Chapter IV: Part 4

In the winter of 1812-13, an alarming and fatal epidemic prevailed extensively in New England. During its prevalence, Dr. Jones was incessantly occupied in attendance upon the sick. At length the fears of his friends respecting him were realized. He was suddenly prostrated, and, after an illness of only eight days, he died, April 26, 1813, aged 43 years.

His funeral was attended by a great concourse of persons from Stockbridge and the adjoining towns. The Rev. Dr. Hyde of Lee, who preached his funeral sermon, from Job xix: 21, speaks of his death as a public calamity. "Rarely," says he, "has the town, or even the county, experienced a greater shock in the death of a citizen. His removal in the midst of his usefulness is an unspeakable loss to the community."

His death is represented to have been eminently peaceful. Although he had not made a public profession of his faith, he experienced a great change in his religious feelings during the winter preceding his death. He gave to those who best knew him, satisfactory evidence of piety.

In his intercourse with his medical brethren, he was courteous and unassuming. All the duties of domestic and social life he discharged with fidelity and acceptance. His mind was well balanced and highly cultivated. He sympathized in the most unaffected manner with the sick who sought his aid, and by his kindness and gentleness alleviated the sufferings and won the affections of his patients, even in those cases where medical and surgical skill could afford only a temporary and partial relief.

Extracts from the sermon of Dr. Hyde were published in the tenth volume of the Panoplist; also, an interesting notice of his death and character, by Rev. Jared Curtis, in the Farmer's Herald. See also a memoir recently prepared and published by Dr. S. S. Williams, in his Medical Biography, a work which cannot fail to interest the medical reader, and is an able sequel to the volumes of the late Dr. Thatcher on the same subject.

III.--DR. ANDREW MACKIE OF WAREHAM.

DR. MACKIE was the son of Dr. John Mackie, who came from Scotland, and settled at Southampton, L. I. He was born at Southampton in 1742; studied medicine with his father, and settled as a physician at Wareham, Ms., where, for many years, he had an extensive practice in medicine and surgery. He also had the reputation of having been unusually successful in the treatment of the smallpox.

He was a devoted and active Christian, a member of the church, and for many years he sustained the office of a deacon.

He had ten children, of whom four sons and three daughters lived to adult age. Three of his sons studied medicine. 1. John, who graduated at Brown University in 1800, received the degree of M. D., and settled at Providence, R. I., where he died, in February, 1833, at the age of 52 years. He was eminent as a surgeon. 2. Peter, a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, now a physician at Wareham. 3. Andrew, from whom the above-named facts were obtained, born in 1799, graduated at Brown University, 1814, and received the degree of M. D., 1817. He first settled at Plymouth, but is now a physician of good reputation in New Bedford, and is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Dr. Mackie, the particular subject of this notice, died at Wareham, of a pulmonary disease, April, 1817, aged 75.

JOHN LEVERETT, WILLIAM BRATTLE AND JAMES OLIVER.

These three distinguished scholars of New England were all born in Boston, educated at the same school, admitted into Harvard College the same year, took their degrees at the same time, [1680,] all settled in Cambridge, one an attorney at law, one a clergyman, and the other a physician, and all eminent in their professions. The first two were Fellows of the Royal Society in England.

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER OF HON. WILLIAM CRANCH OF WASHINGTON, D. C.

The following is an extract from a letter of Judge Cranch to the Editor.

"Among some old papers of my father, I found a letter from the Rev. William Clark, dated Quincy, Aug. 10, 1803, in which he says, 'Mr. William Winthrop of Cambridge has, for some time past, been engaged in a pursuit rather extraordinary, viz., to investigate the following particulars of every one who has received a degree at Harvard College, from the first foundation of that University in 1648 to the present time; viz., the origination or where born, his professional business or employment, his place of residence, time of his death and age; also any thing remarkable in their lives and characters; where such matters can be ascertained.' Again, Mr. Clark says, 'In his (Mr. Winthrop's) next letter he opened his design to me; and with respect to the clergy in particular, when the Catalogue was printed in 1797, the whole number of graduates then being 3533, of which number those who had been, or then were, settled ministers of the Gospel amounted to 1121; of this number, he informed me he had ascertained the places of settlement, and other particulars of 1117, so that there were but 4 remaining unascertained, viz., _John Mors_, 1692--_Joseph Gerrish_, 1700--_Noyes Paris_, 1721--of these 2 last, however, he gives some proof, that he was not wholly destitute of some intelligence about them. But what is most surprising was, that of the 4 above mentioned unascertained persons, myself brought up the rear! He had never heard where I officiated before the revolution, though it was no further from him than _Dedham_, where I lived ten years!--I wrote him fully of myself, and various others, whom he has since desired information of; only there were 2 of the last mentioned, that I knew very little about, whose names I mentioned to you: viz., whether _Cornelius Nye_, who graduated in 1718, was not the same person who was a schoolmaster in Braintree, and who was somewhat distinguished for his witty talents? If so, did he ever pursue any other employment than keeping school? _Shepard Fisk_, who graduated in 1721, and lived at Braintree, his employment, decease and age? If you could without inconvenience to yourself, collect any thing certain of these 2 persons, or either of them, and put it in writing and send it to me, it would be thankfully received. I expect to have occasion to write to Mr. Winthrop shortly, and should be happy to transmit any thing so agreeable to him, as any discovery of this kind, whose mind seems to be intensely fixed on this pursuit.'

"Mr. Clark afterwards sent to my father the following extracts from Mr. Winthrop's letter to him, dated Oct. 10, 1803.

"'I feel myself greatly obliged to you, as well as to Judge Cranch, (Judge Richard Cranch,) for the information contained in your last letter with its inclosures. I have long since heard of that gentleman's researches into the antiquities of this country, and conclude he must be possessed of a large fund of information upon that subject. Is there no way that I can avail myself of it to promote my plan?

