History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 68

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672

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Jonathan Kimball, Jr. Samuel Tarhox, Jr.

1753. Josiah Herrick.

Abraham Kimball. Ebenezer Waldron. John White. Jonathan Kimball, Jr.

1754.

Ebenezer Waldron. Benjamin Kimball. Samuel Goodridge. Daniel Porter. Samuel Terbox, Jr.

1755. Benjamin Kimball. Samuel Tarbox, Jr. Samuel Goodridge. Ebenezer Waldron. Daniel Porter.

1756. Benjamin Kimball. Samuel Tarbox. Samuel Goodridge. Ebenezer Waldron. Daniel Porter.

1757. Benjamin Kimball. Samuel Tarbox. Timothy Patch. Samuel Goodridge. Ebenezer Waldron.

1758. Jonathan Kimball. Samuel Tarbox. Samuel Goodridge. Joba Friend. Capt. Nathaniel Brown.

1759.

Samuel Tarbox. Samuel Goodridge. Joho Friend. Thomas Browo. Jonathan Kimball.

1760. Richard Dodge. Josiab Ilerrick. Benjamin Fairfield. Joha Killam. Jonathan Kimball.

1761. John Friend. Timothy Patch. Isaac Dodge. Benjamin Dodge. Capt. Brown. 1762. Benjamin Fairfield. Edward Waldron. Jonathan Kimball. 1763. Benjamin Fairfield. Benjamin Kimball. Samuel Tarbox. Edward Waldron. Jonathan Kimball.

1761. Edward Waldron. John Friend. Thomas Brown. 1765. Benjamin Feirfield. Samuel Tarbox. Edward Waldron. 1766. Benjamin Fairfield. Samuel Tarbox. Edward Waldron. 1767. Benjamin Fairfield. Samuel Tarbox. Edward Waldron.

176%. Benjamin Fairfield. Samuel Tarbox. Edward Waldron. 1769. Thomas Brown. Wm. Fairfield. Edward Waldron.

1770. Caleb Kimball. Daniel Kilham, Jr. Edward Waldron.

1771. Caleb Kimball. Richard Dodge. Dr. Wm. Fnirfield.

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1772. Thom. s Brown. Caleb Kimball. Richard Ilodge, Jr. 1773. Caleb Kimball. Stephen Ifølge. Dr. Tyler Porter.

1771. Dr. Tyler Porter. Stephen Duge. Caleb Kimball.

1775. Dr. Tyler Porter. C'alub Kimball. Stephen Dudge.

1776. Joshua Orne. Jusinh Ober. Edward Waldron.

Jusinh Ober. Joshua Orne. Dr. Tyler l'urter.

1774. Capt. Richard Dodge. Josiah Herrick. Agios Batchelder.

1779. Capt. Richard Dodge. Joslah Herrick. Amos Batchelder.

17\0. Dr. Tyler Porter. Stephen Dodge. Dea. Caleb Kimball.

1741. Stephen Dodge. Dea. Caleb Kimball. Dr. Tyler Porter.

1742. Dea. Caleb Kimball. Stephen Dodge. Tyler Porter. 17.3. Den. Caleb Kimball. Stephen Hodge. Dr. Tyler Porter.

17%1. Dea Caleb Kimball. Imune Porter. Stephen Dodge.

17%5. Dea. C'aleb Kimball. Imac Porter. Stephen Dudge.

17 $6. Deu. C'uleb kimball. Inanc l' iter. Stephen Dodge.

Dea. C'deb Kimball Iwar Porter blephen Pudg ..

17%%. I.I ut corte ins Baker. Ilent. Jehn Dealgo.

Hiout ( rin EOm Baker.

1790. Capt. Richard Dodge. Lient. John Dodge. Stephen Dodge.

1291. Capt Richard Dodge. Lient. John Dodge. Stephen Dodge.

1702. Capt. John Dodge. Richard Hood. John Dodge, Jr.

1793. Capt. John Dodge. Richard Hood. Juhu Dodge, Jr. 1794. Capt. John Dodge. Richard Hood. Jolın Dodge, Jr.

1795. Joseph Fairfieldl. Benjamin Edwards.

Daniel Herrick.

1796. John Dodge, Jr. Eux. W'm. Dodge. Nathl. Porter.

1797. John Dodge, Jr.

Nathl. Porter. Eos. Win Dudge. 179%. John Dodge, Jr. Nathıl. Porter.

Ens. Wm. Douge.

