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Thomas Phillips (1747-1829)

Thomas Phillips, Jr. served in the Revolutionary War as a Corporal in Captain Ebenezer Webber's (9th) company, Colonel John Fellows (8th) regiment in May 5, 1775 and was at the Siege of Boston. He re-enlisted as a Sergeant in Captain Timothy Child's company, Colonel David Wells' regiment and marched to Ticonderoga May 10, 1777. Then in July 6, 1778 he re-enlisted a third time and served as a Private in Captain Enoch Chapin's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, guarding stores in Springfield and Brookfield. Thomas’ brothers also served in the War.

Thomas married Elizabeth Noyes in 1771. I have not figured out how Elizabeth ended up in Ashfield yet. Elizabeth’s ancestry has royalty and some rather prominent puritans, as reflected in a rather lengthy fashion below:

Generation No. 1

 1.  Elizabeth Noyes, born August 15, 1751 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1800 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 2. John Noyes and 3. Elizabeth Short.  She married (1) Thomas Phillips.
Generation No. 2
 2.  John Noyes, born October 17, 1717 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.  He was the son of 4. William Noyes and 5. Hannah Ruggles.  He married 3. Elizabeth Short 1747 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.
 3.  Elizabeth Short, born Abt. 1723 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass; died Bef. 1753.

 Child of John Noyes and Elizabeth Short is:
 1 i.   Elizabeth Noyes.

Generation No. 3

 4.  William Noyes, born September 01, 1688 in Newbury, Essex, Mass; died 1774.  He was the son of 8. William Noyes and 9. Sarah Cogswell.  He married 5. Hannah Ruggles 1712 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.
 5.  Hannah Ruggles, born April 16, 1688 in Newbury, Essex, Mass; died November 14, 1745 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.  She was the daughter of 10. Samuel Ruggles and 11. Martha Woodbridge.

 Child of William Noyes and Hannah Ruggles is:

 2 i.   John Noyes; married (1) Elizabeth Short 1747 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass; married (2) Jane Ripley 1753 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.

Generation No. 4

 8.  William Noyes, born September 22, 1653 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died March 10, 1743/44 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 16. James Noyes and 17. Sarah Browne.  He married 9. Sarah Cogswell November 06, 1685 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
 9.  Sarah Cogswell, born February 03, 1667/68 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died Bef. 1716 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Notes for William Noyes:
He was prominent in church affairs holding the office of deacon for many years. He served in Capt. Thomas Noyes' Company of "Snow shoe men" during the Indian wars. He is first mentioned in the town records as taking oath of allegiance in 1678, being then twenty-five years of age.

 Child of William Noyes and Sarah Cogswell is:
 4 i.   William Noyes; married (1) Hannah Ruggles 1712 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass; married (2) Hannah Blanchard 1765.

 10.  Samuel Ruggles, born January 01, 1657/58 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass; died February 25, 1714/15 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.  He was the son of 20. Samuel Ruggles and 21. Hannah Fowle.  He married 11. Martha Woodbridge.
 11.  Martha Woodbridge, born June 15, 1658 in Stanton, Wiltshire, England; died 1738 in Billerica, Middlesex, Mass.  She was the daughter of 22. John Woodbridge and 23. Mercy Dudley.

Notes for Samuel Ruggles:
Samuel Ruggles served as selectman and assessor in Roxbury, as representative to the general court, and was captain in the militia. He was one of eight associates who purchased, for twenty pounds, from John Magnus and Lawrence Nassawonno, Sachems of the Nipmuck Indians, the territory which in 1737 became incorporated as the town of Hardwick. Although the original deed was signed December 27, 1686, it was not recorded until March 7, 1723. He was also interested with Captain James Fitch and others, of Norwich, Connecticut, in the purchase of a large tract of land in that state, which is now the town of Pomfret. He died in February, 1715-16. On July 8, 1680, he married Martha Woodbridge, and their children were: Samuel, Lucy, Rev. Timothy, Hannah, Patience, Martha, Sarah, Joseph, Mary and Rev. Benjamin.

 Child of Samuel Ruggles and Martha Woodbridge is:
 5 i.   Hannah Ruggles.

Generation No. 5

 16.  James Noyes, born 1608 in Cholderton, Wiltshire, England; died October 22, 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  He married 17. Sarah Browne March 1633/34 in Southampton, Hants, England.
 17.  Sarah Browne, born Bef. 1610 in England; died September 13, 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Notes for James Noyes:
Reverend James Noyes was a famous minister in the early records of New England history. The following is a transcription written by Nicholas Noyes, Jr. about his uncle Reverend James Noyes:
Mr. James Noyes was born in 1608, in Choulderton, Wiltshire, of Godly parents. His father was a Minister of the same town,--a very learned man,--the school-master of Mr. Robert Parker, and he had much of his education and tutorage under Mr. Thomas Parker.
He was called by him from Brazen Nose College in Oxford (this is where the term “Brown Nosers” originated), to help him in teaching the Free School at Newbury, where they taught school together till the time they came to New England.
He was converted in his youth by the ministry of Dr. Twiss and Mr. Thomas Parker, and was admired for his piety, and his virtue, in his younger years. The reason of his coming to New England was because be could not comply with the ceremonies of the Church of England.
He was married in England to Miss Sarah Brown, of South Hampton, not long before be came to New England, which was in 1634.
In the same ship came Mr. Thomas Parker, Mr. James Noyes, and a younger brother, Nicholas Noyes, who was then a single man; Mr. Parker and Mr. Noyes, and others that came over with them, fasted and prayed together many times before they undertook this voyage; and on the sea Mr. Parker and Mr. Noyes preached or expounded, one in the forenoon, and the other in the afternoon, every day during the voyage, unless some extraordinary thing intervened; and were abundant in prayer.

When they arrived, Mr. Parker was first called to preach at Ipswich, and Mr. Noyes at Mistick, at which places they continued nigh a year. He had a motion made unto him to be Minister at Watertown; but Mr. Parker and others of his acquaintance, settling at Newbury, and gathering a tenth of the churches in the colony, and calling Mr. Noyes to be teacher of it, he preferred that place, being loth to be separated from Mr. Parker and brethren that had so often fasted and prayed together, both in England and on the Atlantic sea. So he became the teacher of that church, and continued, painful and successful in that station something above twenty years, without any considerable trouble in the church.

Notwithstanding his principles as to Discipline were something differing from many of his brethren, there was such condescension on both parts, that peace and order was not interrupted.

He was much loved and honored in Newbury,--his memory is precious there to this day, and his Catechism (which is a publick and standing testimony of his understanding, and orthodoxy in the principles of religion), is publicly and privately used in that town hitherto. He was very learned in the Tongues, and in the Greek, excelled most. He was much read in the Fathers and the Schoolmen, and much esteemed in the Ministry.
His conversation was so unquestionably Godly, that they who differed from him in the smaller matters as to discipline, held a most amicable correspondence with him, and had an high estimate of him. * * * He was as religious at home as abroad, in his family and in secret, as he was publickly; and they that best knew him, most loved and esteemed him. * * * He had a long and tedious sickness, which he bore patiently and cheerfully; and he died joyfully, in the forty-eighth year of his age, Oct. 22, 1656. He left six sons and two daughters, all of which lived to be married and have children, though since one son and one daughter be dead. He hath now living, fifty-six children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; and his brother that came over with him a single man, is, through the mercy of God, yet living, and hath of children; grandchildren, and great grand-children, above an hundred; which is an instance of divine favor, in making the families of his servants in the wilderness like a Flock.

The following is from a History of Newbury, Massachusetts:

In 1634, with Mr. Noyes and 100 others, Rev. Thomas Parker came to New England and lived for a short time at Ipswich, then called Agawam. This plantation being made too crowded by the addition of these newcomers. Mr. Parker, with his little band of immigrants, removed the following year to the banks of a little river not far off, which they named the Parker, in honor of their leader, and where they established the town of Newbury.
These original emigrants were about 40 in number, but others joined them during that first summer of 1635. Farms were allotted and a church at once organized, with

Mr. Parker as pastor and Mr. Noyes as teacher.

My Uncle John and Bill Chynoweth will be pleased to know that James Noyes, Jr., son of the above, was one of the founders of Yale University.

 Child of James Noyes and Sarah Browne is:
 8 i.   William Noyes.

