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Lewiston, December 17, 1813.
Mr. Townsend :
Dear Sir: I have but one moment to inform you
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that Fort George is evacuated and Newark burned. We have but about three hundred troops on this frontier. We momentarily expect an attack, but where we cannot say, but it is generally believed on Fort Niagara. I am now moving out our goods, eight or ten miles. Harry has gone West. I am very anxious for you to return.
Yours in haste,
S. THOMPSON.
The second letter was posted in Geneva, January 6:
Mr. Townsend :
Dear Sir : I am happy to have it in my power to inform you that our lives have all been spared. They have burnt everything belonging to us, except about one-third of our dry goods. I hope you will make all possible speed to get to me at this place, as I am about beat out. Our goods are scattered from this, to John Jones. I am getting them on this far as fast as possible. I got nothing of any amount from my house. Had I been ten minutes later I should have fallen into the hands of the Indians, together with my family. You will have the good- ness to inform my friends that we are all well.
Yours in haste,
S. THOMPSON. N. B .- Our buildings on the farm were all burnt.
After the war closed and shattered homes and fortunes were being rebuilt, the two carry- ing firms formed in 1816 or 1817 a branch firm at Black Rock, Porter, Barton & Com- pany furnishing Nathaniel Sill, Townsend, Barton & Company, Sheldon Thompson, as managers, under the firm name of Sill, Thomp- son & Company. Mr. Thompson then changed his residence from Lewiston to Black Rock. The original firm continued in business until 1821, Sill, Thompson & Company until 1824. S. C. Townsend wrote of the former firm:
Having had access to the correspondence of the partners of the firm of Townsend, Bronson and Company, during the eleven years of its existence, and having been four years in their employ, it is a source of pride and pleasure to be able to say, I have never found a word savoring of a desire, by fraud or trickery, to obtain an advantage of any party.
When the question whether Black Rock or Buffalo should be the western terminus of the Erie canal, Mr. Thompson was active in his efforts to have the canal stop at Black Rock. He was in charge of the construction of the harbor and pier at that place, hoping that the work would decide the question. When it was finally settled at a meeting of the canal com- missioners at the Eagle Tavern in Buffalo, in the summer of 1822, that the canal should con- tinue to Buffalo, he at once saw that the com-
mercial supremacy of Buffalo was assured. The same night of the decision he sent his younger brother Harry on horseback to Batavia. There early the next morning, as soon as the office of the Holland Land Com- pany was opened. Harry purchased and en- tered for his brother the land where the Reed Elevator now stands. About this time the firm of Sheldon Thompson & Company was formed, with principal office in Buffalo, con- tining the freight forwarding business of its predecessors. Mr. Thompson was a great friend of the canal, and went east on the first boat, to assist in mingling the waters of Lake Erie with the waters of the Atlantic. His firm owned a small line of canal boats in 1825, be- ing one of the first organized lines. This line was called at first the Troy and Black Rock Line, having its terminus at Black Rock. In 1826 the terminus was changed to Buffalo, and the name changed to the Troy and Erie Line. This line grew to be one of the most im- portant on the canal. Their boats were built with large cabins, carrying from one hundred to one hundred and fifty pas- sengers, mostly western bound emigrants, and two hundred and fifty barrels of flour : and constituted regular lines of pas- senger packets and of freight boats. The firm was also largely instrumental in the early de- velopment of steam navigation on the lakes. The first two steamboats, "The Walk-in-the- Water" and the "Superior," were built by Al- bany parties. The "Pioneer" the third steam- boat on the lakes, was built by Sheldon Thomp- son & Company in 1823, and was a great suc- cess. The "Sheldon Thompson" was built at Huron, in Ohio, by the same firm, in 1828, and was long one of the prominent boats on the lakes. Mr. Thompson removed his resi- dence to Buffalo in 1830. His firm and that of Townsend & Coit were for some years the principal forwarders. In 1836 the two were consolidated under the name Coit, Kimberly & Company, the two senior partners, Sheldon Thompson and Judge Townsend, retiring into the background.
