Essex County MA

Biographical Sketch of Dr. Edward Horatio Foster

Dr. Edward Horatio Foster, formerly a well-known medical practitioner of Concord, was born October 13, 1839, in Canterbury, N.H., son of David M. and Sarah (Bradley) Foster. He is a direct descendant of Reginald Foster, who settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. His grandfather, Asa Foster, served in the French and Indian War, and under General Pepperell was at the capture of Louisburg. During the Revolutionary War Asa was one of General Arnold’s body-guard at the time of the General’s desertion. When he died in Canterbury in 1862, he was ninety-six years old. His son, David M. Foster, a native … Read more

Biography of George Musalas Colvocoresses

George M Colvocoresses

Born in Scio, Grecian Archipelago, October 22, 1816. During the Greek Revolution the Turks invaded that island in 1822, and after narrowly escaping the massacre that followed, George with his mother and two young sisters were carried captives to Smyrna. Through friends in that city he was ransomed and sent in an American brig to Baltimore; much kindness was shown him by members of the Greek Relief Committee, and the story of his misfortunes excited the sympathy of Captain Alden Partridge, head of the military academy then at Norwich, who offered to receive and provide for young Colvocoresses as his … Read more

Donald, James Cleveland – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon James Cleveland Donald, 75, of Acton, Mass., a former Baker City resident, died April 11, 2004. He was a third-generation citizen of Baker County. His father, James Donald, was a member of the Baker City law firm, Nichols, Hallock, Donald, Banta, which is now Silven, Schmeits and Vaughan. James attended Baker schools until he was 16 when he transferred to Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass. He kept close to his classmates at Baker High School and attended every reunion of the Class of 1946. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service during his college vacations. He was … Read more

Biography of Enoch Chase

Enoch Chase was one of the founders of the City of Topeka. He was actively identified with the free state movement in territorial times, and for years was a man of prominence in the state capital. While these reasons make his career a part of Kansas history, it is also noteworthy that his daughter became the wife of the war governor of Kansas half a century ago, while his granddaughter is the wife of the present war governor of Kansas, Arthur Capper. Enoch Chase was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, August 29, 1824, a son of Nathaniel and Harriett Ann Chase. … Read more

Vital records of Rowley Massachusetts

Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts

The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks; in the church records; in the returns made to the Essex County Quarterly Court; in the cemetery inscriptions; and in the private records found in family Bibles, etc. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks’ record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman, and to show variations in the spelling of a name in the same entry.

1737 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

A child of Samuell Stickney, June 5. Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Hale, jr., July 17 Sarah, dau. of John Stewart, July 17. Joseph, son of Samuell Poor, July 24 Samuell, son of Jonathan Thurlo, July 24. Samuell, son of David Woodman, Aug. 21, 1737. Pheebe, dau. of Samll Dickinson, jr., Sept. 11 Sarah, dau. of Samll Hovey, Sept. 11. Oliver, son of Aaron Dresser, Sept. 18. Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Duty, Oct. 2. Moses, son of Humphry Pierce, Oct. 9 Luke, son of Caleb Burbank, Oct. 9. Jane, dau. of Moses Wheeler, Oct. 30. Sarah, dau. of Benj. Plumer, Nov. … Read more

Biography of Marvin Whitman Ray

MARVIN WHITMAN RAY, a member of the Durkee & Ray Corporation, of which he was one of the founders and is also the treasurer, holds a prominent position in the mercantile life of his community. He is also actively interested in all movements for the progress and general welfare of the section, and his service in civic, fraternal and other organizations has earned for him the esteem of all who come in touch with him. He is a member of an old American family, being the representative in the sixth generation in direct lineal descent of the original pioneer who … Read more

1735-6 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Mary, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, Jan. 4, 1735-6 Mercoy, dau. of Samll Lull, Jan. 4, 1735-6. Hepzibah, dau. of Samll Killburn, Jan. 11. Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Burpe, Feb. 15. Joseph, son of David Woodman, Feb. 29. Sarah, dau. of Edmund Cheney, Feb. 7 John, son of Elkanah Lunt, Feb. 7. Judith, dau. of Richard Stuartt, Mar. 14

