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about 1770. He and his father were among the proprietors of Warwick in 1798, and he settled there. The record of his death gives his name John Bunyan Penniman, died July 21, 1825. He married Sarah Buttrick. Chil- dren : Dean, mentioned below; probably others.
(VI) Dean Penniman, son of Bunyan Pen- niman (5), born in Warwick, October 24. 1800, died in Lowell, Massachusetts, May II, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He learned the trade of carpenter, and when a young man settled in Lowell. He was also a farmer. He went into business as a contractor and builder, and was eminently successful. He was also a dealer in wood. He took an active part in the develop- ment and upbuilding of the city of Lowell. and built many of the buildings of importance in the early days of the town. He made good investments himself in Lowell real estate, and acquired a competence before he retired from business. In politics Mr. Penniman was a Whig, but followed his party into the Repub- lican organization and was active in his sup- port of the Union during the civil war. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a generous supporter of the church and its charities. He had an irreproachable char- acter, a kindly and attractive way and man- ner of speech, and enjoyed the fullest meas- ure of confidence and esteem in the hearts of his friends and townsmen. He married, De- cember 6, 1821, Hannah Hastings, born No- vember 22, 1804, died in Lowell, May II, 1893. Children : I. Isaac Hastings, born June 2, 1823; was a stone mason; served in civil war : married Dorothy C. Stowell, and (lied in Chelsea, without issue. 2. Clarissa Prudence, born September 14, 1825 ; died June 29, 1829; buried in Warwick. 3. John Bun- yan, born December 21, 1827 ; mentioned be- low. 4. George Fayette, born September 29, 1831 ; mentioned below. 5. Franklin Haven, born December II, 1833: died March 31, 1893; married Hannah Whitely ; children: i. Alice, married Benjamin Tucker; ii. Walter H., married Mary J. Bliss. 6. Hannah Ange- line, born November 15, 1836; unmarried, resides in Athol, Massachusetts. 7. Sarah Ann, born October 26, 1839; unmarried; resides in Lowell. 8. Mary Abbie, born Jan- nary 8, 1844; died unmarried, July 22, 1907.
(VII) George F. Penniman, son of Dean Penniman (6), born at Warwick, September 29, 1831, died in Lowell, January 19, 1904. He was educated in the common schools of
his native town, and was employed for a few years in Warwick in various clerical positions. Ile removed to Lowell when a young man, and established himself in the express busi- ness in that town. His business grew rapidly. and he was shortly the leading man in his line. He extended his facilities, and as the city grew his business continued to increase. Pen- niman's Express became a household word in Lowell. He retired a few years before his (leath, and devoted his attention to his real estate, in which he had invested extensively in Lowell. He bought a large tract of land in what is called Lowell Highlands, laid it out in house lots with broad streets, and himself built many houses upon it. This property is very desirable and attracts tenants readily. The results of his business and the increase from his shrewd investment in real estate and other property brought wealth to Mr. Penni- man. He was enterprising, energetic, and always interested in the development and up- building of the city of Lowell. He was active in his civic duties, a Republican in politics, and served with credit in the common council of Lowell. He was a director of the Lowell National Bank, and trustee of the Five Cents Savings Bank. He was active in the Masonic order, and was a member of the Universalist church in Lowell. He married, March 16, 1863, Mary A., daughter of William McAlvin. She was born at Lowell, and died there, De- cember 24, 1906. Children: 1. Caroline L., married Edward Pullen. 2. G. Arthur, mar- ried Marion Gregg.
