Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 16

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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(VIII) Sir Edmund Sutton, Lord Dudley, son of John de Sutton, married (first) Joice Tiploft, sister and co-heir of John Tiploft, Earl of Worcester.

(IX) Thomas Dudley, son of Sir Edmund Sutton, married the daughter and co-heir of Launcelot Threkeld, Esq., of Tornorth.

(X) Captain Roger, believed to be son of Thomas Dudley, was killed in the wars in early life, about 1586. He left two children, Thomas. mentioned below, and a daughter who doubtless died in England.

(XI) Thomas, son of Captain Roger Dud- ley, was born at Northampton, England. He was a clerk to his mother's kinsman, Judge Nichols, and a captain in the low countries. He was a steward to the Earl of Lincoln and for some time resided in Boston, England. He was one of the projectors, and later, De- cember 1, 1629, an undertaker of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony. He was assistant March 18, 1629, deputy governor March 23, 1629-30, at the last court held in England. He came in the ship "Arabella" to Salem, Massachusetts, and then in company with Governor Winthrop to Charlestown. He was governor, deputy governor or assistant every year of his life afterwards. He died July 31, 1653, aged seventy-six. He married (first) in England, Dorothy - --- , who died December 27, 1643, at Roxbury, aged sixty-one years. He married (second) Katherine (Deighton) Hagborn, widow of Samuel Hagborn. She had two sons and two daughters by her first husband, and two sons and a daughter by her second. She married (third) Rev. John Allen, of Dedham, and died August 29, 1671. Governor Dudley made his will April 23, 1652, with additions April 13, May 28 and July 8, 1653. It ex- presses his desire to be buried in the grave of his first wife; bequeathing to all his children by both wives and to grandchildren, Thomas and John Dudley, whom he had brought up.

Children of first wife: I. Rev. Samuel, born 1610, in England, married Mary Winthrop. 2. Ann, about 1612, in England, married Gov- ernor Simon Bradstreet. 3. Patience, Eng- land, died February 8, 1689-90, at Ipswich ; married Major Daniel Denison, at Cambridge. 4. Sarah, baptized July 23, 1620, at Sempring- ham, England, died 1659 at Roxbury ; married Major Benjamin Keane; (second) Thomas Macy, of Boston. 5. Mercy, born September 27, 1621, in England, died July 1, 1691, at Newbury, Massachusetts ; married Rev. John Woodbridge. Children of second wife: 6. Deborah, born February 27, 1645, died No- vember I, 1683 ; married Jonathan Wade, of Medford. 7. Joseph, September 23, 1647, mentioned below. 8. Paul, September 8, 1650, died December 1, 1681, married Mary Lev- erett, daughter of Governor John Leverett.

(XII) Governor Joseph, son of Governor Thomas Dudley, was born at Roxbury, Sep- tember 23, 1647, when his father was seventy- two years old. When he was about five years old his father died, and he removed at the age of six with his mother and step-father to Ded- ham. He attended the school of Master Corlet at Cambridge, and at the age of thirteen en- tered Harvard College graduating in 1665. He was admitted a freeman in 1672 and was deputy to the general court in 1673-74-75, and assistant in 1676 and each year but one until 1685. In 1675 he was one of the commis- sioners who treated with the Indians in King Philip's war, and was present at the battle with the Narragansetts in December, 1675. In 1677 he became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and the same year was chosen commissioner for the United Colonies, and served until 1681, when he was elected as agent to the Court of St. James. In 1677 he was assistant and held court in New Hampshire. Soon after he went to England on political business. In 1685 he was appointed governor or president of the new government instituted by James II, serv- ing until Governor Andros took control in December, 1686. In 1687 he was appointed justice. He suffered with Andros at the overthrow of his administration, and was con- fined in prison several months, being finally removed to his house, and guarded there under heavy bonds. Three hours later a mob seized him at midnight and carried him to the jail where the keeper refused to receive him, and he was carried to the house of a niece, which the crowd forcibly entered. At the request of Governor Bradstreet, he returned to prison

