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Elijah Anderson8 Shaw, son of Melvin and Dorinda Shaw, was b. February 14, 1833.
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He m. Frances Emma Dyer, who was b. in Charlestown, Mass., December 28, 1837, a daughter of John and Louisa (Chamberlain) Dyer, and a descendant in the sixth genera- tion of Christopher Dyer, of Abington, said to have been son of a William Dyer, an early settler of that town.
William Dyer, of unknown parentage, was one of three young men who, it is said, with their wives, between the years 1670 and 1680, made the first settlement in the south part of Abington. Christopher Dyer, according to his gravestone still standing in South Abington, d. August II, 1786. By his wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Nash, he had seven children, all b. prior to 1743. Their son, Christopher, Jr., whose grave is in the same cemetery, d. October 31, 1777, in the forty- seventh year of his age. Early in 1776 the younger Christopher Dyer was serving as Sec- ond Lieutenant in Captain Nathan Swan's Company of the Third Plymouth County Regi- ment, his name appearing in the list of officers chosen by the several companies, as returned by Edward Mitchell and Eliphalet Cary, field officers, March 23, 1776. He was subse- quently commissioned Lieutenant in the com- pany of Captain Nathan Swan under Colonel Edward Mitchell, whose regiment formed a part of General Cushing's brigade. He served for two weeks, having also command of the company that marched December 9, 1776, to Bristol, R. I. He had six children. Asa Dyer, b. in Abington, July 27, 1773, son of Christopher, Jr., m. September 10, 1780, Mehitable Chamberlain, and in November, 1817, removed to Skowhegan, Me. John Dyer, b. in Abington, Mass., December 31, 1805, son of Asa and Mehitable, m. in Boston, May 7, 1833, his cousin, Louisa Chamberlain, who was b. in Plympton, Mass., July 3, 1808, a daughter of Ezra Chamberlain. Their daugh- ter, Frances Emma? Dyer, m. Elijah Ander- son& Shaw.
Walter Keith? Shaw received his education in the schools of Lexington, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy with the degree of Bachelor of Science. After a year in a cotton mill studying manu- facturing, he commenced work with his father
in the cotton brokerage business in Boston. In this business he is now engaged, having suc- ceeded his father, who retired in 1897. He married November 4, 1897, Mary Groom Hutchins, who was born at Buffalo, N. Y., daughter of the Rev. Charles L. and Mary (Groom) Hutchins, of Concord, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have one child - Walter Keith1° Shaw, Jr., born February 4, 1900.
ATHANIEL CUSHING NASH, for many years connected with the firm of Nash, Spaulding & Co., commis- sion merchants, Boston, of which he was the senior member, was born at Scituate, Mass., April 6, 1804. He died at his resi- dence in Arlington, August 31, 1880. Mr. Nash was a son of John and Deborah (Cushing) Nash, and was of the seventh generation of the family founded by James' Nash, emigrant settler of Weymouth, Mass. The line was: James, ' Joseph, 2 Joseph, Jr., 3 John, 4 Noah, 5 John, 6 Na- thaniel Cushing7.
James' Nash was made a freeman at Wey- mouth in 1645. He subsequently became owner of property in Boston, and took up his residence there on the south-east corner of Hanover Street and Mill Creek. In the Book of Possessions, p. 45, is this record : "7 (4) 1648, John Milom of Boston granted unto James Nash of Weymouth, a certain parcel of marsh in Boston forty feet in breadth at the front, bounded with the Mill Creek south-west, the highway north-west, Mr. William Ting north- east and south-east as far as low water mark, and this was by a deed dated and sealed before William Aspinwall, Notary Public."
Robert Nash, brother of James, became an owner of real estate in Boston in 1650, and he resided there until his death in 1661. James Nash about the year 1650 returned to Wey- mouth, having sold his Boston property to Joshua Scottow, who improved it by "wharfing out" at the north-east end of Mill Bridge. James Nash served several years as Represent- ative to the Colony Court from Weymouth. No record of his wife is known to exist. He had three sons - Joseph, James, and Jacob. Joseph? Nash resided successively at Scituate
NATHANIEL C. NASH.
