Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 1

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850

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NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY OF GENEALOGY AND PERSONAL HISTORY

THIS VOLUME OF THE NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY CONTAINS GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF

REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

OF THE

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF CHARLES EDWIN HURD, Literary Editor of the Boston Transcript.

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TWE PUBLIC LIBRARY

" Who among men art thou, and thy years how many, good friend ? "- Xenophanes.

BOSTON:

NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

1902.

PREFACE.

I N presenting the Massachusetts volume of "The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History " to the public, a word or two on the part of the publishers may not be deemed inappropriate. The plan upon which the work was based was primarily to give personal sketches of the leading representatives of prominent Massachusetts families, accompanied by brief genealogies. The per- sonal matter was furnished chiefly by the families themselves; but the responsibility of collecting the genealogical material, putting it into shape, and verifying it, has rested almost entirely with the publishers. No pains have been spared to make this feature accurate and reliable. 1356455

The publishers would take this opportunity to return their thanks to the librarians of the Historic-Genealogical Society, the Athenaeum, the Massachusetts State Library, and the Massachusetts Historical Society for favors received; also, to those of our patrons who have personally assisted us by furnishing genealogical data.

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ERRATA.

On page 403, second column, eighth line (sketch of George D. Eustis), for October 28 read October 23. In the following line for Francis read Frances, and for December 21, 1872, read December 21, 1882.

JOHN FISKE.

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OHN FISKE, LITT. D., LL. D., at the opening of the twentieth century the foremost of living American historians, eminent, too, as an expounder of the doc- trine of evolution and as an orig- inal interpreter of nature, died suddenly on July 4, 1901, at Gloucester, Mass., whither he had gone a few days previously from his home in Cambridge, debilitated by the excessive heat of the early summer. Professor Fiske, as he was gener- ally known, deriving his title from the chair he held at Washington University, St. Louis, that of American history, was born at Hart- ford, Conn., March 30, 1842, only child of Edmund Brewster and Mary Fiske (Bound) Green. He was given the double name of Ed- mund Fiske, compounded from the personal names of his father and mother, and until he was thirteen years of age was known as Ed- mund Fiske Green. In 1855, three years after the death of his father, which occurred July II, 1852, at Panama, his name was changed to its present form, John Fiske, formerly borne by his mother's maternal grandfather, who died at Middletown, Conn., February 15, 1847.

Edmund Brewster Green, father of Professor Fiske, was a native of Smyrna, Del., b. in 1815, son of Humphreys Green and his sec- ond wife, Hannah Heaton. He was educated at Wilbraham Academy, Mass., and at Wes- leyan University, Middletown, Conn., class of 1837. In the forties he was editorially con- nected for a while as an associate of John G. Whittier with a Hartford paper. Afterward he had charge of the short-lived Saturday Review of New York, and still later was private secre-

tary to Henry Clay. After her husband's death Mrs. Green m. the Hon. Edwin Wallace Stoughton, of New York City, who was United States Minister to Russia, 1877-79, resigning then on account of ill health and dying in New York in 1882.

Professor Fiske's mother was b. at Middle- town, Conn., June 21, 1821. Her parents, John and Mary (Fiske) Bound, were m. in 1817. John Bound d. in Montgomery, Ala., July 18, 1835. His wife, Mary, b. in 1795, was the second child of John and Polly (Mer- rills) Fiske. Her mother was a native of Kil- lingworth, Conn. Her father, who may be designated as John7 Fiske, being of the seventh generation of his family in New England, was the fifth John in direct line of descent from Phinehas' Fiske, an early settler of Wenham, formerly a part of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

The English ancestry has been traced back to Symond Fiske, who as early as 1422, it is said, was lord of the manor of Stadhaugh, par- ish of Laxfield, Suffolk, England, where he d. in 1464. Thomas Fiske, of Laxfield par- ish, son of Robert and descendant of Symond of Stadhaugh Manor, was the father of Phine- has above named, the immigrant progenitor of the particular branch of the Fiske family in New England now being considered. Interest- ing information in regard to the early Fiskes of Laxfield and Stadhaugh Manor, their heredi- tary seat for a number of generations, or till 1675, are contained in the Fiske Genealogy by Mr. F. C. Peirce.