"'Finding by your letter that you suppose that Mr. Sheppard, who was settled at Cambridge, and who was an eminent minister in that day, was the same that graduated in 1653, I inclose you some memorandums respecting that family, which may, perhaps, be gratifying to the Judge as well as to yourself.'

"The postscript is in these words:--'I will thank you to present my respects to Judge Cranch, when you have a convenient opportunity, and inform him that I feel myself under great obligations to him for his information respecting Messrs. Nye and Fiske; and that any further communications he will please to make to me, I shall most gratefully acknowledge.'"

LETTER FROM REV. JOHN WALROND OF OTTERY, ENG., TO REV. WILLIAM WALDRON, MINISTER OF BOSTON, AND BROTHER OF SECRETARY WALDRON.

OTTERY, March 8, 1725-6.
"REV. AND DEAR SIR,

It was a very pleasant surprise to me to receive a Letter from you, who no doubt are of the same Name and Family with myself, tho' a letter in it be transposed, and who by Dr. Mather's Character of you, are not the least in your Father's House.

I have made some Enquiry about the Somersetshire Branch of our Family, from whence you are descended, but cannot exactly determine, tho' I am apt to think it must be from one of those two Gentlemen, of which, one was Walrond, of _Illbrewers_ who had about five hundred Pounds pr. Annum or more, and the other Walrond of _Saye_, of about the same Value, and I think both of them Justices of the Peace, in that County, one of them I am sure was so, viz., the former; both of them degenerated into looseness of Living in Charles 2ds Reign, and both ruined their Estates and dyed poor, above twenty years since. Walrond of _Illbrewers_ was a great persecutor of the Dissenters, but in the conclusion wanted bread.

There is an honest family of about a hundred Pounds pr. annum, still living at _Wellington_, in Somerset, very excellent Men, great supports of Religion, and one of the Brothers abᵗ your Age, a very good young Minister, living now in Dorsetshire.

The Head of all our Family still remains in a good Estate, about a thousand Pounds pr. Annum, from whom I am the second Generation. The seat is called _Bradfield_ in Devon.

It was granted by the Crown, about six hundred years since, to one Richard Walerand, and has continued in the Family to this Day; The last Gentleman that dyed was a very pious good Man, about eighty years of Age and an excellent Magistrate in his Country, that could at any time lead three hundred Freeholders, to the Election of a Shire Knight; but his son is degenerate and very wicked: I conversed much with the old Gentleman, but this is no Friend to my Profession.

Another Branch sprung from Bradfield House in this county (beside those two families in Somerset before mentioned) which is seated at _Bovey_, in the East of Devon, which Branch sprang from its Root about 340 years since, and now inherits at least, a thousand Pounds per Annum; This also has degenerated and become like other Gentlemen in England: For Religion indeed, is almost quite gone, out of the Familys of the Gentry, by Means of a loose and licentious Clergy.

I never could find any of our Name, in all England, but in the Western Counties, and from thence, a Family went, as Merchants to Barbadoes, grew rich, and was in the Government there; and the last Gentleman a Batchelor seated himself at Greenwich near London, was morally honest and very charitable, but having a great loss in the South Sea, of almost all his Money could not bear it, but shot himself in the Head.

Our Coat of Arms, is three Bulls Heads, as you'l see by my seal on this Letter, But _Stemata quid faciunt_?

I find our Name in Skinner's _Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ_; toward the end of which Book, in his _Onomastichon_, he has the word Walarand, _olim Praenomen nunc Cognomen ab Anglo Sax_ WALPIAN, _volvere, et_ RAND, _Scutum, volvere scutum, i. c., qui Clypeum huc illuc circumagit_. Waldron _autem cognomen contractum est a_ Walarand. I have transcribed what he says lest the Book should not be common with you. I wish you had let me know into what Family your Grandfather married, for that might perhaps have given Light into the Enquiry; however I will examine farther, and take the first opportunity to inform you, as I can get Intelligence; but I know of no male Posterity left of the two Somersetshire Familys that I mentioned above.

I am much pleased with your Correspondence, and shall at any time be obliged by Letters from you, * * * send, by a worthy good Man, Capt. * * * who carries this (as I hope he will) from the * * * Exeter to Boston. As to any Ecclesiastical Informations I must refer you to Dr. Mather's Letter which encloses this. May the Lord of the Harvest prosper you and make you a burning and a shining Light. You and I are of one Family, Faith and Profession. Let us particularly pray for each other, tho' we should never see each others face on Earth. Oh that the God of all Grace, may excite us both, to work the Works, of him that sent us while it is Day, that we may have a comfortable Requiem, from our Labors at last, and be accepted, when our Lord shall come, with which I conclude.

Dear Sir, Your affect: Kinsman and Serv't,
"To the Rev. Mr. William Waldron, John Walrond."
Minister in Boston."

NOTE. Where blanks occur in the last part of the letter, the
words were worn out in the original.

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A Family Record on this plan may be extended so as to include two, three, or more families, and contain all the births, marriages and deaths which have happened, up to the date of its formation. The figures in the first column denote the year of birth, marriage, or death; the other columns show the ages of every individual at the time of any birth, marriage, or death, of every other individual comprehended within the limits of the Table.

GENEALOGIES.

CHASE FAMILY.

PREPARED BY JOSHUA COFFIN, M. A.

Among the early settlers of New England, were three persons by the name of Chase; namely, William, Thomas, and Aquila. The first settled in Yarmouth, and there died, in 1659, leaving two sons, Benjamin and William. The last two were certainly brothers, as appears from a deed given in 1667 by Aquila to "the sons of his brother Thomas." The name is found in various places in English history, from the time of William the Conqueror to the present time. Thus, we find in 1326 a family of that name in Suffolk; a Thomas Chase, who was barbarously murdered in 1506; a Sir Robert Chase, Knight, in the West of England, 1628; a Sir John Chase in Exeter, prior to 1637; a John Chase, Esq., Apothecary to Queen Anne, 1690, &c. See Magna Britannia, Lysson's London, Polwheles' Devonshire, and other works.

