Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 65

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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(VI) Charles Clark, son of Solomon Clark Spellman, was born December 3, 1843, in South Wilbraham, now Hampden, Massachu- setts. He attended the public schools, and prepared for college at Monson Academy and at Williston Seminary, of Easthampton, Mass- achusetts. He entered Yale College, and at the end of his sophomore year entered Har- vard Law School, from which he was grad- uated in 1867. He continued Iris studies for a short time in the law office of Hon. E. D. Beach, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the Hampden county bar in 1868. He began to practice in Springfield with Hon. Charles A. Winchester. He was appointed the first clerk of the police court of Springfield, and filled that office for thirteen years. In the meantime he entered partnership with Hon. Elisha B. Maynard, and continued in this rela- tion until his partner was appointed to the

bench. Since then he has practiced alone. His office is in the theatre building, Elm street. He was elected to the general court in 1887 on the Democratic ticket, from a strong Repub- lican district, and served on the judiciary com- mittee of the house. In 1888 he was a mem- ber of the state senate from the first Hampden district, and served on the judiciary and harbor and land committees. Since 1906 he has been a county commissioner of Hampden county. Mr. Spellman is one of the best known Masons of the county, a member of Roswell Lee Lodge ; of Morning Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar ; of all the Scottish Rite bodies, and of the Massachusetts Consistory, Boston. He has taken the thirty-third degree, and is a member of the supreme council. He has been master of his lodge, head of the council, commander of the Knights Templar, and head of all Scot- tish Rite bodies that have done work in Spring- field. He has attended the various conclaves, and is a permanent member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He was for some years director of the Masonic Charity and Trust Fund, an incorporator of the Masonic Hall Association, and one of the directors of the building erected in Springfield. He is also a member of the Nayasset and Masonic clubs, of Springfield. He attends Faith Congrega- tional church.

He married, October 4, 1871, Jennie Han- nah Flagg, born January 3, 1852, daughter of Charles Wright Flagg, an ice dealer and prom- inent business man. Her mother was Hannah Submit (Tilden). Children, born in Spring- field: I. Charles Flagg, born November 30, 1873: graduate of Williston Seminary, 1892, and Yale, 1896; admitted to the bar in 1897, and in the same year engaged in practice with his father in Springfield ; firm name of Spell- man & Spellman ; married, November 3, 1903, Alice M. Malley. 2. Bessie, born October 6, 1880 ; married Edward M. West, a real estate dealer, of White Plains, New York.

The surname Carleton is de- CARLETON rived, according to some au- thorities in England, from the place name. Carleton is from the Saxon word ccorl (husbandman), and ton or town. The English family traces the pedigrce to Baldwin de Carleton, of Carleton, near Pen- rith, Cumberland, in 1066. The Carleton coat- of-arms : Argent a bend sable three mascles of the field. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet

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or a unicorn's head sable, the horn twisted of the first and second. Motto: "Non ad perni- ciem." Following is the pedigree :

(I) Baldwin de Carleton, of Carleton, near Penrith. (II) Jeffrey de Carleton. (III) Ed- uard de Carleton. (IV) Henry de Carleton. (V) Gilbert de Carleton, married Fitz- william. (VI) William de Carleton, justice's councillor of Edward, the King's son and lieu- tenant, while his father, Edward I., was absent in foreign wars; served on a commission to reconcile King and barons ; was chancellor of the exchequer ; intercessor with the King for the Earl of Norfolk and Hartford; married Helena, daughter of Geoffrey de Stanton. (VII) Adam de Carleton, married Sarah, daughter of Adam de Newton. (VIII) Adam de Carleton, married Sinella , supposed to be a Plantaganet. (IX) John de Carleton, was conspicuous as commissioner with the chief men of England in making treaty with Flanders. (X) Henry de Carleton, county Lincoln, 13 Richard II. ; married Alicia. (XI) Sir Thomas de Carleton. (XII) Sir Walter de Carleton, married - Fieldman. (XIII) Thomas Carleton. of Sutton, Lincolnshire; married - Skerne. (XIV) John Carle- ton, of Sutton and Walton upon Thames, died 1450; married Anne Skepwith. (XV) John Carleton, married Alice Danield. (XVI) John Carleton, lived in 1500; married Joyce, daugh- ter of John Welbeck and Margaret (Cul- pepper ), cousin of Queen Catherine, wife of Henry VIII. (XVII) Edward Carleton, fifth son of John, settled in East Clandon, Surrey, in 1571, and is ancestor of the Carletons, of London, Surrey, Arundel and America. (XVIII) Erasmus Carleton, son of Ed- ward Carleton, was a citizen and mercer of St. Bartholomew, London; married Eliza- beth

