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Free Masonry in Norwich Vermont

It does not appear that any Masonic Lodge has ever existed in Norwich. Quite a number of our citizens, however, as might be expected, have at different times belonged to lodges in adjacent towns. In the list of members of Franklin Lodge, established at Hanover, N. H., in 1796, we find the names of the following Norwich men, with the year of their admission: Reuben Hatch, Freegrace Leavitt (1798), William Sumner (1799), Thomas Brigham, Erastus Leavitt, and Moses Hayward (1800), Reuben Partridge, Andrew Dewey, William Little, Levi Richards, Aaron West (1801-1807), Lyman Lewis, Elijah Slafter, Simon Baldwin, Enos Lewis, Jasper … Read more

Obadiah and Elizabeth (Cotton) Allen Family

Ch. of (a) Obadiah and Elizabeth (Cotton) Allen. 1. Obadiah: b. 1728, d. 1757. 2. Ebenezer: b. 1730, d. 1736. 3. Daniel: b. 1732, in Middletown; m., 1765, Huldah, dau. of David and Hannah (Woodruff) Clark. He d. 1793. 11 ch. 4. Ebenezer: b. 1738; m., in 1766, Elizabeth Pawstee. 8 ch.

Howland Family of Dartmouth and New Bedford, Massachusetts

Abraham Howland

Henry Howland, the progenitor of the Ancient Dartmouth Howland family, the branch here specially considered, lived at Duxbury. The first mention of him in New England is that made in the allotment of cattle to the different families in Plymouth in 1624. Perhaps none of the colonists has a better record for intelligence, thrift, uprightness and unmixed faith in the Divine One than Henry Howland, and these virtues have permeated the lives of his posterity. In general they are a family of great respectability, and as a people thrifty, economical and good managers of finance, most of them having a fair share of this world’s goods – some amassing millions. Henry Howland was made a freeman in 1633; was chosen constable for Duxbury in 1635; bought land there in 1640; was for some years surveyor of highways; served repeatedly on the grand jury, etc. He joined the Society of Friends, perhaps in 1657, and was not a little persecuted thereafter on this account. In 1652, associated with others, he bought a large tract of land in Dartmouth; was one of the twenty-seven purchasers of what is now Freetown in 1659, and in the division of 1660 he received for his share the sixth lot, which was afterward inherited by his son Samuel Howland. He was one of the grantees of Bridgewater but never lived there. Mr. Howland married Mary Newland, and both likely died at the old homestead in Duxbury.

Muster Roll of Captain Albion P. Arnold’s Company

Title page to the Aroostook War

Muster Roll of Captain Albion P. Arnold’s Company of Artillery in the Detachment of drafted Militia of Maine, called into actual service “by the State, for the protection of its Northeastern Frontier, from the twenty-fifth day of February, 1839, the time of its rendezvous at Augusta, Maine, to the seventeenth day of April, 1839, when discharged or mustered.

A Genealogy of the Lake Family

Ancestor Register of Esther Steelman Adams

A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey : descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island; with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family. This volume of nearly 400 pages includes a coat-of-arms in colors, two charts, and nearly fifty full page illustrations – portraits, old homes, samplers, etc. The coat-of-arms shown in the frontspiece is an unusually good example of the heraldic art!

Descendants of Philip Trafford from Dartmouth and Fall River, MA

Now for well on to a century the Trafford name in Dartmouth and Fall River has been closely identified with the industrial life of that section, successive generations of the family having been manufacturers of cotton goods – the late William Bradford Trafford, long actively engaged in manufacturing in Fall River, and the founder of what became the Westport Manufacturing Company, and his sons, the present William C, Andrew E., Charles A., Allison W., Henry Lester, Perry Davis, and Bernard Walton Trafford, and it goes without saying, all have been substantial men and influential citizens of their community. From the settler Thomas Trafford and his wife Mary, the lineage of the present Trafford brothers – William C. and Andrew R. – of the Westport Manufacturing Company is through Philip, Joseph, William Bradford and William Bradford (2). These generations in such detail and family history as is obtainable and in the order given follow.

