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CONTENTS.
Beverly, First Clinrch 'RecoTda(Continued) . Copied by William
P. Upham 833
Custom House Records, Salem and Boston, of the Pre-Hevolu-
tionary Period, 169
Cntler, Dr. Manasseh, Seven Letters to Deacon Francis Low
of Hamilton. Illu$tr<Ued, 817
Dennis, William D. The Fire Clnbs of Salem. IlhtHroUedj . 1
Dixy's Horse^Boat, The Old North Ferry and, ... 29
Dow, George Francis. Salem Commoners' Records, 1718-1789
(Continued) 67, 121
Edgett, Carrie C. Genealogical Note on Israel Porter of
Wenham, 811
English Notes abont Early Settlers in New England. By
Lothrop Withington, 806
Axtell, . . . . 878 FnUer, .... 880
Bradbury, . 877 Hawthorne, 878
Bradstreet,. 878 Hyde, .... 879
Cogswell, ... 877 Peters, ... 869
Cromwell, ... 865 Rnggles ... 872
Ferry, The Old North, and Dixy's Horse-Boat, ... 29
Fire Clnbs of Salem, The. By William D. Dennis. Ulua-
trated 1
First Meeting Hoase in Salem, Report of the Committee on the
Anthenticity of the. lUustratedj . . 209
Gardner, Franic A . , M. D . Thomas Gardner, Planter, and Some
of his Descendants {Continued), . . 88,169,849
Gardner, Thomas, Planter, and Some of his Descendants (Can-
tinued). By Frank A. Gardner, M.D., . SS, 169, 349
Haverhill, Mass., Military Association at, 1798, ... 168
Hltchings, A. Frank. Ship Registers of the District of Salem
and Beverly, 1789-1900, 185
Howard, Cecil H. C. The Pepperrells in America (Con-
tinued), 81
Marine Notes from a book kept in Saiem, 1812-1815 (Con-
tinued). Copied by George L. Peabody, .... 294
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MiUtaryAssocUtionatHaTerhlU, 1798 168
North Ferry and Dixy's Horse-Boat, The Old, . 29
Feabody, George L. Marine Notes from a book kept in Salem,
1812-1815 (CofU<fitte<0> 294
FepperreUs in America, The (ConHniied)^ By Cecil H. C.
Howard, 81
Fhillips, Stephen Willard. Ship Registers of the District of
Salem and Beverly, 1789-1900 185
Fickering, Col. Timothy. Revolntionary Letters written by, Sli, 882
Fickman Silver, The. Illustrated, 97
Forter, Israel, of Wenham, Genealogical Note on. By Carrie
C.Edgett 311
Revolntionary Letters written by CoL Timothy Pickering, 814, 332
Salem Commoners' Records, 1718-1739 (Continued). Copied
by George Francis Dow, 57, 121
Ship Registers of the District of Salem and Beverly, 1789-
1900. By A. Frank Hltchings and Stephen Willard Fhillips, 185
Upham, WlUlam F. Beverly First Chnrch Records( Continued) , 333
Withington, Lothrop. English Notes about Early Settlers in
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Vol. XXXIX. January, 1903. No. 1.
THE FIRE CLUBS OF SALEM.
HY WILLIAM D. DENNIS.
The march of improvement and invention in the Nine-
teenth Century has been very pronounced in many ways,
but in few respects, if any, lias it been more observable,
than in the methods and appliances that are now in use
for the locating and extinguishing of fires.
Today, in our large cities, fire-fighting is a regular
business to which trained men devote their whole time,
and even in smaller municipalities like our own, the same
conditions obtain, although of coui*se in a lesser degree.
The Fii*e Department of the present time, with its
liberal appropriations from city and town governments ;
with its ingenious and elaborate system of electric alarm,
giving at a moment's notice the exact location of a fire ;
the cleverly constructed and powerful steam fire-engines,
in some cases self-propelling, which, with great force, can
throw several streams of water at once, alike great in
volume and in power ; the very useful and indispensable
chemical engine, which by prompt service and action is
so eifective in extinguishing many a fire in its incipient
stages, and often without a general alarm ; the extension-
ladders, easily manipulated, by which great heights may
be readily scaled ; the water tower so effective among
high buildings and so easily handled and controlled ; all
these appliances housed in buildings carefully planned
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and specially constructed for the purpose, with every
improvement that can be had for the comfort of their
occupants, and with every facility for the quickest
response when duty calls, all these unite to make a strong
working combination to combat the fire-fiend, handled
as it is by capable, energetic and enthusiastic men, and
forming a powerful, a systematic, and a thoroughly
effective combination. When we consider, then, the
appliances and methods in use at the present day, as I
have briefly outlined them, it Is interesting by way of
contrast to go back to the early yeai's of this conmiunity,
and learn by what gradual .statros our people have
progressed from the rude and primitive methods of the
olden time, to the finished and eflective apparatus which
is now in use.
It is not my purpose, however, to give in this paper
a detailed history of the Salem Fire Department,
interesting as such a history must necessarily be, for the
reason that my subject does not lie wholly in that
direction, although it has its place, and is closely
identified with the beginnings of that department.
I am to say something of the Fire Clubs of Salem, giving
some account of the reason for their existence, tell as
briefly as I may of the kind of men who fonued them,
and recount some of the services which at least one of
them performed, and that one I am inclined to believe
is a fair sample of all. I can not well begin the
consideration of the subject without some mention of the
earlier efforts of our ancestors, in the way of protecting
themselves from the ravages of fire.
The earliest recorded movement that I find in this
direction, appears in the town records, under date of the
XXV of !•* Mo. [March] 1644. "It is ordered that every
inhabitant in the towne shall procure a ladder for his
house, before the xxiiij"^day of the 4"' monethnoxt, upon
the paine or penaltie of ffive shillings for defect thereof."
As one means of regulating a very prolific cause of
fires it was ordered, in 1663, that chimneys be regularly
swept. Aug. 13, 1679, the records again say that, at
a meeting of the selectmen, the following vote was
passed : " Itt is ordered that there shall bee provided upon
the townes Acount, soo many hooks & Instniments as
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may bee nessesary in Case of fire." These included two
or three dozen cedar buckets, until leather buckets could
be had.
Again we read : " Att a Generall Towue meeting
Legally warned, held at Salem, December 18, 1699,
voated, That y* Selectmen doe Provide at y* charge of
y* Towne, Twenty Watter buckets, good, and two Iron
Hooks and Poles, to ti'&sten hold on a house to pull itt
downe when afire, & to be kept in y* Towne House GaiTett
and marked T : S :"
The people of Salem at that day had good reason to
take action to protect themselves from conllagrations, for
the year previoujj occurred what was afterwards, for a
period of seventy-six A'cai'.s, known vls "The Great Fire."
Several dwelling.^ were burned on the spot, about the head
of St. Peter street, now partly covered by the Essex
House, the East India Marine Hall and Bowker Block,
involving a loss of some £5,000. It was natuial then
that the townspeople should jmss the vote here quoted.
The town evidently increased its stock of fire apparatus
from time to time, for we learn that on the 7th of July,
1729, "some ladders and more hooks and buckets were
ordered."
We can easily hnagine the methods our fathers used
when the alarm of fire was sounded. A fire was a very
serious affair in a town like Salem, composed as it was of
wooden buildings and compactly built, and particularly
was this felt to be so after "the Great Fire."
On the occasion of an alarm, all of the townspeople
who were able so to do would hasten to the scene of
action, many of them taking buckets from their homes,
while those owned by the Town would find ready use.
The ancient custom of fonning two lines of the people,
in which doubtless the women and children had a part,
was, we may believe, effectual on such occasions. The
lines would reach from the nearest well or other source
of water-supply to the fii'e ; one set of workers passing
the full buckets from one to the other until the contents
were thrown upon the flames, while down the other line
the emptied vessels were passed from hand to liand until
the well was reached again.
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There was at such times no regular organization to
assume the direct charge of this work. There were no
lirewards, as such, though from 1G79 the selectmen and a
few others had been clothed Avith like powei's, and no
engineers or foremen to direct tlie movements of those
so zealously and so busily engaged. We may however
believe that on such occasions there must have been
that natural leadership, which in times of emergency
generally manifests itself, and is always effective in the
management and direction of voluntary workers. We
may also believe that in a communit}* like Salem, and
in the other towns as well, every good citizen was
naturally interested in the prej^ervation and safety of his
neighbor's property when endangered, and all were ready
and willing to perform their part when the occasion
demanded.
It was natural then that, following in the line of
progi-ess, for Salem was a gi-owing town, thriving in its
business, and increasing in its population, while it was
plain that good work might be done in times of need by
unorganized volunteers, the time was approaching when
some systematic movement was to be started.
In organization is strength, and some of the active,
thinking men of the town began to realize this, and as a
practical result of their deliberations we tind that, in
March, 1744, just a century after the first recorded action
of the Town, twenty-eight or thirty of them foniied what
was afterwards known as the Old Fire Club, and this
was the pioneer of the associatiojis of the kind in the
town, and the first organized movement that eventually
led to the formation of a fire-department. The founders
of the club were undoubtedly some of the leading business
and professional men of this community. A list of the
members, printed some years after its fonuation, gives,
among others, such names as Benjamin Pickman, John
Buffington, William Stearns, Edward Augustus Holyoke,
Benjamin Goodhue, Joseph Grafton, Jonathan Peele,
Francis Bowden Dennis and Edward Pulling. William
Gray joined the club in 1790; Robert Leach was clerk
for several years.
I am unable to state just how long this organization
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continued its active work, but it probably survived well
into the nineteenth century.
We gain a fair idea of the objects of the club by a studj'
of its Articles or By Laws. The Preamble reads as follows :
"We, the subscribers, members of the Old Fire Club,
so-called, having associated for the more speedy and
effectual assistance of each other in securing our property
when in danger by fire, have adopted and do agree to
the following articles."
Briefly summarized, the aiticles provided :
1. That the membershipof the Club shallbe limited to 25.
2. That each member shall have two leather bucket.?
in one of which shall be a bag two yards in length and
J of a yard in breadth, all with the owner s name marked
thereon.
3. At an alann of fire each member shall immediately
repair, with his buckets and bag, to the dwelling house,
ware-house or shop of that member which he apprehends
most in danger, and use his best endeavors, by direction
of the Owner if present, to receive and secure all his
goods, under penalty of what the Society shall determine.
4. A watch word was required, whereby to know one
another; every member to whisper it to the clerk, at
each quarterly meeting, and to any other member when
challenged, under penalty of Is.
5. The members were to be acceptable to each other,
for one negative vote would prevent any person from
becoming a member of the Society.
6. Six ladders shall be procured by the Society, of
such dimensions as the Society shall determine, painted
and marked with the Society's name, and constantly kept
in such places as the Society shall direct.
In this connection it is interesting to quote from
the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, who was
instrumental in forming a Fire Club in Philadelphia in
1737, some seven years previous to the organization of
the Old Fire Club in Salem, He says : " I wrote a paper
on the different accidents and carelessnesses by which
houses were set on fire, with cautions against them and
means proposed of avoiding them. This was spoken of
as a useful piece, and gave rise to a project which soon
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followed it, of forming a company for the more ready
extinguishing of fires, and mutual assistance in removing
and securing of goods when in danger. Associates to this
scheme were presently found, amounting to thirty.
Our articles of agreement obliged every member to keep
always in good order, and fit for use, a certain number of
leathern buckets, with strong bags and baskets (for
packing and transporting of goods) , which were to be
brought to eveiy fire ; and we agreed about once a month
to spend a social evening together, in discoursing and
communicating such ideas as occuiTed to us upon the
subject of fires, as might be useful in our conduct on such
occasions."
He farther says : "The utility of this institution soon
appeared, and many more desiring to be admitted than
we thought convenient for one company, they were
advised to form another, which was accordingly done ;
and thus went on one new companj'' after another, till
they became so numerous as to include most of the
inhabitants who were men of property."
While the Old Fire Club was organized for the mutual
benefit of the members, it is safe to assume that their
efforts were not exclusively confined within these limits,
but were at the service of their fellow citizens.
. There is reason to believe that the formation and
practical working of this club were an incentive to other
good people of the town to improve still farther the
prevailing conditions as regarded the extinguishing of
fires ; for, at a town-meeting on the 20th of March, 1749,
Richard Derby and others were granted leave **to buy a
fire engine, be a company for it, & were excused from
town offices," and if any one of them remove or die, his
son to succeed him as a member."
In March, 1750, the town accepted the engine provided
by these men. This engine was called Qie ''Union,"
and was a small affair. It had no suction, but had to be
filled from buckets. It remained in possession of one of
our local hand-engine companies for many years, and
in July, 1866, was presented to the William Penn Fire
Association of Philadelphia, at that time on a visit to
Salem as guests of the William Penn Hose Company of
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this city ; a photograph of it has been obtained through
the courtesy of the present owners. While this engine
was not the first to be used in this country, it is probably
the oldest in existence in our land today, and we must
regret that it was ever allowed to leave Salem. It is
recorded that in 1654 Joseph Jenks built a fire-engine in
Lynn, for the town of Boston. This engine antedates
our own ''Union " by nearly a eentur}', but the nature of
it is not a matter of record.
On the 4th of March, 1751, the Hon. Benjamin Lynde
and others purchased another fire-engine and the town
accepted it. Salem had now a Fire Club and two Engine
Companies, and in order to have some recognized
authority in fire matters, the Town appointed, under an
act of the Province passed in 1744, several persons to
act as Fire Wardens, whose dutv it was to takecharofe of
fires, keep the lines of bucket-passers well filled, see that
every man did his duty, and exercise that general dis-
cretion which a view of the whole field made possible.
In after years these ofiicials were provided with stout
poles five feet long, tipped with brass spear-heads, as
emblems of their authority. Some of these poles are
preserved in our collections.
But two engines did not long suffice, and in November,
1767, Benjamin Pickman, one of the members of the
Old Fire Club, and a public-spirited citizen, imported an
engine from London, at a cost of £73, 4s. 6d., and a third
Engine Company was formed.
Sept. 13, 1770, a second Fire Club was organized and
was named the Union. Like its predecessor this club
was also composed of prominent citizens of the town, for
some of its members were Joseph Sprague, Zachariah
Burchmore, William West, John Dutch, Benjamin
Daland and Xathan Pierce. David Mason and Robert
Foster, who were prominent at the North Bridge in
February, 1775, were also members, as was Joseph
Hiller, the first collector of the Port of Salem, under the
Federal Constitution. The first article of its By-Laws
reads as follows :
''That if God in his Providence should permit the
breaking out of fire in Salem, we will endeavour to be
helpful to one another in extinguishing the same, and
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taking care of each other's goods, according to the best of
our judgments ; and we will repair with our buckets and
bag to that member and follow his directions if present."
The other articles are on substantially the same lines
as those of the Old Fire Club, as regards the supplying
of the members with buckets and bag, but penalties
were provided in case they should be -vvithout these
indispensable appliances. A lack of buckets would
subject the delinquent to a fine of 8 pence, while it would
cost him 4 pence to be without a canvas bag.
One curious provision of the by-laws was to the eftect
that each member should sen-e in turn as Clerk. Any
member refusing was to pay a fine of 8 shillings, and the
next person in order should ^'sen^e or pay the fine."
The Clerk's duty was to "moderate at meetings ; to
observe the condition of the buckets and bag of each
member, at the time when he warns the meetings ; to
secure all fines and account for the same to the company ;
to pay the reckoning at each meeting before 9 o clock ;
and attend himself all meetings that may be called, on
penalty of 2 shillings."
Next in order came the Social Fire Club, formed in
1774, a year memorable in the annals of Salem, as being
that of the great conflagration which destroyed Rev. Dr.
Whittaker's church, the Custom House, eight dwellings,
and fourteen stores and shops about Town House Square.
The church stood about on the site of what is now the
Perley block on Essex street. This was a time when the
three fire-clubs and the three engine-companies had plenty
of business on hand. Of the fourth club formed no
record seems to have been found.
Other Fire Clubs were organized from time to time, the
full list being as follows :
Number Five
in
1783
Social No. 2
ff
1793
Amitv
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1796
Relief
fr
1803
Washington
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1803
Adroit
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1806
Active
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1806
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Hamilton in 1809.
Enterprise " 1810.
Union and Amity " 1812.
Volant " 1816.
Adroit No. 2 " 1831.
Namnkeag " 1832.
The "Boston Street," the "Alert," and the "Sons of
Temperance," were also on the list of Fire Clubs, but I
am unable to give the dates of their organization.
With some five exceptions, I have not been able to
obtain any particulars of these Clubs. Some of them
evidently had a brief existence, while others lived for a
long period. It was the custom of at least one Club to
hold its business meetings at the houses of its members.
I have seen an old notice to this etfect, which reads as
follows :
"Salem, Sept. 1, 1791.
The Number Five Fire Club Txill meet at the house of
Samuel Robinson at 7 o'clock next Thursday evening
when your company is desired.
B, Webb, Clerk.
To Capt. M. Derby, Jr."
The Relief Fire Club, organized in 1803, had a notable
membership. On one of the printed lists of members I
find the names of Joseph S. Cabot, Stephen C. Phillips,
Asahel Huntington, David Pingree and Xathaniel Silsbee,
Jr., all of whom have served our city with honor and
fidelity in the Mayor's chair, in days when the position
was not the prize of incompetent seekers for public office,
but was a trust placed by the people in the hands of high
minded and honorable men. The legal profession was
well represented in this Club, for such men as Otis P.
Lord, Nathaniel J. Lord, George 'Wheatland and Joseph
G. Waters were enrolled therein.
The Washington Fire Club was also associated in 1803,
Oct. 10 of that year being the date of its formation.
Among the charter members were John Barr, Philip
Chase, Ichabod Tucker, John Pickering, Jr., Nathaniel
Bowditch and Abijah Noithey, Jr. Benjamin Merrill,
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the eminent lawyer, joined the club in 1817, — as did
Daniel A. White, who for many years was Judge of
Probate for the County of Essex.
The articles which governed this Club are interesting.
"Whereas," they begin, "many important advantages
have resulted from the institution of Fire Clubs, by
aftbrding relief and security to the persons and property
of each other when in danger by fire, and by promoting
harmony and good friendship among the members of such
association. We the subscribers agree to fomi ourselves
into a company by the name of the Washington Fire
Club, and for the good order of the same do assent to
and adopt tlie following articles."
This club was limited to forty members by Article I,
and unanimous consent was reciuired to elect a member.
"If a candidate is rejected, he cannot be balloted for at
the same meeting, nor at any future meeting, unless as
many members are present as were at the time he was
rejected."
In addition to the regulation buckets and bag to be
owned by the individual members, it was provided that
fom- ladders, two of 25 feet in length, and two of 34 feet,
should be procured by the club for its exclusive benefit,
painted and marked with the club's name, and constantly
kept in such places as it should direct. A penalty of
two dollars was provided for lending or removing the
ladders.
If any member should lose his buckets or bag at a fire,
the same would be replaced at the club's expense, Imving
previously been "cried by the Town Crier."
An acquaintance on the part of the members with the
premises of their associates was early determined upon,
for, at a meeting held Dec. 17, 1804, it was voted : "That
the Clerk, at every meeting, is directed to call upon each
member to describe the particular situation of some other
member's house, and if any member shall be unable to
answer, he shall pay a fine of twenty-five cents."
I liave had access to the records of three Fire Clubs,
and from these records I have learned something of the
work which they have done in a practical way in times of
danger, and I have also read something of their doings in
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a social way, when they were accustomed to gather at
their yearly feasts. A complete set of the records of the
Active Fire Club has been deposited with the Essex
Institute, and they contain much that is of interest.
This club was foiined Feb. 20, 1806, and at the
meeting for organization Seth Low was Moderator and
Joseph Hale was Clerk. Seth Low was the father of
Abiel Abbot Low, through whoso generous benefactions
man}'^ of our Salem young people have been a.ssisted in
obtaining a college education, and grandfather of Seth
Low, now mayor of New York City. Mr. Low continued
a member of the club until he left Salem to reside in
Brooklyn in 1829. The Preamble of the Club's Articles
is interesting as it was prepared by Mr. Low. It reads
in this wise :
"Convinced of the necessity of vigorous and well
directed exertions in cases of fire, and having witnessed
the confusion that usualh' prevails on such occasions, and
the frequent, unnecessary loss and destiiiction of property
through rash and precipitious conduct, we, the subscribers,
in order to give energy to our conduct, and more effect-
ually aid in extending protection to persons and property
endangered by fire, agree to form ourselves into a
company, and assume the name of the Active Fire Club,
and for the good order of the same submit to the following
articles." These ai*e similar in their nature to those of
the other Fire Clubs, which I have herein quoted.
The membership of this club, from its beginning in
1806 until its dissolution in 1877, was composed of the
same class of men as were enrolled in the ranks of its
predecessors, men well known in our city, and men who
have had a prominent part in public affairs.
In the long and honorable line of Moderators I note
such names as Col. Joseph G. Spraguc, Col. Henry
Whipple, Dr. Geo. Choate, Judge Elisha Mack, Col.
Francis Peabody, Capt. James Upton, Albert G. Browne,
Francis Cox and Richard C. Manning, together with some
others who have seiwed our city honestly and faithfully
in the capacity of Maj^'or. Among these I may mention
Stephen P. 'NVebb, Henry L. Williams, Henr}^ K. Oliver
and Joseph B. F. Osgood. Capt. Joseph Cloutmau, a
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long time our City Clerk, was one of the Moderators, and
all of them were of more or less note in the affairs of this
community. Joseph Hale, grandfather of Col. Henry
A. Hale, was the first Clerk; he was followed by Eben
Worcester who served for thirteen years ; then Jonathan
Perley, senior, one of the original members, held the
position for forty years, until his decease in 1863. His
son Jonathan succeeded him and continued in otBce as
Ion IT as the chib existed, until 1877,
The Active Fire Chib had a watchword, and I find it
noted several times in the records of the innual
mcetinsrs. Sonic of thcrse words were : "Stronc ' "O I
Yes," "Active,"' "Ready," and one <|ueer woi 1, the
meaning of which I do not comprehend, "Quisy."
Oiu' fathers adopted some rules which to us see n very
strict. For example, in the by-laws of the Town of
Salem, adopted in 1805, I find this: ''Ordered, that no
person shall smoke any pipe or segar in any street,
highway, lane or public building in said town by day or
night, under penalty of forfeiting for every offence the
sum of three dollars.''
If such a bv-law was in effect todav, and was to anv
degree enforced, I am afraid that the pa}Tiient of fines
incurred by smoking in some of our public buildings,
would cut very deeply into the salaries of some of our
officials ; but, on the other hand, it would relieve the
burden of taxation.
Our fathers were law-abiding people, and there seems
to have been a concerted movement among the Fire
Clubs, looking to the enforcement of the town by-laws,
and this one in particular, for we read that, at a
meeting of the ^Yashington Fire Club, held June 18,
1806, it was voted "that a committee be chosen of this
club to confer with a committee or committees that may
be chosen by any other Fire Clubs, respecting the
adoption of some measures to carry into eftect the
by-laws of this town against smoaking segars in the
streets," and "Ichabod Tucker, John Prince and Joseph
Moriartv be a committee for the purpose above named."
The Union Fire Club previously passed a vote to the
effect, " that the members of this club will concur in any
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measure that they can judge proper, to carry into effect
the by-laws of this town against smoking segars in the
streets," and the Active Fire Club promptly gave its
assent to the proposition by appointing John Jenks,
Theodore Morgan and Samuel Goodhue as a committee
to confer upon the matter. It is evident from this action
that the Fire Clubs were composed of men who were in
favor of law and order. The records are silent as to the
result of their deliberations, and we can not learn just
what line of action was taken.
The early records of the Enter])rise Fire Club have
recently been deposited with the Essex Institute, and
from them I learn that the club was associated, Dec. 3,
1810. John Freeland, Joseph McCoumb and John Adams,
Jr., were appointed a committee to ditift articles, and
they performed their duty well. The introduction to the
articles is a good sample of the result of their labors :
"Whereas, many important advantages have resulted
from the laudable institutions of Fire Clubs, as they are
not only calculated to atford relief and assistance to the
persons and property of each other when in danger by
tire, but also to promote harmony and good friendship
among the members hereof; we, the subscribers,
accordingly agree to form ourselves into a company by
the name of the Enterprise Fire Club, and for the good
order of the same do assent to and adopt the following
articles.''
Joseph McCoumb was the first Moderator, and Daniel
Millett the first Clerk. There were thiity-three members
at the organization, but they soon attained the limit of
their membership which was originally set at forty. In
later years the number was increased to sixty.
Among the charter members were John Howard, John
West, Nathaniel Appleton, Nathaniel Trumbull, Daniel
ilillet, William Harris and Abraham Tme ; and in after
years there were enrolled such men as Putnam I. Farnham,
Peter E. Webster, Warwick Palfrav, Lott Alden, Lemuel
B. Hatch, Asa C. Dix, Daniel P.Fitz, Charles A. Ropes,
Thomas H. Johnson and Gen. Geo. H. Peirson. Mr.
Fitz was Clerk for many years. David P. Waters was the
last elected Moderator, with Tristram T. Savory as Clerk.
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The records of this club are very concise, and one
volume contains the transcript of over sixty years, all
recorded in the briefest possible terms. In many
instances half a dozen lines sui&ce for the record of a
meeting, and an almost invariable form of closing the
account ^vas "atler transacting the usual business of the
Club it was voted to adjourn." The annual feasts never
failed to give great satisfaction, for often it is recoixied
that '' thanks as usual were voted to Mr. Leavitt for the
good supper."
This Club, and its younger neighbor, the Xuumkeag
Fire Club, were, when the nineteenth century closed, the
sole sunivors of all the organizations of this kind in
Salem, and it has met regularly until within two yeai-s.
Its annual meetings especially have long been noted as
seasons of soeiabifity and good cheer. The records of
the Xaumkeag Fire Club are more complete and give more
details of its active and social work than do the records
of the other clubs which I have examined, and I am able
to transcribe many interesting particulars.
In July, 1832, a number of the young business and
professional men of the town met at the office of David
Roberts for the purpose of organizing a new Fire Club.
There were present David Roberts, then a young lawyer ;
Henry Hale, for many years after to be favorably known
in the hardware trade ; Caleb Foote, 29 yeai-s of age,
even tlien part owner of the Salem Gazette, of which,
in another year he was to be the sole proprietor. There
was John Bertram, just retmngfrom twenty years' service
in an active, sea&ring life, and even then entering on
his long and prosperous mercantile career. There was
Benjamin F. Browne, the druggist, William Ives, the
publisher of the Salem Observer, together with Jeremiah
S. Perkins, then a mercliant tailor, David Pulsifer, a
well-known painter, Joseph Shatswell and Isaac H.
Frothinghum, Aaron Perkins and Stephen Osborne,
George Southward, the artist, and others, all representa-
tive men, all highly esteemed and respected by their
fellow citizens. Twenty-six years before, Joseph Hale,
the father of Henrj' Hale, was one of the leaders in the
formation of the Active Fire Club. It was therefore
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quite appropriate for Henry Hale, the son, to be one of
the leaders at the beginning of a new Club of this kind.
On motion of Henry Hale it was voted to call this
association the Naumkeag Fire Club. Messrs. Jeremiah
S. Perkins, David Roberts, William Brown, Jr., Joseph
Pulsifer and Benjamin S. Newhall were appointed a com-
mittee to draft rules and reguktions.
It was voted that each member be provided with a set
of fire buckets, a bag and a bed-key, and those who can
remember that complicated and perplexing aliair, the
old-fashioned corded bed, will readily perceive the
wisdom of securing the last named article as one of
the requisites of the club. Without it no four-post
bedstead could be taken in pieces.
William Osborn, Aaron Perkins and John Bertmm were
appointed a conmiittee to ascertain the cost of the articles
before named.
On the 18th of July the several committees reported
and the organization of the Club was perfected with
a roll of forty-two members.
The Preamble to the Rules and Regulations was plain in
language but expressive : '' We, the subscribers, in order
to render effective aid in protecting each other's property
when endangered by fire, hereby agree to associate
ourselves together and be known by the name of the
Xaurakeag Fire Club, which shall be governed by the
following rules and regulations ;" and these are sub-
stantially the same as those of the other Fire Clubs.
Dr. Benjamin F. Browne was chosen the first President,
and Henry Hale was elected Clerk, but declined the
position, and Joseph Chisholm was chosen in his place, and
served faithfully until his decease in 1885, a period of over
fifty-three years. Joseph Chisholm was a line and twine
manufacturer and for many years his place of business
was on ]Mill Hill, as it was once called, now Washington
street, and nearly opposite Harbor street. His ropewalk
was the last of the establishments of that kind in our
city, and he continued in the business as long as he lived.
He was a very genial, honorable, high minded man, a
good citizen, ''whose fidelity in his walk in life may
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stand as an example to those who fill wider spheres, and
discharge more conspicuous duties. "*
As indicating the business conditions of Salem in 1832,
when the Naumkeag Fire Club was organized, a note of
the Secretary's, which I find in the records, is of interest.
** At this time," he says, "our good old town enjoyed a
commercial prosperity, second to none perhaps in New
England. We then had in active business, the Peabodys
(Joseph and Augustus) , father and son, who owned about
forty scjuare-rigged vessels ; Pickering Dodge, who
occupied the store on Derby Street (now Central, and at
present occupied by the Ropes Brothers), and owned
several ships ; Putnam I. Farnham and Frye, the Fabens
brothers, Ben. Creamer, David and Thomas Pingree,
Robert Upton, Stephen and Michael Shepard, Gideon
Tucker, Robert Brookhouse, John Beitram and Joseph
Shatswell, the two last named being members of our club.
At this time there were six distilleries in active operation
in Salem, turning molasses into rum, and this article, with
gunpowder, were the principal eonmiodities which our
merchants shipped to Africa, receiving in retm^n Palm Oil,
Hides, Ivory and Gold Dust."
Like all the other Fire Clubs the Xaumkeag was fortunate
in the class of men who constituted its membership. I
mention here a few of those who have served as President
as fair examples of the other members. Foiu* of them
have been mayors of Salem. On this list I find the names
of David Roberts, Dr. Edward A. Ilolyoke, James
Chamberlain, Abraham Kimball, James Kimball, Stephen
Osborn, Charles W. Upham, William Ives, Caleb Foote,
Daniel H. Mansfield, Rufiis B. Gifiord and Samuel Calley.
Among the former Presidents who are still living, I note
the names of Henry W. Peabody, Samuel G. Jones,
John H. Bell, John M. Raraiond, Joseph X. Peterson,
Edward Collins, Josiah B, Osborn and Frank A. Newell.
The last elected President was Herbert Osborn and the
writer of this paper has served as Secretary since the
decease of Mr. Chisholm.
At the fiftieth anniversary of the Club in 1882, one of
the members, of a poetical turn of mind, read some
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rhymes in which he pleasantly introduced the names of
many prominent members, and from this I quote :
" Yet we may well be proud
Of the names upon that list !
As their memories round us crowd,
Oh ! how their forms 'are missed !
• The druggist of antiquarian taste,
Regular as a clock, but nerer in haste,
As a ^Dartmoor Prisoner' known in town.
Was our first President,— Doctor Browne.
Uolyoke, Roberts and others did preside,
Who in the passing years have died.
But who the liring Presidents? you inquire.
I answer Perkins, Benjamin, Aaron and Jeremiah,
And Pulsifer, Chamberlain, Loring, Jones and Galley--
We wish they all were present at this rally !
If we, to heal the sick, had power.
We'd send for Aaron Perkins for an hour,—
His hands to grasp, his honest face to see,—
The handsomest of all the handsome three !
May we not look for Jeremiah?
Whose anecdote:} can never tire.—
Of whom it truly can be said
He*s gentle to the living, careful of the dead !
But of all glad words of my tongue or pen,
Of these three Perkinses, here is Ben I
Amongst all the names upon that roll
Of living and dead, there's not a soul
Whose deeds compare, before or since.
With good John Bertram, our Merchant Prince !
His magnificent gifts to the sick and poor.
In old Salem will make his fame endure !
Yon see our li»t is honored well
In names too many for me to tell ;
But this last name of generous friend.
A noted list will nobly end I"
In the twenty years that have pas-sed since these lines
were written, all the nion alluded to the vein have joined
the "great and silent majority " with the exception of Mr.
Samuel (t. Jones, who is still livinir and a resident ot
Salem.
So much for the membership of the Xaumkeag Fire
Club, a club which has furnished two conofressmen, four
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mayors, several senators and a score or more of repre-
sentatives to the General Court, to say nothing of that
large number who have sensed our city in the board of
aldermen, on the school committee and in the common
council. It is well now to say something of the active
work of the organization in times when prompt action
was demanded.
At a special meeting, Sept. 10, 1835, Mr. David
Pulsifer stated in warm terms his appreciation of the
club's services and usefulness at his house when recently
on fii-e. He remarked tliat tlie person who first gave the
alami to his family was a member of the club.
The fire alluded to occurred the week before and
burned the house of Joshua Loring on Marlboro street,
now Federal, opposite the First Baptist church. Mr.
PuLsifer's house was on Lynde sti'eet in the rear of the
burned premises on Marlboro street. The house of ^Ir.
David Perkins on Lynde street was also in danger. Mr.
Perkins was a member of the Active Fire Club, which
was time to its name on this occasion. It is stated tliat,
at this fire, the Active Club removed the etfects of Mr.
Perkins with great care and returned them to the house
without damage. A bowl containing milk was one of the
articles removed, and was returned ^vitliout losing an}" of
its contents.
Feb. 17, 1837, is noted for two reasons. First, it was
a very cold day, the thermometer indicating 3° below
zero, and a cutting storm of snow and sleet was raging.
Second, a serious fire occurred on Bridge street, during
which the large ropewalks of William Stickney and
Joshua Saftbrd were entirely consumed. The rope walk
of Stephen Whitmore, Jr., was in gi-eat danger, and the
Xaumkeag Fire Club took charge of the building and
contents, in connection witli the Enterprise Fire Club, of
which the senior ^Mr. AVhitmore's partner was a member.
The stock and manutactured articles together with some
of the tools were removed to a place of safety. In about
an hour the building was declared out of danger, and the
tools and unfinished manufactures were returned to the
place whence they were taken, while the finished products
were stored in a barn opposite.
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As showing the zeal and faithfulness of the club, it is
worthy of note that, at the roll-call after the fire, forty
members responded to their names ; while five others had
been present at the fire but were obliged to leave before
the names were called, and of the remainder only six were
absent without leave.
March 25, 1844, Mayor Stephen P. Webb said, in the
course of his inaugural address, ''We have much cause
for thankfulness in our continued exemption from the
frightful ravages of tire, to which our neighbors have
been exposed the past year. Xo building within the
limits of the city has been destroyed by fire, and but one
alarm which attracted general attention has been given.
One building only has been desti'oyed by fire in this city
since Oct. IS, 1889.'' But this happy period of immunity
was soon to come to an end, and on Dec. 18, 1844,
occurred the great tire in Front street. It started in the
steam saw-mill of James N. Buffum, and destroyed seven
buildings on Front street, four on Lafayette street, and
nine on Fish street, together with a large quantity of
merchandise, the total loss being estimated at S100,000.
One of the buildings burned wos the three-story dwelling
house of Mr. Joseph Shatswell on Front street. Mr.
Shatswell was a member of the Naumkeag Fire Club, and at
one of the meetings he thus relates his experience. He says :
''By the great Front street fire my house was burned. It
WHS insured in Boston. 1 went to the Insurance OflSce
and stated my loss. The President of the oflSce asked me,
'had you your furniture insured ?' 'Xo, sir,' was my reply.
'How long have you kept house?' 'Sixteen years.' Tou
might as well not have had it insiu'ed, for we should have
charged you extra insurance, wear and tear and breakage
in moving." 'I belong,' T said, 'to the Naumkeag Fire
Club of sixty members. On the alaim of fire they re-
paired to my house, put a guard to my front door, —
removed my furi;iturc and all my valuable papers to a place
of safety.' 'I wish,' said the President, 'that we had more
such organizations in Boston. I would give them a supper
myself every year.'" Mr. Shatswell further remarked,
that the President instructed the secretary of the Company
to make out a check for $2500, the full amount of the
insurance upon the house, and to pay the same over to
Mr. Shatswell before he left the oflSce.
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At this same fire 'the property of members Chamber-
lain, Pulsifer and Pond was in danger, and the Club kept
a Tigilant watch thereon ready to act if their services
should be required. At this fire old *" Concert Hall'' was
consumed and the Phoenix Building has replaced it- This
was a hall of a good deal of historical interest. It was
built in 1793, by a syndicate of leading merchants, in
order to provide the Town with an up-to-date Market-
House (we had no Town Hall then) and also to furnish
the down-in-town section with a convenient assembh'-room.
The first floor was arranged with .stalls, and for a time an
excellent market was maintained there, but popular
feeling was agains^t it, man}' buyers preferring to trade
in the old way from the cart's tail, at their own doora.
Later the lower story was leased to Nathaniel Safibrd for
the hardware business. The second floor had been
elaborately finished for balls, concerts, lectures, juggler}',
and classes in dancing, singing and fencing, and all soits
of social entertainments. Hamilton Hall was built in
1805, but it was built by Federalists, and so was the
Federal Street Assembly House, built in 1782, and the
down-town element was Republican, and the two parties
did not mix much in social matter. Ex-Mayor and Ex-
Congressman Saltonstall is said to have rushed down in
dressing-gown and slippers fi'om his study in Chestnut St.,
in response to the Front street alann and, when nothing
could be done to save the hall, to have stood by and wept
at the thought of happy evenings he had passed there.
Passing by several fires of more or less importance, we
come to the second fire at the Franklin building, Jan. 4,
1859. The first fire at this building occurred Jan. 29,
1845, and resulted in serious loss. On the occasion of
the second fire the members of the Naumkeag Fire Club
rallied promptly, although it was a cold winter's morning
and a driving snowstorm was raging.
The records say : " Our esteemed member, David
Roberts, Esq., was an occupant of rooms on the second
floor. By the timely aid of members attending and under
the direction of Capt. Charles Upton, our President, and
Mr. Mark Kimball, Mr. Roberts's books, papers and
furniture were for the most part soon deposited in a place
of comparative safety. Mr. Roberts sought a new location
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and before neon, all his effects were safely, though in a
disordered condition, placed in his newly acquired r^oms
on Washington Street." The dwellings and places of
business of James Emerton and James Kimball and the
place of Imsiness of Mr. Isaac P. Noyes were near the
Franklin building and in danger, and the vigilant members
of the club kept a faithful watch on these premises until
the danger was past. At the next meeting Mr. Roberts
expressed very earnestly his deep sense of the utility of
the Nanmkeag Fire Club, and his ol)ligations to the
members for the assistance afforded him.
On the 8th of June, 1859, Salem was visited by a most
destructive conflagration which has since been known as
the Mansion House Fire. Starting in the Mansion House
stables in the West Yard, the flames spread with great
rapidity and caused great destraction of property, anci the
loss of one life. The Mansion House, which stood on the
site of the main building now occupied by Almy, Bigelow
and Washburn, was destroyed, and the fire extended to
Church street on the north, an<l to St. Peter street on
the east, barely avoiding the Essex House, and involving
the loss of thirteen buildings including stores, dwelling
houses, stables, workshops^, etc. The West Yard, or
Mansion House Yard, was a bnsy hive then, with some-
thing of a history. It opened out both on Church street and
on Essex street. The Mansion Honse was an old gambrel-
roofed homestead, built by Colonel Turner on the site of
the "King's Arms" Tavern, and later bought hy Captain
Nathaniel West, who loaned it for the entertainment of
President Jackson in 1833. The yard in the rear was
surrounded with a line of mechanics' shops, grouped there
in order to be able to do eveiy branch of carriage-work for
the stage-companies and others. There were wheelwrights
and blacksmiths and upholsterers and painters and harness-
makers, — first-rate workmen all, — and here began the
great carriage-building enterprise of the Brothers
Abbott, who removed to Concord, Xew Hampshire, and
have since supplied the travelling world with Concord
wagons and stage-coaches. It was a hard night for
the firemen and they worked like heroes. Engines were
present from all the surrounding towns and did valuable
sei*vice. The firemen were not dismissed until late the
next forenoon, having worked from seven to twelve
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consecutive hours. There was work too for all of the Fire
Clubs, and we may believe that they were busily employed.
Mr. James A. Farless, a member of the Xaumkeag Fire
Club, conducted the hardware business in a store located,
in what is now the Perkins building next to the West
estate. This store had a wooden annex used as a ware-
room, and extending into the West Yard. The members
of the Club took charge of Mr. Farless':* store. Then
most of them worked packin»: up his goods and removing
them to the armory of the Salem Light Infantry in the
Phcenix building, of which company Mr. Farless was
captain. Several of the members were busily employed
in throwing water from buckets on the wooden part, and
by so doing kept the fire back. But for this it might have
burned the entire building, and gone south or east across
Essex street or to the Essex House. Xo water could be
spared by the fire department for it was busily employed
in other parts of the fire. For two hours the boarding
was prevented from blazing, through the effective work of
those members of the Club who threw on the water so
industriously. It is pleasant to note a remark of Mr.
Farless, when complimenting the members of the Club
upon their work, in which he says, "The members were
so careful in handling my goods, that it wns wonderful
how free from damage those goods were, and how small a
proportion of the stock was ultimately missing."
"The third time never fails," — so goes the adage — ^and
applied to the Franklin building it proved a true saying,
for in the early morning of Oct. 21, 1860, that structure
was again a prey to tiie fiames, and this time it was
totally destroyed. In the record of this fire. Secretary
Chisholm says :
" In the early stages the property of Mr. James
Eraerton, and of Mr. Xoyes of the firm of Brooks and
Xoyes, members of the Club, was greatly imperilled.
Many of the goods of the firm were removed and
subsequently restored when the danger had passed. Mr.
Emerton's store was occupied by some of the members
until the fire was under control." The Secretary further
remarks : " In the case of this fire, as in previous instances,
extraordinary efforts in the duties belonging to the
practiced fireman were made by some of our members.
On this occasion the efforts were well timed, judicious and
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effective. One instance of the cool bravery and energj'-
of a young member, one who finds his Alma ]Mater in
Old Harvard, may be particularized. He was on the roof
of the store of Brooks and Xoyes, spreading sails and
throwing buckets of water on them, and performing this
with the same composure that one would water a flower
garden."
This ** young member " was William P. Upham, a most
valued member of the Essex Institute, and his associate
at the time was Secretary Chisholm, who modestly omits
any reference to his own part in this work until some
years later when the records again make an allusion to the
incident, and say : "At the last great Franklin building
fire, the club had charge of Member Noyes' store ; two of
our members, William P. Upham nnd myself, held the sail
down on the roof for hours. It was plain that he was a
much bolder fireman than I." It was a cold drizzling rain
storm at the time.
The Secretary observes : "This shows that our voluntary
association for the purpose of protecting and securing
movables leads the associated to efforts on a still broader
scale, even to the abatement of the canse of danger, to
deeds of self sacrifice, attended with peril, equally
with those performed by the recognized and practised
firemen. '•
This fire occurred at the time when the Steam Fire
Engine was new to our department, the Steamer " William
Chase " having been received in Salem the previous May.
One of the local papers thus alludes to its performance
on this occasion. " The Steam Fire Engine worked for
about twenty minutes and then gave out ; and, after an
hour's delay was again set at work, and again gave out ;
thus showing that 'steam squirts* cannot always be
depended upon."
There was a serious accident in connection with this
fire. At about nine o'clock in the moming the attention
of the Chief Engineer, Mr. William Chase, was called to
some flames near the centre of the building, and while
he was in the structure the walls fell in, burying him in
the ruins, together with police officer Joseph Peterson and
Mr. George W. Estes. Fortunately, they were quickly
rescued, and, with the <»xcpption of Mr. Ch«se whose right
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ankle was broken, their injuries were not of a seriouH
nature.
It was a curious coiiicideuce tiiat Mr. Chase had a leg
broken at the burning of the same building sixteen years
before; and one of the same men who assisted in
extricating him then performed the same seiTice this time,
and removed him to the same house.
I will briefly recount the doina:s of the Club at one
other of Salem's great fires, that of the Lynde Block
which occurred Monday May 14, 1866. This fire started
in a stable which stood on the site of Academy Hall.
"The flames grazed the East India Murine Hall, struck
the Lander House, soon attacked the Lynde Block, and
before three o'clock a. m, that building and two dwelling
houses on Liberty street were destroyed.'' The house of
Capt. George Harrington, a member of the Club, on
Liberty street, was in great danger, and the members
rallied promptly to his assistance. A large portion of
his goods and furniture was removed. The crisis having
passed, a meeting of the Club was held on the premises at
9.30 Tuesday morning; Thomas Nichols pre&ided in the
absence of President Daniel H. Mansfield. Captain
Mansfield had been present during the night, having left
the bedside of a sick brother to attend the fire. The
brother died in the nio;ht, and this caused the President's
absence from the meeting.
Committees were appointed to recognize the goods of
Captain Harrington and report on the same. Reports
were made and an adjournment made to half past two
o'clock the same day. The members met according to
adjournment, and collected and restored to the member's
dwelling house most of the articles which had been
removed.
It will thus be seen, from these brief accounts of the
services of the Club at some of the most important fires
in our city, that it faithfully carried out the leading
objects for which it was founded. These are but a few
instances of its good work in this line, but they are
sufiicient to show its character.
There was another phase of its work, of which not so
much has been said, and that was, the giving of practical,
financial aid to deserving recipients on several occasions.
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One instance is recorded of a worthy member of the
Club who suffered serious loss by fire and was generously
remembered by his associate!* ; at another time the sum
of $100 was donated to the sufferers by fire at Fall River.
After the club had been in existence for some years,
the following vote was passed : " Voted : that the
President of this Club be authorized and required at each
annual or quarterly meeting to call for five volunteers,
whose dut}' it shall be to learn by actual sight the
localities of the Business and Residences of each member
of the Club within the City's territory." This committee
would accompany the secretary on his rounds when he
notified the members of the several meetings.
In commenting on the system of these quarterly
visits the secrc»tary says : "The utility of tlie.s<» quarterly
circuits by a committee of the Club is undeniable. They
educate the members, a few at a time, in a knowledge of
localities, and are manifest pulsations which show us to
be a living body." He further says, "Each house and
place of business has its articles of value and interest,
and by a knowledge of such places we are able to give
our directors, our acknowledged leaders, an intelligent
support."
The Fire Clubs had other duties to perform than to
attend fires and to save property. It was one of their
cardinal principles to "promote harmony and good
friendship among their members," and one great means
to this end was the annual feast, and to most of them this
was the leading event of the year. The Naumkeag Fire
Club continued this custom foi- some years, then varied
it by an occasional summer excursion, then dispensed Tvith
their suppers for a time, but finally renewed this pleasant
feature, which afterwards proved to be very popular and
attractive.
From and after the revival of the annual supper in 1867,
the records are full of the sayings and doings of the
members at these pleasant gatherings, and are faithfully
recorded by the secretary. They were times of great
enjoyment to that worthy official who often inserted
observations of his own while transcribing the sayings of
others. "The family board," said he, "is a daily feast.
Instead of assembling at one table, each one might eat
his crust by himself. But we come together socially
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three timet each day, an was the -custom of oar fathers,
and at the familj table we correct oar natural coarseness,
and enUrire our ikKrial faculties. As a Fire Club we
ZMhHuihle in a irreater family circle, for the purpose of
ol/serving each other, to see if we are the men that we
would entrust with father, mother, wife, daughter,
raluahles, deedit, conveyances, in the hoar of that most
terrible of all calamities when tire has encircled our
dw^flliiipjj,'*
The after dinner proceeding:) nt the^^e annual meetings
were interontinj^ and are faithfully recorded. On one
occasion Prehident David Rol)erts gives an interestinir
a<;coiint of the Salem Fire Clubs and their doings, and
recalls several of the great fires that have occurred in
Salem, At another time I find recorded the substance of
a'Volloquy*' between two veteran editors, Mes^^i-s. William
I yen and Caleb Foote, which was "suggestive, instnictive.
and amusing.'* Its theme was the "" doings of a longtime
ago ; the times when men diflfered in opinions on politiod
qiieHtiou'* to «<uch a degree as to destroy social intercourse
betwieii them, and dignified citizens pummelled each
other in the streets to emphasize their ditferences. The
(lays of the Kiijl)argo and the War of 1812 were touched
upon; the news of Pence in 1815, 'when all men got
boozy* yet not all, for witness saw many a thoughtful
brow that day and night." Those days were trying because
of the poverty among the people. Even sea-captains and
men of fair estate eicnuved the peat-bogs for fuel.
We find also words of Charles W. Upham, always
eloquent and interesting. James Kimball was a frequent
speaker and liked to tell his fellow-members of matters
hiHtorieal and of local interest, as did William P. Upham.
Daniel Potter, for many years the veteran deputy sheriff,
always witty and wise, the best presiding officer at a
citizen's caucus that Salem ever knew, contributed his
share to the general enjoyment.
On one oeoasion Messrs. Potter and Kimball gave some
interesling remembrances, as the secretary called them," of
fire-extinguishing apparatus, together forming a history,
be;rii»ning wilh a sort of pop-squii-t hand-engine and
coming down to the grand consummation of effusion from
the hydrant, and incidentally teaching us, that it was
H deduction as certain as any in philosophy, that
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THE FIRE CLUBS OF SALEM. 27
improvements must run the gauntlet and get the bastinado
of opposition."
Mr. Potter wisely concluded, "That it was better to be
ready without danger, than to have danger without
readiness."
Dr. George B.* Loring was one who took ffreat
pleasure in the annual feasts of the Naumkeag Fire Club.
A fluent and ready speaker, always prepared to say
something, he talked to the club on many subjects. He
never failed to attend the meetinofs wiien he was in the
city, and in his al)sence in Washington, or in Portugal,
when be was the United States Minister to that country,
he would invariably send a bright and interesting letter
which was highly appreciated by his fellow members.
And then matters of public interest were discussed at
these meetings. The state of the country, the doings of
Congress, the imi)ortant theme of the national finances,
were fully commented upon.
But the club was naturally more inclined to discuss
matters of a local interest, paiiicularly those connected
with the Fire Department. A favorite topic at one time
was the great need of an electric fire alarm. This wjis
thoroughly discussed long before the city authorities took
definite action upon the matter.
At another time the reorganization of the fire department
was brought up and ably advocated by one of our former
chief engineers. "We should,*' he said, "keep our
department up to date."
The subject of a chemical fire-engine was a theme for
discussion at one meeting, and the purchase of one was
favored by some of the members.
There was one very pleasant custom connected with
the annual supper. The secretary would ascertain the
names of members who were unable to attend by reason
of sickness, and to each of these members a supper would
be sent, by way of giving them to understand that
thou^^h absent they were still remembered bv their
brethren of the Fire Club.
One very pleasant event in the historj- of the Xaumkeag
Fire Club was the reception given to Dr. George B.
Loring in May, 1889, on the occasion of his leaving
Salem to assume the duties of United States Minister to
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28 THE FIRE CLUBS OF SALEM.
Portugal. Some eighty-live members and friends of the
chib assembled to do honor to their distinguished member,
and the affair was very enjoyable. A notal)le feature was
the presence of three of the original members of the club,
Messrs. Caleb Foote, Henry Hale and James Chamber-
lain. Interesting remarks were mnde by Messrs. Foote
and Hale, by Dr. Lorinjr, Gen. William Cogswell, Editor
N. A. Horton, Prof. D. B. Hagar and others. The event
was a "red letter day" in the club's history.
The advent of the suction hose for hand engines,
rendered useless for practical work the leathern buckets
of our Fire Clubs, and relegated them to the attic, or to
ornamental positions in some of our front halls.
The improvement in fire-apparatus — ^the electric fire
alarm when tht» signal "all out "follows, in many cases, so
closely upon the alarm itself that it often confuses us in the
i'ount — the doing away with the volunteer system in our
tire-department — have rendered unnecessary the active
work of the Fire Clubs. New social organizations have
taken thoir place at the festive board, and they are now
little more than memories of the past. As we contem-
plate these organizations of by-gone days and the men
who formed them, and were prominent in their work, we
like to dwell for an hour upon the old associations and,
as our Fire Club rhymester says,
" Thinkf then, of the days now past,
When flame and fire
To danger called,
And they stood fast.
No roan appalled.
But seeing daty higher
Than any danger,
Did not Inquire
If friend or stranger
Stood In need ;
But helped to save
By daring deed
From ruthless flame,
The wooden frame.
To some one dear/*
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THE OLD NORTH FERRY AND DIXY'S HORSE-BOAT.
An entry dated " 26'»» of x'^ mo: 1636," in the "Old"
by the Towne," reads ; "It is agreed, That John Stones
shall keepe afferrj' (to beginn this Day) betwixt his house
on the neck vpon the North point, and Cape Ann Syde,
& shall giue dilligent attendance therevpon, dureing the
space of three years, vnloss he shall giue iust oecation to
the Contrary, and in Consideraeon tlierof he is to liaue
Twoe pence from a stranger, and one peny from an
inhabitant ; moreouer the sd. Jn*'. Stones doth qpniis to
q;)vide a Convenient boat for the sd. purpose betwixt this
& the first month next coming after the date hearof."
At the end of three years, December, 1()39, "The fierrie
at the North point w^^ formerly was John Stones is now
graunted to William Dixy for three yeares & hee is to
keepe an horse boat. Hee is to hauefor strangers passage
2** a peece, for Townsemen or Townc dwellers I'^a peece,
ffor ]Meres, Horses, & gi*eat rother beasts, six pence a
peece, flfor goates, calues & swine '2^ a peece."
This horse-boat has been accepted, without much
examination, as being a boat titted for transporting horses.
It has been assumed that the ferrj'boats previous!}' in use
were unequal to this function and hence the name. But
horses were not more numerous, nor were they more
bulky and difficult to handle than neat cattle, — the "gi'eat
rother beasts'* of the town oixier, — and occasion for
transporting the latter must have been fi'equent. Vehicles
at first were few and no doubt went around by land through
Salem Village. That there were horses to be transported
appears from the freight-tariff* established in 1639. But
if it were a fact that horses could not be transported
in the boats in use before that date, no more could the
neat cattle, described as "great rother beasts." Both
kinds of animals were well able to ford or swun the ferry,
and both have been so transferred from time immemorial
between the main land and the islands, and calling the
new-fangled ferryboat a horse-boat would seem to be a
not very natural or descriptive designation.
(29)
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30 THE OLD XORTH FERRY AND DIXY's HORSE-BOAT.
There is reason to think that Dixy, who kept the
Tavern just beyond the ferry-landing on the Xortli Side,
had a whaif and .stable at the landing. He \vas a
conspicuous citizen, a man of rare enterprise and of ideas
quite in advance of his times, for he had a farm at
Jeffrey's Creek from which he provided the table of his
hostclrj- with kitchen-gardening, dairj'-products, meats
and poultry. Honsos left standing at liven* in the
Beverly stnblc by travellers from the Ea.>t, on visiting
Salem, would save tlieir feny-toll, and other possible
expense as well, because stable-provender, like table-
supplies, came largely from beyond Bass River, and
involved additional c(»st in passing that arm of the sea
when it was consmned in Salem.
Almost as soon as the Planters from fuithcr down the
Cape had removed to Naumkeag with their cattle and
other belongings, and had 1x»gun to settle and build
where Salom now stands, they also began taking up lands
in what is now Bcverlv, to supply themselves with
thatch, hay and other crops, and upon the amval of
Endecott in September, l()2s, begun a settlement on the
Beverly side, which was located not far from the junction
of the Gloucester Branch of the Boston and ilaine Rail-
road, and about the head-waters of Bass River. !Means
of communication, at least for persons, between Salem
and the Xorth Shore was one of the first requirements.
Little time elapsed before the establishment of a ferry of
some sort under town authority.
The provision made under the Orders of the Town
above cited seems to have sen'ed until April 30, 16.)3,
when ''Its ordered that Richard Stackhouse for the reliefe
of his iFamillie shall haue the benifit of the keeping of the*
tferrie towards Ipswich he (pviding a suificient boate and
men to attend it and to enter on it the last of June."
Stackhouse had it for a generation. In lfi8() John
Massey, who lived at the Salem landing just west of tin*
jn-esent bridge-tenninus, took the ferry from Stackhouse.
In 1()90 Mass(?y still conducted the ferrv on the South
Side, and Roger Haskens on the North Side, where he*
resided. During the next century the ferry was farmed
out for terms varj'ing from one to twenty yeai's, at
different rentals, the income, like that of the Miseries
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THE OLD NORTH FERRV AND DIXY'S HORSE-BOAT. 31
and other islands, devoted by Salem to the support of her
grammar-school, and in 1695-8 the approaches to it were
made more commodious at the cost of the Town, — ^again in
1712 and in 1741 and 1754. For long temig the tolls were
continued, from time to time, in the same families.
Under State legislation the Town appointed ferrj-men,
hut the State did not withhold a paternal ovei-sight. At
one time the landings must be provided with floats ; again,
in 1646, a majority of those already in the boat could say
whether the last comer should or .should not be admitted ;
in 164», to pi-event jumping of toll, fares could be
collected in advance, and the feirymen might refuse
wompampeag when ''not stninged or unmarchantable ;''
in 1657 no pas:>enger might refuse a penny or 2* " in
good peag" to make change. In 171.S, this was one of
four great fen*ies which must provide, "a pair of planked
trucks"for lading "Coaches, Calaches, Horses and Cattle."
In 1742 the rates between Salem and Beverly were 3d. for
ji person, Od. for a horse, 3 shillings and 3d. for a chair or
chaise. Curricles and charits were mentioned.
In 1748, the Selectmen of Salem mised the fares to 8d.
a person: lOd. a horse; 3d. a chaise or two-wheeled
carriage ; and 6d. a four-wheeled chaise or chair. That
year complaints were made to the Legislature that the ferry
was not well conducted ; that the ferrjinen neglected
their duties when called on to lighten vessels arriving in
the River, thus occasioning, for their own profit, vexatious
dela}' to travellers ; and that their carelessness had resulted
in carriages and goods tailing into the water. In 1741),
Robert Hale of Beverly leased the ferry for seven years at
an annual rental of three pounds sterling, and agreed to
put the ways leading to it in good repair and leave them
so. In 1756 the fares were Id. a person : '" 2 English half-
pence for a horse ; 4 English half-pence for a man and
horse ; 5 pence for a chair ; 7 pence for a two-wheeled
chaise ; 9 pence for a four-wheeled chaise." So, at least
as early as 1718, provision had been made for tmnsporting
vehicles, and, since 1639, for great beasts. This last
named year. Wood in his New England's Prospect finds
"Cannowes"or pine-tree dug-outs in use to get farm-
products across the ferry. But in 1662 a grandson of
Rosrer. Conant was drowned, in crossinfir, and that vear
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32 THE OLD NORTH FERKY AND DIXY'S HORSE-BOAT.
and repeatedly thereafter the General Court forbade to
ferrymen the use of canoes as dangerous. The days of
the old North Ferry were numbered when, in the autimin
of 1782, the Marquis de Chastellux passed it with a
numerous stalF, on their way from Newbury to Boston,
crossing in ''flat-bottomed boats containing each six
horses." That such loads as these were slowly moved
by sweep:* seems highly improbable, and would have
required an embarrassing number of oarsmen.
The phiU'-je "Horse-Boat "might natux'ally mean a boat
moved by horse-power, ax* a steamboat is moved by steam,
and a sailboat by sails. A hor.'jie-cart is not a cart
designed for titinsporting horses, nor Is a horse-litter
designed for the comfort of an injured horse. Horse-
power is applied to the moving of flat-boats in many
ways : A capstan is planted on the wharf or river-bank
at one or both landings, with a horse attached to the
capstan-bar ; in this case a chain or hawser, winding on the
capstan or on some larger drum and attached to the boat,
hauls it at will in one direction or the other. Again,
horse-power may 1^ applied from one or more treadmills
or moving-floors revolving like an endless apron, within
the boat, producing rotary power which either turns
paddle-wheels, — ^for paddle-wheels are nothing new,— or
winds on a windlass the cable made fast to anchors on
either shore. There are other simple applications of
horse-power, common enough still in the rougher parts of
the country, some of which, it is not unlikely, may have
been employed at Bass River in the years before 178^,
when Essex Bridge at last supplanted the Beverly Ferry.
In all the legislation for regulating ferries from the
beginning of the Colony, and there has been much of it,
covering many topics, — most of the Acts providing for
the carriage of merchandise, horses and vehicles, and
great beasts, as well as men, — the term '^ horse-boat '*
seems to have been used but once. On the great Eastern
thoroughfare laid out as a Stite Highway in HVdd, besides
the important ferry at Salem, there was another crossing
the Merrimac between Newbury and Salisbury. In
September, lt>44, this last was required to be provided
with a ''suffitient horse boate."
Was not Dixy's horse-boat a boat moved by horse-power ?
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THOMAS (tARDNER, PLANTER, AND SOME OF
HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY FUANK A. GARDNER. M.I).
( Coiuinwd from Vol. XXXV 111, pane 384.)
The total value of hi.-* property \va«* £20,565 : 0« : 09.*
Aug. 7, 1770, this had increased to £21,92(> : tt : 1-2.
lu the account rendered by the executors under tlmt date.
we find that the sum of 3,569 :14:6 1-4 had been paid
to each of the three sons ; George, Weld and Henr}-, and
the sum of 3,600 " placed & kept at Interest, untill the
Annuities therein directed to be paid shall cease. "t
After the death of John Grardner, and Francis Cabot,
Thomas Barnard, D.D., of Sftleni, ^\ti.'* appointed
administrator, Sept. 5, 1803. i
May 29, 1769, the real estate was divided as follows:
George was given the homestead, and one-third of
each of the pew holdings, as mentioned in the inventoi^.
Weld received as his share, the twenty-one acre lot in
Danvers, a third of all of the pew holdings, and
£209 :17 :9 1-3 paid him by his brother George. Henry
had the two and one quarter acre lot in Dan vers, the
remaining third of the pews, and £405:17:9 1-3 paid
him by George. Weld and Henry also received one
share each in the common lands of Salem. §
Children :
154. Esther, bap. Jan. 18. 1739-40 ;fl d. May, 1796; m. let, Jaly
175S, Francis Hlgginson, s. of .John and Esther (Cabot)
Higgin8on;t ni. 2nd. Oct. 6, 1761, Daniel Mackay, s. of
William and Margaret (Epes) Mackay. Children: Samnel
0.,b. abt. 1769; d. in CansoGut. Jane3, 1805^, aged 86:**
* EMex Probata Records, book 845, leaves 456-468.
t Eeeez Probate Records, book 346. leaf 299.
: Essex Probate Records, book 871, leaf 51.
I Essex Registry of Deeds, book 128, leaTei* 11-13.
n First Charch Records.
IT Essex Institute Historical Collections, t. v. pp.4(» and 254.
•* Salem Gazette, July 19, 1805.
HTBT. COU... VOL. XXXIX 3 (38)
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H4 THOMAS GARDNER. PLANTEU,
m./1795, Elizabeth Smith.* Lois, bap. Sept. 6, 1767 ; d. before
1796.t Esther, d. before 1796 ;t m. John Page. Elizabeth*
bap. Aug 11, 1751; m. Ed^vard West. Nancj, onm. ia Dec.,
1802. Margaret, b. abt. 1767; d. March, 1817; m. Frederick
Frye. They lived at one time at CatokiU, Green Co., N. Y.
155. Lois, bap. Nov. 15, 1741;; d. July 9, 1819; m. May 13, 1773.
Ker. Thomas Barnard, D.D., s. of Rev. Thomas Barnard.
Children : 1. Thomas, bap. Apr. 24, 1774; d. unm., March
30, 1800. 2. Sarah, bap. Aug. 15. 1775; d. Sept. 25, 1809,
aged 34 ; m. Robert Emery, of Springfield. Thomas Barnard
graduated from Har\'ard College in 1766. He ivas the first
pastor of the North Church in Salem, ordained In 1773 ; and
was the patriot who led his congregation to the North
bridge upon the approach of Col. Leslie on the afternoon
of Sunday, Feb. 26, 177.i.§
156. George, b. July 20, 1743 (bap. July 24, 1743) ;• d. Jan., 1774,
unm. A merchant in Salem. Graduated at Harvard College
In 1762.
157. Weld, b. Dec. 3 (bap. Dec. 8), 1745;* d. Nov. 2. 1801.
nnm. l| A merchant in Salem.
168. Hen-ry, b. Oct. 17 (bap. Oct. 18), 1747;: d. Nov. 8, 1817: m.
Oct. 19, 1769, Sarah Turner, dan. of John Turner, Esq.
159. EuzABETn, bap. June 3, 1750;: m. Ebenezer Stevens.^
160. SA.MUEL, bap. Sept. 12. 1756:: d. young.
106 Capt. Jonathan Gardner, tamiliariy called
" Commodore " was one of those en tei^prising and successful
merchants of the eighteenth century. He was not only a
prosperous business man, but he took a deep interest in
the public schools, and in the relief of the poor and
unfortunate.
In the French and Indian war he was a zealous tighter
for his king, and commanded a privateer. When the
> Salem Gazette, Feb. 3. 1793.
t Essex Probate Records, book 364, leaf 431.
X First Churc-h Records.
§ The Essex AntlquariaD, t. vi, p. 181.
M Notes o f B. F Bro\rne.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, book 172, leaf 35.
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AND 80ME or HIS DESCENDANT^. Ho
Wax of the Revolution broke out he became a leader in the
movement for freedom, and was one of the first company
commanders to ho c()nimij>sioned from Salem.
SELECTMAN.
The first public office to which he was chosen was that
of selectman, in 17(iH, which honor he declined. He
accepted this office however, two years later. At the
town meetinar held Apr. 10, 177H, h<» acted us modenitor.*
OVERSEER OF THE POOR.
In 17(i^$ he was elected an "OviT-scer of y Poor," aftci*
his father had declined to sei-ve longer, lie held this
office continuously from that time until 1778, when he
declined a re-election. The tow?i voted to excuse him
from further service, and passed a resolution, " that the
thanks of the town be <riven him for his past services.''*
SCHOOL co>nnTTEE.
He was a member of the school <'ommittee four years,
from 1785 to 1788 inclusive. He served agaui in 171)0.
In 1787 he was elected Town Treasurer, but declined
to serve. He freijuently served upon committees for the
town, particularly upon those in re^irard to land (|uestions
and means for preventinof fires.*
IIRT SERVICE.
He was a member of the Petit Jury in 1765, 17 71 and
1784, and of the Grand Jury in Hfii^and 1784.*
REPRESENTATIVE.
In 177H (May 18), he was elected representative to
serve '*the town at the (ieneral Court to be held at
Wateitown the 29th. instant, ** and on June 4th, of the
same year, he was asfain elected to that office.*
MASONIC.
He was admitted to Essex Lodge, F. A. M., Apr. 7.
1779, being number 21 on the list of members. t
• Town Racordt.
t EsMx InaCttute HUcorical Collections, v. in, p. 121.
\
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36 THOMAS OAKDNER, PLANTEB,
SALEM MARINE SOCIETT.
The part which he played in the formation of this
honorable society, is shown in the following document
preserved in the State Archives : " The Petition of
Jonathan Grardner Jun' and others whofe Names are
hereto fubfcribed, & who are or have been Masters of
Vefsels, humbly fheweth That they . . . have for a
few years paft united in a voluntary Society" for the
relief of members, etc., petition to be made "a Corporate
Society. "•
This was dated April 12. 1771. Jonathan Gardner
Jun'ftj name heads the list of petitioners.
The Ejssex Grozette of Apr. 21-28, 1772, mentions the
passage at the late session of the General Court, of **An
act for Incori:)orating Jonathan Gardner Jun. and others
therein named into a Society by the name of the Marine
Society at Salem, in the County of Essex," etc.
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
He was commissioned Sept. 6, 1757, by Thomas
Pownall, Esq., "Capt. General, and Gov in Chiefe" . . .
in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, " & Vice Admiral
of the Same, " as Captain of the privateer Two Brothers.
The original document, a copy of which is at present in
the hands of the author, states that 'Tor as much as Capt
Jon* Gardner, Jun. hath equip'd furnished & Victuald a
sch Caird the Two Brothers of the Burthen of 65 tons,
. . . that I do . . . Commifsion ... the s* Jon* Gardner
to sett forth in War like manner ... to app** Seize &
Take the Ships Vessells & Goods belonging to the French
King" etc.
REVOLUTIONART SERVICE.
Civil.
His interest in the welfare of the Colony, and the main-
taining of its rights, was manifested very early, for in
May, 1774, he was made a member of the "Committee of
Correspondence." Mar. 13, 1775, he was appointed on
the "Committee on Minute Men." Oct. 6 of the same
* Massachusetts State Archives, r. 66, pp. 491-i9S.
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AND 80HE OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 37
year he was named as a member of the '^ Committee of
Safety," but was excused. On the 23d of the same
month, he was appointed on a committee to procure
materials to stop up passages into the harbor.* This
was after the authorities learned of the burning of
Falmouth.
He was chosen on the ** Committes of Correspondence,
Inspection and Safety, " at the Annual Town Meetings in
1776, 1777 and 1778. May 14, 1776, he was appointed
" to serve at the Court of Capture, " to be held at Salem.*
He was one of a committee appointed by the Massachu-
setts authorities to go to Portsmouth in 1776,t and on
Jan. 18, 1777, he rendered an account to the same
authorities for the expenses of said trip. J May 13, 1778,
he was appointed on a committee to procure voluntary
enlistments, and on Sept. 21, 1778, was a member of the
'' Committee on Forts."*
Military.
He was commissioned Captain of the First Company
of the first Essex Regiment, June 6, 1776. § We find
his name in the list of the members of the volunteer
company from Salem, for the Rhode Island service in
August, 1778.11
REAL ESTATE.
Jonathan Grardner, Jun., bought of his father, Jonathan,
Feb. 28, 1760, for 600, "all that mansion House &Land
in faid Salem wherein the fame Jonathan now dwells. "IT
This lot was the identical one on which the Essex Institute
building now stands. It has been described in detail in
an earlier article in this series. Jonathan Gardner lived
here until his death in 1791.
He bought an acre of land of John Peters of Salem,
which John's wife Elizabeth had inherited from her father,
Henry Skerry. This was on the northerly side of Ferry
• Town Records.
t Mnssflchusetts Archlyes, ▼. 210, p. 135.
t MaatAchusetts ArchWes, v. 173. p. 83.
I Mafliachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Reroluttonary War, t. vi. p. 279.
fi Kssex Institute Historical Collecrlons, ▼. t, p. 113.
ff Essex Registry of Deeds, book 107, leaf 1S2.
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38 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
Lane (Bridge Street) extending through to the North
River (June 25, 1781).*
Dec. 1, 1785, he bought of John Gardner, of Wenham,
I of the grist mill, and 5 of a granary at Forest River,
"formerly the estate of Capt. John Gardner, deceased/'t
Seven days later, John Gardner bought it back again. $
He sold shares in Long Wharf, Aug. 14, 1780,§ and a
lot of land on the North side of the Common, with a
warehouse, and a part of a barn, to John Gardner, Oct.
21, 1789.11
He and his wife sold several pieces of property which
she had inherited. t He held many mortgages on town
lots, and sensed as tommiv<Jsioner in the settlement of
>everal estates. **
He married Jan. 2, 17o3tt(published Dee. 18,1752??),
.Sarah Putnam, daughter of William and Elizabeth
(Putnam) Putnam. §§ Elizabeth Putnam, after the death
of her husband William, married Capt. John Gardner
(No. 90). Sarah Putnam ^vas baptized Dec. 22, 1728.
Sarah inherited property from her father's estate. Her
death occurred Nov. 10, 1791. She was buried beside
her husband, in the "Gardner Annex" to the Charter
Street Burying Ground.
Jonathan Ghu*dner died March 2, 1791, aged 63 years.
His gravestone is still standing, as above mentioned, and
the writer is j)lea3ed to state, that he has been of some
service to the memory of this noble patriot, by having a
marker of the Sons of the American Revolution, placed
by his grave.
The Salem Gazette of March 8, 1791, in a notice of
his death, refers to him as "a man whofe actions were
governed by the most virtuous principles, and whom the
efteem of his fellow citizens follows to the grave."
* Etftex Registry of Deeds, book 148, leaf 194.
t Essex Rejcistrr of Deeds, book 144, leaf 288.
: Essex Registry of Deeds, book 144, leaf 83.
§ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 189, leaf 7.
I| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 148. leaf 253.
IT EsMex Registry of Deeds, book 101. leaf 286: book 1U6, leaves 9ft and 168; book
188, leaf 1.
•* Essex Registry of Deeds, tiook 111, leaf 138 ; book 137, leaf 903: book 145. leaf
•J07; and book 149, leaf 231.
ft Town Records.
It Salem Publishment*.
M History of the Putnam raniily, p. 86.
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Rev. William Bentley, A.M., preached a memorial
sermon, ^larch 13, 1791, and referred to the deceased as
follows :
* * We cannot forget the late worthy Captain Gardner. His character
iH the moft interesting to ns, tho we were not honored by his prefence
with ns in oar public worship. His refidence in our neighborhood,
his exemplary rirtnes. and his nfefulnefs in the town— particularly his
station, as a MASTER of one of the moft interesting institutions for
MARINERS— call upon fuch an alTembly as this, in which the greater
number are employed in navigation, to fee a refutation of all the
charges which can be broutiht againft the man of builnes^ and the Tea.
His Inteerity was unimpeached ; his arerflon from profanity, serious ;
his private virtues, conlt>icuons : his zeal for his brethren of the Tea,
nnabated. amidft all the neglects which in this town have remai kably
attended their common interests. Indeed, he was an example, in his
whole character, worthy of the imitation of our mariners, not on>y in
resard to civil and social, but religious, inditutlons. And to AiflTer
Tuch a man to drop into the grave forgotten, would betray a criminal
inattention to the means of virtue . . . His virtues were not often ta-
tioas. He provoked no man's envy, but fought every man's happinefs.
He purfned no man's pralfe but enfured every man's affection. The
confld»*nce of mankind he valued, fo as to endeavor to defervelt;
and he has now left the world — and memory and the virtues, are his
mourners."*
At a meeting of the Marine Society, in Salem, held
March 31, 1791, the following vote was passed :
''That Captain Jonathan Mason, fen I or, and General Flsk, be a
Committee to wait upon the Rev. Mr. Bentley, with the thanks of the
Society for his Sermon on the death of Jonatlian Gardner, Esquire
and to request a copy for the prefs.
Jonathan Mason, Clerk.*^
He left no will. Letters of administration were granted
to his son Jonathan, July 14, 1791-t
Child :
161. Jonathan, b. 1755 (bap. Mar. 16, of that year) ;t d. Sept. 26,
1821; m. 1st, Nov. 26, 1791. § Sarah Fairfield, dan. of Dr.
Fairfield of Wenham ; ro. 2nd, Oct. 27, 1799, § Lucia Pickering
Dodge, dan. of Israel and Lucia (Pickering) Dodge.
* Pamphlet cnpy In th« Essex Institute Library.
F0§ex Probate Records, book 3Sl, leaf 361.
: First Charch Records.
< Town Records.
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40 THOMAS OARDNSR, PLANTER,
110 Capt. JOHN 6ARDNEB, called often John
Grordner 3d, was a prosperous and energetic merchant.
One writer refers to him as '' a man of most exemplary
character, mild, genial, humane and most universally
esteemed and respected."
His name first appeared in the town records under date
of March 18, 1766, when he was appointed on a joint
committee to run the line between Salem and Danvers.*
SEUSCTMAN.
He served the town as a selectman from ViVl to 1778
inclusive, and was chosen again in 1780. but declined.*
MODERATOR.
At the town meeting held Feb. 22, 1777, he acted as
moderator. He was a member of many committees for
the town, including one in 1770 to construct a work-
house, and one in 1774 "on watch in Ward Xo. 2." His
name appears in 1777 as an *' overseer of the Hospital for
inoculating for the Small Pox."*
JURY.
He was chosen to serve on the Petit Jury in 1769 and
1777.*
ftULITARY.
John Gardner 3d, is mentioned as Captain of the First
Salem Compiany, in 1761.t
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
March 13, 1775, he was chosen to serve on the
"Committee of Correspondence Inspection and Safety,"*
He was also a member of this committee in the following
• Town Records.
f Essex Institute Historical Collections, v. xzix. p. 179.
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year. Mar, 1, 1779, the town "Agreed to draw upon
the Treasurer in faV of Capt. John Gardner 3d. for 170 :
8- for cash sd Gardner lent the Selectmen to pay two men
who served as Soldiers under Capt. Simeon Browne."*
CHUBCH.
He was at one time a deacon of the First Church in
Salem, but in his old age mostly attended the Universalist
Church.t He purchased of John Small, Sept. 7, 1786,
one half of a floor pew in Mr. Holt's meeting house in
Danvers,$ and sold a pew in this (South) meeting house,
Mav 23, 1815. § He bought a pew on the floor of the
"first Universal Meeting house in Salem," Feb. 7, 1810. |1
REAL ESTATE.
John Gardner inherited from his father Jonathan, his
mansion house and land, at Gardner's Corner, as it was
called (the X. W. corner of Essex Street and Washington
Square West) .H He sold the western end of this lot to
his son John (6thgen.) Dec. 21, 1809, ** who erected a
mansion upon it which he sold to Nathaniel West, April
25, 1811, for $13,333.33. tt The later history of this
portion of the lot may be found in an earlier article of
this series.
The eastern portion of this lot fronting on Newbury
Street (now Washington Square West) and extending
from Essex Street to Brown Street, he retained until the
misfortunes of the war of 1812 overtook him, and the
property was taken by his creditors, namely, the Salem
Bank, Jonathan Hodges, Ebenezer Bickford and William
B. Dodge. An account of the later owners of this prop-
erty has already been given in this series of articles.} J
John Gardner's most important land holdings were the
various lots making up the Gardner farm, on the road
•Town Recordtt.
t B. F. Browne's manuscript noteH.
: Essex Registry of Deeds, book 146, leaf 241.
i Essex Reglstrj of Deeds, book 207, leaf 81.
[[Essex Refristiy of Deeds, book 189, leaf 134.
It Essex Institute Historical CoUectlons. r. xxzviii. p. 378-9; deprint, p. 88.
•• Ebbcx Registry of Deeds, book 190, leaf 281.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 193, leaf 77.
ttEeeex Institute Historical Collections, ▼. xzzvn, p. 380; deprlnt, p. 84.
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42 THOMAS GARDNER. PLANTER,
between Salem and Danvereport. His first purchase of
land in this locality ^Yas Oct. 29, 1776, when he bought
two lots of Simon Kezar of Danvers ; one containing over
40 acres, and the other 46 poles with dwelling house and
barn.* During tiie next thirty years he bought many
lots adjoining this property, the larger part of the land
acquired having been owned previously by Billings
Bradish.t Just before the outbreak of the war of 1812,
he transferred a part of this farm, containing at that time
about 60 or «)5 aires, to his sister Elizabeth for S3500.J
John's son John purchased this of his aunt Elizabetli,
Oct. 9, 1817, fcr $3,301). 66. § Seveml other lots of land,
connected with this tann, were obtained by execution
from John Gardner by Ebenezer Beckford, in 1813. ||
These lots were bought hack by John, Jun., of Xathan
Robinson (wife Eunice, daughter of Ebenezer Becldbrd),
Mar. 31, l.Sli).? This fann is at present owned by Mrs.
Gardner, widow of Henry Gardner, who was the son of
John. Jun.. above mentioned. ^Ir. Xathan Bushby stated,
that the first milk route in this vicinity was started by
the owner of this farm.
In 1805, John Gardner owned about one and one-
sixth acres of land on the eastern side of Winter Street,
extending through to Pleasant Street. This lot was
bounded on the south by land of his nephew Jonathan
Gardner (6th gen). Thi>5 was divided into lots, and
sold in 180.5-6 to James Brace. Thomas Lamson,
William Goodhue, Isaac Glines, Samuel Robberts,
Jonathan C. Kimball and David Bobbins. •*
He bought, of Eliphalet Butman, the estate on the
western corner of Union and Xeptune (now Derbv)
Streets, Dec. 24, 1806. tt This property Benjamin W.
Crowninshield obtained by execution, Aug. 21, 1813. {}
His father, Jonathan, left to him one-eighth part of the ^
• Ebsex ReurlstTv of Deedf, book 134, leaf ifs.
♦ Essex Rejfistrr of Deedf, lK»nk 143, leaf 79; book 13Si, leaf 2S»: book l37, leaf
l.VS; book 142. leases 35 nnil S.l; book 144. leaves 4, .'i^, 55. etc.
: Essex Reeletrr of Deeds, book 19^. leaf 6.i.
$ Eesex Retristry ot Deed?, book 215, leaf 210.
I Essex ReeistrV of Deeds, Book ot Execucloiis, No. 2, leaf '2u.
^ Essex Registry of Deeds, bookJlS, 271.
••Essex Registry of Deed;*, book 176, leaf 279; book 177, leaf 99; book 178.
leaves 20 and 40; book 179, leaf 173; book ISO, leaves 25 and 76.
t» Essex Registry of Deeds, book 179, leaf 243.
:: Essex Resittrv of Deeds, book 201, leaf 81.
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South mills in Salem , and he purchased a like portion of
Walter Lynde and others. April 16, 1801.* He sold
one-eighth to Nathaniel West, May 31, 181 l,t and when
the financial crash came, Jonathan Gardner (h*th gen.)
obtained judgment against him, and was awarded one-
eighth part of the same mili.+
In 1810, John Gardner houirht of John Perley, a
dwelling house, bam, shop, etc., on the western side of
North Street, next south of tlie Gavett estate. § The
Merchants Bank obtained judgment against him July
16, 1813, and was awarded this property. || but he bought
it bark again. July 9, 1814, ?[ and sold it on the same
day to John H. Andrews.**
In 1785, John Grardner obtained judgment against the
estate of the late Frederick Coombs, of Salem, baker,
and received certain parts of his former dwelling-house
and bake house, on the southern side of Bridge Street,
jast west of Pleasant Street. tt He sold this to Joseph
Gardner (Hth gen.) (No. 1.^7) wife Betsey, Aug. 20,
1792. }J Joseph Gardner, the purchaser, bought other
parts of the house and land of William Obear, Sept. 13.
1797, §§ and small portions from other abuttei's. Joseph
sold this property to John Melville of Marblehead, Mar. 27,
1801. II II John Gardner the subject of this article, held a
mortgage upon it. from Oct. l(i, 1797, until Mar. 27,
1801.711 ^
One piece of property which he inherited from his
father, and which we have not already mentioned, was
the four acre lot on 'Terry Lane" (Bridge Street), which
his father Jonathan purchased of Susanna Higginson,
Sept. 6, 17(>5.*** This, John sold Dec. 3, 1811, to
Lydia Barton, for S2.050.ttt
• £m6z Regrlstry of Deertft. book 175. leaf •>}»'.
f Essex Rejristrv of Deeds, book 199. leaf 7.%.
t Essex Re^lstrv ot Deeds. Book of Executions, No. i, leaf '23.
$ Espex Reprfstry of Deeds, hook IS?, leaf i^O.
n Essex Resristrv of Deeti^, Book of Executions. No. «. leaf 21.
^ £9«>ex Rearlstry of Deeds, lKM»k 204, leaf 197.
•• Es-^ex Reelstrv of Deed^. l»ook 2m. leaf r.»H.
t* E<»9ex ReiflstrV of Deeds, book M.V leaf -'73.
:t Essex Reffistry of Deeds. boi>k 15S. leaf 186.
H Essex Reeistrr of Deeds, book 1«2. leaf 'ISA.
'."I Essex Retrtf'trr of Deeds, book 169. leaf l'.'.
^^ Essex Reiristrir of Deeds, book 164, leaf 64.
♦•• Essex Rcslstrr of Deeds, book 117, leaf 20.
tft Essex Reflstrj of Deeds, book 198. leaf 66.
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44 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
John also inherited from his fiither, Jonathan, his
interest in Long Wharf. He held this until one^half of
the war of 1812, when the store was taken by his nephew
Jonathan (6th gen.) (No. 161)who obtained a proprietor's
share from him, upon an execution.*
Other lots owned by him were on the northern side
of the conunon,t at the Xeck,t and on the present site
of the Franklin building. § He ^vas an executor of the
wills of Jonathan Grardner, his father, Jonathan Derby,
Ricliard Derby and Jonathan Andrew. || In the settlement
of these estates he sold large tracts of farm land, and
many valuable town lots. He loaned large amounts on
mortgages, and owned several rights in the common
lands of Salem.
John Gardner married, April 13, 1769, Sarah,
daughter of Richard and Sarah (Hodges) Derby. She
died September 2, 1774. The Essex Grazette of
September 6th of that year refers to her as follows :
"On Friday died, aged 27 years, Mrs. Sarah Gardner, wife of
Capt. John Gardner, and yoangefl Daughter of Capt. Richard Derby,
of this Town. In common Life fhe was of a hamane beneTOlent
Difpofltion and poiTeHed fo grateful a Turn of Mind fo free from
Envy, Pride, or Detraction, as at once to fecure the Efle^'m and Love
of all of her Acquaintance; and by her prudent and amiable
Deportment, approved herfelf a Pattern worthy of Imitation."
Her father, Richard Derby, left to his three grand-
children, John, Sarah and Richai-d Grardner, £1000
apiece,
John Gardner died Jan. 3, 1816, aged 80. The
Salem Gkizette of the 5th of that month, alluded to him as
follows :
**Mr. John Gardner died at Danvers, aged 80, preserving to this
protracted age that simplfcity and honesty of character and kindness
of heart, which had long since secured to him the love and respect
of all who knew him. His funeral will be at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
from the house of Gen. Derby in Barton Square.'*
* Essex Registry of Deeds. Book of Executions, No. 2. leaf 2S.
t Essex Re^iHtry of Deeds, book 14^. leaver 248 and 25S.
X Es^ex R^^istrv of D>ed^ book IM. leaf 2T(J.
f E4sex Ra^lstry of Dee Is, book 187. leaf 170.
>i Essex Regristry of Deeds, book 146. leaf 348; book 156. leaf S50; and book
172, leaf 108.
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Children :
162. John, b. Aug. 12, 1771; d. Aug. 25, 1847; m. Not. 9, 1798,*
Sarah West, dnu. of William West.
163. Sarau, b. 1773; d. May 18, 1807; m. Jane 5, 1796,* Hon.
Jacob Crownlnshleld, Member of Congress. Children: 1.
Sarah G., b. 1800; d. July 12, 1835; m. May U, 1822,
Richard S. Rogers, s. of Nathaniel and Abigail (Dodge)
Rogers t 2. Mary, b. 1805; d. Mar. 13, 1838; m. Jan. 21.
1826, William P. Endlcott, s. of Samuel and Klisabeth
(Putnam) Endicott.;
ir>4. Richard, bap. Aug. 28, 1774; d. In Utha. X. Y., Mar. 10, 1836;
m. 1st. July 29. 1797,^ Klizabeth Ward, dau. of Miles and
Ilannab (Cliipman) Ward;§ m., 2nd. Eliza Pierce, dau. of
Daniel Pierce, of Gnlliopolis, Ohio.
121 Lieut. Thomas Gardner, of Danveiv^, wuft^
called husbanchmui or yeoman. The i\i':<t office held by
hun in Danvers was that of fence-viewer, to which he
was chosen March 9, 1772. On the same date he was
made a member of a committee " to take Care that the
LaM's be Duh' Observed Respecting the Fish.'' He was
chosen constable in 1774 and selectman in 1780. In
1781 and year following he was a sur\'eyor of highways.
He served on the school committee in 1785 and <i.||
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
His military record, as published in the ^'Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors in the AVar of the Revolution," is a.s
follows : "1st Lieutenant, Capt. Jonathan Proctor's 8th
(Danvers) co., Col. Henry HeiTick's (8th Essex Co.)
refirt. of Mass. militia; list of officers dated Charlestown,
March 29, 177(5 ; ordered in Council April 2, 1776, that
said officers be commissioned ; reported commissioned
April 2, 177(5; also letter from Col. Larkin Thorndike
to the Council, dated Beverly, May 27, 1779, stating
that Capt. Jonathan Procter of the 8th co., 8th Esse.v Co.
* Town Records.
^ New Entr):ind Historical and Genenlojrlcnl Register, v. xill, p. 87.
: New Kngland H'atorlral and Genealogical Regir^ter. v. I. p. 330-^1.
I Essex Institute Hlaturlcal Collections, y. v. pp. 209 and*2ia.
II Danvers Town Records.
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4K THOMA.S OARDNCR, PLANTER,
regt. and his 1st Lieutenant, said Grardner, had applied for
acceptance of the resignations of their commissions which
had not been granted, and asking in their behalf that the
resignations be accepted: ordered in Council June S,
1779, that resignations be accepted/'*
REAL ESTATE.
He purcliased from his brothers and sistei*j<, between
1758 and 17()3, their sluu'es of the real estate of his
father, t and in 1772 bought of Ebenezer Marsh, three
acres adjoining his own land. J Nov. HO, 1787, he :?old
to Daniel Taylor of Danvers eight acres of upland in
Danversfor£3^, 19 shillings, o pence§ and, on May 4th of
the same year, he sold to Benjamin Pickman,"|l the two
pieces of salt marsh in Salem, which had formerly
belonsred to hisi father.
He maiTied, at Danvers, Nov. lo, 175/), Marv
Buffington.H She died July 20, 1819.
Thomas Gardner died in September, 17^8.** His
will was dated Sept. 2nd. and probated Nov. *Uh of that
year.tt He left to his wife Maiy, the use of i of his
real estate during her life. To each of his sons Janio
and John, he left "1-2 of my real and personal estate" each
paying "one-half of my just Debts*' and one-half of the
legacies made later. To Thomas he left £9 to be paid him
a year after his father's decease. He left to his daughters
Mary Pope and Hannah Proctor, ten shillings each.
His daughters Betsey, "Salla'* and Eunice, were each left
£12, to be paid three, four and five yeai-s after his
decease, in the order named. His widow was appointed
I'xecutrix.tt
* Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, v. vi, p. -JSl.
* Es»ex Re^rlstrv ol! Deeds, book IM, leaf 267; book 109, leaf 107; >)ook 114. leaf
15; book 107, leaf 188.
: Es-)ex Regl.4trv of Deeds, book 133, leaf 271.
I E-isex Reifistry of Dee^ls. hook U7, leaf 216.
i| Essex RevUtrv of Deeds, book 146, leaf 294.
•T Danvers Town Records.
•* Salem Mercury of Sept 30, 1788.
f ♦ Essex Probate Records, book 3.'i9. leaf 946.
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The inventon* dated March 29, 17.S9, contained the
following :
''L4ind lying 9outh of the highway with the Buildings
thereon containing about 128 acres at 60- pr acre 884 :00 :00
To 5 acres of Pasture Land at 60- pr acre 15 :00 :00
To 1 pair of Steers three years old 150- 7 :00 :00
To 1 pair of Steers two years old 90- 4 :10 :00
To 1 pew in South Meeting house 48- 2 :0d :00*'
T\\v total amounted to o()8 :U» :()«.*
March 30. 1803. John (rardner arknowledged the
receipt from his moth^'r. tor himself and brother James,
of 133 :19 :10, being two-tliirds of all the personal esratt-
of said deceased . t
Children :
165. Thomas, b. Dec. 21, 1755;; d. July 12, hS22;: m. Nov. '26.
1781,; Rebekuh Pope, dau. of Eleazer and Nanny (Putnam)
Pope.
166. Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1757 jj m. Oct. 5, 1780,* Eleazer Pope, Juu..
son of Eleazer nnd Nanny (Putnam) Pope.
167. James, b. Oct. 26, 1759-,: d. Oct. 11, 1809;: m. Mar. 4, 1789,§
Margaret Skerry.
16«. John, b. Jan. 1, 1762;: <^- April 12, 1823;: m. Feb. 14. 1797,:
Mehitable Goodale.
169. Hannah, b. July 26, 1764;* d. Jan., 1818:: m., 1787 (cert.
granted Oct. 27), Benjamin Procter, jun.: Children: 1.
Benjamlu G., b. Dec. 26, 1788; 2. Perley, b. Jan. 9, 1792.
170. Betsey, b. Mar. 19, 1768?: d. about 1839 ;li unmarried.
171. Sally, b. Aug. 16, 1770;: d. Feb. 12, 1829;: unmarried.
172. Ku>T[CE, b. Sept. 28, 1772;: d. .Aug. 2, 1811; m. Jan, 19, 1804,:
Joseph Phelps of Tewksbury. Children: 1. Hannah, b.
Nov. 18, 1804. 2. Mary Bufflngton, b. Dec. 16, 1806. 3.
James Gardner, b. June 5, 1808; m. Dec. 5, 1832. Sophia
Andrews.
123 Ebenezer Gardner was a potter by trade.
After the death of his father, he was placed under the
guardian.ship of his uncle, Jonathan Gardner, July 11,
• Essex Probate Records, book 360, leaf -217-8.
* Lssex I'rDbate Records, book 360, leaf 547.
: DauversTown Records.
$ balen) Town Records.
II Essex Probate Records, book fl2,leaf Km.
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48 THOBIA8 OARDNCB, PLANTER,
1754.* He resided in Roxburyfor a time, aad April 16,
1763, sold his ''one-seventh part of all the Estate Real &
personal,'' of his father to his brother Thomas Grardner,
for £80.t
He received a grant of land at Auk-paque, Cumber-
land County, Nova Scotia, from which the Acadians
had been expelled. Mr. Charles L. Andrews, Esq., of
Augusta, Me., the author of an excellent pamphlet
upon the descendants of Ebenezer,$ states that : ''On the
breaking out of the Revolutionary War, he remained
loyal to the colonies and was a member of the conmiittee
of safety, who went to Bo.ston to urge an energetic
campaign to protect the faithful of the Provinces. For
this reason shortly after his return he was obliged to flee
the country and his wife and family followed, sufferinor
fearful exposure and danger, to Machiasport in ITTli.
For his patriotic ?^er^ices, he received a grant of one
thousand acres of land in 1785, near Bangor, but
preferred to remain at Machias. where he built a house
below 'the Falls. ^'"
REVOLUTIOXARV SERVICE.
In addition to the above sendees as a member of a
committee of safety, while in Xova Scotia, we know that
he rendered valuable aid to the cause of the colonies, after
he reached Machias. He was a "Private, Capt. Stephen
Smith's CO., Col. Benjamin Foster's regt. ; service between
Dec. 4, 1778, and Jan. 4, 1779, 2 days, at Machias ; also,
Lieut. John Scott's detachment, 6th Lincoln Co. regt. :
service between Aug 31, 1779, and Nov. 20, 1779, 14
days, at Machias : roll endorsed " ser\nce at Penobscot.''?
He married, in 1769, || Damaris Merrill, daughter of
Xathan and Susanna Merrill, of Haverhill. She was
baptized Sept. 4, 1747, and died Feb. 5, 1837, aged
ninety-two years. {
* Essex Probate Records, book 382, leaf 307.
t Essex Regristry of Deeds, hook 114, leaf 15.
t The Gardner Famllr of Machias and Vicinity," by Charleti L. Andrews.
§ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Rerolutlon, t. ti. p.
^64.
II Bangor Historical Magazine, ▼. vin, p. 77.
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Ebenezer Grardner died Nov. 21, 1832, aged ninety-
even years.*
Children, born in Cumberland Co., X. S. :
173. Susannah, b. Oct. 15, 1770; d. Apr. 9, 1843; m., 1st, Aaron
Serej, bj whom she had two children who died young.
She m. 2nd, Jnly 17, 1796, Marshall Thaxter, son of Maj.
Samael and Abigail (Smith) Thaxter.* He was a tanner by
trade. Children: l. Gridley, b. Dec. 25, 1797; m. Jan. 27,
1S23, Hannah Longfellow. 2. Lucy, b. July 22, 1799; m.
Nov. 8, 1821, John Stuart, of Machias. 3. Sarah, b. Mar.
31, 1801; d. Oct. 17, 1821; m. Feb. 7, 1821, Daniel Savage.
4. Ezeklel, b. Dec. 6, 1802; d. Oct. 1, 1891; m. Dec. 13,
1832, Caroline L. Jones. 5. Abigail, b. Nov. 10, 1804; d.
Mar. 17, 1871 ;t m. May, 1833, Rev. Oilman Bacheller, of
Machiasport. 6. Mary, b. June 23, 1806; d. unm. 7. Susan,
b. Feb. 18. 1808; m. Aug. 20, 1844, Dr. Nlram Bates, of
East Machias. 8. Eunice, b. Jan. 10, 1810; m. Nov. 25,
1835, at Methuen, Mass., James Pope, son of Frederick and
Mary (Pierce) Pope. 9. Marshall, b. 1812; d. Mar. 22,
1882; m. July 6, 1846, Charlotte KimbaU. 10. William, b.
Oct. 20, 1816; m., 1st, Elizabeth Hall; m. 2nd, Nov. 8, 1854,
Sarah Hill.
174. Eunice, b. July 14, 1772; d. Mar. 6, 1836; unm.
175. Hannah, b. May 8, 1774: d. Sept. 1, 1858; m. Mar. 30, 1797,
Daniel Foster, of East Machias, Me., s. of Benjamin and
Elizabeth (Scott) Foster. They had no children of their
own, but they brought up Daniel F. and Hannah, children
of Thomas Gardner (No. 178).
176. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 31, 1776; d. Feb. 5, 1859; m. June 21, 1803,
Sally Albee, dau. of William and Ellen (Dillway) Albee.
Children, born in Machias, Me. :
177. Samuel, b. July 13, 1781; d. May 16, 1853; m., 1st, Abigail
Barry, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah CKnight) Barry.
Jonathan was son of Westbrook and Jane (Freeman) Barry,
one of the first settlers from Scarboro, Me. ; m., 2nd, Jane
F. Getchell; m., 3d, Relief Wilson.
178. Thomas, b. Oct. 10, 1783; d. Sept. 17, 1872; m. Dec. 1, 1808,
Sarah Barry, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Knight) Barry.
179. John, b. Jnly 16, 1785; d. Dec. 8, 1846; m. 1st, Mar. 19, 1812,
Susan Barry, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Knight)
Barry; m. 2nd, Feb. 14, 1830, Mary Palmer, dau. of Daniel
• " The Gardner Family of Machias, Me.," by C. L. Andrews, Esq.
t Batchelder Genealogy, p. 180.
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50 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
and Polly Palmer and g.dau. of William Albee; m. 3<1, 1836,
Lavinia Foster, dau. of Daniel Hojt.
180. WiLLi-Oi, b. Oct. 21, 1789; d. Oct. 0. 1863; m. Oct. 0, 1817,
Lydia Albee, dau. of William and Ellen (Dillway) Albee.
181. Natimn, b. Sept. 24. 1793; d. Mar. 14, 1795.*
125 Israel Gardner followed the trade of a potter.
After the death of his tiither, he ^N-as placed on March
2«>, 1753, under the <ruardian.<hip of Jasper Xeedham.t
lie married Dec. 7. l'i\9, at Danvers. ElizabethJ (or
Kliza (\)§ SoiithwieU.
Israel (rardner died about 1771. In his will dated
Jan. 17, of that year, he irave to his wife Elizabeth, all
of hi:3 personal estate with the <*xeeption of his irun, and
one-third of his real estate. To his brother Ebenezer,
and sisters Eunice Tucker, Marv Marsh and Sarah
"Wolcott, he left £1,6 shillip.iis and s pence apiece. He
gave to his brother Thomas, two-third> of his real estate,
and his gun, and appointed hhn executor..'. The will was
probated May «>. 1771.
In the inventory dated Oct. 7, 1771. the only real
estate mentioned was " 1 seventh Part of hi^ Father s real
Estate valued at £73, 6 shillings and s pence." Lsraers
entire estate including personal, amounted to £102, 10
shillings and () pence. 1[
. Xo children.
126 Abel Gardner, the third in direct line to bear
that name, was a Ksherman. He was chosen on the "Petit
jury for Trials," Dec. 7, 17(>7, and again in the July follow-
ing, but was excused on the latter date on account of his
recent service.**
Nov. 24, 1758, he moii:gaged his house and land, which
had previously belonged to his father, to his uncle
Jonathan Gardner, for £(St5, 13 shillings and 4 pence, tf
Jonathan oi^tained judgment against him Apr. 3, 17(U),
and the above mentioned property was seized as full
• •* The tianlner F.nniilv ot >racliia« and Vlclultv."
♦ Essex Probate Ileionls. hook;j;Jl. leaf 237.
* Danrers Town Records, v. vii, p. .Vi.
§ Danrers Town neei»rd.>. v. iii. p. »>o.
I E.-!?ex ProlKitc Reconl*. book :U7, leaves -»',» and ;'0.
*' Essex J*rol»ale Rceords, book ;MT. leaf 2ol.
•*Town Reeord*.
tt Essex Regi'rtry of Deeds, book 105, leaf 184.
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satisfaction for the debt.* Jonathan sold the property to
James Cutler, March 18, 1773.t
Abel Gardner mamedilay 25, 17()0, Abigixil Chapman.}
After his death hb widoNV married Joseph Svmondaj,
Xov. 30, 1781. J
Children :
182. Joseph, bap. May 1, 1774 ;§ d. May, 1805: m. Xov. 4, 17S4,
Sarah Neal. dau. of Jonathan and .Annis (While) Xeal.l)
183. Ahkl Symonds, Imp. Maj* I, 1774 ;§ d. about 1834; m. Oct. G,
1785, BetUlah Pitman, dau. of Joseph.
184. PmsciLL-v, b. about 1768, bap. May 1, 1774 ;§ d. Jan., 1823: m.
Sept. 11, 1791, Edmund Upton. Children: 1. Edmund, b.
179- ; d. at Matanzas, July 8, ls'25; m. Apr. 24. 1822, M:iry
Southward,* who m. for her 2nd husband, June 24, 1882,
Capt. William Summers. 2. William, d. Feb., 1803. 3. A
daughter who m. a man named Tlummer. 4. Priscilla. b.
179- ; m. May G, 1821, Stephen Stone.^
185. Polly (Mary), bap. May 1, 1774 :§ m. Dec. 9, 1792, Ricliard
Tufts.:t
129 Simon Stacey Gardner wa^ 8o named when
he was baptized in the First Church in Salem, July 24,
1743, but he never a-^ed his middle name, and was always
known a^^ Simon Gardner.**
REVOLUTIOXARY SERVICE.
"Private, Capt. Nathan Brown'8 co.. Col. John
ManstiekVs regt. : muster roll dated Aug. 1, 177.3:
enli.stedMay 25, 1775 ; service i> weeks 5 days : also Capt.
Brown's co., Col. Mansfield's (19th) regt. commanded
by Lieut. Col. Israel Hutchinson ; company retiu'n dated
Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, order for bounty coat orits eiiuivalent
in money dated Camp Winter Hill, Oct. '27, 1775. "tt
He was No. iJ, in the li.>t of volunteers from Salem in
Capt. Samuel Flagg's Company for the Rhode Island
Expedition in August, 1778. J J
• K«!>ex Registry of Deeds, book 126, leaf 138.
t Es^ex Reifistry of Deeds, book 123, leaf 233.
i Town ReconU.
§ isth Ceiiturv Baptisms lu Salem, E.I. Hist. Coll., v. xxiil, p. 13.
Ij Seal Reruids, pp. 20-2.
If Kijiiex Re>fistrv of DeeiU, book 109, leaf 209.
•• Klrst Cliurrh Reronls.
ft Massachusett8 Solfllersand Sailors of the Revolutionary War, v. vl, p.2T5.
tt Eddex luBtitute Illstoricul Collections, ▼. v, p. 130.
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52 THOMAS OARDNEB, PLANTEB,
Simon Grardner married Xov. 18, 1764, • Rebecca
Knapp, daughter of Xathaniel and Sarah (Hai*t) Knapp.f
She was born July 18, 1746, and died in Salem, a widow,
in Feb., 1787, aged ''forty-four yeai-s."$
Children :
186. Smox, d. 1801 ; m. Oct. 7, 1787,* Mary (or Polly) Collins, daa.
of John Collins.
187. Joseph, b. 1767; d. Xov. 10, 1830, aged 63; m. Dec. 10, 1789.*
Elizabeth Bell.
188. JONATH.VX, bap. July 29, 1773 ;§ d. 1839; m. Oct. 9, 1796,*
Rachel Bro-vvn. dau. of John and Kachel (Kimball) Brown-
189. Samuel ICxapp, bap. Jau. 7, 1781;$ d. Aug. 15, 1850; m. 1st,
Sept. 2, 1798, Mary (or Polly) Marsh ;• m. 2nd. July 0, 1826,
Betsey Marsh.*
130 Joseph Gardner, the youngest son of Abel
and Priscilla (Stacey) Gardner, was a cooper and mariner
by occupation. He purchased of Daniel Rope:^, Dec. ^,
1769, a lot of land on the southern side of ''a Way
leading from the training Field to St. Peters Church'' ||
(now Brown Street) and sold the same to Jeremiah
Shepard, Xov. 15, 1774. IT Ten days later, he bought of
John Biclrfbrd, for £78, 13 shillings, 4 pence, tlie
southern half of a house on the western side of Bickford's
lane.** Joseph and his wife Sarah, mortgaged this
property to Joseph Symonds, Feb. 13, 1775.tt The
mortgage was discharged July 2, 1785. Sarah Gaixiner,
widow of Joseph, sold this half of a house and the land
to Michael Sumethrust, November 20, 1778.}}
Joseph Gardner married July 31, 1769, Sarah Brown.*
After his death she married Nov. 30, 1780, Dr. Jacob
Bacon.* She died ilay 2, 1785, ''in the 41st year of
her age."§§ No issue known.
133 Joseph Gardner, the oldest son of Joseph
• Town Records.
t Notes furnished by the late Mr. Arthur Mason Knapp, of the Boston Public
Library.
t Salem Mercurv, February 17. 1787.
S ISth Century Baptisms. £. I. Hist. Coll. ▼. XXIII, p. 13.
li Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12i, leaf M.
^r Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1*23, leaf 211.
♦• Essex Registry of Deeds, book i:J3, leaf 247.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 134, leaf 76.
h Essex Registry of Deeds, book 136. leaf 140.
$1 Salem Gazette, Thursday, May 8, 1785.
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AXD SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 53
and Mehitable (Pope) Gurdner, married Dec. 17, 1772,
Anna Edee, of Salem.*
No further record of him has been found, and our
knowledge of his children is obtained largely from
deeds, in which they, with the other gi'andchildren, sell
property which was inherited by them from their
grandfather, Joseph Gardner. This real estate con.sisted
of the lot on the southeastern corner of ilill and High
Streets, with the homestead standing thereon. Also the
whart* on the eastern side of Mill Street, bordering on
the South river, t
Children :
190. Mehitable, m. Jan 6, ISOl,* DaDiel Knight.
191. Joseph, m. . He was a baker in Gloucester.
192. JoHN% m. Nov. 10, 1816,* Martha Sonthwick. He was a
laborer in Cambridge.
137 Samuel Gardner, the youngest son of Joseph
and Mehitable (Pope) Gardner, was a master mariner,
and was lost at sea in 1790, in a vessel of which he was
in command.
He married Jan. 31, 1788, Hannah Stevens,* daughter
of Hon. Brimsley Stevens of North Andover, Attorney-
General during the Revolution. She died in March,
1805, aged 34 years.f
Children :
193. Rebecca, b. Sept. 1789 (bap. Jan. 1792§) ; m. 1st, May 25, 1809,
Capt. John Allen, of Salem.* He died a prisoner of war In
Dartmoor Prison In England, in 1814. She m. 2nd, Jan. 27,
1820, Ebenezer Goldthwaite,* son of Joseph and Mary
(Goldtbwaite)Goldthwalte. Children: 1. Ebenezer Gardner,
b. Oct. 30, 1820; d., 1886, at the Soldiers' Home, at Togiis,
Me.; m. 1st, July 20, 1845, at Wakefield, Mass., Harriet A.
Perveare, dan. of James and Elizabeth Perveare ; m. 2ud,
July 3, 1852, Anstlce Carter, of Peterboro, N. H. No chil-
dren. He was a soldier in Andrew's Sharpshooters,
22nd Regt. Mass. Volunteers, in the Civil War. 2. Charles,
b. Oct. 2, 1822; m. Marie A. Goodridge. 3. Rebecca Allen,
b. Nov. 17, 1824; m. Dec. 5, 1850, Maj. Nathan D.Stoodley,
•Town Records.
t Essex Registrr of Deedi, book '2U, leaf 260 and book 345, Ic.if 304.
: Salem Gazette, Mar. 15, l^^.
\ Xorth Church Recorda.
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54 THOMAS GARDXER, PLANTER,
s. of Nathan and Sally (Ayres) Stoodley. 4. Harriet
Gardner, b. Dec. 23, 1826: d. at Wenham, Nov. 15, 1831.
5. WiUiam Henry, b. June 16, 1820; m. Feb. 10, 1854,
Elizabeth C. Wheeler, dau. of Samuel C. and Abby( Wilson)
Wheeler.*
194. Samuel, bap. Jan. 1792 ;t d. unm.
195. SUKEY Stei»hens (STEVTQfS), bap. Sept. 21, 1794.1
19G. Ha>^ah, bap. Aug. 28, 1796 :t d. Dec. 21, 1883, a^ed S7 years.
3 months 28 days;t m. Jan. 22, 1S22, (Jeorire Creamer.
Children: 1. Hannah Gardner, b. about 1823. She was
a teacher and authoress. 2. George, b. May 2, l.s25; d
Feb. 28, 1870-,: ni. Elizabeth Walker.
SIXTH GENERATION.
139 John Gardner, tho only son of ('apt. John
^^y^-^^-m^ ycfj^''
and Elizabeth (Putnam) Gardner, went to .-sea in the early
part of his life, and was master of a vessel in the West
India trade for sevei-al years. § In tlie year 17(33, he built
a brick mansion on Essex Street, on the site of the
present Gardner Block. || He lived here until 1778, when
he removed from Salem to Wenham. and lived upon a
large farm which he had purchased in tluit town and
Ip^wich. §
JURY.
He served in 1702, and was excused twice in 17(54, and
once in 1767, 1771 and 1772. The excuse given in 1771
was, tliat he was "at sea," and this was probably the
reason in most of the other in.stances.J
CHURCH.
His children were baptized in the Tabernacle Church,
and he therefore probably worshipped there until his
* Goldthwnite Genealopry, p. 110.
t Xortb Church Baptisnii>.
j Town Records.
% Noted of Samuel Plckerinj? Cv.'irdner.
II Essex institute Historical Collections, r. vi, p. 100.
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removal to Wenham. He piircliased a pew in the
Wcnharn Meeting Ilou-'se, of Hafficld White of Danvers,
Sept. 29, 1785.*
REAL ESTATE.
John Gardner, Jun., received from his father-in-law,
Timothy Piekcrinir, Jan. 19, 17^0, a houselot on ilain
Street (now Essex) as a part of the maiTiajre portion of
Elizabeth Pickering his dauirhter.t This lot was the site
now occupied by (iardner Block. He built a house upon
it in 17<)3, a-i mentioned above. He purchased land
bordcrinir upon this lot, of Michael iloore. and John
Turner, in I'M and 17<)4. J He offered this brick house
and lot for sale, in 179o, the advertisement stating that it
was occupied by Capt. Sanuiel Robinson. § John and his
M'ife conveved this house to Philip Chase and Henrv
Rust, Oct.\>0, 18iM.ll
In 1777 he piu:chased of Thomas Brown of Wenham,
for £1480. "divers tracts of land in Wenham and Ipswich
anKHinting to 137 1-2 acres."? This pm'chase included
the homestead lot of 103 acres. Between this date and
1802. he purchased many other lots in that vicinity, of
Nathaniel and Thomas Brown : Daniel, Elizabeth,
Jonathan and "Taminy** Kilham ; Asa Cole and Oliver
Obear.** He sold land in Wenham to Daniel Kilham, in
1779, tt and in Ipswich to George Dodge, Jun. in 1792. }{
In 1780 (Aug. 14), witli the other proprietors of Long
Wharf he sokl it to Richard Derby, Jun., and George
Crowninshield. § § He was appointed administrator of his
father s estate, and in that capacity sold much property.
These sales have all been noted in the article relating to
Capt. John Gardner (No. 90) . || || A mortg-age held by him
is on record, which was discharged later. ITl
" Essex Rcari.strv of Deeds, book 144, leaf '2:«
t Essex Re^l-trv of Deo<ls, book Ul, leaf 256.
: Essex Resri«tiV of Deeds. »>ook llS, leaf 29; book 115, leaf 115.
§ Salem liazette. Mav li^ IT'J.').
I Essex Re-'.srry of Deeds, book HW. leaf 255.
'' EssfX Rejri^trv of Deeds, book I'.iT^ leaf 6'i.
•• Essex Ue^lstrj- of Deed.-, book LS."), leaf 172 : book 140, leave i 100 and 142;
book 141. lenves lOi and HO; book 142, leaf 18; book 147. leaf 4; book 156, leaf 270;
bookiroj. leaves 2T7 and iTS: book 211. leaf 124.
rf E?se\ Registry of Deeds, book 1*}, leaf 15(i.
:t E.«»«ex Rpirisfrv of Deeds, Iwok 2.')0, leaf 21.
§§ Essex Reffij-tiv of Deeds, book V^J, leal T.
1 11 Essex Institute Historical Collections, v. xxxvill, p. 373 (deprlnt, p. 165).
•••" Essex Registry of Deeds, book 144, leaf 142.
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56 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER.
He subscribed £21 toward the pa\ing of the main
street in 1792.* In 1787 he was executor of the estate
of Daniel Kilham of "Wenham.t
John Gardner married tmce. His first wife wa.s
Mary Gale, of Marblehead. They were married in that
town, June 25, 1754.}
His second wife, and the mother of his children, was
Elizabeth Pickering, daughter of Col. Timothy and ^Isvy
(Wingate) Pickering.? Colonel PickeringAvas a member
of the cabinetij of Presidents Wa.'^hington and Adam».
Her father gave her at the thne of her marriage, for her
part of his estate, £106, 13 shilling??, and for 10
shillings paid to him by John Gardner, .sold to him the
house lot on the main street, refen'ed to above. || In
1812, widow Elizabeth Gai'dner, of Wenham, sold to her
brother Timothy Pickering, of AVenham, "7 undivided
eighths parts'* of the "Apple tree lot or Hardy's lot'' in
"South fields," also ''Pickering's Point Pasture" adjoining
the above, and a lot bounded on thi'ee sides by Broad,
Pickering and Green (nowWaiTen) Streets. IT May 30.
1812, she bought of the other heirs of John Pickering,
six-eighths of the certain lands in the Great Pastures, IT
and transferred the same to Ichabod Nichols, May 8,
1813. •• She bousrht back this property on Dec. 23, 1813,
for Sl.OO.tt She died Oct. 12, 1823*^ and was buried in
the Wenham Burj'ing Ground. Her age as given on the
stone was 86.
* Essex lostitute Historical CoHectlons, v. vii, leaf 37.
t Salem Mercury, JvXv 10, 1757.
t Marblehead Town ftecords.
I Pickering GenealoflTT. 53-lv-9.
II Essex Regrlstry of Deeds, lx>ok 111. leaf 256.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1»7, leaves 86-9.
•• Essex Rejflstrv of Deeds, book 199. leaf -247.
tf Essex Registry of Deeds, book 301, leaf 210.
( To be continued.)
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS,
1713-1739.
COPIED BY GEORGE FRANCIS DOW.