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and Weymouth, and was in Boston in and after 1678. He m. Elizabeth Holbrook, of Wey- mouth. Joseph, Jr.,3 b. in Boston in 1678, settled at Scituate in 1699, and there made his home till his death in 1732. He m. in 1700 Hannah Curtis. Their children were : Joseph, Jr., 4 b. in 1701; John, 1703; Hannah, 1705; James, 1708; Elizabeth, 1709; David, 1712, who was killed at Ticonderoga in 1759; Mary, b. in 1713; Ephraim, 1715; Mary, 1718; Sim- eon, 1720, also killed at Ticonderoga; Elisha, 1722; and Mary, 1724. John,4 b. in 1703, was a lifelong resident of Scituate. He m. Hannah Buck, and had seven children, namely : Priscilla, b. in 1729; John, Jr., 1731 ; Joseph, 1732; Noah, 1734; Zaccheus, 1736; Seth, 1738; and Thomas, 1740. Noah, 5 b. January 23, 1734, responded to the Lexington alarm of April, 1775, as did also his brother Zaccheus. The home of Noah5 Nash was in Scituate. He d. in the winter at Roxbury during the siege of Boston in 1775, buried in old Roxbury bury- ing-ground, but tombstone in Scituate. He was m. in 1756 to Elizabeth Cudworth. They had six children. John6 Nash, eldest son of Noah,5 kept a general merchandise store at South Scituate, and served as postmaster. He - was interested in the building of vessels at the many shipyards along the North River, and was part owner of a number of them. He was prominent in the affairs of Plymouth County, serving several terms as County Commissioner and three years as Selectman of Scituate. He d. December 23, 1856. He was m. in Octo- ber, 1796, to Deborah Cushing. His children were: Deborah, b. in 1797; John, Jr., 1799; John King, b. in 1800; Nathaniel Cushing, b. in 1804; Henry, 1806; Eliza, 1808; and Is- rael, 1811.
Nathaniel Cushing Nash, the special subject of this sketch, came to Boston in his youth and entered the employ of Joshua Sears, a wholesale grocer on State Street. In 1827 he began business in company with Mr. Henry Hitchcock, the firm being Hitchcock & Nash, dealers in West India goods, Long Wharf, Boston. In 1841 Hitchcock, Nash & Co. were on Pearl Street. In 1850-51 the firm was Nash, Callender & Co., later Israel Nash & Co. In 1862 Nathaniel C, Nash became asso-
ciated with John P. and Mahlon D. Spaulding, the firm being Nash, Spaulding & Co., long in successful business as commission merchants on Broad Street and for years interested in sugar refining. In the later years of his life Nathaniel C. Nash left the business manage- ment to his junior partners, Mahlon D. Spauld- ing, who died in 1889, and John P. Spaulding, who died in 1896. Nathaniel C. Nash was an ardent supporter of Theodore Parker and one of the most progressive men of the time. He was actively interested in politics, was one of the earliest members of the short-lived Free Soil Party and a strong Republican from the beginning of that party. For many years he
was a resident of Boston.
As early as 1856 he advocated the opening of the Public Library on Sunday. In 1850 he wrote articles for publication in the papers urging the importance of the levelling of Fort Hill and developing that part of Boston as a business centre. In 1856 he was a member of the Common Coun- cil, where he labored efficiently in behalf of municipal prosperity. In 1864, 1866, and 1867 he was one of the Board of Aldermen and chairman of that body; and in 1858, 1868, and 1869 he served as a Representative to the General Court, and was chairman of the Com- mittee on Mercantile Affairs, for which he was eminently qualified. He was opposed to mo- nopolies of every kind and to depreciated silver currency. He always stood for what was pure and right in politics. Even in his last illness, which was of long duration, he kept up his interest in the leading questions of the day. Strongly individual and self- reliant, his many good qualities as a man and a citizen won him many friends. He was married May 31, 1849, to Lucy Turner Briggs, born January 23, 1830, daughter of Henry and Betsy (Ruggles) Briggs.
Nathaniel Cushing Nash (second), born in Boston, April 4, 1862, received his early edu- cation in Mr. David Mack's private school at Belmont ; was fitted for college at Mr. Noble's school, Boston ; was graduated at Harvard with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1884, and received the degree of Master of Arts in 1892, after a special course of study at Harvard. He is now president of the Cambridge Trust Com.
