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Surname Saturday ~ NORMAN of Salem, Massachusetts

April 12, 2014, 3:00 am
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According to Sidney Perley’s History of Salem, “Old Goodman Norman and his son” were already at Salem before Governor Endicott arrived in 1628.  My 10thgreat grandfather, Richard Norman (1580-1653) arrived at Cape Anne, Massachusetts with the Dorchester Company in 1624, as part of a fishing fleet.  Some of these fishermen returned to England, and others stayed with Roger Conant at Naumkeag (now Salem, Massachusetts).  Richard and his son, John, were considered “Old Planters”.  His wife and daughter-in-law were members of the Puritan church in 1637, after Winthrop Fleet arrival. 

Richard Norman was a shipwright, and also a fisherman.  There is a sketch of his life in The Great Migration Begins.  He was married, but the name of his wife is unknown.   He was granted twenty acres of land in Salem in 1636.  In the 1637 division of marshland he was given ¾ of an acre.  The next year he was granted another twenty acres “that was Mr. Thorndeck’s”.  In 1653 he deeded his son, Richard Norman, his house and 10 acres “in Marvelheade upon Derbe Fort side” along with his rights to cow commons.

My NORMAN genealogy:

Generation 1: Richard Norman, born about 1580 in England, died 22 April 1653 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married and five children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: Alice Norman, born in England, died 8 March 1632 in Salem, Massachusetts; married about 1629 to William Allen.  He was born 1602 in England and died 30 January 1678 in Manchester, Massachusetts.

Generation 3: Samuel Allen m. Sarah Tuck

Lineage i
Generation 4: Joseph Allen m. Catherine Leach
Generation 5: William Allen m. Mary Ingalls
Generation 6: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage ii
Generation 5: Alice Allen m. Daniel Williams
Generation 6: Ruth Williams m. Moses Platts
Generation 7: Sarah Platts m. George Southwick
Generation 8: Mary Southwick m. Robert Wilson
Generation 9: Mercy F. Wilson m. Aaron Wilkinson
Generation 10: Robert Wilson Wilkinson m. Phebe Cross Munroe
Generation 11: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 12: Donald Munroe Wilkinson  m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Lineage B:
Generation 2: John Norman,  born about 1612 in England, died about 1673 in Manchester, Massachusetts; married about 1629 in Salem to Arabella Baldwin, daughter of Sylvester Baldwin and Sarah Astwood.  She was born about 1613 in England and died 23 November 1679 in Salem. Nine children.

Generation 3: Arabella Norman, born 13 February 1644 in Salem, died 8 May 1681 in Manchester; married about 1672 in Manchester to Samuel Leach.  He was the son of Robert Leach and Alice Alls.  He was born about 1653 in Manchester and died 14 October 1696.  Three children.

Generation 4: Catherine Leach m. Joseph Allen (see above)

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Sarah Sargent and Mary March, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

April 15, 2014, 3:00 am
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These tombstones were photographed at the Point of Graves, Portsmouth, New Hampshire



Here lies Interred
the Body of
Mrs. MARY MARCH
Relict of
Dctr. CLEMENT MARCH
who Departed this Life
April 7  1759
AEatis 80



Here lies Interred the Body of
Mrs. SARAH SARGENT
who Departed this Life
August 21st 1771
AEtat 74
In honor of & Filial Respect
& Affection to her Memory
this Stone is here Placed
by her Children.
The Memory of the just is Blessed.




Sarah Pierce was the daughter of Captain Joshua Pierce and Elizabeth Hall (the sister of Mary Hall March).  This aunt and her niece were buried side by side, and the stones look like they were made by the same carver. It is interesting that both women were married to doctors. 

Sarah first married John Winslow and had three children with him before he died in 1731.  She married second to Dr. Nathaniel Sargent.  

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ Five Weathervane Stamps

April 16, 2014, 3:00 am
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Every Wednesday for more than two and a half years Vincent and I have been posting photographs of weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name for the land where Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire are now located). Most are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weather vanes. If you know an interesting weather vane, please send me an email or leave a comment below.

Today's weather vanes were found in a New England museum, as well as on a recent series of US postage stamps.

Do you know the location of weather vanes #147, #148, #149, #150, and #151? Scroll down to see the answer....







On 20 January 2012 the US Postal Service held a ceremony at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont to celebrate the release of five postage stamps featuring some examples from their weather vane collection.  One of these stamps was the centaur featured last week (click HERE to see the centaur), and the others are all shown above.  This display is currently at the Stage Coach Gallery at the Shelburne Museum.

This is not the first time weather vanes have been on postage stamps.  Here are some others...

1974 Eagle Weather Vane Airmail Stamp

1998 H Rate ( 1 cent) Stamp

1974 Christmas Stamp
The Weather Vane from atop Mount Vernon,
George Washington's estate home

Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!


The Shelburne Museum - www.shelburnemuseum.org 

The USPS Issues Weather Vane Stamps http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2012/pr12_010.htm


Silhouettes in the Sky: The Art of the Weathervane, by Jean M. Burks, The Shelburne Museum, 2006 [available at the main gift shop at the Shelburne Museum - this is the only book on their collection of weather vanes]


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Eyewitness to the Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775

April 18, 2014, 3:00 am
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The Munroe Tavern, Lexington, Massachusetts

This is the deposition of William Munroe made 7 March 1825, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.  He was a second cousin to my ancestor, Andrew Munroe.   There were nine Munroe men present at the Battle of Lexington, and two of the eight men killed at the village green were Munroes.   The Jonas Parker mentioned in this deposition was married to Andrew Munroe’s younger sister, Lucy.   William Munroe (1742 – 1827) was the sergeant of the Lexington militia and an innkeeper.  He died on 30 October 1827, just two years after making his statement:

“I, William Munroe, of Lexington, on oath do testify, that I acted as orderly sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Parker, on the 19th of April, 1775; that early in the evening of the 18th of the same April, I was informed by Solomon Brown, who had just returned from Boston, that he had seen nine British officers on the road, traveling leisurely, sometimes before and sometimes behind him; that he had discovered, by the occasional blowing aside of their top coats that they were armed. On learning this, I supposed they had some design upon Hancock and Adams, who were then at the house of the Reverend Mr. Clarke, and immediately assembled a guard of eight men, with their arms to guard the house. About midnight, Colonel Paul Revere rode up the road and requested admittance. I told him that the family had just retired, and had requested, that they might not be disturbed by any noise about the house. "Noise!" said he, "you'll have noise enough before long. The regulars are coming out." We then permitted him to pass. Soon after, Mr. Lincoln came. These gentlemen came different routes, Revere came over the ferry to Charlestown, and Lincoln over the neck through Roxbury; and both brought letters from Dr. Warren in Boston to Hancock and Adams, stating that a large body of British troops had left Boston, and were on their march to Lexington. On this, it was thought advisable, that Hancock and Adams should withdraw to some distant part of the town. To this Hancock consented with great reluctance, and said, as he went off. "If I had my musket, I would never turn my back upon these troops." I however conducted them to the north part of town, and then returned to the meeting-house, where I arrived at about two o'clock on the morning of the 19th. On the arrival of Colonel Paul Revere, the alarm had been given, and, on my return, I found Captain Parker and his militia company paraded on the common, a little in the rear of the meeting-house. About this time, one of our messengers, who had been sent toward Cambridge to get information of the movement of the regulars, returned and reported, that he could not learn, that there were any troops on the road from Boston to Lexington, which raised some doubt as to their coming, and Captain Parker dismissed his company, with orders to assemble again at the beat of the drum. Between day-light and sun-rise Captain Thaddeus Bowman rode up and informed, that the regulars were near. The drum was then ordered to be beat, and I was commanded by Captain Parker to parade the company, which I accordingly did, in two ranks, a few rods northerly of the meeting-house.

When the British troops had arrived within about a hundred rods of the meeting-house, as I was afterwards told by a prisoner, which we took, "they heard our drum, and supposing it to be a challenge, they were ordered to load their muskets, and to move at double quick time." They came up almost upon a run. Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn rode up some rods in advance of their troops, and within a few rods of our company, and exclaimed, "Lay down your arms, you rebels, and disperse!" and immediately fired his pistol. Pitcairn then advanced with his troops, and finding we did not disperse, they being within four rods of us, he brought his sword down with great force, and said to his men, "Fire, damn you, fire!" The front platoon, consisting of eight or nine, then fired, without killing or wounding any of our men. They immediately gave a second fire, when our company began to retreat, and as I left that field, I saw a person firing at the British troops from Buckman's back door, which was near our left, where I was parading the men when I retreated. I was afterward told, of the truth of which I have no doubt, that same person after firing from the back door, went to the front of Buckman's house, and fired there. How many of our company fired before they retreated, I can not say; but I am confident some of them did. When the British troops came up, I saw Jonas Parker standing in the ranks, with his balls and flints in his hat, on the ground, between his feet, and heard him declare, that he would never run. He was shot down at the second fire of the British, and, when I left, I saw him struggling on the ground, attempting to load his gun, which I have no doubt he had once discharged at the British. As he lay on the ground, they ran him through with the bayonet. In the course of the day, I was on the ground where the British troops were when they first heard our drum beat, which was one hundred rods below the meeting-house, and saw the ends of a large number, I should judge two hundred, of cartridges which they had dropped, when they charged their pieces. About noon I was at the north part of the town, at the house Mr. Simmonds, where I saw the late Colonel Baldwin, who informed me, that he had the custody of some prisoners, that had been put under his charge, and requested to know of me what should be done with them. I gave my opinion, that they should be sent to that part of Woburn, now Burlington, or to Chelmsford. On the return of the British troops from Concord, they stopped at my tavern house in Lexington, and dressed their wounds. I had left my house in care of a lame man, by the name of Raymond, who supplied them with whatever the house afforded, and afterwards, when he was leaving the house, he was shot by the regulars, and found dead within a few rods of the house.”

(signed) William Munroe

Here is William Munroe's obituary 15 November 1827 in the Pittsfield Sun, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 

"Death of another Revolutionary Hero

Died, at Lexington, on Monday the 29th ult [i.e., of last month], Col. WILLIAM MUNROE, aged 86 — Col. M. was orderly sergeant in the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, the commencement of the revolutionary war.—

On the night of the 18th previous, when several British officers were seen proceeding on horseback towards the town, with the supposed intention of arresting John Hancock and Samuel Adams, Col. M. commanded the sergeant’s guard, stationed for their protection at the house where those proscribed patriots were residents in Lexington. On the receipt of intelligence that 800 British troops were secretly marching the same route, Messrs. Hancock and Adams were persuaded to retire to Woburn, and Col. M. with his party joined the Lexington company, who were immediately after attacked, before sunrise of the 19th, by the whole British force, and about 20 of the Lexington militia killed or wounded.—

The company were ordered by their commander to disperse; and the British troops proceeded to Concord, where they destroyed the provincial stores. Their triumph, however, was of short continuance; the British guard of 100 men, stationed about a mile beyond Concord village, at the North Bridge, were attacked by the militia of Concord and the neighboring towns, and forced to retire upon their main body, leaving two killed, and the same number wounded. About two hours afterward, when the British commenced their return march to Boston, they were again assaulted by the militia until they arrived at Lexington, where they were waylaid and harassed by the Lexington company, and would probably soon have been forced to surrender, had they not been reinforced by Lord Percy’s brigade of 1500 men.—

They were, however, beaten back to Boston. Col. M. participated with his company in the events of the day, leaving the care of his public house [shown above] in the superintendance of a neighbor, whom the British killed on their retreat.

