Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass. by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860. ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth [All pages are not yet complete-more to come] _____________________________________________ p.929 2. Leverett Saltonstall b. June 13, 1783; grad. Harvard Coll. 1802; studied law with the Hon. William Prescott of Salem, Mass., opened an office in Haverhill but soon (May, 1806) moved to Salem; was devoted to his profession and eminent as an advocate. He was the Speaker of the Mass. House of Representatives; President of the State Senate; the first Mayor of Salem, Mass.; Representative in the U.S.Congress; President of the Bible Society, of the Essex Agricultural Society and of the Essex Bar; A.A. and S.H.S.; LL.D. Harvard Univ. 1838 and member of its Board of Overseers. (For a full and able delineation of his excellent character and services, see Discourse of Rev. John Brazer, D.D., and its appendix. He married Mar 7, 1811, Mary Elizabeth Sanders, dau. of Thomas Sanders, a wealthy merchant of Salem, Mass. He died in 1845. Children: 1. Anna Elizabeth Saltonstall died unm. 2. Caroline Saltonstall died unm. 3. Richard Gurdon Saltonstall b. June 29, 1820; d. Feb 22, 1821. 4. Lucy Sanders Saltonstall, b. Feb 10, 1822; m. June 30, 1847, John Francis Tuckerman, who grad. Harvard Coll. 1837; M.D. 1841, M.M.S.S.; a surgeon in the U.S. Navy; and now (1854) living in Salem. Children: 1. Leverett Saltonstall Tuckerman b. Apr 19, 1848. 2. Francis Tuckerman b. June 11, 1849. 3. Charles Sanders Tuckerman b. Jan 31, 1852. 5. Leverett Saltonstall b. Mar 16, 1825; grad. Harvard Coll. 1844; LL.B. 1847; a lawyer of Boston. He m. at Salem Oct 19, 1854, Rose Lee b. 1835, dau. of John Cabot Lee and his wife, Harriet Rose of Salem. 3.Nathaniel Saltonstall b. Oct 1, 1784; at first a merchant of Baltimore, where he acquired a competent fortune; after his marriage they res. at Salem where he died Oct 19, 1838. He m. Nov 30, 1820 Caroline, youngest daughter of Thomas Sanders & sister of his brother Leverette's wife. Children: 1. Gurdon Saltonstall b. Aug 14; died Aug 30, 1821. 2. Catherine Pickman Saltonstall b. May 18, 1823; m. Apr 28, 1846, Edward Brooks Pierson who grad. Harvard Coll. 1840; M.D. 1844; son of the late Dr. Abel L. Pierson of Salem. She d. June 25, 1852. No children. 3. Elizabeth Sanders Saltonstall, b. May 26, 1825; m. Dec 5, 1852, George Z. Silsbee a merchant of Salem. 4. Henry Saltonstall b. Mar 2, 1828; grad. Harvard Coll. 1848; a merchant of Boston. 5. William Gurdon Saltonstall b. Dec 22, 1831; was a merchant of Boston. 4. Anna Saltonstall b. Nov 3, 1787; m. Nov 28, 1820, Hon. James Cushing Merrill b. Sept 27, 1784; grad. Harvard Coll. 1807; a lawyer and Judge of the Police Court in Boston. He died Oct 4, 1853. He was a son of Rev. Gyles Merrill, who grad. Harvard Coll. 1759, a minister at Plaistow, New Hampshire. Children: 1. James Cushing Merrill b. Aug 9, 1822; grad. Harvard Coll. 1842; a lawyer of Boston who m. Oct 30, 1850 Jane Hyslop Hammond, dau. of Daniel Hammond, a merchant of Boston. 2. Samuel Gyles Merrill b. Apr 15, 1824; d. Apr 28, 1830. 3. Anna Saltonstall Merrill b. June 19, 1828. 4. Matilda Merrill b. June 22, 1832. 5. Sarah Saltonstall b. Nov 5, 1790; m. June 16, 1816, Isaac Redington Howe, who grad. Harvard College, 1810; a lawyer of Haverhill, son of David Howe, Esq., merchant of Haverhill. Children: 1. Nathaniel Saltonstall Howe b. Apr 24, 1817; grad. Yale Coll. 1835; m. June 26, 1846, Sarah A. Bradley, dau. of Charles Bradley of Roxbury, a merchant of Boston. He was a lawyer of Haverhill & Judge of Probate and has been a member of the Massachusetts Senate. Children: 1. Susan Bradley Howe b. at Roxbury June 25, 1847. 2. Henry Saltonstall Howe b. at Haverhill Aug. 12, 1848. 2. Mary Cooke Howe b. Mar 25, 1819; m. Sept 30, 1851, James H. Carlton, merchant of Haverhill. 3. Caroline Matilda Howe b. Sept 27, 1821; d. Aug 9, 1844. 4. Ann Elizabeth Howe b. Nov 14, 1823; d. July 7, 1845. 5. William Garland Howe b. June 28th, died Aug 26, 1826. 6. Frances Garland Howe b. Oct 8, 1827; d. Sept 5, 1828. p.930 7. William Garland Howe b. Aug 1, 1829; a merchant. 8. Francis Saltonstall Howe b. Nov 8, 1831 and now (1854) a student at the law school at Cambridge. 6. Richard Saltonstall b. June 16, 1794; grad. Harvard Coll. 1813; was a merchant of Baltimore where he m. Margaret Ann Savage. He died at sea in 1834 and she died Nov 1, 1834. Children born at Baltimore: 1. Richard Saltonstall Jr. b. Aug 28, 1823; a merchant of N.Y. who m. Maria J. Daniel. Children: 1. Margaret Ann Saltonstall b. July, 1852. 2. Leverett Saltonstall b. Aug 11, 1853. 2. Anna White Saltonstall b. Oct 19, 1827 was of Haverhill. 7. Matilda Saltonstall b. Dec 9, 1796; m. June 6, 1825, Fisher Howe, a merchant of New York. She died at Brooklyn May 21, 1831. Children: 1. Henry Fisher Howe b. Nov 30, 1826; d. July 8, 1827. 2. Matilda Saltonstall Howe b. May 15, 1828; m. Apr 18, 1848, William R. Gould, broker of Brooklyn, New York. Children: 1. William Saltonstall Gould b. Feb 7, 1849. 2. Edward Peters Gould b. Mar 6th, died April 23, 1850. 3. Frederick Gould b. Nov 24, 1851. 4. Edward Peters Gould b. Apr 10, 1853. _____________________________________________ p.930 Capt. Nathaniel Saltonstall of New London (supposed to be a descendant of the Governor) was appointed in April, 1775, a Captain of the old Revolutionary Fort of New London, which stood on the water's edge near the centre of the town. Fort Trumbull was built in the next year just below the town, and of this, he was the first commander. He afterwards went into the marine service and was commander of the ship, Putnam under Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, in the expedition against Penobscot, 1779. The ship was blown up, but the officers and crew escaped. He m. (1) Sept 15, 1755, Rebecca Young of Wethersfield, Conn. She died Oct 8, 1766 aged 39 yrs. He m. (2) Dec 21, 1768, Lucretia, dau. of Peter Latimer. In advanced age he moved to Marietta, Ohio where he died August 1, 1807, aged 79 or 80 yrs. and his widow Lucretia died in 1822. Children: 1. Rebecca Saltonstall b. 1756 m. Dec 1, 1788, William Evans of Newark, New Jersey. 2. Sarah Saltonstall b. in 1785. 3. Gurdon F. Saltonstall b. May 18, 1760; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan 30, 1836 aged 76. No record obtained of his family and descendants. 4. Joseph Saltonstall b. June 8, 1763. By his 2nd wife, Lucretia he had: 5. Lucretia Saltonstall b. Aug 1, 1770; m. Giles Hempstead. 6. Mary Saltonstall b. Aug. 18, 1772. 7. Nancy Saltonstall b. July 6, 1774; m. Rev. Stephen Lindsley of Ohio. 8. Nathaniel Saltonstall b. Dec 18, 1776; was of New London (the only one of his father's family who remained there), m. May 22, 1800, Lucretia Lanpheer, who died Sept 18, 1849. Two sons and 8 daughters. The two sons and three daughters are deceased. Four of the daughters married gentlemen of New York: 1. Eliza Saltonstall who m. Andrew Arcularius. She died May 22, 1851. 2. Augusta Saltonstall who m. Peter G. Arcularius. 3. Maria Saltonstall who m. Peter R. Bonnett. 4. Mary Saltonstall who m. Henry Anstice. 9. John L. Saltonstall b. Jan 26, 1781; died at Marietta, Ohio, April 15, 1821. 