Category: Biographies
Samuel Sewall, son of Henry and Jane Sewall, was born at Bishop Stoke, in Hampshire, England, March 28, 1652. The family to which he belonged was ancient and respectable. His great-grandfather was a linen-draper of the city of Coventry, "a prudent man, who acquired a great est...
Ethan Smith was born in Belchertown, Ms., Dec. 19, 1762, and while young, was a soldier for one summer in the Revolutionary war, and was at West Point when the traitor Arnold so...
3. Part 3"A chair which belonged to Gov. Carver. The sword of Miles Standish, presented by William S. Williams, Esq. A pewter dish which belonged to Miles Standish, presented by the late...
2. Part 2My Father sent for my Mother to come to him to New England. I remember being at Bishop Stoke and Badesly, April 23, 1661, the day of the Coronation of K Charles the 2d, the Thun...
16. Part 16Dea. David Marsh of Haverhill, Ms., was born Jan., 1698, and his wife Mary Moody was born Aug., 1703. They were the parents of twelve children. The father, mother, and children...
4. Part 4By the following list it will be seen that the largest number of those who embarked in the voyage, continued during it, and that some others did not; while of some it is uncerta...
15. Part 15It was during this term of service, likewise, that the expedition against Cape Breton was undertaken. The plan was formed by Gov. SHIRLEY of Massachusetts, and was executed by r...
8. Part 8The disputes of heirs relative to the distribution of estates have frequently occasioned difficulty in our civil courts. In some cases property has been carried to collateral he...
1. Part 1Samuel Sewall, son of Henry and Jane Sewall, was born at Bishop Stoke, in Hampshire, England, March 28, 1652. The family to which he belonged was ancient and respectable. His gr...
12. Part 12The following details are published not as being complete, but with the hope that the publication of them may be as a magnet attracting to itself, and thus supplying the wanting...
9. Part 9_Rev. John Odlin_, the fourth minister of Exeter, and the second minister of the present First Church, was son of Elisha, and grandson of John Odlin, one of the first settlers o...
13. Part 1354--1 Jonathan, b. m. Elisabeth Stratton, Jan. 26, 1714. (22) 54--2 Rebecca Bulkeley, b. Dec. 25, 1696, m. Joseph Hubbard, Nov. 10, 1713. 54--3 Dorothy Bulkeley, b. Jan. 7, 1699...
5. Part 5[P] The eight names against which is the letter Q had a Q set opposite to them in the margin of the original paper containing the account, denoting, as is supposed, that the ind...
10. Part 10He was, we believe, one of the original investigators of the tumuli at Marietta, the first and at that time the only settlement of importance in that region of country. A descri...
7. Part 7----|---------------------+------+----------------------------------------------- No. |_With whom read Law._|_Com._|_General Remarks._ | |_prac._| ----|---------------------+---...
11. Part 11+-- Seven children, | d. young and unmarried. | | +-- Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1724. | = | Patrick Tracy, a merchant | of Newbury. | | +-- Dorothy, b. April 2, | 1722; d. June 18, 17...
6. Part 6TINKHAM, EPHRAIM, Massachusetts, 1666, at which time he was a witness to the sale of lands to Richard Thayer of Braintree, by the Indian chief _Josias_. He attests to it in 1678.
17. Part 17Any person who will copy and send to the Cor. Sec. of the N. E. H. and G. Society, exact copies of the earliest births, deaths, and marriages from town records, or any other sou...