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CONTENTS.
Belknap, Henry Wyckoff. The Burnap-Barnett Genealogy.
(Illustrated.) 225, 265
Beverly in 1700. By Sidney Perley. (IW«8«rated.) . 33,98,209 Bolton, Theodore. John Hazlitt, Portrait Painter, . . 293
Boston and Maine Railroad, History of. By Francis B. C.
Bradley. (Illustrated.) 241
Boxford, First Known Tax Rate of. Communicated by
Sidney Perley. . • 297
Bradlee, Francis B. C. History of the Boston and Maine
Railroad. (Illustrated.) 241
Bradlee, Francis B. 0. Some Account of Steam Navigation
in New England. (Illustrated.) 113, 177
Bradlee, Francis B. 0. The Dreadnought of Newburyport.
(Illustrated.) 1
Burbank-Pickering Memorandum Book, Copy of the . 281 Burnap-Burnett Genealogy, The. By Henry Wyckoff Belk- nap. (Illustrated.) 225, 265
Dreadnought, The, of Newburyport. Some account of the
old Transatlantic Packet Ships. By Francis B. C.
Bradlee. (Illustrated.) 1
Edmunds, John H. Documents Relating to Marblehead,
Mass. (Continued.) 70, 156, 202
Felch-Feltch Pedigree, A. By Frank Hervey Pettingell. . 148
Gray, Edward. The William Grays in Salem in 1797. . 145
Hazlitt, John, Portrait Painter. By Theodore Bolton. . 293
Holten, Samuel, M. D., Journal of, while in the Continental
Congress, 1778-1780. 24, 88
Howe, Abraham, and Some of His Descendants. By M. V.
B. Perley 50
Marblehead, Mass., Documents Relating to. Copied by
John H. Edmunds. (Continued.) . . . .70, 186, 202 Marblehead Harbor, Petition for Protection of, in 1727. . 309
Newbury Church Records. Dismissions and Admissions. 222
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Norfork County Kecords, Old. (Continued.) . . . 298 Perley, M. V. B, Abraham Howe and Some of His De- scendants. 50
Perley, Sidney. Beverly in 1700. (Illustrated.) . . 83, 98, 209 Perley, Sidney. First Known Tax Rate of Boxford. . . 297
Pettingell, Frank Hervey. A Felch-Feltcli Pedigree. . . 148
Rantoul, Robert S. A Memoir of William Phineas Upham.
(Illustrated.) 161
Stacey, Captain Richard, of Marblehead. By Harriet Sil- vester Tapley. (Illustrated.) 81
Steam Navigation in New England, Some Account of. By
Francis B. 0. Bradlee. (Illustrated.) .... 113, 177 Tapley, Harriet Silvester. Captain Richard Stacey of Mar- blehead. (Illustrated.) 81
Upham, William Phineas, A Memoir. By Robert S. Rantoul.
(Illustrated.) 161
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Vol. LVI January, 1920 No. 1
THE DREADNOUGHT OF NEWBURYPORT
AND SOME ACCOUNT OP THE OLD TRANSATLANTIC PACKET SHIPS.
By Francis B. C. Bradlee.
The maritime history of Newburyport, Massachusetts, has never yet been adequately written. Many famous vessels were owned and sailed from this old Essex County city, but not a few ships were also built in Newburyport for Boston and New York merchants, and among the best known of these was the " Dreadnought," built by Currier and Townsend in 1853, and afterwards celebrated for making the shortest passage across the Atlantic ever accomplished by a sailing vessel, nine days and seventeen hours, from Sandy Hook to the pilot-boat off Queenstown, Ireland. At this period the transatlantic carrying trade, both passenger and freight, was, and had been for many years, controlled by American packet-ships, as the regu- lar sailing liners were called, and three out of the five lines of steamers then existing were also under the Amer- ican flag.
The " Dreadnought " was built for the Red Cross line of New York and Liverpool packets owned by Governor E. D. Morgan, Francis B. Cutting, David Ogden and others of New York ; she measured 1400 tons register, 200 feet long, 39 feet beam, and 26 feet depth of hold, and was commanded by Capt. Samuel Samuels, who be-
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came quite as famous as his ship. She was launched in the presence of a large concourse of people October 6, 1863, from the yard at the foot of Ashland street, and on the third day of November following left for New York in tow of the steam-tug " Leviathan."
By the sailors the " Dreadnought " was named " the Wild Boat of the Atlantic " ; she was what might be termed a semi-clipper, and possessed the merit of being able to bear driving as long as her sails and spars would stand. It is understood that her builders also designed her, and so deserved the greatest credit, as well for her model and fine lines as for the strength and solidity of her hull, which was constructed principally of white oak and yellow pine. Twice the " Dreadnought " carried the latest news to Europe, slipping in between the steam- ers; she was naturally a favorite among the traveling public, and her cabin accommodations were usually en- gaged a season in advance. On her westward voyages she carried large numbers of emigrants. At one time goods shipped by the " Dreadnought " were guaranteed delivery within a certain time, or freight charges would be forfeited.
In February, 1854, her first voyage westward she crossed the bar in the river Mersey the day after the Cunard steamer " Canada " sailed for Boston, and when the news of her arrival reached New York the " Dread- nought " was reported off the Highlands of New Jersey. Her best passages were as follows :
New York to Liverpool, December, 1853, 24 days.
Liverpool to New York, February, 1854, 19 days.
New York to Liverpool, April, 1854, 18 days.
Liverpool to New York, June, 1854, 26 days.
New York to Liverpool, August, 1854, 80 days.
Liverpool to New York, October, 1854, 29 days.
New York to Liverpool, December, 1854, 13 days, 11 hours.
New York to Liverpool, February, 1856, 15 days.
New York to Liverpool, May, 1856, 16 days.
Liverpool to New York, February, 1857, 21 days.
(land to land, 15 days). New York to Liverpool, March, 1859, 13 days, 9 hours. (Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 9 days, 17 hours).
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEK 8
When one takes into consideration the fickleness of the elements and the prevalence of westerly gales in the north Atlantic ocean, the rapidity and especially the reg- ularity of the " Dreadnought's " trips are wonderful. Capt. Samuels, in his interesting autobiography, " From the Forecastle to the Cabin," attributed his success to good discipline and to forcing the ship at night as well as during the day. " Night," he says, " is the best time to try the nerve and make quick passages. The best ship- masters that I had sailed with were those who were most on deck after fiark, and relied upon nobody but them- selves to carry canvas. The expert sailor knows exactly how long his sails and spars will stand the strain, the lubber does not, and therefore is apt to lose both." It may be noted in passing that the " Dreadnought " car- ried the old-fashioned single topsails that in themselves " held a whole gale of wind," requiring to reef each one a whole watch, as a division of the crew is called.
Until after the death of Captain Samuels in 1908, no doubt had ever been expressed as to the rapidity of the " Dreadnought's " record trip of nine days and seventeen hours from land to land. Unfortunately in the last few years a small coterie in New York, jealous of Captain Samuels' success, have endeavored, with no real founda- tion of fact, to deny that the fast passage of 1859 ever took place. The author has investigated the case with the greatest care, and the result as here stated speaks for itself and proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the fastest voyage across the Atlantic ocean ever made by a sailing ship was by the " Dreadnought," in nine days and seventeen hours, from Sandy Hook to the pilot-boat off Queenstown harbor, in March, 1859. Some excuse is due the reader for the minuteness and repetition with which the case is stated, but those on the other side have worked with such energy to prove the record a myth, that the author thinks it is due the memory of Captain Samuels and the American merchant marine generally to clear up beyond doubt the facts of the " Dreadnought's " most celebrated voyage.
In his "History of the New York Ship Yards," page 141, John H. Morrison says :
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The log book of the " Dreadnought " containing the record of this famous voyage of March, 1869, is not in existence, so far as known to the descendants of David Ogden (the agent of the Red Cross line). Captain Samuels informed the writer that on this voyage he ran the vessel to Daunt's Eock, communicated with the pilot-boat on the station at the mouth of Cork harbor (Queens- town), and proceeded on his way to Liverpool after a very short stop. The vessel left New York harbor with a high northeast wind, but about twelve hours later this was succeeded by a high north- westerly wind on the North Atlantic coast. An examination of the reports of vessels arriving at New York from Great Britain after the "Dreadnought" sailed from New York on February 27, 1859, till the day of her call off Cork harbor, show us that there was a succession of heavy westerly gales during the whole period . . . this favorable condition for a fast eastern passage continued to the time of the stop off Queenstown, but leaving there the " Dread- nought" encountered light head winds, and arrived at Liverpool on March 13, according to the London Times.
In response to an inquiry by Mr. Morrison while he was compiling his above mentioned book, Capt. Samuels dictated to his daughter the following letters :^
194 Clinton street (Brooklyn), April 2, 1908. Dear Mr. Morrison: You ask me for the record voyage of the "Dreadnought." We discharged the pilot at 3 P. M., Feb. 27, 1859, off Sandy Hook. We were off Queenstown at the end of nine days, seventeen hours, when we sent our mails ashore by a Cork pilot- boat.* The wind then became variable and died down. In thirteen days, eight hours, we were abreast the Northwest Lightship at Liv- erpool, and one hour later anchored in the Mersey, March 12, noon. The following will give an idea of the character of the ship and the time she made, including the above. In 1854 she made the same passage in thirteen days, eleven hours, and six times in succession under sixteen days, including one run of fourteen days and one of fifteen days.
Yours, S. S.
'The author owns a negative of the first one, the original of which is in Miss Samuel's handwriting.
^Although in 1859 the mails were carried by steamer, the "Dread- nought" was so well known as a fast ship that she doubtless carried letters directed to be sent by her.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB 5
194 Clinton Street, April 6, 1908. Dear Sir: I regret I cannot give you any further Information in reference to the "Dreadnought" in regard to dates. When my leg was broken in 1862, the cabin was flooded in that gale, and nearly all my papers were destroyed. What 1 have' given you is what I have gathered from some notes that I had and some newspaper clip- pings. I will be pleased to see you at any time this week, when you may see what I have in regard to her passages. Very truly yours, ' S. Sahukls, E. M. S.
In a letter to Mr. Morrison^, dated June 16, 1908, Mr. C. F. Ogden, whose father was the New York agent of the '* Dreadnought," says : —
In reply to your letter I would beg to say that I have no idea where the log book of the '^ Dreadnought " could be found. It is certainly true that the voyage was made in that time, as I well re- member.
Very truly,
0. F. OODEN.
The New York Herald of April 1, 1905, and the New York World of June 5, 1905, contain personal interviews with the late Capt. Samuels in which he distinctly claims the nine day and seventeen hours record. Finally, for many years previous to his death, Capt. Samuels was president of the New York Marine Journal and Miss Schanze at first stenographer, and now assistant editor of that paper, affirms that Capt. Samuels not only often spoke to her of the record passage, but even dictated notes in regard to it. (See Marine Journal, June 30, 1917.) This is confirmed, also, in letters to the author by Capt. George L. Norton, the present editor of the Marine Journal, and by Miss Edith Samuels herself. It is unfortunate that Capt. Samuels in his book makes no mention of the nine day and seventeen hours transatlantic passage, although he devotes quite a little space to the " Dreadnought," alluding to two or three of her fast runs, but the exact dates are not always given.
The famous mutiny on board the " Dreadnought " (August, 1859), in which only the iron will and bravery
'Printed in the New York Sun, May 21, 1917.
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of the captain saved the lives of the officers and passen- gers, as well as the ship, furnishes one of the most ex- citing episodes in the history of the old transatlantic packet-ships. It happened that the entire crew had been shipped in Liverpool from a class of the most lawless and bloodthirsty rascals that ever made a port notorious. They were a fraternity of criminals, whose name was a terror to shipmasters, and two or three of whom would disorganize any well-meaning crew. They had a particu- lar grudge against Samuels, and had been for some time waiting an opportunity to vent it, and, when he coolly accepted, contrary to advice, an entire crew of their num- ber, they imagined that the opportunity had come.
As the " Dreadnought " lay in the Mersey before sail- ing, the captain quietly informed them that he knew their designs, and began operations by sending every man to the carpenter to have the point of his knife broken. The next morning at sea the sluggishness and sullenness of the men indicated the brewing trouble. The man at the wheel, when reprimanded, tried to draw his knife, but Samuels knocked him down. He was put in irons, and the crew came aft, refusing to go to work until he was released. Capt. Samuels ordered them to their places ; they refused, and the promised mutiny was a fact. While the crew rushed forward, the captain went down to his cabin and armed himself. He had only one officer (the third), Whitehorn, to help him in the emergency, the chief officer being an old man and the second a coward.
Capt. Samuels then went forward, leaving Whitehorn at the wheel, and at the end of the deckhouse the crew rushed at him with their newly pointed knives. Backing away from them with revolvers loaded, the captain went aft, and tried starvation to bringr them to reason. The crew set a watch to prevent the forecastle hatch from being battened down, and the night passed away. The royals were furled at 3.30 in the morning by the officers and boys, the men refusing, and in the forenoon the cap- tain helped the third officer to work tacks and sheets when they tacked ship. Fifty-six hours thus passed without any sleep aft or food forward. The mutiny was fast
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coming to a head and bloodshed was imminent. The cap- tain got seventeen Germans from among the emigrants to stand by him and armed them with iron bare. Hatches were fastened down and the deck barricaded to prevent some of the steerage passengers, who had also given trouble, from joining forces with the crew.
At three o'clock in the morning the captain, backed by Whitehorn and his dog, went forward prepared for the encounter. Capt. Samuels tells the story as follows :
When the dog reached the corner of the house a deep growl indicated that someone was hidden forward of it. Having learned that Casey and Sweeney were the ones to make the attack, I pro- ceeded caationsly, with revolver in hand, to the edge of the house, when they both jumped from behind it toward me, with arms up- lifted and knives in hand ready to strike. In an instant I levelled my pistol at Casey, while the dog jumped at Sweeney's throat. Casey, seeing his danger, backed to the forecastle scuttle, while the other two men yelled down the forecastle: "Jump up, boys! We've got him! Let's murder him now!" With shouts and oaths they rushed on deck, determined to finish their work. They had planned during the night that some were to go around, while others were to clamber over the house and make an attack on flank and rear. In this movement, however, they were checked by the Germans, who arose from behind their barricade and felled the ringleaders with their iron bars. Seeing themselves defeated and me re-enforced, they retreated to the starboard side forward, where I held them at bay with revolver levelled and hammer raised.
After a short and decisive parley, the men gave in, and " one knife after another went spinning overboard to lee- ward just as the sun was rising, and a more gratifying sight I never saw than those gleaming blades dropping into the ocean."
So celebrated did the " Dreadnought " become that the western ocean sailors composed the following song, or ** chantey," about her, which used to be sung, with many variations, dependent somewhat on the singer, on Eng- lish speaking ships, some forty years ago :
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THE "DREADNOUGHT."
There's a saoey wild packet, a packet of fame, She belongs to New York, and the Dreadnought's her name. She is bound to the westward, where the strong winds do blow, Bound away in the Dreadnought to the westward we'll go.
The time of her sailing is now drawing nigh,
Farewell, pretty maids, I must wish you good-by.
Farewell to old England and all we hold dear;
Bound away in the Dreadnought to the westward we'll steer.
Oh, the Dreadnought is hauling out of Waterloo dock, Where the boys and girls on the pier-head do flock. They will give us three cheers, while the tears freely flow, Saying, " God bless the Dreadnought where'er she may go."
Oh, the Dreadnought is waiting in the Mersey so free. For the Independence to tow her to sea, For to round that Rock Light where the Mersey does flow, Bound away in the Dreadnought to the westward we'll go.
Now the Dreadnought's a-bowling down the wild Irish Sea, Her passengers merry with hearts full of glee. Her sailors like lions walk the decks to and fro. She's the Liverpool packet — O, Lord, let her go I
Now the Dreadnought's a-sailing the Atlantic so wide. Where the high rolling seas roll along her black side, With her sails tautly set for the red cross to show. She's the Liverpool packet — O, Lord, let her go!
Now the Dreadnought's becalmed on the Banks of Newfoundland, Where the water's so green and the bottom's all sand, Where those fish of the ocean do swim to and fro, Bound away in the Dreadnought to the westward we'll go.
Now the Dreadnought's arrived in New York once more. So go ashore, shipmates, to the land we adore ; With wives and with sweethearts so merry we'll be. And drink to the Dreadnought wherever we be.
Then a health to the Dreadnought and to her brave crew, To bold Captain Samuels and his officers too; Talk about your flash packets. Swallow Tail and Black Ball, The Dreadnought's the flier that can lick them all.
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Another exciting episode in the "Dreadnought's" career occurred in February, 1862, when she was bound to the westward and had reached that part of the Atlantic known as the " tempestuous forties " or the " Devil's blow-hole." In the midst of a furious gale the ship was struck by a heavy sea, which broke Capt. Samuel's right leg and would have carried him overboard but for his timely seizure by two sailors. As he lay in the cabin, prevented from amputating his broken limb only by those around him (the " Dreadnought " did not carry a doctor on that trip), the news came down that the rudder had been carried away.
The ship lay for three days in the trough of the sea, while the crew, under the disabled commander's orders, were constructing a new rudder. This was lost in setting it, and then, all efforts to turn the ship's head southward by means of drags having been found useless, the captain had furled all the head sails and all the canvas on the foremast, set all the square sails on the mizzen-mast, the whole of the maintopsail and the starboard clew of the mainsail, and threw sharp back every sail that was set. By keeping the sails trimmed flat back, the ship was sailed backward for 280 miles towards the nearest harbor, Fayal. By the time the port was reached the second rud- der was shipped, and they anchored safely. It took fifty-one days to repair the ship, and, when she was ready, the captain, who had been hoisted over the side on a mattress, went aboard with his leg in splints, having re- fused to leave Fayal without her, notwithstanding the poor surgical treatment the Azores Islands afforded.
Before the advent of the "Dreadnought" in 1853, the Red Cross line of New York and Liverpool packets had consisted of six other first class ships, the "St. George," ••St. Patrick," "Highflyer," '•Andrew Forster," "Driver," and ••Racer." Strange to say, every one of these vessels but one was lost before the ••Dreadnought" was completed, and that one very soon after, leaving her in solitary state on the line. The "St. George" was burned in the Chops of the British Channel, and the "St. Patrick" was wrecked on the New Jersey coast, but with no loss of life.
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Not 80 fortunate was the "Highflyer ;" after making several very fast transatlantic trips, includinof one of 21 days, Liverpool to New York, in J'ebruary, 1855, she was chartered for a voyage from New York to San Francisco and Hong Kong, and was never heard from after leaving San Francisco in October, 1856. It was supposed that she had been destroyed by Chinese pirates and that they had murdered the crew. The " Driver," bound to New York from Liverpool, was "missing," with over 600 souls on board, emigrants and crew. The "Racer" was lost on Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Channel, but no lives lost ; and the "Andrew Forster" was run into, also in the Irish Channel, and two lives were lost. The "Racer," of 1669 tons, completed in 1851, and the "Highflyer" of 1195 tons, completed in 1853, and built at Newburyport by Currier and Townsend, were among the last vessels con- structed by them before they went out of business in 1856. Towards the end of the 1860's the iron screw-pro- pelled steamers had driven off many of the transatlantic packet-ships, and among these was the "Dreadnought."
In 1869, while she was bound from Liverpool to San Francisco, in charge of Capt. Mayhew, when off Cape Horn, a calm prevailed, and it was finally noticed that the current of the ocean was forcing the ship towards the land. Every effort was made, with all hands in the boats trying to keep her off until a breeze prevailed, but it was of no use, and the "Dreadnought" finally went ashore and became a total loss. For three weeks before relief came the crew suffered terribly from exposure and want. All hands had to keep in the open boats out at sea at night, and land in the daytime to watch, sleep and eat, until finally they were taken off by a passing ship.
A short account of the old transatlantic packet service in general may not be out of place here. As far back as 1756 the British government had begun a packet and mail service between Falmouth, England and New York, with monthly departures. This service worked well up to and during, the Revolution and for many years after, ex- cept that when the United States became independent, Halifax was made the American terminus instead of New
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York. The British mail-packets were, generally, brigs of not over 200 tons each, known as "coffin brigs," as so many of them had succumbed beneath the wintry waves of the North Atlantic.
In the years just preceding the Revolution there were also, several regular traders, owned in Boston, plying between Boston and London ; the best known of these were the "Boston Packet" (owned by John Hancock), Capt. John Marshall, and the "London Packet," Capt. Robert Calef. Neither of these vessels was over 300 tons. Late in the eighteenth century, Liverpool began to be substituted for London as the English port, the coarser and bulkier cargoes coming from Liverpool, and the finer goods being shipped from London. For some time after the close of the Revolution everything was in such a disorganized condition that while there were plenty of transient ships,few regular packets plied on the Atlantic.
Before the Revolution Americans had imported the larger part of their manufactured articles from Great Britain. Beginning in 1783, St. Jean de Crevecoeur, the newly appointed French consul general to the United States, attempted to change the course of trade and made plans whereby France might supply our demand for European goods. To bring the two countries closer to- gether he founded the Gallo- American Society, which had but a short career, and also induced the French govern- ment to start a packet service between Lorient and New York. The French line was .subsidized by the govern- ment, the ships formed part of the French navy and were commanded by naval officers, but, strange to say, the en- tire service was managed, or rather mis-managed, by a private banking house in Paris.
Unlike the majority of ships at that time, these packets were copper-bottomed. They carried only the mail, a few passengers, and a small amount of light and valu- able freight. Each vessel measured about 300 tons, the size of a small modern three-masted schooner. The names of some of the best known were the " Courrier de I'Europe," '* Courrier de 1' Amerique," " Marechal de Castries," etc. The last named ship, through the repre-
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sentations of de Crevecoeur, was built in Boston by John Peck, a well known shipbuilder of his day. This was done in order to show off the superior merits, in de Crevecoeur's opinion, of American-built ships. It is in- teresting to note that at this time, 1784-92, the rate of postage for a single letter under half an ounce from New York to Lorient was 20 cents. Strange as it may seem, this was actually less than was paid for single letters to France as late as the 1860's.
Early in 1805 the Boston Importing Co. was formed, to operate vessels, and also import and export goods be- tween Boston, Liverpool and London. J. W. Storrow was the treasurer of this concern, and Ammidon and Boyle were the agents. In May, 1805, they advertised the ship " Sally," Capt. Seth Webber, " intended for a regular ship between this port and Liverpool, 323 tons, coppered to the bends, and having elegant accommoda- tions for passengers." This vessel and others named the " Packet " and the " Romeo " were run between Boston and Liverpool in 1806 by the Boston Importing Co.
In addition to the ordinary dangers of the seas, Ameri- can commerce at this time was subjected to great annoy- ance, disaster and loss, in connection with the tremendous struggle then in progress between Great Britain and France. What with the British Orders in Council on the one hand and French Decrees on the other, it is marvel- lous that the New England merchants were able to main- tain their position on the ocean at all. The Boston Im- porting Company's ship " Sally " was " sequestered " at San Sebastian in 1810, but finally was released in order to bring home the American minister to France, General Armstrong. Owing to this and the fact that another of their ships, the " Packet", had been seized for sometime at Hamburg, the Boston Importing Company became in- volved in financial troubles and its affairs were settled.
In 1816 the ship " Palladium," of 341 tons, was built at Salem, under the superintendence of Capt. John White, and was considered then the best constructed vessel ever produced in that city. She was intended to be a regular packet between Salem and Liverpool, and nearly every
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business or professional man in Salem and many in Dan- vers owned shares in her. The enterprise originated with the traders on Essex street, the dealers in dry goods and hardware, and could they have kept it in their own hands, the project might have been successful, but they called in the assistance of other parties, who changed the whole programme, and the " Palladium " was sent to Calcutta instead of Liverpool, and finally sold to Boston owners in December, 1817.
