USA > Rhode Island > Newport County > History of Newport County, Rhode Island. From the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress > Part 99
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99
133 .- Stephen R. Howland was born in Little Compton in 1816. His father, William Howland, was a son of Thomas
1053
HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
Howland, who came here from Dartmouth (13). Stephen R. married Luey P. Washburn. Their children are : Albert F., Asa R. and William I. Howland. He lived in Massachusetts abont forty years, but has been engaged in farming here since 1881.
134 .- Dennis R. lInnt, born in 1810, farmer, is a son of Na- thaniel and Amy Coggeshall Hunt, and a grandson of Adam and Ruth Hunt. His wife is Angeline Manchester, of West- port. Their living children are: Mary (Mrs. William G. Pierce, of New Bedford), William, Allen and Charles. A deceased daughter, Ann Frances, was the wife of Mr. Whitrell. Their daughter, Julia E. Whitrell, has her home with the grandpar- ents. Adam Hunt's name is preserved in the name of the vil- lage of Adamsville.
135 .- Cornelius King, born in 1823, a son of Cornelius and grandson of Godfrey King, married Cynthia, sister of William B. Simmons (87). Their children are : Mary E. and Deborah J., wife of Squire M. Chase. Mr. King was gardener for Thomas Whitridge thirty-two years, and was five years on two whaling voyages. He recently purchased a handsome property and lo- cated at Adamsville. His father was gardener at the Whit ridge place for more than sixty years.
136 .- Wilbonr P. Manchester4, one of the eight children of Charles Manchester3 (Edward2, Archibald'), was born in West- port in 1822. In 1848 he married Drusilla Gifford, daughter of Robbin' (126). Mr. Manchester died in 1884, leaving his widow and one child, Lucretia A., now Mrs. E. A. Cornell.
137 .- The family name spelled Pierce, Peirce and Pearce, is one of those in which a various orthography has been intro- duced by carelessness or caprice, much as in the case of the name of Wilbonr. James Pearce®, 1802 -; Godfrey, Right', James', James', George1 (138). Godfreys was town clerk and justice. He has one son in Illinois, whose name is George S.' George' settled on a large tract north of " Pearce Hill," and at his death left his estate to James and George2.
138 .- Jonathan D. Pierce6, 1801-1866; Isaac4, 1759 1825, the carpenter; Jeptha', 1822-1770, the town clerk; George", 1697- 1764; George', 1662-1752 (137). Mr. Pierce' was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer by practice. He raised nine children. Miranda, who was twenty-five years a public school teacher here; Hannah M., Horatio, Albert H., Jonathan E. and Susan
1054
HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
E., of Texas; Mrs. Borden (8) and Julia A., are the eight now living of the sixth generation.
139. - Joseph B. Pearce, farmer, was born in 1844, son of Joseph and grandson of Joseph Pearce, and married Cynthia R., sister of Ichabod Wilbour (167). Mr. Pearce is the ruling elder in the Little Compton branch of the Reorganized church.
140 .- Rouse Peirce, born in 1826, is a son of Benjamin and Sarah Peirce. His mother, Sarah, was a daughter of Right Pearce4 (137). Rouse's present wife was Deborah Bower of Nova Scotia. His daughter was Estella M (167). Mr. Peirce is somewhat interested in the poultry business and has a valuable farm property, quite in contrast with his condition when a boy working for a " darkey " for six cents a day.
141 .- Albert Peckham, son of Gideon Barker Peckham, who was a brother of Honorable Nathaniel Peckham of Middle- town, is the largest gardener here, having one hundred and ten acres devoted to market gardening, the products of which are marketed principally in Providence. His farm is the old Grin- nell place. Mr. Peckham has two daughters and four sons.
142 .- Oliver P. Peckham7, born in 1828 (Wilber®, Peleg®, Jona- than', Jonathan®, John2, John') married Julia A. Manchester. They have a-son, Edgar S., and two daughters, Sarah and Juli- ana (131). Mr. Peckham has been councilman, deputy sheriff, representative and state senator.
143 .- Benjamin S. Pierce4 (Val3, Joseph', Nathaniel2) was born in 1827, married Pheba Ann Brayton, and has three children: Annie B., Philander R. and Herbert W." Mr. Pierce's busi- ness for over forty years has been house carpentering and con- tracting. The residences of Warren Kempton, Henry I. Rich- mond, Prudence Wilbor, Isaac W. Howland and the M. E. church at the Commons were built by him.
