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(The Huntington Line).
Simon Huntington, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and sailed for New England in 1633 with his wife and children, but was taken ill and died of small pox on the voyage. His widow, Margaret (Barret) Huntington, settled with her children at Roxbury, where she married (second) in 1635-36, Thomas Stoughton, of Dorchester. They removed to Windsor, Connecticut, and settled there. Mar- garet was probably born in Norwich, England. Children: I. William, settled in Salisbury, about 1640. 2. Thomas, settled in Connecti- cut. 3. Christopher, married Ruth Rockwell. 4. Simon, born about 1630; mentioned below. 5. Ann, mentioned in a letter printed in the genealogy, written by Peter Barret to his sister Margaret (Barret) Huntington.
(II) Deacon Simon (2), son of Simon (I) Huntington, was born in England, about 1630, and came to America on the ill-fated voyage with his mother in 1633. He settled in Nor- wich and was a member of Mr. Fitch's church there. He was a deacon of the church until 1696, when his son succeeded him. He was a member of the general assembly in 1674, had a grant of land in 1686, was townsman in
1690 and 1694. In 1694 he was on a com- mittee to search out and report the deficiences in the public records. He served on the com- mittee to seat the meeting house in 1697, and in 1700 was on a committee to give deeds and fix titles of lands in dispute or with defective title. He married, October, 1653, Sarah Clark, daughter of Joseph Clark, of Windsor, Con- necticut. She died 1721, aged eighty-eight. He died at Norwich, June 28, 1706, aged sev- enty-seven. Children: I. Sarah, born at Say- brook, August, 1654; married Dr. Solomon Tracy. 2. Mary, born at Saybrook, August, 1657 ; married Forbes, of Preston. 3. Simon, born at Saybrook, February, 1659; succeeded his father as deacon. 4. Joseph, born September, 1661; mentiond below. 5. Elizabeth, born at Norwich, February, 1664; died young. 6. Samuel, born at Norwich, March 1, 1665. 7. Elizabeth, born at Norwich, October 6, 1666; married Joseph Backus. 8. Nathaniel, born at Norwich, July 10, 1672; died young. 9. Daniel, born at Norwich, March 13, 1675-76.
(III) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Simon (2) Huntington, was born at Norwich, Connecti- cut, in September, 1661; died at Windham, December 29, 1747. In 1687 he went to Wind- ham, Connecticut, and built his house, material from which was used in the construction of the house now on his old farm. He was elected dea- con in Windham church in 1729. He owned land in Willimantic, in Windham. He mar- ried, November 28, 1687, Rebecca Adgate, daughter of Deacon Thomas Adgate. Chil- dren: I. Deacon Joseph, born at Norwich, . August 29, 1688; married, July 6, 1719, Eliz- abeth Ripley. 2. Nathaniel, born at Norwich, September 1, 1691 ; mentioned below. Born at Windham : 3. Jonathan, born October 7, 1695 ; married, November 7, 1734, Elizabeth Rock- well; (second) August 7, 1754, Mrs. Sarah Norton. 4. David, born December 6, 1697; married, June 30, 1725, Mary Mason, born August 31, 1707. 5. Solomon, born February 6, 1700; married, October 31, 1727, Mary Buckingham. 6. Rebecca, born September 18, 1702 ; married, January 24, 1734, John Crane. 7. Sarah, born May 25, 1705; married, March 28, 1728, Ebenezer Wright. 8. Mary, born August 4, 1707 ; married Theophilus Fitch, of Canterbury.
