Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 91

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

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insurance business. About the year 1837 or 1839 his parents removed to Ohio. He d. on March 9, 1870. His wife, Content Chase Jen- kins, was a descendant of Stephen Jenkins, who was a resident of Kittery, Me., before 1640, her line of descent being: Stephen,1 James, 2 Reynold, 3 Jabez, 4 Reynold, 5 Stephen, 6 Content7.

We find mention of the marriage of Reynold3 Jenkins and Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph2 Canney, May 8, 1712, in genealogical items relating to Dover, N. H., under the surname Jenkins, thus : "Renald, a 'Friend,' married Elizabeth Canney, 19, 3d month, 1712" (New England Genealogical Register, vol. vii., page 157). Joseph,ª the father of Eliza- beth Canney, was a son of Thomas Canney, who was sent to the New Hampshire Col- ony by Captain Mason in or before 1631, and had grants of land at Dover in 1652 and 1658. His son Joseph2 m. Mary Clements in 1670 (New England Genealogical Register, vol. vii., page 117). Robert Clement, of Haverhill in 1642, had Job,2 who m. Margaret Dummer, daughter of Thomas Dummer. He m. a sec- ond wife (also named Margaret) before 1658. This Margaret was evidently the mother of Mary, 3 b. 1651, who m. December 25, 1670, Joseph Canney. (Hoyt's "Old Families of Salisbury.")

Jabez+ Jenkins, son of Reynold and Eliza- beth (Canney) Jenkins, was b. February 12, 1714-5. The surname of his wife Elizabeth is not known.

Reynold, 5 son of Jabez4 and Elizabeth Jen- kins, was b. November 26, 1742. He m. Content Chase, of Kensington, N.H. His son Stephen,6 b. at Eliot, Me., January 23, 1789, m. Jemima Green, daughter of Nathan and Margaret Green, of Pittsfield, N.H., by whom he had two children - James G. and Content. James G., the elder, b. May 22, 1814, d. in February, 1893. He m. Mary Noble, and had one daughter - Sarah, who became the wife of Frank Philbrick. Con- tent7 Chase, the younger child of Stephen, 6 was b. May 14, 1816. She m. Nathan Jen- kins, as above noted, and had two children - Alice and James Ezra. Miss Alice Jen- kins, b. September 1, 1845, for many years

LAWRENCE P. SOULE.

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engaged in teaching, now resides with her mother in Lynn.

James Ezra Jenkins, youngest child of Na- than and Content Chase Jenkins, was educated in the Lynn public schools. On leaving the high school he entered a banking house, and has since remained in that sphere of business activity, having risen through various grades of service to his present position of trust. Be- sides being cashier of the Lynn National Bank, he is treasurer of the Lynn Safe Deposit and Trust Company. Mr. Jenkins is actively and prominently interested in the welfare and prog- ress of his native city, and has served as one of its Park Commissioners. He was married November 9, 1887, to Annie Hay Senter, daughter of Andrew and Anne (Stubbs) Sen- ter. They have one child - Helen, born Au- gust 16, 1888, now attending the public schools of Lynn.

AWRENCE PORTER SOULE, head of the firm of L. P. Soule & Son, gen- eral building contractors, Devon- shire Street, Boston, is a native of the old town of Duxbury settled by "May-

flower " pilgrims, from eight of whom - namely : George Soule, William Bradford, William Brewster, Love Brewster, John Alden, William Mullin, Richard Warren, and Henry Sampson - he traces his descent.

Born in 1831, son of Stephen and Lydia (Pierce) Soule, he is of the seventh generation of the family founded by George Soule, who landed on Plymouth Rock in December, 1620, m. Sarah Becket, and removed from Plymouth to Duxbury about 1638. The line from George1 continued through John,2 b. in 1632, who m. in 1678 (second wife) Esther, daughter of Philip Delano (or De La Noye, see Delano Genealogy), and widow of Samuel Sampson; Joshua, 3 b. in 1681, who m. Joanna Studley ; Joseph, 4 b. in 1722, who m. in 1742 Mercy Fullerton, daughter of John and Ruth (Samp- son) Fullerton, of Marshfield; William, 5 who m. in 1784 Priscilla, daughter of Elijah and Ruth (Bradford) Sampson, and was the father of Stephen,6 b. in 1812, who m., as above indi- cated, Lydia Pierce.

