Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol I, Part 123

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1032

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generation was active in promoting all that per- tained to the true interest and welfare of his native town in its religion, education, morals and patriotism. We would not forget his coun- sel, sympathy and aid in the hour of his coun- try's peril. He was a man of strong convictions and will be missed as a citizen, neighbor, friend and father."

Marvin North was married January 25, 1825, to Hannah Converse, of Middlebury, Vermont, born April 1, 1803, and died June 13, 1869. She was a lineal descendant in the eighth generation from the American patriot, Edward Conyers (I), who was a legitimate descendant from William the Conqueror. Edward (known as Deacon) Conyers, was born at Wakerly Manor, England, January 30, 1590; he came in the ship Lion with Winthrop, and landed at Salem, Massachusetts, June 12, 1630, with his wife Sarah and three children ; he died at Woburn, Massachusetts, August 10, 1663. His descendants were famous in Colonial and Revolutionary times. His second son, Lieutenant James (2), born in England in 1620, married Anna, daughter of Robert Long, of Charlestown. Major James (3), born in Wo- burn, November 16, 1645, was noted for his defense of Wells. He married Hannah Carter. Captain Josiah (4) born in Woburn, Septem- ber 12, 1684, married Hannah Sawyer. Lieu- tenant Josiah (5), born in Woburn, March 2, 1710, and died in Stafford, Connecticut, Septem- ber II, 1775, served in the Indian and Revolu- tionary wars. He married Eleanor Richardson, and four of his sons also served in the Revolu- tionary war, Josialı. Jr., as captain, Israel as sergeant, Jude as drummer, and Jesse as a private. Captain Josiah (6) was born in Staf- ford, Connecticut, June 4, 1737, and died in Octo- ber, 1814. He married Elizabeth Lewis. Joshua (7) was born in Stafford, Connecticut, and died in Hancock, Vermont, aged fifty years. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Josiah and Anna (Put- nam) Trask, and granddaughter of Isaac and Anna (Fuller) Putnam. Hannah (8), daughter of Joshua Converse and Mary Trask, became the wife of Marvin North.

The children of Marvin and Hannah (Con- verse) North were : Julius Nathaniel, born Aug- ust 17, 1829, died March 30, 1896, who always lived in Shoreham; he married Sally Maria

Jones. Henry Bateman was born June 22, 1832; during the Civil war he was a volunteer soldier in the Union army, and a corporal in Com- pany K, First Regiment Vermont Cavalry, and died a prisoner in a rebel hospital in Winchester, Virginia, May 23, 1862. Mary Leora died Aug- ust 31, 1902; she married Peveril S. Peake, son of Royal W. Peake and Jane Ann Holley, and had one child, Anna Jane. Clayton Nelson North is the fourth in the family.

Clayton Nelson North (8) was born in Shore- ham, January 23, 1840. He remained on the paternal farm until he was of age, and was edu- cated in the district school and Newton Acad- emy at Shoreham. He was for a short time a clerk in a store in his native village, and during the Civil war occupied a clerical position in the office of the paymaster general, United States army, in Washington. D. C. In 1866 he returned to Shoreham, where in 1869 he engaged in a general mercantile business in partnership with Herman M. Atwood, under the firm name of Atwood & North. After three years Mr. North purchased the interest of his partner and con- tinued the business for twenty-eight years. A man of excellent business qualifications and ster- ling integrity, he has occupied many positions of trust and responsibility, including nearly all lo- cal offices. He was postmaster for six years, having been appointed under the administration of President Hayes. January 1, 1903, he was made a director of the First National Bank of Orwell, Vermont. He has been a member of the Congregational church since 1867, and served as its treasurer for many years. He is also a mem- ber and treasurer of Simonds Lodge. F. & A. M. He has always been a staunch Republican in poli- tics. He makes his residence in Shoreham, and in addition to other business directs the manage- ment of his two hundred and fifty-acre farm, something more than two miles distant.