1799.

Edmund Batchelder.

Jacob Dodge. Thomas Kimball, Jr.

1.00.

Jacob Dudge. Edmund Batchelder.

Thomas Kimball, Jr.

1.01.

Edmund Batchelder.

Jolin T. Hudge. Joseph Fuirfield. 1.02. Edmund Batchelder.

John T. Dudge. Joseph Fairfield,

1.03. Edmund Batchelder. John T. Dodge. Joseph Fairfield.

1.01. Capt Edmund Batchelder. Lieut. INuw Dodge. Joseph Fairfield,

1.05. Edmund Batchelder. lsanc Dodge. Joseph Fairfield.

Isaac Dodge. EdwarI Perkins, Joseph Fairfield.

1.05. Capt. Isaac Dudge. Edward Perkins. John Baker.

ISOS. John Dodge, Jr. Dea. Wm. Dodge. John Baker.

1.09. Juhn Baker.

Paul Porter. Nebemial Standley.

1810. John Baker. Paul Porter. Nebemiah Standley.

1811. Paul Porter. Downing Gentlee. Caleb Kimball.

1.12. Paul Porter. Caleb Kimball. Downing Geutlee.

1413. Paul Porter. Downing Gentlee.

Caleb Kimball.

1$11. Paul Porter. Caleb Kimball. Downing Gentlee.

1$15. John Baker. Nathl. Kimball. Nehemiah Standley.

1$16. John Baker. Nehemiah Standley.

Nathl, Kimball. 1$17. Nathl. Kimball. John Baker. Nehemiah Standley.

1\18. Paul Porter. Caleb Kimball. Benjamin Edwards.

1819. John T. Dodge, Jr. Capt. Isaac Dodge. Simeon Friend.

1820 Isaac Dodge. Thomas Kimball.

John T. Dodge, Jr. 1×21.

Isanc Dodge. Thomas Kimball.

Jolın T. Dodge, Jr. 1422.

Isanc Dudge. John T. Dodge, Jr. Samuel Hood.

1823. Capt. Jolin Moulton. Stephen Dodge. Moses Foster.

1$21. John T. Moulton. Moses Foster. Stephen Dodge, 1$25. Paul Porter. Moses Foster. Stephen Dodge.

1826. Moses Foster. Stephen Dodge. Andrew Dodge.

1$27. Moses Foster. Stephen Dodge. Andrew Dodge.

IN28. Moses Foster. Stephen Dodge. Andrew Dodge.

1$29. Moses Foster. Andrew Dodge. Charles Brown.

1×30. Charles Brown. David Starrett. Richard Dodge. 1$31. Charles Brown. David Starrett. Richard Dodge.

1$32. Richard Dodge. Charles Brown. Ezra Lummus.

1833. Stephen Dodge. Ezra Lummus. Warren Peabody.

1934. Steplien Dodge. Ezra Lummns. Warren Peabody. 1×35. Stephen Dodge. Ezra Lummus. Warren Peabody. 1836. Stephen Dodge. Ezra Lummus. Warren Peabody.

1\37. Samuel Conant. Benjamin Edwards. W'mu. Moulton. 1838. Wm. Moulton. Samuel Conant. Benjamin Edwards.

1$39. W'm. Moulton. Nicholas Dodge. Rufus A. Dodge. IŚ40. Wol. Moulton. Rufus A. Dodge. Wm, Dodge. 1$11. Stephen Dodge. Amos Gould. Abraham Patch.

1542. Stephen Douge. Amos Gould. Abralnun Patch. 1$13. Stephen Douge. John Porter. Abraham Patch.

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1$44. Stephen Dalge. Julın Porter. Abralım Patch.

1 $45. Stephen Dudge. Julın Porter. Abrabam Patch.

1946. Stephen Douge. Abram Patch. Josephi Cook. 1817. Joseph Cook. Hlvury S. Kent. Richard Dodge.

IS4S. Joseph Couk. Henry S. Kent.

Richard Duilgo.

IS49.

Angustus Douge. Rufus .A. Dougo. Jobu Felt.

1850. Rufus A. Dodge. John Felt. Augustns Dudge. 1851. Rufus A. Dudge. Augustus Dodge. Harvey Pierce.

1852. Joseph Cook. Charles Brown. II. N. Folsom. 1833. Joseph Couk. Chirles Brown. Abraham Dudge. 1954. Joseph Cook, Abraham Dodge. Charles Brown. 1855.

