Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 12

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850


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of the South Cove Company, organized in 1825, the lot owned by the corporation being then one hundred and fifty by one hundred feet.


The erection of the main building a few years later was one of the great events of the times. It was before the days of the elevator, and land was cheap, so the new hotel was built on the ground instead of in the air, being only four stories high. The building, including later additions, now covers an entire square of nearly two acres, with large open courts letting air and sunlight into every room, while the con- venience and safety of the guests are further pro- vided for in the broad halls, numerous stairways, and grand old parlors and public rooms ; which show the wisdom of the founders. Mr. Haynes's success in putting this naturally fine property on a paying basis after it had been allowed in a large measure to lose its old-time popularity in- duced Messrs. Higgins, the owners of the Great Broadway Central Hotel in New York City, to secure him for the management of that property, then also in deplorable condition, and there he again showed his mastery of the situation by repeating previous successes.


Mr. Haynes was married July 16, 1852, at Billerica, Mass., to Martha C. Eaton, daughter of Archelaus and Elizabeth (Hackett) Eaton, of Salisbury, Mass. Mrs. Haynes was a valuable helpmeet, aiding her husband materially in his business . affairs. She died at Springfield, March 16, 1876, leaving no children.


Politically identified at first with the old Whig party and later with the Republican party, Mr. Haynes devoted a considerable portion of his time to the public service. He was a member of the first city government of Springfield ; was in the lower branch of the Legislature in 1868 and 1869; in the Senate in 1876 and 1877; and two terms, 1878 and 1879, on the Governor's Council. He was also on the Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston. Perhaps his most use- ful public service was in connection with the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of the State, of which he was appointed the first member in 1889 by Governor Oliver Ames, an old personal friend. As a member of this board his general business experience and sound judgment proved of inestimable value, and he served the Commis-


sion most faithfully from the date of his appoint- ment up to the close of his life.


In his last years Mr. Haynes gradually gave up the details of both the New York and Boston hotels. The management of the United States has devolved upon his brother-in-law, Mr. James Hickey, who for several years has assumed the active duties. Mr. Webb, another brother-in- law, has had the management of the Broadway Central, so that the business of these two hotels will continue uninterruptedly as heretofore.


Mr. Haynes was a member of the Home Mar- ket Club and the Massachusetts Republican Club. He was widely known as one of the pub- lic-spirited citizens of Massachusetts and a man whose absolute integrity, united with splendid ability, fairly entitled him to his ancestral motto, " Labor and Honor."


B EN MARSHALL JOHNSON, of Boston, was born in this city May 4, 1865, son of Marshall and Julia Ann Redgate (Johnson) Johnson. He is a descendant in the seventh generation of John Johnson, of Rehoboth, Mass., first mentioned in the vital records of that ancient town as the father of Elizabeth, b. in 1673. The line is : John; Jonathan, b. 1682; Jonathan, Jr., b. I723; Joseph, b. 1776; Francis, b. 1802; Marshall, b. 1840; Ben Marshall, whose birth date is above given.


According to Lewis's History of Essex County (p. 1412), John Johnson, of Rehoboth, was b. in 1653, son of Humphrey and Ellen (Cheney) Johnson, of Scituate and Hingham, Humphrey being the son of John Johnson, im- migrant, who, with his wife, Margery, settled at Roxbury, Mass. But the History of Hing- ham (volume ii., Genealogical) states that John, b. in 1653, son of Humphrey Johnson, was drowned in 1674. The parentage and birthplace, then, of John Johnson of Reho- both remain subjects for further investigation.


Jonathan Johnson, of Rehoboth, came to Lynn in 1706. He m. Sarah Mansfield in 1710, and they had two sons, Edward and Jon- athan, and four daughters. Jonathan Johnson, Jr., was m. three times. His third wife was Ann Alley, widow of Thomas Williams and


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daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Hood) Alley. Her father was a grandson of Hugh Alley, an early settler of Lynn, her mother a descendant of Richard' Hood, Sr., of Lynn. In 1758 Jonathan Johnson, Jr., bought the Nahant property of Jeremiah Gray, and later with his wife, Ann, there took up his abode. Three sons - Benjamin, Joseph, and Caleb - were b. to them in Nahant at the homestead, afterward occupied successively by his son Caleb and his grandson Hervey. Having been sold a few years since, the commodious dwell- ing, long one of the old landmarks of Nahant, was torn down to make way for the handsome summer residence now occupying its site.


