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Aspinwall Genealogy.
COMPILED BY
ALGERNON AIKIN ASPINWALL,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
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TO MY SONS,
WILLIAM HUMPHREY ASPINWALL
AND
CLARENCE AIKIN ASPINWALL,
THIS BOOK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED.
"Ay, thus it is, one generation comes,
Another goes, and mingles with the dust; And then we come and go, and come and go, Each for a little moment filling up Some little place ; and then we disappear In quick succession; and it shall be so Till time in one vast perpetuity Is swallowed up."
PREFACE,
In presenting this work to the descendants of Peter Aspin- wall, I have the same story to tell, as usually related by com- pilers of family genealogies.
About eleven years ago, I made up my mind that I would like to know something about my ancestors, and, accordingly, began to make some researches in that direction. At that time, I had no intention to compile a genealogy of the Aspinwall family, but, in the course of the researches mentioned, I came into pos- session of so much data concerning the early members of this family, that I finally resolved to attempt the collection of a record of all of Peter Aspinwall's descendants. This book is the result. With but three or four exceptions, all of his descendants bearing the name have been traced, down to the present generation.
If it shall happen that it gives as much pleasure to those who receive it, as it has to me during the years in which I have been engaged in collecting thCvSe records, I shall feel repaid for the labor expended during that time. To all those correspondents who have aided and encouraged me during these years, I wish to return my heartfelt thanks. I cannot name them all here.
I cannot refrain, however, from making acknowledgment to Mr. Edward Augustus Bowen, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for his court- esy in turning over to me, a number of years ago, the notes con- cerning the early generations of the Aspinwall family which he had collected, being himself a great-grandson of Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline. Also, to Mr. Thomas Aspinwall of Bos- ton, Mass., for kindly furnishing me a copy of the sketch of his ancestors, written in 1767, by his great-grandfather, the said Dr. William Aspinwall.
6 PREFACE.
This book is purely a genealogy. No attempt has been made, except in the earlier generations, to give any extended biograph- ical account of the persons recorded. To have done so would have enlarged the work to such an extent that it could not have been published with the limited number of subscribers that could be secured. Such imperfections as exist in the matter of dates, names, etc., result through the neglect by correspondents to supply the proper data. . They are not numerous. It is sug- gested that additions and corrections be sent to me, that a record may be kept of same, and, if advisable, a supplement issued in the future.
ALGERNON AIKIN ASPINWALL.
1305 Riggs St., Washington, D. C, July, 1901.
EXPLANATION.
Beginning with Peter Aspinwall, his descendants in this work are arranged in numerical order, and whenever a further account is given of an)'- individual, his or her name is preceded by a cross (+), and the additional record will be found in its niimerical place farther along in the book. By this simple method, any person may trace his or her ancestry back to the original settler, b}^ merely turning back to each number as it appears in its order. I know of no simpler plan.
The figures placed over the names indicate the generation of the person ; thus, Algernon Aikin' Aspinwall, denotes that he is of the seventh generation, Peter' being the first.
The usual abbreviations are used, " b.," born; " d.," died; "bap.," baptized; "dau.," daughter; "m.," married; " ch. " children, etc.
THE ASPINWALLS IN ENGLAND.
The Aspinwalls, orAspinalls, have been for several centuries located in the County of Lancaster, England. The origin of the family is unknown to the compiler of this work. The name, Aspinwall, like many others, has undergone several changes, and, as near as can be ascertained, has arrived at its present form, through the various gradations, from Aspenhalgh, Aspinhaugh, Aspinall, Aspinwall, the name originally signifying, an ''Aspen Mead," or an " Aspen Vale."
It is not the province of this work to trace the family from its earliest known history in England, but, as Toxteth Park, in Lancaster County, was the home of our ancestor, a brief account of the place will no doubt be of interest.
Toxteth Park, now a suburb of the city of Liverpool, had been the property of the Crown from the time of King John, but, in the year 1604, was disparked, and came through purchase into the hands of one Richard Molyneux. Prior to this time, it is spoken of as "waste land without inhabitants," but when it was disparked, a number of persons settled on the land, and began its cultivation. Among these was one Edward Aspinwall, no doubt a member of the Aspinwall family in the immediate vicin- ity. He appears to have been the earliest settler of the name at Toxteth Park, and, from various circumstances, the compiler of this work believes that he was the father of Peter Aspinwall, our ancestor, although he has not had the opportunity to make any researches to settle this point. It appears that the early inhabit- ants of Toxteth Park were Puritan in their leanings, and, in 1611, Richard Mather, afterwards minister at Dorchester, Mass., at the age of 15 years, was called there to take charge of the school. He lived, while at Toxteth, in the family of Edward Aspinwall, and while there became converted, which, as he expresses it, " was occasioned by observing a difference between his own walk, and the most exact, watchful, faithful and prayerful conversation of some in the family of the learned and pious Mr. Edward Aspin- wall, of Toxteth, where he sojourned."
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These Puritans, at Toxteth, built a chapel, the first one con- nected with the "dissenters" in the neighborhood of Liverpool. The building then erected is not now in existence, but upon its site is the present church, which was built something more than a hundred years ago, and preserves some of its features, while the old burying ground remains undisturbed. In this church, in the main aisle, on the stone covering of a vault, is a brass plate, bearing the following inscription: "Edward Aspinwall of Tocksteth Park, Esquire, Departed this life in March the Twenty-ninth, A. D. 1656." Then follow verses 44, 53 and 54 of the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians.
Many of these Puritans, in 1630 and the following years, emi- grated to New England.
To those interested in coat-armor, it may be said that there appear, in the various works on heraldry, several different coats- of-arms. Burke's Heraldry gives to the Aspinalls of Lancaster Co., two different ones, the first, "Or. a chev. between three griffins' heads erased sa. Crest — a demi griffin erased sa. beaked, legged, and collared or. ;" the second, "Ar an aspen leaf or." Edmonson's Heraldry gives to Aspinwalls of Northumberland, " Gu. — two bars dancettee or., within a bordure sa." The motto is " Aegis fortissima virtus," virtue is the strongest shield.
WILLIAM ASPINWALL.
The earliest record of any person in America bearing the name of xA-spinwall is tliat of William Aspinwall, who came with Winthrop, to Massachusetts Bay, in 1630. In the " Historical Sketch of the First Church in Boston," it is stated that " The Arabella, the vessell in which they crossed the Atlantick, anchored in Massachusetts Bay on the 17th June, 1630, after exploring the Mystick River, they came ashore at Charlestown on the first of July, with a view to a permanent residence." Also that, "On the 2Tth. August therefore a fast was appointed, a covenant formed and subscribed, Mr. Wilson was chosen Teacher, Mr. Nowell an Elder, Mr, Gager and Mr, Aspinwall deacons." This was William Aspinwall. His name was the tenth on the list, and that of his wife, Elizabeth, the sixteenth. The society soon removed across the river to Boston, but William Aspinwall was the second on the list of thirteen who remained inhabitants of Charlestown. He took the oath of freeman April 3, 1632, In 1633, he also removed to Boston, where he appears to have been one of the leading men of the new settlement at that place, and was elected a selectman in 1636 and 1637. In 1637, he was chosen a Deputy to the General Court, in place of Sir Henry Vane, When the religious excitement, caused by the " Antinomian Heresy," broke out, large numbers of the new Colony espoused the cause advocated by Mrs, Ann Hutchinson, and her brother, Rev. Mr, Wheelwright, Among them was William Aspinwall, The controversy grew bitter, and, in March, 1637, the General Court summoned Wheelwright to answer for a sermon recently preached by him, "wherein, as they alleged, he had fanned the flame of dissension instead of quenching it." Wheelwright was pronounced guilty of sedition and contempt, but sentence was deferred until the next Court. In the meantime, the church at Boston presented a petition in his behalf, justifying his sermon. This petition was drawn up by William Aspinwall, and was signed by about sixty of the principal men in Boston. At the
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November meeting of the Court, William Aspinwall and John Coggeshall, both deacons of the chtirch at Boston, and deputies to the General Court from that town, were dismissed from the Court, the one for having signed, and the other for defending the remonstrance of the church. At the same term of the Court, William Aspinwall was tried for the same offence, and, being found guilty, was sentenced to be disfranchised and banished from the Colony, but he was allowed to remain until the next spring,
" A General Court, held atNewetown, the 2th Day of the 9th Mo @ 1637. Mr. William Aspinwall being questioned in regard his hand was to a petition or remonstrance, & he justified the same, maintaining it to bee lawful ; the Court did discharge him from being a member thereof."
"Mr. Willi: Aspinwall being convented for haveing his hand to a petition or remonstrance, being a seditious libell, and iustifing the same, for wch & for his insolent and turbulent car- riage, hee is disfranchized & banished, puting in sureties tor his departure before the end of the first month next ensuing. Mr. John Glover & Mr. Aspinwall are each of them bound in a 100 pounds a piece for Mr. Aspinwall's depure by the time limited." After his banishment, William Aspinwall followed Roger Williams to Rhode Island, and was one of the nineteen Aquid- neck settlers who signed the civil compact formed at Providence, March 7, 1638, and was chosen the first Secretary of the new Colony. " The 7th day of the first month 1638.
We whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and to all tho e perfect and most absolute lawes of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby."
Signed by William Coddington
John Clarke William Hutchinson Jr. John Coggeshall William Aspinwall and fourteen others. William Aspinwall held several positions of trust in Rhode Island, but, at a General Meeting, January 11, 1639, "the magis-
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trates were directed to deal with William Aspinwall concerning his defaults."
On February 7, 1639, Mr. Aspinwall was proceeded against as a suspected person, for sedition against the state.
"Mr. Aspinwall, being a suspected person for sedition against the State, it was thought meet that a stay of the building of his Bote should be made, whereupon ye workman was for- bidden to proceed any further."
He probably left Rhode Island soon after this, and during the next three years the only record of him that has been found, which shows his whereabouts, is his testimony as a witness in a case before the General Court at New Haven, Conn., on March 2, 1642.
At a General Court, held at Boston, October 7, 1641, the following order was passed : —
" Willi: Aspinwall hath a safe conduct granted him to come & satisfy the counsell &, if they think meete, to stay till the General Court; if not hee is to depart till the General Court, & then hee hath liberty to come to the Gen^'all Court,"
Early in 1642, his sentence of banishment was revoked, and he again took up his residence in Boston.
" In the beginning of the year 1612, Mr. Aspinwall that had been censured by the Court for joining with those, and having his hand to the remonstrance about Mr. Wheelwright, being licensed by the General Court to come and tender his submission, was on the 27th of March that year, reconciled to the Church of Boston. He made a very free and full acknowledgment of his errour and seducement, and that with much detestation of his sin. The like he did afterwards before the magistrates, who were appointed by the Court to take his submission ; and upon thir certificate thereof, the sentence of banishment passed against him with the rest, was taken off."
" William Aspinwall, upon his cirtifficat of his good car- riage, is restored againe to his former liberty and freedome."
He was a man of superior education for those times, and was soon appointed to several important offices. In 1643, he was appointed clerk of the writs for Boston, and in 1644 was chosen Recorder, and in the same year was appointed a Notary Public. He held these offices for some eight years, and a large portion of the deeds and other legal papers in and about Boston during that
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time were drawn, executed or witnessed by him. In 1643, he joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He lived on Washington Street, just south of School Street, and his land extended back to the Common.
During his residence in Boston, it is recorded that, "divers of the Merchants of Boston being desirous of discovering the great lake * * -^ they set out in a pinnace which was to sail up the Delaware River so high as they could go, and then some of the company under the conduct of Mr. William Aspinwall, a good artist, and one who had been in those parts, to pass by small skiffs or canoes up the river as far as they could." They were, however, prevented from going up the river by the Dutch and the Swedes ; were fired upon from a fort, and were obliged to return to Boston without discovering the " Great Lake."
The statement that William Aspinwall "had been in those parts," leads to the belief that he must have been there between the time of leaving Rhode Island and his return to Boston in 1642.
He seems to have had the faculty of continually getting hiin- self into trouble. At the General Court, October 14, 1651, "Mr. William Aspinwall being accused for chargeing the Court and jury to goe agt law and conscience in making the landlord to pay rent to the tenant, which the Courte hauinge heard & examined, doe order & determine as follows, viz : that from hencefor'th the sd Mr. Aspinwall shalbe suspended from the exercisinge the office of recorder, or clarke, in any County Court, as also to pay the sum of thirty shillinge to the jury for their attendance and entringe the petition, & for the attendance of two witnesses, fower shillinges, & It is ordered that Mr. Edward Rawson, secre- tary to the General Court, shall henceforth be recorder for the county of Suffolk, & that Mr. Aspinwall shall deliver him all the records belonging to the sd county. Its ordered by this Court, that vpon the request of the inhabitants of Boston, Jonathan Negoos shalbe approued of as Clarke of the writts for that towne, in the room of Mr. Aspinwall, who is hereby ordred to deliver him the recordes of deaths, births and marriages as belonginge to that office."
Soon after this he returned to England, where he lived the remainder of his life. The date and place of his death have not been ascertained, but, on April 13, 1662, he was living at Ches- ter, England, as a letter, written by him from there on that date,
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referring to land in Boston which he gave to his son, is in the Massachusetts archives.
Not long since a diary or journal, kept by him while recorder at Boston, was fortunately discovered in that city. It is of great historic interest, and it is understood is to be published by the Record Commissioners of Boston. He published, in Lon- don, in 1653, a curious religious work entitled, " A Brief Descrip- tion of the Fifth Monarchy or Kingdom That shortly is to come into the World." In this work he predicted the arrival of the millenium not later than the year 1673.
In 165-i, he published, "An explication and Application of the Seventh Chapter of Daniel, etc."
In 1655, he published, in London, " An Abstract of Laws & Government, wherein as in a mirror may be seen the wisdom and perfection of the Government of Christ's Kingdom, accom- modable to any State or form of government in the world, that is not anti-Christian or tyrannical. Collected and digested into the ensuing method by that godly, grave and judicious divine, Mr. John Cotton of Boston, in New England, in his lifetime, and pre- sented to the General Court of Massachusetts. And now pub- lished after his death by William Aspinwall."
He also published, in 1655, at London, " The Work of the Age, or the Sealed prophecies of Daniel opened and applied. Amending sundry places in our common translation, etc."
In 1656, he published, in London, " The Legislative Power is Christ's peculiar Prerogative, proved from the 9th of Isaiah, vers. 6, 7, by William Aspinwall."
William Aspinwall probably came from the County of Lan- caster, England, where the Aspinwalls were principally located. He left no descendants bearing his name in this country, unless Peter Aspinwall, whose descendants are given in this work, was his son. His two eldest daughters, however, married and remained here. His wife and four youngest children no doubt returned to England with him, as no further record has been found of them in this country. Of his children given below, all but Mary were born after the arrival of their parents in 1630. The birth of Mary is not recorded at Boston, but she was undoubtedly, as believed by Mr. Savage, in his Genealogical
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Dictionary, the daughter of William Aspinwall. No other family
of Aspinwalls was in this country except that of Peter Aspinwall,
and she certainly was not his daughter. It is true that Mary
Aspinwall did not marry John Gove, of Cambridge, until several
years after the date of her father's return to England, but, being
of mature years at that time, no doubt preferred to remain in
this country. She is therefore recorded as the oldest child in
this family.
Children :
i. MARY^ b. — ; m. Oct. 6, 1658, John Gove of Cambridge, Mass.
She d. Nov. 14, 1676. They had :
1. MAEYs b. Sept. 14, 1659; m. April 7, 168^, Henry Prentice of
Cambridge, son of Henry and Joanna Prentice.
2. JOHN", b. Sept. 21, 1660 ; d. April 28, 1679.
3. ASPINWALIi», b. Oct. 2, 1661 ; d. Oct. 14, 1661.
4. NATHANIEL^ b. Nov. 16, 1662.
5. JAMES', bap. Dec. 13, 1663.
6. A CHILD'', bap. Aug. 4, 1667 (name illegible.) ii. EDWARD^ b. Sept. 26, 1630 ; d. Oct. 10, 1630.
iii. HANNAH-, b. Dec. 25, 1631 ; m. 1651, John Angier of Boston. They had:
1. JOHN=, b. Sept. 16, 1652. (He is called cousin in the will of John Cotton.) iv. ELIZABETH', b. Sept. 30, 1638, V. SAMUEL-, b. Sept. 30, 1635. vi. ETHLANAH-', b. March 1, 1637. vii. DORCAS-, b. Feb. 14, 1639.
PETER ASPINWALL AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
Peter Aspinwall, the founder of the Aspinwall family in this country, was undoubtedly related to William Aspinwall of the preceding chapter, although the compiler of this work has not been able to establish the exact relationship. It is believed that he was either a son or a brother, more probably a brother.
Dr. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, Mass., a great-grand- son of Peter Aspinwall, wrote an account of the family in 1767, which is in the possession of one of his descendants. This was written at a time when he should have been in possession of the information warranting the statements he made. He says, " Peter Aspinwall came from Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, Old England, to Dorcester, near Boston, in New England, in company with the 4000 who came in the year 1630." Aside from this state- ment, that Peter Aspinwall came in 1630, we have no knowledge, and the first mention of him on any records is in May, 1645, at which time he was made a freeman (or voter) by the General Court, and was then living at Dorchester, Mass. About this time, he was married to his first wife, for the records of the First Church of Boston show that, " Also o^ sister Alice Sharp now ye wife of Peter Aspinwall of Dorchester had Ires of Recomend granted unto her to ye Church at Dorchester. The 8th day of ye 4th moneth (June) 1645."
If Peter Aspinwall came in 1630, it is strange that we have no mention of him at Boston or Dorchester, prior to 1645. We know, from a deposition made by him in 1664, that he was born about 1612, and yet he was not made a freeman until 1645, when he was 33 years of age, which i/S somewhat singular, if he had been here since 1630.
Nothing further concerning him appears on the Dorchester records, and, in 1650, he removed to Muddy River, now known [3]
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as Brookline, Mass., where, in connection with one Robert Sharp, perhaps his brother-in-law, he purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres. The following is a copy of the deed of said farm : "14(9)1650.
Mr Wni Coleborne of Boston granted vnto Peter Aspinwall & Robt Sharpe his fferme at Muddy river containing an hundd & fifty Acres more or lesse Wth all houseing fenceing^ woods marshes &c : together with sixteene Acres in the Common ffield bounded wth Muddy River East John Aredley South, the Cedar swampe west & Garret Bourne north. The fferme aforesd was bounded wth Mr, Cotton south muddy river East, William Pell west, Jacob Eliot Edward Devotion & James Browne North. And this was by an absolute deed dat 14 (6) 1650. Sealed signed & dd in presence of W^^ Aspinwall & W'^ Price. Margery Cole- bron wife to ye sd W^ Colbron did ye IT Jaini 1654 acknowledge before me that she freely gave hir Consent to ye sale and Renounct hir dowrie therein.
Humphrey Atherton."
This deed is in the handwriting of William Aspinwall, men- tioned in the preceding chapter, who was at the time Recorder of Deeds in Boston.
Upon this farm, Peter Aspinwall, in the year 1660, built the house which was the family homestead for many generations, and which is shown as a frontispiece to this work. This house stood until the 3'ear 1891, when it was taken down, being at that time the oldest house in the old town of Brookline. It was located on the present Aspinwall Avenue, near St. Paul's Church.
Here Peter Aspinwall lived and died. He was a farmer, and, judging by the inventory of his estate, taken after his death, which included a tanning outfit, he probably carried on also the tanning business. He does not appear to have been very conspicuous in public affairs, but held several town offices. He was surveyor in 1651-2; also in 1661-2, and Constable in 1667. He was appointed, April 24, 1676, with two others, a committee " for the preventinge of excessive drinkinge & disorder in private houses," and was elected, March 25, 1678, " to oversee and reg- ulate the ffences about the common ffield at Muddy River."
If we accept the account of Dr. William Aspinwall, pre- viously referred to, Peter Aspinwall was three times married,
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althougli no record, nor other evidence has been found indicating' that he was married more than twice. His first. wife was Alice Sharp, who may have been a sister of that Robert Sharp, in con- nection with whom he bought the farmx described in the fore- going deed. He married her, probably, early in 1645. Dr. Aspin-
wall, in his account savs, "he married Morrill and lived
with her 16 years without children; and then he married Remember Palfrey." Dr. Aspinwall does not mention a wife Alice Sharp, and it is possible that he was mistaken in the name of the first wife, and that there was no wife Morrill.
The compiler believes that Alice Sharp, the first wife of Peter Aspinwall, lived until about 1661, which would be 16 years from 1615, when we know that she was his wife. On Feb- ruary 12, 1662, as time is now reckoned, Peter Aspinwall was married by Gov. John Endicott to Remember, daughter of Peter and Edith Palfrey, of Reading, Mass. She was baptized at Salem, Mass., September 16, 1638.
Peter Palfrey came from England with the "Dorchester" Company, which began a plantation at Cape Anne, Mass., in 1621, of which Roger Conant was governor. This company was not successful, and, in 1626, the enterprise was relinquished, and most of the emigrants returned to England. Peter Palfrey, how- ever, and two others, remained with Conant, and, in the autumn of 1626, removed to a place called Naumkeag, and laid the foundations for a town, which was subsequently called Salem, now the city of Salem, Mass. He was admitted freeman, May 18, 1631, at the same time with Roger Conant, and, in 1632, was a Deputy from Salem to the first General Court of the Mass- achusetts Bay Colony. In 1652, he removed to Reading, Mass., where he died September 15, 1663, "well stricken in years." The name of his wife, Edith, is not known.
The exact date of Peter Aspinwall's death is not known, but it was between November 20, 1687, the date of his will, and December 9, 1687, the date of the inventory of his estate. The date of his widow's death has not been ascertained, but she was not living on April 1, 1701.
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The following is a copy of Peter Aspinwall's will, which was presented for probate by his widow and his eldest son, Samuel, on January 20, 1692 :
"In the name of God, Amen, my soul I commit into the arms of Jesus Christ my Saviour, my body to be decently buried : after necessary expenses are defrayed, my just and lawfull debts satisfyed, my CvState divided in raanner following, my will is, that my beloved wife Remember Aspinwall be my executrix and that she shall have one third part of my whole estate with her choice of which part, to continue the time of her widowhood : if she change her condition, then to leave the houseing & land to my children, and the moveables to be at her disposing.
2. That my eldest son Samll Aspinwall be my executor and that he have a double portion of my estate, if after division of my estate anything be put to sale, he to have the first refusall of it.
3. That my second son Peter Aspinwall to keep what of my estate he has in hand, if it be more than his just proportion, not to return any back ; yet if he have not equal to ye rest of my children then to be made up out of my estate.
4. That all the rest of my children, Nathaniel Aspinwall, Thomas Aspinwall, Joseph Aspinwall, Eleazar Aspinwall, Timothy Aspinwall, Mehetable Aspinwall, Elizabeth Aspinwall, Mary Aspinwall, that they have an equal proportion of my estate : In case any of those dy before they be of age to make a will, that then his or her proportion be divided equally among the rest. I do give power to my executrix and executor to call in any debt by bill or bond to improve for the good of the whole. Also that corne meat as provision for ye family for this yeare be not put into the estate but for the children's use.
This is the last will and testament of Peter Aspinwall this 20th of November one thousand six hundred eighty and seven ; as witness my hand and seale.
The mark of Peter /; Aspinwall & a /^ Seale
Signed & sealed in presence
of us.
John White Senr.
John Gove
Joseph Griggs."
The fact that this will is signed by a mark does not mean that Peter Aspinwall was unable to write, but that he was too
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feeble to do so, and, as was common in those times, on such an 'Occasion, he affixed his mark to his will. There is evidence that he was able to write.
It will be noticed that one of the witnesses to this will was John Gove, who lived at Cambridge, Mass. This John Gove, as will be seen in the preceding chapter, was a son-in-law of William Aspinwall of Boston, and later, on August 28, 1704, when John Gove made his own will, he named Samuel, oldest son of Peter Aspinwall, one of the overseers of his estate. This strengthens the belief of a near relationship between William and Peter Aspinwall. The only evidence we have of Peter iVspinwall's age, is contained in a deposition made by him on October 8, 1664, in which he states that he is aged about 52 years, so he was about 50 years old when he married Remember Palfrey, the mother of all of his children. No attempt has been made to trace his English ancestry, but should such an effort be made, a possible clue, inay be afforded through the will of James Clark of Boston, afterwards of Muddy River, dated September 11, 1667, in which he names his cousin, Peter Aspinwall.
Peter Aspinwall and Remember Palfrey had the following :
Children :
+ 2, SAMUEL-, b. Nov. 4, 1662.
+ 3. PETER-, b. June 4, 1664.
+ 4. NATHANIEL', b. June 5, 1666. '
+ 5. THOMAS^', b. Jan. 21, 1668.
+ 6. MEHITABLE-'. b. Sept. 14, 1669.
+ 7. ELIZABETH^ b. Nov. 21, 1671.
+ 8. ELEAZAR% b. Oct. 9, 1673.
+ 9. JOSEPH", b. Oct. 9, 1673 (twin). ^
10. JOB-, bap. Feb. 27, 1675 ; d. young.
+ 11. MARYS b. Aug. 4, 1677.
12. TIMOTHY-, b. April 19, 1682 ; d. of smallpox while yet a young man and unmarried.
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SECOND GENERATION.