(Continued from Vol, XXXVIII, patje 288)
The foregoing Returne is Done and Made according to
the best of our Skill and Judgment
Salem March 23"> 17 2^
byVfs Joseph Burnap ) Surueiors
Jonathan Wade )
Witnesfes
Robert Marshall
Ephraim Ingolls
Efsex fs
Salem 10*** Aprill 1723 Ephraim Ingols personally
Appearing Made Oath that he was present and Saw Joseph
Burnap and Jonathan Wade Signe the foregoing Returne
& that he Subscribed his name as a Witnefs att the Same
time with Robert Marshall
Coram : Theophilus Burrell Jus" Peace
Att a Meeting of the Grand Committe for the Comon
Lands In Salem Aprill the Ninth day 1723 present as
V Margent
Col« S*^ Brown Es' Cap" P*^ Osgood
Jos : Wolcott Esq' Cap" S'* Gardner
M* S" Sewal Esq' Cap" Jon^ Putnam
W Jam* Lindall
Wee of the Grand Committe do Agi-ee too and Accept
of the foregoing Returne of the Surueyers and Layers out
of the Comon Lands in Salem and do order that il'
William Gedney the Proprieters Clerko do enter the
Same in the Proprietors Book of Records As afso that itt
is Agreed and Ordered that the Hundred Acres of Land
(57)
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58 SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
left on y^ Southern side of Boston Road beginning att the
Western End Joyning to the highway Leading from
Convins Pond to the Spring Pond be as a Recerue to
make Good Corwins or Traske[s] Claime to a faime of
one Hundred Acres tliey demand there If they can make
outt a better Right to Itt then the Proprietors, and their
is allowance for the way between The Two Ponds fouer
Rod broad and then the way to Runn Round the East
End of Spring Pond three Rod Broad and then on the
South Side of the Pond Two Rod broad and then on the
South Side of the Pond Two Rod broad an the way goes
to Linn Line
There isj alfo alowancc made for the way or Road from
the Southern Southfeild Gate to Forrest Riuer Bridge
which is to be Three Rod broad
Alfo Itt is Agreed and to be Vnderstood that the
Ministry Lands now Layd out Is to be the Setled
[Ministers and their Succefsors In the Seuerall Parrishes
or Precincts in this Towne as they are now allowed and
Established by the Laws of this Prouince
of the Grand Commite
Sam" Browne Walter Price
Jos : Wolcot Peter Osgood
Stephen Sewall James Lindall
[57] Att a Meeting of the Grand Commite for the
Comon Lands In Salem February IP^ 172 J present as ^
margent
Col** Sam" Browne Cap" Sa™ Gardner
Josiah Wolcot Es Cap" Pet' Osgood
Maj' St*' Sewal Esq Cap" Jon* Putnam
^M' James Lindall
Agreed and Itt is Judged Conuenient and Suitable tliat
M"" William Gedney Clerk of the proprietors do
forthwith put up notifycations on the fouer meetinghoufes
in the Seueral parishes in this Towne, Certifying the
proprietors of the Comon Lands in Salem that the Grand
Comitte of the proprietors haue proceeded according
to the Yoat of the proprietors: October 30^^ 1721 and
haue Caufed the Comon Lands in Salem to be Laid
out in three Diuitions Conforaiable to Said Voat;
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SALEM COM3IOXERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
59
Wherefore they may now pi-oceed to ^Manage and
Iniproue their Said Diuitions of Land Respectiueiy.
And itf is further desired that there be a Copy of y*
Siirueyors Retume Giuen to one of the Grand Commite-
men of the Proprietors in the three Seuerall Diuifions
for Information of their Neighbour Proprietors
Notifications was posted up accordingly 1 8 Feb 172$
and Copia* Giuen to y* Comitymen to the Serueyors
Retume
A List of the names of the Pro])rietors of the Common
Lands In Salem Liuing In the Towne or Two Lower
Pai'ifrh* and their Number of Right.*?.
TWO LOWER PARISHS
Gilbort Taplv S'
1
Coll" Samucll Browne
Gilbert Taply Jun'
1
Es(/
15
Esekiell AVatcr •> :S()ld
Old A incent
1
1 to Jn" Walters
George Felt
3
Re"
1
William Beckett
2
Cap" Thomas Barton
3
Fmneis Skem*
15
Jo'^eph "Williams widow
2
'Widow Prif-^ila SkeiTy
5
Richard Downing
2
Maj^ William Browne
Simond Williard^
1
Esq'
11
William Ropes
2
Cap" John Browne
10
Daniell Cat on
1
Maj*" John Turner
14
Benjamin Smals widow
1
Jonathan Glouer
2
Jo.-iiah Williard
1
John Guppy
2
Walter Palfreys Estate
2
Elisabeth Hasket
3
Jonathan Ager
2
Doct' Francis GahiF-
John ^lajery
2
man
2
Daniell AVebb
2
Widow Hanah Culbert
John GeiTish
2
William Punchard
Cup" John Richards
1
Widow Stephens
John Phippen
2
William Harbert
Cap" Benjamin Pickman
3
Obed Carter
Elisabeth Pickman Ex-
Gilbert Peeter.<
ecutrix
3
John Webb
Joseph Hilliard
2
Widdow Whitford
Jolm Loder
2
Joseph Phippen
Christopher Babbage S°
1
John Jarmon
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
Samuel Ingersols Chil-
John Collins
2
dren
2
Andrew Woodbery
2
Elizabeth White
1
Francis ilore Sofvi to
Widow of John Onies
Col« Turner
S«
2
Robert Bray S«
1
Widow Dowery
1
Joseph Swasy S*
2
Mary Pouldon
1
Thomas MaskcoU
1
Benjamin Ropes
2
John Carter
2
Cap'^ Walter Price
5
John Smith
2
M"^ Timothv Lindals
Abraham Purchafe
2
Estate & L
4
Richard Flinder
2
M" Mary Lindall
3
John Becket S«
1
Jo^^eph Hardy
5
I.'^aac Foot
1
Joshua Graftons Es-
John IMarsters
3
tate
3
Mathew Barton Sold
Cap" Peter Osgood
6
Ezekiel Gplthite
Widdow of Peter
Joseph English
1
Cheuers
1
Aron ilifsery
1
Richard Prince
1
William ilun-y
1
Samuell Foot
2
Widdow Ann Phippen
2
John Gmfton
1
John Webb Cai'penter
1
Joseph Beedle
2
Eleazer Keysor
2
John Williams
7
Eleazer ilofes
1
John Ward
1
Thomas Watters Sold
Elisabeth Dean
1
to Col* Turner
Samuell Archer
2
Thomas Lasking
1
Jonathan Archer
2
Adoniram Collins
1
Joseph Androfs
3
Samuell Pope
1
John Orne
2
William Jeggles
2
William Hirst Esq'
3
Lawrence Majery
1
William Gedney
5
Cap" Richard Harrifs
1
Samuell Wakefield
2
Edward Bishop Soyer
1
Phillip Hill
2
old John ^laikol
1
Jacob Manning
5
Samuell HayT\'ard
2
John Ropes
4
Xathaniell Silsby S*'
1
Josiah Woolcot Esq"^
4
Joseph Gray
1
John Pickering
9
Benjamin Gray
1
Miles Ward
7
John Lander
1
William Frost
2
John Rodgers
1
Widdow Bush
4
Cap" William Bowditch
1
Joseph Alien
5
iladam Bradstreet
2
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61
Francis Willoughby
2
Peter & Benj» Hender-
John Higginson Esq'
8
son
2
Robert Gray
2
Samueil Robinson
2
Widow Hannah Beedle
1
Nathan iell Beedle Jun'
1
John Mackmillion
3
John Smith at the
Benjamin Ashbee
2
feiTy
1
Stephen Daniell
1
John Smith ^lalsters
Widdow Welds
2
houfe
1
John Mechum
2
Jonathan Hart
2
James Simonds
4
John Best
1
Thomas Mafon
1
179
iP Francis Clarke
1
Thomas Elkins
2
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Common Lands In Salem Lining in the Town or Two
Lower Pari^shes and their number of Rights brought
Forward
TWO LOWER PARRISIIES
Daniell Stone
1
James Darling
1
William Roach
3
John Blaney
2
Xathaniell Gedney
2
Abiall Turner Sould
Edward Berry to Xic-
to Col^ Turner
ols Village
Deac" John Mars ton
:Mr. Benj» Gerish S*
3
Sold to Henrv
Xathaniell Osgood
West
John Crumell
Ricliard Croad
2
John Colliers Widdow
Maj' Stephen Sewal
Robert Stone Jun'
Esq'
3
Joseph Grafton
Jeremiai Rodgers
2
Xathaniell Ingersoll
ilr Benjamin Marson
2
Sanmel Ingersoll
Richard Palmer
3
Richard InsrersoU
Widdow of John An-
PauU Mansteild S*
drews
1
Widow Towser
John ilarston S° &
George Cox S*
Jn® Marston Jun'
1
Thomas Veely
William Stacy
1
Xatlianiell Silsby Jun'
2
Benjamin Ashbe S*-'
1
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Christopher Phelps
2
Jonathan Felt
1
George Cox Jun'^
1
Daniell Ba[c]on S*
1
William Curtice Jun'
3
Daniel Bacon Jun'
2
John Sanders
1
John Xorman
1
Cap" John Gardner of
Ebenezer Lambert
1
Nantuckitt
3
Jonathan Xeele
3
Eobert Glandfeild
1
Jonathan Pickering
1
Bartholomew Browne
2
John Emerson Sold to
John Whitefoot
1
:M' Fiske
John Archer houfe
2
^lathew Ea.slice
2i
Samuell Veny
1
Samuell Swasy
•>
Samuell Phippcn S*
1
Abigail Larrimore
1
James and BarthoP
Jauies G [i] llingham
1
Putnams houfe
1
Mr Robert Kitchen
H
AUexander Coals
1
John Cooke Jun^
■2
Edward ilould
2
John Cooke S*^
2
Samuell Shattock
2
Abraliam Cole
1
Flo^\Tence Maccarter
Edmond Batter
4
Cnmiels houfes
5
Col^ John Hathorne
Samuell Phillips 3
Esq'
10
Sold 1 to iP
Thomas Rucks Estate
4
Fiske
2
Jonathan Corwine Escf
3
Sanuiell Gray
1
Peter Henderson S^
3
William Lord
1
Joseph ilajery
1
Peter Windat
2
Samuel Robinson Jun'
1
Samuell Lambert
1
Thomas Elkins S*^
3
George Hodges
3
Nathaniel Black
3
John ilafsey S*'
9
Isaac Williams
2
Jeremiah Xeale Jun'
3
Joseph Orne S^
3
Jeremiah Neale S®
5
Benj* Ornes Estate
2J
Paull ]Mansfeild Jun'
1
Simond Ornes Estate
2
George Birch
1
Habbakuk Gardner
2
Benjamin Lvnde Es(i^
Widdow Hooper
1
1 B L J' 1 Upton
John Glouer
1
1 Swinton
3
Widdow Baxter
1
Cap" William Picker-
Samuell Skiner
1
ing
7
Widdow Stephens
2
Phillip Englisih S*
25
John Milke
1
Cap" John Corwin
2
Edward Xomfs
2
John Chapman
2
John Simpson
2
John Higginson Jun'
4
William Pinson
2
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63
John Mafckoll Jun'
2
John Sibly
1
Cap" Joseph Flint
1
Joseph Xeale
2
Widdow Elizabeth
Samuell Woodwell
1
Darby
1
Edward Flints Estate
10
WiddowMary Gedney
1
John Maccarter
1
Elisabeth Tawley
2
John Datten
1
old Afr. John Kucks
Georg Hackers Estate
2
estate
3
Widdow Cliatwell
1
Katherine King 4
William Beens S'^
2
meni'> 2 Sold into
William Boens Jun^
1
ye xo*** precinct
2
Benjamin Pickering
2
Lewis Hunt
3
Thomas Flint
5
ilr Deliuerance Park-
William Reeues
1
man
9
Ephmim Kempton
2
Joseph Duglace
1
Daniell Epes Escf
5
Samuell King
2
Samuell Gasking S®
4
Cap« Manafseth Mar-
Josei)h Boyce Jun'
4
ston
1
Josiah Southwick Es-
Mr Nicolas Novce 3 :
tate Sold to M'
Sold 2 to ilr ffisk
Ward
3
& 1 to Jn^
1
George Lockers Es-
Jacobs
tate 3: Sold IJ to
Jonathan Bly
2
Jn'^ & W° Os-
Kichard Pike
1
burno
H
Thomas Maule
5
John Loonies
3
Samuel West
4
John Norton
1
Henry West
2
Elias Traske
1
Manafseth Marston
John Flint
2
Jun'
1
Samuell Sibley
1
Edward Brittain &
-
Jos : Henfeild
1
158
Caleb Buffum
6
Joshua Buffum
2
John Holmes
2
Widdow Darling
1
John Simonds
2
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SALE3I COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
Lands In Salem Liuing In the Towne or Two Lower
Parish* and their number of Rights Brought forward
TWO LOWER PARISHES
Robert Buftam
8
John and Samuel
Robert Xeale
2
Ropes
1
Richard Rofe houfe
Miall Bacon
1
Dauid Flint
John Higginson 3 of
Ebenezer Glouer
his grandt^ S.
John Lambeit S'
Gardner
3
Joseph Dean
^Ir Samuel Fiske
8
Timothy Orne
Joseph Thrasher
3
Thomas Simonds
Mr James Lindall
1
jMallachy Foot
Enofs Pope
6
Gamaliell Hodges
Samuell Gasking Jun'
2
Lemmon Beedle
John Prat of Josiah
Xathaniell Phippen
Putnam
1
iP John Cabbett
Benjamin Boyce
2
Edward Cox
iP Benjamin Gerrish
2
Joseph Cooke
Eleazer Pope
3
Widdow Experience
Thorndike Proctor
Flint
Junr
1
George Peale
Benjamin Flint
5
John Bickford
')
Abi-aham Redwood
1
Samuell Aborne
7
Samuell Goodell
2
Josiah Orne half a
Benjamin lues
16
Riffht
i
Paull RajTnond
2
Ebenezer Felton
Samuell Stone J" for
1
Reeus
1
William Addams heirs
1
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184
167
179
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[59] A List of the names of the Proprieters of the
Common Lands In Salem Liuing in Salem Liuing In the
Midle Pi'ecinct and there Xmiiber of Rights
MIDDLE
PRECINCT
John Robbinson
3
Thomas Buffinton S*
1
George Smith
9
Joseph Buxton
11
John Xurfs S*
1
Isaac Cookes Es^tate
1
Cap" Sam^Gai-dner (5:
Samuell Aborn S*^ Es-
3 to Jn® Higgin-
tate : 2 : to Sam**
son
3
Aborn Ju
John Pudney S*
1
Isaack FoUitt
1
Samuel! Fraile S*'
1
Samuell Foster
1
Daniell ;Mackintire
1
Eleazer Goiles
1
Abell Gardner
3
Phillip Lofier
1
Samuell Golethite S*
2
George Jacobs
2
Ezekiell Golethite
4
Isaac Pees for Tyleys
John ^^loulton S*
U
houfe
1
George Flint
u
Widdow Shaflin 2 :
John Trask Jun' Wm»
Sold to Ely* pope 1
1
Sonn Sold to ^P
John Ti-aske S« Sold
Ward
to Benj*^ Flint
Lawrence South wick
1
Nicolafs Traske
2
Daniell Southwick
Daniell Southwick S*
5
Junr
1
Thomas Verrys Widow
1
AV°» Osburne S» 3:
Benjamin Verry
2
Sold li to Benj«
Humphry French
4
lues Remains
ij
William Curtice
2
John Osburne Sold to
Joseph Flint
1
Benj* lues
Dauid Harrod pd In
Robert Moulton S* 2
land Incroacht by
Sold 1 to Tho
him
Mackentu-e
1
James Houlton
6J
Samuell Golethite Jun'
1
Anthony Xeedham Jun^
1
Stephen Small
3
Benjamin Popes Wid-
Xathaniell Tompkins
4
ow Sold to S** West
John Gardner
2
Robert Pees
1
Samuell Stone S^
3
John Jacob*
2
Richard Watters
3
Robert Wilson Jun^
2
John Watters S* Estate
2
Jonathan Harrod
1
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3AI.EM COJOIOXERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
Benjamin Porter
4
Samuell Cooke Isaac*
Thorndick Procter: 4
Son
4
one Giuen to his
Ebenezer Cutler
1
Son
3
Robert AVilson S«
1
John Felton
1
Anthony Xeedham S'
Serg^' Xath» Felton 2
Sofd to John Traske
" one Giuen to Eb.
Cap'^ Israeli Porter
2
Felton
1
old ^Ir John Porters
Samuell King Johns
Estate
1
Son
1
:Mr Endecot* Orchard
Samuell Cutler
1
Farme Sold to
John Watters Junr
4
Th^ Simonds
Jacob Reed
2
Peter Twist Jun"^
Ebenezer Foster
2
JosJeph Dowtey
Dauid Foster
4
Jonathan Xiu-fs
John Southwick Es-
John Verry
tate
2
Samuell ]\Iarble
James Goold
1
^Ir Benjaman Prefcott
John Procter
3
Xathaniell Watters
John Foster
3
Thomas ]Mackentire
2
John King S*" Estate
2
Thomas Goold 1 Sold
Abraham Pearce
2
to Enofs Pope
"William Shaw S*
1
Thomas Green
2
Nathaniel Felton Jun'
I
John HaiTod
1
John ilarsh
1
Peter Twist S«
1
Jonathan Marsh
1
John Tarbell Jun'
1
Ezekiell Marsh
1
Ebenezer Marsh
1
Joseph Goold
1
Ebenzer Lindsy Sould
Samuell Osburne
3
to Sam^^ Goodall
John & Xatb-^ Felton
Jonathan Boyce
1
for y*" fathers houfe
3
Samuell Cooke Cooper
William Orsburne Jun^
1
lOlJ
Sold to Benj* lues
John Slapp Sold to
Mr Fiske
John Southwick Junr
Rober[t] Wilson Junr
Mofes Aborne Junr
Jonathan Felton
Samuell Felton
Daniell Epps Jun'
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A List of the names of the Proprieters of the Common
Lands In Salem Lining In the ilidle Precinct and their
Number of Rights Brought forward
MIDDLE PRECIXCT
Jonathan Pudney
Ebenezer !Moulton
mem° his houfe is
on Comon Land
Lsaac Reed
John Pudnv Jun*" Es-
tate
Samuel Pudny 2 : Sold
1 to Enos Pope
Skelton Felton
Daniell Shaw
James Buxton
Isaac Xeedham Sold to
James Buxton
1
1
1
1
3
Thomas Xeedham Sold
to John Tmske
John Buxton Joseph*
Sonn
Jonathan Buxton
John & William Os-
burne
15
^^
OIJ
1
203
[60] A List of the names of the Proprietors of the
Comon Lands In Salem Lining In the Village and Royall
Side or North Precinct and there Xumber of Rights
THE VILLAGE
John Buxton S®
John Traske Royal-
side
William Buckly Sold
to Jon*" Buxton
Jacob Fuller 2 Sold to
ilr Prescot &
Geo'^ Smith
Thomas Fuller S« Sold
to James Houlton
Thomas Fuller J" Sold
to John Buxton
Zackariah Goodell S*
Isaac Goodell Sold to
Samuell Goodell
1
Joseph Hutchinson
Thomas Prefson Es-
tate
Cap" Walcotts Estate
James Smiths Estate
Sanmell Braybrooke
Henry Brownes Estate
John Rea
Joshua Rea.s Estate
Cap" Thomas Rajinond
Jonathan Ra}-mond
John Kittle
John Crcafy
Joseph Batchelders
Estate
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
4
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^ALE3I COMXOXEBfl RECORDS, 1713-1739.
Zackariah Goodell Jun'
John Goiles Sold to
Jn« & W- Os-
burne
Joheph Holton
Henry Houlton
John Houlton
Joseph Hutchinson S*
Estate
rram" Xurfs & Sold to
Paul Rarmond S:
G" Suiith
Joseph Goodell
Joseph Pope Sold to
Enofs & Eliz'Pope
Jame?* Phillips
Jo-eph Swiiierton
Jasper S^inerton
Zackariah White
Samuel! Nurft Jun'
Sold to Rb" Bufum
Samuell Goodell
Eaiiter Swinerton Sold
to M*- Linde &
S* Aborn
James Rofs Sold to Mr
Fiske
John Tarbell S*
James Putnam
Benj* Wilkins Sold to
Benj* lues
Abraliam Smith
Daniell Rea S«
Henry Kenny
Jo?>eph Whipple Sould
to Jn** Buxton
& G^ Smith
Ruth Osburne ; 2 :
Sold 1 to Jn" &
W»» Osburne
John Eastice Sold to
Coll*^ Turner
1 John Batcbelder 1
Jo^iah Batchelder 1
Jonathan Batchelder 1
Xathaniell Howard S* 1
1 Xicolafs Hajrward Sold
1 to George Smith
1 Xehemiah Howard
Sold to CoI<»
1 Browne
Cornelius Baker 1
Ebenezer Woodbeny 1
John Fro>t for Gi*eens
1 houfe 1
Samuell Traske 1
Jacob Grififffs 2
2 Jonathan Fuller Sold
1 to Jn'* Buxton
1 John Kenny 1
1 Daniell Andrew 3
John Wilkins S* Sold
to Jn» & W°» Os-
1 burne c^ Pope
Thomas Wilkins S*
Sold to Sam"
Xurfs then to R B
John Walcott 1
Henr}' Wilkins Sold to
2 Col*' Turner
5 Thomas Kenny 2
John Day for James
Barny Sold to
3 Rob*» Bufiim
3 Serg« John Leech 2
1 his Son Samuel Leech 1
John Dorland Sold to
James Buxton
James Prince 2
Joseph Prince Sold to
Robert Buffam
1 John Deale S'' 1
Thomas Bailev Sold to
Col« Turner
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Benjamin Fuller
1
Thomas Nickols Sold to
Cap" Thomas Flint
3
Co^« Turner
Deacon Xathanieil In-
Mr Joseph Herrick
1
gersoU
2
Jabez Baker
1
Benjamin Hutcliinson
2
AAllliam Rufsell S«
Edward Xickols
2
Sold to Jo Buxton
Joseph Porter S*
1
William Vpton Sold to
Samuell Porter Sold to
Eleazer Pope
Sam" West
Samuel Vpton 2 Sold
Joseph Putnam : 7 ;
1 to Benj'^ Lindo
Sold 2 to il"
Esq^
1
Lindall
5
Benjamin Hoi ton
2J
Corolin* John Putnam
Joseph AVhite and his
Sold to Col" Turner
mother Sold to Mr
Leit^ Benj« Putnam 6 :
Fiske
Sold 3 to J'^
:M' Xathanieil Putnam
1
Thrasher
3
M'Izraell Porter Sold
Thomas Putnam Sold
to Robert Bufum
to Ez>^ Golethite
Tarrent Putnam
1
John Putnam Weauer
3
—
•
Cap** Jonathan Putnam
1
49J
Edwai-d Putnam
1
Eleazer Putnam
2
Ezekiell Cheuers 2 :
Sold 1 to Rob"
Bufiim
1
John Hutchinson Sold
to James Lindall
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7»ALEM rOMMONER^ RECORD*, 171S-173'.*-
THE VHXAGE
TliOina.* P'lint Jun' 1
J?irm'» Pixliiaui Jun' 1
JonafL'in Ptitnain Jiin' 1
Wifirlow DaiTiLMt-, .<oIrl to M' Prefcott n
John Buxton Jiu/ Sold to Jonathan Buxton
Anibrof^ Iliitchin.^on Sold to James Buxton
S?iiiiiH'II Uea 1
Huiiiphri- (Vife Sold to J** Buxton
JoIjji (fiin-on 1
Joiin Ftili^r Sf,ld Sold to Jn^^ & W™ O-biinit' n
Saiiiii'Il Fiillc-r Sold to Col* Turner
Jo-i'jMi ¥\\\hv Sold to M*" Pref>cott *>
Dauirl IJirhard^on 1
John O-hurn Vill:;L'^o Sold to Jauies oc B*n Ilolton
Jo-iuh Putnam ><An to M' Pratt
JoM'ph Putnam Juii^ 1
William Small 1
Benj^ Wilkins Jun^ Sold to Jn^ & W» 0:rbunie
Arfjuilla Wilkin^ Sold to M' Benj" Gerri:?h
Jo-*(.'l)h AViikiu-^ Sold to Col^ Turner
John Wilkin-^ Ter.<* Sold to J^ Buxton
John Bro'»rnc weauer 1
John Deale Jun*^ Sold to Enofs Pope
Jonathan Hayward Sold to Jn"* Osburn
Rirlmrd.>on Hutchinson Sold to J"* Burton
William Porter Sold to M' Fiske
William KufM^ll Jun*" 1
Thoma> Bayley Jun*^ 1
Benjamin Rufsoll Sold to J^ Buxton
Jonathan Fuller Sold to John Buxton
Ezekiell Chouers Jun' 1
Cornelius Tarbell 1
Samuell Putnam 1
I.saac Burton Sold to George Smith ^
Joseph Buxton Jun*" 1
John Prefson 1
Abraham Gooddl 1
John Wilkins Jun'' Sold to M^ Gerri-^^h
Robert Hutchinson Sold to J'' Buxton
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Cap** John Dodge and Son Jonathan (5
John Sibly Village to George Smith
Anthon}' Buxton'Sold to Col'' Turner
Hazadiah Smith Sold to CoP Turner
Nicolas Baiivs houfe J
Xathaniell Sibly 2 : Sold 1 to Rob" Bufum 1
Daniell Rea 1
Katharine King 4 Sold 2 in the North Precinct 2
Lsaao AVilkin.s Sold to George Smith
John Allen houfe in y'' Village 1
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[01] Att a fleeting of the Proprietors of the Common
and vndiuided Lands in the Towne of Salem ^lareh 17*^
172|, being an Extraordinary full ^Meeting
Voted That CoP Samuel Browne Es(i' is Chofen
Moderator for the Meeting
Voated That W"" Gedney Esq' Cap" Daniel Epes Cap"
Samuel Barnard and M' Benj* Linde Jun' are Chofen
and added to CoP Samuel Browne Esq' of the former
Commite who are impowered to Cal all y* proprieters
meetings for the Common Lands in y* Town of Salem
Voted in the Xegatiue That the Matter Propofed in
m' Justice Lindals Warrant by the Desire of m' Benjamin
Prefcot and Seuen more Proprietors in the ]^Iiddle
Precinct, That the Proprietors of ye Comon Lands in
Salem would Grant the Plains (So Called) of Common
Lands Laying on the North Side of Boston Road between
Strongwater Brook Bridge and the Buts Brook unto the
Proprietoi-s of the Village Royalside and Middle precinct
Diuif-^ions of Comon Lands in Proportion to their Rights
in the Seueral Diuifsions besides the Lands Sett out to
them in their Refpectiue Diuifsions Voated in the
Negatiue.
Voated That Whereas the Proprietors of the Common
Lands Laying in the ^lidle Precinct & Vilage and Royal-
side Diuifsions haue Asked and Desired that the
Proprietors of the Common Lands La3'ing in Salem
would allow them Some further Considerations for their
Diuifsions and the matter being duely Considered, anditt
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appearing that the Fence made on Linn Line from
Darlings to Spring Pond was paid for out of the Stock of
monys belonging to the Proprietors in General Therefore
it is Agreed to allow unto the Midle Precinct and Village
and Royal Side Diuifsions their Respective parts of the
Said mony So Expended formerly which is to be paid
them in Proportion according to their S** Diuiiions and
the Said mony Shal be paid them out of the Stock which
Shal be Raifed by Seling Som parts or parcels of the
Common Lands in Salem not 3'et Diuided or dispofed of
and this to be a final Ifsue and ftil Settlement of the
Seueral Diuifsions of the Comon Lands According
as it was done by the Direction of the Grande Commite
by our Voat & order October thirtieth one Thousand
Seuen Hundred and Twenty one and we do hereby allow
and Confirme the Settlement of the Thi-ee Seueral
Diuifsions of Comon Lands in Salem as it was La^-d out
and Retm'ned by Joseph Burnap and Jonathan Waide
Surueyers there haueing been A Regard had to the
Quallity as well as Quantity as by the Retume of fine
Gentlemen Appointed by the Grande Conmiite to make
a Valewation of the Quallity of Said Lands Appears and
which was Receiued and allowed by the Grand Commite
and the Said Diuifsion Settled Accordingly the Voat of
the Proprietors
Voated That the monys which was in Stock belonging
to the Proprietors in General be Diuided to the Three
Seueral Diuifsions according to the Number of Rights
they haue in Each Diuifsion and paid Accordingly
[62] Att A Meeting of the Comitee that were Chosen
and Impowred by the Propt" of Comon Lands in Salem
to call all Meetings of the Propt" of Comon Lands mett
Jan'7 25 17§^l
Agreed & Ordered that there be a Meeting of the
Proprietors of Comon & Undevided Lands in Salem on
Monday ye 15^^ day of Feb'^ next at nine of the clock in
the forenoon at the Town house in Salem viz^ : To make
choice of a Clerk for the Grand Propriety of Comon Lands
in the Room of W™ Gedney Esq' Deceas*^ also to make
Choice of four Suitable Persons to be Added to .such as
are living of the iirst & Grand Comitee to make up the
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aumber of s^ Comtee & to Consider whether the Prop*"
in general will allow & further Impower the Grand
Com** to Receiue any claims for Rights that have not as
yet been made out : the s*" Claims being proved to the
satisfaction of the Com** according to the Rules & Methods
formerly used in Receiuing the other Claims — also to
make Choice of a new Com'* or further Impower & Direct
such as remain of the old Com^ of Enchroachmts to take
Special Care that no Encroachmts be made on the Comons
& to prosecute at Law Such as are already or hereafter
may be made thereon unlefs such Trespafers can agree
with the Grand Com**" on s^uch terms as may be advanta-
geous to the Proprietors — and also to Impower the
Grand Com'*' to make such Agreements & Compositions
To Consider if the Proprietorss Judge it best of selling
the whole or part of the Comon Lands that Lyes on the
North of Boston Road from Strong Water Brook to the
Butts to the highest Bidder the produce of s^ Sale to be for
the use & Service of the Prop*" to be Devided to the
Several Divifsions According to the sum of Rights which
there is in each Divifsion
To Consider of the Petition of several of the Propt" of
the village & Royal Side Divifsion of Comon Land with
regard to some claims made on that Divifsion of Comons
lying on North of Ipswitch Road & to act what may be
tho't proper by the Prop^ on the whole of sd Petition
Also to do what may be Judged best b}'' the Prop'" as to
letting out or fencing the Comons lying on Dog pond
Rocks so called
Coppy of the Notifications g^^^^ Browne
posted on ye Meeting r) i r^
houses in the Several Par- t> "» t ^^/ j r S^Comt'
rishes in the Town of Salem -, ,5 ' ,
BL. clerk ^^m : Barnard
[63] Att A Meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon
& Undevided Lands in Salem held at the Townhouse in
Salem on Feb^ 15 : 1730/31
Voted That Tim<> Lindal Esq*^ is chosen Moderator
for this Meeting
Voted That Ben* Lynde Jun*^ is chosen clerk to the
Proprietors of the Comon & undevided Land in Salem,
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74 SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
& was sworn to s** office by Tim® Lindal Esq' at s*
meeting
Voted That there be four Persons chose to fill up the
number of Such a^ are deceas* ot the Grand Comitee
Voted That Maj' Dan" Eppes Ben* Lynde Jun' Capt
Tho* Barton & Capt Sam' Barnard be the Persons chose
on s** Comitee
Voted That the GrukI Comitee as now filled up are
hereby further allowed & Impowred for the space of Six
months next Ensuing to receive* any claim for Rights that
have not as yet been made out According to such Rules
& Methods, as the Comitee formerly used in Receiving
the Claims & present the s** Claims to the Proprietors at
their next meeting for thtnr Acceptance & being put upon
Record.
Voted Tliat M*" Ja Lindal Capt Plaisted Ben* Mai-ston
Esq' Ensign Dan" Rea il' Tim* Pickering Mr Jn« Trask
Mr Ben* Ives be A Comite to Enquire into the
Encroachments & Trespafses that are made on the Comon
Lands.
Voted That the Comitee of the Encroachments now
chosen be Impowred & Directed to take special Care &
notice of any Encroachments or Trespafses that are or
may be made on the Coinon Lands & Certify the Grand
Comitee thereof in Order to their Compounding or
Agreeing them, & in case of non agreement to prosecute
them or any of them at the Law.
Voted That the Grand Coinitte be Impowred to make
such Compositions <fe Agreements.
Itt being putt to Vote Whether the Proprietors would
at this Meeting Vote the Lands on the Xorth side of
Boston Road to be sold. Voted in the Negative
In Answer to the first Clause of the Village Pi'oprietors
Petition praying
Voted That the Comittee of Encroachments have a
Special Regard to all Trefspafsors on the Lands North of
Ipswitch River laid out to the Village & Royal side and
Prosecute such Trospafsors, unlefs they Compound witli
the Grand Comitte as afores^
In Answer to the Second Petition for allowing the
Village to Enclose the Dog pond Rocks
Voted in the Negative.
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8ALE3I COMMOXERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 75
The Question being put — Whether the Proprietors
will at present Fence or otherwise Improve the Lands
lying at Dog pond Rocks pased in the Negative.
[64] Att A Meeting of the Grand Comittee of the
Comon Lands in Salem Feb 22^ 17^?
Whereas the Proprietors Coiuon & unde^'ided Lands
in Salem by a Vote pafted at their Meeting on 15 Feb'''
past did Impower the Grande Comitee to receive the
Claims for any Rights that have not as yet been made out
According to such Rules & methods as were foixnerly
used to receive s** Claims These are therefore to Xotity
such Persons who have Rights yet to Enter that they
bring in their claims to the s** Comittee who Intend to
meet on that Senice at Two of the Clock Afternoon on
the Second Mondays of the Six Succeding Months at the
Sign of the Sliip in Salem & all Persons are desired to
take notice thereof accordingly (p ord' of Com^**
Ben* Ljnde Jun"' Prop*" Clerk
Coppy of Notifications posted upon "j
the four Meeting houses on Salem >
BLJ
Whereas the Prop^ of the Comon & L^'ndevided Lands
in Salem at their Meeting on the 29 June Inst, did further
Impower the Grande Comittc to receive Claims for three
months, These are therefore to Notify all Persons who
have any Rights to Enter that the Comite Intend to meet
on the Second Monday in the months of July Aug" &
Septem**"^ next at Mr Pratts at three in the afternoon &
all Persons who have buisnefs with the s^ Comite may then
have an opportunity of Doing it #* ord' Com*'
Salem June 30 : 1732 Ben» Lynde Jun' Prop'" Clerk
Coppy of Notifications posted on y*
four meetinghouses in Salem
BL
[65] Att a Meeting of the Comitte that were Chosen
& Impowered by the Proprietors of the Comon &
Undivid Lands in Salem to call all Meetings of the
Proprietors ^lett at M" Prats in Salem Februarv 25^**
173J
Agreed and Ordered that there be a Meeting of y*
Proprietors of y* Comon & Undivided Lands in Salem on
Tuesday jr* Fourteenth Day of March next at Ten of y*
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76 SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS^, 1713-1739.
Clock in y* forenoon at the Town Home in Salem viz.
To appoint Some Perfons in the room of Sam" Browne &
W» Gedney Esq' Dec** of the Comitte
To call Meetings also to fill up the Grand Com'^
vacant by the Death of Col® Browne & ^laj' Wal^ Price
Also to know whether y« Proprietors will allow any
Further Time for Receiving of Claims And to consider of
making Some allowance to y* Grand Com*** for their
Service & Trouble & of Allowances to y* Clerk
Also to Chuse a Comtee to make legal Conveyances &
Confirmations of such Peices of Land as have been
Incroach'd on by Several Perfons according to y* Compo-
sitions made for y* Same with y*" Grand Comtee & to
appoint Perfons to Lay out & Meafui-e the Same To
Consider of y* petition of John Ruck Benj* Flint & others
of Dividing the Lands on the North Side of Boston Road
to make Such Improvem* & ufe of the Same by Divifioii
or otherwise as the Proprietar [y] at their Meeting shall
Judge best To Consider of and Accept the Return of the
Claims of such Perfons who^e Rights have been Rec** <fe
made out to ye Grand Com"*
To appoint Agents to Defend y" Comoners against y
Suit of Eben*" Moulton To Consider of Making some
allowance to y* Village & Royal Side Proprietors for a
grant of Land formerly inside Captain Lawthrope which
Land was accounted & measured out to y* Village &
Royal side as i)art of their Divifion and to Consider of
Cap* Fliutii Claim for Sti-atons Grant To Consider of
taking Some erteetual measures to prevent Incroachment>
Also to do what may be thought best as to 3^* Improving
Dogg Pond Rocks so Call'd and to do all other such
Matters & things as shall be agreed on by ye Proprietors
^ Order of y* Com'**''
Benj livnde eJun' Propt" Clerk
Att a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon
nded Lands in Salem at the Townhouse in Salem
on Mar 14 : 173^
Voted Mr James Liiidal moderator for s"* meeting
It being put to vote whether Two Persons he added to
fill up y* grand Comitee
voted in Negative
[661 i
& Undevic
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8ALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 77
Voted That the Grand Com** or ye iiiajr part be
Invested with the Power of calling all meetings
Voted that y* maj' part of the Seven per.son:j remaining
of the Grand Comitee have the power of receiving claims
Voted That the Comitee goe on to receive claims for
Three months longer on the terms ye other claims were
received
Voted That Ben* Lynde Jun' be allowed forty Shillings
for his senice as Clerk to this time
Voted on the Petition of Jon* Buxton <& others for u
strip of the Comon Land lying on the X** Side of the
Land measured to the midle jn-ecinct Propt" on y® west
side of the Highway lending to y* Rivers head & East of
Feltons meadow of one Acre & half for Twenty five
Pounds Voted That the same be granted & Confirmed
to them on the paying of Twenty five pounds in Bills of
Credit for the use of this Propriety
On the Petition of Dan^ Puinntiim for a smal peice of
Comon Land over against Geo : Smith's in that Angle on
the Counti'y Road to Erect an House on & to give thirty
Shillngs a pole for it
Voted That the $•* Purrintuin shal have as nmch as
may be needful for him laid out to him c^i Confirmed on
his paying thirty Shillings #* pole for ^"^ land to be for
the use of the Propriety
On the Petition of Peter T^vifs Jun' for the land lying
in Comon on the Left hand of the road from Strong water
brook going to Boston
Voted that he have so many pole of Land measured to
him as to sett an house on & its granted & Confirmed to
him on his paying twenty five Shillings ^ pole to the use
of the Propriety
Voted on the Petition of Joseph Wilkins for a peice of
the Comons where he has built an house on the Plain
leading to the Midle Precinct Meetinghouse Voted that
s** "Wilkins have Granted him so many poles of Land as
may be Convenient for s** house paying therefor Thirty
Shillings ^ pole to the use of the Proprietors On the
Petition of Ez'' Goldthidte for a peice of Land of the
Comons where he has built an House as in the petition
Voted that he have so much Land Granted to him to be
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78 SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
of the same front as is measared to Wilkins he paying
thirty Shillings ^ pole for the same, & to Give Ten
Shillings ^ pole for the rear Land down to the highway
to be of the snme breadth with the front
Voted On the Petition of Isasic Meachum for a peice of
Comon Lands litle beyond the Town Brid.<re on which he
has built a shop he paying Thirty five fhillings #• pole for
what he shal have
Voted that the same be Granted to him on those terms
y* mony to be for the use of the Propriety
Voted That the Gram! Comitee or the maj'' part of
them be Impowred to urder the measuring out the land
voted to l)e Confirmed to the above s^ Persons & make
Legal Conveyances to them in the name of the Proprietors
Voted That the Lands lying in Coinon from strong
Water brook to the Butts on the North Side of Boston
Road called Sam* Stone & Verry's Plains be devided into
three Devifsions, viz to the Proprietors belonging
[67] Meeting of the Coinoii" as on other Side
belonging to the body of the Town or Two Lower Parrish
Devifions, according to & in prop<»rtion to the number
of their Rights, &to the Midle Precinct Devifsion accord-
ing to the number of their Rights, & to the Village &
Royal side Proprietors according to the number of their
Rights, the s^ Devifsions to be measured out & Propor-
tioned to them Severally by the Three following Persons
viz Capt Rob* Woodlierry Ar Henry Herrick Jun' &
M' Nath* Porter Sen*" a Comittee chose for s^ purpose &
in case of Refusal of either of the three the other Two
to Chose a third peri^on. And the s"^ Comittee are to
have regard to the Quality & Quantity of Land in their
Proportioning & allotting the Same to the several
Devifsions
Voted That the Land on Trasks & Mill plains do still
ly in Comon For Such use as the Proprietors may
hereafter Direct
Voted That M"" Thornd Procter M^ Ben* Flint & M' Jn«
Prefson be a Comitte to wait on the Gent™ appointed as
afores^ to make a valluation & Devifsion of the Comons,
& Desire them to Attend the a'^ Affair as Soon as may be,
& Stake out & Allott the Severall Devifsions & the s^
Comitte as soon us its done shall present the Allotments
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to the Proprietors at their next meeting for their Confir-
mation of the same
It being put to Vote Whether there ^jIiouM be a Road
wiiy ulonar by GoUlthrite's fence to come out by the
Precinct Meeting house Voted in the Xegativp
V«rted that the Road Irom Giles Plain to the niidle
precinct Meetinghouse be laid out bv the Wid" Stones to
the North Westward ot the House the »imw. to be three
poles wide & laid out by the Gent men who are to make
the valuation and Devil'sion of th«' Comons jilbres*'
Voted Thtit il*" elames Lindal & M*' J.icob Manning be
the Agents of this Propriety for the Defending the
Comons in the Suit of Kben : Mouiion Couienced against
I hem to be tryed at Ipswitch Court. & their power to
Continue from Court t<» Court untill the Cauj-e be ended
The return of the List of Claims made out to the Grand
Comitte reatl & Voted That the same he Accepted &
Recorded
Voted That The village Proprietors be a Mowed to make
up the Fence & Enclose the Comons called Dog pond
Rocks part of which is I>eIonging to their Pr«»pri«ty &
have the Improvement of it tor Two years paying to the
Proprietors for wh.it they Shall Improve of the Propriet"^
Such Sum or Sum.s as they can agree for with the Giand
Comitte & their wall to be valued at the End of s** Term
& so much as belongs to the Proprietors to make shal
be repaid them. They also allowing Such Persons whose
Ri'.'hts have I»een or may at y** next meeting be voted to
be laid out on s'* Comons, to Improve with Them on y*
paying :i proportion of Fence.
Voted That the Affair of Cap* Lawtlirope & Strattons
Grant be reffered to the next meeting
Voted That M^ Jacob Manning Thornd Procter Ju""
Sam' Eborn & Tim^ Pickering or Maj' P.irt be a Comitte
to look after Encroachments & have full power to
prosecute to Effect any Person that have or Shall make
Encroachments cm the Comon Lands
[68] Att a Meeting of the Grand Comitte Impowred
to receive the Claims of Such as heretofore had not made
out their Rights meet at M" Pratts Mar 8, 1730/1 Present
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80 9ALEM C03IM0XERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
M' Lindal Capt Osgood Maj' Eppes Capt Barton Capt
Barnard B Lynde Jun*"
RIGHT
ont* Ris^ht for the House formerly Rich'* oakes built
1714 & proved 1
Att xV meeting of s^ Comitee at s'* Place April 12, 1731
Cap* Osgood Capt Put man Mr Lindal Maf Eppes
Cap* Barton Capt Barnird B L\ nde Jun"*
one Right for the Hoiise formerly Edw** Bishops of
Ro Side StandiiiiT .ifter 1702 & Sold 1713 to Jos
Trask of Beverly dec^ w deed 1713 1
one Cottasre Right for old Jon" Pickerings house
W'^' one Deticon hiiilt before 1661 1
one Right for Jon' Boyce being for his Fnther Jor«
Boyces hou^e on Procters land built ab** 1705 1
Att A Meeting of >' Comittee at s'* Place June 14,
1731 Capt Osgood Capt Putman C.ipt Barton
Capt Barnard B Lynde J*^
Saui^ King Sen' for a Right of Jon" Harrods for his
house built 1714 1
A Right for v* House Edw^* T^vifs built on John
Eborn Land 1713 1
one Right for Jn** Kempthorn Hotiso built 1711 1
one RVght to Ez: Cutler for ihe House Rob: Hill
built on his land 1713 1
Att A Meeting of s** Comitoe at s^ Place July 1731
Capt Osgood M' Lindall Maj Kpps Cap^ Barton
Capt Barnard B Lynde J*"
Jos Bu3rton for an house f )rmerly Peter Prescots a
Dwelling house 1703/4 1
Paul Mansfeild Sen*" for a Dwelling hou^jc on his Land
in w^^ Mr Eveleth a Baker lived before 1661
Sworn to & proved 1
Xath Siisby for a C«»ttage Right of Tho" Robbins in
y* ferrylane 1
Att a Meeting of s** Comitee at s^ Place Aug: 2, 1731
Present Capt Osirood, Putman, Lindal, Eppes
Barton Barnard Lynde J""
(To be continued.)
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THE PEPPERRELLS IN AMERICA.
BY CECIL HAMPDEX CUTTS HOWARD.
(^Continued from Vol. XXXVTII, page 32 0.)
180 William Wentworth Pumald born 0( t. l:>,
17<)0: niarried Nov. 4, 1789, Wuite Suli'sbury of
Sallsburv, Mua.s. He died Sept. y. 1J551.
Children :
469. Eliza, ni. James Johnsou of Kittery, Me.
470. Nancv, m. Col. Gowen Wilsou.
471. Waite, ni. Capt. Oliver Staples.
472. Julia, m. Rev. P. Morrill.
472a. Wentwouth.
181 Samuel Pamald born May 12, 17H2 : married
April 4, 1825, Bet-^ey Fiirnald and died March 3, 1^57.
Children :
473. S.vRAH A. E., b. June 12, 1826; ra. Oct. 5, 1846, Warrington
Paul.
474. Marli, b. Sept. 1, 1827; ra. Samuel Paul; d. Oct. 31, 1848.
187 Hamiah Fumald born Aug. 11, 1777:
married Capt. Benjamin Fiirnald, who wa.^ born Aug. i>,
1775, and died 1818. She died Xov. 11, 1815.
Children :
475. William Wentworth, b. Feb. 6, 1802: m. ; d. Nov.,
1871.
476. Bi:x.JAMiN, b. July 15, 1804; d. 1820.
477. John Beaver, b. Feb. 19, 1807; m. Nov. 20, 1828, Prudence
Lord.
478. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28, 1808 : d. 1847.
479. Elzira, b. April 22, 1811; d. at Brooktield. N. H.
480. Anx Wentworth, b. April 24, 1813; m. Sept. 20, 1835, Henry
Thompson.
195 Theodore Atkinson Outts born 11 W\
(81)
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82 THE PEPPERRELLS IN AMERICA.
married Nov. 25, 1804, Mary A. Fumald, who died April
13, 1853, aged 8(> (.see 184). He died May 3, 1853.
Children :
481. Olh'e, b. May 27. 1806: m. 1st, 1833. Oliyer Clark; m., 2nd,
M. Hatch: d. Sept. 1, 1884.
482. Thomas, b. Oct. 23, 1807; d., unin., 1848.
196 Polly Cutts born 1770; mamcd, 1801, John
Clarke, of Dayton, Me.
Children :
483. Olr-er, m. 1833, Olive Cutts (j-ee 481) ; d. 1835.
484. SoPHLv, m. Curlier.
485. Almira, m. Buck.
486. Margery, m. Hight.
487. Elizabeth, m. Nathaniel Clarke.
488. William.
198 William Cutts born 177G: married June 2*J.
1802, Hannah Groiiard, who died ilar. 18, 1872, aged
8y. He died J!?ept. 24, 1823, at Richmond, Va.
Children :
489. Olfi-er, b. JolT 6, 1803; m. 1st. 1828, Mrs. Ellz. Smith; m.
2ud, 1863, Mrs. Walder; d. Nov. 2. 1889.
490. Haxxah. b. Jan.. 1805: .m. Jan. 16, 1838, Jno. Brown, Jr.; d.
Feb. 23, 1859.
491. Harriet, b. 1807; d. unm. Apr. 28, 1837.
492. Augusta, b. 1809; m. Thomas.
493. Julia, b. 1811 : m. William Mills.
199 Thomas Cutts born 177<>; married, 1813,
Eunice Cutts, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Frost)
Cutts and died, 1845, at Baltimore, Md. (.see 236).
Children :
494. We>t WORTH, m. Ann Mary Curtis.
201 Margery Pepperrell Cutts bom Feb. 14,
1784; married Mar. 6, 1807, Mark Fumald. who died
1831. She died in 1864.
Children :
495. Willlvm Cutts, m. Oct. 1, 1835, Jane Tibbetts.
496. J.OIES M.vDisox. b. Apr. 23, 1809; d. 1809.
497. HnuM, b. May 16. 1811; ra., 1836. Maria Childs; d. 1870.
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THE PEPPEKRELLS IX AMERICA. So
498. S.V.MCKL, b. Apr. 25, 1813; m. Lavinia Wherren; d. Oct. 15,
1886.
499. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 29, 1815; m., 18^8, E. Hammond.
500. Robert Cutts, b. June 4. 1817; m. Caroline Nowell.
501. ^Iark, b. Aug. 10. 1820; m., 1842. Julia Hanson; d. Not. Hi,
1868.
502. John, b. Oct. 7. 1822; m., 1846, Mary A. Paul.
50o. Mary, b. Jan. 3. 1825; m., 1S54. Moses Hammoiul.
504. Margery Prpperrell Citts, b. July 23. 1827; m., 185U,
William A. Furnald; d. Feb. 26, 1892.
209 John Newmarch Frost horn Oct. li», lso2 :
nuirriccl D(M*. 2', ls:>4. at Kyo, X. II., Emeline Seavey.
He diod April 2i;, ls74.
Children, born at Portsmouth, X. 11., except the la-^t
two who were born at X'ewcastle, X". H. :
505. William Se.vvky, b. June 25, 1830: m. Feb. 27, 1863, Auii
Elizabeth Warner.
50r». SuSAX Graftox Pre^icott, b. Dec. 16. 1832; m. Aug. 3, 1854.
Le-wls Tarlton.
507. JoH>f Newmarch, b. May 25. 1834: m. Jan. 27, 1864, Thresa
Luiit.
508. BEX.L\Mnf PRE.SCOTT. b. Apr. 1, 183(i; d. July 25, 1858, at
Gonalves, Hayti.
500. James, b. Feb. 19. 1838; d. Feb., 1839, at Portsmouth, X. H.
510. Thresa BROwy, b. Nov. 3, 1840; ro. Mar. 24, 1862, Robert
Henderson.
511. Carrie Langdox. b. May 1. 1842: d. Sept. 25, 1861. at
Portsmouth, N. H.
219 Joseph Frost born Dec. 2.'), 17<)2: married
Mary 6hai>leigh, who \va.s born Xov. It. 1770 and died
Oct. 0, Ls()?<. He served as Major and Sheriff and died
Jan. «, I'Sll.
Children :
512. JoH>-. b. July 11, 1789; d. Oct. o, 1795.
513. Jo.SEi»H, b. May 17, 1791 ; m. Dorcas M. Bartlett.
514. Mauy J., b. Mar. :l, 1793: m. Jos. Paul of York; d. Feb. 0,
1844.
515. Dependaxck. b. Dec. 31. 1795: m. Jemima Goodwin.
516. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1803: m. Jos. Hammond.
221 Sarah Frost born Fel). -i:-^, IIM: married
Captain John Swett, and died March 10, lS2.s.
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84 THE PEPPERRELLS IN AMERICA.
Children :
517. N.\XCY, b. Oct. 24, 1786; d. unm.
518. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1788: m. Stephen Raynes.
519. JoHXt b. July 3, 1790; d. anm.
520. Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1792; m. Miss Bragdon.
521. George, b. June 5, 1794; d. yoang.
522. Ha^otah, b. May 3, 1796; m. Arthur Cox.
225 Nathaniel Frost born Jan. 22, 1774 and died
Oct. -21, 1S17. llv married June 2iS, 1703, Abigail
Kimball of Kennebunk, who was born there Jiilv 23,
1772, and died at Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 11, 1849, at
the residence of her son John Frost, LL.D.
Children :
523. A Son, b. Mar. 10. 1799; d. young.
524. John. b. Jan. 20, 1800.
525. X.VTIIANIEL, b. Apr. 14, 1802; d. Aug. 29, 1803.
526. Sarah E., b. Apr. 1, 1804.
527. MaryAxx, b. Mar. 28, 1806; ni. Nov. 30, 1826, Henry Dorr,
of Keene, X. H.
528. Nathaniel, b. June 11, 1808; chaplain in U. S. Navy.
529. Abigail, h. Jan. 2, 1811 ; d. Feb. 18, 1816.
530. Cyrus King, b. Jan. 27, 1814; m. June 20, 1843, Eliza Raney ;
d. July 26, 1847.
226 George Frost born Oct. 23, 1778 ; married
Sarah Bartlett. He was a farmer at Hglli.'?, X. H., then
an innkeeper at Alfred, ^fe., and then steward of the
privateer ship Portsmouth in the AVar of 1812. Is
supposed to have foundered at sea in 1814. His wife died
at South Berwick in 1848.
Children :
531. John.
532. Dorcas.
533. Charles.
534. Elizabeth.
227 Timothy Prost born Dec. 3, 1779 ; married
July 14, 1806, Susan Coffin. She was horn July 8, 1783.
He was commissioned Major and Justice of the Peace.
Children:
535. Mary, b. July 7, 1807; m Sara'l Tenney.
536. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1809; m. Oct. 28, 1832, Capt. William
Lane.
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THE PEPPERRELLS IX A^IERICA. 85
587. SusANt b. Jan. 19, 1812; d. nnm., Jane 1, 1837.
538. Edwin, b. Apr. 27, 1814.
589. WiLLiA^i. b. May 8, 1817; d. Feb. 14, 1835.
540. Caroline, b. Apr. 23, 1819.
228 William Frost, M.D., born Aug. 3, 1781;
married Mar. 28, 1805, Elizabeth Walker, daughter
of Richard and Sarah Sayward (Barrell) Keating, a
descendant of several of the oldest fauiilics in York and
Eliot, Maine. She died May 23, 1811, in Cuba, where
her husband died May 7, 1823.
Child :
541. Sarah Wood, b. Dec. 4, 1800; m. Nov. 12, 1S27, Stephen
Morton; d. Apr. 4, 1870.
229 Mercy Prescott Frost born Apr. 10, 1784 ;
married Edmund Kimball, who died earl v. She died
Sept., 1823.
Child :
542. William; d. aged 17 years.
230 Joseph Outts born July 5, 1764; married
Apr. 10, 1790, Mary, daughter of Charles and Joanna
Cutts (Gerrish) Chauncv, of Kitters', Me. He died July
3, 1861.
Children :
548. Sarah Chauxcy, b. Feb., 1791; d. unm., July 1, 1874.
544. MaryChau>xy. b. 1792; d. Oct., 1795.
545. Joseph, b. 1795; d. unm., Sept., 1839; lieutenant.
546. Charles Robert, b. 1805; d. unna., April 5, 1869.
547. Isaac, b. 1808; d. 1809.
231 Richard Cutts born Nov. 25, 1765; man-ied,
1814, Joanna, daughter of Daniel and Jane Gerrisli
Rayne-s.
Children :
548. MaryJoaxxa, b. 1822; m. Feb. 29, 1852, William Cutts;
d. 1873.
549. Lucy JA^^E, b. 1825; m. Aug. 25, 1865, John A. Lawrence
(who d. Aug. 29. 1874) ; d. May 1, 1882, s. p.
550. E.vSTMAX, b. 1827 ; m. Nov. 26, 1866, Louisa Eastman ; d.
July 2, 1869.
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86 THE PEPPERRELLS IN AMERICA.
232 Sarah CuttS bom Aug. 31, 1767; miirried
Nov. 29, 1786, Capt. Daniel Bartlett.
Children :
551. Richard, b. 1787 ;. m. ; d. In Alabama.
552. Nathaniel, b. 1788 ; d. young.
553. Dorcas Cutts, b. Nov. 10, 1789; m. Nov. 19, 1811, Joseph
Frost; d. July 20, 1828.
554. Uaxtel, b. Dec. 9, 1791; in. Mary Yeaton ; d. Mar. 27, 1872.
555. WiLLLOi, b. Nov. 29, 1793; m., 1817, Hannah Neal; d. July
9, 1852.
5.=>6. Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1800; m. Oct. 25, 1830. Mary Poole; d.
May 25, 1885.
.V>7. OLm:u. b. Mar. 15, 1{>02; d. unm., Dec. 26, 1876, at Natick,
Mass.
,m8. Thom-is Cutts, b. May 1, 1805; m., 1828. Anne D-»nncll.
559. George Charle.**, b. June 15. 1807; m. May, 1841, Uauiiah
Elklns; d. Mar., 1876.
.j60. Mary J0A>'XA, b. Mar. 2. 1800; m. Nov. 29. 1831, Daniel
Pierce; d. Jan. 7, 1880,
237 Elizabeth Cutts born 1782; manied July S,
I8I0, Fmnci.'S, son of Daniel and Jane (GeiTish) Raynes,
who died Nov. .1. 1878. ,
Children :
561. Richard Cutts, b. Aug. 11, 1814; m. 1st, Nov. 5. 1839.
Charlotte D. Page; m. 2d, May 25, 1863, Emily Payne;
d. Aug. 10. 1880.
.•>62. William, b. Feb. 13, 1818; m. April 5, 1852, Mercy A. Shaw.
563. Francis, b. Jan. 26, 1821; m. 1st, Feb. 24, 1850, Harriet
Han^com; m. 2d, Oct. 27, 1857, Esther Wadsworth.
242 John Leighton bom Oct. 18, 17G8 ; married,
17^)5, Sarah, daughter of William and Abigail Frost
(Blunt) Parsons (313). He died June 14," 18o4, at
Lincoln, Me. He was representative from Shapleigh,
Me., in I80i», to the General Court at Boston. He
visited Europe twice on busines.s, and tnivelled
extensively in England and Scotland.
Children :
564. S.OIUEL, b. Kov. 27, 1796: d. Dec. 3, 1797.
565. Abigail, b. Feb., 1709; m. Capt. B. Fox; d. Dec. 24, 1855
566. Sarah Parson.s, b. Nov. 24, 1800; d. Mar. 25, 1881, at Lincoln,
Me.
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THE PEPPERRELLS IX AMERICA. 87
6fl7. John, b. Mar. 4. 1802; m. Godfrey; d. Nov. 10. 1884.
568. EuzA. b. Aug. 11, 1804; m. Thomas F. Hall.
569. William Parsons, b. July 18, 1810, at Lincoln, Me.
243 Mary Leighton bom Jan. 8, 1770, at Kittens
Me. ; died May 30, 1853, at the residence of her son,
Joseph Jordan, at Passadumkeair, ^le. She mamed
Jan. 22, 1789, Jos^eph, third son of Judge Rishworth
Jordan of Biddeford, ile., who was born Fob. 7, 17.')9
and died March 2, 1820, at Ilollis, Me.
Children :
570. Samuel, b. Jan. 31, 1791; m. Abigail Webster; d. Sept , 1840.
571. RiSHWORTH, b. June 27, 1796; m. Louisa Haley; d. June
27, 1871.
672. Elizabeth, b. March 20, 1798; d. unm.
573. Joseph, b. Jan. 26, 1802 ; d. mini.
674. Tristram Frost, b. Sept. 30, 1804; m., 1S31, Kimball.
575. Mary A., b. Jan. 5, 1807; m., 1827, W. P. Baker; d. 1876.
576. Jane Shannon, b. Jan. 8, 1816; m., 1835, J. W. Hight.
244 Samuel Leighton born :May 2.3, 1771, at
Kittery, Me. ; married Dec., 1799, Frances Usher,
daughter of William Parsons (316), of Alfred, Me. He
was representative to the General Court in Boston, in
1809 : Justice of the Peace thirty-tive years and appointed
Judge of the Court of Sessions for York Co. in 1820.
Active in military affairs, he was appointed ensign (by
Gov. John Hancock), Aug. 20, 1792; colonel in 180b
and brigadier-general in June, 1813. He died October,
1848. "His widow died Sept. 18, 1865, aged 87, at
Pittsfield, N. H., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Emerson.
Children :
577. John, b. Oct. 7, 1800; d. Oct. 21, 1821.
678. FiLiNCES, b. Dec. 21, 1801; m. Berjamin Emerson.
579. Samuel, b. Oct. 18, 1803; d. Feb. U, 1844.
580. Wm. Parsons, b. Dec. 31, 1804; m., 1828, Van Honten;
d. Mar., 1829.
581. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1806; m., 1839, J. H, Burney; s» p,
582. Oner, b. Feb. 19, 1808; d. Dec. 30, 1810.
588. Usher Parsons (M.D.),b. Mar. 16, 1810; m. Jan. 19, 1840,
EUen Houser.
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88 THE PEPPERRELLS IN A3IERIGA.
584. Oner, b. July 2, 1812; m. William Jones, M.D.; d. May 31,
1871.
585. AXN Bell, b. Mar. 1, 1814; d. Apr. 11, 1843.
586. Geo. Frost Blunt, b. July 21, 1816; m., 1849, Emily H.
GUdden, 5. p.
245 Abigail Leighton born Nov. 19, 1772;
married Jan. 10, 1793, Timothy, son of Rev. Srtmuel
Laneton, of York, Maine.
Children :
687. Samuel Leightox.
588. Haxxah.
246 Sarah Frost Leighton i)oni May 25, 1774;
married Feb. 1, 1795, Joshua Bi-agdon of Wells, Maine,
and (lied Oct. 22, 1869. .
Children :
589. Elizabeth P., b. June G, 1796; d. April, 1861.
590 George, b. July 8, 1798 ; d. Feb. 17. 1823.
591. Samuel Leighton. b. July 21, 1800; m, Sept., 1827, Mary A.
Pope.
."i92. OLn-ER, b. Sept. 3. 1802 ; d. Dec. 2, 1820.
i>93. Joshua, b. June 5, 1806: d. Jan. 21, 1876.
594. Joseph, b. Dec. 1, 1808: d. Jan. 31, 1831.
.595. Mary J., b. Mar. 1, 1812; m. Jan., 1838, Captain Winn; d.
Aug. 3, 1846.
.•»06. Clara P., b. May 2, 1817: m. Apr. 0, 1840, Israel Kimball.
248 Jane Leighton born June 25, 1779, atKittery :
married June, 1799, Peletiah Bicker who died Dec. 14,
1842. She died Oct., 1870, at Parsonsfield, Me.
Children :
597. Mary, b. Apr. 20, 1802 : m. John H. Rlcker.
598. Abigail F., b. July 21, 1804; ra. George Hilton.
699. Julia Ann, b. Feb. 12, 1806; m. Hiram N. Tripp.
600. Saml-el Leighton, b. Dec. 18, 1808: m. Apr. 26, 1846, Ellz.
Wentworth.
601. Betsey H., d. .June 9, 1831.
250 Hannah Leighton born Dec. 7, 1783;
married, 1809, Major William Mclntyre of York, Me.,
who died Dec. 13, 1859.
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THE PEPPERRELLS IX AMERICA. 89
Children :
602. Matilda, b. Dec. 12. 1810; in. Nov. U, 1833 Charles Keyes.
608. Stltester, b. June 26, 1812; m. Nov., 1843, Rhoda Mc In tyre.
604. William B., b. Jane 25, 1814; id. Nov., 1850.
605. SoPHU J., b. Mar. 9, 1816; m. Charles Came; d. Sept. 19,
1857.
606. John B.. b. May 12. 1818; d. Sept. 20, 1873.
607. Rhoda L., b. Aug. 20, 1820: m. J. Came: d. Dec. 23, 1838.
60S. EvEUXE, b. 1822 ; m. Jeremiah Paul.
609. Harriet, b. Oct. 16, 1824 ; m. .\mo9 Mclutyre.
«ilO. Oliver B., b. Jan. 10. 1827: d. Jan. 3, 1850.
296 Elizabeth Slade Blunt married Sept. 23.
1.S02, Capt. Samuel Goodhue, \vho wa.s boru at Xewbury-
port, Ma.s.s., Xov. 22, 1778, and died at Barinff, Me,,
1841. •
Children :
611. Richard Evaxs, b. June 20, 1803.
612. Saartx, b. Apr. 24, 1805.
613. Mabtra Axx, b. Feb. 10, 1807.
614. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 8, 1811.
615. Susan Ad.ois, b. May 11, 1815.
303 Robert Whipple Blunt born July .5, 17(>3;
mamed Elizabeth, daughter ot' Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Lear) Sherburne. t
Children :
616. Eleanor, m. William L. Thompson.
617. Sally, m. William Chase, Esq.
618. Eliza. d.uDm.
619. FRA27CE8, ID. Capt. James Kennard.
620. Mary Lear, m. George Washington Storer, U. S. N.
323 Elizabeth Wentworth born Aug. 9, 1774:
married June 1, 1800, Hon. Daniel Meserve Durell of
Dover, who was bom July 20, 1769 at, Lee, N. H;
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794 and commenced
practising law at Dover, X. H., in 1797. He was
Representative in Congress, 1807-1809 ; Chiet Jut^tice of
the Court of Common Pleas, 1816-1821, and U. S. Dist.
* Goodhue Genealo^r, page 60.
t i'enhallow Genealogy, pp. 18-19.
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90 THE PEPPERREIXS IN AMERICA.
Attorney under President Jackson. He died April 29,
1841, at Dover, N. H.
Children :
621. Mart Jaxe» b. Feb. 24, 180L ; d. nnm., Feb., 1864.
622. Sarah Adeline, b. Apr. 19, 1802 ; m. Nov. 3, 1825, Rev. Jas.
D. Green; d. 1866.
623. Elizabeth Salter, b. Oct. 23, 1803.
624. Nicholas St. John, b. Sept. 7, 1806; d. June 9, 182G; U. S.
Military Academy.
625. Charles Jambs Fox, b. Apr. 28, 1807; d. Aug. 5, 1840, at
Dover.
626. Margaret Ann, b. July 14, 1810.
627. Edward Henry, b. July 14, 1810: m. Mary liebbarcl;
Harvard College, 1831.
628. Geo. Clinton, b. Nov. 7. 1814; d. July, 1888, in Texas.
326 Dorothy Frost Wentworth bom Jmu' 24,
1779; married Jan. 10, 1^5l5, Hon. John Hurvey (his
jjecond Avife), of Xortliwood, X. li. He was selectman
twenty-one years, representative four yeaivs, senator.
Judge of Court of Common Pleas, Chief Justice of Court
of Sessions and Judge -of Probate of Rockingham Co.
twelve years.
Children :
629. Margaret Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1815; m. S. C Buzell.
630. Dolly Wentworth, b. May 7, 1817; m. Feb. 27, 1838, James
A. Treat.
327 Paxil Wentworth born April l>2, 17^2, at
Dover, X. H. In 1795, he was in the Academy at
Exeter. Appointed by President Jetferson in 1808,
captain in 4th U. S. Infantry, he wiis stationed at Fort
Constitution, X^ew Castle, X. H. In 1811, he wa.s
ordered to take his company to the Western frontier,
where General Harrison was in command, which he did,
and then resigned Oct. 29, 1811, to go into mercantile
pursuits.
He married March 30, 1814, Lydia, daughter of
Colonel Amos and Lydia Coggswell, Avho was born at
Dover, May :jO, 1793. He followed farming and a
merchant's life for many years. He was also modei-ator,
selectman, representative and Justice of the Peace.
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THE PEPPERRELLS IN A3IERICA. 91
He died Aug. 31, 1855, and w-as buried at Concord,
X. H. His widow died Aug. 24, 1872, at Concord.
Children :
631. JoHX, b. Mar. 5, 1315; m. Nov. 13, 1844, Roxanna Loomis ;
Dartmouth College, 1836.
632. Lydli C, b. July 21, 1816; in. Jan. 14, 1846, Rev. Samuel Lee;
d. Mar. 6, 1855.
633. Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1818; m. May 7. 18 15. Sarah P. .Jones.
634. GEOnoE Walltxgfoud, b. Xov. 2, 1820; d. Au??. 14, 1850; M.D.,
1847.
635. Maky Fuances. b. Mar. 15), lv^22; m. May 19, 1844, Rev.
WllUam H. Porter.
6;5»». MAKJiAUKr Jv.vK. b. May r.», H-.'.^: in. Sept. 17. l'<5l, David
L. Morrill.
637. Ani(}.viL C, b. Feb. 6, 1S27; d. Aug. 8, 1828.
6:iS. William BAD<fKR. b. Jan. 14. 1S30: d. July 28, 1848.
039. S.vMUEL HiDDEX. b. July 16, ls3l; Harvard College*. 185.«<.
329 Miriam Frost burn June 15, 17S9: married
Jan. 30, 1824, John Cloutman.*
Children :
640. Joseph FRt>sT, b. May 3. 1825.
641. J. A. T., b. Sept. 1, 1826.
042. A. V. T., b. Aug. 5, 1828; d. Nov. 9, 1844.
643. Sarah A., b. Aug. 24, 1830.
644. Miriam F., b. Dec. 16, 1832.
045. Frances E. F., b. Jan. 16, 1835.
331 Margaret Frost born Feb. 15, 1772 ; married
Apr. 20, 1797, Capt. Samuel Greeiiousfh : died Nov. 20,
1799.
Child :
646. M-iRGARET, m. Henry Frost.
333 George Pitts Frost born Apr. 10, 177.');
married Dec. Is, 17i»7, .Mehirable, dauirhter of Capt.
Robert White of New Ca.stle. She died Mar. 6, bs4«.
Children :
647. Hexry, b. Feb. 27. 1798; m. Sept. 15, 1827, Margaret
Greenough.
648. Mehitablk. b. Sept. 10, 1800; d. July Hi, 1814.
049. George P., b. June 24, 1803; m., 1826, Harriet Willey.
* Froat Geaealogy, p. 15,
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92 THE PEPPERRELLS IN A3IERICA.
650. Theodore W., b. Nov. 20, 1805 ; m. EUza Priest.
631. Abigail, b. June 1, 1808; m. George Vennard.
652. Margaret, b. Jan. 21, 1811; d. Touiig.
653. Sarah A. S., b. Sept. 11, 1812; d. Feb. 14, 1828.
654. MEniT.vBLE M., b. June 23, 1815; d. May 16, 1840.
655. E^'ELI^'E, b. June 23, 1818; m. Capt. Jno. Kluneur.
6j>6. William B. S., b. May 23, 1821; m. Ann Kimball.
345 Mary Chase bom Nov. l.'), 177i): marriecl
June 22, 1799, Eduuind Toppaii of Portsmouth, X. H.
(born Sept. 2d, 1777: died July 29, Ls4!0» sv >^on of
Christopher and Sanih (Parker) Topjmn. Mrs. Mary
(Chase) Toppan died Dec. 2, 1n.")7. Edmund Toppan
graduated from Harvard University in 171H) ; practised
law at Portsmouth in 1799; removed to Deerfield in
1800 and Hampton in 180;^. He was a representative in
the State Leirislature, l?<09-l<S-22-2«) : selectman. ISOS,
and postmaster of Hampton a number of years.
Children :
658. Christopher Stephen, b. June 16, 1800: in. Apr. 10, 1S27,
Ann E. Slater; d. Oct. 3, 1801, s. p.
GoU. Elizabeth Grafton, b. July 27, 1802; d. Mar. 17, 1835.
660. AFary Chase, b. Mar. 17. 1804.
061. Edmund Willoughby, b. Sept. 14, 1808; m. Mar., 18S2.
Abigail M, Pickering; d. 1840.
062. Sarah Jane, b. .Aug. 27, 1810; d. Feb. 17, 1816.
003. Sarah Jane Parker, b. Sept. 7, isii>: m. Sept. 16, 1851, Rev.
S. J. Spalding.
346 Harriet Chase born Au«r. U, 1778; married
Oliver Crosb}' of Dover, X. H., coun.sellor.
Children :
664. Harriet, m. Morrill.
666. OUVER.
066. Cornelia, m. Dr. Barrett.
667. WiLU.oi.
068. Henrietta.
669. JOSIAH.
347 Sarah Chase born Oct. 2:5, 1780: married J.
H. Woodman of Kochester, X. H. (born, 1774; died,
1854: coun.sellor: Dartmouth College, 1794).
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THE PEPPERRELLS IN AMERICA. 93
Children :
670. CiLiRLES William, m. 1st, 1840» Charlotte Pearce: m. 2ntl,
1866, Frances J. Soren ; Dartmouth College, 182y.
671. S.VRAH Jank. m. Judge Tibbetts.
672. Jeremiaii H.
673. Harriet.
674. Charlottk.
675. Theodore Ciiask, b. Apr. 10, 1815; ni. Aug. IG, 1843, Jane
Darling; Dartmouth College, 1835.
676. Samuel.
348 Theodore Chase born Mar. U>, 178(> : married
April 2i>, 1831, Clarissa Andrews Bigelow of Watertown,
Mass., and lived in Portsmouth and Boston.
Children :
677. Theodore, b. Feb. 4, 1832: m. Nnv. 17, 1868, Alice Bowdoin
Bradlee; Harvard College, 1853.
678. GEORciE BiGELOW. b. Oct. 1, 1835; m. Jan. 10. I860. Ann
Lo^yndes : Htirvard College, 1856.
■679. Charles Hexry. b. Mar. 5. 1841; d. Feb. 27, I84l».
349 Benjamin Salter married his cousin Harriet
Tibbetts (see 35o).
Child :
680. William Tibbetts, lives in New York.
349a Maria Jane Salter, daughter of (102),
married Samuel Cushman.
Children :
681. John, b. Dec. 22, 1813; drowned, June 22, 1825.
682. George Wasiiixgton. b. Mar. 18, 1815; drowned June 22,
1825.
683. Elizabeth Salter, b. Jan. 17, 1817; m. James Henderson
Haven.
684. Charles Bloomfield, b. Nov. 17, 1818; d. Jan. 28, 1823.
685. Nathan Pahker, b. Aug. 1, 1820; d. Feb. 12, 1823.
6S6. Samuel Henry, b. Apr. 5, 1822; captain of the Brig Molly
Stark.
687. Charles Parker, b. Apr. 16, 1824; d. Dec. 26, 1824.
638. William Salter, b. Dec. 1, 1825; frozen to death near Salt
Lake City, Utah.
689. Maria Jane, b. Sept. 15, 1827; d. same day.
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94 THE PEPPERRELLS IX AMERICA.'
690. Mauia Jaxb, b. Aug. 24, 1829; now living at Concord, Mass.
691. CH.\itLG8 Carroll, b. Sept. 0, 1831; d. at Buda, III.
692. Carouxe Fuanxis, b. .A.uij. 21, 1833; m. Mar. 18. 1851, Luciusi
A. Ellis.
351 William Frost Salter born Jan. 25, 1787 ;
married Sept. 30, 1817, ^larv Ewen of Portsmouth,
X. H. She was born July 15, 1787 and died April 2,
1851. He died Sept. 25, 1849, in New York city.
Children :
693. BEN.r.oiix. b. Sept. 4, ISifi; m. ^^>v. 25, 1.S46. Elinor jBoltou:
d. Oct. 25. li<7.J.
«;94. Mary Elizabktii. l). May IS, 1820.
695. Willlvm, b. Xov. 17, 1821: m. Xm;. 25, 1846, .Mary A.
Macklntire.
696. Fran-cks Maria, b. M ly 21. is-JS; in. Oct. 11, 1866, W.'- 1).
• Jenkins: d. Apr. s. LS-is.
697. John Ewek, b. Jan. 27, 1825.
698. Charlhs, b. Apr. 30, 1827.
357 Dorothy CliflPord Bell horn Fob. 7, 1778:
married Oct. 5, 17'.)o, (apt. Georire Vennard, who was
born 1773, and died Mav 10, l83i>, at New Cattle, N. H.
She died Ang. 3, 1855.*
Children : '
699. Mary, d. aged 32 years.
700. William Clifford, b. July. 1796: tl. Jan. 11. 1867.
701. Mathew Bell, m. Sept. 26. 1^21. Sarah E. Mullin.
702. Saml-el. d. unm., in the West Indies, aged 24.
703. Dorothy Clifford.
704. George, d. young.
705. George, b. Feb. 10. 1807; ni. Abiarail A. Frost.
706. IlEXRY T.. b. 1812; ni. 1842, Eliza J. Wilson; d. Feb. 3. 1893.
707. Axdrew Watkixs. b. Dec. 8. 1813; m. Apr. 7, 1836, Ariadne
Locke.
708. Olive Bell, b. 1814; m. May 5. 1838, Jas. L. Baker.
709. John- Clifford, b. 1816: m. Elizabeth Brown.
710. Naxcy Watkix.** Bell, 1). 1820.
358 Mary Bell born Auir. 7, 1774: married May
14, 171)7, Joseph Andrews of Sulem, Ma.s.s., who was
born Julv 1, 1773 and died Auir. L), 1822. She died
Mar. 12,^185«.
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THE PEPPERRELLS IN AMERICA. 05
Children :
711. DA>Trx, b. Mar. 31, 1798; d. Mar.. 1879.
712. EUZA, b. Apr. 11, 1800; d. May, 1876.
713. John, b. Sept. 15, 1801 ; d. at sea.
714. Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1803; d. Oct. 15, 1803.
715. Mart Ja>^, b. July 16, 1804 ; d. April. 1829.
716. Dolly Axx W., b. Sept. 23, 1806; d. April, 1877.
717. J08KPH, b. Dec. 10, 1808; m., 1st, Elizabeth Sprague; m., 2nd
Jnditli Walker.
359 Andrew Watkins Bell bom Feb. 10, 177« ;
married Jan. 24, 171)9, Martha Tredick, who was born
Juno 7, 17.S2 and died Apr. (^ 1813. He married,
.second. Dee. 2, 1813, Elizabeth Bennett ManninjTi who
was born May 10, 17s;] and died Jan. 2*>, 1826. He
died Sept. 7/l841.
Children, by first wife :
718. William Tredick, b. May 11, 1800; d. May 2, 1829.
719. AXDREW W., b. Dec. 27. 1802: m.. 1829, Sophia A. Ladd.
720. Matiiew, b. June 17, 1803; d. Nov. 27. 1817.
721. Eliza J.oce, b. Feb. 13. 1807; m. Daniel French: d. Jan. 25,
1881.,^.;).
Children, by seeond wife :
722. James Lawrence, b. Sept. 18, 1814; d. Oct. 10, 1839.
723. Martelv ELiz.iBETH, b. Jan. 13, 1816; m. Aug. 15, 1837, Jaa.
W. Emery.
724. CAROLINE Maxxing, b. Oct. 19, 1817: d. May 22, 1842.
725. Alice Christine, b. Jnly 16, 1820: m. Nov., 1847, Jno. Bab-
cock; d. l.«<84. .
720. OcTAViA Augusta, b. June 2, 1822 ; d. July 27, 1848.
727. Thos. M.VNXDCG, b. Oct. 19, 1823; d. June 26, 1849.
360 Jane Watkins Bell born July 3, 1778:
married Mav 27, 17J)8, Capt. Ephi-aim Amazeen.
Children \
72S. Wilijam. m. an English lady.
729. Maria, d. unm.
730. BEN.IAMIX. d. nnm.
731. Martha, m., 1st, Wm. Treftfthern; m., 2nd, Wm. Marvin.
732. S.OIUEL, m. Lucinda Frost, .^. p.
73:^. Abigail,- in. Robert Trefethom.
734. Andrew, d. yonng.
loo. Rokert W., m. .\nn Hickey.
736. Harriet.
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96 THE FEPPERRELL8 IN AMERICA.
361 Abigail Long Bell born April 17, 1780;
married, first, April 20, 171)9, Capt. John Neal, jr. of
Xew Castle, X. H. : second, John Yeaton ; third,
Hammond, and died June 11, 1827.
Children, by first husband :
737. An^, m. Ezekiel Hayes.
738. Mary, m. Joseph Walton of Portsmouth, N. H.
Children, by second husband :
739. JoH>-, m. Mary Frost.
740. Richard.
741. E^'ELIXE.
742. ALEX.on>EK.
Child, by third hatband :
748. Joseph.
363 Mehitable Burleigh Bell born Mar. 25,
1785, married Ale.xander Xief.
Children :
744. Adalixe Augusta, b. Oct. 24, 1S06; m. Aug., 1880, W. S.
Damrell; d. at Jamaica Plain, Mass.
745. X.ofCYlWATKiNS, b. Oct. 24, 1811; m. S. W. Mudge; d. Sept.,
1897.
74f>. AxDKEw, d. at sea; buried on Staten Island, N. T.
747. Mary J.vxe, b. June 19, 1818; m. May 5. 1839, John Teagae.
748. Martha Elizabeth, b. Apr. 21, 1820.
364 Olive Bell born June 24. 1787; married
Gray of Barrineton, X. H.
Children
749. Joseph.
760. Eliza, m. Hodgdon.
751. James.
(To be continued.)
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dfita'ih'tlie citT?3 and towns of enstern MfiesacttuseHs,
tlie voluu>
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^Jito .here -brimght .to.; the atteataouxof- the scholur m
long list of -pahlicV'ecords and' vital 'statistica h;tvo V
. pntit^d in the ]>;i':^es of the Collection?.
C'jalauiiug oFcr 4U'J pa^cjj iinci au exriaugtive index, iiu
lhirry-nmth-;voluixie, lJ€ginnin\('" Avjfh tlifi'' Issue of Jaiiu-
;y, lv*()3, will contain a - in:il matti;^',
such as,: Beverly Fin^t Parish Chinch KecnrJs; Gnrdncr
Oeiiealog3'';j-Sulem iV)mtar^ ; Tho Kirc Clubs
i 'Satem'i^K^^ iit?*ii^t€rH, 1789^850 ;
Marine^ Journal k*'pf at Sahmi during theVar. of rlJB 12--
1815 5 History ,ot* Hathorne Hill^ l)anver."=j ; Dr; Mauas3eh
Cutler COTrtyspqiKVoncer
other historio4il and iniHccllaneoui. mutter.
Aniong.ihe genealogies tu he fouiid iu the yolnmea
alreaJly iB&ucd^aro thfi following ;..^ All©») Bniy, .Cblpnian,
Clart, Clarke^ Conkliug, Corwm, Esty, Fabens, Gedney,
Gould,' Graves, liiwkea, Hutchineon, Houlton-Hplton,
*King,\ Ly ford , ': Ne whul I , Pe r k i n m , Pi ll^jbii ryV;'Pl nmmVf ,
Priu'cf, Rantoul/JBicL'ani^oM, I^iHsell'^Silsljee^Sparhawk, '.;-0
Townsend,^- Wehb and AV(>odbnry. Al-o records and
vital 8tatiattc^^from^BeverlyrBoxfovd,;I)anversi'-H^
ton, Ipswich, /LyDy,-Xynnfield,'' Marhlehead,\Peiib()dy» -;■
SilfHi, yauguHi,\Top8field and Wenhani.-- Abatracts of
.wills, deeds and jcKirnalsTrequently appear) 'biographical
sketches and. memoirs'; "tombJtoiie inscriptions;. etc et* .
j.-3ub9eription- 12.00 per anniuii_. - ,
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THE GIFT OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY
To fltnjamin ^ckman, Esqr.
1749.
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HISTOEICAL COLLECTION^ iViAYS:li9G3
OF THK ^^>S^SrOfir,t !;.5,3'i'^-'
ESSEX INSTITUTE. '
Vol. XXXIX. Apeil, 1903. No. 2.
THE PICKMAN SILVER,
DEPOSITED WITH THE ESSEX INSTITUTE, DECEMBER, 1902.
On XoTember 29, 1902, the Institute received the
following communication :
Commonwealth of 3Iassachu8ettSj
[statb sbal] Executive Department^
Boston, JVbv. 28, 1902-
The President of the Essex Institute,
Salem, iVLiss.
Dear Sir: —
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has recently
received from the Administratrix of the estate of H.
Derby Pickman, M.D., of Pontiac, Mich., two pieces of
silver — the original "Monteith" and the "New England
Guard Pitcher " — which were bequeathed to the State of
Massachusetts with the request that they shall be kept in
a conspicuous place. It has been suggested by one of
the heirs that they be deposited in the Essex Institute
with other articles that at one time belonged to the
Pickman family.
I am requested by the Governor and Council to ascertain
if it will be agreeable to your Institute to receive the
articles above named.
Very truly yours,
E. F. Hamlin,
Executive Secretar}'.
(97)
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On December 1, 1902, an acknowledgment and reply
WH8 made, reciting the above, and adding these words :
**In behalf of the Essex Institute I desire to say that
it will be entirely agreeable to as to receive the pieces of
silver described by you, and that, if so deposited, we
shall endeavor in every way to conform to the expressed
wishes of the donor.
•*I am, very respectfully yours,
KoBEST S. Rantoul.**
The Executive Council met on Wednesday, December
3rd, and took action as follows :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
CouKaL Chamber,
Boston, Dec 3, 1902.
Ordebed : That the two pieces of silver — -the original
MoNTEiTH and the New Exglaxd Guard Pitcher —
which have been bequeathed to the State of ^Massachusetts
by the late H. Derby Pickman, M.D., of Pontiac,
Michigan, be deposited in the Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., with other articles that at one time belonged to
the Pickman family.
Adopted in Council,
Dec. 3, 1902.
E. F. Ha^ilin,
Executive Secretary.
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Essex Institute, held December 8, 1902, the two pieces
of silver received from the Commonwealth were exhibited,
and a communication was submitted by the President
recommending the passage of the following vote, which
was adopted and duly transmitted :
^ Voted : That the Essex Institute assumes with pleasure
the custody of two pieces of silver plate bequeathed by
the late Dr. Hasket Derby Pickman, of Pontiac, Michigan,
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and believes the
Institute Museum of Antiquities to have been well chosen
as the depository of these interesting relics, the Pickman
family having been, since 1661, conspicuously identified
with Salem and Essex County ; the Benjamin Pickman
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BENJAMIN TOPPAN PICKMAN (1763-1843). SECOND PRESIDENT
OF THE ESSEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
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who was the fifth signer of the roll of founders of the
Essex Historical Society, and its President for the years
1829-35', — a corporation to whose Charter and functions
the Essex Institute succeeded, — having been the son of
the Benjamin Pickman who was honored with this noble
gift from the Province, and the father of the other
Benjamin, who received, in 1819, the Xew England Guard
Pitcher."
These votes contain inaccuracies, but they are not of
special importance. Dr. Hersey [not Hasket] Derby
Pickman, the testator, never lived at Pontiac, ^licbigan.
The President of the Essex Historical Society was the
recipient of the New England Guard Pitcher and the
grandson of the first named Benjamin. The piece of
silver plate, described as '*the original Monteitb," cannot
be so described with accuracy, if the authority of the
best modem dictionaries is^to be accepted. This heirloom
has been repeatedly named in the wUIs and inventories of
several generations of the Pickman fiunily as a "monteith"
or "montiff." The Xew Century Dictionary, in accord with
other authorities and with technical works on plate, gives
this definition, adding a picture of the '"monteith." ''A
large punch-bowl of the eighteenth century, usually of
silver and with a movable rim, and decorated with flutings
and a scalloped edge. It was also used for cooling and
carrying wine-glasses. . . .
** New things produce new words, and thus Montelth
** Has by one Vessel sar'd his name from Death."
In response to its request, the Institute received from
the State House, on December 11, copies of letters on
file there relating to this gift, which are as follows :
199 Huron Street West,
Pontiac, Mich., Nov, 14th, 1902.
His Excellency W. Murray Crane,
Governor of Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir : —
I send, in your care, two pieces of silver, the original
"Monteith" and "The New England Guard Pitcher,"
which were bequeathed by the late H. Derby Pickman,
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M.D.y "^to the State of Massachusetts, with the request
that they shall be kept in a conspicuous place.''
Veiy truly yours,
PHniOMSLE P. Hoffman,
Admx.
DiGBT, NoTA Scotia,
Not. 18th, 1902.
to the grovernor of massachusetts,
Boston.
Dear Sir,
It is the wish of the sisters of H. D. Pickman, deceased,
that you kindly have the two pieces of silver sent you
this week by Mrs. C. A. Hoifman of Pontiac, ^lichigan,
placed in the Essex Institute at Salem, Massachusetts,
with other articles that at one time belonged to the
Pickman family.
If you should wish to conmiunicate with the sisters
mentioned above, their addresses are as follows : IMrs.
James H. Robertson, 150 East 37th Street, New York ;
Mrs. Herbert Crosskill, Digby, N. S. ; Mrs. George
Lynch, Digby, N. S.
Yours respectfully,
I. E. G. Lynch.
Subsequent correspondence between the Institute and
members of the Pickman femily, supplemented by further
investigation, has developed the following facts :
150 East d7th Street,
Manhattan, N. Y.
To THE Honorable R. S.Rantoul.
Dear Sir —
It has been brought to my notice that a mistake has
been made, as to the residence of my Brother, the late
Hersey Derby Pickman, who bequeathed the two pieces
of silver to the State of ^lassachusetts.
Dr. Pickman was never a resident of Pontiac, Michigan ;
his Wife was a Pontiac woman & resided there at the time
of her death. Dr. Pickman only lived in Michigan
(at Marquette) a short time after he was graduated from
Harvard Medical School. His whole life's work was in
Montana, where he was at times a member of the
Legislature, — ^Aide to the Governor of Montana, &, at
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the time of his death & for some years preyious, Sargeon
Oeneral of Montana. His whole love of country was
given to the two States his life had been passed in
— ^Massachusetts first, and Montana next & last — •& Salem ^
the dearest place on Earth to him.
I will not apologize for troubling you, feeling confident
you will be glad to know these &cts. I am so very
pleased that the Silver has found a resting place in your
Society !
With all good wishes to the Essex Institute
Very truly yours,
Anstiss Pickman Robertson.
December Thirteenth,
Nineteen hundred and Two.
DiGBT, Nova Scotia,
Deckmbbr 15th 1902.
To the Hon. R. S. Ranto^t-.
My deab Sib.
Your esteemed letter of the 11th inst. is before me» and
I have much pleasure in replying to it.
I think the best way to tell you what little I know
about the Monteith and the New England Guard pitcher
will be to give you an abstract from my Grand-fitther
Pickman's will, a copy of which I happen to possess.
"I give to my said Son, Clark-Gay ton, the piece of plate
presented by the Province of Massachusetts Bay to my
Grandfather in 1749, to be kept by the said Clark-Ga3rton
during his life, and, at his decease, I order it to be given
to such son of my said son, Francis Willoughby, as may
reside in the United States, to be named and appointed
in writing by the said Clark-Gay ton/' My Uncle
Grayton's will was as follows : "Ninth — The 'Monteith,'
so called, which I received from my Father, and which is
now in the Boston Bank, I direct my Executor to deliver
to such of the sons of my Brother Francis W. Pickman
as this said Brother shall direct, provided said son shall
be a citizen of the United States, and I give this direction
because I cannot otherwise comply with the directions of
my Father's will. And if the trustees under my Father's
will sh^U not consider this direction a compliance with
said directions, I then desire them to keep possession and
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care of the same.'' My eldest brother, Benjamin
Pickman, so named and appointed, was to possess the
Monteith, and the executors' account shows his receipt
for it.
My Brother Benjamin left a will of which I give you
an abstract : "*! give and bequeath to my brother, Hersey
Derby Pickman, the silver Vase presented to our
Ancestor, Benjamin Pickman, and known in our family
as 'The Monteith' and also 'the silver pitcher presented to
my Uncle, Benjamin T. Pickman, by the New England
Guards.*" My brother, Hersey Derby Pickman, was at
that tune living in Dillon, Montana, and was Surgeon
General of the Militia and one of the Aides-de-camp of
the Governor, with the rank of Brigadier General. He
did not live very long after the death of Benjamin, in
1893, and my husband, hearing of his failing health and
hoping his native air might benefit him, asked him and
his wife to come to us for a visit ; they came in August
and his death occurred here in the following January ; it
^Till be seven years ago in January. While here he made
his will, and knowing that a copy of the Monteith had
been made for Mr. Walcott, he gave the "original"
Monteith and the New England Guards Pitcher to his
wife during her life time, and at her death devised them
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He never lived
in Pontiac, Michigan, but his wife's maiden home was
there, and there she returned after disposing of her home
in Dillon, Montana. She died in Pontiac at the residence
of her sister, Mrs. Hoflhian. Hence the mistake of
publishing that these articles were left by Dr. Pickman
*' of Pontiac." Will you do me the favor of having that
statement corrected in the records of the Institute ?
The only time not accounted for, as to the whereabouts
of these bits of silver, is the time which elapsed since my
sister-in-law's death, more than three years ago — but I
can make that clear. Mrs. Hoffman >vas in Europe when
my sister died ; her illness was very short, and she left
no will ; and I do not suppose Mrs. Hoffman knew the
ultimate destination of these things, till it was told her by
my son, who was Mrs. Pickman 's trusted friend and
adviser, and who knew her affairs as well as those of my
brother. As soon as Mrs. Hoffinan became aware of this,
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she forwarded the bequest to the Governor of Massachu-
setts. The New £ngland Guards pitcher came to my
Father at the death of the widow of my Uncle, Benj. T.
Pickman. And it was a gift from him to his eldest son,
Benjamin, after his (my Father's) death. . . .
I remain, Yours very Sincerely
Mabt Pickman Lynch.
This beautiful memorial has now been traced in the
Pickman family since its original presentation by the
Province, until now it finds its way back again to
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
We are unable to quote the language of the original
gift from the Province, because the record of it has not
been found. This is no surprise to the antiquarian
delver. Papers of great value and importance are
missing from our record offices, — ^town archives, probate
and other couit files and the like, — and the student who
comes upon such a hiatus is by no means driven to resort
to the suspicion of criminal carelessness, nor of intentional
wrong-doing, in order to explain their absence. They
may have passed out of their proper custody in a variety
of ways to which nothing blameworthy has contributed.
There is always the chance that the missing link may be
recovered. To one who recalls the strange story of the
Hutchinson Papers, — to anyone acquainted with the loose
methods employed before our day in the custody of the
Archives of the State, and the sad lack of method and
purpose in the treatment of historical material in the
newer parts of the country and even in many sections of
New England to-day, — the total lack of value attributed
in some minds to everything that savors of the past, — the
disappearance of these records is by no means surprising.
The second possessor of the *'Monteith" was a Loyalist,
and a refugee, and during the Revolutionary era some
patriotic expurgator, — some emulator of Cromwell and
his Ironsides, — may have made it a pious duty to expunge
from the records all evidence of so compromising an
occurrence. When public feeling runs very high, such
irregularities are readily condoned. Hutchinson's library
fed the fury of a mob. The Pepperrell silver had at this
time passed into the hands of a Loyalist successor and
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grandson 9 and was only saved to him bv a strained
constniction of the Act of 1778 » which conferred on local
authorities some discretion in (lie matter of dealing with
the families of the proscribed. The cart-load of plate
which had been presented* to the captor of Louisburg by
the City of London, by Admiral Warren, and by other
admirers, was taken to Boston under guard, and shipped
to England in the midst of the Revolution.
Presentations of plate in recognition of public service
have been so very rare in this community, — so few persons
ever lived in New England who have been the recipients
of such a compliment as this, or were able to leave such
a memorial to their descendants, that it is due to the
memory of Benjamin Pickman to put on record what may
be learned of this unique occurrence. And it will be
convenient to begin with a table of descent traced so &r
as this inquiry involves it. It is, briefly stated, as follows :
Benjamin, third son of Nathaniel, the immigrant from
Biistol, England, and his wife, Tabitha, was baptized at
Bristol, 1645, and came with his father to Salem, in 1654
or 1661. He married, July 27, 1667, Elizabeth, daughter
of Captain Joseph Hardy of Salem, and by her had,
January 30, 1671-2,
BENJA3IIN, who maiTied, first, . . . Hasket of Salem ;
second, October 20, 1704, Abigail, daughter of Timothy
Lindall of Salem, and by her had, January 28, 1708,
Benjamin, who married, October , 1731, Love
Bawlins, daughter of Capt. John Bawlins of Boston, and
by her had, November 7, 1740 (besides Clark-Gayton,
bom July 30, 1746),
Benjamin, who married, April 22, 1762, Mary Barton,
daughter of Dr. Bezalael Toppan of Salem, and by her
had, September 30, 1763,
Benjamin Toppan, who married, October 20, 1789,
Anstiss, daughter of Elias Hasket Derby of Salem, and
by her had,
Benjamin,
Clark-Gayton,
Francis Willoughby.
The donor of these interesting memorials, Dr. Hersey
Derby Pickman, M.D., was a son of Francis Willoughby
Pickman. The latter was bom at Salem, and returned
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for a time with his &mily to his native place from Digby »
Nova Scotia, in 1860, at that time occupying a residence
in Winter Street. During the Civil War and the
agitation incident to the introduction of Wenham Water,
he made himself so acceptable as a citizen that he was
elected to the Board of Aldermen for the years 1862,
1863 and 1866. Close by, in Pickman Street, lived one
of his sons, who was an active member of the Salem
School Board in 1862-4, was for some years the Rector
of St. Peter's in Salem and was the founder of St. Peter's
in Beverly. Another son was Benjamin, who, djing in
1893, bequeathed the silver to his brother Hersey, and
this last was the testator through whose thoughtful
liberality these relics have found their way back to
]^Iassachusetts.
Francis Willoughby Pickman was the son of Benjamin
Toppan Pickman and Anstiss, a daughter of Ellas Hasket
Derby. The father, who was the recipient of the silver
pitcher, now deposited with us, was a conspicuous
personage in this neighborhood. He ^vas bom in Salem
in 1763, and died here in 1843. His resignation from
the conunand of the New England Guards in 1819, in
order to become an aid to Governor Brooks, was the
occasion of this presentation. He was graduated at
Harvard in 1784, was of the Governor's Council in
1805, a member of Congress in 1809-11, and President
of the IVIassachusetts Senate from 1833 until his death.
At the formation of the Salem Light Infantry in 1805 he
presented the corps with its first colors, and he was the
third successive Benjamin Pickman who commanded the
Essex Regiment. £Ds mother, from whom he derived
the name of Toppan, was a daughter of BarzUlai or
Bezaleal Toppan, a prominent physician and an original
proprietor in the North Bridge. Three of the series of
seven Benjamins being on the stage at the time of his
birth, the fistther of Benjamin Toppan Pickman had been
known as Benjamin Pickman, jr., and the third Benjamin
was given a middle name, but he did not always use it.
His remains rest in the Broad Street Cemetery, under a
simple obeUsk of white marble, the graves of General
Frederick West Lander and of the Honorable Henry
Kemble Oliver one on either hand. Benjamin, jr., the
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father of the last named, was the author of a valuable and
much quoted historical account, printed by the Institute
in 1864y and describing the houses which stood on our
principal thorough&res in 1793.
It was the father of Benjamin, jr., upon whom the
Province of ISIassachusetts Bay conferred ibis very unusual
honor. He had been chosen to the Assembly in 1744-5-^,
and had become a member of the Committee for pushing
forward the Cape Breton Campaign, and it was the service
he performed in connection with it which won him the
Monteith. In fact he may fairly be styled the father of
the undertaking, for he >vas instant in season and out of
season in urging the measure, and rendered it much
financial aid, his subscription being second in amount to
that of Pepperrell alone, and it only passed the House of
Assembly by one vote. Of this his son, writing in 1793,
says, — ""for services performed in this business, the
Province gave him a very handsome montiff." The same
chronicler adds that his fiither, the recipient of this honor,
became a Councillor [this was in 1756-7-8] a Judge of the
Superior Court in 1756, and the Chief Colonel of the Essex
Regiment in 1762. He died in 1773 at the age of sixty-six.
The importance of the Louisburg Expedition and its far
reaching results ai*e recognized by every historian of New
England. On his return from the captured stronghold,
Pepperrell, who was knighted for his success, — the first
New England born Baronet of England, — [we have
his full-length portrait presented, in 1821, by George
Atkinson Ward,] — came by water to Boston in 1746, and
made his triumphal progress home to Kittery through the
intervening seaports. This was an experience repeated
by the Naval Heroes of the War of 1812-15. He was
feasted and flattered to the top of his bent, and Salem did
her part in a dinner offered him in the little Town House
of 1718, on July 4, 1746, at which Colonel Pickman
presided, after having acted as chairman of the Committee
which conducted at Boston the reception on the part of
the Province.
The Cape Breton Expedition was almost wholly a
fisherman's enterprise, supported with capital furnished by
the fishing interest, and it was very largely a Salem
enterprise, the first company raised, counting fifty
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Yolanteers, having been raised at Salem. Col. Pickman*s
wealth, like a large share of the wealth of New England
at that period, was derived from the fisheries, the great
New England industry of the day, the basis of all our
trade and conunerce, — his fish-flakes lined the whole
water-side of the North Biver back as far as the present
Federal Street, from North Bridge to the Town Bridge in
Blubber Hollow,^-and the fisheries were threatened by
French aggression, a fiict which made the reduction of
Loui9burg, **the Dunkirk of America,'' the first of
military necessities. The vigor and boldness of the
undertaking were much applauded in the old World,
and put American prowess, of which this was the first
demonstration on so large a scale, on a substantial footing.
Pepperrell, all whose wealth had been derived from the
fisheries, was at once made a Baronet.
About the time of the reduction of Louisburg by
Pepperrell and the allied fishing interest of New England,
Col. Pickman had made conspicuous recognition of the
source of his affluence, in building the fine mansion house,
yet standing but much disfigured, opposite the head of
St. Peter Street. Dating from 1750, a contemporary of
the Cabot house, where La&yette took tea in 1784, later
the residence of Judge Endicott; of Colonel Turner's
house, which was finally burned down, after yeai-s of
public service as the " Mansion-House," in the great fire
of 1859 ; and of the "King Hooper" house at Dan vera,
the^residence of Governor Gage in 1774, — these were the
first of the Mansard roofs in Salem, — the Pickman house
was decorated with a panel on the rising of each stair in
the stately hallway, bearing a codfish carved in wood and
gilded, and these ornaments have only within a generation
disappeared, some of them being built into a modern villa
at Newport by a descendant of the founder. An account
of Pepperrell's return, given in the Life of Pepperrell by
Usher Parsons, well illustrates the spirit of the times :
When he arrived at the Castle In Boston Harbor, early in June, 1746,
all the ships of war and town batteries sainted. Upon landing at
Long Wharf, his Majesty's Council and the House of Representatives
received the party and they were escorted by his Excellency's company
of Cadets to the Council Chamber of the old State House, now the
Rooms of the Bostonian Society. It being training day for the
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Boston Regiment, the soldiers were drawn np in two lines in King's
(now State) street, by his ExcellencT's orders, and the officers paid
the standing salate to the three, namely, Shirley, Pepperreli, and
Warren. As they passed, the street, windows, doors, and balconies
were crowded, and the regiment fired three ToUeys, and gare three
hnrrahs, in which the whole populace joined.
Sir William soon after took his seat at the Conncil Board, to which
he was reelected president. The House of Representatires, then in
session, being informed that he and Admiral Warren were in the
Conncil Chamber, went thither, when the speaker addressed them in
the following manner : —
** The House of Representatives of this ProTince, hare a high sense
of the serTices you hare done for his Majesty's subjects in general,
and for the people of New England in particular ; and it is with the
greatest pleasure they embrace this happy opportunity of acknowl-
edging it.
In their name, and by their order, I congratulate you on your safe
arrival In the Prorince, and most heartily bid you welcome."
On the 4th of July, Sir William, attended by divers officers and
gentlemen, set out for his seat in Klttery. He was met at Lynn by a
troop of horse and entertained, and was there received by a company
of gentlemen and conducted to Salem ; on entering which, he was
saluted with cannon, and ringing of bells, and conducted to the town
hall to partake of a magnificent entertainment. After dinner the
royal healths were drunk, Governor Shirley's, Sir William's, Admiral
Warren's, Brigadier Waldo's, and all the officers and men at the siege
of Cape Breton ; at each health the cannon were fired, and a treble
discharge made by the troop of horse. On leaving Beverly ferry a
cavalcade met him from Ipswich and Newbury, and conducted him to
the latter place, where his arrival, at eleven o'clock at niirht, was
announced by a salute from the town cannon and by various fire-
works, and the whole party were entertained with an elegant supper
by Hon. Major Greenleaf. Next morning at ten, he crossed the
Merrimac River, attended by the high sheriff and a cavalcade from
the county of York. He was attended from Hampton to Portsmouth
by his Majesty's conncil of New Hampshire, the high sheriff, and
numerous officers civil and military, with many other gentlemen, and
two companies of horse. On entering Portsmouth a troop of horse
led the van, followed by officers of Louisburg with music and colors
flying, then Sir William In a barouche, then the council, sheriff, and a
long train of gentlemen, and a troop of horse brought up the rear.
He was conducted to the governor's house to dine, and was sainted on
his departure In the evening, as he had been on his arrival, by artillery,
and was conveyed In the castle barge to his own house at Kittery.
His plate descended to his grandson. Sir William, and
was allowed under the confiscation act of 1778 (which
conferred on town authorities a liberal discretion in the
settlement of estates) to be taken away from the dwelling
of the deceased at Kittery Point. Colonel Moulton of
York, with six soldiers, guarded its conveyance to Boston,
whence it was shipped for England.
The Pickman Mansion House, built just after the fall
of Louisburg, and still standing, replaced an old dwelling
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built by Heniy Bartholomew in the earliest years of the
town. Mr. Timothy Lindall, who owned the estate on
the east of the Pickman homestead, where he had a great
warehouse destroyed in the fire of 1698, erected on the
site of the warehouse a dwelling which gave place, in
1824, to the East India Marine Hall. He was the
maternal grandfather of the recipient of this Louisburg
silver, and purchased, in 1680, and owned until his death,
the Bartholomew dwelling. Thus, through an aunt Sarah
Moreshead, who presented it to him in 1749, it became
the property of Benjamin Pickman, and he pulled it down
and erected in its place the elegant Mansion House, the
noble lines of which may still be traced. Men of the first
distinction have been received here. In 1773, Genl.
Benedict Arnold, on his way to Quebec, then strong in
the confidence of his great Chief which he was not long
after to betray, was with his staff entertained here at
dinner by Colonel Pickman. And here, too. Governor
Pownall, in 1757, the Count Castiglioni, in 1785, and
Alexander Hamilton with his suite, in 1800, accepted the
same generous hospitality. It was one of the most elegant
mansions then erected in Salem, every way worthy of so
distinguished a fieunily.
The Essex Grazette, for 1773, thus notices the death of
Colonel Pickman :
"Salem, August 24.
''Last Friday departed this Life, at his House In this Town, the Hon.
Benjamin Pickman, Esq., in the 67th Tear of his Age ; A Gentleman
who has sustained many of the most Important civil and military
Offices In the GoTemment, all which he successlrely resigned In his
advancing Age. He was for many Years a Member of his Majesty's
Conncll, a Jostlce of the Inferior Conrt, Colonel of the first Regiment
of Militia In this County, and one of the most eminent Merchants in
the ProTince.
**Hls Remains were Yesterday interred with aU the Respect, Hononr
and Solemnity that the Town could afford. — A Detachment from the
Regiment (of which he was lately Colonel), having their Arms
reversed, and the Militia Officers of the Towc, and the present Colonel,
dressed In military Mourning, preceded the Corps, marching In funeral
Procession, with Drums and Fifes beating and playing. A numerous
Train of Mourners, followed by a large Number of the principal
Gentlemen and Ladles of the Place, succeeded the Corps ; ttie whole
closed by a Number of Coaches and Chariots, and formed one of the
greatest funeral Processions ever before seen In the Town, and which
drew together several Thousand Spectators,— After the Body was
entombed, the Detachment of Militia, which was commanded by Capt.
Flagg, flred three Vollies, to very good Acceptance, which concluded
the Solemnity of the Interment."
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The Essex Grazette for August 31, 1773, says :
" The following Character we copied from the Erening Post.
Salbbc, 20th August, 1778.
The Town of Salem obserred hia Accomplishments and called him
to fill most of their important Places of Trnst; which he discharged
with great Honor to himself, & Adrantage to the Public.
In the House of Representatives he appeared the able, firm and
nncorrnpted Patriot. At the Cooncll Board he maintained the
Reputation of a wise, upright Counsellor. As a Justice of the Pleas
he was strictly just and impartial; and passed thro' these high
Employments of the State with great Abilities and untainted Honor,
and left such a lustre upon them as is seldom known.
By the Smiles of Heaven on his Industry and Application to
Business, he acquired an ample Fortune, which enabled him to be a
most extenslye Blessing— He was a Father to the Poor, & the Widow's
Heart he often caused to sing for Joy.
As a Merchant, his Reputation was unsullied. He was an affec-
tionate Husband, a tender Father, an indulgent Master, a sincere and
steady Friend."
Here are extracts from the will of Benjamin Pickman,
dated Feb. 4, 1773, and proved Sept. 6, 1773.
Following the conventional preamble of the period comes
this clause :
''Principally, and in the first Place, I commend my Soul
to God who gave it, hoping for Eternal Life through the
Merits of My dear Redeemer, and my Body to the Earth
to be interr'd in decent Christian Burial at the difcretion
of my Executor hereafter mentioned, not doubting at the
General Refurrection, I fhall receive the fame again
through the Mighty Power of God. . . .
" Imprimis ; I Give for the Use of the Poor of the Xorth
Church in Salem the Interest of Sixty Pounds Yearly, to
be paid to the Pastor & Deacons of s* Church, to be Yearly
Distributed to the Most Necessitous of said Church, about
the Eighth Feb^
"Item ; I give the Rev^Thomas Barnard Fifteen Pounds.
''Item ; I give the Rev^ Thomas Barnard, Ju', Fifteen
Pounds. . . .
"Item ; I give my Son Benj* Pickman my Library,
reserving the Use of the whole, or any Part thereof, to my
Wife during her life ; also my Watch & Montiff.
"Item ; I give my Well-beloved Wife, Love Pickman,
the Use and Improvement of my Mansion House,
outhouses. Barn and Land thereto belonging, during her
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Natural Life. I Likewise give her all my Household
Fomiturey Linen & Plate, also what Service I may have
in any White or black Servants in the House ; also my
Chaise & Horse . . . also my Land in South Field &
forest River, being the whole of the Land now improV' as
that Farm with the Buildings thereon, also the Furniture
in faid House . . .
**Item; I give my Son Benj^ Pickman & his Heirs
forever my Mansion House, Outhouses & Land, at the
Death of my Wife.
"Item ; I give my Son C. Gay ton Pickman & his Heirs
forever my House, Outhouses & Land thereto belonging,
in School Street, etc. . . .
"I will that if there be any Poor, Necessitous Persons
indebted to me, which would Db tress him or them to pay
the fame, it be in part or whole forgiven them.
*^I will that such Vessels of mine as are engaged in
Voyages, at my Death, Prosecute the same to the End, on
Acc^ of my Estate, my Executor keeping the Merchantmen
& the Cargoes insur* to the end of the Voyage. And I
Do hereby Appoint & Constitute my Son Benj* Pickman,
Ju', Esq', to be fole Executor of this my Last Will &
Testament.''
The remains of Colonel Pickman rest in the Broad
Street Cemetery, once ''Burying Hill," under an altar-
tomb built of red brick. On its top is a thick sandstone
slab bearing inscriptions to the memory of himself and
his honored consort. It seems to have borne other
memorials, but time has obliterated all trace of them,
save at the western end of the slab, where there is a
large rectangular depression, now filled with mortar, from
which some other decoration must have disappeared.
Near by are the graves of Timothy Lindall, of Deacon
Timothy Pickering, of Colonel Timothy Pickering, of
the Honorable John Pickering and of the Corsvin family.
In the Charter Street Ground, once ''Burying Point,"
and older than "Burjdng Hill," there is another Pickman
altar-tomb, placed close against the garden-fence of the
"Doctor Grimshawe" house, and surrounded with the
graves of Higginsons and Ingersolls and Mathers and
bwinnertons and Willoughbys and Gedneys, while the
monument placed by the Province over the remains of
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Governor Bradstreet, in 1697, is not &r away. This
altar-tomb is built of finely dressed granite blocks, and
is capped with a thick sandstone slab, which bears no
inscription but which has, inserted at its western end,
a white marble tablet bearing, in sunken lettering, the
three names "Barton : Toppan : Piokman." Here the
remains of Benjamin Pickman, Jr., seem to rest. He
\vas absent from Salem but a few years, during which
time his family remained here. On his return to Salem
in 1785 he seems to have been promptly and cordially
restored to favor. He was the favorite choice for
Treasurer of the various bodies with which he was
connected. In 1788 he was acting as Treasurer of the
Proprietors of the North Bridge. In 1798 he was one of
the large subscribers to the fund for building the frigate
Essex and was their Treasurer. In 1806 and for other
years he was the Treasurer of the Town.
If the authority of the Heraldic Journal is to be
accepted, there was somewhere in a churchyard in Salem,
in 1865-6, over the grave of Judith, a daughter of
Benjamin Pickman, and wife of Dr. Edward Augustus
Holyoke, and also marking the graves of others of the
Pickman family, a slatestone tablet inserted in a heavy
brown sandstone slab, bearing the same '^armorial insignia"
which appear on the Louisburg silver, except that they
have a martlet for a crest while the crest in the Heraldic
Journal is a helmet. But it is safe to say that nowhere
in Salem, either in a churchyard or in any burial ground,
are Pickman arms carved in stone to be traced to-day.
Besides the Pickman Mansion built on the main street,
as we have seen, in 1750, and in 1794 sold to Elias Ebsket
Derby, who at once presented it to his daughter, Mrs.
Benjamin T. Pickman, Colonel Pickman also erected, in
1764, at the corner of Lynde Street and School (now
Washington) Street a large dwelling, built of brick, — one
of the earliest brick houses of that type in Salem, — which
is still standing but much changed from its original design,
and which, in the illustration given, is well shown as it
looked before 1785, at which latter date the brick school-
house , with the whipping post at its southern front, as shown
in the picture, disappeared to make way for the Mclntire
Court House of 1785. The Witchcraft Court House of
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wood, later used as a school-house, had been torn down in
1760. The illustration is from a water-color drawing,
now in possession of the Institute, and supposed to have
been made bj Dr. Joseph Ome, while a student of
medicine under Dr. Holyoke from 1765 to 1770, the
point of view being the balcony on the northern end of
the Old Town House of 1718-1785, which stood in Town
House Square.
The cupola with its Mclntire eagle, its notch in the blind
towards the harbor to admit a spy-glass, its mural painting
of the Derby fleet done by Corn4, and its other familiar
features, has been added by the Derby family since it passed
into their hands from the Pickmans. The wooden front
with its heavy, fluted Ionic pilasters, known to modem
observers, is only a battened face, added at a time when
such treatment of brick houses was in fashion. A like
front msy be seen on the George Cabot house at Beverly.
This house Colonel Pickman left to his son Clark-Gayton
whose widow, Sarah, sold it in 1782 to Elias Hasket Derby,
and he lived there while building his palatial residence
where now is Derby Square on Essex Street. After he left
the Pickman house for his new mansion, in 1799, his son
John Derby succeeded to it, and from him, in 1835, it
passed by deed to Robert Brookhouse. During the Derby
occupancy at least two persons of distinction were bom
under this roof. John Rogers, the sculptor who was so
successful in seizing and fixing, in the enduring material
of his art, the passing phases of the Civil War, was bom in
this house, his mo&er having been a Derby, and the
eminent Boston advocate and corporation counsel of the
last generation, Elias Hasket Derby, was also born there.
Colonel Pickman had besides these other interests in
several sections of the town. The Pickman Farm, a local
landmark for a century and a half, will be noticed later.
Pickman street, a not very ancient residential by-way,
took its name from pasture lands improved by Colonel
Pickman near Collins Cove and Ferry Lane. It is a short
and in no way an important street of the city, and it is
matter of regret that Pasture Lane, once an ungraded
way from the Marblehead road through the Great Pastures
to Swampscott line, now the great avenue leading from
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Lafayette street through the Pickman Farm to Swampscott
and Lynn, does not bear instead the name of so distin-
guished a family. The western part of Pickman Street
is modem, having been laid out by four abutters as a
private way, in 1807, and not accepted by the town, and
there was, until 1871, but a single house on it besides
those on the two comers which it forms with Winter Street.
This was the brick house occupied, during his residence
in Salem, by the Kev. William Bawlins Piclanan. On
the southern corner of Winter Street stood a wooden
dwelling now moved back.
On the northern corner of Winter Street stands a brick
dwelling, built before 1 808 on land sold by John Gardner
in 1805, and then &cing Pickman street and having its
entrance in the middle of tMt side . This estate, with its fine
old-fashioned New England garden, marked off with high
box borders into fragi*ant flower-beds, with here and
there a tempting fruit-tree, extended the whole northern
side of the western section of Pickman Street. Before
the brick house at the corner of Winter Sti-eet was built,
that site was occupied by a very old Colonial residence of
wood, left by will in 1767 by Jonathan Gardner to his
son John who built the Joseph White house on Essex
Street, and next on the north stood another very old
wooden Colonial residence, in which that genial antiquary,
the late Dr. Benjamin F. Browne, was born.
These two estates, once the property of Jonathan
Gardner, had again come under one ownership in 1832,
— ^the northern wooden house, through several mesne
conveyances, then passing from the Gardners to Adjutant
General George Humphrey Devereux, and the comer
brick house, fronting on the private Avay, passing in 1812
from Joseph White, who took it by foreclosure, to John
Forrester, and in 1831 from John Forrester to General
Devereux, who had married his daughter. They
changed hands again by one conveyance, in 1841, and in
1849 both estates were sold to Henry Melius who
occupied the brick house not long after, and replaced the
old wooden house with a fine mansion of like material,
built for the occupancy of his brother-in-law Edward H.
Payson. In this new wooden house lived Francis
iViilnughby Pickman during his last stay in Salem.
