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Abigail, . b. in Windham, April 11, 1744, baptized May 13, 1744, m. November 25, 1766, Joseph Chesley, lived in Windham and Buckfield, and had eleven children. Her husband, who was a Revolutionary soldier, d. at Paris, Me., in 1825, aged eighty-five years. Hannah Graffam, b. at Falmouth May 31, 1746, d. unmarried December 13, 1789. Her grave in the Smith Cemetery at Windham is marked by a gravestone. Mary Graffam, b. in Fal- mouth October 23, 1748, baptized November 20, 1748, m. December 14, 1786, Samuel Elder (second wife), and had four children. She d. May 27, 1829. He d. May 16, 1819.
Sarah Graffam, b. in Windham February 23, 1751, baptized April 7, 1751, m. October
21, 1773, Ezra Brown, a prominent citizen of Windham, b. April 3, 1750. She d. Decem- ber 12, 1797. She had nine children. Caleb Graffam, Jr., b. in Windham September 26, 1755, m. January 3, 1783, Eunice Bailey, of Falmouth, Me. He was a Revolutionary sol- dier. Rebecca, b. in Windham, May 1, 1757, m. June 21, 1781, John Elder, and lived in Windham. He was b. August 20, 1752, was a Revolutionary soldier, d. May 15, 1828. She d. October 5, 1829. No children. Lois, b. in Windham April 30, 1759, m. in Novem- ber, 1781, Robert Mugford, son of Robert and Mary (Evans) Mugford. She d. February 10, 1820, aged sixty years. He d. February 14, 1835. They had six children b. in Windham. Elizabeth Graffam, b. in Windham April 30, 1766, baptized May II, 1766, d. July 17, 1792, at Gambo, Me. She m. in Windham Febru- ary 9, 1786, Samuel Swett, b. in Newbury- port, Mass., June 8, 1759, son of John and Sarah Swett.
Enoch2 Graffam, sixth child of Captain Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, was b. in Windham, Me., April 14, 1753. He m. Au- gust 25, 1774, Charity Mayberry, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Mayberry, and grand-daughter of William Mayberry, the emi- grant ancestor of the family. She was b. Au- gust 30, 1755, at Windham. Enoch Graffam was a chairmaker and a farmer. He lived on the river road at Windham, nearly opposite where William Frank Mayberry now (1901) lives. He was a soldier of the Revolution, serving first as a private in Captain William Knight's company at Falmouth Neck (now Portland), October 18 until October 23, 1775, and eight days in November. He enlisted February 1, 1776; served two months at the siege of Boston, but probably was transferred to Captain Bartholomew York's company, Colonel Edmund Finney's Eighteenth Conti- nental Regiment, after arriving at Cambridge, as his term of service covers the same period in that regiment. He was discharged Decem- ber 31, 1776. In August Colonel Finney's regiment marched and joined the Northern Army near Lake Champlain. While in this regiment he re-engaged to serve three years in Captain George Smith's company in Colonel
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Joseph Vose's First Massachusetts Regiment, and served from January 1, 1777, until Jan- uary 1, 1780. He was at Stillwater and Sara- toga, spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, and took part in the battles of Mon- mouth and Quaker Hill. His total service was forty-seven months and thirteen days. He d. at Raymond, Me., August 28, 1827, aged seventy-four years.
