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(11) Thomas Patch, son of Nicholas Patch ( 1), was born in Salem in 1640. He was ad- mitted a freeman in 1670 and was representa- tive to the general court in 1689. He married ( first) Mary A. Lovett. He married ( sec- ond) Mary Scott, daughter of Thomas Scott, of Ipswich. Children: 1. Sarah, born De- cember 8. 1666. 2. Marah, February 3, 1669. 3. Thomas, July 19, 1674. 4. James, 1677, married Rebecca Byles. 5. Stephen, April 12. 1680. 6. Isaac, born about 1682. 7. Ephraim. 8. Timothy, mentioned below. 9. Simon.
( III) Timothy Patch, son of Thomas Patch (2), born about 1678, died June 24, 1748. He resided in Wenham. Massachusetts. His will was dated December 6, 1745, and bequeaths to sons Timothy and Samuel his land in Wen- ham; to daughters Marie Clark and Deborah Patch, and to grandson John Kellum, child of his daughter Sarah, deceased. He owned land also in Ipswich. He married, November IS, 1705. Elizabeth Pousland, of Ipswich. The marriage was recorded at Beverly. Children, born at Wenham: 1. Elizabeth, born Novem- ber 23. 1706. 2. Timothy, September 13, 1708, mentioned below. 3. Anna, March 5, 1711-12. 4. Sarah, December 15, 1714, mar- ried. January 8, 1740, John Kelhim. 5. Mar- garet, May 6, 1718, married, October 3. 1745. Ebenezer Clark. 6. Deborah, October 6. 1721, married, December 5. 1751. Nathaniel Bragg. 7. Samuel, July 14, 1726, married, February 14. 1744-45. Abigail Williams.
( I\') Timothy Patch, son of Timothy Patch (3). was born September 13. 1708. Hle mar- ried ( first ) at Ipswich. November 18. 1731. Rachel Woodbury, who died September 10. 1758. Ile married ( second ), intentions dated June 16, 1759. Thomasin Davis, of Gloucester. Children of first wife, born in Wenham: I. Andrew. born February 16, 1732-33. 2. Eliz- abeth. September 25. 1734. 3. Isaac, March 12. 1735-30. 4. Mary. February 18. 1737-38. 5. Mark, July 25. 1740. 6. Rachel, July 21, 1742. 7. Timothy, October 14, 1744. died July 23. 1746. 8. Timothy. August 17. 1746; mentioned below. 9. Sarah. August 8, 1748. 10. Anna, baptized June 23. 1751. died young. Children of second wife: 11. Anna, May 28. 1760, died young. . 12. Anna, July 2. 1762. 13. Mayo Greenleaf, February 21. 1766.
(\') Timothy Patch, son of Timothy Patch (4), was born August 17, 1746, at Wenham. Massachusetts. He was in the revolution, serving as a private in Captain Peter Coburn's company. Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's Twenty- seventh regiment : muster rolls dated August 1, 1775 ; enlisted July 13. 1775 : service eigh- teen days ; also company return. September 26. 1775 : also company receipts for wages for September and October, 1775. dated at Cam- bridge : also order for bounty coat or its equiv- alent in money, dated Cambridge Camp, No- vember 20, 1775. During the time of his ser- vice he was a resident of Tewksbury. He was a man of marked individuality and much force of character. 1Ie married, and among his chil- dren had a son Timothy, mentioned below. There were a number of other children but
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the writer finds that the records of this gen- eration are not complete.
(VI) Timothy Patch, son of Timothy Patch (5), according to the records found by the writer, was born about 1790. He settled at Sunburst. New Hampshire, where he died October 1. 1868, having lost his life by acci- dental choking. He was twice married. His second wife was Mary ( Proctor ) Patch, who died at Amherst, New Hampshire, January 27, 1872. Children by first wife: 1. Eliza- beth, born 1825. died in September, 1845. 2. George, born 1827. resides at Hollis, New Hampshire. Children of second wife: 3. Cyrus, born July 25. 1832. mentioned below. 4. Mary, born 1835, married, December 2, 1879. Frank Abbott. 5. Susan, born 1838, married George D. Reed, of Winchester, Massachusetts. September 6, 1866; she died June II. 1876; one son, Frederick Reed.
