Essex Town (part 1 of 26)

By Sidney Perley

Salem was settled by a class of men ketches, measuring from twenty to forty who were different in several respects from tons burthen, and manned by four, five those of the other towns of the Massachu- or six men each. In 1688, there was setts Bay colony. They were sea- faring, only one ship, her tonnage being one hunhaving been engaged in fishing at Cape dred and thirty tons. In 1698, Salem Ann for five years. The maritime ad- had on the water one ship of eighty tons vantages of the situation of Salem un- and another of two hundred, one bark, doubtedly attracted them thither, and three sloops and twenty ketches, resulted in the commercial activity of the Higginson wrote of the trade here in town in later years. At the very begin- 1 700 as follows : *' Dry, merchantable ning of Endicott's government here he codfish for the markets of Spain, Portugal was directed by the home company to and the Straits, refuse fish, lumber, horses send to England as return cargoes, and provisions for the West Indies. Re- *'staves, sarsaparilla, sumack, sturgeon and turns made directly to England are suother fish and beaver." The waters of gar, molasses, cotton, wool, logwood and the harbor and rivers contained immense Brasiletto-wood, for which we depend on quantities of fish, and for more than a the West Indies. Our own produce, a century they were the staple export, a considerable quantity of whale and fish- Winter island being the headquarters of oil, whalebone, furs, deer, elk, and bearthe fish trade. Even as late as the pres- skins are annually sent to England. We ent century, salmon swam the North have much shipping here and rates are river in such numbers that they constitu- low."

of apprentices contained a clause provid- beginning of the Revolution. With the exing that they should not be compelled to ception of Boston and New York, Beverly, the hearts of the merchants of Salem, and ing them stranded. They had sailed the those who sailed their ships over the Spanish main, and had had frequent meetocean. Broad-minded and generous, the ings with the buccaneers of the ocean for owners recognized the exigency of the years. Perilous voyages were the most times and turned their vessels into priva- attractive. Most of the sailors were still teers, arming them with cannon ; and young, and full of life and daring. The their gallant crews volunteered to man prospect of voyages to distant and unthem. Out upon the deep they sailed, known countries was fascinating to them, with hearts of courage and daring, to meet and when the merchants announced their in mortal combat the powerful navy of intention of opening up trade with the re- England, mote parts of the globe there was no lack

Not only did they use the vessels al- of seamen, ready built, but the merchants had larger The snow-white sails of the merchantand better ones constructed, equipped and ships of Salem were soon seen in every thousand guns in all, averaging about Many of the voyages of the merchantfourteen each, and were manned by sev- ships were not less exciting and dangereral thousand seamen. They took four ous than the experiences of the privateers hundred and forty-five prizes, an average in the Revolution. The history of the of nearly three to each vessel. The story period is crowded with incidents of darof these privateers upon the ocean is a ing and adventure in unknown seas and very important, and the most interesting, in ports never before visited by Amerifascinating and romantic part of the his- cans, encounters with pirates and tribes of toryof the struggle for independence. The cruel and treacherous savages, who were secluded conflicts at sea, between single ready to commit any atrocity for plunder, vessels, had few witnesses, and little, com- contests with the armed ships of Prance pared with the amount of knowledge we and England, imprisonment among the have of the battles fought on land, is there- Algerines and in the dungeons of France fore known of the history of the capture and Spain. Now and then Salem crews of these four hundred and forty- five prizes, fell victims to the pirates and cruel Ma- Little commerce in the way of trade lays. Even the most romantic imaginahad been carried on during the seven tions fail to conceive the parallel of those years of war, and on the return of peace times.

the merchants found themselves possessed It has already been said that the seaof many swift-sailing vessels larger than men were young, but it will not be learned

European and other ports. The mer- were out of their teens ; yet, with imperchants determined to visit new and more feet mathematical instruments, and withdistant countries, and begin trade with out charts except of their own making, at the wharves, some having their cargoes this was long before the period of railof silk from India, tea from China, pepper roads, and all merchandise had to be

The sail-makers with their curious the bark Light Horse^ commanded by thimbles fastened to the palms of their Capt. Buffington from Salem, opened the hands, sat on the smooth floor of their American trade at St. Petersburg. The lofts busily stitching the great sheets of trade with that country became extensive, white canvass that should carry many a but greatly declined after the embargo, gallant vessel through storm and tempest The last entry in Salem of a cargo from to seas before unplowed by American Archangel was in 1820, from Cronstadt in keels. The shops of the ship-chandlers 1836, and from St. Petersburg in 1843. were al^o busy places, as well as the shop The Cape of Good Hope trade was of the old maker of mathematical instru- also opened in 1784. The first voyage ments, with his swinging sign of a quad- was made in the Grand Turk, a fast-sailrant. The shops and stores were full of ing ship of three hundred tons. It was strange and unique articles, brought from built by Elias Hasket Derby, in 1781, as distant lands. Parrots screamed and mon- a privateer, and carried twenty- two guns, keys and other small animals from foreign In 1 784, Mr. Derby dispatched the vessel, forests gamboled at will in the back shops, under command of Capt. Jonathan Inger- Suggestions of foreign lands met the vision soil, on the first voyage from Salem to the at every turn. The collection of rare and Cape, the exportation being New Engunique curiosities which constitute the land rum, and the return cargo Granada East India Marine museum was one re- rum. suit of these voyages. The next year (1785), Mr. Derby opened

The ship America, Capt. Jacob Crown- the trade with China by sending to Caninshield of Salem, master and owner, ton the Grand Turk, which was then

He there competed with the European Salem, was the first American vessel to syndicates of merchants for the native trade with Japan, though commercial intrade, tercourse was not opened between the

The ship Grand Turk was also the two countries until half a century later. first New England vessel to open trade Salem merchants sent the first vessel that with the Dutch of the Isle of France, ever sailed direct from this country to This was in 1787. Sugar was the princi- Sumatra, and the first to bring a cargo of pal article of Dutch exportation. In 1 794, pepper from that island. This trade origithe ship Aurora brought from there a nated from the discovery, by Capt. Joncargo of four hundred and twenty-four athan Games of Salem, at the port of Benthousand and thirty-four pounds of sugar, coolen, who was there in 1793, that pepit being consigned to William Gray. per grew wild on the northwestern coast

The East India trade was also opened of Sumatra. He sailed for Jonathan Peele, by Mr. Derby, in 1 788, by the ship Atlan- the merchant, who, upon the discovery of iiCy which was commanded by his son. Capt. Carnes, built the schooner Rajah This was the first vessel to display the and sent him in it to Sumatra for a cargo American ensign at Surat, Bombay and of pepper in 1795. He took, for the pur- Calcutta. The next year, he imported the pose of trade, a cargo of brandy, gin, iron, first cargo of Bombay cotton brought to tobacco and salmon, and in 1796 brought this country. In 1798, the ship Belisa- back the first cargo of pepper to be imrius brought a cargo of ten thousand, ported into this country in bulk. The seven hundred and sixty-seven pounds of cargo sold at seven hundred per cent, sugar and one hundred and eighteen profit. The merchants were greatly excited thousand, two hundred and fifteen pounds over Mr. Peele's success, and endeavored of coffee from Calcutta and the Isle of to learn where the pepper had been ob- France. In 1803, ^^ ship Lucia brought tained, but it was kept a secret for several from Calcutta a cargo of sugar, indigo years. The cargoes of pepper sometimes and cheroots, on which the duty was contained as much as six hundred tons. ;^ 24,00 1. 08. In 1805, the ship Argo The ship Eliza, James Cook, master, brought a cargo of sugar, from the same brought into the port of Salem, from Suport, on which the duty was ^32,799.47. matra, a cargo of one million, twelve In 181 2, a duty of $51,526.33 was thousand, one hundred and forty-eight paid on the cargo of the Restitution from pounds of pepper, on which a duty of Calcutta. The Calcutta trade was after- $66,903.90 was paid. At one time the wards carried on principally by Joseph trade with Sumatra was almost entirely Peabody, by the famous ship George, carried on by Salem merchants, and a which made twenty-one voyages to Cal- large proportion of the pepper consumed cutta, and who paid $651,743.32 duties on was obtained at, and through the port of its cargoes. Salem, which was the distributing point at Salem being ;^ 24,020. The ship S/. The South American trade, which also J^au/ was almost as famous in the Manilla began early, finally ended in 1877, the last trade as was the ship George in the Cal- entry in Salem from Para occuring in 186 1, cutta trade. The last entry in Salem from the cargo consisting of rubber, hides, co- Manilla was the bark Dragon, in 1858, coa, coffee and castana nuts. The trade with a cargo of hemp. with Montevideo, in hides and horns.

size. The ship Franklin^ in 1808, brought began soon after the close of the Revolufrom there a cargo of five hundred and tion, by conveying thither New England

The Essex Antiquarian

The Australian trade was commenced in 1832, by the Salem ship Tybee, Charles Millett, master, at Sydney, and that was the first American vessel to enter Australian ports. The trade came to an end in

Nova Scotia from about 1840 to 1857. Since that time there has been but little. For about ten years, from 1837 to 1847, Salem was engaged in the whale fisheries.

The whole aspect of the old maritime section of Salem is now changed. Many of the old shops on Derby street remain, dingy and worn, and ware-houses have been transformed into coal-houses, coal being now the principal article of importation. Mansions of the old merchants arc to be found around Washington square, many of them elegant and large, but those that remain in the old commercial section are dilapidated and changed. The influence of the energy, enterprise, fearlessness and far-sightedness of the old-time merchants will, however, remain for centuries.

The engraving at the beginning of this sketch is that of the ship MindorOy the only survivor of the full-rigged merchant ships of Salem, lying at the historic Derby wharf in Salem harbor. It was built in Boston in 1864 by John Taylor for Messrs. Pickman & Silsbee, merchants of Salem, by whom it has always been owned. It measures one hundred and sixty-seven feet in length, thirty-five feet in breadth, and twenty-three and one-half feet in depth. Its gross tonnage measurement is one thousand and twenty-one and ninetyfive one-hundredths tons, and the net, nine hundred and seventy and fifty-seven one-hundredths tons. Its first commander was Capt. Charles H. Allen, jr., and his successors. Captains Reynolds, Bray, Gardner, Beadle, Hutchinson, Powers, Luscomb and Creelman, respectively. It has sailed in many waters, carrying cargoes to and from China and the East Indies, Australia, Cape Town, San Francisco, etc. It has now been lying at the wharf

Salem, Aug. 9, 1768. "On Thurfday Evening laft, Mr. Joseph Cabot, of this town, was married to Mifs Rebecca Orne, eldeft Daughter of Mr. Timothy Orne, late an eminent Merchant of this Place." - Essex Gazette, Aug. p, jy68.

