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A Family Record on this plan may be extended so as to include two,
three, or more families, and contain all the births, marriages and
deaths which have happened, up to the date of its formation. The
figures in the first column denote the year of birth, marriage, or
death; the other columns show the ages of every individual at the
time of any birth, marriage, or death, of every other individual
comprehended within the limits of the Table.
GENEALOGIES.
CHASE FAMILY.
PREPARED BY JOSHUA COFFIN, M. A.
Among the early settlers of New England, were three persons by the
name of Chase; namely, William, Thomas, and Aquila. The first settled
in Yarmouth, and there died, in 1659, leaving two sons, Benjamin and
William. The last two were certainly brothers, as appears from a deed
given in 1667 by Aquila to "the sons of his brother Thomas." The name
is found in various places in English history, from the time of William
the Conqueror to the present time. Thus, we find in 1326 a family of
that name in Suffolk; a Thomas Chase, who was barbarously murdered in
1506; a Sir Robert Chase, Knight, in the West of England, 1628; a Sir
John Chase in Exeter, prior to 1637; a John Chase, Esq., Apothecary to
Queen Anne, 1690, &c. See Magna Britannia, Lysson's London, Polwheles'
Devonshire, and other works.
Thomas¹ and Aquila¹ Chase were among the first settlers of
Hampton, N. H., in 1639. Thomas¹ there married Elizabeth
Philbrick, daughter of Thomas Philbrick. He d. in 1652, leaving
five children, all sons; namely,
I. Thomas,² b. 1643, d. a bachelor, Oct. 23, 1714.
II. Joseph,² b. 1645, m. Rachel Partridge, Jan. 31, 1671, d. Jan. 12,
1718.
III. Isaac,² b. 1647, m. Mary Perkins of Hampton, d. May 9, 1727.
IV. James,² b. 1649, m. Elizabeth Green, Sept. 2, 1675, and d. ----.
V. Abraham, b. 1651, was not married, and "was slaine in yᵉ
warres," 1676. Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas¹ Chase, married
John Garland, Oct. 26, 1654, who died Jan. 4, 1671. She then
married Judge Henry Roby, Feb. 19, 1674, and died Feb. 11,
1677.
The children of Joseph² and Rachel Chase were as follows:
I. Hannah,³ b. June 5, 1672, d. June 10, 1674.
II. Elizabeth,³ b. March 11, 1674, d. Sept. 8, 1675.
III. Jonathan,³ b. March 14, 1676, and drowned, Feb. 1, 1696.
IV. Anne,³ b. Jan. 11, 1677, m. ---- Sinkler.
V. Elizabeth,³ b. Feb. 14, 1685, m. Benjamin Hilliard.
VI. Rachel,³ b. April 27, 1687, m. Jacob Freeze.
The children of Isaac² and Mary were as follows:
I. Thomas,³ b. 1677.
II. Rachel,³ b. 1678.
III. Isaac,³ b. 1681.
IV. Abraham,³ b. 1683.
V. Mary,³ b. 1687.
VI. James,³ b. 1688.
VII. Joseph,³ b. 1689, m. Lydia Coffin, 1714.
VIII. Jonathan,³ b. 1691.
IX. Hannah,³ b. 1693.
X. Sarah,³ b. 1695.
XI. Priscilla,³ b. 1697.
XII. Elizabeth,³ b. 1703, d. 1719.
The children of James² and Elizabeth Chase were as follows:
I. Abigail,³ b. Aug. 27, 1681, m. John Chase[26] of Newbury.
II. Dorothy,³ b. March 17, 1686, m. John Chapman, March 16, 1705.
III. Mary,³ b. Feb. 8, 1688.
Aquila¹ Chase, brother to Thomas¹ Chase, m. Anne Wheeler,
daughter of John Wheeler of Hampton, removed, in 1646, to
Newbury, where he d. Aug. 29, 1670, aged 52. His widow, Anne,
m. Daniel Mussiloway, June 14, 1672, and d. May 19, 1688. The
children of Aquila¹ and Anne Chase were as follows:
I. Sarah,² b. ----, m. Charles Annis, May 15, 1666.
II. Anne,² b. July 6, 1647, m. Thomas Barber, April 27, 1671.
III. Priscilla,² b. March 14, 1649, m. Abel Merrill, Feb. 10, 1670.
IV. Mary,² b. Feb. 3, 1651, m. John Stevens, March 9, 1669.
V. Aquila,² b. Sept. 26, 1652, m. Esther Bond, ab. 1673.
VI. Thomas,² b. July 25, 1654, m. Rebecca Follansbee, Nov. 22, 1677.
VII. John,² b. Nov. 2, 1654, m. Elizabeth Bingley, May 23, 1677.
VIII. Elizabeth,² b. Sept. 13, 1657.
IX. Ruth,² b. March 18, 1660, d. May 30, 1676.
X. Daniel,² b. Dec. 9, 1661, m. Martha Kimball, Aug. 25, 1683.
XI. Moses,² b. Dec. 24, 1663, m. Anne Follansbee, Nov. 10, 1684.
The children of Aquila² and Esther Chase were as follows:
I. Esther,³ b. Nov. 18, 1674, m. Daniel Merrill.
II. Joseph,³ b. March 25, 1677, m. Abigail Thurston, Nov. 8, 1699.
III. Priscilla,³ b. Oct. 15, 1681, m. Joseph Hills, 1704.
IV. Jemima,³ b. ----, a spinster.
V. Rebecca,³ b. ----, m. Jonathan Moulton, Dec. 5, 1716.
VI. Anne,³ b. ----, m. Abraham Foulsham, Oct. 27, 1703.
VII. Hannah,³ b. ----, m. Joseph Hoyt.
VIII. Abigail,³ b. ----, m. Joseph Robinson.
The children of Thomas² and Rebecca Chase were as follows:
I. Thomas,³ b. Sept. 15, 1680, m. Sara ----.
II. Jonathan,³ b. Jan. 13, 1683, m. Joanna Palmer, 1703.
III. James,³ b. Sept. 15, 1685, m. Martha Rolfe, Dec. 17, 1707.
IV. Aquila,³ b. July 15, 1688, m. Mary Smith, 1712, d. 1714.
V. Ruth,³ b. Feb. 28, 1691, m. Nathaniel Miller of Rehoboth,
May 29, 1716.
VI. Mary,³ b. Jan. 15, 1695, m. ---- Horton.
VII. Rebecca,³ b. April 26, 1700, m. Stephen Moulton, Dec. 14, 1721.
VIII. Judith,³ b. ----, m. ---- Horton.
IX. Lizza³ b. ----, m. Benjamin Rogers, Aug. 17, 1732.
X. Josiah,³ b. July 15, 1697, d. young.
XI. Nathan,³ b. ----, 1702, m. Judith Sawyer, Nov. 29, 1723, then
Joanna Cheney, Dec. 30, 1740, and then Ruth Davis, June
9, 1763.
Thomas² Chase m. for his second wife Elizabeth Mooers, Aug. 2, 1713.
The children of John² and Elizabeth Chase were as follows:
I. William,³ b. Jan. 3, 1679.
II. Philip,³ b. Sept. 23, 1688, m. Mary Follansbee, April 17, 1712.
III. Charles,³ b. Jan. 12, 1690, and m. Hepzibah Carr, July 15, 1714.
IV. Jacob,³ b. ----, m. Joanna Davis, Aug. 24, 1716.
V. Abraham,³ b, ----, m. Ruth Morse, Nov. 16, 1716.
VI. Phebe,³ b. ----, m. ---- Tucker.
VII. Mary,³ b. ----, m. Joseph Safford, July 30, 1728.
VIII. Lydia,³ b. ----, m. William Blay, Nov. 5, 1724.
IX. Elizabeth,³ b. ----.
X. John,³ b. ----, m. Abigail Chase of Hampton, N. H.
John² Chase m. for his second wife Lydia ----.
