Genealogical Notes, Silas Woodworth and Sarah English Woodworth

6. V. Silas Woodworth (Ichabod, Benjamin, Walter, Walter), b. Lebanon, Conn., March 22, 1725; m. Sarah, daughter of Richard and Mary English, Sept. 22, 1746, and went to Nova Scotia in the ship Wolfe, May, 1760, and settled in Lower Cornwallis. He d. Sept. 26, 1790 ; she d. May 29, 1808, aged 74.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, pages ccxlviii-ccxlix, Allied Families: Woodworth

Obituary, George Melvin Chute II

George "Mel" Chute

Born In: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born: August 12th, 1943

Passed in: Port Maitland, Nova Scotia
Passed on: January 6th, 2016

CHUTE, George Melvin "Mel" '96 age 72, Port Maitland, Yarmouth Co., passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at home. Born August 12, 1943 in Yarmouth, he was a son of the late George E. & Jane "Jennie" (Gaudet) Chute. Mel worked as a lobster fisherman for 25 years, after which he worked for Aberdeen Paving Ltd. for another 25 years. He was a member of the Acadian-M�tis Souriquois Council, and was a former member of the Port Maitland Fire Department. He and his wife also enjoyed many years of league bowling. In his spare time, he loved fishing off of the wharf at Cape Saint Mary's and he was a die-hard Blue Jays fan. He is survived by his loving daughters, Jeannie Outhouse, Yarmouth, and Christina (Paul) Blake, Port Maitland, as well as by grandchildren Deanna (Steven) Doucet, Port Maitland; Amanda Outhouse (Thomas Chenel), Yarmouth; Brittney Blake, Halifax; Kennedy Blake, Port Maitland and great grandchildren, Ethan, Korbin and Taylor Doucet, all of Port Maitland. He also leaves behind his best friend, Bill Crouse. Aside from his parents, he was predeceased by his loving wife of 30 years, Edna P. (Churchill) Chute and a long-time friend, Patricia Crouse. Visitation took place from 2-4 and 7-9 Sunday at H. M. Huskilson's Funeral Home, 29 Albert Street, Yarmouth, where the funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Monday, January 11, Rev. A. D. "Bill" Newell officiated. Interment followed in the Port Maitland-Beaver River Cemetery. Donations in Mel's memory may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Canada or to the Nova Scotia Heart and Stroke Foundation. You may sign the online guestbook or leave messages of condolence for the family by visiting www.huskilson.net

Source: http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-534199-george-mel-chute.html

Genealogical Notes, Aaron Morse, Sr. and Eleanor McGregor Morse

14. vii. Aaron Morse, brother to the above, b. Dec. 5, 1770; m. Eleanor McGregor, 1796. She d. May 9, 1827, aged 51. He m. 2d (as her 3d husband), Frances Farnsworth, widow of Rev. James Manning, and also of Henry Troop, and d. Aug. 1, 1838. She d. March 7, 1872, aged 98.

CHILDREN.
i Aaron, b. 1796; m. Seraph, daughter of Michael Martin, the singing teacher (1770-1853); 12 children.
ii Lydia A., b. Dec. 2, 1797 ; m. Ezekiel Chute. See No. 33.
iii William, m. Lovena, daughter of Major Chipman; 4 children.
iv Edward M., m. Mary A., daughter of William Bishop; 6 daughters; 1 son, Capt. Edward M., Jr., b. about 1830; m. Caroline Wentworth, a school-teacher from Dover, N. H., who d. at West Paradise, N. S., Oct. 30, 1889, aged 57. Capt. E. M. Morse is a man of good repute in that place.
v Joseph, d. over 40.
vi Eleanor, m. James, son of John Starratt; 6 children,
vii Henry Alline, m. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Peter, son of John Starratt; 2 daughters; daughter Henrietta m. William Fowler Chute, a carpenter in Lynn. Mrs. M. E Morse d. in Lynn, March, 1893, aged 69.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, page cxxxiii, Allied Families: Morse

Genealogical Notes, Samuel Foster, Sr., Lydia Chute Foster and Catherine Crisp/Crips Foster

17. vii. Samuel Foster, brother to the preceding [Benjamin Foster], b. in Granville, N. S., Sept. 9, 1784; m. Lydia Chute (John, John, Lionel, James, James, Lionel), March 17, 1805, and lived at Hampton, Annapolis county; a farmer. She d. Dec. 20, 1833, aged 49, nearly; he m. 2d, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crips, Dec. 4, 1835, and d. July 29, 1879. She d. April 10, 1881, aged 70.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, pages lxiv-lxv, Allied Families: Foster

Genealogical Notes, Martha Chute Foster

iii Martha, b. Aug. 1, 1819; m. Harris, son of Samuel Foster, Dec. 24, 1839, and had a son Norman, who d, at 10 years of age; she d. Feb. 2, 1880. See Foster.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, page 70

Genealogical Notes, Deacon Harris Foster

v. Dea. Harris, b. June 28, 1815 ; m. Martha Chute, see No. 44; m. 2d, Lavinia, (Cogswell) Chute, see No. 134; m. 3d, Mary A. (Brown) Chute, see No. 251. Harris Foster, Esq., is a merchant and a Baptist deacon at Hampton.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, pages lxiv-lxv, Allied Families: Foster

Genealogical Notes, Lavinia Cogswell Foster

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, page 134

Genealogical Notes, Mary Ann Brown Foster

IX. 251 Aaron E. ... born in Hampton, N. S., Aug. 22, 1843; married Mary Ann, daughter of William Brown (George, William, from England before the Revolution), Feb. 11, 1866; he sailed on the Atlantic Ocean, and became a captain ; was drowned May 24. 1871 ; she married 2nd, Harris Foster Esq., Hampton, N. S., Oct. 1884.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, page 177

Genealogical Notes, Allen M. Chute and Mary Ann Savory/Savary Chute

vi. Allen, b. Sept. 18, 1829; m. Mary Ann Savory⁶ (Nathan,⁵ Uriah,⁴ Thomas,³ Samuel,² Thomas¹ to Plymouth, Mass., 1634), Apr. 3, 1862, and live at St. Mary's Bay, Digby Co., N. S.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894, page 55

Genealogical Notes, Annis May Henshaw Adams

Annis May Henshaw Born Apr 7 1865, Clements, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. She married John W. Adams, Nov 28 1885. John, son of William Maurice Adams & Eliza Jane Pinkney. Annis May Henshaw died Jul 9 1887, buried Mary Jane Riley Road Cemetery, Waldec East, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

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Genealogical Notes, Carrie E. Henshaw Reed

Carrie E. Henshaw. Born Jul 22 1867, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. She married Charles Reed, Mar 30 1885, Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. She then married Edward Skinner or Spinner. In 1929 Carrie was living in Windsor, Vermont. In 1940 she was still living in Windsor, Vermont.

