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Speedwell. Pink. One-half of this vessel belonged to John Turner at the time of his decease, in 1680, when it was appraised at one hundred and fifty pounds. That would be three hundred pounds as the value of the whole vessel.
Dec. 30, 1686, Governor Andros gave a pass for this vessel to go on a voyage to Barbadoes. The vessel was then command- ed by Thomas Beadle.
Success. Ship. This vessel came to Salem in 1630, arriving July 26th.
Supply. Ketch. This vessel sailed between Salem and New York, trading with the Dutch at New York, contrary to orders, and Dec. 12, 1673, the council ordered her capture. She was seized on the fifteenth and ordered for trial at Boston.
The next that is heard of her is in 1677, when she appears as a man-of-war, being fitted out in Salem for a vessel of war to go out against the pirates. She carried forty men, and was com- manded by Capt. Nicholas Manning. She carried the benediction of Rev. John Higginson: "The Lord give them good success." Thirteen guns were allowed upon the vessel. The following named persons were paid for this purpose the sums following their names. The vessel was fitted out for the use of the country, and these expenditures were to be satisfied out of the colonial treasury. In 1677, there was paid to John Turner £13, 4s., 4d; William Browne, sr., £12, 15s .; Timothy Lindall £9, 14s., Id; John Higgin- son, jr., £9; John Hathorne £6, 15s .; Thomas Gardner, Samuel Gardner, Edmond Batter and William Hirst £6, 7s., 6d each ; John Ruck £5 ; William Browne £4, 19s., 5d ; Capt. William Browne £4, IIS., 4d ; and Capt. John Price £3, os., 4d ; in 1678 to Capt. George Corwin £12, 15s. : Capt. John Price £11, 7s., £11, 16d, and £3, Os., 6d : Timothy Lindall £8, IIs., 6d; Capt. William Browne £5, 6s .; John Ruck £1. 17s., 6d, and £1, 17s., 6d; John Higginson, jr., £I, IOS. ; March 6, 1678-9, to Capt. John Curwin, for the man-of- war and the Eastern poor, £14, 17s .; Captain Price £16; John Higginson £4, 4s .; Robert Stone £2, 5s .; and Timothy Lindall 16s., 5d ; and Robert Stone £2, 5s. ; and April 2, 1679, to Timothy Lindall £8, IIS., 6d .; and Capt. John Ruck £3, os., 6d ; making in 1677 £94. in 1678 £58 and in 1679 £67, in all about £219.
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The next year, she appears as a merchant vessel, and Feb. 26, 1678-9, she was waiting in the harbor of Salem for a fair wind to start on a voyage to the Southward.
Susan. Ketch. Capt. Richard Moore of Salem, mariner, owned one-half, at least, of this vessel in 1659.
Susannah. Ketch. 25 tuns burthen. Dec. 23, 1687, the governor gave a pass that she might go on a voyage to Virginia, under the command of Peter Brateler, with a crew of six.
The next year this vessel picked up a boat with three men, which was blown out of Cheasapeake Bay March 30, 1687. They were brought to Salem.
Swallow. Ketch. 60 tuns burthen. This vessel was com- manded by Joseph Hardy, June 9, 1663, when they set sail for the northward. Later, she was in the service of the colony, as Edward Rawson, the colonial secretary, wrote to the governor and council of Connecticut, in March, 1674, that the ketch Swallow of Salem, with twelve guns and sixty men, with another vessel were ready to sail "to cruise up and down the Sound," "on the service of the colonies."
Talbot. Ship. 300 tuns burthen. This ship was strong, with nineteen pieces of ordinance and manned by thirty mariners. It brought about one hundred planters to Naumkeag in 1629. It was under the command of Thomas Beecher, and sailed from Gravesend, England, on Saturday, April 25, 1629.1 It had been hired by the Massachusetts Bay Company for this purpose, and again the next year it came with the Winthrop fleet and was the vice-admiral of the fleet. It sailed down the harbor of South- ampton March 22, 1629-30, and arrived at Salem, July 2, 1630.
Thomas and Mary. Ketch. Off Torbay, near Cansir, this vessel, which belonged in Salem, and was commanded by Joshua Conant, was taken by three French vessels, two of which were frigates and the other a merchantman, Sept. 17, 1689.
