Photo from book cover: Forward range light on Deford's wharf seen from railroad trestle, circa 1873.
THE HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS, located in Newburyport’s Historic District and on the National Register of Historic Places, have been prominent on the Newburyport waterfront for nearly 150 years. They were first lit May 27, 1873, with “such great brilliancy as to be seen distinctly ten to twelve miles at sea.” But their story had yet to be told.
Drawing on primary sources and the rich photographic resources of the waterfront, local historians “Skip” and Marge Motes, have written a comprehensive history of the harbor range lights and their place in Newburyport’s maritime heritage. Their story is illustrated with over forty photographs and maps chronicling the decline of Newburyport through the Great Depression into the 1960s, and then the optimism of renewal and growth to the present. The book takes the reader on a unique journey from 1873 to the present. The Motes have proved conclusively that the forward range light was never moved from its original 1873 location, contrary to published claims.
Also, for Genealogy, History Buffs, and Researchers the book is loaded with detailed information on the local families and their ties to the Port. Ship photos and the legend of the old maritime days. The Coast Guard, light house keepers,and businesses on the wharf. Photographers who preserved this rich history are all in the book. Here are some mentions:
Mary Anna Bartlett born October 1882 d. of Anthony Willis Bartlett and Mary Abbie Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts. She was known as "Anna" married George Seavey (1875-1943) son of Charles Seavey and Hattie S. I. McDaniel. Anna died February 7, 1919 (See Death Certificate below)
A photo of Anna watching the first trolley come through Salisbury, Massachusetts. Thanks to Donna Bartlett of Bartletts Farm for this photo.
Amesbury and Newburyport have been closely connected from the earliest days of the settlements and the earliest street railroads were between the two towns with horse drawn cars. Newburyport Car Company, in 1886, was the first to build cars for the its line to Amesbury. Ellis Car Co. started in 1889 and Briggs Car Co. followed in 1890. Both of these were in Amesbury. All three companies had cars running on the same lines and built cars for other railways throughout the country.
The railways that are featured here encompasses the Merrimac Valley and the towns of Exeter and Hampton New Hampshire that had connections to Amesbury. They were very small and connected to each other so as to complete longer lines. The Plum Island Railway ran from one end Northern Boulevard to end of Southern Boulevard, Black Rock and Salisbury Beach Railway first ran from Black Rock on the southern end to the Seabrook Line on the northern end. Later it was extended to the Hampton River; The Newburyport & Amesbury Railway ran from the center of Plum Island to Market Square in Amesbury via the Chain Bridge and Main Street with a line from Amesbury to Merrimac via River Road to Merrimacport and on to Merrimac Center. Exeter, Hampton, and Amesbury Railway was from Exeter to Hampton Beach Casino with a line from Smithtown in Seabrook to Market Square in Amesbury. All of these became a part of the history of trolley cars in Amesbury.
There were five trolley railways plus the B. M. Railroad, connected to Amesbury: Newburyport and Amesbury, Haverhill and Amesbury; Hampton and Amesbury, Haverhill, Plaistow, and Newton, and Exeter, Hampton, & Amesbury. This is the reason why it was called THE HUB. All trolley travelers West and North of Amesbury wanting to travel to the Seacoast had to come through Amesbury.
From Antiques, Volume 2 NO.4 October 1922: The mirror itself is illustrated and runs true to early nineteenth-century type. The picture panel above the glass, however, is especially interesting, since it bears evidence of being an attempt at the depiction of an actual structure, though the multiplication of Palladian windows in the front elevation constitutes a somewhat disturbing design in fenestration for an era which seldom lost sight of the nice subtleties of emphasis. When, some fifteen years since, the present owner of the mirror purchased it in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, she was told that the mansion of the panel was supposed to be the residence at Newburyport of Sir Timothy Dexter, an ancient resident. Material for either verifying or disproving this tradition is not at the moment available to the Attic. But there should be plenty of it in Newburyport. Perhaps some resident of that town, who is possessed of a liking for historical research, may be able to offer to the confraternity of the Attic some further enlightenment as to Cermenati, Timothy Dexter, and the House of the Palladian Windows. In her article, Tabernacle Mirrors, published in Antiques Magazine for July 1922, Alice Van Leer Carrick laments her early neglect to copy the advertisement of a Newburyport frame-maker, which she once encountered on the back of a fine American mirror. Mrs. Charles E. Atwood, of New York City, it is possible to publish not only the name and advertisement of this Newburyport craftsman, but, as well, a picture of one of his mirrors. His name was Barnard Cermenati, indication apparently of old-world origin, perhaps of old-world training. His advertisement consists of a label pasted to the back of a mirror. Unfortunately it is too badly faded to admit of photography, but it is legible enough and presents the following information:
LOOKING GLASSES
BARNARD CERMENATI Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame is Looking Glass Manufacturer No. 10 State Street, Newburyport Keeps constantly for sale at the most reduced prices A complete assortment of Looking Glasses, Picture Glasses, Prints, Spy Glasses, Thermometers, Glazier, Diamonds of the firs! quality, Drawing Paper, Paints, Pencils, Etc. Ladies' Dressing Glasses of all sizes. Looking Glass Plates of all sizes to fit old frames. Window Glass of all sizes. With all kinds of Frames in his line.Gentlemen and Ladies will gratify Mr. C. by calling and examining the above articles, whether they purchase or not.
(Below I have posted a few articles found in the old news paper archives) According to Harvard Magazine Bernard Cermenati was from Italian origins. He was in partnership with John Bernarda and later with Monfrino. In 1807 Cermenati opened a looking glass store at 10 State Street in Newburyport. Historic New England Collections notes he moved to Salem at the end of 1809.REF: Webster Signature Cermenati made and sold telescopes and thermometers. Essex Street, Salem; No. 2 State Street Boston (1807); both in Mass. A reference in Antiques and the Arts Weekly: Americanists no doubt spotted Thomas Coulborn & Sons. The West Midlands, UK, dealer handsome pair of Bilbao mirrors. Made in Spain around 1809 the mirrors with Cermenati’s label are in the collection of Historic New England and Coulborn’s pair once belonged to New England collectors Judge Arthur Beane and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Clarke. Skinner auctioned pieces inherited by the judge’s son, Arthur Beane Jr of Duxbury, Mass., in November 2010.
Other examples of Cermenati's work Historic New England as noted in article Newbury Furniture by Nancy Carlisle.
Skinner Federal Gilt-gesso Eglomise Mirror Auction: 2538B Lot: 142 Sold for: $889
From James D Julia Spectacular Samoset 2002 Auction Grosses Over $2.4 Million! Auction: August 22 & 23, 2002 FINE FEDERAL MIRROR WITH EGLOMISE` PANEL WITH LABEL BY CERMENATI & BERNARDA. Original label on reverse of one board backboard. “Cermenati & Bernarda Carvers, Gilders, Picture frame, and Looking Glass Manuf. No. 2 State Street Boston”. Newspaper affixed to back is dated 1827. Mirror has fluted columns overhanging cornice with ball decoration. Gilt chalice of flowers against a white reverse painted background. Original mirror present. SIZE: 45 1/2″ h CONDITION: Four balls missing, small piece of gesso decoration missing, otherwise very good. 9-91556
Pair of Neoclassical Gilt Gesso and Pink Marble "Bilbao" Mirrors Auction: 2524B Lot: 63 Sold for: $21,330 Skinner Auction House Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2524B Location: Boston Date / Time : November 07, 2010 11:00AM Description: Pair of Neoclassical Gilt Gesso and Pink Marble "Bilbao" Mirrors, Northwestern Spain, label of the importer Bernard Cermenati in Newburyport, Massachusetts, c. 1805-10, (imperfections), ht. 49 1/2, wd. 24 in. Literature: In The Looking Glass in America, 1700-1825, by Helen Comstock, a pair of similar Bilbao mirrors are illustrated, p. 80, fig. 53. Comstock writes, "Bilbao mirrors reached America about 1790-1810 in some thus far unexplored phase of [America's] trade with Europe. They take their name from Bilbao (formerly sometimes written Bilboa), a port in northwestern Spain near the French border that was frequented by American merchant ships in the 18th century. Note: Mirrors with labels reading: "Bernard Cermenati, Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, No. 10 State Street - Newburyport." Estimate $4,000-6,000 See link https://issuu.com/skinnerinc/docs/2524b
The two mirrors sold by Thomas Coulborn & Son Provenance: Imported and retailed by Bernard Cermenati (Newburyport, Massachusetts) c.1805-1809. Collection of Judge Arthur Beane Sr and his wife Mimi Clarke, daughter of the noted silver expert Herman Frederick Clarke. They collected in the 1920s and 1930s, and lived in the William Sever House in Kingston, Massachusetts, after which they moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts. By descent to Arthur Beane, Jr.
With gilded gesso over wire frame ornamentation at both the top and the base, including motifs of flowers, vases and two serpents on each mirror. The marble frames have columns on either side. With minor restorations to the ornament and original gilding, both mirrors retain the original glass. The labels read:“Bernard Cermenati, Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, No. 10 State Street – Newburyport.” - See more at: http://www.coulborn.com/furniture-categories/notable-sales/a-pair-of-spanish-neoclassical-gilt-gesso-and-pink-marble-bilbao-wall-mirrors-2/#sthash.1i7ebG6s.dpuf
With gilded gesso over wire frame ornamentation at both the top and the base, including motifs of flowers, vases and two serpents on each mirror. The marble frames have columns on either side. With minor restorations to the ornament and original gilding, both mirrors retain the original glass. The labels read: “Bernard Cermenati, Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, No. 10 State Street – Newburyport.”
With gilded gesso over wire frame ornamentation at both the top and the base, including motifs of flowers, vases and two serpents on each mirror. The marble frames have columns on either side. With minor restorations to the ornament and original gilding, both mirrors retain the original glass. The labels read:“Bernard Cermenati, Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, No. 10 State Street – Newburyport.” Provenance: Imported and retailed by Bernard Cermenati (Newburyport, Massachusetts) c.1805-1809. Collection of Judge Arthur Beane Sr and his wife Mimi Clarke, daughter of the noted silver expert Herman Frederick Clarke. They collected in the 1920s and 1930s, and lived in the William Sever House in Kingston, Massachusetts, after which they moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts. By descent to Arthur Beane, Jr. “Bilbao mirrors reached America about 1790-1810 in some thus far unexplored phase of [America’s] trade with Europe. They take their name from Bilbao (formerly sometimes written Bilboa), a port in northwestern Spain near the French border that was frequented by American merchant ships in the 18th century.” (Comstock op. cit.) Interestingly, these mirrors retain the original label of their importer Bernard Cermenati. Cermenati was an Italian immigrant working in eastern Massachusetts in the early nineteenth century. His earliest recorded advertisement was on August 28th 1807, in Newburyport, as a carver, gilder and looking-glass and frame maker. His store there was located at 10 State Street. He remained there for two years before removing to Salem at the end of 1809, and is listed in the Boston directories in 1811 and from 1813 to 1818. Literature: In The Looking Glass in America, 1700-1825, by Helen Comstock, a pair of similar Bilbao mirrors are illustrated, p. 80, fig. 53. - See more at: http://www.coulborn.com/furniture-categories/notable-sales/a-pair-of-spanish-neoclassical-gilt-gesso-and-pink-marble-bilbao-wall-mirrors-2/#sthash.1i7ebG6s.dpuf
John & Rico's Antique American and European Furniture from Their Drawing Room of Newport. Located in Newport Rhode Island # 5220. A pair of fine late 18th early 19th century Bilbao Mirrors. Size: 15" wide and 32" tall. Condition: the gesso/wire decoration is in excellent condition and the gilding appears to be intact; the mirror/glass is appropriately distressed because of age (when these mirrors were first used, people with powdered wigs were looking at their reflections); the marble columns and framing may have had some restoration over the years, but there are no apparent serious problems. These mirrors are more commonly seen in finer New England 18th century homes. It is rare to find a pair in such nice condition. A similar pair are on exhibit at at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (G328). Literature: In The Looking Glass in America, 1700-1825, by Helen Comstock, a pair of similar Bilbao mirrors are illustrated, p. 80, fig. 53. Comstock writes, "Bilbao mirrors reached America about 1790-1810 in some thus far unexplored phase of [America's] trade with Europe. They take their name from Bilbao (formerly sometimes written Bilboa), a port in northwestern Spain near the French border that was frequented by American merchant ships in the 18th century. Note: A similar pair of mirrors sold at Skinners Auctions for almost $22,000.00 in the Fall of 2010 with labels reading: "Bernard Cermenati, Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, No. 10 State Street - Newburyport." Our mirrors are un-labeled. Price: $22,500.00 the pair.
Mirror-Wall; Federal, Gilt Wood, Cermenati (Bernard) Label, 52 inch. A rare signed Federal giltwood mirror, labeled by Bernard Cermenati Portsmouth, New Hampshire, early 19th century.
