Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 59

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008

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(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) Ar- nold, was born at Braintree, May 16, 1713, died there December 10, 1793. He married, October II, 1739, Bethia Wild, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Copeland) Wild. She was born March 1, 1721. Children, born at Braintree: I. John, February 21, 1741. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. William, Au- gust 25, 1744. 5. Sarah, April 11, 1746, mar- ried, June 27, 1767, John Delano, of Hanover. 5. Betsey, July 17, 1748. 6. Bethiah (twin), October 10, 1750. 7. Abigail (twin). October IO, 1750. 8. Mary, April 14, 1752. 9. David (twin ), January 4, 1756. IO. Jonathan (twin), January 4, 1756, died March 6, 1802; married Lydia Allen, July 15, 1781.

(V) Captain Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Arnold, was born at Braintree, November 5, 1742, died November 13, 1804. He was a soldier in the revolution, a sergeant in Captain Samuel Ward's company. Colonel Solomon Lovell's regiment, in 1776. He owned and lived upon the farm on the cast side of Quincy avenue and Commercial street, extending from

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Smelt brook to the drawbridge in Weymouth. Children, born in Weymouth: I. Phebe, De- cember 18, 1768. 2. Betty, November 5, 1770; married, June 22, 1794, Joseph Plummer. 3. Alexander, August 29, 1772, married, Febru- ary 9, 1795, Hannah Reed. 4. Samuel, April 21, 1774, married, October II, 1796, Sarah Webb. 5. Cornelius, April 23, 1776, died un- married in 1800. 6. Mary, May 24, 1778, died unmarried February 12, 1849. 7. Eliphaz, men- tioned below. 8. Ruth, August 16, 1782, died March 3, 1829; married, October 8, 1798, Na- thaniel R. Thomas. 9. James, October 16, 1784, died unmarried January 10, 1822. IO. Rhoda, April 25, 1789, died September 26, 1854.

(VI) Eliphaz, son of Captain Samuel (3) Arnold, was born July 31, 1780. He married, September 2, 1801, Mary Rice. Child, Elip- haz, mentioned below.

(VII) Eliphaz (2), son of Eliphaz (I) Ar- nold, was born in Weymouth about 1802-05. He was a printer by trade and worked on the Boston Post during most of his active life. He married (first) Rhoda Turner, and (sec- ond) her sister, Sarah Turner, both born in Malden. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Eliphaz Weston, mentioned below. 2. Rhoda, died young. 3. Child, died in infancy. 4. Ed- ward. died aged sixteen.

(VIII) Eliphaz Weston, son of Eliphaz (2) Arnold, was born at Malden, Massachusetts, died at North Weymouth in August, 1905, aged seventy-nine. When he was young his parents moved to Boston and resided on Fort Hill, later to Chelsea, where he received most of his schooling. For several years he was a clerk. Later he established a real estate busi- ness with an office on Milk street, Boston. He was entrusted with the settlement of many large estates and the care of others. For twenty years he carried on an extensive busi- ness and retired in 1902. He made his home first in Boston, later in Newton and finally in East Weymouth, where he built a residence and also a store building on North Weymouth Heights. He was a prominent member and deacon of the Neponset Baptist church. In politics he was a Republican. He married, June, 1855, Mary Wilds Lovell, born in Boston, (Hancock street), September 2, 1828, daugh- ter of Enoch Lovell. (See Lovell family.) Their only child was Edward Walter, born 1857, died June 6, 1902; married, De- cember 23, 1880, Lucy Catherine Miles ; child, Ernest Weston, born 1882, resides at Wollaston, formerly Braintree, and is a clerk in a stationery store, Boston.

Robert Lovell, immigrant an- LOVELL cestor, came from Weymouth, England, March 20, 1635, with the company of Rev. Joseph Hull, and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was called a husbandman, and brought with him his wife Elizabeth, aged thirty-five, children Anne, aged sixteen, Zacheus, aged fifteen, John, aged eight, Ellen and James, twins, aged one year ; and a servant, Joseph Chicken, aged sixteen. He was at that time forty years old. He was among those who received arms from Colonel Pyncheon in 1636, and was a proprietor in 1643. His will was dated May 3, 1651, and proved June 25, 1672. He married Elizabeth

Children: I. Anne, born 1620. 2. Zacheus, 1621. 3. John, 1624. 4. Ellen (twin), 1634. 5. James (twin), 1635, men- tioned below.