Revolution

The following list is made up from the official records of the State, and contains the names of all soldiers and sailors of the Revolution that are given as belonging to Essex county. There are doubtless names of others on the official lists who belonged in the county, but the records do not state their residence.

Wood Abaaham of Marblehead ; of the crew of ship Rambler^ May 2 7, 1 780, commanded by Capt. Benjamin Lovett ; age, 15 yrs. ; stature, 4 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, light.

Benjamin Abbot of Andover ; enl. into Continental Army, from Capt. Samuel Johnson's co., before Feb 17, 1778; enl. to expire Jan. i, 1780 ; joined Capt. Benjamin Famum's co.. Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg. ; pay abstract for 48 days' rations from Feb. 20, 1777, the date of enl., to time of arrival at Bennington; also, in Capt. Abbott's co.. Col. Tupper's reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 20, 1777, to Nov. 5, 1778 ; reported, died Nov. 5, 1778.

Benjamin Abbot of Andover ; on pay roll for Andover 6 mos. men in Continental Army in 1780; marched June 26, 1 780 ; dis. Dec. 15, 1 780 ; service, 6 mos., I dy. ; also, on list of men raised for 6 mos. service, returned by Brig.-Gen. Paterson on having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway Oct. 25, 1780.

Benjamin Abbot, Jr., of Andover; drummer in Lt. Peter Poor's co., which marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775, to Cambridge ; service, 35^ dys. ; also, on receipt for advance pay, dated Camp at Cambridge June 22, 1775 ; also, in Capt. William Perley's co.. Col. Frye's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May 5, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., 4 dys. ; also, on return of same co., probably in Oct., 1775 ; also, on coat order dated Cambridge Nov. 14, 1775 ; also, on return of men enl. into the Continental Army from Capt. Samuel Johnson's (ist Andover) CO., Essex CO. reg., dated Feb. 17, 1778; enl. to expire Jan. i, 1780; joined Capt. Famum's co.. Col. Francis' reg. ; also, on pay abstract of Capt. Benjamin Farnum's CO., Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg., for 48 days rations from Feb. 20, 1777, to time of arrival at Bennington ; also, drummer in Capt. Abbot's co.. Col. Tupper's reg ; Continental Army accounts for service from Feb. 20, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, on muster roll for March, 1779, dated at West Point ; also, on Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. I, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, on descriptive list of enl. men from Andover ; age, 18 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 6 in. ; complexion, light; hair, light; occupation, hus- bandman; enl. April 19, 1779; joined Capt. Stephen Abbott's co., loth reg. ; enl., during war, by Lt. Libby at West Point ; also^ on muster and pay roll in Col. Benjamin Tupper's (loth) reg.; service, 5 mos. ; roll made up from Jan. i, 1782, to Jan. I, 1783.

BiXBY Abbot of Andover; corp. in Capt. Benjamin Ames' Co., Col. James Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775 ; service, 7 dys. ; also^ on return of men in camp at Cambridge May 17, 1775; also, on company return dated Oct. 6, 1775 ; also^ on coat order dated Cambridge Nov. 14, 1775.

Caleb Abbot of Andover; priv. in Capt. Benjamin Ames' co., Col. James Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 7 dys.; also, on return of men in camp at Cambridge May 17, 1775 ; also, on list of men returned as serving on main guard, under Lt.-Col. L. Baldwin, June 22, 1775 ; also, on company return dated Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, on coat order dated .Cambridge Nov. 14, 1 775 ; also, on return of men enl. into the Continental Army from Capt. John Abbott, Jr.'s, (2d) co., Essex co. reg., dated Andover Feb. 16, 1778; enl. 3 yrs. ; joined Capt. Fox's co.. Col. Hurley's reg.

Daniel Abbot of Haverhill; on descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 22 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 4 in. ; complexion, light ; arrived at Springfield Oct. 4, 1780 ; marched to camp Oct. 26, 1780, under command of Lt. Cary ; also, on pay roll of 6 mos. men raised by Haverhill for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched Sept. 26, 1780; dis. Apr. 3, 1 781 ; service, 6 mos., 20 dys.

David Abbot of Andover; priv. in Capt. John Robinson's co., Col. William Turner's reg.; enl. Aug. 11,1781; dis. Nov. II, 1781 ; service, 3 mos., 5 dys., at Rhode Island ; 5 mos. levies.

Ebenezer Abbot of Andover ; priv. in Capt. Jonathan Foster's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's reg.; enl. July i, 1778; roll made up to Jan. i, 1779; stationed at Middletown, R. I.

Ephraim Abbot of Andover; on descriptive list of men enl. from Essex co. for 9 mos. from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, June 20, 1778 ; in Capt. Abbot's CO. [also given as Capt. Holt's co.], Col. Samuel Johnson's (4th Essex co.) reg.; age, 19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 7 in.; complexion, light; also, priv. in Capt. Stephen Abbot's co.. Col. Benjamin Tupper's (15th) reg.; on muster roll for Mar., 1779, dated West Point; enl. June 19, 1778; dis. March 19, 1779; service, 9 mos.

George Abbot of Andover; priv. in Capt. Benjamin Farnum's co.. Col. James Frye's reg. ; co. return dated Cambridge Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, in coat order dated Cambridge Nov. 13, 1775.

Isaac Abbot of Andover; 2d It. in Capt. Benjamin Ames' co.. Col. James Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1 775 ; service, 7 dys. ; also, on return of men in camp at Cambridge, May 17, 1775 ; also, in company return dated Oct. 6, 1775.

James Abbot of Bradford ; priv. in Capt. John Savory's co. ; enl. Nov. 30, 1775; dis. Dec. 4, 1775 ; service, 5 dys. ; detachment from 2d Foot co. in Bradford, which marched for defence of Cape Ann.

Soldiers And Sailors Of The Revolution

Jeremiah Abbot of Salem ; priv. in Capt. Simeon Brown's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's reg.; enl. July 30, 1778; dis. Jan. 1,1779; service, 5 mos., 8 dys., on an alarm at Rhode Island ; stationed at East Greenwich, R. I.

John Abbot of Andover ; capt. of a co. which marched into Roxbury camp and joined Col. Samuel H. Parsons' reg. Dec. 10, 1775 ; ^^^0, capt., nth co., Col. Parsons' (4th Essex CO.) reg. ; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned Feb. 21, 1776.

John Abbot, Jr., of Andover; capt., 6th CO., Col. Samuel Johnson's (4th Essex CO.) reg. ; list of officers of Mass. militia ; commissioned April 3, 1776.

Jonathan Abbot of Andover; ens., Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, i^ dys.; also, 2d It., Capt. Joshua Holt's (nth) co.. Col. Samuel Johnson's (4th Essex co.) reg. ; list of officers of Mass. militia ; commissioned April 3, 1776; «/r^, Capt. John Abbot's CO., Col. Jonathan Cogswell, Jr's., reg., Brig.-Gen. Farley's brigade ; list of officers of Mass. militia dated Ipswich Sept. 30, 1776 ; CO. drafted from training band and alarm list of the 4th Essex co. reg., and ordered to march to Horse Neck ; also, capt., nth CO., 4th Essex co. reg. ; list of officers of Mass. militia ; commissioned Oct. 7, 1779.

Joshua Abbot of Rowley; on list of »men raised for 6 mos. service returned by Brig.-Gen. Paterson as having passed muster, in return dated Camp Totoway Oct. 25, 1 780 ; also, priv., Capt. John Williams' CO., Col. Joseph Vose's (ist) reg. ; payroll for 6 mos. men raised by the town of Rowley for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched Aug. 15, 1780; dis. Feb. 19, 1781 ; service, 6 mos., 17 dys. ; alsoy on muster roll for Jan., 1781, dated West Point : reported, on command with Quartermaster-General.

Moses Abbot of Andover ; ist. It., Capt. John Abbot's (6th) co.. Col. Samuel Johnspn's (4th Essex co.) reg. ; list of officers, of Mass. militia ; commissioned April 3, 1776.

Nathan Abbot of Andover ; corp., Capt. John Peabody's co.. Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg. ; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc.; roll sworn to Nov. 29, 1776.

Nathaniel Abbot of Andover; priv., Capt. Benj. Ames' co.. Col. James Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm of April i9> 1775^ service, 7 dys.; also, co. return dated Oct. 6, 1775; reported, dis. Aug. 20, 1775 ; also, on order for bounty coat money dated Camp at Boston, Dec.

from 3d Essex co. reg., dated Feb. 17, 1778 ; enl., 3 yrs. ; joined Capt. Whipple's CO., Col. Putnam's reg. ; also, Capt. Whipple's CO., Col. Rufus Putnam's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 22, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779.

Nehemiah Abbot of Andover ; It., Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched on the the alarm of April 1 9, 1 7 7 5, to Cambridge \ service, i^^ dys.

Throat Distemper In Haverhill, J735-7

The throat distemper which prevailed throughout the County of Essex in 1735, '6 and ' 7 so disastrously among the children was particularly fatal in Haverhill. From Nov. 17, 1735, to Dec. 31, 1737, two hundred and fifty-six children, most of them under ten years of age, died in that town from this disease, and in the whole county the deaths of about fourteen hundred children and also a considerable number of adults are estimated to have thus resulted. This estimate is undoubtedly low, as scarcely a cemetery of that time can be visited without seeing the little gravestones bearing dates of this period, and to one accustomed to examining old burying grounds the general appearance of each stone betrays the fact that the child buried beneath it was a victim of the distemper. It would seem that some gravestone maker must have supplied the people of the county with the stones during this period, the demand for them being so great that variation in design was not to be entertained.

In the old parish in Haverhill the number that died during the period named was eighty-eight ; in the west parish, sixty-two ; and in the north parish one hundred and six. Two hundred and ten were under the age of ten; thirty between ten and fifteen ; eleven between fifteen and twenty ; three between twenty and thirty ; one between thirty and forty ; and one more than forty years. From Nov. 17 to Dec. 31, 1735, t^^ died; in 1736, one hundred and sixteen; and in 1737 one hundred and thirty.

The number of families bereaved was one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty-three of whom were left childless. The names of the heads of such families are given below, the names of those having thus lost all their children being printed in italics.