(I) Edward Carleton, son of Erasmus Carle- ton, was born in England, in 1605. He is the immigrant ancestor of the American family. He settled on the plantation of the Rev. Eze- kiel Rogers, in 1638-9, and became one of the founders of the town of Rowley, Massachu- setts. Next to the minister he was the largest owner of land in Rowley. He was given that title of "Mr.," reserved for ministers and per- sons of high social or official standing. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642: deputy to the general court in 1644-45-46-47; com- missioner to hear small causes, 1648; he re- turned to England, and died there about 1661. He married Eleanor Denton (Carth originally, of old Roman ancestry). He left some estate

in New England, a part of which his son John obtained. Christopher and Hannah Babbage and Jeremiah and Nehemiah Jewett received letters of administration on behalf of the chil- dren of Hannah Carleton, his widow, Novem- ber 29, 1678. Children: I. John, born 1630; mentioned below. 2. Edward, October 28, 1639. 3. Mary, June 2, 1642. 4. Elizabeth, March 26, 1644.

(II) John, son of Edward Carleton, was born in England, in 1630. He married Han- nah, daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Mallin- son) Jewett. She was born in England, June 15, 1640. Joseph Jewett was son of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of York- shire, baptized December 31, 1609; married, October 1, 1634, Mary Mallinson. John was a leading man of the town of Haverhill, where he died January 22, 1668. Children, born in Haverhill : I. John, 1658; married Hannah Osgood. 2. Joseph, March 21, 1662. 3. Ed- ward, March 22, 1664; mentioned below. 4. Thomas, September 9, 1667; married Eliza- beth

(III) Edward, son of John Carleton, was born in Haverhill, March 22, 1664. He mar- ried Elizabeth -- , and settled in Bradford, Massachusetts, where his descendants have been numerous to the present time. Children, born at Bradford : I. Edward, February 20, 1690-1 ; married, June 13, 1712, Hannah Kim- ball. 2. Benjamin, April 23, 1693 ; mentioned below. 3. Nehemiah, April 15, 1695. 4. Na- thaniel, 1697 ; baptized June 20, 1697. 5. Eben- ezer, born December 22, 1704. 6. Mehitable, March 8, 1707.

(IV) Benjamin, son of Edward Carleton, was born in Bradford, April 23, 1693, and died there May 3, 1772, in his eightieth year. His first wife Abigail (Dudley?) died June 29, 1726, in her twenty-seventh year. He mar- ried (second) Elizabeth Children, born at Bradford, the eldest by the first wife, others by second wife: I. Dudley, January 3, 1721-2; mentioned below. 2. Reuben, June 2, 1732 ; died April 25, 1818. 3. Abigail, May 13, 1734; died June 8, 1765. 4. Mary, December 4, 1736. 5. Hannah, April 24, 1740. 6. Phebe, July 9, 1742. 7. Benjamin, December 16, 1745. 8. Joseph, October 22, 1748.