The Boston and Liverpool Packet Company was or- ganized in 1821. They tried to get a charter from the Massachusetts Legislature and failed, but nevertheless ran several ships, the "Amethyst," "Topaz," "Sapphire," and "Emerald," between Boston and Liverpool, but the enterprise soon failed. Very little can be learned about it, except that it appears to have been the first company to name its ships on a definite plan. The history of the " Topaz " was a tragical one. On her way from Calcutta to Boston, in 1829 or 1830, in charge of Capt. Brewster, she was destroyed by pirates in the vicinity of St. Helena, and every one on board murdered.
A third Liverpool packet line was organized in Boston in 1827 by Henry Hall, Joshua Blake, David Henshaw and others. They also tried to get a charter from the Legislature, but failed. Notwithstanding they had built for them at Medford, by Thatcher Magoun, several ships of the highest class, especially designed for passenger ves- sels : the '* New England," "Lowell," "Trenton," "Plym- outh," " Dover," " Boston," and " Liverpool," all alike, and measuring between 400 and 500 tons each.
A plan of the "Dover," owned by the author, reveals the fact that she was exceedingly well fitted up for trav- ellers, having comfortable staterooms, library, bath room, etc., which are only supposed to be adjuncts of the mod- ern steam liner. Jabez Howes and Ira Bursley were the best known captains of the line ; George G. Jones was the Boston agent, and, according to the advertisement, " mattresses, bedding, wines and all other stores were to be furnished to passengers in the cabin, and for them the fare to Liverpool was to be $140." The " Boston " was
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struck by lightning and burnt May 26, 1830, a few days out from Charleston, S. C, on her way to Liverpool. This packet line ceased operations,probably owing to hard times, about 1833, as no trace of it can be found after that.
By far the best known line of Boston and Liverpool packet-ships was the one started in 1844 by Enoch Train of Boston and known as the " White Diamond line." The first ships advertised were the *' Dorchester," 500 tons; " Cairo," 600 tons ; "Governor Davis," 800 tons, and the " St. Petersburg," 800 tons ; " all first class Med- ford-built,copper-fastened, coppered and fast-sailing ships," Mr. Train afterwards added to his fleet the following ves- sels ; "Joshua Bates," " Anglo-Saxon," " Anglo-Ameri- can," *' Washington Irving," " Ocean Monarch," "Par- liament," " Daniel Webster," " Star of Empire," "Chariot of Fame," "Staffordshire," "Bostonian," and "John Eliot Thayer." Most of the latter ships were built by the celebrated Donald McKay at East Boston, and were large for their day, ranging from 1000 to 1500 tons each. They were especially designed for the emigrant trade and car- ried large numbers of steerage passengers.
Contrary to general belief, the packet-ships belonging to the various lines were not of the clipper type, with the exception of the " Dreadnought," " Racer," " Staf- fordshire," and a few others. The packets were built with more or less full lines, poops extending nearly to the mainmast, and great breadth of beam, thus insuring large carrying capacity combined with strength of hull. They were not intended for extreme speed, and when they did make rapid passages it was entirely owing to the good seamanship of the commanders in carrying a heavy press of canvas. Nevertheless the " Ocean Monarch ", which sailed from Boston in March, 1848, four hours after the Cunard steamer " Brittania," arrived in the Mersey on the same day, both making the passage in 15 days.
Several of the Train ships came to grief : the " Ocean Monarch" was burnt just outside Liverpool, Aug. 24, 1848 ; the " Staffordshire " was wrecked on the Nova Scotia coast, Dec. 30, 1853, and the " Cathedral " thrown
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE 15
on her beam ends and wrecked off Cape Horn (on a char- tered voyage), in 1857 ; all with the loss of many lives* Caldwell, Murdock, Thayer, Richardson, etc., were among the best known captains in the White Diamond line. Mr. Train failed during the panic of 1867 ; his successors, Thayer and Warren, afterwards Warren and Company, gradually substituted chartered British steamers for sail- ing vessels in the Boston and Liverpool trade. Later they owned many fine steamers under the British flag, known as the Warren line, which lasted until 1913.
The last packet-ship in the North Atlantic was the well known barque " Sarah," owned by E. A. Adams and Co. of Boston and operated by them between the latter port and the Azores until 1895. This was before there was any regular steam communication between those islands and the United States, and the " Sarah " was always well patronized, carrying ten or twenty passengers in the cabin and several hundreds in the steerage. She was built at Stockton, Maine, in 1871, measured 530 tons, 135 feet long, 31 feet beam, and her commander while in the Azores trade was Capt. Lewis R. Hale.
The era of packet-ships was brought into existence by the demands of the increasing trade between the United States and Europe at the close of the war of 1812. A pioneer line from New York was the famous Black Ball line (so called because its ships had a large black ball painted on their foretopsails as a distinguishing mark at sea ; the Red Cross line carried a red cross in the same manner, Enoch Train's vessels a black T, and so on), founded in 1816, with the " New York," "Canada," "Pa- cific," " James Munroe," etc., each about 400 tons, con- sidered large in those days, and full ship-rigged. Their passenger accommodations were very fine and a great advance over anything then existing. One or another of these packets sailed from New York regularly on the first day of the month, and during the first nine years their average time for sailing to Liverpool was 23 days, and for returning home 40 days, but the " Canada " once made the outward trip in 15 days 18 hours.
From 1836, when Charles H. Marshall and Co. became the principal owners of the Black Ball line, the number
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of its vessels was increased by the accession of the "Ox- ford," " Cambridge," " Montezuma," " Yorkshire," " De- vonshire," "Fidelia," "Columbia," "Isaac Webb," "Alex- ander Marshall," and many others. The "Isaac Webb" was perhaps one of the best known of their vessels ; she was built by Wm. H. Webb at New York in 1850, of live oak, locust and cedar, 188 feet long, 40 feet beam, with three full decks, and a registered tonnage of 1300. She often made the voyage to Liverpool in 16 or 17 days, but finally foundered in mid-Atlantic in the autumn of 1881, owing to the shifting of her cargo of railroad iron while bound from Antwerp to New York, in charge of Capt. W. W. Urquhart. Her loss was practically the end of the old Black Ball line.
In 1821 Byrnes, Grimble and Co. started another New York and Liverpool line called the Red Star, with the " Panther," ** Hercules," etc., which sailed on the twenty- fourth of each month. Then followed the Swallow Tail line, with the "George Washington," «' Pennsylvania," etc., and in 1836 Mr. E. K. Collins founded what was known as the Dramatic line, the ships of this line being named after celebrated actors, such as " Roscius," '* Sid- dons," " Garrick," and " Shakespeare." These packets were large for their day, measuring 1000 tons or more each. A noted departure, also, in them, besides their superior interior fittings, was the total abandonment of the fine lined vessel having a sharp rise of floor, and the substitution for it, against the opinion of the most noted New York shipbuilders, of the flat floored form of hull.
Mr. Collins afterwards founded the famous Collins line of steamers between New York and Liverpool in 1850, but it was unsuccessful.
Other well known packet lines were Grinnell and Min- turn's Black X line to London and Liverpool, owning the " Patrick Henry," " Henry Clay " (a fine three-decked vessel of 1250 tons), " Constitution," etc.; Morgan's line to London, with the "Palestine," "Southampton," etc.; Spofford and Tileston's Patriotic line to Liverpool, started in 1852, with the " Orient " and " Webster," built at Portsmouth, N. H., by George Raynes, and Williams and
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PACKET-SHIP '■ LIVERPOOL", 1828 A Sister Ship of the " Dover", see plan
PACKET-SHIP "CHARLEMAGNE" BUILT IN 1828
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB 17
Guion's Black Star line, also to Liverpool. The last named organization, although running under the Ameri- can flag, was chiefly owned by British capital and after- wards became the Guion line of steamers.
According to a popular yarn, one of Guion's sailing packets, the " Adelaide," is supposed to have beaten the Cunard steamer " Sidon " on a transatlantic passage in 1864. The author has carefully looked up this matter in the files of the New York daily papers, and the facts are as follows : On June 9, 1864, the " Adelaide " and the Inman line steamer *♦ Kangaroo " both left New York for Liverpool ; the " Kangaroo " put back next day for repairs to her engine, sailed again in a day or two, and arrived in Liverpool on the same day as the "Adelaide", June 27. The Cunard steamer "Sidon" did not sail from New York between April 26 and July 6, 1864.
Three to four weeks was considered a very fair average passage to the westward by the best packet ships, as may be seen by the following analysis of trips made by vari- ous vessels in 1845-46. The *' Yorkshire " left Liver- pool on March 4, 1845, and arrived at New York on the 25th of the same month. Later in the year she left Liv- erpool on July 2, and arrived on July 30, and still later, on November 2, she left Liverpool and anchored in New York lower bay on December 1, three fairly uniform pas- sages of 21, 28, and 29 days. In the same year the " Queen of the West " made a 25 day passage across the North Atlantic in March, while her next trip, begun in July, occupied 38 days, but in November she crossed in 28 days. Some of the other crack ships of the period were the "Empire," 29 days ; **Oxford," 29 days ; "Mon- tezuma," 28 days; "Rochester," 27 days; "Garrick," 26 days; and " Ashburton," 24 days.
These passages were made under favorable conditions. But when the weather was heavy and the winds unfavor- able, five and six weeks and sometimes nearly two months were consumed in making the crossing. The longest pas- sage on record was said to be that of the " Switzerland " of the Grinnell line, that was once 110 days in returning to New York from Liverpool. Another instance was the
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packet " Virginian," which left Liverpool on December 6, 1845, and did not arrive until 53 days later, and the '' Hottinguer " (a crack ship, named for a well known Paris banker), which left Liverpool on January 7, 1846, and arrived here on March 6.
It took a man every inch a seaman to reach an Ameri- can port from Europe with spars and sails intact, and keep his ship off the Long Island and New Jersey coasts in midwinter gales, of thick snow and sleet. Steam power has now reduced the responsibility and danger to a mini- mum. Owing to the prevalence of westerly winds, the passage to the eastward was generally made in the quick- est time ; quite often in sixteen or seventeen days, and more rarely in fourteen. The " Palestine," of 1800 tons, of the Morgan line, once landed her passengers at Ports- mouth (England), on the fourteenth day out, and the " Independence," of the Swallow Tail line, 734 tons, al- though built as far back as 1834, accomplished this feat several times.
The agents, builders and captains of the packet-ships speedily became rich, for all were owners, — the agent owning, say, an eighth of a vessel, and the builder another eighth, in order that he might secure the job of repairing her, which would average at least $500 a round trip. Most of the Liverpool packets were built by Stephen Smith, Isaac Webb, and Brown and Bell, and those run- ning to Havre and some of the London liners by Chris- tian Bergh, Jacob A. Westervelt, and William H. Webb, all old-time New York builders. The packet captains generally owned another eighth of the ships they com- manded, in order that they might have the strongest of all motives for vigilance ; the block-makers and sail- makers were also part owners ; and others the remainder, a packet of 1000 tons being worth about $80,000.
During the Irish famine in 1847-48 the freight on a barrel of flour from New York to Liverpool rose to five shillings (^1.25) a barrel, and packets were added to the various lines as fast as they could be built. The boom in freights lasted until the close of the Crimean war, when a great slump took place, partly owing to the panic of
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1857, and owners were then glad to get a shilling (25 cents) a barrel for the carriage of flour.
Each packet ship could accommodate from 500 to 1000 emigrants on the westward voyages, and men, women, and children, dirty and ignorant, were crowded into the between-decks together. Conditions below decks may be better imagined than described, for in gales of wind and bad weather, which were frequent, hatches had to be battened down, and men, women and children screamed all night in terror. It was not compulsory for emigrant ships to carry a doctor, although sometimes a physisian was given a free passage in return for looking after the health of those on board ; ship-fever, smallpox, and other contagious diseases were common, and it is a won- der that many survived the voyage.
Some idea of the mortality among the steerage passen- gers on a transatlantic voyage may be gained from the following news item copied from the New York Herald of October 26, 1853 :—
|
▲rriTed |
Ships |
From |
No. of |
Deat |
|
1863 |
Passengers |
|||
|
Sept. 9 |
"Zurich" |
Havre |
358 |
2 |
|
11 |
"Lucy Thompson" |
Liverpool |
800 |
35 |
|
15 |
"Niagara" |
i( |
249 |
88 |
|
21 |
"Charles Spragne" |
Bremen |
280 |
45 |
|
26 |
"Oder" |
Hamburg |
237 |
14 |
|
27 |
"Winchester" |
Liverpool |
463 |
79 |
|
29 |
"Kate Hunter" |
i< |
342 |
1 |
|
29 |
"Rhine" |
Havre |
566 |
24 |
|
SO |
"Talleyrand" |
Hamburg |
210 |
11 |
|
Oct. 11 |
"Harvest Queen" |
Havre |
367 |
5 |
|
14 |
"Marmion" |
Liverpool |
295 |
34 |
|
17 |
"Waterloo" |
li |
294 |
4 |
|
17 |
"James Wright" |
t» |
480 |
1 |
|
20 |
"Sir Robert Peele" |
London |
407 |
6 |
|
21 |
"New York" |
Liverpool |
400 |
16 |
|
21 |
"Benjamin Adams" |
(( |
620 |
15 |
Rations were served out once a week, in accordance with the allowance instituted by the British government, — just enough to keep starvation away. It was estimated that it cost twenty cents a day to feed each emigrant, and
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the steerage passage rates were X4 ($20), so between passage and freight money the ships generally paid very good dividends.
The cabin passengers, from ten to thirty on each packet, with the captain and officers, were lodged under the poop, in the saloon, or cuddy as it used to be called, for which privilege a fare of about $150 was charged. The follow- ing is a specimen saloon" bill of fare : Soup, boiled cod with boiled potatoes, roast turkey, mashed turnips, roast and boiled potatoes, stewed chicken with macaroni, pie, hot rolls, sea pies and pickles, and plum pudding.
As has been seen, the crews of the old packet-ships were not noted for tender qualities. Many of them were Liverpool Irishmen, and Capt. Samuels says of them : "They were the toughest class of men in all respects, and could stand the worst weather, food and usage, and put up with less sleep, more rum and harder knocks than any other sailors." They would not sail in any other trade, and although unexcelled for making, or taking in sail, especially in bad weather, they were of little use in re- pairing the rigging, or sails, or any of the finer work of the sailor's trade, as this kind of thing was always done while the packets were in port.
The position of chief mate of a transatlantic packet- ship was not one for a weak or easy-going man. Courage and endurance were the important factors; to face the elements and contend with the crews required nerves of steel, and it used to be said " that no one was wanted as an officer of a packet who could not lick his weight in wild-cats." The cruelty practiced on some of those ships was simply outrageous ; the worst ones were known as '• wild packets." Like their crews, most of the captains and officers in the transatlantic trade confined themselves to it and seldom sailed elsewhere.
The first line of New York and Havre packets was founded in 1822 by Francis Depau, with the ships " Ste- phania," "Henry IV," " Helen Mar," etc. Other early Havre packets were the "Edward Quesnel," "Bayard," ** Queen Mab," and " Charlemagne." The last named fihip, built in 1828, was commanded by Capt. Addison
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Richardson, born in Salem in 1804, the son of Capt. Wil- liam R. Richardson (born in Salem in 1769, died there in 1811), who was a charter member of the Salem East India Marine Society, Oct., 1799, and later was a con- tributor to the collections of the museum of that Society.
An engraving of the *' Charlemagne," reproduced here, is from one of three oil paintings of that vessel by Frederic Roux, a noted marine painter of Havre, and given- the Peabody Museum of Salem by Mi-s. Kate S. Richardson of New York City in memory of her hus- band, Edward Richardson, son of Capt. Addison Richard- son. Mrs. Richardson's valuable gift also included, among other things, a silver pitcher given Capt. Richard- son by the cabin passengers of the ship ** Charlemagne," Oct., 1835 ; a speaking trumpet, a silver plate, also pre- sentations ; a sextant and a spyglass presented Capt. Richardson by the cabin passengers of the ship " Duch- esse d' Orleans " (a well known Havre packet) on her first trip from New York to Havre, in September, 1838. It was quite a common thing in those days for the cabin passengers to make such gifts to the captains of the ships they travelled on, and it was thought it would be inter- esting to group these articles together and reproduce them here.
The business of Francis Depau was continued by his sons-in-law. Fox and Livingston, who added to the old line the " Sylvie de Grasse," " Louis Philippe," and other ships. They later became the agents and principal pro- prietors of the New York and Havre Steam Navigation Co., running the U. S. Mail side- wheel steamers " Hum- boldt," "Franklin,'' *« Arago," and " Fulton.'' A second Havre line was started in 1825 by Boyd and Hincken, with the packets " Charles Carroll," " Erie," " France," " Utica,'' " Oneida," "William Tell," "Baltimore," "Mer- cury," and "Rhone." This line was advertised in a Havre paper as follows : " Our ships are fast sailing, copper bottomed, copper fastened, and offer intending passengers all sorts of advantages, which include staterooms having locks and keys, a captain who speaks French, and French cooking."
Still another line of Havre packets was founded in 1832
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by William Whitlock, Jr., with the ships " Albany," " Duchesse d' Orleans," " Gallia," " Carolus Magnus," etc. Although the French are not an emigrating race, the various lines of Havre packets carried large numbers of emigrants from Switzerland and the Rhenish prov- inces. One of the best known of the later Havre packets was the ship " Jacob Bell," of 1400 tons, 200 feet long, belonging to Fox and Livingston ; she made three pas- sages from Havre to New York in 18 days.
The " Ocean Monarch," built at New York in 1856 (not to be confounded with another " Ocean Monarch " burnt outside Liverpool in 1848), was, as far as can be traced, the largest packet-ship. She measured 2146 tons and was 240 feet long.
Another large ship designed for the transatlantic trade was the " City of Mobile," built at Greenpoint, L. I., in 1854, by Perrine and Stack. She was owned by Harbeck and Co. of New York, measured 1750 tons, 215 feet long, had three full decks, and was one of the first vessels equipped with double topsails, instead of the old-fashioned enormous single topsails that were so hard to handle. On her first voyage to England the " City of Mobile " car- ried 9000 quarters of wheat, besides a large amount of flour in barrels.
One of the best known packet-ship commanders was Capt. Edward Abeel. Capt. Abeel, who was a nephew of Charles H. Marshall, one of the owners of the Black Ball line, first went to sea in 1845 in the " Montezuma "; his first command was the packet-ship " New York," and he afterwards was in charge of the " Isaac Wright," " New World," and "James Foster, Jr.," until he retired in 1881, and during all this time never met with a serious accident, which speaks volumes for his skill, judgment and ability. Capt. Abeel died in Brooklyn, Aug. 24,1918, at the advanced age of ninety-four.
One of the last surviving captains is W. W. Urquhart, also of Brooklyn ; he went to sea in 1854, obtained his first command in 1861, and retired in 1882, having spent the whole period in the transatlantic trade. While in charge of the " Trimountain," in 1873, Capt. Urquhart became well known by reason of his rescuing in mid-
PACKET-SHIP ■■ BOSTONIAN" BUILT IN 1854
PACKET-SHIP "CITY OF MOBILE" BUILT IN 1854
BY FKANCIS B. 0. BBADLEE 23
ocean the surviving passengers and crew of the French mail steamer " Ville-du-Havre," which had been run into by the sailing ship " Loch Earn " and went down in a few minutes.
The Civil War and the gradual increase of iron screw- propelled steamers, under the British and German flags, dealt the American packet lines a mortal blow, and by 1870 few of them were left. Besides the lines already mentioned, there existed the " Regular Line " to Ant- werp from New York, running the ships *' David Hoad- ley," "F. B. Cutting," etc., owned by Post, Smith & Co. of New York. Thomas P. Cope of Philadelphia started a line of packets between that port and Liverpool as early as 1807, and it continued in business for over half a century. Some of the best known of the Cope ships were:
" Lancaster," 290 tons, built in 1807.
" Tuscarora," 349 tons, bniJt in 1810.
" Saranac," 854 tons, built in 1844.
" Wyoming," 912 tons, built in 1845.
" Tonawanda," 1503 tons, built in 1845.
" Tuscarora " II, 1449 tons, built in 1848.
Most, if not all, these vessels were constructed by John Lynn and his descendants, well known Philadelphia ship- builders. There were also regular lines of packets plying between Baltimore and Charleston to Liverpool. All were under the American flag, and, as far as can be traced, the only packet line under a foreign flag was the Ham- burg-American (afterwards the well known Hamburg- American S. S. Co.), started in 1847, with the ships " Deutschland," " Nordamerica," etc.*
The last packet-ship actually designed for that service was the " Charles H. Marshall," of 1600 tons, built by William H. Webb at New York, in 1869, for the Black Ball line, and the last packet in actual service is thought to have been the « Ne Plus Ultra," 1300 tons, Capt. Bor- den, of Grinnell and Mintum's London line, in 1883, but they had given up carrying passengers ten years before.
JOURNAL OF SAMUEL HOLTEN, M. D.
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While in the Continental Congress, May, 1778, TO August, 1780.
( Continued from Vol. L V, page 256. 'y
10. I dined with D'" Shippen and spent the evening with Gen^ Whipple, D' Scudder, M' Ellerj^ & M' Adams.
11. I bought a shay of Mich^ Laner & paid him .£4:60 Mass* currency. N. B. The shay is purchased on my own account & not charged to the state.
12. I dined with y® President. I went & took a view of the lite horse on y* common.
13. Colo. Palfry & Oapt. Martin dined with us.
14. I wrote to M" Holten by the hon. M' Adams.
15. I ride out with M' Adams & took leave of him & he proceeded to Boston. I wrote to Colo. Hutchinson.
17. I walked out with M' Gerry & Gen^ Rabadeau.
18. I have received information that Gen^ Ward^ is elected a Delegate for Mass* Bay in y* room of M"^ Ed- wards.
19. I dined with M' Smith & M' Fleming, 2 of the Delegates of the state of Virginia.
21. Colo. Peabody,^ a delegate from New Hampshire, arrived.
22. Wrote to Samuel Freeman, Esq'.
26. Gen. Mifflin called to see me this morning.
30. The President of Congress is indisposed & has not attended Congress this two days.
July 2. The vice President of this state, Docf Shell from Ireland & M"" Hopkinson dined with us.
'Artemas Ward (1748-1800), General of the army at the siege of Boston, a delegate from Massachusetts. ^Nathaniel Peabody.
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3. I walked out with M' Gerry.
4. Sabbath day. The anniversaiy of the independence of America. I attended public worship at Christ Church. M' White preached from Romans, " Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers." At 12 o'Clock, attended at the Roman Cath° church, by invitation from ye minis- ter to sing Te Deum on ye occasion. In the afternoon I attended meeting at Docf Duffield's.
5. Congress adjourned at 12 o'clock & attended an oration, and at 4 o'clock dined at the city tavern with a number of other Gentlemen of the first character.
6. M" Clark & M'* Dolley & all her boarders moved from 2d street in to Front street to Gen. Mifflin's house. I wrote to the Hon. M' Gill.
7. Maj. Rice, aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln, arrived with dispatches from y* Gen', but brought no new material.