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But the easterly part of Pickman Street, between
Pleasant Street and Collins Cove, was older, and may
have been a lane, reached firom the bars near the Common
at the southern end of Pleasant Street, when the Pickman
family owned lands for pasturage and kitchen-gardening
in that section of the town. Pleasant Street was carried
through to Bridge Street in 1795 and Pickman Street East
opened in 1805. The practice of that day, among persons
of means, was not only to supply their tables from vege-
table-gardens within easy reach of the mansion, but to
depasture carriage-horses as well as work-horses and cows
on their own grounds.
When Washington rode out of town on the morning
of October 30, 1789, to breakfest with his friend George
Cabot at Beverly, he left the Main Street at the corner ot
Pleasant Street and followed that way along the side ot
the Conunon as far as it extended, then turning into Brown
street. Beyond this point towards the North there was
nothing but open pasturage before him. . Pleasant Street
was not extended from the Common to Bridge Street until
1795 nor accepted by the town until 1797. The Common
then contained on that side the Alms House, the location
of which is still marked by its old well with an oaken
cover. The Common also contained a gun-house, and a
school-house. It was a rough, ill-graded training field,
without a fence, choked up with brambles and disfigured
with duck-ponds. Turning to the left at the bars which
opened from the end of Pleasant Street into the pastures,
Washington passed through Brown street for a few rods,
the tanyard of the grandfather of Governor Andrew on
his right, and then turned leaving the town hay-scales
on his left, into Winter Street, — a wide and sightly way,
but not so fine a street as it became in 1811 when Judge
Story built the brick house still standing at its southern
entrance and procured the rectifying of its western line.
Before 1805 the street was wholly lined with ancient
wooden houses.
The Pickman Farm with its fine old farm-house still
standing, once a summer resort of generations of the
Pickmans, and one of the ancient landmarks of Salem,
came into the family, piece by piece, at dates later than
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1754. First, Benjamin Pickman bought, in that year, at
a cost of £169-12-6, a considerable tract ** measuring 11
acres and 10 poles, beginning at y* N. W. Comer thereof,
being a comer or turn in y* old Road leading to
IVIarblehead at or near y* place where y* Second Grate, so
called, on s* Road formerly stood "* . . - ''by y* wall by
y* highway "...** including y* same wall.**
To this he added, in 1762, at a cost of £70, several
adjacent parcels of salt-marsh, and the farm area was
again extended, six months after his death, by his widow.
Love Rawlins Pickman, who purchased another parcel ot
marsh-land, costing £33-6-8, and upon her death, in
1786, the whole property passed, under the provisions of
the will of her husband, to Benjamin Pickman, jr., who
in turn, two years later, expended £121-2-6 in the
purchase of an adjoining tract of from four to five acres
of upland " bounded easterly on the Cove,** together with
** Beech, thatch & flats " thereto appurtenant. The fiairm
kept growing.
But a very considerable part of this wide tract was
acquired by'a curious process which could only obtain in
an old community like ours. Partly by inheritance, but
largely by purchase, the Pickman family, from time to
time, became possessed of a large number of shares or
rights in the Great Pasture Corporation, and while these
rights to depasture horses and cows were probably of little
pecuniary value, they represented, in the total, a claim
upon the general acreage of the Corporation which, it
set oflT and owned in severalty, — properly fenced and
cleared of undergrowth, — might be made available for
farming purposes. Accordingly the Courts were appealed
to in the case of this and several other large estates
similarly interested, and a considerable tract was added
to the farm-lands of the Pickman estate as well as of other
adjoining proprietors in this way. This pasture-land
extends far towards Swampscott on both sides of the
Boston and Maine Railroad track and, in the autumn
months, appeals to the eye of every traveller by rail, from
being overgrown in parts with the famous golden-hued
woad-waxen or Genista tinctoria.
The Pickman Farm, with its ample barns and its farm
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SHOWN SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT NOW APPEARS,
AND SUPPOSED TO PRESERVE PARTS, IF NOT THE WHOLE,
OF THE DWELLING OF
CAPTAIN BENJAMIN PICKMAN,
WAS BUILT ON LAND GIVEN BY JOSEPH HARDY,
THE SHIP-WRIGHT,
TO HIS "WELL-BELOVED SON-IN-LAW,"
DELIVERY BEING MADE BY TURF AND TWIG,
"UPON WHICH LAND Y* S"* BENJAMIN PICKMAN HIS
DWELLING HOUSE NOW STANDETH",
THE DEED OF GIFT BEARING DATE, AUGUST 1 7, 1685.
THE HOUSE MUST HAVE BEEN A FAMILIAR RESORT OF THE
BENJAMIN PICKMAN OF 1708-1773,
FOR IT WAS, IN HIS BOYHOOD, THE HOME OF HIS GRANDMOTHER,
WHO DIED THERE IN 1 727.
BY DEED, DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 1 772, IT PASSED
TO DANIEL, THE GRANDFATHER OF
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
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house dating from two periods, was probably the largest
aggregation of land in continuous acreage in any one
estate of this neighborhood. lU four-hundred and
twenty-four acres, lying in the midst of a populous region
like ours, seems almost a fabulous estimate, though much
of it, according to modern views of husbandry, did little
more than help make up the startling total. But the
figures are correct and are given under oath in an appraisal
of the Pickman estate recorded in the Probate Court of the
County in 1819. Such was the farm as it was known to the
venerable Benjamin P. Ware, who was bom there in 1822
and who, with his father whom he succeeded as manager,
and a brother, conducted the estate for a quarter of a
century. He recalls the famous ''Pickman Pippin," the
favorite apple of this region, the original tree having lasted,
as a decaying ti-unk, into his boyhood. He recalls the
massive, square chimney-stack of the ancient portion of
the house, with its great, brick oven on one side, and its
three broad fireplaces opening into as many rooms and
occupying the remaining faces of the chimney ; and the
newer house with its generous stud and larger windows
and panelled wainscotting and well-carved balusters
and mantelpieces, whose spare rooms, silent and stately,
were the sacred precinct of his boyish years ; and the
holiday parties bearing which the £Etmily coaches rolled
out from town, on the Fourth of July always and often
on some other festive day, with their hampers laden with
good cheer, their china-ware and silver and table-linen,
their children and guests, and all under the watchful
care of Abraham True, the good old black butler, whose
presence alone was earnest enough of the quality of the
feast. To how many of these family merrymakings may
the Louisburg Tankard have lent its gladsome inspiration !
The so-called "MontiflT" or ''Monteith" weighs 54i
ounces. It measures with its cover 12 inches in height and
8^ inches without it. Its diameter is 5f inches, and across
the handles it measures 11 inches. It has a capacity of
about one gill in excess of four pints. The name " Swan,^
presumably that of the silversmith who made it, is
stamped in two places on its upper rim, and if the
tradition is correct that Swan is the name of a well-known
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Boston silversmith of the first half of the eighteenth
centuiy, this elaborate and graceful piece of plate would
seem to be a creditable product of the local craftsmanship
of the period. The name "Monteith," — or "Montiff,**
a corruption of Monteith, — which has been uniformly
applied to it by the Pickman fSunily, seems to be a strange
misnomer. The suggestion that a Monteith might have
been presented by the Province and later, in the division
of some estate, in order to meet a difficulty in deciding
to whom it should descend, the Monteith might have been
melted down and converted into a number of tankards,
of which the subject of this article is one, finds no
countenance either in the traditions of any branch of the
Pickman family or in the records of the Probate Court.
A Montiff is mentioned, in 1773, in the will of Benjamin
Pickman who received it from the Province, and again in
the notes on Salem written, twenty years later, by his son
Benjamin. But, whatever else this piece of plate may
properly be called, — and it is not quite easy to find a
single word which designates it with entire accuracy, —
it is clear enough that it is not the article called a
Monteith which, in 1689 or earlier, took the name of its
inventor.
The Monteith is a recognized piece of table furniture,
and authorities upon such matters are at no loss to agree
upon a definition of it. It is, as we have seen, a punch-
bowl, generally made of silver, sometimes having fluted
sides with much ornamentation, and for handles often
havingjtwo rings, attached to the sides through the mouth
of a Lion's Head or other like device. Fine ones are to
be seen at the Mansion House in London, at Lincoln's
Inn, and at Berkeley Castle. One of these silver punch-
bowls, presented to the Cloth- Workers' Company by Sir
John Bull, in 1718, has Bulls' Heads to support its
handles.
The Monteith had an adjustable rim which was removed
when punch was to be brewed, and which was deeph''
incised or notched, allowing a dozen punch-glasses to be
ranged about the inside of the bowl for cooling them with
water, or for their protection in the handling, when the
Monteith was brought to the table, ^the stem of a glass
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being dropped into each slot, with the base of the glass
outward. When the Monteith was in use, the rim
supporting the punch-glasses was taken off and placed
upon the table. A kdle and lemon-strainer, both of
silver, with other needful appliances, accompanied it.
Pictures of it are not unfamiliar, and we insert one. The
contrivance came into vogue some years before the
eighteenth century began and was the invention of a man of
fashion named
Monteith, but it
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name may have
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New England of
that day, with
other articles of
table-ware be-
sides the punch-
bowl described.
Words which
are derivatives from a proper name have often in this way
kept alive the memory of a man. Familiar instances are
Boycott, Eaglan, Derringer, Daguerreotype, Minnie rifle.
Guillotine, Bowie knife. Mansard roof.
On the obverse of this fine piece of plate are engraved,
with the addition of a martlet for a crest, the Arms which,
since 1723, appear to have been used by various branches
of the Pickman family. They are described in the Heraldic
Journal for 1865, quoting the Gore Roll of Arms for its
authority, as the Arms of Benjamin Pickman, the father
of the recipient of this silver, but as having no crest, and
as also to be seen on a tablet in the Salem Churchyard.
The Arms are said to be : " Gules, two battle-axes in
saltire gold, between four martlets, argent." The same
publication for 1866 depicts such Arms as are here
described, in the account of a tomb in Salem upon which
are to be found the names of Judith, the wife of E. A.
Holyoke, Esq., who was a daughter of Benjamin Pickman ;
of Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel Pickman, Esq. ; and of
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120 THE PICKilAN SILVER.
William Eppes, Esq., who married a Pickman. In this
cut a helmet is added for a crest, but the authority for the
addition is not cited, and no location of the tomb is given.
The coat of arms depicted in this connection is said to be
carved on a slate tablet inserted in freestone, and to be
more recent than the date of the original erection of the
tomb, from the freestone tablet of which the inscriptions
had nearly disappeared. No such arms nor inscriptions
are now to be found on any monument in Salem. Both
the Clark Grayton Pickmans and the Dudley Leavitt
Pickmans use the same arms with a battle-axe for a crest.
The silver pitcher presented to Benjamin Toppan
Pickman measures lOJ inches in height. The name
** Ward" is engraved once on the inside rim of the base,
and is thought to be the name of the silversmith who
engi-aved the inscription. No maker's name and no
evidence of origin appears elsewhere on the pitcher. On
its obverse is engraved (in script) " Xew England Guai-ds
to Benj°. T. Pickman, Esq'." And on its tese :
** Elected Ensign, Jnne 18, 1814
LleuS May 6, 1817
Resigned June 26, 1819, being
appointed Aid to Gov. Brooks.
Voted Jane 28th 1819
That the name of BenJ* T. Piclcman be
entered npon the Roll of the New-
England Guards as an honorary
Member.
•* Lorenzo Draper, O. S."
Perhaps enough has been said to make it appear that
the fall of Louisburg was so grand an occasion as to
warrant some exceptional acknowledgment from the
Province of Massachusetts Bav ; that the lamilv honored
with these testimonials have proved themselves worthy to
receive them, by maintaining their prestige in the face of
a public sentiment which looks askance at hereditary
distinctions and ancesti-al honors, and in a country where
every man is supposed to stand or fall by his own merit ;
and that, of all possible places for the final deposit of these
beautiful memorials, none could have been more fitly
chosen than Salem, the ancestral home of the Pickman
family, and the Essex Institute, a long-establisbed County
society of recognized standing.
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SALEM COJVmONERS RECORDS,
1713-1739.
COPIED BT GEORGE FRANCIS DOW.
(Continued from Vol XXXIX ^ page 80.)
Sam^ Abom for a Cottage Right for an house of Sani^
Whitford bought of Hawks who maried a Whit-
ford 1
John Feltoii for his own Dwelling house proved to be
built in 1718 1
Adjourned to jr* 9 Aug** present as above Except Capt
Putmau
Att A Meeting of the Comitee continued by Adjourn-
ments to y* 26 Feb 1731/2 Capt Osgood Mr.
Lindal Capt Barton Maj Eppes Capt Barnard
A Right for the House Ben* Verry Lived in w*** he
lived 1702 1
A Right for Jn^ Blanoe house built before 1714 1
15
The Comitee chosen & appointed by the Proprietors to
receive & Enter the Rights & Claimes that were not
received having Attended that Service & duely Enquired
& Examined unto the Several Claimes have received & do
present the aforegoing rights which are all that they have
as yett Agreed ou Mar 14 1731/2
Peter Osgood
James Lindal
Daniel Eppes
Tho* Barton
Ben"" Lindal Jun""
Sam* Barnard
Comtt.
[69] Salem Newengland 4}^ April 11715
An Acco" of Cash Expended and Disburstt by order
(121)
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122 SALEM C03mONER:4 RECORD8, 1713-1739.
of 7* Committe for ProfsecutiDg of Trefpafsers and other
Nefsefsary Expencis According to y* Voate of the
Proprieters in Gen" y* 22»* November 1714 & 31«* January
1714/5 Dr.
1715 ApU 4"» To paid Cap* Jonathan
Putnam 57' for Profsecuteing oi
Ebenezer Southwicks Apeal att
Ipswich Court 15"" March 1714/6
Against a Pretended Commite being
Some of the old Cottagers who would
Incroach & Ingrofe all all y* Comon
Lands in Salem 2 17 -
May 3"* To paid Cap" John Gardner 4"
10* 0** for measuring of Salem Comons
and takeing a Piatt Roles and Bags
&c" and for his afsistants 4 10 -
June 10'** To pd maj' Dauifon Seruing
1715 writt & Sumo Vers Trask 9* and
Trask costs 6« 6* 15 6
To Seruing first writt 3* 4« To
Jacob Williard for Copies 4*:
Expended on D Dauison 12* 8 4
To Sundry Copies of Col^
Higginfon, Justice Hale, Justice
WoolcotCap*' Price &W»Gedney#'
note 20« 1 - -
28*** To pd M' dudley 40* M' Vallentine
40» M' Ring 10* in the Caufe ags«
Jn® Traske att June Court 1715 in
Salem 4 10 -
27 Sep" To paid M' Attorny 40" Jarius
Ring 10» Expended 5" 9^* w*** y« Justices
In Ebenezer Southwick Caufe att
Newbury Court 2 15 9
1715 To paid M>^ Attorney 40» M'
8*»» n^ Vollentine 40» M"^ Ring 10» 4 10 -
To paid Doct' Cook fileing &
Examining bill Costs &c" 9* 6^ Judg
Sewall 2* Corwin 6* 12 6
21 18 7
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 123
To paid M" Ptat the Comities Expen-
cia from y begining the first meeting
being on the 30^ November 1713 to
this being the 2^ Aprill 1716 6 18
1718/9 To pd Cap" John*»»» Putnam W"
6 Jan" Gedney bal* above Dr
To pd Cap" John Gardners bill ^
order
To pd Cap" Ofgoods bill ^ order
To M' W~ and Locker 30» for
Teaming the proprietors to make up
their parts of fence 1 10 -
To W» Gedney 40* for writeings
and makeing an alphabet 2 0-
To M' John prat the the Comities
Expence to y* 6 Jan' 1778/9 4 - -
28 16
7
£6 3
1
£7 12
£7 4
6
28 9 7
To Receiueing and paying 88" 16*
6' at 60 #" lib allowed by the Comittee
6 Jann 1718/9 2 4
£30 14 -
1719
30 Ap» To pd Benj* FUnt 10" : 30 April
1719 ^ ord' To Col« Browne Esq'
25'* May 1719 10" £20 - -
8 June To Benj* fflint 10" : To 10" ditto
13 June to Benj* fflint £20 - -
25 July To Benj* fflint 15" To Receiueing
and paying John Trasks 30" at 6' #*
Ibb.
from W" Gedney bal* due to this acco" 30
July 1719:71'
£15
15
-
£86
9
-
£ 3
11
-
£99 - -
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124 SALEM GO^IMOXERS BEGORD8, 1713—1739.
Jan" 15*^ To pd CoP Sam" Browne Esq'
20" ^ the hands of Sam" Bell 15 Jan«
1719/20 £20 - -
Ap"26 To pd Col» Sam" Browne Esq'
25" W J* hands of Eleaz' Pope &
Sam"Goodell £25 - -
1720
Ap" 29 To Col« Samuell Browne Esq' 6"
in Land 6 - -
To pd John Galium 6" 10* 3^ Dauid
Flint 10" 16» 0^ Ezek" Mai-sh 5" 10*
Dan" Twist 83» £26 19 3
May 5 To pd Benj* and Dauid Boyce 15"
Eleazer Goils & Sam" Very 20»» 2« 9^ £35 2 9
Feb 10 To Joseph Dowtey & Sibley 22"
7» John Curtine 48« 3* Peter Twist
21" 10« 46 5 3
Aug** 16 To Joseph Dowty pertieuler 00**
To Benj* Flint 12" 5« 8^ M' Maning
8"-4«-10<* 20 10 6
Feb 14 1720/21 To pd M' AbeU Gardner
42» 3* Captt ofgood 5"-5«-2^ W» Frost
36« a bond for Shilab' 12* 9 4 5
To pd M' Prat the Comites Expences
from 6 Jan» 1718/19 to the 14 feb
1720/21 58« 11*
18 To pd Jn« Galium 22« Cap« Jon*
Putnam 15* Ditto 3"-5*-6*
To Receiuing and paying and paying
249"-.10« att 6* W lb. W Agrem" w"»
y* Grand Comite
Bal*^ due to this acco" from W"
Gedney 13 Octo 1721
£263 1 -
[70] Salem Newengland 4^^ Aprill 1715
^ Contra Cred^
1715, ApU 4"» By Benj* Pope 18" for aboute
2
18
11
5
2
6
6
9
9
£203
13
4
£59
7
8
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SALEM COBOION£R8 RECORDS, 1713—1739. 126
7^ Acrees Land Incroached by Said
Pope part of Itt within his fence
Returned by a Committe formerly
appointed for Incroachments on y*
Comon Lands in Salem as may Apear
by their Piatt on file 18 - -
20 Oct^ By 3" Reced* In Ebenezer
Southwick bill of Costs Verfs Ti-ask &
Com 3 - -
£21 - -
By 3»-6*-6^ Reced* in the Bill of
Costs Verfs John Trask 3 -6 -6
By Cap*^ Osgood 10« he Reced* of
Joseph Flint for Cutting a Tree on y*
Com 10 -
By CoP Samuell Browne Esq' 4" for
Swamply Land neer his &rme 4 - -
28 16 6
The above s* ace" read, Considered & allowe^ by y*
Comitty & fettled this 2™> day of Aprill 1716 : ^ order
of y^ Committy with M' W» Gedney Clerk to y* ||said
Proprietors || of Salem Common Lands ^ Walter I*rice
one of y* Comitty
By 6" Reced^ of Joseph Hutchinfon
for 3 Acres of Land on the North Side
of Ipswich Riuer 5 Sep" 1718 6 - -
Sep" 18 By Jn« Trask 1" W the hands of
Josiah woolcot Esq'' for one years Rent
of the Land whereon he has built A
new houfe an* 1716 1 - -
[ Y^ By Benj* Buffum Three Pounds
for three Rod Land neer Sam" Cook 3 - -
By Israeli Andrew 50" for Land In
controuersy Releast to him 50 - -
£60 - -
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126 SALEM COMHONERS RECORDS, 1713—1739.
By John Traske 3'* 30" 23 May
1719 for half an acre of Land on
plaine £30 - -
£90 - -
By George Smith 40* 31 July 1719 :
for 7 pole Land by Strong water
brooke £2 - -
By Ball* due as on the otherside to
the Proprietors 30 July 1719 3 11-
By Sam" Stacy 20* 25 Deeemb' 1719
in part of his Bill 1 - -
By Sam" Bell W the hands of Col^
Browne in pai*tfor52 pole Land Trask
plaine £20 - -
Jan" 19 1719/20 By Cap^^ Jon* Putnam
18" for a Triangle of I^nd about 8 acres
on Topsfeild Land £18 - -
By M' Jn« Trask 40» for 2yrs Rent
of the Land where his new houfe is
built 1718 & 1719 £2 « -
Apr> 26 1720 By Eleazer Pope for i of an
acree of Land on Trask plaine next to
the Lane £20 - -
By Sam" Goodellfor J of an acree of
Land most of itt back Land on Trasks
plaine £15 - -
By CoP Sam" Brown Esq' 6" for
one acree of Land neer ffrost Riuer
& 1 acre neer Spring pond 6 - -
Apr* 24 By Sam" King 20" for 3 acrees of
Land neer W" Shaws 20 - -
May 2 By Ezekiel Golethite 10" and 10"
ditto 8**^ June for 3 acres Land neer
W» Shaws £20 - -
July 24 By Daniell Shaw 16" 10» for 3
acres of Land neer to W™ Shaws £16 10 -
feb. 11 By Abraham Southwick 20" for
one Qrt" of an Acre of Land on Trask
plaine £20 - -
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SALEM C03I3IOXERS RECORDS, 1713—1739. 127
14 By John Shillaber 40*' for half an
acre of Land on Trask plaine 40 - -
14 By Joseph Thrafher 20" for 1
Quar^ of an acree of Land neer the
Town bridge £20 - -
22 By Nath" & Samuell Felton 20*
for Exchange of Land for enlarging
the highway £1 - -
By Cap'* John Gardner 38" for 8
acrees of Land on Ipswich Rieuer neer
Phelps £38 - -
£263 1 -
Posted forward one leafe : the Balance
being 59"-7»-8^
[71] Salem Xewengland 13 Octob' 1721
1721 The Proprieters of Salem Comon Lands in Gen"
Dr.
Oct^ 13'^ To paid ^P John Pi-a« the
Comities Expences 13 dav octo after
Reckning ^ £ 2 6 11
No 21 To paid Joseph VeiTy 22"-0«-0** :
pd the fence Viewers 56* £24 16 -
ffeb 8'^ To paid Thomas fflint 30» To
pd Cap" Peter Ossrood for Self & Mr
Waid 5"-3*-0 " £6 13 -
Sep"4*>» To paid the old Cottager 57"-
OS'-O*" for makeing wall formerly on
Lyn Line 57 5 -
octob' 5 To paid Benj" Flint for takeing
Care of the young wood & help
measuring Comon & c" 4 1-
To pd iP James Holton 5* Sam"
Aborne 12- Eleazer Goiles 12- Ed
Pickring 8' To pd Benj* Iue» 4» all
for help measuring the Comons 2 1-
octo 17 To pd Cap" Burnap 3" : ditto 20»
Maj' The« Burel 20- Cap» Treuet 2(J« 6 - -
18 To pd Cap" Knowlton 20»
D«« Whipple 20* M' John Gott
20« Valuation Comi". 3 - -
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128 SALEM C030IONER8 RECORDS, 1713-1739.
No 7 To pd Cap" Putnam 59«: pd
Jn« TraskS* Sam" Peirce 8' Sam"
Aborn 8» 4 3-
Feb 7 To pd M' Ward 25* : pd Cap"
-JZ^ Gardner 3" pd M"^ Josiah Batchelder 14« 4 19-
March 23 Tofpd Cap«Burnap 3" M'Waid 3"
To pd Cap« Osgood 3»-3» £9 : 3 :
Ap" 10 To M' James Lindal
10«- M' Benj* Flint 50«- M'
John Traak 30» £4:10:
To M' Ward 20*-Sam"
Abome 16' Jonathan Boyce
2« N Trask 4» £2:2:
To Benj* Iue« 4» Cap"
Putnam 20» Jon* Marsh 14»
pd formerly £1:4:
To Joseph Swinerton 10*
Cap" Joseph Burnap 10* £1 - £17 19 -
Aprill 10"^ 1723 To pd M' John
Pi-att the Serueyei's &
Afsistants Expends ^lav
1722 "^£7 9
To pd Ditto for the
Valluation Comities Ex-
periceoctoba722 £f> 16 8
To the Surueyors &
Afsistants Expeneis March
172J £8 3-
To pd the Grand Comities
Expeneis from novemV
1721 to 9 ap" 1723 £6 14 1
£29 2 9
Feb n^ To for Receiuing and
paying 177" 17« 3^* att 6^*
#'lib £4 8 11
£166 15 7
To due from W°* Gedney to bal*
this acco" llFeb 172? mem<> there is
alfo due 10" to the proprietors from
Benj* Bovce as mav appear & his
bond * ^ . 70 9 4
£237 4 11
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713^1739. 129
alfo due from Sam" Stacy 14* 6* #^boDd :
when can gett lit
alfo due from Sam" Golthite #* note 10*
Feb 11 1723/4. Prefent Col^ Brown Jon Woolcut
Steph" Sewall Cap^ Sam" Gardner Cap* Pet' Osgood
Cap* Jon' Putnam James Lindall The foregoing Ac*'
of W" Gedney Esq" Clark of the Proprietors of the
Common Lands of Salem being examined is alowed
and we find the ballence in his hands is Seuenty
pounds nine fhillings & four pence due to the
proprietors of the S* Common Lands in Salem
befides fome out ftanding debts as above mentioned,
by order of the Conmiitee
James Lindall one of the Comitee
[72] Salem 13 October 1721
#» contra Cred*
1721 By Ball' due from W" Gedney to
Octo 13 y Proprieters ^ Adjustment with
the Grand Comite 13 oct* 1721 on*
leef backwards £59 7 8
No 21 By Joseph Verry 20" for one acre
of Land neer buts brooke £20 - -
29 By M' John Traske 20* for one years
Rent of y* Land where ||ano 1719 1| the
new^houfe stands £ 1 - -
Feb 21 'By Jonathan Pudney 40" for
between 11 : & 12 acres Lind £40 - -
aiarch 10 By Samuell King 20" for one
Qrt' of an acree of Land on Trask plain £20 - -
Ap" 11 By Micael Dwenil 5" for 1 acre i
Land on Topsfeild line £ 5 - -
By Joseph Thrasher 18" for 50 Rod
Rockey Land neer his houfe £18 - -
18 By Benj' Lynde Esq"^ 11" 5» 0^ for a
Spong or Strip & a Triangle of Land
neerCaflhill £11 5 -
ISIay 22 By Samuel Bell 6" that was pd
Short for his Land now paid 22 May £ 6 - -
Sept 4 By m' John Trask 20» for one
years Rent of the Land where the new
houfe St : ano 1720 £ 1 - -
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130 8ALEM COABIONER8 RECORDS, 1713-1739.
No 5^ By John Hood &c» 6" 5* to make
Good their halfe of the Stone tveI and
fence between Eb : Burrells Ftoture &
Cor Sam" Browne Esq' Land 6 5-
By Ebenezer Burrell Sbc/^ 6» 5- to
make good their half of the Store wal
and fence between their pasture &
Salem Comons £6 5-
No 5^ By Col« Sam" Browne Esq' bO*
1722 being for 10 Rod of Ston wall w««» the
proprietors Agreed it Should make
Good his part of fence ags" y* comons £02 10 -
19 By Thomas Mackentire 4" for 1 acre
& 65 pole Land Incroacht by him 4 - -
By John Moulton S' 5" bond for
about 2 acres i Land by him rec^
20* 9de^ Incroach rec* 4" 29 ap" £ 5 - -
feb 4 By Col* John Turner Esq' 5" 12« 6*
for 1 acre i Land neer Castle hil 5 12 6
7 By Benj» Boyce 10" R* for 108 Rod of
Land neer Nortons & his bond for 15" 15 - -
15 By Col* Samuell Browne Esq' the bal*
of his acco" 4 4 9
Oct* 11 By John Trask 20* for one years
Rent of y* Land where his new houfe
Stands an* 1721 1 - -
By Benj» fflint 5" 15" Comprehend*^
in the article of 57" 5* not yet paid him 5 15 -
237 4 11
[73] 1728 Salem in Newengland 172i
The Proprietors in Generall of Salem Comon
Lands Dr
jMarch 9"* To pd for Copia' posting up
Notifycations Laying out Lands &c"
att the end of the alphabett £5-6
May 11 : 1725 To drawing 2 writings and
a bond and a Journy & horfs hire to
Lyndsies to gett them Executed
betwene Salem & Lyn proprietors - 10 -
May 31 : 1726 To pd Jacob Collins 12* for
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8ALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 131
Repaireing oar pr^ of fence on dog
pond Rocks in 6 . 12 -
ditto day To pd Sam" aborne 70« To pd
M' Lewis 3" Jos Mansfield 4« 3 17-
July 21 : 1727 . To pd M' Prat the Grand
Comitys Expends from 2 May 1723
to21July 1727 £2 19 11
12 19 5
July 1727 To bills of Cred'* pd m' Benj*
Lynde Jun' & m' Icha* Plaisted 76"
4* 4* being the proport^^ part of the
proprieters, of the Great Pasture of
the Ball"" of this acco^ the bal* being
109»2»3<» £76 4 4
Aug 5-6 1728 To pd Jacob Collins 22« for
keeping our fence in Repare on dog
pond Rocks 1727 & 1728*
-
£89
3
9
£32
17
11
To Bal* now due to this acco'* July
21** 1727
£122 1 8
1728 The Proprietors in Gen" of Salem
Common Lands Dr
Angus" 5"* To pd Jacob Collins for
keeping our Fence on dog Pond Rocks
in Repare an<> 1727 & 1728 £12-
To : receving & paying 76" 4 & 4 ^
6^ 1 18 1
To receWng & paving the ball* 32"
17 11^ " - 16 5
1730 Ap» 30 To Bills of Credit pd Dan"
Eppes& Ben* Lynde Jun' being for the
Prop^ of ]Midle Precincts part of the
Ball* of 109 : 2 : 3* as above & ^ ord"^
ofs^^Prop*" 19 13 8
1731 Aug: To Bills of Credit pd Israel
Andrews & Ray for the Propt" of
*Thls enlrj Is crossed out In the oiiglnal.
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132 SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713—1739.
13 4 3
Village & Royal Side Proprietors for
their part <$; proportion of 109 : 2 : 3*
£36 14 5
1731 The Proprietors in General of Salem
Comon Lands Dr
To p* John Trask & S Eborn for
making up Fence Dog pond Rocks as
^Rec* 1 11
To p** m"^ Grant for m' Gedneys
Ballance 2 16 6
1732 To candles 6* Tho» Mackentire
Journey to Lyn to give Evidence 5/ - 5 6
Dec 25 To J Buxton for going to vill* 3/
Lindal Coppy Stratons Grant 3/ - 6 -
To p** M' Pickering & Procter acc°
Charges Expences on Moulton Suit 7 6-
To paid M" Pratt for Expences from
1727 to Decc' 1732/3 6 16 5
To Cap* Woodbeiy & others Com'^
for Deviding Laying out the Comons
remaining to the proprietors 5 11 -
To p"* my Self what y* propt" voted
for my Service as clerk from 1730 to
Mar 1731/2 2 - ~
Jan'^ 1733 To Mrs Tompkins 2/2* : Mr
Lindal in p* of his Acc« £5 5 2 2
July To paid M' Lindal the Ball* Due
on Charge in Moulton Suit 8 13 4
40 1 11
To pd Th® Procter for Expence on
Capt Woodbery & Com^* ab«
Devid« 6 16
Augu»* To pd Mrs Tomkins
Comitees Expences 63/2*
[Cakes?] 8^ 3 3 10
9
To pd M" Pratt Expences to Jan^^^
1733/4 5 16 5
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BALEM GOHMOlfEBS B£GORD8» 1713—1739. 133
To M' Jacob Manning Acc° Journey
to Ipswitch on Moulton cause 60/ I>
11/10 3 11 10
Nov' To pd the clerk for Writing
recording &ct V vote 11 Feb 1733/4 5 - -
To M' Dana 10/ : pd Eb Moulton
for his Unkles right £10 10 10 -
To J» Lindall Esq' W S. Pope in
p^ of M' Lindall Acc<> on Moulton
Cause 15 - -
Mar 8] To paid M' Parker Moulton
1738 Cost Execution Ag^ y* Com** was
in y^ whole 47 10 9
but deducting y* Exceut" ag^
him may 1734 6 3 6
^.
41 7 3
To ^Ir Lindall £10: Col« Barton
4-9/ Mrs Prat 6/1^ 14 15 1
Carry'd to p' (98)
145 3 4
74] 1723/4 ^ Contra Cred.
>b n^ By Bal* due to the Proprietors
on Settlement: 1: leaf back 11 fb
1723/4 £70 9 4
Jan^ 30 By Benj* Boyce 8" in part ditto
2» in ful 10"^ nob' 1725 £10 - -
March 15 By Jno Traske 40* for 2 yeai*s
Sent of y* Land where his hous stands
1722-1723 £2 - -
May 20 By M' Richard Johnson & others
32" 12* 4^ for one half of the fence
from Lyndsys to M' Gedneys farme
as w agreement £32 12 4
1726 Feb 4 By Jn« Trask 20» by the
hands of Jon* 1 years Rent 1724 £1 - -
July 10 By outstanding debts Jn Trask
40« reced 28 oct« 1727 for 1726 Sam"
aborn 70 : reced 6 Sep" Sam" Swasy 10 £6 - -
£122 1 8
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134 SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
1727 ^ Contra Cred'
July 1727 By the Ball^ one the Otherside
due 21*' July 1727 £32 17 11
By one years Rent to the 2 June
1728 of M' Jn« Traske £1 - -
£33 17 11
Recfco Aug: 15: 1731 w"> M' J* Grant one of the
Exec'' of W" Gedney Esq' and tliere is due to the Estate
of M' Gedney the Sum of titly Six Shilling & 6** on Ball*
of this Acc° of the Proprietors of the Comons he having
Delivered up the notes & Bond for outstanding Debts
2: 16: 6
^ ord' of Comt*
Ben* Lynde Jun' Propt' Clerk
1731 ^ Conti-a Cred'
By Jon* Trask 3 y" Rent to June 2
1731 3
1732 Dec' By Jon* Buxton 30/. J^AO
for ab® an acre & half Land as ^ Deed
26. 0/ 27 10 -
1733 May By Jos Wilkins forab^ 11 poles
Land on Stones plain 16 - -
July By Wid^ Pi-octer for 18 poles Land
on Stones plain Sold ^ Comte 24 - -
70 10 U
1733 Nov' By Jon* Trask 2 years Rent to
June 1733 2 - -
By Ezek" Goldthrite for a peicee of
Land 42
By Daniel Purrintun for
a peice of Comons 27
69 - -
By Isaack Meachum for a peice of
Comons ^ Deed 30 - -
£171 10 -
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8ALEM 0O31HONEBS BECORDS, 1713—1739. 135
By Jon* Trask 1 y» Rent
20/to June 1734 10
By Clough & Goodhue for
peice of Land ^ Town
bridge 77
. 1734 By 8 poles & half Land
Feb Sold S Pope Jun' as ^
Deed for 14 17 6
1 735 By a em peice of Land Sold
July Peter Twis Jr 10
1736/7 By Jon» Trask 2 years
Mar. 11 Rent to June 1736.40/. 2 104 17 6
276
By Dan' Purintun 30/ D«
to 1735 30/ . 3
By £z Goldthrite Interest
of his Bond 24/ D« 60/
1737/8 4 4
By Clough & Goodhue
Interst 8 y" to 1738 13 10
20 14 -
1738 Bv Jon* Trask 2 years rent to June
1738 2 - -
299 1 6
D« 2 y» to June 1740. 2 - -
301 1 6
Carryed to p» (98)
[75] Att a Meeting of the Grand Comitte Impowred
to call all Prop*" Meetings at M" Pratts on y* 12 June
1732 Agreed & ordered that there be a Meeting of the
Prop^ of the cofnon & undevided Lands in Salem on
Thursday the 29 day of June Inst at Two of the clock in
the afternoon at the Town house in Salem viz* to Consider
of ffiUing up the Number of the first or Grand Comitte
also to Appoint Some Persons to Examine & audit the
Acco^ of y* old Comitte & Report thereon to the Propriety
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136 8ALEM 0OMMONER8 RECORDS, 1713-1739.
& to make AUowaDces to the GraDd Comitte According
to the time they have served also further to Consider
(if the Proprietors shall judge fitt) of Capt Lawthorpes &
Strattons Grant both of y^^ were reffered to this Meeting
Coppy of Notifications posted on
y* four meeting houses B L ^t ord* of the Comt*
Ben* Lynde Jun' Prop'" Clerk
Att A Meeting of the Prop*" of the Comon &
undcvided Lands in Salem att the Townhouse on ye 29
June 1732 Voted Capt Peter Osgood Moderator for s*
meeting
Whereas some of the Grand Comitte have represented
to the Propriety That unlefs the whole Comitte being the
Number of Nine Persons be filled up they are not willing
to Serve
"Wherefore Voted that the Number of the Comitte be
filled up So as now to Consist of Nine Persons
Voted That M' Ben* Flint Cap* Ich* Plaisted M' Tho^>^
Procter Sen' be added to the Grand Comitte who are still
to Act & are Impowred to receive Clauns for thre month
longer Two months of time allowed at the last meeting
being now Elapsed
Voted That M*^ Miles Ward Sen' M' Jn« Prefson M'
Jn* Cabbot M' Jacob Manning & Sam" King 3«"« they or
the Maj' part be the Comitte to Audit and Examine the
Acco'^ of the old Grand Comitte & report to the next
Meeting
Voted That the Allowance to the Gmnd Comitte be
reffered to the next Meeting
Voted That the Affair of Cap* Lawthrop & Strattons
Grant be reffered to the next meeting & That in the
mean time M' James Lindall & Cap* Barton be desired to
make Search into the records concerning s'* Grants &
whether never laid out & Report thereon
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte on the 29 June
1732 Agreed that the Comitte will meet on y* Second
Monday of of the three next month of July Aug & Sept
next at three of the clock in the afternoon att M" Pratts to
receive Claims or other buifsnefs that may Ly before them
Notifications posted up See Coppy p* (64)
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SALEM OOMMOKER8 RECORDS, 1713-1739. 137
[76] Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee Impowred
to receive Claims at M" Pratts on Monday 10"* July 1732
pres^ Capt Osgood Maj Eppes Capt Barton Capt Plaisted
B Lynde Jun'
* No Persons to Enter any claims
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee Impowred to
receive Claims at M" Prats on Monday y* 13 Aug 1732
Capt Putman ]Mr Lindal jNIaj Eppes Capt Barton Capt
Plaisted Mr B Flint B Lynde Jun'
A Right for the House that Philip
Mackentire built & Lived in at Wils
hill being built before 1714 & claimed
by Jos Hutchinson 1
A Right for the House that ^P Jacob
Planning built & lived in 1702 near to
his Father Stones house 1
2-0
M' Neal who was Admitted an Inhabitant of the Town
Anno 1675 free Comonage
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee Impowred to
receive Claims at M" Pratts on Monday Sept 1732
Lindal Barton Eppes Plaisted Procter Flint Lindal
Several Claims made but none concluded to be Entered
meeting Adjourned to Oct** 9 1732
Att a Meeting of the Grand Com** by Adjournm* oct® 9
1732 Lyndal Eppes Barton Plaisted Lynde
meeting adjoumd to 2n'^ Monday nov' next
Att A Meeting of the Grand Com** by adjournment Nov :
1732 Eppes Osgood Lindal Barton Procter Lynde
Wid® Procter prays for a Sm Strip of Land on w^** her
husband has built an house ordered that the Com** who lay
out y* Comons measure out a p* of y*' Comons where s**
House Stands meeting adjournd 2 mond' Dec'
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee on 2^ monday of
Dec' 1732 Osgood Lindal Barton Plaisted Lynde
S** Com** being Impowred to call all Meetings
Agreed & ordered that there be a Meeting of the
Proprietors ot the Comon & undevided Lands in Salem on
monday the 25"^ day of y* Instant month at the Townhouse
in Salem at one of the Clock in the afternoon for to Chose
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138 SALEM COMMONEBS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
& fully Impower some Suitable persons for Defending the
Comon" in the Cause bro^' against them by Ebenezer
Moulton of Salem
As also to receive & Accept (if the Proprietors Judge
it best) the return of the Comitee Appointed to measure
& Lay out the Comon Lands from Strong Water brook
on North of Boston road called Stones & venys Plains &
Devide into Three Devifsions of the Proprietors in
proportion to the number of their rights — And to do Such
other Matter or things as may then be thought necefsary by
the Proprietora concerning the Pi'emises
Coppy of Notifications putt W ord' of the Comte
upon the 4 meeting houses Ben* Lynde Jun' Prop* Clerk
[77] Att A Meeting of the General Pi-oprietors of all
the Comon & Undevided Lands in Salem Mett at the
Townhouse in Salem on monday the 25*** Dec' 1732 S*
Meeting Legaly warned
Voted Tlmt M' James Lindal be moderator for this
meeting
Voted That M' James Co^ Tho Barton ^P Jacob Jilanning
be the Agents of the Prop*" they or the ilaj"^ part of them
have full power to Appear for & in behalf of the Prop*" in
any Suit brought or to be brought Against them by Ebenez'
Moulton of Salem & Especially in the Cause comenced & to
be heard at the next Inf^ Courts their power to Continue
from Court to Court until the Cause be Ended
Voted That the s* Comt* chosen as above have full Power
if they Judge best to agree with the s^ Moulton on Such
terms as they may think Safe & reasonable for the
Proprietors
Voted That the Return of the Comitee chosen Mar 14"*
1731/2 Appointed to Lay out proportion & Devide the
Comon Lands from strong Water brook to the Butts on the
NoiUi side of Boston road called Stones & Verrys Plains,
being read & the plans thereof penised That therefore the
s* Return be Accepted & the Lands as Layd out to the
Several Devifsions of the proprietors be Confirmed to them
according to the s'* Devission oi-dered & made by the s**
Comitte, and the return to be recorded by the Clerk in the
Propt" book of Records
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SAUBM CX>MMON£BS BEGOBD6, 1713*1739. 139
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte on 25^ DeC 1732
Capt Osgood Lindal Eppes Barton Plaisted Lynde Procter
Tim^ Pickering Acc^ Disbursim^ for the Comon'*
Allowed
M** Ptats Aoc<^ of Expences to this day allowed
also this day the Com^ Signed Deeds to Maj' Eppes
Joseph Buxton Jon* Buxton Rob* Wilson W° osborn
Thomd^ Procter Jun' & Sam* Cook for a peice of y* Comou
Lands lying up by maj*^ Eppes & bounded as foUoweth
Southerly on Land belonging to the s'* Grantees (viz
Owners of the Eighteen Acres) Twelve pole & four feet,
Easterly on the Highway & Propt" Land as the fence now
Stands Twenty Two pole & five foot then running Two
pole more Westerly then ininning Northerly five poles
further Then running Westerly three poles to Felton
Meadow & then butting Westerly on s'' Feltons meadow
to the Land of the s"* Grantees & others Twenty Seven
poles to be devided among them viz* to Dan* Eppes Two
Eighteenths to Jos : Buxton four Eighteenths to W*"
Osborn Three Eighteenths to Rob* Wilson three Eight-
eenths Jon*^ Buxton four Eighteenths to Thomd*^ Prockter
Jun*^ one Eighteenth & to Sam* Cook one Eighteenth &
the several persons paid down the mony viz' Twenty five
pounds & Jon^ Buxton fifty Shillings over his part to have
an addition to his Three Eighteenth w^*" addition is in the
bounds above mentioned
[78] The Return of the Comitee chosen to lay out &
proportion & Devided the Comon Lands from Strong
Water Brook to the Butts, & ordered to be recorded is as
Followeth
Know all Men by these presents that we Henry Herrick
Jun' Ben* Balch & Rob* Woodberry all of Beverly in the
County of Efsex in New England being a Comitte chosen
by the Prop^ of the Comon & undevided Lands in Salem in
s* County & by their order as may Appear by their votes
for the Same bearing Date Mar 14: 1731/2 to devide the
Comon Lands in s* Town that Ly between Strong Water
brook & the butts on the North Side of Boston road called
Sam* Stones & verrys Plains into three Devifsions in
manner & form as the s^ Proprietors have ordered as
Appears by their s'* Votes in obsei-vance whereof we have
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140 SALEM COMMONEBS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
proceeded ods^ Servis & haviDg measured both the s'^ peices
of Comon Lands above named We find the peice of s' Land
called Sam' Stones plain that is bounded Southerly by
Boston Road & Northerly by the Road that Leads to the
midle Precinct & Westerly by the Proprieted Lands to
Contain fifty Three Acres & one hundred & fifty three pole
after the highway that we have now laid out containing one
Acre & five poles & Eighteen poles for Purrington where his
post House Stands & Eighteen poles where the new House
built by Procters Standeth & one Acre & Twenty SLx pole
where Sam^ Stones House Standeth, are Substracted out of
the platt We have taken of s** Land & the peice of Land called
Verrys plain We find to be thirt}' Acres & Sixty five poles
besides Seventy 70 poles for a burying place bounded out in
s'* Land with Ten poles front on boston road & Extending
seven poles back from s** Road at the Westerly End &
Eight poles at the Easterly End : And We have also
measured a smal peice of Comon Land lying on the North
Side of the road that Leads from the town to the Midle
Precinct adjoining to half an acre of Land that Appertains
to the Ministry' in S"^ ^lidle Precinct & find it to be one
Acre & forty pole So that the whole of the s** Comon Lands
that we are Impowred to devide as aboves* is Eighty five
Acres & Ninety Eight Poles which devided by 1160 the
whole niunber of Rights in the same makes Eleven pole &
8/10"* to each Right. And we have veiwed the s** Parcells
of Land & Qualii^'ed the same in our Judgments & have
Sett out to the body of the Town or the Two Lower
Parrishes the whole of the fifty three Acres & one hundred
& fifty three poles of Land herein above described lyingin
Sam^ Stones plain so called being in our Judgments an
Equivalent for the Seven hundred & ninet}'' Rights which
the s^ Inhabitants of the s*^ Two Lower Parrishes have in
the premifses & we have laid out a Highway over the s*
Land that is now Sett out to the said Two Lower Parrishes
of three poles wide beginning on the road that Leads to the
midle Precinct near over against Nicholas Trask Dwelling
House at Sixty three poles distance West northerly from
the Easterly Corner of the premifses ^ is thence Extended
Southwesterly [79] Southwesterly on the premifses to
Boston Road at oli poles Distance from the afores*^
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 141
Easterly point of the Premifses near Strong water Brook
s** highway being bounded at the four corners of it, and
have also laid out or Sett out Eighteen Acres & Nineteen
poles of the s^ Comon Lands being the Westerly part of the
land near the Butts called Verrys Plain & is devided from
the remainder of that part of the premifses by a bound on
Boston Koad that is Twenty Nine poles East northerly
distance from the South westerly Corner of that part of
the premifes & by a Lane Extended from s^ bound North-
westerly on the premifses to a bound Standing bebveen the
premifses & the Land of s^ bound Standing
fouiteen poles & 2/10 Easterly from a Sharp Comer of
the premif2>es, the s'^ Eighteen Acres & 19 poles of Land
together with the one Acre & forty poles of Land that is
herein before Described Ijing on the North Side of the Road
that Leeds thro the midle Precinct is in our Judgments
an Equivalent for the midle precincts Two hundred & four
Right & for the Propt" of Dogg Pond Rocks fifteen Rights,
& for the thirteen Rights & half allowed more that may
Come in & AVe do by these presents order the same to be
the second Devifsion, and we have Sett out the Easterly
part of the s^ Comon Lands near the Butts called Verrj's
plain which contains Twelve Acres & forty Six poles to
the Village & Royal side Proprietors as an Equivalent in
our Judgments for their one hundred & thirty Seven Rights
& half, and we do by these presents order the Same to
them for their full proportion of and in the premifses. In
Wittnefs of all that is AVritten in this and the Two fore-
going pages. We have sett hereunto our Hands the 31*^
Day October in the Sixth year of his msj^ Reign Anno
Domini 1732
Henry Herrick Jun' \
Benjamin Balch V Com***
Robert Woodberry )
[80] Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte Impowred
to receive Claims of such as have not before made out
their riffht Mett at M" Pratts after Sevr* Adjournments on
ye 220an'7 1732/3 Cap* Osgood Cap* Putman M'
Lindall Maj Eppes Col* Barton"]Maj Plaisted M' Procter
B Lynde Jun'
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142 SALEM GOBOIONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
A Right for the House that was John Tapl3r'8 being
a Dwelling House as ^ Deed to Curtis, & Curtis
Evidence & is a Right for 1702 claimed by Capt
Higginson 1
John Beckit for a Comon Right for an House of his
Grandfathers near the Ship Yard in w«*» Sarah
Bartol Lived & was a Dwelling House 1702 1
Skelton Felton for another House on Sheldon
Land for 1702 proved by Tarbol & Felton 1
John Southwick Sen' Estate a Right for a Cottage
some rods back of y* House he lived & Died in
& is in y« pofsefsion of Eben' Southwick proved
by Gaskil & Eaborn 1
Att A Meeting of the s** Comitte of Claims met by
Adjournment on OcV 1733 J' Lindal Esq' Capt Osgood
Dan* Eppes Esq' Tho» Barton Esq' J Plaisted ilr Procter
B Lynde Jun'
A Right for Nath Tomkins Estate for his Fathers
House 1702 proved by Evidence of Reed &
Ghiskill ^ 1
a Right for a sm House by Gyles being formerly
Ruth Lowther proved by Eidence of Goldthrite
& VeiTy to be a Dwelling House 1
A Right for a sm House behind the Dwelling House
of Eleaz' Lindsey Dec* near the pond built before
1702 & was a Dwelling House in v^^ Nath"
Whitmore lived 1
A Right for the Place w'® an House stood in which
Tho» Whittamore Lived being on the Land by
bests the Land being sometime since Grindsleets
who purchased it of Pudeators to be Allowed if
no Right Appears to be formerly Granted 1
8
The Com** chosen & Appointed by the Proprietors to
receive & Enter the Rights & Claims that were not
Received having Attended y* Service & Duly Enquired
& Examined into the Several Claimes, have received &
Do present the above Rights & those Entered in p* 76
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 143
to y* Proprietors 9 being all that appear faUy proved
Feb 11 : 1734 James Lindall
Ben* Lynde Jun'
Th9 Barton ^Com'«
Ichabod Plaisted
Thomdike Procter
[81] Att A Meeting of the Grand Comt' June 26 :
1733 Capt Osgood M' Lindal Maj Eppes Col® Barton
^laj Plaisted B Lynde J'
At this meeting The Comt* Signed Deeds to Joseph
Wilkins for a peice of the Comon Lands on stones plain
where he has built an house on the road leading to the
Midle Precinct meetinghouse the s* peice being about
Eleven pole.^ & Contained in the following bounds &
Limits viz Southerly on the highway Leading to the
Midle precinct Meetinghouse fifty Three foot then
running Down Northerly 30 Deg* East from the s** Road
four Poles near to the bank by Trask's way to his
Mill & on the Eastern Side Three poles running down to
s'* bank The breadth thereof fifty Three foot as at the
front or on the road, the s** peice Lying on the North side
of the afores* Road To have & To hold to him the s*
Joseph Wilkins his heirs & afsigns forever & in their
Capacity the Comitee Engaged to Warrant & Defend the
s* Wilkins against the Claims of any ^'sons thereto &
the s'^ Wilkins paid for the same the Sum of Sixteen
pounds
The Comitee also Signed a Deed to Daniel Purrintun
for the Consideration of Twenty Seven pounds of a smal
peice of Comon Lands over against Geo. Smith's in the
Angle by the Country Roads being the East Angle of
Stones plain so called containing Eighteen poles bounded
as followeth Southerly on boston road three poles & thre
Quarters Westerly five poles on the Proprietors Lands
Northerly Three poles & one Quarter on the s**
Proprietors Lands to the road then Northeasterly on the
road Leading from the Midle precinct Meetinghouse
toward the stone Bridge five poles & half, with the
Privileges belonging
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee July 9 : 1733
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144 SALEM G03IMONEBS RECORDS, 1713-1739.
Mr Lindal IVIaj Eppes CoP Barton Maj Plaisted Mr
Procter B Lynd« J'
The Comte at this Meeting Signed a Deed to the Wid""
of Fr* Procter viz for Twenty four pounds, for a peice of
the Comon Lands in Salem being laid out in that part of
the Comons on the South Side of Boston road leading to
the Midle precinct Meeting house containing Eighteen
poles bounded as foUoweth Northerly on the road leading
to the Midle precinct Three poles Elasterly on the Conion
Lands Six poles & Westerly on s** Comons Six poles &
Southerly on the Comons Three poles being on a Square
together with all the priviledges thereunto belonging
The s* Coniit^ also Signed a Deed to Isaac Meachum
for ye Consideration of Thirty pounds, of a certain peice
or Parcel of Land lying in salem afores** a litle beyond the
Town Bridge on the North Side of the road where the s*
Meachum has built a shop containing ab^ Seventeen poles
& an Eight& is bounded [82] And is bounded as followeth
viz Southerly on the Road or Highway fifty Two feet then
running down on the Northwest side by Comon Lands
Six poles in Length & on the South East Side by Comon
Lands where it measures firom the front of s^ Land or
highway five poles to the Edge of the bank Keeping its
breadth thro the whole, the northerly bounds being* near
the bank The front of s"* Land beginning four foot to the
Northward of the Southermost part of the House frame the
s* Meachum hath lately Erected so as to leave the Highway
four pole wide from the Stone wall on the other Side of
the road
Also a Deed was drawn & signed sometime after To
Ezekiel Goldthrite mason of a Certain peice of Comon
Land lying in the midle precinct being part of the
Comons Lying on the North Side of the road leading over
Stones plain to the s^ Midle precinct Meetinghouse
containing about one Quarter of an Acre of Land be it
more or lefs contained within the following Boundaries
viz Easterly on Joseph Wilkins Land measuring four
pole to the road & from thence being Wilkins Southwest
Comer bound to run on the road leading to the Meeting-
house in the precinct one hundred & six foot, thence
running down Northeasterly four pole on the proprietors
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SALEM CO^QIONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 145
Land, from which place its one hundred & Six feet
Streight over to Wilkin's North West Corner bound, &
then running from the afores*^ four pole at the west End
five pole further on a Streight Line toward the bank &
from s* bound at the North West Corner to run over to
the s* Wilkins Northwest Corner bound afores"* for forty
Two pounds
Also a Deed was drawn & Signed to Peter Twifs Jun'
for a sm peice of the Comon Lands near Strong Water
Brook on the Left hand of the road from s*^ brook leading
to Boston Road containing about Eight Poles as contained
in the foUo^ving bounds viz on the North East Side Two
Pole by the road, thence on Boston road, Three poles
being the Northwesterly Side — Thence Southwesterly Two
poles & Ten feet to Boyces Comer — Thence Northerly
Three poles & five feet by the bank of the brook to the
first bound, leaving the Country road by Geo : Smiths five
Poles & half Wide & the Boston road betwixt Purrintum
& s* Twist four poles — it being the place where s* Twist
hath Erected a Frame. & the same was sold him for Ten
pounds w^** sum was paid July 19^** 1735
[83] Blank [84;| Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee
Impowred to Receive Claims & to call all INIeetings at
M" Pratts on y* 8*^ octo 1733
Agreed & ordered That there be a meeting of the
Propt" of the Comon & undevided Lands in Salem on
day y* day of Oct® at Two-Clocke in After noon at
the Townhouse in Salem viz to receive the report of a
Comte chosen to audit & Examine the acc^ of the old
grand Comte
this entry is wrong ye Com*^ having after agreed not
to have a Meeting
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitee Impowred to
call all meetings of the Proprietors, on y* 21 Jan''' 1733/4
Capt Putman J* Lindall Esq' Maj Eppes CoP Barton
Maj Plaisted M' Procter B Lynde Jun'
Agreed & ordered that there be a meeting of the
Proprietors of the Comon & undevided Lands in Salem
on Monday the Eleventh of February next at one of
the Clock at the Townhouse in Salem To Consider &
Accept the Return of the Comittee of the Claims of
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146 SALEM COM3IONER8 RECORDS, 1713-1739.
Several Persons whose rights have been received and
made out to the Grand Comitte
To Consider how many Acres may be a proper Allow-
ance for a Right upon Dog pond Rocks
To Consider & Act on the report of the Comitte who
were desired to Enquire into the Affair of Strattons
Grant, & to do such things as shall be thought proper
thereon with regard to the Village & Royal Side
Proprietors
To Consider whether the Proprietors will allow & Sett
off to the village & Royal side Proprietors Seventy Acres
of land out of the Three Hundred Acres at Dog pond
Rocks in Consideration of the Grant to Capt Lawthorp
now Claimed by the Chevere w«*» was laid out in the
Comons on the other side of Ipswitch River to the
Village Proprietors — ^The s** Seventy Acres to Adjoyn to
their Comons on Bailholomew Rocks.
To receive the report of the Comitte appointed some
time Since to Examine the Ace*** of the Grand Comitte
To Consider of making Allowances to the Grand
Comitte and also to the Clerk
To Consider the Petition of Mefs" Clough & Goodhue
for for a peice of Land betwixt Isaac Meachum & S
Popes Jun' Land on the terms Agreed on by the Grand
Comitte also the Petition of Sam* Pope Jun' for a peice
of the Comons near to the same
^ ord' of the Com*«
Ben* Lynde Jun' Prop*" Clerk
[85] Att A Meeting of the Generall Proprietors of
all the Comon Lands in Salem at the Townhouse on
Monday y« 11*^ Feb: 1733/4 s* Meeting being legally
Warned
Voted That Col'' Barton be Moderator for this Meeting
A List of the claims of Severall Rights as made
out before the Grand Comitte was read and Voted that
the Several Claims for Rights in s** List be accepted &
Allowed & Recorded Excepting Mr Xeals & on the Entry
of Free Comonage for Mr Xeal the vote was put whether
Mr Neals heirs be allowed a Comon right for s** Entry it
was voted in the negative for that there was a Comon
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 147
Bight Allowed afterw^ for the House the s^ Neal was y^
owner of according to the vote of the town for 1702.
Voted That Six Acres & half be allowed for a Comon
Right upon Dog pond Rocks on the Consideration of the
report of the Comitte upon Strattons Grant
Voted that if the Proprietors of the Village & Royal
Side do proceed to Improve & Fence in with stone wall
their Comons on the North Side of Ipswitch River this
Propriety will Defend & maintain them in the Pofsefsion
of the Same, & in case it Should be taken from them to
allow them for the Land & the valine of the Wall.
Voted That Seventy Acres at Dog pond Rocks
Adjoining to Bartholmews Rocks be allowed & Sett off
to the Village & Royal Side Propriet" in consideration of
the Claims of the Chevers on Capt Lawthorpes Grant,
which was Accounted to them in part of their Comons
on the North side of Ipswitch River & that Mefs" Miles
Ward Sen' Tim® Pickering with Two others that may be
chosen by the Village & Royal sides Prop*** be a Comitte
fully Impowred to Measure And Stake out the s** Seventy
Acres, & if the s* Coinitte cant Agree they are to chuse
an Indiferent person to be an Umpire, they or the maj'
part of them to determine the Laying out & make return
thereof to this Propriety at the next meeting.
The report of the Comitte to Audit the Acc^ of the
old Grand Comitte was read & accepted & voted the
Acc'^ as far as they were Setled be allowed
Voted That M' Miles Ward & the Two Persons to be
chose by the Village Proprietors as above (if y^ s^ persons
are not Concerned in y^ Rights at Dog pond Rocks) be
a Com^ to lay out at Dog pond Rocks the Twenty five
Rights allowed there at Six Acres & half to a Right
Voted That there be an allowance made & hereby is
Granted to the Grand Comitte for there past Services
from the beginning to this time half an Acre of the
Comon Lands (for Two house Letts, on the mill plain, to
be laid out next to Eleaz : Popes Lott to be Eight poles in
front & Ten Deep to be Measured & Staked out by M'
Miles Ward M*^ Prefson & M' Pickering or any Two of
them, & The Comitee to have their Interest in their s^
Letts according to their respective Services.
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148 8ALEM GOMMONEBS RE0OBD8, 1713-1739.
[86] Voted That the Clerk of this Propriety be
allowed five pounds for his Service to this time
On the Petition of Mefs" Clough & Goodhae for a peice
of the Comons by Isaac Meachom where Ben^ Buxton
erected a Barn
Voted That they shall have the Land betwixt Isaac
Meachum & Sam* Pope Jun' They paying Thirty five
shillings #^ pole for the same. The s^ Land to begin one
pole to the Northwest of the Land on which Sam' Popes
Jun' Shop Stands
on the Petition of Sam* Popes Jun' for a peice of the
Comons where he has built a Shop voted that he shall have
the Lands to begin from Clough & Goodhue Grant & the
same to be measured & Sett off to him he paying Thirty
five Shill ^ pole for the same for the use of the
Proprietors
Voted that Mefs" AVard Prefson & Pickering be the
Comitte to Measure & Stake out the Lands Agreed to
be sold to Mefs" Clough & Goodhue & Sam* Pope Jun' &
that the Grand Comitte or y* maj'^ Part make legall
Conveyances to the s** Persons of the said Lands
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte at M" Pratts in
Salem Feb: 11: 1734/5 Present the whole Comtt^ M'
Lindal Capt Osgood Capt Putman D Eppes Esq' Cot
Barton Maj Plaisted ilr Procter B Lynde Jun'
James Lindall Esq' Acc^ of Charges & payments to the
Lawyers on Moulton Suit am® to allowed Col® Barton
Ace® D® besides the Execution he rec* 4 9
M' Manning Ace® of Ditto am® 3 11 10
|o
ordered that the Clerk pay & Satisfy the above s^
Sums.
ordered that there be paid y* Comitte y* Laid out Clough
& Goodhue Lands 24/ for y"^ Time &® 14
The Comt^ at their meeting 18 feb : 1734/5 Signed a
Deed to Mefs" Clough & Goodhue for the Consideration
of Seventy Seven pounds for a peice of the Comon Lands
in Salem on y® Hill Entring on the plain near the
Town bridge betwixt the Land of Isaac Meachum & Sam^
Pope Jun' as it was Laid out by a Com^ & the return on
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file, & begins at a Stake one pole Distance Northwestly
from Sam" Popes Shop & running on the Road Ten poles
& half to a Stake near the Comer of Meachmns House
from thence North Easterly five poles & half to a Stake
on y* brink of the bank from thence SouSoutheasterly
Eleven poles & three Quarters to another Stake on the
brink of the bank near the Northwest Corner of s* Popes
shop & from thence Two poles & half to the Stake where
it began the s* peice containing about forty four poles
[86] At the Afores** Meeting The Comitte also Signed
Deeds to Sam* Pope Jun' for fourteen pounds Ten
Shillings for a Sm peice of the Comon Lands on the Hill
Entring on the plain near the Town bridge containing
about Eight poles & half of Land bounded Southeasterly
on the road & there Measuring from Clough & Goodhue
four poles & an half to a Stake & from thence Northeast-
erly one pole & four feet to another Stake & from thence
Nor Northwesterly by the bank four poles & an half to
another Stake being a bound betwixt this Land & the
Land of Clough & Goodhue & from this Stake on a
Streight Line to the place of the first Stake on Clough &
Goodhue's Land, as the same was Laid out by the Comitte
chose for that Service
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte at M" Pratts on
y« 26 day Feb^ 1734/5 J* Lindal Esq' Capt Osgood
CoP Eppes Col« Barton Maj Plaisted Mr Procter B.
Lynde Jun' The s** Comitte being Impowred to Call
meetings
Agreed & ordered That there be a meeting of the
Proprietors of the Comon & Undevided Lands in Salem
on Monday ye 31 day of March next at one of the Clock
in the Townhouse in Salem viz
To Consider of Making an Allowance to y* Village
Proprietors for the Land taken from them by Lawthrops
Grant The Comitte Appointed for that Service at the
last Meeting having not Agreed on the same. To Direct
the Comitte how they shall Discharge the Execution ag**
the Proprietors on the Suit of Ebenz : Moulton
To Consider whether it may not be proper for the
Proprietors to Engage to Secure the Proprietors of y*
Several paiis & peices of Land as devided unto the
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Several Devifsions in their fencing in their Perticuler
Propertys
To Consider of making some further Allowance to the
Proprietors of the rights laid out at Dog pond Rocks on
acc^ of the meanefs of that Land
To Consider of the Petition of Enos Pope for a sm
peice of Land on which he hath sett his Bam also the
Petition of the Wid^ Nath Tompkins for the Land where
she lives And also to Consider of making some Alteration
in the Grant for an Allowance to the grand Comitte at
the last meeting
^ ord' of the Comte
Ben* Lynde Jun' Prop*" Clerk
Coppys of this Warrant were
put up in 4 places in y* Several
ports of ye Town as usual
BL.
[87] Att A Meeting of the Generall Proprietors of all
the Comon & Undevided Lands in Salem mett at the
Town house in Salem on Monday ye 31 : March 1735
Voted That James Lindall Esq' be Moderator for the
present Meeting
Voted That the Seventy Acres sett off to the Village
proprietors be sett of to them at the Western End of Dog
pond rocks, which Land shall be in Leiu of the Land the
Che vers have taken from them on ace® of a Grant formerly
made to Capt Lawthrop
Voted That the Comitte Satisfy the Execution that
Eben* Moulton hath against the Proprietors in Twenty p^
in Bills of Credit in Leiu of the Comon right he hath
obtained
The vote being put Whether the Proprietors would
at this time Engage for to Secure the fencing of ye
Several Devisions it pafied in the Negative
Voted That the remaining Two hund & Thirty Acres of
Land at Dog pond rocks be allowed unto & Sett of for the
Twenty five rights already allowed at Dog pond rocks, &
to Sam" Aborn who by his proof of a Cottage right in
Glafshouse feild, is allowed a right with the afores** 25
Rights
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on the Petitioii of £nos pope for a Sm peice of the Comon
Lands wher[e] he hath build a barn above the Town
bridge containing ab*^ five pole Voted That the s** Enos pope
may have the al^ five pole of Comon Land petitioned for
he pa3ring for the Same five pounds According to
Agreement.
Whereas there was Granted to the Grand Comitte at
the last General propriet[ors] meeting on ye 11 : Feb'^ :
1733/4 as an allowance for their past Services half An Acre
of the Comon Lands on the mill plain to be laid out next
to Eleaz' Popes by a Comitee then chose & the Grand
Comitte to have their shares in the Same according to the
respective time of Service which Grant by reason of Several
Elinors & others Interested therein is rendred of litle value,
if not almost under the present Circumstances, unfit for
Improvement AVherefore Voted That the half Acre of Land
as above be Sold to the Highest Bidder on the Second
Monday of April next at Two of the Clock PM The
mony arising on s"^ Sale to be Distributed to those who
Served on tiie Grand Comtee & asfigns, or the Legal
representatives of those who are Dead & That the Grand
Com^* or maj' part make a deed of Sales in the name of
this propriety for the Same
mem^ The above Land Sold at time
& place by Sam Stone vendue mast'
East" Lett to J.Lindal for £39 =
West*^ Lott to B Lynde for 42" =
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte at M'" Pratts on 30
may 1735 Whereas Eben* Moulton in behalf of Jn® Moulton
hath put in his Claim to the Grand Comitee for a Comon
right for an house built by John Moulton ab^ 1708 where-
fore for preventing a Law Suit the partys have Agreed
that on the payment of Ten pounds in Bills of Credit to
the 8^ Moulton, The s'^ Moulton Shal Relinquish all his
right & Claim to the s** Comon right in Wittnefs hereof the
partys have hereunto Sett their hands this 30 may 1735
Coppy of the Agreement Ben* Ljmde Jun*" in
Signed by y* partys behalf of 3r« Comt.
Ebenezer Moulton
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[88] At A Meeting of the Grand Comitte at M»
Pratfca on the on the 20 Aug 1738 The s* Comitte being
Impowred to call all Meetings of the Proprietors of the
Coinons in General The Major part present
Agreed & ordered that there be a Meeting of the
Proprietors of the Comon & Undevided L^nds in
Salem on Tuesday the 5"* of September next at Two
of the Clock in the Afternoon at the Town house in Salem
to choose a Comitte to Enquire what Encroachments are
made on the Propriety, & also what Lands remain to the
Proprietors That are not Sett off, & make report as soon
as pofsible
Also to Impower the Grand Comitte to Dispose of
such of the lands as the Proprietoi-s Shall Judge necefsary
at their s^ Meeting & Direct That the monys Arising by
such Sale be Devided to the several Proprietys according
to their Interest Also to Give order concerning the
monys in Stock or bonds belonging to the Propriety
#» Order of the Comitte
Ben* Lynde Jun' Prop*" Clerk
Coppys of this Notification
were put up in 4 places in y*
Several parts of the Town as Usual
B Lynde J'
Att a Meeting of the Generall Proprietors of the
Comon & undivided Lands in Salem mett att the
Town house in Salem Sep' 5*^ 1738
Voted Tim° Lindall Esq*^ Moderator of this Meeting
Voted Ichabod Plaisted Clark for this Meeting
Voted That there be a Committe of three persons
Chofe to enquire what Enchrochments are made on this
Propriety and also what Lands remains to this Propriety
that is not sett of & to make report at the Adjornment
of this meeting
Voted That M^^ Tim® Pickering James Lindal Esq'^ &
Cap* Joseph Hathorn be the s** Committe
Voted That this Meeting be Adjomed to tuesday the IB'*"
of this Instant at two a Clock in the afternoon
Att An Adjourment of the afores'^ Meeting to Tue*sday
the 19*J> Sep* 1738
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SALEM COMMONERS RECORDS, 1713-1739. 153
The Com^ Appointed to look after Eachrochm^ made
report of Several V'sons that had Trespafsed & Encroached
on peics of Land, upon the reading of which Voted That
the s^ Committe be desired to make further Enquirey into
the
[89] the s^ Encroachments & Agree or Compound with
such ^sons as they shall think proper for the sale of such
Lands or any Other Lands that they may find Encroached
or Trespafsed on — The s** Compare also further Impowred
to Agree for the Sale of the Lands W Buxton or any other
Vacant Land contained in s"^ report
Voted That the Grand Conunitte be Impowred to pafs
Deeds for the Sale of the Land agreed on by the afores"^
Com"*
Voted That the Clark of the Proprietors call in the
money out upon Bonds & Sue the Bonds of those who do
not pay in the Same
Att A Meeting of the Grand Comitte att M" Pratts on
the 31'^ December 1739 present as ^ margin.
J* Lindall Esq' Ben* Lynde J' Esq
Capt Osgood Tho* Barton Esq>^
Jch* Plaisted Esq'
Bargained & Sold by Vertue of the Vote of the
Proprietors at their Meeting by Adjourment on the 19^
Sept 1738 to the following persons, viz Jonathan Buxton
Robt Wilson Jun' William Osbom, David Foster Jun'
Sam* Cook Jun' & John Felton Jun' all of Salem a Certain
peice or Tract of Land on Lands lying in Salem afores^ by
Joseph Buxtons on both sides oftiieold way leading to the
River head, leaving the way Two pole wide through the
same bounded Westerly on the Lotts formerly purchased
of Dan" Eppes Esq' Easterly partly on the North feild
Fence & partly on the afores'^ Road in the following
Manner viz to Jon^ Buxton for the sum of Twelve pounds
five shillings Twenty four poles of Land on the West of y*
Road & at the head of Mallachy Feltons Land & Sixty Six
poles at the Front of his Fath' Jos Buxtons land & next to
him Northerly on the same side of the way to Rob* Wilson
Jun' for thirteen pound Ninety Eight poles of Land lying
at the head of the Lott belonging to the Estate of his Fath'
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Isaac Wilson dec*' & next to him northerly on the same
side of the way to William Osborn for the smn of Thirteen
pound Ninety five pole of Lands lying at the head of his
own Lott & next to him unto David Foster Jun' on the
same Side of the way for the sum of Thirty pound Ten
shilling one Acre & fifty Seven pole of Land lying at the
head of his Father & John Waters Lotts And unto Sam"
Cook J' Six p* fifteen Shil« apeice of Land lying at the head
of his Lott qt about forty Eight pole & on y« s* Westly
side of the road and unto John Felton for the sum of Twenty
Nine p* one Acre & quarter of Land lying on the east side
of the afores^ Road & abutts partly on his Lott in the
Northfeild *& paitly on Swinertons Lot in s*' Field — ^To
have & to hold the s* peice or parcel of Land to them their
heirs & Afsigns respectively in Severalty according as is
herein afore described
[90] Accot of the years that Each of the Grand
Comitte served from 1713 to 1733 part of the time
nothing being Done Also each Person share of the mony
arising from the Sale of the Two House Lotts Granted &
sold at Vendue Apr* 1735 : viz.
To Jam* Lindal Esq' No 1 £39
Ben* Lynde J' Esq' No 2 41 - -
80
JL:
Col» Browne Hires
17 y
8 10
JL
W" Hirst Esq'
4yr
2
SSewallEsq'
12 y
6
BL
Jos Wolcot Esq'
16 y
8
Capt S Grardner
11 y'
5 10
yf paid by
Capt Peter Osgood
22 y
11
B. Lvnd
Capt Jon" Putman
22 y'
11
JL '
Capt AValt' Price
6y'
-3
JL
Capt T Flint
8y'
4
JL
Capt W Pickering
ly
- 10
59 10
JL
Jam' Lindal Esq'
14 y
7
JL
M' J* Houlton
2y
1
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p* B Lind Dan" Eppes Esq' 5i y
2 15
B L* B Lynde Esq' 5J
2 15
J L Tho* Barton Esq' 5J
2 15
Sam' Barnard Esq' 1 y' }
15
Mr B Flint J y'
- 5
V B Lynde Ich» Plaisted Esq 2J y'
1 5
M' Tho Procter 2i y'
1 5
19 15
otherside
59 10
79 5
^.
Selling adjusting & Entering same 15 /
15
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[98] Salem N Engl* 1738
Proprietors in General of Salem
Ck)mon Lands D'
To their Ace** of Deb* brought from
p*73
To pd Sam^ Stone Vendue mast'
Selling Land of Grand Com^*
To pd M' Miles Ward & oth" Laying
out Land
To my Comitions for receiving &c
300" as ^^ Contra 6^* tfr
To Nich® Trask for Services
To receiving furth' Sum of 133* for
land & Rent &c
To pd M" Pratt Expences fr<>
1744-1750
80 -
£145 3
4
2
-
1 4
148 7
4
7 10
- 10
3 6
6
£159 13
10
4 10
-
164 3
10
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p*" V wall ace* To pay the Proprietors
Great Pasture for 790 Rights 4/6*
V 177 15
p* V Prescot 31 10/. Do
Proprietors midle Precinct
204 Rights 4/6 tf" 45' 18
p* 6 /6 Trs Col. M' King 24-12 pd
Villafl:e Proprietors 137J Do
[Rights] 4/6*
Dog Pond Rocks Rights 28 J — 4/6*
at 4/6* ^ 1160 Rf
1777 Generall Proprietoi-s of the
Comon Lands in Salem Dr
To Services as Clerk 44 years ;
keeping the books & the Proofs ot the
Rights &c during which time was
obliged to attend the Comitees with
the book in 1738, 1739 — also in
1742 — also in the year 1748 & 1749,
also for a new List 1762 — besides
pertlcular Persons, Searching for old
Rights for which took nothing — being
for s* 44 years 12/ #• Lm 26 8
To Charge drawing Writts &
Sumons to Keep alive M' Prescots
bond 7 4
To Comittons receiving £128 0/.
O Ter or 18 = 1/. 8 6
To Proportion^ the Ballance
to y* sev'^ Divifsions now much
devided 8 16 6
£27 11 10
[99]
^ Contra
Salem X England
in p» 74
1738
301 1 6
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By Interest Clough & Goodhae to
feb 1738/9 90/ D« til pd 80/ 8 10 -
By 1> of D Purrington Bond 5 yrs
to 1740 7 10 -
By D® of Meachum bond 7 y' 7 m^
tilp* 9 - -
326 1 6
1739 By Notes &c from Felton Foster
Buxton Wilson & for a peice of Land
up by Jos Buxton Each Side road 104 - -
430 1 6
1744/5 By Jon» Trask 3 y" Kent to June
1743 3 - -
433 1 6
By M' Prescot for Land on vr^^
Tompkins H® Stands this yet
outstanding & so not Credited - -
Salem ]May 16 : 1750 Rec^ w'»^ Benj» Lynde Esq"" for
the foregoing acc*^ & on his paying the Several Propriety's
the Sums Set to them refpectively on the other Side, their
will remain in his hands Seven pounds Seventeen
Shillings & 8"* old Ten' befides a bond for thirty pounds
old Ten' due from M' Prefect
#* Contra is on Ball* as above C' 7 17 8
1777 By the Executor M' H Prescot for
Sep* his bond as above with Interest for
28 years from 1749 78 12
allowance for Depretiation 50 - - 128 12 -
IsLawfull 18 3 8 136 9 8
The above Acco* bro* to L. M.
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Editorial Note, On fly-leaves are written an index
of names and also Treasurer's memoranda, the larger
nmnber of entries being unitemized expenses of '"the
Grand Comitie." All items of value are here inserted.
To paper for y* Proprietors book
Outing & makeing £0 3
To makeing an Alphabett to y
proprietors book 10
To Oopia Trask writt being Long 2*
and for Sundry other Oopias in Trasks
Oaufe, & Oomitees power & c** 10
To paper Expended 2 -
Copia of all the proprietor to W"" &
Locker 10 -
D' the n^ Jan" 1718/9 to writeing 3 notificati"* and
posting them up on Salem the Vila^e & m** preseots
meeting houfe for a proprietors meeting on the first
munday in feb 1718/9 0-5-0
To my attendance at y^ meeting & Entring y
Voats 0-4-0
To a Oopia of y' Oomities power &c^ 0-1-0
To paper for bills bonds and Receipts &c** for
7 year 0-10-0
Nouember 30^ 1713 Expended att m^ Pratts ^ the
Oomitte [torn]
June 27 1715 Ditto Expended 2« 9*: To Treeting m>-
Skiners Jury 9» 6*
Novemb'8. 1715 Treeting y* Jury [torn]
paid m' Prat 6" 18* 2 Aprill 1716
Reced 58» 11* In ful toy* 16«» day of february 1720/21
John pratt [autograph]
Expences att m' John Prats Grand Oomity 24 July 1727
£0-3-0
To Expences att M» Pratt Jan'y 18 1732 £ 0-4-0
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SALEM AND BOSTON CUSTOM HOUSE RECORDS
OF THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.
The official records at the Custom House in Salem,
and also those at Boston, disappeared during tlie
Revolution. It has been very generally supposed that
the Boston records were taken to Halifax in March, 1776,
at the time of the evacuation of Boston, and that from
Halifax they were probably sent to London, and
that the Salem records may have disappeared at
about the same time. The correspondence which is
here printed, shows that these interesting papers have
not been found either at Halifax or London and, in the
case of the Salem Custom House, it is fair to assume that
the records may have been dispersed at the time of the
great fire in October, 1774, which caused the destruction
of the Custom House. Several years ago Mr. A. Frank
Hitchings, of the Salem Custom House, found in private
custody a letter-book containing official copies of
correspondence conducted by the Commissionei*s of
Customs at Boston, during the period of 1772-1774.
This volume probably was the same letter-book which
some years afterwards was found at the '*Femcroft Inn",
Danvers, and which is now at the Boston Custom House.
Mr. Hitchings, having made copies of such of the letters
as related to the Salem Custom House, now furnishes
the following correspondence bearing upon the destruction
of the Custom House in 1774 :
Gentlemen :
We are sorry to inform the Honorable Board of the
great calamity which happened in this Town early this
morning, a Fire broke out about Two O'clock in a wood
House belonging to Col Frye which raged with so much
violence that it destroyed ten Dwelling Houses and a
(159)
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Large Meeting Hoase besides several Stores, Shops and
Bams. The Custom House was soon pulled down in order
to stop the spreading of the Flames which had already
reached it and had on that side the desired effect. We
have preserved the Chest and we hope most of the Books
and Papers altho' from the rapid progress of the fire and
the general confusion which reigned it was not possible
to save them from being dispersed as to put it out of our
power to ascertain at present what is missing. We are
collecting them togetiier as fast as possible into the
Cashiers late office in the House rented by the Honorable
Board where we think it best to remain till we have your
Honours Directions to provide another office.
We are, Gentlemen, &c. &c.
Custom House, Salem.
6th October 1774.
Gentlemen :
Your letter of the 6th instant having been laid before
us acquainting us that the Custom House was pulled down
in order to prevent the spreading of the Fire which took
in the neighborhood thereof on the morning of that Day,
that you had removed the Kings chest with the Books &
Papers belonging to the office that were saved, into the late
cashiers office, in the House rented by the Board at Salem,
where you should remain till you have our directions to
provide another office . We acquaint you in answer thereto
that we consent that the Ho. in which we held our Board
at Salem, be used as a Custom House till you shall receive
our further orders.
We are yr Loving Friends
W. BURCH
Custom Ho. Boston H. Hilton
11 October 1774 C. Paxtox
In March, 1882, A. Augustus Smith of Salem, wrote to
the Department of State, at Washington, suggesting that
our Minister to England, James Russell Lowell, be
requested to ascertain if the Custom House records of Salem
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and Marblehead were in British custody at London. The
letters of our Minister and of Lord Granville of the British
Foreign Office, follow and are here printed for preservation
and information.
Legation of the United States.
London, April 4th, 1882.
Mt Dear Lord Granville,
My Government has been informed that there is a
tradition that the records of the Custom Houses of
Marblehead and Salem, Massachusetts, up to the year 17 76,
were in that year carried off to Halifax by British officers
and afterwards to England.
As these recoitls would probably contain matter of
local interest and historical value, the Secretary of State
has requested me to make inquiries in regai*d to them
in the proper quarter, with a view to obtaining their
restoration, provided the British Authorities have
no objection to relinquishing them. Under the
circumstances, I shall be much obliged if you will cause
inquirieir to be made in order to ascertain whether these
records are now in existence.
Faithfully yours,
J. K. Lowell.
Lord Granville presents his compliments to Mr.Lowell,
and in compliance with the request contained in his note
of the 4^ ultimo has the honor to inform him that he
has caused enquiry to be made relative to certain Records
of the Custom Houses at Marblehead and Salem, up to
the year 1776, which are supposed to have been removed
by British Officers to Halifax and subsequently to this
country, and for the restoration of which the Government
of the United States have signified their wish.
Lord Granville has been informed in reply that diligent
search has been made in the Admiralty Papers deposited
in the Public Record Office, as well as among the other
Records under the care of the Master of the Rolls, but
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that no trace of any documents of this nature can be
found in these Departments.
Foreign Office,
May 4», 1882.
In January, 1903, the Essex Institute obtained through
Hon. William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy, the
following information from our Consul-General at
Halifax :
Consulate General of the United States,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 20, 1903.
Honorable David J. Hill,
Assistant Secretary of State,
Washington, D. C.
Sir :
In accordance with instructions contained in Depaitment
of State despatch No. 69, dated December 31, 1902, I
have made careful inquiry concerning the records of the
Custom Houses at Salem and Marblehead covering the
Colonial period. I regret, however, to say that I have
been unable to obtain any trace of these particular records.
The late Dr. Akins, formerly Commissioner of
Records (a letter from whom was forwarded to the
Department by Consul General Frye in despatch No. 84,
dated October 1, 1890), began, in 1857, to arrange and
schedule the papei-s and documents in the Provincial
Building here. He spent many years in this work and
seems to have had definitely in mind the possibility of
finding such records, for the present Provincial Librarian,
IMr. F. Blake Crofton, informs me that Dr. Akins told
him that he had been unable to find any records of the
character mentioned. Mr. Crofton states that he believes
it would be "a forlorn hope" to search in Halifax for
such records, but says that there is the bare possibility
that they might be in either the Parliament Building, the
Custom House, or the Court House.
Mr. Harry Piers, the Curator of the Provincial Museum
and Librarian of the (Provincial) Scientific Library,
infoims me that he has practically made search in each
of the above mentioned places ; while he admits the
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possibility that they may be in one of these buildings,
he is very confident that a further search would be
unproductive.
In this connection I beg to call to the attention of the
Department the enclosed copies of a correspondence
between one G. W. Murray and Colonel Edward Winslow,
with reference to the records of the Boston Custom House,
about which the Department made inquiry of this
Consulate under date of September 15, 1890. These
letters became known here only about two years ago.
They seem to clearly establish that the records of the
Boston Custom House were brought to Halifax, and the
evidence is strong that these volumes were returned to
Boston with the other records after the termination of
the war.
If, however, such records were delivered to a duly
authorized committee, as stated by ColoneHVinslow, there
should be, both in Boston and Halifax, some official record
of such transfer and of what volumes were actually
delivered.
Mr. Piers has promised to search the records of Nova
Scotia for some mention of this transfer. If anything is
discovered by him concerning this interesting matter, I
shall be most pleased to communicate it to the Department.
In the Boston Sunday Herald of December 17, 1899,
there is an account of the finding of what was claimed to
be one of the missing volumes of Boston Custom House
records, in the old "Femcroft Inn," at Danvers,
Massachusetts.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
JoHX G. Foster,
Consul General.
New York, 4th March, 1811.
Sir:
I have been infoimed that at the time Boston was
evacuated the books of Probate were sent to Halifax by
order of Gen. Howe ; that you were at that period Register
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of Deeds, and Foster Hutchinson, Esq., was Judge of
Probate ; that the books were put into trunks and sealed
up by him and that you embarked in the vessel which
conveyed them to Halifax ; I am also informed that the
Office of Probate and Register of Deeds, although under
different officers, were at that time kept in the same
apartment and that the books of Register of Deeds were
not all shipped to Halifetx, but that two or more volumes
were taken away either by design or accident.
It appears that, shortly after the organization of the new
Government, the late Judge Gushing made application by
order of the Governor and Council for the records that had
been taken away. This demand was not complied with
until after the peace, when the books of Probate were
returned, but not all the missingbooks of Register of Deeds.
On a late application to the office at Halifea on this subject
I am told that some years after the Probate books were
returned to Boston, a gentleman of the name of Fitch
found in a trunk belonging to him and containing old family
plate two books marked on the back " Suffolk ." This
gentleman it seems left the colony shortly after and gave
the books in charge of some person to be returned to
Boston. We cannot ascertain whether the books so found
were books of Probate or Register of Deeds and it is for
the sake of obtaining distinct information on this important
point that I now take the liberty of addressing you, as I
understand you were in office at the time the books were
found, and from that circumstance will recollect not only
the remarkable fact of their being found by Mr. Fitch but
also whether they were Register of Deeds and to whom
that gentleman delivered them as there are two volumes
of the Register of Deeds still wanting to complete the set
in Boston. The object of this inquity is to trace by whom
they were delivered there in the hope of fixing tiiis fact
both as to the nature of the books and their delivery, that
we may bring forth to public view and thereby restore a
property to an ancient highly respectable loyalist family
that is now unjustly withheld. Any light you can give
as to the removal of these books and particularly the
Register of Deeds or volumes found by Mr. Fitch ; also
who this Mr. Fitch was, where he now is or where his
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descendants are; will confer a high and impoitant
obligation upon the unfortunate heirs who are now
contending for their rights*
The subject will, I hope, be my apology for thus troubling
you and I am. Sir,
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
G. W. Murray.
Colonel Edward Winslow,
St. John, New Brunswick.
[The original of which the foregoing purports to be a copy is under-
stood to be in the possession of Rev. W. 0. Raymond, St. John, N. B.]
Kingsland, New Brunswick, 7th April 1811.
Dear Sir :
Your letter of the 4th March from New York has
been handed to me by General Coffin, and I regret that
it is not in my power to give you full satisfaction upon a
subject which cannot fail to excite considerable interest
and concern. The following fiEicts, however, advei*ted
to in your letter are within my recollection.
When Boston was evacuated, F. Hutchinson, Esq.,
was Judge and I was Register of Probate for the County
of Suffolk, and I was at Qie same time acting collector of
the Customs for the port of Boston.
On the morning of the evacuation the public buildings
were in the possession of a licentious rabble, the doors of
the offices were forced and the records and papers were
exposed to instant destruction. Having a party at my
command and impressed with a due sense of the
importance of preserving them, I found means to pack up
and place on board a transport not only the records of the
Probate Office, but also those of the Registry of Deeds
and Custom House. The latter office had been peculiarly
exposed having been occupied as a Military Guard Room
the preceding night. That at that time Sam Fitch,Esq.,
who was Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty, had been
several days embarked on board ship with his family, one
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166 SALEM AND BOSTON CUSTOM HOUSE RECORDS.
of whom (a very interesting daughter) was dangerously
ill. That on our arrival at Halifax I made application to
the Governor of the Province to take the books and papers
into the protection of his Government. Accordingly a
place was assigned them in the Surrogate's office in Nova
Scotia under tiie care of the Surrogate Gen., Mr. Morris,
reselling a right of access to them upon any emergent
occasion by Judge Hutchinson who was to remain there.
The packages were at that time apparently in perfect
good order, but whether every book ( particularly of the
Registry of Deeds Office ) was included in the packages
(formed amidst scenes of such confusion) it is impossible
for me to say.
The anecdote respecting Mr- Fitch I have never heard
mentioned, although I was upon terms of great intimacy
with him and his femily, nor do I conceive it probable
that he should have encumbered himself with two large
folio vols, of public records in which he had neither
interest nor connection, and that at a time when he was
sinking under pressure of domestic anxieties and
afflictions : If such volumes were by any accident found
in his possessson, I should conjecture th&t they belonged
to the Court of Vice Admiralty which was ex-officio in
his charge.
I left Halifax with the King's Army and remained
with it till the end of the war. Several applications
were made for the restoration of the records which were
rejected, but after the publication of the treaty they were
delivered by Judge Hutchinson, under proper authority,
to a committee appointed by Governor Hancock to receive
them, safe and entire as I afterwards learned from the
Judge. I believe a Mr. Kent who was at one time State
Attorney was one of the Committee.
[The copy of letter in the Halifax Legislative Library, of which the
foregoing is a copy, is unsigned; it purports, however, to be a copy
of letter from Colonel Edward Winslow to G. W. Murray. A foot-
note states that the original is in the possession of Rev. W. O.
Raymond, St. John, New Brunswick.]
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Editorial Notb.
Oeneral Gage reached Boston In May, 1774, with instructions to
enforce the odioos Port Bill, and for tliat end to remove the Offices
of His Majesty's Customs from Boston to Salem, so that the chief
emporium of New England should become "an inland town'',—this
was Lord North's phrase,— ^'seventeen miles removed from any
sea-port." Gage entered Salem with much pomp, June 2, 1774, and
established headquarters at the Hooper House in Danvers, as the
Salem Gazette of the day fully records, but it was not then the
practice of the journals to devote much space to the minor details
which give zest and value to the chronicles of oar time. So it is not
easy to learn just where the Customs Offices established or domiciled
themselves. But the letter here printed for the first time indicates
that some of them had secured lodgings near the scene of the great
fire of October, 1774, and in the absence of further knowledge, it
would be doing no violence to the probabilities to suppose that they
occupied, for their place of business as a Custom House, the structure
which was previously in use for that purpose by the Province. This
was a rented structure, and seems to have been located on the north
side of King's Street, later known as Old Paved Street and now as
Essex Street, and this was the building torn down to stay the progress
of the flames in their westerly direction. Streeter, in his **Salem
before the Revolution" (see Hist. Coll. Essex Inst., Vol. xxxn, p. 62)
places this building **nearly opposite our Barton Square Church" and
adds: "His Majesty's Deputy Collector for the port was Richard
Routh, a Tory, who fled to Halifax after the evacuation of Boston by
the British Army in 1776. He was subsequently rewarded for his
loyalty by being made Chief Justice of Newfoundland."
Salem was a very ancient port of entry, established at least as early
as 1658, but never having a Government Building for its Custom
House until 1819. Until then the Officers of the Customs accommodated
themselves in rented quarters, as our officers of the Postal Service
have always done (see Hist. Coll. Essex Inst., Vol. x, p. 61). In
1663, Hilliard Veren was Collector of the Port. In 1683, Marblehead,
Beverly, Gloucester, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, and Salisbury were
annexed, by order of the Court of Assistants, as members of the Port
of Salem, and it was decreed that this Port and Boston were to be
the lawful ports of entry in this colony, where '*all ships and other
vessels shall lade or unlade any of the Plantation's enumerated goods,
or other goods from foreign ports, and no where else, on penalty of
the confiscation of such ship or vessel, with her goods and tackle, as
shall lade or unlade elsewhere."
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MILITARY ASSOaATION AT HAVERHILL, 1798.
Wc the subscribers desirous of improving ourselves in
the military art & science of tactics do hereby agree to fomi
ourselves into an afsociation for that purpose & to be
governed by such rules & regulations as shall, by a
majority of said Association, be hereafter adopted.
Haverhill Oct. 80. 1798.
Isaac How
Henry West
James Brickett
Nath«» Marsh
Israel Bartlet
Xehemiah Emerson
Henry Porter
Bailey Bartlett
Tim* Osgood
James Duncan Jun'
Eph' Emery
S'enry Bolles Jr. ?]
tton B. Brooks
Moses Atwood
William Greenleaf Jur.
Ichabod Tucker
Daniel Swett
Moses Marsh Jun^.
David How
Daniel Appleton
John A. Ayer
James Ayer
Leonard White
Samuel Farrar
Peter Osgood
Richard Kimball
[From Essex Institute Manoscript Collections.]
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THOIVIAS GARDNER, PLANTER, AND SOME OF
HIS DESCENDANTS.
BT FBAKK A. GARDNER, M.D.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIX, page 56.)
In her will dated Oct. 21, 1816, she gave to John
Lowell Gardner and George Grardner, children of her
son Samuel Pickering Grardner all of her ^Veal estate in
the town of Salem consisting of about one hundred and
eleven acres of pasture situated in the westerly part of
said town of Salem, and on the northerly side of the
Salem turnpike, being the same pasture which formerly
belonged to my late brother, John Pickering, deceased,
to be equally divided between the said children in fee
simple, and if either of them shall die before he arrives
at tiie age of twenty-one years, such deceased child's
share shall go to the survivor in fee simple," etc. To
her grandson Henry Blanchard, she gave four hundred
dollars. Eliza Cabot Blanchard, daughter of her late
grandson Francis Blanchard, was given a feather bed.
The remainder of the estate was given to her son, Samuel
Pickering Grardner, who was also appointed executor.*
John Gardner died Oct. 27, 1805, aged 74. f His
will, dated Jan. 21, 1794, contained the following
bequests : to his wife Elizabeth, he left all of his 'Veal
Estates wheresoever they may be for and during the term
of her Natural life, also all" of his 'Turniture, stock &
£Eurming utensils, upon the Premises." He directed his
executor to put all the moneys which he was to receive
from his personal estate out at interest, and to pay his
wife the interest during her life, and to pay to said wife
also, the interest received from debts due him. He gave
to the children of his daughter Elizabeth Blanchard, the
• Esiex Probate Records, book 402, leaf 379.
t Orareitone In the Wenham BiUTlng-groimd,
(160)
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170 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
Feyersion ** after the expiration of the Estate given to my
wife" of all of his real estate in Wenham, Hamilton and
Ipswich, together with his brick house in Salem, likewise
the fiuming utensils and live stock. He gave to his son
Samuel Gardner, all the rest of his estate, and appointed
him executor.*
Henry Blanchard mortgaged his right to his grand-
jEBither's property, to his brother Francis, April 21, 1812,
for $2000, t and IVIay 10, 1813, sold his right to his
brother for $1800. t
Children :
197. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1759§ (bap. Feb. 11|) ; d. June M,
1816 ;tm. June 3, 1781,§ Dr. Samuel Blanchard. He was
bom In Boston on the 29th of Febniary 1756, and studied
medicine with General Darid Cobb, who was one of
Oeneral Washington's aids. He was a surgeon in the army
a short time, and afterwards surgeon of several prirateers,
but aside from this he never practised medicine as a
profession. He was a merchant for several years in
Salem and Baltimore, and died in Wenham (where he had
lived many years) on the 4th of May, 1813.§ Children :
1. Henry, b. July 9, 1782; d. Dec. 29, 1826; unmarrried.
2. Francis, b. Jan. SI, 1784; d. at Wenham, June 26, 1818;
m. Aug. 29, 1808, wid. Mary Ann Lee, wid. of N. C. Lee,
and daughter of Francis Cabot. They were the parents of
the first Mrs. Robert C. Winthrop. Their daughter lived
in the family of her uncle John Gardner until she married
R. C. W. 8. George Frederick, b. at Baltimore, Dec. 24,
1786; d. at Baltimore, July 17, 1787. 4. Lucy, b. at
Wenham, May 10, 1798; d. June 16, 1815; m. Mar. 24, 1814,
Charles Henry Ome, s. of William Orne.§
198. John, bap. Aug. SI, 1760;|| d. at Charleston, S. C, Oct. 10,
1792. He was a successful merchant in Charleston, S. C,
where he lived about eight years. §
199. Samxtel Pickering, b. May 14, 1767 (bap. May SI) ; d. Dec.
18, 1848 ; m. Sept. 19, 1797, Rebecca Russell Lowell, dau. of
Judge John and Sarah (Higginson) Lowell.** He graduated
at Harvard College, July 15, 1786«^ He went to Charleston,
S. C, the same year, and engaged in the mercantile
• Esiex Probate Records, book 873, leaf 227.
t Essex Regrlstry of Deeds, book 196, leaf 300.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 199, leaf 345.
i Notes of Samuel P. Gardner, Esq.
ji Tabernacle Churcb Record, Salem.
V GraTestone In the Wenham Barving-ground.
** Lowell Historic Genealogy, p. M.
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AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 171
boslness with his brother John. He remained there aboat
eight months after his brother's death, when he returned
to Massachnsetts, and became an inhabitant of Boston,
Ang. 8, 1798.*
To avoid the inconvenience of being mistaken for two other
Samuel Oardners, he had his name changed by act of the
General Court, Feb. 16, 1796. In December, 1800, he
purchased of F. W. Geyer, a mansion house on Summer
Street in Boston, on the present site of Hovey's store. f
He made very extensive improvements upon this property,
and laid out a garden that was particularly beautiful. He
continued to reside there until his death which occurred
Dec. 18, 1848.* His widow died May 11, 1858. ( Children :
1. EUzabeth Pickering, b. Mar. 11, 1799§; d. Aug. 8, 1879;
m. May 80, 1820, John C. Gray. No issue. 2. Mary Lowell,
b. Jan. 12, 1802; d. Waltham, Aug. 5, 1854; m. Jan. 11,
1826, Francis Cabot Lowell, son of Francis Cabot and
Hannah (Jackson) LowelL Grandparents of Judge Francis
Cabot Lowell. 8. John Lowell, b. Feb.8, 1804 ; d. July 24,
1884; m. Oct. 4, 1826, at Salem, Catherine Elizabeth
Peabody, dan. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Smith) Peabody.
4. Sarah Russell, b. Sept. 20, 1807; d. Sept. 28, 1898; m.
Julys, 1887, Horace Gray. 5. George, b. Sept. 15, 1809; d.
Dec. 19, 1884; m. Oct. 18, 1888, Helen Maria Read, dau. of
James and Hannah (Palmer) Read. 6. Francis Lowell, b.
Dec. 28. 1811; d. July 5, 1812.
142 Samuel Qardner, the oldest son of Daniel
and Ann (Putnam) Gardner, lived on the ancestral farm
in Danvers (now West Peabody).
The first office held by him was that of hogreeve, to
which he was chosen March 9, 1761. He was one of the
surveyors of highways in 1764, 1767 and 1786 ; and
selectman and assessor in 1769 and 1787. In 1772 and
1773 he was chosen constable, and collector of taxes in
1785 and 1793. He served on the school committee in
1787 and 1793.
Various sums of money were paid to him from time to
time for the use of his teams in repairing the highways.
* Notes of Samnel P. Gardner, Esq.
t Soffolk Registry of Deeds.
1 Bostoa Records.
I Lowell Gen.
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172 THOMAS OAJKDNEB, PLANTEft,
He was taxed nearly every year from 1783 to 1790 for a
"Fall Back Chaise" or a "Standing Top Chaise." May
5 9 1800, he was appointed on a committee of three to sell
the old road "from Curtis lane to Hezekiah Flint's."*
MILITABY.
He was probably the Samuel Grardner whose name was
given as one of tiie conmiissioned officers of the First
Regiment in Essex County in 1774. t
REVOLUTIONARY.
May 28, 1770, he was appointed on a committee of
twelve to carry a protest against the tax on tea to every
householder, "and in Case any Person refuse to Sign
as abovesaid he Shall be Looked upon as an Enemy to the
Liberties of the People, and Shall have their Name
Registered in the Town Book." He was a member of a
committee of twelve chosen Feb. 2, 1778, to consider the
"Articles of Confederation."*
REAL ESTATE.
Samuel Grardner inherited from his father, one half of
the farm, t and purchased from the other heirs their interest
in the share left to his brother John, after said John's
decease. § He sold forty-eight acres of this to Ezra Upton,
July 9, 1768.11 In 1808 (April 14) he sold to his sons
Asa and George the remainder of his real estate, at that
time amounting to 150 acres, for $4,200, retaining a
mortgage of like amount upon the same. This mortgage
was discharged Oct. 23, 1819, by John Grardner, Jun.,
administrator of the estate of Samuel Gardner deceased. l
He sold to Benjamin Pickman, Dec. 12, 1803, two
acres of salt marsh at Castle Hill, Salem. This was
evidently the two acre lot owned by his father.** In 1768
he bought land of his uncle Samuel in the same locality, ft
* Banvers Town Records.
t Esses Gazette, Oct. 18-36, 1774.
I Essex Probate Records, book 3S6, leares 38!^8.
§ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 141, leaf 2S9.
Q Essex Regtstrjr of Deeds, book 135, leaf 206.
IX Essex Registry of Deeds, book 183, leaf 306, and book 183, leaf 887.
*• Essex Registry of Deeds, book 174, leaf 71.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 141, leaf 187.
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and transferred ten acres of salt marsh **near Castle Hill ^
to his sons when they purchased the &nn in 1808.*
In June, 1792, he bought of Daniel Taylor, a lot of
land **on the highway which leads from Salem to the
North parish in Beading,'' containing about eight acres.
This lot had previously belonged to Thomas Gardner
(No. 121). t
Samuel Gardner married, first, Patty Williams, of Lynn,
the certificate for which marriage was granted Dec. 20,
1762. t She died Feb. 28, 1765. t He married second,
June 9, 1774, at South Danvers, Sarah Upton, daughter
of William and Sarah (Herrick) Upton. She was bom
in North Reading, Nov. 20, 1755, and died in Danvers,
Jan. 24, 1830. § In her will dated the 13th of that
month, she gave to her grandson Samuel Grardner, son of
her deceased son John, the sum of $1000, to be given to
him when he reached his majority. To her daughter-in-law
Ruth Coan, the mother of said Samuel, she left one dollar.
She remembered her Walcott grandchildren as follows :
to Elizabeth G. and Augustus C. she left $100 apiece, to
be given to them at the ages of 18 and 21 respectively ;
to Sally A., Samuel G. and Henrietta B. she gave $100 to
be divided between them, the son to receive his share at
the age of 21, and his sisters at 18. All of the remainder
of the property she gave to her children Asa Gardner
and Sally Walcott, wife of Rev. Calvin Walcott. ||
Samuel Gardner died Sept. 1, 1818, and was buried in
the Pope burying ground in Pope's lane in West Peabody.
He left no will. His son John Gardner, Jun. "Mariner,"
was appointed administrator, Dec. 1, 1818. IT In the
inventory dated Aug.l7, 1819, the estate(wholly personal)
was valued at $8,643.48. $732.10 was due the estate,
and $671.51 was owed, leaving $8,704.07 to be
distributed. The widow was given $2,901.35, and the
remaining two-thirds was divided into four parts and
given to John, Jun., Asa and George Gardner, and
Sally Walcott, Oct. 5, 1819. •*
* Eisez Reg^fltrj of Deedi, book 182. leaf 806.
t Essex Resristrjr of Deeds, book 166, leaf 51.
t DanTen Town Records.
I Upton Memorial, p. 140.
U Essex Probate Records, book 407, leaf 866.
It Essex Probate Records, book 11, leaf 6S.
** Essex Probate Records, book 895, learea 71 and 72.
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174 THOMAS QABDKEB, FLANTEB,
Children :
200. Samuel, b. May 4* (bap. June llf). 1775; d. Nor. 27, 1797.
201. John, b. Mar. 16, 1777* (bap. Oct. 19t) ; d. Oct. 8, 1824 ;t m.
at Lynn, Apr. 25, 1822, t Bath Gallencia, of Lynii.t She
m. for her 2nd husband, Peter Coan, in Lynn, May 20,
1827.tS ChUd: Samuel, b. May 18, 1828; d. at Lynn May 27,
18d7t ; m. in Lynn, Oct. S, 1889, Mary Jane Granger, of
Danyers-I John lived in Lynn. On June 4, 1846, hia son
Samuel mortgaged to James B. Adams, "the lot which I
inherited flrom my father," on the Swampscott road.t The
son Samuel lived in Lynn and owned several lots of land on the
Swampscott road near the sea. From one of the deeds we
learn that in 1848, he used a building on one of the shore
lots as a ''restorator."** His uncle Asa held mortgages on
some of these lots which were discharged later .ft
202. Asa, b. Aug. 29, 1779,* (bap. Oct. 16. 1785t) ; d. Mar. 9,
1858 ;|t m. in Lynufleld May 29, 1817, Mary Ann Needham,
of Lynufleld. He was chosen surveyor of highways in
1818, and fleld-driver in 1812 and 1819. He also served on
the jury In the latter year.* In 1808 he purchased with his
brother Greorge, the homestead farm, and Oct. 14, of the
same year they divided it between themselves. §§ He bought
forty-eight acres of his sister Sally Walcott, July 22, 1885. ||1|
In addition to the above he owned many lots of land in this
vicinity, and loaned money frequently on mortgages. Asa's
widow conveyed the homestead to Bowman Viles, Oct. 18,
1871.1[Y The old lean-to house is still standing. Asa had no
children.
208. George, b. Oct. 2* (bap. Oct. 16), 17811; d. Feb. 18, 1821; m.
May, 1805, Elizabeth Needham, dau. of Daniel Needham, of
Lynufleld. He held several minor town ofllces, and served
on the school committee in 1816, 1817 and 1819. He also
served on the jury in the latter year. March 6, 1811, he
was commissioned Captain in the 5th Begiment, M. V. M.
Promoted Lieut. Col. Commandant June 17, 1812. Breveted
Colonel June 20, 1816. Discharged April 24, 1818.*** He
• Dan vers Town Records.
t Church Records (Middle Precinct).
" Lynn Town Records.
Essex Probate Records, book 407, leaf 866.
Ill Salem Gazette, Oct. U, 1839.
ii Essex RegiBtry of Deeds, book 869, leaf 85.
•* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 405, leaf 27.
tf Essex Registry of Deeds, book 866, leaf 24: and book 396, leaf 110.
IX Gravestone In family burying ground, on the eastern side of the road leading
from his house to Mlddleton.
H Essex Registry of Deeds, book 182. leaf 806; and book 186, leaf 181.
Ifjl Essex Registry of Deeds, book ^, leaf 215.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 887, leaf 176.
Roster of Officers, M. V. M., In the Adjutant 6eneral*8 office.
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llyed on the homestead farm near his brother Asa, and
owned many lots in that portion of West Peabody as Is
shown by the deed of sale of his property by the widow,
his executrix, to Dayld Upton, March 29, 1822.* The
Salem Oazette, of Feb. 16, 1821, contained the following :
**In the death of Col. Gardner society hare sustained
a great loss. Amiable In his disposition, exemplary In all
the relations of life, and of Irreproachable morals, he had
secured the esteem and respect of all who knew him. In
his character were united unaffected modesty, with a sound
judgement and great flrnmess and decision. As a military
officer he was highly respectable, and had an opportunity of
displaying that spirit and energy which show that he was
qualified to command. Few men hare been called to endure
greater suffering, and no one could exhibit greater
fortitude. Through an uncommon and most painful
sickness, he was a model of patience and resignation ; he
was sustained by Christian faith, and at length departed In
that peace of mind, which the world can neither give nor
take away. The memory of Col. Gardner will long be
cherished with affection by his friends who now deeply
lament his death. "f He had no children.
204. Saixt, b. May 1% (bap. Oct. 16§), 1786; d. Dec. 12, 1850, at
Winchester, Ya. ; m. at Danvers, Sept. 4, 1811, Rer. Calvin
Walcott, son of Elijah and Mary (Blake) Walcott.g
Children: 1. Elizabeth Gardner, b. Marblehead, Mass.,
Dec. 80, 1812; d. Weymouth, May 2, 1846; m. June 16,
1884, Jacob Richards, A. M., M. D., son of Jacob and Lydla
(Colson) Richards. 2. Augustus Calvin, b. Danvers, Oct.
18, 1814; d. Havana, Cuba. Apr. 5, 1883. 8. Sally Ann*
b. Marblehead, Mar. 27, 1817; d. Yonkers, N. Y., Mar. 24,
1888. 4. Samuel Gardner, b. Hanover, Mass., Jan. 2, 1820.
A graduate of Washington College (Trinity) Hartford, and
later a graduate Id medicine. He practised In Utlca, N. Y.,
and Boston; d. TTtlca, N. Y., June 3, 1888. 6. Henrietta
Blake, b. May 15, 1823 ; m. Edwin A. Richards, son of Hon.
Joseph Richards. 6. Asa Gardner, b. Apr. 25, 1825; d.
New York City, Aug. 15, 1858. A graduate of Trinity
College, and Med. Dep't Univ. of City of N. Y. Ass't at
N. Y. State Asylum at Utlca, N. Y., 1853-5. 7. George
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 228, leaf 190.
! Salem Oazette, February 16, 1821.
Dangers To^n Records.
Church Records (Middle Precinct).
II "Descendants of James Prime." By Oen. Ralph £. Prime. Walcott notes
In the appendix. Essex Institute Library.
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176 THOMAS GASDNBR, FLAMTXE,
Theodore, b. July 16, 1837; d. Quiiu^, Mu8.» Oct. 23, 1851.
Gnui. Brown UnlT. 1848. Princ of HftnoTer Academy,
I849.*
205. Bbtst, b. Aug. 25t (bap. Oct. 19^), 1788; d. Jan. 81, 1796.t
144 Capt. Benjamin Gardner, son of Daniel and
Ann (Putnam) Grardner, lived in Middleton until about
1785 when he moved to Marblehead, where he resided
until his death. He was referred to in the records as
gentleman or yeoman.
REVOLUTIONABY SERVICE.
^* Sergeant, Capt. Asa Prince's co. of Minute-men,
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service,
2 days; also Ensign, Capt. Enoch Putman's co., Col.
John Mansfield's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ;
engaged April 26, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 13 days ; also,
Capt. Putnam's co., Col. Mansfield's (19th) regt.
commanded by Lieut. Col. Israel Hutchinson ; company
return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also. Captain, Col. Bufus
Putnam's (5th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for
service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; reported as
serving 22 mos. 19 days as Lieutenant, 13 mos. 11 days
as Captain; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Daniel Shay's co..
Col. Putnam's (4th) regt. ; return dated Albany, Feb. 9,
1778 ; residence Middleton ; also, Col. Putnam's regt. ;
returns of officers for clothing dated Boston, June 17, and
Nov. 24, 1778 ; also. Captain, 5th Mass. regt. ; list of
settlements of rank of Continental officers, dated West
Point, made by a Board held for that purpose and confirmed
by Congress Sept. 6, 1779 ; commissioned Nov. 11, 1778 ;
also. Captain Lieutenant; return made by Lieut. Col.
Newhall and filed Sept. 23, 1779, of officers of Col.
Putnam's (5th) regt. ; also. Captain, Col. Putnam's regt. ;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1,
1780, to Oct. 18, 1780."§
* *' Degcendants of James Prime/* Bj Gen. Balph £. Prime. Walcott notei
io the appendix. Essex Institute Library.
iOanrers Town Records.
Church Records (Middle Precinct).
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Beyolutlonary War, y. yi, p. 261.
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AND SOME OF HIS DSSGEKDANTS. 177
BEAL ESTATE.
He purchased of John Shepard, Jun. , of Amherst, N. H. ,
May 9, 1769, a tract of land containing fifteen acres, on
the northern side of Middleton pond, on the road from
AndoTer to Salem, and another lot on the south side of
said highway, bounded on the south by the ^ brook
running out of the aforesaid Pond." This second lot
contained about two acres. In addition he purchased at
this time half interests in two other lots.* He sold to
John Estey, yeoman, three of the above divisions for £ 200,
in 1785 (Apr. 20). t
In 1783 (Jan. 10) he bought of Benjamin Wilkins,
Jun., of Middleton, administrator of the estate of John
Wilkins, for £29, 4 shill. 11 pence, a lot of land at
auction, containing five and three-quarters acres. t
Judgment was obtained against him in 1788 to the amount
of £24, 17 shill. 7 pence, by Samuel Symonds, treasurer
of Middleton, and this lot appraised at £ 10, 13 shill., 4
pence, was seized in part paj^nent. Benjamin Grardner
was described in the last named document as ''of
Marblehead, gentleman. "§
Benjamin Grardner married in Danvers, Sept. 25,
1764,11 Molly Smith. She died in Marblehead, May 28,
1828.1 He died in Marblehead Sept. 17, 1813.
Children :
206. Esther, died unmarried, of small-pox.
207. Molly, b. June 11, 1765.11
20S. John, went to Ohio with the early emigrants, according to
B. F. Browne. He was in Marietta, Ohio, in 1792.
209. Polly, b. 1767; d. AprU 28, 1861 ;♦♦ m. In Middleton, July 30,
1786,tt Reuben Wilkins, son of Aquila and Lucy (Smith)
Wilkins. Children: 1. Frances (Fanny) b. Dec. 81, 1786;
d. Apr. 28, 1870 ; m. May 18, 1804, Benjamin Ropes, son of
Benjamin and Margaret (Symondi) Ropes. tt 2. Polly, b.
May 25, 1787; d. June 4, 1789. 8. John Gardner, b. Jan. 4,
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 148, leaf 87.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14S, leaf 106.
I Essex Registry of Deeds, book 147, leaf 180.
f Essex Reiistry of Deeds, book 149, leaf 42.
]l Danvers Town Records.
if Salem Gazette, May 81, 1888.
** Salem Gazette of April 25, 1861.
tf Middleton Town Records.
It Essex Institate Historical CoUeetlons, ▼. TU, p. 268; andy. yni, p. 64.
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178 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
1790; d. Oct. 10, 1889;* m. At Salem» N. H., ICar. 24, 1815,
Dorcas Merrill, dan. of Joseph and Anna (Ober) Merrill.
4. Rnfns, b. Mar. 25, 1792; d. Jan. 7, 1818, on the Chesa-
peake. 5. PoUy (Mary), b. Jan. 7, 1794; d. Jnly, 1889; m.
Oct. 8, 1815, Joseph Lefaroor. 6. Hesekiah, b. Dec. 2,
1796; d. June 19, 1872, at Sailor's Snng Harbor; m. Not.
15, 1818, Bethiah Shehane.* 7. Henry, b. Apr. 21, 1798;
d. Feb. 7, 1799. 8. Oeorge Gardner, b. July 5, 1800; d.
at sea Feb., 1825. 9. Charles, b. Sept 8, 1802; d. Ang. 9,
1874;* m. 1st, May 17, 1825, Nancy G. JeUy,* who died
May 20, 1842 ; m. 2nd, June 6, 1843, Sarah Gardner Harris,*
dan. of John L. and Rebecca (Bray) Harris, of Marble-
head.* 10. Esther Gardner, b. Aug. 17, 1804; d. Mar.,
1850; m. Oct. 7, 1824, John AUen.* 11. Albert, b. Dec. 2,
1806; d. Feb. 8, 1892; m. Sept. 29, 1883, Hepzibah Austin,
dau. of Richard and Isabel (Symonds) Austin.*
210. Benjamin, bap. July 11, 1772 ;t d. at Pernambuco, Sept, 13 •
1828; m. Ist, at Marblehead, Apr. 15, 1798, Sarah OUver;}
m. 2nd, Oct. 10, 1817, Elizabeth Tucker, dau. of William
and Elizabeth (Corney) Tucker. Children by Sarah : 1.
