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Abijah Wyman Thayer learned the printer's trade in Boston. For a short time in his early manhood he worked as a printer at Andover, Mass. Later for many years he edited papers in different places where he resided, as in Port- land, Me., Haverhill, Mass., Philadelphia, Pa., and Northampton, Mass. The Essex Gasette of Haverhill, of which he was editor and proprietor - with the exception of six months in 1830- from February, 1827, to July, 1835, was the first political newspaper and the second of any kind in the world to advocate total abstinence, a cause so unpopular that its advocacy caused the
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loss of four hundred subscribers. Mr. Thayer, while in Haverhill, was a Justice of the Peace, and doubtless sat in judgment on not a few "liquor cases." Whittier, then a young man, was a frequent contributor to the Gazette, and while attending the Haverhill Academy he " boarded in the family of Mr. Thayer, who proved to be a valuable friend and adviser not only at that time but in later years. In a letter to Mr. Thayer's son (Professor Thayer), written in 1877, he says, 'I never think of thy mother without feelings of love and gratitude. She and thy father were my best friends in the hard struggle of my school days.'" (Pickard's Life of Whittier.) Seven children were b. to Abijah W. and Susan B. Thayer, and two of them are now living, namely : Professor Thayer, of Cam- bridge ; and his sister, Sarah Smith Thayer, b. October 6, 1827, also residing at Cambridge. In 1840 Abijah W. Thayer and his family removed from Philadelphia to Amherst, Mass., and thence in 1841 to Northampton. He d. in Northampton, April 24, 1864.
Susan Bradley, wife of Abijah W. Thayer, was descended from Daniel Bradley who came from England in 1635 and settled at Haverhill, Mass., where he was killed by the Indians in 1689.
For about four years James Bradley Thayer attended the public schools of Northampton, and in 1848, having completed, mostly by study at home without a teacher, his preparation for college, he entered Harvard, where his elder brother, William Sidney, was then a Junior. He was the ninth scholar of his class, 1852, and was class orator; also one of the orators of the Hasty Pudding Club. After his graduation he taught school two years at Milton (not his first ex- perience in that calling) and also read law. The next two years were spent at the Law School in Cambridge, where in 18 56 he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. His essay on the "Law of Eminent Domain" was awarded the first prize of his class in 1856, and was printed in the Law Reporter. Admitted to the Suffolk County bar in December, 1856, he became in March, 1857, the law partner of Hon. William J. Hubbard, of Boston. In November, 1864, shortly after the death of Mr. Hubbard, he was appointed to succeed him as a master in chan-
cery for Suffolk County. In the spring of 1865 was formed the law partnership of Chandler, Shattuck & Thayer (Hon. Peleg W. Chandler, George O. Shattuck, and James B. Thayer), which after the retirement of Mr. Shattuck in February, 1870, became Chandler, Thayer & Hudson (John E.), continuing thus until after the appointment of Mr. Thayer, in December, 1873, as Royall Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School. In September, 1874, he removed from Milton, where he had resided since 1861, to Cambridge, and in October entered upon his duties at the Law School. A contributor in former years to the New York Evening Post, the Boston Advertiser, and the Nation, Profes- sor. Thayer has written also for the North American Review, the American Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, and other periodi- cals. He is the author of "Letters of Chauncey Wright," "A Western Journey with Mr. Emer- son," " The Origin and Scope of American Con- stitutional Law," "The Teaching of English Law in Universities," " A Preliminary Treatise on Evidence," "Cases on Evidence," " Cases on Constitutional Law," and Life of Chief Justice Marshall in the Riverside Biographical Series. Professor Thayer received the degree of LL.D. from Iowa State University in 1891, from Harvard University in 1894, and from Yale University at the bi-centennial celebration of 190I.