Till within a year or two past, like Cincinnatus, Col. M. labored on his farm.—On the occasion of the visit of Lafayette to Lexington, three years since, arm in arm these aged veterans reconnoitered the field of battle, previous to the delivery of the address to Lafayette from the Lexington committee; and he assisted at the laying the foundation stone of the Bunker Hill Monument on the 17th June 1825.

Col. M. has been ever esteemed by his fellow townsmen as well as by strangers, for his urbanity of manners and hospitality. As a member of the legislature and in municipal stations, he was respected for information, judgement and rectitude; and as a military officer, from a subaltern to a colonel, to which grade he rose, he was distinguished as an able tactician.

It is productive of a melancholy and heartfelt sensation, to follow to the grave “the house appointed for all the living,” one after another, those vast vestiges of “the times that tried men’s souls.” It seems like tearing from us our “household gods;” like removing the “ancient landmarks” of our nation’s birth; the objects of all that is venerable and sacred, till scarcely one is left to tell the tale of revolutionary prowess. But the consolation is, that they are gathered “like a shock of corn fully ripe,” blessed with the grateful recollections of their enfranchised countrymen, full of honors and good works, to a better and happier state of existence.

His funeral was attended by a large concourse of relations and friends."

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Surname Saturday ~ LEACH of Salem, Beverly, and Manchester, Massachusetts

April 19, 2014, 3:00 am
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Lawrence Leach was born in England in 1589 and died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1662.  He was one of the “Old Planters”, who came to Cape Ann before Roger Conant and Endicott settled Salem. His farm and land are located in what is now the city of Beverly.  Governor Craddock wrote a letter  to John Endicott in 1629: “We desire you to take notice of one Lawrence Leech who we haue found a painfull & carefull, man, and we doubt not butt hee will continue his diligence; let him haue deserving respect.”

Lawrence’s son, Robert, my 9th great grandfather, settled in Manchester, Massachusetts.  He was given land by his father in 1639, and he died intestate with a wife, Alice, and two sons before June 1674 according to Essex Quartly Court records.  According to Robert Charles Anderson in his sketch of Robert Leach in The Great Migration Begins: “In 1924 F. Phelps Leach published a genealogy of this family which claimed ten children for the immigrant [Lawrence Leach].  This author inserted in to the family of Lawrence Leach many persons of the same name from all parts of New England (and even some from old England) who could not have been his children.  The Robert each presented in this volume as son of Lawrence is a chimaera, created by mixing records for Robert Leach of Charlestown and Robert Leach of Manchester, the later of who was the son of the immigrant.”

Estate of Robert Leach of Manchester

This writing is to inform the Court, that though Robert Leach late of Manchester died without perfecting his will, yet sometime beofre he died he declared in the presence of some neighbors as witness that his mind was "that after some legacies as follows were paid to his daughters, that is to say to his maried daughters: Sara and Elizabeth, fiue pounds apeece, to his daughter mary ten pounds & to his two youngest daughters: Bethia and Abigaile eight pounds apeece, that then his whole remaining estate should be left with his beloved wife, Alce Leach, & his two sons Samuell & Robert Leach to be equally proportioned amongst them.

"This is farther to certifie, that although this was the last will and testament of the aforesaid Robert Leach, yett upon farther consideration, Alce Leach the widdow & her two sones Samuell & Robert Leach have agreed within ourselves freely & Joyntly together, tomake an adition to these legacies out of our owne estates, as to the two eldest daughters, Sara & Elizabeth what they received from theire father, as theire portions, with the lagacies given them by theire father, in his last will & testamt: as aboue written, & the adition made there vunto by their mothr Alce Leach the widdow, & their brothers Samuell & Robt Leach is to amount to fifteene pounds appeece, to each of them they being married haveing received som portion alreddy with that then receiued & the legacies due by theire fathers last will & testament, with the adition made by theire mother, & brethren doth make up fifteen pounds apeece to Sara & Elizabeth, for the rest of the daughters, Mary, Bethiah, & Abigaile what theire father left hem as legacies in his last will & testament & the adition made by the widdow Alce Leach there mother, & Samuel & Robt: there brothers, comes to fifteene pounds apeece, to each of them: Mary, Bethiah & Abigiale.

            "This farther to informe the Honrd Court wt is agreed upon within ourselves, alce Leach the widdow & her two sons Saml & Robt Leach, that Samuel and Robert Leach taking into consideration theire mothers condition, shee being left a widdow, wee haue consulted together for her comfortable subsisting, for som way to continue her maintenance in this her condition, And that ye widdow Alce Leach with her free consent hauing resigned her interest in said estate as left by her husband Robert Leach, in his last will & testament, the which her interest shee hath, resigned up to her sons Samuell & Robert Leach, upon condition as followeth, That Samll:& Robt Leach haue taken that whole estate, as left by our father Robt Leach late deceased in Manchester, upon the resignement of the widdow alce Leach our mother, haueing resigned up her interet in that estate soe left by our father into our hands in consideration wheareof wee the aforsd Samuell & Robert Leach, haue engaged to pay to our mother, the widdow Alce Leach, ten pounds by the yeare in such pay may be for her use & shee stands in need of, & the house left by our father where shee now lives with the stuff now belonging thereto is to remaine to her out of this esat: soe that the yearly pay ingaged by her sons to be pd her with the house & household stuff, is to maine to her if shee continue in a widdowes condition, but if shee marry then all the whole estate fals into the hands of her sons: Samuell & Robert Leach they to continue or ramaine ingage to paye, but fiue pounds by the yeare to there mother Alce Leach duering her lifetime.

            "It is further to certifie that Samuell & Robert Leach doe freely consent that theire mother Alce leach the widdow shall reserve to herself out of the estate afore mentioned, shee to reserve to herselfe twenty pounds, without any exception made of condtions, only that when she dyes, shee to bequeath it to her children according as ashe please, vnto whome to bestow it vupon as legacies from herselfe.

            "To that is heare agreed upon as afore mentined wee the pties aforesaid doe sett our hands."

Alce (her U mark) Leach, Samll (his S mark) Leach, Robt. Leach
Witness: Sam: Friend, John Elathorpe, this 29 June 1674
Allowed by the court 1: 5m: 1674 and the saide Alce, widow and the two sons Samuell and Robert Leach appointed administrators.

Essex County Probate Records, vol. 301, pp. 51 - 53

My Leach genealogy:

Generation 1: Lawrence Leach, born about 1593 in England, died before 24 June 1662 in Beverly or Salem, Massachusetts; marriedto Elizabeth Unknown.  She died about 1674 in Beverly. 

Generation 2: Robert Leach, born about 1615, died before June 1674 in Manchester; married Alice Unknown. Four children.

Generation 3: Samuel Leach, born about 1653 in Manchester, died 14 October 1696; married first about 1672 to Arabella Norman, daughter of John Norman and Arabella Baldwin. She died 8 May 1681 in Manchester.  Three children. He married second Hannah Norman, her sister.

Generation 4: Catherine Leach, born 1 October 1680 in Manchester, died 1711; married 28 October 1696 to Joseph Allen, son of Samuel Allen and Sarah Tuck.  He was born 26 June 1672 in Manchester, died 17 August 1727 in Manchester.  Seven children.

Generation 5: William Allen m. Mary Ingalls
Generation 6: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Happy Easter!

April 20, 2014, 3:00 am
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Easter Morning
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992

This photo was taken at La Plaza de la Barandilla.
The statue is a bust of Patricio Rijos "Toribio", famous for playing the "guicharo"
(a hollow gourd played as a musical instrument)

Other Easter posts at this blog:

2013 Easter Parade 1963, 5th Avenue, New York City
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/03/easter-parade-1963-fifth-avenue-new.html

2010  Easter Photo 1965
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/not-so-wordless-wednesday-easter-photos.html


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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Wilkinson Monument, Peabody, Massachusetts

April 22, 2014, 3:00 am
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This tombstone was photographed at the Monumental Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts

This gravestone is also a family mystery



1830    ROBERT W. WILKINSON 1874
1831    PHEBE C.  HIS WIFE          1895
1856    WALTER                              1858
1855     R. HENRY                           1884
1884      EDWARD POOR               1884
1860     ALBERT M.                        1908
18        ISABELLA B.                      1935

This is not the original gravestone for the Wilkinson family.  About fifteen years ago a volunteer through the Genealogical Acts of Kindness website transcribed the epitaphs for the three stones at this family plot and they read:

Robert W. Wilkinson
died March 23, 1874
aged 43 years, 8 months and 27 days
"Gone to that spirit land,
We are waiting to meet you there"

R. Henry 

"Baby"
[I assume this might have been for Edward Poor Wilkinson, R. Henry's child?]

Now there is a large monument to the entire family at Plot #950 at Monumental Cemetery.  I don't know who bought the new monument, or what happened to the original gravestones.  It is a mystery.  Apparently 15 years ago many of the family members did not have individual stones, or they had been lost, broken or stolen.

The Wilkinson Family

Robert Wilson Wilkinson, son of Aaron Wilkinson and Mercy F. Wilson, was born on 26 May 1830 in Salem, Massachusetts, died 23 March 1874 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 24 November 1853 in Danvers to Phebe Cross Munroe, daughter of Luther Simonds Munroe and Olive Flint.  They had three sons:

   1.  Robert Henry Wilkinson, born 14 January 1855 in South Danvers (now Peabody), died 22 September 1884 in Peabody; married on 18 April 1883 in Peabody to Eliza Harris Poor, the daughter of Nathan Holt Poor and Abigail Morrill.  She was born on 27 October 1854 in Danvers, and she married second to Moses Bailey Page on 18 July 1893 in Peabody.  Robert's only son, Edward Poor Wilkinson, died at two months old on 10 October 1884, just two weeks after Robert's own death.

   2.   Walter Wilkinson was born 3 November 1856 in South Danvers and died on 2 April 1858 in South Danvers.

   3.   Albert Munroe Wilkinson was born 7 November 1860 in Danvers, and died 12 May 1908 at the Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline, Massachusetts; married on 18 October 1894 in Salem to Isabella Lyons Bill, daughter of Caleb Rand Bill and Ann Margaret Bollman.  Isabella was born in January 1863 in Machias, Maine and died 19 January 1935 in Beverly, Massachusetts.  They had two children.

All of Robert Henry Wilkinson's sons died young.  The only one who had children who lived to adulthood was the youngest son, Albert, my great grandfather.  Of his two children, only my grandfather, Donald Munroe Wilkinson, had descendants.  None of us know who bought or erected this monument, which is quite large and very grand.  It is a mystery.

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Pelican in Florida

April 23, 2014, 3:00 am
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Every Wednesday for two years Vincent and I have been photographing weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the land where the towns of Londonderry, Derry, Windham and Manchester are now located).  Most are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weather vanes.  Today's weather vane was sent in by a fellow genealogist who was traveling through Florida.  Have fun guessing where you may have seen this weather vane.