 20.  Samuel Ruggles, born March 14, 1628/29 in Nazing, Essex, England; died August 15, 1692 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 40. Thomas Ruggles and 41. Mary Curtis.  He married 21. Hannah Fowle.
 21.  Hannah Fowle, born 1635 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; died October 24, 1669 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Notes for Samuel Ruggles:
Samuel Ruggles kept a tavern in Roxbury, and was an active participant in the early public affairs of that town, serving as a selectman and as an assessor for a period of fourteen years, and was representative to the general court during the four critical years succeeding the civic disturbance of 1689. For several years he was a captain in the militia, and while General Andros and his associates were held as prisoners he was chosen the custodian of Joseph Dudley (son of Thomas Dudley and afterward governor himself), who was allowed his liberty under certain restraints.

 Child of Samuel Ruggles and Hannah Fowle is:
 10 i.   Samuel Ruggles.

 22.  John Woodbridge, born 1614 in Stanton, Wiltshire, England; died March 17, 1694/95 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.  He married 23. Mercy Dudley 1639 in Andover, Essex, Mass.
 23.  Mercy Dudley, born September 27, 1621 in Oakley, Northa, England; died July 01, 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.  She was the daughter of 46. Thomas Dudley and 47. Dorothy Yorke.

Notes for John Woodbridge:
John Woodbridge was one of the founders of the town of Newbury, Massachusetts in about 1635. He was made the first clerk for the town. He was the nephew of the Rev. Thomas Parker, the first minister of Newbury, and related to Rev. James Noyes. In about 1647, Woodbridge moved back to England and remained there for the next 16 years. He returned in 1663,  and shortly thereafter (1665) became the minister of Newbury, along with his uncle. Later that year, a group of citizens from Newbury migrated to Elizabeth, New Jersey (through the efforts of their economic development department) and formed the town of Woodbridge, New Jersey, named in honor of their Newbury minister (who never moved there).
In other useless trivia, John's brother Benjamin, was the first graduate of Harvard University. Thus the first graduate of the first college in America.

 Child of John Woodbridge and Mercy Dudley is:
 11 i. Martha Woodbridge.

Generation No. 6

 40.  Thomas Ruggles, born 1584 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; died November 15, 1644 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  He married 41. Mary Curtis November 09, 1620 in Nazing, Essex, England.
 41.  Mary Curtis, born March 1589/90 in Nazing, Essex, England; died February 14, 1673/74 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Notes for Thomas Ruggles:
The Ruggles family is of ancient lineage in England and its principal seat or place of abode was at Sudbury in the county of Suffolk. That they had served the crown and were the recipients of royal favor is attested by their coat of arms, which is still preserved and may be briefly described as follows: An inverted chevron on a light blue shield, three red lozenges, one in each corner, beneath which is the family motto consisting of the single word--Struggle.
Thomas Ruggles (1) married Mary Curtis, of the parish of Nazing in the county of Essex, November 9, 1620, and she accompanied him to America. She was a sister of the first William Curtis, one of the original settlers of Roxbury, and Thomas Ruggles settled in that town, where he died November 15, 1644. His widow subsequently married (???) Root. She died February 14, 1674, aged eighty-six years. The children of Thomas and Mary Ruggles were: John, Thomas, Sarah and Samuel. Three of these, John, Sarah and Samuel came with their parents to New England.

 Child of Thomas Ruggles and Mary Curtis is:
 20 i. Samuel Ruggles.

 46.  Thomas Dudley, born October 12, 1576 in Yardley Hastings, Northampton, England; died July 31, 1653 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.  He was the son of 92. Roger Dudley and 93. Susanna Thorne.  He married 47. Dorothy Yorke 1603 in Hardingstone, Northampton, England.
 47.  Dorothy Yorke, born April 25, 1582 in Cotton End, Northampton, England; died December 27, 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.

Notes for Thomas Dudley:
The following is taken directly from the book The Pilgrims of Boston and their Descendants:
Governor Dudley is believed to be descended from the owners of Dudley Castle, in Staffordshire, who had borne the surnames and titles of Fitz Ausculph, a General of the Norman Conqueror, in 1066; Paganel, Lord of Dudley, in 1210; and Baron of Dudley, in 1221; De Sutton, Baron of Dudley, in 1370; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the reign of Henry V.; Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, and Treasurer of the King's household, in the reign of Henry VI.; and Dudley, Baron of Dudley, which name was assumed according to the custom of those times, by several of the Suttons, out of regard for the title and castled home of their fathers. In the will of Governor Dudley, preserved in the Probate Office of Suffolk County, Mass., is his family coat of arms stamped with his seal; and his son, Governor Joseph Dudley, used the same arms to seal some of his official documents, one of which the writer has seen recently in Boston. It is the coat of arms borne by the Suttons and Dudleys of Dudley Castle, by John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Robert, Earl of Leicester, the famed lover of Queen Elizabeth, and other branches of the same family.

Governor Thomas Dudley was born in the county of Northampton, England, A. D. 1576. His father was "Captain Roger Dudley, who was slain in the wars," probably in the Netherlands, about 1586, when this his only son and an only daughter were very young. The wife of Captain Roger Dudley and mother of this son and daughter, was a relative to Judge Augustine Nicolls, of Faxton, Kt., whose sister Margery, wife of William Purifoy, was probably that Mrs. Purifoy, "a gentlewoman of wisdom and piety, who, with other friends, took special charge of him even in his childhood," and by whose care he was trained up in a Latin school where he acquired the rudiments of grammar, which he improved afterwards by his own industry, so that he became a good Latin scholar. His estate, which had been left in trust for him, was not large, but five hundred pounds at last came to light, having been long concealed in some unknown hand, and was duly delivered to him when he became of age.

While yet a stripling,--both his parents being dead, and his sister too for aught appears to the contrary--he was by his best friends preferred to an office in the household of the Earl of Northampton, in whose family he had opportunity to learn the manners and etiquette of high life. He lived with this nobleman till of a suitable age, and then received the appointment of clerk to Judge Nicolls, "who being his kinsman, took the more special notice of him." Being a young gentleman of good abilities, he soon learned much skill in the law, and could fill with honor the place of a secretary.

Though now qualified to undertake business of considerable moment, and live independently in the world, yet before any opportunity called him to put in practice what he had learned to do with his pen, he was called to attempt something by his sword. For being well known in his neighborhood, and esteemed for his courage and judgment, Queen Elizabeth sending him a captain's commission, perhaps on the suggestion of the Earl of Northampton or some of his family, presently four-score young gallants enlisted under him. These he led into Picardy to help Henry IV (of France). at the siege of Amiens, in 1597. But when both armies were drawn up in battle array, by some good fortune a treaty prevailed, which prevented further hostilities at that time. Returning to Northamptonshire, he married "a gentlewoman of good estate and extraction," but of what family is unknown to us. Soon after he became interested in the Puritan doctrines, and attended the meetings of their Divines, Dod, Cleaver, Winston, and Hildersham. Puritanism being more free from old superstitions than the church founded by Henry VIII., and also more reasonable and consistent with nature, Mr. Dudley, became a zealous asserter thereof, and never after swerved from the course he had thus early begun. He was a reformer, but many anecdotes might be related of him to show that he was not a fanatic. He very much disliked wild opinionists, although himself a strenuous oppugner of conformity and the ceremonies of the Church of England.

By the Rev. Mr. Dodd, it is said, he was introduced to Lord Say and Lord Compton, and by them was recommended to the young Earl of Lincoln, Theophilus, who appointed him steward, to manage his whole estate. Among Mr. Dudley's successful operations while in the service of the young nobleman, was that of procuring a match between him and the daughter of Lord Say; for she was so wise, virtuous, and accomplished a lady, that she proved a great blessing to the whole family. After continuing nine or ten years in the stewardship of the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Dudley, being wearied with great employments, was willing to retire into a more private capacity. Therefore he removed to Boston (England), and became intimately acquainted with the Rev. John Cotton, whose church he attended. But ere many years, the Earl's affairs again required his oversight, for without Mr. Dudley's assistance, he could carry on no matter of moment. Returning to the Earl's manor at Sempringham, in Lincolnshire, he coutinued there most of the time till his removal to New England.

When the enterprise for planting a colony in the deserts of America began, he embraced that opportunity to leave England, that "he might, with other non-conformists, enjoy his liberty to the utmost of what he desired." He was one of the five undertakers of Massachusetts, as they are called, who came over with the Charter in 1630. On board the Arbella, before the sailing of the fleet from the harbor of Cowes, at the Isle of Wight, Mr. Dudley was chosen Deputy-Governor. In 1632 some misunderstanding arose between him and Governor Winthrop, which led him, in April, to resign his offices of Deputy-Governor and Assistant of the Colony. But the Court of Assistants refused to accept his resignation, and the ministers and magistrates succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation.