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Genealogical Notes, Laura Belle Henshaw (Sanford) Burrell

Laura Belle Henshaw M: Charles W. Sanford M: William Avard Burrell (Laura Belle Henshaw) (Belle L. Henshaw) Born Dec 29 1870, Clements, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. She married Charles W. Sanford, Nov 5 1888, Waldec, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Laura and Charles were divorced. She then married William Avard Burrell. William, son of Thomas Burrell & Arabella Baird, was born Jun 16 1873, Clementsvale, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. In 1940 Laura and William were living in Deep Brook, Connecticut*. William died Mar 18 1947, Digby County, Nova Scotia; buried Clementsvale Cemetery, Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Laura Belle Henshaw died May 31 1969, Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia; buried Clementsport United Cemetery, Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

* There is no Deep Brook, Connecticut. There is a Deep Brook, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, however. It seems likely that this was their area of residence in 1940.

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Genealogical Notes, Jennet ("Jennie") Henshaw Oxtoby

Jennet Henshaw, (Jennie Henshaw) Born Jul 13 1872, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. In 1929 Jennie was living in Plymouth, New Hampshire. She married - Oxtoby. Jennet Henshaw died Dec 12 1940, Hartford, Connecticut; age 68; buried Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont. Jennie is buried next to her brother Warren. Jennie's obituary mentioned surviving sisters Mrs. Charles Huff and Mrs. John Ware of Wethersfield, Connecticut; Mrs. Edward Skinner of Windsor, Vermont; Mrs. Avard Burrell of Deep Brook [Connecticut]; brothers Wallace and Frank of Salem, Massachusetts; Fred of Washington, D.C., and Captain Herbert Henshaw of Staten Island, New York.

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Genealogical Notes, John Buckford or Bickford Henshaw

John Buckford Henshaw ---+ M: Henrietta - +-- Lloyd Henshaw, (John Buckford Henshaw) (Bickford J. Henshaw) Born May 28 1874, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. He married Henrietta. In 1929 John was living in Salem, Massachusetts.

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Genealogical Notes, Frank Perry Henshaw

Frank Perry Henshaw (Frank Perry Henshaw) (Frank Harry Henshaw) Born Mar 23 1876, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. He married Edna Powers. No children. In 1929 Frank was living in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1940 Frank was still living in Salem. Frank Perry Henshaw died Jun 9 1946, Salem, Massachusetts.

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Genealogical Notes, Abbie Marietta Henshaw Morgan

Abbie Marietta Henshaw Born Jan 5 1878. She married Carey A. Morgan, Feb 8 1899, Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Carey was born Dec 4 1872, Lansdown, Digby County, Nova Scotia. Children: Dwight Lloyd Morgan, born 1901, died Jul 24 1985. Paula Morgan. In 1929 Abbie was living in Landsdowne, Nova Scotia. Carey died Aug 7 1953, Digby County, Nova Scotia; age 82 years, 8 months, 3 days.

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Genealogical Notes, Lorenzo Fred Henshaw

Lorenzo Fred Henshaw ---+ M: Mabel Lacrosse
+-- Dorothy L. Henshaw, 1903-1999
+-- Thelma Mae Henshaw, c1906-<1999
+-- Cathalie Henshaw, c1908-<1999
+-- Sirvantis C. Henshaw, 1909-2000
+-- Robert F. Henshaw, c1912-
+-- Garnet C. Henshaw, 1913-1998
Lorenzo Fred Henshaw: (Fred L. Henshaw) Born Mar - 1880, Canada. He married Mabel Lacrosse, 1902, Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont. Fred and family were shown in the 1920 census, Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont: Henshaw, Fred L., head-of-household, age 39, born in Canada; parents born in Canada. Henshaw, Mabel, wife, age 37, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. Henshaw, Dorothy, daughter, age 16, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. Henshaw, Thelma M, daughter, age 14, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. Henshaw, Nathelie R, daughter, age 12, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. Henshaw, Servantis C., son, age 10, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. Henshaw, Robert F., son, age 8, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. Henshaw, Garnet C., son, age 7, born in Vermont; father born in Canada; mother born in Vermont. In 1929 Fred was still living in Windsor, Vermont. In 1940 Fred was living in Washington, D.C. Mabel died Sep - 1954, buried St. Francis Cemetery. Lorenzo Fred Henshaw died Jun 13 1961.

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Genealogical Notes, Della Blanche Henshaw Huff

Della Blanche Henshaw Born Feb 24 1882. She married Charles O. Huff. In 1929 Della was living in Wethersfield, Connecticut. She was still living in Wethersfield as of 1940.

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Genealogical Notes, Lena Pearle Henshaw Ware

Lena Pearle Henshaw Born Sep 3 1883. She married John B. Ware, Dec 9 1903, Clements, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. John, son of Albert + Mary Ware, was born in Lindsay, Ontario. In 1929 Lena was living in Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1940 she was living in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

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Genealogical Notes, James Congdon Steadman and Susannah McKenzie Steadman

5. ii. James C. Steadman, another brother [of William Steadman], b. June 2, 1781; m. Susanna, daughter of Alex. McKenzie, 1805; lived in Granville, Annapolis county, and d. near Bridgetown, Sept. 28, 1868 ; she d. Dec. 9, 1870, aged 84.

CHILDREN.
i Frances, b. March 20, 1807 ; m. Ezra Chute. See No. 85.
ii Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1809; m. Calvin Gidney, and d. about 1885; a daughter Caroline m. Alex. McKay, supervisor of schools for Halifax county, living at Dartmouth.
iii Walter, b. Feb. 20, 1811 ; m. Margery Rose, daughter of Capt. John Frazer of Liverpool, N. S., and d. at Bridgetown, March. 1, 1889 ; she d. Sept. 11, 1886.
iv Enoch, b. May 26, 1813 ; m. Sophia Mack (Stephen, Samuel, Samuel), b. Nov. 20, 1822; d. Nov. 21, 1886; 7 children.
v Elizabeth, b. Nov., 1815; m. Joseph, son of Elias Bent; 3 children, and d. July 4, 1887.
vi Havilah, b. 1818 ; m. Nathan R. Chute. See No. 94.
vii Horatia, b. 1820; m. Ambrose, son of Obadiah Parker; had Obadiah, Susan, James, and Walter, and d. about 1885.
viii Caroline, b. 1822; m. Allen T. Mack (Stephen, Samuel, Samuel), near Bridgetown ; 3 children.
ix Susan, b. 1825; m. William McGochin, Granville Ferry. Three more children must have d. in infancy.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page cciv, Allied Families: Steadman.

Genealogical Notes, John Steadman and Hannah Harris Steadman

3. ii. John Steadman, brother to the above [Enoch Steadman], b. April 19, 1765; m. Hannah Harris, and lived in Cornwallis.

CHILDREN.
i Hannah, b. July 11, 1793; m. John Van Buskirk, 1814.
ii Betsy, b. Jan. 23, 1795; m. John McLachlin; 1821(?); m. 2d, Timothy Haggarty, Nov. 7, 1821.
7 iii Charles Chipman, b. April 5, 1797.
iv Thomas, b. March 9, 1799; m. Trites Horsman, Petticodiac, N. S.
v James, b. March 4, 1802; m. Betsy Hicks.
vi William, b. Aug. 2, 1804 ; m. Beckwith.
8 vii Benjamin, b. Feb. 12, 1807.
viii Mary Ann, b. May 21, 1809.
ix Susan, b. July 16, 1811; m. Arthur Armstrong; 2 daughters ; m. 2d, Edward Charlton, son of John.
x George, b. Feb. 14, 1815; m. Perkins; in. 2d, Thomas' widow, Moncton, N. B.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page cciii, Allied Families: Steadman.

