Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 103

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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cinal qualities of the plant which he called after himself, Lobelia. In 1632 James Cole, his wife and two children came to Saco, Maine, and in the following year located at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a free- man the same year. He was a sailor. In 1634 his name appears on the tax list, and he re- ceived a grant of land. His house stood on the lot next below the present site of the Bap- tist church. He was the first settler on what is still known as Cole's Hill, the first burial ground of the Pilgrims, and which probably included the ground on which rests Plymouth Rock. He had other grants of land and was surveyor of highways in 1641-42-51-52; con- stable in 1641-44. In 1637 he was on a list of volunteers against the Pequot Indians. Soon after his arrival at Plymouth he opened the first inn, which was one of the first in New England. This house was kept by him and his son James until 1698. Children: I. James, born in London, 1625: mentioned below. 2. Hugh, born in London, 1627. 3. John, born November 21, 1637, in Plymouth. 4. Mary, born in Plymouth, 1639; married (first) John Almy; (second) John Pocoke; died without issue .

(II) James (2), son of James (1) Cole, was born in London, England, in 1625-26, and came with his father to Plymouth in 1633. He removed to Scituate, and from there to York, Maine, and probably thence to Kennebunk, where he remained but a short time. He was admitted a freeman of Plymouth in 1654. In 1656 he was surveyor of highways, also in 1678 and 1685 ; deputy to the general court in 1690. In 1668 he purchased from his father the public house, which he kept for many years. Judge Sewell in his diary says the house was built by Governor Winslow, and was the oldest in Plymouth. He died in Plymouth in 1712. He married (first) December 23, 1652, Mary Tilson. He married (second) Abigail Daven- port. Children: 1. Mary, born December 16, 1653. 2. John, March 16, 1660; mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Ephraim. 5. Eliza- beth, married Elkanah Cushman. 6. Martha, married Nathan Howland. 7. Joanna, married Thomas Howland. 8. Hannah, married Elisha Bradford.

(III) John, son of James (2) Cole, was born March 16, 1660, died March 14, 1724. He was on the first list of voters of the town of Plympton which was incorporated June 4, 1707. He bought of Robert Ranson fifteen acres of land on the north of the brook out of Dotys Meadows, which was his homestead.

His will, dated March 13, 1723, bequeaths all his property to his wife Susannah. He married (first) Patience Barber. He married (second ) Susannah Gray, born October 15, 1668, died August 26. 1727, daughter of Edward and Dorothy (Lettuce) Gray, whose second hus- band was Captain Nathaniel Clark. Children : I. Patience, born 1697. 2. John, .1699. 3. Joseph, February 4, 1706. 4. Ebenezer, Octo- ber 17. 17II ; mentioned below. 5. Hezekiah, died May 16, 1724.

(IV) Ebenezer, son of John Cole, was born at Plympton, October 17, 171I. He married Ruth Churchill, daughter of William Churchill, of Plympton. Children : I. Ebenezer, born 1739. 2. Obadiah. 3. Barnabas. 4. Lemuel. 5. Joanna. 6. Seth, born 1756. 7. Amaziah. 8. William. 9. Consider, born 1762. 10. Jesse, born 1764. II. Hannah. 12. Ruth.

(V) Consider, son of Ebenezer Cole, was born in 1762, in Plymouth, or Plympton, Mass- achusetts. He came to Chesterfield, Massachu- setts, with his father's family when he was a boy. His brother Amaziah settled on the home- stead lately owned by Widow Smith and had sons Ebenezer, Joseph and Amaziah, Jr., of Chesterfield. Consider bought a hundred acres of unimproved land and cleared his farm. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed his trade as well as farming. He died at Chester- field and is buried in the Worthington ceme- tery. He married She died Septem- ber, 1819, aged fifty-five years. Of their eleven children. four died young. Children, born at Chesterfield : I. Isaac, went west. 2. Daniel. 3. Seth. 4. William, born 1812; mentioned below. 5. Consider, Jr. 6. Horace, stone mason by trade, worked in New York City at his trade ; became a leather merchant and dealer in hides in partnership with Matthew Carroll; returned to Chesterfield, 1828, and carried on a large farm; established a general store at Worthington in 1845 in partnership with Sim- eon Clapp, later with C. C. Parish and finally with his son as H. Cole & Son, his son succeed- ing to the business in 1875 ; also manufactured boots and shoes; his house and store were burned in 1859, but soon rebuilt ; established a cheese factory in 1875 and sold out later to a stock company ; a Whig and later Republican in politics ; selectman at Chesterfield and Worth- ington ; a Congregationalist in religion ; mar- ried ( first ) May 9, 1821, Sarah King, who died June, 1855: (second) October 14, 1857, Mary Cole, daughter of Elijah Cole, widow of John Kinne, of Chesterfield; his second wife died February 7, 1873, and he married (third)

