Cushing
Family
John Cushing,
Sen. came into Scituate from Hingham, 1662, and purchased the farm on
"Belle house neck," of Capt. John Vassall, son of William Vassall, to
whom it was laid out 1634. He was the son of Matthew Cushing, and
Nazareth Pitcher his wife. Matthew was born in England 1588, the
son of Peter Cushing of Norfolk, whose grandfather had possessed large
estates in Lombard street, London. Matthew Cushing, with his wife
and five children, viz. Daniel, Jeremiah, Matthew, Debora, and John,
sailed from Gravesend, April 26, 1636, in the ship Diligent, John
Martin of Ipswich master, and arrived at Boston on the 10th of
August. They appear in Hingham in the autumn of the same
year. Matthew deceased at Hingham, September 30, 1660, aged
seventy-two. His widow survived to 1681, aged ninety-six.
His children were all living at his decease, save is daughter, who had
been the wife of Matthias Briggs. His will bequeaths legacies
"to my wife Nazareth my house, &c. - to son Daniel (lands described
- to son n law Matthias Briggs 150L - to son Jeremiah 2L, 2s, 10d, - to
Matthew and John each (a sum named)." Of theses children Deborah
and Jeremiah left no children. Daniel and Matthew left families
in
Hingham, whose posterity is very numerous.
We return to John, sen., who settled in
Scituate. He was born 1627. He married Sarah, the daughter
of Nicholas Jacob of Hingham, 1656 He was a deputy to the Colony
Court many years, and first in 1674: an assistant of the Colony
Government 1689, 90 and 91, and representative to the Court at Boston,
the first year after the two Colonies were united in 1692, and several
succeeding years. He died 1708. His wife died 1678, aged
thirty-eight. Their children were John, jr. born April 28, 1662,
and died 1737. He resided at "Belle house" neck. He was
Chief Justice of the Inferior Court of Plymouth, from 1702 to 1710. -
Counselor of Massachusetts, from 1710 to 1728, inclusively - Judge of
the Superior Court from 1728 to 1737. A contemporary journalist
(John Cotton) says "he was the life and soul of the courts." He
married Deborah Loring of Hull, May 20, 1687, who died 1713.
children, Sarah born 1687, (a son 1692, who died in infancy), Deborah
born 1693*, John, 3d. born July 17, 1695, Elijah 1697, Mary 1700,
Nazareth 1703, Benjamin 1706, Nathaniel 1709. By a second wife,
Sarah Holmes, married 1714, Josiah born 1715, Mary 1716. Of some
of these children we only give a brief notice. Elijah** settled
in
Pembroke.
Nazareth was the wife of Benjamin Balch, (see
Balch).
Nathaniel graduated at Harvard College
1728-married Mary Pemberton of Boston, 1729, and died one month
afterward.
John, 3d. resided at "Belle House" until 1743,
when he built the mansion south-east of Walnut tree hill. He
lived eighty-two years, having died 1778. He was a representative
from Scituate 1721, and several succeeding years. He was Judge of
Probate from 1738 to 1746 - Judge of the Superior Court from 1747 to
1771, when he resigned, and also a counselor of the province, from
1746 to 1763, inclusively. He married Elizabeth Holmes, (of
Boston, we believe), daughter of his father's second wife, 1718, she
died 1726. Children, Deborah born 1718, (wife of David
Stockbridge, and mother of David, Esq.), Sarah born 1720, (not married).
John, 4th. born 1722, who resided at Belle
house, and whose sons, John removed to Berwick, Dea. Francis to Maine,
and Nathaniel deceased on the paternal estate, 1825.
Nathaniel, (son of John, 3d.), born 1724, died
early, as also William, born 1725, the last of the children of
Elizabeth Holmes. The second wife f Judge John, 3d. was Mary
Cotton, daughter of Josiah, Esq. of Plymouth, married 1729, whose
children, Mary born 1730, the wife of Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Suffield),
William born March 1, 1732, and died September 13, 1810. Charles
born 1734, died 1810, Edward 1736, died early, Hannah born 1738, (the
wife of Rev. Samuel Baldwin of Hanover), Bethia born 1740, (the wife of
Abraham Bubank, Esq. of West Springfield), Lucy born 1745, (the wife of
Thomas Aylwn, Esq. of Boston), Abigail born 1748, died 1824, not
married, Rowland born February 26, 1750, died 1789. he graduated
at Harvard College 1768, was bread to the law, practiced several years
at Pownalboro, Maine; he left no family. He is remembered as a
gentleman of distinguished talents, and remarkable for his personal
beauty and gracefulness.
