13, 1739, d. Mar. 29, 1824 (m. 1771 Hannah Moulthrop); son of Benjamin of Ripton, Conn., b. Apr. 3, 1692 (m. Dec. 22, 1715, Eunice Butler of Wethersfield); son of Peter, Jr., of Stratford, Conn., b. July 27, 1653, d. 1720 (m. May 27, 1678, Elizabeth Trowbridge); son of Peter of New Haven, 1644–1697 (m. in Feb., 1648, Elizabeth Barnes), he landed at Boston 1637-9, removed to New Haven, where he signed the New Haven covenant in Aug., 1644.

FORBES, ROBERT BENNETT of Mil

ton, Mass., b. at Jamaica Plains, Mass. (m. Jan. 20, 1834, Rose Green, dau. of John Smith, an Englishman); son of Ralph B. of N. Y., b. at Milton June 11, 1773, d. at Milton Oct. 5, 1824, merchant (m. Margaret Perkins, sister of Col. Thomas H. Perkins and James Perkins, and granddau. of Andrew Bennett, brother of Robert); son of John of St. Augustine, Fla., b. in England, d. there Sept. 17, 1783, a government official at St. Augustine, returned to England June 7, 1783 (m. Feb. 2, 1769, Dorothy Murray of Scotch descent, d. at Milton, Mass., June 11, 1811); son of John of Deskrie, d. 1739, buried at Strathdon, Scotland (m. Dorothy Collingwood, aunt to Lord Collingwood). The family originated from the family of Dauch; William of that ilk lived in 1800 and was brother to Alexander of Pitsligo and were of the family of Newe and Eding lassie.

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RMS, EDWARD W. of Troy, N. Y., b. there, grad. C. E. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. 1869, compiled a family genealogical record (m. Jan. 11, 1871, Ella S., dau. of Lucius and Harriet S. [Booth] Wright, he son of Jehiel and Susan [Heaton] Wright of Weybridge, Vt.); son of Seneca of Troy, N. Y., b. at Ashfield, Mass., Nov. 16, 1806, d. at Troy, N. Y., May 17, 1881 (m. Nov. 6, 1833, Jane, dau. of Samuel and Esther [Arms] Wells of Deerfield, Mass.); son of William, 4th, of Deerfield, Mass., b. there Dec. 8, 1769, d. at Painted Post, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1813, lawyer (m. Mercy, dau. of Capt. Samuel Snow of Goshen, Mass.); son of Dea. William, 3d, of Deerfield, Mass., b. there June 25, 1724, d. there May 10, 1794 (m.

Elizabeth Belding); son of William, 2d, of Deerfield, Mass., b. there 1692, d. there Sept. 27, 1774 (m. Oct. 28, 1720, Rebecca Nash, desc. of John Porter, who arrived at Dorchester, Mass., May 30, 1627); son of William, Ist, of Deerfield, Mass., b. on Isle of Jersey 1654, d. at Deerfield Aug. 25, 1731, served in several Indian fights, and lies buried beside his son William and grandson William (m. 1677 Joanna, dau. of John Hawks of Hadley, Mass.).