Samue?, eldest son and child of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born at Muddy River (Brookline), Mass., November 4, 1662. He was a farmer and a leading man in town affairs. He was elected Surveyor in 1690-1 ; was subsequently Constable, Assessor, Fence- Viewer, Tythingman and Selectman, holding the last named office for thirteen years between 1699 and 1718. He was also elected to view the town treasurer's ac- counts ; to a committee to make a new pound ; to choose a bury- ing place ; to manage the concerns or affairs of building a meetinghouse; to seat the meeting house ; "to treat with Mr. James Allin who was chosen to be (our) gospel minister," and was appointed guardian to orphan minors, etc.
He went as a lieutenant of militia in the expedition against Port Royal in the year 1690, and was present when Sir William Phips took the fort. He v/as subsequently Captain of the com- pany of militia at Brookline. Mr. Lewis Tappan, who was a son-in-law of Dr. William Aspinwall, the grandson of Samuel Aspinwall, in his diary, now in the possession of a descendant, Mr. Edward A. Bowen, of Brooklyn, N. Y., relates the following incidents :
"Some one recollected, and told his grandson, Dr. William Aspinwall, of Capt. Samuel Aspinwall's notifying his company, on the public parade in Roxbury, to meet on a certain day to see about building a meeting house in Brookline. He made the bricks to fill in the old meeting house. When it was taken down, Dr. William Aspinwall purchased these bricks, and filled the walls of the west room of his new house with them. Capt. Aspinwall also built the school house which stood on Esq. Sharp's land, nearly opposite the present school house in the lane leading to the Cambridge road. He was of great strength. There is an anecdote related of him showing the presence and firmness of his mind. At a tavern on Boston Neck, there was a
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lion kept, which was tamed for exhibition. Some persons thought they might frighten Capt. Aspinwall with the animal. He had never seen a lion, and was conducted to his apartment, when at the management of his keeper, the animal sprang upon him, putting his fore paws upon his breast, making a tremendous roaring. Capt. Aspinwall merely said, ' what is the matter with the beast ?' "
This lion was advertised for exhibition in The Boston News Letter in March and April, 1718, as follows:
"All Persons having the Curiosity of seeing the noble and Royal Beast the Lyon, never one before in America, may see him at the House of Capt. Arthur Savage near Mr. Cohnans Church, Boston, before he is transported to London. But to pre- vent all disputes with the negro at the Gate who constantly attends each Person (whether seen him before or not) is desired to pay to the said Negro six pence a piece."
A further extract from Lewis Tappan's diary states :
" Capt. Aspinwall planted the great elm tree (Aspinwall elm). Samuel, the present deacon Clark's great-grandfather lived with him at the time, and saw him (S. A.) carry it in his hand and set it out. Clark was then about 10 years old."
This magnificent elm tree, which overshadowed the old Aspinwall house at Brookline, stood until 1844, when nearly half of it fell, and, about 1870, the rest of it followed, breaking a hole through the roof of the house. It measured twenty feet in circumference near the surface of the ground, and sixteen feet and eight inches at five feet from the ground. The branches extended 104 feet from S. E. to N. W. In an address, by the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, at the dedication of the Town Hall in Brookline, on February 22, 1873, he said:
" And now we have a name as eminent for its worth, as it is first in alphabetical order. The sixth and seventh signers (to the petition for the formation of the town of Brookline in 1705, ed.) were Samuel and Eleazar Aspinwall. Capt. Samuel Aspinwall was born here in 1657 (1662, ed.), and, from that time to this, whether as hamlet, village, or town, Brookline has never been without a distinguished bearer of his name and blood. The old house built by his father, before 1666, is still standing, or at least trying to stand. Of the venerable elm, which overshadowed it certainly for more than a hundred and fifty years, if indeed it was not coeval with Columbus, nothing remains but the antique roots, and a few feet of massive but mutilated trunk. They are
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almost the last relics of the old Muddy River Hamlet, and I wish they could be enclosed and inscribed as a monument of the remote past. What an inspiring stump that would be for an open-air speech on some historical anniversary ! If nothing else can be done, I trust that enough of it may be secured as a desk for this very platform. If it were here at this moment, my manuscript would have a most congenial resting place, — more precious than the most skillful carving or veneering of Oak, or Maple, or Satin-Wood."
Capt. Samuel Aspinwall married, about 1689, Sarah, the daughter of Capt. Timothy and Sarah (Davis) Stevens, of Rox- bjiry, Mass. She was born March 6, 1667, and died April 1, 1710. She was buried in the old Roxbury graveyard, near the graves of her parents. The celebrated Samuel Sewall, in his " letter- book", says: " My neighbor Mrs. Sarah Aspinwall, died April 1, 1710. I being a bearer had given me a pair of wash leather gloves."
Capt. Timothy Stevens was the son of John Stevens of New- bury, Mass. He married Sarah, daughter of Tobias Davis. John Stevens and wife Elizabeth came from England, to New- bury, Mass., in 1638.
Capt. Samuel Aspinwall was drowned in the Cambridge River near Elliot's Island, September 6, 1727. At his family devotions that morning, he read the 27th chapter of Proverbs, beginning with, "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." The New England Weekly Journal of Boston, in its issue of September 11, 1727, contains the following from a correspondent in Brookline : —
"On Wednesday last the 6th currant Capt. Samuel Aspinwall of this place and three others went out in a canoe to a place where they might gather oyster shells, and leaving the company was coming to the shore alone in the canoe, but meeting with a paddle that stuck up in the mud he attempted to draw the same out but finding it difficult the tyde being against him, and unawares pitched over the canoe in the water and was drowned. He was seen to rise once and no more and no help could be afforded him. * * * * They went to find him that night but could not. The next morning about 8 they found him not far from the place where he was drowned, and on Saturday he was decently interred. The Company he was late Captain of being in arms.
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He was a man well beloved among us and his death is much lamented by all that knew him."
In the "letter-book" of Samuel Sewall, heretofore men- tioned, he says: —
"Sept. 6, 1727. Capt. Samuel Aspinwall Drowned. See Journal No. 25. Sept. 9th. went to Brookline to his funeral. Bearers, Mr. Josiah Winchester, Deacon Mayo, Mr. Eraz. Drew, Capt. Caleb Gardner, Mr. Edy of Boston, with myself. Gave us Gloves. The company of Brookline in arms. Mr. Allen made a fine prayer. A great company from Roxbury, &c."
The children of Capt. Samuel and Sarah (Stevens) Aspin- wall were : —
13. SARAH", b. Sept. 17, 1690 ; died about the 10th or 12th year of her age.
+ 14 + 15 +16
+ 17, + 18 + 19
ELIZABETH*, b. March 25, 1693. SAMUEL\ b. Feb. 13, 1696. THOMAS\ b. May 21, 169H. MAE,Y^ b. Jan. 3, 1700. MEHETABEL», b. June 12, 1704. SARAH^ b. Nov. 21, 1707.
3.
Peter', son of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born at Muddy River, or Brookline, Mass., June 4, 1664. He " took hold of the Covenant 1684, 2 mo 5 day."
The settlement of Woodstock, Ct., was made by residents of Roxbury, Mass. They secured the grant of a tract of land seven miles square, in what was called the " Nipmuck Country." About the first of April, 1686, they sent out thirteen pioneers in advance of the others, to break up land and make some prepara- tions for the main body of colonists. They are recorded in the first book of records of Roxbury as " the men who went to spy out Woodstock." One of these thirteen pioneers was Peter Aspinwall. At the settlement, on Saturday, August 28, 1686, at Woodstock, they drew lots, and Peter Aspinwall drew "20 Acres, west side of the eastward vale, abutting east on highway." This eastward vale is now known as South Woodstock, Ct. In 1696, during the trouble with the Indians, a military company was formed at Woodstock, with Peter Aspinwall as lieutenant, and he took an active part in all the campaigns against the Indians, and was a prominent figure in all matters attending the early
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history of Woodstock. He was employed by the authorities to lay out a road to the Quimebaug, and, while thus engaged, he removed to the vicinity of the Great Falls. About 1703, he removed to a tract of land he had purchased at Aspinock, now Killingly, Ct., and devoted his energies to the settlement of that town. In 1713, Killingly sent him as the first representative of that town, to the General Assembly, of which he was also a member in 17U, 1716, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1727 and 1728. He was a leading citizen of Killingly. In 1716, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and held other public offices. In 1715, at the organization of the church at Killingly, he was chosen deacon. He also gave a plot of land for a burial ground. ^^
On March 24, 1699, he married, at Woodstock, Elizabeth, ._Z4.^i the widow of John Leavens of that place. Her maiden name has not been ascertained.
In Dr. AVilliam Aspinwall's manuscript, heretofore men- tioned, he states :
" Peter, the son of Peter, was settled at Woodstock and married a widow with a large number of children, her and her children was Levens they and she always kept him low ; he had by her one daughter and she married a Bateman and had a son and several daughters, said Peter was a meek sensible man and a Deacon."
The date of death of Peter Aspinwall, and that of his wife, are unknown. The records of Windham County, Ct., show that he was alive on June 4, 1749, at which time he was 85 years old.
Child of Peter and Elizabeth Aspinwall : +20. MARY^ b. .
4.
Nathanier, son of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born at Muddy River (Brookline), on June 5, 1666. In the year 1690, he and his younger brother, Thomas, under their neighbor. Captain Andrew Gardner, went on the expedition of Sir William Phips against Canada, in which Thomas, as well as his commander, perished. After his return, Nathaniel followed his brother Peter to Woodstock, Ct. In 1699, in connection
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with his brother, Samuel Perrin and Benjamin Griggs, he pur- chased of Rev. Noahdiah Russell, two hundred acres of land, "east side of Quimebaug, alias Aspinock River, according to the Indian name," for twenty pounds. He did not remove there, however, but continued to reside at Woodstock. He served several terms as a selectman at Woodstock, between 170-i and 1709. Dr. William Aspinwall, writing in 1767, says of him, "he was a very careful, sober, good Christian, an Israelite indeed."
He was married at Woodstock by the Rev. Nehemiah Walter, on November 11, 1698, to Abigail, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Bowen. She was born in Roxbury, Mass., and was baptized August 21, 1670.
Lieut. Henry Bowen was the son of Griffith' Bowen. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, of Roxbury.
Griffith Bowen, son of Francis Bowen of Llangenwydd, Co, Glamorgan, Wales, with wife, Margaret, daughter of Henry Fleming, came to New England in 1638, and were of Boston, where he was made a freeman May 22, 1639. He returned to England with his wife and several of his children in 1649.
Nathaniel Aspinwall died between February 15, 1712, the date of his will at Woodstock, and June 4, 17J 3, the date when it was proved at Boston. His widow died at Woodstock, April 16, 1736.
Children :
+21. MEHITABEL% b. Sept. 7, 1699.
+22. ABIGAIL^ b. Oct. 5, 1701.
+23. ELIZABETH^, b. March 12, 1704.
+ 24. PETER', b. Feb. 16, 1707.
+ 25. NATHANIEL^ b. Sept. 7, 1709.
Thomas', son of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born at Muddy River (Brookline), Mass., on January 21, 1668. In the year 1690, with his elder brother, Nathaniel, he
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went, in a company commanded by their neighbor, Capt. Andrew Gardner, on an expedition to Canada, and while there "was cast away in a vessell on Barn Island and perished." He was unmar- ried.
6.
Mehitabe?, daughter of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born September 14, 1669. She never, married, but lived for twenty years with Dr. Oliver at Cambridge, and many years with Dr. Williams at Boston. She was a doctress. She died, date unknown, at the homestead in Brookline. Her nephew, Samuel, son of her brother of the same name, who died in 1732, left her by his will forty shillings a year during her life.
7.
Elizabeth", daughter of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born November 21, 1671. She married (1) a Mr. Stevens of Salem. She married (2) in 1693 or 1694, Daniel Draper of Dedham, Mass. He was born at Dedham, May 30, 1665, and was the son of James and Miriam (Stansfield) Draper, who came from England prior to 1650. Daniel Draper had mar- ried, first, November 16, 1691, Elizabeth Brackett, who died in 1692.
Children of Elizabeth Aspinwall :
26. ELIZABETH^' STEVENS; m. Dec, 39, 1718, Daniel Kingsbury of
Wrentham. He was b. Nov. 11, 1688; d. April 27, 1754. She d. 1764. They had:
1. DANIELS b. March 12, 1715; d. 1783.
2. STEPHEN\ b. about 1716; d. April 23, 1754.
3. ELIZABETHS b. ; m. Joshua Partridge.
4. MAKY\ b. ; m. Joseph Harding.
27. DANIEL DRAPER', b. Nov. 6, 1695; d. Sept. 17, 1703.
28. MARY DRAPER', b. Nov. 5, 1698; m. April 4, 1722, Capt. Hezekiah,
son of Joseph and Hannah (Sabin) Allen of Dover. She d. Oct. 25, 1775. They had:
1. HEZEKIAH^ b. April 15, 1724.
2. MARYS b. July 2, 1727.
3. TIMOTHYS b. Aug. 31, 1729; d. Nov. 23, 17-36.
4. ELIZABETHS b. Aug. 7, 1731.
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5. HA.NNAH\ b. Nov. 21, 1733.
6. MEHETABELS b. April 30, 178G.
7. ABIGAILS b. March 23, 1742.
29. MIRIAM DRAPER-, b. July 16, 1701; d. same day.
30. MEHITABEL DRAPER^ b. June 19, 1705.
31. DANIEL DRAPER', b. Nov. 3, 1707; m. Kachel, dau. of Jabez and
Mary Pond of Dedliam. She was b. Feb. 1, 1710; d. 1764. He d. Feb. 2,1764. They had:
1. DANIEL*, b. Sept. 18. 1730; d. Feb. 2, 1764.
2. MAEY\ b. July 19, 1732; d. Sept. 21, 1742.
3. ELIPHALETS b. Feb. 10, 1735; d. Aug. 31, 1741.
4. ABIGAILS b. July 1, 1737.
5. JOSEPHS b. March 2, 1740.
6. ELIPHALETS b. Jan. 12, 1742; d. Jan. 1, 1744.
7. MARYS b. Sept. 26, 1744.
8. ELIZABETHS b. Jan. 16, 1747.
9. CATHERINES b. Nov. 14, 1751.
32. TIMOTHY DRAPERS b. April 12, 1711; d. Feb. 10, 1774.
33. ELIZABETH DRAPERS b. , 17—; d. Sept. 15, 1728.
EleazarS son of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, was born October 9, 1673, at Muddy River (Brookline), Mass. He lived for some time, at Brookline, on the farm of Capt. Robert Sharpe, and was also engaged in the manufacture of bricks. In 1701, he was living in Cambridge, and not long afterwards in Roxbury. While making bricks at Muddy River, in 1701, he went to law over the delivery of some bricks, the defendant set- ting up the claim that they were of inferior quality, and declined to pay for them. It is not of record how this suit terminated.
In 1720, he removed to the town of Wallingford, Ct., where he took charge of a farm belonging to Gov. Belcher of Massachu- setts. This farm was situated half-way between Hartford and New Haven, where is now the city of Meriden. The place was called the " Stone half-way house." He subsequently removed to the adjoining town of Farmington (Kensington Parish), where he died in the year 1742. In the sketch written by Dr. William Aspinwall (1767), he says of Eleazar Aspinwall: —
" He was a passionate man, a hard laborer, apparently relig- ious, but wilful, and too much governed by a bad wife ; a strong
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man at argument. He died in the field with his hoe in his hand."
Administration on his estate was granted to Alary and Aaron Aspinwall, his widow and son, July 6, 1742. It was appraised July 2, 17J:2, and amounted to more than seven hundred pounds. According to the probate records, his property was divided among his children, Aaron, who had a double portion, Mary Adkins, Hamatter, and Anna Nott. This is clearly a mistake as far as a child Hamatter is concerned, and no doubt the daughter Huldah Cotton was meant. This is evidenced by the fact that soon after said settlement of the estate, Mary Adkins, Anna Nott and Hul- dah Cotton executed a quit-claim deed, in which they say, "to onr on/y and well beloved brother Aaron Aspinwall," and the deed was for "the lands that our honored father Elizer Aspinwall /e-/^ dii'ideable amongst us.' Also, in 1739, Eleazar Aspinwall deeded land to his only son Aaron.
He married, at Roxbury, Mass., date unknown, Mary
The date of her death has not been ascertained.
Children :
+34. AARON', b. June 6, 1711.
+35. MARY", b.
+36. ANNA', b.
+ 37. HULDAH , b.
9.
Joseph', vSon of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspinwall, and twin brother of Eleazar (No. 8), was born at Muddy River (Brookline), Mass., October 9, 1673. Before he was of age, he went to sea, and finally commanded a vessel of his own. Dr. William Aspinwall, in the sketch written in 1767, which has been several times heretofore quoted, says of him :
" Joseph the son of Peter went to sea before he was of age, and at last married at New York, had a vessell of his own and was taken several times and once carried into Port Royal when his brother Samuel was in the army besieging and once to France. He was burnt out at Seabrook in the winter where he kept shop. He was put in jail for debt and again went to the sea to the West Indies where he was made Lieutenant of the Oueen
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of Spain which was in a negro trade from Jamaica to Carthagena and Porto Bello. He married a niece of Lord B llomont. He lived with her while he was in the office of Lieutenant but she died and he came home master of a large ship consigned to Mr. Farweather ; he went off with the vessel again, was put out of business and in about 2 years returned to Brookline to the Farm which belonged to Thomas Aspinwall son of Samuel, son of Peter where he lived many years and there married the widow of Samuel Smith the brother of Nat Smith the miser ; he lived with her 5 or 6 years and then died about 70 years of age. Before he was married he lived in Little Cambridge in the house belonging to Mr. Larned nigh Cunningham's country seat. He was of a mid- dling stature, well proportioned and very genteel and something handsome ; he was very passionate very gay, facetious, good company and always loose and exceedingly careless of his own and children's affairs."
To the foregoing general sketch of Joseph Aspinwall's life are added the following details, which are all that have been ascertained concerning him :
As early as the year 1700, probably some time before, he lived in New York City, and so continued until 1711, when he removed to Saybrook, Ct., where he kept a store and also com- manded a sloop out of that port called the "Joseph Burthen." He was made a freeman of the City of New York, June 6, 1710. May 1, 1711, he subscribed one pound, two shillings, towards finishing the steeple of Trinity Church, New York. In Decem- ber, 1711, while living at Saybrook, he was allowed by the Con- necticut Assembly the sum of nineteen pounds, eleven shillings, and sixpence for the charges of Capt. Crane's funeral. In Octo- ber, 1712, he petitioned the Connecticut Assembly, praying for an allowance "for a considerable sum in publick bills of credit of this Colony lost by fire sometime in Winter last past at Wethersfield where he then sojourned."
He was burned out at Saybrook, and, about 1713-14, he removed to Dedham, Mass. In 1714, he was imprisoned for a debt of one hundred and twenty-eight pounds, four shillings and fourpence, due Philip Hedman of Boston, merchant. His release was ordered by the Court of General Sessions at Boston, after he had " declared upon his oath what effects were belong- ing to him."
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How long he lived in Dedham is not known. His first wife probably died while he was living there, and he went to sea again. In 1724, while of Dedham, he bought 84 acres of land, in Killingly, Ct. , of his brother Peter, but sold it back to him in 1728. There is no evidence that he ever lived on it.
December 5, 1729, an attachment was issued against the estate of Joseph Aspinwall, " late of Saybrook in our Colony of Connecticnt, now residing in Boston, mariner, for six hundred pounds, to answer to Magdalen Hickells of Elizabethtown, N. J." The jury found for the defendant.
September 1, 1740, he petitioned the General Court of Mass- achusetts renewing his offer to go as a pilot for the Spanish coasts.
The exact date of his death is not known. Dr. William Aspinwall wrote that he died at the age of about 70 years.
If Dr. Aspinwall's account is correct, then Joseph Aspinwall was three times married.
He married, first at New York City, in 1700, Hannah, daugh- ter of Christopher and Hannah Deane. The license for this marriage was granted on June 6, 1700.
Christopher Deane, of New York City, in his will, proved May 9, 1692, names wife Hannah, mother-in-law Ruth Simms, son John, and wife's son Adam Wallis. Names also daughter Hannah, not then of age. No further account has been secured of him.
The date of Hannah Aspinwall's death is not known, but she was living May 1, 1712, for, on that date, Joseph Aspinwall and Hannah, his wife, gave their bond for seventy-six pounds, two shillings and three pence, to Benjamin D'harricotte, mer- chant, of New York, to secure the payment of thirty-eight pounds, one shilling and one and one-half pence.
He next married, according to the account of Dr. William Aspinwall, a niece of Lord Bellomont, governor of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony. This was probably while he lived at Dedham, and about the time he went to sea again. From Dr. William Aspinwall's account, she probably died abroad, perhaps in the West Indies. The name of this wife has not been ascer- tained. Some five or six years before his death, he married, at
[3]
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Brookline, the widow of Samuel Smith of that place. vShe prob- ably survived him.
As to the children of Joseph Aspinwall, the compiler of this work has been unable to find but two, Joseph and John, although there may have been others. These children were by his first wife, Hannah Deane.
It is proper to give here the reasons for asserting that Joseph^ of Dedham, and John^ of New York City, were the sons of Joseph Aspinwall and Hannah Deane. As to Joseph', of Dedham (No. 38), we know that Joseph' Aspinwall removed from Saybrook to Dedham, and lived there for a number of years before he went to sea again, and, in 1729, Joseph' (No. 38), Aspinwall appears on the records at Dedham. No other Aspin- wall family was in that locality at that period, and there can be no doubt, from name, localit3% tradition of descendants, religious persuasion (both being Episcopalians), etc., that Joseph' (No. 38), was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Deane) Aspinwall. As to John' (No. 39), Dr. William Aspinwall, in his sketch, says, "the New York Aspinwalls proceeded from Samuel Aspinwall's brother Joseph." But we have still further proof. The late L. M. Sargent, of Boston, who published in the Boston Tran- script a series of articles on the celebrated Dr. William Aspin- wall, and who had gone over the latter's papers and correspond- ence, states :
" He seems to have found a kind friend and efficient advo- cate in his relative Mr. John Aspinwall of Flushing (No. 39), whom about this time (1768) he happened to meet at New Haven, and who had no difficulty in appreciating the merits of his young kinsman."
Soon afterwards, John Aspinwall wrote from Flushing to his cousin Thomas at Brookline :
"I had the pleasure of seeing one of your sons at New
Haven in August last, which gave me great satisfaction. He
informed me of the welfare of your family, and acquainted
me that he was studying physic with Dr. Gale of Killingworth. * * * * *
On June 7, 1769, Dr. William Aspinwall, when returning home from Philadelphia, paid a brief visit to John Aspinwall at Flushing, who on that day addressed a letter to Thomas, Dr. William's father, in which he says, " I have now the pleasure of
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writing you, by your dear son, who returned from Philadelphia to my house yesterday. * ^ ■» * * I have, agreeably to your request, supplied him with the money you desired, and I believe he has been frugal and careful."
This establishes the relationship between the Brookline family and John Aspinwall (No. 39), of New York and Flushing. Descendants of Joseph (No. 38), also state that their ancestor's brother, John, went when a young man from Dedham to New York.
Of the two sons, Joseph was probably the elder, as John was born not earlier than 1705, and Joseph was married in 1728.
Children : + 38. JOSEPH^ b. . /
+39. JOHN, b. 1705 or 1706.
11.
Mary', daughter of Peter' and Remember (Palfrey) Aspin- wall, was born August 4, 1677. She married, June 5, 1710, Samuel Baker of Northampton, Mass., and removed to that place. He was born at Dedham, September 15, 1673, and was the son of John and Abigail (Fisher) Baker of Dedham, and John was the son of Edward Baker, who came from England to Lynn, Mass., in 1630, with wife Jane. Children :
40. MARY', b. Jan. 7, 1711; d. same month.
41. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 12, 1712 ; m. Sarah Lanckton; d. 1793. They had :
1. SARAHS b. Oct. 11, 1743; m. Medad Alvord.
2. MAEYS b. Dec. 16, 1752 ; m. 1772, Phineas Parsons.
42. MARY, b. May 20, 1715 ; m. Dec. 21, 1740, Zeb. Allis of North Sunder-
land.
43. DANIEL, b. Jan. 20, 1717 ; m. 1744, Elizabeth Allis ; d. at New Haven,
Ct., Dec. 7, 1798. They had:
1. MAEYS b. 1744 ; d. young.
2. DANIELS b. 1747 ; d. unmarried.
3. ELIZABETHS b. 1749 ; d. young.
4. SAMUELS b. 1752 ; d. young.
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THIRD GENERATION.
14.
Elizabeth', daughter of Samuel' (Peter'), and Sarah (Stevens) Aspinwall, was born March 25, 1693. She married Peter Gard- ner of Muddy River (Brookline).
"They lived where Capt. Gridley had his country seat. She died at the birth of her only child about seven months after she was married. Her child was Nathaniel, who died in the nine- teenth year of his age, of a consumption. He was a very sober young man." (Dr. William Aspinwall, 1767).
Children : 44, NATHANIELS b. ; d. in his 19th year.
15.
Samuer, son of Samuel' (Peter'), and Sarah (Stevens) Aspin- wall, was born February 13, 1696. He was educated at Harvard College, and was designed for the ministry, but being of a weak constitution, abandoned the idea, and died of consumption, August 13, 1732. The following is taken from the New England Weekly Journal, Boston, of the issue of Monday, September 11, 1732: "Brookline, 21" August.