Col. Charles born 1734, (as above noted),
graduated at Harvard College 1755, was bred to the law, and was many
years the clerk of the Courts in Boston, and was a gentleman worthy of
his distinguished ancestors. His wife was Elizabeth, (Sister of Gov.
Sumner). His only son, Charles, Esq. resides at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, and his daughters are the wives of Charles Paine, Henry
Sheafe, Stephen Codman, and Elisha Doan, Esquires.
William , LL.D.
(son of John, 3d.) was prepared for the University under the care of
Mr. Richard Fitzgerald, a Latin schoolmaster in this vicinity. He
graduated at Harvard College 1751, and was educated for the bar under
the care of the celebrated jeremy Gridley of Boston, many years
(previous to 1761) Attorney Gen. of the Province of
Massachusetts.
He commenced practice at Pownalboro, Maine, 1755, was Judge of Probate
for the County of Lincoln in 1768 - appointed Judge of the Superior
Court of Massachusetts, (under the crown), 1772, in which office he was
the only member of the Bench that adhered to the American cause.
At the re-organization of the Court, 1777, he was appointed Chief
Justice of that Court, in which office he laboured with great success
in establishing our Judicial system on a firm basis. At the
organization of the United States Government in 1789, he was selected
by Washington for one of the Justices of the Court of the United
States, in which office he eminently shone. During the mission of
Chief Justice Jay, envoy extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain,
Judge Cushing presided; and after Judge Jay's resignation in 1796,
Judge Cushing was nominated to the Chief Justice's office, and
unanimously confirmed by the senate: but notwithstanding this
extraordinary expression of confidence, he declined the office on
account of infirm health; but he continued on the bench until 1810,
when he had prepared an instrument of resignation, but was called to
resign life. In person he was of middling stature, erect and
graceful: of form rather slight, of complexion fair, of blue and
brilliant eyes, and aquiline nose. His oratory was ready and
flowing, but not of that overawing description with which some native
orators of more fiery mould have transported audiences: but its
excellence consisted in cool, deliberate judgment, and logical and
lucid argumentation, which gave him eventually an advantage over those
of
more ardent temperament. As a Judge, he was eminently qualified
by his learning, and not less by his unshaken integrity and deliberate
temper. The writer of this notice first saw him on the bench in
1801, when his zenith brightness had probably abated, but he still
remembers how forcibly his youthful mind was affected by the order and
perspicuity with which he performed the duties of his high office, and
the mild though commanding dignity with which he guided the bar.
In private life, he was all that was amiable, always ready to instruct
by useful discourse, and to make his friends happy by his cheerfulness.
He diligently collected works of Tates, and (if we may judge by the
numerous notes written with his own hand in margins) he read with the
greatest care. He was a learned theologian - well acquainted with
the controversies of the day, and though far from gathering heat in
those controversies, he was conspicuously on the side of liberal
Christianity. he used to speak of his acquaintance with Dr.
Priestley, as a happy era of his life, and to read and talk of his
works with approbation. In short, as a exemplary Christian, he
was
irreproachable, and as a public character, he is universally
acknowledged to have stood in the first rank of his countrymen, with
Washington, and Adams, and Henry, and Jefferson, either in times of
awful hazard, or in times of those prodigious civil labours, which laid
the foundations of our country's policy. He left n
children.
He married Hannah Philips of Middletown, 1774, and this highly
accomplished lady, who partook so largely in her husbands cares and
journeyings, still survives. He resided southeast f Walnut tree
hill.
We return to the children of the first John
Cushing. His second son Thomas born 1663, settled in
Boston. He was Ensign of the Ancient and Honorable artillery
1709,
and was of has Majesty's Council for several years His son
Thomas,
born 1693, graduated at Harvard College 1711, resided in Boston.