9. Walked out with Colo. Peabody. I wrote to the Hon. Gen. Ward.
10. Congress ordered the money to be forwarded to Mass. Bay to exchange the emissions that are out of cir- culation.
12. The post brought me only one newspaper from Boston.
14. It is said the enemy have burnt Fairfield in Con- necticut.
15. I attended the funeral of the Hon. Geo. Ross, Esq', at 9 o'clock A. M. I rec'd by M' Millet a letter from Colo. Hutchinson & M" Holten.
16. Congress sit late reading letters from y* Hon. A. Lee, Esq'. M' Sargent, late from South Carolina, in- forms us of a battle between Gen. Lincoln & Gen. Provo which terminated in our favor.
17. We have another account from S. C. of a battle & terminatinor in our favor.
19. Congress received }'* account of Gen. Wayne's taking Stony Point.
21. Congress spent part of this day respecting a Por- tugal vessel taken by orders from Carter Broxten and have ordered prosecution against him.
22. There has been a private fast this day at y* pres- byterian churches in this city & at some others.
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23. I dined with y® President.
24. I took a walk with Colo Peabody.
26. Congress received a particular account of the tak- ing of y® fort at Stony Point.
27. Wrote to Hon. M' Frost & Colo Hutchinson.
28. We have a report that the enemy have left South Carolina.
29. 1 took a walk with M' Gerry & M' Peabody.
31. M' Duane, M' Morris, M"^ Randelf,i Gen. Mifflin & another Gentleman dined with us.
Aug. 2. M' Hopkins of Boston & M"" Benj^ Putnam of Medford drank tea with us.
3. I wrote to the Assessors of Danvers. M"^ Uric, one of the council of this state, visited me.
4. By a vessel from Martinico we have an account of the Count d'Estang taking the Granadis & geting the better of Adm' Byron, but it wants confirmation.
6. We have confirmation of yesterday's news. Great news if true.
6. Congress dismissed the Hon. M"^ Deane from at- tending any further on Congress.
7. Congress received a letter from Gen. Washington informing of the enemies moving down the North River.
9. I received a letter from the Hon. M"^ Cushing, M*^ Gray, M' Dole & M'^ Kittell.
12. M' Laurens, M' Scudder & M"^ Houston^ dined with us.
14. I dined with M' Laurens.
16. Rec'd a letter from M'^ Cushing, M' Avery & M'^ Epes of Danvers.
17. I wrote to the Hon. M' CusLing, Ellis Gray, Esq. & M' Avery. I had a tooth drawn this day by M' Phil- lips.
18. The Hon. M'' Root dined with us. Sir James Jay3 paid us a visit.
'Edmund Randolph, delegate from Virginia, and later Governor of his State.
*William C. Houston, delegate from New Jersey, professor at Princeton College,
=*Sir James Jay (1732-1815), brother of John Jay, studied medi- cine, and while soliciting funds for American colleges in England in 1772, was knighted by George III.
JOURNAL OF SAMUEL HOLTEN, M. D. 27
19. Colo. Partridge arrived here from Mass"^ a dele- gate. This day I took my seat at the marine com*, Con- gress having appointed me thereto.
20. The Hon. M' Gerard drank tea with us.
21. Congress recommended an imbargo to the several states, to be continued to the 1^* day of Jan'' next.
23. His most christian Majesty's birthday. We have accounts that Maj Lee has surprised a fort of y® enemy and taken 160 prisoners. I rec* a letter from M' Gill, M' Palmer & the Rev. M'^ Wadsworth p' Post.
24. I wrote to the hon. council of Mass^ Bay, to M' Dale, Major Epes and M" Holten.
25. The Hon. M' Uric visited me in my chamber.
28. I dined with M'^ Smith. This day the prisoners taken at Paules Hook, said to be 158, arrived here & are lodged in y® city goal.
29. Sabbath day. I attended public worship at D' Duffield's. He preached from Matthew, " And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth," and his discourse was very agreeable.
30. The accounts this day by y® Post are that our fleet at Penobscot are all cut off by the enemy.
31. I wrote to Docf Foster.^
Sept. 1, Congress resolved that no more than 200,000,000 dollars should be emitted.
2. The following gentlemen dined with us, viz., The president of Congress, The minister of France, The pres- ident of the state, M"" Laurens, M'" McKean, M"^ Paca, M' Matthews, Don Juan, Colo. Leviston, M' Holker, secy to the min*" & Sir James Jay.
3. M' Langdon, a delegate from New Hampshire, ar- rived here.
4. This morning about 1 o'Clock departed this life the Hon. W. H. Drayton, Esq"", a member of Congress from S. Carolina, and his remains was intered this evening & Congress followed as morners with crape round their arms.
7. I wrote to J. Avery, Esq^ M"" Kittell & Moseg
'Dr. Isaac Foster (1740-1781) of Charlestown, Mass., who was surgeon in the army and had charge of hospital work.
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Preston. By some intelligence from the minis^ I sap- pose we may expect two more commissioners from Great Britain.
8. I crossed the Delaware over to the Jersey shore. The land appeared to be flat and low. Several members of Congress went with me.
9. At evening I attended the marine com*.
10. I spent part of the day upon the affairs of Ver- mont.
11. I dined with M"^ Laurens & y* Minisf & several other Gentlemen of y* first character.
14. I wrote to the Hon. Benj* Greenleaf, Esq', Hon. Mich. Farley, Esq.
15. I met the medical committee at evening.
16. M' Gerard came to take leave of us, but we were all from home.
17. M' Gerard took formal leave of Congress. It is said d'Estang is off y* coast.
21. The Chevalier de la Luzerne, Minister Plen* from y* Court of France arrived here from Boston,
22. I made a short visit to the new minister & wel- comed him here. I dined with the President of Con- gress.
23. Congress spent part of the day upon the affairs of Vermont.
25. An express arrived here with the account that the Count Estaign arrived off Georgia the 5*'* instant. I wrote to M" Holten by Gen' Whipple.
27. Congress appointed The Hon^'® J. Adams, Esq', to negotiate a Peace & the hon. M' Jay, Minister Pleni- potentiary to the Court of Spain.
28. I wrote to J° Cooper. M' Huntington^ chosen President of Congress.
29. Congress made choice of the Hon. M"" Dana sec'y to the Hon. M' Adams and the Hon, M' Carmichael sec'y to M' Jay & Colo. Laurens sec'y to D"* Franklin.^
30. It is said the enemy are about embarking a large number of their troops from New York.
^Samuel Huntington (1732-1796) of Connecticut, a "Signer," and later Governor of the State. 'Benjamin Franklin.
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Oct. 1. We have accounts this evening that Capt. Tayler has taken another load of Hessians.
2. I dined with the Hon. M"^ Koot & drank tea with the sec'y.
3. Sabbath day. I attend public worship at M"^ Sprout's meeting and dined with him.
4. There has been a mob in this City today & I am informed that several are killed & a number wounded, & I fear it will not stop here.
6. Gfen. Arnold applied to Congress for a guard & Congress informed him that his application should have been to the executive of the State.
7. A court of inquiry met here this day, respecting the persons killed a few days ago.
8. John Lowell, Esq"", of Boston & M' Cleavland of Salem arrived here.
9. I dined with M^ Laurens and about 12 more mem- bers of Congress. M*" Lowell & M' Cleaveland came to board with us.
11. I rec'd a letter from Josiah Batchelder, Jr., Esq"", & one from the Hon. D. Hopkins, Esq'.
12. I wrote to General Count Pulaski.
13. I met a Committee this evening on Gen. Arnold's accounts.
14. Congress agreed to recommend to the states the 2*^ Thursday of Dec'' next for a day of Thanksgiving.
15. I wrote to y® Council of Mass* Bay. I attended the tryal of the Spanish vessels.
16. We have a report that the enemy in Georgia are all made prisoners.
17. Sabbath day. M"^ Guild preached in the forenoon & M"" Curklin in the afternoon.
18. I received a letter from M"" Kittell of Danvers, by the Post.
20. I met the Committee & we prepared a Proclama- tion for a day of General Thanksgiving.
21. I attended the committee on General Arnold's affairs.
22. I met the committee on the Post-office & y* com* of 12 & the com* on Gen. Arnold's accounts.
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23. Congress settled y® Salarys of the new board of Treasury. I attended the com* on the Post-office.
24. Sabbath day. I drank tea with the Governor of this state.
25. I rec'd a letter from Rev. M"^ Wadsworth, The Hon. M' Palmer, Colo. Hutchinson & M'^ Stephen Need- ham.
26. I attended the marine Committee.
27. I received a letter from the hon. Sam^ Adams, Esq^ by the hand of Docf Foster.
28. It is said the enemy have done much damage in the Jerseys.
29. Congress spent part of the day considering the Indian affairs.
30. I rode out with Mr. Peabody after sunset about two miles.
31. Sabbath day. D"^ Hewing & M"" Sprout preached. Nov. 1. Received a letter from M"" Avery, M" Holten
& my daughter Sally.
2. I wrote to y® Inhabitants of Danvers, to M' Need- ham, M' Warner, Colo. Hutchinson, M' Avery, M" Hol- ten & my daughter Sally.
3. Congress have done no business these two days past on account of the state of Connecticut not being represented, the Pres* being from that state. I dined with the Hon. M"" Griffin.i
4. We had the intelligence of the enemies leaving R. Island.
5. I attended the medical committee & the marine board.
6. The medical committee met in my chamber. M' Lowell paid me a visit this evening.
8. I received a letter from the Hon"** M"" Palmer. I wrote to the Hon. S. Adams & to Capt. Gardner of Salem by M' Lowell & M*" Cleaveland.
10. We had the disagreeable news from Gen. Lincoln that our army have not succeeded against Savannah. The Hon. M*" Hughes,^ one of the delegates from N. Carolina, deceased this morning.
^Cyrus GrifiQn (1749-1810), delegate from Virginia, and later Pres- ident of Congress and Judge of the United States District Court. 'Joseph Hewes (1730-1779), a "Signer."
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11. I attended the Funeral of M' Hughes.
12. M"" Wilson, formerly of Danvers, visited me.
13. The Hon. M' Sharpe dined with us.
14. Sabbath day. Heard M' Sprout in the forenoon, & in the afternoon at M' White's, the Episcopal Church.
15. I dined with D"" Potts^ & Bond with 2 of my Col- leagues & the Gentlemen from New Hampshire.
16. I wrote to M™ Holten, M"" Kittell & my daughter Polly. ,
17. Chevalier de la Luzern was admitted to a public audience with Congress & dined with Congress.
18. The Chevalier paid us a visit by leaving a card.
19. We had 7 Gent, dined with us. Congress passed several resolutions for regulating prices.
20. I dined with M"^ Smith, my Colleagues, the Gen- tlemen from New Hampshire & Pres* Reed dined with us.
21. I rec'd a letter from Joseph Hall, jun' and M" Holten (No. 18) p. post. I wrote to M"^ Lowell.
23. 1 wrote to M" Holten (No. 85).
24. 1 dined with D"^ Shall.
25. I dined with the President.
30. I wrote to y« hon. B. Greenleaf, Esq', J. Web- ster, Esq^ M' HaU & M' Wiat.
Dec. 1. Congress dined with the Minister of France. The dinner was grand & elegant.
3. The President of Congress drank tea with us.
4. Congress spent part of the day considering the commissary & Quartermasters departments.
6. Being ill, I have not been out today.
7. I wrote to the Rev. D"" Gordon. Being ill, I have not been out this day.
8. The Minister of France & about 10 other Gentle- men of the. first character dined with us.
9. Thanksgiving. Attended at D' Duffield's and D"^ E wing's.
10. I spent part of this day with the comt on Gen. Arnold's accounts.
11. My health is much better.
'Richard Potts, afterwards Governor of Maryland.
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12. Sabbath day. Being summoned to attend Con- gress & the weather being wet prevented my attending public worship. I wrote to M" Holten by M' Millet, who is going to Salem.
13. The Post from the eastward is not come in.
14. The post came in & brought me a certificate of my being appointed to represent the state for the year 1780. I wrote to Joseph Hall, Jun*".
16. A year ago this day since I was taken sick.
17. The Hon. M' Burke^ & Jones^ visited us in the evening. Colo. Laurens drank tea with us.
18. The Hon. M"^ Floyd^ and M"" Hommedeau* supped with us.
20. Gen. Washington informed Congress that the army is in great want of supplies.
21. I dined with the minister of France.
22. I wrote to the hon. M"^ Hancock, by the post. I dined with the President of the State.
23. I met the medical com*. Congress met early in the day.
24. Congress adjourned till Monday next, being Christmas tomorrow.
25. Christmas day. I attended meeting at the Roman Catholic Chh. in the forenoon & at the Episcopal church in the afternoon. I heard a good sermon in the after- noon. But 1 do not know what I heard in the forenoon.
27. I received a letter from y® Hon. M"" Palmer & M"^ Warner.
28. I wrote to Amos Putnam, Esq. & M"^ Warner.
29. I dined with y* President.
30. Gen. Folsom^ arrived here, a delegate from y* state of N. Hampshire.
(To he continued.')
^Thomas Burke (1747-1788), physician, native of Ireland, delegate from North Carolina, and later Governor of his State. 2Gen. Allen Jones of Halifax, North Carolina. 8William Floyd (1734-1821), delegate from New York. *Kzra L' Hommedieu of Nev? York. "Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) of Exeter.
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BEVERLY IN 1700 - No. 4
BEVERLY IN 1700. NO. 4.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
Thist article concerns that portion of Beverly lying be- tween the ocean and a point northeasterly of Montserrat railroad station on the northerly side of Essex street, a distance of nearly two miles, and from the corner of Hale and Lothrop streets to Brackenbury lane and Boyle street, a distance of about a mile and a quarter.
The only elevations within this territory having names are Snake hill, which was so called as early as 1671, and Turtle hill.
Sawyer's plain was so called as early as 1682. This is where, in the first settlement of the Montserrat region, timber was sawn into lumber by hand.
Turtle pond was so called as early as 1673.
Sallows brook was called Cedar Stand brook in 1708, and it runs into Cedar Stand cove, which was so called as early as 1698. The bridge over this brook at the high- way was called the new bridge in 1681 ; " the grate bridg nere seder stan " in 1682 ; and Sallows bridge in 1730. This neighborhood was called " Cedar stand " or "Sedar stand " as early as 1636.
Burgess' point was so called in 1884.
Hospital point was called Paul Thorndike's point in 1708, and Paul's point in 1797.
The ocean was called the sea in 1659 ; in river in 1671 ; ye sea or salt water in 1720 ; and the salt sea in 1760.
Ober's cove was called the salt water cove in 1745, and Ober's cove in 1758.
Mackerel cove was so called in 1671.
The oldest road in this region was what is now known as Hale street, which was the original highway from Salem to Cape Ann, having been formally laid out in 1646. It was called the country road in 1682 ; ye town highway
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in 1690 ; ye highway which leadeth to Grace Woodbury, sr., his house in 1696 ; the country road that goes toward Manchester in 1708 ; Manchester road in 1729; the road to Manchester in 1750 ; the highway leading to Manches- ter in 1771 ; the road leading to Cape Ann in 1783 ; the road that leads from Essex bridge to Cape Ann in 1793 ; the highway leading from Beverly to Gloucester in 1795 ; and was named Hale street in 1838.
Ober street was a way from about 1645, but in course of time had become obstructed because of the uncertain- ty of its existence and location. Early in December, 1733, John Ober and others living on it petitioned the selectmen to lay it out as a town way " to accommodate them in going to meeting, &c." ; but the request was re- fused, the selectmen stating to the county court, Dec. 20, 1733, their reasons for the refusal. Dec, 24, 1733, a large number of the people of Beverly petitioned the court, stating
That the Progenitors of some of ye Petitioners were near 90 years agoe Original Proprietors of the Ten Acres Lots in the place now caled Beverley & did by Comon Agreement & according to the usage of those times Allow & Maintain a Way %s a free Town Highway from the place Where John Ober now dwelleth to the Gate since call'd Bakers Gate they being Owners of the soil which Way then and till Late was Us'd as a Town Way But thro the Unexactness & carelessness of those ancient times it was not recorded as such «fc the property of part of the adjacent soil being since alter'd some of the present proprietors wrongly supposing the property of the sd way chang'd likewise Presume to Stop it up, to the Unspeakable Damage & Loss of ye Petitioners, who together w*** their wives Children & Families Can neither Stir from Ilome when att Home nor return thither again when abroad Even on their most Lawful Occasions without incurring the pains & sore penalties provided by Law for Trespassers whereby their aifairs must soon come to Utter Ruin, Nay, When they are passing to the place of Putlick Worship in the most orderly Manner and w*^ never such pious Intentuons Your Petitioners are liable to be treated as Evil Doers. Notwith- standing wch provoking Grievances willing to proceed in a fair & Regular Manner Your Petitioners have applied to the Select Men of sd Town who utterly refuse them redress Relying therefore on yr Hon" Justice & Compassion they hereby make known the sad state of their cases to you Humbly Imploring that by your favour their ancient & undoubted rights may be restored their free Passage to «fc from their Houses & Possessions secured & the sd Way made a Town Highway & yJ" Petitioners shall ever Pray &c.
The committee to whom the matter was referred re- ported as follows : —
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We the subscribers being appointed a Comitte for to Lay out a privet way in Beverly have proceeded as followeth beginning at Backers Gate neer Sallows Bridge and Laid out said way through the wide Saray Bacers Land thirteen Rod and one half a rod and throug Giden Bacers Land seventen Rod and seven foot and through John Obers Land six Rod and six foot and through Joseph Mor- gans Land four Rod and six foot and through Joshua Biksef Land four Rod and eight feet and through Nathanel Black's Land «ighten Rods the holl Breadth twenty four feet wide from ye sd Gate to the midle of the way Latley allowed by the Town of Bev- erly being in the holl Length Sixty four Rods and twelve feet Bounded betwen every parcel of Land in ye Line betwen said Lands by stackes set in the Ground each side of said way twenty four feet distant from the other being the breadth of said way and have laid the^said way out as the path now goes witnes our Hands
Samuel kemball Aabon bknnet Benjamin Allin Beterly September ye 18th, 1734
The town objected to laying out this way as a town road because it was an ancient highway and was not " of Pub- lick advantage (as being a turn again way^ leading only from Manchester Road to eight houses & back again, & serving only the Occasions of such as live in those Houses & of those who have Business with them,"
John Lovett, aged sixty-six years, testified that he had known this way " above sixty years, for he used to go over it to School Daily, when he was about five years old, & it was then & has been ever since improved as an Highway, till within a few years past when it has been somewhat obstructed by the Prop'* of the Land adjoyn- ing." Sworn to March 15, 1735-6.
This road was called the road laid out by court in 1736 ; and the town highway leading to Ober's cove so called in 1832.
Woodbury street was in use quite early, though not laid out as a town way until about 1733, being called the way "Latley allowed by the Town of Beverly " in 1734. It was called ye way between the land of Thomas Wood- bury and John Black's land in 1716; the way in 1727; the way leading from Manchester road to Woodbury's landing place so called in 1729; the highway which leads to the salt water at Woodbury's cove in 1761 ; the high- way leading to Woodbury's beach in 1774 ; the lane lead-
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ing to Woodbury's point in 1806 ; and it has been called Woodbury street since 1793.
Brackenbury lane was in existence as early as 1682^ when it was called ye town highway leading to Mackerel cove. It was called Patch's lane in 1799 ; the town way to Patch's beach so called in 1800 ; and Brackenbury laua and Brackenbury street in 1856.
Cross street was laid out over Isaac Woodbury's land in the winter of 1678-9, being recorded as follows : —
A drift highway on the west side of Isaac woodberries barne the way being two pole wide and to run along |by the said woodberries- fence and soe unto snake hill and from the south side of snake hill unto the brooke that runs from Thomas Patches unto Nicholas Woodberries mill.
It was called ye lane which leadeth to John Pride's house in 1696 ; ye way that goes from the country road to Snake hill in 1701 ; ye lane that goes from ye country road that leads towards Manchester to ye house of widow Jane Pride in 1708 ; ye drift way in 1711 ; the town highway in 1721 ; Cross lane in 1805 ; and Cross street as early as 1871. That part of East Lothrop street which is east- erly of Cross street was originally a part of the old Cross lane, being called a town way as early as 1688. It was called the highway which leads towards the house for- merly Mr. William Pride's in 1836.
Essex street was originally the outlet to the common lands at Montserrat. It was called ye outlet way in 1682 ; ye highway in 1701 ; the highway that goeth from the Outlet gate northwards in 1705 ; " the road that leads from Effex Bridge thro a place in Beverly called Monsieurrat to Wenham in 1805; the road leading from Beverly to Essex m 1841; and Essex street as early as 1845.
Cole street was laid out April 21, 1686, the report of the committee which laid it out being as follows : —
wee whofe names are vnder writen haue Laid ont a high way that is to fay from the Common at the out Lett through fawers plain tow pole wide and fo through the land of william Cleaus along by the northeaft fide of the grauelly Ridg and fo to the highway that corns from the fouth weft fide of Ifaac woodberys Orchard the faid ■way beginning at John williams his corner of land
fAMUELL, C0BNIN& fenR John Hill, John Louet Nehkmiah Gkouee
BY SIDNEY PERLBY 3T
It was called ye highway in 1697 ; an highway running from John Williams, sr.'s, dwelling house in 1701 ; the highway leading from the house of widow Sarah Morgan to ye house of John Williams, sr., in 1702. It has been called Cole street for many years. ^ J, Corning street was so called in 1853.
Lake Shore avenue was called Perkins avenue in 1874.
Thomas Sallows Lot. This lot was conveyed by Robert Pease,to Henry Percy, for five pounds and ten shillings Nov. 30, 1652;^ and Nicholas Bartlett of Salem, seaman, for nine pounds and ten shillings, conveyed it to John Sollas of Salem, mariner, Sept. 16, 1652.^ John Sallows of Beverly, husbandman, for ten pounds, conveyed it to his son Thomas Sallows of Beverly, fisherman, Dec. 10, 1698.3 Thomas Sallows owned it in 1700 ; and he may have built a house upon it about that date.
John Hill House. Robert Lemon owned that part of this lot of land lying westerly of the dashes in 1655 ; And died possessed of it in 1667. The estate passed to his son-in-law Samuel Beadle, husband of his daughter Hannah ; and Samuel Beadle of Salem, turner, conveyed it to John Hill of Beverly, cooper, August 14, 1676.* Mr. Hill was born in Bristol county, England.
That part of the lot lying easterly of the dashes and the land adjoining on the easterly side was conveyed by Samuel Edson of Salem to William Browne of Salem, merchant, with the dwelling house and barn thereon, "on Cape Ann Side," Sept. 24, 1655.^ Mr. Browne con- veyed this part of the premises to Zebulon and John Hill, brothers, both of Salem, June 30, 1659.^ Zebulon Hill, sr., of Salem, and John Hill, sr., of Beverly, coopers, divided the land, no house being mentioned, April 17, 1685;^ John Hill being assigned this part of the lot. Dea. John Hill was a cooper, and died Feb. 8, 1707-8. In the inventory of his estate is mentioned " The mines of an old houfe," valued at thirty shillings. His widow Abigail
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 15. 'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 71. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 59, leaf 170. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 144. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 70. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 18.
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Hill, as administratrix of his estate, conveyed to her cousin Cornelius Baker of Beverly, blacksmith, this lot with the right to remove " the old house " and barn standing thereon, in which her said husband had livedo Jan. 10, 1708-9.^ The house was removed, probably im- mediately.
