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| 301 | For reasons we don't know, Christopher moved to Hawkedon, County Suffolk. He was the first to reside at Swan Hall, Hawkedon. According to "Early Settlers of Watertown": The estate, or home estate, of this branch of the family consisted of two tenements, called the Deans, and the Swans, contiguous, and lying in the two adjoining Parishes of Somerton and Hawkedon. The property is thus described and bequeathed in the Will of Christopher Browne (A. D., 1531) : " I gyve and bequethe to Anne my wyef, all that my tenement wth thappurten'nces lying in the pi'che of Hawkedon and Somerton, callyd the Deene, and all that tenement with thappurten'nces called Swaynes. To have and to hold the sayde ij Tenements callyd the Deene, & Swaynes, with all their appurtenences to the sayde Anne during hyr lyef withoute any impeachment of wast, and after the decease of the sayde Anne, all the sayde ij Tenements wth all ther appurten'nes to remayne to Robert Browne, my sonne. and to the heyres male of his body,” and for lack of such issue then to his son Christopher [X Stofer] Browne and his heirs male, and for lack of such issue then to his son Thomas and his heirs male; and for the lack of such issue then to go " to my heirs and assigns forever." He makes bequests of money to his said sons Robert, Christopher, and Thomas, and to his daughters Elizabeth, Margaret, and Agnes, and to his godson [grandson?] Christopher Browne. The Will is witnessed by Robert Browne, filius et heres testoris; Robert Checkley, clericus [minister of Hawkedon], Thomas Hy'on, Johnes Cawston. Mr. Somerby says, "Hawkedon is a scattered village on a pleasant acclivity, near a rivulet, 9 miles S. S. W. of Bury St. Edmunds. The church is a fine specimen of ancient architecture, with a tower and five bells. The Parish contains 339 souls, and 1210 acres of tand. It is in two manors, viz., Hawkedon Hall, the seat and property of J. Trask, Esq., and Thurston Hall, of which H. J. Oakes, Esq., is lord. Swan Hall, another mansion, now a farm-house, with a large estate, belongs to G. W. Poley, Esq. This was formerly a seat of the Browne family. It is probable that the estate was sold in order to be divided among the fire sons of Thomas Browne, and thus passed out of the possession of that family. A small work on the County of Suffolk says, Swan Hall, another ancient mansion, now a farm-house, ‘was formerly a seat of the Abbot family.' This was after it passed out of the possession of the Brownes. "Swan Hall is about a mile from Hawkedon, and is now (1852) occupied by a farmer, Simon Moore. It is probably one of the oldest residences in the County of Suffolk, being several hundred years old. It is built of oak, and covered with plaster, excepting some of the principal beams, which are elaborately carved. The principal part of the building was taken down about forty years ago, and the beautiful panelling, caving, &c., &c., of the interior, distributed among individuals in the neighboring parishes. The part of the building which remains, does not give one any idea of its former extent. I succeeded nevertheless in producing a sketch which will afford an almost perfect idea of the building as it was originally. I found an old lady at Hawkedon, who resided at the Hall at the time when the principal portion of it was demolished, and she remembers particularly that it was precisely like Thurston Hall, which is in the neighborhood, and retains all its original features. From this Hall I finished my sketch. The old lady spoke of the elegant stained glass window in the Grand Hall, a small portion of which, when the Hall was demolished, was transferred to the chancel window of the church, and also of the elaborate carved work, both within and without, not a vestige of which remains, except the beams on the front end. She does not know what became of it, but believes a portion was taken to Charity Hall, some miles distant" He was church warden there in 1504. His will was dated 27 May 1531 and proved at Bury St. Edmonds, 3 July 1538. | Browne, Christopher (I2396)
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| 302 | Francis' will: The Last Will & Testament of Lieut: Francis Pebody of Topsfield in y* county of Es[sex] [in] Newe England: I Francis Pebody taking into consideration the uncertainty of my life and certainty of my death being of perfect understanding & memory have seen good to m[ake] such a disposall of the temporall estate which God of his grace hath given me in this w[orld] as followeth, — Impr. I committ my immortall soul into the hands of God & my body to a decent buriall [when] God shall take me out of this world Secundo I give to my son John Pebody & Joseph Pebody all that tract of Land which I bought of marchant Joseph Juett of Rowly which Land lyeth in Boxford, I give to my son J. . . . two thirds of y* aforesaid tract of Land & to my son Joseph y* other third which I give to them & to their Heirs for ever & moreover I do give to them both in c[ountrey] pay (not mony) five pounds to each of them, y* is five pounds apiece, besides what I have already given them Item, I do give to my son William Pebody all that Land which I bought of John Tod Sen"" [of] Rowly & of John Perley (excepting one hundred acres) which land I do give to him & his Heirs for ever, more.over I do give to him five pounds besides what he hath [. . .] me aheady, which I do the rather on consideration of his being (by y' providence of God) deprived of y^ use of one of his arms, w*^ five pounds is to be paid as is above specified Item I do give to my son in Law Daniell Wood That hundred acres of Land which is above excepted to my son WiUiam & is aheady in part possessed by my son in [law] Daniel Wood which said Land I do give to him & to his Heirs for ever it be[ing] in consideration of what I was oblidged to do for him when come to age & pro[vided] y' he shall be satisfyed therewith on y' account & give a discharge thereof to such [. . .] shall concern Which Land I have already promised & do purpose forthwith to [give] him a deed of in a way of firm conveyance in which deed I shall bound. . . . Limit y' aforesaid hundred acres accordingly Item I do give to my son Isaac Pebody all the land y' I do now hve upon which I bou[ght] of Mr. Simons & my will is y* my son Isaac shall have all y* said Land which lyeth on [ye] south side of y' brook running through the said farm both upland & meadow so bo[unded] I give to my son Isaac Pebody together w* my dwelling house & housing, orchard, mill millyard w' all y* I bought of William Evans & moreover I give to my son Isaac from [the] bridge all y* meadow downward on y* north east side of y* brook w" runneth through . . . Tho: Dormans meadow: as also I do give to my son Isaac a Rod & half of upland ... to y* aforesaid meadow all along for y* bringing of his hay from time to time w*^*" afore [named] Land I do give to my son Isaac & to his Heirs forever, together w' seventy acres of Land . . . y* south side if y* River, neer to y' dwelling of Joseph Town Jun, Also I give to my son [Isaac] that bed with the furniture thereunto belonging which he now hath y" improvement [of] & this I would have noted, That I have given y* more to my son Isaac on consideration [of] y* providence of God disinabling him by y* loss of one of his Leggs Item I do give to my Grand child Jacob Pebody (y* son of my son Jacob Pebody deceased) y* h[ouse] which his father dwelt in together with all y'' upland on y' side of y* brook y' is on . . . North side of y* aforesaid brook, as also all y* meadow on y' same side of y' brook . . . y* bridge & so upward, my will is y' in case my said Grandchild Jacob Pebody do [live] to y* age of twenty one years y* then he shall have as is above said to injoy himselfe . . . his Heirs for ever, But in Case y* said Jacob live not to y* age y* then any of my other [. . .] shall have liberty to have y* land & house abovesaid provided y' he or they shall [. . .] to my grandchildren Kezia & Mercy Pebody y* children of my son Jacob Pebody deceased an hundred and twenty pounds in common currant pay (not silver) notwithstanding ... is abovesaid in case y* said Jacob should have issue before he should arrive at y* aforesaid age y* y* said Land shall be at y* disposall of y* abovesaid Jacob Pebody together [. . .] aforesaid. Also I do give to my grandchildren Kezia & Mercy Pebody y* children of [my] son Jacob deceased I do give to each of them Thirty acres of Land apiece, provided th[at] [they] shall live to y' age of eighteen years, which Threescore acres of Land Lyeth on y' south s[ide] of y* River in y* south-west Division beyond m' Endicotts farm in y' place called y* stick[y] meadow which Land abovesaid I bought part of Deacon Tho Perkins about thirty [acres] & about thirty more which I bought of Daniell Dorman, but in Case of neither of y* chi[ldren] Kezia or Mercy shall live to y* age of eighteen y* then y* abovesaid Thirty acres apiece shall return to my next & immediate children to be equally divided amongst them [but] in Case one of y* said grandchildren live to y* age & not y' other that then y^ whole Threescore acres shall fall to y' surviver of them Item I give to my son Nathaniell Pebody together with my Grandchild Samson How a[ll] that four hundred acres which I bought of m' Stephen Sewall Lying in Rowly village called Boxford which land lyeth near Bradford & was formerly m' Nelsons of Rowly. My will is y' my son Nathaniell shall have three hundred & Samson How ye other hundred acres which for quantity and quahty y* aforesaid Samson How shall have y' said Hundred acres provided y* y* said Samson How shall be at my despose till y'^ age of twenty[one] years But in Case my son Nathaniell shall dye without LawfuU Issue that then y* above said three hundred acres shall fall to my other children by equall devision, his widdow notwithstanding injoying y* benefit thereof during hfe & as to his moveable estate which he is already in possession of I leave it all to be at his y' is my son Nathaniells despose here is to be understood y* what shall be left undesposed of by my son Nathaniell at his death of his three hundred acres shall be for y* use of his widdow during her life as abovesaid y* is y* life of her widdowhood. I do reserve for Mary my wife y* South End of my house for her Use to live in as also y* New Cellar as also y^ Use of two milch Cows which she shall choose out of my milch kine, Also my will is y* my son Isaac shall pay to my wife Mary yearly twenty bushells of Indian Come, four bushells of wheat, four of rye & six of malt, also y' my wife have liberty to keep two or three swine, as also yearly haU a dozen pounds of wool, also my will is y* my wife shal have pasture for her cowes with my son Isaacs as also y' my son Isaac shall provide fodder for them in y* winter. As also my wife shall have Liberty for an horse to ride on as she shall have occasion. Also my will is y* in Case my wife shall marry again y* then all y* priviledges abovesaid shall cease, but during her widowhood she shal also have (as benefit by my orchard) yearly a barrell of Cidar as also som apples as her occasions either in the summer or winter shall require, Moreover my wife shall have y* use & despose of two beds together with needful firewood provided for her for which end she shall have y* use of such of my oxen as shall be needfull. Also I do order y' Samson How shall five with my wife till he shall come to y* age of twenty one years & be at her Command to be helpful to her on all accounts as she shall have occasion & in case Samson How shall be taken away by his father before he shall have served as abovesaid y' then my wife shall have that hundred acres of land abovesaid (given Conditionally to y* said Samson) to provide for herself such help as shall be necessary. & in Case my wife shall dy before y* said Samson How shall arrive at y' aforesaid term of years y' then he shall be at my wives despose to whom she shall see good & in case y' said Samson will not comply with such despose y' then y* said hundred acres of land intended for him shall be at my wives despose Item I give to my daughter Lydia Perley five pounds besides what she hath already had of me I do give to my daughter Mary Death five pounds besides what she hath had already I do give to my daughter Sarah How five pounds besides what she hath had already I do give to my daughter Hephzibah Ray five pounds besides what she hath had already all which Legacies ordered to my Children I do appoint to be paid in common currant pay as is before specified to others of my children Note y* what Legacies I do here give in my will shall be paid by my executors out of my estate which I do leave in my son Isaac hands & to my wives, as corn or Cattell &c my debts & funeral expences being discharged. And finaly. I do appoint, Constitute & ordain my wife Mary to be an executrix together with my son John Pebody & Isaac Pebody as executors of this my last will & testament & in Case after Legacies paid there be any estate left to be devided y' it shall be desposed of in a way of devision as my executrix together w' executors shall see good. That what is here above written is y* last will & Testament of y* abovesaid Francis Pebody appears by his own hand & seal y' day & Date here mentioned as also by y* testimony of y^ witnesses hereunto subscribed The above said premises were signed & sealed & declared to be y* last will & Testament of y^ said Francis Pebody y" twentieth day of January in y' year o f our Lord one thousand six hundred Ninety & five or six, in presence of Joseph Capen Thomas Baker Ephraim Dorman Senr It is to be noted y' notwithstanding what is abovesaid concerning my son Nathaniells three hundred acres re- turning to his brethren in Case of his dying w'out lawfuU Issue, It is to be understood by y^ three hundred acres what he shall not see Cause to despose of before his death I hereby notwithstanding what hath been said us giving him full power in Case he see good to despose of it either in part or whole not knowing but divine providence may necessitate him thereunto, otherwise what is above written to be of full force as is expressed, ffrancis Pabody | Peabody, Lt. 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| 303 | Frans (who was underage) was assisted by his father, Adriaan van Daalen and she was assisted by her mother Lobberigje Bruijn, the widow of Cornelis Roos. | Family F538