Joseph Cook. Charles Brown. R. F. Dodge. 1836. Joseph Cook. Charles Brown. R. F. Duilgo. 1857. Joseph Cook. Charles Brown. R. F. Dodge.

1858. Samuel Porter. Wm. Moulton. R. F. Monlton. 1$59. Wm. Moulton. S.ınınel Porter. John Gentleo.

1560.

Samnel Porter. W'm. Moulton. John Gentleo. 1$61. Samuel Porter. Wm. Moulton. Jobn Gentice. 783

1862. Samuel Porter. Julin Gentlee. Solunum E. Kimball.

1563. Salomon E. Kimball.

Francis M. Dudge.

Rufus A. Dodge.

1864. Rufus A. Dolgo. Solomon E. Kimball. Jolin Gentlee.

1563. Rufus .A. Dolgo.

Francis MI Dalge.

W'in. B. Morgan. 1866. Samuel Porter. Sulumon E. Kimball. John Gentleo.

1967. Samuel Porter. Julin Gentlee. Solomon F. Kimball.

186. Samuel Porter. Julin Gentlee. Solomon E. Kimball.

1$69. Samnel Porter. John Gentlee. Win. B. Morgan. 1870. John Gentlec. Joseph Couk. N. P. Perkins.

1871. Joseph Cook. John Gentloe. N. P. Perkins. IST2. Joseph Cook. John Gentleo. N. P. Perkins,

1873. Joseph Couk. Jolin Gentlee. N. P. Perkins.

1974. Joseplı Couk. John Gentlee. N. P. Perkins.

1875. Joseph Cook. John Gentleo. N. P. Perkins. 1576. Joseph Cook. N. P. Perkins. W'm. F. Trowt.

1577. N. P. Perkins. W. F. Trowt. A. A. Fiske.

1978. Wm. F. Trowt. Solomon E. Kimball. John I. Dargin.

1979. Wm. F'. Trowt. Solomon E. Kimball. John I. Dnrgin.

ISSO. Solomon E. Kimba !!.

Julin Gentleo. Julin I Durgin. 1851. Sulonion E. Kimball.

John Gentlee. John I. Duigin.

1SS2. Solomon E. Kimball. John Gentlee. Julın I. Dungin. 1SS3. Solomon E. Kimball. John Gentlee. Jobu I. Durgin.

1$$1. John Gentlec. Julin I Durgin. James T. Brown. 1555. John Gentlee. Julin I. Durgin. James T. Brown. 1556. John Gentleo. John I. Durgin. James T. Brown. 15$7. John Gentleo. Julın I. Durgin. James T. Brown.

CHAPTER C. MANCHESTER.

BY WILLIAM H. TAPPAN.

Boundary-Topography-Traditions-Early History, from 1002 to 1000- Aborigines.

BOUNDARY .- This town is very favorably located on the sea-shore in the eastern portion of E-sex County. Its greatest length is along the sea, which is about four and one-half miles, and its breadth from the coast inland is about two miles and one-quarter, containing some five thousand one hundred and thirty-four acres of land. It is bounded on the north by Hamilton and Essex, on the east by Gloucester, on the south by Massachusetts Bay, and on the west by Beverly and Wenham. The Congregational Church, which stands in the middle of the village, is in north latitude 42º 34' 30-41"", and in west latitude 70° 44' 24-43"". It is nine miles from Salem and twenty-four miles from Boston, with which it is con- nected by eight trains a day over the Gloucester Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad.

The surface of the town is irregular and uneven, with picturesque valleys and rocky hills covered with the native forest, which eling lovingly to the very border of the ocean, as if to invite the winds to bathe their green limbs with the briny waters. The under- lying rock is sienite, which crown the hill tops with great, grey, moss-covered ledges, and form the pro- jecting head-lands of the coast. About the summits of many of the hills large boulders are found. In the " Essex Woods " is one called "Agassiz's Rock," it having been visited by that distinguished naturalist, who regarded it as a most interesting relic of the glacial period. It rests on the ledge, with an end up- held by a triangular rock; beneath the boulder the surface of the hill has been smoothed and polished by vast moving masses, and the triangular graver, pushed by an irresistible force, has recorded the line of its progress. Further down, in a swamp, is one of

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gigantic size ; it is as large as a house, and doubtless no inconsiderable part is buried in the soft ground in which it found a resting-place. On this a pine-tree is growing, and is probably the same spoken of in Ling as "a pine tree standing alone on a high rock, a most to the admiration of those who doeth behold it." This boulder is an interesting one, and should be better known.