Elijah Sampson, maternal grandfather of Stephen Soule, and great-grandfather of Law- rence P. Soule, was b. in 1734. He was the son of John3 and Priscilla (Bartlett) Sampson, grandson of Stephen2 Sampson and wife Eliza- beth, and great-grandson of Henry™ Sampson of the "Mayflower " company, and his wife Ann Plummer. Ruth Bradford, who in 1761 be- came the wife of Elijah Sampson, was the daughter of the Hon. Gamaliel4 and Abigail (Bartlett) Bradford, grand-daughter of Samuel3 and Hannah (Rogers) Bradford, and great- grand-daughter of Major William2 Bradford, b. at Plymouth in 1624, who was the son of Gov- ernor William1 Bradford by his second wife, Mrs. Alice Carpenter Southworth. Hannah Rogers, wife of Samuel Bradford, and mother of the Hon. Gamaliel Bradford of Duxbury, was the daughter of Gamaliel Rogers. Gov- ernor Bradford, a native of Austerfield, Eng- land, d. at Plymouth, May 9, 1657. His first wife, Dorothy May, was drowned in Cape Cod Harbor, December 7, 1620. His second wife, Alice, d. in 1670, aged eighty years. Major William Bradford, in his time the chief mili- tary officer of Plymouth Colony, served as as- sistant, as Deputy Governor, and in 1687 as one of Governor Andros's Council. He d. in 1703. His first wife, Alice, daughter of Thomas Richards, of Weymouth, d. in 1671; his second wife was the widow Wiswall; and his third, Mary, widow of the Rev. John Holmes, of Duxbury.

Through Priscilla Bartlett, daughter of Ben- jamin Bartlett, Jr., and his wife, Ruth Pa- bodie, wife of John Sampson and mother of Elijah Sampson, who m. Ruth Bradford, Mr. Lawrence P. Soule is descended from Elder William Brewster and his son Love, Richard Warren, William Mullins, and John Alden. Descent is as follows : -

William' Brewster; Love2 m. Sarah Collier; Sarah, 3 m. Benjamin Bartlett; Benjamin4 Bart- lett m. Ruth Pabody, 1672; John1 Alden m. Priscilla Mullins; Elizabeth2 Alden m. Will- iam Pabody; Ruth3 Pabody m. Benjamin Bart- lett; Ruth+ Bartlett m. John Sampson.

Stephen6 Soule, b. at Duxbury, one of the six children of William and Priscilla (Samp- son) Soule, was a seafaring man, and made

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many foreign and coasting voyages as mas- ter of his vessel. His last days were passed at the old homestead in Duxbury, where he d. June 4, 1868, aged seventy-five years. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Pierce, d. in 1880. She was the daughter of Luther Pierce, of Duxbury, who was b. in 1776, son of Joseph and Olive Pierce, of Pem- broke and Duxbury. Joseph4 Peirce, her grandfather, was a son of Abraham3 and Abi- gail (Peterson) Peirce, and was of the fourth generation of that branch of the Peirce family founded by Abraham," who was taxpayer in the Plymouth Colony in 1623; the line continuing through Abraham,2 b. at Plymouth in 1638, who m. Hannah Glass (perhaps his second wife), and his son Abraham, 3 above named. The first Abraham Peirce was made freeman in 1633; in 1643 he was a soldier under Captain Myles Standish. In 1645 he was one of the original purchasers of ancient Bridgewater, including the present Bridgewaters, Brockton, and Abington. Hed. about 1673. The lands owned by the second Abraham Peirce in Dux- bury fell within the limits of Pembroke on the incorporation of that town in 1711. Hence it has sometimes been said, erroneously, that he removed to Pembroke. He was several times elected tithingman, and to other offices of trust. Stephen and Lydia (Pierce) Soule had nine children - Lydia, William, Catharine, Louisa, Maria L., Lawrence P., Fernando, Priscilla Bradford, and Oscar. Two of these - Law- rence P. and Oscar - are now living.

