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Joseph born in 1732, third son of Peter and Abigail, probably died in 1756, for Mr. Chandler records in his journal for that year, "Nov. 10, I visited Joseph Dolliver, dangerously sick of a nervous fever," and "Nov. 13, Joseph Dolliver buried."
Paul Dolliver (Hist. 257) appears a little later than Peter and might naturally be associated with him as a near relative, but I am in- formed by John S. Webber, Esq., one of his descendants, that Paul came from the county of Cornwall, England, about 1710. His chil- dren were Mary, born in 1713; Sarah, 1716; Anna, 1719; Sarah again, 1723 ; and Paul, 1728. The latter married Rachel Barber, Feb. 27, 1749. The History tells of his death at sea of small pox, and it seems that he must have died near his destined port, for Mr. Webber says he was buried on Milk Island. His wife died June 15, 1820, aged 88. Besides two sons who died young, he had three daughters. Anna, born in 1755, married first Capt. John Colson, who commanded a privateer in the revolutionary war and perished at sea with all his crew, and second. Capt. John Somes, first President of the Gloucester Bank, and died without issue April 13, 1846, aged 91; Rachel, born in 1758, married Abraham Sawyer in 1784, and died Sept. 26, 1843, aged 85 ; and Mary, born in 1760, who married Aaron Parsons, a mer- chant of the town, and died Oct. 11, 1816. Mrs. Rachel Stevens, daughter of Mrs. Sawyer, still lives at the great age of ninety-five.
1709 .- John Bishop appears in town only at the baptism of his daughter Sarah at the First church, Oct. 2, and of his daughter Pru- dence, August 17, 1712, at the same.
1710, March. By vote of the town it was left to a committee to lay out two acres of ground near the head of the harbor or cove whereon to set up a house for a school dame to keep school in, to learn children to read, knit and sew.
Considerable excitement must have prevailed in town in the early part of this year in consequence of the event mentioned in the History, page 138. The letters there alluded to are here given, preceded by the petition from Capt. Robinson which procured him the grant for ser- vices of which some account is given on page 137.
To His Excellency, Joseph Dudley, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, the Honorable Council and representatives to Gen- eral Court Assembled :
The petition of Andrew Robinson, of Glocester, Sheweth: That your Petitioner useing the Imployment of Fishing at and upon the Banks of Cape Sables, and having a
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good large sloop, made his application to His Excellency and obtained of him a Commis- sion to arm and equipp his said sloop in warlike manner for the better defence of him- self and his neighbors against the insults of the French and the barbarous savages, who frequently interrupt them in their fishing, and commit outrages upon them; and with intent if a suitable opportunity presented, to make reprisal for the loss of his vessell taken from him the year past, and to do other spoiles upon the enemy; and may it please your Excellency and Honorables, upon the 26th day of July last, your petitioner stood with his sloop into a certain bay named Margaret's Bay under French colours, having nine men of his company, in hope and expectation of surprizing some of the Indians. And it so happened there came off a cannoa with five indians in her, kept ont of shot and drew off again and landed three of their company ; then the canoa returned again with two only, who came somewhat neere, so that we could talk to gether, but would not be prevailed with to come on board, but were making towards the shoar again ; so we struck our french colors & fired on them and kild one and broke the other's arm, and with a second shot kild him outright; both falling forward on their faces in the canoa, which we recovered, and the dead bodys, being two lusty men, one gun and four hatchetts; we scalped the said indians, and have returned the scalps into the Secretary's office; And would well hope we are within the act of the government made to encourage the prosecution of the indian cnemy and rebels and entitled to the premium thereby granted ; but if this honorable court should be of opin- ion that we cannot have a claim thereto :
Your Petitioner humbly prays in behalf of himself and company, that such gratifica - tion and allowance may be made them for their service, as to enable them to make fur- ther enterprizes against the Indians, which they intend with God's blessing with a greater number and force, if their past action be acceptable and in some measure sut- ably rewarded by the honorably assembly.
And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray,
Boston, 11th August, 1709.
ANDREW ROBINSON.
