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A MUNSEY-HOPKINS
GENEALOGY
Being the Ancestry of
ANDREW CHAUNCEY MUNSEY
AND
MARY JANE MERRITT HOPKINS
The Parents of
FRANK A. MUNSEY
HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS
By D. O. S. LOWELL, A. M., M. D., Litt. D.
Head Master of the Roxbury Latin School. Life Member of the
New England Historic-Genealogical Society.
PRIVATELY PRINTED
BOSTON
1920
WAo^^ior]
PREFACE
In the preparation of these Genealogical Lines, a
great deal of original work has been done. Nothing
had ever been published on the Munsey Line, and
the solution of its connection with the various allied
lines involved much travel and painstaking research.
The carelessness with which original records were
made; the loss or destruction of many, owing to
Indian massacres, fires, indifference, or neglect, —
all these drawbacks make the work of the genealogist
fascinating, yet unspeakably difficult.
In the collection of the material needed for this
little volume, the writer has been greatly aided by
Mr. William Lincoln Palmer of Boston, himself a
life member of the New England Historic-Genealo-
gical Society and corresponding member of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, etc.
His patience and genius have unravelled many a
tangled skein; and before the burning of the City
Hall building, at Portland, Maine, and the State
Library at Albany, N. Y., he copied records that
now exist only in these pages.
Great care has been taken to verify all statements
that are not shown to be unproved. If there be
errors in the work, they have crept in, in spite of con-
tinual watchfulness.
The Ancestral Chart, which shows at a glance the
lines of descent described in the text, has been pre-
pared especially for this work by Mr. J. Gardner
Bartlett ; a constant reference to this will serve greatly
to aid the reader.
From the nature of the case, the authorities
proving the Munsey Line consist mainly of a wealth
of MSS. in the writer's possession, compiled from
deeds, wills, affidavits, and attested copies of town,
county, state, and national records. The authorities
for the Hopkins Line and the other allied families
are given at the close of each genealogy.
Boston, January, 1920.
CONTENTS
(The names in red in this table denote maternal
ancestors of Frank A. Munsey)
Aborn
ALDEN
Andrews
Bangs
Bartlett
Bassett
Bate(s)
Bray
BREWSTER
Brown
Carpenter
Cobb
Collier
Damon
Day
PAGE
49
SI
S6
57
59
64
67
71
73
80
Farrar
Flagg
Freeman I
Freeman II
Green
Higgins
Houghton
Hyland
Jackson
81 Leffingwell
84
88 Mclntyre
Mayo
89 Mercen
92 Merritt
PAGE
95 MULLINS
99 1''^°^''
Pepperrell
104 „•
^ Pitman
107 Prescott
Prince
no
112 ^awyer
115 Southworth
Sprague
"6 Stockbridge
121 Treat
123 Wadsworth
128 WARREN
131 Wood worth
134 Wyborne
PAGE
. ix
Introduction
Part I THE MUNSEY LINE . . . . i
Part II THE HOPKINS LINE .... 25
Part III Who's Who in Some Allied Families 47
Ancestral Chart of the MUNSEY-HOPKINS Lines.
137
139
141
14s
148
ISO
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163
168
170
175
178
180
182
END
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INTRODUCTION
By Frank A. Munsey
INTRODUCTION
THE REASON FOR THIS GENEALOGY
It was a tradition with my grandfather Hopkins
that his family was directly descended from Stephen
Hopkins of the Mayflower. Whether he had any
real interest in the tradition or not, I do not know.
It would have been out of the usual if he had, since
the people of his generation and the generations that
preceded him in New England of early American
stock, particularly those in the farming communities,
had few, if any, authentic family records running
further back than a grandfather or great-grand-
father. Even these shorter ancestral spans were not
always trustworthy. Usually they were mere mem-
ories, not written documents, and mere memories
are not likely to be any too authentic in the matter of
history, human or otherwise.
The people of my grandfather's period, however,
were neither worse nor better than their early colonial
ancestors. Indeed, the absence of trustworthy family
records all the way down from the time of the Pil-
grim settlers was so well nigh universal throughout
New England, that it would almost seem that all
interest in ancestry was regarded as a kind of snob-
bishness unbecoming in the hard working, God-
fearing American — ^unbecoming, unmanly, or even
sinful.
For aught I know, my grandfather may have
had a keen desire to know something of his ancestors
beyond the mere tradition that Stephen Hopkins
was one of them — ^to know something definite and
positive. But however keen the desire may have
been in his heart, what could he do about it ? There
were no genealogical libraries at his command, and
in fact in his day comparatively few New Eng-
enders had taken the trouble to trace back their
ancestors and to have the record published.
It required money then, as now, to dig out these
family facts, and my grandfather, though a "com-
fortably off" farmer, had little to spare for anything
save the necessities and "reasonable comforts" inci-
dent to life on a Maine farm, — when a Maine farm
was largely surrounded by wilderness and the absence
of neighbors, and was notably lacking in the present-
day niceties of living.
However my grandfather may have viewed the
question of ancestry, it is certain that his daughter,
my mother, had a keen interest in the Hopkins
family tradition that linked her in blood and charac-
ter through the long past with that wonderful May-
flower band of pioneers. My mother's soul craved
all that was best in life. God gave her imagination
and ambition — not a frivolous ambition, but the kind
that rang true to her Puritan ancestry — the ambition
that made New England the dominating and leaven-
ing force of all America and the inspiration of the
world. God gave her, too, a strong religious nature,
and the instincts and character of the true woman,
qualities that made her the devoted, loyal, and helpful
wife and the loving, thoughtful mother, able, resource-
ful, an inspiration to husband and children alike;
self-sacrificing, patient, sunny. Such was my mother.
One of my mother's unsatisfied desires was to
know — actually to know — ^whether the old Hopkins
family tradition was really true. Her faith, but-
tressed by the scraps of information she had gathered
from here and there, told her that it was true, but
at best a genealogical tradition is not very satisfy-
ing. Nothing short of documentary evidence is
satisfying to one who cares for accuracy and honesty.
The greatest regret of my life, since my income
began to mount, has been that my mother was not
with me to make free use of it. It would have en-
abled her to do the things and have the things that
her fine, true nature craved. With Saint Paul, she
could then have said truly, that "faith is the sub-
stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen." The dreams of ambition, in so far as
concerns the opening up of the big world to her and
to her family, would have come true. I know with
deep appreciation what these dreams and aspirations
must have been, for I am her son.
Beyond so living and achieving as to reflect
honor on one's parents,^so living and achieving as
to meet in reasonable measure their ambitions and
ideals for a son, — there is little else one can do for
them when death has gathered them to its fold.
There are some small services, like carrying out their
wishes with respect to persons and things, — some
undertakings that they themselves would have put
through, given time and means and opportunity, —
that a son may put through for them. One of these
services, with me, was to do for my mother what she
would have liked to do for herself with respect to the
Mayflower ancestry of her family. It was the
thought of doing this little thing for her that
prompted me to have the Hopkins genealogy worked
out, or rather so much of it as would make clear the
truth or falsity of the Hopkins family tradition. I
had no other purpose in the undertaking.
Unable to give to the subject the time it re-
quired, I commissioned my friend, Dr. D. O. S.
Lowell of Boston, to do the work for me. It was not
many months after he began his task when I found I
was committed to the production of a regular family
genealogy. It seems that a serious start at tracing any
phase of family history always ends in this way.
Dr. Lowell had in fact worked out the skeleton
of a general genealogy, covering both my father's
and mother's families, before telling me that there
was no place to stop, short of a fairly complete
work. And in the search for the missing link in the
Hopkins chain which he had not yet found, he had
uncovered a veritable gold mine of Mayflower an-
cestry through my mother's mother's family, the
Spragues. Moreover, he urged that having the
means to carry on the research, I owed it to New
England, as a contribution to the history of that
section, to do so.
There was no ground for controverting his
reasoning, and so the work went on. Its merits as a
historical document bearing on many of the early
New England settlers rest fully with Dr. Lowell.
Its shortcomings or errors, if there be such, rest
equally on him.
Personally I have contributed nothing to the
work, save in the method of handling the facts. To
my mind a genealogy should not be a family bio-
graphy, but rather a mirror of the many human
strata that merge in an Individual. Accordingly I
asked Dr. Lowell to hold to this formula in coiiipiling
the record. It is certain that the completed book
is less warm, has less color and less of personal in-
terest than it would have had, had Dr. Lowell been
free to follow his own preferences. I take the blame
fully for this defect, if it be a defect in a genealogy.
As the work pertaining to this genealogy was
undertaken because of my mother, — not my fa-
ther, — it follows naturally that in the opening of this
Introduction I had to confine myself to her and her
family. But having said what I have of my mother,
it follows naturally also that I must say something
of my father, else he would seem so unimportant a
member of the family as not to merit a word of tri-
bute from me.
My mother in a womanly way had a well-defined
and positive Individuality; my father had a much
stronger, more definite, more positive individuality.
My mother was conventional In viewpoint and
gracious In bearing; my father, while not ungra-
cious, was rugged, clean-cut, and of the type that
hews straight to the line. He was not a round-
cornered man; he was distinctly a square-cornered
man, who stood rigidly for square-cornered honesty
and square-cornered uprightness. Nothing so an-
noyed him as pretense and hypocrisy. Half-way-
right things were not right at all In his eyes.
His was a critical, painstaking, analytical nature, —
but withal a sympathetic, generous, tender nature.
He had in him little of the spirit of compromise. The
best within his means was the only thing he would
tolerate. It did not make him unhappy to go with-
out the things he would have liked to have. He pre-
ferred this to any compromise with his well-defined
taste. And in the matter of his friendships the same
spirit ruled him, though he loved people and had
essentially a social nature. Quality, alike in people
and in things, appealed to him. This was equally true
of my mother, but she could compromise, as women
can, while my father could not.
In early life one accepts one's father and mo-
ther as iust father and mother; that's all, and that's
enough. They are something apart from other men
and women. Their qualities of mind and heart are
not analyzed or their abilities measured. I really
never knew my father until I saw him in his last
great battle. The issue was with Death. Though
old in years, having to his credit eighty-six summers,
he met It as he had met all other issues in life, with a
will to conquer. I was then a mature man, as I
watched for days by his bedside, seeing and feeling
that the end was not far off. In these trying, watchful
hours I went back over my father's life and came
to see him as I had never before known him.
He came on the stage of young manhood when
Maine was a semi-wilderness. There were few
openings for advancement in the rural sections.
Saving up money as capital with which to make a
start in life was a slow business. How far my
father had progressed in this respect when he mar-
ried I do not know, but I do know that marriage put
an end to it. From that time on it was always a
question of making a good home for his wife and
children. He could embark on no venture, could
take no chances, and so he lived out his days and
died without knowing — save for his own conscious-
ness — the quality of the faculties he had in him.
The story of his life as I saw it deepened the shadows,
and the more so as the thought clung to me that
his harder life — his failure to reap the harvest of his
excellent abilities — had perhaps contributed in no
small measure to my own life-work.
Frank A. Munsey.
PARTI
THE MUNSEY LINE
In Part I, names printed in LARGE CAPITALS
denote direct ancestors of Frank A. Munsey.
PART I
THE MUNSEY LINE
The Source of the Munsey Name
The name MUNSEY, though not common, seems
to be very ancient. One eminent authority (Dr.
Whitaker) maintains that it is of Roman origin.
He says:
" If the Romans left us few Roman names of towns
or cities, they have left us their own names, which
their lineal descendants still bear, and which cannot
on any intelligible principle be traced to another
origin, Saxon, Danish, or Norman. No serious
doubt can be entertained that the families Marsh,
MOUNSEY [an English variant of MUNSEY],
TuUy, Rosse, Cecil, and Manley, derive their names
and blood from the Roman families, viz., Martia,
MONTIA, Tullia, Roscia, Caecilia, and Manila.
These, and many others, are descended from Roman
legionaries."
Still we must not suppose that those names were
left behind by the Roman legionaries in Britain.
Most of them undoubtedly were brought to England
from Normandy, and therefore if Dr. Whitaker is
right (and his argument seems reasonable), they
must have been reliques of the Roman legionaries
in Gaul.
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As regards the English name MUNSEY (MOUN-
SEY), it is probably from the Norman or French
"Monceaux." Those bearing the name may have
descended from the Roman family Montia, whose
places, or seats, named after them are numerous.
These are found in old maps of France:
Monceau, on the river Saonne, in Burgundy.
Monceaux, near Sezanne, in Champagne.
Monceaux I'Abbaye, in Picardy, S. of Aumale.
Monceaux a Chiens, near Criquetot, in Normandy.
Monchy le Preux, near Senarpont, N. of Forest of
Eu.
Monchy, S. of Eu in Normandy.
In Taylor's translation of Wace's Chronicle of
the Dukes of Normandy, he supposes the seat of the
De Monceaux, there referred to, to have been the
Commune of Monceaux, in Boyeux, in the Bessin.
But it seems more likely that the branch of the
family which came with the Conqueror to England
was from the Castle and Castellany of Monceaux,
in the County of Eu. These are named in the Nor-
man Rolls, A.D. 1418-19. After the Conquest an
English De Monceaux is closely connected with the
Earls of Eu In England, and had probably formed a
part of the Earl of Eu's contingent in the Conquer-
or's army. Foxe, in his "Acts and Monuments",
gives "the names of those that were at the conquest
of England." One of the lines In this list runs:
"Le Sire de Monceaulx."
Copies purporting to have been made from the
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original roll of Battle Abbey contain the same name
under different forms : Mounchensey, Mountchensey,
Monceus, Mouncey, Mouncy, and Monceals.
From these concurring statements we are led to
believe that more than one Monceaux was with Duke
William at Hastings. Of one of these we at once
find traces in southern England. Robert, Earl of
Eu or Au, received, as a reward for his services, the
Rape of Hastings. Within that territory are Hurst-
monceaux and Bodiham, both of which were subse-
quently held by the family of Monceaux under the
Earls of On. To the former their name adhered and
yet remains. In Domesday Book it is simply
"Herste" in the tenure of the Earl of On, by whom
no doubt It was granted in subinfeudation to his
faithful follower De Monceaux, who made it his seat
and stamped it with his name.
To this day the local pronunciation of Hurstmon-
ceaux is "Harzmounsey" or "Harsmouncy*," a
strong evidence of the identity of the ancient Norman
Monceaux with the modern English MOUNSEY
(MUNSEY).
In France the name, after various changes, seems
to have crystallized into a form not unlike the Eng-
lish — ^Moncey. Thus one of Napoleon's marshals,
described by Headley, was Bon-Adrien Moncey
(1754-1842). Be(ing a successful general, he was
made a Marshal of France 19 May, 1804, and Duke
of Conegliano in 1808.
Surnames were not in use in either England or
* Notes and Queries, Vol. V., page 499.
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Scotland before the Norman Conquest, and are first
to be found in the Domesday Book. It is stated on
good authority that the most ancient surnames were
derived from places in Normandy; that they were
usually preceded by De, Du, De La, or Des, and
began or ended with Mont, Beau, Ville, and the like.
With these conditions, De Monceaus, De Monceaux,
Monceaulx, Mountsey, and many other early forms
comply; therefore the inference is reasonable that
this name was originally at least Norman, if not
Roman.
It was during the reign of Edward I that the Eng-
lish name De Monceaux began to assume its modern
shape; and curiously enough the change seemingly
arose not in England, but on the Continent. The
stages through which it passed were something like
the following: Mounceaux, Monceaux, Monceau,
Mouncey, Mounsey, Munsey. From 1291 to 1300
we find a burgess of Berwick, on the Scottish border,
and a Baron and Lord of Parliament, Walter de
Mouncey (also spelled Mouncy, Money, and Monci),
dwelling at the court of Edward I, and Chamberlain
to the Prince who was afterwards King Edward 11.
Of the various families of De Monceaux which en-
tered England at the time of the Norman invasion,
some settled in the south; some went to the north,
especially to the counties of Cumberland and West-
moreland; others even crossed the Scottish border.
Then they apparently began to gravitate toward
London, settling in Cambridgeshire and other coun-
ties on the way. At the close of the sixteenth and
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the opening of the seventeenth centuries, several of
this rare name were Hving in London itself. Finally,
about the middle of the seventeenth century, a few
of the more adventurous spirits made their way
across the Atlantic.
The Appearance of the Munsey Name in America
The first record of the Munseys in America is found
in Ipswich, Mass., where a Francis^ Munsey mar-
ried, in 1659, Hannah, daughter of William Adams.
It is worthy of note that the first Munsey that
has been found in America was himself a "Frank"
Munsey. A son John^ was born to Francis and his
wife in 1660. About 1664 they removed to Brook-
haven, Long Island, N. Y. There a second son,
Samuel,^ was born about 1675. Shortly after this,
Francis^ died. His son John^ married Hannah Brew-
ster, a great-granddaughter of Elder William Brew-
ster, of Mayflower fame. John died at the age of
30, in 1690/91. In a nuncupative will he speaks of
his brother SamueF and a son John^.
A Thomas^ Munsey is found in New York City,
in 1693 ±, as Surveyor of the Port; in 1697 we also
find him as Deputy Collector.
It is WILLIAM' MUNSEY, however, who most
interests us, since he is the earliest known ancestor
of those with whose line we are especially con-
cerned.
In the clerk's office at Patchogue, N. Y., there is
mention of a William Munsey. The date is 1678,
8 THE MUNSEY LINE
or earlier. In the record of a drawing for 50 town
"lotts" we find the following list:
not william muncy ould John
Mr. WodhuU i blank
Zachary Hawkins i blank
William Sallier i blank
Andrew Miller 2 blanks
Thomas Smith i blank
etc., etc.
Evidently after "william muncy" had been writ-
ten, the word "not" was inserted before "william";
then both words ("not william") were lined through
rather clumsily with a pen, and "ould John" was
written after "muncy."
What shall we infer from this ?
First of all, that there was a William Munsey in the
mind of the scribe, and probably in the vicinity;
second, that he was not the man who drew for the lot;
and third, that "ould John" Somebody drew (a
blank, doubtless), and "not william muncy."
Then the question arises, Does "muncy ould
John" signify Old John Munsey? We can find no
trace of a John Munsey in America older than the
son of Francis^ who was born in 1660, and therefore
was about eighteen at this time. We have seen that
he speaks of a son John^ in 1690, the year of his death;
but even then — at the age of 30 — it is not likely that
he would have been called "ould John." Elsewhere
in the Patchogue records an "old John Thompson"
is mentioned; so we suspect that he is the person
referred to, and that the line of erasure ought to run
through the "muncy" as well as through the "not
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william." Either the scribe was careless or his suc-
cessor reckless, for the next entry — "Mr. Wodhull"
— has a cross upon the "d," which looks like an at-
tempt to strike out that name, too.
It may well be that the William Munsey who did
not draw a town lot at Patchogue in 1678 was the
same one who appears in Maine and New Hampshire
in 1686. Inasmuch as the name Munsey is an un-
common one, it is also likely that the same William
was a relative of Francis Munsey of Ipswich, Mass.
(1659 to 1664), then of Brookhaven, Long Island;
but exactly what the relationship was, we cannot
prove.
WILLIAM^ MUNSEY first appears upon author-
itative records in the year 1686, when he signs his
name four times as witness to a deed of land in Oyster
River (now Durham), N. H., and to addenda thereto.
It is interesting to note that of the seven signers,
only three could write their names ; one of those three
was William^ Munsey, who at that time lived in
Kittery, Maine. Not long after, he removed to
Dover, N. H., where he followed the cooper's trade.
In 1698 he was accidentally drowned in the Pisca-
taqua River. The justice who presided at the in-
quest was Colonel William^ Pepperrell, father of the
captor of Louisburg. Colonel Pepperrell was a
direct ancestor of Andrew Munsey of the fifth genera-
tion, and therefore of all of Andrew's descendants.
(See Pepperrell family.)
There are numerous indications that William^
Munsey was a member of the Society of Friends.
lo THE MUNSEY LINE
His wife's name was Margaret, also a Friend. The
possibility that her maiden name was Margaret
Clement may be briefly stated thus :
Mr. C. W. Tibbetts, editor of the New Hampshire
Genealogical Register, has for over fifty years made a
study of the families of Dover and vicinity. We
enlisted his aid in our research, and after a careful
examination of all data he writes :
"I have come to the conclusion that Margaret
Munsey was born at Dover in the year 1655; that
she was a daughter of Job Clement and his wife
Margaret Dummer; that she was granddaughter, on
her father's side, of Robert Clement of Haverhill,
Mass., and probably was great granddaughter of
John Clement — who in 1620 was one of the thirteen
Maisters, or Aldermen (as we should call them), of
the city of Plymouth, England; that she was grand-
daughter on her mother's side of Mr. Thomas Dum-
mer of Salisbury, who returned to England and died
at Chicknell, North Stoneham, Southampton Co.,
England, where he probably came from."
Mr. Tibbetts then enters into a rather extended
statement of the reasons which lead to his conclusions.
His theory is ingenious, but contains at least one
false deduction : the father of Robert Clement was
not John, but Richard (Robert, Robert) ; and as the
maiden name of William^ Munsey's wife rests on
speculative evidence only, we have not included it in
the chart. See page 11.
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Joha Clement*
I
Thomas Dummer Robert Clement
d. 1650 I
I I
(1) Margaret Dummer = Job Clement = (2) Lydia— = (3) Mrs. Joanna Leigh-
1644 1658 1673 [ton
1^ 1
(1) Thomas Canney = Mary Clement = (2) William Herford Margaret t= WILLIAM
1670 1717 Clement 1675 MUNSEY
I b._1655 I
circa
Thomas William Margaret JOHN
Canney Mimsey Munsey, Jr. MUNSEY
[b. 1676 i: [b. 1680 [b. 1685+
m. 1698 Ros- d. 1708] m. 1716 MAR-
amond Jacklin] CARET DERRY]
THE TIBBETTS THEORY REGARDING WILLIAM MUNSEy's WIFE
♦Later researches (^Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. 53:250) prove that the father of Robert Clement was Richard.
tThewiUof Job Clement is, however, silent concerning any Margaret (.New Hampshire Slate Papers,
31:259).
12 THE MUNSEY LINE
Apparently WILLIAM^ and MARGARET MUN-
SEY had three children:
1. William" Munsey, born 1676+; married, January tenth,
1698/9, Rosamond Jacklin.
2. Margaret' Munsey, born r68o; died January twenty-
ninth, 1708/9.
3. JOHN" MUNSEY, born 1685 + ; married 1716+ MAR-
GARET DERRY; died 1765+.
JOHN^ MUNSEY and William^ were certainly
brothers, according to the records of their time; that
they were the sons of William^ of Kittery there is no
doubt, although no records have been found as direct
proof of the fact. Johns's name first appears on
July third, 1710, when he is enumerated among a
band of soldiers in the Indian war, under the com-
mand of Col. Hilton. Between 1715 and 1720 he
married MARGARET,^ daughter of JAMES^ DER-
RY, and made his home at Oyster River. This was
a part of Dover at the first, but became a separate
parish in 171 6; in 1732 it was incorporated as the
township of Durham. The stream upon the bound-
ary between Lee and Durham is spanned by a struc-
ture which is still called "Munsey's Bridge."
John^ Munsey seems to have been a thrifty farmer;
he owned land in Durham and Rochester, N. H., and
in Kittery, Maine. From 1743-6 he began to part
with his possessions by selling his land in Durham to
his sons Jonathan^ and David^. In 1761, by a deed
in which he styles himself "Brother and only Heir of
William Munsey," he conveys a "Twenty Acre Grant
of Land granted to my said Brother by the Town of
Kittery" in 1694. In 1763 he appears for the last
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time in the record, when he sells his land in Rochester.
In these various transactions he netted about seven
hundred pounds.
The few details of John^ Munsey's life which we
possess show him to have been a soldier upon occa-
sion, but a farmer by preference; a family man, a
hardy pioneer, and a good neighbor. So far as we
know, he had only three children:
1. Jonathan' Munsey, born about 171 8; migrated to Wis-
casset, Me.
2. DAVID» MUNSEY, born about 1720: married ABI-
GAIL* PITMAN; died 1 801 +.
3. Rachel Munsey, born about 1722.
The three children were all baptized by the Rev.
Hugh Adams, of Oyster River parish, on January 7,
1727/8.
DAVID^ MUNSEY was the second son of JOHN^
MUNSEY (WILLIAM^) and MARGARET^
DERRY (JAMES'). David^'s name is first recorded
in the account of the baptism just mentioned,
January 7, 1727/8. He was then probably about
seven years of age. On attaining his majority, he
bought land near his father; in 1746 he also pur-
chased a part of the homestead "in the Place Com-
monly Called Newton plains, by Newton road that
leads to Barrington." He married ABIGAIL*
PITMAN (ZACHARIAH^, JOSEPH^ WILLIAM^,
who lived in that part of Dover now called Madbury.
The records show that David^ Munsey added to
his holdings from time to time, both in Durham,
Barrington, and Madbury. In 1765/6 the residents
of Durham living in the western part of the town
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petitioned the legislature to set them off as a separate
township; among the petitioners occurs the name of
David Munsey. This petition was granted, and
the township of Lee was formed.
For about ten years history is silent concerning
David.^ Those were stirring time in the New Eng-
land colonies. In 1776 we find the Association Test
spoken of in New Hampshire. This seems to have
been designed to show how many were in favor of
setting up a temporary government independent of
the mother country. In January, New Hampshire
actually did declare its independence, six months
before the famous Declaration in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia. Many of the inhabitants of Lee signed
the Association Test, among them David^'s son
Timothy*, who later enlisted in the army. But
David^ held aloof. It does not, however, follow that
David^ was opposed to the idea of independence.
He may, inheriting a horror of war from his presumed
Quaker grandfather, have declined on purely con-
scientious grounds.
In 1783 Zachariah^ Pitman, of Madbury, the
father of David^'s wife, died. In his will of June 3,
he leaves property to "my daughter Abigail Munsey,
wife of David Munsey." The Pitmans mingled their
blood in two streams with that of the Munseys;
Abigail's grandfather Joseph^ Pitman had a brother
NathanieP, whose granddaughter Mary* was the wife
of Abigail's son, Timothy* Munsey (see chart).
By the close of the century the sands of David^'s
life were nearly run. In the year 1800, when he was
about fourscore, he sold to David* Munsey "the
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whole of my homestead farm in Lee which I now
Uve on." Elsewhere we find that this comprised
about seventy acres, and one-eighth of the Newton
sawmill. In i8oi we find both David^ and David*
engaged in real estate transactions. In 1803 "David,
Jr." is mentioned; this implies that his father is
still living.
We find no record of the death of David^, but in
1807 one David Munsey, of Lee, is appointed ad-
ministrator of an estate. It is not likely that a man
nearly ninety years old would be appointed to that
office; and since David* is no longer called "Junior,"
we infer that the elder David^ was then dead.
The children of David^ Munsey were:
1. David* Munsey, died in Madbuiy, 1830. ±
2. Solomon* Munsey, born 174S; had 13 children; died
1827, at Barnstead, New Hampshire.
3. TIMOTHY* MUNSEY, born 1749; married 1772,
MARY* PITMAN; died 1832 in Barnstead, New Hampshire.
4. Henry* Munsey, born 1736; died after 1825, at Barn-
stead, New Hampshire; married Molly Simpson, sister or aunt
of General U. S. Grant's grandfather.
5. Abigail* Munsey, died in Madbury after 1834.
TIMOTHY* MUNSEY (DAVID^ JOHN^, WIL-
LIAM^) was born in the year 1749. His mother's
name, as we have alreadv seen, was ABIGAIL* PIT-
MAN (ZACHARIAH^ JOSEPHS WILLIAM^. It
is quite likely that she named her boy for friendship's
sake. A family of Perkinses, in Barrington, just
across the Lee line, were neighbors to the Munseys.
In that family the name Timothy occurred in two,
and perhaps three, generations, and in both families
the name Jonathan is found.
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In 1772, TIMOTHY* MUNSEY married MARY*
PITMAN (DERRY^, NATHANIEL^, WILLIAM^)
and settled in Lee. His wife had a twin brother,
Andrew Pepperrell Pitman. The great-uncle of the
twins was the famous Sir William^ Pepperrell (or
Pepperell), hero of Louisburg, Lieutenant-General in
the British army. Commissioner to the Indians of
New England, President of the Massachusetts Coun-
cil, and Governor of the Province. His sister JO-
ANNA^ married DR. GEORGE^ JACKSON, and
their daughter DOROTHY^ was MARY* PIT-
MAN'S mother (see chart). In his last will and
testament, Sir- William^ left a small legacy to his
niece, DOROTHY^ PITMAN.
In 1776, as we have already seen, with several
others of the inhabitants of Lee, Timothy* Munsey
signed the Association Test, thus showing his sym-
pathy with the American cause. Later we find, in
the Revolutionary Rolls of the State, that in Sep-
tember and October of 1777 he was a soldier in Cap-
tain George Tuttle's company, in Colonel Stephen
Evans's regiment of New Hampshire militia. This
regiment later joined the Continental Army under
General Gates at Saratoga; but before this, there
was some trouble between the privates and their
superior officers, and all of Timothy*'s company
seem to have gone on a strike, returning to their
homes en masse.
Three years later, we find Timothy* living in Dur-
ham and buying "one-third of 200 Acres" for twenty
pounds. In 1786 he still resides in Durham as a
"husbandman," but sells "one-third of 100 Ac.
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of land in Northfield," thirty-five to forty miles
distant, to one Jos. Leavitt, Jr., for twelve pounds.
How he became possessed of that distant lot, we
cannot tell; we do know, however, that at the same
time he was an important taxpayer in Durham.
But after the year 1786 the name of Munsey dis-
appears from the Durham tax-list, for Timothy* and
his family removed to Barnstead.
The old Munsey farm in Barnstead was at a place
where two roads cross, hence termed Munsey's
Comer. Later, diagonally opposite the farm build-
ings, a large schoolhouse was erected, always known
as the Munsey schoolhouse. It was used as a place
of worship, also, for many years; "good old Parson
George" was accustomed to preach there both fore-
noon, afternoon, and at early candle-lighting every
third Sabbath.
In the year 1904 Mr. Horace N. Colbath, a promi-
nent resident of B arnstead, wrote as follows in reply
to our inquiries :
Timothy* Munsey settled in Barnstead, New Hampshire,
immediately after the close of the Revolutionary War, near the
Munsey Corner, which name it now retains, although there has
been no family of the name living near there for over forty
years; there were no roads in that part of the town when he
built his log house and moved his family there.
My grandfather, John Colbath, owned the lot west of the
Munsey lot, and made a clearing adjoining. When the road
was built, it was found that a part of Munsey's clearing was on
my grandfather's lot, and my grandfather cleared a like area
for Munsey.
I have known the Munsey family sixty-five years, was
guardian for one in his old age, and was executor or adminis-
trator of the estates of three other members of the family.
They were strong in their likes and dislikes; were witty and
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generous; and always had the courage of their convictions, and
an abiding faith in their opnions, no matter what the world
might say.
On January 9, 1832, Timothy* Munsey died in-
testate. His son Ebenezer was appointed adminis-
trator, under bonds of four thousand dollars. From
the Strafford County records we find the following
appraisal of his estate:
Farm of 60 acres $1,300.00
Wood lot of 20 acres 200.00
Plains land — 5 acres 330.00
Personal estate 335-OI
$2,165.01
It is interesting to note that a horse was appraised
at ^50.00, a yoke of oxen at $58.00, a cow at $12.00
and a sheep at $1.88. By comparing these prices
with the values of such animals to-day, we discover
that the estate, both real and personal, was much
more valuable than the figures would indicate.
It is evident that the Barnstead heirs of Timothy*
Munsey empowered the administrator to buy out
the claims of others. A quitclaim deed is on record
in Strafford County signed by Andrew Munsey,
Jedediah and Polly Hall, and John and Catherine
Beck, all of Sandwich, N. H., relinquishing to Ebe-
nezer Munsey of Barnstead, for the sum of five
hundred dollars cash, "the homestead farm of
Timothy Munsey, of said Barnstead, deceased."
Then follows the full description of the estate. It
seems likely, from the foregoing, that Polly Hall and
Catherine Beck were sisters of Ebenezer®, Sarah®,
Jane®, and Andrew® Munsey.
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Mr. Woodbury Munsey, of Barnstead, N. H., told
the writer in 1904 that Timothy* Munsey was the
earliest settler in the town; that he came from Dur-
ham; and that later two brothers, Solomon* and
Henry*, and a sister, Abigail*, followed him.
TIMOTHY* and MARY* (PITMAN) MUNSEY
had the following children:
1. Ebenezer* Munsey, born 1773; married Mary Vinal of
Maine; died 1853.
2. Sarah" Munsey, born 1780; married Henry Nutter of
Barnstead; died .
3. Jane" Munsey, born ; died unmarried.
4. ANDREW" MUNSEY (named evidently from his
mother's twin brother, Andrew Pepperrell Pitman), born 1785;
married (i) Mary Bartlett; (2) BETSEY" SAWYER, 1812;
died 1853.
probably also
5. Polly" Munsey, born ; married Jedidiah Hall of
Sandwich.
6. Catherine' Munsey, born ; married John Beck
of Sandwich.
In the old Munsey burying-ground, a little way
from Munsey Corner, stands the gravestone of
Timothy* Munsey and his wife. The former died
in 1832, at the age of 83; the latter in 1830, aged 80.
ANDREW^ MUNSEY (TIMOTHY*, DAVID^,
JOHN^, WILLIAM^) was born, according to the
affidavit of his son, in the state of New Hampshire,
in the year 1785. While he was still a young man,
he went to the vicinity of Wiscasset, Maine, whither
his great uncle Jonathan' had preceded him many
years before. He married (i) Mary Bartlett, of
Montville; their only child, Mary Bartlett® Munsey
became the wife of Orchard Rowell, and lived at or
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near Rockland, Maine. Mrs. Munsey soon died,
and not long after this her husband enlisted in the
war of 1812.
We next find ANDREW^ MUNSEY in the little
town of Stark, Somerset County, Maine. There
he marries (2) BETSEY«, the daughter of GEORGE^,
SAWYER (AHOLIAB*, WILLIAM^ THOMAS^,
THOMAS^). Since Sawyer himself was a soldier
of 18 1 2, it may be that the two men became ac-
quainted in the army.
The children of Andrew® Munsey's second mar-
riage were as follows:
1. Rhoda' Munsey, bora about 1813, in Stark; died young.
2. Timothy* Munsey, bora 1814, in Stark; died in Lowell,
Mass., 1868 (or 1873).
3. Lucy Merritt* Munsey, bom 1816, in Barastead, N. H.;
married Abel Young; died in 1903.
4. George Washington' Munsey, born 1819, in Barnston,
Quebec; died in 1900.
5. ANDREW CHAUNCEY* MUNSEY, born 1821, in
Barnston, Quebec; married (i), in 1847, MARY JANE MER-
RITT» HOPKINS; (2) in 1883, Mrs. Mary Morse (Atwood)
Cutting; died in 1907.
6. Betsey (Lizzie) Amanda Jane' Munsey, born 1828, in
Barnston, Quebec; married Jonathan Young; died in 1863.
From the fact that Lucy M. Munsey was born in
Bamstead, we see that Andrew® Munsey had left
Stark and was back in Bamstead; either resident
there, or possibly visiting his father and mother.
We next find him in Barnston, Quebec, where three
children were born; but other records locate him
in Sandwich, N. H., in 1833.
In 1848 Betsey* (Sawyer) Munsey died, and was
buried in Smithfield, Maine. Andrew® Munsey con-
tinued to reside in Canada, where he died April 30,
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1853, and was buried in Barnston; later his remains
were removed to Smithfield and buried beside those
of his wife Betsey.
ANDREW CHAUNCEY" MUNSEY (AN-
DREW^ TIMOTHY*, DAVID^ JOHN^ WILLI-
AM^) was the fifth child and third son of Andrew*
Munsey by his second wife, Betsey* Sawyer. In
our search we find that there was a Charles Chaun-
cey, of Kittery, living with the Pepperrell family and
related to them, who had a son Andrew Chauncey.
Now as we recall that Andrew Munsey was doubt-
less named for his uncle, Andrew Pepperrell Pitman,
he seems, in calling his son Andrew Chauncey Mun-
sey, to have made a deliberate attempt to connect the
Pepperrell-Chauncey and the Pitman-Munsey fam-
ilies by means of the common link, Andrew. (See
chart.)
Andrew Chauncey' Munsey was born June 13,
1 82 1. When he was twelve years of age, he went
to New Hampshire, where he spent his boyhood.
On attaining his majority he went to Maine: first
to Smithfield, to visit his mother's people; then to
Lincoln, a town about fifty miles north of Bangor.
Five years later he married his first wife, MARY
JANE MERRITP HOPKINS (ELISHA^ ELI-
SHA«, SIMEON^ CALEBS CALEBS GILESS
STEPHENS — the last two Mayflower passengers), —
of Litchfield, Me. (See Hopkins Line.)
To them were born three daughters, Ella AugustaS
Emma JaneS and Mary''. Then in 1853 the Mun-
seys bought a farm in Mercer, Maine, a town ad-
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joining Smithfield, the home of the Sawyers, Mr.
Munsey's maternal ancestors. Here in 1854, on
August 21, FRANK ANDREW^ MUNSEY was
born. Six months later his father moved to Gardi-
ner, Maine; three years after this he bought a farm
in the town of Bowdoin, and removed thither.
Here FRANK ANDREW^ lived until he was four-
teen years of age, doing real work on the farm, lay-
ing the foundation for the future, and forming the
habits which have characterized his life.
In 1868 ANDREW C.« MUNSEY moved to
Lisbon Falls, Maine; about ten years later he went
to Livermore Falls, Maine, where he resided the
remainder of his life, dying in 1907, on July i.
In 1858, when ANDREW C* was residing in
Bowdoin, another daughter was born, Delia Mary^;
and in 1861, also in Bowdoin, another son, William
Gushing.'' In 1882, on August 23, MR. MUNSEY'S
WIFE died; she was buried at Lisbon Falls in the
family burying-ground. In November, 1883, MR.
MUNSEY again married, this time Mrs. Mary
Morse (Atwood) Gutting.
ANDREW G«. MUNSEY'S life was spent as a
farmer and a builder, except for three years, which
he gave up to the Givil War, being a member of the
Twentieth Maine Regiment. The writer knew MR.
ANDREW C.t MUNSEY well. He was a man of
strong qualities and rugged honesty. He was rigid
in his opinions. His was an intense nature, and he
was a very hard worker. Idleness to him was in-
tolerable. In a word, ANDREW GHAUNGEY"
MUNSEY had the grit, the confidence, and the
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courage to have done important things if he had had
the opportunity in early life, before he took upon
himself the responsibilities of caring for a large family.
AUTHORITIES
As stated in the Preface, most of the authorities by which the
Munsey Line is proved are in manuscript deeds, wills, records,
and affidavits, of which the originals or certified copies have
been secured by patient research. One printed authority, how-
ever, to which we would refer the reader, is the "History of
Durham, New Hampshire" (Stackpole and Meserve, 1914,
Vol. 2, pp. 294-296).
PART II
THE HOPKINS LINE
In Part II all Hopkins names printed in red are those
of direct ancestors of Frank A. Munsey on his
mother's side; direct maternal ancestors
outside the Hopkins Line are printed
in large black CAPITALS.
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PART II
THE HOPKINS LINE
The history of the Hopkins Line from
STEPHENS to MARY JANE MERRITT«, eight
generations, we will now briefly unroll.
In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass., there is a paint-
ing by Henry Sargent, a Boston artist, a member of
the family to which the celebrated John Singer
Sargent belongs. Among the figures there appearing
on the canvas is a group representing STEPHEN
HOPKINS, his wife, and four children.
I. STEPHEN^ HOPKINS is said by some to
have been a London merchant. He was one of the
twelve Mayflower passengers who had a title (Mr.)*
prefixed to his name. His party consisted of a
second wife, Elizabeth; two children by a FORMER
WIFE Constance^ and GILES^— the latter a boy of
thirteen; a daughter Damaris^ about two years of
age; and a babe Oceanus^, so named because he was
born upon the ocean, in the Mayflower. Besides his
family, two servants, Edward Leister and Edward
Doty, completed his party. What is believed to be
the English record of Stephen's second marriage is
in St. Mary's, Whitechapel, London. It reads as
follows :
Stephen Hopkins et Eliza: ffisher, March, 1617.
♦Originally an abbreviation of "Master," and "used only of
persons of high social rank or learning." The pronunciation of
Mr. finally changed to "Mister," and the title gradually lost its
significance.
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That Stephen^ Hopkins was a man of more than or-
dinary force of character and influence is shown by
the part he played in the early history of the colony.
In Howard and Crocker's "Popular History of New
England" we read: "No one can ponder the annals
of the early settlement of New England without
being profoundly impressed with the rare excellency
of the material that went into its foundation. Con-
sider the names of such primitive Pilgrims as Carver,
Bradford, BREWSTER, Standish, Winslow, AL-
DEN, WARREN, HOPKINS, and others"; and
Moore, in his "Lives of the Colonial Governors,"
says: "Of the Pilgrims who remained in 1634,
STEPHEN HOPKINS, Miles Standish, and JOHN
ALDEN were the most prominent individuals.
Hopkins was then one of the principal magis-
trates."
STEPHEN^ HOPKINS was not only one of the
first men among the Pilgrims, but he had extraor-
dinary fortune in being concerned with many of the
first things that happened to the colonists, whether
for good or for evil. Thus, he was one of the signers
of the first Declaration of Independence in the New
World — the famous Compact, drawn up and signed
in the cabin of the Mayflower, November twenty-
first, 1620; it has been called "the nucleus around
which everything else clustered — unquestionably the
foundation of all the superstructures of government
which have since been reared in these United States."
He was a member of the first expedition that left the
ship to find a place for landing ("ten of our men were
appointed who were of themselves willing to under-
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take it") ; he was in the first party that went ashore
at Plymouth Rock; he was the first white man of the
colony to entertain an Indian at his house over night;
he went (with Gov. Winslow and Squantum) on the
first embassy sent to Massasoit to conclude a treaty;
he was a member of the first Council of Governor's
Assistants after the incorporation of Plymouth —
a position to which he was chosen for three years in
succession (1632-1635); and to this we may add that
his two servants, Edward Leister and Edward Doty,
fought the first duel on record in New England.
There is much additional evidence to show that
STEPHEN^ HOPKINS bulked large in the early
life of the Plymouth Colony. He heads a list of
persons chosen to arrange for trade with outsiders —
a sort of incipient chamber of commerce; he is added
to the Governor and Assistants in 1637 as an Assessor
to raise a fund for sending aid to the Massachusetts
Bay and Connecticut colonies in the impending
Indian war; and in the same year he and his two
sons, GILES^ and Caleb^ (three Hopkinses; more
than of any other name), are among the forty-two
who volunteered their services as soldiers to aid these
same colonies — a fact in noteworthy contrast with the
statement of three carpet knights: that they will
"goe if they be prest." We find him repeatedly
mentioned as an appraiser of estates, administrator,
guardian, juryman (foreman, apparently), etc. In
1638 "liberty was granted" him "to erect a house at
Mattacheese (or Mattakeese, i. e., Yarmouth) and
cutt hay there this yeare to winter his cattle —
provided, that it be not to withdraw him from the
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town of Plymouth." He was too valuable a citizen
to lose.
