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Kent, in 1600; in Gateshead, county Durham, in 1578; in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire, Essex and other counties, at later dates. There are numerous coats-of-arms borne by branches of this family in England. There were three early immigrants of this name to New England. James Rand settled in Plymouth, coming in 1623 on the ship "Ann," but prob- ably returned before 1627. Francis Rand came to Rye, New Hampshire, and has many descend- ants. Robert Rand is mentioned below.
(I) Robert Rand, immigrant ancestor, came from England, probably in 1635, and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where his wife Alice was admitted to the church in that year and where, the following year, their son Nathaniel was born. In the town Book of Possessions, dated 1638, mention is made of the property owned by Robert Rand, includ- ing one house on the west side of Windmill Hill, sixty-six acres and "three commons." He died in 1639 or 1640, perhaps at Lynn, where he lived for a time. He received a bequest in the will of Robert Keayne, a former employer. In 1658 his widow Alice Rand and her son Thomas, jointly, had a grant of thirty-four acres of wood land and nine commons. She was a sister of Mary, wife of Captain Richard Sprague, and said to be a daughter of Nicholas Sharpe. Both Captain Richard and his wife left in their wills legacies to members of the Rand family. She died August 5, 1691, at the age of ninety-eight years, according to the town record, although given as ninety-seven on the gravestone. The will of Alice Rand was made August 22, 1663, but not proved until August 17, 1691. She bequeathed to her sons Nathaniel and Thomas, grandchildren John, Edmund, Samuel, Thomas, and the four daugh- ters of her son Thomas. Children, probably of a first wife: I. Robert, settled in Lynn as early as 1649 and died there November 8, 1694; wife Elizabeth died August 19, 1693, leaving seven children. 2. Margery, born about 1624, died April 12, 1714, aged ninety ; married Lawrence Dowse and had nine children. Chil- dren of Robert and Alice (probably). 3. Thomas, born about 1627, mentioned below. 4. Susanna, born about 1630, married, Febru- ary 8, 1652, Abraham Newell, of Roxbury. 5. Alice, born 1633, died August II, 1721 ; mar- ried, June 26, 1660, Thomas Lord. 6. Nathaniel, baptized November 3, 1636, sergeant ; select- man ; married Mary - - and (second) Abi- gail Carter. 7. Elizabeth, born 1639, died May I, 1702 ; married, December 6, 1661, Nathaniel Brewer in Roxbury.
(II) Thomas, son of Robert Rand, was born in England about 1627, died at Charles- town, August 4, 1683. He was a sergeant and a cordwainer by trade. He was admitted a freeman in 1660. He married, March 25, 1656, Sarah Edenden, died June 26, 1699, aged sixty- three, daughter of Edmund and Eliza ( Whit- man) Edenden. Children, born in Charles- town: I. Thomas, February 1, 1657, married, June 17, 167-, Sarah Longley; drowned in the Mystic river in a canoe accident, October 3, 1695. 2. John, October 6, 1659, died De- cember 19, 1659. 3. Sarah, baptized January 6, 1661, died young. 4. Elizabeth, baptized February 2, 1662, married John Henry. 5. John, born May 25, 1664, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, August 15, 1666, married Thomas White. 7. Robert, April 18, 1668, died of small pox, 1678. 8. Edmund, January 27, 1670, died 1683. 9. Hannah, February 21, 1672, married Nathaniel Frothingham. 10. William, September II, 1674. II. Deborah, September 28, 1676, died February 16, 1701. 12. Samuel, May 3, 1679.