Sarah (Sally), bap. Mar. 17, 1799 ;§ m. Nov. 7, 1820, Rich-
ard Girdler, Jr., of Marblehead. 2. Benjamin, bap. July
18, 1801 ;S died young. 3. Mary, bap. Feb. 6, 1803 ;§
m. Sept. 21, 1826, Nathaniel Barker of Marblehead. Chil-
dren by Elizabeth: 4. Maria T., b. May 26, 1821; d. Feb. 13,
1885; m. Sept. 19, 1844, Thomas Appleton, Jr. 5. William
Andrew Tucker, b. Oct. 81, 1820; d. at sea in 1853; m. Oct.
27, 1845, Elizabeth Conway Adams, dau. of Nathaniel and
Elizabeth Adams. || 6. Andrew, d. Apr. 28, 1819. 7. Ben-
jamin, d. June 1, 1826.
211. Geobok, bap. Dec. 8, 1775 ;t d. young.
212. Georqe, bap. Mar. 18, 1781 ;t He|was lost on the Grand Banks.
218. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1786. t d. Mar. 6, 1864; m. July 5, 1818,
Joseph Hathaway, son of John Gardner, and Eleanor
(Stone) Hathaway. Children: 1. Joseph, m. Elizabeth
Hathaway, his cousin. 2. Frank, d. about 1840, unmarried.
3. Richard, d. young, f
214. Anna, b. Jan. 18, 1787 ;t d. Sept. 7, 1875; m. Apr. 8, 1810,
Jeremiah Hathaway, son of John Gardner, and Eleanor
(Stone) Hathaway.^ Children: 1. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 8,
1811 ; d. July 7, 1860; m. 1st, Julia Osborn; m. 2nd, Abble
Gowlog. 2. George G., b. Jan. 29, 1813; d. Mar. 17, 1867;
!* Salem Town Records.
Mlddleton Town Records.
Marblehead Town Records.
Second Cbnrch Records. Marblehead.
Aothority, Miss Maria Theresa Appleton Gardner, of Marblehead.
Authority, Stephen P. Hathaway, of Marblehead.
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AND 80MB OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 179
nnm. 8. £liz* A., b. Apr. 27, 1815; d. Ang. 7, 1888; m. in
Marblehead, Gkorge Goss. 4. Sally G., b. Apr. 6, 1817; d.
June 30, 1840; m. in Marblehead, Joseph F. Sliepard. 5.
Benjamin Gardner, b. Sept. 8, 1819; m. July, 1844, Rebecca
Oliver, dan. of James and Rebecca (Wadden) Oliyer. 6.
Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 1821; m. Samuel S. Reynolds. 7.
Caroline, b. Apr. 17, 1823; nnm. 8. Charles H., b. July
11, 1828; d. Jan. 19, 1871; m., in Maine, Sophronla Sber-
bon. 9. John G., b. Jan. 1, 1831; d. Mar. 4, 1891; unm.*
145 Daniel Qardner, son of Daniel and Ann
(Putnam) Grardner, moved to Lunenburg, Worcester
County, Mass. He was described as '"husbandman" in a
deed dated July 9, 1768, in which he with the consent of
his wife Emma, sold to his brother Samuel for £35, 13
shill., 4 pence, all of his share in the land which his
father Daniel Gardner gave to his brother John Gurdner,
since deceased, also all of his share to land of which his
father died seized. f
He married at Dan vers, Sept. 1, 1763,t Emma Rea,
daughter of John and Anna (Dodge) Rea.
Children :
215. John, b. Lunenburg, Mass.; d. Watertown, N. Y., aged 69;
m., 1st, DoUy Willard, dan. of Epbraim^Willard of Sterling,
Mass.; she died at Manchester, Vt., in 1868; m., 2nd,
Lois Willard, sister of his first wife. Children, by his first
wife: John, Clarissa, Austin, who lired in Belvidere, 111.,
and died about 1846; m. Mary Ripley, who moved to
Hammondsport, N. Y., after his death; Almira, Loraine,
Lncinda, Sophia and Cephas. By his second wife he had
Volney, Adeline and a child who died young. §
216. Danuel, b. 1767; d. Jan. 7, 1834; m. 1792, Catherine Hart-
well. Children, born in Lunenburg, Mass. : 1. Beuja-
min, b. Dec. 22, 1793; d. Dec. 27, 1835; m. Jan. 9, 1815,
Ruth Holbrook. 2. Henry, b. Dec. 8, 1795; d. Apr. 1,
1877; m. Aug. 10, 1834, Ruby Holbrook. Children, born in
Northport, Maine : 3. Phebe Hart, b. Feb. 21, 1798 ; d. Ang.
14, 1872; m. Dec. 24, 1818, Samuel Herrick. 4. Samuel,
b. June 8, 1800; d. Jan. 16, 1874; m. Sept. 80, 1830, Louisa
Dickay. 5. Nancy, b. Sept. 22, 1802; d. Aug., 1871; m.
• Anthorltj, Mlu Annie G. Hathaway, of Salem.
t Esaez RecriBtry of Deeds, book 141, leaf 259.
I Danven Town Records.
I Notes o( Mr. Ceplias Gardner, son of John and DoUy (Willard) Gardner.
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180 THOMAS OABDNBB, PLANTER,
Mar. 10, 1825, Edmund BicknelL 6. Catherine, b. May 19,
1806; d. Mar. 11, 1894; m. Oct. 29, 1888, Rer. John Hatch,
a Methodist minister. 7. Daniel Hartwell, b. Feb. 14,
1809; d. July 28, 1876; m. Apr. 10, 1884, Larinia Frohock.
8. John, b. June 21, 1811; d. Mar. 8, 1884; m. Oct. 81,
1845, Harriet Henderson. 9. WiUiam, b. Not. 10, 1818;
d. Dec. 28, 1865; m. Jan. 21, 1841, Roza Hinds. 10.
Joseph Edward, b. Nov. 15, 1818; d. Feb. 28, 1888; m.
July 15, 1849, Mary Jones. 11. Harriett Allison, b. Sept.
21, 1821; d. Jane 11, 1888; m. May 1, 1841, Geors;e BUI-
ings.*
217. WnuAM, said to have settled in Boston, f
218. Geobqk, went to Vermont, and then moved to the West.t
219. A Daugrtzr who married a man by the name of Coffln.t
220. Nanct, m. 1790, Asa Carlton. Children: Rath,b. Reading,
Vt., 1798; d. Derby, Vt., 1884; m. June 16, 1811, Levi P.
Adams. They also had ten other children, all of whom
died young. {
221. A Dauohtsr who married a man by the name of Sherin.f
147 George Gardner, son of Daniel and Anna
(Putnam) Gardner, died about 1769. His estate which
was wholly personal, and mostly wearing apparel, was
distributed June 6, 1769, among his brothers and sisters
who were named in the document as follows : — Samuel,
Daniel, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Sarah and Esther
Gardner ; Anna Brewer, Ruth Estes and Lydia Clark.
Unmarried. §
150 Ebenezer Gardner, the youngest son of
Daniel and Anna (Putnam) Gtirdner, moved to Lynde-
borough, N. H., and on September 7, 1773, was wounded
at Wilton, N. H., at the raising of a meeting house. ||
He and his wife, together with the other heirs of
Thomas Whittredge, sold to Thomas Whittredge, brother,
for £15, their interest in the deceased fiither's real estate,
amounting to one and one half acres in the ^northfield
*.Famil7 notes kindly collected bj Miss Sarah Bea Gardner, daughter of Henrr
and Soby (Holbrook) Gardner, of Northport, Maine.
f Authority, Mr. Cephas Gardner.
t Authorldes^rof. George B. Adams, of Tale UniTerslty; and Cephas Gard-
ner Adams, M.i)., of Portland, Maine.
f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 345, leaf S96.
11 Salem Gazette, Sept. 14.31, 1773.
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AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 181
(so called) in said Danyers."** This was bounded east on
the land of their *'Hon'd mother Sarah Whittredge."
Ebenezer Grardner married Jan. 28 » 1772, Sarah
Whittredge, daughter of Thomas and Sandi Whittredge. t
Child:
238. Danxbl, m. Ennlee Patnam, dan. of Benjamin and Miriam
(Flint) Pntnam.t Children: 1. Patnam, b. Aug. 8, 1811;
d. Mar. 4, 18.44; m. May 15, 1841, Mary L. Delaramore. 2.
Miriam, b. Not. 26, 1813 ; m. Isaac Thorn. 3. Enmia, b.
Feb. 16, 1816. 4. Daniel, b. Feb. 21, 1817; d. Aug. 1, 1892;
m. Sept. 4, 1842, Louisa HaU. 6. SaUy, b. Feb. 3, 1819 ;
m. John A. Countryman. 6. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 29, 1821.
7. John Nichols, b. Oct. 7, 1823. 8. WiUard, b. Apr. 16,
1826; d. Oct. 12, 1901; m. 1st, Not. 29, 1863, Delia Ann
Staring; m., 2nd, Margaret Avery. §
Ebenezer and Sarah (Whittredge) Gardner may have
had other children, but Daniel is the only child concerning
whom the author has been able to find any record after
prolonged search.
156 George Gardner, the eldest son of Samuel and
Esther (Ome) Gardner, was a merchant in Salem. He
graduated at Harvard College, in 1762. || He dealt
extensively in general merchandise, including flour, salt,
Philadelphia iron, selling the same for cash or codfish. IT
He offered for sale a '* Mofes boat," a schooner, and the
brigantine Essex.** Mention is made of his going to
Europe in 1771, and of his return in April 1773. tt
His name first appears in the town records, in 1766
(Oct. 6) , when he was mentioned as a member of the Fire
Engine Company. He sold his share in the engine, IVIay
21, 1768, to Stephen Cook. In the following year
(March 13) he was chosen constable, but hired William
Clough as a substitute. The following note occurs in the
town records, under date of June 1769 : ''Agreed that
* Btsez Beglstry of Deeds, book 168, leaf 102.
t Danyen Town Records.
t Pntnam Genealogy, p. 3SS.
I Notes furnished br the late WUlard Gardner, of Clayton, N. T.
n Felt's Annals of Salem, 2nd edition, ▼. i, p. 491.
tf Essex Gazette, Jan. 2i-31, 1769; and March 12-19, 1771.
••Essex Gazette, Dec. 25, 1770: Jan. 8-15, 1771; and June 29- July 6, 1773.
ft Essex Gazette, July 2-9, 1771; and Apr. 20-27, 1T7S.
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182 THOMAS GABDNER, FLAin*£R,
George Grardner & Sam* Barton Jun' be recommended
for Retailers in sd town, as persons of sober conversation,
& suitably qualified & provided for the exercise of such
an employment.* He served on the petit jury Dec. 10,
1770, and was drawn again in the following year, but
was excused.*
REAL ESTATE.
The estate of his father was divided among the three
sons, May 29, 1769, and George was given ''such part of
3^* Divided premises as the s^ parties have agreed is worth
£615, 15 sliilL, 6 2-3 pence more than a third of the
hereby divided premises, which Sum he hath paid to the
said Weld & Henry." Henry received £405, 17 shill.,
9 1-3 pence of this amount, and Weld, £209, 17 shill.
9 1-3 pence. t George was given the homestead located
on the south side of Essex Street, near what is now
Crombie Street. This property has been described fully
in the article relating to his father, t He was also given
one-third of his father's pew holdings in Rev. Dr.
Whittaker's meeting house. In 1769 and the year
following, he and his brothers sold various lots of land
which had belonged to his &ther and the late Capt. John
Skinner of Marblehead. §
George Gardner died about Jan. 1, 1774, and was
buried on the third of that month. || His mansion house
was owned jointly by his heirs until after the death of
his brother Weld, when the surviving heirs sold the
estate for the total value of $8000 to Benjamin Crombie,
Weld's one-fifth having been left by him to Thomas Lee,
of Cambridge.lT
In his will dated June 22, 1771, he made the following
bequests :
"To Rev<> M' Thomas Barnard £200.
" M' Thomas Lee £600.
" Brother Weld Gardner and to the Heirs of his
Body ... all of the Residue and remainder."
•Town Records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1S8, leaves 11 and 18.
i Essex Institute Historical Collections, ▼. zzxix, p. 88.
i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 122, leayes 17 and 62; and book 136, leaves 178
and 188.
II Salem Gazette, Dec 28-^an. 4, 1774.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, book 172, leaves 84-86, and 188.
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AND 80ME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 183
To the Town of Salem '*£400 lawful! Money to be
improved for the Use and Benefit of the Poor of the town
of Salem."
£1333 ''to Harvard College m Cambridge to be
unproved for the Education of poor Scholars.''
£2000 '' to the IVIarine Society in Salem (so called) to
be improved by them ... for the use and Benefit of
superannuated (or otherwise disabled) seamen.*
His brother Weld was appointed executor.* Weld
Grardner died Nov. 2, 1801, f without issue, and then the
above named public bequests were paid.
Unmarried.
157 Weld Oardner, the second son of Samuel and
Esther (Orne") Gardner, was a merchant in Salem. He
was associatea in business with his brother George until
said George's death, after which he continued the business
-^KZ/^-.^3*— ►*
alone. His advertisements in the local papers show that
he dealt in general merchandise including Russia duck,
molasses, sugar, coffee, cocoa, sweet oil, figs, raisins, indigo
etc., for which he received either money or codfish. J He
owned the brig Tryal, 119 tons, built at Frye's mills in
1790.§
He was chosen constable in March 1770, and clerk of
the market March 9, 1789, but was excused upon both
occasions. In 1776 he served on the petit jury, and on the
grand jury in the following year. || His signature was
affixed to the address to General Gttge, in June 1774.7
He was one of the original owners of the North Church,
and with forty-K>ne others purchased the land for the same,
of John Nutting, Esq., Feb. 14, 1772.**
• Etsex Probate RecordB, book 860, leaf 108.
t Salem Gazette, Not. 8, 1801.
I Esiex Gazette Feb. 4-11, and' Jane 9-16, 177S ; Salem Gazette, Not. 13, 1783, etc.
1 Bsiex iDBtitute Historical Collections, ▼. n, p. 188.
Jj Town Records.
tr Essex Gazette, Jane 7-U, 1774.
•* Essex Seglstry of Deeds, book 180, leaf 117.
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184 THOMAS GABDNEB, PLANTER,
REAL ESTATE.
Weld Grardner received from his father's estate when it
was divided, jVIay 29, 1769, a lot in Danvers measuring
21 acres, 94 7-10 poles, one share in the conmion lands,
and on&-third of his father's pew holdings in Dr.
Whittaker's meetinghouse.* This land was in the South
Parish in Danvers (now Peabody) and was sold by Weld
Grardner to Thomas Lee, of Salem, March 4, 1799, for
$970. t He loaned large amounts on mortgages, t
Weld Gardner died November 2, 1801, and was buried
on the afternoon of the third of that month, from his house
on Essex Street. § In his will dated Sept. 11, 1801, he
made the following bequests : To George Grardner Lee,
and Colman Lee, sons of his ^' kinsman Mr. Thomas Lee,"
he lefb $5000 apiece, and to Louisa and Deborah Lee,
daughters of the same man, two thousand five hundred
dollars apiece ; to his brother Henry Gardner, $2000 ; to
his sisters Lois Barnard, and Elizabeth Stevens, $1500
each ; to the four children of his deceased sister Esther
Mackay, $1500 to be equally divided among them; to
Lydia Gerry Lee, daughter of George G. Lee, he left the
remainder of his estate. Thomas Lee was named as
executor. ||
Unmarried.
158 Henry^Oardner, the youngest of the three sons
of Samuel and Esther rOme) Gardner, of Salem,
graduated at Harvard College in 1765.1 He was a
merchant and master mariner. His name was mentioned
as one of the owners of the brigantine "Union" offered for
sale in February, 1774.**
* Btiex Registry of Deeds, book 138, leAf 11
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 164, leaf 244.
i Essex Registry of Deeds, book liS. leaf 73; book 144, leayes 45 and 68; book
145, leaf S68; book 148, leayes 218 and 225; book 152, leaves 152 and 264-5; and
book 153, leaf 56.
i Salem Gazette, Xot. 3. 1801.
Essex Probate Records, book 369, leaf 6.
Felt's Annals of Salem, second edition, v. i, p. 481.
•« Essex Gazette, Feb.l5-2S, 1774.
(To be continued.)
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SHIP REGISTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF
SALEM AND BEVERLY.
1789-1900.
C031MUNICATED BT A. FRANK HITCHINOS, WITH ADDITIONAL
NOTES BT STEPHEN WIIJ.ABD PHILLIPS.
In presenting this work the intention has been to
arrange, in alphabetical order, a fairly correct list of all
those vessels that have been registered and engaged in
the foreign trade at this port, commencing with the first
register record that appears in the Salem Castom House,
which is dated October 6, 1789, and continuing to the
present time.
The district of Salem and Beverly comprises the ports
of Salem, Beverly, and Danvers, and, prior to the Act of
March, 1799, included also the port of Ipswich.
The list also includes all those vessels belonging to
this district that have been documented at other ports
for the foreign trade, but have never sailed into Salem
harbor. Possibly there were vessels the names of which
do not appear in this list, but an effort has been made to
include them all. In some instances the name of the same
vessel may appear more than once, as a great many vessels
during the latter part of the 18th and early part of the
19th centuries, have been traced with much difficulty.
During that period there were 45 vessels named Betsey,
33 named Sally, 26 named Polly, and many others which
appear many times although not so frequently as those
mentioned. K the present system of giving to each
vessel an official number to identify her had been in
vogue at that time, this difficulty of tracing a vessel
which had changed her rig and tonnage, would have
been avoided. Under these circumstances, no claim can
(185)
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186 SHE? BEGISTERS OF THE DISTRICT
be made that the list presented is absolutely correct or
that the names of all the vessels engaged in such trade
have been obtained.
It is, however, believed to be substantially correct and
may be consulted for general information and the consid-
eration of matters pertaining to foreign bound vessels
belonging to this district.
Messrs. Hitchings and Phillips desire to make due
acknowledgment of their indebtedness to Mr. George H.
Allen, to Captain Xathan H. Millet, to Collector John
Daland, to Mr. William J. Sullivan, and others, for
assistance given them in compiling the following notes.
Such information as was not found in the Custom House
Registers is enclosed within brackets. The hailing port
of each vessel and the residence of the owner are not given
if belonging to Salem.
Abbt, brig, 135 tons, Newbury, 1811. Reg. Oct. 10, 1816.
Jesse Potter, Ebenezer Dodge, owners ; Jesse Potter, master.
[Rebuilt at Salem in 1867.] Reg. Dec. 20, 1820. Ebenezer
Dodge, Jesse Potter. James Potter, owners; Jesse Potter,
master. Reg. June 25, 1828. James Potter, Jesse Potter,
owners ; Jesse Potter, master. [Sold in 1825 at Pernambuco.]
Abbt Welu, sch., 94 tons, Belfast, Me., 1847. Reg. Mar.
22, 1850. John Dike, Daniel Brier, Belfast, Frank Brier,
Belfast, &eorge McDonald, Belfast, owners ; Daniel Brier,
master. Reg. Nov. 13, 1849. John Dike, Franklin Brier,
Belfast, George McDonald, Belfast, D. Pattershall, Belfast,
Charles Moore, owners; Peter Lassen, master. Reg. Jan. 6,
1858. John Dike, Isaac Cashing, owners; Levi Bullock, jr.,
master. Tonnage altered to 76 tons. Reg. Jaly 80, 1867.
Richard C. Manning, N. C. Robbins, John Dike, owners;
Charles W. Hatchings, master.
Abigail, sloop, 57 tons, Marshfield, 1784. Reg. Sept. 5,
1793. Malachi Sweet, owner ; John Endicott, master.
Abigail, Beverly, sch., 206 tons, Warren, R. I., 1789. Reg.
Sept. 1, 1800. Robert Rantoal, Andrew Peabodj, Silas
Stickney, Ebenezer Smith, Zebulon Obear, John Dike, jr.,
all of Beverly, owners ; Zebulon Obear, master.
Abigail, sch., 73 tons, Haverhill, 1805. Reg. July 18, 1810.
Amos Lefavour, owner ; Zachariah Morgan, master.
Abiga.il, sch., 62 tons, Essex, 1829. Reg. Apr. 7, 1858.
William W. Boswell, James B. Boswell, owners ; Thomas H.
Wentworth, master.
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OF SALEM AND BEVERLY, 1789-1900. 187
Abioka, Bch., 78 tons, Milton, 1787. Reg. Dec. 15, 1789.
Joseph Waters, owner; John Sinclair, master. Reg. Nov. 5,
1792. Clifford Byrnes, Nathaniel Richardson, owners ; Clifford
Byrnes, master. Reg. Dec. 19, 1783. Joseph Waters, owner;
Clifford Byrnes, master.
ACASTA, ship, 286 tons, Salem, 1821. Reg. May 25, 1821.
Henry Pickering, Humphrey Devereux, James Devereux,
owners; Thos. Cloutman, jr., master. [Sold to Sag Harbor
owners, Apr., 1880.]
Acorn, brig, 116 tons, Duxbury, 1803. Reg. May 6, 1803.
Benjamin Henderson, John Osgood, owners; Benjamin
Henderson, master.
AcoRK, brig, 146 tons, Ipswich, 1816. Reg. Dec. 12, 1820.
Jeremiah Briggs, owner; Henry Briggs, master. Reg. Dec.
14, 1822. Jeremiah Briggs, Charles Saandera, Nathaniel W.
Neal, John Winn, owners ; Thomas Bowditch, master. Reg.
Dec. 31, 1823. Joseph Peabody, owner; Jacob Lee, master.
[Sold in Rio Janeiro, 1828.]
Active, sch., 67 tons, Haverhill, 1786. Reg. Dec. 8, 1789.
William Gray, jr., owner ; Seaward Lee, master.
Active, sch., 82 tons, Haverhill, 1786. Reg. 3Iay 22,1794.
Benjamin Hodges, Ichabod Nichols, owners ; Geo. Hodges,
master. Reg. May 16, 1796. William Gray, owner ; Jonathan
H. Lovett, master.
AcrrvE, ship, 206 tons, Salem, 1799. Altered to a bark in
1803. Altered to a brig in 1810. Reg. Nov. 2, 1799.
Ichabod Nichols, Benjamin Hodges, Gamaliel Hodges, Edward
Allen, owners ; Timothy Bryant, master. Reg. Sept. 3, 1800.
Ichabod Nichols, Benjamin Hodges « Gamaliel Hodges, owners ;
George Nichols, master. Reg. Aug. 24, 1803. Ichabod
Nichols, Benjamin Hodges, George Nichols, Gamaliel Hodges,
owners ; George Nichols, master. Reg. Nov. 7, 1804. Ichabod
Nichols, Benjamin Hodges, George Nichols, Benjamin Pierce,
Timothy Bryant, owners ; Timothy Bryant, master. Reg. June
10, 1806. Jesse Richardson, William F. Richardson, Joshua
Richardson, owners; William P. Richardson, master. Reg.
Feb. 18, 1807. Jesse Richardson, William P. Richai-dson,
owners; William P. Richardson, master. Reg. Apr. 1, 1809.
William P. Richardson, John Fairfield, John Dodge, owners ;
William P. Richardson, master. Reg. Mar. 8, 1810. William
P. Richardson, John Fairfield, John Dodge, jr., James Cook,
ownera; William P. Richardson, master. Reg. Mar. 12, 1810.
Joseph White, John Dodge, James Cook, William P. Richardson,
owners ; William P. Richardson, master. Reg. May 14, 1810.
James Cook, John Dodge, William P. Richardson, owners;
William P. Richardson, master. Reg. May 31, 1810. James
Cook, John Dodge, Charles Saunders, William P. Richardson,
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owners; William P. Richardson, master. Reg. Aug. 28, 1812.
Charles Saunders, James Cook, Thomas Saunders, Nathan
Cook, owners ; Nathan Cook, master. [Sold in St. Salvador to
the Portuguese. See £. I. Hist. Coll. vn, 211. June 1, 1810, the
*^ Active " sailed for the Feejee Islands, being the first Salem
vessel in that trade. John Endicott was also registered as
master in 1804.]
Active, sch., 23 tons, Ipswich, 1804. Reg. July 8, 1812.
Joseph Peabody, Samuel Upton, owners ; Benjamin Patterson,
master. [Carried 2 guns, 25 men. As a privateer, her career
was short, being captured July 16, 1812, off Cape Sable.]
Active, brig, 211 tons, Ipswich, 1822. Altered to a bark,
July, 1833. Reg. July 13, 1822. William P. Richardson,
Thomas Saunders, Charles Saunders, Jeremiah Briggs, ownera ;
Nathaniel Page, master. Reg. Mar. 19, 1824. William P.
Richardson, Thomas Saunders, Charles Saunders, Jerathmiel
Pierce, owners; Tuning Tunninson, master. Reg. July 30,
1833. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel Rogers, Richard S. Rogers,
owners ; Joseph H. Miilett, master. Reg. Dec. 10, 1836.
Robert Brookhouse William Hunt, owners ; Abraham Picker-
ing, master. Reg. June 13, 1853. Benjamin Upton, jr.,
owner; M. S. Wheeler, master.
Adaline, ship, 249 tons, Eden, 1808. Reg. May 27, 1809.
Samuel Archer, 3d, Benjamin Babbidge, owners ; William Allen,
master. Reg. Mar. 5, 1810. John Andrews, owner; William
AUen, master. Reg. Mar. 6, 1810. Joseph White, owner;
William Allen, master. Reg. Feb. 7, 1821. Stephen White,
Henry White, owners ; Joseph Felt, 3d, master. [Condemned
at Cuxhaven, 1823.]
Adams, brig, 180 tons, Eden, Me., 1828. Reg. June 6, 1829.
David Pingree, owner ; Benjamin Shillaber, master.
ADsirrrANCE, brig, 170 tons, Duxbury, 1802. Reg. Aug. 11,
1809. Phineas Cole, Oliver Saunders, Abner Burbank, Paul
I. Burbank, owners ; Joseph Collins, master.
Adna, brig, 186 tons. North Yarmouth, 1840. Reg. Feb. 6,
1851. Benjamin Webb, John Hodges, owners ; Charles Leach,
master.
Advextube, bgt., 184 tons, Salem, 1796. Altered to a
ship in Mar., 1799. Reg. June 20, 1796. John Norris, John
Barr, owners; James Barr, jr., master. Reg. Nov. 9, 1804.
Jonathan Norris, owner ; Jonathan Norris, jr., master. [Picture
on a pitcher at the Essex Institute.]
Adventure, sch., 45 tons, captured in War of 1812. Reg.
Apr. 14, 1815. Stephen White, Joseph White, jr., owners;
Robert Peele, master.
Adventure, sch., 78 tons, Bradford, 1807. Reg. May 18,
1815. Isaac Andrew, owner; Isaac Andrew, master. Reg.
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Dec. 4, 1816. John Dike, John Archer, owners ; Zachariah
Morgan, master.
Aerial, brig, 161 tons, Baltimore, Md., 1844. Reg. Nov.
3, 1846. Thomas P. Fingree, owner; Daniel Marshall, master.
[Lost in 1850.]
Agawam, sch., 91 tons, Newbary, 1813. Reg. Jnne 27,
1815. Archelans Rea, Richard S. Rogers, ownera ; John Wilson,
master. Reg. Dec. 6, 1815. John Dodge, Francis Boardman,
owners; Francis Boardman, master. Reg. Oct. 15, 1820.
William H. Bott, Lynch Bott, owners ; William H. Bott, master.
Reg. Nov. 14, 1823. Josiah Raymond, Beverly, owner; Josiah
Raymond, master. [Sold to Beverly owners, Nov., 1823.]
AoENORA, sch., 61 tons, Essex, 1824. Reg. Nov. 25, 1824.
Richard Savory, Joseph Howard, John Howard, James Perkins,
William Treadwell, Samuel Holman, Samuel Symonds, owners ;
Moses Low, master.
Alba, brig, 153 tons, Orland, 1805. Reg. Sept. 7, 1795.
Jeremiah L. Page, Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, Abel Lawrence,
owners; Samuel Grove, master. Reg. Jan. 8, 1818. Jeremiah
L. Page, Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, owners ; Samuel Grove,
master. Reg. June 23, 1819. Josiah Haskett, Philip Chase,
Abijah Chase, William £. Endicott, owners ; John H. Glover,
master.
Albert, brig, 132 tons, New Castle, 1824. Reg. Oct. 31,
1827. Stephen W. Shepard, Edward Stanley, owners ; Joshua
F. SaffoixL, master. [Lost, 1829.]
Albert, Beverly, sloop. 111 tons, Bristow,Me., 1835. Reg.
Oct. 9, 1836. Josiah Lovett, Isaiah Lovett, Andrew W. Stanley,
owners ; Dearborn Harriman, master.
Albiok, sch., 107 tons, Middletown, Conn,, 1826. Reg.
May 8, 1831. Francis Quarles, ji\, owner; Ira Smith, master.
Albion, sch., 160 tons. Brewer, Me., 1832. Reg. Dec. 25,
1841. Benjamin Webb, Joseph R. Francks, Caleb M. Ames,
owners ; Joseph R. Francks, master. [Sold at Buenos Ayres,
1842.]
Album, Beverly, sch , 72 tons, Essex, 1846. Reg. Oct. 23,
1862. Samuel Adams, Beverly, owner ; John W. Phillips, master.
Alert, brig, 120 tons, Salem, 1798. Reg. Sept. 8, 1798.
Robert Stone, William Parker, Joseph White, jr., Jesse
Richardson, Dudley L. Pickman, Pickering Dodge, owners;
Robert Gray, master.
Alert, Beverly, sch., 75 tons, Pembroke, 1798. Reg. Nov.
30, 1798. William Leach, Beverly, owner ; Jacob Oliver, master.
Alert, brig, 141 tons, Freeport, 1799. Reg. Nov. 15, 1799.
Jesse Richardson, owner ; James Mansfield, master. [Sold to
Lynn, Mar., 1804.]
Alert, sloop, 58 tons, Scituate, 1803. Reg. May 15, 1805.
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John L. Gardner, Richard Gardner, owners ; Charles Barrill,
master. Reg. July 16, 1806. John Gardner, Richard Gardner,
owners ; Edward Stanley, master. Reg. Dec. 2, 1806. John
Gardner, owner; £dward Stanley, master. Reg. Apr. 21,
1807. Clifford Crowninshield, owner ; Joseph Noble, master.
Albrt, sch., 124 tons, captured in war, 1812. Reg. Dec.
21, 1812. Joseph Peabody, owner; George Smith, master.
Alert, sch., 136 tons, formerly a revenue cutter. Reg. Jan.
14, *1853. A. A. Caulfield, owner ; A. A. Caulfield, master.
Alexander, ship, 308 tons, Baltimore, Md., 1 809. Reg. Oct.
3, 1812. Joseph Winn, William Manning, William Rice, Samuel
Hemminway, George Crowninshield, Josiah Ome, John Dodge,
Joseph White, jr., Gilbert Chadwick, Thomas Whittredge,
Stephen White, Timothy Wellman, Samuel Webb, jr., John
Hathome, Nathan Blood, Joseph J. Knapp, Penn Townsend,
William Fabens, William Marsten, Boston, William Fettyplace,
Marblehead, Joseph Despause, Baltimore, owners ; Timothy
Wellman, master. [Privateer in 1812. For an account of
her cruise and capture 3Iay 19, 1813, see Maclay, Hist, of
Amer. Privateers, p. 413. She carried 20 ^ns and 155 men.]
Alexander, brig, 238 tons, £den, 1812. Reg. Aug. 7, 1815.
Jonathan Neall, David A. Neall, Samuel Briggs, jr., owners;
Samuel Briggs, jr., master. Reg. Nov. 22, 1816. Jonathan
Neall, David A. Neall, owners ; David A. Neall, master.
Alexander, sch., 103 tons, Newbury, 1817. Reg. Dec. 15,
1817. Andrew Smith, William £. Haskett, Josiah Haskett,
Thomas Frye, owners ; Andrew Smith, master.
Alexander Hodgdon, Beverly, ship, 377 tons, Scituate, 1801.
Reg. Aug. 27, 1806. Israel Thomdike, Beverly, owner;
Josiah Lovett, master. [Oil painting at Beverly Historical
Society.]
Alfred, sch., 75 tons, Duxbury, 1796. Reg. Mar. 6, 1803.
Elias Grant, owner; Elias Grant, master.
Alfred, ship, 260 tons, Salem, 1805. Tonnage changed
to 217, Aug. 15, 1812. Reg. Nov. 15, 1805. Joseph White,
Joseph White, jr., owners; Joseph Felt, master. Reg.
Aug. 15, 1812. Stephen White, Joseph White, jr., John
Dodge, John W. Treadwell, Moses Townsend, George
Crowninshield, Nathaniel Silsbee, Joseph Winn, Henry White,
jr., James Devereux, Robert Stone, Joshtia Ward, Penn
Townsend, Butler Fogerty, owners ; Stephen Williams, master.
[Fine water-color copy at Peabody Academy of Science. Cut
down for a privateer in 1812, and on her last voyage changed
to a brig. For some account of the '' Alfred," wrongly called
a brig, see Maclay, Hist, of Araer. Privateers, p. 411.
Captured by two British men of war, Feb. 23, 1814. As a
privateer she carried 16 guns and 100 men.]
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Alfred, brig, 158 tons, Rochester, 1822. Reg. Aug. 7, 1822.
Joseph Howai^, James Brown, T .nvers, owners ; George K.
Smith, master. Reg. Nov. 24, i826. Benjamin Creamer,
owner; Aaron Williams, master. [Sold at Maranham, 1827.]
Alfred Adaus, Beverly, sch., 99 tons, Essex, 1851. Reg.
Oct. 21, 1852. Samnel Adams, Beverly, owner; Alfred
Eldridge, master.
Alice, sloop, 57[ tons, Casco-bay, 1788. Altered to a
schooner, Jnne 11, 1791. Reg. Dec. 10, 1790. Edmond
Needham, owner; Joseph Pratt, master. Keg. Feb. 23, 1793.
Hatfield White, Jonathan Dean, owners; Hatfield White,
master. [Edmond Needham was also master. Sailed Mar. 8,
1793 and never heard from.]
Alice, Beverly, brig, 163 tons, Frankfort, 1805. Reg. Mar.
25, 1809. Augustus Lovett, Beverly, owner ; Augustus Lovett,
master. Reg. May 8, 1815. Nicholas Thorndike, Beverly,
Pyam Lovett, Beverly, owners ; Hiram Putnam, master.
Alice, sch., 60 tons, Salem, 1871. Reg. Jan. 20, 1874.
Joshua Brown, L. A. Roby, Nashua, N. H., George
McQuestion, Nashua, N. H., owners ; E. R. Thayer, master.
[Half-hull model at Peabody Academy of Science.]
Allen, brig, 128 tons, Hanover, 1838. Reg. Sept. 5, 1846.
Charles Hoffman, owner; G. H. Williams, master. Reg. Sept.
29, 1849. Benjamin P. Chamberlain, William E. Greeley,
Boston, owners ; John E. Berry, master.
ALLIGA.TOR, sch., 73 tous, Newbury, 1810. Reg. Dec. 1,
1812. Pickering Dodge, owner; Thomas Moriarty, master.
Almisa., sch., 82 tons, Steuben, Me., 1821. Reg. Oct. —
1825. Josiah Gould, owner ; Stephen Roundy, master.
Alonzo, brig, 130 tons, Duxbury, 1806. Reg. Oct. 26, 1811.
Jolin Derby, owner ; Isaac Kilham, master. Reg. Aug. 20, 1818.
Joseph Howard, James Brown, Danvers, Enoch Poor,Danvers,
owners ; George N. Smith, master. [William Cook was also
registered as master Aug. 18, 1850.]
Amazon, Beverly, brig, 153 tons, Sedgwick, 1802. Reg.
June 20, 1807. Josiah Page, Beverly, John Page, Beverly,
owners ; Josiah Page, master.
Amazon, brig, 202 tons, Salem, 1824. Reg. June 16, 1824.
Joseph Peabody, Joseph A. Peabody, owners; Benjamin
Jacobs, master. [Sold to Gloucester owners, July, 1835.
Half -hull model at Peabody Academy of Science.]
Amelia, sloop, 32 tons, Swansey, 1787. Reg. May 20, 1793.
Joseph Waters, owner ; John Waters, master.
America, ship, captured in Revolutionary War by Ship
Grand Turk and brought into Salem, Apr. 3, 1783. George
Crowninshield & Sons, owners; afterwards sold to Elias
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H. Derby. [Original name was Pompey. Sold to New York
owners.]
America, ship, porchastjd in France in 1797 by Elias H.
Derby, afterwards sold to Jacob Crowninahield, Benjamin
Cibwninshield, owners ; Jacob Crowninshield, master. [Arr.
in New York, April, 1797 and in Salem, Oct 30, 1797. Brought
to New York in April, 1797, the first elephant ever seen in
the United States.]
America, ship, 654 tons, purchased in Bordeaux, 1798.
Com. July 80, 1800. George Crowninshield, George
Crowninshield, jr. Jacob Crowninshield, John Crowninshield,
Benjamin Crowninshield, jr., Richard Crowninshield, owners ;
Stephen Webb, master. [Other masters were Benjamin
Crowninshield, 1799, John Crowninshield, 1801, and Jeremiah
Briggs, 1802. Her original name was *^Blonde." In the French
war carried 20 guns. Said to have been the largest vessel in
the merchant service in the U. S. Sold in France in 1802.
Water color by Com6 at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
America, ship, 473 tons, Salem, 1804. Tonnage dtered to
381, in Sept., 1812. Reg. June 28, 1804. Benjamin
Crowninshield, jr., George Crowninshield, George Crowninshield
jr., Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Crowninshield, N.Y., owners ;
Benjamin Crowninshield, jr., master. Reg. July 10, 1809.
Benjamin Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, George
Crowninshield, jr., owners ; Joseph Ropes, master. Reg. Sept.
2, 1812. George Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, jr.,
Benjamin W. Crowninshield, owners ; Joseph Ropes, master.
[A famous privateer of the War of 1812. In Sept., 1812, the
upper deck was taken off and her tonnage reduced to 331.
Sold at auction, June, 1831, and broken up. Ellas Davidson
was registered as master, June 25, 1805. She made five cruises
as a privateer, Joseph Ropes being in command of the first,
John Kehew of the second and James Cheever, jr., of the
third, fourth and fifth. For a full account of this famous
privateer with incidental mention of the three earlier Americas,
see " An Account of the Private Armed Ship America, of
Salem," £. I. Hist. Coll. zxxvii. Oil painting and photograph
of painting at Peabody Academy of Science. Photograph of
painting by A. Roux, at Essex Institute.]
America, brig, 157 tons, Newbury, 1801. Reg. Apr. 6,
1821. Daniel Abbott, owner; Josiah Dewing, master,
[Wrecked on her way to Key West, 1824.]
America, brig, 195 tons, Haverhill, 1834. Reg. Apr. 19.
1884. Isaac Cushing, owner ; William Treadwell, master.
American, sch., 69 tons, York, Me., 1830. Reg. Aug. 6,
1831. William Skerry, Richard Savory, Samuel Simonds,
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owners; William Skerry, master. Reg. Aug. — , 1832.
William Skerry, Richard Savory, Samuel Simonds, Peter
Rogers, Marblehead, owners ; Peter Rogers, master.
American Hkro, ship, 251 tons, Kennebunk, 1796. Reg.
May 1, 1797. William Gray, Tobias Low, owners; Philip
Benson, jr. Reg. Dec. 29, 1798. William Gray, owner ; Joseph
Lindsey, master. Reg. July 11, 1804. A^ilUam Gray jr.,
owner; Andrew Masters, master. [In French war carried 11
guns. Commissioned as a privateer in the War of 1812.]
Amethyst, brig, 109 tons, Essex, 1826. Reg. Dec. 4, 1827.
Robert Upton, Benjamin Upton, owners; Benjamin Upton,
master. Reg.Feb. 26, 1835. Robert Upton, Benjamin Upton,
James Upton, owners ; John Welles, master. Reg. May 2,
1838. James Upton, Robert Upton, Luther Upton, owners;
Richard Hill, jr., master. [Sold in Maranhum in 1838.]
Andes, brig, 172 tons, Essex, 1825. Reg. Nov. 9, 1825.
Joseph Howaixi, James Brown, owners ; Philemon Putnam,
master. [Sold to Boston owners, Jan., 1827. Sheathed with
leather, which proved a failure.]
Andrew Jackson, ship, 263 tons, captured in War of 1812.
Reg. May 25, 1815. Samuel Cook, Thomas Whittredge, William
Manning, Tracy Patch, ownere ; Tracy Patch, master. Reg. -
Nov. 15, 1817. James Cook, Samuel Cook, James Whittredge,
Danvers, Edward Richardson, ownei*s; Edward Richardson,
master. [Condemned at St. Ubes, 1821.]
Angelia, sch., 74 tons, Salisbury, 1851. Reg. Apr. 6,
1866. Charles H. Fabens, owner; E. A. Upton, master.
{Abandoned at sea on voyage to Cayenne in 1869.]
Angelica, sch., 80 tons, Salem, 1850. Reg. July 11, 1850.
Thomas P. Pingree, owner ; John C. Luscomb, master. [Sold
to foreign owners.]
Angeline, brig, 168 tons, Harrington, Me., 1832. Reg.
Dec. 19, 1832. Thomas Dodge, owner; Jonathan Dodge,
master. Reg. Nov. 7, 1833. Robert Upton, Benjamin Upton,
owners ; Heniy Ropes, master.
Angler, sch., Beverly, 96 tons, Salisbury, 1803. Reg.
May 16, 1806. Thomas Stevens, Beverly, William Leach,
Beverly, Abraham Killam, Beverly, owners ; Josiah Page,
master.
Angler, sch., Beverly, 62 tons, Essex, 1824. Reg. Mar.
10, 1826. Stephen Nourse, Beverly, Charles Stephens, Beverly,
owners ; John Leach, master.
Angola, bark, 273 tons, Newbury, 1845. Reg. Oct. 15,
1845. E. G. Kimball, Samuel Varney, Benjamin A. West,
owners ; S. Naii*e, master.
Angola, brig, 220 tons, Duxbury, 1832. Reg. Jan. 24,
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.1849. Edward D. Kimball, owner; J. W. Losoomb, master.
[Sold in 1849 at the Sandwich Islands.]
Ann, sch., 92 tons, Rochester, 1801. Reg. Sept. 26, 1804.
Isaac Very, JPenn Townsend, owners ; John Lee, master. Reg.
Jan. 25, 1805. Isaac Very, Jr., owner ; Isaac Very, Jr., master.
Reg. Jane 5, 1807. Henry Osborne, Thomas Whittredge,
Samnel Derby, owners ; John Herrin, master. Reg. Jnly 80,
1810. Edward Norris, John Norris, owners; Henry Gage,
roaster. Reg. Feb. 11, 1812. Joseph Rose, Samuel Colby,
Thomas (Kendall, Boston, Edward Harvey, Boston, owners ;
Thomas Kendall, master.
Anh, Beverly, brig, 172 tons, Haverhill, 1805. Reg. Nov.
29, 1805. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owner ; Robert Remmons,
master.
Ann, Beverly, brig, 234 tons, Almsbury, 1807. Reg. May
16, 1808. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owner ; Robert Remmons,
master.
Ann, Danvera, scb., 128 tons, Danvers, 1817. Reg. Oct. 10,
1817. Michael Berry, Danvers, Benjamin Kent, Danvers, David
Bobbins, Salem, owners ; William A. Rnssell, master.
Ann, Beverly, sch., 51 tons, Beverly, 1818. Reg. Dec. 22,
1820. George Whittredge, Beverly, John Pender, jr., Duncan
Campbell, owners ; John Corliss, master.
Ann, brig, 204 tons, Pembroke, 1815. Reg. July 21, 1821.
Henry Prince, Henry Prince, Jr., owners; Charles Millet,
master. Reg. Aug. 7, 1827. Michael Shepard, Henry King,
Henry Ropes, owners ; Charles Millet, master. [Went to
Zanzibar in June, 1826, while on a voyage to Mocha, opening the
American trade with Zanzibar. About 1829 was dismasted
and badly stove by a great storm while on her way to Africa.
Arrived in Salem after 56 days hard work, under a jury rig.
Was then condemned and broken up.]
Ann, Danvers, brig, 188 tons, Danvers, 1817. Reg. June
15, 1824. Nathaniel Putnam, Danvers, Thomas Cheever,
Danvers, Benjamin Kent, Danvers, Michael Berry, owners;
Michael Berry, master. [Lost in 1827.]
Ann Elizabeth, brig, 196 tons, Charlestown, 1850. Ton-
nage reduced to 16l', Sept., 1872. Reg. Nov. 17, 1858.
Albert G. Brown, owner; Martin Johnson, master. Reg. Oct.
7, 1859. Charles Hoffhoan, owner; Joseph Lang, master.
Reg. Feb. 23, 1861. Edward D. Kimball, owner; Thomas
P. Pingree, master. Reg. Sept. 7, 1872. Frank B. Wilson,
Charles £. Browu. owners; Charles E. Brown, master.
Ann Maria, ship, 489 tons, Essex, 1843. Reg. Aug. 5,
1843. David Pingree, Charles Millett, owners ; Charles Millett,
master. [Oil painting by a Chinese artist, at Peabody
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Academy of Science. Sold to New York owners about 1847
and finally osed as a store ship at Melbourne, Australia.]
Ann Mabia, brig, 149 tons, Nobleboro, Me., 1847. Reg. Nov.
9, 1852. Chamberlain & Co., owners; W. H.Clay, master.
Reg. Sept. 12, 1856. Charles Hoffman, owner; Henry Rider,
master.
Ann & Mart, bark, 242 tons, Kingston, 1849. Reg. Feb.
26, 1855. William Hunt, Robert Brookhouse, Robert Brook-
house, jr., Joseph H. Hanson, owners ; John Goldsmith, master.
Ann Parrt, bark, 348 tons, Portsmouth, N. H., 1824.
Reg. June 20, 1849. Benjamin West, John Hodges, owners ;
W. M. Harron, master. [Sold in 1850 in California.]
Anna, sbip, 123 tons, Mount Pleasant, N. Y., 1796. Altered
to a brig, Feb., 1806. Reg. Aug. 14, 1805. Benjamin Bullock,
George Norton, Samuel Becket, owners; Benjamin Bullock,
master.
Anna, sch., 103 tons, Castine, 1797. Reg. June 12, 1809.
Timothy Brooks, owner ; Nathaniel Chritchett, master.
Anna, brig. Reg. Feb. 7, 1806. John Gardner, jr., Richard
Gardner, owners; Nathaniel Knight, master. Reg. Nov. 19,
1806. John Gardner, owner ; John Lambert, master.
Annie G. Quinbr, Beverly, sch., 97 tons, Newburyport, 1874.
Reg. Nov. 30, 1878. William H. Quiner, owner; Neil
Campbell, master.
Anoter, Beverly, sch., 96 tons, Salisbury, 1803. Reg. Dec.
10, 1804. David Forins, jr., Beverly, owner; Thomas Stevens,
master.
Anson, Beverly, sch., 106 tons, Castine, 1800. Reg. Mar.
9, 1805. Thomas Woodbury, Beverly, Abner Chapman,
Beverly, owners; Thomas Chapman, master.
Anson, brig, 138 tons, Castine, 1800. Reg. June 19, 1815.
Jeremiah L. Page, Abel Lawrence, Philip Chase, Abner Chase,
owners ; Jonathan Hammond, master. Reg. Jan. 16, 1818.
Jeremiah L. Page, Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, owners ; Hasket
D. Lang, master. Reg. Dec. 5, 1818. Philip Chase, Abijah
Chase, owners; Hasket D. Lang, master. Reg. Apr. 13, 1820.
Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, John Winn, Abijah Northey, Ezra
Northey, Samuel Grove, owners; Samuel Grove, master.
Antares, Beverly, brig, 199 tons, Waldoboro, Me., 1838.
Reg. Sept. 19, 1849. James Brant, Beverly, Edward Howe,
Beverly, Israel Howe, Beverly, owners ; Edward Howe, master.
[Lost.]
Antelope, brig, 212 tons, Salem, 1799. Reg. June 11, 1799.
Eiias H. Derby, Richard Derby, owners; Samuel Derby,
master. Reg. Feb. 21, 1800. John Dutch, owner ; John Gray,
master.
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Aphia, sch., 77 tons, Rowley, 1796. Reg. Feb. 16, 1804.
Benjamin Pierce, owner ; Timothy Wellman, 3rd, master. Reg.
Sept. 8, 1804. Benjamin Ropes, James Ropes, owners;
Joseph Henderson, master. [Lost at sea, 1807.]
Arab, ship, 286 tons, Salisbury, 1801. Reg. Mar. 19, 1806.
John Derby, Samael G. Derby, John Prince, Boston, owners ;
John Barton, master. Reg. Jane 6, 1809. William Lander,
£dward Lander, owners ; Thomas Downing, master.
Arabia, bark, 382 tons, Salem, 1857. Reg. July 2, 1857.
Benjamin A. West, Isaac Gushing, David Moore, John A. West,
Edward Brown, Samuel West, AVilliam Graves, Newburyport,
owners ; John AVailis, master. [Cast away at Cape of Good
Hope on her first voyage. May, 1858.]
Arbella, ship, 404 tons, Bath, Me., 1825. Reg. Jan. 16,
1827, Boston. John Dike, William Haskell, Holten J. Breed,
James Potter, AVilliam Foster, Beverly, owners ; Robert G.
Hooper, master. [Sold to Boston owners.]
Arcade, sch., 125 tons, Susan's Island, Me., 1827. Reg.
June 25, 1828. David Pingree, Francis Quarles, jr., ownera;
Francis Quarles, jr., master. Reg. Oct. 29, 1828* Francis
Quarles, jr., owner; Francis Quarles, jr., master. [Cast away
on the Hen and Chickens, 1832.]
Argentine, bark, 298 tons, Salem, 1850. Reg. May 30,
1850. James Upton, Robert Upton, Luther Upton, George
Upton, owners; George Upton, master. Reg. Jan. 6, 1854.
James Upton, George Upton, Edwin Upton, John C. Osgood,
owners; Edwin Uptou, master. Reg. Nov. 5, 1855. Michael
W. Shepard, John Bertram, James B. Curwin, J. B. Silsbee,
A. Ward, Heni7 F. Shepard, owners ; H. B. Putnam, master.
Reg. Jan. 22, 1858. John Berti-am, owner; John Lambert,
master. [Lost at sea, 1858.]
Argo, ship, 325 tons, Durham, N. H., 1803. Reg. Dec. 13,
1803. Stephen Field, Joseph Winn, John Winn, Philip Chase,
Abijah Chase, Thomas Whittredge, owners; Stephen Field,
master. [Abijah Noithey, jr., was also master.] Reg. May
25, 1807. Joseph Winn, John Winn, Stephen Field, owners;
Stephen Field, master. Reg. July 27, 1808. Joseph Winn,
John Winn, Thomas Whittredge, Stephen Field, Philip Chase,
Abijah Chase, owners ; Stephen Field, master.
Argo, sch., 140 tons, Salem, 1817. Altered to a brig, Oct.,
1823. Reg. Nov. 14, 1818. William B. Parker, owner; W.
B. Parker, jr., master. Reg. Oct. 3, 1823. William B.Parker, Jr.,
owner ; W. B. Parker, jr., master. [Sold in New York in 1824.]
Argonaut, ship, 306 tons, Medford, 1811. Reg. Nov. 5,
1817. Willard Peele, Richard Wheatland, Benjamin Dodge,
Nathaniel Appleton, ownei-s ; Gamaliel Hodges, master.
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Argus, brig, 125 tons, Barnstable, 1800. Reg. Nov. 2, 1803.
John Datch, Thomdike Deland, owners ; David Tucker, master.
Reg. May 2, 1804. John Dutch, jr., Thomdike Deland,
owners; David Tucker, master. Reg. Sept. 30, 1807.
Benjamin Chapman, Heui7 King, owners ; Benjamin Chapman,
master. Reg. Aug. 8, 1808. Benjamin Chapman, owner;
Benjamin Chapman, master. Reg. July 31, 1809. Benjamin
Ropes, Timothy Wellman, jr., owners; Benjamin Chapman,
master. Reg. Apr. 1,1811. Joseph Knapp, owner ; Jonathan
Skerry, master. Reg. Jan. 21, 1812. Joseph J. Knapp, Penn
Townsend, owners ; Isaac Knapp, master. Reg. May 30, 1815,
James J. Knapp, owner ; Thomas Holmes, master. Reg. Dec.
23, 1817. William V. Gray, James C. King, owners ; Jonathan
Skerry, master. [Sold to Portsmouth owners, Dec, 1818.
Elisha Whitney was also master in 1805.]
Arrow, bark, 311 tons, Newburyport, 1855. Reg. July 26,
1855. James Upton, George Upton, Charles Upton, John C.
Osgood, George Harrington, owners; George Harrington,
master.
Arthur, sch., 100 tons, Thomaston, 1798. Reg. Aug. 31,
1802. John Andrew, Samuel Archer, John Fairfield, William B.
Parker, owners ; Christopher Babbidge, master. Reg. May 22,
1804. John Andrew, Samuel Archer 3d, William B.Parker,
owners ; Billy Moulton, master. Reg. Oct. 11, 1806. Thomas
Williams, owner; Thomas Williams, master. Reg. May 28,
1808. Benjamin Hawkes, Richard Palfray, Thomas Brooks,
owners ; Jacob Anderson, master.
Arthur Pickering, bark, 254 tons, Pembroke, 1847. Reg.
Apr. 28, 1851. George West, Isaac Cushing, Ephraim
Emerton, Benjamin Jackson, John G. Waters, Francis Brown,
Benjamin A. West, John A. West, owners; Edward Brown,
master. Keg. June 22, 1853. Benjamin A. West, John A.
West, Isaac Cushing, John G. Waters, Ephraim Emerton,
J. F. Webb, Benjamin Jackson, William Graves, Newburyport,
owners; E. A. Emerton, master. Reg. May 14, 1856.
Benjamin A. West, Isaac Cushing, David Moore, J. A. West,
Edward Brown, Samuel West, William Graves, Newbuiyport,
owners; Stephen Cloutman, master. Reg. Aug. 14, 1858.
Benjamin A. West, Isaac Cushing, David Moore, Edward
Brown, Samuel West, William Graves, Newburyport, owners ;
Stephen Cloutman, master. Reg. Aug. 5, 1859, Benjamin A.
West, David Moore, Samuel West, Iiklward Brown, William
Graves, Newburyport, owners ; Stephen Cloutman, master.
Asia, Beverly, ship, 274 tons, Scituate, 1803. Reg. Oct. 1,
1803. Israel Thomdike, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, David
Sears, Boston, ownei*s ; Benjamin Lovett 3d, master. Reg.
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Jan. 12, 1805. Israel Thomdike, Beyerly, William Leach,
Beverly, Thomas Stevens, Beverly, David Sears, Boston,
owners ; Benjamin Lovett dd, master.
AsTREA, ship, 860 tons, Pembroke, 1782. Reg. May 11,
1791. Elias H. Derby, owner; John Gibaut, master. [The
Astrea made some of the early voyages to India and in 1798
was seized by the Sultan of Pegu, as a transport for his troops
to Siam. Capt. Gibaut and his mate were detained as hostages.
See Felt, Annals, ii, 297.]
Astrea, ship, 321 tons, Bradford, 1795. Reg. Mar. 21 , 1796.
Elias H. Derby, owner; Henry Prince, master. [The first
American vessel to visit Manila, in 1796. A journal of this
voyage kept by Nathaniel Bowditch, the mathematician, is at
the Essex Institute. For account of this voyage, see Hist, of
Essex County, i, 80.]
Astrea, brig, 115 tons, Haverhill, 1806. Reg. Nov. 22, 1806.
Edward West, Samuel Page, owners; Samuel Page, master.
Reg. Apr. 9, 1810. Nathaniel West, owner; Abiel WardwelU
master. Reg. Feb. 11, 1811. Nathaniel West, jr., owner;
Abiel WardweU, master.
Atlantic, sch., 103 tons, Newcastle, 1798. Reg. Mar. 16,
1801. James Odell, Samuel Very, William Safford, owners;
James Odell, master. Reg. Aug. 20, 1802. Isaac Hacker,
owner; Isaac Hacker, master. Reg. Dec. 21, 1808. Ebenezer
Learock, John Saunders, Elijah C. Webster, owners ; Ebenezer
Learock, master. Reg. Oct. 28, 1804. John Saunders, Elijah
C. Webster, owners : Benjamin Jacob, master.
Attempt, sch., 105 tons. Union River, 1802. Reg. July 21,
1804. William Gray, jr., owner; Tobias Davis, master.
[Condemned at Barbadoes, Mar., 1807.]
AcDUBON, bark, 581 tons, Fairhaven, 1846. Reg. Mar. 8,
1852, Boston. Tucker Daland, Henry T. Daland, Henry L.
Williams, owners ; Thomas Fuller, master. [Burnt in I860.]
Augusta, brig, 127 tons, Duxbury, 1800. Reg. Oct. 81,
1808. John Collins, John Osgood, Abijah Northey, jr., owners ;
Abijah Northey, master. Reg. Feb. 25, 1805. Nathaniel West,
owner; Nathaniel W.Williams, master. Reg. Apr. 25, 1806.
Samuel Cook, owner ; Samuel Cook, master. Reg. Nov. 20,
1807. James Silver, Richard Wheatland, James Cook, owners ;
Joseph Noble, master. Reg. June 24, 1809. Joseph Peabody,
Gideon Tucker, owners ; Timothy Harraden, master. Reg. Dec.
20, 1820. Gideon Tucker, owner; Jacob Lee, master.
[Samuel Rea was also registered as master, April 18, 1815.]
Augusta, sch., Danvei-s, 125 tons, Salisbury, 1804. Reg.
Nov. 2, 1807. Caleb Oakes, Danvers, owner ; Joseph Stickney.
master. [Sold to Beverly owner, Sept., 1809.] Reg. Sept. 18,
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OF SALEBf AND BEVEBLY, 1789-1900. 199
1809. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owner; Joseph Stickney,
master.
Augustine Heard, ship, 491 tons, Newbury, 1843. Reg.
Dec. 4, 1845, Boston. JohnH. Silsbee, BeDJamin H. Silsbee,
Benjamin W. Stone, William Stone, W. D. Pickman, George T.
Saunders, owners; Charles D. Huntington, master. [Sold in
1857 to New York ownera, and a few years later, condemned
at Rio Janeiro.]
Augustus, ship, 246 tons, Salem, 1805. Altered to a bark,
Nov. 30, 1839. Reg. Dec. 24, 1805. Joseph Peabody, Gideon
Tucker, owners ; Moses Endicott, master. Reg. Nov. 30,
1820. Joseph Peabody, owner; John £. Giddings, master.
Reg. Dec. 7. 1833. Nathaniel L. Rogers, J. W. Rogers,
Richard S. Rogers, owners; George W. Lamson, master.
[Thomas Cheever and. Samuel Rea were also masters.] Reg.
Nov. 30, 1839. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel L. Rogers, Rich-
ard S. Rogers, Charles Millett, Charles D. Mngfoitl, owners ;
Charles D. Mugford, master. [Finally broken up in the early
'40's.]
Aurora, ship, 222 tons, Haverhill, 1791. Reg. Dec. 17,
1791. William Gray, jr., owner; Thomas Meek, master.
Aurora, sch., 109 tons, Duxbury, 1802. Reg. Oct. 3, 1805.
Samuel Gray, owner; William Hammond, master. [Sold to
Marblehead owners, June, 1806.]
Aurora, ship, 367 tons, Charlestown, 1815. Reg. Feb.
26, 1819. Willard Peele, James Silver, Richard Wheatland,
Benjamin Dodge, Robert W. Gould, owners; Robert W. Gould,
master. [Lost in Brazil, 1823.]
Aurora, ship, 1396 tons, Chelsea, 1853. Reg. Nov. 19,
1853. Boston. Benjamin W. Stone, William Stone, John H.
Silsbee, Benjamin H. Silsbee, William D. Pickman, George T.
Saunders, owners ; Nathaniel Brown, master. [Half -hull model
and photograph of original painting at Peabody Academy of
Science. Sold, June, 1863, at Melbourne, and put under English
flag. Burned off Bombay, about 1867, by the captain and
oflScers, who were afterward convicted of the crime.]
Australia, ship, 534 tons, Medford, 1849. Reg. May 17,
1849. Benjamin W. Stone, William Stone, John H. Silsbee,
Benjamin H. Silsbee, William D. Pickman, George T. Saunders,
owners ; William J. Cheever, master. [Water-color painting
and half-hull model in Peabody Academy of Science. Sold in
1861 to Boston owners, and afterward wrecked at Maulmain
about 1868.]
Backus, bark, 195 tons, Philadelphia, Penn., 1830. Reg.
Nov. 26, 1849. Henry W. Perkins, Daniel B. Gardner, Richard
Da\is, Caleb M. Ames, Jonathan Whipple, Isaac W. Shannon,
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William B. Smith, John C. Howard, Charles R. Julyn, Anthony
A. Caulfield, owners ; Anthony A. Caulfield, master. [Sold in
Calif oiTiia.]
Balance, Beverly, sch., 59 tons, Essex, 1888. Reg. Feb. 23,
1865. David Crowell, Beverly, owner ; J. P. L. Wescott, master.
Baltimore, brig, 97 tons, Salem, 1880. Reg. Dec. 18, 1830.
Thomas P. Pingree, owner; Henry Town, master. [Sold in
Maranham, 1836.]
Baltimore Packet, scb., 128 tons, Salem, 1791. Reg. Oct.
19, 1791. Francis B. Dennis, owner; Francis B. Dennis,
master. Reg. Oct. 26, 1792. Francis B. Dennis, William
Safford, Samuel Jones, owners ; Francis B. Dennis, master.
Reg. Apr. 3, 1793. Samuel Jones, owner; Samuel Jones,
master.
Bamian, brig, 216 tons, Rochester, 1819. Reg. Dec. 7, 1819.
Gideon Barstow, owner; Ephraim Safford, master. Reg. Dec.
17, 1822. Benjamin Barstow, Gideon Barstow, owners ; James
Bai*stow, master.
Barstow, sch., 80 tons, Rochester, 1815. Reg. Jan. 28,
1819. Joseph Howard, Henry Osgood, Baltimore, Robert H.
Osgood, Baltimore, owners; James King, jr., master. [Sold to
Philadelphia owners, 1826.]
Becket, brig, 128 tons, Salem, 1818. Reg. Dec. 10, 1818.
John Crown inshield, John Dodge, owners ; Benjamin Shillaber,
jr., master. [Last vessel built by the celebrated Retire Becket.
Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. vii, 207.]
Bbe, sch., 68 tons, Salem, 1786. Reg. Dec. 10, 1789.
"William Gray, jr., owner; Hezekiah Wallace, master. Reg.
July 5, 1790. Stephen Osborne, owner; James Snow, master.
Reg. July 27, 1794. Zachariah Burchmore, Joshua Ward,
John Foster, owners ; John Foster, master.
Brlisarics, ship, 209 tons, Salem, 1794. Vessers tonnage
changed to 261, Nov., 1795. Reg. Nov. 22, 1794. George
Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, jr., John Crowninshield,
owners; George Crowninshield, jr., master. Reg. Sept. 12,
1798. Benjamin Crowninshield, Jacob Crowninshield, John
Crowninshield, owners ; Benjamin Crowninshield, master.
Reg. May 20, 1799. John Crowninshield, George
Crowninshield, Georsje Crowninshield, jr., Jacob Crowninshield,
Benjamin Crowninshield, Richard Crowninshield, owners;
Edward Allen, master. Reg. Mar. 22, 1805. Benjamin
Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, George Crowninshield,
jr., Jacob Crowninshield, owners; Robert Peele, master. Reg.
July 14, 1809. Richard Crowninshield, George Burchmore,
owners; George Burchmore, master. [Lost near Tunis in
April, 1810.]
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Bella, Beverlj, sch., 51 tons, Danvers, 1786. Reg. Jan.
26, 1810. Samaei Goodridge, Beverly, owner; Henry Gage,
master.
BsLLBisLB, bgtne., 119 tons, Salem, 1808. Reg. Jane 28,
1803. Robert Leach, sr., Robert Leach, jr., owners ; Samuel
Leach, master. [Thomas Bowditch, jr., was also master, Feb.
8, 1804.] Reg. Sept. 19, 1806. Thomas Perkins, owner;
John Felt, master.
Bellona, sch., 99 tons, Enfield, Conn., 1795. Reg. Aug.
27, 1801. David Patten, Peter Frye, owners; Peter Frye,
master. Reg. Sept. 7, 1803. David Patten, Joseph Perkins,
owners; David Patten, master. Reg. June 6, 1804. David
Patten, David Ropes, Joseph Perkins, owners ; Joseph Perkins,
master. Reg. May 30, 1805. David Patten, owner; David
Patten, master.
Bbmgal, ship, 304 tons, Salem, 1816. Reg. Oct. 19, 1816.
Pickering Dodge, owner ; Thomas Dennis, master. Reg. Mar.
23, 1832. Pickering Dodge, Joseph Peabody, Benjamin
Pickman, Nathan Robinson, George Cleveland, Archelaus Rea,
Benjamin Merrill, George West, Richard Savory, Tucker Daland,
Michael Shepard, Thomas Perkins, Thomas P. Bancroft, Thomas
P. Pingree, John B. Osgood, owners ; George G. Russell,
master. Reg. July 9, 1835. John B. Osgood, Joseph Peabody,
Benjamin Pickman, Benjamin Merrill, George West, Richard
Savory, Tucker Daland, Michael Shepard, Thomas Perkins,
Thomas P. Bancroft, Thomas P. Pingree, Caleb Smith, owners ;
George Netcher, master. Reg. July 24, 1840. John B. Osgood,
owner ; Benjamin Jackson, master. [Used latterly as a whaler
out of Salem ; sold in New London, 1844.]
Benjamin, bgt., 141 tons, Danvers, 1786. Reg. Mar. 3,
1790. Benjamin Needham, owner; Nathaniel Brookhouse,
master. [Vessel lost.]
Benjamin, ship, 161 tons, Salem, 1792. Reg. Dec. 6, 1792.
Elias H. Derby, owner ; Nathaniel Silsbee, master. [Tonnage
altered to 169, July 3, 1798. Richard Gardner and Benjamin
Bullock were also masters. For an account of the voyages of
this ship, when both master and mate were under twenty- one
years, see Memoir of Nathaniel Silsbee, Essex Institute
Historical Collections, xxxv, 5-12.]
Benjamin Franklin, Beverly, brig, 163 tons, Pembroke, 1838.
Altered to a bark, June, 1852. Reg. Apr. 1, 1850. Frederick
W. Choate, Beverly, Seth Clark, Salisbury, Zenos W. Wright,
Sandwich, owners ; Hiram Price, master. Reg. June 5, 1852.
Frederick W. Choate, Beverly, R. & J. Pickett, Beverly, Seth
Clark, jr., Salisbury, Charles A. Kilham, Wenham, owners ;
Foster Brown, master. [Used as a whaler.]
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202 SHIP REOISTER8 OF THE DISTRICT
BsNjAMUf SxAMirijiD, 8ch., 69 tonSyNew Haven, Conn., 1849.
Reg. Aug. 8, 1860. Charles Hoffman, owner; John C. Petry,
master.
Bbtsby, sch., 91 tons, Salem, 1783. Beg. Nov. 9, 1789.
David Pierce, owner ; Francis B. Dennis, master. Reg. Mar.
4, 1790. Peter Lander, owner ; Peter Lander, master. Reg.
Mar. 17, 1792. Jonathan Neall, owner ; Jonathan Neall, master.
Bbtsbt, sch., 66 tons, Danvers, 1778. Reg. Dec. 9, 1789.
Joshua Ward, Joseph Henfield, owners ; Gr^rge Chapman,
master. Reg. May 27, 1794. John Tucker, John Norris, owners ;
Andrew Tucker, master. Reg. Dec. IS, 1794. Joshua Ward,
owner ; Jonathan Lander, master. Reg. Apr. 6, 1795. Isaac
Flinn, Joseph B. Smith, owners; Nathaniel Archer, master.
Reg. May 28, 1795. Hardy Ropes, owner ; Elias Grant, master.
Reg. Feb. 24, 1796. Joseph Peabody, owner; Joseph Strout,
master. Reg. Dec. 4, 1797. Robert Leach, owner; James
Mansfield, master. [William Edwards was idso master, Feb.
8, 1799. Sold to Manchester owners, Mar., 1815.]
Betsey, sch., 66 tons, Salem, 1786. Reg. Feb. 27, 1790.
Lydia Tucker, owner ; Jonathan Tucker, master.
Bbtset, Ipswich, sch., 67 tons, Pittston, 1784. Reg. Mar. 5,
1790. Nathaniel Kinsman, owner ; Nathaniel Kinsman, master.
[Sold to Beverly owners, July, 1798.]
Betsey, sch., 25 tons, Duxbury, 1788. Reg. Oct 26, 1789.
Robert Selden, owner ; Nathaniel Brookhouse, master.
Betsey, bgtne., 182 tons, Marshfield, 1788. Reg. Apr. 21,
1790. John Fisk, owner ; Nathaniel Phippen, master.
Betsey, Beverly, sch., 72 tons, Pepperrellborough, 1787. Reg.
Apr. 27, 1790. Joshua Ellingwood, Beverly, owner; Joshua
EUingwood, master. [Vessel lost.]
Betsey, sch., 85 tons, Lynn, 1787. Reg. Nov. 28, 1790.
James Cheever, owner ; James Cheever, master. Reg. Oct. 21,
1794. Moses Townsend, Benjamin Crowninshield, owners;
Samuel Townsend, master. Beg. July 9, 1795. Benjamin
Crowninshield, James Cheever, Moses Townsend, owners;
Samuel Townsend, master. Reg. Apr. 18, 1798. Benjamin
Crowninshield, James Cheever, owners ; Joseph Brown, master.
Reg. Aug. 22, 1799. James Cheever, Benjamin Crowninshield,
Jonathan Mason, owners ; Joseph Brown, master. Reg. July
9, 1800. David Smith, owner; David Smith, master.
Betsey, Beverly, sch., 69 tons, Salisbury, 1789. Reg. Mar.
7, 1791. Benjamin Lovett, Beverly, owner; John Tliissel,
master. [Osmond Thomdike and Jonathan Batchelder were also
masters.]
Betsey, sch., 70 tons, Salisbury, 1784. Reg. Mar. 24, 1791.
William Gray, jr., owner; Joseph Leach, master. Reg. Sept.
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27, 1791. James Odell, owner; James Odell, master. Reg.
Apr. do, 1793. David Smith, owner; Geoi^e Chapman,
master. Reg. Sept. 8, 1794. Samuel Curwin, owner ; George
Chapman, master. Reg. Feb. 10, 1795. Hardy Ropes,
owner; George Chapman, master. Reg. Feb. 24, 1800.
David Smith, owner ; David Smith, master.
Betset, sch., 108 tons, Salem, 1792. Tonnage changed to
122, May, 1808 ; altered to a brig, June, 1799. Reg. July 27,
1792. Jerathmiel Peirce, Aaron Waitt, owners ; Henry Prince,
master. [Israel Williams, Timothy Ropes, and Abiel Wardwell,
were also masters.] Reg. Nov. 8, 1817. George Nichols,
Benjamin Peirce, Henry Peirce, Charles Saunders, William
Ropes, Boston, owners ; Timothy Ropes, master. Reg. Dec.
19, 1818. George Nichols, Benjamin Peirce, Charles Saunders,
Henry Peirce, owners ; Timothy Ropes, master. Reg. Apr. 27,
1821 . John Dike, Jeremiah Briggs. John Winn, owners ; William
Foster, master. Reg. Feb. 27, 1822. John Dike, John Andrew,
owners ; John Hayman, master.
Bbtset, Beverly, sch., 67 tons, Pittston, 1784. Reg. July
13, 1798. Moses Brown, Beverly, Israel Thomdike, Beverly,
owners ; Nathaniel Kinsman, master.
Bbtset, Ipswich, bgtne., 157 tons, Ipswich, 1793. Reg. Oct.
24, 1798. Jabez Farley, owner; Robert Farley, master.
[Sold to Boston owners, July, 1794.]
Bbtset, sch., 65 tons, Ipswich, 1787. Reg. June 24, 1794.
John Norris, William Tuck, Manchester, owners; John
Burchmore, master.
Betskt, Beverly, sch., 69 tons, Salisbury, 1789. Reg. June
17, 1794. Benjamin Lovett, Beverly, owner; Jonathan
Batchelder, master. [Sold to Salem owners, May, 1796.]
Betset, sch., 48 tons, Georgetown, 1791. Reg. Oct. 3, 1794.
Samuel Ward, owner; Christopher Babbidge, master. Reg.
Dec. 6, 1794. Samuel Ward, Ebenezer Beckford, Daniel
Saunders, owners ; Christopher Babbidge, master.
Bktset, ship, 189 tons, Salem, 1795. Reg. May 14, 1795.
Daniel Pierce, owner ; Daniel Pierce, master. Reg. Feb. 24,
1796. Daniel Pierce, Nathaniel Silsbee, owners; Nathaniel
Silsbee, master. Reg. Jan. 26, 1798. Edward Allen, owner;
Edward Allen, master. Reg. Jan. 29, 1799. Benjamin Hodges,
Ichal)Od Nichols, Gamaliel Hodges, Edward Allen, owners;
Timothy Bryant, master.
Betskt, ship, 218 tons, Wells, 1795. Reg. June 18, 1795.
William Gray, owner; Philip Bessom, jr., master. Reg. Nov.
26, 1796. Samuel Gray, William Gray, Josiah Ome, Sylvanus
Gray. Boston, owners ; Josiah Ome, master. Reg. Sept. 24,
1800. William Gray, owner; John C. Blackler, master.
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Betskt, brig, 182 tons, Marshfield, 1788. Reg. Apr. 18, 1796.
Nathaniel Phippen, Jacob Very, owners ; Nathaniel Phippen«
master. Reg. May 18, 1797. Jacob Very, owner; Jacob
Very, master.
Bktskt, sch., 44 tons, Boston, 1788. Reg. Apr. 18, 1796.
William Butman, Benjamin Bntman, owners ; William Butman,
master.
Bbtsby, sch., 69 tons, Salisbury, 1789. Reg. May 27, 1796.
Benjamin Hodges, Ichabod Nichols, owners ; Robert Peele,
master. [Sold to Alexandria owners, May, 1797.]
Betsbt, sch., 22 tons, Brunswick, 1795. Reg. Sept. 12,
1796. Samuel Derby, owner; Samuel Derby, master.
Betsry, Beverly, sch., 88 tons, Pepperrellborough, 1791. Reg.
Oct. 18,1797. William Kimball, Beverly, William Holman,
Beverly, Daniel Herrick, Beverly, owners ; William Kimball,
master. Reg. Feb. 7, 1799. Daniel Herrick, Beverly, Thomas
Woodbury, Beverly, Ebenezer Giles, owners ; Ebenezer Giles,
master.
Betsey, Beverly, sch., 71 tons, Salisbury, 1785. Reg. Jan.
4, 1799. John Lovett, Beverly, Elizabeth Lovett, Beverly,
owners; Jeremiah Lovett, master. Reg. Mar. 5, 1802.
Jonathan H. Lovett, Beverly, owner; Jonathan H. Lovett,
master.
Betset, sch., 60 tons, Salem, 1789. Reg. Mar. 19, 1799.
Hugh Hill, owner ; Joseph Day, master.
Betset, Beverly, sch., 68 tons, Ipswich, 1785. Reg. May
10, 1799. John Dyson, Beverly, Thomas Dyson, Beverly,
owners ; Thomas Dyson, master.
Bbtset, sch., 50 tons, Amesbury, 1787. Reg. July 28, 1799.
Cornelius Bartlett, Israel Very, owners; Samuel Townsend,
master.
Betsey, sch., 88 tons, PeppeiTcUborough, 1791. Reg. Jan*
81, 1800. Benjamin Hawkes, John Babbidge, Jonathan
Becket, owners ; Benjamin Babbidge, master. Reg. June 28,
1801. Jonathan Mason, Samuel Archer, Jonathan Becket,
owners; Benjamin Babbidge, master. Reg. Jan. 7, 1802.
Jonathan Mason, Samuel Archer, 8d, owners; Benjamin
Babbidge, master. Reg. June 6, 1808. Jonathan Mason,
Samuel Archer, John Fairfield, Daniel Hathome, owners;
Daniel Hathome, master. Reg. Apr. 26, 1804. Daniel
Hathome, Jonathan Mason, Jolm Fairfield, owners; Daniel
Hathome, master. Reg. Aug. 24, 1804. Samuel Archer, 8d,
John Andrew, owners ; William Low, master. [Vessel sold in
Havana, 1805.]
Betsey, sch., 106 tons, Bristol, 1797. Reg. Apr. 8, 1801.
Timothy Brooks, Andrew Reed, Georgetown, William M.
Reed, Boothbay, owners ; William M. Reed, master. Reg.
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f
Nov. 27, 1801. Jonathan Neall, Benjamin Smith, Edward
Smith, owners; Edward Smith, master. Reg. Jan. 14, 1804.
Jonathan Neall, Edward Smith, owners; Edward Smith,
master. Reg. Jan. 9, 1807. Benjamin Hawkes, John
Babbidge, owners ; John Babbidge, master.
Bbtsbt, Beverly, sch., 82 tons, Danvers, 1801. Reg. Dec.
25, 1801. Samuel Goodridge, Beverly, owner; Joseph
TMssel, master. [Sold to Salem owners, Dec, 1809. Zebulon
Woodbury was also master.]
Betset, sch., 114 tons, Steuben, 1801. Altered to a
brigantine, Apr., 1808. Tonnage changed to 154, Apr., 1805.
Reg. Oct. 4, 1802. Joseph Peabody, Gideon Tucker, owners ;
Andrew Tucker, master.
Betsey, ship, 207 tons, Bristol, 1802. Reg. Sept. 13, 1803.
Nathaniel Pierce, Abel Lawrence, Jeremiah L. Page, George
Pierce, owners ; Jeremiah L. Page, master. Reg. Oct. 3, 1805.
John Dutch, jr., Thomdike Deland, jr., owners; George
Dutch, master. Reg. Aug. 25, 1807. Thomdike Deland, owner ;
William Mugford, master.
Betsey, Beverly, sch., 100 tons, Salisbury, 1785. Reg.
Jan. 5, 1804. Jonathan H. Lovett, Beverly, owner; Jonathan
H. Lovett, master. [Sold to Salem owners, June, 1811.]
Betset, brig, 121 tons, Salisbury, 1787. Reg. Jan. 7, 1804.
Benjamin Ropes, James Ropes, owners ; Daniel Ropes, master.
Reg. Jan. 29, 1806. Timothy Wellman, jr., owner; James
Silver, master. Reg. May 7, 1806. Benjamin Ropes, James
Ropes, owners ; James Silver, master.
Betset,. brig, 92 tons, Amesbury, 1800. Reg. Aug. 28,
1806. Jonathan Shillaber, John Shillaber, owners; Jonathan
Shillaber, master. Reg. June 23, 1809. John Gardner, jr.,
owner; Edward Stanley, master. Reg. April 1, 1812. John
Dike, owner ; John Dike, master. [John Reith was also master.]
Betset, Beverly, sch., 82 tons, Amesbury, 1804. Reg. Jan.
10, 1807. Israel Conant, Beverly, owner; William Pousland,
master.
Betset, sch., 107 tons, Newcastle, 1805. Altered to a brig
Aug., 1808. Vessel's tonnage changed to 149, Jan. 8, 1812.
Reg. Jan. 12, 1807. John Dutch, jr., Thomdike Deland,
owners; Samuel King, master. Reg. Mar. 21, 1810. Thom-
dike Deland, Joseph J. Enapp, Archelaus Rea, Thomas M.
Woodbridge, owners ; John Florence, master. Reg. Jan. 23,
1811. Joseph J. Knapp, owner; Nathaniel Phippen, master.
[Ezra J. Dutch and Joseph Noble were also masters.]
Betset, sch., 120 tons, Bristol, 1803. Altered to a brig
Apr., 1812. Reg. Apr. 22, 1809. John Morong, owner;
Daniel Low, master. Reg. Feb. 27, 1810. Joseph Perkins,
owner; Joseph Perkins, master. Reg. Apr. 23, 1811. Joseph
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206 SHE? REGISTERS OF THE DISTRICT
Beadle, William Allen, owners. Reg. Apr. 10, 1812. John
Crowninshield, owner; James M. Fairfield, master. [Sold to
Boston owners, Apr., 1814.]
Bbtsbt, Beverly, soh., 72 tons, Salem, 1804. Reg. May 11,
1809. Asa Lamson, Beverly, Samuel Lamson, Beverly,
Samuel Cox, Beverly, owners ; Asa Lamson, master. [Sold to
Salem owners, Nov., 1809.]
Bbtset, sch., 72 tons, Salem, 1804. Reg. Nov. 16, 1809.
John Dutch, jr., Thorndike Deland, owners ; Thomas Holmes,
master.
Bbtskt, sch., S2 tons, Danvers, 1801. Reg. Dec. 25, 1809.
Josiah Orne, owner ;. John D. Wilson, master.
Betsey, sch., 100 tons, Salisbury, 1785. R^. June 27,
1811. Nathaniel Silsbee, Robert Stone, Robert Stone, Jr.,
Joseph White, Jr., owners; Nathaniel Cheever, master.
Bbtsbt, sch., 82 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg. June
15, 1818. William Manning, owner.
Bbtset, sch., 89 tons, Lynn, 1805. Reg. Oct. 24, 1821.
Benjamin Chapman, owner; Benjamin Chapman, master.
[Cast nway in Martinico, 1822.]
Bbtjet, Beverly, sch., 110 tons, Amesbury, 1804. Reg.
May 5, 1826. Ingalls Kittridge, Beverly, Samuel Obear,
Beverly, owners ; Joseph Robinson, master.
Billow, brig, 178 tons, Gardiner, Me., 1836. Reg. Nov.
14, 1855. O. P. Ricker, William Pickering, owners ; Thomas
Bates, master. Reg. May 25, 1861. Moses C. Reynolds, D. B.
Gardner, Jr., owners ; David Hodgdon, master.
Bird, sch., 80 tons, Amesbury, 1803. Reg. Jan. 11, 1812.
Ezra Smith, Robert Leach, owners; Jeremiah Shepard, Jr.,
master. Reg. Nov. 23, 1812. Greenleaf Porter, John Joseph,
owners ; Ezra Smith, master.
Black Eagle, bark, 228 tons. Sag Harbor, N. Y., 1851.
Reg. Oct. 20, 1874. David Crowell, Beverly, Francis J.
Crowell, Beverly, John W. Phillips, Beverly, Moses C. Reynolds,
owners ; John W. Phillips, master.
Black Warrior, ship, 231 tons, Duxbury, 1825. Reg. Sept.
5, 1826. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel L. Rogers, Richard S.
Rogers, Charles Hill, owners ; Charles Hill, master. Reg. Dec.
5, 1828. John W. Rogere, Nathaniel L. Rogers, Richard S.
Rogers, owners ; George W. Putnam, master. [Sold to Boston
owners in 1842.]
Blakblbt, brig, 233 tons, Salem, 1816. Reg. July 12, 1816.
William Fabens, owner ; David Crarts, master.
Bold Ronnkr, sch., 72 tons, Bristol, Me., 1830. Reg. Nov.
10, 1849. Benjamin Webb, John Hodges, William P. Good-
hue, owners ; Kelly Eldridge, master. Reg. Oct. 20, 1851, John
Hodges, Benjamin Webb, owners; Kelly Eldridge, master.
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BoLiNA, ship, 260 tons, Danvers, 1811. Reg. Feb. 19,
1812, John Dutch, jr., Thomdike Deland, Jonathan P.
Saunders, owners ; John Fairfield, master.
BoLiYAR Liberator, brig, 224 tons, Chatham, 1825. Reg.
May 5, 1831. Putnam L Famham, Jed Frye, owners; James
Gamey, master. [Sold in New York, Oct., 1831.]
BoNKTTA, ship, 227 tons, Duxbury, 1800. Reg. Mar. 1, 1803.
Simon Forester, Benjamin Pickman, jr., Thomas B. Osgood
owners; Benjamin Russell, master. Reg. Mar. 19, 1804. Na-
than Robinson, Pickering Dodge, Nathaniel Appleton, Thomas
B. Osgood, owners ; Thomas B. Osgood, master. Reg. Dec. 1,
1804. Jonathan Gardner, Nathan Robinson, Pickering Dodge,
Nathaniel Appleton, ownera ; Archelaus Rea, master.
Borneo, ship, 213 tons, Salem, 1799. Reg. Sept. 18, 1799.
John Gibaut, James Dunlap, Boston, George G. Smith, Boston,
owners ; John Gibaut, master.
Borneo, ship, 297 tons, Salem, 1831. Reg. Dec. 2, 1831.
Dudley L. Pickman, Nathaniel Silsbee, William Silsbee,
Zachariah F. Silsbee, Nathaniel Silsbee, jr., Robert Stone,
owners ; James D. Gillis, master. Reg. June 2, 1834. Zachariah
F. Silsbee, Dudley L. Pickman, Nathaniel Silsbee, Nathaniel
Silsbee, jr., Benjamin H. Silsbee, Robert Stone, owners ; John
Nichols, jr., master. [Photc^aph of an original painting, at
the Peabody Academy of Science. Afterward altered to a
barque and abandoned in the North Atlantic, Jan. 1, 1854.]
Boston, ship, 430 tons. [Entered in Salem directory of
1837, as of Salem.]
Boston, sch., 53 tons, Baltimore. Md., 1833. Reg. May
24, 1843. Walter B. Whiting, owner; Walter B. Whiting,
master.
Boston, brig, 170 tons, Scituate, 1833. Reg. Sept. 24, 1853.
Charles H. Fabens, Samuel £. Fabens, owners ; George F.
Fiske, master. [Ran ashore in Massachusetts Bay in 1855
and was lost.]
Boston Packet, ship, 184 tons. Altered to a bark, July,
1807. Reg. Apr. 22, 1805. Samuel Archer, 3d, William B.
Parker, Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, Joshua Pope, owners;
Thomas Bowditch, master. Reg. July 11, 1807. Samuel
Archer, 3d, John Andrew, AVilliam B. Parker, owners ;
John Florence, master. Reg. May 11, 1808. Samuel Archer,
3d, John Andrew, Joseph Baker, owners ; David Smith, master.
Reg. Mar. 31, 1809. Samuel Archer, 3d, owner; James
Mansfield, master. Reg. Dec. 19, 1809. Pickering Dodge,
Dudley L. Pickman, Henry Pickering, Humphrey Devereux,
owners ; James Mansfield, master. Reg. June 12, 1811. Samuel
Archer, 4th, James Mansfield, owners; James Mansfield,
master.
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Boxer, Beverly, sch., 78 tons, Plymouth, 1818. Reg. Dec.
21, 1825. Israel Thomdike, Beverly, owner; Stephen
Woodbury, master.
Boxer, brig, 143 tons, Baltimore, Md., 1887. Reg. Not.
11, 1840. Thomas P. Pingree, owner; James M. Kane,
master. Reg. Sept. 30, 1843. John Robinson, William P.
Peirce, William F. Robinson, owners ; William F. Robinson,
master. [Sold to foreign owners, 1844.]
Bkamin, Beverly, bgtne., 241 tons, Newbury, 1815. Reg. Apr.
29, 1816. William Leach, Beverly, Israel Thomdike, Boston,
owners ; Jonathan Batchelder, master.
Brajiin, brig., 185 tons, Baltimore, Md., 1851. Reg. May 23,
1851. Thomas P. Pingree, owner; Charles R. Wilkins,
master.
Brazil, bark, 250 tons, Wells, Me., 1832. Reg. Feb. 7,
1838. William B. Parker, John F. Andrew, owners ; Richard
S. Noble, master. Reg. Jan. 7, 1843. William B. Parker,
John F. Andrew, Francis Brown, owners ; Nathaniel Andrew,
master. Reg. Sept. 27, 1845. William B. Parker, JohnF.
Andrew, owners; Nathaniel Andrew, master. [Sold to
Boston owners, 1847.]
Brazilian, brig, 163 tons. Prospect, Me., 1841. Reg. Feb.
2, 1853. Benjamin Webb, Joseph B. Webb, John Hodges,
owners ; Charles Leach, master. [Alfred Bi*ay was also master
in 1854.]
Bremda, ship, 343 tons, Newbury, 1832. Altered to a bark,
Sept., 1941. Reg. Dec. 2,1839. John Bertram, Michael Shepard,
William Sutton, Nathaniel Weston, Andrew Ward, owners;
William B. Smith, master. Reg. Apr. 23, 1844. Michael
Shepai-d, John Bertram, Andrew Ward. Nathaniel Weston,
owners; Henry 6. Bridges, master. [Andrew Ward was
registered as master Sept. 21, 1841. Sold to Boston owners,
Dec, 1845.]
Britannia, Beverly, sch., 67 tons, Salisbury, 1791. Reg.
Jan. 3, 1795. Zachariah Gage, Beverly, owner; Joshua
Foster, master.
Britannia, Beverly, sch., 72 tons, Salisbury, 1797. Reg.
Dec. 17, 1804. Josiah Page, Beverly, John Page, Beverly,
owners ; Zachariah Morgan, master. Reg. Dec. 27, 1816.
Nicholas Thomdike, Beverly, Thomas Stephens, Beverly,
owners ; Andrew Simmons, master.
Britannia, brig, 197 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg.
Dec. 5, 1818. Stephen White, Joseph AVhite, John Dodge,
John Treadwell, owners ; Samuel Tucker, master. Reg. Dec.
1, 1819. Stephen White, Joseph White, Henry White, jr.,
John Dodge, owners ; Abiel Wardwell, master.
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ESSEX INSTITUTE.
Vol. XXXIX. Jui.y, 1903. No. 3
REPORT OF THE COaDHTTEE ON THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST
MEETING HOUSE IN SALEM.
To THE Directors of the Essex Institute :
Shortly before the civil war the attention of the Essex
Institute was called to a small dilapidated out-building,
put to very homely uses, on the premises of David
Nichols, a short distance off Boston Street, in Salem.
The firame of that building was, in 1865, presented to
the Essex Institute and, with certain restorations,was set
up and covered in by a new roof and new walls, furnished
with a door and windows, and given the outward
appearance it has ever since presented of a plain but
tasteful structure. Its dimensions have been called
twenty feet by seventeen feet.
The actual exterior dimensions of the structure, as
restored, are twenty feet eight inches by sixteen feet
eight inches. The interior dimensions are nineteen feet
six inches by fifteen feet six inches.
The frame was accepted as the identical frame of the first
meeting-house erected in Salem and the Institute has
since substantially vouched for its genuineness.
There has from the first been some dissent from this
position, mostly of a quiet nature. Comparatively
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210 BEPOBT OF THE OOICMITTSE ON THE
recently the authenticity of the claim made for the frame
has been publicly challenged and publicly defended by
antiquarians of acknowledged repute. Growing out of
this discussion 9 the official position or attitude of the
Essex Institute to be taken on the disputed question was
for the first time called sharply in issue at a meeting of
the Directors, March 5, 1900, and thereupon a committee
was appointed "" to consider the general question as to the
authenticity of the so-called First Meeting House now
preserved by the Essex Institute in the rear of Plummer
Hall, with instructions to report as speedily as possible. '^
Certain changes from the original membership of the
committee have occurred, all of which, together with its
organization and proceedings are detailed in the report
of its secretary, Mr. Ezra D. Hines, herewith filed.
A preliminary report to the Directors, dated January
7, 1901, represented that the committee desired to secure
and consider, in addition to evidence already known, all
such other evidence as might be found ^ as the result of
impartial expert examination of all church, town and
county records, and other original and historical sources
of information available ;" and upon the recommendation
of the conmiittee authority was given to employ some
person of known skill and integrity to make such
examination . The committee, acting under this authority,
employed Sidney Perley, Esquire, of Salem, to make
such professional research. He attended to that duty
faithfully and well, and the results of his work, bound in
a manuscript volume of two hundred and ten pages,
are filed herewith for preservation. In his preface, Mr.
Perley says that his purpose has been simply to gather
the evidence, not to present any argument nor proffer
conclusions, and he has throughout his work conscien-
tiously adhered to this declaration.
The committee as finally constituted, to wit, the
subscribers, respectfully submit to the Directors this
their final report. Though it has not been made '"as
speedily as possible," the delay was not due to divided
opinions, or inability to come long ago to the conclusion
here presented.
The questions stated and considered by the committee
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of 1859 are these : **Is this the frame of the first Churchy
erected in 1634?'' Is there, in records and reliable
tradition, evidence to warrant a belief that it is?"
We are forced to the belief that the frame here
preserved is not the frame of the meeting-house which
was built in Salem before 1639, and that f^ere is not, in
records and reliable tradition, evidence to warrant a belief
that it is.
The view that the frame, here preserved, is the identical
frame of the first Puritan meeting-house, starts with and
is founded upon mere tradition. There can be no question
as to the insecurity of such a foundation, unsupported by
corroboratory evidence, for the serious assertion of a
most interesting and startling historic fact.
It has been claimed that there is corroboratory evidence,
first, in identity of dimensions; second, in interior
construction. Thus upon tradition and alleged
corroboratory evidence, the case for authenticity rests.
What of the tradition ? What of the evidence ?
I. The Tradition.
A simple statement of the known facts concerning it is
a good illustration of the insecurity of traditions in
general, and a sufficient demonstration of the insecurity
of this tradition in particular.
In an open letter by the late Mr. Gilbert L. Streeter,
published in 1900, as collateral to the controverted
question we are considering, he declared that a short time
previous to July, 1859, he had published in a Salem
newspaper an account of a ramble along the course of an
ancient highway skirting the base of Graliows Hill, and
therein referred to an old building (the one in controversy)
as having once been a part of an ancient tavern known as
Tompkin's Inn, and that in thi3 article he used these
words : — "The reader may have seen this old tavern,
back of Blubber Hollow, and may have mused upon its
antiquity. Some who prefer what is interesting to what
is strictly matter of fact, like to consider it as the original
first church, — or meeting-house, as the godly and extra
anti-papal fathers of the early days styled their houses of
worship."
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IVIr. Streeter adds: **I thus happened to be the first
person who called public attention to this ancient and
interesting building, as it then was, and one of the few
who saw it in its dirty and dilapidated condition."
In the Salem Observer of July 2, 1859, there b a
communication of two thirds of a column, headed ** First
Meeting House in Salem," signed ** P." It b as foUoMrs : —
"^Messrs. Editors: — If I were to assert that Gov.
Endicott or the Rev. Francis Higginson, in all the circum-
stances of reality, arrayed in official costume or sacradotal
habiliments, would on a given day appear again in
the flesh among their descendants, you would not be
much more surprised perhaps, than when I state, that the
identical first meeting house of the puritans in Salem,
still exists in our midst. Not the house or any poi*tion of
it that was demolished this present generation to give
place to the brick church in ^Vashington street, north at
built in 1670, which was 60 x 50 feet and 20 feet high ;
nor the meeting house built in 1638, which was but 25
feet long, though larger than the first, then taken down —
but the identical, primitive, seven-by-nine church of the
puritans and pilgrims of 1628, and probably used by
them for the first ten years of the settlement. Verily, as
we believe, the same oaken timbers that echoed the voices
of those Reverend Divines, — ^the Rev. Francis Higginson,
Samuel Skelton, Roger Williams, Hugh Peters and John
Fiske, through or nearly tlirough all of their public
ministries, and for aught we know, it may have been built
and used for two years earlier, viz. : 1626, by Conant and
his few followers, under the Episcopal ministration oi
Rev. John Ljrford — for it is well known that Conant was
of that conununion.
In the rear of Boston street, and vicinity of Witch Hill,
owned by, and upon the land of David Nichols, Esq., but
a rod or two from his dwelling house, stands an old oaktn
framed building, of late used as a tool house and for storage
of hay and other farm produce. This building was formerly
and for many years used as a dwelling house, and long
known as '*Tomkins'Inn," and being situated as it was
directly upon the old road to Boston [hence the name of
Boston street near by,] was more anciently occupied as a
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tavern, for wajrfarers' use, and was thus used in 1692, at
the tune of the witch executions near the same spot.
Evidences of the ancient tavern rest upon record as well as
tradition, and that at a very early period.
Now as to the meeting house — there has long been a
tradition in a collateral family of the present owner, that
this building, 'Tomkin's Inn,' was constructed of the
materials of the first church, which proving too small was
sold, shaken and re-erected upon the present spot for a
tavern.
A gentleman now living, at an advanced age, as well as
other persons, received this tradition from his grandfather,
the venerable Enos Pope, remembered by some, perhaps
many of our citizens, as a very aged man in a wonder^l
state of physical presentation, who lived to the gi-eat age
of upwards of 90 years, and who died some forty or fifty
years since.
This tradition was often repeated by the old gentleman
with great distinctness, and with entire confidence on his
part, and which he obtained from his ancestors who were
long-lived persons, requiring but very few lips and ears to
bear it to the present time.
From the limited attention we have been able to give to
the subject, but judging from the records and the directness
and short passage of the tradition, we are inclined to give
it a large share of our confidence and adopt it as authority.
The building in question, the main building, exclusive
of the lean-to addition, of a later day, is 21 feet long by 16
wide, certainly very small as we should suppose for a
meeting house, but when we read that the larger one built
to supply its place was but 25 feet long, and of the
width of the old one, the small size of the one under
consideration does not disturb the tradition. Neither
would our knowledge of the rude beginnings of California
or other new settlements of our country do other than
strengthen and fortify our position.
This building bears unmistakable marks of its great
antiquity in its present form. It is plastered with a
preparation of clay and straw without one particle of lime
in its composition : - its roof is much more upright than a
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214 Report of tHE gomhittee ok the
'third pitch/ The oak timber has the marks of other
mortices, indicating its prior use.
We have given time enough to the subject to regard it
worthyof the studjand immediate attention of those persons
whose zeal would stay the hand of time and arrest the
contemplated annihilation of so splendid a monument as this
may be made of our puritan ancestry. • • •
^Woodman spare that tree' from its poetical touch finds
a response in almost every breast, — how much rather may
we now say, Descendants of tiie puritans, spare this
remarkable relict of the distant past, which the care and
attention of its several owners — ^the gentleness of the
ever active elements and the too frequent accident of fire,
has for generations spared until now.
The immediate demolition of this ancient building and
sacred link with the past, is in contemplation. Would it
be expecting too much to heed the suggestion that has
been made,- that drawings of the building be taken,- the
oaken timbers now in a state of partial decay be all
preserved, and with the help of pine imitation, be
re-erected upon some suitable spot, which we hope may be
appropriated for it at Harmony Grove, where it might be
fdrnished with exposed rafters inside and gothic windows
surrounded by evergreen trees, and where it should ever
remain a cherished and sacred spot, worthy of our
historical pride in claiming the foundation of the first
church in New England, and worthy of the pilgrimages
of all descendants throughout the country who delight
to trace their lineage from its primitive puritan root in
the 'Mattachusetts'.
We next hear of the tradition at a field meeting of the
Essex Institute. In these days the field meeting is well
nigh abandoned. Fifty years ago it was the very life of the
society. Excursions were taken here and there all over
and sometimes outside the county, at frequent intervals,
for study and observation. A typical meeting of this sort
was held at Saugus, July 7, 1859, and at the expense
of brevity it seems worth while to cull its story from the
records in order to get the setting of the tradition.
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The members had spent the morning rambling in two
parties, observing matters of scientific and historic
interest, had returned to the hall of a local temperance
society, and, after refreshments, came to order at three
o'clock, p. M., in the Town Hall for business and
discussion. Becords were read, also lists of donations to
the library, and to the cabinets, letters were announced
from six correspondents, and then, the meeting being
open, a gentleman who had conducted one of the parties,
enumerated the principal plants collected during the
excursion, accompanying each with some interesting
remarks. Other gentlemen discussed the habits of the
tailor bee, the geology of the region, the origin of bog
iron ore, the rounded hills of the neighborhood, trees and
tree planting and the preservation of old books and
manuscripts. Following these discussions and next
before adjournment, a member, having previously spoken
on the subject of trees, stated that '*a tradition is current
that the frame of an old building standing on the land of
David Nichols, rear of Boston Street, Salem, is that of
the first meeting-house in Salem and which was removed
there about 1639 when the second meeting-house was
built ; that it was used many years since as an inn, under
the name of Tompkin's Inn, and also that Mr. Nichols
had tendered the building to the Institute for their
disposal. He moved that a committee be appointed to
ascertain the facts in the case and to report at an early
meeting as to the authenticity of the tradition and what
action it would be advisable for the Institute to take in
relation thereto. This motion was adopted and a
committee appointed. The report of this same field
meeting published in Volume 2, page 394, of the
Proceedings of the Essex Institute, is as follows :
'It was stated as an historical item of curious interest,
that tradition has long held that the first meeting-house
in Salem was not pulled down after its ceasing to be used
in that capacity, but was removed, about 1639, to some
spot near the road to South Danvers and employed for
other purposes for some time afterward. Recently it has
been asserted that the old building, or its frame, yet
exists, that it stands on the land of Mr. David Nichols,
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at the foot of Grallows Hill, and is the same structure that
did service for some years under the name 'of Tompkin's
Inn.**
There is thus firmly established this fact, namely » that as
first conununicated to and recorded by the Essex Institute,
the tradition set forth the allegation that after 1639 the
first meeting-house no longer remained on its original site
but was then removed intact to the region of Gallows
Hill ; also, that the Nichols building is the same structure
which formerly was Tompkins Inn.
The tradition is next and finally heard firom in the
reports of the committee appointed at Saugus wherein
this appears, and nothing more, that in certain fiunilies,
mentioned, dwelling consecutively upon the premises
when the building was situate, '"it was always kno^vn tfs
having been made from the first meeting-house."
The point lias been well taken and well stated that
tradition is not history, nor does it conmiand confidence
unless it has been widely disseminated in the community
in the past, in some definite form, and runs well back to
the events to which it relates.
This tradition is utterly devoid of definite form. The
two versions are by no means the same thing. The one
version is authority for the proposition that the Nichols
building, Tompkins Inn and the First Meeting House
were but three phases of one and" the same building, that
each was necessarily identical in dimensions with the
others, and that the frame here preserved, having endured
through changes of location and use, is the very frame
which our Puritan fathers hewed and set up more than
two hundred and sixty-five years ago. The other version
presumes to no authority as to the original dimensions of
the meeting-house and, if accepted as authentic, proves
nothing more than that more or less of the wood of the
meeting-house was worked over, as second-hand timber,
into this present frame.
So far from having been widely disseminated, it does
not appear that the tradition in any form was ever spoken
of generally or was ever referred to, before IVIr. Streeter's
newspaper article, by historian, orator, antiquarian,
annalist, diarist or traveller.
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Eminent men» throughout many generations, full of
the spirit of reverence for the &thers, have been eager to
seek out and perpetuate matters of local interest, and it
is inconceivable that, having heard and placed the
slightest credence in a tradition that the timbers of the
first meeting-house were somehow, anyhow, preserved in
their original form, such men had not long ago perpetuated
what they learned.
No other conclusion is possible than that at no tune
previous to its promulgation by the Institute, was there
any general currency, credence or knowledge of such a
tradition throughout a community of people who would
have willingly and fondly cherished and made the most
of it.
Reverting to the version of the tradition first recorded
by the Institute, it is now clear that it is wholly
untrustworthy and mistaken in two respects, namely, as
to the removal of the meeting-house about 1639, and as
to the identity of the meeting-house with Tompkins Inn.
The inference from the town records, hereinafter
referred to, is conclusive that the first meeting-house was
not removed in 1639 but added to, and the enlarged
building remained for thirty-three years longer, when the
whole was taken down, and that the timbers were
afterwards used, according as they would bear, in the
construction of another public building.
By research in the Registry of Deeds, details of which
are referred to, Mr. Perley has demonstrated that
Tompkins Inn, **a small house" was situated on what is
now the ''square" in Peabody. The cellar for a house
was dug there not long before Februaiy 2, 1718-19, at
which time and for more than forty years thereafter, the
school house, into which the meeting-house timber went
in 1674, remained in use some two miles distant. And
the "small house" remained on its original site until at
least 1812, a date far too recent to harmonize with the
traditional identity of Tompkins Inn and Nichols Bam.
In view of these considerations we believe that tradition,
uncorroborated, is utterly insuflicient to support the
authenticity of the claim that the Nichols frame is the
very frame of the first meeting-house.
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n. The Corbobobatort Eyidenge.
In corroboration of tradition, it has been claimed that
the Nichols building is identical in dimensions with the
first Puritan meeting-house. That claim seems to have
been based on this reasoning : —
a The town records show a contract by which John
Pickering in 1639 agreed to build what is acknowl-
edged to have been an addition, t^yenty-five feet
long, to the then existing meeting-house.
b A central aisle must have been provided,
c This aisle must have been five feet wide, because a
middle aisle of this width was **a style of church
building which continued from that time until a very
late period."
d The space for the aisle was taken from the new part,
namely the first five feet next to the old part.
e This left twenty feet for new seating space.
/ It was the plan of the addition '* to make the building
twice its former size."
g The length of the old part, before the addition, was
therefore twenty feet.
h The longest dimension of the Nichols building is
twenty feet.
We arc compelled to find that there is no authority for
any of these steps between the first and the last.
No reasoning is even attempted to identify the shorter
dimension of the Nichols building with** the breadth of
the old building." We can find no foundation for the
assumption that the first-meeting-house was seventeen feet
wide.
The size of the first meeting house, — its length, its width,
its height, — is now and must, it seems, ever remain a matter
of conjecture. So far from its being probable that the
addition of 1639 was five feet longer, that is, one-fifth part
larger, than the original structure, the probabilities are
decidedly the other way.
Although there is no town record extant concerning the
size of the first meeting-house or the date of its erection,
the authority of Dr. Bentley has been commonly accepted
as fixing the date in 1634, and the price '*not exceeding
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one hundred pounds.'^ This price did not include '' daubing
and glazing.'' It is to be noted that the price of the
Pickering addition in 1639 was less than two thirds as
muchy namely, sixty-three pounds.
The floor space of a building twenty feet by seventeen
feet with gallery has been computed as sufficient for a
congregation of at most some eighty persons, making
niggardly allowance for pulpit, fire-place and gallery stairs.
The population of Salem in 1630 is estimated at several
hundred. In 1634, says Dr. Bentley, *'Salem began to
flourish." In 1637 there were one hundred and seventy-
nine members of the church. The number of members by
no means measured the size of the congregation. IVIr.
Perley estimates the attendance as four times the number
of members.
The people attended worship, for the most part willingly,
but, if not, by compulsion. A building of this diminutive
size would not begin to accommodate within its walls the
Salem congregation of 1634.
The meeting-house of our forefathers, as well the
first as its successors, was their sacred house of God and
also the civil Capitol. From the first it was the centre of
the very life of the conununity, religious, and politic.
No other theory is tenable than tiiat they built an edifice
adequate to hold their congregations. We cannot believe
that they so scrimped in this respect, as deliberately to
plan that the minister should preach through open windows
to a contingent unable to get inside. The rigors of New
England winters would have forbidden the comtemplation
of such a plan, even to Puritan hardihood. It was no
later than 1639 that by vote of the town two men were
appointed each week ''to walk forth during God's worship
and take notice of those who lye about the meeting-house"
and elsewhere with the purpose of citing them to worship.
Upon the authority of Dr. Bentley, the first meeting-
house was ''a proper house.'' The hundred pounds
appropriated for its erection represents in modern equivalent
of purchasing power, according to conservative estimate,
some two thousand dollars. As hints of comparison, the
'' shopp and house " of Thomas Rix "neare the meeting-
house " was disposed of in 1654, apparently to the town,
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for eleven pounds. In 1 657, Mr. Corwin, of the selectmen,
bought a house for the minister '^the now dwelling of John
Millard ''for fifty pounds. In 1659, John Norman for
forty-five pounds, built a dwelling-house for the minister
on Cape Ann side, thirty-eight feet long, seventeen feet
wide and eleven feet stud, having three chimneys, two
below and one above, a porch eight feet square, and eight
windows, four below and four above. It seems that one
hundred pounds was, in 1634, fully adequate for a meeting-
house of ample size.
But more conclusive than dogmatic deductions from the
assumed necessities of the situation is what happened
when, thirty-three years after the Pickering contract, the
entire structure was taken down.
Looking at this building here preserved, it seems
evident tbuEit half a dozen or at most a dozen men could
take it down and pile up the lumber in orderly fashion in
a single day, and that if it were twice its length, and five
feet more, a little more than two days would suffice for
the job. ^Making allowance of time for unclenching,
drawing and saving the precious wrought nails of the time,
and for care to preserve building materials fit for further
use, it is incredible that the razing and storing of a simple
building 17 feet by 45 feet should have necessitated the
vote of 1672, "that every family in the towne and which
belong to the towne shall send one man of a family to help
to take it down and carry it into some convenient place
where it may be reserved for the towne use, and that for
time when to begin to doe it and the number of men each
day it is left to the selectmen to appoint." "It is ordered
that the meeting-house be begun to be taken down this
month, and the constables are appointed to name thirty
men a day to appeare to help to take it down, and they
are to begin at Strong Water brook, and soe downwards
to the lower end of the towne."
The corroboratory evidence from the internal construc-
tion of the Nichols building is this. The Pickering
contract for the addition of 1639 called for a gallery
"answerable to the former." The fair inference is that
there was a gallery in the original meeting-house. On
examination of the Nichols building a heavy beam was
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found extending across the bailding, supported by
mortises at the tops of opposite uprights or wall posts.
Other mortises, theretofore concealed by plaster, etc., were
discovered lower down on each of these posts, into which
tenons of the cross beam fitted. There was also an oak
tie beam in which, it was claimed, the joist of the gallery
rested at the time the front timber was lodged in the
lower mortises, *Hhus giving to the gallery an inclination
by which a view of the preacher below was obtained."
By actual experiment it was found that the cross beam
could be lowered and its tenons fitted into the lower
mortises and in fact it was so lowered and upon stringers
resting upon this cross beam a gallery has actually been
constructed.
It is not difficult to appreciate the intense interest of
these discoveries and experiments to any who were then
already inclined to give great weight to the tradition.
On the assumptions, first, t£at at least one dimension of the
Nichols building was coincident with a dimension of the
first meeting-house, and second, that the first meeting-
house was moved to Gallows Hill intact, or that it was
taken down and there put together again in its original
shape, the discovery of the supposed gallery construction
would be in the strongest degree corroborative of a
tradition that the Nichols building was the first Puritan
meeting-house. But without basis for these assumptions,
and there is none, the discovery proves nothing as to the
main question.
The Pickering contract called for «*one catted chimney
of 12 feet long and four feet in height above the top of
the building." If we understand correctly the argument
on page 14 of the **Story of the Meeting House" it is
this : — By assuming that twelve feet long means twelve
feet high, and that twelve feet high means not twelve
feet from the ground, but twelve feet outside above the
eaves and thatch, through which the brick or cobble work
is supposed to have projected, the deduction is made
that the ridge-pole of the meeting-house was eight feet
hicfher than the top of the side walls. The fact that the
ridge-pole of the Nichols building is about eight feet
above the top of the side walls has been cited as another
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point of corroboratory evidence. There was no chimney
in the Nichols building when it was examined in 1859
but <<a certain disturV^d condition of the timbers'* has
been noticed as perhaps indicating the previous location
of a chimney.
As to the actual size of the fireplace in the meeting-
house a certain town record seems conclusive. In 1662,
at a meeting of the selectmen, it was ordered ** that a beere
be provided nt the charge of the towne for carryinge of
Corpses to buryinge and the chimney in the meeting house
is the place appoynted for it to stande in." We are
convinced that *' twelve feet long'' in the Pickering
oonti*act meant twelve feet wide ; that nothing is known
or can be known concerning its height, and that no
coincidence can be established in respect to the roof,
between the Nichols building and the first meeting-house.
This is all the evidence which has heretofore been
adduced in corroboration of the tradition, and in all the
material bearing upon the situation we have been unable
to find any additional evidence in support thereof. We
cannot attach probative weight to the evidence referred
to, and are forced to the conclusion that the assertion of
the identity of the Nichols frame and the frame of the
first Puritan meeting house depends on tradition,
substantially uncorroborated ; and that tradition in this
respect is unfounded.
Our consideration of the tradition would be incomplete
without reference to another point of view.
The point has been well taken that the tradition traced
to the Pope family that ''it was made from the meeting-
house" may have referred to the first Quaker or Friends'
Meeting-House.
Research in the Registry of Deeds and in the records
of the Friends' Monthly Meeting, detailed in Mr. Perley's
report, pp. 1 19— 143, determine the following facts. Upon
a lot of land just east of the present site of Grace
Church, on Essex Street in Salem, one Thomas Maule, a
Quaker, built a meeting-house for <<ye people called
Quakers" in the year 1688, This meeting-house was used
by the Quakers until 1718. In that year they built a
larger meeting-house on the other side of the sti*eet, to
wit, on the land which is now the **Quaker Burying
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Ground. ** The larger meeting-house was forty by
thirty feet.
From a study of dimensions in the chain of title and
from certain deeds given in 1788 by one James Blythe,
administrator of Mary Ford, it appears : first, that the
old meeting-house was added to and became part of a
dwelling-house, and so continued on its original site
until after 1750 ; second, that the old meeting-house did
not exceed twenty-four feet ten inches in length, and was
probably somewhat less than this in length ; third, that a
division of the lot on which the meeting-house was built
was made in 1788 by running a boundary line directly
over and across the site of the building, without any
mention of its existence, the fair inference from which is
that before 1788 the first Quaker meeting-house had been
taken down or removed.
It is cited that, at this time, Enos Pope and Enos Pope,
2nd, to whom the tradition is traced, were living; and
that the tradition has not been traced to an earlier time.
The Popes were Quakers. The tradition, such as it is,
comes from a distinctly Quaker environment. From the
Pope - Nichols premises to the site of the first Quaker
meeting-house it is less than half the distance to the site
of the first Puritan meeting-house.
The committee refrain from speculating as to
probabilities suggested by these hcts. It is enough here
to say that they lead otherwise than to corroboration of
the claim that the frame of the Nichols building is the
frame of the first Puritan meeting-house.
m. What is Known Concerning the Meeting-House.
There was a meeting-house in 1635. The records are
silent as to its dimensions, or any other facts concerning
the same. In 1639 an addition was made to the meeting-
house of 1635, — ^'to be 25 foot long, and of the breadth
of the old building, with a gallerie answerable to the
former, one catted chimney 12 foot long, and 4 foot in
height above the top of the building. Six windows, two
on each side, and two at the end, and also a pair of stairs
to ascend the gallerie suitable to the former." From 1639
to 1670, various votes are recorded, concerning repairs
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upon the meeting-hoase. In 1670, a new meeting-hoase
was built <*about 60 foote long 50 foote wide and about 20
foote highe in the stude» and to be sett yp at the west end
of the old meeting house towards the prison.** The old
meeting-house of 1635 and 1639, stood, after the new
meeting-house was built, until 1672. In August of that
year a warrant was issued for a town meeting **to Consider
whether the old meeting house shall be ta^en downe or
Sould as it now stands ;** etc. August 17,1672, it was voted
that the*<old meeting house be reseru'd for The Towne use,
to build a skoole house & watch house." At the same
meeting it was voted that it be taken down and carried
*4nto Some conuenient place wher it may be reseru'd for
the Townes use.*' Constables were appointed to warn 30
men a day to appear, to help to take it doivn, and August
19, 1672, was the day when the work of tearing down
should begin. Thus it is clearly indicated by the records
that the old meeting-house was taken down, and the
timbers laid away — piled up in some convenient place —
subject to use by the town later, if seen fit. Then the
building of 1635, and the addition of 1639, ceased to exist,
as the old meeting-house. April 15, 1673, a town meeting
was called for April 21, 1673, **to Consider what
Instructions shall be given to the select men ; Concerning
building a schoole house & watch house of the timber of
the old meeting house, or otherways to dispose of it,** and
on April 21, 1673, a committee was appointed ''to Agree
with a Carpenter or Carpenters to build a house for the
towne, which may serve for a schoole house & watch-house
and town house of the timber of the old meeting house
according as the timber will bear.*' November 10, 1674,
it was ''agreed that the towne house shall be sett up by
the prisson." In 1677, the town house was removed up
the street ( our present Washington Street) and opposite,
or nearly so, to where now stands the house, formerly of
Brookhouse. Various repairs on the same were made
necessary by the removal. May 19, 1679, the chamber
in the town house was ordered to be fitted up for Court
to meet there. In 1719, a new Town and Court House
was built near the meeting-house. A new watch-house
was built in 1712, — that also not far from the meeting-
house. From 1719 to 1760 the Town House of 1674 was
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used mostly for school purposes, and during all these
years various repairs were made. In 1759 the subject of
building a new school house was agitated, and on May 19,
1760, it was *^yoted that the School House to be built in
said town shall be erected in *'y® School House Lane
where the committee for building a"^ House proposed,
beiug to northward.** Here the town records abruptly end.
