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History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831: From ...

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By Samuel Deane
Published 1831
J. Loring
Scituate (Mass. : Town
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406 pages
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As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. - Page 202

... twas a taught trick to gain credit of the world for more sense and knowledge than a man was worth; and that, with all its pretensions, - it was no better, but often worse, than what a French wit had long ago defined it, - viz. 'A mysterious carriage of the body to cover the defects of the mind'; — which definition of gravity, Yorick, with great imprudence, would say, deserved to be wrote in letters of gold. - Page 209

Ruth, let us break away from this unreasonable bondage. I will give up my religion, and thou shalt give up thine ; and we will go to the Church of England, and - Page 374

And, accordingly, a law was made and published, prohibiting all masters of ships to bring any quakers into this jurisdiction, and themselves from coming in, on penalty of the house of correction, till they could be sent away. Notwithstanding which, by a back door they found entrance ; and the penalty inflicted... - Page 53

... danger to undergo the like, we have thought fit to signify our pleasure in that behalf for the future; and do hereby require, that if there be any of those people called Quakers amongst you, now already condemned to suffer death or other corporal punishment, or that are imprisoned, and obnoxious to the like condemnation, you are to forbear to proceed any further therein... - Page 52

NICHOLAS BAKER of Scituate; who, though he had but a private education, yet, being a pious and zealous man ; or, as Dr. Arrowsmith expresses it, so good a logician, that he could offer up to God a reasonable service; so good an arithmetician, that he could wisely number Ms days; and so good an orator, that he perswaded himself to be a good Christian... - Page 182

... us) are in danger to undergo the like, we have thought fit to signify our pleasure in that behalf for the future; and do hereby... - Page 52

Last election, Mr. Hatherly and myself left off the Bench, and myself discharged of my captainship, because I had entertained some of the Quakers at my house (thereby that I might be the better acquainted with their principles). I thought it better so to do, than with the blind World to censure, condemn, rail at, and revile them, when they neither saw their persons, nor knew any of their principles. - Page 246

... to loathe this place, for that they are not opposed by the civil authority, but with all patience and meekness are suffered to say over their pretended revelations and admonitions; nor are they like or able to gain many here to their way... - Page 48

England, together with the respective crimes or offences, laid to their charge; to the end that such course may be taken with them here, as shall be agreeable to our laws, and their demerits. And for so doing, these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge. " Given at our court at Whitehall, the 9th day of September, 1661, in the thirteenth year of our reign. " By his Majesty's command, - Page 52