(III) John, son of Thomas Rand, was born in Charlestown, May 25, 1664, died September 24, 1737. He was a malster by trade. He married (first) December 2, 1685, Mehitable Call, died March 25, 1727, in her fifty-ninth year, daughter of John and Hannah (Kettell) Call. He married (second) October 14, 1730, Mary Randall, who died September 22, 1757, aged eighty-five, widow of Job Randall. Chil- dren, born in Charlestown : I. Mehitable, March 27, 1687, married Randolph Davis. 2. Sarah, born and died January 5, 1689. 3. John, March 7, 1690, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, February 6, 1692. 5. Jonathan, April 27, 1694. 6. Sarah, July 19, 1696, married, December 22, 1720, John Lamson. 7. Re- becca, November 4, 1698, died January 14, 1699. 8. Benjamin, March 17, 1700. 9. Thomas, March 22, 1702, died October 23, 1722. 10. Caleb, December 6, 1703. II. Isaac (twin), September 4, 1706, died October 27, 1706. 12. Rebecca (twin), September 4, 1706, died October 27, 1706. 13. Rebecca, July 31, 1708, died November 2, 1708. 14. Edmund, July 2, 1710. 15. Richard, November 19, 1714.
(IV) John (2), son of John (I) Rand, was born in Charlestown, March 7, 1690, died of small pox, January 28, 1722. He and his sons John and James have one gravestone. He married (first) June 14, 1711, Ann Newell, born August 21, 1693, daughter of John and Hannah (Hurry) Newell. She married ( sec- ond) December 19, 1723, James Hay. He
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was a cordwainer by trade. He was admitted to the church December II, 1715. Children : I. John, born June 15, died September 8, 1712. 2. Ann, November 26, died December 9, 1713. 3. Ann, February 26, 1715, died young. 4. John, December 10, 1716, died of small pox, January 22, 1722. 5. Hannah (twin) Janu- ary 6, 1718, died January 14, 1718. 6. Mehit- able (twin), January 6, 1718, died January II, 1718. 7. Isaac, baptized January II, 1719, mentioned below. 8. James, baptized Febru- ary 19, 1721, died of small pox, January 27, 1722. 9. Ann, baptized February 19, 1721, married John Rayner.
(V) Dr. Isaac, son of John (2) Rand, was baptized January II, 1719, and was a noted physician of Charlestown and Cambridge. He was a surgeon in the revolutionary army. His will was proved May 5, 1790. He married (first) April 17, 1740, Margaret Damon, died January 16. 1753, aged thirty-eight, daughter of John and Margaret Damon. He married (second) January 10, 1754, Elizabeth Apple- ton, born December 16, 1726, died November 17, 1756, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Apple- ton. He married (third) May 9, 1758, Jane Flucker, born January 25, 1725, died March 23, 1805, daughter of Captain James and Eliz- abeth (Luist) Flucker. Children of first wife : I. Margaret, born, May 7, 1741 married Nathaniel Austin. 2. Isaac, April 18, 1743. 3. John, February 6, 1745. 4. Edward, June 1747, died August 21, 1747. 5. Edward, De- cember 11, 1748, died April II, 1749. 6. Ed- ward. September 4, 1750, mentioned below. 7. Ann, January 8, died January 13, 1753. Child of second wife: 8. Elizabeth, baptized October 12, 1755, died May 18, 1772. Chil- dren of third wife: 9. Ann, born October 30, 1762, died January 15, 1763. 10. James, April 28, 1766, died July 30, 1768.
(VI) Edward, son of Dr. Isaac Rand, was born September 4, 1750, died December 3, 1829. He resided in Newburyport. He mar- ried (first) September 20, 1781, Ruth Sprague, who died September 5, 1789. He married ( sec- ond) October, 1792, Martha (Sprague) Par- sons, widow, who died February 27, 1829. Both wives were daughters of Dr. John Sprague. Children : I. Edward Sprague, born June 23, 1782, mentioned below. 2. Isaac, September 7, 1784, died July 14, 1818; seaman ; father's sole heir. 3. John, 1786. 4. Margaret D., February 3, 1798, married John Andrews. 5. Jane, December 17, 1802, married David Wood.
(VII) Edward Sprague, son of Edward
Rand, was born in Newburyport, June 23, 1782, died October 22, 1863. He was for many years a successful merchant at New- buryport. He was prominent in public life and was several years in the legislature. He mar- ried Hannah Pettingill, who died April 8, 1854. Children: 1. Edward Sprague, born March 5, 1809, mentioned below. 2. Emily Ruth Sprague, February II, 1811, married Dr. S. Augustus Arnold, of Providence, Rhode Island. 3. Hannah Pettingill, November 28, 1813.