(II) James, son of Robert Lovell, was born in England in 1635 and came to New England with his parents. He lived on the homestead on the eastern slope of King Oak Hill in Weymouth. He married (first) Jane ; and. (second) Anna He died at Weymouth in 1706, leaving much property. Children : I. Deborah, born June 8, 1664, mar- ried Pratt. 2. James, March 7, 1667. 3. Hannah, September 29, 1668, married Cleaves. 4. Enoch, mentioned below. 5. Mary, January 5, 1673, married Chard. 6. John, April 19, 1676, married Mary Shaw and removed to Middleborough. 7. Elizabeth, September 22, 1679, died Novem- ber 27, 1738. 8. Joseph, October 25, 1684. Child of second wife : 9. Anna, November 20, 1697.

(III) Captain Enoch, son of James Lovell, was born in Weymouth, December 29, 1670, and resided on the homestead, where he died May 20, 1746, leaving a large estate. He was a man of standing and influence in town and church. He married, November 24, 1697, Mary Reed, who died May 5, 1745, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Reed. Children: I. Mary, born August 15, 1698, married, Oc- tober 30, 1718, Ebenezer Hunt. 2. Joshua, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, November 15, 1701, married, 1725, Nathaniel White. 4. David, March 6, 1704. 5. Hannah, November 21, 1707, died July 1I, 1711. 6. Hannah, mar- ried, June I, 1732, Jonathan White.

(IV) Joshua, son of Captain Enoch Lovell, was born in Weymouth, September 22, 1699, and inherited a large part of his father's es- tate. He was a prominent man and an en- sign in the militia. He married (first) (in-

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tentions dated July 15, 1727), Sarah Shaw, who died March 22, 1733, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Shaw. He married (second) De- cember 19, 1734, Betty Pratt, who married (second) Philip Torrey. He died November 24, 1763. Children of first wife: I. Sarah, born August 9, 1728, married, May 2, 1751, Jonathan Trufant. 2. Mary, February 5, 1730, married, November 23, 1749, Matthew Pratt. 3. Joseph, September 8, 1731, married Elizabeth Pratt; drowned 1756. 4. Hannah, March 17, 1733, married, 1751, Ezra Porter. Children of second wife : 5. David, September 4, 1735, died November 14, 1735. 6. David, mentioned below. 7. Jacob, August 25, 1737, married, February 16, 1760, Mary Tower. 8. Betty, September 25, 1742, married, May 17, 1764, Joshua Whitmarsh.

(V) David, son of Joshua Lovell, was born in Weymouth, August 2, 1736. He was a soldier in the revolution and was in Captain Samuel Ward's company, Colonel Solomon Lovell's regiment, at Dorchester Heights in 1776. He married, May 4, 1768, Sarah Waterman. Children : 1. Betty, married Jona- than Lewis. 2. David, mentioned below. 3. Enoch, died 1785.

(VI) David (2), son of David (I) Lovell, was born in Weymouth in 1771 and died Au- gust 23, 1855. He married Hannah Nash, of Weymouth. Children: I. Enoch, mentioned below. 2. David, died unmarried.

(VII) Enoch, son of David (2) Lovell, was born in October, 1797, died April 21, 1863, at North Weymouth. He married Mary Wilds, born 1801, died August 9, 1888, daughter of Captain William Wilds, of North Weymouth. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and went to Boston where he was engaged in the grocery business on Long wharf for a time. He came back to the home- stead where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of North Church, and was a large property owner. Children: I. David Walter, born February 23, 1827, died unmar- ried June 17, 1840. 2. Mary Wilds, Septem- ber 2, 1828, married Eliphas Weston ( see Ar- nold family ). 3. Selina, September 16, 1830, died unmarried January 1, 1894.

FELTON Nathaniel Felton, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1615, in England, and came to New England in 1633. He settled in Salem, and made a voyage to England the following year, returning to Salem in 1635. In 1636 he had a grant of twenty acres, with his mother,