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pany. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Nash was married June 26, 1884, to Nellie Munroe, daughter of Nehemiah M. and Mary Elizabeth (Fiske) Fessenden, of . Arlington. They have had two children. The eldest, Na- thaniel Cushing, born in Cambridge, June 19, 1885, is the third of this name, and is now known as Nathaniel Cushing Nash, Jr. An- other son, Edward Fessenden, born March 14, 1892, died at Marblehead Neck, August 19, 1894.
"A" UGUSTUS POPE MARRETT, of Cam- bridge, was born in that city May 14, 1859, the son of Dane Appleton and Eliza A. (Locke) Marrett. He is a direct descendant in the eighth generation from Thomas Marrett, the immigrant, the line being : Thomas,1 John,2 Edward, 3 Amos, 4 Amos, 5 Daniel,6 Dane Appleton, 7 Augustus P. 8
Thomas' Marrett, who was b. in England about the year 1589, emigrated to America with his wife, Susanna, and their five children -- Susanna, John, Abigail, Thomas, and Han- nah. Locating in Cambridge, Mass., he first owned land on the northerly side of Harvard Street, extending north to Gore Hall, a tract known for many years as "Fellows' Orchard." In 1638 he purchased the estate at the north- east corner of Dunster and Mount Auburn Streets. He was a Selectman from 1639 till 1647, and one of the first Deacons of Shepards' Church, which was organized in 1636. He d. June 30, 1664, aged seventy-five years.
John2 Marrett, from 1682 until his death in 1695, lived a few rods westerly from the Craigie House, in the mansion previously owned by Deacon John Bridge. On June 20, 1654, he m. Abigail Richardson, who sur- vived him, dying in March, 1721-2. Eleven children were b. of their union, namely : Thomas, John, Amos, Susanna, John, John, Abigail, Hannah, Edward, Mary, and Lydia.
Edward3 Marrett, who, b. August 2, 1670, d. April 11, 1754, m. Mrs. Hannah Bradish Stanhope, daughter of Joseph Bradish, and widow of Joseph Stanhope. He occupied the old homestead on Brattle Street. His chil- dren were : Amos, Hannah, Susanna, Abigail,
Amos, Mary, John, and Edward. Amos4 Mar- rett, b. September 5, 1703, d. November 14, 1747. He dealt largely in real estate, accu- mulating considerable wealth. On September 21, 1732, he m. Mary Dunster, daughter of Henry Dunster, grand-daughter of Jonathan Dunster and great-grand-daughter of Henry Dunster, who was president of Harvard College from August, 1640, until October, 1654. They became the parents of six children - Abigail, Ruth, Amos, Amos, Mary, and John. Amos5 Marrett, b. at Cambridge, February 8, 1738-9, d. March 27, 1805. On December 4, 1760, he m. Abigail Tidd, of Lexington, by whom he had five children - Abigail, Amos, Abigail, Daniel, and Ruth.
Daniel6 Marrett was b. July 18, 1767. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1790, and for thirty-three years was pastor of one church. He died April 14, 1836. On Octo- ber 8, 1810, he m. Dorcas Hastings, daughter of Major Samuel Hastings, of Lexington. The children b. of this union were: Leander, Lorenzo, Isabelle Annette, Avery William, Dane Appleton and Samuel Hastings, Helen Maria, and Francis Grenville. Of these, Dane Appleton is the only one now living. He and Samuel Hastings, who were twins, m. twin sisters, Eliza Ann Locke and Frances Augusta Locke, daughters of Major Jonathan Locke, of Lancaster, Mass. The marriage ceremony for both couples was performed June 7, 1848, by the Rev. Dr. George Bartol, who is now living in Lancaster.
