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(IX) John Wing, only son of Samuel Raw- son and Maria L. (Wing) Prentiss, was born August 15, 1875, in Bangor, and went with his parents to California when ten years old. His primary education was supplied in the public schools, after which he graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in the fall of 1894. He graduated from Harvard University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1898. For some time he was employed by a stock broker- age firm in Boston, and January I, 1904, he went to New York and entered the office of Hornblower & Weeks, bankers, at No. 120 Broadway. One year later he became a mem- ber of the firm, which is one of the largest stock-brokerage concerns in the country, hav- ing its own building, which it occupies as offices in Boston, having important branches in New York and Chicago, and holding member- ship in the stock exchanges of those cities. Mr. Prentiss is the resident managing part- ner in New York, occupying spacious quarters in the Equitable building on Broadway. His present position testifies without further com- ment to his keenness and ability as a business man, and his easy manners and pleasant dis- position contribute in no small measure to the popularity and success of the establishment. He is active in the social life of the metropolis
and is identified with several of its leading clubs, namely : The Union, Brook, Harvard and Lawyers' clubs. He is also a member of the Tennis and Racquet Club of Boston and among the college clubs with which he is, or has been identified, may be named the Polo clubs; Institute of 1770; D. K. E. and Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard. Like other mem- bers of his family he adheres to the faith of the Unitarian church, and though not an ac- tive politician in any sense, maintains settled principles and acts with the Republican party. He is a member of the Maine Society of New York, and of Holland Lodge, No. 8, A. F. and A. M., of that city. He married, in April, 1904, Marie Gordon Kay, of Brookline, Mass- achusetts.
RAWSON This is one of the early Eng- lish names which has been formed by adding "son" to the name of the father. The general usage of surnames among the common people of Eng- land dates back to a comparatively short time from the present, and we find many of similar origin to this. The name Ralph is of very ancient usage as a christian name, and was very often written in the early English spell- ings of Relf, Rauf and many other forms. It was usually pronounced very broad, as if Rawf, and when the suffix "Son" was added it was soon found convenient to omit the con- sonant "f," and it became very easily Rawson. In this form it has been traced back in Eng- land for a considerable period previous to the emigration of the Puritans. The records show a Richard Rawson as a canonist and jurist, who died in 1543. About 1580, John Blake, junior, of Little Baddow, county of Essex, England, married Anna, heir of Rawson. William Blake, a brother of this John, came to America in 1630, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. The principal features in the Rawson coat-of-arms are a castle stamped upon a shield, a design used to commemorate some noted capture made by the one who re- ceived this coat.
(I) The first in America, as far as has been ascertained, was Edward Rawson, who came to New England in the year 1636-37, and be- came an inhabitant of the town of Newbury, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . Most of the people who settled in that section were from the counties of Hants and Wilkes, ad- joining Dorsetshire. Rev. John Williamson, the first minister in Boston, was an uncle of Edward Rawson, his mother being Margaret, a sister of Rev. John Wilson. It is said that
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Edward Rawson was named for an ancestor, Sir Edward Rawson, who lived in the reign of one of the Henries. Edward Rawson was a grantee of the town of Newbury, and was the first town clerk chosen April 19, 1638, and was annually re-elected until 1647. He was also chosen selectman and commissioner for the trial of small causes. He served on vari- ous committees to lay out lands and transact other business for the town. He was one of the deputies to represent the town in the gen- eral court in 1638, and he must have pos- sessed more than ordinary talent for business as well as large degree of public spirit. In 1639 he again represented the town at its third session, and at the May session was granted five hundred acres as an inducement for him to continue the manufacture of pow- der. In 1642 he was again deputy, and in 1644. In the latter year he received two hun- dred acres upon the Cochituate river, above Dover bounds. In 1645 he was again deputy, and at the close of the session the deputies passed the following vote: "That Edward Rawson is chosen & appointed clerk of the house of deputies for one whole yeere, to En- ter of vote passed in both houses & thus also yt passe only by them into the Book