(V) Dudley, son of Benjamin Carleton, was born January 3, 1721, at Bradford. His name appears in the revolutionary rolls of Massachusetts as one of a list of men serving as a committee for Essex county to raise men for the campaigns in New York and Canada (year not given). He married, February 25,

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1745, Abigail Willson, of Bradford. She died October 2, 1799, aged seventy-four years. Children, born in Bradford: I. Rebecca, May 26, 1746. 2. Dudley, May 16, 1748; married, February 10, 1776, Mehitable Parker. 3. Abi- gail, March 30, 1750. 4. David, December 7, 1751 ; soldier in the revolution. 5. Hannah, January 7, 1753. 6. Michael, May 23, 1757; soldier in the revolution. 7. Moses, January 17, 1759; settled in Maine. 8. Mercy, Sep- tember 17, 1760. 9. Edward, July 2, 1762; mentioned below. Io. William, June 1, 1764. II. Ebenezer, April 4, 1766. 12. Phebe, March 4, 1769.

(VI) Edward, son of Dudley Carleton, was born in Bradford, July 2, 1762. He' and his brother Moses and perhaps others of this family went to Maine about the time of the close of the revolution. The federal census of 1790 shows that Edward and Moses were living at Bluehill, Hancock county. Edward had three females in his family; Moses had three sons under sixteen and two females. Edward and Woodman Carleton were living at Fryeburg, Maine.

(VII) Deacon Edward (2), doubtless son of Edward (1) Carleton, was born in 1799. He settled about 1823 in Waterford, Maine, and the history of that town states that he came thither from Portland. But the records of Portland indicate that none of the name settled there. He may have lived there for a time. He married, in 1824, Achsah Munroe. He was a cabinet maker by trade, a citizen of influence and standing, and for a time was postmaster. His home was on the flats at first, afterward west of the pond. Children, born at Waterford:

I. Caroline, married Allen Greenwood. 2. Maria. 3. Emily. 4. Elizabeth, married Dr. William N. Greene. 5. George. 6. Ellen. 7. Edward. 8. Edward. 9. Charles M., mentioned below. 10. John A.

(VIII) Dr. Charles Munroe Carleton, son of Deacon Edward (2) Carleton, was born at Waterford, April 24, 1837. He attended the public schools of his native town, Phillips Academy, at Exeter, New Hampshire, and then began the study of medicine under Dr. William N. Green, of Portland, Maine. He completed his medical education in Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in the class of 1858. After graduating he open- ed an office in Norwich, Connecticut. At the be- ginning of the civil war he was appointed sur- gcon of the Eighteenth Connecticut Regiment, and served for three years. Hethen went abroad, partly for study and partly for his health. He

had hospital training and study in France and England. He returned to Norwich and re- sumed hiis practice, continuing until his death, December 30, 1886. He enjoyed a large and interesting practice and took high rank in his profession. In politics he was a Republican, in religion a Congregationalist. He was a member of the Connecticut State Medical Society (president of same in 1879) and other medical societies. He married Mary Green- wood, born November 5, 1838, daughter of William A. Greenwood, of Boston, Massachu- setts. Children : I. Charles William, born March 8, 1862 ; died aged four years. 2. Dud- lev, born February 19, 1869 ; mentioned below. 3. Dr. Ralph, born May 23, 1870; a physician of Springfield, Massachusetts.

(IX) Dr. Dudley Carleton, son of Dr. Charles M. Carleton, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, February 19, 1869. He attended the public schools of his native city and the Norwich Free Academy, and entered Harvard Medical School, from which he graduated in the class of 1893. During the next two years he was interne at the Boston City Hospital. Since 1896 he has been practicing in Spring- field. His office is at 1371/2 State street. He is visiting surgeon and orthopedist to the Springfield Hospital. He is a member of the Boston City Hospital Alumni Association, the Springfield Academy of Medicine, the Massa- chusetts Medical Society and the American Medical Society. He is a well known and highly respected practitioner, having the full- est confidence of his fellow-physicians as well as his patients, and enjoying the respect and esteem of the community. He married, Sep- tember 15, 1898, Clara L. Jewell, daughter of C. C. Jewell, of Jersey City, New Jersey. Chil- dren, born in Springfield : Ralph Dudley and Helen L.