Trial. Ketch. This vessel belonged in Salem, and was com- manded by Edward Hilliard. A cargo had been placed in the vessel, for a voyage to Virginia, Feb. 5, 1667-8. The owners of the cargo were Eleazer Hathorne and John Corwin, merchants, and it consisted of four mares, with eight hundred weight of hay to feed them on, wine, shoes for men, women and children, women and boys' stockings and a variety of cloth. The following is the note of orders given to the master :-
Salem 5th february 1667.
M' Edward Hilliard :
S' You are to take the first optunity of wind & weather Convenient to Sayle hence in the Katch Tryall (wherof y" are Mast") and Direct
1See volume I, pages 110-114, for an account of the voyage.
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yo' Course for Virginia And when it shall please god to send y" thether vpon yo' first Ariuall Enquir wtt place there is most plenty of Tobb : and thether goe to dispose of oº goods aboard, make Sale of o' goods for redy Tobacco, if it may possibly be pcured make noe Debts, but sell ye Cheaper for redy Goods Either Porke o' Hyds y" may sell for, if To- bacco may not be had : if y" should find or goods Low and Tobacco not to be got take aduice whether it may not mor : pbably Conduce to o' pfitt to goe to Roanocke, and if y" should find good Encoradgment you may Act as y" shall judge most for o" Aduantage make wth Dispatch yu possibly can And returne hether to us: Thus wth o' prayers for yo" psperous voyadge we Remaine
Yo' Loueind Friends JOHN . CORWIN ELEAZER HATHORNE1
William Hollingworth of Salem, mariner, for two hundred pounds, conveyed to Philip Cromwell of Salem the good ketch Trial of Salem with all her masts, yards, sails, tackle, blocks, rig- ging, boat, etc., June 6, 1672.
Mary Batter, administratrix of the estate of Edmond Batter, lately deceased, for sixty-five pounds, conveyed to Nathaniel Dumer of Southton, England, one-half of this ketch which the deceased bought of John Hubbard of Boston, and one-half of her sails, anchors, cables, boat, etc., April 23, 1686.
Daniel Webb of Salem was master of this vessel in 1678 and 1679, when he twice sailed from Kingsale, Ireland, to Salem.
Unity. Ketch. July 29, 1671, this vessel belonged to Eleazer Hathorne of Salem, and on that day he let it to freight to Richard Wharton of Boston. The ketch, being insufficiently caulked and fitted, sprang a leak at sea, and the goods on board were injured and some of them lost.2
Virgin. Ketch 30 tuns burthen. The governor gave a pass to this vessel to go on a voyage to Antigua Dec. 14, 1688, when she was commanded by John Allen, and carried a crew of four men.
Visitation. Ship. 100 tuns burthen. This vessel belonged in Boston. William Hollingworth of Salem, merchant, hired Zacha- riah Gillum, master therof, to carry a cargo of one hundred hogs- heads of tobacco from the Potomac River, in Maryland, Dec. 20, 1663, to Plymouth, England, where said ship and master are to stay four days at the pleasure of said Hollingworth, for his ad- vantage for a market, thence to sail to the Island of Jersey and to any one port in Holland as said Hollingworth shall decide, the ship staying four days at the Island of Jersey. This charter party was dated Sept. 10. 1663.3 The vessel was then riding at anchor in the river of Boston.
1Files of Salem Quarterly Court, volume XVI, leaf 93. "See Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3. leaf 144.
3See the charter party, Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 72.
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William. Ketch. This ketch was owned by William Jeggles, at the time of his decease, in 1659, which, with its appurtenances, was then appraised at fifty pounds.
William. Ketch. 26 tuns burthen. William Bowditch of Salem, merchant, conveyed to Philip Cromwell of Salem this vessel, which now lies at said Bowditch's wharf in Salem, Nov. 20, 1679.
William and John. Ship. John Turner owned one-third or three-eighths of this vessel at the time of his death, in 1680, when his part was appraised at five hundred pounds.
William and John. Ketch. 22 tuns burthen. Capt. Walter Price owned this ketch at the time of his death, in 1674, when it was valued at one hundred pounds. In his will, he gave it to his son John Price.
William and John. Ketch. John Turner owned three-eighths of this vessel at the time of his death, in 1680, when it was ap- praised at one hundred pounds. This would make the whole value of the vessel two hundred and sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence.
