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They were introduced into France in 1 749 ; and from thence into the United States about 1790. While envoy to France, Thomas Jeiferson noticed the unique use of these trees in marking the course of turnpike roads and was struck with the luxuriance of their foliage. Pie encouraged their introduction into the United States, and they soon became common as marking the sides of turnpikes and boundaries of public squares. The Salem and Boston turnpike corporation voted May 4, 1802, to set the trees on both sides of their road. The Newburyport and Boston turnpike corporation also had some set out. When Salem common was levelled in 1802, there was a nursery adjoining thereto, in what is now Winter street, containing a large number of these trees, and they were set out along the borders of the square. The people soon discovered that they were not trees of beauty ; and the great September gale of 1 81 5 completed the desire to have them removed. They were either uprooted or broken down by the terrific wind, and were banished from the common, the present elm an(J other trees being set out in their places in 181 7.

If these poplars were beautiful in France and Italy, they were not found to be so in New England. They were not suitable for our rigorous climate, and soon began to show indication of decay, dead branches appearing more and more frequently.

Political feeling was so strong in the old Jeffersonian days that these poplars were condemned by the FederaUsts on account of Jefferson having been instrumental in introducing them. Some of the Republicans planted these trees in front of their residences to show their allegiance to Jeffersonian principles, and the enraged Federalists were guilty of injuring and destroying them. This was true in Salem in 1801 in several instances, the mischief being of course done under cover of darkness. Capt. Samuel Very, who lived at Buffum's corner, offered a reward of twenty dollars for the conviction of the person or persons who injured the trees before his house.

For a few years the setting out of these trees was a fad, which had its short run. Few of the old trees remain, even in decay, some being found on sections of the turnpike roads, and a few in Beverly and Groveland, and on the Pickman farm in Salem. They are sometimes found by old cellars on deserted homesteads, tall and erect and apparently dead, standing like grim sentinels in a dreary vigil.

The fancy for these trees has slightly revived during the last two or three years, and they have been set out in Beverly, Newburyport and other places.

Moses Adams4, born in Newbury Jan. 17* 1736-7. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married Ruth Palmer Feb. 6, 1760; and died Sept 16, 181 7, at the age of eighty.

Edmund Adams4, born in Newbury Oct. 24, 1 740. He was a yeoman, and resided in his native town until 1788, when he removed to Londonderry, N. H. He married, first, in Newbury, Hannah Thurston Nov. 22, 1764. She died Sept. 12, 1807 ] and he married, second, a widow Kimball. He died Jan. 18, 1825, aged eighty-four.

260 - I. Joseph^, b. in 1738 ; m. Elizabeth Atkinson Feb. 22, 1768; lived in Newbury; yeoman ; and d. in Newbury May 30, 1790. His wife survived him. They probably had no children.

262 - III. Abraham®, b. Oct. 2, 1746; blacksmith; lived in Newburyport; m, Judith Little of Newbury July 12, 1774; and had no children. He d. in Newburyport April 3, 1801 ; and his widow married, secondly, Joseph Noyes.

Charles AdamsS, bom in Newbury Nov. 4, 1729. He was a laborer, and lived in his native town and in Newburyport. He married, first, Rebecca Adams (98) of Newbury Jan. 25, 1753. She died in 1758, aged twenty- eight ; and he married, second, Mary Hills Dec. 18, 1760. He died Jan. 9, 1802, aged seventy-two, and his widow Mary died Dec. 26, 1805, at the age of seventy. Children : -

Sarah Adams^, born in Newbury Aug. 7, 1743. She married Isaac Adams, an Englishman (published, both of Newbury, Oct. 15, 1774). They lived in Newbury.

Capt. Israel AdamsS, born in Newbury March 22, 1734-5. He was a husbandman, and lived in his native town. He married Deborah Jaques of Newbury Nov. II, 1779; and died Jan. 4, 181 2, aged seventy-sk. She died May 20, 1837, aged ninety-nine.

Capt. Silas AdamsS, born in Newbury Feb. 16, 1 741-2. He lived in Newbury, and was a cordwainer by trade. After service in the Revolution, he married Lucy Underwood of Newbury Sept. 8, 1779; and died in Newbury Nov. 15, 1800, aged fifty-eight. His wife Lucy survived him J and married, second, Daniel Dodge ; dying Sept. 12, 1844.

los Robert Adams^, bom in Newbury July 24, 1750. He was a cordwainer and weaver, and lived in Newbury. He married Eunice Little of Newbury July 12, 1774 ; and died in Newbury Dec. 3, 1776, aged twenty-six. His widow married, second, Bradstreet Tyler of Boxford Sept. 18, 1788.

Child : - 289 - 1. RoBERT^ b. Aug. 14, 1775. in Newbury; was living in 1777; probably m. Susanna Little of Newbury Oct. 10, 1799; and d. ini8oi, leaving an infant daughter, Eunice.

Stephen AdamsS, born in Rowley Feb. 27, 1728-9. He was a yeoman, and lived in Topsfield until 1776, when he removed to ]3erry, N. H. He removed to Bradford, Mass, after a year or two, and settled in Henniker, N. H., just prior to 1788. He married Susanna Dorman of Topsfield in 1 760. Mr. Adams was a large man, jovial, wilful and obstinate. His wife died Oct. 15, 1804 ; and he died Jan. 15, 181 1.

Capt. Benjamin AdamsS, bom in Rowley Nov. 20, 1735. He lived in that part of Rowley now Georgetown, in the Clark house on Haverhill street, and carried on the farm. He was known generally as " Lawyer Ben Adams " because of his pugnacity and fondness for litigation. " Captain Mirabeau " was another familiar sobriquet. He received this on account of a fancied resemblance to the famous French advocate. He was captain of infantry in several campaigns in the Revolution, being on duty in Rhode Island and New York in 1777 ; and was representative to the general court in 1778 and 1780. He married Mary Harriman ; and they removed to Ohio, with their family of children about 1 81 2, with great wagons loaded with their household goods. Some years afterward the son, who had become a physician, returned to his old home on a visit, driving a superb pair of horses, which created a sensation in the parish.

Rev. Phineas AdamsS, bom in Rowley March 3, 1742-3. He graduated at Harvard college in 1762, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1766. He became a clergyman, and was ordained over the church in West Haverhill Jan. 9, 1771. During the investment of Boston by General Washington, after the battle of Bunker Hill, the patriotism of this provincial pastor was shown by the contribution of his twenty or more head of cattle, which were driven to Cambridge to be slaughtered for the army. Mr. Adams had mild and conciliatory manners, an amiable disposition, and sound sense, and was an extensive reader. He died in his pastoral office Nov. 15, 1 80 1. He married Priscilla Perkins of Rowley May 9, 17 71.

Capt. Benjamin AdamsS, bom in Rowley March i, 1746-7. He was a tanner, and was known as " Tanner Adams." He lived in that part of Rowley which is now Georgetown in the " Temperance house." This was the first house to be painted white in what is now Georgetown, and for this reason was esteemed to be a " rather

Adams Genealogy

306 - I. Joseph**, b. Aug. 20, 1771; was a tanner by trade ; lived in the " Wallingford house " in Boxford ; m. Judith Lane ; and d. in Boxford, of consumption, Nov. 19, 1812. She survived him, and d. his widow. They had a daughter die in infancy.

310 - V. Samuel®, b. May 23, 1784 ; m. Nancy Wheelwright of Newburyport, and had no children. He graduated at H. C., 1806; was teacher in the Salem high school, and preceptor of Dummer academy for two or three years; was twice representative to the general court from Rowley, once as senator; and d. Oct. 23 (26?), 1 82 1. His widow married, second, her cousin, Wheelwright.

Capt. Stephen AdamsS, bom in Newbury May 5, 1 760, lived in his native town, being a yeoman. He married, first, Sarah Adams (148) of Newbury Dec. 25, 1783. She died in Newbury Sept. 20, 1800, aged thirty-eight ; and he married, second, her sister, Rebecca Adams (145). His wives were daughters of Rev. Benjamin Adams of Lynnfield. He died Feb. 8, 1838, aged seventy-seven.

Dr. Benjamin AdamsS, born in Lynnfield Sept. 7, 1758. He was a physician; and after practising medicine in Amherst, N. H., a short time retumed to Lynnfield, where he was a physician for many years. He married Lois Ome of Salem ; and died Jan. 16, 181 1. His wife survived him.

Enoch AdamsS, bom in Newbury July II, 1752. He was a Sadler, and lived in his native town until his marriage with Sarah Bragg of Andover Aug. 6, 1778. At that time he sold his house and land in Byfield parish, and bought a house in Andover. He lived there, and was an innholder. His wife Sarah was living in 1790. He married, secondly, Lydia Moody of Newbury Jan. 30, 1803.

Nathan AdamsS, bom in Newbury May 1, 1755. He was of Newbury, gentleman, 1777; of Danvers, joiner, 1783; of Andover, joiner, 1784; of Danvers, clock maker, 1786; and, it is said, soon after 1 791 left New England. He married Elizabeth Poor Dec. i, 1785.*

Samuel AdamsS, baptized in Byfield parish May 16, 1736. He was a cordwainer j and lived in Bradford. He married Mary Stickney, in Bradford, Sept. 15, 1764. She died in Bradford Jan. 3, 1802; and he died there March 29, 1814.

Israel AdamsS, born in Rowley April 15, 1748. He lived in his native town, in that part now Georgetown, on the north side of Pentucket pond, and, for that reason, was known as " Pond Israel." In 1 800, he sold the farm of eighty-four acres to Benjamin Jacobs of Henniker, N. H., and removed to Maine. He married, first, Elizabeth Searl of Rowley (pub. Feb. 3, 1790) ; and second, Hannah Kimball of Rowley (pub. March 23, 1790). She was living in 1800.

a young man Nathan Adams worked for, and lived with, Ezra Batchelder, of Danvers, a clockmaker, and finally married his daughter Joanna, removing to Wiscasset, Me. It is said that he had a large family, among whom were and lived in Wiscassett ; Jefferson, who married in Massachusetts, and died in California ; Samuel and Joseph, who were sea-captains, and died «.broad. - Nelson D. Adams, Washington, D. C.

Will Of Lionell Chute

The will of Lionell Chute of Ipswich, dated 4: 7 mo: 1644, was proved in court at Ipswich 7 : 9 mo: 1645. The original instrument has not been found, and the following copy is from the record in Ipswich deeds, book i, leaf 15.

