. A little groove was formed near one end of the stick to prevent slipping from the spokes. This implement was called the "driver," or "finger." These wheels were rare until the sixteenth century.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century an improved wheel was in use among the Scotch in the northern part of Ireland. The wheel was smaller and narrower, thus having less resistance from the air, and was propelled by foot. When those Scotch immigrants came to New England, and especially to Essex county, where they settled, they brought these improved wheels with them. From that time the two wheels were used by our people. The large wheel, moved by hand, was used for spinning wool, being esteemed to be better adapted for that material ; and the small wheel, propelled by foot, for spinning flax. So the old wheel came to be called "the woolen wheel," and the new one the "linen wheel." The linen wheel is shown herewith. No material improvement occurred in spinning machinery until the invention of the spinning jenny about 1767.

The advent of the Scotch-Irish, as the immigrants were called, caused a new impetus to be given to the linen manufacture, as they brought not only the foot wheel, but a better knowledge of the cultivation of flax and manufacture of linen. These new wheels were soon an appendage to almost every farm-house and cottage in the county.

Flax is an annual crop, and its seed is sown in the spring. The amount raised and the quality of the fibre depends upon the fertility of the soil and the time the plant is pulled. In early times the stalks, when pulled, were tied into loose bundles, all the roots being placed one way. These bundles were then laid in pools of water for the purpose of fermenting and rotting the woody part of the stalk, so that it would easily separate from the fibre. This required a period of about ten days. If it remained in the water too long the fibre would be injured by decay.

about five feet in length, and consisted of two series of slats, one loosely fitting into the other. The flax was laid across the lower slats, and the woody stalks were broken into small pieces by letting the upper part of the " brake " fall upon them. This part of the work was severe as the upper part of the brake was made very heavy in order to give it force when it descended upon the flax.

Then came the swingling process, by which the woody fragments were beaten ofl" with a wooden knife, called the "swingle knife," which was about two feet in length and three inches in width. A bunch of the flax was held in one hand and the swingle knife in the other, the operation being performed by cleaving strokes of the knife. Care was taken not to ravel or entangle the fibre. After this operation the fibre was called " swingle tow." A strong

Hatchel Flax Brake

When taken from the water the stalks were spread upon the grass to dry, and then put through a hand machine, herewith shown, called a "brake." This was flax in one of his hands, by one end, threw the other end spread out over the comb, and drew the strip toward him, repeating the process until the woody por-' tion and short fibres called tow were removed from that end. To clean the other end, the bundle of fibre was taken in the hand by the end already combed and the operation repeated. The cleaned long flax was called combed flax. If it was required to be very fine, as for cambric, etc., the fibre was afterward put through a finer comb.

Spinning In The Olden Time

from it was spun the yarn on the spindle. The distaff was fastened to the wheel frame by inserting the lower end of it into a hole bored in the frame near the spindle. During the operation the spinner frequently moistened the thread, by forefinger and thumb, with saliva or water, to more securely skeins. The oldest and simplest reel was the hand reel, made of three sticks of wood, fastened by cords. The later and more complicated machine was the automatic clock reel, a useful and rapid instru- ment. The skeins or hanks of yarn were then boiled in soapy water or potash to free it from impurities. For cotton a little flour was added to the boiling water to increase its firmness and tenacity, which linen does not require, its fibre being firm, long tenacious.

hard work, and so they occasionally had a "carding bee." The wool rolls were generally spun on the large wheel, though some used the small wheel for this purpose. A woman's stent in spinning wool was five skeins a

Clock Reel Hand Cards

Worsted yarn was made from the best long wool combed the same as tow, and not made into rolls, being spun on the small wheel. Cotton was carded into rolls, and spun on the large wheel.

The knack in spinning wool, which the old people used to talk about, says Doctor Norwood, in Quabbin^ was only the experience requisite to a free movement of the arms, an elastic pose, and a long gliding step, advancing and retreating. The graceful movement of the arms of a harpist and the action of the lawn-tennis player are tame beside the damsel at the great wheel. Look at her as she is leaning forward, lightly poised upon the toe of the left foot. With her left hand she picks up, by the end, a long slender roll of soft wool, and deftly winds the fibres upon the point of the steel spindle before her. Now holding it an instant with thumb and finger, she gives a gentle motion to the wheel with the " driver " that she holds in her right hand. Meanwhile, she seizes the roll of wool, at a little distance from the spindle, and measures with practiced eye the length that will be required for a drawing. Then, while the hum of the wheel rises to a sound like the echo of wind in a storm, backward she steps, one, two, three, holding high the long yarn as it twists and quivers, - then, suddenly reversing the wheel, she glides from it with a long, even stride, and lets the yarn wind upon the spindle. Then another movement, a new pinch of the roll, a new turn of the wheel, and da capo. The backward and forward movement, the left hand controlling the yarn, while the right governed the wheel, was a most picturesque sight.

Shortly before 1800, machinery began to do all this work. In 1788, in Beverly, was established the first cotton mill in the United States; and in Newbury- Byfield, in 1 794, the first woolen mill was built, of course, in both instances, with rude and imperfect machinery. Mills have silenced the buzz of the spinning wheel on the domestic hearth, and changed the character of the textile manufactures of the country, as well as the social habits of the people.

** The spinning wheel of the olden day Forgotten now in the corner stands ; The bunch of flax is a dusty gray, And for years untouched by living hands, From each long spoke have the spiders spun A filmy web, but they, too, are old, And the rust of years have long begun On the hub of brass, once bright as gold. It is hard to turn the old wheel now. It slowly moves with a sorry creak ; It seems like a voice so faint and low, - So long unused it can hardly speak."

ground in the street called the east ent bounded by a houfe Lott of John Perkins the younger on the eaft & by two houfe Lotts formerly granted to Sergent Howlett, & Tho : Hardy on the south, the Towne referuing liberty to digg clay in any part of the said pcell To enjoy all the said Lands to him his heirs & afsigns foreuer. entered the 7*^ day of May : 1639 ; vera Copia as it stands recorded in the Towne book of Ipswich : taken ye 20*^ (7) 1666.

Granted to Thomas Borman on houfe Lott about two Acres of ground lying to the street called the east end & butting upon the street at the South eaft, bound one the north eaft by a houfe Lott, belonging to M'". John Winthrop, & on the South weft by a houfe Lott granted to Bartholomew, alfo six Acres of Planting ground, on the north side of the Towne, hauing a planting Lott formerly granted to Thomas Scott on the eaft & a planting Lott of Will : Bartholowmeu on the weft, alfo an Island about ffifty & ffive Acres more or leff pt upland pt meadow, bounded the north eaft, by the Towne River, & on the eaft by a Creeck parting it, & an Island belonging to John Perkins the elder on the south by a parcell of Land formerly granted to George Carr, on the weft by y® great Creeke called the labour in vaine, alfo a parcell of Ground about two Acres, for a houfe lott lying on the south syde, the Towne River, bounded on the south by a highway, leading to the Laboure in vaine, on the Northweft by certain houfe Lotts, granted to daniell Houey, Wm Holdred &c. on the north eaft by a houfe Lott formerly granted to Thomas Gylven, alfo a small parcell of about a Rodd of

In the possession of Mr. William C. Peabody of Georgetown is a book entitled " Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul," by Philip Doddfidge, D. D., and published in Boston in 181 8, having on the first fly-leaf the following words, written in ink : " John Adams from his brother Joseph Adams," and on two other blank pages the following family records ;

The Great Storm Of J635

This was the year of the great exodus from England to America. Many colonists had come early in the season, and planted their seed and cultivated the growing crop. Hay to a considerable extent had been harvested. During the whole of the second week of August the wind blew from the south- southwest with considerable force. At midnight of the fourteenth of the month, its course suddenly changed by way of the southeast to the northeast, and before daybreak a northeast rain storm set in. The wind had greatly increased in violence, blowing with terrific force, and the rain fell in torrents, sometimes with such fury that the ill-made houses of the settlers could hardly withstand its onslaughts. After the gale had continued five or six hours the wind changed to the northwest, and the tumultuous elements subsided.

The wind caused the tide to rise to a height the settlers had never observed, and which the Indians said they could not remember; and some of the shore houses were submerged.

A great number of trees were blown over or broken down, the stronger being torn up by their roots, and the tall pines and other brittle trees broken in the middle. Slender young oaks and good sized walnuts were twisted like withes, and Indian corn, upon which the people depended for their support the coming winter, was beaten down, and much of it destroyed, while it was hardly in the milk.

Among the many anecdotes told of the storm is that of an old man in Ipswich, who was accustomed to go to sea in a small boat, his only companion being a dog that he had taught to steer. As the storm increased in violence, the old man hoisted his sail and prepared lo go down river in his little vessel. His neighbors endeavored to dissuade him from going, but he obstinately replied, " I will go to sea, though the devil was there." He went, but neither he nor his boat were ever seen again.