XI. David,³ son of John and Lydia, b. Oct. 20, 1710.
The children of Daniel² and Martha Chase were as follows:
I. Martha,³ b. Aug. 18, 1684, m. David Lawson, Aug. 3, 1716.
II. Sara,³ b. July 18, 1686, m. Francis Danford, Nov. 17, 1714.
III. Dorothy,³ b. Jan. 24, 1689.
IV. Isaac,³ b. Jan. 19, 1691, m. Hannah Berry, Oct. 29, 1710.
V. Lydia,³ b. Jan. 19, 1693, m. William Evans, Jan. 30, 1716.
VI. Mehetabel,³ b. Jan. 19, 1695, m. Timothy Osgood of Salisbury,
Nov. 19, 1715.
VII. Judith,³ b. Feb. 19, 1697, m. John Tuttle of Lebanon, 1713.
VIII. Abner,³ b. Oct. 15, 1699.
IX. Daniel,³ b. Oct. 15, 1702, m. Mary Carpenter, Jan., 1723, and
for his second wife, Elizabeth Collins of Salisbury, Feb.,
1726.
X. Enoch,³ b. ----, m. Judith Colby, 1726.
Daniel² d. Feb. 8, 1707. His widow Martha m. Josiah Heath of Haverhill,
1713.
The children of Moses² and Anne Chase were as follows:
I. Twins { Moses,³ b. Sept. 20, 1685, d. young.
II. { Daniel,³ b. Sept. 20, 1685, m. Sarah March,
Jan. 2, 1706.
III. Moses,³ b. Jan. 20, 1688, m. Elizabeth Wells, Oct. 2, 1709.
IV. Samuel,³ b. May 13, 1690, m. Hannah Emery, Dec. 8, 1713.
V. Elizabeth,³ b. Sept. 25, 1693.
VI. Stephen,³ b. Aug. 29, 1696, m. Sarah Hale, Dec. 1717.
VII. Hannah,³ b. Sept. 13, 1699, m. Timothy Jackman, April 9, 1723.
VIII. Joseph,³ b. Sept. 9, 1703, m. Mary Morss, Sept. 7, 1724.
IX. Benoni,³ b. April 5, 1708, m. Mary Rogers, Sept. 4, 1728.
Moses² Chase m. for his second wife, Sarah Jacobs of Ipswich, 1713.
The children of John³ and Abigail³ Chase of Hampton were as follows:
I. James,⁴ b. July 28, 1698.
II. Jonathan,⁴ b. Sept. 21, 1700.
III. Elizabeth,⁴ b. April 13, 1703.
IV. Elihu,⁴ b. Sept. 7, 1705.
V. John,⁴ b. Sept. 18, 1708, and m. Anna Runlet, March 27, 1729.
VI. Hannah,⁴ b. May 10, 1711.
FOOTNOTES:
[26] Son of John Chase, and grandson of Aquila Chase of Newbury.
DUDLEY FAMILY.
Thomas Dudley, son of Capt. Roger Dudley, was born in England in
1576; came to New England in 1630; was several years Governor of
Massachusetts Colony, and died at Roxbury, July 31, 1653, aged 77.
His first wife, or the one who came with him, died in 1643. Samuel,
Anne, Patience, and Mercy were probably children by her. He married
again before 1645, and had by his second wife five children more. His
children by both wives were as follows:
I. Samuel, b. in England, 1606, who was a minister and was m. to
Mary Winthrop about 1633, and had children,--
1. Thomas, bapt. March 9, 1634, grad. H. C. 1651, d. Nov.
7, 1655.
2. John, bapt. June 28, 1635.
3. Samuel, bapt. Aug. 2, 1639, d. April, 1643.
4. Anne, b. Oct. 16, 1641, who m. Edward Hilton and had
children, Winthrop, Dudley, Joseph, and others.
