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she "did hope to live to tear his flesh in pieces and all such as he." Henry Cook heard her say it. She was also bound to good behavior, and, refusing to give bond, was ordered to be sent to Boston goal.
John Robinson, who had testified against her, seized her in a violent manner and put her in the stocks. She immediately brought suit against him for false imprisonment, and recovered ten shillings damages.
In the Ipswich court, Nov. 13, 1649, Mrs. Oliver was fined for stealing two goats. In the Salem court, Dec. 27, 1649, she was presented for speaking against the governor, saying that he was unjust, corrupt and a wretch, and that he made her pay for stealing two goats when "there was no proof of it." She was convicted, and sentenced to be whipped not more than twenty strokes next lecture day at Salem if the weather be moderate.
Criminations clustered around her. She accused Robert Adams of taking her ladder. She complained to the court in Salem that Henry Cooke had a pick axe of her's; and the court ordered him to pay her four shillings for it. George Ropes stated that she had kept away a spade of his, and the court ordered her to pay him five shillings for it.
Mr. Oliver left his family and returned to England, and, Nov. 15, 1648, she was ordered to go to him. The last time she appears is in the Salem court Feb. 29, 1649-50, when she and her children were to remove out of the jurisdiction. Mr. Oliver returned to Salem in 1652, and lived here until his death, in 1679.
The saddest scene of all in the quarterly court in Boston, Dec. 4, 1638, was the conviction and sentence to death of Dorothy, wife of John Talby, of Salem, whose domestic troubles have already been mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Talby were members of the church, and their daughter Difficulty was baptized on Christ- mas day, 1636. Mrs. Talby was esteemed for godliness, etc., but after the birth of the child she became melancholy and possessed of delusions. She sometimes tried to kill herself and her husband by refusing to eat "meat" and not permitting them to eat it, saying it had been so revealed to her. He complained to the Salem court, June 27, 1637, that she frequently laid hands on him to the danger of his life. She manifested contempt for the authority of the court, who ordered her to be chained to a post, being allowed only to "come to the place of God's worship," until she repented. The church was very patient with her, and after various admonitions, which were unavailing, they "cast" her out of the church. Whereupon she became worse, and, September . 25th following, she was ordered to be whipped for misdemeanors against her husband. For a time, she behaved herself more
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dutifully to her husband, etc .; but this continued only a few weeks. Her mind again became more clouded, and delusions controlled her. She believed that God revealed to her the neces- sity of taking the life of her baby, in order to save the child from future misery. Her acquaintances and even Governor Winthrop himself believed that she was possessed by Satan and by the delusions he caused her to believe were from God, she was led to take the child's life, by breaking its neck. She made no secret of the murder, and when apprehended confessed the deed. In the court, on this day, upon her arraignment, she, however, stood mute a good while,- until the governor told her that if she did not plead she would be pressed to death. She then confessed the truth of the indictment. She was duly sentenced. When she was to receive judgment, she would neither uncover her face nor stand, but as she was forced. She gave no testimony of her repentance, neither at the time of her sentence nor at her ex- ecution, by hanging, in Boston, two days later. She desired to be beheaded, as that method would be less painful and less shameful. Hugh Peter, her late pastor, and Rev. Mr. Wilson of Boston went with her to the place of execution, but could do no good. Mr. Peter gave an exhortation to the people to take heed of revelations, etc., and of despising the ordinances of excom- munication as she had done; and when he addressed her, denouncing her crime, she turned her back and would have gone away had she not been forcibly detained. After the rope had been placed about her neck and her face covered with a cloth, she pulled the latter off and put it between the rope and her neck. She was then cast off, and, after a swing or two, she caught at the ladder.
Mr. Talby1 was himself subsequently excommunicated from the Salem church "for much pride and unnaturalness to his wife." Perhaps Mr. Peter, after his second marriage, had received light on Mrs. Talby's mental condition,- that it was one which de- manded more reasonable and humane treatment.