10. Betsey Saltonstall b. April 1, 1781; died November 23, 1786. _____________________________________________ p.932 Richard Sawtel, "an aged man" died in Watertown Aug 21, 1694. At what time he returned to Watertown or how long he resided in Groton has not been ascertained. Probably he was driven back by Indian hostilities, about 1675 or 1676. His Inventory was taken by residents of Watertown and his lands were there, except "a 20 acre right in Groton lands." Admin. of the estate of his widow Elizabeth was granted to son Enoch Sawtel of Watertown, Nove 26, 1694, and her Inventory was dated Dec. 5, 1694. _____________________________________________ p.942 Perley Ray Lovejoy was a professor at Newton University, Baltimore. _____________________________________________ p.944 Silas Stearns, Jr. served an apprenticeship with James H. Foster, an upholsterer of Boston. In the autumn of 1802, then aged 18 yrs., he became a member of the First Baptist Church in Boston, then under the pastoral care of Reverend Dr. Stillman. He soon turned his attention earnestly to a preparation for the Gospel ministry, and completed the term of his apprenticeship. Soon after this, he began to study with Rev. Mr. Williams of Wrentham, Mass., and afterwards with Rev. Dr. Greene of No. Yarmouth, Maine. In the spring of 1806, he was liceensed to preach, and was ordained at No. Yarmouth, October 1807. He was soon settled at Freeport, Maine, where he remained about two years. He was installed the first pastor of the First Baptist Church at Bath, Maine, Dec 6, 1810 which office he held until he died, August 1, 1840. He was much devoted to the cause of education; was a Trustee and one of the earliest founders of Waterville College. He m. (1) Nov. 30, 1815, Hannah Oakman Sprague, the dau. of Ebed & Abigail (Tufts) Sprague of Boston. She died Sept. 20, 1824 aged 38 yrs, and he m. (2) Jan 5, 1826, Mary Lunt, the dau. of Joseph & Priscilla Lunt of Littlefield, Maine. Children: 1. Oakman Sprague Stearns b. Oct 26, 1817; grad. Waterville College, 1840; grad. at Newton Theological Seminary, 1846; was ordained at the Central Baptist Church of Springfield, Mass. May 19, 1847. He m. (1) June 8, 1847, Anna Judson Gratton of Providence, R.I., and m. (2) 1850 Hannah Jane Beecher. By his 2nd wife Mary Lunt he had: 2. William Bradford Stearns b. Aug 27, 1826; was of Bath, Maine; m. Feb. 10, 1852, Lucy Whittemore Potter, the dau of David & Margaret Potter of Bath, Maine. 3. Mary Homer Stearns b. Sept 22, 1828; m. Oct 14, 1848, James D. Rivers of Gainsville, GA. 4. Isaiah Wellington Stearns b. May 28, 1831. 5. Silas Baldwin Stearns b. Mar 7, 1833 died April 26, 1834. 6. Eliza Waldron Stearns b. Sept 5, 1835; d. June 25, 1839. 7. Sarah Comings Stearns b. July 27, 1837. _____________________________________________ p.952 [Page] Children of I. W. and Elizabeth (Stone) Page 1. William A. Page who died in early manhood. 2. Charles A. Page of Hallowell who m. Sarah G. Orne. 3. George Page. _____________________________________________ p.953 [Page] Sarah Gerry Orne dau of John Gerry Orne and Nancy Ann Stone of Marblehead (John Gerry Orne was the grandson of Hon. Azor Orne of Marblehead, the distinguished patriot of the Rev. War & grand nephew of Governor E. Gerry) Sarah Gerry Orne m. Charles A. Page of Hallowell, Maine. _____________________________________________ p.956 [Tainter] Joseph Tainter was a Selectman, 1657, 1664, 1665, 1667, 1672 and 1680. (ref. p.597) Simon Tainter, Jr. b. Feb 28, 1693-4; m. May 25, 1714, Rebecca Harrington. He was admitted full communion at Westboro April 3, 1726 and wife Rebecca dismissed from Watertown to Westboro, June 27, 1731. Children: 1. Simon Tainter b. at Watertown, April 8, 1715; m. at Westboro, Nov. 20, 1740, Mary Bruer. She was dis- missed to Grafton Sept 6, 1741. Children: 1. Jonathan Tainter bap. June 10, 1744. 2. Nahum Tainter b. Feb 23, 1750-1 3. Eleanor Tainter b. Nov 11, 1753. 2. Rebecca Tainter b. at Watertown, Jan 1, 1716-1717; adm. full communion Westboro, Jan 26, 1735. 3. Joanna Tainter b. at Watertown Feb 16, 1717-18. 4. Susanna Tainter b. at Watertown Dec. 18, 1720; adm. f.c. at Westboro, Sept 6, 1741. 5. Jonathan Tainter b. at Watertown Aug 5, 1723. 6. Sarah Tainter bap. at Watertown Aug 1, 1725; adm. f.c. at Westboro, Aug 19, 1744. 7. Benjamin Tainter bap. at Westboro, June 4, 1727; of Westboro; m. Hannah ____. He was adm. f.c. Nov. 6, 1748; and she was adm. f.c. from Somers, about 1753. Children: _____________________________________________ p.957 1. Benjamin Tainter b. May 27, 1753; m. May 6, 1776, Margaret Hinds. Children: 1. Elisha Livermore Tainter b. Feb 5, 1777. 2. Sophia Tainter b. May 12, 1779. 2. Jonathan Tainter b. June 26, 1755; m. (published Sept 21, 1776) Jemima Root of Somers. 1. Polly Tainter b. April 12, 1778. 2. Jemima Tainter b. July 24, 1779. 3. Josiah Wood Tainter b. July 24, 1757; died June 16, 1759. 4. Stephen Tainter b. Oct 13, 1760. 5. Samuel Tainter b. May 3, 1762. 6. Hannah Tainter b. Mar 9th, died May 27, 1765. 7. Hannah Tainter (again) b. May 2, 1769. 8. Elizabeth Tainter b. at Westboro, June 8, 1729; m. Nov 19, 1750, Stephen Sadler of Upton. 9. Samuel Tainter b. at Westboro May 9, 1736. Notes: Daniel Tainter of Westboro who died Aug 20, 1791, by his wife, Katharine had: 1. Katharine Sparhawk Tainter b. May 1, 1789. 2. Thomas Tainter b. Nov 4, 1790. Capt. John Tainter was a Selectman (p.597) 1740 and 1741. For Abraham Hill read Aaron Hill. John Tainter Jr. belonged to Capt. Jonathan Brown's Company in 1758. (p.598 - For David Watson read Daniel Watson. E. Tainter's wife taught school at Watertown in 1768. He died July 20, 1824 aged 83 yrs. Insert: Source: Bond's Watertown. - Benjamin Hastings & wife, Mary Tainter. Benjamin Hastings of Waltham, Mass.; m. April 14, 1726, Mary Tainter. His Will dated May 21, 1756 mentions wife Mary. Will of his widow, Mary, was dated Feb 18, 1765. Children: 1. Mary Hastings b. Feb 6, 1726/7 died young. 2. Daniel Hastings bap. Sept 8, 1728; of Cambridge. Estate admin. by his father on Jan. 20, 1756. 3. Benjamin Hastings b. July 1, 1731. 4. Hannah Hastings b. Mar 23, 1733; m. Aug 21, 1755, Amariah Learned. 5. Simon Hastings b. Mar 28, 1735; d. Aug 15, 1785; m. June 12, 1759, Sarah Coolidge. Children: 1. Benjamin Hastings b. April 1, 1760; m. Dec 20, 1787, Rebecca Clark. 1. Daniel Hastings b. Nov 19, 1788. 2. Charles Hastings b. Jan 10, 1790. 3. Elizabeth Hastings b. Mar 28, 1791. 4. Richard Clark Hastings b. Sept 19, 1793. 5. Mary Hastings b. May 22, 1795. 6. Sarah Hastings b. Dec 21, 1796. 7. Benjamin Hastings bap. Aug 4, 1799. 2. Mary Hastings b. Sept 12, 1761; m. Nov 29, 1781, John Angier of Southboro. 3. Daniel Hastings b. Sept 1, 1763. 4. Elizabeth Hastings b. April 3, 1766; m. Dec 10, 1789, Thomas H. Bray of Watertown. 5. Simon Hastings b. Aug 3, 1771. 6. Isaac Hastings b. Jan 23, 1773; m. 1803, Sarah Whitney. 7. Sarah Hastings b. June 10, 1775. 6. Jonas Hastings b. Jan 18, 1736/7; of Waltham; was lame and unm. 7. Mary Hastings b. Mar 8, 1738/9; died the next Sept. 8. William Hastings b. Jan 17, 1741. 9. Nathan Hastings bap Aug 2, 1743. 10. John Hastings bap. Oct 14, 1744. 11. Abigail Hastings bap. Nov 23, 1746. 12. Smith Hastings bap. Jan 3, 1747/8. 13. Samuel Hastings bap. Feb 11, 1749/50. p. 964 On p.642 - First line, for, at Ipswich, read, at London. John Whitney was elected Constable of Watertown by the Court, June 1, 1641. John Whitney of Roxbury had, 1. John Whitney b. April 1, 1672. Ruth Whitney b. Aug 31, 1674; m. April 22, 1701, Joseph Adams. Sarah Whitney by wife Elizabeth was b. Aug 7, 1684. Daniel Whitney and Susanna Curtis m. at Roxbury June 21, 1704. His parentage has not been ascertained, but his age, and the names of his children render it probable that he was a son of John Whitney. Children: 1. John Whitney b. May 23, 1705. 2. Elizabeth Whitney b. Feb 4, 1706-7. 3. Susanna Whitney b. Feb 21, 1708-9. 4. Daniel Whitney b. Mar 26, 1711. 5. Anna Whitney b. April 30, 1713. 6. Elijah Whitney b. Jan 15, 1715-16. 7. Ruth Whitney b. Dec 5, 1718. 8. Elisha Whitney b. Oct 5, 1722. Timothy Whitney of Roxbury. (parentage not ascertained, perhaps a son of John Whitney, m. at Roxbury, June 12, 1706, Margaret Bacon. In 1728 he purchased for £615, of John Prentice of Preston, Conn., and Ebenezer Prenctice of Newton, the farm and buildings in Newton, which had been the last residence of their grandfather, Thomas Prentice, Sen'r. (see Jackson's History of Newton, p. 463.) Children born in Roxbury: 1. Sarah Whitney b. Feb 28, 1707-8. 2. Caleb Whitney b. April 2, 1711, of Newton, m. in 1736, Hannah Cheney b. June 13, 1711, dau. of Joseph & Sarah (Wiswall) Cheney of Newton. Children: 1. Hannah Whitney b. Mar 3, 1737; m. 1772, Nathaniel Parker. 2. Caleb Whitney b. June 17, 1740; m. Elizabeth Hyde. Children: 1. Oliver Whitney b. Mar 9, 1766. 2. Amariah Whitney b. Nov. 18, 1767. 3. Ruth Whitney b. May 31, 1773. 4. Sarah Whitney b. June 4, 1774. 5. Abigail Whitney b. Sept 10, 1775. 3. Sarah Whitney b. Oct 23, 1743; m. 1769, James Richards, Jr. 4. Thaddeus Whitney b. July 10, 1747; m. 1772, Temperance Hyde b. April 1, 1753, dau of Lieut. Noah & Ruth (Seger) Hyde. He d. 1832. She died 1842. Children: 1. Temperance Whitney b. Sept 2, 1774; m. 1795, Jonathan Cook, Jr. 2. Hannah Whitney b. April 9, 1779. 