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June 28, 1874, Almira Hall, daughter of Jere- miah Hall, of Stonington, Connecticut, widow of Calvin Gunn, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, granddaughter of Judge Hall; Horace Cole was an honest, successful, able and wealthy man ; he left a son Samuel. 7. Mary Ann. 8. Lucy. Three others died young.

(VI) William, son of Consider Cole, was born at Chesterfield, June 22, 1812, died at Worthington, April 22, 1888. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He followed farming at Worthington during his active life. He took a keen interest in public affairs and was active in the Methodist church of which he was a member, and donated liberally to the church fund when the edifice was built. He was selectman for a number of vears. He married, April 8, 1834, Cynthia Jackson, born August 12, 1819, at Chesterfield, died in 1900. at Worthington. Children : I.

Juliet, born October 4. 1835: married Harry Arden, a lawyer. of New York City. 2. Wealthy Ann, November 19, 1836, died December 21. 1872; married James P. Brown. 3. Charles Franklin, April 19, 1838; mentioned below.

(VII) Charles Franklin, son of William Cole, was born at Worthington. April 19. 1838, died June 14. 1908, at Huntington, Massachu- setts. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and early in life learned the carpenter's trade. When he came of age he left home and found employment in the United States arsenal at Springfield in the manufac- ture of guns, continuing for many years. He was afterward employed in a toy sled factory. In 1884 he purchased a grain store in Hunting- ton and lived there the remainder of his life. He developed unusual business capacity and built up a large trade. After a few years he erected a large building on the site of the store. using the ground floor for his own business. In partnership with W. G. Kimball and Myron Fiske, under the firm name of Cole, Kimball & Fiske, he was at the head of the firm which successfully built and owned the water works of the town. He was a typical self-made man. From a workman at daily wages he started in a modest way in business and acquired a hand- some competence, won a place of influence and importance in the community and the confi- dence of all his townsmen. He was a member of Huntington Lodge of Free Masons. In politics he was a Republican, and in 1892 was a selectman of the town. He was an attendant of the Congregational church. He married, in 1862, Josephine Elizabeth Goodrich, born Sep-

tember 15, 1845, at Westfield, daughter of Eliphalet Goodrich (see Goodrich, VII.). Chil- dren : I. Helen Josephine, born August 3, 1864, at Westfield; married Alfred Converse ; children : Edith, Charles and Mabel Converse. 2. Flora A., April 29, 1874; married Leonard F. Hardy, lawyer, of Huntington ; children : Margaret Josephine and Richard Earle Hardy.

(V) Amaziah, son of Ebenezer Cole, was born in Plympton, about 1740. He was one of the first of the family to come from Plymouth county. He and his brothers settled in Chester- field, Massachusetts, and he bought the farm lately owned by Widow Smith on Ireland Hill. He married Children : 1. Elijah, men- tioned below. 2. Joseph, settled in Chester- field. 3. Amaziah, Jr., settled in Chesterfield, and had son Ephraim. Perhaps daughters.

(VI) Elijah, son of Amaziah Cole, was born about 1780 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. He lived in his native town and Worthington. He married Deborah Damon. Among his children was Amos, mentioned below.

(VII) Amos, son of Elijah Cole, was born in Worthington. He married Adelaide Moore, daughter of Holland Moore. Children : I. John. resides in West Springfield on George street. 2. Henry. 3. Elisha Brewster, born April 23, 1835: mentioned below. 4. Selina, married Cyrus Parsons, of Worthington. 5. Martha, died young.

