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(The Smith Line).
(I) Hugh Smith, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and was among the early settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. He was one of the proprietors of that town, and was admitted freeman May 18, 1642. He was overseer of the poor in 1649 and 1654, and selectman in 1651. He was a man of substance and importance in the community. In 1643 his house lot was a half-acre in Bradford street. His widow Mary - -- married ( sec- ond) December 2, 1657, Jeremiah Ellsworth. Hugh Smith's will, dated November 19, 1655, proved March 20 following, bequeathed to wife Mary his estate ; to be divided among his children after her death or marriage. Chil- dren, born at Rowley : I. Samuel, married Mary Elithorp. 2. John, married Faith Parrat. 3. Mary, born March 17, 1642; married Daniel Wicom. 4. Sarah, born October 24, 1643; buried January 5, 1643. 5. Hannah, born March 24, 1647-8; married Joseph Trumbull ; (second) John Strong. 6. Martha, born Feb- ruary 5, 1648; married Caleb Burbank. 7. Edward, mentioned below. 8. John, born and died 1659. 10. Samuel, of whom Dr. Wicom was guardian.
(II) Edward, son of Hugh Smith, was born June I, 1654. He settled in Suffield, Connec- ticut, and married there, March 21, 1685, Sarah, daughter of Edward Allen. Children, born at Suffield : Edward, Mary, Samuel, Hugh, Joseph, died young : David, mentioned below.
(III) David, son of Edward Smith, was born at Suffield, October 18, 1699, and died in 1753. He married, December 14, 1726, Ex- perience Chapin, born July 8, 1703, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Sheldon) Chapin. Her father was born July 4, 1665, died Octo- ber 19, 1720, married, December 24, 1690, Hannah Sheldon, and lived at the upper end of Chicopee street, Springfield. Japhet Chapin, father of Samnel, married, July 22, 1664, Abi- lene Cooley, who died November 17, 1710; he married (second ) May 31, 1711, Dorothy Root,
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or Rood. Deacon Samuel Chapin, father of Japhet, was the immigrant, David Smith was constable of Suffield, 1735-6, and highway sur- veyor, 1736-7. He proposed to exchange land with the town May 9, 1734.
(IV) David (2), son of David (1) Smith, was born about 1730. He and his son David served in the same company and regiment in the revolution, Captain John Boynton's com- pany, Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's regiment, commanded by Major Jonas Wilder. David, Sr., was in service July 27 to August 23, 1777, and David, Jr .. from September 27 to October 19 same year. He settled in West Springfield. He married Joanna Bodurtha. Children : David and Lewis.
(V) Lewis, son of David (2) Smith, was born about 1763. He resided at West Spring- field. He served in the closing years of the revolutionary war, and returning settled at Smith's Ferry, Northampton, where he died, March 15, 1838, leaving a family of eleven children. He was a large landholder, and a man unusually respected. He married, Novem- ber 3, 1785, at Smith's Ferry, Eunice Judd, baptized January 27, 1768, died August 19, 1849, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Hulbert) Judd and his second wife, of Northampton, granddaughter of Thomas Judd. Samuel Judd, father of Thomas, married Maria Strong, of Northampton. He was of the second genera- tion in this country, youngest son of Deacon Thomas Judd, the immigrant.
(VIII) Charles Horton, youngest child of Lewis Smith, was born in Northampton, Octo- ber 29. 1810. He married Sophia Day, daugh- ter of Justin and Martha (Brackett) Day. Children, born in Northampton : Martha Day, born at Smith's Ferry, October 28, 1837 ; mar- ried David Palmer Ludington, of West Spring- field.
This name, variously spelled, FRISSELL appears on the records of New England about the mid- dle of the seventeenth century. The immi- grants of this name were all or nearly all of Scotch extraction. James Frissell was of Rox- bury, Massachusetts, where a daughter Mary was born May 16, 1656. John Frissell, a native of Scotland, died in Braintree, Massachusetts, January 19, 1664; William, also a Scotchman, of Concord, married Hannah Clarke, Novem- ber 28, 1667. Various others of the name are mentioned later in the century.