Throat Distemper In Haverhill, 1 735-7

Rev. John Brown, who was then settled in the ministry at Haverhill, and who lost three children by the distemper, prepared an address to the people of Haverhill, particularly to the bereaved parents, Aug. 14, 1737, prefixing to it "A Brief Relation" of thirty-four "Comfortable and Remarkable Instances of Death " among the children. This was published in Boston by Daniel Henchman, the following year, in a pamphlet of ninety-two duodecimo pages, which is to-day a rare book. Most of the material for this article has been taken from it, and thus has a peculiar interest.

The names of the thirty-four children, whom Mr. Brown cites as showing extraordinary spiritual insight and Christian resignation, and data concerning them which is worthy of being preserved, are as follows : -

Lydia White y died April 6, 1736, aged eight. She was sick about twenty-four hours, having a violent fever with the distemper. She had been a pleasing child, fond of instruction. Her brother died also a few days later.

Eunice Emersony died June 13, 1736, aged fifteen. Though she had symptoms of the distemper, it was not certain that she died of it. She bled to death, having been troubled with bleeding before.

Whitely McHardy died at one o'clock in the morning of July 1 2, 1 736, aged four. John McHard, aged seven, brother to the preceding, died at noon on the same day, surviving him only eleven hours. Two other children of the family died before the month had passed, on the same day. This was the first family in the town to be deprived of all their children by this disease. They had another son bom to them during the next year, however.

Daniel Chasey died July 28, 1736, aged seven years and eight days. A brother, aged four, was sick in the bed with him, one at the head and the other at the foot. The younger died, and Daniel survived him an hour and a half. They were enclosed in the same coffin. This family lost five children.

Sarah Chasey died Aug. 3, 1736, aged nine. She was sister to the next preceding. She was a very tender hearted and quiet child of few words. Her younger sister Molly was also very sick when she died.

Samuel Gatchel, died Sept. 20, 1736, aged twelve. He was the eldest of a family of six children, four of whom died with the distemper. He and his brother next to him had been sick of the disease in the preceding spring, and had apparently recovered, but some hard bunches in the throat remained, finally proving fatal. He had a three year old brother, named Jesse, who had died with the distemper. The family was poor, and both parents were alive.

Anne GaUhel, died Sept. ii, 1736, aged six. She was a sister of Samuel above. She was asked if she was willing to die, and answered, "Yes, I'm willing to die to go to my Aunt Johnson and my brother Jesse." This Aunt Johnson was an exemplary Christian, and very much loved, and was the only person above the age of forty years who died of the distemper in the town.

Elizabeth Davis, died Sept. 19, 1736, aged twenty-two. She was a quiet young lady, and lived out. She had a sister, whom she requested, the day before her death, to wash certain articles which would be needed for her interment, designating the sheets and head-cloths she desired to be laid out with.

Martha Brown, died Oct. 5, 1736, aged fourteen. She was a daughter of Rev. John Brown. She was taken sick Sept. 30th. She had an elder sister and a younger brother, and other brothers and sisters. Early in the morning of the day she died she said to a girl friend of about last time, Hannah, that you will ever see me in this world. I shall be witlj Betty Bailey before night." Betty Bailey was a loving companion of Pattee's (as she was familiarly called), aged fifteen, who with her sister Molly Bailey, aged thirteen, were taken from the family of Colonel Bailey. Betty died of the scarlet fever ^ay 5> 1736, and Molly of the throat distemper May 11, 1736. Pattee died at about eight o'clock in the evening, having considered the date of her funeral, and reminded some of her friends to take a lock of her hair to remember her by. She sat up and was dressed, and ate a raw apple an hour or two before she died.

Obadiah Bradley, died Nov. 26, 1736, aged thirteen. He was sick three days. His younger sister died the day before his own death. He had a brother David, who died the year before. He had also a sister Molly, who was next to him in the family. He gave his playthings away before he died. His father could not see him, "being confined from home." His grandmother was apparently living with the family. All the five children of the family died of the distemper.

Mary Hasseltine, died Jan. 2, 1736-7, aged nineteen. She had a weak constitution, and was much given to the reading of books. Her mind was much occupied with religious thoughts all through her youth, and some time before her sickness with the distemper she was wont to say that she had not long to live. The night before her death, in answer to a question from her father, she said that she expected to see in Heaven her grandfather and her Aunt Betty (" good old Deacon Hasseltine and his daughter, a Christian of singular attainments").

Will Of Sarah Dillingham

family of four children, who all died the same week, the three latter being buried together. The names of the two middle children were Mary and Samuel. The youngest child was two years old.

Susannah Emerson, died Mar. 3, 1736 - 7, aged fifteen. She was always a sober, timorous little girl. She had a sister Judith living in Newbury, and also a brother who were older than she.

Martha Kimbal,' d\t6. Sept. 13, 1737, aged eleven. She had sisters and brothers, one of whom was named Benjamin. Her sister Abigail died on the same day, at the age of five.

Hannah Webster, died Sept. 30, 1737, aged ten. Her brother Joseph and sisters Mercy and Sarah had died. She was the last. She said to her mother the day before her death : " All the rest are gone : I have been to visit all their graves, and now I am going myself. I don't know what you will do, mother, but if I should be taken away you must not be too much cast down. 'Twas God that gave me to you, and if he take me away you must not be too much concerned. You must not do as some others that have lost all their children ; who are afraid to stay in the house, afraid to be in the dark alone ; you must hire some little girl to live with you if you are afraid."

dying when he was sick. His aunt G - le was present in his sickness. He had sisters named Nabbe and Betty, and one who had died eight years before named Ruth. He also had brothers who were older than himself, one of whom was named Isaac.

James Holgate, died Dec. 26, 1737, aged five. He was the last of five children that died of throat distemper in the family, all dying in a little more than a week's time. The names of two of the other children were Judith and Benjamin.

Vill Of Sarah Dillingham

The following is an exact transcript of the will of widow Sarah DiUingham of Ipswich, made from the original on file in the Massachusetts Archives, being the earliest Essex county will.

This is the laft will and teftament of mee Sarah Dillingham of Ipfwich widowe : . ffor my foule I comend it into ye hands of God in ye mediacon of Jefus Criu : ffor my temporall eftate : I give to my onely child Sarah Dillingham my whole eftate in lands and goods (except fuch pticular legacyes as heerafter are named) : and if my child Dye before it fhall be marryed or attain to ye age of one and twenty years, then my will is that the fame shalbe devyded equally between my mother Thomaf ine Caly, my brothers Abraham Caly and Jacob Caly, my fifter Bull and my fifter Baft, the wyves of John Bull and John Baft and my fifters Rebecca Caly and emme Caly, or fuch of them as f halbe lyving at ye tyme of ye death of fuch child, all w^^ my mother brethren & fifters are now lyving in England : alfo I give to m"^ ward Paftor of ye Church at Ipfwich ffyve pounds and to Richard Saltonftall efqr ten pounds and to m^^ Saltonftall his wife a filver bowle. To m"^ Samuell Appleton ffyve pounds and to his wife a filver porringer : and of this my will I make executors ye faid m"^ Saltonftall and m' Appleton, comittinge y« educacion and government of my faid child and ye eftate I leave her unto their faithfull ordering intreating them in the bonds of Criftian love to fee this my will fullfilled my due debts paid, my body decently buyried and my child religioully educated if God give it life, and that they will order the eftate as they would doe their owne : In wytnes that this is my true will made in my pfect memory though my body be weake & fick I publifh it after it had

Abbe Genealogy

John Abbe^ was received for an inhabitapt of Salem, and granted land there, in the nth mo., 1636. He was afterward granted land there in 1638, 1639 and 1642, and was granted land at Enon (now Wenham) 15 : 12 : 1642-3. He lived in Wenham where he died about 1689, intestate, having disposed of his estate to his children in 1683. He married

John Abbe^, yeoman, lived in Wenham. He disposed of his property in Wenham in 1696, and in the same year bought an estate in Windham, Conn., and removed thither. He and his wife Hannah were among the charter members of the Windham church Dec. 10, 1700. He died soon after, and his wife Hannah survived him.

Samuel Abbe^, husbandman, was made freeman Oct. 3, 1680. He married Mary Knowlton, in Wenham, Oct. 12, 1672; and lived first in Wenham, removing to Salem Village (now Danvers) in 1682. He returned to Wenham in 1697, where he died the following year. His wife Mary survived him, and married, second, Abraham Mitchell.

Thomas Abbe^, married Sarah, daughter of Walter Fairfield of Wenham Dec. 17, 1683, in Marblehead. Settled in Enfield. He died in 1728, and his wife Sarah survived him. Children : -

Ipswich Memorial Tablets

Richard Abbe^, born in Wenham, Mass. Feb. 9, 1682-3. Lived in Windham, Conn., where he was a prominent citizen, and a man of property. He married Mary Jennings Nov. 17, 1703 ; and died, childless, July 10, 1737, aged fifty-four.

37 - V. Tabitha^ m. Ephraim Pease in 1740. He became very wealthy as a contractor in the French War. He was born in 1 719, and died in 1801.

Ipswich Memorial Tablets

In Ipswich, July 29, 1896, a granite slab, bearing two bronze tablets, was formally unveiled. It is placed on the little green in front of the South meeting-house. Addresses were made by Rev. T. Frank Waters, president of the Ipswich Historical Society, George A. Gordon, Esq., of Boston, secretary of the N. E. Historic- Genealogical Society, Hon. Robert S. Rantoul of Salem, president of the Essex Institute, and others. The address of Mr. Waters was lengthy and excellent.

Was On The West Side

James Grant, who was then " Living in the Houfe formerly in the Occupation of Major Hicks," kept a store in Salem in 1768. - Essex Gazette f Aug. g, iy68.

Family Records

3. What was the name of the wife of Nathaniel Goodale, who was born in Salem Village March 17, 1697-8 : and what were her parents' names? b. m. j.

4. Mercy, wife of John Fowler, who was born in Ipswich May 11, 1686, was daughter of Thomas and Mary Jacob. What was her mother's maiden name?

7 . Who was the mother of Sarah Baker, who married John Gould of Topsfield in 1660? Her father was John Baker, and she was born March 9, 1641. B.

Essex Historical Society

The Essex Institute commemorated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Essex Historical Society, Sept. 18, 1896, by an address, in Academy Hall, in Salem, by Hon. Robert S. Rantoul, president of the Institute.

Family Gatherings

Peabody, at Clifton Heights, July 18. Nurse, at Danvers, July 30. Needham, at Peabody, Aug. 12. Bailey- Bayley, at Rowley, Aug. 19. Spofford, at Groveland, Aug. 26. Poor-Poore, at Haverhill, Sept. 2. Tyler, at North Andover, Sept. 2.