Do you know the location of weather vane #152?  Scroll down to see the answer...


Today's weather vane was sent to me by fellow genealogist Carol A. Bowen Stevens.  She was vacationing in Florida and photographed this in Daytona Beach, Florida.   She didn't get a photo of the entire building, but she thinks it was on Downlawton Boulevard, Daytona Beach Shores.

I love this wonderful three dimensional pelican.  It looks quite lifelike.  I've only been to the Florida coast a few times, and each time I was there I was very amused watching the pelicans on the beach.  We don't have any waterfowl like them in New Hampshire or New England!

If you know this "mystery location" please leave a comment below!


Click here to see the entire series of Weathervane Wednesday blog posts

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John Parker's deposition, six days after the Battle of Lexington

April 25, 2014, 3:00 am
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No. 4    Lexington April 25th, 1775

I John Parker, of lawful Age and Commander
of the militia in Lexington, do testify & declare
that on the 19th Instant, in the morning, about
one of the Clock, being informed that there were a
Number of Regular Officers riding up and down
the Road, Stopping and insulting People as they
passed they Road, and also was informed that a Number
of Regular troops were on their March from
Boston, in order to take the Province Stores at
Concord, ordered our Militia to meet on the Common
in said Lexington, to consult what to do, and concluded
not to be discovered, nor meddle or make with said
Regular Troops (if they should approach) unless they
should insult or molest us and upon their sudden
Approach I immediately ordered our Militia to
disperse and not to fire. Immediately said Troops
made their appearance and rushed furiously up-
on and killed eight of our party, without receiving
any Provocation therefor from us.

                                John Parker

Middlesex Co., April 25th, 1775.  The above named John
Parker personally appeared, and after being duly
cautioned to declare the whole truth, made solemn
oath to the Truth of the above Deposition by him
published

               Wm. Reed
                Josiah Johnson
                Wm. Stickney } Just. of Peace


Deposition of Captain John Parker Concerning the Battle at Lexington, 04/25/1775; Massachusetts
State Papers, 1775 - 1787; Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789; Record Group 360:
Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 -
1821; National Archives. National Archives Identifier: 595246

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Surname Saturday ~ INGALLS of Lynn, Massachusetts

April 26, 2014, 3:00 am
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Edmund Ingalls was born in Lincolnshire, England and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts at a place known as Ingalls Pond.  He arrived in the company of Governor John Endicott in 1629 with his brother, Francis Ingalls.  He died when a bridge broke over the Saugus River in 1648, and he fell with his horse into the water and was drowned.  The General Court paid one hundred pounds to his children for their loss.  Their petition read “The humble petition of Robert Ingalls with the rest of his brethren and sisters, being eight in number, humbly showeth, that whereas your poor petitioners father hath been deprived of life by the insufficiency of Lynne Bridge, so called, to the great impoverishing of your poor petitioners mother and themselves, and there being a Court order that any person so dying through such insufficiency of any bridge in the countrye, that there should be an hundred pounds forfeit to the next heir, may it therefore please this honorable Court to take your poore petitioners case into consideration.”

Edmund Ingalls is the 8thgreat grandfather of children’s book author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote the Little House series. A good source for information on this family is Ingalls Genealogy by Dr. Charles Burleigh, 1903, and also Ingalls Genealogy by Dr. Walter Renton Ingalls, 1933.   I descend from two of Edmund Ingalls sons, Robert and Samuel, and from his daughter Elizabeth.  I think this is the only ancestor I have from whom I descend from three siblings. 

The last will and testament of Edmund Ingalls:

I, Edmund Ingalls of Lynn, being of perfect memory commit my soul unto God, my body to the grave and difpose of my earthly goods in this wife.
Firftly, I make my wife Ann Ingalls, sole executor, leaving my houfe and houfelot, togather with my stock of cattle and corn, to her, Likewife I leave Katherine Shipper with my wife.

Item, I bequeath to Robert my sonne & heir four pound to be payd in two years time by my wife, either in cattle or corn Likewife I bequeath to him or to his heirs, my houfe & houfelot after the deceafe of my wife.

Likewife I bequeath to Elizabeth my daughter, twenty shillings to be payd by my wife in a Heifer calf in two years time after my deceafe.
Likewife to my daughter Faith, wife to Andrew Allen, I bequeath two yearling calves, and inform my wife to pay him forty shillings debt in a years time after my deceafe.

Likewife to my sonne John, I bequeath the houfe & ground that was Jeremy fitts, lying by the meeting houfe, only out of it the sd John is to pay within four years, four pounds to my sonne Samuel, and the ground to be his security, further I leave with said John, that three Acres of land he had in England fully to pofsefs and enjoy.

Likewife, I give to Sarah, my daughter, wife of William Bitnar my two ewes.

Likewise, to Henry my sonne, I give the Houfe that I bought of Goodman West, and six Acres of ground, lying by it, and three Acres of Marsh ground lying at Rumley Marsh, and this the sd Henry shall pofsefs in two years after my deceafe, Only out of this the sd Henry shall pay to my sonne Samuel, four pounds within two years after he enters upon it.

Likewife I bequeath to Samuel my sonne, eight pounds to be difcharged as above, in the premifes.

Laftly, I leave with Mary the Heifer calf that she enjoyed and leave her to my wife for future dowry.

Finally, I appoint Francis Ingalls, my brother & Francis Dane, my sonne in law, overfeers of my will, and order that thofe things that have no particular exemption in the will mentioned, be taken away after my deceafe and entreat my overfeers to be helpful to my wife in ordering her matters.

His
EDMUND X INGALLS
Mark
Witness: William Morton, Francis Dane, Francis Ingols
Proved 14:9:1648 by Francis Ingalls, and 27:4:1649 by William Morton.

Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 103

My Ingalls genealogy:

Generation 1: Edmund Ingalls, son of Robert Ingalls and Elizabeth Unknown,  born 17 June 1586 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, died 16 September 1648 in Lynn, Massachusetts; married about 1618 in England to Ann Tripp.  She was born about 1600 in Skirbeck,  and died about 1649 in Massachusetts.  Nine children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: Elizabeth Ingalls, baptized on 28 February 1619 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, died 9 June 1676 in Andover, Massachusetts;  married about 1639 to the Reverend Francis Dane, son of John Dane and Frances Bowyer.  He was born 20 November 1615 in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and died 17 February 1697 in Andover.  

Generation 3: Hannah Dane m. William Goodhue
Generation 4: Bethiah Goodhue m. Benjamin Marshall
Generation 5: Elizabeth Marshall m. David Burnham
Generation 6: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings
Generation 7: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen
Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: Robert Ingalls, born about 1621 in England, died 3 January 1698 in Lynn; married about 1646 to Sarah Harker, daughter of William Harker and Elizabeth Unknown.  She was born abut 1625 and died 8 April 1696. Eight children.

Generation 3: Nathaniel Ingalls, born about 1660 in Lynn, died about 1736; married to Anne Collins, daughter of Joseph Collins and Sarah Hires.  Ten children.

Generation 4: Hannah Ingalls, born about 1713, died before 15 April 1798; married June 1735 in Lynn to Daniel Hitchings, son of Daniel Hitchings and Susannah Townsend.  He was born 19 October 1709 in Lynn, and died 25 April 1760 in Lynn. Twelve children.

Generation 5: Abijah Hitchings m. Mary Gardner
Generation 6: Abijah Hitchings m. Mary Cloutman
Generation 7: Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell
Generation 8: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 9: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 10: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

Lineage C:

Generation 2: Samuel Ingalls, born about 1632 in England, died 30 August 1717 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married 9 December 1656 in Ipswich to Ruth Eaton, daughter of John Eaton and Ann Crossman.  She was baptized 12 February 1637 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England and died before 1716 in Massachusetts. Nine chlldren.

Generation 3: Joseph Ingalls, born 23 December 1666 in Ipswich, died 1724 in Gloucester, Massachusetts; married 3 January 1704 in Ipswich to Sarah Thompson, daughter of Alexander Thompson and Deliverance Haggett.  She was born about 1671 in Ipswich.  Five children.

Generation 4: Mary Ingalls, born 1716 in Gloucester, died 27 December 1796 in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts; married 12 January 1738 in the Chebacco Parish Church, Ipswich to William Allen, son of Joseph Allen and Catherine Leach. He was born 21 May 1711 in Manchester, died 10 June 1785 in Chebacco Parish.  Nine children.

Generation 5: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham
Generation 6: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Time to play golf!

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My Dad was an avid golfer, and these photos were taken when he was in college, in the 1950s.  I miss my Dad, and often think about him when I see people strolling the local golf links or hitting balls at the practice range.  

Dad's brother would play golf with him, and some of his nephews would play.  My daughter and Mom learned golf, but I was never very interested in the game.  I wondered who else in the family played golf before my Dad.  His father was not a golfer, and Dad was not raised in a family that belonged to a country club.  He was a poor college student without a lot of money for his golf hobby.  He was more likely to sneak into Myopia Hunt Club to play a round on their golf course, or go with friends to a public golf link.  

The only person I have found in the family tree who probably golfed was on my Mom's side of the family.  Some of the Emersons and their kin in Boston were socialites, and one of these cousins married a man named John M. E. Morrill who I found mentioned in many newspapers around the 1890s through 1910s.  He was part of the "horsey set" who belonged to the riding park in Brookline, Massachusetts that is now known as "The Country Club".  This golf course can be seen on televised golf programs, as host to many PGA tournaments. 

I don't know who took these photos of my Dad playing golf, but they are very good, especially the one directly below.  What an action shot! The last one shows my Dad changing his shoes in the car, not at the clubhouse.  He was probably sneaking onto a golf course again!




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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Luther and Olive Munroe, Peabody, Massachusetts

April 29, 2014, 3:00 am
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This tombstone was photographed at the Monumental Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts



LUTHER S. MUNROE
DIED
Dec. 21, 1851
Aged 46
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Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord



OLIVE
Wife of
Luther S. Munroe
Died
Nov. 26, 1875
Aged 70 yrs.
Reached, we trust, an heavenly home
And they Savior's blest abode

Luther Simonds Munroe is my 3rd great grandfather.  He was the son of Andrew Munroe, a Revolutionary War patriot, and Ruth Simonds, born 10 May 1805 in Danvers, Massachusetts.  He was a "huckster", with a newspaper stand about two blocks from this cemetery in Peabody Square. He died young, at age 46, on 23 December 1851.

His had married on 3 September 1826 in Reading, Massachusetts to Olive Flint.  She was the daughter of John Flint and Phebe Flint (second cousins).  They had six children born in Danvers and Salem, Massachusetts.

Several years ago a distant Munroe cousin contacted me via the internet about genealogy.  She lived in Hudson, New Hampshire, right next door to me in Londonderry.  We have met several times to exchange Munroe information.  She descends from Luther and Olive's son, William Calvin Munroe (1833-1891).  I descend from his elder sister, Phebe Cross Munroe (1830 - 1895). She took me to Peabody to visit the Monumental Cemetery, where many Munroes and Wilkinsons are buried.  We had a fun day together exploring the cemetery with her dog Hamm, and we even had time to drive over to Farnham's in Essex for fried clams for lunch.