(I) John and Joseph Frissell were of the original colony of thirty-five persons who re-
ceived from Roxbury, Massachusetts, the grant of the town of Woodstock, Connecticut, as appears by an ancient deed on file in the office of the town clerk. Joseph married Abigail Bartholomew, January 11, 1691. This is one of the earliest marriages recorded after the settlement of the town of Woodstock.
(II) John, son of Joseph Frissell, married Abigail Morris, November 10, 1726.
(III) Lieutenant William, son of John Fris- sell, was baptized in Woodstock, July 9, 1737, and died in Peru, Massachusetts, December 25, 1824, aged eighty-six years. Sergeant Will- iam Frissell's name is on the Lexington alarm list from the town of Woodstock, term of ser- vice fifteen days; he was ensign in Seventh Company, Third Regiment, ( Colonel Israel Put- nam's), commissioned May I, discharged De- cember 16, 1775. He re-entered the service in 1776. Two state battalions under Colonels Mott and Swift, raised in June and July, 1776, rein- forced the Continental troops in the Northern Department, at Fort Ticonderoga and vicinity, served under General Gates, and returned in November of same year. The commission of first lieutenant given "William Fizle" under the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., captain general and commander-in-chief of the Eng- lish Colony of Connecticut in New England, at Hartford, June 20, 1776, with the public seal of the colony attached, is now in possession of Francis W. Rockwell, of Pittsfield, Massachu- setts. William Frissell moved from Woodstock, Connecticut, to Partridgefield (now Peru), Massachusetts, about 1784, and represented that town in the legislature in 1800 and for two years thereafter. He married Judith Mason, of Woodstock, Connecticut, who died in Peru, Massachusetts, August 15, 1831, aged ninety years. Children: Monica, Amasa, William, Thomas, Sarah, Lemuel, Walter and John.
(IV) Captain Thomas, third son of Lieu- tenant William and Judith ( Mason) Frissell, was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, Decem- ber 20, 1773, and died in Peru, Massachusetts, November 21, 1835. He removed with his father's family to Peru, where he was a suc- cessful farmer and a prominent citizen. He was a member of the legislature, 1817-19, selectman, held other town offices, and was captain of militia. He joined the church at the same time with his youngest daughter. He was a Free Mason. He married, April 19, 1805, Hannah Phillips, born in Peru, July, 1784, died there April 3, 1849, daughter of Smith Phillips. Children : Augustus Caesar, Semi- ramis, Cleopatra, Statira and Monica Aspasia.
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(V) Captain Augustus Caesar, eldest child of Captain Thomas and Hannah ( Phillips) Frissell, was born in Peru, Massachusetts, April 9. 1806, and died there November 14, 1851. He grew up on his father's farm, which he afterwards owned. He was a good man- ager, suceceded in business, and was often called to fill town offices. He was a member of the board of selectmen, captain of militia, and in 1849-50 was a member of the legisla- ture. He was a member of the Peru Congre- gational church, and took a deep interest in its affairs. He married, November 30. 1833, Laura ( Mack ) Emmons, born in Hinsdale, July 3. 1810. died September 18, 1898 (see Emmons ). Children : 1. Eliza, born Septem- ber 20, 1835; married, February 13, 1862, Henry A. Messinger ; he died January 21, 1888; she lives in Federalsburg, Maryland ; children : Henry Burdett, born March II, 1863: Jennie Eliza, born April 22, 1864, died July 25, 1865 ; Robert W., born February 28, 1870. 2. Dora (name afterward changed to Emily ), born May 7, 1837: married, March 16. 1862, William Joy ; she died September 30, 1888; chil 1: William Ashman, born Novem- ber 21, 1872, died June 25, 1882. 3. Seraph, mentioned below. 4. Susan, born February 19, 1845 ; married. September 4, 1870, Charles E. White; she died May 2, 1890; children : Madalene, born May 19, 1871, died June 29, 1893: Charles Euclid, born October 24, 1877; Frank Russell, born November 27, 1884. 5. Solon E., born May 25, 1847, died August 30, 1907 ; married, May 25, 1875, Fannie E. Bout- well; children: Fred B., born September 2, 1876; Marion E., September 20, 1878, died November 3. 1878: Florence B., born Septem- ber 15, 1887. 6. Thomas A., born October 18, 1851 : married, June 9, 1878, Susan Hutchin- son Bingham ; children : Clinton B., born Sep- tember 18, 1879. died July IT, 1907 ; Thomas Augustus, born December 30, 1887; Nelson Emmons, born July 31, 1890.
