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A portion of his property was at Island Creek pond, and he had also two small islands in Geeir's harbor; for a time he resided in Duxbury, the better to superintend his affairs, but after a short residence there, he returned to Plymouth. Before 1665 he removed to Rocky Nook, where he lived until his death. John Howland died, aged more
than eighty years, February 23, 1673. His will, dated May 29, 1672, names his ten children.
He married Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of John Tilley, sixteenth signer of the Compact. Elizabeth Howland survived her husband and died in Swansea, December 21, 1687, aged about eighty years, at the home of her daughter, Lydia Brown. She was the last but three of the "Mayflower" passengers to die. Issue of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, among others, Hope, mentioned below.
(II) Hope Howland, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, was born August 30, 1629, and died January 8, 1684. She married, in 1646, John Chipman. (See Chipman).
(The Tilley Line).
The surname Tilley is found in England as early as the Norman Conquest, and appears in the Domesday Book. The name was common also in France and Holland at an early date, and is doubt- less of Norman-French origin, as Lower states that there is a village of Tilly in the department of Calvados in Normandy. The name is spelled in ancient records Tillie, Tilly, Teley, Tiley, Tilee and Tely. It is highly probable that Tylle, a sur- name in use to-day, is also of the same stock.
Arms-Argent, a wivern with wings endorsed sable, charged on the breast with an annulet or.
Crest-The head of a battle-ax, issuing from a wreath.
Among the passengers on the "Mayflower," in 1620, were two males of the name of Tilley: Edward Tilley, who was accompanied by his wife Ann; and John Tilley, who brought his wife and daughter Elizabeth. These Tilley passengers seemed doomed to misfortune ; Edward and his wife were unable to stand the hard- ships of the first terrible winter, and died in the spring, 1620-21, leaving no male descendants. John Tilley and his wife also died in 1621, his daughter Elizabeth being the sole survivor of the family. She became the wife of John Howland, the Pilgrim, and it is through her alone that descent can be traced to the Mayflower Tilleys. Other Tilleys came later. John Tilley was in Dorchester in 1628. William Tilley, of Barnstable and Boston, came from Little Minories, England, in the ship "Abigail," in June, 1636; he left a daughter Sarah, but no sons; others of the name came later.
(I) John Tilley, immigrant ancestor and founder, came to the American Colonies in December, 1620, on the "Mayflower." He was the sixteenth signer of the famous "Mayflower Compact." He and his wife died early in 1621, leaving an only daughter, Elizabeth.
(II) Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of John Tilley, after the death of her parents, became the ward of Governor Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony. She later became the wife of John Howland, one of the "May- flower" company, and thirteenth signer of the Con- pact. Among their children was Hope, mentioned below.
(III) Hope Howland, daughter of John and Eliza- betli (Tilley) Howland, was born August 30, 1629, and died January 8, 1684. She married, in 1646, John Chipman. (See Chipman).
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NATHANIEL RICHARDSON-The origin of this name (made up of a simple combination of two words, the Christian name of Richard and the word "son") was formed into "Richard's son," which by easy transition came into use as "Richardson" at the period when surnames became prevalent throughout the English nation. Many illustrious lines of Richard- son have from time to time flourished in England, Scotland and Wales. Perhaps the oldest reference to a bearer of the name is found not long after the Nor- man Conquest, when William Belward, Lord of the Moiety of Malpasse, had a son whom he called Rich- ard; this son was called "Richard the Little," and he marrying left a son John, who for purposes of distinc- tion was called John Richardson, a name which became in course of time contracted to Richardson, and since this early period has been adopted as a surname and borne by a host of distinguished nobles, gentlemen, diplomats, clerics, and persons of high, intellectual at- tainments.
Arms-Argent, on a chief gules three lions' heads erased or.