144 .- John Barney Potter, born in 1827, is a son of George M. Potter, who, about 1835, came to Potter's Corners from Westport, where he was born in 1795. He was a member of the town council here fifteen years. John B. married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Wilcox, of Tiverton. They have one son, Clifton F.
145 .- Richard C. Reynolds was born in Massachusetts in 1822. He was married in 1852 to Susan, danghter of George Wilbon® (162). Mr. Reynolds made three whaling voyages in his early life. He has worked at his trade, that of a stone ma- son, for many years, and has thus acquired his property.
1055
HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
146 .- Henry I. Richmond, son of Isaac B. Richmond, was born in 182-1, and was married in 1859 to Frances E. Palmer, of Boston. They have one son, Henry I., Jr., born in 1865. Mr. Richmond was in California in 1849-53, in mercantile business. After 1859 he was in Boston, engaged in a milling business, for six or eight years.
147 .- Preston B. Richmond was born in 1832, and died in 1883. He was a son of Isaac B. Richmond. He was in the Seventh Rhode Island infantry during the civil war, serving four years as regimental postmaster. He was one of those who returned to the field to rescue the body of Colonel Sayles. He was in business at the Commons until his death. His widow, surviving, is Maria M. Durfee (28). Their sons are: Gideon H. and Charles D.
148 .- Albert T. Seaburys, son of Benjamin Seabury4 (149), was born in 1843. His wife, Susan A., is a daughter of Henry Bur- lingame. Mr. Seabury has represented this town one year in the state senate and two years in the house. His trade is that of a wheelwright. Farming and summer boarding are now parts of his business. A remarkable coincidence of numbers is noticed on the records of this family. Mr. Seabury's father and mother were each one of thirteen children, and Mrs. Sea- bury's father and mother were also each one of thirteen.
149 .- Captain Benjamin Seabury4, born in 1803, is descended from Benjamin3, Gideon" and Constant'. When twelve years of age, Mr. Seabnry began working for two dollars a month, and at twenty-three he was master of a vessel. He left the sea at thirty-five, and two years later came to Little Compton. He then built a store here, which he carried on for nearly forty years. Mr. Seabury has been in the town council seventeen years, was senator one year and representative three years. His wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Gideon Tompkins. Their children are: Charles H. Seabury, of Providence; Edwin T., Albert T., Encia N. and Benjamin Seabury, of Providence.
150 .- Captain George M. Seabury, born in 1837, is a son of John Seabury, whose father was Benjamin Seabury. His life as a sailor began in 1852, on the bark "Sacramento," of West- port. From that time until 1884 he followed the sea. He was in the vessel "Elizabeth Swift," of New Bedford; the merchant ship "Comet," and was captain nine voyages in the bark "President" and the "Morning Star."
1056
HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
151 .- Alexander C. Simmons®, born in 1817 (Abels, Ichabod‘, Thomas3, Peleg2, Moses1), married Clarinda B., danghter of Peter T. Burgess. Their children are: Edward W., cashier and bookkeeper, Jamaica Plains, Boston; Captain Charles L., Mary JJ. (Mrs. Frank N. Brownell) and Clara P. Miss Clara is the organist for the Congregational church of Little Compton. Mr. Simmons, familiarly known as Deacon Simmons, has for years been an officer in the Congregational church, and one of the town's honored citizens. Moses' was from England.
152 .- George A. Seabnry is a son of Andrew G. Seabury, whose father, Isaac, was born where Ichabod Seabury lives on the Tiverton and Little Compton line.
153 .-- Frank W. Simmons, born in 1839, died in 1884, was a son of Valentine, whose father was Benoni Simmons. His widow, Harriet M., who survives him, is a daughter of George M. Taylor (157). Mr. Simmons left three children: Josephine, Minnie and Valentine. Mr. Simmons was an apothecary in Boston several years, but the last years of his life he was a farmer here. He was a member of the town council, was active in church works in both the Congregational and Methodist churches, being superintendent in the Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school ten years, also chorister at different times in both churches.
154 .- Henry Brightman Simmons, born in 1800, son of Ste- phen, and grandson of John, was married in 1822 to Sarah, danghter of Gideon Seabnry. Their children are: Eliza (Mrs. Henry Brown of Little Compton), Henry B., of Fall River; Betsey (Mrs. William Mason of Fall River), and Lotta (Mrs. Henry Weeks). The present Mrs. Simons is Pheba M. Dow, Nantucket. Mr. Simmons went whaling one voyage. He once owned a passenger and freight sloop which he ran between Westport harbor and Providence.