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Barnstable - Page 267
Beside these he had several children born at Barnstable. John, his eldest son, lived in Boston. There is a letter of attorney in the Colony records, ...
more pages: 303
Boston - Page 243
He came from the north of England with a considerable company, bound for Boston, but who were unfortunately wrecked on the beach near the mouth of ...
more pages: 181
Taunton - Page 189
of the late William Torrey, Esq. of Pembroke, and has resided in Taunton. Ebenezer, the younger son, is a physician of good reputation at Taunton.
more pages: 304
Pembroke - Page 189
William, the eldest son, married the daughter of the late William Torrey, Esq. of Pembroke, and has resided in Taunton. ...
more pages: 304
Plymouth - Page 19
course is from south to north, or that it was farther north from Plymouth than South River in Marshfield, which meets the North River at its mouth. ...
more pages: 303
Hanover - Page 328
In Scituate and Hanover remain descendants of Caleb, and of William, another son of Richard, sen. SAMUEL RAMSDELL ^ was in that part of Scituate, ...
more pages: 219
Middleboro - Page 264
The descendants may be in Middleboro. Capt. John Doggett, sen. married Jemima, the daughter of "Mr Lawyer Thomas Turner," as he is often denominated ...
more pages: 340
Cambridge - Page 190
His classmates erected a beautiful monument, as a testimony of their respect to his memory, in the church yard at Cambridge ; and his College friend, ...
more pages: 179
Hebron, Connecticut - Page 307
Ephraim graduated at Harvard College 1728, was minister of Hebron, Connecticut. David resided in Scituate, was often employed in publick business ...
more pages: 311
Pepperell, Massachusetts - Page 303
James Lewis of Pepperell, Massachusetts, descended from this branch of the family. Nathaniel also removed to Swansey, where his son Nathaniel was born ...
Watertown - Page 233
Some of this family removed to Watertown, (tradition). Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel, jr.) married Jerusha Perry 1719, and left a family on record. ...
more pages: 194
Ipswich - Page 324
John of Roxbury was son of James, one of the first settlers of Ipswich. He had another son, Robert, who also removed to Roxbury. ...
more pages: 139
Bathsheba - Page 380
Increase 1656, Bathsheba 1660. John was the second son, born as early as 1647, Joseph was eldest. He married the daughter of William Brooks. ...
more pages: 298
Turner, Maine - Page 337
James, his son, deceased 1826, leaving sons James N. of Scituate, William of Boston, (architect) John of Turner, Maine, and George P. of Boston. ...
more pages: 394
London - Page 168
in Kent in England ; and having imbibed the principles of the Puritans, he renounced his orders under the Church of England, and removed to London, ...
more pages: 289
Suffield, Connecticut - Page 324
His widow married again, Mr Leonard, at Suffield, Connecticut, and removed with her sons, the elder of whom settled in Connecticut, and the younger at ...
York - Page 305
Joseph Litchfield, late of York, was of the fifth generation, having descended from Lawrence, through Josiah, Josiah and Josiah. ...
more pages: 252
Braintree - Page 313
EBENEZER MOTT, probably from Braintree, settled in the Conihassett, at Hatchet rock. He married Grace Vinal 1700. Children, Ebenezer born 1700, ...
more pages: 286
New York - Page 319
went to New London with his family, and has numerous descendants in Vermont, Connecticut, New York, and the western States. ...
more pages: 268
Canterbury, Conn - Page 305
Two of the sons of Nicholas (Israel and John) settled in Canterbury, Conn. 1743, and have many descendants. No family perhaps in the country has ...
Newport - Page 374
These pieces of plate are said to have been stolen from their houses at Newport, during the raging of the mobs in the political contest of Hopkins and ...
more pages: 56
Halifax - Page 336
PETER SEARS, from Halifax, married Susanna Colman of Scituate 1777, and settled on the John Bryant place, north of Hoop-pole hill Cedar swamp. ...
more pages: 297
Lebanon, NH - Page 352
in 1774, and settled in the plantation now called Lebanon, NH He had a command in the New Hampshire Troops, in the expedition against Crown point, ...
Stonington, Connecticut - Page 185
We believe he was a physician, and removed to Stonington, Connecticut. A sister of the Rev. Nathaniel Pitcher (Abigail) came with him to Scituate, ...
more pages: 293
Pembroke, Massachusetts - Page 321
from whence he removed to Newbury, 1685, and to Pembroke, Massachusetts, 1697; which latter was son of John Parris, a dissenting minister of Ugborough ...
Bristol - Page 334
There are descendants in Bristol and Norfolk counties. CAPT. MOSES RICH, mariner, from Barnstable County, settled near Buck's corner, in front of the ...
more pages: 335
Norwich - Page 302
Daniel Lapham removed to Pittsfiela, and David to Norwich, (sons of David). This was a numerous family. Stephen, another son of David, has a son Isaac ...
more pages: 384
Hartford, Connecticut - Page 151
The first indictment for witchcraft in New England, was at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1647, when the first execution also took place for that offence, ...
Charleston, South Carolina - Page 220
Stephen and Artemas are living in Scituate, and Gorham in Charleston, South Carolina. Joseph of Hull, above named, was a son of John of Hull : His ...
Concord, NH - Page 316