Mr. Thompson was prominent in most of the early enterprises of Buffalo. He was one of a copartnership that bought, laid out and developed Ohio City, now a portion of the city of Cleveland, and also did the same with Manhattan, on the Maumee river, an early rival of Toledo. He was one of a large land company that entered large tracts of land in
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Wisconsin, embracing Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan, the mining regions in Iowa county, and other portions of the state. He was one of the men of Buffalo who bought out the as- sets of the branch United States Bank, one of the largest individual investments of the day, but which did not result very successfully. He finally retired from active business about 1845 and occupied himself with the management of his estate, then of goodly proportions as the result of long years of industry and care. While he was an active, public-spirited and patriotic citizen he was never a politician. Buf- falo was created a city in 1832, and for eight years the mayor was elected by the common council. In the spring of 1840 the first elec- tion was held under the law of 1840, by which mayors of cities were elected by the people. The Whigs nominated Sheldon Thompson, the Democrats George P. Barker, one of the most popular and brilliant men who ever graced a city. The biographer of Mr. Barker, in speak- ing of the difficulties of his canvass, says : "Added to this, the opposition put in nomina- tion their strongest man, one whose residence was coeval with the first settlement of the country, whose acquaintances and connections were extensive, and whose wealth and weight of character added great strength." He fur- ther says: "It was without doubt the most se- vere contest ever known at our charter elec- tions. The friends of each candidate exerted themselves to the utmost. Few general elec- tions have ever been so warmly contested. The eyes of the city, indeed of Western New York, were centered upon the issue." The result was: Sheldon Thompson, 1135; George P. Barker, 1125. Sheldon Thompson therefore was accordingly the first mayor of Buffalo elected by the people. He filled the position with credit, and never again was a candidate for office. (It is a coincidence that his old partner, Alvin Bronson, was the first mayor of Oswego, New York.)
Mr. Thompson was reared an Episcopalian, and never wavered in his allegiance to that faith. When the first movement was made for the foundation of a parish in Buffalo, he was one of those most active and interested, al- though at the time a resident of Black Rock. February 10, 1817, a meeting was held at the house of Elias Ransom, northeast corner of Main and Huron streets, in Buffalo, at which St. Paul's parish was organized. Mr. Thomp- son was chosen a member of the first vestry.
He continued in this service for many years, until he voluntarily retired in favor of younger men. His bust in marble on the walls of the present St. Paul's Church commemorates the fact that he was "One of the founders of the parish and a member of the first vestry." He died at Buffalo, Thursday, March 13, 1851. His decease was followed by many warm ex- pressions of regret and admiration. The com- mon council of Buffalo, the vestry of St. Paul's, and many other bodies, passed appro- priate resolutions. All emphasized his sturdy honesty and uprightness. From the most widely copied and approved eulogy the follow- ing is taken:
He possessed many noble traits of character, which will be long treasured up in the memory of those who knew him. His intercourse with the younger portion of the community was of the kind- est and most agreeable character, and by them he was looked up to with affectionate regard. He was quick to discern merit, and prompt to extend to it a generous aid. We give expression to a fact known to so many of our readers when we say that he aided in the establishing of more young men in business in Buffalo than any other individual in the city. During the brief illness that preceded his death, he exhibited the same equanimity and cheerfulness of temper that were prominent traits in his character. He retained perfect consciousness to the last, and surrounded by his children and relatives, died without a struggle. He was indus- trious, temperate and cheerful, capable of great en- durance, and quick of resource. While not witty, he was full of humor, ready and apt in reply. He bore reverses with equanimity, and carried himself with steady courage, loyalty and honesty. From a humble beginning he achieved for himself a career of usefulness and prominence; through a long and eventful life he bore his name without a stain; he did his duty to himself, his family and the com- munity ; and he died loved and mourned.
