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work diligently. He quickly built two strong shallops, which were
3. Benjamin Brown,8 born about 1838; lived in California and Union City, Ore., died in the Military Hospital, Rainsford Island, Boston Harbor, April 10, 1866. JOHN GARDNER;" carpenter ; married Hannah H. Goodwin June 18, 1829; died May 14, 1870; she died in South Boston Dec. 26, 1886; chil- dren : 1. John H., born April 1, 1829; died April 3, 1829; 2. Jane G.,8 born Jan. 1, 1830; married Harvey Waite; 3. John Brown,8 born Oct. 15, 1831; married Eunice F. Wheeler in Boston; died March 22, 1895; she died April 28, 1903; 4. George W., born Dec. 1, 1835; 5. Susan M., born Dec. 25, 1836, in Lynn; married, first, Maj. Seth S. Buxton; second, Henry C. Dimond; 6. William Francis,8 born May 3, 1840; butcher and car-inspector ; lived in South Boston; married Eliza R. Evans of South Boston Jan. 24, 1865; 7. Charles H.,8 born Sept. - , 1845; died Jan. 14, 1846; 8. Albert G.,8 born Oct. 30, 1846; stair builder; lived in Boston, New Bedford and South Dartmouth, and returned to Salem; married, first, Emma K. Congdon in South Boston; second, Abby Garrison (Head), widow of Daniel Spooner ; died in the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea Jan. 27, 1906; 9. Adaline D.,8 born June 27, 1845; married, first, Horace Whitcomb; second, Walter Fales; IO. Edward Warren, born June 2, 1849; stair builder ; lives in Boston ; mar- ried Emma Estella Mitchell. WILLIAM FROST GARDNER;7 carpenter ; married Mary H. Ingalls May 27, 1841 ; she died Sept. 28, 1898; he died Dec. 3, 1902; children : 1. William D.,8 born April 24, 1842; 2. Rebecca M.,8 born June 3, 1845; died June 3, 1845; 3. Wilson I.,8 born Sept. 4, 1848; died Sept. 7, 1848; 4. Joseph M.,8 born Jan. 3, 1850; died Jan. 4, 1850; 5. Frederick Mack,8 born March 24, 1858; Baptist clergyman; settled at Winthrop, Lawrence and Boston; married Annie L. Peckham. WILLIAM GARDNER;7 married, first, Lydia N. Peele Oct. 10, 1827; second, Martha (Grush), widow of John Cassino Dec. 12, 1838; was robbed and murdered on the Isthmus of Panama in 1852, while returning from California; she died Jan. 29, 1888; children : I. William Henry,8 born Feb. 1, 1841; 2. Charles Warren,8 born June 18, 1843; barber and picture-frame maker; removed to Chelsea in 1875, and subsequently to Somerville; married Martha Washington Dam June 25, 1869. SAMUEL GARDNER;7 married Sarah Edwards April 3, 1821; she died Feb. 15, 1880; children: I. Eliza Ann;8 married, first, Cyrus Bullock ; second, Charles Durgin, both of Boston; third, John Kennedy; 2. Mary Jane;8 married Luther C. Butman; 3. Caroline (or Matilda),8 born in 1826; married George Stevens of Roxbury; 4. Sarah Helen,8 born April -, 1829: married, first, Joseph B. Swaney; second, John F. Gibson; 5. Edward Edwards,8 born Nov. 4, 1831; gardener; died, unmarried, May 29, 1907; 6. William Henry,8 born Sept. - , 1834; florist; died, unmarried, Oct. 25, 1883; 7. Benjamin Smithurst,8 born in 1839; shoemaker; died, unmarried, Jan. 21, 1873; 8. Harriet L.,8 born in 1843; died, unmarried, Sept. 20, 1908.