of Rec- ords." In 1646 he was deputy and clerk, and at the November session it was ordered by the deputies "yt Edward Rawson shall have twenty marks allowed him for his paines, out of ye next levy as secrt to ye house of deputies for two yeeres passed." In 1647-48 he con- tinued to represent Newbury in the general court. In the latter year he received two grants of land, one of fifteen hundred acres jointly with Rev. John Wilson, of Boston, and another of five hundred acres at Pequot, and with the latter he was granted five pounds on account of expenditures made in preparing for the manufacture of gunpowder. In 1649 he was again representative, and was re-elect- ed clerk, and on the twenty-second of May, 1650, was chosen secretary of the colony. In 1649 he was one of a committee to "Plumb Is- land," and from his first election as secretary of the colony he was continuously re-elected for a period of thirty-six years, until the usurpation of the government by Sir Edmund Andros, when he was displaced. Elliott re- marks of him "that he was of respectable character as we may judge from his having this office so long, while there was an annual election." He owned and cultivated two farms and a meadow in that town, which bears the name of Rawson's meadow. After his re- moval to Boston his residence was on Raw-
son's lane, where he is supposed to have died. This lane bore his name until about 1800, when it was changed to Bromfield street. He owned some acres of land here which bor- dered on the common, out of which he sold several house lots. His salary as secretary was only twenty pounds per annum at first, but was subsequently increased to £60. To this office he soon added that of recorder of the county of Suffolk, which he held many years. The records show several grants of land made to him at various times, for "ex- traordinary services." He and his wife were members of what is called the First Church of Boston, over which Rev. John Wilson was pastor. When divisions arose in this church, after the death of Mr. Wilson, Edward Raw- son was one of the twenty-eight disaffected persons who dissolved connections with that society and formed the Third or old South Church in May, 1669. A corporation in Eng- land for the propagation of the gospel among the Indians in New England chose Edward Rawson as stewart or agent "for the receiving and disposing of such goods and commodi- ties," as should be sent to the united colonies, and this choice was confirmed by the commis- sioners of the colonies of New Haven, 1651. Edward Rawson is believed to be the author of a book published in 1691, entitled, "The Revolution in New England Justified," and of other similar works. It is quite apparent that he was one of those who participated in the persecution of the Quakers. This seems to be the only blemish upon his fair fame, and that he was an uncommonly useful and excel- lent man cannot be doubted.
According to the records written in his family Bible by his son, and which is still carefully preserved, Edward Rawson was born April 16, 1615, and died August 27, 1693. He was married in England to Rachel Perne, a granddaughter of John Hooker, whose wife was a Grindal, sister of Edmund Grindal, archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. John Hooker, grandfather of Rachel Perne, was an uncle of the celebrated divine, Rev. Thomas Hooker, who founded the colony of Hartford, Con- necticut. The first child of Edward Rawson was a daughter, was married in England and remained there. The others were: Edward, Rachel, David, Mary Perne, Susan, William, Rebecca (died young), Rebecca, Elizabeth, John and Grindal.
(II) William, third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson, born May 21, 1651, in Newbury, was educated for
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a mercantile life. He became a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods, Up to the time of his marriage he resided with his father in Rawson lane, now Bromfield street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods store. In 1689 he sold his estate and removed with his family to Dorchester, where he re- sided upon a portion of "Newbury Farm" in- herited by his wife. He afterwards purchased a tract of land in Braintree, which is now known as an ancient Rawson Farm. It is situated near Neponset village and has been passed down from father to son to the fifth generation. The present house is on the same site where William Rawson built his home- stead. Here he lived nearly forty years, and died September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth year. He married, in 1673, Anne Glover, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover, of Dorchester. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. In twenty-five years they had twenty children, namely : Anne (died in infancy), Wilson, Margaret, Edward (died young) Edward (died young), Rachel, Dorothy (died young), William, David, Dor- othy, Ebenezer (died young), Thankful, Na- thaniel, Ebenezer, Edward, Anne, Patience, Peletiah, Grindal and Mary.