(IV) Nathaniel, son of Joseph Huntington, was born at Norwich, Connecticut, September I, 1691 ; died at Scotland, Windham county, Connecticut, December 2, 1767. He went to Windham when very young and settled in that
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part of the town set off as Scotland. He was a farmer and clothier. He married, February 28, 1723, Mehitable Thurston, of Bristol, Rhode Island, born June 8, 1700, died October 4, 1781. Children, born at Windham: I. Nathaniel, born November 25, 1724; graduate of Yale College in 1747; settled at Ellington, 1749; died April 28, 1756; married Jerusha Ells- worth. 2. Abigail, born June 27, 1727 ; mar- ried, November 7, 1750, Richard Kimball, Jr., of Scotland. 3. Mehitable, born August 8, 1729; married, November 24, 1748, Zebulon Webb. 4. Samuel, born July 3, 1731 ; a very prominent man ; governor of Connecticut. 5. Jonathan, born June 17, 1733; mentioned be- low. 6. Joseph, born May 5, 1735; graduate of Yale College 1762; pastor First church of Coventry and a clergyman of distinction. 7. Eliphalet, born April 24, 1737 ; married, No- vember II, 1762, Dinah Rudd. 8. Enoch, born December 15, 1739; graduate of Yale College in 1759; minister of the First church at Mid- dletown, Connecticut; ordained January, 6, 1762, a life-long pastorate ; married, at Wind- ham, July 17, 1764, Mary Gray. 9. Sybel, born October 22, 1742; married, June 30, 1763, Rev. John Eels, of Glastonbury. 10. Elijah, born February 7, 1746; died October 22, 1753. (V) Dr. Jonathan, son of Nathaniel Hunt- ington, was born in Scotland parish, Windham, June 17, 1733. He studied both medicine and theology and became of honorable rank both as a physician and preacher without a college education. He was ordained and installed as the first pastor of the Worthington, Massa- chusetts, church, June 26, 1771, and preached to the end of his life. He died there March II, 1781. He was one of three ministers who encouraged the famous Lemuel Haynes to study for the ministry. He was broad and sympathetic in his religious views and labored earnestly for the colored race. He married, in Lebanon, October 26, 1757, Sarah Hunting- ton, born March 5, 1738, daughter of Simon Huntington, granddaughter of Lieutenant Samuel Huntington. His wife died May 13, 1793. Children: 1. Sarah, born at East Had- dam, October 22, 1758; died soon. 2. Lucy, born at East Haddam, November 26, 1759; married Benjamin E. Greene, of Worthington. 3. Simon, born April 15, 1762, at Windham; mentioned below. Children born at Windham: 4. Ebenezer, born May 1, 1764; married, at Cummington, November 29, 1787, Sarah Ward. 5. Sarah, born May, 1766; died June 7, 1766. 6. Ralph, born May 6, 1767; died November 22, 1767. 7. Sarah, born October
26, 1768; married Elisha Worthington. 8 Charlotte, born November 16, 1770; married, February 19, 1792, Thomas Marsh. Chil- dren, born at Worthington: 9. Elizabeth, born May 23, 1773 ; married Asa Porter. 10. Sybel, born August 5, 1775; died May 6, 1776. II. Jonathan, born August 24, 1778; married, at Bridport, Vermont, December 22, 1799, Dytha Bennett ; (second) at Addison, Vermont, July 29, 1804, Sarah Hickox, of Watertown, Con- necticut ; removed to Vergennes ; died at St. Albans, Vermont, February 28, 1856 ; was dea- con of the church.
