Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 55

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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NEWHALL The Newhall family in Eng- land had estates at Wiltshire as early as the eleventh cen- tury. At one time Oliver Cromwell owned the manor of Newhall, which he sold. The coat-of- arms of Thomas Newhall was: Azure three plates or on each an ermine spot sable. Crest : A cross crosslet fitchee azure. Motto: Diligentia ditat.

(I) Thomas Newhall, immigrant ancestor, born in England, came with his brother An- thony Newhall to Lynn, about 1630. He was a farmer, and owned all the land on the eastern side of Federal street, as far north as Marion. His house stood on the east side of Federal street, south of where the brook crosses. In1 the division of lands in 1630 he received thirty acres in Lynn. He died at Lynn, May 25. 1674. His will, dated April 1, 1668, filed in court June 3, 1674, bequeathed varions parcels of real estate to his children. He had land at Rumney Marsh, Gaines Neck and Lynn. His son Thomas was executor. The estate was appraised at one hundred and seventy-three

pounds, and included "an old dwelling house," with "an old barn." He married Mary

who died September 25, 1665. Children: I. Susanna, born about 1624; married Richard Haven ; died February 7, 1682. 2. Thomas, born 1630; mentioned below. 3. John, mar- ried (first ) February 3, 1657, Elizabeth Leigh- ton ; (second) July 17, 1679, Sarah Flanders. 4. Mary, born about 1637; married Thomas Browne.

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas ( I) New- hall was born in 1630, the first white child born in Lynn. He married, December 29, 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Potter. She was buried at Lynn, February 22, 1686-7. In the March term, 1663, Thomas was tried before the quarterly court on an action of assault and battery for striking the wife of William Long- ley. The testimony showed that Goody Long- ley attacked Newhall with a broadax, while her two daughters threw stones and struck Newhall several blows with "a peace of a pulle." while Newhall was trying to help run a line between land of John Newhall and Will- iam Longley. He was buried April 1, 1687. His executor, John Newhall, filed an inventory, but the will has not been found. The inven- tory was filed in Suffolk county, dated April 8, 1687, but that too has disappeared. His estate was valued at six hundred pounds. He was ensign in the military company. His homestead adjoined land of Benjamin Potter, boun 'ed on the common northerly and on the country road of highway southerly. He had a malt house. Children, born at Lynn: I. Thomas, November 18, 1653 : mentioned below. 2. John. February 14, 1655-6; married, June 18. 1677. Esther Bartram ; died 1738. 3. Joseph, September 22, 1658 ; married Susanna Farrar ; died January 29-30, 1705-6. having perished in a great snow storm on his way home from the general court. 4. Nathaniel, March 17, 1660; married Elizabeth Symonds: died December 24. 1695. 5. Elizabeth, March 21, 1662 ; drowned in April, 1665, in a pit near her father's house. 6. Elisha, November 3. 1665; buried last of February, 1686-7. 7. Elizabeth, October 22, 1667. 8. Mary, February 18, 1669. 9. Samuel, January 19, 1672; married Abigail Lindsey. 10. Rebecca, July 17, 1675 : married Ebenezer Parker, of Reading.

(111) Thomas (3), son of Ensign Thomas (2) Newhall, was born in Lynn, November 18. 1653, and died July 3. 1728. He married, No- vember, 1674, Rebecca Greene, born 1654, died May 25, 1726, daughter of Thomas and Re- becca ( Ilills) Greene, of Malden. About this

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time he removed to Malden and bought a farm of sixty acres of Joseph and Ann Hills. He was called husbandman and weaver. He was in King Philip's war, and was a lieutenant. He was selectman of Malden in 1700-01-02-12. Children, born in Malden: I. Rebecca, 1676, died October 7, 1694. 2. Elizabeth, 1678; mar- ried. January 18, 1700, Benjamin Burnap. 3. Thomas, married Mary 4. Hannah, married. February 13, 1708-9. Joseph Lamson. 5. Daniel, 1685; mentioned below. 6. Lydia, April 17, 1687; married. October 17, 1706, Samuel Wade. 7. Samuel. April 26, 1689; married, December 3, 1713, Sarah Sargent. 8. Martha, married. January 5. 170), Nathaniel Wilson. o. Elisha. married, 1721, Rebecca Gay.