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| 304 | Frans was assisted by his mother Neeltje Frans Kringer and Trijntie was assisted by her father the respectable Willem Claasz. Ban (z. means son of) and Jan Gerritsz. Poortegys and Cornelis Menden, her guardians. Frans was bringing to the marriage his shoemaker's shop and tools not including the leather. Trijntje was bringing the goods that she inherited after the death of her grandfather Claas Symonsz. Poortegys. | Family F541
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| 305 | Freeland, PA | Repository (R3)
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| 306 | French may be her name from a previous marriage. Peters refers to her as Mrs. French. She is said to be of Newbury. | French, Sarah (I469)
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| 307 | From "Annals of the Army of the Cumberland": Lieutenant Nathan D. Ingraham, Topographical Engineer, was born at Granger, Medina county, Ohio, on the 18th day of May, 1835. He removed to Lockport, Will county, Illinois, in June, 1844, and was married at Gooding's Grove, Will county, to Miss Ruth Gooding, daughter of James Gooding, Esq., on the 27th of November, 1854. He went to the Rocky Mountains in July, 1860, and returned January, 1862. He enlisted as private in Company F, 100th Regiment Illinois "Volunteer Infantry, July 25, 1862, and was commissioned first lieutenant of the same company August 30 following. He served with his company in General Buell's march through Kentucky, in pursuit of Bragg, in the fall of 1862, and, arriving at Nashville, Tennessee, November 26, 1862, reported to Captain J. C. St. Clair Morton (now Brigadier-General Morton) on the 27th as lieutenant in command of a detachment of pioneers, and was ordered to Gallatin, Tennessee, to work on fortifications, returning to Nashville December 13. On the 26th he was ordered by Captain Morton to report to General Negley as topographical engineer, which he did at Nolensville. At the battle of Stone River he was acting aide-de-camp to General Negley, as well as topographical engineer. By profession he is a surveyor and engineer. | Ingraham, Nathan Durkee (I3304)
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| 308 | From "Antrobus Pedegree": Edward was of Tabley. His name, like that of his uncle Thomas, appears in the Tabley rentals, which shew that he paid rent at the rate of three shillings the half-year in 1558 and 1566. | Antrobus, Edward (I2451)
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| 309 | From "Antrobus Pedegree": Philip was of Northwich; and in the registers of Witton (the parochial chapel or parish church of Northwich) it is recorded that he and his wife were buried there in 1574. | Antrobus, Philip (I2449)
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| 310 | From "Antrobus Pedegree": Robert, the second son, was of Chelford. He is no doubt identical with a Robert Antrobus who in 1547-8 was a witness in a case in the Consistory Court of Chester, and is described in the records of the Court as being of Over Peover and 40 years of age. | Antrobus, Robert (I2447)
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| 311 | From "Descendants of William Shattuck": Many of the frontier towns were burned and deserted by the new settlers. Among other places early attacked were the remote settlements on Connecticut River. As a means of protection a military company was organized under Capt. Richard Beers, a distinguished citizen of Watertown, of which young John Shattuck was appointed sergeant, and proceeded to Hadley. Hearing that Squawkeague, now Northfield, had been attacked, they marched, on the 4th of September, 1676, to its relief; and while on their route a large force of Indians who lay concealed, suddenly rose and fell upon them with overpowering fury. Of thirty-six men of whom the company was composed, sixteen only escaped death. Capt. Beers was killed. Sergeant Shattuck, one of the sixteen whose lives were preserved, was immediately dispatched as a messenger to the Governor of the Colony to announce the result of the expedition. On the 14th of September, ten days after the battle, as he was crossing the ferry between Charlestown and Boston, he was drowned. Goo-kin, (Trans. Am. Antiquarian Society, Vol. II., p. 466,) describes this event as follows:— " About this time a person named Shattuck, of Watertown, that was a sergeant under Capt Beers, when the said Beers was slain near Squakeage, had escaped very narrowly but a few days before; and being newly returned home, this man being at Charlestown, in Mr. Long's porch, at the sign of the Three Cranes, divers persons of quality being present, particularly Capt. Lawrence Hammond, the Captain of the town, and others, this Shattuck was heard to say to this effect: '1 hear the Marlborough Indians, in Boston in prison, and upon trial for their lives, are likely to be cleared by the court; for my part,' said he, ‘I have been lately abroad in the country's service, and have ventured my life for them, and escaped very narrowly; but if they clear these Indians, they shall hang me up by the neck before I ever serve them again.' Within a quarter of an hour after these words were spoken, this man was passing the ferry between Charlestown and Boston; the ferry boat being loaded with horses and the wind high, the boat sunk; and though there were several other men in the boat and several horses, yet all escaped with life, but this man only. I might mention several other things of remark here that happened to other persons, that were filled with dis* pleasure and animosity against the poor Christian Indiana, but shall forbear, lest any be offended." It is proper to remark, in explanation of this narrative, that a painful suspicion was entertained at the time that some of the half christianized Indians in the settlements were privy to and partners in the conspiracy of Philip. Gookin did not share this suspicion, and he therefore opposed the war and those engaged in it. He had acted as counsel for the Indians then on trial; and he considered it criminal in any one to speak against them, notwithstanding some of them were convicted and were afterwards executed for murder. Whether Mr. Shattuck made the remarks, in " effect," as here given, or whether they were a mere hearsay report, is uncertain; but Gookin seems to have considered his accidental drowning a special Providence, executed upon him as a punishment for his honest but fearless expression of opinions on subjects which he had just discussed with "divers persons of quality"! This judgment, however, if indeed it was one, did not occur alone; others happened to other persons for similar acts. Mr. Shattuck, as an honest, independent young man, having opinions of his own, and not afraid to express them on a proper occasion, would not be very likely to speak in the most mild and friendly terms of an enemy that had, only ten days before, betrayed and killed twenty out of thirty-six of his compajiions in arms; and he is to be commended for his conduct, and for this exhibition of a characteristic trait of the family. | Shattuck, John (I2215)
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| 312 | From "Descendants of William Shattuck": No description of ours could give a better idea of the domestic arrangements, the household economy, and the interior life, of William Shattuck than is afforded by a careful examination of this inventory of his estate. It will aid us in paying an imaginary visit to his "parler,"his "ceichen," his "shope," his "dairy," and his farm generally, to ascertain their extent and the various implements in use in his daily life. " An Inventory of the estate of Wilyam Shathauk, late of Watertown, who deceased August the 14th, in ye yeare 1672, made and taken by us whose names are under written, August the 23" £ s. d. 005 00 00 Imprimis. In the Parler, his wearinge cloathes, shirts, hate, boughts & shoes, 103 17 05½ It. In money, 002 00 00 It. A bedstead, curtanes, a table, 2 chests, a great char, and basket, and some small things, 003 00 00 It, eight napkeens, 3 pilowbers, 2 table clothes, & 3 pair of sheets, 002 00 00 It, forten yds of coaten and woollen clooth 000 04 00 It, a cuple of tobacko boxes, and a pair of silver buttons, 003 00 00 It the ceichen [kitchen] one great ketle, 2 old ketles, & 2 scillets, 001 00 00 It, two iron pots, & a friing pane, tramell, firepane & tongs, rost iron, 001 02 00 It, six puter[pewter]platers, a basson, 2 puter poats, 3 poringers, seaven spoons, a chamber pot, 001 10 00 It 3 pailes, 3 tubes, and a churne, 3 wooden dishes and boule,2 botles, a duzen trenchers, and some earthen ware, & 2 pair of cards, 001 05 00 It, a table and forme, an other small table, 2 buffit stooles, 6 chairs, and other small things, 001 10 00 It. the shope, a loome, warping bar and wheal, and all things belonging to it, 000 12 00 It, In the dairy, five tubes, 3 keelers, 2 seives, 001 00 00 It, 3 bush. Of moult, a bush. Of wheat meall, half a bushell of ry meall, halfe a duszen pound of hops, and other lumber, 000 06 00 It, 3 sackes, 001 00 00 It. the ould seeler, a poat of butter, some pork, 2 tubs, a form and earthen poat, 002 10 00 It, In the lodging roome, two bedsteads, 2 barrells, one forme, a heir bage and cheese, 2 wheels, 000 10 00 It. In the new seller, 4 barils, a small vessell & beer stool, 004 00 00 It. In the first chamber, 3 guns, 2 pistools, and a cutlash, 000 06 00 It, his geilding tools and horne, 000 10 00 It. A mate, a fane, 3 pease scepe, a wheel, 3 ould sciths, 002 00 00 It, one crow of iron, a crose cut saw, one hand saw, 3 axis, 2 sikles, 3 ougers, a plan, chaine, cap, ringle and sople, a bill hook, a sped, a shovel, weges and betle, and hammer, a pair storke cards, a pair of sheers, 006 19 00 It. In the corn chamber, fifty bushels of indein corn, a bushell and a hafe of ry, 001 00 00 It, in sheeps wool, 005 00 00 It, 2 fether beds, a boulster, 4 pillows, 002 15 00 It, 2 ruges, 2 blankets, 003 00 00 It, one flock bed and bedsted and bed corde, a pair of blankets, 2 boulsters, and 2 pillers, and a ruge, 002 10 00 It, a carte, a yoake, an ould plow, a pair of haners, grind stone and sithe and 400 bords 000 06 00 It, 2 pair of iron filers, and a pair of glaxes, 000 15 00 It, a carte roupe, an ould tumbrell, two horse coalers and traise, a dung fork, and 2 pitching forks, 2 rakes, & a hoe, 006 00 00 It, pease, wheat, barley, and ry, 006 00 00 It, the hay in the barne and abrood and in the meddow, 006 00 00 It. five acres of Indian corn, 020 00 00 It. a farm near stony brooke 004 00 00 It. four acres of meadow, at pond meddow, 007 00 00 It, a said mare, and an ould horse, 007 00 00 It, an ould mare, and a young horse, 009 00 00 It, a pair of oxen, 012 00 00 It, four cows, 004 00 00 It, a bull, and 2 calves, 006 00 00 It, ten sheep and 9 lambs 004 00 00 It, 6 hoggs, 8 piges 180 00 00 It, one dwelling house and barne, and also the land belonging to it, homestall and meddow, with the land bought of Edward Sanderson, and halfe a divident, 002 02 00 It. in debts, 434 19 11½ John Coollege John Livermore Thomas Hastings Some questions arose to the proper interpretation of the will of Mr.Shattuck, after the marriage of his widow ; and the following bond or order, dated April 8, 1674, was passed by the court at Cambridge, and entered upon its record. This document is given in connection with another, relating to the final settlement of the dowry, to illustrate the manner in which these matters were managed at that early day. It does not appear to be the result of a law suit that had been commenced, but a mutual agreement to avoid any occasion of one. " For the finishing of all controversy that has or may