As many vessels bearing passengers and goods to the New World were on our coast several of them were wrecked by the storm. The Great Hope, belonging in Ipswich, England, of four hundred tons burden, was wrecked near Charlestown. The ship James, of Bristol, England, suffered severely, scarcely escaping destruction off the mouth of the Piscataqua river ; and the ship Angel Gabriel, also from Bristol, was dashed to pieces on Pemaquid Point.

At this early period, there was a boat, a pinnace in build, belonging to Isaac AUerton, sailing regularly between the Piscataqua river and Boston. On Wednesday, two days before the storm, the boat sailed from Ipswich, where it had stopped on its trip to Boston. There were sixteen passengers and four mariners. The passengers were Rev. John Avery, his wife and six children,* and Mr. Avery's cousin Anthony Thacher, who had been in New England but a few weeks, his wife and four children,! another member of his family, and one other passenger.

Mr. Avery had been a minister of good repute in Wiltshire, England, and had come to Newbury, Mass., with the intention of becoming the pastor of that little colony, but concluded not to remain, after being strongly urged to settle in the ministry at Marblehead, and on this Wednesday he took the boat at Ipswich with his all on board for that purpose.

On entering the bay, the course was changed southerly, against the wind, which blew with such force that no advance could be made, even by tacking, which was attempted many times. On the evening of Friday, the fourteenth, after vainly striving to round Cape Ann, they found themselves in the same perilous position, the wind increasing in fury. At ten o'clock, their sails were rent, and anchors were cast. At midnight, the wind suddenly changed to the northeast, and a terrific gale and rain followed. The anchor dragged, and the boat and its cargo was driven over the dark and angry waves.

When the vessel struck, Mr. Avery and his eldest son and Mr. Thacher and his daughter were thrown into the sea, and carried by a mighty wave upon a rock. They called to those in the boat to come to them, but the latter had scarcely time to discover the impotence of such an effort.

During the few moments that Mr. Avery and his three companions were upon the ledge, expecting every instant to be washed from their footing into the raging sea, he raised his eyes toward heaven, and uttered these memorable last words : *' Lord; I cannot challenge a preservation of my life, but according to thy covenant I challenge Heaven." The words had scarcely left his lips, when a gigantic wave lifted the vessel on high and as with giant arms dashed it upon the rock, at the same time washing from the ledge those who had gained momentary foothold upon it. Thus passed Mr. Avery and all his household to their eternal rest. Whittier put the incident into poetry, calling it the " Swan Song of Parson Avery," from which the writer has freely quoted. Of this portion of the incident, he said : -

*For two hundred years it was supposed that Avery's Rock was the scene of the disaster, but it is now disproven. Crackwood's Ledge is some three hundred feet from Thacher's Island.

The Great Storm Of 1 635

The destruction of the vessel was so complete that there were few timbers for the drowning men, women and children to cling to. After beating about in the waves and the darkness, and being repeatedly thrown against the rocks, Mr. Thacher obtained a footing, and he fought his way to the shore. He looked around for his companions, but the darkness was scarcely penetrable, and his loud voice was mocked by the raging wind or drowned in the thunder of the waters. He soon saw pieces of the frame work of the vessel coming toward him, and when they struck a woman extricated herself and reached the shore in safety. It was his wife.

Together, in the rain and the blast, the two watched for signs of their companions, but none came. Of the twenty souls, they only were saved, their quartette of little ones having passed on with the rest. Sad and dejected they sought a restingplace under a sheltering bank. Some provisions and clothing came ashore, and, also, a "snapsack," in which was a steel and flint, and some dry gun-powder. They built a fire, and made themselves as comfortable as they could under the sorrowful circumstances. When morning came, the wind went down, the waves subsided, and the August sun shed its hopeful rays over the stretch of ocean. In every direction but one the sea and sky met in their limitless range, and on the west was the mainland, but separated from them by a wide expanse of water They were upon an island ; and the main-land that could be seen was forest, inhabited only by its savage denizens. They had no means of reaching it, and signs of distress could awaken no response. The day passed, and another hopeless night reached its end. The second day of their imprisonment dawned ; and before the sun again went down they were discovered by the people on board a passing vessel bound to Marble - head, taken on board, and carried thither.

On leaving the island, Mr. Thacher named it "Thacher's Woe," and the next year it was granted to him by the general court. It has since borne his name.

A cradle and an embroidered scarlet broadcloth covering, saved from the wreck, are still preserved by his descendants in Yarmouth, Mass., where he settled.'

The story of this ship-wreck was often told about the hearth-fires of the coastdwellers in the long winter evenings of the years that followed ; and the fishermen, with "grave and reverend faces," recalled the ancient tale when they saw the white waves breaking over the fatal ledge.

"A Sloop with Wood from the Eaftward was drove afhore at Plumb-Ifland on Saturday Night laft, - the People were faved, and it is expected the Veffel will be got off. We hear of no other Veffel being afhore : The Storm began fooner here than further Eaftward, the Veffels that have arrived fince not having it very fevere until Saturday Night, whereas we had it here from Thurfday to Sunday Morning." - Essex Gazette ( Salem )f Oct. 4, 1768.

Capt. Moses Abbots, born in Andover Aug. 9, 1735. He was a surveyor, and resided in Andover. He married Elizabeth Holt Dec. 31, 1761 ; and died Feb. 23, 1826, aged ninety. She died Sept. - , 1838, aged ninety-five.

Barachias Abbots, born in Andover May 22, 1739. He was a cordwainer and lived in Andover until 1786, when he removed to Wilton, N. H., where he was a farmer. He married Sarah Holt (pub. Nov. 10, 1770), who was living in 1792. He died Jan. 29, 1812.

James^, b. March 30, 1780; lived in Andover on the farm owned by first Benjamin Abbot^ ; m. Mary Foster ;, and had children. 487 - VII. Elizabeth^, b. Sept. 14, 1784.

Gen. Stephen Abbots, born in Andover Aug. I, 1749. He resided in Salem, where he was a dealer in hats. He was a captain in the Revolution, major-general in the mihtia, and first commander of the Salem Cadets. He married, first, Sarah Crowell ; and, second, Mary Badger. He died Aug. 10, 181 3.

George Abbots, born in Andover June ^3* 1756. He lived in Billerica and Salem, Mass., and Wilton, N. H. He was a tanner, and was living in Wilton in 1 790. He married Rebecca Blanchard of Billerica April I, 1779 ; and died Nov. - , 1829.

Abner Abbots, born in Andover Jan. 29, 1 76 1. He was a blacksmith, and lived in Andover until about 1798, when he settled in Albany, Me. He married, first, Ruth Holtof Andover Jan. 29, 1784. She died Nov. 21, 1806; and he married, second, Dorcas Nason. He died Sept. 16, 1843.

George Abbots, born in Andover Feb. 9, 1748. He resided in Salem, where he was a shopkeeper. He married Priscilla Manning of Salem March 12, 1772 ; and died there Oct. 5, 1784. His wife survived him, and continued his trade. She was living in 1799.

Capt. John Lovejoy Abbots, born in Andover April 12, 1757. He was a farmer, and lived on the homestead in Andover. He married Phebe Abbot of Andover O ct. 29, 1782. She died Oct. I, 1825, aged sixty- two; and he died Nov. - , 1837.

Jonathan Abbots, born in Andover Aug. 29, 1740. He was a millwright and a farmer, and lived with his father in Andover. He married, first, Mehitable Abbot (279). She died Jan. I, 1777 ; and he married, second, Dorcas Abbot (292) (pub. Dec. 13, 1777). She died March 3, 1844, aged eighty- seven. He died Dec. 25, 1 82 1, aged eighty-two.

Dea. Nathan Abbots, born Sept. 9, 1753. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He married Sarah Ballard May 8, 1777 ; and died March 5, 1801.

JosL\H Abbots, bom Dec. 29, 1759. He lived in Andover until 1800, when he removed to Bath, N. H., and subsequently to Lexington, Vt. He married, first, Ruth Bodwell of Methuen May 15, 1784. She died in 1788, and he married, second, Anna Furbush March 30, 1790. He died Feb. - , 1837.

Benjamin Abbots, born in Andover June 7, 1770. Lived in Andover; and married Rhoda Chandler Nov. 26, 1 793. He died Oct. 20, 1835 ; and she died March

Ezra Abbot^, born in Andover Dec. 2, 1760. He lived in Andover on his father's farm, which was settled by his first American ancestor, George Abbot'. He married Hannah Poor April 24, 1798; and died Jan. 22, 1844, aged eightythree.

Enoch Abbot^, born in Andover April 8, 1774. He lived in Andover. He married Nancy Flint (pub. Julys, 1799); and died Sept. 26, 1842. She died Feb. I, 1 85 1, aged seventy- three.

Asa Abbot^, born in Andover Nov. 15, 1770. Lived with his father in Andover ; and married Judith Jaquith of Billerica (pub. Feb. I, 1798). She died July 15, 1843, ^g^<^ sixty-seven.