(IV) Daniel, son of Lieutenant Thomas (3) Newhall, was born in Malden, in 1685, and died there February 3. 1760, aged seventy-five, according to his gravestone. He was an inn- holder. His will was dated August 5, 1758, and proved February 12, 1760. He married, January 8. 1706-7, Sarah Fosdick, born June II. 1687, daughter of John Fosdick, of Charles- town. She died December 12, 1763, and in her will styles herself innholder of Malden. It was dated December 1, 1761, and proved De- cember 19. 1763. She bequeathed to her son Daniel, of Leicester, and grandsons Samuel Burditt and Nathan Newhall, in equal thirds, all her property except legacies of gold beads to her daughter Sarah Burditt, and silver shoe buckles to her son John Newhall. Children : I. Daniel. born December 12, 1707 ; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born November 27, 1711; married1, December 4, 1729, Thomas Burditt. 3. John, born May 12, 1714; married, Septem- ber 17. 1741, Dorothy Newhall. 4. Nathan, born October 26, 1719; married, October 26, 1743, Tabitha Waite.

(V) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) New- hall. was born December 12, 1707, at Malden, and died in 1788. He married, December 26, 1738, Tabitha, daughter of Deacon Phineas and Tamza (Hill) Upham. He removed to Leicester, and bought, February 17, 1730-I, land of Richard Moore, in the northeastern part of the town. Children, the first born in Malden. the others in Leicester: I. Tabitha, September 28. 1730; married, August 9, 1750, Nathaniel Garfield. 2. Daniel, July 7, 1734; married. April, 1755, Elizabeth Stebbins. 3. Elizabeth, February 8, 1736-7; married Ste- phen Proctor. 4. Phineas, September 28, 1742; married Lydia 5. Samuel, August 13, 1744; married Anna Reed, of Conway. 6. Jabez, mentioned below.

(VI) Lieutenant Jabez Newhall, son of Daniel (2) Newhall, was born in Leicester, December 27. 1746, and died May 27, 1835. He married, May 5. 1768, Lydia Shaw, of Paxton, who died May 1, 1835, ninety-two years of age. Child, Jabez, mentioned below.

(VII) Jabez (2) Newhall, son of Lieuten- ant Jabez (I) Newhall. was born February 29, 1777, and died April 2, 1858. He married Eunice Livermore, born December 25. 1785, died March 27, 1871. Children: 1. Sarah, born 1822. 2. Jabez, born 1825. 3. Emily, born October 5. 1827, died February 23, 1904; married, June 19, 1850, Dwight Brown Look ( see Look).

The English ancestry of the DAVENPORT famous Rev. John Daven- port, founder of New Haven, Connecticut, has been traced for many cen- turies in England. The Davenport surname is traced to the earliest period of the use of heredi- tary family names. The first Davenport, Thomas De Davenport. was sheriff of England under William the Conqueror. Besides Rev. John Davenport, Captain Richard Davenport, of Salem, and Thomas Davenport, mentioned be- low, were in Massachusetts before 1640. The families used the same coats-of-arms, indicat- ing common ancestry, but the relationship has not been traced.

(I) Thomas Davenport, the immigrant, came from England to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he was admitted to the church Novem- ber 20, 1640. His wife Mary joined the church March 8, 1644, and died October 4, 1691. He was admitted a freeman May 18. 1642; was elected constable in 1670. He probably lived on the east slope of Mount Bowdoin, near Bow- doin street and Union avenue. He bought a house and land of William Pegrom, November 25. 1653, and another of William Blake, Febru- ary 5, 1665. His will was dated July 24, 1683, bequeathing his homestead to his son John after his wife's death. He died November 9, 1685. His estate was appraised at three hun- dred and thirty-seven pounds sixteen shillings eight pence. Children, born at Dorchester : I. Sarah, December 28, 1643; married Samuel Jones. 2. Thomas, baptized March 2, 1645; killed in the Narragansett fight, in King Philip's war. December, 1675. under Captain Johnson. 3. Mary, baptized June 2, 1649; married Sam- uel Maxfield. 4. Charles, baptized September 7, 1652. 5. Abigail, baptized July 8. 1655. 6. Mehitable, born February 14. 1657, died Octo- ber 18, 1663. 7. Jonathan, born March 6, 1659;

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married Hannah Warren. 8. Ebenezer, born April 26, 1761 ; mentioned below. 9. John, born October 20, 1664 ; married Noami Foster.

