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They ran one wagon from the start, and for the last four years have had two wagons. During eighteen years they have missed but tive trips to Bristol ferry with wagon service, a better record than the mail service. Mr. C. E. Chase was married in 1847 to Ella F., only daughter of William Henry Faulkner. They have one son, Frank Henry.
Asa Coggeshall, son of Abner Coggeshall, was born in Tiver- ton in 1841, and was married in 1866 to Lucy F., danghter of Job R. and Eleanor Carr. They have four children: Nellie F., Grace Edna, William H. and Eugene Lamont. At the age of 16 Mr. Coggeshall started on a trip around Cape Horn, whaling, and was gone four years. He made a second trip, from which he returned about two years before his marriage. He was em- ployed by the government during the war on a government transport. His present business is farming.
Dennis Coggeshall, son of Samuel and Abagail Slocum Cogge- shall, was born in 1822. He is now engaged in farming on the homestead farm where his father and mother died, aged re- spectively 81 and 85 years.
Edward Alton Coggeshall, son of Edward, grandson of Simeon and great-grandson of Josiah Coggeshall, married Mary Cath- rina, daughter of Cyrus Peckham and granddaughter of Timothy Peckham. They have one son, Elmer Russell. Mr. Coggeshall has been house carpenter for thirty-three years. His grand- father, father and brother, Peleg T., all of whom are dead, were also carpenters.
Fillmore Coggeshall was born in 1856, and is a son of George C. Coggeshall, of Middletown, whose portrait and biography are given in this work. Fillmore Coggeshall is married to Lizzie M., daughter of William H., granddaughter of Isaac, and great- granddaughter of Gideon Brown. Their children are : Mary Julia, Frederick William, Gertrude A. and Fillmore, Jr. Mr. Coggeshall was elected second councilman in 1887. On state and national questions he votes with the democratic party.
John Pardon Coggeshall was born in Portsmouth in 1836, and is a son of Abraham C. Coggeshall, deceased, of Middletown. Ile was married to Elizabeth Roddy, by whom he has had three children: Matthew, Annie M. and Rosalie. Mr. Coggeshall has always been a farmer.
Joseph Coggeshall, brother of John P., was born in 1826. His wife is Mary A., daughter of Parker Lawton. They have
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five children: Celia S., Charles, Martha, John R. and Frederick A. Mr. Coggeshall has been a member of the school board twenty-four years. Besides farming he has been engaged in contracting and building for about thirty-five years. He has erected a large number of buildings, including twenty-four for E. J. Anderson, of Newport.
Peleg A. Coggeshall, born in 1822, is a son of Peleg, who was the only child of George Coggeshall, a son of Joshna. Mrs. Peleg 1. Coggeshall is Lucinda, daughter of Samuel Ayles- worth, of North Kingstown. Their only child is Charles P. Coggeshall, of Boston. Mr. Coggeshall has been assessor of taxes several years. He is a farmer.
George B. Coggeshall, brother of Peleg A., has been repre sentative two years and state senator four years. His father, Peleg, was a soldier in the war of 1812. His widow, who died in 1866, at the age of 95 years, was a pensioner.
William Earl Cook, the oldest man living in this town, was born in 1797. His father, George Cook, was a son of Matthew Cook. Mr. Cook learned the blacksmith trade, at which he still works, before he was twenty. In 1819 he went to Cuba, where he resided two years, when he returned to Portsmonth. His wife, Ennice Sherman, was born in New Bedford, in 1800. Their only child, Sarah B., is Mrs. Philip B. Chase, who has a family of nine children : William C., Eunice A., Philip S., Re- becca, Nancy, Constant C., Charles E., Isaac S. and Hannah.
John Corcoran was born in the central part of Ireland. He came to New York in 1839. He came to Portsmonth in 1840 as engineer in the coal mine. When the coal mine was abandoned he bought a farm here, including the honse which had been built for a summer residence. His children are John J. and Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Timothy Connelly, of Tannton. Mrs. John J. Corcoran was Elizabeth Kennedy. They have one child, Ellen.