arise concerning the estate of William Shattuck's widow brought to her with her present husband, Richard Norcross, this court with the mutual consent of all concerned therein, doe order that the said Richard Norcross shall have the use of the whole part of the estate that was left to her during the time of the younger children's minority, to wit, two boys twenty-one years, and the girl eighteen, or else at marriage, which of either shall first happen. And in case that he decease before his wife, that she shall have ye same fully made good to her again besides what he shall have out of his owne good will or the law will give unto him. And in case she decease before him, that then, unless by will she shall bequeath any part thereof to him, the said Richard Norcross, He shall then pay, or cause to be paid, forty-five pound , which is the sum ye inventory of her goods came to his hand, and the same he shall pay in full value to the children of his new wife, which shall then be living, as his said wife shall pay in full value to the children of his new wife, which shall then be living, as his said wife shall appoint, by her last will or otherwise. To the performance whereof the said Richard Norcross acknowledges himself, executors, administrators, to stand fully bound in a bond of ninety pound sterling, to be paid to the treasury of the county. " And the court do further order that ye aforesaid Richard Norcross, performing according to the above said request, all other obligations by him made , in reference to person or estate, shall be null and void, to all intents and purposesin the law ; and the said Richard is to bring up the three younger children as his own untill they come to age to chose guardians or be put to apprentices. Sworn to the court Richard Norcross" " This writing , bearing date this 29th March, 1687, testifieth, that we, Philip Shattuck, William Shattuck, Samuel Shattuck, Jonathon Brown, John Fay, and Abigail Morse, all children, natural or by marriage, of Mrs Norcross, late widow and relict of William Shattuck, deceasesd , do owne and acknowledge ourselves to be fully satisfied with what we have now received of our father inlaw, Mr. Richard Norcross, being fully of what he was to pay to us of what he received of our father Shattuck's estate, and agreed by bond, given into County Court, at Cambridge, the eighth of April, in the year of our lord 1674. We say we have each and every of us received our proportion in full, according unto that bond. As witnessed our hands , the day and year above written. Witnessed by us, Joseph Sherman William Shattuck, Nathaniel Bright Philip Shattuck, Samuel Shattuck, Jonathon Brown, John Fay, John Mors, in ye behalf of Abigail Mors, late widow." Produced in Court, June 5, 1688 Recorded In Register of Deeds, Vol. X., p.105. It will be perceived that neither the heirs of John Shattuck nor Rebecca [Shattuck] Church, were represented in this last agreement. It is probable that the Latter were dead at the date of its execution, but the former were then living in Groton. Why they were omitted does not appear. Perhaps their portion of the estate bequeathed to their father, might have been paid to their mother, at another time, either before or after their removal to Groton. | Shattuck, William (I2209)
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| 313 | From "Descendants of William Shattuck": William Shattuck was the most remote ancestor with whom we have been able to connect ourselves, in our history, upon satisfactory evidence ; and we begin with his, in our classification, as the first, or earliest generation. He was born in England in 1621 or 1622, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts, August 14, 1672, aged 50 years. His exact origin and early history are involved in obscurity. Neither the place of his birth, nor the year in which he came to this country, nor the names of his parents, are certainly known. There is no doubt, however, that his immediate ancestors and connections were residents of England. It has been conjectured that his father might have died on his passage or soon after his arrival ; and also that he may have been the son of widow Damaris Shattuck, who was b. c. 1597 ; she was admitted to the church of Salem, in 1641. She died Nov. 28, 1674. Massachusetts was first colonized by the English Puritan emigrants, in Boston and it's vicinity, in 1630. Watertown was settled in the same year, ten years later than the founding of Plymouth. This town is in Middlesex County, from four to seven miles westerly of Boston, and has Cambridge, easterly, intervening between the two places. It originally included the present city of Waltham, incorporated separately in 1737. It is thus one of the most ancient, and it was early one of the most important, towns in the Province. The General Court and the Provincial Congress held several sessions in this town. Mr. Shattuck's name appears in an old list of the proprietors of Watertown, made about 1642, twelve years after its first settlement, although he was then only twenty years of age. The first lot of land granted to him is described upon the records as follows: William Shattuck 1. An Homstall of one acre, by estimation, bounded souwest with commonland, ye east wth John Clough and ye west wth William Perry in his possesion. 2. Three acres of upland , by estimation, bounded the north wth Joseph Morse, the south wth William Perry, the east wth John Clough & ye west wth commonland in his possession. To this estate he made large additions by subsequent grants and purchases. Among other parcels of land the records state that on the 4th July, 1654, he bought of his neighbor John Clough, his house, garden, and thirty acres of land, situated on Common Hill, near his own estate, bounded east by William Payne and E. Goffe, west by the highway, north by Joseph Morse and "south by the highway to the pond;" probably lying in the corner easterly and northerly of the intersection of the two roads, now called Common street and Washington street. Also twenty acres of upland ; three acres of swamp land ; and one part of twelve acres of meadow land. He also bought a farm at Stony Brook , near the present bounds of Weston, and four acres of meadow in Pond Meadow , which he bequeathed at his death, in equal shares, to his sons, Philip and William. He also bought a dwelling-house and a large farm of Edward Sanderson ; but a question having arisen as to his title to some parts of it, the town voted, December 27, 1664; that "William Shattuck shall enjoy the land he bought of Sanders; provided he pay to Sanders twenty bushels of good merchantable Indian corn to spend in his house." We have found it difficult to ascertain the exact place where Mr. Shattuck resided. It was, however, undoubtedly on Common Hill, near "King's Common" so called the Common land reserved and owned by the town. This locality was northerly of the celebrated residence of J.P. Cushing, Esq. ; southerly of the Wellington Hill Station on the Fitchburg Railroad ; and easterly of Common street, leading from that station southerly to Watertown village. Permission was frequently given by the town to make bricks "at the clay pits near William Shattucks" This bed of clay was then considered a rarity ; and it was reserved by the town as a public place for brick making. It was on the hill northerly and near Washington street, then an ancient highway leading from Common street to Fresh Pond, and in vicinity westerly of the residences of Mr. Chenery and Mr. Stone, as laid down on Shield's Map of Boston and Vicinty, published in 1852. And Mr. Shattuck's dwelling-house was on the hill, somewhere on the north side of this highway. The Watertown records, in describing a piece of common land sold by the town, in 1743, to Ebenezer Chenery, " lying above the clay pitts," say the bounds run " on a line to a rock at said Chenery's fence, above or west of a spring [commonly called Shattuck's Spring.]" The residences on this hill command a fine view of Fresh Pond, near by, and of Boston and its vicinity in the distance ; and are among the most delightful in Watertown. Successors bearing the name Shattuck occupied the estate for about one hundred years, but has since been in the possession of others. Mr. Shattuck is sometimes denominated a weaver ; a humble but honorable handicraft of considerable importance in his day, when all articles of clothing were the product of household manufacture. And it is not improbable that he combined his mechanical with other occupations, and wrought in his loom as well as on his farm ; for at his death he actually bequeathed his " loom and its appurtenances" to his son William. Agriculture seems, however, to have been his principal enjoyment, as it has been that of the larger part of his posterity. His example of uniting the labors of the farmer and mechanic in one person has been followed by many of his descendants. He resided in Watertown about thirty years. He appears, so far as can be ascertained from contemporary records, to have sustained the character of a sagacious, energetic, and successful business man ; of an honest, upright, and worthy citizen ; and of a good and peacable neighbor. He held a respectable social position among his fellow townsmen ; and his family and the families to whom they were allied by marriage were highly respected, and among the most wealthy and influential in Watertown. William Shattuck was married about 1642, when he was twenty years of age. The name of his wife was Susanna Hayden, it is believed she was born in Watertown in 1621. In his will Mr. Shattuck mentions "his ten younger children," as if he had others, but it does appear that he had more than that number. The births of the Second, third, and tenth only are entered upon the Watertown records. The remainder are ascertained from authentic evidence. William Shattuck died on August 14, 1672. He was interred in the ancient burying-ground situated on the old road leading from Cambridge to Watertown, a short distance westerly of Mount Auburn. Susanna Shattuck remained a widow for about fifteen months after his death, and married, Nov. 18, 1673, Mr. Richard Norcross. She died in Watertown, Dec. 11, 1686, fourteen years after the death of her first husband William Shattuck. A petition, dated June 19, 1683, purporting to be from Philip Shattuck, is on court files of Middlesex County , in which it said, "Our two youngest brothers , Benjamin and Samuel, were left to the care and government of our honored mother, unto whom our honored father did bequeath the most considerable part of his estate ; but after our mother did marry again, she thought it would be beneficial for our youngest brothers to have trades ; and she accordingly put them out, Benjamin to my brother William, and Samuel to myself. But before Benjamin came of age, God was pleased to visit him with a long and lingering sickness, of which he died, being in his 20th year ; and by reason of the long sickness, the charges of the doctor, his attendance, and the funeral charges, were considerable." And he prays that they may be paid out of the estate that was bequeathed to him, which was probable done. | Shattuck, William (I2209)
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| 314 | From "Historic New England": "John Grenway, a millwright, his wife Mary, and their daughter Ann, however, were passengers on the “Mary and John,” and the Grenways became active residents of the fledgling town. Although not a proprietor, John Grenway was among the first to be granted freeman status, and he was therefore entitled to vote and to share in further and divisions. He owned a house on five acres of land, “said to be near the burying place,” and accumulated other properties throughout the town." | Greenway, John (I2251)
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| 315 | From "Historic New England": "Mary Grenway and her daughters, all of whom were literate, took an active role in town affairs that pertained to women. Mary Grenway initiated two petitions to the Massachusetts General Court seeking freedom for a midwife, Alice Tilly, to practice freely in Boston and Dorchester; Grenway gathered the signatures of over forty local women, including four of her daughters." | Mary (I2252)
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| 316 | From "Men of California", Wellington C. Wolfe, 1925: GOULD, Henry William,: Mining Engineer and specialist in the mining and metallurgy of Quicksilver; was born at Seneca, Mo., August 18th, 1882; son of Aaron and Lucy Gould. He came with his parents lo California in 1886. Received an education in the public schools, and graduated from the High School of San Luis Obispo County. Mr. Gould has been identified with the mining industry practically all of his life. From 1911 to 1916 he was superintendent of the Harvard mine, and from 1915 to 1921 general superintendent of the New Idria Quicksilver mines, financially and professionally interested in other mining operations. He is a specialist, and considered to be a world authority in the mining and metallurgy of quicksilver. He has been owner, manager or consulting engineer in the mining industry for many years. Mr. Gould is a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Mining Congress, the California Metal Producers Association, the Olympic and other social clubs. He was married to Edith Grace Brown, July 27th, 1910. They have a beautiful country home near Loa Gatos, and Mr. Gould has an office at 1408 Hobart Bldg., San Francisco. | Gould, Henry William "Hank" (I3294)