EEDHAM, HENRY M. of Brooklyn,

NEE

N. Y., lawyer, b. at Wales, Mass., Nov. 23, 1829, educated at Union College, and Harvard Law Sch. (m. July 6, 1864, Helen E., dau. of H. T. Chapman of Brooklyn, N. Y.), has three children: Helen P., Henry C., LL. B., and George A.; son of Jonathan, Jr., of Wales, Mass., b. there June 15, 1793, d. there Jan. 24, 1862, served in war of 1812, was deacon of Baptist Church thirty years (m. Dec. 21, 1816, Lodisa Pratt, of Scotch descent), had three children: Asa H., b. Apr. 6, 1821, d. Apr. 27, 1847, at Baltimore, Md., Eunice M., b. Apr. 8, 1827, d. at Wales Sept. 29, 1843, Henry M., above; son of Jonathan of Wales, Mass., b. there May 21, 1764, d. in Calvert co., Md., Dec. 8, 1811, served in Revolution, a large trader in cattle and land (m. May 30, 1786, Eunice, dau. of Capt. Asa Fisk of Wales, Mass., landowner and farmer, after whom the southern part of the town was named, Fisk Hill), had five children: Roswell, b. Aug. 1, 1787, d. Apr. 8, 1870, Sally, b. Mar. 29, 1789, Asa, b. May 18, 1791, d. Feb. 18, 1874, Jonathan, above, Chester, b. Oct. 16, 1795, d. Nov. 7, 1850; son of Nehemiah of Wales, Mass., b. there Apr. 4, 1734, d. at Bridgewater 1783, served in French and Indian war under his uncle, Rev. Capt. Ebenezer Moulton, who founded the Baptist Church in Wales, the eighth in the State (m. June 21, 1758, Eunice Fuller), had seven children: Eunice, b. June 24, 1759, d. Nov. 16, 1837, m. Robert Andrews, a leading citizen, Mehitable, b. Jan. 17, 1762, Jonathan, above, Robert, b. Nov. 27, 1766, Susanna, b. Dec. 14, 1769, Nehemiah, b. Oct. 16, 1772, Abigail, b. June 20, 1775;

son of Anthony of Wales, Mass., b. at Salem Nov. 23, 1696, d. at Wales, Mass., 1763, first white settler there 1722, had numerous land grants there (m. June 10, 1722, Mary, dau. of Robert Moulton, first town clerk, selectman and representative to Gen. Court from Brimfield, Mass., 1730-4), had eleven children: Anthony, b. May 18, 1723, Mary, b. June 21, 1725, Hannah, b. Mar., 1727, d. Aug. 16, 1761, Ruth, b. Jan. 16, 1729, Naomi, b. June 5, 1731, Nehemiah, above, Abigail, b. Nov. 10, 1736, Jasper, b. July 3, 1738, Jeremiah, b. June 7, 1741, Daniel, b. Sept. 13, 1743, Abner, b. Dec. 17, 1746; son of Anthony of Lynn, Mass., b. Apr. 11, 1663 (m. Jan. 3, 1695, Mary Swinton), had eight children; son of Anthony, a Quaker puritan, came from England to Salem, Mass., abt. 1650 (m. Jan. 10, 1655, Ann Potter), had twelve children. The Needham family in England took active part in reformation under Cromwell, and can trace their history to the twelfth century. Wales, Mass., was a part of Brimfield, Mass., from 1731 to 1828.

MA

ARSH, Hon. LUCIUS BOLLES of Boston, Mass., colonel of 47th Mass. Vols., commanded the defenses of New Orleans during the siege of Port Hudson 1863, b. at the Marsh homestead, Danvers, Mass., Apr. 18, 1818 (m. July 5, 1842, Caroline E. Mann, desc. from one of the first pilgrims); son by 2d w. of Capt. Thomas H., b. at the Marsh homestead, Danvers, Mass., July 9, 1776, d. at Hartland, Me., Oct. 20, 1870 (m. 2d, Nov. 27, 1814, Sarah Curtis Bronsdon, b. Feb. 24, 1783, d. Feb. 24, 1855); son of Lieut. Ezekiel, b. at the Marsh homestead, Danvers, Mass., Jan. 26, 1740, d. at Fairfield, Me., Sept. 15, 1822 (m. May 30, 1764, Abiah Hartshorne); son of Ensign Ezekiel, b. at the first Marsh homestead, Salem, Mass., bp. May 27, 1711, d. in May, 1798, at the new homestead built by him in 1766 (m. 1732 Sarah Buffington); son of Ezekiel, b. 1676 at the original homestead of John Marsh of 1633, d. after 1750, lived ten or more years at the present homestead (m. July 1, 1702, Rebecca Gould); son of Zachary, bp. Apr. 30, 1737, probably the first Marsh child b. in America, d.

1693 (m. Aug. 15, 1664, Mary, dau. of Henry Sillsbee); son of John, the first in America, took oath in England just before sailing, as John Marshe, Mar. 24, 1633, was granted twenty acres and soon after ten more (m. Susannah, dau. of Samuel Skelton, first minister of the puritans and organizer of the first church, Aug. 2, 1629).