Children of Luther and Olive Munroe:

  1.  William Calvin Munroe, born 20 March 1827 in Danvers, died 9 September 1830 in Danvers

  2.  Luther Simonds Munroe, Jr., born 31 December 1823 in Reading, no further information

  3.  Phebe Cross Munroe, born 28 October 1830 in Danvers, died 31 January 1895 in Salem; married Robert Wilson Wilkinson

   4.  William Calvin Munroe, born 21 December 1833, died 10 August 1891 in Salem; married Adeline Bradley Jones.

   5.  Olivia Adeline Munroe, born 18 January 1836 in Salem, died 29 November 1905 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married first to Corydon B. Green, married second to John Henry Grout.

   6.  George Warren Munroe, born 2 August 1840 in Salem, died on 2 February 1867 in Danvers of consumption, unmarried at age 26.  He is buried with a Civil War marker.  He served as a private in Co. A of the 59th Infantry Regiment of Massachusetts between 16 November 1863 and 11 May 1865.

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Merry Go Round Horse

April 30, 2014, 3:00 am
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Every Wednesday for more than two and a half years Vincent and I have been posting photographs of weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name for the land where Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire are now located). Most are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weather vanes. If you know an interesting weather vane, please send me an email or leave a comment below.

Today's weather vane was photographed in Tennessee by a reader, and sent in for this post.

Do you know the location of weather vane # 153?

Scroll down to see the answer...





Today's weather vane was spotted by reader and fellow genealogy blogger, Carol A. Bowen Stevens from the blog "Reflections from the Fence".  Carol was traveling by RV from Florida to home, and passed through Chattanooga, Tennessee where this weather vane is located at Coolidge Park.  The weather vane is a top a modern pavilion that houses a merry-go-round built in 1894. This carousel features 52 different, hand carved animals that were all restored by a team of craftsmen headed up by local woodcarver Bud Ellis at his nearby studio "Horsing Around".  You can ride this antique merry-go-round for $1.  The park was named after the World War II medal of honor recipient, Charles Coolidge.

Thank you again, Carol!

Coolidge Park information- http://www.chattanoogafun.com/members/coolidge-park-2192

Carol A. Bowen Stevens's blog "Reflections from the Fence" at this link:
http://reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/

Click here to read Carol's story about this weather vane:
http://reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/2014/04/chattanooga-horse-weathervane-rest-of.html

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May 2014 Genealogy and Local History Event Calendar

May 2, 2014, 7:11 am
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(scroll to the end for list of local genealogy club meeting dates)

April 26, Saturday, Spring Conference of the American Canadian Genealogy Society, at the ACGS library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. See the website www.acgs.org for more information.

May 2 and 3, CK Scrapbook Convention, Manchester, at the Center of New Hampshire, 700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH , 603-625-1000, coupon at website http://www.ckscrapbookevents.com/ckscrapbookconventions/ckcmanchester.aspxVendor Faire, Classes, exhibits,  and more.   Adults $10, $7 with coupon, two day pass $13. Children under 10 are free.

May 3, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour, meet at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by Historic New England, www.historicnewengland.org $6 members, $12 non members.  Registration is recommended call 617-994-5920. 

May 3, Saturday, 10am – noon (rain date Sunday, May 4)  Monuments, Notables and Landscape:  A Walking Tour of Mount Auburn Cemetery, sponsored by Historic New England www.historicnewengland.org $6 members, $12 non members.  Registration is recommended call 617-994-5920.

May 3, Saturday, Opening Day at the Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, New Hampshire www.shakers.orgfor more information.  Free admission, and parade to celebrate the return of the Brookford Farm cows to the village.

May 4, Sunday, 1pm The Shakers: Models for Modernism, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts.  Free lecture with admission to the museum.

May 7, Wednesday, 6pm, Migration to the Boston Neighborhoods and Suburbs, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon presented by author James O’Connell, free to the public.

May 7, Wednesday, 6pm Crafty Bastards:  Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, presentation and book signing by Lauren Clark, who will share her new book.  Free and open to the public.  Reserve a space by calling 617-226-1226 or email education@nehgs.org

May 8, Thursday, Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History, at the Brighton branch of the Boston Public Library, presented by Paul Della Valle, who will talk about his new book.  Free to the Public.


Upcoming Spring Tours at the Lowell Cemetery,
Friday, May 9, 2014 at 1pm
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10am
Friday, May 16, 2014 at 1pm
Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10am
Lowell Cemetery Tours in the spring begin at the Lawrence Street Gate and are led by Richard P. Howe Jr.Tours focus on the stories of some of the fascinating Lowell residents buried in the cemetery and consist of a 90 minute walk through this historic, natural setting. Free of charge; no registration required; rain or shine.
For directions and more information see:  http://www.lowellcemetery.com/events_tours.aspx 

May 10, Saturday, 10:30am Powerful As Truth, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, a documentary and discussion facilitated by John Gfroerer about the story of William Loeb, the publisher of the Manchester Union Leader.  Free to the Public. Contact 622-7531 for more information.

May 10, Saturday 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour (see above May 3)

May 10, Saturday, 2pm, The New England Lighthouse Storm and Yankee Gale by John Horrigan, at the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts.  A presentation about the 16 April 1851 nor’easter. Free to the public. Registration required, call 978-388-8148.

May 10 and 11th, Opening Weekend at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire.  The 25thContinental and the 3rd Massachusetts will be in garrison at the fort.  See the website www.fortat4.org for more information.

May 13, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Vanished Veteran’s – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua Street, Milford, New Hampshire, contact 603-249-0645 for more information.  Free to the public.

May14, Wednesday, 7:30pm, Collecting John Paul Jones:  America’s First Action Hero, at Bedford Public Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, New Hampshire, presented by J. Dennis Robinson.  Free to the public.  Contact 472-3866 for more information.

May 15 and 16, Thursday and Friday Writing and Publishing Seminar, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Join the experts at NEHGS to learn the best practices and helpful tips in order to turn your research into a publication.  This two day program includes goal setting, genealogical style tips, working with images, adding narratives, and you will also learn about working with editors, publishers and family history publications. Register online, $250.  www.americanancestors.org

May 16, Friday, 6:30 – 9pm Tales and Ales, at the Swett-Isley House, 4 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, sponsored by Historic New England, $35 members, $60 nonmembers.  Enjoy traditional brews from the Ipswich Ale Brewery and a hearty tavern dinner while listening to true tales of sword fights, scandals, and bloody brawls, all from Newbury’s past.  Must be over 21.  Registration required at 978-462-2634.
May 17, Saturday, 6:30 – 9pm Tales and Ales (see above)

May 17, Saturday, 1pm, Two Hundred Forty Years of Shaker Life in America, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts.  Free lecture with admission to the museum.

May 17, Saturday, noon, Overseers of the Poor Records, at the Nevins Memorial Library, Gardner Room, Methuen, Massachusetts, presented by Diane Laferriere and Kim Zunino, and sponsored by the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Merrimack Valley Chapter.  Free to the public.  

May 17, Saturday,10 am,  Searching National and Regional On Line Databases, by Janine Penfield at the American Canadian Genealogy Society library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. See the website www.acgs.org for more information. Free for members, $5 for non-members.

May 19, Monday, 7pm A Walk Back in Time:  The Secrets of Cellar Holes, at the Goffstown Historical Society, 18 Parker Station Road, Goffstown, New Hampshire, Adair Mulligan presents the rich history of the cellar holes, stone walls, foundations and remains lefts in the New England landscape.  Contact 497-8278 for more information.

May 21, Wednesday, 6pm, Mining Family History:  Gold in Local Archivesand a Speaker’s Roundtable, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon presented by Joanne Riley, with a roundtable discussion about the Local and Family History Lecture Series led by James Madden and Tunney Lee.  Free to the public.

May 21, Wednesday, 6pm American Jews and America’s Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, an author talk and book signing by Larry Ruttman. Free and open to the public.  Please call 617-226-1226 or email education@nehgs.org to reserve a space.

May 22, Thursday, 7pm Harnessing History:  On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Hollis Social Library, 2 Monument Square, Hollis, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks.  His dog will accompany him.  Contact 465-7721 for more information.

May 24, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour, (see above)

May 25, Sunday, 3pm Cannon Shenanigans and New Hampshire’s Muster Day Tradition, at the Stevens Memorial Hall (Chester Town Hall), Jct. NH 121 and NH 102, Chester, New Hampshire.  Jack Noon presents the story of a tradition that ended in 1850, along with the local rivalries that involved stealing cannons.  Contact 887-3842 for more information.

May 31, Saturday,  9am to 4pm. Southern Maine Genealogy Conference, to be held at Keeley’s Banquet Center, 178 Warren Avenue, Portland, Maine, the keynote speaker will be Joe Anderson.

May 31, Saturday, 1pm Nipmuc Traditions in Story, Dance and Drums, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts.  Free lecture with admission to the museum.

May 31, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour (see above)

May 31, Saturday, 1am and 3pm, One Minute’s Freedom: The Story of Mum Bett at the Royall House and Slave Quarters, 15 George Street, Medford, Mass.  Free to the public, sponsored by Historic New England.  Tammy Denease brings to life the story of Elizabeth Freeman AKA Mum Bett, who successfully sued for freedom from slavery in 1781. Registration required, visit www.royallhouse.org for more information.

June 4, Wednesday, 6pm, The Quack’s Daughter: A True Story about the Private Life of a Victorian College Girl, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, an author talk and book signing by Greta Nettleton. Free and open to the public.  Please call 617-226-1226 or email education@nehgs.org to reserve a space.

June 7 and 8, French and Indian War Encampment at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire.  Don’t miss this two day event with living historians portraying British, French, Rangers, camp followers, Native American tribes and sutlers.  There will be battle re-enactments, open hearth and campfire cooking, blacksmithing, textile production and frontier trades.  See the website www.fortat4.org for more information.

June 13, Friday, 9am – 12noon, Preserving and Identifying Family Photographs with Maureen Taylor, Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $50 per person.  A half day seminar to learn about identifying historical and genealogical information in family photos, and how to preserve images from daguerreotype to digital.  Personal consultations will be available after the seminar for an additional charge.  Register online www.americanancestors.org

June 10, Tuesday, 7pm Harnessing History:  On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Salem Historical Museum, 310 Main Street, Salem, New Hampshire, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks.  His dog will accompany him.  Contact 890-2280 for more information.

June 14, Saturday, 10am, Acadian Research Pre- and Post-Deportation, presented by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino at the American Canadian Genealogy Society Library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.  See the website www.acgs.org for more information.  Free for members, $5 for non-members.

June 14, Saturday, 10:30am, The New England Life of Bob Montana, In the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH, included with admission, free to members.  Historian Carol Lee Anderson will discuss the life of Bob Montana, creator of the Archie comics.

June 21 and 22, Starke’s Garrison and Muster at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire.  Don’t miss this two day re-enactment of the assembly point for colonial troops under General John Stark on the eve of the Battle of Bennington in 1777.  See www.fortat4.org for more information.

