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Burnham. 4. Hezekiah. 5. James, born 1752; died 1819. 6. William, born about 1755 ; died April 25, 1802.
(V) Captain Barnabas (3), son of Deacon Daniel Hinsdale, was born February 23, 1737-8, at Hartford, and died there April 29, 1790, aged fifty-two years. In October, 1764, he was appointed surveyor for the county of Hart- ford, and surveyed the land given to South Church, Hartford, by the Buckingham heirs. The history of the church gives a fac-simile of his autograph, and date of survey, December 23, 1774. He served in the revolution, and was made ensign in December, 1776, and was lieutenant of Second Company, First regiment, in May, 1777. He was afterwards called cap- tain. "During the revolutionary war two French officers of Count Rochambeau's army
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entered the house of Barnabas Hinsdale, in Hartford, and one of them attempted to kiss his daughter. She struggled away from him, knocking off his chapeau into a kettle of water. She was very much frightened, expecting he would kill her at once, but he good naturedly brushed off the water and left the house. The above was told to Rev. Daniel Butler by his mother, Chloe Hinsdale, who saw the occur- rence." Barnabas Hinsdale married, about 1761, Magdalen Seymour, who died October 17, 1782, aged forty-two, daughter of Captain Jonathan and May (Bull) Seymour. A stone marks her grave in Centre cemetery. Children : I. Son, born 1762; died August 25, 1776; buried in Centre cemetery. 2. Chloe, born 1768; married Henry Butler. 3. Epaphras, mentioned below. 4. Daughter, married
Manley. 5. Martha, born 1773; died 1857; unmarried. 6. Catherine, born December, 1775 ; married Ichabod Plumb. 7. William, died of yellow fever in New York, in 1798. 8. Horace Seymour, born October 7, 1782 ; married twice. (VI) Epaphras, son of Captain Barnabas (3) Hinsdale, was born at Hartford, in 1769, and died at Newark, New Jersey. He mar- ried (first) Elizabeth Bowen ; (second) Eliza- beth Camp, who died July 26, 1817, and was a woman of most estimable character. Child of first wife: I. Charles James, mentioned below. Child of second wife: 2. Emily Sey- mour, married, at Newark, October 16, 1823, Dr. Jabez G. Goble.
(VII) Rev. Charles James Hinsdale, son of Epaphras Hinsdale, was born February 12, 1796, in New York City, and died October 17, 1871. He graduated at Yale College in 1815, and spent two years at Andover Theological Seminary, and a year at Princeton Seminary, graduating in 1819. In 1820 he went as a inissionary to the south, remaining about two vears. He was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church, at Meriden, Connecti- cut, January 15, 1823, and remained until De- cember 31, 1833. On January 7. 1836, he be- came pastor of the Congregational Church, at Blandford, Massachusetts, and was dismissed at his own request in December, 1860. His death was caused by a runaway, when he was thrown from his carriage and instantly killed. He married ( first) April 17, 1823, Catherine Banks, born November 1, 1792, died April 26, 1865, daughter of David D. Crane, of Newark, New Jersey, and widow of Erastus Chittenden. He married (second) November 22, 1866, Mary A. Lloyd, born June 25, 1808, died No- vember 14, 1893, widow of Henry Lloyd, of
Blandford. Children, born at Meriden, Con- necticut : I. Charles, May 23, 1824; died Oc- tober 31, 1824. 2. Catherine, twin with Charles ; died July 23, 1825. 3. James Crane, Novem- ber 25, 1825; married twice. 4. Sarah Hal- stead, August, 1827 ; died unmarried, May 21, 1880. 5. William Epaphras, October 11, 1830; mentioned below. 6. Charles Bowen, Novem- ber 22, 1834; died March 25, 1833. 7. Harriet Maria, January 9, 1834; died August 9, 1902 ; unmarried.