CRN Auctions Lot 96 : NEAR PAIR OF SMALL CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY WALL MIRRORS Boston, c. 1800, one with paper label: Cermanati and Monfrino, Carvers, Gilders, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturers, No. 2 State St. Boston with gilt plumage to crest, 28.5"h, (one ear replaced, missing part of plumage); the other mirror with gilt eagle in crest, 29.5"h
Cermenati married Mary Rose Francis on April 10 1808 and vital records show one son Joseph, born November 4, 1808. Mary Cermenati looking glass store 6 Hanover St. (1818).
Barnard Cermenati, April 19, 1810, to Joshua Ward, Salem, Massachusetts, Ward Family Manuscripts.
The Magazine Antiques Volume 119 Straight Enterprises, 1981
Zachys Christie's East Christie's East, Dec 12, 1980
Old-time New England, Volume 77, Issues 266-267
Matrimony Notice Saturday, April 16, 1808 Times, Boston, Massachusetts International Fine Art And Antique Dealers Show Changes With The Times November 8, 2011 Antiques and the Hearts Site Article
Vital records of Newburyport, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849.
Advertisement Friday, March 27, 1807 Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, Massachusetts
Advertisement Friday, June 29, 1810 Salem Gazette (Salem, Massachusetts)
Advertisement for Apprentice Friday, September 16, 1808 Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, Massachusetts)
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Skinner Ma American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2786B Boston March 01, 2015 Description: Mahogany and Gilt-gesso Mirror, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1806-07, the scrolled frame with pierced cresting of feathers and gilt incised liner, chalk inscription on backboard "Cermenati & Bernarda," 30 x 15 3/4 in.
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Photos construction near Interstate 95 from the Bartlett Farm Family Collection.
Many homes were demolished or moved when the interstate went in. The Eastman Stearns Family home moved from 315 Elm Street and is now located behind Bartlett's Farm Stand. Click Link to Read More Stearns Family Project
The John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge was built in 1951 connecting Newburyport and Amesbury over the Merrimack River. This is a 1940 Boston Herald clip announcing the name changes in Salisbury.
Rare Photo Collector Jeffrey Gorman, Administrator to Facebook Group New England Family Genealogy and History created by AnceStory Archives The Fiske/Fisk family photos. Also I added from the Genealogy Books, Magazines, and Newspaper Archives. There are soldiers from American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War. Past members of Masonic Lodges, Sons & Daughters of the American Revolution and Mayflower ties. This is a work in progress and If you have any photos or information to share, or see a correction please contact me. Will be adding more data and photos soon.....Thank you!
Eva Fiske b. 1849 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts d. August 8 1890. Daughter of Amos Fiske (1821-1882) and Caroline Augusta Walsh (1822-1893). Married William Henry Worcester (1829-11916) on September 14, 1880. Children: Leonard Francis Worcester born in 1881 married Edna MacIver. He worked for Hood Creamery in Tewksbury, MA. Second child of Eva Fiske and William Worcester, Agnes Worcester born July 1, 1887 died in infancy on August 11,1887.
Caroline Augusta Walsh, daughter of William Walsh and Lucy Ball. She was born August 12, 1862. Lucy Ball (1788-1863) was the daughter of Peter Ball and Lucy Hall. Peter Ball (1750-1800) was son of Peter Ball and Mary March/Mary Walker ? Lucy Hall was daughter of John Hall and Sarah Stockpole, daughter of Philip Stockpole and Mercy Thompson.
Amos Fiske, born July 5, 1821 in Holliston, Massachusetts, son of Lewis Fiske (1793-1878) and Mahitable Knowlton (1793-1873). Lewis Fiske, son of Levi Fiske (1765-1819) and Jemina Underwood (1772-1819). Levi Fiske, son of William Fiske (1733-1818) and Jemima Adams (1737-1819) daughter of Obadiah Adams and Christian Sanford. William Fiske served as lieutenant under Capt.Robert Taft at the Lexington Alarm. He was born in Wareham; Accordint to Grafton & Upton History William Fiske was with George Washington when a part of the British Army was captured at Trenton, New Jersey was Town Treasurer many years. Select and Tithing-man often. He worked on his Farm & in his cooper shop. He had a meat Tub which was made in England & brought to America by one of his ancestors which is still in use at the old Homestead has never been repaired but appears to be sound & in order for future use. The old inhabitants of Upton.On the gravestone of Lieut. William Fisk is inscribed "In memory of Lieut. William Fisk, who died March 9, 1818, aged 85 years." William and Jemina had a daughter Jemina who married Deacon Enoch Becheler/Bachelder who served in the Revolutionary Army, was private in Capt. Benjamin Farrar's company, in Lieut Col. Nathan Tyler's 3rd Worcester Co. Regt, marched to Rhode Island on the alarm Dec. 8. 1776; discharged Jan. si, 1777; stationed at Providence, R. I.; was private in Capt. Isaac Martin's company, Col. Ezra Woods' Regt., Major General Spencer's brigade, marched April 17, 1777. served 23 days; stationed in Rhode Island. Later in Capt Thomas Baker's company, Col. Tyler's Regt.; enlisted July 17, 1780; discharged Aug. 8, 1780, on the alarm in Rhode Island. He was corporal in Capt. Philip Amnion's company in Col. Dean's regt.; marched on the alarm to Rhode Island March 4, 1781: discharged March 18, 1781. Mehitable Knowlton was daughter of David Knowlton and Drusilla Durgin. David Knowlton was son of Jonathan Knowlton and Ruth Page, daughter of Onesiphorus Page and Patience Dow, daughter of Jeremiah Dow and Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Abraham Perkins and Elizabeth Sleeper. Jeremiah Dow was son of Joseph Dow and Mary Sanborn. According to records John Knowlton, son of Thomas Knowlton and Amy Chase: On "The 19th day of March, 1767, in the seventh year of His Majesty's Reign,"bought fifty acres of land in the province of Nottingham and parish of Northwood, and paid for this land thirty pounds lawful money. This land was a part of the fifth lot, and in the eighth range." A Lineage Book Daughter of the American Revolution Volume 21 list this line for Mrs Ella Harvey Dow, wife of William Dow number number 20400. Jonathan Knowlton, (1739-1820), served on the Committee of Safety of Northwood, 1776-77. He was born in Kensington; died in Northwood, New Hampshire.
Mary Elizabeth Fiske (1854-1913), sister of Eva Fiske, daughter of Amos Fiske and Caroline Augusta Walsh. She married Charles Henry Fitzgerald (1854-1929), son of Randolph Augustus Lawrence Fitzgerald and Mary Clark, on 27 January 1880 at Tewksbury, Middlesex Co., MA.
Photo of Mary Elizabeth Fiske from The Ball Project via Fitzgerald family.
Photo of Charles Henry Fitzgerald, son of Randolph Augustus Lawrence Fitzgerald (1817-1888) and Mary Clark (1819-1894). Randolph A L Fitzgerald was son of Michael Fitzgerald and Mary McKusick. Mary Clark was daughter of Joshua Clark and Mary McKusick. Charles H Fitzgerald married Mary E Fiske, daughter of Amos Fiske and Caroline Augusta Walsh. Amos was son of Lewis Fiske and Mehitable Knowlton. Caroline Augusta Walsh was daughter of William Walsh and Lucy Ball.
William Henry Worcester 1829-1906 born October 12 1829 in Montpelier VT to William Worcester and Hannah Chadvick Thompson. Married Eva Fiske. He is a direct descendants of William Worcester, first minister of Salisbury, Massachusetts. William Henry Worcester married 1st Jan. 1, 1863, Ellen Harris, death Apr. 27, 1877 Lowell, Massachusetts. He m 2d September 1880, Eva F. Worthen Fiske. William served in the Civil War; was second enlisted man mustered for three years from Mass.; Sergeant in 7th Mass. Light Artillery; Musician in 16th Regiment.; Sergeant 2d Heavy Artillery. "Cousin William Henry" will long be remembered for his interest in his Worcester relations. He was very fond of visiting them, and was thus able to keep different branches of the family "posted" as to family news. Superintendent of supplies for Street Department, Lowell, Mass. Residence, Stoneham and Lowell. From "The Descendants of Rev. William Worcester" by Sarah Alice Worcester
Eunice P. Fiske 1822-1879 born in Cheshire NH to Parker Fiske and Mary Brooks Priest. She married Rev Daniel McClenning (1812-1888) in 1870 they had no children. Parker Fiske (1793-188) was son of Asa Fiske (1764-1829) and Dolly Warren (1764-1818). He married 2nd Mrs. Ether Perry, widow of Moses Perry. Mary Brooks Priest was daughter of Levi Priest and Mary's brother, Levi Priest, JR married Mary Fiske, sister to Parker Fiske. According to the Hancock and Dublin New Hampshire history records: At the beginning of the Revolutionary war Asa Priest was living in Leominster, Mass. He had three sons, all of whom served in the army. Levi was his youngest and he enlisted in the army at the early age of 14 years, and served until the close of the war. As sixteen years was the age required, Levi had his comrade answer for him when brought before the mustering officer. The deception was not noticed, as probably they were not very particular at that time, so great was the demand for soldiers. He bore his full share of the hardships incident to a soldier's life. (Mr. Priest, describing the shirts he had to wear at that time, said: "The warp was grapevine, and the filling ovenwood.") On one occasion hunger drove him almost to despair; so much so that, discovering a bone in the yard where cattle were kept, he cleaned it and made a soup from it. Many times in his after life he said that this was the sweetest morsel he ever tasted. Lying down one night in his blanket on a rise of ground, he awoke to find himself surrounded with water. Many other incidents of a like nature might be recorded. At the close of the war he m. Mary Brooks, of Sterling, Mass., who was b. March 3,1764, and emigrated to Hancock. They settled on what has since been known as the Daniel Priest Farm, marked "G. Barney."Mary Priest did not forget her early home — she frequently visited it, making the journey of forty miles through the unbroken forest on horseback and carrying a child in her arms. They were among the first of the early settlers to plant an orchard, bringing the seeds and scions from their homes in Massachusetts. In addition to the work incident to clearing the land, building a log-cabin, etc., Mr. Priest was engaged to a certain extent in the manufacture of bricks. He d. Dec. 23,1828. His death was occasioned by a fall from the high beams in his barn, the planks having been removed without his knowledge. His wife d. Oct. 25,1848.
Mary Ellen Fiske 1830-1874 was born in Cheshire, NH to Parker Fiske and Mary Priest. She did not marry.
Photo of Asa H Fiske, son of Asa Fisk and Cynthia Mann, daughter of Nathan Mann, and granddaughter of Rev. Elisha Mann, a former minister of Wrentham, Mass. From History of Dublin, New Hampshire: Asa H. was Great-Great-Grandson of Samuel Fiske of Groton, Massachusetts. Rev McClenning was son of Daniel McClenning and Theresa Gilbert. The Congregational Year-book Congregational Publishing Society, 1889 notes 4 marriages for him: He married 1st Thirza Gilbert, married 2nd Mary Richardson daughter of Abijah Richardson (1761 - 1840) and Elizabeth Richardson Richardson (1763 - 1853). He married Eunice Fiske 3rd, and 4th Ellen R. Bliss, daughter of Edward K. and Ellen Moie. The Richardson family were in New Hampshire Photo below was given to Robert Levi Berry from Charlotte Phelps Schaefer, a descendant of the Richardson family. See Honoring Phelps Charlotte Phelps Schaefer & Her Ancestors Blog
Flora Mabel Fiske 1865-1938 born in Lynn MA to Charles Wallace Fiske and Mary Louis Frazier of Bangor, Maine.
Photo from Ancestry.com of Mary L Frasier/Frazier AKA "The Belle of Bangor" daughter of William and Addie. Fora married Leonard Hassler Rabone in 1890 and had 2 children. Leonard was born in London son of Samuel Clarke Rabone and Amanda Hassler. Charles W Fiske (1833) son of Daniel Fiske and and Esther Eaton daughter of Moses Eaton and Esther Ware. Daniel Fiske son of Asa Fiske and Dolly Warren.
Photo of Flora Mabel Fiske from Ancestry.COM taken in Pennsylvania.
Leonard Hassler Rabone 1862-1938 Waltham to Samuel Clarke Rabone and Amanda Hassler. Married to Flora Mabel Fiske. He was a watchmaker in Waltham MA. According to city directory the family resided at 23 Chester Ave Waltham, Massachusetts with Moody Rabone and his wife Gladys. He was a member of the Masons.