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to allay the fury of the mob. He was sent to England for trial in 1690, returning later in the year, having conciliated the king, and was appointed chief justice of New York, being removed from office on account of being a non-resident. He went to England again and stayed from 1693 till 1702, where he was deputy governor of the Isle of Wight. He was very popular in England. In 1702 he was ap- pointed governor of the provinces of Massa- chusetts and New Hampshire, and came to New England to assume his office. He died April 2, 1720, at Roxbury. He married Re- becca Tyng, who died September 21, 1722, daughter of Judge Edward Tyng. Children : I. Thomas, born February 26, 1670, gradu- ated at Harvard, 1685; died unmarried. 2. Edward, September 4, 1671, died young. 3. Joseph, November 8, 1673, died young. 4. Paul, September 3, 1675, married Lucy Wain- wright : died 1751. 5. Samuel, September 7, 1677, died young. 6. John, February, 1679, died young. 7. Rebecca, May 16, 1681, mar- ried Samuel Sewall Jr. 8. Catharine, January 7, 1683, died young. 9. Ann, August 27, 1684, married (first) John Winthrop; (sec- ond) Jeremiah Miller ; died 1776. 10. Will- iam, October 20, 1686, mentioned below. II. Daniel, February 4, 1689, died young. 12. Catherine, January 5, 1690, married Lieuten- ant Governor William Wainwright. 13. Mary, November 2, 1692, married (first) Francis Wainwright; (second) Captain Joseph At- kins ; died November 19, 1774.

(XIII) Hon. William, son of Governor Joseph Dudley, was born October 20, 1686, died in 1740. He married Elizabeth Daven- port, daughter of Judge Addington Davenport. Children: I. Elizabeth, born May 16, 1724, married (first) Dr. Joseph Richards, March 24, 1749; (second) June 27, 1765, Samuel Scarborough; died November 1, 1805. 2. Rebecca, May 28, 1726, married ( first) Benja- min Gerrish ; ( second) October 14, 1775, John Burbige, died January 30, 1809. 3. Lucy, February 15, 1728, married, February 23, 1749, Dr. Simon Tufts; died November 18, 1768. 4. Catherine, December 27, 1729, mar- ried Peter Johonnot ; died June 28, 1769. 5. Thomas, September 9, 1731, mentioned below. 6. Joseph, 1732, married Lucy 7. Mary, August 10, 1736, married John Cotton ; died February 6, 1796. 8. Ann, married John Lovell; died April, 1775.

(XIV) Thomas (2), son of William Dud- ley, was born September 9, 1731, died at Rox- bury, November 9, 1769. He married, April

26, 1753, Hannah Whiting. She married (sec- ond) in 1770, Colonel Joseph Williams. Chil- dren, born at Roxbury: I. William, Decem- ber 25, 1753, married, February 2, 1774, Sarah Williams; died October 4, 1786. 2. Lieuten- ant Thomas, October 27, 1755, mentioned below. 3. Paul, July 29, 1757, married, April 27, 1779, Martha Foster; died February 22, 1847. 4. Lucy, April 27, 1759, married, Sep- tember II, 1783, Seth T. Whiting. 5. Cath- arine, March 20, 1761, married, December 27, 1779, Nehemiah Davis. 6. Rebecca, June 10, 1763, married, June 1, 1788, Major Nathaniel Parker ; died September 10, 1834. 7. Joseph, April 29, 1765, died unmarried.

(XV) Lieutenant Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Dudley, was born at Roxbury, October 27, 1755, died there. He married, May 14, 1778, Abigail Weld. Children, born at Roxbury: I. Hannah, April II, 1781. 2. Thomas, March 5, 1783, married Mary Bur- rill ; died February 23, 1826. 3. Abigail (twin), March 11, 1785, died young. 4. Samuel C., March II, 1785, died at sea. 5. David, August 23, 1787, mentioned below.