New Publications

The John Rogers Families in Plymouth and Vicinity. By Josiah H, Drummond, Paper ; 26 pages. Portland, Me., 1896. This pamphlet is the result of an attempt to distinguish the several men in Plymouth and vicinity bearing the name of John Rogers.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, for October, 1896, contains, among its many articles, an autobiographical sketch of Hon. Nathan Read of Beverly and Salem in the last century, and an article on the early Bowditch family of Salem.

The city of Beverly has printed the petition for its incorporation as a town, the act of incorporation, the special statutes of the colony and province of Massachusetts Bay and of the State relating to Beverly, the Indian deed of the town, and the records of the town meetings from 1665 to 1675.

Genealogy and History of a Part of THE Newbury- Adams Family, formerly of Devonshire, England, being the descendants of Robert Adams and wife Eleanor, who were in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, and in Newbury in 1640. By Smith Adams of Milltown, Maine. Paper; 61 pages. Calais, Me., 1895. This is a valuable pamphlet.

resided in Boston, Mass. By Watson H, Harwood. Illustrated; i2mo. ; 2d ed. ; 100 pages ; cloth. Price, $2.50. Chasm Falls, N.Y., 1896. The title fully describes the work. The illustrations consist of 28 family portraits in fine half-tone. Dr. Harwood has also included some interesting biographical matter. He is still seeking to find the parentage and birthplace in England of the ancestor, Andrew Harwood.

United States and British Provinces. Its old homesteads, of early commerce, edusettlement began in 1623, and all of its cation and industries, ancient customs, etc. towns and cities were settled in that The illustrations will consist of houses,

The principal object of this magazine is coats- of -arms, gravestones, ancient furnito preserve the history and genealogy of ture, articles of domestic use, apparel, etc. the county and to bring into ready use The material which the editor has been the records which are unindexed and al- for twenty years collecting for a genealogmost inaccessible, those that are in private ical dictionary of the county, down to the deaths, intentions of marriages, gravestone part of Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, inscriptions, old newspaper news-items. The early wills of the county are also ish records and tax lists, town-meeting order of their probate, records and tax lists, probate records and The records of old Norfolk County, original wills and other papers on file, which existed from 1643 ^^ ^679, and indeeds, civil and criminal court records, eluded all towns north of the Merrimac are not indexed, and none of them have and their existence known but to few. complete indexes of names. Avastamount The support and co-operation of every

All the territory of old Norfolk county was included in the original grant of August 10, 1622, to Capt. John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges by the Plymouth Council in England, established by a royal charter " for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England, in America,^' the territory thus granted being named Laconia.

The next year, a fishing station was established on the Piscataqua river at a place afterward included within the town of Dover. The leaders in this settlement were two brothers, Edward and William Hilton, who had been fishmongers in London.

Rev. John Wheelwright and four others purchased of the Indians the territory of Laconia in 1629 ; but the English authorities disregarded his title, and later in the year Captain Mason obtained from the Plymouth Council a new patent of the territory, naming it New Hampshire.

The patent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony extended northward to the Merrimac river, but by a peculiar construction of the grant it was claimed that the line extended many miles north of the present boundary. The Bay colony sought to hold the territory of original Hampton, Haverhill and Salisbury by colonization the first and last in 1638, and Haverhill two years later.

For several years Dover, Exeter and Portsmouth had distinct and independent governments. It was deemed desirable to place these towns under the protection of the Bay colony, and April 14, 1641, by agreement, Dover and Portsmouth were annexed to Massachusetts, which was to have, by the terms of the contract, " jurisdiction of government of the said people, dwelling or abiding within the limits of both the said patents." Exeter was admitted as a party to this agreement in September, 1642.

May 10, 1643, Massachusetts Bay was divided into counties, all the towns north of the Merrimac river being constituted the county of Norfolk. Dover had been called Cocheco, and included the present towns of Durham and Stratham and city of Dover. Portsmouth was then known as Strawberry-bank, and included the present towns of Greenland, New Castle, Newington, Portsmouth and part of Rye. Exeter then included Brentwood, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Newmarket and South Newmarket. Hampton included Danville, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, East Kingston, North Hampton and parts of Rye and Seabrook. Salisbury, at first called Colchester, included the present towns of Amesbury, Merrimac, and SaUsbury, in Massachusetts, and Newton, South Hampton and part of Seabrook, in New Hampshire, "laverhill included Haverhill, Methuen and the northern part of Lawrence, in Massachusetts, and Atkinson, Hampstead, Plaistow, and part of Salem, in New Hampshire.

The county was divided into two court jurisdictions, Dover and Portsmouth forming one, and the remaining towns the other, Salisbury becoming the shire town of the latter. Tiie records, abstracts of which are begun to be published herewith, are those of the latter jurisdiction, though Dover and Portsmouth share in them to some extent.

Only the original towns of Haverhill and Salisbury were now left of the county, and Feb. 4, 1679-80, the General Court added them to Essex county for court purposes, but permitted the records of deeds of land to be continued. Deeds were recorded there as late as 17 14, and not only of land in those towns but in various parts of the county.

In August, 1737, the hne dividing the states was settled three miles north of the Merrimac river, and parallel thereto, the exact location being fixed in 1741. All the territory north of this line was added to New Hampshire.

A map has been prepared, and is herewith presented, showing the towns of Norfolk county in 1643. The x marks designate the site of the first settlements in the region. The map is original, and will be of great assistance in locating land mentioned in the conveyances which follow. These abstracts include all names of persons and facts of historical value.

At a court held at Salisbury 24 : 2 : 1649. M^ Rebeckah Hall of Salisbury, widow, being possessed of a house and lands in Salisbury by the death of her former husband Mr. Henry Bylye, conveyed it to her two children, Henry and Rebekah Bylye, at the time of her marriage with Mr. John Hall. Nov. 18, 1647, she conveyed it, for the good of the children, by authority of the General Court, to Henry Ambross. The estate lay between the houses of John Sanders and Andrew Greely, and was bounded by land of Mr. Hooke, Mr. William Worcester and Richard Wells. This court confirms the sale, and constitutes Mr. Christopher Bott and Lt. Robert Pike overseers of the fund thus derived, Henry Bylie to receive his part when of age,

Rebeckah Hall of Salisbury, widow, conveys to Henry Ambross of Hampton, carpenter, " my now dwelling house, barn & land," and a lot lying within Mr. William Hooke's fence, also land adjoining Mr. Will : Worcester's and Richard Wells' land, and all hay due from Richard Ormsbie (or Ormsbey). Nov. 18, 1647. Wit: Willi: Worcester and Tho : Bradbury. Ack. before Richard Saltenstall 28 : 2 :i649.

Robert Lord of Ipswich, marshall, extended an execution on lands of Nathaniel Boulter of Hampton, in favor of ye country, and for £^\ 13^. \d. conveys to John Meriam of Hampton 3 acres of meadow of Hampton, bounded by Jefery Mingei, Mr. Timothie Dalton, Willi : Howard and ^ the river, 21 :- : 1 648. Wit : Jeferie Mingy and Willi : Howard. Ack. before Samuel Symonds 2 : 8mo. : 164-.

John Wedgwood of Hampton, planter, conveys to Thomas ffilbrick of Hampton, 5 acres of land, bounded by Moyses Cox, etc., having been formerly granted to Daniel Hendrick, Jan. 29, 16 - . Wit: Willi ffifeild and Anthony o ^^^ Taylor. Ack. before Richard Bellingham 5 : 8 mo. : 1649.

William Sanborne of Hampton conveys to Thomas ffilbrick, jr., of Hampton, for ^24, his house and houselot, bounded by Willi : ffifield and John Browne of Hampton, and land adjoining that of Henry Sawyer, May 17, 1647. ^i^ : Robert Tuck, John Sanborne and Thomas Waldo. Ack. before Samuel Symonds 4 : 8 mo. : 1649.

Henry Dow of Hampton, for money, conveys to Manuell Hiliard of Hampton, 10 acre house-lot and 3 acres of marsh in Hampton, adjoining land of Thomas Chase, etc., 18:3: 1649. ^it : Tiniothie Dalton and WilH Howard. Ack. before Samuel Symonds 2 : 8 mo. : 1649.

Thomas Macy of SaHsbury, planter, conveys to Georg Martyn of Salisbury, blacksmith, for ;!^3 loj., Yq, of my 20 acre lot on west side of Pawwaus river in Salisbury, longer liver I would make him as my son, meadow, bounded by Jeferie Mingay, behe now being grown to man's estate," con- yond the mill brook, 3 acres of meadow

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Georg Martyn of Salisbury, blacksmith, with consent of wife Susana, for;^i3, conveys to Phillip Challice of Salisbury, planter, dwelling-house and part of lot granted by Salisbury to Thomas Macy, and sold by him to said Georg Martyn, bounded by Willi : Sargent, Jn^. Hoyt, Pawwaus river, Tho : Barnett ; and 2 acres meadow, bounded by Vail : Rowell and another, ii : 2 mo : 1650. Signed by the M mark of Georg Martyn, Wit : Tho : Brad- . bury and Abraham Drake. Wife Susana consented before Ri : ^ellingham and Samuel Symonds same day.

WilH ffullar bought of Edward Colcord 4 acres of meadow, formerly belonging to Willi Wakefeild, in Hampton, bounded by the beach, Jn^. Samborne and Mr. Richworth. A caution ; entered Oct. 15, 1650. John Crosse of Ipswich, sen., for ;2f loi i5J.,conveys to Rodger Shaw of Cambridge, sen., my houses and lands in Hampton, in all 239 acres, 40 rods being " in y® meeting house green," Nov. 15, 1647. Wit: John Whittingham and Jn^. Dickinson (his "i mark). Ack. before Richard Saltonstall 15:9: 1647.

Will of John Moulton of Hampton. He devises to his son Henry Moulton land bounded by the beach, WiUi ffullar, the river, Willi Sanborne, Willi ffifeild. He devises to his wife Ann his house and lot, etc., for her life, and appoints her executrix. He also gives her all his cattle, except one calf to John Moulton, who also has the house in fee, etc. He gives to his daughters Jane Moulton and Bridgett [Moulton]. Twelve acres of land, adjoining Willi Esto's, he gives equally to " Mary Samborne & my daughter Ann, & my daughter Jane, & my daughter bridgett." To " my son Samborne " he devises marsh, bounded by Christopher Pallmer. He devises to his daughter Ann marsh adjoining John Browne's. Dated Jan. 23, 1649. Wit: Robert Tuck and WilH Estowe. Proved by both witnesses at court in Hampton i : 8 mo : 1650. Tho : Bradbury, recorder.