On the thirteenth of the month, a general fast was kept upon the motion of the elders to the governor and council. The chief occasion was the great extent of sickness, "pox and fevers," through the country, the apparent decay of religion, the general declining of professors to the world, etc.
1John Talby died in the winter of 1644-5, leaving children : Anne, living in 1645; John, eldest son, living in Salem as late as 1657, an idle man, of whose support the town took charge; and Stephen, who, in 1657, commanded the ketch Adventure, which sailed between Boston and London. In volume I, page 362, it is stated that Mr. Talby was living in Salem in 1654; but this statement has reference to his son John, and not to his father who had died nine years before.
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THE GLASS WORKS.
A leading member of the Plymouth Company wrote to his friends in England to "Bring paper and linseed oil for your windows," and Mr. Higginson wrote from Salem, in 1629, to "Bring glass for your windows."
A glass house was erected in Salem in 1638. It was located in that part of the town which is now Peabody on the southerly side of Aborn Street, the original highway to Boston; and Abbott Street now runs by the glass house field. The product of these glass works consisted of bottles and coarse articles of inferior glass ; and probably window glass.
One of the leading glass makers was Ananias Conkclin,1 who was granted by the town, June 25, 1638, the ten acres of land which had been granted to Augustine Killam and by him ex- changed with the town for another lot. Mr. Concline built a house, and the town granted to him an acre of land near it Aug. 19, 1639; and, April 4, 1640, twenty poles of land for a yard before his door. He established the business of glass making here, and erected a building for that purpose before the end of the year 1638.
Mr. Conclin was joined by Obadiah Holmes2 (Hullme) to whom the town granted, Jan. 27, 1638-9, one acre of land for a house lot near the glass house and ten acres more. He was granted a quarter of an acre more near his garden May 2, 1642; and, Sept. 22, 1645, there was added to his grant about a dozen square rods, which he sold to Philemon Dickinson.
These glass makers were joined by Lawrence Southwick,3 who had half an acre of land here before April 17, 1639, when
1Ananias Conclin probably married Susan -; removed to Southold, L. I., in 1650, and to East Hampton, L. I., about 1653; died in 1657; children : I. Jeremiah, born in 1635; married Mary Gardiner; she married, second, Robert Starr of Salem Dec. 30, 1669; had children; 2. Benjamin ; married Hannah Mulford; 3. Lewis, baptized in Salem April 30, 1643; died at Amagansette, L. I., Oct. 2, 1716; ancestor of Hon. Roscoe Conklin of New York; 4. Hester; living in 1657, being under eighteen years of age.
2Mr. Holmes' wife Catherine was admitted to the church in Salem in 1639.
3LAWRENCE SOUTHWICK,1 tradition says, originated in Lancashire, mar- ried Cassandra ; they were admitted to the church in Salem April 24, 1639; they were banished, as Quakers, from the Colony in 1659, and went by water to Shelter Island, L. I., where they died in the summer of 1660; children : I. John,2 born in 1620; 2. Mary,2 born in 1630; married Henry Trask; 3. Josiah,2 born in 1632; 4. Provided,2 born in 1635; died in 1640; 5. Daniel,2 born in 1637; 6. Provided,2 born Dec. - , 1641; married Samuel Gaskill.
