which he was graduated in 1852, with the de-
gree of M. D. He located in that same year
in the practice of his profession in Attleboro,
Mass., where he continued in it for fifty and
more years, and with that degree of success
that his earnest efforts have merited ; building
up, as he did years ago, an extensive practice
and making for himself that reputation in the
profession that has long been characteristic of
the Sanford name.
The long period of a residence of nearly
threescore years in one community has seen
vast changes ; the little quiet village to which
the Doctor came to enter upon his professional
career has long ago talien on the form of a busy,
tustling city — has become the center of a great
industry, hardly second to any engaged in
jewelry manufacturing in this country. The
Doctor has seen the old original Attleboro di-
vided into two towns as a result of the growth
of this section ; he has witnessed the population
increase some tenfold, has been a witness to the
changing conditions which have brought all
this about, and, too, been an actual partici-
pant in the affairs which have led up to the
present high civilization., For some thirty or
more years after locating in Attleboro he had
his office in Park street, and in this same street,
at the junction of South Main and County
streets, he built for himself and family a com-
modious dwelling, which he has since occu-
pied, and where he is now spending the evening
of life in the enjoyment of the fruit of his
earlier labors.
Through his industry, through his close at-
tention to his professional duties, and through
the careful management of his business affairs.
Dr. Sanford has prospered and is the owner of
considerable real estate, lie being among tlie
largest holders of real estate in the town, to the
caring of which he has for some few years given
the greater part of his time, rather making the
practice of his profession a secondary consid-
eration.
Dr. Sanford's affilmtions have been with the
Republican party. His fellow citizens have
from time to time chosen him to posts of re-
sponsibility, trust and honor, the duties of
which he has most intelligently and faithfully
performed. He has ever taken a deep interest
in the public affairs of his adopted town, ever
favoring such measures as looked to him as
tending to its progress and the welfare of its
people. For many years he was a member of
the school committee, serving as its chairman
for perhaps twenty or more years. For one
term he represented Attleboro in the lower
house of the State Assembly. Ever courteous
and genial in manner, he has made many
friends who hold him in esteem and respect.
He is a Freemason, a member of Bristol Lodge
and of the council and chapter. He is also a
member of the Second Congregational Church
at Attleboro.
Dr. Sanford has been twice married, mar-
rying first at Attleboro Olive, daughter of
Archibald Thompson, a well-known citizen of
Attleboro. Three children blessed the mar-
riage : Caroline Eleanor, who married Charles
S. Holden, M. D., of Attleboro; John A., a
graduate of Brown University, now professor
of Latin in Adelphi College, Brookyln, N. Y. ;
and Mary, now the wife of Dr. William Elliott,
a leading dentist of Attleboro. Dr. Sanford
married (second) Irene M. Fuller, of Wash-
ington, D. C. ,
GARDNER. (I) Samuel Gardner, of New-
port, the progenitor of the Swansea family of
that name, removed in 1687 to Freetown,
Mass., and in 1693 bought, in partnership with
Ralph Chapman, of Ebenezer Brenton, a farm
at Mattapoisett (now Gardner's Neck), South
Swansea, where he died Dec. 8, 1696. He mar-
ried Elizabeth, widow of James Brown, and
daughter of Robert Carr of Newport. She was
living at the time of his death. Their chil-
dren were: Elizabeth, born in 1684, died Sept.
24, 1754 (on Jan. 16, 1699, she married Ed-
ward Thurston, of Newport, R. I., who died
April 27, 1727) ; Samuel was born Oct. 28,
1685; Martha, born Nov. 16, 1686, died Oct.
27, 1763 (she married March 23, 1704, Heze-
kiah Luther, who died Nov. 2. 1763, of small-
pox) ; Patience, born Oct. 31, 1687, married
Thoma.s Cranston; Sarah, born Nov. 1, 1692,
married Samuel Lee. The will of Samuel
Gardner read as follows: "In the name of
God, Amen, I, Samuel Gardner, of ye towne
of Swansey in ye CoUony of ye Massachusetts
in New England and America, being very sick
& wake in body but of good & perfect memory
doth declare this prest. instrument to be my
last will and testament.
"Impris. I give & bequeth my soul into ye
hands of Almighty God my Creator & Redeem-
er & my body to ye earth from whence itt came
to be decently buried according to ye discration
of my executors hereafter named & for ye rest
of my worldly estate which itt hath pleased
God Almightv to possess me with I do order
and dispose of in maner & forme following.