Among the rocky eminences, wooded ravines, mendows and glades, alternating with elean, sandy beaches, make this region singularly attractive. The "singing Beach " is one of great interest ; it is some- what more than half a mile in length, very broad and smooth, and whenever the dry sand is disturbed, it emits a musical tone. There are several theories offered in explanation of this phenomenon-some wise and some otherwise.

The harbor is capacious, with numerous creeks. beaches and picturesque headlands of weather-stained sienite, to whose uneven surface trees and shrubs of the deepest green find footing, and flourish. The inner harbor is divided by small bays and inlets; it is too shallow to admit the passage of any but small vessels to the wharf.

The soil is diluvial and well adapted to the growth of trees, fruits, grass and vegetables.

The township is well watered by several brooks, the largest of which is known as "Saw-Mill Brook." This is a collection of several pretty streams that flow from the woods, and of many springs of spark- ling water that rise to the surface on the farm of T. Jefferson Coolidge, Esq., and are conducted through the centre of the town to the sea. The waters of this brook were the first in this vicinity to wear the har- ness of cultivation, for by its power the first boards were ent for the cabius of the pioneers; in that way it earned its name. A trifle later a new mill was added, when the docile water ground corn for the bread of the Puritans.

An old tradition says, "He who drinks from this brook can never permanently absent himself from the town." But we fancy the memory of the woods and the fascination of the boundless, mysterious orcan are much more potent.

In a swamp in the castern part of the town is found the magnolia or sweet bay tree (magnolia glauca). It belongs to a genus named for Magnol, a distinguished Freroch botanist. The family inchides many interest- ing tree and shrubs common in the South, but very wildom found so far from their home. It bears a he uut ful and very fragrant flower for a considerable part of the season ; it seldom attains a greater height this ten or twelve feet.

Vomne the rocky portions of the woods the Linnaa brett is found In these two we have the repre- seblat ve ef a northern and southern clime blossom-

In 1576, Bayard Taylor, while on a visit to his fri 1 James T En las wrote an interesting descrip-

tion of the town for the New York Tribune from which we make the following extract.

" The village is a modest little place, about seven miles west of Glou- cester and twelve from the end of the Cape. A shallow inlet here opens . to the bay between headlauds of gray rock, which are repeated, further luland, in the shape of high knobs and bluffs, rising aguinst a back_ ground of long ridges of forest. All this picturesque, irregular coast is dotted with charming summer castles aad cottages. On Glass Ilead, at the mouth of the inlet, the Rev. Dr. Bartol bas a mansion aud a lofty detached tower, ia the top of which he has established a study. Here he is able to take broad views of the world, io a double sanse. The erest of the peninsula beyond-a rocky mount, called Thunderbolt Ilill -is crowued with the quaiot old fashioned residence of James T. Fields; on the slope between it and the sea Junius Brutus Booth makes Ins perch ; and Gilbert, (whom we all know), is near at haad, on the oppo. ate side.

" From the cottage of a friend, to whom we are indebted for a de- lightful sojonro for three days here, all the beauties of the region are visible. The front verandah overlooks the line of coast, the picturesque rocky inlets, and the opposite shore of the bay, the view terminating on an arc of sea horizon. We have but to turn our heads and we see the inlet, the village, the bluff, and swelling waves of forest, melting iato distant grays and purples under a sky which (just now at least) is more English thao American. There is a perpetual breeze, with strength enough va its wiags to refresh and not exhaust. The foliage is opulent and varied in color, the fields and meadows are exquisitely green, and there is a mixture of savage nature and laborious culture throughout the landscape which continually surprises us with the effects of con- trasts. Most of the coves between the rocky abutment of the coast admit of surf-bathiag ; but I notice that the topic of the air is geder- ally preferred to that of the wave.

"A great charm of the place is the wild wooded scenery of the inland. There are many little valleys, braoching and widening as if at random, where the forest of firs and pine, the great mossy boulders, the shade and coolness and silence seem to transfer you at once to the beart of some mountain wilderness. The noise of the sea does not invade them ; even the salt odor of the air is smothered by the warm, resinous breath of the pines. Here you find sleader brooks, pools spangled with pond-lily blossoms, aad marshes all ia a tangle with wild flowers. After two or three miles of such scenery, there is no greater surprise than to find, suddenly, a blue, far deeper than that of the sky, between the tree-trunks, and to hear the roar of the breakers a hundred feet below you.