HENRY GARDNER ;8 married Sarah E. Jelly June 23, 1863; died July 19, 1888; she died March II, 1890; children : I. Thomas H.,9 born Aug. 2, 1867; died in California, unmarried, Feb. 17, 1801; 2. Fanny,9 born Feb. 6, 1875; died July 30, 1896, unmarried. CHARLES W. GARDNER;8 letter carrier ; mar- ried Melvina T. Hitchings Sept. 3, 1861 ; she died June 7, 1905; he died Oct. 30, 1913; children: I. Mary E.,9 born Feb. 3, 1862; married Frank P. Tucker of Peabody; 2. Caroline F.,9 born Nov. 13, 1864; married Frank W. Stiles of Springvale, Me .; lives in Beverly; 3. Charles F., born Dec. 21, 1870. AREL GARDNER ;8 lived in Salem and Boxford, and removed to Somer- ville in 1805: married Emily G. Russell Sent. 27, 1861 : she died Jan. 10, 1887 ; he died in Somerville Aug. 23, 1898: child: 1. Arthur W.,9 born Nov. 20, 1867. JOSEPH GARDNER;8 married Eliza C. Gove (published June 25, 1850) ; died May 4, 1873; she lived in Arlington; children: I. Franklin Augustus, born Oct. II, 1856; physician in Washington, D. C .; marrried
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afterwards of great service to the colonists, and a strong large
Annie Webb March 19, 1883; died at Washington Feb. 13, 1903; 2. Carrie S .; 9 married Edward A. Smith; 3. Charles H .;? died young; 4. Lillie J .; 9 died young ; 5. Helen J .; 9 died young. JOSEPH GARDNER;8 carpenter ; mar- ried Caroline L. Hill Sept. 28, 1843; died Jan. 15, 1881; she died in Lynn June 28, 1896; children : I. Adelaide,9 born Dec. 26, 1850; married James H. Conner of Lynn; 2. Joseph H .; 9 died in infancy; 3. Lucy A .; 9 died young. GEORGE A. GARDNER ;8 carpenter and painter ; married Hannah S. Hazelton; died May 28, 1865; she died in Norton Dec. 8, 1871; children: I. Ann Rebecca,9 born Feb. 5, 1851; married, first, Levi H. Bracket; second, George E. Perkins at South Acton, Me .; 2. Clara Isabella,9 born Jan. 25, 1854; married Edward B. Goldsmith. THOMAS NEEDHAM GARDNER; grocer ; married, first, Mary E. Fabens May -, 1853; she died Aug. 10, 1857; mar- ried, second, Agnes Littlefield March 5, 1863; died Feb. 6, 1875; she married, second, Perez L. Winchester of Peabody March 20, 1890; children : 1. Alden B.,9 born June 23, 1853; 2. Edson Fabens, born Nov. 21, 1868. DANIEL B. GARDNER;8 grocer ; married N. Augusta (Rogers), widow of Robert Put- nam Barr Oct. 7, 1867; died Oct. 23, 1893; child: I. Gertrude E.,9 born June 29, 1869; married Dr. Harry R. Peach. HORACE BELL GARDNER ;8 baker and gardener ; married Mary J. Lord May 2, 1867; she died April 10, 1869; child: I. Hattie L.,9 born Oct. 1, 1867; died Feb. 3, 1871. HOWARD PUNCHARD GARDNER ;8 mariner and baker ; removed to Marblehead in 1893; married Mary Elizabeth Warner Oct. 30, 1870; she died Sept. 23, 1892: children : I. Henry Wallis, born July 20, 1871 ; died July 17, 1872; 2. Mabel Pope, born Nov. 30, 1873; lives in Marblehead; 3. Horace Bell,9 born June