Dane Appleton7 Marrett was b. in Cam- bridge, January 12, 1822. During many years of his active life he was engaged in mer- cantile business in Boston. On June 7, 1848, he m. Eliza Ann Locke as above stated. Born in Lancaster, Mass., June 16, 1823, she was a descendant in the sixth generation from Deacon William' Locke, the immigrant, who was b. in England in 1628. This ancestor, after coming to Massachusetts, m. in 1655, Mary Clarke, daughter of William and Margery Clarke, of Woburn. James2 Locke, b. in 1677, m. in 1700, Sarah, daughter of Richard Cutter. Jonathan3 Locke, b. in 1717, m. in 1746, Phebe Pierce, of Woburn. Jonathan+ Locke, who was b. in 1749, m, in 1775, Mary Frost, and
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lived in Charlestown until 1813, when he re- moved to Lancaster. Major Jonathan5 Locke, an only son, was b. in 1778 in Charlestown, but subsequently took up his residence in Lan- caster, Mass. On May 7, 1801, he m. Mary Tufts, a daughter of Hutchinson Tufts.
Augustus Pope8 Marrett, who has resided in Cambridge ever since his birth, married on November 28, 1888, Etta May Adams, daugh- ter of Reuben Atkins and Caroline Matilda (Wiley) Adams, of Cambridge. His children are : Edward Hastings Marrett, born May 22, 1892; and Helen Marrett, born March 26, 1894.
ILLIAM COOMBS CODMAN, the second son of the Rev. Dr. John Codman, of Dorchester, Mass., and brother of the late Captain John Codman and Robert Codman, Esq., was born in Dorchester, November 3, 1821. He was graduated from Dummer Academy, Byfield, in the class of 1836, and then entered the counting-house of Messrs. William B. Reynolds & Co., one of the oldest and best known shipping-houses of Boston at the time. From 1840 to 1846 he was employed as clerk and afterwards as supercargo in the East India and China trade, making several voyages to Canton, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Manila. Retiring from the sea, he established himself as a merchant in Boston (office at Central Wharf), and engaged in the chartering of ships and the importing of East India merchandise from Calcutta. Mr. Codman was chosen a director of the Eliot Bank when it was incorporated in 1853, retir- ing after ten years' service. He is now (1901) the sole survivor of the original board of di- rectors. In 1870 he was elected president of the Lawrence Fire Insurance Company of Bos- ton, a company which had a short (but success- ful career), as it was one of the twenty-two out of the twenty-four insurance companies in Bos- ton obliged to succumb from losses in the memorable fire of November 9, 1872. He was appointed by the Court one of the receivers of the company, which subsequently was highly complimented by the insurance commissioner for being the first of the insolvent companies
to wind up its affairs. Mr. Codman was a di- rector in the Commonwealth Insurance Com- pany, formed soon after the great conflagration. He is a member of the Bostonian Society, one of the directors of the Veteran Corps of Cadets, and a former member of the Somerset and Ex- change Clubs. June 23, 1858, he married Elizabeth, daughter of John R. and Catharine (Codman) Hurd, of New York. Mrs. Codman died in Boston, October 3, 1896, leaving three sons and one daughter - Annie Gertrude, born in Dorchester, May 1, 1859; William Coombs, Jr., born at Cohasset, August 6, 1860; John, born in Boston, January 16, 1863; and Ernest Amory, born in Boston, December 30, 1869.
William Coombs Codman, Jr., was gradu- ated in 1879 at Phillips Exeter Academy, and after receiving a mercantile education in the office of H. W. Peabody & Co., he formed a copartnership with Mr. Henry G. Hall. Later the firm was incorporated under the style of The Codman & Hall Co., Wine Merchants and Importers. Mr. Codman was the founder of the Exchange Club, one of the most prosperous of the Boston clubs. He is also a member of the Country and several other clubs, and an honorary member of the Boston Cadets. He married November 16, 1887, Miss Sophia Munroe, daughter of Dr. Horatio Southgate Smith, of Brooklyn. Their children are : William C. Codman, third, born December 19, 1888; Constance Codman, born February 7, 1891 ; Horatio Southgate, born July, 1894, died March 2, 1895; and John Codman, born November 3, 1898.