He seems to have been fairly prosperous, withal;
for toward the close of his life we find him purchasing
a share in a vessel of 40 to 50 tons, valued at two
hundred pounds sterling.
On June 6, 1644, he made his will. The exact date
of his death is unknown; but it must have been
before July 17, for then his inventory was taken.
The will was witnessed by ("exhibited upon the
Oathes of") Gov. Bradford and Capt. Standish.
In this he passes by his oldest son, GILES^ and makes
Caleb^ the only son of his second wife, his heir and
executor.
The children of STEPHEN^ HOPKINS were as
follows : —
By his FIRST WIFE,-
1. Constance' Hopkins, born in England about 1605; mar-
ried 1623 /4 Nicholas Snow.
2. GILES" HOPKINS, born in England about 1607; married
1639; died 1690.
By his second wife (Elizabeth Fisher?)
1. Damans" Hopkins, born in England before 1619. (She
probably died young; see below).
2. Oceanus' Hopkins, born 1620 on the Mayflower, died
before June first, 1627.
3. Caleb" Hopkins, born in Plymouth before 1623; died
unmarried in Barbadoes, before 1651.
4. Deborah" Hopkins, born perhaps 1625; married Andrew
Ring.
5. Damaris" Hopkins 2d, born perhaps 1627; married after
1646, Jacob Cooke (if the first Damaris died).
6. Ruth' Hopkins, evidently died unmarried.
7 . Elizabeth' Hopkins, probably died unmarried.
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2. GILES^ HOPKINS (STEPHEN') of Ply-
mouth, Yarmouth, and Eastham, was the son of Ste-
phen's FIRST WIFE, whose name is unknown. He
was born in England about 1607, and came over with
his father in the Mayflower. His own sister, Con-
stance^ seems to have been his senior; she married
Nicholas Snow at sometime between 1623 and 1627.
GILES^ remained unmarried until October 9, 1639,
when he took to wife CATHERINE (or Catorne, as
he calls her in his will), daughter of GABRIEL
WHELDEN (or WHELDON), of Yarmouth, who
bore him ten children. Shortly before his marriage
he removed from Plymouth to Yarmouth (Matta-
keese), where we find him highway surveyor in
1642-1643, and where he was living at the time of his
father's death in 1644. A few years later he went
to Eastham (Nauset), and in 1655 he was one of
the 29 legal voters* there. He died there an octo-
genarian.
In 1682 GILES^ evidently believed himself near his
end; for on the 19th of January he made his will,
styling himself "sick and weak of Body and yet of
perfit memory." In this will he bequeaths property
to his wife and his four living sons (Stephen^ CALEB'^
Joshua^, and William^), but makes no mention of his
daughters (Mary^, AbigaiP, Deborah^ and Ruth^).
It would seem that William was an invalid, for
GILES^ wills that "my son Stephen Hopkins shall
take ye care and oversight and maintain my son
William Hopkins during his natural Life in a com-
*A legal voter was a male citizen who had attained his
majority (21 years) and, in the early Colonial days, had been
made a freeman. See footnote under Aborn, page 50.
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fortable and decent manner." With great sim-
plicity GILES^ then decides that Joshua^ shall outlive
not only his mother but also his brother William^;
for, after willing "too acres of meadow" to "Catome
and william" during their lives, he adds: —
"And after ye decease of my wife and son william
I do give this above sd too acres of meadow to my
son Joshua Hopkins and his heirs forever."
GILES2 HOPKINS lived about eight years after
the making of the will, and finally became so feeble
that he added a codicil giving "all my stock and
moveable estate" to Stephen^ in return for mine and
my wife's Comfortable Support." He apparently
passed away in the early part of 1690. His children
by CATHERINE WHELDEN, who probably sur-
vived him, were as follows:
1. Mary' Hopkins, born November, 1640; married Janu-
ary third, 1665, Samuel Smith.
2. Stephen' Hopkins, born September, 1642; married May
twenty-third, 1667, Mary Merrick.
3. John' Hopkins, born 1643; died at age of three months.
4. Abigail' Hopkins, born October, 1644; married May
twenty-third, 1667, William Merrick.
5. Deborah' Hopkins, born June, 1648; married July
second, 1668, Josiah Cooke.
6. CALEB' HOPKINS, born January, 1650/1; married
MARY WILLIAMS; died 1728.
7. Ruth' Hopkins, born June, 1653.
8. Joshua' Hopkins, born June, 1657; married May twenty-
sixth, 1 68 1, Mary Cole.
-,,- g. William' Hopkins, born January ninth, 1660.
10. Elizabeth Hopkins, born November, 1664; died at age
of one month.
3. CALEB^ HOPKINS (GILESS STEPHEN^), of
Eastham and Truro, was the sixth child and third
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son of GILES^ and CATHERINE^ (WHELDEN)
HOPKINS. He was born at Eastham in January,
1 650/ 1, and died intestate, probably not long before
May twenty-second, 1728, when his son, CALEB*,
was appointed administrator. The wife of CALEB ^
was MARY^ WILLIAMS, daughter of THOMAS^
WILLIAMS, of Eastham, who in his will of May
tenth, 1692, mentions a daughter, MARY HOPKINS.
She must have died before her husband, as there is
no mention of a widow in the settlement of the
estate of CALEB'. No record has been found of the
marriage of CALEB^ HOPKINS and MARY^ WIL-
LIAMS, or of the birth of CALEB*; yet ample evi-
dence exists that MARY was the wife of CALEB',
and that CALEB* was their "eldest son." Since
Nathaniel, their " second son," was probably at least
21 years old at the time of his marriage to Mercy
Mayo, in 1707, he must have been born as early as
1686; then CALEB* was probably born as early as
1684. That would make him 57 at the time of his
death in 1741. He was not born previous to January
nineteenth, 1682, for his grandfather, GILES^ in his
will drawn on that date says, "if either of my sons,
Joshua or CALEB [the father of CALEB*] dye hav-
ing no Issew, etc." Joshua' was at that time mar-
ried to Mary Cole, and probably also CALEB'
to MARY WILLIAMS; but from the foregoing
passage we see that neither of them then had children.
The name of CALEB' HOPKINS appears in the
first entry in the first book of records in the posses-
sion of the town of Truro. It bears date June 17,
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1690, and shows that CALEB HOPKINS and six
others were then proprietors of Pamet (Truro).
In the Agreement of the Heirs of CALEB' HOP-
KINS, made on June fifth, 1728, we find the follow-
ing children named: —
1. CALEB* HOPKINS, "eldest son," born about 1684,
who married MERCY FREEMAN in 1719.
2. Nathaniel* Hopkins, "second son," who married Mercy-
Mayo in 1707.
3. Thomas* Hopkins, "third son," who married Deborah
4. Thankful* Hopkins, "only daughter," born Truro, May
twenty-seventh, 1709; married Ambrose Dyer in 1729.
The first article of the agreement reads as follows :
I. In the first place tis Mutually Agreed that CALEB HOP-
KINS Eldest son of said CALEB HOPKINS Deceased his
heirs and Assigns forever shall have hold And possess over and
Above what his Late father Conveyed to him by deed of gift
in his Life time. One Lot of Land that Lyeth on the south
westerly side of the high way that goeth up from the pond to
the Meeting house in said Town and Joyns to the Land of M'-
Moses Paine, and one third part of all the Marsh which his
said Father did Not Legally Dispose of in his Life time —
The second article agrees that certain lands shall
fall to Nathaniel* Hopkins ("being the second son of
the said Deceased"); the third article states that
certain lands and one half the personal estate, "ex-
cept the Debts Due his said Late father," shall fall
to Thomas* Hopkins, the third son; and the fourth
article, that other lands and the other half of the per-
sonal estate, except debts as aforesaid, shall fall to
Thankful* Hopkins ("being the only Daughter of
the said Deceased").
Finally it was "Mutually Agreed that all the debts
Due from our said Late father as well Charges as
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alsoe by his sickness and funerall and for the Settle-
ment of this said Estate be paid Equally Divided
amongst us all (That is to Say) Each One shall have
a quarter part thereof."
4. CALEB* HOPKINS (CALEB^ GILES^
STEPHEN^) was probably born, as we have seen,
about 1684, in Truro. He married in Truro, Octo-
ber eighth, 1719, MERCY* FREEMAN (CON-
STANT^ SAMUEL^ SAMUEL^), who was born
in Eastham (Nauset), August thirty-first, 1702, and
died in December, 1786.
Very little is known of CALEB*'S life, except that
he seems to have been a prosperous farmer. The
Truro records show that on February 16, 1730, he
was chosen on a committee of thirty-six proprietors
to look to the preservation of the meadows of the
township. He died intestate in 1741. On October
21 his oldest son Constant® of Truro, yeoman, ap-
plied to be appointed administrator. The inventory
of his estate, taken November twenty-fourth, 1741,
showed property amounting to six hundred seventy-
one pounds, twelve shillings sterling (about $3,358).
On the tenth of March following (i 741/2) an allow-
ance was made to his widow MERCY and "severall
small children" (six were then under fourteen years
of age), and the full account was rendered by the
Administrator, Constant®.
The children of CALEB* and MERCY* (FREE-
MAN) HOPKINS were:
I. Constant' Hopkins, born Truro, July twenty-eighth,
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baptized August twenty-first, 1720; married December first,
1743, Phoebe, daughter of Jonathan Paine.
2. Mary" Hopkins, born Truro July eighteenth, baptized
July twenty-second, 1722; married October twenty-first, 1747,
John Cross, of Boston.
3. Thankful' Hopkins, born Truro May thirtieth, baptized
June twenty-eighth, 1724; married (i) June twelfth, 1746,
Elisha Paine, born 1 721; (2) 1757, Freeman Higgins.
4. Caleb" Hopkins, born Truro July twenty-eighth, bap-
tized July thirty-first, 1726; married (i) January fourth, 1747,
Mary Paine; (2) June fifteenth, 1777, Jane Vernon; (3) March
twenty-second, 1781, Mary Williams. He was a banker in
Boston.
5. Jonathan' Hopkins, born Truro, July twenty-seventh,
baptized August twenty-fifth, 1728; died at sea.
6. _ SIMEON" HOPKINS, bom Truro, February seventh,
baptized March twelfth, 173 1 /2; married August twenty-
eighth, I7SS, BETTY COBB, of Truro. Moved to Maine after
1760.
7. Mercy" Hopkins, born Truro April twenty-sixth, bap-
tized May twenty-sixth, 1734; married, about 1758, John
Grozier. Lived in Truro.
8. James" Hopkins, born Truro August sixteenth, baptized
September nineteenth, 1736; married Mehitable Freeman;
settled in Middletown, Conn.
9. John' Hopkins, born Truro January tenth, baptized Feb-
ruary fourth, 1738/9; died at sea.
10. Abiel' Hopkins, born Truro August twenty-first, bap-'
tized September twenty-seventh, 1741; is recorded as a child of
MERCY HOPKINS. This would imply that the father
CALEB* died before August twenty-first. We have already
seen that he died in 1741. Nothing more is known of Abiel.
S- SIMEON^ HOPKINS, of Truro, Massachu-
setts, and Brunswick and Harpswell, Maine
(CALEB*^ GILES^ STEPHEN^, was born Feb-
ruary seventh and baptized March twelfth, 173 1/2,
in Truro, Massachusetts. He married, August
twenty-eighth, 1755, BETTY* COBB (THOMAS\
RICHARD^, THOMAS^, who was bom December
twenty-second, 1732, and was living March fifth.
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1 81 2. They both owned the covenant October sev-
enteenth, 1756. The date of SIMEON^'S death is
unknown; he was living as late as September first,
1821.
SIMEON^ and BETTY* (COBB) HOPKINS had
five children, three of whom were born in Truro;
they were:
1. Mercy' Hopkins, born August sixth, baptized October
seventeenth, 1756; married May sixteenth, 1776, Reuben Hig-
gins.
2. Simeon' Hopkins, born March eleventh, baptized May
seventh, 1758.
3. James' Hopkins, born August thirty-first, baptized No-
vember sixteenth, 1760. A James Hopkins was lost at sea near
the Grand Banks in 1818; possibly it was this James.
About the year 1760, SIMEON* and his WIFE moved to the
State (then the province) of Maine. Their two youngest
children were:
4. ELISHA' HOPKINS, bom, perhaps, 1762; married.
May sixteenth, 1784, REBECCA^ MEREEN; lived in Harps-
well.
5. Betsey' Hopkins, born, perhaps, 1764; married April
tenth, 1783, Henry Totman.
For a long time we were unable to find any trace of
SIMEON^ or his family after the year 1760. All the
vital records of Truro and the Cape towns are silent,
as if the sea had swallowed him up; and in a sense
it doubtless had. A reasonable explanation of his
sudden disappearance, and of the fact that we found
it so difficult to trace him, is: he was a seafaring man,
and doubtless on one of his voyages he took his little
family with him down to Maine and found there a
place which suited him better than the region of
Cape Cod. This theory receives confirmation by
the discovery of a record in the Cumberland County
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(Maine) Registry of Deeds — now burned — to the
effect that SIMEON HOPKINS, mariner, of Bruns-
wick, Maine, on April 14, 1762, for £73 6s. 8d., buys
of Samuel Thompson land on Sebascodegan (Great
Island), Harpswell, Maine, being Lot No. 22, con-
taining 100 acres more or less. Two more children
were born to SIMEON^ after his removal to Maine,
ELISHA" and Betsey^.
During the Revolutionary War, in 1775, we find
the name of SIMEON HOPKINS on the important
Committee of Inspection and Correspondence for
Brunswick and Harpswell; this was undoubtedly
SIMEON^ then about 44 years of age, for Simeon®,
his son, was only 17 at the time. Five years later
we again find SIMEON HOPKINS on the Com-
mittee of Correspondence. This may have been the
younger Simeon®, as he was then 22; but it is more
likely that his father was chosen, because of his pre-
vious experience.
When SIMEON^ and BETTY HOPKINS were
about 80 years of age (5 March, 18 12), they sold their
farm on Sebascodegan, together with their stock and
personal estate and another small island near by, for
1500 (dollars). The purchasers were ELISHA^
HOPKINS and his two sons, ELISHA' and Sime-
on^. The last named was then a resident of Lincoln;
as he is called Simeon, Jr., it is probable that his
uncle Simeon® had died — perhaps in the war. Nine
years later we have reason to believe that the wife and
son (ELISHA®) of SIMEON^ had both died; for
ELISHA^ sells to Simeon^, his brother, his undivided
half of the aforesaid Lot No. 22 on Sebascodegan,
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which the boys and their father (ELISHA^) had pur-
chased of SIMEON®, But whereas they paid ^i ,500,
ELISHA^ sells his half to Simeon^ for only $400 on
the following conditions: "and I, the said Simeon
Hopkins, Junr., do agree to maintain my Grand-
Father SIMEON^ HOPKINS during his Natrel life
and pay all charges that may occur."
6. ELISHA« HOPKINS, of Harpswell, Maine,
(SIMEON^ CALEB", GILES^ STEPHEN^) was
probably born in Harpswell about 1762. He mar-
ried in that town, May sixteenth, 1784, REBECCA^,
daughter of LIEUT. JOHN^ MEREEN; she died
about 1854, at the age of 92. The date of ELISHA^'S
death has not been found; but we have already
shown that it probably occurred before 1821, when
he was less than 60 years old.
In Wheeler's "History of Brunswick, Topsham,
and Harpswell," ELISHAo HOPKINS is called a
"privateersman." This allusion is probably to a
bold adventure in which young ELISHA^ was a par-
ticipator during the Revolutionary War, before his
marriage. From the history just referred to we con-
dense and adapt the following account:
In the year 1782, or perhaps a little earlier,
ELISHA" HOPKINS and a few other men of Sebas-
codegan Island, Harpswell, took part in a daring and
successful exploit. For some years, small schooners,
"tenders" to the English men-of-war, had been play-
ing the part of pirates toward the defenseless farmers
and fishermen of Casco Bay. At last the victims
determined upon reprisals. They knew that One of
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the crews of these piratical schooners was wont to
land at Condy's Harbor, on Sebascodegan, and they
planned to capture both the vessel and its crew.
Watch was kept, and one day word went forth
that the Picaroon had landed at Condy's; accord-
ingly all who were willing to attempt her capture
were summoned to meet at Col. Nathaniel Purin-
ton's that evening, at lo P. M. Thirty brave fellows
responded, among them young ELISHA HOPKINS,
then only eighteen or twenty years of age. Stealth-
ily they crept toward the vessel; but when they
reached the dock they found she had slipped her
moorings and put out to sea. About twenty resolved
to go in pursuit, with such means as they could
command; so they borrowed of Isaac Snow his
fishing boat, the Shavingmill, of only eight tons, and
started forth, rowing and sailing. Snow went with
them as second officer, under Col. Purinton, in
command. At Small Point they found a larger boat,
the America, and exchanged; here, like Gideon's
band, they left two or three of their number who
were disposed to show the white feather.
At sunrise of the following morning they sighted
the Picaroon off Seguin in the act of capturing a
coaster, to which she transferred her two three-
pounder swivel-guns. With these the English crew
opened fire upon the America as she drew near.
But Col. Purinton ordered his men to lie low and say
nothing till they were within pistol shot; then,
at the word, they rose in groups and poured in a
withering fire, meanwhile coming to close quarters
and grappling with the enemy.
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Quickly the islanders poured over the coaster's
rail. They found one dead man on the deck, one
more severely wounded, and five badly scared
Britishers hiding in the hold. With the Picaroon,
the coaster, eight prisoners, two swivel-guns, and some
ammunition, Col. Purinton and his " privateersmen "
then sailed for Condy's Harbor, where they landed
just twenty hours after they had set out. ELISHA®
HOPKINS'S share of the prize money was at the rate
of $1.00 per hour. So far as we know, this was the
last of ELISHA'S experience as a soldier or sailor.
A few years later we find him a family man, engaged
in rearing and training the following children:
1. ELISHA' HOPKINS, born March thirtieth, 1788, at
Bowdoin or Harpswell, Maine; married August thirteenth,
i8i2, at Phippsburg, MIRIAM', daughter of WILLIAM'
SPRAGUE; died August eighth, 1870, at Litchfield Plains.
2. Simeon' Hopkins, born 1791; married (i) 1819, Mar-
garet Raymond. (2) January fifth, 1821, Mary Raymond.
3. Samuel' Hopkins, born 1800; married October twenty-
fourth, 1824, Abigail Raymond; died January eighteenth,
1859.
4. Rebecca' Hopkins, married, 1825, William Tarr of Bow-
doin, Maine.
5. John' Hopkins, lost at sea.
6. Polly' Hopkins, married Benj. Blanchard.
7. ELISHA^ HOPKINS of Bowdoin(?), Harps-
well, and Litchfield, Maine (ELISHA^ SIMEON^
CALEB*-^ GILES^ STEPHEN^) was born, ac-
cording to some in Bowdoin, according to others in
Harpswell, Maine, March thirtieth, 1788. He mar-
ried August thirteenth, 18 12, MIRIAM^ SPRAGUE
(WILLIAM«■^ JETHRO*, WILLIAM^, JOHN^
FRANCIS^). She was born at Phippsburg, Maine,
March sixteenth, 1792, and died at Lisbon Falls,
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January twentieth, 1876. ELISHA^ HOPKINS
died at Litchfield, Maine, August eighth, 1870. He
(or possibly his father) was a soldier during the War
of 1812, enrolled in Captain Snow's regiment, Sep-
tember, 1 8 14. ELISHA^ was then 26 years old, and
his father, ELISHA^, about 52. It is possible that
the "ELISHA HOPKINS" mentioned is the father,
and that he died during the war; for as we have seen
Simeon^ apparently outlived ELISHA^. For the pur-
chase of land by ELISHA«, ELISHA^ and Simeon^
and the subsequent arrangement between the two
brothers to care for their grandfather, see under
SIMEONS The children of ELISHA^ and MIRI-
AM' (SPRAGUE) HOPKINS were as follows:
1. Elizabeth (Betsey)' Hopkins^ born at Harpswell, March
sixth, 1613; married October thirteenth, 1840, Justin W. True;
lived in Lincoln.
2. William Sprague' Hopkins, born September eighteenth,
1814; drowned June twenty-third, 1823.
3. Simeon' Hopkins, born May fifteenth, 1817; married
October thirtieth, 1842, Mary Ann Peacock; died March
twenty-fifth, 1856.
4. MARY JANE MERRITT'HOPKINS, born in Harpswell,
March twenty-seventh, 1820; married, November eighth, 1847,
ANDREW CHAUNCEY MUNSEY; died August twenty-
third, 1882.
5. John' Hopkins, born in Litchfield May fourteenth,
1823; died January tenth, 1854.
6. William Loring' Hopkins, born February eleventh, 1825;
married (i) Amanda M. Clark, (2) Mary A. Wyman, (3) Lizzie
R. Myrick. Moved to Detroit, Maine.
7. James Rogers' Hopkins, born in Litchfield, November
fifteenth, 1828; married May eighth, 1864, Elmira F. Stall of
Bowdoinham; died August eleventh, 1898, at Westbrook,
Maine.
8. Samuel Rogers' Hopkins, born July twenty-ninth, 1830;
married, 1869, Elizabeth Abigail Roberts of Portland; died June
twenty-ninth, 1902.
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8. MARY JANE MERRITT* HOPKINS
(ELISHA^-«, SIMEON^, CALEB*-^ GILES^
STEPHEN^) was born on Great Island (Sebascode-
gan), Harpswell, Maine, March twenty-seventh,
1820; she was married at Litchfield, Maine, Novem-
ber eighth, 1847, to ANDREW CHAUNCEY«
MUNSEY (ANDREW^ TIMOTHY*, DAVIDS
JOHNS WILLIAM^); she died at Livermore Falls,
August twenty-third, 1882, and was buried at Lisbon
Falls, Maine.
MRS. MUNSEY was a woman of sterling
worth, highly esteemed by all who knew her. She
was of illustrious ancestry on both her paternal and
her maternal lines. Her father was a lineal de-
scendant of four Mayflower passengers — STEPHEN^
and GILES^ HOPKINS, and WILLIAM^ and MA-
RY BREWSTER; also of Constant^ Southworth,
Edmund}- and Maj. Joh-r? Freeman, and Lieut. John^
Mere en of the Revolutionary War; of the Revs.
John^ Mayo and SamueP Treat; and of Govs. Roberf
Treat and Thomas^ Prince. Her mother reckoned
among her ancestors no less than eight Mayflower
passengers— WILLIAMS MARY, and LOVE^
BREWSTER, WILLIAMS ALICE, AND PRIS-
CILLA2 MULLINS, JOHN^ ALDEN, and RICH-
ARD^ WARREN. We also find among her for-
bears the well known names of Christopher^ Wads-
worth, Robert^ Bartlett, William^ Paybody (Peabody)
and Lieut. William^ Sprague of the Revolutionary
War. The male descendants of Lieut. Sprague
are eligible, under certain regulations, to the Order
of the Cincinnati.
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MRS. MUNSEY had moved with her father
in early childhood (1822 or 1823) from Harpswell to
Litchfield. After her marriage she lived in Lincoln,
Gardiner, Litchfield, Mercer, Gardiner again, Bow-
doin, Lisbon Falls, and Livermore Falls. She was
a rare helpmeet to her husband, adapting herself,
with rare tact, to his desires and needs. She pro-
foundly impressed her children, training them up
in the ways of integrity and righteousness. Her
memory was ever revered by both husband and off-
spring.
ANDREW C.° and MARY J. M.« (HOPKINS)
MUNSEY had the following children:
1. Ella Augusta' Munsey, born in Lincoln, September fifth,
1848; died at Lisbon Falls, May twenty-first, 1872.
2. Emma Jane' Munsey, born in Gardiner, March seven-
teenth, 1850; married November twenty-eighth, 1872, John
M. Hyde.
3. Mary' Munsey, born in Gardiner, September twenty-
fourth, 1852; died in Mercer, September eighth, 1854.
4. FRANK ANDREW MUNSEY, born in Mercer, August
twenty-first, 1854. Unmarried. Residence, New York City.
5. DeHa Mary' Munsey, born in Bowdoin, August fifth,
1858; married Win. Baker; died at Portland, September sixth,
1893.
6. William Gushing' Munsey, born in Bowdoin, October
seventeenth, 1861; died Lisbon Falls, May twenty-fifth, 1873.
AUTHORITIES
Records of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descend-
ants. This Society admitted MR. FRANK A. MUNSEY
to its membership as a lineal descendant of STEPHEN'
and GILES* HOPKINS after consulting the following:
1. MUNSEY Family Record, Hopkins Family Bible.
2. History of Litchfield, Me.
3. Harpswell (Me.), Town Records.
4. Cumberland Co. (Me.), Deeds, III, 95; 66:81; 91:316
(since burned).
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5. Treat Genealogy, pp. 211-262.
6. Freeman Genealogy, pp. 23-40.
7. Inscriptions, Old No. Cemetery, "Truro," p. 9.
8. Boston Transcript, 31 July, 1905, Cobb, Freeman.
9. Mayflower Descendant, Vols. I, III, and V.
10. "Who's Who in America."
11. Gravestones at Phippsburg, Me.
12. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 6.
13. Maine Hiptorical Society: Collections, 2d Series, 10:321,
322.
14. Winsor's "Duxbury."
15. Davis, "Landmarks of Plymouth."
16. "Memorial of Sprague Family."
17. Lincoln Co. (Me.) Probate Records, 100:278.
18. Georgetown (Me.) Records.
19. Bangor Historical Magazine, 10:137.
PART III
WHO'S WHO
IN SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
In Part III, the names of paternal (Munsey)
ancestors are printed in black, of
maternal (Hopkins) in red.
LARGE CAPITALS denote Maypwer
passengers; if red, they are maternal
ancestors.
Small Capitals denote other ancestors,
either paternal or maternal, on
this side the Atlantic.
47
PART III
WHO'S WHO
IN SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
(Arranged alphabetically)
THE ABORN FAMILY*
(The names of direct ancestors (other than MAYFLOWER
PASSENGERS) are in small capitals
The name Aborn has various spellings in the old MSS
and records (Aberne, Aberon, Abon, Aborn, Aborne,
Abourn, Abourne, Abowen, Abron, Aburn, Aburne,
Eaborn, Eaborne, Eabourn, Eabourne, Eaburn,
Eaburne, Ebborn, Ebborne, Ebern, Ebonne, Eborn,
Eborne, Eboune, Ebourn, Ebourne, Eburn, Eburne).
1. Thomas^ Aborne (Eborne) was a tanner of Salem,
Mass. He was made a freeman 14 May 1634,
and was still living, but very old, in 1642. Savage
believesf his son was
2. Samuel^ Aborn of Salem (161 1-1700). He may
have lived at Lynn about 1640, but he had a
grant of land in Salem in 1639 and had several
children baptized there in 1648. He was made a
*Paternal (Munsey) families are in black; maternal (Hopkins)
in red.
fSince no actual proof of this has been found, the name of
Thonias is not given on the chart.
49
so SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
freemanj in 1665. He seems to have been a free
trader; for in 1668 he was one of the signers of
a petition against imposts, addressed by certain
inhabitants of Salem to the General Court, con-
tending that customs duties would "bee an
exceeding great obstrucktion to all trafHque and
Commerce which is the great staff of this Col-
lony." He married Catherine^ daughter of
James^ Smith, of Marblehead, who died after
1 70 1. Samuel^ Aborn died in 1700. He had
the following children:
1. Samuel', born i639±; died 1 72 izt; married 1663/4 Su-
sannah Trask.
2. Joseph*, living in Salem, 1704, 1708.
3. Moses*, born 1645/6, baptized at Salem, 1648.
4. Mary*, baptized at Salem 1648; married (i) — Starr;
(2) Wm.Nick of Marblehead; died before November
thirtieth, 1683; (3) i690,Dr. Geo. Jackson; died 1722.
5. Rebecca*, baptized 1651; married 1680 Thomas Bell.
6. Hannah*, married Joseph Houlton; died 1743.
7. Sarah*, baptized 1656; married Benjamin Horn (or
Orne).
3. Mary^ Aborn was probably born in 1648, since
that was the year of her baptism. Her first hus-
band was named Starr, her second William Nick,
of Marblehead. In 1 690 she married Dr. George
Jackson, her third husband (see Jackson
family), also of Marblehead. She died in 1722.
X In the early days of New England, before a man could vote
or hold office, he had to be made a freeman: that is, he had to
be at least 21 years of age; to be a respectable member of some
Congregational Church; to take the "Freeman's Oath" of
allegiance; and to be "admitted freeman" by the General or
Quarterly Court. After 1664, church membership was not
deemed essential, but a certificate of good character was re-
quired from some clergyman acquainted with the applicant.
This practice prevailed from 1630 to 1688.
THE ALDEN FAMILY 51
By the marriage of Mrs. Mary' (Aborn) [Starr-Nick] in 1690
the family of Aborn was merged in that of Jackson; in 1736
the name of Jackson was merged in that of Pitman; in 1772*
the name of Pitman was merged in that of MUNSEY.
*Also in another line before 1749 (see Pitman family).
AUTHORITIES
1. Essex Antiquarian, Vols, i and 2.
2. New England Family History, Vol. i.
3. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 3, 6, 8,
9,.SS-
4. "Driver Genealogy."
THE ALDEN FAMILYf
JOHN^ ALDEN, the Pilgrim, was born in
England in 1599, and died in Duxbuiy, Mass.,
12 Sept. 1687 (O. S.) in his 89th year. He mar-
ried, before 1624, PRISCILLA^ MULLINS
(WILLIAM^) (see MULLINS family), who died
after 1650. This couple has been immortalized
by the poet Longfellow, one of their lineal de-
scendants, in his "Courtship of Miles Standish."
Sent by the bluff old soldier as an envoy to the
fair PRISCILLA, JOHN ALDEN presented the
merits of his friend with rare unselfishness;
But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent
language,
Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival,
Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning
with laughter,
Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for
yourself, John?"
t Maternal (Hopkins) allied families are in red;
paternal (Munsey) in black.
S2 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Then he spoke — what man could have re-
frained ? — and the wedding day was set. There
were no long engagements in those days. When
the time came, tradition says that JOHN
ALDEN, lacking horse and carriage, brought
forth a bull, spread a large piece of broadcloth
on his back, mounted, and rode to the bride's
house. After the ceremony he placed a cushion
upon the cloth, lifted the new MRS. ALDEN—
more fortunate than Europa — ^upon the bull's
back, and led the animal home by a ring in his
nose. The poet has modified the tradition but
very little:
Then from a stall near at hand, amid exclamations of
wonder,
Alden the thoughtful, the careful, so happy, so proud of
Priscilla,
Brought out his snow-white bull, obeying the hand of its
master,
Led by a cord that was tied to an iron ring in its nostrils,
Covered with crimson cloth, and a cushion placed for a
saddle.
She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat
of the noonday;
Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a
peasant.
Somewhat alarmed at first, but reassured by the others.
Placing her hand on the cushion, her foot in the hand of
her husband,
Gayly, with joyous laugh, Priscilla mounted her palfrey.
JOHN ALDEN was about 21 years old when
he came to America. President John Adams, a
descendant, says he was the first of the Pilgrim
band to spring upon
The Plymouth Rock, that had been to their feet as a
doorstep
Into a world unknown, — the corner stone of a nation!
THE ALDEN FAMILY 53
But we are inclined to consider this only a tradi-
tion. He was "probably the youngest of those
who signed the immortal compact of civil gov-
ernment in the cabin of the Mayflower" (see
BREWSTER family), and as he was the last
survivor of the signers, he has fitly been styled
"the personal representative of the beginning
and end of the Pilgrim colonization." His entry
into their ranks was unpremeditated. Bradford
says of him:
John Alden was hired for a cooper, at South-Hampton
wher the ship victuled; and being a hopeful! young man
was much desired, but left to his owne liking to go, or
stay when he came here, but he stayed and maryed here.
It may be that JOHN ALDEN joined the
Pilgrims from love of adventure, and that as
Goodwin suggests, in his "Pilgrim Republic,"
PRISCILLA MULLINS was the chief induce-
ment for him to remain.
The rise of the young cooper was rapid in the
esteem of his new found friends. " In 1627 BRAD-
FORD, STANDISH, ALLERTON, WINSLOW,
HOWLAND, ALDEN, and Prence agreed
with the Adventurers in England to take over
the whole trade of the Colony for six years, un-
dertaking to pay all debts and arrange for the
removal of the rest of the congregation from
Holland." For forty-three years ALDEN was
Governor's Assistant; for thirteen. Treasurer of
the Colony; for eight, a member of the Council
of War. He often filled several of these offices
54 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
at one time. After 1640 we find him one of the
seven colonists styled "gentleman."
He made his home in Duxbury, eight miles
from Plymouth. The site of his well is still
shown, near the "Old Alden House," which was
built by his grandson. Col. John Alden. As late
as 1901, an Alden had always occupied the house.
JOHN ALDEN'S Bible may be seen in Pil-
grim Hall, Plymouth. His autographs are rare.
One of them was owned by the late Henry D.
Forbes, of Boston, appended to a deed given on
January 8, 1679/80, but never recorded. A pho-
tographic reproduction of this deed is in the
seventh volume of the "Mayflower Descendant."
Another autograph may be seen at the Boston
Public Library, at the close of a letter written
by Gov. BRADFORD to Gov. Winthrop in 163 1 .
The letter, a kind of state document, is signed
not only by the writer, but by several other
prominent men of the colony, including JOHN
ALDEN and Thomas Prence.
There are in existence two broadsides of dog-
gerel rhyme, one of 66 lines, another of 100,
printed on the occasion of JOHN ALDEN'S
death. A reproduction of each is in the ninth
volume of the "Mayflower Descendant." The
first is full of pious hyperbole, and compares the
Pilgrim with numerous Patriarchs of note, yet
never to his disadvantage. The other broadside
is in the archives of the Boston Athenaeum. It
is signed with the initials " J. C", which are sup-
posed to indicate John Cotton. The poetry is
THE ALDEN FAMILY 55
indifferent, but there are no parallels so startling
as in the first case. The author concludes the
poem with some rhymes about a curious ana-
gram made out of the letters of the name
lOHN ALDEN, viz.:
END AL ON HI'
JOHN^ ALDEN and PRISCILLA* MULLINS had
eleven children:
1. Elizabeth* Alden, born 1623d:; married 1644 Wil-
liam' Paybody; died 1717.
2. John2 Alden, born 1626+; married (i) Eliza-
beth (?) (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, widow of
Abiel Everell; died 1702.
3. Joseph" Alden, born 1627; married Mary Simmons;
died 1697.
4. Sarah"" Alden, borni629; married Alexander* Standish
(MilesO; died 1688 ±.
5. Jonathan* Alden, born i632±; married Abigail Hallet;
died 1697.
6. Ruth* Alden, born 16 — ; married John Bass; died 1674.
She was ancestress of John Adams and John Quincy
Adams.
7. Mary' Alden, born 16 — ; married Thomas Delano, or
De la Noye, of Duxbury; died 1699+.
8. David* Alden, born 1646; married Mary Sou thworth;
died 1719.
9. Priscilla* Alden, married Samuel Cheeseborough.
10. Rebecca* Alden, of marriageable age in 1661.
11. Zachariah* Alden, said to be ancestor of William CuUen
Bryant.
2. Elizabeth^ Alden (JOHN^ was born in 1623
or 1624; on December twenty-sixth, 1644, she
married William^ Paybody, of Duxbury (see
Peabody family). She died in Little Compton,
R. I., June seventeenth, 1717. In the Boston
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Nezvs Letter of that date, there appeared the
following:
This morning died here [at Little Compton], Elizabeth
Paybody, in the 93d year of her age. She was a daughter of
JOHN ALDEN, ESQ., andPRISCILLA, his wife, daugh-
ter of MR. WILLIAM MULLINS. This JOHN ALDEN
and PRISCILLA MULLINS were married at Plymouth,
where their daughter Elizabeth was born. She was ex-
emplary, virtuous, and pious, and her memory is blessed.
Her granddaughter Bradford is a grandmother.
By the marriage of Elizabeth^ Alden in 1644
the name of ALDEN was merged in that of Paybody; in 1683
the name of Paybody was merged in that of Bartlett; in 1738
the name of Bartlett was merged in that of Sprague; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
THE ANDREWS FAMILY
Henry* Andrews, of Taunton, Mass., was in-
cluded in the list of freemen from Cohannet, dated
March seventh, 1636. He was one of the pur-
chasers of Taunton in 1637. He was one of the
deputies in 1639, when the town was first organ-
ized, and also in 1643, 1644, 1647, and 1649. He
built the first meeting-house in Taunton, in pay-
ment for which, in whole or in part, the town
conveyed to him, in 1647, the "Calf Pasture."
He died in 1652. The maiden name of his
wife Mary is unknown. He had the following
children:
1. Henry" Andrews, married Mary Wadsworth; killed by
Indians in 1676.
2. Mary'' Andrews, married (i) William Hodges; (2) Peter
Pitts.
THE BANGS FAMILY 57
3. Abigail'' Andrews, born 1647; married, 1667, Deacon
JoHN^ Wadsworth; died 1723.
4. Sarah' Andrews, married, 1664, Jared Talbut.
Abigail^ Andrews (Henry^) was born in Taun-
ton, Mass., in 1647. On July twenty-fifth, 1667,
she married Deacon John^ Wadsworth
(Christopher^), of Duxbury. (See Wadsworth
family). She died "about Midnight betwixt ye
24th and 2Sth" of November, 1723.
By the marriage of Abigail' Andrews in 1667
the name of Andrews was merged in that of Wadsworth; in
the name of Wadsworth was merged in that of Sprague; in 1812
the name of Sprague wasmergedm that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MtlNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "Henry Andrews, of Taunton." Drummond.
2. Mayflower Descendant, Vols. 9 and 11.
3. "Two hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworth
Family in America." Wadsworth.
4. "History of the Andrews Family."
5. "Origin and History of the Name of Andrews."
THE BANGS FAMILY
Edward^ Bangs was born about 1592 at Chi-
chester, or Chester, England, and came to Ply-
mouth Colony in 1623, in the ship Ann. He
married after 1627 Lydia^ Hicks, daughter of
Robert^ and Margaret Hicks, by whom he had a
son, John^ Bangs. Lydia died before 1637, and
Edward married Rebecca , who became the
mother of nine children. Edward* Bangs moved
with Governor Prince to Eastham in 1644., and
settled near where the Pilgrims first set foot on
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land, previous to landing on Plymouth Rock.
He was a Pilgrim also; for that title is bestowed
on all who came over in the first three ships to
Plymouth, viz., the MayfLoiver (1620), the Fortune
(1621), and the Ann (1623). He was made a
freeman in 1633. He filled many offices of trust,
both at Plymouth and Eastham; thus, he was
Assessor, Selectman, Town Treasurer, Deputy to
the Colony Court, Overseer of the guard against
the Indians, etc., etc. Before going to Eastham
he superintended, as shipwright, the building of
the "first ship of size," launched at Plymouth, a
bark of forty or fifty tons, costing about two hun-
dred pounds. On condition of his contributing
one-sixteenth of the expense, the town granted
him eighty acres of land. In 1657 we find him a
merchant in Eastham. He died there in 1677/8.
His children were as follows:
By Lydia Hicks :
I. John" Bangs; married, 1660, Hannah Smalley.
By Rebecca :
2. Lieut. Joshua^ Bangs; born, 1637; married, 1669,
Hannah Scudder; died, 1709.
3. Rebecca" Bangs; married, 1654, Capt. Jonathan Spar-
row (first wife); died before 1677.
4. Sarah" Bangs; married, 1656, Capt. Thomas Howes;
died, 1683.
5. Capt. Jonathan" Bangs; born, 1640; married (i), 1664,
Mary» Mayo (Samuel", Rev. John^; (2) Sarah ;
(3) 1720, Mrs. Ruth Young.
6. Lydia* Bangs, born, i642d=; married, (i) 1661,
Benjamin" Higgins (see Higgins family); (2) Nicho-
las Snow; died, 1709-)-.
THE BARTLETT FAMILY 59
7. Hannah' Bangs; married, 1662, John Doane.
8. Bethia^ Bangs; born 1650; married Gershom Hall.
9. Apphia* Bangs; born 165 1; married (i) December
twenty-eighth, 1 670, John Knowles; (2) Stephen
Atwood.
10. Mercy" Bangs (twin with Apphia); born 1651; mar-
ried, December twenty-eighth, 1670, Stephen
Merrick.
2. Lydia^ Bangs (Edward') was born in Eastham,
Mass., about 1642. Her first husband was
Benjamin^ Higgins (Richard^) (see Higgins
family), whom she married December twenty-
fourth, 1661. She had nine children by this
marriage, the last of whom was born in 168 1 . In
1691 her husband died, and she subseq.uently
married Nicholas Snow. She was living at East-
ham in 1709.
By the marriage of Lydia' Bangs in 1661
the name of Bangs was merged in that of Higgins; subsequently
the name of Higgins was merged in that of Pepper; in 1754
the name of Pepper was merged in that of Mereen; in 1748
thenameof Mereen was merged in thatof HOPKINS; andinl847
thename of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "The Bangs Family." Dudley.
2. Mayflower Descendant, Vols, i, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14.
3. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 6, 8, 9,
10,22,23,27.
4. New England Family History, Vol. 2.
THE BARTLETT FAMILY
1. Robert' Bartlett, the pioneer Bartlett of New
England, came to Plymouth in the ship Ann^ in
July, 1623. He married, about 1629, Mary,
daughter of RICHARD' and Elizabeth
6o SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
WARREN. Richard came over in the Mayflower,
in 1620; his wife and children were fellow pas-
sengers with young Bartlett, two years later
(see Warren family).
Robert^ Bartlett was a cooper by trade.
The records show that he was a man of good
standing in the community, and highly respected
by his associates. He lived and died in Mano-
met, Plymouth, where his possessions were. He
passed away in 1676, aged 73. His wife outlived
him, but died between 1677 and 1683. His home-
stead has been known as the "Bartlett farm,"
and has been in the possession of the Bartlett
family continuously up to the present. The
house, built in 1680, is still standing.
Robert^ and Mary (Warren) Bartlett,
had eight children: —
1. Rebecca^ Bartlett, born perhaps 1630; married, 1649
(as his first wife), William Harlow; died between June
second, 1657, and July fifteenth, 1658.
2. Mary^ Bartlett, born perhaps 163 1 or 1632; married
(i) 165 1, Richard Foster; (2) 1659 (as his first wife),
Jonathan Moray.