(XVI) David, son of Lieutenant Thomas (3) Dudley, was born at Roxbury, August 23. 1787, died there April 1, 1841. He was president of the Traders' Bank at Boston. He married, in 1814, Hannah Davis, died Feb- ruary 26, 1886, daughter of Moses Davis, of Roxbury. Children, born at Roxbury : I. Rebecca D., April 27, 1815, died October 26, 1815. 2. Sarah W., November 19, 1816, died January 12, 1817. 3. Abigail W., October 28, 1818, died young. 4. Mary A. D., August 9, 1821, married, October 13, 1841, William G. Lewis. 5. Charles D., October 2, 1822. died July 15. 1840. 6. Abigail W., November 27, 1824. 7. Julia M., February 2, 1827, died March 16, 1827. 8. Caroline Weld, July 25, 1830, married, June 5, 1851, Henry A. John- son. (See Johnson VIII). 9. Hannah M., September 5, 1832. 10. George F., January 14, 1835.

James Johnson, immigrant JOHNSON ancestor, born in England, was an early settler in Bos- ton, where land was allotted him November 30, 1635. He was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, May 25. 1636. He was a leather dresser or glover by trade. He was a member of the Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Company in 1638; was chosen third sergeant in 1644, lieutenant in 1658, cap- tain in train band in 1656. He was admitted

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to the church, April 10, 1636, and was chosen deacon in 1655. He was found November 20, 1637, among the followers of Wheelwright and Ann Hutchinson, for which he and others were disarmed. He received the thanks of the general court for his past services when he resigned his commission as captain on ac- count of physical weakness. He was approved to sell coffee and chocolate April 24, 1671, and in 1674 was given an additional privilege of selling cider at his public house. He was entrusted with the settlement of many estates as administrator and was one of the execu- tors of the will of Major Robert Keayne. He was a member of the committee of the militia in 1664. He died about 1674. His house lot, where he first lived, was at the corner of Court and Sudbury streets, Boston. He had a garden lot on the Common, which then went to the line of the present Mason street, between Tre- mont and Washington streets. It was in the rear of the houses facing Washington street, on that part later known as Newbury street. On this lot he built his second house in which he lived during the latter part of his life. He had on the lot also a barn and a slaughter house in which he carried on his business as glover. The lot was situated between West and Winter streets and was famous during the early part of the nineteenth century as the site of the Washington Gardens. Johnson had a third lot, pasture land on the north side of Beacon Hill, situated at or near the junction of West Cedar and Cambridge streets. He had another lot of land near the mill cove, and in the rear of Middle or Hanover street, and later a part of the estate on which stood the Green Dragon tavern. On January 3, 1637-38, he received a grant of eight acres of land at Muddy River (Brookline), agreeable to the consent at a general meeting for allotments December 14, 1735; February 23, 1656, he was leased waste lands of the town on the south side of the creek, paying four pounds ten shillings per annum to the school as rent. He took a mortgage July 23, 1654, on an acre and a half of land on which now stands the Adams House, and also on three acres at the east end of Spectacle Island, in Boston Har- bor. In May, 1659, the general court granted him a tract of land on the north side of the Merrimac river at Naumkeag, and he ex- changed it in 1664 for a warehouse at Oliver's Dock. His first wife Margaret died in Bos- ton, in March, 1643, and soon afterward he married (second) Abigail, daughter of Thomas Oliver. Children, all by second wife :

I. Joseph, born September 27, 1644, died Sep- tember 30, 1644. 2. Abigail, November 25, 1645, died young. 3. Abigail, February 12, 1646. 4. Elizabeth, April 21, 1649, died No- vember II, 1653. 5. Samuel, baptized March 16, 1651, mentioned below. 6. James, twin, born March 7, 1653. 7. John, twin, March 7, 1653. 8. Elizabeth, April 12, 1655, died Jan- uary 23, 1663-64. 9. Mary, March 27, 1657. IO. Hannah, November 23, 1659, died August 3, 1660. II. Hannah, June 12, 1661.