(VIII) Elisha Brewster, son of Amos Cole. was born at Worthington, April 23, 1835, died at Huntington, April II. 1908. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town. He went to Illinois when a young man, but a few years later returned to Massachusetts and engaged in the manufacture of baskets at Knightsville, about four miles from Hunting- ton Center. He was also in the business of manufacturing sleds and toys in partnership with his cousin and the firm was very success- ful. His later years were devoted to the insur- ance and collecting business in Huntington where he lived for forty years, and was one of the best collectors in Massachusetts. In politics Mr. Cole was a Republican, but was never active ; in religion he was very liberal. He was a member of no fraternal organiza- tions, being devoted to business and his own home. He married, October 5, 1867. Helen Lonisa Rude, born December 10, 1846, at Hunt- ington, daughter of Elias and Louisa (San- ford) Rude (see Rude, IV.). They had no children. His widow resides in the home at Huntington.

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(The Goodrich Line).

(II) Ephraim, son of William Goodrich (q. v. ), was born June 2, 1663, died February 27, 1739. He resided at Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He married (first ) May 20, 1684, Sarah Treat, who died January 26, 1712, daughter of Major Richard and Sarah (Coleman ) Treat. He married (second) December 25, 1712, Jerusha Welles, born 1678, died January 15, 1754, widow of Captain Thomas Welles, and daugh- ter of Captain James Treat. Children of first wife: I. Richard, born February 27, 1685; married (first) Hannah Bulkley; (second ) Mehitable Boardman. 2. Sarah, August 3, 1689, died May 6, 1785; married, December 15. 1725, Richard Butler. 3. Ephraim, Decem- ber 21, 1693 ; married Hannah Steele. 4. Will- iam, February 21, 1697; married Rachel Sav- age. 5. David, October 3. 1699 ; married Sarah Edwards. 6. Thomas, September 27, 1701. 7. Gideon, February 7, 1705 ; mentioned below. Children of second wife: 8. Oliver, Septem- ber 14, 1714 ; married Temperance Wright. 9. Gurdon, December 29, 1717; married Abigail Belden.

(III) Gideon, son of Ephraim Goodrich, was born February 7. 1705, died in 1769. He resided in Wethersfield and Upper Middletown, Connecticut, and was for many years a sea captain. He is buried at Rocky Hill. He mar- ried, June 29, 1718, Sarah -. Children : I. Sarah, born February 29, 1719. 2. Jerusha, December 16, 1720. 3. Elijah, June 5. 1725; mentioned below. 4. Gideon. December 15, 1727 ; married Anna 5. Lois, April 12, 1729 : married John Robbins. 6. Caleb, Sep- tember 1, 1731 ; married Huldah Butler. 7. Ebenezer, March 18, 1733; married Lydia Denning. 8. Eunice, April 4, 1735. 9. Joshua, May 18. 1738. 10. Wait, June 17, 1740; mar- ried Christian II. Levi, June 10, 1747, married, October 6. 1774, Azuba Goodrich.

(IV) Elijah, son of Gideon Goodrich, was born June 5, 1725, and resided in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He married, September 12, 1748, Mary Wright. Children: I. Ozias, born Sep- tember 13, 1750, died December 12, 1750. 2. Lydia. November 3, 1751 ; married, December 3. 1768. Samuel Warner. 3. Israel, August I, 1754 : mentioned below.

(V) Israel, son of Elijah Goodrich, was born August 1, 1754, and resided in Rocky Hill. He married, January 4, 1785. Mercy White. Children : I. Israel. 2. Warren, men- tioned below. 3. Alfred Lindley. 4. Ozias, died in Cuba, West Indies. 5. Gary, went to Valparaiso. 6. Sarah. 7. Lydia.

(VI) Warren, son of Israel Goodrich, was born at Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and died at Westfield, Massachusetts. He lived at North Chester, Worthington and Westfield, Massa- chusetts. He married Ann Bowers, who died at North Chester, Massachusetts. Children : Mercy, Charles, Jerome, Ann, Ozias, George, Eunice, Elizabeth, Eliphalet, Henry, Alfred.