He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1742 to 1746,
inclusively, when he deceased. And his son Thomas, graduated at
Harvard College 1744, was the well remember patriot in the Revolution -
a member of the Congress at Philadelphia, 1774 - Commissary General
from 1775 to 1779, and Lieut. Governor from 1779 to 1788, when he
deceased.
Matthew (son of John first) born 1665, and
Jeremiah born 1666, we believe, left no families.
James born 1668, was several years Clerk of
the
Town of Scituate. He resided in the north parish. His son
James married Sarah House 1710, and Lydia Barrell 1713, and settled at
Cushing hill, as did his son James after him, whose daughter, Mrs.
Lapham, resides at the same place.
Joshua (sixth son of John first) born 1670,
left no family.
Sarah (daughter of John first) married Dea.
David Jacob, 1689, (son of John Jacob of Hingham).
Caleb (son of John first) born 1672, graduated
at Harvard College 1692, was ordained at Salisbury 1697, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Cotton, (widow of Rev. James Alling of
Salisbury). Of his children we remark that James was a minister
of Plaistow, New Hampshire, and John, minister of Boxford,
Massachusetts.*** Rev. Caleb died 1752. Hon. Caleb Cushing
of Essex County, is his descendant - son of Judge Caleb.
Mary (daughter of John first) born 1676, died
single 1698.
Deborah also born 1672, left no family, that
we can trace.
Joseph born 1677, married Mary Pickels 1710,
and settled near Henchman's corner, three quarters of a mile west of
the South Meeting house. He was a deacon of the second Church, a
Justice of the peace, and a venerable man. His only son, Dea.
Joseph, (graduated at Harvard College 1721), succeeded him, married
Lydia King 1732, and had fifteen children.**** He was long
employed as grammar schoolmaster, and was Justice of the peace.
he prepared his own sons and several others for College. Of his
children, we name George, who succeeded his father, and whose son
George resides on the paternal spot. Pickels, who inherited a
part of the estate of the family of Pickels, from the brother of his
grandmother. Lemuel, who graduated at Harvard College 1767, was a
surgeon in the thirteenth regiment Revolutionary army, and deceased
1779. Alice, (the widow of Nathaniel Cushing), born 1756, now
survives, and Judge Nathan, born September 24, 1742, graduated at
Harvard
College 1763. He was at first a preacher, and afterward a
lawyer. IN 1776, he was appointed Judge of admiralty, and with
great firmness condemned the captured British vessels, which brought
him into notoriety as a patriot. He was appointed Judge of the
Supreme Court in 1789, in which office he continued until 1801, when
he resigned. He was afterward a Counselor of the State. He
was a gentleman of noble form, commanding countenance and courteous
manners; distinguished more for solid judgment and discretion than for
eloquence. He deceased 1812.
He married Abigail Tilden 1777, the
daughter of Christopher Tilden, Esq. of Boston. That highly
accomplished lady deceased 1810: They had three children, Abigail, the
wife of Hon. Cushing Otis. Christopher, Esq. graduated at Harvard
College 1794 - married Lucy Nichols of Scituate, 1817, and deceased
1819; His widow married Hon. Wildes Wood of Middleboro, 1828. And
Frances, the wife of Capt. Lemuel Cushing of Roxbury.
The residence of Judge Nathan Cushing was at
the east foot of little Hoop-pole hill, three fourths of a mile west
of the south Meeting-house.
Benjamin, the last son of John first, born
1679, settled in Boston. He was a member of the honorable
Artillery 1700, and at that time Lieutenant in another corps. We
have not learned that he left any family.
*Deborah, daughter of John, Jr., Esq. married Capt. John Briggs, jr.
December 2, 1712. Deborah Brigs, her daughter, (and the only one
on record here), was baptized in the North Parish, February 20,
1714. She was the wife of Thomas Savage, Esq. of Boston, and the
grandmother of Hon. James Savage. She died at Judge John
Cushing's, when here on a visit, and her remains lie in the Cushing
tomb, with those of an infant child, which was born and which expired
on the same day of the mother's death.