(VI) Simon (3), son of Rev. Jonathan Huntington, was born at Windham, Connecti- cut, April 15, 1762 ; died August 31, 1836. He was benevolent and pious, a substantial and useful citizen of Worthington. We quote from the memorial address of Rev. A. Huntington Clapp: "He was of manly proportions, con- siderably above medium size and with a blend- ed dignity and grace that marked him as one of nature's noblemen. A dignified but not formal politeness was natural to him and never forsook him even in the most ordinary inter- course of life. And yet those clear bright eyes which beamed so gently from under the long overhanging brows that veiled them could flash fiery indignation when he heard of a mean, dishonest, irreligious act or speech. Though a man of strong convictions, his opin- ions were intelligently formed and firmly held. He was evidently a gentleman. Kindness was the law of his nature. It was by this if at all that he brought others to agree with him, and I have been told that in matters affecting im- portant interests of the neighborhood or town, his sentiments, however unpopular at first, were pretty sure in the end to prevail. No wonder he built up such a reputation as a peace-maker and that so many deferred their disagreements to his arbitration, rather than to that of law and with so much more satisfactory results. But it was as a Christian that he most honored himself in life and is most clearly re- membered by his survivors. He was an intelli- gent believer, knowing not only what he be- lieved but why he believed it. Firm in his own conscientious convictions he was liberal to those who honestly differed, acting on the motto: In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things, charity. He was an earn- est practical Christian, living the religious life he professed so that even unbelievers were constrained to say that if there were such a thing as vital piety it would produce such a character and life as his. There was some-
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thing truly patriarchal in his mien as he gather- ed his family around him morning and evening, and on the Sabbath read and exponded to them the Bible and led them in prayer, his manner that of an assured Christian, yet with no tinge of irreverent familiarity. Every child felt that his prayer was true heart communion with God, that the exercise was one the old man loved and that it shed a blessing over the household through all the day. Next to the Bible he seemed to prize many of Watts ver- sions of the Psalms. On the whole I have never seen a man who seemed to me now, as I remember hin, to have combined in more just and beautiful proportions the essential elements of a christian gentleman, dignity and affability, deep spiritual and 'round-about, common sense,' attention to his own affairs and active interest in others' welfare, unswerv- ing adherence to principle and unfailing cheer- fulness of temper, rational enjoyment of the world and delightful anticipation of the next."
He married Priscilla Benjamin of Worth- ington, born July 17. 1761, died January 24, 1846. Children, all born in Worthington ex- cept Samuel and Jonathan: I. Ralph, men- tioned below. 2. Samuel, born in Middlefield, October 31, 1786; enlisted under Bolivar, the South American liberator, but had to give up the service on account of his ill health ; engaged in business in San Domingo with his brother Ralph; married Honorie Chanlatte, a French girl of San Domingo; he died July 11, 1831. 3. Colonel Benjamin, born June 1, 1789; mar- ried Caroline Dolliver, of Boston. 4. Sybil, born May 31, 1791 ; married Nathaniel Eager. 5. Sarah, born November 4, 1793; married Levi Clapp, of Worthington. 6. Sophia, born August 24, 1796; mentioned below. 7. Fran- ces, born January 20, 1799; married Judge Elam Buel, of Troy, New York. 8. Lucy, born August 29, 1801 ; died August 16, 1828. 9. Jonathan, born at Hinsdale, November 9, 1804; graduate of Williams, 1827; married Rebecca Hamilton, of Princeton, daughter of Professor Hamilton, of Nashville, Tennessee ; chaplain in the Union army ; Jonathan was in business in Nashville.
(VII) Sophia, daughter of Simon (3) Huntington, was born August 24, 1796, at Worthington. She married, October 31, 1820, Joseph White, a farmer of Hinsdale, who died August 17, 1860. (See White family).
(VII) Ralph Huntington, eldest son of Simon (3) Huntington, was born November 23, 1784. He was educated in the village schools, and with the aid of his pastor's in-
struction was prepared, at the age of twenty- one to take charge of an academy in Hatfield. from which post he was called to a similar position in Northampton, where he remained about two years. He accepted a position as clerk in the Northampton Bank. In 1808 he was sent to Boston by one of the directors of the bank to transact some business for him. This trip to town led to his opening, in the fall of the same year, an office on State street, Boston, in which business he soon took his place among the foremost of the Boston ex- changers and bankers. Relinquishing this busi- ness to his brother Benjamin, he entered a commercial life, establishing a house in con- nection with his brother Samuel in St. Do- mingo, West Indies. On the death of his brother he closed up his business in San Do- mingo and returned to Boston, where he spent several years in connection with insurance companies, banks and other business corpora- tions. He was one of the original projectors and proprietors of the splendid Western ave- nue, connecting Brookline with Boston, now Huntington avenue, named in honor of him. He was president of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation, and an extensive stockholder and director in the Boston Water Power Com- pany. He married, November 20, 1809, Judith Cooper, daughter of Perez and Lucy (Rand) Bradford, and a descendant of the oldest son of Governor William Bradford. She died in Boston, November 8, 1812.