Zebulon Hill Lot. Samuel Edson of Salem conveyed to William Browne of Salem, merchant, this lot and other land adjoining on the westerly side, " on Cape Ana Side," Sept. 24, 1655 -^ and Mr. Browne conveyed the premises to Zebulon and John Hill, brothers, both of Salem, June 30, 1659.^ Zebulon Hill, sr., of Salem, and John Hill, sr., of Beverly, coopers, divided the land, nO' house being mentioned, April 17, 1685;^ this part of the lot being assigned to Zebulon Hill. Zebulon Hill owned it in 1700.
John Black Lot. John Black owned this lot of land and lived in the house that then stood upon it in 1656. John Black, sr., of Beverly, husbandman, conveyed to his^ son-in-law Isaac Davis two acres at the northerly end of the lot in or before 1670 ; and Mr. Black conveyed the remainder of the lot to his son John Black of Beverly April 20, 1670.* Isaac Davis of Beverly, husbandman, for eight pounds, conveyed his two acres to John Black, the younger, of Beverly, husbandman, Dec. 6, 1670.^ Probably the house stood only a few years after 1655. John Black, jr., owned the lot in 1700.
Thomas Woodherry House. That part of this lot of land lying westerly of the dashes was the property of Capt, Thomas Lathrop of Beverly as early as 1670, when he was living in the house which then stood thereon. Cap- tain Lathrop was the commander of " The Flower of Essex," a military company, and with them was ambushed and massacred by the Indians at South Deerfield Sept. 18,. 1675. He died childless, and his only heir was his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston, the
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 28, leaf 44. ^Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 70. •Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 18. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 140. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 141.
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famous schoolmaster. By order of the quarterly court at Salem this land and house were assigned to Captain Lath- rop's widow Bethiah for her life and at her death to the town of Beverly, " as," as he once said, " a token of my love," for the use of the ministry in Beverly forever, June 27, 1676.1 This decision was submitted to the general court for its approval, and duly approved May 19, 1680.2 Mrs. Lathrop married Joseph Grafton of Salem, mariner, and lived here. Mr. Cheever appointed his son Thomas Cheever of Maiden his attorney to lease to Robert Coburne the housing and land, for eight pounds per annum. May 2, 1681 ;3 and, Oct. 28, 1681, Mr. Cheever conveyed the house, barn, orchard and land to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner.* Mrs. Cheever released the housing and land to Mr. Woodberry Dec. 7, 1686.^ Mr. Woodberry gave a deed of a part of this lot July 19, 1708, in which he states that it is " to take in y* ground on which Cap* Lathrops houfe once stood." So the house was then gone.
That part of the lot lying easterly of the dashes be- longed to Thomas Woodberry in 1681 and 1700.
That part of the lot lying northerly of the dashes was a part of Captain Lathrop's plain.
Peter Wolfe Lot. This lot of land belonged to Peter Wolfe in 1667, and he died possessed of it in 1675. He was a yeoman. His house and orchard with his eight acres of land were then appraised at sixty-eight pounds. Peter Wolfe, probably son of Peter Wolfe, is named as owning this lot of land in 1700.
John Oher House. Susannah Hollinffworth of Salem, widow, conveyed this lot of land to Humphrey Woodbury of Salem, yeoman, Dec. 2, 1667 ;^ and he died possessed of it in 1686. His son Humphrey Woodbury came into
'Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, vol- ume VI, page no.
^Copies of several papers in the settlement of the estate of Cap- tain Lathrop, on file in the Massachusetts State Archives at Boston, are printed in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, vol- ume 2, pages 131 and 177, and volume 3, page 65.
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 32.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 34.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 94.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 23.
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possession of it ; and built (perhaps his father had built) a house thereon. Humphrey Wood be ry, late of Beverly, now of Gloucester, mariner, conveyed to John Ober of Beverly, mariner, the dwelling house, barn, orchard and eleven acres of land May 5, 1698.1 jy^j., Ober died May 29, 1744. The house, barn, cooper's shop and land were then appraised at one hundred and twenty-four pounds. The house faced the south. Apparently the house was standing in 1758.
Estate of Paul Thorndike House. " Mr. Thorndike " owned this lot of land in 1667. Capt. Paul Thorndike of Beverly, yeoman, owned the house and lot in 1697 ; and died possessed of the estate in 1698. The forty acres of the homestead land with the buildings thereon was appraised at two hundred pounds. The real estate was divided Dec. 3, 1701, and his son Paul Thorndike of Beverly, husbandman, succeeded Mr. Thorndike in the title. Paul Thorndike, jr., died Feb. 14, 1742 ; and the real estate was divided in 1743. How much longer the house stood is uncertain.
Dorcas Symmes Lot. Richard Brackenbury of Beverly conveyed to his son John Brackenbury of Boston, mari- ner, this lot of land Sept. 1, 1682 ;2 and John Bracken- bury of Charlestown, mariner, in consideration of love, conveyed it to his daughter Dorcas Brackenbury March 24, 1690.3 Miss Brackenbury married Zachariah Symmes of Charlestown, and owned the lot in 1700.
Isaac Woodbury House. This lot of land was the prop- erty of Thomas Lathrop of Beverly as early as 1670. He was the commander of *' The Flower of Essex," a military company, and with them was ambushed and massacred by the Indians at South Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, and his only heir was his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston. By order of the quarterly court at Salem this land was assigned to Captain Lathrop's widow Bethiah for her life and at her death to Mrs. Cheever. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28,
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 120. "Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 63. 'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 117.
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1681.1 John Black of Beverly, yeoman, owned it June 22, 1698, when he conveyed it to his daughter-in-law Mary Williams, widow of Anthony Williams of Beverly .^ She had built a dwelling house upon the lot ; and, for fifty-five pounds paid by Mary Woodbury, wife of Isaac Woodbury, sr., of Beverly, mariner, she conveyed the house, barn and land to Mrs. Woodbury's son Isaac Woodbury, jr., of Beverly Jan. 24, 1698-9.3 How long the house stood after 1700 is unknown to the writer.
John Black Lot. This lot of land was owned by Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly in 1671. He was killed by the Indians at South Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, and his only heir was his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston. Mr. Cheever con- veyed this lot to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mar- iner, Oct. 28, 1681.1 This is probably the four acres of upland and meadow which John Black of Beverly, yeo- man, delivered to his son-in-law Robert Sallows in the latter's lifetime, and that John Black conveyed to Robert Sallows' own sisters Hannah Groves, Mary Williams and Sarah Stevens for a legacy given to said Robert Sallows, jr., in the will of his father Robert Sallows, June 22, 1698.*
John Sollas House. That part of this lot of land lying northwesterly of the dashes belonged to John Sollas of Salem, seaman, in 1660.
That part of the lot lying northeasterly of the dashes was conveyed by John Pickett of Stratford, Conn., late of Salem, husbandman, to John Solas, with the house and barn thereon, March 18, 1660-1.^
Mr. Sollas became a yeoman, and died possessed of the estate March 9, 1707-8, at eighty years of age. The es- tate became the property of his grandson Joseph Sallis of Methuen, yeoman, who, for one hundred and ten pounds, conveyed the dwelling house and land adjoining to Thomas Hardee of Beverly, coaster, Feb. 23, 1 736-7 .^ Thomas
^Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 34. ^Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 119. ^Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15, leaf 72. ♦Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15, leaf 93. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 16. «Essex Registry of Deeds, book 72, leaf 245.
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Harde, jr., of Bradford and wife Mary, for one hundred and sixty pounds, conveyed the same estate to Jonathan Hart of Beverly, mariner, July 13, 11 4S;^ and Mr. Hart became a yeoman. He conveyed the house, barn and land, for one hundred pounds, to Ebenezer Peirce of Salem, mariner, Oct. 15, 1783.2 Mr. Pierce died ; and his widow Lydia Pierce, as administratrix of his estate, for fifty-eight pounds, conveyed the house and land to Mrs. Mary Moulton of Beverly Dec. 10, 1787.3 The writer does not know how much longer the house stood.
William Woodbury Lot. That part of this lot of land lying within the dashes at its northerly corner was con- veyed to him by the town of Beverly Oct. 23, 1682.*
The remainder of the lot belonged to Mr, Woodbury at that time.
He owned the entire estate in 1700.
Estate of Richard Woodbury Lot. This lot of land be- longed to Richard Woodbury in 1692, and it was the property of his father Humphrey Woodbury, probably, before him. Richard Woodbury died in Boston, on his return from service in the Canada Expedition, in 1690. In his will, he devised one-half of his estate to his wife Sarah Woodbury and the other half to his sons Richard, Josiah and David. The widow married, secondly, John Poole, and removed to Gloucester. The place belonged to the estate in 1700.
This estate was probably the twenty acres of land, with the dwelling house, which was conveyed, for sixteen pounds, by Guydo Bayly of Salem, gardener, to Hum- phrey Woodbery of Salem, fisherman, Oct. 11, 1652.^
John Hill Lot. This tract of land was a part of the lot granted by the seven men of Salem to Samuel Edson Aug. 10,1642; and he conveyed it to William Browne of Salem, merchant, Sept. 24, 1655.^ Mr. Browne conveyed it to Zebulon Hill and John Hill, both of Salem, June 30, 1669.^ They were coopers; and they divided the lot
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April 17, 1685, John having the westerly part and Zebu- Ion the easterly.i Dea. John Hill owned his part in 1700.
Zebulon Hill Lot. This tract of land was a part of that which was granted by the seven men of Salem to Samuel Edson Aug. 20, 1642; and he conveyed it to William Browne of Salem, merchant, Sept. 24, 1665.2 Mr, Browne conveyed it to Zebulon Hill and John Hill, both of Salem, coopers, June 30, 1659.2 They divided the lot April 17, 1685, John having the westerly part and Zebulon the easterly.^ For twenty pounds, Zebulon conveyed his part of the lot to his son Zebulon Hill of Salem, mariner, Sept. 9, 1690.3 Zebulon Hill, jr., died just before 1700, when it belonged to his estate.
Joshua Bisson Lot. This lot of land was early the property of Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly, who was killed by the Indians at Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, and his only heir was his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;* and Mrs. Cheever released it to Mr. Woodberry Dec. 7, 1686.^ For nineteen pounds, Mr. Woodberry conveyed it to Joshua Bisson of Beverly, joiner, Nov. 3, 1693 f and Mr. Bisson owned it in 1700.
Cornelius Baker Lot. This lot of land was early the estate of Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly, who was .killed by the Indians at Deerfield Sept 18, 1675. He died childless, his only heir being his sister Ellen (Elea- nor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;* and Mrs. Cheever released it to Mr. Woodberry Dec. 7, 1686.^ For twenty-one pounds, Mr. Woodberry conveyed it to Cornelius Baker of Beverly, blacksmith, April 13, 1692 ;"and Mr. Baker owned itinl700.
John Higginson Lot. This lot of land was early the property of Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly ; and he
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was killed by the Indians at Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, his only heir being his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston, school- master. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;i and Mrs. Cheever released it to him Dec. 7, 1686.2 Mr. Woodberry con- veyed it to John Higginson, jr., of Salem, merchant, Oct. 27, 1696 ;3 and Mr. Higginson owned it in 1700.
John G-iles Lot. This lot of land belonged to Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly, who was killed by the Indians at Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, his only heir being his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston, schoolmaster. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;i and Mrs. Cheever released it to him Dec. 7, 1686^^. Mr. Woodberry probably conveyed it to John Giles in or before 1696 ; and it belonged to him in 1700.
Isaac Woodbury Lot. This lot of land belonged to Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly, who was killed by the Indians at Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, his only heir being his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;* and Mrs. Cheever released the lot to him Dec. 7, 1686.^
That part of the lot lying northerly of the dashes was conveyed by Mr. Woodberry to his brother Isaac Wood- bury of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 20, 1690.'^
That part of the lot lying southerly of the dashes was conveyed by Thomas Woodberry to John Giles, sr., of Beverly, yeoman, before May 6, 1695, when the latter conveyed it, for twenty-four pounds in silver, to Isaac Woodbury.^
Isaac Woodbury owned the entire lot in 1700.
Joseph Pride Lot. This lot of land belonged to Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly, who was killed by the In- dians at Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died childless, his
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only heir being his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Wood berry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;i and Mrs. Cheever released it to him Dec. 7, 1686. ^ Mr. Wood- berry conveyed it, for thirteen pounds, to Joseph Pride of Beverly Nov. 6, 1693 f and Mr. Pride owned it in 1700.
John Pride House. The town of Beverly granted this half -acre lot of land to John Pride of Beverly, mariner, Nov. 5, 1678, and it was laid out Dec. 10, 1689. He built upon it a house in which he lived. He died in the spring of 1730, intestate. His real estate consisted of this lot of land with " some orchard on it," valued at fourteen pounds, and " an old house Standing on S^ Land not Inhabited," valued at one pound and eleven shillings. The house was gone soon afterward probably.
Robert Woodbury House. Isaac Woodbury, sr., of Bev- erly, mariner, conveyed this house and land, which was his homestead, to his son Robert Woodbury of Beverly, mariner, June 3, 1698 •* and the house was apparently gone before 1742, when the land was still owned by Cap- tain Woodbury.
John Thorndike House. This lot of land belonged to John Thorndike as early as 1668, and he died in the autumn of 1670, having in his will devised the land to his son Paul Thorndike, who was a yeoman. For seventy pounds, Capt. Paul Thorndike conveyed it to William Browne of Salem, merchant, Nov. 19, 1690.^ It became the property of Captain Thorndike's son John Thorndike of Beverly, husbandman, who probably built the house now standing thereon about 1696, when he became of age. Capt. John Thorndike died March 13, 1760 ; and his heirs released their interest in the estate to his grandson Isaac Thorndike and Joseph Rea, who had married a granddaughter of the deceased. This part of the home- stead became the property of Mr. Rea. He lived here ; and, for four hundred pounds, conveyed the house, barn
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and ten acres of land to his son Isaac Rea of Beverly, mariner, Aug. 13, 1788.1 Isaac Rea conveyed the estate, for three hundred pounds, to Ebenezer Rea of Beverly, mariner, Feb. 21, 1795.2 Ebenezer Ray lived here, being a yeoman. He died Nov. 11, 1843, and his house, barn and six acres of land were appraised at nine hundred and fift}'^ dollars. His heirs released their interest in one-half of the homestead to his daughter widow Hitty Foster of Beverly March 20, 1844 f and on the same day they re- leased the other half to his daughter Mary Ray of Bev- erly, singlewoman.* Mary Ray married Elisha Woodbury of Beverly, and, for two hundred and ninety dollars, con- veyed to James Allen of Beverly one-half of the home- stead April 22, 1872 ;6 and Mehitable Foster died pos- sessed of her half March 23, 1891. Her heirs, James Allen, jr., Ezra F. Allen, Augusta Prince and her husband Augustus B. Prince, widow Mary Ober, Emma F. Smith, Etta Brower, singlewoman, Caroline F. Williams, widow, and Philip S. Haskell, guardian of Alice S. Haskell, all of Beverly, for four hundred dollars, conveyed her half of the estate to James Allen, who owned the other half, May 8, 1891.^ Mr. Allen was a brother-in-law of the deceased. He died Feb. 15, 1899 ; and in the inventory of his estate " The old Ray dwelling house " and land were appraised at one thousand dollars. His heirs, James Allen and Ezra F. Allen, Augustus Prince, Mary A. Ober, Emma F. Smith and Mary E. Swan, all of Beverly, con- veyed the estate to Patrick J. Sullivan of Beverly May 23, 1901.7 Mr. Sullivan mortgaged the estate to the Beverly Savings Bank ; and the mortgage was foreclosed by the bank by sale to Charles F. Lee of Beverly Aug. 27, 1906.^ Mr. Lee conveyed the land and buildings to Charles H. Tyler of Boston Sept. 5, 1906 f and Mr. Tyler still owns the ancient house.
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 147, leaf 266. 'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 163, leaf 136. 'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 343, leaf 66. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 343, leaf 67. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 870, leaf 93. ®Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1309, page 499. 'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1641, page 457. ^Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1838, page 99. 'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1838, page 101.
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Dorcas SymmeB Lot. Richard Brackenbury of Beverly owned this lot of land in 1688 ; and he conveyed it to his son John Brackenbury of Boston, mariner, Sept. 1, 1682.1 John Brackenbury removed to Charlestown, and, for love, conveyed it to his daughter Dorcas Brackenbury March 24, 1690.^ She married Zachariah Symmes o Charlestown, and owned the lot in 1700.
Jonathan Boiles Lot. This lot of land was conveyed by Capt. Paiil Thorndike of Beverly, for twenty-two pounds, to Jonathan Boiles of Beverly, weaver, Dec. 3, 16 88;^ and Mr. Boiles owned it in 1700.
Thomas Woodherry Lot. This lot of land early belonged to Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly, who was killed by the Indians at Deerfield Sept. 18, 1675. He died child- less, his only heir being his sister Ellen (Eleanor), wife of Ezekiel Cheever of Boston, schoolmaster. Mr. Cheever conveyed it to Thomas Woodberry of Beverly, mariner, Oct. 28, 1681 ;* and Mrs. Cheever released it to him Dec. 7, 1686.5 Mr. Woodberry owned it in 1700.
Richard Brackenbury Lot. Richard Brackenbury owned this lot in 1679 and 1700.
George Hull Lot. This lot of land was part of the twenty-acre lot of John Patch of Beverly, which was con- veyed by him to Samuel Knolton of Ipswich, husband- man, July 1, 1671.6 Mr. Knowlton conveyed it to George Hull of Beverly, cooper, Nov. 27, 1679 ;2 and Mr. Hull owned it in 1700.
William Cleaves Lot. That part of this lot of land lying southeasterly of the dashes was part of the twenty- acre lot of John Patch of Beverly, which was conveyed by him to Samuel Knolton of Ipswich, husbandman, July 1, 1671.6 Mr. Knowlton conveyed it to George Hull of Beverly, cooper, Nov. 27, 1679 ;^ and on the next day Mr. Hull, for eleven pounds and twelve shillings in sil-
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ver, conveyed this portion of the lot to William Cleaves of Beverly, seaman.
That part of the lot lying northwesterly of the dashes was conveyed by Paul Thorndike of Beverly to Robert Bradford Feb. 26, 1682 ;^ and Mr. Bradford apparently conveyed it to Mr. Cleaves.
Mr. Cleaves owned the entire lot in 1700.
John Williams House. John Williams of Beverly, fish- erman, owned this lot of land in 1675, apparently having purchased it of Capt. Paul Thorndike. For seven pounds and sixteen shillings, he conveyed it, with a small dwell- ing house thereon, to William Hirst of Salem, merchant, Aug. 21, 1697.^ This conveyance was probably a mort- gage. The house was standing and belonging to John Williams, sr., in 1702.
John Knight House. Samuel Corning, sr., of Beverly, yeoman, owned this lot of land before March 7, 1673-4, when he conveyed it to John Knight, jr., of Beverly, car- pen ter.^ Mr. Knight built a house and barn thereon, and lived there. For fifty pounds, paid to him and his father, John Knight, he conveyed the estate to Robert Brimsdon of Boston, merchant, probably in mortgage, May 8, 1675.* Captain Knight removed to Manchester, and, for sixty- three pounds, conveyed the dwelling house and land to Sarah Morgan, widow of Samuel Morgan, jr., late of Beverly, cooper, April 17, 1701.^ The house was stand- ing and the property of Mrs. Morgan in 1702.
William Olark House. This lot of land belonged to William Clark of Beverly, fisherman, in 1677, and he probably built a house thereon soon afterward. He lived here until he conveyed the land with the house and barn thereon to his son Samuel Clark of Beverly, weaver, and his wife Susannah March 21, 1717-8.^ The house was apparently gone before 1729.
William Oleaves House. That part of this lot lying easterly of the dashes was conveyed by Nathaniel Stone
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BY SIDNEY PERLEY 49
of Beverly, yeoman, to William Cleaves of Beverly, fish- erman, Nov. 1, 1677 ;i and Mr. Cleaves built a house thereon immediately.
That part of the lot lying westerly of the dashes was granted to Mr. Cleaves by the town of Beverly Nov. 5, 1678.
Mr. Cleaves owned the entire estate in 1700.
John Thorndike Lot. Capt. Paul Thorndike owned this lot of land, and died possessed of the same in 1698 ; and it belonged to his son John Thorndike in 1700.
Estate of William Livermore House. This lot of land was conveyed by John Raiment, sr., of Beverly, yeoman, for twenty-five pounds, to William Livermore of Beverly, planter. May 25, 1671.^ Mr. Livermore lived here until his decease about 1691. The estate passed to Thomas Whittridge about 1700.
On the northerly side of this lot was half an acre of land, which the town of Beverly granted to Mr. Livermore as an addition to his houselot March 28, 1671.
Andrew Elliott Lot. This lot of land was granted by the town of Beverly to Lt. Andrew Elliott Jan. 21, 1689-90 ; and he owned it in 1700.
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 14. "Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 56.
ABRAHAM HOWE AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY M. V. B. PERLEY.
Abraham Howe was born in England, and went to Roxbury with his wife about 1636. He located on the road to the Neck, his lands adjoining those of his brother James,^ and his house and lot were paled in.
He was confirmed a member of the church 14. 3m. 1654 ; was a weaver by trade ; fined ten shillings for har- boring a stranger ; was constable ; frequently fence-view- er ; on various committees, such as, to collect a penny per acre to build more road gates ; on fences including "down to the river ;" in 1659 to report the number of acres under cultivation ; etc. He owned a swamp on the road to the fresh meadows ; 50 acres in the great lots, and in 1657 was joint owner of a thousand acres in Dedham.^
He married " a godly woman," who died the " first week" (10), 1645. He married again. His will was made 26 May, 1676, and proved 2 Nov., 1676 ; and his executors were his son Israel and (perhaps son-in-law) Thomas Pearce. His sons Abraham, Isaac and Israel had his Dorchester estate.
Children : —
2. AbkahAm, b. ; "the oldest son.'l
8. Elizabeth, b. ; joined church; m. and had children.
4. Sabah, b. ; m. and had Joseph, Isaac, Sarah; d. 25 Nov.,
1676. 6. IsAAO, b. 24 June, 1639, in Roxbury.
'For an account of James Howe and his descendants see Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. LIV.
^Abraham Howe of Roxbury is said to have'been early in Ipswich. There is a deed dated London, Eng., June 1, 1655, conveying land at the Farms, Ipswich, wherein Abraham Howe is named as one of the owners of adjoining land.
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ABRAHAM HOWE 51
6. Dbbobah, b. 2 or 4 Sept., 1641, in Roxbnry; m. 25 Feb., 1673,
Joseph Skilton.
7. IsBAEi., b. 7 and bp. 14 July, 1644, in Roxbury.
8. Hbstkb or Esther, b. ; m. first, Henry Mason; second,
John Sears. Her will,' Woburn, 2 March, 1679-80, calls Isaac Howe brother, and speaks of sister Deborah Skelton and brother Abraham's son Abraham. One paper calls Abraham Howe cousin to Mason, and another says Abraham palled Goodman Sears and wife cousins. James Howe, Sr* (aged about 80, 1681), called Goodman Sears and wife cous- ins. This seems to make brothers of the two men, Abra- ham and James, who took the freeman's oath together in 1637 and lived contiguously.
2. Abraham Howe, bom , " the eldest son ;" a
merchant in Boston, where he died " 20th," and was buried in Roxbury 21 (9), 1683. His inventory, 3 Dec, 1683, was £323, 18«. 9d.
Children : —
9. Abraham, b. 27 Mar., 1653, in Roxbury.
10. Isaac, bp. 30 (1), 1656.
5. Isaac Howe, born in Roxbury, 24 June, 1639 ; died in Dorchester 11 or 15 Sept., 1714. He married
Hannah , who had been a member of the Ipswich
church and who died iu Dorchester, 20 Dec, 1728.