On the 13th inst died here Mr. Samuel' Aspinwall of this town in the 37 year of his age after between six and seven years sickness. He commenced Master of Arts in Cambridge in 1717 and was designed for the ministry, but discouraged by his inward weakness, which after he had for some little time settled here, so advanced as to take him off from business, and at. length proved fatal. He was a gentleman of bright parts, natural and acquired, a strong memory, quick wit and solid judgment ; pleas- ant in his conversation, a steady friend and a good Christian."
A sermon was preached by Rev. James Allin, pastor of the church at Brookline, and dedicated to Mr. Thomas AspinwalU
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brother of the deceased. The text was from Psalms, 102, 11-12; subject, " The Eternity of God and the Short Life of Man con- sidered."
Samuel Aspinwall never married. His will was dated August 10, 1732, and appointed his brother Thomas sole execu- tor. He bequeathed seventy pounds to each of his three sisters, Mary Gardner, ]Mehitable Craft and Sarah Aspinwall; " also to pay unto Nathaniel Gardner, son of my late sister, Elizabeth Gardner, thirty-five pounds when he comes of age. I also give to my Aunt Pain of Boston, £?> and to my Aunt Mehitabel Aspinwall 40 shs a year during her life." The Aunt Pain must have been an aunt on the side of his mother.
16.
Thomas', son of Samue? (Peter') and Sarah (Stevens) Aspin- wall, was born at Brookline, May 21, 1698. He was a farmer, " and something of a carpenter." He lived and died m the house built by his grandfather, Peter Aspinwall. In 1750, he built a house near his own for his son Samuel. He was a Lieu- tenant in the company of militia commanded by his father. He held various offices. Was hogreave, 1722 ; selectman for ten years between 1737 and 1758 ; constable, fence viewer, surveyor, assessor and warden. Was chosen by the town to serve as jury- man to the Superior Court, also to view the town treasurer's reports, and on a committee to supply the pulpit. He died at Brookline, June 1, 1774, of consumption. He married. May 16, 1728, Joanna, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Abiel (Phipps) Gard- ner. She was born May 27, 1712, and died November 22, 1772. Capt. Caleb Gardner, born April 23, 1682, was the son of Thomas and Mary (Bowles) Gardner. Thomas Gardner, b. May 25, 1645, was the son of Thomas and Lucy (Smith) Gardner. Thomas Gardner, Sr., born in England, was the son of Thomas' Gard- ner, who came from England in the ship " Safety," in 1635. Children :
+45. ELIZABETH\ b. June 3, 1729. + 46. SAMUEL\ b. May 27, 1731. +47. THOMASS b. Jan. lo, 1734.
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+48. CALEBS b. Feb. 27, 1736.
+49. SARAH\ b. May 30, 1738.
+50. JOANNA^ b. March 25, 1740.
+ 51. WILLI AM^ b. May 23, 1743.
+ 52. KATHERINE^ b. Sept. 17, 1745.
53. LUCY^ b. April 17, 1748 ; d. Dec. 19, 1819; unm.
54. MARY^ b. Nov. 30, 1750 ; d. April 2, 1765, + 55. MEHITABEL^, b. Aug. 8, 1757.
17.
Mary', daughter of Samuer (Peter') and Sarah (Stevens) Aspinwall, was born at Brookline, January 3, ITOO; died June 30, 1762. She married, December 1, 1724, Capt. Benjamin, son of Thomas and Mary (Bowles) Gardner of Brookline. He was born in 1697, and died September 13, 1762. (See under Thomas Aspinwall, No. 16, for Thomas Gardner's ancestry.)
Children :
56. ELISHAS b. Sept. 9, 1726; m. (1) Elizabeth . She d. Sept. 1
1761 ; m. (2) . He d. Jan. 29, 1797. They had :
1. OLIVERS b. 1756 ; d. July 7, 1768.
2. BENJAMINS bap. March 12, 1758 ; d. Oct. 7, 1785. 8. ELISHAS bap. Dec. 28, 1766.
4. JOHNS bap. March 18, 1770 ; d. 1848.
57. SAMUELS b. Oct. 9, 1728; m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah
(White) Seaver. She wash. April 12, 1733; d. Jan. 10,1801. He d. Nov. 22, 1771. They had :
1. CALEBS b. Sept. 23, 1755.
2. NATHANIELS bap. April, 1759 ; d. Aug. 26, 1800.
3. SARAHS b. Nov. 13, 1762; m. Sept. 29, 1791, John Hastings
of Newton.
58. CALEBS b. Sept. 8, 1733.
59. MARYS bap. June 11, 1738.
18.
Mehitabe?, daughter of Samuel' (Peter') and Sarah (Stevens)
Aspinwall, was born at Brookline, June 12, 1704. She died in
the 42d year of her age. She was married in February, 1725,
to Samuels son of Samuel' and Elizabeth (Sharp) Craft of Rox-
bury. He was born June 4, 1701; died November 14, 1771.
Samuer Craft was the son of Samue? and Elizabeth (Seaver) Craft.
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Samuel' Craft was the son of Griffin' Craft, who came from England in 1630, and settled at Roxbury, Mass. His wife was Alice.
Children :
60. SAMUEL^ b. 1726 ; d. young.
61. SARAH^, b. 1728 ; m. May 5, 1748, Eev. Jonathan, son of Henry and
Frances rWhite) Winchester. She d. July 27, 1794. They had :
1. SAMUEL-', bap. May 7, 1749; d. young.
2. ELIZABETH', b. .
3. HENRY\ b. .
4. JONATHAN^ b. .
5. SAMUELS bap. Jan. 16, 1757.
6. SARAHS b. .
7. MEHITABEL% b. .
8. WILLIAMS b. .
9. MARYS b. .
10. ICHABODS b. :
62. ELIZABETHS b. 1730 ; m. 1750, Obadiah, son of Samuel and Hannah
(Gore) Curtis of Roxbury. She d. 1751. They had no children.
63. HANNAHS b. 1732 ; m. 1750, Jeremiah Mosher. No children.
64. MEHITABELS b. 1734 (?); m. Sept. 16, 1753, Joseph, son of Isaac and
Hannah (Greenwood) Fuller of Newton. No children.
19.
Sarah', daughter of SamueP (Peter') and Sarah (Stevens) Aspinwall, was born at Brookline, November 21, 1707; died September 11, 1801. She married Benjamin*, son of Benjamin' and Margaret (Weld) White of Brookline. He was born Novem- ber 25, 1707; died October 19, 1777.
Benjamin' White, Sr., was the son of Joseph' and Hannah White. Joseph' AVhite was the son of John' White and wife Frances, who came from England, and were of Watertown, Mass., as early as 1639. Removed in 1650 to Muddy River (Brookline).
Children :
65. ELEANORS b. Oct. 26, 1735; d. young.
66. CALEBS b. Oct. 24, 1736 ; d. April 26, 1737.
67. THOMASS b. Dec. 11, 1738; m. March 9, 1775, Lovana Richards. He d.
Jan. 11, 1784. They had:
1. SA.RAHS bap. Dec. 10, 1775.
2. ELEANORS bap. Aug. 31, 1777.
3. ELIZABETHS bap. Jan. 23, 1780.
4. THOMASS bap. Feb. 17, 1782.
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68. CALEB-*, b. March 10, 1741; m. May 14, 1767, Elizabeth Craft. She d.
Oct. 7, 1839, aged 92 years. He d. Dec. 16, 1770. They had :
1. ANN^ b. Sept. 15, 1768 ; m. Dr. John Goddard of Ports- mouth. No childreD.
69. BENJAMIN^ b. June 13, 1743 ; m. June 18, 1778, his cousin, Thankful,
dau. of Joseph White. She was b. March 17, 1745 ; d. Nov. 17, 1836. He d. March 20, 1814. They had:
1. ABIGAIL\ bap. March 28, 1779 ; m. Samuel Gore.
2. ISAAC, bap. Sept. 10, 1780; d. May 31, 1781.
3. MARIA\ bap. Sept. 22, 1782 ; d. June 10, 1815.
4. BENJAMIN", b. April 19, 1784 ; d. July 7, 1839.
5. SUSANNAS bap. July 9, 1786.
6. WARRENS bap. Dec. 26, 1790.
70. ELEANORS b. Oct. 26, 1745 ; m. July 3, 1766, Caleb, son of Ebenezer
and Susanna (White) Craft. She d. April 23, 1785. They had :
1. ANNS bap. May 24, 1767 ; d. Aug. 9, 1775.
2. EBENEZERS bap. April 30, 1769 ; d. Feb. 27, 1772. 8. EBENEZERS bap. Jan. 10, 1773 ; d. July 26, 1775.
4. CALEBS b. Dec. 10, 1783; m, Feb. 9, 1805, Sarah Richardson.
71. JERUSHAS b. Aug. 1, 1749; m. Sept. 17, 1812 (as his second wife),
Caleb Craft, who m. (l) her sister Eleanor. Jerusha d, Aug, 2, 1838.
20.
Mary\ daughter of Peter" (Peter') and Elizabeth Aspinwall, born, date unknown, but probably in 1700, married, January 22, 1717, Eleazar Bateman of Killingly, Ct., formerly from Woburn, Mass. She probably died before November 2, 1736, for on that date the church records at Killingly give the marriage of Deacon Eleazar Bateman to Mrs. Hannah Cutler. In Dr. William Aspin- wall's sketch (1767), he says that Mary, the daughter of Peter, had one son and several daughters. I have found recorded, however, the following children only :
Children :
72. ELIZABETHS b- Dec. 1, 1717.
73. MARYS bap. Oct. 18, 1719.
21.
MehitabelS daughter of Nathaniel" (Peter') and Abigail (Bowen) Aspinwall, was born at Woodstock, Ct., September 7, 1699. She married, March 5, 1718, Henry Elithorpe of Killingly,
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 41
Ct. He was, perhaps, the son of John and Mary Elithorpe of Rowley, Mass., and, if so, the grandson of Thomas' Elithorpe, who came from England, and was one of the early settlers of Rowley. Henry Elithorpe's farm was situated on the French River, on the site of the present Grosvenordale. He was a Lieu- tenant in the Indian AVars. Children :
74. HENRY^, b. ; m. Dec. 4, 1744, Eebecca Ormsbee.
75. MARY^ b. ; m. Dec. 4, 1744, William Whittemore.
76. NATHANIELS bap. Sept. 9, 1723 ; m. (1) June 14, 17G4, Jemima
Younglove ; m. [2] Sarah .
77. ABIGAIL', bap. Aug. 8, 1735.
78. JOHNS bap. May 36, 1738 ; m. Dec. 36, 1749, Elizabeth Marsh.
79. MARTHAS b. June 7, 1733.
80. ISAACS b. March 8, 1734.
81. ELIZABETHS b. April 11, 1736.
82. HTJLDAHS b. March 13, 1739 ; m. May 11, 1765, Daniel, son of Smith
and Mary (Spalding) Barrett. He was b. March 4, 1742 ; d. July 23, 1807. They had :
1. SMITHS b. July 3, 1706; m. Oct. 4, 1786, Abigail White, b.
April 16, 1767 ; d. Nov. 29, 1835. He d. April 10, 1887, at Belchertown, Mass. They had : MelicentS b. March 13, 1788— CalvinS b. June 10, 1790— ThomasS b. Aug. 37,1792— LucindaS b. Jan. 32, 1795— PollyS b. Oct. 12,1796— CharlesS b. Oct. 23, 1798— Leonards b. Nov. 24, 1801— NancyS b. Nov. 4, 1804 -AmandaS b. Jan. 20, 1807— LucyS b. March 19, 1810.
2. ANNAS b. Feb. 20, 1768 ; m. March 24, 1784, Joseph Town. 8. MILICENTS b. Feb. 2, 1770.
4. DANIELS b. April 17, 1772 ; m. (1) L. Sanger, and had one child, who d. young ; m. (2) S. Converse, and had : LucindaS ButlerS WheelerS TemperauceS DanielS SallyS CurtisS and Conversed
83. ICHABODS b. Dec. 20, .
22.
Abigail', daughter of Nathanie? (Peter') and Abigail (Bowen) Aspinwall, was born at AVoodstock, Ct., Octobers, 1701. She married, December 7, 1721, John', son of John' and Elizabeth Child of Woodstock. He was born at Roxbury, Mass., about 1698.
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John^ Child, Sr., was the son of Benjamin' and Marv (Bowen) Child.
Benjamin' Child came from England about 1645, and settled at Roxbury, Mass. He married Mary", daughter of Griffith' Bowen.
Children :
84. DOROTHY^ b. Oct. 0, 1722.
85. SARAHS b. May 12, 1724.
86. ABIJAH^ b. Sept. 17, 1726 ; m. (1) Oct. 29, 1748, Priscilla Morse ; m.
(2) about 1750, Abigail Johnson.
87. ABIGAILS b. Jan. 1, 1728; m. Oct. 10, 1746, Nathan Ainsworth.
88. JOHNS b. Aug. 8, 1733 ; m. Jan. 22, 1756, Sybil Bugbee.
89. SHUBAELS b. Aug. 13, 1735 ; m. Dec. 27, 1759, Abigail, dau. of Isaac
and Jerusha (Prentice) Bowen. She was b. March 1, 1739 ; d. May 14, 1788. He d. June 7, 1811.
90. BENAIAHS b. April 17, 1740.
91. HANNAHS b. Oct. 8, 1742.
23.
Elizabeth', daughter of Nathaniel' (Peter') and Abigail (Bowen) Aspinwall, was born at Woodstock, Ct., March 12, 1704: ; died there November 4, 1797. She married in 1726 (intentions recorded April 5, 1726), James Hosmer. He died September 20, 1770. He was perhaps the son of James and Elizabeth (Sawyer) Hosmer of Concord, Mass.
Children (there may have been others) :
92. ANNAS b. Nov. 28, 1727.
93. ELIZABETHS b. May 23, 1738.
94. JAMESS b. Oct. 21, 1740 ; d. Oct. 27, 1788.
24.
Peter', son of Nathanier (Peter') and Abigail (Bowen) Aspin- wall, was born at Woodstock, Ct., February 16, 1707. He was an early settler in Mansfield, Ct., and held several offices there, among them. Deputy to the General Court or Assembly. His will, dated April 30, 1781, was probated September 20, 1791. He died at Mansfield, August 9, 1791. He married, June 29, 1733, Rebecca', daughter of Capt. Thomas' and Mehitable Storrs
PETER ASPINWAI.L AND DESCENDANTS. 43
of Mansfield. She was born August 29, 1710, and was living at the probate of her husband's will.
Thomas' Storrs, born at Barnstable, Mass., October 27, 1686, was the son of Samuel' Storrs, who cam.e from England to Barn- stable, Mass., in 1663. Children : 95. ZERIAHS b. March 9, 1735; d. Oct. 29, 1813. She was unmarried at date of her father's will, and probably d. unm. + 96. PETEB^ b. April 16, 1737. + 97. PRINCE^ b. June 4, 1739. +98. NATHANIELS b. Nov. 18, 1740. + 99. ZALMON^ b. Feb. 15, 1742. + 100. REBECCAS b. Aug. 20, 1743. +101. ELEAZARS b. Feb. 10, 1745. + 102. ABELS b. Nov. 19, 1746. + 103. ANNES b. Oct. 26, 1748. + 104. ABIGAILS b. Feb. 18, 1752. + 105. MARYS b. Oct. 9, 1753.
25.
Nathaniels son of Nathaniel' (Peter') and Abigail (Bowen) Aspinwall, was born at Woodstock, Ct., September 7, 1709. He lived at West Woodstock, Ct., and attended the church in the West Parish. The following is taken from the church records:
" At a chh meeting held at ye meeting house by adjourn- ment Tuesday Jan. 25, 1743, the meeting being opsnd with prayr, the pastor communicated to the chh in writing the report of a com*^® appointed to discourse with some members who had repeatedly absented from the Lord's Supper administered in the chh ; this being done Nath^i Aspenwall Delivered to the Chh in writing the reason of his absenting as afore^^i, the substance of whh was yt the Pastor had charged him with Lying and yt with* any known provocation, upon whh s^ Aspenwall was asked whether he meant s"^ reason as a Charge against ye Pastor. S^ Aspenwall answered he did not mean it as a charge, after much discourse upon the affair the Chh chose not to pass any vote in ye matter at present but advised the Pastor and s^ Aspen- wall to Discourse with Mr. Mosely in order and accommodation and healing the difference."
Also the following :
" At a Chh meeting held at ye meeting house April 29, 1743, The following votes were pass'^ —
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(1) That altho we Judge ye reason given by Nath^^ Aspen- wall is not sufficient to Justifie his past absenting from Commu- nion, yet being willing to extend Charity as to his Design therein, and upon his having desired to return to our Communion pro- fessing Charity with this Chh both pastor and members, we accept him, trusting for the future he will not act unbecoming a member of this Chh. * * * * "
Nathaniel Aspinwall removed to Canterbury, Ct., prior to 1761. About that year, he bought a tract of land at Lake vSara- toga, N. Y., from a royal agent, "on receipt of a peppercorn on the feast of S* Michael every year for 10 years, the clearing of several acres and then full possession." He did not, however, remove to that place. His farm in Canterbury was called the Peagscomsuck place. Nathaniel Aspinwall changed the spelling of his name to Aspinwall, and his descendants have always spelled the name in that way. He died at Canterbury, October 12, 1777.
He married, first, in Woodstock, date unknown, Mary Ham- mond. Her parentage has not been ascertained, nor the date of her death. He married, second, November 10, 1737, Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Spalding) Derby. She was born March 16, 1721, and died March 12, 1803.
Children :
106. LUIlA^ b. ; d. yonng. (Child by first wife.)
+ 107. ASA\ b. July 10, 1789.
108. ABIGAIL^ b. March 26, 1741 ; d. March 11, 1751.
109. MARYS b. April 23, 1743 ; d. 1752. + 110. LUCYS b. Feb. 26, 1745.
+ 111. ELIZABETHS b. April 13, 1747.
+ 112. WILLIAMS b. June 10, 1749.
+ 113. PRISCILLAS b. Aug. 0, 1751.
114. JOHNS b. May 19, 1754 ; d. June 25, 1755.
115. NATHANIELS b. Nov. 16, 1756 ; d. May 30, 1758.
34.
Aaron', son of Eleazar' (Peter') and Mary Aspinwall, was born at Roxbury, Mass., June 6, 1711. He lived at Farmington, Ct. (Kensington Parish), until 17.58, when he removed to Nor- folk, Litchfield Co., Ct. He was one of the forty-four legal
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voters who organized the first town meeting in Norfolk, December 12, 1758. He died there in April, 1785. He married October 20, 1732, Sarah Collins. Her parentage has not been ascertained. She was one of the original members of the Con- gregational Church at Norfolk. The date of her death is not known, but she was living at the date of Aaron Aspinwall's will, March 9, 1782. Children :
+ 116. DOROTHYS b. Nov. 10, 1733.
+ 117. CALEBS b. May 4. 1736.
+ 118. SARAHS b. Dec. 8, 1739.
+ 119. AARONS b. Oct. 6, 1743.
120. LOISS b. ; m. Ebenezer Smith.
+ 121. ELEAZARS b. June 23. 1751.
35.
Mary', daughter of Eleazar' (Peter") and Mary Aspin- wall, married, February 8, 1739, Thomas, son of Benoni and Esther (Hall) Adkins of Farmington, Ct. He was born April 22, 1716; died 1790. She died July 24, 1780. Benoni Adkins, born 1690, was the son of Thomas Adkins of Hartford, Ct.
Children :
122. MARYS b. Nov. 26, 1739 ; d. young.
123. ACTEAS b. Oct. 28, 1741.
124. RHODAS b. Jan. 28, 1745 ; m. Josiah Fowler.
125. JERTJSHAS b. March 14, 1747 ; d. unm.
126. SAMUELS b. Jan. 17, 1750 ; m. Eunice Wightman.
127. THOMASS b. Oct. 10, 1752 ; d. 1776, in the army.
128. MARYS b. , 1765 ; d. Jan. 29, 1813.
36.
AnnaS daughter of Eleazar' (Peter') and Mary Aspinwall, married, June 17, 1742, Charles Nott of Middletown, Ct. Children :
129. FREELOVES b. May 22, 1743.
130. GERSHOMS b. Dec. 4, 1744 ; d. Feb. 19, 1745.
131. ANNAS b. March 15, 1747.
132. GILESS b. June 4, 1748.
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133. LYDIA^ b. Oct. 19, 1751.
134. CHARLES^ b. June 11, 1754.
135. PATIENCE^ b. Nov. 3, 1757.
37.
Huldah', daughter of Eleazar' (Peter') and Mary Aspinwall, married, October 9, 1740, Ebenezer Cotton of Middletown, Ct. He was born April 9, 1713, and was the son of Samuel Cotton, who was the son of James Cotton of Concord, Mass. James Cotton of Concord is supposed to have been the son of William Cotton of Boston, who came to New England about 1640. Huldah Aspinwall was the second wife of Ebenezer Cotton, he having married, first, November 1, 1737, Hannah Cornwell. Ebenezer Cotton died March 22, 1792. Huldah, his wife, died May 9, 1789.
Children :
136. OLIVERS b. July 26, 1741 ; d. Dec. 2, 1741.
137. EBENEZER^ b. Dec. 17, 1742 ; d. July 22, 1765.
138. HULDAHS b. Nov. 8, 1744 ; d. Jan. 26, 1761.
139. OLIVERS b. Jan. 27, 1747.
140. RACHELS b. Aug. 26, 1749.
141. LTJCIAS b. Jan. 29, 1752.
142. MARYS b. Aug. 24, 1754.
143. SARAHS b. Aug. 5, 1757.
144. ELIZABETHS b. April 21, 1760.
145. DAVIDS b. Aug. 8, 1763. '
38.
Joseph', son of JosepV (Peter') and Hannah (Deane) Aspin- wall, was born between 1701 and 1705, probably in New York City, where his parents then resided. Removed with his parents to Saybrook, Ct., and thence to Dedham, Mass. He was an Episcopalian, and, on February 5, 1734, he, with ten others, entered into an agreement to purchase a piece of land, on which to erect an Episcopal Church, the meeting for that purpose hav- ing been held at Joseph Aspinwall's house. On January 15, 174^, he bought, of Robert Spur, twenty acres of land in Stough- ton for i^32, 10, and removed to that place. His residence there was at Packean, in that part of Stoughton which is now the town
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of Canton. The date of his death is not known, but he was liv- ing as late as May 12, 17S6, for, on that date, he and his son Joseph sold land in Stoughton. He married at Rov/ley, Mass., June 5, 1T2S, Elizabeth', daughter of Thomas' and Hannah Nel- son of that place. She was born there October 15, 170-i; date of death unknown. On January 19, 1729, she was received into the church at Dedham.
Thomas' Nelson, born March 10, 1661, was the son of Thomas' and Ann (Lambert) Nelson.
Thomas' Nelson, born in England, 1G3S, was the son of Thomas' Nelson, who came from Rowley, England, to Rowley, Mass., in 1638, and married Joan, daughter of Thomas Dummer.
Children :
146. MARYS b. March 3, 1729 ; d. Feb. 4, 1730.
147. MARYS b. ; bap. May 2, 1731 ; d. young.
+148. JOSEPHS b. May 25, 1732 ; bap. in Christ Church, Boston, June 27, 1732. 149. JOHNS b. Jan. 23, 1735; died in infancy.
+ 150. JOHNS b. ; bap. in Christ Church, Boston, Aug. 16, 1736.
+ 151. MARYS b. ; bap. in Christ Church, Boston, Nov. 24, 1738.
John', son of Joseph' (Peter') and Hannah (Deane) Aspin- wall, was born probably in New York City, in 1705 or 1706. He went with his parents to Saybrook, Ct., and thence to Dedham, Mass. When a young man, he returned to New York and set- tled there. He went to sea and became a captain of vessels out of the port of New York. He was also a merchant in that city. He amassed quite a fortune, and retired to his country seat at Flushing, on Long Island. On October 8, 1735, he was elected an alderman in New York City. He was one of the founders of the New York (Society) Library, in 1753. From 1756 to 1760, he was a vestryman of Trinity Church. Was made a member of the Marine Society, April 12, 1772.
He married, August 28, 1728, Sarah', daughter of Capt. James' and Sarah (Cornell) Sands of Oyster Bay, L L She died December 4, 1765, in the 57th year of her age. From the New York Gazette, of December 12, 1765, is taken the following:
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" Wednesday evening the 4th inst departed this life in the 57th year of her age, Mrs. Sarah Aspinwall, and was decently interred in the family vault. Her summons into eternity was extremely sudden, but she received it with that fortitude and resignation peculiar to the Christian character. Her family, friends and acquaintance, in her death sustain a very great loss, and can only comfort themselves under the dispensation by the evidence of her faith and piety, which she has left behind her."
Capt. James' Sands, born in 1662, was the son of James' Sands and Sarah Walker. He married Mary, daughter of John Cornell.
James' Sands, Sr., born in 1622, at Reading, Eng., was of Portsmouth, R. I., in 1643, afterwards of Taunton, Mass., and then of Block Island.