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| 317 | From "Our County and It's People": Ayer, J. J., Evans was born in Evans on the farm where he now lives and where his grandfather, James Ayer, settled in 1811 and raised a large family, one of whom was James, the father of J. J. Ayer, who remained on the homestead and was a farmer until 1862, when he entered the army as captain of Co K 116th N. Y. Vols. He died in service in 1863 and left one son and one daughter. J. J. Ayer has always been one of the leading farmers of the town and for the last two years has been one of the assessors and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the town. He married for his first wife Ellen Knight, who died and left one son and two daughters, Lynn, Clara and Maud ; his present wife was Mary A Banis. | Ayer, James Judson (I1102)
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| 318 | From "The Great Migration Begins": ORIGIN: Possibly Barnardiston, Suffolk MIGRATION: 1630 FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury OCCUPATION: Yeoman. Possibly a slater. On 2 July 1633 "There is demised to Tho: Lambe, of slate in Slate Island, 10 pole towards the water side, & 5 pole into the land, for three years, paying the yearly rent of 2s. 6d."[MBCR 1:106]. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the year 1630; he brought his wife & 2 children, Thomas & John" [RChR 73]. FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:80, 366], ESTATE: In the 1652 inventory of Roxbury lands, the heirs of Thomas Lamb held six parcels which had been granted to him, and a seventh parcel which he had apparently purchased [RBOP 23]. The inventory of his estate, taken "this last of the month 1646 [sic]," referred to various crops on the land, but did not list or value the land itself; the inventory, consisting of movables, totalled £112 8s. 8d. [SPR 2:48]. On 14 October 1651 the General Court ratified the sale by Dorothy Lamb of a parcel of three-quarters of an acre, and on 31 May 1652 granted a petition by "Thomas Hawley & Dorothy, his wife, together with Thomas Lambe & John Lambe, sons of Thomas Lambe deceased" for the sale of fifteen acres to William Parke [MBCR 2:255, 277]. On 26 February 1661 Thomas Hawley and Dorothy his wife sold one of the parcels that had been granted to Thomas Lamb; this was endorsed in 1704 by some of the heirs of Thomas Lamb [SLR 6:42]- On 3 March 1697/8 letters of administration were granted to "Abiel Lambe, son of Thomas Lambe sometime of Roxbury ... yeoman, deceased intestate, James Bayley and Mary his wife, daughter of the said Thomas Lamb, and Joshua Lamb his grandson" [SPR 8:106]. Subsequent to this grant of administration a large number of documents were gathered in an attempt to determine what had happened to the estate of Thomas Lamb after it had passed into the hand of Thomas's second wife Dorothy and her second husband, Thomas Hawley [SJC Case #3762], Among these papers were a number of receipts that had been drawn up in 1652, shortly after Dorothy had married Hawley. On 12 April 1652 "Thomas Lamb of Charlstown, son of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased," receipted to "Thomas Hawley of Roxbury my father-in-law." On 27 May 1652 "John Lamb of Springfield, wheelwright, son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury deceased," acknowledged receipt of his share of his father's estate from "Thomas Halley of Roxbury my father-in-law." Other receipts were acknowledged at a later date. On 23 July 1677 "Abiall Lamb son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury" stated that he had received his £24 from Thomas Hawly. On 6 October 1686 "Joshuah Lamb son to Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury" acknowledged that he had had his share of the estate from "my mother Dorothy Hawley administratrix to the estate of Thomas Hawley late of Roxbury and formerly the wife and widow of Thomas Lamb." On 2 July 1697 "Thomas Swan and Mary Swan formerly Mary Lamb daughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased" stated that he had received £24 from "Thomas Hawley of the same place who married Dorothy the widow and relict of Thomas Lamb." BIRTH: By about 1599 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: Roxbury 28 March 1646 "Bro. Lambe died of a calenture, by a great cold" [RChR 173]. MARRIAGE: (1) By 1624 Elizabeth (if she was the mother of all his elder children, and if the Barnardiston origin is correct); "Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Lamb" was buried at Roxbury 28 November 1639 [NEHGR 6:183]. (2) "He afterwards married Dorothy Harbitle, a godly maid, a sister of our church" [RChR 74]. As Dorothy Harbectle, she was admitted to Roxbury church in 1638 or 1639 [RChR 84]; the marriage took place at Roxbury 16 July 1640. She married (2) Roxbury 2 February 1651/2 Thomas Hawley. | Lamb, Thomas (I2523)
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| 319 | From "The Great Migration": ORIGIN: London MIGRATION: 1634 FIRST RESIDENCE: Ipswich OCCUPATION; Cooper (EQC 7:86]. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Ipswich church prior to 4 March 1634/5 implied by freemanship. FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 [MBCR 1:370]. EDUCATION: He could sign his name, as could lib youngest daughter, Joanna JILR 3:293-94]. His inventory included "books" valued at £1. His widow signed her will by mark. OFFICES: Deputy for Ipswich to Massachusetts Bay General Court (as "Mr. Boreman"), 8 September 1636 [MBCR 1:178). Essex petit jury, 31 March 1646, 27 September 1649, 27 September 1653, 27 March 1655 [EQC 1:93,175,289,381], On 29 March 1664, "Thomas Boreman, having been formerly released from training, paying something yearly to the use of the company and being behind several years, upon his wife's petition, court granted one-half of what was in arrears remitted, if he paid to the clerk of the company the other half. Also that he be released from training for time to come" [EQC 3:142]. ESTATE: In 1635 "Thomas Boreman" held three parcels of land in Ipswich: fifty-five acres; "a six-acre lot on the northeast side the hill by the town"; and "an houselot in the town upon which he hath built an house" [Boardman Gen 104-5, citing ITR]. On 7 May 1639, he was recorded as holding six parcels in Ipswich: "one houselot about two acres"; "an island about fifty and five acres of land, meadow and upland"; six acres of planting ground; "two acres for a houselot lying on the south side the Town River"; and "a small parcel about a rood of ground on the street called the East End" [Boardman Gen 105, citing ITRJ. On 27 December 1647, "Thomas Boreman" of Ipswich sold to Philip Longe of Ipswich "my house and house lot" containing two acres, together with the commonage belonging to it, also a parcel of seven acres [ILR 1:123-24]. On 22 March 1650/1, Mathias Button of Ipswich deeded 9 3/4 acres near Labor-in-vain Creek to "Thomas Borman of Ipswich, cooper," in exchange for Boreman's eleven acres [EQC 7:86]. [A map of this land, which was later the subject of a suit, appears facing EQC 7:86], On 7 October 1652, John and Mary Emery sold to "Thomas Boreman" of Ipswich a twenty acre island in Ipswich [ILR 1:115). On 27 September 1665, "Daniel Borman" quitclaimed to "his father Thomas Bonnan" all his right and interest in Thomas's farm, in return for £225 paid in installments; this arrangement was approved by "Mr. Thomas Borman Senior with his two sons, that is Robert Kinsman and Thomas Low," who gave bond on the agreement [ILR 3:39, 293-94], In the 1666 division of Plum Island, he received a double share, as did other wealthy men whose country rate exceeded 6s. 8d. (TopsHC 8:105]. On 9 December 1667, Thomas and Margaret Boreman of Ipswich sold to Thomas Perring of Ipswich a six-acre lot of marsh at Plumb Island [ILR 3:137]. On 17 December 1670, the same day he signed his will, Thomas Boreman Senior of Ipswich sold to Robert Kinsman of Ipswich a ten acre piece of saltmarsh called "the Nookes" [ILR 3:182-83). In his will, dated 17 December 1670 and proved 19 June 1673, "Thomas Borman Senior" of Ipswich, weak in body, bequeathed to "my wife" the use and benefit of the entire farm during her life, also cattle and household stuff; after wife's death, land was to return to "my son Thomas"; to "my daughter Joanna" on the day of her marriage or at age 22 years, her portion to the value of £100; to "my son Daniel" six acres leaving Thomas right of first refusal should Daniel wish to sell; to "my daughter Mary, the wife of Robert Kinsman that is to say to her children," £20; to "my daughter Martha the wife of Thomas Loe to her children" £20; to "iny son Daniel" £8 for the use of "his two sons at the age of one and twenty years"; to "my son Kinsman" the right to a footpath to go to his land "he bought of me"; to "my son Daniel and Robert Kinsman" ten acres more or less; "my brother Daniel" to live "with my wife while she lives" and after her death "my son Thomas" to maintain him; wife sole executor; "my well beloved friends" Simon Tomson and Thomas Burnam., overseers [EPR 2:349-51). A codicil dated 3 May 1673 allowed "my wife" the right to dispose of cattle, household goods and land "as need shall require" [EPR 2:351). The inventory of the estate, taken 26 May 1673, totalled £553 6s. 6d., of which £350 was real estate: "the dwelling house, barn & outhousing with all the lands adjoining," about 42 and a half acres, £280; and "ten acres of planting land" at Button's Point, £70 [EPR 2:351). In her will, dated 8 August 1679 and proved 30 March 1680, "Margret Borman" bequeathed to "my daughter Kinsman" household goods; to "my daughter Loe" pewter and household goods; to "my daughter Fellowes" linen and clothing; to "my soil Daniel" furniture and debts "he owes me" and to "his wife" a new hat; to "my son Thomas" livestock and furniture; residue of livestock: three parts to "my daughter Kindsman" and one part to "Martha and Johana"; son Thomas sole executor, to "Dinah my son's maid" household goods [EPR 3:350-51]. The inventory of the estate of "Mrs. Margerit Borman" of Ipswich, taken 19 March 1679/80, totalled £84 8s., with no real estate included [EPR 3:350). BIRTH: Baptized Claydon, Oxfordshire, 18 October 1601, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Carter) Boreman [Boardman Gen 77,93-99]. DEATH: After 3 May 1673 (date of codicil) and before 19 June 1673 (probate of will). MARRIAGE: St Helen's Bishopgate, London, 17 August 1630 Margaret Offing (the entry for this marriage in the original parish register did not include the words "and Cordwayner of London" [NEHGR 62:303j), for whom Thomas provided in a deed dated 26 February 1661/2 [EQC 3:271]. She was living 30 June 1676 when she made her mark to an agreement (EQC 5:85], and she was probably the "Mrs. Borman" who died at Ipswich 25 November 1679. | Boreman, Thomas (I1886)
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| 320 | From "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol 9 (1878) p.124: JAN (or JOHANNES) DE PEYSTER, the ancestor of a distinguished race of noted public men in the civil and military affairs of New York, was born at Harlem, in Holland, and came to New Amsterdam as early as July, 1649. His ancestors were originally from France, of noble descent, and fled to Holland to escape the persecution of Charles IX. against his Protestant subjects. Possessed of a considerable fortune by inheritance, he engaged in mercantile pursuits upon his arrival here, his trading operations being chiefly with the home country, and soon became in wealth and influence one of the prominent men of New Amsterdam. He was a Schepen in 1655-1657, 1658, and 1662; Alderman, 1666, 1667, and 1669; Burgomaster, 1673; Alderman, 1673 and 1676, and Deputy Mayor in 1677, having declined the Mayoralty in that year, on account of his imperfect acquaintance with the English language. It has been supposed he died prior to 1686, but as no mention of his widow's name (as such), who survived him many years, is found till 1689, it is probable his death occurred near the latter date. He married in the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam, Dec. 17. 1651, CORNELIA LUBBERTS, also from Harlem. She was a near relative of the De La Noys, and probably the sister of Marritie Lubberts, wife of Abraham De La Noy, who was keeper of the City tavern in 1652, and the first of that family in New Amsterdam. She made her will Jan. 19, 1699, with two codicils; the first dated Dec. 22, 1711, and the second ___ 17, 1714. It was admitted to probate Sept. 25, 1725. Supposing that to have been the year of her death, and that she was eighteen years old when married, her death must have occurred at the advanced age of 92 years. | de Peyster, Johannes (Jean) (I3704)