Now what of the town house and school-house of
1674? We are not without knowledge upon this subject,
for Colonel Benjamin Pickman, in a munuscript left by
him, says, concerning this old building, "Oppo4*ile to Mr.
Derl>y's house stood in the centre of the street un old
wooden school house, which was formerly the Court House,
and where the witches were tried. This last house was
pulled down in 1760. My curiosity often led me to view
the place where those unfortunate persons were tried In
those deluded times."
Thus from the records it is shown that the First
Meeting House in 1635, with the addition of 1639, was,
in 1672, torn down, and its timbers piled away in some
convenient place, — that in 1674, those timbers, worth
using, were used in building a house for the town, for a
school-house and watch-house and town house, — that this
last building stood until 1760, and by the written testimony
of Colonel Benjamin Pickman this building (then an old
building) was torn down.
Although the records do not disclose the dimensions
of the new building constructed in 1674 from the timber
of the meeting-house ''according as it would bear," we do
know certain facts concerning it. As already shown from
the records, there was a "chamber" in it. In 1678,
Samuel Stone contracted to build two chimneys in the
town house, "one below, and a Chamber Chimney large,
good substantial worke." This chamber was large enough
to accommodate sessions of the Court. In 1679, Captain
John Price was chosen and "desired with speed may bee to
fitt the Towne House Chamber soe as may bee conveynent
for the Court to meete theere." The building was fitted
with H bell turret in 1692. In the same year it cost
forty-four pounds five shillings to shingle all the eastern
side with choice cedar shingles. In 1696, on the petition
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of the selectmen of Salem for **proportioiiii]g ye charge
of ye Court alias Towne House/' tiie Court of General
Sessions ordered that '*One half of ye charge for the
reparation of said House be Discharged from time to time
by ye County and ye other half by ye Town of Salem/
Not only did the new building of 1672 have a chiemiber,
it also had a garret. In 1699 it was voted to provide
"'twenty water buckets, luid Two Iron hooks or Poles to
fasten hold on a house to Pull it downe when a fire and to
be keep in ye towne hou^e Garrett and marked T : S :"
In 1702 it was ordered that the closet in the chamlier be
fitted up "to keep ye Towne arms in."
It seems therefore necessary to assume that a building
put to the uses thus indicated must have been considerably
larger than that which we are preserving. If ever the
first Puritan meeting-house was timbered on a 20 by 17
plan, the theor}^ that its timbers went into a lumber pile,
then into the construction of another building of the size
and character indicated by these records, then wei^ once
more disjointed, and finally, after a centur}*- and a quarter
of separation, came together, posts, plates, rafter and
ridge pole, each tenon seeking its old mortise, seems to
impute nothing short of a miraculous restoration.
The committee are unanimous in the conclusion that
the frame of the building now preserved in the rear of
Plummer Hall is not the frame of the first Puritan meeting-
house erected in Salem. The foregoing report, as a
whole, is subscribed with certain qualifications on the part
of individual members of the committee.
Mr. Hines bases his conclusions upon the record
evidence alone, and deems it unnecessary to consider
traditions or to allude to any former investigations.
Mr. Buckham ^suggests that no one knows or is likely
ever to know, what has become of tlie timbers of the
meeting-house built before 1639. It cannot be proved,
either that the}' have been destroyed or preserved. There
is at least a possibility that they may still be in existence ;
if so the tradition that the building in the rear of the
Institute was "made from the First Jleeting House" is not
wholly without value. Too much weight should not be
attached to so limited a tradition ; but neither should it be,
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in his judgment, wholly ignored. He suggests that the
building now known as the First Meeting House be
preserved as it is, but no longer with the title '' The First
Meeting House," and that in order to prevent mis-
conception a tablet be placed upon it containing some
such statement as this : An old tradition affiims that this
building was made from the Fii*st Meeting House.
Mr. Gove desires to add that the tradition being only
that the building was "made from the first meetinjr-house,'*
does not affiiiii tlie identity of the frame, and that he
finds no good reason for believing that the alleged first
meeting-house now preserved contains any of the material
of the original first meeting-house of the Puritans in
Salem. He believes there is only a remote possibility
of this being true, and that it is extremely improbable.
The tradition not being found outside of the Pope family,
who were Quakei*s, he believes it more probable that it
refers to the "fii*st meeting-house" of the Friends or
Quakers.
Having reached the general conclusion herein indicated,
your committee desires to express deep regi-et that the
conclusion does not coincide with that of the honored
and able gentlemen appointed to investigate this subject
in 1859. Their honesty and earnestness of purpose,
their reverence for the past, their disinterested desire to
serve the Institute, the community and posterity, by
rescuing from destruction what they deemed to be a
sacred relic, seems to us worthy of tlie highest
commendation and gratitude. If it were but emulated,
this spirit of devotion to the past and of regard for the
future, would save many a valuable memorial, better
authenticated than this, now unhappily left to neglect
and decay. With their purpose we heartily sympathize
and for their ability we cherish the highest respect, but
from their results, we, at this more critical period, with
greater perspective, find ourselves compelled 1o dissent.
To them the discovery of this old building and the
accompanying tradition came as a captivating novelty ; to
us it has become a question of historical criticism.
The old building which they caused to have removed
to its present location, believing it to be the first meeting
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hoose, is neither a fraud nor an imposture, but simply, in
our judgment, registers the honest mistake of a zeal that
outran the fiicts. We, on our part, do not lay claim to
infallibility, but with the aid of such facts as we have
been able to secure, we have approached the question
without prejudice and have endeavored to discharge to
the best of our ability the trust committed to us.
Respectfully submitted,
Alden p. White,
Ezra D. Hines,
WnxiAM H. Gove,
T. Frank Waters,
John Wright Buckham,
Committee.
Salem, Massachusetts,
April 22, 1903.
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EVIDENCE RELATIVE TO THE AUTHENTICITY
OF THE "FIRST CHURCH" (SO-CALLED)
IN SALEM.
COLLECTBO FOB THE ESSEX INSTITUTB, SaLBM, THRODOH ITS COMMITTEE,
BY SIDNEY PERLBY.
REPORT.
To AldenP. White, Esq., Ezra D. Hines, Esq., William
H. Gove, Esq., Rev. John W. Buckham and Rev. T.
Frank Waters, Committee of the Essex Institute to
whom was referred the question of the authenticity
of the First Church, so called, in Salem :
Gentle^ien : —
Having been engaged by you to secure all evidence
bearing upon the identity of the timbers now contained in
the little building standing in the rear of Plummer Hall
with the first meeting-house in Salem, I report to you
herewith.
I have examined all the records and also gathered the
traditions that are thought to have a bearing upon the
question involved.
I have also made a careful study of the frame of the
building as it now exists, and made drawings of the same
drawn to scale that a better understanding than that
gained by a written description might be had of them.
The only fault in the way of conveying information in
this way is, perhaps, in this, that the drawings show the
timbers as being more even and regular in size, shape
and finish than they really are in their crude condition.
My purpose has been simply to gather the evidence,
and not to present any argument or proffer personal
conclusions as to what the evidence tends to prove or
disprove. I have taken no side in the controversy, and
have conscientiously sought and secured all the
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230 REPORT OF THE CO&DIITTEE ON THE
information I could. If there is anything in this report
that seems to have no bearing upon the subject the
committee can treat it as though it had not been rendered.
The matter of the court sittings prior to 1679 seemed
to have a bearing upon the necessary size of the court
room. Tompkins Inn is given because it is so prominent
in one, at least, of the traditions. This is also true of
the Quaker nieeting-housc. A map of all sites is given
to show relative distances that the building or its timbers
may have been moved.
The number of members of the church and population
of the town, inasmuch as all who could do so were
compelled to attend church in those days, have a most
important bearing upon the number of persons that the
meeting-house must seat. Salem then included Mar-
blehead, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, Wenham and
Manchester, and all of those territories had a scattered
population.
The character of the settlers of Salem certainly is
evidence of the kind of meeting-house that they would be
likely to build, and the fact that they were Puritans and
not Pilgrims should not be overlooked.
I may be allowed to call attention to the traditions.
Whatever they may be worth, in connection with positive
facts, as evidence, it is but proper and just for me to add,
that they are all of Quaker origin.
Respectfully submitted,
Sidney Perley.
Sai-em, July 1, 1901.
EXTRACTS FROM SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
22 : 6 : 1635. "Divers fpeaches about Convenient
places for ihops, for workmen, as at the end of the
meeting houfe from willm * * *i corner fence."
28 :• 1 : 1636, by the thirteen men : "Its agreed that
willm Lord is to haue a tooe acre lott as nere as may be
>Tom off In the ortginal, being at the margin of the leaf.
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among the 10 acre lotta, in lieu of ptc of his howfe lott
that he hath given to the meeting howfe."
10 : 2 mo : 1637, by the town's representatives : "Jn*'.
Sweet 2*** to meeting houfe ought. **
15 : 3 : 1637, at a general town meeting ''m^ Sharpe
hath remitted freely by the Towne y® 4*** he vnd'writ for
meeting houfe. But Jn^ Sweet 2*'» is not remitted."
15: 11: 1637, at a meeting: '"M'Verin his accompt
* * * Paid to Adams for daubing of the meeting houfe
00 12 04 • * * Paid to John Bufhnell toward the glaflTmg
of the windows in the nieetiiijjhowfe 00 07 04." ''Samuell
Archers account Paid to Addams more for daubing the
meeting houfe 00 15 6."
12 : 9mo : 1638 : "Itm is agreed that Nathan iell Porter
fhall haue for the fweeping of the meeting howfe &
ringing of the Bell ffiftie fhillings pannu."
31: 10: 1638, at a general town meeting: ''Agreed
that there fhould forUiAv'** an addition to the meeting
howfe be builded & that there fhould be a rate made
& leuied for the payment thereof The 7 men to see it
effected & to pay for it."
'' The agreem* betweene the towne & John Pickeringe
the A'^ day of the 12^»» mone**» 1638
"ffirft hee ij* to build a meetinge howfe of 25 foote longe,
the breadth of the old buildinge ^v'** a gallerie anfwerable
to the former : One Catted Chimney of 12 foote longe &
4 foote in height aboue the top of the buildinge. The
back whereof is to be of brick or flone. This building
is to haue fix fufficient windowes • 2 on each fide & 2 at
the end. & a pre of itaires to afcend the galleries futeable
to the former. This building is to be couered w'** inch &
halfe plancfc & inch board vpon that to meete clofe : And
all this to be fufficientlie finifhed w''* daubinge & glafle &
vnderpinninge w'*^ ftone or brick w'*^ cariadge & all things
neceffary by the faid John Pickeringe : In confideration
whereof The faid John Pickering is to haue 63^^ iu
money to be paid at 3 pajin**. The firft payment 21*** at
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the beginninge of the worke The 2^ paym^ 21^ when the
frame is reared. The 3^ pajm^ is 21'^ w^^ is to be paid
at the finifhing of it. And it is agreed That if it be
found by indifferent men that the faid John Pickeringe
hath defenied 3'^ more - Then the towne is to pay it him
K it be found the faid John hath defenied 3°* lefle. hee is
to abate it : And the faid John Pickering dorth Couennt
to finifh it by the 15^ day of the 4^ moneth next enfuinge
the date heereof. In witnes whereof both pties haue
fubfcribed heerevnto.
Jo : Endecott
Jo Woodbery
John Pickering Will Hathorne
Lawrence Leach
Roger Conant
15 : 3 : 1639, at a meeting : ''paid to John Pickeringe
4*** 5*. befides the 2 firft paym^ for the building of the
meeting howfe : the 6^ day of the 5"» mone*^ : 1639."
20 : 9 : 1639 : ''graunted 3»'> 10». a yeare to Brother
Porter for making cleane the meeting howfe."
14 : 7 : 1640, at a general town meeting : Ordered,
"That there fhall a rate of 15»»> be raifed & gathered for
the paym' of the bookes of records & for the keeping of
the meeting howfe 3*** - 15* to o' brother Nath : Porter.
& 2'^ - 10* to o' brother Home &c."
3: 12mo : 1644, at a general town meeting: "Henry
Burtfell is chofen to keepe the meeting houfe to fweepe
it & keepe it cleane vpon all occafions of publiq meeting
& is to haue yearely Three pounds & 15> to be paid
proportionablie euey halfe yeare : The time hee began
his work is the firft day of the 11 month called Januarie."
29: 4: 1646, at a general town meeting: "Ordered
that there fhall be no buriall w**»in the towne but that
there fhall be word giuen to the keep of the meeting
howfe to ring the bell whereby notice may be giuen to
the towne thereof, a little before the buriall. And the
said keep to haue three pence for his paynes."
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23: 12: 1646, at a town meeting: ""Capt Hawtherne
& m' Corwine hauing pmised to puid nailes for the
Coaering of y* meeting houfe the firft optunity are to be
paid in Come at money price/'
30: 7: 1647 , at a meeting of the seven men: 'W
Georg Corwine & Will Lord bau undertaken to puid
Hones & Clay for the repaire of the meeting houfe & to
bring it or Caufe it to be brought in plac the next week.
**m'. Corwine hath pmifed to puide fpeedyly for the
Cou'inge of the meeting: fine hundred nailes: & is
pmifed to be payd for y" to his Content."
3 : 12 mo : 1647, at a meeting of the seven men : ''M'
Corwine & Sam Archard & Will Lord be Deputed to
tak the towne Iron from Good : Rumbole & the towne
Bords for y* meeting home."
15 : 9 : 1651, at a general town meeting: **Beniamin
Felton Chofen to take care of the meeting houfe in
Birchams Roome and to haue the fame wages Bircham had
and to gyue warning of meetings & burialls bye the bell
&c."
Nov. 10, 1655, at a general town meeting : Tax levied,
among other things, for '*mendinge meetinge houfe 02-
00-00."
Jan. 16, 1656, at a general town meeting : '^it is agred
that thear f hall be Rate of 50^'' : for the repairing of y
meeting houfe. voted. Its : agreed : that m' Will :
Browne shall haue the fole maneginge of the Repa3nringe
of the meetinge || house || & to haue the Rate pd to him : &
to Difburfe it for the vfe abouefd : & the Rate foe to [be]
leuied that he the fd m'. Browne may be noe loose [r] in
the difburlm**"
3: 12mo : 1656-7, at a general town meeting:
''Thomas Oliuer Chofen to Continue his imploymt in
Ringing the bell and looking to the meeting houfe for
this enfuing yeare and vntill the towne take further order
voted."
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8 : 4mo : 1657, at a meeting of the selectmen :
^ ffor ordering the feats in the meeting houfe to Continue
during the townes pleafure
^ Impr it is agreed that m^ william Browne & m'
Georg Gorwin fhall be feated w"* maior hathorne in that
v^*^ is Called the magiflrate feate
•• that the feate of m" Endicot being enlargd we agree
that m" hathorne & m" Corwin f halbe there feated
" that m'* Price fifter Elizabeth Browne the wife of
JohnBrowne & fifter Grafton & the wife of fergent Porter
we agree the}'' fhalbe feated in the fecond feate where m"
hathorne & m'* Corwin latelie fate
" that Sergant hale his wife & ttrances Skerie hif wife
are to fitt in the feates of ml Price & fifter Grafton
" that m" Norris fhall be feated w*** m" Browne
" that filter Prince to be feated where fergent Porters
his wife latelie fate
'• that fergent Porter fhall fitt in the feate w"» Capt
Trafk. "
22 : () : 1657, at a general town meeting : Tax levied,
among other things, " for the meeting houfe 50"* : OO* : 00**
for Ringing the bell 05 : 00 : 00 : for a new bell & hanging
18: 00: 00."
22 : 1 : 1657-8, at a meeting of the selectmen : '^Its
agreed that the fore feat in the South Gallery fhalbe fet
apt, ffor thofe pfons to be feated in, vidz : Alex : Seeres
Tho : Barnes Job Heliard Rich Leech Rich Adams
Mordechai Ci-auat Will Trafk Joseph Grafton Jur*
Sam" Porter Tho : Sallowes Andrew : woodbury Arthur
Kippin Tho : Bobbins."
21:9: 1658, at a general town meeting : A tax levied,
among other things, "ffor tlie mending of meeting houfe
00-12-00 ffor the belringer 05-00-00."
In a bill of Xath. ffelton, 1657, is this charge : " p 100
Clabbord for the meeting houfe 00 05 00."
1 This name is crossed out In the original record.
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AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 235
In an account, 14 : 10 : 1657, are the following
items : •" bill to Good : Ollyver for ringing the bell 05 00
00 • • • a bill to m' Corwin for the bell & m" Goose 18
00 00 • • * a bill to m' Browne for repayring meeting
houfe 50 00 00. • • • a bill to m' Browne for Raysinsr the
bell 05 00 00."
In a bill of Henry Skery, in 1656, is this item :
'* Goo Horns mending y« meting houfe 00 : 06 : 02."
3 : 6 : 1657, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Leaue was
giuen to Richard Harue Taylour to mend vp the little houfe
Joyning to the meetinge || houfe || &make vfe of it for a
fhopp at the Townf pleafure."
9:9: 1657, a memorandum mentions '^ the key of the
meeting houf."
29: 9: 1659, at a general town meeting: ** Ther is
liberty graunted to Thomas Hale to buld a shopp adoyinge
to the meetinge houfe were the felect men shall apoynt it :
& to enioy it at the Towns pleafure."
15:3: 1660, at a meeting of the selectmen : *' Its agreed
by the Select men one pty & Will Lord fen other that
yppon a deferenc about fome Land aboute the meetinge
houfe : pt of the fd Lords houfe lot formerly & wh he the
faid lord faith was never yet pd for wee do in the name of
the towne to fatiHie him for all that pt of his houfe lot
wh was formerly layd to the fettinge of the meeting houle
ypon and all the land that is now unfenced^ round about
the meetinge houfe & what elc abou this houfe or houfs
that lyeth unfenced,^ Confirme to him that land that is
Granted to him vpon Condicon in the year 16 : 5-1638 :
as alfo ten Acres of land to be layd out to him in fome
place aboute Tho : James farme : & fo towards ]\P Downings
farm : to demand it fome tyme within a twelve moneth or
elc to be void : & this to be fule end & fatilTacon for all his
Clayms as aboue & ||in|| p'^mifes fpecified : puided this
intendeth none of the fd Lords land between his houfe &
the Riuer,
*' witness william Lord
" Henry Bartholmew"
^ Enfeneed?
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236 REPORT OF THE GOMMITTEE ON THE
Nov. 12, 1660, at a town meeting: **To mendinge
meeting houfe to Rich Adams 6« : more 10* : 0-16-0 ♦ • •
To glaflinge meetinge houfe 02-10-0."
April 22, 1661, at a meeting of the Selectmen : "* Serge :
Jn® Porter placed in the Deacons feat."
7:11 mo : 1661, at a meeting of the selectmen : ** wee
are to take notic of the Complaynt of Rich Biihop about
the diforder in fitting at meeting houfe. * *
" Graunted to Seuall pfons vnd' named to build a feat
by the fouth Grallery in o' meetinge houfe : & to fuch others
befides that the towne shall place there
" Jn** Putname
Jn** marf he
Jn® Cromwel
Jn^ Becket
Jof Huchenfon
Jobe Helliai*d
ffr Colliner»
Tho Barnes
Ifack Williams
Theo : Price."
March 3, 1661, at a general town meeting : ''Tho : Oliver
prefentinge to the towne bis defire to lay downe his place
of Ringinge the bell and lookinge to the meetinge houfe
it is left to the felect men to provide fome other and to
make agreement with the ptie for his anuell wagis not
ezceedinge the fom formerly given of S'"*."
6 : Imo : 1661, at a meeting of the selectmen : '^Agreed
with Henry Wefl to ringe the bell and make cleane the
meetincre houfe for the yeare infuinge and to be p^ for the
yeare fiue pownde more he is to haue 18^ for each graue
he fhall digsre onely from the midell of the 10th m^ to the
midle of the 12th m^ he fhall he alowed as he and the
pties by whom he is imployed fhall agree and if they
can not t agree with him then they are at libertie to agree
with any other.**
6: 4: 1662, at a meeting of the selectmen: **ordered
that a beere be provided at the Charge of the tonne for
caryinge of Corpfes to buiyinge and the chimnay in the
meetinge houfe is the place apoynted for it to itande in
and who ever fhall make vfe of it for the end as aboue is
> Collins?
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ATTTHENTICrrr OF THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 237
hereby inioyned to bringe it fafe and fet it in the place
appoynted within twentie foure houres vppon penaltie of
two fhillings six pence."
24 : 1 : 1662—3, at a meeting of the selectmen : '^Granted
to Henry Weft a bill to Rob : Lemon for five pownds due
to him for bis wagis for Riiiginge the bell and looking to
the meetinge houft for the yeare paft."
8:8: 1663, at a meeting of (he selectmen : ^'ordered that
Capt: Curwin take care forth with to fee the meetinge
hoiife be repaired vidz: that the wall at the fouth end
II and where it nedeth || be daubed and the windowes
mended and that it bee (;rounde filld where there is need.''
c"
15 : 12 : 1663, at a meeting of the selectmen : ''Granted
to Henry Welt a bill to the Cunftahles ft>r 51b due to him
for wagis for Ringinge the bell and keepinge the meetinge
houfe for the yeare pall • ♦ •
"granted to m' Price a bill for ?• due for a peece of
tim& for the meetinge houfe. '^
18 : 9 : 1665, at a general town meeting : ''ffor Glafing
and Keping the meeting houfe 03 : 00 : 00."
April 21, 1666, at a meeting of the selectmen : •*It is
ordered that the wach shall begin y* firft of the 3^** m®**» :
that ther shall be fower fuffishent wachmen everie night :
that the wach shall begin at Eight of the clock in the
evening : and that the meeting houfe is to be. the wach
houfe vntill another be built : and that this be flgnifyd
to the Constables."
Nov. 17, 1666, at a general town meeting: To levy a
tax to pay 'To : Henry west for Ringing the bell : 05 : 00 :
00 * * * To the Repairing of the meeting houfe 05 : 00 :
00."
March 22, 1666-7, at a meeting of the selectmen : "It
is ordered that m^ Edmund Batters is defired and
Impowered to see the meetting || houfe || repayred : and to
order whoe shall sitt in the seats at the south end : boath
aboue and bellow the gallerie : wheare the Chimney was
fformerly."
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May 3« 1667, at a meeting of the selectmen: **It is
ordered and And agreed that John Ormsand John inarfh :
shall haue libertie to build a feat at the weaft end of the
meeting houfe vnder the gallerie: puided they take in
Into them soe many as the felect men think meet :
^'Graunted: m'^ Eliezur HawthHme m** John Corwin
and Company libertie to : build a feate : in the ffront of the
south Gallerie : puided that it doth nott Anoye tbofe that
n are || behind them : neylher thofe that are feted vnder
the Gallerie : and that they take in with them soe many as
the felect || men || Judg meet and convenient."
16:9: 1667, at a general town meeting : ^voated that the
felect men : take care for to repaire tlie meetinghoufe :
and ttor yt end are Impowered to levie a towne Rate for
I be Cliarg of it : and for repayring hie wayes," etc.
19 : 10 : 1667, at a meeting of the selectmen : **Graunted
vnto : Henry weast a bill for Ringing the bell and Clening
the meeting houfe 05 : 00 : 00."
19:1: 1667-8, at a general town meeting : ^n Answer
to willm Lord his Reqest he is already paid for the land on
wh the meetinge houfe doth stand and about the meetinge
houfe and he may take what turther Courfe he feeth good."
Nov. 30, 1668, at a meeting of the selectmen: "M'
Willni Browne fen & Jno Pickeringe ar defired to take
care of ye mendinge of the meetinge houf/*
7 : 8mo : 1669, at a meeting of the selectmen : '*Sold to
M' Jn° Corwine the townes grounds next adoyning to
Edward Whjirton for the lust fnni of fine pounds to be pd
for glnfs & other nefleffary abut Repairing of the meeting
houfe • • *
"Capt Corwine is defired to take the Oufight of
Repairg of the meetinge houfe : and hath accepted of it."
20: 10: 1669, at a general town meeting: "Jn* *
Pickering for expenfes about meeting houfe & other
things 00-16-00."
21 : 12 : 1669, at a meeting of the selectmen : **wee:
apoynte that the Constable vppon the next Lecture Day
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AUTHENTICrrr of the FIB8T MEETING HOUSE. 239
giue notice : that vpon the fecond day of the weeke wh
wilbe the 7'^ of march next for the Choife of Select men
& for to Coniid' to build a new Meeting hoafe : as alfo to
Confid' of a Gramm fcoole maifter & Chiofe of a packer
ofbeafe&c."
7 : Imo : 1669-70, at a general town meeting : 'Its left
to the felect men to Confid' and ppare their thoughts in
ord' to the buildinge of a New nieetinge houfe or to fitt
vp the old, and all things in Reference to the buffine.s
and to p'^fent it to the Towne vppon the first Tufeday in
April next, and the mcane tyme the feloet men to Repaire
the meetinge houfe, for w^ is of neffafity."
April 5, 1670, at a general town meeting : "Its ord'ed
that there shalbe a new meetinge houfe built for the
worship and holy feruice of god in publicke, and that it
be about 60 foote longe 50 foote wide and about 20 foote
highe in the itude, and to be fett vp at the west end of
the old meetinge houfe towards the prifon, and that jM'
Will Browne fen Capt George Corwine Edmond Batter
& i\V Bartholmew are Impowred to agree with Carpenters
& other workmen for to build fd houfe and finish it, not
to exceeding the fume ||of|| one thoufand pounds price."
18 (19?) : 5: 1670, at a general town meeting: "Its
ord'ed that the paj'm* for the buildinge of the meetinge
houfe shalbe raifed by a Rate The felect men are
Impowred to Raife & make the Rate for the paj'mt of
fum forbuildg of New meeting houfe."
29 : 6 : 1670, at a meeting of the selectmen : 'ItsOrd'ed
that Geiiall Towne meetinge bee warned vpon the next
lectur day : to meet vpon the fixt day of the weeke
followinge at 9 of the clocke in the morninge : for the
Choife of a grandiury as alfo Constabis : & to fetle the
buflines about the new meetinge houfe."
12: 7 mo : 1670, at a general town meeting: "Its
Ordered that Capt Georg Corwine m' Jno Corwine m"^
Will Browne Jun & Edmund Batter are apoynted and
Impowcred to finifh the agreemt with Jno ffiske, and
Colect Receiue with the helpe of the Constabis if need
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240 REPORT OF THE COlffMITTEB OK THE
be to ; and to make pay"*^ for the cariinge on the bnildinge
of a new meetinge houfe according to a form voat of the
towne."
23 : 9 : 1670, at a meeting of the selectmen: '*Its
ordored that what timber trees that haue been felled &
haue lyen vnocupied aboue a mone''' ypon the Towne
Comon it shalbe lawfull for Jno fiske to take them for the
ufe of the meetinge houfe."
March 3, 1670-1, ata general town meeting : ** Hennery
Weft Defii-'d to be Difmifd from Ringing of the bell,
And the Towne Reffer'd it to the Select men to make
choice of another, and to Agree w"* him, Accordingly
the Select men haue made choice of Benjamin ffelton,and
Agreed with him, to Allow him as Hennery weft had
formerly. • • •
"Nath. Pickman, his Demand of fourteen shillings for
worke done about the Meeting houfe, is allow'd."
Nov. 20, 1671, at a general town meeting: '*Its ord'd
that the Select men shall take care to repaire the meeting
houfe."
Jan. 16. 1671, at a meeting of the selectmen: '^Bills
Graunted to pay the Towne Debts * * * pd to Willm
Seagraue for ringing the bell 05 : 00 : 00 • ♦ • To Serg*
Browne, for mending Glafs for y* meeting houfe. 00 :
17:00."
April 18. 1672, at a meeting of the selectmen : ^Agreed
w^ Thomas Maule to ring the Bell and and Sweep the
meeting houfe, for this year and he is to haue Six pownds
for his pains."
Aug.. 7. 1672, at a meeting of the selectmen: *'Its
oi'd'^d that ther be a Generall Towne meeting warned the
next Lecture day for the Inhabitants of this Towne to
meet on Saturday next come Senett, w*** will be the 17***
day of this p^sent month, at 9 of the Clock in the
morning, to Condder whether the old meeting houfe shall
be taken downe or Sould as it now stands." <&c.
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Au^. 17. 1672, at a general town meeting: **Itsvoated
that the old meeting houfe be referu'd for The Towne
ufe, to build a skoole houfe & watch houfe
"^ Its voated that the old meeting houfe shall be taken
downe and that Euery family in the Towne, and which
belong to the Towne, shall send one man of a family to helpe
to take it downe, and to Gary it into Some conuenient place
wher it may be referu'd for the Towne ufe, and that for
tyme when to begin to doe it and the number of men to
workc each day it is left to the Select men to Appoint
'* The old pulpitt and the Deacons Seat is Giuen to the
ffamiers. Voated.
"The stones of the vnd'^pining of tlie old meeting
houfe and the Clay of the old meeting houfe is Giuen to
Jn« ffifke."
Aug. 17, 1672, at a meeting of the selectmen: "Its
ord'd the old meeting houfe be begun to be taken downe
the 19"* of this p^'sent month, and the Conftables are
Appointed to warn. 80 men a day, to appear to helpe to
take it downe, and they are to begin, to warne them at
strong watter brooke, and soe downwards to the lower
End of the Towne."
Jan. 28, 1672, at a meeting of the selectmen : Items in
accounts : *' To m' Gedney Sen' for Expences in takeing
downe the old meeting houfe & the Select mens Expences
05 : 03 : 00 • • • To Xath Pickman Sen' for worke to y«
old meeting houfe 00 : 04 : 00."
April 15, 1673, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Its
ordered that A genenill towne meeting Be warned for
thee Inhabitants of the towne to meet together on munday
next being the 21'*^ of Aprill at twelve of the Clock to
Consider what Insitructions shall be given to the select
men : & Concerning building a schoole house & watch
house of the timber of the old meetinghouse or otherways
to dispose of It."
April 21, 1673, at a general town meeting: "voated
that m' w°* Browne sen' Capt price & m' Samnell Gcrdner
are apointed & Enipowrcd to Agi-ec with a Carpenter or
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Carpenters to build a house for the towne which may
serve for a schoolehouse & watch-house & towne house,
of the timber of the old meetinghouse acording as h
timber will bear."
10 : 9mo : 1674, at a meeting of the selectmen :
"Agreed that the towne howfe fhall be fett up by the
priflbn & william douton to Rayfc Itt with what speed he
Can.
" ffranfis Nurce being In debt to ye towne fix pounds
8/(5 : he doth InGadgc to pay ye fayd fome In a fortnight
In fhingles for the Towne howfe at fTiffton fhillings P
thoufand — or as tow Indifterent men fhalc prize y" being
equaly Choflen."
12 : Imo : 1674-5, at a general town meeting: "* Voted
yt ye mony fix pounds feueenteen fhillengs & 3** ye
ouerplofe of m"^ higenfons debt Is Commetted Into ye
hands of ye felectmen to defpofe of to weleam douton
toward ye building of ye town houfe & deleuered Into
major hothorns hands."
April— 1, 1676, at a general town meeting: '^The
remoueing of y« prisson & setting of itt In another place
is wholey Left to y* Select men Itt is alsoe Left to y*
Select men to agree w*** any for y* finishing of y* towne
house."
" Memorandum, —
" Tliat : Major : W°» Hawthorn hath Left In his hands
thirteen pounds In mony belonging to y** towne : res'* :
& Laid out, for buUetts part : and remoueing y* Towne
house, w"* other Charges as W ace"."
Jan. 2, 1676, at a meeting of the selectmen : —
"W°» Dounton Cred'.
"By : building y« towne house frame eighteen pds."
9:1: 1676-7, at a meeting of the freemen : " Graunted
to M"" : Jn® : Gedny sen' : a bill of nine pounds six shillings
& 5^ : three pounds od mony of w*** was upon raiseing y*
towne house y® rest E?v.spended by y« Select men."
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AUTHENTICrTT OF THE FIRST MEETIKO HOUSE. 243
9:5: 1678, paid to jVIanaseth IMarston in land for
''p 1000 Clabords for y* towne houfe 04 : 00.0."
June 16, 1677, at a town meeting: "Voated y* y®:
towne house shall bee remoued Into y^ street neer about
Jn^ Koapes his house."
Sept. 8, 1677, "Selectmen haue Agreed w"» Daniell
Andrews to build y Chimnies & to fill & Larth y* walls
of y® Towne house alsoe to und*^ pin y* same In Consid-
eration w*^** hee is to haue y* sum of -
^ Agreed w"* Jn<* Scelling to finish y® Towne house :
vie to shingle Claboard floares, windows, stares & all
other things needtull w"^ respect to Carpenters worke,
as is more Largely Expressed In y* Agreement. In
Consideration of w^** hee is to haue twenty pounds, one
third mony two thirds In goods & prouisions."
March 16, 1677-8, at a meeting of the selectmen : "To
ilr. B. Gedny : pd for remoueing y* towne house 01 :
05 : 00 • • * to : ye remain' Laid out In boards & shingles
fory* Towne house — bought by Cap^ Corwine"
May 22, 1678, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Agred
with Samuell Stone to build two Chimnies in the
townehoufe one below and a Chamber Chimny large, good
Substantiall worke and to prouid Labourers upon his
owne Charge for ^v*^** he is to haue fine pounds in merchan*
Indian Come at 3' p bl. or goods at a portionable rate &
to doe the worke forth with."
14 : 4 : 1678, at a meeting of the selectmen : Allowed
"To Geo Both, in p* for his worke about Towne houfe p^
him by mana{^ mars ton 0. 4 : 4 To Alix* mackmaly for
worke on the Towne houfe 0. 8. To : Jn° milke for
worke on the Towne houe 0. 7. * * *
"Res' 123 fott J Glafe for y* Towne houfe 6^ p. — 8 :
4: 8."
12 : 12 : 1677 : "p' bords Clay dung & Carting bricks
for Towne houfe as p' Acc^ 01) : 02 : 00."
19: 5: 1G78, at a meeting of the selectmen: "Jn<>
Skelling D"" to paid him towards his worke upon the
Towne houfe * * *
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** Resaued p' worke upon the Towne houfe according
to agrem^ - 20 : 00 : 00 p worke about the Gralery at
Towne houfe 04 : 11 : 11 : "
6 : 1 mo : 1678-9. Sam" Beadle cr. '* p 41 balester for
the Towne houfe 2:1. 0.*'
1682. James Poland Cr. **p Iron work for the Towne
houfe as p' Ace® 1. 17 : 4."
23 : 9 : 1680. Geo. Booth, Joynor Cred'' " 1678 p worke
upon the Towne houfe p Ace* 3: 7. 6 p work vpon ye
towne houfe p Ace® 1679 3. 0. 0."
31 : 10 : 1679 M' Jn® Gidny Cred' "p board for Towne
houfe: 2: 16: 0."
1677. " T under pining the towne houfe 30*."
^lay 19, 1679, at a meeting of the selectmen "Cap*
John price is Chofen & desired with wliat speede may
bee to iitt the Towne houfe Chamber soe as may bee
Convenyent for the Courte to meete theere" ,
"Cred' p' payd Sy"" Booth for town houfe worke 2'".*'
31 : 10 : 1679. ''m' ffran« Skery is Dr • * • p' Carting
boards to the towne houfe : 08. 00"
1681. Peter Chever. Cr. ''T 32 B lime for y towne
houfe 12d."
1682. "T work mend^ glafs for meeting houfe & town
houfe: 16: 00."
''Imp' aboue 2bb of Lime & liaire of Capt. W" Browne
aboute } load clay of Jeremiah Rogers aboute 100 Brick
batts. from y towne houfe c&c."
Constable Jn® Leach. Cr. "T p^ Rob* fuller for work on
Townhoufe : 3 : 6."
16 : 11 : 1683, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Giuen
Sam^ Stone anoute to Ch' Phelps for 10* 6** dew to him for
" worke on the Towne houfe foniierly."
18: 12: 1683, at a meeting of the selectmen: "Jn**
Cooke Cr p hooks & ftaplesfor y® Towne houfe 0. 18. 0."
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June 12, 1688, at a meeting of the selectmen: *The
Selectmen of Salem haueing Considered of the necefsaiy
Charge for y« mayntenance of y* poore, Repayx of Bridges
High Wayes, Repay ring of y* meeting houfe Town House,
Schoolehouse, Cage, & Stocks doe Judge itt necefsary for
the defraying the aforesaid Charge that there be One
hundred Seauenty fower pounds in Curr* pay Raysed by
the Inhabitants & that Cap^ John Price & Cap' John
Higginson are desired to prefent this aboue agreement to
two Justices of y® peace one of them of the Quoram for
Approbation of the Same According to law."
Jan. 2, 1694-5, at a meeting of the selectmen :
''Ordered that there be a Sutable bell bought for the
Town houfe and forthwith hanged in a Sutable ten*it to
be built on Said houfe for that End and Said Charge to h6
defraied out of the money rec^ of m'^ Deliu^ance Parkman
for the Land he had taken In of the Townes neer Tho :
Verrys.**
March 8, 1694-5, at a meeting of the selectmen:
'* Agreed with Deacon John Marston to Shingle all the
Eastern Side of the Towne houfe with Choice Ceder
Shingle the Said Marflon to finde Shingle nail:s & boards
for Staging & Euery thing for the accomplifhing Said
worke at his own Cost & Charge & to finifh the Same
workmanlike with all Convenient Speed for which the Said
]Mar(lon is to be paid by the Towne four pounds fifteen
f hillings in money."
" Efsex fc Att a Generall Sefsions of y* Peace holden at
Salem June 30* 1696 On Petition of 3^* Selectmen of Salem
for y* Proportioning y^ Charge of y* Court houfe alias
Town houfe in Salem On Confideration Wliereof this
Court Orders that y* one half of y« Charge of y* Reperation
of SaidTHoufe be Discharged from Time To Time by y"
County and ® other halfe by y* Towne of Salem
** Copia Vera Exam^ p Steph : Sewall Cler"
Sept. 23, 1699, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Cap"
Sam^^ Browne is desired to Repair y* School houfe att y*
Towne Charge as Sone as may be."
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Dec. 18, 1699, at a general town meeting: " Voated
That y* Selectmen doe Pix)uide at y« y* Charge of y^ Towne
Twenty Watter buckets goods and Two Iron hooks an
Poles To ffasten hold on a houfe to Pull it downe when a
fire and to be Eeepin y^ Towne houfe Garrett and marked
T: S:'*
Feb. 9, 1699-1700, at a meeting of the selectmen :
"Purfuant to y"" Inftructions of y*' Towne || to || us y«
Selectmen y« 9**» May 1699. Its Agreed and Orderd that
y** School bell be rung at Seuen of y* Clock in y** morning
and fiuc in y* Afternoon from y*^ first day of March to y*
first day of November, and at Eight of y* Clock in y*
Mofing and four in y* Afternoon from y* fii'st day of
November to y* first day of March Annually, and y* School
<o begin and End Accordingly.'*
Aug. 25, 1701, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Ordei**
y* Dan" Epes find y® Watch at y« Town houfe w^ wood
for this year."
June 9, 1702 : "Wheanus the Juisticcs & Selectmen of
Salem have ordered Watch of ifour men Every Night to
be Kept aty* watch House in Town House streete therefore
all persons are to take Notice, viz* " &c.
March 15, 1702-3, at a mectinir of the selectmen :
''Ord" y' Maj"^ Sam" Browne doth fit up y* clofet in y* T.
houfe Chamber to keep y« Town.s arms in."
Oct. 23, 1704,- at a meeting of the selectmen : " Ord*
y* jr* T. Treafer be defired To get y* Town houfe Windows
mended."
Jan. 1, 1704-5, at a meeting of the selectmen : '* Ord'
y* Jn^ Kogcrs {i:n^ have a Note on T. Treas'*" for 9'*'' for
mending y* School-houfe Windows."
Aug. 1 , 1706, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Ord*' y*
y« T. Treas^r Supply y« School w'»» a Bell Rope."
July 18, 1707, at a meeting of the selectmen : Ord** y*
Nich. Neho have a Note on y"" T. Treas*" for 2/6 for work
done at y*' T. houfe. Note given."
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Aug. 5, 1707, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ord** y*
Majo' Sam" Browne Esquire Is desired To Repair y*
Watch houfe & Town houfe, as he Thinks is Xeedfull."
Sept. 26, 1707, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ord*
That Majo"^ Sam" Browne Esq' T. Treas*' is defired To get
y School houfe Windows mended."
Sept. 1(5, 1709, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Ord'^
That y*' Treaf^ is Defired to get y** Towne houfe Window^
mended."
March 14, 1711-2, at a meeting of the selectmen :
"Ordered y* ni' John Iligginson Jun*^ be desired to repair
y^ school houfe, viz* windows, tables formes, benches,
claybording, and w^else he thinks necefsary, and y* he
have a note on y° town Treafurer for paying the fame
when he shall giue in his ace** of disbursm*^"
April 3, 1712, at a meeting of the selectmen : " Ordered
y* the Town Treafurer fupply y* watches w*** wood
Charcoal, candles and oyle for y year Enfuing, and that
he repair y*^ meeting houfe, and Town houfe as the
Selectmen shall direct for 3^ year Enfuing."
April 29, 1712, at a meeting of the selectmen : " ordered
y* y* Town Clerk make out a Wari-ant to Warn a town
meeting for * * * Erecting a suitable watch houfe nigh y
meeting houfe w'^in y« bridge, y* other not being thought
a convenient || place || but much out of y way."
]May 5, 1712, at a town meeting: "Voted that it ||is||
left to Col® Samuel Browne, Maj'^ Stephen Sewall & Maj'
John Turner to gett a Convenient Watch houfe, built nigh
y* meeting houfe afores** of what dimensions they sliall
Judge suitable, and that y*' Selectmen order payment of
y* same when the account shall be brought in of y* cost
of said watch houfe. "^
June 10, 1712, at a meeting of the selectmen : an article
in a warrant for a town meeting : "To Consider of an
« "In the miildle of ihc stroot, lictwoi'n Miilllkln'sshop and Siearns and Waldo's
brick «tore. stood In my d.iy, :i wati'-h hous«. witli a liandson wooden :>oldit'r.
carved bv I^«*nimon licadle on the Coi>. On the noldier was Anne Kc;rina, In gold
letterii, 1712." — Manuacripi of Col. Benjamin Pickman, 1793,' Ensex* Institute Hist.
Col., VI: 03.
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248 REPORT or THE COMMITTEE ON THE
Enlargera* of y* School in this town, and y* methods
whereby it may be performed and Supported : whether in
having an afsistant to y* Grammer School mafter, or a
writeing School maiter district, as y* town shall fee meet ;
y' fo y* readers, Writers and Cypherers, may be fully
taught, to the Generall fatisfaction of y^ town, that j*
whole may not be ftunted and spoiled, and that y* old
watch houfe be fitted up for accommodation of y" same."
June 16, 1712, at a town meeting : "Voted That y« old
Watch houfe adjoyning to y^ town houfe be for the fiiture
fett apart and Improved for a School houfe for the teaching
and Inftructingof youth in writeing, Cyphering ; marriners
art and perfecting in Reading, and that y* same be repaired
& fitted Conveniently for y*^ ufe aforcs'* by y* Town
Treafurer, as the Committy formerly chofen for y*
Grammer School fhall direct."
Oct. 24, 1712, at a meeting of the selectmen :'*Ordered
y* Col® Samuel Browne haue a note on the town Treafurer
for thirty one pounds feven shillings & 1^ for so much
disburst by him in building y* new watch houfe."
Oct. 19, 1713, at a meeting of the selectmen : '"oi'dered
y* M' Samuel Phillips haue a note on y« Town Treafurer
for nine shillings for his Son's ringing y*' Schooll Bell
untill y* 25^** of September last past."
Dec. 16, 1713, at a meeting of the selectmen : "ordered
y*y* Town Clerk giue y* Town l|Treafu*^|| y* ace" of y*
disburstm^ on y* Town houfe in order to be laid before her
majesties Justices of y* Court of Q' Sefsions at their Next
Sefsions on y* last Tuesday of Dec'Instand, for allowance ;
and y* County to pa}' him their half as formerly."
May 8, 1716, at a meeting of the selectmen : The town
treasurer was ordered 'To pay Coll® Sam" Brown Esq' for
disburftments on the Schoole houfe 36/6 J. To pay Cap
Price for disburftments on the Schoolhoufe £4 : 18-9."
Feb. 6, 1716-7, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That y* Town Treafu"" pay the Ace* that the Comittee for
y* Schools haue giuen in for A Stoue & Setting it up in
the writeing & Reading School, Amounting to y* Sum of
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Eight pounds two fhillings & 1' it being Examined &
Allowed."
Sept. 13, 1717, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That y® Treafurer pay Unto Sam" Swafey Jun' Twelue
fhillings for Ringing the School ||bell|| £0 : 12 : for One
Year to y« 1 8^^ of July laft as p. the School Comitte's Xoat.''
Aug. 4, 1718, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Trcafui' pay Unto Will" Young Seuen fhilling
it being his Ace* for mending & Setting of Glafs for the
Town houfe"
•The County of Essex Dr.
"To dif burf tments on y* Town houfe viz
"March 1715 To paid Jn® Eogers for mending
the Glass 5/4^ 5 : 4
"To paid Benj* Jues for mending Ditto 7/ 7:0
"To paid John Phippen 12^. 1 :
13: 4
"Nov 4 1716 To paid Will" Young for
mending y« Glafs 8/9^ Xails 2^ 8 11
"16 To a Stock Lock for y* Town houfe Door
& Xails 2 —
"Jan' 14, 1717/8 To paid Will" Young for
Glaf ing the Town houfe 3 —
"May 8 To paid Will* Young for Glafing
the Town houfe 9 9
"Aug* 7 To paid Will" Young for Glafing
the Town houfe 7 9
"To Nails 3^ 3
"2 5 — •'
Oct. 6, 1718, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafur' pay Unto Will" Young fiue fhillings
& 3^ it being bis Ace* for glafs and mending the
Windows of the School houfo."
Feb. 4, 1718-9, at a meeting of the selectmen : Article
in warrant for town meeting : —
"To Confider the propofalls of His Maj"«» Jufticeg
of this County for the building of A new Town houfe
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here, they offering in behalie of the County to do A part.
If this Town will Join with thein therein. Alio to
Confider of A Suitable place where to Sett it, And to
make Choice of One or more perfons to be added to the
Committee Already appointed by His ^laj*** Juilices for
manageing of the Same."
Feb. 9, 1718-9, at a town meeting: **The propofalls
of the Juftices of the County at their laft Sefsions being
Read & Confidered, That whereas the Juftices in their
laft Sefsions did Agree, That there fhould be a new
Town & Court houfe built in Salem, the Shire Town
of the County, To be About 40 foot Long & 30 foot
wide Avith a Sutable Roof & Stud for two Stories.
The Chamber to be fitted for the Entertainment and
Conveniency of the Juftices and Courts to be held in the
Town for the County and the County to pay one halfe of
the Charge & Coft, provided the Town of Salem Join in it
and will be at the other halfe of the Charge & Cost of
Said building
"Wherefore voted That this Town doth accept of the
Juftices propofalls, and will be at the halfe of the Charge
and Colt of building & finifhing the Said Town & Court
houfe. And we defire that the Jufticus will allow the
houfe to be eight or Ten foot Longer, which we would
haue made and done.
"Voted, That M' Will" Gedney is Chofen & defired
to Afsift & Join with the Committee Appointed by the
Juftices for Carrying on the worke and getting it done &
finifhed as Soon as may be with Conveniency.
"Voted, That the placeing of the Town or Court
II houfe II be Left to the Committee to place the Same in
or near the Town houfe ftreet
"Voted. That whereas there may be a Conveniency, for
making a good cellar under the Said Townhoufe, and the
Juftices of the County not defiring to be done for them,
nor the Town for them Therefore liberty is hereby
Granted Unto Samuel Browne, Esq' and Such other of
the Town as he fhall take in with him who f hall haue
the liberty of Digging & Stoneing y® Said Cellar provided
he or they will be at the Extraordinary Charge Occaf ioned
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AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 251
by the making of ||a|| Cellar, Which Cellar fhall be to
the Ufe and benefitt of him or them and their Heirs &
afsigns.
"Voted That there be a Tax of Two hmidred pounds
raifed on the Inhabitants of this Town for prooureing
materials and workmen for building Compleating &
finifhing the Said Town & Court houfe and paving for
halfe the Cliarge thereof, the Said Tax to be made and
apportioned on the Said Inhabitants the Year 1719 And to
be Collected and paid into the Town Treafurer by the first
day of December Next, and by the Said Treafurer is to
be paid into the Committee, who is to take care and bring
forward & accomplif h Said houfe or building, and to haue
it us fast as the worke Calls for it when Collected ; and
tluit when the Said Town or Court houfe fhall be built
and iinifhed. An accompt of the same Shall be laid
before the Town or Selectmen that they may know the
halfe of y* Charge & Coft of the Said building, "i
Dec. 7, 1719, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafu' pay Unto Will°» Young Eight fhillings
& 5^ it being his ace' for mending the Schoolhoufe Glafs."
May 2, 1720, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Acc^* giuen in by Col^ Browne & m' Gedncy for
the repair of the watchhoufe & old Town houfe the Sums
whereof amounting to Seventy four Shillings & Six pence
be pafsed to the Treafur' for payment, thev being
allowed."
Dec. 4, 1721, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafur' pay unto Miles Ward Twenty One
Shillings & 2** it being his Acco' for a Table for the
writing School & for repairing & putting up of Glafs to
the School Houfe."
May 7, 1722, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the School House be repaired it being much out of
repair, & that it be left to the Seloctmon v/ithin the Bridire
to view the Same & to Order & gett done what ma}' hv
proper & convenient."
1 This Towu- aud Court-houBe was built fifty feet long and tldrty wide.
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Dec. 3, 1722, at a meeting of the selectmen : —
"Ordered That the Treafur' pay the Acco*" for the
Repair of the School House viz
" To Coll« Browne's ace* for boards & Timber 4 : 2:7
"To Tho* Bai-ton's acco* for Clapboards nails
&c. 2: 13: 7
"To Benj» Gerrish's acco* for Stones : 6:0
" To John Nuttings acco* for nails : 13 :10
"To Will" Youngs acco* for makeing &
mending the Glafs 1 : 1:6
"To Miles Wards acco*« for Ditto : 15 :
"To Paul Langdon's acco* for Clapboards
Shingles & Worke 9: 18: 1
"To John HoUiman for Mafon's worke &
painting 2 : 4:0
"To Jon* Glover for 42 feet Timber for
A Ground cell @ S'* 1:8:0
"£23 : 2 : V
May 6, 1723, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That it be left with the Selectmen within y® Bridge to
haue a Survey upon the Bell free on the School House
if it may be Sufficient to hang the New Bell in, Now come
from England in Cap* Pear, and to caufe y* faid Bell to
be hung, Alfo to agree with Cap* Pear for the price of
it and to Order the pay therefor."
Aug. 5, 1723, at a meeting of the selectmen : —
"Oi-dered That the Treafur' pay unto Cap* Sam" Pear
the ballance of his Acco* for the New Bell for the Schooll,
Allfo to pay the Ace* of Charge for hanging of faid Bell
"Town of Salem D' to Cap* Sam" Pear
" To A Bell q* 87 J »»» @ 16* p »»> Sterl.
Clapper &c. £6: 00: 10
" Cr. By an Old Bell q* 42»»» Sold at 8*
Sterling
' To the Advance at 200 p cwt
"13i 8i 6
1:
8:
«£4:
9:
12:
5:
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"To A Cask for the Bell 3:
•* Due to Cap' Pear in Province Bills £14 : 1 : 6
" Town D' ffor banging the Bell, viz
*' To Rich* Pike's acco' for Iron work 1 : 10 :
**To Paul Langdons Acco* for hanging it 1 : 10 :
"To Tho Barton for 5^^ Brafs for y«
Gudgeons & paying W° Lufcomb for
Cafting them 9 : 10
"3: J): 10"
Feb. 3, 1723-4, ata meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafur' pay unto ^Miles Ward, 9« S^ for
Mending the School House Windows, and Thirteen
Shillings & 6** more for mending the Town House Windows
in all is 22/9^"
Sept. 13, 1725, ata meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That llyell Treafu' pay the Acc^* of Charge for repairs done
to the School House this Summer viz.
"To M' Joseph Orne's Acco' for Timber Plank, Boards
Shingles & paying the Carpenter & for A
Chair 3: 5: 2
"To Tho' Barton's Acco* for Nails 6 : 8
"3: 11: 10"
Dec. 17, 1725, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordere<i
That the Treafu' pay unto Miles Ward jim'^ Twenty Si^
Shillings & 4** it being his Acco* for New fetting & mending
the School House Glafs Windows."
July 4, 1726, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafu' pay unto John Holliman fine fhillings
for pointing & Clearing the Stove and Chimney at the
School Houfe."
March 6, 1726-7, at a meeting of the selectmen : The
town trea.surer is ordered to pay Mr. Joseph Ornc, jr.,
for a disbursement, viz : " To p** Abraham Southwick for
mending the Schoolhoufe Stove & for Bricks &Lyme 14 :
G" ; and to pay Thomas Barton for " a Bell Rope for the
School House 4 : 0".
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254 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
IVIarch 4, 1727-8, at a meeting of the selectmen :
''Ordered That the Treafu' pay unto Miles Ward jun'
Twenty fine fhilling8& 11** it being his Aceo* for mending
the School Houfe Glafs the laft year."
Dec. 2, 1728, at a meeting of the selectmen : ''Ordered
That the Treafu' pay unto Miles Ward Jun' Two pounds
four fhillings & 5^ it being his Acco* for mending the
School Houfes & Old Court Chamber Windowj?, as alfo
the Alms Houfe Windows for Goodman Rogers."
May 5, 1729, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafu' pa}' unto M' John Gerrish Mafter of the
AVriting School Twenty Shillings & 3** it being his Acco^
for fome repairs done to that School House at the direction
of the Selectmen. * * *
"Ordered That the Treafu*" pay unto M' :Miles Ward
Three pounds Nine Shillings & 2**, it being his AccoS for
repairing the School House, New hanging the School
houfe Bell & for Several tlbrmes for that School."
Dec. 1, 1729, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafu^ pay unto Miles Ward Jun"^ Sixteen
fhillings & 6^ for repairing the Town Houfe Glafs and
Two pounds three fhillings & 2** more for repairing the
Schoolhoufe & Almshoufe Glafs."
Feb. 2, 1729-30, at a meeting of the selectmen:
"Ordered That the Treafu' pay unto ^V Miles Wai-d
Thirty fiue Shillings & 10'^ it being his Acco^ for fome
repairs done at the || old || Court House Chamber, and the
School Houfe the Summer paft."
Oct. 5, 1730, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Ordered
That the Treafu'^pay unto Miles Ward Jun' his AccoS viz^
" To Repairing the Town & Court Houfe
Glafs 2: 15: 6
"To Repairing the School Houfes Glafs 17 : 10
"£3: 13 : 4 "
Feb. 1, 1730-1, at a meeting of the selectmen:
"Ordered That the Treafu' pay unto M-* Miles Ward Eight
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pounds Eight f hillings & 3^, in full of his acoompt for
Work Shingles Nails &c for Shingling & mending the
School Houle."
July 4, 1732, at a meeting of the selectmen : ^ Agreed
by M' Orne Cap' King Cap' Plaisted & John Higginfon,
That it be Entered in the AVanunt to Consider oif
Repairing the Writing School Houfe or Erecting a new
one."
Aug. 21, 1732, at a meeting of the town : "Voted
That the Writeing School fhuU be pull'' Down & Enlarged.
'' Voted That it be Left to the Selectmen to Enlarge the
School Houfe. * * *
*' Voted That the Charge of Enlargeing y** School Houfe
and the Towns proportion of the County Tax for the
present year fhall be paid & Defrayed out of the Sum of
five hundred pounds."
Dec. 4, 1732, at a meeting of the selectmen : ''Agreed
That Miles Ward Jun' Ace' amounting to 48/ for y*' Court
Houfe & fourteen pounds Seven fhillings & Two pence
for The School houfe be allowed & paid by y^ Treas^ Or'^d
given.'*
March 5, 1732, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Maj' Plaisted be allowed & p* by y* Treas' 30/ for
3hh*^ of Clapboards for y^ School Houfe."
March 17, 1732, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
" That y Treas' pay ilaj' Plaisted 61/ being So much
paid Israel Andrew for Timber for the School Houfe."
June 4, 1733, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Agreed
That the School Houfe & Watch Houfe be repaired & an
armory built in y*' new Town Houfe Garret Also That
the Stocks be mended all to be done att the Towns
Charge and That CoP Barton Maj^ Plaisted & M^ Ward
are Desired To have y* Oversight Thereof also that
y arms be Cleansed."
Dec 3, 1733, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That ^P Ward Repair the School Houfe & Raise a
Belfrey on the South End of the Houfe & Set up the
Watchman on the Watch Houfe."
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256 REPORT OF THE OOHMITTEB OK THE
Jan. 7, 1733, at a meeting of the selectmen : Ordered
"That Miles Ward Jun" ace' * * * For y* Sch : Houfe
1 : 19 : 6 be allowed & paid by y* Tretw'"
Feb. 4, 1733, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Abraham Southwicks ace' for y* School Houfe
am^ to 12/ 6 be allowed and p* by Treas***
Aug. 5, 1734, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Agreed
That M' Wards Ace' for the School Houfe & Watch
Houfe amounting to (5***.-6^-0'^ be allowed & paid bythe
Treas'."
Oct. 6, 1735, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Agreed
That Cap* King & John Higginfon repair y* School
Houfe as they find needfuU and Convenient."
Jan. 5, 1735, at a meeting of the selectmen : "Agreed
That Miles Ward Jun' ace' am« to 4.. 8.. 10 for y'
School Houfe * * * be allow** & paid bv y« Treas' ord'."
Sept. G, 1736, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Miles Ward Jun' ace' amounting to 54/ for the
Town & Court Houfe and Twenty five Shill' & 7^ for
y** School Houfe be allowed & paid by the Treasurer."
March 11, 1736, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That miles Ward Jun" Ace' amounting To 24/ for
mending The Sckool Houfe Windows be allow** & paid
by The T^eas^"
Dec. 6, 1737, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That miles Ward Jun" Ace' • • * School <£• Houfe 2.. 12..
2 * • • be allow<* & p** ord'"
Feb. 5, 1738, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agi'eed
"That Miles ||Ward|| Jun' Ace' for School house &
Almshouse amounting to eight pounds Twelve f hillings
& Three pence be allowed & Paid."
Oct. 3, 1743, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Ben'^ Butnam have an order on y® Treas*^ for £6 :
2/, old Tenor in discharge of his ace' of Work at School
house.
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''That Robert Allen have an order on y* Treas' for
Four pounds Twelue ShiZH old Tenor, in full of his ace*
of Work ab* School house.
*'That John Con have an order on 3^* Treas' for 40/ old
Tenor for Two Dayes & half work ab* School house. * * *
■*That Isaac Aborn have an order on y* Treas' for £3.
1.6 in discharge of his ac* of Work &c at Schoolhouse."
Nov. 7, 1748, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Nat Kke haue an order on y Treas' for" 3. 1. 6 old
Tenor in discharge of his ac* of work &c at Schoolhouse."
Feb. 9, 1743, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed,
"That Ben' Gray Painter Stainer haue an ord' on y*
Treas' for 20/ old Tenor in full for Primeing y^ School
house Windows."
iVfarch 9, 1746, at a town meeting: "It being put to
vote whether a small Bell should be procured for the
School-House to be rung as 3^* School-Committee shall
direct The old Bell to be sold to discharge as far as it will
go towards the New-Bell, it past in the negative."
Aug. 5, 1751, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Michael Moore haue an order on the Treas' for £2.
1. f in discharge of his accounts of mending the School
House windows."
Sept. 2, 1751, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"That Joshua Wetherell haue an order on y* Treas' for 61/
old tenor in difcharge of his Acc^ of mending the School-
Houfe & nails."
Jan. 6, 1752, at a meeting of the selectmen: Agreed
"That W» Gale haue an order on y« Treas' for 8/8 for
sundries for building y* Chimney in y School House as
p his account."
Oct. 4, 1756, at a meeting of the selectmen : Agreed
"Tliat Tho' Luscomb haue an Order on y* Treas' for 15/8
in discharge of his accounts for y^ meeting House &
School House Bells & ab' a Lock & Key."
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258 REPORT OT THE COMMITTEE ON THE
March 5, 1759, at a meeting of the selectmen : Article
in warrant for town meeting to be held April 7, 1759 : 'To
consider of y* expediency & nesefity of repairing y*
School House or building a new one, and in case it shall
be tho* best to build a new School House, to determint
where y' same shall be set, and to order (if y' Town shall
think fit) that a fuitable Lot of Land be purchased to see
y* fame upon, and to Grant a fufficient funi of money to
defray y* Charge, and generally to do whatcuer shall be
judged best relating to this matter."
March 12, 1759, at a town meeting: "It being put to
vote whether y® old School House should l)c pulled down
& a new one built inftead of it at y® charge of v* Town, it
paft in y* negatiue.
"Voted That The School Committee be desired to get
some fuitable workmen to view y* Schoole House, examine
y* itate & condition of it, & to giue their Judgment
whether it be worth a general & thorough repair & what
such a repair would coft & whether some small repairs
would not be sufficient to make it comfortable for a year or
two & what y* expense of y* same would be, or if it should
be Judged necefsary to haue a new School-House built to
make a computation of y* coit, and That y* s** Com*® make
report thereupon to y* Town at their meeting in May next."
May 5, 1760, at a meeting of the selectmen : Article
in warrant for town meeting : " To Determine & Direct
where the Xew School House ordered by y* To^vn to be
built shall be set up & erected."
May 19, 1760, at a town meeting : "It being put to vote
whether they would now determine where y new Seliool
House ordered to be built in s*^ Town shall be set ; it past
in the affirmative.
"It being put to vote whether y® s^ House shall be erected
in on or as near as may be to y Spot y* old School-
House now ftands, it past in y'^ negative.
"Voted That the School House to be built in s* Town
shall be erected in y* School-House Lane where the
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Committe for building s** || House || proposed, being to
northward" *
[NoTB.— The town records end abruptly here; and the date of the
next record is May 8, 1764, several years' records being missing.]
EXTRACTS FROM COURT RECORDS, 1686-1673, 1679, 1718.
1 : 11 mo : 1639, Geo : Dill fined 40« for " drunkenes.
& to stand att the meeting houf doar next Lecture day,
w*^' a Clefte ftick upon his Tong, & pap vpon his hatt
fubscribed for groff ||p^meditated|| Lyinge." — Salem
Quarterly Court liecords^ 1636-1641^ page 31.
Lt. William Howard deposed that Joseph ffowler and
his company had spent nine pounds at Mr. Gedney's,
2(> : 10 : 1649. — Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1648-
1655, page 34.
Mr. Gedney fined for suffering sevei-al strangers in his
house, being an ordinarj', in time of lecture, 27 : 12 :
1649. — Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1648-1655,
page 42.
John Kitchen and Rich : Graves presented for playing
at shutfle board at Mr. Gedney's, 7 mo: 1649, 25: 12:
1(550. — Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1648-1655,
page 63.
]Mr. John Gidney was given liberty to draw arid sell
strong water, 29 : 9 : 1653. — Salem Quarterly Court
Records, 1648-1655, page 121.
Servants in y° house. Rob' Prince to have 2* and the
rest 3% 2: 10 mo: 1654. — Salem Quarterly Court
Records, 1648-1655, page 152.
Servants of y® house to have 5* for their attendance,
29 : 9 : 1655. — Salein Quarterly Court Records, 1655-
1666, page 7.
1 <* Opposite to Mr. Derby's house,* Btond in the centre of the street an old
wooden sch«)ol-hou8e, which wnd formerly the Court Hou:)e,and where tho witches
were tried. This Court-Uouse wtxA puUcfd down in 17W). My curiosity often led
me to view the plnce where those uufortunnic pvrdou.s were trlcil.in those deluded
X\mt%J'*—yrnnuMcript of Col. JSenJamin PickmaUt 1793; Ks»ex IiutUute Hist. Col.,
ri: 03.
•On louthern corner of Washington and Lynde itrrcts. — 3. P.
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260 REPORT OF THE CO^OIITTEE ON THE
Servants of ye house to have 5% 24 : 4 : 1656. — Salem
Quarterly Court Records^ 1655^1666^ page 15.
5' to servants of the house, 28 : 9 : 1656. — Salem
Quarterly Court Records, 1655^1666, page 23.
5' to servants at ye house for their attendance, 30 : 4 :
1657. — Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1656-1666,
page 32.
Servants of the house to have 5% 24: 9: 1657. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 36.
Servants of the house to have 7* 6**, 20 : 5 : 1658. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 45.
Mr. Gedney's fomier license renewed, Sept. 28, 1658.
— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page
55.
Servants of the house to have 6', Sept. 28, 1658. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 56.
ilr. Gedney to be pd his due and expenses, June 28,
1659.— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655^1666,
page 63.
Servants of the house to have 5% June 28, 1659. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 63.
Mr. Gedney's license renewed, 29 : 9 : 1659. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 71.
Servants of the house to have 5% 29 : 9 : 1659. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 71.
Servants of house allowed 5% June 26, 1660. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 80.
Mr. Gedney 's license renewed, 27 : 9 : 1660. — Salem
Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 62a.
Servants of house allowed 6% 27 : 9 : \ 660.— Salem
Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 62a.
Servants of Mr. Gedney's house to have 6% 25 : 4 :
1661.— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666,
page 73a.
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Mr. John Gedney's license renewed, 10 : 10 : 1661. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records^ 1655^1666^ page 83.
Servants of Mr. Gedney's house allowed 7* 6* and Mr.
Browne's man 18*, 10: 10: 1661. — Salem Quarterly
CouH Records, 1655^1666, page 83.
jMt. Gedney's license renewed for selling strong water,
June 24, 1662. — Salem Quarterly Court Records^ 1655-
1666, page 95.
Servants of the house 2* 6* and of Mr. Browne's house
as worshipful ^Ir. Samuel Symonds shall order it, June
24, \%&'2.— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666,
page 99.
Mr. Gedney's license renewed, 25 : 9 : 1662. — Salem
Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 107.
Servants of Mr. Gidney's allowed 6" 8^ 25 : 9 : 1662.
— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page
108.
Mr. Gedney's license renewed for selling strong water
at retail, 30 : 4 : 1663. — Salem ' Quarterly Court
Records, 1655-1666, page 118.
Servants of the house allowed 7* and Mr. Browne's
maid 18*», 30: 4: 1663.— ^atem Quarterly Court
Records, 1655-1666, page 119.
Mr. Gedney's license renewed for retailing strong
water, 24 : 9 : 1663. — Salem Quarterly Court Records,
1655-1666, page 123.
Sen'ants of Mr. Gidney's house allowed 7" Mr. Browne's
maid 18**, 24:9: 1663. — Salem Quarterly Court Records,
1655-1666, page 126.
Mr. John Gidney's license for drawing wine and
keeping an ordinary renewed, 28 : 4 : 1664. — Salem
Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 134.
Servants of house allowed 6* 8* and Elder Browne's
maid 12**, 28: 4: 1664.— A5feZe??i Quarterly Court
Records, 1655-1666, page 134.
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262 REPORT OF THE GOM3IITTEE ON THE
Mr. Gidney's license renewed for retailing strong
liquor, 29 : 9 : 1664. — Salem Quartei'It/ Court Records^
1665^1666, page 142.
Servants of the house allowed 5' and Mr. Browne's
maid 12*, 29 : 9 : 1664. — Salem Quarterly Court liecordSy
1655^1666, page 142.
Servants of ye house allowed 7% 27 : 4 : 1665. —
Sale^n Quartei^hj Court Itecords, 1655-1666^ page 148.
Mr. Gidnej-^'s license renewed to retail strong water,
28: 9: 1665.— *Sa/em Quarterly Court Records, 1655
-1666 J page 154.
Servants of Mr. Gediiey allowed 7* and Mr. Browne's
IS'*, 28 : 9 : 1665. — Salem Quarterly Court Records^
1655-1666, page 156.
Mr. John Gidney's license renewed, 26 : 4 : 1666. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1655-1666, page 161.
Servants of Mr. Gidney's house allowed 7* and Mr.
Brown's maid 18^ 26 •."4: 1666. — Salem Quarterly
Court Records, 1655-1666, page 168.
Servants of Mr. Gidney's house allowed 6" and Mr.
Browne's maid 18*, 27 : 9 : 1666.— Salem Quarterly
Court Records, 1655-1666, page 1 77.
Of 40* costs in a certain case, 3* 6* was due to Mr.
Gidney for expenses, June 25, 1667. — Salem Quarterly
Court Records, 1667-1679, leaf 3.
Servants of jMr. Gidney's house allowed 7* and Mr.
Browne's maid 18*, June 25, 1667. — Salem Quarterly
Court Records, 1667-1679, leaf 5.
Servants of Mr. Gidney's house 7* 6* and ^Ir. Browne's
servant 18*, 20 : 9 : 1667. — Salem Quarterly Court
Records, 1667^1679, leaf 7.
"We prefent Erafimus Jeames for giveing his mother
abufefiue Langwish and fhoueing hur Downeward the
stares of the Cort Chamber." — From the jyresentments of
the General Jury, November Tenn, 1667; Salem
Quarterly Court Files, book 13, leaf 20.
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"The teitimony of Henery Colens Se"® being fworn at
Salem Courtt noueinber Laft : for y® feruis of y® Country
on y* Gran Jury :
"Teftifieth tiiat beinge in y« Courtt Chamber in y**
houir II of II m' Gidny that RofTamus James did Atempt
with voyolence to put his mother out of 3^* Chamber And
further fath Not
''Sworne in Court at Salem 1 : 5 : 68
"ateftes Hilliard Veren Cler."
— Salem Quarterly Court Files j book 13 ^ leaf 72, ,
'Thee teftimonie of mark Bat[c]heler being vnder oath
to feme on the Gran Jury
''Teitifieth being in y® Courtt Chamber in y^houffof m'
Gidney in Xouember laft: that Roffamus James did
Atempt vyolently to put his mother out of y* Chamber :
& further faith nott
''Sworne in court 1 : 5 : 68 ;
"ateiles Hillyard veren Cler."
— Saletn Quarterly Court Files^ book 13^ leaf 72.
Mr. Gidney, sr, had his license renewed June 30, 1668.
— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1667-167 9, leaf 11.
The Servants of the house allowed ?• Mr. Browne's
maid 18S June 30, 1668. — Salem Quarterly Court
Records, 1667-^1679, leaf 13.
Servants of Mr. Gidney's house allowed V and Mr.
Browne's maid 18S 24: 9: 1668. — /SaZem Quarterly
Court Records, 1667-^1679, leaf 19.
''the fervants of m' Gidney's houfe alowed V & the
fervants of m' John Browne alowed 18** * * *
*"m' John Gidney has his former licence reneued," 29 :
4: 1&&9.— Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1667-1679,
leaf 26.
Papers relating to new meeting-house filed in suit
brought to recover a rate for the payment thereof but
containing nothing more than the town records, 1670-
1673. — Salem Quarterly Court Files, volume XXI,
leaves 8^12.
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264 BEPORT OF THE COMMITTEB ON THE
"the fervants of the houfe ?• 6*", 27: 4: 1671. —
Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1667-1679.
"the fervants of m' Grardners houfe alowed 7* m'
Brownes maid alowed 18*", 28 : 9 : 1671.— /Saiem Quar-
terly Court Records, 1667-1679.
"the feruants of y* houfe 9» 6* * * * & 18* alowed y*
fervants of m' Gedneyes," 25: 4: 1672. — Salem Quar-
terly Court Records, 1667-1679.
M' John Gedney's license for retailing strong waters
renewed. ♦ • •
" The fervants of m' Grardners houfe hau alowed 8* &
the feruants of m'^ Gidneyes 3' & m^ Brownes maid 3%"
26 : 9 : 1672. — Salem Quarterly Court Records, 1667-
1679.
"Whereas y* Court Chamber in Salem y^ Shire Towne
of jr* County of Efex is found by Experience to be too
Streight & Inconvenient for y* Entertainment of y*
Courts that have Occafion to make Use of y^ Same &
Judged so by y* Justices of y* Super* Court of Judicature,
who at their last Sefsions found it too Small, & desired &
Directed^ it might be inlarged or made bigger & for as
much as it hath been debated & moved in former Courts
for y* amendment Thereof, &y* Consideration & refolution
Thereabout continued to this Court. This Court do Think
It expedient for y* accomodation of y* Several Courts y
are to Sit annually therein & do hereby ord' y* there be a
Court House erected built & finisht wMn jr* s* Towne as
y« Com'^ hereafter nominated or y* Maj' part of them
Shall direct of ab* 40 foot Lond, wide . . . & 20 ft
Stud or Thereabouts convenient for two Stories besides
y* Roof The uppear Story or Chamber for y* Use of y®
Court & y* Lower Story or Room for y« Use of y* Town
of Salem for an Exchange or as they Shall See cause to
improve it & y* the Charge thereof be bom & paid 3^*
One half of it by y* County out of y* next County Rate
or Tax & y* other half by y*^ Town of Salem & that if
1 A thorougrti search In the records anrt flies of the Superior Court of Judicature,
deposited In Boston, and In the records and riles of the Sessions Court at Salem,
reveals nothing further relative to the insuihclency of the court chamber In
Salem. —5^. P.
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any or either of y^ Comittee will advance y* Money or
any Perfon or Perfons Else for y^ expediting y« Work, y*
Counteys Shall be repaid Them out of y® next County Rate
& if y* Town of Salem or any Particular Gentleman or
others See cause to digg & Stone a Cellar under it at their
own Costs & Charge They have Liberty so to do w*'
Shall be & remain for y* proper use & benefit of him or
Them that may make ye Same and that CoP John
Appleton Esqr. Col® Sam" Browne Esqr & Stephen
Sewall Esqr. or y* IMajor part of them are appointed a
Com*** to take Care of & pforA this worke with all
convenient Speed." Court of General Sessions of the
Peace for Essex County Dec. 30, 1718. — Records of
Court of General Sessions of the Peace^ 1696-1718^
page 364,
" Whereas y* Town of Salem at a Legal meeting has
come into y* Proposals of y* Justices at y* last Sessions
for being & bearing half y* Charge in building a Town
House or Court House in Salem of about 40 foot long &
30 foot wide and further have moved to this Court y*
I[t] may be built Eight or 10 foot longer. Its Con-
sidered by y* Court that y* s** Motion is granted to Wit.
that its left to y^ Com^ appointed to take care for y«
building s* House to their Discretion to build it Eight or
Ten foot longer, not exceeding ten foot as y* s** Com'**
Shall see meet & y® County to pay y® one half y* Charge
as They agreed for y* former." Court of General
Sessions, Feb. 18, 1718-9. — Records of Court of
General Sessions of the Peace y 1696-1718^ page
367.
SITE OF FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, 1635.
On the next page is a map, drawn on a scale of seventy-
five feet to an inch, showing the location of the first
meeting-house in 1635. Some of the present sites of
buildings are shown by dotted line.^. The mecting-housc
stood on the eastern half of the present lot ; and the second
meeting-house and its successors occupied the western
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SITE OF FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 1635.
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part, the present church, as will be noticed, occupying
nearly the whole of the present lot.
The peculiar house of William Lord was at the
southeastern corner of the meeting-house lot.
After the removal of the first meeting-house, in 1674,
its site was used as a market place.
The Higginson house is that which was the residence
of Rev. Francis Higginson, and later of Roger "Williams,
it is believed.
Hugh Peter s garden was sold to Beiijamin Felton in
1659, and to it the prison was subsequently moved from
its site on the easterly side of the garden to secure space
for the town house.
HISTORY OF QUAKER MEETIXG-HOUSE.
. Benjamin Gerrish of Salem, for ninety pounds,
conveyed to Thomas Maule two and one-half acres oif
land, " being the halfe of that lott formerly caled by y*
name of Cottees lott, & now in y* possession of me y*"
sd Benjamin Gerrish, & is scituate, lying & being in
Salem aforesd, bounded to y^ land of Rob't Kitchen on y^
one side, & on y® other with y® land y* was old Reveses,
fronting northward to the maine streete, & southward to
y* other halfe of ye sd Cottees lott," Jan. 22, 1683.—
Registry of Deeds^ book 6, leaf 105.
"'Ai'ticles of Agreement made & concluded on this
fourteenth day of September, 1688, Annoq Regni Regis
Jacobi Secundi quarto, between Thomas Maule of Salem,
shopkeeper, on y® one part, & John Richards of Boston,
marriner, on y* other part, ^vittnesseth : that there shall
be a way of five foot and four inches, betweene y® new
meeting house which Said Maul is building in Salem
aforesaid, on y^ lott caled Cottey's lott, w'^^ Sd Maul
purchased of Benjamin Gerrish, and y° northeast corner
of said Richards his dwelling house in y® front next the
streete, to be the aforesaid breadth from y® western
corner of sd meeting house or dwelling house, to y
eastern corner of said Richard's his house as aforesd, and
this to be the bounds betwixt said Maul and Richards,
their heirs, executors, administrators and assignes forever.
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268 REPORT OF THE COMBI^TTEE ON THE
In witness whereof the parties abovesd have hereunto set
their hands and seales the day and yeare abovesd.
*" Signed, Sealed Thomas Maule
& delivered in & a seale
presence of us. marke of
Stephen Sewall, JohnXRichards
Daniel Lambertt. & a seale.
''Mr. Thomas ]Maule & John Richards personalj
appearing before me acknowledged y* above written
instrument to be their act & deed, this 14th of September,
1688. Bartho : Gedney
"oftheCouncill."
— Registry of Deeds ^ book 5, leaf 112.
Thomas Maul of Salem, merchant, for forty-five pounds,
conveyed to "Josiah & Dan" Southwick Sam" Graskin
Caleb Buffum Christopher ffoster Sarah Stone all of Salem
in New England aforesa** Sam" Collins of Lyn &
severall others of y* people called Quakers in y* County
of Eflex in New Engl^ * * * A small tract or pc" of
Land Containing about foure Rodds or poles, be itt more
or bee itt Lesse being scitvate in y^ Town of Salem afores^
as itt lyes bounded viz : easterly & southerly by Land of
s* maule, Westerly by land now in possession of Jn®
Richards of salem aboves^ & northerly by y* maine broad-
street or highwaye, just as itt lyes and is now fenced,
Together w'** a meeting houfe, w**^ stands apon said
land, for y* use of y* abovenamed & severall others of y*
people Comonly Called Quakers to worship & serve God
in," Oct. 13, 1690.— Registry of Deeds.hook 9, leaf 29.
Thomas Maule of Salem, merchant, gave to his son
John Maule of Salem, cord^vainer, " all that my feild or
orchard and mowing ground Called the meeting houfe
pasture Containing Six acres be the Same more or lefs
butted and bounded as foUoweth with the land of m'
Robert Kitchen in part and partly with the land of
Jonathan Pickering Easterly with the high way Southerly
with the lands of Thomas Flint Ephraim Eempton and
land that was John Reeueses westerly and with the Main
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AUTHENTICITY OP THE FIRST MEETING HOCSE. 269
Street northerly/' and other real estate, April 9, 1707.
— Registry of Deeds^ book 19 j leaf 164.
Thomas Maule of Salem, merchant, as attorney to his
son John Maule of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, for
twenty pounds, conveyed to Richard Oakes formerly of
Lynn, now of Salem, shopkeeper, one hundred and five
rods of land in Salem, ""begining thirt}" one foot from
the meeting houfe of the people called Quaqers & so
runing Easterly & So from^'om the tliirty one foot from
the II Easterly halfe y* Length of y*^ said jj Meeting houe
feild, but it is to be understood that ten foot of the thirty
foot from the North East Corner of said Meeting houfe
is not purchafed but it is Given him said Oakes & the
proprietors so Long as they Injoy it peacably both he &
y* owners of said houfe w*** Land as aforesaid is bouned
Northerly ||upon|| y® maine street Easterly with Land of
John Maule & southerly & westerly with y* Land of
widdow Darby," April 3, 1710. — Registi^ of Deeds^
book 21, leaf 196. Confirmed by 36 : 193.
Richard Oakes of Salem, shopkeeper, for sixty-eight
pounds, mortgaged to Thomas Maule of Salem, merchant,
dwelling-house and one hundred and five rods of land in
Salem, "butted & Bounded as foUoweth Northerly with
y® Street or high way Easterly & Southerly with other
land of 3^ Said Thomas Maules which he hath lately
giuen & conveyed y® reverfion thereof to his Son John
Slaule & Westerly with land foimerly Granted by y^
Said Thomas Maule to his friends calFd Quakers to Set a
meeting houfe on & Convenient roome about it," May 22,
nil.— Registry of Deeds, book 22, leaf 262.
"At our Mounthly Meeting at Salem the 13-3-1714.
The Several weekly meetings called over and Friends
apearing From Each proceded to Business.
"This meeting having considered of building a new
meeting house at Salem have agreed that the Length of
said House shall be fourty feet and bredth thirty four
feet and Eighteen feet studd these deraentions are to
be sent to the Yearly meeting at Rhoad Island for there
aprobation." — Friends Mont/dy Meeting Records.
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270 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
Smo: 12: 1715, "WeeRec* From Salem Preparative
Meeting an acco concerniag Caleb Buffum Jun'
Respecting his Preaching & seting up in the Gallery
which being considered we Jadge that he ought to
forbare offering any by way of Testimony for the filter
and that he sett down out of the Gallery^ untill this
meeting are fully satisfied that its his place and duty to
which he freely submits and promises to be subject." —
Friends Monthly Meeting Records.
1716. 10-3, "Wee have sold the old meeting house to
Thomas Maul of Salem for Twenty five pounds." —
Friends Monthly Meeting Records.
"Daniel Southwick Samuel Graskill Caleb Buffani &
Samuel Collins with other their friends caled quakers
liaving bought another peice on y* || other || Side of y* way
more commodious & convenient for y* Setting a Meeting
houfe on & liaue Erected a Meeting houfe thereon
Wherefore y* Said Daniel South\vick Samuel Guscoyn
Caleb Butfam & Samuel Collins within named being all
that are Surviving of y^ nominated purchafers ffor & on
belialfe of Themselues thier hiers Executors & adminif-
trators as well as on behalfe of thier friends as before
defcribed that are any wayes intrested in y^ old houfe
& Land within mentioned," for twenty-five pounds,
reconveyed to Thomas Maule about four rods of land
"as its now fenced in with y^ old homing Thereupon,"
Nov. 18, ni8.— Registry of Deeds, book 34, leaf 202.
"At our Mounthly Meeting at Salem the 10. . 3. . 1722
Richard Oake & Sam' Collins are desired to attend the
Yearly meeting at Rhoad Island.
"The friends who were appointed to consider of the
bi^rsTues of Salem Xew Meeting: house have at Salem
agreed and concluded it shall be 40 foot long and Thirty
foot wide."
— Friends Monthly Meeting Records.
Richard Oaks of Salem, shopkeeper, for two hundred
and forty pounds, conveyed to James Bowdoin of Boston,
»It is said, on goo«l authority, that "Gallery" means the "high seat."— 5. P.
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AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIB8T MEETING HOUSE. 271
merchant, one handred and iive rods of land, described
as in deed to the grantor (page 269), Sept. 20, 1712. —
Registry of Deeds^ book 25^ leaf 62.
James Bowdoin of Boston, esquire and merchant,
conveyed to Samuel Stone of Salem, tailor, one hundred
and five rods of land, described as in deed of John !Maule
to Richai-d Oakes (page 269), Feb. 9, 1732.— Reg-
istry ofDeeds^ book 61^ leaf 215.
Samuel Stone of Salem, tailor, mortgaged to James
BoAvdoin of Boston, esquire, one hundred and five rods
of land, described as in deed of John Maule to Richard
Oakes (page 269), March 25, 1736. — Registry of Deeds ^
book 71 y leaf 9.
Samuel Stone of Salem, tailor, moi-tgaged to Roger
Peal of Salem, shipwright, one hundred and five rods of
land, described as in deed of John ilaule to Richard
Oakes (page 269), March 25, 1736. — Registry of Deeds y
hook 71 y leaf 10.
Will of Thomas Maule of Salem, shopkeeper, dated
Aug. 30, 1723 ; proved July 2, 1724. His heirs were
Joseph ^laule, a son, and two or more daughtei's, besides
his widow Sarah. This meeting-house lot was devised in
this will. — Probate Files.
Sarah Clifton, late Sarah Maule, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
widow, sometime wife of Thomas ISIaule of Salem,
merchant, deceased, and Thomas Maule and Content
Nicholson, children of said Thomas Maule, deceased,
conveyed to her ( Sarah, and Thomas') son Joseph Maule
land on the south side of the main street in Salem, etc.,
July 13, 1747. — Registry of Deeds y book 91 y leaf 70.
Joseph ilauU of Salem, mariner, mortgaged dwelling
house and lot where I now dwell to Miles Ward, jr., of
Salem, joiner, Oct. 23, 1747. — Regist)y of Deeds, book
93 y leaf 196.
Execution for possession of a dwelling house and lot of
land of about six rods in suit brought by Miles Ward,
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272 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
jr., of Salem, gentleman^ against Richard Maibeny,
blacksmith, and Abraham Fowler, mariner, both of Salem,
May 11, 1752, bounded north by the main street, east
and south by Samuel Stone, and west by Joshua Hicks. —
Registry of Deeds, book 97, leaf 253.
Execution in suit of William Browne of Salem, esquire*
against Joseph ^laul of Salem, mariner : in satisfaction
whereof a piece of land in Salem, bounded as follows, was
assigned to said Brown, viz : ''Bounded East by Land of
Samuel Stone Forty three feet three Inches beginning
from the North East Comer of the Premifes Bounded
South by said Stones Land Thirty Eight feet three Inches
Bounded Westerly from the Comer of said Stones Land
by Land now in the Pofsefsion of !Maj' Joshua Hicks
Sixteen feet as the fence now stands to a Post which Post
Stands three feet from the Western Comer of that part of
the Houfe that was the Meeting Houfe Joyning to the
New End of said Houfe and from thence Southerly two
feet four Inches which makes it five feet four Inches from
the Western Corner aforesaid and from thence Westerly
by said Hickes Land Twenty four feet Ten Inches which
Ends five feet four Inches from the Norwest Comer of
said Houfe and from thence Northerly by the Street
Thirty five feet Six Inches to the first mentioned Bound,"
valued at seventy pounds, Nov. 17, 1750. — Registry of
Deeds, book 124, leaf 222.
William Browne died, and his estate descended to his
son William Burnet Browne. See Probate Becords.
William Burnet Browne of Salem, esquire, for fifty-four
pounds, eighteen shillings, and eight pence, conveyed to
James Ford of Salem, schoolmaster, "A Small piece of
Land with an old Dwelling House thereon in said. Salem
the same Land butting Northerl}'- on the Main-ibreet then
Easterly by Land heretofore of Samuel Stone deceased
now of John Bullock Jun' as the fence there ftands then
Southerly on Land heretofore of said Stone now of said
Bullock as the Fence there Stands & thence in two
Coui-fes by said Fords Land to the street aforesaid,"
July 13, 1767 — Registry of Deeds, book 121, leaf 197.
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AUTHENTICTTT OF THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 273
James Ford of Salem, schoolmaster, mortgaged to
Benjamin Pickman, jr., of Salem, gentleman, ^my
jVIanfion House & the House now Occupied by Richard
Meberry with the Land under them & thereto adjoining in
Said Salem butting Northerly by the Main Street then
Easterly then Southerly & Easterly again by Land of John
Bullock jun' heretofore Samuel Stone's & Southerly on
land of the Heirs of Cock* Reeves, dec^ or one of them &
Westerly by Lands of Felt Reeves & others to the Street
aforesaid," July 13, 1767 ; discharged on margin Oct. 7,
\1S9.— Registry of Deeds, book 121, leaf 196.^
Will of James Ford of Salem, schoolmaster, dated
Nov. 9, 1775 ; proved July 11, 1781, gave his estate to
his wife Mary Ford. — Probate Files.
Will of Mary Ford of Salem, widow, dated Nov. 1 ,
1787; proved Nov. 9, 1787. Samuel Blytb of Salem,
painter, appointed administrator. — Probate Files.
Samuel Bhiih of Salem, painter, as administrator of
the estate of Mary Ford of Salem, deceased, conveyed
to Robert Wallis of Salem, cabinet maker, a lot of land
>vith the buildings thereon in said Salem, bounded
northerly by the main street, twenty-eight feet and nine
inches, easterly by house and land of Thomas Holmes
forty-four feet and four inches, southerly by house and
land of said Thomas Holmes twenty-seven feet and six
inches, and westerly by land late of James Ford, deceased,
forty-one feet, Aug. 23, 1788. — Registmj of Deeds, book
147, leaf 275.
Samuel Blyth of Salem, painter, as administrator of
the estate of Mary Ford of Salem, deceased, conveyed to
Rev. Daniel Hopkins of Salem a lot of land in Salem,
with the buildings thereon, bounded northerly by the
main street seventy-one feet and six inches, easterly by
land I, as said admin i.'^trator, convej^ed to Richard
Downing® Aug. 23, 1788, forty feet, southerly eight
1 James Ford had boaght the western part of this lot of John Ires and others
Jan. 19, 1764 (Re^stry of Deeds, book 111, leaf 278), and he Immediately erected
thereon what was afterwards the house of Rer. Daniel Hopkins. That house is
"my mansion house;'* and the other is the meetlnsr house and its additions.
Between 17S4 and 1787, and possibly as early as 1753. the mcetlntr-house part of
t*ils tenement house was separated i^rom the new part, and removed.— S. /'.
> A mistake for Robert WallU.— S. P.
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REPORT ON THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 276
feet and then easterly four hundred and nineteen feet,
both courses by land of Holmes, southerly, by land of
Bartholomew Putnam ninety-nine feet and five inches,
westerly by land of Stephen Osborn ninety-seven feet and
ten inches, northerly twenty-seven feet and six inches and
westerly three hundred and fourteen feet, both courses by
land of Felt and others, and westerly by land of Felt
eight feet, Sept, 16, 1788. — Registry of Deeds ^ book 147 ^
leaf 283.
Robert "Wallis of Salem, cabinet maker, for lift}'
pounds, conveyed to Nathaniel Batchelder of Salem,
cordwainer, land and buildings^ in Salem, described in
deed of Samuel Blyth, adm'r, to Robert "Wallis, recorded,
book 147, leaf 275 (see page 273), bounded westerlj- by
land of Rev. Daniel Hopkins, July 9, 1789. — liegustri/
of Deeds, book 148y leaf 238.
Nathaniel Batchelder of Salem, cordwainer, for eighteen
hundred and seventy-five dollars, convej^ed to John eJenks
of Salem, merchant, dwelling house and a certain lot of
land described in deed of Wallis to me, recorded, book
148, leaf 238, June 24, 1805.— Begistry of Deeds, book
176, leaf 197.
HISTORY OF TOMPKINS' INN.
At a meeting of the proprietors of land lying in
common in Salem held at the Town house Feb. 2, 1718-
9 : *' Voted that there be Giuen and is Granted unto
Benjamin Parnall SLx Poles of Land on and about the
place where he hath dug a Seller by the Side of the Hill
near mr. Prefscots meeting houfe to be Laid out by the
Grand Commite." — Salem Com^noners liecords, 1713-
1 739, page 45.
Nathaniel Tompkins married Mary Pasco July 8, 1703. —
Salem Town Records.
"William Porter of Salem, yeoman, for thirty-six
pounds, conveyed to Nathaniel Tompkins of Salem,
yeoman, "A Certain Houfe with Six Pole of Ground
1 Mr. Batebelder probably built the house now Btandlng on the site.— S, P,
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276 BEPOBT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
Scituate in the Towne of Salem near The Meeting Hoafe
in the Midle. Precinct," May 1, 1728. — Registry of
Deed.% book 60, leaf 1 7.
Nathaniel Tompkins approved of as an innholderat his
house by the meeting house in the middle precinct June
5,1727. — Salem Town Recordsy page 32. Same, 1728
(location not given).
Nathaniel Tompkins of Salem licensed as an innholder
July 11, 1727. — Records of Court of General iSessions,
1726^1744, page 42.
Nathaniel Tompkins of Salem, innholder, for forty-
five pounds, conveyed to Benjamin Parnel of Salem,
fisheiman, "a Certain Dwelling house and about Six pole
of land Scituate in Salem afores^ Near the ^lidle
precinct Meeting house heretofore Granted to Benjamin
Parnel Father of the before Named Benj* Parnel," Oct.
30, 1731. Wife IMary consented.- Registry of Deeds,
book 60, leaf 262.
Nathaniel Tompkins was called "innholder" in 1729 and
1730.
Will of Nathaniel Tompkins of Salem, yeoman, dated
July 15, 1732, was proved Aug. 14, 1732. It was
written by Rev. Benjamin Prescott, who lived near the
Tompkins'. He devised to his wife !Maiy part of his real
estate, and the rest to his sisters Rebecca ilasc}', Mary
Flagg and Deborah Flagg, and to the children of his
sister Eliz : Reed (Rich?). — Probate Records and Files,
Case No. 27, 803.
Mary Tompkins was approved as an innholder July 2,
1733. — Salem Toxon Records, page 180.
Benjamin Parnel of Salem, fisherman, for sixty-five
pounds, conveyed to John Trask of Salem, j^eoman, "All
that My Dwelling house with y® land thereto belonging
being About Six poles more or lefs Scituate in Salem
afores^ Near the Middle precinct Meeting house being
that peice or parcell of land which was heretofore Granted
by the Prop's to my father Benj* Parnell, Dec^," Dec.
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AnTHENTIGirr OF THE FIBST MEETING HOUSE. 277
11, 1733. Wife Annis released dower. — Registry of
Deeds ^ book 62 ^ leaf 151.
Ebenezer Goodale approved as an innholder in the
house of ^lary Tompkins, and in her room, July 5, 1736.
— Salem Town Records^ page 229.
John Trask of Salem, husbandman, for one hundred
pounds, conveyed to Ebenezer Goodale of Salem,
innholder, **A11 That my Dwelling House with y Land
Thereto belongring being about Six poles more or Lefs
Scituate in Salem afores** near y* Middle Precinct Meeting
House which House and Land I p^chased of Benjamin
Parnall of Salem aforesaid," March 15, 1736/7. — Registry
of Deeds, booh 74, leaf 29.
John Massy approved of as an innholder at Tompkins',
by the selectmen, July 3, 1738. — Salem Toicn Records,
page 256.
Ebenezer Goodell of Salem, husbandman, for one
hundred pounds, conveyed to Timothy Upton of Salem,
cordwainer, "A Dwelling House Barn & Six poles of
Land in Salem afores** near the ^Middle Precinct Meeting
house Originally granted to Benj" Pamel as Record
appears," Aug. 21, 1740. — Registry of Deeds, book 80,
leaf 105.
Ebenezer Goodell approved of for an innholder in the
house late Tompkins, by the selectmen, Aug. 1, 1743.
Same, July 1, 1745. — Salem Town Records.
Widow Ruth Upton was appointed administratrix of
the estate of her deceased husband, Timothy Upton of
Danvers, Nov. 7, 1758. In his inventory is appraised
"One Small House & Six pole of Land £13. 6. 8."—
Probate Records and Files, Case No. 28,504.
Nathan Upton of Danvers, yeoman, for one hundred
and seventy-five pounds, conveyed to Solomon Wyman of
Danvers, laborer, " a certain dwelling houfe with the land
thereto belonging being late the E{late of my father M'
Timothy Upton dec* now occupied by m' Ifaac Reed
containing Hx poles more or lefs fituate in Danvers
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aforefaid near the fouth parifh meeting houfe,'' Aug. 3,
im.— Registry of DeedSy book 139, leaf 3.
Solomon Wyman of Danvers, yeoman, for sixty pounds,
conveyed to Benjamin Jacobs of Danvers, ^ a Certain
dwelling house with the Land thereunto belonging
Situate in Danvers aforesaid Containing Six Poles of land
more or lefs it being the house that I Bought of M' Nathan
Upton near the South Parish meeting house," Sept. 10,
nS'i.—Iief/istv}/ of Deeds, book 142, leaf 108.
Zacheriah King of Danvers, yeoman, for one hundred
dollars, conveyed to Benjamin Jacobs of Henniker, X. H.,
gentleman, by quitclaim deed, ''one piece of land in fitid
Danvers, containing six poles more or lefs with a building
thereon, bounded foutherly and eaiterly on land occupied
by Daniel Seed, northerly and we^^terly on the highway
being the fame houfe and land the faid Benjamin bought
of Solomon Wyman," and other land, Sept. 12, 1800. —
Registry of Deeds, book 167, leaf 62.
Benjamin Jacobs of Rowley, gentleman, for three
hundred dollars, conveyed to Benjamin Jacobs of Danvers,
mariner, "a certain dwelling house with the land under
and adjoining the same, containing about ten poles, more
or lefs, fituate in Danvers aforesaid, at present occupyed by
Solomon Wyman and bounded westerly & Northerly on
the highway, Easterly and Southerly on land occupyed
by Daniel Reed," Mav 20, 1806. — Registry of Deeds,
book 177, leaf 268. *
Solomon Wyman, yeoman, and wife Eunice, of
Danvers, for thirty-five dollars, quitclaimed to Benjamin
Jacobs of Danvers, mariner, "a certain lot of land with
a small dwelling house standing on the same situate near
the south meeting house in Danvers, and is bounded
westerly on the highwa}^ northerly on another highway
called the back way, easterly and southerly on land of
Daniel Reed ; containing four poles be the same more or
less," Feb. 24, ISU .— Registry of Deeds, book 195,
leaf 194.
Benjamin Jacobs of Danvers, mariner, for five hundred
dollars, conveyed to Lewis Allen of Salem, cordwainer,
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^'a certain piece of land situate and lying in Danvers
aforesaid near the south meeting house bounded as follows,
to wit, beginning at the southwest comer on land of
Daniel Reed, thence running" northerly and bounded
westerly on die street thirty-two feet, bounded northerly
by highway leading to tVallis' mills, so called, one
hundred and eighteen feet, easterly by land of Daniel
Reed twenty feet, southerly twenty-four feet, southeasterly
fourteen feet, and southerly eighty-one feet, all by land
of Daniel Reed, Oct- 6, 1818. No buildings are
mentioned. — Registry of Deeds^ book 219^ leaf 38.
DAVID NICHOLS* FAR3I.
The homestead was the property of Thomdike Proctor
in 1753, and there was then a dwelling-house upon it.
"At a meeting of y* Selectmen of Salem Jan' 1"* A D.
1753 all present save Cap* Leach
"Agreed M' Thomdike Procter haue an order on y^
Treas' for 26/8 for y* use of his House at y* entrance of
y® Horfe-pafture, while David Boyce Jun" wife had y«
Small-pox there & y* damages the %^ Thomdike suffered
by her being placed there."
— Salem Town Becords.
Thomdike Proctor lived on Boston street, at Fowler
street.
Samuel Pope of Salem, blacksmith, wife Sarah, for one
hundred and thirty pounds, conveyed to Moses Steward
of Salem, bricklayer, dwelling house and one acre of land
butting every way on the great pasture, so called, as ye
same is now fenced, Dec. 15, 1737. — Registry ofDeeds^
book 74, leaf 85.
Moses Steward conveyed the estate he purchased as
above to Thomdike Proctor.
Thomdike Proctor died July — , 1774; and in the
settlement of his estate this lot bought of Moses Steward
was assigned to the widow as dower in 1775. The north
end of the field lying westerly and adjoining to the
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The mortises shown are those in sight, and not used
now.
Braces, principally of oak, are nailed at the ends of the
comer posts. '
Before its removal the beam which supports the front
of the gallery was tenoned into the upper mortises. It
is now in ancient mortises.
THE TRADITIONS.
George W. Bruce, of Salem, states that his mother,
whose maiden-name was Sarah Proctor, was born in this
building March 12, 1787. Also, her brotlier Benjamin
Proctor was born in it Oct. 24, 1775. These Proctors
were children of Robert Proctor, who owned the Nichols
farm from 1779 till 1785, and had probably lived there
from the time of his marriage, about 175(3, until his death,
Feb. 1, 1802. ^Ir. Bruce says that the building had not
been changed in appearance since 1833, when he first
remembers having seen it. He never knew it to be used
for any other purpose than a cow shed. He used to hear
it called "The first meeting-house" when he was young
(having been born about 1825). He is not sure that he
ever heard that it was called "The old tavern house," or
a part of "Tompkins inn". The Proctors were Friends
or Quakers. Robert Proctor, jr., son of above named
Robert Proctor, lived in the southern end of the Nichols
house, the other end, which is toward Boston street,
having been built on later.
Caleb Pierce of Salem stated, before 1860, that
Benjamin Proctor and his sister, both excellent people,
who were told the same by the Pope family, stated "that
they well remembered that the old tavern was alwa3^s
known as having been made from the first meeting house."
Mr. Proctor said he had heard his father say so more than
a hundred times. Said Benjamin Proctor and his sister
were both born in the old tavern. "Joseph Pope," said
Mr. Pierce, "the first of the name who came to New
England, was in Salem in 1636 ; his name appears on the
Salem records about that time. Joseph Pope, 2d, was
baptized in 1650, married, in 1669 ; Bethusa Folger,
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aunt to Doctor Franklin. Enos Pope, son of Joseph,
2d, was born in 1690 ; and lived near the Fowler house
in Boston street. In 1718, he built the house now
occupied by Mr. Wllkins, at the foot of Grallows hill,
which was within a few rods of this old building, in which
Enos, 2d, was bom in 1721, and who died at the age of
ninety-two. Enos, 3d, was bom in 1769. My recollec-
tions of my grandfather, Enos, 2d, are very clear and
distinct. Until a few months of his death he was very
active, clear-minded and communicative. He was
frequently inquired of by people with regard to previous
events, and he was so exact in his account of dates and
paiticulars that it was supposed he had kept a journal for
many years, which was not the case. I remember his
pointing out the course of the old road, which passed the
tavern house and joined the present street directly
opposite his house. With Enos Pope, 3d, I lived nearly
forty years. He was full of information and anecdotes,
and yet very cautious and careful in his statements. It
was from him and his sisters, who lived in the family long
after their father's death, that I got the account. It was
never doubted by them. It should be remembered that
the persons I have named were separated only by death,
although very long-lived ; father, son and grandson having
lived together in the same house, and the connection that
bound the past to the present was never broken for a day."
The Popes were, also, Friends, or Quakers, having been
of that persuasion since the persecution of the Friends
in the seventeenth century.
Gilbert L. Streeter writes : " This old building was
said to have been, and doubtless was, a part of an ancient
tavern, known as Tompkins' Inn, and it was situated at
the point nearest to Boston street, where tlie end of
Proctor street now is. I published an account of this»
pleasant ramble at the time in a Salem newspaper ; and
in it I said : ' The reader may have seen this old tavern,
back of Blubber Hollow, and may have mused upon its
antiquity. Some, who prefer what is interesting to what
is strictly matter of fact, like to consider it as the original
A This is taken from a notice of a nimble bj Mr. Streeter In lSfi9. —S. P.
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first church, — or meeting house, as the godly and extra
anti-papal fkthers of the early days styled their houses of
worship.' I thus happened to be the first person who
called public attention to this ancient and interesting
building, as it then was, and one of the few who saw it
in its dirty and dilapidated condition. It had, for many
years, been used as a. bam, or cow-house, and you will
notice that at that time I disclaimed belief in the legend
that it had been ' the first meeting house.' Not long after,
in 1859, the Essex Institute took the matter up."
SIZE or MEETING-HOUSES.
In Dedham, in 1G37, two years after the town was
settled, when the population was much less than that of
Salem, a meeting-house thirty-six feet long, twenty feet
wide, and twelve feet stud, was built.
In New Haven, in 1637, when the town was much
smaller than Salem, the meeting-house was fifty feet
square.
Haverhill erected a meeting-house, in 1648, when the
town was very small, having been settled in 1640, twenty-
six by twenty feet.
In Lynn, in 1632, upon the very first settlement of the
town, a meeting-house, said to have been twenty feet
square, was built.
COST OF BUILDINGS.
In 1659, John Norman built a dwelling-house for the
minister on Cape Ann Side for forty-five pounds. It was
thirty-eight feet long, seventeen feet wide, and eleven
feet stud. It had three chimneys, — two below and one
above ; a porch eight feet square ; and eight windows, —
four below and four above. — Salem Quarterly Court
Files ^ volume 5, leaf 51.
Doctor Bentley, in his historj'^ of Salem, states that
" an unfinished building of one story was used occasion-
ally for public worship in Salem from 162i) to 1634. A
proper house was then erected by Mr. Norton, who was
to have one hundred pounds sterling for it."
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POPULATION OF SALEM,
Rev. Joseph B. Felt, the Annalist of Salem, states that
in 1629 there were ''eleven houses in Salem, besides
cottages.^ He, also, says that two hundred and twenty-
six houses were built before 1638 ; and four hundred and
fifty-nine, ''mostly huts and cottages," before 1660.
The population of Salem at any period of those early
times is not known ; but it must have been several
hundred in 1630, and subsequently more.
The church records show that, in 1637, there were one
hundred and seventy-nine members.
Every person, as a rule, was compelled to attend the
church service in the early days ; and probably the church
attendance was four times the number of members.
Seference to the address of President Rantoul to the
Board of Directors of the Institute, dated Oct. 2, 1899,
is made for further particulars as to the population of
Salem in the early days.
THE SALEM PEOPLE.
As to size, style of architecture, finish, and cost, what
would the settlers of Salem be presumed to do ? They
were men of means, character, religion, taste, and culture.
More so, perhaps, than of any other settlement is the
statement true.
This has always been the shire town of the county,
and the meeting-house, which was substantially the only
public building in the town until after 1675, was located
on the most prominent of the public squares from 1634 to
1672.
In 1634, Doctor Bentley says, Salem began to flourish ;
and, it may be added, has flourished ever since.
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MARINE NOTES.
FROM A NEWS BOOK KEPT IN SALB31, MASS., 1812-1815,
AT THE OFFICE OF THE ESSEX INSURANCE
COMPANY, NATHANIEL BOWDITCH,
PRESIDENT.
COPIED BY GEOROE L. PEABODY.
{CotUinKtd from Vol. XXXVIII, page 152.)
Monday, April 5 [1813]. Brig Leo, 29 days from
France, has arrived at Portland. Ship Print, from
IMarblehead, has been captured & ordered for England.
Market good. A Large Ship mth a blue flag at the fore,
bright sides & no head, standing for Boston, was seen at
10 A. M., Smiles outside the light. Sch' Stockholm at
N. York, 7 days from Halifax. Sailed in Co. with the
B. Frigates Shannon, Nymph & Tenedos, to cruize off
Bostpn. Ship Samuel, with Consul Lee & 100 other
passengers has arrived at N. York from Cadiz. The crew
(of the Montesquieu from Canton) have landed at
Lewistown from the Poictiers.
April 6. Sch® Ohio, from Beverly for a Southern port,
taken & burnt by the Atalanta. Frigate U. States & B*
Argus drop'd into E. River. Liverpool Packet in the
Bay, off halfway rock.
April 7. Privateer Liverpool Packet in sight, having
landed some prisoners in Marblehead last night.
April 8. Faist Day.
April 10. Arrived U. S. Ship Cheaspeake from a
cruize of 115 days.
Monday, April 12 [1813]. Frigates Tenedos &
Shannon 4 miles outside Baker's Island, standing S. E.
The Tenedos & Shannon Frigates boarded a Ship in sight
of Leg's Hill & permitted her to pass. Dec. 10*^, Ship
(294)
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Rambler of Salem, 17 days from Manilla for Salem, was
spoken at North Island, by the Sally from Canton. 5 p. m.
The Tenedos & Shannon in sight 2 or 3 leagues oif,
standing to the N. East.
April 13. Arr'd at Boston yesterday, Ship Marcellus,
Ward, 26 days from Lisbon. Privateer Brig Alfred,
Bessom, was spoken on the 5*^ Lat. 42** X. Long. 57* W.
U. S. Brig Argus sailed from N, York on Thursday last,
to cruize in the Sound.
April 15. A Ship from Lisbon for Portsmouth • was
cast away on Rye Beach on Tuesday night, the Capt.
(Shapley) drowned.
The British Frigates were seen oif Cape Ann yesterday
afternoon, & again this morning 2 leagues distant.
Brig Diomede wa^ left at Manilla first of December.
Sir. Reed (M. C.) reports that the Frigates were
distinctly seen from Marblehcad this forenoon.
April 16. "The U. S. Ship Hornet is fitting for a
passage across the Atlantic."
April 17. Arr'd at N. Bedford on Thursday, Ship
Harmony, Browne, 105 days from Calcutta, bound to
N. York. Chased by a Frigate on the day of her arrival.
11 A. M. Two large Ships, probably the Tenedos &
Shannon, in sight from the Derby Wharf, steering about
S. S. £. under short sail. 4 p. m. The 2 Frigates
standing out from Boston light, about £. S. £.
Monday, April 19 [1813]. The Privateer Cossack,
Upton, of this port is capt*^ by theSch' Bream, together
with her prize (Brig). Arr'd at St. John.
The Packet fitted out at New London for the purpose
of taking the enemies tenders off that port, succeeded in
capturing a fishing smack (English) having on board
asonof Adm. Cockburn, a Lieut. & 11 men, they are
all in snug quarters, ft^^ The President & Congress are
ready for sea. The U. States is also said to be ready.
April 20. The Ship Calcutta of N. York is captured
& carried into Guernsey — from Madras. The Brig
below is the Favorite of Boston, 28 days from Lisbon.
On Jeffreys Bank was boarded by La Hogue, 74 Guns,
at Anchor. 5 License vessels outward bound had been
cap'* by La Hogue, one of which was the Despatch of
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Boston ; another, a Wiscasset Ship & a Brig loaded with
Naval Stores, part of the Crews of the above vessels have
arr'd in the Brig. The plea for Capture was that the
licenses were forged. The frigate Macedonian is
completely refitted and ready for a cruize.
April 2 1 . The Cossack was cap^ by the Young Emulous
formerly the U. S. Brig Nautilus. The Thorn boarded
the Favorite, South from Cape Ann. This afternoon arrd
at Marblehead Ship Sally Ann of Boston 36 days from
Lisbon, — saw no Cruizers.
April 22. The President & Congress dropped down
below the Castle.
Monday, April 26 [1813]. No Frigates in sight from
Lords Hill at 11 o'clock.
April 27. A Cartel from Halifax . Arrived at Boston .
Privateer Sch' Growler sailed on a cniize.
April 30. Yesterday arriv'd at Boston Ship Ariadne,
Williams, 27 days from Cadiz. From Cape Cod E. S. E.
10 leagues was boarded by the Tenedos, frigate Shannon
in Co. The Frigates President & Congress were seen
from the hills in the Great })astures steering easterly at 1
o'clock. Sailed from Boston Frigates President &
Congress & the U. States on a cruize. At 4 p. m. shut
in the Eastern Point steering N. E. The Privateer Alfred,
Bessom, from Salem was spoken Lat. 44** Long. 33* . Out
20 days.
May 1 . Privateer Alfred arr'd yesterday at Portsmouth
having lost her guns & some of her spars in a gale. The
Br. frigates Tenedos & Shannon were seen from Cape Ann
on Thursday afternoon. ^*A Cartel 26 days from Liverpool
has arrived at Newport with 270 passengers. The Capture
of the Java was known in England. The great number
of killed & wounded was attributed to the ^rea^ number of
her crew. The War was growing more unpopular daily."
E. C. H. B.
Monday, May 3 [1813]. Arrived a Brig prize to the
Montgomery. She was taken 20 days since Lat. 50® N.
Long. 18** W. ballasted with Camwood & Rice. Accounts
from Cape Ann say the Young Emulous has taken several
Coasters & a Brig from Boston bound to the Eastw^.
Arrived Sloop Wasp (privateer), from a cruize, has taken
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2 prizes one a recaptured American & one a Sch"* with
lumber sent into Machias. The 1*^ Lieut, shot a man for
mutiny. The mutineer was the same that was on board
the Ship America.
Alay 4. Last evening arriv'd at Boston Brig Federal
George, Field, 20 days from Corunna^ On Sunday last
was boarded by the Br. frigate Xymph. The boarding
Officers informed, that the Tenedos & Shannon were inside
of them. Left the Nymph on Sunday night 12 leagues
N. N. E. from Cape Cod. Schooner Expedition, Capt.
Weems, arr'd off Cape May from France left ^larch 26^^,
landed a passenger & took a pilot on board.
May 5. Ship Admittance, Sprague, of Duxbury was to
leave London as a Cartel early in April for a Northern
port. Sch<> Expedition from France, short passage, has
arrived at Newport, having previously entered the
Delaware ; several times chased & escaped. For the
protection of Baltimore several hulks have been sunk at
the entrance of the Harbour. Militia newly organized &
the Town in good state of defence.
Monday, May 10 [1813]. Arrived an English Brig
prize to the Alexander privateer, loaded with Cotton,
bound from the Brazil to Liverpool ; was cap* 24 days
ago in Lat. 51' N. Long. 18° W. The Alexander had
cap* a few days before a valuable Brig.
May 12. U. S. Ship United States, Com. Decatur, &
Argus Brig sailed on Sunday from N. York on a cruize.
Two Ships below Boston beating up — on« from Lisbon
&one from Cadiz, left the IT^ April. It was reported
at Cadiz the Toulon fleet was out bound to the U. S.
There was a Salem privateer ciniizing off Lisbon. Three
Algerine Cruizers were off St. Vincent. There had been
a very severe gale at Algeriras. A Phila. Ship went to
pieces, & Brig Dolphin of Boston was driven up high and
dry, also 20 English vessels went to pieces. Two Ships
seen off from Leg's Hill supposed to be English Cruizers.
May 13. It is reported from Boston that the Fox
privateer, of Portsmouth, has captured the Young
Emulous (formerly the Nautilus) and has arrived in port.
Two frigates and a Gun Brig standing towards Boston*
May 14. Frigates not in sight.
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May 15. Ship Thomas, Penrose, from Canton for
Philadelphia was captured ofi* Barbadoes ; had not heard
of the War, 104 days out, valued at $500,000.
Monday, May 17 [1813]. Brig Diomede from
Manila & Montgomery from a cruize are both captured
by the La Hogue, the former ordered to Halifax & the
latter burnt.
May 18. The Shannon & Tenedos, Frigates, were off
Cape Ann last eve with the Ship Napoleon & a Sch' in
Co. supposed to be the Fox, privateer, as one of the
Frigates was seen within three miles of her on Sunday
afternoon in chase. The Sch' Good Intent from St.
Salvador has arr'd at Newport & a Spanish Brig from
Havanna with Molasses. A Swedish vessel from
Gottenburgh last from Hull arrived at Boston this day,
she has bro't home the crew of the Brig Prudent. Arrived
the privateer boat Fame from a cruize having taken 3
prizes, 2 of which are recaptured, one arrived at Machias
with wheat, brandy, wines, &c.
May 20. U. S. Brig Enterprize sailed from Savannah
1st inst. on a cruize. U. S. Macedonian & Argus returned
to quarantine ground 16"*, from the Hook. The priv'
Alexander, Crowninshield, has been chased on shore by
the Rattler Sloop of War, near Kennebunk, had taken &
manned out Seven prizes. Crew escaped. Was left in
possession of the British. A Ship with 4800 Barrels
Flour has arrived at Ne^vport from the Cheaspeake.
Flour sunk Two & half Dollars in Boston.
May 21. Sailed Sch*' Post Boy, Cook, master, for St.
Domingo. The above Schooner returned at 6 p. m.
Two Frigates in sight from Leg's Hill at 4 p. m, standing
into the Bay, off S. S. E. Arrived at Boston the British
Packet Mary Ann, prize to the Gov. Tompkins, who had
taken out of her $100,000 specie & her Mails.
Monday, May 24 [18131. Yesterday sailed Ship
Venas, Wilson, for W. Indies. Was boarded or bro't
too, by a Frigate 2 miles outside Bakers Island & allowed
to pass. Also sailed Sch<* Post Boy foj W. Indies. This
morning sailed Ship General Mina (Spanish) for Havanna.
May 25. Brig Brazilliaii, Hodgkinson, 36 days from
Liverpool arr'd at New Port on Sunday. London papers
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to the 20"> Liverpool to the 22»* rec'*. Lt. Chadds and the
surviving officers & seamen of the late frigate Java arr'd at
Portsmouth April 18"* from St. Salvador. Ship Daley of
Boston from Canton taken by theNisns frigate AaiT'd at St.