June 21 and 22, Black History Weekend at Sturbridge Village, Visitors will learn about the movement to abolish slavery in the early 19th century and also enjoy activities and crafts with African-American themes.  www.osv.orgfor more information.

June 28, Saturday, 1pm Abigail Adams: Life, Love, Letters, at the North Bridge 
Visitor Center, Minuteman National Park, Concord, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.
July 4, Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village.  Join the parade and huzzah during a rousing patriotic reading of the Declaration of Independence.  www.osv.org for more information.

July 8, Tuesday, Passenger Lists, Censuses and Naturalizations: The Big 3 Sources for Family History, at the National Archives facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, 380 Trapelo Road, Free to the public.  Learn how to locate and use these resources, and there will be assistance from archives staff and volunteers.
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Local Genealogy Club Meetings:

Amesbury, MA – A new genealogy club has started, every last Monday of the month.  No registration, come to as many meetings as you would like.  For info contact Margie Walker, Local History Librarian, Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, MA  978-388-8148 or mwalker@mvlc.org

Barrington, NH Genealogy Club, meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm at the Barrington Public Library, 105 Ramsdell Lane, Barrington, NH 
http://barringtongenealogy.weebly.com/  or email Wendy at genealogyclub@gmail.com

Chelmsford Genealogy Club, at the Chelmsford, MA Public Library, first Tuesday night of the month at 7PM in the McCarthy Meeting Room, contact Judy Sylvia http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/genealogy_club.html 978-256-5521

Genealogy Roundtable, at the Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, NH  http://www.derry.lib.nh.us/  every first Tuesday of the Month, at 7pm to 8:15pm in the downstairs meeting room.  Contact: Alan Howard at 603-432-6140 for more information.

Hudson Genealogy Club, at the Rogers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, NH http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/  every 2ndFriday of the Month, at 1:30 PM contact 603-886-6030 for more information.  (on summer hiatus until September)

Littleton Genealogy Club, at the Couper Room in the Littleton, Massachusetts Reuben Hoar Public Library, third Monday of the month. For more information see the website at http://www.littletonma.org/content/19459/19471/26579/26595/default.aspx

Greater Lowell Genealogy Club,  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maglgc/ meets at the Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA 10AM to 1PM once a month. 

Meredith NH, Genealogy Club  http://www.meredithlibrary.org/genealogy.html

Newton, NH Genealogy Club- Gale Library, Newton, NH, 603-382-4691, 3PM on the third Wednesday of the month. 

North Hampton, NH Genealogy Club, at the North Hampton Public Library, 237A Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton NH 603-964-6326   http://nhplib.org/?p=1386

Rowley, Massachusetts Genealogy Club, meets the 2nd Monday of each month at the Rowley library, 6 -8pm in the Local History Room.  141 Main Street, Rowley, Massachusetts 978-948-2850


Rye Genealogy Club, at the Rye Public Library, first Tuesday of the month at 2PM.  http://ryepubliclibrary.org/

RISE Genealogy Group at the Nashua Public Library, Hunt Room, on the first Friday of the month at 1pm http://www.nashualibrary.org/  (Rivier College Institute for Senior Education, see http://www.rivier.edu/rise/default.aspx?id=1619 )

Southborough, MA Genealogy Club, at the Southborough Library, 25 Main Street, Southborough, MA  508-485-5031 or info@southboroughtlib.org   Third Thursday of the Month.  See the website www.southboroughlib.org for a schedule

South Shore Genealogical Society, at the John Curtis Free Library, Rt. 139, Hanover, Mass at 1:30pm ever second Saturday of the month from September to June.

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Genealogy Club, meets third Monday of the month at the Shrewsbury Public Library, contact George C. Brown at 508-841-8531 or gbrown@cwmars.org

Wednesday Night Jewish Genealogy, Every 3rd Wednesday at NEHGS, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. http://www.americanancestors.org/Event.aspx?id=29156

Monthly Irish Study Genealogy Group, usually every 4th Saturday of the month at NEHGS, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts between 9:30 and noon in the Education Center (2nd floor).  Contact Mary Ellen Grogan for more information megrogan@ix.netcom.com and to confirm the meeting time and date.

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Surname Saturday ~ THOMSON / THOMPSON of Scotland and Ipswich, Massachusetts

May 3, 2014, 3:00 am
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Alexander Thompson was one of Cromwell’s Scots prisoners of war sent to New England to be sold into servitude. These men from Scotland were fighting for the crown in the English civil war.  The captured men were marched to London and loaded on prison ships or taken to America.   I have also covered another ancestor, William MUNROE, who was also a prisoner on board the John and Sara, listed along with Alexander Thompson on list dated 11 November 1651.  These Scots from the John and Sara and other ships were sold on the docks as indentured servants.

We don’t know where Alexander Thompson served as a servant, but sometime after his period of indenture he settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts and married Deliverance Haggett in 1662.  She was the daughter of Henry Haggett of Wenham, Massachusetts.   In1667 there was a complaint filed against John Clerk of Wenham by Alexander and Deliverance Tomson.  While Clerk was visiting their home he tried to kiss Deliverance.  (Essex Quarterly Court Records 3:438)

Thompson’s will was dated 21 November 1693 and proved in April 1696.  He left all his estate to his wife as long as she remained a widow, and then two thirds of his real estate went to his son David, and one third to younger son John.  The two brothers were to pay five pounds to all the other siblings.

My Thompson genealogy:

Generation 1: Alexander Thompson, born about 1636 in Scotland, died about April 1696 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married on 19 September 1662 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Deliverance Haggett, the daughter of Henry Haggett and Ann Unknown.  She was born about 1643 in Ipswich.

Generation 2: Sarah Thompson, born about 1671 in Ipswich; married 3 January 1704 in Ipswich to Joseph Ingalls, son of Samuel Ingalls and Ruth Eaton.  He was born 23 December 1666 in Ipswich, and died in 1724. Five children.

Generation 3: Mary Ingalls m. William Allen
Generation 4: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham
Generation 5: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 6: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 7: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 8: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 9: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

For more information:

A list of the prisoners aboard the John and Sara
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ship-john-and-sara-prisoners-of-war.html

Scottish Prisoners of War blog by Teresa Hamilton-Pepper Rust
http://scottishprisonersofwar.com/
 

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LORING Family Genealogy by Guest Blogger Charlie Wilkinson

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LORING FAMILY

Deacon Thomas Loring, founder of the American family, was born at Axminster, Devonshire, England.  His ancestry is unknown. Thomas married, in England, Jane Newton; her grandson, Israel says “she was a woman of a lively spirit, . . . skilled in the practise of physic.” Her ancestry is also unknown.  

Thomas came to Hingham “December 23, 1634," and joined the church colony, which had come from Hingham, Norfolkshire, under the lead of an independent minister, Rev. Robert Peck. Admitted “freeman” or citizen of the colony March 3, 1635-6, he was already established on a home lot near what is now the corner of Town and Ship Streets. He became the proprietor of other lots at later times. He was a farmer. ‘As the fish that abounded along the shore furnished a large part of the food of the inhabitants, and were also “set” with the corn to enrich the soil, Deacon Loring and his neighbors, by permission of the town in 1637, built a weir to catch this floating wealth; and the stream is called today Weir River. He was an innkeeper, too, perhaps the first in the plantation, licensed by the General Court along with some from other towns in March, 1637.’

The church chose him one of its deacons and he was respected and influential in the town. From some cause fire robbed him of his dwelling, March 15, 1645-6, and he did not choose to rebuild. Instead, however, he bought property in the adjoining plantation of Hull and took a prominent place there; was constable (which then meant court officer, tax collector, etc., and demanded good business education as well as efficiency). He joined with some of his neighbors and others in taking stock in a new plantation, "Sickonke," afterward called Seakonk and Rehoboth; but he did not remove to the place or continue his ownership of land there. He bought "for a valuable consideration," May 30, 1660, of Thomas Chaffee "all that my house Housing orchard & two home lotts, lying in the town of Hull, Conteigning fower acres more or lesse as they were measured lying North East & South west John Loring on the South east William Chamberlaine on the North west the Towne streete on the South west & Ducke Lane on the North East wth my lott of meadow by Streights River & my two lotts at Sagamore hill and my two lotts at Strawbery hill as they stand recorded to be butted & bounded in the Towne booke of Hull aforesaid except one Cowes Gomon formerly sold to William Chamberlaine with all my right interest & priviledges in all the Islands belonging to the towne of Hull aforesaid except on the island called Peddocks Island." 

Deacon Loring died April 4, 1661, leaving no will. Administration was granted to his widow Jane and eldest son Thomas, and the required inventory was presented June 27, 1661. The document is presented verbatim et literatim in Loring Genealogy, p. 3 (https://archive.org/stream/loringgenealogy00pope#page/3/mode/2up) and illustrates the style of life among our pioneer ancestors in many particulars.

Jane died August 25, 1672. She left a will (see Loring Genealogy, p. 7) which gives insight into the fashions and conditions of the day.

Children:
 2. i. Thomas, bapt. at Axminster, Eng., Mar. 5, 1625-6.
 3. ii. John, bapt. at Axminster, Eng., Dec. 27, 1629.
    iii. Isaac, bapt. at Hingham, Jan. 20; d. Feb. 9, 1639-40.
    iv. Isaac, bapt. at Hingham, Jan. 9, 1641-2; d. Mar. 2, 1644.
4. v. Josiah, bapt. at Hingham, Jan. 9, 1641-2.
6. vi Benjamin, bapt at Hingham, Nov. 24, 1644.

Robert Charles Anderson’s New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 identifies a seventh son, Thomas who died at birth in Axminster, 27 Mar 1625.The numbering associated with the descendents of Deacon Thomas Loring corresponds to the numbering in the Loring Genealogy.Below we discuss two separate branches of the Loring family: 1) the lineage of Suzanne Loring Wilkinson, wife of Charles Wilkinson, fourth cousin of Heather Wilkinson Rojo; and 2) the lineage of the Lorings from Prides Crossing, MA.


Lineage from Thomas Loring, Jr, oldest son of Deacon Thomas Loring

This branch of the Loring family, beginning with Thomas Loring III (third generation), settled in Duxbury, home of many Mayflower passengers and their descendants.  The Lorings married many of these descendants, were active in town government, and in general were farmers.  Some of their wives were descended from sea captains and ship owners.

Generation 2: #2. Thomas Loring, Jr was born in 1626 at Axminister, Devonshire, England, and married Hannah Jacob at Hingham in 1657.  Thomas served three terms as Selectman at Hull where he died in December 1678. His will begins on Page 9 of Loring Genealogy. Hannah, born about 1637, was the daughter of Nicholas Jacob, an original settler of ‘Hingham Plantation’, and Mary Gilman, whose cousin, ‘Thomas Lincoln, weaver’ came with the Jacobs and was an immigrant ancestor of Abraham Lincoln.  Hannah outlived Thomas and married second Capt. Steven French of Weymouth about 1692; she died in Hingham in 1720.  Thomas and Hannah had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Generation 3: #6. Thomas Loring III, second son and third child of Thomas, Jr. was born at Hull in 1668, moved to Duxbury before 1702 where he bought some land and later was awarded more land grants by the town.  Thomas served terms as selectman and treasurer at Duxbury.  He also acquired a farm in Bridgewater and owned 3 ‘negro’ slaves.  He married Deborah Cushing in 1699 and together they had 4 sons and two daughters. He died in 1717. Deborah was the daughter of Hon. Lt. Col. John Cushing and Sarah Hawke.  John Cushing purchased the Vassal Estate in Scituate in 1657 and served 12 years as selectman and 7 years as Court Magistrate in that community.  Deborah’s Hawke grandparents were great-grandparents of John Hancock.  Deborah married second Col. Sylvester Richmond and moved with him to Little Compton, RI where she lived to the ripe age of 96.

