48. Samuel Sewall I, born May 02, 1715 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died January 19, 1771. He was the son of 96. Joseph Sewall PhD and 97. Elizabeth Walley. He married 49. Elizabeth Quincy May 18, 1749 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
49. Elizabeth Quincy, born October 15, 1729 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died February 15, 1770. She was the daughter of 98. Edmund Quincy III and 99. Elizabeth Wendell.
Notes for Samuel Sewall I:
Merchant, Deacon-Old South Church, selectman, and justice of peace
More About Samuel Sewall I:
Burial: Sewall Tomb in the Granary, Boston Massachusetts
Notes for Elizabeth Quincy:
Vital Info: Elizabeth daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth Quincy, born 15 October 1729.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 194
More About Elizabeth Quincy:
Burial: Sewall Tomb in the Granary, Boston Massachusetts
More About Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy:
Marriage: May 18, 1749, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Children of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy are:
i. Elizabeth Sewall, born March 12, 1749/50 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died March 25, 1789; married Samuel Salisbury Esq. September 29, 1768 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; born Abt. 1745.
Notes for Elizabeth Sewall:
Vital Info: Elizabeth daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 271
More About Samuel Salisbury Esq.:
Residence: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
More About Samuel Salisbury and Elizabeth Sewall:
Marriage: September 29, 1768, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
ii. Joseph Sewall, born August 25, 1751 in Boston, Massachusetts; died Bef. 1762.
Notes for Joseph Sewall:
Vital Info: Joseph Son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 278
iii. Hannah Sewall, born March 15, 1753 in Boston, Suffork County, Massachusetts; died July 24, 1827; married James Hill 1771 in Boston, Suffork County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Hannah Sewall:
Vital Info: Hannah daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 283
More About James Hill:
Residence: Boston Massachusetts
More About James Hill and Hannah Sewall:
Marriage: 1771, Boston, Suffork County, Massachusetts
iv. Sarah Sewall, born January 14, 1756 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died September 14, 1780.
Notes for Sarah Sewall:
Vital Info: Sarah daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 290
24 v. Samuel Sewall II, born December 11, 1757 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died June 08, 1814 in Wiscasset, Maine; married Abigail Devereux December 08, 1781 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
vi. Dorothy Sewall, born December 23, 1758 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died October 31, 1825; married Joseph May December 28, 1784 in Boston, Massachusetts; born March 25, 1760 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died February 27, 1841.
Notes for Dorothy Sewall:
Vital Info: Dorothy daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 295
More About Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall:
Marriage: December 28, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts.
vii. Katherine Sewall, born June 05, 1760 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died December 24, 1820; married Henry Gallison May 24, 1787 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Katherine Sewall:
Vital Info: Katharine daughter of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 300
More About Henry Gallison:
Residence: Marblehead
More About Henry Gallison and Katherine Sewall:
Marriage: May 24, 1787, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
viii. Joseph Sewall, born March 09, 1762 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 1850; married Mary Robie September 21, 1788 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.
Notes for Joseph Sewall:
Merchant, and some time Treasurer of the Commonwealth
Vital Info: Joseph Son of Samuel Sewall and Elizabeth his Wife, born 9 March 1762.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 304
Notes for Mary Robie:
Joseph, the youngest son of Dea. Samuel Sewall, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Robie, Esq., of Salem. Their children who lived to maturity were: Mary; Thomas Robie, married Elizabeth Q. Sewall; Samuel Edmund; Edward Bradstreet; Martha Higginson; Elizabeth Salisbury; and Frances R.
More About Joseph Sewall and Mary Robie:
Marriage: September 21, 1788, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
50. Dr. Humphrey Devere(a)ux Jr., born December 11, 1730 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died December 03, 1773. He was the son of 100. Humphrey Devereux Sr. and 101. Abigail Burrill. He married 51. Anna Henchman January 26, 1762 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts8.
51. Anna Henchman, born May 18, 1742 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 102. Nathaniel Henchman and 103. Lydia Lewis.
Notes for Dr. Humphrey Devere(a)ux Jr.:
1860 Federal Census: Devereaux, Humphrey Massachusetts Essex County. 3 W. SALEM 374 1860
More About Dr. Humphrey Devere(a)ux Jr.:
Burial: Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
Occupation: Physician
More About Humphrey Devere(a)ux and Anna Henchman:
Marriage: January 26, 1762, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts8
Children of Humphrey Devere(a)ux and Anna Henchman are:
i. Lydia Devereux, born August 18, 1764 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died August 21, 1765 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
25 ii. Abigail Devereux, born June 17, 1766 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died February 22, 1847 in Boston, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Samuel Sewall II December 08, 1781 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
iii. Humphrey Devereux III, born September 25, 1771 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Humphrey Devereux III:
During the War of 1812, several Irish captains and owners of vessels are mentioned in New England history. Humphrey Devereux was master and part-owner of the brigantine Nautilus of Newbury in 1815.
GEORGE DAVIS ADAMS, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 13th, 1854, son of Daniel W., grandson of Abiel Adams, probably a descendant of Henry of Braintree. His mother was Julia Ann Davis, of English extraction. He was prepared for college at Philips Andover Academy, Mass., graduated at Amherst College and afterwards at Hartford Theological Seminary. Is at present (1893) rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal church, at Cleveland, O. He married Bertha Bohun Devereux, daughter of Gen. Arthur Forrester Devereux; granddaughter of Gen. Geo. Humphrey Devereux, of Salem, Mass.; grandniece of Chief Justice Joseph Story, a kinswoman of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Endecotts, Pickerings, Elbridge Gerrys, of New England; Simon Forrester, of Salem, Mass., and a lineal descendant of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, England.
52. Adam Peters, born 1734 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 1813. He was the son of 104. William Peters and 105. Hannah Chenery. He married 53. Margaret Morse November 30, 1769 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
53. Margaret Morse, born August 19, 1737 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died May 23, 1816 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 106. Samuel Morse and 107. Abigail Fisher.
Notes for Adam Peters:
Adam Peters family in 1790 consists of 1 males over 16, 1 under 16 and 4 females.
Peters, Adam Massachusetts NORFOLK County. 89 1800 00101-0000100
Peters, William Massachusetts NORFOLK County. 89 1800 10100-0121000
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Peters, Adam.List of officers chosen in 4th Suffolk County. regt., as returned by Col. Ephraim Wheelock and others, field officers, dated Wrentham, April 8, 1776; said Peters recommended for Adjutant of said regiment; ordered in [p.240] Council April 23, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, dated April 27, 1776; said Peters chosen Adjutant, 4th Suffolk County. regt. of Massachusetts. militia; appointment concurred in by Council April 27, 1776; also, list of men credited with turns of service Dune in the Last Wars in the Days of Capt Morse the first And Captain Collidge made up from the records and attested by Capt. Peter Collidge in Nov., 1776; said Peters credited with 1 turn and as having paid �75; list attested by Capt. Sabin Mann and Philip Blake, Clerk, Nov. 17, 1776; also, Adjutant, list of men belonging to Capt. Sabin Mann's County. of Medfield militia who marched in accordance with orders given by Maj. James Metcalf Dec. 8, and Dec. 9, 1776, to Providence, R. I., and from thence to Warwick Neck; service, 23 days; also, Captain, 5th County., Col. Hawes's (4th Suffolk County.) regt. of Massachusetts. militia; list of officers; commissioned July 1, 1778; also, Captain, Col. Haws's regt.; entered service Aug. 15, 1778; discharged Sept. 12, 1778; service, 29 days, at Rhode Island; also, Captain, Maj. Seth Bullard's regt.; received orders to march July 27, 1780; arrived at camp July 30, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 14 days, at Rhode Island by order of Maj. Gen. Heath on an alarm; 4 days travel allowed to and from camp; also, return dated Medfield, March 2, 1781, made by Capt. Sabin Mann, of officers and men detached from companies in Col. Seth Bullard's regt., by order of His Excellency John Hancock, dated Feb. 28, 1781, to march to Tiverton, R. I., and there serve for a period not. exceeding 40 days, under Capt. Samuel Fisher and Capt. Amos Ellis; 1 Sergeant, 1 Fifer, and 11 rank and file, detached from said Peters's County: of Medfield.
Notes for Margaret Morse:
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8. Margaret5 Aug. 19, 1737, d. 1816, m. Benjamin Dunstan, Aug. 28, 1763: 2. Capt. Adam Peters of Medfield, Nov. 30, 1769.
More About Adam Peters and Margaret Morse:
Marriage: November 30, 1769, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Children of Adam Peters and Margaret Morse are:
i. Amy Peters, born September 13, 1770 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Amasa Baker.
More About Amasa Baker:
Residence: North Yarmouth, ME.
ii. Samuel Peters, born October 17, 1776 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died 1799 in at sea.
iii. Oliver Peters, born September 06, 1779 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died in Providence, Rhode Island.
Notes for Oliver Peters:
Settled in Providence, Rhode Island
More About Oliver Peters:
Residence: Providence, Rhode Island
iv. Marguerite Peters, born October 30, 1783 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died August 27, 1785 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
v. Olive Peters, born June 06, 1774 in Medfield, Norfolk, County, Massachusetts; died September 27, 1776 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
26 vi. William Peters Esq., born August 26, 1772 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died February 26, 1843 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Mary Ellis July 17, 1794 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
54. Jesse Ellis, born October 25, 1740 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died December 31, 1822 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He was the son of 108. Aaron Ellis and 109. Zipporah Lewis. He married 55. Mary Harding.
55. Mary Harding
Notes for Jesse Ellis:
Vital Info: ELLIS, Jesse, Dec. 31, 1822, age 80 y. church record
Source: Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849.
ASHBURNHAM DEATHS TO THE YEAR 1850
Last Name: ELLIS
Children of Jesse Ellis and Mary Harding are:
i. Obed Ellis, born 1768; died 1819; married Margaret Adams 1794 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; born 1774 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died 1844 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Notes for Margaret Adams:
The old Wight lot, after the severance of the dwelling, remained in the Coolidge family until 1797. The Coolidges were neighbors of the Wights, Peter Coolidge, the first of that name in Medfield, having bought in 1732 from John Fisher the old Robert Hinsdale place above mentioned. At the division of the Coolidge estate in 1797, Margaret Ellis, granddaughter of said Peter Coolidge, and niece of said Nathan Coolidge, received this Wight lot as her Coolidge inheritance. In 1810 she and her husband, Obed Ellis, deeded it to Nathan Allen, Jr. He failed in business (butchering) some years after, and his creditors appear to have come into possession of the lot by sheriff's deed. In 1824 they sold the lot to Amos Thayer and his son Otis W. Thayer, who, together carried on the same business there. A few years subsequently the lot and the same business passed into the hands of Elijah Thayer, another son of Amos. About 1854 he sold the place to John and Alson Dyer. After a few years they sold it to a Mr. Brown, who kept a hotel there. He, in turn, sold it to Solomon Cohoon, also a hotel keeper. Still later he sold the same piece of land to Alonzo B. Parker, the present owner. The lot has now no buildings upon it, but traces of the old Wight cellar are still visible.
