he entered Harvard University, from which he
was graduated in the class of 1892, with the
degree of A. B. He then entered the Medical
Department of Harvard University, graduating
therefrom in 1896 with the degree of M. D.
Believing in thorough preparation for the prac-
tice of his profession he became interne in the
Children's Hospital at Boston, remaining for
fifteen months in 1896-1897. He then en-
tered the Massachusetts Hospital as surgical
pupil for sixteen months. At the end
of this period, he entered the Boston
Lying-in Hospital, where he remained two
months in 1898 and four months in
1899. Returning at the end of that time to
his native town, he began the general practice
of his profession, in which he has continued to
the present time with more than ordinary suc-
cess. He is one of the staff of Morton Hospital.
ProfeRsionally he is a member of the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society, and of the American
Medical Association. Socially he belongs to
the Winthrop and Yacht Clubs, and is presi-
dent of the Taunton Boat Club.
On April 25. 1906, Dr. Crandell was united
in marriage with Gertrude Scovil Luce, daugh-
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ter of Warren Augustus Luce, a Methodist mia-
ister, native of Vineyard Haven. To this union
was born, July 8, 1907, a daughter Carolyn.
• EUGENE EBEN SHAW, formerly of the
town of Carver, now residing in Middleboro, .
Plymouth Co., Mass., is a business man of
varied interests, but perhaps best known in
his connection with the cranberry industry, he
having been the largest individual grower in
the town. He has served in numerous town
oflBces and represented his district in the Legis-
lature, and all in all is an appreciable factor
in the well-being of the community.
Mr. Shaw was born Nov. 5, 1853, in Provi-
dence, E. I., but he belongs to an old Massa-
chusetts family, being a descendant in the
ninth generation from John Shaw, his im-
migrant ancestor. We give herewith the line
in chronological order.
(I) John Shaw was in New England, an
inhabitant of Plymoiith, in 1627, in which year
he had a share in the division of cattle. He is
referred to as one of the "purchasers or old
comers." He was a freeman according to
Pope of 1632-33, and was one of those who be-
fore July 1, 1633, undertook to cut a passage
from Green's harbor to the bay. He had ad-
ditional lands in 1636 and was juryman in
1648. He was one of the purchasers of Dart-
mouth in 1652, and became one of the first
settlers in Middleboro in 1662. He had bought
into the Twenty-six Men's Purchase prior to
the breaking out of the war, and was one of
the inhabitants of Middleboro in the fort at
that time, and then he or his son John served
seventeen days against the Narragansetts in
1645. He had sold his interest in the Twenty-
six Men's Purchase before 1677 to Samuel
Wood. On coming from England, according
to Savage, he brought with him wife Alice
and children John, James, Jonathan and
Abigail, the latter of whom married Stephen
Bryant. The father died Oct. 24, 1694. The
mother was buried at Plymouth, Mass., March
6, 16.54-55.
(II) Jonathan Shaw, son of John, as stated,
came to New England with his parents and
was an early settler at Plymouth, and for a
portion of his life he may have been a resi-
dent of Duxbury or Eastham. He was twice
married, marrying (first) Jan. 22, 1657,
Phebe, daughter of George Watson, and (sec-
ond) Persis, widow of Benjamin Prati and
daughter of Deacon John Dunham. He had
children : Hannah married Aug. 5, 1678,
Thomas Paine, Jr., of Eastham ; Jonathan was
born in 1663; Phebe married John Morton;
Mary married in 1687 Eleazer Ring; George
married Jan. 8, 1690, Constant Doane, and
was of Eastham; Lydia married April 4, 1689,
Nicliolas Snow; Benjamin (twin) was born in
1672; Benoni (twin), born in 1672, married
Lydia, daughter of John Waterman.
(III) Jonathan Shaw (2), of Plympton, soa
of Jonathan, born in 1663, married (first) in
1687 Mehetabel Pratt, who died in 1712, and
he married (second) Nov. 6, 1715, Mary Dar-
ling, who died March 9, 1754, aged eighty and'
a widow. His children were: Jonathan, born,
in 1689, in Middleboro, Mass.; Phebe, born in
1690, who married Thomas ShurtlefE; Persis,
born in 1692, who married Joseph Lucas;
Mehetabel, born in 1694, who married Zacha-
riah Weston ; James, born in 1696 ; Hannah,
born in 1699, who married James Harlow;
Elizabeth, born in 1701; Priscilla, born in
1702; Abigail, born in 1705; Samuel; and
Rebecca, born in 1718.