(VIII) Edward Sprague (2), son of Ed- ward Sprague (I) Rand, was born in New- buryport, March 5, 1809, died January 18, 1884. He and his wife, his son, Rev. Charles A. Rand, his son's wife and little daughter, perished in the wreck of the steamer "City of Columbus," off Gay Head, in Vineyard sound. He graduated from Harvard College in 1828, and Harvard Law School in 1831, and was a prominent lawyer, filling high and honorable position at the Suffolk bar, to which he was admitted in October, 1831. He married, Sep- tember 17, 1833, Elizabeth, daughter of Sal- mon Arnold, of Providence, Rhode Island. Children : I. Edward Sprague, born October 20. 1834. 2. Arnold Augustus, March 25, 1837. mentioned below. 3. Francis Arnold, April 30, 1839. died July 15, 1840. 4. Eliza- beth Arnold, July 29, 1841, died May 22, 1852. 5. Charles Arthur, November 4, 1843, first lieutenant Twentieth Massachusetts Infantry, . and breveted captain. 6. Frederick Henry, July 19, 1846, five children; captain Fourth Massachusetts, later Twenty-sixth New York Cavalry.
(IX) Colonel Arnold Augustus, son of Ed- ward Sprague (2) Rand, was born March 25, 1837, in Boston. His education was obtained in the public and private schools of Boston and Dedham, and was supplemented by a course of study abroad. He fitted for college, intending to enter Harvard with the class of 1858, but instead entered upon a business career in the counting room of the firm of William B. Reynolds & Company, commission merchants, Boston, and was promoted from time to time until he became the assistant bookkeeper. He then spent nearly two years in study in Europe, and on his return became clerk and later was promoted to cashier of the banking house of Blake, Howe & Company, remaining with that firm and its successors, Blake Brothers & Company, until the civil war. Before the first call for troops he was. private in the Fourth Battalion, Massachusetts. Volunteer Militia. His first commission was
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dated October 30, 1861, as second lieutenant, in the First Massachusetts Cavalry. On Febru- ary 4, 1862, he was promoted to the captaincy. In June, 1863, he was commissioned assistant ad- jutant general, with the rank of captain, and assigned to duty in the Department of the South. In the fall of 1863 he was recalled by Governor Andrew and assigned to the com- mand of the Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Early in January, 1864, he was made colonel, and took his regiment to join the Army of the James, and continued in active service in the field until he resigned, February 3, 1865. Re- turning to Boston, after four years military service, he entered his father's office and began the study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1874. and immediately began to practice. He has made a specialty of real estate and probate business, and is an authority on these branches of law. In 1893 he was made a director of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company and was elected a vice-president and counsel in 1898, which offices he still holds. Colonel Rand is an active and prominent member of the Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion, serving as recorder of the Massachusetts Commandery from 1881 to 1906, when he declined re-election. He is a member of Charles W. Carroll Post, No. 144, Grand Army of the Republic, and has served on the department staff. He is also a member of the Algonquin Club. He is a Re- publican in politics, but has never been active in public life. Colonel Rand married, in 1877, Annie Eliza Brownell, daughter of Abner W. and Eliza (LeBarron) Brownell, of New Bed- ford. They have no children. Their home is in Boston.
Woodbury is the name of WOODBURY an ancient and widespread English family. The name occurs all over England, but the family is most numerous in the county of Devon. The name was undoubtedly a place name. An estate of Wodebergh has been traced in Somerset from 1304. In 1216 Will'us de Wode-bere held a knight's fee at Plymtree. The name occurs in the Domesday Book (A. D. 1086), spelled Wodeberie, and various spellings have since been used.
(I) John Woodbury, immigrant ancestor, came from Somersetshire, England, about 1624-25, in the interests of the Dorchester Company, which established itself at Cape Ann, now Gloucester, Massachusetts, at or shortly before that period. Perhaps no better or
clearer account can be given of his earlier con- nection with this company as its agent than to give in full the deposition of his son Humphrey, who accompanied him thither on his second voyage. The deposition was given to disprove Mason's claim to extensive tracts of land in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, under date of February 16, 1680-81.