3. Benjamin' Bartlett, born before June sixth, 1633;
married (i) Susanna Jenney; (2) 1656, Sarah'
Brewster (LOVE', WILLIAM'); (3) Cecilia ;
died, 1691.
4. Sarah' Bartlett, born perhaps 1635; married, 1656,
Samuel' Rider (Samuel'); died before 1680.
5. Joseph' Bartlett, born 1638; died 1711. Was ancestor
of Longfellow in the following line: Joseph', Joseph*,
Samuel*, Elizabeth' (who married Gen. Peleg* Wads-
worth), Zilpah* Wadsworth (married Stephen" Long-
fellow), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Another gene-
alogist gives Longfellow's descent thus: Benjamin',
Benjamin', Priscilla* Bartlett, Susanna Sampsoi:,
THE BARTLETT FAMILY 6i
Peleg Wadsworth, Zilpah Wadsworth, Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow.
6. Elizabeth^ Bartlett, born perhaps 1640; married, 1661/2,
Anthony Sprague of Hingham; died in 1712.
7. Lydia' Bartlett, born 1648; married (i) James Barnaby,
who was living in 1712; (2) John Nelson.
8. Mercy' Bartlett, born 1650/1; married, 1668/9, John
Ivey of Boston.
2. Benjamin^ Bartlett (Robert^), whose father
married Mary^ Warren (RICHARD^), was
born in Plymouth. Since he was made a freeman
on June sixth, 1654, he must have been born
before June sixth, 1633. He was three times
married. His first wife was Susanna^, daughter of
John^ and Sarah (Carey) Jenney; his second wife
was Sarah' Brewster (LOVE^ WILLIAM^,
whom he married in 1656 (see BREWSTER
family) ; in 1678 he had a third wife, Cecilia ,
whose maiden name has not been discovered.
She outlived her husband but a short time.
Benjamin^ Bartlett settled in Duxbury, where
he became one of the most prominent citizens.
He was chosen constable in 1662. "This was
an office of high trust and responsibility, and
none were elected to it but men of good stand-
ing." In 1666-7 Christopher^ Wadsworth,
Josiah Standish, and Benjamin^ Bartlett
were the selectmen of Duxbury. For 18 years
Benjamin^ Bartlett was on the Board, and in
1690-91 was chairman. He was Representative
to the General Court in 1685. He died during
the week beginning August 21, 1691, leaving a
farm valued at one hundred forty pounds and
62 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
other property amounting to two hundred fifty
pounds. He left, by his second wife, six children,
four sons and two daughters : —
1. Benjamin^ Bartlett, born perhaps 1657; married, 1676
or 1678, Ruth Paybody.
2. Samuel* Bartlett, married, 1683, Hannah" Paybody
(William'); died 1713.
3. Ichabod' Bartlett, married (i) 1699, Elizabeth Water-
man of Marshfield, Mass.; (2) 1709, Desire Arnold
of Duxbury.
4. Ebenezer' Bartlett, born Duxbury; married Hannah
; died before 1712.
5. Rebecca' Bartlett, married, 1679, Wm. Bradford.
6. Sarah' Bartlett, married, 1687, Robert Bartlett.
3. Samuel^ Bartlett (Benjamin^, Robert^) was
a "mariner" of Duxbury, but died or removed
before 1713. On August second, 1683, hemarried
Hannah^ Paybody (William^) (see Peabody
family), by whom he had the following children: —
1. Benjamin* Bartlett, born 1684; married, 1702, Sarah
Barnes.
2. Joseph* Bartlett, born 1686; married, 1714, Lydia''
Nelson.
3. Samuel* Bartlett, born 1691; an officer at Louisburg;
ancestor of the author of "Familiar Quotations,"
John* Bartlett.
4. Ichabod* Bartlett, born perhaps 1693; married, 1721,
Susanna Spooner.
5. Judah* Bartlett.
6. William* Bartlett, of Duxbury; perhaps married, 1716,
Sarah Foster of Plymouth.
Perhaps, also,
7. Hannah* Bartlett, who married, 1714, Benjamin Arnold.
4. Joseph* Bartlett (Samuel^, Benjamin^, Ro-
bert^) was born April 22, 1686, in Duxbury,
Mass. On December ninth, 1714, he married
THE BARTLETT FAMILY 63
Lydia^ Nelson (John^, William^ of Plymouth.
She was born in 1694 ^^^ ^i^^ ^^ 1739' He died
January ninth, 1764. Their children were: —
1. Isaiah' Bartlett, born 1715/6.
2. Patience' Bartlett, born 1718; married, 1738,
Jethro* Sprague.
3. Hannah' Bartlett, born 1721; died 1739.
4. Lydia' Bartlett, born 1725; married, 1740, Bezaleel
Alden.
5. Benjamin' Bartlett, born 1730/1.
6. Sarah' Bartlett, born 1732.
7. Bathsheba' Bartlett, bom 1738.
Patience® Bartlett (Joseph*, Samuel*, Benja-
MiN^ Robert^) was born in Duxbury, Mass.,
on July twenty-seventh, 1718. On "December
ye I2th, 1738 Jethro Sprague [see Sprague
family] & Patience Bartlit both of Duxborough
were Joyned together in Marriage, pr Edward
Arnold Justice of ye Peace."* She died in 1741.
By the marriage of Patience' Bartlett, in 1738,
the name of Bartlett was merged ia that of Sprague ; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY-
*The legal celebration of marriage was by a civil magistrate
only, in the earlier years of New England history. The reason
was, that the Church of Rome had exalted marriage to the rank
of a sacrament; against this the Puritans protested, and treated
marriage purely as a civil contract. But after a time this ex-
treme theory was abandoned, and by the end of the 17th Cen-
tury we find pastors performing the marriage service. The
earliest record in Massachusetts of a marriage by a minister, is
1686. See E. H. Byington's The Puritan in England and New
England, p. 165. Cf. Watertown Records, p. 96.
64 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
AUTHORITIES
1. "Lawrence and Bartlett Memorials."
2. Mayflower Descendant, Vols, i, 2, j, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13,
14.
3. Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. 2.
4. "Sketches of the Bartlett Family."
THE BASSETT FAMILY
I. William^ Bassett was the first of his family
to set foot on American soil. He lived in Ply-
mouth, or Sandwich, England, whence he went
to Leyden, Holland, in quest of religious liberty.
In 1 62 1, he came to this country in the ship
Fortune, landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts,
in November.
In the first distribution of land among the
Pilgrims in 1623, William^ Bassett received
two acres, but no mention was then made of his
wife or family. In the allotment of cattle, in 1 627,
we find mention of a wife, Elizabeth, and two
children, William and Elizabeth. It has been said
that he married an Elizabeth Tilden. But there
seems to have been no Elizabeth Tilden in the
colony at that time, so far as can be proved.
At present we must insist that the maiden
name of Elizabeth Bassett remains undis-
covered. Whoever she may have been, she died
previously to her husband; for two wills, one by
Timothy Hatherly in 1664 and a second by
William^ Bassett himself, made in 1667, taken
with the inventory of his property, show that a
wife, Mary Bassett, outlived William^
According to the belief of some, William^
THE BASSETT FAMILY 65
Bassett had four wives and narrowly escaped a
fifth. There are foreign records which prove con-
clusively that in 161 1 a William Bassett of Sand-
wich, England, a widower of Cecilia Leight, was
affianced to Margaret Butler on the 19th of
March. She died before the third reading of the
banns, however, and on the 13 th of August
William consoled himself with another Marga-
ret at Leyden, whose maiden name was Oldham.
Was this the same William as the husband of
Elizabeth and Mary?
One of the descendants of William and
Elizabeth, Mr. Abbott Bassett, at one time
President of the Bassett Family Association, with
much reason argues as follows:
"The man of Leyden was not a young man.
The Mayflower brought over 'the youngest and
the strongest of the Pilgrims.' William Bassett
was neither young nor strong, since he came not
on the Mayflower. Those who have examined
the record carefully claim that it is impossible
that it was the husband of Margaret Oldham
who came to America, married twice on this side
of the water, and became the father of six chil-
dren. We have yet to find who it was that came
in the Fortune.''^
But whether William Bassett sailed from
Leyden or from Plymouth, whether he was the
husband of four wives or two, he played no small
part in the activities of the Plymouth Colony.
His name is on the earliest list of freemen, in
1633. In private life he was an armourer and
66 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
blacksmith. He was a volunteer in the com-
pany raised in 1637 to aid Massachusetts and
Connecticut in the Pequot War. He was a
member of the commission that laid out the
bounds of Duxbury, and for six years was Rep-
resentative to the Old Colony Court. Every-
thing shows him to have been a highly re-
spected member of the commonwealth.
He lived in Plymouth seventeen years, his home
being about four hundred feet north of where
the Samoset House now stands. About 1638
he moved to Duxbury, where in 1640 his name
was among the highest on the tax list. In 1652
he became one of the founders of Bridgewater
and one of the largest landowners there.
He was a man of liberal culture, and at his
death owned a larger library than any other of
the colonists. Many of his descendants have
been illustrious. One married a sister of Martha
Washington, and was a member of Congress
from 1805 to 1830; another, Richard Bassett,
signed the Constitution of the United States;
while Elizabeth Bassett, the wife of Benjamin
Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, was mother of one of our Presidents
and great-grandmother of another.
William^ Bassett died at Bridgewater in
1667, leaving six or seven children, all by his
wife Elizabeth : —
I. William^ Bassett, born 1624; died 1670. It is in disv
pute whether this is the William Bassett who mar-
ried Mary Burt of Lynn.
THE BATE(S) FAMILY 67
2. Elizabeth^ Bassett, born 1626; married, 1648, Tho-
mas Burgess, Jr.
3. NathanieP Bassett, born 1628; married Dorcas (or
Mary) Joyce.
4. Joseph'' Bassett, born 1629; married, 1677, Martha
Hob art.
J. Sarah" Bassett, born 1630; married, 1648, Lieu-
tenant PEREGRINE WHITE, who was born ON
THE MAYFLOWER in Cape Cod Harbor, before
the Pilgrims landed.
6. Ruth" Bassett, born 1632; married,' 1655, John^
Sprague, and perhaps another, after Sprague's
death.
probably also
7. Jane" Bassett. born 1634; married Thomas Gilbert.
2. RuTH^ Bassett (William^) was born in Dux-
bury, Mass., in 1632. In 1655 she married a
fellow townsman, John^ Sprague (Francis^)
by whom she had three sons and four daugh-
ters. Her husband (see Sprague family) was
killed by the Indians in 1676, and the widow
is said to have married Thomas.
By the marriage of Ruth'' Bassett , in 1655,
the name of Bassett was merged in that of Sprague ; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that at HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "England and Holland of the Pilgrims." Dexter.
2. "The Bassett Family."
3. "Bassett Family Association Reunions."
4. Transcript Clippings (Index and Scrap Book at Pub-
lic Library of Lynn, Mass.)
THE BATE(S) FAMILY
I. Clement* Bate, of Biddenden, Kent, England,
with his wife, Ann(e), and five children, — ^James,
Clement, Jr., Rachel, Joseph, and Benjamin, —
are on the passenger list of the Planter, which
68 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
sailed from London to America April sixth,
1635; but something seems to have delayed
them, for they came over in the Elizabeth,
which sailed on the 13th of the same month.
With this family came James Bate, a brother
of Clement^, who settled in Dorchester. Clem-
ent^ went to Hingham, and became one of its
prominent citizens. At various times the town
granted him about forty acres of land, in lots va-
rying in size from one acre to twenty. He was
a tailor by trade. The records show that he
was chosen one of the first three Selectmen of
the town of Hingham, March twenty-third,
1637; and that subsequently he was often cho-
sen by his fellow townsmen to offices of trust
requiring tact and judgment. He died at Hing-
ham September seventeenth, 1671. He lived on
South Street. His wife died October first, 1669.
The ancestors of Clement^ Bate lived for
several generations in Lydd, England. His
father, ijames,died there in 1614; he was the son
of 2john, who died in 1580; his father, sAndrew,
died in 1533; his father, John, died in 1522; his
father was either sjames or sThomas, the latter
of whom died in 1485 ; both sjames and sThomas
are mentioned in the will of eHenry, probably
their father, who died in 1478.
Clement^ Bate was baptized January twenty-
second, 1594/5 at Lydd. Later he moved to
Biddenden, Kent Co. His wife's name was
ANN(E),but the date and plajce of his marriage
THE BATE(S) FAMILY 69
are still unknown, and also his wife's maiden
name. Their children were as follows : —
1. James" Bate, born i62i±; married, 1643, Ruth Lyford;
died 1689.
2. Clement'' Bate, born 1623 i; drowned November, 1639.
3. John' Bate, baptized October eighteenth, 1624; died
December eighteenth, same year.
4. RacheP Bate, baptized October twenty-second, 1626;
died 1647.
5. Joseph* Bate, baptized September twenty-eighth,
1628; married, lesSjEsTHER? Milliard; died 1706.
6. Child buried unbaptized April second, 1631.
7. Lieutenant Benjamin' Bate, baptized June twenty-
fourth, 1632; died 1678; married Jane (Weeks?).
The above were bom in England.
8. Samuel' Bate, baptized in Hingham, March twenty-
fourth, 1639; married, 1667, Lydia Lapham of
Scituate.
9. Hopestill' Bate, born at Hingham; baptized September,
1644; died following December.
2. Joseph^ Bate (Clement^) was baptized at All
Saints Church, Biddenden, Kent, England, Sep-
tember twenty-eighth, 1628. He came with his
father and their family to Hingham, Massachu-
setts, in 1635. He married in Hingham, January
ninth, 1657/8 Esther^ daughter of William^
HiLLiARD. She was born in 1642 and died June
third, 1709. Joseph^ Bate died April thirtieth,
1706, "aged 76."* In his will of April twenty-
fourth, 1706, he mentions and names his wife
and four sons, and mentions but does not name
his four daughters. He was a bricklayer, con-
stable from 1675 to 1678; selectman 1671, 1677,
* So says the record : but there is obviously an error in the
computation, since he was born in 1628.
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1684, and 1692; sexton of the parish from
1673 for many years. His children, all born at
Hingham : —
1. Joseph* Bate, born September twenty-eighth, 1660.
2. Esther^ Bate, born August twenty-ninth, 1663 ; mar-
ried in Boston, September sixteenth, 1691, Richard''
Cobb.
3. Caleb' Bate, born March thirtieth, 1666.
4. Hannah* Bate, born October thirty-first, 1668.
5. Joshua' Bate, born August fourteenth, 1671; married
Rachel Tower.
6. Bathsheba' Bate, born January twenty-sixth, 1673/4.
7. Clement' Bate, born September twenty-second, 1676;
drowned June twenty-ninth, 1706.
8. Eleanor* Bate, born August twenty-ninth, 1679; died
September eighth following.
9. Abigail' Bate, born October sixteenth, 1680; married
June twelfth, 1704, John Chubbuck.
From Joseph^ Bate, of Hingham, was de-
scended Hon. John Lewis Bates of Boston, Ex-
Governor of Massachusetts, in the following line:
Joseph^ Bates married Esther^ Milliard ; their son
Joshua' Bates married Rachel Tower; their son
Joshua* Bates married Abigail Joy; their son
Joshua' Bates married (1) Grace Lincoln; their son
Levi' Bates married (1) Hannah Litchfield; their son
Lewis' Bates married Elizabeth Webster; their son
Lewis Benton* Bates married Louisa Derry Field; their son was
Governor John Lewis^ Bates.
3. Esther^ Bate (Joseph^, Clement^) of Hingham
was born on August twenty-ninth, 1663 ; she was
married in Boston, September sixteenth, 1691,
"by Samuel Sewall, Esq.*, Assist.," to Richard",
son of Thomas^ Cobb, then living in Boston
(see Cobb family).
*See footnote on page 63.
THE BRAY FAMILY 71
By the marriage of Esther' Bate, in 1691,
the name of Bate was merged in that of Cobb; in 1755
the name of Cobb was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. N.E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 2 and 66.
2. Waters's "Gleanings," Vol. 2.
3. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."
4. Lincoln's "Hingham."
5. 9th "Report" of the Record Commissioners of Boston.
6. "The Bates Family of Cummington."
7. "The Bates Bulletin."
8. MS. of Isaac C. Bates, in Boston Historic-Genealogical
Library.
9. Hingham Record*.
THE BRAY FAMILY
JoHN^ Bray came to Piscataqua from Plymouth,
England about 1660. He brought with him his
wife Joan, and a daughter Margery^ one year
old. He settled at Kittery, Maine, as ship-
wright; in 1674 he also kept an inn. Savage
says he "removed in the war [King Philip's] to
Gloucester, perhaps; there married November
tenth, 1679, Margaret Lambert, as second wife."
It is not known when or where his first wife
died. He himself died in 1690.
The house of John^ Bray at Kittery is still
standing. Edward Whitefield, in "Homes of
our Forefathers," says: — "This is a very fine
old house, built by John Bray in 1660." Refer-
ring to a rude oil painting of the siege of Louis-
burg, which is on a panel over the parlor fireplace,
he says: —
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2. "Margery^ Bray (John^), married Colonel Wil-
liam^ Pepperrell in 1678 (see Pepperrell fam-
ily), and became the mother of Sir William^
Pepperrell, of Louisburg fame, [and of Joanna^,
an ancestress of the Munseys]. The Bray
house, considered old even then, was occupied
at the time of Sir William's famous campaign!
by Capt. Deering, his cousin, also a grandson
of the old shipbuilder. As he served in front
of Louisburg, this rough sketch was no doubt
the work of his own hand." Thus it would
seem that John^ Bray had another daughter,
who married a Deering. Margery^ (Bray)
Pepperrell died April twenty-fourth, 1741.
Her historian speaks of her as "exemplary for
unaffected piety and amiable virtue, especially
her charity, her courteous affability, her pru-
dence, meekness, patience, and unweariedness in
well-doing."
By the marriage of Margery' Bray, in 1678,
the name of Bray was merged in that of Pepperrell; in 1711
the name of Pepperrell was merged in that of Jackson; in 1736
the name of Jackson was merged in that of Pitman; in 1772*
the name of Pitman was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1 . New England Family History, Vol. i .
2. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."
3. "Homes of our Forefathers." White field. Vol. 4.
4. New England Magazine.
5. Brunswick (Me.) Telegraph, September sixteenth,
1870.
6. "The Driver Family."
t See page 142.
* As also before 1749, in another line (see Pitman family).
THE BREWSTER FAMILY 73
THE BREWSTER FAMILY
ELDER WILLIAM^ BREWSTER was a ruling
elder of the Plymouth Church which founded
Plymouth Colony in 1620. He was born in the
latter part of 1566, or early in 1567, probably at
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He was
the son of William and Prudence Brewster, of
Scrooby. His father died in 1590. For many
years he had been receiver of Scrooby, and
bailiff of the manor house; he also had held
the office of "Post," which had in turn been
held by his father, the grandfather of ELDER
WILLIAM. On December third, 1580, at the
early age of fourteen, ELDER WILLIAM^
matriculated at Peterhouse, one of the colleges
forming the University of Cambridge, England;
but he does not appear to have remained long
enough to receive a degree. He was next ap-
pointed assistant clerk to William Davison, Sec-
retary of State to Queen Elizabeth; accompanied
that gentleman on his embassy to the Nether-
lands, in August, 1585; and served him at court
until his downfall in 1 587. ELDER WILLIAM^
then returned to the manor house at Scrooby,
and three years later was administrator of his
father's estate. He was soon appointed "Post, "
and held that office till September thirtieth,
1607.
At an early age he became a convert to the
doctrine of John Robinson, the founder of Con-
gregationalism; after his return to Scrooby, his
74 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
residence, the manor house, became the place of
worship on the Lord's Day for all members of
the new church in that vicinity. There BREW-
STER "with great love entertained them when
they came, making prouission for them to his
great charge."
At length the government began to enforce
the strict laws against the new religion, on
which account, in 1607, ELDER WILLI AM^
and his fellow members determined to flee to
Holland. He, with several others, was arrested
at Boston, England, and detained for several
weeks ; but he finally made his way to Leyden, the
rendezvous of the new church. Here he resided
for about twelve years, during which time he
was engaged in teaching and printing. Finally
it became necessary to secure a new home for the
growing church, and it was decided that a
part of the members should emigrate to America.
"So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had
been their resting place for near twelve years; but they
knew that they were PILGRIMS, and looked not much
on those things, but lifted up their eyes to the heavens,
their dearest country, and quieted their spirits."
BREWSTER, whom we have called "Elder"
by anticipation, was Elder now in fact, and was
chosen to lead the first party. Accordingly he,
his wife MARY, and their two sons LOVE^ and
WRESTLING' embarked in the Mayflower,
which sailed from Plymouth, England, on Sep-
tember sixteenth, 1620, and dropped anchor in
Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, on the twenty-
THE BREWSTER FAMILY 75
sixth of December. The historic landing on Ply-
mouth Rock had been made five days earlier.
A great mistake was made in sending out the
colony at that season of the year. The first awful
winter which the Pilgrims endured halved their
number. At one time there were but seven well
persons,of whom one was ELDER BREWSTER.
BRADFORD says these seven tended the sick,
washed their loathsome linen, and performed
duties "which dainty and queazy stomachs can-
not endure to hear named. And yet the Lord
so upheld these persons that they were not at all
infected."
In a true sense ELDER BREWSTER was
what his biographer Steele entitled him, the
"Chief of the Pilgrims." In view of what one
of his descendants has said, we may not inaptly
style him the Moses of the English Exodus; for
he certainly chose to sufi^er afiliction with the
people of God rather than live at ease in royal
favor. But if BREWSTER was Chief, why was
he not, like BRADFORD, WINSLOW, and
Prince, made Governor of Plymouth Colony?
The historian Hutchinson explains this when he
says:
He was their ruling Elder, which seems to have been
the bar to his being their Governor — civil and ecclesias-
tical office, in the same person, being then deemed in-
compatible.
ELDER BREWSTER was by far the most
learned man among the early colonists; at his
death he left a library of four hundred volumes.
76 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
sixty-two of which were in Latin. For thirty
years he preached to the Pilgrims, but there is no
indication that he ever received a dollar for his
services. GOV. BRADFORD says:
He taught twice every Sabbath, and that both power-
fully and profitably, to the great contentment of his
hearers, and their comfortable edification; yea, many
were brought to God by his ministrie. He did more in
this behalf in a year, than many that have their hundreds
a year do in their lives.
There is little doubt that BREWSTER was
the author of the famous Compact, drawn up in
the cabin of the Mayflower on November twenty-
first, 1620, — "the first Declaration of Indepen-
dence in America, albeit with loyalty to the
king." It has been justly styled the "germ of
all our American Constitutions." It runs as
■follows : —
In y° name of God Amen. We whose names are under-
writen, the loyal] subjects of our dread soveraigne lord
King James, by y' grace of God, of great Britaine, Franc,
& Ireland king, defender of y' faith, &c.
Haveing undertaken, for y' glorie of God, and advance-
mente of y° christian faith and honour of our king &
countrie, a voyage to plant y° first colonic in y° Northerne
parts of Virginia. Doe by these presents solemnly & mu-
tualy in y° presence of God, and one of another; cove-
nant, & combine our selves togeather into a civill body
politick; for our better ordering, & preservation & further-
ance of y' ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte,
constitute, and frame shuch just & equall lawes, ordi-
nances. Acts., constitutions, & offices, from time to time,
as shall be thought most meete and convenient for y"
generall good of y" Colonic: unto which we promise all
due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we
have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd y"
.11. of November, in y° year of y* raigne of our soveraigne
lord King James of England, France, & Ireland y° eight-
eenth, and of Scotland y' fiftie fourth. An": Dom. 1620.
THE BREWSTER FAMILY 77
Forty-one Pilgrims signed the foregoing com-
pact, among whom were:
WILLIAM BREWSTER
JOHN ALDEN
WILLIAM MULLINS
RICHARD WARREN
STEPHEN HOPKINS.
The maiden name of MARY BREWSTER
is not known. She seems to have married
ELDER BREWSTER soon after he returned
from Queen Elizabeth's court to Scrooby. She
died on April seventeenth, 1627, but her husband
lived until April tenth, 1644. The children of
ELDER WILLIAM^ and MARY BREWSTER
were :
1. Jonathan^ Brewster, born 1593, at Scrooby; came to
Plymouth in 1621; married, 1624, Lucretia Oldham.
2. Patience" Brewster, married, 1624, Governor
Thomas Prence.
3. Fear* Brewster, married, 1626, Isaac Allerton.
4. A child^, died at Leyden in 1609.
5. LOVE^ BREWSTER, came in the Mayflower; mar-
ried, in 1635, Sarah'' daughter ofWiLLiAM' Collier.
6. WRESTLING BREWSTER, came in the May^oa;<?r;
died unmarried between 1627 and 1644.
I. Patience^ Brewster (WILLIAM^) came to
America in the ship Ann, in July, 1623. On
August fifth, 1624, she became the first wife of
Thomas^ Prence, of Plymouth (see Prince
family).
78 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
By the marriage of Patience'' Brewster, in 1624,
the name of BREWSTER was merged in that of Prence;
in 1649/50
the name of Prence was merged in that of Freeman I; in 1717
the name of Freeman I was merged in that of Cobb; in 1755
the name of Cobb was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY in
the ninth generation; but in another line the name BREWSTER
was continued for another generation (the tenth), as follows:
2. 2. LOVE^ BREWSTER (WILLIAM^) came over
in the Mayflower in 1620, with his parents
WILLIAM' and MARY BREWSTER, and his
brother WRESTLINGS He married at Ply-
mouth, on May fifteenth, 1634 (O. S.), Sarah^,
daughter of William' Collier (see Collier
family). He died at Duxbury in 1651. In 1656
his widow married Richard Parke, of Cambridge,
Massachusetts. She outlived her second hus-
band, returned to Plymouth, and there died in
1691. LOVE^ BREWSTER removed early
from Plymouth to Duxbury and devoted himself
to farming. In 1637 his name appears among
the volunteers in the Pequot War. He was also
a member of Capt. Miles Standish's Duxbury
Company in 1643. In the last named year he
was a grand juryman from Duxbury, and in 1645
one of the proprietors of the extension of Dux-
bury, now Bridgewater. His will, dated October
sixth, 1650 (O. S.) is recorded among the Ply-
mouth Colony Wills. His estate was appraised
at ninety-seven pounds, seven shillings, one
penny.
THE BREWSTER FAMILY 79
The children of LOVE^and Sarah^ (Collier)
BREWSTER were:
1. Sarah* Brewster married, about 1656, Benjamin'
Bartlett.
2. Nathaniel' Brewster, married Sarah ; died 1676.
3. William' Brewster.
4. Wrestling' Brewster.
Sarah^ Brewster (LOVE^, WILLIAM') was the
second wife of Benjamin^ Bartlett (Robert^)
of Duxbury, whom she married as his second wife
about 1656 (see Bartlett family). Sarah*
(Brewster) Bartlettwrs the direct ancestress
of thepoetLongfellowthrough her eldest son, Ben-
jamin^ Bartlett, his daughter Priscilla* Bartlett,
her daughter Susanna* Sampson (John^, Stephen^,
Henry'), her son Peleg^ Wadsworth (Peleg*,
John^, JoHN^ Christopher'), and his daughter
Zilpha^ Wadsworth, who was the mother of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).
By the marriage of Sarah' Brewster, about 1656,
the name of Brewster was merged in that of Bartlett ; in 1738
the name of Bartlett was merged in that of Sprague; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MXJNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. The "Brewster Book."
2. Brown's "Pilgrim Fathers of New England."
3. Dexter's "The England and Holland of the Pilgrims."
4. Arber's "Story of the Pilgrim Fathers."
5. Hunter's "Founders of New Plymouth."
6. Steele's " Life of Brewster— The Chief of the Pilgrims."
7. Goodwin's " Pilgrim Republic."
8. Dexter's "The Pilgrims in Their Three Homes."
9. Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation."
10. " Brewster Genealogy."
In the New England Family History, III, 411-421 is
an extended bibliography of works pertaining to the
Brewsters.
8o SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
THE BROWN FAMILY
I. JoHN^ Brown, son of Richard Brown of Bar-
ton Regis, County Gloucester, England, married
Margaret, daughter of Francis Hayward, of
Bristol, England, and settled near Pemaquid
Point, Maine, at the head of New Harbor, in
what is now the town of Bristol, in the county
of Lincoln, Maine. The Magazine of American
History says he was a brother-in-law of John
Pierce, and related to the Pierce family of Mus-
congus, who settled there, it is believed, in 1621;
while Brown was doubtless an old resident of
the ancient Popham Fort of 1 614. Others think
he was sent as a planter to New England by
Jennens or John Pierce under authority derived
from the Plymouth Colony. At any rate, he
was one of the first settlers at New Harbor. By
a deed, dated July fifteenth, 1625, he bought of
Samoset (or Somerset), the Indian sagamore
who welcomed the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and
Unnongoit, another sagamore, a tract of land
embracing a large part of Lincoln County and
including Muscongus Island. This immense
tract extended back twenty-five miles from the
sea and was eight miles wide on the rear line.
The original deed is supposed to have been
burned in the Boston Court House in 1748. The
price paid for this princely tract was " 50 Skins, "
which the Indians received "to their full satis-
faction." This was the first deed of conveyance
on American soil. The existence of this deed
gave rise to numerous claims by Brown's heirs.
THE CARPENTER FAMILY 8i
These claims, with others, such as Hawthorne
refers to in his House of the Seven Gables, were
finally settled by a commission in 1813; and so
ended "the last great controversy respecting
landtitles in Maine."
JoHN^ Brown resided at New Harbor until
the time of his death, which took place after the
year 1660. The children of John^ and Marga-
ret (Hayward) Brown were:
1. Elizabeth' Brown, who married Richard Pierce.
2. Margaret' Brown, who married Alexander ("Sander")
Gould.
3. Emma' Brown, who married Nicholas' Denning
(1645-1725).
4. John' Brown, born 1635; living in 1721.
By the marriage of Emma' Brown
the name of Brown was merged in that of Denning; in 1700
the name of Denning was merged in that of Day ; in 1763
the name of Day was merged in that of Sprague ; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols.
13:365; 31:185.
2. "Lincoln County (Maine) Land Troubles," p. 17.
3. "Coll. of Maine Hist. Soc", ist Series, Vols, i, 2, 4,
c y Q.
4. Magazine of American History, 8 :824.
5. Goodwin's "Pilgrim Republic," p. 118.
THE CARPENTER FAMILY
When Alice^ Carpenter first came to
America, she was the Widow Southworth. But
as through her son, Constant\ she was a
82 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
progenitor of the Munseys in the tenth genera-
tion, it seems fitting that , a , sketch of the
Carpenters be given here.
The family to which Alice belonged has been
traced back in England to John Carpenter,
a member of Parliament in 1323. The line de-
scends through sRichard, yjohn, ejohn, sWilliam,
James, sjohn, gWilliam. The last named had
three sons, lAlexander (father of Alice^), Wil-
liam, and Richard lAlexander and his brothers
were Dissenters, and on account of religious
persecution went to Leyden from England. The
name of lAlexander's wife is unknown; he had
five daughters and possibly a son William.
Four of the daughters married in Leyden. One
of these, Agnes, died there before 161 7; the other
three sooner or later emigrated to America. The
father, lAlexander, did not go with his married
daughters, but — ^with the unmarried daughters,
and probably all other members of his family —
returned to England, apparently to his old home,
Wrington, about eight miles from Bristol.
Julia Ann Carpenter (1583-1665) was married
in Leyden, July twenty-third, 1 61 2, to George
Morton, of York, England. She came with her
husband to America in the Ann, in 1623. She
married (2) Manasseh Kempton; died at Ply-
mouth in 1665.
Agnes Carpenter (i585±-i6i6±) was married
on April thirtieth, 1613, to DR. SAMUEL
FULLER of London. She was his second wife,
his first being Elsie Glascock. Agnes died
THE CARPENTER FAMILY 83
apparently before 161 7, for in that year DR.
FULLER married (3) Bridget Lee. He came
over in the Mayflower in 1620.
Alice^ Carpenter (1590-1670) married at
Leyden, May twenty-eighth, 161 3, Edward
South worth (see South worth family), and by
him became the mother of two sons. Constant^
(born i6i4±) and Thomas (born i6i6). Through
the former of these she is said to be the ances-
tress of all the Southworths in this country.
Before 1623 her husband Edward died, and she
turned her thoughts toward the new world.
Leaving her young sons with friends, she came
with her sister and brother-in-law (Mr. and Mrs.
Morton) to America. She landed In July, 1623,
and on the fourteenth of the following August
became the wife of GOV. BRADFORD.
Mary Carpenter (i 595-1 686/7) had returned
with her father to Wrington, England, from Ley-
den, unmarried. After the death of her mother,
GOVERNOR BRADFORD and his wife,
Mary's sister, wrote her an affectionate letter in
1645, requesting her to come to Plymouth and
make her home with them. This letter is still
extant. She came and lived at Plymouth many
years. The record of her death is as follows:
Mary Carpenter, a member of the church at Duxbury,
died at Plymouth, March 19/20, 1687, being newly en-
tered into the ninety-first year of her age. She was a
Godly old maid, — never married.
Priscilla Carpenter (1598-1689), was the young-
est of the five daughters. She was twice mar-
84 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
ried. Her first husband, William Wright, died
about 1633. Her second husband was John
Cooper, of Duxbury, She survived all her fam-
ily, living until December twenty-ninth, 1689.
"To this family of daughters of Alexander
Carpenter, our New England people, and indeed
we may say our whole country, owe an hitherto
unacknowledged debt."
By the marriage of Alice' CARPENTER,in 1613,
the name of Carpenter became merged in that of Southworth ;
in 1658*
the name of Sodth worth became merged in that of Freeman II*'* ;
in 1719<''>
the name of Freeman II became merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS became merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Transcript Clippings, 191 1.
2. Goodwin's "Pilgrim Republic."
3. Mayflower Descendant, vol. 3.
4. "The Carpenter Family in America."
THE COBB FAMILY
There were four Cobb families in America in
early colonial times, each distinct and apparently
unrelated to the others :
1. The Virginia family
2. The Barnstable family
3. The Taunton family
4. The Boston and Hingham family
*In 1623 the name of Alice (Carpenter) Southworth
was changed to BRADFORD; the MUNSEYS, however,
descend from her only as a Southworth.
(a) Samuel" Freeman (Samuel' of Watertown); not de-
scended from Edmund' FREEMAN,of Sandwich.
(b) In 1685 the same line of Freemans merged with MUNSEY
through Pepper (q. v.), Mereen (1754), and HOPKINS (1784).
THE COBB FAMILY 85
1. Thomas^ Cobb, of Boston and Hingham, was
probably the grandson of Thomas Cobb, Esq.,
of Wilts, England, who died shortly before 1644.
He had two sons, Richard, who married Honor
before his father's death; and Michael, who
in a will, drawn in 1644, and proved in 1646,
mentions his late father Thomas and his married
brother Richard.
The recurrence of the names Thomas and Rich-
ard makes it somewhat probable that Thomas^
and Richard^ of Boston and Hingham were the
respective grandsons of Thomas and Richard of
Wilts. The known dates heighten the proba-
bility. Thomas^ Cobb is said to have married,
in England, a lady named Bannister; but as yet
this is not proved. His son Richard^ was bap-
tized at Banbury, England, August eleventh,
1666. In 1685 both father and son came to
Boston. On September fourth of that year
Thomas Skinner becomes surety to the town for
Thomas^ Cobb, blacksmith, and his family; thus
it is probable that his wife, as well as his son,
came with him. About 1692 he removed to
Hingham, where he died January fourth, 1707/8.
2. Richard^ Cobb, of Boston and Hingham, was
born, as we have seen, in England, in or about
1666, came to Boston in 1685. In that city, on
September sixteenth, 1691, "Richard Cobb and
Esther Bates were married by Samuel Sewall,
Esq., Assistant."* Esther^ Bate(s) was a daugh-
■ See footnote on page 63.
86 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
ter of Joseph^ Bate (Clement^) and Esther^
HiLLiARD (William^) of Hingham (see Bate(s)
family). In I702± Richard^ Cobb and his wife
also removed to Hingham, where he died June
first, 1709. He is called a "master mariner."
He lived at the harbor, probably on or near what
is now called Green Street.
Children :
1. Thomas^ Cobb, born March twenty-eighth, 1693; mar-
ried, 1717, Mercy* Freeman of Eastham.
2. Richard^ Cobb, born 1695; married (i) RuthBeal, (2)
Esther .
3. Johtf Cobb, born i698=t ; married Sarah (Derby) Dyer.
4. Esther^ Cobb, born 1700=!=; married (i) John Tower, (2)
Ehsha Tower.
5. Dorothy* Cobb, born 1702; married (i) Isaac Gross, (2)
Thomas Tower.
6. Abiah^ Cobb, born 1709; married (i) Abigail Corthell,
(2) Sarah (Barstow) Ladd.
3. Thomas^ Cobb (Richard^, Thomas^) of Hingham
and Truro was born in Hingham on March
twenty-eighth, 1693. He was published on No-
vember fourteenth, 1717, as intending to marry
Mercy* Freeman (Lieutenant Edmund^,
Major John^, Edmund^) of Eastham (see Free-
man I family) . They were later married, but the
record has not been found. After the birth of their
first child at Hingham they removed to Truro.
In the old north cemetery at Truro their grave-
stones are still standing, inscribed as follows:
Thos. Cobb d. 9 Feb. 1768, aged 76 years.
Marcy, wife of Thos. Cobb d. 2 Dec, 1759, in her 67th
year.
Shebnah Rich says of him: "Thomas Cobb
THE COBB FAMILY 87
must have been a staid and vigilant person, as
he was appointed to correct the boys" [in church].
Children:
1. Mercy* Cobb, baptized 1718 at Hingham; married, 1744,
Asa Sellew.
2. Thomas* Cobb, born 1720 at Truro; married, 1742, Ruth
Collins.
3. Richard* Cobb, born 1721/2; married, 1747, Elizabeth
Treat.
4. Thomasine* Cobb, born 1723 /4.
5. Joseph* Cobb, born 1726; married, 1 750/1, Rachel
(Treat) Mulford, sister to Elizabeth Treat.
6. Freeman* Cobb, born 1728; died 1758.
7. Elisha* Cobb, born 1730; married, 1759, Dorcas Drake
of Chatham; he lived at Wellfleet.
8. Betty* Cobb, born December twenty-second, 1732; mar-
ried, August twenty-eighth, 1755, Simeon' Hopkins.
9. Sarah* Cobb, born August fifteenth, 1735.
4. Betty* Cobb (Thomas^ Richard^, Thomas^)
was born in Truro December twenty-second,
1732; on August twenty-eighth, 1755, she mar-
ried Simeon^ Hopkins (Caleb", GILES^
STEPHEN^) (see Hopkins Line).
By the marriage of Betty* Cobb, in 1755,
the name of Cobb was merged in that of HOPKINS; andin 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Boston Transcript, July thirty-first, 1905.
2. Ninth and Tenth "Reports of the Record Commis-
sioners of Boston."
3. Lincoln's "Hingham."
4. Hobart's "Abington."
5. Truro Gravestones.
6. Waters's "Genealogical Gleanings."
7. Rich's "Truro."
88 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
THE COLLIER FAMILY
I. William^ Collier, of Duxbury, was — to quote
Savage — "a Merchant of London, who came
over in 1633, having for several years acted as
one of the Adventurers. He had so generous a
spirit as not to be content with making a profit
by the enterprise of the Pilgrims unless he shared
their hardships. Whether he brought a wife
from home or had any here is doubtful, but
four daughters came, of excellent character."
Other authorities say that his wife Jane accom-
panied him. He was made a freeman at once,
and rose to great prominence. He was elected
Assistant Councillor of the Governor in 1634,
and was re-elected to the same office every year
(except 1653) until 1666. During at least two
sessions he was Acting Governor. He was one
of the commissioners appointed by Plymouth
Colony in 1643, to form a confederation of the
New England Colonies. "He appears to have
been the wealthiest man in Duxbury, being rated
as highest on the tax list." "He was a distin-
guished early settler and a great benefactor to
the colony." He was one of the first purchasers
of Dartmouth in 1652. He died in 1670. His
four daughters, whom Savage mentions, were:
I. SarahI 2. Rebecca". 3. Mary". 4. Elizabeth^
2.1. Sarah^ Collier (William^ was born in Eng-
land in i6i5±. On May fifteenth, 1634, she
married (i), LOVE^ BREWSTER (ELDER
WILLIAM') whom she survived (see BREW-
THE DAMON FAMILY 89
STER family). She married (2), Richard Parke,
She died April 26 (May 6), 1691.
2.2. Elizabeth^ Collier (William^) was also bom
in England, in 161 7 ±. On November second,
1637, she married Constant^ Southworth
(see Southworth family).
I. By the marriage of Sarah^ Collier, in 1634,
the name of Collter was merged in that of BREWSTER ;
in 1656 ±
the name of BREWSTER was merged in that of Bartlett;
in 1738
the name of Bartlett was merged in that of Sprague;
in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
II. By the marriage of Elizabeth^ CoLLiER.in 1637,
the name of Collier was merged in that of Southworth;
in. 1658
the name of Southworth was merged in that of Freeman II;
in 1719
the name di Freeman II was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. IV.
2. The Boston Transcript, August i8, 1913; also Vol. 12.
3. Goodwin's "Pilgrim Republic."
4. "Plymouth Court Orders," Vol. I.
5. "Brewster Genealogy," Vol. I.
6. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."
THE DAMON FAMILY
I. JoHN^ Damon, the founder of the Scituate family,
came with his sister Hannah to the Colony of
Plymouth probably as early as 1628. Their
uncle, William Gilsoh, was their guardian. He
90 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
is referred to as "a man of education and tal-
ents." He held many offices of responsibility
in the colony, being Assistant for several years.
In 1633 Gilson and several others settled in
Scituate and laid out the village there. They
were called "Men of Kent," since they came
from Kent County, England. The principal
street of the village they named Kent Street.
In 1636, Gilson erected a windmill (perhaps the
first in America) for grinding corn, being al-
lowed by a special Act of the Colonial Court not
above one-twelfth part as toll.
Gilson died in 1639, leaving legacies to his
wife, his pastor, and John^ and Hannah Damon,
his nephew and niece. The Widow Gilson died
in 1649, and leaving no children, the nephew and
niece were recognized by the Plymouth Court
as lawful heirs, since their mother was William
Gilson's sister. John^ succeeded to his uncle's
residence in Kent Street. In 1644, he had
married Catherine^ Merritt (Henry^) (see
Merritt family), by whom he had six children:
I. Deborah'' 2. John^ 3. Zachary'' (died young)
4. Mercy'' 5. DanieP 6. Zachary* 2d^
In 1659, he married (2), Martha Howland,
by whom also he had six children:
I. Experience^ 2. Silence^ 3. Ebenezer^
4. Ichabod" 5. Margaret^ 6. Hannah^
JoHN^ Damon died in 1677, and his widow,
Martha, was made executrix. She later married
Peter Bacon of Taunton.