(III) David, fifth son and ninth child of William and Anne (Glover) Rawson, born in Boston, lived on the farm which was occupied by his father near the Neponset bridge. He was a persevering business man, distinguished for energy and industry, and left to his heirs a valuable estate. His personal property was valued at two hundred and twelve younds, twelve shillings and four pence. He died April 20, 1752, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, and was buried at Quincy. He married Mary Gulliver, daughter of Captain John Gulliver, who survived him. Their children were: David, Jonathan, Elijah, Mary, Han- nah, Silence, Anne, Elizabeth, Josiah, Jeru- sha, Lydia and Ebenezer.
(IV) Ebenezer, youngest son of David and Mary (Gulliver) Rawson, born May 31, 1734, in Quincy, Massachusetts, died June 11, 1814. He was a farmer and settled in Sutton, New Hampshire. He was a man of genius and extensive historical attainments. Judge Raw- son said of him: "He was a learned his- torian." Dr. Leland, of Fall River, a relative who knew him well, said in a letter respecting him: "That in stature he was, I think, full six feet, slender built, though with consider- able breadth of shoulders, his countenance was open, his nose aquiline, and his head project- ing and high." He was a man of rare intel-
lect, of a very retentive memory, was a stu- dent of the Bible and his word was always to be relied upon. In his later years he became strongly attached to the Quakers, wore their dress and worshipped with them. As a mark of his censure of the persecution of them, and of his regard for them, he named a son after Marmaduke Stephenson, of Salem, who was tried and imprisoned for heresy, and for whose release, a warrant, signed by Edward Rawson, was issued, dated September 12, 1659. He was married to Sarah, daughter of Hon. Samuel Chase, of Cheshire, New Hampshire, and who died November 14, 1814. Their children were: Prudence, Lydia, Ebenezer, Sarah, Abner, John, Jerusha, Samuel, Eliza- beth, Marmaduke and Nizaula (twins), Mary, Clarrissa and Abigail.
(V) Captain Samuel, fourth son of Ebe- nezer and Sarah (Chase) Rawson, born Sep- tember 4, 1771, in Sutton, Massachusetts, died January 29, 1829, in Paris, Maine. In early life he was a saddler and upholsterer. He settled first in Grafton, Massachusetts, and afterward removed to Paris, Maine, where he became a prosperous farmer, in November, 1804. He was a man of strict probity, pos- sessed energy and good judgment, and was genial and sociable, inclined to argument and investigation. He was called into the United States service in 1814, in defence of Portland, Maine. At that time he was lieutenant of artillery, for which service, in later years, his widow received a land warrant. In 1874 she was still living at the old homestead (built in 1814) in Paris, Maine, then in the ninety- sixth year of her age. He married, in May, 1802, Polly, daughter of Dr. James Freeland, of Sutton, Massachusetts, who was born Sep- tember 17, 1778. Their children were: Mary Ann, Arabella, Abigail Adams, Columbia, Frances and James Freeland.
(VI) Abigail Adams, third daughter of Captain Samuel and Polly (Freeland) Raw- son, was born February 5, 1811, in Sutton, Massachusetts. She was a lady of rare ac- complishments, and possesed extensive knowl- edge, having traveled extensively both in this. country and in Europe. She married, Sep- tember 30, 1836, Henry E. Prentiss, at Paris, Maine (see Prentiss VII).
This surname derives its CALDWELL origin from a locality. Along the Anglo-Scottish border the name Coldwell would be pro- nounced Caldwell, the word "cald" signifying "cold," and "well" meaning "spring"; and a
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man residing "att Caldwell" finally became "Caldwell," and his generations after him. The traditions of this family state that an im- migrant ancestor was of Scotch descent, and came from the North of England. Various families of Caldwells live about Nottingham, England.