and whose sons Robert and Abraham are living in Scituate, and Eliphalet at Concord, NH, who married Abigail StoJder of Scituate, 1785.
Leeds - Page 167
An old Puritan Minister, Mr Saxton, of Leeds in Yorkshire, in a storm coming from New England, when they were all expecting the vessel to sink, said, ...
Plaistow, New Hampshire - Page 258
Of his children we remark that James was minister of Plaistow, New Hampshire, and John, minister.
Barrington, RI - Page 335
from 1651 to 1664 — afterward the first Mayor of New York, after it was conquered from the Dutch, and who died at Barrington, RI 1674. ...
Topsham, Maine - Page 330
He was father of Paul and Daniel, who removed to Harpswell, and of William and Ezra, who removed to Topsham, Maine, also of Capt. ...
more pages: 271
Coventry, Connecticut - Page 222
Chauncy Booth of Coventry, Connecticut, may be a descendant of this family. The name has here been extinct for more than half a century.
Pawtucket - Page 121
He proceeded without any rencounter near to Pawtucket, in that part which has been called Attleboro Gore, when he discovered that there were Indians ...
Norwich, Connecticut - Page 170
Samuel settled in Norwich, Connecticut, and his descendants are numerous in that State and in New York.f * Mr Lothrop was educated at Oxford in ...
more pages: 384
Portsmouth - Page 272
They resided occasionally in Georgiana, and the country between Portsmouth and the Kenncbec. SAMUEL FULLER, a man of Kent, was freeman 1634. ...
more pages: 389
Hebron, Maine - Page 321
Of his numerous family we name Samuel, born 1755, who married Sarah Pratt of Middleboro, is now Judge Parris of Hebron, Maine, and father of Albion ...
more pages: 333
Lancaster - Page 265
was in Scituate 1665, or earlier, probably the same that was in Lancaster 1654, and in Hingham a few years afterward. ...
more pages: 381
Princeton - Page 232
Nathaniel, son of Israel, had a son Nathaniel born 1751, and Isaac 1753, who removed to Princeton. Nathaniel last named lived at the mouth of the ...
Walpole, Mass - Page 113
Lane, afterward of Walpole, Mass. had been owned and occupied by Capt. Silas Morton, afterward of Pembroke, and by George Little, Esq. deceased, ...
Gorham, Maine - Page 308
ministry at Gorham, Maine ; he entertained more liberal sentiments than were tolerated by his brethren in his vicinity, which induced him to retire. ...
Newport, Rhode Island - Page 241
Most of these children belonged to the society of Friends, and some of the daughters were married and removed to Newport, Rhode Island. ...
Halifax, Mass - Page 321
Matthew (son of Benjamin) born 1757, married Mercy Thompson of Halifax, Mass. 1780, and was the father of Alexander Parris, Esq. of Boston, ...
New Haven - Page 117
The Commissioners chosen annually, held annual meetings at Boston, Plymouth, Hartford and New Haven, in rotation (with the exception that they met ...
more pages: 82
Lyme, NH - Page 362
Jacob, Esq. of Lyme, NH is grandson of Israel above, and son of Jacob. John called " little John" lived at the Gravelly hill northwest a quarter mile ...
Windsor, Connecticut - Page 283
Ephraim Hewett, minister of Windsor, Connecticut, was brother of Thomas of Hingham. There was a John Hewett of Marshfield, who married Martha Winter ...
Lebanon, Conn - Page 392
Hezekiah, his son, married Hannah Clap 1697, and removed, probably to Little Compton: and his son Ezekiel, of Lebanon, Connecticut, married Lydia ...
more pages: 96
Pomfret, Connecticut - Page 187
EBENEZER GROSVENOR was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1739. His father was the master of a well known tavern in that place, for a long series of ...
Royalton, Vermont - Page 240
Jacob Collamore, Esq. of Royalton, Vermont, is a descendant of Anthony.* The only branch of the family which preserves the name in Scituate, ...
Morristown, New Jersey - Page 273
Rehoboth Gannett deceased in Morristown, New Jersey, and left no children. Samuel married Sarah Cole, and his sons Samuel and Joseph are living in ...
Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Page 256
His only son, Charles, Esq. resides at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and his daughters are the wives of Charles Paine, Henry Sheafe, Stephen Codman, ...
Cranston - Page 376
His son Jonas Langford Wanton, deceased at Cranston 1827, aged 88, and left no children. Michael (son of the primitive Edward) settled on the paternal ...
Fairhaven, Mass - Page 58
Paul Jewctt, a graduate of Brown University in 1802, and who had previously been settled at Lebanon, Me. and Fairhaven, Mass., was installed in this ...
Albany - Page 217
The descendants of William Barrell are in Scituate, Hanover, Bridgewater ; in the State of Maine, and also near Albany in New York. ...
Oxford - Page 170
Samuel settled in Norwich, Connecticut, and his descendants are numerous in that State and in New York.f * Mr Lothrop was educated at Oxford in ...
more pages: 46
Portsmouth, Rhode Island - Page 377
Mary, daughter of Michael, married Daniel Cogges- hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island 1726, and Ruth married Freeborn of RI Stephen (son of the primitive ...
Lebanon, Me - Page 58
Paul Jewctt, a graduate of Brown University in 1802, and who had previously been settled at Lebanon, Me. and Fairhaven, Mass., was installed in this ...
New Orleans - Page 347
He deceased at New Orleans, on a voyage in 1819. His mansion house stood near the gate that leads to the " Block house," and was unfortunately burnt ...