As an indication of the extent of the family, lineages are discovered in England in the counties of Norfolk, York, Durham, Gloucester, Nottingham, Warwick, Sus- sex, Surrey, Shrops and Derby, and overflowing the boundaries of England, are found in Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and lastly, in America. Among the dis- tinguished members of the family were: Nicholas Rich- ardson, of Durham and Yorkshire, 1561, whose family in 1600 received a grant of arms. Richard Richard- son, of Bradford, Yorkshire,and later of Bierley, in the same county, who died in 1656. In 1630, for declining the honor of knighthood rendered by King Charles I., he was fined the sum of forty pounds, which he paid, and the receipt for such payment, carefully preserved and still in possession of one of his descendants, bears the signature of the famous and notorious Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, afterwards beheaded by order of Parliament. Dr. Thomas Richardson, of Norfolk, was another notable member of the line. His son, Sir Thomas Richardson, Knight, born at Hardwick, Nor- folkshire, in 1569, was sergeant-at-law, chancellor to Queen Elizabeth, Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and in 1631 Lord Chief Justice of England. Sir Thomas' wife was created Baroness of Cramond in Scotland, and of this noble line of Richardson a long pedigree is preserved in the history of the county of Norfolk. Sir Thomas Richardson died February 4, 1634, and so distinguished had been his career that his remains were interred with much pomp in Westminster Abbey.
In Wales is found a line of Richardsons which de- scended originally from James Richardson, of Dum- fries, Scotland, who married an heiress of the notable Scotch family of Dalziel. He had two grandsons, Henry and Samuel, the latter of whom was of Hensol Castle, Glamorgan, South Wales; he was high sheriff of Gloucester, 1787, and of Glamorgan, 1798; his son Henry was of Eber Hirnant, in the County of Moe- rioneth. This distinguished family of Wales was origi- nally connected with the Norfolk Richardsons, and it was from the line of Norfolk, according to the best
authorities, that the American settlers of the name of Richardson were descended.
(I) Thomas Richardson, founder of the family in America, was born in England, and as the authorita- tive historian of the family states, both he and his brothers "probably originated in Norfolk," in that country. His eldest brother, Ezekiel, was an American pioneer of 1630, and came over with Winthrop; as early as July 6, 1630, he is found at Charlestown, and, according to tradition, was a personal friend of Gov- ernor Winthrop, at whose solicitation he joined in the plan of overseas settlement. Ezekiel's younger brothers, Samuel and Thomas (ancestor of the line herein traced), followed him about five years later.
As early as February 21, 1635-36, Thomas Richard- son was at Charlestown, in the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, and on that date his wife Mary joined the church there. Thomas Richardson himself joined the same church 19th of 12th month (February), 1637-38, his brother Samuel joining at the same time. On May 2, 1638, Thomas Richardson was duly admitted a freeman of the colony, and the year previous, 1637, he received from the town of Charlestown a grant of a house plot; in the same year also his name was entered on the records as a citizen of the town.
A deep affection appears to have existed between all these brothers, and especially between the two younger, Thomas and Samuel. These latter without doubt made the voyage from England together; each obtained a house lot at the same time; they are recorded as citi- zens at the same time; and though the dates are not preserved, were probably married almost at the same time. We see the three brothers again affectionately uniting when they joined a new project of settlement undertaken in 1638. In that year, on April 20, they obtained a grant of a lot on the "Mistike Side and above the Ponds" (i. e. Malden), and probably labored together to make the development thereof a success. With his brothers, Ezekiel and Samuel, together with five others, Thomas Richardson joined in the foundation of the town of Woburn, on which historic site he was an original proprietor and inhabitant, and he was also foremost in the estab- lishment of a church there in 1641. The previous year, he and others above named were com- missioners chosen by the Charlestown church, November 5, 1640, to undertake the Woburn settlement. He died in Woburn, Massachusetts, August 28, 1651.
He married, in England, about 1635, Mary
She survived him and married, October 26, 1655 (as her second husband), Michael Bacon, Sr. (of Woburn in 1641), and ancestor of the noted New England family of that name. She died May 19, 1670. Issue seven children, of whom the youngest was Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(II) Nathaniel Richardson, son of Thomas and Mary Richardson, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 2, 1650-51. The youngest son of the family, he grew to manhood in Woburn, where his family was not only an original proprietor, but a founder and a most influential inhabitant. Nathaniel Richardson took the freeman's oath and was admitted in 1690. He served as a soldier in Captain Prentiss's troop of horse, and with his fellow colonists went through the horrors
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January 2, 1671. He married, in England, Elizabeth Issue : 1. Sarah, born in England about 1621. 2. Matthew, mentioned below. 3. John, mentioned be- low. 4. Eliza, born in England; eight years old in 1635; married John Fuller. 5. Edward, mentioned below. 6. Thomas, mentioned below.