(I) John Caldwell, the immigrant, was born in England, in 1624, and was in Boston in 1643. In the latter year, when he was nineteen years old, the following record of the general court of Massachusetts was made : "Oct. 1643 Rich'rd Collecot, Edward Fuller, John Cauldwell and Richard Smith, were ap- pointed to fetch the Cattle from Providence." Samuel Gorton was charged by the Massachu- setts authorities with being a blasphemous enemy of the true religion and of civil au- thority. He and his followers were convicted of the offense charged, and their cattle were taken to pay their fines and the costs of the prosecution, amounting to £160. John Cald- well was a resident of Ipswich in 1654. He was a weaver by trade, and is styled husband- man in legal papers. In 1654 John Caldwell bought a house which became his home, and has sheltered families descended from him to the present day-two hundred and fifty years. August 31, 1657, he bought four acres of land in the common field, near unto Muddy River, for which he paid seven pounds. In 1660 he was one of nine persons who had grants of two acres apiece on Scott's hill. In 1664 his name is on the list of commissioners; and he had assigned him four shares in Plum Island, Castle Neck, Hog Island. In 1673 he was granted forever all the salt marsh grass grown upon Bagwells Island. Lord's Day, April 12, 1674, John Caldwell and Sarah, his wife, were admitted to full communion with the First Church. He was made a freeman May 23, 1677. Between this date and 1691, his name appears at various places in the public records, mainly in connection with appraisement of estates. In 1691 he was appointed searcher and sealer and viewer of leather, but refused the office "as not being capable threw business and otherwise." He signed his will June 20, and died July 7, 1692, aged sixty-two years. His will was probated September 28. His entire estate was appraised at £221 16s 4d. He married Sarah Dillingham, born in Ips- wich, April, 1634, died there January 26, 1722, daughter of John and Sarah (Caly) Dilling- ham, who came from Leicestershire, England, in 1630, and were among the earliest pioneers of Ipswich. Children of John and Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell: John, Sarah, Anna,
William, Dillingham, Nathaniel, Mary and Elizabeth.
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (I) and Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell, is not men- tioned in the records until about the time of his marriage, when he was thirty-three years old. A few weeks before that event he bought a house, barn, orchard, and half acre of land on the top of Town hill, where soon after- ward he took up his residence for the remain- der of his life. 1698 he was appointed field driver and hayward; January 16, 1700, he was assigned seat No. 8 in the meeting-house ; 1708 his name is on the list of commoners ; 1709 he was one of the signers to a petition to the general court; 1717 he was appointed surveyor. He died February 7, 1722, leaving an estate valued at £303 135 4d. . He married, May 1, 1689, Sarah Foster, daughter of Dea- con Jacob and Martha (Kinsman) Foster. She died July II, 1722. Their seven children : Martha, John, Jacob, Sarah and William, whose sketch follows.
(III) William, youngest child of John and Sarah (Foster) Caldwell, was born January 17, 1708, and died December 27, 1758. He was a joiner, and is mentioned in conveyances as a yeoman. He married, November 15, 1729, Lydia Lull, born November 21, 1714, died January 19, 1797, aged eighty-three, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Lull. Her father married (second) a young woman, and at the birth of his daughter Lydia he was seventy-seven years old. William Caldwell bought the one-half interest of his wife's sister Elizabeth in her father's homestead (Lydia, his wife, being owner of the other half), and made that his residence for life. The children of William and Lydia were: Hannah (died young), William, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Anna, Lydia, Hannah, John, Sarah, Thomas, Daniel and Ebenezer (twins), and Nathaniel.