19, 187 -; lives in Marblehead; 4. 9 (daughter) ; 5. Lillian Warner,9 born Dec. 19, 1879;, died Jan. 12, 1883; 6. Howard, born May 17, I881 ; 7. Albert N.,9 born Jan. 20, 1886; died Nov. 21, 1886. ANDREW Dow- BRIDGE GARDNER ;8 barber and storekeeper ; lived in Salem and Lynn, Mass., and Houston, Tex .; married Alma M. Dolliver April 25, 1876; children : I. Andrew,9 born Oct. 27, 1876; 2. Willis C., born Feb. 18, 1878; died, un- married, Aug. 5, 1902; 3. Clarence A.º ANDREW DOWBRIDGE GARDNER; barber ; married Carrie S. Hanscom Dec. 29, 1879; child: 1. Albert B.,9 born April 28, 1880: clerk; married Anne P. Alley of Lynn Sept. 12, 1906. STEPHEN WILSON GARDNER ;8 currier and watchman; married Marion Wal- lace Woods of Nashua, N. H., Oct. 4, 1860; children : I. Frank Augustine,9 born Jan. 7, 1861 ; 2. William French,9 born Sept. 24, 1862; died April 7, I866; 3. Lillian ;9 4. Lucy Marion,9 born Jan. 9, 1875; unmarried. JOSEPH DENNETT GARDNER ;8 tanner and watchman ; married Susan Charlotte Graves Oct. 22, 1857; died Feb. I, 1913; children : I. Elizabeth E.,9 born July 28, 1858, in South Danvers; married Augustus F. Wallis of Beverly; 2. Etta Augusta,9 born Nov. 20, 1863, in Salem; unmarried; 3. William G.,9 born Jan. 12, 1868; died June 12, 1871; 4. Waldo Dennett, born Oct. 1, 1874; Nellie Hull,9 born Sept. 25, 1876; died Feb. 6, 1878. CAPT. GEORGE W. GARDNER ;8 married Sarah E. Dix June 14, 1857; died March 18, 1865; she died Oct. 17, 1895; children : I. Clara P.,9 born July 23, 1859; died Feb. 26, 1867; 2. Susan B.,9 born Jan. 16, 1863; married Benjamin F. French of Chelsea ; 3. Georgia Willis,9 born Aug. 8, 1865; died Nov. 16, 1872. WILLIAM D. GARDNER;8 carpenter ; married Margaret E. Dix April 7. 1864; she died Oct. 16, 1896; he died July 22, 1919; children : I. Mary Eliza, born Nov. II, I865; married Charles H. Very; 2. Florence Ingalls, born Feb. 26, 1869; married Walter H. Hill of Beverly. WILLIAM HENRY GARDNER;8 picture dealer ; married Annie M. Trask Jan. 21, 1867 ; children : I. William Henry,? born Jan. 10, 1868; 2. Clarence W., born Jan. 18, 1870; died Aug. 19, 1870; 3. Clarence W., born June 19, 1871; unmarried in 1898; 4. Inez P.,9 born Jan. 2, 1878; lives in California, unmarried.
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lighter ; but after hewing timber for two catches, in hot weather, he became sick with a fever and died, to the great loss of the company and settlement.1
The man sent to make salt knew little about the business, and terminated the attempt at salt making by burning the salt-house and spoiling the pans."
The colony had been extensively advertised and inordinately praised.3 The landsmen generally were "ill-chosen and ill com- manded," and "fell into many disorders," rendering the company little service.4 An improvement was sought by the company. Roger Conant, a religious and prudent Puritan, who had come to Plymouth as early as the autumn of 1622, and not being in sym- pathy with the Pilgrim's religious position, had removed to Nan- tasket, where he was the principal man, was invited by the Dorchester Company to remove to Cape Ann and manage all its affairs there. This was brought about in 1625, through the recommendation of Rev. John White, who engaged Mr. Hum- phrey, the treasurer' of the joint adventurers, to write to Mr. Conant, in their names, that "they had chosen him to be their governor in that place, and would committ unto him the charge of all their affairs, as well fishing as planting."