**Elijah (son of John, jr., Esq) settled in Pembroke. He married
Elizabeth Barker 1724. his sons were Elijah, Nathaniel, and Judge
Joseph, and his daughters were Mary, wife of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln,
Deborah, wife of Rev. Dr. Shute, Elizabeth, wife of Major Cushing, all
of Hingham. The sons of Elijah, jr. were Elijah, who deceased at
Natches,Thomas and Nathaniel of Hanson. The sons of Nathaniel,
1st were Nathaniel, Esq., Capt. Benjamin and Charles. The son of
Joseph (who was Judge of Probate many years) is Horatio, Esq. of
Hanover.
Nathaniel, Esq was father of Dr. Ezekiel, who graduated at
Harvard College 1808, was educated in the science of Medicine in Paris,
practiced several years in Boston, and deceased at Hanover 1827.
He was highly accomplished as a physician and a gentleman, and left few
equals behind him. His brother George deceased at New Orleans:
and
his brother Elijah resides in Hanson.
Josiah (son of John, Jr., Esq) married Ruth
Thomas 1738, and settled in Pembroke. The late Capt. Josiah was
his son.
***Rev. John of Boxford had sons, Hn. John, who graduated at Harvard
College 1761, and who was a Judge and member of the council many
years. (His residence was Freeport, Maine), and Rev. James of
North Haverhill. Rev. Giles Merrill was his successor, and
married his daughter. James C. Merrill, Esq. of Boston, is his
son.
****The fifteen
children of Dea.
Joseph, Jr. were as follows: Joseph born 1733, George 1736, Mercy 1739,
Nathan 1741, (died early), Judge Nathan 1742, Pickels 1743, Hawkes
1744, Dr. Lemuel 1746, Thomas 1748, (died early), Thomas 1749, (died
early), Caleb 1750, (died early), Nathaniel 1751, (died early),
Deborah, 1752, (the wife of Josiah Cushing of Pembroke), Caleb 1754,
(died in middle life, single), Alice 1754.
We add to the notices of this family that
George married Lydia, the daughter of James Cushing, and left children,
Hannah, the widow of Perez Turner, George, (his successor), Robert,
late of Hull, Rachel, the wife of Pickels Cushing, Jr., Mary, the wife
of Dea. James Loring of Boston, and Lydia.
Pickels married Abigail Hatch 1708, and left
sons Joseph, Pickels, jr., Bela, Charles, Martin, Roland, and daughters
Lucy, Abigail, Sarah.
Hawkes married Ruth Cushing, daughter of
Josiah of Pembroke, 1770, and left children, Dea. Thomas, who died
1825, (a man whose amiable qualities were above all praise), Capt.
Lemuel of Roxbury, Nancy, (wife of George Cushing, Jr.), Clarissa,
(wife of Dea. Joseph Stevens of Boston), and Charlotte, (the wife of
Col. Vose of the United States Army).
Alice, the widow of Nathaniel Cushing, (who
came from Hingham), had children Nathaniel, of Scituate, whose wife is
Jane, daughter of Hayward Pierce, Esq. Deborah, (the late amiable
consort of Mr. John Nash), Betsey, Warren of New Bedford, Samuel, late
of Boston, Mary, (the wife of Bela Cushing, late of Boston), and
Chauncy, who died at nineteen, in 1813.
Dea. Joseph, jr. educated three sons at
Harvard College, viz. Joseph graduated 1752, and died early, Judge
Nathan and Dr. Lemuel mentioned before.
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp.
254-260
Capt. Myles Standish
1586 - 1656
Capt. Myles Standish, who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620, with his
wife Rose, was born in England about 1586. He settled first in
Plymouth, but removed soon among the early settlers of Duxbury across
the bay from Plymouth and the hill rising abruptly from the waters of
Plymouth Bay, upon which he built his house and lived the remainder of
his life, has been called Capitan's Hill to this day.
He signed the compact and became one of the
leading men of the colony. In February, 1621, at a general
meeting to establish military arrangements he was chosen captain and
vested with the command. He conducted all the early expeditions
against the indians, and continued in the military service of the
colony his whole life. He commanded the Plymouth troops which
marched against the Narragansetts in 1645, and when hostilities with
the Dutch were apprehended in 1653 he was one of the council of war of
Plymouth and was appointed to command the troops which the council
determined to raise. He was also prominent in the civil affairs
of the colony; was for many years assistant, that is one of the
governor's council, and when in 1626 it became necessary to send a
representative to England to represent the colonists in the business
arrangements with the merchant adventurers, he was selected. He
was a commissioner of the United colonies and a partner in the trading
company.