The will of Mrs. Anne Scarlet was written 2 : imo : 1639, and proved 30 : 4 : 1643. The following copy is taken from the original instrument on file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf 16. *

And for the reft of my goods & moveables, & lynnen & wollin I defire they fhall be equallie Devided to my three children. Mary Margaret & Jofeph equally alike to them :

Silas Adams of Newbury; ist It., Capt. Jacob Gerrish's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19,' 1775, ^^ Cambridge ; service, 6 dys. ; also^ Capt. Gerrish's co., Col. Moses Little's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. April 24, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., 14 days; also, list of officers; commissioned June 27, 1775 j also, CO. return [probably Oct., ^775]^ ^g^j 33 y^s. ; also, list of men drafted from Essex co. brigade to march to Rhode Island to reinforce Gen. Spencer, by order of Brig.-gen. Michael Farley, agreeable to resolve of April 11, 1777; appointed capt. of a co. made up from Newbury, Danvers, Rowley and Middleton also, capt.. Col. Titcomb's reg. ; roll dated June 29, 1777.

Solomon Adams of Rowley ; priv. ; pay roll for 6 mos. men raised by Rowley for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched July 6, 1780; dis. Dec. 5, 1780; service, 5 mos., 12 dys.

Theodore Adams of Marblehead ; return of men enl. into Continental Army from Col. Jonathan Glover's (5 th Essex CO.) reg., dated Nov. 7, 1777 ; enl., 3 yrs.

Thomas Adams of Boxford ; priv. ; Capt. John Cushing's co.. Col. Samuel Johnson's reg., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 5 days.

Thomas Adams of Boxford ; serg., Capt. Richard Peabody's co.. Col. Edward Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay. abstract for travel allowance from Ticonderoga home, in 1776.

Thomas Adams of Newburyport ; seaman, brig " Julius Caesar," commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Bently; descriptive list of officers and crew, dated June 21, 1780; age, 21 yrs., 5 mos.; stature, 5 ft., 6 in. ; complexion, light. Roll sworn to at Falmouth.

Louisburg Expedition

The Massachusetts legislature, at its present session, has passed the following resolve. The Fifth regiment was composed of Essex county men, and was commanded by Col. Robert Hale of Beverly.

^'Resolved, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth is hereby instructed to ascertain and to report to the general court whether or not there are in existence in England rolls of the Fifth Massachusetts Colonial regiment, and of all the colonial forces engaged in the Louisburg expedition of 1745, and whether or not certified copies of such rolls can be obtained and the cost of obtaining the same."

64. Wanted, ancestry of Benjamin Carrill and of Mary Cross, married in Ipswich March 3, 1 701-2, and names and birthplace of children, c. caryl.

30. Amos Peabody, who married Abigail Needham of Billerica Nov. 6, 1828, was son of Amos and Rachel (Berry) Peabody. He was born in Middleton June 30, 1793; and died there June 28, 1857. - M.J. Averill, Middleton.

[Abigail Needham was born Dec. 10, 1803 ; and married, secondly, George Lyman, in May, 1844. Mr. Peabody was insane many years. Apparently, his wife was either divorced from him, or the marriage was annulled. - Ed.~\

43. Lydia Peabody married Thomas Perley July 8, 1667. She was the daughter of Lt. Francis and Mary (Foster) Peabody, and was baptized in Hampton, N. H., Aug. 30, 1640. Francis Peabody, born in England in 16 14, was a son of John and Isabel Paybody, and Mary Foster was a daughter of Reginald and Judith Foster of Ipswich. John Peabody was born about 1585, came to New England early, was probably at Lynn awhile, then resided in Bridgewater, and subsequently in Daybrook in Plymouth colony. His will was proved in 1667. His wife Isabel survived him. - G. F. Dow, Topsfield.

52. Grace Parker was the daughter of Abraham Parker, Jr., of Bradford. She was born in Chelmsford (of which town her grandfather, Abraham Parker, Senior, was one of the settlers) May 27, 1693, and removed to Bradford with her father in 1700. She married Capt. Abel Morse of Bradford June 3, 1 714, ''and died in Chester, N. H., Oct. 16, 1755. Her mother's name was Martha Livermore, of Watertown. Her emigrant ancestor, Abraham Parker, came to this country in 1630, from England, lived first in Charlestown, was one of the settlers of Wobum, and later of Chelmsford, where he died Aug. 12, 1685. - -John L. Parker, Lynn.

Descendants Of George Abbot Of Rowley

George Abbot% with his three sons, emigrated from England, and settled in Rowley, Mass., where he died in 1647. Nothing is known of his wife. Children : -

George^. See below (<?). Nehemiah^. See below (j). Thomas^, lived in Rowley ; m. Dorothy, daughter of Richard Swan; and d. in 1659, without issue. He was buried in Rowley Sept. 7, 1659. His wife survived him, and m., second, Edward Chapman of Ipswich. Mr. Chapman d. April 18, 1678; and she m., third, Archelaus Woodman of Newbury Nov. 13, 1678.

In Thomas Abbot's will he speaks of his brother Thomas Abbot ; and in several deeds he is called brother by a Thomas Abbot. This has occasioned much perplexity in arranging the Abbot genealogies. The word brother was probably used in the broader sense of kinsman.

George Abbot^, born in England, settled in Andover, Mass., in 1655. He was a tailor and husbandman. He married Sarah Farnum of Andover April 26, 1658; and died March 22, 1688-9. His wife survived him, and married, second, Henry Ingalls Aug. i, 1689. Mr. Ingalls died in 17 19, aged ninety-two; and she died in 1728, aged ninety. Children, born in Andover : - she m., second, John Beeks. They had children. Rev. Orrin Abbot of Akron, N. Y., was a descendant. Mary=^, b. March 20, 1664 ; m. Stephen Barker May 13, 1687.

Dea. Nehemiah Abbot,^, born in England, settled in Ipswich, Mass., where he was living in 1659. He was commoner there in 1664 and 1678; and was made a freeman in 1669. He was a deacon of the church in Topsfield in 1686. He married Mary How, in Ipswich, Dec. 14, 1659; an4 died March - , 1706-7. His wife survived him.

George Abbot3, born in Andover Jan. 28, 1659. He lived in Andover, and was a shoemaker. He married, first, Elizabeth Ballard Sept. 13, 1689; and she died May 6, 1706. He married, second, Hannah Estey of Topsfield July 21, 1707. He died Nov. 23, 1724; and his wife died in Topsfield Nov. 5, 1741. She lived for several years during her widowhood with her cousin John Perkins and his wife in Topsfield.

Dea. Nehemiah Abbot3, born in Andover July 20, 1667. He was an yeoman, and lived in Andover. He was a deacon of South church, 1720 to 1750, and a representative to the General Court. He married Abigail Lovejoy April 9, 1691. She died May 2, 1747 ; and he died Sept. 16, T750, aged eighty-three.

Uriah Abbot4, born in Andover Nov. 26, 1692. He was a shoemaker and yeoman, and lived in Andover. He married Sarah Mitchell of Salem March 24, 1724. She died May 9, 1750, aged forty-seven; and he died April 7, 1770.

Obed Abbots, born in Andover March 6, 1697. He was a weaver and husbandman, a man of small stature, but of great physical power. He lived in Salem until 1725, when he removed to Bedford, then a part of Billerica. He was prominent in town and church. He married EHzabeth Tarbell of Salem Feb. i, 172 1-2. She died May 29, 1752; and he died May II, 1773.

Descendants Of George Abbot Of Rowley

Dea. Nehemiah Abbot4, born in Andover Jan. 19, 1692. He settled in Weston in 1 7 14, and in 17 19 moved to Lincoln, then a part of Lexington. He was town treasurer, etc. He married Sarah Foster Nov. 2, 1714. He died Feb. 17, 1767; and she died July 19, 1770.

Zebadl4H Abbot4, bom in Andover April 6, 1695. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover on the homestead, which his father deeded to him in 1747. He married Anna Lovejoy June 20, 1728. He died Sept. 9, 1767; and she died Sept. 5, 1770.

Nehemiah Abbot4, born in Ipswich Oct. 19, 1692. He was a yeoman, and lived in Linebrook parish, Ipswich. He married Eleanor Porter of Topsfield (pub. March 24, 1743). He died before May 22, 1760; and his widow married Mark Fisk Sept. 21, 1762.

Dea. John Abbot4, born in Ipswich. He was a farmer, and lived in Linebrook parish, Ipswich. He married, first, Abigail Dresser of Rowley Feb. 3, 1 714-5. She died after 1735; and he married, second, widow Susanna N eland July 11, 1750. She died Dec. 14, 1759; and he died four days later, Dec. 18, 1759.

John Abbots, born in Andover March 10, 1725. He was a cordwainer and farmer, and lived in Andover. He married, first, Sarah Carlton of Bradford (pub. Feb. 3, 1753). She died May 17, 1776, aged forty-seven; and he married,

Uriah Abbots, born in Andover Sept. 29> 1735' He lived in Pelham, N. H. He married, first, Sarah Wright April 26, 1757 ; and, second, Sarah Perry.