More About Obed Ellis and Margaret Adams:
Marriage: 1794, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
27 ii. Mary Ellis, born July 20, 1776 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1860; married William Peters Esq. July 17, 1794 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
iii. Jesse Ellis Jr., born June 19, 1789; died July 17, 1870 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts; married Abigail Whitney November 08, 1808 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts9; born May 15, 1791; died January 24, 1869 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
Marriage Notes for Jesse Ellis and Abigail Whitney:
Vital Info: ELLIS, Jesse junior and Abigail Whitney, Nov. 8, 1808.
Source: Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachussetts, To the end of the year 1849.
ASHBURNHAM MARRIAGES TO THE YEAR 1850
Last Name: ELLIS
More About Jesse Ellis and Abigail Whitney:
Marriage: November 08, 1808, Ashburnham, Massachusetts9
56. David Fairbanks I, born December 04, 1731 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died April 19, 1776. He was the son of 112. Benjamin Fairbanks and 113. Abigail Ellis. He married 57. Anna Wight Abt. 1753 in Clapboard Trees, Dedham, Massachusetts.
57. Anna Wight, born March 12, 1734/35 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died January 31, 1785. She was the daughter of 114. Joseph Wight and 115. Miriam Stanley.
Notes for David Fairbanks I:
(MASS. ARCHIVES, XCIV.--96.)
Muster Roll of Capt. Eliphalet Failis & Co. in Crown Point Expedition from April 5 to Jan. 5, 1756 David Fairbanks Private Dedham May 19-Dec. 15 Fairbanks, David, Dedham. Captain of a company of Minute-men, Col. Heath's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days; also, Captain, Col. McIntach's (McIntosh's) regt.; service, 4 days, at Dorchester Heights; company marched to Roxbury March 4, 1776; reported deceased.
More About David Fairbanks I:
Christening: Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
More About Anna Wight:
Christening: August 10, 1735, Dedham, Massachusetts
More About David Fairbanks and Anna Wight:
Marriage: Abt. 1753, Clapboard Trees, Dedham, Massachusetts
Children of David Fairbanks and Anna Wight are:
i. Mary Fairbanks, born May 05, 1754.
ii. Lemuel Fairbanks, born October 02, 1756; died January 15, 1761.
iii. Rebecca Fairbanks, born November 14, 1758; married Fisher Whiting June 30, 1779; born Abt. 1755.
Notes for Fisher Whiting:
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Whiting, Fisher.Private, in a company commanded by Capt. David Fairbanks, of Dedham, Col. McIntash's (McIntosh's) regt.; service, 3 days, at Dorchester Heights; company marched to Roxbury March 4, 1776.
He married Capt. David Fairbanks daughter Rebecca on June 30, 1779.
More About Fisher Whiting and Rebecca Fairbanks:
Marriage: June 30, 1779
iv. Anna Fairbanks, born February 28, 1761; died January 01, 1783.
v. Sally Fairbanks, born March 07, 1763; married John Shepard December 02, 1783.
More About John Shepard and Sally Fairbanks:
Marriage: December 02, 1783
28 vi. David Fairbanks II, born January 13, 1765 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1850 in Provincetown, Massachusetts; married Jemima Whitney February 23, 1786 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
vii. Lemuel Fairbanks, born May 11, 1767; died January 29, 1770.
58. Israel Whitney, born August 06, 1741 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died September 11, 1774 in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was the son of 116. Daniel Whitney and 117. Dorothy Tainter. He married 59. Jemima Robbins September 1765 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
59. Jemima Robbins, born March 31, 1747. She was the daughter of 118. Eliphalet Robbins and 119. Jemima Norcross.
Notes for Jemima Robbins:
329. ISRAEL WHITNEY (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass., Aug. 6, 1741; m. there Sept., 1765, Jemima Robbins; b. Mar. 31, 1747. After Israel's Death, she m. 2d, Nathaniel Kingsbury. In 1791 in the Suffolk County Court Kingsbury was appointed guardian of Israel and Dorothy. He d. in 1774; res. Watertown, Mass.
915. i. ANNA, b. 1767; d. 1767.
916. ii. JEMIMA, b. July 23, 1768; m. David Fairbanks; res. Dedham, Mass.
917. iii. MARY, b. Feb. 22, 1770.
918. iv. DOROTHY, b. Nov. 10, 1771.
919. v. ISRAEL, b. Mar. 7, 1774; d. Sept., 1775.
920. vi. ISRAEL, b. Mar. 10, 1775; m. Mary Fuller.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870
Surname Given Name Location Date Subject Number
Whitney Jemima Watertown 1776 Guardian 24663
Marriage Notes for Israel Whitney and Jemima Robbins:
The following persons were received into full Communion with the first Church of Christ in Watertown. Seth Storer.
Date: 10 Jun 1767
Comment: Israel & Jemima Whitney
More About Israel Whitney and Jemima Robbins:
Marriage: September 1765, Watertown, Massachusetts
Children of Israel Whitney and Jemima Robbins are:
i. Anna Whitney, born 1767; died 1767.
29 ii. Jemima Whitney, born July 23, 1768 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1850; married David Fairbanks II February 23, 1786 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
iii. Mary Whitney, born February 22, 1770.
iv. Dorothy Whitney, born November 10, 1771.
v. Israel Whitney, born March 07, 1774; died Abt. 1774.
vi. Israel Whitney, born March 10, 1775; died July 16, 1846 in Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Mary Fuller January 01, 1799 in Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; born October 16, 1780 in Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died January 18, 1859.
More About Israel Whitney and Mary Fuller:
Marriage: January 01, 1799, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
60. Samuel Woods III10, born June 19, 1722 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died November 08, 1808 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 120. Samuel Woods and 121. Mary Parker. He married 61. Tabitha Eveleth September 14, 1751 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
61. Tabitha Eveleth10, born April 04, 1731 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died October 20, 1770 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 122. John Eveleth and 123. Hannah Haynes.
Notes for Samuel Woods III:
II) Samuel Woods, son of the above, was born in Chelmsford, June 19, 1722, and died in Princeton, November 8, 1808. He married (first) September 14, 1751, Tabitha Eveleth, who died October 22, 1770, and married (second) in 1772, Abigail Whitney Underwood, widow of Israel Underwood; she died July 31, 1826. In 1761 Mr. Woods moved from Rutland to Princeton, Massachusetts, and there taught the first public school established in that town. He took an active part in all the interests of the time, and in the years preceding the American revolution and during its continuance was a member of the committee of correspondence, and with others signed and published a renunciation of allegiance to the British crown.
Marriage Notes for Samuel Woods and Tabitha Eveleth:
Vital Info: Samuel Woods of Rutland & Tabitha Eveleth, Sept. 14, 1751
Source: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
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More About Samuel Woods and Tabitha Eveleth:
Marriage: September 14, 1751, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Children of Samuel Woods and Tabitha Eveleth are:
i. Molly Woods11, born March 03, 1752 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
ii. Hannah H. Woods11, born August 13, 1755 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married (1) Nahum Wilder August 26, 1800 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts; married (2) George G. Parker December 17, 1836 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
More About George Parker and Hannah Woods:
Marriage: December 17, 1836, Ashburnham, Massachusetts
iii. Samuel Woods11, born June 01, 1757 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Samuel Woods:
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Woods, Samuel, Jr., Princeton.Private, Capt. John Jones's co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt.; company return dated Camp at Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775.
iv. Lydia Woods11, born August 04, 1759 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
v. Anna Woods11, born June 30, 1761 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; married John Haven September 23, 1804 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
More About John Haven and Anna Woods:
Marriage: September 23, 1804, Ashburnham, Massachusetts
vi. Sarah Woods11, born July 06, 1763 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
vii. Abel Woods11, born August 15, 1765 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died August 11, 1850 in Albany, New York; married Mary Smith; died September 14, 1847 in Hamilton, New York.
Notes for Abel Woods:
Rev. Abel Woods, an eminent clergyman of the Baptist denomination, for many years pastor of the churches of that Faith in Vermont (III) Abel Woods, son of Samuel and Tabitha (Eveleth) Woods, of Princeton, Massachusetts, was born in that town August 15, 1765. His mother dying during his early childhood, his father instructed him carefully in the great principles of religion, and, besides giving him the advantages of a common school education, spent many evenings assisting him in his studies. In 1783 when he was about eighteen years of age he became deeply concerned about his immortal interests. Convinced that he was called to the ministry he began to direct his efforts to this end. In 1786 at the age of twenty-one he was admitted to the Baptist church in Leicester, Massachusetts. He helped to care for his father's farm, while he devoted all his leisure hours to study, preparing for the life of a clergyman. In 1790 he began to preach in the towns of Princeton and Holden. He was subsequently invited to settle as pastor in Dublin and Alstead, New Hampshire, and Cavendish, Vermont, preaching about one year in the latter place. At length he visited Shoreham, Vermont, where his labors were eminently useful. Here a church was formed and he was ordained, and appointed its pastor, in February, 1795. Mr. Woods remained in charge of the church at Shoreham fifteen years. His labors were by no means confined to his own congregation, but he often went abroad, as a public man, and bore an important part in various benevolent associations, and in organizing a system of effort for the spread of the Gospel. Owing to peculiar circumstances, and much to the regret of his people, he resigned his charge in 1810, and immediately after spent about a year in missionary work, chiefly under the direction of the Vermont Missionary Society. From 1811 to 1826 he was settled at Panton, Vermont, and labored in Addison, Granville and Hubbardston. In October, 1826, he removed to Essex, New York, on Lake Champlain, where he remained most of the time as pastor until 1837. At that time the infirmities of age were coming upon him, and he withdrew from the active duties of the ministry. Accordingly he left Essex and took up his residence with his son-in-law, the Rev. Alanson L. Covell, then minister of the First Baptist Church in Albany. Mr. Covell's Death in a year and a half made another move necessary, and in the spring of 1838 he took up his residence at Hamilton, New York, where he died August 11, 1850. On December 11, 1792, Mr. Woods was married to Mary Smith, who was born in Weston, Massachusetts, January 7, 1775, daughter of Asa and Mary Smith, who a few months before had joined the Baptist church. She was a lady of great excellence, and happily adapted to fill the station of a minister's wife. She died in Hamilton, New York, September 14, 1847, nearly three years before her husband. Three of their six children died before their parents; the other three who survived them were: Rev. Dr. Alva Woods; Sarah Woods, wife of Rev. Dr. Alanson L. Covell; and Ella Woods, wife of Rev. Dr. Robert Everett Pattison, then professor of theology at Newton, Massachusetts.
30 viii. John Woods, born December 24, 1768 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died June 25, 1863; married (1) Bitsy Peat July 05, 1792 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts; married (2) Eunice Whitney Mrs. September 05, 1826 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; married (3) Rhoda Felton February 05, 1829 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts; married (4) Rebecca Draper January 30, 1831 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 7
96. Joseph Sewall PhD, born August 15, 1687 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died June 22, 1769 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 192. Samuel Sewall and 193. Hannah Quincy Hull. He married 97. Elizabeth Walley October 29, 1713 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
97. Elizabeth Walley, born May 04, 1693 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died October 27, 1756. She was the daughter of 194. John Walley of the Supreme Court and 195. Sarah.