Sheldon Thompson married, April 6, 1811, Catherine Barton, born August 31, 1793, died at Buffalo, May 8, 1832, daughter of Benja- min Barton of Lewiston, New York. Chil- dren : I. Sally Ann, died at Buffalo, April 15, 1839; married Henry K. Smith, a prominent lawyer. 2. Agens Latta, married Edward S. Warren, a lawyer now deceased. (See War- ren.) 3. Laititia Porter, married Henry K. Viele, a lawyer now deceased. 4. Augustus Porter, of further mention.
(VIII) Augustus Porter, son of Sheldon and Catherine (Barton) Thompson, was born at Black Rock, Erie county, New York, Feb- ruary 14, 1825, when that settlement was still a strong rival of Buffalo, and died in Decem- ber, 1911. He was educated in private schools
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in Buffalo and the academies at Lewiston and Canandaigua, New York. After completing his studies he began his business career as clerk in his father's establishment, spending several years and acquiring a thorough knowl- edge of business principles and methods. On arriving at legal age he was admitted a partner in the firm of Thompson & Company, manu- facturers of white lead, continuing with that firm until 1860, when he associated himself with Edward S. Warren and DeGarmo Jones, and built a large anthracite blast furnace, the second of its kind in Buffalo. Later these two furnaces were united under the name of the Buffalo Union Iron Works. Later a third furnace was built and one of the largest roll -- ing mills ever erected up to that time. In 1866 Mr. Thompson retired from the company and returned to his former business. He pur- chased an interest in the lead works of S. G. Cornell & Son, which later was incorpo- rated as the Cornell Lead Company. Mr. Thompson was vice-president and later presi- dent of the company, holding the latter office until 1887, when the business was absorbed by the National Lead Company. From that time until his death he was manager of the works known as the Buffalo branch. He capably administered the duties of his posi- tion, as his long tenure of office testified. He also had other and numerous outside business interests. He was for some years cashier of the Buffalo City Bank and a member of the board of directors. He was a member of the board of directors of the company that built the railway on Niagara street in 1860. In the line of public spirit and education he was always active, and bore well his part. He was a member of the Buffalo Historical So- ciety, life member of the Buffalo Library and Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, and Buffalo College of Science. He was a warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of which his father was a founder, and a trustee of St. Margaret's School, Buffalo. Politically he was a life-long Republican.
He married, June 9. 1853. Matilda Cass Jones, born May 24, 1833, died May, 1895, daughter of Colonel DeGarmo and Catherine Anna (Cass) Jones, of Detroit. Children : I. Sheldon, born May 26, 1854 ; married, January 1I, 1888, Fanny Moulton ; child : Sheldon (2), born January 3, 1890. 2. DeGarmo, born Au- gust 28, 1856; died April 14. 1857. 3. Cath- erine, born March 5. 1858; married, January
5, 1882, W. T. Miller, born May 31, 1851 ; children ; Katherine T., born October 15, 1882 ; Alice T., May 14, 1884. 4. Alice, born July 31, 1860. 5. Agnes, born January 24, 1863; married, June 8, 1893, Frank Talcott ; chil- dren: Porter T., born March 1I, 1894; Frank Squire, November 24, 1897; Esther Belden March 1, 1901 ; Ruth, April 15, 1904. 6. Au- gustus Annin, born July 18, 1865; married, February 25, 1888, Marian Armstrong ; child : Geraldine, born July 22, 1891. 7. Laititia, born September 21, 1867; married, June 8, 1893, Grosvenor A. Gowans ; children : Gladys, born February 28, 1894; John, September 28, 1899. 8. Edward Warren, December 5, 1869, died December, 1905. 9. Clara Barton, July 15, 1872, died January 9, 1901. 10. Albert Steele, born October 13, 1874 ; married November 19. 1901, Louise Foster ; children : Augustus Por- ter (2), born November 23, 1902, died Feb- ruary 18, 1904; Eliot Pierrepont, born De- cember 13, 1904; Albert Porter, December I, 1906. II. Matilda Jones, born June 1, 1876; married, September 20, 1905. Augustus Mc- Nair, born November 18, 1886.