Mr. North was married December 20, 1865, to Miss Anne Elizabeth Bascom, who was born in Orwell, Vermont, July 5. 1844, a daughter of Samuel Hopkins and Elizabeth (Clark) Bascom. She is a lineal descendant of Thomas Bascom (I), who came from England about 1638 and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, thence re- moving to Windsor, Connecticut, and Northamp- ton, Massachusetts. To him and his wife Avis

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were born for children. Of these, Thomas (2) married Mary, daughter of Thomas Newell, an emigrant from England. Their son Thomas (3) married Hannah, daughter of John Catlin, the migrant. The fifth of their eleven children, Eze- kiel (4). was a soldier in the French and Indian war in 1723: he lived in Northampton, Massa- chusetts, and served in various capacities during several campaigns in the Colonial wars. He married Rebecca Clary. Elias (5), second of their four children, lived in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and lastly in Orwell, Vermont. He was a deacon in the Congregational church and a soldier in the Colonial war of 1759 and the Revolutionary war, and was present at the sur- render of Burgoyne. He married Eunice Allen, Artemidorus (6), one of their twelve children, was a deacon in the same church with his father, and was for many years a justice of the peace. He married Chloe Hulburd, a descendant in the fifth generation from William Hulburd, who came from England prior to 1630. Of this marriage were born nine children, of whoni the youngest was Samuel Hopkins Bascom (7), who was born February 27, 1819, and died December 5, 1895. He was a farmer, and lived upon the homestead of his father and grandfather, whom he succeeded as deacon in the church, and he was for many years superintendent of its Sunday- school. He was a man of great ability, a ready and fluent speaker and writer. He was a mem- ber of the legislature in 1857-58, and held most of the local offices at various times. He mar- ried Elizabeth (Clark) Bascom, widow of his brother. She was born November 25, 1816, and died at Orwell, December 4, 1870. She was a daughter of Moses Averill and Rebecca (Wy- man) Clark. Her ancestral history is of deep interest.

Moses Averill Clark, her father, was the son of Lemuel Clark, of Pawlet, Vermont, a soldier in the Revolution, and of Lois Averill, his wife. Lois Averill was the daughter of Captain Moses Averill, of Kent, Connecticut. He was ensign of the train band in New Milford, Connecticut, in 1760, and was made sergeant in 1763 and cap- tain in 1770. He was the son of Isaac Averill and Esther Walker. Isaac was the son of Will- iam, the son of William Averill, the Martha Cogswell, wife of Cap-

tain Moses Averill, was a descendant in the fifth generation from Jolin Cogswell, of England, who came to this country with his wife, Elizabeth Thompson, in 1635. John Cogs- well came over in the Angel Gabriel, which sailed from Bristol, June 4, 1635. Off the coast of Maine, August 15, the ship encountered a great storm of unusual violence and fury. The ship was wrecked, and among those who reached the shore was John Cogswell and his family. All of their property was injured and much of it lost by the shipwreck. They passed their first night on the beach in a tent. The next day they gath- cred together all the goods they could, and soon after succeeded in reaching Ipswich. William, son of John Cogswell, was sixteen years old when he came to this country. He settled on his father's place; lie was one of the selectmen of his town; gave the land on which to erect a meeting house, and held many offices in his town. He married Susanna Hawks, daughter of Adam Hawks, who was one of the seventeen hundred Puritans who settled with Winthrop from Southampton and landed at Salem in 1630. William and Susanna had nine children, of whom one, William (2), married Martha Emerson, daughter of Rev. John Emerson, of Topsfield, a son of Thomas Emerson, the emigrant, in 1635. Thomas was one of the seven to whom were committed the fiscal and prudential affairs of the settlement at Ipswich. Tradition says that he came over in the ship Elizabeth. Rev. John Emerson married Ruth Symonds, daughter of Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. William Cogswell (2) and Mar- tha Emerson had seven children, of whom one, Edward Emerson, married Hannah Brown. Ed- ward was an iron manufacturer. He resided at Ipswich and at Preston, Connecticut, and subse- ¿ quently at New Milford. He was a member of the New London Society United for Trade and Commerce. Edward and Hannah had thirteen children, of whom the second, Martha, married Captain Moses Averill, as above stated.