ROWLEY The original name of this ancient family was Roulowe, and it is said to date from Saxon times. As early as the eleventh cen- tury the name Roulowe is found in English records, and Rowley is frequently met with thereafter. Many of the name in England as well as in America have been distinguished in various walks of life. There are several coats- of-arms borne by Rowley families in the old country. Most of the American families of this name are descended from Henry Rowley, mentioned below.
(I) Henry Rowley, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and died in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1673. He was one of the early planters of Plymouth, and was a tax- payer as early as 1632. According to some accounts he came with Pilgrims from Leyden in 1630. He was admitted a freeman in 1634. after removing to Scituate, and here he and his wife joined the church, January 8, 1634. In 1639 he removed with Rev. John Lothrop
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and other residents of Scituate to the new settlement at Barnstable, on Cape Cod. He held several offices of trust while residing at Barnstable, and, later at Falmouth. In 1644 and 1650 he was a deputy to the general court at Plymouth. He married (first) Frances, daughter of William Palmer, who came to Plymouth in 1621, in the ship "Fortune." He married (second ) October 17, 1633, Anne, daughter of Deacon Thomas Blossom, who started for New England in the "Speedwell" from Holland in 1620, but had to return. He came to Plymouth in 1629. Children : I. Moses, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, said to have gone to the Barbadoes. 3. Sarah, mar- ried, April 11, 1646, Jonathan Hatch, of Barn- stable and Falmouth.
(II) Moses, son of Henry and Frances (Palmer ) Rowley, was born about 1630, and died in 1705, at East Haddam, Connecticut. He married, April 1I, 1652, at Barnstable, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Matthew Fuller, soldier and surgeon-general of the Col- ony, and granddaughter of Edward Fuller, who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Moses was admitted a freeman in 1657. While re- siding at Barnstable and later at Falmouth he held many offices. In 1673-79-92 he was deputy to the general court. He bought sixty acres of land of Jonathan Gilbert at Haddam, Connecticut, originally laid out to John Hen- derson, May 3, 1692, by deed October 4, 1693. He probably removed to Haddam in 1693. His will is dated August 16, 1704, at Haddam. He left his homestead to his sons Moses and Mat- thew.
(III) Moses (2), son of Moses (1) Row- ley, was born November 10, 1654, at Barn- stable, and died at East Haddam, Connecticut, July 16, 1735. He was admitted a freeman in 1690, and was an active and useful citizen of Falmouth and Haddam. He married ( first) Mary Fletcher; (second) Mary, daughter of Thomas and Frances (Crippen) Corbe, of Falmouth and East Haddam. She died June 9, 1764, in her ninety-seventh year (gravestone record). His will was dated March 24, 1734-5. proved August 19, 1735.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Moses (2) Rowley, was born in Falmouth, in 1695. He was bap- tized at East Haddam, Connecticut, in Decem- ber, 1704. He married, June 6, 1719, Mary Church, born 1698, died December 6, 1786. She was a descendant of Richard Church, who came to New England in 1630.
(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Rowley, was born in East Haddam, Connecti-
cut, October 20, 1727, and died there February 7, 1811, aged eighty-four years. He resided in the south part of what is now Chatham, Connecticut, near the late residence of John N. White, and was buried in the family tomb near his home on the bank of the Salmon river. He married, October 18, 1750, Susanna, daughter of Cornelius and Experience Anna- ble, and great-great-granddaughter of Anthony Annable, who came to Plymouth from Eng- land in the "Ann" in 1623. She was born April 28, 1733, and died January II, 1821, aged eighty-eight.