("Recommended as a good service" and granted £20, 12 pounds for petitioner and 8£ to be divided among the crew .-
Mass. Archives, Vol. 31, page 57.
The cut or channel connecting Ipswich and Massachusetts Bays, hav- ing been cleared about 1705, as mentioned in the History, p. 8, began to be useful to the people again in the following year, when the own- ers of twenty-eight sloops, belonging to the town, paid the annual charge for the passage of their vessels through it. These vessels were em- ployed in carrying wood, a business that seems not to have been of long continuance, for, in 1710, the number so employed had become re- duced to seventeen, and a few years later a violent storm again rendered it impassable. The owners of the sloops who used the passage in 1710 were Elder James Sayward, Isaac Row, George Giddings, Elias El- well, Nathaniel Sargent, Nathaniel Parsons, Nathan Millett, John Riggs, John Sawyer, Joseph Allen, Lieut. James Davis, Ebenezer Davis, Ben-
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jamin Avery, Joseph York, Lieut. John Davis, James Lane and Eze- kiel Day.
Joseph Pride ( Hist. 257) was a new settler this year. Besides Amy, born by his first wife Aug. 3, 1710, he had John, baptized Dec. 21, 1712, and Marah, born 1716, eight days before the death of the mother. By his second wife Sarah, he had Joseph, born in 1722, died soon ; Sarah, 1724, and Hannah, 1726.
1711, May and June .- Eleven sloops are employed in carrying 516 cords whaif wood to Mr. Stephen Minot, Boston, at 1.6 per cord. The largest, belonging to Elder James Sayward, carries 27 1-2 cords ; the smallest, to John Babson, and carries 9 cords.
John Reading and wife Jane had Benjamin, born June 9, 1711, De- liverance, April 23, 1716, and he died Nov. 17, 1716, aged about fif- ty-six. His widow married Richard Babson. The son Benjamin mar- ried Lydia Thorndike May 30, 1733, by whom he had two children, Lydia and Benjamin, and died before April, 1736. His widow mar- ried Isaac Somes, who was lost at sea in 1755, and she is said to have died at an advanced age in consequence of a fall.
Benjamin Kinnicum and Margaret Josline were married Feb. 8, and had John born Nov. 23, died Nov. 29, 1711 ; Joseph, April 6, died July 14, 1717; Mary, 1720; Hannah, 1721; Ann, 1725; Sarah, 1727; and Lydia, 1732.
William Hilton and Mary Tucker were married Nov. 20, and had Mary, born 1712; Sarah, 1715, died 1721; William, 1717 ; and Eliza- beth, 1720. The mother died May 10, 1762, aged eighty. William, 2d, married Mary Wharf Sept. 22, 1741, Anna Penny, Oct. 27, 1761, and was intending marriage with Reuel Lurvey April 4, 1767. The rec- ords give him one child, Sarah, born Ang. 7, 1747.
William Millbury and Susanna Row were married Aug. 19, and had the following children : William, Susanna, Hannah, John, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Elizabeth and Ann. It does not appear that either of the sons married in town.
William Andrews, probably son of Ensign William A., of Che- bacco, and brother to the wives of Sanmel Gott and Joshua Norwood, came this year and settled near his sisters at the northeast end of the cape. By wife Elizabeth, he had Mary, Jonathan and William born here. The last named married Ruth Riggs who bore him several chil- dren and died his widow July 22, 1779, aged fifty-five.
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Joseph Whiston and wife Hannah appear this year and have the following children recorded : Hannah, born in 1712; Abagail, 1714; Joseph, baptized 1717; Mary, born in 1719 ; John, 1721; Sarah, bap- tized 1723 ; Sarah, born 1724; Mary, 1727, died soon ; Rebecca, 1728 ; Elizabeth, 1730 and Gyles, 1732.
John Pearce, not known to have belonged to the family of the first John, by wife Mary had John, born Sept. 15, died Sept. 25, 1712. A John Pierce and Ruth Hilton were married Aug. 12, 1717, and had Mary, born 1718 ; Abigail, 1720 ; Lucy, 1722 ; and John, 1725. Perhaps the latter was the John Pearce who, by his wife Rebecca, had daughter Charity, born May 13, 1747.