Thomas¹ and Aquila¹ Chase were among the first settlers of
Hampton, N. H., in 1639. Thomas¹ there married Elizabeth
Philbrick, daughter of Thomas Philbrick. He d. in 1652, leaving
five children, all sons; namely,

I. Thomas,² b. 1643, d. a bachelor, Oct. 23, 1714.

II. Joseph,² b. 1645, m. Rachel Partridge, Jan. 31, 1671, d. Jan. 12,
1718.

III. Isaac,² b. 1647, m. Mary Perkins of Hampton, d. May 9, 1727.

IV. James,² b. 1649, m. Elizabeth Green, Sept. 2, 1675, and d. ----.

V. Abraham, b. 1651, was not married, and "was slaine in yᵉ
warres," 1676. Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas¹ Chase, married
John Garland, Oct. 26, 1654, who died Jan. 4, 1671. She then
married Judge Henry Roby, Feb. 19, 1674, and died Feb. 11,
1677.

The children of Joseph² and Rachel Chase were as follows:

I. Hannah,³ b. June 5, 1672, d. June 10, 1674.

II. Elizabeth,³ b. March 11, 1674, d. Sept. 8, 1675.

III. Jonathan,³ b. March 14, 1676, and drowned, Feb. 1, 1696.

IV. Anne,³ b. Jan. 11, 1677, m. ---- Sinkler.

V. Elizabeth,³ b. Feb. 14, 1685, m. Benjamin Hilliard.

VI. Rachel,³ b. April 27, 1687, m. Jacob Freeze.

The children of Isaac² and Mary were as follows:

I. Thomas,³ b. 1677.
II. Rachel,³ b. 1678.
III. Isaac,³ b. 1681.
IV. Abraham,³ b. 1683.
V. Mary,³ b. 1687.
VI. James,³ b. 1688.
VII. Joseph,³ b. 1689, m. Lydia Coffin, 1714.
VIII. Jonathan,³ b. 1691.
IX. Hannah,³ b. 1693.
X. Sarah,³ b. 1695.
XI. Priscilla,³ b. 1697.
XII. Elizabeth,³ b. 1703, d. 1719.

The children of James² and Elizabeth Chase were as follows:

I. Abigail,³ b. Aug. 27, 1681, m. John Chase[26] of Newbury.
II. Dorothy,³ b. March 17, 1686, m. John Chapman, March 16, 1705.
III. Mary,³ b. Feb. 8, 1688.

Aquila¹ Chase, brother to Thomas¹ Chase, m. Anne Wheeler,
daughter of John Wheeler of Hampton, removed, in 1646, to
Newbury, where he d. Aug. 29, 1670, aged 52. His widow, Anne,
m. Daniel Mussiloway, June 14, 1672, and d. May 19, 1688. The
children of Aquila¹ and Anne Chase were as follows:

I. Sarah,² b. ----, m. Charles Annis, May 15, 1666.
II. Anne,² b. July 6, 1647, m. Thomas Barber, April 27, 1671.
III. Priscilla,² b. March 14, 1649, m. Abel Merrill, Feb. 10, 1670.
IV. Mary,² b. Feb. 3, 1651, m. John Stevens, March 9, 1669.
V. Aquila,² b. Sept. 26, 1652, m. Esther Bond, ab. 1673.
VI. Thomas,² b. July 25, 1654, m. Rebecca Follansbee, Nov. 22, 1677.
VII. John,² b. Nov. 2, 1654, m. Elizabeth Bingley, May 23, 1677.
VIII. Elizabeth,² b. Sept. 13, 1657.
IX. Ruth,² b. March 18, 1660, d. May 30, 1676.
X. Daniel,² b. Dec. 9, 1661, m. Martha Kimball, Aug. 25, 1683.
XI. Moses,² b. Dec. 24, 1663, m. Anne Follansbee, Nov. 10, 1684.

The children of Aquila² and Esther Chase were as follows:

I. Esther,³ b. Nov. 18, 1674, m. Daniel Merrill.
II. Joseph,³ b. March 25, 1677, m. Abigail Thurston, Nov. 8, 1699.
III. Priscilla,³ b. Oct. 15, 1681, m. Joseph Hills, 1704.
IV. Jemima,³ b. ----, a spinster.
V. Rebecca,³ b. ----, m. Jonathan Moulton, Dec. 5, 1716.
VI. Anne,³ b. ----, m. Abraham Foulsham, Oct. 27, 1703.
VII. Hannah,³ b. ----, m. Joseph Hoyt.
VIII. Abigail,³ b. ----, m. Joseph Robinson.

The children of Thomas² and Rebecca Chase were as follows:

I. Thomas,³ b. Sept. 15, 1680, m. Sara ----.
II. Jonathan,³ b. Jan. 13, 1683, m. Joanna Palmer, 1703.
III. James,³ b. Sept. 15, 1685, m. Martha Rolfe, Dec. 17, 1707.
IV. Aquila,³ b. July 15, 1688, m. Mary Smith, 1712, d. 1714.
V. Ruth,³ b. Feb. 28, 1691, m. Nathaniel Miller of Rehoboth,
May 29, 1716.
VI. Mary,³ b. Jan. 15, 1695, m. ---- Horton.
VII. Rebecca,³ b. April 26, 1700, m. Stephen Moulton, Dec. 14, 1721.
VIII. Judith,³ b. ----, m. ---- Horton.
IX. Lizza³ b. ----, m. Benjamin Rogers, Aug. 17, 1732.
X. Josiah,³ b. July 15, 1697, d. young.
XI. Nathan,³ b. ----, 1702, m. Judith Sawyer, Nov. 29, 1723, then
Joanna Cheney, Dec. 30, 1740, and then Ruth Davis, June
9, 1763.