(IV) Jonatlian Shaw (3), of Plympton,
son of Jonathan (2), born in 1689, in Middle-
boro, married (first) Elizabeth Atwood, and'
(second) Sarah Rich. His children, all born
to the first marriage excepting the youngest,
were: Nathaniel, born in 1714; Mary, born
in 1716; Nathaniel (2), born in 1718'; Eliza-
beth, born in 1719; Sarah, born in 1724; Jo-
nathan, born in 1728; and Thomas, born in
1738, who served in the war of the Revolution
and died while in the army.
(V) Capt. Nathaniel Shaw, of Plympton,
son of Jonathan (3), born in 1718, married
Hannah, daughter of Luke Perkins. According
to the family Captain Shaw was a soldier of
the Revolution. A Nathaniel Shaw of Plymp-
ton is of record as a member of Capt. James
Warren's regiment, which marched in response
to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield.
He also was captain of the Plympton com-
pany under Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., whO'
commanded the 1st Plymouth county regiment
of militia in 1776, Shaw being commissioned
June 6th of that year. He was also captain
in Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Hall's regiment in
December, 1776, company raised in Kingston,
Plympton and Halifax; and captain of 7th
company of Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment
of Massachusetts militia, being commissioned
Oct. 28, 1778. His children were: Mary, bom
in 1741; Elizabeth, born in 1744; Nathaniel,
born in 1747; Joseph, born in 1749; Hannah,
born in 1751 ; Ruth, born in 1753; Sarah, born
in 1756; Jonathan, born in 1758; Deliverance,
born in 1760; James, born in 1764; and Zil-
pha, born in 1765.
(VI) Lieut. Joseph Shaw, born in 1749, son^
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of Nathaniel, married April 25, 1776, Lydia J. Holmes, and Nathaniel Warren. (6) Han-
Shaw, their marriage being of Middleboro town nah M., born in 1827, died in 1892. In 1850'
record. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary she married Eli Atwood, of Carver, and they
war, and died Aug. 4, 1805, at the age of fifty- had one child, Betsey S., who married Win-
six years. His children were: George, born field Pratt. (7) Oliver, born Feb. 5, 1831,
in 1776; Lydia, born in 1778; Nathaniel, born died Dec. 26, 1894. ' He was for years one
in 1780; Joseph, born in 1782; Oliver, born of the most prominent and successful men in
in 1784; Ruth, born in 1786; Isaac, born in his section, his residence being at Watertown,
1788; Betsey, born in 1790; Waitstill, born in Mass. In 1855 he married Miranda Atwood,
1792; Hannah, born in 1794; Cephas, born in and their children, Alton E., and Bradford 0.
1797; and Elkanah, born in 1802. and Bartlett E., twins, are all now deceased.
(VII) Capt. Joseph Shaw (2), son of Jo- (8) Priscilla Jane, born in July, 1834, mar-
seph and Lydia, was born in the town of Car- ried Pelham W. Barrows, and had children:
ver, Feb. 17, 1782, and died Sept. 26, 1855. Joseph Whitman, Ellis Harvey, Pelham A.,
He was engaged principally in farming, in the Laura L., Hannah B. and Frank E. (9) Bart-
winter months working in the old blast foun- lett, born March 12, 1835, learned the iron-
dry. He was one of the leading men in his molder's trade. In 1861 he assisted in rais-
locality, taking an active part in the affairs ing a company in Carver for the Unioii ser-
of his day, and was captain of a company of vice, was appointed orderly sergeant, and was
State militia. During the war of 1812 he was later promoted to the rank of second lieutenant,
drafted for service, but because of illness in Owing to the illness of his superior ofRcer he
his family sent a substitute, Benjamin Harlow, was placed in charge at the second battle of
In 1804 Captain Shaw married (first) Sarah Bull Run, and lost his life in that engage-
MurdoA, and to them were born six sons, the ment.
eldest born in 1804, the youngest in 1814, as (VIII) Ebenezer Dunham Shaw, son of Jo-
follows: (1) Joseph died unmarried in 1865. seph, born Feb. 8, 1823, in Carver, died Sept.