(VI) Asher, son of Ebenezer (2) Rowley, was born at Middletown (now Chatham) Con- necticut, October 21, 1766. He died Septem- ber 7, 1844, at Winsted, Connecticut. He married, in 1792, Mehitable Dunham, born 1774, at Colchester, Connecticut, died June 21, 1839, daughter of Lieutenant Jonathan and Mehitable (Daniels) Dunham, of Westchester. Her father, a soldier in the revolutionary war, was descended from John Dunham, a resident of Plymouth before 1633. Asher Rowley came to Winsted in 1789. In 1794 his father deeded to him land on South street, adjoining the land of his brother Ebenezer, and he lived there the rest of his life.
(VII) Warren Dunham, son of Asher Rowley, was born in Winsted, Connecticut, September 16, 1800, and died September 5, 1854, at South Trenton, New York. He re- ceived a good education in the public schools. When twenty years old he went south and taught school for three years at Chesterfield, Virginia. Returning to Winsted, he became an instructor in the Winsted Academy, and subsequently conducted a private school in that town. He removed to Utica, New York, and, later, to Trenton, New York, where he engaged in mercantile business. He was a citizen of substance, and high standing in the community. He was commissioner of schools and justice of the peace for several terms. In politics he was an ardent Whig. He married Harriet Maria Curry, born July 4, 1818, daugh- ter of Major Isaac Curry, an officer in a New York regiment in the war of 1812, afterwards a real estate dealer, being connected with the Holland Land Company for many years, and one of the most prosperous men in that section of the state. John Curry, father of Major Isaac, was born in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1730; married, about 1769, at Schenectady, New York, Mrs. Cornelia Post Dudley, daugh- ter of Elias and Maria Post, and sister of John Post. the first merchant of Utica, New York.
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Elias Post was a native of New York City, born January 3, 1708, son of Cornelius Post, and grandson of Elias Post, who came from Amsterdam, Holland, with the early settlers of Manhattan Island; married, in New York, in 1630, Maria Van Epps.
(VIII) H. Curtis, son of Warren Dunham and Harriet M. (Curry) Rowley, was born in Trenton, New York, July 31, 1844. He received his education in the schools of his native town, supplemented by a course at Whitestown Seminary, with the intention of entering Yale College. Owing to the unsettled times the college course was given up, and in 1863 he enlisted at Utica, New York, in the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, but did not enter the service at that time, owing to his widowed mother's protest. He enlisted again, August 20, 1864, in Company C, Fifty- fourth New York State National Guard, a regiment mustered into the United States ser- vice on an emergency call from President Lin- coln, and served with his regiment until its dis- charge in November, 1864. Soon afterward he became a member of the firm of L. S. Currier & Company, wholesale dealers in books and engraving, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1867 he returned to Utica, and with his brother and an uncle established a wholesale stationery and paper business under the firm name of Curry, Rowley & Company, afterward Rowley Brothers & Company. He remained there until February, 1879, when he went to Springfield, Massachu- setts, to accept a position offered by the Mer- riams, publishers of Webster's Dictionaries. Three years later he became a partner in the business, and when the company was incor- porated as G. & C. Merriam Company, in 1892, he became secretary and associate manager. Subsequently he became treasurer of the com- pany, which office he now holds. Mr. Rowley is connected with many organizations, includ- ing the Mutual Fire Assurance Company, the American International College, the Nayasset Club, the Connecticut Valley Congregational Club, the Connecticut Valley Historical Soci- ety, the Oneida Historical Society of Utica, New York, the Canoe Club, the Springfield Fish and Game Association, Wilcox Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the Society of Mayflower Descendants, etc., etc.
Mr. Rowley was married, December 2, 1874, to Miss Thirza J. Merriam, daughter of Homer Merriam (see Merriam family). Mrs. Row- ley was born in Troy, New York, June 4, 1845. Their children are: Harold Merriam Rowley, born in Utica, New York, January
II, 1879; and Arthur Merriam Rowley, born in Springfield, August 3, 1883.
"Wyndhurst," Mr. Rowley's home on Cres- cent Hill, is generally considered the most desirable residence property in Springfield. The grounds, comprising about six acres, possess the attractions of an English private park, a portion having been laid out by Fred- erick Law Olmstead, the landscape architect, while much of the rest is natured woodland. The location commands a rich and extensive view of the Connecticut river and valley. Mr. Rowley is an enthusiastic sportsman with rod and gun, it being his custom annually to spend some time in the wilds of Maine or Canada. In politics he is a Republican, but he has never sought political honors. For many years he has been chairman of the parish committee of the South Congregational Church of Spring- field, of which he, his wife and their two sons are members.