(VII) Eliphalet, son of Warren Goodrich, was born in Worthington, April 17, 1823, died May 17, 1866, at Westfield. He attended the district school, but was largely self-taught and had a broad and general education, a retentive memory and unusual ability. He began to work in the "Whip City" in his youth. He was the first manufacturer of silver whip mount- ings. He enlisted in the civil war in Company K, Massachusetts Volunteers. After his return from the field of service, he was a contractor in the manufacture of these whip mountings by contract with state prison help, then a usual proceeding. Later he resumed business in West- field. He married Almira Elizabeth Bills, born November 1, 1826, died June 3, 1902, at West- field. Their only child, Josephine Elizabeth, born September 15, 1845; married, in 1862, Charles Franklin Cole ( see Cole family).

(The Rude Line).

From either the Rood or Rudd families of Norwich, Connecticut, and vicinity, the Rudes of western Massachusetts are descended. We find the name Rude on the Norwich records occasionally, and after moving to Murrayfield, Massachusetts, the spelling Rude was followed.

(I) John Rude or Rood, of Norwich. Con- necticut, had a home lot in 1679 on "the other side of the Showtucket River near his uncle Leffingwell's." He married Mary -. He was in Preston, Connecticut, in 1686, as was also Jonathan Rudd, and they were doubtless related. He left six children, the names of two being known: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Zachariah, aged fourteen in 1706, died at Preston, February 10, 1795, aged one hundred and three years.

(II) John (2), son of John (I) Rude, was born in Norwich in 1690. His age was stated as sixteen at the time of his father's death in 1706. He had a bounty for killing birds in 1718. He was doubtless the first or among the first settlers of what is now Huntington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, originally the eastern part of Murrayfield, incorporated first as Norwich, June 20, 1773. The older histories state that the first settlement was made by an "Indian family by the name of

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Rhodes." The later histories find no corrobora- tive evidence of the statement, though they make Rude one of the first settlers. The spell- ing of Rudd, Rood or Rude as Rodes, Roods, Rudds or Rhodes is the best explanation of the divergence of the statement. There may have been Indian blood in the pioneer's veins. The Christian Indians often took English names, and the records do not help us discover why the first settler was called Indian, when obvi- ously meaning an English settler. The loca- tion pointed out as the settlement made by "Rhodes" is about two miles above Pitcher Bridge, the date given was 1760. Tradition says that Rude settled "when there were but three houses in Huntington" but the three houses were probably built at the same time and one belonged to him. Caleb Fobes, Will- iam Miller, David Scott and Isaac Mixer were the other earliest settlers. The farm he cleared is still owned by a descendant. We are told that his son John came with him, and it is likely that the son was more active than the father in clearing the land and building the home in the wilderness. We know of no other children. The wife's name was Mary Earle.

(III) John (3), son of John (2) Rude, was born in Norwich, about 1750, and died at an advanced age in 1848 on the homestead, where he lived from boyhood, in Huntington. He married Deborah Dunbar. Children, born at Huntington : I. Alvin, married Mary Bisby, of Worthington. 2. Zara, born about 1775; married Elizabeth Patch ; children : i. Thomas, married Miranda Damon; ii. John, married Maria Holmes ; iii. Lucy, married Jerome Stev- enson ; iv. Aliva, married Ira Miller ; v. Lydia : vi. Electa : vii. Welthea; viii. Elias, had the homestead at Huntington, married, December 14, 1857, Nancy A. Merritt, born November 3, 1833, daughter of Austin Merritt. 3. Harvey, never married. 4. Elias, mentioned below. 5. Relief, married Ira Damon. 6. Joseph, married Mary Damon. Children of second wife, Ruth ( Burton) Rude, were : 7. Norman. 8. Ursula.

(TV) Elias, son of John (3) Rude, was born in Huntington, August 12, 1808, and died there in 1890. IIe was a farmer all his life. He married Louisa Sanford, born November 2, 1813. at ITuntington, died there August 25, 1000. Children, born at Huntington : 1. Alma M., February 24, 1838; married Austin T. Hancock, of Huntington ; died January 6, 1892. 2. Egbert D. (twin), January 7, 1840 ; lives at Forest Hills, Maryland. 3. Albert (twin), January 7. 1840; enlisted in New York in the civil war and died after the battle of the Wild-

erness from typhoid fever, September 10, 1862. 4. Halsey, April 23, 1844, died June 28, 1909. 5. Helen Louisa, December 10, 1846; married Elisha Brewster Cole, of Huntington ( see Cole, VIII.).