(II) Matthew Farrington, son of Edmund and Eliza- beth Farrington, was born in England in 1623, and in 1635, when twelve years of age, accompanied his par- ents to New England on the "Hopewell." He may have gone to Southampton for a short period, but he soon returned to Lynn,) Massachusetts, where his father made him a deed of land in 1861. It is thought that Matthew Farrington married, while on a visit to Long Island, and that some of his children were born there. Some difference exists as to the number and names of his children, but the following have been declared by various writers to be his: 1. John, soldier in Captain Gardner's company, and wounded December 19, 1675; married Lydia Hudson. 2. Matthew, a freeman in 1691. 3. Theophilus. 4. William.
(II) John Farrington, son of Edmund and Elizabeth Farrington, was born in England about 1624. He was brought by his father and mother to America in 1635, and is recorded as then being eleven years of age. He was at Lynn with his father, and there gave bonds for Isaac Deesbro before the General Court. On December 11, 1646, he settled in Dedham, but later removed to Southampton, going thence with Rev. Abraham Pier- son. His name was affixed to the undertaking as to the vessel for the Southampton settlers, March 10, 1639. Later he returned to Lynn. John Farrington died in 1676. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Mary, July 28, 1676, and after her decease in 1704, their son John made distribution of the estate, July 3, 1704, to his brothers and sisters. Issue: 1. Mary, born in 1650. 2. John, mentioned below; distributed father's estate, 1704. 3. Nathaniel. 4.
Daniel. . 5. Benjamin. 6. Sarah, married Witherley. 7. Abigail, married Hoadley. 8. Mary, married Kenney; issue, Mary Kenney.
9. Hannah, married - Abbott; issue, John Abbott. (II) Edward Farrington, son of Edmund and Eliza- beth Farrington, appeared on the list of inhabitants at Southampton, Long Island, in 1645, and he was in that township also in 1656, 1657, and perhaps in 1658. He was one of the patentees or incorporators of Flushing, and was in residence at Flushing in the year 1651, and a magistrate there in 1657. He was a man of property and substance in Flushing.
He was in strong sympathy with the Society of Friends, "Quakers" so called; on December 26, 1657, then being a magistrate at Flushing, he signed his name to the famous "Remonstrance" addressed to Governor Stuyvesant, in answer to the latter's proclamation against the Quakers. This "Remonstrance" was the culmination to the troubles which had arisen since the arrival of the ship "Woodhouse" on August 6, 1657, which brought to the New Netherland several members of the Society of Friends, some of whom removed to Long Island and settled in Jamaica and Flush- ing. Governor Stuyvesant issued a proclamation imposing a fine on any one who harbored a Quaker for a night, one-half of the fine to go to the informer. "This cruel law," states an historian of Flushing.
"called out the famous and noble remonstrance of Flushing, which was signed by twenty-eight freehold- ers" (of whom Edward Farrington was one). The property owners who thus signed this paper were later made to suffer for their boldness. Among others, Edward Farrington was arrested and imprisoned, but on January 10, 1658, was pardoned and released. Later, the States-General in Holland (after hearing John Bowne, the famous Quaker, who was brother-in-law of Edward Farrington), directed Stuyvesant to be more lenient toward the sect, and thereafter meetings of the society were held at various houses in Flushing, among which were those of John Farrington (brother of Edward) and others. Edward Farrington made his will, April 14, 1673, and in it provided that his wife Dorothy should have the use of his property until her decease, and after her death to his "eldest son John all his housing, land, orchard, gardens in the town of Flushing, etc., to returne to ye next heire male of the blood of ye Farringtons and soe from generation to generation forever." He married Dorothy - Issue: 1. John. 2. Matthew, mentioned below.