Joseph Johnson, b. February 12, 1776, d. June 8, 1854, having spent most of his life at Nahant. He was first m. May 7, 1797, to Mary Cox, daughter of Francis Cox, of Salem. His second wife was Betsy, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Buxton) Graves, of Reading, North Parish. His first wife d. November 19, 1818, leaving eight children -- Joseph, Jr., Jonathan, Francis, Eliza, Pamelia, Washington H., Dolly M., and Walter - all now deceased. His second wife d. March 25, 1874, leaving five sons : Daniel Alfred, Edward Kirk, and Frederic Henry (all now deceased) ; Franklin E., now living at Winchester; and Edmund B., of Nahant. Joseph Johnson was a public- spirited, influential, and highly respected citi- zen. He was one of the founders, a trustee, and Deacon of the Methodist Church of Na- hant.


Francis Johnson, third son of Joseph and Mary (Cox) Johnson, was b. at Nahant, then a part of Lynn, July 3, 1802, and d. in June, 1891. He was the pioneer wholesale lobster merchant of Boston, establishing his place of business on Warren Bridge, in Charlestown, in 1846. On November 14, 1827, he m. Sally Coleman Rice, daughter of Jesse Rice. Ten children were b. of their union, and seven are now living; namely, Jesse Rice, Samuel Mar- tin, Francis Henry, Sydney Coleman, George Porter, Sarah, and Alice Elizabeth.


Marshall Johnson was b. at Nahant, then Lynn, June 22, 1840. After completing his education at an academy in Barre, Vt., he entered the employ of Mr. Codman, a wine


merchant on Kilby Street, Boston, but after- ward went to Virginia to look up the oil busi- ness. At a later period he established a whole- sale fish business on Atlantic Avenue, Boston, and continued in that line of trade until his death. He was drowned by the capsizing of a sail-boat off High Head, Harpswell, Me., No- vember 8, 1898. He m. November 15, 1863, Julia Ann Redgate Johnson, daughter of Jona- than and Sophia (Letournia) Johnson, of Harpswell, Me., the latter of whom was of French and Dutch descent. They had six children. The four now living are : Ben M., the subject of this sketch; Letournia Melvin; Sally Rice; and Richard Croswell.


Ben M. Johnson received his early education in Cambridge and at Allen's English and Classical School, West Newton. On leaving school he worked two years for his father, and after that he spent three years in the West, working on sheep and cattle ranches. On one trip he drove five thousand head of sheep from New Mexico to Northern Kansas, which dis- tance was covered on foot. Returning East, he was in Boston a short time, then went to Brunswick, Me., where he followed farming five years. In November, 1894, he became connected in business with his father; and in 1897 the firm of Marshall Johnson & Son was established at Dock Square, he being the junior member. Since the death of his father he has carried on the entire business alone, meeting with excellent success, his market being known as one of the best of its kind in Boston.


On June 10, 1895, Mr. Johnson married Florence Gertrude Emery, daughter of Charles D. Emery, of Bath, Me., the ceremony being performed in the famous stone house originally built as a hunting lodge for English sportsmen, afterward owned by General William King, the first Governor of the State of Maine.