(For preceding generations see Elizabeth Cutter 1). (III) Nathaniel, son of Rich-

CUTTER ard Cutter, was born December II, 1663, baptized January 24, 1664, at Cambridge. He was the executor of his father's will and heir to a part of the lands in Charlestown, where he lived. He married, October 8, 1688, Mary Fillebrown, born May 5, 1662, died March 14, 1714, daughter of Thomas and Anne Fillebrown, of Charlestown. Both joined the Cambridge church October 28, 1705. About 1715 he married (second) Eliza- beth -, who survived him, and was dis- missed to the First Church in Groton, Novem- ber 12, 1749. Children of first wife: 1. Na- thaniel, born April 10, 1691 : married Sarah Winship. 2. Mary, born August 5, 1693. 3. Jacob, born April 8, 1695. 4. Ebenezer, born November II, 1698 ; mentioned below. 5. John, born September 19, 1703; married Hepsibah (Cutter ) Brooks. Children of second wife : 6. Richard, born October II, 1716, died Au- gust 6, 1717. 7. Elizabeth, born January 26, 1718-19 ; married John Williams.

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Nathaniel Cutter, was born in Charlestown, November 11, 1698, and baptized July 2, 1699. He married, July 19, 1722, Sarah Cutter, daughter of William and Rebecca (Rolfe) Cutter. On July 14, 1723, he was a Covenanter at Cambridge, and with his wife joined the Cambridge church, June 25, 1732. They were dismissed to the Medford church in October, 1744. He made generous gifts of fuel to his pastor in Cam- bridge. He lived most of his life in Medford and died there June 29, 1750. His wife was appointed administratrix of his estate and his brother, John Cutter, was appointed guardian of his son Daniel, then in his eighteenth year. Children : 1. Sarah, born July 11, 1723, buried March 19, 1782. 2. Ebenezer, born October 20, 1725. 3. Mary, born March IT, 1728-29; married Timothy Hall. 4. Susanna, baptized April 5. 1730, died young. 5. Daniel, born April 24, 1733 ; mentioned below. 6. Susanna, baptized November 30, 1735: married James Wyman. 7. Rebecca, baptized February 5, 1738-39. 8. Abigail, born in Medford, Febru- ary 12, 1741-42 ; married Isaac Hall.

(V) Daniel, son of Ebenezer Cutter, was born in Charlestown, April 24, 1733, baptized

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April 29, 1733, and was buried in Medford, March 23, 1804. He married, November 28, 1756, Patience Hall, born May 4, 1738, daugh- ter of Deacon Thomas and Patience (Allen) Hall, of Cambridge. He served in the revolu- tion in Captain Benjamin Locke's company, Colonel Thomas Gardner's regiment, enlisting May 4, 1775, aged forty-two, height five feet, ten inches. He also served in the same com- pany in Colonel William Bond's regiment at Prospect Hill in 1775; and in Captain William Adams's company, at the taking of Dorchester Heights, March 4. 1776. He was on guard duty under Captain Caleb Champney, Febru- ary 12, 1779. Children: I. Ebenezer, born at Medford, January 24, 1758; married Mehit- able Morrison. 2. Patience, born September 10, 1760, died July 3, 1764. 3. Sarah, born September 4, 1762. 4. Daniel, born October II, 1764. 5. Abraham, born November 9, 1766, drowned 1793. 7. Thomas Hall, born Septem- ber 5, 1772. 8. Jacob, born May 24, 1774; mentioned below. 9. Isaac, born February II, 1777, died June 28, 1778. 10. Moses, born December 16, 1780. II. Timothy, born Janu- ary 13. 1786.

(VI) Jacob, son of Daniel Cutter, was born May 24, 1774, died in Newburyport, December IO, 1827. He was a mason by trade and went from Medford to Newburyport, where he was a much respected citizen. He married, Decem- ber 17, 1797, Elizabeth Edmands, born August 14, 1778, died May, 1844, daughter of Barna- bas Edmands, of Newburyport. Children: I. Abraham, born August 13, 1799; mentioned below. 2. David Edmands, born June 10, 1801. 3. Jacob, born May 15, 1804. 5. Thomas Hall, born October 5, 1806. 6. Barnabas Edmands, born February 11, 1813.