In the Wyman line, Rebecca Wyman, wife of 'Moses Averill Clark, was the maternal grand- mother of Mrs. Clayton N. North. Rebecca was a descendant in the fifth genreation from Lieu- tenant John North, who came to this country prior to 1640. In 1667 he was one of the commit-

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tee to lay out the lands at Woburn, Massachu- setts. One of his children, John, was killed in King Philip's war. Lieutenant John was one of the selectmen of Woburn for many years, and he married Sarah Nutt, daughter of Mylcs Nutt, an emigrant prior to 1637, and one of the first settlers at Woburn, Massachusetts. Sarah came with her father from England. Lieutenant John Wyman and Sarah had ten children, of whom one, Jacob, married Elizabeth Richardson, the daughter of Samuel Richardson, the emigrant. Samuel Richardson was prominently identified with the settlers of Woburn, and must have come to this country about 1630. Jacob Wyman was one of the selectmen of Woburn for a number of years between 1695 and 1731. Jacob and Eliza- beth had thirteen children, of whom one, Daniel, married Rebecca Cook. Of this marriage seven children were born; the first, Daniel, Jr., mar- ried, September 15, 1763, Elizabeth Stone, a de- scendant in the sixth generation from Gregory Stone, the emigrant from England, who came to this country about 1634 in the ship Increase. Gregory Stone landed at Boston and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts; was a freeman in 1636 ; was deputy to the general court and magis- trate; a deacon of the church, and was last survivor of the original members of the Shep- hard and Mitchell church. One of his children, Deacon Samuel Stone, married Sarah Stearns, the daughter of Isaac Stearns, the emigrant, who came with Sir Richard Saltonstall with the fleet. His son, Deacon Samuel (2), married Dorcas Jones. Their son Joseph married Sarah Potter, a descendant in the fifth gencration from Nich- olas Potter, the emigrant, who settled in the vi- cinity of Lynn, Massachusetts. His son Robert married Ruth Driver; their son Robert married Martha Hall; their son Ephraim married Sarah Witt. Ephraim and Sarah were the parents of Sarah Potter, above mentioned, the wife of Jos- eph Stone.

Mrs. North's paternal grandmother was Chloe Hulburd, the wife of Artemidorus Bascom, a descendant in the fifth generation from William Hulburd, the emigrant, who came to this country from England, probably in the ship Mary and John, prior to 1630. His first wife, whom he prob- ably married in England, is unknown. He mar- ried, second, Ann Allen, the widow of Samuel

Allen, the ancestor of the Ethan Allen family. William Hulburd settled in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts; he lived at Windsor, Connecticut, at Northampton, Massachusetts, and afterwards at Hartford, Connecticut, and was one of the com- pany that engaged to settle Northfield, Massa- chusetts. William and Ann had nine children, of whom one, William, is said to have had no less. than four wives ; his second wife, Mary Howard, of Suffield, was the mother of Obediah Hulburd, who was married twice, his second wife being Esther M. Colton. Obediah was the father of twelve children, there being six by each mar- riage. He lived to be eighty-two years old, and it is said that he never saw the death of child, grandchild or great-grandchild. Onc of the chi !- dren of Obediah and Esther was Ebenezer Hul- burd, who married, first, Polly Sheldon, and, second, Anna Parker Hall. There were seven children by each marriage. Ebenezer Hulburd was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, being a member of Captain Daniel Smith's company in Colonel Ira Allen's regiment, and was in the service upon several different occasions, as ap- pears by the records in the adjutant general's office at Montpelier. Ebenezer Hulburd lived in Orwell, Vermont, and belonged to the Congre- gational church therc. His wife, Polly Sheldon, was a descendant in the fourth generation of Isaac Sheldon, the emigrant, who married, in 1685. Mehitable Gunn. One of his children, Jonathan, married in 1708, Mary Southwell. Nine children were born of this marriage, of whom one, Daniel, in 1737, married Mary Harmon. Daniel Sheldon was a member of Captain Wad- worth's company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's regi- ment, of Connecticut militia, in the Revolutionary war, and was present at the surrender of Bur- goyne at Saratoga, and saw service at Ticon- deroga and elsewhere. Daniel Sheldon and Mary Harmon were the parents of Polly Sheldon, wife of Ebenezer Hulburd, above mentioned.