Children : —
11. Isaac, b. 7 July, 1678.
12. Abraham, b. 7 April, 1680.
Is. Samuel, b. 17 June, 1685; d. 4 Dec, 1688-9.
14. Hannah, b. 18 Mar., 1688-9.
7. Israel Howe, born in Roxbury, 7 July, 1644 » took the freeman's oath 2 Dec, 1680. He had liberty, 1676-7, to take a load of "clabords" from the Common swamp. In 1680-81 he was tithingman, and was several years fence-viewer. One Town rate met with was 4». lOd. He had a wife Tabitha in 1695. His home was in Dor- chester.
Children ; —
15. Israel, b. 24 Sept., 1676.
16. Susannah, b. 11 Nov., 1678.
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17. JoHK, b. 18 Sept., 1681.
18. JAMKS, b. 14 Nov., 1683.
19. Nathaniel, b. 27 Mar., 1686. Had: Joshua, b. Dorchester, to
Nath. and wife Sarah, 28 Feb., 1720.
20. Joseph, b. 22 , 1688-9.
21. Timothy, b. 6 July, 1691.
22. David, b. 19 April, 1696.
23. Zebuiah.
9. Abraham Howe, baptized in Roxbury 25 Sept.,
1653; died there 15 (7), 1683. He married Sarah ,
who, before 1688, married, second, Samuel Knight. He was a farmer and joined the church 24 (1), 1678.
Children, born in Roxbury : —
24. Sabah, b. 8 Dec, 1676; d. 22 Sept., 1724.
25. Elizabeth, b. 23 Nov., 1678.
26. Abbaham, bp. 2 (11), 1680.
27. ABiaAiL, b. 27 Mar., 1682; d. 12 Jan., 1684.
10. Isaac Howe, baptized in Roxbury 30 March^ 1656 ; had 35 acres in the second range of lots ; joined the church 31 Oct., 1686. He married 11 May, 1685, Rebecca How, daughter of James, r., of Ipswich. She was a widow of Charlestown, 18 May, 1719, when she deeded her interest in her grandfather William Jackson's estate to David Foster. She was alive in Stoneham, 26 Feb., 1733-4. His will was drawn 7 July, 1711, and " lodged " 22 Feb., 1717.
Children :— *
28. Isaac, b. "Howe" 31 (8), and bp. "How" 7 (9), 1686, in Rox*
bury.
29. Abbaham, b. 24 Oct., 1689, in Roxbury; joined the church in
1718.
30. Abigail, b. 4 Feb., 1691-2, in Roxbury.
31. Abijah.
32. Jacob, b. ; int. 20 Jan., 1720-1, Eleanor Sherwin.
33. John, b. in Charlestown; m. 13 Feb., 1717-18, Sarah;Gould^
84. Naomi, b. 22 April, 1701; m. Joseph Holden.
11. Isaac Howe, of Dedham, born 7 July, 1678; died 26 Aug., 1760, in his 83d year. He had 25 acres in the second range of lots, and received for a soldier, himself or some other, £1. lis. 9 l-2d. He married 2ft
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Nov., 1702, Submit, daughter of Thomas Bird, born IS May, 1678, and died 2 Oct., 1760. Children : —
S6. Thomas, b. 23 Sept., 1703.
86. Maby, b. 29 Nov., 1704.
37. Submit, b. 10 April, 1707.
88. Thomas, b. 12 Oct., 1709.
89. Samuel, b. 27 July, 1711.
40. Isaac, b. 16 Jane, 1715.
41. JosKPH, b. 27 Mar., 1717; d. 17 Sept., 1793.
42. Joshua, b. 16 Dec, 1718.
43. Sabah, b. 18 May, 1722; d. 22 Sept., 1724.
21. Timothy Howe, born 7 July, 1691 ; married Dor- cas and lived in Dorchester.
Children : —
44. DoBOAs, b. in Dorchester; d. 18 Jan., 1725-6, aged 9 years.
45. Susannah, b. 2 July, 1719.
46. DoBOAs, b. 28 Jan., 1726-7; d. 18 Jan., 1729.
47. David, b. 13 Sept., 1728; d. 15 May, 1729.
48. Abigail, b. 9 Sept., 1730.
49. MosBS, b. 30 Nov., 1731. 60. Tabitha, b. 12 Dec, 1732.
28. Isaac Howe, baptized 31 (8) or 7 (9), 1686. He married 26 June, 1712, Lydia Jackson; removed to Fra- mingham in 1720 ; married, second, 16 Oct., 1739, Eliza- beth, widow of William Edgell; and died 20 Oct, 1770.
Children : —
51. Jbbbmiah, b. 16 May, 1718.
62. Isaac, b. 4 Dec, 1719; d. y.
53. Lydia, b. 18 Nov., 1721.
54. Elizabeth, b. 14 April, 1723 ; blind from 18 years of age; d. a.
about 90 yrs.
55. Abigail, b. 28 Jan., 1725; m. 1 Jan., 1746, John Blaekman of
Dorchester.
56. Isaac, b. 20 Sept., 1728.
67. Sabah, b. 28 June, 1730.
68. Maby.
59. Joseph, b. 3 May, 1747.
60. Abbaham.
32. Jacob Howe, married, int. 20 Jan., 1720-1, Eleanor Sherwin (bom 28 June, 1696 ; died 11 Aug.,
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1757). He joined the church in 1716 ; married, second, Sarah Holgate, and died in Linebrook Parish (formerly "The Farms "), 6 Feb., 1772. He occupied the Sherwin homestead, later his son Jacob's, then " the Morgan place" and now included in the extensive fields of D. Sydney Perley. It was located just across the meadow from Mr. Perley 's, a few rods from Potter's Island and Winthrop Brook. Children : —
61. Jacob, b. 9 Feb., 1723-4, in Charlestown.
62. Abbaham, b. 9 Dec, 1725, in Stoneham; d. 14 Ang., 1808, a
blind man at the almshouse.
63. Hannah, b. 2 June, 1728, in Stoneham.
64. Hannah, b. 1 June, 1729, in Stoneham.
65. Philemon, b. 13 Jan., 1730-1, in Stoneham.
66. James, b. 7 May, 1733, in Stoneham.
57. Eleanor, b. 11 Aug., 1736, in Stoneham,
68. Abijah.
69. Maby, d. young.
70. Maby, m. 16 April, 1771, in Linebrook Parish, Asa Brockle-'
bank (b. Rowley 15 Aug., 1745; d. Rindge, N. H., 12 Dec, 1826); farmer; had 5 children.
71. Jemima.
72. Elizabeth.
38. Thomas Howe of Dorchester, born 12 Oct., 1709 ; married 22 Nov., 1733, Sarah Searle.
Children : —
73. Thomas, b. 24 Aug., 1735.
74. Thankful, b. 1 Aug., 1737; m. in Dedham, 18 June, 1761,
Thomas Leads, of Dorchester.
75. Sabah, b. 25 Nov., 1739; m. 27 Mar., 1760, Benjamin Swan,
both of Dedham.
76. Submit, b. 15 Dec, 1741; m. 25 Dec, 1760, in Dedham, Na-
thaniel Wetherbee.
77. Hannah, b. 6 July, 1747.
39. Samuel Howe, b. 22 July, 1711 ; died 16 Sept., 1780; married 2 Dec, 1736, Elizabeth Clapp, both of Dorchester. She died 6 Aug., 1764.
Children, born in Dorchester : — ,
78. Samuel, b. 15 Jan., 1737.
79.. John, b. 20 June, 1739; d. 12 Sept., 1740.
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80. John, b. 17 June, 1741.
81. Elizabeth, b. 9 June, 1744.
82. Abraham, b. 21 April, 1746.
83. Hannah, b. 1 Oct., 1748; m. 19 Sept., 1771, Moses Vose of
Milton.
84. Mary, b. 17 Oct., 1750.
85. •Sabau, b. 25 July, 1753.
56. Isaac Howe, born 20 Sept., 1728 ; married in Framingham, 5 Aug., 1749, Rebecca Edgell, probably daughter of his step-mother.
Children : —
86. Asa, bp. 29 April, 1750.
87. Simon, bp. 12 Sept., 1756.
88. Isaac, bp. 18 Feb., 1759, of Isaac deed.
61. Jacob Howe, born in Charlestown, 9 Feb., 1723- 4 ; died in Linebrook Parish, Ipswich, 1 Aug., 1806. He married 21 Nov., 1751, Lydia Davis (born 19 Oct., 1731 ; died 2 Feb., 1808), a neighbor whose home is now marked by " the Davis orchard," a part of the arable lands of J. Coggin Conant.
Jacob and Jacob, Jr., were Minutemen in the Revolu- tion and served till 1780. The father's residence was Ipswich. The boy away from home working, perhaps apprenticed, lived in Newbury.
Children : —
89. Hannah, b. 1 Feb., 1752; drowned in well 26 June, 1756.
90. Maby, bp. 28 April, 1754; m. 9 Feb., 1780, John Kilburn, both
of Rowley.
91. Hannah, b. 29 May, 1757; had fits; d. 26 June, 1806.
92. Jacob, bp. 27 July, 1760.
93. , b. ; d. 15 July, 1763.
94. David, bp. 17 June, 1764; of Epsom, N. H., 1804.
95. Lydia, bp. 23 Aug., 1767; m. 23 Aug., 1792, Abraham Drake
of Chichester, N. H.
96. Salome, bp. 23 Aug., 1767; m., as Sally, 29 Nov., 1790.
97. , b. 19 Aug., 1767; d. 19 Aug., 1767, "soon after birth."
98. Raohbl, bp. 10 June, 1770; m. 19 July, 1796, Stephen Stiles,
Bridgton, Me.
99. Abigail, bp. 10 June, 1770; d. 8 July, 1814; m. 1st, Gregory
Durgin, 2d, Moses Cheney ; 3 children. 100. Isaac, bp. 6 June, 1773; int. 12 Jan., 1797, Rachel Morrill of Chester, N. H.
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101. Deborah, bp. 6 Jane, 1773; d. 15 July, 1773.
62. Abraham Howe, 3d, born Stoneham, 9 Dec, 1725 ; died a blind man in Ipswich, aged 83 years. He was a Minuteman.i He married Elizabeth .
Children : —
102. MosBS, bp. 7 July, 1754; was a Minuteman, and continued in
the service, 1775-7; m. 19 Feb., 1778, Love Gallop; both joined the Linebrook church 25 April, 1779.
103. , child; d. 15 April, 1757.
104. Jacob, bp. 16 April, 1758; d. 6 May, 1758.
105. Elizabkth, bp. 18 May, 1760; d. 8 June, 1760.
106. Betty, bp. 11 Oct., 1761; d. 4 July, 1763.
107. Daniel, bp. Ipsvrich, 17 June, 1764; agreed to serve in the
Revolution for 3 years, for 350 Spanish milled dollars; for or from Ipswich, 29 Mar., 1781; m. Sarah Daniels of Row- ley, 8 April, 1784.
108. Sarah, bp. 24 Jan., 1768.
109. Abraham, bp. 28 , 1770; d. 4 Sept., 1771.
110. Abraham, bp. 18 Oct., 1772; d. 9 June, 1774.
66. Philemon Howe, born 18 Jan., 1730-1, in Stone- ham; died 6 July, 1819. He married 4 July, 1754, Sarah Kilburn, who died 22 April, 1809, aged 81. He probably lived on Batchelder's Brook, Rowley.
Children : —
111. Reuben, b. 9 May, 1755.
112. Sarah, b. 12 Nov., 1757; m. 22 Aug., 1776, John Daniels, Jr.,
of Rowley.
113. Martha, bp. 20 July, 1760.
114. George, b. 25 Nov., 1766.
73. Thomas Howe, Jr., born 24 Aug., 1735 ; died probably in 1816. He married 23 Mar., 1763, Hannah Leeds, born in Dorchester, to Consider and Margaret, 17 Mar., 1740-1, and died in 1807.
Children : —
'The_writer has this letter written by Abraham Howe to his cousin Nathaniel Howe, Linebrook Parish: — "Cambridge, June 22, 1775. Cousin Howe: Sir, I would let you know that I am well and I hope to find you so, and I would inform you that I like better than I expected but we bad a smart brnsh with our enemies and they got the advantage of us upon Bunker's Hill but we have built a fort upon Winter Hill and have got some cannon fixed and we hope to get the advantage of them and I desire to be remembered to all my friends, and I still remain your friend Abraham Howe Third.''
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115. Rebeooa, b. 4 Dec, 1763; m. 16 May, 1784, Samuel Thayer.
116. Thomas, b. 7 July, 1765.
117. Joseph, b. 3 April, 1768.
118. William, b. 17 Aug., 1770.
119. Joshua, b. 7 Aug., 1772; m. Dedham, 15 April, 1794, Sally
Houghton.
78. Samuel Howe, born 15 Jan., 1737; married 18 Oct., 1759, Margaret Preston, both of Dorchester, where she died 2 May, 1778, of smallpox.
Children :—
120. Samuel, b. 15 Jan., 1761; d. 11 Oct., 1762.
121. Samuel, b. 25 Jan., 1763; d. 4 Feb., 1763.
122. Elizabeth, b. — Sept., 1764 ; d. 14 Oct., 1764.
123. Lois, b. 12 June, 1765; d. 5 Jan., 1777.
124. Mart, b. 2 Feb., 1766.
125. Sabah, or Samuel, b. 1 May, 1768.
126. Haknah, b. 2 Oct., 1769; m. 14 Aug., 1783, Edward Glorer^
Jr., both of Dorchester.
127. Samuel, b. 5 April, 1771; d. 9 April, 1772.
128. Ltdia, b. 9 Sept., 1773; d. 26 May, 1793.
80. John Howe, born 17 June, 1741 ; died 22 ,
1818, aged 77. He married 29 Nov., 1764, Rachel Glover, who died 1 June, 1811, aged 55 years. Children : —
129. John, b. 4 Sept., 1755; "John, Esq., d. May 20, 1825."
130. Elizabeth, b. 20 May, 1767. 181. Geobge, b. 6 July, 1769.
132. Rachel, b. 25 Aug., 1771; d. 30 May, 1773.
133. Rachel, b. 19 Aug., 1773; m. Roxbury, 6 Dec, 1798, Edward
Robinson.
134. Joseph, b. 1 Dec, 1775; d. 23 Sept., 1776.
135. Joseph, b. 1 April, 1778.
136. James, b. 25 Jan., 1781.
82. Abraham Howe, born in Dorchester, 21 April, 1746; died 24 Mar., 1811, aged 65. He married 30 Oct., 1769, Patience Blake of Dorchester, who died 24 Feb., 1810.
Children : —
137. Abbaham, b. 15 Jan., 1771.
138. James Blake, b. 31 Mar., 1773; m. 22 Nov., 1797, Sally Adams
Budlam, both of Dorchester.
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139. Bktsky, b. 23 Jan., 1775.
140. Patience, b. 30 Aug., 1777.
141. Polly, b. 6 Dec, 1779; m. 17 Dec, 1801, David Baker of Rox-
bury.
142. Edwabd, b. 12 July, 1783.
143. Nancy, b. 9 Aug., 1785; d. 20 Jan., 1787.
144. Nancy, b. 16 Dec, 1788.
92. Jacob Howe, born in Ipswich 19 June, 1760 ; died 30 Jan., 1830; buried in Norway, Me. He was a Minuteman with his father in the Revolution. He mar- ried 17 Dec, 1783, Betsey Foster, born 10 Aug., 1763, in Boxford, to Moses and Hannah (Putnam) Foster, grand- niece of Gen. Israel Putnam, She died in Paris, Me., 1853. He was post-rider from 1798 and the first in Ox- ford Co., Me. Weekly for four years he served the towns of Fryeburg, Bridgton, Waterford, Gorham, et aU about Portland. He was a pensioner from 1818.
Children : —
145. Fanny, b. 4 Aug. or Sept., 1784, in Baldwin, Me.; m. Abner
Smith, millwright, of Bridgton; 3 children; d. 31 Jan., 1874» Dedham, Mass.
146. Jesse, b. 16 Feb., 1786.
147. Salome, b. 5 Dec, 1787; m. (1st w. of) Ebenezer Greenwood;
6 children.
148. Jacob, b. 17 Mar., 1790; d. at sea.
149. Betsey, b. 1 May, 1792; m. William Swan of Denmark; 9^
children.
150. Jeremiah, b. 14 May, 1794.
151. HuLDAH, b. 25 May, 1796; m. 11 May, 1815, Nathaniel Green-
wood of Farmington, who d. 15 April, 1767. She d. 17 July, 1892, aged 96 yrs.; 10 children.
152. Lydia, b. 28 April, 1798; m. Zibeon Field; d. 9 Nov., 1847.
153. RoxANNA, b. 30 June, 1800; m. Adams Twitehell of Portland;
5 children.
154. Polly, b. 5 July, 1802; m. Peter Coburn of Lincoln.
155. Miranda, b. 13 May, 1805, in Bridgton; m. Alexander Eames j
11 children.
111. Reuben Howe, born 9 May, 1755; died 18 July, 1835, nearly or quite blind. He served in the Rev- olution and was a pensioner under the law of 7 June, 1832. He married 21 Dec, 1780, Lucy Wood, who died 17 Dec, 1796. He married, second, 7 April, 1797, Judith
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Tenney, who died 10 Dec, 1809. He was published 6 Oct., 1810, with Elizabeth, born 11 May, 1769, to John Bailey of Manchester, and died 9 July, 1855. Children : —
156. , ch., b. ; d. 26 Dec, 1787, a. abt. 7 yrs.
157. Lucy, b. 27 May, 1786; m. 9 June, 1810, Philemon Daniels of
Rowley.
158. Thomas, b. 7 Oct., 1787.
159. Susannah, b. 28 April, 1790.
160. Reuben, b. 16 Oct., 1792.
161. Moses [Wood], b. 26 Aug., 1795.
162. Judith, b. 21 Jan., 1798; int. 11 May, 1822, Oliver Bailey of
Rowley.
163. , a son, b. ; d. 15 June, 1803.
114. George Howe, born Rowley, 25 Nov., 1766 ; d. in Rowley, 12 Dec, 1842. He married in Newbury, 9 June, 1798, Deborah Chapman, who died in Rowley, 18 Mar., 1861, aged 85 years. His homestead was that lately owned by Edward Millett (who built a new house on the site of the old one), just east of the turnpike and near Batchelder's Brook on the Georgetown-Rowley highway.
Children : —
164. Debobah, b. 11 Mar., 1799; m. 20 July, 1819, Joshua Millett,
a neighbor and brother to Edward above.
165. Dolly, b. 26 Aug., 1801; int. 19 June, 1830, John N. Pearson
of Ipswich.
166. Apphia Perkins, b. 25 Mar., 1805; d. 21 June, 1880, in Box-
ford.
167. Phebe KiLBUBN, b. 16 Nov., 1807; m. 10 Nov., 1829, Amos
Jewett of Ipswich, farmer and shoemaker; had Amos Wen- dall, b. 21 Sept., 1831; d. 22 July, 1859.
168. Sabah M., b. 27 Feb., 1810; m. — Feb., 1833, Joseph D. Clark.
169. Geoboe Washington, b. 5 July, 1812.
170. William Fbedbbiok, b. 10 Aug., 1814.
116. Thomas Howe, Jr., carpenter, born Dedham, 7 July, 1765 ; died 22 Dec, 1805. He married 30 Aug., 1789, Hannah Withington, Dorchester, born 2 June, 1767, to Elijah and Mary.
Child :—
171. Elijah, b. Dedham, 21 Oct., 1792.
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118. William Howe, born in Dcdham, 17 Aug., 1770 ; was a machinist, builder of cotton factories and superintendent, at East Dedham and Holmesburg, Pa. He married (int. 30 Dec), 1796, Mary Gould of Dedham.
Children : —
172. GBOseB, b. Dedham, 6 Nov., 1802.
173. Rachkl Dwight, b. Dedham, 19 Feb., 1806; d. Cornwall, Vt.,
1 Nov., 1866; m. 28 Oct., 1830, Rev. Lyman Matthews, b. 12 May, 1801, in Middlebury, Vt., and d. Cornwall, 17 Aug., 1866.
174. William, b. 20 Nov., 1811.
129. John Howe, Jr., born 4 Sept., 1765 ; died 20 May, 1825. He married 12 July, 1781, Relief Nash, both of Rochester. She died 19 Feb., 1824, aged 61.
Children : —
175. Joseph, b. 26 July, 1782.
176. Simon, b. 27 Oct., 1785.
177. J OH ANN AH, b. 27 Mar., 1790.
178. Timothy, b. , 1792; d. July, 1795.
179. Eliza, b. 27 Aug.. 1794.
146. Capt. Jessie Howe, born 16 Feb., 1786. He married, first, 30 Mar., 1809, Lydia, born 16 Aug., 1784, to Asa Dunham of Norway, a first settler and Revolu- tionary soldier, died 20 Dec, 1841 ; married, second, 1 Jan., 1843, Betsey Shurtleff ; died 2 Mar., 1870, Paris.
Children : —
180. Henry, b. 11 Jan., 1810.
181. Jacob Foster, b. 30 Nov., 1811.
182. -Jeremiah, b. 18 April, 1814.
183. Jesse, b. 11 April, 1816.
184. Eli, b. 8 April, 1818, in Sumner, Me.; m. 8: 14: 1856, Mrs.
Paulina (Baker) Howe of Dedham, b. in Lee to Edward and Esther Baker. She d. in Canada, 4 Mar., 1859, aged 35 y.
185. Cyrus Hamlin, b. 24 Sept., 1820.
186. Benjamin Franklin, b. 25 Sept., 1822; m. Paulina Baker; d.
19 June, 1851, in Lincoln.
187. Edwin Wallace, b. 3 Feb., 1826; m., 1st, 23 Mar., 1851, Mary
Ann Beal of Norway; m., 2d, Abby D. Hill of Wiscasset; d. Norway, 10 Feb., 1890.
188. William Ruthven, b. 15 April, 1857.
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150. Capt. Jeremiah Howe, born 14 May, 1794; married Sylvia, daughter of Jephtha Benson, and is buried in Sumner, Me. He was bound out at 6 years ; at 18 years he bought his minority of his father and walked to New York. He was farmer, trader, auctioneer and broker.
Children : —
189. Chajiles, b. 14 Aug., 1816; m. Clarissa Bent; d. 11 Mar., 1891.
They had: (1) Charles LeForrest, Col. 9th Me. Reg., medal for bravery; m. Anne Martin; d. in Canton, Me., 13 May, 1891, at the hoase of his daughter Mrs. Cushman; and (2) George E., res. Boston.
190. Polly, b. 15 Jan., 1818; m. Jacob F. Howe (181).
191. Adeline, b. 10 Jan., 1822; m. 31 Mar., 1851, Abel Stetson, a
farmer, who d. 29 Oct., 1891; d. 20 Jan., 1905; 3 children.
192. Angebone, b. 10 Dec, 1824; m., 1st, Dr. Charles W. Turner;
2d, Samuel C. Irish ; 2 children.
193. HiBAM, b. 9 Oct., 1826; m. Harriet L. Buck; res. Sumner.
They had : (1) Luther Carmon, b. 12 Feb., 1854; m. Drusilla J. Babb; and (2) Lottie A., b. 4 Aug., 1864; m. Lemmie Merrill of Rumford Falls.
158. Thomas Howe, born in Rowley, 7 Oct., 1787; died 1 Sept., 1845 ; a yeoman. He married 15 Sept.? 1814, Rebecca Gibson of Deer Isle, Me.
Children : —
194. Susan, b. Rowley, 18 Nov., 1814; m. 3 April, 1834, Daniel J.
Hale.