Dr. Nehemiah Abbots, baptized in Weston, Mass., March 14, 1717. He was a physician, and lived in Andover until 1770, when he removed to Chelmsford. He married, first, Joanna Parker of Chelmsford (pub. Nov. 5, 1748). She died after 1770; and he married, second, the widow of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge. He had no children.

William Abbots, born in Lexington, Mass., Oct. 9, 1724. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He married Experience Bixby June 4, 1747- He died Jan. 2, 1798 ; and she died Sept. 3, 181 5.

Nehemiah Abbots, born in Andover Aug. 24, 1 731. He lived with his father in Andover, and was a farmer and trustee of the PhilHps Academy. He married, first, Hannah Ballard March 11, 1756. She died Sept. 27, 1778, aged forty-two; and he married, second, Lydia Clark of Andover Jan. 18, 1780. He died Oct. 13, 1808, aged seventy-seven; and she died Feb. 13, 18 14, aged sixty-nine.

103 - V. William Lovejoy® (twin), b. Jan. 18, I765;grad. H. C., 1787; was a physician in Amesbury until 1794, when he settled in Haverhill. He m. Abigail Carr of Amesbury March II, 1792; and d. April 18, 1798, childless. His widow married Elias Weld of Amesbury July 11, 1799.

Dea. Zebadiah Abbots, born in Andover Sept. 27, 1739. He lived in Andover, where he was a teacher, and also a shopkeeper. He was a member of the convention for forming the State constitution. He married Rebecca Ballard (pub. Oct. I, 1765). He died Nov. 24, 1793; and his wife died Sept. 14, 1821.

Descendants Of George Abbot Of Rowley

John Abbots, born in Ipswich Sept. 15, 1749. He was a blacksmith, and lived in Rowley. He married, first, Elizabeth Fisk of Ipswich (pub. July 25, 1772) ; and, second, Sarah Perkins of Ipswich Sept. 17, 1774. He died before 1778; and his wife married John Fowler, 3d, of Ipswich June 19, 1777. Children : -

Nehemiah Abbo'i^, born in Andover June 18, 1756. He was an innholder, and lived in Andover. He married Susannah Emery Nov. 17, 1778; and died Jan. I, 1784. His wife married, second, Robert Swan May 21, 1789.

Capt. Jeduthan Abbot^, born in Andover Aug. 6, 1749. He lived with his father in Andover. He married Hannah Poor Nov. 26, 1772; and died July 5, 1810. She died Sept. 3, 1823.

BiXBY Abbot^, born in Andover Nov^ 24, 1750. He lived in Andover and Greenfield. He married, first, Hephzibah Ames Jan. 13, 1772. She died May 20, 1796 ; and he married, second, Mary

Abiel Abbot^, born in Andover Sept. 4, 1760. He lived on the homestead in Andover. He married, first, Hannah Frye of Dracut (pub. Aug. 6, 1793). She died Oct. 12, 182 1, aged fifty-four; and he married, second, Chloe Havvley. He died Aug. 18, 1828; and she died Feb. 18, 1847, aged seventy-five.

Col. Benjamin Abbot7, born in Andover Nov. 8, 1776. He lived in Andover. He married, first, Mary Kidder of Medford (pub. May 19, 1798). She died May 26, 1816, aged thirty-seven; and he married, second, Elizabeth Goldsmith in 181 7. He died Aug. 13, 1852, aged seventy-five.

His Excellency Governor WentwoRTH came to Town Yefterday from Bofton, and this Day fets out for his Government." - Essex Gazette {Saleni), Oct. 11 , 1768.

Ebenezer Choate of Ipswich advertised, Oct. 3, 1768, that on the preceding Tuesday night a pair of fat oxen were stolen from his pasture and driven to " Cape- Ann Harbour, ",s where they were sold by a man who said his name was Samuel Williams. He was about five and a half feet in height, with short hair, somewhat dark, a little round-shouldered, somewhat bow-legged, and stooping, and wore a dark homespun cloth coat, a blue jacket, yellow leather breeches, light blue ribbed stockings, double-soled shoes, and large square brass buckles. He was supposed to be one Lindsey, well known in Ipswich, who was an old offender. One guinea reward was offered for his being brought to justice. - Essex Gazette, Oct. 4, 1768.

By John H. Towne

Lt. Francis Peabody, the ancestor of the American Peabodys, was born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in 1614. He came to America in 1635 ; lived first" in Lynn, and then in Ipswich, in the Massachusetts Bay colony. In 1639, he removed to Hampton, N. H., where he lived until 1657, when he came to Topsfield, Mass. He was useful in the new place, and was chosen to. the office of selectman, as well as town clerk, both of which offices he held many years.

March 4, 1664, the town voted that Lt. Peabody have liberty " to set up a grist mill and to flow so much of the town's common as is needful for a mill so long as the mill does stand and grind for the town." The next year (1665), Mr. Peabody established the mill on Pye brook.

Who can estimate the joy of the inhabitants at that early period of having a grist mill to accommodate them in the grinding of their rye and corn ! It marked a new era in the history of the Topsfield commoners.

March 7, 167 1, the town voted that it was "willing that Lieut. Peabody shall set up a saw mill provided it does not do damage to any of the townsmen in their

So far as the writer is able to learn, everything pertaining to these mills went along smoothly until 1691, when, the business having increased on account of the growth of the surrounding district, there was not a sufficient head of water during a part of the year to run the mills.

Howlett's brook, a branch of Pye brook, left the latter stream and ran off to the northeastward, a short distance above the Peabody mills. As, at that time, there was no mill on Howlett's brook, Mr. Peabody was granted by the town the privilege of building a dam across this branch a few rods below its parting from the main stream, providing he pay satisfactory damages to the adjoining owners by reason of his flowing their meadows.

The records speak of damages being received the following year by Thomas Dorman and sons, who had in 1690 erected a house within a few rods of the parting of the brook.* There was probably water power enough at the mills after the building of the dam as there are no papers showing the want of it for more than fifty years afterwards.

During the year 1698 (?), after faithfully serving his day and generation, Lt. Francis Peabody passed away full of years and honors. By his will, dated Jan. 20, 1695, he gives his son Isaac Peabody the mills and mill-yard, the dwellinghouse by the mill, and other property.

The agreement under which damages caused by flowage were paid to Thomas Dorman, expired in 1700 ; and it was renewed by Isaac Peabody at that time and again in 17 10. By the terms of the agreement, the water could be kept

*This house was occupied for several years during the latter part of the eighteenth century by Asahel Smith, and here was born, July 12, 1 77 1, his son Joseph, who was the father of the celebrated Joseph Smith, the noted founder of Mormonism in this country. The house, one hundred and eighty-five years old, was torn down by Francis C. Frame in 1875, and another was built upon the same spot.

dammed from the last of September to the first of April, as high as was needed for the use of the mill. And it was further agreed " that when Mr. Baker and said Dorman do send word to said Peabody together to lower the water for them that they may mow the meadow that is commonly flowed by the mill dam the said Peabody is to lower the water such time as they may conveniently take off the hay of said meadow."

Dec. 27, 1 715, Capt. Thomas Baker applied to the courts at Salem to have damages allowed him by reason of having his meadows flowed on account of the dam, but the claim was not at that time allowed.

The mills were both run with more or less success until 1726, when Isaac Peabody died. By his will, dated Oct. i, 1726, he gave to his son Joseph Peabody " my Grist and Saw Mills with all irons, wheels, stones, profits, privileges and appurtenances to the said mills belonging, also the Dwelling House and barn standing near the Gristmill, the mill-yard," etc.

When Joseph Peabody came into possession of the mills Mr. Baker renewed his demand for damages for flowing his meadows, and it was agreed the next year that Mr. Peabody should pay him eighteen shilHngs yearly ; and this sum was paid to the Baker family for more than seventy years.

Until 1736, the Peabody grist-mill was the only one in the town. In that year, Thomas Howlett built one on Howlett's brook, the branch of Pye brook already mentioned; and three years later he added a saw-mill. These mills of Howlett's were at or near the present Donaldson grist-mill.

In the summer of 1760, the original grist-mill was torn down and a new one built on the same site, David Nelson performing the work. The millstones and some other things were put into the new mill.

During the next few years, business in both mills flourished. Then there began to be a lack of water power on account of neglecting to keep in good condition the dam across the branch stream. In 1787, there was nothing left of the former dam but one stick of timber lying across the bed of the stream called a mud-sifl. In September of that year, supposing that he had a right " in conformity with the grant of the town t*? Lieut. Peabody to build the dam," Jacob Peabody partially restored it. Mr. Hobbs, who then owned the Howlett mills, objected to this, and tore it down. The dam was repeatedly rebuilt, and as often torn down.

Mr. Peabody then entered the courts for redress, early in the next spring commencing an action of trespass against Mr. Hobbs. Two trials were had in the court of common pleas, and on exceptions the case went to the supreme court. Before a hearing was had in that court the parties agreed to leave the settlement of the contention to Nathaniel Lovejoy, Esq., Mr. Moody Bridges and Capt. Peter Osgood as referees. They made their report, which was accepted by the court in April, 1789. The decision was against Mr. Peabody, the report providing that the branch stream should be kept open.