Roger Conant, son of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant, was born at Budleigh, Devonshire, England, where he was
CHARLES F. GARDNER ;? clerk; married Mary S. Leach Dec. 14, 1893; children : 1. Clinton West,10 born July 13, 1895; 2. Helen A.,10 born May 27, 1898. ARTHUR W. GARDNER;9 lives in Somerville; bookkeeper; married Mary E. Saunders Aug. 19, 1890; child : I. Chester Russell,10 born Aug. 25, 1891. ALDEN B. GARDNER ;" married, first, Louisa A. Shepard Sept. 18, 1876; she died Aug. 5, 1880; married, second, Sadie Cameron Oct. 26, 1881; she was divorced; married, third, Florence A. Cushing Jan. 19, 1897; she died in Middleton Oct. 18, 1899; children: 1. Mary Lizzie,10 born May 31, 1878; 2. -- 10 (son), born Aug. 1, 1879; died Aug. 3, 1879; 3. Alden B .; 10 died 10
March II, 1898; 4. 10 (daughter), born about October, 1898. EDSON FABENS GARDNER ;9 clerk; lives in Peabody ; married Mabel S. McClearn of Marblehead June 14, 1894; children: I. Stuart Needham,10 born Nov. 6, 1895; 2. Agnes L.,10 born June 24, 1897; 3. 10 (daughter), born June 24, 1907. DR. FRANK AUGUSTINE GARDNER ;9 physician; married, first, Caroline L. Read June 15, 1887; she died April 23, 1902; married, second, Marion R. Fuller of Salem Oct. 31, 1906; children : 1. Pauline,10 born Nov. 9, 1888; un- married; 2. Dorothy," born June 19, 1910. WALDO DENNETT GARDNER ;9 bank clerk; married Charlotte Johnson June 10, 1902; children: I. Waldo Johnson,10 born June 20, 1905; 2. Eleanor,10 born July 10, 1907. WILLIAM HENRY GARDNER;º teacher of penmanship; lives in California; married Daisy M. Brown of Beverly; children: I. Ethel Warren,10 born May 27, 1888 ;. 2. Willard H. W.,10 born Nov. 22, 1901.
See Gardner Genealogy, by Dr. Frank Augustine Gardner, Salem, 1907. 1History of New Plymouth, by William Bradford, page 116.
"History of New Plymouth, by William Bradford, page 1I7.
3Planters Plea, chapter VIII.
4A Voyage to New England, by Christopher Levett, London, 1628.
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christened April 9, 1592. In 1619 and 1620, he was living in the parish of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London, being a salter, probably of the company of salters of London. He came to New England as early as the autumn of 1622, and lived in Plymouth for about Hagen Conant a year, and then removed to Nantasket, which was then the commercial centre of the Pil- grim territory. He had lived there more than a year, when he received the communication from Mr. Humphrey, offering him the position of governor of the settlement at Cape Ann.1
He immediately removed to Cape Ann, and entered upon the arduous duties of his new position. He found that insubordina- tion existed among the men, and that its suppression was a difficult task.
No minister had been sent to Cape Ann, apparently, until Roger Conant took charge of the settlement. Then, Rev. John Lyford, who was living at Nantasket was engaged to go to Cape Ann in that capacity. He had been sent to the Plymouth planta- tion by the Episcopal faction of the adventurers in London, out of hostility to Mr. Robinson, who, with a portion of the Pilgrim church, was yet at Leyden. Mr. Lyford appeared extremely humble and reverent, shedding many tears and blessing God that
1ROGER CONANT lived in what is now Beverly from and after about 1637 ; married Sarah Horton Nov. 11, 1618, in the parish of St. Annis, Black- friars, London; she was living in 1666, but probably died soon after ; he died Nov. 19, 1679; children : 1. Sarah,2 baptized Sept. 19, 1619, in the parish of St. Lawrence, London; buried there Oct. 30, 1620; 2. Caleb,2 baptized May 27, 1622, in the parish of St. Lawrence; came to Massachusetts with his parents; returned to England, where he died in 1633; 3. Lot,2 born in 1623; lived in Marblehead until Beverly became a town, and then removed thither ; married Elizabeth Walton of Marblehead; died in Beverly about 1680; his widow Elizabeth married, secondly, Andrew Mansfield of Lynn; had children; 4. Roger,2 born in 1626; first white child born in Salem; lived in Marblehead; married Elizabeth -- from Cork, Ireland; 5. Sarah,2 born about 1628; probably married John Leach of Beverly; 6. Joshua2; 7. Mary,2 born about 1632; married, first, John Balch; second, William Dodge; 8. Elizabeth ;2 living, unmarried, in 1679; 9. Exercise,2 baptized Dec. 24, 1637, in Salem; lived in Beverly and Boston, Mass., and Windham, Conn .; rep- resentative; married Sarah -; died April 28, 1722; had children.