He married (first) Rose -, who came with him
and died January 29, 1621-21. He married (second) Barbara -,
before 1627, when she and his children, Alexander, Charles, and John,
had shares of cattle with him. His will dated March 7, 1655, was
proved May, 1657. He desired to be buried near his deceased
daughter Lora and daughter-in-law Mary. He bequeathed to his wife
Barbara: eldest son Alexander: sons Myles, Charles and Josias: "to
Marrye Robenson wooe I tenderly love fr her Grandfather's sake;" to
servant John Swift Jr.; so son and heir-apparent (under the English
law) Alexander lands in Ormsticke, Borsconge, Wrightington, Maralsley,
Wooburow, Crawston and the Isle of Man, which were detained from him;
his great-grandfather being a younger brother from the house of
Standish. He died Oct 3, 1656. An imposing monument has
been erected on Capitan's Hill, Duxbury. Captain Standish is one
of the Pilgrims known to every generation since and to the whole world,
partly because of his military prominence, the first in New England,
and partly, especially in the present generation, from teh poem of
Longfellow "The Courtship of Myles Standish." Children: 1. Alexander, mentioned below. 2.
Charles, living in 1627, 3. John, living in 1627, 4 Myles, settled in
Boston; died April 5, 1653; married Sarah Winslow, daughter of John,
July 19, 1660; widow married Tobias Paine and later Richard Middlecott;
died 1726. 5. Lora 6. Charles.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1741
Alexander
Standish
____ - 1702
Alexander Standish, son of Captain Myles
Standish, married (first) Sarah Alden, daughter of John and
Priscilla (Molines) Alden. He married (second) Desire (Doty),
daughter of Edward Doty and widow first of Israel Holmes and second of
William Sherman. He was admitted to the freedom of the colony
1648; was third town clerk of Duxbury from 1695 to 1700. He died
in Duxbury in 1702; his widow Desire in 1723. His will was dated
July 5, 1702, and proved August 10, 1702. He bequeathed to his
eldest son Myles his dwelling house and homestead at Duxbury; mentions
also children Thomas, Ichabod, and Desire Standish, Lorah Samson, Lydia
Samson, Mercy Samson, Elizabeth Delano, Sarah Soule Ebenezer. The
estate in England to which his father referred in his will he devised
also, stating that he had committed it :into ye hand of Robert Orchard
to recover in England by letters of Attorney from under my hand &
seal." Children, by wife Sarah: 1. Myles, married Experience
Sherman or Holmes; he died September 13, 1739. 2. Ebenezer, born
1672, died 1748; married Hannah Sturtevant.
3. Lorah, married Abraham Sampson, of
Duxbury. 4. Lydia, married Abraham Sampson, of Duxbury. 5. Mercy,
married Caleb Sampson, of Duxbury. 6. Sarah, married Benjamin
Soule, of Plympton. 7. Elizabeth, married Samuel Delano, of
Duxbury. By wife Desire: 8. Thomas,
born 1687, married Mary Carver. 9. Desire, born 1689, married
Nathan Weston. 10. ichabod, married Phee Ring or Pring. 11.
David, killed in Duxbury 1689 by the fall of a tree.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1741-1742
Thomas
Standish
1687 - ____
Thomas Standish, son of Alexander Standish,
was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1687. Married Mary Carver,
daughter of William Carver, settled in Marshfield, but removed to
Pembroke where his name appears in 1718. He was elected
tithingman March 1, 1735, and again March 7, 1753. children: 1.
David, born 1723, married Hannah Magoon. 2. Amos, probably born
in Marshfield, married, December 14, 1783, Esther Kingsbury, of
Dedham. 3. Thomas, born January 23, 1725, mentioned below. 4.