" During a drive with my friend, we passed the home of Ernest Longfellow, who finds excellent work for bis pencil at his very door- step. Hore is an instance, as in the case of Schiller and Browning, where the genius of the poet changes, by inheritance, into that of the artist.

" A short distance further we came upon a castle by the sea, built of gray stone, and of a very original design, an Italian loggia being com- bined with Norman-Gothic features in the building. It is the residence uf Mr. Greely Curtis, of Boston. Around it the roughness of the native pine forest has been softened in the most admirable manner, turf bor- ders melting naturally into huckleberry thickets, and geraniums grow- ing amicably in the midst of ferns. I can conceive of no more fascin- ating employment than this beautification, without actual trausforma- tion, of nature,-but it roquires money to do it properly.

" Returning our way a mile or so, we took a different road, and ap- proached the coast through open, grassy fields, beyond which, on tho edge of a lofty bluff, stood the gray old mansion of the venerable poet, Richard II Dana. The place is singularly wild, lonoly and picturesque. No otherdwelling is visible ; a little bight of the coast thrusts out its iron headlande nt a short distance on either side, the surf thunders incessantly below, and in front the open ocean stretches to the sky. Mr. Dava's only neighbors are the vessels that come and go at greuter or less distances.

" Hlere, on a portico almost overlinnging the sea, we found the poet."

The Rev. Mr. Tenney in his "Coronation " says of it, the "Woods as well as sea conspire to make Man- chester the most delightful resort on the whole New England coast."

EARLY SETTLERS,-The first Europeans of whom we have record as having visited this part of the

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New England coast are Bartholomew Gosnold, in 1602, and Martin Pring in 1603 ; but it does not ap- pear that either landed. In 1614 Captain John Smith, who had already won a reputation for his suc- cessful efforts in behalf of the colony of Virginia, entered the employment of some London merchants, and with two ships and forty-five men and boys arrived on the coast. He says :- "Our plot was to take whales, and make a trial of the gold and copper mines." IIe does not appear to have been very successful in either of these enterprises, but he explored and made a map of the shore from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cod, and gave it the name of New England. His description of the country and the wonders of the newly-discovered fisheries are set forth in such glowing colors as to remind us of the early accounts from the gold fields of California. In his book, published in 1616, he says, "There man, woman and child, with a small hook and line, by angling may take several sorts of excellent fish at their pleasure. And is it not pretty sport to pull up two pence, six pence, and twelve pence as fast as you can haul and veer a line ?"- "' and what sport doth yield a more pleasing content, and less hurt or charge than angling with a hook, and crossing the sweet air from iste to isle over the silent streams of a calm sea ?"

It is not surprising that these words should have awakened a very lively interest among the people of the Old World. "The great sea business of fishing" received a marked impetus; the distance was an ob- stacle, but the promised reward was in proportion, and companies were formed for the development of the new discoveries.

Some gentlemen from and abont Dorchester, Eng- land, were the first to embark in the enterprise ; they proceeded to raise the necessary capital for the estab- lishment of a permanent colony, for the more suc- cessful prosecution of the business, and in the antumn of 1623 a ship of fifty tons was dispatched.

In the following year no less than fifty ships were engaged in the business, but we will follow the for- tunes of the Dorchester Company.

Their ship having arrived at the usual fishing grounds, could not complete its load because of the scarcity of fish. So "the master thought good to pass into Massachusetts Bay, to try whether that would yield him any ;" here he was more successful and completed his cargo. He then proceeded to Cape Ann (now Gloucester) where he left fourteen men for the commencement of the colony, and the ship with the fish, sailed for a market in Spain.

Thus the location of the colony at Cape Ann seems to have been the result of circumstances; there ap- pears no evidence of any intention on the part of the company to have made a settlement there.

In the following year two more vessels and more men were sent, but, as before, it was not a pecuniary success ; the fishing " sped very ill."

In 1625 three more vessels arrived with ample sup-

plies, and Roger Conant, already in the country, was appointed superintendent or Governor, and Rev. John Lyford was invited to join the plantation ax their minister.

But the close of the year showed a continued loss, -the capital was exhausted ; 'and in 1626 it was de- cided to abandon the undertaking, and remove to Naumkeag (now Salem), " where the prospects for a plantation were better-the land more fertile, and more abundant, so as to offer refuge for such as may join them."