"Item. Whareas share 'was' was a quarter
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of share of land lying & being att a place called
Westquidnoag in the Collony of Ehoade Island
& three pounds of money given unto my son
Samuell Gardner & my son-in-law Esek
Browne to be equally divided between them
both I do freely give three pounds moar for
incordigement toward ye settling of sd quarter
of share to be divided equally as ye other is.
''Item. I give & bequeth it my son-in-law
Esek Browne ye 'slip of land' yt I bought of
Robert Carr which joynes on James Browne
sotherly and on sd Robert Carr notherly when
he Cometh to lawfull age.
"Item. I give & bequeth unto my well be-
loved son Samuell Gardner & to my daughters
Elizabeth, Martha, Sarah & Peacience all ye
rest of my estates both reall & personall to be
divided according as my executors shall thing
fitt betwext them to each of them & their eaires
forever.
"Lastly, I do appoynt my loving brother
Robert Gardner & my brother-in-law Robert
Carr, both of New Port in ye Collony of Rhoad
Island to be my executors of this my last will
& testiment & doe give them my sd executors
full power to actt & doe as they shall see fitt
to be done for ye benifitt of my above sd chil-
dren be itt to sell lett or dispose of any manor
of way whatsoever.
"I do further giv them full power if they se
cause to sell partt or all of my farme I now
live on being ye half part of ye neck of land
called Matapoysett att Swansey in New Eng-
land.
"In testimony wherof I ye sd Samuell Gard-
ner hath hereunto set my hand & efixed my
seal this twenty-eighth year of ye Rain of our
Sovarain 'Lor' William ye third King ever
England Scotland France & Ireland Defender
ef ye faith &c.
"Samuel Gardner, Seal,
"Signed, sealed & acknowledged in presence
of—
"James Cole-^
"James Brown —
" 'M.' J. Cole—
"The X mark
"Joanna 'Conant'
"The X mark of Mary Earle."
"The above written will being not legally
proved in regard the witnesses cannot swear that
the testator was of sound memory and of well
disposing minde but upon their oath have ac-
cording to theif apprehensions declared the con-
trary whereupon the sd will being voyde ad-
ministration is granted to the widow as the
law directs as attests.
Jno. SaSin,
Feb. 16, 1696-97. J. Probate."
(This copy was duly authenticated by Arthur
M. Alger, register of Bristol county, Mass.,
July 8, 1903, under seal of the Probate court.)
(II) Samuel Gardner (2), son of Samuel,
was born Oct. 28, 1685. He was married Dec.
6, 1707, by Gov. Samuel Cranston, to Hannah,
born Dec. 20, 1688, daughter of Philip and
Mary Smith. He died Feb. 10, 1773, and she
passed away Nov. 16, 1768. Issue: Elizabeth,
born Nov. 11, 1708, died Jan. 28, 1788, mar-
ried July 4, 1728, Ambrose Barnaby (born
April 20, 1706, died April 18, 1775) ; Mary,
born Oct. 26, 1710, married Jan. 31, 1731,
Barnard Hill ; Samuel, born Oct. 30, 1712, died
young; Samuel (2), born Feb. 17, 1717, is
mentioned below ; Peleg was born Feb. 22,
1719; Patience, born Feb. 17, 1721, married
March 30, 1738, Dr. John Turner; Hannah,
born in 1724, died Dec. 24, 1811, married Caleb
Turner, who died July 20, 1757; Sarah, born
in 1726. died Feb. 29, 1808, married April 19,
1744, John Mason (born Sept. 28, 1723, died
Nov. 27, 1805) ; Edward, born April 22, 1731,
died in 1795, married Jan. 11, 1756, Esther
Mason, born Sept. 2, 1735, died 1806; Martha
was married to Job Mason on May 10,
1753.
(III) Samuel Gardner (3), son of Samuel
(2), was born Feb. 17, 1717. He married Oct.