widow Eleanor Felton. Her husband Nathan- iel had probably died before they came to America. Nathaniel Felton was a juryman in 1655, on the grand jury in 1676-79-83 ; con- stable in 1657. He was chosen ensign in 1679 and lieutenant in 1681. He was admitted to the church August 13, 1648. He often served as overseer and appraiser of estates, and as witness to wills, deeds and agreements. He and his wife signed a statement testifying to the good character of John Proctor, who was executed in 1692, at the time of the witchcraft delusion. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Skelton, first min- ister of Salem. She died May 8, 1701, aged about seventy-five years. He died July 30, 1705, aged ninety years. His will was dated October, 1703, and proved May, 1706. Chil- dren: I. John, born about 1645; married, 1670, Mary Tompkins. 2. Ruth, baptized Oc- tober 29, 1648; married James Houlton. 3. Mary, baptized April 6, 1651 ; died young. 4. Elizabeth, born March 18, 1652; married Thomas Watkins. 5. Nathaniel, baptized Octo- ber 28, 1654; died young. 6. Nathaniel, born August 15, 1655; mentioned below. 7. Mary, born January 15, 1657. 8. Hannah, baptized June 20, 1663 ; married, 1684, Samuel Endi- cott. 9. Susanna, baptized March 29, 1665.

(II) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Felton, was born August 15, 1655, and died about January, 1733-34, aged seventy-eight years. He lived near Felton Hill, Salem. He was constable in 1721. His will was dated July 6, 1731, and proved February, 1733-4. He married Ann, daughter of Deacon John Horn, of Salem. Many of John Horn's de- scendants spelled their name Orne. Children : 1. Skelton, married May, 1712, Hepsibah Shel- don. 2. John, married, January, 1709, Mary Pitman. 3, Ebenezer, born 1685; mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, married, January, 1718- 19, Rebecca Needham. 5. Daniel, born about October, 1687; married Sarah - -. 6.

Margaret, baptized 1691 ; married - Shel- don. 7. Sarah, married, 1720, David Marsh. 8. Mary, mentioned in father's will.

(III) Ebenezer, son of Nathaniel (2) Fel- ton, was born in 1685, and died in 1776. He was a housewright by trade. He was one of the first settlers of New Salem, going there with his five sons in 1740. In November, 1742, he and his wife were dismissed from the Salem church to New Salem. He was the first deacon of the church, chosen in July, 1744; was first town clerk of New Salem, and one of the selectmen the year of incorporation,

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1753. His will was dated November 24, 1762, and proved September, 1776. He married (first ) Mehitable - -; (second) October, 1716, Jehoadan Ward, born March, 1690-91, daughter of John and Jehoadan Ward, of Salem. Child of first wife: I. David, born IZII : married, 1736, Sarah Houlton. Chil- dren of second wife: 2. Esther, married Isaac Southwick. 3. Ebenezer, born about 1720; married, 1753, Lydia Stacy. 4. Amos, born June 5, 1724; mentioned below. 5. Benjamin, baptized December 5, 1727; married (first) Rich. 6. Nathaniel, baptized June 23, 1728; died young. 7. John (twin), baptized June 23. 1728 ; died young. 8. Nathaniel, bap- tized May 31, 1730; married Mary Whiting. 9. John, baptized November 12, 1732. 10. Mehitable, baptized February 15, 1735-36.

(IV) Amos, son of Ebenezer Felton, was born in Salem, June 5, 1724, and removed to New Salem with his father. He married there, in 1776, Hannah Neal, born August 25, 1742, died October 21, 1836, aged ninety-four years two months. He died January 20, 1806, aged eighty-one. His will was dated June 2, 1800, and proved April, 1806. Children: I. Amos Jr., born December 5, 1779; mentioned below. 2. Hannah. 3. Catherine, born Au- gust 26, 1784; married Charles Felton. 4. John, had land in New Salem, 1806.

(V) Amos (2), son of Amos (I) Felton, was born December 5, 1779, and died April 24, 1850, aged seventy years. He resided in the east part of Shutesbury. He headed a pe- tition in 1815 to be set off from Shutesbury to New Salem, which was done in 1824. He mar- ried (first) Lydia King, born January 27, 1779, died July 21, 1839, daughter of Samuel King, of New Salem; (second) Mrs. Eunice Thomas, died in 1874. Children: 1. Betsey, born July 19, 1801; died July 10, 1803. 2. Lydia. born April 9, 1803; married David Burnett. 3. Betsey, born March 28, 1805; married Eli Grout. 4. Jehoadan Ward, born July 29, 1807: died December 22, 1824. 5. Esther MI., born November 11, 1809; died May 19. 1833. 6. Amos, born February 17, 1812; married Harriet Howard. 7. Daniel B., born August 31. 1814; mentioned below. 8. John, born May 4, 1817 ; married Margaret Kellogg. 9. Hannah Neal, born October 13, 1819.