(II) Samuel, son of James Johnson, was baptized March 16, 1651, died November 18, 1697. He learned his father's trade as glover, and settled in Boston, later in Lynn. He mar- ried Phebe Burton, baptized at Hingham, May 12, 1644, daughter of Edward Burton, of Hingham. In his will he mentions children : Samuel, Edward, Jonathan and Elizabeth, and his wife, who was executrix and principal legatee. In a deed lib. 25, Suffolk county, mention is made of Edward Johnson, mariner ; Jonathan Johnson, chairmaker ; Richard Rich- ardson, of Lynn, shipwright, and the only surviving sons and daughters of Samuel and Phebe Johnson, of Boston. Children :

I. Phebe, born August 31, 1670, died young. 2. Sarah, June 10, 1672, died young. 3. Samuel, December 15, 1676. 4. Edward, August I, 1679. 5. Jonathan, August 1, 1683, men- tioned below. 6. Elizabeth, married Richard Richardson.

(III) Jonathan, son of Samuel Johnson, was born in Boston, August 1, 1683. He was mentioned in the will of his aunt, Hannah Handley, who also speaks of her sister, Phebe Johnson. His sister Elizabeth married Rich- ard Richardson, of Boston, shipwright, son of Richard Richardson, of Lynn, and they re- moved to Lynn probably after their marriage. Jonathan Johnson also settled in Lynn, prob- ably from the fact that his sister lived there. About 1718 Richardson went to Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, but returned to Boston in 1723. Jonathan Johnson married, May 30, 1710, at Lynn, Sarah Mansfield, born Novem- ber 6, 1676, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Barsham) Mansfield; (second) Susannah -. who survived him. He died May 8, 1741, in his fifty-eighth year, and his grave is marked with a stone. His will was proved June 14, 1741. Children: 1. Mary, born De- cember 12, 1712. 2. Phebe, December 15, 1714. 3. Sarah, January 26, 1718-19. 4. Ed- ward, August 16. 1721, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, December 3, 1725. 6. Elizabeth, September 14, 1726.

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(IV) Edward, son of Jonathan Johnson, was born in Lynn, August 16, 1721. He mar- ried, October 3, 1744, Bethia, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Potter ) Newhall, of Lynn. He resided in Lynn all his life. His will was proved March 26, 1799. He was a member of the Massachusetts provincial con- gress in 1755 and served on several important committees : was deputy to the general court, 1776-77. Children : I. Elizabeth, born Aug- ust 6, 1745, married Talbot. 2. Sarah, March 1, 1746-47, married Burrill. 3. Martha. July 23, 1749. 4. Edward, August 7, 1751. 5. Joseph, January 8, 1753. 6. William, October 13, 1754, mentioned below. 7. Bethia, November 15, 1756. 8. Jedediah, October 14, 1758. 9. Micajah, February I, 1761, died young. 10. Micajah, January 24, 1764.

(V) William, son of Edward Johnson, was born in Lynn, October 13, 1754. He married, October 4, 1781, Mary Fuller, born in Lynn, December 3, 1758, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Mansfield) Fuller. He settled in Salem, where he died in 1800. He was a sol- dier in the revolution, in Captain Enoch Put- nam's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, during the siege of Boston, and was on the list of those entitled to "bounty coats" October 27, 1775. (Mass. Rev. Rolls.) Chil- dren : Hannah, Lydia, Samuel, mentioned bclow, Nathaniel.