(2) Linus was married in 1833 to Dicey 14, 1889. He engaged in the lumber business
Allen, and they had six children, George H., and in charcoal burning, and built an iron
Linus A. (both of whom served in the Civil foundry at Middleboro, conducting same for
war), Jeannette H., Arlotha M., Calvin R. and some years. It burned down, however, and he
Betsey. (3) Bartlett was married in 1833 to spent his declining years at Carver, where he
Almira Atwood, had one child, and died in died. He was not only a good business man
1835. (4) Martin, born in 1811, died the but active in town affairs, serving many years
same year. (5) Dennis, who died in 1875, as selectman.
married Emmeline Skinner, and their children In 1848 Mr. Shaw married (first) Nancy
were : William B., Henry and Henrietta Eugenia Bisbee, daughter of Alden and Nancy
(twins), Albert, Charles, Emmeline, Susannah (Dunham) Bisbee. Mrs. Shaw died Aug. 11,
and Apollos. The father and the eldest four 1855, in Lakeville, the mother of four chil-
sons served in the Civil war, two of them being dren, Frederick, Aravesta, Josephus and Eu-
wounded. One son died while serving in the gene Eben, the last named the only one who
regular army. (6) Harrison, who died in survived infancy. Mr. Shaw's second mar-
1861, married Adaline Bent and had eight riage was to Mrs. Hannah (Westgate) Denni-
children, William B., Sarah M., Deliverance, son, who was born Jan. 13, 1830, and died July
Charles H., Emma B., John, Mary and 2, 1908. They had five children, as follows:
Erastus. (1) Frederick Warren, born Dec. 19, 1857,
For his second wife Captain Shaw married, died Jan. 29, 1899. He married Annie Till-
in 1818, Hannah Dunham, and to this union son, daughter of Marcus and Abbie (Atwood)
were born nine children: (1) William H., Tillson, and they had four children : Ellsworth
born in 1819, died the same year. (2) Na- Vernon, Norman Lee, Myrtle Amber and Eben-
thaniel, born in 1820, died in 1821. (3) ezer Dunham. (2) Aravesta Bartlett, born
Ebenezer Dunham is mentioned below. (4) Jan. 14, 1859, in Carver, is unmarried and
Francis S., born in 1824, died in 1885. In living in Lakeville, Plymouth county. (3)
1849 he married Abbie Southworth, of Lake- Elmer Francis, born July 4, 1861, is engaged
ville, and of their thirteen children only two in the foundry business in Boston. He mar-
survive, Emma L. amd Jennie. (5) Sally ried Harriet Squires, of Plymouth, and they
Murdock, born in 1826, was married in 1847 have had two children, William S. and Oliver,
to Ira Cook Bent, of Carver, and they had the latter now deceased. (4) Bartlett Mur-
two children, Ellen F., who married Philander dock, born May 1, 1865, married Edith B.
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Ashley, of Berkley, and their children are
Eliot A., Joseph, Bartlett M., Jr., and Fred-
erick D., all residing in Watertown, Mass. He
is superintendent of the Walker & Pratt Manu-
facturing Company. (5) Myra Amber, born
Dec. 26, 1868, married Walter Franklin Ham-
mond, of Carver, and they have one child,
Bertha Frances.
(IX) Eugene Eben Shaw, son of Ebenezer
D. Shaw, received his education in the district
schools, which he left when fourteen years
old. He learned the molder's trade ill Water-
town, Middlesex Co., Mass., following that
work for five years, after wliich he went West,
spending some time in Nebraska and North
Dakota, in the latter State being in the employ
of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Ee-
turning home after an absence of about three
years he went into the foundry business, manu-
facturing oil stoves, whifh business he later
sold to the Plymouth Stove Company. He was
then engaged in the charcoal business in South
Carver, later taking up the lumber business
and running a sawmill. For some time he was
extensively interested in the growing of cran-
berries, his bogs covering about seventy-five
acres, but sold his interests in this line to the
United Cape Cod Cranberry Company in the
fall of 1909. He has high standing among
business men for integrity and ability, and is
trusted by all who have had dealings with
him.