* Sometimes spelled Zachery.
THE DAMON FAMILY 91
Zachary^ Damon (John^) of Scituate was born in
1654. By the Colonial Records, it appears that
John^ and Zachary^ Damon were soldiers in
King Philip's War in 1676, and received grants of
land. Zachary was promoted to be a Lieuten-
ant. In 1679, he married Martha^ Woodworth
of Scituate (see Woodworth family). He died
in 1730, aged seventy-six. His children were:
I. Martha^ 2. John' 3. Zachary'
4. DanieP 5. Mercy' 6. Hannah' 7. Mehitable'
Mehitable^ Damon (Lieutenant Zachary^,
JoHN^), was born in Scituate in i6q6. Another
Mehitable*, her niece, daughter of Zachary^
Damon and Mehitable Chittenden, is said by
some to have married Jonathan* Merritt
(JoHN^-^, Henry^), in 1727. But Mehitable*,
daughter of Zachary^, was not born until June
eighteenth, 1 7 16, and in 1727 was only eleven
years old. It is true Mehitable^ was at that
time thirty-one, and perilously near old maiden-
hood, but we submit that the elder Mehitable is
more likely to have been Jonathan*' s bride than
was the eleven-year old daughter of Mehitable
(Chittenden) Damon. (See Merritt family.)
By the marriage of Mehitable' Damon, in 1727,
the name of Damon was merged in that of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer ; and in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. I, II.
2. "The Damon Memorial."
3. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 18, 19.
4. Genealogical Advertiser, IV, 91, 92.
5. Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War.
6. "Scituate Vital Records."
7. Deane's "Scituate."
92 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
THE DAY FAMILY
The Day family seems to have originated in
Wales. The name is derived from Dee — dark.
Very possibly the family took its name from a
river in Wales {cf. "The Miller of the Dee").
In colonial days there were nine Day families
in New England, all apparently distinct. Rob-
ert of Cambridge and Hartford, 1634-1636;
Robert of Ipswich, 1635; Nathaniel of Ipswich,
1637; Stephen of Cambridge, 1639; Wentworth
of Boston, 1630; Matthew of Cambridge, 1645;
Ralph of Dedham, 1645 ; Anthony of Gloucester,
164s; Emmanuel of Manchester, (Mass.), 1685.
I. Anthony^ Day, of Gloucester, sailed from Lon-
don, England, July sixteenth, 1635, in the Paul.
He probably landed in Virginia, or the Carolinas,
and thence moved north by land. We find him
in Gloucester in 1645. In 1650 he married.
His wife's first name was Susanna. Her maiden
name is in dispute; some give it as Matchett,
others as Ring. Circumstances seem to indicate
the former is correct. His death is usually given
as April twenty-third, 1707; but as his adminis-
trator gave bond on May thirteenth, 1708, he
probably died In the latter year. On June
twentieth, 1695, he made oath that he was
eighty; therefore he was born about 1615. He
had the following children:
I. Thomas'"
2. Timothy'
3- John'
4. EzekieP (died young)
S. Ezekielzd''
6. Nathaniel'
7. Elizabeth'
8. SamueP
9. Joseph'
THE DAY FAMILY 93
Thomas^ Day (Anthony^), of Gloucester, was
born in 1651. He married (i), December thir-
tieth, 1673, Mary Langton; (2), November
twenty-fifth, 1706, Hannah Clark. He died
January twenty-ninth, 1726. The children of
Thomas^ and Mary (Langton) Day were:
I. Thomas' 2. Mary' 3. Joseph* 4. John'
The first wife of Thomas^ Day, perished, to-
gether with her daughter Mary^, in a thunder
storm, July eighteenth, 1706; they were both
struck by lightning in the entry of their home.
Thomas^ Day (Thomas^, Anthony^), of Glou-
cester, was born May twenty-seventh, 1675.
He married, March seventh, 1700, Mary,
daughter of Nicholas Denning.
The year 1716, was a year sadly memorable in
the annals of Gloucester. In August of that
year five vessels and twenty men — estimated at
one-tenth the tonnage and one-fifteenth of all
male citizens — ^were lost on a fishing voyage to
the Isle of Sables. Among the number were
Thomas^ Day and George Denning, aged thirty.
It is probable that George was the brother-in-law
of Thomas^ Day.
Thomas' and Mary (Denning) Day had
the following children:
1. Hepzibah* 2. Josiah* 3. Stephen*
4. Mary* 5. Thomas* 6. Jacob*
Josiah* Day (Thomas^, Thomas^ Anthony^), of
Gloucester (Massachusetts), and Georgetown
(Maine), was born in Gloucester January thir-
94 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
tieth, 1703. On November twenty-ninth, 1730,
he married Mary Thomas, of Matinicus, Maine.
As this marriage is on record in Gloucester, ap-
parently JosiAH* Day was living there at the
time. He finally removed to Georgetown,
Maine, and died there in 1758, Of the children
of JosiAH* and Mary (Thomas) Day, we find
the following:
I. Mary" (baptized in Gloucester). 2. Mary 2d' (bap-
tized in Gloiacester) (died young.)
3. Miriam* (born in Georgetown). And probably
4. Josiah^ (married Wealthy Blethen).
5. Miriam^ Day (Josiah*, Thomas^, Thomas^, An-
thony^) was born in Georgetown (Maine), in
1739. On July thirtieth, 1757, she married (i),
James Blethen, and removed to Cape Elizabeth.
He died not long after, and she married (2),
March second, 1763, Lieutenant William^
Sprague (Jethro^ William^, John^, Francis^)
of Georgetown (see Sprague family). She died
October fifth, 1836.
By the marriage of Mrs. Miriam^ (Day) Blethen, in 1763,
the family of Day was merged in that of Sprague ; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Stackpole's "Durham."
2. Winsor's "Duxbury."
3. "Memorial of Sprague Family."
4. "Lincoln Co. (Maine) Probate Records."
5. "Georgetown (Maine) Records."
6. Bangor Historical Magazine.
7. Maine Historic Society Collection, 2d Series.
8. Gloucester Town and Church Records.
THE FARRAR FAMILY 95
9. N. E. Historical and Genealoeical Register, Vol. IF.
10. Babson's "Gloucester" and*'Notes and Additions."
11. "Essex County Quarterly Court Records."
12. "Day Family of Hartford."
13. "American Ancestry, Vol. XI."
14. Pringle's "Gloucester."
15. Helton's "List of Emigrants"
16. MS. of J. Alphonso Day, in Historic-Genealogical
Library.
THE FARRAR FAMILY
Jacob^ Farrar, with an elder brother, John, was
among the original signers of a "Covenant" to
preserve the "purity of religion" in Lancaster,
Massachusetts, and to keep out "profane and
scandalous persons." Lancaster was incorpo-
rated May eighteenth, 1653. On the twenty-
fourth of the following September, John and
Jacob^ signed the covenant aforesaid. They
came hither from England, apparently from Lan-
cashire. Jacob^ was probably over thirty at the
time. He had married about 1640, and left a
wife (Anne ) and four children in England,
until he should prepare a home in the new world.
In 1658 he sent for his family. In a valuation of
the town property, shortly after this, there is the
following record: "Jacob Farrar added when his
wife came £168 7s. od."
During King Philip's War, in 1675, two of his
sons were killed. The town was captured by
the Indians February tenth, 1675/6, and most of
the property destroyed. Jacob^ with his fam-
ily, took refuge in Woburn. On the eleventh of
March nineteen townsmen, including Jacob^
96 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Farrar, John^ Houghton, John^ Houghton,
JoHN^ Prescott, and Thomas^ Sawyer, ad-
dressed a "Humble Petition of the distressed
people of Lancaster " to the Government. This
is now on record in the Secretary's office. Two
years later, August fourteenth, 1677, Jacob^
Farrar died.
The children of Jacob^ and Anne Farrar
were:
I. John* 2. Jacob^ (killed August twenty-second, 1675).
3. Henry* (killed February, tenth, 1675/6).
4. Mary* 5. Joseph*.
The first four were born in England, the last
in Lancaster. The widow of Jacob^ became,
March second, 1680, the third wife of John
Sears of Boston.
2. Mary^ Farrar (Jacob^) was born in England in
i648±. On February twenty-second, 1671/2,
she married John^ Houghton (John^), of Lan-
caster (see Houghton family). Her husband
and her mother Anne administered the estate
of her father.
By the marriage of Mary* Farrar, in 1671 /2,
the name of Farrar was merged in that of Houghton; in 1700
the name of HouGHTO^f was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "The Farrar Family."
2. "Report to the Brown Association," by Columbus
Smith.
3. Nourse, "Military Annals of Lancaster."
4. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary."
5. Marvin, "History of Lancaster."
6. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, October, 1 852.
THE FLAGG FAMILY 97
THE FLAGG FAMILY
The original spelling of the family name Flagg
was Flegg. This is an old English surname,
derived, according to tradition, from one Rawl
Flegg, a Norse viking, who settled in Norfolk
about 868. The spelling was changed about
1700 by common consent, as being more pleasing
to the ear.
I. Thomas Flagg, of Watertown, came from County
Norfolk to America in the year 1637, enrolled as
a servant to Richard Carver, of Scratby. The
story is current in the family that he loved a
maid below his station; that they eloped sep-
arately, agreeing to meet in America; and that
they took passage in two ships that sailed in
company — one in the John and Dorothy, the
other in the Rose. Soon after their arrival, they
married. Whether their romance is true or not,
Thomas married a maid whose surname is un-
known, but whose Christian name was Mary.
As early as 1641 he had settled in Watertown,
where he became a landowner, and a citizen of
prominence. He was probably the ancestor of
all the Flaggs in this country. He was select-
man for five years. He lost his left eye in a
gunshot accident previous to 1659. He died
February sixth, 1697/8, aged eighty-three. His
wife Mary was born in 1619, and died in 1703.
Their children were:
I. Lieutenant Gershom^ 2. John'
3. Bartholomew^ 4. Thomas^ 5. William'
98 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
6. MichaeP 7. Eleazar^ 8. Elizabeth^
9. Mary" 10. Rebecca" 11. Benjamin"
12. Allen"
2. Lieutenant Gershom^ Flagg (Thomas^), of
Watertown and Woburn, was born in Water-
town, April sixteenth, 1641. He married, April
fifteenth, 1668, Hannah^ Leppin(g)well (Mi-
chael^) (see Leffingwell family). He was ad-
mitted freeman May twenty-seventh, 1674. He
removed to Woburn and engaged in the tanning
business there. He was commissioned First
Lieutenant of the Woburn Company in King
William's War. In 1690, since the Indians com-
mitted many depredations in New Hampshire,
two companies of scouts were raised to put an
end to their ravages. On July sixth, 1690, the
scouts overtook the enemy at Wheelwright's
Pond, a beautiful sheet of water in the town of
Lee, New Hampshire. A bloody engagement
ensued in which three white officers, twelve men
and many Indians were slain. The three offi-
cers were Captain Wiswall, Lieutenant Ger-
SHOM^ Flagg, and Sergeant Walker.
The children of Lieutenant Gershom^ and
Hannah (Leppin(g)well) Flagg were:
I. Gershom^ 2. Eleazer^ 3. John'
4. Hannah^ 5. Thomas' (died young)
6. Ebenezer' 7. Abigail' 8. Mary'
9. Thomas 2d' 10. Benoni'
3. Hannah^ Flagg (Lieut. Gershom^ Thomas^)
was born in Woburn, March twelfth, 1675. She
married, January ninth, 1695/6, Henry^ Green
THE FREEMAN I FAMILY 99
(Lieutenant Henry^, Thomas^) (see Green
family.)
Lieutenant Gershom^ Flagg's son, John' Flagg, was the father of
Ebenezer* Flagg, who was the father of
Dr. Henry Collins" Flagg, who was the father of
Henry Collins" Flagg. His daughter,
Rachel Moore' Flagg, married Abram E. Gwynne. Their daugh-
ter, AHce* Gwynne, married ComeUus Vanderbilt, a grandson of
the old Commodore.
By the marriage of Hannah^ Flagg, in 1695 /6,
the name of Flagg was merged in that of Green; in 1731
the name of Green was merged in that of Lee ; in 1769
the name of Lee was merged in that of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. McClintock's "New Hampshire."
2. Kurd's "StrafFord Co., New Hampshire."
3- Flagg Family Records.
4. "Eleazer Flagg," by C. A. Flagg.
5. Year Book, Society of Colonial Wars, 1895.
6. Bond's "Watertown."
7. Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts."
8. North's "Augusta, Maine."
9. Concord, Massachusetts, "Births, Marriages, and
Deaths."
10. American Ancestry, Vol. XI.
THE FREEMAN I FAMILY
Edmund^ Freeman, of Sandwich, came from Eng-
land in 1635, in the ship Abigail. His wife's
maiden name is not known, but at Graveley,
Herts, England, on October thirteenth, 1617,
the marriage of Edmund Freeman to Elizabeth
loo SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Gurney is recorded. Since Mrs. Freeman's first
name was Elizabeth, this is possibly the record
of the marriage of Edmund .
We find Edmund^ at Saugus (Lynn), in the
year of his arrival. Later he removed to Ply-
mouth, where he was admitted freeman, January
second, 1637. A few months later he, with nine
others, obtained permission to found the first
English town on the Cape — the town of Sand-
wich. As his portion of the land in that town
was larger than that of any other man, it is
probable that he was the leader of the colony.
He was a man of great consequence. He bore
the unusual title of "Mr."* He was Deputy
for Plymouth Colony in 1641, Assistant to
Governor Prence (two of whose daughters
Mr. Freeman's sons married) from 1640-1646.
He was a member of the Council of War in 1642;
was presiding officer of a court of three "to hear
and determine controversies and causes" in
Sandwich and the adjoining towns; and later
was selected as Judge. Of him we find an inter-
esting sketch in the "History of Barnstable,"
a part of which runs as follows:
"Edmund Freeman of Lynn, one of the first
settlers of Sandwich, was a prominent man of
good business habits, liberal in politics and
tolerant in his religious opinions. He was a
member of the Sandwich church — the most
bigoted and intolerant in the colony — ^yet he
* See page 27.
THE FREEMAN I FAMILY loi
did not imbibe the persecuting spirit .
of his brethren. In his intercourse with his
neighbors , . .he was very kind and
affectionate. His wife died February four-
teenth, 1676. . . He was then eighty-six,
and had been married fifty-nine years." He
died in 1682, being then, it is believed, ninety-
two years of age.
All the descendants of Edmund^ Freeman's
sons are eligible to membership in the Society
of Mayflower Descendants and the various
Colonial War Societies.
The children of Edmund^ and Elizabeth
Freeman were:
I. Alice' 2. Edmund* 3. Elizabeth^
4. John' 5. Mary^
2. Major John^ Freeman (Edmund^), of Sand-
wich and Eastham, was born in England, i627±.
On February thirteenth, 1649/50, he married
Mercy^ Prence (Governor Thomas^) (see
Prince family). Just before or after this he
removed to Eastham, where he is mentioned in
the records as ''among the earliest settlers, with
Governor Prence," his father-in-law. He was
prominent in public affairs, and "to this day has
been regarded as 'one of the fathers of East-
ham' ". His record in the Indian wars is re-
markable. He is said to have been an Ensign
in 1654; in 1671, July eighth, he was Lieutenant
and second in command in the expedition against
the Indians at Saconnet, when Major Josiah
Winslow, with one hundred and two . men
102 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
marched against Awashonk, the Squaw Sachem;
he was Captain in the battle with the Indians at
Taunton in 1675 ; he was a member of the Coun-
cil of War in 1675-6; and in 1685 was chosen
Major of the third Plymouth Colony Regiment,
composed of conipanies from Barnstable, East-
ham, Sandwich, and Yarmouth.
His political services were equally note-
worthy. He was Deputy eight years, from
1654; Selectman ten years, from 1663; Assist-
ant several years, from 1666; and still later,
December seventh, 1692, he was appointed a
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was
for the greater part of his life a Deacon of the
Church of Eastham.
He was a large land owner throughout his
career. Among the numerous recorded instru-
ments, to and from him, is a mortgage made in
1691, to him, of two islands for seventy-six
pounds, by the town of Eastharn; that being
"the town's proportion of the expenses of getting
the new charter from England."
His wife died first, September twenty-eighth,
171 1, aged eighty. On her curiously wrought
gravestone a heart is carved, within which is her
epitaph. Major Freeman died October twen-
ty-eighth, 1 719. His gravestone says he was in
the ninety-eighth year of his age. That probably
is an error, as he appears to have been only
ninety-two.
THE FREEMAN I FAMILY 103
The children of Major John^ and Mercy^
(Prence) Freeman were:
1. John' (died young) 2. John 2d' 3. Thomas'
4. Patience' 5. Hannah' 6. Edmund*
7. Mercy' 8. Wilham' 9. Prince'
10. Bennet' 11. Nathaniel'
3- Lieutenant Edmund^ Freeman (Major John^
Edmund^), of Eastham (Tonset), was born in
June, 1657. He is believed to have married (i),
Ruth Merrick; if so, his daughter Ruth (born
i68o±), may have been by this marriage. But
most of his children were by (2), Sarah^ Mayo
(Captain Samuel^, Reverend John^) (see
Mayo family). He was a man of prominence in
town affairs, and for many years one of the
selectmen. He died December tenth, 17 17.
His wife survived him until 1745- He had three
sons and nine daughters:
I. Ruth* 2. Sarah* 3. Mary*
4. Isaac* 5. Ebenezer* 6. Edmund*
7. Experience* 8. Mercy* 9. Thankful*
10. Elizabeth* ii. Hannah* 12. Rachel*
4. Mercy* Freeman I, (Lieutenant Edmund^
Major John^ Edmund^) was born in Eastham
in 1696^; on October fourteenth, 1717, she
married Thomas^ Cobb (Richard^, Thomas^),
of the same town (see Cobb family).
By the marriage of Mercy* Freeman I, in 1717,
the name of Freeman I was merged in that of Cobb; in 1755
the name of Cobb was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
I04 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
AUTHORITIES
1. "New England Family History," Vol. 2.
2. Boston Transcript, May Mih, 191 3; August fifteenth,
1913-
3. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary.
4. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 4, 6,
9, 20.
5. Mayflower Descendant, Vols. 3, 5, 6.
6. " Society of the Colonial Wara — Illinois," 1900; Year-
book, 1894.
7. "Plymouth Colony Records," 1:140; 3:74-174; 4:147.
8. " Freeman Genealogy."
9. "Mayo Genealogy" (in MS. inHist.-Gen. Soc. Library).
THE FREEMAN II FAMILY
1. Samuel^ Freeman, of Watertown, came from
England to America at the same time with Gov.
Winthrop, in 1630, though perhaps not in the
same vessel. He was in Watertown that same
year, a landowner and a householder. On Feb-
ruary eleventh, 1630/1, his house was burned.
His wife's name was Apphia. In 1639 ^^^•
Freeman returned to England on business,
and while there was taken sick and died. His
widow later married Governor Prence. The
children of Samuel^ and Apphia Freeman
were:
I. Henry'' 2. Apphia' 3. Samuel^
2. Deacon Samuel^ Freeman (Samuel^) of East-
ham was born in Watertown, May eleventh, 1638,
but removed to Eastham. He married, May
twelfth, 1658, when he was barely twenty years
old, Mercy^ Southworth (Constant^) (see
South WORTH family). Mr. Freeman became a
deacon of the Eastham church in 1676. He was
THE FREEMAN II FAMILY 105
chosen Representative in 1697. "A man of
pecuniary resources and of financial ability, he
was of service to the town in times of peculiar
straits." He died November twenty-fifth, 1712,
aged seventy-five. The children of Deacon
Samuel^ and Mercy^ (Southworth) Freeman
were:
I. Apphia' (died young) 2. SamueF
3. Apphia (2d)'
4. Constant' 5. Elizabeth*
6. Edward*
7. Mary' 8. Alice'
9. Mercy*
3.1. Apphia (2d)^ Freeman (Deacon Samuel^,
Samuel^) was born in 1666; in 1685 she married
IsAAC^ Pepper (Robert^).
By the marriage of Apphia (2*)' Freeman II, in 1685,
the name of Freeman II was merged in that of Pepper* ; in 1764
the name of Pepper was merged in that of Mereen; in 1784
the name of Mereen was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
3.2. Captain Constant^ Freeman (Deacon Sam-
uel^, Samuel'), of Truro was born in East-
ham, March thirty-first, 1669. He married,
October eleventh, 1694, Jane* Treat (Rev-
erend Samuel^, Governor Robert^, Richard')
of Eastham (see Treat family). In 1705 he
moved to Truro (Pamet), his grandfather
Southworth having given him one-sixteenth of
the township. He was the first treasurer of
Truro; a Representative to the General Court;
selectman for seven years; and a captain of
militia. He was a very prominent citizen. He
*The name of Freeman II reaches the Munseys by a shorter
road under 4 below. Cf . pages 84 and 89.
io6 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
was one of the founders of the church in Truro
in 171 1, and a deacon from 171 8 to 1727, when
he was made a ruling elder. He paid five
pounds, ten shillings (higher than any other
person), for his pew in the new meeting house.
He died at Truro, June eighth, 1795, aged
seventy-six.
The children of Captain Constant'' and Jane*
(Treat) Freeman were:
I. Robert^ 2. Jane* (died young)
3. Jane 2d* 4. Constant* 5. Mercy*
6. Hannah* 7. Eunice* 8. Elizabeth*
9. Jonathan* 10. Apphia* 11. Joshua*
4- Mercy* Freeman II (Captain Constant^,
Deacon Samuel^, Samuel^) was born in East-
ham, August thirty-first, 1702. She married (i),
October eighth, 1719, Caleb" Hopkins (Caleb^
GILES^ STEPHEN^) (see Hopkins Line).
After his death, in 1741, she married (2), June
twenty-eighth, 1749, Benjamin Higgins; and (3),
December fifth, 1771, Ebenezer Dyer. She
died in December, 1786, aged eighty-four.
By the marriage of Mercy* Freeman II, in 1719,
the name of Freeman II was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary."
2. Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts."
3 . Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 6.
4. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 6.
5. "Freeman Genealogy."
6. New England Family History.
7. "Treat Family."
THE GREEN FAMILY 107
THE GREEN FAMILY
1. Thomas^ Green, of Maiden, was born in England,
in i6o6±. The first record in this country in
which his name appears is in 1653, when his
youngest daughter, Dorcas, was born. Yet
there are indications that he came to this coun-
try several years earlier (probably in i635±),
and lived in Ipswich. He had a farm of sixty-
three acres in North Maiden, now Melrose.
Part of this farm is still in the possession of his
descendants. He was a selectman of Maiden
in 1658, and was several times on the grand
jury of Middlesex County. There were two
other Thomas Greens in Maiden at that time.
To distinguish them, the subject of this sketch
was called Thomas Green, Senior; his son,
Thomas Green, Junior; while the third was
denominated plain Thomas Green.
Thomas' Green married (i), Elizabeth ,
who died, August twenty-second, 1658; (2),
Mrs. Frances ( ) [Wheeler-Cook]. He died
December nineteenth, 1667, leaving an estate
valued at two hundred eighty-six pounds. His
children, all by his first wife, and four or five of
them probably born in England, were:
I. Elizabeth" 2. Thomas'' , 3. John"
4. Mary" 5. William" 6. Henry"
7. Samuel" 8. Hannah" 9. Martha"
10. Dorcas"
2. Lieutenant Henry^ Green (Thomas'), of Mai-
den, was born in Ipswich, in 1638. He married,
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January eleventh, 1671/2, Esther^ Hasey
("Hasse"), who was born 1649/50. She was
daughter of Lieutenant William^ Hasey, who
died in 1689. Lieutenant Green was a select-
man thirteen years and Representative four
times. He died in Maiden, September nine-
teenth, 1 71 7, aged seventy-eight. His wife
survived him thirty years, dying in Stoneham,
February twenty-sixth, 1747/8, at the age of
ninety-eight. Their children were:
I. Henry^
2. Esther'
3. Joseph'
4. DanieP
5. Dorcas'
6. Lydia'
7. Jacob'
Henry^ Green (Lieutenant Henry^, Thomas^),
of Stoneham, Massachusetts, and Killingly,
Connecticut, was born in Maiden, January
twenty-fourth, 1672/3. He married Hannah^
Flagg (Lieutenant Gershom^, Thomas^), of
Woburn on January ninth, 1695/6 (see Flagg
family). She was born March twelfth, 1675.
Mr. Green lived for a time in that part of
Charlestown which is now called Stoneham.
On January thirtieth, I7i8/9,he sold his brother
DanieP about ninety acres of land in Charles-
town (Stoneham) and Maiden for seven hundred
sixty pounds. Soon after this he removed to
Killingly (now Thompson), Windham County,
in northeastern Connecticut, whither many
Massachusetts people emigrated in the first
part of the eighteenth century. Henry^ Green
with his eight sons became the first resident
proprietors of the town in the vicinity of
THE GREEN FAMILY 109
"Quadic." He was No. 17 of the twenty-seven
constituent members of the Thompson Congre-
gational church (organized January twenty-
eighth, 1730), and heads the list of the seventeen
pewholders. He was living in 1740, and prob-
ably died in Killingly. The children of Henry^
and Hannah^ (Flagg) Green were:
I and 2. Henry* and Ebenezer* (twins) 3 . Hannah*
4. Seth* 5. Eleazer* 6. Nathan*
7. Timothy* 8. Esther* 9. Phinehas*
10. Amos* II, Abigail*
Esther* Green (Henry^, Lieutenant Henry^,
Thomas^) of Killingly was born in Charlestown,
May seventeenth, 1708. When she was about
ten years of age she removed with her parents
and her ten brothers and sisters to Killingly
(Thompson), Connecticut. There she married
August fifteenth, 1731, Isaac^ Lee, son of
Samuel^ Lee, formerly of Watertown.
By the marriage of Esther* Green, in 1731,
the name of Green was merged in that of Lee; in 1759
the name of Lee was merged in that of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. S. S. Greene's "Thomas Green, of Maiden."
2. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 37, 42.
3. "Year Books" of Society of Colonial Wars, 1875, 1896.
4. Maiden "Vital Records."
5. "Historical Address" (July fourth, 1876), by E. H.
Goss in Melrose.
6. "History of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connect-
icut."
7. E. H. Goss's "History of Melrose."
8. "History of Windham County, Connecticut."
9. Thompson (Connecticut) Congregational "Church
Manual."
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THE HIGGINS FAMILY
1. Richard^ Higgins of Eastham, tailor, was taxed
in Plymouth in 1632. On October seventh,
1633, he bought a house of Thomas Little for.
twenty-one bushels of corn. He was made a
freeman in 1634. On December eleventh, 1 634,
he married (i) Lydia^ daughter of Edmund^
Chandler. On August eighteenth, 1645, he sold
out his possessions in Plymouth to John Church-
well and went to Eastham. In 1647-51 he was
a Representative to the General Court. The
date of his first wife's death Is unknown; but
in October, 165 1, he married (2) Mary Yates,
His children were:
By Lydia^ Chandler:
1. Jonathan' 2. Benjamin'
By Mary Yates :
I. Mary^ 2. Eliakim^ 3. Jadiah^
4. Zera (Zeruiah)^ 5. Thomas^ 6. Lydia^
2. Benjamin^ HiGGiNS (Richard^), of Eastham, was
born in Plymouth In June, 1640. He moved in
early childhood to Eastham, and there, on De-
cember twenty-fourth, 1661, married Lydia^
Bangs (Edward^) (see Bangs family). He
died March fourteenth, 1691, his wife surviving
him. In the settlement of his estate, as agreed
to, on June twenty-fourth, 1691, seven of his
nine children (all but Nos. 3 and 7), are named.
The entire list follows :
I. Ichabod' 2. Richard' 3. John'
4. Joshua' 5. Lydia' 6. Isaac'
7. Rebecca' 8. Samuel' 9. Benjamin'
THE HIGGINS FAMILY iii
It is possible that No. 7 should be, "Benja-
min, born 167s; died young."
IsAAC^ HiGGiNS (Benjamin^, Richard^) of East-
ham was born on August thirty-first, 1672. He
married Lydia^ Collins (Joseph^ at a date
unknown. The will of Joseph^ Collins men-
tions his daughter Lydia Higgins and a son-
in-law Isaac HiGGINS.
The children of Isaac^ and Lydia^ (Collins)
HiGGiNS were:
I. Mary* 2. Sarah* 3. Benjamin*
4. Elkanah* 5. Rebecca* 6. Isaac*
7. Hannah* 8. Lydia*
Rebecca* Higgins (IsAAc^ Benjamin^ Rich-
ard^) of Eastham was born October tenth,
1705. The date of her marriage, like that of
her mother, is unknown, but the fact is proved
by her father's will. Her husband <was Joseph^
Pepper (Isaac^ Robert^),
By the marriage of Rebecca* Higgins
the name of Higgins was merged in that of Pepper; in 1754
the name of Pepper was merged in that of Mereen; in 1784
the name of Mereen was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Trawjm^i clippings — 191 1.
2. A'^. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 6.
3. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary."
4. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. J.
5. "Barnstable Probate Record," 4:171-2, 192.
6. Will of Isaac Higgins, of Eastham (February twelfth,
1760).
112 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
THE HOUGHTON FAMILY
In 1635 the Abigail, 300 tons, sailed from
London with many passengers for New Eng-
land. Among these was iJohn Houghton.
He was christened May nineteenth, 1593, in
St. Mary's Church at Eaton Bray, England,
where his father 2J0HN Houghton was buried,
April twenty-eighth, 161 8. The following is
from the passenger list:
20th June, 16 S5, -passenger from London to New
England in ship "Abigail," Hackwell Master,
John Houghton, 40 years old; certificate of his
conformity from justices of the peace and minister
{of\ Eaton Bray, in County Bedford, England.
This iJoHN Houghton is not the pioneer, for
he later returned to England; but his son —
I. JoHN^ Houghton, of Lancaster, Massachusetts,
was born in England in 1624*. He came to
Dedham, Massachusetts, from England between
1648 and 1652. Some say he was married before
he came; others that he married his wife,
Beatrix , in Dedham. The oldest date
to be found in Lancaster is that over h,is grave.
His tombstone in the Old Granary Burying
Ground says he died on the old Common, April
twenty-ninth, 1684, aged sixty years. He had
a very large landed estate. After the Indian
massacre of 1676, he removed to Woburn, where
he remained some years; but later he returned
THE HOUGHTON FAMILY 113
to Lancaster. The children of John^ and
Beatrix Houghton were:
I. John"
2. Robert"
3. Jonas"
4. Mary'
5. Beatrix"
6. Benjamin"
7. Sarah"
2. JoHN^ Houghton (John^) of Lancaster was either
born in England and came with his parents to
America about 1650; or he was born in Dedham,
Mass., perhaps a little earlier. He became the
most prominent man of his day in Lancaster.
He represented the town in the General Court
from 1693 to 1724 inclusive. He was commonly
called Justice Houghton, and for a long time
was the only magistrate in town. He was cele-
brated as a man of weight and influence, and was
a skillful conveyancer. Three pear trees which
he planted still stand (1896), before the site of
his house. During the last twelve years of his
life he was blind.
He married (i), January twenty-second,
1 67 1/2, Mary^ Farrar (Jacob^) (see Farrar
family). She was born in 1648, in Lancashire,
England, and died at Lancaster, Massachusetts,
in 1724. Mr. Houghton married (2), at the
age of seventy-five, Hannah Wilder, aged seven-
ty-two.
He died February third, 1737, in the eighty-
seventh year of his age. The epitaphs of John^
Houghton and his first wife Mary^ Farrar are
still legible upon their tombstones, as follows:
114 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Here lies buried
y* body of
John Houghton
esquir, as you are so ware we
as we are so
you will be
who died February y' 3* anno dominy
1736-7 and
in y' 87"' year
of his age.
Here lies
buried y" body
of Mrs. Mary
Houghton y°
wife of John
Houghton esquir
who died April
y* 7"' ano dm 1724
and in the 76* year
of her age.
The children of John^ and Mary^ (Farrar)
Houghton were:
I. Lieut. John' 2. Jacob' 3. Henry'
4 and 5. Joseph' and Benjamin' (twins)
6. Mary* ("born 6-1 8-1668"; but as the twins were
born 1678 and Mercy in 1682, "1668" is evidently
a typographical error for 1680).
7. Mercy' 8. Anna' 9. Jonathan'
10. Hepzibah' 11. Rebecca' 12. Beatrix'
13. William'
3. Mary^ Houghton (John^, John^), was born in
Lancaster in 1680. In 1700 she married Wil-
liam^ Sawyer (Thomas^, Thomas^) of the same
town (see Sawyer family). She died in 1754.
THE HYLAND FAMILY 115
By the marriage of Mary* Houghton, in 1700,
the name of Houghton was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "The Houghton Genealogy."
2. "History and Genealogy of the Houghton Family."
(Halifax, 1896).
3. "Sawyer Family in America."
THE HYLAND FAMILY
Thomas^ Hyland (Heilland, Hiland), of Scituate,
was baptized at Waldron, England, April twen-
ty-third, 1604. He died in New England be-
tween February fourteenth, 1682/3 and May
third, 1683. He married Deborah and
lived in Tenterden, England, from 1629 to 1636.
Then he emigrated to New England, where he
was a proprietor in Scituate in 1637. He took
the oath of allegiance on February first, 1638/9,
and was later a juryman and town officer. He
left to his son, Thomas^, lands in Waldron and a
house in Tenterden. There is a "Hyland's
Farm" in Waldron to-day, and a Hyland keeps
a dry-goods shop in Tenterden. The children
of Thoaias'^ and Deborah Hyland were:
I. Thomas^ 2. Mary^ 3. Elizabeth^
4. Sarah^ 5. Annah^ 6. Samuel"
7. Deborah* 8. Ruth*
Thomas^ Hyland (Thomas^), of Scituate was
born in Tenterden, England, where he was bap-
tized on November fifteenth, 1629. He came
ii6 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
with his parents to New England after 1636.
On January first, 1660/1, he married Elizabeth*
Stockbridge (John^). He died after 1683.
The children of Thomas^ and Elizabeth*
(Stockbridge) Hyland were:
I. Thomas^ 2. Elizabeth' 3. Mary'
4. John» S- Ruth'
3. Elizabeth^ Hyland (Thomas^, Thomas^) was
born in Scituate, August fifteenth, 1665, but was
not baptized until the twenty-fourth of Sep-
tember. In 1686 she married John^ Merritt
(JoHN^ Henry^) of the same town (see Merritt
family).
By the marriage of Elizabeth' Hyland, in 1686,
the name of Hyland wasmergedinthat of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1 . Genealogical Advertiser.
2. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 19
and 66.
3. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2.
4. Scituate "Vital Records."
THE JACKSON FAMILY
I. Dr. George^ Jackson appears first in Marble-
head, Massachusetts. His origin is unknown.
Farmer says of him: "George Jackson, a
surgeon of Marblehead, accompanied the Phips
expedition to Canada, 1690, in that capacity
[of surgeon]; purchased a farm in Scituate,
THE JACKSON FAMILY 117
August, 1702." Savage adds that he had a wife
Mary.
The latter statement is true, for the Marble-
head "Vital Records" declare: George Jackson
married Mary Nick, December eighth, 1690.
He may have bought a farm, also, in Scituate,
but there is no evidence that he ever lived there.
The wife of Dr. George^ Jackson was a
double widow. Her father was Samuel Aborn
of Salem (see Aborn family), whose will, dated
July twentieth, 1699, was not admitted to pro-
bate; but the Essex Probate records refer to his
daughter, "Mary, the wife of Dr. George
Jackson, of Marblehead."
Mary (Aborn) [Starr-Nick] Jackson's prior
husband, William Nick, made his will October
fifteenth, 1683. It was probated on the thir-
tieth of the next month. He mentions the
children of his "wife that is now, viz., her
children Mary Starr, Sarah Starr, Rebecca
Starr, and Hannah Starr." The inference is
plain: Mary Aborn married (i), a Mr. Starr,
(2), William Nick, and (3), Dr. George^
Jackson, By all husbands she had children;
for William Nick's will, after disposing of the
first galaxy, goes on to mention "my child
William Nick and the child she now goeth
withal." He made his wife executrix, and men-
tioned his "father-in-law, s Samuel Aborn."
Thirteen years after William Nick's death, in
1696, Dr. George^ Jackson and his wife Mary
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made their accounting of her former husband's
estate.
Dr. Jackson was among the foremost citizens
of his town. In 1707, Col. Francis Nicholson
and thirty-three other gentlemen (twenty-nine
being captains of vessels), subscribed a building
fund of one hundred seventy-five pounds toward
the erection of an Episcopal Church in Marble-
head. There was then but one church of that
faith in Massachusetts — King's Chapel, Boston.
In 171 1 another Episcopal church was built in
Newbury, but the edifice in Marblehead had not
yet been begun. Finally, on March thirty-first,
1714, George^ Jackson, Sr., headed a supple-
mentary subscription list with twenty pounds,
with a promise to erect a building as soon as
possible. Thirty-nine other gentlemen signed
after him, the total amount pledged being three-
hundred seventy-three pounds and ten shillings.
On July twentieth, 17 14, George^ Jackson and
three others were elected a standing committee
"on that affair in building a Handsome Church."
They wasted no time; for on September second,
1714, "the committee erected and raised a
church" which was later named St. Michael's.
It still stands — one of the oldest church edifices
in America and the very oldest Episcopal church
building in the United States, except perhaps,
"Old Trinity," of Newport, R. I. The King's
Chapel and Newbury Church, built before this,
were burned and rebuilt at a later date. The
mural monument of the founder. Col. Nicholson,
THE JACKSON FAMILY 119
contains also the name of George^ Jackson and
his three associates.
Dr. Jackson died in 1724. His will of
August twenty-fourth, 1722, with a codicil of
July twenty-third, 1723, was probated April
twentieth, 1724. His wife, Mary, had died
March twenty-third, 172 1/2. The will left all
his property to his three sons :
I. Bartholomew" 2. George" 3. John"
2. Dr. George^ Jackson (Dr. George^), of Kittery
and Salem, was born in 1692. The "New Eng-
land Family History" says: "Dr. J. L. M.
Willis, in Old Eliot, puts Dr. George Jackson
as the fourth physician in Kittery in 1724, and
adds (speaking of Dr. Jackson): 'He appears
in history as one who with Mr. Cutt and twenty
men of Kittery pursued a party of Indians into
Penobscot Bay. The Doctor and Mr. Cutt were
dangerously wounded, but both recovered.' "
Dr. Jackson later removed to Salem. In
1730 the neighboring town of Marblehead was
stricken with a plague of smallpox. The people
were terror-stricken. No egress was allowed to
those living in the town, and they were shunned
like lepers. But Dr. Jackson was not derelict
in his duty as a minister of mercy, for the simple
entry found in Felt's "Annals of Salem " shows
that he attacked the dread disease with the same
courage with which he pursued the hostile
Indians:
"1730, October 16. Doct. Geo. Jackson, of
I20 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Salem, hath visited the people of Marblehead,
sick with the small pox."
On March twenty-seventh, 171 1, Dr. Jack-
son married Joanna^ Pepperrell, sister of the
baronet, Sir William Pepperrell (see Pepperrell
family). The children of Dr. George^ and
Joanna^ (Pepperrell) Jackson were:
I. Margery" 2. Mary' 3. Elizabeth'
4. Joanna' 5. Dorothy' 6. Sarah'
By 1760 all the sons of Dr. George^ Jackson
were dead. Dr. George^ died in 1735. On
September twenty-fourth, 1762, Joanna^ (Jack-
son) Frost speaks of "My honored father,
George^ Jackson, late of Salem, deceased
. [and] his father George^ Jackson,
late of Marblehead, physician."
3. Dorothy^ Jackson (Dr. George^, Dr. George^)
of Salem in 1736, was married to Derry^ Pit-
man (Nathaniel^, William^) of Durham, N. H.,
(see Pitman family).
By the marriage of Dorothy' Jackson, in 1736,
the name of Jackson was merged in that of Pitman; in 1772*
the name of Pitman was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "New England Family History."
2. Willis's Old Eliot.
3. Essex "Probate Records."
4. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary."
5. Farmer, "First Settlers of New England."
* About 1748 Pitman merged in Munsey by another line
{Abigail* Pitman, Zachariah^, Joseph^, William}); page 147.
THE LEFFINGWELL FAMILY 121
6. Pamphlet of "Exercises Commemorating the Resto-
ration of St. Michael's Church, Marblehead,
April 18, 1888."
7. "158th Anniversary of St. Michael's."
8. " Bi-Centennial of 1st Congregational Church in Mar-
blehead."
9. Marblehead "Vital Records."
10. Felt, "Annals of Salem."
11. "Essex County Deeds," 120:234.
12. "Maine Wills," p. 342.
13. Essex Antiquarian, Vol. II.
THE LEFFINGWELL FAMILY
That the Leffingwells came from England
there is no doubt, though for many years none
of the name have been found there. Over four
hundred years ago — in 1495 — a Lawrence Leffing-
well lived in England. Since that time the form
of the name has often been changed. It became
Levingwell, LefFyngwell, Lippingwell, Leppin-
well, Leapphingwell, Lephingwell and Leaping-
well. The last form was for a long time ex-
plained as denoting a boiling spring, the inference
being that the original ancestor possessed one.
But that theory has been discarded, and Ameri-
can Leffingwells have returned to the spelling
which fifteenth century Lawrence employed.
English records show that on February nine-
teenth, 1603 — the year when Queen Bess died —
Michael, son of Thomas Leppin(g)well, was
baptized. Very possibly this may have been
the Michael Leppin(g)well who was living in
Boston in 1636, but shortly after removed to the
town of Woburn. His name appears on the
122 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Woburn tax list in 1645. He had ten children,
only two of whom were sons. In fact, the male
line from Michael became extinct over a cen-
tury ago, the name being merged in that of
many other New England families. The Rev.
E. B. Huntington, who began the collection of
memoranda regarding the Leffingwells of Am-
erica, believed Michael was an older brother of
the famous Thomas Leffingwell of Connecticut,
who was the personal friend of Uncas, "The
Last of the Mohicans."
Isabel, wife of Michael, died November
seventeenth, 1671 ; Michael died March twenty-
second, 1687. They had the following children:
I. Hannah*
2. Hannah''
3. Sarah*
4, Thomas*
5. Ruth*
6. Michael*
7. RacheP
8. Abigail*
9. Hesther*
10. Tabitha"
2. Hannah^ Leppin(g)well (Michael^) of Wo-
burn married Lieutenant Gershom^ Flagg
(Thomas^) April fifteenth, 1668 (see Flagg
family).