(VIII) William Epaphras, son of Rev. Charles J. Hinsdale, was born at Meriden, Connecticut, October 1I, 1830, and died De- cember 19, 1905, at Westfield, Massachusetts. He married, November 26, 1867, Christianna Goodwin, of Westfield, born October 2, 1841, at Brandford, England. She came to this country with her parents when she was nine years of age. Children, born at Blandford, Massachusetts : 1. Helen Blair, July 23, 1869. 2. Catherine Banks, November 26, 1871 ; mar- ried, October 1, 1906, H. H. Northam (see Northam, VIII).
COOK The surname Cook is one of the oldest English names, derived from the vocation of some progenitor of the eleventh or twelfth century, and the family is found scattered throughout the United King- dom. More than a dozen of this surname set- tled in Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies before 1650, and one, Francis Cook, was prominent among the "Mayflower" Pil- grims.
(I) Walter Cook, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in the early part of the seven- teenth century. He settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1643. He was ad- mitted a freeman May 18, 1653. He was one of the original proprietors of Mendon, then Quinshepaug plantation, in 1663, and settled there. During King Philip's war he was, with the other inhabitants, driven from his home by the Indians. Gregory and Stephen Cook, who have been suggested as his brothers, were with him for a time. Stephen and Gregory finally settled in Newton, then part of Cam- bridge. After the war Walter Cook returned to Mendon, and died there January 5, 1695-96. His wife, Catherine, died January 2, same month, three days carlier. His homestead was very near where the late Aaron C. Cook lived in Mendon. He had an original forty acre right, and he and his sons became large land owners, especially in the southeast part of the town, adjoining Bellingham and Woonsocket,
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and also in adjacent territory now in Rhode Island. His will was dated January 18, 1694- 95, bequeathing to wife, Catherine; eldest son, John, and other children, Nicholas, Hannah, Samuel and Experience. Children: I. Han- nah. 2. John, married Naomi, daughter of Ferdinando Thayer, one of the pioneers of Mendon, and also an ancestor of Louis A. Cook. 3. Ebenezer, born May 30, 1656. 4. Walter, September 10, 1657. 5. Nicholas, Feb- ruary 9, 1659-60; mentioned below. 6. Sam- uel, married Lydia Wight, and had six chil- dren at Mendon; her name was in reality. White, and she was the descendant of Thomas White, of Weymouth. 7. Experience.
(II) Nicholas, son of Walter Cook, was born February 9, 1659-60, at Weymouth. He went to Mendon with his father and settled there; his farm was in the southeast part of Mendon in what is now the east part of Black- stone, and he extended his possessions into Bellingham and Woonsocket, Rhode Island. His posterity has been numerous in Mendon, Milford, Blackstone, Bellingham, Wrentham, Cumberland, Woonsocket. He married Jo- anna Rockwood, November 4, 1684; their chil- dren were born in Mendon, and his posterity has extended throughout the Union. Chil- dren: 1. Josiah, born August 29, 1685. 2. Nicholas, June 10, 1687; always known as deacon ; was first deacon of Baptist Church, of Bellingham. 3. Johanna, February 17, 1689. 4. Mary, October 9, 1690. 5. Josiah, 1691. 6. Aaron, March 4, 1695. 7. Seth, April 28, 1699. 8. Daniel, August 18, 1703. 9. David, November 15, 1705. 10. Abigail, October 4, 1707. II. Noah, mentioned below.
(III) Noah, son of Nicholas Cook, was born at Mendon, 1710; died there April 29, 1771. Olive Cook, his widow, was appointed guardian of their twin children, Noah and Olive, aged five, June 15, 1772. He married (first) Keziah Albee; (second) Olive Gaskill ; his widow married, in 1776, Daniel Wilcox, of Cumberland, Rhode Island. Among their chil- dren, born in Mendon were: Hannah, Sep- tember 28, 1740; Abigail, March 18, 1753; Ichabod, mentioned below ; Arthur, November 30, 1760; Keziah, July 27, 1770. Louis A. Cook was descended from Noah and his two wives, having come down from both Ichabod and Keziah.
