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In England a John Washburne was the first secretary of the council of Plymouth, and was succeeded in office in 1628 by William Burgess, but it is not known that he was iden- tical with John Washburne, of Duxbury, in 1652 : nor is it known that the New England Washburnes, the descendants of John, were of kin to William, Daniel and Jolin Washburne, who had land upon Long Island as early as 1653, but whose names soon afterwards disappeared from the records there.
( 1) Sir Roger Washburne, of Little Wash- bourne, county Worcester, England, flour- ished in the latter half of the thirteenth cen- tury. He is mentioned in the inquisition of 1259 and was living in 1299. He married Joan
( II) Sir John, son of Sir Roger Wash- burne, was known during the lifetime of his father as John de Dufford. He was knight of the shire and died before Michaelmas, 1319. He married Isabella
(HI) Sir Roger (2), son of Sir John Washburne, married, as early as 1316, Mar- garet He was Lord of Washbourne.
(IV) John (2), son of Sir Roger (2) Washburne, was a younger son. He had an older brother, also named John, who died without issue, and consequently the estate and manor of Washbourne was confirmed to the younger son by his father, Sir Roger. He married Isabelle
(V) Peter, son of John (2) Washburne, married Isolde Hanley in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of Edward III. He had sons John, mentioned below, and William.
(VI) John (3), son of Peter Washburne, married (first) Joan Musard, and (second) Margaret Poher, or Power, of Wichenford. He was knight of the shire, escheator, and vice-comes. He was last of the name to own Stamford, and the first in Wichenford, and was living in July, in the fifth year of the reign of Henry \. Children: Isolde, by first wife, and Norman, John and Elynor by second wife.
(VII) Norman, son of John (3) Wash- burne, married Elizabeth Knivton. As son and heir he had a grant of the manor of Washbourne from his father in the fifth year of Henry VI. He died before 1449. Chil- dren: John, mentioned below; Eleanor, and other daughters.
(VIII) John (4), son of Norman Wash- burne, was probably born as early as 1434. He was commissioner. He married (first ) Joan Mitton, of Weston, county Stafford, and (second) Elizabeth Monington, of Butters. county Hereford, who was buried at Bosbury. His will was dated May 3, 1517, and he died May 6 following, and was buried in Wichen- ford church. Children of first wife: Robert, died in lifetime of his father ; John, mentioned below ; Wallace, executor of his father's will ; Francis. Children of second wife: Anthony, of Bosbury ; Richard.
(1X) John (5), son of John (4) Wash- burne, was founder of what is known as the Bengeworth branch. He married Emme , who lived at Bengeworth, a few miles distant from Little Washbourne. His will was dated December 27, 1546, and he died soon afterward. His wife made her will May I, 1547. Children: John, mentioned below ; William, married Margaret Harward.
(X) John (6), son of John (5) Washburne, of Bengeworth, married (first ), in 1542, Jone Bushell. He married (second ), in 1561, Jone Whitehead, who was buried in 1567. He was buried in 1593. Child, John, mentioned be- low.
(XI) John (7), son of John (6) Wash- burne, was of Bengeworth. He married, in 1596, Martha Stevens, whose will was proved in 1626. He was buried in 1624, and his will was dated August 3, 1624. Children, with dates of baptism: John, July 2, 1597:
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Jane, December 2. 1599: William. November 9. 1601 ; Jone, April 11, 1604, buried 1636.
It has been proved that the Washburne family of New England was descended from the English family described above. William Washburne, immigrant ancestor of this fam- ily, came from England and settled in Strat- ford, Connecticut, about 1655. He was doubt- less a brother or near relative of the Massa- chusetts pioneer who settled in Plymouth county. With William Washburne came two sons and perhaps other children, and a few years later the father and John went to Hempstead, Long Island.