In 1 80 1, Joseph and John Batchelder, owners of the Baker farm at that date, brought suit against Mr. Peabody for flowing their meadows. The case was tried in November, of the same year, in the supreme judicial court at Salem and the plaintiffs were awarded ten dollars as part damages, the decree further providing that they should be paid three dollars yearly in the future. This amount was paid every year until 1870.

Jacob Peabody died Nov. 25, 1806, and by his will, dated Feb. 16, 1804, he gave the mills to his two sons, Jacob and John P. Peabody. These brothers continued the operation of the mills until the summer of 1824.

Old Peabody Mills, Topsfield

The grist-mill at this time being very much out of repair, needing a new waterwheel, set of mill-stones, new flume, etc., it was torn down and a new one, built. It was taken down in August and the new one, built on the same spot, was raised Sept. 25, 1824, the work being done by Ezra Dodge and others from Beverly. John P. Peabody took one-half of one of the original millstones for a -door- step, which is still used for that purpose. The new millstones, weighing over three tons, were brought from Lynn. The cost of the new mill was ^52.06.

The mills were run by the brothers until Feb. 14, 1829, when the mills had been in the Peabody family for one hundred and sixty-four years. On that date Jacob sold his farm and his interest in the mills to Hon. Nathan Dane of Beverly. Mr. Dane transferred the same to Samuel Bradstreet and Samuel Gould, as tenants in common, June 16, 1831.

April 12, 1836, Samuel Bradstreet sold his one-fourth interest to Samuel Gould, who owned another quarter. Mr. Gould sold his one-half to Jacob Towne Sept. 14, 1841. April 2, 1845, Mr. Towne having died, his administratrix and widow, Sophia Towne, conveyed this one-half interest to their son J. Waldo Towne.

During all the years after Jacob Peabody sold his interest in the mills in 1829, the other owner, John P. Peabody, continued to run them, paying rent to the different owners of Jacob's undivided half.

Nov. I, 1843, John P. Peabody sold his farm and one-half of the grist-mill to his son-in-law, Benjamin B. Towne, the mill having now been in the Peabody name one hundred and seventy-eight years.

In 1846, the old Peabody house by the mill in which Lt. Francis Peabody lived in 1660, was torn down by A. Porter Kneeland and others. Some of the boards and timbers taken therefrom were

The mill was run by Benjamin B. and J. Waldo Towne until April 10, 1848, when they sold out to John McKenzie, who made extensive repairs, being a wheelwright. In 1850, he took out the old reversible water-wheel, sixteen feet in diameter, and put in a new circular tubwheel.

When putting in the foundation for the new wheel, Mr. McKenzie found an old pine-tree shilling. This ancient coin was afterwards purchased by Dea. Joel R. Peabody and with some appropriate verses, written by his wife, was sent by him as a present to George Peabody, the eminent banker of London. Mrs. Peabody received in return a present of a silver pitcher Hned with gold.

In 185 1, after making many repairs, Mr. McKenzie added a corn-cracker, up to this time only clean grain having been ground. The introduction of the cracker marked a new epoch in the history of the mill. Not much corn was shelled after this, as thereafter kernels and cob were ground together.

The mill was run with good success until 1854, when Mr. McKenzie sold it to his son Alfred McKenzie, who lived in Danvers. The mill was then let on shares to Benjamin B. Towne, who ran it continuously, with the assistance of George W. Brown, until April i, 1870. During this period, the principal repairs were the building of a new flume and bridge in sold to William Locke. He made some repairs upon the mill, putting in a new rim to the waterwheel, and substituting iron floats to the wheel instead of the wooden ones.

Mrs. Ham sold out to Mrs. Catharine grist-mill as it appeared in 1895. Bennie Hanford of Lexington Jan. 4, 1876. The B. Towne, of the eighth generation in demill was run during her ownership by her scent from Lt. Francis Peabody is standing son Clarence C. Hanford, who made in the foreground, some repairs. ,

The most successful period of the in Ipswich Deeds, volume i, leaf 5, the mill's history probably began with the original being missing, introduction of the corn cracker in 185 1, I william Nevill of Ipswich fingleman and ended in 1875, for during the civil being weake of body but of pfect memwar and for some years afterwards grain ory & vnderftanding doe make this my was very high, often bringing two dollars laft will & Teftament as followeth I per bushel. comit my foule to god that gave it & my lated in connection with this mill. Some life and for my worldly goods I thus difpeople would come to the miller's house, pofe of them firft that Phifitian & other generally rode in a two-wheel shay, and Robinfon alfoe I give to william Gooderwhen coming down the turnpike hill by fon my intereft in the Teame [term?]

Continued jrom page 83. house and lot, bounded by Rodger Edward Gillman of Exiter, for ;£i5o, Eastman, Thomas Bradbury (sometimes conveys to my brother Jn°. Gillman of John Bayley), Henry Brown (sometimes Exiter, one-fourth of my saw-mill on the WiUi : Holdred) ; etc. Sworn in court at western side of the river on Exiter falls, Salisbury 17 : 4 : 1653. and one-fourth of my saw-mill on the Deposition of Martha Sadler alias eastern side of the river on Exiter falls; Burbie, sworn to 14: 4: 1653. She says also, one house and lot, which was some- that she heard her husband Anthony Sadtimes Robert Smith's and the remainder ler, late deceased, say that he sold to Jn^ of the land of Nathaniell Boultor and Gyll a house and lot in Salisbury, between M'^. Wheelwrite, bounded by land I have lots of John Bayly, sen., and Rodger sold to Tho : Pettitt ; also, 200 acres on Eastman, and bounded upon a street s. w. the river ; also, one-half of a 300 acre and the land of Jn° Hoyt formerly, farm I bought of M*^. Staniell three or Jn*' Bayly of Nubery, weaver, with confour miles south from the fall ; also, sent of my wife Elinor, conveyed to Jomeadow I bought of M''. Clarke, which annah, wife of Willi : Huntington of Salwas sometimes M"^. Legatt's ; also, isbury, planter, and to Jn^ Huntington, meadow near M^. Hilton's on the river ; her son, and Mary Huntington, her daughalso, one- fourth of my right of the patent ter, a dwelling house and five acres of of Swamscott and Dover, which I bought upland, bounded by Jn^. Weed, ]vP. of M^ Sam: Olipher, Dec. 28, 1652. Bayly, sen. (late of Salisbury, deceased), Wit : Humfry Humber and the mark of Jarre tt Haddon ; also, 20 acres of up- V Will : Hilton. Ack. before Tho : land, bounded by Richard Wells, Merri- Wiggin 31 : 12 : 1652. mack river; both lots being in Salisbury, Edward Colcord of Hampton conveys on west side of Pawwaus river, 4:11 to Tho: ffilbrick and J^mes ffilbrick of mo: 1652. Signed by mark. Wit: Tho: Hampton land in Hampton, between the Bradbury and Mary Bradbury her MB highway to Moses Cox and highway to mark. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and the landing places, bounded on Jonathan Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salisthing, river, Jn''. Wedgwood, Willi: bury, 23 : 4 : 1653. ffifeild, William Cole, etc., April 9, 1651. William Payne of Ipswich, merchant. Wit : Robert Tuck. Ack. 8:8: 1652. for ^55, conveyed to WilHam Godfrey of Christopher Hussey of Hampton con- Watertowne a house and 44 acres of land, veys to Thomas ffilbrick and James one share in great ox-common and two ffilbrick marsh in Hampton, bounded by shares of all others commons, all in Hamp- Tho : Maston and the river, 10: ton, the house lot being bounded by Hen- 165 1. Wit : Robert Tuck. Ack. before ry Elkin, Anthony Taylor, Nathaniel Boul- Richard Bellingham 8 : 8 : 1652. ter, meeting house green, aldery meadow, and a common way ; five acres of meadow, bounded by m'^. Timothy Daulton, John Marian, Tho : Levitt, and a common way ; ten acres of marsh near Burch island, bounded bv ve river, William ffullar ; and 14 acres of land in the north field, bounded by Walter Roper, Robert Page, Abraham Pirking, Jn**. Marian ; all above lots of land and house lately belonged to William Howard of Hampton. Dated 18 : 3 : 1649. Signed also by Willi : Howard and ye mark H of Hanah Payne. Wit : Timothy Daulton, Henry Doue, and Willi : Bartholomew. Ack. in Ipswich court, John Endecott, gov'^., 29 : 7 : 1652.

Sammuell Winsly, sen., of Salisbury, planter, for ;£23 5^-., conveyed to Willi : Barnes of Salisbury, house-carpenter, 60 acres of upland in Salisbury, on west side of Pawwaus river, in ye range of ye great lots, bounded by Ralfe Blefdale (late deceased, formerly the lot of Thomas Bradbury), Richard Singletarie (formerly), and Isack Buswell, 31: 11: 1652. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Rich : Currier. Ack. in court at Salisbury 14 : 4 : 1653.