Lawrence P. Soule received his education in the public schools of Duxbury and Hali- fax, Mass., and after leaving school, from the age of sixteen to that of nineteen, he worked at shoemaking, then carried on in numerous small shops in country towns, not, as now, in extensive establishments in large manufacturing centres. Desiring more active employment and a business less changeable, at nineteen years of age he came in 1850 to Boston and learned the art of masonry of Charles Woodberry, and, having mastered the trade, he followed it as a journeyman, working for different parties up to 1857. He then went to Minnesota, and returned to Foxboro, Mass., in 1860, when he became one of the

firm of Fisher & Son, doing country work, building, plastering, etc. He was thus en- gaged for five years, and after that, in 1865, he removed to the city of Lawrence, Mass., where for ten years he carried on business for himself as a mason builder. Returning to Boston in 1872, he established his business headquarters in this city, and has kept them here from that date, but has resided in Cam- bridge. He was one of the original organizers of the Master Builders' Association of Boston, was its vice-president for three years, and then became its president for three years. One of the prominent buildings which L. P. Soule & Son have erected in Boston is the Tremont Temple. Mr. Soule and his family attend wor- ship at the North Avenue Baptist Church, Cambridge. In politics he is a Republican.

Mr. Soule was married October 3, 1857, at St. Anthony, Minn., to Mercy Bassett El- dridge, of Duxbury, Mass., daughter of Cap- tain Sylvester and Lavina (Small) Eldridge. Mr. and Mrs. Soule have four children, namely : Winthrop Porter, born at St. Paul, Minn., April 30, 1859; Parker Fernando, born September 30, 1861; Laura Louise, born June 17, 1869; and Florence D., born July 28, 1876. Parker F. Soule was married Feb- ruary 26, 1886, to Luceba Dorr Kingsley, who died November 23, 1897. She was a daughter of the Hon. Chester W. Kingsley, a biograph- ical sketch of whom appears on another page of this volume. Mr. Parker F. Soule has one child - Priscilla Bradford, born October 25, 1897. Laura Louise Soule was m. April 2, 1896, to Albert Stokes Apsey, of Cambridge. Winthrop P. Soule and Mrs. Apsey are both members of the Society of Mayflower De- scendants.

ERBERT ELDRIDGE DAVIDSON was born at Princeton, Mass., June 23, 1854. He is a son of Brigham5 and Elmira (Gregory) Davidson. He is descended through Simeon, 4 Benjamin, 3 Benjamin,2 from John' Davidson, who was m. by the Rev. Benjamin Prescott to Sarah Overton at Salem, Mass., March 8, 1719. On April 12, 1720, John Davidson bought land at

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Sutton, now Millbury, Mass. This property remained in the family until 1792, when it was sold. Though John Davison and his wife resided in Sutton for over forty years, their names are not mentioned in the town records. Benjamin2 m. Mary Whittemore April 29, 1751. He d. at Spencer, Mass., March 29, 1813, aged about eighty-six years. He had three children.

Benjamin,3 youngest child of Benjamin, 2 was b. at Sutton, Mass., September 21, 1756. He served three enlistments during the Revo- lutionary War; first, on the alarm of hostilities at Lexington he marched from Sutton, April 26, 1775, to Roxbury under Captain James Greenwood and Colonel Learned. Again, when the British landed and occupied Newport, R. I., in December, 1776, he marched with Captain Andrew Eliot's company, Colonel Holmes's regiment. He also served six months, from May, 1777, under Captain Blan- chard in Colonel Wesson's regiment against General Burgoyne, and was at his surrender at Saratoga. He was furloughed on account of sickness in November, 1777. His elder brother John, who served in the same enlist- ments, served the full limit of three years, being discharged at West Point, N. Y., May, 1780. Benjamin3 m. Mary King, December 14, 1780, and d. at Spencer, Mass., August 23, 1815. He had eight children.

Simeon, 4 eldest child of Benjamin, 3 b. Feb- ruary 20, 1782, m. Dorothy Cudworth, of Ward (now Auburn), April 5, 1810. He d. at Charlton, Mass., May 20, 1842. Brigham, 5 the sixth son of Simeon4 and Dorothy (Cud- worth) Davidson, was b. at Spencer, Mass., June 4, 1818, and d. at Barre, Mass., October II, 1889. He was first m. in September, 1840, to Olive Eliza Newton, who d. Novem- ber 20, 1840. He m., second, September I, 1841, Lydia M. Gregory, who d. August 24, 1843. For his third wife he m. Elmira Greg- ory, January 1, 1845. She d. October I, 1861, at Princeton, Mass. His fourth wife was Almira Wheelock, to whom he was united December 31, 1862.