Professor Thayer married April, 24, 1861, Sophia Bradford Ripley, daughter of the Rev. Samuel and Sarah Alden (Bradford) Ripley. Mrs. Thayer's father was b. in 1783 at Concord, Mass. (Harvard College, 1804) ; for many years was minister at Waltham, later at Lincoln ; d. at Concord in 1847. He was a son of the cele- brated Concord divine, Dr. Ezra Ripley, and a descendant in the seventh generation of William Ripley, who came from Hingham, England, in 1638, with his wife and four children, and set- tled at Hingham, on the south shore of Massa- chusetts Bay. The line was : William,' John,2 Peter,3-4 Noah,5 Ezra,6 Samuel ?. William Ripley was made freeman at Hingham in 1642. John Ripley, his eldest son, m. in 1655 Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of the Rev. Peter Hobart, first pastor of the First Church at Hingham, and grand-daughter of Edmund Hobart, an early
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settler there. Peter3 Ripley, b. in 1668, son of John, m. Sarah Lasell and settled at Hingham. Their son Peter,4 b. in 1695, m. Silence Lincoln, daughter of Caleb and Rachel (Bate) Lincoln, of Hingham, and grand-daughter of Thomas' Lincoln, the husbandman, so called to distinguish him from other early settlers bearing this name. Noah5 Ripley, b. in 1721, son of Peter,4 m. in 1743 Lydia Kent, by whom he had nineteen children. He removed from Hingham to Woodstock, Conn., and thence to Barre, Mass. Dying at the age of sixty-seven, he was followed to the grave by fifteen children. His widow d. at the age of ninety-one, in 1816, leaving thirteen children, one hundred and six grandchildren, and ninety-six great-grandchil- dren. Ezra Ripley, D.D., b. at Woodstock, Conn., May 1, 1751 (O. S.), the fifth child in this remarkable family, was graduated at Har- vard College in 1776; was ordained minister of Concord, Mass., November 7, 1778, and d. there September 21, 1841. He m. November 6, 1780, Mrs. Phœbe Bliss Emerson (daughter of the Rev. Daniel Bliss), widow of the Rev. Will- iam Emerson, of Concord, and grandmother of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Mrs. Thayer's mother, whose maiden name, as noted above, was Sarah Alden Bradford, was b. in 1793, being the eldest daughter of Colonel Gamaliel6 and Elizabeth (Hickling) Bradford, of Boston. Her father was a son of Gamaliels and Sarah (Alden) Bradford, of Duxbury, and grand- son of Gamaliel4 and Abigail (Bartlett) Bradford. The descent of Gamaliel+ from Governor Brad- ford of the " Mayflower " and Plymouth Colony was through his son William,2 whose first wife, Alice Richards, was mother of Samuel,3 who m. Hannah Rogers, and was the father of Gamaliel4. Sarah Alden, wife of Gamaliel,5 was a daughter of Captain Samuel3 Alden; grand-daughter of David,2 and great-grand-daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. Gamaliel6 and his father, Gamaliel,s both served as officers in the Revolutionary Army.
Professor and Mrs. Thayer are the parents of four children : William Sidney, b. June 23, 1864; Ezra Ripley, b. February 21, 1866; Theodora Willard, b. June 2, 1868 ; and Sarah Ripley, b. March 31, 1874, now the wife of . John Worthington Ames, of Cambridge, and
mother of John W. Ames, Jr., and William Thayer Ames. Ezra Ripley Thayer m. Ethel Clark, daughter of the late Randolph M. Clark and grand-daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Alexan- der Hamilton Vinton ; and his one child, who was born May 13, 1899, was named for his grandfather, James Bradley. William Sidney Thayer m. September 3, 1900, Susan C. Read, daughter of Benjamin Huger Read, of Charles- ton, S.C.