Biography of Frank H. Chapman

Frank H. Chapman, a leading druggist of Franklin Falls, was born in Lowell, Mass., May 29, 1848, son of Eben L. Chapman, of New Market, N.H. The father, who was born in 1807, removed to Lawrence, Mass., and was there a successful grocer for forty-one years, retiring from active business in 1860. He married for his first wife a Towle, of New Market, who died leaving no children. For his second wife he married Mrs. Martha J. Hilton Hanscomb, and their children were: Frank H., the subject of this sketch; and Charles, who died at the age of six years. … Read more

Narrative of the Captivity of Frances Noble – Indian Captivities

Narrative of the captivity of Frances Noble, who was, among others, taken by the Indians from Swan Island, in Maine, about the year 1755; compiled by John Kelly, Esq. of Concord, New Hampshire, from the minutes and memoranda of Phinehas Merrill. Esq. of Stratham, in the same state; and by the Former Gen. Tleman communicated for publication to the editors of the Historical Collections of New Hampshire.

1741 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Noyes, son of David Pearson, Mar. 29, 1741 Lucy, dau. of Moses Hale, Mar. 29, 1741 Isaac, son of Samuel Stickney, Mar. 29, 1741 Eleazer, son of Caleb Burbank, Mar. 29, 1741. Ruth, dau. of Timothy Jackman, Apr. 12, 1741. William, son of Moses Woodman, Apr. 26, 1741. A child of Abraham Brown, May 17. Sarah, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, May 31 Eunice, dau. of Joshua Noyes, May 31. Joseph, son of Joseph Noyes, July 19. William, son of Dea. Samll Moody, Aug. 9. Edmund Tenney, son of Abenezer Tenny, Sept. 27, 1741 Eliz., dau. of Samll Hovey, Sept. 27, … Read more

Ambrose Family Genealogy

The name of AMBROSE is also spelled in Essex county records Ambros and Ambross. The first of the name here was HENRY AMBROSE, born about 1613. He lived in Hampton, N. H., from 1640 to 1649, when he removed to Salisbury. He subsequently removed to Charlestown about 1652, to Boston in 1653 or 1654; and returned to Salisbury, where he died in 1658. He was made a freeman May 18, 1642; and was a house carpenter by trade. His wife Susannah survived him, and married, secondly, John Severance of Salisbury before 1664; being alive in 1670. Children: Samuel Ambrose, bapt. … Read more

Biography of George Oliver Locke

George Oliver Locke, of Pembroke, an ex-member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, was born in South New Market, N.H., September 19, 1826, son of Simeon and Clarissa (Tash) Locke. His great-grand-father, David Locke, who was a native of Yorkshire, England, became an early settler in Rye, N.H., where he owned a good farm, and resided there until his death, which occurred at a good old age. Simeon Locke (first), grandfather of the subject of this sketch, followed farming in Epsom for a time. Later he moved to East Concord, N.H., and there spent the rest of his life. … Read more

Massachuset Tribe

An important Algonquian tribe that occupied the country about Massachusetts Bay in eastern Massachusetts, the territory claimed extending along the coast from Plymouth northward to Salem and possibly to the Merrimac, including the entire basin of Neponset and Charles Rivers.

Will Of Roger Haskell, Of Beverly

Copied from time original on file in Essex County Probate Office. “The 27: of May: 1667. I Roger Haskell being sick in body, but of perfect memorye, doe make this my last will & testament- I doe bequeathe & give to my wife two cowes, the one being at our son in lawes, William Dodges, and one at home named Coll- I likewise doe bequeathe & give to my three youngest sons Roger, Josiah & Samuel three other cowes, as young white face, velvett & Colly-likewise I give to my daughters Hannah & Sarah 2 heifers, a red one named … Read more