Frank H. Fiske 1867-1927 born Coventry RI to Albert Lewis Fiske and Maria Louisa Reynolds. Married Margaret Fisher (1843-1921) in 1892 they had no children. Albert L Fiske son of Amos Fiske (1801 - 1891) and Sarah Waterman (1806 - 1894). Maria L Reynolds was daughter of Luther Reynolds and Mahala Arnold of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her grandfather, William Arnold, served as a soldier in the War of 1812. Her brother Second LT John Reynolds was "imbued with a patriotic desire to serve his country, and enlisted as a private in Company B, Tenth Rhode Island Infantry." Another brother Horatio Reynolds was a member of Company K, of this regiment. John "after serving his term of enlistment with the Tenth, again entered the service as a corporal of Company I, Eleventh Rhode Island Infantry, one of the companies recruited under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association. He served with credit in this regiment during its term of service, and was mustered out July 13, 1863." After the war he entered Brown University, but was soon a commission as second lieutenant in the Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Dec. 18, 1863, he again entered the service; was mustered in Dec. 23, 1863, and assigned to Company F. Lieutenant Reynolds evinced a marked taste for vocal music; being himself a good singer, he generally took the lead in musical entertainments, and many an otherwise tedious hour in camp was pleasantly spent in this delightful recreation. Of a genial disposition, and a warm, sympathetic nature, he naturally won many friends; and his comrades will always remember him as ever ready to aid in every good word and work. He was mustered out with his regiment Oct. 2, 1865.Soon after leaving the army he removed to the West, and was employed by a publishing house in canvassing for directories throughout the South. While residing in Lafayette, Indiana, he was attacked with typhoid fever, and, after several weeks of painful illness, died Oct. 26, 1866, lamented by a large circle of acquaintances.
Harry Libby Fiske (1862-1890) born in Nashua NH to David Brainard Fiske (1820-1902) and Jane Frances Libby (1825-1903). He married Maggie Kilillea in 1885 they had no children. David son of Daniel Fiske and Ruth Chapin. Jane Libby daughter of Josiah Libby (1794-1834) and Sallie Robie (1799-1889). Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 51 Member Margaret Fiske McGarrett # 50789Wife of Addison McGarrett. Descendant of David Fiske, John Robie, Walter Robie, James Rideout and Sergt. Abraham Libby. Daughter of Levi Barker (b. 1843) and Flora A. Libby (b. 1846), his wife. Granddaughter of Jacob Libby (1822-1909) and Belinda Rideout (1823-1910), his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Josiah B. Libby (1794-1834) and Sallie Robie (1799-1889), his wife, m. 1821; Ebenezer Rideout (1799-1877) and Elvira Fiske (1800-73), his wife, m. 1821. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Jacob Libby (1770-1844) and Mary Brickett his wife, m. 1793; Walter Robie, Jr. (1764-1845), and Dorothy Tilton (1763-1857), his wife, m. 1787; James Rideout, Jr.and Sarah Spaulding, m. 1785; David Fiske and Prudence Woods, his wife. Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Abraham Libby and Mary Tarleton (1743-1836), his wife, m. 1765; Walter Robie and Susanna Hall (1744-1821), his wife, m. 1763; James Rideout and Mary, his wife, m. 1764. Gr-gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of John Robie and Anne Williams (1714-55), his wife, m. 1734. David Fiske (1760-1838), applied for a pension, 1818, in Hillsboro County and it was granted for service as private, New Hampshire Continental line. He was born in Dunstable; died in Nashua, N. H. John Robie (1712-88), signer of the Association Test of New Hampshire, 1776. He was born at Hampton Falls, N. H.; died in Candia. Walter Robie (1741-1818), was a member of the Provincial Congress from Chester, N. H., where he was born. He died
in Candia. James Rideout (1741-1809), served as a private in Capt. John Goss' company of Hollis volunteers. He was born and died in Hollis, NH. Abraham Libby (1739-99), was a sergeant in Capt. Joseph
Parson's company of state troops and member of Committee of Safety. He was born in Rye, N. H.; died in Chester, NH.
Hazen Fiske (1835-1909) in Whitfield NH to Ralph Fiske and Polly Abbott Walker daughter of Jeremiah Walker and Hannah Walker (Her last name was Walker too daughter of Samuel Walker and Hazel Haseltine). Ralph Fiske son of Asa Fiske (1775-1849) and Elizabeth "Betsey" Henry (1774-1858). Asa Fiske son of Aaron Fisk and Tabitha Metcalf. "Betsey" Henry daughter of Hazen married Martha Ann Chase in 1862. They had 1 Child Mary L Fiske married 1st Frederick Aldrich and 2nd Arthur W Wilkins. Hazen was Railroad
Adeline Fisk 1823-1902, born in Whitfield NH to Asa Fisk and Elizabeth Henry. She Married Lorenzo Johnson son of John Johnson and Sophia Abbott on in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. They had 7 children.
Lorenzo Johnson (1822-1900) born in Merrimack NH to John Johnson and Sophia Abbot. Married to Adeline Fisk, daughter of Asa Fisk and Elizabeth Henry John Johnson was son of Nathan Johnson and Hannah Sargent. Hannah Sargent daughter of David Sargent and Jenney Eastman of Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jenney was the daughter of Roger Eastman and Rachel Nichols.
James "Diamond Jim"Fiske 1834-1872 he was born in Bennington, Vermont to James Fiske and Laura Ryan. He married Lucy Moore at Ashland, Massachusetts, in the autumn of 1855. Her maiden name was Lucy D. Moore. She was an orphan, and a ward of Mr. Sanderson of Springfield. For two years previous to her marriage she attended the Brattleboro Female Seminary. He had no children and was assassinated in New York City on January 6, 1872. A great read "The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr: Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Remarkable Career of a Most Remarkable Man" by Robert W. McAlpine.
Alice Fisk (1841-1931) Born in Lancaster NH to Frederick Fisk (1808-1873) and Sarah Clark (1806-1886). She married Albert Stevens (1837-1898) in 1865 and had 2 children. Frederick was son of Asa Fisk and Betsey Henry. Albert was son of E F Stevens and Sarah Bradley.
Albert Stevens 1837-1921 Born in Lancaster NH son of E.F. Stevens and Sarah Bradly spouse of Alice Fisk.
Clara T. Fisk 1850-1930. Born in West Boylston MA. Daughter of James Fisk and Maria Nichols, daughter of Thaddeus Nichols and Eunice Gleason of Holden, Massachusetts. Married George Murdock. They had no children. James Fiske was son of William Fiske and Dolly Wellington.
Curtis Bartlett Fisk 1836-1920 Born in Newbury VT, to Curtis Fisk and Sarah Cowdrey. Married Margaret Buchanan daughter of Walter Buchanan and Margaret Lumsden in 1862 and had 2 children. Curtis was born in Newbury, NH son of Ebenezer Fisk (son of Samuel Bartlett Fisk and Vienna Estes) and and Sally Hood. Sarah was daughter of Jonathan Cowdrey and Deborah Tobey.
Margaret Buchanan 1839-193-25 born in South Ryegate VT to Walter Buchanan and Margaret Lumsden. Wife to Curtis Bartlett Fisk.
Charles Ballou Fiske 1862-1893 born in Providence RI to Edward Waterman Fiske and and Jane Ballou. Married Ruth Angell in 1887 and had 2 children. Charles sister Annie married Dexter B. Clark listed in Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book 1912 Member 33574 Descendant of Noah Ballou. Daughter of Edward W. Fiske and Jane Ballou, his wife. Granddaughter of Jonathan Ballou and Ann Hendrick, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Ziba Ballou and Molly Mason, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Noah Ballou and Abigail Razee, his wife. Noah Ballou, (1728-1807), was a patriot and his son Noah received a pension as ensign. He was born in Wrentham. Mass.; died in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Edward Waterman Fiske 1834-1926 born in Coventry RI to Amos Fiske and Sarah Waterman. Married Jane Ballou in 1854 and had 1 child. Note: Daughters of the American Revolution 1931 and 1927 List Family.
William Augustus Fiske (1837-1904) born in Warwick RI to Amos Fisk and Sarah Waterman. He married Susan Wyman Waterman (1841-1903), daughter of Oliver Gardner Waterman and Cynthia Ann Matteson in 1861 and had 2 children. NOTES: Oliver G Waterman was son of Col. William Waterman and Hannah Gardner. He married 1st Harriet Weeks. From Genealogy Records: Col. John Waterman, born Aug. 25, 1730, married June 13, 1754. Sarah, daughter of Col. John Potter. Col. Waterman inherited the estate of his father. He defended Old Warwick from an invasion by the British in the Revolution at the time when the enemy was in possession of Newport, and was in command of a regiment which drove the British from the Island of Prudence at the time Wallace landed and burnt the houses on the Island. He was colonel of militia, for many years president of the town council, and member of the General Assembly, and held other responsible positions.Col. William Waterman, son of Col. John, born May 5, 1763, made his home in the town of Coventry, where he was engaged in farming. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and received a pension from the government. He was a captain and later a colonel in the militia. His death occurred in Coventry, Nov. 8, 1848. On June 9. 1793, he married Hannah Gorton, widow of Benjamin Gorton and daughter of Capt. Oliver Gardner and Marcy Gorton. Captain Garner was son of Isaac Gardiner and Margaret Gardiner. See Gardner-Gardner Genealogy and from Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser (MA), Oct. 15, 1825, p. 1:In E. Greenwich, R. I. capt. Oliver Gardner, aged 81--a worthy man in all the relations of life. Capt. G. was for 36 years an able and experienced nautical commander, both before and after the revolution. In 1776 he received a commission from Nicholas Cook, Esq. then Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, to take command of the Row Galley called Washington, two of which species of armed vessels had been built by order of the General Assembly, to protect the trade of the Colony. In this service Capt Gardner continued some time when he was engaged in constant employ during the continuance of the war of Independence, with much credit to his courage and ability. He was employed to pilot the French fleet to Boston, which he performed with much skill, and when danger or duty called he was always at his post.
Jane Eliza Ballou 1836-1893 born in Cumberland RI to Jonathan Ballou and Anna Hendrick, daughter of Joseph Hendrick and Ruth Capron. Wife of Edward Waterman Fiske. Jonathan Ballou was a merchant tailor for many years on Cumberland Hill, R. I., and later at Woonsocket. He was a rarity in his line at first, among us country folks of his native town, who had always before been mostly accustomed to home-made garments of female construction. But the new styles and more polished workmanship soon took the lead and became indispensable. Our Ballou cousin was a kind hearted, ingenious, industrious, accommodating, honest, worthy man in all his relations. And he achieved fair success in his business, though never acquiring great wealth—simply a comfortable competence. He was liberal in his religious sentiments, and humane toward suffering fellow creatures. He was for half a century much devoted to the Masonic Order, and deservedly respected for many virtues. We do not think he reached or sought much distinction in martial or political life, but contented himself with the even tenor of ordinary citizenship. As he descended into old age, he became a great sufferer from stone in the bladder, which at length wore him out. He died in the serene hope of a blessed immortality, at Woonsocket, Nov. 27, 1869, a. 77 yrs. 9 mos. and 28 ds. The writer ministered at his funeral, and his remains were buried with Masonic honors. His worthy widow d. at Woonsocket, May 1, 1884. From "An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America."
Sarah Fiske 1858-1951 was born in Providence RI to Edward Waterman Fiske and Jane Ballou. She married Albert Angell in 1878 and had 3 children.
Walter E. Fiske 1866-1916. He was born in Providence RI to Edward Waterman Fiske and Jane Ballou. He married Minnie Moray in 1890. They had no children.
Susan Wyman Waterman she was born in Coventry RI to Oliver Waterman and Cynthia Matteson. She was the wife of William Augustus Fiske. See above.
Winthrop Fiske 1868-1963 born in Hartford CT to David Fiske and Annie Huse. He married 1st Mary E. Love, they had 2 children and 2nd Mabel Cilley and had 1 child. A.B., cum laude. Harvard, 1890, A. M., 1896; m. Marlon, la., Sept. 2, 1897, Mary Edith Love. Began as teacher at Racine Coll. Grammar Sch., Wis., 1891; in charge of work in physics at Phillips Exeter Acad., Exeter, N.H., since 1899. Republican. Congllst. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Address: Exeter, N.H. From "Who's Who in New England. "Writes, March 18, 1908: "I am just where I was five years ago, have no more children, and have not married again." He is Instructor in Physics at Exeter Academy. From Harvard College Bulletin Class of 1890
Alice Norman Stebbins (1852-1913) born in Upton MA to Norman Stebbins and Alice Hayward. In 1873 she married Stephen Burlingame Fiske (1849-1904) and had 3 children. Stephen B Fiske son of Daniel Fisk and Ruth Burlingame daughter of Abraham Burlingame and Sukey Fenner.