Thomas² Chase m. for his second wife Elizabeth Mooers, Aug. 2, 1713.

The children of John² and Elizabeth Chase were as follows:

I. William,³ b. Jan. 3, 1679.
II. Philip,³ b. Sept. 23, 1688, m. Mary Follansbee, April 17, 1712.
III. Charles,³ b. Jan. 12, 1690, and m. Hepzibah Carr, July 15, 1714.
IV. Jacob,³ b. ----, m. Joanna Davis, Aug. 24, 1716.
V. Abraham,³ b, ----, m. Ruth Morse, Nov. 16, 1716.
VI. Phebe,³ b. ----, m. ---- Tucker.
VII. Mary,³ b. ----, m. Joseph Safford, July 30, 1728.
VIII. Lydia,³ b. ----, m. William Blay, Nov. 5, 1724.
IX. Elizabeth,³ b. ----.
X. John,³ b. ----, m. Abigail Chase of Hampton, N. H.

John² Chase m. for his second wife Lydia ----.
XI. David,³ son of John and Lydia, b. Oct. 20, 1710.

The children of Daniel² and Martha Chase were as follows:

I. Martha,³ b. Aug. 18, 1684, m. David Lawson, Aug. 3, 1716.
II. Sara,³ b. July 18, 1686, m. Francis Danford, Nov. 17, 1714.
III. Dorothy,³ b. Jan. 24, 1689.
IV. Isaac,³ b. Jan. 19, 1691, m. Hannah Berry, Oct. 29, 1710.
V. Lydia,³ b. Jan. 19, 1693, m. William Evans, Jan. 30, 1716.
VI. Mehetabel,³ b. Jan. 19, 1695, m. Timothy Osgood of Salisbury,
Nov. 19, 1715.
VII. Judith,³ b. Feb. 19, 1697, m. John Tuttle of Lebanon, 1713.
VIII. Abner,³ b. Oct. 15, 1699.
IX. Daniel,³ b. Oct. 15, 1702, m. Mary Carpenter, Jan., 1723, and
for his second wife, Elizabeth Collins of Salisbury, Feb.,
1726.
X. Enoch,³ b. ----, m. Judith Colby, 1726.

Daniel² d. Feb. 8, 1707. His widow Martha m. Josiah Heath of Haverhill,
1713.

The children of Moses² and Anne Chase were as follows:

I. Twins { Moses,³ b. Sept. 20, 1685, d. young.
II. { Daniel,³ b. Sept. 20, 1685, m. Sarah March,
Jan. 2, 1706.
III. Moses,³ b. Jan. 20, 1688, m. Elizabeth Wells, Oct. 2, 1709.
IV. Samuel,³ b. May 13, 1690, m. Hannah Emery, Dec. 8, 1713.
V. Elizabeth,³ b. Sept. 25, 1693.
VI. Stephen,³ b. Aug. 29, 1696, m. Sarah Hale, Dec. 1717.
VII. Hannah,³ b. Sept. 13, 1699, m. Timothy Jackman, April 9, 1723.
VIII. Joseph,³ b. Sept. 9, 1703, m. Mary Morss, Sept. 7, 1724.
IX. Benoni,³ b. April 5, 1708, m. Mary Rogers, Sept. 4, 1728.

Moses² Chase m. for his second wife, Sarah Jacobs of Ipswich, 1713.

The children of John³ and Abigail³ Chase of Hampton were as follows:

I. James,⁴ b. July 28, 1698.
II. Jonathan,⁴ b. Sept. 21, 1700.
III. Elizabeth,⁴ b. April 13, 1703.
IV. Elihu,⁴ b. Sept. 7, 1705.
V. John,⁴ b. Sept. 18, 1708, and m. Anna Runlet, March 27, 1729.
VI. Hannah,⁴ b. May 10, 1711.

FOOTNOTES:

[26] Son of John Chase, and grandson of Aquila Chase of Newbury.

DUDLEY FAMILY.

Thomas Dudley, son of Capt. Roger Dudley, was born in England in 1576; came to New England in 1630; was several years Governor of Massachusetts Colony, and died at Roxbury, July 31, 1653, aged 77. His first wife, or the one who came with him, died in 1643. Samuel, Anne, Patience, and Mercy were probably children by her. He married again before 1645, and had by his second wife five children more. His children by both wives were as follows:

I. Samuel, b. in England, 1606, who was a minister and was m. to
Mary Winthrop about 1633, and had children,--
1. Thomas, bapt. March 9, 1634, grad. H. C. 1651, d. Nov.
7, 1655.
2. John, bapt. June 28, 1635.
3. Samuel, bapt. Aug. 2, 1639, d. April, 1643.
4. Anne, b. Oct. 16, 1641, who m. Edward Hilton and had
children, Winthrop, Dudley, Joseph, and others.
5. Theophilus, b. Oct., 1644.
6. Mary, b. April 21, 1646, d. Oct. 28, 1646.
7. Biley, b. Sept. 27, 1647.
8. Mary 2nd, b. Jan. 6, 1649.

Mary, the 1st wife of Rev. Samuel Dudley, d. at Salisbury,
(where the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th children were born,) April
12, 1643. He d. at Exeter before March 20, 1683, a. 77. His
settlement in the ministry there was in 1650.