Phinehas Fiske, son of Thomas Fiske and his wife, Margery, was m. at Laxfield, Eng- land, in 1638. His wife, Sarah, d. at Wen- ham in 1659, and he m. in 1660 Elizabeth

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October 30, 1676. The children of Stephen and Elizabeth Codman were eight in number, all of whom except John, the youngest born, d. before their father.

John3 Codman, b. October 4, 1696, was left an orphan at the age of twelve years. He married in Charlestown, 1718, Parnell Foster (b. August 25, 1696; d. September 15, 1752). It is said of him that he was a remarkably up- right man both in person and character, and was greatly respected. In 1744 he was Cap- tain in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He owned land and buildings in Charlestown. He d. in 1755, poisoned by his slaves Mark, Phyllis, and Phœbe, two of whom were executed, and one transported to the West Indies. His wife Parnell was a daughter of Captain Richard and Parnell (Winslow) Fos- ter. Her paternal grandparents were Captain William and Anne (Brackenbury) Foster, of Charlestown, the latter a daughter of William and Alice Brackenbury. John and Parnell Codman had eleven children between 1719 and 1739, of whom but two left issue - John and Richard. The others were: Stephen, Benja- min, Parnell, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Benja- min (second), Isaac, and Katherine.

John4 Codman, b. 1719-20, m. in 1754 Abigail Asbury, widow, daughter of John and Dorcas (Coffin) Soley. He died in Boston at 42 Washington Street (which estate is still in the family) in 1792. He was for several years a Selectman of Charlestown. He was one of the Committee of Inspection, in 1770, as to the new importation of British goods. In 1773, with many other Whigs, he petitioned for a town meeting on the subject of the tea which was soon to be imported, and was placed on the committee appointed to consider what measures should be adopted. As a result of their deliberations, the tea already imported was confiscated and burned in the Market Square. John and Abigail Codman had seven children, three of whom left issue; namely, John, Stephen, and William. Mrs. Abigail Codman was a grand-daughter of Captain John and Abigail (Shute) Soley, of Charlestown. Abigail Shute was daughter of William and Hopestill (Viall) Shute, her mother being a daughter of John and Mary Viall, of England,

who were settled in Boston in 1629. Mrs. Codman's mother, Dorcas Coffin (b. July 22, 1693, d. May 8, 1778), was daughter of Na- thaniel and Damaris (Gayer) Coffin, who were m. October 17, 1692. Nathaniel Coffin, of Nantucket, was son of James and Mary (Sever- ance) Coffin, the former b. in England, August 12, 1640, the latter b. August 5, 1645, a daughter of John and Abigail Severance, who came from England and were settled in Salis- bury, Mass., in 1637. James Coffin was a son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin. Tristram Coffin was b. at Plymouth, England, in 1609, and came in 1642 to Salisbury, Mass. He was son of Peter and Joanna (Thurber) Coffin, of Devonshire, England. His wife Dionis was a daughter of Robert Stevens.

The Hon. John5 Codman, b. in Charles- town, January 17, 1755, married July 15, 1781, Margaret Russell, daughter of the Hon. James and Katherine (Graves) Russell. She was a woman highly thought of and greatly loved and admired for her many noble quali- ties. Their children were: John, b. 1782 (Harvard College, 1802, D. D. ; d. Dorchester, 1847); and Charles6 Russell, further men- tioned below. Margaret Russell Codman d. in March, 1789, at the early age of thirty-two years; and the Hon. John Codman m. for his second wife, in 1791, Catherine Amory, daughter of John and Catherine (Greene) Amory. Of this second union there were six children - George, Catherine Margaret, Will- iam Amory, Francis, Elizabeth, and Mary Anne. Four of these died unmarried; Mary Anne m. William Ropes; and Catherine Mar- garet m. John R. Hurd, of New York.