William Parskee, by wife Mary, had Mary, born Sept. 25, and noth- ing further can be told about him.
Thomas Bryant married Mary Joslyn Oct. 28, and had a son John baptized Sept. 6, 1713, and a daughter Elizabeth, born Sept. 24, same year. In 1719 he had a grant of half an acre of land on part of which his house was standing. A William Bryant married Sarah Smallman, April 2. 1724.
1713. The following document contains a particular account of the capture by the Indians of three of our fishermen at Cape Sable, that year, mentioned in the History, page 380.
June 22. The information of Mr. Richard Yorke, of Gloucester, taken June 22, 1713, saith that on Tuesday, being the 2d day of this instant June, being at Cape Sable in a sloop on a fishing voyage, and being in a harbour called the Owl's Head, with my sloop, and Mr. John Prince, of said Gloucester, lying by me with his sloop, there came down to the water side, about three of the clock in the afternoon, two Indian men dressed in French clothing, with a kind of a white flag on a stick, and called to us and desired us to come on shore, and said they had news to tell us and showed a paper which they said they had from Col. Vetch, at Port Royal; and we desired them to come on board our vessel, and they said they had no canoe and could not come, and, after some considerable discourse with them, one of my men and one of Mr. Prince's went ashore to them in a canoe, as namely, James Da- vis and Josiah Ingersoll, and they carried a gun with them in said ca- noe, and when they came to the shore the said Indians came to them and told the Indians that it was peace ; and the Indians said, so it was, or to that purpose, and shook hands with the men and said-"Now Indians
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and Englishmen all own brother," but then seeing the gun that was in the bottom of the canoe they asked them why they brought a gun with them, for, said they, "we have no guns," and would have had the men throw their gun overboard. The men told them that they would not hurt them with it. Said Indians desired them to go on board and fetch them some rum and tobacco. The said men asked the Indians to go on board with them, but they would not, except that one of them would stay on shore, and then one of the Indians would go aboard ; but neither of these men were willing to stay, so they came on board and told us that the Indians desired to have some rum and tobacco, then two other of our men went into the canoe to go on shore-namely Paul Dolliver and John Sadler ; and I gave them a small pound of tobacco to carry and give them and bid them carry a bottle (of rum) with them, which they did, and when they came to the shore, one of the English, as, namely, John Sadler, went out of the canoe and came with the other men on board, and as they came the Indians kept singing till he got on board and when he was got on board, he said-"now all good friends," and asked who was the skipper, and when they told him, said Indian came and showed me a paper, but it was so much [worn] and dusted that we could not read it so as to make sense of it, but supposed it might be a pass, for the said Indian said he had it from Gov. Vetch, and we found in it these words :- "be kind to the Indians ;" and after said Indian had been on board a little while, the Englishman that was left on shore called on board and bade us bring the canoe on shore, and said the other Indian would come on board ; then two of our men, as namely, Paul Dolliver and James Davis went into the canoe to go on shore, and when they came off the shore they saw two Indians with the Englishmen and they asked them if they would go on board, and they said "No," but bade them go and fetch the Indian on shore that was on board, and they came on board again and told us that the Indians would not come on board, but would have the Indian that was on board to come on shore. Then James Davis and one Josiah Lane went to set said Indian on shore and to bring off the Englishman, and as soon as they came to the shore, the Indian went out of the canoe, and, as the said Josiah Lane tells me, they went to set the canoe off, but the In- dians laid hold of the painter to stop them, and the other two Indians came and laid hold of the painter also, and they hauled the canoe up on shore ; with that two of the Englishmen, as namely, James Davis and
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Josiah Lane, skipt out of the canoe into the water to swim on board, but one of the Indians came into the water and caught said James Davis imme- diately and brought him on shore, and the other two Indians went with the canoe after Josiah Lane, and when they came up with him one of the Indians took his hatchet and seemed as if he was going to strike at him, but did not, but took hold of him and hauled him on shore, and when they came on shore there were several more Indians that were come out of the bushes with their guns, and when they had got the said three Englishmen together they sett them down, as said Josiah Lane informed me, and said they would carry them to Port Royal.