(VI) Samuel (2), son of William Johnson, was born in Salem, March 12, 1792, died August 22, 1869, at Brookfield. He married, June 30, 1825, Charlotte Abigail, daughter of William and Abigail (Crosby) Howe, of Brookfield. (See Howe VII). The following sketch of Mr. Johnson is from the Boston .Advertiser the day following his death :

"He was a resident of Boston for sixty years. Many of our older citizens will rc- member him as a partner of Mr. Thomas Brewer half a century ago, and subsequently of the firm of Johnson & Mayo, Johnson & Curtis, J. C. Howe & Company. He was dis- tinguished by a singular union of shrewd judg- ment and methodical habits in business, with the energy of an impulsive temperament. His career was marked by the success which com- monly attends such qualities, when combined as in his case with that scrupulous integrity which springs from a keen sense of duties as of rights. He was a man of rare tuitions. He saw the expedient, the right and true, and acted upon them while many other men were deliberating. Results seldom disproved his

conclusions. The mercantile history of Bos- ton has furnished few if any more worthy specimens of the honorable, liberal, Christian merchant. Mr. Johnson retired from busi- ness with an ample fortune twenty-five years ago. Since that time he has been largely en- gaged in the works of charity. The extent of his benevolence can never fully be known. The benevolent institutions of Boston-the col- leges and seminaries of New England and the West ; the large circle of religious organiza- tions supported by the Congregational churches of the country, all found in him a constant and liberal friend. But probably the largest ex- penditure in the aggregate was in the personal care of a multitude of persons whose wants he sought out and relieved-not only dependant relatives, but young men beginning in life, widows who had seen better days, reformed inebriates struggling back to manhood, and multitudes of those whom Dickens describes as the 'quiet poor,' received his unostenta- tious and often secret bounty. His last illness was long and depressing, and withdrew him from his accustomed routine of activity for two years. Its chastening influence was very obvious in maturing his character and deep- ening his interest in the work of charity which had been so large a part of his life. He was for fifty years an habitual attendant at the services of the Old South Church, Boston, and a firm believer in the faith there preached." Children: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Charlotte A., twin, March 20, 1826, married, June 6, 1849, Rev. James Howard Means, of Boston. 3. George William, mentioned below. 4. Mary A., December 8, 1829, marricd, June 10, 1858, Professor Austin Phelps, D. D., of Andover Theological Seminary, author of "The Still Hour;" graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and of Yale Thcological Seminary: professor of Sacred Rhetoric' at Andover. 5. Dr. Amos Howe, mentioned below. 6. Rev. Francis H., mentioned bclow. 7. Edward Crosby, mentioncd below.

(VII) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Johnson, was born in Boston, March 20, 1826, (lied August 13, 1899. Hc was a prominent merchant of Boston. The Boston Evening Transcript of Monday, August 14, 1899, said of him: "Samuel Johnson, of the firm of C. F. Hovey & Company, dicd suddenly at his home at Nahant, Sunday morning, agcd seventy-three. While Mr. Johnson was for some time unable to be at business, his death yesterday came as a great surprise even to his most intimate friends. Mr. Johnson had just

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returned from a visit to his sister, Mrs. Austin

Samuel Johnson received his education at the Chauncey Hall School, and at the age of sixteen entered the store of Messrs. Hovey, Williams & Company, dealers in dry goods, in Water street, and having admitted John Chandler and Richard C. Greenleaf as part- ners, established there the retail business which still continues. The firm name changed in 1848 to C. F. Hovey & Company. In 1850 Mr. Johnson was admitted as a partner with Henry Woods and William Endicott Jr. This connection has been unbroken for half a cen- tury. Always giving strictest attention to business, he gave twenty years of his time and attention to engagements of fiduciary and semi-public character. He was one of the trus- tees of several of the largest estates in the city, and administered these important func- tions with conscientious fidelity. He justly con- sidered the most successful feat of his life to be his financing of the great Payson estate, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, and which seemed doomed to entire dissipation. Mr. Johnson, as receiver and trustee, success- fully managed its affairs, bringing order out of chaos, paid to the creditors every dollar due, and saved to the widow a handsome re- mainder. He also had charge of numerous smaller trusts, and by excellent judgment and absolute integrity lifted burdens from many who were unable to care for themselves. Among the public duties confided to him may be named the many years of the chairmanship of the standing committee of the Old South Church, and subsequently its treasurership for twelve years. In the former capacity he con- ducted the transference of the old property to the new location, under decision of the supreme court, which provides that all monies accruing from the sale of the Old South Church be transferred for the erection of the new Old South Church. So devoted was his service to his church and society that its mem- bers with one accord will surely say that to no one among their number is the society more indebted than to Mr. Johnson for its present prominent and creditable position among the churches of Boston. He was long a trustee of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company. the Provident Institution of Sav- ings, the Boston Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, Mount Auburn Cemetery, and Whea- ton Seminary. He was a director of the