(IV) Ichabod, son of Noah Cook, was born August 21, 1749, in Mendon. He settled in Mendon, and died there in the summer of 1838. He married Elizabeth Smith. His will, dated August 18, 1836, bequeathed to wife,
Elizabeth, and four children; all four signed a request for the probate of the will. Children : Hannah, Ariel; Ichabod, mentioned below ; Smith, Samuel.
(V) Ichabod (2), son of Ichabod (1) Cook, was born in Mendon, February 20, 1779. He was sole executor of his father's will. He was a prosperous farmer in Blackstone, formerly Mendon. He was a member of the Society of Friends and a Quaker preacher. He wrote several books. He died June 18, 1851, aged seventy-two years, leaving real estate valued at $25,000, and personal valued at about $10,- 000. He was one of the leading citizens of the town, and served a term in the general court. He married Louisa Cook. Children, born at Blackstone: William, John, James S., Louis, mentioned below.
(VI) Louis, son of Ichabod (2) Cook, was born at Blackstone, 1814; died there October 8, 1849, aged thirty-five years. He was well educated and became a teacher in the Friends Boarding School, of Providence, Rhode Island. He was a member of the school committee in Blackstone. He married Orinda Ballou Cook, born in Mendon, Massachusetts, January 16, 1823, daughter of Zimri and Olive W. (Allen) Cook. She died January 1, 1879, at the age of fifty-five. Louis died before his father, and his two sons inherited from the grandfather a quarter of the estate partitioned October, 1851. Children : 1. Louis Atwood, mentioned below. 2. Edward Herbert, born November 27, 1848; connected with the Bankers' and Tradesmen's Journal, of Boston.
(VII) Louis Atwood, son of Louis Cook, was born at Blackstone, May 4, 1847. He spent most of his boyhood on the farm at Candlewood, Blackstone, named for a neigh- boring hill where pine knots were obtained in ancient times and used as a substitute for candles. He was well educated in the public schools of Blackstone and Woonsocket, and at Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He suffered severely for several years from an accident at the age of eleven years, but eventually recovered his health and strength. He entered upon a business career, after leav- ing school, but after a time turned to the pro- fession of teaching. He taught in the public schools of Bellingham, Blackstone, Smithfield and Manville, and at the age of twenty-five was made principal of the Bates grammar school in South Weymouth, where he has since resided. In November, 1879, he was elected representative to the general court of Massachusetts from the Weymouth district,
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and resigned his position as teacher, January I, 1880, to take his seat. He had already be- gun the study of law and now devoted all his leisure hours to it. He was admitted to the Plymouth county bar, November 13, 1884. He became associated with William J. and Daniel R. Coughlan, under the firm name of Cook & Coughlan, with law offices at Abing- ton, South Weymouth and later in Boston. He was again a representative to the general court in 1889 and 1890. He was a leading Re- publican in his district for many years. In 1892 he came within one vote of receiving the nomination of his party for state senator. Mr. Cook has taken a keen interest in public edu- cation and served three years on the school committee of Blackstone and eight years in Weymouth. For twenty years he has been moderator of the annual town meeting of Weymouth, an honor conferred by New Eng- land towns as a matter of custom upon the leading citizen. He was appointed special justice of the district court of East Norfolk and demonstrated unusual qualifications for judicial office. In November, 1896, after a sharp contest in the primaries and at the polls, he was elected clerk of courts for Norfolk county by a plurality of more than four thous- and. He was re-elected twice at the end of his term of five years each and has since filled this office most acceptably. He is also now serving as librarian and treasurer of Norfolk County Law Library, vice-president of the Weymouth Historical Society, vice-president of the Mendon Historical Society, trustee of Tufts Library, chairman of Board of Park Commissioners of Weymouth, president of the Wednesday Night Club, also of the Old Folks Association, and a member of the New Eng- land Historical Genealogical Society.
