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grateful to Mr. Peirce for putting it into the custody of the
state for preservation, and to make it accessible to historical
workers. It has fallen into good hands, for Secretary
Stearns has a love for historical documents and })apers that
amounts to a passion. The state is exceedingly fortunate to
come into possession of these records and pa})er8.

The history of New Hampshire is not complete without an
account of the Masonian Proprietors and of tlieir active



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agency in ilic settlement of a large portion of tlie state. The
story of tlie contest made by John Mason, renewed by liis
lieirs, and the successful issue of the prosecution after more
than two hundred years of earnest solicitation, forms an in-
teresting chapter in the annals of the state. In practical
results and as an active inlluence in the affairs of New
Hampshire, the records begin with tlie purchase in 174G of
the patent by the Masonian Proprietors. In the original
organization tliere were twelve proprietors and fifteen sliares.
Theodore Atkinson owned three shares, Mark Hunking
Wentworth two shares, and the remaining ten shares were
lield l)y Richard Wibird, John Wentworth, John Moffat,
Sanuiel Moore, Jotliam Odiorne, George Jaffrey, Joshua
Peirce, Natlianiel Meserve, Thomas Wallingford, and
Thomas Packer. Within two years the number of shaies
was increased to eighteen and the following became members
of the company: — John Rindge, Joseph Blanchard, Matthew
Livermore, William Parker, Daniel Peirce, John Tufton
Mason, John Tomlinson, Samuel Solley and Clement March.
At this time the three last named and Sanuiel Moore owned
half riglits.

Grants of land were made as long as any land remained in
possession of the Masonian Pro[)rietors, and every town and
tract was carefully ma}»}>ed. In fact, some of the maps aie
artistically executed, and would do credit to some of the l)est
map drawers of the present day. There must be a hundred
or more of tlie maps and plans, and they will settle many a
mythical historical question concerning the location of
early settlers in towns, which has been raised by tradition-
ary reports.

Joshua Peirce, a grandson of Daniel Peirce,_tlie emigrant
ancestor, settled in Portsmouth, where he died in 1743. He
was recorder of deeds and prominent in colonial affairs. His
son, Daniel Peirce, was also recorder of deeds, and one of
the Masonian Proprietors. He was also a member of the
King's Council. lie died in 1773. His wife was Ann, a
daughter of John Rindge. John Peirce, son of Hon. Daniel



182 MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY.

Pcirce, foi- nuiiiy 3'^eais was connected with tlie Masonian
Proprietors, as was his son, Col. Joshua Winslow Peirce
(born 1791 — died 1874) who was the hxst clerk of the organ-
ization. This Col. Joshua Winslow Peirce was a cultured
man, a gentleman to the manner born, and is well remem-
bered by many now living. Robert Cntts Peirce, wlio
counts many distinguished ancestors in direct and lateral
branches, is a son of the late Col. Joshua Winslow Peirce,
and the donor of the records. Joshua Peirce, another of the
original Masonian Proprietors, was pro])ably a brother of
Daniel. — [^Portsmouth Journal.



Mount Desert Island, Maine. — The first permanent
settlement made upon Mount Desert Island was by Abraham
Somes, of Gloucester, Mass., in 1762. He gave Ids. name to
the Sound, and also to the village of Somes ville which sprang
up at its head, near where he settled. He had been in the
hal)it of visiting this region, prior to his removal here, in a
Chebacco boat (so called from Chebacco, a town in Massa-
clnisetts, now called Essex, where such Ijoats were built), for
tlie purpose of rifting pine into staves, which he took back
to Gloucester and manufactured into barrels, etc. In 1762
he took his family along with him, and for the first winter
they lived in tlie boat, near the head of the Sound. The next
season he built a house on tfie shore and moved into it, being
the first settler. His numerous progeny aie among the most
respectable people of the Island.

James Kichardson, from Gloucester was the second settler,
and his son (jcorge was the first white child born upon the
island. He was born August 16, 1763. James Richardson
was the first planter, and also the first town clerk, and
served in that capacity for many years.