30, 1740, Content Brayton, who was bom April
3, 1724, daughter of Preserved and Content
Brayton. Issue: Elizabeth, born June 1, 1741,
married March 18, 1762, Samuel Luther; Anne,
born Feb. 26, 1743, married June 10, 1762,
Richard Barton (born Feb. 9, 1738, died March
1, 1797) ; Samuel, born March 5, 1745, died
Sept. 20, 1822, married Dec. 17, 1767, Eliza-
beth Anthony (died Feb. 14, 1816) ; Israel,
born April 14, 1747, died young; Israel (2),
born March 29, 1748. died Oct. 22, 1783, mar-
ried Nov. 6. 1772, Elizabeth; Parthenia was
born Sept. 2. 1750; William, born Sept. 12,
1753, married Zerviah McKoon; Hannah, born
March 3, 1756, died July 16, 1835, married
Capt. Simeon Cockran; Patience, bom Nov. 15,
1758, married May 14, 1778, Dr. Jonathan An-
thony (born July 12, 1757) ; Mary, born Dec.
25, 1760, died Dec. 18, 1805. married Sept. 11,
1785, Caleb Mason (born Feb. 11, 1756, died
July 2, 1812) ; Content was born July 11,
1764: Stephen, born Aug. 4, 1766, died Nov.
26, 1819, married July 22, 1788, Mary Lee
(died June 20, 1829)'; Parthenia (2), born
Aug. 11, 1767, died Oct. 15, 1828, married Feb.
14, 1790. Elias D. Trafton.
(IV) William Gardner, son of Samuel (3),
born Sept. 12, 1753, married Jan. 17, 1779,
Zerviah, daughter of James and Bathsheba
(Luther) McKoon. He died April 24, 1811,
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and she passed away Sept. 15, 1824. Cliildren :
(1) Brayton, boril Oct. 7, 1779, died June 7,
1863, married Feb. 2, 1806, (first) Mercy
Wood, born Feb. 22, 1773, daughter of Aaron
and Freelove (Mason) Wood. She died Oct.
11, 1834, and he married (second) Sarah An-
gell, who died Sept. 22, 1840. On Dec. 13,
1841, he married (third) Mrs. Almira Gardner,
who was born Sept. 14, 1796, daughter of
Samuel and Hannah (Anthony) Mason, and
was the widow of Hezekiah Gardner. She died
Feb. 11, 1875. (2) Parthenv, born Nov. 28,
1781, died Dec. 30, 1844, married Jan, 8, 1800,
Henry Gardner, born Jan. 14, 1773, died July
15, 1857. (3) Israel, born Feb. 19. 1784, died
April 2, 1864, married April 19, 1807, Rebecca
Kelly, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth, born
June 18, 1787, died March 10, 1832. (4) Wil-
liam, born Aug. 23, 1786, is mentioned below.
(5) Frances was born May 5, 1789. (6) Sam-
uel, born Dec. 14, 1791, died May 3, 1873, mar-
ried March 20, 1820, Patience Hicks, born Feb.
21, 1799, died July 6, 1880. (7) Sara, born
April 21, 1794, died Feb. 27, 1876, married
Nov. 16, 1825, Martin E. Borden, born Feb.
2, 1800, died July 14, 1870. (8) Zerviah, born
Aug. 30, 1796, died May 6, 1882, married
March 18, 1827, John Mason, born March 31.
1800, died Nov. 20, 1884. (9) Elizabeth, born
May 11, 1799, married Sept. 2, 1827, Nathan
Bosworth. (10) Joseph, born May 5, 1801,
died Oct. 20, 1829. (11) James, born Aug. 30,
1806, died July 30, 1890, married Jan. 17,
1830, Lydia Bosworth, born Dec. 30, 1808, died
March 26, 1880.
(V) William Gardner (2), son of William,
born Aug. 23, 1786, died March 31, 1872. He
married Feb. 14, 1813, Anne L. Gardner,
daughter of Alexander and Anne (Luther),
born Jan. 25, 1795, died Feb. 3, 1879. Chil-
dren: Slade, born April 4, 1814, died June 1,
1848, married Feb. 21. 1842, Hannah M. Lu-
ther, who died Oct. 20, 1872; Lydia, born
March 19, 1815, died Nov. 16, 1826; Rosanna
MacKoon, born Aug. 16, 1817, married Oct. 3,
1836, William H. Pearse, born June 15, 1813,
died May 9, 1892; Mary Taylor, born April
12, 1822, died Sept. 1.3, 1893; Charles W.,
born Sept. 18, 1829, died Sept. 20, 1875, mar-
ried March 15, 1855, Sally Carr Cole, born
Sept. 27, 1830 (deceased) ;' Nathan Bosworth,
born Jan. 3, 1833, died Oct. 17, 1903, married
Nov. 15, 1860, Mary G. Hicks (born Jan. 28,
1831, died Feb. 5, 1900) and married (second)
Nov. 6, 1902, Susan M. (Rounds) Barton, born
Sept. 28, 1841; Henry Augustus was bom
Sept. 12, 1835. Mr. Gardner lived at Touisset
for many years. He engaged in farming, and
though he was a good shoemaker he did not
work at that trade. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
were members of the First Christian Church of
Swansea. In politics he was a Whig and later
a Republican.