Judge Cook has been an earnest advocate of temperance, and has accomplished much to reduce the evils of intemperance. He is a total abstainer himself and has been active in the temperance society, the Order of Good Templars. During his first year in the state legislature he had charge of nearly all the tem- perance measures, and it was mainly through his efforts that the law was passed compelling saloons to remove all screens and curtains, ob- structing a view of their bars from the side- walk. He has been a member of the United Order of the Golden Cross for twenty-nine years, having been a member of Orion Com- mandery, of South Weymouth, which received its name on motion of Judge Cook. Ile is also a member of Wildey Lodge, No. 24, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, of South Wey- mouth, and Abigail Adams Lodge, No. 90, Daughters of Rebekah, which received its name on his suggestion; of Agassiz Council, Royal Arcanum, of Cambridge, Massachu- setts. In August, 1893, he was elected grand master, the highest office in the state, in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was representative of this order, as its head, at Chicago, during the World's Fair in 1893. In the following year he was one of the represent- atives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge when the members were quartered and the sessions held at Lookout Inn on the summit of Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and he served in the same capacity at the session of 1895 held at Atlantic City, New Jersey, and in 1908 was again representative at the session held in Denver, Colorado. For five years he was on the board of officers of the Grand En- campment of Massachusetts, and was succes- sively elected to higher offices until 1907, when he was installed as grand patriarch of that branch of the order. He is now chairman of the committee on petitions of the Grand En- campment, and for fifteen years has been chairman of the committee on appeals in the grand lodge.
Judge Cook married, February 22, 1876, Lucinda Aldrich Clark, born at Smithfield, Rhode Island, November 29, 1858, daughter of Joseph Stevens and Mercy Maria (Aldrich) Clark. Her father was born August 12, 1809, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died Febru- ary 8, 1877, at East Blackstone, Massachu- setts. Joseph Stevens Clark married (second) August, 1851, Mercy Maria Aldrich, born Jan- uary 26, 1824, at Mendon, died November 18, 1902, at South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Clark: I. Charles Edwin, born April 23, 1854; married Nina Skinner, of Holyoke; three children. 2. Will- iam Augustus, born June 14, 1856; died July 31, 1869. 3. Lucinda Aldrich, wife of Judge Cook ; three children. 4. Frederick Williams, born December 28, 1860, at Cumberland, Rhode Island; married Carrie E. Vining; have three children. 5. Ella Maria, born April 16, 1865, at Milville, Massachusetts ; unmar- ried. Mr. Clark was a box manufacturer in Maine, and a farmer later in life at East Black- stone. His father, Captain Andrew Clark, was born March 9, 1786, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and lost his life at sea ; he mar- ried Phoebe A. P. Roach, born February 16, 1784; children : Andrew; Joseph Stevens, mentioned above. Children of Judge Louis
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Atwood and Lucinda Aldrich (Clark) Cook : I. Louis Aldrich, born May 24, 1877 ; graduate of Yale College ; spent one year in Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in August, 1905; now practicing law in South Weymouth; for seven years has been second assistant clerk of courts of Norfolk county ; married Mabel Irving Gilbert, of Providence, Rhode Island, in March, 1902, and has Louis A., born July 28, 1907. 2. Sidney Rogers, born October 14, 1882 ; graduate of Yale Col- lege; for past two years assistant editor on Putnam's Monthly Magazine. 3. Florence Maria, born February 26, 1887
WILLIAMS Emmanuel Williams, immi- grant ancestor, was one of the early settlers of Taun-
ton, Massachusetts, and died about 1719. The history of Goshen and Williamsburg states that this family was descended from Richard Williams, but proof has been found to the con- trary, establishing the line as given here. Em- manuel was very likely a nephew of Richard or some near relation which has not yet been proved. An inventory of the estate of Em- manuel Williams was presented to the court, July 4, 1720, by Abigail Williams, adminis- tratrix. Emmanuel married, about 1703, Abi- gail Makepeace, of Freetown, Massachusetts, born November 25, 1686, died about 1724, daughter of William and Abigail (Tisdale) Makepeace. Children, born in Taunton : I. John, 1704; mentioned below. 2. Gershom, 1706; married, August 2, 1729, Abigail Wald- ron. 3. Anna, 1708; married William Barney. 4. Lydia, 1710; married, February 10, 1731, John Terry, of Freetown. 5. Phebe, 1712. 6. Simeon, 1716.