(VII) Cyrus Patch, son of Timothy Patch (6), born at Amherst, New Hampshire, July 25. 1832, died at Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 20, 1889. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and as was the custom of those days worked at intervals on his father's farm at Amherst. He was an apt scholar, and put to good use the limited time he had for study. He taught school for some time. Being ambitious to succeed in life. he sought a broader field for development, and finally engaged in the meat business at Bill- erica, Massachusetts. He next removed to Winchester, Massachusetts, where he con- tinned in the meat and provision trade on his own account. His next undertaking was at Stoneham, where he engaged in the coal and wood trade and dealt in warehouse supplies. In 1874 he engaged in the coal and wood busi- ness at Quincy, and continued successfully in this line of enterprise the remainder of his active years. Throughout the entire period of his business career. Mr. Patch zealously maintained a high standard of business ethics, and was regarded as a valued and useful citi- zen. Politically he was an Independent, vot- ing according to his convictions. His religious affiliations were with the Congregational church. He married Sarah Maria Smith, born at Sanbornton, New Hampshire, March 22. 1836, died January 18, 1883. She was a daughter of Langdon and Sarah A. (Crosby ) Smith. Her father was born in 1810, at San- bornton, New Hampshire, and died February 21. 18944. Her mother was born at Amherst. New Hampshire. They had one son, Gardner Hoyt Smith, who married a Miss Nichols, of
Winchester, Massachusetts. Children of Cyrus and Sarah Maria ( Smith ) Patch: 1. Frank Smith, born January 26, 1860. mentioned be- low. 2. Winslow Proctor. October 22, 1866. 3. Clara Alice, April 6, 1869, married W. H. Way. 4. Marion Crosby, October 18, 1874.
(VIH) Frank Smith Patch, son of Cyrus Patch (7), was born in Amherst. New Hamp- shire, January 26, 1860. Ilis elementary edu- cation was acquired in the public schools of Amherst. Winchester and Stoneham, Massa- chusetts. He also attended the McCollum Insti- tute at Mt. Vernon for some time, which was supplemented by a course in French's Business College in Boston. Upon taking up the prac- tical duties of business he entered his father's office at Quincy. and under his tuition learned the details of the coal and wood trade, which he soon mastered successfully, and in 1885 succeeded his father in the coal and wood busi- ness at Quincy. Not unlike his worthy an- cestor, Mr. Patch is a progressive and enter- prising citizen, and has become identified with the material and social interests of Quincy. Ile is the proprietor of the Meadow Brook Ice Company of Quincy, and is a member of the board of directors of the National Mount Wallaston Bank of Quincy. He is a member of Rural Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Quincy. and the Granite City Club. Politic- ally he follows the precepts of his father, and is independent.
He married ( first), April 12, 1883, Mary J. King, born at Boston, September, 25, 1857. died January 4, 1886, a daughter of Benjamin and Martha King. Mr. Patch married ( sec- ond), September 5. 1890, Mercy L. Phillips, born February 22, 1868, daughter of Horace and Mary (Lincoln) Phillips. Child of first wife, born at Quincy: Frank King, born De- cember 28. 1885. Child of second wife: Eric C., born November 18, 1892.
SIV.LN The Swan family of England is widely distributed in various coun- ties, and included many noble families. Most of the coats-of arms have the swan as an emblem. The Swan family of Kent has: Az. a swan ppr. The family at Southfleet and Denton Court, Kent, has: Az. a chev. ermine between three swans ar. Crest : A demi-talbot saliant gu. collared or. The name is varied in spelling, as Swann. Swanns, Swans, Swain, Swayne. Swaine, but Swan seems to be the original surname, suggested by the fowl, as many kindred names: Crane. Bird, Swallow, Sparrow, etc.