Genealogical Notes, Charles Chipman Steadman and Frances Von Buskirk Steadman

7. iii. Charles Chipman Steadman (John, John), b. April 5, 1797 ; m. Frances, daughter of Major Abram Van Buskirk, and lived in Aylesford.

CHILDREN.
9 i James G., b. March 1, 1824.
ii Charles, b. 1826; m. Selina Ritchie, Annapolis; 5 or 6 children.
iii William, b. 1829; m. Catharine Etherington ; 3 children; m. 2d, Amanda. iv Horatia D., b. 1833 ; in. James E. Miller (James, Michael), Nov. 12, 1853; 5 children; Lois Amanda, m. William E. Woodworth ; is in Salem.
v Julia Ann, b. 1837 ; m. Israel D., son of Timothy Brooks, Jr.; 6 children; he d. 1869 (?). She m. 2d, William Loyte, as his second wife, and live in Swampscott. She came to Lynn, Mass., 1870; her father and mother in 1872. The old lady d. in Nova Scotia, Oct., 1873, aged 65 ; he d. in Lynn, 1876, aged 79.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page ccv, Allied Families: Steadman.

Genealogical Notes, Timothy Brooks, Sr. and Joanna Crocker Chute Brooks

i. Joanna, b. July 9, 1772; m. 1799, Timothy Brooks, who d. June, 1823, aged 58. His widow m. John Harvey, 1825, went to Lower Canada 1827, and d. 1836. He d. 1837, aged 62.

CHILDREN:
1. Mary, b. May 2, 1801; d. 1819.
2. Timothy, b. Dec. 2, 1802 ; m. Susan, daughter of John and Ruth Rhodes, 1833, and d. May 7, 1888 ; she d. Apr. 9, 1884, aged 73. Children : (1) Israel D., b. Dec. 26, 1833 ; m. Julia A. Steadman (Charles C.,³ John,² John¹), 1851, and d. 1869; had Susan D., Charles B., Norman, Laura, Florence and Euphemia; she m., 2nd, Wm. Loyte, May 3, 1891, and live in Lynn, Mass. (2) Mary Ann, b. July 12, 1835; m. John E. Chute, see No. 136. (3) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1837; m. Foster Farnsworth, 1857. (4) Phebe R., b. Sept. 15, 1842; m. John Edward Farnsworth, 1800. (5) John Fletcher, b. July 11, 1845; m. Julia, daughter of Seth Brown, Apr. 10, 1874. (6) Joanna A., b. Dec. 3, 1850; m. Geo. Whitman, Mar. 9, 1887. (7) Lloyd D., b. Dec. 16, 1854; m. Mattie, daughter of James, of Sylvanus Snow.
3. John, b. Jan. 11, 1805; d. 1810.
4. John, b. Nov. 4, 1808 ; m. Susan Grimes, Lubec, Me. and d. at 1860.
5. Thomas, b. Nov. 9, 1812 ; m. Phoebe Ann, of John and Mary (Chute) Ellis, Dec. 29, 1836, and had twelve children. They moved to Lynn, Mass., 1867, and kept a boarding-house, where he d. Aug. 5, 1891.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page 29, Entry: VI. 11. John Chute, jun.

Genealogical Notes, Captain John Steadman, Parthenia Gracey Steadman and Frances Congdon Steadman

1. i. John Steadman, b. about 1720, was of S. Kingstown, R.I.; m. Parthenia Gracey, 1746, in Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, N.J.; had 4 children when Mrs. Steadman d., and he m. 2d, Frances Congdon of N. Kingstown, R. I., and went to Cornwallis, N. S., 1760.

CHILDREN.
i Martha, b. about 1747; m. Jan. 12, 1769, Worden Beckwith (John, James, Matthew, Matthew) of Norwich, Ct., who went to Cornwallis, N. S., from S. Kingstown, R. I., in 1760. Children : John Steadman, 1770 ; Parthenia, 1771; Thomas Worden, 1772; Rebecca, 1776, and Enoch, 1779.
ii Parthenia, m. and lived off South.
iii Mary, m. and lived off South.
iv Benjamin, m. Sarah Cogswell (Aaron, Hezekiah, Samuel, Samuel, John, John), 1787.
2 v Enoch, b. 1761.
vi Hannah, b. Feb. 5, 1763; d. April 10, 1786.
3 vii John, b. April 19, 1765.
viii Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1767 ; m. Maj. Abram Gesner, son of John ; a soldier in the Revolution ; from N. Y., of German descent, to Nova Scotia, 1783, and had (1) Hannah, b. 1787; (2) Jacob; (3) Henry; (4) Elizabeth; (5) Famicha ; (6) Caroline ; (7) Isaac ; (8) Maria ; (9) Abram; (10) Horatia; (11) Delancy M.; (12) George P. The Major d. April 29, 1824, aged 67. Col. Henry Gesner, twin brother to Abram, also a Loyalist, m. Sarah, daughter of David and Rebecca Pineo (Peter, James), 1786, and had (1) Rebecca; (2) John H.; (3) Elizabeth ; (4) David H.; (5) Famicha ; (6) Abram ; (7) Gibbs H.; (8) Sarah C; (9) Henry; (10) Ann Maria; (11) Lucy ; (12) Charlotte Ann.
ix Thomas, b. Jan. 30, 1771.
x Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1774.
4 xi William, b. March 25, 1777.
5 xii James Congdon, b. June 2, 1781.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Pages cci-ccii, Allied Families: Steadman.

"Among the well known Rhode Island families represented in King's County are the Congdons, Sanfords, Sheffields, Shermans, Steadmans, and Sweets. The founder of the Cornwallis family was John Steadman, son of Thomas and Hannah Steadman, b. in South Kingston, R. I., Sept. 21, 1725, m. in Shrewsbury, N. J., Jan. 29, 1746, Bethany Gray. (Dr. Brechin* and the Chute Genealogies say Parthenia Gracey, but the record above is taken from the South Kings town Vital Records). He m. (2) Frances Congdon of North Kings town, R. I. He was a surveyor, at one time lived in Long Island, N. Y., but in 1760 removed to King's County, where he assisted in laying out the township of Cornwallis.

* By "Brechin", Eaton refered to Dr. William Pitt Brechin, described in his Preface: "In the preparation of family sketches the well known news paper articles, now in scrap books, of the late William Pitt Brechin, M.D., of Boston, have been of great assistance."

Source: Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton , M.A., D.C.L. The History of Kings County Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land, Giving a Sketch of the French and Their Expulsion; and a History of the New England Planters Who Came in their Stead, With Many Genealogies, 1604-1910. The Salem Press Company, Salem, Mass. 1910. Pages 833-834

Parthenia Bethany Gracey
Sex: F
Also Known As: Bethany Gray
Born: in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
Died: BEF. 1760
Also Known As (AKA): in Parthenia Gracey
Also Known As (AKA): in Bethany Gray
Notes: According to Eaton in his 1910 Kings County book, Dr. Brechin and the Chute Genealogies give name as Parthenia Gracey, but the name Bethany Gray is taken from the South Kingstown vital records.