Stephen Ayers or Ayer, married Martha Caldwell at Ipswich April 2, and had a son Stephen born in 1715. The father was master of a fish- ing vessel and was lost at sea with all his crew in 1716. It does not appear how, if at all, he was connected with Thomas who married Re- becca Currey, June 17, 1724, and had Thomas, Rebecca, Gifford, Wil- ford, Ruth, Ann, Gilbert and Thomas, again. The first son Thomas was lost in the expedition to Louisburg, in 1745, and the last Thomas married Esther Witham in 1768, and settled in New Gloucester, Me., where she died March 27, 1840, aged ninety-two. Gilbert Ayer prob- ably married Mary Goodridge in 1762, and certainly had five daugh- ters. He died before 1792, when his widow married William Parsons.
Isaac Randall and Experience Elwell were intending marriage in Feb. 1713, and had Isaac born 13 June, died 28 Dec. same year ; Dor- cas, 1715; Experience, 1717; Isaac, 1720; Susanna, 1721; and Ja- cob, 1723. The father died March 24, 1725, aged thirty-six, and his widow married Isaiah Marsh.
Samnel Pearce ( Hist. 266) by wife Mary had David born in 1713; Jonathan, 1716, died in 1717; Hannah, 1718, died in infancy ; Jona- than, again, 1719 ; and Joseph, 1725. This settler probably brought a son Samuel who was the Samuel, jr., who, by his wife Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, born in 1739 and other children in subsequent years.
John Sadler and Sarah Scott, of Rowley, were intending marriage April 11, 1713, and had a daughter Sarah born Oct. 1714.
John Stone and wife Ruth had David born Nov. 23.
The Probate Records have this year the name of an inhabitant not elsewhere seen. June 26, account of administration of estate of John Villum, late of Gloucester, deceased, was rendered. The items are : Fish sold to Mr. Samuel Stevens, £60, one quarter part of a sloop sold
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to Mr. Stevens, £50. Total, £133.4. Balance, £26, one quarter each to his mother, sisters Mary and Elizabeth and brother William.
1716. Peter Duncan, an early settler, died this year. Before he settled in Gloucester he had probably resided in Boston, where he had the following children baptized : Martha, Nov. 10, 1655; Elizabeth, Feb. 28, 1657 ; and Mary, Nov. 12, 1659.
Oct. 21. Being Sabbath day also, about the middle of the day, was a time of great darkness for an hour or two. The air had been very thick with smoke a week or fortnight together before, and on said day, the wind coming northerly, the clouds being very thick, together with the smoke, made it so dark for some time that people could not see to read in the meeting house.
James Hardy and Abigail Row were married Dec. 18, 1716. He had a son James born Dec. 3, 1718, and March 31, 1719, he had a grant of a house lot. His will, made April 11, 1745, was proved July 25, 1748. His homestead, one small dwelling house and barn and five acres of land, was valued at £105, and a small log-house and 25 poles of land at £20. His widow was helped by the town several years, and, in 1768, Lieut. John Row was paid for keeping her and for her funeral expenses. No record of the marriage of the son James is found, but the church records have the baptisms of four of his children :- Abigail in 1741; James, 1743 ; John, 1746; and William, 1751. The latter married Elizabeth Elwell in 1790, lived on Eastern Point and died there Aug. 29, 1806, aged fifty-five. His wife was a daughter of Henry New- comb and widow of Samuel Elwell who died at sea in the revolutionary war. She died May 3, 1849, aged ninety-five.
Ichabod Young and Abigail Elwell were married April 19. He-was drowned at sea in Oct. 1723. His children were Samuel, born in 1717, died soon ; Abigail, 1718 ; Samuel, again, 1720, died 1721; and Icha- bod, 1722. The next of the name appearing in town was William who settled in 'Squam, where he married Sarah, daughter of Joseph York, Nov. 24, 1725, and had William, Sarah, Abigail, Hannah, Ruth, Jo- seph, and Abigail, again. A Joseph Young, from Salem, came about 1750, and had children baptized in the first parish, but appeared to have died before 1760.