more pages: 312
Boxford, Massachusetts - Page 259
of Boxford, Massachusetts.* Rev. Caleb died 1752. Hon. Caleb Cushing of Essex County, is his descendant — son of Judge Caleb. ...
Stratford, Connecticut - Page 178
He was ordained minister of Stratford, Connecticut, 1665, where he deceased March 14, 1703. He left two sons, Charles and Isaac, whose posterity are ...
more pages: 96
Plymouth, Connecticut - Page 117
Plymouth, Connecticut and Ae\v Haven Colonies. In 1G(J2, Connecticut and New Haven were united in one Colony. The Commissioners chosen annually, ...
Richmond, Virginia - Page 373
Mary Codman of Newport 1718, and left children : but the name in this line is now extinct, the last having recently deceased at Richmond, Virginia. ...
Dunkirk - Page 178
He went to England, and was appointed chaplain of Sir Edward Harley's regiment at Dunkirk, 1684. He afterward practised as a physician in Bristol, ...
Livermore, Maine - Page 362
Joseph Tolman, and Martha of Elijah Clap ; and Abiel (oldest son) at Livermore, Maine, born May 3d. 1741. Maj. Amos, son of John, sen. who married ...
Truro, Mass - Page 352
Elisha, (son of John and Mary Bailey) married Ruth Knowles of Truro, Mass. 1755, by whom he had children, Elisha born 1757, Ruth 1759, (died early) ...
Andover - Page 276
There was a Launcelot Granger in Ipswich 1648 : also John, of Andover, at the same time. THOMAS GRAY (called of Dublin) owned a tract of land in ...
Dublin - Page 276
THOMAS GRAY (called of Dublin) owned a tract of land in Scituate, on the south of Cord wood hill, in 1730. His house stood a half mile south of that ...
Lisle, NY - Page 352
and father of Thomas, Hiram and others) Samuel born 1778, (of Lisle, NY and father of Elisha, Lewis, David, Samuel, and daughters) Ruth born 1781, ...
Windham, Connecticut - Page 235
He was ordained at Windham, Connecticut, 1726: chosen President of Yale College 1740, and continued in the chair until 1764, when he resigned, ...
Freeport, Maine - Page 254
Simeon of East BridgewaterJ, Melzar, (the father of Melzar, Esq. of Hanover, and others), James, (of Freeport, Maine), Asenath, Susanna: and by a ...
Hinckley - Page 145
(see a remonstrance of the town of Braintree against the claim of Richard Thayor to lands purchased of Josias 1641, Hinckley papers). ...
Detroit, Michigan - Page 194
Judge Witherell of Detroit, Michigan, is said to be of his posterity. MR THOMAS MIGHILL was the son of Thomas Mighill of Rowley, one of the early ...
Charlotte - Page 259
Joseph Stevens of Boston), and Charlotte, (the wife of Col. Vose of the United States. army). .Ilice, the widow of Nathaniel Cushins, (who came from ...
Philadelphia - Page 340
Sproat, a distinguished preacher in Philadelphia, a few years since, was of this family. Robert Sproat, sen. deceased at Middleboro' 1712. ...
Canaan, Connecticut - Page 321
Elkanah, above named, is called in our records in 1670, of Canaan, Connecticut. ...
Middletown, Connecticut - Page 200
Edward bora 1712, received a degree at Harvard College 1733, and was ordained pastor in Middletown, Connecticut, 1737. ...
Paris - Page 255
Ezckiel, who graduated at Harvard College 1808, was educated in the science of Medicine in Paris, practised several years in Boston, and deceased at ...
Leicester - Page 349
In 1727 this family removed to Leicester, where there are descendants. Peter born 1713, had sons, Peter, Otho, Amos, Ezra, Elisha. Henry H. ...
Salisbury - Page 258
Caleb (son of John ftrst) born 1672, graduated at Harvard College 1692, was ordained at Salisbury 1697, married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. ...
Plainfield, NH - Page 352
1755, by whom he had children, Elisha born 1757, Ruth 1759, (died early) John 1761, (of Plainfield, NH and father of John, a merchant of Mobile, ...
Northampton - Page 237
Stephen), born 1726, removed to Northampton. Rev. Mr Clap of New Orleans, we are told, is his descendant. THOMAS CLARK was in Scituate 1674. ...
Gloucester - Page 82
Mr Rlinman left Rcxham after a few months, officiated n short time at Gloucester — then at New London — afterward at New Haven — and at Newfoundland ...
Warwick, Rhode Island - Page 128
It may be proper to distinguish Showamott from Shaomet, (Warwick, Rhode Island), sometimes written Shawamett.
Dover - Page 78
Neither did that letter of " MrRayner was pastor of Plymouth from 1635 to 1655, when he removed to Dover.
Ashford - Page 394
Thomas born 1758, who removed to Ashford. Joseph (son of Thomas) married Lydia, daughter of William Barrel, jr. 1728. His children, Ruth born 1729, ...
Matanzas - Page 365
Ezra, who died at Matanzas, leaving children in Scituate. hsachar, son of Stephen, jr. married Mary Chittenden 1741, Judith Bailey 1750. ...
Charleston - Page 140
John Tower, killed at Charleston). Lynde Tow:er, died in Vt. Stephen Vinal. Robert Cook, died 1831. Elisha Turner. Dea. Elisha James, (Mechanicks) ...
Quebec - Page 131
John Clap, (son of Thomas Clap), at Quebec 1759. Capt. Benjamin Briggs, in that war 1756. Lieut. Elisha Turner, (in Capt. ...
Freetown - Page 251
James, the oldest son, had lands in Freetown, in his father's right, and may have resided there for a time, but most of his children are recorded in ...
more pages: 390
Chandler - Page 229
John Buck's will dated 1697, gives legacies "To daughter Chandler — To Isaac Randall's children — to John Garrctt's children — to all my grand ...