5. Theophilus, b. Oct., 1644.
6. Mary, b. April 21, 1646, d. Oct. 28, 1646.
7. Biley, b. Sept. 27, 1647.
8. Mary 2nd, b. Jan. 6, 1649.
Mary, the 1st wife of Rev. Samuel Dudley, d. at Salisbury,
(where the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th children were born,) April
12, 1643. He d. at Exeter before March 20, 1683, a. 77. His
settlement in the ministry there was in 1650.
II. Anne, who m. Gov. Simon Bradstreet. She had 8 children and
d. Sept. 16, 1672.
III. Patience, who m. Maj. Gen. Denison.
IV. Mercy, who m. Rev. John Woodbridge. She was b. Sept. 27,
1621, and d. July 1, 1691, a. 70.
V. ----, who m. Maj. Benjamin Keayne of Boston, who d. 1668.
VI. Dorothy, who d. Feb. 27, 1643.
VII. Deborah, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 27, 1645.
VIII. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1647, who was Governor of Massachusetts,
and m. a daughter of Edward Tyng, and had children,--
1. Thomas, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 26, 1669-70, grad. H. C.
1685.
2. Edward, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 4, 1671.
3. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 3, 1675, grad. H. C. 1690. He
was a Tutor and Fellow of the College, and also, Fellow of
the Royal Society in England and Chief Justice of Massachusetts.
He d. Jan. 21, 1751, a. 75.
4. Samuel, b. at Roxbury, Sept., 1677.
5. John, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 28, 1678-79.
6. Rebecca, b. May 15, 1681, who m. Samuel Sewall, Jr.,
and d. April 14, 1761, a. 79.
7. Catharine, b. June 2, 1683.
8. Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1684.
9. William, b. Oct. 20, 1686, who grad. H. C. 1704, and m.
eldest dau. of Judge Davenport, March 10, 1721, and was a
colonel. He had two sons: Thomas, who grad. H. C. 1750,
and Joseph, who grad. H. C. 1751, was an Attorney at Law
in Boston, and d. Sept. 27, 1767, a. 35.
10. Daniel, b. Feb. 4, 1689.
11. Catharine 2nd, b. Jan. 5, 1690.
12. Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1692, who m. Francis Wainwright,
who d. 1722, and afterwards m. Joseph Atkins, 1730.
IX. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 8, 1650, who m. Mary Leverett, dau.
of Gov. Leverett, and had children,--
1. Paul, b. at Boston, March 4, 1677.
2. Thomas, who alone, with one in expectation, is mentioned
in his will of Feb. 10, 1681. (_Probate Records in
Boston, Vol. VI. p. 368._)
3. One posthumous.
EPITAPHS.[27]
Here is interred the remains of
JAMES MINOTT, Esq., A. M. an
Excelling Grammarian, Enriched
with the Gift of Prayer and Preaching,
a Commanding Officer, a Physician of
Great Value, a Great Lover of Peace
as well as of Justice, and which was
His greatest Glory, a Gent'n of distinguished
Virtue and Goodness, happy in a Virtuous
Posterity, and living Religiously, Died
Comfortably, Sept. 20, 1735, Æt. 83.
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Here lyes the remains of
Major JONATHAN PRESCOTT, Esq.,
a Gentleman of virtue and merit, an accomplisht physitian,
but excelling in chirurgery.
Of uncommon sagacity, penetration, and success in his practice,
and so of very extensive service.
But his life was much valued, and his death very generally lamented.
He married the amiable and only daughter of the
Honorable Colonel PETER BULKLEY, Esq.,
by whom he had ten children.
He was removed from ministring to men's bodies, to the world of spirits,
October 28th, 1729, Ætatis suæ 54.