Notes for Joseph Sewall PhD:
Education: Harvard 1707, University of Glasgow - Doctor of Divinity 1731.
Sewall, who was known as "Good Dr. Sewall," who was pastor of the church for fifty years, and when his health failed, near the close of his life, was carried into the pulpit, and instructed the people from Sabbath to Sabbath; Ordained Sept. 17, 1713 pastor Old South Church Boston.
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Joseph of Samuel & Hannah Sewall born Aug. 15, 1687.
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Year: 1769
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SEWALL, Joseph, clergyman, was born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 15, 1688; son of Judge Sammuel (q.v.) and Hannah (Hull) Sewall. He was graduated from Harvard college, A.B., 1707, A.M., 1710; was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Sept. 16, 1713, and was pastor of the South church, Boston, Mass., 1713-69. He was married in 1713, to Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. John Walley. He declined the presidency of Harvard college tendered him in 1724; was a fellow of the college, 1728-65; and presented many volumes to the college, when the library was burned in 1764. He was a member of the commission appointed for the propagation of the Gospel in New England, and corresponding member of the Scottish Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the University of Glasgow in 1731. Many of his sermons were published. He died in Boston, Mass., June 27, 1769. John Eliot said of him: "He was a man who seemed to breathe the air of Heaven while he was here upon earth." He was familiarly called the "good Dr. Sewall." He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. John Walley. Their children were Samuel and Joseph. The former became a merchant and a deacon of the Old South Church; also a selectman and a justice of the peace.
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From : Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston
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16. The day of fasting and prayer in Charlestown (July 30) was observed in the midst of a great affliction, on account of which the fast was especially recommended; and it is scarcely supposable that the people were then in circumstances to attend deliberately and so promptly to their ecclesiastical interests, even if they had entertained the same notions of church discipline and order as did Mr. Phillips, Sir Richard Saltonstall, and their associates. Accordingly, at the close of the religious services on that day, only four men signed a covenant, which was brief, compared with that of Watertown. Two days afterwards, five others signed the covenant, and this number was increased by repeated accessions until the 27th of August, when, says Winthrop, "We of the congregation kept a fast and chose Mr. Wilson, our teacher, and Mr. Noel an elder, and Mr. Gager and Mr. Aspinwall, deacons." This gives clearly the date of this church, which soon afterwards became the first church of Boston. That this was, in early times, and for a long time, regarded as the date of the organization of the church, is clearly shown by the following extract from the diary of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Sewall, of Boston: "1730, August 27, I preach'd the Lecture from 2 Pet. 3, 15, 'Account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvn.'--N.B.
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Subject: The Governor Winthrop Homestead by Hamilton Andrews Hill
Source: The New England Magazine, Vol IX, Issue 6, February 1896
Part 4 of 5
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As was the custom in those days, the Third Church proposed to settle a second minister as colleague with Mr. Thacher. John Hull writes in his diary, 1872: "July 8.
Dr. Leonard Hoar arrived at Boston from London being sent for by the Third Church in Boston: but the
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President of the College being dead, it was the earnest desire of the minister and magistrates that they would spare him for that work; and upon Nov. 15, they did yield him up to that service." Mr. Thacher during his pastorate occupied a house that belonged to Major Gibbons; but in anticipation of the settlement of Dr. Hoar, or some other colleague minister, Mrs. Norton gave permission (encouragement was the word she employed), to the deacons to build an addition on the east side of her house to be used as a parsonage, evidently with an intimation on her part that the whole building would come into the possession of the church at her death. In 1677 she executed a deed conveying to Thomas Savage and
others, in behalf of the Third Church, "all that piece of Land on which they built the said Additionall Cellar, Kitchen, Hall Chamber, Garrets - as it is adjoyned to the Easterly part of my now dwelling house being in breadth twenty two foot and in Length from my said house to the Gateway that goes into my Orchard."
Mrs. Norton died January 17, 1677/8. Her executors were John Leverett, Edward Rawson, John Hull and Jacob Eliot; but the settlement of the estate seems to have devolved chiefly on Mr. Hull, who was, perhaps the ablest business man in the colony. By her will, made five months before her death, she gave to the Third Church of Boston, the remainder of the land bought by her husband of the executors of Stephen Winthrop (son of Gov. John Winthrop), together with the house in which she was living, and which, as we have seen, had been enlarged at the expense of the church.
In consideration of this and her previous gifts, the church was to pay, and through Mr. Hull, did pay, all her outstanding bills and certain legacies, including one of 100 pounds (half the value of The Green), to the First Church, Boston. The Third Church of Boston, now came into full possession of Governor John Winthrop's homestead, with the exception of the corner close to the spring, which was sold to Amos Richardson in 1654, and which was then permanently separated from the rest of the property. That the consecration for two centuries of his old home to religious uses would have been most gratifying
to the Governor we have the judgement of his honored descendant, Robert Charles Winthrop, whose death we haverecenlty had occasion to deplore. R. C. Winthrop said: "But though he could not have been indifferent to the judgment which should be pronounced upon him by posterity, it may safely be said that, above all honors which could be paid to his memory, above monuments or statues or memorial of any sort, he would have appreciated the casual coincidence that on the very site of his residence, or
certainly within the enclosure of his garden, should stand a consecrated edifice in which, through a long succession of generations should be gathered one of the chosen churches of Christ, worshipping God according to the faith and the forms which had been dearest to his own heart in his mature New
England life. - "The Old South Church in Boston, as it is called, has many hallowed and many patriotic associations; but it may be doubted whether any of them are more congenial with its sacred uses, or will be more cherished hereafter by its devout frequenters than that it marks the Boston home of John Winthrop, its foundations resting upon the spot on which he dwelt in life, its steeple pointing to the brighter abode to which he ever aspired in the skies."
The Reverend Samuel Willard (the son of Major Simon Willard), was installed as colleague pastor of the Third Church a few weeks after the death of Mrs. Norton and he succeeded her in the occupancy of her dwelling. He lived here during his long and successful ministry, and after his death in 1707, it became the abode of Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton. Possibly they resided together for a time under the same roof, for, as we have seen, the house was enlarged and adapted for the use of two families while Mrs. Norton
was still alive. In 1710 a second parsonage was completed in Milk Street, to the east of the meeting-house and, from that year until his death. The Rev. Joseph Sewall was settled as colleague in 1713, and upon his marriage he took his bride, Elizabeth Walley, to the older parsonage, which had now become historic. Judge Sewall records that the young couple took possession of their new home Jan.
26, 1713/14; and on the following day he adds: "As I pass along I call at my Son's and wish the Blessing of Winthrop, Norton, Willard, Pemberton - to come upon him." Mr. Pemberton died early in 1717 but his widow continued to live in the Milk Street
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parsonage until the autumn of 1718. In the mean time, the Rev. Thomas Prince had been settled in the colleague pastorate; and on his marriage to Deborah Denny soon after, the old parsonage was assigned to him, and Mr. Sewall moved to the Milk Street house.
Mr. Prince lived in the former home of Winthrop and Norton during the whole of his ministry in Boston,
1718 to 1758. Here he wrote his "Annals" in which he tells the reader that he had recently received an authentic and valuable journal of events relating to the Massachusetts colony," all written with the said Governor John Winthrop's own hand, who deceased in the very house I dwell in."
Footnote: In connection with Governor Winthrop's relation to the Old South Church, it is a most interesting fact that the third volume of his Journal, long lost, was found in the tower of the church in 1816. It had been in the hands of Rev. Prince, as had also Bradford's Journal likewise lost and not discovered until 1855, in the Bishop of London's palace at Falham. It is a striking coincidence that the works of the two great governors should have reposed in the Old South Church that both have had such eventful histories.
Early in the joint pastorate of Mr. Sewall and Mr. Prince the old meeting-house of the South Church was taken down and the building with which we are familiar in our day was erected on substantially the same site. Mr. Sewall made the following entry in the church records: "Lord's Day, April 26, 1730. We assembled for the first time for religious worship in the new meeting-house."
"A peculiar interest," says Richard Grant White, attaches to the building, "because it is of home growth. It is not a copy nor an imitation of anything else. It is the conception of a Yankee architect - the outgrowth and development of the steeple-belfry of the New England meeting-house. New England may well be proud of it." The builder, it is believed, was Robert Twelves, and Joshua Blanchard was the mason. He has left a diary, now in the possession of Mr. Edward Wheelwright, which contains the following
entry: "1729, Aprill the 1st - I with others layd the foundation of the South Brick meeting-house and
finished the Brick work ye 8th of October following."
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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More About Joseph Sewall PhD:
Burial: June 27, 1769, Sewall Tomb in the Granary, Boston, Massachusetts
More About Elizabeth Walley:
Burial: Sewall Tomb in the Granary, Boston, Massachusetts
Marriage Notes for Joseph Sewall and Elizabeth Walley:
By Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton
More About Joseph Sewall and Elizabeth Walley:
Marriage: October 29, 1713, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Children of Joseph Sewall and Elizabeth Walley are:
48 i. Samuel Sewall I, born May 02, 1715 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died January 19, 1771; married Elizabeth Quincy May 18, 1749 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
ii. Joseph Sewall, born July 13, 1719; died August 18, 1719.
Notes for Joseph Sewall:
Vital Info: Joseph Son of ye Rd. Joseph Sewall and Eliza.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 141
More About Joseph Sewall:
Burial: Sewall Tomb in the Granary, Boston, Massachusetts
98. Edmund Quincy III, born June 14, 1703 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died July 04, 1788 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts12. He was the son of 196. Edmund Quincy II and 197. Dorothy Flynt Flint. He married 99. Elizabeth Wendell April 15, 1725 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts12.
99. Elizabeth Wendell13, born August 16, 1704 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died November 07, 1769 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 198. Abraham Wendell and 199. Katharina de Kay.
Notes for Edmund Quincy III:
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 767
QUINCY, EDMUND, merchant, author, was born in 1703 in Braintree, Mass. He was a Boston merchant who wrote a Treatise on Hemp Husbandry. He died in 1788.
From: "GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OF THE WOODBURY FAMILY ITS INTERMARRIAGES AND CONNECTIONS" BY CHARLES LEVI WOODBURY Page 180
Edmund Quincy, fourth, was born June 13, 1703, graduated from Harvard College in 1722, married to Elizabeth Wendell in 1725, died July 17, 1785, aged eighty-three. After withdrawing from Boston and business he lived on his ancestral estate in Braintree, where he was an active magistrate. He was a man of letters and a patriot of earnest and unselfish devotion to the cause of liberty. His house in Boston was situated on Summer street, opposite Trinity Church, with a courtyard and stable, and his lot extended back to that of his brother Josiah, who lived on Washington street and Central Court. In the Probate Records I find that he was one of the sureties on the administrators' bond of the estate of his father-in-law, Abraham Wendell, who died August 5, 1735. In 1742 is another administration on one Abraham Wendell, possibly the son of the first. Samuel Sturgis was also one of the sureties. John, Jacob and Jacob Wendell, Jr., were the administrators.