Charles Norman Fiske son of Stephen Burlingame Fiske and Alice Norman Stebbens as listed in Harvard University Book Attended Phillips Exeter Academy. Harvard College 1894-1895. M.D., 1899 (1900). Married Helen Tucker Hawke, daughter of Admiral James T. Hawke of Mare Island, Cal., Sept. 25, 1902. Children John Norman, Nov. 15, 1903; Stephen Burlingame Fiske Oct. 30, 1907. Business Medical officer, United States Navy. Address (home) The Maples, Calistoga, Gal. (business) U.S.S. Utah, United States Atlantic Fleet, New York, N. Y. (permanent) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, Washington, D. 0. Following my academic work in Harvard College I pursued the regular four years' course at the Harvard Medical School, upon the completion of which in 1899 I served out my interneship as house physician at the Boston City Hospital, and went to New York City to do special hospital work to finish preparation for the Navy. I was commissioned assistant surgeon on May 15, 1900. My promotion to passed assistant surgeon occurred in 1903, and to the grade of surgeon, with rank of lieutenant commander, in 1907. The following is a list of my stations or duties: 1900, United States Navy Yard, Boston; Fifth Battalion United States Marine, expedition Boxer insurrection, China; United States Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California; United States Naval Recruiting Stations, Sacramento, Stockton and San Jose, Cal.; U. S. S. Wheeling, Pacific and Asiatic stations. 1901, U. S. S. Mohican, Pacific and Asiatic stations. 1903, United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. 1905, United States Naval Medical School, Washington, D. C.; United States Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Washington (substitute command); U. S. S. Marblehead, United States Pacific Fleet. 1906, at Fort Mason, earthquake and fire disaster, San Francisco; U. S. S. Yorktown, United States Pacific Fleet. 1907, United States Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California. 1908, United States Naval Recruiting Station, Boston, Mass. 1909, United States Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, senior medical officer; assistant in office of Surgeon General of Navy, in charge of personnel, vital statistics and publications; editor of United States Naval Medical Bulletin. 1910, instructor in naval hygiene and in duties of medical officers at United States Naval Medical School, Washington, D. C. 1911, U. S. S. Georgia, division surgeon, Fourth Division, United States Atlantic Fleet. 1912, U. S. S. Nebraska, Cuban and Mississippi River duty; U. S. S. Utah, division surgeon, First Division United States Atlantic Fleet. Books and articles which I have written: (co-author) System of Syphilis (London, 1910); various articles on naval medicine and hygiene published in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Medical Sciences, The Military Surgeon, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography. Member: American Public Health Association, American Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons of United States, International Congress on Hygiene and Demography. September 27, 1902 Wedding Announcement in the Portsmouth Herald FISKE-HAWKE
Charles Wallace Fiske 1833-1908 born in Cheshire, NH to Daniel Fiske and Esther Eaton, daughter of Moses Eaton and Esther Ware. Daniel married 2nd Betsey Eaton, Esther's first cousin. Betsey was the daughter of Samuel Eaton and Lucy Jewell. Samuel, son of Jeremiah Eaton and Elizabeth Woodcock was a soldier of the Revolution, having enlisted so young that he had to stuff the soles of his boots to make himself appear tall enough to pass muster. Samuel's brother Lemuel Eaton was a soldier of the Revolution; was in service when the British evacuated Boston, and later was in service at Ticonderoga; towards the close of the war he was stationed at the Castle in Boston Harbor. He married in Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Ware and Esther . Charles Wallace Fiske married Sarah Mathews and had 8 children. Sarah Mathews was daughter of Asa Mathews and Abigail Cheney.
Charles Wallace Fiske Photo from Ancestry.COM
David Fiske 1829-1876 Born in Lowell MA to Lewis Fiske and Mehitable Knowlton. Married Annie Eliza Huse daughter of Edward Huse and Mary Edwards (widow of Paige) in 1856 and had child. David died in Berlin, Prussia April 7, 1876.
Annie Eliza Huse Born November 30, 1833 in Milton VT to Ebenezer Huse and Mary Edwards. Wife of David Fiske. D. August 5, 1892 in Lowell, MA.
Mary Anna Fiske 1828-1897 born in Providence, Rhode Island to Amos Fisk and Sarah Waterman Married Alfred Waterman in 1857 and had 1 child.
Alfred Waterman (1826-1897) born in Providence, Rhode Island to Charles Waterman and Deborah Seamans. Husband to Mary Anna Fiske.
Anne Fiske (1808-1875) born in Franklin, MA. wife of Daniel Fiske (1805-1882) Children Laura Ann Fiske and Hannah Fiske Woodward.
was son of Daniel Fiske and Hudlah Fiske, daughter of Lt. William Fisk and Jemima Adams. Dabie Fisk
Moses Fiske (1825-1900) born in Hawley MA to David Fiske and Lydia Allen (1835-1907) David Allen and Elizabeth Fiske. Moses married Rebecca Howes (1835-), daughter of Marke Howes (1802-1884) and Thankful Eldridge on Febuary 4, 1863 and had 4 children: Francis Freeman "Franco" Fiske, Frederick Gilbert Fiske, Alice M Fiske Fairman, and Cordelia H Fiske Presho. Marke Howes son of son of Mark Howes (1765-1853) and his 2nd wife, Susanna Alden (1768-1852) of Ashfield, MA. Notes Markes Howes was son of Thomas "Sailor Tom" Howes and Bathsheba Sears who moved to Ashfield about 1791 from Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA. married 1) Abigail "Nabby" Gorham b. 1766 in Yarmouth, MA, d. 1792 New Haven, CONN, married 2) Susannah Alden of Ashfield, MA on Mar 7, 1793 recorded at Ashfield, Mass.
Mabel Jane Carrey. Born in Milford NH to Wilfred Carrey and Emma Perry. She married Wilfred Fiske in 1887 and had 1 child.
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Plot: Susannah's grave marker is on the Phillips Exeter Academy woods walking trail Back of Headstone: "I am the resurrection and the lite."
Came across this on my trail walk in Exeter Woods, NH 300-acre forest east of the Exeter River and bordering Drinkwater Road In the woods along one of the Phillips Exeter Academy trails is the grave of Susannah Holman (1785-1812), wife of Joseph Brown (1770-1834), resting with her is an infant daughter. The Exeter Historical Society curator Barbara Rimkunaswrote an article on this after she received a call from a local who was curious about the grave cite. I decided to do some more research and found some interesting family history, including Brown's daughter was the wife of original proprietor of the Parker House Boston. Susannah died in labor along with her infant daughter. She had three other daughters with Joseph and after her death he married Mercy West. "Genealogy of John Brown of Hampton, New Hampshire." Marguerite Willette Brown. Hillside Pub. Co., 1977. Susannah Holman daughter of Ezekiel Holman (1759-?) of Deerfield, NH and Susannah Brown (1758-1785) married Joseph Brown, son of Abraham Brown and Judith Runnells.
Records: Ezekiel Holman to Susanna Brown both of Deerfield Mar 8, 1781 and a Ezekiel Holman to Sarah Dimond both of Raymond Nov 8, 1786 From Deerfield (NH) Town Records, Volumes 1 1766-1821 Ezekiel was a private in Col Long's Regiment in New Hampshire. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. From Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
Warren Brown in "History of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire:" A little east from Nathan Moulton's house stood an old house fifty years ago which was the home of Abraham Brown, commonly called "King Brown." He was son of Abraham Brown and Argentine Cram. Abraham was a large land owner. His wife was Judith Runnells of this town. His children, Noah Brown and Mary Brown, never married. Joseph Brown married Susan Holman; second, Mercy West. One daughter married Harvey D. Parker, founder of the Parker house in Boston.
Children of Joseph and Susannah Brown: Mary Ann Brown (1804-1854), Susannah Holman Brown(1806-1902), and Julia Brown(1808-1895) and Infant Daughter (1812-1812)
Mary Ann Brown (1804-1854) married Pierce Porter at Amoskeag, N. H., 10 June 1833. Pierce Porter (1809-1894) Children: Charles Phillips Porter (1834-), Albertina Gertrude Porter (1836-), George Franklin Porter (1837), Juliet Porter (1843) Charles Phillips Portermarried Rebecca Wentworth Saltmarsh, daughter of Hazen Saltmarsh (son ofEdward Abbott Saltmarsh and Sally Story) and Sally Batchelder. The Poore Family Legacy of John Poore notes Sally Story as daughter of Nehimiah Story and Lucy Sally Allen Goldsmith of Essex, Massachusetts. Henry Saltmarsh, brother of Hazem married Kesiah Batchelder. sister to Susan. Charles Philips Porter in Manchester, N. H. (SAR 30526). Great-grandson of Samuel Porter, Second Lieutenant Mass. Militia; great-grandson of Ezekiel Holman, private, Colonel Long's New Hampshire Regt. The SAR Magazine, Volumes 12-13 Sons of the American Revolution According to Porter Genealogy Pierce Porter was a tall well formed man, with blue eyes and brown hair. He spent the greater part of his life in Hooksett, N. H., where he followed the trade of a shoemaker, and kept a country store. He was an excellent gardener, very fond of flowers, and had a wide knowledge of the wild plants in the vicinity of his home. From his boyhood he was interested in the temperance cause, and retained his interest to the end of his long life. He was a regular attendant at the Congregational church, and when past eighty, received a prize for perfect attendance at the Sunday School, in this respect, outdoing all the younger members. He was ingenious in the use of wood working tools, and invented several labor saving machines. He read much, his taste including history, travels, poetry, novels and newspapers. Susannah Holman Brown (1806-1902) married William Sloan Bickford (1804-1860) son of Nathaniel Bickford (son of Dennis Bickford and Lydia Akers) and Mary L. Knight.
Dennis Bickford, 1777, enlisted under Col. Nathan Hale, and served over four years in the New Hampshire Line. From "Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book Volume 7" 1898 REF Miss Helen Tuxbury Member 6655
William S Bickford was a Shoemaker. The William S. Bickford Family Bible is in the possession of the Bickford Society. Listed as noted by Mahlonn Bickford:
William Bickford and Susan Brown had 4 children: 1. Helen Augusta Bickford. b 23 Mar 1829; mar. Jefferson Franklin Tuxbury 2. Harriet M. Bickford, b. 12 Dec 1832; d. 6 Nov 1838, age 6, probably Exeter, NH. 3. George W. Bickford, b. 20 Feb 1835; d. 27 Sep 1853, age 18. 4. Julia P. Bickford, b. 3 Dec 1838; mar 17 Apr 1867 Sumner Constantine. They eventually divorced (census records). Sumner listed as blacksmith in The New Hampshire Register, Farmer's Almanac and Business Directory 1897 also see Epson History The most recent entry was that of Franklin Lawson Tuxbury, b. 15 Oct 1900 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He was Helen's grandson.
Julia Brown(1808-1895) married Harvey Drury Parker (1804-1884) son of Pierpont Parker (son of LT Hananiah Parker andAbigail Warren, daughter of Hezekiah Warren and Abigail Perry, daughter of John Perry & Sarah Price) and Anna Drury. Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Photo from Massachusetts Town Records Family Search Index
From "Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book Volume 17:" Miss Mary Sophia Butler 16930 Lineage Hananiah Parker son of James Parker and Anna Swain, daughter ofLt./Dr. Benjamin Swain and Margaret Pierpont. He was lieutenant at the Lexington Alarm under Capt. Seth Morse. He also served in Capt. Nathaniel Wright's company. Col. Luke Drury's regiment of Mass. militia, 1781-83. He was born in Shrewsbury, Mass.. and died in Wilton, N. H.
Harvey D. Parker's Will. A Gift of $100,000 to the Museum of Fine Arts-Various Bequests to Relatives June 1884
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 19 Miss Amy Whittington Eggleston. DAR ID Number: 18260 Born in Melrose, Massachusetts. Wife of George Mahon Eggleston. Descendant of Lieut. Hananiah Parker, of Massachusetts. Daughter of Hiram Whittington and Alice Parker Streeter, his wife. Granddaughter of Nathan Hunt Streeter and Alice Kilham Parker, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Pierpont Parker and Annie Drury, his first wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Hananiah Parker and A Warren, his wife. Hananiah Parker, (1753-93), served as lieutenant at the Lexington Alarm from Worcester county, Mass., in Capt. Seth Morse's company. He was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., and died in Wilton, N. H.
"J.D. Perry 1874" on base Museum of Fine Arts Gift of Mrs. Hiram Whittington, Brookline, Mass., in 1902. From Walks and Talks of Historic Boston Mr. Harvey D. Parker was born in Temple, Maine, May 10, 1805. He came of good old English stock, being descended from Thomas Parker, who came to America in 1636. This pioneer Parker was one of the incorporators of the town of Reading, when it was cut off from Lynn. When Harvey D. Parker was quite a lad, the family moved from Temple to Paris, Maine, and here he "mowed and hoed and held the plough" until he was 20 years of age. Then, with a stout heart and $4.00 in his pocket, he started on foot for Boston to carve out his fortune. He soon found employment, and for eight years he led a busy life in the great city, living prudently, carefully guarding his surplus earnings, that he might carry out the cherished desire of his heart, that of "providing people with necessary facilities for eating well." At twentyeight years of age he commenced his famous career as a restaurateur in a basement, No. 4 Court Square, corner of Court Street. A portion of Young's Hotel now covers the spot. It was a small room, rather low and dark, and by no means attractive, but the quality of the food was most excellent and the prices very reasonable. This he named "Parker's Restaurant." He seemed to understand just what kind of food the people wanted and just how they liked to have it cooked. Arrayed in white apron, he personally served his customers, and he aimed to make the service in his restaurant, and later in the hotel, as near perfect as possible. His fame spread throughout the city and even far beyond the city limits. His patronage grew constantly and "Parker's Restaurant" became the best patronized and most popular dining room in Boston.