By the marriage of Hannah* Leppingwell, in 1668,
the name of Leppingwell was merged in that of Flagg ; in 1696
the name of Flagg was merged in that of Green; in 1731
the name of Green was merged in that of Lee ; in 1759
the name of Lee was merged in that of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "The Leffingwell Record."
2. Woburn "Vital Records."
3. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary."
THE McINTYRE FAMILY 123
THE McINTYRE FAMILY
(Mclntire, Mackintire, Macantier, Macken-
tier, Mackintier, mCintire, etc.)
In the year 1729 Col. David Dunbar contrived
to be appointed Governor of the Province of
Sagadahoc, Maine. He settled at Pemaquid
and invited his countrymen (Scotchmen from
the north of Ireland) to settle in his province,
offering them liberal inducements. He laid out
three townships — now Boothbay, Bristol, and
Nobleboro — and peopled them in two or three
years with more than 150 families, most of them
Scotch-Irish. With reference to this immigra-
tion William Willis says:
"Throughout three towns, and scattered far
beyond, over the whole State, are the descend-
ants of these colonists; and we trace in the re-
spectable names of McCobb, Campbell, Mont-
gomery, McClintock, Huston, McLean, Mc-
Keen, McFarland, Coldwell, Dick, Forbush,
Brown and McIntyre the offspring of men who
once trod in pride and power the land 'of brown
heath and shaggy wood,' who wandered on the
beautiful banks of Ayr, or reposed in the shade
of Ettrick, or mustered for the fray at the
pibroch's spirit-stirring sound and the shrill
slogan of the McGregor."
But Massachusetts then had jurisdiction over
Maine, and she looked upon Colonel Dunbar as
a sort of usurper. She accordingly contrived to
have him recalled, and to have the charge of
124 SOME? ALLIED FAMILIES
affairs in the Pemaquid region entrusted to
Samuel Waldo, who had some personal interest
there, as a patentee of the portion between the
St. George and Penobscot Rivers. On this
portion Mr. Waldo determined to settle other
Scotch-Irish families, that they might readily
affiliate with their neighbors in and around
Pemaquid. Some of these families were new-
comers; others had been in America since 1719.
"It is said that seven of them, viz.: Alexander
McLean, William^ McIntyre, James Howard,
Robert Spear and three others not recollected,
had previously been deputed, by their associates
in Boston and vicinity, to select a suitable place
for settlement; and that, after visiting Pema-
quid, the Kennebec and other places, they were
so struck with the advantages of this river [St.
George's] as at once to give it the preference.
But whether this was previous to 1729 .
we are unable to state. Certain it is, that
twenty-seven persons [on their own behalf and
in behalf of seventeen others either at the time
absent or under age — among them William^
McIntyre] now entered into an agreement with
Mr. Waldo, dated St. George's Fort, April
eighteenth, 173S, by which they engaged to
settle themselves and families on St. George's
River . . . Such were the men who under-
took the enterprise, the original fathers of the
present town of Warren."
In 1736 the settlers drew lots for their lots, and
No. 20 fell to William^ McIntyre. Not long
THE McINTYRE FAMILY 125
after, in company with many others, he with-
drew to safer quarters during the Indian mas-
sacres. He was for a time master of a sloop.
He was often employed in Boston where several
of his children resided. His son — or more
probably a son-in-law of the same family name,
Neil Mclntyre, was established as a tobac-
conist in that city; and Mary, a daughter, was
among the creditors of both William^ and
Robert^ at their death.
In the "Annals of Warren," Eaton gives the
children of William as i. Robert^, 2, NeaP,
3. Capt. John^, 4. Mary^ But in 1906, Mr.
F. P. Mclntyre of 197 St. Botolph St., Boston, a
descendant, wrote as follows to Mr. C. K. Bol-
ton, Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum :
"I take pleasure in giving you herewith some
corrections of and some additions to Eaton's
'Annals of Warren ' (Maine), concerning
William^ McIntyre and his sons and daugh-
ters. Eaton's 'Annals' was one of the best and
most reliable local histories and genealogies ever
published, and his inaccuracy in this case is
accounted for by the fact that . . . most
of the children of William did not go to St.
George's River, now Warren, Thomaston, and
Gushing, Me."
He then gives it as his opinion that the
children were (order of birth uncertain): I.
William^ 2. Robert^ 3. Martha^ 4. Esther^
(married Neil Mclntyre), 5. John^ 6. Maryl
He finds no proof, however, that the first two
are sons of William^.
126 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Now there is the record of a marriage in Boston
on December thirtieth, 1730, of a William Mc-
Intyre to Margaret Kirkpatrick. It seems
rather probable that this was William^, who
had in this country several children born in Ire-
land (Robert^ Martha^ Esther^, and John^ but
not William^), but having lost his first wife
married (2) Margaret Kirkpatrick in 1 730, and
had by her two other children, Joseph^ and
Mary^ Certain it is that a Joseph McIntyre
appears in Georgetown about 1750, who is too
old to be the son of Robert^ or John^, for in 1756,
he marries Sarah* Wallis (Samuel^, Josiah\
JoHN^). He is therefore probably the son of the
William who married Margaret Kirkpatrick
in 1730, and was born in 1733 =t. If this hypo-
thesis is correct, Joseph was either the son or
the grandson of William^ We incline to the
former theory, though perhaps it cannot be
proved; but that Joseph was in the direct line
of William^ seems so probable as almost to
amount to a certainty. We shall proceed on the
supposition that he is the son of William^.
2. Joseph^ McIntyre (William^), of Georgetown,
in 1752 signed a petition, with many others, to
Lieutenant Governor Phips of Massachusetts,
imploring protection. According to the town
records his intention of marriage with Sarah*
Wales (Wallis) was declared November
twelfth, 1756. By the same records they had
the following children:
THE McINTYRE FAMILY 127
1. MehitabeP, born January twenty-second, 1759.
2. Elizabeth', born April eighteenth, 1762.
3. Hannah', born August twenty-fifth, 1763.
4. Joseph', born April twelfth, 1767.
5. Nancy*, born November fifteenth, 1768.
6. William', born September seventeenth, 1770.
But evidence has been found of two more
children, not upon these records : Rachel , who
was married in 1789, and Henry^, who was a
minor in 1776. Evidently one of these was born
about 1765, and the other about 1772. Prob-
ably Rachel^ was the older.
Joseph^ McIntyre died in 1776, and his
widow was appointed administratrix. His pro-
perty was inventoried at seven hundred and
eight pounds. Mention is made of three minor
sons, Joseph, William, and Henry.
Rachel^ McIntyre (Joseph^ William^) was
born In Georgetown in I765± or I772±; prob-
ably the former. On October thirty-first, 1 789,
she was published, and on December seventeenth
1789 married by Rev. Ezekiel Emerson to
William^ Sprague (Lieutenant William*,
Jethro*, William^, John^, Francis^) of the
same place (see Sprague family).
By the marriage of Rachel' McIntyre, in 1789,
the name of McIntyre was merged in that of Sprague; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
128 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
AUTHORITIES
1. "Registry of Deeds, Lincoln Co., Maine," 49:132-134,
2. Lincoln County "Probate Records."
3. Certified copy of Georgetown, Maine, Town Records.
4. Copy of letter from F. P. Mclntyre.
5. Eaton's "Annals of Warren."
6. Letter from H. C. Thayer.
7. Georgetown "Vital Records."
8. "History of Bristol and Bremen."
9. Maine Historical Society Collections, 6:l8ff.
THE MAYO FAMILY
I. Rev. John^ Mayo came from England to Barn-
stable in 1639. He taught there in Rev. John
Lathrop's church till 1644, when he removed to
Eastham. He took charge of a church there
from 1646 to 165s, when he was settled over the
Second Church in Boston. This was the North
Church in North Square. The pastor's resi-
dence was at what is now 298 Hanover Street.
He remained there from 1655 to 1673 when he
retired because of old age. His colleague and suc-
cessor was the Rev. Increase Mather. Reverend
Mr. Mayo went from Boston to Yarmouth, where
he spent the remaining years of his life with his
daughter Elizabeth. He died at Yarmouth in
May, 1676. His wife's name was Thomasine
(Tamsin) ; her maiden name is not known. She
died February twenty-sixth, 1682/3. Their
children, all born before 1639, were:
I. Samuel^ 2. Hannah' 3. NathanieP
4. John' 5. Elizabeth'
2. Captain Samuel^ Mayo (Rev. John^), of
THE MAYO FAMILY 129
Barnstable, Oyster Bay (Long Island), and
Boston, was born in England in i620±. He
seems to have come with his father to Barn-
stable, and for many years resided there. In
1643 he married Tamsin^ Lumpkin" (William^)
of Yarmouth, who was born in 1626, In 1653,
he, with Peter Wright and Rev. William Lever-
idge, of Sandwich, were purchasers of Oyster
Bay on Long Island. The year after, in com-
pany with others, he removed thither. In 1654,
he was pressed into an expedition against the
Dutch. He is then spoken of as "of Barn-
stable," perhaps because he had not gained a
residence in his new home. How long he was
detained in service is not certain; but in 1658
he moved to Boston, where he died, in middle
life, in 1663. In April, 1664, power of adminis-
tration was granted to his father. Rev. John^
Mayo on the estate of Samuel^ Mayo, de-
ceased, mariner, — his widow, Thomasine, de-
clining to administer. Mrs. Samuel^ Mayo
afterwards married Mr. John Sunderland of
Eastham (born 161 8). She died in her eighty-
fourth year, June sixteenth, 1709, and was
buried in the old burying ground in Harwich
(now Brewster). Mr. John Sunderland died
December twenty-sixth, 1703, in his eighty-
fifth year; his first wife died January twenty-
ninth, 1663.
The children of Captain Samuel^ and Tam-
siN (Lumpkin) Mayo were:
I30 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
I. Mary* 2. Samuel" 3. Hannah*
4. Elizabeth' 5. Joseph* 6. John*
7. Nathaniel* 8. Sarah*
3.1. Elizabeth^ Mayo (Captain Samuel^, Rev.
John') was baptized May twenty-second, 1653,
in Boston. On May sixteenth, 1674, she mar-
ried Rev. Samuel^ Treat (Governor Robert^,
Richard'), her father's successor in the Eastham
pulpit (see Treat family). Sewall refers to her
marriage in his diary. She died December
fourth, 1696.
By the marriage of Elizabeth* Mayo, in 1674,
the name of Mayo was merged in that of Treat; in 1694
the name of Treat was merged in that of Freeman II ;
in 1719
the name of Freeman II was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
3.2. Sarah^ Mayo (Captain Samuel^, Rev. John^),
was born in 1660. She married Lieutenant
Edmund^ Freeman (see Freeman I family),
being probably his second wife. She died in
1745-
By the marriage of Sarah* Mayo, sister of Elizabeth* Mayo,
the name of Mayo was merged in that of Freeman I;
in 1717
the name of Freeman I was merged in that of Cobb; in 1755
the name of Cobb was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Treat Genealogy.
2. Mayo Genealogy (MS in Hist.-Gen. Library, Boston).
3. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 6.
4. Freeman Genealogy.
5. Suffolk Probate Record, 4:197.
THE MEREEN FAMILY 131
THE MEREEN FAMILY
I- Lieutenant John^ Mereen, of Eastham, Mass-
achusetts, and Georgetown, Maine, married Oc-
tober twenty-second, 1754 Rebecca* Pepper
(JosEPH^ IsAAC^ Robert^), also of Eastham.
There is a persistent tradition among the Me-
reens that they are of French origin. This
tradition has been handed down from father to
son ever since the days of John^. Doubtless
it is true. But it also is likely that the name
has been greatly modified from the original. We
know that when from 1662 to 1680 refugees from
France and the Channel Islands found asylum
among us, Jean Le Brun became plain "John
Brown"; Philippe L'Anglois, "Philip English";
and Francois Gerneaux, "Frank Gano." Pos-
sibly the French original of Mereen was Marigny,
for Pierre Berthon de Marigny was leader of the
Narragansett Colony of Huguenots in Rhode
Island from 1681 to 1685. This theory becomes
plausible when we note that when John^ Me-
reen's intention of marriage was entered upon
the Eastham Records, the clerk spelled his sur-
name "Merign"; while in the marriage record
the same man is called "Mareen." Spelling
followed the lines of least resistance in those
days.
Another possibility is, that the ancestors of
John were French marines. Weiss, in his "His-
tory of the Protestant Refugees," states that,
after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes
132 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
(1685), "a great number of soldiers and officers
of the marine abandoned the French service for
that of Holland," and that "many fugitives were
engaged as officers or marine volunteers." The
running title on page fifty-one of the volume
quoted is " French Marines in Holland." Now
we know that many Huguenots fled hither in the
latter part of the seventeenth century. May
there not have been French Marines in America
as well?
JoHN^ Mereen was a mariner, at any rate.
His great granddaughter (now living [in 1906]),
states that her grandfather has often told her
how his father was captain of a vessel which was
wrecked on Cape Cod. The son, John^, then a
boy of twelve, was with him. He, too, became
a mariner and was shipmaster for many years.
He gave up following the sea because of lame-
ness, and for thirty-five years was collector and
treasurer of the town of Phippsburg, Maine.
But Captain John^ was more than a marine.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, he left
the sea and took up arms upon the land. In
1779 we find him enrolled as Second Lieutenant
in Capt. Benjamin Lamont's (9th) Company of
Col. Sam. McCobb's (Lincoln County) Regi-
ment. His name has now evolved into
Mereen.
Just when Lieutenant John^ (as we shall
now call him) left Cape Cod is not known.
His grandson, John FlaveP Mereen, a prominent
citizen of Phippsburg, who died in 1883, used to
THE MEREEN FAMILY 133
say that his grandfather sold his farm on the
Cape for nine hundred dollars in continental
money and came to buy land at Basin Point,
Phippsburg — then Georgetown. Meanwhile his
money proved worthless and he lost everything;
but he settled there all the same. The dates of
his discharge from the army and of his death
are unknown.
The children of Lieutenant John^ and Re-
becca* (Pepper) Mereen were:
I. Rebecca'' 2. Ruth'' 3. Hannah''
4. SamueP 5. Daniel^ 6. John"
7. Sarah"
Rebecca^ Mereen (Lieutenant JohnO was born
in Eastham, September thirteenth, 1762. Ac-
cording to the Harpswell town records, she
married Elisha^ Hopkins (Simeon^ Caleb*"^,
GILES^ STEPHEN') of Harpswell, Maine,
on May sixteenth, 1784 (see Hopkins Line).
By the marriage of Rebecca' Mereen, in 1784,
the name of Mereen was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Weiss, "History of the French Protestant Refugees."
2. Eastham Records.
3. Harpswell Records.
4. Revolutionary Lists.
5. Letters from several great-grandchildren.
134 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
THE MERRITT FAMILY
I. Henry^ Merritt was born in the county of Kent,
England, about 1 590. He was one of the earliest
settlers of Scituate and became a large landed
proprietor. He was made a freeinan in 1638.
He died intestate in November, 1653. His
wife's name is unknown; some say it was
Deborah.
His children:
I. JoHN^ 2. Henry' 3. Catherine'
2.1. JoHN^ Merritt (Henry^), of Scituate, was
born in 1625 ±. He administered his father's
estate in 1653. On April third, 1655, he was
married by Captain Humphrey Atherton, of
Cambridge, to Elizabeth^ Wyborne (Thomas^)
of Boston (see Wyborne family). In the days
of the English Commonwealth only civil mar-
riages were legal. John^ lived on the paternal
homestead, but died in middle life (1676), leav-
ing three sons :
I. John' 2. Henry^ 3. Jonathan'
2.2. Catherine^ Merritt (Henry^), of Scituate was
married in 1644 to John^ Damon.
By the marriage of Catherine' Merritt, in 1644,
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Damon;
but in 1727
the name of Damon was merged in that of Merritt
(see below, Jonathan* Merritt).
3. JoHN^ Merritt (John^, Henry^) of Scituate was
born in 1660. He married in 1686 Elizabeth^
THE MERRITT FAMILY 135
Hyland (Thomas^, Thomas^) (see Hyland fam-
ily) and became the father of twelve children:
I. John* 2. Thomas* 3. Elizabeth*
4. Mary* 5. Ichabod* 6. Hannah*
7. Henry* 8. Abigail* 9. Jonathan*
10. David* II. Ebenezer* 12. Ezekiel*
Jonathan* Merritt (John^"^ Henry^), of Sci-
tuate, Massachusetts, and Hebron, Connecti-
cut, was born in 1702, at Scituate. On Janu-
ary eighth, 1727, he married a townswoman,
Mehitable^ Damon (Lieutenant Zachary^,
JoHN^), granddaughter of Catherine^ Mer-
ritt, the sister of Jonathan* Merritt's grand-
father (see Damon family). Stearns ("History
of Ashburnham") calls Mehitable^ the grand-
daughter of Lieutenant Zachary^, but the
Vital Records of Scituate show that Mehitable*
was too you^g to marry in 1727. About 1730,
Jonathan* removed from Scituate, finally sett-
ling in Hebron, Connecticut, where he died Oc-
tober twenty-first, 1758. Only three children
are mentioned:
I. Simeon* 2. Noah" 3. Jonathan*
NoAH^ Merritt (Jonathan*, John^'^ Henry^),
is said by Stearns to have been born in 1730,
though his name does not appear in the Scituate
Vital Records. As his father moved about this
time to Connecticut, he may first have seen the
light in that state. He married Sarah^ Lee
(Isaac^, Samuel^) of Watertown. Stearns says
he can find no record of his marriage, and many
genealogists searched in vain for it for twenty
136 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
years. We have finally unearthed it among
the Thompson (formerly Killingly), Connecti-
cut, church records, as follows:
"NOAH MERRITT married April 12, 1759,
SARAH LEE."
Previous to his marriage he is found in Temple-
ton, Massachusetts (1753); but he was a soldier
in the French and Indian War in 1755, in Col-
onel Eliphalet Dyer's Third Connecticut Regi-
ment. He settled in Templeton, and raised a
family of thirteen children:
I. Noah" 2. AbigaiF 3. Lucy"
4. Sarah^ 5. Henry" 6. Esther"
7. Simeon" 8. Molly" 9. Eunice"
ID. Wilks" _ II. Uriah" 12. Hannah"
13. Dytha" (which seems to be a misprint for Lydia).
6. Lucy® Merritt (Noah®, Jonathan*, John^"^,
Henry^), of Templeton, Massachusetts, was
born May twenty-fifth, 1762. On July third,
1786, she married George® Sawyer (Aholiab*,
William^ Thomas^"^) of Bolton (see Sawyer
family).
By the marriage of Lucy" Merritt, in 1786,
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 19, 33.
2. Deane's "Scituate."
3. Scituate Vital Records.
4. Templeton Vital Records.
5. Killingly (Thompson), Connecticut, Church Records.
6. Mayflower Descendant, Vols, i, 2, 9, 11.
7. Boston Transcript, 1898, 1902.
8. "Ninth Report of Record Commissioners" of Boston.
9. Stearns's "History of Ashburnham."
10. Connecticut Historic Society Collections, Vol. IX.
French and Indian War Rolls, 1:37.
THE MULLINS FAMILY 137
THE MULLINS FAMILY
WILLIAM^ MULLINS (MOLINES, MUL-
LENS), with his wife ALICE, joined the Pil-
grims at Southampton, England. With them
were a son JOSEPH and a daughter PRIS-
CILLA. They left in England a son William
and a married daughter, Sarah (Mullins) Blun-
den. WILLIAM^ *' was one of the most efficient
of the organizers and managers of the colony."
He was one of the forty-one signers of the im-
mortal Compact on board the Mayflower (see
BREWSTER family).
Recent investigations have shown that he
came from Dorking, in Surrey, near London.
He was a tradesman by occupation and one
of the seventy (more or less) famous Merchant
Adventurers whose aim was "to do good and to
plant religion" (Noble's "Pilgrims," page 158).
Of the seven thousand pounds invested in their
enterprise, WILLIAM^ MULLINS is said to
have contributed five hundred pounds. But
his career was brief. In a little more than two
months aft^r reaching Plymouth, he passed
away. He made a nuncupative will to GOVER-
NOR CARVER February twenty-first, 1620,
and then closed his eyes in death. The will is
given in the Mayflower Descendant (1:230). In
this will the name is spelled MULLENS.
ALICE MULLINS did not long survive her
husband. The strain of that awful first winter
proved too much for her constitution. BRAD-
138 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
FORD writes : " Mr. MOLINES, and his WIFE,
his SONE, and his servant [ROBERT CAR-
TER], dyed the first winter. Only his daughter,
PRISCILLA survived, and maried with JOHN
ALDEN" ("History of Plimoth," page 536).
There is some indication that WILLIAM^ was
a lineal descendant of Edward I of England.
The children of WILLIAM^ and ALICE
MULLINS were:
I. William'^ 2. Sarah^ 3. PRISCILLA^ 4. JOSEPH^
2. PRISCILLA^ MULLINS (WILLIAM^), one of
the Mayflower passengers, was born in Eng-
land. By the death of her parents, early in 1621,
she was left a double orphan. How CAPTAIN
MILES STANDISH loved the fair maiden,
and how he sent to her as his envoy JOHN^
ALDEN (see ALDEN family) with unlooked-
for results, has been related by Henry W. Long-
fellow, who was one of PRISCILLA'S de-
scendants.
As he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent
language.
Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival.
Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning
with laughter.
Said, in a tremulous voice: "Why don't you speak for
yourself, John?"
By the marriage of PRISCILLA' MULLINS, in 1622,
the name of MULLINS was merged in that of ALDEN ; in 1644
the name of ALDEN was merged in that of Paybody; in 1683
the name of Paybody was merged in that of B artlett ; in 1738
the name of Bartlett was merged in that of Sprague ; in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
THE PEABODY FAMILY 139
AUTHORITIES
1. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. i.
2. "Eliab Alden."
3. Boston Transcript, 1892, 1911.
4. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 42.
5. Bradford's "History of Plymouth."
6. "Peabody Genealogy."
7- Noble's (F. A.) "Pilgrims."
THE PEABODY FAMILY
1. JoHN^ Paybody (Paybodie, Peabody), of Eng-
land, came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, as
early as 1636, for he was admitted freeman in
that year. He received a grant of land (ten
acres) in 1637/8. He was a member of a jury
which convicted three young Englishmen of
the murder of an Indian, September fourth,
1638; was on "the Grand Inquest" of June
fourth, 1639; and was surety on a neighbor's
bond in 1645. He made his will July sixteenth,
1649, naming his wife Isabel, three sons, and
a daughter therein. There is no existing record
of his death, though it probably has occurred.
His children were :
I. Thomas^ 2. Francis^ 3. William' 4. Annis^
2. William^ Paybody (John^), of Duxbury, was
born in England in i620±. He grew up in Dux-
bury with his father, and then made a position
and acquired a competency for himself. He
bore arms in CAPTAIN STANDISH'S Dux-
bury Company in 1643. He was a "yeoman",
(1648), a "boatman" and "planter" (1672), and
140 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
a "wheelwright" (1681). He was also a land
surveyor, for many years the town clerk, and a
Representative to the General Court from 1654
to 1663, again in 1668, and from 1671 to 1682.
He was admitted freeman in 165 1. He made
his will May thirteenth, 1707, and died at Little
Compton (now in Rhode Island) December
thirteenth, 1707. He married, December twen-
ty-sixth, 1644, Elizabeth^, eldest daughter of
JOHN* and PRISCILLA^ (MULLINS) ALDEN
(see ALDEN family). His children, whose
births he entered with his own hand upon
records which still exist, were:
I. John' 2. Elizabeth" 3. Mary'
4. Mercy' 5. Martha' 6. Priscilla'
7. Priscilla 2d' 8. Sarah' 9. Ruth'
10. Rebecca' 11. Hannah' 12. William'
13. Lydia'
3. Hannah^ Paybody (William^ John^), of Dux-
bury, was born October fifteenth, 1662. On
October second, 1683, she married Samuel^
Bartlett (Benjamin^, Robert^), of the same
town (see Bartlett family).
By the marriage of Hannah' Paybody, in 1683,
the name of Paybody was merged in that of Bartlett; in
1738
the name of Bartlett was merged in that of Sprague; in
1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS; in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Mayflower Descendant, Vols, i, 6.
2. "Year Book" (1897-98), Society of Colonial Wars.
3. "Peabody Genealogy."
4. Austen's "Genealogical Dictionary."
THE PEPPERRELL FAMILY 141
THE PEPPERRELL FAMILY
Colonel William^ Pepperrell (or Pepper-
ell) (1647- 1 73 4), w^s the first of his name to
come to America. He was born at Tavistock,
near Plymouth, England. At the age of twenty-
two he came to this country in a fishing schooner,
and settled at the Isle of Shoals; six years later
he removed to Kittery, where he engaged in
shipbuilding along with John^ Bray, the pioneer
shipbuilder of the town. After a courtship of
three years he married Mr. Bilay's daughter,
Margery^, who was but nineteen (see Bray
family). Mr. Bray at first hesitated to let his
daughter wed with a man of slender means;
but young Pepperrell' s business capacity soon
won him over. Not many years later Mr.
Pepperrell had a fleet of more than one hun-
dred fishing schooners on the Grand Banks of
Newfoundland, besides others engaged in for-
eign trade. John^ Bray presented his son-in-
law with a house lot at Kittery, on which Wil-
liam^ Pepperrell erected a house which is still
standing.
Colonel Pepperrell became Justice of the
Peace in 1690, and held the office for thirty-five
years. He was appointed Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in 171 5, and served in that
capacity for many years with his son William^
as clerk. His business prospered, and in 1717,
he took his son into partnership in shipping,
lumber, and fisheries. He was one of the ori-
142 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
ginal founders of the Congregational Church of
Kittery, and ever an active member. His ver-
satility is shown by the fact that he was not only
an enterprising merchant, a distinguished jurist,
and a zealous churchman, but he also won re-
nown in those troublous times as a soldier. He
commanded the garrison at Kittery Point during
an Indian uprising in a fort named after himself,
and for his services there and elsewhere rose to
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. On the family
tomb is this inscription:
"Here lyes the body of the Honorable Wil-
liam Pepperel, Esq., who departed this life
the 15th of February Anno Domini 1733, in the
87th year of his age, with the remains of great
part of his family."
Mrs. Margery^ (Bray) Pepperrell, died
April twenty-fourth, 1741. Her historian speaks
of her as "exemplary for unaffected piety and
amiable virtue — especially her charity, her cour-
teous affability, her prudence, meekness, pa-
tience, and unweariedness in well-doing."
Colonel Pepperrell and his wife had eight
children, two sons and six daughters :
I. Andrew^ 2. Mary^ 3. Margery^
4. Joanna^ 5. Miriam^ 6. William^
7. Dorothy^ 8. Jane^
Of these eight children the sixth became fa-
mous. He was a successful merchant and jurist,
like his father; but in military skill and renown he
far surpassed him. He was given command of
the British land forces in 1745, and led the sue-
THE PEPPERRELL FAMILY 143
cessful expedition which resulted in the capture
of Lewisburg. As a reward for this achieve-
ment he was knighted by the king of England,
and had the unique distinction of being the only-
native American that was ever made a baronet.
He passed a year in England, and on his return
lived in truly English fashion, "His walls were
hung with costly mirrors and paintings, his side-
boards loaded with silver, his cellars filled with
choice wines, his park stocked with deer, a
retinue of servants, a splendid barge with a
black crew dressed in uniform, and all main-
tained in Baronial style." A fine portrait of
the Baronet hangs in the rotunda of the Capitol
at Augusta, Maine.
The brothers and sisters of Sir William^ Pep-
perrell seem to have been more democratic.
We are especially interested in:
Joanna^ Pepperrell (Colonel William^), who
was born in Kittery, June twenty-second, 1692;
on March twentieth, 1710/11, she married Dr.
George^ Jackson (Dr. George^ of Marblehead :
see Aborn and Jackson families) of Kittery.
A notice of her death is found in Willis's Old
Eliot (IV, 46), a part of which is as follows:
Kittery, Feb. 17, 1725/6. This Day Expir'd Mrs.
Joanna Jackson, in the 34th year of her age: thelate
Excellent Consort of Mr. George Jackson, Physician
[sic] by whom she had 7 children, and Daughter of Lieut.
Col. Pepperrell, Esq.: and Margery his Wife:
She was a Comely Person, but her Principal Ornaments
were the Virtues of her Mind. She was Exemplary in
her whole Conversation towards all her Relatives; was
Beneficial to all, especially to the Living Images of God;
144 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Manifested more than ordinary Compassion to Sick
People, and was forward to Relieve the Poor.
The children of Joanna^ (Pepperrell) and
Dr. George^ Jackson were:
I. Margery^ 2. Mary' 3. Elizabeth'
4. Joanna* 5. Dorothy* 6. Jane*
7. Miriam* 8. Sarah*, died in infancy
The fifth child, Dorothy^ Jackson (born No-
vember twenty-first, 1 717) was the grand-
mother of Andrew^ Munsey. She married
Derry^ Pitman (Nathaniel^, William^) in
1736 (see Pitman family) ; their daughter MLary*
Pitman (born 1749) married Timothy* Mun-
sey in 1772 (see Munsey Line), and their son
Andrew^ Munsey was born in 1785.
By the marriage of Joanna^ Pepperrell, in 1711,
the name of Pepperrell was merged in that of Jackson; in 1736
the name of Jackson was merged in that of Pitman; in 1772*
the name of Pitman was merged in that of MUNSEY.
The New England Magazine (12:415) says:
"The Pepperrell Family as such is found in this
country for only about seventy-five years.
During that period they amassed the largest
fortune ever known at that time in New Eng-
land, receiving the greatest honors ever con-
ferred on a colonial by the mother country."
AUTHORITIES
1. New England Family History, Vol. I.
2. Willis's Old Eliot, Vol. IV.
*There was also an earlier Pitman-Munsey merger; see
Maky* Aborn, page 51.
THE PITMAN FAMILY 145
3. Stackpole's "Old Kittery."
4. Parsons's "Life of Sir Wm. Pepperrell."
5. New England Magazine, Vol. XII.
6. Belknap's "History of New Hampshire."
7. "Year Book" (1895), Society of Colonial Wars.
THE PITMAN FAMILY
I. William^ Pitman (163 2- 168 2) seems to have
been at Plymouth for a time in his youth; but
he soon removed to Boston, where, November
twenty-ninth, 1653, he was married to Barbara
Evans by William Hibbins.* By 1657 he was
living at Oyster River (now Durham, formerly
part of Dover), New Hampshire, where he was
taxed as late as 1677. His eldest son was born
in 1658. His will was proved in 1682. He left
the following children, most of them by a second
wife, Anne , whom he married as early as
1665:
i. John* ii. Francis* iii. Ezekiel'
iv. Nathaniel* ' v. Joseph* vi. Elizabeth*
vii. Abigail* viii. Sarah* ix. Anne*
X. Zachariah* xi. Hannah* xii. Judith*
2(iv) Nathaniel^ Pitman (William^) of Oyster
River, New Hampshire, received a grant of thirty
acres of land June twenty-third, 1701. He
married Mrs. Deliverance ( ) Derry,
the widow of John Derry, before September
twenty-second, 1701 — probably in 1697. John
and Deliverance had been taken captive by
*See footnote on page 63 .
146 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
the Indians in the Oyster River massacre of
1694. The husband and a child, John, Jr., died
in captivity. Nathaniel^ Pitman must have
died before 1738, for on August third of that
year, Mrs. Deliverance is again a widow, and
sells sixty acres of land to her son Derry^ on
condition that he shall give her an honorable
burial after her decease, and pay twenty pounds
to each of her sisters. The children of Natha-
niel^ Pitman, so far as known, were:
I. Derry* 2. Tabitha' 3. Abigail'
3(iv) Derry^ Pitman (Nathaniel^, William^), of
Dover, was born at Oyster River in 1698.
Early in 1736 he married Dorothy^ Jackson
(Dr. George^ Dr. George^) (see Jackson
family). He joined the Dover church May
twenty-fourth, 1724; his wife joined November
fourteenth, 1756. He was mentioned in the will
of Sir William^ Pepperrell in 1759. He lived
later in Madbury and Durham. On May
twelfth, 1 761, Derry^ Pitman of Durham, inn-
holder, and Dorothy^ his wife sold their fifth
interest in the estate of Dr. George^ Jackson,
late of Salem, to one Jeremiah Lee of Marble-
head. The last mention of Derry^ Pitman
that has been found on record is in a deed dated
1764, which gives his residence as Durham. In
the Durham records twin children are men-
tioned:
I. Andrew Pepperrell* 2. Mary*
4(iv) Mary* Pitman (Derry^ Nathaniel^, Wii>
THE PITMAN FAMILY 147
LiAM^) was born in Durham, New Hampshire,
March twenty-second, 1749. She was, as we
have seen, a twin with Andrew Pepperrell*
Pitman. In 1772 she married Timothy* Mun-
SEY (See MuNSEY Line).
2(v) Joseph^ Pitman (William^). Very little is
known of Joseph^ Pitman, except that he was
the son of William^ and the father of Zacha-
RiAH^. According to Savage, he was bound to
William Tasket in 1686, apparently as an ap-
prentice, but was discharged by the court be-
cause of the cruelty of his master. He was
killed by the Indians August nineteenth, 1704.
He is merely a connecting link, but as such is
valuable.
3(v) Zachariah^ Pitman (Joseph^ William^) of
Madbury, New Hampshire, was married to
Mercy^ Conner (Timothy^) November thir-
teenth, 1723, by Rev. Jeremiah Wise, of Dover.
He headed a petition May tenth, 1743; was one
of the petitioners for the incorporation of Mad-
bury in 1758. In his will of June third, 1783
(Strafford County Probate Records, 2:153) he
says: "I will and bequeath unto my daughter,
Abigail Munsey, wife of David Munsey, one
cow, etc."
4(v) Abigail* Pitman (Zachariah^, Joseph^, Wil-
liam^) of Madbury was baptized by Rev. J.
Cushing of Dover in 1728. She married David^
Munsey (also baptized 1728, when about seven
years old*), as shown above, some time before
*See page 13, David* Munsey.
148 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
1749. Her son Timothy* Munsey married
Mary* Pitman (Derry^, Nathaniel^, Wil-
liam^). Thus two lines of William^ Pitman's
descendants were merged in the Munsey line.
AUTHORITIES
1. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 7, 9,
10, 23,30, 33.
2. "Wentworth Genealogy."
3. "Thurston and Pitman Families" (C. M. Thurston).
4. Quint's "First Parish, Dover."
5. Coverley's "Annals of Boodeys."
6. Rev. Hugh Adams's "Records — Oyster River."
7. Dover "Historic Collections."
g. Teale's "Historical Memories of Ancient Dover."
9. "Landmarks in Ancient Dover."
10. New Hampshire Historic Collections, Vol. 8.
11. Strafford County "Probate Records," Vol. 2.
12. "Ninth Report of Record Commissioners of Boston."
13. Goodwin's "Pilgrim Republic."
14. Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 3.
15. New Hampshire "State Papers," XXXI. 260.
16. "Dover (New Hampshire), Marriages," by J. R.
Ham, page 167.
THE PRESCOTT FAMILY
JoHN^ Prescott, the founder of Lancaster, Massa-
chusetts, was born in Standish, England, in
1604. He married Mary Platts at Wygan,
Lancashire, January twenty-first, 1629; he
died in America in 1683. He left England to
avoid persecution. In 1638 he landed at Bar-
badoes, where he bought land. In 1640 he
came to New England and settled in Watertown.
THE FRESCOTT FAMILY 149
In 1643, with Thomas King and others, he pur-
chased "Nashaway" (a part of which is now
Lancaster), and became one of the earliest
settlers. Nourse, in his "Annals of Lancaster,"
says the town would have been named "Pres-
cott" had its founder been a freeman*; but he
had never given public adhesion to the estab-
lished church covenant, and was therefore in-
capable of voting or holding office. In 1669,
however, he was admitted freeman. He was a
farmer, blacksmith, and millwright.
JoHN^ Prescott was a heroic figure in the
early history of Lancaster and Groton. He
brought with him a metallic coat of mail, which
he sometimes wore when dealing with the sa-
vages; this served to impress them, as his force,
capacity, and judgment did his white neigh-
bors. Nourse calls him an "ideal pioneer,"
a "true builder of the nation." He distin-
guished himself for bravery and leadership in
the Indian Wars. He served in the garrison at
Lancaster, and in the defense of the town
against the Indians on August twenty-second,
1675, and February tenth, 1676.
He had a numerous family of descendants,
many of whom have been persons of great ability
and distinction. His great-grandson, Colonel
William Prescott, was chief in command at the
Battle of Bunker Hill. Another descendant was
William H. Prescott, the famous historian of the
* See footnote on page 50.
ISO SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
"Conquest of Mexico," "Conquest of Peru,"
etc. At the time of his death, in 1683, his family-
had become one of the wealthiest and most in-
fluential in Massachusetts.
JoHN^ and Mary^ (Platt(s)) Prescott had
eight children:
I. Mary^ 2. Martha' 3. John'
4. Sarah' 5. Hannah' 6. Lydia'
7. Jonathan' 8. Jonas'
2. Mary^ Prescott (John^) was born in England.
She was baptized in Halifax Parish, February
twenty-fourth, 1630/ 1. At the age of eighteen
she married Thomas^ Sawyer of Lancaster (see
Sawyer family), and by him became the mother
of eleven children. She survived her husband,
who died on September twelfth, 1706.
By the marriage of Mary' Prescott, in 1648,
the name of Prescott was merged in that of Sawyer;
and in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Society of Colonial Wars, "Illinois, 1900."
2. Nourse's "Annals of Lancaster."
THE PRINCE FAMILY
I. Governor Thomas^ Prence ("Prince", we
style it, but he wrote it Prence) of Plymouth,
Duxbury, and Eastham, was born i6oo± in the
parish of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England.
He was the son of Thomas Prence of All Saints
Barking, London, a carriage maker. Thomas^
came to Plymouth, Mass., in the Fortune, in
THE PRINCE FAMILY 151
1 62 1. Soon he became recognized as a mem-
ber of ELDER BREWSTER'S family, and on
August fifth, 1624, he married the Elder's
daughter, Patience^. This was the ninth mar-
riage in the colony.
In July, 1627, Mr. Prence^ and a half dozen
of the most prominent of the colonists, agreed
to assume all debts (about two thousand four
hundred pounds) and conduct the entire trade.
The main purpose of this was to devise means
to bring over more of their friends from Leyden.
In this they were successful.
In 1634 Prence's first wife died. In that
year he was elected Governor for the first time.
Later he removed from Plymouth to Duxbury,
which prevented his immediate re-election, since
there was a requirement that the governor
should live at Plymouth. Accordingly he was
chosen Assistant; but in 1638 he was again
elected Governor and allowed to reside in Dux-
bury. After a short time he was succeeded by
WILLIAM BRADFORD, who died in 1657.
ThenPRENCE^ was elected for the third time,
and held office until his death in 1673.
He was married four times: (i) to Pa-
tience^ Brewster in 1624; (2) to Mary Collier
(William^) in 1635; (3) to Mrs. Apphia, widow
of Samuel^ Freeman, before December eighth,
1662; and (4) to Mrs. Mary, widow of Thomas^
Howes.
He died at Eastham, March twenty-ninth,
1673; he was buried at Plymouth.
152 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
His children were:
I.
Thomas^
2. Rebecca^
3-
Mary''
4-
Mercy'
5. Elizabeth"
6.
Judith"
7-
Hannah''
8. Jane"
9-
Sarah"
The eulogies pronounced upon Governor
Prence by his friends at the time [oi his death
and by succeeding generations are remarkable.
The Plymouth Church records speak of his
departure (although he lived to the ripe age of
seventy-three) as " a very awfull f rowne of God
upon this chh & colony." Cotton Mather
spoke at great length upon his virtues and ac-
complishments. In the course of this tribute
he says:
Sometimes during the life, but always after the death of
GOV. BRADFORD, even until his own, Mr. Thomas
Prence was chosen Governor of Plymouth. He was a
man where natural parts exceeded his acquired; but the
want and worth of acquired parts was a thing so sensible
to him, that Plymouth never had a greater Mecaenas of
learning in it. It was he that in spite of much contradic-
tion procured revenues for the support of grammar schools
in that colony . . He ever would refuse anything
that looked like a bribe; so if any person having a case
to be heard at Court had sent a present unto his family
in his absence, he would presently send back the value
thereof in money unto the person. Had he been only a
private Christian [he manifested] a strict walk with God,
which might justly have been made an example to the
whole colony.
2. Mercy^ Prence (Governor Thomas^) was born
in Plymouth in 1631. On February thirteenth,
1649/50, she married Major John^ Freeman
(Edmiind^) of Sandwich (see Freeman Ifamlly).
THE SAWYER FAMILY 153
By the marriage of Mercv^ Prence, in 1649/50,
the name of Prence was merged in that of Freeman I;
in 1717
the name of Freeman I was merged in that of Cobb;
in 1755
the name of Cobb was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts."
2. Plymouth "Court Orders."
3. Mayflower Descendant, Vols, i, 4, 6.
4. New England Family History, Vol. 2.
5. Cotton Mather's "Magnalia," II, ii, 2.
6. Society of Colonial Wars, "Year Book," (1894).
THE SAWYER FAMILY
Thomas^ Sawyer, of Rowley and Lancaster,
Massachusetts, was born in England about 1616.
His father's name is said to have been John.
Thomas was one of "three brothers" (Thomas,
Edward, and William) who came to Massa-
chusetts after 1640. Thomas and Edward were
at Rowley in 1643; in 1647 Thomas went to
Lancaster. This is the oldest town in Worcester
County; it was incorporated in 1653, but from
1676 to 1681 it was abandoned as unsafe, owing
to Indian incursions during King Philip's War.
Thomas^ Sawyer was one of the first six sett-
lers, and one of the Prudential Managers and
Dividers of Land. In 1648 he married Mary^
Prescott, daughter of John^ PRESCOTT,the head
man of the settlement; she was baptized at
Sowerby, England, February twenty-fourth,
1630/1.
154 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Thomas^ Sawyer lived next south of his
father-in-law, at Lancaster, on ground "re-
cently [1884] occupied by the Seventh Day
Advent Society, and now the residence of his
descendant, Sally (Sawyer) Chase." He took
part in King Philip's War, a garrison ("Saw-
yer's") being established on his land. In King
Philip's attack, February tenth, 1675/6, his son
Ephraim was killed, either at "Sawyer's" or at
"Prescott's," In Clinton. All the Sawyers west
of Middlesex County seem to have been de-
scendants of Thomas^ He had eleven children,
viz.:
1. Thomas* Sawyer, born 1648 or 1649; married (i), 1670,
Sarah , (2) 1672, Hannah Lewis, (3) 1718,
Mary White; died 1736.
2. Ephraim* Sawyer, born 1650; killed by Indians in 1675.
3. Marie^ Sawyer, born 1652.
4. Joshua* Sawyer, born 1655; married, 1678, Sarah Potter,
of Woburn.