3. Thaddeus Whitney b. Sept 1, 1788; died 1823. 3. Moses Whitney b. June 10, 1714; of Newton; m. 1739, Rebecca Hyde b. Sept 23, 1720, dau. of Ensign Timothy and Rebecca (Davis) Hyde of Newton He died 1805, aged 91 yrs. Children: 1. Margaret Whitney b. May 8, 1741. 2. Moses Whitney b. April 9, 1743; died in the Army. 3. Mary Whitney b. Feb 1, 1745; m. 1765, Edwards Richards of Cambridge. 4. Timothy Whitney b. Feb 12, 1747; m. in 1773, Mary Hyde. He died 1821. 5. Stephen Whitney, twin of Timothy (above) b. Feb 12, 1747, died in the Army. 6. Elizabeth Whitney b. May 30, 1749; m. 1777, Asa Payson. 7. Ephraim Whitney b. June 16, 1751; m. 1774, Ann Fuller. He died in the Army. 8. Rebecca Whitney b. Mar 17, 1754; m. 1780, William Buzzard. 9. Relief Whitney b. Dec 29, 1756; m. in 1783, John Woodward of Brookline. p.965 10. Gershom Whitney b. July 25, 1758; died 1759. 11. Persis Whitney b. Feb 19, 1760; m. 1797, James Richards. 12. John Whitney b. April 8, 1762; m. 1785, Polly Pope. 4. Joseph Whitney b. Feb 21, 1716-17; of Newton; m. Mary Hastings. Children: 1. Abigail Whitney b. Dec 18, 1749. 2. Martha Whitney b. May 31, 1752. 3. Ann Whitney b. Feb 10, 1755. 4. Samuel Whitney b. Aug 7, 1758. 5. Timothy Whitney b. April, 1720. 6. Timothy Whitney (again) b. April 30, 1721. To be continued Part 10 of 10 Parts - p. 965 - Isaac Williams son of Capt. Isaac & Elizabeth Williams of Groton who m. Martha Whitney dau of Joshua Whitney of Groton. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Subject: John Whitney Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860. Volume II. Part 10 of 10 Parts. _____________________________________________ p.965 Elnathan Whitney & Sarah Perry m. at Roxbury Sept 24, 1729. Jonas Whitney & Sarah Perry m. at Roxbury May 8, 1735. John White & Esther Whitney m. at Roxbury Mar 8, 1745-6. April 7, 1691; Richard Whitney of Stow, Mass. "being 70 years of age" was released from training by the Court. p.644 - Jonathan Whitney took the oath of fidelity in 1652. p.644 - Oct 29, 1697, Joshua Whitney of Groton (?) Sen. or Jr) sold land in Watertown to Nathan Fiske. Isaac Williams b. in Newton, Nov 1, 1686, son of Capt. Isaac & Elizabeth Williams, m. at Groton, Mass., Feb 1, 1708-9, Martha Whitney dau of Joshua Whitney of Groton. His Will mentions wife Martha; sons Jonathan and Isaac; daughters, Elizabeth Reed, Abigail Fuller, Mary Miller and Hannah Rogers and grandchildren: Nathaniel and Martha Spring. Children: 1. Abigail Williams b. Oct 4, 1710; m. Josiah Fuller son of Jeremiah Fuller of Newton. 2. Jonathan Williams b. Dec 16, 1711; m. 1735, Deborah Spring. Children: 1. Jonathan Williams b on the 1st and died the 18th of July, 1737. 2. Deborah Williams b. July 20, 1738. 3. Phebe Williams. 4. Joanna Williams b. Oct 20, 1741; m. Oct 14, 1765, John Cheney. 5. Martha Williams b. Oct 27, 1743. 3. Martha Williams b. Mar 18, 1714; m. Dec 10, 1741, Nathaniel Spring. Children: 1. Ephraim Spring b. at Worcester, Sept 24, 1742. 2. Nathaniel Spring. 3. Martha Spring. 4. Mary Williams b. June 14, 1717; m. 1741, Joseph Miller of Newton. 5. Phebe Williams b. Oct 9, 1723. 6. Hannah Williams (twin to Phebe, above) b. Oct 9, 1723; m. in 1745, John Rogers. 7. Isaac Williams b. July 15, 1725; m. (1) June, 1748, Sarah Stratton of Cambridge. He m. (2) Jan 3, 1765, Elizabeth Cheney of Newton. Children: 1. Sarah Williams b. Aug 27, 1750. 2. Abigail Williams b. July 10, 1752. 3. Ephraim Williams b. Feb 25, 1760. 4. Pattee Williams b. Nov 2, 1763. By his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Cheney Isaac Williams had: 5. Amariah Williams b. August & died Nov. 23, 1765. 6. Elizabeth Williams (twin of Amariah) b. Aug 22, 1765. 7. Asa Williams b. June 7, 1773. 8. Elizabeth Williams b. ____; m. Josiah Reed. Elizabeth Whitney who m. at Groton, Mass. April 17, 1707, Ebenezer Farnsworth - 8 children and numerous descendants. (see Caleb Butler p. 396) Insert - Hist. of Groton, Caleb Butler, 1848 p.396 Ebenezer Farnsworth and his wife Elizabeth Whitney, married April 17, 1707. Children: 1. Elizabeth Farnsworth b. Jan 27, 1707-8. 2. Matthias Farnsworth b. Sept 20, 1709. 3. Ebenezer Farnsworth b. Dec 16, 1711; d. Oct 11, 1723. 4. William Farnsworth b. Aug 4, 1714. 5. Abigail Farnsworth b. Sept 2, 1718. 6. Kezia Farnsworth b. April 17, 1723. 7. Sarah Farnsworth b. Aug 5, 1725. 8. Lydia Farnsworth b. Dec 20, 1729. Joseph Whitney (see p. 645 - Bond's Watertown) took the oath of fidelity December, 1677. Administration on his estate granted to widow Martha, Nov 30, 1702; Inventory of the same date. Guardianship of his son, Benjamin Whitney given to Isaac Beech of Newton and that of Mary and Sarah, to widow Martha. Nathaniel Whitney Jr. of Weston m. at Weston June 22, 1721, Mary Child of Watertown (supposed to be a dau. of John Child). they settled in Westboro, Mass., where he and his wife were adm. full communion, Jan 21, 1728. He had o.c. in Concord, Oct 15, 1727. He died Jan 27, 1776, aet. 80 yrs and his wife died Dec 3, 1776, aet 77 yrs. Children: 1. Ephraim Whitney b. July 1722. (The Weston Record says born at Groton June 22) 2. Oliver Whitney b. Dec. 1, 1724. 3. David Whitney, bap. at Weston Nov 8, 1726 (church record). 4. Mary Whitney b. Feb 15, 1727; admitted full communion at Westboro, June 10, 1743. 5. Nathaniel Whitney b. July 22, 1728. 6. Anna Whitney b. Mar 8, 1730. 7. Amos Whitney b. Mar 17, 1732. 8. Lucy Whitney b. April 26, 1734. 9. Love Whitney b. Sept 16, 1736; m. (published March 30, 1772) John Taft of Upton. 10. Lois Whitney b. Feb 9, 1738-9. 11. Eli Whitney b. May 3, 1740. _____________________________________________ p.966 Eli Whitney of Westboro, Mass., m. Feb 9, 1765, Elizabeth Fay. Both admitted full communion Dec 6, 1767. She died Aug 18, 1777, aet 37 yrs. He m. (2) (pub. June 12, 1779) Judith Hazelden of Sutton, Mass. He died Aug 12, 1807 aged 66 yrs. Children: Eli Whitney, Inventor of the Cotton Gin. 1. Eli Whitney b. Dec 8, 1765; grad. Yale Coll. 1792; died Jan 8, 1825. He was the inventor of the Cotton Gin. 2. Elizabeth Whitney b. April 16, 1767; d. Feb 8, 1827; aged 60 yrs. 3. Benjamin Whitney b. Sept 13, 1768; d. Dec 28, 1842 aged 77 yrs., last of the family. 4. Josiah Whitney b. Mar 31, 1770. End notes. Ensign Daniel Whitney was Selectman of Watertown in 1751, 1755, 1757, 1760, 1761, 1762. For John Fisher of Lynn, Mass., read John Fisher Lyon of Grafton, afterwards of Shrewsbury and after that of Harvard, Mass. See Illustrated biography of Eli Whitney at the Eli Whitney Museum http://www.eliwhitney.org/inventor.htm _____________________________________________ p.967 [Page] Samuel Whitmore b. April 1, 1688, son of Samuel Whitmore & his wife Rebecca Gardner. Samuel Whitmore, Jr. m. at Lexington Jan 7, 1719-20, Bethia Page and had son Daniel Whitmore b. Feb 15, 1724-5. He d. Agu 17, 1724 aged 37 yrs. He was the grandson of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, b. 1625 and his first wife, Isabella Park. _____________________________________________ p.971-972 Samuel Ladd of Coventry m. 1750, Anna Woodward who d. Mar 19, 1808. Their sixth child, Anna Ladd (p.972) b. November, 1762; m. John Lovejoy of Sharon, VT, where she resided until after the decease of her husband. She was living in Perrington, N.Y. in 1849. Children: 1. Fanny Lovejoy 2. John Lovejoy 3. Andrews Lovejoy 4. William Ingraham Lovejoy. _____________________________________________ p.977 The Planting of Watertown In March, 1628, the Plymouth Company sold to a company of six gentlemen, in England, the territory extending from a line three miles north of Merrimack River, to one three miles south of Charles River, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. These grantees, Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Young, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endicott and Simon Whetcombe, soon afterwards conveyed to other gentlemen an interest in their purchase, and the number of joint proprietors soon became much enlarged. They assumed the title of "The Massachusetts Bay Company," and in a few days chose Matthew Cradock, a wealthy mer- chant of London, Governor, and Thomas Goffe, also a merchant of London, Deputy-Governor. A charter for their Company was not obtained from Charles I until the next year, March 4, 1628/9; but in June, 