(\'11) John Bunyan Penniman, son of Dean Penniman (6), born at Warwick, De- cember 21, 1827, died in Lawrence, Massa- chusetts, November 4. 1900. He spent his early childhood in his native town and began his schooling there. At the age of nine he came to Lowell with his parents. and com- pleted his education in the public schools of that city. He worked with his father in the contracting business from an early age, and worked on the Lowell canal during its con- struction, among other undertakings of his father. When he came of age he removed to Lawrence, and there helped to build the first ice houses erected in that place, situated on the present site of the Lawrence Ice Com- pany's houses on Water street. He was clerk in the grocery store of Shattuck Brothers for a few years. He spent a year in Minneapolis, Minnesota, then went to Hartford, Connecti- cut, and was a hotel proprietor for one year. In 1857 he returned to Lawrence, and engaged
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in business with a retail meat and provision store on Lawrence street. He secured a large trade and prospered, continuing in this busi- ness for a period of eighteen years, then sold his business and retired for four years. He then established a wholesale pork business in a store on Amesbury street, Lawrence, and was again highly successful. After a period of eighteen years of successful business he again retired, in 1894, and devoted the remainder of his life to leisure and the care of his property. His first store was in the build- ing now occupied by the newspaper office of the Lawrence Eagle on Lawrence street ; his second store was at 56 Amesbury street, where he was succeeded by Church & Watts and they in turn by the Lawrence Provision Company.
Mr. Penniman was a Republican in politics. He was a member of Grecian Lodge of Masons ; of the chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Bethany Commandery, Knights Templar and one of the charter members, and of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He and his fam- ily attended the Congregational church of Lawrence.
Mr. Penniman was a substantial and useful citizen. Upright and enterprising in business, he always commanded success in his ventures. He had many fine qualities of mind and heart. attracting friends and retaining friendships. At the time of his death one of the Lawrence newspapers said of him: "John B. Penniman, an old and much respected resident of this city, died last evening at seven o'clock at his house, 488 Broadway. By his death Law- rence loses an honorable and upright man, a credit to the community.'
He married, December 13, 1865, Sarah C. Sawyer, who was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, May 10, 1845, and educated at Nashua, New Hampshire, coming to Law- rence when about eighteen years of age. Her father, Benjamin Sawyer, died when she was but two years old. Her mother, Phebe Man- dana (Cain), was daughter of Obadiah Cain, of Goshen, New Hampshire, and Mrs. Penni- man was brought up by her mother's family. Children of John B. and Sarah C. (Sawyer ) Penniman: 1. Sarah Ella, educated at Wel- lesley, graduating in 1893 and masters degree in 1895, also graduated in organ and harmony at Wellesley College School of Music; in the Lawrence High School has taught Latin and Greek. 2. Etta Van Velsor, only graduate from Wellesley in violin and harmony, an accomplished musician and teacher of the
violin before her marriage; married John Wylie, a merchant of Roxbury, Boston, and have one child, Donald. 3. Annie Blanche, born at Lawrence, graduated from Wellesley in piano and harmony, a teacher in the Mary A. Hemenway Household Art Department, connected with the Framingham Normal School, also a graduate of this school.
In the early Essex county rec- ALLYN ords the name of Allen (which is the form of spelling now in general use) is written in so many different ways that it is difficult to determine its orig- inal orthography. The variations referred to comprise Allen, Alen, Alin, Allin, Alling, Allyn, Allyne, Allynn, etc., all of which are undoubtedly from one source.
William Allen, the first of the name in America, born in Manchester, England, about the year 1602, was of the Dorchester company which settled on Cape Ann in 1623, and, go- ing to Salem with Roger Conant in 1626, was admitted a freeman there in 1631. About 1640 he removed to Jeffrey's Creek, where with others he established a settlement which they called Manchester, and was one of the petitioners for its separation from Salem. He served upon the first board of selectmen in Manchester, and was a man of considerable energy, enterprise and influence. He was one of the early members of the church of Salem. In the records of 1659 he is called a carpen- ter. He made his will June 7, 1678, and it was proved April 26, 1679. His first wife, whose Christian name was Alice, died March 8, 1631-32, and for his second wife he mar- ried Elizabeth Bradley, who probably survived him. His children were : Persis, Samuel, Elizabeth, Deborah, Bethiah, Onesiphorus, William and Jonathan. Many of his descend- ants remained in Salem and the adjacent . towns, and a considerable number of them have followed the carpenter's trade. One of these was David, who, according to informa- tion at hand, spelled his name Allyn. He mar- ried Elizabeth Symonds and resided in Salem.