JACKSON Edward Jackson, immigrant ancestor, was born in London, England, about 1602, accord- ing to his gravestone. He was the son of Christopher Jackson, and was baptized Feb- ruary 3, 1604. He lived at Whitechapel, where he followed the trade of nailmaker. His first wife's name was Frances, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. There is a tradition in the family that their youngest son, Sebas, was born on the passage to this coun- try, and if so the wife Frances died on the passage or soon after their arrival here. He married (second) March, 1649, Elizabeth, daughter of John Newgate, and widow of Rev. Jolın Oliver, Harvard College, 1645, the first minister of Rumney Marsh, Chelsea. He had four daughters and one son by the second wife.
He purchased land in Cambridge village of Samuel Holley in 1643, and in 1645 took the freeman's oath. In 1646 he purchased a farm in the same place of five hundred acres, long known as the Mayhew farm. This farm had belonged originally to Thomas Mayhew, of Watertown, and had been bought from him by Governor Bradstreet, who in turn sold it to Edward Jackson. It commenced near what is now the division line between Newton and
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Brighton, and extended westward, including what is now Newtonville. The original house was built before 1638 and stood until 1708. Edward Jackson was a deputy to the general court in 1647 and was elected annually to that office for seventeen years ; chairman of a com- mittee to lay out highways in 1653; selectman of Cambridge in 1665; commissioner to end small causes for several years. He was con- stantly associated with Rev. John Eliot in his work with the Indians. He was one of the proprietors and in the division of common lands in 1662 he had four acres ; in 1664 thirty acres. He was also a large proprietor in the Billerica lands, and in the division of 1652 he had four hundred acres which by his will he gave to Harvard College. In 1678 he was the author and first signer of a petition to the general court, asking that Cambridge village might be set off from Cambridge and made an independent town. In "Captain Edward John- son's History of New England" he is classed .among the leading men of the time. He died June 17, 1681. His inventory contained over sixteen hundred acres of land and amounted to £2,477, 19s. 6d. It also included two men servants, valued at five pounds each. He was probably the first slaveholder in Newton. His wife survived him for twenty-eight years, and died September 30, 1709. Children of first wife, born in London: Israel, baptized March 9, 1631, died young ; Margaret, baptized Jan- uary 1, 1633; Hannah, baptized May 1, 1634; Rebecca, baptized October 12, 1636; Caleb, baptized October 10, 1638; Joseph, baptized September 13, 1639; Frances, died in Cam- bridge, 1648; Jonathan ; Sebas (mentioned be- low). Children of second wife: Sarah, born July 11, 1650; Edward, December 15, 1652; Lydia, 1656; Elizabeth, April 28, 1658; Ruth, January 15, 1664.
(II) Sebas son of Edward Jackson, is thought to have been born on the passage to this country, as his name is sometimes spelled Seaborn. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Baker, of Roxbury, April 9, 1671. He received from his father by will the house in which his father lived with one hundred and fifty acres adjoining his own homestead. The old house was eighteen feet by twenty-two, built about 1670 and torn down in 1809. He died December 6, 1690. His wife Sarah died March 25, 1728, aged eighty-four. He left a will giving all his estate to his wife for her maintenance and the well bringing up of his
children, and assigning portions to his chil- dren in case of her marriage or death. Chil- dren: Edward (mentioned below), Sebas, March 12, 1673, died young; John, March I, 1675; Sarah, November 8, 1680; Elizabeth, March 2, 1683; John, March 15, 1685; Jona- than, September 10, 1686; Mary, December 27, 1687; Joseph, March 6, 1690.