Hope, son of William Washburne, was the second in the American line. He was in Strat- ford, Connecticut, as early as 1666, removed to Derby, Connecticut, and died there in 1696. He married Mary, daughter of Francis Stiles. Children : Sarah, born December, 1661 : John, May, 1666; William, March 16, 1668, mar- ried Hannah Wooster, of Derby : Samuel, March 1, 1670-71 ; Ephraim, August 31, 1673 ; Mary, married John Johnson.
John (8), grandson of Hope Washburne, removed from Fairfield county, Connecticut, to North Castle. Westchester county, New York, about 1722, and was one of the first settlers. The records of the town were not kept, so we are unable to trace the next two or three generations. According to the first federal census, taken in 1790, there were five heads of families living in the vicinity of New Castle. Joseph Washburne Sr. had three males over sixteen. one under that age, and four females in his family. It is believed that he was a son of the first settler. William Washburne had two sons under sixteen and four females. In North Castle, Elizabeth, John and Amey Washburne were heads of families.
Samuel Washburne was born in Westches- ter county, New York, about 1770, and the census records indicate that he must have been a son of Joseph Washburne Sr. He married (first) Anna Gerard: (second ) Jemima West- cott. Children: Willett. Jesse, Hannah, Sam- uel, Charlotte, Catherine.
Willett. son of Samuel Washburne, was born at Chappaqua, town of New Castle, Westchester county. New York. December 6, 1798. He married - Children : John, born July 25. 1818; Jesse, May 26, 1820; James Martin, mentioned below ; Willett L .. February 17, 1825: Charlotte, January 30,
1827 : Edward R., March 2, 1829, a soldier in the civil war; Silvester, February 17, 1831; Mary Emily. May 9. 1834, died January 10, 1844: Caroline, February 22, 1836; Samuel, August 9, 1838; Janet. January 6, 1841. died March 15, 1846; Ella, April 22, 1845.
James Martin, son of Willett Washburne, was born at Chappaqua, New York. Decem- ber 1. 1822, died in 1906. He married, No- vember 4. 1848, Lucinda Cook. Children : Myron L., James V., William, Celia, married George Field ; Benjamin.
Stephen Wood was born at Ash- WOOD ford, now Eastford, Windham county, Connecticut, whither his father came from New Hampshire. When a young man Stephen removed to Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, and he lived and died there. Children : Cynthia, Joseph. Clark.
(II) Joseph, son of Stephen Wood, was born March 4, 1825, in Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, died April 25, 1877. He received his early education in his native town. He followed farming on a large scale, and was also a general merchant and engaged ex- tensively in the lumber business, having lum- ber yards at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For many years he was in partnership with Thom- as Y. Boyd under the firm name of Wood & Boyd, and the partnership continued until Mr. Wood died. He was an active member of Delaware Lodge, No. 561, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Cochecton, now Callicoon. New York. In politics he was a Democrat, and he served the town as overseer of the poor and as supervisor. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He married, in 1850. Almira Mitchell, born in Damascus, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and now living at Boyd's Mills in the town of Damascus, daugh- ter of Isaac and Ursula (Smith ) Mitchell. They had ten children: Effinger. Clark, Jose- phine, Sketchley, Joseph, Mary, Mark E., Na- thaniel L .. John. Cora.
(III) Mark Eli, son of Joseph Wood, was born August 23, 1863, at Damascus, Pennsyl- vania. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Delaware Valley Insti- tute. Early in life he worked on the farm and later was clerk in his father's store. For twenty years he has represented a large im- porting firm at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1893 he made his home in Owego and has
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lived there since that time. He is a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 153. Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Owego, New York; New Jerusalem Chapter, No. 47, Royal Arch Ma- son, of Owego. New York: Malta Comman- dery, No. 21, Knights Templar, and Katural Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Binghamton, New York. He is a communicant of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church of Owego, and in poli- tics is a Republican. He married. August 12, 1891, Ella Sabrina, born June 30, 1871, daugh- ter of Edward Shultz and Sabrina ( Embody ) Beck. Children: Joseph Edward, born July 16, 1892 : Paul Milton, October 12, 1804: Ma- bel S., June 12, 1806: Nathan Mitchell, Oc- tober 10, 1898; Frank Beck, October 20, 1900; Mark Eli Jr .. August 19. 1903.