(IV) John (3) Caldwell, eighth child and third son of William and Lydia (Lull) Cald- well, was baptized in Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 4, 1746, and died in Oxford, Maine, December 16, 1813. He resided in Ipswich, Salem, and Haverhill, Massachusetts, and finally removed to Hebron (now Oxford), Maine, where he became head of the Maine Caldwells of whom there are now nearly a hundred families. He settled on land to which he had probably acquired title from the state, and there made a large farm and became a leading and prosperous farmer. He married, in Ipswich, May 31, 1771, Dolly Hoyt, of Rowley; children : John, Philip, William, Polly and Dolly.
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(V) Polly, fourth child of John (3) and Dolly (Hoyt) Caldwell, was born at Oxford, July 15, 1782, and married Rev. Dan Perry, June 25, 1809, and died October 12, 1829. The descent of Dan Perry, as nearly as can now be ascertained, is as follows: I. Anthony Perry, or Pury, the immigrant, born 1615, was of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1658-78, and represented the town in the general court in 1674. He died March 1, 1683. His wife's name was Elizabeth. 2. Samuel, son of An- thony and Elizabeth Perry, was born Decem- ber 10, 1648, in Rehoboth. He married (first) December 12, 1678, Mary Miller; and (sec- ond) May 9, 1690, Mary, daughter of Henry Tucker, of Sandwich. 3. Jasiel, son of Sam- uel and Mary (Miller) Perry, was born May 6, 1682, and married, January 3, 1706, Re- becca Wilmarth. 4. Jasiel (2), son of Jasiel (I) and Rebecca (Wilmarth) Perry, was born August 17, 1715, and died March 20, 1797, aged eighty-two. He married Elizabeth Wal- ker, who was born in 1714, and died May 31, 1795, aged eighty-one. 5. Jasiel (3), son of Jasiel (2) and Elizabeth Walker Perry, was born June 15, 1753, and died January, 1832, aged seventy-nine. He married Betsey Hix, who was born March 15, 1750, and died Oc- tober 13. 1823. 6. Dan, son of Jasiel (3) and Betsy (Hix) Perry, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, August 5, 1779, and died in Oxford, Maine, December, 1864, aged eighty- five. He married, June 25, 1809, Polly Cald- well, who was born July 15, 1782, and died October 12, 1829. Their children were: John, Jasiel, Mary Caldwell, Electa Elizabeth, Lucy I., Trueman Summerfield and Christiana Sur- vive.
COOK Samuel Cook, the immigrant an- cestor, was of English stock, but came to America from Dublin, Ire- land, with Machael Bacon and John Smith. Bacon is the ancestor of many distinguished and prominent families of New England. The three men settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, and were evidently Puritans as well as Pro- testants when they came over. Cook became a proprietor of Dedham, July 6, 1640. He was a partner of Smith, March 10, 1639-40. It should be noted that Smith's taxes were re- mitted on account of great losses he suffered in Ireland, implying also that his companion and partner must have lost also. According to Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts" it ap- pears that with Samuel Cook there came from Ireland his son Daniel. Little else is known of the immigrant.
(II) Daniel, son of Samuel Cook, was born in Ireland, and settled in Dedham, Massachu- setts. While it is not free from doubt, certain records make it seem probable that Daniel went subsequently to Dover, New Hampshire, and had a son John, mentioned below.
(III) John, son of Daniel Cook, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, May 5, 1692. He married, about 1715, Lydia, daughter of Thomas Young, born at Dover, November 29, 1694. Children, born at Dover : I. Marcy, born June 21, 1716. 2. Hezekiah, January I, 1718. 3. Mary, April I, 1720. 4. Ebenezer, April 26, 1723; died in the military service in the French war, on the return from the Cape Breton expedition, August 17, 1745. 5. John, born November 6, 1725. 6. Richard, Decem- ber 21, 1727. 7. Phebe, March 17, 1729-30. 8. Daniel, mentioned below.