* * * * *
Here lyes the Body of Rev. Mr. CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN, Master of Arts,
fourth Pastor of the First Church in Newbury; a Gentleman of good
Learning, conspicuous Piety and Virtue, shining both by his Doctrine
and Life, skilled and greatly improved in the Practice of Physick and
Surgery, who deceased, July 23, 1747, in the 76th year of his age, and
the 51st of his Pastoral Office.
FOOTNOTES:
[27] The first two monumental inscriptions were taken from the
burying-ground in Concord, Ms., and the last one from the graveyard in
Newbury, Ms.
INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY IN BELFAST, ME.
The names of aged persons who died in this town before 1827, with their
respective ages and the times of their decease, are here inserted.
Of these individuals it has been said, "In their manners they exhibited
a model of perfect plainness and simplicity, indicative of contentment
and a cheerful disposition; and so cordial was their reception of those
who visited them, that with truth it might be said, they were given
to hospitality. Their descendants read the poems of Burns with a keen
relish, and are enthusiastic admirers of the Scottish Bard."
1794. James Miller, aged 82
1795. John Steele, " 84
1797. William McLaughlin, " 90
1800. Margaret Cochran, " 85
1802. John Tufts, " 78
" Grissel Jameson, " 96
1807. Solon Stevenson, " 73
1810. Mary Brown, " 90
1812. James Gordon, " 86
1815. William Lowney,[28] " 76
1817. Patrick Gilbert, " 78
1817. John Brown, " 86
1819. Samuel Houston, " 92
1820. Jerome Stevenson, " 82
1821. Elizabeth Jones, " 84
" Laughlin McDonald,[29] " 110
1822. George Cochran, " 85
1823. John Durham, " 74
1824. James Patterson, " 80
" Jonathan Clark, " 78
" Susan Sturtevant, " 84
1826. Nathaniel Patterson, " 79
" Agnes Robinson, " 89.
In the year 1827, there were thirteen persons living in Belfast, whose
average age was 82 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Their respective names
and ages were as follows:
Samuel Cunningham, aged 88
William Cunningham, " 86
Robert Patterson, " 85
Jane Patterson, " 77
John Cochran, " 78
Sarah West, " 80
John Burgess, " 92
Nathaniel Stanley, " 82
Alexander Clark, " 81
Elisha Clark, " 81
Tolford Durham, " 81
Annis Cochran, " 80
Elizabeth Campbell, " 82.
The above is an extract from White's History of Belfast, Me.
FOOTNOTES:
[28] Mr. Lowney was graduated at Dublin College.
[29] McDonald was born in Scotland, and entered the army while a boy;
his age is not positively ascertained. He remembered having seen the
Duke of Marlborough, who died ninety-nine years before he did; he
came to America in General Wolfe's army in 1759, and after Quebec was
reduced, went to Bucksport, and thence to Belfast. The lowest estimate
of his age, made by his relatives, has been taken.
SCRAPS FROM INTERLEAVED ALMANACS.
1638. This year arrived 20 ships and 3,000 passengers.
March 18, 1617. Mary Martin executed at Boston for murthering her child.
June 15, 1648. Alice[30] Jones was executed at Boston for witchcraft.
This was the first execution of the kind in New England.
March 26, 1649. Mr. John Winthrop, Gov., dyed.
Aug. 24, 1649. Mr. Shepard of Camb. dyed.
Nov. 21, 1650. 12 or 13 houses in Charlestown was burnt.
FOOTNOTES:
[30] Winthrop and others say _Margaret_.
DECEASE OF THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND.
Chronologically arranged.
1630.
Aug. 6, Rev. Francis Higginson d. at Salem, a. 43.
Sept. 20, Dr. William Gager, surgeon, d. at Charlestown.
Sept. 30, Isaac Johnson, an Assistant, d. at Boston.
Oct. 23, Edward Rossiter, an Assistant.
1631-2.
Feb. 16, Capt. Robert Welden d. at Charlestown.
1634.