Alfred Warren Allyn, son of David and Elizabeth (Symonds) Allyn, was born in Salem, April 2, 1824. He began his educa- tion in the schools of Salem, concluded his studies in Lynn, and learned the carpenter's trade. This occupation he followed in Law- rence for many years, and was widely known as an excellent mechanic. In politics he was a Republican. He attended the Congrega-
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tional church. He died in Lawrence January 9, 1894. On April 28, 1846, Mr. Allyn was united in marriage with Caroline Chandler, who was born May 2, 1822, daughter of Sam- uel and Sarah (Dickerman) Chandler. Sanı- uel Chandler, son of Joseph and Mary ( Felt) Chandler, of Canton, Massachusetts, was born March 28, 1784, and died April 14, 1874, aged ninety years. He was married, October 27, 1808, to Betty Billings, born December 13, 1788, died December 23, 1811, and of this union there was one daughter, Mary, who became the wife of Henry Nye. Sarah Dick- erman, whom Samuel Chandler married for his second wife, was born July 19, 1785, daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth ( Wales) Dickerman, of Canton. She was of the sev- enth generation in descent from Thomas (I) Dickerman the immigrant, through Thomas (2), John (3), John (4), Samuel (5), and Ezra (6). Thomas Dickerman and his wife Ellen, with at least two of his children, came from England in 1635 with a company of colonists under the guidance of the Rev. Richard Mather, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a tailor by trade, and in addition to a farm in Dorchester he owned land on Boston Neck. He died June 11, 1637. His children were Thomas, Abraham, Isaac and John. Ellen, his widow, married for her second husband John Bullard, and went to reside in Medfield, Massachusetts, prior to July 14, 1663. Thomas (2) Dickerman, born in England about the year 1623, came with his parents to Dorchester, and sub- sequently settled in Malden, where he died previous to 1691. The Christian name of his first wife, who died May 10, 1671, was Elizabeth, and that of his second wife, whom he married in March, 1673-74, was Anna. The children of his first union were : Sarah, "Lidea," Thomas, Hannah, Mary, John and Elizabeth. Of his second marriage there was one daughter, Anna. All were born in Mal- den. John (3) Dickerman, son of Thomas, was born in Malden about the year 1666. Sarah, his wife, whom he married at Reading in) 1691, was of that town, and about the time of his marriage he sold property in Malden consisting of upland, meadow and a dwelling- house, reserving for Anna, relict of Thomas Dickerman, the free use of the house for life. He purchased land in Reading of John and Mary Polly, of Woburn, also of John Vinton, and he resided in Reading for some years, or until moving to Milton, where he and his wife were admitted to the church December 30,
1726. He died in Milton, August 14, 1829. John and Sarah Dickerman were the parents of three children: John (4), born in Read- ing in 1692; Thomas, born 1693, died in in- fancy ; and Sarah, born 1694, married Noalı Damon, of Dorchester. John (4) Dickerman, settled in that part of Stoughton which is now Canton, where he united with the church, June 22, 1718, and he died there February 9, 1759- 60, aged sixty-seven years. May 6, 1714, he was married, in Milton, to Mary Tucker, who was born about 1693, daughter of Manasseh and Waitstill (Summer) Tucker. She died in Stoughton, January II, 1771. Their children were: John, born 1715; Thomas, born 1716, died in infancy; Thomas, born 1718; Ebene- zer, born 1719; Samuel, born 1721; Mary. born 1723-24: Manasseh, born 1726-27; Eliz- abeth, born 1729; Waitstill, born 1731 ; Sarah, born 1735. Samuel (5) Dickerman, fifth child of John and Mary ( Tucker ) Dickerman, was born in Milton, February 6, 1721-22 ; died in Stoughton, about 1778. He served in the French and Indian war, enlisting May 3. 