Mrs. Johnson's grandfather, Benjamin F. Emery, was b. in Fairfield, Me., April 2, 1799. At the age of fourteen years he walked to Gardiner, Me., where he served a seven years' apprenticeship at the wool-pulling and tanning trade. He subsequently settled in Bath, Me., where he engaged in the wool and wool-pulling business alone for many years,


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finally taking in as partner his brother, John A. Emery, the firm name being B. F. & J. A. Emery, continuing until his death in 1874. An old-time Whig, he joined the ranks of the Republican party on its formation. In his re- ligious belief he was a Universalist. He m. Lucinda Noyes, who was b. in Unity, Me., daughter of Joseph Noyes, a farmer. Charles D. Emery, Mrs. Johnson's father, was b. in Bath, Me., September 1, 1843. After receiv- ing a common-school education he was away from home several months on a sea voyage. He subsequently learned the tanning and wool- pulling business, in which he is now engaged, having succeeded his father and uncle at the stand established by his father seventy years ago. He has added to the business, being now engaged also in buying hides, wool, sheep and calf skins. On December 3, 1867, he m. Fannie Maude Coombs, daughter of Dexter B. and Sarah Coombs and a native of Bath, Me. Four children were b. of their union, namely : Maude Ellinora; Florence Gertrude, the wife of Mr. Johnson; Edward Dexter; and Brenda Frances.


OHN GERARD CHANDLER, a highly esteemed citizen of Malden, is carrying on a successful catering business in Bos- ton, being proprietor of the old and well- known Durgin & Park restaurant, on North Market Street. He was born September 26, 1846, in Chesterfield, N.H., son of Horatio Nelson and Louisa M. (Gilson) Chandler, and is a direct descendant in the ninth generation of William Chandler, the line being : William,' John,2 John,3 John, 4 John,5 John,6 Clark,7 Horatio Nelson,8 John Gerardo.


William' Chandler, with his wife, Annis, and four children, came to this country in 1637, and located in Roxbury, where a fifth child (Sarah) was born. John2 Chandler m. February 16, 1658, Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of William' and Anna (Mattle) Douglas and a grand-daughter of Thomas Mattle, of Northamptonshire, Eng- land. William Douglas, after coming to New England, lived successively at Ipswich and Bos- ton and at New London, Conn. John2 Chandler and his wife, Elizabeth, were admitted to the


church in Roxbury in 1665. In 1686 he re- moved with his family to New Roxbury (now Woodstock, Conn.). He there served as Select- man and as Deacon of the church.


John3 Chandler, b. April 16, 1665, the third in a family of eight children, d. August 10, 1743, at Woodstock, then a part of Massachusetts (received into Connecticut in 1749). He was a Representative to the General Court in Boston in 1711 and in several later years. He was the first Judge of Probate of Worcester County, and first Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, and Colonel in the militia. On November 10, 1692, he m. Mary Raymond, who was b. in New London, Conn., March 12, 1671, being the fifth child of Deacon Joshua and Elizabeth (Smith) Raymond. Her maternal grandfather, Nehemiah Smith, m. Ann Bourn, daughter of Thomas Bourn, who removed to Norwich, Conn., from New Haven in 1660.


Hon. John4 Chandler, the first child in a family of ten children, was b. in New London, Conn., October 18, 1693, and d. at Worcester, August 7, 1762. When he was about six years old his parents removed to Woodstock, where he attained his majority, and for a few years was land surveyor. Moving to Worcester, Mass., when the county of that name was formed, he served frequently as moderator at town meet- ings, a number of years as Selectman, and from 1741 to 1752 as Town Treasurer. He repre- sented Woodstock in the Massachusetts Legis- lature, and the town of Worcester from 1732 until 1735, and again in 1738, 1739, 1752, and 1753. He was the first clerk of Worcester County courts, serving till 1754; was sheriff from 1751 till 1754 ; was also Registrar of Probate till 1754 and Registrar of Deeds to 1762; and in May, 1757, was appointed Chief Justice. Joining the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1734, he served as its commander in 1737. On October 23, 1716, he m. Hannah Gardiner, of Worcester. She was b. December 1I, 1699, and d. January 5, 1738-9. She was the eldest daughter of John and Mary (King) Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island, and a descendant in the fourth generation of Lion Gardiner, the immigrant ancestor. Lion Gardiner, a native of England, was engaged in military service in Holland before coming to America, being an


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engineer and master of works of fortification. Accompanied by his wife, Mary Wilemson, he sailed from London in the " Batchelor," arriving in New England in 1635.