William and Mary. Ketch. Richard Moore, jr., was the commander of this ketch while on a voyage to Barbadoes, landing at Spike's Bay, leaving Boston Dec. 9, 1670. John Necke, aged twenty, was the mate, and John Belcher one of the crew.
William and Sarah. Ketch. This vessel was sailed in fish- ing, and was commanded by Capt. Nathan Nixon in 1671. One of the fishermen was then John Williams, who brought suit for his wages for three and one-half months service, amounting to ten pounds and ten shillings.
Willing Mind. Ketch. John Turner owned this ketch at the time of his decease, in 1680, when it was appraised at ninety pounds.
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HE selectmen, Jan. 19, 1665-6, ordered that Henry Kirk, the currier, and his man be warned by the constable to leave the town. Kirk was entertained by Mathew Price. The selectmen gave John Bartram leave to so- journ here until the "weather breaks up," but not more than two months.
April 21, 1666, the selectmen ordered that all wells between Thomas Cromwell's and Richard Gardner's, to the head of Mr. Brown's cove, so called, should have a curb two and a half to three feet high above the ground.
Shortly before the death of Capt. William Trask. he filed a petition with the general court, praying that some of the land taken from the Indians in the Pequot War, lying in the valley of the Connecticut, might be granted to him, as he understood that a portion of the land had been given to some "who it may be never sweat so much for it as some of us bled on it," and for his service in that conflict. Four hundred acres were granted to him.1
Captain Trask died May 15, 1666, and three days later, the. selectmen ordered that the soldiers which attend him to his grave should have an allowance of not more than twenty shillings to "make them drink at Mr. Gidney's, at the discretion of Walter Price, and cloth to cover the drum."
March 6, 1665-6, the selectmen ordered that Captain Corwin and Walter Price have the small field gun mounted fit for service ..
May 23, 1666, as the town and harbor of Salem "lie too open and exposed to danger, and that due care and means have not been impowered for their defence and security," the general court ordered that the town of Salem, "erecting a work or battery upon some convenient place upon their harbor. by advice and direction of the major general, shall have the like encouragement, by
1Massachusetts Archives, volume 30, leaf 89.
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abatement of the country rate ; and for the orderly and better carrying on of the said work, Capt. George Corwin is here- by desired and impowered to improve all means for the speedy effecting of this work, and the committee of militia of Salem de- sired to advise and assist him in the business." The court promised to order them two or three guns, when a work to secure them should have been made.
William Curtis,1 a blacksmith, came to Sa- lem in 1659, and re- mained here as long as he lived.
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James Hadlock2 of Roxbury married Rebecca, daughter of Richard Hutchinson, and came to Salem to live in 1659. His James Harlock house was on the west- erly side of Pine Street, about midway between Holton and Hobart streets, in Danvers.
1WILLIAM CURTIS1 married Alice Rumball; she was his wife in 1708; he died before 1723; children: I. Anna,2 born Aug. 30, 165 -; 2. Sarah,2 born Oct. 13, 1660; died Oct. 25, 1660; 3. William,2 born Dec. 26, 1662; 4. Abi- gail,2 born about Aug. 15, 1664; married Thomas Mason; 5. John,2 born May 14, 1666; 6. Elizabeth,2 born Jan. - , 1668; married John Lowther ; 7. Hannah,2 born Aug. - , 1670.
WILLIAM CURTIS;2 blacksmith and sawyer; married, first, Judith Need- ham March 22, 1687; second, Lydia (Anna?) before 1710; the latter was his wife in 1731; he died in 1741; children: I. William,8 born Jan. 13, I687-8; blacksmith and currier; lived in Lynn; married Elizabeth Scadlock (Scarlet ?) May 4, 1709; died Sept. 22, 1730; she married, secondly, John Hawks of Lynn Sept. 4, 1735; had children; 2. Ruth,3 born July 5, 1690; married Banter; 3. John,3 born Aug. 15, 1693; living in 1740; 4. Daniel3 (triplet), born Feb. 4, 1698-9; 5. James3 (triplet), born Feb. 4, 1698-9; 6. Jonathan3 (triplet), born Feb. 4, 1698-9; 7. Locker,8 born May 3, 1701; 8. Lydia,8 born July 24, 1702; married - Stillman; 9. Daniel,3 born April -, 170 -; shipwright; married Rebecca Farrington March 29, 1729; living in 1740. JOHN CURTIS;2 married Elizabeth
child I. John,3 born Oct. 21, 1690, in Salem.