Mr. Shaw has been quite prominent in the
local government, having filled many town offi-
ces ; was special assessor for two years ; served
five years as forester ; and was representative
in the State Legislature in 1908, during which
year he served as a member of the committee
on Agriculture. He is a Republican in politi-
cal connection. Fraternally he is a member of
Waukinquoak Lodge, No. 119, I. 0. 0. F., of
Wareham, and a member of Plymouth Rock
Lodge, No. 84, A. 0. U. W., of Plymouth : in
religion he is a Baptist.
Mr. Shaw married (first) July 16, 1885,
Cordelia Frances Shurtleff, who was born Nov.
29, 1861, daughter of Perez T. and Eliza
(Richmond) Shurtleff, of Carver, and they had
two children: Ralph, born in August, 1886,
who died in infancy; and Cordelia Gertrude,
born Nov. 29. 1887, who married April 6,
1909, Henry Stewart Pink, of Carver. The
mother of these children died Dec. 7, 1887.
Mr. Shaw's second marriage, on Feb. 14, 1891,
was to Ella Gibbs Atwood, daughter of John
Savery and Susan Malone (Hamblin) Atwood,
and they have had four children, born as fol-
lows: Kenneth Eugene, Feb. 17, 1892; Cora
Frances, April 12, 1893; Hannah Lucille, Oct.
11, 1894; and Aravesta Eugenia, July 3, 1898.
On Sept. 1, 1910, Mr. Shaw purchased the
handsome residence of Arthur H. Leonard, on
High street, Middleboro, to which he and his
family have since removed, and where they
now reside.
DR. NAHUM WASHBURN, D. D. S., who
during his life was one of the leading profes-
sional men of the Bridgewaters, and a pioneer
in the dental profession in southeastern Massa-
chusetts, was bom in Bridgton, Maine, Nov.
15, 1806. The Washburn family is an old and
distinguished one in New England. The name
has been variously spelled — Washburne, Wash-
born, Washborne and Washburn — but all claim
as a common ancestor Jolm Washburn of Dux-
buiy.
(I) John Washburn, the first of the name,
was an early settler in New England, and was
a resident of Duxbury, Mass., before 1632, in
which year he had an action in court against
Edward Doten. He was named in the assess-
ment of taxes in 1633, and in 1634 bought a
place from Edward Bonparse known as
"Eagle's Nest." He and his two sons, John
and Philip, were included among those able
to bear arms in 1643. He and his son John
were original proprietors of Bridgewat.er, and
they, with the son Philip, settled in that town
as early as 1665. John Washburn died in
Bridgewater before 1670.
(II) John Washburn (2), son of John, lo-
cated with his father in Bridgewater. He mar-
ried in 1645 Elizabeth, daughter of Experience
Mitchell, also of Bridgewater. Mr. Washburn
made his home there and there died. His chil-
dren were : John ; Thomas ; Joseph ; Samuel ;
Jonathan; Benjamin; Mary, born in 1661, who
married Samuel Kinsley ; Elizabeth, who mar-
ried (first) James Howard and (second) Ed-
ward Sealey ; Jane, who married William Or-
cutt, Jr. ; James, born in 1672 ; and Sarah, who
married in 1697 John Ames.
(III) Jonathan Washburn, son of John (2),
was married about 1683 to Mary Vaughn.
Their children were: Elizabeth, bom 1684
(married in 1710 John Benson) ; Josiah, 1686;
Benjamin, 1688; Ebenezer, 1690; Martha,
1692; Joanna, 1693; Nathan, 1699; Jonathan,
1700; and Cornelius, 1702.
(IV) Josiah Washburn, son of Jonathan, was
born in the town of Bridgewater in 1686. In
1723 he married Elizabetli Devenport, and they
had two sons, Josiah and Jonathan.
(V) Josiah Washburn (2), son of Josiah,
married in 1753 Phebe Hayward, daughter of
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Thomas Hayward, and their children were :
Solomon, born in 175-i; Seth, 1756; Thomas,
1758; Bethiah, 1760; Mary, 1762; Hannah and
i?etty, 1766; Jonathan, 1768.