The Hon. Johns Codman received his early education in Dummer Academy, Byfield. He was brought up to business in the counting- room of Isaac Smith, Esq., and subsequently became a member of the firm of Codman & Smith. Later he conducted business alone, and acquired a large estate. For a few years his brother Richard was associated with him as partner. He was a member of Brattle Street Church, then under the care of Dr. Thacher. A man of great abilities, he filled many im- portant stations in public life, and was a mem- ber of the Massachusettts Senate. He died,

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after a short illness, May 17, 1803, at the age of forty-eight years. His death caused a shock to the community, and was the subject of an eloquent obituary in which a glowing trib- ute was paid to his personal character, and deep regret expressed that a career giving so much promise of future eminence and useful- ness should have been cut prematurely short. His first wife, Margaret Russell, was a grand- daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Chambers) Russell, Daniel (b. 1685) being a son of the Hon. James Russell, by his fourth wife, Abi- gail Curwen, widow of E. Hawthorne, of Salem, and daughter of George and Elizabeth (Herbert) Curwen, who came from Cumberland County, England, to Salem, Mass., in 1638. The Hon. James Russell's parents were the Hon. Richard and Maud (Pitt) Russell, who came from Bristol, England, to Charlestown, Mass., in 1640. Rebecca Chambers (b. 1691) was a daughter of the Hon. Charles and Rebecca (Patefield) Chambers, of Charlestown, the former of whom was from Lincolnshire, Eng- land. Rebecca Patefield (b. 1657). was a daughter of John and Amy Patefield, early residents of Charlestown.

Charles6 Russell Codman, b. in Boston, Mass., December 19, 1784, was bred a mer- chant. When he was nineteen years of age, his father died; and he inherited some of the real estate in Kilby and Lindall Streets, Bos- ton, also the Lincoln estate at Lincoln, Mass., the original owner of which was Judge Cham- bers Russell, who built the house and named the town from Lincoln, England, the home of his ancestors. After retaining this property for a few years, Mr. Codman sold it; and it was repurchased by his son Ogden many years later. In 1809 Mr. Codman went to Europe, and was engaged to some extent in mercantile adventures there. He passed a year at Tours, where he acquired an excellent knowledge of French. He had opportunities of seeing Na- poleon and other celebrities of the day. After travelling on the Continent and in England, he returned to America in 1812, and again took up mercantile pursuits. He was executor and trustee of several family estates. He pur- chased the house 29 Chestnut Street, Boston, in 1817, On October 20, 1825, he m. in

New York Anne Macmaster, who was b. in London, England, July, 1798, daughter of Captain James and Ann (Van Buskirk) Mac- master. He had two daughters, Frances and Ann, who both d. about the same time in 1828. The parents went to Europe in April, 1829. Two sons, Charles R. and James M., were b. in Paris, where Mrs. Codman d. April 22, 1831. Her monument is at Père-la- Chaise. Mr. Codman returned to Boston in September, 1831. In 1836 he m. Sarah Ogden, of New York, who d. in 184-, leaving three children - Frances Anne, Ogden, and Richard. Mr. Codman was senior warden of Old Trinity Church, Boston, for many years. His house on Chestnut Street was noted for its elegant appointments, furniture, library, and pictures, many of which were from his uncle Richard's purchase in Paris during the Revo- lution, the original invoice of which, by Le- Brun, is in the possession of Mr. Codman's son, James Macmaster Codman, whose name appears at the head of this sketch. The col-

lection of pictures was divided after his death between his four sons. He was a gentleman of the old school, of polished and courteous manners and of a refined and cultivated taste. The journal of Mr. and Mrs. Codman's travels in Europe, 1829-31, has been preserved, and forms a most interesting narration. Mr. Cod- man died in Boston, at his residence, 29 Chestnut Street, July 16, 1852, at the age of sixty-eight years. His portrait, painted by Stuart, is now owned by J. M. Codman. Of his children the following is a brief record :

I. Charles R., m. Lucy L. P. Sturgis. Issue : Mary, d. unmarried; Charles R., Jr., d. unmarried; Russell, m. Crafts; Anne, m. H. Cabot; Susan Welles, m. Reddington Fiske; John; Julian, m. M. Chadwick.