5. James* Sawyer, born 1657; married, February fourth,
1687, Mary Marble.
6. Caleb* Sawyer, born 1659.
7. John* Sawyer, born 1661.
8. Elizabeth* Sawyer, born 1663.
9. Deborah* Sawyer, born 1666; died in infancy.
10. Nathaniel* Sawyer, born 1670.
n. Martha* Sawyer, born 1673.
In the Lancaster Cemetery is his grave stone,
inscribed as follows:
THOMAS
SAWYER
Dec'd Sep-
tember 12, 1706.
2. Thomas^ Sawyer (Thomas^), of Lancaster, Mass.,
was the first white child born in the town. He
THE SAWYER FAMILY 155
was born on the second or twelfth of May or
July, 1648 or 1649. He married (i), August
eleventh, 1670, Sarah , who died January
second, 1672, leaving a child, Mary, born No-
vember thirtieth, 1671. On September twenty-
first, 1672, he married (2) Hannah^ Lewis
(William^); and (3) July fifteenth, 171 8, Mary
White, who died August twenty-second, 1733.
In 1708, he, his son Elias^, and John Bigelow
were captured and taken to Canada by the
Indians. Now the name of Sawyer has ever
been associated with mills and mill-saws; ac-
cordingly, when the party reached Montreal,
Thomas^ Sawyer offered to put up a mill on the
River Chambly, on condition that the French
Governor should obtain a release of all the cap-
tives. There was no difficulty in effecting the
ransom of Bigelow and young Sawyer; but the
Indians were determined that Thomas^ Sawyer,
who had the reputation of being a very brave
man, should be put to death by lingering tor-
tures. Artifice at length secured his release.
A friar appeared suddenly, doubtless by ar-
rangement with the Governor, and said that he
held the key to Purgatory in his hand, and that
if they did not release the prisoner without
delay, he would unlock the gate and cast them
in headlong. Their superstitious fears being
aroused, the Indians unbound Sawyer, who was
already tied to the stake, and yielded him to the
Governor. He finished the mill, which was the
first one built in Canada, before the year was
156 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
out, and was sent home in company with Bige-
low. Elias^ Sawyer was detained a while, to
teach the Canadians the art of sawing and keep-
ing the mill in order; he was finally dismissed
with rich presents. In the Lancaster Cemetery
is the gravestone of Thomas^, inscribed as follows :
Here lyes Buried
y" Body of Mr
THOMAS SAWYER
Who died September
Sth, 1736, in y" 89th
Year of his Age.
Thomas^ Sawyer held many positions of
trust; among others, that of Representative to
the General Court in 1707. His oldest son,
BezaleeP, died before his father; the next oldest,
who was
3. William^ Sawyer (Thomas^-^), was a child of the
second marriage (with Hannah Lewis). He
was born in February, 1679, and in 1700 married
Mary^ Houghton (John^^^). Some say his
first wife was Hannah^ Houghton; but he left
a widow Mary, at his death, in 1 741. He
raised a family of twelve children, as follows:
1. Mary* Sawyer; married Phinehas Willard.
2. Hannah* Sawyer; married John Snow.
3. Hepzibah* Sawyer; married Increase Powers.
4. Aholiab* Sawyer; "eldest son," baptized 171 1.
5. William* Sawyer; "second son".
6. Josiah* Sawyer; "third son".
7. Thankful* Sawyer; married Jonathan Fairbanks.
8. Benjamin* Sawyer.
9. Dr. Israel* Sawyer.
10. Martha* Sawyer; married Charles Wilder.
11. Joseph* Sawyer.
12. Uriah* Sawyer.
THE SAWYER FAMILY 157
4. Aholiab* Sawyer, of Lancaster and Bolton,
Massachusetts (William^, Thomas^^), is shown
by the administration papers of his father's
estate to be the oldest of William's^ seven sons.
Under date of 1741 we read:
Then sett oflF to Aholiab the eldest son that Peice of Land
where he now Dwells Bounded westerly by Gates land, etc.
In the same document William* is called the
second son, and Josiah the third. Since his
father was married in 1700 and Aholiab was bap-
tized in 171 1, his birth is bounded by those
dates. Though he was the oldest son, he had
five sisters, and some of them may have been
older than he. In 1735 he married Betty
(or Elizabeth*) Sawyer (Ephraim^, James^,
Thomas^), a distant cousin, for they had the
same great-grandfather (see chart). Betty was
born in 171 1 and lived past the century mark,
dying in 181 5. No record of Aholiab's death
has been found; he was living in 1764. The
children of Aholiab* and Betty* (Sawyer)
Sawyer were as follows:
1. Submit" Sawyer, born June seventeenth, 1736.
2. Elizabeth" Sawyer, born September twenty-fifth, 1737.
3. Mary" Sawyer, born September thirtieth, 1738.
4. Aholiab" Sawyer, born May twenty-seventh, 1742.
5. Sibillah" Sawyer, born March eighth, 1744-5-
6. Elizabeth" Sawyer, born May twenty-ninth, 1747.
"Evidently the first Elizabeth had died young.
7. Ephraim" Sawyer, born November twentieth, 1749.
8. Israel" Sawyer, born September ninth, 1751.
9. Susannah" Sawyer, born February, 1754.
10. George" Sawyer, born November twenty-fifth, 1757
(O. S., or Dec. 6, N. S.)
158 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
5. George^ Sawyer, of Bolton, Massachusetts, and
Stark and Smithfield, Maine (Aholiab*, Wil-
liam^, Thomas^"-^), when a little more than
seventeen years of age, is found enrolled in
Captain Artemas How's Militia Company dur-
ing the "Lexington Alarm" in 1775. Whether
he took part in the battle is uncertain; but
he was evidently one of the Minute Men ready
to report wherever ordered. During the siege
of Boston he was serving under Captain Samuel
Woods, later under Captain Jonathan Hough-
ton, and in the "Jerseys," in 1 776-1 777, under
Captain David Nurse. Thus far he had served
as a private; but the Military Secretary at
Washington writes us, in reply to our inquiry:
It is shown by the records that George Sawyer served
as a Sergeant in Capt. Seth Newton's Company of
Stearns's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, in the Revolu-
tionary War. His name is found on a muster roll of the
company dated May 21, 1778.
In his application for a pension in after years,
we find that in 1780 Sergeant George^ Saw-
yer was serving in 1 780, under a Captain Saw-
yer, and that he took part in the Battle of Har-
lem Heights. His pension claim was allowed.
Leaving the Revolutionary Army in 1780, we
next hear of George^ Sawyer as marrying Lucy®
Merritt (Noah^ Jonathan*, John^"^, Henry^).
They seem to have left Bolton, Massachusetts.
George's grandson, Henry Sawyer Doyen, of
Cornville, Me., says: "I have heard my mother
[Sarah Lee (Sawyer) Doyen], say something ,
THE SAWYER FAMILY 159
about their coming from Charlotteville, On-
tario, Canada East, to Stark, Maine; that in
the time of the Revolutionary War they took
the side of the Americans, and that the British
persecuted them, and they had to flee that
country; and that they then came to Stark and
settled there. Looking over the town records
of Stark I found that George^ Sawyer was
one of the men who organized the town in 1794;
that he was one of the Board of Selectmen for
a number of years; that in 181 2 they moved to
Smithfield and died there."
They were buried in the Smithfield burying
ground. A double stone marks their resting
place, with the following inscription:
On one side :
Sergeant
GEORGE SAWYER,
Son of Aholiab Sawyer.
Born in Bolton, Mass., Dec. 6, 1757.
Died in Smithfield, Maine, Apr. 30, 1842.
AE94.
A Soldier in the Revolutionary War.
On the other side:
LUCY,
Daughter of
Noah Merritt and Sarah Lee,
Wife of
GEORGE SAWYER.
Born in Templeton, Mass., May 25, 1762.
Died in Smithfield, Maine, March 2, 1832.
The children of George^ and Lucy^ (Mer-
ritt) Sawyer were:
I. Henry* Sawyer, born December ninth, 1786; died Sep-
tember, 1788.
i6o SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
2. Betsy^ Sawyer, born February third, 1789; married
1812, Andrew Munsey, as his second wife (see
Part I). She died August eighth, 1848.
3. Otis° Sawyer, born in East Mercer, April nineteenth,
1792; married 18 16, Mahala Leathers; died Febru-
ary twelfth, 1826.
4. Josiah* Sawyer, born August twelfth, 1798; married
March third, 1823, Sarah Boston; died October
twenty-seventh, 1863.
5. Lucy® Sawyer, born December twenty-fourth, 1798;
married Bailey.
6. Sarah Lee° Sawyer, born September twentieth, 1801;
married Jeremiah Doyen; died May second, 1866.
7. George' Sawyer, born April eighth, 1805 ; died December
fifth, 1857, unmarried.
By the marrriage of Betsey Sawyer, in 1812, the name of Sawyer
was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "Sawyers in America," Carter.
2. Nourse's "Lancaster."
3. Nourse's "Annals."
4. "Houghton Genealogy."
5. "Lancaster Records."
6. Willard's "Lancaster."
7. "Templeton Records."
THE SOUTHWORTH FAMILY
jEdward Southworth, of Leyden, Holland, was
born IS90±, and died 1621+. He married May
twenty-eighth, 1613, Alice^ Carpenter, who
was born in England in IS90± and died in Ply-
mouth, Massachusetts, March twenty-sixth, 1670
(O. S., April fifth, N. S.). She was the daughter
of (Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somer-
setshire, England (see Carpenter family); on
August fourteenth, 1623, she married GOV-
THE SOUTHWORTH FAMILY i6i
ERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD of Plymouth
Colony.
Little is known of lEdward Southworth. He
was a silk worker in Leyden, one of the Pilgrim
exiles in Rev. John Robinson's church. He was
there as early as i6ii, and a brother Thomas
was a witness of his wedding there in 1 613. No
documentary evidence has been found to prove
who was his father, though it seems probable
that it was Thomas Southworth of Samlesbury.
If this is correct, the line runs back unbroken for
fourteen generations to Gilbert de Southworth
in the beginning of the thirteenth century.
General Constant^ Southworth of Duxbury,
son of lEdward and Alice^ (Carpenter) South-
worth was the first male of his line to take
passage to America. His mother, a widow
(see Carpenter family), had come in the Ann
to Plymouth, leaving her two sons Constant'
and Thomas in Leyden, and soon after had mar-
ried GOVERNOR BRADFORD.
In 1628, when Constant^ was about four-
teen years old, he rejoined his mother at Ply-
mouth; soon after his brother, two years his
junior, also came. GOVERNOR BRADFORD
proved a kind father, and the boys grew up into
leading citizens. Constant* settled in Dux-
bury, was a volunteer— "though young" — for
the Pequot War of 1637, and the same year
married Elizabeth^ Collier (William') (see
Collier family). For seventeen years he was
1 62 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
Deputy from Duxbury, and for sixteen years
Treasurer of the Colony. On the death of his
younger brother he succeeded him as Assistant
and served for nine years. He went to King
Philip's War, though he was past sixty, but soon
yielded his place to his son-in-law, Benjamin
Church, the great Indian fighter. Goodwin
says:
For several generations those who bore the name of
Southworth, and those who married the female descend-
ants, were almost without exception brave soldiers in the
Colonial Wars. A condensed account of General Con-
stant' Southworth's military and civil record, taken
from the Year Book of the Society of Colonial Wars, is
as follows: General Constant Southworth (1615-1679)
served in the Pequot War, 1637; ensign Duxbury Com-
pany, 1646; Lieut. 1653 ; Deputy from 1647 for twenty-two
years; Treasurer of Plymouth Colony for sixteen years;
Member of the Council of War, 1658; Commissioner
for the United Colonies, 1668. Commissary General
during King Philip's War; Governor of Kennebec. He
died March tenth, 1679-80, aged about sixty-five years.
The children of Constant^ and Elizabeth^
(Collier) Southworth were:
I. Alice''
2. Mercy'
3. Priscilla*
4. Edward"
5. Nathaniel"
6. William*
7. Mary*
8. Elizabeth*
Mercy^ Southworth (Constant^) was born in
Duxbury about 1638. On May twelfth, 1658,
she was married at Eastham to Samuel^ Free-
man of the same town, son of Samuel^ of Wa-
tertown (see Freeman II family). She died No-
vember twenty-fifth, 1 71 2.
THE SPRAGUE FAMILY 163
By the marriage of Mercy^ Southworth, in 1658,
the name of Southworth was merged in that of Freeman II;
in 1695
the name of Freeman II* was merged in that of Pepper;
in 1754
the name of Pepper was merged in that of Mereen;
in 1784
the name of Mereen was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MXJNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. " Southworth Genealogy."
2. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 3.
3 . Goodwin's " Pilgrim Republic."
4. Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary."
5. Society of Colonial Wars: "Year Book" (1895).
THE SPRAGUE FAMILY
I. Francis^ Sprague, of Duxbury, Massachusetts,
sailed from London for New England in 1623,
with Anna and Mercy, his daughters, or possibly
his WIFE and daughter. They reached Ply-
mouth in the latter part of June, in the Ann. The
same year three acres of land were allotted to him
"to the sea eastward." In 1627, at the time of
the division of cattle, Francis^ Sprague was
in the *'sixt lott," of thirteen persons, consisting
of the Adamses, WINSLOWS, Bassetts, and
Spragues. Besides Francis^ Sprague, we find
Anna and Mercy mentioned, and we may be sure
there was no other Sprague in the colony at
*The Freemans II also became Munseys by the Hopkins
route direct in 1719, when Caleb* Hopkins married Mercy*
Freeman II.
1 64 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
that time. Probably his two children John^
and Dorcas^ were born in Plymouth or in Dux-
bury.
In 1632, Duxbury was set off from Plymouth,
and in 1637, incorporated as a town. The fol-
lowing year Francis' was licensed as an inn-
holder there, and continued there at least until
1666. He is spoken of as being "a man of in-
fluence and property." He was one of the
original proprietors of Bridgewater (1645),
though he never resided there. In 1660 he
became one of the purchasers of Dartmouth.
His wife's maiden name is unknown, and her
Christian name is in dispute; possibly he mar-
ried a second wife in America. He had at least
three children, and if Anna was not his wife,
but his daughter, he had four. The other three
were:
I. Mercy' 2. John'' 3. Dorcas*
The date of his death is not known, but it falls
between 1666 and 1669.
2. JoHN^ Sprague (Francis^ of Duxbury suc-
ceeded to his father's business in 1669. His
birthdate has not been found, but it is probable
that he was born in Plymouth. In 1655 he
married Ruth^ Bassett (William^) of Dux-
bury (see Bassett family). They lived for a
time in Marshfield. John^ was killed by the
Indians in the fight at Pawtucket, March twenty-
sixth, 1676. His widow later married
THE SPRAGUE FAMILY 165
Thomas. The children of John^ and Ruth^
(Bassett) Sprague were: —
I. John* 2. William' 3. Ruth'
4. Elizabeth' 5. Desire' 6. Samuel'
7. Dorcas'
William' Sprague (John^, Francis^) of Dux-
bury married, at some unknown date, Grace^
Wadsworth (Deacon John^, Christopher'^),
also of Duxbury (see Wadsworth family). He
was chosen "Surveyor of Highways" March
seventeenth, 1708. He was drowned Novem-
ber twenty-fifth, 1 71 2, by the upsetting of a
whale boat. His widow married Josiah Wormall
of Duxbury, December twenty-fifth, 1723. She
died in 1758.
The children of William' and Grace' (Wads-
worth) Sprague, all born in Duxbury, were: —
I. Ruth" 2. Zeruiah* 3. Jethro' 4. Terah*
Jethro* Sprague (William', John^ Francis^
of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and Cape Small
Point, Maine, was born in Duxbury, November
thirtieth, 1709. He married (i), December
twelfth, 1738 Patience^ Bartlett Qoseph*,
Samuel', Benjamin^ Robert^), a descendant of
eight Mayflower Pilgrims (see Bartlett family).
He married (2) Mrs. Bethiah (Sprague) Gush-
ing, daughter of Samuel' Sprague (SamueP,
William^) of Duxbury, a descendant of William^
of Hingham.
Jethro* Sprague was one of the enterprising
citizens of Duxbury; he owned a farm and a
1 66 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
country store; built schooners; and had a public
house, called " Sprague's Tavern." He was
chosen constable March twentieth, 1748, but de-
clined to serve. He was on the petit and grand
juries at Plymouth Court in 1760. In 1761, in a
small craft of his own building, he took his family
and sailed for Maine. He settled at Cape Small
Point, in Georgetown (now Phippsburg), and
engaged in lumbering, fishing,and tailoring. He
bought and lived in Bliffin's (or Blethen's) farm.
The last record of him is in 1773, when he con-
veys land in Duxbury to his sister, Zeruiah,
(Sprague) Chandler.
The children of Jethro* and Patience^
(Bartlett) Sprague so far as known were: —
I. Sylvanus' or Silvina 2. William"
5. Lieutenant William'^ Sprague (Jethro*, Wil-
liam^, JoHN^, Francis^), of Phippsburg, Maine,
was a tailor, farmer, and soldier. He was born
May or November nineteenth, 1740, and died
March twenty-fifth, 1829. He married March
second, 1763, Mrs. Miriam^ (Day) Blethen,
widow of James Blethen, whom she had married
July thirtieth, 1757. She died October fifth,
1836 (see Day family).
In 1776 William^ Sprague was commissioned
as ist Lieutenant in Captain James Cobb, Jr.'s
(Fourth) Company, First Lincoln County Regi-
ment of Massachusetts Militia. He was a Rev-
olutionary pensioner, and was at times called
"Captain," although the reason is not obvious.
It was probably a kind of honorary title.
THE SPRAGUE FAMILY 167
The children of William^ and Miriam^ (Day)
Blethen-SpRAGUE, all born in Phippsburg,
were : —
I. William' 2. Jethro" 3. Nelson'
4. Grace' 5. Patience' 6. Sylvina'
7. Mary' 8. Lovina'
William^ Sprague (Lieutenant William^,
Jethro*, William^ John^, Francis^), of
Georgetown (Phippsburg), Maine, was born in
May, 1767. On December seventeenth, 1789,
he was married by Rev. Ezekiel Emerson to
Rachel^ McIntyre (Joseph^, William^) of
Georgetown. She was born in 1772, and died
August twenty-fifth, 1841. He was a farmer
and millwright; he also served in the War of
1 812. He died October fifth, 1848, aged eighty-
one years, five months. His wife died August
twenty-fifth, 1841. They were buried at Small
Point, on his farm.
The children of William^ and Rachel^ (Mc-
Intyre) Sprague were eleven in number:
I. Sally' 2. ThankfuF 3. Polly'
4. Nathaniel' 5. Thomas Hardy' 6. Alden'
7. Alfred' 8. Miriam' 9. Charlotte'
10. Caroline' ii. Rachel'
Miriam'' Sprague (William®, Lieutenant Wil-
LiAM^ Jethro*, William^ John^, Francis^),
of Small Point, Phippsburg, was born March
sixteenth, 1792; on August thirteenth, 1812, she
married Elisha^ Hopkins (Elisha^ Simeon®,
CALEB^^ GILES^ STEPHEN^) of Harpswell
(see Hopkins Line). She died January
twentieth, 1876.
1 68 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
By the marriage of Miriam' Sprague, in 1812,
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2.
2. Winsor's "Duxbury."
3. "Sprague Families in America."
4. Austin's "Genealogical Dictionary."
5. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 3.
6. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."
7. Goodwin's "Pilgrim Republic."
8. "Sprague Memorial."
9. Daggett's "Attleboro."
10. Duxbury "Vital Records."
11. "Probate Records, Plymouth County."
12. "Wadsworth Family."
13. "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolu-
tionary War."
14. Maine Historical Society Collections, 2d series (1899),
X. 322.
15. Affidavit of Marcellus D. Sprague (M. G. I. 157; III.
I3S)-
THE STOCKBRIDGE FAMILY
JoHN^ Stockbridge, a wheelwright by trade,
came to New England in the Blessing, John
Leicester, master, in June, 1635. He was then
twenty-seven years old; therefore he was born
in 1608. His wife, Anne, was twenty-one and
their son Charles a year old. He went to Sci-
tuate, where, in 1638, he took the oath of fidelity.
His wife died about 1642, and he married (2)
Mrs. Elizabeth (Hatch) Soan in 1643. His
third wife was Mary , who survived him.
He was one of the Conihasset partners in 1646.
THE STOCKBRIDGE FAMILY 169
He owned a large tract of land near "Stock-
bridge's Mill pond." In 1656 he purchased one-
half a mill privilege of George Russell, together
with a saw mill which Isaac Stedman had erected
ten years before. He then built a grist mill, in
partnership with Mr. Russell. The same year,
probably, he built the Stockbridge Mansion
House, which was a garrison in King Philip's
War. When the building was torn down — in
1840 — ^bullets were found imbedded in the tim-
bers, which the Indians had fired at the inmates
during a siege.
JoHN^ Stockbridge died August thirteenth,
1657. His children were as follows:
By the first wife, Anne :
I. Charles^ 2. Hannah'' 3. Elizabeth*
By the second wife, Elizabeth (Hatch) Soan:
4. Sarah'' 5. Hester''
By the third wife, who later m. Daniel Henrick:
6. Abigail^ 7. John* (probably died young)
(Since the Ancestral Chart was made, it has been found
that Anne was the mother of Elizabeth", who was born
in 1639).
Elizabeth^ Stockbridge (John^) was born in
Scituate in 1639/40. Her mother was the first
wife of JoHN^. She married in 1661 Thomas^
Hyland (see Hyland family).
By the marriage of Elizabeth* Stockbridge, in 1661,
the name of Stockbridge was merged in that of Hyland ; in 1686
the name of Hyland was merged in that of Merritt ; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
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AUTHORITIES
1. "American Ancestry," Vol. 3.
2. Barry's "Sketch of Hanover, Massachusetts."
3. Deane's "Scituate."
4. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."
5. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 70, 71.
6. "Ninth Report, Record Commissioners, Boston,"
Births.
THE TREAT FAMILY
Richard^ Treat (jRobert, 2Richard, sWilliam,
John) was born in 1584, in Pitminster, Somer-
set, England. He married April twenty-seventh
1615, in Pitminster, Alice Gaylord, daughter
of Hugh. Richard^ was one of the first settlers
of Wethersfield, Connecticut, where we find him
chosen juror on June fifteenth, 1643. This was
"a high position then, generally occupied only
by the most prominent persons." He was also
called "Mr.", — "a title fully as high as Honor-
able is now."* In 1644 he was chosen Deputy,
and annually elected as such for fourteen years,
After this he was eight times elected Assistant.
"He must have been a man of high social stand-
ing and of much influence in the town." When
the General Court secured a charter for the
Connecticut Colony in 1662, Richard^ Treat
and two of his sons-in-law were among the nine-
teen patentees, or charter members, to whom
Charles II sent the famous document. Richard^
was a man of considerable wealth, and an ex-
tensive land owner. His farms consisted of from
See footnote, page 27, and Index of Subjects.
THE TREAT FAMILY 171
one thousand to one thousand five hundred
acres. He died some time between October
eleventh, 1669, and March third, 1690/70. His
widow survived him. Their children were: —
I. Honor* 2. Joanna' 3. Sarah'
4. Richard' 5. Robert' 6. Elizabeth'
7. Susanna' 8. Alice' 9. James'
10. Katherine'
Governor Robert^ Treat (Richard^), of Mil-
ford, Connecticut, was born in i624±, in Pit-
minster, Somerset, England. He came with his
father to America, but seems to have left
Wethersfield, Connecticut, where his father
settled, at an early age; for in 1639, we find him
in Milford. Though at that time he was less
than sixteen years old, he was one of the nine
appointed to survey and lay out the lands of the
new town, just purchased of the Indians. Some-
time previous to 1648 he married (i) Jane^,
daughter of Edward^ (or Edmund) Tapp. She
died in 1703, and he married (2), at the age of
eighty-one, Mrs. Elizabeth (Powell) [HoUings-
worth-Bryan], a lady of only sixty-four; yet he
survived her several years, dying July twelfth,
1710.
Robert^ Treat was the eighth Governor
of Connecticut. He was Lieutenant-Governor
from 1676-82, then Governor from 1683-87.
On the thirty-first day of October, in 1687, Sir
Edmund Andros usurped the government and
demanded the Charter of the Colony, which
Richard^ Treat, the Governor's father, had
172 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
helped to secure from Charles II. Governor
Treat sent for it, and told the Secretary to put
it in the box where it had lain and leave the key
in the box. He feared that if the charter were
surrendered, the Colony would get a far less
liberal one, or perhaps none at all. So he had
the debate prolonged until candle lighting;
then, at a preconcerted signal, the lights were
extinguished, and a Captain Wadsworth, in the
confusion, carried off the charter. He secreted
it in a hollow of the famous Charter Oak, in
Hartford, where it lay until a change of govern-
ment occurred in England. When William and
Mary came to the throne. Sir Edmund Andros
found himself in disfavor, and finally was im-
prisoned in Boston. On May ninth, 1689, at the
urgent request of the people. Governor Treat
and his magistrates resumed the government of
the Colony. They took the charter from its
hiding place and continued as before. Gover-
nor Treat held his high office until 1697. He
had been Lieutenant-Governor, as we have said,
from 1676-82, and from 1698-1707 was again
Lieutenant-Governor. Thus with the excep-
tion of Andros's brief usurpation, Robert'^
Treat served the Colony continuously, as Lieu-
tenant-Governor or Governor, from 1676 to
1707, or thirty-two years.
In Frederick C. Norton's "Governors of Con-
necticut," after reading of the "priceless services
of Robert^ Treat, rendered to the Colony dur-
ing a critical period," we find this tribute to his
military skill, quoted from HoUister:
THE TREAT FAMILY 173
Governor Treat was not only a man of high courage,
but was one of the most cautious military leaders,
and possessed a quick sagacity, united with a
breadth of understanding that enabled him to see
at a glance the most complex relations that sur-
rounded the field of battle.
This refers to the fact, less generally known,
that he was Commander at the "Great Swamp
Fight"; Major commanding the Connecticut
troops at the battles of Hadley and Springfield;
and that in the encounter with the Indians at
Bloody Brook, September eighteenth, 1675, his
arrival on the scene with the Connecticut
forces turned the tide. Indeed, it was his mili-
tary prowess that brought him political prefer-
ment, and enabled him to show that he was a
statesman as well as a soldier. He died, full of
years, July twelfth, 17 10.
The following were the children of Governor
Robert^ and Jane^ (Tapp) Treat of whom
record has been found, though tradition asserts
that they had twenty-one!
I. Samuel* 2. John' 3. Mary'
4. Robert* 5. Sarah* 6. Abigail'
7. Hannah' 8. Joseph'
Rev. Samuel^ Treat (Governor Robert^,
Richard^), of Eastham, Massachusetts, was
baptized September third, 1648, in Milford,
Connecticut, shortly after his birth. He was
graduated from Harvard College in 1669. He
studied for the ministry, and in 1672 was called
to Nauset (Eastham), as a successor of Rev.
JoHN^ Mayo, at a salary of fifty pounds per
annum. Later his salary was increased, and he
174 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
received a considerable gift of land. He mar-
ried (i), March sixteenth, 1674, Elizabeth'
Mayo (Captain Samuel^, Rev. John^), of
Barnstable. She died December fourth, 1696,
and Mr. Treat married (2), August twenty-
ninth, 1700, Mrs. Abigail (Willard) Estabrook,
daughter of President Willard, of Harvard
College. Rev. Mr. Treat was greatly beloved
by his people, and the Indians revered him as a
father. When he died, March eighteenth, 1716/7,
they begged the privilege of helping to bear
his body to the grave. His tombstone, still in
good condition, may be seen at Eastham. His
children were:
By Elizabeth^ Mayo:
I. Jane'' 2. Elizabeth* 3. Sarah*
4. Samuel* 5. Mary* 6. Robert*
7. Abigail* 8. Joseph* 9. Joshua*
10. John* II. Nathaniel*
By Abigail (Willard) Estabrook:
I. Eunice* 2. Robert 2d*
Rev. Samuel^ Treat was the grandfather of
Robert Treat Paine, one of the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence, by his daughter,
Eunice*, who married Rev. Thomas Paine.
4. Jane* Treat (Reverend Samuel^ Governor
Robert^, Richard^) was born in Eastham, De-
cember sixth, 1675. On the eleventh day of
October, 1694, she married Constant^ Free-
THE WADSWORTH FAMILY 175
MAN (Samuel^, Samuel^), of Truro (see Free-
man II family). ,
By the marriage of Jane* Treat, in 1694,
the name of Treat was merged in that of Freeman II;
in 1719
the name of Freeman II was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "The Treat Genealogy."
2. Hinman's "Letters from Kings and Queens."
3. Society of Colonial Wars: "Illinois, 1900."
4. Norton's "Governors of Connecticut."
5. "Freeman Genealogy."
6. Freeman's "Cape Cod."
7. Goodwin's "Genealogical Notes."
8. Sibley's "Harvard Graduates," Vol. 2.
THE WADSWORTH FAMILY
The Wadsworths of America maintain that
the family came originally from Normandy,
settled in Kent, and had a coat of arms dating
from the battle of Crecy, in 1346. This coat of
arms is: a shield gules, three fleurs de lis, stalked
and slipped, argent; the crest: on a terrestrial
globe winged ppr. an eagle rising or; the motto :
Aquila non capiat muscas. In plain language
this means: Three white lilies on a red shield,
surmounted by a winged globe supporting a
yellow eagle. The Latin motto signifies: "An
eagle does not catch flies."
I. Christopher^ Wadsworth came to America in
1632 on the ship Lion. He settled, lived, and
176 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
died at Duxbury. It is not known whether he
was married when he came, for he was then
young. His wife's first name was Grace. Some
maintain that her family name was Cole, But
that remains uncertain. Mr. Wadsworth
quickly entered into the life of the community
and was elected to positions of honor and trust.
Within two years of his arrival he was chosen to
the highest office in the town, — constable, or
high sheriff. Three times he was sent as a
Deputy to the General Court, Winsor, in his
"History of Duxbury," gives him high praise.
Speaking of Christopher^'s descendants, he
says:
No family of the town presents a greater array of learned
men, men who have been distinguished in the civil
and religious government of their native town, who
have held a high rank in the literary institutions of
New England, and whose names stand with honor
on the muster rolls of the Revolution.
He died in 1675. His children were: —
1. Capt. SamueF 2. Joseph^ 3. John' 4. Mary
2. Deacon John^ Wadsworth (Christopher^)
was born in Duxbury in 1638. He lived and
died on the homestead. For many years he was
a deacon of the church. Four times he was sent
as a Deputy to the General Court, In 1667 he
married Abigail^ Andrews (Henry') of Taun-
ton (see Andrews family). He died May fif-
teenth, 1700, "about sixty-two yeares of age."
His children were:
THE WADSWORTH FAMILY 177
I. Mary' 2. Abigail' 3. John'
4. Christopher' 5. Ichabod' 6. Isaac'
7. Lydia' 8. Sarah' 9. Grace^
10. Hopestill' II. Mercy' 12. Hannah'
Through his son John^ Wadsworth he was the
lineal ancestor of the poet Longfellow, as fol-
lows : —
John' married Mercy Wiswell; their son,
Pel^*, married Susannah Sampson; their son,
Gen. Peleg", married Elizabeth Bartlett; their daughter,
Zilpha', married Stephen Longfellow; their son was
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Grace* Wadsworth (Deacon John^, Chris-
topher^) was born before 1680. Before Feb-
ruary twenty-second, 1701/2, she married
William^ Sprague (John^, Francis^) of Dux-
bury (see Sprague family). She outlived her
husband, who was drowned. She made her
father her executor, and died before June
eighteenth, 1688.
By the marriage of Grace' Wadsworth, before 1701/2,
the name of Wadsworth was merged in that of Sprague;
in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "The Wadsworth Genealogy."
"Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworth
Family in America."
2. "Lawrence and Bartlett Memorials."
3. Winsor's "Duxbury."
4. "Sprague Families in America."
5. Genealogical Advertiser, Yo\. i.
6. Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 9.
178 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
THE WARREN FAMILY
I. RICHARD^ WARREN was one of those who
joined the Mayflower in England, and was one
of the "principal men" of the company. His
two sons followed in 1621, and his wife Eliza-
beth and five daughters came over in the Ann
or the Little James. It has been stated, as con-
fidently as if it were known to be true, that
RICHARD^ was the son of Christopher Warren
and Alice Webb, daughter of Thomas Webb of
Sidnam, Devonshire, England; and that he
married Mrs. Elizabeth (Jouatt) Marsh. But
the last statement has been proved impossible
{Mayflower Descendant, 2:63), and the first is
very uncertain. Nothing is actually known of
his parentage, or of the maiden name of his wife.
We merely know that her first name was Eliza-
beth {Mayflower Descendant, 1:152).
RICHARD^ WARREN was the twelfth
signer of the Mayflower Compact. He was one
of the earliest of the Colonial warriors, for he
served under CAPTAIN MILES STANDI SH
in the first encounter at Great Meadow, Well-
fleet Harbor, on December eighth, 1620 (O. S.),
three days before the landing at Plymouth. He
lived long enough to beget two sons in America,
but died in 1628. Secretary Morton, who knew
him well, said: "He was a useful instrument,
and during his life bore a deep share in the diffi-
culties and troubles of this first settlement."
His wife survived him, and the records show
THE WARREN FAMILY 179
that from time to time she gave lands to the
husbands of her daughters.
The children of RICHARD^ and Elizabeth
WARREN were born in England, with the ex-
ception of the last two: —
1. Mar Y^ Warren married, in 1628, Robert Bartlett.
2. Anna' Warren, married, April nineteenth, 1633, Thomas
Little.
3. Sarah^ Warren, married, in 1634, John Cooke.
4. Elizabeth^ Warren, married, in 1636, Richard Church,
and was mother of the famous Indian fighter,
Benjamin Church.
5. AbigaiF Warren, married, in 1639, Anthony Snow.
6. NathanleP Warren, born in Plymouth in 1624; mar-
ried, in 1645, Sarah Walker.
7. Joseph'' Warren, born in Plymouth; married Priscilla
Faunce.
2. Mary^ Warren (RICHARD^) was born in Eng-
land. She, with her mother and sisters, were
"Pilgrims," but not Mayflower passengers. In
1628 she married Robert^ Bartlett, of Ply-
mouth, who had been her fellow passenger in the
Ann (see Bartlett family).
By the marriage of Mary^ Warren, in 1628,
the name of WARREN was merged in that of Bartlett;
in 1738
the name of Bartlett was merged in that of Sprague;
in 1812
the name of Sprague was merged in that of HOPKINS;
and in 1847
the name of HOPKINS was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. Mayflower Descendant, Vols, i, 2, 3, 4.
2. Boston Transcript, 1888, 1891, 1895, 1896, 191 1.
3. Davis's "Landmarks of Plymouth."
4. Goodwin's "Pilgrim Republic."
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S- "Plymouth Court Records," Vol. i.
6. Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation."
7. Society of Colonial Wars: "Illinois 1900."
8. Society of Colonial Wars: "Yearbook" (1897-8).
9. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary."
10. Hotten's "List of Mayflower Passengers."
THE WOODWORTH FAMILY
Originally the name of the Woodworth family
was Woodward. Indeed, the American pioneer
Walter^ is called Woodward throughout his
will, and so affixes his signature thereto. But
his son, Benjamin^, in an oath of inventory on
the estate, March second, 1685/6, spelled the
name Woodworth. Part of his descendants
kept one form and part the other. The original
name is derived from the forest-keepers, the
Wood Wards of the Hundred Rolls in the reign
of Edward I.
Walter^ Woodworth came from Kent County,
England, to Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1635.
He became a rather extensive land owner. He
was assigned the third lot on Kent Street, which
runs along the ocean front, at the corner of
Meeting House Lane, and there he built a house.
In that year he owned other land, a tract on the
First Herring Brook, not far below Stockbridge
Mill, where afterwards stood the residence of the
poet Samuel Woodworth (author of "The Old
Oaken Bucket," and a lineal descendant through
Walter's son, Benjamin^). He owned another
tract on Walnut Tree Hill, west of the present
THE WOODWORTH FAMILY i8i
Greenbush or South Scituate Railroad Station,
in early times called Walter Woodworth's Hill.
In 1666 he also purchased sixty acres in Wey-
mouth. He was made a freeman March second,
1644. On June fourth, 1645, he was appointed
surveyor of the highways of Scituate, re-
appointed in 1646, and again appointed in 1656.
His name appears frequently in the town records
of Scituate as a juror, etc. In 1654 he was a
member of the First Church, which ordained
Charles Chauncy as their minister. His will,
dated November twenty-sixth, 1685, is in the
Plymouth County Probate records. He died
1685/6. The name of his wife is unknown.
The children of Walter^ Woodworth were
as follows :
I. Thomas"
2. Sarah"
3-
Benjamin'
4. Elizabeth"
5. Joseph"
6.
Mary"
7. Martha"
8. Isaac"
9-
Mehitable'
10. Abigail"
2. Martha^ Woodworth (Walter^) of Scituate was
bequeathed ten pounds of money and nearly
ten acres of land by her father's will. Her five
sisters also had a bequest of ten pounds each,
but no land. For some reason Martha was
favored beyond the other daughters. In June,
1679, she married Lieutenant Zachary^ Damon
(JoHN^), of the same town (see Damon family).
By the marriage of Martha" Woodworth, in 1679,
the name of Woodworth was merged in that of Damon; in 1727
the name of Damon was merged in that of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
1 82 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
AUTHORITIES
1 . Mayflower Descendant, Vol. II.
2. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. i8.
3. "The Woodworth Genealogy."
4. "The Woodworth Family."
5. "The Woodward Family MS." (in Historic-Genea-
logical Library).
6. Deane's ' 'Scituate " (which, however, has many errors) .
THE WYBORNE FAMILY
The ancestors of Thomas^ Wyborne (Wey-
BURN, Wyborn, Wiborn, Wiborne) have been
traced back to ^Thomas of Shoreham, England
(1532), sRichard of Shoreham, 2Richard of Wrot-
ham, Kent, iRichard of Wrotham, the father of:
Thomas^ Wyborne, of Wrotham, England, and
Plymouth, Boston, and Scituate, Massachusetts.
Thomas^ was the seventh and youngest child of
iRichard of Wrotham. He was baptized June
fifth, 1580. On the twenty-seventh of Novem-
ber, 1605, he married (i) Emma Millow. Ap-
parently he married (2) Elizabeth in
Tenterden, where he seems to have settled as
a "saddler" for a short time before leaving for
America. In 1638 he came to this country.
For a time he remained at Plymouth; but in
1643 he is in the list of those "able to bear arms"
at Scituate, where he is also living four years
later. In 1648, however, he bought a house
on High Street, Boston. In the city he appears
to have been rather prominent. He was Com-
missioner of the Highways and Constable, mean-
while pursuing his trade of saddler. He had
THE WYBORNE FAMILY 183
money to loan, invested in some real property,
and at his death in 1656, left an estate valued at
nearly four hundred pounds. His wife, Eliza-
beth, married (2) Henry Felch, being Felch's
second wife.
The children of Thomas^ and Elizabeth Wy-
BORNE were:
I. Thomas' 2. Elizabeth' 3. James"
4. John^ 5. Mary' 6. Jonathan^
7. Nathaniel'
Elizabeth^ Wyborne was born in i637±. On the
second of March, 1655, while living in Boston,
she was married "by Captain Atherton of Cam-
bridge" to JoHN^ Merritt (Henry^), of Sci-
tuate (see Merritt family).
By the marriage of Elizabeth' Wyborne, in 1655,
the name of Wyborne was mergedin that of Merritt; in 1786
the name of Merritt was merged in that of Sawyer; in 1812
the name of Sawyer was merged in that of MUNSEY.
AUTHORITIES
1. "Weyburn-Wyborn Genealogy."
2. "Ninth Report of Boston Record Commissioners."
3. N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols, (late
numbers; articles by Miss French).