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(1) John Swan. immigrant ancestor, was born in England, 1620, died June 5. 1708, in his eighty-fourth year. He came to Water- town, Massachusetts, and was brought up in the family of Thomas Bittlestone, who provid- ed by his will dated November 3. 1640, that his widow Elizabeth should be served five years by the boy, John Swan, and she should then pay him five pounds. He was a pro- prictor of Watertown in 1642, but removed to Cambridge in the section called Menotomy. where his posterity have lived ever since. now Arlington, Massachusetts. He was a farmer. He belonged to the church, but for some un- known reason was excommunicated in 1684. It would seem that he was not easily moved from his purpose, good or bad, for in that day. when excommunication was regarded as an effectual bar against salvation, he withstood the power of the church more than twenty years. but finally in extreme old age he made his peace with his brethren in the church and was restored to communion December 22. 1706. He died June 5. 1708. aged eighty seven, as written on his gravestone. His wife Mary died February 11, 1702, aged sixty-nine. Ile married. January 1. 1650-51. Rebecca Palfrey. who died July 12. 1654: married (second ). March 2. 1655-56, Mary Pratt. He had two sons in King Philip's war. He was taxed in Charlestown in 1688. Children: 1. Ruth. born March 10, 1652. 2. Gershom, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born May 1. 1657. died March 1. 1652. 4. Mary, born May 2, 1659. 5. Elizabeth, born July 14. 1661. married Ezekiel Richardson, of Woburn, July 27, 1687. 6. Lydia, born July 28, 1663. 7. Job, born May 1. 1665. resided in Woburn, 1712. 8. Hannah, born February 27. 1667. 9. Ebene- zer, born November 14. 1672. Had ten chil- dren in 1676.
(II) Gershom Swan, son of John Swan (0), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 30. 1651. He married. December 20. 1677. Sarah Holden. He settled in Meno- tomy, where he died July 2. 1708, his wife Sarah surviving him. He was taxed in Charlestown in 1688. Children, born in Meno- tomy: 1. Sarah, born about 1679. died un- married April 25. 1600. 2. Rebecca. born August 24. 1681. died young. 3. John, men- tioned below. 4. Ruth. born December 25. 1685. married Theophilus Richardson, of Wo- burn. July 1. 1714. 5. Abigail, born February 12. 1686-87. married John Richardson, of Wo- burn. 6. Lydia, born November 10. 1689. married William Mansur, of Medford. Feb-
ruary 2. 1714-15. 7. Rebecca, born 1698, mar- ried. February 2. 1714-15. George Abbot. Per- haps other children.
( Il) John Swan, son of Gershom Swan (2), was born at Menotomy. Massachusetts, October 3. 1683. He inherited the homestead at Menotomy, being the only son. He died March 31. 1752. He married Elizabeth
who died December 21. 1723. aged twenty- eight. He married ( second ), May 25. 1725. Mary Cowdrey, of Reading, Massachusetts. who died October 28, 1780, aged eighty-five. Children, born at Menotomy: 1. John, baptiz- ed April 12, died June 11, 1719. 2. Timothy. born Angust 3. 1720. 3. Elizabeth, born Octo- ber 12, 1722. Children of second wife: 4. Esther, born March 15, 1725-26, married. April 19. 1759. Zebadiah Richardson. 5. John. baptized August 4. 1728. 6. Gershom, baptized August 10, 1729. died young. 7. Susanna, born October 4. 1730, married Joseph Parks. Jr .. of Concord, 1753, or Samuel Watts, of Woburn. April 4. 1757. 8. William, born Sep- tember 4. 1737, published to Lucy Robbins, of Boston, March 15. 1759.
(IV) John Swan, son of John Swan, was born in Cambridge, 1728, baptized August 4. 1728, died at Cambridge, October 26, 1804. He was admitted to the precinct church at Meno- tomy. July 3. 1757, and was precinct collector in 1761. He was taxed from 1765 to 1773 in Charlestown. He married ( published January 15, 1774) Mary Richardson, of Stoneham, who died September 18, 1826, aged eighty-two years. His will is dated 1800, proved Decem- ber 22. 1804. devising to his first three sons. His farm was part of the original homestead. Children : 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Reu- ben, born March 27. 1778, baptized April 5. 1778, called the father of Charlestown: mar- ried. December 2, 1804. Ruth Teel: seven of their sons were school teachers. 3. William. bern March 21, 1781. 4. Molly, born Novem- ber 10. 1783. died ummarried. 5. Stephen. born October 20, 1785. marketman, married Betsey Tucker. The foregoing were all bap- tized in the West Cambridge church.