Webster National Bank, member of the cor- Phelps, at Bar Harbor. He met his end peace- . poration of the Massachusetts Institute of fully and without pain, due to weakness of the heart." Technology, president of the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society, and of the Boston Dispensary, and vice-president of the Home for Aged Women. To all his various duties he was faithful, devoting the energies of a warm heart and a well balanced mind to affairs always important, and often compli- cated, with the same attention he would give to his private interests.

He married, March 29, 1859, Mary A. Stod- dard, who died in 1891, daughter of Deacon Charles Stoddard. Mr. Johnson's funeral was held in Old South Church, the house of wor- ship he loved so well, and a great congregation assisted in paying a last tribute to one they loved. President William J. Tucker, of Dart- mouth College, conducted the services, in the absence of the pastor of the church. He was buried in Mount Auburn cemetery, in the fam- ily lot. All the large dry goods houses of Bos- ton were closed during the funeral out of re- spect to his memory, and the services were attended by representatives from all the many societies with which he was connected, as well as by hundreds of friends and neighbors. Children : I. Wolcott Howe, mentioned below. 2. Arthur Stoddard, mentioned below.

(VIII) Wolcott Howe, son of Samuel (3) Johnson, was born April 9, 1860. He attended Noble's school, Boston, where he fitted for college, and graduated from Williams Col- lege in the class of 1883 with the degree of A. B. After several months spent in travel, he started in business, October 29, 1883, working up from office boy to partner in the firm of C. F. Hovey & Company, having been admit- ted a member of the firm on August 1, 1899. He is a director and one of the managers of the Boston Dispensary. He is a member of the Old South Congregational Church, and a member of the standing committee of the Old South Society, and a Republican in politics. He holds membership in the University Club of New York; University Club of Boston ; Country Club of Brookline; New Boston Riding Club ; Kappa Alpha fraternity, the old- est Greek letter society in America. He mar- ried Fanny J. Betts, born January 29, 1867, daughter of George Frederic and Ellen ( Por- ter ) Betts (see Betts VII). Children : Samuel, born December 7, 1896; George F., July 9, 1898; Rosamond, May 16, 1900; Beatrice, July 5, 1903.

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1863. He attended the Noble school on Win- ter street, Boston, and fitted for college there. He entered Harvard in 1881, and graduated in the class of 1885 with the degree of A. B. He traveled extensively during the next two years. He has been occupied in the manage- ment of his father's estate and other trusts. In 1887 he was elected director of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, was after- ward treasurer for two years, and since 1897 has been president. He has served on the board of management of the Home for Little Wanderers since 1887; as member of the board of management of the Home for Aged Women; vice-president of the City Mission- ary Society. He is a member of the University Club and the Boston Art Club, and trustee of the General Theological Library. He is an officer of the Old South Congregational Church of Boston. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He married, April 26, 1895, Jennie Maria Blake, born April 29, 1869, graduate of Radcliffe College, A. B., class of 1891, daugh- ter of George F. and Martha Jane Blake. (See Blake VII). Her father was a native of Farmington, Maine; her mother of Med- ford, Massachusetts. Children : I. Mary Stoddard, born March 3, 1896. 2. Arthur Stoddard Jr., May II, 1899. 3. Alice Blake, February 23, 1901, died February 27, 1901. 4. George Blake, June 18, 1902.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 16

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