The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts, from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860, Part 5

Author: Chase, George Wingate, 1826-1867
Publication date: 1861
Publisher: Haverhill, Pub. by the author
Number of Pages: 742


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" Know all men by these presents, that wee Passaquo and SaggaHew with ye consent of Passaconnaway: have sold unto ye inhabitants of Pen- tuckett all ye lands wee have in Pentuckett ; that is eyght myles in length from ye little Rivver in Pentuckett Westward: Six myles in length from ye aforesaid Rivver northward : And six myles in length from ye foresaid


" The original document was for a long time in the possession of the descendants of William White, one of the witnesses to the deed, but at the suggestion of the writer, it has recently been presented to the Town of Haverhill, by E. A. Porter, Esy., administrator of the estate of the late Charles White, Esq. As it was originally given to " the inhabitants of Pentuckett," it seems appropriate and proper that it should be in the possession of the Town, and we are pleased to announce that it has been so disposed of.


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FAC-SIMILE OF THE INDIAN DEED OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HAVERHILL, MASS.


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Rivver Eastward, with ye Ileand and ye rivver that ye ileand stand in as far in length as ye land lyes by as formerly expressed : that is, fourteen myles in length : And wee ye said Passaquo and SaggaHew with ye con- sent of Passaconnaway, have sold unto ye said inhabitants all ye right that wee or any of us have in ye said ground and Ileand and Rivver : And wee warrant it against all or any other Indeans whatsoever unto ye said Inhabitants of Pentuckett, and to their heires and assignes forever Dated ye fifteenth day of november Ann Dom 1642.


Witnes our hands and seales to this bargayne of sale ye day and year above written (in ye presents of us,) wee ye said Passaquo & SaggaHew have received in hand, for & in consideration of ye same three pounds & ten shillings.


John Ward


ye marke of


Robert Clements PASSAQUO


( A bow and arrow.) [SEAL. ]


Tristram Coffin


Passaquo.


Hugh Sherratt


William White


ye signe of (1)


ye marke of (A bow and arrow.) Saggahew.


Thomas Davis


SAGGAHEW.


[SEAL.]


On the side of it the following is written :- " Entered and recorded in ye County Records for Norfolk (lib. 2d, pa. 209) ye 29th day of April 1671 As attest Tho. Bradbury Recorder.


Recorded ye first of April 1681 among ye records of Lands for Essex at Ipswich : As attest Robert Lord Recorder."


On the outside it is endorsed, " The purchase from the Indians by Ha- verhill men, Recorded."


In 1680, the deed was copied into the Town Records, and the following testimony, taken by Nathaniel Saltonstall, is written on the succeeding page.


" The Rev. Teacher of ye church & towne of Haverhill, Mr. John Ward; & William White and Tho. Davis do testifie that Haverhill towne- ship or lands then by ye Indians called Pentuekett, was purchased of ye Indians as is mentioned in ye deed in this paper contained, which is en- tered upon record and that wee were then inhabitants at Haverhill and


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present with ye Indians Passaquo and Saggahew (who were ye apparent owners of ye land & so accounted) did signe and confirme ye same ; and that then, wec, (with others now dead) did signe our names to ye deed, which land wee have ever since enjoyed peaceably without any Indian molestation from the grantors or their heirs. Taken upon February ye 4th 1680 before Nath. Saltonstall. Assist."


" Lieut. Brown and Lieut. Ladd both affirm upon oath that what is entered in the records for Haverhill as the deed of purchase from the In- dians of Haverhill Township or lands, of which the deed above written is a true copy, was, and is a true copy, extract, or transcript of the original deed given by the Indians. Taken upon oath, February the 4th, 1680. Before me, Nath'l Saltonstall. Assist."


The following brief biographical notices of the witnesses to this import- ant instrument, will doubtless be read with interest.


Of John Ward we have already given an extended notice, and will only add, that he married Alice Edmunds, in 1646, by whom he had two chil- dren, Elizabeth and Mary (9). His wife died March 24, 1680.


Robert Clement came from England, in the early part of 1642, landing at Salisbury, from whence he came to Haverhill sometime in the fol- lowing summer, with his wife and four children-John, Lydia, Robert and Sarah. Job, his son, eame as early as 1640-1, doubtless to " spye out the land." His youngest daughter, Mary, remained in England (in the city of Coventry, in Warwickshire) until about 1652, when she also came over to Haverhill, and was soon after married by her father to John Osgood, of Andover, Mass.