Burke speaks of "the ancient STEDMAN and illustrious family of Sted- mans known in England since I191." A Scotch family of Stedmans is de- scended from Patricius Stedman, 1369. A once strong Welsh family of this name is said now to have no male representative. Of the Scotch family are several distinguished writers and soldiers. The first Stedman in New Eng- land was Isaac, who came in the "Elizabeth," in 1636, and settled in Scituate. From him is descended Edmund C. Stedman, the poet. John and Robert Stedman came over in 1638. Rob- ert's descendants married into the Quincy and Ellery families, and William Stedman was a

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member of congress. The names of Robert and Thomas Stedman are found on Windsor (Connecticut ) records, in 1647, and that of Thomas in New London, in 1649. From Thomas and Isaac are descended most of the Stedmans of New England.

(I) John Stedman was born in West Hart- ford, Connecticut, about 1739, and died at Hudson, New York, May 19, 1816. Nothing is known as to his parentage, though his grand- son, Dr. J. H. Stedman, was quite positive that his father's name was John; but there is nothing in the church or town records to verify the statement. From facts gathered by Dr. Stedman and a narrative written by his son, Daniel B. Stedman (of this sketch) the follow- ing account of John Stedman is taken, the inci- dents having been in most cases handed down by Salmon, son of John Stedman, to his de- scendants.

In 1755, when about fifteen years of age, John Stedman was sent by his parents to some place near by on an errand, and was kidnapped with others by a press gang and taken abroad a British warship in New York. Nothing is known of his experiences nor of the lands he visited in the two years he was in the navy. One day the vessel again dropped anchor in the port of New York. Young John was no doubt heartily tired of sea service, and with the connivance of the ship's surgeon escaped in the following manner: An errand was invent- ed upon which the boy was sent ashore one day toward evening, with a small jug to be filled with a specified brand of liquor. Once ashore he made no efforts to find the liquor, but soon found a sloop prepared to weigh anchor the next morning on her way up the Hudson. Secreting himself in this craft he left New York and was taken to the town of Hudson, where he went ashore and made his way to the house of his uncle, John Beecraft, who conducted a tavern there. From Hudson he later found his way (probably on foot) to the home of his parents in West Hartford. About a year later he enlisted as a soldier and went with the British army to Canada, where he took part in the campaigning which culmi- nated the following year in the capture of Quebec and the capitulation of Montreal. Soon after the close of this war, John married and settled in Connecticut, on a place a little west of the present city of New Britain. In 1776 he enlisted as a private in the Continental army and was present at the battle of Long Island. In leaping a fence in that engagement a bullet cut the shoulder strap which held his knapsack,

so that as he fell on one side of the fence it fell on the other. The battle of Trenton, the same season, was also one in which he took part. How many terms of enlistment John Stedman served is not known, but he was pres- ent at the battle of Saratoga in October, 1777, which resulted in the surrender of the British army under General Burgoyne ; and during the following winter he endured the sufferings which fell to all those who passed that fright- ful season at Valley Forge. He was with the gallant force which under the lead of "Mad Anthony Wayne" stormed and captured Stony Point, July 16, 1779; he witnessed the execu- tion of Major Andre, October 2, 1780; and was in the last important battle of the war, October 19, 1781, when Washington received the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at York- town, Virginia. It was not till two years later that the British forces were withdrawn; and during that time John Stedman remained in the army. Thus it may be seen that he served through nearly the entire period of the struggle for independence. While John Stedman was in the army, his wife and little ones of neces- sity endured many hardships and privations. Evidence of this is found in the fact that in 1782 the town of Farmington voted pensions to three of her soldiers, of whom John Sted- man was one, presumably by way of giving kindly assistance to the families of these ab- sent soldiers without pauperizing them. It was not till 1818, two years after his death, that pensions were granted to revolutionary soldiers by the general government. After the close of hostilities John returned to his family and resumed his old occupation of weaving, which he had learned from his father. His wife was industrious and frugal, and together they man- aged to acquire and enjoy as many of the comforts of life as the average of their neigh- bors. In the early part of the nineteenth cen- tury some of their children and other relatives having "gone west" into New York state, they followed and settled in Durham, Green county, a few miles west of the Hudson river, on the northeastern slope of the Catskill mountains, where their son Salmon had already taken up his abode. Here the remaining years of their lives were spent in peace and quietness. It was a green old age, too, on John's part. He retained till late in life that vigor and supple- ness which characterized his youth, as he showed on one occasion, the memory of which still remains. In the heat of a political argu- ment his opponent called him an "old Hessian," in response to which John laid him sprawling