The Hon. John5 Chandler was b. February 26, 1720-I, at New London, Conn. Settling in Worcester, Mass., at an early period, he be- came one of the leading men of his day, taking an important part in public affairs. He was Town Treasurer from 1753 to 1760, Town Clerk from 1764 to 1768, County Treasurer from 1762 to 1775, Sheriff of Worcester County from 1751 to 1762, and Judge of Probate from 1762 to 1774. In August, 1757, he marched to the relief of Fort William Henry as Colonel of a regiment. A few years later the Boston News Letter, dated October 16, 1760, contained the following item: " We hear from Worcester that on the evening of the 9th inst. the house of Mr. Sheriff Chandler and others of that town were beautifully illuminated on the account of the success of his Majesty's arms in America." The success was the taking, September 8, 1760, of Montreal by Amherst. As a " refugee " dur- ing the Revolution, he sacrificed large posses- sions, appraised by the county commissioners at thirty-six thousand one hundred and ninety pounds and one shilling. He was one of the six inhabitants of Worcester included in the Act of Banishment. Four of the others were his sons, Rufus and William, his brother-in-law, James Putnam, and his nephew, Dr. William Paine. The Act of Banishment required that any per- son returning to the State, after being ordered to leave it, should be again ordered to depart at once, and said that if found within its jurisdic- tion a second time the penalty of death should be enforced. William Chandler and Dr. Will- iam Paine, however, had permission to return, and did so. The Hon. John5 Chandler d. at London, England, September 26, 1800, and was buried at Islington. He left a large estate for that day. He m. first, March 4, 1740-1, Doro- thy Paine, of Worcester, daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Paine, of Bristol, R.I., who m. Sarah Clark, daughter of Timothy Clark, of Boston. She died in early life, having borne him four children. He m. second, June 11, 1746, Mary Church, daughter of Colonel Charles Church, Sheriff of Bristol County. She d. September


II, 1783, having borne her husband thirteen children, John, the next in line of descent, being the eldest of his seventeen children.


John6 Chandler, b. in Worcester, March 3, 1742, was for many years a successful merchant of Petersham, Mass., where he d. in 1794. On April 4, 1766, he m. Lydia Ward, of Petersham, who was b. in 1732, and d. July 30, 1794. She was a daughter of Nahum Ward, Jr., and a descendant of Deacon William' Ward, who emi- grated from England with his second wife, Elizabeth, and settled first in Sudbury, Mass., removing from there to Marlboro, where he d. at the age of eighty-seven years. William2 Ward, b. in Sudbury in 1640, m. Hannah, daughter of Solomon Johnson and widow of Gershom Ames. Colonel Nahum3 Ward, of Shrewsbury, Mass., b. in 1684, m. in 1714 Martha, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Kerby) How. Nahum4 Ward, Jr., of Shrewsbury, m. Lydia Stearns. He was a merchant and d. in the island of Ja- maica, leaving two children, one being Lydia, above named, who m. John6 Chandler, and be- came the mother of five children, Clark being the second son.


Clark7 Chandler, b. April 19, 1770, d. Feb- ruary 27, 1824. He is described as being a man of fine proportions, six feet in height, full and corpulent, with a clear skin, full, dark eyes, and of a florid complexion. For many years he was a resident of Colerain, Mass., where he was manager of the branch house of John Chandler & Bros., extensive merchants. From 1792 until 1817 he was Town Clerk, and as such recorded with his own hand the birth of his twenty chil- dren. He m. July 14, 1791, Nancy Lyon, daughter of David and Abigail (Draper) Lyon, who had removed to Colerain from Roxbury. She was b. August 17, 1775, and d. June 5, 18 32.


Eight of their children died in infancy, includ- ing John, the first-born (b. February 8, 1792). Those who attained maturity were as follows : John (second), b. 1793, m. first Margaret Cun- ningham, m. second Emma A. Ballou. Nancy, b. 1796, m. Isaac Barber. Eliza Green, b. 1800, m. William Whitney Draper. Maria Augusta, b. 1801, d. 1848, m. Benjamin Lyon. Horatio Nelson (second), b. 1804, m. Louisa M. Gilson. Rufus, b. 1805, m. first Lydia Louisa Dennison,


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m. second Mary King. Pamelia, b. 1806, m. George S. Root, of Chesterfield, N.H. Lydia Head, b. 1810, m. Dr. Harvey Carpenter. Clark, b. 1812, m. Harriet B. Holt. Lucretia Alcesta, b. 1814, m., in Brattleboro, George S. Root. Alexander, b. 1816, m. Lydia Herrick. Francis Blake, b. 1816, m. Mary Sophia Jessup.