John Aspinwall married, second, at Stamford, Ct., June 5, 1766, Rebecca*, daughter of William Henry' and Margaret (Lloyd) Smith. She died at Flushing, November 25, 1809, aged 74 years.
William Henry' Smith was born October 29, 1708, and was the son of Henry' Smith. He married Margaret, daughter of Henry Lloyd.
Henry* Smith, born January 19, 1679, at Tangiers, Africa, was the son of Col. William Smith. He married, January 1, 1705, Anna, daughter of Rev. Thomas Shepherd of Charlestown, Mass.
Col. William' Smith was born in Northamptonshire, Eng., February 2, 1655. Was a Colonel in the Royal Army, and was Governor of Algiers. Came to New York in 1686 and settled there. Was Chief Justice of the Province of New York. He married, at Tangiers, Africa, November 26, 1675, Martha, daugh- ter of Henry Tunstall.
John Aspinwall died in New York, July 5, 1774.
As to the children of John Aspinwall, an explanation is here necessary. It is probable that he had but one child, Han- nah, by his first wife. From his will, dated November 13, 1768, and two codicils thereto, dated February 26, 1770, and July 4, 1772, and from the will of his widow, dated January 25, 1807, we can pretty nearly determine that all of the other children were by the second wife. In his will, dated November 13, 1768, two and one-half years after his second marriage, the only children named by him are Hannah, John Lloyd, William Smith and Gil-
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bert. Hannah, we know, was the child of his first wife, and Gilbert, we know, was the child of the second wife. Lloyd was the maiden name of the second wife's mother, and William Smith was the name of one of her brothers, so these two children were, undoubtedly, the issue of his second wife. Sarah is named in the first codicil, as being then about one month old, and in the second codicil provision is made for an expected child. This must have been Margaret, as such a child is named in the widow's will. John was born a fev/ months before his father's death. John Lloyd is not mentioned in the widow's will, and, presum- ably, died young. If, as has been pointed out, John Lloyd and AVilliam Smith were the children of the second wife, then they must have been twin children. A daughter of John Aspinwall married Abijah Hammond. This must have been Margaret, unless there was another daughter by the first wife, unmentioned in his will. If it was Margaret, such marriage took place after the date of her mother's will, as she was then single, Sarah, then having been the wife of Richard Piatt. Children :
Vlo2. HANNAH^ bap. April 7, 1755. This baptism was shortly before her marriage.
153. JOHN LLOYD^, b. 1767 ; d. young.
+ 154. WILLIAM SMITHS b. 1767.
+ 155. GILBERTS b. Oct. 10, 1768.
+ 156. SARAHS b. Jan., 1770. -»-
157. MARGARETS b. 1763 ; m. after Jan. 25, 1807, Abijah Hammond.
+ 158. JOHNS b. Feb. 10, 1774.
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FOURTH GENERATION.
45.
Elizabeth*, daughter of Thomas' (Samuer, Peter') and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., June 3, 1729; died there July 18, 1785. She married, February 19, 1756, Capt. Benjamin White of Brookline. He was born Octo- ber 5, 1724; died May 8, 1790.
Children :
159. SUSANNA^ b. Sept. 2, 1756 ; m. Sept. 4, 1775, Nathaniel Seaver ; m. (2)
■ Gore. She d. Aug. 29, 1832. By first husband she had
(perhaps others):
1. NATHANIEL^ bap. Sept. 15, 1776.
2. BENJAMIN FEANKLINS bap. April 9, 1780.
160. EDWARD'', b. Nov. 27, 1758 ; d. 1812, at Savannah, Ga.
161. THOMAS, b. May 17, 1763 ; m. May 15, 1803, Rachel Thayer. He d.
Dec. 29, 1819. They had;
1. THOMAS^, b. 1805 ; d. 1805.
2. RACHEL THAYERS bap. Oct. 18, 1807.
3. ELIZABETH THAYER ASPINWALL', bap. Oct. 1, 1809.
4. THOMAS«, bap. Nov. 8, 1811.
5. BENJAMIN'', bap. Dec. 21, 1813; d. same day.
6. SUSANNA GORE", bap. Aug. 6, 1815.
162. JOHN\ b. Oct. 6, 1766 ; d. March 6, 1708.
163. OLIVER-', b. April 17, 1771 ; m. Jan. 13, 1812, Elizabeth Grafton of
Dorchester. He d. Aug. 5, 1841.
WHITE ANCESTRY.
John' White and wife Frances came from England, and were of Watertown, Mass., as early as 1639. Removed to Muddy River (now Brookline), in 1650.
Benjamin' White married, January 21, 1681, Susanna, daugh- ter of William and Susanna (Hawke) Cogswell. She was born January 5, 1657.
Edward' White, born July 10, 1693; married, January 22, 1719, Hannah, daughter of Oliver and Sarah (Baker) Wiswall. He died May 29, 1769.
Benjamin' White married Elizabeth Aspinwall.
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46.
Samuel*, son of Thomas' (SamueP, Peter') and Joanna (Gard- ner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., May 27, 1731; married (1), May 25, 1758, Sybil Sparhawk of Cambridge. She was born July 13, 1735; died June 18, 1759; married (2), Feb- ruary 26, 1761, Mary Holbrook, perhaps daughter of Capt. John and Mary Holbrook of Roxbury, Mass. He died in Brookline, June 14, 1769.
Children :
164. SYBILS b. May 25, 1759 ; d. Sept. 8, 1760.
165. BETHIA5, b. May 25, 1759 ; d. Aug. 15, 1773. + 166. CALEBS b. Jan. 15, 1762.
+ 167. MARYS b. March 31, 1765. 168. SAMUELS b. Oct. 16, 1767 ; d. June 21, 1816; unm.
47.
Thomas*, son of Thomas' (SamueP, Peter') and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., January 15, 1734 ; died there August 1, 1799. He served in the Revolutionary War, and held a Lieutenant Colonel's commission, and at one time was in command of the fort at Sewall's Point. He lived in a large two-story house on Sewall Avenue, afterwards occupied by his son John. He married, October 4, 1762, Lucy Sparhawk, sister of the wife of his brother Samuel (No. 46). She was born August 14, 1738; died June 15, 1815.
Children :
+ 169. KATHERINES b. June 9, 1764.
+ 170. LUCYS b. March 27, 1767.
+ 171. THOMASS b. Jan. 16, 1770.
+172. JOHNS b. Feb. 5, 1772.
+ 173. GEORGES b. April 3, 1774.
+174. JOANNAS b. July 12, 1776.
175. ELIZABETHS b. July 17, 1778 ; d. Oct. 11, 1842; unm.
SPARHAWK ANCESTRY.
Nathaniel' Sparhawk and wife Mary (Angier) came from Dedham, England, in 1636, and settled at Cambridge, Mass., where he died June 28, 1647.
52 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
Nathaniel' Sparhawk, born in England ; married, October 3, 1649, Patience, daughter of Rev. Samuel Newman of Reho- both, Mass. He died at Cambridge, Mass., in 1687.
Samuel' Sparhawk, baptized February 5, 1664; married, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Sarah (Danforth) Whiting of Lynn, Mass. She died December 8, 1752, aged 84 years. He died November 2, 1713.
Thomas' Sparhawk, born May 25, 1706; married, January 14, 1731. Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Bethiah (Fuller) Oliver. She was born September 15, 1716; died 1800. He died August 16, 1783.
Lucy' Sparhawk, married Thomas Aspinwall.
48.
Caleb*, son of Thomas' (Samuel", Peter') and Joanna (Gard- ner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., February 27, 1736; married, June 10, 1761, Hannah, daughter of vSamuel and Hepzibah (Dana) Hastings. He died in Brookline, August 26, 1761. They had no children. His widow married, February 19, 1764, Stephen Winchester.
49.
Sarah', daughter of Thomas' (Samue?, Peter') and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., May 30, 1738 ; died January 26, 1778, of consumption. She married, June 2, 1763, Thomas Phipps, son of William and Sarah (Gardi- ner) Darrell of Newport, R. L He was born at Newport, April 30, 1738. The children named below are the only ones recorded at Newport.
Children (there may have been others) :
176. WILLIAM'-, b. Dec. 8, 1765.
177. THOMAS ASPINWALL", b. June 26, 1768.
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50.
Joanna", daughter of Thomas' (Samue?, Peter") and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., March 25, 1740. She married, November 24, 1761, John Brewer of Rox- bury, Mass. He was born October 6, 1736.
Children :
178. J0HN5, b. March 23, 1763. Lived at Passamaquoddy, Me.
179. JOANNA-', b. Jan. 15, 1765; m. 1782, Samuel Goddard of Koxbury.
180. THOMAS- , b. Sept. 17, 1766, Settled in Maine, and had seven children.
181. BEBECCAS b. July 3, 1768.
182. STEPHEN', b. Feb. 26, 1771. Settled at Northampton, Mass.
51.
William^ son of Thomas^ (Samuel', Peter') and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born at Brookline, Mass., " in the old house," May 23, 1743. He died at Brookline, April 16, 1823. He was fitted for college by Rev. Amos Adams of Roxbury, and entered Harvard College in 1760. After he graduated, he taught school at Groton, at Brookline and at Brighton, one year at each place, and then went to Killingworth, Ct., where he studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin Gale. He then went to the Penn- sylvania hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., and attended a course of lectures, remaining there from October, 1768, to May, 1769, Upon the conclusion of his studies there, he received the follow- ing certificate from Dr, William Shippen of Philadelphia :
" This may certify that Mr. William Aspinwall has attended with uncommon diligence, my course of lectures on anatomy and surgery, also my course of midwifery, which added to his close attention to all the other medical lectures, and to the practice of the Pennsylvania Hospital, has amply fitted him to practice physic, surgery and midwifery with credit and reputation. I can with pleasure add, that he promises fair, by his irreproachable conduct, since his arrival in Philadelphia, to be in every other respect, a useful and agreeable member of society. Philadelphia, 27 May 1769."
Dr. Aspinwall commenced the practice of medicine at Brook- line, and, continuing in practice there, became quite famous as a physician. He was an active participant in the Revolu-
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tionary War, and was in the battle of Lexington. He applied for a commission in the army, but, by the advice of his friend, Dr. Joseph Warren, he finally decided to serve in the Medical Department. He received the appointment of Surgeon in Gen. Heath's Brigade, and not long afterwards that of Deputy Direc- tor of the hospital at Jamaica Plains. His appointment as vSur- geon of the hospital at Roxbury, by the Congress of the Colony of Massachusetts, is signed by James Warren, President, and is dated at Watertown, 28 June, 1T75. He was Surgeon of the " American Hospital " in August of that year. In 1778, he was with the army under Gen. Sullivan, in Rhode Island.
After the close of the war, he established, on his own premises, a hospital for the treatment of small-pox, and was very successful. His treatment was by inoculation with the virus of the real small- pox. When the new method of vaccination was introduced, he adopted it with much loss to himself, and in less than two years took down his hospital.
Besides fulfilling the duties of his large practice. Dr. Aspin- wall was active in public affairs, and held many public ofiices. He was town treasurer from 1783 to 1790 ; warden in 1779 ; surveyor in 1802 and 1811 ; representative in 1790, 1791, and from 1795 to 1799; State Senator in 1800, 1801 and 1802. He and Col. Isaac S. Gardner were chosen a committee to arrange the procession to march and assemble at the meeting house on February 22, 1800, " to testify their respect for the memory of the late General George Washington." October <>, 1797, he sub- scribed the sum of $3,000 as a fund for the support of the County Academy.
In early life, he lost the sight of one eye, and in his old age became totally blind. When a young man, in 1767, he wrote a sketch of the early generations of the Aspinwall family, extracts from which have been quoted in this work.
Dr. Aspinwall married, June 26, 1776, Susanna Gardner. She was born February 28, 1754; died June 2, 1814. They first went to housekeeping in the house built by his father for his brother vSamuel. They lived there eleven years, and all of their children were born there except Susanna and Augustus, who were born in the old homestead. Dr. Aspinwall then built a
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house on Gardner Road, Aspinwall Hill, and dwelt there the remainder of his life.
Dr. Aspinwall's portrait was painted by the celebrated artist, Gilbert Stuart, upon the order of his son-in-law, Lewis Tappan, and it is related that this portrait bore such a striking resem- blance to George Washington, that at the time of the anti-slavery riots in New York City, when the house of Lewis Tappan in Rose Street, was mobbed (he being a noted abolitionist), and its furniture burned in the street, this picture remained untouched, the rioters believing it to be a portrait of Washington. Children ;
183 184
+ 185 + 186 +187 188 + 189
JULIANA', b. Dec. 25, 1779 ; d. Aug. 20, 1852, UDm.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUSS bap. Aug. 25, 1782 ; d. April 10, 1783.
WILLIAMS b. Aug. 6, 1784.
THOMASS b. May 23, 1786.
AUGUSTUS', b. Dec. 14, 1787.
SAMUELS bap. July 19, 1789 ; d. March 30, 1793.
SUSANNAS b. July 17, 1790.
GARDNER ANCESTRY.
Thomas' Gardner came from England in 1635; died at Rox- bury, ;Mass., November, 1G3S.
Thomas' Gardner, born in England; married, July 4, 1641, Lucy Smith. She died November 4, 16S7. He died at Brook- line, Mass., July 15, 1689.
Thomas' Gardner, born May 25, 1615; married, November 17, 1673, Mary, daughter of Elder John and Elizabeth (Heath) Bowles. She was born April 20, 1655. He died about 1721.
Isaac' Gardner, born August 18, 1686; married, June 3, 1715, Susanna, daughter of William and Hannah (Weld) Heath. She was born November 23,1693 ; died August 18, 1768. He died March 11, 1767.
Isaac^ Gardner, born May 9, 1726; married, April 26, 1753, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Oliver) Sparhawk. She was born January 3, 1732; died December 27, 1778. He was killed at the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775.
Susanna" Gardner married Dr. William Aspinwall.
52.
Katherine', daughter of Thomas' (Samue?, Peter') and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., Sep-
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tember 17, 1745; married, November 15, 1769, George, son of Joseph Green of Boston. He was born October 13, 1742 ; died in London, Eng., about 1800. She died April 8, 1776. Children :
190. A SON', b. June, 1770 ; d. Aug. 29, 1770.
191. JULIANA^ b. , 1771 ; d. Feb. 20, 1774.
55.
Mehitaber, daughter of Thomas' (Samue?, Peter') and Joanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., August 8, 1757; married, February 23, 1779, William, son of Thomas and Margaret Sherburne of Boston. He was born August 16, 1748. She died July 9, 1793. The following are the only children found on the Boston records.
Children :
192. HARRIETS b. Oct. 14, 1780.
193. KATHERINE5, b. April 24, 1783.
194. SOPHIAS b. Nov. 19, 1786.
96.
Peter', son of Peter' (Nathanie?, Peter')and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., April 16, 1737; married November 29, 1768, Hannah Collins of Lebanon, Ct. She died September 2, 1812, aged 63 years. He died February 9, 1829. They lived and died at the old homestead in Mansfield.
Children :
+ 195. ZALMONS b. July 20, 1769.
196. JOHNS b. May 10, 1771 ; d. Nov. 25, 1811; unm.
+ 197. THOMAS', b. Jan. 16, 1775.
+ 198. HANNAHS b. Jan. 3, 1779.
97.
Prince', son of Peter' (Nathaniel", Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., June 4, 1739; married, November 30, 1774, Lucy Woodworth of Lebanon, Ct.
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He served for a time in the Revolutionary War. Nothing appears on the records at Mansfield concerning him or his family except the child named below. If he moved away, no trace of him has been found. Children : 199. ALMIRAS b. March 5, 1787.
98.
Nathaniel", son of Peter' (Nathanie?, Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., November 18, 1740; died in New Haven, Ct., in the year 1800. He early engaged in silk culture in Connecticut, and is said to have been instrumental in establishing that industry in said state. In a memorial history of Hartford County, Ct., it is stated that, "President Styles of Yale College and Nathaniel Aspinwall of Mansfield are credited with having established the silk industry. Mr. Aspinwall brought from Long Island the white mulberry to the town of Mansfield. In 1789, Pres. Styles wore at Com- mencement a gown made of Connecticut silk." It is said that Nathaniel Aspinwall had a nursery of mulberry trees on Long Island, and began about 1760 to introduce silk culture into Windham County and other localities in Connecticut. He planted orchards of the trees at New Haven and other places, and laid the foundation in Mansfield of an industry that lasted for seventy-five years, and paved the way for the present silk manu- facture in this country.
He settled at New Haven, date unknown, and died there in 1800. His estate was inventoried there October 4, 1800. He married, perhaps, at Mansfield, date unknown, Polly (prob- ably Fenton). After his death, she married Clark Sibley, and died between February 10 and July 18, 1803, as shown by the Probate Records at New Haven.
Children :
200. POLLY^ b. ; d. a minor, unm., in 1803.
201. A SON\ b. ; d. Sept. 19, 1801, in infancy.
202. A SONS b. ; d. Oct. 3, 1801, in infancy.
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99.
Zalmon*, son of Peter' (Natlianier, Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born at Mansfield, Ct., February 15, 1742, and died at Lebanon, N, H., August 11, 1821. Soon after attaining- his majority, he removed to Lebanon, N. H., and was one of the first settlers of that town. He cleared a farm there, which he cultivated and improved, and also carried on the saddlery and harness-making business. In the early days when the " Aspinwall Hill," in Lebanon, was the capital of the town, the "Freemen's Meetings" were occasionally held at his dwelling, and he was often elected moderator. He was a man running over with frolic and fun, often playing tricks upon his neighbors, and that disposition lasted during his old age. He could imitate the cry of nearly all the wild animals of the forest, and many amusing anecdotes are related of the tricks played by him with this gift. He was also a trapper, and did quite a business in that line. At one time, he had a line of traps from Lebanon through Enfield, Hanover and Lyme, which he often visited through the fur season, and caught a great many of the American sable. He served, during the Revolutionary War, in Col. Jonathan Chase's New Hampshire Regiment. He married, April 17, 1782, Han- nah Conant. She was born January 2, 1756; died March 13, 1823.
Children :
+ 203. ZALMON-', b. May 6, 1783.
204. HANNAH'', b. April 1, 1785 ; d. Feb. 15 or 18, 1800 or 1806, unm.
+205. AUGUSTAS b. Dec. 31, 1786.
206. SOPHRONIA', b. Jan. 26, 1789 ; d. April 7, 1873, unm.
+207. ELEAZAR'', b. Feb. 2, 1791.
+208. ZERVIAHS b. Sept. 28, 1792.
+209. HORATIO G.-', b. Ang. 5, 1794.
+ 210. SHUBAEL C.', b. Jan. 17, 1797.
211. ANNA C.\ b. March 6, 1799 ; d. Nov. 9, 1888 ; unm.
+212. CHAUNCEY BUTLER^ b. April 30, 1803.
CONANT ANCESTRY.
Roger' Conant, born in 1592, in England, came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1623, but subsequently settled at Salem, Mass. He married, in England, November 11, 1618, Sarah Horton. She
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probably died before her husband. He died at Salem, Novem- ber 19, 1679.
Exercise' Conant, born at Salem, Mass., 1637; died at Windham, Ct., April 28, 1722. His wife Sarah died December 4, 1718.
Caleb" Conant, born at Beverly, Mass., April 29, 1683; mar- ried, August 23, 1714, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Crane of Windham. She was born in 1692, and died October 11, 1726. He died at Windham, Ct., April, 1727.
Benajah' Conant, born February 3, 1717; married, January 8, 1740, Jemima, daughter of Edward Bosworth. He died at Mansfield, Ct., February 16, 1798.
Hannah" Conant married Zalmon Aspinwall.
100.
Rebecca', daughter of Peter" (NathanieP, Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born in ^Mansfield, Ct., August 20, 1743. She married, January 23, 1766, Samuel Estabrook of Mansfield. They were among the first settlers at Lebanon, N. H. He served in the Revolutionary War. Rebecca (Aspin- wall) Estabrook died in 1779 or 1780, and Samuel Estabrook married (2), October 14, 1781, Phebe Palmer.
Children :
213. ABIGAILS b. June 26, 1767 ; d. July 9, 1767.
-r214. BETHIAH, b. Sept. 2, 1768.
215. ANNA, b. May 21, 1770.
216. RODOLPHTJSS b. Nov. 17, 1772; d. 1841. Had eight children.
217. SAMUEL', b. April 8. 1774 ; d. 1823.
218. REBECCAS b. Feb. 9, 1775.
219. ZERVIAHS b. May 16, 1777.
220. EUNICES b. March 13, 1779.
ESTABROOK ANCESTRY.
Joseph' Estabrook was born in England about 1640. Came to New England in 1660. Graduated at Harvard College in 1664, and entered the ministry. He married. May 20, 1668, Mary, daughter of Hugh Mason of Watertown, Mass. She was born December IS, 1640. He died September 16, 1711.
Samue? Estabrook, born in Concord, j\Iass., June 7, 1674. A minister. ^Married, March 23, 1714, Rebecca, daughter of Rev. Nehemiah and Sarah (Jackson) Hobart of Newton, Mass.
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She was born February 13, 1680; died December, 1727. He died in Canterbury, Ct., June 26, 1727.
Nehemiah' Estabrook, born April 1, 1715; married, Sep- tember 2, 1736, Bethiah, daughter of Robert Paddock. She died June 2, 1743. He died February 10, 1787, at Mansfield, Ct.
Samuel" Estabrook married Rebecca Aspinwall.
101.
Eleazar', son of Peter' (Nathaniel', Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., February 10, 1745. There is no further account of him on the Mansfield, Ct., records, but he was living April 30, 1781, the date of his father's will. Some time during the Revolutionary War, he probably removed to the State of New York, for he served for a time dur- ing that war in Col. Van Rensselaer's Regiment of New York troops. No record of his marriage, nor any further trace of him has been found, but an Abel Aspinwall, who was unques- tionably his son, was living at Lisle, Broome County, N. Y., in 1810, so it is probable that Eleazar Aspinwall located in that part of the State. No trace of any other child than Abel has been discovered.
Children : +221. ABEL5, b. July 7, 1778.
102.
Abel*, son of Peter' (Nathanie?, Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born at Mansfield, Ct., November 19, 1746; died in 1807. He settled first in Western Connecticut. In April, 1788, he was of the town of Waterbury, at which time he pur- chased a half acre of land, with the buildings thereon, situated in the township of Waterbury, at a place called Quassapague. In 1790, he was one of the signers for a society, afterwards called Middlebury, Ct. In June, 1800, he was of Washington, Conn., as appears from the New Haven court deeds. He appears to have been engaged in the industry of planting the mulberry tree for the silk culture, as was his elder brother Nathaniel, and
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it is probable that he had previously lived at New Haven. He subsequently removed to Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., where administration was granted on his estate, September 30, 1807. He served, during" the Revolutionary War, in the com- pany of Capt. Benjamin Clark, in Col. Obadiah Johnson's regi- ment of Connecticut militia.
He married, first, in August, 1783, Sybil Lewis of Farming- ton, Ct. She was, perhaps, the daughter of Reuben and Rachel (Tryon) Lewis. If so, she was born November 30, 1 754. He married, second, at New Haven, Ct.,May27, 1784, Mrs. Wealthy Thompson, a widow. She died, probably, in 1821, as the inven- tory of her estate was filed June 28, 1821. Her will was dated February 20, 1811. In the settlement of her estate, she is de- scribed as of Mansfield, Ct., and Thompson, Sullivan Co., N. Y.
The following children were all by Abel Aspinwall's first wife.
Children :
+ 222. ELEAZARS b. — — .
228. ROXANAS b. ; m. at Mansfield, Ct. , Nov. 28, 1808, George
Campbell.
+ 224. CHESTER", b. .
+ 225. LEWISS b. , 1792.
226. ELIZABETHS b. ; d. unm.
227. ANNA', b. ; m. William Linton, and settled at Terre Haute, Ind.
103.
Anne', daughter of Peter' (Nathanier, Peter') and Rebecca (Storrs) Aspinwall, was born at Mansfield, Ct., October 26, 1748. She married a man by the name of Murfey or Murphy, whose given name has not been ascertained, and settled in Colchester, Ct. No further account has been found except that she had a son as below.
Children :
228. JOHNS b. 1775 or 6. He was called Capt. John Murphy, and died at Colchester, April 3, 1844, aged 68. He had two wives ; the second was Ardellisa Southworth, daughter of his mother's sister, Abigail. By his lirst wife, he had a daughter, Maria-.
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104.
Abigail', daughter of Peter' (Nathaniel", Peter') and Rebecca
(Storrs) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., February 18, 1752 ;
married, November 23, 1769, Samuel Southworth. He was born
in Mansfield, November 22, 174-1.
Children :
239. MATILDAS b. Feb. 27, 1771.
+ 230. SAMUELS b. April 19, 1772.
231. OLIVE', b. Feb. 18, 1774.
232. ROGER-', b. March 3, 1776 ; d. June 14, 1843.
233. LUCINDA-, b. July 19, 1779.
234. LYDIAS b. Oct. 19, 177-. +235. ELEAZARS b. Sept. 2, 1781.
236. NABBYS b. June 1, 1783.
237. PETER\ b. July 20, 1786.
238. PARISSA-', b. Jan. 20, 1788 ; m. Sept. 10, 1813, Charles Giles.
239. ARDELISSA •, b. Jan. 20, 1788 ; m. Jan. 20, 1810, Capt. John Murphy
of Colchester, Ct. (No. 228).