Abner B. Cory is a son of John Cory and a grandson of Thomas Cory, a brother of Samuel Cory, who aided in the cap- ture of General Prescott in the revolution. This Thomas was in the English army before the revolution, in the campaign against the French in Canada. Mr. Cory's wife is Ruth, a granddaughter of George Hall. Several years of Mr. Cory's early life were spent in Little Compton, under the strict dis- cipline of poverty. His business here now is dealing in seeds
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and agricultural implements. Mr. Cory is now one of the con- missioners of the asylum.
Asa Cory, farmer, born in 1818, is a son of John and grand- son of Thomas Cory. This Thomas and his two brothers, Sam- uel and Pardon, came to Portsmouth in 1747 and settled on the farm now owned by Joseph E. Macomber. This Samuel Cory was the one who helped capture General Prescott on this island in the revolution. Mrs. Asa Cory is Mary, daughter of Hicks Cornell. They have two children : Frances E. (Mrs. William F. Carr) and Charles W.
Levi W. Cory, deceased, was born in 1807, married Catherine O'Donnell, a native of Ardara, Ireland, in 1877. Mr. Cory was a successful farmer. In politics he was an uncompromising democrat. He was at one time assessor of taxes. He died in 1883 leaving a handsome property.
William HI. Cory, son of Joseph and grandson of John Cory, was born in 1834. His wife was Emily Doty of Bristol, R. I. Their children are: Helen J., Mary E., Sarah D. and Harriet A. The farm home of Mr. Cory has been owned by the Cory family nearly half a century. This Joseph Cory is a brother of the Asa Cory mentioned in this chapter.
John H. Cross, born in 1833, is a son of John Cross, who was a native of Columbia, Dutchess county, N. Y. Mrs. Cross is Henrietta, danghter of John G. Childs, and granddaughter of Lieutenant-Governor Joseph Childs. They have seven children: M. Emeline (Mrs. Hezekiah Gifford), Carrie E. (Mrs. J. Archie Sisson), Edith (Mrs. William Clark), Etta A., John A., Joseph H. and Fritz Carl. Mr. Cross has been a member of the school board and town treasurer.
William J. Croucher was born in 1852 and is a son of John Croucher. The latter was born in 1814 and died in 1886. Mrs. William J. Croucher is a daughter of Charles Slocum.
Joseph G. Dennis, editor of the Portsmouth Chronicle, is a son of Jonathan Dennis, grandson of George Dennis, born in 1767, and great-grandson of Robert Dennis, born in 1727. His wife is Clara E., daughter of Edmund D. Barker, granddaughter of Peter Barker and great-granddaughter of Matthew Barker of the Middletown family. Their only child is a daughter, Fannie P.
William R. Dennis, farmer, son of John Dennis and grand- son of Robert Dennis, was born in 1822. He has been actively
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engaged in the seupp and menhaden fisheries. His wife was Abbie Fields. Their only son, William C., married Susan F. Brownell, and has two children, a son, Albertie S., and a daughter, Martha F.
George A. Faulkner, born in 1838, is a son of Joseph, grand- son of George and great-grandson of Thomas Faulkner. His wife was Fannie E. Van Nostrand. They have one son, Walter I. Faulkner. Mrs. Faulkner's grandfather lived to be 100 years old, and an uncle died at 108. Mr. Faulkner's business since he was 18 years old has been trapping and pursing. He has been an owner in steamers, schooners and sloops.
Parker H. P. Faulkner is one of the fifthi generation of Faulkners in Rhode Island, descended from Thomas Faulkner through George Faulkner, George Faulkner and Pierce A. Faulkner. He was born in 1830. Ilis wife is a daughter of Solomon P. Snow, a former pastor of the Portsmouth Method- ist Episcopal church. Mr. Faulkner learned his trade of sheet iron worker, tinner and plumber at New Bedford, and from 1873 to 1885 followed that business here.