Generation 4: #25. Thomas Loring IV, oldest child of Thomas III, was born in 1700 at Duxbury, and married Mary Southworth in 1724. Thomas and Mary had 5 sons, the oldest named Thomas, and 1 daughter.  Thomas and Mary both died in 1739. Thomas liberated his slave a week before he died.  Mary’s parents were Sarah Alden, granddaughter of John Alden, and Thomas Southworth, great-grandson of John Alden.

Generation 5: #62 Perez Loring, fourth son of Thomas IV, was born at Duxbury in 1729 and died in 1827 in his 99thyear.  He was a church deacon and served on the committee for raising troops.  In 1758 he married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Tabiatha (Tobey) Freeman of Sandwich. Perez and Sarah had 6 sons - Braddock, Zadock, Freeman, Barak, Perez, and Levi -, and 4 daughters – Mary, Deborah, Belinda, and Sarah.

Generation 6: #155 Levi Loring, youngest child of Perez, was born at Duxbury in 1775 and died at the old place in 1864.  He was a hatter and farmer by trade and served as deacon of the Unitarian Church.  He married first Joanna Josselyn of Pembroke in 1802, by which he had 2 children that died in infancy.  Joanna died at age 24 shortly after the birth of her second child. In 1807, Levi married second Sarah (1776-1838), daughter of William and Betty (Stodder) Brooks.  Levi and Sarah had 2 sons and 2 daughters.

Generation 7: #311 Perez Loring, youngest child of Levi, was born at Duxbury in 1817, married Lucinda, daughter of Asa and Diana (Simmons) Chandler, in 1839, and died at Duxbury in 1899. Perez was an ice dealer, shoe caster, and peddler. Levi and Lucinda had 3 sons and 3 daughters.  Martha Delano, Lucinda’s paternal grandmother, was descended from Mayflower passengers John Alden and George Soule.  Diana Simmons was descended from Mayflower passenger and senior elder of the Plymouth colony, William Brewster.

Generation 8: #628 Edgar Francis Loring, oldest child of Perez and a twin, was born at Duxbury in 1840, and in 1860 married Lucy W., daughter of Elisha and Ann (Weston) Sampson. Perez served as a private in the Civil War and mustered out on disability at New Orleans in 1863.  He was a cranberry farmer and lobster peddler in Duxbury and died in 1905. Edgar and Lucy had 4 sons and 2 daughters.  Elisha Sampson was a ‘Master Mariner’ (sea captain) as were several of his forebears.  Elisha was descended directly from Mayflower passenger Henry Samson and also from passenger and Plymouth Governor William Bradford through his paternal grandmother Ruth Bradford.

Generation 9: #870 Albert Otis Loring, youngest child of Edgar, was born in Duxbury in 1879; married first Mary Hayward in 1905. They had one son Maynard in 1906 and Mary died due to complications of childbirth.  Albert married Mary’s cousin Sarah Maude, daughter of Alva P. and Sarah (Hayward) Poole of Brockton, in 1909 at Brockton.  They shortly moved to Beverly, where Albert took a job at United Shoe Machinery, then to Swampscott where Robert Poole Loring was born in 1913, and Marjorie Poole Loring (Aunt Marge) was born in 1917.  Albert died in 1946, and Sarah Maude in 1973 at age 89. 

Robert Poole Loring, born 1913

Generation 10: Robert Poole Loring, was born in 1913, married Katherine Clark in 1939, and died in 1970. He was an accountant, served many years as Treasurer of the Universalist Church of Swampscott, and was an avid salmon fisherman.  Katherine was an elementary and junior high music educator and also, for seventy years, a church organist and choir director.  She retired from her regular church position at age ninety, but kept playing professionally until a month before she died in 2008 at age ninety-seven.  Robert and Katherine had two daughters: Suzanne and Sandra.

Lineage from John Loring, second son of Deacon Thomas Loring.

This branch of the family accumulated sizable land holdings in Hull and produced leaders in town government.  The second Caleb (fourth generation) migrated to Boston and started a legacy of successful merchants and ship owners involved in domestic and foreign trade.  Generation 5 saw the start of Harvard undergraduate degrees and positions in state government.  Harvard law degrees and lucrative law practices began with Generation 6, in particular with Charles Greeley Loring.  Charles purchased land and created the first Loring ‘estate’ at Pride’s Crossing. Subsequent Lorings married into Boston aristocracy and they, and their spouses, were very active in cultural and civic institutions and worthy causes.  In this lineage, from Generation 3 through Generation 12 all but two were named Caleb.

Generation 2: John Loring, was born at Axminster, England in1630, married first in 1657, Mary, only child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Lane) Baker, who was baptized at Hingham in 1639, and died in 1679. John married second, in 1679, Mrs. Rachel Buckland, widow of Mr. Benjamin Buckland of Rehoboth, and daughter of Mr. John Wheatly, of Braintree; she died in 1713, aged seventy years. John had 11 children by his first wife and 4 by his second.  He resided in Hull; was town clerk seventeen years, selectman for nine terms, and representative in 1692. He died in 1714; his will begins on Page 14 of Loring Genealogy.  John’s son Israel became a minister and wrote a very affectionate obituary about his father, which is preserved in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in the copy of that document in Mr. James Spear Loring's manuscript volume in the New England Historic Genealogical Society.


Generation 3: #17. Caleb Loring, youngest child of John, was born at Hull in 1689; married first in 1714, Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1715, aged twenty-three years. He married second in 1719, Susanna, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Cocks. She died in 1728, "in her 30th year"; Caleb married third in1732, Rebecca, daughter of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth Lobdell, born in 1704; she survived him and administered his estate; she died in 1766.  Her tombstone is in King's Chapel burying ground. Her father was a son of Isaac Lobdell and his wife Martha, daughter of Samuel Ward, a pioneer at Hingham and Charlestown.  Captain Caleb Loring was a town officer, selectman, and a justice of the peace. He owned much land including a part of Nantasket Neck, and one African slave.  He died in 1756.  He had 1 child by his first wife, 3 by his second, and 9 by his third.  His first two were named Caleb and died in infancy.  

Generation 4:#50. Caleb Loring, sixth child of Caleb was born at Hull in 1736, married first Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Baker) Bradford, born at Boston in 1736, a descendant of Robert Bradford, one of the founders of Boston; she died in 1769. He married second, in 1770, Margaret, daughter of Giles and Margaret Tidmarsh, born at Boston in 1734, who had married first Joshua, Caleb's brother. Caleb lived several years in Hingham, and then moved to Boston where he was a distiller of the firm of Loring & Snelling. He owned several vessels, two of which were captured by the British in the Revolutionary War. The Rising Sun was scuttled.  The Neptune was recaptured, lost, and recaptured again but claimed successfully by the last captor on a decision by the Admiralty Court confirmed by the Supreme Court. Caleb had 5 children by his first wife and 4 by his second. Caleb Loring, b. 1764

Caleb Loring b. 1764


Generation 5: #116. Caleb Loring, the second child of Caleb (the first was also named Caleb and died at two weeks) was born at Boston in 1764; married first, at Marblehead in 1789, Ann, daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Mary (Hichborn) Greely; she was born in 1769, and died in 1819. He married second, in 1821, Jane Tyler, daughter of Rev. John and Mary (Wheatly) Lothrop, of Boston, who was born in 1777 and died in 1850. Caleb was of the firm of Loring and Curtis, merchants. He became a member of the Boston Marine Society in 1797 and of the Massachusetts Humane Society in 1810. He employed about forty seamen annually in foreign trade. He was a State senator in 1828. He had 10 children and died in 1850.  His first and sixth children were named Caleb, but both died in infancy. There is a portrait of Caleb in Loring Genealogy opposite Page 96.  Caleb’s younger brother Joseph graduated from Harvard in 1786, was a surgeon on the ship Massachusetts in 1790, and settled in Lisbon as a merchant where he married and raised a family.

Charles Greeley Loring, b. 1794
 
Generation 6: #269. Charles Greeley Loring, third child and oldest son of Caleb surviving infancy, was born at Boston in 1794; married first, at Litchfield, CT, Anna Pierce Brace, of Litchfield, born in 1798, died at Boston in 1836.  He married second, in 1840, Mary Ann, daughter of Justice Samuel Putnam, born at Salem in 1804, died in 1846.  He married third, at Milton in 1850, Mrs. Cornelia (Amory) Goddard, daughter of Francis Amory, of Boston, and widow of George A. Goddard; she was one of the founders of the New England Hospital for Women, a leader in all improvements in the education of women, and in the work of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. She died in Florence, Italy, in 1875, and was buried there. Charles was a medal scholar at the Boston Latin School; was graduated at Harvard College in 1812; was fourth in his class, was a Phi Beta Kappa man; studied in the only law school then in the country, at Litchfield, Conn.; was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1815, and was for a time in the office of Justice Charles Jackson, in Boston, then established his own office. 
 
"From 1825 to 1855 the published reports show that no other man in Boston had so large a number of cases in court, and of the cases of no other was the proportion of cases so large which by the novelty of the questions they raised . . . may be considered as establishing new law or giving more scope to recognized law." (Theoph. Parsons.) 
 
He defended the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, in 1851. In 1854 he gave up most of his law practice to become actuary of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company. From 1835 to 1857 he was a Fellow of Harvard College; LL.D. in 1851; State senator in 1862. He was commander of the New England Guards in 1824 at the time of Lafayette's visit to Boston. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He was a member of the West Church and for fifteen years superintendent of the Sunday School. 
 
He built a summer house at Beverly in the region now known as Pride's Crossings in 1846; had a fine farm and raised high-bred swine, cattle and poultry, with which he improved the stock of the neighboring farmers. He died there in1867.  He had 2 sons and 2 daughters by his first wife and a son by his third wife that died in infancy.  His daughter Jane married Asa Gray, distinguished botanist and professor at Harvard. His daughter Susan married Patrick Tracy Jackson and had four children, each with distinguished careers and/or activities.  His son Charles Greeley, Jr. achieved the rank of Maj. General during the Civil War.  Charles’ portrait is opposite P. 166  and Charles Jr.’s picture opposite Page 266 in Loring Genealogy.