2JAMES HADLOCK1; married Rebecca Hutchinson in May. 1658; died Dec. 3, 1687; she was his wife in 1680; children: I. James,2 born about 1659; 2. Rebecca ;2 living in 1678; 3. Hannah;2 4. Sarah,2 born Sept. - , 1659; 5. Mary,2 born March 2, 1661; married John Worthen Dec. 30, 1689; 6. Sarah,2 born Dec. 6, 1670; married William Simons ; 7. John.2 JAMES HADLOCK ;2 married Abigail Martin of Amesbury Dec. 3, 1679; died July 2, 1716; had children : I. James,3 born Sept. 24, 1679, in Salem ; 3 " 3 2. John,3 born in 1681; 3. Sarah;3 4. Abigail ;3 5. - (son) ; 6. (son) ; 7. Samuel,8 born March 18, 1688-9; 8. Damaris;3 9. Hannah ;3 IO. Mary;3 II. Joseph,3 born Nov. 27, 1700, in Amesbury; 12. Ruth,3 born July 15, 1705, in Amesbury. JOHN HADLOCK;2 yeoman; married Sarah Pasque Jan. 16, 1694-5; children : I. Sarah,3 born June -, 1695; died Oct. 10, 1701; 2. Margery,3 baptized Sept. 27, 1696; 3. John,3 baptized Aug. 27, 1699; 4. Rebecca,3 baptized Nov. 30, 1701; 5. Marah,3 baptized Feb. 25, 1704; 6. Sarah,3 baptized March 24, 1705-6; 7. Pascho,3 baptized June 27, 1708.
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John Upton1 (called John Rupton at first) was a native of Scotland, and a prisoner taken in battle by Cromwell. He was
JOHN UPTON1 came from Hammersmith to Salem in 1659; was a blacksmith; lived on Wood Hill, in the woods in Peabody, on what is now Lowell Street, until he removed to Reading about 1676; married Eleanor Stuart in America; she was living in 1697; he died July 1I, 1699; children : I. John," born about 1655; lived in Reading; married Sarah Thompson of Reading Dec. 14, 1680; she died Oct. 12, 1719; he died in the summer of 1727; had children; 2. Eleanor," born about 1656; died April 20, 1663; 3. William,2 born about 1658; died April -, 1663; 4. James,2 born Sept. - , 1660; lived in North Reading; died, unmarried, about 1702; 5. Mary,2 born about 1661 ; died April 15, 1663 ; 6. William,2 born June 10, 1663 ; 7. Samuel,2 born Oct. - , 1664; 8. Ann;2 married Samuel Fraile; 9. Isabelle,2 born Jan. 3, 1666-7 ; died, unmarried, Dec. 6, 1689; 10. Ezekiel,2 born Sept. - , 1668; husbandman; lived in North Reading; married, first, Rebecca Preston Dec. 28, 1693; second, Ruth (Marsh), widow of James Hardy Jan. 23, 17II-2; had children; II. Joseph,2 born April 9, 1670; lived in North Reading; married Abigail Phelps (?) Feb. 12, 1692; was living in 1753; had children; 12. Francis,2 born July 1, 1671; died, unmarried, Dec. 9, 1694; 13. Mary; was unmarried in 1697.
WILLIAM UPTON ;2 yeoman; lived in the Danvers part of Salem; mar- ried Mary Maber May 27, 1701; died in the winter of 1739-40; children : I. William,3 born July 17, 1703; lived in Reading; married, first, Lydia Burnap of Reading Jan. 4, 1726-7; second, Hannah Felton Dec. 9, 1755; was living in 1760; 2. Mary,3 born Sept. 28, 1705; married Thomas Rich of Wilmington Nov. 24, 1735; 3. James,3 born Jan. 5, 1707-8; 4. Paul,3 born Feb. 20, 1709-10; 5. Francis,3 born May 13, 1712; lived in North Reading ; married, first, Phebe Swallow of Reading May 13, 1735; second, Edith Herrick Dec. 2, 1741; died in the winter of 1775-6; had children ; 6. Edward,3 born April 16, 1714; glazier ; married Eleanor Osborn Nov. 18, 1735; 7. Richard,3 born May 20, 1716; lived in Reading; married Rachel Rich June 26, 1746; had children; 8. Dorcas3 (twin), born Sept. 4, 1718; married Stephen Felton; 9. Timothy3 (twin), born Sept. 4, 1718; 10. Caleb,3 born Feb. 4, 1722.