The fourth day of the feaventh month Anno Dm 1644 I Lionell Chute of the Towne of Ipfw*'^ in New England Schoolmafter doe make & ordayne this my laft will & Teftament (revoking all form wills by me made. Item I giv^e vnto Rofe my wife for terme of her naturall life, all this my dwelling howfe with the Barne &all the edifices : (the two chambers over the howfe & entry only excepted which I will that James my fonne fhall have to his only vfe for the Terme of one yeare next after my deceafe with free ingreffe, egreffe, & regreffe & w**^ the yards, gardens, the home-lott & planting lott purchaffed of m"^. Bartlemew with the Comonage and appurtenances therevnto belonging. And after my wives deceafe ; I give the faid howfe, barne, lotts & p^'emiffes with all thappurtenances vnto James Chute my fonne & to his heires. Item I give vnto my faid fonne James Chute & to his heires for ever all & fingular my other lands, lotts, meadow grounds marifhes, with all & finguler their appurtnances & pfitts whatfoever ymdiatly after my deceafe. And I giue more vnto James Chute my fonne (over & above all things before given him) my heffer that is now at goodman white's farme, & my yonge steere. Item I give him all my books, with all things in my cheft and white boic my deepe box with the lock & key ; one chaire : foure hogfheads : two Coombfacks two flockbedds two flock bolfters two feather pillows : one rugg two Coverlets : two blanketts : my cafting nett : my filver fpoone : all my owne wearing apparrell, and that which was his brother Nathaniells : and three paire of fheets, three pillow beeres two table chothes : foure towells : fix table napkins : and the one halfe of the braffe & pewter, & working tooles : & five bulhels

Soldiers And Sailors Of The Revolltion

1 give vnto the poore of the Church of Ipfwich Twenty fhillings to be diftributed by the Deacons Item my meaning is that my wife fhall haue my cheft after that James hath empted it. Item all the reft of my goods howfhold fluff, Cattell, & chattells whatfoever vnbequeathed (my debts & legacies being difcharged & paid) I will that Rofe my wife fhall have the free vfe of them for terme of her life : but the remainder of them at the tyme of her deceafe over & above the valewe of five pounds fterling I giue vnto James Chute my fonne & to his heires & affignes Item I make Rofe my wife executrix of this my lafc will &Teftament. And in witneffe that this is my deed I have herevnto fett my hand and feale in the p'^fence or Ihefe witnesses herevnder written.

John Anies of Andover; list of men raised for 6 mos. service and returned by Brig.-gen. Paterson as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.

John Anis of Andover ; pay roll for 6 mos. men raised by Andover for service in the Continental Army during 1 780 ; marched June 26, 1780; dis. Jan. i, 1781 ; service, 6 mos., 16 dys.

Jacob Annas of Andover ; Capt. Charles Furbush's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's reg. ; order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Nov. 21, 1775; also ^ 01- der for remuneration for losses at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, dated Tewksbury, Jan. 23, 1777 ; aiso, return of men raised agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780 ; enl. Feb. I, 1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.

Abraham Annes of Methuen; priv., Capt. Eliphalet Bodwell's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's reg. ; payjabstract for mileage from Albany home, dated Dec, 1776.

Ezra Annes of Andover ; priv. ; Capt. Samuel Johnson's co.. Col. Wigglesworth's reg.; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany home, dated March

John Davis' co.. Col. James Frye's reg. ; returns dated Camp at Cambridge, May 17 and June 8, 1775 ; also^ priv.; co. return dated Cambridge, Oct. 5, 1775.

Abraham Annis of Methuen ; return of men enl. into Continental Army from Capt. Jones' (2d) co., Essex co. reg., dated Methuen, Feb. 13, 1778; joined Capt. Wiley's co., Col. Jackson's reg; enl. to expire Jan. i, 1780; aiso^ Capt. John Wiley's co.. Col. Michael Jackson's reg. ; return dated April 9, 1 7 79 i reported, killed Oct. 7, 1777.

Ebenezer Annis of Gloucester; private, Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co.. Col. Samuel Gerrish's (later Baldwin's) reg, ; muster roll dated Aug. i, i775 ; enl. May 24, 1775 ; service, 9 weeks, 6 dys. ; aiso^ return of men sick and absent, dated

142. Wanted, names of parents of Hannah Dodge (of Wenham?), married, 1785 or 1786, Benjamin Dunbar, Hinghara. Her father's supposed name was Israel.

143. William Bucknam, bom 1690, son of Joses, senior, moved from Maiden, possibly to Essex county. He probably had grandson David, who lived in Salem, and married a Maiden woman. Who was David's father, and what other children did William have? Was Gen. Edwards Bucknam (bom, Athol, 1741, lived in Lunenburgh, and later one of the founders of Lancaster, N. H.) son of one of William's sons?

146. Daniel Lamb, appraiser of a mare taken up by Moses Gerrish, Ipswich, June 19, 1676, is unknown to me. Any mention of him or any other Lamb on early Essex records gratefully received and reciprocated.

14. Thomas Clouston, mariner, was of Newburyport in 1790, and Robert Clauston, housewright, of Salem in 1806. Were these members of the Clogston family? - Ed.

III. Hannah Webster^ was daughter of John Webster3, who was son of John^, son of John'. John' lived in Ipswich. His widow and children removed to Newbury. The son John^ was born in 1632 ; and married Anna Batt. Their son John^ born Feb. 11, 1656, married Bridget Huggins March 9, 1681. Their daughter Hannah-^ was born Oct. 5, 1692. - Gee. Frs. Dow, Topsfield.

The Kimball Family News is a monthly paper published at Topeka, Kansas, at 50 cents per year, and is devoted to the history and genealogy of the Kimball family.

The Lebanonian is a monthly illustrated paper of 16 pages, published at Lebanon, N. H., at 50 cents per year, and is devoted to Lebanon, its historic past, the present and future.

A Narrative of the Indun and Civil Wars in Virginia in the Years 1675 and 1676. This is a tract republished from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, 1 8 14, by George P. Humphrey, Rochester, N. Y., at 25 cents. Pages 51.

New England's Plantation, or, a Short AND True Description of the Commodities AND Discommodities of that Country. Writtey By a Reverend Divine There Resident. London, 1630. This is a tract of fifteen pages relating to Salem and the Colony generally, republished by George P. Humphrey, Rochester, N. Y., at 25 cents, it being the March number of the American Colonial Tracts published monthly by Mr. Humphrey at I3.00 per year.

Jacob Perkins

The making of nails has always been the rod by a twist of the hand. The " bolthe first accomplishment of blacksmith's ster " was held on the anvil in the left

The appliances for hand manufacture quickly formed by a few skillful blows, were simple and few. A small forge, a The heads were generally oval, round and small anvil, having a chisel set in it, a from one-half to three-fourths of an inch hammer, and a "bolster," comprised the in diameter. Sometimes, for special uses, outfit, with the exception of a pair of the head was made long and narrow, and tongs with which to handle the nailrod then it was called a " T " head, when the bar became short. The " bol- Brads and other kinds of small nails as ster " was a piece of steel, ordinarily well as spikes were made in the same way. about ten inches in length, one and a Horse-shoe nails required the best Swedquarter inches wide, and half an inch ish iron and the most skillful workmanthick. If only one size of nails was to be ship, as tough and hard hoofs were liable made by it there was a hole of the size of to break or split them, and thus injure the the wire of the nail to be made in one end foot.

The operation was simple, and quickly of their manufacture. They were made done by a dexterous hand. The rod was there much cheaper than they could be first heated, which in a hot forge fire was here. But after the trouble with the done in a moment or two, but generally mother country began, in 1767, "sheathtwo rods were heating at a time, that no ing and deck nails " were included in the time might be lost by waiting for a heat, non-importation agreement of the Ameri-

The Revolution caused a great scarcity worn by girls and women. Mr. Davis died of nails, and when the war was over their three years later, and Mr. Perkins, then manufacture received a great impulse, only fifteen, continued the business, add- Many of the farmers set up little forges in ing the manufacture of the then popular their kitchens, and in the long winter shoe-buckles. He was industrious and evenings and cold stormy days made nails, honest, and soon secured an excellent repthe children rendering assistance. So utation. He also made the Portugese joes many of the people did this that large which were then in circulation. He disquantities of nails were thus produced, covered a new method of plating shoe- The nailrod was furnished to them by buckles, and was by the new process enmerchants, to whom the nails were duly abled to undersell all competitors. Before returned, compensation being made for he was of age he turned his attention to the work and cost of manufacture. machinery.* When twenty-one, he was

The demand was so great and the hand employed by the master of the Massachumethod of manufacture so expensive and setts mint to make a suitable die for strikslow that American inventors turned their ing copper coins, and the result of his afterward heading them in a vice. He where he made the first cut nails in Amersubsequently cut nails in a similar way, ica, in the bam of Leonard Adams,

The first machines to make complete cut several times as many, very little pernails was invented by an Essex county sonal supervision being needed. The caryoung man in 1790. This was Jacob Per- penters approved of the nails, and they kins, son of Matthew and Jane (Noyes) came into immediate use. Perkins, of Newburyport, where he was

The old com mill, run by water power, formerly known as Barnard's, and at that time as Waite's mill,* was then standing on the south bank of the Powow river, in Amesbury, on the east side of Main street ; and, Nov. 24, 1795, Mr. Perkins purchased it of the Newburyport Woolen Manufactory (Ebenezer Stocker, Abraham Wheelwright and Ebenezer Wheelwright, all of Newburyport, merchants, directors), with

*This corn mill, according to Merrill's History of Amesbury, was erected by Abraham Morrill and Henry Saywood in 1642. Mr. Merrill died in 1662 ; and his widow, Sarah, who was one of the executors, married Thomas Mudgett of Salisbury. A part owner of the mill, Dec. i, 1688, was Thomas Barnard, sen., of Amesbury, and evidently his share was uncertain, as on that date he and Thomas Mudgett submitted the matter to Maj. Daniel Davison and Ens. Nathaniel Clarke, both of Newbury, Maj. Robert Pike of vSalisbury, and Mr. Edward Gove of Hampton, N. H., as arbitrators. They reported, nineteen days later, that Mr. Mudgett owned two-thirds and Mr. Barnard one -third of the mill.

Mr. Barnard became the owner of the whole of the mill, and April 22, 171 2, conveyed to his daughter Sarah, wife of Samuel Jones of Amesbury, onehalf of it; and, June 12, 1712, he conveyed the other half to his son Samuel Barnard of Amesbury.

June II, 1720, Mr. and Mrs. Jones conveyed their half to Thomas Waite of Hampton, N. H., and in his will, dated Jan. 12, 1740, and proved June 6, 1743, Mr. Waite devised his half to his son Samuel Waite, who was the miller. Aug. 15, 1 786, Samuel conveyed one-quarter of the mill to David Morrill of Salisbury, blacksmith ; and, Dec. 13, 1787, his remaining quarter to Joseph Osgood of Salisbury.