1717, May 18 .- "There was an earthquake. About sun setting, the earth, the rocks and the houses shook and trembled, and the sound was as the noise of great thunder at some distance. It continued about the space of a minute."
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Moses Prince, brother of the New England annalist, writes in his di- ary that he visited Gloucester, and saw a carriage there of two wheels, for two horses, which Capt. Robinson, who first gave the name of schooner to a vessel, had built for his wife.
Nathaniel Rust and Miriam Andrews, of Chebacco, were married Feb. 3, and had Gideon, born in 1719; Othniel, 1721; Miriam, 1723; Enoch, 1724; Johanna, 1726; Keturah, 1727; Israel, 1728 ; Zebulon, 1730; Issachar, 1732 ; and Solomon, 1733. A Nathaniel Rust, per- haps the father of these, married Mary Lufkin Nov. 15, 1737, and had Mary, Hannah and Nathaniel. Samuel Rust ( Hist. 273) died Feb. 7, 1782, of small-pox caught from the hat of a sailor, who landed from a cartel from Halifax and stopped at his house at Little River. His widow, Anna, died Jan. 9, 1804, aged about eighty-seven, and his son Moses, died Oct. 10, 1827, aged .eighty-eight. A John Rust died Oct. 18, 1809, aged seventy-seven, and a widow Rust in 1831, aged eighty- seven.
Thomas Cotton and Comfort Riggs were married July 28, and had a daughter Sarah born in 1721 ; and Ruth in 1722.
Elisha Donham married Mary Babson April 16, and had Jonathan born in 1717 ; Daniel, 1719; Elisha, 1721; and Solomon, 1723.
Daniel McAfee and Hannah Denning were married Feb. 20, and had Daniel, born in 1719; and Samuel, 1728. An "old Mrs. McAfee" died in the second parish Feb. 5, 1767.
1719. David Stockwell and Mercy Emmons were married Feb. 5, 1719 and had Mercy, born in 1721 ; David, baptized 1723 ; and Martha, 1725.
John Flin married Mary Hammons Oct. 20, and had a daughter Mary born Dec. 9, who married Richard Tarr, Jan. 1740. The mother probably became a widow before Jan. 26, 1721, when a Mary Flin mar- ried William Nelson.
James Grant, of Dedham, and Mehitable Elwell were married Dec. 3, and had Nem, 1727; Mary, 1729; Nem, 1730; and Eliezer, 1733, who married Mary Varrel and had a son Eliezer.
Benjamin Patee had a grant of land April 1, and married Patience Collins Jan. 7, 1720. His children were, Abigail, born in 1722 ; Jer- emiah, 1724; Sarah, 1726; Mary, 1728; Benjamin, 1730; Ezekiel, 1732; Patience, 1734; and Benjamin, 1736.
Peter Patee, of Haverhill, and Susanna Hadley were married Nov. 19, 1720.
John Wooten or Wotten and Sarah Brown were married Dec. 19,
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and had Sarah born in 1720; John, 1722; Rachel, 1724; and Wil- liam, 1727, died soon.
April 1. Peter Uran had a grant of land to build a house upon at the head of the harbor. His wife Bethiah brought him a son Peter, June 16, 1722, and died Feb. 19, 1723, aged forty-one.
Joseph Eaton and wife Hannah had Marsah born in 1719, and De- sire, 1721. A Merchant Eaton died Nov. 16, 1724, aged twenty.
Josiah Sanford and Hannah Day, of Manchester, were married Nov. 19, and had Robert born in 1720; Josiah, 1722; and Joseph 1724. (See Hist. 257.)
Joseph Winslow and Sarah Day were married Dec. 24, and had Sarah born in 1722; Martha, 1724; Sarah, 1728; Joseph, 1729; Jo- seph, again, 1730; Mary, 1731 ; Abigail, 1733; and Hannah, 1736. A Kenelm Winslow and Abigail Brown were married Feb. 1, 1746.