155 .- Orrin W. Simmons, born in 1815, is a son of Abel (151). His first wife, Priscilla, was a daughter of Christopher Brown- ell. Her children were: James P., Maria W. and Harland P., who was lost at sea when twenty-one years of age. Oliver E., now bookkeeper for the American Steam Guage Company, and Abel of Little Compton. Mr. Simmons' present wife is Mary B., a daughter of John Taylor. He has been two years in the general assembly, and held several town offices. A blacksmith by trade, his present business is farming.
1057
HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
156 .- William Taylor Simmons', born in 1825 (Benjamin', William®, Sammel', Benjamin', Peleg2, Moses1 (84), married Dea- con John Dyer's daughter. They have six children: Mattie (Mrs. Frank Manchester), William T., Jr., Eva J. (Mrs. William C. Wilbour), Benjamin II., Frank E. and Abbie U. Mr. Sim- mons went whaling at thirteen years of age, and continued for ten years. He carried on the Simmons mill twenty-five years, and is now a farmer where seven generations of Simmonses have lived.
157 .- George F. Taylor', born in 1845, is descended from George Mº., 1817-1882; Simeon®, 1774-1835; Gideon4, 1729-1790; Robert3, 1695-1770; John2, 1658-1747; and Robert', of Newport, who married Mary Hodges in 1646 and was admitted freeman of Newport in 1655. George F.' married Sarah A., daughter of George Brownell and granddaughter of Christopher Brownell. They have two children, Hattie A. and Mabel B. For six or seven years prior to 1872, Mr. Taylor was engaged in whaling. He has since operated as a house carpenter and contractor.
158 .- Jolin B. Taylor, born in 1863, son of George M. (157), was elected representative in the general assembly in 1887 as an independent candidate. He was educated in the public schools of Little Compton and at Holmes' Commercial College at Fall River. He kept books for one year for the Lonsdale Manufac- turing Company, at Lonsdale, R. I. Ilattie M. (153), Mrs. Warren Kempton, Mrs. George Hubbard, Andrew S. Taylor and Albert J. Taylor are also of the seventh generation from Robert Taylor.
150 .- Mamanuitt-name variously written as Warmanewit, Mamanuett and Mamanuah-was a sachem of the Seconnets. He died September 18th, 1696.
160 .- Thomas E. White, born in 1837, is a son of David and a grandson of Thomas White. His wife is Maria W. Simmons (155). Their children are: Hattie M., Mary P., Thomas and Gracie. The old White homestead is where Charles E. Staples lives.
161 .- William White, born in 1846, is a son of Doctor George F. S. White, who practiced medicine at Adamsville about thirty years, during which time in 1860 he originated the formula for the remedy once widely known as "Dr. White's Specialty for Diphtheria. "From 1867 to 1877 William was in a drug store in Brooklyn. He then returned to Adamsville. Since 1872 he has
1058
HISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
given his attention to the manufacture and sale of the diphtheria specialty which Doctor White used with great success in his practice during the last years of his life.
162 .- A large and influential family of the town are descended from William Wildebore (1630), who was born in England, and Samuel, his uncle, who was with the original settlers of Aquid- neck in 1638. The name is said to have an older form, Wilde- boare. The various orthography used by different families in this town, which we have followed in these personal notes, has no significance as showing lines of descent. Willbour-bore-boor- bur; Wilbour-bur-ber-bor-bar, are some of the modern varia- tions which may be seen in the records and on the monuments here.
Abraham Wilber® (Georges, 1768-1837; John4, born 1738; Isaac3, born 1712; Samuel2, born 1764; William', of England, born 1630) was born in Westport, Mass., in 1803. When seventeen years of age he came here and learned the trade of blacksmith. He bought his time of his father, and bought the shop near his present residence. His wife, Eliza, was a daughter of Thurston Brown. Their eight children, all of whom are living, are: Nancy R., William B., Mary E., Emily J., Harriet P., Catherine M., George T. and Lydia R. The oldest son, William B. Wilber7, married Hannah B. Wilbor. Their children are: Ella Louisa, George Walter and Florence Brown Wilber. William B7 was formerly a merchant tailor in Boston. He retired in 1878.
163 .- Albert G. Wilbor' (Thomas', Joseph', 1758; Walter4, 1722; Joseph3, 1689; Joseph2, 1656; William1, 1630) was born here. He is a pharmacist of Boston, where he has resided for the last fifty years.