1757, in Captain Stephen Miller's company of Stoughton. He married Rebecca Bent, born about 1731, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Badcocke ) Bent, of Milton. She bore him six children : Samuel, born 1750; Lemuel, born 1751 ; Elijah, born 1753; Elizabeth, born 1755; Enoch, born 1758; Ezra, born in Stoughton, July 10, 1760. Mrs. Rebecca Dick- erman married for her second husband Peter Talbot, and she died May 9 or 17, 1798. Ezra Dickerman, youngest chikl of Samuel and Re- becca (Bent) Dickerman, resided in Canton and died there August 6, 1827. He was a revolutionary soldier, serving forty days from March 1, 1778, in Captain Theophilus Long's company, which marched to Castle Island, Boston Harbor. For many years he oper- ated a fulling mill in Canton, and in 1824 sokl it to his son-in-law, Samuel Chandler. In his religious belief he was a Unitarian. Novem- ber 7, 1782, he married Elizabeth Wales, born March 10, 1756, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Wales. Elizabeth ‹lied January 17, 1821, and on April 9, 1822, Ezra Dickerman married for his second wife, Mrs. Ann Paul, widow of William Paul. She was born about 1777; died April 7, 1851. His children, all of his first union, were: Elizabeth, born January 26, 1784, died July 2, 1829; Sarah, the date of whose birth has already been recorded ; Rebecca, born July 17. 1787, married Samuel Dickerman ; Eunice, born January 17, 1794. died January 7, 1813.
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Sarah Dickerman, second child of Ezra and Elizabeth (Wales) Dickerman, became the wife of Samuel Chandler, as previously stated. and her death occurred January 11, 1851. She was the mother of four children: I. Eunice, born February 15, 1816; died unmarried, Jan- uary 13, 1874. 2. Sarah, date of birth not given ; married John Fanning, by whom she had two children; died April 24, 1873. 3. Betsey, born January 5, 1820; died single, June 7, 1850. 4. Caroline, now the widow of Alfred W. Allyn, and resides in Lawrence : she has had three children: Mary E., born September 3, 1850, became the wife of War- ren F. Taylor, and has five children; Warren C. Allyn, born August 15, 1853, married Ab- bie M. Doland, and has one son ; Alfred W., born August 8, 1858, died in infancy.
Few American families WENTWORTH have been able to trace their ancestry in Eng- land. Some know the English home of the immigrant and can perhaps trace three or four generations. Some of the pedigrees claimed for American immigrants are mere guesswork. Therefore, the history of the Wentworth family in England as well as America, well authenticated at every step, is a monument to the ability, skill and patience of the family historian, Dr. John Wentworth, as well as a source of satisfaction and pride to all members of the Wentworth family.
(I) Reginald Wentworth, or, as given in the original spelling, Rynald de Wynterwade, was living at the time of the Norman Con- quest. A. D. 1066. At that time there were no surnames. He was merely Reginald of the lordship of Wentworth, a place in the wapen- take of Strafford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Wentworth is in the parish Wath- upon-Dearn, nine miles from Sheffield. The family of Reginald was Saxon.
(II) Henry Wentworth, son of Reginald, succeeded his father.
(III) Richard Wentworth, son of Henry, was succeeded by his son.
(IV) Michael Wentworth, son of Richard, was succeeded by his son.
(V) Henry Wentworth, son of Michael, was succeeded by his son.
(VI) Hugh Wentworth, son of Henry, died in 1200.
(VII) William Wentworth, son of Hugh (6), was succeeded by his son and heir, Rob- ert Wentworth.
(VIII) Robert Wentworth, son of William (7). married Emma Woodhouse, thus acquir- ing the estate from which the family was sub- sequently known as the Wentworths of Went- worth-Woodhouse. He was living in the reign of Henry III and Edward I.
(IX) William Wentworth, son of Robert (8), of Wentworth-Woodhouse, married Beatrice, daughter of Gilbert Thakel, of Yorkshire. Children : I. William, mention- ed below. 2. Richard, became prebendary of St. Paul's, and in 1338 was made Bishop of London, and in the same year Lord High Chancellor of England. He died 1339, one of the most distinguished men of his day.