In May, 1634, Mr. Dudley was chosen Governor. "This," says Moore, in his lives of the Governors, "was the beginning of a new era in the history of the colony. It was the first Legislature in which the representative principle was recognized." The General Court, at this session, also established a military commission to dispose of all military affairs. Governor Dudley was placed at the head of this commission, having Winthrop, Humphrey, Haynes, Endicott, Coddington, Pynchon, Nowell, Bellingham, and Bradstreet for his associates. In 1640, Mr. Dudley was again chosen Governor. In 1644, it was ordered that there should be a general officer in time of peace, with the title of Sergeant Major-General. Dudley was elected to this office, though sixty-eight years of age. He was chosen Governor in 1645 and 1650. Having always held the office of Governor, Deputy Governor, or Assistant from the time of his arrival in America, he was esteemed one of the principal pillars of the new Commonwealth,

"Who spent his state, his strength, and years with care, That aftercomers in them might have share."
He died at his house in Roxbury, the 31st of July, 1653, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Governor Dudley was a wise, energetic, and public-spirited man, of the most infiexible integrity, and democratic in his political principles and practice. None ever blamed him for aught but for his zeal. Even that can be excused, when we consider the spirit of that age, which always esteemed religion as a political concern. He was well skilled in the law, and an excellent writer of both prose and verse--having an extensive acquaintance with the world and with books.

The Rev. Ezekiel Rogers composed a Latin epitaph on Gov. Dudley, containing the following sentiments:
"In books, a prodigal they say;
A living Cyclopedia;
A table-talker, rich in sense,
And witty without wit's pretence;
An able champion in debate,
Whose words lacked numbers, but not weight,
Both Catholic and Christian too,
A soldier, trusty, tried, and true;
Condemned to share the common doom,
Reposes here in Dudley's tomb."

 Child of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke is:
 23 i.   Mercy Dudley.
Thomas Dudley is believed to be a descendant of Edward III – King of England
Finally back to Thomas Phillips and Elizabeth Noyes, during his breaks from the war Thomas was busy at home as they had several children born during the war (or maybe Elizabeth was busy while he was away?).Their sixth child was finally a boy, our ancestor Russell Phillips. As I don’t have too much information on Revolutionary Thomas, I’ve included the following information regarding Ashfield, taken from the Ashfield web site:

1774 Ashfield Citizens petition against British oppression. Sixty-five Ashfield citizens signed a petition protesting British oppression in September, 1774. Tensions had been rising in and around Boston, and the first Continental Congress had commenced its session in Philadelphia. The petition began with an article professing obedience to the King and "to all his good and wholesome laws," but then went on to protest oppressive and unconstitutional laws of the Parliament, pledged to boycott trade with Great Britain, pledged to join with other towns and colonies to defend rights, and to acquire arms and ammunition.
April 19th, 1775 Battle at Lexington. British soldiers under Major Pitcairn battled with the Minutemen at Lexington. In August, 1775, the Town of Ashfield voted to send an agent to Albany to purchase at town expense some guns and ammunition. The town history tells of many actions to support the soldiers in the revolutionary army. It also shows that in 1777 several loyalists were identified and confined for their beliefs against the American States.
1782 "Tremblers" warned to leave. According to the town history, “during this year the north part of this town was infested with a company of vagrant religious fanatics called 'Tremblers.' Such extravagance and disorder and indecency were exhibited by them in their intercourse with the inhabitants, and especially in the acts of worship, that the people living in the vicinity where they located themselves became very seriously annoyed and presented them to the authorities of the town as a public nuisance. Whereupon it was voted in legal town meeting that 'the Selectmen be requested to warn said straggling Tremblers now in town, and those that shall come in hereafter, to depart in twenty-four hours or expect trouble.”

The group in question were followers of Mother Ann Lee, leader of the Shakers. The visitors managed to stay a few more months. Then they left for a while, but were persecuted, and returned to Ashfield in the fall of 1782. They stayed, but suffered a confrontation by a large crowd in March of 1783. In April of 1783 they left town.
1786 Taxpayers revolt. The long and costly revolutionary war put strains on the economy, caused inflation, and caused increases in taxes. Massachusetts raised taxes, and it was believed by many that the taxes were unfairly high for landholders, and too easy for those who did not hold land. Tension was rising, and the farmers in the west felt that they were paying too much relative to the merchants concentrated in the east. In 1789 the Town of Ashfield openly supported the insurgents in Shay's Rebellion in which 500 farmers marched on the Hampshire County Courthouse.

1787 Bounty of $4 placed on each wolf killed in town.

1790's Holyoke Canal. A pioneering canal around the Holyoke/Hadley Falls was constructed, eliminating a major obstacle to shipping.

1811 Hampshire County divided. Franklin County was created when Hampshire County was divided into two parts. In the census of 1810, the population of Ashfield was 1809, the peak population that would decline to 959 over the 100 years that followed.

1812 Samuel Ranney begins growing peppermint and distilling peppermint essence. This business proved very profitable, and by 1821 there were five distilleries, and by 1830 there were ten. Other essences distilled included tansy, spearmint, hemlock, spruce, and wintergreen. In 1830 the Bement store began equipping peddlers with essences and other items. Many of the families in this industry eventually relocated to New York, where the growing conditions were better.

This last entry is particularly interesting. It is my belief that the Phillips family was a part of this group involved in the spearmint business. Thomas Phillips’ brother Philip Phillips had 14 children born in Ashfield. Two of the boys married Ranney girls, and one of the subsequent children was named Samuel Ranney Phillips. At least 3 of the children of Philip Phillips took their families to Cattaraugus and Ontario County, New York (2 children moved to French Creek, West Virginia,  5 children stayed in Massachusetts and there are 3 that I have no idea what they did). The New York contingent most certainly was involved in the spearment business, and this could have been what attracted Thomas’ son Russell’s family to New York state. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Phillips are as follows:

1   Thomas Phillips
 +Elizabeth Noyes
 2  Rhoda Phillips  b: Abt. 1772 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, VT  d: in Yarmouth, MA
  +Enoch King  m: August 31, 1788 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA
 2  Mary Phillips  b: October 01, 1774 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: April 20, 1844
  +Zenas Elmer
 2  Betsey Phillips  b: Abt. 1776 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
 2  Rachel Phillips  b: 1777 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
 2  Dorcas Phillips  b: Abt. 1781 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
 2  Russell Phillips  b: August 31, 1785 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: April 15, 1856 in Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wisconsin
  +Rhoda Williams  b: October 1791 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: August 07, 1874 in Racine, Wisconsin  m: January 02, 1808 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA
 2  Caleb Phillips  b: 1787 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Russell Phillips (1785-1856)

Russell Phillips is a personal favorite of mine as he was my connection from the family of Edna Phillips (his granddaughter) to the tree previously described. It is a unique enough name that it was easy to track. Russell married his distant cousin Rhoda Williams in 1808. Lest ye think we do not have Puritan roots I give you Rhoda’s extensive ancestry, which I have tried to take back to emigrating ancestors:

Generation No. 1

 1.  Rhoda Williams, born October 1791 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; died August 07, 1874 in Racine, Wisconsin.  She was the daughter of 2. Apollos Williams and 3. Hannah Ellis.  She married (1) Russell Phillips.
Generation No. 2
 2.  Apollos Williams, born July 08, 1768 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died 1848 in Westport, Essex, New York.  He was the son of 4. Daniel Williams and 5. Rhoda Lathrop.  He married 3. Hannah Ellis December 29, 1789 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA.
 3.  Hannah Ellis, born May 01, 1764 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; died March 04, 1839 in Westport, Essex, New York.  She was the daughter of 6. John Ellis and 7. Molly Dimick.

 Child of Apollos Williams and Hannah Ellis is:
 1 i.   Rhoda Williams.

Generation No. 3

 4.  Daniel Williams, born January 30, 1742/43 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died May 28, 1782 in Prison ship "Jersey"  in New York harbor.  He was the son of 8. Daniel Williams and 9. Rebecca Hunt.  He married 5. Rhoda Lathrop April 05, 1763 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 5.  Rhoda Lathrop, born April 09, 1747 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died January 30, 1817 in Somerest, Maine.  She was the daughter of 10. Daniel Lathrop and 11. Rhoda Willis.

Notes for Daniel Williams:
Daniel is said to have been a tory during the Revolutionary War, and was driven from Ashfield. However he is then said to have died on the English prison ship Jersey. Apparently neither side liked him much.

 Child of Daniel Williams and Rhoda Lathrop is:
 2 i.   Apollos Williams.

 6.  John Ellis, born January 23, 1741/42 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; died August 17, 1827 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 12. Richard Ellis and 13. Jane Jean Phillips.  He married 7. Molly Dimick July 19, 1763 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA.
 7.  Molly Dimick, born December 06, 1738 in Barnstable, Massachusetts; died September 08, 1837 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.