All the descendants of Ebenezer Hulburd are cligible to the Colonial societies, as the mother of Ebenezer Hulburd was Esthier M. Colton, a descendant in the fourth generation from Quarter- master George Colton, cinigrant from England. George Colton was elected to the general court from Springfield. Massachusetts, in 1669, and he was one of the petitioners for the establishment

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of a township lying south of Springfield and Westfield, and Quartermaster Colton, with Cap- tain Jolm Pynchon, was appointed a committee for the purpose of laying out the township, and thereafter George Colton was repeatedly elected deputy to the general court. He married. in 1640. Deborah Gardner; their son, Ephraim, married, in 1685, Esther Marshfield, daughter of Samuel Marshfield and Catherine Chapin. Samuel Marsh- field resided at Springfield, Massachusetts, and in 1680 was elected deputy to the general court, as he was also in 1683 and 1684. Catherine Chapin, his wife, was the daughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin, the emigrant, who was one of the magistrates of Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1654, and it is said in the old chronicles that his commission was indefinitely extended, and that he was much employed in public business. Ephraim Colton and Esther Marshfield had sev- eral children, of whom one, Joseph, married, in 1708, Margaret Pease, a descendant in the fourth generation from Robert Pease of England. This family are said to have come to England from Germany in ancient times. Robert Pease, son of Robert, came to this country in 1632 with his father ; his wife did not come over with him, but came at a later day. Robert Pease settled at Salem, Massachusetts, and his son, John, who was born in England about 1630 married, after coming to this country, Mary Goodell. John Pease and Mary Goodell had five children, all of whom were born at Salem, Massachusetts. The oldest one, John (2), married Margaret Adams, the daughter of James Adams and Frances Vas- sal. James Adams, last mentioned, was the son of John Adams, who came to this country in the ship Fortune, November 1I, 1621; this was the first ship to arrive in the new world after the Mayflower. Frances Vassal, the mother of Mar- garet Adams, was the granddaughter of John Vassal, alderman of London, 1588. John Vas- sal fitted out and commanded two ships which joined the royal navy to oppose the Spanish Armada. The family is of French origin, and traces back to the eleventh century. John Vassal had two sons, Samuel and William. William was one of the assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Company, and was one of the original pat- entees of New England lands, and at the meeting of the governor and company, held in 1629, he

was appointed, with others, "To go over." The next year (1630) he came to this country and in a short time returned in the ship Lyon. In 1635 lie came to America the second time, with his wife and six children, in the ship Blessing. He settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1636, was at Scituate in 1642, and was one of the council of war, aggressions being then threatened by the Indians. He subsequently returned to England, and in 1648 removed to Barbadoes. His daughter, Frances, married, July 16, 1646, James Adams, as above mentioned.