(VI) Solomon Washburn, son of Josiah (2),
was born in Bridgewater in 1754. In 1773 he
married Anne Mitchell, daughter of Seth
Mitchell, and their children were: Zenas;
Anna, who married in 1797 Oliver Hayward;
Solomon; Eeuljcn ; Thomas, horn in 1787; Os-
car, born in 1795; Lewis, born in 1797; and
Nahum, who married Anne Mitchell, daughter
of Jolm.
(VII) Solomon Washburn (2), son of Solo-
mon, was born in Bridgewater, and tliere in
1801 married Sally Carver, daughter of Ja-
bez Carver. In his young manhood Solomon
Washburn spent some time in Maine, but later
removed to Hanover, Mass., and thence to
Bridgewater, where the remainder of his life
was passed. He was a machinist by trade, and
was an extensive landowner in his native town
in the vicinity of the normal school. He built
a fine brick house on Summer street, which is
still standing, and there he made his home.
He was a man of enterprise and of progressive
spirit, and for many years was a member of the
firm of Washburn, Carver & Co., manufacturers
of cotton gins. He died at his home on Sum-
mer street, and was buried in Mount Prospect
cemetery. His children were : Rotheus, bom
Feb. 26, 1803, married Mary Hayward; Carver
was born Nov. 20, 1804; Nahum was bom Nov.
15, 1806; Thomas J., born June 25, 1809, mar-
ried Marcha Perkins; Albert, bom July 21,
1812, married (first) Clarissa Pratt, daughter
of Calvin Pratt, and (second) Maria 0. Pratt,
daughter of Jared Pratt; Eli, born March 18,
1817, died unmarried Dec. 21, 1879; Nathan,
born April 3, 1819, died unmarried Dec. 10,
1842; John, born May 22, 1821, married Jane
Robinson, and died July 28, 1868; Maria, bom
in 1823, married Alonzo Masters, of Boston,
and died in November, 1879.
(VIII) Carver Washburn, son of Solomon
(2), was bom Nov. 20, 1804, and was edu-
cated in the local school and at Bridgewater
Academy. He grew to manhood in his native
home, and became identified with the cotton
gin manufacturing business, being a member
of the firm of Washburn, Carver & Co., of
Bridgewater. He continued a member of this
firm until his death, although for the last few
years of his life his impaired health rendered
his retirement from active work imperative.
His home was on Summer street, near the old
home of his father, and there he died June 17,
1862, and his remains rest in Mount Prospect
cemetery. He was a Whig and Republican,
but he never sought or accepted office though
often solicited to do so. With his wife he at-
tended the Unitarian Church. Mr. Washburn
was twice married. On March 4, 1827, he mar-
ried Harriett Harden, bom Oct. 4, 1800. She
died Feb. 24, 1834, and was laid to rest in
Mount Prospect cemetery. The children of
tliis union were: Mira Louise, born Dec. 2.1,
1827, married (first) Jan. 12, 1845, Frederick
Cushing, and (second) James Whitney, of New
York, and is now deceased ; Margaret, born
Dec. 9, 1829, married April 21, 1850, Stillman
Alger, and died July 4, 1856, tlie mother of
four children, Stillman (bom Dec. 29, 1850),
Austin W., William E. and Hattie C, all now
deceased; Ferdinand Carver, bom July 17,
1831, now deceased, a railroad engineer and
Scottish Rite Mason in Ohio, married March
1, 1859, Mary Brumly. Mr. Washburn mar-
ried for his second wife Jane Mitchell Hay-
ward, born Oct. 20, 1802, daughter of Calvin
Hayward. She died Aug. 5, 1902, and was
laid to rest in the family lot in Mount Pros-
pect cemetery. She was a member of the Uni-
tarian Church. The three children of this
marriage were : Mary Jane, born June 19, 1836,
who died Aug. 6, 1837; Clinton, bom Nov. 25,
1838 ; and Caroline, born April 2, 1842, who
died in March, 1907.
(IX) Clinton W.\shburn, only son born
to Carver and Jane Mitchell (Hayward)
Washburn, received his education in the
Bridgewater school and the local academy. He
then worked in the cotton gin factory for some
years, when he retired from active business and
made his home with his mother and sister as
long as they lived. He occupied the homestead
until his death, which occurred April 8, 1909.