JOHN SOUTHWICK2; husbandman; married, first, Sarah, widow of Samuel Tidd in 1642; second, Anne, widow of Thomas Flint; she died in the summer of 1668; third, Sarah Burnett Feb. 3, 1668-9; died Oct. 25,
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the town granted to him half an acre adjoining thereto. In the
1672; she married, second, Thomas Cooper; children: I. Sarah,3 born June 16, 1644; married Thomas Buffington; 2. Mary,3 born Oct. 10, 1646; married Thomas Burt Nov. 18, 1672; 3. Samuel,3 born Feb. 19, 1658-9; 4. John,3 born Jan. - , 166 -; 5. Isaac,3 born Nov. - , 1669; died Feb. - , 1669-70; 6. Isaac,3 born Jan. 27, 1670-1; lived in Reading; married Anna , had children; 7. Sarah,3 born Aug. 15, 1672. JOSIAH SOUTHWICK2; yeoman; married Mary Boyce Dec. 13, 1653; died in 1692; she was his widow in 1694; children : I. Deborah,3 born Jan. 13, 1655-6; married - Thresher ; 2. Josiah," born Jan. 27, 1657-9; 3. Joseph," born April -, 1662; married Ann -; both living in Salem in 1694; 4. Mary,3 born Nov. - , 1664; unmarried in 1694; 5. Cassandra,3 born Nov. - , 1667; married Jacob Mott of Portsmouth, R. I .; 6. Deliverance,3 born April 9, 1669; 7. Jonathan,3 born Oct. 16, 1670; 8. Ruth,3 born Feb. 21, 1674-5; unmarried in 1694; 9. Hopestill,3 born Aug. 30, 1678; 10. Solomon,3 born Jan. 9, 1683-4; removed to Rhode Island before I7II; married in 1712; had children. DANIEL SOUTHWICK2; yeoman; married Esther Boyce Feb. 23, 1663-4; she was living in 1718; he died in the winter of 1718-9; children : I. Lawrence,3 born in 1664; 2. Esther,3 born June 26, 1665; married James Buxton; 3. Elizabeth,3 born June 26, 1668; married John Wilkins; 4. Daniel,3 born March 25, 1671; 5. Eleanor,3 born June 25, 1674; married Samuel Osborn; 6. Mercy,3 born in 1676; married John Osborn; 7. Hannah,3 born Aug. 7, 1677; married Thomas Buffington.
SAMUEL SOUTHWICK3; husbandman; married Mary Ross of Ipswich June 24, 1686; died in the winter of 1709-10; she was his widow in 17II; children : I. Samuel,4 born Jan. 30, 1688-9; died before 1709; 2. Ebenezer, born Nov. 9, 1690; 3. Hannah,4 born Feb. 24, 1691-2; living in 17II; 4. Jonathan,4 born about 1694; 5. Benjamin,4 born in 1696; settled in New Salem, where he lived in 1743; married Abigail Burt in 1722; 6. David,4 born in 1701; lived in Williamstown; married Thankful Grig; died in 179 -; 7. Mercy,4 born in 1698; living in 1728; 8. Mary,4 born in 1700; married Henry Hutchins in 1736; 9. Elizabeth,4 born in 1702; living in 1728; 10. Provided,10 born in 1704; married John Carroll. JOHN SOUTH- WICK3; blacksmith and husbandman; married Hannah Follett Dec. 23, 1687 ; she was living in 1742; he died in the autumn of 1743; children: I. John,4 born Dec. 13, 1688; died young; 2. Joseph,4 born Jan. 1, 1690-1 ; died Oct. I, 1691; 3. Sarah,4 born Feb. 9, 1693-4; probably married Thomas Hutchins Jan. 7, 1719-20; 4. John,4 born May -, 1695; 5. Abraham,4 born in 1696; 6. Hannah,4 born July 27, 1698; probably married Ebenezer Shaw March 17, 1720-1; 7. Benjamin,4 born Jan. 22, 1701-2; 8. Isaac,4 born Sept. 23, 1704. JOSIAH SOUTHWICK3; husbandman; removed to Northampton, N. J., about 1702; married Ruth Symonds; children : I. Josiah,4 born about 1686; lived in Northampton in 1759; 2. James,4 born about 1689; yeoman; lived in Northampton in 1759: 3. Ruth,4 born about 1692; married William Cranmer of Northampton in 1716. LAWRENCE SOUTHWICK3; husbandman ; married Tamson Buffum Aug. 24, 1704; died in the winter of 1718-9; she survived him; children: I. Daniel,4 born in 1705; 2. Josiah,4 born in 1707 ; tailor ; married Mary Cass of Hampton March 20, 1735-6; 3. Caleb,4 born in 1709; 4. Lawrence,4 born Jan. II, 17IT; cordwainer and shoemaker ; lived in Dighton; married, first, Hannah Shove of Dighton May 8, 1739; second, Patience Handy ; died in Uxbridge in 1795; had twenty children ; 5. Esther,4 born in 171 -; married Ephraim Silsbee of Lynn Nov. 9, 1738; 6. David,4 born in 1714; lived in Dudley and New Salem; married Hannah : had children; 7. Joseph,4 born in 1716. DANIEL SOUTHWICK"; husbandman; married Jane - in 1696; died in 1732-3; she was living in 1738; children: I. Jonathan,4 born in 1697; 2. Elizabeth,4 born in 1702;
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spring of 1639, these three constituted the glassmakers here.