Captain Frissell made no will. At the time of his death, the youngest child, a son, was only four weeks old. Mrs. Frissell, in com- pliance with her husband's wishes, kept the home for the children. After nineteen years it seemed best to dispose of the property. It was therefore transferred to the eldest son, Solon E., who was to care for his mother, the four daughters each receiving a small compen- sation. Thomas, the youngest son, was not of age, but promised to make no trouble. When twenty-one years old he placed his name on the
quit-claim deed. The entire transaction cost only two dollars.
( VI) Dr. Seraph Frissell, third daughter of Captain Augustus Caesar and Laura Mack ( Emmons) Frissell, was born in Peru, Massa- chusetts, August 20, 1840. Her father died when she was eleven years old, leaving her mother with six children to care for, and with limited means for their support. Her girlhood years were divided between domestic work, employment in woolen mills at Rockville, Con- necticut, and school life. During these years she saved money enough to defray her ex- penses for one year at Mount Holyoke Semi- nary. She entered this institution September, 1861, taking a four years course in three years, but in the meantime teaching five years; there- fore did not graduate until 1869. In 1867 she re- ceived appointment as missionary to Ceylon, from the American Board of Foreign Missions, but in deference to her mother's wishes did not enter upon this work. She commenced the study of medicine in 1872, and entered the University of Michigan the fall of the same year, which was the second year after women were admitted. She received her diploma from the department of medicine and surgery of the University, March 24, 1875. Her hospital prac- tice included four months at the Woman's Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; six months at Dr. Ruth Gerry's Private Hospital, Ypsilanti, Michigan, and eleven months at the New Eng- land Hospital for Women and Children, Bos- ton, Massachusetts.
In September, 1876, Dr. Frissell began the general practice of medicine in Pittsfield, Mass- achusetts, where she resided until her removal to Springfield in July, 1884. During her eight years residence in Pittsfield she was elected the first president of the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union of that place, and for seven years was president of the Women's Board of Mis- sions of the South Church. Women were first admitted to medical societies in Massachusetts in 1884, but the Berkshire District Medical Society made Dr. Frissell an honorary member in 1877, and she attended its monthly meetings, receiving notices as a regular member. She was a regular member of the Berkshire, Ben- nington, Rensselaer, and Washington County Medical Society from its organization until she left Berkshire county. She was the first woman in western Massachusetts to be ad- mitted to any county society, becoming a mem- ber of the Hampden County Medical Society in 1885. She is a member of the Massachu-
Seraph Frissell, Mo. D.
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setts Medical Society, having been the fourth woman to be admitted ; a member of the Amer- ican Medical Association ; an honorary member of the Alumnal Association of the Woman's Medical College, Pennsylvania; member of Mercy Warren Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution ; of E. K. Wilcox Relief Corps, Grand Army of the Republic; of the Springfield Mount Holyoke Alumnae Associa- tion ; of the Alumnal Association of Michigan University ; and of the College Club. In 1896 Dr. Frissell took a course in electro-therapeu- tics. For ten years she has been medical ex- aminer for the Berkshire Life Insurance Com- pany, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She is a mem- ber of the First Congregational Church of Springfield. She has been superintendent of the Department of Heredity and Health of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for Hampden county ; and during 1890-91 was resident physician and lecturer on physiology and hygiene at Mount Holyoke College. Her specialty has been diseases of women and chil- dren. She presented before the American Medical Association a valuable paper on the treatment of diphtheria without alcohol, which was published in the American Medical Asso- ciation Journal, November 13, 1897. She is the author of several other interesting papers, notably one: "Colonial Flags and the Evolu- tion of the Stars and Stripes." Other papers are: "Memorial Day in Hampton, Virginia ;" "Hygiene, and why it should be taught in our Public Schools;" "Prevention better than Cure ;" "Tobacco;" "Contents of a Teapot;" "Why I am a Temperance Doctor ;" and "Pioneer Women in Medicine." While devoted to her profession, Dr. Frissell is interested in the progressive movements of the day, and her sympathies are as broad as humanity.