(II) John, son of Emmanuel Williams, was born in 1704, and resided in Taunton. His will was dated October 31, 1765, and proved September 15, 1780. He married Elizabeth Caswell. Children, born in Taunton: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Elijah, married Ruth -, and is said to have removed to Hard- wick. 3. Lemuel, married, March 15, 1764, Sibyl Tisdale. 4. Jacob, married, March 29, 1765, Sarah Deane. 5. George, married, 1765, Keziah Atwood. 6. Joshua, married, 1777, Bethiah Clark; removed to Maine. 7. Silas, removed to Maine. 8. Abigail, married, Jan- uary 4, 1759, Joshua Shaw ; died April 8, 1801. 9. Elizabeth, married, June 4, 1759, Jabez Eaton. 10. Rachel, died 1788; married, Feb- ruary 4, 1773, Jonathan French. (The diffi- culty in tracing a Taunton family is due to the
fact that the vital records of early years were burned).
(III) John (2), son of John (I) Williams, was born in Taunton, about 1728; died Decem- ber 17, 1802 or 1804. He is described as of Rochester in his father's will, by which a deed of land to him is confirmed, "the said land lies part in Middleboro, and part in Rochester in the County of Plymouth, and consists of 80 or 90 acres." He lived a while in Middleborough and afterwards removed to Williamsburgh, where he died, in his seventy-fourth year. The town was named for this family. He married Rhoda Crowell, of Chatham, who died Febru- ary 22, 1814, in her eighty-first year. He was a merchant and hotel keeper, and a justice of the peace. He was one of the founders and chief supporters of the Baptist church. Chil- dren, born in Rochester and Middleborough: I. Abigail, died young. 2. John, born April 23, 1755, married, 1780, Mercy Weeks. 3. Abner, married Elizabeth Starks ; died March 17,1807. 4. Lucy, May 17, 1760, married Na- than Starks; died June 1, 1824. 5. Abigail, July 5, 1762, married John Stearns ; died June 22, 1804. 6. Jonah, June 9, 1765, mentioned below. 7. Abisha, married, April 7, 1822, Esther Kingsley. 8. Gross, January 31, 1771, married, March 7, 1796, Polly Washburn. 9. Joseph, September 22, 1773, married (first) 1795, Truesdale ; (second) Submit Gray.
(IV) Jonah, son of John (2) Williams, was born June 9, 1765, died December 24, 1824. He removed to Goshen, Massachusetts, about 1777, and settled in that part of the town called the Chesterfield Gore. He married, in 1791, Anna Graves, born August 13, 1770, at Hat- field, died August 18, 1857, daughter of Amasa and Phebe (Cary) Graves. Her father was in the revolution in Captain Samuel Fairfield's company, Colonel Ezra May's regiment; he married, July 13, 1769, Phebe Cary, who died July 13, 1813, daughter of Joseph and Phebe Cary ; he was son of Deacon Nathan Graves (5), John (4), John (3), John (2), Thomas Graves (I) ; he died November 30, 1820. Children of John and Anna Williams: I. Artemas, born April 30, 1792, mentioned below. 2. Amasa. 3. Abishai. 4. George. 5. Jonah. 6. Daniel. 7. William. 8. Ann, married, May 31, 1827, Lyman Randall. 9. Clarissa, married, June 18, 1828, Thomas Thayer. 10. Wealthy, married, April 17, 1834, Harvey Nichols. II. Phebe, married a Mr. Price.