(\') John Swan, son of John Swan (4). was born in West Cambridge or Menotomy, Massachusetts, January 10, 1775. and baptized in the precinct church January 14. 1778. He married ( published October 12), 1816, Sarah Hall Mason. He died at West Cambridge. September 6, 1864, aged eighty years : his wife died October 17, 1866, aged seventy years. He was educated in the public schools at West Cambridge and at Phillips Academy, Andover.
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Massachusetts. At the age of fourteen, while riding horseback, he was thrown, his foot be- ing caught fast in the stirrup, and dragged for a long distance, injuring one leg so badly that it had to be amputated, and he had to use a crutch the remainder of his life. When a young man he taught school at West Cam- bridge. He also learned the trade of shoemak- ing, and finally in company with his brothers took charge of his father's farm. In 1818 he bought a farm at Woburn, on Gardner's Row. formerly the Edward Gardner estate, and car- ried on farming there the remainder of his life. Notwithstanding his crippled condition he was a man of great industry, and contrived to do all his farm work except plowing and mowing. He raised large corps of peaches for which he found a market in Lynn and Salem. Ile was well-to-do and lent money to a con- siderable extent. He was originally of the U'nitarian belief, but later in life joined the Baptist church. He was very pious and lived an exemplary christian life. Ile was a Whig in politics and held sundry town offices. Chil- dren : 1. John, born August 25, 1817. mar- ried, January 1. 1843. Sarah Jane Fiske, died December 10, 1890. 2. Sarah, born May 18, 1819, died February 5, 1905 ; married, Septem- ber 18, 1845, Cyrus Butters, of Burlington, born February 5, 1823, died September 1, 1891. 3. Charles, mentioned below. 4. George, born March 16, 1823, married. October 25, 1852, Sarah Elizabeth Marshall, of Middle- borough, Massachusetts. 5. Benjamin Mason, born March 20, 1825, died February 17, 1907 ; married, November 26, 1850, Sarah Abbie Cloutman, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. 6. Elmira, born January 18, 1828, married, March 13, 1855, Samuel Hubbard Davis, of Woburn. 7. Claraman, died young. 8. Lucy Belknap, died young. 9. Stephen, born June 20, 1838, married, May 17, 1864, Susan Parker, of Reading. Massachusetts.
(VT) Charles Swan, son of John Swan (5), was born at West Cambridge, Massachu- setts, now Winchester, March 8, 1821. He was brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the usual commion school education of a far- mer's son of that period, the district school then being in West Cambridge a short distance from the family home. He early started to work for his father, driving the milk wagon to Charlestown and Boston for a few years, subsequently entering the employ of Joseph Butterfield at West Cambridge, shortly after his marriage, where he remained about twelve years at market gardening and farming. In
1859 he removed to West Medford, Massa- chusetts, where he became superintendent of the Edward Brooks farm, now the Elm farm, near the Mystic river, one of the largest mar- ket farms in that section. In 1870 he pur- chased the Oliver Parker farm at the West End, Woburn, Cambridge street, of some twenty odd acres in the best farming section. He began market gardening for himself and became a successful farmer, raising general produce for the Boston market, his son Charles Parker, taking charge of the marketing of the products in the Boston market. After a num- ber of years he sold the farm to Heald and purchased a smaller one at Billerica, Mass- achusetts, where he remained a few years, en- gaging in milk raising and general produce. He subsequently sold this place and moved to Lexington, Massachusetts. He was employed by the Boston & Maine railroad at East Cam- bridge. Massachusetts, in their machine shops in the supply department, having charge of all supplies, such as oils, tools, etc., used in the repairing department. He was upright and honorable, of retired habits, though very jovial, and of temperance principles. and was well liked by all. He was a Universalist in relig- ion, and in politics formerly a Jacksonian Democrat. but in his latter years a Republican, because of his dislike of the rank and file of the Democratic party.