(VI) Daniel Boyce, son of Amos Felton, was born August 31, 1814, and died in Ware, Massachusetts, August 24, 1861. He was buried in New Salem. His will was dated in Ware, July 2, 1861, and proved October fol- lowing. He lived in several different towns

in western Massachusetts. He married (first) Lydia Felton, born February 3, 1819, died in Shutesbury, February 18, 1847, daughter of Thorndike and Joanna Felton. He married ( second) Arvilla Grover, born 1834, died Feb- ruary 23, 1895, whom he named as guardian of his minor children, in his will. She married (second) Sidney Richards. Children : I. Mary L., married William Wheeler. 2. Hattie A., married Arthur Hunt. 3. Henry C., born 1845 ; died July 18, 1863. 4. Daniel T., car- penter, living at Worcester. 5. Lydia A. R., married Hathaway Lyman. Children of sec- ond wife: 6. John W., married February 2, 1876, Alice M. Tisdale. 7. Joanna B., born 1852 ; died November 4, 1862. 8. Ida Esther, married George Grout. 9. Charles W., born September 9, 1858; mentioned below. IO.

Webster F., married Francelia Pratt. II. Frank B., born March, 1861 ; died May 7, 1862.

(VII) Charles William, son of Daniel Boyce Felton, was born at Ware, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 9, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Enfield and at the New Salem Acad- emy, and from an early age worked on the farm of his stepfather, with whom he lived from the age of five years. He has followed farming with much success all his life in En- field. He has an excellent dairy. His farm comprises some two hundred acres and is devoted mainly to general farming. Mr. Fel- ton has had the misfortune to have his barns destroyed by fire as well as a business block in the village. The latter was burned again after he had rebuilt it, within three years. Mr. Felton has held various town offices continu- ously since he came of age, and has filled with ability all of the positions of trust and honor in the gift of his townsmen. He is public spirited and has taken part in every movement for the welfare and improvement of the town. In politics he is a Republican, and has served his party as delegate to various nominating con- ventions. He married, January 13, 1880, Angienette, daughter of Henry A., and Laura (Underwood) Cogswell (see Cogswell, VIII).

John Cogswell, immigrant

COGSWELL ancestor, was born in West- bury Leigh, Wiltshire, Eng- land, in 1592, son of Edward and Alice Cogs- well, of ancient and honorable lineage. He married, in England, September 10, 1615, Eliz- abeth, daughter of Rev. William and Phillip Thompson. Her father was vicar of the parish. They resided in Westbury until 1635, when they sailed for New England in the ill-fated

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ship "Angel Gabriel," which was wrecked off the Maine coast August 15, 1635, the passen- gers of which were washed ashore at Pema- quid, Maine. He was the third settler in that part of Ipswich, now the town of Essex. He was admitted a freeman March 3, 1636. He was a farmer in America, but in England was a woolen manufacturer, and the English Cogs- wells at Westbury still own and operate woolen mills there, or did so until recently. Children : I. Daughter, resided in London. 2. Mary, married, 1649, Godfrey Armitage. 3. William, mentioned below. 4. John, baptized July 25, 1622. 5. Hannah, married, 1652, Deacon Cor- nelius Waldo. 6. Abigail, married Thomas Clark. 7. Edward, born 1629. 8. Sarah, mar- ried, 1663, Simon Tuttle. 9. Elizabeth, mar- ried, July 31, 1657, Nathaniel Masterson.

(II) William, son of John Cogswell, was born in England, and baptized at Westbury, Wiltshire, in March, 1619. He died December 15, 1700. He settled in Chebacco (Essex), was a leading citizen, often moderator and selectman. He gave the land for the first meetinghouse site. His will is dated August 5, 1696. He married, in 1649, Susanna Hawkes, born 1633, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, daughter of Adam and Anne (Hutchinson) Hawkes. Children: I. Elizabeth, born 1650. 2. Hester, August 24, 1655; married Samuel Bishop. 3. Susanna, born January 5, 1657. 4. Ann (twin), born January 5, 1657. 5. Will- iam, born December 4, 1659. 6. Jonathan, April 26, 1661. 7. Edmund, died May 15, 1680. 8. John, born May 12, 1665 ; mentioned below. 9. Adam, born January 12, 1667. 10. Sarah, February 3, 1668.