married Jonathan Buxton; 3. Hannah,4 born in 1704; married a Girdler or Poller in 1724; 4. John,4 born May -, 1709; 5. Daniel,4 born in 1721; cordwainer and husbandman; settled in Smithfield, R. I .; married Ruth Mussey of Smithfield Feb. 8, 1742; she died Jan. 16, 1790; he died March 3, 1804; had children.
EBENEZER SOUTHWICK4; yeoman; married, first, Sarah Proctor April 9, 1724; second, Mary Whitman Oct. 18, 1727; she was living in 1771; he died in the spring of 1777; children : I. Sarah,' born May 24, 1728; mar- ried Joseph Stacey in 1749; 2. Mary," born Dec. 22, 1729; married Upton; 3. Ebenezer,4 born Jan. 23, 1734-5; yeoman; lived in Danvers in 1783; married Susanna (Orr) Foster of North Yarmouth in 1758; she died Aug. 9, 1811; he died Jan. 8, 1820; had children; 4. Lois,5 born March 3, 1735-6; unmarried in 1771; 5. Hannah, born in 1738; married Lefavor; 6. Lydia,5 born in 1740; died before 1771. JONATHAN SOUTH- WICK *; removed to South Williamstown in 1735; married Elizabeth Dowty Sept. 17, 1727; children : I. Jesse,5 born in 1728; lived in South Williams- town; married Copia Wright in 1760; 2. Ichabod, born in 1730; settled in South Williamstown; 3. Mary,' born in 1732; 4. Rebecca, born in 1734; 5. Samuel," born in 1736; 6. Lemuel,5 born in 1738; 7. Jonathan,5 born in 1740; 8. Elizabeth," born Aug. 9, 1741. JOHN SOUTHWICK4; husbandman ; lived in the Danvers part of Salem; married Mary Trask Jan. 8, 1710-1; she died before 1767; he died in 1771; children: I. John, born in 1710; 2. William,5 born in 1715; yeoman; lived in Danvers; married Sarah Chapman July 12, 1753; died before 1767; 3. Mary, born in 1717; married Ebenezer King Dec. 25, 1735; 4. Hannah, born in 1719; married Zachariah King; 5. Elizabeth, born in 1721; married Robert Wilson; 6. Joseph," born in 1723; 7. George,5 born about 1736; lived in Danvers; married widow Sarah (Shatswell) Platts of Rowley Dec. 18, 1760; she was living in 1803; he died in 1808; had children. ABRAHAM SOUTHWICK4; brick- layer ; married Sarah ---; they were living in 1754; he died before . 1769 ; children : I. Isaac," baptized April 26, 1730; died before 1754; 2. Abraham," baptized April 26, 1730; laborer; married Mary Aborn Dec. 28, 1755; drowned in a well March 8, 1775; 3. Sarah, baptized April 26, 1730; married Nathaniel Clark of Wells Oct. 24, 1751; 4. Joseph," baptized July 18, 1731; died before 1754; 5. Margaret, baptized Oct. 6, 1734; married Amos Newhall of Lynn Dec. 7, 1750. BENJAMIN SOUTHWICK; husband- man; lived in Reading, Salem and Danvers; married Sarah Southwick of Reading in 1720; children: I. Isaac, born in 1720; published to Mary Felton Oct. 12, 1741; 2. Benjamin,5 born in 1722; lived in Mendon, Black- stone and Dudley; married Miriam Benson; had a child; 3. Sarah,5 born in 1724; 4. Mercy,5 born in 1730. ISAAC SOUTHWICK4; husbandman; lived in the Danvers part of Salem; married Esther Clark