Robert, senior, was the first Deputy of the town to the General Court, and until 1654 ; was associate Judge; County Commissioner; " appointed and empowered by the General Court to give the oath of fidelity to the in- habitants of Haverhill; " appointed to set off the public lands, fix their limits, &c. He was a man of rare integrity, and superior talent, as may readily be judged from the responsible stations he was repeatedly ealled to fill. He died on the spot where he first settled, in 1658, aged about


" Elizabeth, born April 1, 1647, and died April 19, 1714; Mary born June 24, 1649, died Oct. 11, 1685. Elizabeth married Nathaniel Saltonstall, Dec. 28, 1663, and had five children : - Gurdon, born March 27, 1666, died in 1724.


Elizabeth, born September 17, 1668.


Richard, born April 25, 1672, died April 22, 1714.


Nathaniel, born September 5, 1674.


John, born August 14, 1676, died October 2, 1681.


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68 (*). He owned, when he died, the first grist-mill built in town. His son Robert, whom Mirick confounds with Robert sen., was a cooper by trade, and the first one in town. In 1652 he married Elizabeth Fane, by whom he had eleven children. He held several town offices, was a large landholder, and lived near where the " Exchange Building" is now situ- ated. We have not ascertained the time of his death, but he was living in 1684. His wife died in 1715.


Job was a' tanner (probably the first in town), and married Margaret Dummer - the first marriage in town.


John, was a farmer, and married Sarah Osgood.


The Clements for a long time occupied a prominent position in the town and county, and their descendants have ever been considered as among our best citizens. Several generations of them have lived on the place now owned by Jessce Clement (in the North Parish), who is a lineal descend- ant from Robert sen.


Tristram Coffyn was born in 1609, in Brixham parish, town of Ply- mouth, in Devonshire, England. He was the son of Peter and Joanna Coffyn. Tristram married Dionis Stevens, and in 1642, after the death of his father, he came to New England, bringing with him his mother, ¡ his two sisters, Eunice and Mary, his wife, and five children (Peter, Tris- tram, Elizabeth, James, and John).


" " The inventory of Mr. Robert Clements, his goods and estates in New England, excepting some small debts which cannot yet be accompted, he died ye 29th of Sept., 1658.


£ s. d.


£ s. d.


Iny his wearing apparell. 16 18 00


It (º) his purse, money, silver, seal and ring.


1 07 00


It by one bill owing him 55 00 00


It one payer of Steers. 3 06 08


It twenty bushell of rie .. 10 00 00


It one cow and 30 lbs of rie 5 00 00


It one bill.


8 15 00


It one bill.


12 15 00


It one bill. 56 00 00


It one bill


5 00 00


It one bill.


OG 06 00


It one bill. .14 00 00


lt one bill. 02 03 06


It one bill .04 00 00


It one bill .07 12 00


It one engagement of rent for land. .05 00 00


It 4 cows, 2 steers, one heifer. . 22 00 00


It 3 mares, 1 philli, I hoss, I colt .. 69 00 00


It 3 cows.


10 00 00


It in swine, calves and sheep,. 10 15 00


It in bedding. .25 13 00 It a pslI (t) of cotton wooll & cotton


yarne, sheeps wooll, canvers d .03 01 00 fethers ..


It on carpett, warmg pan, & cotton cloth.01 10 00


It his dwelling house & accommodations .. 55 00 00 It 8 loads of hay & a psll linen eloth. . ... 05 00 00 It his grist mill .. .30 00 00


lt one payer of oxen. .12 00 00


It a psll of boards & two stocks of bees. . 02 13 00 It wooden vessels and earthen vessels & one spade. 01 16 00


It eotton and linen yarn. .02 10 00


It one debt 3 tr. . .03 00 00


It one debt of 10 tr. .10 00 00


It in wheat & Indian corn. 02 10 00


It for chests, Tunnes & cards Potts & kettles. 4 17 00


It several things, viz., fier shovel & tongs Andyrons spitt, plough. .05 17 16 It chayns & such like Iron things. ... .. It in books fowling piece, table cloth and napkins. .03 18 00 These gooda were apprized by us whose names are under written.


TRIST. COFFYN, WILLI WHITE.


" Item.


t Parcel.


t Who died in Boston in 1661, aged 77. Rev. John Wilson preached her funeral sermon, and "em- balmed her memory."-Sewall.


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He came to New England early in the Spring of 1642, in the same ship with Robert Clements, and landed at Salisbury, from whence he came to Haverhill sometime during the following summer. He seems to have set- tled near Mr. Clements, and tradition has it that he was the first person who plowed land in Haverhill.