ENNY, ASA A. of Newbury, Vt.; son

To Col. A. B. W. of Newbury, b. there

June 10, 1795, d. there Sept. 13, 1873, educated Dartmouth Coll. 1814-6, became interested in agricultural, political and military life, colonel 1824, in Vt. Legislature seventeen times, presidential elector 1840 to W. H. Harrison (m. June 14, 1818, Sophia, dau. of Capt. Solomon Cutler of Lexington, Mass., desc. of James Cutler, b. in England 1606); son of Asa of Newbury, Vt., b. at Salem, N. H., June 6, 1759, d. at Newbury May 25, 1831, influential and respected, held various public offices, and had a good property (m. Feb. 17, 1791, Mary White, desc. of William, b. in England 1610, landed at Ipswich, Mass., 1635, removed to Haverhill 1640, grantee of Indian lands there 1642); son of Jonathan of Corinth, Vt., b. at Bradford, Mass., July 25, 1736, d. at Corinth Jan. 12, 1806, a thrifty farmer at Salem, N. H., later at Corinth, father of Dr. Joshua Tenney, and served in Revolution (m. Oct. 1, 1755, Mehetable Peasley); son of Jonathan of Bradford, Mass., b. Dec. 8, 1703, deacon 1747 (m. Rebecca -); son of Samuel

of Bradford, Mass., b. at Rowley Nov. 20, 1667, member of Colonial Assembly 1725, and one of the thirty who voted against receiving the king's charter, a step more bold than that of the fifty-six signers of 1776, was deacon and led the service of song twenty-five years (m. Dec. 18, 1690, Sarah, dau. of Capt. Joseph Boynton, representative many years, town clerk, d. Dec. 16, 1730, aged eighty-five); son of John, b. at Rowley, Mass., Dec. 14, 1640, d. at Bradford Apr. 13, 1722 (m. 1st, Feb. 21, 1664, Mercy, dau. of Francis Parrat, m. 2d, Dec. 2, 1686, Susannah Woodbury of Beverly); son of Ensign Thomas, b. at Rowley, Eng., in 1614, d. at Bradford, Mass., Feb. 20,

WH

WHITE, A. TENNY of Biddeford, Me., b. at Haverhill, Mass., in the mansion 200 years old and still standing on the ancestral estate, the ninth in descent from the first Amer. ancestor, educated at Haverhill and at Boston school of technology, entered machine shop at North Andover, later Pepperell cotton mills, filling responsible position; son of James D. of Haverhill, Mass., b. there Mar. 31, 1824, an independent farmer, retired from plaster mill and coal business before leaving the old homestead in 1874, active in introducing the street railroad and public improvements (m. Jan. 29, 1851, H. Ann, dau. of Col. A. B. W. Tenny of Newbury, Vt., a man of wealth, engaged in military, political, business and religious life); son of William of Haverhill, Mass., b. there Sept. 4, 1790, d. there Sept. 25, 1835, a portly man, farmer at the ancestral home, quartermaster in war of 1812, active in town affairs (m. July 4, 1816, Priscilla, dau. of James and Abigail [White] Davis, a large landowner of Haverhill); son of Samuel of Haverhill, b. there Aug. 26, 1759, d. there Dec. 15, 1808, farmer on the homestead (m. Mar. 22, 1789, Lydia, dau. of Nathan Ayer, minute-man 1775, son of Capt. Samuel Ayer, killed by Indians Aug. 29, 1708); son of Samuel of Haverhill, b. there Dec. 15, 1718, d. there Aug. 21, 1801, on war 'alarm list' 1757, to organize fire club' 1768, on India tea committee 1774, delegate to Provincial Congress 1774, leading member of First Bapt. Church, presented a fine bell to it 1799, merchant, farmer (m. Sarah, dau. of Rev. Richard Brown); son of William of Haverhill, b. there Jan. 18, 1694, d. there Dec. 11, 1737, clothier, representative to Gen. Court 1733-4, county magistrate, deacon, captain of militia (m. June 12, 1716, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Phillips, goldsmith of Salem, desc. of Rev. George, who came to America 1630); son of John of Haverhill, b. there Mar. 8, 1664, d. there Nov. 20,