Father: Matthew Gracey
Mother: Rebecca Applegate

Family 1: John Steadman, b. 20 SEP 1725 in South Kingston, Washington Co., RI
Married: 29 JAN 1745/46 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
Matthew Gracy Steadman, b. 4 JUL 1748 in South Kingston, Washington Co., RI
Martha Steadman, b. 18 NOV 1750 in South Kingston, Washington Co., RI
Parthenia Bethany Gracey Steadman, b. ABT. 1752 in South Kingston, Washington Co., RI
Mary McCoone Steadman, b. ABT. 1754 in South Kingston, Washington Co., RI

Source: See Source Reference

Genealogical Notes, John Hicks, Sr. and Elizabeth Russell Hicks

5. v. John Hicks (Thomas, Thomas, Samuel, Robert), b. Portsmouth, R. I., April 23, 1715 ; m. Elizabeth Russell, 1740, and moved to Falmouth, Hants county, N. S., 1759, but seems to have lived in Annapolis county some time, as he is reported a member of the House of Assembly for Granville, 1768. He d. March 6, 1790, aged 75.

CHILDREN.
i Hannah, b. 1743; d. young.
ii Ephraim, b. 1744.
iii Russell, b. 1745.
iv Seth, b. 1746.
6 v Benjamin, b. 1750.
vi Patience, b. 1752.
7 vii John, b. 1755.
8 viii Thomas, b. 1758.
ix Weston, b. 1760 ; m. Catee, daughter of Valentine and Katy Troop, and widow of Rev. Joseph Fellows*, and had (1) Weston, d. young. (2) Ann, m. Rev. Alex. Fowler, and had Priscilla, m. Robert Troop ; and Weston, in. Ann Hall ; 4 children.
x. Hannah, b. 1763; m. John Hall(?).
xi Ruth, b. 1765; d. single, 1856.
*Rev. Joseph Fellows' children were Joseph, Israel, George, and Benjamin.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Pages ci-cii, Allied Families: Hicks.

Genealogical Notes, Obadiah Morse, Jr. and Minetta Foster Morse

10. Obadiah, jun., b. Dec. 20, 1809; m. Sept. 11, 1834, Minetta, daughter of Asa and Roby (Hicks) Foster, and had Nathan R., b. June 12, 1835; m. Cynthia, daughter of Robert H. Foster and have five children. William T., b. 1837; m. Elizabeth H., daughter of Abner Morse, at Bear river; had one daughter and d. 1862. Obadiah d. Dec. 30, 1837, and his widow m., 2nd, Jacob Foster, 1848; d. Jan. 2, 1890, aged 77.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Pages 22.

Genealogical Notes, William Parker and Lydia Benjamin Parker

3. iii. William Parker (Maj. Nathaniel, William), b. about 1770; m. Lydia Benjamin, 1790; lived in Aylesford, farmer, and d. 1846; she d. 1847.

CHILDREN.
i Silas, b. Dec., 1790 ; m. Nancy Balcomb, and d. 1860. She m. 2d, Dea. Joseph Wade (son of Sylvanus, son of John, went to Nova Scotia time of the Revolution), and the good old deacon d. in Granville, 1887, aged 101.
ii Mary, b. Jan., 1792; m. Job Randall; had a son Oliver, then he d. She m. 2d, Dea. Joseph Wade.
iii Dea. Abel, b. Nov. 8, 1793; m. Susan, daughter of Daniel Morse, Jan. 25, 1821 ; lived at Berwick, in Cornwallis; 9 children, one of whom is Rev. David 0. Parker, Baptist. He d. 1868; shed. 1876.
iv Salome, b. Sept. 2, 1796 ; m. Jonas, son of Henry Balcomb, Feb. 25, 1823, Wilmot.
v Miriam, b. Sept. 1, 1799; m. William Chase; B. F. Chute. See No. 67. She d. Jan., 1894.
vi Rev. Obadiah, b. Nov. 24, 1803; m. Hannah Maria Morse; see No. 7; m. 2d, Mary, daughter of Reuben Balcomb, Jan. 24, 1837; 2 daughters more. He d. July 1, 1890; she d. 1888, aged 89.
vii Susanna, b. Nov. 24, 1805; m. Daniel Morse, Jr., Nictaux.
viii Edward, b. March 1, 1808; m. Evalina, daughter of John M. Morse, W. Cornwallis.
ix Nathaniel, b. Oct. 14, 1810 ; merchant in Wilmot ; d. July 18, 1880.
x Rev. James, b. Aug. 25, 1813 ; m. Phebe Durland, daughter of Zebulon, son of Daniel, July 12, 1842 ; d. Jan. 26, 1876; she d. Feb 15, 1878.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page cxlvi. Allied Families: Parker.

Genealogical Notes, Daniel Morse, Sr. and Jane Woodbury Morse

10. vii. Daniel Morse, another brother [of Silas Morse], b. in Annapolis county, N. S., Feb. 5, 1772; m. Jane, daughter of Isaac Woodbury, and setttled near Bridgetown ; a farmer.

CHILDREN.
i Sampson, drowned at 4 years.
ii Susan, m. Dea. Abel Parker (William, Major Nathaniel, William).
iii Seraph, m. Amos Patterson. He d. 1871.
17 iv Daniel, m. Susanna Parker (William, etc.), 1829.
v Isabel, m. Dea. Sidney Welton (Cephas, Ezekiel, Thomas, John, John and Mary (Upson), England, to America, 1667; to Waterbury, Conn., 1679); son, Daniel Morse Welton, d.d., b. 1831 ; Prof, of Hebrew, Bap. Col., Toronto, Out.
vi Jane, m. Rev. David Chase.
vii Leverett, m. Hannah Chase. She d. 1867.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Pages cxxxi-cxxxii. Allied Families: Morse.

Genealogical Notes, Daniel Morse and Susan/Susannah Parker Morse

17. viii. Daniel Morse, Jr. (Daniel, Abner, Obadiah, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Samuel), b. near Bridgetown, N. S., 1805; m. Susan Parker (William, Major Nathaniel, William), 1829, and d. Sept. 30, 1881. She d. 1884, aged 76.

CHILDREN
i Sarah J. B., b. Dec. 11, 1829; d. April 17, 1859.
ii Isaac Watts, b. Oct. 14, 1831; m. Rebecca, daughter of Capt. John Shafner, 1858; 7 children; to Watertown, Mass., 1885.
iii. Lydia Salome, b. Aug. 17, 1833; m. William W. Balcomb, 1860.
iv. Lucy Isabel, b. Oct. 30, 1835; d. March 6, 1844.
v. William Alline, b. Oct. 14, 1837; m. , 1861.
vi. Robert Daniel, b. Sept. 6, 1841 ; d. June 28, 1842.
vii. James Shannon, b. May 14, 1843.
viii. Mary Ann H. Judson, b. Jan. 15, 1847.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Pages cxxxiv-cxxxv. Allied Families: Morse.

i. Jessie, b. Oct. 18, 1866; m. Capt. Sidney Berry, 1887.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page 166.

Our records, based on William Edward Chute's entry, above, do reflect the marriage of Jessie (or Jessie Ann) Chute with Captain Sidney Berry in 1887. However, official census records don't support that. Instead, they support Jessie's marriage to Captain Joseph Norman Berry, which continued for decades, and resulted in 3 children. Sidney and Joseph Norman have different parents. It is unlikely that she married Sidney later in life (she died before Joseph Norman did), but we have left the record as is, for research purposes.