One-half of the half interest of Samuel Barnard was owned by Ichabod Titcomb of Amesbury, shipwright, in 1794, by mesne conveyances unknown to the writer. The other half of Samuel Barnard's interest he conveyed to his son Jonathan Barnard of Amesbury, innholder, in 1732-33. Jonathan died Sept. 27, 1770, having devised his interest in the mill to his son Samuel. Samuel conveyed the interest to his eldest son Jonathan Barnard of Amesbury (then a boy) Jan. 24, 1772, who, June 28, 1785, as administrator with the will annexed of his father's estate, by license of court, conveyed this interest to his grandmother, Tabitha Barnard, widow of Capt. Jonathan Barnard. She conveyed it to John Barnard of Amesbury, gentleman, Feb. 22, 1786; and, May 24, 1792, he conveyed it to Enoch Bartlett of Amesbury, joiner.

Dec. 16, 1793, David Morrill, Joseph Osgood, and Enoch Bartlett, and Feb. 7, 1794, Ichabod Titthe land, for eight hundred dollars.* Apparently Mr. Perkins continued the business of grinding com, and utilized more or less of the water power for driving his nail machinery.

Early in the spring of 1798, Mr. Perkins became acquainted with Samuel Guppy of New York, and John Warren Armstrong, formerly of Bristol, England, but then of Boston, merchant, and a partnership for the manufacture of nails was formed by the three men with the firm' name of Armstrong & Perkins, and Perkins conveyed the mill and factory to Mr. Armstrong, who was evidently the capitalist of the company, April 11, i798.t Their products were known as the Newburyport patent nails and brads.

While Mr. Perkins was in business for himself, he invented and made a machine for cutting and heading nails at one operation. The machinist who helped him do this was David Mooers of Exeter, N. H. In a suit brought on this and similar patents many years afterward, Mr. Mooers made an affidavit relative to what he knew of Perkins' machine, § and in it stated that he came to work in the nail factory for Mr. Perkins (who still lived in Newburyport) in December, 1797. Soon after, he says that Mr. Perkins invented and made a machine for cutting and heading nails at one operation. He worked upon the machine from the time it was begun until it was done and put into use, all of which was done under the immediate direction of Mr. Perkins. It was in complete operation in the following summer. After making about fifty or sixty pounds of six-penny nails, Mr. Perkins found that once in a while a comb, the owners of the whole title, conveyed the mill to Michael Hodge of Newburyport, gentleman; and March 25, 1794, Mr. Hodge conveyed it to the Newburyport Woolen Manufactory, which, Nov. 24, 1795, conveyed it to Jacob Perkins as above stated.

nail would stick in the heading dies, and he concluded to attempt some further improvement on the clearer. The machine was thereupon taken to pieces. Mr. Mooers took the stationary part of it to his viceboard, and Mr. Perkins told him that in the afternoon he would tell him what to do with it ; but in the afternoon when Mr. Perkins came in he told Mr. Mooers that he had received a letter from his partners by which he was " thrown out of the factory," and directed him to throw the part of the machine which he had taken out under the viceboard, and not to put the machine together again until he requested it. The machine was not put together again until five or six years afterward when Briggs R. Reed put it into operation during his brief stay at the factory.

The partnership continued only about three months, the dissolution occurring July 26, 1798. The notice of the dissolution says that it was mutually agreed to, but the preceding paragraph indicates that Mr. Perkins was controlled by the other partners, having little means to defend himself against them. He had conveyed to Armstrong his mill and his patents, and three months sufficed to rout the poor inventor.

By the terms of the dissolution Mr. Perkins was to remain at the factory ; but disappointed he turned his attention to other inventions. In 1809, he invented the stereotype check plate for the prevention of counterfeit bank bills, and thus imposed an important obstacle in the frauds upon our currency, from which the community were daily suffering. Prosecutors said that they never heard of a good imitation of it ; and a law was passed requiring all the Massachusetts banks to use it. During the war of 181 2, he was employed in constructing machinery for boring out old honeycombed cannon, and in perfecting the science of gunnery. He discovered the method of softening and hardening steel, by which the process of engraving thereon was rendered easier. He demonstrated the compressibility of water, and, in connection with this discovery, invented the bathometer or piezometer to measure the depth of the sea by the pressure of water, and the pleometer to measure a ship's speed.

As Philadelphia was at that time the place most advanced in the arts and sciences he removed thither from Newburyport in 1816, and devoted himself to experiments on the power of steam, inventing a new method of generating it by suddenly letting a small quantity of water into a heated vessel. It is said that he succeeded in employing steam at a pressure of sixty-five atmospheres, or nine hundred and seventy-five pounds to the square inch.

He originated a plan for engraving bank notes on steel, and, in i8t8, took it to London, England where he afterward resided. Though it did not find acceptance at once the plan ultimately proved a great success, and was carried out by Mr. Perkins and engraver Heath, as partners, during the rest of his long business life. In 1 8 19, he patented in the United States a steam gun, which attracted the notice of the English government. And in 1824 he exhibited a trial of it before the Duke of Wellington. At a distance of thirtyfive yards, the gun sent its balls through eleven planks, each an inch thick and placed an inch apart, and was capable of discharging one thousand balls a minute ; but the danger attending the use of highly compressed steam prevented its adoption. To the Transactions of the Royal Society, for June, 1826, Mr. Perkins furnished a paper " On the Progressive Compression of Water by high degrees of force, with some trials of its effects on other liquids." A correspondent of the Salem Register wrote, in 1827, that this "celebrated man is now astonishing Europe by the resources of his great mind."

Mr. Perkins retired from business in 1834, and continued to live in London, where he died July 11, 1849, ^^ ^^ ^S^ of eighty-three, having received the wellearned title of "The American Inventor." Like most inventors and scientists he spent his life in the cause of science, and never on the business under the old name of acquired a fortune. The frontispiece, Amesbury Nail Factory Company, showing the portrait of Mr. Perkins is a Jacob Rowell, jr., of Salisbury, Philip slightly reduced reproduction of an en- Jones of Amesbury, and Stephen Green of graving in the American Magazine (1839), Kensington, N. H., yeomen, by authority volume 2, page 137.* of the Society of Friends, conveyed to The Amesbury nail factory conducted Messrs. Lawrence and Ward in trust for a large business, the new nail machines the nail company, for four hundred dollars enabling the owners to export great quan- the Quaker meeting-house and the quartertities of nails to foreign countries, and acre lot of land on which it stood, adjointhe American government having early ing the nail factory, bounded on the south protected the industry by an impost duty " by the road leading from the Amesbury of one cent a pound on spikes and nails, mills to the Lyon's mouth," on the north- Guppy and Armstrong conveyed to east by a way belonging to the nail com- Clifford Crowninshield, John Osgood and pany, and on the northwest by land of Samuel Gray, all of Salem, merchants, in David Morrill, Jan. 19, 1804*. This was 1 80 1, the factory, land, and the patent the lot that was given by Thomas Bargranted to Mr. Perkins for nail machines nard to the Friends to erect their meetingfor fourteen years from Dec. 20, 1794, and house upon t : 2 mo: 1707.! also a patent for improvements thereon On the same day, Jan. 19, 1804, Messrs. granted to Mr. Perkins for fourteen years Lawrence and Ward declared that they held from Feb. 14, 1799. The importance of the mills, the Quaker meeting-house, dwellthe invention of these nail machines is ing house, land, etc., in trust for the Amesshown by the fact that between 1790 and bury Nail Factory Company, which had 1825 one hundred and twenty patents were erected a rolling and spHtting mill there. § granted on them. The company was incorporated March four each ; Thomas Perkins, three ; George Dodge, Larkin Dodge, Jonathan Hodges, E. A. Holyoke, Theresa Orne, jr., John Cabot, Joshua Dodge, Lydia Cabot and Ebenezer Felton, two each ; and John Prince, jr., Benjamin Dodge, Mehitable Dodge, John Ropes, Benjamin Pickman, L. RawUns Pickman and Jonathan Allen, one each. John Prince, jr., was then clerk of the company.* In 1806, Samuel Putnam was clerk. In 1807, Ebenezer Felton of Salisbury was agent of the company, and the next year the agent was John Rollins of Newbury^, merchant ; Col. John Russell was agent at the factory when it was sold in 1825.

In 1807, the company bought some land at the mouth of Kimball's pond in Amesbury, where they had built sluice gates.f In 1810, they bought half an acre of land more there. This was and has since been the reservoir of the mills. In 1823, the company sold the property and water rights at the pond to the Amesbury Cotton Manufacturing Company, Amesbury Flannel Manufacturing Company, Amesbury Wool and Cotton Manufacturing Company, Salisbury Woolen Manufacturing Company, and several individuals. §

The business of the nail company was probably near its end at this time, and the buildings, land, machinery, water privileges, etc., were sold at auction, for twentyone thousand dollars, to Pickering Dodge, esq., of Salem, July 13, 1825.II This property was situated on both sides of Powow river, and included twenty-eight of Perkins' nail machines, the rolling-mill that had lately been rebuilt, an island in the river, etc. The directors at this time were Pickering Dodge, Benjamin Dodge and Joshua Ward, jr.

The old nail factory was sold by Mr. Dodge to the Salisbury Woolen Manufacturing Company Oct. 18, 1825,^ who converted it into a weaving room.

Registry of Deeds, book 190, leaf 44. t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 183, leaf 149. § Essex Registry of Deeds, book 233, leaf 46. |] Essex Registry of Deeds, book 238, leaf 243. ^ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 239, leaf 298.

Will Of John Thorne

The following nuncupative will of John Thorne was sworn to 4 : 6 mo: 1646. The original deposition, of which the following is a copy, is filed in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf wee whoues names are heare vnderwritten beinge prefent with John Thorne in the time of his Sicknes and at that time when the fayd John waf in his perfect memory doe teftifie that wee heard him fay theafe woards vinfit that hee did giue unto Ann : Pallgraue all his Eftate of mony. goods, aparell. & debtts out of which fayd aparell it waf the will of the fayd John that John Jackson Junio"^ : should haue his beft Hatt and further moure it was his will that James Thomas f hould haue fomthinge out of his Eftate if the faid Ann : Paulgraue fo pleafeth.

Early Comets

The first comet to appear in the heavens of New England, of which there is any account, blazed forth from Orion from the ninth to the twenty-second of December, 1652. It was large, and people shuddered when they looked at its beautiful tail of fire. Another appeared from February 3 to March 28, 1661.

The people connected their appearance with some famine, plague or disaster, either as its direct cause or precursor ; and the learned men of the times taught the people to fear their approach. When it is considered that some persons are still disturbed at their coming in this very end of the nineteenth century, it is readily understood why the people of the days when superstition was fostered trembled at their appearance. They seemed to be the perfection of instruments to accomplish the burning of the world.