More About Edmund Quincy III:
Date born 2: June 13, 1703, Braintree, Massachusetts14
More About Elizabeth Wendell:
Ancestral File Number: 8MSJ-MJ
Christening: August 20, 1704, Albany, New York
More About Edmund Quincy and Elizabeth Wendell:
Marriage: April 15, 1725, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts14
Children of Edmund Quincy and Elizabeth Wendell are:
i. Edmund Quincy IV, born February 06, 1725/26 in Boston, Massachusetts14; died November 25, 1782 in Stoughton, Massachusetts; married (1) Anne Huske October 01, 175014; born April 25, 1732 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire14; died June 09, 1764 in Roxbury, Massachusetts14; married (2) Mehitable Temple June 09, 1765; born April 173214; died March 31, 1766 in Boston, Massachusetts14; married (3) Hannah Gannett April 30, 176714; born September 05, 175114; died Abt. 182614.
Notes for Edmund Quincy IV:
Vital Info: Edmund Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Quincy, born 6 February 1725.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 172
More About Edmund Quincy and Anne Huske:
Marriage: October 01, 175014
ii. Henry Quincy, born January 20, 1726/27 in Boston, Massachusetts14; died May 27, 1780 in Cambridge, Massachusetts14; married (1) Mary Salter October 27, 174814; married (2) Eunice Newell December 31, 1759 in Boston, Massachusetts14; born March 16, 1733/34 in Charlestown, Massachusetts14; died August 180414.
Notes for Henry Quincy:
Vital Info: Henry Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Quincy, born 20 January 1726.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 178
More About Henry Quincy and Mary Salter:
Marriage: October 27, 174814
iii. Unnamed Quincy, born October 15, 1727.
Notes for Unnamed Quincy:
Vital Info: Quincy, born 15 October 1727.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 183
iv. Abraham Quincy, born July 25, 1728 in Boston, Massachusetts14; died Abt. 1756 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Notes for Abraham Quincy:
Vital Info: Abraham Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Quincy, born 25 July 1728.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 188
Cause of death drowning.
49 v. Elizabeth Quincy, born October 15, 1729 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died February 15, 1770; married Samuel Sewall I May 18, 1749 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
vi. Katherine Quincy, born May 30, 173314
Notes for Katherine Quincy:
Vital Info: Quincy, born 30 May 1733.
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 213
vii. Jacob Quincy, born October 02, 1734 in Boston, Massachusetts14; died June 15, 1773 in St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands; married Elizabeth Williams Abt. 176014.
Notes for Jacob Quincy:
Vital Info: Jacob Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Quincy, born
Source: A REPORT of THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS of THE CITY of BOSTON, CONTAINING BOSTON BIRTHS FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1800. page 218
More About Jacob Quincy and Elizabeth Williams:
Marriage: Abt. 176014
viii. Sarah Quincy, born Abt. 173614; married William Greenleaf.
ix. Esther Quincy, born Abt. 173814; died Abt. 181014; married Jonathan Sewall Bef. 1760 in Charlestown, Massachusetts14; born August 28, 1728 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Esther Quincy:
She was celebrated for her wit, beauty and vivacity. She died in 1810. The Sewells of Quebec and Nova Scotia descend from her.
Notes for Jonathan Sewall:
The Loyalists of Massachusetts
Page 455 & 456
JUDGE JONATHAN SEWALL, the subject of this notice. He was born at Boston in 1728. Graduated at Harvard College in 1748, and was a teacher at Salem till 1756. He married Esther, daughter of Edmund Quincy, Esq., of Braintree, afterwards of Boston, and sister of Dorothy Quincy, wife of Governor Hancock, and of Elizabeth Quincy, wife of Samuel Sewall, of Boston, the father of Samuel Sewall, Chief Justice of Massachusetts. Jonathan Sewall studied law with Judge Chambers Russell, of Lincoln, commenced practice in his profession at Charlestown. He was an able and successful lawyer. He was Solicitor General, and his eloquence is represented as having been soft, smooth and insinuating, which gave him as much power over a jury as a lawyer ought ever to possess. At the death of Jeremy Gridley, he was appointed Attorney-General of Massachusetts, September, 1767. In 1768 he was appointed Judge of Admiralty for Nova Scotia. He went there twice in that capacity, and remained but a short period.
He was a gentleman and a scholar. He possessed a lively wit, a brilliant imagination, great subtlety of reasoning and an insinuating eloquence.
He was an intimate friend of John Adams, they studied together in Judge Russell's office, and afterwards, while attending court, they lived together, frequently slept in the same chamber, and often in the same bed, and besides the two young men were in constant correspondence.
He attempted to dissuade John Adams from attending the first Continental Congress, and it was in reply to his arguments, and as they walked on the Great Hill at Portland, that Adams used the memorable words, used so often afterwards in 1861 when the ordinance of secession was passed: "The die is now cast, I have now passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." They parted, and met no more until 1788. Adams, the Minister of the new republic at the Court of St. James, and the eloquent and gifted Sewall, true to the Empire, met in London, Adams laying aside all etiquette made a visit to his old friend and countryman, he said, "I ordered my servant to announce John Adams, I was instantly admitted, and both of us forgetting that we had ever been enemies, embraced each other as cordially as ever. I had two hours conversation with him in a most delightful freedom, upon a multitude of subjects." In the course of the interview, Mr. Sewall remarked that he had existed for the sake of his two children, that he had spared no pains or expense in their education and that he was going to Nova Scotia in hope of making some provision for them.
In 1774, he was an Addresser of Governor Hutchinson, and in September of that year his elegant home in Cambridge (which he rented from John Vassal, afterwards Washington's head-quarters, since occupied by the poet Longfellow) was attacked by the mob and much injured. He fled to Boston to escape from the fury of the disunionists. He had ably vindicated the characters of Governors Bernard, Hutchinson and Oliver, he was esteemed an able writer, and a staunch loyalist. He was proscribed in the Conspirators Act of 1779. He resided chiefly in Bristol till 1788, for the education of his children, then he removed to St. John's, N. B., having been appointed Judge of Admiralty for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He immediately entered upon the duties of his office, which he held till his death, which occurred September 26, 1796, at the age of sixty-eight. His widow survived him, and removed to Montreal, where she died January 21, 1810.
More About Jonathan Sewall:
Education: Graduated from Harvard College in 1748
More About Jonathan Sewall and Esther Quincy:
Marriage: Bef. 1760, Charlestown, Massachusetts14
x. Dorothy Quincy, born May 10, 174714,15; died February 03, 1830 in Boston, Massachusetts16; married John Hancock August 28, 1775 in Fairfield, Connecticut16; born Abt. 1737; died October 08, 179317.
Notes for Dorothy Quincy:
Database: American Biographical Library
American Biographical Library The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans Volume 3 Daughters of America; or Women of the Century
Chapter IV: Women Leaders in Society Catherine Greene page 119
DOROTHY QUINCY HANCOCK was the daughter of Judge Edmund Quincy, and married the governor of Massachusetts, who was afterwards president of the first Congress. She was the undaunted woman who ordered her servants to milk the cows pastured on Boston Common, for the accommodation of her guests from the French fleet. The anecdotes told by Mrs. Ellet of her and her husband are of considerable interest in these centennial days, but mainly prove them to have been kindly and intelligent people of the bon vivant sort. [p.119]
Notes for John Hancock:
Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
More About John Hancock and Dorothy Quincy:
Marriage: August 28, 1775, Fairfield, Connecticut18
100. Humphrey Devereux Sr., born December 07, 1702 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died January 21, 1777 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 200. Robert Devereux and 201. Hannah Blaney. He married 101. Abigail Burrill January 29, 1729/30.
101. Abigail Burrill, born May 12, 1709 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts19; died December 02, 1757. She was the daughter of 202. Samuel Burrill and 203. Margaret Jarvis.
Notes for Humphrey Devereux Sr.:
Index of Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel 1784 to 1840
Barker,George,m.Abigail Burrill Devereux in Marblehead (CC.Apr.20,1796)
More About Humphrey Devereux Sr.:
Baptism: December 03, 1727, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
Occupation: Husbandman
Notes for Abigail Burrill:
There are two sets of possible parents for Abigail
John Burrel and Mercy Alden
and
BURRILL (see also Burrell, Burril), Abigail
Sex: F
Birth Date: May 12, 1709
Birth Place: Lynn
Father's Name: Samuell
Mother's Name: Margerrit (Jarvis)
Source: Vital Records of Lynn
Abigail, d. Samuell and Margerrit, May 12, 1709.
More About Humphrey Devereux and Abigail Burrill:
Marriage: January 29, 1729/30
Children of Humphrey Devereux and Abigail Burrill are:
50 i. Dr. Humphrey Devere(a)ux Jr., born December 11, 1730 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died December 03, 1773; married Anna Henchman January 26, 1762 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
ii. Burrill Devereux, born Bef. February 04, 1732/33 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died 1736 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
More About Burrill Devereux:
Baptised: February 04, 1732/33, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
iii. Abigail Devereaux, born Bef. March 30, 1735 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died Bef. April 21, 1745 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
More About Abigail Devereaux:
Baptised: March 30, 1735, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
iv. Hannah Devereux, born October 14, 1737 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died August 02, 1781; married Samuel Turner, Sr. October 06, 1768 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; born in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
More About Hannah Devereux:
Baptised: October 16, 1737, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
More About Samuel Turner and Hannah Devereux:
Marriage: October 06, 1768, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
v. Samuel Devereux, born September 13, 1739 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died May 20, 1822.
More About Samuel Devereux:
Baptised: September 16, 1739, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
vi. Burrill Devereux, born March 21, 1746/47 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died April 05, 1796 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth Gerry April 22, 1775 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; born May 17, 1748 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died June 30, 1790.
More About Burrill Devereux and Elizabeth Gerry:
Marriage: April 22, 1775, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
vii. Robert Burrill Devereux, born September 07, 1741 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died June 1742 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
viii. Ruth Devereux, born January 04, 1742/43 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died January 03, 1782.
ix. Abigail Devereux, born April 21, 1745 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died August 03, 1764 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
x. Robert Devereux, born September 07, 1749 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died June 11, 1794 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
More About Robert Devereux:
Occupation: Physician
xi. Margaret Devereux, born March 15, 1752 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died May 08, 1794 in Middleton, Massachusetts; married Jacob Fuller December 27, 1785 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; born in Middleton, Massachusetts.
More About Jacob Fuller and Margaret Devereux:
Marriage: December 27, 1785, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts
102. Nathaniel Henchman, born March 31, 169520. He was the son of 204. Nathaniel Henchman and 205. Anna Greenwood. He married 103. Lydia Lewis 1734.
103. Lydia Lewis, born August 20, 1716 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; died Bef. March 26, 1799. She was the daughter of 206. John Lewis and 207. Mary Burrill.