William Rollins and Hannah Millett were married Jan. 22, and had Mary born in 1720 ; Ann, 1723 ; William, 1725 ; Hannah, 1727 ; Eliza- beth, 1729 ; John, 1731; Joseph, 1733; James, 1736; and Nathan, 1738. Perhaps this family removed to Wenham, whence Nathan Rol- lins, an idiot, was brought to Gloucester and supported by the town.
John Tyler married Sarah Eveleth Dec. 10, who died Feb. 20, 1721, and he next married, Feb. 22, 1722, Abigail Haskell. Again becoming a widower, he married widow Mary Ingersol Nov. 17, 1735. His children were :- John, born in 1722; William, 1724; James, 1726; Abigail, 1727 ; Isaac, 1729 ; Andrew, 1736; Sarah, 1738; and John, 1740.
Luke Morgan and wife Ruth settled in the second parish, and had William, born in 1719; Hannah, 1721; Luke, 1724; Nathaniel, 1731 ; and Ruth, 1735. A private record says that "old Luke Morgan" died June 16, 1776; and that "Old Luke Morgan's wife" died April 16, 1772. His son William married Hannah Day, Feb. 5, 1746, and, according to the records of the West Parish church, had many children. He died in 1799, aged eighty. His widow died Oct. 11, 1821, aged ninety-five. The Joel Morgan drowned in the harbor, June 19, 1774, was probably their son, born in 1752. Luke Morgan, jr., mar- ried Martha Pulcifer, Dec. 1, 1747, and also had several children.
Jacob Burnham and his wife Mary appear in town and had a son Jacob born July 17. The only other family of the name that was here before 1750, was that of Stephen, who married Mary Andrews Nov. 6, 1735. Our records give him five children, but, according to the Burnham
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genealogy, it seems he had eight others. IIis son Stephen's intention of marriage with Hannah Butler, of Ipswich, in 1759, is recorded in our books. John Burnham had a daughter Mehitable baptized July, 1744.
Stephen Clay and wife Mary had a daughter Mary born in December, 1719, and Rachel, 1721, both of whom died in infancy, and other chil- dren,-Mary, Stephen, Jonas, John and Elizabeth.
Benjamin Rickner. All we know of him is, that he married Mary Littlehale August 17, 1719, and had a daughter Mary born in 1720; a son Benjamin in 1722; and William, 1731. A Samuel Riekner had Benjamin baptized in 1762, and Samuel in 1763.
A John Coombs, with wife Susanna, appears in town July 18, when his daughter Sarah was born, who was followed by Mary in 1721, and Susanna in 1722. Anthony Coombs married Mercy Hodgkins, Oct. 21, 1722, and had daughters Hannah and Mercy.
Richard Langsford and Mary Row were married Dec. 17. May 18, preceding, widow Hannah Sawyer was paid by the selectmen £2 "for the cureing of Richard Langsford which was frozen at Sandy Bay the winter past." His children were Elizabeth, born in 1720 ; John, 1722 ; Mary, 1724 ; Sarah, 1726; Abigail, 1729; Thomas and Richard, 1731; and Thomas, 1734. The oldest son, John, married Deborah Lane, January 9, 1744, and was probably father of John who died Dec. 12, 1827, aged eighty-one. Richard Langsford, sen., died before May 21, 1739, when Mary, his widow, was administratrix of his estate. She died May 7, 1774, aged eighty-three.
Jacob Carter and Abigail Phillips were married Jan. 8 ; the baptism of a son Jacob in 1721, the birth of Jacob in 1722, of Abraham in 1729, and of Judith in 1738, are recorded. Jacob Carter, jr., married Mar- garet Low, of Ipswich (published Oct. 13, 1744), and had Joseph and Benjamin, 1745 ; William, 1747 ; and Daniel 1749. Abraham's inten- tion of marriage with widow Mary Kinsman, of Ipswich, July 4, 1750, is on the records, but no children are given. John Carter, perhaps a son of Jacob, sen., married Jane Day, Dec. 27, 1744, and has the births of two daughters recorded, and the mother is supposed to have been the widow Jane Carter, who died in January, 1814, aged ninety-three.
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