POTTER Avery B. Potter, the first of the line here under consideration. was a native of Scotland, from whence he removed to England, and emi- grated to this country prior to the war of the revolution, in which he served as an officer of the continental army. He led an active and useful life, and was respected by all who knew him. Ile married and among his children was James G. A., of whom further.
( II) James G. A., son of Avery B. Potter, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in October, 1782, died 1879 in New York. He was active in the affairs of the community. and was a man of integrity and enterprise. He married and among his children was John WV., of whom further.
(III) Dr. John W. Potter, second son of James G. A. Potter, was born at Middlesex, Yates county, New York, May 15, 1821. He was an able and successful physician, and resided at Canandaigua, New York. He mar- ried and among his children was James A., of whom further.
( IV) James A. Potter, son of Dr. John W. Potter, was born in Schoharie county, New York. He was always a farmer. He carried on farms in New York and Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Celia A. Davis. Children: Mary, married Wallace Seamans ; John W., Edward O .. Earl B., Henrietta, Jesse R .. Frank E., mentioned below.
(\') Frank E., son of James .A. Potter. was born at Tidioute, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1874. He attended the public schools at Canandai- gua, New York, and until igoo worked on a
farm. In that year he came to Pluienix, New York, and for two years followed the trade of carpenter. During the next seven years he was a clerk in a store. Since March, 1909, when he bought a grocery store in Phoenix, he has conducted a large and prosperous busi- ness there on his own account. He is a com- municant of the Methodlist Episcopal church and has been a steward for four years. He is a member of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 77, Odd Fellows, and of the local lodge of Mac- cabees. He married, April, 1902, Frances, daughter of Amenzo Smith. They had two children, both of whom died in infancy.
ELLIS This surname is spelled in the early records in a variety of ways, such as Elis, Elce, Else, Alice. It has been in use as a surname from the earliest times. The word means step-son, though in some cases the surname may have been de- rived from the baptismal name Elias, which was in common use very early in Normandy before the Conquest. In the Welsh the name is derived from "Aleck's," the possessive form adopted in many names of similar origin. In- stead of saying William's David, the Welsh used the expression, "David William's," and this usage gave rise to such names as Evans, Jones ( John's ), Edwards, Harris ( Harry's), and so through the long category. Many im- migrants of the name are found of early rec- ord in New England, the first being among the Puritans of Plymouth. Another family springs from Dedham, and both sent out a large progeny.
(I) The Ellis family of the line here under consideration is probably descended from John Ellis, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, an Englishman by birth and parentage, but the place of nativity, the year of his birth and the exact date of his immigration to the hos- pitable shore of New England are not known. He was of Sandwich as early as 1641, and in 1643 he is mentioned in the town records as a person capable of bearing arms. This implies that he was a man of good report in the plan- tation there, a freeman, and member of the church in good standing. In July, 1657. John Ellis, mentioned as "Lieutenant Ellis," was one of the fourteen freemen of Sandwich who signed the agreement to support a minister in the town: "We whose names are here- under written do hereby engage ourselves to pay towards the minister's support, yearly,
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the several sums as followeth-except as God by His Providence shall disenable us, or any of us remove out of Sandwich." To this cause John Ellis promised to pay one pound each year, there being only three of the whole number who pledged a greater sum. hence it may be inferred that he was a man of sub- stance as well as of influence among the towns- men. In the same year "the account of Lt. Ellis for drum, muskets, &c., purchased was rendered." amounting to ten pounds, six shill- ings, seven pence. In 1658 the lands of the town were described in accordance with an order of the court, and John Ellis Sr. and John Ellis Jr. are mentioned as property own- ers at that time. His name also appears in 1675. when a meeting was called by Lieuten- ant John Ellis and Benjamin Hammond. the constable, for the purpose of granting liberty to "any families that may be necessitated, to repair to the town garrison for safety." In the same year the name of John Ellis Sr. ap- pears among those who could "make appear their just right to the privileges of the town." The "Annals of Sandwich," in noting events of the year 1077 state that "Mr. John Ellis, the ancestor of those of the name in this town, one of the oldest and first settlers, died this year." To this statement the author of that work adds this note: "Ile is called Jr., we know not for what reason. He must, we think. have been Sr., of Sandwich. There probably was one of the name older in the colony."
