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ter of S. Hamilton Coe, June 5, 1901. He is a mem- ber of the Commonwealth Club; the Worcester Automobile Club; Quinsigamond Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Eureka Royal Arch Chapter; Hiram Council; Lawrence Chapter of Rose Croix ; Worcester County Commandery, Knights Templar. He has taken all the degrees in the Scottish Rite. He attends St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church.
George H. Coates has taken all the degrees of Free Masonry in the Scottish Rite, and is a member of the Quinsigamond Lodge, Hiram Council, the Chapter and Worcester County Commandery. He is a Shriner. He is also a member of the Economic Club, the Worcester Automobile Club, the Worces- ter County Agricultural Society, the Worcester County Mechanics' Association, the Home Market Club of Boston.
He married, June 23, 1872, Adelaide Long, daugh- ter of William Long, an expert machinist of Bidde- ford, Maine. They were married in Worcester in what was then a first class neighborhood on Me- chanics street. Their only son is B. Austin Coates, mentioned above. George H. Coates was himself an only son.
(I) Daniel Cone, who was of Connecticut before 1657, was the first known ancestor of Mrs. Henry M. Coates, mother of George H. Coates, of Wor- cester, Massachusetts, and of a large number of descendants now scattered widely throughout the United States. He was probably the first of the name in this country. The first mention of Daniel Cone was March 2, 1657, when Governor John Winthrop of the Connecticut made a requisition on Governor Peter Stuyvesant of New York for the return of one James Parker, for whom Daniel Cone was a bondsman, and on whose complaint the action was brought. In the spring of 1662 he appears as one of twenty-eight persons who received from the Connecticut Colony a grant of land sit- uated 011
both sides of the Connecticut river about thirty miles
above its mouth. This land had been in the possession of the Wangunk tribe of Indians from time immemorial. The Indians deeded to them a tract of land six miles east and west and from Middletown to Chester, Connecticut. The consideration was thirty red coats, which may have been worth a hundred dollars. The colony granted the land to these twenty-eight set- tlers and later the general court confirmed their title. The town was called Haddam after a town in England of that name. Daniel Cone received bis allotment of four acres on the town site, on the west side of the river, with land in the meadow and timbered land adjoining in 1662, and removed to the new town in that year. Previous to this change of location he had married Mehitable Spencer, fourth daughter of Jared and Alice Spencer, then of Hart- ford, Connecticut. Jared Spencer settled at New- town (Cambridge), Massachusetts. in 1634, removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1637, to Hartford, Con- necticut, in 1660, and to Haddam, Connecticut, in 1662, being also one of the founders of that town. Mehitable Spencer was born in Lynn in 1642 and died in Haddam in 1691.
Daniel Cone married (second) Rebecca Walkley, widow of Richard Walkley, of Haddam, Connecti- cut. No record of her death has been found. He resided in Haddam until 1680, when he removed to the east side of the river to the vicinity of Machi- Moodus. About 1695 he returned to Haddam, where he died October 24, 1706, aged eighty years. He was commissioner for his town in 1669 and held other town offices. A few months before he died he deeded his land on the west side of the river at
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Haddam to his youngest son, Caleb. The children of Daniel Cone (I) were: Ruth, born January 7, 1662, place of birth unknown; Hannah, born April 6, 1664, in Haddam, Connecticut; Daniel, born Janu- ary 21, 1666, married Mary Gates, died June 25, 1725; Jared, born January 7, 1668, married Elizabeth -; he died April II, 1718; Rebecca, born Feb- ruary 6, 1670; Ebenezer, born in Haddam, baptized, March 25, 1673; Nathaniel, born in Haddam, bap- tized June 4, 1675, married Sarah Hungerford; he died about 1730; Stephen, born at Haddam, baptized March 26, 1678, married Mary Hungerford; he died December 1, 1756; Caleb, baptized March 19, 1682, married (first) Elizabeth married (second) Elizabeth Cunningham; he died September 25, 1743. (Il) Caleb Cone, youngest child of Daniel Cone (I), was born at Haddam, Connecticut, in 1679, and baptized in the Middletown Congregational Church, March 19, 1682. He married in Haddam, December 16, 1701, Elizabeth -, who died there November 14, 1714. He married (second) Elizabeth Cunningham, September 6, 1723. He was born, lived and died on the homestead where his father originally settled in Haddam. He was buried within sight of the old home, his grave being marked by a stone suitably inscribed. He was a representative of his district in the general court in 1731-32-33-34-35-39. He held the commission of captain in the colonial troops for many years. He held other offices in the town.