of Wells (published June 5, 1731) ; died in the spring of 1780; she was his widow in 1782; children : I. Isaac,5 born in 1732; yeoman; lived in Danvers, Mass., and Amherst, N. H .; married Elizabeth Dresser; both living in 1782; had children; 2. Nathaniel,5 born in 1734; 3. Esther," baptized June 15, 1740; 5. Susanna, born in 1740; married Jaffrey; 6. Benjamin,5 born in 1742; living in 1774; 7. John," baptized May 6, 1744. DANIEL SOUTHWICK *; tanner and currier; removed to Mendon in 1742; was a Quaker preacher ; married Ruth Shove of Dighton Feb. 8, 1730; died Nov. 19, 1776; children : I. Lawrence,5 born Jan. II, 1731; tanner; lived in Uxbridge, Mass., and Clinton, N. Y .; married, first, Dorcas Brown in 1753; she died Dec. 17, I757; second, Hannah Southwick Sept. 6, 1759; she died in 1809; he died in 1810; had children; 2. Edward, born March 15, 1734; married Elizabeth Southwick June 1, 1769; 3. Lydia," born Dec. 22, 1735; married Amos
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Sept. 14, 1640, the town received John Conclin as an inhabitant and granted to him five and a half acres of land near the glass
Osborn ; 4. Daniel,5 born Oct. 18, 1737; married Mary Mabbett; 5. Eleanor,5 born Feb. 2, 1739; married Daniel Read of Smithfield July 1, 1762; 6. Josiah, born July 17, 1742; killed while wrestling; 7. Elizabeth," born Sept. 4, 1744; 8. George, born Dec. 14, 1747; 9. Theophilus," born Nov. 29, 1750. CALEB SOUTHWICK4; blacksmith; living in 1742; married Ruth Gould of Charlestown (published April 8, 1732) ; child: I. Tamson,5 born in 1736; married Daniel Aldrich May 1, 1759. JOSEPH SOUTHWICK4; tan- ner and currier ; lived in the Peabody part of Salem; married Bethiah Killam of Bellingham May 31, 1739; died June 1, 1791; she died April 8, 1803; children : I. Bethiah," born Oct. 2, 1741; married, first, Jonathan Dean; second, Joshua Pope; 2. Anna, born Dec. 30, 1743; married Jeremiah Hacker; 3. Joseph,5 born Sept. 3, 1746; died Nov. 19, 1773; 4. Esther,5 born Oct. 24, 1748; married James Torrey of Falmouth Nov. 15, 1770; 5. Tamson, born Oct. 28, 1750; married William Frye; 6. Josiah,5 born Sept. 14, 1752; 7. Cassandra, born March II, 1755; 8. Edward,5 born March 1, 1757; 9. Caleb," born April 3, 1763. JONATHAN SOUTHWICK *; husbandman; married, first, Hannah Osborn May 21, 1735; she died in 1775; married, second, Elizabeth (Buffum), widow of Daniel Comstock June 28, 1786; children : 1. Jonathan5; married Judith Mussey Nov. I, 1759; 2. Enoch5; died young; 3. Zacheus,5 born in 1740; died young ; 4. Hannah, born in 1742; married Lawrence Southwick; 5. John, born Sept. 6, 1744; married Chloe Bartlett; she died April 25, 1817; he died Jan. 31. 