Allen Family Genealogy

Joseph Allen of Medfield

The Allen Family is among the forty-nine “best families” selected by the American Historical-Genealogical Society for whom the Society has published family histories during the past few years. The Allen Family has been prominent in the British Empire and in the United States, its members having played important roles in war and in peace. Family pride is a commendable trait and should be cultivated. All Allens have just cause to be proud of their family history and traditions. In references No. 17, No. 3 and No. 7 we find the following regarding the Origin of the name Allen: The name … Read more

1894 Michigan State Census – Eaton County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Eaton County Bellevue Township. – Elias Stewart, Frank F. Hughes, Edwin J. Wood, Samuel Van Orman, John D. Conklin, Martin V. Moon. Mitchell Drollett, Levi Evans, William Fisher, William E. Pixley, William Henry Luscomb, George Carroll, Collins S. Lewis, David Crowell, Aaron Skeggs, Thomas Bailey, Andrew Day, L. G. Showerman, Hulbert Parmer, Fletcher Campbell, Lorenzo D. Fall, William Farlin, Francis Beecraft, William Caton, Servitus Tucker, William Shipp, Theodore Davis. Village of Bellevue. – William H. Latta, Thomas B. … Read more

Dedham Massachusetts Historical Society Register 1890-1903

Dedham Historical Register vol 1

From 1890-1903, the Dedham Historical Society in Dedham Massachusetts printed a quarterly pamphlet for it’s historical society called the “Dedham Historical Register.” In this pamphlet a variety of genealogical data was published on families of Dedham and the villages emanating from the early residents of Dedham, such as Dorchester, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Needham, and Sharon, etc.

Over the Misty Blue Hills: The Story of Cocke County, Tennessee

1836 Map of Cocke County, Tennessee

“Over the Misty Blue Hills: The Story of Cocke County, Tennessee,” written by Ruth Webb O’Dell and published in 1951, provides a historical account of Cocke County. The book covers various aspects of Cocke County’s history, including its political, social, religious, and industrial developments. The contents are divided into several detailed sections: the political history of Cocke County, the significance of local names, the natural resources and setting, early settlers, religious history, industrial development, and notable figures from the county. Additionally, it delves into specific family histories, offering insights into the lives of many influential families such as the Allens, Burnetts, Huff, McMahan, and many others.

Slave Narrative of Viney Baker

Interviewer: Mary A. Hicks Person Interviewed: Viney Baker Location: S. Harrington Street, Raleigh, North Carolina Age: 78 An interview with Viney Baker 78 of S. Harrington Street, Raleigh. My mammy wuz Hannah Murry an’ so fur as I know I ain’t got no father, do’ I reckon dat he wuz de plantation stock nigger. I wuz borned in Virginia as yo’ mought say ter my marster Mr. S. L. Allen. We moved when I wuz little ter Durham County whar we fared bad. We ain’t had nothin’ much ter eat an’ ter w’ar. He had a hundert slaves an’ I … Read more

Genealogy of Daniel and James Allen

K133 DANIEL and JAMES ALLEN: settled in York Co., Va., in 1634. (New Kent Co. was later formed from York, and Hanover Co. from New Kent.) K134 CHARLES ALLEN: probably the s. of either Daniel or James; b. in New Kent Co., Va., about 1700; m. Susannah ——-; m. to what is now Charlotte Co. about 1755. K135 JOHN ALLEN: d. Nov. 1, 1816; m. Ann Sims, dau. of Micijah Sims, in 1780 or 1781; served in Rev. Army with 14th Va. Regiment as Sergeant. (1) Lucy S. Allen: 1781-1864. (2) James: 1783-1843. (3) Sally Rivers: 1785-1851. (4) Sims: 1787-1870; … Read more

Ancestors of William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts

Mason Machine Works - Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1899 Catalog

It is to the life and paternal lineage of the late William Mason of Taunton that this article is directed, he being a direct descendant from one of the old pioneers and Indian fighters of this section in its early settlement – Major John Mason, of Pequot fame, from whom William Mason’s descent is through Daniel, Peter, Japhet, Japhet Mason (2) and Amos Mason.