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1727, town clerk, representative, captain in Indian war, magistrate, styled the "worshipful John White," had much property in trade and land (m. Oct. 24, 1687, Lydia, dau. of Hon. John Gilman of Exeter, son of Edward, who came from Norfolk, Eng.); son of John of Haverhill, b. Mar. 8, 1639, left large estate (m. Nov. 25, 1662, Hannah French); son of William, b. 1610, came from Norfolk, Eng., in 1635, and landed at Ipswich, Mass., removed to Haverhill 1640, an original grantee there 1642, d. Sept. 28, 1690 (m. Mary Sept. 22, 1681, aged 75), his property was £508 10S.

d.

DOWNER, DAVID ROBERTSON' of

Elizabeth, N. J., gold and silver refiner at Newark, N. J., and New York city (m. Jan. 30, 1866, Adelaide, dau. of Helim W. and Elizabeth Ann [Clute] Tiffany of Pompey Hill, N. Y., she dau. Jacobus and Elizabeth [Vandenburg] Clute of Half Moon, N. Y., son of Girardus Clute, son of Capt. John Clute of Albany, he son of Stephen and Mercy [Hodge] Tiffany, who moved from Cambridge, Mass., and with others settled the town of Pompey abt. 1790), D. R. D. had two children: Edith, and Arthur Tiffany Downer; son of David R. of New York, b. at Westfield, N. J., Aug. 2, 1808, d. there Nov. 28, 1841, grad. Yale Coll. 1828, studied at Auburn Theol. Sem., ordained and installed as first pastor of West Presb. Ch. New York Mar. 25, 1832 (m. Apr. 18, 1833, Eliza, dau. of Joel and Sarah [Brown] Sayre of New York, whose ancestor was an early settler of Southampton, L. I.), had three children: William Richards Downer, b. June 16, 1834, grad. Williams Coll. and disappeared unaccountably from Lowell, Mass., soon after and never heard from, Alfred Sayre Downer, b. Feb. 21, 1837, m. May 2, 1865, Catherine Levere of Rahway, N. J., and had Charles A., David R., b. Nov. 15, 1839, above; son of Samuel of Westfield, N. J., b. there May 24, 1760, d. there May 29, 1846, enrolled in N. J. militia July 11, 1779, established a mercantile business at Westfield about 1780, which is still in existence, first director of Elizabethtown bank 1812, elder

in Presb. Ch. 1822-46 (m. May 31, 1780, Sarah, b. Aug. 18, 1770, d. July 28, 1820, dau. of Daniel and Abigail [Sayre] Robertson of Westfield, he b. 1748, son of Samuel, whose ancestor came from Salisbury, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., thence to Elizabethtown, N. J.), had twelve children: Nancy, Elizabeth, Hannah, Samuel, Sarah W., Mary, Edwin, Silas, Abigail, Aaron Q., David R., and Lucilla, nine of whom m. and had issue; son of Samuel of Elizabethtown and Westfield, N. J., b. at Norwich, Conn., Feb. 28, 1723, d. at Orange, N. J., Oct. 22, 1824, aged 101, came to N. J. abt. 1744, blacksmith, served in battle at Springfield and Elizabethtown, N. J., in Revolution (m. 1759 Hannah, b. 1733, d. Sept. 28, 1804, dau. of John and Jemima [Thompson] Potter of an old Elizabethtown family), had also a son John Downer of Orange, N. J., m. Eunice Baldwin and had Jephtha, who moved to Auburn, N. Y., abt. 1825, and has descendants still living there; son of Samuel of Norwich, Conn., b. at Newbury, Mass., Apr. 12, 1699, d. at Norwich 1797 (m. 1721-2 Phebe Bishop); son of Joseph, b. at Newbury, Mass., Mar. 25, 1666, d. at Norwich, Conn., Nov. 23, 1756, removed there abt. 1706, had ten sons and three dau. (m. abt. 1692, Hannah Grafton); son of Joseph, who came from England with his brother Robert abt. 1650 to Newbury, Mass. (m. July 9, 1660, Mary, dau. of John Knight), took oath of allegiance at Newbury 1678; son of Robert of near Salisbury, Eng. (m. Hannah Vincent, a Huguenot).