The children of Enoch and Charity (May- berry) Graffam were as follows: Barsheba, b. September 9, 1775, baptized January 7, 1787, d. unmarried December 30, 1837, aged sixty- two years. Hannah, b. August 26, 1776, bap- tized January 7, 1787, m. Jedidiah Loveitt January 24, 1802, and lived in Cape Elizabeth, Me. He was b. March 29, 1776, and had the following children : Caleb, b, April 23, 1802, m. Susan Davis. Enoch, b. April 23, 1802, m. Hannah Pillsbury. Nathan, b. April 30, 1804, m. Maria P. Angell. Rebecca, b. August 29, 1806, m. John Pillsbury. John, b. April 20, 1809. Mary, b. September 18, 181I, m. James Boothby. David, b. June 16, 1814, m. Betsy Cobb. George, b. August 31, 1816, m. October 21, 1839, Lavina Goold. James, b. December 20, 1820, m. Lucinda Goold. Caleb, 3 b. October 17, 1780, baptized January 7, 1787. Peter,4 b. May 31, 1783, baptized January 7, 1787. Enoch, Jr., b. July 29, 1785, baptized July, 1787, d. young. Enoch, Jr., b. August 27, 1787, of whom there is no detailed record. Rebecca, b. August 26, 1789, baptized October II, 1789, d. August 18, 1805. Elizabeth, b. March 29, 1792, d. October 23, 1861, m. 1810 Samuel Willard, of Cape Elizabeth, Me., b. February 16, 1792, and d. June 4, 1863. Charity, b. August 31, 1794, m. August 4, 1816, Jonathan Goold, of Cape Elizabeth, who was b. at Eliot, Me., September 23, 1793. He was the son of Alexander and . Margaret (Emery) Goold. Alexander Goold was a soldier in the army and marine in the navy of the Revolution. His full record can be found in the publication, "The Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution from Kittery and Eliot," by Lieutenant O. P. Remick. Jonathan Goold served in the War of 1812, in Captain Nathan Goold's Windham company. He was m. in Windham, moved to
Denmark, where his wife d. He went to Willard, Cape Elizabeth, about 1849, where he m. for his second wife widow Sarah R. (Graffam) Cobb in April, 1859. She was the widow of Samuel Cobb, of Cape Elizabeth, and was b. in Windham June 9, 1807, and d. at Willard May 1, 1894, aged eighty-six years. By her first husband she had a daughter Mary Cobb, who m. Samuel Angell, of Cape Eliza- beth. Jonathan Goold d. at Willard January 5, 1875, aged eighty-one years. The Goold pedigree is : Jonathan,6 Alexander, 5 Benjamin, Jr., 4 Benjamin, 3 John,2 and Jarvice Goold'. Charity (Graffam) Goold d. at Denmark, Me., March 3, 1848, aged fifty-three years. The children of Charity (Graffam) and Jonathan Goold are: I. Lavina, b. December 15, 1817, m. October 21, 1839, George Loveitt, of Cape Elizabeth. She d. July 21, 1847, aged thirty years. They were cousins, he being a son of Jedidiah and Hannah (Graffam) Loveitt. Children : Lucinda, b. August 11, 1842, d. young; Rufus C., b. August 18, 1844; Daniel G., b. July 25, 1852. 2. Nathaniel, b. Aug- ust 30, 1819, m. December 7, 1847, Eveline L. Twombly. She d. at Cape Elizabeth Janu- ary 13, 1892, aged seventy-two years. He d. there July 22, 1896, aged seventy-six years ten months. Their children were: George Loveitt, b. September 20, 1848, m. Sarah L. Graffam; Abba Allen, b. January 7, 1851, d. in 1897, m. September 25, 1870, Edward Boutherhouse; Sarah Hicks, b. September 2, 1855, d. July 7, 1883. 3. Lucinda, b. Janu- ary 30, 1822, m. July 19, 1846, James Love- itt. She d. July 10, 1865, aged forty-three years. He m., second, Lydia Cameron. The children were: Loenah, b. August 26, 1847; Charity, b. July 18, 1849, m. Mr. Therar; Lois, b. December 20, 1851; twin boys d. in infancy. 4. Rebecca, b. November 1, 1824, d. at six months. 5. Daniel, b. March 7, 1826, d. October 3, 1835. 6. Lois, b. Au- gust 2, 1828, m. Captain Benjamin J. Willard. She m., second, Bernard Holmes. 7. Jona- than, b. June 10, 1831, m., first, Lizzie But- land; second, Margaret Doyle. Children by first wife : George L., m .; Francis; Benjamin Willard, m. 8. Daniel, b. September 16, 1833, m. Jessie McDermaid. He was acci-
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dentally shot while unloading guns from the privateer "Tacony" during the Civil War. Children : Ella Frances, m. William Allen ; Cora Belle, d. young; and Emma. 9. Mary Elizabeth, b. January 27, 1837, m. November 20, 1859, Henry Pillsbury, lived at South Portland. Children : Alice A., b. June 24, 1864; Winfield Henry, b. January 4, 1867. 10. Dennis, b. March 23, 1841, was drowned off Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth, March 19, 1860, aged nearly nineteen years. Polly, a twin sister of Charity, b. August 31, 1794, m. Ithiel Rand March 29, 1830. John, b. Sep- tember 15, 1796, m., first, Mary Gay, of Ray- mond, d. February 16, 1833; second, Marga- ret True, of Denmark, d. February 17, 1835. James, b. October 21, 1799, m. Dorcas Pills- bury, of Cape Elizabeth. Lois, b. July 5, 1802, m. John Lowe, of Saccarappa. No children.