(II) Thomas Farrington, son of Edmund and Eliz- abeth Farrington, was in Southampton in 1645, five years after its foundation. He joined with his father in signing the undertaking as to the vessel for the use of the Southampton settlers in 1639, but when the charter of Flushing was obtained from the Dutch gov- ernor, Kieft, October 10, 1645, he is recited as the first patentee "Thomas ffarrington" out of the entire eigh- teen incorporators. He owned a large tract of land in Flushing ,and was one of its most prominent inhabi- tants. He married Abigail
(III) John Farrington, son of John Farrington, was born in Flushing; he was a member of the Society of Friends, and in 1707 was engaged to take care of the meeting house. His kinsman was John Farrington, the Quaker, who suffered so severely during the Revolu- tion. In the account preserved of the property losses of the Quakers when the British occupied Long Island appears the following items :
1780. Taken from Jobn Farrington a gun worth £2; a table £3; 2 hogs £8 10s.
1781. 3rd month. There came to John Farringtons house David Rowland, a sergeant under Captain Hoogland, for a demand of £3 8s., took away a piece of linen, worth £3 6s., being levied by way of taxes, as was said to defray the ex- pense of guarding the fort at Whitestone.
1782. Taken from John Farrington goods worth £3 11s. 4d.
It is said that nearly all the oppression of the Quakers in Flushing was at the hands of the Hessians. Not all the Farringtons, were non-combatants; a com- pany was organized in Flushing, July 27, 1776, which became part of Colonel Josiah Smith's regiment, and was used to protect the live stock on Long Island. In the muster roll appear, under the heading of "Privates," the names of Benjamin Farrington and Matthew Far- rington, who were allowed at the rate of $6-2|3 per month. Captain Matthew Farrington, of the "Nancy," was married, November 27, 1780, to Phebe McCullum. Previously, in 1715, in the list of "officers and souldiers" belonging to the company of Captain Jonathan Wright, appeared : "Thomas Farrington, Bay Side," "Thomas ffarrington of ye Towne," and "Samll ffarrington," among the soldiers.
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(III) Matthew Farrington, son of Edward and Dor- othy Farrington, married Hannah His name appears on the list of inhabitants of Flushing in 1689, and he is also referred to in the account of "Fflushings Prouisions" taken in July, 1711.
(IV) Thomas Farrington, son of Matthew and Han- nah Farrington, was born in Flushing, Long Island, May 29, 1712. He removed from Flushing about 1750, and became domiciled first in Yonkers and afterwards at Hunt's Bridge, and lastly at Long Reach. He was one of the overseers of roads in East Chester, April 15, 1774.
Abigail Farrington, descendant of the above Flush- ing family, was born in Flushing, Long Island, De- cember 12, 1763. She married Dr. William Lawton, son of Dr. Pliny and Lucretia (Sargent) Lawton. (See Lawton. See Sargent).
ALBERT R. WHITE, LL. B .-- One of the most noteworthy figures in the business world of Taun- ton, Massachusetts, is Albert R. White, whose posi- tion as senior partner of the law firm of White & White is one of eminence and of long standing, but whose time for the past few years has been principally devoted to the development and progress of the Mount Hope Finishing Company, of North Dighton, Massachusetts. In public life, in fraternal activities, and in every phase of community, State and national progress, Mr. White bears a construc- tive part, and his usefulness in various fields is well known.
This branch of the White family has been in America for eleven generations, and it is understood that its progenitor in this country, William White, was a Puritan, who settled in Boston in 1638. John Edward White, Mr. White's father, was active in railroad affairs throughout his lifetime, during the greater part of the time with two systems, the Old Colony and the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford. In his death, May, 15, 1909, New Bedford lost a worthy and useful citizen. The mother, Sophia E. (Duffy) White, who was born at Hills- boro, New Brunswick, Canada, is still living.
Albert R. White was born in Boston, Massachu- setts, March 28, 1877. His early education was received in the public schools of his birthplace, and he is a graduate of the New Bedford High School, class of 1894. Thereafter spending two years at the Boston University College of Liberal Arts, Mr. White took up his professional studies at the Bos- ton University School of Law, and was graduated in the class of 1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. White was admitted to the bar of his native State on February 15, 1899, and shortly afterward began the practice of law in Taunton, as a member of' the firm of White & White, the senior partner of this firm being for a number of years the late Judge Lloyd E. White, of honored memory. Specializing in corporate and tax law, Mr. White won a very high position in his chosen profession. Everett Sargent White (see sketch fol- lowing), son of Judge White, became the junior member of the firm in 1912, and since the retire- ment of Judge White, Albert R. White has been the
head of the firm. Although no tie of relationship exists between Mr. White and his partners, this association has been a peculiarly happy one, and the firm has always held the highest rank in the profession.