(V) Artemas, son of Jonah Williams, was
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born in Goshen, April 30, 1792, died in South Deerfield, February 7, 1881. He received his early education at the district school and at Parson Hallock's School for boys at Plainfield. Some of his classmates there were William Cullen Bryant, the poet, Johann King, and Rev. Levi Parsons, one of the first missionaries of the American Board to Palestine. At the age of eighteen he entered the store of Stephen Whitney, father of Admiral William Whitney, as clerk and later became a partner in the business, afterwards selling out his interests in order to give his whole attention to the man- agement of his large estate. He was one of the founders of the South Deerfield Congre- gational church in 1818 and, when the church was built, he contributed one-third of all he was worth for its erection. The church is still standing in a perfect state of preservation. He brought from Hartford the bell for the church with his team. In 1822 he was elected parish clerk and held that office over forty years. The Parish Book, con- taining two hundred pages of records in his clear handwriting, is treasured by the family. At his house the earlier ministers of the parish were examined for settlement, and his house was always the minister's home. The weekly church meetings were held there. For more than sixty years he was never known to be absent from church, unless detained by sick- nuss or the infirmities of age. In the enter- prise of securing funds for the Bloody Brook monument he took an active part. For nine- teen years he was a member of the board of assessors of Deerfield. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1842 and held this office thirty-nine years, receiving his last appoint- ment when eighty-five years old. He married, 1817, Amelia Arms, daughter of Captain Elijah Arms, who was a lineal descendant of Rev. John Williams, first minister of Deer- field, who was carried by the Indians to Can- ada in 1704. Children : 1. Eliza. 2. Lucinda. 3. Belle. 4. Lucelia, taught school for the freedmen in Beaufort, South Carolina, and Hampton, Virginia, and later at Jacksonville, Florida, for thirteen years. 5. Phila, taught school with her sister at Hampton, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, where she remained seven years in charge of a large school ; now living at home, South Deerfield. 6. Elijah A., died in the grcat fire at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1897. Hc married Sarah Howard, daughter of Na- thaniel Howard, of Springfield. Elijah was educated at Deerfield Academy and Shelburne Falls; engaged in the manufacture of gold
chains as a member of the firm of N. Howard & Company, of Springfield, and retired from business for the purpose of travel ; on his way home he stopped to visit the battlefields of the civil war and met his sad death by fire in the hotel.
(For preceding generations see Robert Williams 1) (III) Captain Isaac (2)
WILLIAMS Williams, son of Captain Isaac (I) Williams, was born at Newton, December 1I, 1661, and died in 1739. They lived at Roxbury. He mar- ried Elizabeth , died June 26, 1699. Children: I. Isaac, born November 1, 1686. 2. Jonathan, November 5, 1687. 3. Mary, February 27, 1688. 4. John, April 30, 1689; married, January 18, 1712, Mary Good. 5. William, born September 19, 1690. 6. Ebe- nezer, June 18, 1691. 7. Samuel, February II, 1692. 8. Martha, September 11, 1693. 9. Daniel, October 22, 1695; mentioned below. IO. Elizabeth, September 23, 1697.
(IV) Daniel, son of Isaac (2) Williams, was born in Roxbury, October 22, 1695. He probably was a settler at Canterbury, Con- necticut. Many Roxbury men settled in Woodstock and other towns in Windham county. He married, in 1724, Hannah Hol- brook. Children : 1. Daniel, born August 15, 1725; mentioned below. 2. Isaac, August 5, 1728. 3. Benjamin, January 9, 1730. 4. Phebe, married Deane. 5. Mary, married Hodges.
(V) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) Will- iams, was born August 15, 1725. This is be- lieved to be the Daniel Williams, of Canter- bury, Connecticut. Very little can be learned of him.
(VI) Ebenezer, son of Daniel (2) Will- iams, was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, about 1750. Before the revolution he re- moved on horseback to what is now Worth- ington, Massachusetts: He married Anne Cranc.
(VII) Leonard, son of Ebenezer Williams, was born in Worthington, June 17, 1774. He lived in Worthington in his youth, studied medicinc, and practiced at Chester, in that part set off as Huntington, Massachusetts. He set- tled in Chester in 1804, and bought the old Day property building, and built an addition to the old house for his office. Hc married Olive Wads- worth. He dicd December 12, 1850. Children : I. Jabin B., born January 5, 1800, mentioned be- low. 2. James Holland, born June 12, 1805 ; sec sketch. 3. Arvilla Ann, born 1810; marricd
Elijah A. Williams
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