Ralfe Hall, for j[^Z, conveyed to Moses Gyllman my house lot that was sometime Robert Smith's, etc., Dec. 29, 1652. Signed Ralfonfus Hall. Wit : Edward Gyllman and Jn° Robinson. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 29 : 12 : 1652.

Oct. 6, 1653, Willi: ffifeild of Hampton conveyed to Anthony Taylor of Hampton 5 acres of salt marsh, bounded by m*". Anthony Stainard, etc. Wit : Joseph Mason and Humphrey Humber. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 6 : 8mo : 1653.

Thomas Moulton of Hampton, husbandman, conveyed to Henry Green of Hampton, miller, 13 acres of salt marsh, bounded by fals river; and 15 acres of upland on west side of m'^. Dalton's farm, July 7, 1652. Wit: Willi: ffifeild and Samuell Andrewe. Ack. in court at Hampton 8:8: 1653.

Deposition of Jn°. Legatt, sworn to before Willi: Hibbins 9: 8mo : 1652. He said "that aboute Tenn yeres since he was a helping of Nicolas Needham of Exiter to make a pcell of boults in Pascataway great Bay." Needham said he owed the boults to Henry Robie, who had sold them to Anthony Stanian. He testified to the same facts eight or nine years before verbally in Salem court in the trial of the action between Henry Robey and Ann Needam.

Edward Gyllman of Exiter, for ;^8, conveyed to his brother Moses Gyllman of Exiter four house lots (about eight acres), which were sometimes Jo". Crams and Tho : Pettitts ; etc. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Georg Browne. Ack. in court at Hampton 8 : 8 : 1655.

Z\ ^'. 1653, Jn*^. Wedgwood of Hampton, planter, conveyed to Henry Greene of Hampton 20 acres of land on falls river. Wit : Nathaniell Drake and Ghiles ffuller. Ack. before Willi : Estow and Jeffery Mingee, c9mmissioners of Hampton, 9 : 8mo : 1653.

Jn^. Samborn of Hampton conveyed to Thomas Marston of Hampton lour acres of fresh meadow in Hampton, bounded by Rodger Shaw (formerly Jn^. Croffes) , Willi : Marston and a highway, 23: 3 ; 1645. ^Vit : Joseph Mason, Humphrey Humber and Abraham Pirkins. Ack. in Hampton court 5 : 8mo : 1653.

Jn^. Redman of Hampton, blacksmith, conveyed to Sam : ffogg of Hampton one share in cow common 18: 11 : 16 - . Wit : Nathaniell Bacheller and Nathaniell Drake. Ack. in court at Hampton 8:8: conveyed to Tho : Marston of Hampton a house and 7 -acre lot, formerly Robrt Marston's, bounded by Robert Page, etc.; 15 acres of upland in the north field ; 30 acres of upland granted to Mr. Rushwood ; 5 acres of salt marsh; 10 acres of salt marsh, bounded by Georg Abourne ; and shares in commons. Signed by mark : R. Wit : Brian Pendleton and Seth filetcher. Ack. before Willi : Estow and Tho : Coleman, commissioners of Hampton, 1653.

bounded by goodman Dow, Mr. Wheel- Edward Gillman, jr., of Exeter conwrite, Nath : Batcheller, and a common veyed to his father Edward Gillman houses way. Martha Moulton also signs. Wit : and lands described in Jn^. Legatt's bill Robert Tucke and Henry Doue. Ack. in of sale of 20 : 5 : 1650, and- all my land Hampton court 8 : 8 : 1653. on ye neck on ye eastern side of ye river, conveyed to his brother Moses Gyllman title to real estate conveyed in the foreof Exiter a house and three house lots going deed. Wit : Jn^. Gillman and Jn^.

of Henry Robie and Ralfe Hall in mead- conveys to Jn°. Wheelar of Newbury, barows ; and one orchard. Wit : Tho : ber, an island of seven acres, on Merri- houseing and house lot ; four shares of for 365- conveys to Jn°. ffrench of Saliscommon ; 1 3 acres of salt marsh bounded bury, tailor, right of commonage in Salisby JefFery Mingee, old Drake, etc., Sept. bury, and also that he bought of Richard his brother Moses Gyllman one-quarter ^4, conveyed to Edward ffrench of Salisof a saw-mill on little fresh river, and the bury, tailor, 10 acres of land in Salisbury,

Grants to Tho : Whittier in Haverhill ; ing urgent occasion to go to old Engalso land bought of William Holdred, land," appoints Henry Robie of Hampton

Grants to Richard Littlehale in Haver- Savig. hill, land bounded by land of Jn^. Chin- The preceding house and lot is conaree, m'. Clement, Jn*'. Eaton, Job veyed by Jn^. Robison to Daniel Hen- Clement, Tho : Whittier, Henry Savage; drick of Newbury, 1645. ^i^ - Tho: and land bought of Sam : Gild ; and land Hale. Both above ack. in court at Salisbounded by Jn°. Chynaree, Job Clement, bury 12 : 2 mo : 1654. Isack Cosens, Tho : Lilford, Jn**. Eyer, James Wall of Hampton, carpenter, jr. Taken from town records. conveyed to Henry Robie of Hampton,

Whereas at Hampton court, 7: 8mo : barn, etc., 18 : 5 : 1654. Wit: Sam: 1653, it was ordered that the children of Winsley and Andrew Greeley. Ack. Edmond Jonson, late of Hampton, de- before Tho Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, ceased, should have from their father's commissioners of Salisbury, 18 : 5 : 1654. estate the following sums of money when James Wall of Hampton, carpenter, they severally came of age: - Peter Jon- conveyed to his " trusty & welbeloved son, the eldest, ;^32, John Jonson, £16 y frinds Cap* Richard Waldern of Do- James Jonson, ;^i6, and Dorcas Jon- ver, and Bartholmew of Ipswich & son, jQ\6 (at the age of eighteen, or Henry Robie of Hampton," in trust for marriage with her mother's consent), - my two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah Thomas Coleman, their father-in-law, (both unmarried), house and ninety acres binds himself to pay them, and to edu- of land in Hampton, on Taylor's river ; cate them, with consent of Mary, his wife also, six acres of salt marsh near mouth and their mother, by his land in Hamp- of ffalls river, bounded by good man ton, bounded by land of Tho : Moulton, Marston, s'r ; articles of personal property ; Edward Colcord, Jn°. Wedgwood, Will : their deceased mother's apparell, 18 : 5 : Maston, Willi : Cole, Robert Tucks, Phile : 1654. Wit: Sam: Winsley and Andru Dalton, Tho : Ward, Will : Samborn, Jn°. Grele. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury and Huggins, Tho : Smith, Jn°. Redman, and Josiah Cobham, commissioners of SaHsye meeting house, 16 : 8 : 1653. Wit: bury, 18 : 5 : 1654.

Notes On Abbot Genealogy

Henry Browne of Salisbury, shoemaker, for 30^., conveyed to Barnabas Lamson of Salisbury, planter, marsh in Salisbury at mouth of Merrimack river, 19 : 5 : 1654. Wit: Thomas Bradbury and Wymond Bradbury. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salisbury, 20 : 5 : 1654.

Barnabas Lamson of Salisbury, planter, for 30^., sells Edmond Elliott above purchased marsh 19:5: 1654. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Henry Brown. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salisbury.

John Gill: of Salisbury, planter, for 30J., conveyed to Edmond Elliott of Salisbury, planter, marsh in Salisbury, bounded by Richard Wells and WiUi Buswell, 19 : 5 : 1654. Signed by mark g. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Josiah Cobham. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salisbury, 20 : 5 : 1654.

Whereas the town of Hampton granted the farm which was lately Mr. Bacheler's, in Hampton, to John Wheelewright, pastor of ye church in Hampton, in fee, 10 mo : 1648, the prudential men of Hampton, Roger Shaw, Robert Tuck, Robert Page and Willi : Estow, convey all that farm which Steven Bacheller sold to Willi : Howard and Thomas Ward of Hampton, which they have lately sold to Hampton, 14 : 12 : 1649. ^^^ - Timothie Dalton and William ffullar. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 5 : 6mo : 1650.

Daniel Hendrick of Haverhill, planter, conveyed to Jn°. Browne of Hampton, husbandman, six acres of marsh in Hampton, 8:8: 1649. Dorettry Henricke, wife of the grantor, also signs. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Abraham Pirkins. Ack. before Robert Clements and Henry Palmer, commissioners.

John Robinson of Exeter, for ;£^i4, conveyed to Moses Gyllman of Exeter, house in Exeter I bought of Edward Gyllman, which was sometimes Mr. Permit's house, and 2^ acre lot on which it stood ; a lot sometimes Isaac Grosses ; land I bought of Edward Gyllman (formerly Henry Robie's), bounded by Humphrey

Wilson's meadow ; and land I bought of Edward Gyllman (formerly Samuel Greenfeild's), bounded by meadow formerly William Mores and Thomas King's, 24 : 2 : 1654. Wit : John Gillman and Elizabeth Gillman. Ack. in court at Hampton 3: 8mo : 1654.