William Field, born 1817, son of Richard, and grandson of Richard Field, is the oldest man in Glen street who was born here. His first wife was Mary Mitchell ; his present wife, Mary B., is a danghter of Henry J. Hudson. Their house was rebuilt from one of the earliest houses here. Mr. Field is a carpenter by trade and helped build the first house on Bellevue avenne, Newport, before the avenue was opened beyond Narragansett avenne. He was a member of the artillery company in the Dorr war.
Thomas M. Field was born in 1818. His father, Richard Field, was born and educated in England, and at the age of 25 was master of a ship. He died here in 1833. Thomas M. built the blacksmith shop at the head of Glen road in 1859. He learned his trade of William Earl Cook and has worked at it fifty years. His wife, Jane E., is a daughter of Andrew and Jane (Seabury) Cory. Her maternal grandfather is Cornelius Seabury, of Tiverton. Their only child is Frederick A., whose wife, Harriet, is a daughter of Deacon William Henry Gardner. They have one child, Frederick Harold.
George C. Fish, born in 1830, is a son of Joseph W., and grand- son of Job Fish. His wife, Lucinda A., is a daughter of Albert G. Cook, who died in 1886 at the age of 86, having served as
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town councilman and as deputy sheriff of this county. Mr. Fish was engaged in purse and trap fishing for twenty years prior to 1870, and since then in farming. His only child is Henrietta J., now Mrs. Arthur 1. Borden.
. William F. Freeborne, son of Charles S., and grandson of Stephen Freeborne, was born in 1840. He was united in mar- riage with Lutetia, daughter of Benjamin Tallman here. For twenty-one years prior to 1885 Mr. Freeborne was extensively engaged in purse fishing, since which he has devoted his time to the different branches of " seupp" trapping. Has also given some attention to farming.
Solomon Gardner was born here in 1835. He was a son of Thomas Gardner who was a native of Jamestown. He married Elizabeth G. Manchester, daughter of the late John S. and granddaughter of John Manchester of Tiverton. They have one son, John T. Gardner, whose wife was Georgie Lawton. Mrs. Gardner's mother was a daughter of Williams Durfee of Tiverton, a relative of Judge Durfee.
William H. Gifford, son of William H. and grandson of Jer- emiah Gifford, was born in 1836. His first wife was Sarah Heath, sister of James M. Heath of Middletown. She died leav- ing one son, Ralph E. Gifford of Providence. The present wife, Harriet Rebecca, is a sister of John H. Manchester, of Middle- town. Her father was born in the old Manchester house, now 110 years old. He died at 92 years of age. Mr. Gifford was engaged in teaching school from 1859 to 1886. He is a prominent officer in the Episcopal church here.
Josiah C. Gifford, brother of William H., was born here in 1832. llis wife is JJulia A. P., daughter of Gardner T. Slocum, of Middletown. They have three sons living: William Gardner, Barclay Hazard and Charles. Mr. Gifford is a farmer and has been on the Hazard farm "Vaucluse," eight years.
Jonathan C. Gould, born in 1824, is a son of Thomas Gould, whose father was also named Thomas. Mrs. Gould, Josephine E .. is a sister of J. Lawrence Durfee. Their only child, Mary P .. is the wife of Resteom P. Manchester, and her only child is Jonathan Gould Manchester. Mr. Gould was captain of the Portsmouth company of Rhode Island militia.
Doctor Benjamin Green, son of Hon. Isaac and Eliza (Kenyon) Green, was born in Exeter, R. L., in 1833. His father was rep- resentative in the general assembly at one time. His grand-
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father was Hon. Benjamin Green of Coventry, R. I. In 1859 Doctor Green graduated from University Medical College of New York city. In his lodge he is now worshipful master. He has been high priest of the Chapter and was once grand king of the Grand Chapter of the state. He was married in 1860 to Eunice A., daughter of Philip B. Chase. They have two chil- dren: Iva Eunice and Isaac Philip.
Cornelius S. Green is a son of Benjamin, son of Hawkins Green. His wife, Amelia A., is a daughter of Wanton Sher- man. Their children are : S. Lizzie and Frank Winslow. Mr. Green's farm, called the "Captain Wild's" place, was pur- chased by his father in 1863.