Caleb3 Graffam, eldest son of Enoch,2 m. April 2, 1801, Polly Joseph. She d. June 10, 1807. Their children were: Sally Joseph, b. May 17, 1802; Peter, b. July 4, 1803; Mary, b. April 2, 1805; Sarah R., b. June 9, 1807, d. May 4, 1894. His second wife was Polly Cloudman, whom. he m. December 1, 1808, d. July 3, 1814. Children : Hannah, Nancy, and Jedidiah, b. June 6, 1813, living now (1901) at Cape Elizabeth, Me. His third wife, Rachel Clay, m. March 17, 1815, d. August 13, 1816. One child, Thomas, who d. at sea. His fourth wife was Mary Swett, of Gorham. Children were: Annie; Clement P., b. March 16, 1817, m. November 17, 1839, Mary A. Sanborn, lived at 418 Cumberland Street, Portland, Me. He d. August 16, 1887. Joshua S., b. February 24, 1819, d. Septem- ber 16, 1819. Mary J., b. March 20, 1820. Rachel A., b. March 15, 1822. Sophia S., b. March 20, 1824. Caleb S., b. March 17, 1826. Rebecca, b. March 29, 1828, d. 1849. Leander L., b. February 14, 1830, lives in Bangor. Ben R., b. June 24, 1832, d. June 19, 1833. Caroline E., b. June 27, 1833. David H., b. April 10, 1835. Joseph F., b. February 25, 1837. William C., b. Febru- ary 20, 1839, d. February 23, 1839. Evelyn B., b. March 19, 1840. Charles W., b. Octo- ber 23, 1841, d. March 8, 1843.
Samuel and Elizabeth (Graffam) Willard, of Cape Elizabeth, Me., had eleven children : I. Mary R., b. December 6, 1812, m. Benja- min Franklin Woodbury. Children: Ben- jamin Franklin, Jr., and Carrie. 2. Samuel, b. March 12, 1815, m. February 6, 1840, Jane Trundy, and was lost at sea 1852. Children : Freeman; Gilman, b. 1845, d. August 3, 1867; Augustavus; Georgianna; Lucinda, d. December 29, 1841. 3. James, b. April 6, 1817, d. young. 4. Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1818, m. August 13, 1839, Edward H. Wood- bury, d. August 4, 1901, aged eighty-three years. Children : Joseph H., Edward Israel, Clara, Eldredge, Willard, Charles, Almeda, and William. 5. William, b. December 12, 1820, m. Sarah Mariner, d. May 10, 1877, aged fifty-six. Children: William H. and Sarah Adelaide. 6. Enoch Graffam, b. Feb- ruary 28, 1823, m. Sarah D. Loveitt, lives in Portland (1902). Children : Enoch Franklin, b. May 21, 1853, d. March, 1883; Sarah Frances, b. February 24, 1857; Mary Ellen, b. June 15, 1859; Martha Pauline, b. May 21, 1861. 7. Charity G., b. May 8, 1825, m., first, Nathaniel Jordan; second, William T. Rolfe. Children : Susan and John. 8. Cap- tain Benjamin Jesse, b. October 30, 1828, m., first, Lois Goold; second, Henrietta Gardiner. She was b. March 14, 1839, d. November 19, 1885, aged forty-six years. He lived in Port- land, Me., had no children, d. April 4, 1899. 9. Susan D., b. November 20, 1831, m. Caleb Willard. She d. December 1, 1886. Chil- dren : Elizabeth, Mary F., Warren. 10. Cap- tain Charles Joseph, b. December 7, 1834, m. 1861 Ellen Elizabeth Graffam. He was lost at sea in March, 1872, aged forty-seven years. Children : Samuel W., b. August 17, 1862, d. August 1, 1873; Charles Wilton, b. August 7, 1868, d. May 1, 1869; Charles Jo- seph, b. April 26, 1872. 11. Captain Henry E., b. November 9, 1837, m. Appia D. Love- itt. Children : Charles H., Albert, and Amelia.