Mary, born January 21, 1733. 5. William, born June 24, 1737,
married 1763, Abigail Stetson. 6. Betty, born September 6, 1739.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1742
Thomas
Standish
1725 - 1759
Thomas Standish, son of Thomas Standish,
was born in Pembroke, Massachusetts, January 23, 1725, died June 18,
1759, in his Majesty's service at the westward at Fort Miller. He
married, February 10, 1748, Martha Bisbee. Children: 1. Thomas,
died 1780. 2. Hadley, mentioned below.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1742
Abraham
Samson
____ - ____
Abraham Samson, probably brother of Henry Samson, came from England
some time after his brother, probably n 1629 or 1630. he settled
in Duxbury and was on the list of those able to bear arms in
1643. He was one of the fifty-four original grantees of the town
of Bridgewater in 1645, all of whom resided in Duxbury, but he did not
remove there. he was surveyor of highways in 1648; constable
1653. He was admitted a freeman in 1654. He died some time
after 1686. He married -Nash, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Nash,
of Duxbury. Children: 1. Samuel, born about 1646, married
Esther -, 2. George, born 1655, married Elizabeth -. 3. Abraham, born about 1658, married Lorah Standish. 4. Isaac, mentioned below. Probably
others.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1879
Isaac
Samson
1660 - ____
Isaac
Samson, son of Abraham Sampson, was
born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1660. He was one of the first
settlers of Plympton, and lived on the spot where stood the house
occupied in 1800 by Elijah Bisbee. It was the second house from
Plympton Green on the north side of the road leading westward from the
Green to Dunham's Neck. He married Lydia Standish, daughter of Alexander Standish, sister of Lorah
Standish, who married his brother, and descendant of Captain Myles Standish, the Pilgrim
ancestor. She was living in March, 1733-34. Children: 1.
Isaac, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, born February 9, 1690,
married Joanna Lucas. 3. Josiah, born June 5, 1692, unmarried;
died March 29, 1731. 4. Lydia, born April 22, 1694,
unmarried. 5. Ephraim, born May 8, 1698, married Abigail
Horel. 6. Peleg (twin), born November 12, 1700, married Mary
Ring. 7. Priscilla (twin), born November 12, 1700, married Jabez
Fuller. 8. Barnabas, born February 12, 1704-5, married Experience
Atkins.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1879
William
White
____ - 1621/2
William White, immigrant ancestor, came in the "Mayflower." He
had been in Holland a number of years, going therence from London,
England, and by many genealogists believe to be the son of Bishop John
White, of London. He was a wool carder by trade. He married
at Leyden, Holland, January 27, 1612 (by Rev. Robinson) Anna or Susanna
Fuller. He brought with him his wife, his son Resolved, and two
men servants, William Holbeck and Edward Thomson, both of whom died
soon
after landing. Samuel Fuller, another "Mayflower" passenger, was
a brother of Mrs. White. White was one of the leaders of the company,
helped draw the Compact and was the sixth to sign it, and was an
educated man. He died February 21, 1621/2, and his widow married
second, Edward Winslow, who became governor of the colony, May 12,
1621. She died October, 1680. The famous "Breeches Bible"
of William White has been preserved. It was printed in London in
1588, and is filled with records of the White and Brewster
families. According to these records the book was owned by
William White in England in 1608, and brought over in the
"Mayflower". It was a record of the birth of Peregrine, the first
child of English parents born in this country - "Sonne born to Susanna
Whit dec. 19, 1620, yt six o'clock morning." There are some
childish pictures and scribbling in the book, including a caricature of
Peregrine, a sketch of a meeting house, and an Indian drawing his
bow. The book was owned in 1895 by S.W. Cowles, of Hartford,
Connecticut. children: 1. Resolved, born, according to his own
statement, in Leyden, 1615; married Judith, daughter of William
Vassall, married second Abigail Lord, widow of William Lord of
Salem. 2. Peregrine, mentioned
below.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1747
Perigrene
White
1620 - 1704
Peregrine White, son of William White, was born on board the
"Mayflower," in Plymouth Harbor, December, 1620, given December 19,
1620, in the old Bible. The name signifies that he was born
during a journey. he was brought up in the family of Governor
Edward Winslow, whom his mother married shortly after his father's
death. he removed to Green Harbor with the Winslows after 1632;
married about 1647, Sarah, daughter of William and Elizabeth Bassett,
who came in the ship "Fortune", November 10, 1621. Peregrine
settled on an estate given him by his father-in-law, lying between the
North and South rivers, not far from their outlet into the ocean.