1628, three months after making the purchase, a company of emigrants was sent over, who landed at Salem, and commenced the settlement of that ancient town. Captain John Endicott, one of the original purchasers of the Plymouth Company, was appoint- ed Governor of this little colony; but it is to be observed that he was not made Governor of the Company, as the Governor and government thereof then remained in England, and gave him his instructions. Mr. Roger Conant, with three others, had fixed their abode at Salem previously to the arrival of Endicott and his company; but as Conant was not sent there by the Massachusetts Bay Company, his plantation there, with his very few companions, has not been allowed to give date to the town. footnotes, p.977 The patentees, to whom the charter of the colony of Massachusetts Bay was granted, were Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Young, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endicott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaac Johnson, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Matthew Craddock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel Vassell, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuel Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion and George Foxcrofte. Mr. John Winthrop was neither an original grantee nor a patentee: and the first time his name appears in the records of the Company was September 19th, 1629, after it had been de- termined to transfer the government and patent to the colony. _____________________________________________ p.978 In July, 1629, Governor Cradock proposed to the Company to transfer the government of the plantation from England to the colony "to those that shall inhabit there." A meeting of the Company was called together, August 28th, to discuss the question about such a removal. On the same day it was ordered that one committee be appointed to prepare arguments in favor of removal, at the head of which was place Sir Richard Saltonstall; and another committee to prepare arguments against it. On the next day, the 29th, after long debate, it was de- termined by a vote to be "the consent of the Company," that "the Government patent should be settled in New England." At a "Court" (meeting of the Company), on the 19th of October, it was determined that a Governor and assistants should be chosen for New England, and the next day, Mr. John Winthrop was chosen Governor, and Mr. John Humfrey, Deputy-Governor. At the last court of the Company held in England, March 23, 1629/30, on board the Arbella, Mr. Thomas Dudley was elected Deputy-Governor in place of Mr. Humfrey, who had concluded not to go to New England at that time. After determining to remove the government of the Company to the colony, and electing a Governor and assistants with that view, active preparations were made for a large emigration the ensuing year. Seventeen emigrant ships left England in the year 1630, of which fourteen sailed before the first of June. The first ship, the Lyon, sailed in February and arrived in Salem in May, where the passengers probably remained, awaiting the arrival of their ex- pected companions, with the Governor and assistants. The next ship, the Mary and John, carrying the Dorchester company, who first planted Dorchester, sailed from Plymouth on the 20th of March, and arrived at Natasket, Sunday, May 30th, fourteen days before the arrival of the Governor. On the 8th of April, four ships, the Arbella, the Jewell, the Ambrose and the Talbot sailed from the Isle of Wight, bringing the Governor, Deputy-Governor, several, if not all, of the assistants, Rev. George Phillips, Rev. John Wilson, and others, who afterwards held prominent places in the early history of the colony. The Arbella arrived at Salem June 12th, the Jewell, June 13th, the Ambrose, June 18th, and the Talbot, July 2d. The passengers who arrived in these ships were not satisfied with Salem, as possessing the desirable advantages for a permanent settlement, and soon after landing, Governor Winthrop and Sir R. Saltonstall, with others, went, on the 17th of June, to reconnoitre the country about the Bay, for the purpose of selecting a place for settlement. Having selected the peninsula of Charlestown for that purpose, they returned to Salem, and, as soon and as fast as preparations could be made for their accommodation, the passengers of the fleet proceed- ed from Salem to Charlestown. In the Arbella came over the families of Sir R. Saltonstall, Rev. George Phillips, and probably not less than a dozen other families, who were among the first settlers of Watertown. In the addenda to Winthrop's Journal, Vol. II. p.340, is the copy of a catalogue of names in the handwriting of Governor Winthrop, which the editor, Mr. Savage, supposed to be a list of persons designing to come over, and that the first list contained the intended passengers for one of the ships. This must have been the Arbella, as on that list are the names of Mr. Winthrop, Sir Richard, and others, who are known to have come in that ship. On that list are also the names of fifteen very early Watertown families. Soon after the removal of the emigrants from Salem to Charlestown, a large portion of them, with Sir Richard Saltonstall as their leader, accompanied by Rev. George Phillips, as their pastor, proceeded about four miles up Charles River and commenced a settlement, at first sometimes called Sir Richard Saltonstall's plantation, but soon after, by the Court, named Watertown. It is difficult to determine the date of the removal from Salem to Charlestown, as it was probably a gradual process; nor is the exact date known, when Sir Richard and his followers left the latter place for Watertown. _____________________________________________ p.979 But their stay in Charlestown must have been short; for only forty-eight days elapsed after the landing of Sir Richard at Salem, before Watertown affairs had become sufficiently matured to organize a church, when forty men, with Sir Richard at the head, signed the covenant. It seems clear that only three towns in the colony can claim priority of settlement over Watertown. The first, the oldest, is Salem, settled in 1628. The second is Charlestown, which was first settled by a feeble colony of about a dozen men, sent thither from Salem about the last of June, 1629, by Governor Endicott, by order of the Company, in order to forestall Mr. Oldham in taking possession of that part of the Bay, which his patent covered. The third was Dorchester, which was planted by the Dorchester men, who arrived at Nantasket in the Mary and John, May 30, 1630. The fourth town was Watertown, begun by Sir Richard Saltonstall probably before the middle of July. On the day of the landing of the passeng- ers of the Mary and John at Nantasket (Sunday, May 30th), ten of their number, embracing some of their chief personages, obtained a boat and proceeded first to Charlestown, and thence up Charles River for about five miles, and landed at a place in Watertown, long afterwards known as "Dorchester Field," on or near which is now built the U. S. Arsenal. As they landed in planting time, it is supposed that they planted crops, which they returned to gather, and hence the name, Dorchester Field. They had, however, staid there "not many days," when they were required to join their companions, who had in the meantime moved from Nantasket to Matapan, soon after named Dorchester. If this short residence and planting, by the Dorchester men, were deemed a settlement, Watertown might claim priority over Dor- chester; but it has never been so considered. That a large number of settlers accompanied Sir Richard to Watertown, or very soon followed him, is evident from the following considerations: In the first place, "about forty men" signed the covenant on the 30th of July. It is known that some of them, probably most of them, had families. The number of female members is not stated. There is good reason to believe that others, some of them having large families, did not then sign the covenant, not being entitled to church membership. In the next place, on the 30th of November, only four months later, the Court of Assistants passed an order to collect of the several plantations, except Salem and Dorchester, 