The children of Caleb Cone were: Caleb, born September, 1702, married (first) Hannah ( second) Sybil Bailey; he died February 27, 1790; Joseph, born January 26, 1704, married Susannalı Wells: he died 1779; Noah, born July 14, 1707, married Hannah - : he died August 5, 1757 ; Elisha, born September 11, 1709, married Hannah Hubbard ; he died March 6, 1809; Joshua, born July 4, 1714, died young; Simon, born June II, 1724, died 1756: Daniel, born December 22, 1725, married Susannah Hurlburt; he died July 12, 1762; Beriah. born September 12, 1727, had son Beriah; Abigail born July 2, 1730, married Elisha Knowles; Mary, born March 23, 1732, married Richard Knowles : she died October 8, 1796; Lydia, born January 29, 1735, married Joseph Tyler, died 1823.
(III) Daniel Cone, son of Caleb (2) and Eliza- beth (Cunningham) Cone, was born in Haddam, Connecticut. December 22, 1725. He married, May 12, 1750, Susannah Hurlburt, daughter of Daniel and Esther (Hamlin) Hurlburt who was born in Middletown, Connecticut. They settled in Middle- town and most of their children were born there. She was born November 19, 1729, died May 15, 1774. He died in Middletown, July 12, 1762. Their children were: Esther, born August 11, 1751 ; Dan- iel H., born July 16, 1753, married Elizabeth Atkins; he died April 17, 1841; William, born April 6, 1755, married Abiah Atkins; he died 1834; Joshua, boril September 1, 1757. married Mehitable Blinn : Robert, born December 16, 1759, married Margaret Paget ; he died May 19, 1804; Thomas born probably in Mid- dletown, baptized February 8, 1763, married Mehit- able Lyman ; he died April 12, 1854.
(IV) Thomas Cone, son of Daniel Cone (3). was baptized at Middletown, Connecticut, February 8, 1763. At the age of twenty-one and just at the close of the revolutionary war he left his home and started up the Connecticut valley in search of work. He was a tailor by trade. He located first at Northampton, Massachusetts, where he worked for two years. He married there, March 13, 1786. They started immediately on horseback to make a home for themselves in Vermont. Their wedding trip was through the wilderness to the little town
of Winchester, in western Vermont, where they settled and spent the remainder of their lives. He became one of the most prominent citizens of the town. Ilis wife was born November 17, 1764, died October II, 1827. He died April 12, 1854, at thie age of ninety-one years. Their children, all born at Winchester, Vermont, were: Thomas, born May 5, 1787, married Olive Lane; he died January 22, 1858; Robert, born November 27, 1788, married Fanny Royce; he died December 30, 1814; Morris, born October 6, 1790, married Lydia Farrington ; he died March 29, 1846; Laura, born March 13, 1793, married (first) Cyrus Jones; married (sec- ond) James Swinton; she died February 13, 1879; Theodore, born October II, 1795, married Eliza Wooley; he died August 25, 1852; John, born Octo- ber 7, 1797, married Lucinda Rand; he died June 2, 1879; James, born October 7, 1797, married Cath- erine Cuyler: he died October 24, 1861 ; Stephen, born February 2, 1800, married Sally Pratt; he died November 1, 1884: Charles, born March 4, 1802, married Martha Dean; he died November 7, 1870; Eliza, born December 13, 1805, married Lyman Haywood; she died 1848.