(VI) Henry Augustus Gardner, born Sept.
12, 1835, lived the early part of his life at the
old homestead where H. E. Wilbur now resides,
and for several years has lived at his present
house near Touisset station. Farming has al-
ways been his occupation. On Dec. 11, 1864,
he married Caroline Cole Mason, born Dec. 12,
1839. daughter of Zephaniah S. and Susan
(Vinnicum) Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
are members of the First Christian Church of
Swansea. To them were born four children :
(1) Orrin Augustus, born July 21, 1867, is
mentioned below. (2) Frank Henry, born
Jan. 16, 1869, graduated from the Warren (R.
I.) high school and the Bryant & Stratton com-
mercial business college, and for a time was
bookkeeper for William 6. Pearse, of Fall
River. He attended the Christian Biblical
School at Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
was ordained to the ministry, and has been pas-
tor of churches at Schultzville, N.- Y., Lubec,
Maine (for five years), and (for the past ten
years) Portsmouth. N. H. He married May
23. 1894. Edith May Bufifington. born June 13,
1874, daughter of George 0. and Elizabeth
(Langley) Buffington. (3) William Wilson,
born Jan. 2, 1875, graduated from the Warren
(R. I.) high school, the Friends' School at
Providence. R. I., and Amherst College. He
taught in the schools of Newtown and South
Manchester, Conn., and the B. M. C. Durfee
high school, at Fall River. On July 24, 1906,
he married Josephine H. Cobb, of New Bed-
ford, born Oct. 18, 1874, and they have one
son, Hamilton Mason, born Nov. 7, 1911. (4)
Mabel, born Aug. 16, 1876, died Sept. 2, 1876.
(VII) Orrin Augustus Gardner, son of
Henry A., was born July 21, 1867. He gradu-
ated from the Warren (R. I.) high school, the
Bryant & Stratton commercial business col-
lege, and the Rhode Island State normal school.
He has taught in the schools of Swansea. Tiv-
erton and Fall River; was principal of the
Highland school, Fall River, and is now prin-
cipal of the N. B. Borden school of that city.
Mason (Fall River family). The Masons of
that section of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
near the boundary line between those States are
descended from Sampson Mason, the Dor-
chester Rehoboth settler. Mrs. Caroline Cole
(Mason) Gardner was a descendant in the
seventh generation from Sampson Mason, her
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line of descent being through Samuel, James, married (second) Jan. 11, 175T), Mrs. Hannah
John, Samuel (2) and Zephaniali S. Mason. Holden, of Warwick, R. I., probably widow of
These generations in detail and in the order John Holden and daughter of Thomas and
named follow. Mary (Green) Fry. Mr. Mason lived in Swan-
(I) Sampson Mason was at Dorchester, sea, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ; but some
Mass., in 1649. In a History of the Baptists few years before his death the section of the
in America it is stated (presumably founded town in which he resided was given to Rhode
on family tradition) he had been a soldier in Island. His will is dated in Warren, R. I.;
Cromwell's army, and upon the turn of events his death occurred in 1755. The children of
<;ame to America and settled in Rehoboth. He James and Rose (Hale) Mason, all born in
married Mary Butterworth, of Weymouth. Swansea, were: Nathaniel, born April 6, 1714
Mass., and about this time, 1650-51. bought (died March 31, 1716) ; Elizabeth, March 4,
land in Rehoboth, and also sold land there in 1716 (died in infancy) ; Ann, March 4, 1716
1655-56. As early as 1657 he and his wife and (died June 29, 1748); Elizabeth, July 25,
-their three children were in Rehoboth, and in 1718; James, March 13, 1720; Hannah, Sept.
that town is a record of others of their children. 22, 1721 ; John, Sept. 28, 1723; Rose, Feb. 19,
all likely born there. Mr. Mason was engaged 1725-26; Mary, March 5, 1730.
in extensive land speculation. He was a land (IV) John Mason, born Sept. 28, 1723, in
holder in Rehoboth North Purchase, which Swansea, Mass., married April 19, 1743, Sarah
later became Attleboro ; and he was also one of Gardner, born about 1726 in Swansea, daughter
the proprietors of Swansea, in which town his of Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Gardner. Mr.
descendants for many years were prominent— Mason lived at Touisset Neck, in Swansea (but
an original proprietor on the town's incorpora- now in Warren, R. I.). He died Nov. 27, 1805.