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| 321 | From 1678, he was the 2nd minister of the Lutheran church at Esens in Harlingerland. He was also a teacher. | Muller, Andreas (I591)
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| 322 | From 1819 to 1824 he was a colonel in the military stationed in Paramaribo, Suriname. | Perret Gentil, Louis Henri (I1836)
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| 323 | From A Register of Members of The Chautauqua County Society Register of New York City, 1911: C. A. BABTISTE Was graduated from the Fredonia State Normal School in 1892, and from Hamilton College in 1896. He came to New York City in the fall of 1896 and taught in the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn till the fall of 1897 when he entered the publishing business with the McGraw Publishing Company, now located at 239 West 39th Street, New York. Married Gertrude E. Tifft of Titusville, Pa., in 1903.-Residence, 333 East 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY | Babtiste, Carl A. (I1744)
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| 324 | From Alice Ayer Williams: Ramon was an exceptional person and loved so much by us all that I know you will enjoy a review of a few incidents in his life. He received his education at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Cornell University, N.Y. State and was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. After college he was a year with A. H. Bull Steamship Company, as Supercargo and had some interesting experiences on the many trips to southern ports. He started his Wall Street career with the firm of Tucker Anthony and Company, members of the N.Y. and Boston Stock Exchanges and N.Y. Curb Exchange. He became a partner and was Representative of the firm on the floor of the Curb Exchange. He was a member of Nassau Country Club, Heights Casino, Cornell Club and Squadron A, ex-member Association and former member of the N.Y. Yacht Club. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman and enjoyed sports of all kinds. During the 1st World War he served as Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve Force for eighteen months. He became an authority on Naval Navigation and wrote several books on the subject. Worked on the second revision of the Mixter Primer of Navigation and was author of the third revision of the "Standard Navy Text." When he was still in High School a company was organized to train teachers and older boys and Ramon was elected Captain. He had spent the summer at the Platsburg Army Training Camp, so was well able to take over and did such a fine job that the Company received commendation from several sources and I was told by Dr. Alder, the Principal, that they brought enthusiastic applause from the grand-stand in the big New York Parade. [BOLD:]HERE ARE A COUPLE OF INSERTS[:BOLD] I am putting inserts from a couple of wonderful letters I received at his death which will show how much he was admired by those who know him. The following is from RICE BREWSTER: "Dear Mrs. Williams: I want you to know how much we, who knew Ra, loved and admired him. His cheerful friendliness and keen sense of humor always made it a delight to be with him. It is impossible for me to picture him in any other mood. In appearance as well as in spirit he seemed to retain the fresh enthusiasm of youth." From Felice Mixter - now - Mrs. FINDLEY DOWNS: "Dear Mrs. Williams: I had always the greatest admiration for Ra and vast respect for his ability and all his wonderful qualifications. He was always the same, the most poised, the most balanced and delightful person, with a great capacity for doing the work he had undertaken in the most efficient way. His brilliance and personal charm won the devotion of all those who worked with him and we shall all miss him immeasurably even tho' the particular job was finished and brilliantly so by him." Ramon attended Cornell University. | Williams, Ramon Oscar (I365)
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| 325 | From Alice Wadsworth Ayer Williams and Clementine Ayer Morse (it is not known where they got it from but it may have been the DAR): He was one of the first settlers in Columbia Co. New York having purchased a tract of some 800 acres in Lebanon - and which is now, after 120 years still in the possession of the Wadsworths, his descendants. He early identified himself with the Revolutionists and, at a meeting of the inhabitants of Kings District, Albany Co., held June 24th 1776 was elected to represent the District in election of members of the Provincial Congress, convened at White Plains in July 1776. The meeting to which he was elected adopted the following - "The question being put whether the said District chooses to have the United States Colonies independent of Great Britain." "voted unanimously in the affirmative." From condensed record in Clerk's office in Canaan, Columbia Co., N.Y. Subsequently John Wadsworth served as a private in Capt. Magge's Co., Col. Morris Graham's Duchess Co. Regt. | Wadsworth, John Jr (I493)
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| 326 | From An Illustrated History of Spokane County: G. P. Dart, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Hamburg, New York, born August 11, 1833. He early took charge of a shingle mill, the first ever erected in that part of the country. In 1853 he removed to Dayton, New York, where lie was engaged in the manufacture of shingles for the ensuing six years. He then went to Chilicothe, Missouri, purchased a large tract of land and engaged in lumbering, farming, stock raising, etc. In 1883 he came to Spokane county as traveling salesman for the Westinghouse Threshing Machine Manufacturing Company and two years later he engaged in the agricultural implement business for himself in this city, subsequently adding the general agency of the Park & Lacey Machinery Company of Portland, Oregon. In 1889 he opened a lumber yard in Spokane, having mills at Loon Lake. Dart Siding and one near Half Moon prairie, at the same time engaging in real estate brokerage with Mr. C. Hunt and in the implement business with Mr. McCart. He retired in 1893 to his farm near Trent, but in 1897 returned to Spokane, where he has since resided. Mr. Dart long held a leading rank among the business men of eastern Washington. His versatility and capacity for supervising many different enterprises were marvelous. Fraternally he is identified with Spokane Lodge. No. 34, F. & A. M.. with Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2. of Spokane, and with the A. O. U. W., of Dayton, New York. He was married at Dayton, New York, in May. 1847, to Miss Emma Markham, a native of that state, and they have had four children : Hazel J., wife of Clare Hunt, head surveyor on the Colville Indian reservation, and Leonard O.. grocer in this city: also Nettie, deceased, buried, in Dayton, New York, and Ward, accidentally drowned in the St. Jo river April 16, 1894, on his twenty-first birthday. | Dart, Gorham P (I2508)
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| 327 | From Anderson: As Margaret Hunting, widow, she was buried at Palgrave on 8 October 1574, leaving a will that was dated the prior 8 July and was subsequently proved on 4 January 1574/75. Bequests of moveables were made to five legatees: William Hunting (called "my son"), a milk cow and a heifer, Mary Hunting ("my daughter"), a milk cow and a heifer; John Rixe ("my son-in-law"), two old kettles; John Holmes ("my son-in-law"), two old kettles; and Roger Hunting ("my son"), millstones and appurtenances. Other bequests went to godchildren and to the poor of Palgrave. As residuary legatees, she named William and Mary Hunting; as executors, John Rixe and John Holmes. The land for which Margaret was taxed in 1568 would have been held by her only as a life interest; it would then have passed to the eldest son. The bequests to William and Mary indicate that they were still unmarried when the will was drawn and probably were the youngest of the siblings. In conjunction with the marriage records for three of the children, this suggests that Margaret's will names her heirs in reverse order of age. | Margaret (I2308)
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| 328 | From Anderson: Because he was the only man of the name, and because the chronology is right, he is almost certainly the Henry Wise of Guilford CT who m. ca. 1680 Mary Mansfield of New Haven, by whom he had two daughters (NEHGR 66:308 f.). Of significance in this regard is the fact that Henry's brother John had preached in the neighborhood of Branford in 1675. | Wise, Henry (I2531)
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| 329 | From Anderson: He first appears on record at his Palgrave marriage on 27 July 1567 to one Jania [Jane] Leche. The parish registers for this period are in Latin, and it is not certain what surname is intended here; but probate records of the archdeaconry of Sudbury show that there was a Leach (or Leech) family in the vicinity. Roger died before the spring 1591 session of the manorial courts of Palgrave and Thrandeston, at which time he held lands in at least three manors. It was presumably his widow who, as "Jana Hunting," married John Bootyc at Palgrave on 25 September 1592. | Hunting, Roger (I2304)
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| 330 | From Anderson: He served in King Philip's War in the company of Capt. Daniel Henchman, on an expedition to Hassanameset (Grafton) which began 2 Nov. 1675. Jeremiah was credited on 30 Nov. 1675 for this service, with pay of 1/-/6, along with a company of men mostly from Roxbury. On 8 Nov. 1675 Jeremiah, en route to Hassanameset, addressed an entertaining letter to his parents from "Mendone or rather Bedlome," filled with stories about the Indians {George M. Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 52-5; Suffolk Co. Court Files #84, Suffolk Superior Court, Boston). Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Wise, tailor, dying intestate, was granted to his father Joseph 26 Dec. 1678; upon the death of the father, admin, granted to Jeremiah's brother John Wise (Suffolk Probate #1066). | Wise, Jeremiah (I2528)
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| 331 | From Anderson: Joseph Wise first appears in New England records in the will of Dr. George Alcock of Roxbury. This document, gives the curious date of "22 day 11th (month), called December, Anno Domini 1640," includes bequests to the testator's servants Joseph Wise and John Plimpton (NEHGR 2:104). One of the witnesses to the will was Thomas Weld, whose brother Joseph had married a daughter of the Widow Wise (TAG 55: 148-50). Joseph is next seen marrying in Roxbury on 3 Dec. 1641 "Mary Tompsonn." There is good reason to believe that this is the Mary Tompson baptized at Preston Capes, Northants, 14 Nov. 1619, to John and Alice (Freeman) Tompson (TAG 13: 1-8; 14:145 f.). Arguments for this identification of Joseph's wife are given by Mary Holman (Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller, pp. 422 f.), with support from Donald Lines Jacobus (TAG 32:128). Further supporting circumstantial evidence lies la the Rhode Island land records, where we find that on 7 June 1671 Joseph Wise of Roxbury sells to Deacon William Parke of Roxbury half of a 600 acre tract in Providence. After the document was drawn up, it was discovered that an error in the bounds had to be corrected. This correction was made and signed by Joseph Wise Senior and by Samuel Williams "for his father Deacon William Park." William Parke was son of Robert Parke of Roxbury by his first wife, and was therefore stepbrother of Mary Tompson, daughter of John and Alice (Freeman) Tompson. Samuel Williams, who had married Theoda Parke, daughter of William, was brother of Stephen Williams who had married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Wise. Two years later Joseph Wise sold the other half of this tract to Caleb Lamb and Stephen Williams (Rhode Island Land Evidences vol. 1 (1648-1696), pp. 40 f., 81. On the assumption that Joseph Wise was of the usual marrying age for colonial males in 1641, he would have been born about 1615. Soon after obtaining his freedom and marrying, Joseph must have taken up the trade of butcher, for by 1648 he is referred to by the elder John Winthrop as "the Roxbury butcher." In the published Winthrop Papers we can trace the course of an early (and somewhat comical) cattle drive which took place in 1648, starting at the "ranch' of John Winthrop Junior at Pequot (later New London), moving through Rhode Island and on to Roxbury. The correspondence includes two letters penned by Joseph Wise which show that he was literate, although not university educated. Before the cattle could be delivered to Wise for slaughter and sale, John Winthrop Senior, John Winthrop Junior and Roger Wllliams were all involved (Winthrop Papers 5:240, 242, 264 f., ;270, 280, 341 f., 375; three unpublished letters from Joseph Hise to John Winthrop Junior, dated 19 March 1650/1, 12 Aug. 1654 and 1 Nov. 1654, are in the Winthrop Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston). Joseph Wise was clearly an important participant in the developing New England economy. For a broader picture of the cattle industry in southeastern New England in these early years, see Carl Bridenbaugh, Fat Mutton and Liberty of Conscience: Society in Rhode Island, 1636-1690, pp. 84-92, and Darret B. Hutman, "Governor Winthrop's Garden Crop: The Significance of Agriculture in the Early Commerce of Massachusetts Bay" (William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, 20 [1963] 396-415). Joseph Wise died at Roxbury 12 Sept. 1684, and on 15 September administration of the estate of "Joseph Wise of Roxbury, butcher, dying intestate," was granted to widow Mary and son John (Suffolk Probate Case #1366). We have seen evidence above that Joseph Wise had interests in Providence, so the inclusion in the August 1688 tax list of Providence of "The Estate of ye deceased Joseph Wise" most likely refers to the Roxbury butcher (Richard LeBaron Bowen, Early Rehoboth 1:94). | Wise, Joseph (I2525)