(II) Ebenezer, son of Thomas Davenport, was born at Dorchester, April 26, 1661 ; died there July 19, 1738. He was a weaver by trade. He bought, May 9, 1693, of Peter Lyon, house and land on Green street, and this place or portions of it have remained in the possession of his descendants until recently. He married (first) Dorcas, daughter of James Andrews, of Falmouth, died November 24, 1723; (sec- ond) May 26, 1724, at Dorchester, Sarah Bart- lett. His will, dated January 26, 1730, cuts off his wife because she had absented herself from his home for three years, "the principal part of the time since marriage." She was living in Charlestown in 1755. Children, except the first and second, born in Dorchester: I. Mary, July 15, 1683, at Boston ; married, No- vember 7, 1706, Richard Brooks. 2. Tabitha, May 3. 1688, in Falmouth ; married, December IT, 1712, Captain John Cook, Jr., who was killed May 22, 1747. 3. Esther, February II, 1690: married, April 7, 1709, Josiah Hobbs, of Boston. 4. James, March 1, 1693; mar- ried Grace Tileston, Sarah Franklin and Mary Walker. 5. Zeruiah, February 16, 1695 ; mar- ried Thomas Lerenbee. 6. Hepsibah, April II, 1697 ; married, July 25, 1722, Thomas Cook, or Cox. 7. Thankful, March 8, 1700; married, November 26, 1719, Ebenezer Cook, or Cox. 8. Elisha, September 26, 1703 ; married Rachel Searle. 9. Ebenezer, mentioned below.

(III) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Davenport, was born at Dorchester, October 23. 1706; died there March 17, 1785. He was a weaver by trade, and inherited his father's homestead on Green street, Dorchester. He married, April 23, 1729, Submit Howe, born at Dorchester, April, 1707 ; died January 13, 1783. Children, born at Dorchester: 1. Isaac, May 24. 1730; mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, Janu- ary 4. 1732, died at Hallowell, Maine, February 26, 1810; removed thither in 1762; married, September 24, 1758, Susanna White ; descend- ants living at Hallowell, and at Mobile, Ala- bama. 3. Hannah, March 15, 1734; married, April 2, 1751, Timothy Wales, of Dorches- ter. 4. Tabitha, August 9, 1737, died March I, 1804 ; married Ebenezer Seaver, Jr. 5. Eben- ezer, October 7, 1739, died December 30, 1739. 6. Submit, May 2, 1741 ; married, January 27, 1763. John Clapp. 7. Mary, September 6, 1743, died April 16, 174 -. 8. Ebenezer, July 9, 1745, died at Winthrop, Maine, February 21, 1819 ; married, April 27, 1767, Mary Crane.

9. Joseph, August 10, 1747, died at Coleraine, Massachusetts, April 14, 1821; married, De- cember 6, 1770, Mary White ; descendants at Coleraine and in New York state.

(IV) Isaac, son of Ebenezer (2) Daven- port, was born in Dorchester, May 24, 1730, and died there March 29, 1799. He inherited the homestead on Green street. His descend- ants reside largely in Dorchester, and in the state of Maine. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, a private in Captain Oliver Billing's com- pany, Lieutenant Clapp, Colonel Lemuel Robin- son's regiment, April 19, 1775 : fourth corporal in Captain Clapp's company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment, 1776, at Dorchester Heights; also in same company and regiment later in - year : also in Captain Clapp's company, Major Nathaniel Heath's regiment, 1779. He mar- ried (first) Mary Pray, born 1730, died De- cember 27, 1792: (second) July 29, 1793, Re- becca ( Blackmer ) King. Children, all by first wife, and born in Dorchester : I. Hannah, June 26, 1751. 2. Joseph, January 4, 1753; soldier in revolution. 3. Isaac How, August 14, 1754 ; soldier in revolution. 4. Lydia, May 18. 1756. 5. Samuel, October 24, 1757 ; soldier in revolution. 6. James, October 13, 1759; soldier in revolution. 7. Thomas, October 24, 1761. 8. Mary, September 24, 1763. 9. Sarah, October 14. 1765. 10. Ephraim, August 24, 1767. II. Ebenezer, April 29, 1769. 12. John, April 19, 1771 ; see forward. 13. Daniel.