(X) William Wentworth, son of William (9), married first, 1288, Dionysia, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield ; second, Lucy, daugh- ter of Sir Adam Newmarch. He died 1295, in the lifetime of his father, at whose death 111 1 308-09 the family estate went to William (II). Children, all by first wife: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. John, married Alice, daughter of John Bissett.
(XI) William Wentworth, son of William (10), inherited Wentworth-Woodhouse. He married Isabel, daughter of William Polling- ton, Esq., of Pollington, Yorkshire. Children : I. William, who was knighted and continued the direct line of the family of Wentworth- Woodhouse. 2. John, mentioned below.
(XII) John Wentworth, son of William (II), of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, inherited that estate from his uncle John Wentworth ( II ), and which is at no great distance from Wentworth-Woodhouse, being in the parish of South Kirkby, about nine miles from Don- caster. He married Joan, daughter of Rich- ard Tyas, of Burghwallis, Yorkshire.
(XIII) John Wentworth, only son of John Wentworth (12), of North Elmsall, married Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, Yorkshire, and was living in 1413. Sons: 1. John, mention- ed below. 2. Roger, married, June, 1423, Margery le Despenser. 3. Thomas, settled in Doncaster : died 1449-50. 4. Richard.
(XIV) John Wentworth, Esq., son of John Wentworth (13), of North Elmsall, married Joan, (or Elizabeth, according to some author- ities ), daughter of Richard Beaumont, Esq., of Whitley Hall, Yorkshire. Sons: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Roger. 3. William.
(XV) John Wentworth, Esq., son of John Wentworth (14), married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of William Calverley, Esq., of Calverley, Yorkshire. Children: I. Jane, married Wil-
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liam Goldthorpe, Esq., of Goldthorpe, York- shire. 2. Thomas, mentioned below.
(XVI) Thomas Wentworth, son of John Wentworth (15), of North Elmsall, married Jane, daughter of Oliver Mirfield, of Howley. Yorkshire, by his wife Isabel, daughter of Sir John Saville, Knt., of Methley Hall, York- shire. He died in 1522. Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Roger. married Eliza- beth Went, settled at South Kirkby. 3. Oliver, mentioned below. 4. William. 5. Thomas. 6. Daughter, married William Hawksworth, Esq. 7. Isabel, married her kinsman, Sir Thomas Wentworth, Knt., of Bretton.
(XVII) Oliver Wentworth, son of Thomas Wentworth (16), resided at Goxhill, Lincoln- shire, a parish which extends to the Humber, nearly opposite Hull. His will, dated there December 7, 1568, proved January 28 follow- ing, bequeathed to sons William and Francis, and Oliver, son of William. Francis, his son, lived at Waltham, Lincolnshire, and died 1612. (XVIII) William Wentworth, son of Oliver Wentworth (17), also settled finally in Waltham, Lincolnshire. His will was dated May 16, 1574, and proved May 24. He was probably buried at North Elmsall. He died, according to an inquisition post mortem, May 22, 1574. He left only two sons, both in their minority, the son Oliver mentioned in the grandfather's will, dying before his father. The son Thomas was born in 1554. He mar- ried first, Ellen Gilby Ferrars, daughter of John Gilby of Ravendale and widow of John Ferrars. He married second, Anne
(XIX) Christopher Wentworth, son of William Wentworth (18), was born probably in 1556; married, August 19, 1583, at the church of St. Peter, at Gowts, in the city of Lincoln, Catherine, youngest daughter of Wil- liam Marbury Esq., of Girsby, in the parish of Burgh-upon-Main, Lincolnshire, by his wife Agnes, daughter of John Lenton. One of her younger brothers was Rev. Francis Marbury, whose daughter Ann married William Hutch- inson and became afterwards the famous religious leader in New England. Christopher seems to have been constantly changing his residence, the baptisms of his eight children have taken place in five different places. His will was dated December 8, 1628, at Barrow, a village near Goxhill, the seat of his ancestor. but it was not proved until May 15. 1633, and. then at Alford, forty miles distant. Children : I. William ; mentioned below. 2. Anne, bap- tized at Irby, Lincolnshire, October 28, 1585 ; married Rev. John Lawson. 3. Faith, bap-
tized at Great Grimsby, May 14. 1587. 4. Elizabeth, baptized at Irby. August 15, 1589 ; married John Winne. 5. Frances, baptized at Irby. November 8, 1590. 6. Francis, baptized at Conisholm, May 24, 1593. died young. 7. Priscilla, .baptized June 14, 1594; married, September 1, 1619. William Holmes. 8. Chris- topher, baptized at Waltham, February 27, 1596-97, died young.