11. v. James Randall (Amos, David, Stephen, John), b. July 3, 1798; m. Mary Pickup (George, Samuel), Feb. 3, 1831, and lived in Clements, above Moose River ; had 3 sons, 3 daughters ; 2 of the sons and the 3 daughters d. in infancy and youth ; while George, b. 1834, m. Mary E. Roblee, and has Bessie, Ada, Marilla, Mary Olivia (school-teacher), and Irwin ; live a little below Goat Island, in Clements.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page clxvi. Alllied Family: Randall.

4. iv. Dea. David Randall (David, Stephen, John), b. in Preston, Conn., Jan. 17, 1748; m. Amy Payson, Nov. 23, 1775, in Nova Scotia, and settled in Aylesford. He d. 1831. She d. 1830, aged 78.

CHILDREN.
i John, b. Sept. 10, 1777 ; m. Ruth Gates (James, Capt. Oldham, etc.), 1804, and had James, William Silas, Mary, Emily, Eliza, and Helen. He m. 2d, Nancy Downey ; 3d, Polly (Baker) Goucher.
ii Lucy, b. July 28, 1780; d. at one month.
iii Jonathan, b. Aug. 15, 1781 ; m. , and lived in Maine.
8 iv William D., b. Oct. 16, 1783.
v George, b. Aug. 28, 1785; drowned in a spring about 1816.
vi Lucy, b. Nov. 19, 1787 ; m. Peter P. Chute. See No. 27.
vii Amy, b. Sept. 15, 1789; m. Rev. Ebenezer Stronach, of Wilmot; he d. Nov. 25, 1858.
viii Eunice, b. Aug. 8, 1791 ; d. young.
ix David, b. March 28, 1793.
x Olive, b. April 27, 1797; d. Nov. 13, 1798.

Source: Chute, William Edward. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources. Salem, Massachusetts, 1894. Page clxii. Alllied Family: Randall.

86. Lot⁶ (John, John, Lot, Roger), b. 2 Oct., bapt. 9 Nov., 1735, in Beverly, and lived on Dodge street, at "5 " (see p. 146), near his father. He was also a farmer, and deacon of the Second Church.

On 29 Mch., 1760, Samuel and Lot Conant, of Beverly, weavers, with consent of their wives, Mary and Abigail, sell Abigail Trask eight acres of woodland in Manchester, " which formerly belonged to our father, Deacon John Conant, deceased" (Essex Deeds, Vol. 109, p. 23).

He m. 20 Jan., 1750, Abigail Perkins.

Children of Lot and Abigail (Perkins) Conant:

Nabby, b. 25 Feb., 1756; d. y.
Sarah, b. 23 Feb., bapt. 26 Feb., 1758.
176. Nabby, b. 6, bapt. 9 Mch., 1760.
177. Benjamin, b. 9, bapt. 10 Feb., 1765.
Jonathan, bapt. 17 Feb., 1771.

Source: Conant, Frederick Odell, M.A., A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations 1520-1887, Containing Also Some Genealogical Notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit Families. Privately Printed, Portland, Maine. 1887. Pages 214-215. Page 146 is a map of Conant properties in Beverly.

32. John⁴ {John, Lot, Roger), b. 7 July, 1686, in Beverly. He was admitted to the First Church of Beverly 6 Aug., 1704, and chosen deacon 23 Feb., 1723. He was a farmer and weaver. About the year 1732 he built a house on the northerly side of Dodge street, in Beverly, some twenty rods east of his father's house and near the spot marked " 3 " on the map presented on page 146. The house was taken down in 1884 by Mr. Charles E. Riva, who built a house near and west of the old house. By the provisions of his father's will he came into possession of the east half of the field south of the highway (Dodge street), the orchard between his house and his father's, and "that piece of ground which he hath for some years improved lying north-westerly from my orchard." The fulling mill where he plied his trade of "weaver" was at the spot marked "6" on the map.

On Mch. 2, 1722-3, John Conant, weaver, and Benjamin Conant, tailor, both of Beverly, buy 7 acres of land in Beverly of Zachariah Hubbard, of Lynn. (Essex Deeds, Vol. 40, p. 168.)

On Mch. 15, 1722-3, Samuel Balch, senior, Paul Thorndike, John Lovett, junior, and John Ober, all of Beverly, sell three acres of land belonging to Patience Woodbury (non compos), to John Conant, husbandman and weaver. (Essex Deeds, Vol. 58, p. 97.)

On Apr. 28, 1727, he bought land of his brother, Benjamin. (Essex Deeds, Vol. 58, p. 99.) On Mch. 19, 1722-3, he bought three acres of land of Humphrey Woodbury, "which formerly belonged to my father, John Woodbury." (Essex Deeds, Vol. 58, p. 98.) On 29 Jan., 1739, John Conant, junior, of Beverly, weaver, sells Jonathan Conant, currier, 20 acres of land and two old houses in Marblehead. (Essex Deeds, Vol. 109, p. 185.)

His will is dated 28 May, 1754, proved 26 May, 1755; recorded in Essex Co. Probate Records, Vol. 333, p. 44. He left a legacy to the second parish of Beverly, to which other sums were added in 1760, and a silver tankard for communion service purchased. His will mentions: wife, Mary; sons, John, Samuel and Lot; daughters, Martha Friend, Bithiah Dodge, Sarah Waldron, Mary Baker and Elizabeth Conant. His cousin, Jonathan Conant, and son, Samuel, are appointed executors. The inventory of the estate was returned 8 July, 1755, and amounted to �628 15s. 8d.

He m. (1) 30 Jan., 1713-4, Martha, dr. of Richard and Mary (Eaton) Dodge, of Wenham. She was admitted to First Church 8 Aug., 1714, and d. 5 Oct., 1721. Richard Dodge was son of Richard the immigrant. He m. (2) 2 June, 1722, Mary (Lovett) Cressy, widow of John Cressy; she d. 1766.

Children of John and Martha (Dodge) Conant:�
Samuel, b. 29 Dec, 1713; bapt. 2 Jan., 1713-14; d. 29 Jan., 1715.
83. Martha, b. 22 Apr., 1716.
84. John, b. 6 Mch., 1717-18 (bapt. 9 Feb., 1717-1818?). [Note: The author questioned this record: someone baptised before birth. Either the dates are reversed, or a record was written incorrectly.]
Bithiah, b. 29 Jan., bapt. 7 Feb., 1719-20; m. Dodge.

Children of John and Mary (Lovett) Conant:�
Elizabeth, b. 6 May, bapt, 9 June, 1723.
Sarah, b. 20 July, 1725 (bapt. 18 July, 1725?); m. Waldron. [Note: The author questioned this record: someone baptised before birth. Either the dates are reversed, or a record was written incorrectly.]
Mary, b. 31 Aug., bapt. 3 Sep., 1727; m. Baker.
85. Samuel, b. 14 Apr., bapt. 19 Apr., 1730.
Benjamin, b. 9 Apr., 1732 (bapt. 2 Apr., 1732?); d. 16 May, 1736. [Note: The author questioned this record: someone baptised before birth. Either the dates are reversed, or a record was written incorrectly.]
86. Lot, b. 2 Oct., bapt, 9 Nov., 1735.