" above the saw mill w^^' I bought of Robert Smith " j land bought of Nathaniell Boultor ; land at north end of Exiter, which I bought of John Bursley ; land bought of Sam^ Greenfeild ; land " I bought of Anthoney Stannian neare y® great Cove & a farme in y® woods bought of m^" Stanian " ; and other land; a debt due from William Tayler ; and a cart, wheels, etc., 14: 9: 1650. Wit: Tho: Pettit and Tho : Turner. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 15:9: 1650.

Will : ffullar of Hampton bought of Henry Saward of Strawberry banck a house lot in Hampton, between lots of said Will : ifullar and John Browne. A caution; entered Nov. 22, 1650.

12 : 10 mo : 1650, James ffilbrooke and Tho : ffilbrooke, jr., bought of Edward Colcord marsh in Hampton, bounded by Jn« Wedgwood, Will: Cole and Willi ffifeild, way to landing place, etc.

12: 10 mo: 1650, Edward Colcord mortgages to James ffilbrick and Tho : ffilbrick, jr., marsh which was formerly possessed by Walter Roper, adjoining Rob : Page, the beach, etc.

Henry Sayward of Hampton, now of " Strabery banke," for 4o,f., sold to Tho : ffilbrick of Hampton, ye elder, meadow, which said ffilbrick bought of one W"*. Sanborne, bounded by the river, 30 : i : 1650. Wit: Amb Lane. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 11:8 mo : 1650.

Mary Hufsie of Hampton, widow, for ;^3, conveys to John Woodin, 16 acres of land adjoining Philemon Daulton, Willi Maston, sen., " meeting house greene," Cristopher Hussie, John Moulton, the river, and Taylor's river, 25 : 2 : 1648. Signed by mark g. Wit: Samuel Hall and Tho : Bradbury. Ack. before Richard Saltingstall 25 : 2 : 1648.

Martha Sadler enters a caution about a house and land in Salisbury, which her deceased husband Anthony Sadler bought of Mr. Cristopher Batt of Salisbury about the first month in 1650. Also, about two Htde islands near land of Tho : Bradburj'.

to Georg Martyn of Salisbury, with consent of ray wife Martha, a dwelHng house and land on west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by Tohn Hoyt, Willi Osgood and Josiah Cobham, 12 : 2 mo: 1650. Wit: Tho : Bradbury and Theo : Satchwell. Wife Martha assented before Rich : Bellingham and Sam : Symonds 12:2 mo : 1650.

Judith Parker (her P mark) of Charlestowne, widow, having sold to John Marian [also spelled Miriam'\ of Watertowne, 17:2: 1645, a house and land in Hampton, Marian is to pay her j[^2 1 therefor at certain times. VVit : John Greene, sen., and Jacob Greene. Judith Parker died before 11 :4rao: 1651, when the witnesses testified to the agreement in court before Symond Brad street.

Christopher Batt of Salisbury, tanner, for ^52 5^-., conveys to Isack Buswell and Willi : Buswell his son, house and lot, etc., in Salisbury, bounded by Thomas Bradbury, 29: 7: 1650. Wit: Henry Monde and Andrew Grile. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury and Sam : Hall, commissioners, 16:2: 1 65 1.

John Cass of Hampton, planter, conveys to Anthony Taylor, felt maker, land at the upper end of Jn^ Cass' house lot i : 4 mo : 1 648. John Cass signs by mark im. Wit : Abraham Pirkins and Henry Green. Ack. before the court at Hampton 10 : 8 mo : 1651.

Edward Gyllman of Exiter, planter, mortgages to his " father Richard Smith of Shropham in Northfolke yeoman," for ^200, to be paid at " the signe of the Sonne & globe in cornwell, in London w*^in one yeare after notice given of y® decease of y® aforesay'd Richard Smith, . . . one saw-mill, on y® Esterne side of y® River, & also y^ one half of three parts of a saw mill on the other side of the river, & my now dwelling house w"^ y*^ Lott & garden w^'^ was sometimes Tho : Joneses, And y® one halfe of all my land in Exiter," Oct. 9, 1 65 1. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Tho. Pettitt. Ack. before the court at Hampton 8 : 8 : 1651.

Hampton, and Edmond Lewes of Linn, for ;£i5, now conveys to Henry Doue his interest in the same, 22:8: 1649. Wit : Jn*^ Lewis. Ack. before Rob : Bridges 30 : 8 : 1650.

Christopher Hussey of Hampton, yeoman, for ^10, conveys to Steven Samborne and Sam^ ffogge, house and lot in Hampton, except what was sold to Jn^ Samborne ; and land adjoining Willi ffullar's and Tho : Lovet's, 6 : 2 mo : 1650. Wit : Steven Bacheller, Edward Colcord and John Redman. Ack. before the court at Hampton 10 : 8 mo : 1651.

Tho : Moulton of Hampton, yeoman, conveys to John Wedgwood of Hampton 4 acres of meadow near the springs, adjoining Edmon Jonson's meadow, Aug. 1 2,

Edward Colcord of Hampton conveys to John Wedgwood of Hampton 5 acres of marsh in Hampton in the Uttle ox common, bounded by Jn^ Hugins, Tho : ffilbrick, Willi : ffifeild and Jn^ Samborne, 10: 8 mo: 1 65 1. Wit: Robert Tuck. Ack. before the court at Hampton 10: 8 mo : 1651.

William ffullar of Hampton, planter, for jQ^^ conveys to Jn^ Wedgwood of Hampton, planter, 10 acres salt marsh in Hampton, bounded by Mr. Wheelwrite, Tho : Mastone, Tho : Chase and Clambanke river, Oct. 10, 165 1. Wit: Rodger Shaw and Robert Tuck. Ack. before Samuel Symonds 8 mo: 1651.

Thomas Moulton of Hampton, husbandman, for ;^4, conveys to John Clifford of Hampton, husbandman, land in Hampton, bounded by Cristopher Pal-

Thomas ffilbrick of Hampton, conveys to Christopher Hufse of Hampton, 20 acres of marsh in Hampton, bounded by John Redman, ffrancis Swaine, etc., 10:8 mo: 1 65 1. Wit: Robert Tuck and Henry Green. Ack. before tTie court at Hampton 10 : 8 mo : 1651.

John Hodges, citizen and cowper of London, gives power of attorney to his "trusti & welbelove'd in Christ John Chickley of London merchant & John Harrison of Boston in New-england in y® pts beyond y® seas Ropemaker," to rent, etc., my house and land in SaUsbury, April I, 1647. Wit: *' James Reade Scr^ Lre Cur : Lond & Thomas Hinde his servant," Jo" Cutting, Edmond Thomson and Abraham Josselen.

John Harison of Boston, cordish maker, under the preceding power, for ^£1$, conveys to Mr. Tho : Bradbury of Salisbury, planter, one dwelling-house and lot of three acres, etc., bounded by Phillip Challis, John Severance, John Bayly, sen., Isack Buswell, Richard Singletary, Tho : Hauxvvorth, Ralfe Blesdale, Anthony Colebie and John Bayly, jr. ; and 40 acres on west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by Mr. Sam^ Hale and Merimacke river, 8 : 8 : 1647. Wit : Joseph Kellage and Percis Harison. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 22 : 3 : 1651.

George Martyn mortgaged his now dwelling house and land on west side of Pawwaus river in Salisbury to Mr. Sam : Hall of Salisbury for 3500 white oak pipe staves, June 4, 1651. Ack. before Robert Pike and Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salisbury, 8 : i mo : 1652.

William English of Ipswich, shoomaker, for ;£2o, conveys to John Cass of Hampton, yeoman, my house and houselot in Hampton "abutting upon the green called the Ring," and on land of Abraham Pirkins. This house and lot formerly belonged to Tho : Jones, and before that to Samuel Greenfeild. Wit: Willi

Sam : Getchell ( his u mark ) of Salisbury conveys to William Godfrey of Hampton, "my late dwelling house" at Hampton and 15 acres of land, 17:3: 1648. Wit : John Whelewright and Henry Doue.

Thomas Macy of Salisbury, merchant, for ;£6, "& a marke," conveys to Thomas Barnett of Salisbury, planter, land on west side of Pawwaues river in Salisbury, bounded by Luke Heard and John Severans, April i, 1642. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and Robert Pike. Ack. before the court at Salisbury 13 : 2 : 1652.

Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, planter, for 35^-., conveys to Edward ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, meadow on Little river, bounded by Robert Pike, 20 : 12 : 165 1. Wit : Andrew Wiggin and Wymond Bradbury. Ack. before the court at Salisbury 15 : 2 : 1652.

Samuell Getchell (his u mark) of Sahsbury for;£i2 lOi-., conveys to Willia Godfrey of Watertown, " my late dwelling house " at Hampton, and land, 17: 3 : 1648. Wit : John Whelewright and Henry Doue. Ack. before court at Salisbury 13:2: 1652.

John Severans of Salisbury, planter, with consent of wife Abigail, for ;£i 2 los.^ conveys to Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, planter, " my dwelling house & old house thereunto adjoyning lijng uppon both sides of y^ street," bounded by Mr. Christopher Batt, Thomas Bradbury and Isack Buswell, in Salisbury, Dec. 21, 1647. Wit: William Webb and Sam Winsley. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 13 : 2 : 1652.

Edward Colcord and Thomas Turner determine a matter between Mr. Richard Waldern and Mr. Edward Gyllman. Mr. Walden is to pay Mr. Gyllman ;£ii loi*. " in marchantable board att quochequo att money price vv*^in six dayes after y® date herof, or (n^^) (10^) in money w"'in that tyme. & to this Awarde wee doe both consent." Dated 15 : 2 : 1652.

Fences often exist today to designate boundary lines ; but in the earliest days of our settlements they were probably never constructed for that purpose, unless the three-rail fence erected between the towns of Newbury and Rowley, in 1649, was such an instance. The earliest fences were for protection from the Indians and the larger and more ferocious animals of the forest; the next, to keep both domestic and wild animals from the cultivated crops of the settlers ; and the later, to restrain the various kinds of cattle of the settlers from straying into the forest and elsewhere. These fences were all made for the purposes to which they were applied, and were often uncouth and rough. Ornamented fences belong to a still later period, when settlements had acquired some degree of affluence.