II. Anne, who m. Gov. Simon Bradstreet. She had 8 children and
d. Sept. 16, 1672.

III. Patience, who m. Maj. Gen. Denison.

IV. Mercy, who m. Rev. John Woodbridge. She was b. Sept. 27,
1621, and d. July 1, 1691, a. 70.

V. ----, who m. Maj. Benjamin Keayne of Boston, who d. 1668.

VI. Dorothy, who d. Feb. 27, 1643.

VII. Deborah, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 27, 1645.

VIII. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1647, who was Governor of Massachusetts,
and m. a daughter of Edward Tyng, and had children,--
1. Thomas, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 26, 1669-70, grad. H. C.
1685.
2. Edward, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 4, 1671.
3. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 3, 1675, grad. H. C. 1690. He
was a Tutor and Fellow of the College, and also, Fellow of
the Royal Society in England and Chief Justice of Massachusetts.
He d. Jan. 21, 1751, a. 75.
4. Samuel, b. at Roxbury, Sept., 1677.
5. John, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 28, 1678-79.
6. Rebecca, b. May 15, 1681, who m. Samuel Sewall, Jr.,
and d. April 14, 1761, a. 79.
7. Catharine, b. June 2, 1683.
8. Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1684.
9. William, b. Oct. 20, 1686, who grad. H. C. 1704, and m.
eldest dau. of Judge Davenport, March 10, 1721, and was a
colonel. He had two sons: Thomas, who grad. H. C. 1750,
and Joseph, who grad. H. C. 1751, was an Attorney at Law
in Boston, and d. Sept. 27, 1767, a. 35.
10. Daniel, b. Feb. 4, 1689.
11. Catharine 2nd, b. Jan. 5, 1690.
12. Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1692, who m. Francis Wainwright,
who d. 1722, and afterwards m. Joseph Atkins, 1730.

IX. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 8, 1650, who m. Mary Leverett, dau.
of Gov. Leverett, and had children,--
1. Paul, b. at Boston, March 4, 1677.
2. Thomas, who alone, with one in expectation, is mentioned
in his will of Feb. 10, 1681. (_Probate Records in
Boston, Vol. VI. p. 368._)
3. One posthumous.

EPITAPHS.[27]

Here is interred the remains of
JAMES MINOTT, Esq., A. M. an
Excelling Grammarian, Enriched
with the Gift of Prayer and Preaching,
a Commanding Officer, a Physician of
Great Value, a Great Lover of Peace
as well as of Justice, and which was
His greatest Glory, a Gent'n of distinguished
Virtue and Goodness, happy in a Virtuous
Posterity, and living Religiously, Died
Comfortably, Sept. 20, 1735, Æt. 83.

* * * * *

Here lyes the remains of
Major JONATHAN PRESCOTT, Esq.,
a Gentleman of virtue and merit, an accomplisht physitian,
but excelling in chirurgery.
Of uncommon sagacity, penetration, and success in his practice,
and so of very extensive service.
But his life was much valued, and his death very generally lamented.
He married the amiable and only daughter of the
Honorable Colonel PETER BULKLEY, Esq.,
by whom he had ten children.
He was removed from ministring to men's bodies, to the world of spirits,
October 28th, 1729, Ætatis suæ 54.

* * * * *

Here lyes the Body of Rev. Mr. CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN, Master of Arts, fourth Pastor of the First Church in Newbury; a Gentleman of good Learning, conspicuous Piety and Virtue, shining both by his Doctrine and Life, skilled and greatly improved in the Practice of Physick and Surgery, who deceased, July 23, 1747, in the 76th year of his age, and the 51st of his Pastoral Office.

FOOTNOTES:

[27] The first two monumental inscriptions were taken from the burying-ground in Concord, Ms., and the last one from the graveyard in Newbury, Ms.

INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY IN BELFAST, ME.

The names of aged persons who died in this town before 1827, with their respective ages and the times of their decease, are here inserted.

Of these individuals it has been said, "In their manners they exhibited a model of perfect plainness and simplicity, indicative of contentment and a cheerful disposition; and so cordial was their reception of those who visited them, that with truth it might be said, they were given to hospitality. Their descendants read the poems of Burns with a keen relish, and are enthusiastic admirers of the Scottish Bard."

1794. James Miller, aged 82
1795. John Steele, " 84
1797. William McLaughlin, " 90
1800. Margaret Cochran, " 85
1802. John Tufts, " 78
" Grissel Jameson, " 96
1807. Solon Stevenson, " 73
1810. Mary Brown, " 90
1812. James Gordon, " 86
1815. William Lowney,[28] " 76
1817. Patrick Gilbert, " 78
1817. John Brown, " 86
1819. Samuel Houston, " 92
1820. Jerome Stevenson, " 82
1821. Elizabeth Jones, " 84
" Laughlin McDonald,[29] " 110
1822. George Cochran, " 85
1823. John Durham, " 74
1824. James Patterson, " 80
" Jonathan Clark, " 78
" Susan Sturtevant, " 84
1826. Nathaniel Patterson, " 79
" Agnes Robinson, " 89.

In the year 1827, there were thirteen persons living in Belfast, whose average age was 82 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Their respective names and ages were as follows:

Samuel Cunningham, aged 88
William Cunningham, " 86
Robert Patterson, " 85
Jane Patterson, " 77
John Cochran, " 78
Sarah West, " 80
John Burgess, " 92
Nathaniel Stanley, " 82
Alexander Clark, " 81
Elisha Clark, " 81
Tolford Durham, " 81
Annis Cochran, " 80
Elizabeth Campbell, " 82.

The above is an extract from White's History of Belfast, Me.

FOOTNOTES:

[28] Mr. Lowney was graduated at Dublin College.

[29] McDonald was born in Scotland, and entered the army while a boy; his age is not positively ascertained. He remembered having seen the Duke of Marlborough, who died ninety-nine years before he did; he came to America in General Wolfe's army in 1759, and after Quebec was reduced, went to Bucksport, and thence to Belfast. The lowest estimate of his age, made by his relatives, has been taken.

SCRAPS FROM INTERLEAVED ALMANACS.

1638. This year arrived 20 ships and 3,000 passengers.

March 18, 1617. Mary Martin executed at Boston for murthering her child.

June 15, 1648. Alice[30] Jones was executed at Boston for witchcraft. This was the first execution of the kind in New England.

March 26, 1649. Mr. John Winthrop, Gov., dyed.

Aug. 24, 1649. Mr. Shepard of Camb. dyed.