William Allen, "Goodman " (Richard) Norman and his son John were in the employ of the Dorches- ter Company as fishermen. At that time most of the fish were caught trom boats along the shore. In the pursnit of their calling they explored the harbors, bays and creeks of the vicinity. In this way they became acquainted with the site of what is now Man- chester, and when the fishing station at Cape Ann was abandoned it is not improbable, that they again sought this beautiful, sunny spot, where there was shelter for their boats, a great variety of fish and game, and at the mouth of the brook, which tumbled over the rocks into the bay, they built their houses, as early as 1626 or '27.

William Jetfreys was also connected with that com- pany ; he having come from l'lymouth to Cape Ann with Roger Conant, John Lyford and others. And when all were searching new homes he chose to unite his fortunes with Allen and the Normans ; he built a cabin near theirs, and from that time the little settlement was known as "Jeffrey's Creek." The land belonged to Salem.

In 1628 Endicott arrived with about one hundred settlers.

The charter of the " Massachusetts Bay Company " was granted by Charles I. March 4, 1629, and on the 20th of April of that year three ships were sent with supplies and a considerable number of planters ; among whom were the following ministers, viz .: Shel- don, Bright, Higginson and Ralph Smith. One of these vessels, the ship "Talbot," sailed into Manches- ter harbor on the 27th of June, 1629, and was proba- bly the first European vessel ever anchored there.

From the journal of Rev. Francis Higginson we extract the following :

"June 27. 1629,-Saturday evening we had a westerly wind, which brought us, between five and six o'clock, to a fyne and eweet harbor, Beven miles from the head of Cape Ann. (In this harbor twentie ships may lie and easily ride therein), where there was an island near, wither 4 of our men went with a boat, and brought back ripe strawberries, gooseberries and sweet single roses. Monday, 29th, as we passed along to Naim Keake, it was wonderful to behold so many islands replenished with thicke wood and high trees, and many fayere green pastures."

The affairs of the company had been managed by resident agents, having no authority except by and with the consent of the officers in England, but the uncertainty of communication, and the great delays were found so objectionable, that in October 1629 it was determined to transfer the government and

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patent to New England; accordingly a Governor and Deputy must be found who were willing to settle with their families in the Colony.

Under these conditions John Winthrop was chosen Governor, and he took passage in the Arabella, which sailed from Yarmouth' with six other ships, and three hundred settlers for the plantation at Salem.

On the 11th day of June 1630, she also anchored in our harbor; from the Governor's Journal the fol- lowing interesting account of their arrival and recep- tion is copied :

"Tuesly, Bis June, the wind confinned all day n gale from the south, and yet we love all sail and at four o'clock, r.M , made land, coled ' The Thire Turks Beads." To-night we conhl see the trees very plainly, and had n fino firsh smell from the shore. The next day we stund to, and as the wind would Fear, on Saturday we stood in town ds the Imnibor nud by the mid of some shallops we passed through the nar- Fis strait between Baker's Island and another little island ( Hlouse Ist- mal, and came to athor within the harbor. Our friends came down fron Salem, and umny of our Gentlemen returned with them at night, whe e they sapped on good venison and beer ; lot most of them, dis- liking their lolgings, returned to the ship. In the meantime most of the pende went on shine on the other side of the himlen (which is on the Man chester si le), where they were feasted with Straw berries, and were line as merry na the Gentlefolks at their veuison and beer. Sunday Mas conomie, the sagamore of the tribe, with another Indian, come on board und badr us welcome, tanying with us all day. On Monday, the wond coming fair, the alps proceeded to Salem, where the planters lute 1. Here they fontil about 10 houses and some Indian corn planted, which was good mind well bking.'

Governor Winthrop brought the original ebarter of the Massachusetts Bay Company which is now de- posite I with the State archives at Buston.

These carly settlers were not mere adventurers in search of new homes in the wilderness, having none in the land of their birth ; they were not tlissolute, ille men without property, for they all, had to a greater or less extent, contributed to the stock of the company, and upon their arrival they were entitled to land in proportion to the amount of their invest- ment ; for it had been "ordered that two hundred neres of lami be allowed to each adventurer, for every fifty pound adventure in the common stock, and so on at that rate for more or less." They were not un- known, or unlettered men, for among them were some of acknowledged ability and education : they repre- sented all classes; there were ministers, merchants, lawyers, mechanics, scamen, farmers, and soldiers.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 68

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1672

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672