John3 and Margaret (True) Graffam had four children : Enoch, b. March 30, 1836, m. Le- mara C. Washburn January 24, 1856; Robert, b. September 18, 1837, m. Mary A. Custin, and d. March 10, 1860; Joseph A., b. April
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9, 1839, m. Patrinea D. Morill November 26, 1862; Harriet, b. March 9, 1842.
James3 Graffam and his wife, Dorcas Pills- bury, had thirteen children, all b. at Cape Elizabeth, Me. Children : Rebecca, b. Sep- tember 26, 1826. Solomon Berry, b. July 10, 1827, m. in 1848, and had ten children. George Henry, b. September 9, 1828, m. Mary Jane Clark May 13, 1853, and d. March 25, 1878; had one child. Lucy Jane, b. July 12, 1830, m. in 1853 Joshua Pillsbury, b. October 1, 1829, d. December 31, 1892; had two children. Barsheba, b. September 9, 1832, m. March 8, 1857, John Berry, b. Sep- tember 23, 1831; no children. Daniel Pills- bury, b. December 26, 1834, m. Annie Scott ; had three children. Margaret, b. May 30, 1837, m. Gustavus Woodsum. He d. aged fifty-four years. She d. January 1, 1899. No children. Joshua P., b. September 26, 1839, d. July 22, 1841. Joshua P., b. May 10, 1842, d. unmarried March 31, 1865. He was in the battle of Petersburg. Mary, b. August 25, 1843. James Osgood, b. September 10, 1845, m. Mary Jane Hall, and had seven chil- dren. Benjamin J., b. September 18, 1847, m. Clara Paul, of Rockland. Sarah L., b. October 8, 1850, m. George L. Goold January 14, 1873; had one child.
Peter3 Graffam, fourth child of Enoch2 and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, m., first, in 1812 Betsey Boston, who was b. in 1791, and d. February 9, 1833. He m. for his second wife, in 1834, Jane Jellison, who d. April 10, 1853, aged seventy years. He d. June 17, 1870, aged eighty-three years. He had five children by each marriage. His children by his wife Betsy Boston were: William H., b. 1814 (December 31), who d. March 8, 1875; Re- becca, b. 1816 (November 28) ; Mary Jane, b. October 24, 1818, d. young; James, b. 1821 (September 13), m. Louisa Smith, and had three children - Sarah Jane, Shirley E., and James, Jr. ; and Mary Jane, second, b. June 24, 1824, m. November 26, 1846, Henry Witham, and had two children: Mary E., b. May 22, 1854, m., first, George Young, of Windham, and had two children. She m. again John Colby Mayberry, of Windham, and had two sons. Sadie H., b. December 31,
1857, m. 1894 A. A. Maines, of Raymond. Henry Witham served in the Civil War, and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863. His widow m. Josiah Webb, of Casco, Me. By his second wife, Jane Jellison, Peter3 Graffam had: Betsy, b. January 19, 1835 (who m. in .1853 Ebenezer Proctor, and had three children : Charles, b. August 16, 1857; Ar- thur, b. July 29, 1861; Irvin, b. May 9, 1865) ; Henry, b. December 19, 1836; Bar- sheba, b. 1839; Mark, b. 1841; and Eliza, b. 1843. Henry Graffam was mustered in the United States service (Seventeenth Maine Regiment) August 18, 1862, and served in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (three days), Warpen Heights, Mine Run, Locust Grove, Wilderness (May 5, 1864, where he was wounded), Deep Bottom, Bull Run, Hatches Run, and Petersburg (April 2-3, 1864). He was mustered out June 10, 1865.