Mirick says, that "in the following year he removed to the Rocks, where, in 1645, he was liscenced to keep an 'ordinary,' or tavern-hence the name ' Coffin's Ordinary.'" If, by the " Rocks," he means the place then called by that name, and afterward designated as "Holt's Rocks," (just below the bridge at Rock's Village) he is evidently mistaken in the locality. Mr. Coffyn was licensed "to keep an ordinary at Newberry," and also to " keep a ferry on Newbery side over Merrimack, when the interest of George Carr shall be determined, and that George Carr shall have liberty to keepe his boate going on Salisbery side."


The place where Mr. Coffyn settled was in Newbury, opposite what has since been called Carr's Island-so called from the above-named George Carr. Miriek gives the date of the license as 1645, and Coffin (Hist. Newbury) 16449; but we cannot find it in the Colonial Records of either year. Coffyn was first licensed on the 26th of May, 1647, and, as we have above mentioned, to keep an ordinary " at Newberryt." He probably removed there about that time.


Although Mr. Coffyn was the person licensed, it seems that Mrs. C. did sometimes " help, aid, and assist," as we find that in 1645, she was " pre- sented " for " selling beere at 3d a quarte," contrary to the law in such case made and provided, which required four bushels of malt to the hogs- head, and that it should be sold at 2d per quart. Mrs. Coffyn made it "appear to the Court " that she put in six bushels into a hogshead. where- upon the Court acquitted her !


* Ile also gives the same under the date of December 20, 1647.


t It would seem, however, that there was a place in the easterly part of this town, known as Coffin's Ordinary, about 1652. In that year, a second division of upland was made, in which James Davis re- ceived forty acres, one piece of which was bounded as follows: "By James Davis sen. on the west ; the great river on the sonth ; on the north side a swamp; on the east a brook; the other part bounded by a red oak at Coffin's ordinary running up that brook to a black oak, James Davis sen. on the east; the great river on the south.


# Some of the regulations concerning taverns, or ordinaries, are worth preserving; and as matters of curiosity and illustrations of the manners and customs of "ye olden time," we give some of them.


In 1634, it was ordered by the General Court, " that noe pson that keepes an ordinary shall take above vjd a meale for a pson, and not above jd for an ale quarte of beare, out of meale tyme, under the penalty of xs for cury offence, either of dyet or beare. Likewise, that vietulars, or keeps of an ordi- nary, shall not suffer any tobaeco to be taken into their houses, under the penalty of vs for eury offence, to be payde by the vietular, and xij d by the party that takes it."


Tobacco was evidently far from being the popular weed of these more modern times. Even its pri-


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Mary, daughter of Tristram, married Nathaniel Starbuck, at Nantucket, and all accounts agree in representing her as an extraordinary woman. In the language of John Richardson, an early writer, "the Islanders esteemed her as a Judge among them, for little of moment was done with- out her." It was her custom to attend their town meetings, where she took an active part in the debates, usually commencing her address with " my husband thinks " so and so; but Richardson says, that " she so far exceeded him in soundness of judgment, clearness of understanding, and an elegant way of expressing herself, and that not in an affected strain, but very natural to her, that it tended to lessen the qualifications of her husband." In 1701 she became a Quakeress," took the spiritual concerns of the whole Island under her special superintendance, was speaker in their religious meetings, wrote the quarterly epistles, and was distinguished in every relation in life. Respecting her domestic economy, the same author observes : " the order of the house was such in all the parts thereof as I had not seen the like before ; the large and bright-rubbed room was set with suitable seats or chairs, [for a meeting] so that I did not see any thing wanting according to place, but something to stand on, for I was not free to set my feet upon the fine cane chair, lest I should break it." Mary died in 1717. She had six children. The descendants of Tristram


vate use was "regulated," as will appear from the following: "Further, it is ordered, that noe pson shall take tobacco publiquely, under the penalty of ijs vjd, nor privately, in his owne howse, or in the howse of another, before strangers, and that two or more shall not take it together, any where, under the aforesaid penalty for eury offenee." In 1637, "npon many sad complaints that much drunkeness, wast of the good creatures of God, mispence of precious time, and other disorders have frequently fallen out in the inns, and common vietualing houses," the Court ordered that " it shall not bee lawfull for any persone that shall keepe any such inne, or common victualling house, to sell or have in their honses any wine, nor strong waters, nor any beare, or other driuk other than such as may and shall be souled for Id the quarte at the most." The Court also ordered that no beer should be brewed by any innholders or vietualers, but only by lisenced brewers, and that even they should not " sell nor utter any beare, or other drinke, of any stronger size than such as may and shall be afforded at the rate of Sshs the barrell.