Clinton Hale, of Providence. whose wife is Edna, daughter of Peleg Almy, is a descendant of Nathan Hale and Sir Matthew Hale. He has two sons, Frank C. and Dwight A. Hale.
Benjamin Hall was born in Portsmonth in 1827, and is a son of Parker Hall and a grandson of George Hall. He was state senator in 1862-63 and town treasurer two or three years. He married Eliza Chase, a sister of Hon. John F. Chase. She died leaving four children : George P., Benjamin Jr., Herbert F. and Mary C. His present wife is from Fall River. His business is farming.
Parker Hall was one of the friends of Governor Dorr in the Dorr war, he being a member of the legislature. Lafayette used to make his stops frequently at the home of George Hall, who then lived in the house where Charles G. Thomas now re- sides. During his last visit to America he called on Hannah. who was a sister of George Hall. While Lafayette was tend- ing her by an open window in 1776 it fell and hurt her hand, and so the general came to see her when both were old and to ask if her hand was injured. George Hall was a leading man in the town, as was also his son, Parker Hall, in his life. The latter was associate judge in the court of common pleas.
David Franklyn Hall, son of Robert Dennis Hall, was born in Portsmouth, and married Abbie T. Chase, daughter of Wil- liam Alfred Chase. They have a son, Harold Borden Hall.
William Hathaway was born in Middletown in 1810, and mar- ried Mary Manchester, a sister of Deacon John Manchester, late of Portsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have three children living: George, John and Lucy (Mrs. Moses Brotherson). The
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family are Quakers. William's father was George, who came from Freetown, Massachusetts. The latter's father was John, a son of Ephraim. This Ephraim, with two brothers, came from England.
John Hedly was born in 1800. Ilis father, Henry, was a son oľ Peleg Hedly, who was killed by the British here in the war of the revolution. Peleg's father was Henry Hedly. John has been a merchant here since 1829, and has some of the old goods still. His niece, Esther M., a girl of eighteen, daughter of David Hedly, keeps house for him. Mr. Hedly is a staunch republican, and was a federalist during the existence of that party. He belongs to the society of Friends here.
Robert Hicks was born here in 1820, and married Emily Green. Their children are: Emma Francis, Oliver Green, Grace R., George R. George R. is married to Minnie Potter, of Central Falls, R.I., and is one of the school committee now, and has been school trustee. On Robert Hicks' farm are the remains of an old cellar, and near by is an old well, and no one living knows how or when they were put there.
Julia Ward Howe, whose " Battle Hymn of the Republic " has been " marching on" with the author's fame towards the appreciation of a whole people, has written many exquisite poems, thoughtful and strong as Emerson's, sweet as Whittier's, and welcome as herself to those who know her. She has been called the Browning of America, but Elizabeth and Julia do not strike one lyre. Americans may be pardoned for preferring the author of "Passion Flower," " Words for the Hour," and " Later Lyrics." There is a drama, also, "The World's Own," which is poetic; and are not her prose works full of poetry ? "The Trip to Cuba," so redolent with memo- ries of the scholar and preacher, Theodore Parker, then an in- valid fellow voyager; "From the Oak to the Olive," so rich in fancies and fine descriptions. One is at a loss to know whether to call Mrs. Howe poet or philosopher. In later years she has added the title of reformer, and shown herself worthy of her place by the side of Samuel G. Howe, the philanthropist, whose "Memoir," for the use of the blind and others, the faithful wile has just prepared. That she is the daughter of Samuel Ward, a New York banker, that her mother, Mrs. Julia Ward, was a poet, and that she was finely educated, with other facts, may be learned from the volume called " Eminent Women of
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the Age," and, since it is there to be found, less may be said here. May it be many a day before her biography in full shall be penned; for the world hath need of such as she, and our country can ill afford to lose a woman at once so sweet and strong, so loving and wise. Julia Ward Howe has traveled ex- tensively in the old world, and her books telling of classic scenes, or of unfamiliar, lovely spots in the tropie islands of the sea, are full of thrilling interest. She is editorially connected with the "Woman's Journal." She is mentioned among women who occasionally preach. With Julia Ward Howe crossing the ocean to preach the gospel of peace in England, and inaugurating mother's day on each June 2d, for the world, whereon mothers will specially pray that war may not come to slay any other mothers' sons. She lectures on literary and philosophic themes and for reforms.