Edward Colcord (also spelled Colcoii) of Hampton, conveyed to Tho : Ruck one-third of saw-mill on Exeter falls, which one-third I bought of James Wall of Hampton. Dated March 10, 1653. Wit : Tho : Kemble and Joseph Armitage. Ack. before Daniel Gookin 1 2 : 3mo : 1654; and before Nic : Shapleighe March 14, 1653. Recorded by Edward Rauson, recorder, June 9, 1654.

George Hauborne of Hampton, in his last sickness, a little before his death, gave all his estate to his wife Susana Habone. Testimony dated 3 : 8mo : 1654, and signed by John Marian HH his mark and Samuel Wheelwrite. This was a will proved in court at Hampton 3 : 8 mo : 1654, by their oaths.

No. 202. Nathan Abbot was a husbandman, and lived in Methuen until about 1762. He and his wife Jane had two sons born to them in Methuen : Paul, Dec. 2, 1759, and Nathan, March 9, 1761.

No. 383. Dea. Benjamin Abbot's wife died Aug. 11, 1828. The middle-name of Phebe, his first child, was Ballard. Mary's middle-name was Smith. Elizabeth is recorded as Eliza. Francis' middle-name was Holmes. Sarah was born June 19, 1800. A daughter Rebecca was born in 1802, and died Aug. 9, 1802. John's middle-name was Owen, and he was born Aug. 5, 1803.

74. Wanted, parentage of Hannah Lowell, of Salem, who married William Chandler, 1779; and of Jane Nelson, mother of said WilUam. He died in 1804, insane. d. r. l.

5. Sally Avery of Newburyport who married Daniel Coffin Johnson Oct. 23, 1794, was a daughter of Benjamin Averill (or, Avery) of Ipswich, where she was baptized, with her twin sister Elizabeth, Dec. 26, 1773. Her mother was Mary Pitman, and the parents were married in Ipswich Dec. 21, 1772. Mr. Averill served in the Revolutionary war, and the family afterward removed to Newburyport. - G. F. Dow, Tops field.

20. Katherine Sprague, who married Timothy Johnson of Andover May 3, 1705, was daughter of Phineas and Sara (Hasey) Sprague of Charlestown Village. After the death of Mr. Sprague, about 1690, his widow married Moses Tyler of Boxford, and brought Katherine and her other children to Boxford with her. - Mrs. Larissa C. Ladd, West Boxford.

53. Edna Hale, born in Newbury Dec. 4, 1716; married, Nov. 11, 1736, Abel Morss, Jr., son of Abel and Grace (Parker) Morss. Edna Hale's immigrant ancestor, Thomas Hale', settled at Newbury in 1635, and was one of the first land holders and first board of selectmen of Haverhill, 1646, and in 1648 was keeper of the ferry there. He died Dec. 21, 1682, aged seventy-eight, - his wife Thomasine died Jan. 30, 1683, His son Thomas^ born in England Nov. 18, 1633, married, at Salem May 26, 1657, Mar>', daughter of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson. He lived at Newbury, and died there Oct. 22, 1688, having held many town offices. His son Thomas3, born Feb. 11, 1659, married Sarah Northend, daughter of Ezekiel and Edna (Halstead-Bailey) Northend of Rowley May 16, 1682. She was born in Rowley Dec. 3, T66i,and died Apr. 26, 1732. Thomas^ passed most of his life in Newbury, but moved to Rowley, and died there Apr. 12, 1730. He was a leading man in church and town, and known as Captain Hale. He was of immense size, weighing nearly five hundred pounds. His son EzekieH born May 13, 1689, married Ruth, daughter of John and Mary (Sawyer) Emery, 1 7 1 1 . They lived in what is now West Newbury. She died Nov. 27, 1735, aged forty-four; and he married, second, Oct. 31, 1736, Sarah (Poor) Spofford, widow of Capt. John Spofford. Of his eight children, the third, EdnaS, born Dec. 4, 1716, married Abel Morss, Jr., as above. She had a brother, Ezekiel, who moved to Methuen, and was a man of ability and influence, as well as wealth. - -John Q. Evans, Salisbury.

Amesbury Inscriptions Union Cemetery

Before 1663, the only, cemetery in the present town of Amesbury was the ancient burial place on the western side of the Powow river, near its junction with the Merrimac, which has ever since been called Golgotha, though every trace of its use as a cemetery is gone, being now a field. Here the first settlers of the town found their final resting-place.

In 1663, the town of Amesbury bought an acre of land of Edmund Elliot for a burying-ground, it being what is now the eastern end of the ancient cemetery at Bartlett's corner. In the early days the church stood by its side or in it, and a few rods to the west was the Friends' cemetery, in which the poet Whittier's remains lie by the side of his family in their evergreen enclosure. In recent times the old cemetery has been enlarged so as to include the Friends' acre, and the latter is not to be distinguished from the rest of the yard except by the presence of some inconspicuous granite posts which mark the dividing line. The inscriptions in this old cemetery, still remaining, and bearing dates prior to 1800, are as follows : -

Family Stone

An Infant son, died Feb. I7g7. Rhoda, died July j8oi, aged 18 mo. Edward H. died Dec. 1808 yEt. 2. Children of Capt. Valentine Q^ Mrs. Hannah Bagley.*

Tabarthy Barnard

HERE LYES BURIED Y« BODY OF MOLLE BARNARD Y« DAUGH r OF M^ JONATHAN & TABARTHY BARNARD WHO DIED DECEMB'^ Y« 25 1775 AGED 5 YEARS I MONth 5 DAYS

Mehetabel Clough

Here Lies Interrd MEHETABEL CLOUGH, the Wife of Ensign Davd Clough Former Wife to M^ Charls Worthen Who Des* August y® 3''** 1766 in her 5J'* Year

By Rev. Aaron Poktek

Hathorne, son of Aaron and Eunice (Hathorne) Porter, was born in Salem, Mass., in a house which stood on the southwest corner of Lafayette and Porter streets, May 12, 1798. Porter street was named for Hathorne's father, who carried on the currying business in the lower story of his house, while his family resided in the upper rooms.

The father was very Puritanic in ideas and habits, being a devout member of the Tabernacle parish, though never uniting with any church, his constant reply to all solicitations in that direction being, " I am not good enough." Possibly he looked through all the religious forms and usages of his day and had ghmpses of the spiritual truths that underlay them.

As illustrating his approval of the Christian Judaism which then constantly did, and even now at intervals does attempt to make the Lord's day identical with the Jewish Sabbath, it may be said that one Sunday he saw his daughter Mary crossing the yard, and because in approaching a bit of ice she quickened her pace, and slid once across this natural temptation, he felt in duty bound to apply the rod to his child. He acted from no domineering spirit, but religiously and conscientiously. At the age of more than

Hathorne was christened Samuel Hathorne, but when he came to man's estate discarded his first name, as he preferred one Christian name to two. Aaron, his oldest brother, went to sea in early life, and probably died in China. His other brothers and sisters who grew up were Andrew S., Israel P., Alfred R., Eunice, Mary and Sally. Hathorne, Andrew and Israel, when old enough, left their home and went to live with their paternal uncle, Zerubabel Porter, who carried on the tanning and currying business in Danvers, and lived in the house still standing in Putnamville where Gen. Moses Porter, a brother of Zerubabel, was born. This house was brought into the Porter family years before by marriage with the widow of Bartholomew Brown, who married their father, Benjamin Porter.

Hathorne commenced business for himself in Danversport, and was successful for a while ; but at last he became insolvent. A failure in those days meant much more than now. The writer was not then old enough to understand anything about business matters ; but he remembered very clearly the privation and reduction in family expenses which followed, extending even to New Year's presents and other indulgences for the children, and also the disappointment and mortification of his father through the rest of his hfe.

He was the first in Danvers to employ workmen in the shop, and workwomen in the house, from Ireland. Generally his workmen boarded in his own family, and always ate at his own table, no matter who were present. Such was his democracy.

Dec. 14, 1824, he married Mehitable Brown, a granddaughter, by her first husband, of the widow Brown, who was Hathorne's step-grandmother already mentioned. The officiating clergyman was Rev. Mr. Barnaby, then pastor of the Baptist church in Danversport, where Hathorne and his wife attended religious services until the coming of the Universalists.

Mr. Porter died in Danversport Sept. 17, 1845, at the age of forty-seven. His wife survived him for twenty-three years, passing on June 17, 1869, in her seventythird year. To say that she was ever a loving, tender, patient, inspiring companion through her husband's life would be only repeating that which needs no affirming wherever they were known. Still she did not go with him to the fullest extent in all his abolition and other reformatory ideas. She did not break with the church for its unfaithfulness to reform to the same extent as did he. She had all a true woman's conservatism and all a true mother's instincts. She always with righteous impartiality divided among her children the word of truth, - suggestion, admonition, reproof, commendation.

With shame to himself the writer recalls her earnest asking his forgiveness for a punishment which most tired mothers would have thought perfectly just and proper, twenty-four hours after the punishment took place. Such was her Christian righteousness ; and though not prominent at all as a reformer and abolitionist, yet was her devotion to every good cause not one whit less than that of her husband.