The clergy of New England sought to make the most of this belief and fear, either hypocritically, to simply increase the membership of their churches, or because they shared the common belief and honestly endeavored to have souls prepared for the great change that might come immediately, and without further warning. At these periods many were brought into the fold, and the ordinances and services of the church were more carefully observed.

seen on the eighth of November. Night after night, the whole winter through, " the great blazing starre " took its position in the southern sky as soon as the stars began to glint in the evening constellations. Its size and extreme brilliancy greatly alarmed the people. Morton said that it was " no fiery meteor caused by exhalation, but it appeared to be sent immediately by God to awake the secure world." Among the events which were believed to have been portended by this comet, according to a writer of the time, were " The great and dreadful plague in England the next summer, the dreadful war by sea with the Dutch, and the burning of London the second year following." Probably the largest comet ever seen in New England by the English speaking race was the Newtonian comet of 1680. It was first seen at Boston at five o'clock on the morning of Nov. 14, 1680, appearing in the southeastern sky near fourteen degrees in libra and one degree and three minutes southward of the ecliptic. The sky being clear, it appeared at first plainly but in a few moments vanished as day was beginning to dawn. It appeared earlier and earlier in the . morning until about December 8, when it could be seen in the evening. It continued to be visible till February 10, when it was beyond the reach of the naked eye. Five hundred and forty years being required to complete its circuit it will not be seen again here until the year 2225. Increase Mather gave a lecture on this comet, saying in his introduction, that " As for this blazing star, which hath occasioned this discourse, it was a terrible sight indeed, especially about the middle of December last, the stream of such a stupendous magnitude as that few men now living ever beheld the like." The governor and council of the Massachusetts Bay colony appointed a general fast, one reason assigned for it in the proclamation being "that awful, portentous, blazing star, usually foreboding some calamity to the beholder thereof," and the greatest strictness was observed by the people in keeping it.

Adams Genealcxjy

Israel AdamsS, born in Andover in 1733 or 1734 (?). He was a yeoman and a cordwainer, and lived in Andover. He married Elizabeth Stevens Nov. 20, 1760. They were living in Andover in 1772.

Capt. John AdamsS, born in Andover July 3, 1735. He was a cordwainer by trade, and lived in Andover, where he was a deacon of the North church and a man of influence. He served in the French war, and was an able officer in the Revolution. He married, first, Hannah Osgood Nov. 23, 1758. She died Oct. 22, 1 77 1, aged fifty-six; and he married, second, Hannah Thurston of Rowley, June 24, 1773. She died Jan. 22, 1774, aged thirty-two; and he married, third, Mary Holt May 21, 1776. He died June 27, 1 8 13, aged seventy-seven; and she died Nov. 9, 1829, at the age of eighty-nine.

Harvard college with class of 1789, but did not graduate. He became a physician, and practiced medicine in Newbury port. He subsequently also entered into trade, and made several voyages as master of a vessel, finally removing his home to Michigan.

Abiah Ordway of Methuen May i, 1766. She died July 29, 1776 ; and he married, second, Martha Marsh before or in 1778. She died April 9, 181 2; and he died April 19, 1815, at the age of seventy- two.

John AdamsS, born in Rowley Sept. 9, 1749. He lived in Rowley, in that part now Georgetown. He married Molly Brocklebank of Rowley Dec. 12, 1776.

Israel AdamsS, born in Newbury Sept. 14, 1746. He was a yeoman, and lived in his native town until 1783, when he removed to Rowley. He married Elizabeth Adams (191) of Rowley (pub. July 30,

Benjamin Adams5, born in Newbury Aug. 20, 1752. He was a yeoman, and lived in the West parish of Newbury until about 1 793, when he removed to Rowley, in that part now Georgetown, and lived in the house of his wife's father that stood in what is now the southern end of Nelson avenue. There he ' lived until the house was burned about 1800. He was familiarly known in his new home as "New- town Ben," as he came from the West ' parish of Newbury, which was then called New-town. He married Judith Adams (109) of Rowley Dec. 7, 1772, and succeeded to her father's farm. Children : -

Capt. Stephen AdamsS, born in Newbury Feb. 5, 1 741-2. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married Sarah Bartlett Dec. 8, 1761 ; and died before Nov. 25, 1793, when administration was granted upon his estate. She survived him, and died, his widow, in West Newbury, Oct. 17, 1826.

Abraham AdamsS, born in Newbury M^y ^3f 1748. He was a yeoman and blacksmith; and lived in Newbury until about 1793, when he removed to Boscawen, N. H., where he was a husbandman in 1799. He married Mary Brickett Nov. 18, 1768.

Daniel AdamsS, born in Newbury April 27, 1760. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married Hannah Poor of Newbury May 24, 1 779. He died before May 7, 1791, when his widow Hannah married Silas Moulton of Newbury.

Paul AdamsS, born in Newbury April 12, 1758. He was called a yeoman till 1785, then a blacksmith till 1791, and subsequently a miller. He lived in his native town; and married, first. Miss Hannah Ilsley of Newbury April 30, 1785. He married, second, Hannah G. Keniston Feb. 28, 1803 ; and died in the summer of 1833. His wife survived him.

Daniel AdamsS, bom in Newbury Nov. 15,1 760. He was at first a yeoman and cordwainer, but after 1789 a miller. He lived in Newbury ; and married, first, Ednah Noyes of Newbury Nov. 26, 1788. She died in Newbury Feb. 14, 1799, at the age of forty ; and he married, second, Sarah Peirce of Newburyport (pub. May I, 1800).

Asa AdamsS, born in Newbury Oct. 14, 1772. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married Dolly Morse of Newbury July i, 1795; and was living there in 1799.

Ebenezer AdamsS, born in Newbury July 19, 1776. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married Edna Adams (247) of Newbury Sept. 3, 1798.

George AdamsS, bom in Newbury Sept. 23, 1768. He lived in Newbury; and married, first, Elizabeth Adams (225) of Newbury Oct. 27, 1792; and, second, Hannah Thorla Dec. 18, 1838 .

Moses AdamsS, born in Newbury Oct. ID, 1770. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married, first, Phebe Jewett of Rowley May 16, 1793; ^ind, second, Marcy Lunt of Newbury Dec. 26, 1811.

Henry Adams^, bom in Newbury Feb. 15, 1 741. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury. He married, first, Sarah Dole (pub. Nov. 7, 1767) ; second, Sarah Pulsipher of Ipswich Nov. 30, 1786; and, third, Hannah Severance of Kingston, N. H., May 3, 1799. He died Aug. 30, 1837, aged ninety-six.

Daniel Adams^, bom in Newbury Nov. 24, 1756. He was a yeoman, and lived in his native town. He married, first, Elizabeth Colby Dec. 25, 1777; and, second, Mary Lord of Ipswich Jan. 14, 1787. He died March 21, 1843, aged eighty-six.

She died July 26, 181 7, aged fifty-five; and he married, second, Hannah Bartlett Dec. 4, 181 7. She died Aug. 23, 1832, aged fifty-eight. Mr. Adams was lame, walking with two canes the last few years of his life, and died Oct. 28, 1850, aged eighty-six.

Samuel Adams^, born in Bradford Sept. 12, 1767. He married Peggy Harriman of Rowley Aug. 23, 1792. She was drowned in Bradford, where they lived, June 2, 1809. He died there July 27 (28?), 1825.

Major John Adams^, born in Andover about 1766. He was a yeoman; and lived in Andover. He served in Shay's Rebellion. He married Dorcas Faulkner Dec. 8, 1 789. She died in Andover Sept. 23? 1837, aged seventy-one; and he died there Sept. 28, 1839, at the age of seventy-three.

Children, born in Andover : - 436 - I. Joseph H.', b. March 21, 1790 ; " colonel "; president of Mutual Marine Insurance Company, Boston; and lived in Boston. He had several children. 437 - II. Hannah', b. Dec. 18, 1791 ; m. Daniel Appleton of Haverhill, of the Appleton publishing house of New York city. 438 - III. Mary H.', b. Nov. 4, 1793; m. Nathaniel Lord, jr., esq. 439 - IV. Charlotte', b. May 29, 1796; m.

Henry Adams^, born in Newbury Dec. 21, 1774. He was a joiner; and settled in Newburyport. He married Sarah Jaques of Newbury Dec. 27, 1798. She died in Newburyport Nov. 14, 1807.

Well Of Richard Bartholomew

The following letter of Richard Bartholomew was proved as his will 4 : 6 mo : 1646. This is copied from the original on file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf 54.

hearein Cloffed is anotte of whatt eftatte I have shippt w'** mee & whatt is here oweinge to : mee w*^ whatt I owe in England w*'^ is all I owe in the world as I know off : thefe things only the bills of ex° I have Configned to m''. Edward Shrimpton in London hee is y® braffiers bro at Bofton : to him I haue wrighte y* in Cafe god fhould not bringe mee to London y*^ hee would vs thefe goods pay my debts & returne y® Remaynder to you : I fhould have bine glad to have feene you before I went, butt if god should not returne mee againe but take me away by death : my defier is if the returns of thefe goods Come to yo"^ hand : that they may be thus difpoffed of: viz To yo'^ two children 40*^ apeece to my bro willms 3 Children 20*^ apeece to my.mother if liveinge 10^^ to my m^ Gearringe beinge very poore : lo^** & the remaynder of my eftatte bee it whatt will more or leffe all that is mine I defiier may be equally devided betweene o'^ bro Thomas : Abraham & Sifter Sara, only what Jacob Barney owes to mee I giue it to him, butt for any other debts houfe ground &c devide as before, this is my defier & that I would haue done if god shall pleafe to take mee away : 1 defier to Caft my self only uppo him & to reft myself only in the armes of his mercy in Chrift Jefus intreatinge of him to ftay my soule there in the worft howers even in

Will Of Joseph Morse

The will of Jofeph Morfe of Ipswich, dated 24 : 2 : 1646, was proved in court at Ipswich 29 : 7 : 1646. The original instrument has not been found, and the following is a copy of the original record in Ipswich deeds, book I, leaf 18.