Source: Conant, Frederick Odell, M.A., A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations 1520-1887, Containing Also Some Genealogical Notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit Families. Privately Printed, Portland, Maine. 1887. Pages 175-177. Page 146 is a map of Conant properties in Beverly.

8. TIMOTHY⁷ PERKINS (Thomas⁶, John⁵) was born in Topsfield on June 6, 1661. He married about 1688, Hannah who died November 14, 1690. She had been admitted to the church on June 1 of that year. He married secondly, about 1691, Abigail, who died before him. Timothy died on August 7, 1738, in Topsfield.

Perkins held only minor offices in Topsfield, as fence viewer in 1686/7, pound keeper in 1694/5, surveyor of highways in 1689/90, 1700/1, 1701/2 and 1715/6, and tythingman in 1708/9 and 1718/9. He was called Timothy junior, his senior being Timothy, born in 1658, son of the erstwhile parson, Mr. William Perkins, who was of no relation to our family. He was also a deacon in the Topsfield church and when common lands were divided in 1720 he was listed as "decon Timothy Perkins so called."

Timothy Perkins left no will and there is no record of the administration of his property. His children settled his estate by an interchange of deeds. On September 18, 1738, Timothy Perkins, jun., husbandman, Abigail Dwinell, Esther Perkins and Elizabeth Perkins, singlewoman, all of Topsfield, for �72: 11: 0, conveyed to Jonathan Perkins, mason, and John Perkins, jun.' husbandman, all rights in the estate of their father, Mr. Timothy Perkins, Jonathan and John having paid the debts and funeral expenses, and also "in consideration of our having the liberty of improving and living in the Dwelling house where our said father last dwelt."(1) On the same day Timothy and Jonathan quitclaimed to John their rights in many specified pieces of their father's land (common rights excepted), and on November 9, 1738, Timothy and John executed a similar quitclaim to Jonathan.(2)

Children, by first wife:
i. TIMOTHY, bapt. July 6, 1690; m. Ruth Dorman (born in 1686) whose lather Ephraim Dorman, in his will made in July, 1720, stated that she had married Timothy Perkins and was then dead, leaving a daughter Ruth to whom he left �10. The will of Timothy Perkins, jr of Topsfield, made Sept. 4, 1741, was proved May 11, 1752. He left his estate to his cousins (nephews) Stephen and Iimothy Perkins, sons of his brother John, and named his friend Jacob Averill executor.(3)
(1) Essex Deeds, 77: 165.
(2) Ibid., 77: 164, 202.
(3) Essex Probate, 303: 442.

Children, baptized in Topsfield:
1. Ruth, bapt. Aug. 29, 1714; living in 1720 but d. before 1741.
2. Jonathan, bapt. Aug. 28, 1715; d. young.
3. Timothy, bapt. Sept. __, 1717; d. young.
ii. HANNAH, bapt. July 6, 1690; died young.

By second wife:
9. iii. JONATHAN, bapt. Jan. 29, 1692/3.
iv ABIGAIL, b. June 7, 1695; m. Dec. 11, 1716, Thomas Dwinell.
v. HANNAH, b.Jan. 21, 1697/8; died before 1738
vi. JOHN, b. June 2, 1700; m. (1) Dorothy Wildes before April 2, 1724/5, when she was named in the will of her father Ephraim Wildes; m. (2) June 18, 1736, widow Martha (Perkins) Robinson who d. Aug. 16, 1736; m. (3) Feb. 14, 1737/8, Jemima Averill, who d March 2, 1749; he d. Feb. 7, 1780, "in the 80th year of his age. His son by his first wife, Capt. Stephen Perkins, commanded a company in the Revolutionary army and was a Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts.
vii. ESTHER, b. July 22, 1703; "died in an instant by falling into a well"
viii. ELIZABETH, bapt. Jan. 7, 1709/10; d. unmarried Dec. 3, 1809, "aged 99 years, 10 months, 15 days."

Source: Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine. 1959. Pages 95-96, Section: "Perkins, of Topsfield".

6. THOMAS⁶ PERKINS (John⁵) was baptized in Hillmorton on April 28, 1622, and was nearly nine years old when he landed in Boston. He married, presumably in Ipswich, about 1643 Phebe Gould of New Meadows, a settlement, partly in Ipswich and partly in Salem, which was to become the town of Topsfield in 1650. He died in Topsfield on May 7, 1686, his wife Phebe surviving him.

Upon an alarm of an impending Indian attack, which proved false, Ipswich sent a few young men into the field to join others from neighboring towns, to put up a defense. They were gone only a few days, but in 1643 Thomas was paid 3s. for the service. After their marriage he and his wife settled at New Meadows on a farm of 150 acres given him by her father, Zacheus Gould.

Perkins was a useful citizen of Topsfield and particularly in church affairs. He was made a Freeman in 1664, was a grand juror in 1666 and 1667 and a selectman in 1668,1676, and 1682. He became deacon in 1677 and was a tythingman that year and in 1678, when he haled (hauled?) Thomas Baker into court for laughing in church! He served on several committees to deal with the men of Rowley Village [Boxford] as to their privileges and responsibilities in the Topsfield church which they attended before organizing a church of their own. In 1680 he was a member of a committee seeking to secure Mr. Danforth as minister, but apparently they were unsuccessful for in 1681 Perkins and the others were ordered to "discourse" with Mr. Capen who came to an agreement with them and was a much loved and respected Topsfield parson for many years.

Thomas and Phebe Perkins were among the guests at a Sunday dinner at the house of an earlier parson, Mr. Gilbert, in 1670. Mr. Gilbert was a sick man, as good old Joanna Towne charitably realized..., but others believed him to have drunk too much wine. The matter was aired in court and Phebe Perkins testified as follows: "there was a cup with wine in it which was offered to Mr. Gilbert. He refused to take it at first, but afterward put the cup to his mouth" but she did not know whether he drank or not. Three more had the cup beside himself and after he had dined he drank what was left in the cup. Immediately after dinner he sang a psalm and in reading it she thought his voice was lower than it used to be. As evidence of drunkenness this would seem to be negligible.

Phebe Perkins' sister-in-law, Sarah Gould, wife of Capt John Gould, went farther, however. She testified that she and Phebe went into another room after dinner, where Phebe said "I wonder my Husban would ask him to drinke for I think hee had noe need of it. The first time hee toke the Cope I saw him drinke a good draft." In spite of his wife's testimony that Mr. Gilbert was a sick man, the court admonished him.

Sarah Gould continued to gossip and Mr. Gilbert eventually sued her for slander. In court he asked the judges to "compare her [Sarah's] Oath with the Oath of Goodie Perkins, taken att the same tym, and if they do not clash one against another I am much mistaken." We heartily agree.