(III) Lieutenant John (2), son of William Cogswell, was born in Chebacco, May 12, 1665, and died 1710. He married Hannah Goodhue, born July 4, 1673, died December 25, 1742, daughter of Deacon William and Hannah (Dane) Goodhue. She married (second) in 1713, Lieutenant Thomas Perley. Children : I. Hannah, born March 27, 1693. 2. William, born September 24, 1694; mentioned below. 3. Susanna, born March 10, 1696. 4. John, De- cember 2, 1699. 5. Francis, March 26, 1701. 6. Elizabeth, married, October 20, 1717, Col- onel Joseph Blaney. 7. Margaret, married, March 1, 1722. 8. Nathaniel, born January 19, 1707. 9. Bethia, married, January 15, 1730. 10. Joseph, died young, 1728.

(IV) William (2), son of John (1) Cogs- well, was born September 24, 1694, at Chebacco, and died February 19, 1762. He built the old Cogswell mansion, which has remained to the

present day in the possession of the family. He married (first) September 24, 1719, Mary Cogswell, born 1699, died June 16, 1734. He married (second) March 13, 1735, Mrs. Eliz- abeth ( Wade) Appleton, who died December 13, 1783, daughter of Captain Thomas Wade and widow of Benjamin Appleton. Children of first wife: I. Ebenezer, born June 13, 1720. 2. John, February 23, 1722. 3. Mary, September 15, 1723. 4. Jonathan, May 9, 1725; mentioned below. 5. Jacob, born May 18, 1727. 6. Lucy, June 28, 1728. 7. Sarah,

February 5, 1729. 8. William, May, 1731. Children of second wife: . 9. Hannah, baptized December 7, 1735 ; died young. 10. Hannah, baptized June 7, 1737. II. William, born March 5, 1740; died young. 12. Susanna, born April 19, 1741 ; died young. 13. Samuel, born March 15, 1742. 14. Susanna, July 9, 1743. 15. William, May 31, 1745.

(V) Jonathan, son of William (2) Cogs- well, was born in Chebacco, May 9, 1725, and died February II, 1812. He resided in the mansion house, built in 1732. He was deacon of the Chebacco church thirty-two years. He married, March 16, 1748, Mary Appleton, born March 25, 1729, died June 30, 1813, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Wade) Appleton. Children: 1. Nehemiah, born 1749. 2. Will- iam, August 26, 1750; mentioned below. 3. Jonathan, January 4, 1754. 4. Elizabeth, June 7, 1756. 5. Joseph, December 20, 1757. 6. Benjamin, June 27, 1759. 7. Mary, December 19, 1760; died August 22, 1784; married, June 24, 1784, David Choate. 8. Hannah, born Au- gust 12, 1762. 9. Benjamin, October 17, 1764; died young. 10. Benjamin, August 15, 1766. II. Nathaniel, May 17, 1768. 12. Sarah, Jan- uary 13, 1770. 13. Aaron, December 28, 1771. 14. Child, October 12, 1773.

(VI) William (3), son of Jonathan Cogs- well, was born in Chebacco, August 26, 1750. He married, August 18, 1781, Jemima Haskell, born July 7, 1755, in Gloucester, died July 16, 1838. He was in the revolution, in Captain Jonathan Cogswell, Jr.'s, company, April 19, 1775, and in Captain David Low's company, third Essex regiment, under Colonel Cogswell, 1778. He settled in 1790 in Lunenburg, Massachu- setts, and died there April 24, 1836. Chil- dren : 1. Sarah, born August 19, 1782 ; died Au- gust 10, 1817. 2. Mary, born October 27, 1784. 3. William, September 4, 1786. 4. Francis, February 21, 1788. 5. Clarissa, February 24, 1789. 6. Jonathan, May 13, 1792; mentioned below. 7. Hannah, April 13, 1795. 8. Seth, February 21, 1798. 9. Eliza, April 1I, 1801.