Through his mother, Elmira Gregory, Her- bert E. Davidson is descended through Phine- has,4 Jr., Phinehas, 3 Isaac,2 from Daniel' Mc-

Gregor, who is said to have come against his will from Scotland to the New England colo- nies in the seventeenth century, having been impressed on board a British war vessel. He settled in Weston, Mass., and m. December 20, 1693, Elizabeth Robinson. It is not known why the McGregors dropped the prefix "Mc" and added the "y" to their name. Isaac2 McGregor, b. August 24, 1704, m. Grace Har- rington, May 10, 1734. Phinehas, 3 b. Febru- ary 20, 1743, m. Elizabeth Hobbs, November 19, 1767. He removed from Weston to Princeton. Phinehas, 4 Jr., b. July 25, 1776, m. Elizabeth Hoyt, January 22, 1807. El- mira, 5 b. March 29, 1822, m. Brigham David- son.

Herbert E. Davidson attended the public schools of Princeton and Millbury, Mass., and the Barre, Mass., High School. At the age of fifteen he removed to Watertown, and began industrial life as errand boy in a retail boot and shoe store. From this humble position he soon rose to that of salesman, in which he remained for seven years. In 1877 he ac- cepted a position as assistant secretary of the American Metric Bureau and the American Library Association, of which Melvil Dewey (now librarian of the New York State Library) was secretary. Out of the work of the Ameri- can Library Association (the national associa- tion of librarians) has grown the extended business now known as the Library Bureau. This Bureau was formed to equip libraries with necessary supplies not obtainable in the usual lines of trade. Mr. Davidson and Mr. Dewey were the inspiration of this movement. The Bureau was small and slow of growth in its early years, but has now developed into one of the large and successful corporations of the country. Of this company Mr. Davidson is president.

He was married July 16, 1879, to Sarah Frances, daughter of John, Jr., and Martha J. (Sturtevant) Coolidge. Mrs. Davidson is a grand-daughter of John and Mary (Bond) Cool- idge, a great-grand-daughter of Joshua Cool- idge, and great-great-grand-daughter of Jo- seph Coolidge, who was killed at the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. She is a descend- ant of John and Mary Coolidge, the former of

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whom was admitted freeman in 1634, and was a Selectman of Watertown many times between 1636 and 1677, and also a Representative in 1658. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson have three children : Marion, born September 25, 1880, Vassar, class 1903; Herbert Coolidge, born May 19, 1883, Harvard, class 1904; and Fred- erick Coolidge, born November 10, 1890. Mr. Davidson was for the year of 1901 chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Watertown. He is a member of the Pequossitte Lodge, F. & A. M., and Newton Chapter, R. A. M. He belongs to several clubs, including the Algon- quin, of Boston, and the Lotus, Reform, Trans- portation, and City Midday Clubs, of New York. Politically, he is a Republican.

YLIE CHARLES BURNS, of Mal- den, Mass., was born December 3, 1868, a son of Andrew Marion and Anna Letitia (Miller) Burns. Andrew Burns, Sr., his great-grandfather, was b. May 13, 1780, and d. May 13, 1857. In 1801 he m. Sarah Caldwell, who was b. November 12, 1777, and d. in July, 1851. Andrew Burns, Jr., father of Andrew Marion, was b. July 24, 1813, d. January 25, 1881. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Williams, was b. July 28, 1820, and d. July 28, 1857. She was a daughter of Ebenezer Erskine and Jane (Hen- derson) Williams. Andrew Marion Burns, b. February 29, 1840, d. November 19, 1895. On October 12, 1864, he m. Anna Letitia Miller, who was b. July 8, 1846, daughter of Dr. James and Sarah Anna (Wiley) Miller. Through her mother she was a descendant in the fifth generation of John Wiley, the line being : John, John,2 John Lamb, 3 Sarah Anna4. John' Wiley, who was b. in 1720, m. in 1745 Mary Tillinghast, and d. in 1760. John2 Wiley, b. 1755, m. 1780 Phoebe Hal- sted, and d. October 11, 1795. John Lamb3 Wiley, b. 1788, d. 1833. In 1810 he m. Letitia Johnston, who was b. in 1788, and d. May 31, 1829. Her father, William Johnston, was b. in 1744, m. Elizabeth Duncan, and d. in 1789 or 1790. Sarah Anna4 Wiley was b. March 9, 1824, and d. July 3, 1852. On

September 5, 1844, she m. James Miller, M. D., who was b. June 26, 1818, and d. Feb- ruary 3, 1886.