It does not appear, however, that these " Maine Laws " put a stop to the use of either tobacco or "strong water : " and the Court the next year relaxed the severity of the last named regulation, so as to allow innkeepers and victuallers to brew their own beer. Two years after, they repealed the " orders about re- straint of beer," and permitted it to be sold at 2d a quart, which was the rule when Mrs. Coffyn was called to account in 1645.


" Since writing the above, we have found the following interesting paragraph in a Boston Paper, (Sep- tember, 1839) : " Narcissa B. Coffin of Nantucket, a well known minister of the Society of Friends, was in Beverly for a short time on the 22d nlt. She had just returned from Vermont and Upper New York, where she had been engaged in visiting prisons, houses of bad repute, and almshouses, preaching the Gospel to the inmates, sometimes with great hopefulness, many of the outeasts of society seeming glad to hear of a Saviour. Mrs. Coffin is a granddaughter of Joseph Hoag, nieee of Lindley Murray Hoag, and daughter of Hannah Butrey, all of them well known and highly respected ministers in the Society of Friends. Joseph Hoag had a large family, all of whom, both sons and daughters, with their companions (except two) were preachers. Mrs. C. is the wife of Dr. Alex. G. Coffin, a worthy Friend, and a lineal descendant of Tristram Coffin, one of the first settlers of Nantucket, who moved thither from Haverhill about two hundred years ago.


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Coffin are very numerous ; among them was the distinguished Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin ;" more than twelve thousand of that name were supposed to be in the United States thirty years ago.


Hugh Sherratt came from Ipswich, in 1641, with Mr. Ward and John Favor. In 1650 a house lot was granted him " over the little river," from which we presume that he settled in that part of the town. As he was to leave open a highway, " both by that and the great river," it would seem that the location must have been in the vicinity of the westerly side of what is now Washington Square, near the site of the "South Church." At the time this lot was granted him, he, with several others, had laid down his lot in the (Pond) plain.


From the fact that his name frequently appears in the Court records as defendant in actions for debt, we judge that he must have been one of those whose talent for accumulating property was not large. In 1662, he was permitted to keep an ordinary, and to sell " strong water and wine at retail." From this we should infer that he was a man of sobriety and respectability, as in those days only such persons were permitted to occupy so responsible a position. But his hard luck seems to have followed him through life. In 1677, then in his ninety-ninth, year (his little remain- ing property having been illegally taken from him,) the poor old man was compelled to ask relief from the town. Then, as now, willing and prompt to support its poor and needy, the town agreed with Peter Brewer to keep him for five shillings per week, one half of which was to be paid in bread- stuff, and the other in meat. Upon a motion "to know who would lend corn, or meat, to the town, for the support of Hugh Sherratt; and they to be paid by the next town rates ; several engaged as followeth ; Robert Emerson, bacon ; Joseph Emerson, beef, 6 1b .; Daniel Ela, beef, 12 1b. ; Samuel Gile, beef, 6 lb ; Henry Kingsbury, Indian, 1; John Page Jr, 1 Ind. and meat 2 lb; Thomas Eaton, 18 lb meat or corn; Robert Ford Jr, 1-2 Ind ; Bartholomew Heath, pork 4 lb; Thomas Davis, pork 4 lb, but- ter 1 lb; Michael Emerson, pork 4 lb; Thomas Whittier, turnips 1; Robert Ayer, pork 6 lb; Daniel Hendrick, meat 2 1b; Peter Ayer 3 1b meat or corn; Thomas Ayer Jr, 1 1b meat."


Considering that the town had now been settled nearly forty years, the very small amounts specified in this loan excite our surprise. We can hardly imagine that the time should ever have been when the loan of a single pound of beef, or butter would have been deemed a notable thing, and worthy of a place in the records of a town. Yet it was so.


o Admiral Coffin lately established a school at Nantucket, for the children there who are descendants from his ancester Tristram. The building was calculated for six hundred, but eight hundred young Coffins presented themselves ! - Boston Paladium, July, 1829.


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The town was not however, long called to bear the burden of supporting the aged patriarch. The next year he reached the uncommon age of one hundred years, and, ere its close, was laid to rest. He died September 5th, 1678, aged 100 years.