"Humphrey Woodbury, Beverly, aged sev- enty-two, testifies, that when I lived in Somer- setshire, in England, I remember that my father John Woodberye ( since deceased) did about 56 years agoe remoove for New England & I then traveled with as farr as Dorchester (Eng.) & I understood that my said father came to New England by order of a company caled Dorchester company ( among whome mr. White of Dorchester in England was an active instrument ) & that my father and the company with him brought cattle & other things to Cape Ann for plantation work & there built an house & kept theire cattle & sett up fishing & afterwards some of them removed to a neck of land afterwards called Salem. And after about three years absence my father returned to Eng- land & made us acquainted with what settlement they had made in new England & that he was sent back by some that Intended to settle a plantation about 3 leagues west of Cape Ann, to further this designe after about half a years stay in England, my father returned to new England & brought me with him ; wee arrived at the place now caled Salem in or about the month of June, 1628: where wee found several persons that said they were servants to the Dorchester company & had built another house for them at Salem besides that at Cape Ann. The latter end of that sumer, 1628: John Ende- cott Esq: came over governor, declaring his power from a company of pattentees in or about London; & that they had bought the houses boates & servants which belonged to the Dorchester company and that he sd Endi- cott had power to receive them which accord- ingly he did take possession of ; when we set- tled the Indians never then molested us in our improvements or sitting downe either on Salem or Beverly side of the ferry, but showed them- selves very glad of our company & came & planted by us & oftentimes came to us for shelter saying they were afraid of their enemy Indians up in the country ; & wee did shelter them when they fled to us & wee had theire free leave to build & plant where wee have taken up lands; the same year, or the next after, wee came to Salem wee cut hay for the cattel wee brought over on that side of the
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ferry now caled Beverly: & have kept our possession there ever since by cutting hay or thatch or timber & boards & by laying out lots for tillage : & sometime after building & dwell- ing heere, where, with others have lived about 40 years : In all this time of my being in new England I never heard that Mr. Mason took possession here, disbursted estate upon, or layd claim to this place of ours, save the discourse of a claim within this yeare or two."
John had a brother, William Woodbury, who came over before 1630, when the two brothers settled in what is now Beverly, near Woodbury's Point, on Mackerel Cove. John was admitted a freeman in 1630; was deputy to the general court from 1635 to 1638. In 1635 he was appointed one of the committee to lay out lands. In the year in which Har- vard College was established, 1636, Captain Endicott, in behalf of Colonel John Humphries, presented a motion to the general court to set off some lands beyond Forest river for the erection of a college there. Woodbury was appointed on the committee of six to view the lands. In 1637 he was elected selectman and continued in that office until his death, being present at every meeting. He and his wife Agnes were among the original members of the First Church at Salem in 1629. His will was proved February 8, 1642-43, but is not preserved. He was probably about sixty years old at the time of his death. Children: I. Humphrey, born 1609-10, mentioned below. 2. John, resided in Beverly, colled senior. 3. Hannah, baptized December 23, 1636, married, April 26, 1858, Cornelius Baker. 4. Abigail, baptized November 12, 1637, married John Hill. 5. Peter, baptized September 19, 1640 (born June 19, 1640, according to Savage).
(II) Humphrey, son of John Woodbury, was born in England in 1609-10. He and six others were granted a half acre cach at Winter Harbor for fishing trade and to build upon. In 1636 he received a grant of forty acres of land, and January 29, 1636-37, forty acres more. He was called "fisherman" in the deeds of various parcels of land that he bought. He married Elizabeth - -, who made her will May 1, 1689. It was proved November 26, 1689, mentioning her two grandchildren, Peter, son of John Woodbury, and Peter, son of William, to both of whom she gave ten shillings because they were named for her son Peter, who was killed by the Indians in King Philip's war under Captain Lathrop; two daughters, Susanna Tenney and Christian Trask, to whom she gave twenty shillings each, and daugliter
Elizabeth Walker ; Peter Woodbury and Cor- nelius Baker, her friends, were named as over- seers of her will. Children: 1. John, bap- tized October 24, 1641. 2. Isaac, baptized February 4, 1643-44, died March II, 1725. 3. Humphrey, baptized March 8, 1646-47, died April 9, 1727. 4. Thomas, born about 1639, mentioned below. 5. Susanna, born February 4, 1648-49, married, December 2, 1668, John Tenney. 6. William, baptized May 4, 1651. 7. Peter, born March 28, 1653, killed 1675. 8. Richard, born February, 1654-55, died 1690 on return from Canada expedition. 9. Eliza- beth, born April 28, 1657, married Walker, of Boston. 10. Christian, born April 20, 1661, suicide ; married, April 9, 1679, John Trask.