More About Nathaniel Henchman and Lydia Lewis:
Marriage: 1734
Children of Nathaniel Henchman and Lydia Lewis are:
51 i. Anna Henchman, born May 18, 1742 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; married Dr. Humphrey Devere(a)ux Jr. January 26, 1762 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
ii. Anna Henchman, born February 25, 1734/35 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; died September 06, 1736 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
iii. Lydia Henchman, born April 20, 1740 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; died September 19, 1761 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
104. William Peters, born January 07, 1703/04 in Andover, Massachusetts; died January 19, 1788 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 208. Samuel Peters and 209. Phebe Frie. He married 105. Hannah Chenery March 18, 1728/29 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts21.
105. Hannah Chenery, born 1705 in Walpole, Massachusetts; died March 30, 1799 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 210. Benjamin Chenery and 211. Mary Clapp.
More About William Peters and Hannah Chenery:
Marriage: March 18, 1728/29, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts21
Children of William Peters and Hannah Chenery are:
i. Joseph Peters, born December 11, 1729 in Dedham, Norfork, Massachusetts; died February 13, 1800 in Mendon, Massachusetts.
ii. Benjamin Peters, born 1731 in Andover, Massachusetts; married Hannah; born Abt. 1732.
iii. Mary Peters, born 1732; married Hezekiah Allen April 07, 1757 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts21.
More About Hezekiah Allen and Mary Peters:
Marriage: April 07, 1757, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts21
52 iv. Adam Peters, born 1734 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 1813; married (1) Olive Plimpton May 05, 1758 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married (2) Margaret Morse November 30, 1769 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
v. Eve Peters, born 1737 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married John Pepalow 1759.
More About John Pepalow and Eve Peters:
Marriage: 1759
vi. Tahpenes Peters, born 1740 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Gershom Duton 1769.
More About Gershom Duton and Tahpenes Peters:
Marriage: 1769
vii. Andrew Peters, born 1742 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died February 05, 1822 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Hannah Kimball October 18, 1768.
Notes for Andrew Peters:
Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army
P
Fifteenth Virginia
page 437
Peters, Andrew (Mass). Captain of Read's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Captain 13th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; Major 2d Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; Lieutenant-Colonel 15th Massachusetts, 1st July, 1779; resigned 26th November, 1779. (Died 5th February, 1822.)
Troops at Valley Forge, Pa. 1777�1778
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Brigadier Generals
page 11
Brig. Gen. Ebenezer Learned's Brigade.
2d Mass John Bailey Ezra Badlam Andrew Peters
Field Officers of Regiments of the Continental Line
Massachusetts Line
Second Massachusetts
page 37
Major Andrew Peters, 1st January, 1777, to 1st July, 1779.
Field Officers of Regiments of the Continental Line
Massachusetts Line
Fifteenth Massachusetts
page 40
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Peters, 1st July, 1779, to 26th November, 1779.
More About Andrew Peters and Hannah Kimball:
Marriage: October 18, 1768
viii. Jethro Peters, born 1744 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1800 in Northboro, Massachusetts; married Rachel Fairbanks October 31, 1769 in Holliston, Massachusetts22.
Notes for Jethro Peters:
Peters, Jethro Massachusetts NORFOLK County. 89 1800 00100-0000100
More About Jethro Peters and Rachel Fairbanks:
Marriage: October 31, 1769, Holliston, Massachusetts22
ix. Nathan Peters, born 1747 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died February 06, 1824.
Notes for Nathan Peters:
Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army
P
Fifteenth Virginia
page 437
Peters, Nathan (Mass). Captain of Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment, 19th May to December, 1775; Captain 3d Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776. (Died 6th February, 1824.)
x. Finis Peters, born 1749 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 1816 in Putney, Vermont; married Daniel Gookin March 04, 1784 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts23; born January 13, 1725/26; died April 25, 1806.
Notes for Daniel Gookin:
Daniel4 Gookin (Richard3, Daniel2, Daniel1) b. Jan. 13, 1725-6, m. Dec. 24, 1761, Hannah Child. She died May 7, 1769, m. 2ndly, Dec. 12, 1771, Mrs. Susanna Whiting, m. 3rdly, Mar. 4, 1784, Finis, dau. William and Hannah (Chenery) Peters of Medfield, b. 1749, d. Putney, Vt., about 1816. He died April 25, 1806, and is buried in Highland Cemetery. He was descended from Maj. Gen. Daniel Gookin of Cambridge, who first made a visit to Virginia when a lad of only 9 years. In 1644 he removed to Boston and then to Cambridge, which place he represented in the General Court. After the capture of Jamaica, Cromwell in 1655 made a determined effort to colonize it with people from New England. While on a visit to England, Daniel Gookin was selected to accomplish this mission. Although the enterprise failed, it was not the fault of the person selected. Gookin arrived in Boston Dec. 30, 1655, charged with the commission to acquaint the New England Governor of the capture of Jamaica and of Cromwell's desire to settle the island with people "who knew and feared the Lord." Daniel Gookin who settled in Dover was a grandson of the Rev. Daniel Gookin, the first minister of Sherborn, for eight years a fellow of Harvard College, and an assistant to the Apostle Eliot in his Indian work at Natick.
He was a Twin to Richard.
More About Daniel Gookin:
Burial: Highland Cemetery
More About Daniel Gookin and Finis Peters:
Marriage: March 04, 1784, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts23
106. Samuel Morse, born September 24, 1694 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died November 19, 1756 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of 212. Jeremiah Morse and 213. Elizabeth Hamant. He married 107. Abigail Fisher November 13, 1726.
107. Abigail Fisher, born September 27, 1694; died November 03, 1767 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 214. Daniel Fisher and 215. Mary Fuller.
Notes for Samuel Morse:
41 7 Samuel4 Capt., wife Sarah Star, married February 8, 1715-16, died October, 1722: 2. Abigail Fisher, died November 13, 1767, r. late Doct. Mann's, Medfield.
1. Sarah baptized 1719, died August 21, '23, at Medfield. 48
2. Samuel5 Capt., Sept. 30, '18, died April 20, '87, s. 1 mile south of Medf. village.
3. Bathsheba5 July 31, '21, married Seth Richardson '46, had Silas.
4. Abigail5 February 23, '27-8, married Eliakim Morse of Medfield.
5. Mary5 September 17, '31, married Nathan Clark May 13, '60.
6. William5 January 12, '35-6, died Jan. 13, '35-6, at Medfield:
7. Sarah, January 29, '39-40, married Elijah Allen, had no son. Page 43
8. Margaret5 Aug. 19, 1737, d. 1816, m. Benjamin Dunstan, Aug. 28, 1763: 2. Capt. Adam Peters of Medfield, Nov. 30, 1769.
Resided Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
More About Samuel Morse and Abigail Fisher:
Marriage: November 13, 1726
Children of Samuel Morse and Abigail Fisher are:
i. Jedediah Morse
ii. Abigail Morse, born February 23, 1727/28 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died April 26, 1797 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Eliakian Morse October 13, 1758 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; born November 22, 1721 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died March 30, 1803 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
More About Eliakian Morse and Abigail Morse:
Marriage: October 13, 1758, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
iii. Sarah Morse, born January 29, 1729/30 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Elijah Allen 1754 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; born 1722; died 1792 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
More About Elijah Allen and Sarah Morse:
Marriage: 1754, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
iv. Mary Morse, born September 17, 1731 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Nathan Clark May 13, 1760 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; born 1729 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died 1777.
More About Nathan Clark:
Date born 2: May 02, 1729, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Died 2: March 05, 1777, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
More About Nathan Clark and Mary Morse:
Marriage: May 13, 1760, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
53 v. Margaret Morse, born August 19, 1737 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died May 23, 1816 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married (1) Benjamin Dunton August 28, 1763 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married (2) Adam Peters November 30, 1769 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
vi. William Morse, born January 12, 1734/35 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died January 13, 1734/35 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
108. Aaron Ellis, born April 15, 1705 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died March 25, 1746 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 216. Joseph Ellis and 217. Sarah Hemingway. He married 109. Zipporah Lewis January 04, 1726/27 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
109. Zipporah Lewis24, born March 14, 1708/09 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died September 27, 1791 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 218. Barachias Lewis and 219. Judith Whiting.
Notes for Zipporah Lewis:
Richards 29. Edward,5 Lt., m. at Newton, 1709, Sarah Wheeler, b. Oct. 28, 1689, d. Feb. 22, 1732, dau. of Ephraim and Sarah W.; 2d, Jan. 19, 1736, Hannah Lyon from Roxbury, d. Jan. 4, '55, aged 55, G. S.; and 3d, Jan. 9, 1760, Zipporah Battelle of Dedham, b. March 14, 1708-9, d. Sept. 27, '91, dau. of Barikah and Judith Lewis, widow of Capt. Ebenezer Battelle, and previously widow of Lt. Aaron Ellis. She made her will Sept. 20, '76, which was proved Oct. 25, '91. Here in Dedham, possessed a good estate, and was a leading member of the church
More About Aaron Ellis and Zipporah Lewis:
Marriage: January 04, 1726/27, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Children of Aaron Ellis and Zipporah Lewis are:
i. Aaron Ellis, born August 02, 1729.
ii. Nathan Ellis, born February 21, 1730/31 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
iii. Sarah Ellis, born May 22, 1733; died February 05, 1817; married Josiah Draper January 31, 1750/51 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Josiah Draper:
Josiah enlisted as a drummer in Capt. Ezekiel Plympton's Co., of Medfield, Mass., Sep. 25, 1778
Marriage Notes for Sarah Ellis and Josiah Draper:
by Rev. Samuel Dexter
More About Josiah Draper and Sarah Ellis:
Marriage: January 31, 1750/51, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
iv. Abel Ellis, born December 25, 1734 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Abigail Guild; born January 22, 1733/34 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
v. Paul Ellis, born June 04, 1737.
54 vi. Jesse Ellis, born October 25, 1740 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died December 31, 1822 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts; married Mary Harding.
112. Benjamin Fairbanks, born July 06, 1695 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died December 18, 1757 in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was the son of 224. Benjamin Fairbanks and 225. Mary Richards. He married 113. Abigail Ellis February 08, 1721/22 in Dorchester, Massachusetts..
113. Abigail Ellis, born March 11, 1700/01; died August 08, 1775. She was the daughter of 226. Joseph Ellis and 227. Mary Graves.
Notes for Benjamin Fairbanks:
He dropped dead immediately on his return to his house from the "House of Public worship".
Suffolk Probate Records, Lib. 53, fol. 57
More About Benjamin Fairbanks and Abigail Ellis:
Marriage: February 08, 1721/22, Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Children of Benjamin Fairbanks and Abigail Ellis are:
i. Benjamin Fairbanks, born May 28, 1723; died June 29, 1723.
ii. Mary Fairbanks, born June 06, 1724; died December 10, 1750; married Samuel Colburn; born March 06, 1713/14 in Dedham, Massachusetts.
iii. Abigail Fairbanks, born March 15, 1725/26.
iv. Rebecca Fairbanks, born February 22, 1727/28; died September 15, 1754; married Samuel Huntington April 13, 1751 in Dedham, Massachusetts; born October 16, 1723 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died March 20, 1797 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
More About Samuel Huntington and Rebecca Fairbanks:
Marriage: April 13, 1751, Dedham, Massachusetts
v. Hannah Fairbanks, born April 21, 1730; died January 21, 1730/31.