In 1645 John Ellis married Elizabethı, daughter of Edmund Freeman, to whom, April 3. 1037, and nine associates, the town of Sandwich was granted. He was the lead- ing proprietor of the town. He was born in England about 1590 and came to New Eng- land in 1635, in company with his two sons, Edmund Jr., and John, the former of whom was fifteen years old and the latter eight years old at the time of their immigration. Both of them afterward married daughters of Gov- ernor Prince. He also brought with him two daughters, Alice, then seventeen, and Eliza- beth. twelve years old. Alice Freeman mar- ried Deacon William Paddy, of Plymouth, the first treasurer of the colony. Elizabeth. third in the order of birth of her father's children, married John Ellis, of Sandwich. It is said of Edmund Freeman that "he was a man of consideration in England, and brought with him much valuable plate; which
last remark," says Mr. Freeman in his "His- tory of Barnstable county," "we suppose was intended to be indicative of his position in society. Such, perhaps it might have been at that day, but it would be a poor criterion now. It is saidl, moreover, that he acted as the 'confi- dential agent' of certain of the 'merchant ad- venturers.' This would seem to be corrobo- rated by his correspondence with Mr. Bean- champe. 'a London merchant and valuable friend to the colony,' who also was brother- in-law to Mr. Freeman. Mr. Freeman was not only conspicuous in town affairs, but from 1640 to 1646 inclusive, assistant in the govern- ment of the colony. He lived to be ninety- two years old, dying in Sandwich in 1682. His sons Edmund and John also were promi- nent. both being deputies to the general court, and the latter, who removed to Eastham, be- came assistant." Lieutenant John and Eliza- beth ( Freeman) Ellis had eight children: I. Bennet, born 1649. 2. Mordecai, 1651; made freeman 1681: married Rebecca Clark ; died 1715. 3. Joel. 1655. 4. Nathaniel, 1657. 5. Matthias. 6. John, married Sarah Holmes. 7. Samuel. 8. Freeman, admitted freeman 1681 ; married Mercy --- , and had sons, Joel, Ebenezer, Mordecai. Gideon.
( III) Jeremiah Ellis was born about 1690 and was probably a grandson of Lieutenant John Ellis, of Sandwich, though it is possible he may have been an English immigrant. Diligent and long extended search by numer- ons genealogists has failed to disclose the place of his birth or his parentage. He re- sided as early as 1724 in that part of the an- cient town of Greenwich, Rhode Island, which was set off in 1740 as West Greenwich. The only public record concerning him which has been discovered is in that town and shows that his wife's name was Judith and that their fourth daughter Sarah was born February 21, 1727.
(IV) Gideon, son of Jeremiah and Judith Ellis, as shown by family records, was born October 17, 1724. in West Greenwich, and died in that town. September 3. 1793. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and resided on the paternal homestead. lle mar- ried (first). February 14. 1744, Germania Austin, of Exeter, Rhode Island, who died October 11. 1755. He married (second), April 11, 1756, Lydia Reynolds, who died Sep- tember 13. 1758. He married (third), March 21, 1702. Elizabeth Manchester, born 1737,
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died August 22, 1807. lle hal fourteen chil- dren in all: those of the first wife were: Ellinor, Wait, Gideon. Rufus, Germania. Those of the second wife were: Nelton and John. Those of the third wife were: Arnold, Lydia. Ann, Oliver, John, Solomon, Peleg. The last three settled at Dryden, Tompkins county, New York.