164 .- Benjamin F. Wilbur7, born in 1840 (Benjamin F.6, 1802- 1877; Daniels, Daniel4, William3, Samuel", William'), married Clara Browne, of South Kingstown, R. I. They have one son. Mr. Wilbur has been several years in the town council and three years in the state legislature. His house was built about 1724 by Thomas Church, son of Col. Benjamin Church, William' was a resident of Portsmouth, where he died in 1710. The orig- inal Benjamin Church house of 1674 is believed to have been on this farm.
165 .- Daniel Wilbour®, born in 1838, son of Daniels (164), married Phobe Grinnell, who died in 1880, leaving one dangh- ter, Eleanor M. The present Mrs. Wilbour is Hannah B.,
1059
IHISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
daughter of Jethro and Mary Sowle, of Vineland. N. J. Mr. Wilbour has been in the town council the last three years, prior to which he was six years in the board of assessors. llis farm has been owned by six generations of Wilbours.
166 .- Henry Page Wilbur', son of Benjamin F." (164), was born in 1830. His wife was a daughter of Thomas Wilbour. They have four children: John C. Fremont, Stella A., Henry F. (97) and Ellis B. Mr. Wilbur was engaged in purse and trap fishing some twenty-five years prior to 1875. Since that time he has given his attention to agriculture.
167 .- Ichabod Wilbour, born in 1824, is a son of William B. and a grandson of Jonathan Wilbour. His wife was Deborah A. Brownell. His son, Charles Wilbour, born in 1858, married Estella M. Pierce (140). She, at her death, left one son, Arthur C. Mr. Ichabod Wilbour has also a son, William C., and a daughter, Cornelia M., now Mrs. William S. Wood, of West- port. His business is furnishing dressed poultry for Newport and Providence markets.
168 .- Isaac C. Wilbom7, born in 1830, is descended from Philip®, Isaacs, Charles4, William3, Samuel?, William'. One Sammel of this family was banished from Massachusetts with the families who, in 1638, settled Portsmouth. Isaac' was a member of congress in 1807-1809, and lieutenant-governor the following year. The prestige of the family name depends as much upon his public and private life as upon any single in- fluence.
169 .- John Gray Wilbour, born in 1819, is the only son of Wright, the only son of Browning, the only son of Isaac Wil- bour, who was an only son. These five only sons have each in turn owned and occupied the farm now owned by John G. Wil- bour, who married Susan, a sister of John L. Crosby. They have had five children: Mary E. (Mrs. Noah M. Castino), Oliver C., Hannah (Mrs. George M. Potter, Jr.), John W. (deceased ), and Frances P. (Mrs. William A. Case). Mr. Wilbonr's mother was Hannah, sister of Amasa Gray (128). His grandmother, Mrs. Browning Wilbour, was Esther, a sister of Isaac Wil. bon® (168).
170 .- Sarah S. Wilbour. a daughter of Governor Wilbour (168), best known as " Aunt Sarah," is to-day one of the most prominent residents of this town. Her knowledge of the tradi tions and history of the town, and of the genealogies of the
67
1/
1060
ILISTORY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.
people, her remarkable memory, and her ability as a writer, form the basis of this prominence. Her husband, Charles Wil- bours, was a great-grandson of William3.
171 .- Borden Wordell, brother of Job Wordell, of Tiverton, was born at Fall River in 1822, and came to Little Compton in 1852, when he bought the Congregational church farm on the west road. He was at sea twelve or fourteen years, three years of this time at whaling. Mrs. Wordell is a daughter of Doctor James E. Peckham. Their children are: John W., Hattie B. (Mrs. William A. Baldwin), Lafayette C., and Mamie S.
172 .- Gideon M. Wordell, one of the most successful farmers, was born in Dartmouth, Mass., in 1830. His early life was spent in Westport. He came to Little Compton in 1852, and bought the farm where he now resides. His wife, Sarah, is a daughter of Gideon and Sally Grinnell. Mrs. Grinnell's mother was a dangh- ter of Lewis Hart, whose brother was Abel Hart's father. Mr. Wordell's children are: Harriet (Mrs. Joshua Wordell, of New Bedford), Rodney D. (of Fall River, who married Lizzie Lin- coln), Gideon F. (married Abbie Grinnell), Gershom (whose wife, Emma, is a daughter of George M. Potter), James M. (married Sarah Athington), Charles A., Nelson and Edmund E. An early school was kept in Mr. Wordell's house, and in an older one north of this.
RD
11 9
c
RE : OF CONGRES HE LIBRARY .