Horatio Nelson8 Chandler, b. April 12, 1804, d. October 3, 1873. He was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits, having learned the details of the trade in the store of his brother-in-law, George S. Root, a merchant in Chesterfield. On August 18, 1836, he m. Louisa M. Gilson, of Chesterfield, N.H., daughter of Calvin and Me- hitable (Partridge) Gilson. Five children were the fruit of their union : Henry Horatio, b. July 25, 1837, m. November 27, 1862, Sarah Ade- laide Knight, of Charlestown; Amelia Maria, b. March 30, 1839, m. December 6, 1866, Elbridge G. Park ; George Washington, b. April 7, 1840, m. in 1862 Hannah Lillis, of Brattleboro, Vt ; Helen Augusta, b. October 20, 1843; and John Gerard,9 born September 26, 1846.


John Gerardo Chandler married first, May 6, 1873, Josephine Durgin, daughter of John Wig- gin and Elizabeth (Fisher) Durgin. She died April 14, 1876, leaving two children - Ernest Lyon, born in Charlestown, Mass., August 3, 1874; and Josephine Beatrice, born April 2, 1876, also in Charlestown. On June 8, 1880, Mr. Chandler married second Mary Elizabeth Durgin, a sister of his first wife. By this union there were no children.


John Wiggin Durgin, the father of Mr. Chandler's wives, was a son of Joseph Durgin and grandson of David Durgin, who, it is sup- posed, was a descendant of Joseph' Durgin, who came from England to America in colonial times, being accompanied on the voyage by two of his brothers. Joseph Durgin, the father of John W., was b. in Northwood, N.H., in 1788, and d. at Stratham, N.H. He m. a Miss Wig- gin, by whom he had six children - John, Jo- seph, Samuel, Obadiah, Elizabeth, and Mary. John Wiggin Durgin was b. at Durham, N.H., in 1809, and d. in November, 1866. In 1834, at Portsmouth, N.H., he m. Elizabeth Fisher, who was b. in the Provinces in 1816, and d. in 1870. Her father, John Fisher, commander of a vessel, was drowned in Portsmouth Harbor, at


the age of seventy-four years. Seven children were born of their union, of whom but two are living, namely : Martha E., wife of N. C. Gar- land, of Manchester, N.H .; and Arianna, un- married. Those deceased are : Mary Elizabeth ; John Edward; Sophia S .; Josephine, the first wife of Mr. Chandler ; and Mary E., Mr. Chan- dler's second wife, who died February 10, 1901.


AMES WARREN HAYWARD, of Cambridge, a retired tea merchant, was born in Boston, February 2, 1833. He is a descendant of Thomas Hayward, who came to America from England in the same vessel with John Ames, and settled at Duxbury before 1638. The line is : Thomas, ' Nathaniel,2 Nathaniel,3 Josiah,4 Nathan, 5 Na- than,6 James Thacher,7 James Warren8. Thomas Hayward was an original proprietor in 1645, and one of the earliest and eldest settlers of Bridgewater. His death occurred in 1681. He had seven children.


Nathaniel 2 Hayward m. Hannah, daughter of Deacon John Willis, and had at least seven children. Nathaniel,3 the eldest of these, b. in 1664, d. in 1734. He resided at East Bridgewater, Mass. By his wife, Elizabeth, he became the father of eleven children. Jo- siah 4 Hayward, eldest child of Nathaniel 3 and Elizabeth, was b. in 1668, and d. in 1764. He m. first, in 1715, Sarah, daughter of Sam- uel Kinsley. He m. for his second wife Mrs. Sarah Moore, widow of Theodosius Moore and daughter of John Prior. Born of his first marriage there were five children and of the second one child.