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(VII) Jonathan (2), son of William (3) Cogswell, was born May 13, 1792, in Lunen- burg, and died November 8, 1865. He resided in Lunenburg until 1837, when he removed to New Salem, Massachusetts. He married, Oc- tober 19, 1816, Lydia Boynton, born Oc- tober 22, 1791, in Lunenburg. Children: I. Lydia Emeline, born March 18, 1818; died May 30, 1909, at Orange, Massachusetts ; mar- ried, August 1, 1837, John Forister. 2. James Albert, born July 12, 1820; married, No- vember 9, 1842, Mary J. Shortwell; she died January 5, 1905, in Boston. 3. Susan Maria, born February 26, 1822; married, Sep- tember 14, 1842, Joseph E. Porter. 4. Will- iam Otis, born December 17, 1823; died Janif- ary 12, 1909, in Bushnell, Illinois; married, April 26, 1858, Lucy A. Sanderson ; married (second) September 30, 1863, Anna J. Gould Porter ; (third) February 25, 1868, Isabel Lytle. 5. David Boynton, born November 28, 1825 ; married, September 16, 1857, Prudence M. Moore. 6. Charles W., born February 17, 1828; died January 19, 1891, Boston ; married, September 4, 1861, Hannah Etta Hall, died March 5, 1900, Brookline, Massachusetts. 7. George Haskell, born March 6, 1830; married, 1859, Harriet S. Westfall. 8. Eliza Jane, born February 3, 1832 ; died June 2, 1873 ; married Louis R. Briggs. 9. Henry A., born February 7, 1834 ; mentioned below.

(VIII) Henry A. Cogswell, son of Jona- than Cogswell, was born in February 7, 1834. He married (first) June 19, 1860, Lura Ann Underwood, born in New Salem, 1839, died July 23, 1873, daughter of Samuel G. and Esther (Lord) Underwood. He married ( second) June 2, 1874, Faustina A. Stone, born in Wendell, Massachusetts, daughter of Clark L. and Amy E. Stone. Children of the first wife: I. Angenette Idella, born June 22, 1861 ; married, January 13, 1880, Charles W. Felton (see Felton, VII). 2. George Lester, born December 25, 1862; died April 17, 1863. 3. Charles Henry, born September 27, 1864. 4. William Burton, born May 17, 1868. 5. Lillian Esther, born April 23, 1870; married Albert Cox, 1903. Children of the second wife. 6. Ashton C., born September 16, 1875; died March 27, 1876. 7. Harry C. S., born October 1, 1878.

ESTABROOK Joseph Estabrook, pioneer ancestor of the Estabrook, family of Worcester coun-

ty, and of James E. Estabrook and Arthur E. Estabrook, of Worcester, was born in Enfield,

Middlesex county, England. He came to New England in 1660. He entered Harvard Col- lege and graduated there in 1664. He was ordained soon afterward as the colleague of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, of Concord, Massachu- setts, and on the death of the pastor in 1696 succeeded him, filling the position with honor to himself and his people until his death, Sep- tember 16, 1711. He was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Whiting ( Harvard College, 1661). Joseph Estabrook was admitted a freeman May 3, 1665. His biographer tells us that as a preacher he was plain, practical and persuasive. In his intercourse with his people he was grave, affectionate and greatly beloved. In fact, he was generally known as "The Apostle." He was invited to take a church in Boston and urged to go to a larger field by friends who knew his power. But great things have origi- nated in the little town of Concord, some of the greatest men of American history have been born there and lived there-men like Estabrook, who helped frame the characters of the early generations there, men of his spirit and pride in his own town, though its popu- lation was small and its business future un- promising. His salary at Concord was only forty pounds a year in money, and forty in farm produce of various kinds. The Boston News Letter said of him at the time of his death: "He was eminent for his skill in the Hebrew language, and a most orthodox, learned and worthy divine, of excellent principles in relig- ion, indefatigably laborious in the ministry, and of holy life and conversation." He was chaplain of the Massachusetts legislature. He married, May 20, 1668, at Watertown, Mary, daughter of Captain Hugh Mason, the Indian fighter, and his wife, Esther Mason. She was born December 18, 1640. Children of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Mason) Estabrook: I. Joseph, born at Concord, Massachusetts, May 6, 1669. 2. Benjamin, February 24, 1670-71 (H. C. 1690), first minister at Lexington,

Massachusetts, installed October 16, 1696 ; died July 22, 1697; married Abigail Willard, and had two children. His widow married (sec- ond) Rev. Samuel Treat, and had three chil- dren, one of whom was the mother of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of In- dependence, attorney-general, and supreme court justice. 3. Mary, born at Concord, Oc- tober 28, 1672 ; married Jonathan Green, April 30, 1700. 4. Samuel, born at Concord, June 7, 1764 (H. C., 1696) ; taught grammar school at Concord, 1706-10, and assisted his father in the ministry ; was ordained June 13, 17II,

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 59

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 1008

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008