The foure & twentith day of the fecond month Anno Dm 1646 I Jofeph Morfe of Ipfwich in New Engl : Planter doe make & ordayne this my laft will & Teftament (revoking all other form wills by me made : Item I give vnto Dorothy ray loving wife my howfe & lott & out howfes bought of Thomas Dorman. alfoe || my howfe ||& lott of about fix acres bought of the widdow Perkins, one Cow, and alfoe the wholl bedd & bedding that I lye vpon ftanding in the hall. Item I give vnto my fonne Jofeph Morfe my beft cloake Item I give to my daughter Hannah my great bible which I vfe. Item I give to my wife Docter Preftons works & m"". Dykes beiides her owne bibles the one greater & the other fmaller & one felUng axe & one broad howe. Item I give vnto my fonne John Morfe my other howfe & out howfing with the lott containing about two acres, and alfoe to John my fonne a lott of fix acres of two acres toward toward the North weft and to my fonne John my lott of ten acres neare Egipt River & to John one yearling heiffer. Item I give vnto John Morfe all my apparrell vngiven & one yard of mufk coloured broad cloth Item I give to John Morfe the || wholl || bed and all the bedding he lyeth on ftanding in the parlour & one paire of fheets & a pillow beere Item I give all my Tooles vngiven to my fonne John Morfe. Item I give to my fonne John my barne with the ground thereto belonging bought of ffrancis Jordan. I give to my fonne John all my marfh containyng about five acres onely allowing vnto my wife the one halfe of the graffe growing vpon it from yeare to Abraham Morrill ; also, my sweepage at yeare during her life My will is alfoe that the beach; all in Salisbury, 19 : 2 : 1657. John fhall have halfe of the graffe from Wit : Edward ffrench, Richard Wells and yeare to yeare that may be mowen vpon the Willia ffifeild. Ack. by grantor and his lott given to my wife onely pviding that this wife Urseline before Thomas Bradbury, fhall not hinder her either from felling or commissioner of Salisbury, April 19, 1658! breaking it vp Alfoe my will is likewife Josiah Cobham of Boston, clothier, for that the Cropp that fhall arife of all my ^os., conveys to Sammuell Pore of Newground planted or fowen this yeare fhal- bury, planter, 3 acres of salt marsh in Barebe equally divided betweene my wife & berrie meadow in Salisbury, bounded by a my fonne John the charges of the fame great pond, 12 : 2 mo : 1658. Wit: Tho : equally borne by them Item I give to Bradbury, sen., and Tho : Bradbury, jun. my wife the two firft payments for keep- Ack. before Tho : Bradbury, commissioner ing the herd Item I give to my fonne John for Salisbury, 12 : 2 mo : 1658. the laft pay for the herd keeping I ap- Jn** ifrench of Salisbury, tailor, for money poynt Dorothy my wife to be fole execu- received of Mr. Hall of Salisbury, conveys trix to this my laft will And in witneffe to William Pilsberie of Newbury, husbandthat this is my deed I have herevnto fet man, 3 acres of salt marsh in Salisbury my hand & feale in the p'^fence of bought of Mr. Hall, bounded by a great thefe witneffes here vnder written. creek and Abraha Morrill, 8 : i mo : 1658. witneffe Wit : Tho : Bradbury and mark M B of Roger Lanckton Jofeph Morfe Mary Bradbury. Ack. before Thomas the mke of william Gudderfon Bradbury, commissioner of Salisbury, 8 : i James Chute. mo: 1658.

- Edward ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, for OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. 50J., received of Mr. Sam : Hall of Salis- Continued from page 4g. bury, conveys to William Pilsbery of New- Jan. 4, 1657, Isaac Cosens of Boston bury, husbandman, 3 acres of salt marsh in and Ann (her mark A) his wife, for ^^30, Salisbury, near the black rocks at ye river's convey to Edward Clarke of Haverhill 5 mouth, opposite marsh of John ffrench, 8 : acres of planting land at east end of Hav- i mo : 1658. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and erhill, bounded by Jn<* Clement and grantee, mark M B of Mary Bradbury. Ack. be- Wit : Richard Littlehale and Mary little- fore Tho : Bradbury, commissioner of Salis- Hale. Ack. by both before John Endicott, bury, 8 : i mo : 1658. governor, 19 : i : 1657. John Wheelwright of Hampton conveys Richard North of Salisbury, husband- to Jn** Redman of Hampton, smith, ^:^ man, for £60, to be paid by Henry acres of upland, bounded by Robert Page, True and Robert Pike, both of Salisbury, Thomas Nudd (sometimes Tho : Moulconveys to Henry True, house and lot, ton's), river, Christofer Palmer, Nathaniell bounded by Edward ffrench, x\braham Mor- Boulter, Henry Dowe, William ffifeild, and rill, and the green ; also, 6-acre planting lot, Henry Moulton, 10 : 6 mo : 1654. Wit : bounded by Henry Browne, Rodger East- Sam : ffogg and Steven Samborne. Ack. man, and boggie meadow; also, lo-acre before Willi: Estow and Jeffery Mingay, planting lot, bounded by Thomas Carter, commissioners of Hampton. Richard Goodale and Pawwaus river ; also, Christopher Batt of Boston, tanner, for 4 acres of meadow, bounded by John £^^i conveys to Richard Ormsby of Ilsley, John Rolfe, and little river ; also, Salisbury, planter, 60 acres of great plain 4 acres of salt marsh, bounded by Mr. by Mr. Batt's hill in Salisbury, bounded Mondey, a dead creeke and John Clough ; by Mr. Henry Mondey and Mr. ifrancis also, 4 acres of salt marsh in the Bareberrie Doue, May 28, 1655. Wit: Tho: Bradmeadows, bounded by William Allin and bury and Josiah Cobham. Mrs. Ann

Edw : Rishworth receipts for legacy in and Andrew Greely also made oath. The will of Susanna Leader, of Robert Smithe order to constable of Salisbury from Sam : of Hampton, ex'r, April 14, 1658. Wit : Hall, treasurer for Norfolk county, to col- Robert Tuck and John Samborne. Attest- lect the fine, dated 28 : 12 : 1655, is reed by the witnesses before Tho : Wiggin corded. William Buswell was constable, 19:2: 1658. Also, of some other money and his return is recorded. The land was due to him from said goodwife Leader. on the great neck. These documents

John Wedgwood of Hampton conveys by Richard Littlehale ; also, two acres of to Robert Smithe of Hampton 5 acres in commonage ; all in Haverhill. Wit : Richmarsh of the little ox common, (some time ard Littlehale and Edward Clarke. Ack. in the hands of Edw: Colcord), bounded by both before Jo : Endicott, governor, by John Huggins, Thomas Philbrick, John 19:1: 1657-8.

in 1655, he served an execution on es- Thomas Wheelwrite, late of Wells, aptate of Mr. Sam : Winsley, sen., who said points "my welbeloved brother in law m*" he had no goods but land, and sent his Edward Richworth of York," a general atson Ephraim as his agent to show him the torney for himself and also a sub-attorland, and chose Josiah Cobham for his ney for his father Mr. John Wheelwrite,

Greely; that the land contained 23 acres, Richard Tucker. Attested by the witand adjoined Abraham Morrill's. Sworn to nesses' oath in court July 7, 1658.

and lot for her life, then to my children's acres of upland, bounded by Mr. Warde, children that are in New England ; money river and great hill ; also, six acres of "acin the hands of John Howchins for re- comodacons." Wit : Richard Littlehale and pairing the house, etc. ; what is due to me Robert Hesltine. Ack. before Brian Penfrom Mr. Dumer ; money in the hands of dleton and Richard Waldem June 29,1658. Mr. Cooke of Boston ; etc. To my son March 17, 1657-8, Job Clements of Job Clement.' To my son Robert, rent Dover mortgaged to Joseph Jowett of due to me in England. To my three Rowley no acres of upland in Dover, sons John, Abraham and Daniell. To Mr. bounded by James Raulins, common. Ward, our minister, ^$. My sons Moses Richard Ketal and great river; also, 40 Pingrin, Abraham Morrill and John Os- acres in the back river lots. Grantor mengood, ex'rs. Wit : Bartholemew (his gjj tions his two eldest children by his first mark) Heath and W^illiam White. Proved wife, the children being under age. Wit : in court at Hampton, 1658. Richard Littlehale and Robert Hesltine.

Thomas Macy of Salisbury, for money and Henry Dowe Nov. 19, 1657. Afpaid about four years ago by John Gore of firmed by Elizabeth Hilliar, widow.

Thomas Barnard and common ; also, 20 Ed : Rifhworth of York, in behalf of acres of meadow, bounded by Merrimack Mr. Tho : Wheelwrite, and Thomas Leadriver, William Sargent, and Mr. Winsley's er (his «^ mark) of Boston, heirs and asisland ; also, 15 acres of meadow, Aug. 20, signs of Susana Leader of Hampton, lately 1658. Wife Sarah Macy is to release dower, deceased, conveys to Thomas Deerbornof Capt. Waldern's mill, Docter's island, at Hampton house and land, and to or 12 Pascattaquack, and Crispin Hooper of acres of marsh in little ox common, Oct. Boston, merchant, are mentioned. Wit: 23, 1657. Wit: Richard Tucker and Edw : Raufon and Amos Richifon. Ack. Miles Thomson. Ack. by E. R. before before Jo : Endecott, gov., 19:6: 1658. Abraha Preble and Edward Jonson March meadow ; also, 3 acres in Spickett meadow ; bounded by Richard Swaine and Mr. Husalso, 7 % acres of upland at little river, sie's farm, April 9, 1658. Wit: Abraham

James Wall of Exiter conveys to Nicolas Smithe of Exiter my now dwelling house in Exiter and barn and land Sept. 8, 1658. Wit : John Gillman and Elizabeth Gillman (her X mark) . Ack. [before Bryan Pendleton?] in court at Hampton Oct. 7, 1658.

Inventory of estate of William Swaine of Hampton, lately deceased. Real estate, £10 ; personal, ^67 4^. ; total, £12,^ ASHouse and land and commonage. Appraised Nov. 18, 1657, by Robert Tuck, John Sambome, Sam : Dalton and W : Marston (his p mark). Sworn to by Prudence Swaine, widow of the deceased, 12 :

Will of Jefferie Mingay of Hampton, dated June 4, 1658 (apparently nuncupative). Goodman Mingay gave Eliakim Wardall land and marsh bounded by Mr. Staniells, a share in cow common and one in ox common, and to Goodwife Mingay, wife of testator. Jonathan Thing is mentioned. Sworn to by Anthony Tayler and Phillip his wife, in court at Hampton, 5 : 8 mo: 1658.

Inventory of estate of Jefferie Mingay of Hampton, lately deceased. Real estate, ^135; personal, ^183 5^.; total, ^318 5 J. Had house, etc. Appraised July 2, 1658, by Tho: Coulman, Sam: Dalton, Tho : Marston and mark O of Anthony Tayler.

Thomas fiihilbrick, jr., of Hampton, planter, conveys to my loving father Thomas ffhilbrick of Hampton my house and lot in Hampton, sometime William Sambom's, bounded by John Browne, Willi : ffifeild ; also, 3 acres of fresh meadow, bounded by Henry Saywood ; also,

Inventory of estate of John ffilbrick. Real estate, £2,^ ; personal, £:^6 ; total, ;^72. House, land and commonage. Sworn to by Willi : ffifeild and Moses Cox before Tho : Wiggin.

William Allin (his A mark) of Salisbury, house carpenter, conveys to John Ilsley of Salisbury, barber, my now dwelling house, barn, land and commonage in Salisbury, bounded by John Coles, Richard Goodale, sen., Tho : Bradbury, 28 : 4 : 1652. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and John Eaton. Wife Ann Allin consents 16 : 8 : 1856. Ack. before Josiah Cobham and Rich : Wells, commissioners of Salisbury.

Henry Ambrosse of Charlstowne, house carpenter, conveys to John Ilsley of Salisbury, barber, house, barn and 10 acres of upland in Salisbury, bounded by Andrew Greely, Richard Wells, John Sanders, the green and highway to ye hoghouse ; also, commonage, 28 : 9 : 1653. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and Josiah Cobham. Wife Susanah Ambross also releases 16 : 8 : 1656. Ack. before Josiah Cobham and Richard Wells, commissioners of Salisbury.