1831; 6. Elizabeth, born in 1746; married Edward Southwick; 7. Esther,5 born in 1748; married James Buxton; 8. George, born Feb. 8, 1750; mar- ried Lydia Sargent Feb. 15, 1774; died Oct. 12, 1825, at North Collins, N. Y .; 9. Jacob,5 born June 4, 1751; married Sarah Fowler June 4, 1778; IO. Enoch, born in 1754; II. Mercy, born in 1757; 12. Zacheus,5 born Sept. 5, 1760. JOHN SOUTHWICK4; shopkeeper and husbandman; lived in the Danvers part of Salem; married Mary, widow of Jonathan Buffum Jan. 28, 1730-1; died Oct. 1, 1784; she died May 12, 1790; children: I. Mehitable, born Aug. 19, 1725; married Varney Oct. 6, 1758; 2. Zaccheus, born April 14, 1732; 3. Hannah, born Aug. 22, 1734; married Daniel Purington Oct. 28, 1756; 4. Daniel,5 born Aug. 10, 1736; married Elizabeth Buffum Nov. 17, 1763; 5. Elizabeth," born Feb. 8, 1738; married Jonathan Buxton; 6. Josiah, born July 17, 1742.
JOHN SOUTHWICK"; yeoman; lived in Danvers; married Elizabeth Wilson in 1743; died about Feb. I, 1785; she was his widow in 1795; children : 1. John6; 2. George,6 born in 1750; married Hephzibah Burrell July 9, 1769; killed in the battle of Lexington April 19, 1775; had children ; 3. Mary,6 baptized June 6, 1762; 4. Prudence,6 baptized May 25, 1766. JOSEPH SOUTHWICK"; potter and yeoman; lived in Danvers; married Mary Wilson Sept. 13, 1743; died in 1786; children: 1. Mary,6 born in 1744; 2. Susan, born in 1746; died Sept. 22, 1791; 3. Hannah,6 born Nov. 16, 1756; 4. Elizabeth,6 born Aug. 21, 1759; 5. Ruth,“ baptized March II, 1764. JOSIAH SOUTHWICK5; tanner; lived in Danvers; married Elizabeth Southwick of Danvers April 28, 1767; he was dead in 1812; she died Feb. 15, 1818; children (first and last born in Salem) : 1. John, born March 9, 1768; 2. Daniel,6 born March 12, 1769; died Jan. 30, 1770; 3. Phebe,6 born March 1, 1770; married William Cobb of Portland Dec. 27, 1791; 4. Hannah,“ born Nov. 9, 1771; married Abijah Purington; 5. Daniel," born Dec. 31, 1773; died at Portland July 27, 1799; 6. Elizabeth,6 born Aug. 10, 1775; died Aug. 28, 1777; 7. Cassandra,6 born July 10, 1777; died Aug. 13, 1777; 8. Elizabeth,“ born Dec. 5, 1778; married Ebenezer Allen; 9. Cassan- dra, born March 2, 1781; married Stephen Nichols.
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house. John Conclin1 was from Nottinghamshire, England, and was a glassmaker, being associated with Ananias Conclin here from this time.
The glass business apparently never flourished here. To encourage it, the general court voted, Dec. 10, 1641, "that if the town of Salem lend the glass men thirty pounds, they should be allowed it again out of their next rate, and the glass men to repay it again, if the work succeed, when they are able."
Apparently, Messrs Holmes and Southwick had dropped out of the business about 1642. They may have been the undertakers of the glass works, who engaged the Conclins to make the glass.
In 1642, upon the request of the town, the Colony loaned to "Ananias Conclyne and other poor people" eight pounds, which the town, Feb. 27, 1642-3, promised at the next Indian corn harvest, to repay.