Photo from Digital Commonwealth of Boston Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. The King's Dictionary of Boston Edwin Monroe Bacon (1883) The Parker House: School Street, extending to Tremont Street. This has for years been a favorite down-town hotel, especially with business men. It is the leading place down town where people congregate for news and gossip. In times of exciting or unusual news, particularly on election-nights, its corridors are crowded with business-men and others. It was established 30 years ago, in 1855, by Harvey D. Parker, whose name it bears, the first American hotel to be conducted on the European plan; and, under his skillful direction and management, it has grown to its present proportions and prominence. Mr. Parker, now an elderly gentleman in years, but with the energy, spirit, and enterprise of an active man of middle age, is still the chief proprietor. He began his career in 1832, in a small but choice restaurant of that day, known as “Hunt’s,” in the basement of the Tudor Building on Court Square, which formerly occupied the site of the new extension of Young’s Hotel. Three months after he entered the place as an employee, he had bought out his master for $432. Here he built up a successful business, and his place became famous. In 1845 John F. Mills entered his service at $25 a month. Three years after, he was admitted to a share in the business;and Parker & Mills remained the firm name for a long time, broken only by the death of Mr. Mills a few years ago. After Mr. Mills’s death, Mr. Parker continued alone for a while. At present associated with him are Joseph H. Beckman and Edward O. Punchard, both experienced hotel men, familiar with the house and the Boston hotel-business; and the title of the firm is Harvey D. Parker & Co. The building of the Parker House was begun in April, 1854, and the house was opened to the public in October the year following. It is a large six-story marble-front building, with a main entrance and a ladies' entrance on School Street. 'There is also a private entrance on the Tremont Street side, which projects behind the corner estate (which Mr. Parker has vainly endeavored to purchase in order to extend his house over the lot occupied by it). On either side of the main entrance are public rooms; the news-stand, telephone, and theater ticket office being located in that on the right, and the telegraph-office in that at the left. The large dining room for gentlemen is at the end of the entrance-hall; at the right of the entrance-hall, as one enters, through a passage-way, is a cafe' fronting on Tremont Street; and at the left, through another passage-way, is the ladies’ dining-room, a spacious and attractively furnished apartment, with an outlook on School Street. This is also reached directly from the ladies’ entrance to the hotel. There is still another cafe, with a well-stocked lunch-counter, in the basement, with an oyster—counter and bar; and a large billiard room, the entrance to which is through this down-stairs café. On the second floor is also a large private dining-room for banquets, and numerous smaller dining-rooms. Parker’s is renowned for the excellence of its cuisine, and it is a favorite dining-place for clubs. Here the Bird, Boston, Literature, Agricultural, and other dining clubs ave their regular Saturday. Also associated with operation Joseph Reed Whipple. Might want to check out the chapter in this book: Strange Doings at the Parker House, in The Ghost Next Door: True Stories of Paranormal Encounters from Everyday People By Mark Morris
The Wadleigh ChronicleDonald E. Wadleigh Heritage Books 1992
Bond of Judith Runnells with Theophilus Smith of Exeter and Abraham Brown, Jr., of Hampton Falls, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Oct. 29, 1760, for the execution of the will ; witnesses, William Parker.Provincial and State Papers, Volume 35 1936 NH Colony Probate Court.
John Parker of Lexington and His Descendants Theodore Parker 2009
Heaven, By Hotel Standards: The History of the Omni Parker House
The will of Harvey D. Parker
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Photo from "The Ancient Ferry ways to the Merrimack" by William D Lowell Read at the Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Old Newbury (Now Newbury Museum) October 26, 1893, by Miss E. A. Getchell
Fiery Family Fued over Ferry Rights
According to records Capt. Humphrey Hook, son of William Hooke and Elizabeth Dyer was the ferryman about the time of his marriage to Judith March, daughter of Capt. John March and Jemima True, daughter of Henry True and Israel Pike of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Captain John March was granted the ferry on Oct. 25, 1687 through a petition he filed March, Sept. 23, 1687. James Carr, whose family controlled the ferry rights remonstrated against it, stating that the first bridge at Carr's island cost more than £300; that the ferry at George Carr's death (1683) was worth near £400, and that the injury to him by March's ferry was £50 or £60 a year. Mr. March in a letter to the town of Salisbury offered to be at one half the expense of making their part of the road passable to the ferry. Captain March was a prominent figure and the leading petitioner for the “Iron Works” of Amesbury and Salisbury, granted in 1710.
Capt John March was son of Captain Hugh March and Sarah Moody, daughter of Caleb Moody and Sarah Pierce, Hugh March was son of Hugh March and Judith Knight one of the settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts. American Ancestors has all the probate records
Children of Capt Hook and Judith March: Daughter Jemina Hook (1703-1740) married Jacob Blaisdell, son ofJohn Blaisdell (s. of HenryBlaisdell and Mary Haddon) and Elizabeth Challis (d. of Philip Challis and Mary Sargent) Daughter Judith March (1705-1747) married Timothy Currier, son ofThomas Currier (s. of Thomas Currier and Mary Osgood) and Sarah Barnard (d. of Nathaniel Barnard and Mary Barnard). John Hooke (1708-1749) Any information please post
William Hook is son of William Hooke and Eleanor Knight, widow of Lt Col. Walter Norton killed by Pequot Indians while on a trading expedition
From Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775
Humphrey Hook, William Hook, Thomas Hook and Giles Elridge named, among others, for " planters and undertakers " of Agamenticus and Cape " Nedock. The following is from the History of Amesbury by Joseph Merrill 1880
1776 Record from Town Records in
The following pages are from History of Newbury, Massachusetts John James Currier
The claim, first originating from J. Rendel Harris' book The Finding of the Mayflower (1920), that the Mayflower ended up as a barn in Jordans, England, is now widely discredited according to Caleb Johnson. It has been featured on National Geographic, however Alison Walsh, writer for National Geographic in, "Five Mayflower Myths Debunked" asserts, "The surviving crew sailed the Mayflower back to England in the spring of 1621, and she never saw America again. Nobody knows for sure what happened to the Mayflower. The last recorded reference to the ship is from 1624, when its value was appraised after the death of its captain and part-owner, Christopher Jones. It was declared to be “in ruinis.” There’s no proof to support any claims that pieces of the original ship exist. Now a Quaker Meeting House Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this one!
Photo from Wikipedia Commons. Also checkout Kate Shrewsday blog The Mayflower Barn took some great photos and mentions the 1624 records from when the probate lawyers looked the ship over for what it might be worth for scrap. £50 for the ship, five anchors at £25, Item. 8 muskitts, 6 bandeleers, and 6 piks at ——– 50 s. A pitch pot and kettle for 13 shillings and four pence; and more besides. The whole lot totalled a little over £128. You can view Probate Inventory of the Mayflower document at Mayflower History
Graves of William Penn and Hannah Callowhill Penn (1671 - 1726) Burial:Old Jordans Cemetery Jordans Chiltern District Buckinghamshire, England Find a Grave and Gulielma Maria Springett Penn (1644 - 1694).
The Independent Article "The Discovery of the Mayflower" by Hamilton Holt published in 1920 I have the PDF if you would like a copy post please
June 13, 1955 Publication from London Press
November 25, 1981 Publication in Centre Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania)
A Connecticut Historian, Mille Anderson published an article in The Bridgeport Post on September 7, 1975 and her research shows that women were not home baking bread and spinning cloth as depicted in 18th century paintings. After some digging into the town records and executing some intense investigating Anderson discovered a completely different portrait of these Connecticut women. Anderson asserts women used courage, wiles, and ingenuity to outsmart the enemy and strengthen the cause. Many women had already asserted their power by boycotting Tory and British imports. They drank brewed Raspberry leaves in place of tea and worked zestfully at their spinning wheels making their own cloth. Like in Boston, they formed sewing circles in the name of Liberty......To read Full story Click Heritage Chronicles
Ralph Elmer Clarkson born in Amesbury, Massachusetts on August 3 1861. He was the son of carriage maker Joseph True Clarkson and Susan Melinda Watson. Ralph Clarkson made the first perspective drawings of carriages in Amesbury in 1878. When Ralph ventured to Illinois and "once transplanted to Chicago’s art scene, his background of culture, refinement, and talent lent themselves to the promotion of a cultural life in Chicago, which has rarely been equaled."
J. T. Clarkson & Co. commenced the manufacture of novelties in carriages in 1888. They were among the first to bring out the interchangeable seat traps which were so popular in the 90's. They have taken out many patents for improvements in carriages, and are still making specialties in pony work and carts." Amesbury Carriage Makers Amesbury City Site and Ad 1896 Ad Antique Franconia Trap Buggy Carriage J. T. Clarkson Amesbury MA YAHB1
Joseph True Clarkson was born to Jacob Clarkson and Polly Hodgkins on June 14, 1837 in Amesbury, Massachusetts (at the time called Salisbury) and died November 9, 1907. The family roots were firmly established in New England soil. His paternal grandparents were Scotch and came to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1718. Two brothers Andrew Clarkson and James Clarkson, both "described as men of distinction in the two-volume history of their town." James Clarkson boarded with the Cottons when they first arrived from Scotland. He was a teacher in the public schools and town representative. He married 1st Elizabeth Clark Cotton, daughter of George Clark and widow of William Cotton. He married 2nd Mrs Sarah Holland. In Brewster’s Rambles about Portsmouth New Hampshire Volume 1, the two brothers occupied a spacious old framed house noted to be haunted. It was demolished in 1835.
In the State Historical Society of Wisconsin is a portion of a silk flag brought by the Clarkson forebears upon their migration from Scotland to New England. It bears the Latin motto, “Nem-Me-Impune-Lacesse 1719” (No One Provokes Me with Impunity) It was used in the memorable Scottish rebellion of 1745, and was in the fatal defeat of Brince Charlie at Culloden. It was given by Captain Clarkson, of Ceresco, Wisconsin, a lineal descendant. Wisconsin Historical Collections Volume 4
Joseph Clarkson was a man of "culture and versatile gifts." He was an inventor, manufacturer, and editor on several occasions for the Amesbury Daily News. Joseph also published articles on special subjects, as he was "an intimate in the political councils of the district." In his later years he served as postmaster of Amesbury. His wife, Susan Melinda Watson. Check back for more genealogy
Death Certificate Joseph True Clarkson
William True Clarkson son of Joseph Clarkson and Susan Watson, Brother of Ralph Elmer Clarkson
Birth of Joseph True Clarkson in 1837 and Francis Kimball Clarkson 1833 who married Mary Kane Jewett
According to a biography published by the Illinois Art Institute, Whittier encouraged Ralph to pursue his art talent and inspired him to create "nature" themes in his work. According to C J Bulliet, when Ralph came back from three years’ study in Paris, Whittier, then venerable, insisted on his bringing to him his sketches and spreading them out before him. Mr. Clarkson remembers with pleasure the intelligent criticisms the poet offered of his various paintings. Whittier, he relates, was color-blind, but that didn’t destroy his power of linking pictures with appearances of nature. Before his career in painting Ralph Clarkson worked for James R Osgood Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Even as a young man attending Amesbury Public Schools Ralph was "called upon to decorate the blackboards when any special celebration" in town.
From Illinois Art Project Clarkson studied at the Boston Museum School under Frederick Crowninshield (1845-1918) and later at the Academie Julian in Paris, under noted artists Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. When working with Emil Otto Grundmann he was introduced to the works of the Spanish court painter, Diego Velázquez, who strongly influenced many of Clarkson’s contemporaries, and who Clarkson, would idolize throughout his career. In 1884, Clarkson left for Paris with fellow Boston artist Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938). Their ship landed at Liverpool in October and by mid-month they were staying together at Madame Gogly’s boardinghouse, 83 Avenue a familiar spot for Victor Hugo. They began studies at the Académie Julian with William-Adolphe Bouguerea. The two also studied with American expatriate William Turner Dannat (1853-1929). Clarkson dutifully followed their academic teachings, but was likely aware of the attention accorded the French Impressionists. After fleeing cholera in Paris and heading to London, Clarkson eventually found his way back to Paris while Tarbell left for Munich. In pursuit of study of the Impressionists’ plein air methods, Clarkson left Paris for Switzerland. There, he succeeded in capturing Impressionist procedures, painting a seven by eleven foot picture of two old men in a sunlit square titled The Arrival of News in the Village. His pigments were keyed so high that when the canvas was hung in the Salon Société des Artistes Français of 1887, it was as bright as the works of the Impressionists, and earned a place in a center panel.
Ralph married on January 15 1890 Fanny Rose Calhoun born May 24 1862 in Manchester Connecticut daughter of Judge David Samuel Calhoun and Harriet A Gilbert. Her mother died when she was 5 years old and her father married 2nd Eliza Scott in 1870. Harriet Gilbert (1830-1868) was the daughter of Jasper Gilbert and Elizabeth Hale Rose who was the daughter of Captain Joseph Roseand Millie Sweatland. Captain John Rose was son of Samuel Roseand Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Richard Hale (Son of Samuel Hale and Apphia Moody) and Elizabeth Strong. Elizabeth Strong daughter of Captain Joseph Strong (Son of Joseph Justice Strong and Sarah Allen) and Elizabeth Strong daughter of Preserved Strong and Tabitha Lee. Samuel Roseturned out from Coventry at the Lexington Alarm. He served as surgeon in the army until 1780, when he returned home ill and died in a few days. Lineage Book Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 6. David Calhoun was son of Rev George Albion Calhoun and Betsey Scoville, daughter of Jonathan Scoville and Sarah "Sally" Church.