He was unmarried, thus being the last of his
line. In politics he was a Republican, and in
religious views a Unitarian.
(VIII) Dr. Nahum Washburn, son of Solo-
mon (2) and brother of Carver, was but five
years of age when his parents removed to the
town of Hanover, in Plymouth county, later
coming to Bridgewater, which town has been-
the home of the Washburn family for many
years. He attended the public schools and
Bridgewater Academy under the tutelage of the
late Hon. John A. Shaw, after which he at-
tended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1832.
His scholarship was of a high order, and he
had an especial taste for literary and scientific
subjects. After completing his college course
he became a member of the Massachusetts
Medical Society in 1835. Later he took up
the study of dentistry, and entered upon the
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active practice of that profession in Bridge-
water, his ability winning for him marked suc-
cess for upward of half a century. He num-
bered among his patients some of the most
distinguished families of New Bedford and
other sections of the State besides those in the
Bridgewaters. He was a man of fine inventive
genius, and was the inventor and manufac-
turer of many of the instruments used in his
profession. He was also the inventor of a mill
for the grinding of rock crystal for use in the
manufacture of teeth. He was a typical gen-
tleman of the old school, a fine entertainer and
possessed of refined tastes. His wit was spark-
ling, but never cruel, and he was endowed with
a remarkable memory and rare conversational
powers, wliicJi, united with his habits of close
ob.servation and study, rendered his companion-
ship not only attractive but instructive.
Dr. Washburn was not only liberally edu-
cated himself, but he was the firm friend of
the public schools. He was keenly sympathetic
and was quick to advocate any measure that
insured actual benefit to the unfortunate. On
account of the loss of eyesight, he was obliged
to abandon his profession some ten years be-
fore his death, but he retained Ms mental
vigor to the last. His declining years were
spent in his historic home, surrounded by his
family and the friends he loved so well. He
died as he had lived, a true man, loyal to bis
State and faithful in his home, Dec. 28, 1883,
at the age of seventy-seven years, and was laid
to rest in Mount Prospect cemetery.
Dr. Washburn was married May 16, 1836, to
Christiana Pratt, of Bridgewater, born Jan. 8,
1811, who died April 18, 1893. She was a
daughter of Calvin and Clarissa (Keith) Pratt,
and a member of one of the oldest families of
Plymouth county. She was a member of the
Church of the New Jerusalem. Their chil-
dren were: (1) Dr. Christian, born April 22,
1838, married June o, 1862, Salome Lazell
Keith, born March 23, 1840, daughter of
Thomas and Caroline (Jones) Keith, and has
one child, Helen Christiana (born April 29,
1868), who married April 28, 1896, Frank
Jordan, horn Dec. 17, 1868, son of Simeon
and Harriett Jordan, and has one child, Chris-
tiana Pratt, bom Oct. 22, 1902; they reside at
Plymouth. (2) Nahum, born July 30, 1839,
died Oct. 14, 1893. He married (first) Nov.
18, 1874, Mary Reed (born March 15, 1848,
died June 25, 1878, daughter of Charles and
Sophia Reed), and had one child, Sophia
Clarke (born Nov. 3, 1875, married Dr. Frank
E. Bateman, of Somerville, and has three chil-
dren — Lois, bom April 25, 1898; Leon, Feb.
25, 1900; and Sylvia, June 5, 1902). He mar-
ried (second) Jan. 26, 1881, Corinna Bates
(born July 16, 1846, died March 22, 1902,.
daughter of Samuel Ward Bates) and had one-
son, Samuel Ward, born Nov. 7, 1885. (3)
Clara Sumner, bom April 15, 1845, resides at
home. (4) George, bom April 23, 1850, mar-
ried Feb. 18, 1886, Ellen Burt Allen (bom
Dec. 19, 1853, daughter of Joseph A. and Lucy^
Allen) and has one child, Lucy Christiana^
born Aug. 26, 1896.
GIFFORD (Fall River family). The fam-
ily bearing tliis name in this as well as in the-
mother country is one ancient and honorable.
It was seated at Honfleur, in Normandy, three-
hundred years before the conquest of Eng-
land by William the Norman, and for services
at the battle of Hastings (1066) was rewarded
by him with land in Somersetshire and