William Henry Graffam, eldest child of Peter and Betsey (Boston) Graffam, was b. December 31, 1814. He m. November 9, 1842, Charlotte Gardner, of Otisfield, Me., a daughter of Richard and Eleanor (Johnson) Gardner. Richard Gardner, who was b. December 9, 1772, went from Saccarappa to Otisfield in 1800, and d. March 12, 1853. His wife Eleanor, who was b. August 20, 1778, d. in Naples, Me., in May, 1859. William H. Graffam and his wife Charlotte lived on the Gardner homestead at Otisfield. They had five children - Ellen Elizabeth, Sarah Adeline, Peter, William Henry, and Edwin Mayberry.
Ellen Elizabeth, born December 26, 1843, married in 1861 Captain Charles J. Willard, of Cape Elizabeth, and lived on the old Wil- lard homestead at Cape Elizabeth. Their chil- dren were : Samuel W., born August 17, 1862, who died May 1, 1873; Charles W., born August 7, 1868, who died September 18, 1869; and Charles J., born April 26, 1872.
Sarah Adeline, born August 10, 1847, mar- ried October 9, 1867, Charles L. Abbott, of Brunswick, Me., born 1840, a son of Lewis and Dorcas Abbott. Her children were : Lewis, born at Cape Elizabeth August 3, 1868, died October 20, 1868; Charles Wood-
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bury, born at Naples April 10, 1869; Will- jam Henry, born at Bath May 16, 1871; Ed- ward, born at South Thomaston, Me., March 10, 1873, died June 15, 1873; Martha Ellen, born at Vinalhaven, Me., April 2, 1878.
Peter Graffam, real estate and builder, 1105 Tremont Building, Boston, was born August 5, 1849. He married November 12, 1879, Alice Susan Tufts, of Malden, Mass., who was born December 30, 1851, daughter of Edward and Susan (White) Tufts. They reside at 181 Clifton Street, Malden. They have one daughter - Grace Ellen, born November 18, 1881. Their son, George Francis, born De- cember 5, 1884, died April 23, 1891.
William Henry Graffam (second), real es- tate dealer, Malden, born February 10, 1852, married in Malden, January 19, 1887, Mary L. Worcester, daughter of Leigh R. and Ann B. Worcester, of Malden. Born in Ipswich, Mass., October 24, 1860, she died July 8, 1892, aged thirty-one years. They had two children : a son, born May 30, 1889, who died June 2, 1889; and a daughter, Lizzie Leigh, born May 28, 1890.
Edwin Mayberry Graffam, real estate dealer, Malden, born Feburary 11, 1854, is unmarried (1901), and resides in Malden.
APTAIN JOHN GERRY WARNER, of Lynn, Mass., was born in Boston, September 27, 1846, a son of John Gerry and Eliza (Newhall) Warner. Unable to trace at present Captain Warner's paternal ancestral line to his immigrant pro- genitor, we may here note the names of two early settlers bearing this surname, well known to genealogists as founders of New England families. Andrew' Warner, who was at Cambridge, 1632, Hartford, 1639, and later one of the first settlers of Hadley, Mass., and William1 Warner, who, with his wife, his sons Daniel2 and John,2 and daughter Abigail, came from England in 1637, and became an inhabitant of Ipswich. John2 Warner m. in 1655 Priscilla Symonds, and removed about 1665 to Brookfield, and in 1675 to Hadley, Mass.