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with a blow of his fist. After the death of his wife, loneliness prompted John to revisit his old home in Farmington and see the children and friends he had left behind. To cover the one hundred miles of distance on foot, cross- ing the Hudson on the ice, and thence follow- ing substantially the road which he had taken some sixty years before, when a boy returning from his service in the navy, was no great feat for a man in those days, not even for a veteran of his years; and he went and made his visit (one of considerable length, no doubt), but on his return his physical powers failed. Ar- rived at the public house in Hudson, still kept by a descendant of his Uncle Beecraft, who in his youth had given him refuge, he was taken sick and died, May 19, 1816, at the age of seventy-six. John Stedman married, Decem- ber 17, 1763, his cousin, Molly Hotchkiss, born July 21, 1747, daughter of Lodowick Hotch- kiss, of Farmington. She died February 18, 1813, aged sixty-six. They were the parents of eight children: Trial, William, Polly, Tim- othy, John, Salmon, Amzi and Hannah.

(II) Salmon, fourth or fifth son of John and Mary (Hotchkiss) Stedman, was born in Farmington, Connecticut, March 21, 1779, and died March 21, 1861, on the eighty-second anniversary of his birth. He learned the trade of blacksmith of Josiah Hotchkiss, his uncle, and soon after his marriage he moved to Dur- ham, New York. About 1840 he abandoned his trade and thenceforth resided with his son till his death. He married (first) December 22, 1803, his cousin, Lucina, daughter of Josiah Hotchkiss, of Plainville, Connecticut. She died May 16, 1823, aged thirty-eight. He mar- ried (second) July 19, 1824, Polly Finch, who (lied March 16, 1847.

(III) Dr. Josiah Hotchkiss, only child of Salmon and Lucina ( Hotchkiss) Stedman, was born in Windham, New York, April 7, 1809, and died in Brattleboro, Vermont, August 29, 1894, aged eighty-five years. Graduating from Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts, in 1831, he began practice in his native town of Durham. He removed to Rich- ford, New York, 1840; to Cortland, 1846; to Peruville, 1848; to Richford, 1850; to Wood- bury, New Jersey, March, 1851 ; to Ashland, New York, September, 1851; to Cumington, Massachusetts, 1855; and to West Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1859. Over fifty years of his life were spent in relieving the ills of humanity.

He was one of the pioneer Abolitionists, and was associated with Gerritt Smith, Frederick Douglass, and other noted anti-slavery leaders

in the work in New York state. From 1846 to 1848 he edited at Cortland, New York, the True American, an anti-slavery paper. He was a pioneer in temperance work, joining what was known as the Washingtonian move- ment when he was a young man. He often spoke at public meetings against slavery and intemperance, and in favor of health reform. After the enactment of the fugitive slave law he took an active part in the work of the "underground railroad," and assisted many a black man on his way to Canada and liberty. After the slaves were freed he delivered many courses of lectures in New York, Massachu- setts, and elsewhere, on physiology and hygiene, enlightening the common people upon the laws of life and health. He had a distinctive per- sonality which was wholesome and helpful, and commanded both respect and love. Unlike too many reformers, he never became a pessi- mist and a prophet of evil when his own views did not prevail, and he never impugned the motives of those who opposed his views. He had a cheerful courage, born of an inward principle, which never forsook him. His four- score years were filled with high aims and good deeds, and in a ripe old age the end came as quickly and painlessly as one might wish.