First Photo--Full-length group portrait of artist Ralph Elmer Clarkson, president of the Municipal Art Commission and governing member of the Art Institute of Chicago, sitting in his studio in the Fine Arts Building located at 410 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Clarkson is holding a print and photographer Paul Weirum and Jens Eriksen of the Chicago Daily News are standing, looking at the print that Clarkson is holding.Second Photo: Ralph Elmer Clarkson, Jens Eriksen, and Paul Weirum sitting and standing at a table covered with papers. Both taken by Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer from Chicago History Museum Digital Collection
Ralph served as president of the Art Commission of Chicago and State Art Commission of Illinois. He was an acting member of the jury for the art section at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of St. Louis in 1904. He was also a member of the International Jury of Awards at St. Louis in the same year and has recently been made a member of the painting jury of the American Federation of Arts at Washington, D. C.
Ralph Elmer Clarkson Art
Nouvart Dzeron, a Daughter of Armenia 1912 considered Clarkson's most popular work hangs at the Art Institute of ChicagoThe model was Miss Nouvart Dzeron, who was a student at the time (1912) in the school at the Art Institute, still vividly remembered by artists who were her fellow students. She posed in the costume her grandfather sent over from Armenia. She was a singer and actress as well as a painter, very active and emotionally high strung. Wedding a wealthy Armenian in the cast, after leaving school, she has continued her art career, going not so long ago to China to study the designing of rugs. Nouvart Dzeron was the daughter of the freedom fighter Manoog B. Dzeron, who authored the book - Village of Parachanj, General History, 1600-1937. Nevart, the daughter of Yeghsa and Manoog, graduated with honors from the Chicago Art Institute. She did her post-graduate studies in France and Italy. During the Near East Relief drive, Nevart travelled throughout the U.S. giving lectures on Armenian folk music and singing traditional Armenian songs. She was the first to organize a touring Armenian chorus, which sang in traditional Armenian costumes, and acquainted the American public with Armenian music. The chorus included, West Point Military Academy graduate, Haig Shekerjian, who played the violin and would later become a decorated army general.
Café au lait au frais, circa 1892-94 Oil on canvas last known locale was M. Christine Schwartz Collection
''Venice, Italy'', framed watercolor last known locale was Bunte Auction Services
Portrait of Woman last known locale was Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Signed top right to my friend T.E. Balding last known locale was California Auctioneers
Al fondo el retrato del pintor Ralph Elmer Clarkson, 1911. The Oregon Public Library, Oregon, Illinois. Collection Eagle´s Nest Art Colony.
From Oxford Register Kansas September 6 1923
From The Inter Ocean Chicago January 24 1897
From Interview "Why I Prefer to Live in Chicago" by Mary Isabel Brush published May 8 1910 please contact me for full PDF
From Chicago Daily Tribune Illinois January 10 1906
From Article "Among the Art Galleries" published in the Inter Ocean Chicago December 8 1912 by George B Zug please contact me if you would like PDF copy
From The Newburyport News Newburyport, MA February 8 1897
From Newburyport News Newburyport, MA March 29 1887
Passport Application for Ralph E Clark 1892 and signature of father J T Clarkson
Sources
History of Amesbury, Massachusetts: Beginning with the Arrival of the Winthrop Fleet 1630 at Salem and Boston Through 1967 Sara Locke Redford Whittier Press 1968
Photo furnished by Historic Deerfield, MA Heather Harrington and Christine Ritok of Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Collections Database Short, Joseph Accession Number HD60 203 Credit Line Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flynt "Chippendale-style ladder-back side chair in mahogany with birch and maple, attributed to Joseph Short (1771-1819), based on a paper label found on the seat frame: "Isaac Short, Newburyport, Mass." Isaac was one of four cabinetmaking sons of Joseph Short, a well-known cabinetmaker in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The carved back has scrolled ears and four ladder-back slats; a saddle seat covered over the seat rails with olive green woolen moreen outlined in brass nails that have been glued on; plain front legs and compressed stretchers; and slightly flared, chamfered rear legs. The seat frame is beech, with diagonal maple braces joining the seat rails. The chair was purchased by Henry N Flynt, president of the Heritage Foundation. In the records collection the chair was said to be "found on Plum Island", which is near Newburyport, but offers no other information. This is a receipt furnished by Historic Deerfield dated June 7, 1960.
InThe Furniture of Historic Deerfield (1976), Dean Fales refers to the Isaac Short chair.
History of Henry Flynt and Historic Deerfield NEED TO ADD
Isaac Short (1803- was the son of cabinetmaker Joseph Short (1771-1819) and Hannah Short (1773-1848) Hannah was the daughter of Barnes Short and Mary "Mollie" Bailey Platts. Hannah and Joseph were cousins. Joseph was son of Sewall Short and Jane (Titcomb) Moody, daughter of Parker Titcomb and Sarah Little, and the widow of William Moody. Sewall Short, named for his grandmother's family and who was to be the first of the many Shorts to practice the craft of a cabinetmaker in Newburyport. His 1st wife Jane Brown died on August 30, 1761. The following spring of on March 21, 1762, Sewall married Jane Moody, widow of William Moody born Dec 1736 in Newbury, MA, and died Oct 07, 1761 in Newbury, MA. He married Jane Titcomb Nov 13, 1760 in Newbury. Administration of his Estate and Guardianship of his only daughter fathered with Jane Moody, Sarah was given to Jane Short in 1773. Also, Michael Titcomb is listed as a bondsman, brother to Jane.
Marriage Intentions Joseph Short and Hannah Short recorded Town Records April 6 1790 and Marriage May 7 1790.
Joseph Short fathered five cabinet markers and documented evidence of their work appears in day books housed at Peabody Essex Museum and Historic New England. Other documented sources and examples of furniture are referenced in Antiques Magazine, newspapers archives, Israel Sack Voulumes, Yale University, Historic New England, Winterthur Museum and numerous historical societies. Joseph's sons include George, Charles, Daniel, Stephen, and Isaac. Some moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts and set up shops in furniture making and restoration. Note: birth date error in Rolfe papers (image below) for Joseph Short should be 1771 not 1791.
Isaac would follow his brothers after his marriage around 1827. However, he appears in an entry in George Short's account book and in town records receipts as noted by both Martha Fales in "The and Dean Fales in Furniture Historic Deerfield and Henry Flynt.
Isaac Short married married Mary Ann Burroughs (1808-1856) daughter of William Burroughs and Mary Polly Chase Huse. Mary Huse,daughter of Lt Samuel Huse** and Sarah Hale) Both Huse and Burroughsare listed as joiners and cabinetmakers in census and newspaper ads. The Hews/Huse family were part of the Old Newbury settlers group. Samuel Huse and Eliza Colby, his wife. Samuel Huse, Jr., and Sarah Dole Cross, daughter of Samuel Huse and Sarah Hale, his wife. Samuel Huse, (1744-1820), was a minute man at the Lexington Alarm and commanded a company at the battle of Bemus Heights. He fought along side of Moses Short.
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Death of William Burroughs records show born in Concord, New Hampshire.
From "Lieutenant Joshua Hewes: A New England Pioneer, and Some of His Descendants Volume 1" by Eben Putnam A reference to Short and Huse Family connection
Delaware, Crafts person Files, 1600-1995. Card File of American Crafts people, 1600-1995. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. Winterthur, Delaware.
A Directory Furnituremakers of Newburyport, Massachusetts listed in The Magazine Antiques 1945 Mabel M Swan article "Newburyport Furnituremakers."Isaac is not listed here.
Joseph Short Shop reference to Hooper Clothing Store Impartial Herald Newburyport
A reference to Joseph Short's shop on wharf August 15 1860 Newburyport Daily Herald. Martha Fales in her article "The Shorts, Newburyport Cabinetmakers," published in Essex Institute Historical Collections (July 1966) references Mahogany pieces from the day books of both George and Joseph Short.
Examples of Labels of School of Joseph Short Keno Auctions Important Americana, Paintings, and Decorative Arts Sale January 17, 2012
Examples attributed to School of Joseph Short
CHARLTON HALL Sale 270 Lot 133 Sold for US $1,100 Pair Chippendale mahogany ladderback side chairs, Newburyport, Massachusetts circa 1790, school of Joseph Short, serpentine crest and pierced slats, over-upholstered seat on straight bead-and-channel legs. BH37 3/4" SH19 1/2" W21" D19 1/4" (2pcs) Provenance: Savannah, Georgia private collection Literature: Butler, Joseph T. FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1985. p.106 See Catalogue 85th Anniversary Auction of Charlton Hall.
Pair of Chippendale Chairs Photo from Leon Doucette, Curatorial Assistant Cape Ann Museum Gloucester, Massachusetts Gift of Margaret Farrell Lynch, a trustee of the Cape Ann Historical Association in Gloucester presented in 1967. The chair was made about 1780 Ref: 1987 Historic New England Survey David H Mitchell. Margaret Lynch was wife of the late Dr. George W. Lynch and the late Henry D. Schmidt.
Photos from Burchard Galleries Auction Catalog JOSEPH SHORT COUNTRY CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIR: Arched crest, pierced carved vertical splats with center medallion, parquetry inlay follows the outline of the crest and legs. Needlepoint cover for seat. Offered from the estate of a direct descendant of the Short family of Newbury Mass. Handwritten note on the chair says the rest of the set of chairs were given to the S.P.N.E.A. (Now Historic New England) by Henry, husband of Harriette Short, and are in the "Short House" in Old Newbury. There is a photo of the same chair in Mabel M. Swan's article "Newburyport Furnituremakers" published in The Magazine Antiques April 1945.
From Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Digitized Content from the American Antiquarian Society.
Photo from descendant Laurie Short Jarvis and Short family tree on Ancestry.Com
Death Notice of Mary Ann Burroughs Short, wife of Isaac Short from Newburyport Daily Herald September 9, 1856 Digital Archives online Newburyport Archival Center and the Newburyport Public Library.
Sarah Smith Emery inReminiscences of a Newburyport Nonagenarian notesA Celebration dinner on the fiftieth anniversary of American Independence , furnished by Messrs. Tyler & Cook, served in Market Hall. A toast from Mr. Moses Short, "The tree of liberty, watered by the blood of the Revolution— may our children suffer no canker worms to injure its sacred leaves." More on Moses Short and Newburyport History: Recalling Civil , Revolutionary War veterans from Newburyport area
Confederate Veteran, Volume 13
"The Shorts, NewburyportCabinetmakers" Martha Fales
Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of New Hampshire 1879
No. 849 Chippendale mahogany armchair with Gothic interlaced splat, square legs with serpentine moulding, serpentine scooped arms, arm supports with scrolled base in the manner of Joseph Short. Opportunities in American Antiques, Issue 14 Israel Sack 1966
BEST Chippendale mahogany armchair, Newburyport, Mass., circa 1750- 1780. A choice and rare armchair by Joseph Short, a well-known Newburyport cabinetmaker. Five Points of American Furniture Albert Sack 1950
"Fifty Years of Collecting for Historic Deerfield" Donald Friary for Sack Heritage Group
Historical and Genealogical Researches and Recorder of Passing Events of Marrimack Valley, Volume 1 Alfred Poore, 1858
From the Collection of Carolyn Hart Wood, daughter of Elizabeth Hart MarloweWood and Henry Wood Jr.Carolyn contacted me regarding her ancestor Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart (1622-1700), who was targeted in the the Salem 1692 witch hysteria. Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart was thedaughter of Thomas Hutchinson and Anne Browne Hawkes and the wife of Issac Hart (1614-1699), the son of Thomas Hart and Alice Waters. The Family Bible was purchased in 1828 at by James Estes, a direct descendant of Isaac Estes and Mary Towne of Topsfield, Massachusetts in 1828. (NOTE Spelling Variations: Esty, Estes, Easty, Eastey, or Estye)
The family connections to the bible are direct descendants of Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Children of William Towne and Johanna Blessing:
Rebecca Towne married Francis Nurse John Towne married Susannah Towne Sergeant Edmund Towne married Mary Browning, daughter of Thomas Browning and Mary Hinds Jacob Towne married Catherine Symonds, daughter of John Symonds and Ruth Foxe Mary Towne married Isaac Eastey Joseph Towne (1639-1713) married Phoebe Perkins, daughter of Thomas Perkins and Phebe Gould. Sarah Towne married 1st Edmund Bridges and 2nd Peter Cloyes. see PBS production made about these trials, called "THREE SOVERIGNS FOR SARAH" and New York Times article October 1984 The Witches of Salem get a New Hearing
This portrait was in the home of Carolyn's and Mary Towne Easty
These Photo were taken by Kerry Cheever of Cheever Associates, former owner of the Benjamin Crowninshield Home. Mary Towne Eastey was arrested on this property. The lower structure and part of the cellar were the original structure of the home of Mary Towne Easty's son. Kerry Cheever is a direct descendant of Ezekiel Cheever
Photo from Book by Rev Z A Mudge Witch Hill: A History of Witchcraft Published in 1870 by Carlton & Lanahan New York Also Lots of information on this site Topsfield, Massachusetts of Easty Property and other locations connected to Salem Witch Trials and Families at Witch Caves & Salem End Road Field Investigation: 25 November 2001, 26 May 2007, & 1 June 2007 by Daniel V. Boudillion Some background
"...Rev. Samuel Parris, formerly a merchant in the West Indies, had in his possession West Indian slaves, one by the name of Tituba. The girls in the winter of 1691-2 whiled away the evenings by practising palmistry and magic at the parsonage. Later as a result of the witchcraft lore voodooism teachings of Tituba and the already prevalent universal belief in witchcraft, the girls exhibited fits and convulsions in the presence of other people. The villiage physcian, Dr. Griggs, pronounced the girls bewitched. The ten young girls accused various people, including Tituba, of bewitching them. Hysteria spread rapidly and within four months hundreds were arrested and tried, nineteen hanged, and one man was pressed to death. On April 22, 1692, Mary Easty, the wife of Isaac Easty, was delivered to the jail keeper in Salem. With others she was charged with "High Suspicion of Sundry Acts of Witchcraft..." On May 18th Mary Easty was released, but two days later the girls were seized with terrible convulsions and accused Mary Easty again... After midnight she was aroused from sleep, chained and taken from her home and family, and placed in the prison in Salem... She was carried to execution with seven others on the 22nd day of September 1692. The end of witchcraft in America came in May of 1693 when Governor William Phips ordered the release from prison of all then held on the charge of witchcraft."