SAMUEL UPTON ;2 married Abigail Frost Jan. 14, 1702-3; lived in 1743; children : I. Samuel,3 born June 30, 1704; 2. Abigail,8 baptized Aug. 3, 1707; married George Small; 3. Nathaniel3 (twin), bap- tized March 27. 1709; lived in Reading; married Mary Eaton of Reading Nov. 19, 1734; died Jan. - , 1788; she died in 1808, aged ninety-five; left no children; 4. Jemima3 (twin), baptized March 27, 1709; married Israel Eaton; 5. Anna,3 baptized April 6, 1712; living in 1740; 6. Benjamin,3 bap- tized May 10, 1713; yeoman; lived in Danvers; married Sarah Swinnerton Nov. - , 1736; died in the autumn of 1768; she died in 1773; no children ; 7. Eunice,3 baptized April 24, 1715; married -Twist (Taft?) ; 8. Amos,3 baptized Oct. 20, 1717; deacon; lived in Reading; married Sarah Bickford Dec. 5. 1739; died Oct. 6, 1780; she died, his widow. Nov. 17, 1818, aged ninety-nine; had children; 9. Lois;3 married John McIntire in 1744; 10 Noah,8 baptized Sept. 17, 1721.
JAMES UPTON ;3 lived in the Peabody part of Salem; cordwainer; mar- ried Susanna Dagget Nov. 2, 1732; died in Danvers July 22, 1778; she died April 20, 1796; children: I. Tamisin,4 born Sept. 1, 1733; married Zach- ariah Felton Feb. 1, 1755; 2. Stephen,4 born April 23, 1735; died June 9, 1756; 3. Hannah,4 born June 26, 1737; married Ebenezer Sprague in 1759; 4. Mary,4 born March II, 1738; died Aug. 4, 1746; 5. baptized March II, 1743-4; 6. James,4 born March 29, 1744; died Dec. 6, 1764; 7. John,4 born Nov. 19, 1746; cordwainer; lived in Danvers; married Joanna Dodge of Beverly Dec. 3, 1767; shes died May 1, 1821 ; he died April II,
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connected with the iron works at Hammersmith (Saugus), Mass.,
1824; had children; 8. Daniel,4 born April 6, 1749; died in Danvers May 30, 1773. ENS. PAUL UPTON ;3 yeoman; lived in the Danvers part of Salem; married, first, Susanna Whipple Oct. - , 1732; second, Phebe Goodell Feb. 24, 1736-7; died in 1750; she died Feb. 7, 1795; children: I. Susanna,4 baptized April 14, 1733; married Daniel Upton Feb. 18, 1756; 2. Ezra,4 born Oct. II, 1738; 3. David,4 baptized April 26, 1741; husbandman; lived in Danvers; married Sarah Goodell March 5, 1771; died March 10, 1772; she survived him; had one child; 4. Hannah, baptized Sept. 25, 1743; married Jacob Goodell Dec. 19, 1763; 5. Mehitabel,4 born about 1745; died young; 6. Phebe,4 baptized Aug. 16, 1747; died young; 7. George,4 baptized June 3, I750; innholder; lived in Danvers; married Eunice Upton of Reading May 20, 1773; died in 1804; she married, secondly, Richardson; had children. TIMOTHY UPTON;3 cordwainer; lived in the Danvers part of Salem; married, first, Hannah Stacy Dec. 25, 1740; second, Ruth died in 1758; she married, secondly, Isaac Reed July 20, 1761; children : I. Nathan,4 born Nov. 15, 1741; lived in Danvers; married Elizabeth Gold- thwaite April 14, 1768; died March 17, 1795; she died Nov. 26, 1820; had children ; 2. Timothy,4 baptized Aug. 7, 1743; 3. Dorcas,4 born in 175 -. CALEB UPTON ;3 tailor ; lived in Amherst, N. H .; married : chil- dren : I. Jeduthun,4 born about 1752, in Reading; 2. Oliver,4 born about 1753; 3. Abiel,4 born Oct. 20, 1755, in Amherst; 4. Robert,4 born May 12, 1758; 5. Edmund,4 born about 1760; 6. Paul,4 born Dec. 25, 1760. SAM- UEL UPTON ;3 lived in Danvers; married Ruth Whipple Nov. 8, 1726; probably removed to New Brunswick; children : Mehitable,4 born