60 pounds for the maintenance of the two ministers; and the portion of the several towns was as follows: Boston, 20 pounds; Watertown, 20 pounds; Charlestown 10 pounds; Roxbury, 6 pounds; Medford, 3 pounds; Winnesemet, 1 pound. When it is considered that, at this time, most of the office-holders and men of large estates, except Sir Richard, belonged to Boston and Charlestown, and that assessments were made according to the estates or possessions, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the population of Watertown was then equal to that of Boston and Charlestown. It is also to be observed that one-half of that whole assessment was assigned to Mr. Phillips, the minister of Watertown. Until the end of the first year (1630), all the plantations and people in the colony, excepting Salem and Dorchester, appear to have been regarded as two churches or congre- gations, with their two pastors, between whom the assessment for pastoral maintenance was to be equally divided. One of them was the church organized at Charlestown, embracing Boston, and probably the few people of Roxbury, Medford, and Winnesemet. Here Governor Winthrop engaged to provide accommodation for the minister, Mr. Wilson. The other church was that organized in Watertown, where Sir Richard engaged to provide for the minister, Mr. Phillips. _____________________________________________ p.980 The Organization and Age of the Church. _____________________________________________ p.982 Relative Early Population and Wealth. _____________________________________________ p.984 The Name of The Town The Indian name of Watertown has been usually printed, Pigsgusset. It is sometimes found written Pigsgosuck. The correct orthography is probably Peguusset. There was a tract of land on the north border of the town, a very little distance east of Lexington Street, then called Concord Road, which is often mentioned in deeds, and in lists of possessions, called Pequusset Meadow or Pequusset Common, and for many years used as a cow-common. There was a way leading to it, sometimes called Pequusset Road, and like- wise a Pequusset Hill. The extent of the meadow, which bore this name, has not been ascertained. There has been some question as to the origin of the present name, Watertown. It has been ascertained or surmised, on what authority I know not, that it was named for Waterton, a village in Yorkshire, which name Sir Richard Saltonstall wished to per- petuate. This seems to be favored by the circumstances that nearly all the very early plantations in that vicinity were named for towns in England; yet very little credit is to be attached to it. We find no evidence that there ever was a place of that name in Yorkshire. A daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, evidently a well-educated lady, in writing to her brother Samuel in 1644, directs it to Watertowne. If it had been named for a Waterton in England, in compliance with the wishes of her father, it is extremely likely that she would have known it, and retained the correct orthography. _____________________________________________ p.985 It is much more probable that the ancient and generally received tradition is correct - that it was so named because it was so well watered. Johnson (Wond. Work. Prov., chap 28), called Watertown "a fruitful plot of large extent, watered with many pleasant springs and rivulets, running like rivers throughout her body." After describing the inconvenience and sufferings encountered at Charlestown for the want of good water, Prince (Annals, p.244) says of the settlers of Watertown, "some travel up into the main till they come to a place well watered, wither Sir R. Saltonstall, with Mr. Phillips and others went, and settled a plantation and called it Watertown." Hubbard does not deem the being well watered, a sufficient reason for so naming it, "most of the other plantations being well watered, though none of them planted on so large a fresh stream as this was." Perhaps some plantations, afterwards settled, were as well watered, but at the time Watertown received its name, no other plantation could, in this respect, be compared with it. At a Court of Assistants, September 7, 1630, the second that was held after their arrival in the Colony, it was ordered that "the towne upon Charles Ryver shall be called Waterton." In the margin of this record, it is written, "Water Toune." _____________________________________________ p.981 [Sanger] Administration of the estate of Nathaniel Sanger of Woodstock, was granted to his brother David Sanger, January 9, 1695-6. _____________________________________________ p.982 David Sanger (p.422) probably did not die as early as 1695. Feb 4, 1690, Richard Sanger of Watertown, a smith, and his wife Mary, for £80, sold to son John Sanger, a smith, nine acres of land in Watertown near Loveran and Benjamin's land. Inventory of John Sanger, dated Jan 5, 1704-5 - house, 9 acres of land and smith's tools £80; 53 acres of woodland at Newton, £30. In 1711, the town paid the widow Rebecca Sanger £2. 10s. for supporting her aged mother (?mother-in-law) The widow Rebecca Sanger moved to Newton (her native town) about 1721 or 1722. The Inventory of John Sanger, Jr. dated Feb 24, 1711-12; £36. Lieut. David Sanger was a Selectman of Watertown, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1779, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790 and 1791. Solomon Sanger (p.423) youngest son of David Sanger, belonged to Capt. Jonathan Brown's Company, at Lake George in 1758. _____________________________________________ p.1002 [Early Settlers of Watertown Migrations-The Plantation of Sudbury, Mass.] The Plantation of Sudbury made by Watertown people - At the General Court, Nov. 20, 1637, the following preamble and order were adopted. "Whereas a great part of the chief inhabitants of Watertown have petitioned this Court, that in regard of their straitness of accommodation, and want of meadow, they might have leave to remove and settle a plantation upon the river, which runs to Concord, this Court, having re- spect to their necessity, doth grant their petition, and it is hereby ordered, that Lieut. Simon Willard, Mr. William Spencer and Mr. Joseph Weld and Mr. Richard Jackson, shall take view of the places upon said river and shall set out a place for them by marks and bounds sufficient for fifty or sixty families taking care that it be so set out as it may not hinder the settling of some other plantation upon the same river, if there be a meadow, and other accomodations sufficient for the same. And it is ordered, further, that if the said inhabitants of Watertown, or any of them, shall not have removed their dwellings to their said new plantation before one year after the plantation shall be set out, that then the interest of all such persons, not so removed to the said plantation, shall be void and cease, and it shall be lawful for such as are removed and settled there, or the greater part of them, being freemen, to receive other persons to inhabit in their rooms, in the said plantation; provided, that if there shall not be thirty families at least there settled before the said time limited, that then this Court, or the Court of Assistants, or two of the Council, shall dispose of the said plantation to any other. And it is further ordered that after the place of the said plantation shall be set out, the said petitioners, and such other freemen as shall join them, shall have power to order the situation of their town and the proportioning of lots, and all other liberties as other towns have under the proviso aforesaid. p.1003 The Early Settlers, Their Residences and Their Migrations. Part II An order was passed September 6, 1638, allowing the petitioners, Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Noyes, Mr. Brown and company, to go on in their plantation; but an allotment of lands does not appear to have been made, until September, 1639, when the Court gave the plantation the name of Sudbury. May 13, 1640, an addition was made to their territory of one mile on the southeast and southwest sides with conditions, and it was exempted from rates for one year from May 20, 1640. In 1649, the boundary line of Sudbury was laid out two miles further westward, for their