Samuel and Mercy (Wright) Allen Family

Ch. of (A) Samuel and Mercy (Wright) Allen. (a) Nehemiah: b. 1693; d. y. (b) Nehemiah: b. 1697; m. Mary ——-; she d. 1723 in Litchfield, Conn. He m., second, Hannah, dau. of James Wakeley. One child by first m., four by the second m. (c) Mary: b. 1699; m. about 1727 Benjamin Smalley, of Lebanon, Conn., as his second wife. Issue. (d) Daniel: b. 1701; m., 1737, Mary Grant. Five ch. (e) Joseph: b. 1708; m., 1736-37, Mary Baker. He d. in Cornwall, Conn., 1755. 8 ch. (f) Ebenezer: b. 1711; m., 1732, Eleanor Hurlbut, dau. of Joseph and … Read more

Genealogy of Diah and Lydia (Bush) Allen Family

Ch. of B. Diah and Lydia (Bush) Allen. a. Lucius Columbus: b. Jan. 30, 1811; m., 1832, Fanny Young Sprague; b. 1813, d. 1890. He d. Dec. 6, 1886. They had five daus. b. William Bainbridge: b. Mar. 15, 1813; d. Aug. 11, 1836. c. Delius: b. Nov. 14, 1824; m., 1849, in Middletown, Conn., Martha Webb, dau. of Earl and Rhoda (Graves) Cooley; b. 1829. He d. in Middletown May 24, 1890. They had William Tillman, b. Mar. 24, 1855, d. Jan. 3, 1875; Arthur Lee, b. Oct. 27, 1859. d. Joseph Warren: b. 1827, d. 1828.

Genealogy of William Allen Family of Philadelphia-pennsylvania

M145 WILLIAM ALLEN: b. in Dungannon, Ireland, and d. in Philadelphia in 1725. He was an eminent merchant in the latter city. Allen m. Mary, dau. of Thomas and Susanne Budd. They had (1) John, James, William, b. Aug. 5, 1704, was Chief Justice of Philadelphia and d. in London, England, in 1780, and Thomas, who d. in Churchtown, N. Y., in 1794. He m. Elizabeth Shadwick. Their ch. include: (A) Thomas: b. 1742 and d. 1755. (B) John B.: d. July 26, 1777. (C) William: b. 1756 and d. Oct. 11, 1833. All of the above lived and died … Read more

Genealogy of Ebenezer and Chloe (Osborn) Allen Family

Ch. of 1. Ebenezer and Chloe (Osborn) Allen. A. Ebenezer: b. 1775; m., 1802, Sarah, dau. of John and Redexalena Loomis; b. in E. Windsor, 1774; d. 1860. He d. 1850. Had Ebenezer Loomis, William Ellsworth and six daus. C. Levi: b. 1780 in E. Windsor, Conn.; m., in Palmer, Mass., 1804, Nancy Gilman Allen; b. in Amherst, Mass., 1788, d. 1827. He m., second, 1831, Betsy Clark; b. in Northampton, Mass., 1791, d. 1854. He d. 1867. 8 ch. by 1st w. D. John: b. 1782; m., 1809, Sally Field Allen; b. in Enfield, 1785. He d. 1867. Had, … Read more

Genealogy of Joel and Lydia (Butler) Allen Family

Ch. of D. Joel and Lydia (Butler) Allen. a. Joel: b. Dec. 11, 1810; m., 1837, Hariet Trumbull; b. in E. Windsor in 1822, d. 1892. He d. Jan. 9, 1886. Had Joel Asaph, b. July 19, 1838; Edgar, b. Sept. 2, 1849, and Irving, b. Mar. 21, 1857. b. Ethan Otis: b. Aug. 25, 1813; m., 1837, Kezia Davis; b. 1813. He d. Jan. 24, 1902, in Los Angeles, Calif. They had Loring Davis, d. unm. c. Henry: b. Feb. 9, 1816; m., 1840, Clarissa Ramsdell; b. 1816, d. Feb., 1897. He d. in Springfield, Mass., June 30, 1868. … Read more