240. SALLY% b. Aug. 4, 1790.
241. GARDNER", b. June 2, 1792.
SOUTHWORTH ANCESTRY.
Constant' Southworth was born in Leyden, Holland in 1614. He came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1628, to join his mother, Mrs. Alice (Carpenter) vSouth worth, who came over in 1623, and married Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth Colony. He married, November 2, 1637, Elizabeth, daughter of William Collier. Constant Southworth died March 11, 1679.
William" Southworth, born 1659; married, 1680, Rebecca, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, and grand- daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, She was born October 16, 1660; died December 23, 1702. He died June 25, 1719.
Nathaniel' Southworth, born October 31, 1692; married Mary, daughter of Josiah Torrey. Settled at Mansfield, Conn.
Nathaniel' Southworth, born February 13, 1715 ; married, December 31, 1741, Lois, daughter of Samuel Gurley. She died November 10, 1764.
SamueF Southworth married Abigail Aspinwall.
105. Mary', daughter of Peter" (Nathanie?, Peter') and Rebecca (Storns) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., October 9, 1753.
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She married, January 10, 1776, Skiff Freeman of Mansfield. He
was born September 22, 1755; died January 3, 1847.
Children :
+242. ZERVIAHS b. Feb. 24, 1777.
243. ELEAZARS b. Dec. 5, 1779 ; d. at Port au Prince, Oct. 23, 1804.
+244. SHUBAEL% b. Nov. 5, 1782.
+245. REBECCA-, b. June 30, 1784.
+ 246. GEORGE\ b. April 21, 1789.
247. ALPHEUS^ b. Aug. 8, 1793 ; d. Aug. 27, 1796.
248. LUCIUS% b. Aug. 8, 1793 ; d. Aug. 22, 1796.
249. MARYS b. Feb. 23, 1799; m. Jonathan Woodard of Ashford, Ct., and
removed to Cazenovia, N. Y.
FREEMAN ANCESTRY.
Edmund' Freeman came from England, and was in Lynn, Mass., in 1635; was afterwards of Duxbury and Sandwich, Mass. ; died at last named place in 1682, aged about 92 years. His wife Elizabeth died February 14, 1676.
Edmund' Freeman, born in England ; married (second wife), July 18, 1651, Margaret Perry.
Edmund' Freeman, born October 5, 1655; married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Skiff. She died November 12, 1742. He died May 18, 1720.
Edmund^ Freeman, born August 30, 1683 ; married, Keziah Presbury. She died at Mansfield, Ct., April 20, 1764, aged 77 years. He died June 1, 1766.
Skiff' Freeman, born December 28, 1723; married Anna, daughter of Isaac and Anna (Wood) Sargent. She was born February 23, 1727; died May 8, 1821. He died May 2, 1809.
Skiffs Freeman married Mary Aspinwall.
107.
Asa', son of Nathaniel" (NathanieP, Peter') and Mary (Derby) Aspinwall, was born in Woodstock, Ct., July 10, 1739, and died in West Fairlee, Vt., June 14, 1789, to which place he had removed from Canterbury, Ct. He married, first, April 9, 1761, Anna Adams of Canterbury. She was born August 27, 1745 (another account says 1738), and died July 21, 1768, prior to her husband's removal to Vermont. He married, second, January 21, 1773, Hannah, daughter of William and Sarah Bennett of Hampton, Ct. She was born September 11, 1746, and died
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June 21, 1833. After the death of Asa Aspinwall, she married, April 28, 1802, Samuel Morgan of Scotland, Ct. He died Janu- ary 10, 1807, and she married, third, December 30, 1807, Col. Jesse Tracy of Lisbon, Ct. She had no children by her second and third husbands. Children :
+250. MARY% b. Oct. 6, 1763.
+251. SAMUEL\ b. Sept. 30. 1766. 252. ANNA-', b. Jan. 15, 1774 ; d. 1864 or 5. She never married, but spent much of the early part of her life in teaching school in Vermont and Connecticut. When not teaching, she lived with her brothers and sisters, and the latter part of her life was spent in the fa«nily of her brother. Dr. Nathaniel Aspinwall, in Elmira, N. Y.
+ 253. JOHNS b. Jan. 11, 1775. 254. ELIZABETHS b. Dec. 22, 1776; d. Oct. 28, 1797 ; unm.
+ 255. NATHANIELS b. Sept. 15, 1778.
+256. LUCYS b. Oct. 6, 1780. 257. FANNYS b. Oct. 6, 1782; m. Joseph Clark of Bradford, Vt., and had no children.
+ 258. SOPHIAS b. March 22, 1785.
+ 259. LYDIAS b. Feb. 27, 1788.
ADAMS ANCESTRY.
Henry' Adams came from England in 1632 or 3, and was of Braintree, Mass., in 1641. He died there in 1646. Wife's name is unknown.
Edward' Adams, born in England in 1630; married (first wife), Lydia, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Bicknell) Rock- wood. She died March 3, 1676. He died at Medfield, Mass., November 12, 1716.
Henry' Adams, born October 29, 1663; married (second wife), 1697-8, Ruth, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wight) Ellis. She was born October 31, 1670. He died at Canterbury, Ct., June 28, 1749.
Solomon' Adams, born at Providence, R. I., April 23, 1699; married Abigail, daughter of David Munro. He died at Canter- bury, Ct., November"20, 3 778.
Anna' Adams married Asa Aspinwall.
110.
Lucy', daughter of Nathaniel' (Nathaniel", Peter') and Mary (Derby) Aspinwall, was born in Woodstock, Ct., February 26,
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1745 ; married, December 27, 1763, Joseph King of Lisbon, Ct. He died June 22, 1830. She died December 6, 1823. The child below is the only one found, but there may have been others.
Children : + 260. BETSEYS b. .
111.
Elizabeth', daughter of Nathaniel' (Nathanie?, Peter') and Mary (Derby) Aspinwall, was born in Woodstock, Ct., April 13, 1747; died in Canterbury, Ct., February 12, 1769. She married a Capt. Boswell of Canterbury. No record of any children has been found, and, as she died at an early age, it is probable that she had none.
112.
William', son of Nathaniel' (Nathanie?, Peter') and Mary (Derby) Aspinwall, was born in Woodstock, Ct., June 10, 1749; died in Canterbury, Ct., August 24, 1816. When a young man, he was employed to manage a large plantation on Long Island, and while there he married, January 15, 1774, Mary Shaw. She was of a loyalist family, which, during the Revolutionary War, took refuge in Nova Scotia. Soon after his marriage, he went to Saratoga County, N. Y., to take charge of the large tract of land there belonging to his father. In 1775, while living there, a horseman came riding up one day at full speed and told him that hostile Indians from Canada were within two hours reach of them, and that they must fly for their lives. Loading what household goods he could into his wagon, he drove with his wife and infant son to the nearest settlement, twelve miles away. The following day, with some men from this settlement, he went back to his place and found it in ashes. He soon afterwards returned to his father's in Canterbury, and settled on the old home place, and there remained the rest of his life. His widow died January 15, 1818, aged 69 years. [5]
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Children :
+ 261. WILLIAM\ b. Oct. 8, 1775.
262. SARAH% b, Nov. 19, 1777 ; d. Nov. 18, 1851 ; unm.
263. MARYS b. April 21, 1779 ; d. Nov. 4, 1854; unm.
264. JOHN\ b. March 21 , 1781 ; d. Oct. 17, 1857 ; unm. + 265. JAMES'S b. June 19, 1784.
266. BETSEYS b. July 9. 1785 ; d. Feb. 7, 1862 ; unm.
113.
Priscilla', daughter of Nathanie? (Nathaniel*, Peter') and Mary (Derby) Aspinwall, was born in Woodstock, Ct., August 6, 1751; died October 19, 1826. She married, April 17, 1777, Samuel Bacon of Canterbury.
Children :
267. POLLYS b. March 20, 1778 ; d. Oct. 23, 1814.
268. RUFUSS b. Sept. 23, 1780; d. Sept. 11. 1802.
269. PHILURAS b. March 15, 1783 ; d. June 13, 1804. + 270. SOPHIAS b. March 31, 1785.
+ 271. LtrCIUSS b. May 6, 1787.
116.
Dorothy', daughter of Aaron' (Eleazar', Peter') and Sarah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born in Wallingford, Ct., November 10, 1733. She married James Hotchkiss and removed to Norfolk, Ct.
Children :
272. MARYS bap. 1763.
273. SARAHS bap. 1763.
274. REBECCAS bap. 1764.
275. ASENATHS bap. 1769.
276. CYRUSS bap. 1770.
277. JAMESS bap. 1772.
278. PHEBES bap. 1774.
279. IRAS bap. 1778.
280. CHARLOTTES bap. 1780.
117.
Caleb', son of Aaron' (Eleazar', Peter') and Sarah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born in Farmington, Ct., May 4, 1736. He removed, with his parents, to Norfolk, Ct., and married there, September 13, 1773, Zerviah Cady. Prior to the Revolutionary
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War, he bought land in Stillwater, then in Saratoga County, N. Y., but apparently did not remove there at that time, for, in 1775, he was in the military service from Norfolk, Conn., for five days, at the time of the Lexington Alarm, and, on March 15, 1777, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Watson, 7 " Connecti- cut Line, and served until March 15, 1780. In 1787, he is described on the land records at Norfolk, Ct., as of Stillwater, and it is presumed that he removed there after the close of the Revolutionary War. No further trace of him has been found, nor of any descendants, and it is believed, therefore, that he had no other children than those described below, whose deaths are given in the Norfolk, Ct., records. Children :
281. CHILD^ b. ; d. Oct., 1776.
282. CHILDS b. ; d. Oct., 1777.
283. CHILD% b. ; d. June, 1781.
118.
Sarah', daughter of Aaron' (Eleazar% Peter') and Sarah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born December 8, 1739. She married, March 10, 1757, Amariah Plumb. He was born September 6, 1733, and was one of the original proprietors of Norfolk, Ct. He served in the Revolutionary War, and was in the army sent into Canada in 1775, Was wounded at the siege of St. John, and received a special grant of twenty-five pounds for his services from the State of Connecticut. He died March 1, 1778.
Children :
+ 284. JOSEPH^ b. Jan. 11, 1758.
285. AMARIAH'', b. . Served in Kevolutionary War.
+286. CALEBS b. .
287. ABIJAHS b. .
PLUMB ANCESTRY.
John' Plumb or Plume, was born in Essex Co., Eng., July 28, 1594. Came to New England in 1635, and settled in Weth- ersfield, Ct. In 1644, removed to Branford, Ct., where he died in July, 1648. His wife Dorothy died after 1669.
Robert' Plumb, born December 30, 1617, in England; mar- ried, January 9, 1642, Mary, daughter of Sylvester and Sarah
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(Bryan) Baldwin. She was born February 19, 1626; died Febru- ary 1, 1708. He died at Milford, Ct., May 12, 1655.
John' Plumb, born August 12, 1646 ; married, November 24, 1668, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Dorothy Norton. He died March, 1728.
Joseph' Plumb, born 1683; married (second wife), about 1727, Thankful Gaylord of Wallingford, Ct. He died May 27, 1742.
Amariah' Plumb married vSarah Aspinwall.
119.
Aaron", son of Aaron' (Eleazar^ Peter') and Sarah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born in Farmington, Ct., October 6, 1743. He removed to Norfolk, Ct., with his parents, in 1758, and, on March 10, 1777, he enlisted for three years in Capt. Watson's Company of the 7" Connecticut Line, his brother Caleb being in the same company. He was honorably discharged March 10, 1780. After the close of the Revolutionary War, he removed to Stillwater, then in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where he lived for a number of years, but subsequently removed to Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he died May 1, 1834. He married prior to his removal from Norfolk, Ct., but the name of his wife has not been ascertained, nor the date of his marriage.
As to his children, the sons given below are the only ones of whom any account has been found, although he certainly had at least one other child. This is proved by the fact that, in his declaration for a pension, executed July 6, 1820, he states that his family then consisted of his wife, aged 72 years, and a grand- son, 10 years old, named Aaron. This grandson was not the child of either of the sons named below, and must have been the child of another son or daughter, who had, no doubt, died leav- ing this child to the care of his grandparents. A tradition in this family is that there were also sons Matthew and Caleb, but, if so, no descendant has been found of either. The elder son, John, was born at Norfolk, Ct.
Children : + 288. JOHNS, Yy Oct. 18, 1771. +389. ZEBINA\ b. .
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121.
Eleazar*, son of Aaron' (Eleazar', Peter') and Sarah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born in Farmington, Ct., June 22, 1751. He went, with his parents, to Norfolk, Ct., in iToS, and lived there until some time after 1TS5, when he removed to Pawlet, Vt., where he died November 23, 1804. He married, in Newington, Ct., June 8 or 28, 1775, Elizabeth Steele. She was born at Berlin, Ct., August 8, 1752. After the marriage of her daughter, Betsey, to Truman Baldwin, she lived with her, at Watertown, Ct., and died there May 6, 1833.
Children :
+290. OLIVER b. Jan. 13, 1776.
291. BETSEY\ b. Oct. 18, 1777 ; d. May, 1794.
+293. RACHEL', b. April 39, 1779.
+293. SALMON-', b. June 10, 1783.
+294. HENRY% b. May, 1787.
+ 395. LYMANS b. March 3, 1793.
+396. MARIAS b. Aug. 12, 1793.
+397. BETSEYS b. Jan. 14, 1795.
STEELE ANCESTRY.
John' Steele came from Essex Co., Eng., in 1630, and was first of Dorchester, Mass., afterwards of Cambridge. In 1635, removed to Hartford, Ct., of which place he was one of the founders. He married in England, Rachel Talcot, and died at Farmington, Ct., in 1661 or 5. She died in 1653.
Samuer Steele, born in England, 1626 or 7; married, 1651, Mary, daughter of James and Alice Boosey. She was born Sep- tember 10, 1635; died 1702. He died August 15, 1685.
James' Steele, born August 31, 1654; married July 19, 1687, Anne, daughter of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hollister) Welles. She was born in 1668 ; died 1739. He died May 15, 1713.
Joseph' Steele, born September 27, 1690 ; married, February 16, 1715, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Goodrich) Hol- lister. He died 1750.
James' Steele, born May 18, 1719; married Mercy, daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Woodford) Cowles. She died July 22, 1809. He died July 27, 1775.
Elizabeth' Steele married Eleazar Aspinwall.
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148.
Joseph", son of Joseph' (Joseph", Peter') and Elizabeth (Nelson) Aspinwall, was born in Dedham, Mass., May 25, 1732, and was baptized in Chri-t Church, Boston, June 27, 1732. He settled in that part of Stoughton, Mass., now called Canton, and was a farmer. He was one of the minute men who marched from thereat the time of the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He was a member and the clerk of the "English Church," at Canton, in 1767. No record of his marriage has been found, nor that of any child except the one named below. The name of this child leads to the belief that he married a Sluman. He deeded land in Stough- ton in 1786, but his name does not appear on the records subse- quent to that date.
Children : +298. JOHN SLUMANS b. .
150.
John*, son of Joseph' (Joseph% Peter') and Elizabeth (Nelson) Aspinwall, was born in Dedham, Mass., and was baptized at Christ Church, Boston, August 16, 1736. He was a farmer at Canton, Mass. He marched to Boston with the minute men at the time of the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, and also served in the army in 1778. He married, September 18, 1758, Penelope Dwelly of Stoughton, Mass. No record of his death appears, but he was living in 1786. His widow was living in November, 1814, as it is shown by the court records at Watertown, Mass., that she and her daughter, Mary, were at that time keeping house for one Daniel Sears.
Children :
+299. JOHN\ b. May 3, 1764,
+300. SAMUEL-', b. .
301. MARY% b. ; d. unm. Her will was dated at Sharon, Mass.,
March 30, 1857.
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J51.
Mary*, daughter of Joseph' (Joseph", Peter') and Elizabeth (Nelson) Aspinwall, was born in Dedham, Mass., and was bap- tized in Christ Church, Boston, November 24, 1738. She married, November 19, 1778, Samuel, son of George and Thankful (Red- man) Blackman. He was born at Stoughton, Mass., March 29, 1732. She was his second wife, and no children are recorded as having been born to them.
152.^
Hannah', daughter of John' (Joseph% Peter') and Sarah (Sands) Aspinwall, was born, probably, in New York City, date unknown. She was baptized in St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., April 7, 1755. This baptism was shortly before her mar- riage, and she was, perhaps, born in 1729 or 30, She was mar- ried. May 6, 1755, in Trinity Church, New York City, to Law- rence Kortright. He was born in 1728, and was a prominent merchant in New York, and was one of the founders of the Chamber of Commerce. His will, dated February 8, 1791, was probated September 29, 1794.
Children :
+302. JOHNS b. .
303, SARAH% b. ; m. Col. John Heyliger of Santa Cruz,
+304, HESTER", b, .
+305, ELIZA.\ b, ,
-306. MARY H,% b.
KORTRIGHT ANCESTRY.
Jan Bastiaensen' Van Kortryk, born in Leerdam, Holland, came to New Amsterdam in 1663, and settled in Harlem, N. Y.
Cornells Jansen^ Kortright, born at Beest, Holland, in 1645; married, in 16(55, Metje, daughter of Bastiaen Elyessen, and widow of Claes Teuniz Van Appledorn. He died in 1689.
Laurens Cornelissen' Kortright, born in Harlem, N. Y., 1681 ; married (first wife), 1703, Helena, dauq-hter of Capt. Johannes Benson. She died before 1708. He died 1726.
Cornelius' Kortright, born 1704; married, about 1727, Hester, daughter of John and Maria (Le Grand) Cannon of New
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York City. She was born 1706 ; died 1784. He died April 15, 1745.
Lawrence' Kortright married Hannah Aspinwall.
154.
William Smith*, son of John' (Joseph', Peter') and Rebecca (Smith) Aspinwall, was born in 1767. He died early in life, leaving but one child. The name of his wife has not been avScer- tained. -> *s^
Children : +307. ANN"', b .
155.
Gilbert', son of John' (Joseph", Peter') and Rebecca (Smith) Aspinwall, was born in Flushing, L. I., October 10, 1768. He was a merchant in New York City. In 1791, he formed a part- nership with Nehemiah Rogers, under the firm name of Rogers & Aspinwall. In 1794, he took his brother John into partner- ship with him, and they did business at No. 186 Queen Street, New York, under the name of Gilbert and John Aspinwall. They were importers and owned their own ships. After they dissolved partnership, each carried on business on his own account. Gilbert Aspinwall owned the ship " Aristomines," which traded directly with St. Petersburg. He was elected a member of the Chamber of Commerce, June 3, 1792; was a director of the Eagle Fire Insurance Co., Northern & Western Canal Co., and the Ocean Insurance Co., and was one of the governors of the New York Hospital in 1799. Until the year 1800, he lived in the same building where he carried on business, when he removed to 80 Greenwich Street, and, subsequently, to 2 Beaver Street, corner of Broadway. On June 15, 1791, he married Ann, daughter of Capt. Thomas Sowers, and grand- daughter of John R. Meyer. She died in New York City, June 7, 1842. He died at Jamaica, L. I., September 18, 1819.
Gilbert Aspinwall's family Bible, now in the possession of his grandson, is an American edition of "Brown's Family
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Bible," which was published by subscription, April 1, 1792. The names of the subscribers are headed by George Washington, President of the United States. Gilbert Aspinwall was also a subscriber.
The following entry from this Bible refers to Gilbert Aspin- wall's wife :
" She had been lame for several years, but her infirmities had not impaired her usefulness or her cheerfulness. May her simple piety and sweet temper be long an example to her children and children's children, and may they remember her ardent desire that they should live in unity and love."
Children :
+ 308. JOHN MEYERS, b. March 31, 1792.
+309. THOMAS S0WEIIS% b. March 4, 1793.
+310. ELIZABETH SCOTT', b. Dec. 6, 1795.
+311. REBECCAS b. July 23, 1797.
+ 312. SARAH ANN% b. July 16, 1799.
+313. JAMES SCOTTS b. Oct. 19, 1807.
156.
Sarah', daughter of John' (Joseph', Peter') and Rebecca (Smith) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, in January, 1770. She married, date-4inkn.own, Col. Richard Piatt of New York City. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and served from 1775 to 1783. He was a Colonel and Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Montgomery at the storm- ing of Quebec, and it is said that Montgomery died in his arms. He was the Marshal of the day when Gen. Montgomery's remains were received in New York City, and re-interred in front of St. Paul's Church on Broadway, July 8, 1818. For a number of years, he was Commissary General of the State of New York. He died between February 20, 1830, the date of his will, and April 5, 1830, the date when it was probated. His widow survived him.
Children :
814. ALEXANDER HAMII^TQNS b. ; m. and had one son.
315. "RICHARDS b. ^^1-— ; d. young. -3 ^ - ' ... . r , ^ ^ . ^ v m . .« ^ Jvi r r», }1
316. SARAH MATILDAS b. ; d. in infancy.
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PLATT ANCESTRY.
Richard' Piatt came from Hertfordshire, Eng., to New Haven, Ct., in 1638. Removed to Milford, Ct., where he died in 1684. His wife was Mary .
Epenetus^ Piatt, born 1640; settled at Huntington, L. I.; married, 1667, Phebe, daughter of Jonas Wood. He died at Huntington, L. I., in 1693.
Jonas' Piatt, born April 24, 1684; married (first wife), 1730, Hannah Saxton.
Jonas' Piatt, born 1731 ; married Temperance, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Smith) Smith. He died 1775.
Richard' Piatt married Sarah Aspinwall.
158.
John', son of John' (Joseph", Peter') and Rebecca (Smith) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, February 10, 1774. In 1794, he entered into partnership with his brother Gilbert, at No. 186 Queen Street, under the firm name of Gilbert and John Aspinwall. They were importers and jobbers, and owned their own ships. They dissolved partnership about 1812. and each then carried on business for himself. John Aspinwall owned several ships, among them the " Blooming Rose," which, during the war of 1812, it is said, cleared a profit of $20,000 on one trip. He was a venturesome and a generous man. He married, Novem- ber 27, 1803, Susan Howland. She was born May 20, 1779- died December 12, 1852. He died October 6, 1847. Children:
+317. MARGARETS, b. Sept. 6, 1804.
+318. WILLIAM HENRYS b. Dec. 16, 1807.
+319. MARY REBECCA^ b. Deo. 20, 1809.
+320. EMILY PHILLIPSS b. .
+321. GEORGE WOOLSEY', b. Jan. 7, 1814.
322. LOUISA", b. ; d. Sept. 2, 1871; unm.
+ 323. JOHN LLOYDS b- • 1816.
HOWLAND ANCESTRY.
John' Howland, born in England, 1592, came to Plymouth^ Mass., in 1620, on the " Mayflower." He married, at Plymouth, about 1623, Elizabeth, daughter of John Tilley. She was born
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about 1607, and died at Swansea, Mass., December 21, 1687. He died at Kingston, Mass., February 23, 1673.
Joseph' Rowland married, December 7, 1664, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Reyner) Southworth.
Nathaniel' Rowland, born 1671 ; married, March 3, 1697, Martha, daughter of James and Abigail (Davenport) Cole. She was born 1679; died 1718. He died December 29, 1746.
Nathaniel' Howland, born June 6, 1705; married, 1739 (second wife), Abigail, widow of Richard Lane, and daughter of Rev. John Burt. She was born March 28, 1718 ; died July 22, 1766. He died July 13, 1766.
Joseph' Howland, born September 30, 1749 ; married, May 26, 1772, Lydia, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia (Huntington) Bill. She was born July 7, 1753; died March 1, 1838. He died March 11, 1836.
Susan' Howland married John Aspinwall.
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FIFTH GENERATION.
166.
Caleb", son of Samuer (Thomas', Samue?, Peter') and Mary (Holbrook) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., January 15, 1762. In 1780, he served in the Revolutionary War from July 4, to December 16, and is recorded as being of Watertown, Mass. On the 8th of January, 1799, he was appointed a Captain in the 15th U. S. Infantry, and was honorably discharged June 15, 1800. He settled at Portland, Me., but subsequently removed to Springfield, Mass., where he died December 24, 1808. He mar- ried, March 28, 1785, Elizabeth Freeman of Roxbury, Mass.
Children :
+ 324. MARY FREEMAN^, b. Feb. 25, 1786.
+ 325. SAMUEL'^, b. July 12, 1788.
+ 326. PHILIP FIIEEMAN6, b. Feb. 1, 1790.
+ 327. SUSAN GARDNERS b. July 31, 1792.
+338. WILLIAM^ b. .
167.
Mary", daughter of Samuel' (Thomas', Samuel", Peter') and Mary (Holbrook) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., March 31, 1765; married, October 29, 1785, Joseph Goddard of Brook- line. He was born April 15, 1761 ; died December 10, 1846. She died in Brookline, February 6, 1828. When a lad of four- teen years, Joseph Goddard, under his father's directions, drove one of the ox-teams containing powder, etc., which had been stored on the farm for several weeks, and which for greater safety was removed to Concord, the British having suspected its whereabouts.
Children :
+ 329. HANNAHS b. Sept. 8, 1786. + 330. MARYS b. Dec. 15, 1787. + 331. JOSEPHS b. July 27, 1789.
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332. JOHN^ b. Feb. 17, 1791 ; d. Sept, 21, 1828 ; unm.
+333. LTJCY«, b. Feb. 12, 1793.
+ 334. SUSANNAH^, b. Sept. 17, 1794.