Wylie Charles Burns married January 19, 1892, Alice Elisabeth Wilde, born June 12, 1869, a daughter of William Allan Wilde and a descendant in the seventh generation of John Wild, of Braintree, Mass., the line being : John, ' William, 2 William, 3 Benjamin, 4 Joseph, 5 William Allan,6 Alice Elisabeth7.

John' Wild, the first of the name of whom we have any definite record, d. at .Braintree, Mass., October 24, 1732. He m. Sarah Hay- den, who was b. January 25, 1668, a daughter of Samuel Hayden and his wife, Hannah Thayer (Richard1) Hayden. They had five children. William2 Wild, b. August 26, 1696, d. in 1783. He m., first, December 2, 1717, Anna White, and m., second, August 7, 1719, Ruth Hersey. William3 Wild, their second child (b. February 6, 1721, d. April 12, 1807), m. November 13, 1745, Deborah Allen (b. March 2, 1724-5, d. February 22, 1800). She was a daughter of Benjamin and Deborah Allen. Ten children were b. of their union. Benjamin4 Wild, next to the youngest of them, b. December 14, 1763, d. August 2, 1819. On April 8, 1787, he m. Sylvia Thayer, who was b. April 18, 1768, a daughter of Abiah Thayer, and a descendant from Richard Thayer, the immigrant, through Richard, 2-3 John, 4 Abiah5. Richard' Thayer probably brought with him from England his three children - Richard, Zachariah, and Deborah. He was admitted a freeman in Braintree in 1640, and he d. August 27, 1695. Richard,2 of Brain- tree, m. October 24, 1651, Dorothy Pray. Richard, 3 b. June 31, 1655, m. July 16, 1679, Rebecca Micall, b. November 22, 1658. John, 4 b. January 12, 1688, m. May 26, 1715, Dependence French. She d. October 30, 1762, and he d. February 9, 1768. Abiah5 Thayer, b. June 25, 1729, m. Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Benjamin Hunt. Her maternal grandfather, the Rev. Samuel Niles, served as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Braintree for fifty-one years. Joseph5 Wild, b. February 12, 1792, d. in 1872. On No- vember 14, 1815, he m. Sarah Conant, daugh- ter of Daniel Conant. Her father was a de-

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scendant in the sixth generation from Roger Conant, the founder of the Conant family of New England, the lineage being: Roger,' Lot, 2 John, 3 Lot, 4 Robert, 5 Daniel6.

Roger' Conant, the youngest of the eight children of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Co- nant, highly esteemed and influential people of East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, where both he and his father before him served as church wardens many years, was baptized at All Saints Church in the parish of East Bud- leigh, England, April 9, 1592. Going to London in 1609, he was there m. November II, 1618, in the parish of St. Ann's, Black- friar, to Sarah Horton. Crossing the Atlantic, it is supposed on the ship "Ann," which ar- rived at Plymouth in 1623, he lived for a while at Nantasket (Hull), and went in 1625 to the Cape Ann Settlement, on what is now the west side of Gloucester Harbor, and the following year removed to Naumkeag. From 1625 until 1628 he was the head of the colony, and, as says the family historian, "although not uni- versally recognized as the first governor of Massachusetts, is fairly entitled to that honor," as the Naumkeag colony, of which he was the head, was the "germ from which the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony sprung." On May 18, 1631, he was made a freeman, and from 1635 until 1671 held many offices of importance. He and his wife were among the original mem- bers of the First Church at Salem. He d. November 19, 1679, and, as her name was not mentioned in his will, she probably d. prior to that time. They were the parents of nine children.

Lot2 Conant, their third child, b. about 1624, either at Nantasket or Cape Ann, d. September 29, 1674, in Beverly. He was a resident of Marblehead as early as 1657; was Selectman there in 1.662; and on November 20, 1666, settled on the homestead given him by his father in Beverly. He m. Elizabeth Walton, who was baptized October 27, 1629, in the parish of Seaton, Devonshire, England, over which her father, the Rev. William Wal- ton, who was graduated from Emanuel College, Cambridge, England, in 1625, was settled. Ten children were b. of their union.