JOSHUA CONANT2; sea captain; lived in Marblehead; married Seeth Gardner; died in England in 1659; she married, secondly, John Grafton ; child : I. Joshua,3 born April 15, 1657.
JOSHUA CONANT3; master mariner; removed to Eastham (now Truro) about 1700; married, first, Christian More Aug. 31, 1676; she died May 30, 1680, aged twenty-eight; married, second, Sarah Newcomb Jan. 9, 1690-1 ; children : I. Joshua,4 born May 12, 1678; 2. Kezia,4 born Nov. 8, 1691; 3. Caleb,4 born Nov. 13, 1693; lived in Truro; married Hannah (Lombard ?) ; had children; 4. Sarah,4 born April 12, 1695; 5. John,4 born April 19, 1700; lived in Provincetown; married Kezia Lombard Oct. 18, 1725; had children. See Genealogy of the Conant Family, by Frederick Odell Conant, Port- land, Me., 1887.
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He had brought him to see their faces. Although he affected admiration of the Pilgrim order in church and state, was re- ceived into their fellowship and consulted by the governor on important matters, he soon manifested, with John Oldham, his dual character, and endangered the interests of the colony by his sedition. He wrote many letters, full of false and slanderous accusations, to England. His endeavor was to reform the church and have the sacraments, and he finally set up a separate public meeting one Sunday. The governor convened a public meeting, and called him to account. As he had a large family, he was given liberty to remain six months. He confessed publicly before the church, with tears, stating that his pride, vain-glory and self-love caused him to do the evil. So they permitted him to teach among them again. Within a month or two, he began to justify his former acts, and was again tried. For this, and certain other offences committed in Ireland, he was dismissed in August, 1624. He removed to Nantasket with some of his friends.1 He was en- gaged to go to Cape Ann, probably because the Dorchester Com- pany thought he would be satisfactory to the colony there, and be free from the suspicion of the Pilgrims.
Under the government of Mr. Conant, the affairs improved but little, if any, and finally, in 1626, the design was abandoned by the merchants. This was largely due to the losses in fishing and the great depreciation in the value of their vessels. In this two and a half years, one thousand pounds had been spent and not one hundred pounds received in profits. "Ill-carriage of our men at land" was given as the cause of failure. Great credit is due to the ability, administrative talent and public spirit of Conant ; but the conditions were probably such that success was impossible. The company was dissolved and the shipping and provision sold.
The company paid the men their wages, and offered them a passage home. This offer was accepted by the ill-behaved, thrift- less and weak-minded portion of the colonists, which were a majority of the men. Thus happily freed from the drones and scum of their society, though greatly lessened in numbers, the colony gained in strength, and now consisted only of the honest and industrious, who were resolved to remain faithful to the great object of colonization. From that time they were free of any obligation or control of the company and were entitled to no aid from it.
The scanty means of obtaining a living from the soil had been a serious drawback, and as soon as the colonists were free, they sought a more fertile and sheltered location within the bay. With
1History of New Plymouth, by William Bradford, pages 205, 233-237.