HARLES ARMSTRONG SNOW, lawyer, of Boston, who was born in Boston, September 23 1862, is a son of Franklin and Anna Elizabeth (Armstrong) Snow. By his father, now de- ceased, who was a well-known Boston business man of a generation ago, and who came in early life from Cape Cod, he has the blood of eleven "Mayflower " passengers; and by his mother he has the blood of four others of these passen- gers. In many cases the same Mayflower an- cestors are reached in several distinct lines. The ancestral lines showing these facts fol- low : -
(1) William' Mullens and wife, both of the "Mayflower "; John 2 Alden and Priscilla 2 Mullens, his wife, both of the "Mayflower"; Ruth 3 Alden; Mary 4 Bass; Sarah 5 Webb ; Sarah 6 Arnold; Adam 7 Hunt; John 8 Hunt ; Mary 9 Hunt ; Anna 1º E. Armstrong ; Charles 11 A. Snow.
(2) Same as last through Ruth 3 Alden ; Samuel 4 Bass; Samuel 5 Bass; Christian 6 Bass; Major Samuel 7 Armstrong; Washing- ton 8 Armstrong; Anna 9 E. Armstrong; C. 10 A. Snow.
(3) Same as last through Samuel 4 Bass ; Ann 5 Bass; Ann6 Torrey; Nancy 7 Allen ; Washington & Armstrong; Anna 9 E. Arm- strong; C.1º A. Snow.
(4) Elder William ' Brewster and wife Mary, both of the "Mayflower "; Patience 2 Brewster ; Hannah 3 Prince; Nathaniel 4 Mayo; Hannah $ Mayo; Abigail6 Higgins; Jedidah7 Smith ; Gideon & Snow; Barna 9 Snow; Franklin 10 Snow; C." A. Snow.
(5) Same as last through Patience 2 Brews- ter; Mercy 3 Prince; Mercy 4 Freeman ; Colonel
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Samuel 5 Knowles, Jr. ; Seth 6 Knowles; Chloe 7 Knowles; Barna & Snow ; Franklin 9 Snow ; C.10 A. Snow.
(6) Same as last through Mercy 3 Prince ; Nathaniel 4 Freeman ; Nathaniel 5 Freeman, Jr. ; Ruth 6 Freeman; Chloe7 Knowles; Barna 8 Snow; Franklin 9 Snow; C.1º A. Snow.
(7) Stephen ' Hopkins of the "Mayflower " ; Constance 2 Hopkins of the "Mayflower " ; Ste- phen 3 Snow; Micajah 4 Snow ; Stephen 5 Snow ; Heman 6 Snow; Gideon 7 Snow; Barna & Snow ; Franklin 9 Snow; C. A. Snow.
(8) Same as last through Stephen 3 Snow ; Bethiah 4 Snow; John 5 Smith, Jr. ; Phebe 6 Smith; William 7 Myrick; Lydia& Myrick ; Franklin 9 Snow; C.1º A. Snow.
(9) Same as last through Stephen 3 Snow ; Micajah 4 Snow ; Phebe 5 Snow; Phebe 6 Smith ; William ? Myrick ; Lydia & Myrick; Franklin 9 Snow; C.1º A. Snow.
(10) Stephen Hopkins of the "May- flower " Giles 2 Hopkins of the "May- flower "; Abigail 3 Hopkins; Nathaniel 4 My- rick; William 5 Myrick; William 6 Myrick ; William 7 Myrick; Lydia & Myrick; Franklin 9 Snow; C. A. Snow.
(II) Thomas ' Rogers of the "Mayflower"; Lieutenant Joseph 2 Rogers of the "May- flower "; Elizabeth 3 Rogers; Ichabod + Hig- gins; Jonathan 5 Higgins; Abigail6 Higgins; Jedidah 7 Smith ; Gideon & Snow ; Barna 9 Snow ; Franklin 1º Snow; C." A. Snow.
(12) John ' Tilley and Bridget 1 van de Velde, his wife, both of the "Mayflower"; Eliza- beth 2 Tilley and John 2 Howland, her husband, both of the "Mayflower"; Deborah 3 How. land; John 4 Smith; John5 Smith; John 6 Smith; Phebe7 Smith; William & Myrick ; Lydia9 Myrick; Franklin1º Snow; C." A. Snow.