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| 332 | From Anderson: Manorial records provide some of the most-useful information on this family. One 1624 document alone verifies three generations of the Hunting pedigree. At a court-leet held for the manor of Woodhall in Thrandeston on die Mercurii in septiana. Pentecost in the twenty-second year of James I—in other words, 19 May 1624—William Hunting, Senior, surrendered to the use of his son William, and the latter's wife Prudence, eleven parcels of land. Nine were said to have come to the elder William on the death of his father Roger (with the transfer being recorded at the Pentecostal court-leet of 1591); and another son of Roger, Thomas, was said to have relinquished (at the Pentecostal court of 1600) any claim he might have on these lands. The other two parcels passed on by William, Senior, were said to have been obtained by Roger from the widow of Thomas Spurdance, in a transaction recorded at the 1606 Pentecostal court. In addition to the three generations it names, this document also approximates Roger's death date and provides evidence that William, Senior, was capable of adding to the lands he had inherited from his father. Even before this transfer of Palgrave and Thrandeston property to his eldest son, William had begun to acquire lands farther afield, particularly at Hoxne. The earliest court book for Hoxne Manor is not available for inspection; however, there does exist an extent (a manor survey), dating from about 1637, that is exceptionally detailed. Not only does it provide the customary listing of each tenant's holdings and the rent and other obligations due, but it also includes some details on the acquisition of each tract. This extent, begun not long before William died, shows that he purchased several parcels in October 1614, another in October 1615, and one more in October 1629. By the latter date, William, Senior, was already a resident of Hoxne. He, his wife, and their younger children may have moved there soon after the 1620 baptism of their youngest child at Thrandeston. Certainly they should have been residents of Hoxne after the spring 1624 transfer of lands to William, Junior. As William Hunting of Hoxne, yeoman, he prepared his will on 20 May 1638. It was proved at Yoxford on 31 October 1638 and includes important genealogical data. To wife Margaret, he left a life interest in the freehold and chartcrhold lands at Hoxne and Dcnham; after her decease, they were to go to son Samuel Hunting. Samuel also was to receive all freehold lands at Little Thornham in Suffolk, upon condition that he pay various sums to the testator's other children—i.e., to daughters Mary Hunting, Anne Hunting, and Elizabeth Hunting, £50 each; to daughter Susan Hunting, £45; and to son Robert Hunting, £30. Another son, Nicholas Hunting, was to receive one copyhold meadow called Caldwell in Cole, Suffolk, on condition that he pay £20 to his brother Steven Hunting. The wife Margaret was also to receive personal estate, for rearing their son Robert unto the age of twenty-one. Finally, the son Steven was to take William's copyhold land in Hoxne, to which the testator had been "admitted" at the court held for the manor of Hoxne cum Chickering on 8 October "in the fifth year of King Charles." The widow Margaret and son Samuel were appointed executors. From the manorial records and wills, it is evident that William Hunting was an extremely competent manager of his own affairs and that he had a clear plan for setting up each son on at least one tract of land. Having inherited from his own father enough acreage to become a wealthy yeoman, not much below gentle status, William increased his holdings through purchases not only in Thrandeston but also in another half-dozen manors to the cast. When his eldest son William married in 1624, he transferred to this son all his lands in Palgrave and Thrandeston, thus making the lad—in one stroke, at the age of twenty-four—a member of the local elite. William, Senior, then moved to Hoxnc, where he continued to add to his holdings. He may well have planned to pass this second empire to his second son, John; but this possibility went by the board when, in the spring of 1638, John joined the migration to New England. That May, while John was probably sailing across the North Atlantic, the aging William wrote his will, settling most of his remaining estate on his third son and providing substantial foundations for the rest of his children. Considering his wealth and concern for the well-being of his offspring, William may have provided the departing John with a sizable amount of cash, in lieu of the inheritance that he would have expected had he stayed in Suffolk. | Hunting, William (I2285)
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| 333 | From Antrobus Pedegree: William Antrobus of Over Knutsford, one of the seven sons of Ralph Antrobus of Over Peover, had four sons : John, William, Robert, and Walter. John, the eldest son, remained in Over Knutsford; and it was not until the beginning of the 19th century that any of his descendants, except one grandson who went to Manchester in 1635, began to spread beyond the limits of Cheshire. | Antrobus, Robert (I2442)
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| 334 | From Antrobus Pedegree: William Antrobus of St. Albans was in business as a draper. There are many references to him in the Corporation Records from 1586, when he served as Constable, to 1601, when he held the office of Bailiff. He was Mayor in 1600. | Antrobus, William (I2439)
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| 335 | From Antrobus Pegegrees: Walter Antrobus of St. Albans is mentioned in the Corporation Records as being a Warden of the Shoemakers Company in 1588, and in 1614 one of the "Assistants." He married Barbara Lawrence in 1579; but she died in 1585, leaving no surviving issue, and in 1586-7 he married Jane Arnold. By her he had several children | Antrobus, Walter (I2374)
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| 336 | From Bigelow Genealogy: His will, dated Jan. 4, 1703, was proved July 23, 1703, and is as follows: "In the name of God amen. I John Biglo of Watertown in the county of Midd'x within her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, being weeke of body, but in sound disposing Memory prais be given to god for the same. Do make this my last will & testament, in manner & form following, that is to say first & principally I resign my soul into the mercy full hands of allmighty god my Creator assuredly hoping through the mercy of my blessed Saviour to obtain pardon commission of all my sins and my body I comit to the earth whence it was taken, to be decently buried by the discreshion of my executors hereinafter named and as for the worldly goods & estate, the lord hath lone me I dispose thereof as follows. Imp", I give & bequeath unto Sarah my well beloved wife, and to her heirs & assigns forever, all the lands and movable estate, that was hers before our marriage, and forty pounds in money, twenty pounds of s'd money to be p'd her within one month after my decease and twenty pounds within one year after my dece's' I give unto her forty pounds waight of good pork, three bushels of barley, and one bushel of Indian corn, five pounds waight in butter & five pounds waight in Chees, and also two Sheep, and half the flax that shall be in the house at my Deces—and that to be in full satisfaction of her thirds. 2ndly I give & bequeath to my eldest son John Biglo, & to his heirs & assigns forever, twenty pounds in money to be p'd within one year after my Deces, and in case my s'd son have an heir lawfully begotten of his own body, I give & bequeath his s'd heir twenty pounds in money to be p'd to him or her, when it shall be of twenty one years of age, or day of marriage which shall first happen, but if it hapon my s'd son deces without an heir as above s'd, then my will is y't ye aboves'd twenty pounds be equally devided between my children then surviving. 3dly I giye & bequeath unto my son Jonathan Biglo, and to his heirs & assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd him wthin one year after my deces. 4thly I give & bequeath to my son Daniell Biglo and to his heirs & assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd him within one year after my deces. 5thly I give & bequeath to my son Samuel Biglo, and to his heirs & assigns forever ten pounds in money besides what he hath already had, to be p'd him within one year after my deces. 6thly. I give & bequeath unto my son Joshua Biglo, and to his heirs & assigns forever two parcels of lands lying on the westerly side of bow brook in s'd town. Purchased of Leiut Cha' Hammond as may more fully appear by the deed of the same, and twenty five pounds in money, to be p'd him within one year after my deces. 7ly. I give & bequeath unto my son James Biglo fifteen pounds, which I lent him as may appear by a bond under his hand and seal, and I give & bequeath to my said son James' son James Biglo ten pounds in money to be p'd him if he shall live to the age of twenty one years, but if it so happen that he deces. before s'd age, then ye s'd ten pounds to be equally devided between my s'd son James' surviving children, when they shall be of the age of twenty one years or day of marriage which shall first happon. 8thly. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Flagg & to her heirs & assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd her with two years after my Deces. 9thly. I give & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Sterns' children twenty five pounds in money, to be p'd them, when they are twenty one years of age, or day of marriage which shall first happon. 10thly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Learned, and to her heirs and assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money, within three years after Deces. 11thly. I give & bequeath to my daughter Martha Wood's children, lawfully begotten of her own body, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd them equally a like, when they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or day of marriage, which shall first happon, I2thly. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Abigail Herrington & to her heirs & assigns, twenty five pounds in money, to be p'd within fower years after my Deces. and I nominat, ordain & appoint, my above s'd son Joshua Biglo and my son in Law Isaac Larnerd my Sole executors, to se, this my last will & testament performed and all the rest and residue of my estate not herein bequeathed, after all my just debts and funerall charges are p'd my will is that it be devided between my s'd executors, that is to say, two parts of three, to my s'd son Joshua, and one third to my son in Law Isaac Leanerd, and do request my trusty & well beloved friend, Capt Benj Garfield to be my overseer of this my last will & testament, my s'd executors to allow him out of my estate for his cost & charges reasonable sattisfaction to his content. Revoking & making null and void all former or other wills by me heretofore made, In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred two-three, and in the first year of the reign of our Lady Anna, by the Grace of God over England & Queen. John (his mark) Biglo Sigued, sealed & published Witnesses Sam'l Livermore Daniel Harrington Munning Sawin" The inventory of his estate amounted to £627-12-00. Among the expenses charged for the funeral we find several pairs of black gloves, twenty gallons of wine, bottles for the same, allspice and sugar, and two men and horses to carry the wine and other articles to the funeral, also "a man and horse to notify John Stearns at Billerica to attend the funeral," "a man and horse to Sherburne to notify Isaac Larned and wife to attend the funeral.". | Biglo, John (I2040)