-tion in 1668. It was about this time probably His wife died Feb. 29, 1808. Their children
that he united with the First Baptist Church, were: Gardner, born Aug. 28, 1744; Edward,
hut he very likely never moved to Swansea, born June 22, 1746, who died Nov. 27, 1768;
He died in 1676, and at this time was the Haile, born Nov. 12, 1748, who died. in Cal-
owner of several hundred acres of land. His cutta aged forty; Holden, born Feb. 18, 1750;
-widow died in 1714. Their children were: Rose, born Oct. 2, 1752, who died Feb. 13,
:Noah, born in 1651-52; Sampson, about 1654 1822; Hannah, born Feb. 9, 1755, who died
(both in Dorchester); Samuel, Feb. 12, 1656- Dec. 28, 1826; Samuel, born Oct. 2, 1757;
57; John, 1657; Sarah, Feb. 15, 1658; Mary, Sarah, born June 1, 1759; Mary, born about
Peb. 7, 1659-60; James, Oct. 30, 1661; Joseph, 1762, who died Jan. 16, 1803; and Patience,
July 15, 1667; Pelatiah, April 1, 1669; Ben- born about 1765, who died Feb. 18, 1847.
janiin, Oct. 20, 1670; and Thankful, Oct. 27, (V) Samuel Mason (2), born Oct. 2, 1757,
1672 (all in Rehoboth). in Warren, R. I., married May 12, 1782, Han-
(II) Samuel Mason, son of Sampson, born nah Anthony, born Feb. 2, 1762, daughter of
Teh 12 1656-57, probably in Rehoboth, mar- Job and Mary (Gardner) Anthony. She died
Tied March 2, 1682, Elizabeth Miller, of Re- Aug. 14, 1830. He died Oct. 27, 1846. Their
Tioboth, Mass., born in October, 1659. She died children were: Lydia, born June 15, 1783, died
March 3, 1718, and he married (second) Nov. May 15, 1860; Mary, born July 10, 1785, mar-
4, 1718, Mrs. Lydia Tillinghast, probably ried Joseph Cole Dec. 14, 1806; Haile was born
-widow of Rev. Pardon, of Providence, and March 13, 1787; Esther, born April 7, 1789,
dau<Thter of Philip and Lydia (Masters) Tabor, married Hanan Wilbur (born Aug. 5, 1785,
She'^died in 1720. He died Jan. 25. 1743-44, died Sept. 17, 1845; she died April 11, 1866) ;
-and was buried in the old Kickemuit cemetery, Sarah was born Sept. 2, 1790; Job Anthony,
in what is now Warren, R. I. He was a resi- born Nov. 16, 1792, died June 23, 1855; Jo-
dent of Rehoboth, Mass., and also probably of anna, born Nov. 4, 1794, died July 27, 1856;
toth Seekonk and Swansea. His children, all Almira was born Sept. 14. 1796; Hannah, born
torn in Rehoboth, Mass., were: Samuel, born April 13, 1798, died March 29, 1870; John was
June 9 1683; James, March 18, 1684-85; born May 31, 1800; Samuel, born Sept. 8,
Elizabeth May 5, 1689; and Amos, Feb. 18, 1802, died May 22. 1803; Zephaniah S. was
1699 ' ' born Jan. 27, 1804; Samuel (2) was born April
(III) James Mason, born March 18, 1684- 22, 1809.
85 in Rehoboth, Mass., married (first) July (VI) Zephaniah S. Mason, born Jan. 27,
20, 1713, Rose, born May 30, 1692, in Swansea, 1804, died Nov. 11, 1844. On Dec. 18, 1828.
Mass., daughter of Richard and Mary (Bui- he married Susan Vinnicum, and they had
lock) 'Hale. She died March 7, 1748, and he Jhree children: William, born June 5, 1831;
936
SOUTHEASTEEN MASSACHUSETTS
Ann Frances, born Nov. 14, 1834; and Caro-
line Cole, born Dec. 12,1839 (married Dec. 11,
1864, Henry Augustus Gardner).