(III) Edward (2), son of Sebas Jackson, was born at Newton, September 12, 1672. He gave half his homestead in Newton, sixty acres that he had from his father, to his son Edward in 1734, and the other half that he had from his father to his son Michael, the house and seven acres. He died intestate; March 27, 1748; his wife in 1753, aged eighty- eight years. He married Mary - -. Chil- dren : Experience, born August 9, 1696; Ed- ward (mentioned below) ; Isaac, February 2, 1701 ; Sarah, October 8, 1703 ; Sebas, April 20, 1706; Michael, February 28, 1709; Jonathan, June 25, 1713; Anna, August, 1714.
(IV) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) Jackson, was born October I, 1698, and died July I, 1738. His widow and Isaac Jack- son were administrators of his estate and the inventory amounted to £560. His son Abraham took the land on the south side of the high- way and paid his brothers and sisters and heirs of his brother Jonathan, deceased. He mar- ried Abigail Gale, who married (second) Joseph Morse. Children: Abraham (men- tioned below) ; Jonas, born March 12, 1723; Edward, October 28, 1724; Joshua, April 26, 1726; Jonathan, April 29, 1727; Ephraim, Oc- tober 12, 1729; Mary, October 25, 1731; Sarahı, January 5, 1734; Samuel, April 16, 1737 ; Jonathan, September 29, 1740.
(V) Abraham, son of Edward (3) Jack- son, was born December 4, 1722. He was a blacksmith by trade. He and his family moved to Brookline and were warned out there. He married (first) November, 1744, Mary Hyde, who died in 1768. He married (second) 1769, Widow Margaret Marean. He married (third) Widow Hannah Woodward, of Brook- line. Children by first wife: Abraham (men- tioned below) ; Esther, born December 3, 1748; Sarah, August 5, 1750; Thaddeus, 1752; Jesse, April 13, 1754; Nathan, February 19, 1758; Asa, November 21, 1761 ; Ezra; Mary; Molly. Child by second wife: Royal, 1773.
(VI) Abraham (2), son of Abraham (I) Jackson, was born at Newton, March 1, 1746. He was a ship builder. He settled in New-
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buryport about 1773. He married Mary Children, born at Newburyport : Samuel, baptized October 10, 1773; Nathaniel (mentioned below) ; Anne, baptized July 4, 1777: Polly, baptized December 28, 1779, Henry, baptized October 1, 1783; Charlotte, baptized October 31, 1787.
(VII) Nathaniel, son of Abraham (2) Jackson, was born at Newburyport, October 13. 1775. He married Joanna Todd, at Got- tenberg, Sweden, of Scottish extraction. He was a mariner. Children, born at Newbury- port : Mary Jane, born August 29, 1810; Thomas; Joanna Henrietta, baptized Novem- ber 27, 1825 : living at Newburyport (1911) ; Nathaniel James (mentioned below) ; Corne- lius.
(VIII) General Nathaniel James Jackson, son of Nathaniel Jackson, was born at New- buryport, July 18, 1818. He was educated in the public schools. He was active during the civil war, supporting the government. In 1861 he was living at Lewiston, Maine, and was colonel of the First Maine Regiment, which enlisted for three months. After this period of service he was commissioned colonel of the Fifth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service. He was wound- ed in the right arm by a shell at Gaines Mill, May 31. 1861, and in the right knee by a musket ball at the battle at Campton Pass. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier- general, September 24, 1862, and placed in command of the Second Brigade, Second Di- vision, Twelfth Army Corps, October 10, 1862. He accidentally broke his leg while on the way to headquarters with a despatch, and during his convalescence was placed in com- mand of the department rendezvous at Hart's Island, August 14, 1863. He took command of the First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, at Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 1864, and took part in Sherman's "March to the Sea," being at the siege of Bentonville, North Caro- lina, March 21. 1865, at the last battle of the war. He was commissioned major-general, March 23. 1865, and mustered out in June, 1865, after the war was ended. He died at Jamestown, New York, April 21, 1872.