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his faithful companions, Roger Conant, "as one inspired by some superior instinct," frustrated the "order for the dissolving of the company on land" and made investigation of the shores.1 About sixteen miles to the southwest was found a secluded place on a peninsula by a wide river with good harbors, in the territory called by the Indians Naumkeag. As they passed through what is now the harbor of Beverly, a view of Danvers River opened before them; and to the left North River broadened out. The illustration of the latter stream is limited to North Street, but in
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the first settlement it extended to Goodhue Street, twice as far as now. In the picture the first point of land extending into the river on the left forms the northern side of a cove, which has a southwestern exposure and is protected from the northerly and easterly winds by a wooded ridge, along which March Street now runs. Here was a good beach, and nearby a marsh, where thatch grew abundantly, and soil fit for the raising of fruits and vege- tables. The view of the opposite shore, with its grassy sward extending to the water's edge, was delightful.
To this place Mr. Conant and his companions removed in the autumn of 1626. Rev. Mr. Lyford refused, however, to remain with them, and decided to go to Virginia. He earnestly en-
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deavored to persuade them to go with him; but Mr. Conant positively declared that he intended to stay where he was, though all the rest should forsake him, believing that soon others would come and settle there.1 Mr. Conant's companions refused to leave him. Mr. Lyford and his wife went to Virginia where he died shortly afterward.2
The motive that caused the decision of Mr. Conant was his prophetic conception that a plantation here would be a place where those seeking religious freedom could find it. He in- timated his thoughts to his friends in England. Rev. John White was grieved that the beginning they had made should be allowed
1History of New England, by Rev. William Hubbard, page 108.
2History of New Plymouth, by William Bradford, page 237.
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to fail, and wrote to Mr. Conant not to desert his purpose, faith- fully promising that, if he, with John Woodbury, John Balch and Peter Palfrey, three of the others with him, whom he knew to be honest and prudent men, would remain at Naumkeag, and give timely notice of their intention, he would provide a patent for them, and also send them whatever they should wish for, both men and provisions, as well as goods with which to trade with the Indians. Answer was returned that all of them would stay.
The home of John Woodbury1 was in Somersetshire, England. He went to Cape Ann in 1624, and was prominent there as well For Balcão as at Naumkeag. John Balch2 was born in 1579, in Bridgewater, Somersetshire, England, and came to America with Captain Gorges in September, 1623, set- tling with the Dorchester Com-
1JOHN WOODBURY1 lived, after the town was laid out, at what is now 226 Essex street; died in 1641; wife Ann was living in 1662; children: I. Humphrey,2 born in 1608; 2. John;2 3. Hannah,2 baptized Dec. 23, 1636; married Cornelius Baker; 4. Abigail,2 baptized Nov. 12, 1637; married John Hill of Beverly; 5. Peter,2 born June 19, 1640; yeoman; deacon; lived in Beverly; married, first, Abigail Batchelder; second, Sarah Dodge; died July 5, 1704; had children.