Helena. Brig Essex, Wyer, from Boston for Bordeaux,
captured & arrived at Pl3niiouth, Eng. At Liverpool,
April 22°** Brig Hollon of Phila. A cartel Brig Alexander,
Picket, to sail in 10 days for Boston. Ship Pocahontas,
Sherburne, to sail in 3 days for Boston. Brig Pilgrim,
Baker, from N. Orleans for Lisbon is taken by the La Hogue
7 4, & ordered to Halifax . Frigate President was spoke May
W^ Lat. 38** 30' Long. 59° 40' having parted from the
Congress in a Squall. The Br. privateer John Shcrbrookc
is cruizing in Boston Bay. The Privateer Ship America,
Kehew, was left May 6^*» Lat. 45' Long. 40° W. The
Pilgrim left at New Orleans, Ship M' Vernon, of Salem,
loading. In sight of the Balize ^vas boarded from British
Sloop of War Herald, cruizing for the Syren, 2 days after
was boarded from the U. S. Brig Syren, L* Bainbridge,
cruizing for the Herald.
May 27. A Schooner with a cargo of Rye from New
York has arrived at Barnstable own** by Butler Fogerty
Esq. The Post Boy was captured after a hard chase by
the Shannon, her sails were shot into ribbons, no one
injured on board. The capture of the Montgomery wants
confirmation. The crew of the Pilgrim have returned.
^lay 28. Privateer Sch® Enterprise returning from a
cruize was captured on Soundings by the Curlew after a
hard chase. 5 p. m. arrived a fieet of Coasters from the
Eastward.
May 29. Arrived at Portland, Privateer Brig Grand
Turk from a cruize having taken 4 prizes (3 valuable)-
Monday, 31 [1813]. Yesterday arr'd Ship William,
prize to the Grand Turk privateer, loaded with crates &
coal.
June 1 . An English Frigate off standing to the North"*
at 11 A. M. At 3 p. M. The Cheaspeake in chase of
the above Frigate about 4 miles eastward of Boston Light.
June 2. Frigates not in sight this morning, nothing
certain of the battle fought yesterday.
June 3. Acc^ this day from different quarters confirm
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the melancholy intelligence of the capture of the
Cheaspeake.
June 4. Acc'ts this day mention an attack upon
Sacketts Ebtrbour by the English, who were repulsed
with loss. The Brig Ida from France has arrived at
Portland in 29 days. Scho' with Fish prize to the 6.
Turk has arrived at Portland.
June 5. Com. Decatur's Squadron are making
preparations to give the English a warm reception.
Monday, June 7 [1813], Arrived a Coasting Sch'
from Saco. Yesterday at noon passed 2 Frigates about
2 leagues E. S. E. from Cape Ann.
June 11. Arrived at Boston Cartel from Halifax.
Left 4"» June. Cheaspeake had not arrived. The Cartel
'tis said has 140 prisoners, was boarded from a Gun Brig,
a Ship of the Line & Frigate in Co. who informed
them the night previous they had spoken the Sliannon
who had taken the Cheaspeake. Grave no particulars of
the action. The Paragon, prize to the 6. Turk, has
been recaptured & arrived at Halifax. The Entei-prize
privateer had arrived at Halifax prize to the Nymph.
The Brig Pilgrim had arrived 3 or 4 days before & was
not libelled. Capt. Baker expected to be cleared. A
Boat was expected to sail in 2 or 3 days from Hali&x
with several prisoners. A very rich prize to the America
had been recaptured bv the English & sent into H. value
£80,000.
June 12. Capt. Sinclair & others arr'd in a boat from
Halifax. Sailed June 5^^. The Cheaspeake had not arr'd.
2 Frigates were going in when Capt. S. came out. Capt.
S. heard a heavy firing in Halifax after he sailed (no
doubt a salute) .
Monday, June 14 [1813]. Ace** rec*pr. eastern mail
corroborate the Capture of the Liverpool packet by the
Thomas, privateer of Portsmouth. She was taken by
boarding. The Tho* lost 3 men. By the above capture
we have rec^ further particulars of the battle between the
Cheaspeake & Shannon, that the Lieut, of the Shannon
was killed & the Captain wounded, and that the loss of
the Cheaspeake was attributed to her boarding the
Shannon, & that the Explosion was occasioned by her
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magazine taking fire on the gun deck. That part of the
quarter deck was blown up & the loss on board the
Cheospeake was dreadful. A passenger in the Stage from
Portsmouth says he was on board the Liverpool Packet
& heard nothing of the above account about the
Cheaspeake. Nothing was known at Portsmouth
respecting the Cheaspeake as stated in the hand Bill.
The U. S. Brig Enterprize has aix'd at Portsmouth.
June 16. A Coaster arr'd to daj'^ informs that they
were boarded yesterday by the Tencdos and inforaied
them that the battle between the Cheaspeake & Shannon
lasted between 11 & 12 minutes that the Cheaspeake had
128 men killed & wounded & the Shannon between 70 &
80, that all the Officers were killed on tlie quarter deck
& Capt Lawrence died in 4 houi-s after the action.
Schooner Bird, Peabodj', from TVilmington for Salem
has arrived at the Vineyard. A Capt" of one of the
Coasters arrived ("of the most pure & correct principles")
assures Major Wallis he with his crew teas on board the
Tenedos Four hours. The Captain of which vessel
assured him he had no particulars of the capture of the
Cheaspeake.
June 18. Cheaspeake — ^The Shannon rec* several wind
& water shots, one thro' her upper (does not mention).
In luffing round the Shannon the Cheaspeake quarter
caught in the Shannons anchor & the Shannon raked her
3 times & boarded. The marines in the Cheaspeake top
would not surrender & were picked off. Lawi-ence rec**
a severe wound in the first of the action, & after a moilal
one, died next morning. All the Cheaspeake officers were
killed but Ludlow who rec** 3 shots in different parts of
his body. Brooke's life is despaired of, his 1st Lieut,
mistaking the coloui's in hoisting the English was shot
dead by mistake. Shannon much disabled going to Halifax
with a crow bar sticking in her sides. Many shot thro'
her copper. 80 men killed besides Wounded. Cheaspeake
140 ditto. The above account is from E. C. Books & is
fully credited.
Monday, June 21 [1813] .Arrived Br. Brig Margaret,
from Cadiz, bound to Newfoundland with 1000 hhd. Salt,
sent in by the privateer America. Captured the 28***
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May. Long. 29** W. Lat. 49** 40' N. is 220 Tons, coppered
to the bends. The America fell in with a conyov for
Newfoundland but did not succeed in capturing any of
them.
Monday, June 28 [1813]. Privateer Growler from
Salem on a cruize is said to be captured, also a Sloop
owned by 3^Iajor Wallis & retaken by the Fame priyateer.
A Nova Scotia {xiper rec^ in Town contains an account of
tlic capture of the Wasp by the Bream, &c.
June 29. The British had been repulsed attempting to
land on Craney Island.
July 6. The Brig prize to the America has arr'*, she is
from Liverpool 60 days passage, no news, has a great
many letters. Sailed the Polly, privateer, Capt. Evans,
on a cruize.
July 15. The Thorn was oif Marblehead yesterday.
The La Hogue & a frigate otf Cape Ann.
July 16. Naval Battle. Schooner Antonio Arrived
at Boston this morning from Fayal, 32 days. June 28'**
Lat. 41** Long. 5V Saw Two Frigates engaged 150
minutes ; they at first engaged 40 minutes & after an
interval of 20 minutes the battle was renewed. Supposed
them to be British & American. The Antonio was
steering from them. An'ived Brig Joseph of Boston, 40
days from London. Reports a second battle which was
immediately followed by an Armistice. The above Brig
was captured by the Fame privateer off Half Way rock.
Monday, July 19 [1813]. Sailed the privateer boat
Grallipot on a cruize. Arrived a prize to the Fame, said
to be a Boston pilot boat stolen, with a man & woman on
board.
July 21. Arrived Ship Liverpool Packet, from Cadiz,
last from Halifax, sent in by the Grallipot Privateer. The
Privateer America has arr'd at Bath from a cruize. 2 of
the Lieuts. have ar^ in town. The America has cap* 2
vessels loaded with Fish & sent them to France, also a
Phil* Ship with Salt & Crates from Liverpool. The Sch'
Saucy Jack has ai*** at Bath, 12 days from Hayti.
Monday, July 26 [1813]. By a passenger in the
Cartel Barque Agnes from Halifax we are informed that
the case of the Pilgrim had not been decided.
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Monday, August 2. Ship Venus & Brig Saragossa
have both arrived at St. Jago from Salem. A Brig with
a full cargo of Salt & Fruit arrived at Xantasket this day
prize to the Castigator & Fame. A Brig of War in the
Bay.
Aug. 18. Arr'd Brig Henry, Capt. G. Crowninshield,
Jr., 5 days from Halifax with the bodies of Capt. Lawi'ence
& Lieut. Ludlow, late of the Cheaspeake Frigate. The
Henry sailed the 7"* inst. & has performed the voyage in
11 days. ThePriv. Growler of this port has been caj)**
& had arr'd. All the prizes cap** bj" the Priv*« Polly &
Fox had been recap** & had arr'd.
Aug. 19. Arr'd a boat with corn from the Southward.
Monday, Aug. 22 [1813]. This day Capt. James
Lawrence & Lieut. Ludlow were buried with Military
& Masonic honors.
Aug. 24. At 11 o'clock a. m. a large Ship in the
ofSng after laying too a short time took in fore & mizen
Top G. Sails, hoisted a dark flag forehead & stood
towards Cape Ann.
Aug. 26. A Schooner 6 days from Halifax arrived
in Boston this day. A Sloop owned by Dr. Stearns
(ransomed from the enemy) arrived at Boston this day.
Cargo, Fish & Lumber.
Sept. 2. By information from Com. Decatur to Com.
Bainbridge it appears that Com. Oliver commander in
the Sound has refused permission for the Cartel Brig
Henry, with the remains of Lawrence & Ludlow, to
proceed through that passage to New York.
Sept. 3. The Sch' Sabine of Balt*> has aiT'd at Cape
Ann, in 36 days from France. The Argus had Arr'd
out with ^Ir. Crawford, on her passage sunk an English
privateer. Com. Rodgers was off Bergen & the channel
fleet had sailed in pursuit of him. The Sch' Bnitus had
arr'd out. A frigate was seen off this morning to board
a large Ship supposed the Roxana from Halifax. The
above Ship & Frigate were seen standing to the eastward
in Co.
Sept. 4. Sailed from Cape Ann this morning Sch®
Sabine for Boston — at 12 o'clock an an-ived Bri^ was
seen from the marshes off Nahant. The Sabine an*** safe
at Boston.
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Monday, Sept. 6 [1813]. The Frigate Essex arr'd at
Valparaiso on 6^ March. A passenger in the Sabine
reports that the Argus had 24 days passage from New
York to France & that she sailed on a cixdze 3 days after
her arrival.
Sept. 7 . An express passed through Town this morning
for Com. Bainbridge at Charlestown with information that
the U. S. Brig Entei-prize, Capt. Boroughs, captured
yesterday mom'g, after an action of 45 minutes, the
British Gun Brig Boxer, Capt. Bligh. The Captains of
both vessels were killed. The funerals to be on the
moiTowat Portland at which both vessels had arrived.
By the stage from Boston we learn that the Boxer had
45 killed & wounded, the Enterprise 2 killed & 7 wounded ;
Congress frigate has taken the Magician frigate. A pilot
from a vessel in quarantine had spoken the above frigates
off Long Island. The Colibri gun brig has got ashore
on Charleston bar & gone to pieces. (The Moselle is the
brig.)
The Boxer mounted 16-18 p** Carronades, 330 tons, & 2
long nines.
The Enterprise, 14-18 p^ Carronades, Long 9', & is
163 tons.
Sept. 17th. Arrived Privateer Sch. Frolic from a
cruize, laist from Portsmouth.
Sept. 24. Last night arr'd a small Sch' prize to the
Privateer Terrible, released & sailed for Boston. The
Brig Dispatch of Boston has been condemn** to the Priv.
Castigatorin consequence of the owner (Mr. Coolidge)
having taken her from the crew of the Privateer. Ship
Hope arr^ at Boston from Halifax 5 days. Admiral
Warren had arr'd with 14 sail, — The Shannon was going
in with a Portuguese Ship, — 16 seamen had been put in the
black hole for 8 Seamen confined here. 3000 bbls Flour
an*** & selling for $16. 65 Am' seaman had been sent to
England, among them Capt. Lindsay & son.
Sept. 27 [1813.] Caitel Hoffnung has arr* at N.
Bedford, 402 prisoners, on Friday was boarded by the
frigate President.
Sept. 28. Frigate President has arr'd about 11 miles
below Providence — particular of the brilliant victory
of Com** Perry over the English on the Lakes.
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Sept. 30. Violent Stonn. Wind N. E. Several
vessels a shore (Coasters) .
Oct. 2. A Swedish ship arr^ at Boston 72 days from
Grott'g, yesterday at 5 p. m. spoke a Swedish Ship about 8
miles east of Cape Ann hailed from St. Jago, bound to
Portland, the slup was about 200 tons varnished sides,
answering the description of the Venus. Lat. 57^
Long. 17** was boarded by a 64 frigate & informed they
had chased the President, 36 hours.
Wednesday 6*»» Oct. The U. S- Brig Argus, Capt Allen,
is taken & carried into Falmouth by the Pelican Sloop of
War, of 18 guns, after an action of 45 min. carried by
boarding. This account is taken from a Halifax Paper of
the 22^ Sept. copied into it fe-om an English Paper of the
14*^ Aug. & stated she was taken on the 11*** Aug.
The Argus is said to have been Captured off Lunda Island
(entrance of Bristol Channel) 14*** August & was off
Plymouth 17*** bound up Channel.
Oct. 7. Brig Christiana was towed into Bennuda
dismasted.
Oct. 8. The Driver of the Cape Ann Stage reports
that Fort Maiden has surrendered to the Amer. Forces,
it was generally believed in Boston as it was received
from different quarters.
Monday, Oct. 11 [1813]. Arr'd yesterday a Spanish
Brig with molasses bound to Boston. Capt. Jos. Perkins
lias been appointed Branch Pilot for the port of Salem.
Oct. 13. The boat , Capt. J. Peabody, has arr'd
at George Town (S. C.) from Salem.
Oct. 21. By a person who left Halifax 15 days since
we learn that the Greek Ship Jerusalem had been cleared
& that it was expected the Spanish Brig Santiago from
Salem would also be cleared.
Oct. 27. At length we have rec** accounts of the U. S.
Frigate Essex, Capt. Porter. She anchored at Lima,
South Sea, 5*** April, having in Charge Two South Seamen
& one or two other prizes & shortly after went on a cruize
off the Gallapagos Isl'ds. On the 20*** April Cap** Ship
Georgianna & two other ships. On the 28*** May captured
Three other Ships. Capt. Porter fitted out the
Georgianna as a cruiser to accompany the Essex. The
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Essex was said to have on board 4 or 5 Millions of
Dollars in Specie. — Jamaica Royal Grazette.
Oct. 28. Sailed Brig Speed, Haraden, for South
America & returned again.
Oct. 29. At 4 p. M. a Frigate & Gun Brig brought &
boarded a Ship under Swedish Colours, bound into
Boston, & all stood to the Eastward.
Nov. 3. Sailed private armed Ship Alfred on a cruize
with a fine breeze from South W. (returned)
Monday, Nov, 8 [1813]. A London paper of August
22^ states that the Leonidas of 38, Capt. Seymour, fell in
with the Argus & Pelican during the engagement which
no doubt terminated the conflict in favor of the Pelican.
Nov. 11. Greek Ship Jenisalem 8 days from Halifax
arr'd at^Iarblehead last evening bound to Boston, — 2 days
since saw a frigate, was not boarded.
Nov. 12. Last night sailed Capts Ropes & Upton &
this morning Cap** Peele, Hodgdon & Shillaber, all for
the Southward. Sailed from Boston this day Schooner
Sabine, Barnes, for Havanna.
Wednesday, Dec. 8 [1813]. Exch. Coffee house,
Boston, Dec 7, 9 o*clock eve. To the Ed. of Salem Grazette.
I hasten to inform you of the arr'* late this eve of the
Russian Ship Catliarine 68 days from Archangel — brin^
the highly important intelligence that our Ministers had
been received at St Petersburg by a British Minister from
England, & that it was ex{>ected that Peace would
immediately take place — ^This is all I can obtain tonight.
I have just seen tlie Captain. We are all in confusion
here, — & those that have dealt largely in speculations are
crazy, crazy ! ! 1 The Post Master has been kind enough
to open the mail for this — I have sent to New York.
Yours,
Sign** Sam Topliff
Hoax.
Dec. 9. Arrived at Newport on Tuesday, Ships Lima
& President from the Coast of Chili with Oil, sailed in
September, news from the Essex a few days later — brought
Letters from Capt. Porter & Lieut. Downes Boat — —,
Capt. Ropes from Salem arrived at Georgetown (S. C),
16 days passage.
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Dec. 10. Presidents Message leceired no news.
Tuesday, Dec. 13 [1813]. By a passenger in the
eastern stage we learn that the Congress Frigate arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday having captured 4 merchantmen
during her cruize. Returned in the afternoon from a
short cruize. — Privateer Sch' Gen. Stark in a sinking
condition.
Dec. 16. Capt. Upton has an^ at Wihnington, N. C.
from hence 16 days passage.
Dec. 22. We learn from Portsmouth that from 3 to
400 houses were burnt this last eve, & a great am't of
property destroyed.
Monday, Jan. 3 [1814]. Majestic, Tenedos, Junon
& Wasp were seen on Friday last from Sandwich under
easy sail.
Feb. 11. Arrived at Squama Schooner prize to the
Frolic privateer with Sugar & Coffee.
Feb. 12. A Brig with a White flag in the fore top
mast shrouds is beating up under short Sail. A
Gentleman in Salem reports that he has seen a Letter
from Mr. Williams of Dec. 27^ which states that
preliminaries of Peace had been signed on the Continent.
Monday, Feb. 14 [1814]. A Brig off on Saturday
has arrived at Cape Ann prize to the Fox. The
Companys Ship Hunter, Capt. Messervey, 27 days from
Salem has arrived at Havanna having been chased by 2
privateers & escaped by superior sailing.
Feb. 15. A Schooner (supposed a British privateer)
is in sight off Marblehead. Sailed Privateer Sch' Fox
for Portsmouth.
Feb. 17. Arr'd at Boston, Russian Brig, 126 days
from Archangel, with a cargo to John Andrew of Salem.
Was boarded by the Pres* Frigate Jan^ 21. Mr.
Cunningham & Mr. Simmons of Beverly were passengers
in the Russ. Brig. Sailed at 5 p. m. U. S. Brig Siren
& private armed Ship Grand Turk on a cruize.
Feb. 18. Sailed from Boston Sloop of War Frolic.
Capt. Bainbridge on a Cruize. The Adams Corvette
went to sea in the night from the Cheaspeake & struck
upon the middle ground. English Squadron in sight.
Feb. 23. Brig Lion was captured 28 days out by the
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Sloop of War Forrester & Mars privateer, between the
Hole in the Wall & Beny Islands. Capt. Ome was
paroled immediately on his arrival at Nassau & had taken
passage in a Swedish vessel for the Havanna.
Feb^ 26. Sloop Hunter, Messervey, is coming in.
A Boat with an Ensign at the peak is coming, said to be
the Hare. The Collector from Cape Ann says the above
boat is an English privateer.
Monday, Feb. 28 [1814] . A Schooner with a full cargo
of oranges from Lisbon for London has arrived at
N. Bedford prize to the Mary A. Privateer.
March 1. A Schooner prize to the Alfred has arrived
at Marblehead ; cargo. Fish & Oil. The Alfred had made
but few captures & cruize said to be nearly up. Arrived
this morning Gun Boat , & Sloop in O* supposed a
smuggler.
March 3. Many Counterfeitei*s taken up in Boston.
March 4. English prisoners arrived in town to embark
for Hali&x.
Monday, March 7 [1814]. Sloop of War Frolic,
Capt. Bainbridge, was left on the 9^** Feb^ 50 leagues S. E.
of Cape Ann. A Frigate in chase to leeward, the Frolic
leaving her fast.
March 8. Arrived Privateer Schooner Diomede, J.
Crownihshield, after a cruize of 27 days having taken 6
Sail West Indiamen. Mr. Blackler a passenger in a
Swedish Sch' from Antiqua, reports the Alfred, priv*" of
Salem, was left on the 23"* Feby, chased by a Frigate &
Gun Brig, one on each quarter going before the wind.
Mr. B. is very sure it was the Alfred having spoken her
a few days previous. The Privateer Frolic is reported to
have been cap** in the W. Indies. Two French Frigates
have taken an English 64 gun Ship armed, bound to
Bermuda with provisions, — burnt.
March 11. Brig Juno, prize to the Grand Turk,
loaded with Fish & Oil has arrived in France. Sailed
Cartel Bostock for Halifax. Privateer Mars of New
York is lost on Long Island.
Monday, March 14 [18141. Privateer Polly sailed
from New Bedford on Saturday last on a cruize. Brig
Lion sold at Nassjau for 4700 Dolls. Brig Levant sold for
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10.500 Dolls. A Prize to the Diomede has air'd at
Bristol.
March 15. Town meeting. First part Squally with
plenty of street yam; people employed in choosing their
officers. At 10 a. m. piped all bands at the Columbian &
served the grog; got up the rolling tackle & sent the
blacks forward. At 2 p. m. up Orange, down Bonaparte ;
the enemy hull down astern ; took our departure from
TovrM-end ticket for one year.
March 16. Sailed Boat Fame on a cruize.
March 17. Privateer Alfred of this port has arr** at
Hali&x prize to the Epervier, Sloop of War. Brig Three
Friends, prize to the Diomede of this port, has been
chased on shore on Long Island ; cargo expected to be
saved.
March 18. Brig Eachael bound from this port for St.
Barts is taken & an^'d at St. Kitts (Capt. Edward Brown
of this Town (passenger) was lost over board) . The Ship
Venus & cargo taken by the Privateer Dolphin is
condemned to the Captors, one half of the Vessel was
condemned to the Government, the cargo to the Captors
which is estimated at $90,000.00.
March 22. A Spanish Brig is on shore at Kettle Cove.
The Bambler of Boston just came to anchor as the Stage
left.
Thursday, March 24. The Brig Argus of Newb'yPort
was captured 3 days out of Charleston (S. C.) by the
San Domingo. Schooner Dolphin from Salem (owned by
Jere. Page & Co) has arrived in France. Green Fish
$10. Dry $20.
Monday, March 28 [1814]. Arrived Ship Apollo,
Driver, prize master, prize to the America, with Salt from
St. Ubes.
April 1 . Arrived at Portsmouth yesterday. Privateer
Ship America, Cheever, from a cruize, having made four
captures since the Apollo. Landed at Marblehead last
eve, Capt Benson (late of the Alfred privateer) from an
English Frigate ; reports a 74, 2 frigates & gun Brig in
the Bay.
April 4 [1814]. Arr. last eve via Marblehead U. S.
Frigate Constitution — Capt. Stuart from a cruize.
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Monday, April 11 [1814]. Schooner Hannah,
Bumham, from Marblehead for Nantz is taken & carried
into Pl3rmouth. The Essex had taken 30 sail of which 1 5
were whalers. 0:^* Very much like a whale ! ! I
April 13. The LT. S. S. Constitution dropped down
under the North Shore.
April 16. Six vessels of War are said to be off Boston
ligh^ouse this morning — 12 O'clock, not in sight from
the lookout. An Express reached Boston from N. York
in Twenty six hours. News not transpired, probably the
repeal of the Embargo, etc., etc., possibly an Armistice.
Monday, April 18 [1814]. The U. S. Sloop Peacock
has arr. at St. Marys. Privateer Fame, Evans, on a
cruize, was run ashore by a British Vessel of War on
Mud Is"^ & burnt. It is reported that Nine merchants
have failed recently in New York.
April 27. Ship Union prize to the Bamblerof Boston
was lost near Sambro Light about the 30^ ult^.
Satimiay, April 30. Ship New Zealand from the
South Sea, 4 m** prize to the Essex Frigate was recaptured
on the 21 Inst, by the Eng. Frigate Belvidere, Lat. 39**
Long. 74*^ W. 2200 bbls. OU. The U. S. S. Essex, Oom^
Porter, was left in January last in the South Seas with
Two Ships of 22 Guns & Two Brigs of 16 Guns, well
Manned. Com*» Porter had fortified some Islands &
hauled up the Cap* Ships under this protection ; had cap*
22 Sail.
May 2 [1814]. The Court Martial on Brig
Gen. Hull have sentenced him to be shot, but
recommended him to pardon. — ^The Sentence & Pardon
were received in Boston this morning & forwarded to the
General at his seat in Newton.
May 4. A Vessel has arrived at Boston in 9 days from
Bermuda the Cap* reports that il was reported the whole
Coast of America was blockaded & that he hurried away
to avoid it. Mr. Stewart formerly British Consul at
New London informed the Capt. that orders had been
sent to all the Cruizers on the American Station to enforce
a rigorous blockade of all the Ports in America.
Ti-ansports with 500 American Prisoners had sailed for
England. Vessel arrived at Boston from Vineyard;
came out with several Neutrals bound for SalciU.
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GENEALOGICAL NOTE ON ISRAEL PORTER
OF WENHAM.
BY MISS CARRIE G. EDGETT.
The second part of the Porter Genealogj' (1878),
"Descendants of John Porter/* gives the following : —
VVilliam3 Porter (IsraeP, John^), born Feb. 12, 1688/9 ;
was of Salem Village; married, 1st, Feb. 1, 1708/9,
Edith Herrick; member of Second Church, Beverly.
Their first child was :
Israel, bapt. Aug. 20, 1710; prob. d. Beverly, 1744 (pp. 242-3).
Israel"* Porter, of Wenham,probabl}' son of William^
Porter, baptized Aug. 20, 1710. Married, in Wenham,
Abigail Batchelder of Beverly ; published Sept. 26, 1741.
Children, from Wenham records :
1. Israel, b. Feb. 16, 1743.
2. Abigail, b. June 10, 1746; prob. m. Charles Dodge, Jaly 18,
1763 (p. 243).
In endeavoring to verify a line which contains the word
"probably," so many times, I have found more errors
than truths, and present herewith several corrections and
additions.
First, Marriage. Israel Porter, of Wenham, married
Abigail Balch of Beverly. Their intention was published
in Wenham, Sept. 26 ; in Beverly, Sept. 27, and they
were married in Beverly, Oct. 16, 1741, by Rev. Joseph
Champney, of the First Church. She was daughter of
Freeborn* (Freeborn,^ Benjamin,^ John^) and Susanna
Williston) Balch and was bom in Boston, March 9,
1717/18. This marriage is given in the Balch Genealogy
(p. 51), and proved by the settlement of the estate of
Freeborn Balch ( Essex Probate Docket, No. 1541, and
(311)
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312 GENEALOGICAL NOTE ON ISRAEL PORTER.
Deeds 133 : 90). She was married, 2nd, May 10, 1748,
to Francis Sjmonds of Topsfield, by Rev. John Chipman,
of the Second Church, Beverly, and lived later in
Danvers, where she probably died about 1758 or earlier.
Francis Symonds married again June 21, 1759.
Second, Death. The death of Israel Porter is not given
on town records of Wenham, Beverly, or Salem. On the
records of the Second Church, Beverly, in a list of names
of persons who died in the year 1743, is that of Israel
Porter. This is without doubt the son of William and
Edith (Herrick) Porter, who was baptized in 1710, as
that family attended the North Beverly church. The
Isniel Porter who lived in Wenham and was father of two
children born in 1743 and 1745 must have been another
person of the same name. On the Wenham Church records
is this item: — '*Aug. 10, 1745, Israel Porter dyed at
Cape Breton." An Israel Porter was Ensign in Capt.
James Grant*s (4th) Co., Col. Jeremiah Moulton's (3rd
Mjiss.) Regt., in the ** Expedition against the french
Settlements on Cape Breton** commanded by Hon. William
Pepperrell ; his commission was dated Feb. 1, 1744/5.
(Mass. Hist. Coll., Sixth Series, Vol. x, p. 502.)
Third, Parentage. As Israel Porter of Wenham was
not the son of William of Salem Village, to which family
did he belong?
April 10, 1758, Israel Porter, a minor above fourteen
years, son of Israel Porter late of Wenham deceased,
made choice of his uncle, Mr. Samuel Porter, jr., to be
his guardian. (Probate Docket, No. 22463.)
Jan. 30, 1782. Charles Dodge of Beverly and Abigail
his wife conveyed to Joseph Woodbury " all our right in
. . . real estate of our hon^*"" Aunt Anna Brown late of
Wenham deceased." (Deeds 140: 99.)
These two items indicate that Israel Porter was a
brother of Samuel Porter, jr., and of Anna (Porter)
Brown, and therefore scm of SaraueH (John,^ Samuel,^
John*) and Sarah (Bradstreet) Porter of Wenham. This
family is given in the Porter Genealogy (p. 245), with
only four children : —
1. Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1711.
2. El>eiiezer, b. 1716.
3. John, b. July 9. 1717.
4. Annft, b. Aug. 13, 1719; m. Nathaniel Brown.
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The births of only three of these are found on town
records, and no others ; but again church records supply
the desired information : — June 17, 1722, Israel, son of
Samuel and Sarah Porter (baptized).
Samuel Porter of Wenham and Sarah Bradatreet of
Topsfield were married May 20, 1707, by Key. Joseph
Capen. (Topsfield Church records.)
Sarah, wife of Samuel Porter, died July 7, 1762.
(Wenham Church records.)*
Fourth, Children. The births of the two children are
in accordance with Wenham records except that there are
two entries of the birth of Israel, one giving the date as
Feb. 16, 1743 and the other as Feb. 13, 1742-3.
The son, Israel^ (Israel^, Samuel'*, etc.), was a
housewright or carpenter, and removed to Marblehead
where he was married Nov. 13, 1764, by Rev. Simon
Bradstreet, to Mary Pedrick. She was daughter of Aaror
and Elizabeth (£dgcome)Tucker, baptized. Second Church,
Marblehead, «)une 6, 1742; married, Ist, Jan. 16, 1759,
Nathaniel Pedrick, 2nd, Israel Porter as above, 8rd, Dec.
30, 1770, Philip Hye or Hoy,t and was living in
Marblehead, a widow, Sept. 10, 1795. (Deeds 160 : 83.)
Israel Porter, adult, was baptized and admitted to full
communion in Second Church, Marblehead, Sept. 7, 1769,
and died between that date and April 2, 1770, when his
widow, Mary Porter, was appointed administratrix of his
estate. (Probate Docket, No. 22464.)
April 24, 1788, Mary Hoy, widow, of Marblehead,
Nancy Porter, singlewoman, of Wenham, and Sarah Porter,
singlewoman, of Marblehead, sold a piece of land in
Marblehead, which Israel Porter had purchased in 1767.
(Deeds, 117 : 230 and 151 : 109.)
Children, baptized in Second Church, Marblehead :
1. Samuel, bapt. July 23, 1765; prob. d. yonng.
2. Anna.l bapt. Oct. 6, 1766 ; m. in Wennam, April 27, 1790, Capt.
Edmund Kimball of Newburyport ; d. Newburyport, Aug. 31 ,
1795, in 29th year. Ch., Anna or Anne, Edmund, and Mary.
* The Porter Genealo^rr says that Samuel^ prob. m. 2nd, Experience Batchelder.
March 39, 178S, and on the same page quotes deed of Feb. 14, 1764, in which he and
wife Sarah deed the homestead to their sons Samuel and Ebenezer. The above
date Is that of an Intention, marriage not recorded, and la surely another Samuel
Porter, perhaps his son.
t This name Is rarlously spelled,— on Marblehead town records, Hye and High;
church records. Hey and Huy; deeds. Hoy; and probate records, Mohyes.
tThls Anna Porter Is glren in Porter Genealogy, p. 832, without parentage;
also In Kimball Genealogy, p. 226, where dates do not correspond.
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8. Sarah, bapt. Not. 20,1768; m. in MarUehead, Feb. 20, 1791,
James Campbell of Marblehead. Ch., James, Sarah, James,
Israel Porter, Ananias, and Thomas.
The daughter, Abigail, was married in Wenham to
Charles Doa^e, by Rer. Joseph Swain, on the date given,
and their children are found in the Dodge Genealogy, p.
91, and in Part Second, p. 479. She died in Beverly,
Nov. 7, 1802, «t. 57, of putrid fever. (Second Church
records.)
REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS WRITTEN
COL. TBIOTHY PICKERING.
Tabby Town Jan 31, 1777.
Dear Brother,
This night fortnight vre left Tarry Town &
marched to the lands near Eangsbridge viz. LovePs,
Thatcher's, Froft's & my regiments, commanded by
General Lincoln & Brigadier Moulton. Some New York
& Connecticut troops at the fame [time] advanced to
West Chester & the manor of Fordham m a direction
about S. E. from us, who were in Phillips's manor.
Generals Worcester, Parsons & Scot, commanded this
body. Gen** Heath was with them & commanded the
whole. It seems that the deflgn of the expedition was
to take fort Independence H^ituated about 1/2 mile
from, & intended to commana Kingsbridge — destroy
Kingsbridge, alarm the enemy, and draw their forces
from the Jersies, or prevent their reinforcing them, and
carry off forage. We have only carried off a little forage.
And yet Gen'^ Lincoln's division has been greatly fatigued.
About a week we lived in huts of rails & straw & leaves,
in the woods, until a ftorm of fnow followed by heavy
rains obliged us to retire hither. Last Sunday we went
down again, at night retired to the nearest houses & on
Wednesday night inarched up in a fnowflorm. It has
been a very idle not to fay disgraceful expedition. It was
not intended to take the fort by fborm, for the whole
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army was militia ; and the work was fraifed, ditched &
furroonded by an abbatis (branches of trees fixed and
pointed) : — nor by regular approaches, for we had not
a f ingle entrenching tool : nor by a cannonade, for we
had only three fix pounders : — and yet on the firft
morning we arrived in the neighbourhood, Gen'^ Heath
fent a funmions demanding a furrender of the fort. The
garrison paid no regard to it. I have not time to
mention many other particulars. To-morrow I am to
march my regiment beyond White Plains. Thatchers &
Lovells (or Frofts) follow me. We are now going upon
a plan thatpromifes fome advantage. The Committee of
New York fay there are three thousand tons of hay &
grain near White Plains, Rye & Marineck. These are to
be removed, & the Masfachusetts & Connecticut militia
are to cover the foragers. Most of the Yorkers had run
home, & the rest are discharged.
I wrote a fhort letter yesterday to my wife, and fent it
in a packet containing a number of letters, directed, I
think, to Col. Crafts.
I fend you by the bearer a bundle of cuttings of the
black Burgundy grape, of which kind is made the celebrated
Burgundy wine. They were given me by Col. Phillips
who fays they fhould be kept from drying till Spring,
when, as early as possible, they fhould be set in the ground,
Hoping, with a couple of buds above ground. (Tis the
very manner in which I fet y^ cutting, now in the front
yard, which bore grapes so plentifully the year before
lafl.) Col. Phillips fays the grape is excellent for eating,
& that the vine is extremely hardy, bearing our winters
without any extraordinary care. This is highly probable
from the far northern & cold situation of Burgundjit
I am very well, saving a flight cold. Many others have
colds. But not a man has died in our whole brigade,
consisting of y regiments above mentioned.
Yours affectionately
Tim. Pickering jun'
To M' John Pickering jun
At Salem, Mafs*^ Bay.
E. I. MSS. COLLS. TIMOTHT PICKERING MSB. Vol. HI, P. 61.
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Philadelphia, Jxtne 14. 1780
Dear Brother,
When I wrote joa yesterday, I had not feen the
proposals and articles of capitulation for Charlestown
which were printed in New York. They are reprinted
here this day, and ar[e] doubtlefs aathentic. I inclose
you one of the papers. We do not know the motives
leading to this unhappy furrender. It seems that the
town should early have been evacuated, or defended much
longer. We cannot learn that they wanted provifions.
This is a heavy ftroke, and requires the more effectual
exertions of the remaining flates. No dispatches have yet
arrived from Gen^ Lincoln. If any further intelligence of
importance fhall arrive & 1 have opportunties of
conmiunicating it early I will do it. We have prifoners
enough in our hands (including Burgoyne's army) to
redeem the Continental t[ro]ops taken at Charlestown :
But odr officers now & heretofore made prifoners are fo
numerous, that f hould the enemy agree to the exchange of
Burgoynes army, some of those officers must flill remain
prifoners.
I remain your affectionate
Tim : Pickering
John Pickering Esq
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ESSEX IlSrSTITUTE.
Vol. XXXIX. October, 1903. No. 4
SEVEN LETTERS
WBITTBN BY MANASSEH CUTLER, LL.D.,
WHILE RBPRESBNTmO THE ESSEX DISTRICT IN CONGRESS,
TO HIS FRIEND
DEACON FRANaS LOW OF HAMILTON ;
PARTS OF THEM READ BY A SON, DEACON ALBERT £. LOW,
AT THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE ''ELDER
BRETHREN," AT MANCHESTER,
JULY 17, 1901.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
We print, as befitting this centennial year of the
Louisiana Purchase, to which they refer, a number of
letters written in 1803-5 by Dr. Manasseh Cutler, the
member of Congress from this District between 1801 and
1805, and addressed by him to his close personal friend
and parishioner. Deacon Francis Low of the Ipswich
Hamlet, which had become, in 1793, the town of Hamilton.
The letters are conceived in all the freedom of personal
confidence and are permeated with the political spirit of
the times, besides dealing largely with the local news of
the day. Dr. Cutler was nothing if not a Federalist.
He was holding a seat in Congress in the first years of
Mr. Jefferson's administration, when probably many
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ardent partisans like himself bad not abandoned the hope
that their party might yet recover its old-time ascendency.
The letters are written without reserve, and came into
the possession of the Essex Institute through the
thoughtful liberality of a son of the recipient, the
venerable Deacon Albert £. Low of Manchester.
Dr. Cutler had been conspicuously identified with the
organization and settlement of the Northwest Territory,
as he had been with the passage through Congress of its
Magna Charta, the ordinance of 1787, — no public
men save Thomas Jefi*erson and Nathan Dane more so
than he. The two volumes of his *" Life, Journals and
Correspondence" (Cincinnati, 1888) give all that is left to
be desired in the historical literature of the country that
should elucidate the active part he took in the formative
period of our national life.
The coincidence is perhaps worthy of note that two
Preachers, possessed of such marked qualities of mind and
character as Dr. Cutler and Dr. Bentley exhibited, should
have been contemporaries, and near neighbors as well
during the active portion of their lives. If Dr. Bentley
were the more accomplished linguist and general scholar.
Dr. Cutler was probably the better grounded of the two in
natural science. If Dr. Cutler had a more signal career,
in being fortunate enough to push important measures of
politics and administration to a successful issue, Dr.
Bentley was the more outspoken of the two, in season and
out of season, in the radical Jefiersonian Republicanism
which, as a lad, he imbibed at the famous old North End
Caucuses inspired and conducted by Samuel Adams
amongst his stalwart Boston adherents, in the immediate
neighborhood of Bentley's birthplace, whilst the studious
Latin School pupil, later to be an usher, was growing into
a strenuous patriot and orator. Dr. Cutler, on the other
hand, worked out his career no less resolutely and
effectively in silence.
Dr. Cutler drove, in his own private sulky, from the
Parsonage at Hamilton to the City of New York, in order
to attend the session of the Congress of the old Confederacy
which passed, under his urgent instigation, the Ordinance
of 1787. And in the same primitive conveyance he made
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the entire journey to Ohio, in 1788, on a visit to the
Marietta Settlement, that he might see with his own eyes
how great a work his sagacity and enterprise and courage
had accomplished.
The Historical Collections of the Essex Institute,
Volumes vin, p. 226 ; xxv, p. 165 ; and xxxvi, pp.
105, 233, 264, as well as the New England Magazine for
July, 1901, Vol. XXIV, p. 494, add interesting side-lights.
And the great wave of well-written litei-ature sweeping
over the country, in recognition of this centenary year
of the Louisiana Purchase, makes it quite needless to
descant upon the political conditions of Dr. Cutler's day.
Kepresentative Federalists, among them some of the best
men of this section, — Timothy Pickering and Josiah
Quincy among them, were so blinded to the true interests
and assured future of the country that they regarded the
opportune acquirement by IVIr. Jefferson of the mouth of
the Mississippi Biver as justifying the withdrawal of New
England from the Federal Union. While it is not easy
to understand how the great Northwest could be expected
to grow as they expected it to grow, and could still be
expected to content itself to see its great water-way
remain tributary to a foreign power, it is easy enough to
pardon their seeming disloyalty to the Federal Union
when we reflect that the Compact had not then been
** cemented in blood," and was not much more, to the
apprehension of its framers, than a written instrument
of limited co-partnership which they had joined in forming
for a definite purpose and which, now that it was failing
of the purpose some of them intended, they felt they had
every right to cancel. The Union had for them no more
sacredness than the old Confederation which they had
abandoned for a better system when it had ceased to
answer the purpose they had intended.
Dr. Cutler was born inKillingly, Conn., May 13, 1742,
A graduate of Yale, he first engaged in the whaling
business and afterwards in shopkeeping, at Edgartown in
Martha's Vineyard. He was admitted to the Bar in 1767 :
then studied theology at Dedham, where he married, and
was licensed as a preacher in 1770. He became pastor of
the Hamlet Parish of Ipswich in the next year, and
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remained such untU his death in 1823. He marched
with the Ipswich minute-men for Lexington, and saw
the retreat of the British into Boston . He became chaplain
of the 11th jVIassachusetts Regiment in 1776, and was
complimented for his gallantry by its conmiander with the
present of a horse. He added to his parochial charge
later in the War, — a conmion practice in New England,-
the duties of a family physician while the local practitioner
was serving as an army surgeon, and treated at different
times no less than two score small-pox patients. He made
himself the earliest authority upon the flora of New
England, and called attention to the appearance of the
Magnolia in Essex and Gloucester woods as early as 1793,
deriving his first intimation of the presence of this
southern exotic from Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons,
according to the joiurnal kept by Dr. Bentley. He was
of the first party to ascend the White Mountains and
to make, in 1784, an estimate of their height. He
made astronomical observations and taught a school of
navigation. In the parsonage at Hamilton he received
a class of boys fitting for college. His part in the
development of the northern Mississippi basin is well
known. Yale conferred on him the degree of LL.D. in
1791, and in 1795 he declined a commission as Judge of
the Supreme Court of the then new Northwest Territory.
He drafted the Charter of Marietta College, in Ohio. He
served two terms in Congress, declining re-election in
1804. He was a member of the leading scientific
societies of the Country, to which he contributed papers
on astronomy and on natural science. He remained pastor
of the Hamilton Parish until his death, and was fiur in
advance of the pulpits of his denomination generally and
of the public opinion of New England in the breadth iwd
liberality of his theological views. Both in his teachings
and by his example he did what he could to encourage
amongst his flock harmless enjoyments and recreations,
and a liberal interest in everytliing which can contribute
to the substantial advancement of mankind.
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No. I.
Washington 26"» Oct' 1803.
My Dear Sm,
The member from Vermont, M' Eliot, I find to be y«
man you mentioned to me. On his first arrival he pushed
himself forward, & very soon rendered himself obnoxious
to his own party. Yesterday we had before us a resolution
to carry into effect y* Louisiana Treaty. Very early in
y« day this man rose, with great pomposity, & with a
display of vanity, weakness — & extreme aiTogance, spoke
two hours. The utmost dislike was evident from every
part of y^ House. At length, he became so tedious,
that his own party called him to order — as he offered
nothing in point to y^ question, for, in fact, he was
wandering over y whole globe & it was requested ho
would confine himself to y^ question. This appeared to
have little effect upon his feelings. In defiance to all y
dislike & resentment shewn by h^ own party, he continued
a considerable time longer. In this rediculous speach, I
believe, he has completely blown himself out, & will be
viewed with y* contempt so much vanity has merited.
On this question we had many excellent speaches on
both sides — & y* setting continued untill eight at night.
On y* question by ayes & noes — 90 for y* motion — 25
against it. I am among y* number opposed — for I am
clearly of opinion that y* Treaty is unconstitutional — that
y* sum given is too much — & that in its operation, it will
be injurious to y^ interests, & particularly the commerce
of y* Eastern States. There is no evidence that Spain has
concented to this treaty, but strong suspicion that y®
Spanish Government is opposed to y* purchase. It may
eventually involve us in a war with Spain. But I cannot
now state to you all y^ objections I have against it. It
will be carried into effect, & we have only to wait y*
consequences.
I am, with much respect,
Dear Sir, your humble Serv'
M Cutler.
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No. n.
Washington 30"» Nov' 1803.
Mt Dear Sib,
I thank you for your very obliging letter of y^
14^ instant. W Eliot has met with severe mortifications
from his own party, who shew y* most marked dislike
when ever he rises to speak. But he has said very little
for some time past — and when he rises, he generally
begins with a promise to be very short. He is certainly
a man of some ability, & is not to be y* less respected
because he has risen from a low station in life. I think
he deserves much credit for his own exertions in
acquiring so much information as he has done. He still
appears quite a superficial man, who has a tallent in
running over y^ surface of things, but not much
penetration or Judgment. But he has been so vain &
imprudent in his first setting out, as he will not easily
get over, for a long time — perhaps not while he is a
member of Congress.
The high salaries, which the democrats have so often
promised to reduce, they have now fixed at their high
rates, by a permanent Law, for y^ purpose of preventing
their ever being lowered. The banknipt act is repealed
by a bill which has passed y* house. It was found so
radically defective as not to admit of amendment. A
committee is appointed on y* State of y^ fisheries, &
I hope some thing will be done to give them jfurther
encouragement. But it is doubtful. The House has
been principally employed lately on local business. The
amendment of y" Constitution is yet before y* Senate.
We need not trouble ourselves much about amendments.
The Constitution is become a mere man of Straw. It is
just what the Majority are disposed to make it.
I am very sorry to hear of y* death of old M" Potter —
& the daughter of M"" Appleton. I have felt great
comfort in hearing, by letters before, that general health
prevailed. It is my earnest praj'er that you may all be
favoured with this gi-eat blessing. I will thank you, when
you can find liesure, to inform me how y* people do —
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& what is passing among you. Eveiy thing that concerns
y* people is deeply interesting to me.
In my journey here I suffered as little as I had a right
to expect — but afterwards very threatening symptoms
came on — & reduced me extremely low. But through
the Oreat goodness of that gracious & mercifiil Being
from whom all our blessings flow — in whose hand is
our life — & every enjoyment, I now find myself much
better. The pain in niy side remains, but it comes by
times, & does not give me much inconvenience — & my
strength is daily recruiting. Please to give my best
respects to your Lady — & regards to all enquiring
friends.
I am,
with great esteem & friendship,
your humble Serv'
M Cutler.
M' Francis Low.
No. m.
Washington, 21»* Jan', 1804.
My Dear Sir
With much pleasure I received your favour of 27*** ult.
I thank you for the interest you take in my health, &
your kind wishes for my safe return. Through divine
Goodness, I have enjoyed better health for some time
past, than for several years.
It gives me great pleasure to receive your letters, for
you are so good as to inform me of those circumstances
in the town, which I feel very anxious to know. I am
very glad to hear that M' Forbes has been with you, &
that M' Cochran gives so good satisfaction. D'Dana has
been so good as to inform me, himself, of his marriage,
& by his letters I should suppose him to be very happy.
I am very sorry to hear of y* misfortune of M' Quarles
— The death of RP Robertts is a very melanchoUy event.
The affliction must be heavy to his bereaved wife & friends,
with whom, I most sincerely sympathize. And it is, too,
a public loss. The death of a young, prudent, steady &
industreous man is a real loss to y® society & neighbour-
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hood. I shall miss him very mach, for I have ahrajs
fomid him a valuable neighbour.
The information I have had of y* prevelence of y^ scarlet
fever in the town, has given me great concern. I was, for
a tune, almost affraid to open y^ letters I received from
Hamilton, lest I should be told of some distressing
instance of mortality. But y* goodness of God has
interposed, & I greatly rejoice to hear that y^ sickness is
abated, & more general health prevails. May that kind
& merciful Beings in whose hand is our life, & on whom
we are dependent for all our blessing, be graciously
pleased to restore & preserve health among all y* people
of the town.
I have nothing very material to write you from this
city. Business goes on slowly — & yet we have very
long settings. We rarely get down to diner imtill after
Sun-set. The most material subjects lately before us
have been the proceedings on y* Impeachment of the two
Judges Chase & Peters. It is a party business — &
much to be regreted that two Judges — so independent —
so impartial — & so eminently learned in y^ Law, should
be hurled from their seats. But their crime is, they are
Federalists — & they must go. We spent the most of
this week on what is called y" State ballancea. - On y*
settlenient of y^ accounts of y* revolutionaiy war — some
states had done more than their part, & others not so
much. The acc^ were settled and y^ ballance struck.
A large number of states were deficient. They owed,
in y* whole, about three million of dollars. The object
is, now, to relinquish to those states, y^ sums they owe,
without any compensation — & to acquit them of any
demands. Massachusetts is a credit state, to a larger
amount than any other — we had done more — & a debt
was found due, of one million & about two hundred
thousand dollars. For this sum our state has received
interest annually — which is to a large amount. It is
evidently intended to wipe off, with one strock this debt
due to us. But, tho', I think, they will acquit the debtor
states, I do hope they are not yet bold enough to take
from us this large sum. On this question all y* members
from Massachusetts are united. AH possible opposition
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has been made. But it appears that with respect to j^
first question the Committee of 7^ whole has come to a
trial, on which y« majority won against us — Yeas 67 —
Najs 65. It is not decided •
M' Eliot has been with us in opposing the
impeachment of y* judges — & y^ State ballances — <&,
indeed, on all national questions. His speaches have
been short but much to j* point — he now says little — &
unless they buy him, I do believe he will leave his party
— & come over to y* federal side.
There is a Jubilee proclaimed here by y* Democrats —
it is to be celebrated next friday. There is to be such a
feast, it is said, as was never known in America, on
account of taking possession of Louisiana. There is to
be diners — suppers — balls — assemblies, dances, & I
know not what — It is said every pig — & goose — & duck
— in all y* country round, is put in requision. But we,
poor Federalist, — keep our distance. The Jubilee is
to begin here — but they expect it will run — like wild-
fire^ to every dark & benighted corner of America. You
may look out for y* flame to come on your way — & you
may get ready to light up your dark-lantern.
Let me beg you, my dear sir, to continue your letters.
There is no body in Hamilton, who will condescend to
write to me, but you, except my own family. As you
sit by your fire side, on a winters evening — do be so
good as to take your pen. It may be an amusement.
I want much to hear from all y* neighbours — & all y*
people. I long to see you — &to return once more to
Hamilton. But there is no hope, now, that we shall
rise before the first week in ^larch — & many think —
not till May. So we go on spending the people's money
— such is democratic oeconomy.
We have had it cold, for this city, for a week or ten
days past — wind often high from north west, two or
three small sprinklings of snow, which lasted only a few
hours. But, now we have had a little more than a white
frost on y* ground for three or four days. The ground
is considerably frozen — the Potomac river frozen up —
as far down as we can see. We believe you have fine
sledding. I hope the ponds are frozen over — & the
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people will have a good time to get a supply of wood.
Do write me how y* weather is with you. Please to
present my complements to your good lady — & be
assured that I am,
With great friendship
your humble Serv*
M Cutler.
(My regards to all enquiring friends.)
We have just had y news of a Post Officer in Maryland,
who was appointed in place of a very faithful Post-Officer,
who was turned out — run off, last monday, with a
large sum of public money in his hands — carried off y*
books & papers of y* Office — many letters supposed to
contain money to a large amount — & has not yet been
taken.
Do just give a caution to Cap* Brown^ not to run away
with public property , — But a short time since a public
Officer, in New York, a M' Livingston, who had fifty
thousand dollars of public money has failed — <£ y* money
lost. A M' Harrison, a very worthy honest man, was
turned out, to privide a place for this excellent
Democrat Livingston. Many other like failures have
happened. Will y* eyes of the people ever be opened?
No. IV.
Washingtox, 13**^ jSkLkRCH 1804.
My Dear Sir,
I feel myself under great obligations to you for your
repeated favours — & particularly for your last of y* 21"*
of Feb'. I am much gratified in being so particularly
informed of what is passing with you, & I now rejoice in
prospect of soon leaving this city on my return home.
Both Houses have just agreed to a resolution to adjourn
on y* 26^^ — & I think there is no business which will detain
us longer than that day.
It is not in my power to be very particular in giving
you information of what is doing here at this time. I
must leve a detail of matters untill I have y* pleasure
of seeing you. But will just inform you that y* trial of
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Judge Pickering was closed yesterday — & sentence of
condemnation passed. The evidence of the Judge having
been insane — & that derangment was y" occasion of his
intemperance was very full & clear.
Immediately after, the House agreed to the impeachment
of Judge Chase. The federalists agreed not to enter into
any debate, as reasoning would be in vain. The vote
stood ays 73 — nays 32. We have the evidence before
us, but it was all taken expertly — & altho' his enimies
have given a pretty high colouring in a few instances,
taking it all together, it appears more in his favour, than
against him. The object is to break down y« Judiciary —
to persecute every real friend to his country — & depose
every federal character. We appear nearly prepared to
erect y^ Guillotine & I can not doubt there are those who
wish to see it in operation.
We have had steady cold for a considerable time past,
untill within three or four days, altho' we have had no
snow on y* ground, for a long time. But we have now
warmer weather & tlus day a mild mist from y^ southard.
I enclose you a paper printed at Fredericktown, which,
think, is one of y^ best printed on the Continent. It is
not in my power to add more at this time, than that, I am
with great esteem & respect,
your sincere friend & humble Serv^
M Cutler
No. V.
Washington 10*^ Dec 1804.
My Dear Sir,
You was so obliging as to favour me with your
correspondence during the last session, I am induced to
renew my request, that you will again favour ijae with an
account of what is passing with you.
I wish much to hear whether Esquire Giddings is any
better, & what is his present state. I am anxious to
hear whether health prevails ; if any are sick — who they
are — & of what disease. I should be glad to know
whether M' True is approved by y* people. He was a
perfect stranger to me — , I was obliged wholly to depend
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on infonnatdon. Are they likely to setUe M' Jewett, or
any body else, at Wenham ? What is y* present situation
of Rev^ D' Forbes ? I have not beared a word from him
since I left home. Who have you employed for School
Masters in the town? Pray inform me of every
occurrence which is of any consequence, that has taken
place since I left home.
There has nothing yet of much importance been before
Congress. The principle thing we have done is to have
completed, in our house, the articles of impeachment
against Judge Chase. The impeachment is now gone up
to the Senate. When y trial will come on is uncertain,
probably in January. It is expected that y* trial will
be long & very interesting. We expect some very
interesting subjects before the session closes. The
Virginian Party carry all before them. They govern
y* Country — & whether you be sinsible of it, or not.
New England is subjugated to the Virginia interest.
We have an unequal portion of y* public burthem — &
it is probable it will be increased instead of being
deminished, in y* course of jr* present session.
Please to present my sincere regards to M"* Low — &
to all enquiring friends — and be assured that
I am, with great esteem, your very humble Servant
M CUTLEB.
No. VI.
Washinqton 4**» Jan^ 1805.
My Deab Sm,
I have only time, just to beg you to accept of my
grateful acknowledgements for your two kind letters, &
beg leave to solicit your further favour.
The Death of D' Forbes was an event to be expected,
yet when it comes, we find our minds impressed &
affected in a manner we could not anticipate. But our
loss is his gain, may y* great Shephard look upon y*
flock he has left — & provide them a faithful pastor. And
may it be improved as a solemn lesson to me & to all
who are in y« ministry, to be ready to give our ace* to
our great Lord & Master.
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I am extremely grieved to hear of M" Low's ill state
of health — may she be favoured with every divine
support, & her health restored. As she has so long been
an invalide, I hope this will prove only a sudden turn.
I am sorry to find your spirits are depressed. Let me
beg you to place your confidence in that all powerful &
merciful being, who can remove all our sicknesses, heal
all our diseases, or prepare us for y events his wise
superintending providence.
You inform me that Esquire Giddings is not worse.
It is my earnest prayer that his health may be restored,
if it be consistant with y* divine will.
I shall feel very anxious untill I hear further from M'^
Low — & desire to commend her case & yours to that God
who is infinite in goodness, but who can never do us
wrong, & can cause all things to operate for our good.
Fray write me as often as you can.
As y^ trial of Judge Chase was to have begun, this
week, all my correspondents are anxious to hear & I
have many letters to write. He has appeared & requested
y« trial might be postponed untill y® next session of
Congress, & offered very good reasons — but his request
has been rejected. His trial will commence on y« 4"* day
of Feb^. It is curious that y^ Senate should reject this
request from y* Judge, when one of y* articles of y^
impeachment against hun is, that he did not give
Calender all the time he wanted to prepare for trial.
Do inform me of what is passing with you. I
rejoice that health so generally prevails I beg you
to present my particular regards to M" Low — & my
respects to Esquire Giddings — & be assured that
I am,
with great affection &
friendship
your humble Serv^
M CUTLBB.
No. vn.
Washington 6*^ Feb' 1805.
My Deab Sib
I have pleasure of receiving your very friendly &
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330 LETTERS >VRITTEN BT DR. HANA8SEH CUTLER.
obliging letter of jr* 21** ult. Please to accept my sincere
thanks for this repeated instance of your goodness.
It affords me great satisfaction to hear that your Lady
is so much better, than when you vnrote me last — & to be
informed that so remarkable health has, & does still
continue, in y* town, since I left home. This appears to
me an unusual term for so general health to prevail. It
is my earnest prayer that this distinguished blessing of
Heaven may be continued. As Esquire Giddings remains
so long in much the same state, I can not help entertaining
y* hope that he may recover. I am very glad to hear
that ^r True is better esteemed as a preacher, & has
given so great satisfiiction as a school master.
On monday y* trial of Judge Chase commenced. A
vast concourse of people attended. The House attended
in a body, who had seats provided on y* floor of y* Senate
Chamber, in a circular form, fronting y* Court of
Impeachment. Proper seats were prepared in front of }'•
Representitives, on the right for the Managers of y*
Impeachment, & on the left of the President's Chair for
y* Judge &his counsel. There were particular seats, like
pews, provided for Foreign Ministers, the Judges of y*
Supreme Court & other Gentlemen of distinction. There
was also a temporary gallery for y* accommodation of
Ladies. There were a large number from Philadelphia
& Baltimore, who attended.
The Court was opened between 12 & 1 o'clock, with
great solemnity — & the most profound silence, & perfect
order prevailed through the time the Court was in setting.
Judge Chase rose & made a short address to the Court
— & requested leave to offer his answer to y* Impeachment
in writing, which he & his Counsel would read. His
Counsel are Mess" Harper, Hopkinson A Martin. Leave
being given, the Judge read the introductory part, & gave
it to M' Harper, to read the remainder which he did
excepting that M' Hopkinson, relieved him once, by
reading a little while. The reading commenced at one
— & lasted until! almost five o'clock. The Judge then
rose & made a most solemn & impressive address to the
Court, which seemed to penetrate 3^ heart of every one
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present. The Managers requested time to consider the
answer, & to consult the House. After they are ready
they will attempt to support the Impeachment — & then
the Judge's Counsel will close the trial.
The answer seemed to fill every one who heard it with
astonishment & has far exceeded y^ expectations of his
warmest friends. He took up each article in their order,
& made clear & very circumstantial statements. His
reasoning was able, candid, & carried full conviction with
it. Our Managers have a hard task — & many of the
Democrats now say the Judge must be acquitted, & regret
that they voted for the Impeachment. But others, are as
violent as ever, for his Condemnation. As it is altogether
a spitful, party, business, I see no probability that he
will be acquitted, unless the acquittal of the Judges of the
Supreme Court in Pennsylvania who have lately been tried
should have any effect — & also a division & violent
contest which has taken place in our house, should operate
in favour of the Judge, which some think will be y* case.
But whatever may be his fate, posterity will justify &
applaud him. And this answer must do him immortal
honour. What a shocking state are we arrived at? —
What a painful sight to see — a Man under the legal
imputation of willful murder, should preside over Sie
highest Court in the nation, on the trial of an able &
upright Judge on the Bench of 3^ national Supreme Court.
We have had some very curious scenes passing in our
house in y^ course of the last week & the present. I can
not now be particular — only just observe — that there
is a violent brakage among the Democrats. Johnny
Eandolph has been very much deserted by his party. In
two most outrageous, abusive speach, he has violently
attacked those of his party who had left him. It has
produced much warmth — & much talk about Duels.
Last week was spent in altercations between these two
parties. The fedei-alist were perfectly silent — & gave
them j^ whole field of battle. M"^ Dana only was obliged
to say something, as Chairman of y* Committee of Claims,
to vindicate that Committee, who were shamefully abused.
There is undoubtedly a third party established here between
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332 A LETTER WRITTEN BY TIMOTHY FIGKERINO.
7* moderate & y* violent democrats. Bat I am not able
to add any more at present only that —
I am, with great affection,
& friendship,
your hmnble Serv^
M Cutler
Excuse this letter. I have been obliged to write it in y*
midst of interesting business in y* house.
A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM
COL. PICIOSRING.
PmLADELFHIA AuOT. 29. 1780.
Dear Brothbr,
By my letter of the 18th inft to Brother Williams you wiU learn
that Congrefs have appointed me qnarter master general, "which office
not my inclination but a kind of political neceftity has induced me to
accept. That I may conduct the businefs with more ease to myself
and advantage to the public, *tis my wifh and endeavour to appoint
deputy quarter masters to the several i^tes of the moil unexceptionable
characters*— men of capacity, activity, prudence and integrity. Such
a man for the three easternmon: flates does not occur to my memory ;
nor do the delegates of our flate think of a ibi table person. As
Mafsachusetts is mod important, & will furnish many more ibpplies
than New Hampfhire & Rhode Island together, 1 mean to felect a
deputy from Mafsachusetts. I am averse from asking the Council to
nominate a man ; because I think a few principal members of the
Council & the House whom you wiU chuse to confult, are much more
likely to recommend a very good man than either or both those bodies.
I beg therefore you will take the trouble to confult ibch members as
foon as pofsible. & send me the name of the person you ft they shall
judge equal to and fittest for the businefs, & who will probably accept
the office of deputy quarter master for Mafsachusetts, New Hampshire
& Rhode Island. I will write you more fully by an exprefs who will
leave this place in a day or two, by whom also I will send a copy of
the plan for conducting the businefs of the department. In the mean
time you may have opportunity of making some inquiries.
I am yours affectionately
Tim : Pickering
John Pickering Esq'.
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BEVERLY FIRST CHURCH RECORDS.
COPIED BY WILLIAM P. UPHAM.
(^CoTUinued from Vol. XXXVIII, page 368.)
27'**. Ebcnczer Son of Samuel Stone jun'. by his wife
Mehitabcl [Butnmnj.
May 4'**. Sarah Daughter of John and Anna
[Clements] , n^e Dodge] Rea. Miol Son of Eleazar and
Rebecca [Chapman] Giles.
. . . 11***. Mark Son of John and [Jane (Standley)]
Morse.
. . . 18'**. Charity [and] Abigail Twin Daughters of
James and [Sarah (Woodbury)] Taylor.
. . . 25'**. !Mary Daughter of Ebenezer and Eve
[Hocks] Giles. t
June 8'**. Josiah Son of Joseph and Hannah [Morgan]
Foster.
. . . 15"*. Hannah Daughter of Thomas and [Hannah
(Ober)] Hardv.
[•] June 22^ William Son of William jun' and
Eliz» [Sewall] Tuck.
June 25'**. This Day was baptized an Infant of Joseph
Corning by his Wife [Hannah (Pride)] at his House,
before a considerable number of tiie Church, and others ;
They desired the Ordinance might be administered in this
more private way, to their little Babe because it appeared
to be very near its End. — It was generally thought there
would be no oppurtunity to bring it to the Ordinance in
publick, upon the next Lord's Day.
July 13'**. Maiy [and] Hannah Children of Ebenezer
and Joanna [Thorndike] Lovett.
July 27'**. Elizabeth Daughter of Randal and Susanna
[Stone] Presson.
August 31'. Thomas Son of Elisha and Joanna [Ober]
Woodbury.
t She WAS from Lynn.
(333)
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Septem' : 14***. Hasadiah Son of Ebcnezer and Eliz*
[Smith] Woodbuiy, Emma Daughter of Nicholas and
Lydia [Ehot] Woodbuiy.
... 21*. Mary Daughter of Daniel and Hannah
[Creesy] Wall is.
... 28. Thankful Daughter of George and Mary
[Lovett] Tuck. Joseph Son of Israel and Judith [Tuck]
Wood.
October 19. Caleb Son of Andrew and .Bethiah
[Lovett] Balch.
Xovem' : d^. Zechariah [and] Mary, Children of the
Widow Mary [Tuck] Stone [widow of William]. Anna
Daughter of Thomas & Anna [Lovett] Tuck.
. r . 16. Charity Daughter of Benj" and Charity
[Stone] Roundey.
Decem': 21*. Azariah Son of Benj" and [Lydia
(Herrick)] Woodbury.
January ll"'. Deborah Daughter of William and
[Sarah (Trask)] Cox.
... 18"^ 1740/1. Andrew Son of Andrew Eliot jun'
by his Wife Mary [Trask] .
]March 8"^. Elizabeth Daughter of Joseph and
Thankful [Pickens] Champney.
22. Sarah Daughter of Andrew and Eliz* [Wallis]
Ellinwood.
April 12"*. Emma Daughter of Herbert and Abigail
[Ober] Thorndike. Benj» Son of Bcnj*t and Eliz*
[Giles] Jeffords.
... 26. Emma Daughter of Benj" and Abigaill
[Groves] Elliott.
May 10***. Joanna Daughter of Josiah and Rebekah
[Woodbury] Luvett.
. . . 24"*. Ruth Daughter of Thomas and Lucy
Herrick] Woodbury. Daniel Son of Mark and Jemima
Larcom] Morse.
31* Jonathan Son of David and Lucy [Downing'
Larcum. Hezekiah Son of Thomas and Abigail [Pitnam^
Ober. Rebekah Daughter of Jonatlian and Rcb** [Dodge'
Thorndike.
[*] Juno 7'*^ Henry Son of John and Elizabeth [Ober]
Thorndike.
t He was from Lynn.
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. . . 29«» Peter Son of John and llarcy [Balch]
Lovett.
July 5"» David Son of John and [Jane (Standley)]
Morse. Cornelius Son of Gideon and Priscilla Baker.
. • . 12"* jVIary Fern an adult Person Mras baptised.
... 19"* Zechariah Son of Peter and Anna [Eliot]
Groves.
... 26. Anna [Babcock] Woodbury an Adult Person
was baptised, and one of her Children whose name was
Ezra.
Aug^ 2** Isaac Son of Robert and Hannah [Gray]
Morgan-
. • . 9"» Jonatlian Son of Jonathan and Juda [Cox]
Phelps.
... 16. Richard Son of Peter and Lydia [Foster]
Ober. Samuel and Francis Sons of Sam" and Judith
[Ober] Woodbury.
... 23'* Mary and Rcbeltah Daughters of Andrew and
[Joanna (Dodge) Woodbury] Woodbury. Jacob Son of
Ezra and Ann [Anna (Babcock)] Woodbury.
Sep : 6. Ruth, Samh and Mary, Children of John West
deed, by his Wife Sarah [Woodbuiy] now How, were
baptized.
. . . 27**» William Herrick and Joseph Pickett jun'
adult Persons were baptized. The same Day their Children
were brought to Baptism whose names were William and
Lemmon Herrick [by his wife Mary (Tuck)]. Jane and
Robert -Pickett [by his wife Mary (Horsum)]. The same
Day the Children of Ebenezer [and Priscilla (Preston)]
Williams were baptized, their names were Elizabeth and
Abigail.
October 10"* Mara Daughter of Mihil and Mary [Balch]
Woodbury.
. . . 18* Jeremiah Son [of] Jeremiah and Hannah
[Willard] Butman.
Novem' 1^ Eliz* Daughter of Randal and Sasanna
[Stone] Presson. ilary, John, Samuel, Elizabeth and
Susanna Children of Ralph and Lois [Herrick] Tuck.
— 8* Benjamin, Samuel and George, Children of
George & [Mary (Williams)] Pcircc.
... 29. Mercy Daughter of Edward and Abigail
Traske.l
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Decern' 6"" Emma Daughter of John and Anna
[Clements, n^e Dodge] Rea.
13"* Rachel Daughter of Andre wand [Joanna (Dodge)]
Woodbury.
• • . 27*^ Benj* Pickett a Young Man was baptized.
Jane Daughter of Thomas and Anna[Loyett] Tuck.
January 24"» 1741/2. David Son of Joshua and Abigail
[Jacub] llenick. Hezekiah Son of Samuel and [Elizabeth
(Butman)] Obcr. Mary Daughter of Joseph Foster
tertius and Hannah [Morgan] Foster.
February 7^** Mary Daughter of Henry and Lydia
[Lovett] Blashfield.t
March 26^^ Jane Daughter of Sam" Stone jun' &
Mehitabel [Butman] Stone. William Son of John and
Katherino [Leach] Groves. Elizabeth Pickett A young
woman.
April 4}^ Osmyn Son of Osmyn and Jane [Groves]
Traske.
[*] April 11^»* Stephens Son of William & [Elizabeth
(Fluant)] Haskol.
... 18"^ Elizabeth Daughter of Edward & Eleanor
[Morgan] Butman . Paul Son of James & Anna [Ober]
Thorndike.
. . . 25. Sarah Daughter of William AEliz*^ [Putnam]
Butman. Robert Son of Jonathan & [Mercy (Sallows)]
Standly. Hannah Daughter of Richard & Hannah
[Smith] Butman.
May 2** Osmyn Son of Deacon Joseph and Emma
[Tuck] Ti-aske.
. . .16. Hannah Daughter of William and [Martha
(Woodbury)] Woodbury. Samuel Son of Hue and Jane
[Green] Woodbury.
. . . 21. Ebenezer Son of Jeoffry and Mary [Butman]
Thistle. This Child wa.s baptiz'd in its Fathers House on
a Week Day being sick, and apprehended near its End ;
and accordingly It died the same Day it was baptized.
. . . 23** Caleb Son of Caleb and [Joanna (Lovett)]
Coyc of Wen ham.
. . . 30^»» Samuel Son of Sam" and Mary [Thorndike]
Foster, pr. M' Clark.
June 6"' Henry Son of Andrew & Eliz* [Ober, n^e
t She iraB his second wife.
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Stone] Elliott. Joseph Son of Joseph and [Lydia]
Williams who deceased soon after y® Birth of this Child.
... 20*** Samuel Son of Samuel & Lydia Morgan.
. . . 2V^ Sarah Daughter of Brackenbury & [Phebe ^
(Larcom)] Patch. ^
July 4*** Anna Daughter of Thomas & Sarah Ober.
. . . 18'** Joseph Son of William & Susanna Tuck.
. . . 25'** Sarah Daughter of George & Mary [Lovett]
Tuck.
Aug' 3. Jonathan, and Benjamin Children of Tho : &
[Elizabeth (Standley)] Patch. Elizabeth Daughter of
Jonathan & [Dorothy (Stone)] Harris.
Sep' 12"» Henry Son of William & Mary [Tuck]
Herrick.
. . . 19"* Jonathan, Hannah and Susanna Children of
Peter & [Jerusha (Trask)] Pride. Marjary and Mary
Children of Edmund & [Experience (Sallows)] Ashby.
. . . 26. Lucas Son ot George and [Mary (Williams)]
Peirce. Jonathan Son of Jonathan & [Elizabeth (Biles)]
Byles.
Octob' 3** Joshua and Samh Children of Joshua &
Sarah [Thorndike] Thorndike.
... 24. Hannah Daughter of Livermore & [Mary
(Grage)] Whitteridge.
Novem' 7"* Elizabeth & Mary Daughters of John &
[Margaret (Harris)] Presson.
. . . 14'^ Joseph Son of Benj** & Elizabeth [Giles]
Jeffords.
... 21* Israel Son of Jonathan and Rebecca [Wood]
Smith. Joshua Son of Joshua and [Deborah (Cushing)]
Corning. Emma Daughter of Andrew [and Mary
(Trask)] Elliott jun'.
Dec' 5'** Jerusha Daughter of Peter & [Jerusha
(Trask)] Pride.
[•] Decem' 26 Sarah Daugh' of Joseph & Mary
[Horsum] Picket.
January 2* 1742/3. Ebenezer Son of Daniel and
Hannah [Creesy] Wallis.
... 9"* Ebenezer Son of Eleazar and Rebecca
[Chapman] Giles.
February 6'^ Samuel & Richard Sons of Josiah and
Experience [Haskins] Woodbury.
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March 13^ Israel Son of Benj* and Eleanor [Cleaves]
Lovett.
. . . 20^ Abigail Daughter of Joshua and Abigail
[Jacub] Hcrrick. Lucy Daughter of John and Anna
[Clements, n^ Dodge] Rea. Eunice Daughter of Ezra
and [Anna (Babcock)] Woodbury.
Mar: 27**^ Thomas Son of Joseph and Thankful
[Pickens] Champney . Samuel Son of Benj* & [Lydia
(Hcrrick)] Woodbury.
April 17^*» Mary Daughter of Andrew A Eliz*
[Wallis] Ellingwood.
May 1* William and Mercy T^vin Children of
William and Mercy [Trask] Haskol. Andrew Son of
William & Eliz» [Stone] Gage.
... 8* Jane Daughter of Osmyn & Jane [Groves]
Traske.
. . .22*. Hepzibah Daughter of John &Eliz» [Ober]
Thomdike. Mihil Son of Elisha and Joanna [Ober]
Woodbury. Thomas Son of Thomas and [Lucy
(Herrick)] Woodbury. Abigail Daughter of «Joseph
and [Hannah (Morgan)] Foster.
. . . 29"^ Robert Son of John and Hannah [Larcom]
Bradford.
June 5^^ Nicholas Son of Nicholas and [Lydia
(Eliot)] Woodbury. Simon Son of John and Mercy
[Balch] Lovett. Priscilla Daughter of Ebenezer and
[Priscilla (Preston)] Williams.
. . . 26^^. Anna Daughter of Benjamin & Abigail
[Groves] Elliot.
July 3*. Sarah Daughter of Samuel and Lydia [Biles]
Morgan. John Son of Josiah andRebekah [Woodbury]
Lovett.
. . . 24**» Hannah Daughter of Joseph and [Hannah
(Pride)] Corning.
. . .31^ Susanna Daughter of David & Susanna
[Ober] Allen.
Aug* 28"* Sarah Daughter of William jun' & Susanna
Tuck.
Sep' 4"» David Son of William and [Hannah (Stone) ]
Standley.
... 11*^ Lucy Daughter of Jonathan & Rebecca
[Dodge] Thomdike.
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. . • 25"* David Son of Nathaniel Williams jun' by
his wife [Hannah (Preston)]-
October 16'*» Lydia Daughter of Richard & Lydia
[Chapman] Ober.
Nov' 6"» Hannah Daughter of Jeoffry & Eliz* [Mary?
(Butman)] Thistle.
Nover : 11"* Hezekiah Hathorn in adult Age was
baptized in a private House.
. . . 13^ Anna Daughter of Israel and [Judith
(Tuck)] Wood.
Dec' 11*** Henry Son of Jonathan and Judith [Cox]
Phelps. Thankful Daughter David & Lucy [Downing]
Larcum.
[*] Dec' 25 Mary Daughter of Peter and [Lydia
(Foster)] Ober.
January 8*** 1743/4 Cornelius Son of Jonathan &
Deborah [Balch] Dodge.
. . . 15*** Andrew Son of Andrew & [Joanna
(Dodge)] Woodbury. Curtis Son of Samuel & [Judith
(Ober)] Woodbury.
. . . 29"» William Son of John and Eliz* [Leach]
Bradford. Benjamin Son of Nehemiah & Annis
[Bradford] Presson [Preston ?] .
Feb'' 5"* Joanna Daughter of Sam" and [Elizabeth
(Butman)] Ober.
. . .19^ Jonathan Son of Edward & Eleanor
[Morgan] Butman.
. . . 27^^ Benjamin Son of Randal & [Susanna
(Stone) ] Presson [Preston ?] . Mary Daughter of William
& Mary [Tuck]Herrick.
March 11^ ELannah Daughter of Joseph and [Hannah
(Morgan)] Foster. Miriam Daughter of James and
[Elizabeth (Biles)] Patch. Anna Daughter of Peter'
Groves ju' & Anna [Eliot] Groves.
. . • 18. Charity Daughter of Dixey Morgan by his
Wife Lucy [Taylor].
April 1^ Benjamin Son of Jonathan & [Elizabeth
(Biles)] Byles.
15"* Ebenezer Son of Edmund & [Experience
(Sallows)] Ashby.
. . .22'* Lydia Daughter of Peter Pride jun' by his
Wife [Jerusha (Trask)]
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... 29"^ Andrew Son of James & Anna [Ober]
Thorndike.
May 6'^ George Son of George & Mary [Lovett]
Tuck.
. . . 13^^^ Osmyn Son of William & [Sarah (Trask)]
Cox.
. . . 27^ Abigail Daughter of Thomas & Abigail
[Pitman] Ober.
June 3** Rebecca Daughter of Jonathan & [Mercy
(Sallows)] Standly. Nathanael Son of Stephen &
[Elizabeth (Lee)] Allen.
... 24^ Elizabeth Daughter of Richard & Hannah
[Smith] Butman.
July 1' Thomas Son of Joseph & Lydia [Lovett]
Traske.
... 8*** Mehitabel Daughter of Sam" & Mehitabel
[Butman] Stone.
... 15^** Anna, Josiah & Daniel, Children of Josiah
and [Anna (Lovett) Thorndike]. Benjamin Son of
Benjamin and [Mary (Eliot)] Traske.
... 22^ Robert Hale Son of Benj*^ & Eliz*^ [Hale]
Ives.
. . . 29"^ Ezra Son of Eleazar and Rebecca [Chapman]
Giles. Eleanor Daughter of Cornelius & [Lydia
(Thistle)] Woodbury. t
Aug' 12«» Elisha Son of William & [Martha
(Woodbury)] Woodbury. Deborah Daughter of Benj*
& [Charity (Stone)] Roundy. Jemima Daughter of
Mark & Jemima (Larcom)] Morae.
... 26"» Ebenezer Son of Richard & [Abiel
(EUingwood)] Thistle.
Sep' 2*" William Son of John & Anna [Clements,
n^e Dodge] Rea.
[*] Sep: 9"* Leonard Slew a man in years was
baptized. Joanna Daughter of Andrew & Bethiah
[Lovett] Balch.
... 30. Ichabod Son of John & Katherine [Leach]
Groves.
Oct: 7. Susanna Daughter of Benj* & Eliz* [Giles]
Jeffords. Anna Daughter of Ambrose and Mary
[Taylor] Cleeves.
t First wife.
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. . . 14*^ Hezckiah Son of Elisha & Joanna [Ober]
Woodbury.
Nov' IV^ Jonathan Son of Thomas & [Elizabeth^
(Standley)] Patch.
. . . 18^ David Son of Samuel Harris jun' and his
Wife [Abigail (Larcom)].
... 25 Samuel and Israel Children of Joseph
[Israel?] and [Judith (Tuck)] Wood. Abigail & Molly
Children of Israel Elliot deceased & [Mary (Trask) his
wife] and Joshua Son of Timothy & [Abigail (Lucas)]
Standly.
Dec' 8 John Son of Joseph & Mary [Horsum] Pickett.
16*^ Lois Daughter of Ralph and Lois [Herrick] Tuck.
. . . 30"* Charity Daughter of Livermore & [Mary
(Gage)] Whitteridge.
January 27, 1744/5. Isaac Son of Paul and [ ]
Woodbury.
Februy 3** Abigail Daughter of Henry & Lyddia
[Lovett] Blashfield.
. . . 17^** Joseph Son of Benj* and [Lydia (Herrick)]
Woodbury.
... 24 Mary Daughter of Joshua & Abigail [Jacub]
Herrick. Edward Son of Edward & [ ] Lovett. Israel
Son of Benj* & [Abigail (Groves)] Eliot.
March 3** Richard Son of Richard & Lydia [Chapman]
Ober.
. . . 10"* iMary Daughter of Samuel & Mary
[Thomdike] Foster. Daniel Son of Daniel & [Hannah
(Creesy)] Wallice.
... 24^ Hepzibah Daughter of Andrew & Eliz:
[Wallis] EUinwood.
April 14"* Bethiah Daughter of Herbert & Abigail
[Ober, n^e Conant] Thomdike.
... 28"* Esther Daughter of Ebenezer and [Sarah
(Tuck)] EUingwood.
May 19"* Rebecca Daughter of Jonathan & Rebecca
[Wood] Smith.
June 2* Jonathan Son of William & Eliz« [Stone]
Gage.
... 9"* Jeremiah Son of Ezra and [Anna (Babcock)]
Woodbury.
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... 23* Lydia Daughter of William & Eliz*
[Putnam] Butman.
July 14"^ William Son of Israel & Juda [Tuck]
Wood.
... 21' aiaryDaughterof Jonas & [Sarah (Friend)]
Dodge. Benjamin Son of Benjamin and [Abigail
(Herrick)] Foster.
28"^ Bethiah Daughter of Josiab & [Rebecca
(Woodbury)] Lovett.
Aug* 4"» Ae
Aug'4"» Anna Daughter of Ebcnezer & [Priscilla
(Preston)] Williams.
[*] Aug* 25. Elizabeth Daughter of Jonathan &
Eliz» [Wood] Herrick.
Sep' 29. Lydia Daughter of Nehemiah & [Abigail
(Allen)] Presson [Preston?]. Deborah Daughter of
Jonathan & [Elizabeth (Biles)] Byles.
Octob: 6. Thankful Daughter of Daniel & Abigail
[Butman] Batchelor.
... 13. Jonathan Son of David & ]Margaret[Wallis]
Ellinwood.
. . . 28*** Jonathan Son of Sam" and Abigail
[Larcom] Harris. Israel Son of Robert and Hannah
[Gray] Morgan.
Nov' 3** Issachar Son of Thomas & Lucy [Herrick]
Woodbury. i
. . . n"* Lydia Daughter of Joseph & Lydia
[Lovett] Traske. Hannah Daughter of Cornelius &
[Lydia (Thistle)] Woodbury.
... 24*** Charity Daughter of Dixey and [Lucy
(Taylor)] Morgan. Charles Son of Jeoffry and Mary
[Butman] Thistle. Abigail Daughter of Joshua &
Joanna [Ober] EUingwood.
January 5*** 1745/6. Gideon Son of Josiah and
Experience [Haskins] Woodbury.
Feb^ 9"> David Son of David & Susanna [Ober] Allen.
... 16 Daniel Son of Joseph Foster Tertius by his
Wife [Hannah (Trask)].
... 23 Sarah Daughter of John & Priscilla [Tnwk]
Traske.
March 2* Herbert Son of James & Anna [Ober]
Thorndike.
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... 9. Freeborn Son of Osman and Jane [Groves]
Traske.
... 16. Putnam Son of William & [Mary (Putnam)]
Cleevee.
. . . 23** Asa Son of David & Lucy [Downing]
Larcum. James Son of James Patch jun' by his wife
[Sarah(Babcock)].
April 6"* Ebenezer Son of Ebenezer & Eliz'*^
[Corning] EUingwood.
. . . 13^ Joanna Daughter of Andrew & [Joanna
(Dodge)] Woodbu^5^
... 27^ Joanna Daughter of Jonathan & Rebekah
[Dodge] Thorndike.
IVIay 4"* Thomas Son of Thomas & Abigail [Pitman]
Ober.
... 11"* Margaret Daughter of Henry & Hannah
[Sallows] Scerry.
. . . 18"» Peter Son of Peter & [Jerusha (Trask)]
Pride.
. . .25. Jane Daughter of Benj*& Abigail [Groves]
Elliot.
June S"^ Sewel Son of WiUiam & Eliz* [Sewel]
Tuck.
. . .15. Rebekah Daughter of Benj* and Eliz* [Hale]
Ives. Jeremy Son of Ezra and [Anna (Babcock)]
WoodbuiT.
July h'^ Samuel Son of William & [Elizabeth
(Woodbury)] EUingwood.
. . . 28*** Xehemiah Son of Nehemiah & Annis
[Bradford] Presson [Preston?]. Molly Daughter of
William & Mary [Putnam] Cleeves.
Aug* 31* Andrew son of Ambrose & [Mary
(Taylor)] Cleeves.
Septem' 7"» Elisha Son of George & Mary [Lovett]
Tuck.
... 21* Theophilus Son of Theophilus & [Sarah
(Williams)] Hul. Mary Daughter of Jeremiah Butman
ju' & Hannah [ Willard his wife] .
October 12*>» Joseph Son of Stephen & [Elizabeth
(Lee) ] Allen . Elizabeth Daughter of Sam" & [Elizabeth
(Butman)] Ober.
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344 BEVERLY FIKST CHURCH RECORDS.
[♦] Oct'ig"' Israel Son of Peter and Anna [Eliot]
Groves.
... 26"^ Phinhas Son of Sam" and Rachel [Tuck]
Bean, of Falmouth in Casco. Ezra Son of Richard &
Lydia [Chapman] Ober. By Rev^ M' Pickering.
Nov' 9. Susanna Corning, a young woman was
baptised. Mary Daughter of Richard & [A] Bial
[Ellingwood] Thistle.
30**" James Son of James & Sarah [Batchelder]
Chapleman.
Dec' 7^ Joseph Son of Joseph & Ruth [Haskell]
Wood.
... 21^ Hannah Daughter of Joshua & Abigail
[Jacub] Herrick.
January 4"» 1746/7. Joseph Son of Joseph & Mary
[Horsum] Pickett.
... 25 John Son of Livermore & [Mary (Gage)]
Whitteridge. Mary Daughter of John & [Rachel
(Tuck)] Porter.
Feb^ 15"^ William Son of Paul & Mary [Woodbury]
Haskol.
March 1* Sarah Daughter of Ebenezer & EWz"
[Corning] Ellingwood.
. . , 8"^ Ralph Son of Ralph & Louis [Herrick]
Tuck.
. . . 15^^ John Son of John & Rachel [Tuck] Porter.
April 5. Eliz*^ Daughter of John & Eliz* [Leach]
Bradford. Lydia Daughter of Sam" and Mary
[Thorndike] Foster.
. . .12*** Jonathan Son of Jonathan & [Mercy
(Sallows) Standly.
May 3. Hannah Daughter of Daniel & Hannah
[Creesy] Wallis. Anna Daughter of Theophilus &
[Sarah (Williams)] Hull.
. . . 24"^ William Son of William [&] Mercy
[Trask] Haskol.
. . .31^ Sarah Daughter of Benj*^ and Sarah [Ellis]
Ober. Annis Daugh' of Simon and [Eunice (Warren)]
Bradford.
June 7*^ Joseph Son of Nicholas and [Lydia (Eliot)]
Woodbury.
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BEVERLY FIRST GHUBCH RECORDS. 345
. .* . 14. Abigail Daughter of Benj* & [Abigail
(Henick)] Foster.
July 5'^ Judith Daughter of Sam" and Judith [Ober]
Woodbury.
. . . 12"» William Son of Jonathan & Eliz*^ [Wood]
Herrick.
... 26. Henry Son of Henry and Lydia [Lovett]
Blashfield. Anna Daughter of Joseph & Hannah
[Morfi^n] Foster.
Aug^ 9*** Sarah Daughter of David & Rcbckah
[Grover] Montgomery.
. . . 16'^' liebckah Daughter of Nath* and Sarah
[Ober] Creasy. Anna Daughter of Benj* & Anna
[Woodbury] Clecvca.
. . . 30*^ Lucy Daughter of Jonathan & [Elizabeth
(Biles)] Byles.
Sep' 6. Thorndike Sonof Jeoffry and Mary [Butman]
Thistle. Thomas Son of Ebenezer and [Priseilla
(Preston)] Williams.
Octob' 4. George Gallop & Jonathan Corning young
men were baptised the same Day. Sarah Daughter of
William and Eliz* [Stone] Gage. Abigail Daugh' of
Robert and [Hannah (Williams, n^e Preston)] Woodbury.
Jonathan Son of [ ] & [ 1 Knowlton. [*] Sarah
Daughter of Henry & [Sarah (Koundy)] Phelps, and
Hannah Daughter of James & [Margaret (Sallows)]
Thistle.
Octob. 11^^ Rebekah Daughter of Peter & [Lydia
(Foster)] Ober.
NoV^ 8"» Asa Son of Thomas & [Lucy (Herrick)]
Woodbury.
. . . 22<^ Elizabeth Daughter of John and Elizabeth
[Leach] Tuck.
. . . 27*'* Joseph Son of Benj** & [Lydia (Herrick)"
Woodbury. Joshua Son of Elislm and [Joanna (Ober)'
Woodbury. Luke Son of Andrew & [Anna (Morgan)'
Thorndike.
Decem' 20^ James Son of William & Mary [Tuck]
HeiTick. Henry Son of John & Priseilla [Trask]
Traske.
. . . 27*^ The wife of David Coming was baptised,
named Priseilla.
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346 BEVERLY FIRST CHURCH RECORDS.
Januarys, 1748. Mary, Martha, Anna, Emma, Eliz'^,
Children of David & Priscilla [Thistle] Corning. Mar}'
Daughter of Sam" & [Sarah (Brown)] Cole,
. . . IT^ Elizabeth Daughter of Richard & Eliz*
[Coy] Hood.
. . .31. Eunice Daughter of Ebenezer EUingwood
y* 3* by [Elizabeth (Corning)] his wife.
Feb^ 2^'^ Abigail Daughter of John & Elizabeth
[Leach] Tuck.
March 6. Samuell Son of SamucU & Abigail
[Larcom] Harris. Rebekah Daughter of Benj* & Sarah
[Ellis] Ober.
. . . 13**» Elizabeth Daughter of Josiah & [Rebecca
(Woodbury)] Lovett.
. . . 22^ Hannah Daughter of Jeremiah & Hannah
[Willard] Butman.
April 17^ 1748. Elizabeth Daughter of Joseph
Foster 3^ by [Hannah (Morgan)] his wife. Ebenezer
Son of Edmund & Esther [EUingwood)] Giles.
May 8*** Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas & Lydia
[Elwell] Cary.
. . . 15. Joanna Daughter of Thomas & Abigail
[Pitman] Ober.
June 5^*^ Abigail Daughter of Thomas & Abigail
[Stephens] Davis.
... 26. William Son of Nehemiah & Annis
[Bradford] Presson [Preston?]. Mary Daughter of
Paul & Abigail [widow of Herbert Thorndike, n^e Ober]
Thorndike.
July 17. Ebenezer Son of William & Eliz* [Sewal]
Tuck.
24. Mary Daughter of Sam" & Mary [Chapman]
Stone.
Aug' 21. Mary MuUin an old woman was baptised,
and also Elizabeth Daughter of Benj* & Eliz* [Ober]
Smith.
Sep' 4. Ruth Daughter of Benj^ & [Mary (Elliot)'
Traske. William Son of William & Mary [Whittredge"
Langdel. Lydia Daughter of Benj^ & Eliz* [Giles
Jcttbrds.
[•] Oct 9"' Mary Daughter of Richard & Lydia
[Chapman] Ober.
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BEVERLY FIRST CHURCH RECORDS. 347
Nov' 20^»» John Son of John & Elizabeth [Leach]
Bradford. Mary Daughter of Joseph & [Rutli(Haskell)]
Wood.
Dec: 18"' Lydia Daughter of Benj* & Abigail
[Rutland] Pickett.
... 25. Israel Son of Benj* & Abigail [Rutland]
Pickett. Sarah Daughter of Joseph [and] [Anna
(Thistle)] Foster.
Jan^ 15"' 1748/1) William Son of Joshua & Joanna
[Ober] Ellingwood.
... 22^ Alary Daughter of David & Susanna [Ober]
Allen.
Fcby 5"' William Son of William & Bethiah [Maxwell;
Lovett. Thomas Son of Stephen & [Elizabeth (Lee)'
Allen . Rebekah Daughter of William & Bethiah [Cleaves'
Ober.
. . .12"* Joseph Son of Jonathan & Rebekah [Dodge]
Thomdike.
. . . 19"' Edmund Son of Ambrose & Lucy Taylor
[Query: son of Ambrose and Mary (Taylor) Cleaves].
Benjamin Son of Jonathan & [Elizabeth (Biles)] Byles.
... 26. Samuel Son of Samuel &Mary [Chapman]
Stone.
March 19"' Daniel Son of Richard & [Abiel
(Ellingwood) ] Thistle. Dorcas Daughter of Sam" & Juda
[Ober] Woodbmy. Mary Daughter of John &
[Elizabeth (Rea)] Roundey.
... 26 James Son of Benj*^ & Rebecca Roundey.
April 2'" Mary the Wife of Joseph Baker.
. . . 16"' Rebekah Daughter of Benj^ & Anna
[Woodbury] Cleeves.
. . . 23'* Hannah Daughter of Peter & Anna [Eliot]
Groves.
. . . 30"' Hannah Daughter of Andrew & [Joanna
( Dodge) ] Woodbury . Mary Daughter of Joseph & Mary
[Horsum] Pickett.
May 7"' Elizabeth Daughter of Benj*^ & Abigail
[Hcrrick] Foster.
. . . 14*^ Eleanor Daughter of William & [Elizabeth
(Woodbury)] EllinpfNvood. Hannah Daughter of John
and Rachel [Tuck] Porter. Samuel Son of Jonathan &
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348 BEVEBLT FIRST CHURCH RECORDS.
Rebecca [Wood] Smith. Robert Son of Joseph & Mary
Baker.
. . .21. Hannah Daughter of Ebenezer & Eliz*
[Coming] EUingwood.
June 4^ Joanna Daughter of Joshua & Abigail
[Jacub] Herrick. Margaret Daughter of Samuel &
Abigail [Larcom] Harris.
. . . 18"^ Rebekah Daughter of William & [Mary
(Putnam) ]Cleeves. Joseph Son of Andrew and [Anna
(Morgan)] Thorndike. Andrew Son of Joseph &
[Elizabeth (Davis)] Giddings. Robert Son of Andrew
<& [Abigail (EUingwood)] Stone. Benjamin Son of Titus
& Joanna [Alien] Stanaley. Ebenezer Son of Israel &
[Elizabeth (Raymond)] Wood bur}'.
July 30"» Charity Daughter of Nathan^ & [Abigail
(Dike)] Woodbury. Job Smith a Lad of 16 or 17 years
of age.
Aug* 6"^ Martha Daughter of William & [ ] Patch.
"^ Molly Daughter of Robert & [Hannah (Williams, n^e
Preston)] Woodbury.
[•] August W" John the Child of Sarah Oakman
a Single woman was baptised.
27*^ Judith Daughter of Israel and Judith
[Tuck] Wood. Andrew Son of Andrew & [Abigail
(EUingwood)] Stone. Paul Son of Paul & Mary
[Woodbury] Haskol.
Sep' 3** John Son of James and [Margaret (Sallows)]
Thistle . Thomas Son of Ebenezer & [Priscilla ( Preston ) ]
Williams.
Sep' 16 David Son of Benj* and Susanna [Coming]
EUingwood. Marcy Daughter of Jonathan & [Mercy
(Sallows)] Standley. Andrew Son of Benj*& Elizabeth
[Obor] Smith.
Octob' 22** James Son of Benj^ & Eleanor [Cleaves]
Lovett.
Nov' 5. John Son of Abraham & [Abigail (Stone)]
Knowlton.
. . . 27*^ Robert Son of Robert & Abigail [Preston]
Roundy.
{To be continued,)
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TIIO^IAS GARDNER, PLANTER, AND SOME OF
HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M.D.
(Continued from Vol. XXX/X, page 184.)
In 1771 (March 11), he was chosen constable, but he
secured David Smith as a substitute, and was excused.
He served on the school committee in 1771 and 1772.*
His signature was appended to an open letter in regard to
a hospital, under date of August 23, 1773. t He was
chosen selectman March 8, 1773, but was excused later.
He served on a committee to receive and sort votes at the
town meeting held March 1772, and on a committee to
procure a second fire engine in October, 1774. An
account was allowed him Jan. 5, 1784, amounting to £82,
12 shill. and 2 pence. He was a member of the grand
jury in 1792 (Sept. 3) and 1798 (Oct. 8.)* In 1803 he
was a member of a committee to distribute federal votes
inward 3.t
CHURCH.
Henry Gardner with many others conveyed to Thomas
Barnard Dec. 4, 1772, a lot of land on the southeastern
comer of what is now North and Lynde Streets, in Salem,
for the erection of the North Church. This lot measured
128 1-2 feet on the highway ''to the North River Bridge,"
and 88 feet on the other highway. §
Dr. Whittaker's church having been burned in the
great fire of Oct. 6, 1774, Henry Gardner and the other
proprietors sold the lot of land on which it stood, Feb. 1,
1775, for £615, 18 shill. 4 pence. || He was one of the
contributors to the North Church, and one of the
•Town Recorda.
t Essex Gazette, Mar. 28-29, 1774.
I Snlem Gazette, Apr. 1, 1803.
$ Essex Registry oi Deeds, book 181, leaf 123.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 135, leaf 225.
(349)
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d50 TH03US GARDNER, PLANTER,
forty-two proprietors who purchased the lot on North
street, above described, and which they later conveyed to
the minister, Thomas Barnard.*
REVOLUTIONARY.
The address which was sent to Governor Gage, in
1774, bore his name as well as tliat of his brother Weld.f
In 1775, Henry Grardner removed with his family to
Newfoundland and remained there until 1781. The
following document shows how his absence was regarded
by the patriots of Salem : '' We the Committee of
Correspondence &c for the Town of Salem in the County
of Efsex, ceilify that Mr Henry Gardner late an Inhabitant
of said Town has absented himself from it upwards of
three months leaving Estate real and personal behind
him to the Value of Twenty pounds and more without
this State and that we verily believe from the best
Intelligence, we can obtain, that s^ Henry Gardner
voluntarily went to our Enemies, and is still absent from
his Habitation and usual place of abode and is without
this State.
iof the
ofthJro^
of Salem
Salem 2^ March 1779."t
**Esfex fs. Agency for the Estate of Henry Gardner
late an Inhabitant of Salem in said County Merchant an
Absentee, was granted to David Felt who gave bond
with Miles Ward Jun' and Dan* Cheever as Sureties
faithfully to execute the Trust of his said Agency, and to
render an Account thereof when and so often as he shall
be thereunto lawfully required. This second Day of
March Anno Dom. 1779.
Dan. Noyes Reg' B. Greenleaf J. Prob*
Exam^ pr Dan. Noyes Reg'*' t
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 130, leaf 117.
t Essex Gazette, June 11, 1774.
X Essex Probate Records, book 853, leaf 386.
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AND SOMfi OF HIS DESCEKDANTS. 35 1
''Inventory of the Estate of IVIr. Henry Grardner of
Salem Merclmnt, an Absentee fronti this State, as appraised
by us the Subscribers.
1 Chaise £100 :00 :00
Schooner. Sally, burthens abt. 45 Tons
with her Appurtenances 2250 :00 :00
Schooner Seaflower burthen abt. 65 Tons
with her Appurtenances 3500 :00 :00
About two Acres Land in Danvers 200 :00 :00
(Total) 6293:12:00
Ballance of David Felt Acc^ 188 :11 :09
6482 :03 :09
1 Cable w* 8.2.7 lent.
Salem July 13, 1779, Errors excepted David Felt,
Agent.
Miles Ward Jun' J
Daniel Cheever > Appraisers sworn."
Joseph Henfield )
"Efsex fs July 14, 1779. Then M"^ David Felt Agent
presented the aforesaid written and made Oath that it
contained a true and perfect Inventory of the Estate of
Henry Grardner late of Salem an Absentee, so far as has
come to his Hands and knowledge and that if anything
further shall hereafter appear, he will cause it to be
added.
before me B. Greenleaf J. Prob*."*
We learn from depositions preserved in the records in
the oflSce of the Registry of Deeds, that before he went
he ordered Mr. David Felt to distribute " his Corn and
Rye and other grain" to the poor of Salem. Mr. Felt
also deposed that sundry persons, who had been prisonei*s
in Newfoundland, had given to Mr. Felt on their return
to Salem, various sums of money which said Gardner had
advanced to them while in captivity. His taxes were
paid by Mr. Felt during his absence. The document
* Essex ProUate Records, book 853, leaf 616.
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d52 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
further stated that said Henry Gardner was friendly to
the American prisoners, and that he did not return to
Salem *^ till late in the fpring of the year one thousand
feven hundred and eighty one." Col. John Hathome
testified that Henry (^urdner was friendly to American
Prisoners while he was absent.*
Peter Murray testified that he sailed from Salem, on
a vessel owned by Henry Gardner, in March, 1775, to
the West Indies, and that they went from there to
Newfoundland where they found Capt. Henry Gardner,
who received the vessel and cargo in July or August of
that year. That the said Gardner had his wife and family
there etc.*
He lived in Maiden during the latter pait of his life.
REAL ESTATE.
Henry received as his share of the estate of his fiither
Samuel, a lot of land on the south side of what is now
Central Street in Peabody, measuring two and a quarter
acres. t This he sold June 5, 1790, to John Bushby for
£38. t He also received one-third of his father's pew
holdings, and one conmion right in the "Great Pastures."!
He sold the latter Apr. 30, 1800, to Mary Pickman, jr.,
for $60.§
He loaned various amounts on mortgages, and in one of
such transactions had Baker's Island, containing 60 acres
more or less, deeded to him as security. || He was one of
the owners of Union Wharf, and with the other owners,
appointed Edward West their attorney to recover for land
taken near them, April 14, 1809.ir
Henry Gardner manied October 19, 1769,** Sarah
Turner, daughter of John and Mary (Osborne) Turner, ft
She died in Boston, in May, 1809, aged 61. tt
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 174, leaves 72-73.
t Essex Hegtstrj' of Deeds, book 128, leaves 11-13.
I Essex Registry of Deeds, book IM, leaf 145.
$ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 16A, leaf 2M.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 133, leaf 12-i; book 14^(, learcf; 101 nod 186; book
145, leaf 9S; and book 146, leaf 209.
tr Essex Registry of Deeds, book 196, leaf 2S.
•• Salem Town Records.
ft Pickering Genealogy, p. 184.
it Salem Gazette, May 12, 1809.
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AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 353
He died, in Maiden, November '8, 1817, aged 71.*
Appraisers were appointed Feb. 11, 1818. He left no
wUl. The heirs petitioned to have the Bev. Aaron Green
appointed administrator. When the estate was divided,
the following were each given one-third : — Elizabeth
Gardner, Mary T. Gardner, and Eliphaz Jones, "in right
of bis wife deceased. "t A small part of the estate
amounting to $20, was not included in the amount
administered by Rev. Aaron Green, and Sarah Gardner
Sears, a great granddaughter, petitioned to have Charles
Hall Adams appointed administrator, June 2, 1886. t
Children :
228. Samuel, bap. Sept. 28, 1770; J probably d. young.
224. EuzABiSTn, bap. Sept. 20, 1772 ;§ d. May 5, 1834.
225. Sarah, bap. Sept. 20, 1772 ;§ d. yonng.
226. Mary Turner, b. 1777,|| bap. June 1781 ;§ d. Nov. 11, 1833.
227. Sally, bap. March 1782 :§ d. June 29, 1818, at Belchertown ;t
m. Apr. 17, 1814, Eliphaz Jones. Child, Mary Turner, b.
August 4, 1814; d. July 8, 1846; m. Nov. 10, 1835, Seth
Richards.
228. Marll Eliza, bap. July 20, 1788 ;§ d. Nov. 14, 1833, at Enfleld.**
161 Capt. Jonathan Gardner, the only son of
Jonathan and Sarah (Putnam) Grardner, was a well known
merchant of Salem. He dealt in general merchandise
such as hemp, duck, sail cloth, sheeting, sugar, etc., at his
warehouse on Union Wharf. March 24, 1800, he oflfered
the barque Galen for sale.tt
^^^^^^{''^'^'^-•''"O
He was a Federalist in politics, and frequently served
on committees of that party in Ward 2. The town offices
held by him were as follows : school committee, 1791-3 ;
♦ Salem Gazette, Nov. 14, 1817; and Pickering Genealogy, p. 184.
t Middlesex Probate Papers, >'o. 8172.
i First Church Records.
§ North Church Records.
n Pickering Genealogy, 6-VII-30.
i Salem Gazette of .July 8, 1818.
♦• Salem Gazette of Nov. K, ia«.
tt Salem Gazette of Mar. 28, 1800.
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354 TH03IAS OABDNEB, PLANTEB,
overseer of the poor, 1790-2 ; board of health, 1800 ; and
fireward in 1801.*. In 1798, he waa elected selectman,
but was excused from serving. His name appears in a
list of the directors of the South Salem Bridge Corporation,
when bids were asked for the building of the same in 1808. f
He served on the petit jury in 1794 and 1806, and on
the traverse jury in 1812.* The office of treasurer of the
Marine Society was held by him for many years.
BBVOLUnONAKT SXBVICE.
The following record is given in the " Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution," v. vi,
p. 271 -. — "GARDNER, JONATHAN (also given 3d),
Salem. Petition dated Boston, Oct. 10, 1780, signed by
Sam. Ward, in behalf of himself and others, of Salem,
asking that said Gardner be commissioned as commander
of the brigantine "Union" (privateer) ; ordered in Council
Oct. 10, 1780, that a commission be issued ; also. Captain,
brig "Union ;" descriptive list of officers and crew sworn
to Nov. 8, 1780 ; age, 25 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 5 in. ;
complexion, brown ; residence, Salem." It is also probable
that he is the Jonadian Gttrdner referred to in the same
records, as 2nd Lieutenant and later Commander of the
sloop Tyrannicide, between June 3, 1776 ; and Feb. 2U,
1777; and as 1st Lieutenant of the ship Bunker Hill,
Nov. 4, 1778.
His name appears in the list of volunteers from Salem
for service in Rhode Island, in Capt. Samuel Flagg's
Company, t
He gave $30 in 1802 toward levelling and laying out
Salem Common. §
REAL ESTATE.
Jonathan Grardner inherited from his father, the
homestead on Essex Street, on the lot now occupied by
the Essex Institute. It was left to his son William
* Town Records.
t Salem Gazette of Aug. 9, 1808.
f Essex Institute Historical Collections, t. v, p. 130.
{ Essex Institute Historical Collections, t. iv, p. 80.
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AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 355
Fairfield Gardner, who sold it Oct. 8, 1834, to Tucker
Daland for $5000.* The house was removed to the
southeast comer of Bridge and Washington Streets. f
IVIr. Daland erected the present building upon the lot,
and his executors sold itMaj 27, 1862, to Dr. Benjamin
Cox, jr. t The Essex Institute purchased it of the heirs
of the Cox estate, Feb. 13, 1886. §
May 25, 1792, he bought of the heirs of Francis
Skerry (including James Grardner (No. 167) , and his wife
Margaret) a lot of land on the western side of "Ferry
Lane" (Bridge Street) measuring 3 1/4 acres. || This
was sold by fis son William Fairfield Gardner, to Samuel
Roberts, Aug. 30, 1823.ir
He purchased of Samuel Cheever, tanner, for £200,
April 3, 1792, an acre of land on the eastern side of
what is now Winter Street, with the "buildings,* Vats,
tools, and implements."** Jonathan Gardner had
previously owned this land having purchased it of his
uncle John Gardner (No. 110) Dec. 12, 1788. It
joined other land of Jonathan's on the south. He offered
this tan-yard for sale or rental, March 1, 1796. tt
In 1798 (Mar. 29) he bought of William Cabot, a lot
of land in South Salem, on the western side of "the
highroad" from Salem to Marblehead,}! and on the 6th
of the following month, he purchased of John Lowell of
Roxbury, "guardian to two of the Grand children of
Francis Cabot," 3 acres and 104 poles in the same section
of the town.ft He sold land in South Salem to Hannah
Poynton and Josiah Woodbury in 1802, and to William
Chisholm in 1805. §§ He bought several lots of land at
"Stage Point," of Elizabeth Dewing, and Samuel Ward,
between 1789 and 1793. || |1 Peabody Street was laid out
over his land in August 1820. ITIT
• Essex Beglstrj of Deeds, book 278, leaf 70.
t Essex Institute Hlstoricnl Collections, v. rr, p. 30.
i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 638. leaf 24S.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book U68. leaves 888-3.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book lfi5, leaf 68.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, book 238, leaf 82S.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 164, leaf 189.
ft Salem Oazette of Marcli 1, 1796.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 166, leaf 172.
§9 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 171, leaf 861; book 178, leaf 83; and book 176,
leaf 196.
till Essex Registry of Deeds, book 150, leaf 114; book 161, leaf 189; and book 15n,
leaf 226.
iriT Town Records.
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356 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
He bought of Lynde, William, and Thomas Walter of
Boston, and others, April 16, 1801, one eighth part of
the South Mills in Salem,* and obtained another eighth
by execution from his uncle John Gardner (No. 110)
July 12, 1813. t Another portion of this mill (one-
sixteenth) he bought of Benjamin Lynde Oliver for $700
in 1819. t He sold one-eighth of the mill to John
Barton, for $1187, in 1814. §
He was one of the proprietors of Union Wharf, t the
Union Market, || and the Assembly House.lT His name
occurs in connection with many other real estate transfers,
either personally or as treasurer of the Marine Society.
He owned many rights in the Great Pastures,** and
loaned large amounts on mortgages.
Jonathan Grardner married, first, Sarah Fairfield,
daughter of Dr. Fairfield of Wenham. They were
married in Salem, November 26, 1791. She died
December 23, 1795, aged thirty years. tt The Salem
Grazette of December 29, 1795, alluded to her as follows :
**She was a woman of native worth, and of the moil nfefnl
accomplishments. She pofTefTed a chearfnl temper, bnt her manners
were always tvlthont offence. Her readinefs of thonght from her
tendernefs of mind, was incapable of exciting difgnst, or doing an
injury. From her natural di4>08ltion, her charity was eqoal, and
conilant Her aflkbility was directed by an nnintermpted flow of
affection, towards all who approached her. Her conyer&tion was
chafte, her friendfhips fincere, and a uniform eafe and fatlsfaction
attended her in all her domeflic employments. . . . She has left the
hnfband f he loved, and one child, and can never be left from the
memory of her friends, who love the virtues fhe polTefled. Her aged
mother demands our moil (Incere condolence."
He married for his second wife, October 27, 1799, tt
Miss Lucia Pickering Dodge, daughter of Israel and
Lucia (Pickering) Dodge. She was born June 16, 1768,
and died March 24, 1812.
* Essex Reglstrj of Deeds, book 167, leaf 271.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, Book of Ezecntlons, No. 2, p. 28.
X Essex Registry of Deeds, book 218, leaf 214.
« Essex Registry of Deeds, book 205, leaf 48.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 160. leaf 287.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, book 161, leaf 164.
*• Essex Rearlstry of Deeds, book 167, leaf 272; book 169, leaf 109; book 179, leaf
&5; and book 2U, leaf 227.
ft Gravestone In the Charter Street Burying gronnd.
IX Salem Town Records.
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Jonathan Gardner died September 26, 1821. He left
no will, and his son William Fairfield Gardner, was
appointed administrator, November 20, 1821.*
Children :
229. Jonathan, bap. Aug. 8, 1703 ; d. Dec. 17, 1795.
230. William Fairfield, b. 1704; d. June 12, 1851 ; m. Jan. 11, 1827,
'Elizabeth G. Barker, daughter of George and Abigail B.
(Devereanx) Barker. He graduated from Harvard College,
in 1815. While still a studeat at Harvard, his grandfather*
Israel Dodge, gave him a lot of land on the western side of
what is now Lafayette Street, measuring ten acres. f He
inherited a large amount of land from his father, and in
183G, was awarded $9042 on French claims.; He sold bis
share (2 1-2 sixteenths) of the '* City Mills,'' which had been
in the possession of his ancestors so many years, for
$2250 to Thomas H. Prince, in 1846.§ He lived in a house
which stood on the present location of Fairfield Street. The
house -n-as situated well in from the street, and the large and
heautiful garden in front of it, Is well remembered by the
writer. The Salem Register of June 16, 1851, contained the
following notice of his death. — " On Thursday, very
suddenly, William Fairfield Gardner, Esq. 57, one of our
most esteemed and respected citizens. The excellence of
Mr. Gardner's character was based on strict integrity, and
an unostentatious, pervading sense of religious feeling.
Modest and unassuming in his deportment, he neither
borrowed nor needed aid from false pretence. Relying on
conscious rectitude and good intent, in the most quiet and
unpretending way, he thought and acted with entire
independence. Mr. Gardner was a graduate of Harvard
College, of the class of 1815, many of whom in this
immediate neighborhood are still proud to claim him as an
early and long continued friend. Retiring In his habits, and
averse to public display — inheriting an ample competence,
he Indulged his taste for natural pursuits, and the cultivation
of the beautiful in nature and art. His eye sought the fines
pencilllngs of nature in her most attractive forms — he
breathed more freely amid the fragrance of her flowers,
and surrounded by the products of her richest bounty. I.
his disposition he was kind, afiiectionate, and indulgent
* Essex Probate Records, book 23, leaf 17.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 198, leaf 139.
t Salem Gazette, of April 12, 1836.
{ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 363, leaves 106-9.
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358 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
He had a heart to feel and d«TiBe liberal things, and his
hand was ever ready to contribute to the wants of the
needy and the claims of all nsefol objects. His sodden
and unexpected remoTal has thrown a deeper gloom over a
home already saddened by repeated visitations, and has
made desolation more Yisible and tangible." The Salem
Observer alluded to him as follows : — *'0f him it may be
said as of one In olden time *behold an Israelite indeed in
whom is no guile.* Born and reared in the midst of wealth
and its temptations, our friend has presented to the world
a bright example of a meek and humble spirit, worthy the
discipleshlp of him, who *went about doing good.' ....
Upright, conscientious, benevolent and tenderly affectionate,
he will long be remembered and deeply lamented by sll
who enjoyed the privilege of his acquaintance. For the
poor and distressed, he had a heart to feel, and a hand
open to relieve ; — as a member of society, he entertained
an active sympathy and ready concurrence in all enterprizes
for advancing the best interests of his fellowmen.*^
In his will, dated June IS, 1833, he left his entire estate to
his wife, Elizabeth G. Gardner.! She was sppointed
executrix. ^
162 John Gardner, the elder son of John and Sarah
(Derby) Grardner, was a merchant and master mariner.
He was in the retail business until 1798, but in that year
he sold out his stock of " Cut Goods/' including brown
linens, bedticks, Britannias, etc., and offered his store for
rental. § Later he conducted a large wholesale import
business at his warehouse on Union Wharf, where he sold
sugar, coffee, cocoa, dyewood, mahogany, broadcloth,
Peruvian bark, indigo, spices, etc., etc.||
The brig Hazard was the most noted of the vessels
owned by him before the war of 1812. She made many
famous voyages, including the following: from
Permambuco to New York in nineteen days ; to Rio de
Janeiro in thirty days ; and from Calcutta to Boston in
sixty-five days. From the Salem Gazette of Jan. 15,
1813, we learn that she was captured by the British sloop
* Salem Observer of June 14, 1S51.
t Essex Probate Records, book 416, leaf 27.
X E^isex Probate Records, book 192, leaf 15.
{ Salem Gazette of Feb. 9, and Xov. -27, 1796.
II Salem Gazette of May 6, Oct. 14, Dec. 9 and 16, IS06, etc.
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of war Sylph and ordered to Bermuda, but was recaptured
by the American privateer Montgomery, Capt. Benjamin
Upton, and Mr. John Gardner and the crew were put on
board. His business was ruined by the war of 1812, but
he started again about 1818 in company with his son John.
The ' best known ships owned by him during this period
were the Commerce, Osgood and Ceres. They were
commanded by his sous John and Thomas West Gardner,
and many voyages were made in them between the dates
above mentioned.
In politics he was a Federalist, and an active worker in
the interests of that party in Ward 2, frequently serving
on committees.* He was a selectman in 1800 and 1801,
and a member of the school committee in the latter year.
In 1806 he served on the fire department committee.!
He was drawn on the petit jury in 1797 and 1810, and
served his town as representative to the General Court in
1802. John and his brother Bichard, co-partners in
business, gave $175 toward the laying out of Salem
Common in 1802. J
He attended the preliminary meeting Dec. 30, 1796,
at Sun Tavern, in regard to the Salem and Dan vers
aqueduct. §
REAL ESTATE.