Charles Swan married (first), April 21. 1846. Mary Richardson Parker, born in Wo- burn, Massachusetts, September 7, 1823, died in Woburn, October 21, 1869, of consumption, daughter of David J. and Rebecca (Carter ) Parker, of Woburn, the former of whom was a farmer. Children: 1. Mary Ellen, born Oc- tober 5, 1846, died April 29, 1872; married James Henry Russell, of Arlington, Massachu- setts ; children: i. George Henry, born May 27. 1866, married, April 29, 1895, Ellen Shean, of Arlington ; children : Mary Ellen, born September 13. 1899, and George Henry, Jr., born March 21, 1902. ii. James Lewis, born May 29, 1869, married, May 24, 1893, Marga- ret Jane Roden, of Arlington ; children : Helen Margaret, born January 29, 1894; Grace Louise, February 21, 1895; Ruth Mil- dred, February 14, 1898. 2. Lucy Rebecca, born May 7, 1848, died at West Medford, De- cember 11, 1863. 3. Charles Parker, men- tioned below. 4. Hannah Eliza, born March 20, 1859, unmarried. Mr. Swan married (sec- ond) Sarah Hines.
(VII) Charles Parker Swan, son of Charles Swan (6), was born at West Cambridge.
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Massachusetts, now Arlington, February 25. 1853. Very little schooling was gained in his native town, as he removed with his parents to West Medford, Massachusetts, 1859, where he entered the public schools, graduating from the high school. He then removed with his parents to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he attended the Warren Academy, assisting his father on the farm. He subsequently entered the employ of E. T. Cowdrey & Company, manufacturers of pickles and preserves, on Broad street, Boston, as clerk. and there re- mained two years. He then entered the em- ploy of Jeremiah Russell on Medford street. Arlington, dealer in live and dressed poultry. where he remained five years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the business from the gathering of the poultry to dressing and mar- keting it in the Boston market. His experience under Mr. Russell fitted him to soon enter the business for himself, on Mystic street, Arling- ton, and he found a ready market at Faneuil Hall Market. Boston, at wholesale, among the marketmen. After a time he removed to West Everett and entered the employ of Amos B. Harris, a prosperous milk merchant of that city, where he remained one year. Seeing a future in this line of business, he purchased the business of Mr. Harris and established a large and lucrative trade among the first fami- lies of Everett and Malden. Mr. Swan does not raise his milk, but contracts with D). Whit- ing & Son, Boston, milk contractors, for his product. At present Mr. Swan runs two wagons, supplying a large number of patrons. His plant is at his home, 12 Bradford street. Everett, which he built in 1895. Mr. Swan. like most of the Swan family, by his thrift and energy has made a success of life and is highly respected by his fellow-citizens. He and his family attend the First Universalist Church at Malden, and he is a member of the Men's Uni- versalist Club. He is a Republican in politics. but has never held public office.
Charles P. Swan married, October 30, 1895, Mary Louise Gray, born at Southbridge, Mass- achusetts, November 1. 1862, daughter of Henry C. Gray, editor of the Malden Mirror, and Mary ( Wilson) Gray, of Malden. Chil- dren: 1. Charles Parker, Jr., born August 24. 1897. 2. Emma Louise, July 17, 1899. 3. Harold Gray, June 15. 1901.