Among the other lines that go back to early Colonial ancestors of Mr. Snow are the follow- ing : -.
(1) The Rev. John Eliot (Apostle Eliot) ; the Rev. John Eliot, Jr. ; Sarah 3 Eliot, who married Elder John Bowles, Jr., November 16 1681; Major John 4 Bowles; John5 Bowles ; William 6 Bowles; Elizabeth 7 Bowles; Mary 8 Hunt; Anna9 E. Armstrong; C. 1 A. Snow.
(2) Elder John' Bowles, who was of Rox-
bury, 1639, died September 21 1680, in 1649 married Elizabeth Heath, daughter of Elder Isaac Heath, son of William Heath, of Rox- bury, was Magistrate in 1639 for Boston and Roxbury ; Elder John 2 Bowles, Jr., who mar- ried Sarah Eliot as above, graduated Harvard in 1671, was Speaker of Massachusetts House of Representatives, and died March 30 1691 ; Major John 3 Bowles, born March 15 1685, died March 28 1737, graduated Harvard in 1702, received the degree of A. M. from Har- vard, first married September 10 1766, Lydia Checkley, of Boston ; continues same as last.
(3) John' Checkley, born 1608, died Janu- ary I 1684-85, married Ann Ayers (Eyres), daughter Simon Ayers, first Clerk of Writs, Watertown; Colonel Samuel 2 Checkley, born October 14 1653, died December 27 1738, Justice Superior Court Common Pleas for Suf- folk, 1725; Lydia 3 Checkley; continues same as last.
(4) Captain Joshua 2 Scottow (son of widow Thomasyne ' Scottow, who joined First Church 1639), born 1614, died January 20 1697-98, was one of the founders of the Old South Church in 1669, one of the grantees of the Old South property from Madam Norton, and Cap- tain of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany. His gravestone, with two others, in 1884 was inserted in wall of entrance to Old South Church on Boylston Street, memorial services having been held on the occasion (see Old South Memorial, 1884) ; Mary 3 Scottow, who married Colonel Samuel Checkley above referred to; Lydia + Checkley ; continues same as last.
(5) Enoch' Hunt, one of early settlers of Weymouth, freeman 1638; Captain Ephra- im 2 Hunt, born in England, 1610, died Febru- ary 22 1686-87, freeman 1671, Representa- tive; married Anna Richards, daughter of Thomas Richards, of Weymouth, and Wealth- ean Loring, of Hull; Captain John 3 Hunt, born 1646, died March 18 1724, married Oc- tober 19 1686, Ruth Quincy; Benjamin 4 Hunt, born June 20 1698, will probated Au- gust 27 1762, married January 1 1740, Sarah Arnold; Adams Hunt; John 6 Hunt; Mary ? Hunt; Anna & E. Armstrong ; C.9 A. Snow.
(6) Edmund ' Quincy, born England, 1602,
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died 1635, of Boston, 1633; Colonel Edmund 2 Quincy, baptized March 25 1627-28, died January 7 1697-98, married first wife July 26 1648, Joanna Hoar, sister of President Hoar of Harvard, and daughter of Joanna (Hickman) Hoar, who came about 1642 with three sons and two daughters; Ruth 3 Quincy, born Octo- ber 29 1658, married Captain John Hunt as above; continues same as last.
(7) Joseph I Arnold married Rebecca Curtis ; Ephraim 2 Arnold; Samuel 3 Arnold; Sarah 4 Arnold, who married Benjamin 4 Hunt, as above.
(8) Christopher 1 Webb, born England, April 15 1599, came 1626; Ensign Christopher 2 Webb, born 1630, died March 30 1694, mar- ried Hannah Scott, was Town Clerk of Brain- tree; Christopher 3 Webb, married Mary Bass ; Sarah 4 Webb, married Samuel Arnold above referred to.