Each farmer had to build and maintain his fences when they were erected on or around his individual lots of land ; but the common pastures, with their many owners, early demanded some rule or authority by which the fence around them would be built and kept in order during the season of pasturage by all the owners; and in 1633 it was provided that each owner of a common pasture should build and support such part of the fence as was in proportion to his interest in the pasture ; certain sections representing such portions being marked off. These were usually the early two-railed fences. Officers were appointed to examine into the case of any delinquent, with power to levy and collect fines. In 1643, the regulation of common fences was left wholly to the respective towns.

The law in relation to fences around corn fields was peculiar, presumably on account of the necessity of preserving the corn for the sustenance of the colonists. The owner of the corn field was obliged to maintain a sufficient fence around it. July 2, 1633, it was ordered by the General Court, " that if any corne fence shalbe by the inhabitants of the towne iudged insufficient, & the owner thereof forbeare mending of it more than 2 dayes after warneing giuen, the inhabitants shall mend the said fence, & the corne of the owner of the said fence shalbe liable to pay the charges of the mending thereof." The fence had to be sufficient to keep out hogs as well as cattle. In 1637, the law was passed making it incumbent upon owners of corn fields to ' first show that the fence through which unruly cattle came into the field was sufficient and in order before damages for injuries done to the crops could be recovered. In Topsfield, in 1667, such fences were ordered to consist of five rails, **well placed," and be up by April 20th.

The earliest roads were foot paths, and were so ill-defined that they were not regarded in fencing pastures and fields in the earliest days. Later, in the more thickly settled portions, where they were more defined, carts having come into use, and travel was more common and extensive, fences across these ways were found to be very inconvenient ; and in the villages they were fenced on either side. In Rowley, this was ordered to be done as early as 1649. But outside the villages roads remained encumbered by fences, in many places, until this century; though bars and the more convenient gate were found at the crossings.

Oct 14, 1685, the General Court passed a law that whoever broke down any fence or stone wall, or lay open any gates, bars or locks, unless under claim of right, should pay a fine and the damages thereby occasioned.

Persons were chosen in the various towns to look after fences to see that they were kept up, and to have general oversight of them. There was at first no name attached to the office, the incumbent being called "fence viewer," "overseer to view fences," etc. In 1653 a law was enacted which gave this authority to the selectmen of towns, with power to levy fines upon delinquents. Our modern office of fence viewer is founded upon the Province law, passed Dec i, 1693, which authorizes two or more fence viewers to be chosen in each town' at the annual meeting. The statute also established legal fences. They were to be made four feet high, of five rails, or boards, or four, if equivalent to five ; also, stone walls, brooks, rivers, ponds and creeks were to be deemed sufficient fences.

In early times fences were valued so highly, not only for their use, but for their cost, that in most of the conveyances of improved lands in Essex county they were particularly mentioned almost to the time of the Revolution.

The earliest fence was the palisade built near the house to keep -the Indians and large and more ferocious animals away. This consisted of long sticks, called pales, with pointed tops, driven into the ground, leaving about eight feet above the earth, and touching one another, in a continuous row around the house. As villages began to be formed in some instances a high stone-wall took the place of the palisade around the churches, as at Topsfield in 1676, while the palisade about houses was early discontinued.

Where fences were used in early times merely for keeping cattle within certain limits, they were of the simplest construction. The earliest of these was the flimsy two-rail or pole fence, which was made by driving stakes into the ground x form,

Two-Rail Fence

The brush fence is about as ancient as the two-pole fence, and has passed away first in our county. Some one has said that, " According to an unwritten law, a brush fence must be a rod wide, with no specification as to its height." In and under the brush fence all sorts of living creatures, - beast, bird, and reptile, - have made their homes. In building or piling a brush fence the small trees along its line were lopped down, but not entirely severed from the stump, and made to fall in one direction lengthwise of the fence. Other trees were added to give it the height and width required. This was a very effective barrier.

The fence next to be built by our forefathers was a log fence. This was one of the most substantial of fences, but was only erected where there was a great amount of timber at hand. The great logs, generally of pine, were laid straight, overlapping a little at the ends, on which were placed horizontally the short cross-pieces, which upheld the logs next above. It was usually built three logs* high, and formed an almost solid wooden wall. From behind the log and brush fences, the prowling Indian shot the settler as he tilled his

Early Fences

Where stones were plentiful and timber and poles scarce, stone walls were built as early as the seventeenth century. They proved the most enduring and in every way satisfactory. In spite of their being more or less frost- flung, they remain a picturesque and sufficient barrier, and will so remain until they sink beneath the surface of the ground. Often the stones of the wall were taken from the field, where it was built, in the course of tillage. There seems almost to have been a stone age in New England history, when stone arranged as shown in the illustration. This variety of fence is truly American. The split-rail fence is also old. Logs, generally of ash, about nine feet in length, and a foot or more in diameter, split the entire length into about sixteen equal parts, formed the rails, which were chamfered at each end. Of such split was the material most frequently employed for fence building. Sometimes a single stone wall can be found stretching away in a straight line over hill and through valley for miles. In some localities it would seem as if every field and pasture and garden were bordered with it. The great amount of stone wall that remains attests the labor of our ancestors. What bending and straining of stalwart backs and muscles there must have been at the building of these walls, which have been the castle of the squirrel, the weasel and the woodchuck through the centuries. Where neither stones nor timber were plenty the half-high wall, surmounted by a rail resting or crossed stakes driven into sections posts were also made, having holes cut in them in the proper places to receive the ends of the rails, the fence being constructed as shown in the illustration. It is to the credit of Abraham Lincoln that in his early frontier home he was a skillful rail-splitter.

slight divergences have created feuds which have continued for several generations, and the matter of maintenance of certain portions of fences and building of spite fences are recalled. They have always been a fruitful source of disputes and friction between neighbors in the past, but under more definite laws will probably be less so in the future.

Amesbury Inscriptions Salisbury Point Cemetery

This cemetery was first used apparently in 1788, the oldest gravestones there bearing that date. It was located in Salisbury until a change in the town lines in 1886 brought it within the limits of Amesbury. The following are all the inscriptions to be found there bearing dates prior to 1800.

Thus by just Heavens cotnmission^d dart, The fondest ties are broke. Friend part from friend, &" heart from heart. By death'' s distressing stroke.

Thd' tears of tributary forrow /low ; And keeti diftreffes fill the heart with woe Thd' thy fond parents mourn thy fole at reft And joyes fublime expand thy peaceful br^st May thefe refections calm our troubled heart And ive prepare to tneet were none do part.

Amesbury Inscriptions

In that sweet earth, when natures debt is paid. And leaving life we leave its load ofivoes; Our neighbours kind, we trust will see us laid; In humble hope of mercy, to repose.

view with e And 7vhile her grave you soletne ey Let wifdoms dictate learn yourself to die You foon jmist /lumber with the file nt dead Your friends forgotten and yoiir pleafures fed

Will Of Bethiah Cartwright

The will of Bethiah Cartwright of Salem was proved in the Salem quarterly court, June 30, 1640. The following copy is taken from the original instrument on file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf 5.

I Bethia Cortwrite of Salem being in pfect memory doe make and ordaine this my lalt will and teltament, firft I give and bequeath my bed, my bolfter and two pillow-beres with a blancet and a coverlet unto Elizabeth Capon my fifter in walderfwick in Suff item I give unto Mary Norton the wife of Georg Norton in Salem by beft coat, item I giue unto my fifter above faid thre peuter platters and a double faltfeller, item I give vnto John Jackfon the fon of John Jackfon half a dozen fpoones and a porrenger, item I give unto Margret Jackfon the wife of John Jackfon of Salem my box of linning, with a payre of fhetes, item I will that fower payer of fheets be fold to pay pt of my debts, item I give unto Elizabeth Kellem a furg wafcot. Item I give unto John Jackfon aforefaid my bible, item I will that my two best cloath wafcotes to be fold as my fhetf aforefaid. Item I give unto Elezabeth Nickfone my payer of Anderens, item I will that my napkins and bord cloaths to be fold as my wafcots aforelaid. In witnes whereof I have hereunto let my hand this fecond day of May Anno Dom : 1640

Soldiers And Sailors Of The

Nehemiah Abbot of Andover ; priv., Capt. Thomas Poor's co., Col. James Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 7 dys. ; reported, enl. Jan. 31, 1775 ; also, on return of men in camp at Cambridge May 17,

Benjamin Farnum's co.. Col. James Frye's reg., receipts for advance pay, dated Cambridge, June 21, 1775, and Aug. -, 1775 ; also, on CO. return, dated Cambridge, Oct. 6) 1775 j also, on order for coat money, dated Cambridge, Nov. 13, 1775.

Philip Abbot of Ipswich ; priv., Capt. Daniel Rogers' co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 4 dys.; also, Capt. Nathaniel Wade's co.. Col. Little's reg. ; return dated June 5, 1775 ; reported, marched to Cambridge ; also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775] ; enl. May i5> 1775; age, 24 yrs.

Philip Abbot of Andover ; priv., Capt. Benjamin Ames' co.. Col. James Frye's reg. ; killed June 17, 1775 ; reported, negro servant of Nathan Abbot.

Stephen Abbot of Andover ; It., Capt. Benjamin Farnum's co., Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg. ; pay abstract for 54 dys. rations to date of arrival at Bennington ; enl. Feb. 14, 1777; also. Col. Marshall's reg. ; list of officers who lost clothing while at Ticonderoga, dated Camp above Stillwater Sept. 15, 1777; also, capt., nth reg. ; list of officers of the Mass. hne ; commissioned May 28, 1778, and confirmed by Congress Sept. 6, 1779; also,

Col. Tupper's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. i, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; service, 17 mos., as It., 19 mos., as capt. ; also, muster return dated Jan. 24, 1778 ; reported furloughed ; also, muster roll for March, 1779, dated West Point ; reported, furloughed by Gen. Mc- Dougall from Feb. 2 to May 15, 1779; also, return dated West Point Aug. 10, 1779; ^^-^^ Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. i, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, muster roll for Oct. I, Dec, 1780; dated Huts near West Point ; reported furloughed by Col. Brooks until April i, 1781.