(V) Thomas Cone, son of Thomas (4), and Mehitable (Lyman) Cone, was born at Westminster, Vermont, May 5, 1787. He married Olive Lane, daughter of Samuel Lane, in 1808. She was born at Claremont, New Hampshire, March 4, 1790, died May 6, 1852. He was a tailor by oceupation. He settled first at Swanton, Vermont, near his birth- place, removed 1816 to West Claremont, New Hamp- shire, where he died January 22, 1858. He was held in high esteem by his neighbors. He was a man of excellent character and standing in the community. His children were: Curtis E., born January 17, 1809, married Celia S. Judd; he died July 17, 1873; Julia Ann, born September 17, 18II, married John Mercer ; she died December 6, 1902; Narcissa M., born February 9, 1814, married (first) Elias Lovell; (second) Abel Camp; she died Feb- ruary 8, 1885; Fannie E., born October 13, 1815, married John L. Seaver ; she died May 3, 1900 ; Harley S., born December 28, IS17, married Estella J. Adams, lived at Aseutneyville, Vermont ; Charles E., born June 2, 1820, married Luthera E. Sturte- vant ; died October 12, 1900; Natalia O., born Marel 18, 1822, married Henry W. Coates, lives at Wor- cester, Massachusetts, with her son, George H. Coates ; Lucy E., born April 6, 1824, married Lorenzo Marston, lives at Marshall, Michigan; Robert L., born September 2, 1826, married Mary S. Maynard ; no children; died May 21, 1900; Lyman H., born January 22, 1829, married Lucia Judd, resided at Windsor, Vermont; James Monroe, born June 28, 1831, married Harriet C. Richardson, lives at Keene, New Hampshire; Ellen M., born March 2, 1834, married Orrin Putnam, lives at Manchester, New Hampshire.
(VI) Natalia Ora Cone, daughter of Thomas Cone (5), was born at Claremont, New Hamp- shire, March 18, 1822. . She married, March 18, 1847, Henry Moses Coates, son of Prescott and Lydia (Penniman) Coates. She resides with her son, George H. Coates, Worcester, Massachusetts. See George H. Coates sketeh which precedes this in the work.
CHARLES HOMER PERRY, M. D. John Perry (I), the first American aneestor of Dr. Charles H. Perry, of Worcester, was born in Eng- land in 1613. He was in Watertown, Massachu- setts, in 1674, when his age was sixty-one years. That is about all that is known of him. He came late in life and Bond surmises that he was the
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brother of William Perry, of Watertown, who was born in England in 1606, a tailor by trade, who came over before 1642.
Another John Perry lived in Roxbury and had three children there: Elizabeth, born January 25, 1037; John, born September 7, 1639; Samuel, born March 1, 1640. But this John Perry, Sr., died September, 1642, leaving his house and land to his wife to bring up his three children. Curiously enough we are told that John Perry, Jr., had a brother and a sister. Obviously, however, the John Perry, Sr., who died in 1642 was not the sarre one that was in Watertown in 1074.
(11) John Perry, son of John Perry (I), was born in London, England, according to the generally accepted story, in 1644, and came to America in 1666. He married Sarah Clary, daughter of John Clary, of Cambridge, where she was born October 16, 1649. They settled in Watertown. In 1701 he was in North Brookfield for a year and Perry's pond there was named for him. He died in 1724, before December 23. Children of John and Sarah Perry were: John; Joanna, born November 8, 1672; Sarah, born July 1I, 1675; Elizabeth ; Josiah, see forward; Joseph, born January 17, 1690.
(III) Josiah Perry, son of John Perry (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, November 28, 1684, married, January 12, 1708, Bethia Cutler, daughter of John Cutler, of Watertown. She was born November 26, 1684, and died September 16, 1767. He married (second) Elizabeth Harrington. The children of Josiah and Bethia Perry, all born in Watertown, were: Jonathan, born January 7, 1710; Lydia, December 8, 1711, married John Ball; Josiah, Jr., February 7, 1714; Ephraim, November I, 1715; Nathan, of whom later; Bethia, January 31, 1719; Mary, February 13, 1721; Israel, February 6, 1723; Dorcas, December 2, 1727; Sarah, 1728.