Through his specialties in the law, Mr. White very naturally became broadly familiar with condi- tions in the business world, and he became particu- larly interested in the progress of the Mount Hope Finishing Company, one of his early clients, this concern having retained his services from the year 1903, continuing until 1916. On September 1st of the latter year Mr. White was engaged to reorgan- ize the employment and service department of this concern, and in 1918 he was made assistant general manager of the company, which position he still ably fills. Since that date he has devoted the greater part of his time to the development of this enterprise, and its growth and expansion attest the practical ability and keen foresight which have characterized his administration. Mr. White keeps constantly in touch with the trade; is a member of the National Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics; a member of the transportation committee of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts; and is chairman of the joint arbitration committee of the National Association of Finishers and Convert- ers. His further business affiliations include direc- torships in the Bristol County Trust Company and the Taunton Co-operative Bank.
Mr. White's public and patriotic services also form a significant part of this record. A Republican by political convictions, and always a fearless ad- vocate of party principles, Mr. White was brought forward in the public service some years ago. He served as a member of the City Council under the old administration, representing the Second Ward in that body for two years. He was a member of the school committee for nine years, and served as city solicitor of Taunton for four years. He was active for a year and a half as chairman of the Electric Lighting Commission, and as far back as 1900-1901 he was chairman of the Republican City Committee. The World War, calling out as it did the best efforts of the entire country in response to the great need of the hour, placed large responsi- bilities in Mr. White's hands. From April 1, 1917, until February 1, 1918, he served as a member of the Department of Justice with the Criminal In- vestigation Bureau at Boston, having full control over the Bristol county district. From the latter date until January 1, 1919, his services included activity in the Department of Labor, on the ad- visory board for the State of Massachusetts, of the United States Employment Service, during a part of the time in this connection acting as special ar- biter for the allocation of labor to the lumber camps of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. He re- ceived several certificates from the United States Government in acknowledgment of his services.
In fraternal circles Mr. White is also widely prominent, being a member of Charles H. Titus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Sutton Commandery
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(New Bedford) Knights Templar; and Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a member of Taunton Lodge, No. 150, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a leading figure among the members of the Winthrop Club, and is affiliated with the Unitarian church.
Mr. White married, in 1902, at Taunton, Alice M. Richardson, of this city, daughter of Frederick and Isabelle (Black) Richardson, for many years prominent residents of Bristol county. Mr. and Mrs. White are the parents of three children: John Stuart, born in 1905, now a student at Brown- Nichols Preparatory School, preparing for matricu- lation at Harvard University in 1923; Arnold Rich- ardson, born in 1908, now a student at Taunton High School; and Katharine, born in 1911, now attending the Hedges School, a girls' private school at Norton, Massachusetts.
EVERETT SARGENT WHITE, A. B .- In legal circles in Bristol county, Massachusetts, Everett Sargent White has won marked prominence. It is not alone that he bears a name which has long been an ornament to the bench and bar of his native State. Mr. White possesses in full measure the qualities which carried his honored father to a high position in the profession, and his own legal attain- ments are well worthy of note. Coming of a family distinguished in many fields of endeavor since Colonial times, he has upheld the traditions of the family during the thirteen years of his active prac- tice at the bar, and much is confidently expected of him in the future.
Judge Lloyd E. White, Mr. White's father, was born at Norton, Massachusetts, and the record of his life is one of the many brilliant pages in the annals of legal advance in the old Bay State. He was apointed associate justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts in 1903, after a long and eminently worthy record at the bar of this State. On the bench was revealed the finely-balanced, judicial mind, the lofty appreciation of the duties and responsibilities of his position, and the undeviating uprightness of this just and righteous judge. He resigned shortly before his death, which occurred October 8, 1921, removing from the legal profession in New England a figure of distinction, a brilliant professional man, a spirit actuated by the highest ideals, and a citizen whose memory the community of his residence well may honor. He was always a leader of civic progress, and an advocate of all progressive endeavor. Affiliated with many fraternal and social organizations, he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of countless friends, and will long be remembered in Taunton and vicinity. He married Esther Sargent Baylies, daughter of Dr. Alfred Baylies, a noted Taunton physician whose name was a household word in this part of Bristol county for many years, during a generation now gone by.
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