EMMONS There are at least three sepa- rate and distinct Emmons fami- lies in the United States, one of which is descended from a propositus who is first mentioned in the earliest records of the pioneers of Rhode Island. The line which forms the subject of the following article de- scends from this ancestor.
(I) Thomas Emons, shoemaker, was prob- ably born in England, but there is no record of him before October 8, 1639, when a census was taken of such persons as were by general con- sent of the Company admitted to be inhabitants of the Island called Aquidneck, "and have sub- mitted themselves to the government that is, or shall be established according to the Word i-31
of God therein." The entry of this census upon the minutes of the Assembly consisted of sixty-two names written in two parallel columns headed thus : "Samuel Hutchinson,"
"Thomas Emons." On March 12, 1640, a convention of the two towns of Portsmouth and Newport was held at the latter place, at which a new form of government for the whole island was established and officers were elected under it. Thomas Emons and seven others presented themselves and were admitted as "Freeman of this Body, fully to enjoy the privi- leges belonging thereto." "Thomas Emins was admitted to be an inhabitant of Boston June 29th, 1648," and from that time until his death he remained a resident there. The following facts concerning Thomas Emons and his family are taken from the public records of Boston. Thomas Emons and Martha Emons his wife are subscribing witnesses to a deed made by John Marshall, of Boston, to John Marrion, of the same place, February 18, 1649. "Thomas Emons, cordwainer, with his wife Martha, was admitted to First Church, Boston, February 18th, 1651." "He was admitted freeman there May 26, 1652." As shown in a deed of Thomas Yoe to Philip Wharton, dated December 16, 1653, Thomas Emons was a shoemaker, and owned a house and lot on Conduit street, Bos- ton. The name of Thomas Emons appears on four other deeds made before 1657. He was chosen sealer of leather April 4, 1662. He died May 11, 1664. On 20 II mo. 1660, he made his last will, which was probated June 17, 1664. The inventory of his estate amount- ed to £440 5s; debts due deceased, £66 6s 4d; "from ye deceased, £45 IOS 9d." He married Martha -, date of marriage not known. She survived her husband, and dictated her will March 30, 1666, and it was recorded Feb- ruary 18, 1667. The inventory made Decem- ber 18, 1666, shows an "Am't of 417 pounds 17s. ; " also mentions "A share in the Conduit, 14 pounds ; also debts of John Hincksman," etc. Children of Thomas and Martha Emons : Obadiah, Hannah, Samuel, Elizabeth, Benja- min and Joseph.
(II) Obadiah, eldest child of Thomas and Martha Emons, was born about 1635, and died in Boston, 1705. He first appears as a legatee under his father's will. 1660, and later as one of the legatees of his mother's will, 1666. He appears as a mortgager of real estate in 1670 and again in 1675. With others he signed a petition to the general court of Massachusetts, February 22, 1675, relative to the war then waged against the Indians under King Philip.
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His name appears in the list of inhabitants of Boston in 1702. He married (first) about 1657, Abie, died about 1671-5; (second) Mary Children: Thomas, Martha, Eliza- beth, Mary, Rebecca, Samuel and Obadiah (twins).
(III) Samuel, second son of Obadiah Emons, was born November 8, 1671. He is believed to have been the Samuel Emons who resided in Cambridge, and removed thence to Wethers- field, Connecticut, about 1691, and later settled in East Haddem, Connecticut, where he and his wife were admitted to the church October 5, 1705, and where he died, aged ninety-six years. He married, about 1692, a daughter of Deacon Samuel Butler, of Wethersfield, Con- necticut ; children : Samuel, Jonathan, Nathan- iel, Mary, Ebenezer and Mehitable.