(V) Arnold, fifth son of Gideon Ellis and eldest child of his third wife, Elizabeth ( Man- chester ) Ellis, was born September 6, 1763. in West Greenwich, where he died February 23, 1844, and was buried in the family ceme- terv. Hle was undoubtedly a farmer. llis wife, whose birth was unrecorded, died July 3, 1849. Children : Elsie, born July 24, 1792; Lydia. September 2, 1793 : Elizabeth, Novem- ber 2, 1795: Polly, July 28, 1707: Ruth, Oc- tober 13, 1799: Gideon, December 6, 1801; Robert Crandall, mentioned below ; Caleb G .. July 18, 1807; Othniel, October 20, 1809; Ar- nold Peleg. October 18, 1811 : John C., March 1, 1814.
(VI) Robert Crandall, second son of Ar- nold Ellis, was born August 13, 1805, in West Greenwich. When a young man he re- moved to the state of New York with his brothers, Jolyi C. and Arnold Peleg. They settled in the town of Dryden, Tompkins county, where Robert C. Ellis purchased one hundred and seventy acres of land and built a cabin. After clearing a small tract he re- turned to Rhode Island and there married, February 15. 1829, Anstis Clarke, born Jan- uary 4, 1804, daughter of Peleg and Martha (Boone ) Clarke. About 1835 he built a large house of fourteen rooms, which is still in use, and a conspicuous landmark, one mile south of the village of McLean. Children of Robert C. Ellis and wife: 1. Arnold Havens, born May 31, 1831. 2. Martha Loverna, March 6, 1833 : married, October 27. 1863. James Brad- ing Trevor, and died in November, 1864, leav- ing a son, Joseph Ellis Trevor, born Novem- ber 18. 1864, now professor of mathematics at Cornell University. 3. Clarke Clinton, De- cember 25, 1837, died May 20, 1890. 4 and 5. Mary Boone and Melvin Robert ( twins). Af- ter his marriage he returned to Dryden, where he remained until 1850, when he removed to Homer. Cortland county, New York, and there built a fine residence, which is still standing.
(VII ) Melvin Robert, youngest son of Rob- ert C. and Anstis (Clarke) Ellis, was born September 13, 1845, in Dryden. He was four
years old when his parents removed to llomer. At the age of fifteen years he became an ap- prentice at the printing trade, and resided in Lyons, New York, while working at this oc- cupation. Subsequently he resided for many years in Minnesota, where he dealt largely in land, and following this became interested in the textile mills at Jamestown, New York. For a long time he represented these mills as sales agent, and upon retirement settled at Elmira, New York. lle is now secretary of the Elmira Automobile Club, which is the fourth in size in the state, and is also presi- dent of the Chemung County Ilumane Soci- eties.
Ile marriel (first ), June 12, 1877, at .An- dover, Massachusetts, Charlotte Louise Rip- ley, born in 1851, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died in 1901 in Chicago. He married ( sec- ond), June 30, 1903, at Auburn, New York, Frances Jane Rappleye, born April 3. 1851, at Farmer, now Interlaken, Seneca county, New York, daughter of Joshua Wyckoff and Jane Taft (Campbell ) Rappleye. Joshua W. Rappleye was a son of Peter and Martha ( Co- vert ) Rappleye. Mrs. Ellis is a talented musi- cian and is active in the promotion of musical interest in Elmira.
(The Clarke Line).