(V) John, son of Isaac Davenport, was born at Dorchester, April 19, 1771. He married Lucy Children, born at Dorchester : 1. Nancy, January 24, 1798. 2. Elijah Lewis, April, 1801. 3. John, October 3, 1802; men- tioned below. 4. Calvin, January II, 1805. 5. Hannah, September, 1807.

(VI) John (2), son of John ( 1) Davenport. was born in Dorchester, October 3, 1802 ; died at Allston, Boston, at the great age of ninety- five years. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of carpenter and housewright there. He engaged in business in Boston as a builder, and became one of the leading contractors of his day. He built the largest buildings in Boston under one roof at that time in Boston, and many fine residences on Purchase street and at Fort Hill. He built the first house in Chelsea, and had to transport his lumber thither from Boston in rafts. He was one of the first passengers on the train from Boston to Wor- cester over the then Boston & Worcester rail- road, he and his wife riding to Worcester on a flat car. 11e once traveled to Washington, then

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a journey of some length and difficulty, taking the stage to Providence, Rhode Island, sailing in a sloop to New York, and thence proceeding by stage to Washington through Philadelphia. He had the honor of shaking hands with Presi- dent Jefferson. The trip occupied three weeks. He married, May 3, 1827, Mary Jane Slater, born at Salem, July 20, 1807, died in Allston. Children, born in Boston: I. Hannah.' 2. Hannah E., lives in Brighton ; unmarried. 3. Mary Jane, died young. 4. John, Jr., men- tioned below. 5. Josephine, died unmarried. 6. Samuel Newman, born November 30, 1840; married. December 1, 1870, Laura F. Dear- born, born at Brookline, daughter of Isaac and Susan ( Coolidge ) Dearborn. 7. Lewis Slater, died unmarried.

(VII) John (3), son of John (2) Daven- port, was born at Fort Hill, Boston, August 25. 1834. He was educated in the public schools of Boston. When a young man he went west. He had an excellent opportunity to make his fortune by buying land in Chicago, then in its infancy, but went farther west. He prospected through Iowa, and after walking from one end of that state to the other settled there. But he had an attack of fever and ague, and had to return east. He entered the employ of Robert Wiggins, dealer in leaf tobacco. A few years later, when his employer died, he and another salesman, Charles Legg, bought the business. This partnership continued for a period of twenty-five years. After the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Davenport and his son continued in the same line of business. In politics he was a Democrat until Mr. Bryan's presidential candidacy, when he acted with the Repub- licans. He married Maria C. Rice, born in Brighton, died in 1872, at Allston, daughter of William Rice, who was for many years a school teacher. He died March 30, 1900. Children : I. Florence, born 1862; married Benjamin Thomas Louden, in Boston ; have no children. 2. John Franklin, born March 6, 1865; men- tioned below. 3. Nellie, born 1868, died 1876.

(VIII) John Franklin, son of John (3) Davenport, was born in the twenty-fifth ward of Boston, March 6, 1865. He was educated in the public schools of Brighton, now part of Boston. At the age of nineteen he became associated in business with his father. The store was on Batterymarch street, and the firm enjoyed a thriving trade. Since his father's death he has continued the business under his own name. He is well and favorably known in the tobacco trade, importing leaf tobacco extensively. He was formerly a Democrat,

but has been a Republican since the advent of Bryan. In religion he is a Unitarian. He married (first) 1886, Mary Ella Smith, born in Boston, died 1903. He married (second) February, 1904, Mary E., daughter of George Kendall. Children of first wife: I. Ruth, born February 8, 1887, died August 20, 1906. 2. John, born February 25, 1888. 3. Norman, born November 16, 1889; now in Harvard College. Child of second wife: 4. George, born October 23, 1905.