The paternal grandmother of Mrs. North was Eunice Allen, a descendant in the fifth generation from Edward Allen, the emigrant, said to have been one of Cromwell's soldiers, and who was at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1658. He mar- ried, November 24, 1658, Sarah, daughter of Richard Kimball, of Ipswich, who came to this country in 1634. They had eleven children, of whom one, John, in 1682, married Elizabeth Pritchard, daughter of William Pritchard, of Ipswich. John Allen and Elizabeth Pritchard had eight children, and they lived at the "bars," which they had bought of John Pynchon. One of John Allen's family was killed by the Indians in the attack of February 29, 1704, the others es- caping at that time, but on the eleventh of May, that year, John Allen was killed and his wife was taken prisoner, but, the Indians finding her an incumbrance to their retreat, she was killed by them and her body left in the woods. One of the children of John Allen and Elizabeth Pritchard was John (2), who married, in 1716, Abigail Severance, a descendant in the fourth generation from John Severance, the emigrant, who came to this country in the ship Elizabeth, in 1634. He was one of the original proprietors of Salis- bury, Massachusetts, in 1637. He was at Bos- ton in 1663, and a commissioned officer in the militia in 1671. His wife was Ursula Kimball, daughter of Richard and Ursula Kimball, of Watertown. John Severance and Ursula, his wife, had eleven children, of whom one, John, married Mary-and they had six children. Ebe- nezer married Mary-he was killed by the In- dians October 11, 1723, while on a scouting ex- pedition under Captain Benjamin Wright. Aba- gail Severance, the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary, above mentioned, married John Allen.

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Fourteen children were born of this marriage, of whom one, John (2), married, May 8, 1744, Jerusha Hastings. The oldest child by this mar- riage, Eunice, was the wife of Elias Bascom, the great-grandfather and Revolutionary ances- tor of Mrs. North.

Eight children were born to Samuel Hop- kins and Elizabeth (Clark) Bascom. (I) Anne Elizabeth, further referred to below; (2) Samuel Jay, born March 27, 1846, married, May 25, 1870, Olive J. Longley, of Washington, D. C., now residing at Howard, Kansas; (3) Wyman Hulburd, born March 9, 1848, married Ella Francelia Wyman, and he died -July 16, 1879, and she died in September, 1891, without issue ; (4) Clarinda, born March 7, 1850, died March 8, 1853: (5) George B., born August 22, 1852, married, in 1899, Alice Whitney, and they re- side in Ticonderoga, New York; (6) Robert O .. born November 18, 1856, married, December 20, 1882, Mary L. Platt ; (7) Jessie, born November 3, 1857, died January 21, 1858; (8) Cassius Clay, born September 15, 1861, married, in October, 1885, Ellen Griswold of Orwell, Vermont; he died October 31, 1894 ; no issue.

Anne Elizabeth, eldest child of Samuel Hop- kins and Elizabeth (Clark) Bascom, and who became the wife of Clayton Nelson North, re- ceived her education at Newton Academy, Mid- dlebury Female Seminary and the Burr and Bur- ton Seminary in Manchester, Vermont. With a laudable pride in her lineage, traceable to forty- eight emigrant ancestors who came to America prior to 1700, and among whose descendants were many who contributed to the establishment of civil institutions and the creation of the nation, she has for many years taken a deep interest in various patriotic societies. She was a charter member of the Vermont Society of Colonial Dames, and is now one of the board of managers of that order. She is also regent of the Hand's Cove Chapter, Daughters of the American Revo- lution, which she organized, June 17, 1901, with twenty-five charter members, the largest orig- inal organization in the state, so far as known. She is a Congregationalist in religion, and active in the work of her church, yet liberal in views and acts with reference to other organizations.

To Clayton Nelson and Anne Elizabeth ( Bas-

com) North were born, at Shoreham, Vermont, three children, as follows :

Julius Bascom North (9) was born February 24, 1869. He was educated at Newton Academy, Shoreham, Vermont, St. Johnsbury Academy, and at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeep- sie, New York. For two years he was corres- ponding secretary to United States Senator Proctor, in Washington, D. C. In 1893 he lo- cated in Fort Edward, New York. He served as official stenographer to the surrogate's court of Washington county, New York, for six years, and was re-appointed for another term, but resigned in 1902 to accept his present position with the office staff of the Union Bag and Paper Com- pany, at Sandy Hill, New York. He was mar- ried, October 14, 1897, to Miss Jennie, daughter of William and Margaret (Wicks) Matthews, of Fort Edward, New York; her father was son of Colonel David Matthews, who was son of William Matthews, Jr., an Irish Presbyterian, who came from Scotland to Salem, New York, in 1767. Clayton Matthews North (10), son of Julius Bascom and Jennie ( Matthews) North, was born at Fort Edward, New York, January II, 1899.