From (Essex County Archives, Salem - Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 177) (Examination of Mary Easty)
"The Examination of Mary Eastie. At a Court held at Salem village 22. Apr. 1692 By the Hon. John Hathorn & Jonathan Corwin. At the bringing in of the the accused severall fell into fits. Doth this woman hurt you? Many mouths were stopt, & several other fits seized them..."
Johanna Blessing Easty was dismissed from the Salem church to that of Topsfield, Massachusetts in 1664. According to records Joanna Towne testified for the Reverend Thomas Gilbert in 1670 concerning a Sunday dinner at the parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert had Captain and Mrs. John Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perkins, and Mrs Towne as their guests. A rare gold cup of wine was passed. Mr. Gould alleged that Mr. Gilbert drank too freely. She testified that on Sunday, Mr. Gilbert had administered the "sacrament swetly unto us" and that after the service: "I was att dinner att Mter Gilberts table ... and sat next to him on his right hand, and though some report that he drank too much of the sacrament wyn ... I believe he is wronged, for I that then sat next him saw no such matter ... And I can saifly take my oath that though our minister had the cup twyce in his hand, yet the first tyme he drank not one drop of it, but gave it out of his hand to Thomas Perkins, bidding him give it to me, for I needed it mor than he, being older. When the cup had gone about, it came into his hand the second time and I am sure ther could not be much in it then (it may be two or three spoon-ful) and that he drank." (Recorded in The Ancestry of Lieutenant Amos Towne 1737-1793, p. 5) In 1673, Joanna Towne was appointed to administer the estate of her late husband.
The Children of Isaac Eastyand Mary Towne:
Isaac Easty, Jr. married Abigail Kimball, daughter of John Kimball and Mary Bradstreet (after Isaac's death Abigail married in 1718 William Poole, son of John Poole first settlerand prominent land owner of Redding, Massachusetts).
In 1689 and 1691 Isaac Easty appears in town records as one chosen of the surveyors of highways. In 1694, Issac was chosen constable. In 1696 he was one of the selectmen of the town. In 1699 “Ephraim Dormand and Isaac Easty JR are chosen to serve on ye Jury of trialsat ye next court to be houlden at Ipswich.” “At a Lawfull meeting of ye Town of Topsfield the 2 day march 1702/8. . . Isaac Estey Junr and Samuel Stanley are Chosen Selectmen for the year. When his father died in 1712 Isaac JR inherited about 40 acres of upland and 4 of meadow that he was already living on. The land was on the south side of the Ipswich River.
Joseph Easty married Jane Steward in June 1692 more information is providedin Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Volume 3 by William Richard Cutter 1912
Sarah Eastymarried first to Moses Gilland second __________ Ireland
John Easty married1st Mary Dorman and 2nd Hannah
Hannah Easty married George Abbott Benjamin Easty married1st Elizabeth Goodhue and 2nd Mary Holland Samuel Easty unmarried Jacob Easty married Lydia Elliot Joshua Easty married Abigail Stanley
Marriages Recorded 1692 Massachusetts Town Clerk
The Hobbs family married into Carolyn Hart Wood's Easty--Hart family line.
Isaac Easty (1627-1673) son of Jeffrey Easty and Margaret Plott married Mary Towne (1634-1692) daughter of William Towne(1598/99-1661) and Johanna Blessing (1594-1682).
John Easty (1662-1720) married1st on 31 May 1688 to Mary Dorman and second Hannah _________
Jonathon Easty (1707-1796) marriedSusanna Monroe (1721-
Nathanial Easty (1746-1807) marriedMehitable Preston (1738- William Easty (1776-) marriedRuth Hobbs James Estes (1806-1873) marriedExperience Wilson (1801-1872) Sara Kimball Estes m. Charles Nelson Hart
Note from 1888 D.H. Hurd, Vol I, page 950 "Estey- Johnathan Estey was the son of John Estey, who was the son of Isaac, whose wife Mary was hung for witchcraft in 1692. This John came here from Topsfield, a few years after the execution of his mother. The blood of the family has been quite generally diffused throughout this town, and they are well known as a long-lived race. The larger part of the family moved to Framingham, Massachusetts after the execution of the wife and mother, hoping they had escaped the laws of Massachusetts, but subsequently found that they were still in the hated State; but they had cleared away too many fields to take up stakes again, and have remained, some of them to the present day."
Death Records of Joseph Hobbs March 15, 1777 age 68, son Joseph Hobbs, JR May 2, 1782 age 38, Ruth Hobbs May 10, 1792 age 82, Eunice Hobbs June 11, 1795 age 50, Nathaniel Estes December 3, 1807 age 63, Rebecca Estes March 29, 1807 age 51, Elizabeth Hobbs February 3, 1812 age 54, John Pratt December 29, 1814.
Deaths Recorded Joseph L Hobbs, Joseph L Hobbs, Ruth Hobbs, Eunice Hobbs, Nathaniel Estes, Rebecca Estes, Elizabeth Hobbs, John Pratt, Joseph Hobbs, Rebecca Peabody, William Estes, Jason Ford Estes.
Births recordedchildren of James Estes and Experience Wilson: Sarah Kimball Estes April 20 1829, James Henry Estes 12 1831, Charles Wilson Estes October 18 1832, William Abbott Estes April 1842
Marriage recorded James Estes and Experience Wilson and below is from the town records Massachusetts Marriages in Essex County Volume 5
Marriage Preformed in Ipswich, Massachusetts by Rev Robert Southgates on November 3, 1859 Charles Nelson Hart to Sara Kimball Estes
Henry Jackson Hart born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts on October 14, 1833. He was the second son born to Joseph Hart Jr. and Harriet Davis Clark. On October 14, 1858, Henry J Hart married Lois Augusta Shute, from Lynnfield, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Benjamin Shute and Lois Smith. Henry Jackson Hart lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts in his last days. He was a tanner by trade, and died of consumption on December 25, 1891. Lois, his widow, was living in Ipswich in 1900 according to town census.
Henry Jackson Hart
Frank Hart, son of Henry Jackson Hart and Lois Augusta Shute.Frank lived at the Old Hart Farm in Lynnfield Centre.
Charles Nelson Hart born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts on August 10, 1835. He was the fourth son of Joseph Hart Jr. and Harriet D. Clark. On November 3, 1859, Charles N Hart married Sarah Kimball Estes of Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of James Estes and Experience J. Wilson.
Photo of the Hart House in Lynnfield, Massachusetts Mr. Hart, a farmer, resided in Lynnfield. In 1884, he moved to Belleview, Florida. In the following excerpt from a letter dated January 10, 1974 and written by Mary Louise Hart Pletsch and sent to Elizabeth Hart Marlowe, we gain additional insight into the Charles Nelson Hart family. “Charles Hart, If I remember correctly was one of your great grandfathers
brothers. I think it was his picture that hung in your mother's living room to the
right just as you entered the room. He married a Sarah Estes- who was a spiritualist- they did a bit of roaming around as I remember and she was always communing with the spirit of some relative or other. That’s our tie with the Estes family. It will tell about their children in the Hart Genealogy book- but they must all be dead by now and with no clues it would be hard to find them. The family or families we really could find are a generation later. There was a George Pierpont Hart who was a cousin of my father’s-good grief- I guess he was a son of Charles we were talking about. He said my father inherited the Lynnfield farm. George Pierpont sold his share to my father-your grandpa-because he lived in Danbury, Virginia-he ran a printing business there and had 2 sons which were your mother's cousins, one was named Parker-the other named Murray Hart. Either one or both of them could still be alive or have children.” -- Mary Louise Hart Pletsch, January 10, 1974
Sara Kimball Estes, daughter of James Estes and Experience Wilson.
Old Burying Ground Ipswich, Massachusetts Photo from Find A Grave submitted by John Glassford
Death Record of Experience Wilson Estes from Ipswich Ma Town Records
Children born to Charles Nelson Hart and Sarah Kimball Estes: Ruth Estes Hart, died in infancy July 1862. George Pierpont Estes Hart (1864-) He married Margaret Crowell Hogg at St. Myers, Florida, on Jan. 31, 1897. Margaret, born in Argyle, Nova Scotia to Nathaniel W. Hogg and Agnes Brown. Margaret's parents lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Charles Nelson Hart was in the military during World War I. He inherited the Hart farm In Lynnfield, MA but sold his share to his cousin, George Albert Hart. At one time, George Hart lived in Belleville, Florida area where he operated a farm. He was also editor of The Blade, among the earliest newspapers in Belleview. The paper is no longer published. Later, George worked for the Danville (Virginia) Register Bee. George is buried in the Green Hill Cemetery in Danville, Virginia.
Margaret died on January 18, 1929. She is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Danville. In 1925, George and Margaret's son, Murray Hart, purchased five plots in the Mountain View Cemetery. In addition to Margaret, Jessie Inez Sweatt Hart, and Helen V. L. Hart's husband, William Allie Poteat Jr., are buried there. The fourth and fifth cemetery plots are reserved for Helen V. L. Hart Poteat and Sarah Kimball Hart Moore.
This book was owned by Ruth Hobbs, grandmother of Sarah Kimball Estes Hart. In the back there's a Post Script from Sarah when she lived in Belleview, Florida. Carolyn Hart Wood would move only miles away from thehome of her ancestors.