2. James Macmaster. See special mention to follow.

3. Frances Ann, m. John R. Sturgis, brother of Lucy Sturgis. Issue : Gertrude, m. Francis Hunnewell, d. 18 -; Frances Ann; Mabel Russell; Maud Russell; John H .; Evelyn; Charles R.

4. Ogden, m. Sarah Bradlee. Issue : Ogden, Alice, Thomas N., Hugh, and Dorothea.

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5. Richard, m. Susan Sargent. Issue : Lucy, Susan, Richard, Alfred, and Margaret.

The ancestry of Anne Macmaster, Charles Russell Codman's first wife, was as follows : Anne Macmaster, daughter of James and Ann (Van Buskirk) Macmaster, the father of Scotch descent, captain of a merchantman sailing from London (m. October 9, 1794, at Shelburne, N. S. ), d. at Malta. Ann Van Buskirk (b. De- cember 22, 1773, d. in London, England, Feb- ruary 27, 1800) was daughter of Colonel Abraham Van Buskirk, a medical practitioner of Woodbridge, Bergen County, N.J. (b. in New Jersey in 1735), who before the Revolu- tion was surgeon of the Bergen County (New Jersey) militia. He joined the Third Battal- ion, New Jersey Volunteers, of the British army, and was one of the Loyalists in 1783. Accompanied by his wife and children, he set- tled at Shelburne, N. S., where he was made Mayor of the town. He was one of those who remained in Shelburne after the decline of the town and the general exodus, and in 1785 he bought a tract of land there which he called Woodchurch Farm. He d. there in June,

His wife had d. ten years before, I 799. and his children had mostly married and dis-

persed to different localities. Twice married, he had by his first wife two children - Sarah and Jacob; and by his second (Jane Dey), Maria and Anne.

His wife, Jane Dey, whom he m. April 5, 1770, was b. in New York, March 5, 1750, and d. in Nova Scotia, February 25, 1789. She was a daughter of Theunis and Hester (Schuyler) Dey, both of Dutch ances- try, Theunis being a son of Colonel Theunis Dircksen Siecken Dey (whose wife was An- neken Schouten, b. March 17, 1666), and grandson of Dirck Janse and Jannetje (Theunis) Dey, emigrants from Holland, who were m. in New Amsterdam, December 28, 1641. Theu- nis Dey was Colonel of the Bergen County Regiment in 1776, his son Dirck being Major. The Dey house at Preakness, N. J., was for three months in 1780 the headquarters of General Washington.

Hester Schuyler, above mentioned, was a daughter of Phillipus and Hester (Kingsland) Schuyler (Phillipus, baptized at Albany, Sep-

tember II, 1687, m. about 1713) ; Phillipus, a son of Arent (b. June 25, 1662) and Jannetje (Teller) Schuyler; Arent, a son of Philip, progenitor of the family, and Margaretta (Van Slichtenhorst) Schuyler, who were m. 1650. She (Margaretta), b. 1628, was a daughter of Brant Arent Van Slichtenhorst, from Ny- lert, Gelderland.

Jannetje Teller was a daughter of William and Mary (Varlaith) Teller, emigrants from Holland, 1639, to Albany, and after to New York.

Hester Kingsland was a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Kingsland, who lived at Barba- does Neck, east side of the Passaic River, three miles above Newark, N. J.