Dec. 10, 1727; married John Very of Danvers Feb. 10, 1746-7; 2. Anna,4 born Dec. 30, 1730; married John Russell of Danvers; 3. Asa,4 born Oct. 3, 1734; lived in Danvers; soldier in the expedition to Acadia in 1755; married Elizabeth Webber of Marblehead June 12, 1758; she died June 22, 1818; he died Oct. 4, 1824, aged ninety ; had children : 4. Ruth,4 born Oct. 29, 1737; died, unmarried, Dec. 19, 1816; 5. Samuel,4 born April 22, 1740; married Rebecca Spinney of Marblehead April 1, 1765; removed to Maugerville, N. B., about 1765; 6. Sarah,4 born June 23, 1741 ; died in infancy; 7. Sarah,4 baptized March 6, 1743; married Jacob Barker of Boxford.
EZRA UPTON ;4 lived in Danvers; innholder and yeoman; married Me- hitabel Goodell Sept. 25, 1765; died Feb. 19, 1787; she married, second, Daniel Putnam; and, third, Joseph Putnam; she died March 28, 1827; children : I. Jesse, born Nov. 22, 1765; 2. Ebenezer, born Feb. 15, 1768; 3. Andrew,5 born May 29, 1770; died young; 4. David," born Dec. 4, 1772; 5. Andrew, born April 4, 1775 ; 6. Mehitabel, born July 13, 1777 ; 7. Phebe,5 born May 31, 1780; 8. Betsey, born July 15, 1782; 9. Eben," baptized Jan. 29, 1785; 10. - 5 (posthumous) ; died in infancy. CAPT. JUDUTHUN UPTON ;* baker, merchant and ship master; removed from Salem to Steuben, Me., about 1810; married, first, widow Mary (Brown) Austin Dec. II, 1783; she died at Steuben April -, 1815; married, second, Rachel Gage March 17, 1816; died in Steuben June -, 1823; children : I. William, born June 19, 1784; 2. Jeduthun, born Sept. 6, 1785; 3. Sally, born Feb. 19, 1787; mar- ried Samuel Hemenway Nov. 13, 1803; 4. Betsey, born July 20, 1788; died in Salem, unmarried, Nov. - , 1810; 5. John, born May 14, 1790; lived in Cherryfield, Me .; died May -, 1832; his widow married, secondly, Rufus Hill; had children; 6. Polly, born Oct. II, 1791 : ROBERT UPTON ;4 soldier in battles of Lexington and Bennington; lived in Reading and Salem from 1784 to 1792; removed to Cavendish, Vt., and finally to Harrington, now Millbridge, Me .; married Anna Wheelock in 1784; died in 1824; she died in Salem Feb. 10, 1835; children: 1. Samuel, born in 1784, in Middleton ;
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in 1658, came to Salem the next year; and removed to Reading
2. Anna,5 born in 1786; married; 3. Robert,5 born Feb. 16, 1788, in Salem; 4. Jonathan,“ baptized Feb. 14, 1790, in Salem; lived in Millbridge; mar- ried Nancy Woodworth; died Feb. 8, 1851; had children; 5. Nancy,5 born in 1794, in Cavendish; 6. Mary, born in 1797; 7. Sally, born in 1798; 8. Lucy, born in 1800. CAPT. EDMUND UPTON ;* ship master; married Pris- cilla Gardner Sept. II, 1791; freemason; she died Jan. - , 1823; he died in 1836; children: I. Edmund, born in 1792; mate of ship Columbus of Boston; married Mary Southard April 24, 1822; died at Matanzas July 8, 1827; 2. William ;5 died Feb. - , 1803; 3. - ;° married - Stone. PAUL UPTON; superintendent of Salem almshouse; of great strength; married, first, Rebecca Peirce Oct. 5, 1785; she died Nov. 4, 1799; married, second, Elizabeth Peirce April 9, 1801; died July 24, 1830; she died Jan. 12, 1857,
aged ninety-five ; children : Benjamin,5 born Jan. 17, 1786; 2. Joseph, born Jan. 27, 1788; 3. John, born Dec. 26, 1789; 4. Samuel," born Dec. 6, 1791; 5. Henry, born Sept. 6, 1794; 6. Edmund, born May 9, 1797; 7. Rebecca, born Oct. 21, 1799; died Dec. 19, 1799.