OF
O
OF LIBRARY HE LIBRARY O
A TO N I . RY Y ESS M C . 1 H $ 3 NU H GA THE LIBRARY FLOTT The RY OF CONGRESS ₹ 0 3
THE LIBRARY
A 5 ARY
OF
11.2
THE LIBRARY
E A CONGRESS SEMONO. THE LIBRARY LIBRAR $ 3
CONGRESS
RY OF
RY
5
IN€
4
A
7
THE N ES 1 L All TRAY DE LIBRARY BRARY OF H OF CONGRESS,
OF CONGRESS
OF CONGRESS, THE LIBRARY N OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY COM O C
CONGRESSEN02 0
RY OF
R
THE LIBRA C C OF CONGRESS . . THE LIBRARY $ $ 3 CONGRESS, C . 4 M 0 R Y OF GAR CONGRESS THE LIBRA LIBRARY . H ON 0 L CONGRESS A CONGRES VE TTERAKIO F
DE COMPRES VE LIBRA CONGRES HE LIBRA
OF
CONGRESS
. 1 ₾ O D CONGRES ME LIBRARY .
RE A G CONGRES LE CIBRARIO OF CONGRESS
THE LIBRARY
N WHE MANENOT BE HE LIBRARY YNE O C $ 3
OF RY
0 JEME LIBRARY LIBRARY
A
2 H CONGRESS THE LIBRA " CONGRES "E MIOPARIS"
A 1 THE LIBRARY ELI RESS THE LIBRA OF . . D R G N 0 THE LIBRAR CONGRESS, 8 FOR CONGRESS CONGRESS H ON OF R . G 0 A N THE LIBRARY ESS 1 $ $ 3 $ 5 0 THE CONGRESS CONGRESS O A A OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY CONGRESS OP CONGRESS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS THE LIBRAR OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY .
THE LIBRARY
0
0 3 N OFCONGRESS THE LIBRARY N U 1 LHE TYDRAR' " COMPRESS G O F A RES A 4 0 $ 1 CONGRESS THE OF CONGRESS ESS ACRY LIBRODV THE LIBRARY CONGRES STRANO2 10 THE LIBRARY
A F R B A R A 0 F CONGRESS OF CONGRESS CONGRESS, THE LIBRARY O. THE LIBRARY A
S OF C THE LIBRARY LIBRAR H 3
OF CONGRESS,
N o
THE
G
THE LIBRARY
ESS G N C 1 ES CONGREVE LIBRARIO OF CONGRESS
A THE THE Al wayy & LIBRARY LIBRARY~ 5 3 F
THE LIBRARY
OF
OF
OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY zaradi4 dy HE LIBRARY ESS OF CONGRESS 0 OF
INE
E
8 R
OF CONGRESS,
THE LIBRARY OF
ARY
0
RY OF RY
CONGRESS THE LIBRARY CONGRESS. OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY
F
OF
5
CO
N G
A
S
ARY
CONGRESS,
1
I
V
7
1
.
.
ON
AE
.
2
F
0
2
. ONGRES THE LIBRARY
4
IIFR. RY
TH
O
2
E
.
.
THE II
.
A
TIFR.
I.I
THE C
10. F CONGRF ..
R
.
0
IF CONGRESSI
THE. IFERAKY
N
1 CONGRESS JE45 0
THE LILRAR
I IIFRARY
.
.
.
O
-
.
.
CON
4/11
, BRARY
BRARY
5
.
RF
.
JI
THE
A
11 -
.
O
COX
F COX
.
1
.
.
4
5
A
THE LIBRARY
CONGRESS D 2 F CONGRE C . O $ $ A THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSIN THE LIBRA 5 Z M 1
CONGRES ..
7
.
0
. D . CONGRES UNOS 3
N o ₦ C AdVERIR BR AF LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY
AF CONGRE
THE LIER
H . E CONGRESS IHIF LIBR R IF LIBRA Y 3 4
.
CON , R
OF
BRARY
N G
4
OF CONGRESS,
5
.
OF
TNF
N
S
P
CONGRESS
THE LIBRARY
LIBRARY
OF CON ,RF.
H
YBRIRY
BRA
N
1
LILRARY
. F M THE VIDRARY CONCIE VE YERAK . OBR.RY OF CONGRE
CON ROS
R . F CONGRES E LIBRARYO .
CONGRESS THE II"R CKY
Y
OF CONGKES R LIBRARY IIIR. RY F XONG. LIBRARY THE LIBRARY OF COV N .. D 1 OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY IF LIBRARY T.IF LIBRARY THE . BRARY M . A 0 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 014 075 598 9 Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.