(9) Robert 1 Stetson, of Scituate, 1634, born in England 1613, died February 1 1702-03, cornet of first body of horse in Plymouth Col- ony, Representative 1654-62 ; Joseph 2 Stetson, born June, 1639, inventory of estate May 8 1724; Robert 3 Stetson, born December 9 1670, married Mary Collamore, of Scituate, daughter of Anthony Collamore and Sarah Chittenden (daughter of Isaac Chittenden and Mary Vinall, married April, 1646) ; Gideon 4 Stetson, born July 19 1709, died 1761, mar- ried second wife, Mary Paine, of Braintree, August 18 1740; Hannah 5 Stetson, born No- vember 23 1747, married March 29 1770, Adam Hunt ; John 6 Hunt; Mary7 Hunt; Anna & E. Armstrong; C.9 A. Snow.
(10) Thomas1 Faxon, born in England, 1601, died November 23 1680, settled in Dedham before 1647; Thomas2 Faxon, Jr., born in England, 1628-29, died May 25 1662, of Braintree, married April 11 1653, Deborah Thayer, daughter of Richard Thayer, of Bos- ton, 1640; Rebecca 3 Faxon, born June 25 1657, married July 30 1678, Samuel Bass; Samuel 4 Bass, born March 26 1684, will pro- bated October 4 1762, married April 9 1717, Christian Turell; Christian 5 Bass, born De- cember 19 1722, died October 7 1805, mar- ried January 4 1747, Colonel John Armstrong ; Major Samuel 6 Armstrong; Washington 7 Arm- strong; Anna & E. Armstrong; C.9 A. Snow.
(II) Deacon Anthony Stoddard, born in England, died 1686-7, came from London and settled in Boston, 1639, Recorder of Boston, Selectman many years, Representative nineteen years, admitted to First Church, 1639, and later Deacon at Old South, one of the opulent merchants of Boston; Lydia 2 Stoddard, daugh- ter by his third wife, born March 27 1660, married Captain Samuel Turell; Christian 3 Turell, born December 16 1688, married Sam- uel Bass; continues same as last.
(12) Captain Daniel 1 Turell, born in Eng- land, died December 23 1699, settled in Bos- ton; Captain Samuel 2 Turell, born June 14 1659, died 1738, married Lydia Stoddard; Christian 3 Turell; continues same as last.
(13) George Allen, born in England, died May 2 1648; Samuel 2 Allen, born in Eng- land, died August 5 1669, married second wife Mrs. Margaret Lamb, settled in Boston among early settlers, freeman of Braintree 1635 ; Joseph 3 Allen, born May 15 1650, died March, 1727, married January 30 1670-71, Rebecca Leader, of Dorchester ; Joseph 4 Allen, Jr., born January 3 1671-72, married August 14 1701, Abigail Savell; Abijah 5 Allen, born August 22 1704, married June 3 1725, Joanna Bolter, daughter of Thomas Bolter, of Weymouth; Major Josiah 6 Allen, born No- vember 26 1736, Major under his relative, Colonel Ethan Allen, married Ann Torrey ; Nancy 7 Allen, born September 21 1765, died April II 1829, married Major Samuel Arm- strong; Washington & Armstrong; Anna 9 E. Armstrong ; C.1º A. Snow.
(14) William Savell, settled in Braintree 1640; Samuel 2 Savell, born October 30 1643, died December 14 1700, married April 10 1673, Hannah Adams; Abigail3 Savell, born February 14 1678, married August 14 1701, Joseph Allen, Jr. ; Abijah + Allen ; continues same as last.
(15) Henry ' Adams, ancestor of the Adams family of Quincy, came from Braintree, Eng- land, and settled in Braintree, Mass., 1634, died October 6 1646; Joseph 2 Adams, born in 1626, died December 6 1694, married, No- vember 2 1650, Abigail Baxter (daughter of Gregory Baxter, of Roxbury, 1630, and Mar- garet Paddy). They were the ancestors of
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Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and of the Hon. Samuel Adams, the patriot ; Hannah 3 Adams, born November 13 1652, married April 10 1673, Samuel Savell; continues same as last.