+335. SAMUEL ASPINWALL^, b. Oct. 4, 1796.
.336. LOUISA MAY^ b. Oct. 2, 1798 ; d. July 30, 1826 ; unm.
337. ELIZABETH^, b. Nov. 30, 1800 ; d. July 9, 1893 ; m, her cousin, Charles Goddard. No children.
+338. ABU AH WAIlRENs, b. March 30, 1803.
339. BENJAMIN«, b. June 11, 1805; d. Nov. 1, 1807.
GODDARD ANCESTRY.
William' Goddard came from Norfolk, Eng., in 1665, and settled at Watertown, Mass. ; married, in England, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Miles. She died February 8, 1698. He' died at Watertown, Mass., October 6, 1691.
Joseph"" Goddard, born in England, 1655; married, March 25, 1680, Deborah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sufferana (How) Treadway. He died in Brookline, Mass., July 25, 1728.
John' Goddard, born 1699; married (second wife), Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Stearns) Jennison. She was born July 17, 1702 ; died December 4, 1777. She had married, first, Stone. John Goddard died June 26, 1785.
John' Goddard, born May 28, 1730 ; married (second wife), Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (White) Seaver. She was born July 16, 1735 ; died May 31, 1821. He died April 13, 1816.
Joseph' Goddard married Mary Aspinwall.
169.
Katherine', daughter of Thomas' (Thomas', Samuel", Peter') and Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., June 9, 1764; died August 18, 1821, of consumption. She mar- ried, November 26, 1786, Edward Brewer. He was born at Wrentham, Mass., February 29, 1764; died August 25, 1812. Children :
340. KATHERINE*', b. Nov. 3, 1787; m. April 21, 1814, David Richard
Grigpjs of Brighton, Mass. She d. Nov. 30, 1815.
341. THOMAS ASPINWALL«, b. . Was living [at Macon, Ga., in
1874.
342. GEORGE ASPINWALL', b. .
343. JOSEPH", b. Jan. 31, 1790.
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170.
Lucy', daughter of Thomas* (Thomas', Samue?, Peter') and Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., March 27, 1767. She married, first, as his second wife, October 13, 1791, Ebenezer Davis. He died July 8, 1806, aged 48 years. She married, second, May 19, 1811, James Holden. Children :
344. LUCYS bap. Aug. 26, 1792 ; m. April 5, 1814, Henry Gardner of Woburn.
She d. March 11, 1833.
345. ELIZABETH ASPINWALL«, bap. Dec. 22, 1793; d. June 11, 1798.
346. INCREASE SUMNEIl«, bap. May 14, 1797. A clergyman. Lived at
Wentworth, N. H.
347. THOMAS ASPINWALL", b. Dec. 11, 1798; m. Sarah Jackson
of Newton, but had no children. He was at one time mayor of Boston. He d. Nov. 22, 1845.
348. ELIZABETH ASPINWALL«, bap. May 3, 1801 ; d. Nov. 22, 1816.
349. EBENEZERS bap, July 22, 1804. Went to Maine.
DAVIS ANCESTRY.
Ebenezer' Davis came from Wales the latter part of 17" cen- tury. Settled at Brookline, Mass. His wife was Rachel.
Ebenezer" Davis, born 1703 ; married Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Weld) White. She was born August 5, 1704; died February 10, 1774. He died September 30, 1775.
Ebenezer' Davis, born 1730 ; married August 19, 1756, Sarah, daughter of Increase and Sarah (Sharp) Sumner. She was born January 3, 1738. He died December 7, 1776.
Ebenezer' Davis married Mary Aspinwall.
171.
Thomas', son of Thomas' (Thomas', SamueP, Peter") and Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., Jan- uary 16, 1770; died there December 18, 1843. He was deaf and dumb, but like many others thus afflicted, his other faculties seemed sharpened to unusual acuteness. He never married, and he and his sister, Elizabeth, also unmarried, always lived together.
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172.
John', son of Thomas' (Thomas', Samuel", Peter') and Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., February 5, 1772; married. May 22, 179i, Anna Chinery of Watertown, Mass. She was born January 22, 1767, and died in 1833, at the home of her son John in Brookfield, Mass, He died at Brook- line, February 23, 1816. Children :
+ 350. JOHN^ b. Dec. 14, 1794.
351. WILLIAM CHINERY^ b. Dec. 31, 1798 ; d. July 13, 1849, unm.
352. THOMAS^ bap. July 19, 1801 ; d. INov. 11, 1802. +353. GEORGES b. .
CHINERY ANCESTRY.
Lambert' Chinery, born in England, 1593, was early of Watertown, Mass. In 1635, was of Dedham, but returned to Watertown, where he died January 30, 1674.
John' Chinery, born in England; married, March 12, 1656, Sarah, widow of Thomas Boylston. She died September 14, 1704. He died September 5, 1675.
John^ Chinery, born December 7, 1657; married, June 4, 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Traine) Strat- ton. She was born July 2, 1664.
Ebenezer' Chinery, born November 10, 1697; married Ruth
William' Chinery, born July 24, 1742; married, April 11, 1765, Sybil, daughter of Elisha Cox. She was born November 6, 1745.
Anna' Chinery married John Aspinwall.
173.
George', son of Thomas' (Thomas', Samuel", Peter'} and Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., April 3, 1774. He was a physician, and died at St. Helena, S. C, in 1804. No further account of him has been ascertained except that he is believed to have been unmarried.
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174.
Joanna', daughter of Thomas* (Thomas', Samue?, Peter') and Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., July 12, 1776; married, December 23, 1799, Nathaniel Griggs. He died January 27, 1844. She died June 18, 1829.
Children :
354. NATHANIEL ASPINWALL", b. May 18, 1801 ; d. April 27, 1877. + 355. ELIZA^ b. Oct. 14, 1804.
GRIGGS ANCESTRY.
Thomas' Griggs came from England in 1635, and settled at Roxbury, Mass. Died there May 23, 1646. Wife was Mary
Joseph" Griggs, born in England ; married (second wife), November 8, 1654, Hannah Davis. She died January 9, 1684. He died at Roxbury, April 10, 1715.
Ichabod' Griggs, born September 29, 1675 ; married Mar- garet, daughter of Samuel and Hester (Cogswell) Bishop. She was born May 17, 1676. He died April 21, 1718.
Thomas' Griggs, born 1706 ; married Margaret, daughter of John and Dorothy (Brewer) Williams. She was born February 19, 1723.
Nathaniel' Griggs married Joanna Aspinwall.
185.
William', son of William' (Thomas', Samuel", Peter') and Susanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., August 6, 1784. He graduated at Harvard College in 1S04, and settled in Brookline, where he practiced his profession as a phy- sician, and died, unmarried, April 7, 1818.
186.
Thomas', son of William' (Thomas', Samuel", Peter') and Susanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., May 23, 1786; died at Boston, Mass., August 11, 1876, aged 90
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 81
years. He graduated at Harvard College, and had been admit- ted to the bar, but the breaking out of the second war with Great Britain changed his whole career of life. He was a gallant and faithful soldier in this war. He was made Major of the 9th Regiment of U. S. Infantry, March 12, 1812, which regi- ment he aided in raising. Was appointed Lieut. Col. of the loth U. S. Infantry, March 12, 1813, and transferred to the 9th Regiment U. S. Infantry, September 29, 1813. He served gal- lantly at the battle of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and was brevetted Colonel, September 17, 1814, for distinguished service in Brown's Sortie from Fort Erie, in which engagement he lost his left arm, and in which he led Miller's column in the storming of the British entrenchments. It is said of him, that after being wounded, he v/alked backwards to the Surgeon's for fear that he should be shot in the back. He was honorably discharged from the service June 15, 1815, and, in July of that year, he was appointed U. S. Consul at London, England, which important office he held with great honor to himself and the country for 37 years. When he left England, the Rothschilds, Barings, George Peabody, and other distinguished persons presented him with a magnificent service of plate, (accompanied by a letter bearing most cordial and grateful testimony of respect and appreciation. He returned to Brookline, but subsequently removed to Boston, and engaged in literary pursuits. A biographical sketch of him may be found in the History of Norfolk Co., Mass., page 889.
Col. Thomas Aspinwall married, at Lancaster, Mass., Feb- ruary 13, 181-4, Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of David and Delicia (Amiraux) Poignarnd. She was born September 13, 1789; died at Taylorsville, Ky., September 16, 1878.
Children :
356. LOUISA ELIZABETH*, b. Feb. 1, 1815 ; d. April 7, 1842.
+ 357. ELIZA KING^ b. Dec. 2, 1816.
h358. WILLIAM'\ b. Feb. 16, 1819.
359. FRANCIS ALLAN«, b. June 6, 1820; d. April 1, 1848.
360. JULIANA', h. March 13, 1822 ; d. Jan. 26, 1839.
361. SUSAN AUGUSTA*, b. Feb. 10, 1826 ; d. May 2, 1833.
362. MARY DELICIA*, b. July 28, 1827 ; d. April 26, 1833.
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187.
Augustus', son of William' (Thomas', Samue?, Peter') and Susanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., December 14, 1787. He was a merchant in Boston. He lived in the "new house," built by his father on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline, until his death. He was passionately fond of roses, and his gardens and greenhouses were celebrated for the many and rare varieties produced. He was also an ardent sportsman, and it was while he was on one of his annual hunting excursions that he died, at Woodstock, Ct., July 27, 1865. He married, at Bos- ton, in April, 1824, Martha Babcock, daughter of Hon. Stephen and Susanna (Cleveland) Higginson. She was born October 15, 1801 ; died March 4, 1833. They had no children.
189.
Susanna', daughter of William' (Thomas', Samue?, Peter') and Susanna (Gardner) Aspinwall, was born in Brookline, Mass., July 17, 1790; married, September 7, 1813, Lewis Tappan. He was born in Northampton, Mass., May 23, 1788; died in Brook- lyn, N. Y., June 21, 1873. She died in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 24, 1853. Lewis Tappan was early a merchant in Boston, Mass., but removed to New York City in 1828, and entered into partnership with his brother Arthur, the firm having been Arthur Tappan & Co., and was engaged in the silk and dry goods business. Lewis Tappan was a noted abolitionist, and one of the founders of the Anti-Slavery Society. He was also one of the founders of the American Missionary Society, and the originator of the first Commercial Agency. At the time of the anti-slavery riots in New York City, his house at No. 40 Rose Street, on July 9, 1834, was attacked by the mob, the house dismantled, and a large part of its contents burned in the streets.
Children :
363. SUSANNA ASPINWALL^, b. ; m. Hiram Barney.
364. JULIANA ASPINWALL'', b. .
365. SUSAN^ b. .
366. WILLIAM ASPINWALL«, b. .
367. LEWIS HENRY", b. .
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368. ELIZABETHS b.
+369. LXTCY MARIAS b. Feb. 17, 1825.
370. GEORGES b. .
871. GEORGIANA BLAGDENS b. .
372. ELLEN AUGUSTAS b. .
TAPPAN ANCESTRY.
Abraham' Toppan (as the name was spelled in the early gen- erations), baptized February 27, 1608, at Cambridge, Yorkshire, Eng., with his wife Susanna (Taylor) and two children came to New England in 163T, and settled at Newbury, Mass. He was then 31 years of age and his wife 30. He died at Newbury, November 5, 1672, and his widow died March 20, 1689.
Peter'' Toppan, born in England about 1634. He was a physician. Married, April 3, 1661, Jane, daughter of Christopher and Anne (Thatcher) Batt of Boston. She died in 1710. He died November 3, 1707.
Samuer Toppan, born June 5, 1670; married, June 3, 1701, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Michael and Martha (Mudge) Wiggles- worth. She was born March 20, 1681 ; died January 28, 1771, He died October 30, 1750.
Benjamin* Tappan, born February 28, 1721 ; married, No- vember 17, 1746, Elizabeth, daughter of David and Mary (Moody) Marsh. She was born June 29, 1723; died in August, 1807. He died May 6, 1790.
Benjamin' Tappan, born October 21, 1747; married, October 22, 1770, Sard,h, daughter of William and Rebecca (Dawes) Homes. She was born January 2, 1748; died March 26, 1826. He died January 29, 1831.
Lewis' Tappan married Susanna Aspinwall.
195.
Zalmon', son of Peter' (Peter' Nathaniel^ Peter') and Han- nah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., July 20, 1769; married Mary Snow. She died August 26, 1842, aged 55 years. He died November 26, 1844. They lived in Ashford, Ct., and had no children.
197.
Thomas', son of Peter' (Peter', NathanieP, Peter') and Han- nah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born in Mansfield, Ct., January 16,
84rc PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
1775; married, February 21, 1811, Achsah Babcock of Ashford, Ct. They lived at the old Aspinwall homestead in Mansfield. After his death, his widow married, February 2, 1842, Joseph Sollace. She died September 3, 1853, aged 65 years. Thomas^ died November 29, 1828. Children :
373. MARY ANN PALMER", b. April 26, 1813 ; d. April 13, 1819.
374. JOHN PADDOCK", b. Jan. 26, 1815 ; d. Oct. 25, 1865. No children. +375. THOMAS WILLIAMS", b. April 8, 1718.
+376. GEORGE WHITMAN", b. Oct. 13, 1820.
198.
Hannah*, daughter of Peter' (Peter', Nathanie?, Peter') and Hannah (Collins) Aspinwall, was born at Mansfield, Ct., January 3, 1779; married, December 8, 1805, Washington Irving, son of Barzilla Swift. He died March 11, 1871, aged 89 years and 6 months. She died November 26, 1835.
Children :
377. ELIZA", b. March 24, 1807; d. April 13, 1808.
378. MADISON", b. Dec. 4, 1808 ; d. Jan. 29, 1836.
379. DELIA", b. April 24, 1811 ; m. Nov. 7, 1831, Chester StorrH. They had:
1. LAUEA\ b. .
2. HENRY', b. .
8. MARY% b. .
380. JOHN ASPINWALL", b. March 21, 1813 ; d. July 17, 1813.
381. ABIGAIL", b. April 29, 1814 ; m. Julius Royce of Chaplin, Ct. They
had:
1. ELIZA', b. .
2. JULIET', b. .
382. MARY", b. Aug. 4, 1816; m. Nov. 7, 1831, Jesse W. Cross. No children.
383. HARRIET", b. Oct. 10. 1819 ; m. March 7, 1841, Lucius W. Cross.
They had :
1. MARY', b. .
2. DELIA', b. .
3. MADISON', b.
4. HARRIET', b.
203.
Zalmon', son of Zalmon' (Peter', Nathan', Peter') and Han- nah (Conant) Aspinwall, was born at Lebanon, N. H., May 6,
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1783. When a young man he went to Boston, Mass., and en- gaged in business there. While living in Boston, he married a widow (name unknown) with five children. His health failing, he returned to his father's in Lebanon, and died there March 15, 1814. He left no children. His widow returned to Boston and died there about 1872.
205.
Augusta", daughter of Zalmon* (Peter', Nathaniel", Peter*)
and Hannah (Conant) Aspinwall, was born at Lebanon, N. H.,
December 31, 1786; married, June 13, 1813, Timothy Howe.
He was born December 5, 1783; died March 26, 1835. She
died May 15, 1862. They lived at Underbill, Vt.
Children :
+ 384. ADELIZA TINEMOUTH«, b. Oct. 6, 1814. +385. EDWIN HARRISON^ b. April 5, 1817.
386. ARTALISSA SOUTHWORTH^ b. June 13, 1819; d. Jan. 10, 1894,
unm.
387. AUGUSTA DARWIN«, b. July 8, 1822; d. March 29, 1833.
388. BETSEY STICKNEY«, b. Oct. 1, 1826 ; m. Dec. 11, 1877, Halsey Eiley
Stevens. He died May 22, 1881. She was living (1896) at Newburg, N. Y.
389. CHAUNCEY ASPINWALL'', b. April 6, 1831 ; d. July 6, 1860, unm.
HOWE ANCESTRY.
John' Howe came from England, and was of Sudbury, Mass., 1639 ; died May 28, 1680, aged 78 years. His widow, Mary, died in 1698.
Samue? Howe, born October 20, 1642 ; married, June 5, 1663, Martha, daughter of John and Margaret Bent. She died August 29, 1680. He died April 13, 1713.
Samue? Howe, born May 19, 1668; married, December 11, 1690, Abigail, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Garfield) Mixer. She was born November 16, 1672. He died 1731.
Peter' Howe settled at Hopkinton, N. H. ; married, 1723, Thankful, daughter of Isaac and Frances (Woods) Howe.
Jotham' Howe, born July 23, 1733; married, Mary, daugh- ter of Aaron and Susanna (Smith) Kimball. She was baptized February 4, 1739.
Jonathan' Howe, born August 27, 1761 ; married, 1782, Bet- sey, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gould) Stickney. She was
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born Auo;ust 27, 1763; died, April, 1839. He died September 20, 1841.
Timothy' Howe married Augusta Aspinwall.
207.
Eleazar', son of Zalmon' (Peter', Natbanie?, Peter') and Hannah (Conant) Aspinwall. was born in Lebanon, N. H., Feb- ruary 2, 1791 ; died there February 12, 1883. He succeeded his father in the possession of the old homestead. He married, Feb- ruary 21, 182S, Mary, daughter of Elijah and Polly (Simons) Sprague. She died April 18, 1859.
Children :
390. LEWIS GILBERT", b. April 21, 1830. Lives at Lebanon ; unm.
+391. CHARLES CARROLL^, b. Nov. 11, 1831.
392. DELIA SPRAGUE', b. March 5, 1834 ; unm.
393. ZALMONS b. April 29, 1836 ; d. June 20, 1874 ; unm. ' +394. MARY", b. Oct. 16, 1838.
+ 395. ALBERT^, b. Nov. 24, 1844.
208.
Zerviah', daughter of Zalmon' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') and Hannah (Conant) Aspinwall, was born in Lebanon, N. H., Sep- tember 28, 1792; married, January 19, 1824, Moses Seavey. He was born in Fairfax, Vt., January 1, 1795; died at White River Junction, Vt., May 17, 1878. She died January 7, 1865.
Children :
396. BENJAMIN ZALMON", b. Dec. 28, 1824 ; d. Jan. 2, 1825.
+397. HORACE ELEAZAR«, b. A.ug. 18, 1826.
398. SOPHRONIA ANNS b. Feb. 24. 1829 ; d. Feb. 28, 1829.
+ 399. HIRAM CHATJNCEYS b. Jan. 15, 1833.
209. Horatio G.', son of Zalmon* (Peter', Nathanie?, Peter') and Hannah (Conant) Aspinwall, was born in Lebanon, N. H., August 5, 1794. He learned the jeweler's trade, and at one time carried on that business at Lebanon. He subsequently removed to Providence, R. I., where he married, November, 29, 1818, Ruth
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S. White. He died at Charleston, S. C, December 9, 1825, where he had perhaps removed. No record of any children has been found.
210.
Shubael C.\ son of Zalmon' (Peter', Nathaniel", Peter') and Hannah (Conant) Aspinwall, was born in Lebanon, N. H., Janu- ary 17, 1797. He early went to sea, and made several voyages. On May 16, 1827, he left home with the intention of shipping again, and was never heard of afterwards. He was unmarried.
212.
Chauncey Butler', son of Zalmon' (Peter', Nathanie?, Peter") and Hannah (Conant) Aspinwall, was born in Lebanon, N. H., April 30, 1802. He settled first at Oswego, N. Y., but subse- quently removed to Cincinnati, O., where he carried on the jew- elry business for many years, and where he died December 2, 1882. He married, at Utica, N. Y., Sarah Whitely. She was born in Lebanon, Ct., June 6, 1805; died at Cincinnati, O., August 6, 1864.
Children :
400. JOHN ZALMON«, b. July 27, 1827 ; d. March 27, 1829.
401. EDWARD GIlIFFIN^ b. Aug. 6, 1829 ; d. Aug. 2, 1850 ; unm. +402. HORACE ZALMON«, b. Sept. 28, 1831.
403. WILLIAM HENRY", b. July 16, 1834 ; d. Oct. 24, 1869 ; unm.
404. THEODORE HUBBARD", b. Sept. 14, 1836 ; d. Aug. 21, 1837.
405. THEODORE HUBBARD", b. Feb. 14, 1839 ; d. in the army, during
the War of the Eebellion, Jan. 5, 1865. +406. MARY WHITELY", b. July 8, 1844.
214.
Bethiah', daughter of Rebecca' (Peter', Nathanie?, Peter') Aspinwall and Samuel Estabrook, was born in Lebanon, N. H., September 2, 1768 ; married, May 2, 1793, Abraham, son of Wil-
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liam and Sarah Hoyt. . He was born January 25, 1T64 ; died May 31, 1841. She died July 30, 1826. Children :
407. ZIBA«, b. Nov. 11, 1794; m. June 3, 1826, Opha Barrett. Lived at Mon-
roe Center, OMo.
408. ABRAHAM", b. April 3, 1796 ; d. July 25, 1811.
409. SARAHS, ^j, ^prii 22. 1799.
410. HARRIETS b. July 25, 1802 ; m. June 2, 1835, Levi Oolburn.
411. LAURA«, b. Oct. 25, 1804; d. Dec. 8, 1825.
412. WILLIAM", b. Nov. 13, 1807 ; m. Dec. 13, 1881, Eliza Russell.
413. EDNA«, b. Marchi 10, 1809 ; m. March 1, 1838, Dan Perrin.
221.
Abe?, son of Eleazar' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') Aspinwall, was born July 7, 1778, according to his gravestone, which gives his death as occurring September 12, 1830, aged 52 years, 2 months and 5 days.
He was living at Lisle, Broome County, N. Y., early in the
19th century, and about the year 1810, removed to Buffalo, N. Y.
He subsequently lived for a time in Canada, but finally settled
at Royal Oak, Wayne Co., Mich., where he was a farmer,
and where he died at date named above. He married, in Buffalo,
about the year 1815, Miranda Curtis. She died November 2,
1858.
Children :
+414. WILLIAMS b. July 7, 1816.
+415. EDWARDS b. Dec. 13, 1818.
416. ELIZAS b. ; d. 1842, at the age of about 22 ; unm.
+417, HIRAMS b. April 19, 1823.
+418. ABELS b. Feb. 24, 1825.
222.
Eleazar', son of Abel' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') and Sybil (Lewis) Aspinwall, was a Surgeon in the U. S. Army, and died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., date unknown. He left a widow, Eliza (maiden name not ascertained), but no children.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 89
224.
Chester\ son of Abe? (Peter', Nathanie?, Peter') and Sybil (Lewis) Aspinwall, died at Buffalo, N. Y., date unknown, unmar- ried. He was living at Batavia, N. Y., July 7, 1823, on which date he signed a receipt for his share in his father's estate, as shown by the Probate Records at Willimantic, Ct. He served during the War of 1812, in Capt. Dunham's Co., Col. Churchill's Regiment of N. Y. State militia.
22.5.
Lewis', son of Abel' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') and Sybil (Lewis) Aspinwall, was born in 1792. He lived for many years at Albany, N. Y., where he had a bell foundry. He subsequently removed to New York City, where he died June 11, 1852, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. He married (1), about 1815, Eliza, daughter of Emanuel and Love Perady. Emanuel Perady was a Portugese sea captain. He married (2), May 9, 1831, at Colchester, Ct., Maria Murphy. She was the daughter of his cousin, Capt. John Murphy (No. 228).
Children :
+419. ANGELICA GILBERT", b. Dec. 30, 1816. +420. LEWIS ELEAZARfi, b. Jan. 18, 1819.
+421. SYBIL LEWIS", b. ; (by first wife) .
422. JOHN", b. ; (by second wife). He died in New York City at the
age of 21 or 22 years.
230.
SamueP, son of Abigail' (Peter', Nathanier, Peter') Aspin- wall and Samuel South worth, was born in Mansfield, Ct., April 19, 1772; married (1), October 11, 1797, Roxanna Stowell ; mar- ried (2), June 15, 1814, Submit Hartshorn.
Children :
422a. NABBY«, b. Sept. 5, 1798.
4226. WILLIAM", b. July 21, 1801.
422c. CHARLES GARDNER", b. Jan. 23, 1815; m. Dec. 18, 1838, Laura R.
Swift. 422(i. GEORGE MERIT", b. May 6, 1817. 422e. ROXLA JANE", b. Oct. 22, 1821. 422/. SARAH ANN", bap. Sept. 1, 1822; d. May 25, 1827,
90 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
235.
Eleazar', son of Abigail' (Peter', Nathaniel", Peter') Aspin- wall and Samuel Southworth, was born in Mansfield, Ct., Sep- tember 2, 1781; married, November 15, 1807, Mary, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Tracy) Hyde of Norwich, Ct. She was born November 21, 1784; died September 4, 1848. They removed to Elba, N. Y.
Children :
423. ELIZA HYDE6, b. Dec. 23, 1808; m. Nov. 8, 1826, Henry Buell.
424. OLIVE ANNE«, b. Aug. 17, 1812; m. June 6, 1842, Joshua Hyde
Woolworth.
425. SARAH ASPINWALL«, b. March 8, 1815; m. July 11, 1837, William
Charles Raymond of Granville, N. T.
426. MARGARET STORRS^, b. June 1, 1817; m. May 1, 1839, Nathan
Raymond, and removed to Cambridge, Iowa.
427. GARDNER TRACY«, b. Feb. 16, 1827.
242.