John Codman, second, the second son of William C. Codman, was born in Boston, January 16, 1863, and prepared at Phillips Exe- ter Academy for Harvard College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1885, holding the office of president of the class. "He took an active part in the college life, and entered fully into all work and sport. He was a mem- ber of the Institute, Dickey, H. P. C., St. Paul's Society, and associate member of Pierian, and of the Glee Club. After spending some months abroad, on his return to Boston he en- tered the real estate business with his father, and became a member of the firm of Codman
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& Freeman in 1886, later changed to that of Codman & Codman, and was so conducted until the time of his death. In addition to the active duties of his business, he set himself the task of studying law, and in spite of much dis- couragement passed the examinations and was admitted a member of the Suffolk Bar in June, 1896. During the last year or two of his life he spent a great deal of time in the preparation of an historical work, which he left nearly completed in manuscript, entitled 'Arnold's Expedition to Quebec,' which is shortly to be published from the press of Messrs. Macmillan & Co. On April 4, 1894, he married in St. Louis Miss Caroline Morton Briggs, daugh- ter of Dr. Edward C. and Rebecca Briggs, of St. Louis. He had two children : Rosamond, born February 13, 1895, and Ruth Russell, born August 18, 1896. In the winter of 1897 he was taken seriously ill with heart trouble, from which he never rallied. His pluck and his strong constitution made the struggle a long and painful one until the end, which came on August 31, 1897."
Ernest Amory Codman, M. D., the third son of William C. Codman, was born in Boston, December 30, 1869. He prepared for college at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., entered Harvard in October, 1887, was graduated from the academic department in January, 1891, and from the Medical School in June, 1895. He served as surgical house officer at the Massa- chusetts General Hospital from June, 1894, to December, 1895, and then began private prac- tice in Boston. He was appointed surgeon to out patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in January, 1900. He was married at Jamaica Plain, November 16, 1899, to Miss Katharine Putnam, daughter of Charles P. Bowditch, Esq., of Jamaica Plain.
[For Codman genealogy, see sketch of the Rev. Dr. John Codman on another page of this volume. ]
EORGE LAMBERT GOULD, of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., was born in Woburn, same county and State, February 6, 1852, the son of John Averell Gould and Elizabeth Cheever Leach
Gould. The line of ancestry extends back to Zaccheus' Gould, who came from England about 1638, and was practically the founder of the town of Topsfield, Mass., and its largest real estate owner. His wife was Phoebe Dea- con; and their only son was Captain John2 Gould, a noted man, imprisoned for outspoken "disloyalty " to the Andros government. He m. Sarah Baker, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Baker. Their son, Ensign John3 Gould, m. Phœbe French, daughter of John and Phœbe French, and was the father of Ensign Solo- mon+ Gould, who m. Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Jacob Robinson and his wife, Elizabeth Cummings, daughter of John Cum- mings. The next in line of descent was John5 Gould, a Revolutionary soldier, whose wife was Bethiah Giddings, daughter of Deacon Solo- mon Giddings and Sarah Burnham. Their son, John6 Gould, m. Mary, daughter of Elijah Averell, and was the father of John Averell? Gould, above named, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
John Averell? Gould was b. in Topsfield, March 6, 1819; educated in Topsfield Acad- emy; taught school in North Reading, Man- chester, and other places, finally settling in business in Boston in 1853 with his uncle, under the style of John Porter & Co. He m. Elizabeth Cheever Leach, of Manchester, Mass., October 5, 1845. They had one son - John Leach Gould, b. in 1847, who d. in 1848; also six daughters and one son, all of whom are now living, namely : Elizabeth Porter Gould, b. June 8, 1848, favorably known in literary circles; Susan Cheever Gould, b. June 27, 1849; George Lambert Gould, b. February 6, 1852, m. June 23, 1875, Lizzie Lawrence Cooke; Ada Pitman Gould, b. January 15, 1854, m. October 5, 1876, W. E. Harding, now of Newton; Hattie Florence Gould, b. March 5, 1858; Anna Leach Gould, b. Octo- ber 2, 1859, m. October 9, 1883, Henry A. Jenks, of Melrose; Mary Averell Gould, b. July 17, 1861, m. June 25, 1891, Ernest Mead, of Wellesley Farms.
Mr. John A. Gould moved from Chelsea to Boston in 1894, and is now living with his three daughters at 18 Sutherland Road, Aber- deen, his wife having d. November 17, 1893,
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deeply lamented by her family and a wide circle of friends.