(16) Richard 1 Thayer, of Braintree and Bos- ton, 1640; Richard 2 Thayer born August 31 1655, died September 11 1720, married July 16 1679, Rebecca Mycall, daughter of James Mycall; Rebecca 3 Thayer, born August 16 1680, married February 12 1701-02, Thomas Bolter, of Weymouth; Joanna 4 Bolter, married Abijah Allen; Major Josiah 5 Allen; Nancy 6 Allen, married Major Samuel Armstrong ; Washington 7 Armstrong ; Anna 8 E. Arm- strong ; C.9 A. Snow.
(17) Captain William ' Torrey (son of Philip Torrey, who was son of William Torrey), born in England, 1608, died in Weymouth, June 10 1690, came from Combe St. Nicholas, England, and settled in Weymouth 1640, freeman 1642, Representative 1642, Clerk House of Representatives 1650; William 2 Tor- rey, brother of the Rev. Samuel Torrey, of Weymouth, born 1638, England, died January II 1718, freeman, Weymouth, 1672, married Deborah Green, daughter of John Green ; John 3 Torrey, of Weymouth, born June 23 1673, died 1730; Josiah + Torrey, of Boston, will proved June 29 1789, married April 3 1735, Ann Bass; Ann5 Torrey, born January 20 1739, married Major Josiah Allen; Nancy 6 Allen, married Major Samuel Armstrong ; Washington7 Armstrong; Anna & E. Arm- strong ; C.º A. Snow.
(18) Governor Thomas' Prince, Governor of Plymouth Colony 1634-35, 1638-39, and 1657-73, came in the "Fortune," 1621, born 1600, died March 29 1673, married August 5 1624, Patience Brewster, daughter of Elder William Brewster; Mercy 2 Prince (see Mercy Prince, supra). Governor Thomas' Prince; Hannah ? Prince (see Hannah Prince, supra).
(19) Mistress Alice ' (Southworth) Bradford, wife of Governor William Bradford, came in the "Ann" 1623; Constant2 Southworth ; Mercy 3 Southworth; Constant 4 Freeman ; Alice 5 Freeman ; William 6 Myrick ; William ? Myrick; William & Myrick; Lydia 9 Myrick; Franklin " Snow ; C." A. Snow.
Nicholas Snow, the first paternal ancestor of Mr. Snow to arrive in America, was born in England, and died in Eastham, November 16 1676. He was one of the "first comers," having arrived in the "Ann" in 1623. He married Constance Hopkins, of the "May- flower," daughter of Stephen Hopkins, also of the "Mayflower." He had a share at the division of lands in Plymouth in 1624. With Governor Prince and five others he settled Eastham in 1644, and was the first Town Clerk of Eastham, serving in that capacity for sixteen years, and one of the original Select- men chosen in 1663, and serving for seven years. In 1651 and 1653 he was Deputy to the Old Colony Court at Plymouth.
Several others of Mr. Snow's direct paternal ancestors were prominent in the affairs of the Plymouth Colony.