He married, about 1845, Julia Ann, daugh- ter of Timothy H. and Mary (Polly) (Bond) Longley (see Longley Bond, VII). Her father's brother was a soldier in the revolu- tion. Children: James Henry, born February 9, 1847 ; hotel proprietor at Jamestown and a
successful business man; Charles Edward, February 8, 1849; George Augustus (men- tioned below).
(IX) George Augustus, son of General Na- thaniel James Jackson, was born September 8, 1851. He attended the public schools and the Waverly Academy at Waverly, New York. from which he was graduated in 1867. He be- came clerk of the Sherman House at James- town, New York, when a young man, in 1887, and held this responsible position for ten years under the proprietorship of Murphy & Wade. Thence he went to Ridgway, Pennsylvania, as manager of the Hyde House. At the end of ten years he retired from active business. In politics he is a Republican, but he has never held public office or sought public distinction. He is a member of Jamestown Lodge, Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church of Jamestown. He is unmarried.
(The Bond Line).
In the time of Edward the Confessor several Bond families held estates in England in the counties of Cornwall. Essex, Kent, Hants, Berks, Bedford, Suffolk, Gloucester, North- ampton and York. The common tradition is that three brothers of the Bond family came to New England, Thomas, of Virginia or Maryland, John of Newbury, Massachusetts, Ohio and Michigan, and William, of Water- town, Massachusetts, the progenitor of most of the New England families of the name of Bond.
(I) Jonas Bond, of Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk, England, married Rose -. He probably moved to Bury St. Edmunds after the birth of his second child from Haw- ley or Woolpit, where he owned houses ac- cording to his will. His wife's name was per- haps Wood. He was buried August 5, 1601. Children : Oliver, the "eldest son :" John, "the elder :" John "the younger," baptized Decem- ber. 26, 1591: Bartholomew ; William, bap- tized December 28, 1595: Thomas (mentioned below) ; Elizabeth, baptized March 12, 1599; Margaret, baptized December 10, 1600.
(II) Thomas, son of Jonas Bond, was bap- tized September 8, 1597. His father left him in his will the house at Woolpit. He was a inaltster at Bury St. Edmunds. His will was dated November 5, 1658, and proved March 10, 1659, at the prerogative court of Canter- bury in London. He married Elizabeth
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Children and dates of baptism: Thomas, Sep- tember 22, 1622 ; John, February 5, 1624 ; Will- iam (mentioned below) ; Henry, April 5. 1628; Elizabeth, March 12, 1630; Francis, May 31, 1632; Mary, January 31, 1636; Jonas, August 5, 1638.
(III) William, son of Thomas Bond, was the immigrant ancestor. He was baptized at Bury St. Edmunds, September 3, 1625, and died December 14, 1695, intestate, his widow surviving him about twenty-five years. It is probable that he came to New England when very young, in 1630, with Deacon Ephraim Child, who is thought to have married his fa- ther's sister Elizabeth. The first record of him is his marriage in 1649-50, but in a de- position that he made when aged fifty-five he declared that he had lived in Watertown "fifty years agoe" and knew the land well. On March 15, 1654-55. Mr. Knowles deeded his estate in Watertown for £200 to him, and the descendants of William Bond held the land for more than one hundred and seventy years. He held many public positions and often was employed to take inventories, write wills and deeds, and settle estates. He served as select- man, town clerk, captain, justice of the peace, and as a member of the council of safety in 1689; he often represented Watertown; he was elected speaker of the general court in 1691-92-93-95, the first one under the new royal charter uniting Plymouth and Massa- chusetts Bay. He was made freeman, Octo- ber II, 1682, and was admitted to the church in full communion, March 27, 1687. He was on a committee to rebuild Lancaster which the Indians had destroyed, October 7, 1679. He was on a committee to order and regulate all matters concerning the settlement of Worces- ter. June 10, 1686.
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