Caleb William Loring, b. 1819
 
Generation 7: #565. Caleb William Loring, oldest child of Charles Greeley, born at Dorchester in 1819; married in 1845, Elizabeth S., daughter of Joseph Augustus and Louisa (Putnam) Peabody, born at Salem in 1822, died at Boston in 1869. Caleb was educated at the Boston Latin School and was graduated from Harvard College in 1839 and from the Law School in 1841. He was admitted to the bar in 1842. After some years in his father's office he opened one of his own. His law practice gradually gave way to trustees' business and to active concern in manufacturing. He was president of the Plymouth Cordage Company, founded in 1824 by Bourne Spooner and Caleb Loring. He lived in Boston and at Pride's Crossing where he built a summer home in 1852; after 1872 he lived there all the time.  He died at Camden, S. C, in 1897 and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery. He had four children: Katherine Peabody, William Caleb, Louisa Putnam, and Augustus Peabody.  Pictures of Caleb William and his daughters are opposite Pages 262 and 264 in Loring Genealogy.

Augustus Peabody Loring, b. 1857


Generation 8: #837. Augustus Peabody Loring, youngest child of Caleb William, born at Boston in 1857; married at Boston in 1884, Ellen, daughter of George and Eliza (Peabody) Gardner, born at Boston in 1860.

Following his older brother William Caleb by six years, he attended the schools of Fette, Dixwell and Noble; was graduated from Harvard University, A.B., in 1878; LL.B. cum laude in 1881. As did William, Augustus was shortly admitted to the bar and was a practicing attorney for many years.  Later their paths diverged.  In 1899 William was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.  In 1897 Augustus became the president of the Plymouth Cordage Company, and gave much of his time to the management of manufacturing, real estate and banking companies. He traveled to all parts of the country. He was in close contact with many laboring men, in whose welfare he has taken a profound interest. He presented the employees of the Cordage Company with a library in memory of his father, which was the beginning of many schemes of betterment carried out in that plant. Both brothers had large estates at Pride's Crossing and at Bartlett's Island, Me.   William and his spouse Susan Mason Lawrence were childless.  Augustus had two sons: Augustus Peabody, Jr. and Caleb and one daughter: Ellen Gardner.  Photographs of the two brothers are opposite pages 336 and 338 of Loring Genealogy.  Augustus died in 1938.

Generation 9: #837. Caleb Loring
, was born at Boston in 1888, attended Noble and Greenough School, graduated from Harvard in 1910, and went into business in his father’s office.  He served as a gunner’s mate in the US Naval Reserve in WWI.  Caleb married Suzanne Grantland Bailey at Griffen, GA in 1920.  They had five children: Caleb, Jr., David, Susan, George, and Joseph Peabody.  Caleb died at Boston in 1954
Generation 10:
Caleb Loring, Jr. b. 1921
Generation 10: #837. Caleb Loring, Jr. was born at Boston in 1921, married Rosemary Merrill, and with her had four children: Caleb 3rd, David, Rosemary, and Keith. He outlived his wife of 60 years and died at Pride’s Crossing on Nov 14, 2013. His obituary was published in the Boston Globe on Dec. 8, 2103.  It listed 4 grandchildren including Dr. Caleb Loring 4th, and 6 great-grandchildren – no Caleb 5th yet.

Sources:

1. Loring Genealogy, Charles Henry Pope assisted by Katherine Peabody Loring, Cambridge, MA, Murray and Emery Company, 1917, https://archive.org/stream/loringgenealogy00pope#page/n11/mode/2up

2. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6 . Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011 Robert Charles Anderson, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society.

 3. US Federal Census,1850-1940

4. MA Vital Records


5. Caleb Loring, Jr Obituary, The Boston Globe, Dec. 8, 2013, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=168376404

(photos from the Loring Genealogy, Boston Globe Obituary and from the author's personal collection)
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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Munroe, Peabody, Massachusetts

May 6, 2014, 3:00 am
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This tombstone was photographed at the Monumental Cemetery, Peabody, Massachusetts



In memory of
MRS. MARY MUNROE
wife of 
Mr. Isaac Munroe
who died 
Dec. 7, 1842
Aged 57


In Memory of
Mr. Isaac Munroe
who died
Feb. 18, 1822
Aged 38.

Isaac Munroe is my 3rd great grand uncle.  I descend from his youngest brother, Luther Simonds Munroe (1805 - 1851).   Isaac and Luther were the sons of Andrew Munroe, a Revolutionary War patriot from Lexington, Massachusetts, and his wife Ruth Simonds.  Isaac was their eldest child, named for Andrew's brother.  Isaac was born 19 July 1785 in Woburn, Massachusetts and died 18 February 1822 in Lynn, Massachusetts.  He was killed "by his team [of horses] in Lynn" according to his Danvers death record, and he was only 38 years old.

He married Mary Curtis on 8 September 1807 in Danvers, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of Andrew Curtis and Hannah Small, born 14 March 1783 in Danvers and died 7 December 1842 in Danvers.  They had seven children.  Isaac's occupation was cordwainer (shoemaker).

According to the complied Munroe genealogy book by Joan Guilford "Isaac d. intestate and on 4 March 1822 w. Mary declined admin., which was given to Nathan Poor and approved by Andrew, Edmond and Uriah, Isaac's bros.  On 2 Apr. 1822 Mary petit. ct. for support stating she 'is left destitute with seven children, six of them daughters, the eldest a cripple, youngest a son of four months.' Court allowed her $150 Essex probate No. 19099."

These are lovely gravestones, quite identical with intricate carving.  I wonder who paid for them if Mary was left destitute?

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Giant Bug?

May 7, 2014, 3:00 am
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Every Wednesday for more than two and a half years Vincent and I have been posting photographs of weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name for the land where Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire are now located). Most are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weather vanes. If you know an interesting weather vane, please send me an email or leave a comment below.

Today's weather vane was found somewhere in New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #154? Scroll down to see the answer....





Today's weather vane was discovered whilst driving along Route 101 in Milford, New Hampshire, just near the exit for Route 13.  This gigantic, gleaming ant was seen on the cupola above the roof of the J. P. Pest Services business.  At the exit we found the road parallel to Route 101 and the building where this business is located.  This appears to be a one-of-a-kind piece of advertising art.  It certainly caught our attention!


JP Pest Services http://www.jppestservices.com/


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Memories of Camp Herrick, West Alton, New Hampshire

May 9, 2014, 3:00 am
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Camp Herrick, 1957
from the "Memories of Camp Herrick" website

If you grew up in Beverly, Massachusetts in the 1950s, especially if had a brother, father, family member or friend who belonged to Boy Scout Troop 2, you might have heard of Camp Herrick in West Alton, New Hampshire.  If not, perhaps there is a youth camp or scout camp in your family history with similar memories to you.  

Camp Herrick was owned and operated by the Dane Street Church in Beverly, the sponsors of  Boy Scout Troop 2.  My Dad was a member of the troop and of the church, even though his parents weren’t members.  The Dane Street Church was Congregational, and my grandparents were Baptists, then Seventh Day Adventists, and finally joined the Mormon Church when they retired and removed to California.  I think my father found fellowship and friendship at the Dane Street Church, and was a great friend of the minister there, the Reverend Bob Little.  Years later, when I was in the first grade, we moved 70 miles away to Holden, Massachusetts and found out that Rev. Little was the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Holden. 
I remember my Dad’s friends had very fond memories of Troop 2 and their summers at Camp Herrick.  

When I was very little my Dad and his friends would rent out a cabin at Camp Herrick, off season when the scouts weren’t there.  Several families would to spend the weekend together sleeping in bunks.  We were all very small children, and all the parents were young married couples.  I suppose it was a fun, inexpensive vacation, with lots of memories for the Dads. 


Photos of my Mom and Amelia McKenney
at Camp Herrick in the 1960s
Packing up the car, or unpacking?
Look how young they are! 

I don’t remember much about the Camp except for the bunk houses and the outhouses (always a fascinating memory of Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps).  I remember hiking to Lake Winnipesaukee (it seemed like a hike to me!).   Since I was just a little girl, I remember some odd things like the night it rained and pots from the mess hall were all over our bunk house to catch the drips. Since we were all bunking together in one big room I remember one Dad, Mr. Rose, was a world class snorer.  Most of my memories revolve around photos and slides of Camp Herrick.

Years later I remember my Dad driving around the lake trying to find Camp Herrick, but it had been sold by the church, and the land was abandoned.  My Dad, Jack Wilkinson, was from the Beverly High School class of 1953, and he passed away on 7 August 2002. 

It was fun for me to find a website online about Camp Herrick.  This website was built by former Boy Scouts, and is jam packed with photos, stories and memories.  It also has lists of campers by name, and some staff, and contact lists of men including an “In Memoriam” list.  Unfortunately, this website was last updated in 2011.  I hope the webmaster, William Nisbet from Beverly High School class of 1960, is still alive, or still well enough to keep up this wonderful place for memories. 


This letter is from the Camp Herrick Website, written by Dick Hennessey.
It reminds me of that song "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Here I am at Camp Grenada"
I wish I knew if my Dad had written home from Camp Herrick, and if Grammy saved the letters.

Dear Mom

I miss you very much    I
have decided that I cannot stay
two years.  I must go home with
you sunday.  I will pay 
the other 18 dollars back to you
out of my money I earn cutting
lawns and weeding.  If you do
not take me I will walk home.
This is not the kind of life for me.
I can not stay.  I will die if
I stay.  Today is Tuesday.  I have
not had much time to write. We
are going roller scakling
this after noon.  It is very
rainey. Please please write
I count the days, till I see you


Genealogical Information:

Camp Herrick was named for Carl Emery Herrick (1890 – 1962), the first scoutmaster of Troop 2, which was founded on 19 February 1915 at the Dane Street Church in Beverly.  I knew I had many Herricks in my family tree, so I looked up Carl’s genealogy.  I was surprised to see I was more closely related to him through the BEADLE, STONE and TUCK families than through the HERRICK family.


Carl Emery Herrick's Obituary
from the 4 January 1962 Boston Record American page 7
via GenealogyBank.com 


Generation 1:   Carl Emery Herrick, born 2 July 1890 in Deering, Maine, died January 1962 in Beverly, Massachusetts, married on 10 October 1911 in Beverly to Mollie Bell, the daughter of Arthur S. Bell and Mary E. Patch. 

Generation 2: Edward Everett Herrick, born 3 August 1839 in Beverly, died 15 November 1910 in Beverly, married second to Eva Wright Merrill, daughter of William Allen Merrill and Martha Nelson Emery.

Generation 3: Joshua Herrick, born 30 September 1797 in Beverly, married on 20 April 1823 in Beverly to Mary Ann Green.

Generation 4: Jonathan Herrick, born February 1775 in Beverly, died 24 October 1860 in Beverly; married on 20 March 1796 in Beverly to Lydia Wallis, daughter of Caleb Wallis and Rebecca Giles.  They were first cousins.

Generation 5: William Herrick, born 15 April 1736 in Beverly; married on 23 April 1759 in Beverly to Mary Wallis, the daughter of Daniel Wallis and Hannah Cressey.  She was born 18 September 1740 in Beverly.   Daniel Wallis’s mother was Sarah Stone, my 7th great aunt, daughter of Nathaniel Stone and Remember Corning, my 8th great grandparents.

Generation 6: William Herrick born 1709 in Beverly, died April 1783 in Beverly; married on 1 July 1731 to Mary Tuck, daughter of John Tuck and Sarah Shaw.  She was born 13 April 1710 in Beverly.  John Tuck is the son of John Tuck (1646-1722) and Rachel Unknown, my 9th great grandparents.  (I descend from his brother, George Tuck (1678-1751).