INDEX OF PERSONS
Aborn
Aberne
Aberon
Abon
Aborne
Abourn
Abourne
Abowen
Abron
Aburn
Aburne
Eaborn
Eaborne
Eabourn
Eabourne
Eaburn
Eaburne
Ebborn
Ebborne
Ebern
Ebonne
Eborn
Eborne
Eboune
Ebourn
Ebourne
Eburn
Eburne
Hannah, 50
Joseph, 50
Mary, 50, 51, 117, 144
Moses, 50
Rebecca, 50
Samuel, 49, 50, 117
Sarah, 50
Susannah (Trask), 50
Thomas, 49
Aborn family, 49, 51, 117, 143
Adams
Hannah, 7
Hugh, 13
John, 52, 55
John Quincy, 55
William, 7
Catherine (Smith), 50
Adamses, 163
Alden, Abigail (Hallet), 55
Bezaleel, 63
David, 55
Elizabeth, 65, 56, 140
Elizabeth Phillips ( ) rEve-
rell], 55
Elizabeth ( ), 55
John, 28, 43, 51, 52, 53, 64, 55,
56, 77, 138, 140
Jonathan, 55
Jos^h, 55
Lydia (Bartlett), 63
Mary, 55
Mary (Simmons), 55
Mary (Southworth), 55
Priscilla, 55
Priscilla (Mullins), 43, 51, 52,
53, 55, 56, 138, 140
Rebecca, 55
Ruth, 55
Sarah, 55
Zacheriah, 55
Alden family, 51
Allerton, Fear (Brewster), 77
Isaac, 77
Andrews, Abigail, 57, 176
Henry, 56, 57, 176
Mary, 56
Mary (Wadsworth), 56
Mary ( ), 56
Sarah, 57
Andrews family, 56, 176
Andros, Edmund, 171, 172
Arnold, Benjamin, 62
Desire, 62 i
Edward, 63
Hannah (Bartlett), 62
Atherton, Humphrey, 134, 183
Atwood, Apphia (Bangs) [Knowlesj
59
Mary Morse, 20, 22
Stephen, 59
AWASHONK, 102
185
1 86
INDEX OF PERSONS
Bacon, Martha (Howland) [Da-
mon], 90
Peter, 90
Bailey, Lucy (Sawyer), 160
,160
Baker, Delia Mary (Munsey), 44
Win., 44
Bangs, Apphia, 59
Bethia, 69
Edward, 67, 68, 69, 110
Hannah, 69
Hannah (Scudder), 58
Hannah (Smalley), 68
John, 67, 58
Jonathan, 58
Joshua, 68
Lydia, 58, 59, 110
Lydia (Hicks), 67, 68
Mary (Mayo), 58
Mercy, 59
Rebecca, 58
Rebecca ( ), 67, 68
Ruth ( ) [Young], 58
Sarah, 58
Sarah ( ), 68
Bangs family, 57, 110
Barnaby, James, 61
Lydia (Bartlett), 61
Barnes, Sarah, 62
Baron de Mounsey, 6
Barstow, Sarah, 86
lAR™}Bathsheba.63
Benjamin, 60, 61, 62, 63, 79,
140, 165
Cecilia ( ), 60, 61
Desire (Arnold), 62
Ebenezer, 62
Elizabeth, 60, 61, 177
Elizabeth (Waterman), 62
Hannah, 62, 63
Hannah (Paybody), 62
Hannah ( ), 62
Ichabod, 62
Isaiah, 63
John, 62
Joseph, 60, 62, 63, 165
Judah, 62
Lydia, 61, 63
Lydia (Nelson), 62, 63
Mary, 19, 60
Mary (Warren), 59, 60, 61, 179
Mercy, 61
Patience, 63, 165, 166
Priscilla, 60, 79
B ARTLETT — Continued
Rebecca, 60, 62
Robert, 43, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
79, 140, 165, 179
Ruth (Paybody), 62
Samuel, 60, 62, 63, 140, 165
Sarah, 60, 62, 63
Sarah (Barnes), 62
Sarah (Bartlett), 62
Sarah (Brewster), 60, 61, 79
Sarah (Foster), 62
Susanna (Jenney), 60, 61
Susanna (Spooner), 62
William, 62
Bartlett family, 59, 79, 140, 165,
179
Bass, John. 55
Ruth (Alden), 65
Bassett, Abbott, 65
Cecilia (Leight), 65
Dorcas (Joyce), 67
Elizabeth, 64, 66, 67
Elizabeth ( ), 64, 65
Jane, 67
Joseph, 67
Margaret (Oldham), 65
Martha (Hobart), 67
Mary (Burt), 66
Mary (Joyce), 67
Mary ( ), 64, 65
Nathaniel, 67
Richard, 66
Ruth, 67, 164, 165
Sarah, 67
William, 64, 65, 66, 67, 164
Bassett family, 64
Bassetts, 163
Bate(s), Abigail, 70
AbigaU (Joy), 70
Andrew, 68
Ann(e) ( ), 67, 68
Bathsheba, 70
Benjamin, 67, 69
Caleb, 70
Clement 67, 68, 69, 70, 86
Eleanor, 70
Ehzabeth (Webster), 70
Esther, 70, 71, 85
Esther (HiUiard), 69, 70, 86
Grace (Lincoln), 70
Hannah, 70
Hannah (Litchfield), 70
Henry, 68
Hopestill, 69
James, 67, 68, 69
INDEX OF PERSONS
187
Bate(s) — Continued
Jane (Weeks?), 69
John, 68, 69
John Lewis, 70
Joseph, 67, 69, 70, 86
Joshua, 70
Levi, 70
Lewis, 70
Louisa Deny (Field), 70
Lydia (Lapham), 69
Rachel, 67, 69
Rachel (Tower), 70
Ruth (Lyford), 69
Samuel, 69
Thomas, 68
Unnamed duld, 69
Bate(s) family, 67, 86
Beal, Ruth, 86
Beau-, 6
Beck, Catherine (Munsey?), 18, 19
John, 18
BiGELOW, John, 155, 156
Blanchard, Benjamin, 41
Polly (Hopkins), 41
Blethen, James, 94, 166
Miriam (Day), 94, 166, 167
Wealthy, 94
Blunden, Sarah (MuUins), 137
Bolton, Charles K., 125
Bradford, Alice (Carpenter)
[Southworth], 81, 82, 83, 84,
160, 161
Rebecca (Bartlett), 62
WiUiam, 28, 30, 53, 54, 62,
75, 76, 83, 137, 138, 151,
152, 160, 161
Bray, Joan ( ), 71
John, 71, 72, 141
Margaret (Lambert), 71
Margery, 71, 72, 141, 142
Miss , 72
Bray family, 71, 141
Brewster, Fear, 77
Hannah, 7
Jonathan, 77
Love, 43, 60, 61, 74, 77, 78,
79,88
Lucretia (Oldham), 77
Mary ( ), 43, 74, 77, 78
Nathaniel, 79
Patience, 77, 78, 151
Prudence, 73, 77
Sarah, 60, 61, 79
Sarah (Collier), 77, 78, 79, 88
Sarah ( ), 79
B re wster — Continued
WiUiam, 7, 28, 43, 60, 61, 73,
74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 88,
151
Wrestling, 74, 77, 78, 79
Unnamed child, 77
Brewster family, 53, 61, 75, 89, 137
Brown (surname), 123
Brown, Elizabeth, 81
Emma, 81
John, 80, 81, 131
Margaret, 81
Margaret (Hay ward), 80, 81
Richard, 80
Brown family, 80
Bryan, Elizabeth (Powell) [Hol-
lingsworthl, 171
Bryant, William CuUen, 55
Burgess, Elizabeth (Bassett), 67
Thomas, 67
Burt, Mary, 66
Butler, Margaret, 65
Byington, E. H., 63
Caecilia, 3
Campbell (surname), 123
Canney, Thomas, 11
Carpenter, Agnes, 82
Alexander, 82, 83, 84
mrs. Alexander, 82, 83
Ahce, 81, 82, 83, 84, 160, 161
James, 82
John, 82
Julia Ann, 82
Mary, 83
PrisciUa, 83, 84
Richard, 82
William, 82
Carpenter family, 81, 82, 84, 160,
161
Carter, Robert, 138
Carver, John, 28, 137
Richard, 97
Cecil, 3
Chandler, Edmund, 110
Lydia, 110
Zeruiah (Sprague), 166
Charles II, 170, 172
Chase, Sally (Sawyer), 154
Chauncey J ^^^ 21
Chauncy J
Charles, 21, 181
Cheesborough, PrisciUa (Alden),
55
Samuel, 55
i88
INDEX OF PERSONS
Chittenden, Mehitable, 91
Chubbuck, Abigail (Bate), 70
John, 70
Church, Benjamin, 162, 179
Elizabeth (Warren), 179
Richard, 179
Churchwell, John, 110
Clark, Amanda M., 42
Hannah, 93
Clement, Joanna ( ) [Leigh-
ton], 11
Job, 10, 11
John, 10, 11
Lydia ( ), 11
Margaret, 10, 11
Margaret (Dummer), 10
Mary, 11
Robert, 10, 11
Cobb
Abiah, 86
Abigail (Corthell), 86
Betty, 36, 37, 38, 87
Dorcas (Drake), 87
Dorothy, 86
Elisha, 87
Elizabeth (Treat), 87
Esther, 86
Esther (Bate(s), 70, 85
Esther ( ), 86
Freeman, 87
Honor ( ), 85
James, 166
John, 86
Joseph, 87
Mercy, 87
M|^( (Freeman), 86
Michael, 85
Rachel (Treat) [MuUord], 87
Richard, 36, 70, 85, 86, 87, 103
Ruth (Beal), 86
Ruth (ColUns), 87
Sarah, 87
Sarah (Barstow) [Ladd], 86
Sarah (Derby) [Dyer], 86
Thomas, 36, 70, 85, 86, 87, 103
Thomasine, 87
(Bannister), 85
Cobb family, 70, 84, 103
Cobb families (Barnstable, Boston
and Hingham, Taunton,
Virginia), 84
Colbath, Horace N., 17
John, 17
Cold well (surname), 123
Cole, Grace, 176
Mary, 32, 33
Collier, Elizabeth, 88, 89, 161, 162
Jane, 88
Mary, 88, 151
Rebecca, 88
Sarah, 77, 78, 79, 88, 89
WiUiam, 77, 78, 88, 89
Collier family, 78, 88, 161
Collins, Joseph, 111
Lydia, 111
Ruth, 87
Conegliano, Duke of, 5
Conner, Mercy, 147
Timothy, 147
Cooke } D^maris (Hopkins), 30
Deborah (Hopkins), 32
Frances ( ) [Wheeler], 107
Jacob, 30
John, 179
Josiah, 32
Sarah (Warren), 179
Cooper, John, 84
Priscilla (Carpenter) [Wright],
83,84
Corthell, Abigail, 86
Cotton, John, 54
Crocker and Howard's "History
of New England," 28
Cross, John, 36
Mary (Hopkins), 36
CusHiNG, Bethiah (Sprague), 165
J., 147
,165
Cutt, , 119
Cutting, Mary Morse (Atwood),
20,22
Damon, Catherine (Merritt), 134
Daniel, 90, 91
Deborah, 90
Ebenezer, 90
Experience, 90
Hannah, 89, 90, 91
Ichabod, 90
John, 89, 90, 91, 134, 135, 181
Martha, 91
Martha (Holland), 90
Martha (Woodworth), 91, 181
Mehitable, 91, 135
Mehitable (Chittenden), 91
Mercy, 90, 91
Mrs. (Gilsou), 90
Silence, 90
INDEX OF PERSONS
189
Damon — Continued
lacwf 90,91,135,181
Damon family, 89, 135, 181
Davison, William, 73
Day, Anthony, 92, 93, 94
Elizabeth, 92
Emmanuel, 92
Ezekiel, 92
Hannah (Clark), 93
Hepzibah, 93
Jacob, 93
John, 92, 93
Joseph, 92, 93
Josiah, 93, 94
Mary, 93, 94
Mary (Denning), 93
Mary (Langton), 93
Mary (Thomas), 94
Matthew, 92
Miriam, 94, 166, 167
Nathaniel, 92
Ralph, 92
Robert, 92
Samuel, 92
Stephen, 92, 93
Susanna (Matchett), 92
Susanna (Ring), 92
Thomas, 92, 93, 94
Timothy, 92
Wealthy (Blethen), 94
Wentworth, 92
Day family, 92
De, 6
De La, 6
De Monceaus, 6
De Monceaux, 5, 6
( MOUNCEY")
V MONCY )
Deering, Capt., 72
Mrs. (Bray), 72
, husband of Miss
Bray, father of Capt.
Deering, 72
EfLrNoYE}M^^(^'<^-)-^S
Thomas, 55
Denning, Emma (Brown), 81
George, 93
Mary, 93
Nicholas, 81, 93
Derby, Sarah, 86
Derry, DeUverance ( ), 145, 146
Derry — Continued
James, 12, 13
John, 145, 146
Margaret, 11, 12, 13
Des, 6
Dick (surname), 123
Doane, Hannah (Bangs), 59
John, 69
Doty, Edward, 27, 29
Doyen, Henry Sawyer, 158
Jeremiah, 160
Sarah Lee (Sawyer), 158
Drake, Dorcas, 87
Du, 6
Duke of Conegliano, 5
Dummer, Margaret, 10, 11
Thomas, 10, 11
Dunbar, David, 123
Dyer, Ambrose, 34
Ebenezer, 106
Eliphalet, 136
Mercy (Freeman) [Hopkins-
Higgins], 106
Sarah (Derby), 86
Thankful (Hopkins), 34
Eaborn, etc., see Aborn
Earl of Au, Robert, 5
Earls of On, 5
Eaton (genealogist), 125
Edward I, 6, 138, 180
Edward II, 6
Elizabeth, Queen, 73, 77
Emerson, Ezekiel, 127, 167
English, Philip, 131
EsTABROOK, Abigail (WiUard). 174
Europa, 52
Evans, Barbara, 145
Stephen, 16
Everell, Abiel, 55
Elizabeth Phillips ( ), 55
Fairbanks, Jonathan, 156
Thankful (Sawyer), 156
Farmer (genealogist), 116
Farrar, Anne ( ), 95, 96
Henry, 96
Jacob, 95, 96, 113
John, 95, 96
Joseph, 96
Mary, 96, 113
Farrar family, 95, 113
Felch, Elizabeth ( ) [Wy-
bome], 183
Pelt (genealogist), 119
IQO
INDEX OF PERSONS
Field, Louisa Derry, 70
Fisher, Elizabeth, 27, 30
^egg} Abigail, 98
Allen, 98
Bartholomew, 97
Benjamin, 98
Benoni, 98
Ebenezer, 98, 99
Eleazar )
or \ 98
Eleazer j
Elizabeth, 98
Gershom, 97, 98, 99, 108, 122
Hannah, 98, 99, 108, 109
Hannah (Leppin(g)well), 98,
122
Henry Collins, 99
John, 97, 98, 99
Mary, 98
Mary ( ), 97
Michael, 98
Rachel Moore, 99
Rawl, 97
Rebecca, 98
Thomas, 97, 98, 108, 122
William, 97
Flagg family, 97, 108, 122
Forbes, Henry D., 54
FoRBUSH (surname), 123
Foster, Mary (Bartlett), 60
Richard, 60
Sarah, 62
Foxe, 4
Freeman, Alice, 101, 105
Apphia, 104, 105, 106
Apphia ( ), 104
Bennet, 103
Constant, 35, 105, 103, 174, 175
Ebenezer, 103
Edmund, 43, 84, 86, 99, 100,
101, 103, 105, 130, 152
Edward, 105
Elizabeth, 101, 103, 105, 106
Ehzabeth (Gumey), 99, 100
EHzabeth ( ), 99, 101, 102
Eunice, 106
Experience, 103
Hannah, 103, 106
Henry, 104
Isaac, 103
Jane, 106
Jane (Treat), 105, 106
John, 43, 86, 101, 102, 103, 152
Jonathan, 106
Freeman — Continued
Joshua, 106
Mary, 101, 103, 105
Mehitable, 36
Mercy, 34, 35, 36, 86, 103, 105,
106, 163
Mercy (Prence), 101, 102, 103,
152
Mercy (Southworth), 104, 105,
162
Nathaniel, 103
Patience, 103
Prince, 103
Rachel, 103
Robert, 106
Ruth, 103
Ruth (Merrick), 103
Samuel, 35, 84, 104, 105, 106,
162
Sarah, 103
Sarah (Mayo), 130
Thankful, 103
Thomas, 103
William, 38
(Prince), 100
Freeman I family, 86, 99, 152
Freeman II family, 104, 162
Fuller, Agnes (Carpenter), 82, 83
Bridget (Lee), 83
Elsie Glascock, 82
Samuel, 82, 83
Gang, Frank, 131
Gates, General, 16
Gaylord, AUce, 170, 171
Hugh, 170
George, "Good old Parson," 17
Gerneaux, Frangois, 131
Gilbert, Jane, 67
Thomas, 67
GiLSON, William, 89, 90
mrs. William, 90
Glascock, Elsie, 82
Goodwin (historian), 53, 162
Grant, Ulysses S., 15
Green, Abigail, 109
Amos, 109
Daniel, 108
Dorcas, 107, 108
Ebenezer, 109
Eleazer, 109
Elizabeth, 107
EHzabeth ( ), 107
Esther, 108, 109
Esther (Hasey), 108
INDEX OF PERSONS
191
Green — Continued
Frances ( ) [Wheeler-Cook]
107
Hannah, 107
Hannah (Flagg), 98, 99, 108,
109
Henry, 98, 99, 107, 108, 109
Jacob, 108
John, 107
Joseph, 108
Lydia, 108
Martha, 107
Mary, 107
Nathan, 109
Phinehas, 109
Samuel, 107
Seth, 109
Thomas, 99, 107, 108, 109
Timothy, 109
WiUiam, 107
Green family, 99, 107
, Gross, Dorothy (Cobb), 86
' Isaac, 86
Grozier, John, 36
Mercy (Hopkins), 36
GwYNNE, Abram E., 99
Alice 99
Rachel Moore (Plagg), 99
Hackwell (sailor), 112
Hall, Bethia (Bangs), 59
Gershom, 59
Jedediah, 18
Polly (Munsey?), 18, 19
Hallett, Abigail, 55
Harlow, Rebecca (Bartlett), 60
William, 60
Harrison, Benjamin, 66
EUzabeth (Bassett), 66
William Henry, 66
KI I Esther, 108
William, 108
Hatherly, Timothy, 64
Hawkins, Zachary, 8
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 81
Hayward, Francis, 80
Margaret, 80, 81
Henrick, Daniel, 169
Mary ( ) [Stockbridge], 169
Herford, William, 11
HiBBiNS, William, 145
Hicks, Lydia, 57, 58
Margaret, 57
Robert, 57
HiGGiNS, Benjamin, 68, 59, 106.
110, 111
Eliakim, 110
Elkanah, 3
Freeman, 36
Hannah, 111
Ichabod, 110
Isaac, 110, 111
Jadiah, 110
John, 110
Jonathan, 110
Joshua, 110
Lydia, 110, 111
Lydia (Bangs), 58, 59, 110
Lydia (Chandler), 110
Lydia (Collins), 111
Mary, 110, 111
Mary (Yates), 110
Mercy (Freeman) [Hopkins],
106
Mercy (Hopkins), 37
Rebecca, 110, 111
Reuben, 37
Richard, 59, 110, 111
Samuel, 110
Sarah, 111
Thankful (Hopkins) [Paine], 36
Thomas, 110
Zeraiah ( ^'^^
HiGGlNS family
Hilliard, Esther, 69, 70, 86
William, 69, 86
Hilton, Col., 12
Hodges, Mary (Andrews), 56
William, 56
Hollingsworth, Elizabeth (Pow-
ell), 171
HoLLiSTER (biographer), 172
Hopkins, Abiel, 36
Abigail, 31, 32
Abigail (Raymond), 41
Amanda M. (Clark), 42
Betsey, 37, 38, 42
Betty (Cobb), 36, 37, 38, 87
Caleb, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 36, 39, 41, 43, 87, 106,
133, 163, 167
Catherine } (Whelden), 31,
Catome ( 32, 33
Constance, 27, 30, 31
Constant, 35, 36
Damaris, 27, 30
Deborah, 30, 31, 32
Deborah ( ), 34
192
INDEX OF PERSONS
Hopkins — Continued
Elisha, 21, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,
42, 43, 133
Elizabeth, 31, 32, 42
EKzabeth Abigail (Roberts), 42
EKzabeth (Fisher?), 27, 30
ElmiraF. (Stall), 42
Giles, 21, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
35, 36, 39, 41,. 43, 87, 106,
133, 167
James, 36, 37
James Rogers, 42
Jane (Vernon), 36
John, 32, 35, 36, 41, 42
Jonathan, 36
Joshua, 31, 32, 33
Lizzie R. (Myrick), 42
Margaret (Raymond), 41
Mary, 31,32,36
Mary (Cole), 32, 33
Mary (Merrick), 32
Mary (Paine), 36
Mary (Raymond), 41
Mary (WiUiams), 32, 33, 35,
36
Mary A. (Wyman), 42
Mary Ann (Peacock), 42
Mary Jane (Merritt), 20, 21,
22, 27, 42, 43, 44
Mehitable (Freeman), 36
Mercy, 36, 37
Mercy (Freeman), 34, 35, 36,
106, 163
Mercy (Mayo), 33, 34
Miriam (Sprague), 41, 42, 167
Nathaniel, 33, 34
Oceanus, 27, 30
Phoebe (Paine) 36
Polly, 41
Rebecca, 41
Rebecca (Mereen), 37, 39
Ruth, 30, 31, 32
Samuel, 41
Samuel Rogers, 42
Simeon, 21, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41,
42, 43, 87, 133, 167
Stephen, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 35, 36, 39, 41, 43, 77,
87, 106, 133, 167
mrs. Stephen, 27, 30, 31
Thankful, 34, 36
Thomas, 34
William, 31, 32
WiUiam Loring, 42
William Sprague, 42
Hopkins Line, 21, 25, 26, 27, 87,
133, 167
HOPKINSES, 29
Houghton, Anna, 114
Beatrix, 113, 114
Beatrix ( ), 112, 113
Benjamin, 113, 114
Hannah, 156
Hannah (Wilder), 113
Henry, 114
Hepzibah, 114
Jacob, 114
John, 96, 112, 113, 114, 156
Jonas, 113
Jonathan, 114, 158
Joseph, 114
Mary, 113, 114, 156
Mary (Farrar), 96, 113, 114
Mercy, 114
Rebecca, 114
Robert, 113
Sarah, 113
William, 114
Houghton family, 96, 112
How, Artemas, 158
Howard, Jonas, 124
Howard and Crocker (historians),
28
Howes, Mary'( ), 151
Sarah (Bangs), 58
Thomas, 58, 151
Howland, John, 53
Martha, 90
Huntington, E. B., 122
Huston (surname), 123
Hutchinson (historian), 75
Hyde, Emma Jane (Munsey), 44
John M., 44
Hyland i
Heilland > Annah, 115
Hiland J
Deborah, 115
Deborah ( ), 115
Elizabeth, 115, 116, 135
EKzabeth (Stockbridge), 116,
169
John, 116
Mary, 115, 116
Ruth, 115, 116
Samuel, 115
Sarah, 115 ■
Thomas, 115, 116, 135, 169
Hyland family, 115, 135, 169
INDEX OF PERSONS
193
IVEY, John, 61
Mercy (Bartlett), 61
Jacklin, Rosamond, 11, 12
Jackson, Bartholomew, 119
Dorothy, 16, 120, 144, 146
Elizabeth, 120, 144
George, 16, 50, 116, 117, 118,
119, 120, 143, 144, 146
Jane, 144
Joanna, 144
Joanna (Pepperrell), 16, 120,
143, 144
John, 119
Margery, 120, 144
Mary, 120, 144
Mary (Abom) [Starr-Nick],
117, 118, 119
Miriam, 144
Sarah, 120, 144
Jackson family, 116, 143, 146
James I, 76
Jenness, , 80
Jenney, John, 61
Sarah (Carey), 61
Susanna, 60, 61
JouATT, Elizabeth, 178
Jot, Abigail, 70
Joyce, Dorcas, 67
Mary, 67
Eeufton Julia Ann (Carpenter)
[Morton], 82
King James, 76
King, Thomas, 149
KiRKPATRiCK, Margaret, 126
Knowles, Apphia (Bangs), 59
John, 59
Ladd, Sarah (Barstow), 86
Lamont, Benjamin, 132
L'Anglois, Philippe, 131
Langton, Mary, 93
Lapham, Lydia, 69
Lathrop, John, 128
Le Brun, Jean, 131
Leathers, Mahala, 160
Leavitt, Jos., Jr., 17
Lee, Esther (Green), 109
Isaac, 109, 135
Jeremiah, 146
Samuel, 109, 135
Sarah 135, 136
Abigail, 122
Leffingwell
Leppin(g)well
Leaping WELL
Leapphingwell ^
Leffyngwell
Lephingwell
Levingwell
Lippingwell
Hannah, 98, 122
Hesther, 122
Isabel ( ), 122
Lawrence, 121
Michael, 98, 121, 122
Rachel, 122
Ruth, 122
Sarah, 122
Tabitha, 122
Thomas, 121, 122
Leffingwell family, 98, 121
Leffingwells of America, 122
Leicester, John, 168
Leight, Cecilia, 65
Leighton, Mrs. Joanna ( ), 11
Leister, Edward, 27, 29
Leveridge, WiUiam, 129
Lewis, Hannah, 154, 155, 156
William, 155
Lincoln, Grace, 70
Litchfield, Hannah, 70
Little, Anna (Warren), 179
Thomas, 110, 179
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
51, 60, 61, 79, 138, 177
Stephen, 177
Zilpha ) (Wadsworth), 60, 61,
Zilpah \ 79, 177
Lord de Mouncey, 6
Lumpkin, Tamsin, 129
William, 129
Lyford, Ruth, 69
McClintock, (surname) 123
McCobb, (surname) 123
Samuel, 132
McFarland, (surname) 123
McGregor, (surname) 123
McIntyre
Macantier
McIntire
mCintire
Mackentier
Mackintier
Mackintire .
Elizabeth, 127
Esther, 125, 126
>■ (surname), 123
194
INDEX OF PERSONS
Mcl'STY'RE— Continued
F. P., 125
Hannah, 127
Henry, 127
John, 125, 126
Joseph, 126, 127, 167
Margaret (Kirkpatrick), 126
Martha, 125, 126
Mary, 125, 126
Mehitable, 127
Nancy, 127
Rachel, 127, 167
Robert, 125, 126
Sarah (WalUs), 126
WiUiam 124, 125 , 126, 127,167
McIntyre family, 123
McKeen, (surname) 123
McLean, (surname) 123
Alexander, 124
Manley, 3
Manlia, 3
Marble, Mary, 154
Marigny (=Mereen?), Pierre Ber-
thon de, 131
Marsh, (surname) 3
Marsh, Elizabeth (Jouatt), 178
Marshal of France, Bon-Adrien
Moncey, 5
Martia, 3
Massasoit, 29
Matchett, Susanna, 92
Mather, Cotton, 152
Increase, 128
Mayo, EHzabeth, 128, 130, 174
Hannah, 128, 130
John, 43, 58, 103, 128, 129,
130, 173, 174
Joseph, 130
Mary, 58, 130
Mercy, 33, 34
Nathaniel, 128, 130
Samuel, 58, 103, 128, 129, 130,
174
_Sarah, 103, 130
Thomasine | ( ), 128, 129
Tamsin )
Mayo family, 103, 128
Mecaenas, 152
Mereen )
Mareen > Daniel
Merign )
Hannah, 133
John, 39, 43, 131, 132, 133
Mereen — Continued
John Plavel, 132
Rebecca, 37, 39, 133
Rebecca (Pepper), 131, 133
Ruth, 133
Samuel, 133
Sarah, 133
Mereen family, 84, 131
origin of name, 131
Mergers, see Index of Subjects
Merrick, Abigail (Hopkins), 32
Mary, 32
Mercy (Bangs), 59
Ruth, 103
Stephen, 59
WilUam, 32
Merritt, Abigail, 135, 136
Catherine. 90, 134, 135
David, 135
Deborah? ( ), 134
Dytha, 136
Ebenezer, 135
Elizabeth (Hyland), 116, 134
Elizabeth (Wybome), 134, 135,
183
Esther, 136
Eunice, 136
Ezekiel, 135
Hannah, 135, 136
Henry, 90, 91, 116, 134, 135,
136, 158, 183
Ichabod, 135
John, 91, 116, 134, 135, 136,
158, 183
Jonathan, 91, 134, 135, 136, 158
Lucy, 136, 158, 159
Lydia, 136
Mary, 135
Mehitable (Damon), 91, 135
Molly, 136
Noah, 135, 136, 158, 159
Sarah, 136
Sarah (Lee), 135, 136, 159
Simeon, 135, 136
Thomas, 135
Uriah, 136
Wilks, 136
Merritt family, 90, 91, 116, 134
Miller, Andrew, 8
MiLLOW, 182
Monceals, 5
MONCEAU, 4, 6
Monceaulx, 6
Sire de, 4
MONCEAUX, 4, 5, 6
INDEX OF PERSONS
195
MoNCEAux X Chiens, 4
MONCEAUX l' Abbaye, 4
MONCEUS, 5
MoNCEY, Marshal Bon-Adrien, 5
MONCI 1
MoNCY > Walter de, 6
MOUNCY )
Mont —
Montgomery, 123
MONTIA, 3, 4
Moore, , 28
MOREY, Jonathan, 60
Mary (Bartlett) [Poster], 60
Moses of the English Exodus, 75
Morton, George, 82, 83
Julia Ann (Carpenter), 82, 83
(Secretary), 178
MOUNCEAUX, 6
MOUNCEY, 5, 6
MOUNCHENSEY, 5
MouNCY, 5, 6
MouNSEY, 3, 4, 5, 6
MOUNTCHENSEY, 5
MOUNTSEY, 6
MuLFORD, Rachel (Treat), 87
mSlIns! AHce,(— )43,
M™s i 137,138
Joseph, 137, 138
PrisciUa, 43, 51, 62, 53, 55, 56,
137, 138, 140
Sarah, 137, 138
William, 43, 51, 56, 77, 137, 138
Mullins farnily, 137
MUNSEY
Monceals
MONCEAU
Monceaulx
Monceaux
Monceus
Moncey
MONCHY
Monci y Abigail, 15, 19
MONCY
Mounceaux
MOUNCEY
Mounchensey
MoUNCY
Mounsey
Mountchensey
mountsey
Abigail (Pitraan), 13, 14, 16,
147
Andrew, 9, 18, 19, 20, 43, 21,
144,160
MuNSE Y — Continued
Andrew Chauncey, 20, 21, 22,
23, 42, 43, 44
Betsey Amanda Jane, 20
Betsey (Sawyer), 19,20,21, 160
Catherine?, 18, 19
David, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21,
43, 147
Delia Mary, 22, 44
Ebenezer, 18, 19
Ella Augusta, 21, 44
Emma Jane, 21, 44
Francis, 7, 8, 9
Frank Andrew, 22, 44 (see also
the Introduction)
George Washington, 20
Hannah (Adams), 7
Hannah (Brewster), 7
Henry, 15, 19
Jane, 18, 19
John, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21,
43
Jonathan, 12, 13, 15, 19
Lizzie, see Betsey
Lucy Merritt, 20
Margaret, 11, 12
Margaret (Clement?), 10, 11, 12
Margaret (Deny), 11, 12, 13
Mary, 21, 44
Mary Bartlett, 19
Mary (Bartlett), 19
Mary Jane Merritt (Hopkins),
20, 21, 22, 42, 43, 44
Mary Morse (Atwood) [Cut-
ting], 20, 22
Mary (Pitman), 15, 16, 19, 147
Mary (Vinal), 19
Molly (Simpson), 15
Polly?, 18, 19
Rachel, 13
Rhoda, 20
Rosamond (Jacklin), 11, 12
Samuel, 7
Sarah, 18, 19
Solomon, 15, 19
Thomas, 7
Timothy, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 43, 144, 147, 148
William, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
16, 19, 21, 43
William Cushing, 22, 44
Woodbury, 19
MuNSEY Line, 1, 144, 147
MuNSEY (surname), 3, 4
burying-ground, 19
196
INDEX OF PERSONS
MUNSEY — Continued
Comer, see Munsey's Comer in
Index of Places
family, characteristics of, 17, 18
farm in Barnstead, N. H., 17
lot, 17
name disappears from Durham,
N. H., 17
schoolhouse, 17
uncommon name, 3, 9
MUNSEYS (see also Index of Sub-
jects)
an ancestress of, 72
buy a farm in Mercer, Me., 21
cross the Atlantic, 7
descended from Alice (Car-
penter) Southworth, 81
gravitate toward London, 7
in America, 7
mingle in two lines with the
Pitmans, 14
neighbors to the Perkinses, 15
not descended from Gov. Brad-
ford
Myrick, Lizzie R., 42
Nelson, John, 63
Lydia, 62, 63
William, 63
Newton, Seth, 158
Nicholson, Francis, 118
Nick, Mary (Abom) [Starr], 50, IIT
Wilham, 60, 117
Norton, Frederick C, 172
Nourse (genealogist), 149
Nurse, David, 158
Nutter, Henry, 19
Sarah (Munsey), 19
Oldham, Lucretia, 77
On, Earls of, 5
"OuLD John" , 8
Paine, Elisha, 36
Eunice (Treat), 174
Jonathan, 36
Mary, 36
Moses, 34
Phoebe, 36
Robert Treat, 174
Thankful (Hopkins), 36
Thomas, 174
Parke, Richard, 78, 79
Sarah (Collier) [Brewster], 78,
79
Paybody
Paybodie \ Annis, 139
Peabody
Elizabeth, 140
Elizabeth (Alden), 55, 56, 140
Francis, 139
Hannah, 62, 140
Isabel ( ), 139
John, 139, 140
Lydia, 140
Martha, 140
Mary, 140
Mercy, 140
Priscilla, 140
Rebecca, 140
Ruth, 140
Sarah, 140
Thomas, 139
William, 6, 43, 55, 56, 62, 139,
140
Paybody family, 65, 62, 139
Peabody, see Paybody
Peacock, Mary Ann, 42
Pepper, Apphia (Freeman), 105
Isaac, 105, 111, 131
Joseph, 111, 131
Rebecca, 131
Robert, 105, 111, 131
Pepper family, 84
Pepperell^ f A-<i-. 142
Dorothy, 142
Jane, 142
Joanna, 16, 72, 120, 142, 143,
144
Margery, 142
Margery (Bray), 72, 141, 142,
143
Mary, 142
Miriam, 142
Col. WilHam, 9, 72, 141, 142,
143
Sir William, 9, 16, 72, 120, 141.
142, 143, 146
Pepperrell family, 21, 72, 120,
141, 144
Pepperrell-Chauncey, 21
Perkinses, 15
Phips, Lt.-Gov., 126
Pierce, John, 80
Pierce family, 80
Pitman, Abigail, 13, 14, 15, 145,
146, 147
Andrew Pepperrell, 16, 19, 21,
146, 147
INDEX OF PERSONS
197
Pitman — Continued
Anne, 145
Anne ( ), 145
Barbara (Evans), 145
Deliverance ( ) IDerry],
145, 146
Deny 16, 120, 144, 146, 148
Dorothy (Jackson), 16, 20,
144, 146
Elizabeth, 145
Ezekiel, 145
Francis, 145
Hannah, 145
John, 145
Joseph, 13, 14, 15, 145, 147
Judith, 145
Mary, 14, 15, 16, 144, 146, 147,
148
Mercy (Conner), 147
Nathaniel, 14, 16, 120, 144,
145, 146, 148
Sarah, 145
Tabitha, 146
WilUam, 13, 15, 16, 120, 144,
145, 146, 147
Zachariah, 13, 14, 15, 145. 147
Pitman family, 51, 72, 120, 144, 14S
PiTMAN-MUNSEY, 14, 21, 51, 72,
144, 145, 148
PiTMANS, 14
Pitts, Mary (Andrews) [Hodges],
56
Peter, 56
Platt(s), Mary, 148
Potter, Sarah, 154
Powell, Elizabeth, 171
Powers, Hepzibah (Sawyer), 156
Increase, 156
Pkence, see Prince
Prescott, Hannah, 150
John, 96, 148, 149, 150, 154
Jonas, 150
Jonathan, 150
Lydia, 150
Martha, 150
Mary, 150, 153
Mary (Platt(s)), 148, 150
Sarah, 150
William, 149
William H., 149, 150
Prescott family, 148
Prince { Apphia ( ) [Free-
Prence S man], 104, 151
Elizabeth, 152
Hannah, 152
Prince — Continued
Jane, 152
Judith, 152
Mary, 152
Mary (Collier), 157
Mary ( ) [Howes], 161
Mercy, 101, 102, 152
Patience (Brewster), 77, 78, 151
Rebecca, 152
Sarah, 152
Thomas, 43, 53, 54, 57, 75, 77,
100, 104, 150, 151, 152
Prince family, 77, 100, ISO
Purinton, Col. Nathaniel, 40, 41
Queen Elizabeth (Bess), 73, 77,
121
Raymond, Abigail, 41
Margaret, 41
Mary, 41
Rich, Shebnah
Rider, Samuel, 60
Sarah (Bartlett), 60
Ring, Andrew, 30
Deborah (Hopkins), 30
Susanna, 92
Robert, Earl of Au, 5
Roberts, Elizabeth Abigail, 42
Robinson, John, 73, 161
RosciA, 3
Rosse (surname), 3
RoWELL, Mary Bartlett (Munsey),
19
Russell, George, 169
Sallier, William, 8
Samoset (Somerset), 80
Sampson, Henry, 79
John, 79
Priscilla (Bartlett), 79
Stephen, 79
Susanna(h), 60, 79, 177
Sargent, Henry, 27
John Singer, 27
Savage (genealogist), 49,71,88,117,
147
Sawyer, AhoUab, 20, 136, 156, 157,
158, 159
Benjamin, 156
Betsey, 19, 20, 21, 160
Betty (Sawyer), 167
Bezaleel, 156
Caleb, 154
Captain , 158
198
INDEX OF PERSONS
Sawyer — Continued
Deborah, 154
Edward, 153
EUas, 155, 156
Elizabeth, 154, 157
Elizabeth (Sawyer) ^ 157
Ephraim, 154, 157
George, 20, 136, 157, 158, 159,
160
Hannah, 156
Hannah (Houghton), 156
Hannah (Lewis), 154, 155, 156
Henry, 159
Hepzibah, 156
Israel, 156, 157
James, 154, 157
John, 153, 154
Joseph, 156
Joshua, 154
Josiah, 156, 157, 160
Lucy, 160
Lucy (Merritt), 136, 158, 159
Mahala (Leathers), 160
Marie, 154
Martha, 154, 156
Mary, 155, 156, 157
Mary (Houghton), 156
Mary (Marble), 154
Mary (Prescott), 150, 153
Mary (White), 154, 155
Nathaniel, 154
Otis, 160
Sally, 154
Sarah Lee, 158, 160
Sarah (Boston), 160
Sarah (Potter), 154
Sarah ( ), 154, 155
Sibillah, 157
Submit, 157
Susannah, 157
Thankful, 156
Thomas, 20, 96, 114, 136, 150,
153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158
Uriah, 156
William, 20, 114, 136, 153, 156,
157, 158
Sawyer family, 114, 136, 150, 153,
"Sawyer's" (a garrison), 154
Sawyers, home of, 22
suggest saw-yers, 155
ScuDDER, Hannah, 58
Sears, Anne ( ) [Farrar], 96
John, 96
Sellew, Asa, 87
Mercy (Cobb), 87
Sewall, Samuel, 70, 85, 130
Simmons, Mary, 55
Simpson, Molly, 15
Skinner, Thomas, 85
Smalley, Hannah, 58
Smith, Catherine, 50
James, 150
Mary (Hopkins), 32
Samuel, 32
Thomas, 8
Snow, Abigail (Warren), 179
Anthony, 179
Captain , 42
Constance (Hopkins), 30, 31
Hannah (Sawyer), 156
Isaac, 40
John, 156
Lydia (Bangs) [Higgins], 58, 59
Nicholas, 30, 31, 58, 59
Scan, Elizabeth ( ), 168, 169
Somerset, see Samoset
SOUTHWORTH, AUcc, 162
Alice (Carpenter), 81, 83, 84,
160, 161
Constant, 43, 81, 83, 89, 104,
161, 162
Edward, 83, 160, 161, 162
Elizabeth, 162
Elizabeth (Collier), 89, 161, 162
Gilbert de, 161
Mary, 55, 162
Mercy, 104, 162
Nathaniel, 162
Priscilla, 162
Thomas, 83, 161, 162
William, 162
SouTHWORTH family, 83, 89, 104,
160, 162
Sparrow, Jonathan, 58
Rebecca (Bangs), 68
Spear, Robert, 124
Spooner, Susanna, 62
Spragtje, Alden, 167
Alfred, 167
Anna, 163
Anthony, 61
Bethiah (Sprague) [Cushing],
165
CaroUne, 167
Chariotte, 167
Desire, 165
Dorcas, 164, 165
Elizabeth, 165
Elizabeth (Bartlett), 61
INDEX OF PERSONS
199
Sprague — Continued
Francis, 41, 67, 94, 127, 163,
164, 165, 166, 167, 177
Grace, 167
Grace (Wadsworth), 166, 177
Jethro, 41, 63, 94, 127, 165, 166,
167
John, 41, 67, 94, 127, 164, 165,
166, 167, 177
Lovina, 167
Mary, 167
Mercy, 163, 164
Miriam, 41, 42, 167
Miriam (Day) [Blethen], 94,
166, 167
Nathaniel, 167
Nelson, 167
Patience, 167
Patience (Bartlett), 63, 165,
166
PoUy, 167
Rachel, 167
Rachel (Mclntyre), 167
Ruth, 165
Ruth (Bassett), 67, 164, 165
Sally, 167
Samuel, 165
Sylvanus (Silvina?), 166
Sylvina, 167
Terah, 165
Thankful, 167
Thomas Hardy, 167
WilUam, 41, 43, 94, 127, 165,
166, 167, 177
Zeruiah, 165, 166
Sprague family, 63, 67, 94, 163, 177
Spragues, 163
Squantum (an Indian), 29
Stall, Elmira F., 42
Standish, Alexander, 55
Josiah, 61
Miles, 28, 30, 51, 53, 55, 78,
138, 139, 178
Sarah (Alden), 65
Starr, Hannah, 117
Mary, 117
Mary (Abom), 50, 51, 117
Rebecca, 117
Sarah, 117
, 60, 117
Stearns (genealogist), 135
Col. , 158
Stedman, Isaac, 169
Steele (biographer), 75
Stockbridge, Abigail, 169
Stockbridge — Continued
Anne ( ), 168, 169
Charles, 168, 169
Elizabeth, 116, 169
Elizabeth ( ) [Soan], 168,
169
Hannah, 169
Hester, 169
John, 116, 168, 169
Mary ( ), 168, 169
Sarah, 169
Stockbridge family, 168
Sunderland, John, 129
Thomasine ) ( ) [Mayo],
Tamsin | 129
Tapp, Edmund, 171
Edward, 171
Jane, 171, 173
Tarr, Rebecca (Hopkins), 41
William, 41
Tasket, William, 147
Taylor (surname), 4
Thomas, Mary, 94
Ruth (Bassett) [Sprague], 67,
164, 165
, 67, 164, 165
Thompson, "old John," 8
Samuel, 38
Tibbetts, C. W., 10
Telden, Elizabeth, 64
Totman, Betsey (Hopkins), 37
Henry, 37
Tower, Dorothy (Cobb) [Gross], 86
Elisha, 86
Esther (Cobb), 86
Esther (Cobb) [Tower], 86
John, 86
Rachel, 70
Trask, Susannah, 50
Treat, Abigail, 173, 174
Abigail (Willard) [Estabrook],
174
AUce, 171
Ahce (Gaylord), 170, 171
Elizabeth, 87, 171, 174
Elizabeth (Mayo), 130, 174
Elizabeth (Powell) [Hollings-
worth-Bryan], 171
Eunice, 174
Hannah, 173
Honor, 171
Jane. 105, 106, 174, 175
Jane (Tapp), 171, 173
James, 171
200
INDEX OF PERSONS
Treat — Continued
Joanna, 171
John, 170, 173, 174
Joseph, 173, 174
Joshua, 174
Katherine, 171
Mary, 173, 174
Nathaniel, 174
Rachel, 87
Richard, 105, 130, 170, 171,
173, 174
Robert, 105, 130, 170, 171, 172,
173, 174
Samuel, 43, 105, 130, 173, 174
Sarah, 171, 173, 174
Susanna, 171
WilHam, 170
Treat family, 105, 130, 170
True, Elizabeth — or Betsey —
(Hopkins), 42
Justin W., 42
TULLIA, 3
Tully, 3
TuTTLE, George, 16
TJncas— "Last of the Mohicans,"
122
Unnongoit, 80
Vanderbilt, Alice (Gwynne), 99
Commodore, 99
Cornelius, 99
Vernon, Jane, 36
— VILLE, 6
ViNAL, Mary, 19
Wace
Wadsworth, Abigail, 117
Abigail (Andrews), 67, 176
Captain , 172
Christopher, 43, 57, 61, 79, 165,
175, 176, 177
Elizabeth (Bartlett), 60, 177
Grace, 165, 177
Grace (Cole?), 176
Grace ( ), 176
Hannah, 177
Hopestill, 177
Ichabod, 177
Isaac, 177
John, 67, 79, 165, 176, 177
Joseph, 176
Lydia, 177
Mary, 176, 177
JMercy, 177
Wadsworth — Continued
Mercy (Wiswell), 177
Peleg, 60, 61, 79, 177
Samuel, 176
Sarah, 177
Susannah (Sampson), 79, 177
iKh( 60.61,79.177
Wadsworth family, 165, 175
Waldo, Samuel, 124
Walker, Sarah, 179
Sergeant, 98
^rEsMJ°^'^2^
Josiah, 126
Samuel, 126
Sarah, 126
Warren, Abigail, 179
Alice (Webb), 178
Anna, 179
Christopher, 178
Elizabeth, 179'
Elizabeth (Jouatt) [Marsh],178
Elizabeth ( ), 59, 60, 178,
179
Joseph, 179
Mary, 59, 60, 61, 179
Nathaniel, 179
Priscilla (Faunce), 179
Richard, 28, 43, 59, 60, 61, 77,
178, 179
Sarah, 179
Sarah (Walker), 179
Warren family, 60, 178
Washington, Martha, 66
Waterman, Elizabeth, 62
Webb, Alice, 178 .