Estate of William Towne of Topsfield Essex Probate Docket # 27923 Administration granted 24:4:1673 to Johana Towne on the estate of Wm Towne, her late husband, and she was to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich court. Petition for settlement of a small estate left the undersigned by their father, who died ten years ago leaving no will, but left his estate in the hands of their mother who was appointed administrator and the estate remained unsettled until her death, and now they desire that the following division may be allowed: the land to be divided equally to his three sons, Edmund, Jacob, and Joseph and the moveables equally to the three daughters, Rebecka, Mary and Sarah; also the three brothers to pay all debts now due and what charges shall after arise in settlement of the estate to be equally borne by all six. Adted Jan 17, 1682. Signed by Mary Towne of Edmond Jacob Towne, Joseph Towne, Francis Nurse with the consent of Rebeka, Mary Esty, formerly Mary Towne, Sarah Bridges. Witness: John How John Pritchet Allowed by the court at Ipswich April 10, 1683 Source: Ipswich Deeds, vol 4, page 515
Mary Towne Easty, History of Martyrdom Once accused of witchcraft, Mary Towne Easty, wife of Isaac Estey and mother of seven children, stood little chance of escaping conviction. Ann Putnam, wife of the powerful Thomas Putnam, lodged the first charge against Mary calling her a witch - who was the daughter of a witch - along with Mary's sisters Rebecca Towne Nurse and Sarah Towne Cloyes. To add to Mary's vulnerability, Rebecca had already been hung on similar charges. Also to Mary's detriment, her family was involved in the ongoing Topsfield, Massachusetts Land dispute with the Putnam family. Her chance of acquittal numbered few and none. Mary was sentenced to death on Sept.9 1692. She accepted her fate with calm resignation. After her sentencing and saying her last farewells to her family, Mary addressed the court and the governor with a petition so eloquent and keenly distressing as to evoke tears from almost all present: "Your poor and humble petitioner, knowing my own innocence (blessed be the Lord for it)...and seeing clearly the wiles and subtlety of my accusers... I petition to your honors not for my own life, for I know I must die and my appointed time is set (Sept. 22). But the Lord he knows that if it is possible no more innocent blood may be shed, which undoubtedly cannot be avoided in the way and course you go in. I question not but your honors does to the utmost of your power in the discovery and selection of witchcraft and witches, and would not be guilty of innocent blood for the world. But by my own innocence I know you are in the wrong way. The Lord in his infinite mercy direct you in this great work. If it be his blessed will that no more innocent blood be shed I would humbly beg of you that your honors would be pleased to examine these afflicted persons strictly and keep them apart some time, and likewise to try some of these confessing witches, I being confident there is several of them has belied themselves and others, as well appear if not in this world, I am sure in the world to come whither I am now going. And I question not but you'll see an alteration of these things they myself and others having made a league with the Devil we cannot confess. I know and the Lord knows, as will shortly appear, they belie me and so I question not but they do others...The Lord knows that... I know not the least thing of witchcraft, therefore I cannot, I dare not belie my own soul. I beg your honors not to deny this as my humble petition from a poor dying innocent person and I question not but the Lord will give a blessing to your endeavors." Mary Estey died without knowing that her fifty-year old younger sister, Sarah, never came to trial. Sarah was reprieved at the end of the witch hunts. Mary died convicted as a witch in Salem 1692. Mary came to America with her family around 1640. On September 22, 1692, she was one of a group of eight hanged for witchcraft, reportedly called by Salem minister Nicholas Noyes, the "Eight firebrands of Hell". Like her sister Rebecca Nurse, Mary was a pious and respected member of Salem, and her accusation came as a surprise. During the examination on April 22, 1692, when Easty clasped her hands together, Mercy Lewis, one of the afflicted, imitated the gesture and claimed to be unable to release her hands until Easty released her own. Again, when Mary inclined her head, the afflicted girls accused her of trying to break their necks. When asked how far she had complied with Satan by magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin, she replied, "Sir, I never complyed but prayed against him all my dayes, I have no complyance with Satan, in this....I am clear of this sin.[1]" For a reason unknown, Easty was released from prison after two months, and discharged on May 18. However, on May 20, Mercy Lewis claimed that Easty's specter was afflicting her, and was supported by the other girls. A second warrant was issued that night for Easty's arrest. She was taken from her bed and returned to the prison; Lewis' fits ceased after Mary was chained. Easty was tried and condemned to death on September 9. Robert Calef, in More Wonders of the Invisible World, described Eastey's parting words to her family "as serious, religious, distinct, and as affectionate as could be expressed, drawing tears from the eyes of almost all present." She was hanged on September 22. On the gallows she prayed for an end to the witch hunt. In November, after Easty had been put to death, Mary Herrick gave testimony about Easty. Herrick testified that she was visited by Easty who told her she had been put to death wrongfully and was innocent of witchcraft, and that she had come to vindicate her cause. Easty's family was compensated with 20 pounds from the government in 1711 for her wrongful execution. Her husband Isaac lived until June 11, 1712. Below is a map of Salem Village1692 which Index can be viewed at Upham Salem Map University of Virginia
Abigail Hobbs
From the Annuals of Salem transcribed by Joseph Barlow Felt Year 1692 records of Mary Easty, along with other relatives, neighbors, and surrounding town members:
MRS. BLANCHE DUDLEY TOWNE MEINCKE. 28588
Born in Somerville, Massachusetts. Wife of Alfred McClellan Meincke. Descendant .of Israel Towne. Israel Towne, Jr., Samuel Scripture, Jr., and Col. Ebenezer Bancroft. Daughter of Cleon Dudley Towne and Helen Azuba Scripture, his wife. Granddaughter of Cleon Gardner Towne and Lucinda Bancroft Copeland, his wife; Gilman Scripture and Azubah Stevens (1808-52), his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Gardner Towne (1765-1815) and Lucy Bancroft (1773-1849), his wife, m. 1795; Hills Scripture and Patty Parker, his wife; John Stevens and Azubah Proctor, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Israel Towne, Jr. and Lydia Hopkins, his wife; Ebenezer Bancroft, Sr. and Susannah Fletcher (1737-1823), his wife, m. 1763; Samuel Scripture, Jr. and Betsey Barrett, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Israel Towne and Grace Gardner, his wife. Israel Towne. (1705-91), signed the Association Test, 1776. He was born in Topsfield, Mass.; died in Amherst, N. H. Israel Towne, Jr., (1736-1813), served as recruiting officer. Also Nos. 23468, 24093. Samuel Scripture. Jr.. (1760-1852), was placed on the pension roll of Cheshire Co., 1831, for service of private. New Hampshire Continental Line. He was born in Nelson, N. H., where he died. Ebenezer Bancroft, (1738-1827), commanded a company at Bunker Hill where he was wounded. He was at Bennington and conducted the Hessian prisoners taken at that battle. He was promoted major, 1778, and rose to the rank of colonel. He was placed on the pension roll of Norfolk Co., 1785. He was born in Dunstable, Mass., where he died. Photos from William Towne Genealogy:
History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire: (first Known as Narragansett Township Number Three, and Subsequently as Southegan West) Daniel Franklin Secomb Evans, Sleeper & Woodbury, 1883 - Amherst (N.H.)
The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, Volumes 11-12
The Averell-Averill-Avery Family: A Record of the Descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Mass.Press of Evangelical Publishing House, 1906
Mr. Daviot, a young farmer in Nievre Assizes, France Morvan District murdered his cousin Francis Daviot on August 8 1904. He was sentenced to five years of servitude on August 27.
According to the reports Daviot had a strong belief that his cousin was dabbling in witchcraft. The farmer had succumbed to many misfortunes which could not be explained. When his ill fortunes spread to his live stalk (several cows died suddenly and his horse had gone lame) Daviot paid a visit to a local sorcerer.
The sorcerer informed him that his cousin Francis had "the gift of the evil eye," and the only way to break free of the curse was by "preforming sundry strange practices." No matter what rituals Daviot carried out he could not break the spell and his misfortunes continued. His superstition festered into paranoia.
Daviot laid in wait for Francis on the night of August 8 and when his cousin passed he shot him with a revolver. Francis lived just long enough to mutter the name of his killer and Daviot was arrested later that night.
Daviot confessed and his story won much sympathy at his trial which resulted in a sentence reduced to servitude rather than hard prison time.
Perhaps the sorcerer may have gotten his in the end! On the same day as the Deviot was sentenced a bricklayer named Merot from Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon (a few towns over) was being tried for beating the village sorcerer to death with a brick.
His story always gained the sympathetic ears of the jury. Merot was acquitted.
Apparently Merot was told that he was inflicted by his neighbors "evil eye," and the sorcerer would predict the misfortunes preyed on him from the neighbor's demonic powers.
Merot confessed he was "goaded by terror and fear," as the sorcerer would pronounce wild predictions. He believed in the sorcery and the evil powers of his neighbor, but the fortune telling sessions left him with stomach aches and on two occasions with complete paralysis.
On the day of the murder Merot saw the sorcerer who said to him: "What! Not dead yet! You only have a week to live!" And as the saying goes: The messenger always gets killed!
France Eugene Weber Harvard University Press 1986
"Slew Man With Evil Eye-French peasant resorts to Homicide over Superstition" The Inter Ocean Chicago August 28 1904
"An Extraordinary Trial" Mount Alexander Mail September 19 1902
"Belief In Witchcraft. Causes Cold Blooded Murder of One Cousin by Another in Remote Section."Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio August 28 1904
:Beat Sorcerer to Death!"The Muskogee Cimeter Oklahoma September 29 1904
"Power of the Evil Eye"London Chronicle London, England August 28 1904
Also reprinted inHarrisburg Daily Independent Harrisburg, Pennsylvania August 30 1904
Dr Henry Irwin Durgin (1864-1939) son of of Joshua Durgin and Mary Elizabeth Kennison, grandson of John Kennison and Mary Thurston, great-grandson of Oliver Kennisonand Anstress Crossgreat grandson of Oliver Thurston A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Volume 1 Sons of the American Revolution, Louis Henry Cornish, Alonzo Howard Clark Page 480. Henry married Alta May Knox (1864-1945) daughter of Ira S Knox and Susan Abby Pinkham, granddaughter of John Knox and Betsey Lord, great granddaughter of Samuel Knox and Sally Gerrish daughter og George Gerrish and Mary James.
Durgin Home, Eliot, 1910 Located on State Road, home belonged to the prominent local physician Dr. Henry Durgin. Dr. Durgin came to Eliot in 1889 and remained very active in town affairs throughout his life, serving on the Centennial Committee, the WWI memorial chairman, and later Superintendent of Schools. Photo From Maine Memory Network
Mary Ellen Turner (1885-1956) daughter of Charles Henry Turner (1854-1922) and Margaret Glennan (1858-1937) born in England to John Glennan and Winifred Keough. Charles Turner son of George P Turner and Ann Mariah "Mary" Yokum. George Turner son of William Turner and Leah Gray.
Margaret E Glennon Turner - PA Death Certificate - 1937
One of Connecticut's first family settlers the "Rood" clan make for the Queer, Unusual, and Strange Ranconteuse list. (Please Keep Checking Back on this Post for more stories on Rood) The “Micah Rood,” or “Mike” apple is extinct, but the legend behind it is still growing. The curse of Micah Rood (1653-1728) and his bloody apples started about 1693 when Micah Rood, youngest son of Thomas Rood and Sarah Leffingwell White settled in West Farms (now Franklin) area--known as Peck’s Hollow. The apple with streaks of red running through the white flesh are highly symbolic.....
In of Micah’s orchards remains the remnants of a grist mill known as Franklin’s Crossing. Across the way still stands the Congregational church Micah obtained some local notoriety on account of a peculiar variety of apple that he brought to market It is an early species, has a fair outside, an excellent flavor, and each individual apple exhibits somewhere in the pulp a red speck, like a tinge of fresh blood. Several fanciful legends have been contrived to account for this peculiarity. The core of story of the Micah Rood curse was told by a Connecticut Correspondent in 1899 and featured in theNew York Times:
The advent of a quantity of "bloody-heart" apples into the Windham markets from the back country town of Franklin has resulted in the unearthing of an eerie tradition about this singular fruit, which has found its way into print. They are called the "Micah Rood apples," and are of a delicious flavor, snowy interior, and cherry-red skin. In every one there is a large red globule near the heart of the fruit resembling a drop of blood. This peculiarity has been made the subject of investigation, but no theory accounts for it as plausibly as the tradition of " Micah Rood's curse." Micah Rood was a prosperous farmer at Franklin in 1693. He was avaricious, but finally became indolent, spending his time in dreaming over coveted wealth. One day a peddler, who carried a pack filled with valuable jewelry, passed his house. His dead body was found the next day beneath an apple tree on Micah's farm, where the latter was wont to sit. The skull was split open and the man's pack was rifled. Rood stoutly denied any knowledge of the crime, and, although suspicion attached itself to him, nothing was proved against him. He became morose and moody and never prospered afterward. People wagged their heads when on the autumn following the murder Rood's apple tree commenced to bear the "bloodyheart" apples. They said it was a silent judgment upon him, and that the dying peddler's curse upon the head of his destroyer had come home to roost upon Rood's apple tree. Nothing like the apples had ever been seen before. Either the apples or the Suspicion wore the life out of Rood, for he died soon after they appeared. Ever since then the tree has lived, but it has almost ceased to bear the strange apples. It is the fruit from other grafted trees that revives the story to-day.
In an interview Ann Ayer, a Franklin farmer notes that her grandfather owned a Micah apple tree as did several other farmers. There are dozens of accounts on Micah's story and a Facebook Page: The Curse of Micah Rood and Alec Asten The Curse of Micah Rood (2008)
One of these townsmen who cared for Micah in his old age was Jacob Hyde (1700-1789) the son of Thomas Hyde and Mary Backus. Town Record:
July 5, 1727 two shillings per night and three shillings per day. And on "December 17, 1728. to Jacob Hyde for digging Micah Rood's grave, 4 s."
Well Known Descendants
Major General Orlando Bolivar Willcox (1823-1907), son of Charles Willcox (1789-1827) and Almira Rood (1790-1870) boost he was descended from the Rood line of “strenuous Connecticut stock” in his published memoirs of the Civil War. Orlando’s mother was a direct descendant of Captain John Griswold and Orlando’s brother Eben North Willcox was great-grandfather of famous actor Vincent Leonard Price who married Daisy Cobb Willcox, daughter of Henry Cole Willcox and Harriet Louise Cobb.
There is more Rood drama coming and the old saying The proof is in the pudding and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree will certainly show this! Stay tuned!
Willcox, Orlando B. & Scott, Robert Garth Forgotten Valor: The Memoirs, Journals, & Civil War Letters of Orlando B. Willcox Kent State University Press, 1999
Peattie, Elia The Crime of Micah RoodCosmopolitan Magazine 1888
Roberts, Gary Boyd “# 77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", New England Historic and Genealogical Society 2004
Buell, Robert Rood “The Rood-rude record” Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin Press 1953
Ullmann, Helen Schatvet Colony of Connecticut, Minutes of the Court of Assistants, 1669-1711 Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009
Beers, J. H. Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Volume 1 Beers 1903
A series of images depicting Victorian women wearing crinolines, circa 1860. Photo Search Article: A face to the name: How to find photos of your ancestors If you’re lucky enough to go so far back, you’ll likely find the process of identifying ancestors pre-1850 to be quite the challenge.Check out Using Ancestry.com: Searching Pre-1850 Censuses, by Juliana Smith and