Nathaniell Batcheller of Hampton conveys to William Moulton of Hampton 5 acres of upland, sometime Mr. Hussies, in east field in Hampton, which I bought of Steven Samborne sometime of Hampton, Aug. I, 1655. Wit: Samuell Dalton and Mehetable Dalton. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 15 : I : 1658-9.

Dec. 10, 1658, William Marston, sen., of Hampton, to John Marston of Hampton my now dwelling house, part of barn, and 10 acres of land, bounded by Robert Page, William Marston, jr., and meeting-house green ; also, 6 acres of salt marsh, bounded by Thomas Levitt, Jasper Blake and Rodger Shaw ; also, 6 acres of meadow, bounded by Thomas Nudd ; also, 6 acres of meadow in the possession of William Marston, jr. ; and 3 shares in cow common and one in ox common. Wit : Willi : Marston and Samuell Dalton. Ack. before Tho: Wiggin 15 : i : 1658-9.

Feb. 21, 1658, Job Clements of Dover, tanner, and his wife Lidia, convey to Daniell Ela of Haverhill, tanner, barn and % acre of land given him by Haverhill. Wit : Abraham Whitiker, Hugh Sharratt and James ffiske. Ack. in court at Salisbury 12:2 mo : 1659.

William Gray of Marblehead, tailor, offered a reward of six dollars, Sept. 30, 1768, for the recovery of goods stolen from his store the preceding Sunday evening. Among the articles stolen was " a blue Ratteen Surtout Coat," a broadcloth coat, three Holland shirts, and two pair of white hose. He suspected that a tailor, named Michael Mahoaney, was concerned in the robbery. - Essex Gazette, Oct. 4, iy68.

151. Wanted, ancestry of William, Charles W., and Betsey Hart, probably born in some Massachusetts back town between 1760 and 1772, and settled in Weare and Dunbarton, N. H., about 1786. The Weare history says that Jacob Carr, whom Betsey married, came from Haverhill, Mass. Compensation for a satisfactory record of ancestry with proof.

James Morrison Hart

22. Susanna Eastman who married Thomas Wood in 1693, was probably daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Haddon) Eastman, who was born in Salisbury Nov. 11, 1674. - Ed,

134. Daniel Boardman was son of Thomas Boreman of Ipswich, who was made freeman, 1634-5. See Boardman Genealogy, published in 1895. - Anon., Boston,

[Thomas Boreman was a cooper by trade, and a deputy to the general court in 1636. He died early in 1673. His widow Margaret died Nov. 25, 1679. - Ed.l^

1896. Paper; 8vo. ; 38 pages. This is fully given in its title. The subject is is the first bulletin of the Nantucket His- treated in a new manner, bringing out of torical Association. obscurity the essential difference and

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hill, where he died Feb. 24, 1765. Two pistes, one of which is a beautifully emlUustrations are given, the " North Ves- blazoned Kimball coat of arms, and antry, formerly the meetmg-house built in ^ther is a map showing the homes of the

Descendants Of William Adams Of Ipswich

William Adams^ of Cambridge, Mass., is supposed to have been a son of Henry Adams of that place. He was living in Cambridge in 1635 ; was made a freeman May 22, 1639; and removed to Ipswich before 1641. He resided in that part of the town which is now Hamilton on the river, the farm being that of the late Silsbee Adams. The frontispiece shows the old homestead as it now appears. The house is very old, but the time of its erection has not been ascertained. William Adams was one of the selectmen of Ipswich in 1646; and in 1647 was discharged from training on account of his age. He was called a miller in 1654. He died in 1661 ; and his widow was living in 1 68 1. Her name has not been learned.

William^, b. May 27, 1650 ; grad. H. C, 1671 ; was a clergyman ; and was ordained in Dedham Dec. 3, 1673. He was made a freeman Jan. 9, 1674. He m. Mary Manning of Cambridge Oct. 21, 1674. She d. June 24, 1679; and he m., second, Alice Bradford of Plymouth March 27, 1680. He d. in Dedham Aug. 17, 1685; and his wife m., second, James Fitch of Norwich, Conn. Mr. Adam's eldest son, Eliphalet, was a clergyman at New London, Conn.

died in Ipswich 31 : 10: 1666; and he married, second, Sarah (Woodman), widow of John Brocklebank of Rowley, in 1667. She died May 31, 1676; and he married, third, Dorcas D'Witt May 8, 1677. He died in Ipswich in 1703 ; and his widow died Nov. 9, 1707, aged sixtyeight.

Nathaniel Adams', born about 1641. He was made a freeman May 27, 1674. He was a husbandman ; and Hved in Ipswich (in that part now Hamilton) on his father's farm, which he inherited. He married Mercy Dickinson of Rowley June 30, 1668. He died in Ipswich April 11, 1715; and she died ("Mary Adams an an tient widow ") Dec. 12, 1735.

Samuel Adams*, was a yeoman, and lived in Ipswich, being a commoner there in 1707. He married Mehitable Norton Dec. 20, 1664, and was perhaps living in Ipswich in 1730. She was hving in 1684.

John Adams3, born in Ipswich March II, 1667-8, was a miller and yeoman; and lived in Ipswich. He married Hannah Treadwell of Ipswich May 22, 1690 ; and d. March - , 171 7-8. She died, his widow, in Ipswich Oct. 23, 1733*.

Archelaus Adams3, born in Ipswich. He was a soldier at York, Me., in 1695. He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury until 1 72 1, when, having become a mariner, he removed to Salisbury. He is called "of Newbury" in 17 18; "of Amesbury," 1719; "late of Newbury, now of Salisbury," 1721 ; "of Newbury," 1729-30 to 1744; and kept inns in both Newbury and Salisbury. He married, first, Sarah March March 18, 1697-8. She died in Newbury March 4, 17 17-8, aged forty- two ; and he married, second, widow Sarah Green of Salisbury March 4, 1 7 18-9. He married, third, Mary, widow of James Pearson of Newbury April 20, 1742. He died in 1753 ; and his widow survived him. He conveyed his house and land in Newbury to his son Stephen in the winter of 1 740-1. He made his will May 24, 1753 ; and it was proved Sept. 27, 1753.

Nathaniel Adams3, born in Ipswich July II, 1670. He was a yeoman ; and lived in Ipswich. He married Abigail Kimball of Ipswich Jan. - , 1693-4 ; and died Aug. 31, 1736. She died, his widow. May 30, 1755.

Thomas Adams3, born in Ipswich June 14, 1672. He was a husbandman; and lived in Ipswich (in that part now Hamilton) . He married Bethiah ; and

Samuel Adams3, born in Ipswich June 29,1682. He was a yeoman ; and lived in Ipswich (in that part now Hamilton) on his father's farm, one-half of which his father deeded to him upon his marriage. He married Mary Burley of Ipswich (published April 28, 1706); and died in Ipswich Aug. 13, i747- She died at Worcester March 5, 1772, aged eightyfour.

69 - IV. Nathaniel^ b. 16: 9: 1712; weaver; m. Martha Emerson of Ipswich Feb. I, 1746-7; lived in Ipswich until about 1758, and then removed to Worcester, where he died.

71 - VI. James"*, bapt. April 14, 1717, in the Hamlet parish; lived in Sutton; m. Elizabeth Dane of Ipswich April 6, 1742, and had ten children. He d. in Sutton Aug. 4, 1804.

John Adams^, bom in Ipswich about 1700. He was a yeoman; and lived in Ipswich. He married Phebe Burnham of Ipswich (pub. May i, 1725) ; and died Nov. 28, 1729. She married, secondly, Nathaniel Cross of Ipswich (pub. May

John Adams4, bom in Newbury Oct II, 1704. He was a joiner and husbandman, and lived in Newbury until 1737, when he sold out and removed to Littleton. He afterward lived in Acton and Chelmsford,* and retumed to his native town in 1753. He married Alice Piper (pub. in Ipswich Aug. - , 1725).

Samuel Adams*, born in Newbury April 29, 1 7 10. He lived in Salisbury; and was a joiner until about 1750, when he became a shipwright. He married Elizabeth Bagley of Amesbury June 27, 1734 ; and died in Salisbury May 16, 1767, aged fifty-seven. She died in Salisbury, his widow, Nov. I, 1795, aged eighty.

Descendants Of William Adams Of Ipswich

William Adams4, born in Ipswich Nov. 26, 1696. He was a yeoman; and lived in Ipswich. He married Mary Warner of Ipswich (pub. Dec. 31, 17 15). They were both living in Ipswich in 1771. Children, born in Ipswich : -

Caleb Adams4, born in Ipswich Feb. i3> 1 701-2. He was a yeoman; and lived in Ipswich. He married Esther Brown of Ipswich Feb. 3, 1 730-1 ; and died in the Hamlet parish in Ipswich Oct. 21, 1783, aged eighty-one.

Eliphalet Adams4, born in Ipswich. He was a yeoman ; and lived in the Hamlet parish in Ipswich. He married Anna Morse of Newbury April 16, 1730.

Thomas Adams^, born in Ipswich Aug. 31, 1699. He was a yeoman, and lived in Ipswich (in that part now Hamilton) . He married Deborah Knowlton of Ipswich April 17, 1722 ; and died in 1765. His will was made March 19, 1750^ ^^^ proved March 25, 1765. His widow married, secondly, William Wigglesworth of Hamilton Feb. 6, 1770.

Joseph Adams4, born in Ipswich Nov. 12, 1702. He was a cooper and yeoman, and lived in Ipswich until 1732, when he removed to Concord, returning to Ipswich late in life. He married, first, Priscilla Warner of Ipswich, Jan. 10, 1727-8. She died in Concord Jan. 6, 1734; and he married, second, Dorothy Merriam of Concord Nov. 4, 1736. He died May 10, 1790 ; and she died, from a fall, July 25, 1791.

on the farm of his father, who willed it to him. He married Sarah Treadwell of Ipswich (published March 25, 1738) ; and died in Ipswich Aug. 26, 1757. She was living in Ipswich, his widow, in 1765. Children, baptized in Ipswich-Hamlet : 137 - I. Sarah% bapt. Sept. 23, 1739; published to Capt. John Whipple, 3d, of Ipswich April 23, 1767. 138 - II. Samuel*, bapt. May 16, 1742. See below (^138).

Joseph AdamsS, born in Salisbury April 19,1 745 . He was a shipwright, and lived in his native town until about 1792, when he probably removed to Salisbury, N. H. He married Mary Currier of Amesbury (published Aug. 13, 1768) ; and died in 1803.

Early Weaving

The ingenious looms of the present time were not in existence in the early days of our county's history. The Indians wove various articles from different substances; and the English settlers brought with them from the home-land the hand-loom. Until 1733, this was the only machine in use anywhere for this purpose. Below is a picture of the hand-loom of the seventeenth century.