(III) Thomas, son of Humphrey Wood- bury, was born about 1639. His will was dated December II, 1716, and proved April 20, 1719, mentioning widow Elizabeth; sons William, Jonathan and Samuel ; daughters Hannah, wife of John Ober, and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Merrick, and children of his son Samuel, de- ceased, viz: Samuel, Keziah, Mary. Thomas deeded to his son William a house in which Will- iam had been living. He gave other heirs divers parcels of land during his lifetime. He mar- ried (first) Hannah (Dodge) Porter, baptized in the First Church of Salem, July 24, 1642, died January 2, 1688, daughter of William and Elizabeth Dodge, and widow of Samuel Porter. He married ( second) April 29, 1690, Elizabeth Curtis, widow of Samuel Curtis. Chil- dren of first wife: I. William, born Septem- ber 17, 1662, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, 1665-66, died April 18, 1689. 3. Thomas, bap- tized July 3, 1667. 4. Israel, born May 23, 1670. 5. Hannah, February 25, 1672, married, July 5. 1694, John Ober. 6. Elizabeth, Febru- ary 6, 1676, married Joseph Herrick. 7. Daughter, January 20, 1679, died young. 8. Susanna, baptized March 7, 1680, died before 1716. 9. Jonathan, born September 12, 1682, married Eleanor Ellinwood. 10. Samuel, Feb- ruary 2, 1690-91.
(IV) William, son of Thomas Woodbury, was born September 17, 1662. His will was dated November 6, 1725, and proved Novem- ber 29, 1725. He married, September 29, 1680, Joanna Wheeler, of Concord, who died April 7. 1748, aged seventy-six. Children: I. Sarah, born December 14, 1690, married, 1711- 12, Ralph Ellinwood. 2. Hannah, January 14, 1692-93, married, 1718, Peter Groves. 3. Israel, December 26, 1694, married Mary Woodbury. 4. William, July 11, 1697, men-
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tioned below. 5. Thomas, September 5, 1700, married, September 28, 1724, Priscilla Wood- bury. 6. Hugh, March 18, 1703. 7. Lois, May 1, 1705, married, 1726, Ezra Corning. 8. Elisha, February 21, 1706-07, died March 25. 1751 ; married, 1728, Joanna Ober. 9. Mihill, January 18, 1712-13, married Mary Balch.
(V) William (2), son of William ( I) Wood- bury, was born July 11, 1697, died October 18, or November 16, 1788. He was a miller. He married, September 2, 1720, Martha Wood- bury, baptized August 23, 1702, died April 27, 1775, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Wood- bury. Children: 1. William, born March 26, 1721, died April 10, 1789. 2. Joanna, March I, 1724. married, January 20, 1743-44, Benja- min Harvey. 3. Israel, January 4, 1726, men- tioned below. 4. Ruth, February 14, 1728, died September 23, 1773 : married, December 12, 1751, Larkin Thorndike. 5. Zacharias, June 29, 1730. 6. Jude, baptized May 6, 1732. 7. Lois, born June 23, 1735, died September 19, 1774. 8. Ebenezer, October 9, 1737. 9. Joseph, July 3, 1739. 10. Hannah, May 16, 1742. II. Elisha, August 12, 1744, married, 1768, Han- nah Raymond.