Zerviah', daughter of Mary' (Peter', Nathanier, Peter') As- pinwall and Skiff Freeman, was born in Mansfield, Ct., February 24, 1777; married, December 31, 1811, Alpheus Hanks. Lived at Hartford, Ct.
Children : 438. MARIA", b. ; m. Jonathan Niles or Nye.
429. JULIAS b. ; m. Whipple.
430. GEORGE LUCIUS^, b. ; m. Julia Bruce.
431. ALBERT^, b. ; m. Anna .
433. ZERVIAH«, b. ; m. Dr. Henry Crane of Cincinnati, Ohio.
244.
Shubaer, son of Mary' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') Aspinwall and Skiff Freeman, was born in Mansfield, Ct., November 5, 1782; married, January 14, 1810, Polly Hanks. He died Febru- ary 7, 1866. They lived at the old Freeman homestead in Mans- field.
Children :
433. ELEAZAR«, b. ; m. Abigail Crane.
434. SARAH«, b. ; m. John N. Barrows,
435. LUCIAN6, b. ; m. Olive Cole.
436. GEORGES b. ; m. Mary Hall.
437. MARILLAS b. ; m, Clark Jeshumway of Hartford, Ct.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 91
245.
Rebecca', daughter of Mary' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') Aspinwall and Skiff Freeman, was born in Mansfield, Ct., June 30, 1784; married Truman Hanks, and lived at Hartford, Ct. She died at Hartford, Ct., about 1850.
Children :
438. LUCIAN B.«, b. ; m. Mary Dexter. Lived in New York City.
439. HARRIET^, b. ; m. E. Hyde of Mystic, Ct.
440. MARCUS^ b. ; d. at sea.
441. ED"WIN^ b. ; m. Mary Morgan of Perth Amboy.
442. TRUMAN«, b. .
443. MARY% b. ; m. Henry Beach.
24:6.
George', son of Mary' (Peter', Nathaniel', Peter') Aspinwall and Skiff Freeman, was born in Mansfield, Ct., April 21, 1789; married Lydia V. Burr. He was an artist, and lived in New York City. He died March 7, 1868. Children : 444. ANN MARYS b. .
445. GEORGE LLOYD«, b.
250.
Mary', daughter of Asa' (Nathaniel', Nathaniel', Peter') and Anna (Adams) Aspinwall, was born in Canterbury, Ct., October 6, 1763. She married (1), at West Fairlee, Vt., John, son of Ellis and Tamar (Dewey) Bliss. He was born April 7, 1761. They lived on the north side of the river road in the lower part of Bradford, Vt. John Bliss was drowned April 19, 1803, at the raising of a bridge across Waits River in Bradford.
She married (2), Deacon Shaw of Piermont, N. H.
A few years after this marriage, Deacon Shaw left his house one night, and the next day his body was found on the sand by a small stream. She married (3), Esq. Freeman of Piermont, N. H., and removed to his home there. After his
92 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
death, she returned to Bradford, Vt., where she died May 2, 1846. She had no children.
251.
Samuel", son of Asa* (Nathaniel', Nathanief, Peter') and Anna (Adams) Aspinwall, was born in Canterbury, Ct., September 30, 1766. He served during the Revolutionary War in Capt. Allen's Co., Col. Canfield's Regiment of Connecticut militia. He married, December 10, 1789, Jane Jackson, and soon after removed to Lyme, N. H., and subsequently to Coventry, N. H. Afterwards he went to Bradford, Vt., and lived in the Bliss homestead, owned by his sister Mary. He died April 26, 1813. Children : +446. ELIZABETHS b. May 4, 1797.
253.
John', son of Asa* (NathanieF, NathanieF, Peter') and Hannah (Bennett) Aspinwall, was born January 11, 1775. After the death of his father, at West Fairlee, Vt., he returned to Connecticut with his mother, and lived in the family of her third husband. Col. Jesse Tracy. Col. Tracy carried on the business of tanning, currying and shoemaking, and John Aspinwall learned these trades. After working for a while at New London, Ct., he went to Bradford, Vt., and commenced the tanning busi- ness. He subsequently engaged in farming. He lived just over the boundary line in Fairlee, but, as his post office was at Brad- ford, he always called the latter place his residence. He after- wards removed to Lancaster, N. H. He married at Bradford, Vt., February 17, 1799, Hannah White, said to have been a lineal descendant of Peregrine White, born on the "Mayflower," November, 1620. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah Sweat, and her father's given name was, perhaps, Nathaniel. She was born December 30, 1772, and died January 25, 1822. John Aspinwall married (2), May 18, 1823, Huldah M., daughter
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 93
of Jacob Barrows of Dalton, N. H. She died at Lancaster, N. H., April, 1860, He died at Lancaster, N. H., May 27, 1858. Children :
+447. NATHANIEL WHITE«, b. June 26, 1801.
+448. MARYS b. Aug. 27, 1803.
449. JOHN BENNETTS b. Oct. 19, 1806; d. May 25, 1833, unm. He was a Methodist clergyman.
+450. JOSEPH CLARKS b. April 5, 1809.
+451. CAROLINE S.^ b. Feb. 8, 1812.
+452. ASA HUBBARDS b. April 19, 1825.
+453. JULIA MINERVAS b. Feb. 3, 1828.
454. ATJGUSTUSS b. July 28, 1831; d. Jan. 18, 1836.
255.
Nathaniel', son of Asa' (Nathaniel', Nathaniel', Peter') and
Hannah (Bennett) Aspinwall, was born September 15, 1778.
When a young man, he taught school in Bradford, Vt. He studied
medicine, and commenced the practice of his profession at Genoa,
Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he became a successful and very
popular physician. He later removed to Elmira, N. Y., where
he died in 1861. He married Eudosia Pomeroy of Colchester,
Ct. She was born in Coventry, Ct., January 10, 1783; died in
1852.
Children :
+455. NATHANIEL POMEROYS b. March 22, 1805. +456. EDSON% b. April 11, 1811.
457. AUGUSTUS'S b . He studied medicine, and commenced its prac-
tice, but died, unmarried, at the age of about 22 years.
458. SARAHS b. ; d. young.
POMEROY ANCESTRY.
Eltweed' Pomeroy came from Devonshire, Eng.,inl630. Was of Dorchester, Mass., in 1633, and of Windsor, Ct., about 1635 or 6.
Joseph" Pomeroy, baptized June 20, 1652; married, June 20, 1677, Hannah, daughter of Richard and Hepzibah (Ford) Lyman. He was of Westfield, Mass., and subsequently of Colchester, Ct.
Noah' Pomeroy, born May 19, 1700; married (1st wife), December 16, 1721, Elizabeth Sterling.
Danier Pomeroy, born October 13, 1727; married Naomi Kibbe.
94 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS'.
Eleazar" Pomeroy, born October 24, 1752 ; married (1st wife), Sybil Kingsbury. She died May 11, 1786. He died June 16, 1811.
Eudosia' Pomeroy married Nathaniel Aspinwall.
256.
Lucy', daughter of Asa' (Nathanier, Nathanie?, Peter') and Hannah (Bennett) Aspinwall, was born October 6, 1780; married, June 19, 1800, Joseph Dorman of South Coventry, Ct. He was born July 10, 1769; died May 3, 1822. She died in 1868.
Children :
459. EUNICE", b. Aug. 6, 1801 ; d. Aug. 27, 1804.
+460. JOSEPH^, b. June 5, 1805.
461. LUCY ASPINWALL", b. June 6, 1807 ; m. Simeon Woodworth. She d. in Jan., 1885.
+ 462. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS", b. April 19, 1810.
463. ANNA", b. July 25, 1814; d. March 21, 1828.
464. EMILY", b. Feb. 17, 1818 ; m. her cousin, Levi Hall Nelson (see under
No. 468).
258.
Sophia', daughter of Asa' (Nathaniel", Nathanie?, Peter') and Hannah (Bennett) Aspinwall, was born March 22, 1785 ; married, October 22, 1810, as his second wife, Seth Nelson. He was born August 2, 1776. She died May 5, 1860. They lived for some years at Amherst, Mass. , and then removed to Central New York.
Children :
465. ABIGAIL SOPHIA", b. Aug. 29, 1811 ; m. Jan. 9, 1840, Milton A.
Kinney of Skaneatles, N. Y. No children. She died Jan., 1887.
466. HANNAH URANIA", b. June 25, 1813 ; d. Nov. 25, 1877. +467. SETH BUELL", b. April 22, 1815.
+468. LEVI HALE." b. April 22, 1815. +469. FANNY MELISSA CLARK", b. Oct. 7, 1817. +470. HENRY ADDISON", b. Oct. 31, 1820. +471. DAVID BRAINARD", b. May 12, 1823. +472. SAMUEL WORCESTER", b. May 12, 1823. 472a. WILLIAM TRACY", b. Feb. 1, 1826 ; d. March 16, 1829.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 95
NELSON ANCESTRY.
Thomas' Nelson came from England in 1638, and settled at Rowley, Mass. He married Joan, daughter of Thomas Dummer.
Thomas" Nelson, born in England, in 1638; married Ann, daughter of Francis Lambert. She died January 2, 1678. He died at Rowley, Mass., April 5, 1712.
Gershom' Nelson, born July 11, 1662; married, July 16, 1700, Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Batt) EUithorpe. She was born March 16, 1679. ,
Nathaniel' Nelson was born April 22, 1701. >H.a^''l^-irv'«^v^i^^ti^
Seth° Nelson, married, October 28, 1756, Silence, daughter of Ebenezerand Hannah (Bigelow) Cheney. She was born July 27, 1740. He died September 10, 1811.
Seth' Nelson married Sophia Aspinwall.
259.
Lydia', daughter of Asa' (Nathaniel', Nathanie?, Peter') and Hannah (Bennett) Aspinwall, was born February 27, 1788, at Fairlee,Vt. ; married, at Lisbon, Ct., November 9, 1809, Gurdon Robinson of Scotland, Ct. He was born October 10, 1783. He was a merchant at Scotland, Ct., and afterwards at Lebanon, Ct. He died at Lebanon, Ct., September 1, 1846. She died at the home of her son, Luther, at Roxbury, Mass., September 5, 1852.
Children :
+473. LTJTHERs, b. June 5, 1811.
+474. ASA ASPINWALL', b. May 14, 1814.
ROBINSON ANCESTRY.
Isaac' Robinson, was born in Leyden, Holland, in 1610, and came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1631. He was a son of Rev. John Robinson, the famous " Pastor Robinson " of the Colony of Pilgrims, who emigrated from England to Holland, and came to Plymouth, Mass., on the "Mayflower" in 1620, but Rev. John Robinson did not come with them. He married Mary, sister of John Faunce, who came to Plymouth in 1623. Isaac' Robin- son died in Barnstable, Mass.
Peter' Robinson, born in Barnstable in 1655; married Expe- rience, daughter of John Manter of Tisbury, Mass. She died April 30, 1727, aged 55 years. He died in Windham, Ct., in 1740.
96 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS
Peter' Robinson, born 1697; married, June 30, 1725, Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Thacher) Fuller. She was born 1706 ; died January 9, 1795. He died March 22, 1785.
Experience" Robinson, born April 22, 1728 ; married, Feb- 14, 1749, Zerviah Palmer. She was born 1730 ; died June 9, 1806. He died September 10, 1807.
James' Robinson, born November 30, 1752 ; married (1st wife), February 8, 1781, Chloe Welsh. She v/as born July 5, 1756; died January 20, 1811. He died January 25, 1827.
Gurdon' Robinson married Lydia Aspinwall.
260.
Betsey', daughter of Lucy" (Nathaniel', Nathanie?, Peter') Aspinwall and Joseph King, was born in Lisbon, Ct. ; married, March 4, 1790, Joseph Jewett. He was born December 12, 1762 ; died 1833. She died in Lisbon in 1838.
Children :
475. BETSEY^ b. 1790 ; m. Palmer. Went to California.
476. SARAHS, b. 1792 ; m. Dexter. No issue.
477. LYDIA«, b. 1794 ; m. Bottom. Went to Chicago, 111.
478. ANNS b. 1796 ; m. Bliss. Went to Malone, N. Y.
479. ELEAZAR«, b. Jan. 11, 1799; m. (1), 1820, Mary Clark, d. 1824; m. (2),
1829, Mary A. (Eussell) Mount, b. Aug. 10, 1803. She d. April 14, 1883. He d. Oct. 25, 1838. They had :
1. ELEAZAE^ b. Jan. 2, 1823; m. Sarah Sherman. He d. March
17. 1895.
2. WASHINGTON', b. 1830; d. 1845.
3. MARSHALL\ b. Oct. 23, 1831 ; m. Sarah Bull.
4. LABAN RUSSELL', b. April 12, 1833 ; m. Elizabeth L. F.
Robinson.
480. HENRY LAURENS«, b. April 2, 1801; m. (1), Harriet Beutley. They
had:
1. HARRIET', b. ; m. Richardson.
m. (2) , Eliza Chapman. They had :
2. JOSEPH H.', b. ; m. Jennie Cottrell.
3. ELIZA', b. ; m. Winship.
4. ADELAIDE', b. ; m. Pettit.
5. ANNA', b. ; m. Kellogg.
481. JOSEPH KINGS b. Dec. 18, 1802; m. 1831, Abigail Simons. She was
b. 1793; d. 1877. He d. 1860. They had:
1. JOSEPHS.', b. 1831.
2. LYDIA', b. 1835; m. Davis.
3. JEMIMA', b. 1837; m. Palmer.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 97
482. THOMAS MURIDOCK«, b. Sept. 30, 1804; m. Eliza Godfrey. They had:
1. JANE', b. .
2. THOMAS', b. -.
3. AETHUE', b. .
483. CHARLES*, b. Sept. 5, 1807; a physician; m. May 5, 1830, Lucy Adams Tracy. She was b. Sept. 27. 1811; now living (1898) at Yonkers, N. Y. He d. April 3, 1879. They had : 1. CHAELES^ b. 1831 ; d. 1889. 3. WILLIAM\ b. 1832.
3. EICHAED^ b. 1834.
4. LUCY', b. 1840.
5. JOHN', b. 1840.
6. FEANK F.', b. 1844.
7. SAEAHE.', b. 1846.
8. WILLIAM PAEKEE' b. 1848.
261.
Williams son of William' (Nathaniel', Nathaniel', Peter') and Mary (Shaw) Aspinwall, was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., October 8, 1775 ; married, April 3, 1803, Olive Leach. She was born in Canterbury, August 21, 1782; died February 17, 1863. He lived at the old homestead in Canterbury, Ct., and died there February 5, 3 863.
Children :
484. EMILY«, b. June 15, 1804; d. Oct. 24, 1820.
+485. ALMIRA«, b. Dec. 2, 1806.
+486. EMERETTE'% b. May 6, 1809,
487. CHARLES WILLIAM^, b. Feb. 25, 1811 ; d. April 6, 1821.
+488. OLIVE LEACH«, b. Sept. 17, 1812.
+489. JANE«, b. April 23. 1815.
+490. GEORGE^, b. Nov. 2, 1818.
491. FREDERICK^, b. June 28, 1820 ; d. July 2, 1821.
LEACH ANCESTRY.
Thomas' Leach, born about 1652, was of New London, Ct., about 1680. His ancestry is not traced. Married (2d wife) Mary, daughter of Clement and Frances (Burcher) Minor, She was born January 19, 1665. He died November 24, 1732.
Thomas' Leach, born about 1690; married, April 2,1713, Mary Munsell. He died in 1732.
Thomas' Leach, born 1715; married, 1739, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Bingham) Reynolds. She was born in 1720; died in 1768. He died in 1793.
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98 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
Jedediah' Leach, born in 1754; married Phebe Kasson. He served in the Revolutionary War. He died in Canterbury, Ct., April 12, 1832.
Olive' Leach married William Aspinwall.
265.
James', son of William* (Nathanie?, Nathaniel', Peter') and Mary (Shaw) Aspinwall, was born in Canterbury, Ct., June 19, 1784; died May 4, 1854. He served during the War of 1812, as a Captain in Col. William Belcher's Regiment of Connecticut militia. It is related that while at Stonington, Ct., watching the British ships, " one valiant Windham County Captain was court- martialled and sent home for embezzling flour for the use of his own family. Capt. James Aspinwall of Canterbury took his place, and gave universal satisfaction, especially as a disciplina- rian, • booting ' his first lieutenant before the whole company for slowness of motion."
He married (1), December 22, 1822, Harriet, daughter of Gen. Jedediah Johnson of Canterbury. She died March 29, 1824, aged 33 years. He married (2), in 1834, Sallie F. Rhodes, daughter of Christopher Stafford of Warwick, R. I. She died October 22, 1852, aged 45 years.
Children : 492. CHARLES JOHNSON^, b. Jan. 18, 1824. He is living at Central Village, Ct., unmarried.
270. Sophia", daughter of Priscilla* (Nathaniel', Nathaniel*, Peter') Aspinwall and Samuel Bacon, was born in Canterbury, Ct., March 31, 1785; married. May 14, 1816, Rev. Erastus Learned of Westminister, Ct. He died June 30, 1824. She died Febru- ary 11, 1830.
Children :
493. EDWIN B.«, b. Feb. 24, 1817; d. Feb. 28, 1861, at Dresden, Tenn.
494. SOPHIA ANN«, b. Dec. 2, 1818; m. Geo. H. Hill of Ellington, Ct.
She d. June, 188S.
495. MARY B.«, b. Dec. 18, 1821 ; m. Eev. Samuel C. Bartlett.
496. SAMUEL JULIUS', b. Oct. 23, 1823. Lives at Lake Forest, 111.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 99
271.
Lucius', son of Priscilla' (Nathaniel', Nathaniel', Peter') Aspinwall and Samuel Bacon, was born in Canterbury, Ct., May 6, 1787; married, August, 1808, Anna Lamb. He died May 11, 1875.
Children :
497. PHILURA ANNA^, b. May 15, 1809 ; m, Elisha A. Morgan of Plain- field, Ct. She d. Jan. 19, 1899. They had :
1. LUCIUS', b. .
3. MAETHA% b. .
284.
Joseph", son of Sarah' (Aaron', Eleazar^ Peter') Aspinwall and Amariah Plumb, was born January 11, 1758; married (1),
• ; married (2), June 22, 1798, Deborah Bentley. Lived
in York Co., Canada. He died July 11, 1836.
Children :
498. MARENAS*, b. .
499. AMARIAH«, b. ; m. Melinda Bentley.
500. ALVA^ b. Dec. 1, 1780 ; m. Elizabeth (Vosburg) Bertis.
501. SYLVIAS b. ; m. Joel Crumb.
502. ANNAS b. ; m. Ireland.
286.
Caleb', son of Sarah' (Aaron', Eleazar', Peter') Aspinwall and Amariah Plumb, was born in Norfolk, Ct. ; married, Eleanor Welch. They lived in Columbiana, Ohio.
Children :
503. ARIALS b. .
504. PARYSMANDTJS«, b. .
505. AGAMEMNONS h. .
506. MERLIN', b. ,
507. JAMESS b. .
508. MARaXJIS LAFAYETTE^ b. ,
509. MINERVAS b. .
510. ADELINES b. .
511. CALEBS b. .
512. JEFFERSONS b. .
?877 5 2
100 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
288.
John", son of Aaron' (Aaron", Eleazar^ Peter') Aspinwall, was born at Norfolk, Ct., October 18, 1771. He went with his parents to Stillwater, N. Y., when a boy, and subsequently re- moved to Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. In 1845, he went to Freeport, Stephenson Co., 111., where he died January 6, 1858. He married, in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Mercy Hunger. She died in Freeport, March 14, 1864. Children :
+513. AARON H.6, b. Nov. 26, 1796.
514. DELIGHT*, b. March 10, 1798 ; probably d. unm.
515. AMELIA", b. Aug. 28, 1799 ; probably d. unm.
516. MARY% b. March 9, 1801 ; probably d. unm.
517. MERCY", b. Feb. 27, 1803 ; m. E. H. Shumway.
518. CLARINDAS b. March 16, 1805; probably d. unm. +519. JOHN", b. July 21, 1807.
+520. CAROLINE", b. Feb. 16, 1809. +521. MATILDA", b. June 18, 1820.
289. Zebina', son of Aaron' (Aaron', Eleazar', Peter') Aspinwall, was born probably at Norfolk, Ct., before his father's removal to Stillwater, N. Y., but the date of his birth has not been ascer- tained. He removed, with his father, to Cayuga Co., N. Y., and married there, date unknown, Anna Eldred. They lived at Genoa and Auburn in Cayuga County, and also in Oswego Co., N. Y. The date of his death is unknown. His wife died in 1834 or 5. The children below are perhaps not in the right order.
Children :
522. AMELIA", b. ; m. Gray, and lived in Painted Post,
Steuben Co., N. Y.
+ 523. SARAH", b. .
+524. HANNAH", b. .
+525. ABIGAIL", b. .
+526. GEORGE", b. April 25, 1815.
527. POLLY", b. May 1, 1822 ; d. Dec. 18, 1891.
+528. DANIEL", b. March 30, 1823.
+529. WILLIAM", b. .
+580. DAVID", b. Oct. 31, 1826.
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+531. ELF, b. .
532. MARIA\ b. ; m. James Eancur and lived in Port Byron, N. Y.
533. A CHILD^ b. ; d. in infancy.
534. A CHILD«. b. ; d. in infancy.
290.
Olive", daughter of Eleazar" (Aaron", Eleazar^ Peter') and Elizabeth (Steele) Aspinwall, was born in Norfolk, Ct., January 13, 1776; married, in Pawlet, Vt., James Miles, and died in East Middlebury, Vt., March 4, 1835. No account of her chil- dren has been found.
292.
Rachel", daughter of Eleazar* (Aaron", Eleazar', Peter') and Elizabeth (Steele) Aspinwall, was born in Norfolk, Ct., April 29, 1779; married (1), about 1811, Arbac Allen; married (2), about 1833, Israel Everdone. She had no children.
293.
Salmon', son of Eleazar' (Aaron", Eleazar", Peter') and Eliza- beth (Steele) Aspinwall, was born in Norfolk, Ct., June 10, 1783. He went, with his parents, to Pawlet, Bennington Co., Vt., and married there, September 29, 1805, Mary Montague. She was born January 9, 1784. They removed about 1811 to Rupert, Bennington Co., Vt., and about 1820, to Henderson, Jeffer- son Co., N. Y. He was a farmer, and also carried on the blacksmithing business. His wife died at Henderson, April 30, 1850. He died there May 4, 1856.
Children :
+535. MARY CELINDA«, b. Feb. 1, 1807.
+536. DELATUS MILES«, b. Aug. 9, 1810.
+537. JOSEPH AIKIN^ b. July 25, 1812.
+538. HANNAH ANNS b. Dec. 20, 1814.
+589. DAVID MONTAGUES b. July 27. 1817.
+540. JOEL ADONIJAH", b. Aug. 12, 1822.
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MONTAGUE ANCESTRY.
Richard' Montague, the son of Peter and Eleanor (Allen) Montague of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Eng., came to New- England about 1640, and was first of Wells, Me. In 1646, he was of Boston, Mass., and in 1651 he was of Wethersfield, Ct. In 1659, he removed to Hadley, Mass., where he died December 14, 1681. He married Abigail, daughter of Rev. Dr. Downing of Norwich, Eng.
John" Montague, born about 1655 or 6; married, March 23, 1681, Hannah, daughter of Chileab and Hannah (Hitchcock) Smith. She was born July 7, 1662. He died about 1732.
SamueP Montague, born April 2, 1695; married (first wife), January 24, 1716, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza- beth (Savage) White. She was born November 8, 1695 ; died October 15, 1753. He died January 31, 1779.
Samuel' Montague, born June 30, 1720 ; married, 1742, his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Mary (Hubbard) Mon- tague. She was born November 13, 1720; died January 31, 1816. He died January 17, 1777.
Adonijah' Montague, born April 11, 1757; served in the Revolutionary War. He married, November 28, 1778, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Simonds. She was born April 23, 1754; died August 16, 1831. He died October 8, 1828.
Mary' Montague married Salmon Aspinwall.
294,
Henry", son of Eleazar' (Aaron', Eleazar^ Peter') and Eliza- beth (Steele) Aspinwall, was born May, 1787. He served in a company of artillery under Capt. Oliver Scott of the 55th Regi- ment of New York, in the War of 1812, and was in the battle at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. He died at Ames, Montgomery Co., N. Y., after 1855. His wife was Betsey Van Alstyne. They had no children.
295.
Lyman^ son of Eleazar* (Aaron', Eleazar', Peter') and Eliza- beth (Steele) Aspinwall, was born March 3, 1792 ; married Lydia Whipple, and died at Berne, Albany Co., N. Y., prior to
1848.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 103
Children :
541. ELEAZAR", b. ; d. unm.
542. ANNIE\ b. 1836; d. unmarried, April 26, 1891.
296.
Maria\ daughter of Eleazar' (Aaron\ Eleazar*, Peter') and Elizabeth (Steele) Aspinwall, was born August 12, 1793 ; married, in 1812, Isaiah Cheever. He died August 2, 1835. No further account of them has been ascertained except that they had the following children :
Children :
543. EMILY«, b. ■ .
544. JOHN% b. .
545. LYMANS b.
297.