POPER

OPE, ALBERT AUGUSTUS of Boston, Mass., manufacturer, founder of the bicycle industry in America, captain in 35th Mass. Vol. Inf., brevetted major and lieut.-col. for gallant service in Rebellion, b. at Boston May 20, 1843 (m. Sept. 20, 1871, Abby, dau. of George Linder of Newton, of a London family); son of Charles of Boston, Mass., b. Aug. 12, 1814, d. Feb. 24, 1888 (m. Aug. 24, 1834, Elizabeth Bogman); son of Frederick, Jr., of Dorchester, b. Aug. 20, 1772, d. Dec. 16, 1826 (m. Apr. 13, 1796, Mary, dau. of John and Sarah [Blake] Pierce, desc. of Capt. Roger

Clap, Rev. Wm. Thompson, etc.); son of Col. Frederick of Stoughton, b. May 15, 1733, d. Aug. 20, 1812, an officer in Rev. army, rep. to Legislature (m. June 8, 1758, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Mary [Stephens] Cole); son of Dr. Ralph of Stoughton, b. Nov. 10, 1705, d. Jan. 1, 1750 (m. Nov. 27, 1729, Rebecca, dau. of Richard Stubbs, Jr., of Hull, gt.-gr.-dau. of Samuel Ward of Charlestown); son of Ralph of Dorchester, b. 1679, d. Feb. 2, 1744 (m. Mar. 24, 1697-8, Rachel, dau. of Henry and Hannah [Pray] Neale of Braintree); son of John of Squantum, b. in England, d. Oct. 18, 1686; son of John, Sr., b. in England, d. Apr. 12, 1648, one of the founders of Dorchester, Mass., freeman 1634, signer of church covenant 1636, selectman 1637-8, brother of Thomas of Plymouth. The family appear to be of Anglo-Saxon origin, and the early homestead, Popeham in Sussex, is mentioned in Domesday Book.

FORS

ORSYTH, JAMES GILBERT of Buffalo, N. Y., b. there Apr. 17, 1832, merchant (m. Mar. 10, 1857, Jane Elizabeth, d. May 13, 1876, dau. of Alvan Leonard Dodge); and WAYNE DODGE Forsyth, b. Dec. 29, 1829, d. Mar. 7, 1831; sons of Gilbert Solomon of Buffalo, N. Y., b. 1799, d. there Oct. 7, 1832, aged 33 years, lawyer (m. Feb. 15, 1829, Alma, d. July 4, 1863, dau. of Alvan Dodge).

SLOCUM, JAMES of Brownsville, Pa.,

b. at Claverack, N. Y., November 7, 1811, hardware merchant, he was a delegate from the 21st Pennsylvania district to Free Soil convention at Buffalo 1848, that nominated Van Buren and Adams, presidential elector on Free Soil ticket same year, delegate to Free Soil dem. conv. at Pittsburgh 1852 that nominated Hale and Julian (m. Ist, Oct. 28, 1833, Caroline Elizabeth, m. 2d, Apr. 9, 1846, her sister, Pamelia Ellis, daus. of Dr. Samuel Pitkin of Ballston Spa, N. Y., a distinguished physician who served as surgeon of 32d N. Y. I. reg. in war of 1812, son of Thomas W. and Rhoda [Marsh] Pitkin of Hartford, Vt., desc. of Wm. Pitkin, b. in Maryleborn, Eng., 1635, came to Hartford, Conn., 1659, appointed king's attorney for the colony 1664, she is