(VI) Israel, son of William (2) Woodbury, was born January 4, 1726. He removed to Salem, Massachusetts, before his marriage and to Salem, New Hampshire, afterward. He was a prominent citizen of Salem, New Hamp- shire, often holding positions of trust and honor. He was a juror in 1774; selectman several years. He married (second) Hannah Children, all recorded as born at Salem, New Hampshire: I. Mary, born No- vember 2, 1751. 2. Judith, January 25, 1755. 3. Hannah, May 6, 1757. 4. Israel, December IO, 1759, mentioned below. 5. Betty, Novem- ber 15. 1763. 6. Benjamin, May 29, 1766. 7. Martha, January 16, 1770. 8. Esther, March 19, 1779.
(VII) Captain Israel (2), son of Israel (I) Woodbury, was born in Salem, New Hamp- shire, December 10, 1759, died there October 16, 1858. He was a soldier in the revolution, enlisting in 1777 in the Continental army, Cap- tain Robinson's company, Colonel Nathan Hale's regiment, receiving a bounty of twenty pounds on May 6. In the official records he is reported as missing after the battle of Ticon- deroga and was thus described: freckled, of dark complexion, dark hair. During 1777-78- 79 he was in the Second Company, Second Regiment under Colonel George Reid. He was captured while in the service and the
story is told thus by his grandson, Levi Wood- bury: "He was stationed in northern New York. There measles broke out in camp and became epidemic. When he was nearly well, the camp was surprised by a marauding band of Indians and those who tried to escape were slain, but grandfather being too weak to run was taken prisoner and carried to the St. Law- rence River and across to Canada where he was turned over to a wealthy Frenchman who held him vassal for a long time, even after the war was over. But by the aid of a half-breed he managed to escape and recross the St. Law- rence in a canoe and when on our soil he struck out through the wilderness for Salem. His parents had given him up for lost, suppos- ing he was dead, as the war was over and they had heard nothing from him. He walked all the way to Salem and on a Sunday arrived barefooted, hatless and with but very scant clothing at his father's door with his trusty gun upon his shoulder. It was no wonder that his playmate whom he left at home when he went to war, a lad by the name of Amos Wheeler whom his parents raised, seeing him at the door, fled in fright crying 'Israel's ghost.' But grandfather reassured him by saying 'Amos ghosts do not carry guns.' So Amos came out from his hiding place and then such handshaking and embracing by those two fast friends was never seen before. It seems that great grandfather and mother had gone to church and left Amos at home to guard the house. After Amos explained the absence of his parents and had heard some of his adven- tures related, they saw his parents coming up the road on one horse, she on a pillion, as they rode in olden times, and what did Amos do but run to meet them, crying at the top of his voice 'Israel has come! Israel has come !' greatly to the chagrin and consternation of the old people, who upon that very Sunday had listened to prayers by their good pastor for their dear boy whom they expected was surely dead. So Amos got a sharp cut from the rid- ing whip with the remark that it was a sad time for jokes ( Amos had a reputation of being something of a joker). So Amos ran and brought grandfather's gun and said: 'See his gun. Do you believe me now ?' And then grandfather came out and his mother fell into his arms and his father embraced him and all were happy in the reunion. And there was great rejoicing in the whole town." He was sold to the Frenchman for a barrel of rum.
The farm of Israel and of his father, bought about 1757 of the town of Londonderry, was
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lately owned by Levi Woodbury. Israel was later a captain of militia; on the committee to locate the boundary between Salem and Windham, New Hampshire ; a large taxpayer ; selectman 1804-06-07-10-11-12-14; represent- ative to the state legislature, 1817-19. He married, June 30, 1783, Mehitable Hall. Chil- dren, born at Salem: I. Asa, May 30, 1784, mentioned below. 2. Betty, August 28, 1786. 3. Lois, August II, 1789. 4. Richard, March 22, 1791, died February 1, 1869; had the home- stead. 5. Abigail, November 20, 1792. 6. Mehitable, February 17, 1795. 7. Israel, No- vember 4, 1796, died young. 8. Ruth, June IO, 1798. 9. Mary, February 21, 1800. 10. Israel, October 10, 1805.
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