Hand-Loom

The yarn or threads were first wound on numerous little bobbins, not shown in the cut, and then came the " warping." This consisted of the threads running lengthwise of the loom, their number depending upon the width of the web or article to be woven and their closeness. This was done in a " warping frame " made for that purpose ; or, directly on the "beam" of the loom.

warp, and pulled down those remaming. Then the weaver took the shuttle in one of his hands and threw it through the warp where the threads were thus opened. The shuttle contained a bobbin on which had been wound the woof thread.

By a mechanical arrangement the woof thread was pressed against that which had next preceded it. The position of the warp threads was then reversed by the treadles, and the shuttle thrown through the warp in the opposite direction. These movements were repeated with every thread.

The process of hand weaving was slow, to be sure, though really faster than it seemed. In this tedious manner our forefathers turned their homespun threads into dress goods. The cloth was generally woven plain; the earliest variation found being the simplest, that is, stripes and plaids. Before the close of the eighteenth century weavers had become so accomplished in operating the hand-loom that they wrought fine, artistic articles, some of which are extant today, preserved by the descendants of those that produced them as specimens of the domestic handiwork of early days.

Cotton, woolen and linen were woven into cloth, either alone or in combination with each other. Cotton and wool were sometimes woven together, as they are still. Linen and wool were also united, forming the "linsey-woolsey" of those days. Until the Revolution cotton was not used as extensively as wool and linen. Linen was much used in the manufacture of table and bed linen as well as for ap- . parel.

Only the wealthier and larger families owned looms; and they were generally operated by their own members. The looms were often used, however, by the professional weaver, who travelled about ily for whom they were weaving until they deeds show that he bought land, particuhad made all the cloth necessary for the larly a farm of sixty acres " near Beaver to New England to be resident there his History of Lynn (page 171). uppon a plantation have tendered and The name of Thomas Bancroft appears

John Bancroft was of Lynn, and died, he died in 1691. it would seem, in 1637. Newhall, in his But what became of the widow Banhistory of Lynn, mentions among the new- croft of Lynn ?

In 1638 the widow Bancroft received formerly was granted unto widow Bana grant from the town of Lynn of one croft was granted and consented unto,"

Settlement Of Topsfield

Was the above equivalent of the one hundred acre grant at Lynn? Did the town of Lynn have the right to make such a grant in Long Island? Undoubtedly numbers of persons did go thither from Lynn. From the Documentary History of New York we find this relating to the town of East Hampton, L. I. : " It is very evident from the records that some of the original thirty-five settlers and purchasers removed from Lynn in Massachusetts ; and tradition informs us they came from several of the towns on the sea coast to the eastward of Boston."

Gov. Winthrop in his Journal, and Gov. Hutchinson in his History of Massachusetts (page SS), mention that, in 1640, a number of families removed from Lynn to the west end of Long Island, and bought land, etc., " but getting into some quarrel with the Dutch they removed to the east end, and settled at Southampton."

It is claimed therefore that the " widdow Bancroft " was the widow of John of Lynn, and that John, Thomas and Anna Bancroft of the Connecticut river towns of Windsor and Enfield were probably her children, for they have been shown to be brothers and sister.

The sister of Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, was the wife of John Davis, governor and United States senator. The ancestry of this couple was compiled by their son Horace Davis, member of congress. He gives the earliest New England ancestor of his mother thus : " Lt. Thomas Bancroft of Reading, immigrant; born about 1622; perhaps the Thomas Bancroft mentioned in records of Cheadle, England, as baptised 10 Feb., 1622.

Savage and others identify him with Thomas, son of John and Jane Barcroft of Lynn, 1632-1638, but there is no evidence of such connection, on the contrary there is reason to think the Lynn Barcrofts were another family, and emigrated to Connecticut before 1648."

Thomas Bancroft, a native of Swarkstone on the Trent, Derbyshire, who printed in London a volume of epigrams in 1639, says of his brother John Bancroft : -

As this is supposed to be poetry we must make allowance for poetic license ; still, it is rather a stretch to say this of a brother who had lived five years on the " foreign coasts."

Settlement Of Topsfield

Whereas at the Court holden at Bostone the 4*^ of the feventh month fixsteen hundred thirtie & nine there was certaine land lying neere Ipfuich River Granted for a village either to fome of the Inhabitants of Salem, or fome of the Inhabitants of Ipfuich, whoe haue farmes neere vnto the faid land, to be Injoyed by thofe who first setled a villag there, they both ppounding for it together, howfoever the order mentioneth only Salem, Inhabitants &c. for as much as the Said Inhabitants of Ipfuich have for neer this two yeares procured & maintained, one to dispence the

& the Said Inhabitants of Ipfuich viz : Whereas att the Court holden att Bofm^ Bradstreete, m- Symonds, m^^ whit- ton the 4"^ of 7*^ month 1639 there was as they shall affociate, to themfelves, shall Inhabitants of Salem, or fome of the Inhave the liberty to fettle a village neere habitants of Ipfw«^ whoe have ffarmes

Isaac Annis of Bradford ; descriptive list of enl. men, raised agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779; Capt. Gage's co., Col. Johnson's reg. ; age, 18 yrs. ; stature,

Isaac Annis of Bradford; priv., Capt. Sewall's CO., Col. Sprout's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Oct. 31, 1779, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. J. Fray's co., Col. Sprout's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. i, 1780, to Oct. 16, 1780; reported, died Oct. i6, 1780.

Jacob Annis of Andover (^West parish) ; return of men raised agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, dated June 18, 1781; enl., 3 yrs. or during war.

John Annis of Newburyport ; Capt. Moses Greenleaf's co., Col. Benjamin Tupper's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 10, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; reported, taken prisoner July 7, 1777, at Hubelton.

John Annis of Andover; descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 16 yrs.; stature, 5 ft.,

Michael Appelbee of Marblehead ; serg., Capt. Samuel Trevett's co.. Col. Richard Gridley's (artillery) reg.; muster roll dated June 21, 1775; enl. May 12, 1775 ; service, i mo., 12 dys.

Joseph Appleby of Rowley; priv., Capt. Daniel Lane's co.. Col. Brooks' (7th) reg,; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 28, 1778, to Dec. 31, 1779.

Benjamin Appleton of Ipswich ; corp., Capt. EHsha Whitney's co., which marched on alarm of April 19, i775> from Ipswich Hamlet to Mystic, and again on May i, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 dys. on first alarm, 16 dys. on second alarm.

Clever (Oliver?) Appleton of Ipswich; priv., Capt. David Low's co. of volunteers, 3d Essex co. reg.; enl. Sept. 30, 1777; marched Oct. 2, 1777; dis. Nov. 7, 1777, at Cambridge ; service, I mo., 30 dys., at the Northward, and in guarding Gen. Burgoyne's troops to Prospect Hill, under command of Maj. C. Smith.

Daniel Appleton of Haverhill (also dis. Dec. i, 1781; service, 4 mos., 20 given Newbury) ; priv., Lt. Israel Bart- dys., on an alarm at Rhode Island ; co. let's CO., which marched on alarm of raised in Essex co. for 5 mos. service. April 19, 1775; service, 7 dys.; also^ Thomas Appleton of Ipswich; priv., Capt. Jeremiah Putnam's co.. Col. Capt. Nathaniel Wade's co., Col. John Nathan Tyler's reg. ; enl. July 20, 1779; Baker's (3d Essex co.) reg. ; return of men dis. Jan. i, 1780; service, 5 mos., 17 in service April 17, 1775; ^^^^^ Capt. dys., on an alarm at Rhode Island ; also, Elisha Whitney's co., which marched on Capt. Thomas Mighill's co.. Col. Nathan- alarm of April 19, 1775, from Ipswich iel Wade's reg.; enl. July 18, 1780; dis. Hamlet to Mystic ; service, 4 dys.; also, Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos., 4 dys.; Capt. Nathaniel Wade's co., which enl., 3 mos.; co. raised to reinforce Con- marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to tinental Army. Cambridge ; service, 2 1 dys. ; marched to Jonathan Appleton of Ipswich ; priv.. Mystic April 19, to Salem April 20, to Ips- Capt. Daniel Rogers' co., which marched wich April 2 1 , thence to headquarters at on alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 4 dys. Cambridge May i, 1775 ; service at Cam- JosEPH Appleton of Ipswich; corp., bridge, 16 dys. ; «/f^, Capt. Wade's co. of Capt. Daniel Rogers' co., which marched Provincials ; marched to Cambridge June on alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 5, 1775; also, Capt. Wade's co., Col. dys. Moses Little's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. Joseph Appleton, jr., of Ipswich; i, 1775 ; enl. May 10, 1775; service, 11 Corp., Capt. Nathaniel Wade's co.. Col. weeks, 5 dys.; also, co. return [probably John Baker's (3d Essex co.) reg.; return Oct., 1775] ; age, 29 yrs. ; also, order for of men in service April 17, 1775; also, bounty coat dated Dec. 21, 1775; also, Capt. Wade's co., which marched on return of men enl. into Continental Army alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; ^^^"^ 3^ Essex co. reg., dated Feb. 17, service, 21 dys.; reported, ordered to 1778 ; joined Capt. Billy Porter's co.. Col. Mystick April 19, to Salem April 20, to Ebenezer Francis' reg.; enl., 3 yrs.; also, Ipswich April 21, thence to headquarters pay abstract for subsistence money from at Cambridge; also, Capt. Wade's co. of date of enl., Jan. 22, 1777, to time of ar- Provincials; marched to Cambridge June rival at Bennington, 62 dys.; marched 5> 1775; <^^so, serg., Capt. Wade's co., March 12, 1777 ; ^/j-^, serg., Capt. Porter's Col. Moses Little's reg. ; muster roll dated co.. Col. Tupper's reg. ; Continental Army Aug. I, 1775; enl. May 10, 1775; ser- pay accounts for service from Feb. 5, vice, II weeks, 5 dys.; also, co. return 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported, trans- [probably Oct., 1775]; reported, dis. ferred to invalid corps at Boston; also, Sept. 18, 1775; age, 35 yrs.; also, order Lt. Ephraim Minot's corps of invalids; for bounty coat dated Dec. 21, 1775. pay roll for June-Sept., 1778, dated Bos- Oliver Appleton of Ipswich ; priv., ton ; also, Lt. Osgood Carlton's co.. Col. Capt. David Lowe's co. of volunteers, Lewis Nichols' reg. of invalids; muster Maj. Charles Smith's (Essex co.) reg. ; rolls for Aug., Sept. and Oct., 1779, dated enl. Sept. 30, 1777 ; dis. Nov. 7, 1777, at Boston; also, Capt. McFariand's co. of Cambridge ; service, 40 dys., under Gen. invalids ; stationed at Boston ; Continental Gates guarding Gen. Burgoyne's army at Army pay accounts for service from Jan. i, Prospect Hill and in Northern depart- 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780. ment ; also, Capt. Jeremiah Putnam's co., William Appleton of Haverhill ; de- Col. Nathan Tyler's reg.; enl. July 15, scriptive list of men enl. from Essex co. 1779 ; dis. Jan. i, 1780; service, 5 mos., for 9 mos. from the time of their arrival at 21 dys., on an alarm at Rhode Island; Fishkill, June 18, 1778 ; Capt. Marsh's co., also, serg., Capt. John Robinson's co.. Col. Col. Johnson's reg. ; age, 24 yrs. ; stature, William Turner's reg. ; enl. July 15, 1781 ; 5 ft., 5 in.; complexion, light; also, priv..