The surname Gilbert is of great GILBERT antiquity in England. Sir Humph- rey Gilbert, the famous navigator

and explorer, lived in Devonshire, England, and died in 1583. He had a son Raleigh Gil- bert, whose son Humphrey was about the same age as Humphrey Gilbert, the immigrant men- tioned below, but it has not been proved that they were related. The similarity of names, however, seems to show that the immigrant was a grandson of Sir Humphrey.

(I) Humphrey Gilbert, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1615, died February 13, 1658. He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was a husbandman and commoner as early as 1648. He bought a house and land there February 5, 1650, near the Wenham line, and contributed to the fund to support the Indian war in 1643. He was taxed in Wenham in 1655. He deposed in 1654 that he was aged about thirty-eight years. His will was dated February 14, 1657-58, and proved March 30, 1657-58. He bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth, son John and daughter Elizabeth ; to daughter Abigail and four other daughters under age; to Peter Harvey, Richard Palmer, Richard Comer, Moses Aborn (Eberne). The four minor daughters petitioned that their hus- bands be appointed administrators January, 1657-58. Evidence was given June 27, 1666, that the daughter Hannah had received her portion. His widow Elizabeth married (sec- ond) September 24, 1658, William Remer, who died October 26, 1672, and she married (third) June 10, 1676, Henry Kimball. Children : I. Martha, married, October 23, 1663, Richard Comer. 2. Hannah, married, January, 1670, Peter Harvey. 3. Mary, married, November 24, 1672, Richard Palmer. 4. Abigail, married Moses Aborn. 5. John, mentioned below. Also other children named in will.

(II) Deacon John, son of Humphrey Gil- bert, was born about 1656-57, and lived on the homestead in Ipswich. He was a member of the church at Wenham until the formation of

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the church at the Hamlet (now. Hamilton) of which he was chosen one of the first deacons, November 9, 1714. He died March 17, 1722- 23, aged sixty-seven years (gravestone). He married, September 27, 1677, Elizabeth Kil- ham, of Ipswich. Children: 1. John, born July 14, 1678: married Martha Dodge and re- moved to Kettle Cove. 2. Daniel, 1680; mar- ried Elizabeth Porter. 3. Mary, baptized before 1682, died young. 4. Mary, born January 10, 1682, died young. 5. Elizabeth, married, De- cember 23, 1714. John Davis. 6. Mary, mar- ried, 1706, John Hull. 7. Martha, baptized 1688-89. 8. Joseph (twin), February 1, 1691 ; mentioned below. 9. Benjamin (twin), Feb- ruary 1, 1691 ; married, August, 1716, Esther Perkins : died June 24. 1760. 10. Lydia, bap- tized 1702. II. Noah, baptized November 21, 1703; married, February 12, 1727-28, Sarah Allen. 12. Sarah, married Nathaniel Gott.

(III) Joseph, son of Deacon John Gilbert, was born February 1, 1691. He married ( first) in 1718, Mary Cogswell, born at Chebacco, daughter of Adam Cogswell (3), William (2), John (1). He removed to Littleton, Massa- chusetts, and married (second) in 1739, Eliza- beth Whipple. Children: I. John, married Sarah Cummings. 2. Samuel, captain in Col- onel Prescott's regiment. 3. May. 4. Eliza- beth, married Aaron Stratton. 5. Daniel. 6. Joseph, mentioned below. 7. Abigail Hains.

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Gil- bert, was born in Littleton, Massachusetts, about 1751. He was probably a soldier in the French and Indian war, as he was an officer at the breaking out of the revolution. He was sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed's com- pany, Colonel William Prescott's regiment, and answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. In the same year he was lieutenant in the same regiment, Captain Eliphalet Densmore's com- pany, his name being on the list of officers May 29, of that year ; also lieutenant in Cap- tain Samuel Gilbert's company, same regiment, in August, 1775. A certificate by Captain Joseph Moore, on file in the Massachusetts state archives, states that Lieutenant Joseph Gilbert had command of his company in the battle of Bunker Hill. He married Sarah Robbins, born in 1751, died in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, November 25, 1828. He had a son John, mentioned below.

(V) John (2), son of Joseph (2) Gilbert, was born in Littleton, August 21, 1773, and died March 30, 1857, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. He was a farmer in Hillsborough. ITe married, October 8, 1783. Susan Pollard.

daughter of Benjamin Pollard. He had a son Joseph, mentioned below.