William Myrick (Merrick), of Duxbury and Eastham, who was born in Wales in 1603, and died in 1688, and who settled in Eastham, 1646, served the colony as a Lieutenant. Ga- briel Wheildon, of Yarmouth, whose daughter Katherine married on October 9 1639, Giles Hopkins of the "Mayflower " (son of Stephen Hopkins of the "Mayflower), was a surveyor. General Constant Southworth, who married Elizabeth Collier November 2 1637, was Governor's Assistant in 1672-78 and command- ing General in King Philip's War. Stephen Deane, who came in the "Fortune" in 1621, married Elizabeth Ring, daughter of Mary Ring, who died July 15 1631, and whose will was the first will probated in Plymouth Colony. John Young, who married Abigail Howland, on December 13 1648, at Plymouth, was also prominent. Daniel Cole, who, born in Eng- land in 1614, married Ruth Chandler (daugh- ter of Edmund Chandler, of Scituate, who came from England in 1627 and died in 1662), and died December 20 1694, was a Deputy in 1654 and a Selectman of Eastham in 1668. Nathaniel Mayo, on February 13 1649, became the husband of Hannah Prince, daughter of Governor Thomas Prince. Major John Freeman, born in England in 1622, came in the "Abigail " in 1635, first settled in Barn- stable, and removed to Eastham in 1650, mar- ried Mercy Prince, another daughter of Gov-
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ernor Prince on February 13 1649, and died on October 28 1719; was Assistant in 1666, 1678, 1682, 1686; Judge Superior Court Com- mon Pleas, 1692-95; Captain in 1675, and ac- tively engaged in King Philip's War; chosen Major in Barnstable County June, 1685; Sheriff of Barnstable under Andros; and Dea- con and Selectman for ten years. Edmund Freeman (the father of Major John Freeman), of Sandwich, born in England in 1590, who came in the "Abigail " in 1635, and died in 1682, was Assistant in 1640-46. William Collier was Assistant in 1635, 1637, 1639, 1651, 1654, 1656, 1658, and 1665.
Mr. Snow's genealogical lines through his mother, practically all of which are traceable to earliest settlers of Boston, include a number of ancestors who rendered distinguished ser- vices in the Revolution. Of these were his great-great-grandfather, Colonel John Arm- strong, and his great-grandfather, Major Sam- uel Armstrong. Two of the Major's brothers also served as officers. Colonel John Arm- strong, who resided in Boston, was married to Christian Bass on January 4 1747, by the Rev. Joseph Sewall, D. D., at Boston (see Vol. 28, Boston Rec. Comm. 236), and not at Portland, as stated in Hamilton A. Hill's article on Gov- ernor Samuel T. Armstrong, in Vol. 44, p. 137, of New England Historic-Genealogical Regis- ter. While serving as an officer in the war, he was killed on the battlefield. In 1776, with three sons, he marched to Long Island, N. Y., and the four were engaged in the battles there. The sons, after his death, remained in the army till the end of the war. One of them, Major Samuel Armstrong, was first secretary of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. One of Colonel John's grandsons was the Hon. Samuel T. Armstrong, Governor of Massachu- setts and Mayor of Boston. It may be stated here that the ancestry of Colonel John Arm- strong has not yet been fully cleared up. It is reasonably certain that his father was not the John Armstrong referred to in the above article, who was one of the founders of the First Church in Portland, established March 8 1726-27. It is probable that he was the son of John Armstrong and Rebecca Thomas, whose marriage intentions appear in the Boston
records under date of July 28 1724 (Vol. 28, Boston Rec. Comm. 160.) Prior to this date the line of Armstrong ancestry has missing links, but the family is doubtless descended from the Armstrongs of the "debatable land " on the Scotch border.
The Armstrong tomb is in the Granary Burial-ground, where two markers of the Sons of the American Revolution are placed to com- memorate the above Colonel John Armstrong and Major Samuel Armstrong. Between these markers is a Grand Army of the Republic flag, in memory of Mr. Snow's uncle, Charles Arm- strong, who was killed at Fredericksburg.
The preliminary education of Charles Arm- strong Snow, which was received in the Bos- ton public schools, ended in 1878, when he graduated at the Boston Latin School. He then entered Harvard at the age of fifteen, and graduated therefrom in 1882. He next spent two years in the study of law at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in 1885. He has since been actively en- gaged in the practice of his profession in Bos- ton. He is in partnership with Everett W. Burdett, Esq., under the firm name of Burdett & Snow, with offices in the Ames Building. The firm has been prominently identified with the legal affairs of electric lighting corpora- tions since the inception of that industry, the practice of the firm being largely concerned with corporation law. Mr. Snow is the author of a legal treatise prepared with the assistance of his partner in 1892, and forming the Massa- chusetts section (pp. 857-1096) of the "Law of Incorporated Companies operating under Municipal Franchises " (2 vols., Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, 1892, Foote and Everett, general editors).
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