56 vi. David Fairbanks I, born December 04, 1731 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died April 19, 1776; married Anna Wight Abt. 1753 in Clapboard Trees, Dedham, Massachusetts.
vii. Samuel Fairbanks, born November 02, 1737; died August 26, 1741.
viii. Hannah Fairbanks, born January 10, 1739/40; died June 28, 1824; married Rev. Roland Green.
More About Rev. Roland Green:
Residence: Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut
ix. Benjamin Fairbanks, born March 30, 1745 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died November 16, 1834 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Mary Draper April 30, 1767; born September 26, 1744 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died May 19, 1785 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Notes for Benjamin Fairbanks:
From page 88 and 89 of Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family by Lorenzo S. Fairbanks
He lived in the third Parish, South District. By his father's will, dated July 1, 1756, and probated Jan. 13, 1758, he received most of his real estate in Dedham and in Walpole. Suffolk Probate Records, vol. 53, fol. 57.
He was a "minute man"; answered the Lexington Alarm. He was also in the Miscellaneous Militia Service, in Capt. David Fairbanks' Company, as Sergeant. See War Rolls.
In 1773 he was on the Committee to see that the Act to prevent Monopoly and Oppression be put in force. In 1785 he was one of the Board of Selectmen.
In 1811, forty-five members of the Clapboard Trees Parish contributed $2,084.96, as a fund for the support of preaching. Of this amount Benjamin Fairbanks, Sen., gave $75, and Benjamin, Jr., $60.
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Fairbanks, Benjamin. Sergeant, in a company commanded by Capt. David Fairbanks of Dedham, Col. McIntach's (McIntosh's) regt.; service, 5 days, at Dorchester Heights; company marched to Roxbury March 4, 1776.
Listed in the 1800 Census as Head of Household. Within his H/H are 2 males, 1 between 16 and 25 (Abijah) the other over 45 years (Benjamin); and there are 3 female, 1 between 10 and 15(Hannah) and 2 between 16 and 25 (probably Mary and Lucy).
More About Benjamin Fairbanks and Mary Draper:
Marriage: April 30, 1767
114. Joseph Wight, born January 07, 1709/10 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died February 28, 1786 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 228. Joseph Wight and 229. Sarah Avery. He married 115. Miriam Stanley January 13, 1733/34 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
115. Miriam Stanley, born July 07, 1712 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts; died January 03, 1797 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 230. Jacob Stanley and 231. Miriam Howlett.
Notes for Joseph Wight:
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Wight, Joseph, Dedham.Capt. Aaron Fuller's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from 1st Parish in Dedham; service, 2 days.
More About Miriam Stanley:
Burial: January 1797, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
More About Joseph Wight and Miriam Stanley:
Marriage: January 13, 1733/34, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Children of Joseph Wight and Miriam Stanley are:
57 i. Anna Wight, born March 12, 1734/35 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died January 31, 1785; married David Fairbanks I Abt. 1753 in Clapboard Trees, Dedham, Massachusetts.
ii. Miriam Wight, born December 05, 1736 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Nathaniel Farrington October 18, 1758 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; born March 15, 1735/36 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
More About Miriam Wight:
Christening: February 06, 1737/38, Dedham, Massachusetts
Notes for Nathaniel Farrington:
1790 MA Census Index Page 1227
Farrington, Nathaniel MA SUFFOLK CO. DEDHAM 180 1790
More About Nathaniel Farrington and Miriam Wight:
Marriage: October 18, 1758, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
iii. Henry Wight, born November 11, 1738 in Dedham, Massachusetts; married Mary Dean November 19, 1772 in Dedham, Massachusetts; born Abt. 1746 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died July 29, 1818 in Dedham, Massachusetts.
More About Henry Wight:
Christening: November 12, 1738, Dedham, Massachusetts
More About Henry Wight and Mary Dean:
Marriage: November 19, 1772, Dedham, Massachusetts
iv. Joseph Wight, born December 17, 1740 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died September 13, 1809 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; married Judith Everett September 16, 1762 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; born Abt. 1738 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died December 04, 1818 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Joseph Wight:
JOSEPH, son of Joseph and Miriam, born December 17, 1740, married Judith Everett of Dedham, September 16, 1762. They removed from Dedham to Rutland in 1763, and thence to Norwich, Mass. in 1780. He died September 13, 1809, aged 68. She died December 4, 1818, aged 80.
More About Joseph Wight:
Burial: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
More About Joseph Wight and Judith Everett:
Marriage: September 16, 1762, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
v. Samuel Wight, born January 02, 1741/42 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died May 25, 1810 in Norwich, Massachusetts; married Abigail Webb April 22, 1769; born Abt. 1748 in Needham, Massachusetts; died January 19, 1815 in Norwich, Massachusetts.
More About Samuel Wight:
Christening: January 09, 1741/42, Dedham, Massachusetts
More About Samuel Wight and Abigail Webb:
Marriage: April 22, 1769
vi. Thomas Wight, born February 23, 1743/44 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died March 30, 1817 in Norwich, Massachusetts; married Mary Whiting May 02, 1771 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; born March 13, 1752 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died December 09, 1836 in Norwich, Massachusetts.
Notes for Thomas Wight:
The Wights
Author: William Ward Wight
Call Number: R929.2 qW657.1
Page 75
He was one of the minute men of Capt. Joseph Guild's company, Colonel Greaton's regiment, who assembled on the alarm, April 19, 1775, and was credited with 13 days' service. The births and baptisms of his six eldest children are recorded in Dedham. In 1792 he removed to Norwich, Mass., where the births of his two youngest children are found. He died in Norwich, March 30, 1817; his widow died December 9, 1836.
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Wight, Thomas, Dedham.Private, Capt. Joseph Guild's (Dedham) co. of Minute-men, Col. Greaton's regt., which assembled April 19, 1775; service, 13 days.
More About Thomas Wight:
Christening: February 24, 1744/45, Dedham, Massachusetts
More About Thomas Wight and Mary Whiting:
Marriage: May 02, 1771, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
vii. Sarah Wight, born October 25, 1747 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died November 01, 1747 in Dedham, Massachusetts.
More About Sarah Wight:
Christening: November 01, 1747, Dedham, Massachusetts
viii. William Wight, born September 1750 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died April 27, 1752 in Dedham, Massachusetts.
More About William Wight:
Christening: September 30, 1750, Dedham, Massachusetts
ix. Suel Wight, born October 01, 1753.
x. Sarah Wight, born October 01, 1753 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died April 16, 1839 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; married Ebenezer Gay December 03, 1789; born Abt. 1747; died February 23, 1824.
More About Sarah Wight:
Christening: October 07, 1753, Dedham, Massachusetts
More About Ebenezer Gay and Sarah Wight:
Marriage: December 03, 1789
116. Daniel Whitney, born July 17, 1700 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 1782 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 232. Benjamin Whitney and 233. Abigail Hagar. He married 117. Dorothy Tainter 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
117. Dorothy Tainter, born May 20, 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died August 07, 1788. She was the daughter of 234. Deacon Simon Taynter and 235. Johanna Stone.
Notes for Daniel Whitney:
100. ENSIGN DANIEL WHITNEY (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, July 17, 1700; m. Dorothy Tainter, dau. of Dea. Simon and Joanna (Stone) Tainter, b. 1706; d. Aug. 7, 1788. He was in the Revolutionary army, in the Watertown company, commanded by Capt. Barnard. Was selectman 1751-55-59-60-61-62.
He d. 1782 listed in "Known Military Dead During The American Revolutionary War 1775-1783" by Ex-Lieut. Clarence Stewart Peterson, M.A.; res. Watertown, Mass.
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Whitney, Daniel.Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's co. of militia, Col. Thomas Gardner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; roll endorsed "Watertown;" also, Capt. Phineas Stearns's co.; service, 5 days; company marched from Watertown by order of Gen. Washington to reinforce army at the time of taking Dorchester Heights in March, 1776; also, receipt dated Watertown, July 17, 1776, for bounties paid said Whitney and others by Jonathan Brown, Town Treasurer, for enlisting "as Soldiers in the Defence of this Country."
More About Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Tainter:
Marriage: 1722, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Children of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Tainter are:
i. Benjamin Whitney, born April 12, 1723; married Deliverence Whitney.
ii. Abigail Whitney, born June 05, 1725 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married Edmund Fowle March 17, 1744/45.
Notes for Edmund Fowle:
He was a cordwainer; res. Watertown. (See Court Records, Dec. 10, 1752.)
More About Edmund Fowle and Abigail Whitney:
Marriage: March 17, 1744/45
iii. Simon Whitney, born March 20, 1726/27; married Mary Ruggles May 26, 1757.
Notes for Simon Whitney:
322. iii. SIMON, b. Mar. 20, 1727; m. Mary Ruggles and Mary Seaver
More About Simon Whitney and Mary Ruggles:
Marriage: May 26, 1757
iv. Joanna Whitney, born September 20, 1729; married John Cooke; born March 31, 1724.
Notes for Joanna Whitney:
323. iv. JOANNA, b. Sept. 20, 1729; m. Sept. 20, 1750, John Cooke, b. Mar. 31, 1724; res. Watertown. Ch.: Daniel, b. May 22, 1752; Daniel, b. Mar. 25, 1754; m. Esther Cook; Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1756; m. Edmund Fowle, Jr.; John, b. Sept. 12, 1757; m. Susanna (???); Lucy, b. Nov. 29, 1759; Israel, b. Oct. 21, 1761; Stephen
v. Mary Whitney, born September 10, 1731; married John Woodbridge June 10, 1762; born July 27, 1732.
Notes for Mary Whitney:
324. v. MARY, b. Sept. 10, 1731; m. June 10, 1762, Major John Woodbridge, b. July 24, 1732; m. in So. Hadley. He was captain in the French and Indian war 8 years and was major in the Rev. war. He d. of apoplexy Dec. 27, 1782. She d. Aug., 1805. Ch.: Dorothy, b. May 2, 1763; d. unm.; Lucy, b. Jan. 6, 1765; m. James Doane, Jr.; John, b. July 12, 1769; d. unm. Dec. 2, 1835; Martha, b. Jan. 8, 1771; m. John Dunlop and d. July 12, 1830; Rev. Benj. Ruggles, b. June 1, 1775; gr. Dart. 1795; settled in Norwich, Conn., Huntington and So. Hadley; d. unm. May 8, 1844. Major John res. on the farm in So. Hadley, which was owned by his father-in-law
More About John Woodbridge and Mary Whitney:
Marriage: June 10, 1762
vi. Dorothy Whitney, born May 31, 1733; married Nathaniel Coolidge September 19, 1751; born December 07, 1728; died December 24, 1773 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Dorothy Whitney:
325. vi. DOROTHY, b. May 31, 1733; m. Sept. 19, 1751, Nathaniel Coolidge. He kept a public house from 1764 to 1770, on the south side of the river at Watertown Bridge, the first house. He d. bef. 1778.