William M. Hughes, born in 1852, is a son of Charles II. and Anna Lawton Hughes. Mr. Hughes' father died in 1882. Wil- liam M. married Annie H., daughter of General John Gonld of Middletown. They have two children: Charles M. and Harriet C. Mr. Hughes is a member of the National Gun Cinb and the Miantonomi Gun CInb of Newport. His great-grandfather, Peter Hughes, forged the first link of the blockading chain across the Hudson in the revolutionary war. A part of this chain is in Redwood Library.
Albert W. Lawrence was born in 1847. His father, Luke Lawrence, was born in Troy, N. IL., in 1820, and he came to Portsmonth in 1843. He married Mary, danghter of Asa Borden. Mr. Lawrence is the only child. He married Cordelia A., dangh- ter of Thomas Holman. They have two children, William A. and Mary A. Albert, in his younger days, made several sea voyages, including a trip to the West Indies on board a tea ship, and one between New York and China.
Borden Lawton, born in 1820, is a son of Adam Lawton and grandson of Giles Lawton. His mother was a daughter of Giles Slocum. Mr. Lawton's wife is Anna, daughter of Jethro Mitchell, of Middletown. Her grandfather, Richard, and his father, Richard, lived in the old Mitchell honse, a landmark still standing east of the Slate Hill road, near the Portsmonth and Middletown town line. Mr. Law ton has two daughters: Mrs. Charles S. Sisson and Mrs. Isaac Chase.
Joseph E. Macomber was born in 1822 in Vermont, and
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came here a single man about 1845, and engaged as a teacher. He married Finis G. M., daughter of Isaac Borden. Their children are: Isaac B., Lizzie W., Ellwood G., Anna B. and Richard R. The eldest of this generation was born in 1852, and married Abbie A. Cushman, of Plymouth county, Mass. They have three children: Carleton H., Maurice E. and Ger- trude E. The family are prominent members of the Society of Friends. Isaac B. Macomber is the recorder of the society here. The family is descended from William Macomber, who settled in Marshfield, Mass., about 1634-36. Joseph E. is the sixth generation from this William.
Nathan D. Main was born in Brookfield, N. Y., in 1812. He was married in 1837 to a daughter of Simeon Coggeshall. Their family consists of three boys: William D. C., Truman C. and Abner S. The latter's wife is an English lady named Cope- land. Their children are Bertha L. and Nathan C.
Truman Clark Main, born in 1842, is a son of Nathan D. Main. His wife was Jemima Northup. They have but two children: William Carr and Lottie Frances. Mr. Main has for sixteen years been superintendent of the Barstow farm called " Green Vale." From 1861 to 1871 he was engaged in seine fishing.
A. G. Manchester, son of Jeremiah Manchester, was born in Tiverton in 1831. His wife, Fannie A., is a daughter of John Cook of Tiverton. They have one son, Oscar C., who began in the mercantile business here in 1876. He was postmaster here for ten years, 1876-86. His wife. Ruth C., is a daughter of Cook Manchester. A. G. Manchester's mother was Esther, a daughter of Borden and granddaughter of Thomas Wilcox. Ilis wife was a granddaughter of William Cook, son of Judge Walter Cook, who served as judge until in his 90th year.
John Manchester, of Portsmonth, deceased, was born here in 1817, and died January 1st, 1885. He was a son of Edward and grandson of John Manchester, of Tiverton. His life was passed here, where he was twenty-three years deacon of the Christian church and several years treasurer. He has three children liv- ing : Ann Angusta, Bertha (Mrs. Stephen Burdick, of New- port), and Clara (Mrs. Abrain Rathbone). Mr. and Mrs. Rath- bone have one child, Edith. Deacon Manchester was treasurer of the Christian church at the time of his death, and also at the building of the new church in 1865.