Thomas Perkins's will was made December 11, 1685, and proved September 10, 1686. He directed that his wife live in his house with his two sons Thomas and Timothy, " if they can possibly agree, for I do think it will be best for them to carry on together." If not, and the two sons part, Thomas, Timothy and his son Elisha are to pay their mother �2 each per annum. To his wife, a bed and all the furniture thereto belonging, and half of the household stuff. To his sons Thomas, Elisha and Timothy and their heirs male, " all the farm I do live on." To son Zacheus, four acres of meadow out of the farm for his life, and, if he has a son or sons, the remainder to them. To his grandchild Thomas Perkins, son of his son John, the thirty-acre lot over the river or �30 " if he liveth till he marryeth or be of age." To his son Zacheus, the farm which he lives upon "which I had of my father Gould" provided he pay �60 to the executors, and if he will not pay he shall have but half of it. To his daughters' children, �40 to be divided equally. To his son Joseph Towne, sixteen acres of land at the northwest end of the long hill and �16. To his daughter Judith, �40, a bed and its furniture and a cow. After his mother's death his son Thomas shall have all the housing. If Thomas and Timothy cannot agree, Thomas shall pay to Timothy "3 parts out of 4 toward the building of Timothy an house of the same bigness of his brother Elisha's house." He makes gifts of cattle, horses, sheep and swine to his sons Timothy and Elisha, his wife, and Elisha's son Thomas. When Thomas and Timothy part, one-quarter of the income of the orchard shall go to Elisha. The farm implements to Thomas and Timothy, who are named executors. Witnesses: Samuel Howlett, Daniel Reddington.

Children:
i JOHN, b. about 1644; m. Nov. 28, 1666, Deborah Browning; d. May 19, 1668, administration being granted to his widow in June. Son Thomas, a legatee of his grandfather Perkins in 1685, was born Nov. 4, 1667.
i i . PHEBE; m. about 1665 Joseph Towne.
iii ZACHEUS; m. Rebecca about 1704; d. Dec. 1, 1732. Zacheus was the cause of what must have been great sorrow to his parents. To his credit must be placed the fact that he was a soldier under Capt. Joseph Gardiner of Salem in King Philips war and took part in the Great Swamp Fight when the fortified village of the Narragansetts was destroyed, in 1676. In 1680 he was in serious trouble indeed. According to his own confession, on an election day at Wenham he fell in with a Frenchman, one Nicholas Jennings (surely a much distorted version of a French name) whom he had known at Narragansett. Jennings invited him to go to Salem to drink and they rode over in the evening and tied their horses to a tree in an orchard. Jennings told Zacheus to remain there to look after the animals and went away, returning after two hours when they went to the shop of Mr. Thomas Maule. The door was open and Jennings went in and brought out a bundle of goods which he gave to Zacheus, then going in again he came out with a sack of goods which he laid on his horse. "Soon they parted as they heard the watch coming". Zacheus riding to Topsfield and Jennings to Marblehead. This was not Zacheus's only offense. He had stolen a silver cup from Mr. Joseph Whiting, a gold ring from Goodman Robison of Topsfield, and goods and money from Mr. Batten. Found guilty at his trial on May 4, 1680, he was sentenced to be branded on the forehead with the letter B and publicly whipped, which was carried out on May 6 "immediately after lecture." He was to pay Mr Maule �250 and Mr. Batten �24, which presumably his father had to assume.
iv. MARTHA; m. Dec. 17, 1669, John Lamson of Ipswich; living in 1719 when her sister Mary made her will.
v. Mary; m. Oct. 27, 1671, William Howlett of Ipswich whom she survived; d. about 1728, s.p. (See page 56.)
7. vi. ELISHA.
vii. THOMAS; m. June 1, 1683, Sarah Wallis; d. in 1722, his wife surviving. He was a weaver as well as a farmer in Topsfield. A member of the witchcraft jury in Salem in 1692, he and the other jurymen made a declaration of repentance for their part in the trials in 1696. He made his will on July 5, 1720, and it was proved May 10, 1722. He left property to his wife Sarah and his three sons Thomas, Robert and Samuel. To his four daughters Sarah, Phebe, Hannah and Martha, �40 apiece, of which Phebe had already had �34, and Hannah and Martha "the greater part." The daughter Phebe Perkins had married Thomas Goodale on Nov. 10, 1713. He died before her father and she was appointed administratrix on Nov. 7, 1720, but when she accounted on March 15, 1729/30, she was Phebe Goodale alias How, having married Joseph How of Topsfield on April 2, 1729
viii. JUDITH, b. Jan. 28, 1658(9) ; d. unmarried before 1719
8. ix. TIMOTHY, b. June 6, 1661.

Source: Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine. 1959. Pages 90-93, Section: "Perkins, of Topsfield".

5. JOHN⁵ PERKINS {Henry⁴, Thomas³, Henry², Thomas¹) was baptized at Hillmorton, co. Warwick, December 23, 1583. He married there on October 9, 1608, Judith Gater, who survived him when he died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, between March 28 and September 26, 1654.

Judith Gater, daughter of Michael Gater, was baptized in Hillmorton on March 19, 1588/9. Michael Gater had married Isabel Baylie in Hillmorton on November 13, 1576, and Ann Gater who married Thomas Wright on July 29, 1600, was probably an older sister of Judith. Hillmorton is about two miles from Rugby, near that point on the map where the three counties of Warwick, Northampton and Leicester come together. Some six miles to the north lies the parish of Cotesbach, co. Leicester, from where two sons of the parson, Henry Dillingham, emigrated to New England, their father probably having Puritan leanings, while at Claybrooke, in the same neighborhood, preached John Higginson who left England in 1629 and became the first minister of Salem's congregation. Possibly John Perkins came under the influence of one or the other of these nonconformist parsons. With five of their children John and Judith Perkins sailed from Bristol on December 1,1630, on the Lyon, William Pierce, master, one of their fellow passengers being the famous Roger Williams. After a stormy voyage of sixty-seven days, during which one seaman was lost, the Lyon made land at Nantasket on February 5, 1630/1, and entered Boston harbor the next day, the provisions with which the ship was loaded saving the colony from rapidly approaching famine.

The Perkins family remained in Boston for over two years before joining the settlers who under the leadership of the younger John Winthrop went up the coast in 1633 to found a town at Agawam, soon to be named Ipswich. Having joined the Boston church, John was sworn Freeman on May 18, 1631, and in 1632 he served on a committee to fix a boundary between Roxbury and Dorchester. John Perkins was a man of forty-nine in 1632 and his son John was twenty-two, so it is probable that young John was the man named in the order of the General Court on April 3, 1632: " It was ordered that no person whatsoever shall shoot at fowl upon Pullen Point or Noodle's Island but that said places shall be reserved for John Perkins to take fowl with nets."*

* Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, I : 103.

In Ipswich Perkins had various land grants. In 1634 he was given 40 acres and, in 1635, 3 acres of upland and 10 acres of meadow lying toward the head of Chebacco creek, also a little island of about 50 acres called More's point on the south side of the town river. Also in 1635 he had 10 acres "on part whereof he hath built a house" and 6 acres of meadow and 6 acres of upland adjoining the house lot. In 1636 he was granted 40 acres at Chebacco which he sold to Thomas Howlett in 1637, and in 1639 planting ground of 6 acres on the south side of the river. Besides holding town offices he was the Ipswich Representative in the General Court of Massachusetts Bay in 1636 and a grand juryman in 1641, 1648 and 1652. John Perkins, Sr., being "above 60 years of age" was freed from training in March, 1649/50.