"Stopworth, a town of Che- DODGE shire," seems in 1644 to be the name for Stockport; in 1538. Stopford; and in 1545, Stopforthe. The quo-
tation ( from the Stockport . Idvertiser ) refers to the grant of arms to Peter Dodge in 1306. It says "a family named Dodge held a small property in Offerton in the reign of Elizabeth. and were of Holliday Hill, in the same town- ship. in the middle of the last century. Dodge Fold is the name of a small hamlet in Offer- ton, having acquired its name from some yeo- man of the family. Perhaps the most tangible evidence that the Dodges of Essex county. Massachusetts, are descended from Peter Dodge of Stopworth, Cheshire, is found in a letter from the poet Tupper to Robert Dodge. of New York. in 1847. while the latter believed he was descended from William or Richard Dodge. A few extracts from this letter will be interesting in this place and also will be found pertinent to the subject of our present narrative :
"Long before Virginia was christened. ayc. long before Columbus found out your western world, your goodly ancestry were of honorable station in the dear 'Old Land' and gladdened Norfolk and Kent and Cheshire with all the hospitality of good old English gentlemen, all of the olden time." * : "Now let me tell yon that this is a point of respectability which many an enobled man cannot boast, and I think it is one too, which gives secret satisfac- tion. even to a republican nature.
"In the Herald College a manuscript volume of the time of Charles Il has the following entry: DODGE (Cheshire). Barry of 6 or and sa: on a pale gule : a woman's dug dis- tilling milk proper. In the College Books we find the second coat granted to Peter Dodge. Stopworth. Cheshire temp: Edward I. the crest being a demi sea lion. These arms are repeated in three different MS. volumes in the College Library : once in pen and ink and twice in colors ; with one is a notice of three genera- tions of Dodges, with another, where the arms of Houghton and Dodge are in juxtaposition, is a record of the marriage of John Houghton, alderman, and sheriff of London, to one of the Dodges.'
In this place we have only to deal with the descendants of Richard Dodge, who was the second son of John Dodge and his wife Mar- gery, of Somersetshire, England, but neither of whom ever emigrated to America. The children of John and Margery Dodge were William, Richard. Michael and Mary, the last two of whom remained in England and died there. Therefore the American ancestors of the Essex county Dodges were the sons William and Richard. William Dodge came
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to Salem in 1620 and died between the years 1685 and 1692. Ile is supposed to have been born as early as 1604.
(1) Richard Dodge appeared at Salem in 1038, and "desired accommodation." As immi- grants were admitted to the colony only by applying to the town and obtaining leave, it is reasonably certain that Richard came over in 1638, and as the king at that time was oppos- ing emigration from England, it is probable that Richard Dodge left without royal permis- sion. It was learned from the parish register of East Coker, Somersetshire, England, that in 1628. Richard Dodge, son of Richard, was baptized. On September 7, 1630, Margery, daughter of Richard, was buried. December 20. 1631, John, son of Richard, was baptized. April 19. 1635, Marie Dodge, daughter of Richard and Edith, was baptized.
After living for a time at Salem on land of his brother William, Richard Dodge settled on "Dodge row." in North Beverly, in a neigh- borhood which for more than a century after- ward was a principal seat of residence of vari- ous members of the family, chiefly descend- ants of Richard. The immigrant himself evi- dently gave more attention to farming than to town and public affairs, although he was a member of the church and a liberal contributor to its support. Both he and his wife Edith were members of the church before 1648, as is shown by the records during the pastorate of Rev. John Fiske. It is also evident that he had a high appreciation of the value of an edu- cation. for in 1653. in a list of twenty-one sub- scribers to Harvard College, his name ranks first, while the next largest sum given was only one-fourth as much as his subscription. He made a public donation of a piece of his land for a burial ground. Richard Dodge died June 15, 1671, leaving an estate valued at the large sum of 1764 pounds 2 shillings, which was divided among his heirs, his wife and children, according to the provisions of his will. His wife Edith survived her husband seven years and died June 27, 1678, at the age of seventy- five years. She made a will, and the inventory of her property disclosed a very considerable estate in lands and other property. Children of Richard and Edith Dodge: 1. John, bap- tized in England. December 29, 1631 ; died October 11, 1711 : lived at North Beverly. 2. Mary, born in England in 1632: died August 18, 1710: married Zachary Ilerrick. 3. Sarah, baptized 1644: died 1726: married Peter Woodbury, born 1640, and died in 1704. 4. Richard, born 1643: died April 13. 1705 : lived
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