Nov. 21, 1650. 12 or 13 houses in Charlestown was burnt.

FOOTNOTES:

[30] Winthrop and others say _Margaret_.

DECEASE OF THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND.

Chronologically arranged.

1630.

Aug. 6, Rev. Francis Higginson d. at Salem, a. 43.

Sept. 20, Dr. William Gager, surgeon, d. at Charlestown.

Sept. 30, Isaac Johnson, an Assistant, d. at Boston.

Oct. 23, Edward Rossiter, an Assistant.

1631-2.

Feb. 16, Capt. Robert Welden d. at Charlestown.

1634.

Aug. 2, Rev. Samuel Skelton d. at Salem; the first _pastor_ who died
in New England, the term pastor being used in contradistinction to
teacher.

1635.

Aug. 14, Rev. John Avery was drowned.

1636.

Feb. 3, Rev. John Maverick of Dorchester d. at Boston, a. 60.

1638.

April --, Nicholas Danforth d. at Cambridge.

Sept. 14, Rev. John Harvard, founder of Harvard College, d. at
Charlestown.

Nov. 17, Roger Harlakenden, an Assistant, d. at Cambridge.

Dec. 21, John Masters.

1641.

Aug. 9, Rev. Jonathan Burr of Dorchester d., a. 37.

Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield. (Mr. Savage says he
died in 1648.)

1644.

April 16, Elder William Brewster of Plymouth d., a. 84.

July 1, Rev. George Phillips of Watertown.

Israel Stoughton, an Assistant, d. in England.

John Atwood, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony.

Sept. 4, Rev. Ephraim Hewett of Windsor, Ct.

Hon. George Wyllys of Hartford, Ct.

1646.

April 12, John Oliver, (H. C. 1645,) d. at Boston, a. 29.

1647.

July 7, Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Ct., d., a. 62.

(To be continued.)

GOVERNOR BRADSTREET.

Simon Bradstreet, son of a non-conforming minister, was born March, 1603, at Horblin, Lincolnshire. His father died when he was fourteen years old, and he was committed to the care of Hon. Thomas Dudley, for eight years following. He spent one year at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, pursuing his studies amidst various interruptions. Leaving Cambridge, he resided in the family of the Earl of Lincoln, as his steward, and afterwards lived in the same capacity with the Countess of Warwick. He with Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Dudley, and others, agreed to emigrate, and form a settlement in Massachusetts; and being appointed an Assistant, he with his family and others went on board the Arbella, March 29, 1630; anchored, June 12, near Naumkeak, now Salem, went on shore, but returned to the vessel at night; came, on the 14th, into the inner harbor, and went on shore. He attended the first Court, Aug. 23, at Charlestown.

In the spring of 1631, Mr. Bradstreet with other gentlemen commenced building at Newtown, now Cambridge, and his name is among those constituting the first company, which settled in that town in 1632. He resided there several years. In 1639, the Court granted him 500 acres of land in Salem, in the next convenient place to Gov. Endicott's farm. It appears that he resided a short time at Ipswich.

Mr. Bradstreet was among the first settlers of Andover, and was highly useful in promoting the settlement, in bearing the burdens incident to a new plantation, and in giving a right direction to its affairs. About the year 1644, he built the first mill on the Cochichewick. He was a selectman from the first record of town officers to 1672, soon after which, he probably spent most of his time in Boston and Salem. He was the first Secretary of the colony, and discharged the duties of the office many years. He was one of the first Commissioners of the United Colonies in 1643, and served many years with fidelity and usefulness in this office. In 1653, he with his colleague vigorously opposed making war on the Dutch in New York, and on the Indians; and it was prevented by his steady and conscientious opposition and the decision of the General Court of Massachusetts, though earnestly and strenuously urged by all the Commissioners of the other three colonies.

He was Deputy Governor from 1672 to 1679, when he was elected Governor, and continued in office till Mr. Joseph Dudley, his nephew, was appointed, in 1686, head of the administration, and the government was changed and the Charter annulled.

Gov. Bradstreet was considered at the head of the moderate party; and, when the Charter was demanded by King Charles, he thought it better that it should be surrendered, than that it should be taken away by judgment, as in that case it might be more easily resumed.

He strenuously opposed the arbitrary proceedings of Andros; and when, in 1689, the people put down his authority, they made their old Governor their President. He continued at the head of the administration till May, 1692, at the advanced age of 89 years, when Sir William Phips arrived from England with the new Charter, in which Sir William was appointed Governor, and Mr. Bradstreet first Assistant. He had been in service in the government sixty-two years, excepting the short administrations of Dudley and Andros. No man in the country has continued in so high offices so many years, and to so advanced age as he. He was a popular magistrate, and was opposed to the witch delusion in 1692, which caused great alarm and distress at the commencement of Gov. Phips' administration. "He lived to be the Nestor of New England," for all who came over from England with him, died before him.

The following inscription is on the monument erected in Salem to Gov. Bradstreet:

SIMON BRADSTREET,

Armiger, ex ordine Senatoris in Colonia Massachusettensi
ab anno 1630, usque ad annum 1673. Deinde ad annum 1679,
Vice-Gubernator. Denique, ad annum 1686, ejusdem coloniae,
communi et constanti populi suffragio,

GUBERNATOR,

Vir, judicio Lynceario praeditus; quem nec numma, nec honos
allexit. Regis auctoritatem, et populi libertatem, aequa lance
libravit. Religione cordatus, vita innocuus, mundum et vicit et
deseruit, 27 die Martii, A. D. 1697, annoque Guliel: 3t. IX. et
Æt. 94.