HUMPHREY WOODBURY2; yeoman and fisherman ; lived in that part of the town which became Beverly; married Elizabeth - -; died in 1686; she died in 1689; children : I. Thomas,3 born about 1639; lived in Beverly; married, first, Hannah (Dodge), widow of Samuel Porter; and, second, Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Curtis; died in 1719; had children; 2. John,3 baptized Oct. 24, 1641; lived in Beverlyffi married, first, Elizabeth second, Alice, widow of John Derby; had children; 3. Isaac,3 baptized Feb. 4, 1643-4; lived in Beverly; married Mary Wilkes Oct. 9, 1671; had children; 4. Humphrey, baptized March 8, 1646-7; mariner; lived in Beverly and Gloucester ; married Ann Winder of Gloucester; died in Gloucester April 9, 1727; had children; 5, Susanna,3 born Feb. 4, 1648-9; married John Tenney of Rowley; 6. William,3 baptized May 4, 1651; lived in Beverly; married Hannah Hascoll Nov. 20, 1676; died in 1710; had children; 7. Peter,3 born March 28, 1653; killed in the Indian War in 1675, while serving in Capt. Thomas Lathrop's company; 8. Richard,3 born Feb. - , 1654-5; lived in Beverly; married Sarah Haskell; served in the Canada Expedition; and died in Boston, on his return, in 1690; had children; 9. Elizabeth,3 born April 28, 1657; married - Walker of Boston; 10. Christian, born April 20, 1661 ; married John Trask. JOHN WOODBURY ;2 mariner ; married Eliza- beth -; died before 1682; she married, secondly, Capt. John Dodge; children : I. Elizabeth,3 born Aug. 15, 1654; 2. John,3 born March 15, 1657; probably died before 1663; 3. Abigail,3 born Oct. 6, 1660; 4. Ebenezer,3 bap- tized July 3, 1667; miller, having a grist-mill; lived on Royal Side, in Beverly ; married Hannah Dodge; died in 1714; had children; 5. Hannah," baptized May 22, 1670.
"JOHN BALCH,1 after 1637, lived in what iss now Beverly; married, first ; Margaret -, who died in 163 -; married, second, Agnes (Annis) ; died in 1648; she died in 1657; children: I. Benjamin,2 born in 1629; 2. John;2 3. Freeborn,2 born about 1633; died about 1659, unmarried.
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pany at Cape Ann. Peter Pal- frey' was a man in whom Conant and others reposed confidence. He lived where the Essex House now stands on Essex street until 1651, when he removed to Reading.
BENJAMIN BALCH2; lived on his father's homestead; married, first, Sarah Gardner about 1650; she died April 5, 1686; married, second, Abigail, widow of Matthew Clarke of Marblehead Feb. 5, 1689; she died Jan. 1, 1690; married, third, Grace Mallet March 15, 1691-2; living in 1706; chil- dren: I. Samuel,3 born May -, 1651; deacon; yeoman; lived in Beverly; town clerk and representative; 2. Benjamin3; mariner; lived in Beverly; 3. John,3 born about 1654; housewright; lived in Beverly; representative; 4. Joseph;3 killed by the Indians at Bloody Brook Sept. 18, 1675; 5. Free- born,3 born Aug. 9, 1660; yeoman; lived in Beverly; 6. Sarah;3 married James Patch; 7. Abigail;3 married Cornelius Larcom; 8. Ruth;3 unmarried in 1687; 9. Mary;ª married Nathaniel Stone; 10. Jonathan,8 baptized April 10, 1670; II. David,3 born July 9, 1671; 12. Deborah,3 born June 6, 1693; 13. Lydia,8 born Aug. 28, 1695. JOHN BALCH;2 mariner; married Mary Conant; divorced June 16, 1662; she married, secondly, William Dodge; child: I. Mary;3 died in 1662 or 1663.
See Genealogy of the Balch Family, by Galusha B. Balch, 1897; and The Essex Antiquarian, volume VI, pages 1-14.
1Peter Palfrey married, first, Edith second, Elizabeth, widow of John Fairfield of Wenham; third, Alice ; removed to Reading in 1651; died there in 1663, "well stricken in years"; his wife Alice survived him; children: 1. Jonathan, baptized Dec. 25, 1636; 2. Jehoidan, baptized Dec. 25, 1636; married Benjamin Smith of Reading: 3. Remember, baptized Sept. 16, 1638; married Peter Aspinwall of Muddy River; 4. Mary, baptized Dec. 15, 1639.
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SITE OF OLD PLANTERS SETTLEMENT.
On the strength of the promise of Rev. Mr. White, Conant and his associates cleared the forest and upon foundations of clay and stones built their cottages.1 The houses had no cellars under them ; and were probably constructed of logs with thatched roofs. Other cottages were built at this place after the coming of En- decott. There were nineteen of them, but they were all gone before 1661.2 This indicates how unsubstantial they were.
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