Oct. 1, 1645, the Conklins sent the following petition2 to the general court, praying that they might be relieved from their, engagement to the undertakers of the glass works :--
The right worp" the Governo", Deput Governo", & Affiftants, together wth Deputies; the humble petition of John Conklin & Ananias Conkcloyne
Sheweth,
That y' Petitioners have beene imployed Divers yeares about the glaffe worke, & the vndertakers now this three yeares neglected the fame, fo that yo' petitioners are not able to fubfift, & fhalbe recef- fitated either wholely to leave it of, or to remove elfe where, for better accomodation of them felvs; wherefore theire humble request first
JOHN SOUTHWICK6; school master; lived in Salem; married Rebecca Alley of Lynn Oct. 19, 1796; died May 24, 1833; she died, his widow, Jan. 21, 1837; children : I. James Alley," born March 28, 1799; died June 22, 1820; 2. - 7 (son), born Dec. 22, 1801; died Dec. 22, 1801; 3. John Alley, born Oct. 25, 1802; 4. Lois Alley," born Oct. 30, 1804; married John Mansfield Ives; 5. Josiah Erastus,7 born Sept. 24, 1806; died at sea, un- married, on board ship Francis Sept. 1, 1835; 6. Rebecca H.", born Nov. 20, 1810; died April 24, 1812.
JOHN ALLEY SOUTHWICK"; cashier of the Mercantile Bank; married Elizabeth Kinsman Oct. 17, 1826; died Aug. 18, 1831; she died Dec. 2, 1831; children: I. Mary Ann,8 born March 24, 1828; living in 1838; 2. Eliza Kinsman,8 born Sept. 30, 1829; living in 1838.
1John Conclin married Elizabeth Allsaebrook Jan. 24, 1625-6, in Not- tinghamshire, England; removed to Southold, L. I., in 1650, and to Hunting- ton, L. I., about 1660; died Feb. 23, 1684; children: I. John, born in Nottinghamshire about 1630; captain; representative; lived in Hashamo- mack; married Sarah (Horton), widow of William Salmon Dec. 2, 1657; died April 6, 1694; had children; 2. Timothy; settled in Huntington about 1662; had children; 3. Jacob, baptized Jan. 18, 1649-50; lived in Hashamo- mack; 4. Elizabeth, baptized Jan. 18, 1649-50; married - Wood.
2 Massachusetts Archives, volume 59, page 21.
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is vnto this Honoured Court, that they might be freed from theire ingagment vnto the former vndertakers & left free to joyne wth fuch as will carry on the worke effectually, except the former. vndertakers will forthw"" doe the fame, that So the worke weh they conceiue to be a publick good vfe for the Countrie may not fall to the ground.
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Upon this petition, the general court "conceive it very ex- pedient (in regard of the public interest) to grant the petition, provided that if any of the parties interested shall (upon timely notice) show cause" at the next general court.
The glass house continued to stand as late as 1670, but the business was probably not revived. This tract of land was called "the glass house field" as late as 1735. Holmes left town in 1645, and the Conclins removed to Southold, L. I., in 1650. Mr. South- wick remained, being a yeoman. Even now much vitrified slag from the glass furnace is upon and in the soil near the wall which ran across the premises, as shown in the illustration, the photo- graph for which was taken about twenty-five years ago. Abbott Street is shown in the foreground. The glass house was situated above the wall; and in the low land was a pond.
The house of Ananias Conclin was owned by Henry Rennalds as early as 1664, and apparently it was gone before 1689. The house of Obadiah Holmes was probably gone before 1702. The house of Lawrence Southwick stood on Main Street, opposite Washington Street. It was taken down in 1862. The house of John Conclin apparently came into the possession of Josiah South- wick before 1688. He died, possessed of it, in 1693, and it
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descended to his son Solomon Southwick, who had removed to Rhode Island before Nov. 22, 17II, when he conveyed the house and land to Joseph Boyce.1 Twelve days later, Mr. Boyce con- veyed the land, but excepted "ye bricks of ye dwelling house." This indicates that the house had been destroyed by fire or other- wise at that time.
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