Thomas Abbot of Andover ; priv., Capt. Samuel Johnson's co.. Col. Wiggleworth's reg. ; pay abstract for travel from Albany home ; roll sworn to March 7, 1777 ; also, Capt. Nathaniel Gage's co.. Col. Jacob Gerrish's reg. of guards ; enl. Dec. 19, 1777 ; dis. April 3, 1778 ; service, 3 mos., 16 dys., at Winter Hill, guarding Gen. Burgoyne's troops ; roll dated Bradford ; also, descriptive list of enhsted men ; Capt. Lovejoy's co., Col. Johnson's reg. ; age 47 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 7 in.; complexion, dark; enl. March 18, 1781; enl. 3 yrs.

Tobey Abbot of Andover ; priv., Capt. Samuel Johnson's co.. Col. Titcomb's reg. ; dis. June 27, 1777; service, 2 mos., 9 dys., at Providence, R. I.

William Abbot of Andover; priv., Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge ; service, i dy. ; reported, a volunteer member of the co. who did not bear arms.

Benjamin Abbott of Andover ; descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, light ; arrived at Springfield July 2, 1 780 ; marched to camp July 2, 1780, under command of Capt. Phineas Parker.

George Abbott of Ipswich; priv., Capt. John Baker's cc, Col. Little's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May II, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 26 dys.

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

Joshua Abbott of Rowley ; descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 21 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 10 in.; complexion, light; arrived at Springfield Aug. 19, 1780; marched to camp Aug. 19, 1780, under command of Ensign Blaisdell.

Thomas Aber of Andover ; list of men enl. into Continen'l Army [year not given] . ifc Samuel Aboot of Andover; corp., Capt. James Mallon's co., Essex co. reg. ; enl. Oct. 3, 1779; dis. Nov. 10, 1779; service, i mp., 10 dys., at Castle Island, under Maj.-Gen. Hancock.

Ebenezer Aborn of Lynn ; priv., Capt. Gideon Foster's co.. Col. John Mansfield's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1,1775; enl. July 22, 1775; service, 9 dys.; also, receipt for advance pay dated camp at Prospect Hill, Aug. 10, 1775, also, Capt. Baker's co.. Col. Mansfield's reg. ; co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, Capt. Baker's co.. Col. Israel Hutchinson's (19th) reg.; order for coat money dated Camp at Winter Hill, Oct. 27, 1775.

Ebenezer Aborn of Danvers ; descriptive list of officers and crew of the ship " Junius Brutus," commanded by Capt. John Leach, dated Salem, June 15, 1780 ; age, 23 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 7 in. ; complexion, dark.

James Aborn of Marblehead ; serg., Capt. Mill's CO., Col. Baldwin's reg. of artificers; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. i, 1777, to Jan. 20, 1779.

Moses Aborn of Lynn ; return of men enl. into Continental Army from ist Essex CO. reg., dated Feb. 16, 1778; enl., 3 yrs., or during war; joined Capt. Bancroft's CO., Col. Michael Jackson's reg. ; also, priv., Capt. Bancroft's co.. Col. Jackson's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 14, 1777, to Aug. 17; 1777 ; reported, died Aug. 17, 1777.

Aaron Aborns of Amesbury; priv., Capt. Robert Dodge's co.. Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg. ; service i dy. ; marched to camp and home again ; roll sworn to Nov. 29, 1776.

Woodward Abrahams of Salem ; Capt. Thomas Barnes' co., Col. Mansfield's (later Hutchinson's) reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated at Cambridge, June 27> 1775 ; ^^^^i Corp.; muster roll dated Aug. I, 1775; enl. May 10, 1775; service, 2 mos., 26 dys.; also, co. return dated Winter Hill, Oct. 5, 1775; also, Capt. Barnes' (5 th) co.. Col. Nixon's (4th) reg. ; return of men in service from Sept. to Nov., 1776, dated North Castle; also, receipt for wages for Oct. and Nov., 1776.

Joseph Adames of Ipswich ; priv., Capt. Richard Dodge's (volunteer) co., 3d Essex CO. reg., commanded by Maj. Smith ; enl. Sept. 30, 1777; dis. Nov. 7, 1777, at Cambridge; service, i mo., 10 dys.; co. marched Oct. 2, 1777, to reinforce Gen. Gates at the Northward.

Nathan Adames of Andover ; descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 22 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 10 in.; complexion, ruddy; arrived at Springfield July i, 1 780 ; marched

Nathaniel Adames of Ipswich; priv., Capt. Richard Dodge's (volunteer) co., 3d Essex CO. reg., commanded by Maj. Smith; enl. Sept. 30, 1777; dis. Nov. 7, 1777 ; service, i mo., 10 dys. ; co. marched Oct. 2, 1777, to reinforce Gen. Gates at the Northward.

Thomas Adames of Ipswich ; priv., Capt. Richard Dodge's (volunteer) co., 3d Essex CO. reg., commanded by Maj. Smith ; enl. Sept. 30, 1777; dis. Nov. 7, 1777; service, I mo., 10 dys. ; co. marched Oct. 2, 1777, to reinforce Gen. Gates at the Northward.

Abraham Adams of Newbury; drummer, Lt. John Bricket's co., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 dys.

Adam Adams of Haverhill ; priv., Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell's co., Col. Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany to Haverhill, in 1776.

Ambrose Adams of Marblehead ; seaman, brigantine " Griffin ;" list of crew sworn to by Gideon Henfield, Commander, May 23, 1780 \also^ sloop "Morning Star," commanded by Capt. John Ravill; descriptive list of officers and crew, dated Oct. 17, 1780 ; age, 27 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 9 in. ; complexion, light.

Benjamin Adams of Newbury ; priv., Lt. John Brickett's co., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 dys.

Note

NOTE. " Doctor WOOD /^IVES his Advice to the Poor gratis, from Ten to Eleven o' Clock before Noon, in all Difeafes incident to the human Body, at Mrs. Saunders, in the Main- Street."

Obadiah Abbe (see page 14) had a daughter Abigail, who married Daniel Sabin in 1701, in Windham, where the family resided. Vide Genealogies of Windham, under Abbe; also. Register, 1882, page 53. - Anson Titus, Tufts College, Mass.

Joseph Abbey, of Exeter, N. H. (son of Joseph, born in Wenham, Mass., Aug. 12, 1673), married Abigail Severance Nov. 30, 1705, and had one child, Joanna, born in Salisbury, Mass., where they lived, Nov. 15, 1706. Mr. Abbey died the same winter, and his widow Abigail married secondly, Philip Greeley of Salisbury Dec. II, 1707. Joanna married Jonathan Brown of Hampton Feb. 17, 1725-6. They lived in Kensington, N. H., where Joanna died Sept. 7, 1757.

Joseph Abbe of Ipswich married Thomasin (or Tamazin), daughter of William Baker of Ipswich (pub. Nov. 5, 1721). He lived in the house in which the late W. K. Bell, Esq., resided (near the town house), which he is said to have built ; and was a blacksmith by trade, having a shop, called "Abbe the smith's shop," in which considerable work was prosecuted. He was living in Ipswich in 1749, when he sold his house, blacksmith's shop and land. Their children were born in Ipswich, as follows : -

The Essex Antiquarian

"^ 13. Wanted, names of parents of Hannah Dodge (Wenham), married, about 1785 or 1786, Benjamin Dunbar, Hingham. She born, 1768. Her father's supposed name was Israel.

14. I wish to get as full information as possible of the earlier Clogstons who came from the North of Ireland to New Hampshire. Also, names and dates of first generation born in this country. Please answer. dr. harwood.

3. Nathaniel Goodale, born in Salem Village March 17, 1697-8, married, June 27, 1723, Lydia Whipple, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Hutchinson) Whipple, She was born Feb. 2, 1694. - W. P. G. Ca mbridgeport.

6. To obtain the markers of the Sons of the American Revolution to be placed at the graves of Revolutionary soldiers, address George E. Brown, secretary of the Massachusetts Society, post-office box 2535, Boston, Mass. - Ed.

7. In "The Family of Zaccheus Gould," by B. A. Gould, page 2)^, the christian name of John Baker's wife is given as Elizabeth. - -Jennie Hood Bosson, Reading.

Editorial Notes

In The Essex Antiquarian are appearing the early wills of Essex county, verbatim, in the order of their probate ; the full official record of the service of the Essex county soldiers and sailors in the Revolution, in alphabetical order ; complete abstracts of the old Norfolk county records ; and genealogies of Essex county families, down to the year 1800, in alphabetical order. _

The Abbot genealogies will be begun in the March number. Persons having records of births, marriages and deaths relative to the family before the year 1800 would confer a favor by sending copies to the editor, as he desires to make the genealogies complete.

A new ancestral chart has been copyrighted by C. S. Thompson of Denver, Col. It is in the convenient quartercircle form, and is issued with board covers.

The Salisbury Commoners. By P. A. True. Paper ; 8vo ; 1 2 pages. Amesbury, 1896. This is an interesting and valuable paper on the rights and history of the early commoners of Salisbury.

GuLD Newbury : Historical and Biographical Sketches. By John J. Currier. Illustrated; 8vo. ; 729 pages; cloth. Price, ;^5.oo. Boston, 1896. The territory covered by this volume is that of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, which comprised the original town of Newbury. The sketches are of churches, inns, ferries, old homesteads, bridges, prominent persons, etc. There are more than a hundred fine half-tone engravings, most of them full page, and several maps. It is a most scrupulous and full presentation of important history. The mechanical part of the volume is artistic, and worthy of the subject matter. Every son and daughter of old Newbury should possess a copy.

Abbot Genealogy

The name of Abbot is spelled in the early records Abbet, Abbett^ Abbit, Abbitt, Abbot, Abbott, Abbut, Abbutt, Abet, Abett, A bit, Abitt, Abot, Abott, Abut and Abutt.

Among the several Abbots that early came to New England George Abbot^ of Andover has the most prominent and numerous descendants. He is said to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England, about 1 640 ; and, after living at Roxbury awhile, came to Andover, where he was one of the settlers as early as 1643. He cultivated the soil, and lived on the farm latterly owned by John Abbot7, the house being a garrison.

He married Hannah, daughter of William and Annis Chandler of Andover (formerly of Roxbury) Dec. 12, 1646. The parties are said to have come to America in the same ship. Mr. Abbot died in Andover Dec. 24, 1681, at the age of sixty-six, being, as he says in his will, "aged and crazy in body." His wife survived him, and married Rev. Francis Dane of Andover between 1684 and 1703. She outlived Mr. Dane, and died June 11, 1711, aged eighty- two.

Dea. John Abbot% born in Andover March 2, 1648. Was a farmer and lived with his father in the garrison house. He was a deacon of the South church, and selectman of the town. He married Sarah Barker of Andover Nov. 17, 1673. He died March 19, 1720-T. His wife died Feb. 10, 1728-9, aged eighty-two.