Gov. Bradstreet was married in England to Miss Ann Dudley, daughter of Mr. Thomas Dudley, when she was sixteen years old. She is the most distinguished of the early matrons of our country by her literary powers, of which proof is given in a volume of poems. It was dedicated to her father in poetry, dated March 20, 1642. The title of the book is, "Several poems, compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight; wherein especially is contained a complete discourse and description of the four elements, constituting ages of man, seasons of the year, together with an exact epitome of the three first monarchies, viz., the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman commonwealth, from the beginning to the end of their last king, with divers other pleasant and serious poems. By a Gentlewoman of New England." A second edition of it was printed at Boston, 1678, by John Foster, in a respectable 12mo of 255 pp., and a third edition was published in 1758. The work does honor to her education, by her frequent allusions to ancient literature and historical facts, and to her character, as a daughter, a wife, a parent, and Christian. This volume is a real curiosity, though no reader, free from partiality of friendship, might coincide with the commendation of her in the funeral eulogy of John Norton:

"Could Maro's muse but hear her lively strain,
He would condemn his works to fire again.

* * * * *

Her breast was a brave palace, a _broad street_,
Where all heroic, ample thoughts did meet,
Where nature had such a tenement ta'en,
That other souls, to her's, dwelt in a lane."

Dr. Mather, in his Magnalia, gives a high commendation of her, "whose poems, divers times printed, have afforded a grateful entertainment unto the ingenious, and a monument for her memory beyond the stateliest marbles."

Their children were as follows:

1. Samuel, who had two daughters b. in Boston, 1663, 1665.
2. Simon, who was settled in the ministry in New London, Ct.
3. Dudley of Andover.
4. John, who was b. in Andover, July 31, 1652, and settled in Salem.
5. Ann, who m. Mr. Wiggin of Exeter.
6. Dorothy, who m. Rev. Seaborn Cotton, Hampton, June 25, 1654.
7. Hannah, who m. Mr. Andrew Wiggin, Exeter, June 14, 1659.
8. Mary, who m. Mr. Nathaniel Wade, Nov. 11, 1672.

Mrs. Bradstreet died in Andover, Sept. 16, 1672, aged 60.

Gov. Bradstreet married for his second wife, a sister of Sir George Downing, who was in the first class that graduated at Harvard College, and was ambassador of Cromwell and Charles II. to Holland. See _Abbot's History of Andover_.

SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AT THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES IN NEW ENGLAND.

HON. WILLIAM CRANCH OF WASHINGTON, D. C.

JUDGE CRANCH was born at the house of his mother's father, the Rev. William Smith, of Weymouth, Ms., July 17, 1769; and was baptized by him the Sabbath following, as appears by the church records.[31] He had no brother, but two sisters, and these were older than himself. The elder sister, Elizabeth, married the Rev. Jacob Norton, who succeeded Mr. Smith in the pastoral office. The other sister married Mr. John Greenleaf, who resides at Quincy, Ms. Mrs. Greenleaf died Feb. 18, 1846.

His father, Richard Cranch, was born in Kingsbridge, near Exeter in Devonshire, England, in November, 1726, and was the son of John, the son of Andrew, the son of Richard, all of Devonshire. He was one of six sons, and was bound as an apprentice to a maker of wool-cards; but, at the age of 20, purchased the remainder of his time, and came to this country in 1746, with General Joseph Palmer, who had married his sister. Being fond of books, he became a learned man, received an honorary degree of M. A. from Harvard University, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, sustained several important public offices, and was for many years a member of the Legislature and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He died in 1811, in his 85th year.

His mother was Mary, the eldest daughter of the Rev. William Smith of Weymouth, and granddaughter of Col. John Quincy of Mount Wollaston, in that part of Braintree since incorporated by the name of Quincy, in honor of his memory. There is now no lineal descendant from him of the name of Quincy. The next daughter of Mr. Smith was Abigail, who became the wife of the late President John Adams; and the other daughter was Elizabeth, who married the Rev. John Shaw of Haverhill, Ms., and after his death, the Rev. Stephen Peabody of Atkinson, N. H. She died April 9, 1815, aged 65. She had three children by her first husband, William Smith, Elizabeth Quincy, and Abigail Adams. The son was the principal founder of the Boston Athenæum. He was born Aug. 12, 1778, graduated H. C. 1798, and died 1826. The first daughter was born May 26, 1780, and died Sept. 4, 1798, aged 18. The last daughter is the wife of Rev. Joseph B. Felt of this city.

The great-grandmother of the subject of this sketch, the wife of Col. John Quincy, who died July 13, 1767, was Mary Norton, the daughter of the Rev. John Norton of Hingham, whose genealogy is distinctly traced back to the time of William the Conqueror.

We cannot trace the ancestors of Judge Cranch's father back further than his grandfather's grandfather. They all appear to have been Dissenters, firm republicans, and honest men, but in humble life. His grandfather, John Cranch, was a farmer and a freeholder; the others seem to have been manufacturers of woollens. John Cranch, the naturalist, who was, at the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, sent out in the expedition to Egypt, where he died, was his second cousin. His father's mother was Elizabeth Pearse, daughter of Christopher Pearse and Margery Triste.

In April, 1775, his father removed from Boston to that part of Braintree now called Quincy, where he resided until his death. He died on the 16th, and his wife on the 17th, of October, 1811, and both were buried on the same day, the 19th. A sermon was delivered on the occasion by the Rev. Peter Whitney, which was printed.

Judge Cranch prepared for college under the instruction of his uncle, the Rev. John Shaw of Haverhill, and entered the Freshman class, six months in advance, in February, 1784. Having graduated at Harvard College, he, July, 1787, entered the office of Judge Dawes of Boston, who was then a practitioner in the courts of Massachusetts, where he read law three years, and in July, 1790, was admitted to practice in the Court of Common Pleas. He opened an office in Braintree, now Quincy, but at the close of the first year, upon the death of his relative, John Thaxter, Esq., who had been in the practice of the law at Haverhill, Ms., he was induced by his friends to remove to that place, and take his office, and complete his unfinished business; which, with the confidence reposed in him by the Hon. Nathaniel Peaslee Sergeant, then one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, who appointed him sole executor of his will, introduced him into practice, and enabled him to support himself and pay all demands held against him. For three years, he attended the courts in Essex county in Massachusetts and Rockingham county in New Hampshire, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Judicial Court in July, 1793.