John3 Conant, second child, was b. at

Beverly, December 15, 1652. He was a farmer and weaver. During King Philip's War he served in Captain Samuel Appleton's company, doing garrison duty at Hadley and Springfield. On August 23, 1691, he was ad- mitted to the First Church of Beverly. He m. May 7, 1678, Bethiah Mansfield (b. April 7, 1658, d. July 27, 1720), by whom he had ten children. She was a daughter of Andrew and Bethiah Mansfield, of Lynn, and grand- daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield, the former of whom d. in 1666 and the latter September 8, 1673.

Lot4 Conant was baptized at Beverly, June I, 1679. About 1716 he removed to Concord, Mass., where he spent his remaining years, dying September 20, 1767. He m., first, May 15, 1698, Martha Cleaves. She was admitted to the First Church in Beverly May 31, 1701, and d. at Concord, February 15, 1725, aged forty-four years. He m., second, Susanna Clark, probably daughter of Samuel and Rachel Clark. Nine children were b. of his first union and two of his second.

Robert5 Conant, b. in Beverly, April 26, 1699, the eldest child of Lot4 by his first wife, removed with his parents to Concord, and set- tled in Chelmsford as early as 1726. Locat- ing in Stow in 1754, he lived there until his death, March 27, 1773. He was a farmer and carpenter. By his first wife, Esther, he had seven children, his eighth child, Daniel, being "perhaps son of his second wife," Sarah.

Daniel6 Conant, b. about 1740 in Chelms- ford, d. July 20, 1808. He was a Revolu- tionary soldier, and was wounded at the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. On September 22, 1777, he was Sergeant in Captain Silas Taylor's company in the Continental army. At Acton, Mass., January 14, 1772, he m. Martha Cole, who d. February 21, 1815. They had seven children, one of the latest b. being Sarah, who, as above stated, was m. Joseph5 and Sarah (Conant) Wild had nine children, namely: Sarah, Mary, and Joseph, all deceased; William Allan, father of Mrs. Burns; John, deceased; George; Sylvia T., deceased; Joseph; and Mary.

William Allan6 Wilde was b. July 11, 1827, in Acton, Mass. On October 25, 1849, he m.

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Lois A. Mace, who d. July 25, 1850, leaving no children. He m., second, April 15, 1852, Lydia Jane Gilbert Bride, who was b. in March, 1828, and d. July 19, 1865. She bore him three children : Jennie Louise, who was b. September 7, 1854, d. September 28, 1870; Carrie Maria, b. October 12, 1856, d. Febru- ary 15, 1863; and William Eugene. Will- iam Eugene Wilde was b. September 12, 1858. He m. October 29, 1885, Effie Jean Dresser, by whom he has two children, namely : Will- iam Allan, second, b. April 20, 1895; and Roger Conant, b. October 30, 1898. Mr. Wilde m., third, January 15, 1867, Celestia Dona Hoyt, who was b. February 13, 1840, daughter of Peter Livingston Hoyt, M. D., and a descendant in the eighth generation of John Hoyt, one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass., the lineage being : John,' John,2 Will- iam, 3 Abner, 4 John,5 Abner,6 Dr. Peter L.,? Celestia Dona8.

John1 Hoyt emigrated from England to Amer- ica at an early date, but where he lived at first is not definitely known. One of the original proprietors of Salisbury, he was very active in the settlement of the town, subsequently hold- ing many offices of trust. He served as Ser- geant of the Salisbury military company. In March, 1681 and 1682, he was chosen Select- man of the town, and in April, 1687, the year of his death, was Moderator of the town meet- ing. He was twice m., both of his wives bear- ing the name Frances. His first wife d. in 1642 or 1643, and his second wife d. in 1697.

John2 Hoyt, planter and carpenter, b. about 1638, m. June 23, 1659, Mary Barnes, daugh- ter of William and Rachel Barnes. In Octo- ber, 1658, he received his first lot of land, located "on the river" in Amesbury, and on December 10, 1660, was admitted as a towns-

man. He was well educated for his day, and took an active part in local affairs, filling many town offices. During his last years he suffered from illness and various misfortunes, his house being plundered by the Indians. On August 13, 1696, he was killed by the Indians on the road running between Andover and Haverhill.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 91

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

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