In early life, Mr. Porter was a Democrat in pohtics. In religion, he was a Universalist of the Hosea Ballou kind. He did his part financially and ofiicially in erecting the first Universalist meetinghouse in Danvers.*

When Garrison issued his trumpet call for the slave, Mr. Porter went straight from Democracy, as to name and form, into Abolitionism. Christianity, democracy, abolitionism, - these were prominent among the foundations of righteousness for his time and for him. The essence of all was in the first, the second and third were manifest issues from the first.

in the simple, primary, unsectarian use of all three of those much abused terms. He died, as he had lived, testifying constantly and consistently against all laws that held men in slavery politically, and against all churches that sanctioned such slavery ecclesiastically and against all social usages that justified human slavery. He was also a total abstainer from the use of all intoxicants as a beverage.

He belonged to the local town and county abolition and temperance societies of his time, and during the three years while he with his family lived in Vermont he was active and ready in private conversation, school-house meetings, and county conventions to bear testimony to the essential Christian righteousness struggling for existence. The eccentric but faithful Orson S. Murray, Henry C. Wright, Patten Davis, Jehial Claflin, B. W. Dyer and others were his frequent visitors in Randolph, Vt. And after his return to Danvers, school-house, meeting-house and grove witnessed his faithful testimony.

His death took place early in the morning and his funeral was held in the afternoon of the next day, Sept. i8th. Doubtless he would have preferred that no sectarian minister should have been specially called to attend it, but that perfect liberty for remarks or prayer should have been granted to every one, as was then the custom among the '' come-outer " abolitionists, and is still the custom of the Quakers. But the widow, either of her own volition or upon suggestion of friends who were not abolitionists, preferred to have some ordained minister. The Universahst parish in Danversport had no settled pastor at that time. Rev. Joseph Eaton, the Baptist minister, who held not a theological, reformatory or abolition view in common with the deceased, and who was a comparative stranger, officiated.

Mr. Eaton's service was very perfunctory. * It consisted of one formal prayer, in which there was not an allusion to the " peculiar " views of the deceased, reformatory, social, theological, by which he had lived and died. At the conclusion he immediately left for his home only two or three doors away, after giving with apparent reluctance the request of the widow that any one wishing to farther take part in the funeral service was at liberty to do so. The opportunity was improved by Jesse P. Harriman, another "come-outer," * and a personal friend of the deceased. He paid a glowing tribute to the social virtues and Christian character of the dead, extolled his fidelity to the slave, and concluded by quoting or improvising the following couplet : -

Salem And Ipswich Bounds

The 27*^ of y® first month 1643 At a meeting by vs whofe names are vnderwritten chofen by the Townes of Salem & Ipfwich & having full power from either Towne to agree & determine of the Bounds betweene the faid Townes doe in the behalfe of each Towne agree & determine the fame as followeth -

*So far as the writer can recall to mind the names of the abolition cotemporaries and associates of the subject of this sketch residing in or near Danversport were as follows: -

Old 0?'ganizaiionisis, Joseph Merrill, Jesse P. Harriman, John Hood, John Cutler, John Kenney, Richard Hood, William Endicott, David Mead, and James D. Black ; New Organizationis/s, Dr. Eben Hunt, Alfred Ray Porter, William Alley, John A. Learoyd, Elias Savage and Peter Wait. The old organization was the Garrisonian, and the new that which finally issued in the Liberty party.

Both these organizations were abolition, though the old had the advantage of age, earnestness and logical cosistency, and of accepting facts, both historical and contemporaneous, just as the mass of people accepted them. For instance, the popular belief, as of the courts, that the United States constitution upheld slavery, was that of the old organization abolitionists, while the new opposed it. But the greater moral earnestness of the old organization sometimes led its members into the sheerest sectarianism, as when S. Foster once declared in the writer's hearing, that "No man is an abolitionist unless he belong to the American Anti-Slavery Society, or to one of its auxiliaries !"

Imprimis we conceive that the meeting-howfes of the Two Townes ftand from each other north north eaft halfe a poynt eafterly and fouth Ibuth weft halfe a poynt wefterly whether it be exactly or noe we are fully agreed that the line betwixt the two Townes fhall runn as followeth viz : from the bound tree neare John ffairefeilds howle weft north weft halfe a poynt northerly and eaft fouth eaft halfe a poynt foutherly as the trees are marked both ways from the faid bound tree.

Descendants Of Thomas Abbot

Cafp. Thomas Abbots He was a husbandman, and lived in Andover. He married Sarah Stewart, in Andover, Dec. 15, 1664. He died May 7, 1695 ; and she died Feb. 16, 17 15-6, aged sixtynine. She lived with her son Thomas, in North Andover, during her widowhood.

Thomas Abbot', born in Andover in 1668. He was a husbandman, and lived in the North parish of Andover. He was a husbandman and lived in the North parish of Andover. He married Elizabeth French (pub. Dec. 14, 1706}, and died Dec. 25, 1753. His wife survived him, and died, his widow, Sept. 30, 1754, aged seventy-two.

Joseph Abbot^, born in Andover Aug. 16, 1674. He was a house-carpenter by trade, and lived in Marblehead, where he was collector of customs in 1711. He married Sarah Devereaux ; and was living

John Abbot^, born in Andover Sept. 23, 1681. He was a weaver and y coin Andover. He marfirst, Hannah Chubb April 11, She died May 23, 1733 ; and he married, second, Hephzibah Frye Oct. 29, 1734. They were both living in Andover in 1763.

Ebenezer Abbot^, born in Andover Nov. 23, 1689. He was a husbandman, and resided in Amesbury until 1735, when he removed to Shrewsbury. He probably removed to Andover in 1737. He married, first, Elizabeth Tucker of Amesbury (pub. Nov. 24, 1 7 16). She died April 14, 1744, aged fifty ; and he married, second, Mary Ingalls of Andover Dec. 4,

Descendants Of Thomas Abbot Of Andover

1759- 35 - IX. Samuel-^ b. June 16, 1736, in Shrewsbury ; lived in Shrewsbury, and m. Bathsheba Dustin of Andover Feb. 22,1759. Their daughter Eusebiam. Benjamin Gould of Boxford April 17,

John Aebot3, born in Andover Feb. - , 1 7 18. He was a yeoman, and lived in his native town mitil late in life, when he removed to Andover, Me. He married Hannah Farnum June 17, 1746.

Ebenezer Abbot3, born in Amesbury Sept. 6, 1 72 1. He lived in Andover until about 1757, when he removed to Shrewsbury. He married Martha Frye Oct. 6, 1748. He was a miller; and died July 21, 1775. His widow married Henry Baldwin, sen., in 1778.

Joseph Abbot4. born in Marblehead Feb. 24, 1735-6. He was a fisherman, and lived, first, in Marblehead, and subsequently in Andover. He married, first,. in Ipswich, Hannah Chinn Sept. 11, 1760. She died Oct. 4, 1772, aged thirty-six; and he married, second, Jane Homan Dec. 10, 1772, in Marblehead. She died, of small pox, Sept. - , 1773, aged thirty- four; and he married, third, widow Sarah Hooper Aug. 28, 1774, in Marblehead. He died from the effects of the explosion of the powder-mill at Andover June 2, 1778; and his wife Sarah survived him.

Philip Abbot*, born in Andover Oct. 4, 1749. He was a cooper and farmer, and lived in Andover. He married Elizabeth Frye Nov. 20, 1771 ; and died May 4, 1840.

78 - I. BENJAMIN^ b. Sept. 7, 1795 ; left town when very young ; was a cooper by trade ; amassed a fortune in Cuba ; resided in Boston ; and m. Olivia Welch Feb. 21 , 1828. He d., in Boston, Sept. 29, 1872; and by his will gave a fund to Marblehead for the erection of Abbot Hall.

Emerson Addams of- Ipswich ; priv., Capt. Robert Dodge's co.. Col. Jonathan Titcomb's reg. ; enl. April 25, 1777 ; service, 2 mos., 8 dys., at Rhode Island. Roll dated Warren, R. I.

Stephen Addams of Ipswich ; priv., Capt. Robert Dodge's co.. Col. Jonathan Titcomb's reg. ; enl. April 25, 1777 ; service, 2 mos., 8 dys., at Rhode Island. Roll dated Warren, R. I.

Solomon Adams of Rowley ; list of men raised for 6 mos. service and returned by Brig.-gen. Paterson as having passed muster ; return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.

Moses Aeors of Newbury ; priv., Capt. Robert Dodge's co.. Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg. ; service, 3 dys., in marching to camp and home again ; roll sworn to Nov. 29, 1776.

Soldiers And Sailors Of The Revolution

Samuel Airs of Manchester; corp., Capt. Haffield White's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's (5th) reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 19, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported, as serving 25 mos., 22 dys., as corp., 8 mos., 20 dys., as priv. ; enl., during war ; also, muster return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; also, muster roll for Feb. and March, 1 781, dated West Point.