James Macmaster Codman was born at the Hôtel Hollande, Rue de la Paix, Paris, France, April 17, 1831. He attended succes- sively the school of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall in Bulfinch Street, Boston, that of Forbes and Cushing (under Park Street Church), the Bos- ton Latin School, and St. Paul's College, Flushing, Long Island, N. Y.,. subsequently receiving instruction from a private tutor, and was graduated at Harvard College in 1851. After leaving college, he engaged in the East India trade, making a voyage to India. He was connected with the business for some seven years. Spending two years, 1855-56, in travelling abroad, he visited the Crimea during the war. In 1857 he returned to Bos- ton, and retired from active business pursuits. He was married October 8, 1858, to Miss Hen- rietta Gray Sargent, daughter of Ignatius and Henrietta (Gray) Sargent, of Boston. (See Sargent pamphlet.) Mr. and Mrs. Codman are the parents of five children. Francis, who was engaged in farming, died unmarried. James M. Codman, Jr., is an attorney of Bos- ton and a Selectman in the town of Brookline. Henry S. and Philip, who both died unmarried, were prominent landscape architects. Their professional library was presented by their father and mother to the Boston Public Li- brary. Cora is the wife of William Ely, of Providence, R. I.

Mr. Codman, like his ancestors, has served as Selectman of his town (Brookline) and also as trustee of the public library. He is presi-

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dent of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, president of the Canaveral Shooting Club of Florida, and a member of the Union and St. Botolph Clubs of Boston. He is a member of the Episcopal church. Politically, he is in- dependent. He has been an extensive travel- ler and a sportsman, both in this and foreign countries.

ON. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, A. M., Collector of the Port of Bos- ton from December, 1885, to Febru- ary, 1890, was a native of Salem, and a representative of an old and influential New England family, long distinguished for public services, being a descendant in the eighth generation of Sir Richard Saltonstall, first associate of the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony and one of the patentees of Connecticut. His parents were the Hon. Leverett and Mary Elizabeth (Sanders) Saltonstall; and his ances- tral line, beginning with the first of the name in America, included five Harvard graduates, as thus shown: Sir Richard, Richard,2 Na- thaniel3 (Harvard College, 1659), Richard4 (1695), Richards (1722), Nathaniel6 (1766), Leverett7 (1802).

Sir Richard Saltonstall, son of Samuel and grandson of Gilbert Saltonstall, baptized April 4, 1586, at Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where the Saltonstalls had been inhabitants for centuries, came over with Gov- ernor Winthrop in the "Arbella" in 1630, and was one of the founders of Watertown. Three sons and two daughters accompanied him to these shores; and one son and the daughters returned with him to England, where he d. about 1658. He has left a good name. Pres- ident Quincy, in his "History of Harvard Uni- versity," says of him, "Second only to Har- vard and Winthrop in order of time, amount of benefactions, and value of services, stands Sir Richard Saltonstall, that 'excellent Knight,' · as he is called by Mather." He is elsewhere spoken of as "a man of singular liberality in religion for a Puritan of the age in which he lived." "I hope you do not assume to your- selves infallibility of judgment," he wrote to Mr. Cotton and Mr. Wilson, preachers to the

church in Boston, "when the most learned of the Apostles confesseth he knew but in part and saw through a glass darkly."

Richard,2 a "fellow-commoner " of Emman- uel College, Cambridge, England, who came over with his father, returning to England, m. there in June, 1633, Muriel Gurdon, daughter of Brampton and Muriel (Sedley) Gurdon, and, coming again to New England, settled at Ips- wich, Mass. He served the Colony as Dep- uty to the General Court, 1635-37, and a num- ber of years as assistant. Nathaniel,3 b. in Ipswich, m. Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Ward, of Haverhill, Mass., and grand- daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, of Ips- wich, author of "The Simple Cobbler of Aga- wam." Richard, 4 b. in 1672 at Haverhill, m. Mehitabel, daughter of Captain Simon Wain- wright. He was a Representative to the Gen- eral Court in 1699, and later on held the mili- tary rank of Colonel. Richard,5 b. in 1703 in Haverhill, was a Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature, and for a number of years Representative from Haverhill. His third wife was Mary, daughter of Elisha, Jr., and Jane (Middlecott) Cooke, grand-daughter of Richard and Sarah (Winslow) Middlecott, and great-grand-daughter of John and Mary (Chil- ton) Winslow, all of Boston, John Winslow being a brother of Governor Edward Winslow. Elisha Cooke, Jr., father of Mary Cooke, was the son of Elisha, Sr., and Elizabeth (Lever- ett) Cooke, and grandson of Governor Lever- ett. Dr. Nathaniel6 Saltonstall, a successful practising physician of Haverhill and a patri- otic citizen, b. in 1746, m. Anna, daughter of Samuel White, a descendant of William White, of Ipswich and Haverhill.