195. LuoT Jane, b. Rowley, 30 May, 1817; m. 8 June, 1843, Wil-
liam Littlefield of Boston.
160. Reuben Howe, born in Rowley, 16 Oct., 1792* died 25 Feb., 1853, aged 60 years. He married in Row- ley, 18 April, 1815, Elizabeth Dickinson, who died prior to his death.
Children : —
196. Elizabeth, b. 9 June, 1816; m. 17 Mar., 1830, Daniel Saun-
ders, Jr.; d. 24 Oct., 1895, aged 79 years.
197. Amos Wood, b. 6 Jan., 1819.
198. HuMPHBEY Saundebs, b. 7 May, 1821.
199. Ebkn Iea, b. 21 Aug., 1824; housewright; d. in Lynn, 23
June, 1851.
200. David Saundebs.
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161. Moses Wood Howe, born 26 Aug., 1795 ; had " Wood " added to his name by the Legislature of 1830 ; married 29 Dec, 1831, Mary Cheney.
Children : —
201. CHAKI.KS Edwin, b. Rowley, 18 Oct., 1832.
202. LuoY May, b. 26 Sept., 1834.
169. George Washington Howe, born Rowley, 5 July, 1812 ; died 13 May, 1884. He married in Rowley, 10 Oct., 1835, Olive Jewett of Ipswich, who died 12 May, 1892, aged 77 years.
Children, born in Ipswich : —
208. Benjamin Jkwett, b. 6 Feb., 1837; m. 10 or 12 May, 1859, Caroline A. Averill, a fine singer, b. 11 Jan., 1841, to Eph- raim and Lydia Symonds (Potter) Averill of Ipswich, who was a teacher of vocal music, and was widely known for his superior bass voice. Mr. Howe was divorced, April, 1866, and m. 2d, in Ossining, N. Y., Margaret Cornell. He was a travelling salesman, and d. 5 Jan., 1914, without issue.
204. Sabah Mabia, b. 8 Sept., 1840; m. 29 Aug., 1872, Samuel Au- gustus Boynton of Rowley, a grocer. He d. 9 Sept., 1912.
206. Geobge Aabon, b. 29 Aug., 1843.
206. Amos N., b. ; m. in Derry, N.H., 15 Sept., 1874, Josephine
W. Bradford of Derry. Had Eva May, b. 7 April, 1880.
207. Olive Abbie, b. 1 Dec, 1851; m. 28 Sept., 1871, Edwin H.
Adams, b. 1849 in Newbury to Thomas H. and Mary J. (Jennings) Adams. He was in the shoe business. She d. in Rowley, 7 Aug., 1879. Had Mary Abbie.
208. Vandalia, b. 7. Jan., 1853, in Ipswich; m. 17 Sept., 1871, in
Rowley, Ira Oscar Davis, b. Milton, N. H., 1848. Had Ralph "' Irving, b. 2 July, 1776; d. 15 Oct., 1898. Mrs. Davis was
divorced 5 Mar., 1884. She m. 31 May, 1887, Edward Dil- lon, a heel- worker, b. 19 Feb., 1860, in Worcester, Mass. No child.
170. William Frederick Howe, born in Rowley, 10 Aug., 1814 ; married 30 Nov., 1842, Susan Eliza Pot- ter. He made a specialty of market gardening on the farm of his ancestors in Rowley, whose buildings and their contents were completely burned 20 Oct., 1865. These exemplary citizens were devoted to home and the church. He died 10 Oct., 1874 ; she 22 Oct., 1905.
Children : —
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209. Ruth Eliza, b. Rowley, 17 Aug., 1843; m. 22 Jaly, 1869
Frank Quinby Bodwell of Rumford, Me. (b. 5 July, 1843; d. 4 Jane, 1894), a carpenter, a bugler in a Maine battery in the Civil War. She was educated in Rowley schools and the Ipswich Female Seminary and taught school. Her only child, Fred Potter Bndwell, a printer by trade, several years selectman of Avon, Mass., where he, and at present his mother, reside. F. P. Bodwell has two sons, Franklin Clyde, now in the U. S. Navy, and Erland Hunt Bodwell.
210. Geobgk William, twin, b. Rowley, 31 Jan., 1845; m. in Row-
ley, 14 Aug., 1870, Sarah Elijsabeth Kelly; graduate Boston Dental College, and is in dental practice in Danvers, Mass.
211. Asa Fkbdebick, twin, b. 31 Jan., 1845.
212. Roger Sherman, b. Rowley, 20 Nov., 1849; d. 21 Feb., 1911;
m. in Newbury port, Martha Eva Davis of Georgetown, 1 May, 1873; was a shoe woiker; many years selectman and overseer of the poor and chairman of the Board, and did an extensive insurance business. He represented his dis- trict in the General Court, and was many years Deputy Sheriff for Essex Co. His wife d. 6 Nov., 1910.
213. Isaac Hadlby, b. Rowley, 9 Dec, 1858; d. there 7 Feb.,
1864.
lYl. Elijah Howe of Dedham, carpenter, born 21 Oct., 1792; died 30 Nov., 1880. He married 2 Mar., 1826, Prudence Clarke, daughter of Jacob and Prudence (Stow) Clarke. She died 9 May, 1832.
Children : —
214. Elijah, b. 27 Sept., 1828.
215. William, b. 1 May, 1832.
172. George Howe, born in Dedham, 6 Nov., 1802 ; died in Columbia, S. C, 15 April, 1883. He married, first, in Cornwall, Vt., 25 Aug., 1831, Mary Bushnell, daughter of Rev. Jedediah and Charlotte (Smith) Bush- nell, b. 25 June, 1808 ; d. 18 Sept., 1832. He married, second, 19 Dec, 1836, Mrs. Sarah Ann (Walthour) Mc- Connell, daughter of Andrew and Ann (Ho£fmire) Wal- thour, b. 5 Oct., 1803 ; d. 14 April, 1885, in Columbia, S. C.
Mr. Howe graduated at Middlebury College, Vt., with A.B., 1822 ; a^ same and Dartmouth College, A.M., 1827 ; at Andover Theological Seminary, 1825; ordained 1827 ;
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Phillip's Professor of Theology at Dartmouth College, 1827-1830 ; D. D., University of N. C, 1833 ; L. L. D., Oglethorpe, 1871 ; instructor in Hebrew and Greek in Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1831, and in Biblical Literature till his death. Children : —
216. Gkobge, b. 25 April, 1838; d. 27 Oct., 1841.
217. Walthour, b. 13 Feb., 1840; d. 11 Nov., 1859.
218. William, b. 13 Jan., 1842 ; d. 2 Feb., 1862.
219. Sarah Emelie, b. 30 Dec, 1843; d. 13 Nov., 1890, probably
at Danville, Ky. She m. 24 June, 1863, Rev. Edwin Melvin Green, a Presbyterian clergyman, D. D., b. 10 Sept., 1838, to James and Sarah Ann (James) Green. Children: William Howe, b. 4 Oct., 1864; Edward Melvin (M. D.), b. 10 June, 1867; George Howe (D. D. S.), b. 10 June, 1871; Marion Palmer, b. 20 May, 1875.
220. Marian Louise, b. 3 Feb., 1846; d. 31 Jan., 1858.
221. George, b. 29 Jan., 1848.
174. William Howe, born in Dedham, 20 Nov., 1811 ; died in Boston, 23 July, 1893. He was a ma- chiuist. He married 6 Sept., 1841, in South Braintffee, Mass., Catherine Willard, b. 26 Jan., 1819, in Keene, N. H., to Josiah and Prudence (Morse) Willard, and died in Boston 20 Jan., 1886.
Children : —
222. George, b. 24 May, 1842; d. 9 Dec, 1881.
223. Edward Willard, b. 27 Aug., 1846, in Braintree, Mass. He
is a civil engineer retired. He has studied the history of his family and has aided materially on these Dr. George Howe families. He m. in Boston, 29 April, 1880, Abbie A. New- ell, born there 14 June, 1851, to Lucius and Abbie W. (Bur- ley) Newell.
224. Mary Catherine, b. 2 Jan., 1850; d., unm., 7 April, 1874.
180. Henry Howe, b. 11 Jan., 1810. He married, first, Lucinda, daughter of Henry Prentiss, who died 30 Dec, 1846, aged 34. He married, second, 3 : 1 : 1847, Lucy C, daughter of Philip and Catherine Newburt of Waterboro. He died 6 April, 1877 ; she, 24 Aug., 1884, aged 70 ; residence, Norway.
Children : —
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225. Clinton, b. 25 May, 1830; m., 1st, Eliza J. Heald; 2d, Sarah
Barrows; res. Sumner. Had: (1) Helen J., m. W. W. Mayo of Hebron; (2) Henry Prentiss, b. 13 Dec, 1863, res. Water- ford; (3) Clinton Carroll, b. 5 April, 1865, res. in Massachn- setts; (4) John Prentiss, b. 22 Feb., 1867, m. Lizzie C. Ryer- son, res. Norway; (5) Paul Hart, b. 7 Aug., 1870, m. Jennie A. Merrill, res. Waterford; (6) Benjamin Franklin, b. and lived in Grindstone, Me.
226. Julia, b. Paris, 27 July, 1844; m. Amasa Heald.
227. Samuel Henry, b. 19 Mar., 1849; m. Emily Trefetheren; so-
journed in the West; d. Portland, Me., 18 Nov., 1904.
181. Jacob Foster Howe, born 30 Nov., 1811 ; mar- ried 6 Mar., 1833, Polly Howe (190) ; was a trader; died in West Sumner, 31 May, 1865.
Children : —
228. Fbekman, b. 5 Dec, 1833; insurance broker of Norway; m.
Mary L. Field. Had: (1) Fannie Robertine, m. 10 Mar., 1885, Arthur Eben Morrison of South Berwick ; (2) George Robley, b. 4 Aug., 1860; m. April, 1888, Fannie J. Board- man of Hartford, Ct., res. Norway; (3) Freeland, b. 30 May, 1870, res. Norway.
229. Frank W., b. 29 Jan., 1849; shoemaker, Rumford Falls; m.
Estelle Cole. Had : (1) Harley Hazen, b. 24 Mar., 1871; (2) Laura Almira, b. 27 Aug., 1873, d. 1 Dec, 1889; (3) Mary Esther, b. 18 Nov., 1876, m. Dr. Joseph Abbott Nile of Rum- ford Falls.
182. Jeremiah Howe, born 18 April, 1814 ; married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Tucker of Norway. He was a trader in Portland, and died 19 Dec, 1891.
Children : —
230. Lydia J., b. 13 Dec, 1840; m. Rev. J. C. Snow; 2 children.
231. Emilt Alton, b. 17 Aug., 1847.
183. Jesse Howe, born 11 April, 1816 ; died 25 Feb., 1875. He married 14 Oct., 1843, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Gibson of Denmark. He was a physician.
Children : —
232. Ellen Frances, b. 23 Dec, 1844; d. 11 April, 1852.
233. IzAH Tenney, b. 26 Mar., 1848; m. 19 Oct., 1881, John R. San-
born of Bangor, who d. 1893.
234. Rebecca Gibson, b. 13 June, 1850; d. 22 April, 1852.
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185. Cyrus Hamlin Howe, born 24 Sept, 1820; married 28 Feb., 1843, Amelia P. Coburn ; died 19 Mar., 1896 ; lived in Paris. She died 21 Mar., 1896.
Children : —
235. Jesse Coburn, b. 21 Feb., 1846; m. 1st, 27 Jan., 1868, Sarah
J. Farnum; m. 2d, 19 Jan., 1881, Arthur Noyes of Paris. Had: (1) Fred J., b. 19 June, 1869, m, 20 June, 1895, Angie B. McLellan; (2) Ethel May, b. 4 May, 1882.
236. Lydia, b. 11 Dec, 1848; m. 16 Mar., 1869, George F. Beach.
188. William Ruthven Howe, born 1/i April, 1857; married Charlotte E. Hall, born 26 June, 1832 ; died Paris, 7 July, 1895.
Children : —
237. Clara Isabelle, b. 17 Nov., 1856; m. Minot L. Whittle of
Paris.
238. George Morse, b. 8 Mar., 1859; d. 12 Oct., 1859.
239. Fred Ruthven, b. 7 Oct., 1862; m. and living in Waltham,
Mass.
240. HANiBALii Coburn, b. 21 Nov., 1865; m. Cora Parlin; d. 7
Dec, 1901. She d. 16 April, 1904; home Paris.
197. Amos Wood Howe, born in Rowley, 16 Jan., 1819 ; died 28 Oct., 1894, aged 75 years. He married, first, int. 6 Nov., 1842, Sarah K. Daniels, who died 23 or -24 Sept., 1853, aged 32 years. He married, second, Lucy W. Daniels, a sister to his first wife. She was born in Rowley, where she died 23 Sept., 1868. Her will, 22 Sept., 1868, mentions Eben, George W., Moses E., and Martha Daniels, brothers and sister, and children of a de- ceased sister, Nath'l L., Lucy A. and Susan D., all of Rowley.
Children : —
241. Nathaniel Ltman, b. Rowley, 11 April, 1843.
242. LuOY A. 248. Susan D.
198. Humphrey Saunders Howe, born in Rowley, 7 May, 1821 ; married 2 Oct., 1872, when of George- town, Mrs. Lucy A. (Holman) Robinson, widow (38) of Newbury.
Children : —
244. Parker W., trader, Georgetown; d. 20 Jan., 1877.
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245. Mabt E., m. Georgetown, 15 Oct., 1872, Charles N. Nelson
of West Newbury.
205. George Aaron Howe, born in Rowley, 29 Aug., 1843, died 12 Nov., 1876. He married 29 Aug., 1862, Susan Evelyn Todd (18) of Rowley. His home- stead, on the turnpike near the Georgetown-Rowley road, was valued at $1500. She married, second, (21), 26 July, 1879, Lewis G. Chadbourne (33).
Children : —
246. Georgb Elmer, b. 17 July, 1863; d. 27 July, 1864.
247. Elmer Eddie, b. 19 Jan., 1865.
248. Henrt Warren, twin, b. 21 Aug., 1866; d. 19 Sept., 1866.
249. Georoe Moulton, twin, b, 21 Aug., 1866; d. 24 Sept., 1866.
250. Hattie Evelyn, b. 30 Sept., 1867.
251. Benjamin Dodge, b. 25 Nov., 1868; d. 20 Aug., 1869.
252. Fbedbriok Leigh, b. 25 July, 1874. He is a dealer in wines
and liquors. He m. 24 Sept., 1892, Emma Frances Osborne (19) of Newbury, dau. of Thomas and Adeline Louisa (Rogers). Had: Hattie Howe, b. 7 and d. 8 Aug., 1893.
• 211. Asa Frederick Howe, born in Rowley, 31 Jan., 1845 ; married 19 Aug., 1876, Emma Mahala Per- ley, born 6 Aug., 1857, in Harrison, Me. For an ex- tended account and portraits %ee " The Perley Family History and Genealogy." At his own request he was retired, by Governor Guild, in 1907, from State servictJ. He has since served on important committees and boards of trustees. Children : —
253. Josephine Eldred, b. 2 Aug., 1879, in Lincoln, Neb., stenog-
rapher and nurse; m. 20 June, 1906, Leroy H. Clough, con- tractor and builder of Bradford, Mass. Had : Leroy Her- bert, Jr., and Fred Earle.
254. Alios Marjorie, b. 19 Sept., 1887; clerk in bank.
214. Elijah Howe, born in Dedham, 27 Sept., 1828. At Amherst he was A. B. in 1849 and A. M. in 1852. He taught High schools in South Hadley, South Wilbra- ham, East Douglas. After 1880 he was secretary of the Norfolk and Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Dedham. He married 4 Jan., 1857, Julia Ann, daughter of Oliver and Persis Gibson (Forbush) Hunt.
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Child:—
265. Oliver Hunt, of Cohasset, b. 29 May, 1860 ; M. D., Harvard, 1886; was house surgeon and assistant superintendent, hos- pital, Boston medical examiner, and member Mass. Medi- cal Society; m. 26 Nov., 1889, Martha Dresser Paul, b. Ded- ham, 1865, to Ebenezer and Sarah Dresser Paul, a descend- ant of Richard Paul who settled in Taunton, 1637.
221. George Howe, born in Columbia, S. C, 29 Jan., 1848, where he died 20 April, 1895 ; was a practicing physician and surgeon. He married 1 Jan., 1874, Annie Josephine Wilson, a sister to the President, Woodrow Wilson, born in Hampden Sidney, Va., 8 Sept., 1854, to Joseph Ruggles, D. D., and Jessie (Woodrow) Wilson.^ She died 16 Sept., 1916, in New London, Ct.
Children : —
256. Joseph Wii-son, b. 9 Dec, 1874; general freight agent, Rich-
mond. War called him to Washington as Assistant Com- missioner of the Tidewater Coal Exchange.
257. George, b. 3 Oct., 1876; Professor of Latin in University of
North Carolina. He m. 27 Oct., 1902, in Columbia, Marga* ret Smyth Flinn, b. 30 Mar., 1878, in Charleston, S. C, to John William and Jane Adger (Smyth) Flinn. No children.
258. Jessie Woodrow, b. 30 Oct., 1878; d. 30 Jan., 1884.
259. Annie, b. 31 Mar., 1891; m. Frank E. Comptou of Glencoe
111., publisher in Chicago.
222. George Howe, b. 24 May, 1842 ; married 26 Sept., 1871, in Waterville, Me., Harriet E. Tozier, born 30 June, 1843, to Bryant and Winnie Ann (Pushaw) Tozier, of Waterville, and died in Lexington, Mass., 3 Feb., 1918 ; served in the U. S. Navy, 1861-1865, and died in Somerville, 9 Dec, 1881.
Children : —
260. George Edward, b. 22 Feb., 1873; m. 18 Dec, 1905, Alinda
Jennings of Chicago. Their home is Elkhart, Ind. His business is milling. No children.
'Joseph Ruggles Wilson, D. D., a Presbyterian clergyman, was some years Professor in the Presbyterian College, Clarksville, Tenn., and Clerk of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Miss Jessie Woodrow was born in Carlisle, Eng. ; her father was a Congregational clergyman. The Wilson children were : Marion Woodrow (d. before 1916), Annie Josephine (d. 1916), Woodrow (the President), and Joseph Ruggles, Jr., an officer in the U. S. Bonding and Guaranty Company, Baltimore, Md.
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261. Abthub BBTANT.b. in Walthatn, 16 Dec, 1874; an acconntant; m. in Somerville, 17 Oct., 1900, Maria Louisa Gooding of Somerville. Their home till 1908 in Lexington. Had : (1) Isabel, b. 4 Aug., 1906; (2) Elizabeth, b. 23 May, 1908.
262. William Stowkll, b. 30 Jan., 1879, in Somerville; m. in Brad-
ford, 26 June, 1907, Eva Salome Kammer of that place. Their three children died in infancy. He is treasurer of a manufacturing eompany in Hinsdale, their home.
247. Elmer Eddie Howe, born 19 Jan., 1865, in Rowley ; is a wholesale milk dealer in Ipswich. He mar- ried, 16 Oct., 1902, Nellie Elizabeth Wade, born 25 Dec., 1882, Rockland, Mass., to George Oilman and Rachel Agnes Wade.
Children : —
263. Geobgb Elmbb, b. 4 Feb., 1905.
264. Ralph Oilman, b. 13 Mar., 1908; d. 13 July, 1910.
265. Mybon Donald, b. 18 Dec, 1909. 286. Olive Agnes, b. 9 Oct., 1913.
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MARBLEHEAD,
MASS.
(^Continued from Volume LV, page 234-^
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To His Excellency the Governour, Council, and Repre- sentatives convened in Generall Assembly the 15th of October, 1702. The Humble Petition of the Town of Marblehead. Humbly Sheweth
That Whereas By several Acts of Assembly made in this Province their is to be Paid By the Master of Every Ship or Other Vessell above twelve Tunns coming into Any Port or Ports of this Province to trade or Traffick the Major Part of the owners whereof are not Belonging to this Province Every such ship or Vessell Doe Pay the Summ of 12 penny per Tunn or one pound of Good and New Gun powder for every Tunn such shipp or Vessell is in Burthen to Be Employed for the Supply of His Majesty's Castle and Fort Within this Province . . . and Whereas all along till Within this Last Year or there- abouts all the Powder Money that was from Time to time Collected at Salem and at Marblehead by Virtue of that Act Was Remitted to Boston for the supply of her Maj- esty's Castle and forts there . . . And Whereas the Town of Salem have lately obtained a Grant of all the Powder Money that shall arise or Become Due from any Ships or Vessels that Come In as well to Marblehead as to Salem, and Apply the same wholly and onely to the Use of said Towne, . . . And Whereas there is a Fortification at Marblehead Very Important to this Province, the neces- sary and ordinary Charge whereof is Very Considerable, and which also is upon all occasions, obliged to Expend their store of Powder and other Ammunition, . . . The
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Town of Marblehead Dos therefore Most Humbly Pray the favour of this Great and Generall Assembly, that It might be, all the Powder Money that for the future shall become Due and be Collected at Marblehead may Be ap- plied to the Use of Her Majestie's Fort in said Town
And Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray
Edward Brattle Representative for Marblehead, in the Name of said Town
21st October, 1702, Read a 1st time in the house of Representatives.
22 Read a 2d time, 29, Read a 3d time.
Ordered — That all the Powdermoney that for the future shall become due and be Collected at Marblehead be Ap- plyed to the Use of Her Majesty's Fort in the said Town.
Sent up for Concurrance.
James Converse Speaker
In Council November 2d, 1702, Read and concurred with And Ordered that the Captaine of the Fort there for the time being be the Collector of said duty.
Isaac Addington Secretary
[Left margin] Said Amendment Concurred 2 Novem- ber 1702.
Mass. Archives, vol. 70, pp. 581-2.
Ordered That the Collector of the Impost at Salem be required with great exactness to receive the powder Duty at Salem and Marblehead & that the Captains of the forts to prevent any escape and that the said officer do quar- terly give unto the Comissary Generalls office an account of the weight that the Governour may ( ) make the Necessary supplyes for the forts in both those places
January 3d 1704 In Council
Voted Isaac Addington Secretary
Sent down for Concurrence
Jan. 4th, 1704 : Concurred James Converse Speaker Mass. Archives, vol. 62, p. 1^90.
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Copy, by Stephen Sewall, Clerk, of a Writ issued by Mm 7 Sept. 1704, to the Sheriff and others of Essex against CoUonel John Legg, Captain Nathaniel Norden, Esquires, Michael Bowden, Samuell Read, James Dennis, Joseph Dolliver Senior, Mary Waters widow, William Hines, Thomas Pitman, Thomas Dodd Senior, Elias For- tune, Nathaniell Walton, Robert Bartlett, John Norman, William Woods, John Palmer, Edward Homan Senior, Captain John Browne, Sarah Martin widow, Abigail Mer- ritt widow, Nicholas Merritt Senior, Mark HascoU and John Codner all of Marblehead and Benjamin Ireson and John Riddan both of Lynn and John Homes of Salem, . . . the present occupants and tenants in possession of a Certaine Farme Knowne by the name of Plaine Farme in the Township of Marblehead aforesaid to the value of Forty pounds . . . returnable at Common Pleas, New- bury, last Tuesday in September to answer Erasmus James of Marblehead only son and surviving heir of Erasmus James late of Marblehead for trespass etc. of five acres or thereabouts of land according to proportion right of 30s. purchase in the Plain Farme containing by estimacion about 400 acres in tennure and occupation of defendants,
" Bounded Northerly with the Marsh late of Richard Rowland and Thomas Pitman, Northwesterly with the Coy Pond and land late of George Darling, Southwesterly with the Lands of John Blaney and John Redding, South- easterly with the Sea, Northeasterly with Devorixes farme and the Ten acre Lots (so called) which said farme or Tract of Land was purchased of Captain William Hath- orne late of Salem deceased by Severall of the Inhab- itants of Marblehead aforesaid who were called the pur- chasers of said farme among the number of which said Purchasers the said Erasmus James deceased was one who purchased to the value of thirty shillings and was accord- ingly seized of a proportionable Right and Interest of his thirty shillings purchase in said farme which the said Erasmus James deceased died seized thereof in fee and now the same belongs of Right to the Petitioner . . . yet . . . tho thereto often requested the possession of said five acres or thereabouts . . . have hitherto refused and
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do still refuse to render the same . . . witness Nathaniel Saltonstall Esquire at Salem this 7th Day of September . . . 1704.