Clayton Converse North, born April 22, 1879, died April 21, 1880. Elizabeth Clark North, born February 24, 1881, was graduated with honors from Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, in 1902.

CHARLES DEFOREST BANCROFT.

The first representative of the Bancroft fam- ily (the data and facts of this family down to 1814 were taken from the Genealogical History of Reading) known to history was John Ban- croft, who, with his wife, Jane, and son, Thomas, sailed from London, England, in 1632, and set- tled at Lynn, Massachusetts, where he died in 1637.

Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, son of John and Jane Bancroft, was born in England in 1622. His early life was passed in Lynn, and when quite young he built a house in Lynnfield, near Beaver Dam. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Michael Bacon, of Dedham, Massachusetts. In 1648 he married his second wife, Elizabeth,

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daughter of Michael and Sarah Metcalf, and re- moved to Reading, Massachusetts. He died Aug- ust 19, 1691, and is buried in the cemetery a few rods northwest of the Orthodox church in Wake- field, the oldest inscription of any stone in the yard. His children, all by his second marriage, were: Thomas, born in 1649; Elizabeth, born in 1653. and married Joseph Browne; John, born in 1656: Sarah, born in 1660, and died in 1661; Ralanı, born in 1662, and died in 1683; Sarah, born in 1665, and married john Wood- ward; Ebenezer, born in 1607; Mary, born in 1670, and was unmarried in 1691.

Deacon Thomas Bancroft, son of Lieutenant Thomas and Elizabeth ( Metcalf) Bancroft, was born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1649. In 1673 he married Sarah, born in 1656, and died in 1718, daughter of Jonathan and Judith Poole. Jonathan Poole was a noted and inuich valued officer in King Philip's war, being captain of the Reading Company, and was president of the council of peace in 1675. Deacon Thomas Ban- croft served as lieutenant of the Reading Com- pany in King Philip's war, was selectman of the town for several years, and was chosen on the first separate board of assessors in 1694. He was designated as Captain or Deacon Thomas Bancroft by his fellow townsmen. He died June 12, 1718. His children were: Thomas, born in 1673: Jonathan, born and died in 1675; Sarah, born in 1676, and married Abraham Bryant ; Me- hitabel, born in 1678, and married a Mr. Parker ; Jonathan, born in 1681, and married Sarah and died in 1702; Rahum, born in 1684; Judith, born in 1688, and married a Mr. Parker ; Samuel, born in 1691, and died in 1692; Samuel, born in 1693; Elizabeth, born in 1696, and married, in 1713, John Lampson.

Captain Samuel Bancroft, the son of Deacon Thomas Bancroft, was born in Reading, De- cember 27, 1693. In 1713 he married Sarah Lamson. born in 1689, and died in 1733, daugh- ter of Samuel Lamson, a lieutenant of the Read- ing company in King Philip's war, and Mary ( Nichols) Lamson. Captain Samuel Bancroft held the commission of captain in the Indian wars, and held the office of selectman and was elected representative to the general assembly in 1740, serving for several years. He married for his second wife, Sarah Leathe, in 1733; and for

his third wife, Mehitabel Fitch. He died July 13, 1772. The children, all by first marriage, were: Samuel, born in 1715; William, born in 1717; Edmund, born in 1718, and died in 1740; Nathaniel, born in 1720; Sarah, born in 1722; Jacob, born in 1723; Jeremiah, born in 1725; Caleb, born in 1731.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol I, Part 123

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed Publication date: 1903 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1032

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1032