23 - IX. PRISCILLA3, b. July 7, 1691; lived in Andover, and was often employed as a nurse, being an industrious Christian woman. She d., unmarried, May 24, 1 791, at the age of ninety-nine.

Capt. George Abbot^, born in Andover June 7, 1655. Was a selectman of Andover, where he resided, and a man of Christian character. He married Dorcas Graves April 17, 1678; and died Feb. 26, 1735-6. His wife survived him, and died, his widow, Feb. 18, 1739- 40, being "aged."

William Abbot^, born in Andover Nov. 18, 1657. He was a weaver, and lived in Andover. He had the Puritan faith. He married Elizabeth Geary of Roxbury June 19, 1682. She died Nov. 26, 1712 ; and he died Oct. 21, 17 13.

Williams, b. March 17, 1685; was given, when about three years old, to his father's uncle William Geary of Roxbury, who promised to care for him as his own, which he did. He married, and had a daughter. Lived in Roxbury, and died Oct. 28, 1713.

41 - IX. Philips, b. April 3, 1699; was a cordwainer; lived in Andover until about 1722; when he removed to Hampton, Conn., and afterward settled in Windham, where he m. Abigail Bickford Oct. 20, 1723, and where most of his children were born. He d. in 1749.

Corp. Benjamin Abbot^, born in Andover Dec. 20, 1 66 1. Was a carpenter, and lived near the Shawshene river in Andover. He was an active and respected citizen. He married Sarah Famum of Andover April 22, 1685; and died March 30, 1703. His wife survived him, and was living, his widow, in 1724.

(47)- Samuels, b. May 8, 1694; was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He m. widow Mary Lovejoy Aug. 8, 1735; and she d. April 15, 1754, aged fifty-four. He d., without issue, Oct. 29, 1762, and left a silver tankard to the Second church in Andover.

taken captive by the Indians, and in the following August was returned by a friendly squaw, having suffered much by hunger. He was a husbandman, and lived in Andover where Asa A. Abbot lived. In 1704, he built the old red house, a view of which is given in the frontispiece, and which was taken down in 1858. He lived in it. He married Hannah Graves Dec. 27, 1689. She died Nov. 5, 1726 ; and he died Sept. 9, 1730.

Thomas Abbot^, born in Andover May 6, 1666. He was a farmer, and lived on the west side of Shawshene river in Andover. He married Hannah Gray Dec. 7, 1697. She was born Nov. 30, 1674, and died, his widow, Jan. 25, 1763, aged eighty-nine. Mr. Abbot died, as he had lived, a Puritan in faith, April 28, 1728.

54 - III. Edwards, b. June 9, 1702; was a settler at Pennacook (now Concord), N. H., as early as 1732, being one of the first board of selectmen. His house was a garrison. His were the first white children born in the town. He m., first, Dorcas Chandler of Andover July 15, 1728. She d. May 16, 1748, He m., second, widow Mehitable Emerson of Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 23, 1748-9. He d. April 14, 1759.

*The Abbot Genealogy says that she married Abiel Holt, and lived in Windham, Conn., wherg she died Feb. 11, 1751. This is evidently a mistake for No. 42.

58 - VII. Benjamins (twin), b. March 31, 1711; was a farmer, and one of the first settlers of Concord, N. H. He had great muscular power. He m. Hannah Abbot (85) June 23, 1742. She d. of a cancer July 27, 1786; and he d. March 8, 1794. One of their grandchildren was Rev. Ephraim Abbot, a missionary.

Dea. John Abbot3, born in Andover Nov, 2, 1674. He was a farmer, and settled on his father's homestead in Andover. In his early life he was a weaver. He was a deacon thirty- four years, a selectman of the town, and a useful citizen. He was mild, gentle and humble. He married Elizabeth Harnden of Wilmington Jan. 6, 1702-3. He died Jan. I, 1754 ; and she died Aug. 9, 1756.

Joseph Abbot3, born in Andover Dec. 19, 1676. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He married Hannah Allen April 4, 1722. She died March 4, 1755 ; and he died Jan. 9, 1757, aged eighty.

Stephen Abbot3, born in Andover Jan. 14, 1678-9. He is called in the records of deeds, first, a wheelwright, then yeoman, and, later, miller. He lived in Andover where Professor Porter resided. He married Sarah Stevens July 22, 1708, and she died Dec. 28, i75o> aged sixty-nine. He died May 27, 1766.

Ephraim Abbott3, born in Andover Aug. 6, 1682. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He married widow Sarah Hunt of Billerica Jan. 6, 17 15 ; and died June 8, 1748. She survived him, and married John Dane Aug. i, 1749.

Being a well informed man, he was much employed in town business. He married Hannah Dane April 5, 1720; and died, in Andover, Jan. 14, 1761, aged seventyone.

Daniel Abbot^, born in Andover Jan. 10, 1687-8. He was a cordwainer and farmer, and lived in Andover until about 1732, when he removed to Ashford, Conn. He shortly afterward became a resident of Woodstock. He married Hannah Chandler Sept. 12, 1711; and died before 1736.

Abbot Genealogy

Capt. George Abbot3, born in Andover Dec. 22, 1692. He was a shoemaker in his early life, and lived on the homestead with his father, in Andover. He married Mary Phillips of Salem Nov. 29, 1721 ; and died March 19, 1768, aged seventy-five. His wife survived him, and died Oct. 4, 1785, aged ninety-one.

ELIZABETH4, b. Nov. 5, 1727; m., first, Benjamin Abbot (168) of Hollis; second, J. Pollard of Westford; and, third, Capt. Josiah Bowers of Billerica.

Dea. Isaac Abbot3, born in Andover April 4, 1699. He graduated at Harvard college in 1723. He was a merchant at first, and later devoted his attention to farming, living in Andover. He was a deacon of the South church for forty- four years, and lined the psalms. He married, first, Phebe Lovejoy Nov. 29, 1739. She died Dec. 17, 175 1, in her thirty-sixth year ; and he married, second, Lydia Coley of Charlestown (pub. Nov. 17, 1753)-* Deacon Abbot died Aug. 9, 1 784, aged eighty-five ; and his widow, Lydia, Feb. 28, 1791, in her eightyseventh year.

James Abbots, born in Andover Feb. 12, 1695. He was a farmer and also ran the mills on the Shawshene river in Andover until 1735, when he sold them. In the same spring he removed to Rumford (now Concord), N. H. He married Abigail Farnum Jan. 6, 1714. She was born in 1692. He died Dec. 27, 1787, aged ninety- two.

April 4, 1 723 ; was a farmer, and lived in Goncord. He was the first to drive an ox team from Andover to Goncord ; and he also drove to the fort the team conveying the bodies of the men killed by the Indians Aug. 11, 1746. Himself and his son, grandson and greatgrandson, all named Reuben, were living at the same time in the same house. He m., first, 'Rhoda Whittemore, who d. Jan. 27, 1785; and, second, widow Dinah Blanchard. He d. May 13, 1822, aged ninetynine ; and his widow d. March 11, 1826, aged ninety-four. Simeon'*, b. Sept. 8, 1724; d. Nov.

Amos'*, b. Feb. 18, 1726; was a farmer, and lived in Goncord ; m. widow Rebecca (Abbot) Chandler; and d. Dec. 3, 182 1, aged ninety-six. They had children.

Paul Abbot3, born in Andover March 28, 1697. He was a farmer, and settled in Pomfret, Conn., about 1722. He married Elizabeth Gray Feb. 8, 1720; and died May 6, 1752.

Jonathan Abbots, born in Andover Sept. - , 1687. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He married Zerviah Holt May 6, 17 13. She was living in 1753. He died March 21, 1770.

Gloucester S Deserted Village The Deserted Village

Sweet was the sound when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below.

But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread. But all the bloomy flush of life is fled.

Where then, ah where, shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits strayed. He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade. Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide. And even the bare-worn common is denied.

Gloucester'S Deserted Village

Easterly from the head of Annisquam river, in Gloucester, was formerly a settlement known as Dogtown. Here lived the ancestors of many of the present inhabitants of Cape Ann. Dogtown commons, as the territory is now called, contains several hundred acres, and is a barren waste in its general appearance, though between the innumerable boulders grass grows for the cattle that pasture there. The old streets are distinguishable much of their distance by the parallel walls of stone, and in these old thoroughfares the grass grows as in the pastures on either side^ A team could not be driven over its roads most of their course. Many of the cellars of the houses are well preserved, and door stones remain in some instances where they were first placed. Novelists and poets have written of this place, Richard Henry Dana, Thomas Starr King, Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Hiram Rich being among their number. In "Oldport Days," Col. Higginson says, " I know of nothing like that gray waste of boulders."

Here a hundred families once lived. Why they chose for their habitation this place so difficult of access is not clear. It is probable that the first settlers wished to remove from the coast as the troubles of the Revolution came on, and in this place, then almost entirely surrounded by a dense forest, in the very heart of Cape Ann, they intended to secrete their valuables and famiHes if worst came to worst, and the British burned or captured the seaports. The houses were small, generally of one story in height, with two small rooms on the floor.

Whoever the builders or first settlers were, it is clear that they were succeeded by poor and ignorant people. The seafaring occupation of the men soon removed most of them from the support of their families, and the children left home. A large number of the inhabitants came to be widows, and old and poor and ignorant, with little commerce with the outside world, many of them were soon esteemed to bewitches. Their peculiar appearance, and the dreariness of the place, especially after nightfall, giving credence to the belief. The places of their natural protectors were taken by dogs, and so the region became known as Dogtown. The women obtained their living by picking berries and grazing sheep. .

The cellar at the southern corner of the locality, on the brow of a steep rise of ground near Alewife brook, known as Foxhill, was covered by the residence of Lucy George, and later of her niece, Tammy Younger, " the queen of the witches." The latter was probably best known and most feared of her cotemporaries. She was daughter of William Younger, was born July 28, 1753, and died Feb. 4, 1829. A writer says that no one ever refused to do anything that she requested.

A Htde farther north stood the shop of Joseph Allen, the first blacksmith of Gloucester, who settled there in 1674. Then came the house of John Wharf, which afterward became the property of his daughter Polly Boynton. The Tristram Coffin house and Becky Rich's abode came next. Becky told fortunes by coffee grounds. Then came the house of Nathaniel Day, and some distance beyond that of Henry Day, John Clark, Philip Priestly, WiUiam Pulcifer, Arthur