Stephen Sewall Cleric. Attached the land and left a summons with Captain John Browne of Marblehead Clark of the within tenants in possession etc.
Marblehead 12 September 1704.
William Gedney Sheriffe Mass. Arohives, vol. 40, pp. 825-6.
Essex ss At an Inferior Court of Pleas holden at Newbury September the 26 1 704
Erasmus James plaintiff versus Collonel John Legg and other Occupants of the Plaine farme in Marblehead.
There being but Eleven of the Defendants that appeared who refusing to respond the action for the fifteen De- fendants absent aud being legally called made default. The Courts Judgement is that the plaintiff receive five acres of land according to writ and costs, bill costs taxt is £3-8-6.
The Eleven Defendants appearing Crave an appeale.
Execucion granted March 9, 1704.
Copia Vera Attest Stephen Sewall Cleric. Mass. Archives^ vol. Jfi^ p. 8S%.
Copy of Execution, issued 9 Mar. 1704/5, by Stephen Sewall Cleric ; returnable last Tuesday of March, to Na- thaniel Saltonstall Esquire at Salem ; Inferior Court, Newbury, September last, for recovery of land sued for and costs £3-8-6, against Coll. John Legg and others, in favor of Erasmus James of Marblehead.
Return : — Extended on 6 acres and 1/4 and 1/16 in Marblehead, Plaine farme, bounded on the Northwest the highway the old high way on the Southwest with William Woods on the Southeast with the Sea on the Northeast with Robert Bartlett
and given the same by turffe and twigg to Erasmus James in full satisfaction, 15 March, 1704/5.
William Gedney Sheriffe Mass. Archives, vol. Ifi, pp. 827-830.
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Petition to Governour, etc. Joseph Dudley, by Robert Bartlett of Maiblehead, shoreman, September 4, 1705, as to writ of trespass etc. bearing date 7 September, 1704, on complaint of Erasmus James of Marblehead against Petitioner and 25 other defendants to be heard at Com- mon Pleas, Newbury, September last ; Petitioner and rest had no legal notice, but with 10 others happened by acci- dent to be present when same was called and endeavoured to defend themselves but were not allowed so to do, and the Court enterred Judgement against us by default for land sued for and costs taxt at X 3-8-6, execution was granted March 9, 1704 and levied by the Sheriff of Essex on land purchased legally and quietly held for more than 20 years. Craves that his Excellency and Council and this Honourable Assembly grant redress.
In the House of Representatives, Sept. 7, 1706, read.
October 25, 1705, Read and ordered that a Hearing be granted before this Court on Wednesday next and the parties concerned notified accordingly. Sent up for Con- currance,
Thomas Oakes, Speaker.
31 Oct. 1705, In Council, Read and ordered that Eras- mus James the adverse party be served with a Copy of this Petition and shew cause, if any he have, on Wednes- day the Seventh of November next, why the Petitioner should not have remedy provided as is prayed.
Isaac Addington Secretary. Mats. Archives^ vol. 40, p. 833.
Copy of above, endorsed, — A true Copie of this above- said petition and the Councell's order thereon was Deliv- ered to Erasmus James this 5th of November 1705, and was notified to attend his duty according to order per me Samuel Nickleson Constable Marblehead. Mass. Archives, vol. Ifi, p. 822-3.
9 November, 1705, In Council Upon Consideration of the Petitioner of Robert Bart- let, And haveing heard both party's, why remedy should not be provided for him Resolved
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That the persons appearing at Newbuiy Court to an- swer Erasmus James's Action, though a minor part of Twenty-six ought to have been received as Defendants and accordingly heard. That the persons appearing ought upon their challenge of an Appeale to have been admitted thereto. That the Judgement given in the case by de- fault is vitious and that by an Act of this General As- sembly the said Judgement and Execution thereon ought to be dissolve. And that Bartlet be restored to his Land, and James to his right at law to proceed against any or all the persons named in his writt now shewin in Court
Sent down for concnrrance
Isaac Addington Secretary In the House of Representatives November 9, 1705 : Read and Concurr'd
Thomas Oakes Speaker. Mass. Archives, vol. Jfi, p, 819.
[Nov. 17, 1705.] Answer of Erasmus James of Marblehead, ship car- penter, to petition of Robert Bartlett, addressed to Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Governour etc.
Whereas Bartlett has petitioned etc. which was acted upon by Council, with order of notice etc. which was never served untill the 5th of this instant November in the evening, your Petitioner being totally ignorant of etc. but in obedience thereof he timely appears and prays that a days time spent in travel from Marblehead was not suffi- cient to prepare his answer, copy records of Town and Proprietors Clerks, etc., but in answer to No. 1 due notice was served on the Proprietors Clerk, which was lawfull etc., trouble was caused by their obstinacy.
No. 2 Land taken was not from Bartlett's particular land but that Common and undivided of the Proprietors.
Mass. Archives^ vol. Jfi^ p. 834.
Capt. Andrew Belcher honered Sir
Whereas In August last I had a Small fishing ketch called the Dove whereof Nicholas Meriott was mastar taken by Capt. Crapo into Port Royall & when Mr. Louis Allin was here last winter I agreed with him that if he
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could procner & deliver my said ketch at Port Royall in Condition she was in when taken (the fish & sallt then in her only excepted) unto the said Nicholas Meriott on my behafe & for my use & also that the men belonging to her namely Nichols Meriott, Joseph Ashton, Thomas Pouls & Henery [?], should be at liberty to come home with said ketch together with a safe passeporte from the gov- ernor of Port Royall to save & keep harmeless the said ketch & men from any hindrance molestation or damage from any french or Indians they might met withall in their returne to Marblehead & said ketch to Return with the Rest of the vessels that was then agreed for with said Allen ; then I am to pay him seaventy pounds monys at fiveteen peny wait upon the Masters Receipt Returned to me ; I then suposing that shee would come home last fall but the said Louis Allin haveing not compyed [sic] with that Agreement I doe now Request that you please to give such order to Capt. Rouse or such other person as may be imployed to goo to Port Royall to bring said ketch with her appurtenances on as Resonable tarms as may be & to procure liberty for the said Master & men to come home with said Katch & a passporte from the governor as aforesaid provided the whole cost doth not amount to more than sixty pond monys at fiveteen peny waite & allso if it maybe that the passport continue for six months & allso I Desire you will pleas to order a Sup- ply of provishons for the men to bring her home all which shall be thankfully acknoleged & Repaird againe by me who am Sir
Your humble servant,
Nathaniell Norden Boston April the 10th 1706.
[Backed] To Capt. Andrew Belcher Esq. Merchant In Boston
Mags. Archives^ vol. 63 ^ p. 5.
Summary. Apr. 26, 1706.
Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain General . . . Massachu- setts Bay and New Hampshire . . . and Vice Admiral of the same, on application by Capt. John Turner, licensed
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&c Win. Rouse Commander of Sloop Anne with 6 men to sail to Port Royal for redemption of Sloops and men &c. Signed and my " Seal at Armes " affixed.
J. Dudley. By his Excellency's Command.
Isaac Addington Secretary. Mass. Archives, vol. 63, p. 4-
Petition of Erasmus James, Marblehead, shipwright, to Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Governour etc., May 29, 1706, Whereas on Petition of Robert Bartlet, September 1705, on October 31, 1705, by Council a hearing was set for November 7, 1705, received by Petitioner one day before, was given as reason for his asking more time at hearing etc. Board was not pleased to grant same and on No- vember 9, in General Assembly a quick Resolve was made in favor of Bartlet, desolving the Judgement and Execu- tion of tjie Inferior Court by which your Petitioner was in possession etc., and Bartlet put in possession without a full hearing by the Assembly or a Trial at Common Law Courts which were open for the Review of same, and such construction has been put on same as to en- courage Bartlett (who indeed never had nor shewed any right to the said Land) to sew your Petitioner for tres- pass of his Servants for carrying away the hay etc. from the same while it was actually in his possession, before the Judgement had been nullified, Prays the General Court's consideration of same, for instructions, as may Barr said Bartlet's Litigious Suit now pending in Inferior Court and others threatened by him.
In the House of Representatives, June 7, 1706, Read, In answer to the Petition ... to prevent multiplying of Lawsuits . . . Ordered Mr. Samuel Balch, Mr. John Poole and Capt. William Goodhue be a Committee to consider whether Petitioner did Bartlet any damage etc. while it was in his possession, if so adjust same, which barrs said Bartlett forever, and any suit now pending be- fore Justice Hathoi-ne is hereby annulled and made void. Sent up for Concurrance.
Thomas Oakes Speaker.
11 June 1706, In Council. Not agreed with Repre- sentatives, Ordered That the Petitioner be in peace, and
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not liable to any Action for Trespass alleged to be done upon the Land within-iuentioned by petitioner before the Act passed by this Court for restoring the land to Bart- lett, unless it be made to appeare to have been done Ma- liciously.
Isaac Addington Secretary. Sent down for concurrance.
In the House of Representatives June 21, 1706, Read and Passed a Concurrence
Thomas Oakes Speaker. Mass. Archives, vol. JpO, pp. 834-0.
The Declaration of John Curtiss Senior of Marblehead.
Sometime about the Middle of March I was shipped By Archibald Ferguson of Marblehead, on board the sloop Flying Horse, and therein to go as far as Little Canso Harbor There to meet with a Vessell, and then to return to Boston The first Place we arrived at after we sailed from Boston was Monhegon, the 2d Pugnico, with- in the Bay of Funde, where came on Board us severall French and Indians to whom we sold sundry Goods per- ticularly [ ?] 3dly To the Passage, where we traded likewise, 4thly to Lahave where we saw nobody. But a smoke after wee were come out, 5 To Margarets Bay, where we saw none 6 from thence to white head wherq we saw nobody, from thence to Little Canso, our Designed Port, where soon after we came to Anchor we saw 2 Ca- nows of Indians, which soon came on Board us, and By one of the Indians, Captain Veach sent a letter to Jedore and had an Answer By the same in eleven Days. The whole time that we were here was about 20 Days and we traded with the aforesaid Indians, From thence we sailed through the Gutt of Canso, with the Indians for Pilots, Bound for the Island of Madland [Magdalen] to meet with the Vessell wee expected. In the Gutt of Canso we saw a small French Bark which we thought had been the expected Vessell and therefore gave them chase and when we came up with them we sent over our two Indians on Board with a Letter who answered that they were loaded with Coal bound for Placentia, with whom we traded nothing only one Gun Captain Veach bought for tobacco,
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and so we left then Endeavouring to make the Isle of Madland but could not find it, therefore we returned to Little Canso where we took in our two Indians again, and designed homeward, we put in at Island Harbour where severall Indians came on board us, with whom we traded with sundry goods. From hence we sailed with one of our former Indians and a Sagamore which we took in here, the next harbour we put into we saw nobody, But
the next'being C Harbour we saw sundry Indians
with whom we traded [?] we left one of our Indians, but kept the Sagamore till we ca[me] to Jedore, that be- ing the next port where with sundry Goods we traded with a French man From hence we sailed to Margarets Bay where we saw severall Indians with whom we traded, and by whome Captain Veach sent a letter to Malagash to meet us at Lehave where we came and tarryed about two Glasses seeing nobody. By the Impatience and Insti- gation of the Company we came to sail and so came to Cape Ann where we put on Board a sloop (the Master Isaac Row) the Goods that we traded for some in cask and some in [?] Captain Veach, Biitterfield and the Boy went up in said sloop to Boston. And he farther Declared that Captain Veach Desired me to keep all the transa[ct]ions of the voige secret, farther saith not.
John Curtiss his mark Marblehead June 14, 1706.
Essex ss. Marblehead, June 14, 1706.
The within mentioned John Curtiss appeared before me the Subscriber one of her Majesties Justices of the Peace for said Countey and attested the within written Declara- tion is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
John Legg J ustis Pecis
Curtiss further saith, That they Traded Cloth and Duck Shott in most of the Harbours they were at, which was delivered by Captain Vetch and Butterfield 16th August 1706 In General Court
Jurat Curtiss in Captain Vetch's Tryal
Attestor Isaac Addington Secretary.
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[Backed]
To Mr. Thomas Oakes
Speaker of the House of Representatives la Boston.
Mass. Archives, vol. 63, p. 15.
Note. Bill of Lading, Archibald Ferguson master, who with his crew, thought he was bound to Little Canso.
Mass. Archives, vol. 63, p. 39.
Witnesses include Nicholas Merrit, Henry Darling, John Curtisse, Archibald Ferguson, Mathew Pymar, Wil- liam Blackler, Michael Coomes, Mark Hascoll, Joseph Maudesly, John Collins, Charles Green, Peter Potto, Abra- ham Miller and John Tucker.
Mass. Archives, vol. 63, p. 65. (JPo he continued)
to
CAPTAIN RICHARD STACEY, 1732- 1792 From a portrait painted in London in I 775
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
Vol. LVI April, 1920 No. 2
CAPTAIN RICHARD STACEY OF MARBLEHEAD.
MASTER MARINER AND MERCHANT OF THE REVOLUTION.
BY HARRIET SILVESTER TAPLEY.
The complete history of the maritime life of Marble- head, with sketches of the men who contributed to its greatness, is yet to be written. Of all the old families of that town, none has been more closely identified from the very beginning of the settlement with the seafaring life than the family of Stacey. In the fisheries, in commerce, as ship owners, merchants, master mariners, fishermen and seamen, in war and in peace, members of this family have taken a most active part in the shipping life of the ancient sea-coast town. Richard Stacey was one of those who figured conspicuously before and during the Revolution- ary period. The portrait which accompanies this sketch was painted in 1773 by a noted artist in London, and has recently come into possession of the writer, it having been discovered in a state of extreme dilapidation in a western city and restored by Isaac H. Caliga.
Capt. Richard Stacey was the son of Capt. John and Hannah (Skinner) Stacey, and was baptized at the Second Congregational Church in Marblehead Feb. 20, 1732. He was descended on his father's side from the emigrant John Stacey, who was in Marblehead as early as 1639, as well as from the Pedricks, Sandins, Woods and Peaches, all very early settlers of that town. Captain Stacey com-
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menced early to follow the sea, as did the generation be- fore him. He was married, July 12, 1759, by the Rev. Peter Bours of St. Michael's Church, to Penelope Haz- ard, daughter of Deputy Governor George and Sarah (Carder) Hazard of Newport, R. I., and granddaughter of Governor Benedict Arnold, both distinguished Rhode Island famihes. Penelope Hazard was a sister of Abi- gail, wife of Rev. Peter Bours, and she died, April 29, 1764, at the age of thirty-one years. She was buried in Michael's churchyard, where the gravestone may be seen today. Nearby is the grave of Rev. Peter Bours, who died suddenly, Feb. 24, 1762, and of whose will Captain Stacey was a witness three days before.
Two children were born to Richard and Penelope (Hazard) Stacey, both being baptized at St, Michael's Church, Hannah, Aug. 17, 1760, and Richard, April 1, 1764. October 31, 1765, Captain Stacey married, second, Rebecca Miillett, daughter of Elias and Rebecca (Pearce) Mullett, of French Huguenot descent. She was baptized at the Second Congregational Church, August 25, 1745, and was descended in the fifth generation from the Pearces and Browns who had grants atPemaquid, Maine, as early as 1621. By this union there were born : Rich- ard, baptized at St. Michael's Jan. 31, 1768; Rebecca, baptized at St. Michael's May 6, 1770 ; George, born about 1774 ; died at Marblehead, July 21, 1806 ; Lucretia Bourne, born at Andover Sept. 22, 1778, baptized at St. Peter's, Salem, and died at Andover, April 22, 1781, the stone still standing in the South Parish cemetery ; Sally, born at Andover, May 19, 1780, the famous dark day; Nathaniel, born at Marblehead, Jan., 1786, and died Aug. 12, 1808, at the home of his brother-in-law, Joshua Sil- vester, in Andover; two children, Nathaniel and John, died in infancy.
May 18, 1767, soon after marriage, he bought the es- tate of his wife's grandparents, John and Elizabeth Pearce, where he ever afterward made his home. This house is still standing on Washington street, opposite Pleasant street, and is now owned by heirs of Mrs. Mary Silver, the original outlines being lost in the countless alterations and improvements of the past century. A few
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months after this purchase, Dec. 1*7, 1767, he came into possession of the estate of his father, Capt. John Stacy, on Washington street, which he sold to Joseph Northey Oct. 8, 1768. This house became subsequently the birth- place of Joseph Story, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Capt. Richard Stacey made his first voyage as comman- der of a vessel in 1756, when he was the registered cajv tain of the schooner " Pembroke," 66 tons, from Marble- head to Philadelphia. He was then twenty-four years of age, but had seen much service with his father, who in the " Neptune " and " Industry," from 1759 to 1761, had made frequent voyages to and from Lisbon and Bil- boa. From this time he became one of the leading mer- chants of Marblehead when that town was second only to Boston as a commercial centre. In the same year he also made a voyage to Spain and Portugal. In 1757 he was in command of the brig "Benjamin," 94 tons, to St. Kitts and St. Martin's in the West Indies ; from 1758 to 1760 he was captain of the Snow " Port Pacquet," 91 tons, od several voyages to Lisbon and the West Indies; in 1761,. '62 and '63 he made trips to St. Kitt's, St. Martin's and Barbadoes, with the brig " Benjamin," returning withr cargoes of rum, molasses and salt consigned to Stacey & Glover, Jacob Fowle, and others; in 1764 he commanded the schooner " Newbury," 60 tons, in voyages to St. Kitts and Anguilla ; in 1765 he commanded the schooner " Dreadnaught," 80 tons, to St. Christopher, Bilbao and Cadiz,
Captain Stacey unfortunately signed the famous address to Governor Hutchinson pledging loyalty to England, and then sailed on a long voyage. During his absence the liberty party grew in numbers and enthusiasm, and upon his return he was asked to state his position, which he did in the following letter, which appeared in the Usses: Crazette : —
The Subscriber having just returned to the Province after a long- absence, and finding an Address which he signed to the late Gov- erHor Hutchinson has given great Uneasiness to the Public, and that the said Mr. Hutchinson is generally viewed as an Enemy to-
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America, begs Leave to assure the Publick that he had no intention of injuring his country, or of offending it by supporting any one unfriendly to its cause — And he now renounces the Address in every Part, and declares his Readiness to assist in defending the Rights and Liberties of America, hoping that he shall still continue te enjoy the wonted Esteem of his respected Friends and Country- men.
RiOHABD StAOKY.
Marblehead, 20th January, 1774.
Although early affiliated with St. Michael's Church, like many of the most prominent communicants he re- mained a staunch patriot during the Revolution and gave of his time and money to further the interests of the Col- onists. Feb. 19, 1779, he was appointed on a committee to " wait on persons in regard to assessments for addi- tional bounty for those who enlist." The committee con- sisted of Jonathan Glover, Col. Azor Orne, Capt. Joshua Orne, Capt. Samuel Pote, Capt, Samuel Hooper, Capt. Thomas Peach, Capt. John Selman, John Gerry, Thomas Gerry, Esq., Capt. Richard Stacey, Capt. Robert Hooper, Capt. John Grush and Deacon William Dolliber. On the same date he was also one of a committee of seven appointed to see that " the price act be carried into exe- cution." March 24, 1777, he was a member of the Com- mittee of Inspection and Safety. On the 21st of the fol- lowing April he was chairman of a committee appointed by the town to provide physicians and medicines to carry on the work of inoculation for the small pox, an epidemic which greatly added to the hardship of Marblehead fami- lies, the other members being Capt. Samuel Hooper, Rob- ert Hooper, jr., Capt. John Merritt, Capt. John Russell, Capt. John Stevens, Capt. Samuel Gale, Valentine Ted- der, and Capt. William Hooper.
At about this time Captain St-acey purchased a large farm in Andover, to which place he removed his family as a place of safety during the Revolution, as did several other merchants and patriots, notably Jeremiah Lee and Samuel Sewall of Marblehead and John Dyson of Bever- ly. While attacks by water were daily expected, these inland estates served as temporary abiding places. May
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22, 1777, Capt. Richard Stacey, gentleman, bought of Obadiah Foster of Andover a farm of 74 acres on the Billerica road near Nehemiah Abbott's tavern. In the advertisement of the sale of this farm after the Revolu- tion, the Salem Gazette of Jan. 8, 1784, states that it was situated "about 1 & 1-2 miles from the Rev. Mr. French's meeting house, well wooded and watered and fenced with stone wall, has on it two good houses and a large good barn and many other conveniences, with a good garden. This farm was formerly Capt. John Foster's, is well situ- ated for a tavern or any other trade, and has as good til- lage land as any in Andover. The farthest part of said farm is not more than one half mile from the dwelling house, which makes it very convenient. One may stand at the door and see all the business going on in most part of the farm."
May 19, 1777, three days before Captain Stacey pur- chased this farm, he was elected one of the Representa- tives to the General Court from Marblehead, with Capt. Joshua Orne, Col. Jonathan Glover and Col. Azor Orne.
F'rom 1778 to 1782 he was taxed in the South parish of Andover. He returned to Marblehead in 1783, and was chosen one of the selectmen, the other members of the board being Dea. Samuel Gatchell, Capt. William Hooper, Capt. William Blackler, Dea. Stephen Phillips, Capt. N. Lindsey, and Samuel Waite. He also served as fireward from 1777 until late in life, the board being composed of twelve leading men of the town. A notable town meet- ing was held April 24, 1783, with Gen. John Glover as moderator, when Captain Stacey was appointed on a com- mittee to draw up resolutions to prevent the return of the refugees to town, his associates being Hon. Elbridgo Gerry, later Governor of Massachusetts and Vice Presi- dent of the United States, Thomas Gerry, Esq., Hon. Joshua Orne, Col. Jonathan Glover, Edward Fettyplace, Esq., and Richard Harris. During the Revolution and the period which immediately preceded it, Captain Stacey appears from the tax lists to have been most successful as a merchant and one of the wealthy men in a town noted for its commercial activity. According to the " Couti-
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nental Book of Names" at Abbott Hall, in 1779, Mar- iblehead had a population of 4,777, with 73 blocks, 422 blouses, 172 barns, 40 shops and 19 warehouses. Captain Stacey had a negro named " Jacob " in his family in 1784. ;He was the owner of several fishing schooners in 1783 and 1784.
Captain Stacey's connection with St. Michael's Church was of long duration. In 1784 he was elected a vestry- man, and in the following year there were associated with 'him, Woodward Abraham, lay reader, Capt. Israel Foster, Capt. Samuel Hooper, Samuel Sewall, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Capt. William Andrews, Capt. Joseph Lee, Capt. Joseph Hinckley, and Capt. Thomas Procter. Meetings of the proprietors of the church were upon occasion held at Captain Stacey's house, which was near. March 31, 1788, a vote of thanks -was tendered Captains Edward Bowen and Richard Stacey for their services as wardens. At this time Capt. John Knight, Capt. Joshua Orne, Col. Marston Watson, Thomas Lewis and Dr. Luke Drury were associated with him on the vestry. He owned the pew numbered 2 in the church.