Leverett Saltonstall, LL. D., son of Dr. Nathaniel, of Haverhill, was an eminent law- yer and statesman, serving successively as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Repre- sentatives, as President of the State Senate, first Mayor of Salem, and as a member of Con- gress. He was president of the Essex Bar, of the Essex Agricultural Society, and the Bible Society, Fellow of the American Academy, a member of the Massachusetts Historical Soci- ety and of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. He m. March 7, 1811, Mary E.,

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daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Elkins) Sanders, of Salem. He had five children. The eldest of these, Anne Elizabeth, b. in 1812, d. in 1881; Caroline, b. in 1815, d. in 1883; Richard G. d. in infancy; Lucy San- ders, b. in 1822, m. John F. Tuckerman, M. D., and d. in 1890; and Leverett, the youngest, b. March 16, 1825, d. April 15, 1895.

Leverett Saltonstall, second, direct subject of the present sketch, was fitted for college at the Latin School in Salem, taught by Oliver Carleton, and was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1844, numbering many famous names, as witnessed by its history, written by Edward Wheelwright, secretary. At college he won distinction for his attainments in Greek, and was assigned a part at Commencement, a dis- quisition on Clarendon as a statesman. He was a member of the Institute of 1770, of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Porcellian Club, and the Pierian Sodality, and was First Marshal of his class at Commencement. His graduation was shortly followed by a delightful visit of six months at the home of his classmate, Dab- ney at Fayal, whence he went to England, but was suddenly recalled to his native land by the death of his father in the spring of 1845. He reeived the degrees of Master of Art and Bach- elor of Laws from Harvard University in 1847, then spent two years travelling in Europe and the East, and, returning to Boston in the au- tumn of 1849, continued his legal studies in the office of Sohier & Welch. Admitted to the bar in 1850, he practised his profession in Boston twelve years, and then retired from its pursuit.

A man of wide culture, active sympathy, and high ideals, he gave much time to philan- thropic labors and other forms of public ser- vice. He was Chief Marshal of Harvard Uni- versity at the inauguration of President Eliot in 1869, Chief Marshal of the Alumni at Com- mencement in 1870 and 1872. As Vice-Presi- dent in 1886 and as President in 1892, he presided at the Alumni dinner; and at Com- mencement in 1894, when his youngest son was graduated, he responded to a toast to the class of fifty years before. In 1854 he was on the staff of Governor Washburn, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; and in 1876 he served

as Commissioner of Massachusetts to the Cen- tennial Exposition in Philadelphia. . For nearly twenty years he was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University. He was a member of the Massachusetts His- torical Society, of the New England Historic- Genealogical Society, and of the Bostonian Society; one of the board of trustees of the old Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, of the Perkins Institute and Mas- sachusetts School for the Blind, and of the Massachusetts School for Feeble-minded; and for two years president of the Unitarian Club of Boston. Appointed in December, 1885, by President Cleveland, Collector of the Port of Boston, he retained the office, efficiently dis- charging its duties till his resignation in Feb- ruary, 1890. A public dinner tendered him at that time by the leading merchants of the city, irrespective of party, he declined; but at the request of two hundred of their number he con- sented to the painting of his portrait by D. Huntington, to be hung on the walls of the Custom House in Boston.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 1

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company Number of Pages: 850

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850