John Perkins the elder made his will March 28, 1654, and it was proved on the following September 27. He divided his cattle, horses and sheep between his son John, John's two sons John and Abraham, his son Thomas and Thomas' son John, his daughter Elizabeth Sargent and her children, his daughter Mary Bradbury and her children, his daughter Lydia Bennett and her children and his grandson Thomas Bradbury. To his son Jacob, his dwelling-house, the outhousing and all his lands and the improvements thereon, according to a former covenant, but after the death of his wife and not before. Residue to his dear wife Judith Perkins, the sole executrix. Witnesses : William Bartholomew, Thomas Harris. The inventory, mostly of real estate, was in the sum of �250: 5:0.*

In 1637 there was an Isaac Perkins in Ipswich where he owned "land lying above the street called Brook street, six acres." He was dead before June 15, 1639, when his widow Alice Perkins sold the lot to Joseph Morse. It is tempting to believe that he was also of the Hillmorton stock. Our John Perkins did not have a brother Isaac, but he had an uncle Isaac only eleven years older than he, while other Isaacs were baptized in Hillmorton in 1597/8 and 1611/2, If Isaac Perkins of Ipswich was a man of middle age, which we have no means of knowing, he and Alice may have been the parents of Abraham and Isaac Perkins who turned up in Hampton, not far down the coast, where Abraham took the Freeman's Oath in 1640 and Isaac in 1642. These men are presumed to have been brothers. Abraham named a son Luke, not a common name, and our John Perkins of Hillmorton and Ipswich had an uncle Luke, a brother Luke, and a grandson Luke.

Children of John Perkins, all but the last baptized in Hillmorton:

i . JOHN, bapt. Sept. 14, 1609; m. Elizabeth who d Sept 27 1684; he d. in Ipswich Dec. 14, 1686. He took the Freeman's Oath on May 19, 1633. It was probably he, not his father, who was ordered to carry up 40 turfs toward the building of the fort on Corn Hill or Fort Hill in Boston, as a punishment for drunkenness, on Oct. 1, 1633. His adventure with a force of Tarratine Indians in forty canoes, who were about to attack Agawam when there were only between twenty and thirty men, young and old, living in the settlement, is told in the family genealogy. In Dec 1643 3s. were due him, at 12d. a day, for service against Indians! He kept the first ordinary or inn in Ipswich, his license being renewed from year to year. In 1672 a new room in the house was called the Kings arms" and the young bloods of the town raised a riot there in the evening after training day.t There are on record the usual land grants beginning in 1634. He was Quartermaster of the Ipswich company. At least 8 sons and 1 daughter n. ELIZABETH, bapt. March 25, 1611; m. William Sargent. They moved to Newbury, to Hampton, to Salisbury and finally to Amesbury where she died before Sept. 18, 1670, when he married widow Joanna (Pindor) Rowell. He died about 1674 and the widow Joanna married Richard Currier on Oct. 26, 1676.

* Probate Records of Essex County, I : 190-191. t Records and Files, V: 31-34.

iii. MARY, bapt. Sept. 3, 1615; m. about 1636 Capt. Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, a prominent man in his town and county, serving as town clerk, schoolmaster, J.P. and Representative in the General Court 1651-1656. She was tried for witchcraft and convicted in 1692 but her execution was delayed and she was released when the delusion waned. Her husband and her clergyman testified for her, and 117 of her neighbors courageously signed a petition praising her character. Captain Bradbury died March 16, 1694/5, and she survived until Dec. 20, 1700.
iv. ANNE, bapt. Sept. 5, 1617; died young.
6. v. THOMAS, bapt. April 28, 1622.
vi JACOB, bapt. July 12, 1624; m. (1) Elizabeth (said to be daughter of Matthew Whipple) who d. Feb. 12, 1685/6; m. (2) widow Damaris Robinson; d. Jan. 27, 1699/1700. He was sworn Freeman in 1660, was a sergeant in the Ipswich train-band, and a very frequent choice as juryman. Early in an August afternoon in 1668 Mehitable Brabrook, the sixteen-year-old servant of Elizabeth Perkins, her master and mistress having gone to the town, was alone in the house and was smoking a pipe. Going outside she climbed to the top of the oven which projected from the back of the house, "to looke if there were any hogs in the corn," and knocked out her pipe on the thatch at the eaves. This was the end of the house built by old John Perkins and left by him to his son Jacob. The efforts of the neighbors to save it were futile and it burned to the ground. Mehitable was convicted of extreme carelessness " if not wilfully burning the house," was severely whipped and ordered to pay �40 to her master* By October a new house was being built. This house was struck by lightning on a Sunday in 1671 "while many people were gathered there to repeat (discuss?) the sermon, when he and many others were struck down." Jacob and the house survived, however. In 1693 he made an agreement with two of his sons for life support. After Jacob's death in 1699 his widow returned to Boston, where she had lived with her first husband Nathaniel Robinson, and survived until 1716.
vii. LYDIA, bapt. June 3, 1632, in Boston; m. Henry Bennett of Ipswich who bought a 200-acre farm from Jonathan Wade in 1654; d. before May 20, 1685, when he m. widow Frances Burr who d. Jan. 12, 1707/8. One of Lydia Bennett's sons, John, was in Capt. Lathrop's Company, "the Flower of Essex," and was slain at Bloody Brook in 1675, about twenty years old.

Source: Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine. 1959. Pages 87-90, Section: "Perkins, of Topsfield".

The primary issue with records of this family are with the number of "Eliza's" recorded, and the difficulty in interpreting hand-written numbers in 1800's era census records. Agnes Chute, one of the daughters of this couple, lived with "Eliza Chute" in several census records, and it is impossible to tell if this Eliza was approximately the same age as Agnes (a few years older), or if she was living with her mother.

The 1871 Canadian census has "Eliza Chute" listed as 74 years old, with an estimated birth year of 1797 in Ireland. This record would suggest that she was Eliza Fisher Chute, mother of Agnes. Also listed: "Eliza L. Cunningham, 18", identified as a niece of Agnes.

The 1881 Canadian census has "Eliza Chute" as 45 years old, with an estimated birth year of 1836 in Ireland. This would suggest an older sister of Agnes named Eliza Chute, with Thomas Chute and Eliza Fisher Chute as her parents. Also, note that the Bilton children, of the family Eliza and Agnes were living with appear in a later census, identifying Agnes as his or her "aunt".

The 1901 Canadian census has "Eliza Chute" as 60 years old, with an estimated birth year of 1841 in Ireland. This also suggests an older sister of Agnes named Eliza Chute, with Thomas Chute and Eliza Fisher Chute as her parents. However, most census records do show Eliza as of the age where she would be the mother, and not the elder sister. The record of the sister named "Eliza" may be inaccurate. Also, note that "F.N. Bilton", no doubt connected to the family Eliza and Agnes were living with identifies Agnes as his or her "aunt".

Finally, in the 1911 Canadian census, Agnes is living with a "Mary D. Chute", identified as her niece.

Thomas Chute does not appear in any census records alongside his daughters; only in Agnes' death certificate.

There is a record of a Thomas and Eliza Chute (no children listed) in Kansas and Missouri, at a time after daughters Agnes and Eliza would have been adults. There is no confirmation yet that this couple is the same Thomas and Eliza Chute listed in Agnes' birth certificate; census records only show their birthplaces as "Ireland", not "County Cork, Ireland". If so, we can discount the census record for the elder Eliza Chute from Agnes' census records, and assume the record referred to the daughter/sister and the birth year and age of the younger Eliza was mistranscribed. Further confirmation is needed for this record.