To Captain Stacey, as to many others, the period fol- lowing the Revolution brought financial distress and his property became involved to an alarming degree. The merchants of Marblehead sought strenuously to restore the prosperity which the town enjoyed before the war by iitting out ships for foreign ports, but her greatness as a ■commercial port was gone forever, and the resort to fish- eries was the onl}'^ alternative. Captain Stacey died April ■5, 1792, at the age of sixty years, and was buried in the Second Church cemetery, now the Unitarian. He was Attended in his last illness by Dr. Elisha Story, the dis- tinguished physician and surgeon. Administration was granted to his widow, Rebecca, and the inventory which was returned by her, Nov. 29, 1794, showed that he was -possessed of a mahogany desk and bookcase, a maple •desk and bookcase, six walnut chairs, a tea stand, an old .mahogany table, five looking glasses, a mahogany card table, a marble slab (which was appraised higher than any other item except the desk and the plate), eight Windsor
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■chairs, eight pictures, glass, china and plate, shovel and tongs, tea tray, delph ware, brass candlesticks, and- irons, a large easy chair and a small one, a round chair, toilet table, and a pair of walnut case drawers. Of Cap- tain Stacey's children, Hannah married Edwin Gardner, Rebecca married David Silvester, and Sally married Joshua Silvester, both sons of David Silvester, Esq., a prominent ship-owner and merchant of Pownalborough, now Wis- casset, Maine, who had sent his sons to the Marblehead Academy to be educated. The other children died in in- fancy or unmarried. There are numerous descendants of -Captain Stacey in all parts of the United States.
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While in the Continental Congress, May, 1778, TO August, 1780.
( Continued from Vol. L VI, Page 32.')
Jan. 1, 1780. The Hon. M' Forbes^ supped with us.
3. Rec'd a letter from y® hon. M' Adams and the hon. M' Palmer.
The Virginia troops marched thro' this city to South Carolina.
6. It is said some of the enemies vessels are ashore in the Jerseys.
6. I wrote to M' Adams.
8. We have accounts that y® army is in great want of provisions.
10. I dined with the Minister of France, M' President Reed & a number of members of Congress dined there.
12. The enemy is in great want of supplies.
14. I visited the President's lady, she is sick with the small Pox.
16. Congress agreed upon a number of resolutions for establishing a Court of Appeals, of members out of Congress.
18. I dined with the Minister of France. Three years this day since the decease of my hon^ Father.
19. Yesterday M'^ Searle cained the Sec'y of Congress & the Sec'y returned the same salute.
22. Baron Stuben came here to board. M' Wythe,* M' Holman & M' Judges of Appeals.
^James Forbes, delegate from Maryland.
'George Wythe (1728-1806) of Virginia, a "Signer "and wealthy- slave owner.
(88)
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25. Samuel Osgood ,i Esq' arrived here from Boston, charged with business from the Court. Received a letter from Colo. Hutchinson.
26. Rec'd a letter from Jona*** Webster, Esq'. M' Osgood dined with us.
29. I dined with Colo. Pickering. Feb. 1. I dined with the President. 2. D' Brown, the chief Physician & Surgeon of the army, Spent y® evening with me.
4. The medical committee met in my chamber.
5. M' Livermore^ arrived here from New Hampshire.
7. Rec'd a letter from M' Ketteil. Congress received letters from Gen. Lincoln.
8. 1 dined with the Minister. Wrote to Colo. Enoch Putnam.
9. Congress agreed to resolutions for filling up the army.
10. I dined with the Honorable R. Morris, Esq'.
12. Maj. Osgood set out for Boston. I wrote to Colo. Hutchinson, M' Freeman, M' Webster. Congress rec'd a letter from M' Jay.
14. I wrote to the President of the Council of Mas- sachusetts p' Post & to the Hon. J. Palmer, Esq' by M' Cranch.
16. The Hon. the Medical com* met in my chamber.
17. Colo. Baldwin^ of Mass^ Bay dined with me.
18. I wrote to the Reverend M' Smith of Middleton.
19. We had an account from Gen. Washington re- specting some damage done by the enemy at White Plains.
20. I attended public worship in the afternoon at Doct' Ewins. I was invited to the funeral of the Lady of Hon. M' Paca, But being indisposed I did not attend.
21. Doct' Sheal dined with us.
22. I dined with the minister. I wrote to the hon^^® Jere Powell, Esq'.
'Col. Samuel Osgood of Andover, Mass., merchant, officer in the army, afterwards United States Postmaster General and Naval Officer of the Port of New York.
2SamueLLivermore (1732-1803), Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and United States Senator.
»Col. Loammi Baldwin (1745-1807), of Woburn, member of the General Court.
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23. The Hon. the medical com* met in my chamber.
24. Congress sit late upon very important matters. I wrote to y* council of Massachusetts.
25. Congress called upon the States for large sup- plies.
28. I rec'd a letter from the Hon. M' Greenleafi & one from y® Hon' M' Hopkins & several papers from Boston.
29. I wrote to the Hon. M' Derby ,2 M' Sherburne,* M' Story.*
Mar. 2. I dined with the minister of France.
3. Congress agreed to recommend to the States to set apart the last Wednesday in April next as a day of Fasting & prayer. I wrote to y® Hon. Caleb Cushing.
4. Congress rec'd a packet from France this day by the way of Boston.
6. I wrote to the President of the Council of Mass^ Bay. We have accounts that y® enemy are arrived in Georgia.
7. I wrote to the Hon. Dan^ Hopkins, Esq' & dined with the President of Congress.
8. I met the medical committee. Colo. Pickering dined with us & Colo. Nicholos.^
9. Congress lias been in a committee of the whole on finance. This evening a woman was taken as a thief in this house.
10. I met the committee on Finance twice this day.
11. I was with the com* of Finance the chief of the day. I dined with y* minister.
12. I received a letter from Gen. Lincoln.
15. The Post brought no mail from the eastward of Fish-Kill.
16. Wrote to M' Wiat & M' Kittell.
17. I dined with the minister. I wrote to M' Hancock & M' Adams.
18. Congress agreed to call in all the paper currency by taxes.
'Benjamin Greenleaf.
"Richard Derby of Salem, member of the Massachusetts CounciL •*John Samuel Sherburne (1767-1830), of Portsmouth, N. H. "William Story of Boston.
*Col. George Nicholas of Virginia, a leader in the Constitutional Convention and the first Attorney-General of Kentucky.
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20. Rec^ a letter from y" hon. M' Palmer, M' Sullivan & M"^ Avery.
21. I wrote to the Hon M' Greenleaf.
23. Congress have adjourned to Saturday, tomorrow- is good Friday.
24. I wrote to the Hon. M' Palmer & the Hon. M' Sullivan p' Express. Colo Ward & M' Pierse^ dined with us.
25. ' The Hon. M"" Forbes, a member from the State of Maryland, deceased. I dined with the minister of France.
26. I attended the funeral of M' Forbes. Colo. Hend- ley arrived here.
27. Rec'd a letter from my daughter Sally. Congress had letters from M"^ J. Adams.
28. Wrote to the Hon. M' Adams, M' Palmer, M' Gordon, Colo. Orne, M' Hall & his son & Capt. Williams.
29. Gen. Portail is ordered to join the southern army. Colo. Haziel & M"" Law dined with us.
30. M' Maderson^ & M' Killosh* dined with us. Apr. 1. I dined with the President.
5. Congress approved of Gen. Washington's sending Maryland and Delaware troops to S° Carolina.
6. I wrote to Docf Foster. Took a walk with M' Gerry & M' Livermore.
8. Wrote to the Hon. M' Wood by M"^ Partridge. M' Livermore & his son set out home.
9. Sabbath day. Heard M' Armstrong preach. The Hon. M' Partridge left us.
10. I dined with the minister. Congress agreed to make good to the officers & soldiers their pay on account of the depreciation of the money.
11. Wrote to Docf Gordon & Hon. M' Partridge. H. B. I enclosed to M" Holten 400 dollars.
12. D' Eustis* & D' Crage dined with us.
'Probably William Pierce, Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Green, delegate from Georgia.
2James Madison (1751-1836), delegate from Virginia, afterward President of the United States.
■'Francis KInloch, delegate from South Carolina.
*Dr. William Eustis (1753-1825), of Cambridge, Mass., who was serving as a surgeon in the war, with headquarters at West Point, afterward Secretary of War and Governor of Massachusetts.
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13. I received a letter from Josiah Batchelder, Esq*" Congress appointed a com* to repair to headquarters.
14. Maj'' don Ponso went into the country.
15. Baron Steuben set out for headquarters. I rode out with him 5 miles.
17. Wrote to the Hon. Jabez Fisher, Esq' by M*^ Torrey.
19. It is five years this day since the war commenced. I dined with the President of Congress.
20. D^ Sheald dined with us.
22. I rode out with y® President of Congress, Gen. Fulsom & the Sec'y, eleven miles to the sec'y's farm.
24. Rec'd a letter from the Hon. J. Sullivan Esq'.
25. I wrote to the Hon. M' White. M' Peabody set out for headquarters. I rode out with him 5 miles.
28. Wrote to M' Sullivan. Rode out with M' Gerry.
29. I rode out twice. The President of Congress drank tea with us.
30. Rec'd a letter from the Hon. M' Derby.
May 2. Wrote to the Hon. M' Adams, M' Avery, M^ Batchelder, & M' Games.
3. Rec'd a letter from M' Peabody. The medical committee met in my chamber.
5. I rode to Germantown with M' Gates.
6. I rode out & then dined with the minister. Three men were hanged here this day.
8. I attended at the Roman Catholic church on ac- count of the death of Don Juan.
9. I rode out to Frankford.
10. I dined with the President. Wrote to M' Derby.
11. Rec'd a letter from M' Partridge.
12. I dined with the Minister of France.
13. I rode out with y® President of Congress, Gen, Fulsom & M' Ellery.
14. Sabbath day. I attended at D' Duffield's & M' Marshal's. Governeur Morris had his leg cut oif.
'"Last Sunday morning Governr Morris got into his carriage at the city tavern to ride out and his horses took fright and he endeav- ouring to get out, shattered one of his legs to pieces so that it was immediately taken off."— ieffer from Br. Holten to Hon. George Partridge.
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15. I received a letter from Doct* Gordon, D' War- ren & the Hon. M"" Wood. Congress rec'd a packet from France by the Marquis de la Fayette. Agreeable intelli- gence.
17. I met the medical com*.
18. Congress sit twice this day & till 11 o'Clock at night upon important matters.
20. The Marquis made us a visit.
23. I wrote two letters to the President of the Coun- cil. Tire militia of this city mustered & they made a good appearance.
24. I visited the Hon. M' Mulhenburg with M' Ellery & Gen. Fulsom.
25. It is two years this day since I left home. The post brought no letters.
26. I dined with the Minister of France.
27. It is said that 3 women have been drowned in y* Delaware this day.
29. Rec'd a letter from Hon M' Adams, M' Gushing, & 2 from D' Foster.
31. Gen* Election, Boston. I dinedwith the Minister. June 1. Rec'd a letter from D' Brown & M' Avery.
2. Wrote to Messrs. Greenleaf & Cross.i
3. The Hon. M' Gerry set out for Boston & Jere with him. I wrote to the Hon. Council.
5. We have accounts from the southward by which it is supposed Charleston is taken.
6. I wrote to the President of the Council.
7. I dined with y® Minister. M' Lovell's son arrived here.
8. It is said Charles'' was taken the 18*** of May. M" Holten informs me M' Nurse^ died Apl. 7*^
10. We have another account that Charleston surren- dered the ll*** of May.
11. It is said 7 French vessels are arrived here.
12. It is said Charleston is taken by the enemy.
13. I wrote to the hon. M' Hancock, M' Kettell & Jere. Gen. Ward arrived here this morning.
'Stephen Cross of Newburyport. 'Francis Nurse of Danvers.
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14. One of Gen. Lincoln's aids is arrived with the ac- counts of the surrender of Charlestown.
16. I rec'd a letter from M"" Avery, informing me of my appointment to y® council board.
17. I rec'd a letter from the Hon M' Peabody by Gen. Schuyler. James Lovell sit out for Boston.
19. Rec'd a letter from D' Brown, Hon. M"^ Partridge & the Hon. M' Adams, by order of y* council, notifying me of ray appointment to a seat in the Hon. Council.
21. I wrote to the Treasury board.
22. Gen. Lincoln arrived here. I rec'd a letter from D"- Gordon & M' Story.
23. I wrote to the Hon. M"^ Gerry & dined with the President of Congress.
24. The light horse of this city set out to headquar- ters.
25. Sabbath day. I attend public worship in the fore- noon at the Dutch Lutherans.
28, 1 dined with Colo. Pickering. The Hon. M' Adams arrived here from Boston.
29. Rec'd a letter from Colo. Hutchinson & dined with the minister.
July 1. Gen Lincoln set out for headquarters.
3. I received a letter from M"^ Isaac Smith* of Boston.
4. Anniversary of our independence. Congress at- tended the public commencement & had a cold collation with a number of Gent. I wrote to the town of Danvers & to Col. Hutchinson.
7. Wrote to the hon. M' Bowdoin* & Rev. M' Wads- worth.
8. D' Shippen y* Director Gen. of the hospitals paid me a visit. I wrote to the hon' M' Dana and Carmi- chael.
11. Wrote to Isaac Smith, Esq' & to M' Kettell.
15. I rec'd a letter from M' Peabody mentioning y* arrival of y® F[rench] Fleet at R[hode] I[sland.]
17. Dined with y® minister. I rec'd a letter from M"^ Story.
'Isaac Smith, afterward Librarian at Harvard College and precep- tor at Dummer Academy.
^James Bowdoin.
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19. D' Cockron brought me a letter from M' Peabody. I wrote to Gen. Gates.
24. Kec'd a letter from M"^ Warren & Jery.
25. Jery returned & brought me a letter from D. Putnam, Rev. M' Smith, Joseph Hall, M" Holten & my daughter Sally.
26. I began to prepair to return home.
27. Sir James Jay spent the evening with me,
28. The president. Justice McKean & D' Sheal paid me a visit.
29. Sir James Jay spent some time with me upon state affairs.
Aug. 2. I set out from Philadelphia to Boston and am now at M' Thompkins 17 miles from y^ city. This is a good inn.
3. Rode to Howel's Ferrey, 1 7 1-2 miles, dined at M' Cowel's, Then crossed y* Delaware, traveled about 15 1-2 miles to Quakertown.
4. I traveled to Bethlehem 7 or 8 miles & dined, then traveled to Miller's, 12 miles. I overset this day & hurt my ankle & the lock of my Box.
5. I traveled to Hakertown 8 miles & dined at M' Dav"* James', then traveled to Pettit's 10 miles, where I am to lodge this night. The weather is very warm & I am not well.
6. Sabbath day. I traveled to M' Gary's 15 miles & dined, then traveled 7 miles to M' Perry's. The roads very dry.
7. Ti-aveled to M"" Athol's 10 miles, dined, then trav- eled to M' Drake's 10 miles (N. Y. State). This is a good Inn.
8. Rode 13 miles to M' Soring's & dined, then trav- eled 5 miles to N. Winsor, crossed the N[orth] R[iver] to Fish-Kill 3 miles, then traveled 5 miles to M' Bash's. Here I lodge.
9. Traveled about 3 miles, stopped at a Gent. House on account of a shower, then traveled to Colo. Vander- bury's 13 m. & dined, then traveled 9 m. to Colo. More- house's.
10. Traveled 13 m. to N. Milford, dined at Colo. Can- ford's, then 7 m. toward Woodberry. We have not much
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to eat here. The land is very high & the road very bad. N. B. We sit out early.
11. Traveled 7 miles to Woodbury. Breakfasted at M' Gillchrist's. Then traveled 11 miles to Waterbury & dined, then 11 miles to Southerton to M' Lewes's. I be- lieve it is a good Inn. The roads were very bad, except- ing about 5 miles. N. B. Henry overset y® shay.
12. I have not traveled any this day on account of my horses and rain in the forenoon. I am kindly treated here & good entertainment.
13. Sabbath day. I attended public worship in the forenoon. M' Roberson preached a good sermon. I am still at M' Lewes's. Weather very warm.
14. Traveled to Hartford 18 m. dined near the State house, then 8 m. to M' Ellsworth's. A good Inn.
15. Traveled to West Springfield 15 m. & dined, then 6 m. to Springfield, on my way crossed Connecticut River, then traveled 10 miles to Wilbraham, where I now am & I think it is a good inn.
16. Traveled 16 miles, dined at M" Bascom's, then traveled late 17 miles to M' Livermore's in Spencer, where I'm to lodge. I am much ill. A very hot day.
17. Traveled through Worcester to Sims bury, 20 miles, called on Gen. Ward's Lady, but did not see her. Dined at M' Ballard's (a good House), then traveled to Molbury to M' Savin, where I now am, 8 m.
18. Traveled to Watertown, 20 m., & dined at the House where I dined with M' Hancock when I sit out to the southward, then traveled to Charlestown Ferry, 8 m., & arrive at M' Hall's in Boston about 5 o'Clock, where I was received with great respect.
19. I attended at the Hon^^® Council, was sworn & took my seat. The several members of the Board rec'd nie with the kindest respect. I called at D' Lee's lodging & left a card. I visited M" Adams & M" Lovell & M' Warner, but M' W. was not at home.
20. Sabbath day. I attended public worship at D"^ Cooper's. M' Eliot preached & y* D'. I dined at M"^ Bowdoin's & drank tea at M' Warner's.
21. I wrote to the Hon^^^ M"" Lovell. I dined with Capt. Bradford. I drank Tea at M' Bowdoin's with the
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Council & D' Lee. I spent part of the evening at Dea'' Sherbourne's.
22. I attended at the Council. Had a conference with D' Lee. Dined with M' Warner. Drank tea with the Hon. M' Gill & took a walk with D'^ Lee, D"^ Cooper & a number of Gent. & Ladies. D' Lee & D' Cooper spent the evening with me. M" Hall gave us a good supper.
23. I sit out from Boston & dine at M"^ Newhall's in Lynn, where I was met by a number of Gentlemen from Danvers, and they accompanied me home after stopping at ye Bell tavern. I am now arrived at my own House & have all the satisfaction of being with my own Family. I now close this Journal with a sense of divine goodness to me & my family in our long separation.
N. B. The foregoing was a matter of course. I was careful not to make any remarks upon the public affairs in this diary, for reasons I shall not mention at this time.
BEVERLY IN 1700. NO. 6.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
The territory of Beverly included in this section was taken up by the early settlers vei-y slowly as much of the land was rocky and swampy and undesirable for farming purposes. The length from the Wenham town line to the sea, north and south, is about two and three-fourth miles, and its width from Turtle hill to the Wenham line about one mile, east and west.
The designation of Cape Ann Side included this part of Beverly as late as 1670.
The tidal water bounding this section on the south has been generally called the sea ; and Mackerel cove has been so known since 1636.
The sandy shore at the foot of Brackenbury lane was called Patch's beach as early as 1850.
Mingo beach was so called as early as 1804. The name was occasioned by the residence of Robin Mingo upon the headland at its western end, a triangular lot having been given him by the town, from 1728 to his death in 1748, at the age of eighty-seven. He was a colored slave of Thomas Woodbury. He married Deborah Tailer, an Indian slave, in 1707. She survived him, and died in 1769.
Witch lane, which leads northerly into the woods from Hale street, a few rods westerly of Mingo's humble hab- itation, has been so designated since 1806 at least. This passes on the westerly side of " Flora's swamp," a name which was probably derived from some association with Flora, one of the negro slaves of that name in this local- ity. The swamp was so called as early as 1834.
The highland next westerly of Mingo's home, between Hale street and the shore, was called " The Park " as early as 1765, and also Burying Point in 1804. (98)
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The point of' land at the foot of Prince street was called Ober's Point in 1864.
There are two considerable elevations in this section. One of them, Bald hill, was so called as early as 1662 ; and the other, Long hill, has been known by that name since 1662 at least.
Sawyer's plain was so called as early as 1669.
Thissell's brook was called, near Standley street, " y* old houses brook" in 1707 ; and below Hale street Mack- erel Cove creek in 1648 ; the river in 1764 ; the river leading to River Head bridge in 1801 ; and the brook or stream known as Thissell's river in 1901.
Gravelly brook was so called in 1782.
The oldest highway in this region is, of course. Hale street, the original road to Cape Ann. It was there in the earliest settlement ; and was called the country road in 1683 ; the road that leads to Manchester in 1795 ; and was named Hale street in 1838. This road was straight- ened, as shown on the map, about 1840. The bridge over Thissell's brook, near Chapman's corner, was first ordered to be made by Salem as a footbridge in February, 1645-6, by the Salem Quarterly Court. It had not been made three years later, when Gloucester was presented for want of a bridge at this brook. One was eventually constructed, however. It was called River Head bridge in 1801 ; and Thissell's bridge in 1838.
Brackenbury lane was laid out by the selectmen of Beverly March 18, 1678-9, and described in the records as
a Cart high way from the water side through Goodman Bracken- berries farme unto the Drift way' afforesaid and from thence to the way that runs by the north side of bald hill as the way goes the said way to be two pole wide.
That part of this layout between Hale and East Lothrop streets was altered and abandoned in 1682. Brackenbury lane was called a town highway in 1707 ; the highway which leads to the beach in 1765 ; a town way leading down to Patch's beach in 1791 ; Patch's lane in 1801 ; and Brackenbury street in 1850.
'East Lothrop street.
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Prince street was called Point lane in 1834 ; and has been known as Prince street since 1864.
Boyles street was laid out by a committee of the town Nov. 14, 1682, as follows :—
At a meting of the felect men the 21 of Aprell 1686 The Committee then made a Return of a town high way that they the faid Commit- tee laid out as foloweth: wee who were chofen by the town of bev- erly as a Committee to lay out fuch high ways as may be for the Conveinancy of the town: haue on the 14th of the 9th mo: 1682 taken a furvaie of a high way that was formerly laid out through goodman Brackenberys ffarm wee now fee caufe to alter the way and to lay it out in a nother place which is to fay from a drift way which Runs from Ifaac woodberys to a brook that Runs to Nicholas woodberies mill from that drift way over the hill down to Jonathan Boills his houfe as the way is now bounded vnto the water lide by Insign patchis houfe which is to fay two pole wide which way is giuen by faid Brackenbery for the ufe of the town for ever wittness Samuell Corning fBN'
John dodge sen' John Hill
Boyles street was called the town way leading to Mack- erel cove in 1682 ; the road leading from Mackerel cove to Montserat in 1831 ; the highway leading to Mount Serat in 1833 ; and Boyles street since 1850.
That part of Cole street lying eastward of John Wil- liams' house was laid out by a committee of the town April 1, 1686, according to the following record : —
wee whofe names are vnder written have on the fd flrft day of Aprell 88 Laid out a high way tow pole wide through the land Com- monly Known by the name of fawyers plain that is to fay the way begins near the fouth weft Corner of John Williams his houfe and fo Ruus through the plain betwen the land of Lieuetenont thorn- dikes and the land of Georg ftandly and the land of Robert bradford vntell it comes to the land of william Cleaus vpon the northerly fide of (Trauillie Rige through faid Cleeus his land and fo to the high way near Richard patch