Notes for John Ellis:
John Ellis volunteered for the Revolutionary War in Ashfield, MA. He enlisted May 2, 1775 as a sergeant in Captain Simeon Hazeltine's 5th company, Colonel John Fellows's 8th regiment were he served 3 mos. 7 days; In August of 1777 he served as a Lieutenant in Lieut. Ephraim Jenings's company, Colonel David Field's (Hampshire Co.) regiment during the battle of Bennington; and then served as a Captain in Capt. Ephraim Jenings's company, Colonel David Wells's regiment.

 Child of John Ellis and Molly Dimick is:
 3 i.   Hannah Ellis

Generation No. 4

 8.  Daniel Williams, born June 15, 1718 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died October 09, 1782 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 16. Daniel Williams and 17. Mercy Deane.  He married 9. Rebecca Hunt October 08, 1740 in Easton, Bristol, Mass.
 9.  Rebecca Hunt, born April 23, 1719 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died June 02, 1776 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 18. Samuel Hunt and 19. Hannah Pope.

 Child of Daniel Williams and Rebecca Hunt are:
 4 i.   Daniel Williams.

 10.  Daniel Lathrop, born May 02, 1721 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died March 18, 1818 in Leeds, Kennebec, Maine.  He was the son of 20. Samuel Lathrop and 21. Abial Lassell.  He married 11. Rhoda Willis April 19, 1744 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 11.  Rhoda Willis, born October 18, 1727 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died May 06, 1802 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 22. Thomas Willis and 23. Mary Kinsley.

Notes for Daniel Lathrop:
He was a Major of Militia in Colonel Crafts regiment at Dorchester Heights when Washington took command of the army.

 Child of Daniel Lathrop and Rhoda Willis is:
 5 i.   Rhoda Lathrop.

 12.  Richard Ellis, born August 16, 1704 in Dublin, Ireland; died October 07, 1797 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.  He married 13. Jane Jean Phillips 1728 in Easton, Bristol, Mass.
 13.  Jane Jean Phillips, born July 01, 1709 in Easton, Bristol, Mass; died 1760 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of John Phillips and Elizabeth Drake whose ancestry is described earlier in the document.

 Child of Richard Ellis and Jane Phillips is:
 6 i.   John Ellis.

Generation No. 5

 16.  Daniel Williams, born 1681 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died September 07, 1735 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 32. Samuel Williams and 33. Mary Gilbert.  He married 17. Mercy Deane February 01, 1709/10 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
 17.  Mercy Deane, born Abt. 1682 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died January 10, 1766 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 34. Thomas Deane and 35. Catherine Stephens.

 Child of Daniel Williams and Mercy Deane is:
 8 i.   Daniel Williams.

 18.  Samuel Hunt, born February 08, 1680/81 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died January 25, 1728/29 in Acushnet, North Bedford, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 36. Ephraim Hunt and 37. Johanna Alcock.  He married 19. Hannah Pope 1710 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
 19.  Hannah Pope, born December 14, 1693 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1737 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 38. Seth Pope and 39. Deborah Perry.

 Child of Samuel Hunt and Hannah Pope is:
 9 i.   Rebecca Hunt.

 20.  Samuel Lathrop, born May 17, 1685 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died January 13, 1772 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 40. Samuel Lathrop and 41. Sarah Downer.  He married 21. Abial Lassell November 14, 1710 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 21.  Abial Lassell, born June 25, 1687 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died November 03, 1749 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 42. Isaac Lassell and 43. Abigail Leavitt.

 Child of Samuel Lathrop and Abial Lassell is:
 10 i.   Daniel Lathrop.

 22.  Thomas Willis, born 1694 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died January 13, 1784 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 44. Benjamin Willis and 45. Susanna Whitman.  He married 23. Mary Kinsley December 18, 1716 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 23.  Mary Kinsley, born Abt. 1696 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died December 1784 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 46. Samuel Kingsley and 47. Mary Washburn.

 Child of Thomas Willis and Mary Kinsley is:
 11 i.   Rhoda Willis.

Generation No. 6

 32.  Samuel Williams, born 1638 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died August 1697 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 64. Richard Williams and 65. Frances Deighton.  He married 33. Mary Gilbert December 18, 1676 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
 33.  Mary Gilbert, born 1638 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died July 25, 1686 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 66. Thomas Gilbert and 67. Joan Combe.

 Child of Samuel Williams and Mary Gilbert is:
 16 i.   Daniel Williams.

 34.  Thomas Deane, born January 05, 1638/39 in Little Sodbury, Gloucester, England; died July 16, 1697 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 68. John Deane and 69. Alice Strong.  He married 35. Catherine Stephens January 05, 1669/70 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
 35.  Catherine Stephens, born Bef. 1649 in England; died June 12, 1726 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 70. Thomas Stevens.

 Child of Thomas Deane and Catherine Stephens is:
 17 i.  Mercy Deane.

 36.  Ephraim Hunt, born 1650 in Agmondsham Parish, Buckingham, England; died June 26, 1713 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 72. Ephraim Hunt and 73. Anne Richards.  He married 37. Johanna Alcock 1678 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
 37.  Johanna Alcock, born May 06, 1660 in Boston, Massachusetts; died March 20, 1745/46 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 74. John Alcock and 75. Sarah Palsgrave.

Notes for Ephraim Hunt:
Was the Captain of Massachusetts volunteers who fought in King Williams War (1690), which is described elsewhere. The town of Ashfield was originally called Huntsville in his honor.

 Child of Ephraim Hunt and Johanna Alcock is:
 18 i.   Samuel Hunt.

 38.  Seth Pope, born January 13, 1647/48 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died March 17, 1726/27 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 76. Thomas Pope and 77. Sarah Jenney.  He married 39. Deborah Perry 1674 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
 39.  Deborah Perry, born November 28, 1654 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died February 19, 1710/11 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

 Child of Seth Pope and Deborah Perry is:
 19 i.   Hannah Pope.

 40.  Samuel Lathrop, born 1659 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died April 11, 1724 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 80. Mark Lathrop.  He married 41. Sarah Downer 1682 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 41.  Sarah Downer, born 1664 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1697 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 82. Joseph Downer and 83. Mary Knight.

 Child of Samuel Lathrop and Sarah Downer is:
 20 i.   Samuel Lathrop.

 42.  Isaac Lassell, born July 10, 1660 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died October 20, 1690 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 84. John Lassell and 85. Elizabeth Gates.  He married 43. Abigail Leavitt January 25, 1684/85 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 43.  Abigail Leavitt, born December 09, 1667 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died November 11, 1770 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 86. John Leavitt and 87. Sarah Gilman.

 Child of Isaac Lassell and Abigail Leavitt is:
 21 i.   Abial Lassell.

 44.  Benjamin Willis, born 1657 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died May 12, 1696 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 88. John Willis and 89. Elizabeth Hodgkins.  He married 45. Susanna Whitman Abt. 1680 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 45.  Susanna Whitman, born 1660 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died March 02, 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 90. Thomas Whitman and 91. Abigail Byram.

 Child of Benjamin Willis and Susanna Whitman is:
 22 i.   Thomas Willis.

 46.  Samuel Kingsley, born June 06, 1662 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died December 17, 1713 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 92. Samuel Kingsley and 93. Hannah Brackett.  He married 47. Mary Washburn 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 47.  Mary Washburn, born 1661 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died February 28, 1739/40 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 94. John Washburn and 95. Elizabeth Mitchell.

Notes for Samuel Kingsley:
Samuel was born after the death of his father. He apparently inherited quite a bit of land, and acquired more during his lifetime. On 13 July, 1714, "Samuel Kinsley" of Taunton North Purchase, "Eldest son of mr Samuel Kingley of s(ai)d North Purchase", as administrator, gave bond for £500, with John Phillips and Benjamin Drake, both of Taunton North Purchase, as sureties.

 Child of Samuel Kingsley and Mary Washburn is:
 23 i.   Mary Kinsley.

Generation No. 7

 64.  Richard Williams, born January 28, 1606/07 in St. Mary, Wooten-Underedge, Gloucester, England; died September 15, 1693 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  He married 65. Frances Deighton February 11, 1631/32 in Gloucester, England.
 65.  Frances Deighton, born March 01, 1610/11; died October 20, 1703 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

 Child of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton is:
 32 i.   Samuel Williams.

 66.  Thomas Gilbert, born 1612 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England; died March 29, 1677 in England.  He married 67. Joan Combe March 23, 1639/40 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
 67.  Joan Combe, born 1614 in Combe, St. Nicholas, Somerset, England; died January 01, 1690/91 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

 Child of Thomas Gilbert and Joan Combe is:
 33 i.   Mary Gilbert.