(XX) William Wentworth, son of Chris- topher Wentworth (19), was baptized at St. Peter at Gowts, in the city of Lincoln, June 8. 1584. He was living in Alvord from 1614 to 1620. He married, November 28, 1614, Susanna Fleming, a widow, daughter of Ed- ward Carter, of Well. She had married first, July 1, 1613. Uther Fleming, son of Robert and Jane Fleming, her first husband dying six months later. Three children of Went- worth were baptized at Alford. Then he removed to Rigsby. Children : I. William, mentioned below. 2. Edward, baptized at Alford, January 18, 1617-18. 3. Christopher, baptized at Alford, June 4, 1620, buried at Rigsby, May 18, 1621. The son Edward, set- tled at Boston, England, and had a large family.
(XX1) Elder William Wentworth, son of William Wentworth (20), was baptized at Alford, England, March 15, 1615-16. He was the American immigrant, and came to Exeter, New Hampshire, with numerous relatives and friends. The first record we have of him is his signature to a compact drawn by Rev. John Wheelwright for the government of Exeter, dated July 4, 1639. Wentworth prob- ably came over in 1637 with a party of Wheel- wright's friends. The settlement at Exeter was made up of exiles and dissenters from the Puritan church in Boston, and when in 1642 the jurisdiction of Massachusetts extend- ed to Exeter, Mr. Wheelwright was obliged to leave the town he had founded, being under sentence of banishment. He went to Wells. province of Maine, to which Massachusetts then had no claim, and with him went Went- worth and other adherents from Exeter. In 1642 Wentworth was a juror of Wells in the county court at York ; in 1648, constable ; and juror again in 1647 and 1649. He removed to Dover, New Hampshire, 1650, in the section set off later as the town of Somersworth, De- cember 19, 1729, incorporated April 22, 1754, as a town; and the lower part, including the Wentworths', was set off from Somersworth and incorporated July 3, 1849, as the town of Rollinsford. Most of the numerous grants of
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land to Wentworth were in that vicinity, north and east of Garrison Hill, on the eastern side of the present road to Great Falls and west of north of Fresh Creek tidewater. The Boston and Maine railroad runs through the property, which was also cut by the turnpike to South Berwick. Part of the estate has come down in the family to Bartholomew Went- worth, now or lately living on the old place. In 1651 Wentworth was a selectman of Dover, also in 1657-60-64-70; moderator of town meeting 1661; commissioner to end small causes, 1663; "lot-layer," 1657-60-61 ; served on important special committees of church and town. The office by which he is best known and remembered is that of ruling elder of the First Church of Dover, organized December, 1638. He was elected before 1655, and served in the pastorates of Daniel Maud, John Rey- ner, John Reyner Jr., and John Pike, a period of more than forty years. He frequently preached in the absence of the pastor of the church. He officiated as minister at Cocheco, 1665-66, and seems to be the first person employed by public authority to preach within the limits of the present city of Dover. He preached more commonly, we are told, at Quamphegan, now South Berwick, Maine. He preached in Exeter in 1690 and 1693. In March. 1693, the town agreed with him to sup- ply the pulpit for one whole year, if he be able, and to pay him forty pounds for his services. In 1693 he gave his farm at Cocheco to his son Benjamin, whose descendants still own some of the land.
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