Aug. 2, Rev. Samuel Skelton d. at Salem; the first _pastor_ who died
in New England, the term pastor being used in contradistinction to
teacher.
1635.
Aug. 14, Rev. John Avery was drowned.
1636.
Feb. 3, Rev. John Maverick of Dorchester d. at Boston, a. 60.
1638.
April --, Nicholas Danforth d. at Cambridge.
Sept. 14, Rev. John Harvard, founder of Harvard College, d. at
Charlestown.
Nov. 17, Roger Harlakenden, an Assistant, d. at Cambridge.
Dec. 21, John Masters.
1641.
Aug. 9, Rev. Jonathan Burr of Dorchester d., a. 37.
Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield. (Mr. Savage says he
died in 1648.)
1644.
April 16, Elder William Brewster of Plymouth d., a. 84.
July 1, Rev. George Phillips of Watertown.
Israel Stoughton, an Assistant, d. in England.
John Atwood, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony.
Sept. 4, Rev. Ephraim Hewett of Windsor, Ct.
Hon. George Wyllys of Hartford, Ct.
1646.
April 12, John Oliver, (H. C. 1645,) d. at Boston, a. 29.
1647.
July 7, Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Ct., d., a. 62.
(To be continued.)
[Illustration: Governor Bradstreet's House.]
GOVERNOR BRADSTREET.
Simon Bradstreet, son of a non-conforming minister, was born March,
1603, at Horblin, Lincolnshire. His father died when he was fourteen
years old, and he was committed to the care of Hon. Thomas Dudley,
for eight years following. He spent one year at Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, pursuing his studies amidst various interruptions. Leaving
Cambridge, he resided in the family of the Earl of Lincoln, as his
steward, and afterwards lived in the same capacity with the Countess
of Warwick. He with Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Dudley, and others, agreed to
emigrate, and form a settlement in Massachusetts; and being appointed
an Assistant, he with his family and others went on board the Arbella,
March 29, 1630; anchored, June 12, near Naumkeak, now Salem, went on
shore, but returned to the vessel at night; came, on the 14th, into the
inner harbor, and went on shore. He attended the first Court, Aug. 23,
at Charlestown.
In the spring of 1631, Mr. Bradstreet with other gentlemen commenced
building at Newtown, now Cambridge, and his name is among those
constituting the first company, which settled in that town in 1632. He
resided there several years. In 1639, the Court granted him 500 acres
of land in Salem, in the next convenient place to Gov. Endicott's farm.
It appears that he resided a short time at Ipswich.
Mr. Bradstreet was among the first settlers of Andover, and was highly
useful in promoting the settlement, in bearing the burdens incident to
a new plantation, and in giving a right direction to its affairs. About
the year 1644, he built the first mill on the Cochichewick. He was a
selectman from the first record of town officers to 1672, soon after
which, he probably spent most of his time in Boston and Salem. He was
the first Secretary of the colony, and discharged the duties of the
office many years. He was one of the first Commissioners of the United
Colonies in 1643, and served many years with fidelity and usefulness in
this office. In 1653, he with his colleague vigorously opposed making
war on the Dutch in New York, and on the Indians; and it was prevented
by his steady and conscientious opposition and the decision of the
General Court of Massachusetts, though earnestly and strenuously urged
by all the Commissioners of the other three colonies.
He was Deputy Governor from 1672 to 1679, when he was elected Governor,
and continued in office till Mr. Joseph Dudley, his nephew, was
appointed, in 1686, head of the administration, and the government was
changed and the Charter annulled.
Gov. Bradstreet was considered at the head of the moderate party; and,
when the Charter was demanded by King Charles, he thought it better
that it should be surrendered, than that it should be taken away by
judgment, as in that case it might be more easily resumed.