William Bassett was a large landholder: resided in Duxbury and
Bridgewater, where he died in 1667. He was captain of the
military
company and a man of prominence during his long life. He was an
assessor 1651-1655; deputy to general court from Marsh field 1659;
grandjuryman 1660; selectman 1661-65 and in 1672. He was a
soldier in the Pequot War in 1637; oon a committee to lay out highways,
1667; member of the council of war 1673. he was ensign under
Captain Myles Standish, 1642; lieutenant in 1637, in Pequot war;
admitted a freeman June 3, 1652 but was not admitted to the Marshfield
church until in his seventy-eighth year, but must have been a church
member to be a freeman. In the Boston Weekly News Letter
of July 31, 1704, the fifteenth number of the first newspaper printed
in New England, appeared this notice of his death: Marshfield July
20, Capt. Peregrine White of this town died here the 20th
inst. aged 83 years and 8 months. he was vigorous and of comely
aspect to the last." His wife Sarah died January 20, 1711.
Children: 1/ Daniel, born in Marshfield, 1649; married Hannah
Hunt. 2. Sarah, born in Marshfield, October 1663; married Thomas
Young. 3. Mercy, born in Marshfield; married February 3, 1697,
William Sherman. 4. Jonathan, born in Marshield, June 4, 1658;
married February 2, 1682, Esther Nickerson. 5. Peregrine, Jr.,
mentioned below. 6. Silvanus, died 1688.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1747-8
William
Sherman
1640 - 1724
William Sherman, son of William Sherman, was born about 1640 in
Marshfield or Duxbury, in New England; was a soldier in King Philip's
war and from witnessing the cruelties there became insane and the
colony voted twenty dollars for the relief of his family; later he
seems to have recovered his reason. He died 1724.
Children: 1. Hannah, born February 21, 1668. 2. Elizabeth,
born March 11, 1670, died 1695. 3. William,
born April 19, 1672, mentioned below. 4. Patience, born August 3,
1674. 5. Experience, born September 22, 1678. 6. Ebenezer,
born April 21, 1680, died 1759.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1475
William
Sherman
1672 - ____
William
Sherman, son of William Sherman, was
born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, April 19, 1672, and followed the
farming in his native town. He married Mary White, daughter of Peregrine White, the first white child
born in the Plymouth colony, born December, 1620, on board the
"Mayflower," son of William and Ann (Fuller) White. The
descendants of William Sherman are not only descendants of three
Pilgrim ancestors through Peregrine White and his parents but also
through teh wife of Peregrine, Sarah Bassett, daughter of William and
Elizabeth Bassett. William Bassett,
and
Englishman, was married August 13, 1611, to Margaret Oldham, at Leyden,
Holland, where he lived with the Pilgrims. His first wife was
Cecil Light as shown by the Dutch records at Leyden. Bassett was
admitted a freeman at Plymouth, 1633; resided at Duxbury and
represented
the town in the general court. He was a gunsmith by trade.
He resided at Sandwich, Massachusetts, n 1650, and later at
Bridgwater. Peregrine White was a prominent citizen of the
Plymouth colony; died 1667; his wife died January 20, 1711; they have a
numerous posterity. Children of William and Mary (White) Sherman:
1. Thankful, born April 4, 1690, married 1726, Robert Atkins. 2.
Samuel, born May 8, 1701, married Adam Hall. 3. Mary (twin), born
June 6, 1711. 4. Abigail (twin), born June 6, 1711. 5. John, born July 19, 1720, mentioned
below. 6. Anthony, born December 21, 1722.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1475
John
Sherman
1720 - _____
John
Sherman, son of William Sherman, was
born about in Marshfield, July 19, 1720, and was a farmer in that
town. he married, 1746, Elizabeth Dingley, grand-daughter of John
Dingley, of Marshfield, immigrant, a prominent citizen and town
officer. Children: 1. Nathaniel, settled in Plympton, married
Maria Clark, daughter of James Clark. 2. Ruth, born 1750, married
Josiah Bisbee, of Pembroke, Massachusetts. 3. Rufus, born 1754,
settled in Plympton; married, 1775, Phebe Rider. 4. Asa, born
1756. 5. Betsey, born 1758, settled in Plympton; married Lydia Doten,
descendant of Edward Doten who came in
the "Mayflower;" was in Captain Shaw's company in the Revolution.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1475
Otis
Sherman
1765 - _____
Otis
Sherman, of this family, son or near relative of John Sherman, was born about 1765.