(IV) Nathan Perry, fifth child of Josiah Perry (3), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 2, 1718. He was a weaver by trade. He came with his father April, 1751, and settled in Worcester and was for twenty-three years deacon of the church (Old South) from 1783 until he died, February, 1806, aged eighty-eight years. He succeeded John Chandler as county treasurer. He was town treas- urer and selectman for ten years from 1780 to 1790. His homestead was on what is now Vernon street, the Elijah Hedge estate, which he bought when he came to Worcester. He married, at Watertown, May I, 1745, Hannah Fiske, daughter of Deacon Nathan Fiske. She was born in 1719 and died in 1813, aged ninety-four years. Their children were: Hannah, born in Watertown, 1747, died 1749; Hannah, born 1749, in Watertown; Nathan, Jr., born March 30, 1751, in Watertown; the following children were born in Worcester: Sarah, born November 29, 1752; Josiah, see forward; Mary, born March I, 1759; Deacon Moses, born February 16, 1762, father of Deacon Samuel Perry and ancestor of many of the Worcester Perrys.
(V) Josiah Perry, son of Deacon Nathan Perry (4), was born in Worceser, March 9, 1755, died March 12, 1842. He married (first) Lydia Flagg, April 3, 1777; (second) Prudence Harrington, July 6, 1780; (third) Sarah Metcalf, November 22, 1790. The only child of Josiah and Lydia was: Lydia, born February 20, 1778. The children of Josiah and Prudence Perry were: Nathan, see forward; Mind- well, February 7, 1783; Josiah, October 16, 1784; Sophia, October 3,, 1786; William, April 22, 1789. The children of Josiah and Sarah Perry were: Sarah, October 20, 1797; Prudence, January 31, 1803. (VI) Nathan Perry, second child of Josiah Perry (5), was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
March 24, 1781. He conducted a farm and had a grist mill on the old homestead. He married Allla Galen, daughter of Elisha Galen; she died February I, 1845, aged seventy years. He died October 3. 1837. Their children, all born in Worcester, were: Sereno Haven, born December 26, 1802; Loring Fish, June 17, 1804, died August 8, 1848; Louisa, May 15, 1806; Miranda, May 18, 1808; Josiah Galen, see forward; Julia, June 12, 1812; Dexter Har- rington, June 4, 1814, married, December 17, 1839, Elizabeth A. Baker, born September 21, 1815, daugh- ter of James Baker and sister of Charles and Will- iam J. Baker, the lumber merchants of Worcester; he died March 16, 1872, and she died April 19, 1877; Frank D. Perry, the contractor, is their son; Sophronia, February 27, 1816; Nancy, October 5, 1819; Harriet, February 22, 1822, died August 2, 1848, unmarried.
(VII) Josiah Galen Perry, fifth child of Nathan Perry (6), was born in Worcester, June 15, 1810. He lived on the homestead at Quinsigamond village. He carried on a grist mill with his brother, Dexter H. Perry, until 1855. The partnership was dissolved in 1862 and the property divided. He married Martha Homer, born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Their children were: Charles H., see forward; Louisa Emerett, born February 24, 1839; Mary Aurelia, December 28, 1841; a child, born August II, 1845; a child, born March 15, 1848.
(VIII) Dr. Charles Homer Perry, son of Josiah Galen Perry (7), was born in Worcester, Massa- chusetts, March 17, 1835. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester and at Worcester Acad- emy, where he fitted for college. He was graduated from Brown University in 1859. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Bellevue Hospital and received his medical de- gree in medical college there. He was connected with Bellevue Hospital in New York city when the civil war broke out, and he entered the service in 1861 as assistant surgeon, United States navy, and served through the war. He served under Admiral Farragut for twenty-six months and also under Admiral Porter. Served as surgeon on United States gunboat "Kenebec" twenty-six months ; United States receiving ship "Ohio" six months; United States ship "Susquehanna" nine months, un- der Admiral Porter. At the close of the war he re- turned to Bellevue to complete his studies. He be- gan the practice of his profession in Medway, Massa- chusetts, but after a short time settled in Worces- ter, where he has been practicing since 1874. He has been fortunate in his practice and ranks high in the medical fraternity. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Worcester Med- ical Society, and the American Academy of Medi- cine. He was a charter member of a G. A. R. post at West Medbury; this post is no longer in exist- ence. Is a member of Worcester Post, No. 10, G. A. R. Member of Montague Lodge, F. and A. M.