Nathan 5 Hayward, b. in 1720, second child of Josiah,4 d. in 1794. He m. Susanna, daughter of Charles Latham, about 1748; and they had eight children. Dr. Nathan 6 Hay- ward, the seventh child of Nathan 5 and Susanna Hayward, was b. at Bridgewater, Mass., in 1763; and he d. in 1858. He was graduated at Harvard College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1785, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1819. He practised medicine at Plymouth, Mass. ; and he served as a surgeon in the Indian War of 1793 and 1794 under Anthony Wayne. After settling


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in Plymouth, he was High Sheriff of that county. He m. Joanna, daughter of Pelham Winslow, Esq. They had five children, of whom one, George P., who m. Elizabeth Winslow Williams, is now living.


James 7 Thacher Hayward, b. at Plymouth, Mass., February 19, 1802, who d. March 12, 1886, was a successful merchant in Boston, being a member of the firm of Dane, Dana & Co. He was also connected with the Boston Sugar Refinery Company, serving as its treas- urer for many years. He m., September 2, 1828, Sarah Appleton Dawes, daughter of Judge Thomas Dawes, of Boston, in which city (on Purchase Street) she was b. Novem- ber, 1798. She d. September 27, 1878. They had four children - Nathan, James Warren, Mary Chilton, and Margaret Greenleaf. Nathan, b. January 6, 1830, served as surgeon in the Twentieth Massachusetts during the four years of the Civil War, and d. August 16, 1866. Mary Chilton, b. December 21, 1834, is the wife of Henry Mitchell, of New York, N. Y. He had previously m. her sister, Mar- garet, who d. February 19, 1875, leaving one child, Mary Hayward, who is now the wife of John F. Havemeyer, of New York, and the mother of one child, Helen.


James Warren Hayward was educated in the Thayer School, Boston, and at Plymouth, Mass. He gained his first industrial experi- ence as clerk in the house of Crocker & War- ren, of New York, engaged in the East India trade. Subsequently, for forty years, he was a partner with his uncle, George P. Hayward, in the firm of George P. Hayward & Co., which imported and dealt in teas and other East Indian products. Mr. Hayward has made his home in Cambridge since 1891. He is a mem- ber of the Colonial Club of that city. He attends the Unitarian church. In politics he is a Republican.


On December 25, 1866, at Springfield, Mass., Mr. Hayward married Sarah Bancroft Howard, one of the eight children of Charles and Elizabeth Buckminster (Dwight) Howard. Mrs. Hayward's ancestors were prominent in the early history of Massachusetts. One of them, the Rev. Bazaliel Howard, was a gradu- ate of Harvard University. Another, her


grandfather, the Hon. Thomas Dwight, a brother-in-law of the Hon. Fisher Ames, was a member of Congress. Mr. and Mrs. Hay- ward have had four children : Emily Howard, born August 30, 1867; Margaret Greenleaf, born October 7, 1869; Nathan, born August 27, 1872; and Dwight, born May 29, 1874. The three eldest are still living. Dwight died May 7, 1876. Margaret married Edward A. Andrews, of Cambridge, June 8, 1901.


AMES IRISH WINGATE, of the firm of James I. Wingate & Son, of Boston, painters and decorators, was born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Me., June 4, 1837, son of John and Sophronia (Irish) Wingate.


The surname Wingate was of very early origin, being found in England and Scotland long previous to the year 1200. Various ac- counts are given as to the exact manner in which it originated, but they are so conflicting that little reliance can be placed upon any of them. It is not improbable that it may have had separate and diverse beginnings in different localities. The origin of the name, however, is of less consequence than the deeds and char- acter generally of those who have borne it, both in its early home in the Old World and in America.


Though the connection between the English and American Wingates cannot be satisfacto- rily traced, there being links wanting to com- plete the genealogical chain, there seems to be little doubt that he whose name begins this sketch is a descendant of Hemyng de Wyngate (that is, Hemying of Wyngate), who was lord of Wyngate's Manor (to-day known as the Manor of Grove), in the parish of Ellesbor- ough, Buckinghamshire, England, about the reign of King Henry II.




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