(IV) Deacon Samuel (2), eldest child of Samuel (1) Emons, was probably born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, about 1696. No record of his death is found. He went to East Haddam with his parents about 1700. He was admitted to the church July II, 1731. In October, 1733, the parish of Millington was formed of a part of East Haddam, and sub- sequently at a meeting of the citizens of Mill- ington, Samuel Emons was chosen one of three men constituting the society committee. Sam- uel Emons and Daniel Gates were elected first deacons of the Millington church in Octo- ber, 1736; and Deacon Emons as agent for the parish, petitioned the General Assembly in October, 1737, "That a tax of one penny an acre be assessed upon all unimproved lands within the said parish, in order to help settle and support a minister." He married, Septem- ber 14, 1721, Ruth Cone, who was admitted to the church at East Haddam, September 22, 1723. Children: Dorothy, Elizabeth, Eben- ezer, Samuel, Mary, Daniel, an infant, Jona- athan, Hannah, Ruth, Sybel and Nathaniel.
(V) Lieutenant Ebenezer, eldest son of Deacon Samuel (2) and Ruth (Cone) Emons, was born at East Haddam, September 18, 1725, and died in 1809. He was appointed ensign of the Fourth company, Twenty-fifth regiment colonial militia, at Hartford, in 1765; trans- ferred to Twelfth company, or train band, Twelfth regiment, in May, 1766, and promoted to lieutenant October, 1768. He married, April 4, 1754, Susannah Spencer, and they are said to have had ten children. The names of the seven following are known: Noadiah, Daniel S., Nathaniel, Samuel, Susannah, Ebenezer and Mary.
(VI) Major Noadiah Emmons, eldest son of
Ebenezer and Susannah (Spencer) Emmons, was born in East Haddam, March, 1755, and died March 6, 1808. He was a farmer. He enlist- ed at East Haddam, May 10, 1775, as private in Captain Joseph Spencer's First company, Sec- ond regiment, and was discharged December 17, 1775; enrolled as a minute-man in Captain Eliphalet Holms's company, of East Haddam, in May, 1776; appointed captain of the First, or North Millington company, colonial militia, 1780, and major in 1780. He married, May I, 1777, Elizabeth, daughter of Abner and Eliza- beth Brainard. She was born at East Haddam, November 16, 1758, and died February 2, 1823. Children, born at East Haddam : Ichabod, Noadiah, Brainard, Henry, Susannah, Augus- tine, Jonathan L., and David.
(VII) Major Ichabod, eldest child of Noa- diah and Elizabeth (Brainard) Emmons, was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, March 18, 1778, and died at Hinsdale, Massachusetts, April 26, 1839. When a young man he went to Middlefield, Massachusetts, to learn the trade of blacksmith. After marriage he re- turned to East Haddam, where he remained about two years, and again returning to Mass- achusetts, purchased a farm in Hinsdale, Berk- shire county, on the road from Boston to Al- bany. There he worked at his trade and culti- vated the soil. He is said to have been an inde- fatigable worker, often hammering at his forge through the long hours of the night, shoeing horses or fashioning farming implements. In 1819 he erected a fine brick mansion on the farm, in which he lived until his death. This was for many years the finest dwelling in town, and remained in the possession of the family till 1901, when it went into other hands and was remodeled and converted into a popular summer hotel bearing the name of "Shady Villa." The Major was a man possessing a keen sense of humor, and was one of the best known wags of Western Massachusetts. While in the legislature, where he represented his town several terms, he was noted for his witty say- ings, and was a welcome guest at many social functions held in Boston during his legislative career. At one of the legislative sessions he introduced a bill entitled "An Act to Tax Min- isters and Sheep." The title of Major was given him as an officer in one of the militia regiments of Berkshire county. He married, December 9, 1799, Mindwell, daughter of David and Mary (Talcott) Mack, born in Middle- field, September 6, 1779, died June 23, 1862. Children were : Monroe, Noadiah, Eliza, Laura, Mack, Emily and Mary.