Ile married, 1868, Clara T. Thayer, daughter of Eli Thayer, the great anti-slavery leader of Massa- chusetts. They have no children.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS VAUGHAN. John Vaughan (1), the pioneer ancestor of Charles Augustus Vaughan, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was born in England, probably about 1615. He set- tled in Providence, although he seems to have lived in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, for a few years. John Vaughan was in Watertown in 1633, and a proprietor in 1636, but John Vaughan, of Provi- dence, had a case in court in Providence March 4, 1634. The only other early settler of this family was William Vaughan, a proprietor of Springfield,
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who leased his land January 10, 1644, for a period of six years, and perhaps returned to England. Jolin Vaughan was accepted as an inhabitant in good standing at Newport, May 20, 1638, and was ad- mitted a freeman, which meant also membership in the church, 1655. He was granted forty-two acres of land at a place called the Hermitage in 1639, and May 22, 1662, had an eighty-acre lot laid out to him. He deeded eight acres to his son, John, by deed of gift April 16, 1673, and a farm July 23, 1680, to his son Daniel, of Newport. He died 1687, at New- port, where he lived during most of his active life. Children were: 1. John, born April 19, 1644; set- tled in Newport. 2. David, born July 19, 1646; set- tled at Portsmouth. 3. George, (see forward). 4. Daniel, born April 27, 1653; married Susan Grimes and settled in Newport. 5. Mary, born July 3, 1658. (II) George Vaughan, son of John Vaughan (I), born October 20, 1650, died May 7, 1704. He lived at Newport, Rhode Island, and later at East Greenwich. He was a blacksmith by trade. He had a grant, with others, of five thousand acres of land at East Greenwich, October 31, 1677. He was deputy to the general assembly in 1684-98-99, and was on- the grand jury in 1698. He commanded a cavalry company in 1687. His will was dated April II, 1699, and was proved May 25, 1704. His wife Mary and son George, Jr., were the executors. He men- tioned his smith's tools in the will. He married, July 26, 1680, Margaret Spink, daughter of Robert and Alice Spink. She died 1704. Their children were: I. George, Jr., born April 19, 1682; married Jane Nichols. 2. David, born April 29, 1683: mar- ried Mary Pearce. 3. Mary, born February 23, 1685. 4. Christopher, (see forward). 5. Abigail, born February 24, 1689; married John Hall. 6. Robert, born March 7, 1691; married Joanna Sweet.
(III) Christopher Vaughan, fourth child of George Vaughan (2), born in Newport, Rhode Island, April 29, 1686. He was admitted a freeman 1707, and settled in East Greenwich, on the land granted to his father. He died there October II, 1751, and his will was proved August 29, 1752. It mentions a loom, showing that Christopher was probably a weaver as well as a planter. His executor was Christopher, Jr., to whom he left the home- stead for life, and to his grandson Christopher after him. His estate was valued at two thousand, six hundred and forty-eight pounds. He married, June 26, 1709, Deborah Nichols, born February 17, 1688, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Reynolds) Nichols. Their children, all born at East Greenwich, were: I. Christopher, Jr., born July 6, 1710. 2. Benjamin, born July 2, 1713. 3. Mary, born May 8, 1715; mar- ried Nichols. 4. Deborah, born July 13,
1719; married Weaver. 5. Ruth, born August 12, 1729, married Spencer.