William White, whose name is attached to the deed, was one of the pioneer band of settlers in the town, and came here from Newbury. He was born in 1610, and came to New England in 1635, settling at Ipswich. He subsequently went to Newbury, and finally settled in this town, being as we have seen, one of the first company of settlers. He died September 28, 1690, aged 80. His widow soon after removed to Ipswich, where she died in 1693. Mr. White settled on the farm now owned by Mr. James D. White, and we find that he owned a farm in Newbury in 1650. Soon after the church was gathered, he became a member, and was one of its firmest pillars ; he had the honor of the town very much at heart, and was esteemed by its citizens, and was frequently entrusted with its most im- portant business. His descendants are exceedingly numerous, and are scattered in almost every direction over the United States. In his will, which is dated 2d January, 1683, he says : "I give to the Rev. Mr. Ward, my Teacher, in Haverhill, 10s. in silver; I give to the church of Haver- hill, of which I am a member, the linen cloth which is on the communion table, and one of the pewter dishes which was mine, which was used at the sacrament, and to be kept for that use only so long as it may serve with decency for the common good of that society. My will is, that the girl which was given to me by the girl's mother to breed up, if my wife will keep her untill John White [his son] marry, let her keep it, otherwise John White to put her out to sum one who will bring her up in good nurtour ; if afterward she live with John till she is 18 years of age, or day of marriage, the said White is to eloth her well, and to give her five pounds. I give to Edward Brumidge a cloth jacket, and britches, and a shurt, all of mine own wearing." The amount of his property taken after his decease, was £508, 10s. #


" This William White had one son, John, who m. Hannah French at Salem, on Aug. 25, 1662 and d. Jan. 1, 1668-9, aged 29 leaving one son, John, b. March 8, 1664, m. Lydia Gilman, da'r of Hon. John Gil- man of Exeter, Oct. 24, 1687, and had many sons and da'rs, " whose descendants are exceedingly numer- ons." He d. 1727. Said John and Lydia had sons William, Samuel, Nicholas, Timothy, (gradu. Harv. Col. 1720) James and John, and da'rs Mary (m. to James Ayer of Ilav'Il 1710) Hannah (m. to Rev. Samnel Phillips of Andover 1712) Elizabeth, (m. Rev. Amos Maine of Rochester) Abigail, (m. to Moses Hazen 1728) was mother of Gen. Moses Hazen, - Lydia, (m. to Nath'l Peaslee, Esq.,) and Joanna. The last named William White m. Sarah Phillips, sister of sd. Samuel Phillips, June 12, 1716, and had sons William, (merchant in Boston) Samuel, (Esq'r in Hav'll) John, (of Methuen, d. 1800 æg 80) Timothy (bookseller in Boston) Phillips, (of Sonthampton, N. H., Judge of Prob., -Mem- ber of Congress) and da'rs Mary (m. Rev. John Chandler, Billerica) and Sarah (m. Col. W'm. Thomp-


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Thomas Davis, whose mark is affixed to the deed was a sawyer, from Marlborough, England, and, we believe, a brother of James, one of the first company of settlers. He married in England, before emigrating to America. He came to Newbury in 1641, and settled in Haverhill early in the spring of 1642. He died July 27, 1683.º His wife died April 7, 1668. He had one son (Joseph) who died September 15, 1671 .;


son of Billerica). Samuel White, (bro. of the Wm. who m. Sarah Phillips) m. Ruth Phillips, another sister of Rev. Samuel Phillips, and was father of John White, Harvard College, 1751, and gr'd father of Hon. Leonard White-H. C., 1787.


* Coffin and Mirick, speak of the descendants of Thomas Davis as very numerous, but we think they must be mistaken. The only child of his mentioned in the Town Records, is Joseph, who died in 1671. The numerous descendants referred to, are, we think, rather those of James, brother of Thomas; and of John, an early settler in Newbury. John died in 1675. He had seven children, and his descendants are "very numerous," as are also those of James. As early as 1720, there were no less than nineteen fami- lies of that name in town.


t Joseph, son of Thomas, was doubtless a wild boy, if we may judge from one of his capers. Under the date of 1652, the Portsmouth Court Record thus refers to him: " Whereas it doth appear that Joseph Davis of Haverhill was presented for putting on women's apparel and going from house to house in the night time, with a female, and whereas the said parties being removed from Haverhill into this jurisdic- tion, and being apprehended and brought into the Court at Strawberry Bank; the said Joseph Davis is judged to pay a fine of eight shillings, and also to make public acknowledgement of his fault on a lecture day, before the next Court, in default of which he shall forfiet forty shillings more." We may charitably presume that the unpleasant termination of his nocturnal adventure suspended his pursuit of pleasure in that direction, at least.




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