Ebenezer Warner (a native of Springfield)
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d. at Marblehead, May 15, 1790, in his fifty- fifth year; Elizabeth, his widow, d. December II, 1800, aged fifty-nine years, four months ; Hannah, their daughter, d. 1787, aged nineteen years, ten months. (Essex Institute College, vol. xii.)
Captain John Gerry Warner, of Marblehead, father of John Gerry Warner, was lost at sea some time in the early part of the nineteenth century. He was perhaps son of Ebenezer, who d. in 1790.
John Gerry Warner, Sr., was b. in Marble- head in 1811. For some years he was engaged in the wholesale boot, shoe, and leather trade in Boston, carrying on a successful business until his death at the age of thirty-six. He m. Eliza Newhall, a daughter of Francis Stew- art Newhall, and a descendant in the eighth generation of Thomas' Newhall, who emi- grated from England to Massachusetts about 1630, settled in Lynn, and d. there May 25, 1674. Mary Newhall, wife of Thomas,' d. September 25, 1665.
Thomas2 Newhall (b. in Lynn about 1630, the first white child b. there, or, as he deposed, b. about 1631-2) m. Elizabeth Potter on De- cember 29, 1652, and had ten children. He d. in March, 1687. Joseph3 Newhall, b. Sep- tember 22, 1658, m. about 1678 Susanna, daughter of Thomas Farrar, and settled in Lynnfield. He was the father of eleven chil- dren. Samuel+ Newhall, b.
in March, 1700-1, m. Kezia, daughter of Ebenezer Breed, and settled on land which he inherited from his uncle, Thomas Farrar, Jr. They had ten children. Pharaohs Newhall, the fifth child, was b. February 15, 1735. On April 14, 1764, he m. his cousin Theodate, daughter of Jabez Breed. Winthrop6 Newhall, the third child in a family of seven, of whom all but one grew to maturity, was b. June 6, 1769. On January 12, 1795, he m. Elizabeth Far- rington, by whom he had six children, namely : Francis Stewart, Henry, Eliza, Sophia, Lydia, and Horace.
Francis Stewart? Newhall, b. in Lynn, April 30, 1795, d. February 2, 1858. He was a tanner by trade, and in 1822 was senior member of the firm of F. S. & H. Newhall, one of the leading firms of those days. In
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1843 and 1844 he served in the Massachusetts Senate. He m. Lydia, daughter of Thomp- son Burrill, and had six children - Eliza, Persis, Henry F., Lydia A., Maria B., and George T. Eliza8 Newhall m. John Gerry Warner, Sr., as above stated.
Mrs. Lydia Burrill Newhall, the maternal grandmother of Captain John Gerry Warner, was a descendant in the seventh generation of George1 Burrill, immigrant, who settled in Lynn in 1630, and whose will was proved in June, 1654. Lieutenant John2 Burrill, b. at Lynn in 1631, son of George, m. May 10, 1656, Lois Ivory. The Hon. Ebenezer3 Bur- rill, b. July 13, 1679, son of John2 and Lois, d. September 6, 1761. He served six terms as Representative to the General Court and as a Counsellor in 1731 and 1746. He m. Mar- tha Farrington October 13, 1702, and settled at Swampscott. Ebenezer+ Burrill, Esq. (b. in February, 1702-3, d. May 20, 1778) was Town Clerk seventeen years, and Representative twelve years. He m. Mary Mansfield, daugh- ter of General Joseph Mansfield. John5 Bur- rill, son of Ebenezer, 4 d. December 14, 1794. He m. January 26, 1749, Anne Thompson, by whom he had nine children, one being Thomp- son6 Burrill of Tower Hill, who was the father of Lydia7 Burrill.