(IV) Daniel (2), son of John Cook, was born at Dover September II, 1732, died 1809, in Windham, Maine. There were a number of enlistments in the revolution credited to Daniel Cook, and some of them may belong to this man, although the family belonged to the Society of Friends. He lived for a time in Dover, and settled finally in Windham, Maine, where he died. He had ten children and one hundred grandchildren at the time of his death. He married (first) Mary Varney, born in Dover, in 1740, and died in 1782, daughter of Thomas Varney. He married (second), the intention being published July 23, 1785, Mary (Wescott) Maxfield, widow of William Maxfield. Children of first wife : I. Ephraim, mentioned below. The following were all born in Windham: 2. Elijah (twin), born October 29, 1762, died December 25, 1846. 3. Mary (twin), born October 29, 1762, died December 21, 1835. 4. John, born May 25, 1765, died May 15, 1834. 5. Heze- kiah, born 1773, died 1863. 6. Nathan, born September 15, 1767, died February 28, 1846. 7. Abel, born 1777, died 1843. 8. Daniel, born March 30, 1770, died October II, 1858. 9. Sarah, born 1775, died October 27, 1849. IO. Anne, born 1771. Child of second wife, Mary Wescott, widow of William Maxfield : II. Richard, born October 11, 1786. She died November 28, 1828, aged ninety years.
(V) Ephraim, son of Daniel (2) Cook, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, July 19, 1760, and died in Casco, Maine, July 21, 1853, aged ninety-three. He married, January 27, -, Mary Gould, born in Rochester, New Hamp- shire, April 28, 1774, died in Harrison, Maine, November 15, 1868, aged ninety-four, daugh- ter of Muzzy and Elizabeth (Robinson) (Tib-
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bets) Gould. Children: 1. Robinson, born in Raymond, March 16, 1803; married (first) Loranna Sanborn, September 14, 1829; (sec- ond) Eliza Ann Maxfield, October 12, 1834; died at Otisfield, July 29, 1877. 2. Martha, born in Raymond, November 27, 1804; mar- ried Nathan Gammon ; died January 12, 1856. 3. Elizabeth, born December 1, 1806; mar- ried Josiah Swett, July 31, 1831; died June 8, 1850. 4. Sarah, born June 15, 1809; mar- ried Nathan Maxfield, January 14, 1831 ; died November 11, 1891. 5. Levi, born February 6, 1813 ; died December 23, 1842. 6. Obadiah G., born January 12, 1815; mentioned below. 7. Stephen, born April 3, 1817; died June 5, 1844.
(VI) Obadiah Gould, son of Ephraim Cook, was born in Raymond, now Casco, Maine, January 12, 1815, and died at Bolsters Mills, in Harrison, Maine, February 3, 1894. The following account of his life is taken from the Portland Press of February, 1894:
"Reared under the rigid code of a Quaker family of that period, and inured to the hard- ships of the farm life of a large family in moderate circumstances, he early discovered that devotion to principle, and untiring energy, which were the potent factors of his success in after life. Resolving at an early age to se- cure a liberal education, the time passed by boys of his age in sports was by him devoted to study. Reaching the then narrow limit of the town school, he entered the Friends' school at Providence by means of a free scholarship. The fund failing, his stay there was short, but aroused by difficulties, he redoubled his ef- forts, and soon enrolled himself as a student at Limington Academy. On leaving the acad- emy, he taught school several years, and about 1840 began the study of law with the late Aaron B. Holden, then living at Casco. Ad- mitted to the bar in 1842, he devoted his time to farming, teaching, and the practice of law until the summer of 1854, when he entered the office of the register of probate as clerk. Upon the union of the other parties in opposi- tion to the Democrats in the fall of 1854, he was nominated as the Free Soil candidate for clerk of the courts, and was elected. Doubt being expressed as to whether he had been elected for the full term or to fill a vacancy, a memorial was addressed to him signed by some of the leading lawyers, asking him to resign ; but acting under the advice of Judge (afterward Governor) Wells, and of Willis & Fessenden, he declined to resign, served the full term, and was reelected in 1857. In 1861 he located at Bolster's Mills, and purchased the
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