(VI) Joseph (3), son of John (2) Gilbert, was born January 10, 1799, died September 27, 1838, in Boston. He married, August 3, 1825, Elvira Moore; of Marlborough, Massa- chusetts, born 1800, died March 11, 1872. Chil- dren : 1. Almira, born February 18, 1828, died August 8, 1833, from an accident. 2. Susan Page, January 20, 1831, died January 7, 1852 ; married, October II, 1846, Rodney S. Lakin and had three children. 3. John Clark, No- vember 2, 1832; mentioned below. 4. Ham- mond Barnes, September, 1834; married, in Colorado, October 28, 1869, Julia E. Beverly, of Paris, Illinois.

(VII) John Clark, son of Joseph (3) Gil- bert, was born November 2, 1832, at Hills- borough, died October 31, 1903. His parents removed to Boston when he was a boy, and after the death of his father they returned to Hillsborough, where he received his education in the public schools. He became a clerk in a general store at Nashua, New Hampshire, and before he was eighteen years old went to Bos- ton, in 1850, as clerk in the grocery store of his uncle, John Gilbert, Jr. The business had been established by his uncle in 1830 and Mr. Gilbert soon made himself indispensable to his uncle in the store. He was promoted from time to time, and became a partner when he was twenty-one years of age, and in 1865 be- came proprietor of the business, which he car- ried on under the firm name of John Gilbert, Jr., & Company. At one time he conducted stores on Essex and West streets, in addition to his store on Tremont Row. His was the oldest grocery store in Boston, having been established in 1830. When the gold fever of 1849 attracted large numbers of young men from this section, the firm had an extensive business in providing the necessary outfits and supplies. During the civil war he fitted out nearly every vessel sailing from the port of Boston and his old store was a rendezvous for the naval line and staff, from midshipman to admiral. He had many friends in the navy and treasured a large fund of reminiscences and stories, especially of the eventful period of the rebellion. Upon the old ledger of the store may be found the names of such men as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Governor William E. Russell, Joseph Jefferson, the great actor, Admiral George Dewey, William Warren, the actor, and many others of national reputation. The most substantial citizens of Boston were among his customers, and he numbered many of them

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among his personal friends. The little back room of his store was a favorite resort for many congenial spirits. It was a favorite resort for Ole Bull, the celebrated violinist, for War- ren, Jefferson and Emerson, and in later days for Admiral Schley, Admiral Sampson and other distinguished naval officers. He was conceded the peer of any man in mercantile life in Boston in his day, in sagacity, foresight and general business ability. He was a good financier and while carrying on an annual business of a quarter of a million dollars he took pride in the fact that he never asked for credit or gave a promissory note. His close application doubtless explains his success in large measure, and he remained in active busi- ness until his death. He was interested in public affairs and in the history of this country. He was elected a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society in 1885. In poli- tics he was a life-long Republican and on sev- eral occasions was urged to take the nomina- tion for alderman in his ward, but he refused, having no taste for public life. He was a member of the Free Masons. He married (first) August 23, 1853, Abbie Jane Keay, born January 1, 1832, died January 3, 1861, daugh- ter of Otis and Dorcas (Woodsum) Keay. Her father was a harness maker and manufac- turer of leather goods in China Village, Maine. Her grandfather, Otis Keay, was born in Scot- land and married, in England, Betsey Appleby ; came to America when a young man and settled in Lebanon, Maine ; was a farmer there ; he and his wife died at an advanced age. He married (second) September 1, 1861, Lizzie Lake Keay, born August 15, 1834, sister of his first wife. Her mother having died, she was taken at the age of three by an aunt, who brought her up and gave her a good education. Children of first wife: I. Susie Alice, born January 16, 1858, died July 23, 1903 ; unmarried. 2. John Clark, November 5, 1860, died June 8, 1861. Children of second wife: 3. Mary Abby, un- married, lives at home. 4. James Porter, Jan- uary 24, 1867 ; mentioned below. 5. Caroline Louise, married Harry W. Butts. 6. Elizabeth H .. married William Hatch Smiley, who died suddenly May 3, 1907 ; child Gilbert Smiley, born June 10, 1904.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 55

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986