 68.  John Deane, born 1600 in South Chard, Somersetshire, England; died April 25, 1660 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He married 69. Alice Strong Bef. 1639 in South Chard, Somersetshire, England.
 69.  Alice Strong, born Abt. 1606 in England; died 1669 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

 Child of John Deane and Alice Strong is:
 34 i.   Thomas Deane.

 70.  Thomas Stevens, born Abt. 1625 in England; died in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
 Child of Thomas Stevens is:
 35 i.   Catherine Stephens.

 72.  Ephraim Hunt, born 1610 in Titenden Parish, Buckingham, England; died February 22, 1686/87 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 73. Anne Richards.
 73.  Anne Richards, born Abt. 1623 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died December 12, 1671 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

 Child of Ephraim Hunt and Anne Richards is:
 36 i.   Ephraim Hunt.

 74.  John Alcock, born January 01, 1625/26 in Marefield, Leicester, England; died March 27, 1667 in Boston, Massachusetts.  He married 75. Sarah Palsgrave 1648 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
 75.  Sarah Palsgrave, born 1621 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England; died November 29, 1665 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

 Child of John Alcock and Sarah Palsgrave is:
 37 i.   Johanna Alcock.

 76.  Thomas Pope, born 1608 in Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England; died August 04, 1683 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He married 77. Sarah Jenney May 29, 1646 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 77.  Sarah Jenney, born July 1623 in Ship "Little James" enroute to Plymouth; died March 12, 1709/10 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

 Child of Thomas Pope and Sarah Jenney is:
 38 i.   Seth Pope.

 80.  Mark Lathrop, born March 12, 1616/17 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England; died October 25, 1685 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes for Mark Lathrop:
Mark emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts and was admitted as a freeman in October of 1634, he later moved to Duxbury, and then to Bridgewater in 1656. His children were Elizabeth, Mark, Samuel, and Edward. Elizabeth married Samuel Packard II; Mark perished in the abortive expedition of King William’s War in 1690, and Edward died without issue.

In 1657 he took the "Oath of Fidelitie," and in 1658 was elected constable. He was for twenty-five years a prominent participant in town affairs, often elected as a juryman for trials, a grand juror, surveyor of highways, and on of the committee appointed "to lay out all the waies requisett in the township of Bridgewater."

 Child of Mark Lathrop is:
 40 i.   Samuel Lathrop.

 82.  Joseph Downer, born Abt. 1635 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1715 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 164. Robert Downer and 165. Hannah Vincent.  He married 83. Mary Knight.
 83.  Mary Knight, born August 10, 1634 in Romsey, Hampshire, England; died March 18, 1700/01.

 Child of Joseph Downer and Mary Knight is:
 41 i.   Sarah Downer.

 84.  John Lassell, born Abt. 1620 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died October 21, 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 85. Elizabeth Gates November 29, 1647 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 85.  Elizabeth Gates, born 1629 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died August 03, 1704 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 170. Stephen Gates and 171. Anne Veare.

 Child of John Lassell and Elizabeth Gates is:
 42 i.   Isaac Lassell.

 86.  John Leavitt, born Abt. 1602 in Norfolk, England.  He was the son of 172. Percival Leavitt and 173. Margaret Linkley.  He married 87. Sarah Gilman December 16, 1646 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 87.  Sarah Gilman, born January 19, 1621/22 in Norfolk, England; died May 26, 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 174. Edward Gilman and 175. Mary Clark.

 Child of John Leavitt and Sarah Gilman is:
 43 i.   Abigail Leavitt.

 88.  John Willis, born 1610 in England; died April 15, 1692 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 89. Elizabeth Hodgkins January 02, 1636/37 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
 89.  Elizabeth Hodgkins, born Abt. 1612 in London, England; died 1681 in Massachusetts.

Notes for John Willis:
John was one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, where he was a deacon of the church. He married Elizabeth Hodgkins, the widow of the William Palmer.

 Child of John Willis and Elizabeth Hodgkins is:
 44 i.   Benjamin Willis.

 90.  Thomas Whitman, born 1629 in England; died November 17, 1712 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 180. John Whitman.  He married 91. Abigail Byram November 22, 1656 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
 91.  Abigail Byram, born 1638 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died September 1727.  She was the daughter of 182. Nicholas Byram and 183. Grace Shaw.

 Child of Thomas Whitman and Abigail Byram is:
 45 i.   Susanna Whitman.

 92.  Samuel Kingsley, born 1630 in England; died May 21, 1662 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA.  He was the son of 184. Stephen Kinsley and 185. Elizabeth.  He married 93. Hannah Brackett.
 93.  Hannah Brackett, born June 04, 1634; died July 03, 1706 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 186. Richard Brackett and 187. Alice Blower.

Notes for Samuel Kingsley:
Samuel Kingsley was made freeman May 7,1651. He had granted to him Feb.8,1657 by the town of Braintree “twenty rods of the town Common before his door, so as it may not damnifie use for a highway coming out of the common which land is to be set a barne one and a yard about it, and to be set out by the selectmen.” (Whatever that means) In Aug.1659 he had a land grant at Billerica and evidently prepared to settle there, but died shortly thereafter.
Notes for Hannah Brackett:
She was killed by Indians July 3,1706 at Dunstable (now Nashua, N.H.). Her second marriage (about 1663) was to Deacon John Blanchard of Charlestown.
 Child of Samuel Kingsley and Hannah Brackett is:
 46 i.   Samuel Kingsley.

 94.  John Washburn, born November 20, 1620 in Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcester, England; died November 12, 1686 in Massachusetts.  He was the son of 188. John Washburn and 189. Margery Moore.  He married 95. Elizabeth Mitchell December 06, 1645 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
 95.  Elizabeth Mitchell, born August 27, 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died December 05, 1684 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 190. Experience Mitchell and 191. Jane Cooke.

Notes for John Washburn:
John was sent from Duxbury in the campaign against the Narragansetts in August 1645. He was made a freeman on 6 June 1654, and became a constable of Duxbury 7 June 1659. John late in life married the widow Elizabeth Packard. All of his children were by Elizabeth Mitchell. His latter marriage ended in his death within a year or so. An inventory of the Goods and Chattels of John Washburne of the Town of Bridgwater deceased ye 12th day of November 1686 indicated the total value was £142, 8s.

 Child of John Washburn and Elizabeth Mitchell is:
 47 i.   Mary Washburn.

Generation No. 8

 164.  Robert Downer, born 1614 in Wiltshire England; died Bef. 1661 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  He married 165. Hannah Vincent.
 165.  Hannah Vincent

 Child of Robert Downer and Hannah Vincent is:
 82 i.   Joseph Downer.

 170.  Stephen Gates, born 1599; died October 07, 1662 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 171. Anne Veare.
 171.  Anne Veare

Notes for Stephen Gates:
Stephen and Anne Gates emigrated in the ship Diligent in 1638

 Child of Stephen Gates and Anne Veare is:
 85 i.   Elizabeth Gates.

 172.  Percival Leavitt, born 1580 in Beverly, Yorkshire, England; died December 16, 1647 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 173. Margaret Linkley.
 173.  Margaret Linkley

Notes for Percival Leavitt:
Emigrated about 1635.

 Child of Percival Leavitt and Margaret Linkley is:
 86 i.   John Leavitt.

 174.  Edward Gilman, born Abt. 1587 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died June 22, 1681 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.  He married 175. Mary Clark.
 175.  Mary Clark

 Child of Edward Gilman and Mary Clark is:
 87 i.   Sarah Gilman.

 180.  John Whitman, born January 07, 1597/98 in Holt, Norfolk, England; died November 13, 1692 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes for John Whitman:
Captain John Whitman believed to have emigrated between 1629-1630. His wife and children followed soon after.

 Child of John Whitman is:
 90 i.   Thomas Whitman.

 182.  Nicholas Byram, born 1610 in England; died April 13, 1688 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 183. Grace Shaw Abt. 1637.
 183.  Grace Shaw, born August 15, 1621 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England; died Bef. 1688 in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Notes for Nicholas Byram:
Nicholas was a physician. He held all the town offices. In 1660 he bought property rights in Bridgewater, and removed there in 1662. He was councilor of war in Plymouth Colony, and was a man of much influence.

 Child of Nicholas Byram and Grace Shaw is:
 91 i.   Abigail Byram.

 184.  Stephen Kinsley, born 1598 in England; died June 04, 1673 in Milton, Massachusetts.  He married 185. Elizabeth.
 185.  Elizabeth, born Abt. 1600 in England; died January 10, 1667/68 in Milton, Massachusetts.