There is no name more numerously repre- sented in the pioneer settlement of New Eng- land than this. They were numerous in al- most every New England town, and the many families bearing this name render distinctions somewhat confusing and uncertain. The name is undoubtedly derived from an occupa- tion, and arose from the variations in pro- nunciation in early times. There may have been several who took the surname simultane- ously, which arose from the occupation of clerk or scribe. In ancient days any one who could write was called a clerk or clark, the latter pronunciation still prevails largely in England. It was also the custom in oklen days to add a final "e" to nearly every word where possible, and this habit was brought to America by the original immigrants. In this fashion the spelling of this name here used began and has been maintained by a con- siderable number of the name in this country, although a great majority have dropped the final letter.
(I) Jeremiah Clarke, the first of the family to come to the American shore, was a native
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of England, and there married Frances (La- tham ) Dougan, daughter of Lewis Latham and widow of Thomas Dongan. Mr. Clarke was at Portsmouth. Rhode Island, where his name appears January 2, 1638, as attending a general meeting. In April, 1639, he was at Newport, where he afterward made his home. He was constable in 1639; lieutenant in 1642; and captain in 1644. From 1644 to 1647 he was treasurer of Portsmouth, and from 1647 to 1649 treasurer of Providence Plantations. In May, 1648, on the suspension of William Coddington, governor of the Providence Plan- tations, he was elected to fill the office and administer the government during that year under the title of president regent. He was a leader of the faction opposed to the schemes of Governor Coddington, and was quite active and prominent in the affairs of the colony. After 1649, when he resigned as treasurer of the Providence Plantations, he held no other public office. He died in January, 1652. His widow married for her third husband Rev. William Vaughn, first pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Newport. She died in 1677, at the age of sixty-two years. The chil- dren born to Jeremiah Clarke were: Walter, born in 1637, died August 22, 1714, was also governor of the colony; Mary, born in 1641. married ( first ) Governor John Cranston, (second) John Stanton, and died April 7. 1711: Jeremiah, born in 1643: Latham, born in 1644. married ( first ) Hannah Wilbour, (second ) Anne Newberry, and died June I. 1719: Weston, born July 2. 1648, married ( first ) Margaret Easton, ( second ) Rebecca Easton, widow of Pater Easton Jr. ; James, born in 1649, married Hope Power, of Provi- dence, died December 1. 1736: Sarah, born in 1651. married Governor Caleb Carr, of New- port.
( II) Jeremiah ( 2). second son of Jeremiah (1) and Frances (Latham ) Clarke, was born in 1643, in Newport, where he was made a freeman in 1666, and died January 16, 1729. From 1696 to 1705 he was deputy from New- port to the general court, and in 1701 was ordained a deacon of the Baptist church. He made arrangements with his son, James Clarke, and his son-in-law, Jeremiah Weeden. by which they were to provide for the main- tenance of himself and wife, and later he deeded to each half of his land on a payment of three pounds and an annual payment there- after of that sum, during the life of himself
and wife. He also made provision that each was to pay seventeen pounds, ten shillings, the amount to be divided among other children after the death of the parents. He married Ann Audley, who died December 13, 1732, and their children were: Jeremiah, married Mary Sisson; Henry, married Jude Clarke ; James, married Mary Buckling : Samuel, mar- ried Hannah Willcocks; Weston, married Mary Willott; Frances, married John San- ford ; Mary, married Jeremiah Weeden ; Ann, married William Greenman; Sarah, became the second wife of Jeremiah Weeden.
(II]) James, third son of Jeremiah (2) and Ann (Audley ) Clarke, resided in Newport. As above noted, he received half of the lands of his father in Providence, West Conang and Connecticut, and thereafter he was taxed ac- cordingly. In September, 1787. he was taxed in Providence one shilling nine pence and the next year his taxes were three pence less. Be- fore receiving the deed from his father, he had purchased for three hundred and ninety- four pounds thirty acres of land in Newport, deed bearing date February 16, 1716. It is apparent from this that both father and son were men of ample means for that day. He marrie !. February 16, 1716, Mary Buckling, and they had children: Frances. John, Cor- nelius, James, Mary. The last named became the wife of Henry Bliss.
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