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(VIII) Laura Mack, second daughter of Major Ichabod and Mindwell ( Mack) Emmons, was born in Hinsdale, July 3, 1810, and died September 18, 1898, aged eighty-eight years. She married, November 30, 1833, Hon. Au- gustus C. Frissell, of Peru (see Frissell).
The surname Spear is of ancient
SPEAR English origin, though the family seems never to have been very numerous. The name is also spelled Spere in the early records.
(I) George Spear, immigrant ancestor per- haps of all of the surname in this country, came from England to Massachusetts in 1642 and settled in Braintree. He was admitted a free- man May 29, 1644. He lived for a time at Dorchester. In his old age he removed to New Dartmouth, now Pemaquid, Maine, and is said to have been killed by the Indians. He married Mary - -. who died at Braintree, December 7. 1674. Children: 1. George, married, April 2. 1669, Mary, born January 16, 1652-3. daugh- ter of Samuel Deering, of Braintree ; children : Hannah, Mary and Eleazer (given by some writers as of his parents). 2. Sarah, January 3. 1647-8; married, June 19, 1672, George Witty. 3. Richard, had seven children baptized April II. 1698. 4. Samuel, October 15, 1652, died young. 5. Ebenezer, August 3, 1654 ; married, July 16, 1679, Rachel Deering. 6. Hannah, March 30, 1656-7, died 1668. 7. Samuel, Janu- ary 16, 1658-9 ; mentioned below. 8. Nathaniel, May 15, 1665; married, August 8, 1689, Han- nah Holman.
(II) Samuel, son of George Spear, was born January 16, 1658-9, at Braintree, and died there December 24, 1713, aged according to his grave- stone fifty-five years. His epitaph reads: "The memory of thy life is blessed." He married Elizabeth Daniels. Children, born in Braintree : I. Rev. Samuel, July 6, 1696 : graduate of Har- vard College, 1715 ; minister at Provincetown ; his will, July, 1747, mentions brothers and sisters William, John, Benoni, Mehitable, Doro- thy, Hannah, Mary. 2. Daniel, August 25, 1698. 3. Elizabeth, June 19, 1700. 4. Mehit- able, September, 1702. 5. Dorothy, mentioned in brother Samuel's will. 6. Hannah, baptized August 4, 1706. 7. William, born June 8, 1708; married Hannah Penniman. 8. John, April 8, IZI0; mentioned below. 9. Mary, baptized March 23, 1712. 10. Benoni (posthumous), born July 23, 1714; married, November 29, 1760, Elizabeth Newcomb, widow.
(III) John, son of Samuel Spear, was born in Braintree, April 8, 1710, and died there July
5. 1776, in his sixty-sixth year. He resided on the Spear homestead, on Hough's Neck, all his life. He married Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Arnold, of Braintree, February 20, 1736. Children, born at Braintree : I. Prudence, March 8, 1736-7 ; married, 1755, Daniel Baxter. 2. Mary, baptized November 12, 1738, probably died young. 3. Seth, born January 19, 1742; mentioned below. 4. Mary, January 4, 1743; married James Brackett, Jr .. 5. Dorothy, born February 14, baptized February 19, 1744 ; mar- ried, September 22, 1763, Edward Adams. 6. Ichabod, baptized March 9, 1745, died young. (John Spear (3d) also had a wife Mary and children about the same time).
(IV) Lieutenant Seth, son of John Spear, was born in Braintree, January 19, 1742, and died August 26, 1818. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Seth Turner's company, in 1776, for three months and fourteen days, stationed at Braintree ; also sergeant in Captain Edmund Billings's company, of North Precinct of Braintree, Colonel Jonathan Bass's regiment, later in 1776, engaged to drive the British ships from Boston harbor. He resided in the north precinct of Braintree, and signed the petition to set off the precinct and establish what is now Quincy. According to the census of 1790 he had two males over sixteen, three under that age, and eight females in his family. He mar- ried (first ) September 25, 1764, Judith Adams, born 1746. died July 10, 1787 (town record), daughter of Deacon John and Mary (Swift) Adams; ( second ) May 15. 1788, Abigail Marsh, died October 28, 1812, daughter of Wilson Marsh. Epitaph :
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