Notes for Stephen Kinsley:
Stephen Kingsley, born in England about 1598 arrived in Boston in 1637 and is first of record when “it is agreed that Stephen Kinsley, labourer, shall have a house plott next unto our brother Alexander Winchester his garden plott”:  April 2, 1637.
On Feb.19, 1637 Stephen Kinsley was granted “a great lot for nine heads; four acres upon a head” at Mt. Wollaston, and July 5, 1639 “William Needham, the cooper, shall have an acre for his house plot out of the little island at Mount Wollaston over against Barnaby Doryfalls land, beyond Mr. William Coddington's brook. Also that Stephen Kinsley, husbandman, shall have the residue of the said island for his house plot there”.
Finally Feb. 22, 1640 “Brother Stephen Kingsley is to have his four acres formerly granted to be made seven acres upon a head, allowing for the same as others have done and are to do.” This last suggests that his "great lot" at Mt. Wollaston was not yet laid out for him in 1641, as it was granted by the town of Boston in 1638, and in the meantime the town of Braintree had been set off, and Stephen Kingsley was one of those "neighbors and brethren of the Mount" who agreed with Boston upon the terms of the separation into a new town on Jan. 27, 1639. His name does not appear in the list of church members of Boston but he was one of the original members of the Braintree Church organized Sep. 16, 1639, and was made a freeman of the colony May 13, 1640, and was also a townsman or selectman, 1640, 1642, 1648, 1651, etc. He deposed in the case of Wilson vs. Faxon (Early Court Rec. #188). In 1653 at age 55, he was ordained Ruling Elder of the Braintree Church. He was also deputy to the General Court.

By 1654 he resided in present Milton on Milton Hill, as the road way to the mill at Milton Lower Mills passed through his yard.

 Child of Stephen Kinsley and Elizabeth is:
 92 i.   Samuel Kingsley.

 186.  Richard Brackett, born September 16, 1610 in Sudburry, Suffolk, England; died March 05, 1689/90 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.  He married 187. Alice Blower.
 187.  Alice Blower, born June 30, 1615 in Sudburry, Suffolk, England; died November 03, 1690 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Notes for Richard Brackett:
He was living in 1632 in Boston, MA, was town clerk of Braintree for many years and the third Captain of the town.

 Child of Richard Brackett and Alice Blower is:
 93 i.   Hannah Brackett.

 188.  John Washburn, born July 02, 1597 in Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire, England; died March 17, 1670/71 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 189. Margery Moore November 23, 1618 in Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
 189.  Margery Moore, born November 03, 1588 in Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire, England; died 1662 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes for John Washburn:
He emigrated about 1632 to Plymouth, Mass. "The earliest record of John Washburn in Plymouth Colony is that of January 2, 1633, when he brought suit against Edward Doty there." John's family later joined him in Plymouth, having sailed on the Elizabeth, which left England for New England on 13 April 1635 with certificates from the mayor of Evesham. It is believed that John is a descendant of Roger De Washbourne (b. Abt. 1227-1299 in Washbourne, Worcester, England). Also a descendant of William the Conqueror, the Earl of Chester (Abt. 1070-1128), the Earl of Northumberland (Abt. 1046-1076), and Svend I "Forked Beard" King of Denmark, Norway and England (Abt. 960-1014), but to detail these ancestries would be showing off.

 Children of John Washburn and Margery Moore are:
 94 i.   John Washburn.

 190.  Experience Mitchell, born Abt. 1606 in Leyden, Holland, Netherlands; died September 04, 1689 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He was the son of 380. Thomas Mitchell and 381. Margaret Williams.  He married 191. Jane Cooke June 01, 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 191.  Jane Cooke, born Abt. 1606 in Leyden, Holland, Netherlands; died Abt. 1635 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of 382. Francis Cooke and 383. Hester Mahieu.

Notes for Experience Mitchell:
Sailed on the "Anne" in 1623. Experience was among several single men in the colony, and he, together with five other unmarried young men, were listed in the Division of Cattle along with Francis Cooke and his family--thus probably living with them at the time. He married, probably not long after the 1627 cattle division, Jane Cooke, daughter of 1620 Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke; though there is no record of their marriage, but there was something regarding a shotgun and some joke about the farmers daughter.

In 1631 Experience sells his dwelling house, garden plot and fence, leading to the speculation that this may have been the approximate date of Jane's death, leaving him with small children. He was a Purchaser and among the list of Freemen in Plymouth in 1633, and again on 7 March 1636/7; he then moved to Duxbury, where he became a highway surveyor on 3 March 1639/40 and again in Plymouth on May 1670. He was on various committees and held several offices from the years 1637 to 1662. On 7 June 1659 he was fined ten shillings for refusing to serve on the grand jury. He, like the other early Colonials, was granted additional lands through the years. In 1675/6 Experience and Edward Mitchell were appointed by the Court to investigate the estate of Jacob Mitchell, deceased, for the good of his children. Experience, Edward and Joseph Bartlett were later appointed guardians of the children of Jacob Mitchell, deceased. Experience's will, dated 5 December 1684 and probated 4 September 1689 names son Edward, wife "mary michell", son John, grandson "Exsperience" [son of John] daughters Mary Shaw, Sarah Hayward and Hannah Hayward, grandson Thomas Mitchell and granddaughter mary michel whom he leaves in the care of his son Edward and Joseph Bartlet. His daughter Elizabeth, who married John Washburn, predeceased him. His residence is given as Bridgewater.

 Child of Experience Mitchell and Jane Cooke is:
 95 i.   Elizabeth Mitchell.

Generation No. 9

 380.  Thomas Mitchell, born 1566 in Eltisley Parish, Cambridgeshire, England; died 1629 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 381. Margaret Williams April 15, 1606 in Amsterdam, Holland.
 381.  Margaret Williams, born 1568; died 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

 Child of Thomas Mitchell and Margaret Williams is:
 190 i.   Experience Mitchell.

 382.  Francis Cooke, born November 26, 1584 in England; died April 07, 1663 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married 383. Hester Mahieu June 30, 1603 in Leyden, Holland, Netherlands.
 383.  Hester Mahieu, born Abt. 1585 in Leyden, Holland, Netherlands; died June 18, 1666 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Notes for Francis Cooke:
A 1620 Mayflower passenger and signatory of the Mayflower Compact, Francis Cooke married Hester Mayhieu at Leiden 30 June 1603, the records there describing him as a woolcomber, unmarried, from England. Thus he was in Holland before the arrival of the Clyfton/Robinson Separatists. He appears frequently in Plymouth records on grand and trial juries, as a surveyor of the highways, on various ad hoc committees, and in a number of land transactions. He came to Plymouth with son John. Francis's wife and their daughter Jane and son Jacob arrived on the Anne in 1623. Two more children, Hester and Mary, were born at Plymouth. Jane married Experience Mitchell; Hester married Richard Wright; and Mary married John Thompson. Francis's son Jacob married Damaris Hopkins, daughter of Stephen.
Francis Cooke died 7 April 1663, having labored in this new land for some 43 years and receiving various additional land grants. His will and inventory enumerates his belongings and his bequests. He and his wife Hester had eight children. By 1666, of these children, John, Jacob, Hester and Mary were living, as was the widow Hester. Hester died after 8 June 1666.

 Child of Francis Cooke and Hester Mahieu is:
 191 i.   Jane Cooke.

Finally getting back to Russell Phillips and Rhoda Williams, according to the book Richard Ellis and his Descendants, 1888 Russell and his wife Rhoda Williams “lived in one house 21 years, where all of their children were born. They went to Wisconsin in 1849, to their son John’s in Sun Prairie, near Madison, where they lived for five years and then removed to Racine, where they both died.” In the 1800 Census for Ashfield there are 13 Phillips families listed (Russell and his siblings are living with their father Thomas). In the 1810 Census, Russell is married with no children, living in his own house (probably the one mentioned above), and there are 9 Phillips families shown in Ashfield. The families of Thomas Phillips and his brother Philip Phillips appear to be the only male heirs that have remained in Ashfield at that time. The Phillips families are up to 10 by the 1820 census with Russell and Rhoda having 4 boys under 10 years of age and one daughter under 10 (poor girl). Russell’s only brother Caleb had left Ashfield prior to 1820.