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| 337 | From Bigelow Genealogy: The first mention we find of John Biglo appears on the Watertown Town Records, where his marriage is the first marriage recorded in that town, viz.: "1642-30-8. John Bigulah and Mary Warin joyned in mariag before Mr. Nowell." She was the daughter of John and Margaret Warren and is said to have been born in England; she bore him thirteen (13) children and died Oct. 19, 1691. From the list of those who took the oath of fidelity at Watertown, 1652, we find that John Biggalough was one of the number and he became a freeman April 18, 1690, which we find from the roll of freemen written as John Bigolo; under the same date we find Samuel Begaloo was made a freeman, and by another list, dated May 16, 1690, we find Samuel Biggilo and John Warren, Jr., were made freemen. On the returns of soldiers who were in the service from Nov. 25 to Dec. 3, 1675, we find the names John Bigulah, Sr., Michaell Flegg and Isaac Leonard, the last named being wounded. Thus we find the name variously spelled by different officials, but when we find the name written by any member of the family in those early days it is written Biglo, Biglow, Bigelo or Bigelow. His trade appears to have been that of a blacksmith, as appears by the following taken from the town records: "Agreed wth John Biglo yt for ten trees the towne allowed him for the setting up a shop for a Smithes forge, yst he shall either goe on with yt his promise of setting up his trade, wth is the trade of a Smith wthin one twelfmonth after the date hearof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees he acknowledged to have off the townes." Dated March 4, 1651, He was chosen a Surveyor of Highways 1652 and 1660, a Constable 1663, and one of "the seven men" (i. e.. Selectman) in 1665, '70, '71. His homestead consisted of six acres and was bounded north by Richard Ambler and William Parker, east by Thomas Straight, south by the highway, and on the west by Miles Ives. After the death of his wife Mary he married second, Oct. 2, 1694, Sarah Bemis, daughter of Joseph Bemis of Watertown. He died July 14, 1703, at the ripe old age of 86 years. . | Biglo, John (I2040)
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| 338 | From Brown, Robert C., History of Crawford County, (Part 5), pp. 1088-1101 GEORGE W. BARR, M.D., Titusville, was born December 16, 1832, in Sherburne, Chenango Co., N.Y., and is the only child of Charles W. and Almira (Blineberry) Barr, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of Holland- Dutch extraction, born in Dutchess County, N.Y., residents at one time of Gowanda, N.Y. Our subject received a common school training, and completed his education at the Springfield Academy. He taught school for several years, and then began reading medicine with Dr. George Sweatland, of Evans, Erie Co., N.Y., and Dr. Charles H. Wilcox, Surgeon of the Marine Hospital, of Buffalo, N.Y., and James P. White, in charge of St. Mary’s Lying- in Hospital, where he was the first interne or resident physician, and graduated at the Buffalo Medical College in February, 1856. He attended lectures in Bellevue Medical College, N.Y., and commenced the practice of medicine in 1856, at Gowanda, N.Y., where he remained until 1861, when he was assigned the duty of Examining Surgeon in Gen. R.B. Valkenburg’s staff at Elmira, Mustering District, September 15, 1861, and was commissioned Surgeon of the Sixty- fourth New York Volunteers November 13, 1861. From Gowanda, N.Y., he came to Titusville in February, 1865, where he has practiced his profession ever since with marked success, holding a membership in the county and State Medical Society and member of the American Medical Association. Dr. Barr was twice married, on the first occasion in August, 1858, to Lavinia, daughter of Col. Ira Ayer, of Evans, Erie Co., N.Y. To this union were born three children, only one surviving— Iris— born in. Gowanda, N.Y., October 6, 1859, now a graduate of Allegheny College. On the decease of his first wife our subject married Lovinia Hanford, widow of Walden Cooper, by whom she had one son— Walden Harte. By her second marriage she had one child— Eva— born January 31, 1877. The Doctor has filled several offices, and has been member of the School Board, and Board of Health. He is President of the Western Pennsylvania Relief Association, and the Corresponding Secretary of Crawford County Medical Society, having been President of the Society in 1876. | Barr, George W (I1006)
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| 339 | From Caleb Johnson: Edward Tilley was born in 1588 in Henlow, co. Bedford, England, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Tilley. He married Agnes Cooper on 20 June 1614 in Henlow. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Leiden, Holland, where he is recorded in a notary record dated 25 April 1618. They came on the Mayflower along with their niece and nephew Humility Cooper and Henry Samson. Edward signed the "Mayflower Compact" and participated in the early explorations on Cape Cod where he was once appointed to provide "advice and council" to Myles Standish. By the time of the third exploration at Cape Cod, Edward Tilley had developed a cold. He would later die the first winter at Plymouth. | Tilley, Edward (I3917)
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| 340 | From Caleb Johnson: gnes Cooper was baptized on 7 November 1585 at Henlow, co. Bedford, England, the daughter of Edmund and Mary (Wyne) Cooper. On 20 June 1614, she married Edward Tilley. They moved to Leiden, Holland by 1618, and came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620 with Henry Samson and Humility Cooper. Agnes' sister Martha was the mother of Henry Samson, and her brother Robert was the father of Humility Cooper. Some of the lines of Agnes' ancestry have been traced as far back as Wido de Reinbudcourt, the Doomsday Lord of Chipping Warden and Burton, co. Northampton, who lived in the 11th century, but no royal line has yet been found. Agnes died sometime the first winter at Plymouth, between January and March 1621. She and Edward had no known children. | Cooper, Agnes (I3918)
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| 341 | From Caleb Johnson: Joan Hurst was born in 1567/8 in Henlow, Bedford, England, the daughter of William and Rose Hurst. She married first to Thomas Rogers in 1593 (not related to the Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers). With her husband Thomas, she had a daughter Joan, baptized on 26 May 1594 in Henlow. Attempts to determine what happened to Joan have so far been unsuccessful. She may have died young. When her first husband Thomas died, likely around 1594 or 1595, she remarried to John Tilly. John and Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley came on the Mayflower in 1620, bringing with them daughter Elizabeth. Joan, along with her husband, died the first winter at Plymouth, orphaning their 13-year old daughter Elizabeth in the New World. Elizabeth would later marry to Mayflower passenger John Howland. | Hurst, Joan (I3905)
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| 342 | From Catharine Scholtz Labine: A Gift of Art: memories of Angela W. Scholtz 23 January 2010 Good afternoon. It's not news that Grandma Angela was a talented woman. We've been in awe of her creations throughout the years. She had many, many passions: her miniatures, her painting, her prints, athletics…and she carried it off with a magical quality. There is a reason for this, and perhaps it was Grandma's secret ingredient. As involved as she was with her pursuits, she was fascinated by other people's interests. She had a way of finding out what someone liked to do. She'd either know who that person should meet, or she would figure out another way of encouraging them. In that manner, Grandma was like her mother, Alice, who would go to great lengths to celebrate others' accomplishments. Just ask my brother, Bill, about the poem Alice wrote for him when he was only eight and caught his very first fish. Grandma Angela would often ask what her great-grandkids were thinking and doing. She wanted pictures, but never portraits…only photographs of them doing what they love most. And, knowing mine is a family of writers, she asked me to send stories the kids had written. Amongst others, I sent a story that my son, Mike, wrote about an adventure his Grandpa Andy and Andy's brother, Fred, had in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey during World War II. Dad, Fred and a friend traveled by train so they could sail in a regatta, the Atlantic Coast Lightning Championships. They were young, and in their innocence decided to spend an afternoon before the races hanging out on the beach. Well, there was a war on, the beach was closed, and when the Coast Guard came around to pick them up, having the name "Scholtz" was no advantage. In Grandma's note to Mike in which she related her impressions of the story, she wrote: I was so engrossed…I desperately wanted to know how it would end. Mike thought that was funny since she was Andy's and Fred's mom, of course she knew everything turned out okay. I know, though, that Mike felt honored by her remarks because Grandma was so willing to be swept up by the telling of a story she knew well. Grandma and Grandpa lived on Leeward Lane in Riverside for over 40 years. My favorite room in that house was their living room. There was always something creative going on, whether it was Grandma's miniature period pieces on display, or Grandpa building his model ships. When we were very young, Grandma would have the grandchildren gather around the armchair so Alice could recite poetry and tell us stories. Those words had us transported. So, for Grandma, who took enormous delight in encouraging the imagination of a child, and for my dad, my brothers and my cousins who will remember this well, I'll read a familiar poem: The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, you are, What a beautiful Pussy you are." Pussy said to the Owl "You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing. O let us be married, too long we have tarried; But what shall we do for a ring?" They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood With a ring at the end of his nose, his nose, his nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will" So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon. And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand. They danced by the light of the moon, the moon, the moon, They danced by the light of the moon. I love you, Grandma. Catharine Scholtz Labine From LimeLine.com: Angela W. Scholtz 01/19/10 Angela W. Scholtz died quietly in her sleep on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Essex. She was born on May 13, 1907, daughter of George and Alice Williams, in Brooklyn, N.Y. During her long and prodigious life, she enjoyed participating in diverse activities. In her youth, she loved competitive swimming. While still in her teens, she won several New York State freestyle championships, and she took great pride in having once raced against Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. Angela Scholtz was a graduate of Packer Collegiate Institute, Class of 1927, in Brooklyn. In that same year, she married J. Henry Scholtz, Jr., also a Brooklyn resident. As a young mother during the 1930s, she continued to follow her love of competitive athletics on the tennis courts of Old Greenwich and Riverside, while raising two sons. When her sons became interested in sailboat racing, she also learned to sail and got the entire family to participate in the sport together. She crewed on several of the family's racing sailboats. She also raced her own single-handed dinghy at Riverside Yacht Club during the summer season as well as the winter frostbite racing season. At the time of her death she was a member of the Riverside Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club. Angela Scholtz loved artistic and creative endeavors. For many years, she designed and printed her own Christmas cards using monotype imaging. She also became interested in the construction of miniature period rooms. Angela was active in local and national miniature associations. She was commissioned to design and build a whimsical miniature historical model of the town of Greenwich for the 350th anniversary of the founding of Greenwich. She donated the model village to Essex Meadows Life Care Retirement Community in Essex, where she lived for the past 18 years. Angela Scholtz was predeceased by her husband and by a son, Frederick H. Scholtz. She is survived by her son, Andrew A. Scholtz, and Claudia B. Scholtz of Naples, Fla.; her daughter-in-law, Sally K. Scholtz, also of Naples; and seven grandchildren, Andrew A. Scholtz, Jr. of Binghamton, N.Y.; William H. Scholtz of Mill Valley, Calif.; Catharine S. Labine of Darien, Richard van D. Scholtz of Denver, Colo., Peter D. Scholtz of Darien, Sarah S. Dewar of Valdosta, Ga., and F. Bradley Scholtz of Darien. She is also survived by 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grand-daughter. A Celebration of the Life of Angela Scholtz was held at the First Congregational Church, 2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme on Saturday, January 23. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main Street, Essex, CT 06426. Arrangements are by Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, Centerbrook. | Williams, Angela Lucia (I14)