Captain John Gerry Warner was one of a family of three children, the others having been Helen Story, who was b. in 1839, and d. in 1897; and Eliza Frances, widow of the late Howard Perley. John G. Warner attended the public schools of Lynn, completing his education at the Chauncy Hall School in Boston. In November, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company D under Captain W. H. Merritt, Colonel B. F. Peach's regiment, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was not called out of the State. He continued his connection with the company and regiment until 1893, when, having been promoted through the different grades, he was retired with the rank of Captain. Soon after leaving school Captain Warner entered the employ of John B. Alley & Co., leather dealers in Boston. Later he represented different firms in the leather and shoe finding business, and finally secured a position with Dunbar,
Hobart & Whidden, dealers in tacks, nails, etc., remaining with that firm twenty-one years. Entering then the employ of the Atlas Tack Company, he retained his connection with it until 1898, when, in company with Albert and Percy F. Munsey, he embarked, under the firm name of the Munsey Shank and Counter Company, in the manufacture of lea- ther board and steel shanks, etc., in Lynn, where he is now carrying on a very successful business. On January 1, 1901, Captain War- ner, in company with Albert J. Lyons and Percy F. Munsey, incorporated the Lyons Counter Company for the manufacture of sole leather moulded counters, the new company having been very successful in its opening year. Captain Warner is a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, of Boston; of the Oxford Club, of Lynn; of the Lynn Historical Society; and of the Howard Council Royal Arcanum, of Boston. He is a member of the Unitarian church, and a Republican in politics.
On October 5, 1875, Captain Warner mar- ried Ellen Louisa Kettell, of Worcester, Mass., a daughter of Deacon John P. and Eliz- abeth (Wheeler) Kettell. Two children have been born of their. union, namely : Winthrop Kettell, born September 23, 1879, died at the age of seven years; and Stewart Gerry, born April 21, 1881, now a student at Harvard College, a member of the class of 1904.
ON. RICHARD OLNEY, LL. D., a conspicuous figure in President Cleveland's cabinet (second admin- istration, 1893-97), one whose name is inseparably connected with sagacious coun- sels and salutary steps and measures that have become historic, is a native of Massachusetts, and has long been a resident of Boston. His paternal grandfather, whose name he bears, was b. in Rhode Island, where the family has been influential from the first settlement.
The immigrant progenitor, Thomas Olney, came over from England in the "Planter " in 1635. Excommunicated from the church at Salem, where he lived for a time, he trekked into the wilderness (to borrow a modern phrase
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for a very ancient and laudable practice), and was one of the twelve associates of Roger Williams in founding the Providence planta - tions in June, 1636. Of the Baptist church organized by Williams in 1639, Thomas Olney was one of the Elders. In 1654 he withdrew to form another, known as the "Five Prin- ciple Baptist." He d. in 1682. He was treasurer of the colony in 1638, was assistant nine years, and six years commissioner. Two sons - Thomas, Jr.,2 and Epenetus2 --- bore the family name in the second generation and transmitted it to the third, in which were seven male representatives who m. and left children, namely: Thomas3 (son of Thomas, Jr.), who m. Lydia Barnes; William, 3 who m. December 20, 1692, Catherine, daughter of John and Mary (Williams) Sayles, and grand- daughter of Roger Williams; James, 3 who m. Hallelujah Brown; Epenetus, 3 who m. Mary, daughter of Daniel Williams and grand-daugh- ter of Roger Williams; John, 3 who m. Rachel Coggeshall; and Thomas3 (son of Epenetus2), who m. Patience Burlingame.
Richard4 Olney, son of William3 and Cath- erine, was b. November 4, 1711. (Vital Rec- ords, Providence, R.I.) Richard Olney, of Providence, and Hannah Hunt, of Rehoboth, m. November II, 1742. (Vital Records, Re- hoboth.) Richard Olney, son of Richard and Hannah, b. August 29, 1749; Cynthia, their daughter, b. 1745; Hannah, b. 1747. (Vital Records, Providence, R. I. )
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