By the 1830 Census there had been a fairly significant migration out of Ashfield by Phillips families as only 5 remained; Russell, and four descendants of Philip Phillips. Thomas passed away in 1829. From this point the family gets a little difficult to track. As mentioned elsewhere, I have not had the greatest luck with the 1840 Census. I can not find Russell, John or much of anyone during this period. The following are the children and grandchildren of Russell and Rhoda:

1  Russell Phillips  b: August 31, 1785 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: April 15, 1856 in Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wisconsin
 +Rhoda Williams  b: October 1791 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: August 07, 1874 in Racine, Wisconsin  m: January 02, 1808 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA
 2  Hannah Phillips  b: May 18, 1811 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: Aft. 1880 in Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wisconsin
  +Calvin Flower  b: November 26, 1809 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: Aft. 1880 in Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Calvin and his family apparently traveled from Ashfield through Phelps, NY with the Phillips family. He was a farmer as per the 1850 and 1880 Census.
  3  James M. Flower  b: 1835 in New York (probably Phelps)
  3  Phineas A. Flower  b: 1837 in New York (probably Phelps)
    +Francis
  3  Ellen J. Flower  b: 1839 in New York (probably Phelps) d: Abt. 1857 in Wisconsin
  3  George A. Flower  b: 1841 in New York (probably Phelps) d: 1844
  3  Edith C. Flower  b: 1847 in Wisconsin (probably Sun Prairie)
    +Bradford Hancock
 2  Allen Phillips  b: May 20, 1813 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  +Louisa Cross  b: 1810 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Remained in Ashfield. The 1850 Census indicates that he was a Mechanic and did not own any real estate. He had no children as per the 1850 Census.
 2  John Phillips  b: 1815 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: 1877 in Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wisconsin
  +Ruth Grinnell  b: August 1819 in New York  d: Aft. 1870 in Wisconsin  m: Abt. 1842 in New York (probably Phelps)
This family will be explored below.
 2  Monroe Phillips  b: March 02, 1817 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  +Amanda Reed  b: 1822 in New York  m: Abt. 1849 in Phelps, Ontario Co., NY
  3  William Phillips  b: 1850 in Phelps, Ontario Co., New York
  3  Ward Phillips  b: 1852 in Wisconsin (probably Racine)
  3  Ella Phillips  b: 1854 in Wisconsin (probably Racine)

Monroe was living with Amanda in Phelps, NY in 1850 with no children. He was a Merchant and did not own real estate. Between 1850 and 1852 they moved to Racine, Wisconsin according to the Richard Ellis and his Descendants, 1888 book.

 2  Galusha Phillips  b: April 27, 1820 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  +Stella Benton Scranton  b: January 12, 1827 in Rochester, New York  m: October 03, 1848 in Rochester, New York

Galusha and his brother-in law had an Auction and Merchant business in Rochester called Scranton & Phillips. His home was valued at $5,000 according to the 1860 Census. According to the “Richard Ellis and his Descendants, 1888” book
He married Stella B. Scranton, of Rochester, NY, October 3rd, 1848.  they reside in Rochester, and have no children.  Mr. P. was in the hat cap and fur business there many years, but for twenty years past has been in the furniture trade.  His wife is a woman of rare worth and intelligence, to whom the writer is indebted for most of the records of this branch of the Phillipses.  When a youth, Mr. Phillips lived about seven years on a farm with his mother's uncle Deacon Dimick Ellis in Ashfield.  At 14 years of age, he started out in the world to make his way alone, and it is much to his credit, that, in the midst of many discouragements, he has ever maintained an upright and honorable career worthy of imitation.

  3  Mary Sabin Phillips  b: 1853 in New York (probably Rochester)
 2  Mary Phillips  b: 1823 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d. probably Racine, Wisconsin
  +Simeon C. Yout  b: 1816 in Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., New York  m: September 19, 1843 in Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York (near Phelps)

According to "The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties" written in 1879, Simeon and Mary moved to Racine, Wisconsin in June of 1844 from Ontario County, New York. Simeon went to school at Genesee Wesleyan University. He was a teacher for five years and then in the mercantile business, and was one of the first Board of Aldermen of the city. In 1860 he was elected City Treasurer which office he held until 1869, then City Assessor from 1873-1879. He had an insurance, real estate and loan agent business in 1879. This, most likely, is the family Rhoda (Williams) Phillips came to live with after 1860.

  3  George W. Yout  b: May 04, 1845 in Racine, Wisconsin  d: May 15, 1869 in Battle of Resaca, Georgia during the Civil War
  3  Adelaide A. Yout  b: 1847 in Racine, Wisconsin, lived in Waseca, Minnesota
     +James H. Petitt
  3  Amelia Yout  b: 1850 in Racine, Wisconsin, lived in Englewood, Illinois
     +William C. D. Gillespie
  3  Nellie R. Yout  b: 1853 in Racine, Wisconsin
     +Harry T. Wright
  3  Louis Yout  b: 1859 in Racine, Wisconsin
  3  Stella Yout  b: 1854 in Racine, Wisconsin  d: July 11, 1864 in Racine, Wisconsin
 2  Sarah Phillips  b: May 12, 1825 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  +Charles Hill  b: 1824 in Massachusetts
 2  Elizabeth Ann Phillips  b: October 12, 1832 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  d: 1873 in Madison, Wisconsin Most likely traveled with her parents out to Wisconsin as she was living with them in the 1850 Census.
  +Sidney Foote  b: December 30, 1830 in Smyrna, Chenango Co., New York  d: 1877 in Jacksonville, Florida  m: December 30, 1858 in Madison, WI
  3  Florence Foote  b: October 1859 in Madison, Wisconsin
  3  Catherine Foote  b: Abt. 1861 in Madison, Wisconsin
  3  Martha Foote  b: Abt. 1863 in Madison, Wisconsin
  3  Ella Foote  b: Abt. 1867 in Madison, Wisconsin
  3  Annie Foote  b: October 24, 1867 in Madison, Wisconsin
     +Morris Larned Greeley  b: December 16, 1863  m: June 07, 1892
  3  Ruth Foote  b: Abt. 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin

From the above information which was gathered primarily from the Census, most of the children of Russell and Rhoda moved to the Phelps, Ontario County, New York area around the mid-1830’s (Allen stayed in Ashfield and died there, Elizabeth, as a minor at the time probably traveled to Wisconsin with her parents, and Galusha moved to Rochester about this time). They then moved to Wisconsin in the late 1840’s, with the exception of Monroe who moved in the mid-1850’s. John and Hanna moved to the Madison area (Sun Prairie) and Mary moved to Racine. Contrary to the “Richard Ellis and his Descendants, 1888” account of Russell and Rhoda’s travels, in the 1860 Census, after Russell’s death, Rhoda is still living in Sun Prairie with son John. My guess is that Russell died in Sun Prairie and Rhoda moved to Racine to live with Mary Phillips family after 1860.

John Phillips (1815-1877)

Although I have not been able to find John Phillips in the 1840 Census, based upon information on his siblings and later Census data, it is my assumption that he moved to Phelps, Ontario County, New York while he was in his early 20’s (around 1835). The following is an excerpt from the book “History of Ontario County, New York and Its People” written in 1911 about Phelps at this time:

The village of Phelps … was first known as Vienna, and as early as 1812 was a place of importance and a post station. The name was changed to Phelps some time in the Forties and it was incorporated under that name in 1855, by action of the Court of Sessions. The greatest prosperity. of the village is said to have been between the years 1835 and 1840. In the last mentioned year, the collapse of the great firm of Norton, Bartle, & McNiel threw the whole town into a panic. Farmers, merchants, and nearly all classes of people were seriously affected through severe losses, and the depression which followed lasted for years.
Among the things which gave new life to Phelps was the building of the New York Central railroad. It served to arouse the people from their financial slough of despair. The first train passed through Phelps, July 4, 1841. It was met by hundreds of people and the wildest enthusiasm prevailed. There were two stations, Vienna and West Vienna, the latter being the larger, with restaurant attached. It was located at the corner of West Main and Newark streets. The Vienna depot was a frame building, which after doing service for many years was moved to the corner of Exchange and Jay streets and converted into a dwelling. The station retained its name of Vienna for several years after the village had been incorporated as Phelps.

John married Ruth Grinnell while he was living in Ontario County, New York. Ruth’s ancestry is uncertain. Based upon my research, and guesswork, she is probably the daughter of Henry Grinnell from Connecticut. This is primarily a guess as there was a Henry Grinnell in the 1840 Census for Ontario County, New York, with a daughter Ruth’s age, and Ruth and John’s son was named Henry. John and Ruth left New York for Wisconsin after 1844, probably as a result of the tough economic conditions mentioned above. According to Census data, John was a farmer in Sun Prairie, which would make sense as Sun Prairie is a small farming community just outside of Madison, Wisconsin.
 