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| 343 | From Crane: Thomas Flagg or Flegg as the name is still spelled commonly in England, who came to New England with Richard Carver in 1637, was an ancestor of Samuel Waters Foskett, of Worcester. He was son of Bartholomew and Alicia Flagg, baptized at Whinbergh, Norfolk county, England, in 1615. He embarked at Scratby when emigrating to America. He settled in Watertown as early as 1641, when he had a homestall of six acres and other land. He was selectman there in 1671-72-73-74-75-76-78-81-85-86-87. He is ancestor of all the American Flagg families, it is believed. | Flagg, Thomas (I2016)
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| 344 | From Davis: He lived in Chebacco, Ipswich, where he bought land of Daniel Hinge in 1664, and was deacon of the Chebacco church from 1679 until his death, acting as parish clerk during the absence of Rev. John Wise in the Quebec expedition under Sir William Phips. He and his wife headed a petition in favor of their neighbor Thomas Wells, accused of "slanderous speeches against the worshipful magistrates" in 1668. In 1669 he was deputy-marshal of the county court. He served on trial juries in 1076 and J.680 and took the Freeman's Oath in 1682. He and his wife signed the petition in favor of John Proctor and his wife, accused of witchcraft, in 1692. In 1698 he was overseer of the poor. He saw service in King Philip's war, his son Jonathan receiving a grant in Narragansett No. 1 (Buxton) because of it in 1733. Deacon Thomas Low of Ipswich, maltster, made his will June 17, 1708, and it was admitted to probate May 5, 1712. His wife Martha was to live in the lower mom and chamber in the new end of their house, with privilege of the cellar, and to have two cows kept for her winter and summer for her life, a horse to ride on, a little garden and detailed provision of pork, cider, wool, flax, wood, all movables in their dwelling, etc. To his son Jonathan Low, the house in which Jonathan was then living, one-half the tillage and pasture land and the land bought of John Burnham. To his son Samuel Low, who had taken Care of his father and mother, "all the housing, land and common rights I now enjoy," except what was given to his mother, also the stock, tools of husbandry and carpenter's tools. To his son David Low, £100 in good merchantable pay. To daughters Martha Dodge, Joanna Dodge and Abigail Goodhue, 10s. each. To daughter Sarah Low £30. Executors: sons Jonathan and Samuel Low. Oveerseers: Capt. William Goodhue, Nathaniel Rust, jr. Witnesses: John Cogswell, jr., Adam Cogswell, Nathaniel Low, jr. | Low, Deacon Thomas (I1879)
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| 345 | From Davis: Thomas Low died in Ipswich September 8, 1677. His will was made April 20, 1677. His wife Susanna was to have the things which she brought with her at marriage, the use of the room in which he lay and of the things therein. His son John was to keep for her the cow which she liked best, "Also I give unto mv wife one fourth part of her labor that she hat Spunn both Lening & woolen, & Also she shall have her beerc as she hath now & also use of the fire." John was to rear a shoat for her yearly, and she was to have a garden plot and land in which to sow half a peck of flax seed. She was to be paid 30s. a year in such things as she needed and to have £5 to dispose of as she wished (at death). If she left John he was to pay her 40s. a year, to be sent to Boston or Charlestown. To son John, all land and housing in Ipswich. To son Thomas £30. To daughter Margaret £40 and to daughter Sarah £40, to be paid within two years of his death. To grandchildren Thomas Low £5, Margaret Davison £5, Sarah Saffbrd £5, and Sarah Low £5, to be paid when they were twenty-one or on their marriage days. Residue to son John, executor. Witnesses: John Chute, Mary Chute. The inventory of simple things totaled £290.11 Probate Records of Essex County, £175. | Low, Thomas (I1875)
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| 346 | From Davis: Thomas Low is first mentioned in the records of Ipswich on April 6, 1641, when he was granted ten acres of upland at Chebacco next to his previous ten acres, in exchange for the ten acres "due to him by grant to Mr. Rogers Company" near the mile brook by Mr. Appleton's farm. Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, the Ipswich minister, had emigrated to New England in 1636, and from the above record it would appear that Low was among those who accompanied or followed him to Ipswich. Mr. Rogers had been rector of the parish of Assington, co. Suffolk, and it is quite probable that Low was the Thomas Lowe who married Margaret Tod on June 22,1630, at Polstead, co. Suffolk, three miles from Assington, and that they were the Thomas and Margaret Lowe who had a son Thomas baptized at Groton May 8, 1631, and a son John baptized at Boxford March 2, 1633/4. Groton is a scant three miles while Boxford is about two miles from Assington. Both parishes are in co. Suffolk. Also at Boxford is the baptismal record, on June 17, 1632, of Margaret, daughter of John and Margaret Lowe. There is no other mention of John Lowe in the register at this period. Granting John to be the parson's error for Thomas, we have the baptism of three Lowe children corresponding in name, age and order to the three oldest children of Thomas Low of Ipswich. Low was born about 1605, his age being estimated at fifty-five in 1660. He was a maltster and a successful farmer at Chebacco. Like many of his fellow townsmen, he carted material for the bridge in 1646 and subscribed toward Major Denison's salary in 1648. He was fined for not appearing to serve on a jury in 1655, but was on the trial juries of 1656 and 1663, and the grand jury of 1667. Abigail Story, aged 15, was serving Low's wife in 1669. If Low's first wife came to New England with him, she completely escaped the records. His wife Susanna, who survived him, was possibly a widow from Watertown when he married her as she went or returned to that place after his death and died there August 19, 1684. A Bible "Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majestic, dwelling in Pater Noster Howe at the signe of the Tygresliead Anno 1576," on a blank leaf of which are written "Susan Low her book 1677 May 19" and "Thomas Low his Book," has descended in the Low family. | Low, Thomas (I1875)
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| 347 | From Family Memorials Waltham: He was treasurer of Waltham in 1695, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 1700 ; assessor in 1705, 6, and 8 ; selectman in 1712 and '26 ; town clerk in 1712 ; innholder 1709 to 1712. Upon the final settlement of the estate of his grandfather, Abraham Browne, in Jan. 1694 (his father being then dec'd), all the real estate, including the homestead of his grandfather, was assigned to him, by consent of the other heirs, he paying them for their portions. His Will, dated July 20, 1728, proved 8 Dec., 1729, makes his second son, Samuel, his executor. Nov. 10, 1707, Ephraim Williams, of Newton, afterwards a pioneer in the settlement of Stockbridge, and father of the founder of Williams College, chose Capt. A. Brown, for his guardian. | Browne, Capt. Abraham (I2000)
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| 348 | From Find-a-Grave: Enlisted as a Private with Company A of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers on 18 September 1864. Mustered out with his regiment at Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1865. Major Engagements of the 47th Pennsylvania During His Term of Service: Participated in Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (possibly the Battles of Fisher's Hill and Opequan, September 1864, and the Battle of Cedar Creek on 19 October 1864). Sources: Bates' "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Pennsylvania Veteran's Burial Card (John Unangst), Pennsylvania Veterans Administration. According to the 1880 census both his parents were born in PA. Accorging to the 1900 census Irvin's mother was born in PA also. In 1880 he and his family (Annie, Irvin, Ida, John, and Katie) lived on 269 Butler Street (it may be 1406) in Easton, PA. It is only a guess that the mother of the last two childen was Annie and the other children had a different Fritta. The guess was made purely on the age of Annie. | Unangst, John Franklin (I901)
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| 349 | From Foote a write-up about Thomas' son Thomas (Thomas' son Richard also traveled to California with his father in 1850): THOMAS B. SHORE, of Millikin School District, is the owner of a beautiful and productive tract of 320 acres, on the Saratoga and Alviso Road, about three miles west of Santa Clara. The ranch, which is in a high state of cultivation, is principally devoted to the growing of hay and grain, for which it is well adapted. The proprietor also pays considerable attention to the raising of stock, both horses and cattle. Comfortable and well-ordered buildings, in connection with the general appearance of the ranch, denote a prosperous and successful result that must necessarily attend such intellingent and energetic efforts as have been put forth by its owner. Mr. Shore was born in Washington County, Missouri, in 1834. His father, Thomas P. Shore, was a native of Kentucky, and his mother, Isabella (Hyde) Shore, of North Carolina. His early life was spent in work on his father's farm, and in receiving such learning as the schools of that new county afforded. In 1850 his father and himself (he being but fifteen years of age) started for California upon the overland trail. The pack train toiled and dragged along its weary journey, unattended by and starling incident, but undergoing the hardships constantly occurring on a trip of that character, until it reached Salt Lake City. Their provisions being exhausted, it was necessary that more should be procured here, and in order to do this the party to which the Shores were attached were forced to seek work from the Mormons, and thus earn the money needed to supply their wants. When leaving Salt Lake City, the company, against the advice of the Mormons, decided to enter California by the southern trail. This portion of their journey was attended by severe hardships and privations. Deep morasses and swamps, rendered almost impassable by rains, rugged mountain trails, swollen streams, and arid deserts devoid of water,---all these obstacles were finally overcome, and the party arrived safely in California, in the year mentioned above. Mr. Shore's previous outdoor life proved of great benefit to him on this expedition, readily enabling him to endure the exposure and hardships. Soon after their arrival the father and son went to mining in what is now known as Nevada County. Not meeting with satisfactory results, they came into Santa Clara County in the autumn of 1850, and settled in the present Braly School District, about five miles northwest of Santa Clara, thus becoming early pioneers of the county. In 1851 Mr. Shore's father went East by the mail steamers, via the Isthmus route, and returned to California the following year with his family, making his second trip overland. He then settled in Mountain View, in this county, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1873. The mother died about three years later, and both parents lie in Mountain View Cemetery. It is worthy of notice that both parents of Mr. Shore's wife are also buried in the cemetery. In 1860 Mr. Shore married Miss Agnes O. Bubb, daughter of William Bubb, of Mountain View. Six children have blessed this union, their name and ages (in 1888) being as follows: Paul Henry, twenty-five years of age; Oscar D., twenty years of age; Edith M., seventeeen years of age; Clara B. and Mary A., aged respectively fourteen and ten years. | Shore, Thomas Pate (I3298)
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| 350 | From Henry de Peyster Baudouin: " JEAN DE PEYSTER was the chambellan, treasurer or receiver of tithes of the abbey of St. Pierre de Gand (St. Peter of Ghent). His children are mentioned as the heirs of Jean de Broessche and Marguerite his wife. Jean de Peyster died in or about 1345 whereupon his widow Catherine, she being his second wife, contracted a second marriage with Guillaume Goetghebuer (1347). This second wife was probably either Catherine de Boterman whose mother was a de Riemaker or she was Catherine de Riemaker whose mother was a de Boterman." | de Peyster, Jean (I3798)
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