(VII) Abraham, son of Jacob Cutter, was born August 13, 1799, died August 25, 1886. He was a mason and builder of Saco, Maine, and was representative in the Maine legislature in 1853-54. He married Mary Gibson, of Newburyport, August 14, 1820. She was born December 23, 1798, died March 5, 1882. Chil- dren : I. Abram Edmands, born January 24, 1822: mentioned below. 2. Francis Edwin, born March 22, 1823, died in Saco, April 16, 1845. 3. Mary Hale, born May 7, 1830; mar- ried, January 14, 1850, Joseph G. Deering, of Saco; died there November 6, 1859, without issue.

(VIII) Abram Edmands, son of Abraham Cutter, was born in Newburyport, January 24, 1822. When he was four years old his father removed to Saco, Maine. Abram E. was edu-

cated in the public schools of Saco, with a three years course of study at Thornton Academy of that place. After leaving school he was em- ployed in a drug and stationery store in Saco. He made two voyages to Europe in a sailing vessel, and spent another year at Thornton Academy, and in 1843 went to Boston, Massa- chusetts, and found employment in William Brown's drug store. He remained in this busi- ness until 1852, when he removed to Charles- town and started in business as a bookseller in the firm of McKim & Cutter. At the end of three years he purchased his partner's interest in the business, and continued the business alone until about twelve years before his death. He was equally prominent in mercantile and in public life. In 1857 he was elected to the school board of the city of Charlestown and served in that office for sixteen years, beccm- ing a member of the Boston school board when Charlestown was annexed. His service to the cause of public education was at an important period. He always retained his interest in educational affairs, in local history and anti- quities. To his good taste and enterprise scholars owe the beautiful edition of Anne Bradstreet's Poems. He was active in various local charitable organizations and institutions of Charlestown and Boston. He was a promi- nent member of the Harvard Unitarian Church of Charlestown. He died May 14, 1900. After his death, Mrs. Cutter gave up his valuable and interesting private library, which he left in his will to the Boston Public Library. A very appre- ciative notice of the gift appeared in the Bos- ton Transcript at the time. Mr. Cutter had a handsome residence in Charlestown opposite Bunker Hill monument and lived there until a few years before his death. His last years were spent in Brookline, where his widow now lives, at 56 Garrison Road. He married (first) July 7, 1853, in Charlestown, Mary Eliza Ed- mands, born August 7, 1828, died February II, 1854, daughter of Barnabas and Eliza ( Whitte- more) Edmands. He married (second) Octo- ber 13, 1857, Elizabeth Finley Smith, born January 22, 1837, daughter of Washington and Elizabeth (Hay) Smith, of New York. Her father was a prominent manufacturer of pot- tery, drain pipe, etc., on Eighteenth street be- tween Ninth and Tenth avenues, New York City. He was one of the ten governors of the Charitable Institutions of the City of New York, and one of the electors of Abraham Lin- coln for president. He died January 27, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Cutter had no children.

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Some authorities tell us that the CONVERSE origin of the Converse family was in Navarre, France, from whence Roger de Coigniers emigrated to Eng- land near the end of the reign of William the Conqueror and to whom the Bishop of Dur- ham gave the constableship of Durham. Will- iam G. Hill in the "Family Record of Deacons James W. and Elijah S. Converse" traces the lineage to this Roger de Coigniers. Recent re- search has established the fact that this lineage is not correct as to the immediate ancestors of the American immigrant, Edward Converse, of Malden. Massachusetts. The name is spelled Combers in some of the old registers and rec- ords, but Convers was the correct spelling as early as 1430, and the family was numerous at West- ham and Navestock, county Essex, in the fif- teenth and sixteenth centuries. There is every reason to believe that the family is descended from Le Convers family of France. Roger Convers was of London in 1258. John, son of this Roger, was in the service of the King in 1277: Nicholas le Convers who died 1 304-05 may have been another son, and Roger le Con- vers a third. The latter married Agnes, who married (second) Miles de Mountney prior to 1318. Roger and Agnes had a son Roger. Richard Convers is mentioned as of Navestock in 1389 and on a roll nine years earlier are found the names of Roger Convers and of Matilda Convers, both of that place. This Richard is presumably the progenitor of the Navestock family mentioned below.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 103

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924