  Ruth Grinnell

The Children of John Phillips and Ruth Grinnell were as follows:
1  John Phillips b: 1815 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts d: 1877 in Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wisconsin
 +Ruth Grinnell  b: August 1819 in New York  d: Aft. 1870 in Wisconsin  m: Abt. 1842 in New York
 2  Henry A. Phillips  b: 1844 in New York
  +Emma  b: 1847 in New York
  3  Herietta Phillips  b: 1873
  3  John Phillips  b: 1875
  3  George Phillips  b: 1877
  3  Ruth Phillips  b: August 1879
 2  Emma R. Phillips  b: 1849 in Sun Prairie, WI
  +Charles Edward Vrooman  b: October 05, 1846 in Dane Co., Wisconsin  m: May 11, 1871 in Dane Co., Wisconsin
 2  Edna Ellen Phillips  b: September 19, 1851 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin  d: February 02, 1950 in New York, NY
  +Herbert William Chynoweth  b: August 29, 1848 in Nunda, NY  d: October 14, 1906 in Madison, Wisconsin  m: May 21, 1873 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Children of the above can be found in the Chynoweth Chapter
Either Henry A. Phillips and Emma R. Phillips died prior to 1890, or they sold their interest in John Phillips farm to Edna and Herbert Chynoweth, as it is my understanding that Herbert and Edna’s children grew up in Sun Prairie, presumably on the farm John Phillips had owned.

Edna Ellen Phillips (1851-1950)

From what I have discovered through articles, and what I have been told by family members, Edna Phillips was a remarkable lady. I will start off with a series of articles I obtained from Mary Rhyme taken from the Madison paper between 1940 and 1950, I do not have exact dates on any of them. The first article is announcing Edna’s 90th birthday:

ONE of the outstanding women of Wisconsin, Mrs. Edna E. Chynoweth, 109 W. Gilman St., is celebrating her 90th birthday today. The Capital Times joins with thousands of Mrs. Chynoweth's friends in Dane County and other parts of Wisconsin in sending congratulations to this remarkable woman. And Mrs. Chynoweth, alert and keen, is enjoying the day to the full. This noon she was the guest of honor at a luncheon given by Mrs. John A. Aylward, and this evening, Miss Ann Pitman is giving a dinner in honor of Mrs. Chynoweth.

Just think of the Wisconsin historical perspective spanned in the life of Mrs. Chynoweth which began in Sun Prairie in 1851. Her life covered all but three years of the time that Wisconsin has been a state, …(this part of the article was cut out)   chronological advancement since those (primitive days when the pioneers out in the Sun Prairie area had to set aside a whole day for a trip to Madison in rickety wagons pulled by oxen. Since her girlhood days she has seen the railroads, the telephone, telegraph, automobile, concrete highway, radio, aviation and the electrical age come to Wisconsin. And today, at 90 years of age, Mrs. Chynoweth is still keenly interested in the activities of a fast moving world although she shares with others of her kind the horror over what is happening in Europe. (WWII)
Mrs. Chynoweth's life was associated with two great causes that were fought out in this country in an earlier day, -woman's suffrage and prohibition. She was a happy woman when amendments to the Constitution of the United States were adopted that brought emancipation to women and gave her the right of franchise and which dealt a blow at the hated liquor traffic, an evil which bore the enmity of women to a greater degree than in the present cocktail era. Mrs. Chynoweth is still loyal to these causes and stands her ground firmly when it is alleged that prohibition was a failure and that women have failed to accept the responsibilities of full citizenship. To the charge that women fail to vote, Mrs. Chynoweth (Continued on Page 6, Column 5) (did not have remainder of the article)

The next article announces her induction into the Roll of Honor of the League of Women Voters for the State of Wisconsin:
MRS. EDNA CHYNOWETH
By: Lucile A. Pennington, Madison, Wis.

The nomination of Mrs. Edna Phillips Chynoweth to the State Roll of Honor of the League of Women Voters is announced from Madison. She is thus honored because of the services she has given to the cause of women's suffrage, and for outstanding civic work.  In accepting the honor, Mrs. Chynoweth paid tribute to the pioneer leaders of the cause, both national and local, "My reward is in my memories and in the satisfaction of having done what I could. It wasn't easy to be a suffragist in the early days, but I was convinced that a woman’s place was not only in the home."

Mrs. Chynoweth was born in 1851 in Sun Prairie, Dane county. She entered the university in 1869, and was later married to Herbert Cheynoweth (I left this uncorrected for entertainment value), a Madison lawyer, who was once a university regent.  Her early training especially fitted her for activity in woman's suffrage, because her parents believed that men and women should share in the responsibilities of the church, state, and home. She was the first woman member of the Police and Fire Commission of Madison, Wisconsin; a charter member of the Civics Club and of the Consumers' League, and of the Y. W. C. A. She was present in Chicago when the League of Women Voters was organized; also attended the meeting in New York when Tennessee was won for Equal Suffrage. She was the first president of the Dane County Women Suffrage Association and was a delegate to the Victory Convention of the National American Women Suffrage Association.

The next is a brief snippet:

Only one of the 67 charter members of the Central Women's Christian Temperance Union will be present when the union celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding at an elaborate ceremony Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Esther Vilas hall of the YWCA. That one member, Mrs. Edna E. Chynoweth, 109 W. Gilman St., prominent in Madison's civic and social life for many years, was the guest of honor at the celebration.

The next is Edna’s obituary in the Madison paper:

A grand and gracious lady whose inspiring life leaves its imprint on this community and the state of Wisconsin died in New York Wednesday night. She was Mrs. Edna E. Chynoweth, wife of the late Herbert W. Chynoweth, a prominent Madison attorney and distinguished Wisconsin citizen. Mrs. Chynoweth, who was 98 when she died, grew up with Wisconsin. She was born in Sun Prairie only three years after Wisconsin achieved statehood. She was educated in Wisconsin schools and was one of the early women graduates of the university.

It could perhaps be more properly said that she helped Wisconsin grow up. For she was one who took her duties of citizenship very seriously. She was a steadfast aide to her husband in the years that he worked with Old Bob La Follette in the Progressive movement to pioneer the principles of good government for which Wisconsin became famed.

But she was not one to rest content in the glories of her husband's public life. She struck out in an inspiring and courageous public life of her own. Her rights, like the rights of all other women, were circumscribed by the laws of the time. Edna Chynoweth was not one to accept a concept of women's rights that belonged somewhere back in the Middle Ages.

She became a leader in the women's suffrage movement and much of the trail blazing that Wisconsin did in that field was due to her splendid work. She was also a charter member of the Women's Christian Temperance movement.

It would be difficult to list all the “firsts” in her life, but there are many institutions in this city which owe their present status to the help she gave in the early days of their beginnings. She was the first woman to be elected to the board of elders of the Christ Presbyterian church. She was a charter member of the YWCA. Throughout her long life she never lost her sharp interest in public affairs and people. Possessed of wide knowledge and a generous, mellow philosophy she was always available to those with troubles to tell.

Edna Chynoweth was a great lady and a splendid citizen.

This obituary was presumably from another Madison paper:

Mrs. Chynoweth Dies at Age 98; Was Suffrage, Temperance Leader Here
Was Born in Sun Prairie In 1851; Rites to Be Held In Madison
Mrs. EDNA E. CHYNOWETH, 98, former Madison resident and early Wisconsin women's suffrage and temperance leader, died Wednesday night in New York City.
Her husband, the late Herbert W. Chynoweth, a prominent Madison attorney and member of the university board of regents from 1892 to 1898, died Oct. 14, 1906. Mrs. Chynoweth has been living in New York City for the past several years with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Phillips Chynoweth.
MRS. CHYNOWETH, who for formerly lived at 109 W. Gilman st., was born Sept. 19, 1851, in Sun Prairie, just three years after Wisconsin became a state. She was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

One of the founders of the Madison Woman's club, Mrs. Chynoweth also was a charter member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the YWCA. She was one of the first presidents of the Dane County Woman's Suffrage Association.

In 1942, Mrs. Chynoweth was one of seven Wisconsin women to be placed on the state honor roll of suffrage leaders at the annual Susan B. Anthony dinner in Milwaukee.

As a long-time member of the Christ Presbyterian church in Madison, she was the first woman to be elected to the church's board of elders. She had been a member of the church since Oct. 5, 1873.

MRS. CHYNOWETH made her first long plane trip at the age of 93 when she flew to New York City to visit her son, Phillips, who died recently. She previously had taken a 10-minute plane ride over Madison. Mrs. Chynoweth had lived in New York City since 1944.

Funeral services and burial will be in Madison. The body will arrive here Tuesday, accompanied by her son, Herbert Chynoweth, Washington, D. C., and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Phillips Chynoweth. The body will be taken to the Fitch-Lawrence funeral home.

Mrs. Chynoweth also is survived by a son-in-law, Harry E. Sowerby, Boston, Mass.; seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild (actually should have been three at this point in time, Graham, Richard Rhyme, & Suzie).

Funeral services have been set tentatively for 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Christ Presbyterian church, and burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
 

My dad remembers her as a strong willed woman whom you did not mess around with.

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