enlargement. Although Sudbury was a plantation specially granted to the inhabitants of Watertown, only a small proportion of the names of the very early grantees of the lots are found in the Watertown records and some of those returned to Watertown, (see the following catalogue). The probable reason that so few went to Sudbury, was, that so many had migrated to Wethers- field, Dedham, and other places, as to relieve Watertown of its crowd of settlers. It will, however, be found that a large part of Sudbury families were afterwards of Watertown origin. The following Watertown names are found in the earliest lists of Sudbury grantees, viz.: Robert Betts ("Beast"), Thomas Cakebread, Henry Curtis, Robert Daniel ("Darvell"), John Grout, Solomon Johnson, John Knight, George Munnings, Peter Noyes, William Parker, Bryan Pendleton, Richard Sanger, Joseph Tainter, Anthony White, Goodman John Wetherill. The two sons-in-law of Elder Edward How, viz.: Nathaniel Treadway and John Stone (eldest son of Deacon Gregory Stone of Cambridge), were also original grantees of Sudbury. The pioneers in the settlement of Nashaway (Lancaster), were Watertown men, among whom were Thomas King, the sturdy John Prescott, Richard Linton, Lawrence Waters, Rev. Nathaniel Nor- cross, John Smith, Ralph and John Houghton. Numerous Lancaster families, of a later date, can trace their lineages to Watertown. Martha's Vineyard was first planted by a colony from Watertown (See Mayhew, pp 364 & 857). It is known that, at an early period, removals to and fro, between Watertown and Cambridge were not unfrequent, and some may have occurred too early to be noticed in the records. In 1632, Capt. Daniel Patrick moved to Cambridge, and not long afterwards returned to Water- town. Mr. John Masters moved after 1632 from Watertown to Cambridge. It is highly probable that Edmund Lockwood went to Watertown with Sir Richard Saltonstall, and that the next year, either he moved to Cambridge or was found to have settled within the limits assigned to Cambridge. Deacon Gregory Stone moved to Cambridge about 1637. David Fisk, Jr. of Water- town, married in Cambridge and settled there. These are a few of the instances of this kind that might be given. p.1004 Several emigrants from Watertown were among the original proprietors of Groton, and the numerous families of the name Lawrence, Tarbell, Page, Sawtel, Holden, Stone, Knapp, Clary, Barron, Peirce, Boyden, Whitney, Crisp, Ong, some of the Morses (names found among the original proprietors), some of the Fiskes, and many others in the female line, may trace their lineage to early settlers of Watertwon. Emigrants from Watertown may also be found among the early settlers of nearly all the towns in Middlesex County; and in a considerable number of them, their descendants are probably as numerous as in Groton. Descendants from the early settlers of Watertown, are not less numerous to Worcester County. As evidence of this, see the histories of Framingham, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Rutland and Spencer. The histories of other towns, if equally well written, would evince the same thing, with at least equal fulness. And it is probable that there is not a town in the western counties of Massachusetts, where there are not, or have not been, families of Watertown origin. Emigrants from this old hive were among the early settlers of many other towns in Connecti- cut, besides the very ancient ones in Wethersfield, Stamford, Branford, New Haven and Milford, especially in the northern and eastern portions of the State, where their descend- ants are very numerous. They were also among the very early settlers of some of the oldest towns on Long Island; a few also went to Rhode Island. The families are also very numerous in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, who are of Watertown origin. It would be an endless but not a fruitless undertaking, to attempt to trace out fully the Watertown genealogies; and it may be seen in the preceding pages, in the attempt to trace the genealogy of only a few branches to the present time, that they are to be found in every State in the Union. The following is an Alphabetical Catalogue of the names of persons, known to have been proprietors or residents of Watertown, prior to the end of the year 1643; compiled chiefly from the lists of grantees and proprietors, embracing also some names derived from wills, deeds, settlement of estates, and descriptions of possessions. The earliest of these lists of inhabitants, is that of the grantees in the Great Dividends, which were granted in July 1636, and it contains 120 names. (see Sect 86-7). The next list is that of the grantees of the Beaver Brook plowlands, "being 106 in number," and dated February 28, 1636/7, but ordered the preceding September. In June, 1637, the Remote, or West pine (?plain) meadows were granted to "the townsmen then inhabiting, being 114 in number." (For other information respecting these and other lists, see Sections 91, 96, 97, 100, 102, etc). Before and about the time of these grants, many changes were taking place in the population, many migrating to Wethersfield, Dedham, etc., and others arriving from England, to buy their lands and supply their places, as stated in the preceding sections, and as will be seen in the following catalogue. _____________________________________________ p.1003 The pioneers in the settlement of Nashaway (Lancaster) were Watertown men, among whom were Thomas King, the sturdy John Prescott, Richard Linton, Lawrence Waters, Rev. Nathaniel Norcross, John Smith, Ralph and John Houghton. Numerous Lancaster families of a later date can trace their lineage to Watertown. "And it is lastly further ordered, that such of the said inhabitants of Watertown, as shall be accommodated in their new plantiation may sell their houses and improved grounds in Watertown; but all the rest of the land in Watertown not improved, shall remain freely to the inhabitants, which shall remain behind, and such others as shall come to them. "And the said persons appointed to set out the said plantations are directed so to set out the same, as there may be 1,500 acres of meadow allowed to it, if it be there to be had, with any conveniences for the use of the town." March 12, 1637/8. "The Court thinketh meet that they of Watertown, should have liberty to sell their allotments in Watertown, and they are to give their full answer the next Court, whether they will remove to the new plantation, and John Oliver put in the room (in place of) of Richard Jackson, or to lay out the said plantation, which they are to do before the next Court." An order was passed September 6, 1638, allowing the petitioners, Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Noyes, Mr. Brown and company, to go on in their plantation; but an allotment of lands does not apper to have been made, until September 1639, when the Court gave the plantation the name of Sudbury. May 12, 1640, an addition was made to their territory of one mile on the southeast and southwest sides with conditions, and it was exempted from rates for one year from May 20, 1640. In 1649, the boundary line of Sudbury was laid out two miles further westward for their enlargement. Although Sudbury was a plantation specially granted to the inhabitants of Watertown, only a small proportion of the names of the very early grantees of the lots are found in the Watertown records, and some of those returned to Watertown. The probable reason that so few went to Sudbury, was that so many had migrated to Wethersfield, Dedham and other places, as to relieve Watertown of its crowd of settlers. It will however, be found that a large part of Sudbury families were of Watertown origin. The following Watertown names are found in the earliest lists of Sudbury grantees, viz.: Robert Betts Thomas Cakebread Henry Curtis Robert Daniel (Darvell) John Grout Solomon Johnson John Knight George Munnings Peter Noyes William Parker Bryan Pendleton Richard Sanger Joseph Tainter Anthony White Goodman John Wetherill. The two son-laws of Elder Edward How, viz.: Nathaniel Treadway and John Stone, eldest son of Deacon Gregory Stone of Cambridge, were also original grantees of Sudbury. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth See also Map of the First Roads of Sudbury indicating names & lots of first grantees _http://sudbury.ma.us/archives/history/maps/First-Roads.htm_ _____________________________________________ p.1009 [Page] Nicholas Guy, 1638 at Southampton, freeman 1639; d.1649; a grantee of one lot and a purchaser of 3 lots. His homestall of 7 acres purchased of B. Pendleton, was bounded east by the meeting-house land; west by the highway; north by J. Simson or W. Page; south by 3 acres granted to himself. _____________________________________________ p.1012 [Prescott] Daniel Peice at Ipswich; freeman 1638; went to Newbury; grantee of four lots; John Prescott bought his homestall of three acres, bounded north and east by highway (Cambridge Road) south by Richard Browne and west by R. Beers. _____________________________________________ p.1013 John Prescott of Watertown, 1641; freeman 1669; a first settler of Lancaster. He was a grantee of a farm of 90 acres and he purchased five other lots. He bought the homestall of three acres of Daniel Peirce. He bought the lots in the Great Dividends and in Beaver Brook plowlands, which had been granted to John Griggs, and a lot in the remote meadows, which had been granted to Daniel Peirce. _____________________________________________ p.1018 List of Freemen May 1669 - John Prescott - then of Lancaster ___________________________________________ p.1022 The First Great Dividend beginning at the small lots at the east, was bounded on the south by the Beaver Brook Plowlands, running west-north-west No. 25 John Prescott ________________________________________ p.1027 "1642, March 10th. Ordered by the town that all the townsmen that had not farms laid out formerly, shall take them by 10 in a division, and to cast lots for the several divisions allowing 13 acres of upland to every head of persons or estates." 9th Lot or Division acres 101. William Jennison 150 67. Richard Browne 150 91. Hugh Mason 71 79. Thomas Hastings 71 78. Ephraim Child 150 83. John Sherman 171 64. Rt. Jennison 65 13. John Prescott 90 46. John Coolidge 119 45. Thos. Wincoll 144 14. Thos. Boylston 73 11. Rd. Sawtel 67 65. Henry Greene 67 94. Francis Smith 131 [Rd. Woodward.] [14 farms = 1,519 acres.] ________________________________________ p.1045 [Munning] The Indians. In 1671, an attempt was made by Indians to purchase of Nathaniel Coolidge the fishing wears, with their privileges, in Watertown; but this was effectually resisted by the Town. Although the town was never invaded by hostile Indians, Watertown soldiers and emigrants encountered their full share in Indian wars and massacres. An early and very notable instance was the massacre of Mr. John Oldham, at Block Island in July 1636, which was the immediate cause of the exterminating Pequot war. August 25, 1636, soon after the report of this massacre was received the Governor and Council sent 90 men under four commanders, one of whom was William Jennison (then an ensign, but made a captain in the next March), in three shallops, with orders to put to death the men of Block Island, but to spare the women and children; then to go and demand satisfaction of the Pequods, and if refused, to enforce it. George Munnings of Watertown was one of the volunteers in this expedition and on Oct. 28, 1636, the Court granted to him five pounds and the fines for a week, "in regard of the loss of his eye, in the country's service in the voyage to Block Island." ________________________________________ p.1064 [Selectmen of Watertown.] By recurring to the original records it will be seen that the Selectmen were not at first designated by that title. They were those "chosen by the freemen to order the civil affairs of the town." The first time that the title was applied to them was in 1647, at the commencement of the records, after that hiatus in them, 1643 to 1647. The first board (1634) consisted of three members. The next four (1635, 1636, 1637 & 1638) consisted of eleven members; the next three, 1639, 1640 & 1641) of twelve members; the next wo (1642, 1643) of nine members. These were chosen by the freemen and a recurrence (p.1017) will show that the number of Selectmen was large in proportion to the number of freemen. The number elected in 1647, when they are first entitled "Selectmen" in the town records, was seven, and this continued to be the regular number for a long time, at least for many years after the incorporation of Weston. (abbreviations - T.C. - Town Clerk - Tr. - Treasurer.) ________________________________________ p.1065 William Jennison - 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642 & 1643. Bryan Pendletons - 1634, 1635, 1636. John Eddie - 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1671 (perhaps the last was John Eddie, Jr.). Richard Browne - 1635, 1638, 1639, 1641 & 1642. Abraham Browne - 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640 & 1641. Edmund Sherman - 1635. Ephraim Child - 1635, 1636, 1637, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1650, 1651 and T.C., 1653, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661 and 1662. John Loveran, 1635 & 1636. John Warren - 1635 & 1639. John Batchelor - 1635. Charles Chadwick - 1635, 1640, 1641, 1651, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1660 & 1672. Thomas Mayhew - 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1642. Robert Feake - 1636, 1638 & 1639. Edward Howe - 1636, 1638, 1640, 1641 & 1642. Simon Eire - 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641 & 1643, also T.C. & Clerk of Writs sev. yrs. John Sherman - 1636, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1657, 1658, 1664, T.C., 1665, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669, 1676, 1677, 1680, 1682 - declined. Clerk of Writs, 1645. Simon Stone - 1636, 1640, 1641, 1650, 1651, 1655 & 1656. Daniel Patrick - 1637. John Whitney - 1637, 1648, 1651, 1655 and T.C. Edmund James - 1637. John Stowers - 1637. Edmund Lewis - 1637. Edward Garfield - 1637, 1655, 1662. John Coolidge - 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1668, 1669, 1677, 1680 & 1682. Thomas Bartlett - 1638, 1643, 1652 & 1654. Hugh Mason - 1638, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1649, 1650, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669, 1672, 1675, 1676, 1677 & 1678. Thomas Hastings - 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1650, 1651, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1667, 1670 and T.C. 1671 , 1677 & 1680. Nicholas Busby - 1639 & 1643. David Fiske - 1639, 1642. Henry Bright - 1639, 1640, 1652, 1654, 1660, 1661, 1664, 1667 & 1680. Michael Barstow - 1643, 1649, 1652, 1653, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1664, 1665 & 1667. Richard Beers -1643, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1671, 1673, 1674, 1675 - declined. John Bernard - 1643. Mr. Nathaniel Bisco - 1648, 1650. Joseph Bemis - 1648, 1672, 1675. William Hammond - 1648. Roger Porter - 1648. Mr. Jeremiah Norcross - 1649. Edward Dix - 1650. John Wincoll - 1649, 1656 & 1662. John Flemming - 1649. Samuel Thatcher - 1651, 1655, 1656, 1659, 1670. Isaac Mixer - 1651, 1655. John Bisco - 1652, 1664, 1668, 1679, 1680, 1682 - declined. William Barsham - 1653. Nathaniel Treadway - 1653, 1655, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1669, 1670 & 1672. Thomas Underwood - 1666. William Bond - 1657, 1663, 1666, 1667, 1669, 1671, 1675, 1677, 1680 and T.C., 1682. Joseph Tainter - 1657, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1672, 1680. Isaac Stearns - 1659, 1670 & 1671. John Hammond - 1664, 1670. John Sawin - 1664 & 1672. John Bigelow - 1665, 1670 & 1671. John Livermore - 166, 1668 & 1669. Ellis (Elias) Barron - 1668 & 1673. Mr. William Goddard - 1668, 1669 - Clerk of Writs, 1691. Thomas Flagg - 1671, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1678, 1681, 1685, 1686 & 1687. Simon Stone, Jr. - 1672 and T.C. 1673 and 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683,1684, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1690. Nathan Fiske - 1673. Isaac Mixer, Jr. - 1673, 1685, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1691, 1692; T.C., 1693-4, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1699 & 1701. John Whitney, Jr. - 1673, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1678, & 1679. Samuel Stearns - 1673, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1678, 1679, 1681 and 1682. George Woodward - 1674. John Stone - 1674, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1686, 1687 & 1690. John Warren, Jr. - 1676 & 1691. Nathaniel Coolidge - 1677 & 1692. Gregory Cook - 1678, 1679 & 1681. Roger Wellington - 1678, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684 & 1691. Robert Harrington - 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1691, 1692, 1693-4, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699 & 1700. John Stratton - 1682 & 1683. Daniel Warren - 1682, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1689, 1692, 1693-4; 1695, 1696, 1697 & 1698. Thomas Fanning - 1683. John Coolidge, Jr. 1684, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689, & 1690. Samuel Livermore - 1684 & 1690. John Bright - 1684 & 1690. Nathan Fiske, Jr. - 1684, 1688 & 1691. Josiah Jones - 1685, 1686, 1687, 1690, 1702, 1709 - after 1712 was of Weston. Jonathan Browne - 1686. Nathaniel Barsham - 1686, 1693 & T.C. Benjamin Garfield - 1687, 1688. T.C. 