HENRY MAYO PEECIVAL, who has been
sheriff of Barnstable county, Mass., since 1907,
was born in Orleans, that county, Nov. 4, 1855,
eon of James Warren and Chloe Anna (Mayo)
Percival, and grandscjn of James Percival.
James Warren Percival was also born in the
town of Orleans, was for some years a captain
in the coastwise trade, and later became a mer-
chant on his own account. He married Chloe
Anna Mayo, also a native of Orleans, daughter
of Joseph Collins Mayo, a farmer and United
States government contractor who carried the
mail to Provincetown ; her mother, Harriet
Snow, was a daughter of Gideon Snow, post-
master, town clerk and merchant at Orleans.
Rev. Henry Mayo, of Eastham, Mass., a Meth-
odist minister, was Mrs. Percival's uncle.
Henry Mayo Percival, son of James Warren,
received his early education in the public schools
of Orleans and his later schooling in Boston.
After commencing work he became bookkeeper
for Batcheller & Co., wholesale dealers in fish
on Long wharf (now State street), Boston, re-
maining with them in that capacity for four
years, after which he was associated with a
publishing house in Boston for a year. He
then bought a grocery store at Orleans, Mass.,
which he conducted for only a couple of years,
taking a position with Cummings & Howes,
manufacturers of clothing at Orleans, with
whom he was engaged for the long period of
twenty years. Meantime he had served some
sixteen years as deputy sheriff of Barnstable
county. In the fall of 1907 he was elected
sheriff, which office he filled for three years
and in the fall of 1910 was reelected for a term
of five years. He also fills the position of jailer
and master of the House of Correction. Mr.
Percival has served as a member of the school
committee of Orleans, and was appointed no-
tary public, having at the same time also re-
ceived his commission as justice of the peace
under Governor Robinson; he has held these
offices for the last twenty years. He is a Re-
publican on political questions.
Mr. Percival is very well known socially, be-
ing a member of Pilgrim Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., of Harwich, Barnstable county; of Frater-
nal Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Orleans; of the Old
Colony Club, Buzzard's Bay ; and of the Satur-
day Night Club of Hyannis. He is a member
of the Universalist Church.
Mr. Percival was united in marriage (first)
to Luella F. Hopkins, of Orleans, a native
of that place, daughter of John and Hannah
A. (Linnell) Hopkins, the former of whom
was captain of a packet boat in days past; he
is still living at Orleans, at the age of ninety-
four years. Solomon Linnell, father of Mrs.
Hannah A. (Linnell) Hopkins, was a clock-
maker and jeweler of Orleans, where he lived
to the age of eighty-seven years. Mrs. Percival
died in December, 1887, leaving no children.
She was a member of the Universalist Church.
On Oct. 27, 1909, at Waltham, Mass., Mr. Per-
cival married Emma J. Linnell, daughter of
Solomon and Abigail (Smith) Linnell, of Or-
leans, Massachusetts.
KEMPTON. The family of Kempton is an
old one in New Bedford, the first ancestor, (I)
Ephraim Kempton, appearing in Plymouth in
1643. He was included in the list of those
able to bear arms at that time, with Ephraim,.
Jr., but, says Savage, his name was erased be-
cause no doubt, he was too old or infirm, and
I'e died May 5, 1645. It is not known when
he came, but it was after 1627, as his name is
not mentioned in the division of cattle of that
year.
(II) Ephraim Kempton (2), of Scituate^
son of Ephraim, born in England, married Jan.
28, 1646, Joanna Rawlins, daughter of
Thomas. Their children were : Joanna, bom
Sept. 29, 1647; Patience, born Oct. 2, 1648;
Ephraim, born Oct. 1, 1649 ; and Menasseh,
born Jan. 1, 1652, who died in 1655.
(III) Ephraim Kempton (3), son of
Ephraim (2), married Mary, daughter of
John Reeves, of Salem. Their children were:
Ephraim, born in 1674; Stephen, born in
1676; and Samuel, born in 1681.
(IV) Ephraim Kempton (4), son of
Ephraim (3), born in 1674, married in 1702
Patience, daughter of Elder Thomas Founce.
He had removed to Salem before 1677, and
perhaps went to Plymouth late in life. His
widow lived to be much over one hundred years
old. She remembered having seen the head
of King Philip on a pole at Plymouth, where-
it had remained over twenty years. Ephraim
Kempton was a goldsmith at one time in Bos-
ton. His children were : Ephraim (5), born
in 1703; Thomas, born in 1705; William, born