Josiah H. Stedman married, April 9, 1833, Elvira Strong, born in Windham, New York, February 10, 1810, died in West Brattleboro, Vermont, December 19, 1895, aged eighty-five. Her father, Jairus Strong, born May 4, 1774, died June 12, 1838. He resided in Ashland, than a part of Windham, New York. His wife, Dosha Bissel, was born April 26, 1777, and died June 1, 1865, aged eighty-eight. They had ten children: Austin, Olivia, Clarinda, Aurelia, Minerva and Maria (twins), Elvira, Daniel Bissel, Louisa and Elisha Pineo. Mrs. Stedman was in a gradual decline for some time preceding her death, due to weakness at- tendant upon her advanced years. In Sep- tember, 1893, she sustained a fracture of the hip, and from that time she was an invalid and confined closely to her home. Some five or six years before her death she inherited from the estate of her nephew, Loring Robert- son, of New York, a handsome sum of money which she used unselfishly for the benefit of her children. She also gave various sums for purposes of public beneficence. She left no will, but it was known to be lier purpose to give sums of money to certain institutions, and these wishes her children carried out. They included two thousand dollars cach to the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the

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American Board, the American Missionary Association, and the Brattleboro Home for the Aged and Disabled. It can be truly said that no woman ever came into the enjoyment of a fortune who showed more surely than did Mrs. Stedman by her use of her money that she counted herself a steward bidden to use her estate wisely for the happiness of her chil- dren and for the comfort of persons and insti- tutions needing such help. Many gifts were made by her to deserving causes which never came to public attention and of which none but her own family and the recipients knew.

Children of Dr. Josiah H. and Elvira (Strong) Stedman: I. Lucina Hotchkiss, born February 17, 1834, at Windham, New York ; married, June 21, 1859, at Brattleboro, Ver- mont, Luther E. Bartlett, of Cummington, Massachusetts. 2. Willard Parker, born No- vember 17, 1836, at Durham, New York ; mar- ried, October 1, 1862, Elivra E. (Hamlin) Gridley, of Bristol, Connecticut. 3. Daniel B., mentioned below. 4. Maria Louisa, born in Richford, New York, July 3, 1844; unmar- ried; teacher of painting at West Brattleboro Seminary, also at Aurora, New York, and Granville, Ohio. 5. Frances Olivia, born April 28, 1846, at Cortland, New York; married Ezra E. Fisher, at West Brattleboro, Decem- ber 25, 1873. 6. Mary Clarinda, born in Ash- land, New York, September 3, 1852; died un- married at West Brattleboro, July 21, 1893.

(IV) Daniel Bissell, second son of Dr. Josiah H. and Elvira (Strong) Stedman, was born at Richford, New York, July 13, 1840. He entered the office of the Hampshire Gazette and Courier, at Northampton, Massachusetts, where he learned the printer's trade between 1858 and 1861. August 26, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, a nine months regiment, and served until August 10, 1863. when he was honorably discharged on account of expiration of term of service. He participated in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded in the second day fighting. January 1, 1868, he be- came editor and proprietor of The Vermont Phenix, published at Brattleboro, Vermont, with which he was associated until 1888. In September, 1889, he removed to Rockville, Connecticut, where he was engaged in a lum- bering business. In April, 1892, he removed to Springfield. Interesting himself in real estate development, he opened up Orchard street in 1892. January 27, 1866, Daniel B. Stedman and Mary F. Brown, of Brattleboro, were married by Rev. J. F. Moors, at Green-

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 65

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