In September, 1794, he was employed to superintend the affairs of Morris, Nicholson, and Greenleaf, under their great contracts in the City of Washington, to which place he removed in October of that year, and has continued to reside in that place until the present time.

In April, 1795, he was connected in marriage with Nancy Greenleaf, daughter of the late William Greenleaf of Boston, and moved his wife to Washington, in May.

They have been the parents of 13 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. The names of the other ten were 1. William Greenleaf; 2. Richard; 3. Ann Allen; 4. Mary; 5. Elizabeth Eliot; 6. John; 7. Edward Pope; 8. Christopher Pearse; 9. Abby Adams; 10. Margaret Dawes. Richard was drowned in Lake Erie, while in the discharge of his duty as an assistant-engineer, surveying the harbor, in his 29th year, unmarried. Ann Allen died in April, 1821, of consumption, aged 22, also unmarried. Mary married Richard Cranch Norton, and died when her first child was one week old, in July, 1821, aged 20. Her husband died in October of the same year.

The other 7 children are still living. Elizabeth married Rufus Dawes, a son of the late Judge Dawes of Boston. Abby Adams married the Rev. William G. Eliot of St. Louis, Missouri, where they reside and have a number of children. William has been a clerk in the Patent Office. He was two years at Harvard University; but his delicate health and feeble constitution obliged him to leave his studies in his Junior year. The other sons were educated at the Columbian College in the District of Columbia. John spent three or four years in Italy, in drawing and painting, to perfect his knowledge of these branches, and now resides in Boston, where he pursues the employment of drawing and painting. Edward Pope is settled in Cincinnati as a lawyer. Christopher Pearse has been a preacher of the Gospel, but has lately turned his attention to portrait painting, and is now in Italy. Mrs. Cranch deceased Sept. 17, 1843.

In the year 1800, Judge Cranch was appointed one of the Commissioners of the City of Washington, which office he resigned in 1801, when he was, by President Adams, appointed the junior assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, under the act of Congress of Feb. 27, 1801; the late Governor Thomas Johnson of Maryland, who had been one of the Commissioners of the City of Washington, having been appointed Chief Judge; and Mr. James Marshall, brother of the late Chief Justice Marshall, having been appointed elder assistant Judge. Gov. Johnson refused to accept the office; and Mr. Jefferson appointed William Kitty, Esq., Chief Judge. Mr. Marshall resigned in 1803, and Nicholas Fitzhugh, Esq., of Virginia, was appointed in his place.

In 1805, Mr. Kitty having been appointed Chancellor of Maryland, Judge Cranch was appointed by Mr. Jefferson to the office of Chief Justice, which office he now holds; and by virtue of that office is sole Judge of the _District_ Court of the United States, for the District of Columbia, which has the same jurisdiction as the other District Courts of the United States have.

He has published nine volumes of Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, a Memoir of the life, character, and writings of President John Adams, (70 pages,) read before the Columbian Institute, March 16, 1827, and an Address upon the subject of Temperance, in 1831, a small pamphlet.

Judge Cranch is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the American Antiquarian Society. He has received also the degree of Doctor of Laws from Harvard College.

PROFESSOR EBENEZER ADAMS OF HANOVER, N. H.

PROFESSOR ADAMS was the son of Ephraim Adams of New Ipswich, N. H., who was a highly respectable man, having been a magistrate, an officer in the church, and a representative of the town. He was born in that place, Oct. 2, 1765. The father was a native of Ipswich, Ms., born in that part of the town which is now Hamilton. He was brought up on the farm which was first occupied by his ancestor, one of the eight sons of Henry Adams, who came to this country from Devonshire, England, and settled in that part of Braintree now called Quincy, about the year 1630. The father of Dea. Adams, whose baptismal name was Thomas, was either the grandson or great-grandson of this ancestor. The first wife of Dea. Adams was Rebecca, daughter of James Locke, who was a native of Woburn, Ms., and died in Ashby, Ms. The name of his second wife is not known. The children of Dea. Adams were fifteen in number.

The subject of this sketch fitted for college at the Academy in New Ipswich, under the care of Hon. John Hubbard, who was afterwards Professor in Dartmouth College. Having graduated at that institution in 1791, with high reputation as a scholar, especially in mathematics and philosophy, he went immediately into the Academy at Leicester, Ms., where he spent fifteen years, fourteen of which he was the Principal. In 1806, he took charge of the Academy at Portland, Me., which he left after a year and a half, having accepted the Professorship of Mathematics in Phillips Academy, Exeter. In 1809 he was appointed Professor of the Languages in Dartmouth College, and in 1810, upon the death of Professor Hubbard, he was transferred to the department of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and continued in that office until 1833--twenty-three years--when he was induced by advancing age and infirmities to resign all active and responsible service in the College; his connection with it since being simply that of Professor Emeritus, which continued until his death.

Professor Adams possessed great constitutional energies, both physical and mental. These he carried into active life. As an instructor he was able and accurate. No one surpassed him in faithfulness, and hence it was proverbial that he made thorough scholars. In the Languages he was good, but in Mathematics and Philosophy he excelled as a teacher.

As would naturally be expected, he took a lively interest in all efforts made to promote the cause of literature, the sciences, and the arts, and was connected with several literary associations. He was an original Member of the Northern Academy of Arts and Sciences, and took an active part at the time of its formation, as presiding officer. He was also a Member of the New Hampshire Historical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Maryland Academy of Sciences and Literature, and the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen. He was a Trustee of Kimball Union Academy in Plainfield, and sustained the office of President of the Board of Trustees twenty years, and, for about as long a time, he was President of the New Hampshire Bible Society.