The most important holding of John Gardner was
the Gardner Farm on the road between Salem and
Danversport, which had been owned and improved by
his father, until Dec. 3, 1811, when he conveyed the
eastern half containing 64 acres to Elizabeth Gardner,
sister of John Gardner (5th Gen.).|| John (6th Gen.)
bought it back from his aunt Elizabeth, Oct. 9, 1817, for
$3306.66.ir At this time the entire farm contained 193
acres. He mortgaged the property to her for a like
amount on the same date, and this was discharged, Aug.
31, 1819.ir Nathan Robinson, and his wife Eunice held
a claim upon the western portion of the farm (over 128
* Salem Gazette of Mar. 80, and May 15, 1804; Mar. 29, 1806, etc.
t Salem Town Records.
t Essex Institute Historical Collections, ▼. rr, p. 86.
I Essex Institute Historical Collections, ▼. n, p. 106.
n Essex Registry of Deeds, book 198, leaf 65.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 215, leaves 210-211.
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360 THOMAS OARDNEB, PLANTEB,
acres) which had been granted upon an execution to
EbenezerBeckford, father of Eunice. This was settled
by John (6th Gen.) March 31, 1819, for $7418.* Other
mortgages upon this property were held in 1817 by John
Derby ; in 1819 by Joseph Peabody and John Derby ; in
1820, by Joseph Peabody ; and later by Pickering Dodge,
Joseph Osborn and Nathaniel West.t Henry Grardner,
son of John, assumed these mortgages and paid off the
Joseph Peabody mortgage in 18-43, and that held by
Nathaniel West, Nov. 6, 1848. Later he bought
contiguous lots of yarioas parties until the present farm
contains 210 acres. It is now owned by the heirs of
Henry. It is one of the few large &nus in the
neighborhood of Salem, to remain undivided for the past
one hundred years.
He bought of his father, December 21, 1809,t the lot
of land on Essex Street next east of the Essex Institute,
and erected upon it the large brick mansion still standing
and now owned and occupied by Mr. David Pingree.
John Gardner sold the house and lot to Nathaniel West,
April 25, 1811, for $13,333.33. § He continued to live
in this house until the fall of 1814, when he moved to
another house in town (unknown) where he resided until
1820 when he moved to the farm. The later history ot
this house has already been given in this series of
articles. II
The property known as the South Mills, figured in
transactions similar to those mentioned in connection with
the farm,1f until it was sold Jan. 11, 1830, to Nathaniel
West for $1500.»»
The lot on the southeastern corner of Pleasant Street
(now Washington Square East) and Andrew Street,
was bought by him March 18, 1806, of Joseph Phippen, ft
• Essex Registry of Deeds, book 218, leaf 371.
t Essex Reiclstrj of Deeds, book 214, leaf 165; book 218, leaf 272; book 221,
loATes 202 and 236; book 223, leaf 104; book 225, leaf 67; book 2S1. leaf 292; book
248. leaf 251 ; book 24.% leaf 70; book 255, leaveH 162-S; and book 261, leaf 152.
t Edsex Registry of Deeds, book 190, leaf 281.
§ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 193, leaf 77.
|i Ei^sex Institute Historical Collections, ▼. xxzvil, p. 380. (Deprlnt p. 84.)
11 EsAOX Registry of Deeds, book 231, leaf 2Dj; book 245, leaf 70; and book 255,
leases 152-3.
•• Essex Registry of Deeds, book 255, leaf 151.
ft Essex Registry of Deeds, book 178, leaf 187.
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and sold June 20, of the same jear to Benjamin
Babbidge.*
In 1818 (jVIay 17) he bought of the heirs of Ebenezer
Beckford, a lot of land on the western side of Newbury
Street (now Washington Square West) which had been
taken from his father by execution and sold it on the
same day to John Andrew, t
Among other real estate holdings of his were the house
and land on tlic south west corner of Essex and Liberty
Streets,} his shares in the "New Assembly Hall" (now
Hamilton Hall) , on the corner of Cambridge and Chestnut
Streets, § and the Union Wharf property which he bought
back from John Barton. ||
He married November 9, 1793, Sarah West,ir daughter
of William and Sarah (Beckford) West. She was born
February 19, 1772, and died December 27, 1846.1[
John Gardner died August 25, 1847, aged 76. The
Salem Grazette, of the 27th of that month, referred to him
as follows :
**0n Wednesday, of Typhus fever, John Gardner, Esq. aged 77,—
a highly respectable citizen, and formerly an enterprising merchant.
Whilst Mr. Gardner was engaged in commerce, he was celebrated
for the beauty and model of his ships. Having been nnfortnnate he
made a large adventure shortly before the declaration of war, in
1812, in the Marquis de Somernelos, and went himself on her voyage.
His success was fully commensurate to his anticipations and he woald
have again been restored to affluence, but almost in sight of his port
he was captured and carried Into Halifax, and all his sanguine
calculations blasted, he not having been insured against a war, a risk
which he had not anticipated. Mr. Gardner built, and until his
misfortunes, resided in the spacious mansion on Essex street, now
occupied by David Pingree, Esq., in which the late Joseph White was
murdered. He died at the well known Gardner Farm in North Salem,
which has been his place of residence for many years."
Children :
281. Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 179 6 ;♦• d. June 16, 1801.**
232. John, b. Aug. 6, 1796 ;♦• d. Feb. 17, 1870, at New Brighton,
N. Y. ; m. Danvers, Mass., Aug. 19, 1822,tt Maria Cecelia,
• Ebbox ReglBtry of DeecU, book 17a, leaf 208.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book -ilG, leaves 42-3.
J Essex Registry of Deeds, book -iW, leaf 19;i.
$ K!«i*ex Registry of Deeds, hook 201, leaf 174.
;i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 214, leaf 205.
1i Salem KerordB.
♦* Family Records,
ft Danvers Town Recorde.
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362 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER,
Endicott, dan . of John and Mary (Pntnam) Endlcott.
Children: 1. John Endicott, b. Ang. 8, 1823;* d. Nov. 22,
1864;* m. Anna Rosa Hnnber, daughter of an English
merchant. 2. Mary Putnam, b. Dec. 26, 1826;* d. Dec.
18, 1827.* 8. Emily Maria, b. Rio de Janeiro Nor . 16, 1880 ;*
d. Nov. 18, 1901 ;* m. Not. 11, 1867, Robert Rayner,* son
of Edward and Henrietta (Wagner) Rayner. 4. Samuel
Endicott, b. Salem, Jan. 14, 1888;* d. Feb. 1888.* 6. George
Endicott, b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 4, .1885;*
unmarried. 6. William, b. Sept. 9, 1886; d. July 2, 1837.*
John Gardner engaged in business with his father in
Salem from 1818 until 1828. During this period he sailed
many voyages as commander of the ships Ceres and
Commerce. Later he went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and as a
member of the firm of Coleman, Gardner & Co. ,wa8 very
successful. He maintained a princely establishment, the
magnificence of which has been described in glowing colors
by Salem people who were his guests. Business reverses
came, and after a residence there of about twenty years, he
returned to the United States, and settled in New Brighton,
Staten Island, in 1851. He then engaged In business in New
York, under the Arm name of John Gardner & Co.
233. Thomas West, b. Apr. 10, 1798;* d. in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, about 1845 ;t m. Mary W. Peirce,* dau. of John and
Nancy Peirce.$ Children : 1. Thomas F., b. Salem, about
1883 ;* m. in Rio de Janeiro twice, to natives of Brazil.*
2. Henry, b. Pottsville, Pa., 1835;* d. Salem, Biass., July 19,
1888 ;§ m. Salem, June 28, 1863, Sarah £. Jelly,§ dau. of
John and Martha B. (Gale) Jelly. 8. Mary, b. Rio de
Janeiro, about 1888; d. Rio de Janeiro; m. Rio de Janeiro,
Peter Nicholson, an Englishman.* 4. Charles W., b. Rio de
Janeiro, Jan. 4, 1840; m. Salem, Sept. 8, 1861, § Melvina T.
Hltchings, dau. of Abijah and Eliza (Treadwell)Hitchlngs.
Charles W. Gardner enlisted in Co. A, 50th Regt. Massa-
chusetts Volunteers, August 19, 1862. He was mustered
into the service, Sept. 15, 1862, and served until Aug. 24,
1863. He is at present a letter carrier in Salem.
Thomas West Gardner in his early life, sailed as com-
mander of one of his father's ships. Later he went to Rio
de Janeiro, where he continued to reside until his death.*
234. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1802;* d. Jan. 7, 1865 ;§ unmarried.
235. Samukl, b. Apr. 12, 1800; d. Wolfboro, N. H., Sept. 7, 1856 ;||
• Family Records.
t Salem Gazette of May 6, 1945.
t Gravestonefl in Harmony Grove Cemetery.
I Salem Records.
II Salem Gazette of Sept 12, 1896.
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nnmarried. He lived on his father's farm, and later at
Ossipee, N. H.*
236. George, b. Dec. 5, 1804;* d. Someryille, Mass., 1843;
unmarried. He was a sea captain in early life, but later
lost his health.*
237. M^BT Eliza, b. Oct. 6, 1806 -* d. Aug. IS, 1875 ;* unmarried.
288. Henry, b. Sept. 27, 1809; d. Jan. 20, 1890; m. Feb. 20, I866,t
Elizabeth B. Gillis, dan. of James D. and Lydia
(Richardson) Gillis. Children: 1. Elizabeth West, b. Feb.
2, 1867. Hesides in Salem. 2. Elinor Putnam, b. Mar. 28,
1870;* m. June 4, 1896,t Harry Sutton, s. of William and
Lucy S. (Daniels) Sutton. They reside in Salem. 8. Henry,
b. June 8, 1872. He is a mechanical engineer, and lives in
Salem.
Henry Gardner was a merchant. He went to Rio de
Janeiro as early as 1883 and returned to Salem about 1845.*
He lived for many years at the farm on the road to Danyers,
but for the last thirty years of his life, resided during the
winter, in his house on the northwestern comer of Chestnut
and Hamilton streets in Salem. In 1843 and 1848, he bought,
of Joseph Peabody and Nathaniel West, their rights in the
Gardner farm,t and in 1846 purchased of the same Nathaniel
West, the house on the southern side of Barton Square,
which had been occupied formerly by Gen. Samuel Gardner
Derby. § He was a member of the Taylor Club in 1848, || and
was Interested in historical matters, being one of the
contributors to the Essex Institute fund, for the purpose of
preserving the manuscripts, t He was one of the officers of
the Salem Savings Bank from 1864 until his death in 1890,
serving as Vice President during the last fifteen years of
his life. In 1874 he was elected President of the Gas
Company, having served as Director for many years prior
to that date. He owned many vessels in the foreign
merchant service, inclading the barque Hazard, the Herald,
Bunker Hill, Ceres and others. The Hazard, built at East
Boston in 1849, was a famous barque, making some record
voyages. She was lost in Old Man's Shoal off Nantucket.
Capt. Andrew Barstow, who commanded her for many
years, was lost at sea on another vessel owned by Henry
Gardner. In the rebellion Henry Gardner showed his
patriotism by refusing to have the flag changed on his ship
• PAmlly Records.
t Salem Records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 373, leaf 154; and book 404, leaf 15.
§ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 372, leaf 156.
II Snicm Gazette of July '28, 1848.
IT Essex Institute Balletin, v. II, p. 76.
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364 THOMAS GARDNER, PLANTER.
at CalcQtta, when arged to do so, to insure a cargo which
he could not get under the American flag. The ship returned
in ballast.
239. Elizabkth Bbckfokd, b. Oct. 8, 1816.* A bright, intelligent
lady still living in Salem, to whom the author is much
Indebted for yalaable information, cheerfully given.
164 Richard Gardner, the yoanger son of John
and Sarah (Derby) Grardner, was, like his brother John,
a merchant and ship master. They were in partnership
at their warehouse on Union Wharf. Later (in 1810) he
Avas located at 28 Derby Wharf, f He was master and
joint owner with his brother John, of the Hazard,
215 tons, which was launched at Frye's Mills in 1798, and
sailed for Cadiz and Gibralter in November of that year.(
He went many voyages in this and other ships, to Africa,
India and China. § In addition to the above named ships,
his name has been published in the Grozette in connection
with the ship Expert, the bark Moses, and the brigs
Pilgrim II and Susan. IT He suffered as many other
merchants did in the war of 1812, and his property was
seized by his creditors, and his business ruined. He
moved to Boston about 1813. ** Several dividends were
paid by him after he left Salem. ft He was a member of
the board of health in Salem in 1804.
REAL ESTATE.
Richard Grardner and his wife Elizabeth, inherited from
her father. Miles Ward, jr., one-third of the house on the
northeastern corner of Herbert and Derby Streets. They
sold their share Jan. 30, 1800 for $4000 to Joseph
Chapman Ward. J { This was the site of the residence of
Captain John Gaixiner, second generation, before he
removed to Nantucket, and an account of the other owners
has been given in the article relating to him.§§
* Family Recordi.
t Salem Gazette, Aug. 10, 1810.
i Essex Institute Historical Collections, t. tt, p. 139; and ▼. rii, p. 206.
§ Snlem Gazette, Julr S5, ISOO; Mar. 31, 1901 ; and May 15, ISOl, cto.
II Salem Gazette, Sept. 1, 1809: Dec. 28. 1810; and July 28, 1812.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, Book of Executions, No. 1, leaf 69.
•• Essex Registry of Deeds, book 202, leaf 278.
tt Salem Gazette, Julv IS, and Sept. 30. 1817.
h Essex Registry of l>ecd6, book 186, leaf 104.
§{ Essex Institute Historical Collections, v. xxxvii, pp. 232-3; doprint, p. 56.
{To be continued.)
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ENGLISH NOTES ABOUT EARLY SETTLERS IN
NEW ENGLAND.
The following selections concerning some of our early
New England families are intended as a supplement to
the great work accomplished in this direction by Mr.
Waters and are from his unpublished notes as well as
from my own accumulations. jVIt. Waters, in his twenty
years of search, pretty well covered the direct references
in the inmiense field of the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury and a few minor courts, so that I have paid
most attention to other minor courts and to other records
for which he was unable to find time.
LOTHROP WiTHINGTON.
30 Little Russell Street, W. (7.,
London, 1 March, 1902.
Cromwell.
John Cromwell, Malmesbury, Wilts, carryer, 28 December
1639. To be buried in churchyard of St. Paule, in Burrow of
Malmesbury. To wife Edith part of the house I dwell in
nezte the Forestreete, viz. the halle, entrey, shoppe and
Buttermey, w^^ Rooms over same with the garden access to
the Backside and to well for Water soe longe as shee said Edith
keep herself in my name if shee shall not outlive lease from
Burgess and Burrow of Malmesbury. To said Edith also 4 of
best kine, best Bedd and furniture, the great kettle and middle
post, all the pewter she brought when I was married to her,
all the wood in the Backarde, 100 of cheese & 2 quarters of
Malte, two flitches of Bacon, and the best fatted Figg, the
Table Board in the Hall w^^ frame, 2 Barrells, and use of
presse in the Halle and all hir apparrell, lumes and woollen and
all my howsehold Linen. To sonne Thomas the Halle w'^ the
chamber over wherein EUinor the wife of Phillipp Crumwell my
Sonne nowe dwelleth and alsoe the lofte over the noste and
2 beste kine next to those given my wife, one halfe hundred
of cheese and 4 Bushells of Malte and one halfe household stuffe
not already given.
(865)
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366 ENQLISH NOTES ABOUT EARLY SETTLERS
Item, I gioe and bequeath vnto my sonne Phillipp Forty
Shillings to be payd to him att his retame into England.
Item, I gaue vnto John Crumwell sonne of the said Phillipp
Cramwell Fine pounddes and my will is that Edith my wife
shall haue the vae of the said Fine poundes to breede and bring
ypp the sayd John Crumwell vntill hee is fitt to be placed
Apprentice.
Item I giue vnto Edith Daughter of the sayd Phillipp
Crumwell Twenty shillings.
Rest to son Richard executor. Overseers, Robert Arche
gent, and Thomas Burgess, yoeman.
Son Richard to keep the 6 kine till 25th of Mai-ch next.
M'ke of John Crumwell. Witnesses: Roger Jarrett, Thos.
Burgess, William Smith. Proved at Chipperton 19 February
163U/40.
Inventory 20 January 1639/40 to Robert Arche, gent, and
Thomas Burgess, yeomaii, £204-16-4, exhibited 19 Feb.
1639/40.
Ardideaconry of WiltayJUed wills, 1639(old number 53).
The above will of John Cromwell shoald Interest a good many
Salem and Boston families; for I suspect that here we have the
father of Mr. Philip Cromwell of Salem and of his younger brother,
Thomas, who also came to Salem, thongh some years later. If I am
CGI rcct in my surmise, then this will disposes of the (so called) tra-
dition cherished by some of the American descendants of Thomas
Cromwell (above named) of a descent from the immediate family of
the great Lord Protector. Many years ago I found among the
archives at the Royal College of Arms (Heralds' CoUege) in London a
pedigree drawn up by or for one of the Clarke family (born in Salem)
in which an attempt was made to show that connection, but without
offering the slightest evidence to establish it Such Investigation as
I myself made In England was enough to show the wUdness of that
as8umption. Moreover, the cumpller of the pedigree even conf oanded
his ancestor Thomas Cromwell of Salem with that rather interesting
character Captain Thomas Cromwell of Boston.
Mr. Philip Cromwell, whose occupation, as given on the records at
Salem, was (at first) that of butcher or slaughterer, lived on the
south side of Essex Street, between Derby Square and Central Street.
His lot was next east of Rlchai-d Stlleman's lot and the records show
that his dwelling house stood there. In the Registry of Deeds (for
Salem), book 1, leaf 57, is recorded a conveyance made 22: I: 1659
by William Allen of Manchester and Elizabeth, his wife, of a parcel of
land near the Meeting House containing eight poles, bounded north
by tlie street, east by the dwelling of Philip Cromwell, south and
west by land of Richard Stlleman, being three poles wide on the
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Street and running Inward of the same breadth. Mr. Richard Stile-
man had made over his estate in Salem, 9 Angnst 1647, to Elder Sam-
uel Sharp and Ellas Stlleman senior as trustees for his son Samael,
describing it as a messuage between the dwelling house of Philip
Cromwell and the shop of Benjamin Felton, with the old house by the
water side, and one acre of land whereon the two houses stood (B. 1
L. 8). In book 2 leaf U is recorded another deed of conveyance,
made 12 April 1660, by Richard Stlleman of Portsmouth in the county
of Northfolke to Ellas Stlleman of the same of a dwelling house and
one acre between the house and land of PhlUp Cromwell on the east
aod on the west the dwelling house of Edward VTharton, the
warehouse of George Curwin and the dwelling house and bam of
William Lord, bounded north by the street and on the south butting
on the river, near unto the Meeting House, with an old house at the
lower end of the said land. Ellas Stlleman Senior of Salem released
to the same Samuel Stileman's interest in this property, which he had
held as feoffee from Richard tthe father of Samuel. Philip Cromwell,
butcher, conveyed to Major William Hathome and Mr. Walter Price,
fuoffees in tnut for his wife Dorothy Cromwell, widow of Allen
Kenneston (or Kynaston) his house and*' slater honsen*' etc., with the
close containing about one acre whereon they stood, between the
land of Ellas Stlleman west and a house of the said Philip Cromwell's
wherein William Lakes (or Lake) then lived, butting on the South
River on the south and the street passing to the Meeting House on the
north; also two acres adjoining the dwelling house of Jeffrey Massey
on the east and an acre and a half that had been possessed by Allen
Kynaston. The date was 9 April 1664 (B. 2 L. 77). The two acre
lot must have been down near Beverly Ferry and the acre and a half
was probably where the residence of Mrs. Emmerton now stands,
formerly known as a Plckman house, afterwards Doctor Lorlng's.
The old house referred to as on the lower end of the Stlleman lot
had belonged to Samuel Skelton and was sold by Nathaniel Felton to
William Browne Senior, the land being described as lying against
the land In the occupation of Philip Cromwell.
Among the presentments made by the grand jury to the court at
Sulem was the following :
3 : 12"« : 1643 Phillip Cmmwell, Peter Sluis, Walter Knight and
John Leech Senior for Liueing absent from their wyues. Also
Thomas Tuck ibidem. And Willm Wake. Item Capt. Trask for
scales and waights being not hanged up according to order in ye mill.
Salem Court Records 9 : 5 : '47 Ph. Crumwell for Liueing from
his wife seauen or eight years and In all that time not sending her
any relief e for herself or child he left w^ her. Henry Swan testis.
He bee enjoyned to goe oner to England to his wife w*^ liberty to
returne if he fee cause etc. before December.
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The wife whom he left in England mruX hare died before April,
1664, as shown by the deed aboye, when we And him with a wife
Dorothy who had been the widow of Allen or Allan Kynaston. Mrs.
Dorothy Cromwell is said to have died either the 37th or 28th of
September 1673 aged 67 years (Savage), and he married Mary, the
widow of Bobert Lemon, 19 November, 1674. Lemon most have
lived near the foot of English or Webb street. This wife died 14
November, 1683, aged 72 years, and he next married Margaret, the
widow of John Beckett. Hence one of the two Becket houses
became known for a time as the Cromwell honse and Beckett's Lane
(now Becket street) was long called Cromwell's Lane. This last
wife outlived her husband, who died 80 March, 1698, aged 83 years,
we are told. His estate fell to his only son and heir, John, who
married Hannah, daughter of the first Jacob Barney, and followed
his father's occupation. I think he lived between Union and Herbert
streets and died, without issue, about 1699-1700. His heirs were his
cousins Ann, wife of David Phippen, and Jane, wife of Jonathan
Pickering, and their children.
Thomas Cromwell came over later than his elder brother Philip,
and in company, if I remember aright, of his nephew John, whose
estate his daughters inherited. Ann became the wife, first, of
Benjamin Ager and next (26 June 1672) of David Phippen. Jane, the
other daughter, was married to Jonathan Pickering, 19 March, 1665/6.
Their father, Thomas Cromwell, was called a tailor in deeds, had a
wife named Anne, and evidently lived near his brother, at the corner
of Essex and Central streets. I do not know when he died. David
Phippen was a shipwright of Salem and Boston and, dying, left a
widow Ann and children Thomas (of Salem, mariner), Abigail, wife
of William Furneux of Salem, ropemaker, Ann (or Anne), wife of
Benjamin Hopes of Salem, cordwainer, and Elizabeth, wife of John
Webb of Salem, mariner. Thomas Phippen had a wife Mary in 1714.
The name Furneux (or Furneaux) I have seen as Fumo, Fumex,
Fumix, Fumess and Forniss. The two latter forms now prevail.
Jonathan and Jane (Cromwell) Pickering had numerous children
(see the printed pedigrees of the Pickering family compiled by
Mr. Ellery) of whom Elizabeth became the wife of Nathaniel
Silsbee, joiner, and Mercy of Benjamin Smith. Another daughter,
Sarah (unmarried), I found joining with her married sisters in 1714-
1715 in the conveyance of real estate that had come to them from
their cousin John Cromwell, whose will may be found on record in
the Salem Court House, while that of his father, Philip Cromwell,
will be found, I think, in the files of the Clerk of the Courts (under
date of 1699).
Let me here refer to a mixing up of these Salem CromweUa with
other families of the name. I never, in all my reading of the records
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and files of the counties of Essex and old Norfolk, f oand the slightest
evidence of a connection between them and the Newbnry and Dorer
Cromwells. A study of the deeds in the present Begistry of Deeds
in Salem will show clearly that Philip the son of Giles Cromwell or
Cromlon could not hare been our Philip of Salem, as has been
asserted. Henrt F. Watebs.
Pbtebs*
WiLLiiJf Peter, of Bristol. WUl proved 20 May, 1637.
In the name of God Amen The foarteenth Dale of November
Anno Dni 1635, I William Petre of the Cittie of Bristoll gent
being sicke and weake in bodie but of good and pfect minde
and memory (thanks be given to almightie God for the same)
doo make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in
mann' & forme following. First I commend myself both soule
and body into the hande of God my maker, and of Jesos Christ
his onely sonne my onely Savioar and redeemer trusting and
assuredly pswadeing myself that by and thorough his precious
death and passion and not by any merrits nor deserts of my
owne I shalbe made partaker of everlasting life and live w^
him forever in his Eingdome. And my body I comitt to the
earth from whence it came to be buried in Christian buriall.
And as touching that little wordlye estate w**^ God in his
infinite mercie hath lent mee in this world I dispose thereof as
f olloweth Imprimis I give and bequeath vnto my children Grace
Edward William and Andrewe twentie shillings apeece as a
token of my love vnto them haveing nothing els to glue them.
All the rest of my goods and chatteles plate and househould
stuffe whatsoeuer I giue and bequeath vnto my eldest sonne
Simon Petre whom I make and oMalne sole executor of this
my last will and testament. In wittnes whereof I the said
William Petre have hereunto set my hand & scale the daye and
yeare first aboue written William Petre Signed sealed and
acknowledged by the said William Petre to be his last will and
Testament the daye and yeare above written in the presence of
Bichard Hooper George Hartwell Not. Pab.
Goarey 63.
Edward Peter of City of Bristoll, merchant. Will dated 14
April, 1638 ; proved 4 May, 1638. Buried in the crowd of St.
Nicholas church in City of Bristol, and there between the two
second arches from the stairs where my mother lieth buried.
To Mr. Towgood M"'' in St. Nicholas church for his dues and
duties in respect of my funeral and burial 40s. Mr. Till
Addam M'** in St. Walberowes church in Bristol whom my
will is should preach my funeral sermon, for preaching the
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BEzne Bennon £8. Poor people of parish of St. Nicholas in
Bristol £5; poor people of the parish of the Holy and
Undivided Trinity alias Christ Church in City of Bristol £3 ;
poor people of the parish of St. Peter in Bristol 40s. To my
brother George Peter £5, Sister Rowse £5, Aunt Alice Gleeson
£5, Mother in law Anne Guy £A, Cousin Anne Morgan £5.
Loving wife Margaret all that my messuage or tenements and
lands, goods and other things hereunto belonging, situated in
the marsh within the parish of Hanbury in co. Gloucester, now
in tenure of my tenant, Edward Ferrett, and my messuages
etc. in Come street in City of Bristol wherein I now dwell,
and at her marriage or decease unto son Edward Peters his
executors and assigns. I give and bequeath unto said wife
and unto Edward Peters, George Peters, Anne Peters,
Elizabeth Peters, and Grace Peters, my sons and daughters
etc. To son George the messuage etc. in Come street where
in my tenant Rycroft now dwells, and next adjoining my
dwelling house, also those tenements etc. in Worshipful
street, als the Shambles, which I have and hold by virtue of a
grant made by dean and chapter of cathedral church of Holy
and Undivided Trinity in or near city of Bristol, and twelve
tenements etc. in Beare Lane in or near Temple street in
parish of Temple of Holy Cross in city of Bristol. To
daughter Anne my messuage etc. in Temple street wherein
Wm. Heathcott now dwells. Whereas I promised my brother
William Peters deceased to give unto his children hereafter
named certain sums of money, now I give unto them in
discharge of said promise the several sums of money
following, 1.6. Grace Peters so much as shall make up those
monies I have already bestowed etc. £100, Simon Peters so
much etc. £50, William Peters so much etc. £50, Andrew
Peters so much etc. £50, to said sons at age of one and twenty
years, and to daughters at age of twenty and one years or day
of marriage. Provision made for release of dower of wife
Margaret. Other gifts to children. There shall be thirty poor
men having mourning gowns and other usual apparell at my
funeral. Wife Margaret sole executrix. Friends Mr. Giles
Elbridge and Mr. William Cann, merchants, overseers.
Zee, 63.
Abbaham Peter of Compton, parish of Marledon, county
Devon, Esq. Will dated 19 August, 8 Chas. ; proved 26
November 1682 by executor. Poor of Marledon and
Colompton. John Peter my father deceased. To son John
Peter tenements in Colompton in occupation of John Atkyns
and Alice Jeffe. To daughter Alice Peter when 18. To sister
Christian Worth Anne Peter Elizabeth Peter Alice Peter and
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Cecilia Hill. Brothers in law Symon Worth and Richard
Martyn the elder. Cosen Henry Dougdale the elder. Henry
Doogdale the younger his son. To servants Abraham Langdon
and others. Tenement in Dolbeare in Ayshporto by deed to
second son Abraham. Kinsman Henry Farris. Residaary
legatee and ezeoatrix wife Christian. Overseers Symon
Worth and Henry Dougdale the elder. Witnesses Gyles
Bastian, Elizabeth and Alice Peter and Henry Upton.
Audley^ 115.
Frances Pbtrb of Cittie of Brisioll marchant bount to sea.
Will dated 22 September 1629; proved 28 October 1680 by
executrix. All to wife Anne and to be executrix. Witnesses
Fraunces Townsent, Richard Petre, Adrian Frye my brother
£dward. Scroope^ 82.
Edward Peters of St. Lucas, 29 January 1649. To com-
missioners, etc. : Bill of complaint of William Skutt of the
Towne <& countie of Poole merchant that trading and dealing
to seu'all parties beyond the seas amongst others he had
coiTespondence w^^ one Edward Peters of St. Lucas in the
parts beyond the seas who about November and December
1648 did buy 24 buttes of new wines for his owne interest A
entred them in the Custome house there in his owne name and
not in the name of Andrew Peters or any other person &c. and
the said wines being to be transported from St. Lucas into this
Commonwealth the sd Edward being much indebted here took
a bill of lading from Roger Martin master of the shipp the
Providence in the name of Andrewe Peters his brother then his
servant or factor or the name of the said Andrewe was used in
trust for said Edward and soe consigned them unto your orator
and soe your orator received the said wines and sattisfaccon
hath bin demanded in the name of the said E'iward and the
said Andrewe since his coming into England on coliour of said
Bill of lading hath also demaunded an accompt etc. and hath
prosecuted your orator for recovery thereof and your orator is
also threatened to be sued for the value of same by the
creditors of said Edward and Andrewe or one of them and
your orator having no remndie or witnesses beyond those
inhabiting at St. Lucar and the said Edward being indebted to
your orator more than the value of said wines and the said
Edward and Andrew by combynation with others unknown
seeking to defraud your orator of his lust debt and to recover
doubly the value of said wines etc. and by reason that your
orator is unable to procure his witnesses except at great charges
etc. etc. your orator is remediless, etc. etc.
Cliaticei-y Proceeding ChQ9, I., B. & A., S. 131/68.
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RXTOGLEB.
George Ruggle, the elder, Sudbaree, Suffolk, clothier*
Will dated 8 April 1616 ; proved 10 May 1616. To youngest
Bonne Jefferie Buggle tenement I dwell in and out of said
house £10 each to said Gefferie Ruggle's son John Rnggle and
youngest son Samuell at 21 and his daughter (Susan) at 18 etc.
etc. etc. Jefferies now wife Susan to have tenement for life etc.
To martine Harris and John Harris sonnes of my sonne in
law Martin Harris £5 each, if they die to their mother Bridget
Harris. To children of my eldest son John Ruggle 20s each,
viz. George Ruggle 208 at 21, Phillip wife of George Hammonde
20s, Elizabeth 20s at 18 and Susan 20s at 18 etc. etc. To my
son George Ruggle's children viz., George Ruggle, John Ruggle,
Amos Ruggle, 20s each at 21 and Anne Ruggle, 20s at 18.
To brother William's son Thomas Ids 4d. To my brother
Edward 15s. and to his wife 5s to buy lynncD and to his
children Nicholas Ruggle, Richard Ruggle and Marie Ruggle
6s 8d each, at 18. To Elizabeth Bushop 10s and to her
4 children 68 8d, sonns at 21 , daughters at 18. To the childe of
Fama Home lately deceased 6s 8d at 21. To sonne in law
Robert Allden 13s 4d and to his sonne Robert Alden ditto. To
my brother Thomas Ruggle 20s and to his 5 children 6s 8d each
sonnes at 21, daughters at 18. To George Ruggle child of my
eldest sonne John Ruggle, £5 to freelie impart when he comes
to in joy it the peece of ground belonging to house where sonne
John dwells to that parte where my son Greorge Ruggle dwells
otherwise the £5 to occupant of tenement where Mr. Jenkins
dwells I quit claim as to house where sonne George Ruggle
dwells and house where Nicholas Ruggle did dwell. To John
Barrie Ids 4d. To Mr. Jenkins preacher at All Saintes 20s. To
Mr. John Harrison preacher of God's word at St. Feeter Sb
Grerogie, Sudburie 20s. To that reverend preacher of God's
worde in London Mr. Bacheler 20s. To Mr. Feachie preacher
of God's worde at Great Wdingfeilde 20s. To Mr. Sephery
preacher of God's worde 20s. and to Mr. Greenwood 10s. To
Mr. Sandes preacher of G^'s word at Bozford 20s. To Mr.
James Allen Scholar 20s. To Mr. Rogers of Dedham preacher
of Godes word 20s. To Mrs. Mills of All Saintes widow, ISs 4d
and to her sonn John Milles 10s at 21 and if he die to his
systers. To poore of All Saintes 20s ditto of St. Peter's 10s
ditto of St. Gregories 13s ditto of hamlett of Balington 6s 8d.
Rest, my buriall discharged, to my 4 children John Ruggle,
George Ruggle, Gefferie Ruggle, and Bridget Harris equally.
To Mr. Sailes of Brissett 20s. To William GuUsonne of
Dedham, Schoole Master, 29s and to Suzan Ruggle now my
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wife, £10. Execators: Bonnes John Ruggle and George
Ruggle. Witnesses : Robert John, John Day, Thomas Tailer.
62 Cope.
NOTK. This Trill gives the family of the long sought George Boggles
of Roxbory.
Bradstbebt.
John Bradstreete of Capell, Suffolk, yeoman. Will dated
25 Febmaiy, 1608/9 ; proved 28 September, 1610. To wife
Anne Bradstreete my messuage or tenement land, etc. situate
and being in Bentlye until son John attain age of one and
twenty years. Then to him and his heira forever. To son
John £40 at age. To wife Anne m^ tenement and ground
belonging called New Biggins situate and being in Capell to
Have and to hold until son Robei*t attain to age of one and
twenty years etc. then to him and his heira forever. To son
Robert 4 score pounds at age of one and twenty years. To
brother Thomas Bradsti*eete £30 in half a year, <&c. Item I
give unto Humfrey Bi-adstreete my neiphue £5 of lawful
English money to be paid unto him at the age of one and
twenty years. To Rose Barker, daughter of Daniel B., 50s. at
one and twenty. To Daniel B., bis son, 50s. at one and twenty.
Residue to wife Anne whom I make executrix, and 1 make and
appoint Anthony Rivers my uncle and William Blosse m;
brother in law my supervisors. Wingfldd
Edmukde Bradstreet the younger of Benteley. Will 11
June 1531 ; proved 22 January, 1531/2. Sons William and
Matthew ; daughter Margaret, at day of marriage ; wife Alice.
Suffolk J book 11, folio 27.
Henrt Bradstrets the elder of Bentlye. Will, 16 July
1565 ; proved 13 October 1565. Wife Ellen. Son in law John
Cole. Brother John Fairebrotber. My master Lionell
Talmacke Esq. Henry Pike, my sister's son ; Rafe Pike my
sister's son. Jone Pike, my sister's daughter. John Pike, my
sister's son. Edmund Pike my sister's son.
Suffolk, book 21, folio 166.
Robert Bradstrete. Will, 1 Dec. 1590; proved 20 January
1590. Wife Rose, house and lands in Estbholt. Son John B.
and his heirs. Suffolk^ book 33, folio 273.
RoASE Bradstrette of Cappell. Will, 21 October 1603 ; proved
last February, 1603/4. Son Thomas and his heirs for ever my
tenement in East Barfould on condition he shall not sell this
four yrs. without license and good will of his brother John.
"/
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Daughter Roase. Son John 308 on condition he give to Humfry
Bradstreete^ my son's son, £3 if he live to age of 21 yra. John
Bradstreete the younger. Robert Bradstreet, my sons son.
Suffolk, book 39, folio 339.
Hbnrt Bradstrebt of Bentley, yeoman. Will, 3 October
1606; proved 4 November 1607. Thomas, son of brother
Robert Bradstreet, Edmond Bradstreet the elder and his eldest
son Edward Bradstreet, his youngest son William Bradstreet and
his daughter Elizabeth Bradstreet. The children of Henry
Jorden the elder viz., Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth and Aves
Jorden. The children of Thomas Lewes of Bentlye late
deceased, Thomas, Aliee, Aves and Raffe Lewes. Margaret
Boyce, widow, my daughter in law, and her children Aves,
Humfry, Grace, Gilbert and Margaret Boyce. Others.
Suffolk, book 41, folio 339.
John Bradstrbate, of Wheltham parva. Will, 22 September
1526 ; proved 25 February, 1531. Wife, children (under age),
sister her husband and his daughter. Father in law John
Frier of Hartest. Brother Roger Bradstreate, brother William.
Arch, Sudbury, 61 Longe.
Elenor Bradstrete, late wife of Symond Bradstrete, of
Gislingham, widow. Will,* 1 September, 1556; proved 18
January, 1556. Buried in church yard of Gislingham. Son
Richard Bradstrete, daughter Johan Muskett, daughter Cycelye
Wayge. Son in law Symond Smyth otherwise Stayuor. God
daughter Johan Smyth als. Staynor, god son Thomas Smyth
als. Staynor. God son John Bredstrete, son John Bradstrete.
My three children, Richard Bradstrete, Johan Muskett, and
Cycelye Wage. Son in law William Muskett. Robert Wage
a witness. Arch. Sudbury, 109 More.
Margaret Bkadi^teeet of Sudbury, widow. Will, 2 October
1557; proved 4 October 1558. Burieil in church yard of St.
Gregory, by grave of husband John Croychon. Son in law
John Gourde and daughter Frances his wife. (A lot of
Gourdes.) Sister Agnes. Arch. Sudbury, 252 Bdl.
William Bradstrete, of BuxhalU yeoman. Will, 8
February 1558/9 ; proved 9 February 1568/9. Buried in church
of Buxhall. Wife Mai^ery, son John, executors. Robert
Marten, overseer. My six daughters Anne Bradstrete, Jane
Bradstrete, Margaret Bradstrete, Helen Bradstrete, Martha
Bradstrete, and Mary Bradstrete. Son Edwarde Bradstrete.
Arch. Sudbury, 533 Bdl.
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Edwards Bradstretb, of Buxall, yeoman. Will 3
September 1673; proved 25 September 1573. Margery
Bradstrete my mother. Daughter Thomazine at 21. Brother
Johtt Bradstrete. William Bradstrete my late father (his will
referred to) . Brother in law Jefferye Packarde.
Arch, Svdbury^ 229 Large.
Makgkrik Bradstrkat, of Buxhall, widow. Will 20
September 1576 ; proved 6 February 1576-7. Buried in church
yard by husband William Bradstreat. Dauj^hter Mary
Bradstreate, daughter Elizabeth Bradstreat. Daughter Jane,
wife of John Grenelefe. Daughter Jone, wife of Jeffery
Packarde. Daughter Martha, wife of Sebastian Man. Son
John Bradstreate shall find Robert Bradstreat at the school 3
years. Kdwarde Bradstreat, brother of above daughtera (his
will referred to). Cousin Roger Grome of Rattelsden.
Ardi. Sudbury^ 215 Wroo.
John Bradstrekte, of Hedgsett. Will 29 January 1572 ;
proved 7 April 1578. Wife Elizabeth. Son Roger, son
Edmonde, son John. Daughter Anne.
Arch. Sudbury, 332 Wroo.
HuMpHRET Bradstrkkt, of Gislingham, yeoman. Will 2
July 1618; proved 15 Dec. 1618. Wife Audrye all for life,
then to son Christopher. Arch. Sudbury, 221 Oibson.
Robert Bradstrete, of Aspall Stonham, yeoman. Will 24
April 1568, proved 12 July 1568. Buried in church of Stonham
aforesaid. Wife Johan all lands and tenements in parishes of
Great and Little Tynbergh now in occupation and of my
brother John Brazstrete. Son Robert. Brother in law John
Owney. Tenement houses and lands in Lambeth by London
which my cousin John Birche, servant to Master Humfrey
Secicford, hath recovered in my name and to my use. To
younge John Braxstrete and young John Owney, to John
Owney, Peter Owney, his son and to young William Scrutton
my god children to every one of them 6s 8d at 21 or days of
marriage. Stephen Water my servant 6s 8d. Helen Owney my
servant 6s 8d and William Hawfcn my servant (in 1 year etc.).
Michaell Bull my sister's son 6s 8d and Alice Bull his sister 6s 8d
(21 or day of marriage). Alice and Elizabeth Broxstrete my
brother John's daughters 58 at 21. William, Johan, Elizabeth,
and Alice Owney, my brother in law John Owney's children,
5s each at 21 or days of marriage. Alice and Eatherine
Owney, my brother in law Peter Owney's daughters 5s.
Arch. Suffolk, liber 22, folio 265.
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John Bradstrstt, the elder of Yaxlee, Saffolk, yeoman.
Will 17 January 1621 ; proved 29 March 1622. Wife Anne
tenement in Stonham Aspall. Son John, ion Thomas, son
Robert. Consistory of Norwichj 1 Bradstrett,
William Fisher, Threlmingham oo., Lincolne, gentleman.
Will undated; proved 81 October 1616. Cosin William Lister,
father in law William Whoolie, and brother in law Everat
Goodman to make sale of goods before Michaelmas and procure
marriage and wardshipp of my sonne William, remainder of
goods and profitts of lands to be ymployed by them daring
William's minority and wife Elizabeth to have use of household
stuff and plate till eldest sonn of age, giving securitie to two
of said executors William Lister and Everat Goodman, and
wife to have stocke for her joynture in lands etc. Brother
Arthur Fisher to pay two £50 I am bound for him to cosin
Edward Hartopps and executors to pay £50 to him as a legacy
and to give marriage of my said sonne to him. To poore of
this town of Thelmingham 40s to be distributed in Horblinge
by Mr. Bradstreete, minister of Horbling. Whatever of
fathers or mothers last will to be performed by executors. To
sister Fullens children five marks each. To Mr. Bradstreete
403. To said William Lister, William Whaley, and Everart
Goodman five marks each. Charges for education of children
to be borne by executors out of lands etc. Executors : said
William Lister, William Whaley, Everart Groodman. Witnesses :
Simon Bradstreete, minister, Marian Pullen, Henry Clippsham.
Codicil (undated) : To wife to stock her jointure lands 200
lambs, etc. If brother Groodman have need of money to have
£300 at £8 in 100 during minority of children. If son
William marry without consent son fVancis to have grounds at
Spanbye called ''Wooes" etc. To Mr. Roger Rant Esq. £6
for debt To John Copeland, dwelling about Fulbecke, £4 do.
I have bonds lying out discharged viz : One in Mr. Hughe
Middleton's handes taken in name of one GrifiSn Pennar and
one in his owne name which I know he will deliver vppon
demand ; one in Sir Nicholas Saanderson's hands in name of
one of his sonnes £4, he received £4 of cousin Lyster and dOs.
of one Leonard Townsend ; likewise of three men who have
ben under-sheriffs, viz. George Columbell, Richard Barfoote,
and Samuel Crathe ; one of William Saull and Richard Wright :
also Abraham Markham gent. Mr. Robert Rigdon oweth £22.
Mr. Burton, parson of Boothbie Pannell, owes £10. To my
sister Goodman the Bible which was my mother's. To my
sister Vow 20s. to buy her the like. To servants a lambe
each. To Pegge Guest, my wives knyneswoman, 5 markes.
Witnesses: Maiian Pullen, William Allen. Second codicil
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(undated) Executors William Lister Esq. William Whalley
and Everett Goodman gents to have discretion as to legacies
etc. Witnesses: Marian Fallen, Heniy Clyppham Thomas
Stevens. Third codicil (undated) to a widow of Aslakbie
served by Elizeus Wilbye 56s ; to Parson Moore of Hollewell
£8.18 in hands of his father-in-law Mr. Whaley etc etc etc etc.
97 Cope.
Bbadbubt.
Edward Gill, Little Ck)urte, parish of Laystone, Herts,
Esquire. Will 3 April 1616 ; proved 26 June 1616. To sonne
Thomas Gill £800 of due Debts and rest of due debts to
sonne Edward Gill. To son Edward Gill lease of Bandons in
Antsey, Herts. Plate, household stuff had by each before
marriage and purchased since to wife Dame Barbara for life then
to be disposed by her to two sons or to Edward eldest son of
son Edward except one needlework carpet to her absolutely.
Of moneys to be paid at decease of wife Dame Barbara viz. to
her nephew Mr. Wyman Bradbery £40, her niece Alice Tardley
£20, to Barbara Bradbery £100 at marriage, if wife give my
sonnes portions of goods to pay separate portions of debts
aforesaid etc. etc. To poore of Layston 408. Wife Dame
Barbara executrix, who having dealt very friendly and bounti-
fully with her Kindred, will execute wiU in kynd and faithful
sort, but sons have authority to sae etc. etc. Witnesses:
Alexander Strange, vicar of Laystone, Edward Hamond.
58 Cope.
Cogswell.
Alice Cogswell, Westburie Leighe, Wilts, widowe.
Will 25 June 1615; proved 11 May 1616. To be buried
in Westburie churchyard. To daughter Margaret Marchaunt
wife vnto Thomas Marchaunt £40, 2 paire of sheetes & 2 pairs
of pillstoues one of best gowns & one of best petticoates. Vnto
Thomas's children Elizabeth Marchaunt £20, and Margerie
Marchaunt, Alice Marchaunt, Margaret Marchaunt, Thomas
Marchaunt, Philodelphia Marchount, £4 each. To Elizabeth
Ernely £40, 2 paire of sheets, 2 paire of pillstowes, 1 of best
gownes, & 1 of best Stammell petticoates <& to Bridget Ernely,
Catherin Ernely, Marie Ernely and Ann Ernely £4 each. To
Margerie Wilkinge £40 and to Anthony Wilkinge and Anne
Wilkinge children of John Wilkinge £4 each. Allso to my
daughter Margerie Wilkinges, ditto to Elizabeth Ernely. To
sonne Anthonie Cogeswell £100 at 23 and to have his lyvinge of
Ladborne at 21. To Jefferie Coggeswell£100 at 28. To Alice
Collidge, Mai^aret Couche, Margaret Davies, Marie Franck-
line, and Anne Benson 20s. each. To George Cogswell £3.
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To Kdward Cogswell. 58. To Jane Morton, wife of. Richard
Morton of Melaoiie 5s. To poore lOs. To Weatborie church
10b. To godchildren 12d. each. Rest to sonne John
Cogswell, executor. Overseers, Jefferie W hetakory of Westburie
and Anthonie Selfe of Dilton. No witnesses. Proved 11 May
1616. Confirmed by sentence same day in suit between.
Elizabeth Earnley als Coges well against son and executor John
Co<j;e8weU. and John Harte, notary public, gaurdian of sons
Anthony Cogeswell and Jeffery Cogeswell interested parties.
6o (Jope,
AXTELL.
Nathakiel Axtell, now or late of St. Peters near the
borough of St. Albans, County Hertford, yeoman, being now
proposed by the Grace of God to travayle to New England in
the parts beyond the Seas. Will 17 August 1630; proved
12 June 1640. I give and bequeath unto Thomas Buckingham
of Queen Epioth in New England, husbandman, £10 in one
year, etc. To Richard Miles of same place, husbandman, all my
wearing apparell both Linen and wollen and all my bedding
and household stuff whatsoever in New England. To Mr.
Peter Priddon, minister of God his word in New England £5 in
one year, etc. Remainder to my two brothers Thomas Axtell
and Daniel Axtell and my three sisters, Jeane, Ann, and
Sarah, equally amongst them to be divided. Brother Daniel
Axtell sole executor. Witnesses : Antho : Hudson, scr. , Natha :
Hudson his son. 82 Coventry.
Hawthorke.
Jami£8 Hathorne, of Bentley, countie Southampton, yeoman.
Will 4 April 1621, proved 28 June 1621. My body to
be buried in the church yard of Bentley. To the church of
Bentley, 6d. My will is that my wief Jonne Hathorne shall take
of my rents of such lands I have during her life and give to
Robert Bagin, my grand child, 20s a year during her life.
I give to my (sic) Ann Bagin, widow, £4 lOs. To my
daughter Jonne Hathorne, £14 5s. To every of my daughters
which are married, 40s a piece. To my son in law Robert
Beale £6, to every one of his children 20s a piece. To my
sou in law John Langley to every of his children, 58 a piece.
To eveiy of son in law Mr. Ellis HasselFs children 5s 8d a piece.
To my grand child Robert Bagyn £3 10s. To Ann Bagin my
rand child, 20s. To Jonne Bagin, my grand child, 20s.
To my grand child Mary Langley, £3. To my son Peter
Hathorne, £14. To John Hathorne my son £10. To my god
child James Eyre, 12d. To my son William Hathorne, a
frame etc., after my wife's decease. To my son John Hath-
orne, one cubbard etc., after his mother's decease. Residuary
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legatee and executrix: Jonne Hatborne, my wife. Over*
seers : my friends Mr. George Beale and my brother in law
William Baker and to eacb Ss 4d. Witnesses: Edward Hill,
James Hatborne. Arch. Surrey^ Feter^ 100.
Htdb.
Katbbrinc Htdb of Clanfield, Oxford, widow. Will 16
January 1614; proved 27 Marcb 1615, by Tbomas Prince one
of tbe executors named witb power reserved for Tbomas Prince
senior and other executor. My body to be buried within the
church of Clanfleld. To James Hyde my son in law a little
browue heifer which I bought of my brother Thomas Prince.
To Isabtil Porter my daughter in law £10 etc. To my father
Thomas Prince my lease which I hold of Mr. fiusbyes living in
Clan field. Whereas I have confirmed to Ellen Carpenter my
kinswoman £40 at tweuty one or marriage, my will is that the said
sum shall remain in the hands of my uncle Andrew Feild, pro-
vided that if my executors bring sufficient security to be bound
to my uncle for the repaying of the same and yearlie to pay the
profit of it to Rice Carpenter of Culham for to raise stocks for
his other children and if Ellen Carpenter happen not to live, then
the said £40 shall be divided among her brothers and sisters.
Whereas I have given to Elizabeth Chapman my cousin £20,
which £20 and the £40 aforesaid are payable out of my lease
of Applefbrd Farm and whereas this £20 is also payable to the
said Elizabeth at twenty or marriage, my will is the same
remain in the hands of Anne Chapman my sister for the use of
the said Elizabeth her daughter. To Katherine Chapman my
cousin £5 to be paid to her mother for her said daughters use.
To sister Anne Chapman my best gown etc. To my sister
Carpenter £10 etc., to every one of her children now bom 20s.
To my sister Baker a gown etc. etc. To my brother Baker
20s, to his mother an angell in gold. To sister Johane Piynce
my best hatt etc. To uncle Andrewe Field a ringe of 40s. To
my aunt Feild my best new hoUand sheete. To my cousin
Heui*y Feild my little guilt boll. To my cousin Anne Feild
and to my cousin Sara Feild to each a little wyne boll. To
brother William Hyde my last wedding ringe and to his son six
silver spoons which 1 had from Wicke farm. To Charles Hyde
the son of Thomas Hyde my brother in law a guilt silver spoon
with a W engraved. To my sister Lee a cutt ringe. To the son
of my brother William Lee a silver spoon marked with my own
childs name. To my brother Lee his daughter one of Wicke
silver spoons. To my sister Dubber a ring. To sister Dubber's
four children each a Wicke silver spoon. To my brother William
Wilmott my husband Willmott's signet ring. To my sister
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Wilmott of Henley my first wedding ring. To my god
daughter Eatherine Smythe my least wine toll. Whereas I
gaye my brother Edmond Prince £60, 1 will the same be paid to
him in six months. To Ellen Carpenter my kinswoman a
pettjcoate etc. To Elizabeth Porter my daughter in law a
skarfe with gould lace and her mother's gould? quoyfe. To
Eatherine Porter my daughter in law a pair of sheets, etc To
Johane Porter my daughter in law a pair of sheets, etc. etc.
To Isabell Porter a cut cambricke stomacher filled with gold
To William Porter my son in law 6s. To my father Ree and
to my mother his wife 408 a piece. To Thomas Twisse
minister of Clanfield a piece of gold of 22s and also to his
wife my silke russett kirtle. All the rest of my wearing
apparell shall be divided among my sisters and maid serrants.
To Henry Eve my servant £5. To William Hickyan my
servant 40s. To Alexander Eeate, Richard Buckingham and
James Grippes my servants 20s apiece To William Acres and
John? Akres my servants 40s a piece. To Anne Mabbat my
servant 40s. To Margaret Hull my servant 20s. To Ellen
Poice my servant 6s 8d. To these my god children after named
«5s a piece, viz., Henry More, Frauncys Cleeter, Eatherine
Stevens, Eatherine Speerwick, Eatherine Hedges, and John
White. Residuary legatee and executors: Thomas Prince
my father and Thomas Prince my brother. Overseer: my
uncle Andrewe Feild. Witnesses : Thomas Twysse, William
Sperwicke, Nicholas Arnold, John Yeatman, Robert Adams.
Budd, 26.
Richard Fuller of Chelmsford, Essex, fietcher. Will 28
April 1686 ; proved 8 June 1686. I bequeath my tenement in
Chelmesford, which I late purchased of Luce Spite, to my wife
Mary during her life, and after her decease to Charles my son.
To Johau my daughter, during the lease which I have from
Sir Henrie Myidemay of Molsham, knight, that parcel of land
which I last planted with hoppes, she paying yearly during the
said lease to her brother Charles Ids 4d. To Mary my daughter
£15 ; and to Jane, Elizabeth, Elyne, and Tabitha, £15 apiece
at their several ages of 21. Residuary legatees and executors :
my wife and son Charles. Witnesses: Jo: Wallinger, John
Fuller, Willm Fuller. Item I give unto my daughter Clemence,
wife unto John Harris, whichi forgat at the making of my will,
40s. Coin. Essex and ffertSy bundle 1635 /S^ no. 189.
{To bt continued.)
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INDEX.
Abbott Brothers, 21.
Daniel, 192.
Aborn, Aborne, Isaac,
267.
Moses, jr., 66.
Samael, 64, 66, 121,
127, 128, 181, 138,
160.
Samuel, jr., 66.
Samuel, sr., 65.
Aborn, see also Ebom.
Academy Hall (Salem),
24.
Acres, John, 880.
WUliam, 880.
Active Fire Club, 8,
11(2), 14, 18 (2).
Adams, Addams, ,
231 (2).
Dr. Cephas Grardner,
180.
Charles Hall, 858.
Elizabeth, 178.
Elizabeth Conway,
178.
Prof. GeorKcB., 180.
James R., 174.
John, 56.
John, jr., 18.
Levi P., 180.
Nathaniel, 178.
Richard, 234, 236.
Robert, 380.
Rath, 180.
Samuel, 189, 191,
318.
William, 64.
Adams (sloop), 307.
Addam, Rev. Till, 369.
Admittance (ship), 297.
Adroit Fire Club, 8, 9.
Africa, 16, 194, 364.
Ager, Ann, 368 (3).
Benjamin, 368.
Jonathan, 59.
Agnes (cartel barque) ,
302.
Aklns, Dr., 162 (2).
Akres, John, 380.
William, 380.
Alabama, 86.
Albany (N.Y.), 176.
Albee, Ellen, 49, 50.
Lydla, 60.
Sally, 49.
William. 49, 50(2).
Alden, Lott, 13.
Robert, 372.
Alert Fire Club, 9.
Alexander (brig) , 299.
Alexander (privateer) ,
297 (2), 298.
Alexandria, 204.
Alfred (Me.). 84, 87.
Alfred (privateer), 296
(2).
Alfred(privateer brig)
295,308(4),309(2).
Alfred (ship), 306.
Alien, Capt., 305.
Abigail, 342.
David, 338, 342 (2),
847.
Edward, 187, 200,
203(3).
Elizabeth, 840, 343,
347, 366.
Esther Gardner, 178.
George H., 186.
James, 872.
Joanna, 348.
John, 71, 178.
Capt. John, 53.
Joseph, 60, 343.
Lewis, 278.
Mary, 347.
Nathaniel, 340.
Rebecca, 53.
Robert, 257.
Stephen,340,343,347.
Allen, Susanna,338(2),
343, 347.
Thomas, 347.
WiUiam, 188(8), 206,
366, 376.
Almy, , 21.
Amazeen, Abigail, 96.
Ann, 96.
Andrew, 96.
Benjamin, 95.
Capt. Ephraim, 96.
Harriet, 95.
Jane Watkins, 96.
Lucinda, 96.
Maria, 95.
Martha, 96.
Robert W., 95.
Samuel, 95.
WilUam, 95.
America, 310(2), 325
(2), 364.
America (privateer
ship), 297, 299-302
(4), 309(2).
Ames, Caleb M., 189,
199.
Amesbury(Mass.)»194,
204, 205(2), 206
(2).
Amherst, N. H., 177.
Amity Fire Club, 8.
Anderson, Jacob, 197.
Andover (Mass.), 177.
Andrew, Gov., 115.
Daniel, 68.
Isaac, 188(2).
Israel, 125, 255.
John, 197 (2), 203,
204, 207(2), 807,
361.
John F., 208(3).
Jonathan, 44.
Nathaniel, 208.
Andrew St. (Salem),
360.
(381)
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INDEX.
Andrews, Charles L.,
48(2), 49.
Daniel, 95, 248.
Dolly Ann W., 96.
Eliza* 95.
Elizabeth. 95.
Israel, 131.
John, 61, 95, 188.
John H., 43.
Joseph, 94, 95(2).
Jndith, 95.
Mary, 94.
Mary Jane, 95.
Sophia, 47.
Andrew's Sharpshoot-
ers, 53.
Andross, Joseph, 60.
Ann. Cape, 29, 220, 292,
296, 296(3), 298,
300. 802, 803(3),
305 (2), 307, 308
(2).
Anstey, 377.
Antlqua, 308.
Antonio (schooner),
302(2).
Apollo (ship), 309(2).
Apple Tree Lot, 66.
Appleton, , 322.
Daniel, 168.
Col. John, 265.
Maria T., 178.
Nathaniel, 13, 196,
207(2).
Thomas, jr., 178.
Applewood Farm, 379.
Archangel (Russia),
306. 307.
Archard, Samuel, 233.
Arche, Robert, 366(2).
Archer, John, 62, 189.
Jonathan, 60.
Nathaniel, 202.
Samuel, 60, 197, 204
(2). 231.
Samuel, 3d. 188, 197,
204(2), 207(4).
Argus (brig), 294, 296,
297, 298, 303-306,
309.
Ariadne (ship), 296.
Arnold, Gen. Benedict,
109.
Nicholas. 380.
Ashby, Ashbe, Ben-
jamin, 61.
Benjamin, sr., 61.
Ashby, Ebenezer, 339.
Edmund, 337, 339.
Experience, 837, 339.
Marjory, 887.
Mary, 387.
Aslakbie (Eng.), 877.
Aspall Stoneham
(Eng.), 375.
Assembly House (Sa-
lem), 356.
AUlanU (ship), 294.
Atkyns, John, 370.
Attomy, ,122(2).
Atwood, Moses, 168.
AugusU (Me.), 48.
Auk-paque (Cumber-
land Co., N. S.),
48.
Austin, Hepzibah, 178.
Isabel, 178.
Richard, 178.
Avery, Margaret, 181.
Axtell, , 378.
Ann, 378.
Daniel, 378(2).
Jeane, 378.
Nathaniel, 378.
Sarah, 378.
Thomas, 378.
Ayer, James, 168.
John A., 168.
Ayres, Sally, 64.
Babbidge, Babbage,
Benjamin, 188, 204
(8), 361.
Christopher, 197,203
(2).
Christopher, sr., 69.
John, 204, 206.
Babcock, Alice Chris-
tine, 96.
Ann, 336.
Anna,835(2),338,341,
343.
John, 95.
Sarah, 343.
Bacheller, Bacheler,
372.
Abigail. 49.
Rev. Gilman, 49.
Bacon, Daniel, jr., 62.
Daniel, sr., 62.
Dr. Jacob, 62.
Miall, 64.
Sarah, 52.
Bagin, Ann, 378 (2).
Bagin, Jonne, 378.
Robert, 378.
Bailey, Nicholas, 71.
Thomas, 68.
Bailey, »€€ also Bayley .
Bainbridge, Capt., 807,
308.
Com., 803, 804.
Lt., 299.
Baker, .299,879(2) .
Capt., 800.
Cornelius, 68, 886.
Gideon, 336.
Jabez, 69.
James L., 94.
Joseph, 207, 347, 348.
Mary, 347, 348.
Mary A., 87.
Olive BeU, 94.
PrisciUa, 335.
Robert, 348.
W. P., 87.
WmUm, 379.
Baker's Island ( Salem) ,
294, 298, 362.
Balch, Abigail, 311.
Andrew, 334, 340.
Benjamin, 139, 141,
311.
Bethiah, 334, 340.
Caleb, 334.
Deborah, 839.
Freeborn, 811(3).
Joanna, 340.
John, 311.
Marcy, 336.
Mary, 336.
Mercy, 338.
Susanna, 311.
Baltimore, (Md.), 8
(2), 170(2), 189,
190(2), 200(2),
207, 208(2), 297,
803, 330.
Bancroft, Thomas P.,
201(2).
Bandons (Eng ), 377.
Bangor (Me.), 48.
Barbadoes, 198, 298.
Barfoote, Richard,
376.
Baring (Me.), 89.
Barker, Abigail B.,
367.
Daniel, 373(2),
EUzabeth G., 367.
George, 367.
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Barker, Mary, 178.
Nathaniel, 178.
Rose, 878.
Barnard, Lois, 34, 184.
Capt. Samuel, 71, 78,
74, 80(6), 121(2),
IBS.
Sarah, 84.
Thomas, 84.
Rer. Thomas, 83,
84(3), 110, 182,
849, 850.
Barnes, , 306.
Thomas, 234, 236.
Barney, Barny, Han-
nah, 868.
Jacob, 868.
James, 68.
Barnstable (Mass.),
197, 299.
Barr, James, jr., 188.
John, 9, 188.
Barrell, Sarah Say-
"ward, 85.
Barrett, Dr., 92.
Cornelia, 92.
Barrlngton (N.H.),96.
Barry, Barrie, Abigail,
49.
Hannah, 49(8).
Jane, 49.
John, 372.
Jonathan, 49(4).
Sarah, 49.
Snsan, 49.
Westbrook, 49.
Bars tow, Capt.
Andrew, 368.
Benjamin, 200.
Gideon, 200(2).
James, 200.
Bartholomew, ,
289.
Henry, 109, 235.
Bartholomew's Rocks
(Salem), 146, 147.
Bartlett, Bartlet, Ann,
86.
Bailey, 168.
Cornelias, 204.
Daniel. 86.
Capt. Daniel, 86.
Dorcas Cutts, 86.
Dorcas M., 88.
George Charles, 86.
Hannah, 86(2).
Israel, 168.
Bartlett, Bartlet,
Joseph, 86.
Mary, 86(2).
Mary Joanna, 86.
Nathaniel, 86.
Oliver, 86.
Richard, 86.
Sarah, 84, 86.
Thomas Cutts, 86.
William, 86.
Bartol, Sarah, 142.
Barton, , 112.
Col., 255.
John, 196, 856, 861.
Lydia, 48.
Matthew, 60.
Samnel, jr., 182.
Thomas, 252,253(3).
Capt. Thomas, 59
f2), 74, 80(6), 121
(2), 133, 186-189,
141-146, 148 (2),
149, 153, 155.
Barton Square (Sa-
lem), 44. 368.
Barton Square Church
(Salem), 167.
Bass Rirer, 30(2), 82.
Bastian, Giles, 371.
Batchelder, , 49.
Abigail, 311.
Experience, 818.
John, 68.
Jonathan, 68, 202,
208, 208.
Joseph, 67.
Joslah, 68, 128.
Nathaniel, 275(3).
Sarah, 344.
Batchelor, Abigail,842.
Mark. 263.
Thankful, 342.
Bates, Dr. Hiram, 49.
Susan, 49.
Thomas, 206.
Bath (Me.), 196, 302
(2).
Batter, Edmond, 239.
£dmnnd,62,237,239.
Baxter, Widow, 62.
Bayley, Thomas, jr.,
70.
Beadle, Beedle, Han-
nah, 61.
Joseph, 60, 206.
Lemmon, 64, 247.
Nathaniel, jr., 61.
Beadle,BeedIe, Samuel,
244.
Beale, George, 379.
Robert, 878.
Bean, Phineas, 344.
Rachel, 344.
Samuel, 844.
Beare Lane (Bristol),
370.
Becket, Beckett, Beck-
it, , 3«8.
John, 142, 236, 368.
John, sr., 60.
Jonathan, 204(2).
Margaret, 368.
Retire, 200.
Samuel, 195.
WiUIara, 59.
Becket St. (Salem),
368.
Beckett's Lane (Sa-
lem), 868.
Beckford, Ebenezer,
42(2), 203, 359,361.
Eunice, 42, 360.
Sarah, 861.
Beckford, see also Bick-
ford.
Beens, William, jr., 68.
William, sr., 68.
Belchertown (Mass.),
858.
Belfast (Me.), 186(7).
Bell, Abigail Long, 96.
Andrew Watktns,95.
Alice Christine, 95.
Caroline Manniug,
95.
Dorothy Clifford, 94.
Eliza Jane, 96.
Elizabeth, 62.
Elizabeth Bennett,
96.
James Lawrence, 95.
Jane Watkins, 96.
JohnH., 16.
Martha, 95.
Martha Elizabeth, 95.
Mary, 94.
Mathew, 96.
Mehitable Burleigh,
96.
Octavia Augusta, 95.
Olive, 96.
Samuel, 124, 126(2),
129.
Thomas Manning,95.
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INDEX.
Bell, WilUain Tredick,
95.
B^Mdcre (m.). 1T9.
Belvldere (frigate),
810.
Benson, Capt., 809.
Anne, 877.
Philip, Jr., 198.
Bentle7,ReT. William,
89(8), 218, 219(2),
292, 298, 818 (4),
820.
Bentley (Eng.), 873
(2), 374 (2), 378 (8).
Bergen, 808.
Berkeley Castle, 118.
Bermuda, 305, 808,
810, 359.
Berry, Edward, 61.
John E., 191.
Michael. 194(3).
1 Berry Islands, 808.
Bertram, John, 14, 15,
16,17, 196(2), 208
(2).
Bessom, , 295, 296.
PhlUp, Jr., 208.
Best, , 142.
John, 61.
Beverly (Mass.), 80
(8), 81(2), 45, 80.
105, 113, 115, 139,
167, 185 (2), 186
(2), 189-208, 280,
807, 311 (5), 812
(6), 814.
Beverly Ferry, 32, 108,
867.
Beverly Historical
Society, 190.
Bickford, Ebenezer,
41,42,r2).
John, 52(2), 64.
Bickford, see cUao
Beckford.
Bickford's Lane
(Salem), 52.
Bicknell, Edmund, 180.
Nancy, 180.
Blddeford (Me.), 87.
Blgelow, , 21.
Clarissa Andrews,
98.
Biles, Elizabeth, 837,
339(2), 842, 845,
347.
Lydia, 888.
Biles, 9€€ also Byles.
Billings, George, 180.
Harriet Allison, 180.
Birch, Birche, George,
62.
John, 875.
Bircham, ,288(2).
Bird (schooner), 801.
Bishop, Edward, 80.
Elizabeth, 872.
Richard, 286.
Black, Nathaniel, 62.
Blackler, ,308(2).
JohnC, 208.
Blake, Mary, 175.
Blanchard, Eliza
Cabot, 169.
EUzabeth, 169, 170.
Francis, 169, 170(2).
George Frederick,
170.
Henry, 169, 170(2).
Lucy, 170.
Mary Ann, 170.
Dr. Samuel, 170.
Blaney, John, 61.
Blanoe, John, 121.
Blashfleld,AbigaU,341.
Henry, 836, 841,
845(2).
Lydia, 836.
Lyddia, 341, 845.
Mary, 886.
Bligh, Capt., 804.
Blood, Nathan, 190.
Blosse, William, 878.
Blubber Hollow (Sa-
lem), 107, 211, 290.
Blunt, Abigail Frost,
86.
Elizabeth, 89.
Elizabeth Slade, 89.
Robert Whipple, 89.
Bly. Jonathan, 68.
Blyth, Bly the, James,
228.
Samuel, 273(3), 275.
Boardman, Francis,
189(2).
Bolles, Henry, jr., 168.
Bolton, Elinor, 94.
Bombay (India), 199.
Books, E. C, 301.
Booth, George, 244.
Sym. 244.
Bootbbay (Me.), 204.
Boothbie Pannell, 376.
Bordeaux (France),
192, 299.
Boroughs, Capt., 804.
Bostock (cartel), 806.
Boston (Mass.), 7, 19
(2), 82, 48, 77, 86,
87,98,97-100, 104
(2), 106(2), 108,
118, 118, 169(5),
168 (2) -165 (2),
167(4), 170, 171
(2), 190-194(2),
196- 199 (3), 203
(8)-208 (8), 212,
264, 267, 270, 271,
294(2). 295-811,
818, 320, 852, 354,
856, 858, 864, 866,
868.
Boston and Maine
Railroad, 80.
Boston Bank, 101.
Boston Bay, 299.
Boston Harbor, 107.
Boston Light, 295,
299.
Boston Public Library,
52.
Boston Road (Salem),
188(2), 189, 140,
141, 148, 144, 145
(8).
Boston St. (Salem),
209, 212(2), 215,
280, 289, 290(2).
Boston St. Fire Club,
9.
BosweU, James B.,
186.
William W., 186.
Both, George, 248.
Bott, Lynch, 189.
WilUam H., 189(2).
Bowditch, Nathaniel,
9, 198, 294.
Thomas, 187, 207.
Thomas, Jr., 201.
Capt. William, 60.
Bowdoin, James, 270,
271(2).
Bowie, , 119.
Bowker Block (Sa-
lem). 3.
Boxer (gun brig).
304(8).
Boxford (Eng.), 872.
Boyce, Aves, 874.
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Bojce, B«iiJaniiD, 64,
134, 128, 130, 183.
DaTid, 124.
David. Jr., 280.
Gilbert, 374.
Grace, 374.
Humfrj, 374.
Jonathan, 66, 80,
128.
Joseph, 80.
Joseph, Jr., 63.
Margaret, 374(2).
Boyce's Corner (Sa-
lem), 145.
Boycott, , 119.
Brace, James, 42.
Bradbury, Bradbery,
, 377.
Barbara, 377.
Wyman, 377.
Bradford, Annis, 343,
344, 346.
EUzabeth, 389, 344
(2), 347.
Eunice. 344.
Hannah, 338.
John, 338, 339, 844,
347(2).
Robert, 338.
Simon, 344.
WiUiam, 839.
Bradford (Mass.),
188 198.
BradUh, Billings, 42.
Bradlee, Alice Bow-
doin, 93.
Bradstreet, Brad-
streete, Brox-
streete, , 373,
376.
Gov., 112.
Madam, 60.
Rev., 376.
Alice, 373, 875.
Anne, 378(8)-376.
Audrye, 876.
Christopher, 875.
Cycelye, 874(2).
Edmond, 374, 375.
Edmund, 878.
Edward, 874,375(2).
Elenor, 374.
EUzabeth, 874, 375
(2).
Ellen, 373.
Helen, 374.
Henry, 373, 374.
Bradstreet, Brad-
streete, Brox-
streete, Humphrey,
373-375.
Jane, 374, 875.
Johan, 874(2), 875.
John, 373(3), 874(8),
376(7), 376(2).
John B., 873.
Jone. 375.
Margaret, 873, 874
(2).
Margery, 374, 375.
Martha, 374, 875.
Matthew, 373.
Mary, 374, 375.
Richard, 874(2).
Roase, 873, 374.
Robert, 378(2), 374
(2), 875(2).
Roger, 874, 875.
Rose, 873.
Sarah, 812, 813.
Rev. Simon, 818, 376.
Symond, 374.
Thomas, 878(2), 374,
376.
Thomazine, 375.
William, 373, 874(3),
375(2).
Bragdon, , 84.
Clara P., 88.
EUzabeth P., 88.
George, 88.
Joseph, 88.
Joshua, 88(2).
Mary A., 88.
Mary J., 88.
OUver, 88.
Samuel Leighton, 88.
Sarah Frost, 88.
Brant, James, 195.
Bray, Alfred, 208.
Rebecca, 178.
Robert, sr., 60.
Braybrooke, Samuel.
67.
Brazil, 199, 297, 862(4).
BrazilUan (brig), 298.
Bream (schooner), 295.
Bream (ship), 802.
Breed, Holten J., 196.
Breton, Cape, 812(2).
Brewer, Anna, 180.
Brewer (Me.), 189.
Brickett, James, 168.
Bridge St. (Salem), 18.
Bridge St. (Salem) ,38,
43(2), 116,355(2).
Bridges, Henry G.,208.
Brier. Daniel, 186(2).
Frank, 186.
FrankUn, 186.
Briggs, Jeremiah, 187,
188, 192, 203.
Samuel, jr., 190 (2).
Brissett, 872.
Bristol (Eng.), 104(2),
809, 869 (2), 370
(6). 371.
Bristol (Me.), 204,
205(2), 206.
Bristow (Me.), 189.
Brittain, Edward, 63.
Broad St. (Salem), 56.
Broad St. Cemetery
(Salem), 105, 111.
Brooke, , 301.
Brooktleld(N.H.), 81.
Brookhonse, , 224.
Nathaniel, 201, 202.
Robert, 16, 113, 188,
195.
Robert, Jr., 195.
Brooklyn (N. Y.), 11.
Brooks, , 22, 23.
Gov., 105, 120.
Cotton B., 168.
Thomas, 197.
Timothy. 195, 204.
Brown, Capt., 51 (2),
326.
Albert G., 194.
Anna, 812 (8).
Charles £., 194 (2).
Edward, 196, 197(4),
809.
EUzabeth, 94.
Foster, 201.
Francis, 197, 208.
Hannah, 82.
James, 191 (2), 193.
John, 52.
John, Jr., 82.
Joseph, 202(2).
Joshua, 191.
Moses, 203.
Capt. Nathan, 51(2).
Nathaniel, 55, 199,
312
Rachel, 52 (2).
Col. Samuel, 57(2),
58 (2), 59.
Sarah, 52, 346.
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INDKX.
Brown ,Thomas,ft6( 2) .
WiUiam, jr., 16.
Brown St. C Salem),
41,62,116(2).
Brown University,
176.
Browne, ,234, 236
(2),261(6)-264(2),
295.
Col., 68, 261, 262.
Seij., 240.
Alberto., 11.
Bartholomew, 62.
Dr. Benjamin F.,
• 14, 16, 17, 34(4),
114, 177.
Elizabeth, 234.
Henry, 67.
John, 70, 234. 263.
Capt. John, 59.
Samuel, 68(2), 69.
Col. Samuel, 71(2),
73, 76(2), 123-126
(2), 129, 130 (3),
154, 245-248 (2),
250, 266.
Capt. Simeon, 41.
William, 233(2;,234,
238, 272 (2), 339.
Maj. William, 69,
244.
William, jr., 239.
William, sen., 241,
367.
William Burnet, 272
(2).
Bruce, George W.,
289(2).
Sarah, 289.
Brunswick, (Me.), 204,
282.
Brutns (schooner),
303.
Bryant, Timothy, 187
(3), 203.
Buck, , 82.
Buck ham, Rev. John
W.,226, 228, 229.
Buckingham, Richard,
380.
Thomas. 378.
Buckly, William, 67.
Buda (111.), 94.
Buenos Ayres. 189.
Buffln^on , Bufflnton ,
John, 4.
Mary, 46.
Thomas, sr., 65.
Buflbm, BuiRun, Ben*
jamln, 125.
Caleb, 63, 268, 270
(2).
Caleb, jr., 270.
James N., 19.
Joshua, 63.
Robert, 64, 68(3),
69(2), 71.
Bull, Alice, 376.
Sir John, 118.
Michaell, 376.
Bullock, Benjamin,
196(2), 201.
John, jr., 272(2),
273.
Levi, jr., 186.
Bunker Hill (ship),
364. 363.
Burbank, Abner, 188.
Paul I., 188.
Burch, W., 160.
Burchmore, George,
200(2).
John, 203.
Zachariah, 7, 200.
Bargess, , 365.
Thomas, 366(3).
Burgoyne, , 316
(2).
Burgundy, 816(3).
Burnap, Joseph, 67
(2), 72.
Capt. Joseph, 127,
128(2).
Burney, J. H., 87.
Mary, 87.
Burnham, , 310.
Burrell, Burrel,
Charles, 190.
Ebenezer. 130(2).
Maj. Theodore, 127.
Theophllus, 57.
Burrow, , 366.
Burton, Rev., 376.
Isaac, 70.
Joseph, 70.
Burtsell, Henry, 232.
"Burying Point" (Sa-
lem), HI.
Bush, Widow, 60.
Bnshby, Bushbye,
, 379.
John, 352.
Nathan, 42.
Bushnell, John, 231.
Butman, Abigail, 342,
Benjamin, 204, 266.
Butman, Edward, 386,
839.
Eleanor, 336, 389.
Eliphalet, 42.
EUzabeth, 886(8),
339(2), 840, 342,
348.
Hannah, 335, 386(2),
340, 843, 346(2).
Jeremiah, 335 (2),
846.
Jeremiah, jr., 343.
Jonathan, 339.
Lydia, 342.
Mary, 336, 339, 342,
343, 845.
MehiUbel. 833, 336.
Richard, 336, 340.
Samuel, 340.
Sarah, 336.
William. 204(2), 336,
342.
Buts Brook (Salem),
71, 73. 78.
Butts. The (Salem).
188, 139 (2), 141
(2).
Buxhall (Eng.), 874
(2). 376.
Buxton, . 153, 167.
Anthony. 71.
Benjamin, 148.
J., 132.
James, 67(2). 68, 70.
John, 67(2),68(2),70.
John, jr., 70.
John. sr.. 67.
Jonathan, 67(2), 70,
77, 134. 189 (8),
153 (2).
Joseph. 65, 67, 69,
70 (3), 80. 139 (2),
153 (2). 157.
Joseph, jr., 70.
Buzell, Margaret Ann,
90.
S. C. 90.
Byles. Benjamin, 389,
342, 347.
Deborah. 342.
Elizabeth. 337. 339,
842, 345, 347.
Jonathan, 337 (2),
339. 842. 346, 347.
Lucy, 346.
Byles, see also Biles.
Byrnes, CUiTord, 187
(3).
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387
Cabot,Cabbett,B8ther,
3d.
Francis, 33, 170, 365.
Oeorg^, 113. 115.
Joho, 64, 136.
Joseph S., 9.
Mary Ann, 170.
William, 355.
Cadiz (Spain), 294,
296. 297 (2), 301,
302(2), 364.
CalcntU (India), 295,
358, 864.
CalcntU (ship), 295.
CaUfornla, 195, 200,
213.
Callej, Samnel, 16 (2),
17.
C^allum, John, 124(2).
CambridiB^ (Mass.),
53, 182, 183.
Came, Charles, 89.
J.. 89.
RhodaL., 89.
Sophia J., 89.
Campbell, Ananias, 314.
Duncan, 194.
Israel Porter, 314.
James, 314(3).
Neil, 195.
Sarah, 314 (2).
Thomas, 314.
Cann, William, 370.
Canso Gnt, 38.
Canterbury (EngO*
365.
Canton (CThlna), 294,
295, 298, 299.
Cape Breton, 108.
Capen, Bey. Joseph,
313.
Cappell'(Eng), 373(2).
Carlton, Asa, 180.
Nancy, 180.
Ruth, 180.
Carpenter, , 379.
£Uen, 379(2), 380.
John Webb, 60.
Rice, 379.
Carter, Anstlce, 53.
John, 60.
Obed, 59.
Cary, Elizabeth, 346.
Lydla, 346.
Thomas, 346.
Casco Bay (Me.), 191,
844.
Case, Homphry, 70.
Castlgator (privateer) ,
304.
Castigator (ship), 303.
CastlgUonl.Count, 109.
Castine(Me.), 195 (3j.
Castle (Boston), 107.
CasUe Hm (Salem),
129, 180, 172, 173.
CatskUl(N.Y.),84(2).
Catharine (ship), 306.
Catoii, Daniel, 59.
Caulfleld,A.A..190(2).
Anthony, 200(2).
Cayenne, 193.
Central St. (Peabody),
352.
Central St. (Salem),
16. 366, 368.
Ceres (ship), 859, 862,
863.
C!hadds, Lt., 299.
Chadwick,Gilbert, 190.
Chamberlain, , 195.
Benjamin P., 191.
James, 16, 17, 20, 28.
Champney, Elizabeth,
334.
Joseph, 311, 334,
838.
Thankful, 334, 338.
Thomas, 338.
Chapleman, James,
344(2).
Sarah, 344.
Chapman, Abigail, 51.
Abner, 195.
Anne, 879(2).
Benjamin, 197 (5),
Elizabeth, 379(8).
George, 202, 203(8).
John, 62.
Katherlne, 379.
Lydla, 339, 341, 344,
346.
Mary, 846, 847.
Rebecca, 883, 837,
840.
Thomas, 195.
CJharleston (S.C), 170
(3), 809.
Charlestown (Mass.),
45, 194, 199, 304,
816(2).
Charter St. Burying
Ground, 38, 111.
Chase, Judge, 324, 327,
328,329,330(2).
Abljah, 189(3), 195
(3), 196(2), 207.
Abner, 195.
Alice Bowdoln, 93.
Ann, 93.
Charles Henry, 98.
Clarissa Andrews,
98.
George Blgelow, 98.
Harriet, 92.
Mary, 92(2).
PhlUp, 9, 5.5, 189(3).
195(4), 196(2), 207.
Sally, 89.
Sarah. 92.
Theodore, 93(2).
William, 23(2), 24,
89.
Chastellux, Marquis de,
32.
Chatham (Mass.), 207.
Chatwell, Widow, 63.
Chauncy, Charles. 85.
Joanna Cutts, 85.
Mary, 85.
Cheever, Capt., 309.
Daniel, 350, 351.
James, 202(5).
James, jr., 192.
Nathaniel, 206.
Samuel, 355.
Thomas, 194, 199.
WllUamJ., 199.
C^eever, see alto
Chever.
Chelmsford (Eng.),
880(2).
COielsea (Mass.), 199.
Chesapeake River, 298.
Chesapeake (.frigate),
299, 300(6), 301
(11), 303, 307.
Chesapeake (ship), 294.
Chestnut St. (Salem),
20, 363.
CJhever, , 146, 147,
160.
Ezekiel, 69.
Ezeklel, jr.,70.
Peter, 60, 244.
C!hever, see also
Cheever.
Chllds. Maria, 82.
Chill, 306.
Chlna^ 864,
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Chipman, Hannah, 45.
Rey. John, 312.
Cbisholm, , 16.
Joseph, 15(2), 16,22,
23.
William, 355.
Choate, Frederick W.,
20U2).
Dr. Geo., 11.
Christiana (brig), 305.
Chritchett, Nathaniel,
195.
Church St. (Salem),
21(2).
Cincinnati (Ohio), 318.
City MlUs, 357.
Claufleld (£ng.), 379
(3), 380.
Clark, , 386.
Lydia, 180.
Olive. 82(2).
Oliver, 82(2).
Seth, 201.
Seth, jr.,201.
Clarke, , 366.
Almira. 82.
Elizabeth, 82.
Francis, 61.
John, 82.
Marjery, 82.
Nathaniel, 82.
Polly, 82.
Sophia, 82.
William, 82.
Clay, W. H.. 195.
Clayton (N.Y.), 181.
Cleaves, Cleeves, Am-
brose. 340, 343, 347
(2). '
Andrew, 348.
Anna, 340, 345 (2),
347.
Benjamin, 345, 347.
Bethlab, 347.
Edmund, 347.
Eleanor, 338, 348.
Lucv, 347.
Mary, 340, 343(3),
347, 348.
Molly, 343.
Putnam. 343.
Hebekah, 347, 348.
William, 343(2), 348.
Cleeter, Frauncys, 380.
Clements, Anna. 333,
336. 338, 340.
Cleveland, George, 201.
Clifton, Sarah, 271.
Cllppsham, Henry,376.
Clough, , 135(2),
146,148(5),149(S).
157.
WilUam, 181.
Cloutman, A.V.T., 91.
Frances E. F., 91.
J. A.T., 91.
John, 91.
Capt. Joseph, 11.
Joseph Frost, 91.
Miriam, 91.
Miriam F., 91.
Sarah A., 91.
Stephen, 197(2).
Thomas, Jr., 187.
Clyppham, Henry, 377.
Coan, Peter, 174.
Ruth, 173, 174.
Cobb, Gen. David. 170.
Cochran, , 323.
Cockburn, , 295.
Adm., 295.
Cod, Cape, 296. 297.
Coffin, , 180.
Gen., 165.
Susan. 84.
Cogswell, Coggeswell,
, 377.
Alice, 877.
Col. Amos, 90.
Anthony, 377, 378.
Edward, 378.
Elizabeth, 378.
George, 377.
Jeffery, 377, 878.
John, 378(2).
Lydia, 90(2).
Gen. William, 28.
Colby, Samuel, 194.
Cole. Coals, Abraham,
62.
Alexander, 62.
Asa, 55.
John, 373.
Mary, 346.
Phineas, 188.
Samuel, 346.
Sarah, 346.
Coleman, , 362.
CoUidffe. Alice, 377.
Collier, John, 61.
Colllner, Francis, 2.96.
Collins, Adoniram, 60.
Collins, Colens, Ed-
ward, 16(2).
Collins, Colens, Henry,
sen., 263.
Jacob, 130, 131(2).
John, 52, 60, 198.
Joseph, 188.
Mary, 52.
Polly, 52.
Samuel, 268, 270(8).
Collins Cove (Salem),
118, 115.
Colompton(£ng.), 370
(2).
Colson, Lydia, 175.
Columbell,George,376.
Commerce (ship), 359,
362.
Compton (Eng.), 370.
Con, John, 257.
Conant, Abigail, 341.
Israel, 205.
Roger, 31, 212(2),
232.
Concord (Mass.), 94.
Concord(N. H.),21(2),
91(2).
Congress (frigate) ,
296(3), 307.
Congress (ship), 295,
299.
Connecticut, 314, 815,
819.
Constitution, Fort, 90.
Constitution (frigate) ,
309.
Constitution (sbip),
310.
Cook, , 298.
Dr., 122.
James, 187 (4) , 188,
193, 198.
Nathan, 188(2).
Samuel, 125, 139(2),
193(2), 198(2).
Samuel, jr., 153, 154.
Stephen, 181.
William, 191.
Cooke, Inaac, 65, 66.
John, 244.
John, jr. , 62.
John, sr., 62.
Joseph, 64.
Samuel, 66(2).
Coolidge, , 304.
Coolidge, see also
ColUdge.
Coombs, Frederick,
43.
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CopeUmd, John, 876.
Corliss, John, 194.
Corn6, , 118, 192.
Corne St: (Bristol),
870(2).
Cornej, £llzabetb,178.
Cominir, Anna, 846.
David, 845, 846.
Deborah, 837.
Elizabeth, 848, 844,
346(2), 848.
Emma, 846.
Hannah, 388, 888(2).
Jonathan, 845.
Joseph, 883, 388.
Joshua, 337(2).
Martha, 346.
Mary, 346.
PrisciUa, 845, 846.
Snsanna, 344, 848.
Coranna, 297.
Corwin,Corwine, ,
58, 111, 238, 234
(2), 235.
Capt., 238, 248.
George, 233, 284.
Capt. George, 289
(2).
John, 288 (2), 289.
Capt. John, 62.
Jonathan, 62.
Corrrln, see (Oso Cnr-
-wln.
CorTTlns Pond (Sa-
lem), 58.
Cossock (privateer),
295, 296.
Cottee, , 267(2) .
Cottey, , 267.
Conche, Margaret,877.
Countryman, John A.,
181.
Sally, 181.
Conrde, , 374.
Frances, 374(2).
John, 374.
Cox, y 355.
Arthur, 84.
Dr. Benjamin, jr.,
355.
Deborah, 384.
Edward, 64.
Francis, 11.
George, Jr., 62.
George, sr., 61.
Hannah, 84.
Jada, 335.
Cox, Judith, 889.
Osmyn, 840.
Samuel, 206.
Sarah, 334, 340.
WiUiam, 884, 340.
Coy, Coye, Caleb, 386
(2).
Elizabeth, 846.
Joanna, 386.
Crafts, Col., 815.
David, 206.
Crane, Gov. W. Mur-
ray, 99.
Craney Island, 802.
Crathe, Samuel, 376.
Crauat, Mordechai,
234.
Crawford, , 803.
Creamer, Benjamin,
16(2), 191.
Elizabeth, 54.
George, 54 (2).
Hannah, 54.
Hannah Gardner, 54.
Creasy, Creesy, Han-
nah, 884, 887, 341,
844.
John, 67.
Nathaniel, 345.
Rebekah, 345.
Sarah, 345.
Grippes, James, 880.
Croad, Richard, 61.
Crofton, F. Blake, 162
(2).
Crombie, Benjamin,
182.
Crombie Street (Sa-
lem), 182.
Cromlon, Philip, 869
Cromwell, Crumel,
, 365, 368, 369.
Ann, 868(4).
Anne, 368(2).
Dorothy, 367, 368.
Edith, 865(8), 366.
Elllnor, 365.
Giles, 369.
Hannah, 368.
Jane, 368(3).
John, 61, 236, 865,
366(4), 368(3).
Margaret, 368.
Mary, 868.
OUver, 103.
PhiUp, 365, 866(8),
Cromwell, Crumel,
Philip, 367(5), 368
(2), 369 (2).
Richard, 866(3).
Thomas, 365, 366
(8). 868(2).
Capt. Thomas, 866.
Cromwell's Lane (Sa-
lem), 868.
Crosby, Cornelia, 92.
Harriet, 92(2>
Henrietta, 92.
Josiah, 93
Oliver, 92(2).
William, 92.
Crosskill, _Mrs. Her-
bert, 100.
Crowell, David, 200,
206.
Francis J., 206.
Crowninshleld, ,
298.
Benjamin, 192(3),
200(4), 202(5).
Benjamin, jr., 192
(3).
Benjamin W., 42.
192.
CUfford, 190.
Capt. G., jr., 308.
George, 55, 190(2)-
192(4), 200(8).
George, jr., 192(4),
200(4).
J., 808.
Jacob, 45, 192(4),
200(3).
John, 192(2), 200
(4), 206.
Mary, 45.
Richard, 192,200(2).
Sarah, 45.
Sarah G., 45.
Croychon, John, 374.
Margaret, 374.
Cuba, 85.
Culbert, Hannah, 59.
Cnlham (Eng.), 379.
Cunningham, ,
370.
Curlew(ship), 299.
Currier, , 82.
Curtine, John, 124.
Curtis, Curtice,
142(2).
Ann Mary, 82.
William, 65.
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CnrtiB, Curtice, Wil-
liam, jr., 62.
Curtis L&ne (Dan-
vers) 172.
Carwln, Capt., 287.
George, 867.
James B., 196.
Carwin, »eeaUo Cor-
wln.
Cnshing, Jadge, 164.
Deborah, 387.
Isaac, 186, 192, 196,
197(4).
Cashman, Caroline
Francis, 94.
Charles Bloomfleld,
93.
Charles Carroll, 94.
Charles Parker, 98.
Elizabeth Salter, 93.
Gteorge Washington,
93.
John, 98.
Maria Jane, 98, 94.
Nathan Parker, 93.
Samuel, 98.
Samnel Henry, 93.
William Salter, 93.
Custom House (Bos-
ton), 159, 160, 163
(4), 165, 167.
Custom House (Hali-
fax), 162.
Custom House (Mar-
blehead), 161, 162.
Custom House (Sa-
lem), 8, 159(6), 160
(4), 161, 162, 167.
Cutler, Ebenezer, 66.
Ezekiel, 80.
James, 51.
Dr. Manasseh, 317
(3),318(6).319(2),
821, 323, 326-829,
882.
Samuel, 66.
Cutts, Augusta, 82.
Charles Robert, 85.
Eastman, 85.
Elizabeth, 82, 86.
Eunice. 82.
Hannah, 82(2).
Harriet, 82.
Isaac, 85.
Joanna, 85.
Joseph, 85(2).
JuUa, 82.
Cutts, Louisa, 86.
Lucy Jane, 85.
Marjery Pepperrell,
82.
Mary, 85.
Mary A., 82.
Mary Chauucy, 85.
Mary Joanna, 85.
OUve, 82(2).
OUrer, 82.
Polly, 82.
Richard, 82, 85.
Sarah, 82, 86.
Sarah Chauncy, 85.
Theodore Atkinson,
81.
Thomas, 82(2).
Wentworth, 82.
WiUUm, 82, 85.
Cnxhayen, 188.
Daggits, Widow, 70.
Daland, Ben]., 7.
Henry T., 198.
John, 186.
Tucker, 198, 201(2),
355(2).
Daley (ship), 299.
Damrell, Adaline Au-
gusta, 96.
W. S., 96.
Dana, , 188, 881.
Dr., 823.
Dane, Nathan, 318.
Daniell, Stephen, 61.
Daniels, Lucy S., 863.
Dan vers (Mass.), 83
(2), 40-46, 50,55,
107. 159, 168, 167.
171. 173-175, 177.
179.181, 184(2), 185
191(3). 193,194(9),
198, 201. 202, 205-
207. 277 (4), 278
(11), 280, 312.851.
359, 861, 363.
Danrersport (Mass.),
42. 359.
Darby, , 269.
Elizabeth, 63.
Darby, see also Derby.
Darling, , 68.
James, 61.
Jane, 93.
Darling'sPond (Salem) ,
72.
Dartmoor Prison
(Bug.), 58.
Dartmouth College, 89,
91, 92, 98(2).
Datten, John, 68.
Davidson, Elias, 192.
Davles, Margaret, 877.
Davis, Abigail, 846(2).
Elizabeth, 848.
Richard,:i99.
Thomas, 846.
Tobias, 198.
Davison, Maj., 122.
D., 122.
Day, John, 68. 873.
Joseph, 204.
Dayton (Me.). 82.
Deacon, , 80.
Deale, John, jr.. 70.
John, sr., 68.
Dean, Elizabeth, 60.
Jonathan, 191.
Joseph, 64.
Decatur, Com., 297,800,
808.
Dedham(Eng.).872(2).
Dedham (Mass.), 292,
319,
Deer field (N.H.), 92.
Deland. Thomdike, 197
(2), 205(3)-207.
Thorndike, jr.. 205.
Delaramore, Mary L.,
181.
Delaware River, 297.
Dennis, Francis B.,
200(4). 202.
Francis Bowden, 4.
Thomas, 201.
William D., 1.
Derby, , 118, 225,
259.
Gen., 44.
Anstiss, 104, 105.
EUas Hasket, 104,
105, 112, 118 (2).
192(2), 195. 201.
John. 118, 191, 196.
360f2).
Jonathan. 44.
Capt. M.. jr.. 9.
Richard. 6, 196.
Capt. Richard. 44(3).
Richard, jr.. 55. 350.
Samuel, 194, 195, 204
(2).
Samuel O., 196.
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Derby, Gen. Samuel
Gardner, 368.
Sarah, 44 (2), 868,
864.
Derby, see aUo Darby.
Derby (Vt.), 180.
Derby Square (Salem),
113, 866.
Derby St. (Salem), 16,
42, 864.
Derby Wharf (Salem),
295, 864.
Despanse, Joseph, 190.
Despatch (ship), 295.
Devereanx, Devereux,
Abigail B. 857.
Humphrey, 114 (2),
187, 207.
James, 187, 190.
Dewing, Elizabeth, 855.
Josiah, 192.
Dickay, Louisa, 179.
Digby (N. S.), 100(8),
101, 105.
Dike, Abigail, 848.
John. 186(3), 189,196,
208(2), 205(2).
John, Jr., 186.
Dill, George, 259.
Dillon (Montana), 102
(2).
DUlway, Ellen, 49, 50.
Dllton (Eng.),378.
Dlomede (brig), 295,
298.
Dlomede (privateer
schooner), 808, 809
(2)-
Dispatch (brig), 804.
Dlx, Asa C. 18.
Dixy, WilUam, 29, 80.
Dodge, Abigail, 45, 811,
812, 814.
Anna, 179, 888, 886,
838, 840.
Benjamin, 196, 199.
Charles, 311, 312,814.
Cornelius, 339.
Deborah, 389.
Ebenezer, 186(2).
George, 55.
Israel, 39, 356, 357.
Joanna, 335, 836, 339,
843, 847.
John, 187(4), 189, 190
(2), 200, 208(2).
Capt. John, 71.
Dodge, John, Jr., 187.
Jonas, 342.
Jonathan, 71, 198,
889.
Lucia, 89, 856.
Lucia Pickering, 89,
856.
Mary, 842.
Pickering,
191, 201
(8), 360.
lebec
16, 189,
(2), 207
Rebecca, 884, 888,
343, 347.
Sarah, 342.
Thomas, 198.
William B., 41.
Dog Pond Rocks (Sa-
lem), 74,75.76.79,
131 (3), 182, 141,
146(2), 147(8), 150
(4), 156.
Dolbeare (Eng.), 871.
Dolphin (brig), 297.
Dolphin (privateer),
309.
Dolphin (schooner),
809.
Donnell, Ann, 86.
Dorland, John, 68.
Dorr, Henry, 84.
Mary Ann, 84.
Dougdale, Henry, 871
(8).
Donton, William, 242
(8).
Dover (N. H.), 89(2),
90(4), 92, 869.
Dow, George Francis,
57, 121.
Dowery, , 60.
Downes, Lt., 806.
Downing, , 285.
Lucy, 384, 839, 848.
Richard, 59, 278.
Thomas, 196.
Dowtey, Joseph, 66,
124.
Draper, Loreuzo, 120.
Driver, , 309.
Dubber, , 879.
Dudley, , 122.
Duglace, Joseph, 63.
Duncan, James, jr.,
168.
Dunlap, James, 207.
Durell, Charles James
Fox, 90.
Durell, Daniel Me-
serve, 89.
Edward Henry, 90.
Elizabeth, 89.
Elizabeth Salter, 90.
George Clinton, 90.
Margaret Ann, 90.
Mary, 90.
Mary Jane, 90.
Nicholas St. John,
90.
Sarah Adeline, 90.
Durham (N. H.), 196.
Dutch, Ezra J., 205.
George, 205.
John, 7, 195, 197.
John, jr., 197, 205
(2), 207.
Duxbury (Mass.), 187,
188, 190, 191, 198,
198, 199, 202, 206,
207, 297.
Dwenll, Michael. 129.
Dyson, John, 204.
Thomas, 204(2).
Earnley, Elizabeth,
878.
Easlice, Matthew, 62.
East Barfould, 378.
East Boston (Mass.),
363.
East India Marine
Hall (Salem), 3,
24, 109.
East Machias (Me.),
49(2).
East River, 294.
Eastern Point, 296.
Eastice, John, 68.
Eastman, Louisa, 85.
Eborn, Eabom, ,
142.
John, 80.
S., 132.
Samuel, 79.
Eborn, see also Aborn.
Edee, Anna, 53.
Eden (Me.), 188 (2).
190.
Edgartown (Martha's
Vineyard), 819.
Edgcomb, Elizabeth,
313.
Edcett, Carrie C, 311.
Edwards, William,
202.
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Elbrids^e, Giles, 870.
Eldridge, Alfred, 191.
Kelly, 306(2).
Eliot, , 821, 8S2,
826
Abigail, 341.
Andrew, 884.
Andrew, Jr., 884.
Anna, 885, 889, 844,
847.
Benjamin, 841.
Israel, 841.
Lydla, 834, 388, 844.
Mary, 884, 840.
Eliot, see also Elliott.
Eliot (Me.), 85.
Elkins, Hannah, 86.
Thomas, 61.
Thomas, sr., 62.
EUery, , 868.
Ellingwood, Ellin-
wood, Abial, 844.
Abiel, 840, 847.
Abigail, 842, 848.
Andrew, 884, 888,
841.
Benjamin, 848.
David, 342, 348.
Ebenezer, 341, 848,
844, 846, 848.
Eleanor, 847.
EUzabeth. 834, 338,
841, 343 (2), 344,
846, 847, 348.
Esther, 811, 846.
Eunice, 346.
Hannah, 348.
Hepzibah, 841.
Joanna, 342, 347.
Jonathan. 342.
Joshua, 202(2), 342,
347.
Margaret, 342.
Mary, 338.
Samnel, 343.
Sarah, 384, 341, 844.
Susanna, 348.
WllUam, 843, 847(2),
Elliot, Elliott, Abigail,
384, 388, 341, 843.
Andrew, 336.
Andrew, jr., 837.
Anna, 338.
Benjamin, 384, 338,
348.
Elizabeth, 336.
Emma, 884, 387.
Elliot, Eniotfc, Henry,
886.
Israel, 841.
Jane, 848.
Mary, 887, 841, 846.
Molly, 841.
Elliot, see aUo Eliot.
Ellis, Caroline Fran-
cis, 94.
Lucius A., 94.
Sarah, 844, 346.
ElweU, Lydia, 346.
Emerson, Benjamin,
87.
Frances, 87(2).
John, 62.
Nehemiah, 168.
Emertou, E. A., 197.
Ephralm, 197(2).
James, 21, 22(2).
James H., 283.
Emery, Ephralm, 168.
James W., 95.
Martha Elizabeth,
95.
Robert, 84.
Sarah, 34.
Emmerton, , 867.
Endicott, Endecott,
, 80, 284.
Mr.. 66.
Elisabeth. 45.
John, 186, 188, 212,
282, 862.
Mary, 45, 862.
Maria Cecelia, 861.
Moses, 199.
Samnel, 45(2).
Judge William C,
107.
WlUiam E., 189.
William P., 45.
Enileld (Mass.), 353.
Enfield (Conn.), 201.
England, 86, 104, 106,
108, 161, 252. 294,
296, 299. 304, 306,
310, 366(2), 867,
868, 371.
Eni^lish, Joseph, 60.
PhiUp. sr., 62.
English St. (Salem),
868.
Enterprise Fire Club,
9. 13(2), 18.
Enterprize (brig) ,298,
801,804(3).
Enterprize (prira-
teer), 800.
Bnterprize (privateer
schooner), 299.
Eperyier (sloop), 809.
Epes, Eppes, Daniel,
68, 71 , 78, 74. 80
(4), 121, 181, 187
(5), 189 (4), 141-
145, 148, 149. 158,
155, 246.
Daniel, jr., 66.
Margaret, 38.
William, 120.
Ernely, Ann, 877.
Bridget, 877.
Catherin, 877.
Elizabeth, 877(2).
Marie, 877.
Essex (Mass.), 186,
189(2). 191, 198(3),
194, 200, 320.
Essex (brig), 299.
Essex (frigate), 804,
805(2), 806(2) ,810
Essex (ship), 810.
Essex Bridge, 32.
Essex County, 10, 86
(2), 98, 189, 172,
198, 249, 264, 265,
268, 317, 869.
Essex Historical So-
ciety, 99(2).
Essex House (Salem),
3, 21, 22(2).
Essex Insurance Com-
pany (Salem), 294.
Essex Lodge, F. A.M.,
85.
Essex St. (Salem), 8,
21, 22, 41(2), 54,
55, 113, 114, 167,
182, 184, 222, 854,
860, 361(2), 866,
868.
Estbholt, 873.
Estes, George W.,28.
Ruth, 180.
Estey, John, 177.
Europe, 86, 102 (2),
181.
Evans, . 810.
Capt.. 302.
Eve, Henry, 880.
Eveleth, , 80.
Ewen, Mary, 94.
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Bxchange Coffee
House (Boston),
806*
Bxeter ' (N. H.), 90.
Expeditioii ( schooner) ,
297(2).
Expert (ship), 364.
Eyre, James, 878.
Fabens, Charles H.,
193, 207.
Samuel £., 207.
WUUam, 190, 206.
Fabens Brothers, 16.
Fairebrother, John,
873.
Fairfield, Dr., 89,856.
James M.,206.
John, 187(2), 197,
204(2), 207.
Sarah, 89, 356.
Fairfield St. (Salem),
857.
Fairhaven (Mass. ) ,
198.
Fall River (Mas8.),26.
Falmouth (Eug.V 805.
Falmouth (Me.), 87,
844.
Fame (privateer) ,298,
802 (8), 808, 809,
810.
Earless, James A., 22
Farlej, Jabez, 208.
Robert, 208.
Farnham, Putnam I.,
18, 16, 207.
Farrar, Samuel, 168.
Favorite (brig), 295.
Favorite (ship), 296.
Fayal, 802.
Federal Greorge(brig),
297.
Federal St. (Salem),
18. 107.
Feejee Islands, 188.
Feild, , 379.
Andrew, 379, 880.
Anne, 879. '
Henry, 379.
Sara, 879.
Feild, see also Field.
Felt, ,275(2).
David, 350, 351 (7).
George, 59.
John, 201.
Felt, Jonathan, 62.
Joseph, 190.
Rev. Joseph B., 293.
Joseph, 8d, 188.
Felton, , 77, 142,
167.
Benjamin, 238, 240,
267, 867.
Ebenezer, 64, 66.
John, 66(2), 121,154.
John, jr., 153.
Jonathan, 66.
Malachi, 158.
Nathaniel, 66, 127,
234,867.
Nathaniel, jr., 66(2).
Samuel, 66, 127.
Skelton, 67, 142.
Fern, Mary, 835.
Femcroft Inn (Dan-
vers). 159. 163.
Ferrett, Edward, 370.
Ferry Lane (Salem),
87,48,80,118,855.
Fettyplace, William,
190.
Field, , 297.
Andrewe, 379.
Stephen, 196(8).
Field, see also Feild.
First, Baptist Church
(Salem), 18.
First Church (Bev-
erly), 811.
First Church (Salem),
41,51,211,229(2),
292.
First Meeting-House
(Salem), 209 (2),
210, 211, 212 (2),
215(2), 242, 244,
245, 247(2), 257,
259, 268, 265 (3),
267(3), 289(2), 292
(2), 293.
Fish St. (Salem), 19.
Fisher, Arthur, 376.
Elizabeth, 876.
Francis, 376.
WiUiam, 376(4).
Fiske, Fisk, , 62
(2), 63, 66, 68, 69,
70.
Gen», 39.
George P., 207.
John, 202, 212, 289-
241.
Fiske, Fisk, Samuel,
64.
Fitch, Sam, 164 (4),
165, 166(2).
Fltz, DatfP., 18(2).
Flagg, Capt., 109.
Deborah, 276.
Mary, 276.
Capt. SamS 51.
Flinder, Richard, 60.
Flinn, Isaac, 202.
Flint, Capt., 76.
Benjamin, 64, 65, 76,
78, 128 (4). 124,
127, 128, 180, 187
(2). 165.
David, 64, 124.
Edward, 63.
Experience, 64.
George, 65.
Hezekiah, 172.
John, 63.
Joseph, 63, 65, 125.
Miriam, 181.
Thomas, 68, 69, 127,
154, 268.
Thomas, jr., 70.
Floreuce, John, 205,
207.
Fluant, Elizabeth, 836.
Fogarty, Butler, 190,
299.
Folger, Bethusa, 289.
FoUltt, Isaack, 65.
Foots, Foot, Caleb, 14,
16, 26, 28(2).
Isaac, 60.
Malachi, 64.
Samuel, 60.
Forbes, , 828.
Kev., 328(2).
Ford, James, 272 (2),
278(4).
Mary, 223, 278.
Fordham Manor, 314.
Forest River (Salem),
88, 111.
Forins, David, jr., 195.
Fomlss, , 368.
Forrester, Forester,
John, 114(2).
Simon, 207.
Forrester (sloop), 808.
Foster, , 157.
Abigail, 388, 842,
346(2), 847.
Anna, 345, 847.
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Foster, Benjamin, 48,
49, 842(2), 846,
847.
Christopher, 268.
Daniel, 49, 842.
Darid, fS6.
David, jr., 158, 154.
Ebenezer, 66.
Elizabeth, 49, 846,
847.
Hannah, 49, 883, 886,
838, 839 (2), 342,
845, 346.
John. 66, 200(2).
John G., 163.
Joseph. 333,838, 339,
845-847.
Joseph. S"*. 336.842.
Joshua, 208.
Josiah, 333.
Lydia, 385.
Marj, 336 (2). 839.
341(2). 344. 845.
Robert, 7.
Samnel, 65, 386 (2),
841. 344.
Sarah. 347.
William, 203.
Fowler, , 290.
Abraham, 272.
Joseph, 259.
Fowler St. (Salem),
280.
Fox. ift)igail, 86.
Capt. B., 86.
Fox (privateer), 297,
303.
Fox (privateer
schooner), 298,
807(2).
Fraile, Samnel, 65.
France, 192(2), 294,
297(2), 300, 302-
804, 308, 309.
Franckline, Marie. 877.
Francks, Joseph R.,
189(2).
Frankfort(Me.), 191.
Franklin, Benjamin,
5, 290.
Franklin Building. 20.
21. 22. 28. 44.
Frederlcktown(N.B.),
327.
Freeland, John, 18.
Freeman. Jane, 49.
Freeport (Me.), 189.
French, Daniel, 95.
Eliza Jane, 95.
Humphry, 65.
Friend, Sarah, 842.
Friend's Meeting-
Housa (Salem),
222(6), 227.
Frier, John^ 874.
Frohock, Lavinia, 180.
Frolic(priTateer) 807,
808(3).
FroUc(schooner), 804.
Frolic (Sloop). 307.
Front St. (Salem) , 19
(4), 20.
Frost. , 814(2),
315.
AblgaU. 84(2), 92.
Abigail A., 94.
Ann, 92.
Ann Elizabeth, 88.
Benjamin Prescott,
83.
Caroline, 85.
Carrie Langdon, 88.
Charles. 84.
Cyrus King. 84.
Dependance, 83.
Dorcas, 84.
Dorcas Cntts. 86.
Dorcas M., 83.
Edwin, 85.
Eliza, 84. 92.
Elizabeth, 84(2), 85.
Emeline, 88.
Eveline. 92.
Greorge. 84.
George Pitts, 91(2).
Harriet, 91.
Henry, 91(2).
James, 83.
Jemima. 88.
John, 68, 83, 84(3).
John Newmarch, 83
(2).
Joseph. 83(2), 86.
Lucliida. 95.
Margaret. 91(3), 92.
Mary. 83. 84, 96.
Mary Ann. 84.
Mary J., 83.
Mehltable, 91(2).
MehltableM..92.
Mercy Prescott, 85.
Miriam. 91.
Nathaniel. 84(3).
Sarah. 82, 83(2), 84.
Frost, Sarah A.S., 92.
Sarah E., 84.
Sarah Wood, 85.
Susan, 84, 85.
Snsan Grafton Prea-
cott, 88.
Theodore W., 92.
Thresa. 88.
Threaa Brown, 88.
Timothy, 84.
William, 60, 85(2),
124.
WllUam B. S., 92.
William Seavey, 88.
Frost River (Salem),
126.
Frothlngham, Isaac
H., 14.
Frye, , 16.
Col., 159.
Consul General, 162.
Adrian. 871.
Frederick, 84.
Jed, 207.
Margaret, 84.
Peter. 201(2).
Thomas, 190.
Frye's Mills (Salem),
188, 364.
Fulbecke, , 376.
Fuller, Benjamin, 69.
Charles. 380(3).
Elizabeth, 880.
Elyne, 380.
Jacob, 67.
Jane, 880.
Johan, 380.
John, 70. 380.
Jonathan. 68, 70.
Joseph. 70.
Mary, 880(2).
Richard, 380.
Robert. 244.
Samuel, 70.
Tabltha. 380.
Thomas, 198.
Thomas, jr., 67.
Thomas, sr.,67.
William. 380.
Fnrnald. Ann Went-
worth, 81.
Benjamin, 81(2).
Betsey. 81.
Caroline. 83.
Eliza. 81.
Elizabeth. 81, 83.
Elzlra. 81.
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Farnald, Hannah, 81.
Hiram, 82.
James Madison, 82.
Jane, 82.
John, 83.
John Beaver, 81.
Julia, 81, 88.
Layinia, 88.
Maria, 81, 82.
Marjery Pepperrell,
82, 83.
Mark, 82, 83.
Mary, 83.
Mary A., 82, 83.
Nancy, 81.
Prudence, 81.
Kobert Cutts, 83.
Samuel, 81, 83.
Sarah A. £., 81.
Walte, 81(2).
Wentworth. 81.
WilUam A., 83.
William Cutts, 82.
WlUiam Went-
worth, 81(2).
Purneauz, Furneux,
Furuex, Furniz,
Furno, , 368
(4).
Abigail, 368.
William, 368.
Fumess, , 368.
Gage, Gen.,167(2),183.
Gov., 107, 360.
Andrew, 338.
Elizabeth, 338, 341.
Henry, 194, 201.
Jonathan, 341.
Mary, 341, 344.
Sarah, 345.
William, 338, 341,
345.
Zacharlah, 208.
Gahffinan, Dr. Fran-
cis, 59.
Gale, Martha B., 362.
Mary. 56.
William, 257.
Galen (barque), 353.
Gallapagos Islands,
305.
Galleucia, Ruth, 174.
Galliopoiis (Ohio), 45.
Galliput (privateer),
302(2).
Gallop, George, 345.
Gallows Hill (Salem),
211, 216(2), 221,
290.
Gannon, , 283(2).
Ganson, John, 70.
Gardiner (Me.). 206.
Gardner, , 48, 114,
264(2), 362.
Abel, 50-52, 65, 124.
Abel S., 51.
Abel Symonds, 51.
Abi$;aU, 49, 51.
Adeline, 179.
Almira, 179.
Andrew, 178.
Ann, 171, 176, 179.
Anna, 53, 178, 180
(2).
Anna Rose, 362.
Asa, 172, 173(2),
174(4), 175.
Austin, 179.
Benjamin, 178(3),
179, 180.
Capt. Benjamin, 176,
177(2).
Bethiah, 51.
Betsey, 43, 46, 47,
52.
Catherine, 179, 180.
Catherine Elizabeth,
171.
Cephas, 179(3), 180.
Charles W., 362(2).
Clarissa, 179.
D. B., jr., 206.
Damaris. 48.
Daniel, 171, 176, 179
(4), 180(8), 181
(3).
Daniel B., 199.
Daniel F., 49.
Daniel Hartwell,180.
DeUaAnn, 181.
Dolly, 179(2).
Ebeuezer, 47,48,49
(2), 50, 180(2),
181(4).
Eleanor Putnam,
363.
Eliza, 45.
Eliza C, 50.
Elizabeth, 34, 42(2),
46,60(2), 52, 54-
56(2), 169, 170,
174, 178(3), 180,
353(2),859(2).364.
Grardner, Elizabeth
Beckf ord, 364.
Elizabeth Conway,
178.
Elizabeth G., 357,
858.
Elizabeth Pickering,
171.
Elizabeth R., 863.
Elizabeth West, 363.
Emily Maria, 362.
Emma, 179(2), 181.
Esther, 33, 177, 180,
183, 184.
Eunice, 46, 47, 49,
181.
Francis Lowell, 171.
Dr. Frank A., 33,
169, 349.
George, 33(4), 34,
169, 171-175(2),
178(2), 180(2)-
182(4), 183(2),
184, 363.
Col. George, 175(2).
George Endicott,
362.
Habbakuk, 62.
Hannah. 46, 47, 49
(2), 53, 54.
Harriet, 180.
Harriet Allison, 180.
Helen Maria, 171.
Henry, 33(3). 34, 42,
17U, 180, 182(4),
184(3), 349(2), 350
C4).351(3),352(6),
360(2),362,363(5).
Capt. Henry, 352.
Israel, 50(2).
James, 46,47 (2) ,355.
JaneF., 49.
John, 33, 38(5), 41,
43(3), 44(5), 45,
46, 47(2), 49, 53,
64(2), 56(2), 65,
114(2), 169-174,
177, 179, 180, 190
(2), 195, 365. 356,
358(2)-360(2),361
(5), 362(2), 364
(3).
Capt. John, 38(2),
40(2), 41(4). 42
(«), 43, 44, 54, 55,
62, 122, 123, 127,
128, 364.
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Gardner, Joho, Jr., 42
(3), 56 (2), 172.
178(2), 195, 205.
John £ndicott, 362.
John L., 190.
John Lowell, 169,
171.
John Nichols, 181.
Jonathan, 37, 89(2),
42. 43(2), 44(3),
50(2)-52, 114 (2),
207, 853, 354 (4),
855(2)-357(2).
Capt. Jonathan, 84,
87, 89 (2), 42,358
(2).
Jonathan, jr., 36(3),
87(8), 3S, 89(2),
41, 42.