Thomas Manchester was born in 1839. He is a son of Isaac
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Manchester and grandson of Thomas Manchester. Thomas, sen., was a brother 'of Giles Manchester, the grandfather of John H. Manchester, of Middletown. Thomas Manchester's wife, Mary A., is a daughter of Freeborn Albro. Mr. Manchester's business is farming and house painting.
John C. Mott is a direct descendant of Adam Mott, who came from England to Boston about 1634. Jacob, son of Adam, was born in Roxbury, Mass. The family came early to Portsmouth and took up the farm now owned by John C. and Jacob Mott. This farm has never been deeded. The early generations of the family were Friends. The line of descent to our subject is as follows: Adam, Jacob, Jacob, Jacob, Jacob, Benjamin, Jacob, John C. John C. Mott married Catherine, daughter of William Borden, who died leaving one son, William B. His present wife is a daughter of Isaac Cary. They have one son, Alfred.
William B. Mott, son of John C. Mott, was born in 1859. In 1883 he was married to Annie Louisa Fish. His farm is the old Joseph Thomas farm, near Newtown village. Mr. Mott's mother was a daughter of the late John Borden.
Dennis Murphy was born in 1860. His father, Dennis Mur- phy, came from County Cork, Ireland, living at different periods in Wales, in the Southern states and in New Jersey. In 1844 he came to New England, spending seventeen years in Maine as a farmer. He came here again in 1871, and died in 1884, leaving eight children : Mary (now Mrs. Sullivan, of Newport), Katie, Dennis, Elizabeth A., Michael J., Agnes, Patrick F. and Anna. The younger Dennis is a farmer, dealing in vegetables, poultry and butter.
Abram T. Peckham was born in 1819, in Newport. He is a son of Joshua, grandson of Joshua, and a great-grandson of William Peckham. His mother was Eliza R., daughter of Abram D. Tilley. Abram T. Peckham was in business in New- port as a contractor and carpenter for twenty-five or thirty years, after which he bought his present farm in Portsmouth. His sons (now deceased) were extensively engaged in the grain business in Boston. The father is largely interested in grain trade. He was in the city council of Newport. His wife was Mary G., daughter of John W. Oman, and sister of Mrs. Abra- ham Coggeshall, of Middletown. They have had six children, four now living : Emma F. (Mrs. Elbert A. Sisson), Laura ( Mrs.
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Winfield S. Sisson), Mary R. (Mrs. John Rogers, of Newport), and Nellie.
Nelson R. Reed, butcher, was born in Westport, Mass., in 1847. He married a daughter of John Lawton, of Westport, one of the old families of the town. Mr. Reed came here in 1883 and began running teams over this town and Middletown, living meanwhile in Tiverton. In 1886 he moved to Newtown, opening the meat market where W. II. Faulkner had formerly been. His family consists of four daughters.
SHERMAN .- In a very old manuscript belonging to Margaret T. Sherman we find a record showing that Philip Sherman was born in England in 1610, and that his children were: Eber, born 1634; Sarah, 1636; Peleg, 1638; Mary, 1639; Edman, 1641; Sampson, 1642; William, 1643; John, 1644; Mary, 1645; Hannah, 1647; Samuel, 1648; Benjamin, 1650: and Philip, 1652. This remark- able family probably came to New England in 1638 or 1640. Doubtless all the Shermans mentioned in this chapter are de- scendants from this ancestor. The farms owned by Stephen T., Charles L., Elijah B., John, Benjamin C. and Frederick M. Sherman belonged to Philip (1610).
Stephen T. Sherman is a son of Richard Sherman, grandson of Richard Sherman, and great grandson of Thomas Sherman. Ile married Ann Louisa Perkins, of New Hampshire. They have three children: Perkins B., George W., and Warren R. Mr. Sherman was one of the school committee for twenty years prior to 1886, and at one time was assessor. His father, Richard Sherman, was town clerk for twenty years.
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