Children:
Susanna, b. Dec. 17, 1752; m. Nov. 11, 1773, Elkanah Wales, of Braintree;
Mary, b. Dec. 3, 1754; m. Sept. 3, 1777, William Hunt; gr. Harvard Coll. 1768, a lawyer of Wat.;
Daniel, b. May, 24, 1756; m. Elizabeth Fessenden;
Nathaniel, b. May 4, 1760; m. Catherine Baldwin;
Grace, b. Aug. 19, 1763; d. Dec. 5, 1769;
Nathan, b. Dec. 6, 1766; m. Betsey Curtis (a son Carlos gr. Mid. Coll. 1811, lawyer, state senator; res. Windsor, Vt., Gov., Vt.)
Notes for Nathaniel Coolidge:
1850 US Census Index
Coolidge, Betsey VT Windsor Woodstock 1850 930 61
Coolidge, Calvin VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 427
Coolidge, Calvin G. VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 427
Coolidge, Carlos VT Windsor Windsor 1850 931 354
Coolidge, Hardy VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 432
Coolidge, John VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 424
Coolidge, Jonas VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 431
Coolidge, Josiah VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 431
Coolidge, Lorenzo G. VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 431
Coolidge, Luther VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 430
Coolidge, Oliver VT Windsor Plymouth 1850 931 431
More About Nathaniel Coolidge and Dorothy Whitney:
Marriage: September 19, 1751
vii. Daniel Whitney, born December 07, 1735; married Mary Harrington.
viii. Joshua Whitney, born April 03, 1737; married Mary Clarke.
ix. Henry Whitney, born December 03, 1738 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married in Dummerston, Vermont; married (2) Hannah Tombs.
More About Henry Whitney:
Marriage: Dummerston, Vermont
58 x. Israel Whitney, born August 06, 1741 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died September 11, 1774 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married Jemima Robbins September 1765 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
xi. Lydia Whitney, born 1743.
xii. Grace Whitney, born October 22, 1746; died April 30, 1773; married Josiah Biscoe September 30, 1765; born July 18, 174024.
More About Josiah Biscoe and Grace Whitney:
Marriage: September 30, 1765
xiii. Elisha Whitney, born February 27, 1746/47; died February 22, 1807 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married Eunice Farley 1777 in Ipswich, Massachusetss; born 1757 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; died May 01, 1809.
Notes for Elisha Whitney:
Graduate of Harvard college in 1766
332. DR. ELISHA WHITNEY (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Feb. 27, 1747; m. at Ipswich, 1777, Eunice Farley, b. 1757; d. May 1, 1809. Dr. Elisha Whitney married Eunice, dau. of Gen. Michael and Elizabeth (Choate) Farley, of Ipswich. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1766 and went first to Hamilton, then a part of Ipswich, in 1772. Beverly was largely engaged in privateering and among its successful commanders were Capt. Giles and Capt. Hugh Hill with whom Dr. Whitney sailed several times, as surgeon. On one occasion Capt. Giles was so severely wounded that amputation of one leg became necessary. Dr. Whitney performed the operation in so satisfactory a manner that the captain presented him with a chaise found on board, the prize which had been manufactured for the governor of Barbadoes. On a later cruise they fell in with a British vessel of superior force, and after short but sharp engagement they were compelled to surrender and were carried into Halifax. "Michael Farley petitions the Council of Massachusetts, Dec. 20, 1777, that Dr. Whitney, now a prisoner at Halifax, may be exchanged for Dr. McCullough, a British prisoner, billeted at Ipswich." (Felt's History of Ipswich.) Dr. Whitney also volunteered as surgeon in Col. Wade's regiment, raised in 1784 to suppress Shay's rebellion. Dr. Whitney removed to Beverly in 1793, where "his cheerfulness, benevolence and professional skill gave him a deserved popularity, and at his Death he was universally lamented." He died at Beverly Feb. 22, 1807. Mrs. Eunice Whitney was buried at Beverly. It is said that Dr. Whitney was among those interested in introducing inoculation for smallpox, and one and perhaps more of his younger children died from the consequences of their inoculation, but there seems to be no authority for this story. He d. Feb. 22, 1807; res. Beverly, Mass.
921. viii. ISRAEL, b. Nov. 4, 1797; m. Mary H. Flagg.
922. i. ELISHA, b. in 1778; d. young.
923. ii. MICHAEL, b. (???); d. young.
924. iii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 25, 1782; m. Josiah Page. Ch.: Marianne, b. 1809; d. unm. 1873. She d. 1878.
925. iv. SUSAN, b. (???); m. Benjamin Lovett. She d. s. p. 1870.
926. v. MICHAEL, b. (???); m. Nancy Leech and Elizabeth Leech.
927. vi. DOROTHY, b. (???); m. Josiah Lovett. Ch.: Horace, d. young. She d. 1830.
928. vii. LUCY, b. (???); m. Nathaniel Lamson. Ch.: Chas. W., Israel W., Nathaniel, d. ae. 18.
929. ix. Marianne, b. (???); d. young.
930. x. ISRAEL, b. (???); d. young.
931. xi. ELISHA, b. (???); m. Clara Lovett and d. s. p.
More About Elisha Whitney:
Date born 2: Abt. 1725
Died 2: 1807
More About Elisha Whitney and Eunice Farley:
Marriage: 1777, Ipswich, Massachusetss
xiv. Lucy Whitney, born June 30, 1749; died December 11, 1814; married Benjamin Dana May 22, 1766; born April 06, 1741.
Notes for Lucy Whitney:
The date of her death seems to be very uncertain, for her gravestone at Arlington (formerly W. Cambridge) gives the date as follows: "Died at W. Cambridge, Dec. 11, 1814, aged 66," while some family papers say Dec. 18, 1814, and the histories of Watertown and Cambridge say, "Died Dec. 15, 1815, aged 65." By her second marriage she did not have any children. By the first marriage four children were born: William, Elisha Whitney, Anne, and Jonathan.
More About Lucy Whitney:
Burial: Arlington, Massachusetts
More About Benjamin Dana and Lucy Whitney:
Marriage: May 22, 1766
118. Eliphalet Robbins, born 1718 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died 1795 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of 236. John Robbins. He married 119. Jemima Norcross April 20, 1741.
119. Jemima Norcross, born May 24, 1720; died 1775. She was the daughter of 238. Nathaniel Norcross and 239. Jemima Abbot.
Notes for Eliphalet Robbins:
Eliphalet Robbins and Jemina Norcross (1728-75), his wife, m. 1744 Eliphalet Robbins (1718-95) served on the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection of Cambridge, where he was born and died.
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Robbins, Eliphalet.Private, Capt. Simon Jackson's (8th) co., Col. John Greaton's (3d) regt.; muster roll for Nov., 1782; also, Capt. William Watson's (6th) co., 3d Mass. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Millen; muster rolls for March and April, 1783; also, order on Lieut. Henry Nelson, Paymaster, 3d Mass. regt., dated Cantonment near New Windsor, May 13, 1783, signed by said Robbins and others belonging to Capt. Watson's co., for wages for Feb. and March, 1783.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870
Surname Given Name Location Date Subject Number
Robbins Eliphalet Cambridge 1795 Administration 19239
More About Eliphalet Robbins and Jemima Norcross:
Marriage: April 20, 1741
Children of Eliphalet Robbins and Jemima Norcross are:
i. Moses Robbins, born July 06, 1742 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died September 12, 1797 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; married (1) Elizabeth Carteret Whittemore; born October 06, 1764 in Arlington, Massachusetts; died May 01, 1813 in Arlington, Massachusetts; married (2) Sarah Dana October 31, 1765 in Cambridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts; born April 16, 1743; died 1786.
More About Sarah Dana:
Baptism: April 17, 1743
More About Moses Robbins and Sarah Dana:
Marriage: October 31, 1765, Cambridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts
ii. Nathaniel Robbins, born September 03, 1745; died 1805; married Mary Coolidge April 16, 1768.
Notes for Nathaniel Robbins:
Nathaniel Robbins, (1745-1805), served at Lexington and Bunker Hill with the Massachusetts troops
More About Nathaniel Robbins and Mary Coolidge:
Marriage: April 16, 1768
59 iii. Jemima Robbins, born March 31, 1747; married (1) Israel Whitney September 1765 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married (2) Nathaniel Kingsbury Aft. 1774.
iv. Mary Robbins, born 1759; died 1827; married Joseph Draper 1791.
Notes for Mary Robbins:
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 70 page 321 Mrs. Caroline N. Draper Howe. DAR ID Number: 69908 Born in Boston, Mass. Wife of Francis Howe. Descendant of Sergt. Joseph Draper, Jonathan Metcalf, Eliphalet Robbins, and Moses Adams. [p.321] Daughter of Albert Drake (1836-1900) and Maria A. E. Glass (1836-95), his wife, m. 1858. Granddaughter of George Draper (1792-1851) and Polly Metcalf (1793-1846), his wife, m. 1820. Gr-granddaughter of Joseph Draper and Mary Robbins (1759-1827), his wife, m. 1719; Jonathan Metcalf, Jr. (1742-1844), and Mary Adams (1767-1821), his wife, m. 1790. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Eliphalet Robbins and Jemina Norcross (1728-75), his wife, m. 1744; Jonathan Metcalf and Bathsheba Pond (1734-1807), his wife, m. 1753; Moses Adams and Rachel Leland (1737-1825), his wife, m. 1758. Joseph Draper (1740-1825) served as sergeant in Capt. David Fairbank's company of minute men, Colonel Heath's regiment. He was born and died in Dedham, Mass. Jonathan Metcalf (1729-99) responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private in Capt. Joseph Guild's company, Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts regiment, and, 1777, served in Capt. Joseph Lewis' company, Col. William McIntosh's regiment. He was born in Dedham; died in Medway, Mass. Eliphalet Robbins (1718-95) served on the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection of Cambridge, where he was born and died. Also No. 12902. Moses Adams (1731-1815) commanded a company, 1776, in Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk County regiment, and served, 1777-81, several other enlistments. He was born and died in Medway, Mass. Also No. 58804.
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Marriage: 1791
120. Samuel Woods, born 1686 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 1763 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married 121. Mary Parker 1717.