also desc. from Lieut.-Gov. Joseph Marsh and Dorothy Mason, the latter desc. from Capt. John Mason, the famous conqueror of the Pequots); son of Giles of Claverack, N. Y., b. at Dover, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1787, d. at Claverack Aug. 25, 1815, merchant, miller, an active and successful business man (m. July 12, 1808, Jane, dau. of James and Mary [Taylor] Brisbin, early settlers of Saratoga, he elected July 26, 1789, elder in the historic Dutch Ref. Ch. of Schuylerville and continued such forty years); son of Giles of Saratoga, N. Y., b. at Warwick, R. I., Jan. 5, 1759, d. at Saratoga Nov. 14, 1826, was at massacre of Wyoming 1778, when but seven of his company escaped, eldest brother of Frances Slocum,the Indian captive (m. Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah Ross of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., sister of Gen. Wm. Ross and of Perrin and Jeremiah, Jr., who were killed at the massacre of Wyoming); son of Jonathan of Wilkes-Barre, b. at E. Greenwich, R. I., May 1, 1733, d. at WilkesBarre Dec. 16, 1778, a Friend, moved to Wilkes-Barre abt. 1774, he and his fatherin-law, Isaac Tripp, were killed and scalped by Indians in sight of the fort (m. Feb. 23, 1757, Ruth, dau. of Isaac Tripp of Portsmouth, R. I.); son of Joseph of E. Greenwich, R. I., b. at Newport Jan. 30, 1706, member R.I. Legislature 1741, '2,'4 (m. Sept. 27, 1724, Patience, dau. of Caleb Carr of Jamestown, R. I.); son of Giles of Newport, R. I. (m. Nov. 23, 1704, Mary, dau. of Ralph and Dorothy Paine of Freetown, Mass.); son of Samuel of Newport, b. abt. 1657; son of Giles, the common ancestor of the Slocums, b. in Somersetshire, Eng., came to America and settled at Newport, R. I., 1638, a Friend. The name probably derived from the sloe tree which grew on the ridgy hills called combes in the s. w. England.

of

son of Nehemiah, b. in Tennessee, d. at New Vienna, O.; son of Mordacai, who came from New England and settled in Tennessee.

EATON, ARTHUR WENTWORTH

HAMILTON of N. York city, b. at Kentville, N. S., A. B. Harvard Coll., clergyman of the Prot. Episcopal Church, author of "The Heart of the Creeds" and many poems and articles of various sorts, member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc., etc., genealogist of the Nova Scotia Eatons and the Thorne family of New York and Nova Scotia; son of William of Kentville, N. S., b. at Cornwallis, N. S., Sept. 30, 1823, for some years inspector of schools for Kings co., an educationalist and office holder in the town (m. Feb. 15, 1849, Anna Augusta Willoughby, d. Sept. 23, 1883, dau. of Otho and Maria [Starr] Hamilton, he, son of Henry, b. in Scotland in 1747 and a descendant of one of the ancient families of Scotland); son of Ward of Canard, Cornwallis, N. S., b. there Nov. 28, 1797, d. there Feb. 1, 1870, a man of character, a leader in the province, and interested in politics (m. May 13, 1819, his first cousin, Eunice Deborah, dau. of Elisha and Irene [Bliss] Eaton); son of John of Cornwallis, N. S., b. there May 29, 1773, d. there May 5, 1843 (m. May 29, 1794, Tabitha, dau. of John and Catherine Rand, of an old New England family); son of David, b. at Haverhill, Mass., Apr. 1, 1729, d. at Cornwallis, N. S., July 17, 1803, removed to Tolland, Conn., thence to Nova Scotia in 1761, a few years after the expulsion of the Acadians and received land which they had cultivated, became rich and influential (m. Ist, Oct. 10, 1751, Deborah, dau. of Thomas and Sarah [Miller] White of Connecticut descent, m. 2d, Alice, widow Dr. Samuel Willoughby); son of James of Haverhill, Mass., b. there Mar. 9, 1696, d. there (m. June 13, 1728, Rachel [Kimball] Ayer, widow of Samuel Ayer, Jr., of Haverhill); son of Jonathan; son of Thomas; son of John, who came from England before 1640, d. at Haverhill Oct. 29, 1668 (m. abt. 1618 in England, Anne d. Feb. 5, 1660, had six children). There are five distinct