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700. Town Clerk, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1705, 1706, 1709, 1710, 1717. Richard Child - 1688 & 1689. To be continued Part 2 - p. 1066. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth ________________________________________ p.1066 Richard Sawtel ("Satle") 1698. Philip Shattuck - 1689, 1700, 1711 & 1713. Samuel Jennison, 1691 and T.C. Munning Sawin - 1691, 1694; T.C. 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706 & 1707. Clerk of Writs, 1691. John Hammond - 1692, 1698 & 1701. Caleb Church - 1692, 1698, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1702, & 1713. John Livermore, Jr. - 1692. Richard Cutting - 1693. Ebenezer Prout - 1693-1694; T.C. 1695. John Morse - 1694, 1696, 1697 & 1698. John Parkhurst - 1694 & 1695. Thomas Hammond - 1694 & 1696. John Page - 1695, 1696, 1697 & 1698. Nathaniel Bond - 1686. Samuel Bigelow - 1697, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1713, 1714 & 1716. Uriah Clark - 1699 & 1700. Thomas Woolson, Sr. - 1699, 1702 & 1703 - After 1712 was of Weston. Joseph Sherman - 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1709, 1710, 1711 & 1712. Daniel Harrington - 1701, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1709, 1710, 1712, 1713, 1718 & 1729. Jonas Bond - 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1710, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, & 1727. Jonathan Smith - 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1718 & 1719. Jonathan Sanderson - 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1714, 1716, 1717, 1718 & 1719. Thomas Straight - 1704, 1708, Tr., 1712, 1716., 1730. Abraham Gale, Sen'r - 1706 & 1718. Nathaniel Bright - 1707, 1717, 1723, 1731. John Bemis - 1707. Palgrave Wellington - 1707. Joseph Peirce - 1708, 1722, 1736, 1737. After this was of Waltham. Samuel Stearns, Jr. - 1708. T.C. 1709, 1710 and Tr, 1711. TC and Tr. 1712. Tr. 1713; T.C. and Tr 1714, 1715. 1716 & 1717 Tr. 1718, 1719, 1726, 1727, 1729, 1730 & 1731. Joseph Brown 1708 - after this of Lexington. Francis Fulham - 1710, 1711. After 1712, of Weston. Richard Coolidge - 1711, 1715, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1726, 1727 & 1728. Nathaniel Stearns - 1716. Edward Harrington - 1716, 1730 & 1731. William Fiske - 1717. Thomas Livermore - 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1728, 1732, 1733. After 1737 was of Waltham. John Cutting - 1719, 1720, 1723. After 1737 was of Waltham. Jonathan Sanderson, Jr. 1720 & 1724. John Coolidge, 1720 & 1725; T.C. 1738 and 1741. Samuel Garfield - 1722 & 1729. Jonathan Stone - 1724 & 1727. William Browne - 1725, 1728, 1733, 1734, 1736, 1736 - after 1737 of Waltham. Thomas Leonard - 1725 & 1729. Thomas Coolidge - 1726, 1733, 1734 & 1735. ________________________________________ p.1066 [cont'd] Thomas Bigelow - 1728, 1733, 1734, 1736, 1737 - After this of Waltham. John Smith - 1727, 1735. Nathan Fiske - 1728, 1732, 1739. Joseph Mason - 1729, 1732, 1734, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1752 & 1753. Henry Bright - 1729. Joseph Coolidge - 1729, 1732, 1739, 1742. Samuel Peirce - 1731, 1732, 1734, 1735, 1736 & 1737. George Livermore - 1730 (?Thomas). Jonas Bond, Jr. - 1730, 1731, 1732, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1756, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762. Thomas Hammond - 1730, 1731, & 1732. John Fiske - 1731. Anthony Caverly - 1733 & 1734. Nathaniel Harris - 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739, 1742, 1744, 1745 & 1747. Daniel Benjamin - 1735, 1736, 1737 - After this, of Waltham. John Bemis, Jr. - 1735. Thomas Harrington - 1735. John Sawin - 1736 & 1737. Oliver Livermore - 1738, 1741, 1743, 1746, 1748 & 1749. Jonathan Brown - 1739, 1740 & 1741. John Tainter, 1740 & 1741. Ebenezer Stone - 1741 & 1746. Jonathan Bemis - 1743, 1744, 1745, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1757 & 1758. Daniel Whitney - 1751, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1781 & 1782. Joseph Harrington - 1743, 1750 & T.C. John Bright - 1746. John Hunt - 1747, 1752, 1754 & 1755. Ebenezer Thatcher - 1747 & 1749. Josiah Convers - 1748, 1756, 1757 & 1758. Isaac Sanderson - 1749. Edward Harrington - 1750, 1753, 1754, 1756, 1761 & 1762. Andrew White - 1751, 1762. Samuel Fiske - 1751, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1771, & 1772. Nathaniel Coolidge - 1751, 1755, 1758, 1759, 1760. John Whitney - 1751. Josiah Stearns - 1754 & 1755. Ebenezer Stone - 1756. Samuel Hagar - 1757. Amos Bond - 1758, 1759 & 1760. Jonathan Child - 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1763 & 1765. Nathaniel Stone - 1761, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1771 & 1780. John Kimball - 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Moses Stone - 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 & 1770. Jonathan Bemis, Jr. - 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 & 1770. Jonas White - 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 & 1770. Jonathan Browne - 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1790. Nehemiah Mason - 1770, 1771, 1772, 1778. John Remington - 1771, 1772 & 1777. Thomas Clark - 1771, 1772. Samuel White - 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1779 & 1786. David Bemis - 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776 & 1779. Josiah Capen - 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1783 & 1785. ________________________________________ p.1067 David Sanger - 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1779, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790 & 1791. Elijah Bond - 1774, 1776 & 1777. Samuel Loden - 1778, 1779. Nathan Coolidge - 1777 & 1778. Jedediah Lethe - 1777, 1778 & 1780. Samuel Barnard - 1779. Richard Clarke - 1778, 1781, 1786 & 1787. Amos Livermore - 1779, 1781, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793 & 1794. Daniel Parker - 1781 & 1782. Christopher Grant - 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793 & 1794. Josiah Bisco - 1782 & 1787. Amos Bond, Jr. - 1782, 1784, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1807, 1808 & 1809. Nathaniel Bright - 1782 & 1784. Phinehas Stearns - 1783, 1784 & 1785. Moses Stone, Jr. - 1783. Samuel Loden - 1786. Thomas Pattin - 1786, 1787, 1789, 1790 & 1791. William Hunt - 1788, 1789, 1790, 1797, 1799, 1801, 1802 & 1803. John Fowle - 1790 & 1792. Samuel Wellington - 1792. Moses Coolidge - 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 & 1803. Daniel Jackson - 1793, 1794 & 1795. James Robbins - 1794, 1795 & 1797. Edmund Fowle - 1795, 1805 & 1806. Nathaniel Bemis - 1796 & 1798. Joseph Bright - 1796, 1798, 1807, 1808, 1809. Jonathan Stone - 1796. Moses White - 1797. Nathaniel R. Whitney - 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809. T.C. many years. Francis Faulkner - 1797, 1799, 1800. Thomas Clark - 1800, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 & 1809. Luke Bemis - 1801, 1802, 1803 & 1804. Charles Bond - 1804, 1805 & 1806. Josiah Leonard - 1805 & 1806. Amos Livermore, Jr. 1806. Jonas White - 1807. Edward Lowd - 1808 & 1809.