Joseph, 48 (2), 51,
52r2), 53(3).
Joseph Edward, 180.
Lavlnia, 50, 180.
Lois, 34, 179.
Loraine, 179.
Loolsa, 179, 181. •
Lacia P., 89.
Lncinda, 179.
Lydla, 50.
Margaret, 47, 181,
355.
Maria Eliza, 358.
Maria T., 178.
Maria Theresa Ap-
pleton, 178.
Martha, 53.
Mary, 46(2), 47,49,
51,52(2), 56, 178-
180, 387, 362.
Mary Ann, 174.
Mary Eliza, 368.
MaryL., 181.
Mary Lowell, 171.
Mary Patnam, 862.
Mary Turner, 353
(2).
Mary W., 362.
Mehitable, 47, 58(3).
Miriam, 181.
Molly, 177(2).
Nancy, 179, 180.
Nathan, 50.
Phebe Hart, 179.
Polly, 51, 52(2) ,177.
PrisclUa, 51(2), 52.
Pntnam, 181.
Rachel, 52.
Gardner, Rebecca, 47,
52, 58.
RebeccaRosseU, 170.
Relief, 49.
Richard, 44, 45, 190
(2), 195, 201, 859,
864(2).
Roza, 180.
Rnby, 179, 180.
Rath, 174, 179.
8aily,*47, 49, 178,175,
178, 181, 358.
Samnel, 84, 49, 58,
54, 170-174. 179-
184. 241, 252, 253,
362.
Capt. Samuel, 57, 58.
65, 129, 154.
Samuel Endicott.
862.
Samuel Knapp, 52.
Samuel P., 170, 171.
Samuel Pickering,
54, 169(2), 170.
Sarah, 34, 38, 39, 44
(8), 45 (2), 49, 51,
52(3). 178(3). 180,
181, 352, 353(2),
356, 358, 861 (2),
362, 864.
Sarah E., 362.
Sarah Rea, 180.
Sarah Russell, 171.
Simon, 51. 52(2).
Simon Stacey,51.
Sophia, 179.
Sukey Stephens, 54.
Susan, 49.
Susannah, 49.
Thomas, 38, 45-47,
49(2), 50, 169,173,
849.
Thomas F., 362.
Thomas West, 359,
362(2).
Volney, 179.
Weld, 33(3), 34, 182
(5)-184 (3), 350.
Wlllard, 181(2).
William, 60,180, 362.
William Andrew
Tucker, 178.
William Fairfield,
354, 355, 357(5).
Gardner Block (Sa*
lem), 54, 55.
Gardner's Comer (Sa-
lem), 41.
Gamey, James, 207.
Gascoyn, Samuel, 270.
Gaskill, Gaskll, ,
142(2).
Samuel, 268. 270.
Gaskittg,Samael,]r. ,64.
Samuel, sr.» 63.
Gebbard, Mary, 90.
Gedney, , 111,182,
138, 241, 251, 259
(3),260(5)-268(4).
B., 243.
Bartholomew, 268.
John, 244, 259, 261,
262-264.
John, sr., 242.
Mary, 68.
Nathaniel, 61.
WUliam, 57, 58, 60,
71, 72. 76, 122, 128
(3), 124, 125, 128,
129(2), 184(2),250.
General Hull (brig),
810.
General Mina (ship),
298.
General Stark (priva-
teer scbooner).
807.
Georgetown (Me. ) ,208.
Georgetown (S. C),
805, 306.
Georgiana (ship), 805
(2).
Gerrish, Gerish, Ben-
jamin, 64, 70(2),
252, 267(3).
Benjamin, sr., 61.
Joanna Cutts, 85.
John, 59, 254.
Getchell, Jane F., 49.
Geyer, F. W., 171.
Gibaut, John, 198(2),
207(2).
Gibralter, 364.
Giddings, , 327,
329(2), 330.
Andrew, 348.
Elizabeth, 348.
John £., 199.
Joseph, 348.
Gifford, Rufus B., 16.
Giles, Goiles, Ebene-
zer, 204(2). 333,
337, 346.
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397
Giles, Goiles, Edmund,
846.
Elenzcr, 65, 124, 127,
333, 340.
EUzabetb, 384, 337,
340, 346.
Esther, 346.
Eve, 333.
Ezra, 340.
John, 68.
Marj, 338.
Mlol, 333.
Rebecca, 333, 837,
340.
Giles, see aUo Gyles.
Giles Plain (Salem),
79.
Gill, Barbara, 377(3).
Edward, 377(6).
Thomas, 377.
Gilllngham, James, 62.
Gillis, Elizabeth R.,
363.
James D., 207, 863.
Lydla, 368.
Girdler, Richard, jr.,
178.
Sally, 178.
Sarah, 178.
Gislingham (Eng.),
363,874(2).
GlaDdfeild,Robert, 62.
Glasshouse Field (Sa-
lem), 150.
Gleeson, Alice, 370.
Glidden, Emily H., 88.
Gllnes, Isaac, 42.
Gloucester (Mass.), 30,
53, 167, 191, 320.
Gloucester Co. (Eng. ) ,
370.
Glover, Ebenezer, 64.
John, 62.
John H., 189.
Jonathan, 69, 252.
Godfrey, , 87.
Goldsmith, John, 195.
Goldthwaite, Gold-
thrlte, Golethlte,
, 79, 142.
Anstlce, 53.
Charles, 53.
Ebenezer, 53.
Ebenezer Gardner,
53.
Elizabeth C, 54.
Ezeklel, 60, 65, 69,
Goldthwaite, Gold-
thrite, Golethite,
Ezekiel, 77, 134, 135,
144.
Harriet A., 53.
Harriet Gardner, 54.
Joseph, 53.
Marie A., 53.
Mary, 53.
Hebecca, 53.
Rebecca Allen, 53.
Samuel, 129.
Samuel, jr., 65.
Samuel, sr., 65.
William Henry, 54.
Gonalves (Hayti), 83.
Good Hope, Cape of,
196.
Good Intent (schoon-
er), 298.
Goodale, Ebenezer,
277(2).
Mehltable, 47.
Goodell, Abraham, 70.
Ebenezer, 277(2).
Isaac, 67.
Joseph, 68.
Samuel, 64, 66, 67,
68, 124, 126.
Zachariah, jr., 68.
Zachariah, sr., 67.
Goodhue. ,135(2),
146, 148 (5), 149
(3), 157.
Benjamin, 4,282(2).
Elizabeth, 89.
Elizabeth Slade, 89.
Martha Ann, 89.
Richard Evans, 89.
Samuel, 13, 89.
Capt. Samuel, 89.
Susan Adams, 89.
WilUam, 42.
William P., 206.
Goodman, , 376,
(2).
Everett, 376(2). 877.
Goodridge, Marie A.,
53.
Samuel, 200, 205.
Goodwin, Jemima, 83.
Goold, James, ^Q.
Joseph, 66.
Thomas, 66.
Goose, , 235.
Goss, Eliza A., 179.
George, 179.
Gott, John, 127.
Gottenburg, 298, 805.
Gould, Josiah, 191.
Robert W., 199(2).
Gove, William H., 227-
229.
Governor Tompkins
(ship), 298.
Gowing, Abble, 178.
Grace Church (Salem) ,
222.
Grafton, , 234 (2).
John, 60.
Joseph, 4, 61.
Joseph, jr., 234.
Joshua, 60.
Grand Turk(prlvateer
brig), 299(2). 300
(2).
Grand Turk (ship),
808.
Granger. Mary Jane,
174.
Grant, , 132.
Ellas, 190(2). 202.
James, 134.
Capt. James, 312.
Granville, Lord. 161
Graves, Richard, 259.
William, 196,197(4).
Zachariah, 335.
Gray, , 96.
Benjamin, 60, 257.
Eliza, 96.
Elizabeth Pickering,
171.
Hannah, 335, 342.
Horace, 171.
James, 96.
John, 195.
John C, 171.
Joseph, 60, 96.
Olive, 96.
Robert, 61, 189.
Samuel, 62, 199, 203.
Sarah Russell, 171.
Sylvanus, 203.
William, 4, 187, 193
(2), 203(3).
William, jr., 187,
193, 198-200, 202.
William v., 197.
Great Pastures TSa-
lem),56, 113, 131,
156, 280, 296, 352,
356.
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Great Tynbergh
(Biig.),875.
Greelej, William £.,
191.
Green, , 68.
Rey. Aaron, 353(2).
Bey. James D., 90.
Jane, 336.
Sarah Adeline, 90.
Thomas, 66.
Green Co. (N.T.), 34.
Green St. (Salem), 56.
Greenleaf, Grenlefe,
Maj.. 108.
B.. 350, 351.
Jane, 375.
John, 375.
WiUiam, jr., 168.
Greenongh, Margaret,
91(3).
Capt. Samuel, 91.
GreenT70od, , 872.
Griggs, Jacob, 68.
Grindsleet, , 142.
Grome, Roger, 375.
Grouard, Hannah, 82.
Grove.Samuel, 189(2),
195(2).
Grover, Rebekah, 345.
Groves, Abigail, 334,
338, 341, 343.
Anna, 335, 389(2),
344, 347.
Hannah, 347.
Ichabod, 340.
Israel, 844.
Jane, 336, 338, 343.
John, 336, 340.
Katherine, 336, 340.
Peter, 335, 344, 847.
Peter, jr., 839.
WiUiam, 336.
Growler ( privateer) ,
296, 302, 303.
Guernsej, 295.
Guest, Peggie, 376.
Gullsonne, William,
372.
Gnppy, John, 59.
Guy, Anne, 870.
Gyles, , 142.
Hacker, George, 63.
Isaac, 198(2).
Jeremiah, 282(2).
Hagar, Prof. D. B.,28.
Hale, , 234.
Hale, Justice, 122.
Serj., 234.
Elizabeth, 340, 343.
Henry, 14(2). 15(8),
28(2).
Col. Henry A., 12.
Joseph, II, 12, 14.
Robert,'^81.
Thomas, 285.;
Haley, Lonisa, 87.
Halifax(N.S.), 159(8),
161(2), 162(8), 163
(3), 164(3), 166
(2), 167, 294, 296.
298-806," 308(2),
309, 361.
Hall, Eliza, 87.
Elizabeth. 49.
Lonisa. 181.
Thomas F., 87.
Hamilton. Alexander,
109.
Hamilton (Mass.). 170,
817(2). 818. 320
(2), 324,825(2).
Hamilton Fire Club, 9.
Hamilton Hall (Sa-
lem), 20, 861.
HamUtonSt. (Salem),
863.
Hamlin, E.F.. 97, 98.
Hammond .Hammonde
.96.
Abigail Long, 96.
E., 83.
Edward, 877.
Elizabeth, 83.
George, 372.
Jonathan, 195.
Joseph, 88, 96.
Mary, 88.
Moses, 83.
PhUlip, 372.
Sarah, 83.
WUllam, 199.
Hammondsport (N. Y. )
179.
Hampton (N.H.), 92
(2), 108.
Hanbury (Eng.), 370.
Hancock, Gov. John,
87, 166.
Hannah (schooner),
310.
Hanover (Mass.), 175,
191.
HanoverAcademy,176.
Hanscom, Harriet, 86.
Hanson. Joseph H..
195.
Julla,83.
Haraden, Harraden.
.306.
Timothy. 198.
Harbert. William, 59.
Harbor St. (Salem).
15.
Hardy, Elizabeth, 104.
Hannah, 333(2).
Joseph, 60, 116.
Capt. Joseph. 104.
Thomas, 338.
Hare (ship), 308.
Harmony (ship), 295.
Harmony Grove Cem-
etery(Salem) ,214.
Harper, , 330(2).
Harriman. Dearborn.
189.
Harrington, George.
197(2).
Capt. Geo. ,'24 (2).
Harrington (Me.), 198.
Harris, Abigail, 841,
342, 346, 348.
Bridget, 372(2).
Clemence, 380.
David, 341.
Dorothy, 387.
Elizabeth, 387.
John, 372, 380.
John L., 178.
Jonathan, 837, 842.
Margaret, 837, 348.
Martin. 372.
Rebecca, 178.
Samuel. 842, 346(2),
348.
Samuel, jr., 341.
Sarah Gardner, 178.
WiUlam, 13.
Harrison, ^ 326.
John, 372.
Gen. William H., 90.
Harriss,Capt. Richard,
60.
Harrod, David, 65.
John, 66.
Jonathan, 65, 80.
Harron, W. M., 195.
Hart, Jonathan, 61.
Sarah, 52.
Harte, John, 378.
Hartest (Eng.), 374.
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399
Hartford (Conn.). 175.
Hartopps, Edward,
876.
Hartwell, Catherine,
179.
Qeom^e, 869.
Harvard College(Cam-
brldge).28, 34(2).
90-93,105,357(8).
Harvard Medical
School, 100.
Harvey, Dolly Went-
worth, 90.
Dorothy Frost, 90.
Edward, 194.
Hon. John, 90.
Margaret Ann, 90.
Haskell, Haskol, Eliza-
beth, 836.
Mary, 844, 848.
Mercy, 338(2), 344.
Paul, 344, 848(2).
Ruth, 344, 347.
Stephens, 336.
William, 196, 886,
838(2), 344(3).
Haskett, Hasket, ,
104.
Elizabeth, 59.
Joslah, 189, 190.
WUliam E., 190.
Hasklns, Experience,
387, 342.
Roger, 80.
Hassell, Ellis, 378.
Hatch. Rev. John, 180.
Lemuel B., 13.
M., 82.
Olive, 82.
Hathaway, Abbie, 178.
Anna, 178.
Annie G., 179.
Benjamin Gardner,
179.
Caroline, 179.
Charles H., 179.
Eleanor, 178(2).
Eliza A., 179.
Elizabeth, 178(2).
Frank, 178.
George G., 178.
Jeremiah, 178(2).
John Gardner, 178
(2).
JohnG., 179.
Joseph, 178(2).
Julia, 178.
Hathaway, Mary Ellen,
179.
Rebecca, 179.
Richard, 178.
Sally G., 179.
Sophronia, 179.
Stephen P., 178.
Hathome, Hathom,
, 234(2).
Maj., 284.
Daniel. 116, 204(4).
Hezekiah, 839.
James, 379.
John, 190, 378(2),
379.
Col. John, 62, 352.
Capt. Joseph, 152.
Peter, 378.
William, 232, 378.
Maj. William, 867.
Hathorne, see cUso
Hawthorne.
Hsvana (Cuba), 175,
204, 298(2), 806-
808.
Haven, Elizabeth Sal-
ter, 98.
James Henderson,
93.
Haverhill (Mass.), 48,
168(2), 186, 187
(2), 192, 194, 198,
199, 292.
Hawkes, Hawks, ,
121.
Benjamin, 197, 204,
205.
Hawsen, William, 375.
Hawthorne, Haw-
thorn, , 378.
Capt., 238.
Eliezer, 238.
Nathaniel, 116(2).
Maj. WiUiam, 242.
Hawthorne, see also
Hathorne.
Hayes, Ann, 96.
Ezekiel, 96.
Hayman, John, 208.
Hayti, 302.
Hayward, Jonathan,
70.
Nicholas, 68.
Samuel, 60.
Hazard (barque), 863
(2), 364.
Hazard (brig), 858.
Heatl], Gen., 314, 815.
Heathcott, WlUiam,
870.
Hedges,Katherine,.S80.
Hedgsett (Eng.), 375.
Hemminway, Samuel,
190.
Henderson, Benjamin,
61, 187(2).
Harriet, 180.
Joseph, 196.
Peter, 61.
Peter, sr., 62.
Robert, 83.
Thresa Brown, 88.
Henfeild, Joseph, 63,
202, 351.
Henley (Eng.), 380.
Henniker(N.H.),278.
Henry (brig), 303(3).
Herald (ship), 363.
Herald(sloop), 299(2).
Herbert St. (Salem),
364, 368.
Herrick, Abigail, 836,
838(2), 341, 342,
344, 345, 847, 848.
Daniel, 204.
David, 836.
Edith, 811, 312.
Elizabeth, 342 (2),
845.
Hannah, 844.
Henry, 337.
Henry, jr., 78, 18»,
141.
Col. Henry, 45.
James, 845.
Joanna, 348.
Jonathan, 842, 845.
Joseph, 69.
Joshua, 886, 338,
841, 844, 348.
Lemmon, 385.
Lois, 835, 341.
Louis, 844.
Lucy, 834, 388, 342,
345.
Lydia, 384, 888, 341,
345.
Mary, 385, 337, 389
(2), 341, 345.
Phebe Hart, 179.
Samuel, 179.
Sarah, 173.
William, 335, 387,
339, 845(2).
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Herrio, John, 194.
Hey, , 318.
Hlckes, MaJ. Josho*,
272.
Hickey, Ann, 95.
Hlckyan.WmiAm, 880.
HigglDSon, , 111,
842, 267.
Capt., 142.
Col., 122.
Esther, 88(2).
Francis, 88.
Rev. Francis, 212
(2), 267.
John, 88, 61, 62, 64,
65, 255, 256.
John, jr., 247.
Capt. John, 245.
Sarah, 170.
Susanna, 48.
High. . 818.
High St. (Salem), 58.
Hlght, , 82.
J. W., 87.
Hill, Cecilia, 871.
David J., 162.
Edward, 879.
Huffh, 204.
PhlUp, 60.
Richard, jr., 198.
Robert, 80.
Sarah, 49.
HlUer, Joseph, 7.
Hilllard, Heliard, Job,
284, 286.
Joseph, 59.
Hilton, Abigail F., 88.
George, 88.
H., 160.
Hinds, Roxa, 180.
Hines, Ezra D., 210,
226, 228, 229.
Hirst, William,60,154.
Hitchings, A. Frank,
159(2), 186, 186.
Abljah, 862.
Eliza, 862.
MalYlnaT., 862.
Hocks, Eve, 888.
HodgdOD, , 96.
Capt., 806.
David. 206.
Eliza. 96.
Hodges, Benjamin, 187
(6), 208, 204.
GamaUel, 64, 187(8),
196, 208.
Hodges, George, 62,
187.
John, 188, 195, 206
(2), 208.
Jonathan, 41.
Sarah, 44.
HodgUnson, , 298.
Hofftnan, Mrs. 0. A.,
100(2). 102(4).
Charles, 191, 194,
195, 202.
PhUomele P.. 100.
Hoflhnng (cartel) , 804.
Holbrook, Ruby, 179,
180.
Ruth, 179.
HoUen (brig), 299.
HoUiman, John, 252,
258.
Hollis(Me.),87.
HoUis(N. H.),84.
Hollowell (Me.), 877.
Holman, Samuel, 189.
William, 204.
Holmes, , 275.
John, 68.
Thomas, 197, 206,
278(2).
Holt, , 41.
Holton, Ben, 70.
Benjamin, 69.
James, 70, 127.
Joseph, 68.
Holyoke, Dr. Edward
Augustas, 4, 16,
17, 112, 118, 119.
Judith. 112. 119.
Hood,EUzabeth,846(2)
John, 180.
Richard, 846.
Hooper, Widow, 62.
Richard, 869.
Robert G., 196.
Hooper House, Dan-
vers, 167.
Hope (ship), 804.
Hopkins, Rev. Daniel,
278(2), 275.
Hopkinson, ,' 880
(2).
Horbling (Eng.), 876.
Home, Horn, ,232.
Fama, 372.
George, 285.
Hornet (ship), 295.
Horse Pasture (Sa-
lem), 280.
Borsum, Mary, 886,
887, 841, 844, 847.
Horton. N. A., 28.
Hothom, Maj., 242.
Honltonv Henry, 68.
James, 65, 67, 154.
John, 68.
Honser, Ellen, 87.
Hovey, , 171.
How,-4Howe. Gen., 168.
David, 168.
Edward. 195(2).
Isaac, 168.
Israel, 195.
Sarah, 885.
Howard, Cecil Hamp-
den Cutts, 81.
John, 18, 189.
John C, 200.
Joseph, 189, 191(2),
198, 200.
Nathaniel, sr., 68.
Nehemfah, 68.
Lt. William, 259.
Hoy. Mary, 818(8).
Philip. 318.
Hoyt, Daniel, 50.
Lavinia Foster, '50.
Hudson, Anthony, 878.
Natha., 878.
HuU (Mass.), 298.
Hull, Hnl, Gen., 810.
Anna, 844.
Margaret. 880.
Sarah, 843, 844.
Theophilus, 848 (2),
344.
Hnnber, Anna Rose,
862.
Hunt, Lewis, 68.
WlUiani, 188. 195.
Hunter (ship). 307.
Hunter (sloop), 808.
Huntington, Asahel, 9.
Charles D., 199.
Hutchlngs, Charles
W., 186.
Hutchinson, Huchen-
son, , 108 (2).
Ambross, 70.
Benjamin, 69.
Foster, 164. 165, 166
(2).
Col. Israel, 51, 176.
John, 69.
Joseph, 67, 125, 187,
286.
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Hutchinson* Huchen-
8on, Joseph, sr.,
68.
Bichsrdson, 70.
Robert, 70.
Huy, Hye, , 818.
Mary, 818 (8).
Philip, 818.
Hyde, , 879.
Charles, 879.
James, 879.
Katherine, 879.
Thomas, 879.
WiUlam, 879.
Ida (brig). 800.
Independence, Fort,
814.
India, 198, 364.
IngersoU, Ingersol,
, 111.
Nathaniel, 61, 69.
Richard, 61. ,
Samuel, 60, 61.
IngoUs, Ephraim, 87
(2).
Ipswich (Mass.), 80,
64, 65(2), 108, 122.
188, 167, 170, 185,
187, 188(2), 202,
208(8), 204, 820.
Ipswich Hamlet
(Mass.), 317. 819.
Ipswich River,,74, 126,
127,146, 147(2).
Ives, Benjamin, 64, 65
(2), 66, 68, 74, 127,
128, 249, 340, 843.
Elizabeth, 340, 848.
John, 278.
Rebekah, 848.
Robert Hale, 840.
WilUam, 14(2), 16,
26, 26.
Jackson (Andrew), 21,
90.
Benjamin, 197(2),
201.
Hannah, 171.
Jacobs, Jacnbs, Abi-
gail, 386, 388, 841,
344, 348.
Benjamin, 191, 198,
278(7).
George, 66.
John, 68, 66.
Jamaica Plain (Mass.) ,
96.
James, Jeames, ,
188.
ErasimuB, 262.
Rossamos, 268(2).
Thomas, 286.
Jarmon, John, 69.
Jarrett, Roger, 866.
Jara (frigate), 299.
Java (ship), 296.
Jeffe, Alice, 870.
Jefferson (Thomas) ,90,
817-819.
Jeffords, Benjamin,
834(2), 887, 840,
346
EUzabeth, 884, 887,
340, 346.
Joseph, 837.
Lydia, 846.
Susanna, 840.
Jefflrey's Bank, 296.
Jeffirey's Creek, 80.
Jeggles, William, 60.
Jelly, John, 862.
Martha B., 362.
Nancy G., 178.
Sarah E., 362.
Jenkins, , 872(2).
Frances Maria, 94.
W. D., 94.
Jenks, John, 18, 276.
Joseph, 7.
Jerusalem (ship), 805,
806.
Jewett, , 828.
John, Robert, 878.
John Sherbrooke (pri-
vateer), 299.
Johnson, Eliza, 81.
James, 81.
Martin, 194.
Richard, 188.
Thos. H., 18.
Jones, Caroline L., 49.
Ellphaz, 353(2).
Mary, 180.
Mary Turner, 868.
Oner, 88.
Sally, 358.
Samuel, 200(8).
c: Samuel G., 16. 17(2).
"* Sarah P., 91.
Dr. William, 88.
Jordan, Jorden, Abi-
gail, 87,
Jordan, Jorden, Aves,
874.
Elizabeth, 87. 874.
Henry. 374(2).
Jane Shannon, 87.
Joseph, 87(3).
Louisa, 87.
Mary A.. 87.
Rishworth, 87(2).
Samuel, 87.
Thomas, 374.
Tristram, 87.
Joseph, John, 206.
Joseph (brig). 302.
Julyn. Charles R., 200.
Juno (brig), 308.
Junon (ship), 307.
Kane, James M.. 208.
Keate, Alexander, 880.
Keating. EUzabeth
Walker. 85.
Richard, 85.
Sarah Sayward, 85.
Kehew. 299.
John. 192.
Kempthom. John, 80.
Kempton. Ephraim.
63. 268.
Kendall, Thomas, 194
(2).
Kennard, Frances, 89.
Capt. James. 89.
Keonebunk (Me.), 84,
198, 298.
Kenneston, Kynaston,
Allen, 867(8), 868
(2).
Dorothy, 867(2)
868(2).
Kenny. Henry, 68.
John. 68.
Thomas, 68.
Kent, , 166.
Benjamin, 194(2).
Key West (Fla.), 192.
Keyes. Matilda, 89(2).
Kezar. Keysor, Elea-
zer, 60.
Simon, 42.
Killam. Kllham. Abra-
ham, 198.
Charles*A., 201.
Daniel. 55(2), 66.
Elizabeth. 65.
Isaac. 191.
Jonathan, 66.
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Killam, KUhAm,
Taminy, 55.
Kllllngly (Conn.). 819.
Kimball. ,87.
AblgaU, 84.
Abraham, 16.
Ann, 92.
Anna, 818(4).
Anne, 818.
Charlotte. 49.
Clara P., 88.
E.G., 198.
Edmnnd, 85, 813(2).
Edward D., 194(2).
Israel, 88.
James, 16,21,26(2).
Jonathan C, 42.
Mark, 20.
Mary, 813.
Mercy Prescott, 85.
Rachel, 52.
Richard, 168.
WUUam, 85, 204(2).
King, , 156.
Capt., 255, 256.
Henry, 194, 197.
James, jr., 200.
James C, 197.
John, 66.
John, sr, 66.
Katherine, 68, 71.
Samael, 68, 66, 126,
129, 186, 205.
Samuel, sr., 80.
Zacheriah, 278.
King's Anns Tavern
(Salem), 21.
King's St (Boston),
108.
King's St. QSalem),
167.
Kingsbridge (Eng. ) ,
814(3).
Klngsland(N.B.), 165.
Kingston (Mass.), 195.
Klnnenr, Eveline, 92.
Capt. John, 92.
Kinsman, Nathaniel,
202(2), 208.
Kippin, Arthur, 284.
Kitchen, John, 259.
Robert, 62, 267. 268.
Kittery (Me.). 85. 87
(2), 88, 106, 108
(2).
Kittery Point (Me.),
108.
KitUe, John. 67.
Kittredge, Ingalla,206.
Knapp, Arthur Blason,
52.
Isaac, 197.
James J., 197.
Joseph, 197.
Joseph J., 190, 197,
205(2).
Nathi, 52.
Rebecca, 52.
Sarah, 52.
Knight, Daniel, 53.
Hannah. 49(3).
Mebitable,53.
Nathaniel, 195.
Walter, 867.
Knowlton, , 845.
Capt., 127.
Abigail, 848.
Abraham, 848.
John, 848.
Jonathan, 845.
Ladbome (Eng.), 877.
Lafayette, Gen., 107.
Lafayette Street (Sa-
lem), 19, 114, 867.
La Hogae (ship), 295
(2), 298, 299, 802.
Lake, WiUiam, 367(2).
Lambert, Lambertt,
Daniel, 268.
Ebenezer, 62.
John, 195, 196.
John, sr., 64.
Samuel, 62.
Lambeth (Eng.), 875.
Lamson, Asa, 206(2).
George W., 199.
Samuel, 206.
Thomas, 42.
Lancton, Abigail, 88.
Hannah, 88.
Rev. Samuel, 88.
Samuel Leighton,88.
Timothy, 88.
Lander, Edward, 196.
Gen. Fr ederickWest,
105.
John, 60.
Jonathan, 202.
Peter, 202(2).
William, 196.
Lane, Elizabeth, 84.
Capt. WiUiam, 84.
Lang, Basket D., 195.
Lang, Joseph, 194.
Langdel, Mary, 846.
WiUiam, 346(2).
Langdon, Abraham,
871.
Paul, 252, 258.
lAngley, John, 878.
Mary. 878.
Larcom. Larcum, Abl-
gaU, 841, 842, 846,
848.
Asa, 848.
David, 834.839,348.
Hannah, 338.
Jemima, 334, 840.
Jonathan, 334.
Lucy, 834, 389, 348.
Phebe, 337.
Thankful, 839.
Larrimore, AbigaU,
62.
Lasking, Thomas, 60.
Lassen, Peter, 186.
Lathrop,Me Lawthrop.
Lawrence, Capt., 801
(2).
Abel, 189, 195, 205.
Capt. James, 303(3).
John A., 85.
Lucy Jane, 85.
Lawthorp, Lawthrop,
Lawthrope, Capt.,
76, 79, 186, 146,
147, 149, 150.
Layston (Eng.), 877
»ch, .
Leach, Leech, Capt.,
280.
Charles, 188. 208.
EUzabeth, 389, 344-
347.
John, 193, 244.
Serg. John, 68.
John, sen., 367.
Joseph, 202.
Katherine, 336, 340.
Lawrence, 232.
Richard, 234.
Robert, 4, 206.
Robert, jr., 201.
Robert, sr., 201,202.
Samuel, 68, 201.
William, 189, 198,
197, 198, 208.
Lear, Elizabeth, 89.
Learock, Ebenezer,
198(2).
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Leayitt, , 14, 16.
Lee, . 879(2).
Consal, 294.
Colman, 184.
Deborah, 184.
EUzabeth, 840, 343,
347.
George Gardner,
184(2).
Jacob, 187, 198.
John. 194.
Loalsa, 184.
Lydla C, 91.
Lydia Gerry, 184.
Mary Ann, 170.
Rev. Samuel, 91.
Seaward, 187.
Thomas, 182 (2),
184(3).
William. 379.
Lee (N. C), 170.
Lee (N. H.), 89.
Lefavonr, Amos, 186.
Joseph, 178.
Mary, 178.
PoUy, 178.
Leg's Hill (Salem),
294, 297, 298.
Lelghton, Abigail, 86,
88.
Ann Bell, 88.
Eliza, 87.
Ellen, 87.
Emily H., 88.
Frances, 87.
George Frost Blunt,
88.
Hannah, 88.
Jane, 88.
John, 86, 87.
Mary, 87(2).
Oner, 87, %S.
Samuel, 86, 87(2).
Sarah, 86.
Sarah Frost, 88.
Sarah Parsons, 86.
Usher Parsons
(M.D.), 87.
William Parsons,
87(2).
Lemon, Mary, 368.
Robert, 237, 368(2).
Leo (brig), 294.
Leonldas (ship), 306.
LesUe, Col., 34.
Levant (brig), 308.
Lewes, Alice, 374.
Lewes, Aves, 374.
Raffe, 374.
Thomas, 374(2).
Lewis, , 131.
Lewistown, 294.
Lexlngton(Mass.) ,320.
Liberty St. (Salem),
24(2). 361. •
Lima (ship), 306.
Lincoln, Gen., 314(2),
316.
Lincoln (Me.), 86(2),
87.
Lincoln Co. (Me.), 48.
Llncolne (£ng.),376.
Lindal, Lyndal, Lin-
dall, . 80(4),
121, 132(3), 137(5),
139, 143.
Mrs.. 69.
Justice. 71.
Abigail, 104.
Benjamin, jr., 121.
James, 57,58(3), 64,
69, 74, 76, 79, 121,
128.129(2), 133(3),
136-138, 141-145,
148 (2), 149-153,
154(2).
Mary, 60.
Timothy, 60(2), 73,
74, 104, 109, HI,
152.
Lindsay, Lindsey,
Lindsy, Lyndsie,
,130.133.
Capt.,304.
Ebenezer, 66.
Eleazer, 142.
Joseph. 193.
Lion (brig). 307. 308.
Lisbon (Portugal), 295
(8), 296, 297(2),
299, 308.
Lister, William,376(5),
377.
Little Courte (Eng.),
377.
Little Russell St.,
(London), 865.
LittleTynbergh (Eng.)
375.
Liverpool (Eng.). 296-
299(2), 302(2).
Liverpool Packet (pri-
vateer), 294(2),
300-^2.
Livingston, , 326
(2).
Locke. Ariadne. 94.
Locker, , 123, J58.
George, 63.
Loder, John, 59.
London (Eng.), 7. 104,
118,169(2), 161 (2),
297, 298, 302, 306,
308. 365. 372. 375.
Longfellow, Hannah,
49.
Long Island, 308, 309.
Loomis,Loomes,John,
63.
Roxanna. 91.
Lord, Nathaniel J. , 9.
Otis P.. 9.
Prudence, 81.
William. 62.283(2),
235(4), 238, 267.
367.
Lord's Hill, 296.
Loring, , 17.
Dr.. 367.
Dr.Geo.B.,27(2),28.
Joshua, 18.
Losier, Philip, 65.
Lothrop, see Lawth-
rop.
Lotdsburg (C.B.),104,
107(2), 108(2),120.
Louisiana, 325.
Lovell, , 315.
Lovett, Luvett,
341.
Anna, 334, 336, 340.
Augustus, 191(2).
Benjamin, 3d, 197,
198,202,203, 338,
348
Bethiah,834,340,342,
347.
Ebenezer, 333.
Edward, 341(2).
Eleanor. 338, 348.
Elizabeth, 204, 346.
Hannah. 333.
Isaiah, 189.
Israel. 388.
James, 848.
Jeremiah, 204.
Joanna. 333.334,336.
John, 204, 335, 338
(2).
Jonathan H., 187,
204(2), 205(2).
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LoyetttLnvett, Josifth,
189, 190, 834, 338,
342 346.
Lydia, 386, 340, 841,
346.
Mary, 333, 334, 337,
840, 848.
Mercy, 886, 888.
Peter. 886.
Bebecca, 384, SSS,
342, 346.
Simon, 338.
WllUam, 347(2).
Low, , 828, 829
(8).
Abiel Abbot, 11.
Dea. Albert £., 817,
818.
Daniel, 205.
Francis. 817(2), 328.
Moses, 189.
Seth, 11(5).
Tobias. 193.
WlUlam. 204.
Lowell .Francis Cabot,
171(8).
Hannah, 171.
James Rnssell, 160,
161(2).
John, 170, 355.
Mary Lowell, 171.
Rebecca Rnssell, 170
Sarah, 170.
LowellCMass.), 170.
Lowndes, Ann. 98.
Lowther, Rnth, 142.
Lucas, Abigail, 841.
Ludlow. , 301.
Lt,, 808(3).
Lunda Island, 806.
Lunenburg (Mass.),
179(3).
Lunt. Thresa. 88.
Luscomb, J. W., 194.
John C, 198.
Thomas, 257.
Wmiam. 258.
Lyford, Rev. John,
212.
Lynch, Mrs. George,
100.
LE.G.. 100.
MaryPickman, 103.
Lynde, Llnde, ,
68.
Benjamin, 7, 62, 69,
129, 165, 157.
Lynde, Linde, Benja-
min, Jr., 71. 78(8),
74. 75 (2), 76, 77,
80(5), 181(2), 134,
186(2), 187(5),188,
139, 141-148 (2),
144-146, 148-150
(2), 151 (2), 152
(2)-164(2).
Walter, 48.
Lynde Block (Salem),
24(2).
Lynde St. (Salem), 18
(2), 112.269,349.
Lyndeborough (N. U.),
180.
Lynn (Mass.), 7, 58,
108. 114, 180, 182.
178, 174(2). 189,
202,206, 268,269,
292, 888. 384.
Lynnfleld (Mass.), 174
(3).
Mabbat, Anne, 380.
Maccarter, Flowrence,
62.
John, 68.
McCoumb, Joseph, 13
(2).
McDonald, George,
186(2).
Macedonian (Mgate),
296, 298.
Machias (Me.), 48(6),
49(8), 50, 297.
298.
Machiasport(Me.), 48,
49.
Mclntyre. Amos, 89.
Eveline, 89.
Hannah, 88.
Harriet. 89.
John B., 89.
Matilda, 89.
Oliver B., 89.
Rhoda, 89.
Rhoda L., 89.
Sophia J., 89.
Sylvester, 89.
Major William, 88.
WilUam B., 89.
Mack. Judge Elisha,
11.
Mackay, Daniel. 88.
Elizabeth, 84(2).
Esther, 88, 34, 184.
Mackay, Lola, 84.
Margaret, 88, 84.
Nancy, 84.
Sami G., 83.
WUlUm, 88.
Mackintire, Macken-
tire, Daniel, 66.
Mary A., 94.
Philip, 187.
Thomas, 66, 66, 180,
132
Mackmaly, Alixt, 248.
Mackmillion,John. 61.
Maclay, . 190(2).
McQuestion, George,
191.
Madras, 296.
Maiberry, Richard,
272.
Main Street (Salem),
56, 56, 116.
Maine, 179.
Majery, John, 59.
Joseph, 62.
Lawrence, 60.
MajesUc (ship), 807.
Maiden (Mass.), 862,
868.
Maiden, Fort, 306.
Malmsbary (Eng.),
865(8).
Man, Martha, 875.
Sebastian, 376.
Manchester (Mass.),
202. 208. 280, 817,
818, 366.
Manchester (Vt), 179.
Manila, 198, 295(2),
298.
Manning, Manlng,
, 124, 148.
Elizabeth Bennett,
96.
Jacob, 60, 79(2),
188, 186-188.
Richard C, 11, 186.
William, 190, 193,
206.
Mansfield, Mansfeild,
DaniH.,16,24(2).
James,189, 202, 207
Col. John, 51(2).
176(2).
Joseph, 131.
Paul, jr., 62.
Paul, sr., 61, 80.
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Mansion Honse (Lon-
don), 118.
Mansion Honse (Sa-
lem), SI (4), 107.
Maranham,191 , 198,200
Marble, Samnel, 66.
Marblehead (Mass.),
48,56,161 (3),162,
176(2), 176, 177
(3), 178 (7), 179
(2), 182, 190, 193,
199, 230, 294(2)-
296, 302, 806, 307,
809(8),313(8),314,
(2). 365.
Marcellns (ship), 295.
Marchant, Marchaunt,
Alice, 877.
EUzabeth, 877.
Margaret, 377(2).
Margerle, 377.
Philodelphia, 877.
Thomas, 877(8).
Margaret (brig), 801.
Marietta (Ohio), 177.
Marietta College
(Ohio), 820.
Marine Society (Sa-
lem), 188. 354, 356.
Markham, Abraham,
376.
Marlboro St. (Salem),
18(2).
Marldon (Eng.), 870.
Marqnette(Michigan) ,
100.
Marqnis de Somerne-
los (ship), 861.
Mars (privateer), 808
(2).
Marsh, Marshe, Bet-
sey, 52.
Ebenezer, 46, 66.
Ezekiel, 66, 124.
John, 66, 286, 238.
Jonathan, 66, 128.
Mary, 50, 52.
Moses, jr., 168.
Nathaniel, 168.
PoUy, 52.
Marshall, Daniel, 189.
Robert, 57(2).
Marshfleld (Mass.)}
186, 202, 204.
Marson, Benjamin, 61.
Marsters, Masters,
Andrew, 198.
Marsters, Mas
John, 60.
Marston, Marsten,
Benjamin, 74.
John, 61, 245(3).
John, jr., 61.
John, sr., 61.
Manaseth,248(2).
Manasseth, jr., 68.
Capt. Manasseth, 68.
William, 190.
Martha's Vineyard,
301,810,319.
Martin, Marten, Mar-
ty n, , 380.
Richard. 371.
Robert, 874.
Roger, 371.
Martinico. 206.
Marvin, Martha, 95.
WiUiam, 95.
Mary A. (privateer),
308.
Mary Ann (packet),
298.
Maryland, 326.
MascoU, Masckoll,
MaskcoU, John,
60.
John, jr., 68.
Thomas, 60.
Mason, David, 7.
Jonathan, 202, 204
W-
Capt. Jonathan, 89
(2).
Capt. Jonathan,sen.,
39(2).
Thomas, 61.
Massachusetts, 36, 37,
97,(3), 98(8), 100
(3) -103(2). 105,
171,214, 228, 294,
315, 324(2), 382
(8), 854, 363.
Massachusetts Bay,
207, 315.
Massey,Masey, Massy,
Jeffrey, 367.
John, 80(2), 277.
John, sr., 62.
Rebecca, 276.
Matanzas, 51.
Manle, Maull, John,
268,269(3),271(8).
Joseph, 271(2), 272.
Sarah, 271(4).
Manle,Maul1, Thomas,
63, 222, 240, 267
(5),268(5),269(4),
270(2), 271 (5).
Maulmain, 199.
Maxwell, Bethiah, 847.
May, Cape, 297.
Meachum, Mechnm ,
Isaac, 78, 134, 144
(8). 146. 148(8).
149, 157.
John, 61.
Meherry, Richard, 273.
Medford (Mass.), 196,
199.
Meek, Thomas, 199.
Melbourne, Australia,
195, 199.
Melius, Henry, 114.
Melzone (Eng.), 378.
Melville, John, 43.
Merchants Bank (Sa*
lem), 43.
Merrill, Anna, 178.
Benjamin, 9, 201(2).
Damaris, 48.
Dorcas, 178.
Joseph, 178.
Nathan, 48.
Susanna, 48.
Merriroac River, 82,
108.
Messervey, Capt., 807,
808.
Methuen (Mass.), 49.
Middle Precinct Meet-
ing-House(Salem)
276(4). 277(2).
Middleton, Hughe, 876.
Middleton (Mass.).
176(2), 177(3).
Middleton Pond, 177
C2).
Mlddletown (Conn.),
189.
Miles. Mllles, John,
372.
Richard, 378.
Milke, John, 62, 243.
Mill Hill (Salem), 15.
MiU Plains (Salem),
78, 151.
Mill St. (Salem) .53(2).
Millard, John, 220.
Millett.MiUet. Charles,
194(4), 190.
Dani. 13(2).
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Hniett, HUet, Joseph
H., 188.
Capt. Nathan H.,
186.
Mills. , 372.
JaUa, 83.
Wmiam, 88.
Milton (Mass.), 187.
Misery Island, 30.
Mlssery, Aaron, 60.
Mississippi River, 319,
820.
Mocha, 194.
Mohyes, , 318.
Molsham (Eng.), 380.
Montana, 100(2), 101
Monteith, , 119.
Montesquieu (ship),
294.
Montgomery, David,
345.
Bebekah, 345.
Sarah, 345.
Montgomery (prlva-
teer-shlp), 359.
Montgomery (ship),
296, 298, 299.
Moody, Hon. William
H., 162.
Moore, More, Ber.,
377.
Charles. 186.
David. 196, 197(3).
Francis. 60.
Henry, 380.
Michael, 55. 257.
Moreshead, Sarah, 109.
Morgan, Anna, 345,
348.
Anne, 370.
Charity. 339. 342.
Dlxey, 339. 342.
Eleanor, 336. 339.
Hannah, 333. 335.
336. 338, 339, 342,
845. 346.
Isaac, 335.
Israel. 342.
Lucy, 339, 342.
Lydla, 837, 338.
Robert, 335. 342.
Samael. 337(2), 338.
Sarah, 338.
Theodore. 13.
Zachariah, 186, 189,
208.
Moriarty, Joseph, 12.
Thomas, 191.
Morong, John, 206.
Morrill, . 92.
David L., 91.
Harriet, 92.
Julia, 81.
Margaret Jane, 91.
Rev. P., 81.
Morris, , 166.
Morse, Daniel, 334.
David, 335.
Jane, 333, 335.
Jemima, 334,340(2).
John, 333, 335.
Mark, 333, 334, 340.
Morton, Jane, 378.
Richard. 378.
Sarah Wood, 85.
Stephen, 85.
Moses, Eleazer, 60.
Moses (bark), 364.
Mould, Edward, 62.
Moulton, , 132(2),
133(2).
Col., 108.
BlUy, 197.
Ebenezer, 67. 76. 79,
133, 138(3), 148-
151(2).
Col. Jeremiah, 312.
John, 130, 151(4).
John, sr., 65.
Parker, 133.
Robert, 65.
Moulton (brig), 314.
MountPleasant(N.T.),
195.
Mt. Vernon (ship),
299.
Mud Island, 310.
Mudge, Nancy Wat-
kins, 96.
S. W., 96.
Mngford. Charles D.,
199(2).
William, 205.
Mulllkin. , 247.
Mullin, Mary. 346.
Sarah E.. 94.
Murray. Murry, G.W.,
163, 164. 166.
Peter. 352.
William, 60.
Muskett, Johan, 374
(2).
WiUlam, 374.
Myldemay, Sir Henry,
880.
Nahant (Mass.), 803.
Nalre, S., 193.
Nantasket, 803.
Nantucket, 62, 363,
364.
Nants, 310.
Napoleon (ship), 298.
Nashna(N.H.),191(2).
Nassau, 808(2).
Natick (Mass.), 86.
Naumkeag. 30.
Naumkeag Fire Club,
9, 14(2). 15(2). 16
(2)-19(2), 20-22.
25, 27(2).
Nautilus (brig), 296,
297.
Neal, Neale, Neall,
Neel, . 51, 137,
146(3). 147.
Ablgakl Long, 96.
Ann, 96.
Annls, 51.
David A., 190(3).
Hannah. 86.
Jeremiah, jr., 62.
Jeremiah, sr., 62.
Capt. John, jr., 96.
Jonathan, 51, 62, 190
C2).202(2),205(2),
Joseph, 63.
Mary, 96.
Nathaniel W., 187.
Robert, 64.
Sarah. 51.
Needham, Anthony,
jr., 65.
Anthony, sr., 66.
Benjamin, 201.
Daniel, 174.
Edmond, 191(2).
Elizabeth. 174.
Isaac, 67.
Jasper, 50.
Mary Ann. 174.
Thomas, 67.
Neho, Nicholas, 246.
Neptune St. (Salem),
42.
N etcher. George. 201.
New Bedford(Ma8s.),
295. 304. 308(2).
New Biggins (Eng.),
373.
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New Brighton (N.Y.)»
361, 868.
New Castle (N.H.).
83,90, 91,94, 96.
189, 198, 205.
New England, 16, 81,
103, 104, 106(2),
107(3), 108, 114,
119, 121. 124, 127,
180, 139, 156, 156,
167. 214, 219. 268
(2), 289, 319, 820
(3). 328. 366(2),
378(4).
New Hampshire, 21,
108. 278. 332(2).
362, 363.
New Haven (Conn.).
202, 292.
New London (Conn.),
201. 295, 310.
New Orleans (La.),
299(2).
New York (N.T.), 11,
94, 100, 163, 165,
175, 192(3), 196,
196,199, 207, 294
(2). 295(3), 297,
299, 308, 304, 306,
808. 310(2), 314-
816, 318, 326, 358,
362.
New Zealand (ship),
310.
Newbnry (Mass.;, 32
(2), 108, 122, 167,
186, 189-198, 199,
208(6), 369.
Newbnry St. (Salem),
41, 361.
Newbnry port (Mass.),
89, 195-197 (5),
309, 318(2).
Newell, Frank A., 16.
Newfoundland, 167,
301,302, 350-352.
Newhall, Llent. Col.,
176.
Benjamin S., 15.
Newport (R. I.), 107,
296-298(3), 306.
Newton (Mass.), 310.
Nichols, Nlckols, ,
216(2)-218(3),220
(2), 221(3), 222
(3), 223(2), 289.
David, 209, 212, 215
(8), 280»282.
Nichols, Nickols, Ed-
ward, 69.
George. 187(4), 203
(2).
Ichabod. 56. 187(5),
208.204.
John, jr., 207.
Martha Ann, 282(2),
283.
Thomas, 24, 69.
Nicholson, Content,
271.
Mary, 362.
Peter, 362.
Nlef ,Adallne Augusta,
96.
Alexander, 96.
Andrew, 96.
Martha Elizabeth.
96.
Mary Jane, 96.
Mehltable Burleigh.
96.
Nancy Watklns, 96.
Nlsus (frigate). 299.
Noble, Joseph, 190,
198. 205.
Richard S., 208.
Nobleboro (Me.). 195.
Norfolk Co. (Mass.).
867, 369.
Norman, John, 62, 220,
292.
Norman's Rocks, 282.
Norrls, Norriss, ,
234.
Edward, 62, 194.
John, 188, 194, 202,
203.
Jonathan, 188.
Jonathan, jr., 188.
North, Lord, 167.
North Andover
(Mass.), 58.
North Beverly Church,
312.
North Brldge(Salem),
7, 34, 107, 112,
349.
North Church( Salem) ,
34, 110,183,349(2).
North Ferry (Salem).
29, 32.
North Island, 295.
North Reading (Mass).
173.
North Rlver(Salem).
38, 107.
North St. (Salem), 43,
349, 3o0.
North Yarmouth
(Me.), 188.
Northey. Abljah, 195.
198.
Abljah,jr.,9,196,198.
Ezra, 195.
Northport (Me.), 179,
180.
Northwest Territory,
318 320
Northwood(N.H.),90.
Norton, , 130, 292.
George, 195.
John, 63.
Nova Scotia, 48(3).
163, 166, 302.
Nowell, Caroline, 83.
Noyce. Nicholas, 63.
Noyes, Daniel, 350(2).
Isaac P., 21. 22(2),
23(2).
Number Five Fire
Club, 8, 9.
Nurse, Nurss, Nourse.
Nurce, Francis,
242.
John, sr., 65.
Jonathan, 66.
Samuel, jr., 68.
Samuel, sr., 68(2).
Stephen, 193.
Nutting, John,188,252.
Nymph (frigate), 294,
297(2). 300.
Oakes, Caleb, 198.
Richard, 80. 269(3)-
271(3).
Oakman, John, 348.
Sarah, 348.
Ober, Obear, Abigail.
334(2),340(2),341,
343, 346(2).
Anna, 178, 336, 387,
340, 342.
Benjamin, 344, 346.
Bethlah, 347.
Elizabeth, 334, 336
(2), 338, 339. 343
(2), 846, 348.
Ezra, 344.
Hannah, 333.
Hezekiah, 334, 386.
Joanna, 333,338, 339,
341. 342,346-^47.
Juda. 347.
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Ober, Obear, Judith,
886, 889, 345.
Lydia, 885, 889(8),
841, 844-846.
Mary, 889, 846.
OUyer, 55.
Peter, 885, 889, 845.
Bebekah, 845-847.
Richard, 885, 889,
841(2), 844, 846.
Samuel, 206, 886,
389, 848.
Sarah, 887, 844 (2),
345, 846.
Susanna, 888,842,847
Thomas, 884, 837,
840, 348(2), 846.
William, 148, 847.
Zebulon, 186(2).
Odell, James, 198(2),
208(2).
Ohio, 177, 819, 820.
Ohio (schooner), 294.
Old Fire aub, 4,5(2)-
8.
Old Man's Shoal, 868.
Old Paved Street (Sa-
lem), 167.
Oliver, OUyver, ,
285.
Com., 808.
Benjamin Lynde,
356.
Hon. Henry Kemble,
11, 105.
Jacob, 189.
James, 179.
Bebecca, 179 (2).
Sarah, 178.
Thomas, 238, 286.
Orland, 189.
Orms, John, 288.
Ome, , 255.
Capt., 808.
Benjamin, 62.
Charles Henry, 170.
Esther, 181, 188, 184.
John, 60.
John, sr., 60.
Joseph, US, 253.
Joseph, jr., 258.
Joseph, sr., 62.
Josiah, 64, 190, 203
(2), 206.
Lucy, 170.
Simon, 62.
Timothy, 64.
William, 170.
Osbom, Osborne, Os-
bume, Henry, 194.
Herbert, 16.
John, 68, 65, 67, 68
(8), 70(4).
Joseph, 860.
Josiah B., 16.
JuUa, 178.
Mary, 352.
Buth, 68.
Samuel, 66.
Stephen, 14, 16, 200,
275.
WiUiam, 15, 139(2),
153, 154.
William, jr., 66.
William, sr., 68, 65,
67, 68(8), 70(2).
Osgood, Captain, 80
(5).
Henry, 200.
John, 187, 198.
John B., 201(3).
John C, 196, 197.
Joseph B. F., 11.
Nathaniel, 61.
Capt. Peter, 57, 58
(2),60. 121(2), 128,
124, 125, 127, 128,
J129, 136, 137(2),
139, 141, 142, 148,
148, 149, 153, 154,
168.
Bobert H., 200.
Thomas B., 207.
Timothy, 168.
Osgood (ship), 369.
Ossfpee (N. H.), 863.
Owney, Alice, 376 (2).
Elizabeth, 375.
Helen, 375.
Johan, 375.
John, 875(4).
Katherine, 375.
Peter, 375(2).
William, 376.
Packarde, Jefferye, 375
(2).
Jone, 376.
Page, Charlotte D., 86.
Esther, 34.
Jeremiah, 309.
Jeremiah L., 189(2),
196(2), 206(2).
John, 84, 191, 208.
Josiah, 191 (2), 198,
Page, Nathaniel, 188.
Samuel, 198(2).
Palfrey, Palflray, Rich-
ard, 197.
Walter, 59.
Warwick, 18.
Palmer. Daniel, 49.
Hannah, 171.
Mary, 49.
PoUy, 50.
Bichard, 61.
Paragon (ship), 800.
Parker, Sarah, 92.
William, 189.
William B., 196, 197
(2), 207.(2), 208
(3).
WUUam B., jr., 196
(3).
Parkman,Delivexance,
68, 245.
Pamell, Parnel, Par-
nail, Annis, 277.
Benjamin, 275, 276,
(5). 277 (2).
Parsons, Oen., 314.
Abigail Frost, 86.
Frances Usher, 87.
Sarah, 86.
Theophilus, 820.
Usher, 107.
WilUam, 86, 87.
Parsonsfleld(Me.), 88.
Pasco, Mary, 275.
Passadumkeag (Me.),
87.
Pasture Lane (Salem),
118.
Patch, . 848.
Benjamin, 837.
Brackenbnry, 837.
EUzabeth, 837, 889,
841.
James, 839, 843.
James, jr., 348.
Jonathan, 337, 841.
Martha, 848.
Miriam, 889.
Phebe, 337.
Sarah, 837, 848.
Thomas, 337, 341.
Tracy, 193(2).
William, 348.
Patten, David, 201(6).
Pattershall, D., 186.
Patterson, Benjamin,
188.
Paul, Eveline, 89.
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PftaU Jeremiah, 89.
Joseph, 83.
Maria, 81.
Mary A., 83.
Mary J., 83.
Samael, 81.
Sarah A. £., 81.
Warringtoa. 81.
Paxton, C, 160.
Payne, Emily, 86.
Pay son, Edward H.,
114.
Peabody, , 301.
Andrew, 186.
Augustas, 16.
Catherine Eliza-
beth, 171.
Elizabeth, 171.
Col. Francis, 11.
George L., 294.
Henry W., 16.
Capt. J., 806.
Joseph, 16, 171, 187,
188, 190,191, 198,
199(2). 201 (2), 202,
205, 360(8), 363.
Joseph A., 191.
Peabody (Mass.), 184,
230, 332.
Peabody Square, 217.
Peabody St. (Salem),
363.
Peabody Academy of
Science, 190, 191
C2), 192(2), 196,
199(2), 207.
Peachie, , 372.
Peacock (sloop), 310.
Peale, Peal, Peele,
Capt., 306.
George, 64.
Jonathan, 4.
Robert, 188, 200,204.
Roger, 271.
WlUard, 196, 199.
Pear, Capt. Samael,
262(4), 253.
Pedrlck, Mary, 313.
Nathaniel, 313.
Peirce, Pearce, Abra-
ham, 66.
Benjamin, 203(2),
335.
Charlotte, 93.
George, 335(2), 837.
Henry, 203(2).
Jerathmiel, 203.
Peirce, Pearce, John,
362.
Lucas, 337.
Mary, 835, 337.
Mary W., 362.
Nancy, 362.
Samuel, 128, 336.
William P., 208.
Peirce, see also Pierce.
Pees, Isaac, 65.
Robert, 66.
Peirson, Gen. Geo. H.,
13.
Pelican (ship), 306(2),
Pelican (sloop), 305.
Pembroke (Mass.),
189, 194, 197, 198,
201.
Pender, John, Jr., 194.
Pennar, Griffen, 876.
Pennsylvania, 269,271,
381, 362.
Penobscot (Me.), 48.
Penrose, , 298.
Pepperrell, , 81,
108.
Sir William, 106(2),
107(4),108(6),312.
Pepperrell borough
(Me.), 202, 204.
Perkins, Aaron, a4,
15. 16, 17(2).
Benjamin, 17(2).
DaTid, 18(8).
Henry W., 199.
James, 189.
Jeremiah S., 14, 15,
17(2).
Joseph, 201(3), 205
(2).
Capt. Joseph, 306.
Thomas, 201(2).
Perley, John, 43.
Jonathan, 12(2).
Sidney, 210(2), 217,
219, 222, 229, 230.
Pernambuco, 178, 186,
358.
Perry, Com., 304.
Perveare, Elizabeth,
53.
Harriet A., 58.
James, 53.
Peterboro(N. H.),53.
Peters, Peter, Peeters,
Petre, , 369.
Judge, 324.
Peters, Peter, Peeters,
Petre, Abraham,
370, 371.
Alice, 370(2), 371.
Andrew, 369-371(4).
Anne, 370(2), 371.
Edward, 369 (2)-371
(8).
Elizabeth, 37, 370,
371.
Frances, 371.
(jkorge, 370(3).
GUbert, 59.
Grace, 369, 370.
Rev. Hugh, 212, 267.
John, 37(2), 370(2).
Margaret, 370(3).
Richard, 371.
Rowse, 370.
Simon, 369, 370.
William, 369(6), 370
(2).
Peterson, Joseph, 23.
Joseph N., 16.
Petry, John C, 202.
Phelps, , 127.
Christopher, 62, 244.
Eunice, 47.
Hannah, 47.
Henry, 389, 346.
James Gardner, 47.
Jonathan, 336(2),
339.
Joseph, 47.
Juda, 335.
Judith, 339.
Mary B., 47.
Mary Bufflngton, 47.
Sarab, 345(2).
Sophia, 47.
Philadelphia (Pa.), 6,
6,84,199,200,269,
271, 297-299, 316,
330, 332.
Phillips. Col., 316(2).
James, 68.
John W., 189,206(2).
Samuel, 62, 248.
Stephen C, 9.
Stephen Willard,
185, 186.
Phillips Manor, 814.
Phippen, Abigail, 368.
Ann, 60, 368(4).
David, 368(8).
EUzabeth, 368.
John, 69, 249.
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Phippen, JoMph, 59,
360.
Mary, 368.
Nathaniel, 64, 202,
204(2), 206.
Samael, sr., 62.
Thomas, 868(2).
Phoenix Building (Sa-
lem), 20, 22.
Pickens, Thankftd,
334,838.
Pickering, Pickrlng,
, 132, 868.
Judge. 827(2).
Rer.,344.
AbigaU M., 92.
Abraham, 188.
Benjamin, 63.
£d. 127.
Elizabeth, 66, 66,
868.
Henry. 187. 207.
Jane, 368(8).
John, 66, 60, 80, 109,
111, 218-222, 281
(8).282(3), 238(2).
Johu, jr., 9, 315.
Jonathan, 62. 268,
368(2).
Lucia, 39, 356.
Mary, 66.
Mercy, 368.
Sarah, 368.
Timothy, 66, 74, 79,
147(2), 148, 162,
316, 316, 319.
Col. Timothy, 65. 66
(2), 111, 314, 332.
Deacon Timothy,
HI.
WiUiam, 206.
Capt. William, 62,
154.
Pickering St. (Salem),
66.
Pfckett, Picket, ,
299.
AbigaU, 347(2).
Benjamin, 336, 347
(2).
Elizabeth, 336.
Israel, 347.
J., 201.
Jane, 835.
John, 341.
Joseph, 337, 341, 344
(2), 347.
Pickett, Picket, Jo-
seph, jr., 885.
Lydia, 347.
Mary, 335, 337, 341,
844, 347(2).
B.,201.
Robert, 385.
Sarah, 837.
Pickman, , 97-100
(2). 108, 112(8),
116-120.
CoL, 106, 107(2), 109
(2), 111, 112, 118
(8).
Mrs., 102.
Abigail, 104.
Anstiss. 104, 106.
Benjamin, 4, 7, 46,
98-100, 102-105,
109-112, 116, 118,
119, 172, 201(2).
Benjamin, jr., 105,
106, 111, 112, 116,
118, 207, 273.
Capt Benjamin, 69,
116(2).
Col. Benjamin, 225
(2), 247, 259.
Benjamin T., 102,
108, 120(8).
Benjamin Toppan,
104, 106(2), 112.
Clark-Qayton, 101
(4), 104(2). Ill,
113, 120.
Dudley L.. 189, 207
(3).
Dudley Leayitt,
120.
Elizabeth, 69, 119.
Francis Wllloughby ,
101(2), 104(2),
106, 114.
Dr. Hersey Derby,
97-100(2), 101,
102(3), 104, 106.
Judith, 112, 119.
Lore, 104, 110.
Love Rawlins, 116.
Mary, jr., 352.
Mary Barton, 104.
Nathaniel, 104, 240.
Nathaniel, sen., 241.
Samuel, 119.
Tabitha, 104.
W.I)., 199.
WlUiamD., 199(2).
Pickman, Bar. WiUiam
Rawlins, 114.
Pickman St. (Salem),
106, 118-115(2).
Pierce, Piers, Ben-
jamin, 187, 196.
Caleb, 289(2).
Daniel, 45, 86, 90S
(8).
David, 202.
EUza, 45.
George, 205.
Harry, 162, 163.
Jerathmiel, 188.
Mary, 49.
Mary Joanna, 86.
Nathan, 7.
Nathaniel, 205.
Pierce, see also Peirce.
Pike, Edmund, 378.
Henry, 378.
John, 373.
Jone, 373.
Nat, 257.
Raf e, 878.
Richard, 63, 258.
PUgrim(brlg), 299^3),
300, 802, 364.
Pingree, David, 9, 16,
188, 194, 196, 860,
361.
Thomas, 16.
Thomas P., 189,
193, 194, 200,201
(2), 208(2).
Pinson, William, 62.
Pitman, AbigaU, 384,
340, 343, 346.
Bethiah, 51.
Joseph, 51.
PitUfleld (N.H.), 87.
Pittston (Me.)t 202,
203.
Plalsted. Capt.,
255.
Maj., 255(3).
Capt. Ichabod,
136, 187(6),
141, 142, 143(2)-
145, 148, 149, 152,
153, 156.
Pleasant St. (Salem),
42, 43, 116 r6), 360.
Plummer, , 61.
Plummer HaU(Salem) ,
210, 226, 229, 283.
Plymouth, 306, 310.
74,
131,
189,
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Fl7inonth(Eng.)t 299.
Pl7inoath(Ma88.}»208.
Pocahontaa(8hip) ,299.
Fotce, Ellen, 880.
Potctiers, 294.
Poland, James, 244.
Polly (prlTateer), 302,
808, 808.
Pond, , 20.
Pontiac (Mich.), 97,
98C2), 99(2), 100
(8). 102(2).
Poole, Mary, 86.
Poole (Eng.), 371.
Poor, Enoch, 191.
Pope, . 68, 222,
228, 227. 229, 290.
Benjamin, 65, 124,
126.
Bethnaa, 289.
Eleazer, 47(2), 64,
65, 68, 69, 124,
126, 147, 151.
Eleazer, jr., 47.
Edos, 64, 66-68, 70,
150, 151(2), 218,
223(2), 290(4).
£no8, 2nd, 290(2).
Eunice, 49.
Frederick, 49.
James, 49.
Joseph, 68, 289(2).
Joseph, 2nd, 290.
Joshna, 207.
Mary, 46, 47, 49.
Mary A., 88.
Mebitable, 53(2).
Nanny, 47(2).
Rebekah, 47.
8., 138.
S., jr., 135.
Samuel, 60, 280.
Samuel, jr., 146, 148
(5), 149(3).
Sarah, 280.
Porter, , 232, 284
(2).
Capt., 805(2), 806.
Com., 810(2).
Serj., 284(3).
AbigaU, 311(3), 814.
Anna, 312(3), 313.
Benjamin, 6S.
Ebenezer, 812, 313.
Edith, 311, 312.
Elizabeth, 380.
Oreenleaf , 206.
Porter, Hannah, 847.
Henry, 168.
Isabel, 69, 811, 312
(4), 818 (7), 879,
880.
Capt. Israel, 66.
Ensign Israel, 312.
Johane, 880.
John, 66, 811 (2),
812(3), 344(3).347.
Seij. John, 286.
Joseph, 8r.,'69.
Eatherine, 880.
Mary. 818(3), 844.
Mary Frances, 91.
Nancy, 318.
Nathaniel, 78, 281,
282.
Rachel, 844 (2), 847.
Samuel, 69, 284, 812
(3), 813 (8).
Samuel, jr., 312 (2).
Sarah, 312, 818(4),
814.
WiUiam, 70, 275,811
(2), 812 (2), 880.
Rev. William H., 91.
Portland (Me.), 180,
294, 299, 800 (2),
804, 805.
Portsmouth (Eng.),
867.
Portsmouth (N. H.),
87,83(8) .92(2)-94.
96, 108(2), 195.197,
295-297, 299, 800,
801 (2), 804, 307
(8), 309.
Portugal, 27, 28.
Post Boy (schooner),
298(2), 299.
Potomac River, 325.
Potter, . 822.
Daniel, 26(2), 27.
James, 186 (2), 196.
Jesse, 186(6).
Pottsvllle(Pa.), 362.
Pouldon, Mary, 60.
Pousland,WiUiam,205.
Pownall, Gov., 109.
Thomas, 36.
Poynton, Hannah, 355.
Pratt, Prat, , 70,
76, 79, 132(2), 183,
135-137 (3), 141,
146, 148, 149, 161,
152, 155, 168.
PraU, Prat, John, 64,
127, 128.
Joseph, 191.
Prescott,Prescot, ,
70(2), 156 (2), 157
(2), 167,276.
Benjamin,' 66, 71.
Rev. Benjamin,^276.
H.. 157.
Peter, 80.
President (ship), 295,
306.
President (frigate),
296(8), 299, 804
(2), 305, 307.
Presson, Abigail, 342.
Annis, 843, 346.
Benjamin, 389.
EUzabeth. 338, 885,
337.
John, 70, 78,186,147,
148, 337.
Lydia, 842.
Margaret, 387.
Mary, 337.
Nehemiah, 842, 348
(2). 346.
Randal, 383, 335, 389.
Susanna, 888. 335.
Thomas, 67.
William, 346.
Preston, Abigail, 342.
Annis, 848, 346.
Beujamin, 339.
Hannah, 889, V845,
348.
Lydia, 342.
Nehemiah, 842, 843
(2), 346.
Prlscilla, 885, 838,
342, 345, 348.
Randal, 389.
Susanna, 839.
William, 346.
Price, , 234 (2),
287.
Capt., 241, 248.
Hiram, 201.
Capt., John,225,244,
245.
Theodore, 236.
Walter, 367.
Capt. Walter, 58, 60.
Major Walter, 76,
122, 125, 154.
Priddon. Peter, 378.
Pride, Hannah, d99.
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PrIde,Hannah,387,8S8.
Jerasha, 887(3), 839
(2). 348.
Jonathan, 887.
Lydia, 389.
Peter. 387 (2), 348
(2).
Peter, jr., 889.
Sosanoa, 887.
Priest, EUza, 92.
Prime, James, 176,176.
Gen. Balph E., 176,
176.
Prince, Prjnce, ,
234.
Capt. Asa, 176.
Edmond, 380.
Henry, 194, 198, 208.
Henry, jr., 194.
James, 68.
John, 12, 196.
Johane, 879.
Joseph, 68.
Richard, 60.
Robert, 259.
Thomas, 879(4;,880.
(2).
Thomas H., 867.
Print (ship), 294.
Procter, Proctor, ,
80, 182, 137 (2),
140-142, 144, 146,
148, 149, 280, 289
(2)..
Widow, 134, 137,
144.
Bei^amin, 289(4).
Benjamin, jr., 47.
Benjamin G., 47(2).
Francis, 144.
Hannah, 46, 47.
John, 66.
Capt. Jonathan, 46
(2).
Martha Ann, 282(2).
Perley, 47.
Robert, 282 (4), 289
Robert, jr..
282(4),
Rot
289.
Sarah, 289.
Thomdike, 66, 78,
132, 136, 139, 143,
280(6), 282(7).
Thorndike, jr., 64,
79, 139(2), 166.
Capt.Thomdike,282.
Proctor St. (Salem),
290.
Prospect (Me ), 2(i8.
Providence(8hip), 871.
Provincial Scientiilc
Library(HaUfaz),
162.
Pmdent (brig), 298.
Pndeator, , 142.
Pndney, John, jr., 67.
John, sr., 66.
Jonathan, 67, 129.
Samnel, 67.
PuUen. . 876.
Marian, 876(2), 377.
Pnlllng, Edward, 4.
Pulslfer. , 17, 20.
David, 14, 18(2).
Joseph, 16.
Pnnchard, William, 69.
Purchase, Abraham,
60.
Pnrrington, , 140.
D., 167.
Daniel, 77(2), 134,
136, 143, 146.
Pntnam, Capt., 80(3).
Ann, 171. 176, 179.
Anna, 180(2).
Bartholomew, 62,
181, 276.
Llent. Benjamin, 69.
Edward, 69.
Eleazer, 69.
Elizabeth, 88(2), 46,
54, 336, 346.
Capt. Enoch, 176(2).
Eunice, 181.
George W., 206.
H. B., 196.
Hiram, 191.
James, 62, 68.
James, jr., 70.
John, 69(2), 286.
Jonathan, jr., 70.
Capt. Jonathan, 67
(2), 68, 69, 121-
124, 126, 128(2),
129, 137, 141, 146,
148, 164.
Joseph, 69.
Joseph, jr., 70.
Josiah, 64, 70.
MHrr, 343(2), 348,
362.
Miriam, 181.
Nanny, 47(2).
Patoam, Nathaniel, 69,
194.
Philemon, 198.
Col. Rnfns, 176(8).
Samuel, 70.
Sarah, 88(8), 868.
Tarrent, 69.
Thomas, 69.
WUllam, 88(2).
Quaker Burying
Ground (Salem),
2SS.
Quaker Meeting-House
(Salem). 222 (6),
228(6), 280, 267
(3)-278(8).
Quarles, , 838.
Francis, jr., 189, 196
Quebec, 109.
Quincy, Josiah, 819.
Quincy (Mass.), 176.
Quiner, WlUiam H.,
196.
Rachael (brig), 809.
Raglan, , 119.
Rambler (ship), 296,
309, 810.
Randolph, Johnny,
881.
Raney, Eliza, 84.
Rant. Roger, 876.
Rantoul, , 298.
Robert, 186.
Robert S., 98, 100,
101.
Rattelsden (Eng.),876.
Rattler (sloop), 298.
Rawlins, Capt. John,
104.
Lore, 104.
Ray, , 181.
Ray, see al9o Rea.
Raymond, Elizabeth,
348
John M., 16.
Jonathan, 67.
Josiah, 189(2).
Paul, 64, 68.
Capt. Thomas, 67.
Rer. W. O.. 166, 166.
Raynes, Charlotte D.,
86.
Daniel, 86, 86.
Emily, 86.
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Baynes, Esther, 86.
Francis, 86(2).
Harriet, 86.
Jane Gerrish, 85, 86.
Joanna, 85.
Mary, 84.
Mercy A., 86.
Klchard Cutts, 86.
Stephen, 84.
William, 86.
Raynor, Edward, 862.
Emily Maria, 362.
Henrietta, 862.
Robert, 362.
Bea, Anna, 179, 383,
836, 338, 340.
Archelans, 189, 201,
205, 207.
Daniel, 71.
Ensign Daniel, 74.
Daniel, sr., 68.
EUzabeth, 347.
Emma, 179, 336.
John, 67, 179, 333,
336, 338, 840.
Joshua, 67.
Lucy, 338.
Samuel, 70, 198, 199.
Sarah, 333.
William, 340.
Rea, see aUo Ray.
Read, Hannah, 171.
Helen Maria, 171.
James, 171.
Reading (Mass.), 173.
Reading (Vt.), 180.
Redwood, Abraham,
64.
Ree, , 380.
Reed, , 142, 295.
Andrew, 204.
Daniel, 278(3), 280
(3).
Elizabeth, 276.
Isaac, 67, 277.
Jacob, 66.
William M., 204(2).
Reeves, Cock, 273.
Felt, 273.
John, 268.
William, 63, 64.
Reith, John, 205.
Relief Fire Club, 8, 9.
Remmons, Robert, 194
(2).
Reynolds, Mary Ellen,
179.
Reynolds, Moses C,
206(2).
Samuel S., 179.
Rhode Island, 37, 57,
269, 270, 332(2),
354.
Rial Side, aee Royal-
side.
Rice, WilUam, 190.
Rich, Elizabeth, 276.
Richards, Edwin A.,
175.
Elizabeth Gardner,
175.
Henrietta B., 175.
Jacob, 175(2).
John, 267(4), 268(3).
Capt. John, 59.
Hon. Joseph, 175.
Lydia, 175.
Mary Turner, 353.
Seth, 353.
Richardson, Dayid, 70.
Edward, 193(2).
Jesse, 187(2), 189.
Joshua, 187.
Lydia, 363.
Nathaniel, 187.
WiUiam P., 187(13),
188(3).
Richmond (Va.), 82.
Ricker, AbigaUF., 88.
Betsey H., 88.
Elizabeth, 88.
Jane, 88.
John H., 88.
Julia Ann, 88.
Mary, 88.
O.P., 206.
Peletiah, 88.
Samuel Leighton,88.
Rider, Henry, 195.
Rigdon, Robert, 376.
Ring, , 122.
Jarius, 122(2).
Rio Janeiro, 187, 199,
358, 362(10), 363.
Ripley, Mary, 179.
Rivers, Anthony, 373.
Rix, Thomas, 219.
Roach, William, 61.
Robbins, David, 42,
194.
N.C., 186.
Thomas, 80, 234.
Roberts, Robertts,
, 323.
Roberts, Robertts,
David, 14(2), 15,
16, 17, 20 (3), 21,
26.
Samuel, 42, 355.
Robertson, Anstiss
Pickman, 101.
Mrs. James H., 100.
Robinson, Robbinson,
Eunice, 42, 359,
3(>0.
John, 65, 208.
Joseph, 206.
Nathan, 42, 201, 207
(2), 369.
Samuel, 55, 61.
Capt. Samuel, 55.
Samuel, jr., 62.
William F., 208(2).
Roby. L.A., 191.
Rochester (Mass.),
191, 194, 200(2).
Rochester (N.H.), 92.
Rogers, Rodgers, ,
254, 374.
Com. , 303.
Abigail, 45.
Jeremiah, 61, 244.
John, 60, 246, 249.
John W., 188, 199,
206.
Nathaniel, 45, 188.
Nathaniel L., 199,
206.
Peter, 198(2).
Richard S., 45, 188,
189, 199(2), 206.
Sarah G., 45.
Ropes, Capt., 806(2).
' Ann, 368.
Anne, 368.
Benjamin, 60, 177
(2), 196, 197, 205
(2), 368.
Chas. A„ 18.
Daniel, 62, 205.
David, 201.
Fanny, 177.
Frances, 177.
Hardy, 202, 203.
Henry. 193, 194.
James, 196, 205(2).
John, 60, 64, 243.
Joseph, 192(3).
Margaret, 177.
Samuel, 64.
Timothy, 203(3).
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BopM, William, 59,
208.
Ropes Brothers, 16.
Rose, Joseph, 194.
Richard, 64.
Ross, James, 68.
Roondy, Rouidey,
Abigail, 848.
Benjamin, 884, 840,
847.
Charity, 884(2), 840.
Deborah, 840.
Elizabeth. 347.
James, 847.
John, 847.
Mary. 847.
Rebecca, 847.
Robert, 348(2).
Sarah, 845.
Stephen, 191.
Ronth, Richard, 167.
Rouz, A., 192.
Rowley (Mass.), 167,
196, 278.
Roxana (ship), 808.
Roxbury (Mass.), 48,
865, 873.
Royalside (Beverly),
67, 69, 71(2)-74,
76(2), 78, 80, 182,
141, 146(2), 147
(8).
Rnck, John, 68, 76.
Thomas, 62.
Ruggles, Rnggle, ,
372.
Amos, 872.
Anne, 372.
Edward, 872.
Elizabeth, 872.
Gefferie, 372.
George, 872(8), 878
(2).
Jefferie, 872(2).
John, 872(6), 378.
Marie, 872.
Nicholas, 372(2).
PhUllp, 372.
Richard, 372.
Samuel, 372.
Susan, 372(4).
Thomas, 372(2).
William, 372,
Russell, Benjamin, 70,
207.
George G., 201.
WilUam, 194.
Rasselly William, Jr.,
70.
William, ST., 69.
Rnst, Henry, 55.
Rutland, Abigail, 847
Rycrort, , 870.
Rye(N.H.), 88, 295.
Sabine (schooner), 808
(3), 804, 806.
Sable, Cape, 188.
Saco(Me.),800.
Sacketts Harbour, 800.
Safford, Ephraim, 200.
Joshoa, 18.
Joshua F., 189.
Nathaniel, 20.
William, 198, 200.
Sag Harbor (N.Y.),
187, 206.
St. Albans (Eng.),378.
St. Barts, 309.
St. Domingo, 298, 809.
St. Helena, 299.
St. Jago, 808, 305.
St. John (N.B.), 165
(2), 166, 295.
St. Kltts, 309.
St. Lucas, 371(2).
St. Marys, 310.
St. Nicholas Church
(Bristol), 869(2).
St. Peter St. (Salem),
3, 21, 107.
St Peter's Church
(Beverly), 105.
St. Peter's Church
(Salem), 52, 105.
St.Peter'8(Eng.), 378.
St. Petersburg, 806.
St. Salvador, 188, 298,
299.
St Ubes, 198, 809.
St Vincent, Cape, 297.
St. Walbex owesChurch
(Bristol), 869.
Salem (Mass.), 1-9, 11
(2), 12, 14, 16(2),
17(2), 21, 23. 24,
26(2), 27, 80(5)-
46, 51-61, 64-76,
94, 97-130, 135-
139, 144-162, 167-
196, 199-212, 215
(3), 219(3), 226
(3)-280(3),245(5),
Salem (Mass.), 246,
250, 252, 268 (2)-
278, 280 (8), 282
(8). 289 (4)-810,
812, 815, 849-856
^8^, 859 (2)-869
Salem O^.H.), 178.
Salem yillage(Mass.),
29, 811, 812.
Salem Bank (Salem),
Salem Common, 854,
859.
Salem Custom House,
185, 186.
Salem Gaxette, 806.
Salem Light Infantry,
22.
Salem Marine Soc., 86
(2), 89.
Salem Observer, 212.
Salem Savings Bank,
868.
Salem Turnpike, 169.
Salisbury, Waite, 81.
Salisbury (Mass.), 32,
81, 167, 193(2),
195, 196, 198, 201
(2)-206(2).
Salles, , 872.
Sallows, Sallowes,
Experience, 887,
889.
Hannah, 848.
Margaret, 845, 848.
Mercy, 886,840,844,
348.
Thomas, 284.
Sally (schooner), 850.
Sally (ship), 295.
Sally Ann (ship), 296.
Salt Lake City (Utah),
98.
Salter, Benjamin, 98,
94.
Charles, 94.
Elinor, 94.
Prances Maria, 94.
Harriet 98.
John Ewen, 94.
Maria Jane, 98.
Mary, 94.
Mary A., 94.
Mary Elizabeth, 94.
William, 94.
WUliam Frost, 94.
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Salter, WiUiam Tib-
betts, 98.
Saltonstall, £z-Major,
20.
Sambro Light, 310.
Samael (ship), 294.
Sandes, , 372.
Sandwich (Mass.) ,201
307.
Sandwich Islands,
194.
Santiago (brig), 305.
Saragossa fbrig), 303.
Sancy Jack (schooner) ,
302.
Saugns (Mass.), 214,
216.
SaaU, William, 376.
Saunders, Sanders,
Charles, 187(2),
188(2), 203(2).
Daniel, 203.
George T., 199(3).
John, 62, 198(2).
Jonathan P., 206.
Oliver, 188.
Thomas, 188.
Saondersons, Sir Nich-
olas, 376.
Savage, , 868.
Daniel, 49.
Sarah, 49.
Savannah (Oa.),298.
Savory, Hlchard, 189,
192, 193, 201(2).
Tristram T., 13.
Sawyer, see Soyer.
Scarboro (Me.), 49.
Scelling, John, 243.
School House Lane
(Salem), 226, 258.
School Street (Salem),
112.
Scitnate (Mass.),
207.
189,
190, 197, 2(
Scotland, 86.
Scott, Gen., 314.
Elizabeth, 49.
Lt. John, 48.
Scrutton, William,375.
Seaflower (schooner),
851.
Seagrave, Wllliam,240.
Sears, David, 197, 198.
Sarah Gardner, 353.
Seavey, Sevey, Aaron,
49.
Seavey, Sevey, Eme-
line, 83.
Susannah, 49.
Seek ford, Humfrey,
375.
Second Chnrch (Bev-
erly), 311-313(2).
Sedgwick (Me.), 191.
Selden, Robert, 202.
Selfe, Anthonie, 378.
Sephery. , 872.
Sewall, Sewel, Judge,
122.
Elizabeth, 333, 346.
S., 154.
Maj. Samuel, 57.
Stephen, 129, 245,
265, 268.
Maj. Stephen, 57, 58
(2), 61, 247.
Seymour, Capt., 306.
Shaflin, Widow, 65.
Shannon, Isaac W.,
199.
Shannon (frigate), 294
r3)-301(7), 304.
Shaplelgh, Shapley,
Capt., 295.
Marv, 83.
Shaplelgh (Me.), 86.
Sharp, Sharpe, ,
231.
Samuel, 367.
Shatswell, Joseph, 14,
16. 19(4).
Shattock, Samuel, 62.
Shaw, Daniel, 67, 126.
Mercy A., 86.
William, 126(2).
William, sr., 66.
Shay, Capt. Daniel, 176.
Shehane, Bethiah, 178.
Sheldon, , 142.
Shepard, Henry F.,
196.
Jeremiah, 52.
Jeremiah, jr., 206.
John, jr., 177.
Joseph F., 179.
Michael, 16, 194, 201
(2), 208(2).
Michael W., 196.
Sally G., 179.
Stephen, 16.
Stephen W., 189.
Sherborn, Sherburne,
,299.
Sherborn, Sherburne,
Eleanor, 89.
Eliza, 89.
Elizabeth, 89.
Frances, 89.
Mary Lear, 89.
Nathaniel, 89.
Sally, 89.
Sophronla, 179.
Sherin, , 180.
Shillaber, Shilaber,
, 124.
Capt, 306.
Benjamin, 188.
Benjamin, jr., 200.
John, 127, 205.
Jonathan, 205(2).
Shirley, Governor, 108
Slam, 198.
Sibley. Sibly, ,124.
John, 63, 71.
Nathaniel, 71.
Samuel, 63.
Sign of the Ship (Sa-
lem), 75.
Silsbee, Silsby, Benja*
min H., 199(2),
207.
EUzabeth, 368.
J. B., 196.
John H.. 199(3).
Nathaniel, 80, 190,
201 (2), 203(2), 206,
207(2), 368.
Nathaniel, jr., 9, 61,
207(2).
Nathaniel, sr., 60.
William, 207.
Zachariah F., 207
(2).
Silver, James, 198, 199,
205(2).
Simmons, , 307.
Andrew, 208.
Simonds, James, 61.
John, 63.
Samuel, 192, 193.
Thomas, 64, 66.
Simpson, John, 62.
Sims, Peter, 367.
Sinclair, Capt., 300(3).
John, 187.
Siren (brig), 307.
Skelllng, John, 243.
Skelton, Samuel, 367.
Bev. Samuel, 212.
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Skerry, Skerie, Skery,
Scerry, Elizabeth,
37.
Frances, 234.
Francis, 69, 244. 855.
Hannah, 843.
Henry, 87, 285. 848.
Jonathan, 197.
Margaret, 47, 848,
855.
Priscilla, 59.
WilUam, 192,198(2).
Skinner, Sklner, ,
158.
Capt. John, 182.
Samuel, 62.
Skntt, WiUlam, 871.
Slapp, John, 66.
Slater, Ann E., 92.
SleTT, Leonard, 340.
Small, Smal, Benja-
min, 59.
John, 41.
Stephen, 65.
William, 70.
Smith, Abigail, 49.
Abraham, 68.
Andrew, 190(2), 848.
A. Augustas, 160.
Benjamin, 205, 846,
848, 368.
Caleb. 201.
Darid, 202 (2), 203
(3), 207, 849.
Ebenezer, 186.
Edward, 205(4).
Elizabeth, 34,82.171,
334, 346(2), 348.
Ezra, 206(2).
George, 65, 67, 68
(8), 70, 71(2), 77,
126, 143, 145, 190.
George G., 207.
George K., 191.
George N., 191.
Hannah, 336, 340.
Hazadiah, 71.
Ira, 189.
Israel, 837.
James, 67.
Job, 348.
John, 60, 61(2).
Jonathan, 337, 341,
347.
Joseph'B., 202.
Lucy, 177.
Mercy, 368.
Smith, MoUy, 177.
Rebecca, 837,341(2),
848.
Samuel, 347.
Capt. Stephen, 48.
William, 366.
WimamB.,200,208.
Smyth, Smythe,Johan,
814.
Eatherine, 880.
Symond, 874.
Thomas, 374.
Snow, James, 200.
Social Fire Club, 8.
Social, No. 2 Fire
Club, 8.
SomerylUe (Mass.).
863.
Sons of Temperance
Fire Club, 9.
Soren, Frances J., 93.
South America, 306.
South Berwick (Me.),
84.
South Danvers
(Mass.), 178. 215.
South fields (Salem)
66, 111.
South Meeting House
(Danvers), 41, 278
(3), 280.
South Mills (Salem),
866, 860.
South River (Salem),
53. 367.
South Salem Bridge
Corporation, 354.
Southward, George,
14.
Mary, 61.
Sonthwick, Abraham,
126, 263, 256.
Daniel, 268, 270(2).
Daniel, jr., 66.
Daniel, sr., 66.
Ebenezer, 122(2),
126, 142.
Eliza C, 60.
EUzabeth, 60(2).
John, 66.
John, jr., 66.
John, sr., 142.
Josiah, 63, 268.
Lawrence, 65.
Martha, 63.
Soyer, Edward Bishop
60.
Spalding, Rer. S. J.,
92.
Sarah Jane Parker,
92.
Spain,'821(2).
Spanbye (Eng.),876.
Speed (bng), 306.
Spearwick, Catherine,
880.
William, 880.
Spite, Luce, 880.
Sprague, , 297.
Elizabeth, 95.
Joseph, 7.
CoL Joseph G., 11.
Spring Pond (Salem),
68(2), 72, 126.
Springfield (Mass.),
84.
Squam (Mass.), 307.
Stackhouse, Richard,
80(8).
Stacy, Stacey, Pris-
cilla, 62.
Samuel, 126, 129.
William, 61.
Stage Point, 866.
Standly, Standley,
Abigail, 341.
Andrew W., 189.
Benjamin, 848.
Dayid. 388.
Edward, 189, 190
(2), 205.
Elizabeth, 887, 841.
Hannah, 388.
Jane, 833, 385.
Joanna, 848.
Jonathan, 836, 840,
844(2;, 848.
Joshua, 341.
Mercy, 886,340,344,
848.
Rebecca. 340.
Robert, 386.
Timothy, 341.
Titus, 848.
William, 338.
Staples, Capt. Oliver,
81.
Walte, 81.
Staring, Delia Ann,
181.
State Street (Boston),
108.
Staten Island (N.T.),
96, 362*
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Stoynor, Jolum, 874.
Sjmond, 874.
Thomas, 374.
Stearnfl, , 247.
Dr., 808.
WUliam, 4.
Stephens, , 59.
Widow, 62.
AbigaU, 846.
Charles, 198.
Thomas, 208.
Sterling (Mass.), 179.
Steuben (Me.), 191,
206.
Stevens, Hon. Brims-
ley, 58.
Ebenezer, 84.
Elizabeth, 84, 184.
Hannah, 58.
KatheriDe, 880.
Thomas, 198, 195,
198. 877.
Steward, Moses, 280
(3).
Stewart, , 810.
Stickney, Joseph, 198,
199.
Silas,' 186.
William, 18.
Stileman, , 367.
EUas, 867(2).
EUas, sr., 867(2).
Richard, 366(2), 367
(3).
Samnel, 867(8).
Stockholm ( schooner) ,
294.
Stone, , 187.
Widow, 79.
AbigaU. 848(3).
Andrew, 348(3).
Benjamin W., 199
(8).
Charity, 834, 840.
Daniel, 61.
Dorothy, 837.
Ebenezer, 388.
Eleanor, 178(2).
Elizabeth, 886, 888,
841, 345.
Hannah, 338.
Jane, 336.
John, 29r8).
Mary, 334(2), 846
(2). 347.
Mehitable, 888, 336,
840(2).
Stone, FrisciUa, 51.
Robert, 189, 190,206,
207(2), 848.
Robert, jr., 61, 206.
Samnel, 78, 139, 140
(8), 151, 155, 225,
243, 244, 271(8),
272(6), 278, 840,
846, 347(2).
Samnel, jr., 64, 388,
336.
Samnel, sr., 65.
Sarah, 268.
Stephen, 51.
Susanna, 333, 835,
339.
William, 199(8),384.
Zachariah, 334.
Stone's Plain (Salem),
134(2), 188(2), 139.
140(2), 143(2),144.
Stoneham (Eng.)»375.
Stoneham Aspall
(Eug.), 876.
Stoodley, Nathan. 54.
Maj. Nathan D., 58.
Rebecca Allen, 53.
Sally, 54.
Storer, George Wash-
ington, 89.
Mary Lear, 89.
Story, Jadge, 115.
Strange, Alexander,
877.
Stratton, Straton, ,
76,79,132,136(2),
146.
Streeter, Gilbert L.,
167. 211, 212, 216,
290(2).
Strong Water Brook
(Salem), 78, 77,78,
126. 138 (2). 139
(2). 141, 145, 220,
241.
Strout, Joseph, 202.
Stuart, Capt., 809.
John, 49.
Lncy, 49.
Sudbury (Eng.), 372
(2). 374.
Sullivan, William J.,
186.
Sumethrust, Michael,
52.
Summer Street (Bos-
ton), 171.
Summers, Mary, 51.
Capt. William, 51.
Sun Tavern (Salem),
859.
Susan (brig), 364.
Susan's Island (Me.),
196.
Sutton, Eleanor Put-
nam, 363.
Harry, 863.
Lucy S..363.
William, 208. 363.
Swain, Rev. Joseph,
314.
Swampscott (Mass.),
114, 116.
Swan, , 117(2).
Henry, 867.
Swansey. 191.
Swasey, Swasy,
Joseph, sr., 60.
Samuel, 62, 138.
Samuel, jr., 249.
Swett. Sweet, Daniel,
168.
Greorge, 84.
Hannah, 84.
John. 84. 281(2).
Capt. John, 83.
Joseph, 84.
Malachl, 186.
Mary, 84.
Nancy, 84.
Sarah, 88.
Swlnerton, Swinner-
ton, ,111,154.
Easter, 68.
Jasper, 68.
Joseph, 68, 128.
S win ton. . 62.
Sylph(8loop), 859.
Symonds, Abigail, 51.
Francis. 312(2).
Isabel, 178.
Joseph, 51. 52.
Margaret. 177.
Samuel. 177.189.261.
Symonds. see also
Simonds.
Syren (brig), 299 (2).
Tabernacle Church
(Salem), 54, 170.
Taller, Thomas. 373.
Talmacke, Llonell.373.
Taply, Gilbert, jr., 59.
Gilbert, sr., 59.
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Taply; Jobn, 142.
Tarbell, Tarbol, ,
US.
Cornelias, 70.
John, Jr., 66.
John, sr., 68.
Tarlton, Lewis, 88.
Sosan Grafton Pres-
cott, 88.
Tawlej, Elizabeth, 68.
Taylor, Taylour, Abi-
gail, 388.
Charity, 888.
Daniel, 46, 178.
James, 888.
Lncy, 389. 842, 847.
Mary, 840, 348, 847.
Richard Harve, 288.
Sarah, 388.
Taylor Club, 868.
Teagne, John, 96.
Mary Jane, 96.
Temple St. (Bristol),
870(2).
Tenedos (frigate), 294
r8)-298, 801 (2),
Tenney, Mary, 84.
Samuel, 84.
Terrible (privateer),
804.
Tewksbury(Ma8s), 47.
Texas, 90.
Thatcher, , 814,
818.
Thaxter, Abigail, 49
(2).
Caroline L., 49.
Charlotte, 49.
Elizabeth, 49.
Eunice, 49.
Bzekiel, 49.
Gridley, 49.
Hannah, 49.
Lucy, 49.
Marshall, 49(2).
Mary, 49.
Maj. Samuel, 49.
Sarah, 49(2).
Susan, 49.
Susannah, 49.
William, 49.
Thayer, E.R., 191.
Thi8tle,Thissel, Abial,
844.
Abiel. 340, 847.
Anna, 847.
Thistle, Thissel,
Charles, 842.
Daniel, 847.
Ebenezer, 836, 840.
Elizabeth, 889.
Hannah, 889, 846.
James, 846, 848.
Jeofl^, 836, 889,
842, 846.
John, 848.
Joseph, 205.
Lydia, 840, 842.
Margaret, 845, 848.
Mary, 836. 389, 842,
344, 845.
Priscilla, 846.
Richard. 840, 844,
847.
Thorndike, 845.
Thomas, , 82.
Augusta, 82.
Thomas (privateer),
800(2).
Thcnas (ship), 298.
Thoi a8ton(Me.), 197.
Thom.^son, Ann Went-
worth, 81.
Eleanor, 89.
Henry, 81.
William L., 89.
Thorn, Isaac, 181.
Miriam, 181.
Thom(8hip), 296, 802.
Thorndike, Abigail,
384, 841, 846.
Andrew, 840, 845,
848.
Anna, 836, 840(8),
842, 345, 348.
Bethiah, 341.
Daniel, 340.
Elizabeth, 384, 838.
Emma, 884.
Henry, 384.
Hepzibah, 888.
Herbert, 334, 341,
342, 846.
Israel, 190, 194(2),
197-199, 203, 208
(2).
James, 386, 840, 342.
Joanna, 833, 348.
John, 334, 338.
Jonathan, 884, 388,
348, 347.
Joseph, 847, 848.
Joshua, 887(2).
Thorndike, Joaiah,
340(2).
CoL LarUn, 45.
Lucy, 388.
Lnke, 845.
Mary, 886, 841, 844,
846.
Ntchcdas, 191, 208.
Osmond, 202.
Paul, 886, 846.
Rebecca, 884(2),888,
848, 847.
Sarah. 887(2).
Thrasher, Joseph, 64,
69, 127, 129.
Three Friends (brig),
809.
Tibbetts, Judge, 98.
Harriet, 98.
Jane, 82.
Sarah Jane, 98.
Togus (Me.), 53.
Tompkins, , 182
(2), 150, 157, 276,
277(2).
Mary, 275, 276(8),
277.
Nathaniel, 65, 142,
150, 275(2), 276
(«).
Tompkin's Inn (Sa-
lem), 211-218,
215-217, 280, 275,
289, 290.
Topliff, Samuel, 806.
Toppan, 105, 112.
AbigMil M., 92.
Ann E., 92.
Dr. Bezalael (or
Barzillai), 104,105.
Christopher, 92.
Christopher Ste-
phen, 92.
Edmund, 92(2).
EdmundWillonghby
92.
Elizabeth Qrafton,
92.
Mary, 92(2).
Mary Barton, 104.
Mary Chase, 92.
Sarah, 92.
Sarah Jane, 92.
Sarah Jane Parker,
92.
Top8fleld(Mass.), 126,
129,313(2).
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ToaloD (France), 29
Towgood, Rev.,
869.
Town, Henry, 200.
Town Bridge (Salem),
78. 107. 127, 135,
144, 148, 149, 151.
Town Hall (Saugas),
215.
Town House Square
(Salem), 8, 113.
Townsent, Fraunces,
371.
Townsend, Leonard
376.
Moses, 190. 202(2).
Penn. 190(2), 194,
197.
Samuel. 202(2), 204.
Towser, Widow, 61.
Trask, Traske, ,
58. 122(2), 158(2).
Capt.. 234, 867.
Abigail. 385.
Benjamin, 340(2),
346.
Edward. 835.
EUas. 68.
Emma, 336.
Freeborn. 343.
Hannah, 342.
Henry, 345.
Jane. 336, 338(2),
343.
Jerusha, 337(2), 339,
343.
John, 65, 66, 67(2),
74, 122, 123, 125
(8), 126(2), 128
(2)-l30, 132, 138
(2), 134. 276, 277,
342, 345.
John, jr., 65.
Jonathan, 134(2),
185(3), 157.
Joseph, 80, 386, 340,
342.
Lydia. 340, 342(2).
Mary, 334, 337, 340,
341, 346.
Mercy, 385, 338, 844.
N., 128.
Nicholas,65,140,155.
Osmyn, 836(3), 338,
343.
Priscilla. 340,342(3),
345 (2).
Trask, Traske, Bntb,
846.
Samuel, 68.
Sarah, 834.
Thomas, 840.
William. 65, 284.
Trask's Plains (Sa-
lem), 78, 126(4),
127, 129.
Trask's Way (Salem),
148.
Treadwell, Eliza, 862.
John, 208.
John W., 190.
William, 189, 192.
Treat. James A., 90.
Dolly Weutworth,
90.
Tredick. Martha, 95.
Trefethem, Abigail,
95.
Martha, 95.
Robert, 95.
WiUiam. 95.
Treuet, Capt., 127.
Trinity CoUege, 175.
Tripp, Hiram N., 88.
Julia Ann, 88.
True. , 327, 330.
Abraham, 13, 117.
Trumbull, Nath^ 18.
Tuck. Abigail. 346.
Anna. 884(2), 886.
Ebenezer, 346.
Elizabeth, 333, 835,
343, 345(2), 346
(2).
Elisha, 343.
Emma, 336.
Esther, 341.
(xeorge. 334, 337, 340
(2), 343.
Jane. 336.
John, 335,345, 346.
Joseph, 337.
Juda. 342.
Judith, 334, 339,341,
348.
Lois, 835, 341(2).
Louis, 344.
Mary.384(2).385(2),
387(2), 339, 340,
843, 345, 352.
Rachel, 344(8), 847.
Ralph, 335, 341, 344
(2).
Samuel, 385.
Tuck, Sarah, 387, 338.
Sewel, 348.
Susanna, 885, 387,
388.
Thankful, 334.
Thomas, 834, 836,
367
WiUiam, 203, 833,
337, 343, 846.
William, Jr., 888,
838.
Tucker, Aaron, 313.
Andrew. 202, 205.
David, 197(2).
Elizabeth, 178(2),
818.
Eunice, 50.
Gideon, 16, 198(2),
199,205.
Ichabod, 9, 12, 168.
John. 202.
Jonathan, 202.
Lydia, 202.
Samuel. 208.
WiUiam. 178.
Tufts, Mary, 51.
Polly, 51.
Richard. 51.
Tunis. 200.
Tunnlson, Tuning, 188.
Turner, Col., 21, 60
(2), 61, 68(3), 69
(2), 70(2), 71(2),
107.
Abiel, 61.
John, 34, 55, 352.
Col. John, 180.
Maj. John, 59. 247.
Sarah, 34, 352.
Twiss. Twisse. Twist,
Twysse, Daniel,
124.
Edward, 80.
Peter, 77, 124.
Peter, jr., 66, 135,
146(3).
Peter, sr.. 66.
Thomas. 380(2).
Two Brothers (priva-
teer), 86(2).
Tyley, , 65.
Tyrannicide (sloop),
354.
Union (brig), 354.
Union (brigantine) ,
854.
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TTnton (ship), 810. Vennard, Abi^iU 93.
Union and Amity Fire Abigail A., 94.
Club, 9.
Union Fire Club, 7, 12.
Union Market (Sa-
lem). 866.
Union St. (Salem),
43, 868.
Union Wharf, 862,
868,866,868, 861,
864.
United States, 101(2),
161(2), 162, 192,
297, 862.
United States (frig-
ate), 294-297.
Uniyersalist Church
(Salem), 41(2).
Upham, Charles W.,
16, 26.
William P., 28(2),
26, 888.
Upton, , 62, 295.
Capt., 806, 807.
Benjamin, 198(4).
Capt.BenJamin, 869.
Benjamin, jr., 188.
Charles, 20, 197.
David, 176.
£. A., 198.
Edmund, 51(2).
Edwin. 196(2).
Ezra, 172.
George, 196(8), 197.
Henry, 871.
James, 198(2), 196
(2), 197.
Capt. James, 11.
Luther, 198, 196.
Mary, 61.
Nathan, 278.
Nathaniel, 277.
Prlscllla, 61(2).
Robert, 16, 198(4),
196.
Ruth, 277.
Samuel, 69, 188.
Sarah, 178(2).
Timothy, 277(8).
William, 61, 69, 178.
Utlca (N. Y.), 175(3).
Vallcntlne, , 122.
Valparaiso, 804.
Van Houten, , 87.
Varney, Samuel, 198.
Veely, Thomas, 61.
Andrew Watklns,
94.
Ariadne, 94.
Dorothy Clifford, 94
(2).
Eliza J., 94.
Elizabeth, 94.
George, 92, 94(2).
Capt. George, 94.
Henry T.. 94.
John Clifford, 94.
Mary, 94.
Mathew Bell, 94.
Nancy Watklns Bell,
94.
OUve BeU, 94.
Samuel, 94.
Sarah E., 94.
WllUamCUfford, 94.
Venus(shlp), 298, 808,
806, 309.
Veren, Vcrin, ,
281.
HllUard, 167, 268(2).
Vermont, 180, 831.
Very, Verry, , 78,
142.
Benjamin, 66, 121.
Isaac, 194.
Isaac, jr., 194(2).
Israel, 204.
Jacob, 204(8).
John, 66.
Joseph, 127, 129.
Samuel, 62, 124, 198.
Thomas, 66, 246.
Verry's Plaln(8alem),
138(2), 139, 140,
141(2).
Vlles, Bowman, 174.
Vincent. ,69(2).
Virginia, 328.
Volant Fire Club, 9.
Vollentlne, , 122.
Wadden, Rebecca, 179.
Wade, Wald, Walde,
, 127. 128.
Jonathan, 67(2), 72.
Wadsworth, Esther,
86.
Wage, Robert. 874.
Wagner, Henrietta,
862.
Waitt, Aaron, 208.
Wake, WlUiam, 867.
Wakefield, Samuel,60.
Wakefleld(MaM.), 68.
Walcott, , 103.
Capt., 67.
Asa Gardner, 175.
Augustus CalTln
178, 175.
Betsy, 176.
Rey. CalTin, 178,175.
EUJah, 176.
Elizabeth Gardner,
178, 176.
George Theodore,
176.
Henrietta Blake, 178,
175.
John, 68.
Mary. 175.
Sally, 178(2), 174,
176.
Sally Ann, 173, 176.
Samuel Gardner,
178, 176.
Walcott, §€€ <a$o Wol-
cou.
Walder, , 83.
Waldo. , 247.
Brigadier, 108.
Waldoboro (Me.), 196.
Walker, Elizabeth, 64.
Judith, 96..
Walllnger, Jo., 880.
Wallls, Wallace, ,
280.
Maj.,'801, 802.
Daniel, 884, 887, 841
(2), 844.
Ebenezer, 887.
EUzabeth, 884, 888,
841.
Hannah, 884, 887,
841,844(2^.
Hezeklah, 200.
John, 196.
Margaret, 842.
Mary, 834.
Robert,278(2)276(8)
Walter, Lynde, 866.
Thomas, 366.
WlUlam, 866.
Waltham (Ma8S.),171.
Walton, Joseph, 96.
Mary, 96.
Ward. ,68,66,120,
128 (2), 266, 266,
296.
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Ward, A., 196.
Andrew, 208(8).
EUzabeth, 45, 864.
George Atkinson,
106.
Hannah, 46.
John, 60.
Joseph Chapman,
864
Joshua, 190, 200,202
(2).
Miles, 45,60, 251-264
(3).
Miles, Jr., 258, 254
(4)-256C6), 271(2)
850, 851, 864.
MUes, sr., 186, 147
(8), 148, 155.
Samuel, 208(2), 854,
855.
WardweU, Abiel, 198
(2), 208, 208.
Ware, Benjamin P.,
116.
Warner, Ann £liza>
beth, 88.
Warren, Admiral, 104,
108(8), 804.
Eunice, 844.
Warren(R.I.), 186.
Warren Street (Sa-
lem), 56.
Washburn, , 21.
Washington, George,
56, 115(2), 170.
Washington (D.C.),
27, 160, 162, 821-
828, 826-829.
Washington College
(Trinity), 175.
Washington Fire Club
8, 10, 12.
Washington Square
East (Salem), 860.
Washington Square
West (Salem), 41
(2), 861.
Washington St. (Sa-
lem), 15, 21, 112,
212, 224, 259, 855.
Wasp (priTsteer-
sloop), 296, 802,
807.
Waters, Water, Wat-
ters, , 865(2).
David P., 18.
Ezekiel, 59.
Waters, Water, Wat-
ters, Henry F.,
869
John,' 154, 191.
John, Jr., 66.
John, sr., 65.
John a, 197(2).
Jonathan, 59.
Joseph, 187(2), 191.
Joseph G., 9.
Nathaniel, 66.
Richard, 65.
Stephen, 875.
Rev. T. Frank, 228,
229.
Thomas, 60.
Watertown (Mass .) ,
85, 93.
Watertown (N.Y.),
179.
Wayge, Cycelye, 874
(2).
Webb, B., 9.
Benjamin, 188, 189,
206(2), 208.
Daniel, 59.
EUzabeth, 868.
J. F., 197.
John, 69, 868.
Joseph B., 208.
Samuel, Jr., 190.
Stephen, 192.
Stephen P., 11, 19.
Webb St. (Mass.),
868.
Webster, Abigail, 87.
Elijah C, 198(2).
Peter E., 18.
Weems, Capt., 297.
Welds, Widow, 61.
Welles, John, 198.
Wellman, Timothy,
190(2).
Timothy, Jr., 197,
205.
Timothy, Srd, 196.
WeUs (Me.), 88, 208,
208.
Wenham (Mass.), 88,
89, 64(2) -66(8),
170(4), 201, 280,
81 1(6)- 814, 828,
886, 856.
Wentworth, Abigail
C, 91.
Dorothy Frost, 90.
Elizabeth, 88, 89.
Wentworth, George
Wallingford, 91.
John, 91.
Joseph, 91.
Lydia, 90.
Lydla C, 91.
Margaret Jane, 91.
Mary Frances, 91.
Paul, 90.
Roxanna, 91.
Samuel Hidden, 91.
Sarah P., 91.
Thomas H., 186.
William Badger, 91.
Wescott, J. P. L.,200.
West, , 22.
Benjamin, 195.
Benjamin A., 108,
106, 197(5).
Edward, 84, 198,
352.
EUzabeth, 34.
George, 197, 201(2).
Henry, 61, 68, 1B8,
286, 887(8), 838,
840(2).
John, 18, 335.
John A., 196, 197(8).
Mary, 385.
Natbaniel, 41,43.
Nathaniel, Jr., 198.
Capt. Nathaniel, 21,
198(2), 860(4), 368
Ruth, 335.
Samuel, 68, 65, 69,
196, 197(3).
Sarah, 45, 835(2),
361(2).
William, 7, 45. 361.
West Indies, 54, 94,
298(2). 308, 352.
West Peabody(Mass.),
171, 173, 175.
West Point (N. Y.),
176.
Westburle (Eng.), 378
(2).
Westburle Lelghe
(Eng.), 377.
Weston, Nathaniel,
208(2").
Wetherell, Joshna,257.
Weymouth (Mass.),
175.
Whaley, Whalley, ,
377.
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Whalej, Wballey,
WlUlam, 876 (2),
877.
Wharton, Edward,
288, 867.
Wheatland, George, 0.
Richard, 196, 198,
199.
Wheeler, Abby, 54.
Elizabeth C, 84.
M. S., 188.
SamaelC.,64.
Wheltham (Enff.)>374.
Wherren, Lavinla, 83.
Wbetakory, Jefferle,
378.
Whipple, Deacon, 127.
Col. Henry, 11.
Jonathan. 199.
Josepb, 68.
White, Alden P., 228,
229.
Annis, 51.
Daniel A., 10.
EUzabeth, 60.
Haffleld, 55.
Hatfield, 191(2).
Henry, 188.
Henry,*jr., 190, 208.
John, 880.
Joaepb, 69, 114(2),
187. 188, 190, 208
(2).
Joseph, jr., 188-190
(2), 206.
Leonard, 168.
Mehitable, 91.
Capt. Robert, 91.
Stephen, 188(2), 190
(2), 208(2).
Zachariah, 68.
White Plains, 315(2).
Whltford, Whitefort,
, 59, 121.
John, 62.
Samnel, 121.
Whiting:, Walter B.,
207(2).
Whitmore, Whitta-
more, , 18.
Nathaniel, 142.
Stephen, jr., 18.
Thomas, 142.
Whiltaker, Rev. Dr.,
8, 182, 184, 349.
Whitney, Elisha, 197.
Whlttredge, WUtte-
rldge, Charity ,341.
Whlttredge, Wbitte-
ridge, George, 194.
Hannah, 887.
James, 193.
John, 344.
Livermore, 337, 341,
344.
Mary, 387, 341, 344,
346.
Sarah, 181(4).
Thomas, 180(2), 181,
190, 198, 194, 196
(2).
Whoolle, William, 376.
Wlcke, , 379(3).
Wllbye, Ellzene, 377.
Wilkinge, Anne, 377.
Anthony, 377.
John, 377.
Margerle, 377(2).
Wllkins, , 290.
Albert, 178.
AqnilU, 70, 177.
Benjamin, 68.
Benjamin, jr., 70,
177.
Bethiah, 178.
Charles, 178.
Charles R., 208.
Dorcas, 178.
Esther Gardner, 178.
Fanny, 177.
Frances, 177.
George Gardner,
178.
Henry, 68, 178.
Hepzibah, 178(2).
Isaac, 71.
John, 70, 177.
John, jr., 70.
John, sr., 68.
John Gardner, 177.
Joseph, 70, 77(2),
78. 134, 143(4)-
145(2).
Lncy, 177.
Mary, 178.
Nancy G., 178.
Polly, 177(2), 178.
Reuben, 177.
Rnfas, 178.
Sarah Gardner, 178.
Thomas, sr., 68.
WiUard, DoUy, 179
(2).
Ephraim, 179.
Hannah, 335, 343,
346.
Willard, Lois, 179.
WiUey, Harriet, 91.
Wimam(8hip), 299.
William Chase(8team-
er), 23.
William Pettii Fire
Association, 6.
William Penn Hose
CompanT, 6.
Williams, , 123,
158, 296, 307, 332.
Aiuron, 191.
AbigaU, 335.
Anna, 842.
DaySd, 339.
Ebenezer, 335, 338,
342, 345, 348.
EUzabeth, 335.
G.H., 191.
Hannah, 339, 345,
348.
Henry L., 11, 195.
Isaac, 62, 236.
Israel, 203.
John, 60.
Joseph, 59,837(2).
Lydia, 337.
Mary, 335, 337.
Nathaniel, jr., 339.
Nathaniel W., 198.
Patty, 173.
Priscilla, 885, 388
(2), 342, 345, 348.
Rev. Roger, 212,
267
Sarah, 348, 344.
Stephen, 190.
Thomas, 197, 345,
348.
WiUiard, Jacob, 122.
Joslah, 59.
Simond, 59.
WiUlston, Snsanna,
811.
Willoaghby, , HI.
Francis, 61.
WiirsHiU(Salem),137.
Wilmington (N. C),
301,307.
Wilmot, WUmott,
379, 380.
William, 879.
WiUon, , 157, 298.
Abby, 54.
Eliza J., 94.
Frank B., 194.
Col. Gowen, 81.
Isaac, 154.
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WiUon, John, 189.
John Dm 206.
Nancy, 81.
Bobert, 139(2).
ReUef, 49.
Robert, jr., 65, 66,
158(2).
Robert, sr., 66.
WUton(N. H.), 180.
WinchosterCVa.). 175.
Windat, Peter, 62.
Wingate, Mary, 56.
Winn, Capt., 88.
John, 187, 195, 196
(8), 203.
Joseph, 190(2), 196
(3).
Mary J., 88.
Winslow, Col. Ed-
ward, 163(2), 164,
166.
Winter Hill(Ma8i.).51.
Winter St. (Salem), 42,
114(4), 115, 355.
Wlnthrop, Robert C,
170.
Wlscasaet (Me.), 296.
Witch HiU(Salem), 212
Withington, Lothrop,
365.
Wolcott, Woolcot,
Jnstlce, 122.
John, 129.
Jo8iah,57,58(3),60,
125, 154.
Sarah, 50.
Wolcott, see also Wal-
cott.
Wolfboro(N. H.),362.
Wood, , 31.
Anna, 339.
Elizabeth, 342, 345.
Israel, 834, 339, 341
(2), 348.
Joseph, 334, 341, 344
(2), 347.
Juda, 342.
Judith, 384, 339, 341,
348(2).
Mary, 347.
Rebecca, 337, 341,
348.
Ruth, 344, 347.
Samuel, 341.
William, 842.
Woodbury, Wood-
bery , 341.
Woodbury .Woodbery,
Capt,132(2).
AbigaU, 345, 348.
Andrew, 60, 234, 235,
332 (2), 336, 343,
347.
Ann, 335.
Anna, 335(2), 838,
341, 343, 345, 347.
Asa, 345.
Azariah, 334.
Benjamin, 334, 338,
341, 345.
Charity, 348.
Cornelius, 340, 342.
Curtis, 839.
Dorcas, 347.
Ebenezer, 68, 334,
348.
Eleanor, 340.
Elisha, 833, 838,
340, 341, 345.
Elizabeth, 334,343,
347, 348.
Emma, 334.
Eunice, 338.
Experience, 337,342,
Ezra, 335(2), 338.
341, 343.
Francis, 335.
Gideon, 342.
Hannah, 336, 342,
345, 347, 348.
Hazadlah, 334.
Hezeklah, 341.
Hue, 336.
Isaac. 341.
Israel, 348.
Issachar, 342.
Jacob, 335.
Jane, 336.
Jeremiah, 341.
Jeremy, 343.
Joanna, 333, 335,
336, 338, 339, 341,
343(2). 345, 347.
John, 232.
Joseph, 812, 341,
344, 345.
Joshua, 345.
Joslah, 337, 342,
355.
Juda, 347.
Judith, 335, 339,
345(2).
Lucy, 334,338,842,
345.
Woodbury, Woodbery,
Lydla, 334(2), 338
(2), 340-342, 344,
345. '
Mara, 385.
Martha, 336, 340.
Mary, 335(2), 344,
348.
Mlhil,'835, 338.'
Molly, 348.
Nathaniel, 348.
Nicholas, 334, 338
(2), 344.
Paul, 341.
Rachel, 336.
Rebecca, 334, 335,
338, 842, 346.
Richard, 337.
Robert, 189, 141,
345, 348.
Capt. Robert, 78.
Ruth, 334.
Samuel, 335(2)-389,
345, 847.
Sarah, 333, 335.
Stephen, 208.
Thomas, 195, 204,
333, 334, 338(2),
342, 345.
William, 386, 340.
Zebulon, 205.
Woodbrldflre, Thomas
M., 205.
Woodman, Charles
WllUam, 93.
Charlotte, 93(2).
Frances J., 93.
Harriet, 93.
J.H., 92.
Jane, 93.
Jeremiah H., 93.
Samuel, 93.
Sarah, 92.
Sarah Jane, 93.
Theodore Chase, 93.
Woodwell, Samuel,
63.
Wooes (Eng.), 376.
Worcester, Eben, 12.
Worth, Christian, 870.
Symon, 371(2).
Wyer, , 299.
Wyman, Eunice, 278.
Soloman, 277, 278
W.
Wright, Richard, 376.
Zenos W., 201.
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Tale Unirenlty, 180,
819,820.
Tardley, Alice, 877.
Yaxlee (Eng.). 876.
Yeatmrnn, John, 880.
Teaton, Abigail Long,
96 •
Alexander, 96.
Teaton, Eveline, 96.
John, 96(2).
Mary, 86, 96.
Richard, 96.
Tonkers (N.T.), 175.
York (Me.), 88. 85,
88(2), 108, 192.
Tork Co. (Me.), 87.
Tork Co. (Me.\ 108.
Tonng. William, 249
(6). 251,252.
Tonng Emolus (brig),
296(2), 297.
Zanzibar, 194(2).
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