Thomas, 178
Webster, Elizabeth, 70
Weeks, Jane, 69
Weiss (historian), 131
Wheeler (historian), 39
Frances ( ), 107
Whelden » j Catherine, 31, 32, 33
Wheldon ( /Catome
Gabriel, 31
Whitaker, Dr., 3
White, Mary, 154, 155
White, Peregrine, 67
Sarah (Bassett), 67
Whitefield, Edward, 71
Wilder, George, 156
Hannah, 113
Martha (Sawyer), 156
INDEX OF PERSONS
20I
WiLLARD, Abigail, 174
Mary (Sawyer), 156
Phinehas, 156
Samuel (Pres. of Hairvard), 174
William, Duke of Normandy, 5
William and Mary (sovereigns),
172
Williams, Mary, 32, 33, 35, 36
Thomas, 33
Willis, J. L. M., 119, 143
William, 123
WiNSLOW, Edward, 28, 29, 53, 75
Josiah, 101
WiNSLOWS, 163
WiNSOR (historic-genealogist), 176
WiNTHROP, John, 64, 104
Wise, Jeremiah, 147
Wis WALL, Capt., 98
WiswELL, Mercy, 177
WODHULL, , 8, 9
Woods, Samuel, 158
WooDWORTH ( av,;„,,-i iai
WOODWARD } ^^»S^' 1^1
Benjamin, 180, 181
Elizabeth, 181
Isaac, 181
Joseph, 181
Martha, 91, 181
Mary, 181
Mehitable, 181
Samuel, 180
Sarah, 181
Woodward — Continued
Thomas, 181
Walter, 180, 181
Wood worth family, 180
WoRMALL, Grace (Wadsworth)
[Sprague], 165
Wright, Peter, 129
Priscilla (Carpenter), 83, 84
Wilham, 84
Wyborne 1
Weyburn I
Wyborn \ EUzabeth, 134, 183
WlBORN I
WlBORNE J
EUzabeth ( ), 182, 183
Emma (Millow), 182
James, 183
John, 183
Jonathan, 183
Mary, 183
Nathaniel, 183
Richard, 182
Thomas, 134, 182, 183
Wyborne family, 134, 182
Wyman, Mary A., 42
Young, Abel, 20
Betsey Amanda Jane (Mun-
sey), 20
Jonathan, 20
Lucy Merritt (Munsey), 30
INDEX OF PLACES
All, Saints Barking, 150
America, 7, 52, 65, 68, 74, 76, 77,
81, 82, 90, 97, 104, 113, 118,
122, 124, 141, 148, 164, 171,
175, 178, 182
ASHBURNHAM, MaSS., 135
Au, France, 5
Augusta, Maine, 143
AuMALE, France, 4
Ayr (river), Scotland, 123
Banbury, England, 85
Bangor, Me., 21
Barbadoes, 30, 148
Barnstable, Mass., 100, 102, 128,
129, 174
Barnstead, N. H., 15, 17, 18, 19, 20
Barnston, Quebec, 20, 21
Barrington, N. H., 13, 15
Barton Regis, England,.80
Basin Point, Phippsburg, Me., 133
Battle Abbey, 5
Beddenden, Kent Co., England,
67,68,69
Bedford Co., England, 112
Berwick, Scotland, 6
Bessin, France, 4
Bloody Brook, 172
BoDiHAM, England, 5
Bolton, Mass., 157, 158, 159
Boothbay, Me., 123
Boston, England, 74
Boston, Mass., 27, 54, 70, 85, 92,
96, 118, 121, 124, 125, 126, 128
129, 130, 134, 145, 158, 172,
182, 183
Bowdoin, Me., 22, 41, 44
Bowdoinham, Me., 42
BOYEUX, France, 4
Brewster, Mass., 129
Bridgewater, Mass., 66, 78, 164
Bristol, England, 80, 82
Bristol, Me., 80, 123
Britain, 3
Brookhaven, L. I., 7, 9
Brunswick, Me., 36, 38
Bunker Hill, Mass., 149
Burgundy, France, 4
Cambridge, Mass., 78, 92, 134
Cambridge University, England,
73
Cambridgeshire, England, 6
Canada, 20, 116, 155, 156, 159
Cape Cod, 37, 76, 100, 132, 133
Cape Cod Harbor, 67
Cape Elizabeth, Me., 94
Cape Small Point, — see Small
Point
Carolinas, The, 92
Casco Bay, Me., 39
Chambly River, 155
Champagne, France, 4
Channel Islands, 131
Charlestown (Stoneham) Mass.,
108, 109
Charlotteville, Ontario, 159
Chatham, Mass., 87
cSfxER (ENGLAND, 57
Chicknell, England, 10
Clinton, Mass., 154
Cohannet, Mass., 56
Condy's Harbor, Me., 40, 41
Conihasset, Mass., 168
Connecticut, 66, 122
Continent of Europe, 6
Cornville, Me., 158
Crecy, France, 175
Criquetot, France, 4
Cumberland Co., England, 6
Cumberland Co., Me., 37
CusHiNG, Me., 125
Dartmouth, Mass., 88, 164
Dedham, Mass., 92, 112, 113
Detroit, Me., 42
Devonshire, Eng., 178
203
204
INDEX OF PLACES
Dorchester, Mass., 68
Dorking, England, 137
Dover, N. H., 9, 10, 12, 13, 145,
146, 147
Durham, N. H., 9, 12, 131, 6, 17,
19, 120, 145, 146, 147
Mass., 51, 64, 55,
61, 62, 63, 66, 67,
DuxBURT I 78, 79, 83, 84, 88,
Duxborough ( 139,140,150,151,
161, 162, 163, 164,
165, 166, 176, 177
East Mercer, Me., 160
Eastham, Mass., 31, 32, 35, 57, 58,
59, 84, 86, 101, 102, 103, 104,
105, 106, 110, 111, 128, 129,
130, 131, 133, 150, 151, 173,
174
Easton Bray, England, 112
Eliot, Me. ("Old EUot"), 119, 143
England, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 30, 31, 51,
53, 69, 76, 82, 85, 88, 89, 95,
96, 99, 101, 102, 104, 107, 112,
113, 121, 128, 129, 137, 138,
139, 148, 150, 153, 160, 172,
178, 179
Ettrick (Forest), Scotland, 123
Eu (Forest of) France, 4
First Herring Brook, Scituate,
Mass., 180
Forest of Eu, France, 4
France, 5, 76, 131
Gardiner, Me., 22, 44
Gaul, 3
Georgetown (Phippsburg), Me.,
93, 94, 126, 127, 131, 133, 166,
167
Gloucester, Mass., 71, 92, 93, 94
Gloucester Co., England, 80, 150
Grand Banks, Newfoundland,
37, 141
Graveley, England, 99
Great Britain, 76
Great Island (Sebascodegaxi), Me.
38,43
Great Meadow, Wellfleet Har-
bor, Mass., 178
Green St., Hingham, Mass., 86
Greenbush, So. Scituate, Mass.,
180
Groton, Mass., 149
Hadley, Mass., 172
Halifax Parish, England, 150
Hanover St. (No. 298), Boston,
128
Harpswell, Me., 36, 37, 38, 39, 41,
42, 43, 44, 133, 167
Harsmouncy, 5
Hartford, Conn., 92, 172
Harwich (Brewster), Mass., 129
Harzmounsey, 5
Hastings, England, 5
Haverhill, Mass., 10
Hebron, Conn., 135
Herste, 5
Herts, England, 99
High St., Boston, 182
Hingham, Mass., 68, 69, 70, 85, 86,
87,165
Holland, 63, 74, 132
Hurstmqnceaux, 5
Independence Hall, 14
Ipswich, Mass., 79, 92, 107
Ireland, 76, 123, 126
Isle of Sables, 93
Isle of Shoals, 141
"Jerseys," The, 158
Kennebec River, 124
Kent Co., England, 90, 134, 175,
180, 182
Kent St., Scituate, Mass., 90, 180
KiLLiNGLY (Thompson), Conn.,
108, 109, 136
Kittery, Me., 9, 12, 21, 71, 119,
141, 142, 143
Kittery Point, 142
Lancashire, England, 95, 113,
148
Lancaster, Mass., 95, 96, 112, 113,
114, 148, 150, 153, 154, 157
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, Eng-
land, 150
Lee, N. H., 12, 14, 15, 16, 98
Leyden, Holland, 64, 65, 74, 77,
82, 83, 157, 160, 161
Lincoln, Me., 21, 38, 34, 44
Lincoln Co., Me., 80, 122
Lisbon Falls, Me., 22, 41, 43, 44
Litchfield, Me., 22, 41, 42, 43, 44
Litchfield Plains, 41
Little Compton, R. I., 55, 56, 140
INDEX OF PLACES
205
LiVERMORE Falls, Me., 22, 43, 44
London, 6, 27, 68, 88, 92, 112, 137,
163
Long Island, N. Y., 7, 9, 129
LouisBURG, C. B., 9, 16, 62, 71, 72,
143
Lowell, Mass., 20
Lydd, England, 68
Lynn, Mass., 49, 66, 100
Madbury, N. H., 13, 14, 15, 146,
147
Maine, 9, 19, 21, 36, 37, 38, 123,
166
Malden, Mass., 107, 108
Manchester, Mass., 92
Manomet, Plymouth, Mass., 60
Marblehead, Mass., 50, 116, 117,
118, 119, 120, 143, 146
Marshfield, Mass., 164
Massachusetts, 66, 118, 123, 126,
150, 153
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 29
Matinicus, Me., 94
Mattacheese (Yarmouth), see
Mattakeese, 29
Mattakeese (Yannouth), 29, 31
Meeting House Lane, Scituate,
Mass., 180
Melrose, Mass., 107
Mercer, Me., 21, 44
"Munsey's Bridge," 12
Munsey's Clearing, 17
"Munsey's Corner," 17, 19
MuscoNGUs Island, Me., 80
Nantes, France, 131
Narragansett Colony (of Hugue-
nots), 131
"Nashaway" (Lancaster), Mass.,
149
Nauset (Eastham), 31, 35, 173
Netherlands, 73
New England, 14, 16, 28, 29, 50,
59, 63, 80, 84, 92, 112, 115, 116,
144, 148, 163, 168
New Hampshire, 9, 14, 16, 19,
21,98
New Harbor, Me., 80, 81
New York City, 7
Newbury, Mass., 118
Newfouitoland, 141
Newport, R. I., 118
Newton, N. H., 15
Newton Plains, 13
Newton Road, 13
Nobleboro, Me., 123
Norfolk Co., England, 97
Normandy, 3, 4, 6, 175
North Malden (Melrose), Mass,
107
North Square, Boston, 128
North Stoneham, England, 10
northfield, n. h., 17
Nottinghamshire, England, 73
On, Earls of, 5
Ontario, Canada, 159
Oyster Bay (L. I.), 129
Oyster River (Dxirham), N. H.,
9, 12, 13, 145, 146
Pamet (Truro), 34, 105
Patchogue, N. Y., 7, 8, 9
Pemaquid, Me., 123, 124
Pemaquid Point, 80
Penobscot River, 124
Peterhouse (Camb., Eng.), 73
Philadelphia, 14
Phippsburg, Me., 41, 132, 133, 166,
167
PicARDY, France, 4
Piscataqua, 71
PiSCATAQUA RrVER, 9
PiTMiNSTER, England, 170, 171
Plymouth, England, 10, 64, 65,
71, 74, 141
Plymouth, Mass., 27, 29, 30, 31,
54, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 66, 74,
77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 100, 110,
137, 138, 139, 145, 150, 151,
152, 160, 161, 163, 164, 178,
179, 182
Plymouth Church, 73
Plymouth Colony, 73, 75, 80, 88,
89
Plymouth Harbor, 74
Plymouth Rock, 29, 52
PoPHAM Fort, 80
Portland, Me., 42, 44
"Prescott" (Lancaster), Mass.,
149
"Prescott's" (a garrison), 154
"QuADic," Conn., 109
Quebec, 20, 21
Rape of Hastings, 5
Rhode Island, 131, 140
Rochester, N. H., 13
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INDEX OF PLACES
Rockland, Me., 20
Rowley, Mass., 153
Saconnet, 101
Sagadahoc, Me., 123
St. Botolph St., Boston, 125
St. George's Fort, 124
St. George's River, 124, 125
St. Mary's, London, 27
Salem, Mass., 49, SO, 117, 119,
120, 146
Salisbury, 10
Samlesbury, 161
Sandwich, England, 64, 65
Sandwich, Mass., 84, 99, 100, 101,
102, 129, 152
Sandwich, N. H., 18, 19, 20
Saonne River, France, 4
Saratoga, 16
Saugus (Lynn), 100
Scituate, Mass., 90, 91, 115, 116,
117, 134, 135, 168, 169, 180,
181, 182, 183
Scotland, 6, 76
Scottish Border, 6
Scratby, England, 97
Scrooby, England, 73, 77
Sebascodegan (Great Island), Me.,
38, 39, 40, 43
Seguin, Me., 40
Senarpont, France, 4
Sezanne, France, 4
Shoreham, England, 184
Sidnam, Devonshire, England,
178
Small Point, Cape, Me., 40, 165,
166, 167
Smithfield, Me., 20, 21, 22, 158,
159
Somerset Co., Me., 20
Somersetshire, England, 160,
170, 171
South Scituate, Mass., 181
South Street, Hingham, Mass., 68
Southampton, England, 63, 137
Southampton Co., England, 10
Sowerby, England, 153
Springfield, Mass., 172
Standish, England, 148
Stark, Me., 20, 158, 159
Stoneham, Mass., 108
Strafford Co., N. H., 18, 147
Surrey, England, 137
Taunton, Mass., 56, 90, 176
Tavistock, England, 141
Templeton, Mass., 136, 159
Tenterden, England, 115, 182
Thomaston, Maine, 125
Thompson (Killingly), Conn., 108,
136
Tonset (Eastham), Mass., 103
Truro, Mass., 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
37, 86, 87, 105, 106
United States, 28, 118
Virginia, 76, 92
Waldron, England, 115
Wales, 92
Walnut Tree Hill, Scituate,
Mass., 180
Walter Woodworth's Hill,
Scituate, Mass., 181
Warren, Me., 124, 125
Washington, D. C, 158
Watertown, Mass., 63, 97, 98,
104, 109, 135, 148, 162
Wellfleet, Mass., 87
Wellfleet Harbor, 178
Westbrook, Me., 42
Westmoreland Co., England, 6
Wethersfield, Conn., 170, 171
Weymouth, Mass., 180
Wheelwright's Pond, N. H., 98
Whitechapel, London, 27
Wilts, England, 85
Windham Co., Conn., 108
Wiscasset, Me., 13, 19
Woburn, Mass., 95, 98, 108, 112,
121, 122, 154
Worcester Co., Mass., 153
Wrington, England, 82, 83, 160
Wrotham, Kent, England, 182
Wygan, Lancashire, England, 148
Yarmouth, Mass., 29, 31, 102,
128, 129
York, England 82
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Abigail, The (a ship), 99, 112
Abom family, merged in that of
Jackson, 51
"Acts and Monuments," Poxe, 4
Adventurers, The, 63, 88, 137
Affidavit of Andrew Chaimcey
Munsey, 19
Alden autographs, 54
Bible, 54
house, 64
Alden, name of, merged
in that of Paybody, 66
in those of MuUins and Pay-
body, 138
All Saints Church, Biddenden, Eng-
land, 69
Allied Famihes (Part III), 47
Allotment of Cattle in Plymouth, 64
America, The, captures the Pica-
roon, 40
American baronet, An, 142
cause, 16
Leffingwells, 121
Ancestors of Longfellow, 177
Anchoring in Plymouth Harbor, 74
Andrews, name of, merged in that
of Wadsworth, 57
Ann, The (one of the Pilgrim ships),
57, 58, 59, 77, 82, 161, 163, 178,
179
"Annals of Lancaster" — Nourse,149
Salem"— Felt, 119
Warren" — Eaton, 125
Aguila non capiat muscas, 175
Army, The Continental, 16
Assessor for sending aid to other
colonies, 29
Assistants, First Council of, 29
Governor's (or Royal Coun-
cillors), 85, 88, 90, 100, 102,
151, 162, 170
Association Test, 14, 16
Athenaeum, Boston, Librarian of,
125
Bangs, name of, merged in that of
Higgins, 59
Baronet, An American, 142
Bartlett, name of, merged in those
of Brewster and Sprague, 89
in those of Paybody and
Sprague, 56, 138, 140
in that of Sprague, 63
in those of Warren and Sprague,
179
Bartlett farm, 60
Bassett Family Association, 65
Bassett, name of, merged
in that of Sprague, 67
in those of Brewster and
Sprague, 79
Bate(s), name of, merged in that of
Cobb, 71
Battle Abbey, Roll of, 4
of Cr^y (1346), 175
Bigotry in the Sandwich church,
100
Blessing, The (a ship), 168
"Boiling Spring" (see Leffingwell),
121
Boston Athenaetun, 54
Court House, burned (1748), 80
News Letter, 55, 56
Public Library, 64
Siege of, 158
Bradford's opinion of Brewster, 76
Bray house in Kittery, Me., 72, 141
Bray, name of, merged in that of
■ Pepperrell, 72
Brewster, name of, merged
in that of Bartlett, 79
in those of Collier and Bartlett,
89
in that of Prence, 78
British army, Lt.-General Pepperrell
in, 16, 142, 143
persecution, 159
207
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Britishers found hiding in the hold
of a captured coaster, 41
Broadsides on John Alden's death,
S4
Brown, name of, merged in that of
Denning, 81
Brunswick, Me., Wheeler's His-
tory, 39
Bull— Priscilla Alden's "palfrey," 52
Burning of Cumberland Co. (Me.)
Registry of Deeds, 38
"Calf Pasture," Taunton, Mass., 56
Campaign at Louisburg by Sir Wm.
Pepperrell, 72
Canadians learn to run a sawmill,
156
Cape (Cod) towns, 37
Carpenter, name of, merged in that
of Southworth, 84
Carpet knights, 29
Casco Bay invaded by pirates, 40
Castle and Castellany of Mon-
ceaux, 4
Cemetery at Lancaster, Mass., 154,
156
Chamber of Commerce, Incipient,
29
Chamberlain to the Prince (later
King Edward II),— Walter de
Mouncey, 6
Charter members of the Connecti-
cut Colony, 170-172
Charter of Connecticut, demanded
by Andres, 171; hidden in the
Charter Oak, 172
"Chief of the Pilgrims," 75
Child bom on the Mayflower, 31
Chronicle of the Dukes of Nor-
mandy, 4
Church at Barnstable, Mass., 128
at Boston, King's Chapel, 118
North, 128
Second, 128
at Dover, N. H., 146
at Eastham, Mass., 102
at Eaton Bray, England, 112
of John Robinson, 161
atKillingly (Thompson), Conn.
109, 136
at Kittery, Me., 142
at Marblehead, Mass., —
St. Michael's (1707-1714)
at Newbury, Mass. (1711)
at Plymouth, Mass., 152
Churches — Continued
of Rome, made marriage a sac-
rament, 63
at Scituate, Mass. (First\ 181
at Thompson (Killingly), Conn.
109, 136
membership required of free-
men, 50
Cincinnati, Order of the, 43
Civil War in the U. S., 22
Coat of mail, Prescott's, 119
arms of Wadsworth family, 175
Cobb, name of, merged
in those of Bate(s) and Hop-
kins, 71
in those of Freeman I and
Hopkins, 78, 103, 130, 153
in that of Hopkins, 87
CoUier, name of, merged
in that of Brewster, 89
in that of Southworth, 89
Colonial Court, 90
Governors, Lives, by Moore, 28
Records, 91
Warriors, 178
Wars, 162
Colonies, see Connecticut, Narra-
gansett. New England, Ply-
mouth, etc.
Commissary General, 162
Commissioner of the highways, 182
to the Indians of N. E. (Sir
Wm. Pepperrell), 16
for the United Colonies, 162
Committee of Inspection and Cor
respondence, 38
Compact, The, in the Mayflower-
28, 63, 76, 137, 178
Confederation of New England
Colonies, 88
Congregationalism, 73
Connecticut Colony, 29, 135, 170,
172
Regiment (Third), 136
Troops at Hadley and Spring-
field, 172
Connecting link, A, 147
Conqueror, William the, 4
"Conquest of Mexico," 150
"Conquest of Peru," 150
Constable, an office of high trust,
61, 182
Constitution of the United States, 66
Continental Army, 16
Money, 133
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
209
Com ground in a windmill, 90
Correspondence, Inspection and,
Committee of, 38
Council of Massachusetts, Presi-
dent of, 16 •
ofWar,63, 100, 102, 162
the first of Governor's Assist-
ants, 29
Councillors, see Assistants
Court of Common Pleas, 102, 141
See also Colonial Court, Ply-
mouth Court
"Courtship of Miles Standish," 51,
138
Covenant to preserve religion in
Lancaster, Mass., 95
Cow, value in 1832, 18
willed to Abigail Munsey, 147
Customs duties on "obstrucktion to
traffique," 50
Damon, name of, merged
in that of Merritt, 91, 134
in those of Woodworth and
Merritt, 181
Daring Adventure, A, 39
Day, derived from Dee — "dark,"
92 ; name of, merged
in those of I3enning and
Sprague, 81
in that of Sprague, 94
De Monceaux, Seat of the, 4
Death of John Houghton on the
Common, 112
Declaration of Independence,
A signer of, 66, 174
The first, 14, 28, 76
Debts of Plymouth Colony as-
sumed by Thomas Prence and a
few assistants, 151
Dee, "dark," 92
Deed to Lincoln Co., etc., burned, 80
Denning, name of, merged in
those of Brown and Day, 81
Deputy Collector of the Port of
New York, 7
Deputy to General Court, 100, 102,
162, 170, 176
Dissenters, 82
Distribution of land in Plymouth,
Mass., 64
Dividers of land in Lancaster, Mass. ,
153
Division of cattle in Plymouth,
Mass. (1627), 163
Domesday Book, 5, 6
Duel, first in New England, 29
Dukes of Normandy, Chronicle of
the, 4
Dutch, Expedition against the, 129
Duxbury Company, 78, 139, 162
History of, Winsor, 176
Earls of Eu, 4
Early life of Frank A. Munsey, 22
Eastham records, 131
Edict of Nantes, 131
"Elder," title of, given in antici-
pation, 74
Elizabeth, The (a ship), 68
Queen, 73, 77
Elopement of Thomas Flagg, 97
EngUsh Commonwealth, 134
crew fire on the America, 40
Exodus, 75
fashion of living, 143
men-of-war on the Maine Coast
40
murder an Indian, 139
names, see Names, English
pirates on the Maine Coast, 40
records of the Leffingwell fam-
ily, 121
of Stephen Hopkins's
second marriage, 27
Episcopal Churches in America, 118
Epitaphs of John and Mary
Houghton, 114
Eu, Earls of, 4
Exodus, The English, 75
"Familiar Quotations," author of,
62
FamiUes, Allied, 47
Farrar, name of, merged in that of
Houghton, 96
"Fifty skins" paid for a Maine
County, 80
First Declaration of Independence,
14, 28, 76
deed of conveyance on Ameri-
can soil, 80
encounter with the Indians
(1620), 178
English town on Cape Cod
(Sandwich), 100
Landing {not on Plymouth
Rock), 57, 58 _
marriage by a minister in Mas-
sachusetts (1686), 63
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
First — Continued
meeting-house in Taunton,
Mass., 56
mill built in Canada, 155
settlers at Wethersfield, Conn.,
170
"ship of size," launched, 58
six settlers of Lancaster, Mass.,
154
things. Some interesting, that
happened to the Pilgrims
and others, 28
white child bom in Lancaster,
Mass., 154
windmill, 90
winter, awful, 75
Fishermen of Gloucester, lost in
August, 1716, 93
Flagg, name of, merged
in that of Green, 99
in those of Leppingwell and
Green, 122
Fortune, The (a Pilgrim ship), 58,
64, 65, 150
Freeman, A, defined, 31, 50, 149
Freeman I family, descended from
Edmund of Sandwich, 84
name merged
in that of Cobb, 103
in those of Prence and Cobb,
78, 153
in those of Mayo and Cobb, 130
Freeman II family, descended from
Samuel of Watertown, 84
name merged
in that of Hopkins, 106
in that of Pepper, 105
in those of Southworth and
Hopkins, 84
in those of Southworth and
Pepper, 163
in those of Treat and Hopkins,
130, 175
reaches the Munseys by two
routes of different lengths,
105, 106. Cf. also page 120
Freeman's Oath, A, 50
French and Indian War, 136
military service abandoned,
132
names, see Names, French
origin of the Mereens, 131
Friar, A, frightens the Indians, 155
Friends, Society of, 9
"Gentlemen," Seven in Plymouth
Colony, 54
Germ of American Constitution,"
see Compact
Gideon's Band, 40
Government, Foundation of in the
United States (The Com-
pact), 28
Governor, Acting, 88
Bradford, 75
of Coimecticut, 171
Dunbar, 123
and Elder, incompatible, 75
the French, 155
of Kennebec, 162
Pepperrell, 16
Phips (Lt.-Gov.), 126
of Plymouth Colony, 75
Prence, 75
WinslOw, 75
"Governors of Connecticut" — Nor-
ton, 172
Governors, Lives of the Colonial —
Moore, 28
Governors' Assistants (see also
Councillors), 29, 53
Grammar Schools, early, aided by
Gov. Prince, 152
"Grand Inquest," 139
Gravestone of Samuel Treat, 174
Thomas Sawyer, 154
Timothy Munsey and
wife, 19
"Great Swamp Fight," 172
Green, name of, merged
in those of Flagg and Lee, 99,
122
in that of Lee, 109
Gunshot accident to ThomasFlagg's
eye, 97
Harlem Heights, Battle of, 158
Harpswell, Wheeler's History, 39
Harvard College, 173, 174
Higgins, name of, merged
in those of Bangs and Pepper,59
in that of Pepper, 111
History of Ashbumham, Mass., 135
Barnstable, Mass., 100
Brunswick, Topsham, and
Harpswell, 39
Duxbury, 176
New England, 28
Plymouth, 138
Protestant Refugees, 131
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
211
"Homes of otir Forefathers" —
Whitefield, 71
Hopkins, name of, merged
in those of Cobb and Munsey,
71, 78, 87, 103, 130, 153
in those of Freeman II and
Munsey, 84, 89, 106, 130,
175
in those of Mereen and Mun-
sey, 59, 105, 111, 133, 163
in those of Sprague and Mun-
sey, 56, 57, 63, 67, 79, 81,
94, 127, 138, 140, 168, 177,
179
Houghton, name of, merged
in those of Farrar and Sawyer,
96
in that of Sawyer, 115
House built in 1680, 60
"House of the Seven Gables," 81
Huguenots in Rhode Island, 131
Hundred RoUs, 180
Hyland, name of, merged
in that of Merritt, 116
in those of Stockbridge and
Merritt, 169
Hyland's Farm, Waldron, England,
115
Shop, in Tenterden, England,
115
lUiteracy, 9
Imposts, petition against, 50
Independence, first Declaration of,
14, 28, 76
Independence declared in New
Hampshire, January, 1776,
14
Indian entertained over night by
Stephen Hopkins, 29
fight at Bloody Brook (1675),
173
Great Meadow (1620), 178
Great Swamp (1675), 173
Pawtucket (1676), 164
"Prescott's' and "Saw-
yer's" (1675/6), 154
Taunton (1675), 102
fighter (Benj. Church), 162
incursions, 153
massacres, 112, 125, 146
uprising at Kittery Point, 142
Wars
of 1637, 29
of 1675-6, 149
of 1710, 12
Indians, bearers of body of Rev.
S. Treat, 174
capture the Sawyers and others,
155
kill Joseph Pitman, 147
murdered by three English-
men, 139
of N. E., Commissioned to, 16
pursued into Penobscot Bay,
119
torture by, interrupted, 155
Inspection and Correspondence
Committee, 38
"Inquest, The Grand," 139
Jackson, name of, merged
in those of Abom and Pitman,
61
in those of Pepperrell and Pit-
man, 72, 144
in that of Pitman, 120
John and Dorothy, The (a ship), 97
Judge, A (Freeman), of the Old
Colony, 100, 102
Jurors in Celonial days, 170
King Philip's War, 71, 91, 95, 153,
154, 162, 169
King William's War, 98
Land, value of in 1832, 18
Landing of Pilgrims, 58, 75, 178
Last of the Mohicans, 122
Latin books in Elder Brewster's
library, 76
Lee, name of, merged
in those of Green and Merritt,
99, 109, 122
Legal voter, a, 31
Legionaries, Roman, names of, 3
Leppingwell, name of, merged in
that of Flagg,122
Letter from Gov. Bradford and
wife to Mary Carpenter, 83
"Lexington Alarm," 158
Librarian of Boston Athenaeum, 125
Library of Elder Brewster, 75
Lieut.-Gen. Pepperrell (British
army), 16
Lightning kills Mrs. Thos. Day and
daughter, 93
Line, The Munsey, 3
The Hopkins, 25
Lion, The (a ship), 176
Little James, The (a ship), 178
212
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
"Lives of the Colonial Governors,"
28
Lord's Day, The, 74
Louisburg Campaign, 72, 143
Mclntyre, name of, merged
in that of Sprague, 127
Magazine of American History, 80
Maine, Twentieth Regiment of, 23
landtitles, 81
Maisters (Aldermen) of Pljrmouth,
England, 10
Maps, old, of France, 4
Mariner, a Mereen, 132
"Marines," French, may be pro-
genitors of the Mereens, 131,
132
Marriage (until 1686) by civil
magistrates, 63, 134, 145
ninth in the Colony, 151
Massachusetts people emigrate to
Connecticut, 108
militia, 158, 166
"Master," originally abbreviated as
Mr., 27
Mather's (Cotton) tribute to Gov.
Prince 152
Mayflower, The, 7, 22, 27, 28, 30,
31, 43, 49, 53, 58, 60, 65,
67,74,76,77,83, 101,138,
178, 179
ancestors (8) of Patience Bart-
lett, 165
Compact, see Compact
Descendant, 54, 137, 178
Mayo, name of, merged
in that of Freeman II, 130
in that of Treat, 130
from family to family till they merge in either Munsey or Hopkins.
Abom-Jackson-Pitman-Munsey, 51
Alden-Paybody-Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 56
Andrews-Wadsworth-Sprague-Hopkins, 57
Bangs-Higgins-Pepper-Mereen-Hopkins, 59
Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 63
Bassett-Sprague-Hopkins, 67
Bate(s)-Cobb-Hopkins, 71
Bray- Pepperrell-Jackson-Pitman- Munsey, 72
iBrewster-Prence-Freeman I-Cobb-Hopkins, 78
Brewster-Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 79
Brown-Denning-Day-Sprague-Hopkins, 81
Carpenter-Southworth-Freeman II-Hopkins, 84
Cobb-Hopkins, 87
iCoUier-Brewster-Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 89
CoUier-Southworth-Freeman II-Hopkins, 89
Damon-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 91
"Men of Kent," ^
Merchant Adventurers, see Ad-
venturers
Mereen, name of, merged
in that of Hopkins, 133
in those of Pepper and Hop-
kins, 59, 105, 111, 163
Mergers, see under family sur-
names, and on p. 211, f.
Merritt, name of, merged
in that of Damon, 134
in those of Damon and Sawyer,
91, 181
in those of Hyland and Sawyer,
116, 169
in those of Lee and Sawyer, 99,
109, 122
in that of Sawyer, 136
in those of Wybome and Saw-
yer, 183
Military Secretary, Washington,
D. C, 158
Mill, first saw- in Canada, 155
saw- and grist- at Scituate,
"Miller of the Dee," 92
Minute Men, 158
"Mister," final pronunciation
Mr., 27
Monceaux, Commune of, 4
Most learned of the early Colonists,
75
"Mr.", meaning in the 17th Cen-
tury, 27, 100, 170
MuUins, name of, merged in that o-
Alden, 138
Munsey-Hopkins mergers, traced
169
of
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 213
Munsey --Hopkins mergers — Continued
Day-Sprague-Hopkins, 94
Farrar-Houghton-Sawyer-Munsey, 96
Flagg-Green-Lee-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 99
Freeman I-Cobb-Hopkins, 103
1 Freeman II-Pepper-Mereen-Hopkins, 105
} Freeman II-Hopkins, 106
Green-Lee-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 109
Higgins-Pepper-Mereen-Hopkins, 111
Houghton-Sawyer-Munsey, 115
Hyland-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 116
Jackson- Pitman- Munsey, 120
Leppingwell-Flagg-Green-Lee-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 122
Mclntyre-Sprague-Hopkins, 127
! Mayo- Treat- Freeman II-Hopkins, 130
Mayo-Freeman I-Cobb-Hopkins, 130
Mereen-Hopkins, 133
Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 136
MuUins-Alden-Paybody-Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 138
Paybody-Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 140 ,
Pepperrell-Jackson-Pitman-Munsey-144
Pitman (two lines)— Munsey, 51, 72, 144, 145, 148
Prescott-Sawy er- Munsey, 150
Prince-Freeman I-Cobb-Hopkins, 153
Sawyer-Munsey, 160
Southworth-Freeman II-Pepper-Mereen-Hopkins, 163
Sprague-Hopkins, 168
Stockbridge-Hyland-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 169
Treat-Freeman II-Hopkins, 175
Wadsworth-Sprague-Hopkins, 177
Warren-Bartlett-Sprague-Hopkins, 179
Woodworth-Damon-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 181
Wybome-Merritt-Sawyer-Munsey, 183
Munsey Line, The, 3 Norman Conquest, 4, 6
Munsey name, ancient, 3 Norman names, see Names
appears in America, 7 Norman Rolls, 4
source of, 3 Normandy, Chronicles of the
uncommon, 3 Dukes of, 4
Murder of an Indian, 139 North Church, Boston, 128
North Square, Boston, 128
Name, source of the Munsey, 3 Norton's "Governors of Connec-
Names, Danish, 3 ^^ , I^??"^''7^?t * -m^q
English, 3, 4, 6, 6, 97 Nourses Annals of Lancaster, 149
French 4 Nuncupative wiU, 137
Norman, 3, 4, 6, 6
Norse 97 Old EUot," 143
Roman 3 4 6 "Old Oaken Bucket," author, 180
Saxon, 3 ' "Old Trinity," Newport, R. I., 118
New England families, 122 Oldest churches in America, 118
Family History, 119 Oldest date in Lancaster, Mass.
Magazine, 144 (in the Old Granary Bury-
New Hampshire Genealogical Reg- ing Ground), 112
ister 10 Order of the Cincinnati, 43
New World, 28 Oxen, value in 1832 (see also Price)
Noble's "Pilgrims," 137 18
214
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Painting of the Siege of Louisburg,
71,72
Pastors begin to celebrate marri-
ages, 63
Patriarchs, 54
Paul, The (a ship), 92
Paybody, name of, merged
in those of Alden and Bart-
lett, 66, 138
in that of Bartlett, 140
Pepper, name of, merged
in those of Freeman II and
Mereen, 105, 163
in those of Higgins and Me-
reen, 59, 111
Pepperrell, name of, merged
in those of Bray and Jackson,
72
in that of Jackson, 144
Pequot War (1637), 66, 78, 161, 162
Petition of the "distressed people of
Lancaster," Mass., 96
Phips expedition to Canada, 116
Picaroon, The, captured by Ameri-
can "privateersmeb," 40,
41
Pilgrim colonization, 53
Pilgrim Hall, 27, 64
"Pilgrim Republic," 53
Pilgrim Ships, The, 58
Pilgrims, 28, 61, 62, 53, 54, 67, 68,
64, 65, 67, 74, 75, 76, 77,
80, 88, 137, 161, 165, 179
Pirates in Casco Bay, 39
Pitman, name of, merged
in those of Jackson and Mun-
sey, 51, 72, 120, 144
Planter, The (a ship), 67
Plymouth Church, 73 (see also
Church)
Plymouth Church Records, 152
Plymouth Colony, 29, 53, 57, 65,
73, 88, 161, 162
Plymouth Colony Regiment, 102
Plymouth Colony Wills, 78
Plymouth County Probate Records,
181
Plymouth Court, 90, 166
Plymouth, History of, 138
Plymouth Rock, 29, 52, 68, 75
Portrait of Sir William Pepperrell
at Augusta, Me., 143
"Post," The, of Scrooby, Eng., 73
Preaching three times on Sunday,
in the "Munsey schooUiouse,"
17
to the Pilgrims, by Elder
Brewster, 76
Prence | Gov. eulogized by Cotton
Prince | Mather, 152
name of, merged
in those of Brewster and Free-
man I, 78
in that of Freeman I, 153
Prescott, name of, merged in that of
Sawyer, 150
President of the Mass. Council
(William Pepperrell), 16
of Harvard College (Samuel
Willard), 174
Presidents of the U. S., see
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Grant, Ulysses S.
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, WiUiam Henry
Price of a farm in Continental
money, 133
a house in com (1633), in East-
ham, Mass., 110
oxen (1832), 18
a pew in Truro church (1711),
106
a sheep (1832), 18
Prince, see Prence
"Privateersmen," 39, 41
Prize money, 41
Probate records of Strafford Co.,
N. H., 147
Protestant refugees. Hist, of, 131
Prudential Managers, 153
Purgatory, the key to, 155
Puritans protest against ecclesias-
tical marriages, 63
Quaker horror of war, 14
Queen EUzabeth, 173, 77
Ransom of John Bigelow and Elias
Sawyer, 155
Records, Colonial, 91
Refugees, Protestant, History of,131
Regiment, First, Lincoln Co. of
Mass. Militia, 166
Third Cormecticut, 136
Twentieth Maine, 22
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
215
Registry of Deeds burned, Port-
land, Me., 38
Religious intolerance, 74
Representatives to General Court
Benjamin Bartlett, 61
Constant Freeman, 105
Samuel Freeman, 105
Henry Green, 108
Richard Higgins, 110
John Houghton, 113
William Paybody, 140
Thomas Sawyer, 156
Representative to Old Colony Court
William Bassett, 66
Revolutionary Army, 158, 195
pensioner, 166
Rolls of N. H., 16
War, 17, 38, 39, 43, 132, 158
Roman legionaries, names of, 3
Rose, The (a ship), 97
Saint Michael's, Marblehead, Mass.,
very old, 118
Samoset House, Pljrmouth, Mass.,66
Sawmill, built by Sawyer, 155
Sawyer, name of, merged
in those of Houghton and Mun-
sey, 95, 115
in those of Merritt and Mun-
sey, 91, 99, 109, 116, 122,
136, 169, 181, 183
in that of Munsey, 160
in those of Prescott and Mun-
sey, 150
Scotch-Irish families, 123, 124
Scotchmen, 123
Seat of the De Monceaux, 4
Second Church, Boston, 128
Secretary of State to Queen Eliza-
beth, 73
Petition in office of, 96
Seventh Day Advent Society, 154
SewaU's Diary, 130
ShavingmUl, The (a "privateer"),
40
Sheep, value in 1832, 18
Siege of Louisburg, Painting of the,
71
Signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 66, 174
of the Mayflower Compact, 53,
137, 178
of the U. S. Constitution, 66
Small pox in Marblehead, Mass.
(1730), 119
Societies:
Mayflower Descendants, 101
Colonial Wars, 101, 162
Sole magistrate in Lancaster, Mass.,
113
Source of the Munsey name, 3
Southworth, name of, merged
in that of Bradford, 84
in those of Carpenter and Free-
man II, 84
in those of Collier and Free-
man II, 89
in that of Freeman II, 163
Spelling in the olden time, 131
Sprague, name of, merged
in those of Bartlett and Hop-
kins, 56, 63, 79, 89, 138,
140, 179
in those of Bassett and Hop-
kins, 67
in those of Day and Hopkins,
81,94
in that of Hopkins, 168
in those of Mclntyre and Hop-
kins, 127
in those of Wadsworth and
Hopkins, 57, 177
Sprague's Tavern, 166
Squaw Sachem, 102
Stockbridge Mansion House, 169
Mill, 169, 180
Stockbridge, name of, merged
in that of Hyland, 169
Strike in a N. H. Regiment, 16
Subinfeudation, 6
Superstition of the Indians, 155
Surnames, when first in use in Eng-
land and Scotland, 5
Surveyor, A land, at sixteen, 171
of the Port of N. Y., 7
Taylor's translation of Wace's
Chronicle, 4
Theory regarding the Mclntyre
ancestry, 126
Thompson Cotig. Church, at Kil-
lingly. Conn., 109
Toll for grinding com, 90
Topsham, Wheeler's History, 39
Translation of Wace's Chronicle, 4
Treasurer of Pl3Tnouth Colony, 53,
162
2l6
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Treat, name of, merged
in that of Freeman II, 175
in those of Mayo and Freeman
II
Treaty with Massasoit, 29
Twentieth Maine Regiment, 22
United States Constitution, 66
Values of real and personal property
in the early nineteenth
century, see Price
Viking, Rawl Flegg, 97
Vital Records of Marblehead, 117
of Scituate, 135
Wace's Chronicle, 4
Wadsworth, name of, merged
in those of Andrews and
Sprague, 67
in that of Sprague, 177
War of 1812, 42, 167
See also Civil
Colonial
Coimcil
War — Continued
French and Indian
King Philip's
King WiUiam's
Pequot
Revolutionaiy
Warren, name of, merged in that of
Bartlett, 179
Wedding of John Alden, 52
Wheeler's "History of Brunswick,
Topsham, and Harps-
well," 39
Whitefield, Edward (author), 71
Who's Who in Some Allied Fam-
ilies, 47
Wills, Plymouth Colony, 78
Nuncupative, 137
Windmill, first in America, 90
Winsor's "History of Duxbury," 176
Wood Wards (Woodward-Wood-
worth) of the Hundred
Rolls, 180
Woodworth, name of, merged in
that of Damon, 181
Wybome, name of, merged in that
of Merritt, 183
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