John French, father of Phœbe, was the son of Ensign Thomas' French, who d. in 1680. Jacob Robinson was son of John' Robinson, who m. Dorothy Clark, daughter of Daniel' Clark, the immigrant. John Cummings, who m. Elizabeth Kingsley, daughter of Samuel Kingsley and Hannah Brackett (daughter of Captain Richard' Brackett), was the son of John2 Cummings and Sarah Howlett (daughter of Ensign Thomas Howlett), and grandson of Isaac' Cummings. Samuel Kingsley was the son of Elder Stephen' Kingsley, the immigrant. Deacon Solomon Giddings was son of Lieu- tenant Solomon and Margery (Goodhue) Gid- dings, his mother being the daughter of Cap- tain William Goodhue and Hannah Dane. Lieutenant Solomon was the son of Lieutenant John2 Giddings and Sarah Rand, daughter of Francis Rand; while Lieutenant John2 was the son of George' Giddings, the immigrant. Cap- tain William Goodhue was the son of Deacon William' Goodhue and his wife, Margery Wat- son. Hannah Dane was the daughter of the Rev. Francis2 Dane (son of John' Dane) and Elizabeth Ingalls, daughter of Edmund' In- galls. Sarah Burnham, the wife of Deacon Solomon Giddings, was the daughter of David Burnham and Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Jacob Perkins and Sarah Wainwright, whose father was Francis' Wainwright, the immigrant. David Burnham's parents were John2 Burnham (son of Lieutenant Thomas' Burnham) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Thomas Welles. Jacob Perkins's father was John2 Per- kins, son of John' Perkins, the immigrant.
Mr. Gould's grandfather, John6 Gould, m. Elijah Averell's daughter Mary. Her mother was a daughter of Major Joseph Gould, a Rev- olutionary soldier and a son of Captain Joseph Gould and Priscilla Perkins, the latter being a daughter of Captain Tobijah Perkins and Sarah Dennison, whose father was John Dennison, of Ipswich and Topsfield. Captain Joseph Gould was a son of the redoubtable Captain John2 Gould, and grandson of the original Zaccheus1. Elijah Averell descended from Lieutenant Isaac Averell, a Revolutionary sol- dier, and Priscilla Peabody, whose parents were
Joseph and Elizabeth (Bradstreet) Peabody. We thus come into the line of the Essex County Peabodys (Lieutenant Francis' Pea- body being the first of that name), and Gover- nor Simon Bradstreet and his wife, Anne, the poetess, daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley, together with the other old families of Will- iam Averell, John Jackson, Daniel Hovey (who m. a daughter of Robert Andrews), John Ivory, Reginald Foster, Matthew Estes, Regi- nald Jenkins, the Rev. (Captain) William Per- kins, Samuel Bass, Captain John Capen, who m. Priscilla Appleton, Major John Appleton, who m. Priscilla Glover, daughter of the Rev. Jose (or Joseph) Glover, who d. on his way to America bringing the first printing-press, and whose widow m. Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard College.
Major Joseph Gould m. Elizabeth Emerson, daughter of the Rev. John Emerson (of Mal- den and Topsfield) and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pratt. The Emerson grandparents were Edward3 Emerson, of Mal- den, and Rebecca Waldo, daughter of Cornelius Waldo and Hannah Cogswell. Edward3 Em- erson's parents were the Rev. Joseph2 Emerson (son of Thomas' Emerson, of Ipswich) and Elizabeth Bulkeley, who descended from the Rev. Peter Bulkeley and the Rev. Edward Bulkeley, his son, the first and second minis- ters of Concord, Mass. Hannah Cogswell was a daughter of John' Cogswell, of Ipswich, who m. Elizabeth Thompson, he dying in 1669. Thomas Pratt descended from Richard' Pratt, and John, 2 his son. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John Edmands and Sarah Hudson, he being the son of William' Edmands, the immigrant, who d. in 1693.
Mr. Gould, on his mother's side is descended from a line of ancestry confined almost entirely to Essex County - a little more so even than that of his father. Elizabeth Cheever Leach Gould was the daughter of Captain Benjamin? Leach and Susan Cheever, all of Manchester, Mass. She was b. January 7, 1825, and d. in Chelsea, Mass., November 17, 1893. Captain Benjamin7 Leach was son of a Revolutionary hero on the seas, namely : Captain Benjamin6 Leach, who m. Sarah Knowlton, Captain Ben- jamin' being a son of Benjamins Leach and
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