MERRIAM This surname is derived from two ancient Saxon words- Mirige and Ham, meaning pleasant or merry home. The ancient spelling was Merryham, Meriham, Merihan. The family was formerly quite numerous in Eng- land in county Kent, but at the present time there are none of the name living there. A branch of the family was living in Pembroke- shire within a few years, but the name occurs but rarely in England now. As early as 1295 the name occurs in England in county Sussex, and frequently afterwards in county Kent.
(I) William Merriam lived at Hadlow, county Kent, England. He was a man of some prominence and wealth, having real estate at Hadlow, Goodhurst, Yalding and Tudely, all villages near Tunbridge, Kent. His will, dated September 8, 1635, proved Novem- ber 27, 1635, mentions his children, and grand- children named Howe; granddaughter Mary, daughter of his son George; and granddaugh- ter Sarah. He lived and died in England. Children : Susan, Margaret, Joane, Sarah, married Thomas Howe; Joseph, mentioned below : George, settled in Concord, Massachu- setts; Robert, settled 1638, in Charlestown, and later in Concord, Massachusetts.
(II) Joseph, son of William Merriam, was born in Hadlow, county Kent, England, about . 1600. He came to New England in April, 1638, in the ship "Castle," which he and others had chartered. He made his home in Concord, and was admitted a freeman March 14, 1638-9. He married, in England, Sarah
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Goldstone, and died January 1, 1640-1. His will was proved October 26, 1642. His widow was given the whole estate for the bringing up of the children "until they are all of age, when she is to have a third" of the remainder. Children : William, born about 1624, men- tioned below ; Joseph, born 1630, married, July 12, 1653, Sarah Stone; John, born July 9, 1641, married Mary Cooper ; Sarah, mar- ried, October 14, 1658, William Hall ; Daugh- ter, married John Buss; Elizabeth, married Thomas Henchman, of Charlestown.
(III) William (2), son of Joseph Merriam, was born in England, probably Twedley, county Kent, about 1624. He came to New England with his father, and settled in Con- cord. He was admitted a freeman May 2, 1649. He owned a lot of land at Hampton, New Hampshire, but there is nothing to show that he ever lived there. His first wife's father gave him, June 26, 1666, a farm at Lynn of two hundred acres, with twenty acres of meadow and ten of salt marsh, in the south- ern part of the town called Saugus. He served as a trooper in King Philip's war, in Captain George Curwin's company, in February, 1675- 76. He was buried May 22, 1689. He mar- ried (first) at Lynn, Elizabeth, daughter of Allen Breed; (second) October 11, 1676, Anna Jones, who died July 29, 1677; (third) Sarah, who survived him. Children: Joseph, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born November 8, 1654, married, August 11, 1675, Samuel Edmonds; John, born September 13, 1657, died August 2, 1661 ; Sarah, born June 3, 1660, died August 27, 1671 ; Rebecca, born October 21, 1662; Sarah, born September 14, 1665, married, July 11, 1681, John Jenks ; William, born March 8, 1667-8: John born April 25, 1671.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of William (2) Mer- riam, was born in Lynn, and died October 21, 1702. His will was dated October 17, 1702. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1691, and resided at Lynn. He married, August 19, 1675, Sarah Jenkins. Children: Joseph, born July 10, 1776, died young; Benjamin, born April 23, 1678, died young : Sarah, born Feb- ruary 21, 1680-1, married, 1703, Jacob Powers, of Concord ; Elizabeth, born July 2, 1683, mar- ried Josiah Blanchard; Ebenezer, born Feb- ruary II, 1685-6, mentioned below ; Theo- philus, born July 16, 1688; Mary, married, 1711, David Potter, of Ipswich.
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