Samuel Arbuckell of Beverly; Capt. John Low's CO., Col. Mansfield's (later Hutchinson's) reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, July i, 1775 ; also^ priv. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1,1775; ^^1* May 12, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 25 dys.

Samuel Arbuckle of Beverly : corp., Capt. Joseph WiUiams' co.. Col. John Greaton's (2d) reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 6, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779-

Samuel Arbuckle of Beverly ; priv.. Col. Sheldon's reg. of light dragoons; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 16, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, return of men enl. into Continental Army, dated Jan., 1781; enl. March 16, 1780, by Serg. Pike ; joined 2d reg. light dragoons ; enl., during war.

Samuel Arbuncle of Beverly ; return of men enl. into Continental Army from 3d Beverly co., Essex co. reg., dated Feb. 13, 1778; joined Capt. Williams' co.. Col. Greaton's reg. ; enl., 3 yrs. ; also, corp.. Major's co.. Col. Greaton's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. I, 1780, to Feb. 6, 1780.

Edward Archbald of Marblehead ; ens., Capt. William Lee's co. ; return of officers of companies who made choice of John Glover for colonel ; reported, not included among those approved for commissions June 22, 1775; also, 2d It., Capt. John Glover's co.. Col. John Glover's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May ^9> ^775 ^ service, 2 mos., 17 dys.; also, ens.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, capt.-lt.. Col. Lamb's (artillery) reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. i, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; ^/f^, return dated Boston, Jan. 16, 1779; also, return dated Morristown, Jan. 29, 1780; also, capt.-lt., Capt. Joseph Thomas' co.,

Col. John Lamb's (2d) reg. ; muster rolls for Feb., March and April, 1781, dated West Point; enl. Jan. i, 1777 ; reported, on command at Verplanck's Point, in April, 1 781.

John Archer of Salem ; descriptive list, dated June 15, 1780, of officers and crew of the ship " Junius Brutus," commanded by Capt. John Leach ; age, 15 yrs. ; stature,

John Archer of Newbury ; descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780 ; age, 28 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, light ; arrived at Springfield July 14, 1780; marched to camp July 14, 1780, under command of Capt. Hancock ; also, list of men raised for 6 mos. service and returned by Brig.-gen. Paterson as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780 ; also, pay roll for 6 mos. men raised by Newburyport for service in the Continental Army during 1 780 ; marched July 8, 1 780 ; dis. Dec. 5, 1780 ; service, 5 mos., 11 dys.

Michael Archer of Ipswich ; descriptive list of enl. men ; Capt. Remick's co.. Col. Joseph Vose's (ist) reg. ; birthplace, Derry, N. H. ; age, 24 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 7 in. ; complexion, light ; hair, light ; enl. April 7, 1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.; also, priv., Capt. Timothy Remick's co.. Col. Vose's reg. ; list of men tried by court marshal ; tried May 30, 1781, by regimental court martial, Lt. Foot, president, for repeatedly absenting himself from the company without leave; sentence, 100 lashes ; a/f^, muster rolls for June and July, 1781, dated Phillipsburgh ; also, muster roll for Aug., 1781 ; also, muster roll for Sept., 1781, dated Peekskill; also, muster rolls for Oct. and Nov., 1781, and Jan. and Feb., 1782, dated York Hutts; reported, at New Windsor Hospital in Oct., Nov. and Dec, 1781.

Stephen Archer of Salem ; descriptive list, dated June 15, 1780, of officers and crew of ship " Junius Brutus," commanded by Capt. John Leach ; age, 40 yrs. ; stature,

Abbot Notes

The " old red house," frontispiece of the March (1897) number, was built by John Abbott^ and not by Timothy Abbott as stated on page 37. John's^ son John3 added to it. This "old red house" was near the South church. The garrison house of Timothy Abbott was on the top of the hill near the present residence of his descendants, and it was taken down many years ago, probably in the third generation. The sight was across the street from the present residence of S. H. Bailey, whose wife is a lineal descendant and heir to the estate. There is some reason to believe that a garrison house with additions is still standing at the foot of the hill on an estate bought by Philemon Chandler in the third generation, and if not one of the garrisons of the Ballard family may turn out to be the first house built by Timothy Abbott, who moved up the hill to the estate purchased from his brother William's heirs before their removal to Connecticut.

Hannah Abbotts (No. 42, page 36), who married Abiel Holt, is said to have died in Windham Feb. 11, 1751 ; and he married, secondly, the next year, Sara Downer, who died in Wellington, Conn., in 1784.

Mary Abbott^ (No. 105, page 39) married, first in 1742, Joseph Chandler, who died in 1745, and she was pubhshed to Isaac Blunt the next year.

Nathan Abbot4 (No. 182, page 41) adopted his nephew Nathan Abbots (No. 391), who succeeded to the estate, it now being owned by Mr. Witham from Marblehead.

Jeremiah, Amos and Joshua, three of the sons of Dea. Nathan Abbots (No. 391, page 98), removed to Dexter, Me. They engaged in the manufacture of woolens very early in history of such business in America, and in Dexter founded the firm now known as Amos Abbott & Co., famed for honest work of high grade. Their plant is probably the oldest mill in this country remaining in the same family for successive generations.

Capt. Abel Abbott^ (No. 555) married first, Sarah Abbott; and, second, Mary Jones. Jeremiah (No. 557) married Lucy Safford. Amos (No. 559) married Mehitable Safford. Joshua (No. 561) married, first, Lydia Abbott ; and, second, Mary Baker. The first wives of Abel, Paschal and Joshua were sisters, and first cousins of their husbands. Sarah Abbott^ (No. 558) married Abiel Russell, brother of her brother Nathan's wife. Lydia Abbott^ (No. 562) married Dea. Thomas Kendall of Skowhegan, Me., and Tewksbury, Mass.

Caleb Abbots (No. 427, page 100) married Debora, daughter of Nathan Ames of Groton, and widow of Henry Gray Baker of Andover. Their daughter Clarissa married Rev. Ebenezer Poor of the Home Mission field, and survives him with her mental faculties in full vigor at the age of ninety-four, residing in Andover. - C. H. Abbott^ Andover. Nehemiah Abbots (No. t6, page 104) had a daughter Elizabeth baptized Dec. 22, 1695. His daughter Mary was baptized Nov. 5, 1693.

*This Nehemiah was probably son of John* baptized as above March (29?), 1724; and the Johns,* Nos. 34 and 38, are probably the same, John's date of death being perhaps Nehemiah's (No.

Will Of Fr.'Vncis Lightfoot

Abigail Abbot (No. 72, page 105) lived in Linebrook parish, and while teaching school in Byfield died very suddenly July I, 1 781, aged twenty-six, and was buried at Linebrook. - Byfield church records.

Will Of Francis Lightfoot

The will of Francis Lightfoot of Lynn, dated Dec. 10, 1646, was proved in the Salem quarterly court Dec. 29, 1646. The following copy is taken from the original instrument on file in the ofiice of the clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf 57. Dat : Linn Decemb : 10 : 1646

I Doe bequeathe vnto my Brother John Lightfoote, off London, in cafe hee bee Livinge, or his children Lawffullye begotten off his bodye, y® sum off one pounde when ever it shall bee Demanded, & I Defyre y*^ all good meanes maye be vfed to giue them Know Lidge off it

153. Wanted, the maiden surname of Jane , who married Joshua Bennett, probably in Marblehead, and the dates of birth of his children, Rachel, Deborah and Eliza. Perhaps Jane's name was Bridge. There was a famous school kept by some of the family in Salem or Marblehead. w. t. e.

154. Who were the parents of James Bailey, born in 1722; married Rachel Berry ; lived in Newburyport, Falmouth, and Haverhill, N. H. ; and died in Peacham, Vt., 1807, aged 85? a. b. l.

156. Can some one tell something more of Christopher Batt who transfers property at Salisbury in 1654, mentioned on page 148 of September (1897) Antiquarian} Did he have a son Paul?

34. The querist is evidently mistaken in his statement that Hannah Peabody married Daniel Andrew of Salem Feb. 12, 1701-2. It was Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Peabody of Boxford, that married Daniel Andrew on that date. - Ed,

118. Samuel Bradford, who married Mary Taylor in Middleton in 1743, was grandson of William Bradford of Beverly. William's father was probably Robert Bradford,^ who was born about 1626, and lived in Beverly, where he died Jan. 13, 1 706. He was a farmer of some means, and probably removed hither from Boston about 1668. He was living in Beverly in 1670. He was undoubtedly father of William Bradford,^ who was born about 1640. William^ lived in Beverly; married Rachel, daughter of John Rayment of that town, Nov. 14, 1676 ; and died there June 15, 171 7. His estate was quite small. Among their children was a son William,3 born in Beverly in 1686, being baptized Oct. 3, of that year ; who was at first a weaver, then a seaman, and on removing to Boxford again took up weaving. He lived in Beverly until 1721, when he removed to Boxford, and from thence, in 1743, to Middleton, where he died in 1760 or 1761. He married Grace, daughter of Andrew Elliott of Beverly, Dec. 23, 1707. Among their children was Samuel Bradford ,4 born in Beverly in 1720, being baptized May 8, of that year. SamueH was a housewright, and was living in Middleton as late as 1 76 1. He is the subject of this query. - Ed,

The Scotch Ancestors of William McKiNLEY, President of the United States. By Edward A, Claypool, Paper ; 12 mo ; 45 pages ; portrait ; Chicago, 1897. This little pamphlet shows that President McKinley is of the thirty-second generation in descent from MacDuff who killed Macbeth. Price 25 cents, to be had of the author at Chicago.

The Ancestry of Lydia Foster, Wife OF Stephen Lincoln, of Oakham, Mass. By John E, Morris. Paper; 8 vo. ; 26 pages; Hartford, 1898. Mrs. Lincoln's ancestry is traced back to John Foster, Ralph Tompkins, Thomas Aborne, Benjamin Wilkins, Daniel Baxter, Nathaniel Felton, Rev. Samuel Skelton and John Horn, all of Salem, Mass., Godfrey Sheldon of Scarborough, Me., John Parlin, William Hartwell and Obadiah Wheeler, all of Concord, Mass., and Samuel Stratton of Watertown, Mass.