He strenuously opposed the arbitrary proceedings of Andros; and
when, in 1689, the people put down his authority, they made their
old Governor their President. He continued at the head of the
administration till May, 1692, at the advanced age of 89 years, when
Sir William Phips arrived from England with the new Charter, in which
Sir William was appointed Governor, and Mr. Bradstreet first Assistant.
He had been in service in the government sixty-two years, excepting the
short administrations of Dudley and Andros. No man in the country has
continued in so high offices so many years, and to so advanced age as
he. He was a popular magistrate, and was opposed to the witch delusion
in 1692, which caused great alarm and distress at the commencement of
Gov. Phips' administration. "He lived to be the Nestor of New England,"
for all who came over from England with him, died before him.
The following inscription is on the monument erected in Salem to Gov.
Bradstreet:
SIMON BRADSTREET,
Armiger, ex ordine Senatoris in Colonia Massachusettensi
ab anno 1630, usque ad annum 1673. Deinde ad annum 1679,
Vice-Gubernator. Denique, ad annum 1686, ejusdem coloniae,
communi et constanti populi suffragio,
GUBERNATOR,
Vir, judicio Lynceario praeditus; quem nec numma, nec honos
allexit. Regis auctoritatem, et populi libertatem, aequa lance
libravit. Religione cordatus, vita innocuus, mundum et vicit et
deseruit, 27 die Martii, A. D. 1697, annoque Guliel: 3t. IX. et
Æt. 94.
Gov. Bradstreet was married in England to Miss Ann Dudley, daughter
of Mr. Thomas Dudley, when she was sixteen years old. She is the most
distinguished of the early matrons of our country by her literary
powers, of which proof is given in a volume of poems. It was dedicated
to her father in poetry, dated March 20, 1642. The title of the book
is, "Several poems, compiled with great variety of wit and learning,
full of delight; wherein especially is contained a complete discourse
and description of the four elements, constituting ages of man,
seasons of the year, together with an exact epitome of the three
first monarchies, viz., the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman
commonwealth, from the beginning to the end of their last king, with
divers other pleasant and serious poems. By a Gentlewoman of New
England." A second edition of it was printed at Boston, 1678, by
John Foster, in a respectable 12mo of 255 pp., and a third edition
was published in 1758. The work does honor to her education, by her
frequent allusions to ancient literature and historical facts, and to
her character, as a daughter, a wife, a parent, and Christian. This
volume is a real curiosity, though no reader, free from partiality of
friendship, might coincide with the commendation of her in the funeral
eulogy of John Norton:
"Could Maro's muse but hear her lively strain,
He would condemn his works to fire again.
* * * * *
Her breast was a brave palace, a _broad street_,
Where all heroic, ample thoughts did meet,
Where nature had such a tenement ta'en,
That other souls, to her's, dwelt in a lane."
Dr. Mather, in his Magnalia, gives a high commendation of her, "whose
poems, divers times printed, have afforded a grateful entertainment
unto the ingenious, and a monument for her memory beyond the stateliest
marbles."
Their children were as follows:
1. Samuel, who had two daughters b. in Boston, 1663, 1665.
2. Simon, who was settled in the ministry in New London, Ct.
3. Dudley of Andover.
4. John, who was b. in Andover, July 31, 1652, and settled in Salem.
5. Ann, who m. Mr. Wiggin of Exeter.
6. Dorothy, who m. Rev. Seaborn Cotton, Hampton, June 25, 1654.
7. Hannah, who m. Mr. Andrew Wiggin, Exeter, June 14, 1659.
8. Mary, who m. Mr. Nathaniel Wade, Nov. 11, 1672.
Mrs. Bradstreet died in Andover, Sept. 16, 1672, aged 60.
Gov. Bradstreet married for his second wife, a sister of Sir George
Downing, who was in the first class that graduated at Harvard College,
and was ambassador of Cromwell and Charles II. to Holland. See _Abbot's
History of Andover_.
SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AT THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES IN NEW ENGLAND.
HON. WILLIAM CRANCH OF WASHINGTON, D. C.