121. Mary Parker, born in England. She was the daughter of 242. John Parker and 243. Mary Parker.
Notes for Samuel Woods:
WOODS For two hundred and more years the family bearing this name has been a prominent one in New England, and for approximately seventy-five years in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Reference is made to the posterity of the old Chelmsford-Princeton (Massachusetts) branch of the family, the head of which was Samuel Woods, who came from England to the American colonies about 1700, settling in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Through Samuel's son, Samuel Woods Jr., came a race of men of liberal education, graduates of the best universities of their day, who distinguished themselves in the learned professions and occupied chairs in the first colleges of the country, among them Rev. Abel Woods, an eminent clergyman of the Baptist denomination, for many years pastor of the churches of that Faith in Vermont; the distinguished Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., of the Andover Theological Seminary; Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D. Jr., the accomplished scholar, president of Bowdoin College, Maine; Rev. Alva Woods, D. D., of Harvard, of the class of 1817, who occupied chairs in Columbian College and Brown University, acted as president ad interim of the latter institution and was president of Transylvania College, Kentucky, and of the University of the State of Alabama; Marshall Woods, A. B., Brown University, class of 1845, M. D. University of New York, class of 1848, who for fifty or more years was a prominent business man and useful citizen of Providence, and the Hon. John Carter Brown Woods, of Providence, one of the leading members of the Rhode Island bar, who has represented his city in its city council and in both the house of representatives and senate of Rhode Island. It is with this Providence branch of the old Massachusetts Woods family, alluded to, this article is to deal. The following genealogy and family history is arranged chronologically, the Roman characters indicating generations from the American ancestor. I) Samuel Woods, born in England in 1686, came to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, about 1700, and died in that town in 1763. He married in 1717 Mary Parker, daughter of John and Mary Parker
I) Samuel Woods, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1686, and came to this country about 1700 or later. He settled in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, where he owned a farm on which he was taxed from 1720 to 1743. In 1743 he moved, and died in 1763, aged seventy-eight years. He married, in Chelmsford, 1717, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Parker. He left two daughters, and a son Samuel, mentioned below.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Woods, was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, June 19, 1722, died November 8, 1808, aged eighty-six years. He lived in Rutland, Massachusetts, where on March 6, 1761, he bought lot No. 13, in Princeton, Massachusetts, containing two hundred and ninety-two acres. He then settled in Princeton, and sold various portions of his lot, saving only about one hundred acres on which he lived the remainder his life. He held various important offices in Princeton, and was prominent in its affairs for the ten critical years before the revolution. He was on the special committee which drew up the declaration of independence for the town in 1774. He was of a studious mind, fond of literary study and philosophical researches, being known as "Philosopher Woods." He taught the first public school in the town, at his own home, and continued that practice from the time of his removal to Princeton until his death. He was a member of the Congregational church. He married (first) at Sudbury, September 4, 1751, Tabitha Eveleth, of that place, and she died at Princeton, October 22, 1770. He married (second) August 26, 1772, Abigail (Whitney) Underwood, widow, of Hubbardston. She died at Princeton, January 31 (town record), or February 28 (gravestone), 1826, aged eighty-five years. Children by first wife, born at Rutland; Molly, March 3, 1753; Hannah, August 13, 1755; Samuel, June 1, 1757, who prepared Daniel Webster for college; Lydia, August 4, 1760. Born at Princeton: Anna, June 20, 1761; Sarah, July 6, 1763; Abel, August 15, 1765, was Baptist clergyman at Shoreham, Vermont; child, died October 28, 1767, unnamed; John, December 24, 1768. Children by second wife, born in Princeton; Leonard, mentioned below; Asa, April 30, 1776; Hannah, May 13, 1778; Lucy, November 16, 1780; Molly, February 15, 1783.
(III) Rev. Dr. Leonard Woods, son of Samuel (2) Woods, was born at Princeton, Massachusetts, June 19, 1774, died in Andover, Massachusetts, August 24, 1854. He received a strict home training in the English language, and was made familiar with the works of John Locke and Jonathan Edwards, in whom his father was much interested. He attended Harvard College from which he was graduated in 1796 with the highest honors, and after teaching for a time he studied theology at Somers, Connecticut, being ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1798. At the founding of the Andover Theological Seminary in 1808, he became professor of Theology, and remained there thirty-eight years, becoming professor emeritus in 1846. He was "greatly beloved by all who had ever been his pupils, and with the affectionate regards of all who knew him." In 1810 he received the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth College. He was active in the establishment of the American Tract Society, the Temperance Society, and the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, of whose prudential committee he was a member for twenty-five years. In 1805 he contributed a series of papers in the "Panoplist," a religious periodical in which he defended Calvinism against William Channing, Joseph Buckminster and others, and his literary reputation dated from that time. Dr. Henry B. Smith said of him: "He is emphatically the 'judicious' divine of the later New England theology. He educated more than 1,000 preachers, who had neither crotchets nor airy aims." Among his publications were: "Life of Harriet Newell;" "Letters to Unitarians," Andover, 1820; "Memoirs of American Missionaries," 1833; "Examination of the Doctrine of Perfection," 1841; "Lectures on Church Government," New York, 1843; "Lectures on Swedenborgianism," 1846; and his collected works, containing lectures, essays, sermons and reviews, 5 vol., Andover, 1849-50. He left in manuscript a "History of Andover Seminary." His teaching inspired the "Haystack Missionaries" and he ordained and sent them to their chosen work.
He married Abigail Wheeler, of Worcester. Children: 1. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Joseph Wheeler, born July 30, 1802; married Hannah Parker. 3. Mary Greenleaf, born October 30, 1804; married Thomas Mather Smith; children: John Cotton; Sarah, married Bishop Perry, of Iowa; Mary. 4. Leonard, mentioned below. 5. Daniel Bates, born September 20, 1809. 6. Abigail Wheeler, born July 25, 1811; married Richard Salter, M. D. 7. Margaret Oliver, born April 13, 1813; an authoress, pen name, Meta Lauder; married Rev. Edward Lawrence, D. D. 8. Harriet Newell, baptized December 10, 1815; an authoress, pen name, Madeline Leslie; married Rev. Abijah Baker; children: George, Charles, William, Walter, Frank. 9. Sarah Abbott, born June 18, 1817. 10. Sophia Walker, born May 12, 1819.
(IV) Rev. Dr. Leonard (2) Woods, son of Rev. Dr. Leonard (1) Woods, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, November 24, 1807, died in Boston, December 24, 1878. He attended Union College, from which he was graduated in 1827; he was graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1830, and in 1831-33 was a resident graduate scholar of Andover, being licensed to preach in 1833. In 1834-37 he edited the "Literary and Theological Review" in New York City, which represented the faiths of the Presbyterian and Congregational churches; he opposed the opinions of many of its supporters, objecting to the proposals of temperance and anti-slavery
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Marriage: 1717
Children of Samuel Woods and Mary Parker are:
60 i. Samuel Woods III, born June 19, 1722 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died November 08, 1808 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married (1) Tabitha Eveleth September 14, 1751 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; married (2) Abigail Whitney 1772.
ii. Sarah Woods, born March 08, 1729/30 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died April 10, 1815 in Merrimack, New Hampshire; married Samuel Spaulding May 03, 1753; born January 31, 1726/27; died September 11, 1797 in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Notes for Samuel Spaulding:
1521. SAMUEL5 [552] (Henry4, Henry3, Andrew2, Edward1), b. Jan. 31, 1726-7 (family record, Feb. 1, 1726).
He was one of the first settlers of Merrimack, N. H., where be owned a large tract of land, from which he gave farms to several of his sons. He came up from Chelmsford, Ms., and cleared a piece of land and built a house, before he married. His original farm, lying north and west of Netacook Pond, is now in possession of the Reed family. He was a man of rather more than medium size, both in height and breadth, and had a very strong voice. It is said that it could be distinctly heard at a distance of two miles. His mark for cattle and sheep. Recorded in the town books of Merrimack, Dec. 23, 1772, was a slit in the right ear, and a half-penny the under side of the same. He died in Merrimack, N. H., Sept. 11, 1797, aged 71; m. Sarah Woods. May 3, 1753. She was the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Parker) Woods, of Chelmsford, Ms.; she was b. March 8, 1730, and d. in Merrimack, April 10, 1815, of spotted fever, aged 85. Her mother, Mary Parker, was daughter of John and Mary Parker, of Chelmsford, MA. The children of Samuel and Sarah (Woods) Spalding were all born in Merrimack, N. H.
1522. Samuel [3602], b. Aug. 22, 1754.
1523. Abijah [3612], b. June 18, 1756.
1524. Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1758; d. Feb. 8, 1774.
1525. Henry [3616], b. Nov. 3, 1760 (the Merrimack records say Nov. 23, 1760).
1526. Oliver [3628], b. Feb. 6, 1763.
1527. Isaac [3632], b. Aug. 20, 1765.
1528. Silas [3641], b. June 11, 1767.
1529. Asa [3651], b. April 5, 1769.
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Marriage: May 03, 1753
122. John Eveleth25, born 1698 in Enfield Township, Hartford, Connecticut26; died March 1742/43 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 244. John Eveleth and 245. Mary Bowman. He married 123. Hannah Haynes October 09, 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
123. Hannah Haynes27, born September 02, 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 246. David Haynes and 247. Tabitha Stone.
Notes for John Eveleth:
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 1743
Administration File# 7092
Did they have a son John that is the John of Brookfield m. Patience Bartlett?
Name: John Eveleth
Birth Date: 1698
Birth Place: Enfield Twsp, Hartford, CT
Death Date:16 March 1743
Death Place: Sudbury, Middletown, MA,
Marriage Date: October 1722
Marriage Place: not recorded
Spouse: Hannah Haynes
Father: John Eveleth
Mother: Mary Bowman
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Ancestral File Number: 1WN0-5LJ
Will: 1743, Sudbury, Middletown, Massachusetts
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Ancestral File Number: 1WN0-5MQ
More About John Eveleth and Hannah Haynes:
Marriage: October 09, 1722, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Children of John Eveleth and Hannah Haynes are:
i. Abigail Eveleth27, born October 09, 1723 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1762; married Jabez Mead June 06, 1740.
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Marriage: June 06, 1740
ii. Joseph Eveleth28, born July 30, 1726 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died October 11, 1790 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Patience Hunt August 25, 1748 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; born 172828.
Notes for Joseph Eveleth:
Name: Joseph Eveleth
Birth Date: 30 July 1726
Birth Place: Sudbury, Middletown, MA
Death Date: 11 October 1790
Death Place: Princeton, Worcester, MA
Marriage Date: 25 August 1748
Marriage Place: Sudbury, Middletown, MA
Spouse: Patience Hunt
Father: John Eveleth
Mother: Hannah Haynes
Joseph Eveleth (1726-85), a patriot, served on a committee to hire men for The Continental Army. He was born in Sudbury, Mass.
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Marriage: August 25, 1748, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
iii. William Eveleth29, born October 28, 1728 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA.
61 iv. Tabitha Eveleth, born April 04, 1731 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died October 20, 1770 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Samuel Woods III September 14, 1751 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
v. David Eveleth29, born February 16, 1732/33 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died 1756 in Rutland, MA.
vi. Isaac Eveleth29, born March 09, 1733/34 in Sudbury, MA (or 1735?); died Aft. 1781 in Keene, NH?; married Eunice Carter September 02, 1756 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts30; born February 06, 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Notes for Isaac Eveleth:
Different marriage date (Jul 22, 1756) per LDS Church/IGI. Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Worcester County, Lancaster, page 105 has Isaac Eveleth of Brookfield m. Eunice HUDSON, Sept. 2, 1756.
Notes for Eunice Carter:
Dates per LDS Church/IGI.
More About Eunice Carter:
Christening: April 08, 1733, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA31
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Marriage: September 02, 1756, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts32
vii. Lucy Eveleth33, born November 01, 1736 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died December 18, 1790 in Bedford, MA; married Ezra Blood November 25, 1755.
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Marriage: November 25, 1755
viii. Anna Eveleth33, born January 07, 1741/42 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; married James Houghton September 10, 1762.
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Marriage: September 10, 1762