he married Jane H. -, who died May 27, 1822, in Scituate,
Massachusetts,
aged fifty-two years. He married (second) (intention dated March
23, 1823) Elizabeth Barker, of Hanson, formerly Pembroke,
Massachusetts. He resided in Scituate, Massachusetts. Children:
1. Otis, born about 1795, married (intentions dated February 2, 1828)
Angeline Whiton, of Hanson, formerly Pembroke; she died September 19,
1831, aged twenty-eight years; children: i. Lucy Jane born August 17,
1829: ii. Otis William, born August 2, 1831. 2. Israel H.,
resided at Scituate; married Clarissa Howard, of Hanson, formerly
Pembroke, near Hanover Corners, Massachusetts; children: i. Jane,
married _ Brown; ii. Clara, married Edmund Hersey; no children; iii.
Warren Hobart, resides in Nebraska, married and has one child. 3.
Aaron H., born in Scituate, 1799, mentioned below. 4. Charles,
born in Scituate, died in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Source:
Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, Vol IV. Lewis Historical Publishing
company, 1908. pg. 1475
Benjamin
Balch
Benjamin Balch came from Boston. He married Nazareth, the
daughter of Judge John Cushing, and resided in Scituate several years,
near the north Meeting-house, fifty rods south. His daughter
Deborah born 1727, his son Hart 1731. He removed to Boston, where
he had other children born, one of whom was Nathaniel, of facetious
memory. This family probably descended from John Balch, an early
settler in Salem.
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp.
215
Abraham
Bardin
Abraham Bardin was from Scotland. He married Mary Booth in
Scituate, 1697. His son conducted Iron works at Hanover for many
years.
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp.
215
William
Mellus
William Mellus, from Dorchester, married Jael Chittenden 1711, and
Sarah Balch 1716. His children, Abigail born 1712, William 1718,
John 1721, Abigail 1725. The widow of William, sen. (Sarah)
married Dea. Samuel Stodder
1749. Abigail married Isaac Lincoln 1738. This family
resided in the north parish. John removed early. William
had children in Scituate, viz. Sarah Hart 1741, and others.
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp.
310-311
Dea.
Samuel Stodder
Dea. Samuel Stodder, from Hingham, settled on the west side of Brushy
hill 1690. His children, Leah 1696, Rachel 1698, Seth 1700, (died
1712) Elizabeth 1702, Mary 1704, Sarah 1709. he married a 2d.
wife, viz. Sarah Mellus 1749. he died 1762, aged 92
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp. 345
Benjamin
Stodder
Benjamin Stodder, brother of the above,
probably, married Mary, daughter of Israel Sylvester, sen. 1705, and
lived in the west part of the Town. His children, Benjamin 1708,
Mary 1711, Elisha 1715, Elijah 1719, Isaiah 1723. Some of those
removed. Isaiah had a son Melzar born 1756, who left descendants.
Benjamin, jr. married Ruth Curtis 1737, and
had children, Elijah born 1738, Seth 1741, Elizabeth (wife of Capt.
William Brooks 1774), Elijah married Thankful Whitcomb 1766, and had
children, Peres, Elijah, Thankful and Mary. He was often a
Selectman. He removed to New Springfield, Vermont, where he recently
deceased. Seth married Sprague, and deceased 1831, leaving sons
Seth and Josiah, who live near Hingham line on the Mountain road.
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp. 345
Hezekiah
Stodder
Hezekiah Stodder, another brother of Dea.
Samuel, settled on Gillman plain 1711, and had children, Bathsheba
1711, Joshua 1713, Eunice 1715, Hezekiah 1722. The latter succeeded his
father, and had sons Laban, Hezekiah, Samuel, Obadiah, Deran and Bela,
several of whom removed. Hezekiah 3d. has left sons in Abington
and Scituate. His wife, Elizabeth Gardner.
The families of this name in this
vicinity all descended from John Stodder of Hingham, who married
Hannah, daughter of John Bryant of Scituate, 1665.
Source:
Samuel Deane, History
of
Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. pp.
345-6