Generation 7: Henry Herrick, baptized on 25 August 1672 in Beverly, died 28 September 1747 in Beverly; married on 23 July 1694 in Salem to Susanna Beadle, daughter of Samuel Beadle and Hannah Lemon (my 8thgreat grandparents, I descend from her brother Lemon Beadle (1680 – 1717).  She was born 20 April 1676 in Salem and died 1749 in Beverly. (If you think this name is funny, they passed it on to their grandchild, son of William Herrick and Mary Tuck was named Lemmon Herrick)

Generation 8:  Zachary Herrick, born 25 December 1636 in Salem, died 1695, married about 1653 to Mary Dodge, daughter of Richard Dodge and Edith Brayne.  She died on 18 August 1710 in Beverly.

Generation 9: Henry Herrick, born 16 August 1604 in Loughborough, Leicester, England and died 20 July 1671, Beverly, Massachusetts; married about 1630 to Editha Laskin, daughter of Hugh Laskin and Alice Unknown.  She was born about 1613 in England and died 1677 in Beverly, Massachusetts.

For more information:

The unofficial Camp Herrick Boy Scout Camp Website  http://campherrick.wfnisbet.com/

Camp Herrick blog (abandoned 2006)   http://campherrick.blogspot.com/

This page has a nice biography of Rev. Little  http://campherrick.wfnisbet.com/danestreet.html

The website for the Dane Street Church, Beverly, Massachusetts  http://www.danestchurch.org/

Troop 2 is still active, and approaching their 100thanniversary !     http://www.troop2beverly.com/

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Surname Saturday ~ Eaton of England, and of Reading and Haverhill, Massachusetts

May 10, 2014, 3:00 am
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William Eaton and Jane Hussey, his wife, lived in Dover, England at the close of the sixteenth century.  They had six children, including a son, John who went to the Massachusetts colony and settled in Haverhill on the Merrimack River.  A few years later, two grandsons, sons of John’s brother Peter, joined him in Massachusetts and settled in the town of Reading.

John, my 9th great grandfather, was first recorded in Colchester, now the town of Salisbury, Massachusetts on “ye 26thof ye 6th mo., 1640” when he was granted “2 acres, more or less, for his house lott, lying between the house lotts of Mr. Samuel Hall and Ralfe Blesdale [Blaisdell].” He next bought land in Haverhill on 25 November 1646 from Rev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich.  John Eaton was a cooper, and farmed much land and accumulated many acres in Haverhill.  He spent the rest of his life in Haverhill, and left a will dated 6 August 1660 and probated 13 2m 1669 [April] which mentions “present wife” [not by name], sons Thomas and John, daughters Browne, Davis and Ingalls.  My 8th great grandmother was Ruth Eaton who married Samuel Ingalls in 1656.

Estate of John Eaton of Haverhill
Essex Probate Docket # 8520 and 8499

In the name of God, Amen. The sixth day of August in yeyeare of Lord God oone thousand six hundred sixty & eight I John Eaton of Haverhill in the County of Norfolk in New England, being of whole minde, & in good & pfect remembrance, doc make & ordaine this to be my last wil and testament concerneing my outward estate n manner & forme following;

that is to say First I will that all such debts & dutyes as I owe of right or of conscience to any pson or psons, & my funerall expences be paid by my Executors hereafter named without any contradiction or delay.

I give unto my present wife the use of my now dwelling house &orchard dureing her naturall life, & such other things according as is exprest in a writeing committed to the keepeing of Henry Palmer & whereas ye deed writeing mentions a Cow which shee is to have after my decease in case that I have not a cow at my death, I will my son Thomas Eaton shall pay unter her five pounds or procure her a good Cow. I give her also six bushells of corne & one of my best swine. I giver herr also the remainder of what is due to me from John Todd being about eighteen shillings

I bequeath unto my son John Eaton my biggest silver spoone, a brasse candlestick, & my bible. I give my son John also all my liveing in Salisbury provided that he ever claime any thing for what he paid for me to any person or persons upon the aacct. whatsoever. I give him also my second division of Upland & all my share of meadow in the west meadow wh meadow & upland lyeth in the Towne of Haverhill in Norfolk I give my now dwelling house & orchard after the decease of my present wife.I give him also my shop tooles, with beetle & wedges, long Saw & grindestone, & my part of the plow & cart wth their present furniture.

I give to my son Thomas the use of my tillage land yt is now up in my ox-common Lott during ye life of my wife paying to my wife the sum of twelve shillings p annum. I give him also the use of ye sd commmon Lott for the sowing & gathering in of two cropps after the death of my wife. whereas ther is mention of a Cow to be given to my wife at my death, my will is, that in case I have no Cow then my son Thomas upon consideration of what I give to him shall make good said Cow or five pounds as aforesaid otherwise he shall pay as foloweth.

To my Daughter Browne forty shillings, To my daughter Davis forty shillings & to my daughter Ingalls forty shilling which assumes shall be paid with n two years after my death.
I give my son Thomas also my other silver spoone and my spitt.

I give and bequeath to Thomas Eaton the son of my son John Eaton all the land that is in my possesion in ye great plaine & four acres lying without the said plaine fence & my East meadow; & I give him also my Ox- common Lott which he shall have delivered up to him by my son Thomas two yeares after the death of my wife: & he ye gd Thomas my granchild shall in consideration of my plaine Lott pay six shillings yearly to my wife so long as shee live.

I leave unto my grandchildren John Davis & John Ingalls all my third division of upland to be equally divided betwixt them.

I give to the sd John Davis my grandchild all my share of meadow lying upon my son James Davis" meadow being my third division of meadow I give to ye sd John Ingalls my grandchild my second division of meadow lying upon a branch of spiggott meadow joyneing to mead of my son Thomas. I give to my grandchild Thomas Eaton" son Thomas my little gunn. I give to my son John Eaton the priveledge & rights of one cow-common; I give to my grandchild Thomas Eaton the son of John Eaton ye priviledge & right of two cow-commons; I give to my grandchild John Davis ye rights of one cow-common. I give that calfe that my son James Davis hath of mine to keepe to Hester Davis.

I will that the five pounds worth in corne that is in the hands of my son Browne be disposed of as followeth, Viz. twenty shillings; & to my daughter Browne three pounds to my daughter Davis twenty shillings; and to my daughter Ingalls twenty shillings. I give to my son Thomas that halfe of an ox that is between him & me.

I give my brasse, peuter, bedding & household stuff ye is not formerly disposed of to my three daughters Ann, Elizabeth and Ruth to be equally devided among them;

I will that my executors will pay twenty shillings to my daughter Ruth Ingalls more than what is above mentioned.

I give to my son John Eaton my fourth division of upland when it shall be layed out in consideration of what charge so ever he hath bene at upon any occasion of mine.

I constitute & appoint my son Thomas Eaton and George Browne to be Executors of this my last Will & Testament.

In Witnesse to this writeing as my last will & testament I here unto sett my hand & scale the day, month & yeare first mentioned.

John (his E mark) Eaton (seal)
Witness: Nathll Saltonstall
James his (mark) Davis, Sr.
Henry Palmer

Proved in Salisbury court, 13:2m:1669 by Mr. Natl. Saltonstall, and Tho. Eaton accepted the executorship.

Henry Palmer attested in Salisbury court, Apr. 12, 1669. that he with Capt. Saltonstall and James Davis, Sr. were witness to this will and that it was committed to his care until John Eaton's death.

John’s brother Peter had two sons, William and Jonas, who came to Reading, Massachusetts.  Jonas is my 8th great grandfather, and he arrived as William’s servant.  He lived in the part of Reading, known as Cowdrey’s Hill, but now the town of Wakefield, Massachusetts.  He bought land in 1643, and he and his wife, Grace, were admitted to the church in Reading on 29 September 1648.  Jonas died in 1674 and his widow remarried to Henry Silsbee of Lynn. 

Jonas’s son, Jonathan, is my 7thgreat grandfather.  He was granted land in 1677 on the condition that he stay as a resident in Reading as a shoemaker.  He served in the militia as a lieutenant and was a selectman for Reading.  His son, Noah, my 6th great grandfather, inherited the homestead on Cowdrey’s Hill, where he lived until he died in 1770.  His daughter, Katherine, my 5thgreat grandmother, married John Emerson in Reading and they left and settled in Ashby, Townsend and finally in Hancock, New Hampshire where they are buried.  That was four generations of Eatons in my lineage living in Reading, Massachusetts.

My uncle Robert Munroe Wilkinson (1927 – 2005) married Shirley Marion Eaton, the 5th great granddaughter of Noah Eaton (1704 – 1770) mentioned above.  She is not only my aunt, but she is also my 6thcousin twice removed.  Auntie Shirley was born in Wakefield, where the Eatons have always lived since coming to the Massachusetts colony in the 1630s or 40s.

My EATON genealogy:

Generation 1:  William Eaton, born about 1540 in Rowington, Warwick, England, died before 1584; married about 1569 in Dover, Kent, England to Jane Hussey, daughter of Thomas Hussey and Bridget Bowes.  She was born about 1547 and died on 29 December 1584 in Dover, Kent, England.  Six children, and I descend from two sons, Peter and John.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: Peter Eaton, born about 1572 in Staple, Kent, England; died before 1631 in England; married on 28 Jan 1603 in Dover to Elizabeth Patterson. 

Generation 3: Jonas Eaton, born 23 October 1617 in Staple, Kent, died about 25 February 1673 in Reading, Massachusetts; married about 1642 to Grace Unknown. 

Generation 4: Jonathan Eaton, born 8 December 1655 in Reading, died 8 July 1743 in Reading; married on 2 April 1691 in Reading to Mary, possibly Mary Cowdry.

Generation 5: Noah Eaton, born 26 January 1704 in Reading, died in 1770 in Reading; married on 21 December 1726 to Phebe Lilley, daughter of John Lilley and Hannah Bassett.  She was born 21 February 1706 in Woburn, Massachusetts, died 1786 in Reading.

Generation 6: Katherine Eaton, born 19 December 1744 in Reading, died 21 January 1809 in Hancock, New Hampshire; married 20 December 1764 in Reading to John Emerson, son of Brown Emerson and Sarah Townsend.  He was baptized 5 April 1739 in South Reading, Massachusetts and died 14 November 1809 in Hancock, New Hampshire. 

Generation 7:  Romanus Emerson m. Jemima Burnham
Generation 8: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger
Generation 9: Mary Katherine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: John Eaton, married about 1618 in England to Ann Crossman.  She was born about 1599 and died 5 February 1660 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He married second on 20 November 1661 in Haverhill to Phebe Latty, widow of Thomas Dow. 

Generation 3: Ruth Eaton, born about 12 Feb 1637 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England and died before 1716 in Massachusetts; married 9 December 1656 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Samuel Ingalls, son of Samuel Ingalls and Ann Tripp.  He was born about 1632 in England and died 30 August 1717 in Ipswich.

Generation 4: Joseph Ingalls m. Sarah Thompson
Generation 5: Mary Ingalls m. William Allen
Generation 6: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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