Betsey', daughter of Eleazar* (Aaron', Eleazar% Peter') and Elizabeth (Steele) Aspinwall, w^as born in Pawlet, Vt., January 14, 1795; married, September 4, 1816, Truman Baldwin of Watertown, Ct. He was born in Watertown, June 17, 1793 ; died there February 26, 1859.
Children :
+546. AMANDA ELIZABETH^ b. July 19, 1817. +547. ANDBEW HARVEY^, b. Dec. 31, 1818.
BALDWIN ANCESTRY,
Sylvester' Baldwin and wife Sarah (Bryan) embarked from England for America, but he died on the way over, on June 21, 1638. His widow settled at Milford, Ct.
Richard' Baldwin, born in England in 1622; married, Feb- ruary 5, 1643, Elizabeth Alsop of New Haven, Ct. He died in Milford, Ct., July 23, .1665.
Barnabas' Baldwin, born in 1665; married (second wife), Mary . He died August 22, 1741.
Timothy' Baldwin, born in 1695; married Zerviah Johnson. He died November 25, 1766.
Andrew' Baldwin, born March 1, 1724; married. May 23, 1753, Ann Merwin. She died September 7, 1759, in her 35th year.
104 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
David' Baldwin, born November 10, 1755; married, Feb- ruary 28, 1775, Martha Perkins. She was born October 10, 1757; died January 6, 1838. He died March 31, 1831.
Truman' Baldwin married Betsey Aspinwall.
298.
John Sluman", son of Joseph^ (Joseph', Joseph', Peter') Aspin- wall, was born in Canton, Mass. He was a member of the Eng- lish Church at that place in 1767. No record or further account of him or of his family has been found except the record of the birth and baptism of the following child of John Sluman and Sarah Aspinwall.
Children : 548. SARAH*, b. April 17, 1785 ; bap. July 19, 1796.
299.
John', son of John' (Joseph', Joseph^ Peter') and Penelope (Dwelly) Aspinwall, was born in Canton, Mass., May 3, 1764. He served in the army during the Revolutionary War, and after the close of the war removed to Salem, Mass., and from there to the State of Maine. He was a seafaring man, and died in the West Indies about the year 1804. He married, in May, 1786, Nancy Spurr of Canton, Mass. She was born February 11, 1763, and died at Unity, Me., November 22, 1854.
Children :
+ 549. NANCY P.\ h. Nov. 19, 1786.
+550. OLIVE«, b. March 3, 1788.
+551. ELIJAH", b. April 29, 1790.
+552. MARY E.«, b. Nov. 27, 1792.
+553. JOHN", b. May 10, 1797.
300.
Samue?, son of John' (Joseph', Joseph', Peter') and Penelope (Dwelly) Aspinwall, was born in Canton, Mass., date unknown; married (1), at Braintree, Mass., April 8, 1792, Sarah Howard;
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 105
married (2), March 16, 1812, Comfort Whidden of Greenland, N. H. ; married (3), date unknown, Nabby Whidden, sister of his second wife. He lived at Salem, Mass., afterwards in Pittston, Me., and subsequently in Berlin, now Phillips, Me., where he died in the S3d year of his age. He was a natural mechanical genius, of more than ordinary ability. Of the children named below, Darius was by the second wife, and the two last by the third wife.
Children :
554. MARYS b. ; m. Daniel F. Davis. They had :
1. ELLEN% b. .
+555. CHARLOTTE^ b. — .
+ 556. ABIGAIL", b. .
+557. THOMAS J.«, b. Aug. 26, 1801.
558. SAMUELS b. March 25, 1804 ; d. at the age of 17 years.
+559. GEORGE RILEYS b. March 24, 1807.
560, LOVINAS b. ; d. at the age of 3 years.
+561. DARIUS*, b. April 22. 1814.
+ 562. LOVINAS b. Jan. 10, 1823.
563. SARAH ANNS b. March 2, 1826 ; d. Aug. 7, 1828.
302.
John', son of Hannah' (John', Joseph', Peter') Aspinwall and Lawrence Kortright, born in New York City ; married Catherine, daughter of Edward Seaman. Capt. John Kortright died May 23, 1810, and his widow married (as his second wife), Judge Brockholst Livingston.
Children: '^'
564. JOHNS b. .
565. EDWARDS b. ; m. Sarah Barrett, They had:
1. MAEYS b. ; m. Alfred De Luze.
2. ALICES b. ; m, John Makin.
8, JOHNS b,
566. ROBERTS b. ; d. unm.
567. HESTERS b. ; m. Billopp Seaman. They had :
1. EDMONDS b. .
2. KATES b. ; m. H. I. Seaman,
3. HESTERS b. ; m. Eev. Howard.
4. HENEYS b. : d. uma.
106 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
568. ELIZA«, b. ; m. Nicholas Cruger. They had :
1. ELIZA\ b. ; unm.
2. KATE\ b. ; m. G. Rodman Fox.
3. KORTRIGHT\ b. ; m. Laura Willis.
4. MARY\ b. ; unm.
5. EUGENE^ b. ; m. Caroline Shepherd.
6. GOUVERNEUR\ b. ; m. Antoinette Blakeley.
569. NICHOLAS GOUVEIlNEUR«, b. ; m. Sarah Allaire. He d.
Feb. 16, 1874. They had :
1. GOUVERNEUR', b. ; m. (1), Alice Phipps ; m. (2),
Therese Youngs.
2. LAWRENCE M.\ b. ; m. Ethel Jones.
304. Hester^ daughter of Hannah^ (John', Joseph', Peter') As- pinwall and Lawrence Kortright, was born in New York City ; mar- ried, 1790, Nicholas Gouverneur of New York. He died July 14, 1802.
Children :
570. ISAAC^ b. ; killed in a duel.
571. SAMUEL L.\ b. ; m. his cousin, Maria, daughter of President
James Munroe (No. 577),
572. NICHOLAS", b. ; d. June, 1854 ; unm.
573. A DAUGHTERS, b. ; m. Johnson Verplanck.
674. A DAUGHTER^ b. ; m. Robert Tillotson.
575. A DAUGHTERS, b. ; m. Cadwallader of Philadelphia, Pa.
305.
Eliza\ daughter of Hannah* ( John', Joseph", Peter') Aspin- wall and Lawrence Kortright, was born in New York City ; married, in 1786, James Monroe, then a member of Congress from the State of Virginia, and afterwards President of the United States.
Children :
576. ELIZA«, b. ; m. Judge Hay of Virginia.
577. MARIA"*, b. ; m. her cousin, Samuel L. Gouverneur of New York
City (No. 571).
306. Mary H.', daughter of Hannah' (John', Joseph^ Peter') As- pinwall and Lawrence Kortright, was born in New York City ; mar-
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 107
tied, 1793, Thomas Knox, a merchant in New York. He died in 1834.
Children :
578. GOTTVERNEUR", b. ; d. Aug. 7, 1813, aged 17 years.
579. ELIZA^, b. ; m. Alexander, son of Gen. Alexander Hamilton.
307. Uifl^'f^i
Ann', daughter of William Smith' (John', Joseph'. Peter') Seo "/,■? Aspinwall, was born in New York City ; V married David .^["^ ^^/•'' Hadden, a merchant in New York. He died between April 23 and June 24, 1856. There may have been other children than those named below.
Children (probably not in order) :
580. WILLIAM A. «, b. ; m. Frances Smith.
581. JOHN A.^ b. .
582. ELEANORS, b. ; m. Francis Tomes.
583. ISABELLA*, b. ; m. Rev. Charles Tomes.
584. LAURA«, b. ; m. Benjamin F. Curtis.
308.
John Meyer", son of Gilbert' (John", Joseph% Peter') and Ann (Sowers) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, March 31, 1792; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 19, 1844. He went into business with his father at an early age, the firm name having been G. Aspinwall & Son, and located at No. 98 Pearl Street. After the death of his father, he continued the business alone. He resided at No. 20 Whitehall Street. On November 19, 1816, he married Charlotte Ann Winthrop, daughter of Francis Bayard and Phebe (Taylor) Winthrop. She was of the sixth generation from Gov. John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was born January 8, 1794; died in April, 1851. Children :
585. FRANCES CHARLOTTE", b. July 23, 1817 ; m. John Mumford of New
York, and died in 1892, leaving no children.
586. CHARLES M.«, b. ; d. young.
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309.
Thomas Sowers', son of Gilbert" (John', Joseph^ Peter') and Ann (Sowers) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, March 4, 1793. After graduating- from college, he studied law with Coun- sellor Slawson, an eminent lawyer in New York, and continued there until his death, December 25, 1813. He was a young man of much promise.
310.
Elizabeth Scott', daughter of Gilbert' (John=, Joseph^ Peter')
and Ann (Sowers) Aspinwall, was born December 6, 1795;
married, October 13, 1816, John Van Beuren, a merchant in New
York City. He resided in the old Beaver Street mansion,
owned by his father-in-law. He died at Staten Island, N. Y.,
November 23, 1831, in the 48th year of his age. His widow,
with her family, removed to Zanesville, Ohio, in 1836, where she
died September 10, 1879.
Children :
-f 587. ALICE ANNES b. Aug. 12, 1817.
+588. REBECCA ASPINWALL«, b. Sept. 27, 1818.
-F589. CATHERINE", b. Sept. 21, 1820.
-f 590. SARAH", b. Oct. 20, 1822.
+591. ANNE SOWERS", b. June 19, 1824.
592. JAMES", b. July 4, 1826 ; d. March 12, 1850, in San Francisco, Cal.
593. GILBERT ASPINWALL", b. April 26, 1828. Lost at sea. No issue. +594. ELIZABETH SCOTT", b. Jan. 21, 1831.
311.
Rebecca', daughter of Gilbert* (John', Joseph', Peter') and Ann (Sowers) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, July 23, 1797; married, in New York. March 31, 1823, Dr. Francis Eloi Berger of Paris, France. He was a noted physician in New York for a number of years, and died there February 1, 1866, in his 77th year. She also died in New York City, March 27, 1870.
Children : +595. CEPHISE", b. Dec. 21, 1825.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 109
312.
Sarah Ann', daughter of Gilbert* (John', Joseph', Peter') and Ann (Sowers) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, July 16, 1799; married (1), April 1, 1834, Thomas Irvin of New York. He died May 10, 1S3T; married (2), July 9, 1844, James Law- rence Moore of New York. He died December 19, 1848. She died in New York City, September 10, 1882. She had no children.
313.
James Scott', son of Gilbert' (John', Joseph', Peter') and Ann (Sowers) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, October 19, 1807, and died there April, 1874. In 1830, he engaged in the wholesale drug business with William L. Rushton, under the firm name of Rushton & Aspinwall. Subsequently he carried on business alone for many years. He married, June 6, 1843, Mar- garet, daughter of Robert and Ann Maxwell of Dumfries, Scot- land. She died July 26, 1881.
Children :
596. A SONS b. ; d. in infancy.
597. RICHARD IRVIN«, b. Feb. 17, 1845. Lives in Chicago, 111. No
children.
598. ANNIE*, b. Oct. 8, 1846 ; d. Aug. 4, 1849. +599. FRANCIS BERGERS b. Oct. 4, 1848.
600. MARY ALICES b. Feb. 10, 1851 ; unm.
+601. JAMES LAWRENCES b. June 3, 1854.
602. ELIZA MAXWELLS b. Sept. 25, 1856 ; unm.
603. ROBERT MAXWELLS b. Feb. 2, 1860; d. July 31, 1861.
817.
Margarets daughter of John' (John", Joseph", Peter') and Susan (Howland) Aspinwall, was born September 16, 1804; mar- ried, November 12, 1828, Dr. Hugh Lenox Hodge of Philadel- phia, Pa. He was born June 27, 1796, and was the son of Hugh and Mary (Blanchard) Hodge, and grandson of Andrew and Jane (McCullock) Hodge, who came from the North of Ireland in 1730. Margaret' died February 26, 1873.
110 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
Children :
604. CHARLES BLANCHABD^, b. Sept. 2, 1829 ; d. March 16, 1838.
+ 605. JOHN ASPINWALL^ b. Aug. 12, 1831.
606. JAMES BAYARD^, b. Dec. 12, 1833 ; d. Dec. 11, 1850.
+607. HUGH LENOX*, b. July 31, 1836.
608. WILLIAM HENRY*, b. June 14, 1838 ; m. Alice, daughter of Lewis and Mary A. C. Weld.
+ 609. EDWARD BLANCHARD«, b. Feb. 5, 1841.
+610. GEORGE WOOLSEY*, b. May 20, 1845.
318.
William Henry', son of John' (John', Joseph', Peter') and Susan (Rowland) Aspinwall, was born December 16, 1807 ; died January 18, 1S75. When a young man, he entered the employ of the great New York house of G. G. & S. S. Rowland. The How- lands were his uncles. About 1832, he was taken into the firm as a partner. About 1836 or 7, the firm name was changed to Rowland & Aspinwall. It was a noted firm in New York City, and did an extensive and lucrative business, and William H. As- pinwall became one of the leading and most influential business men in that city. About 1850, he left the active management of the firm and became largely interested in the Pacific Railroad and Panama Steamship Co., and about this time the city of Aspinwall, on the Isthmus of Panama, now called Colon, was founded and named after him. He acquired a large fortune.
He married Anna L. Breck of Bristol, Pa. She was born February 26, 1812 ; died in 1894.
Children :
+ 611, LLOYD«, b. 1830.
+612. ANNA LLOYD", b. Aug. 13, 1831.
+613. LOUISA«, b. .
614. CATHERINE", b. March 8, 1847 ; m. Ambrose C. Kingsland.
+615. JOHN A.«, b. Jan. 8, 1840.
BRECK ANCESTRY.
Edward' Breck, born in England about 1595 ; came to New England in 1635, and settled at Dorchester, Mass. ; married (2d wife), 1647, Isabel, widow of John Rigby. He died in Dorches- ter, November 2, 1662.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. Ill
John' Breck, born in 1651 ; married Susanna . She
was born 1648; died February 8, 1711. He died February 17, 1691.
John' Breck, born December 22, 1680; married, October 21, 1703, Ann, daughter of Richard Patteshall. He died February 16, 1713.
John' Breck, born August 31, 1705; married, January 18, 1727, Margaret, daughter of William Thomas. She was born March 4, 1709 ; died 1765. He died 1761.
SamueP Breck, born April 11, 1747; married, November 1, 1770, Hannah, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Andrews. She was born November 11, 1747. He died May 7, 1809. They removed to Philadelphia, Pa.
George' Breck, born November, 1785; married, 1807, in the Island of Jamaica, Catherine D. Israel. He died July 18, 1869.
Anna L.' Breck married William H. Aspinwall.
319.
Mary Rebecca", daughter of John* (John', Joseph^ Peter') and Susan (Howland) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, December 20, 1809; married, September 26, 1827, Isaac Roose- velt of^Hyde Park, N. Y. He was born April 21, 1790 ; died October 23, 1863, at Hyde Park, N. Y. She died in New York City, February 24, 1886.
Children :
+616. JAMESS b. July 16, 1828.
+ 617. JOHN ASPINWALL^, b. July 27, 1840.
ROOSEVELT ANCESTRY.
Claas Martenzen' Van Roosevelt came from Holland, about 1651, to New Amsterdam; married, Jannetje Samuels or Thomas.
Nicholas" Roosevelt, baptized October 2, 1658 ; married, December 9, 1682, Helytje Jans. He died at New York City, July 30, 1742.
Jacobus' Roosevelt, baptized February, 1692 ; married, 1713, Catherine Hardenbrook. He died May 5, 1776.
Isaac' Roosevelt, born December 19, 1726; married, Septem- ber 22, 1752, Cornelia, daughter of Col. Martinus and Tryntie (Ben- son) Hoffman. She was born at Kingston, N. Y., August 24, 1734; died November 13, 1789. He was a member of the New
112 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS
York State Convention for adoption of the United States Constitu- tion, and died October 13, 1774.
James' Roosevelt, born January 10, 1760; married (1st wife), November 15, 1786, Maria Eliza, daughter of Abraham Walton. She was born March 25, 1769.
Isaac' Roosevelt married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall.
320.
Emily Phillips', daughter of John* (John', Joseph^ Peter') and Susan (Rowland) Aspinwall, was born in New York City; married her cousin, Edward John Woolsey. He was born Octo- ber 31, 1803; died at Astoria, L. L, June 30, 1873. She died November 26, 1891.
Children :
618. EDWARD J.^ b. ; m. (1), Fanny, daughter of Ex-Collector
Smythe of New York City. They were separated in 1892, and he m. (2), Mrs. Kate Trimble de Eood of Covington, Ky. He d. Nov. 13, 1895.
WOOLSEY ANCESTRY.
George' Woolsey, born in England, October 27, 1610, came when a boy to New York City, in 1623; m-irried, December, 1647, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Briggs) Cor- nell. He died at Jamaica, L. I., August 17, 1698.
George^ Woolsey, born October 10, 1652; married Hannah . He died January 19, 1740.
Benjamin' Woolsey, born November 19, 1687; married, 1714, Abigail, daughter of John and Mary (Whitehead) Taylor. She was born 1695; died March 29, 1771. He was pastor of the church at Southold, L. I. ; died August 15, 1756.
Benjamin* Woolsey, born February 12, 1720 ; married (2d wife), 1757, Ann, daughter of Dr. George and Anna (vSmith) Muiri- son. She was born February 10, 1737. He died September 9, 1771.
George Muirison' Woolsey, born April 14, 1772 ; married, September 27, 1797, Abby, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Bill) Howland. She was born August 27, 1776; died May 4, 1833. He died July 15, 1851.
Edward John" Woolsey married Emily Phillips Aspinwall.
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 113
321.
George Woolsey", son of John' (John', Joseph^ Peter') and Susan (Howland) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, Janu- ary 7, 1811:. He was for some time employed with the firm of G. G. & S. S. Howland in New York City, but in early life went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he founded the firm of Pope & Aspinwall, which, however, only lasted a short time. He mar- ried, in Philadelphia, December 12, 1837, Anna R., daughter of Hon. Edward and Jane (Ross) Coleman, and granddaughter of United States Senator James Ross of Pennsylvania. After the death of her husband, she resided in Pittsburg, Pa. She was a very wealthy and eccentric woman. She died at Edinburgh, Scotland, December 2, 189.5. He died at Germantown, Pa., June 19, 1854.
Children :
619. GEORGINA", b. 1845 ; d. July 31, 1873, in Edinburgh, Scotland, un-
married.
620. EDWARD B.«, b. 1854 ; d. June 30, 1869, in France.
323.
John Lloyd', son of John' (John', Joseph^ Peter') and Susan (Howland) Aspinwall, was born in New York City, in 1816. He entered the house of Howland & Aspinwall in that city, and sub- sequently became a partner in same. He early retired from business and settled at his fine country-seat on the Hudson River. He married Jane Moore, daughter of George and Catherine D. (Israel) Breck, sister of the wife of his brother, William H. Aspinwall. She was born January 6, 1825; died August 25, 1894. He died May 6, 1873.
(For Breck ancestry, see under No. 318).
Children :
621. WILLIAM:\ b. 1848 ; d. 1868.
+622. JOHN'\ b. Oct. 22, 1859.
623. EMILY'', b. April 1, 1862 ; d. 1874.
+ 624. HELEN LLOYD'-, b. Dec. 23, 1863.
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114 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
SIXTH GENERATION.
324.
Mary Freeman', daughter of Caleb' (Samuer, Thomas', Sam ' ue?, Peter') and Elizabeth (Freeman) Aspin wall, was born in Rox- bury, Mass., February 25, 1786; married (1), Edward L. Grueby of Portland. He was born in 1785, on St. Eustacius Island. He was a sea captain and sailed in August, 1820, in the brig "Eliza," which was never heard of afterwards. She married (2), Septem- ber 30, 1824, Edward Ingraham of Portland. He was born June 27, 1785; died August 11, 1874. She died in Portland, Me., April 16, 1876.
Children :
+ 625. EDWARD L.% b. Oct. 31, 1808.
626. SAMUEL FBEEMAN\ b. May 27, 1811 ; d. young.
+ 627. WILLIAM HARRIS^ b. March 6, 1813.
628. CHARLES HARRIS^ b. Jan. 7, 1816.
+629. GEORGE HENRY", b. May 19, 1818.
+ 630. SAMUEL ASPINWALL'', b. June 15, 1820.
631. ALBERT FREEMAN', b. July 26, 1825 ; d. Feb. 3, 1826.
632. SUSAN ELIZABETH^ b. Dec. 25, 1828 ; m. Sept. 30, 1876. William
Gray; lives at Portland, Me. ; He d. March. 16, 1893. No children.
325.
Samuel", son of Caleb' (Samuel', Thomas', Samuer, Peter') and Elizabeth (Freeman) Aspinwall, was born July 12, 1788. He lived in Boston, Mass., first on Foster Street, and afterwards on Sheafe Street. He was the first Commander of the Boston Fusi- leers. He served for a short time in the army during the War of 1812. On December 25, 1817, he married Atlanta Matilda Hill of Harvard, Mass. They had no children of their own, but adopted two girls. One was Helen Elizabeth Gerry. She was born June 23, 1833, and married, March 7, 1853, Samuel Smith of Hopkinton, N. H., who died in November, 1887. The other
PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS. 115
adopted daughter married Dr. Morril Wyman of Cambridge, Mass. Samuel' died August 4, 1S63.
826.
Philip Freeman', son of Caleb' (Samuel', Thomas', Samue?, Peter') and Elizabeth (Freeman) Aspinwall, was born February 1, 1790. He settled at Springfield, Mass., when a young man, and married there, April, 1, 1812, Beulah Bullard. She was born March 3, 1793, and died June 17, 1815. He married (2), Febru- ary 8, 1817, Mary Bliss. She was born February 18, 1793; died November 28, 1838. He died in Springfield, Mass., August 3, 1870.
Children :
6,33. ELIZABETH FREEMAN^ b. Nov. 1, 1813 ; m. John H. Gillett, and had three children, all of whom d. in infancy. She d. Feb. 20, 1845.
634. TIMOTHY MERBITT', b. April 12, 1818 ; d. Jan. 2, 1822. + 635. MARY GRUEBY^ b. Feb. 8, 1820. + 636. TIMOTHY MERRITT', b. Sept. 23, 1821.
637. BEULAH BULLARD', b. Aug. 28, 1823 ; m. John F. Anable. No children. +638. SUSAN HARRIS', b. July 10, 1825.
639. SAMUEL', b. Aug. 5, 1827 ; d. Sept. 27, 1834. + 640. ELIZA FISK', b. Oct. 26, 1829.
641. ANDREW JACKSON', b. June 9, 1832. His whereabouts unknown;
when last heard from, was unmarried.
642. LURA MINERVA', b. Oct. 24, 1834 ; d. Nov. 9, 1884.
643. LUCY MARIA', b. Oct. 24, 1834 ; d. Nov. 27, 1834.
BLISS ANCESTRY.
Thomas' Bliss, came from England in 1635, and was first of Braintree, Mass., afterwards of Hartford, Ct. ; married, in Eng- land, Margaret (probably Lawrence). She removed to Spring- field, Mass., and died there August 28, 1684. He died in 1640.
Lawrence* Bliss, born in England; married, October 25, 1654, Lydia, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Wright. She died December 17, 1699, aged about 64 years. He died in Springfield, Mass., in 1676.
Samuer Bliss, born August 16, 1662; married, January 21, 1687, Hannah, daughter of John and Dorcas (Burt) Stiles. She was born March 23, 1665; died December 8, 1704. He died in 1733.
116 PETER ASPINWALL AND DESCENDANTS.
Samuel' Bliss, born March 20, 1701 ; married, February 6, 1735, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Mary (Guernsey) Chapin.. She was born March 12, 1707; died October 5, 1750.
Nathan' Bliss, born March 30, 1738 ; married, April 30,1763, Abigail, daughter of John Burt. She died December 7, 1798. He died May 7, 1808.
Nathan' Bliss, born March 19, 1765; married, 1790, Mary Morgan. She died November 3, 1839. He died November 21, 1851.
Mary' Bliss married Philip Freeman Aspinwall.
327.
Susan Gardner", daughter of Caleb' (Samuel', Thomas', Sam- uer, Peter') and Elizabeth (Freeman) Aspinwall. was born in Portland, Me., July 31, 1792; married, April 3, 1814, David Barber of Springfield, Mass., who died there July 30, 1878. She died October 10, 1875.
Children :
644. SUSAN GARDNER', b. Dec. 28, 1814.
645. JOEL J).\ b. April 25, 1817.
646. WILLIAM HARRIS', b. March 6, 1819.
647. ELIZABETH HARRIS', b. July 29, 1821.
648. ATLANTA M. ASPINWALL', b. Oct. 14, 1823 ; m. Benjamin Jonee^
and lives in Portland, Me.
649. MARY GRUEBY', b. July 26, 1826.
650. SAMUEL ASPINWALL', b. May 1, 1829 ; d. in infancy,
651. EDWARD G.', b. June 29, 1830 ; d. in infancy.
652. JANE M.', b. Dec. 1, 1831 ; d, in infancy.
653. SAMUEL A.', b. Aug. 16, 1835 ; d. in infancy.
328.
William^ son of Caleb' (SamuelS Thomas^ Samue?, Peter") and Elizabeth (Freeman) Aspinwall, was born in Portland, Me., date unknown, but removed early to Springfield, Mass. He was a sea-faring man, and is said to have died in the West Indies. It is probable that he married twice, as the records at Spring- field show that intentions of his marriage