(IV) Christopher Vanghan, Jr., son of Christ -. ophier Vaughan (3), born July 6, 1710, at East Greenwich, Rhode Island; died there April 23, 1758. He had the homestead of his grandfather. He married (first) Hannah and (second ) Elizabeth (?) The children of Christopher and Hannah Vaughan, all born at East Greenwich, were: I. Christopher, Jr., born April 22, 1735, set- tled in East Greenwich. 2. Benjamin, born Sep- teniber 6, 1744, settled in Vermont and was in the revolution, (he seems to be the Benjamin Vaughan who finally settled at Danby, Vermont, though the statement of his English birth there is evidently wrong, being confused apparently with the earlier ancestor, John). Benjamin lived also at Tinmouth, Vermont. In the revolution he was in the same company with John and James Vaughan, his broth- ers. (See the record of John.) 3. Abigail, born
September 6, 1741. The only child on record of Christopher and Elizabeth, born at East Green- wich, was Alice, born October 25, 1754. Other children were: 5. James, soldier in the Vermont companies with John and Benjamin Vaughan. 6. John, (see forward).
(V) John Vaughan, son of Christopher Vaughn (4), born about 1760. Benjamin, John and James. Vaughan were all soldiers together in the revolu- tion. Benjamin Vaughan was the first to enlist in the Shoreham ( Vermont) company, Captain Eben- ezer Allen's, April, 1778, probably about the time that the Vaughan family went to Vermont. In 1780 Benjamin and James Vaughan were in Captain Gideon Ormsby's company, Colonel Ira Allen's regi- ment. In 1781 Benjamin, James and John Vaughan were in the - same regiment, Colonel Ira Allen's, under Captain Jacob Odell. The only other Vaughans in the revolution, from Vermont, were Charles, Obadiah and Jabesh, whose relationship has not been traced.
John Vaughan settled in Shoreham, in the west- ern part of Vermont, named evidently from Shore- ham, Rhode Island. Some of the settlers came from Danby where Benjamin Vaughan settled. There were only six families in Shoreham before 1775. The Vaughan family came during the revolution. It is related in the town history that Major Nathan Smith, who settled there with three brothers from Nine Partners, New York, was, with Benjamin Vaughan, the first to scale the breastworks in pur- suit of the enemy at the battle of Bennington. Ac- cording to family tradition John Vaughan sold sup- plies from his farm to the soldiers at the battle of Bennington in 1777. John Vaughan married Aclsah Hill, the daughter of David Hill. Among their children was George Pike Vaughan, (see forward).
(VI) George Pike Vaughan, son of John Pike (5), was born in Shoreham, Vermont, about 1813. For many years he was engaged in farming in the neighborhood of his birthplace, but later in life changed his abode to Thetford, Vermont, where he died. He married, October 29, 1845, Mary Moore Palmer, born August 21, 1823. She is still living with her family. Her father was Jared Palmer.
Jared Palmer was born January 18, 1795, at Orford, New Hampshire, and died May 23, 1886; his wife died 1867. Their children were: I. Mary Moore Palmer, before mentioned. 2. James M. Pal- mer, a real estate agent in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he died. 3. Charles Palmer, lived in Thetford; was an invalid all his life, from an accident early in childhood. 4. Caroline Palmer, married Wilson Farnsworth, of Thetford, Vermont; they were mis- sionaries for fifty years in Turkey; representing the American Board. 5. Helen Palmer, married William Slade, who was a farmer and judge in Thetford, Vermont, and has four children: William, Congregational clergyman; Maria, married Fred Garey, a carpenter, of Thetford, and they have four children : Nellie, school teacher in Gloucester, Massachusetts; Mary, married Leon Turner, resides in Vermont.
The children of George Pike and Mary Moore (Palmer) Vaughan, all born at Shoreham, Ver- mont, were: I. George Leslie, born July 1846; mar- ried Emma Lyman, of Thetford; is a farmer; they have five children: Lyman; Elizabeth; Raymond ; Christine; Charles. 2. Charles Augustus (see for- ward). 3. Mary E., married Warren C. Jewett, of Worcester. (See sketch of Jewett.) 4. David Albert; married A. Emily King; resides in Metcalf, Massa- chusetts; they have four children: Mabel; Ethel ; Irving: Justin (twin of preceding). 5. Frank M. married and has two children; resides at Cambridge,
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Massachusetts. 6. Arthur J., a carpenter and builder, resides in Worcester ; married Clara Davis and they have two children. 7. Octavia H. teaches school in the Adams square public school, Worcester. 8. Henry, married Cora Dakin, died leaving one child, Florence.
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