JESSE UPTON ;5 lived in Danvers; yeoman; kept tavern; married, first, Polly Upton; married, second, widow Elizabeth (Eliza) (Wyman) Wood of Woburn Nov. 22, 1798; died in Troy, Ind., Dec. - , 1824; she died Oct. - , 1857; children : I. Ebeneser, born Jan. 10, 1794; 2. Esra,6 born July 12, 1795; 3. Jesse,6 born Oct. 30, 1796; farmer; died, unmarried, Jan. 8, 1860; 4. Eliza,6 born in 1798; died young; 5. Polly,6 born Dec. 26, 1800; died June 25. 1805; 6. Eliza,6 born Sept. 6, 1802; 7. George,6 born July 5, 1805; 8. Polly,6 born April 27, 1810; 9. Andrew.6 CAPT. WILLIAM UPTON ; commander of schooner Hero; married Martha Brooks Feb. 1, 1807; died at Laguira Nov. 7, 1809; she died March 27, 1830; children : I. Martha,6 born May 13, 1808; married Joseph Small; 2. Elizabeth B.,6 born in 180 -; married William B. Patterson Feb. 28, 1830. CAPT. JEDUTHUN UPTON ;5 ship master ; mate of brig Samuel of Boston; merchant; married Sally Smith May 12, 1807; died at Havana Aug. 21, 1815; she died June 10, 835; children : I. -; 6 died April -, 1809; 2. Sally,6 born Aug. 16, 1812; married Nathan Stevens in 1834; 3. Mary Elizabeth,6 born Sept. 14, 1814; died Feb. - , 1815; 4. Mary Elizabeth,6 born April 26, 1816; married George B. Ricker Jan. 30, 1837. SAMUEL UPTON ;5 merchant; moved to Castine, Me., in 1816, and afterwards lived in Bangor, Me., Boston, Mass., and Washington, D. C .; married Rebecca Allen Peirce March 20, 1810; died March 3. 1842: she died at Cambridge, Mass .; children: I. Wheelock Samuel,6 born Jan. 17, ISII, in Salem; lawyer; lived in New Orleans, La .; married Mary Elinor Waters; died at Carrolton, La., Oct. 18, 1860; had children ; 2. Charles Horace,6 born Aug. 23, 1812, in Salem; Bowdoin College, 1834; lived in Virginia; United States consul at Geneva, Switzer- land; married Martha Ellen Page May 18, 1836; had children; 3. Francis Henry,“ born May 25, 1814, in Salem; lawyer; lived in New York and Washington, D. C .; married Sarah Foster Carr of Bangor Sept. 1, 1836; had children ; 4. Edward Peirce.6 born July 22, 1816, in Castine; 5. Rebecca Peirce," born June 3, 1818, in Castine; 6. Rufus Allyn,6 born Jan. 18. 1821, in Boston; 7. Helen Augusta,6 born Dec. 5. 1822; unmarried; in Europe in 1866. ROBERT UPTON ;5 merchant; in West India trade; married Lucy Doyle of Sedgwick Sept. 17, 18TI; she died Feb. 3. 1859; he died Sept. 9, 1863; children : 1. James,6 born March 31, 1813; 2. Luther, born March 16, 1815: 3. George, born Dec. 14, 1817; 4. Franklin, born Jan. 28, 1819: merchant ; lived in South Danvers; married Sarah Augusta Felton of Danvers Jan. 28, 1840; died in Boston Oct. 21, 1869; had children; 5. Lucy Ann," born Nov. 12, 1822; married --- Poole of Wakefield; 6. Charles," born May 28, 1824; 7. Edwin,6 born Feb. 18, 1826; 8. Harriet,“ born Sept. 9,
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