Abraham Somes lived to be over eighty years of age and
was buried at Somesville. His wife was Hannah, the daugh-
ter of Samuel Herrick of Gloucester. John Somes, grand-
son of the patriarch, died in Somesville in 18S6, aged over
ninety years, born Sei)tember 4tli, 1794. He was the son of
John and Judith (Richardson) Somes.



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Early New England Patents.




R. DANIEL SPILLANE contrilmtes an article for
I the May nnnilter of the Manufacturer and
Builder, on Early American Patents. Tlie
following abstracts, relating to New England, are
interesting:

The recent celebration held to commemorate the founding
of the Federal Patent OlFice, has called forth many retrospec-
tive articles in the press dealing with that branch of the
national government service, many of which are incomplete
in particulars while in general interesting. Since the subject
admits of fresh treatment, the symposium of facts given may
be found instructive and suggestive, because the advance-
ment of the race and civilization is exem[)lified incidentally
in the history of inventions in America.

It is generall}^ admitted that the first American patent
issued was that of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to
Samuel Winslow, in 1641, for a metliod for manufacturing
salt. The Yecord re?tds, ex parte: "None aie to make tliis
article for ten 3^ears except in a manner different from his,
provided he (Winslow) sets up his works within a year."
In 1656, Governor Winthrop refused to re-issue Winslow's
patent. He, however, made out a docunuuit whi(;h reads as
follows: "John Winthrop, son of the Governor, granted the
sole privilege of making salt for twenty years in Massachu-
setts." Governor Wintlirop was clearly a modein type of
political official.

In 1642, John Clark, of Massachusetts, was granted a
patent which comp(!lled every family using Clark's -'method



184 MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY,

of saving wood and wanniiio- lionses at little cost," to pay 10
shillings per annum.

John Prout, Jr., Moses Mansfield, mariner, and Jeremiah
Brasier, of Connecticnt, were, in 1710, granted, by the State,
the sole right and privilege to make linseed oil "within the
colony" for the term of twenty yeai'S.

Edward Hi man, of Stratford, donn., applied to the State,
in 1717, "praying libert}- to make molasses of Indian corn
stalks." The assond)ly in response, granted Himan a sole
patent right to manufacture molasses for ten years, adding a
qualilicatiou which reads: "Provided the said Himan makes
as good molasses, and makes it as cheap, as that which comes
from the West Indies."

Alexandei Phelps, Amasa Jones, and John Coleman, of
Hartford, Conn., sent in a claim to the Government, that,
had it been granted; might have changed the whole aspect of
the Uevolutionary war, and deprived the Hostonians of the
privileges of throwing tlie king's U\n, into the bay, In this
claim, presented in 1765, Messi's. Pheljis and company pro-
ceed to say that tliey had, "with great pains and expensive
pursuits, made discovery of a plant in a distant part of this
continent, bearing such resemblance and taste to the genuine
foreign Bohea tea, that we are assured 'tis the same kind."
After dilating upon the advantages likely to acci-ue to
society from the discovery, they ])athetically remark: "We
pray yonr honors would grant us a patent for manufacturing,
and also for V(!nding said plant or tea within this colony,
exclusive of all otliers for twenty years." "Their honors"
rejected the application.

Up to the adoption of the Constitution in 1789, patents
continued to l)e issued in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
elsewhere. In 1784, Col. William Pitkin, of the revolution-
ary army, was granted a patent for the State of Connecticut,
entitling him to manufacture snuff, to the exclusion of all
otheis for fourteen years. A man named Donovan and a
resident of Norwicli named Lathrop, wished to go into the
business of manufacturing snuff in 1785; incident;i.lly, Dono-



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HIST(3rvY. 185

van wished to introduce blue dyeing and cloth manufactur-
ing, in both of which he was skilled. They applied to the
legislature for permission to pursue their business, which was
rejected. Lathrop's counsel worked with Donovan, and a
fresh memorial was sent in by these two, which had an un-
doubted republican flavor. The paper says, after passing
over preliminaries: "Now, your memorialists beg leave to
suggest that the Hon. William Pitkin, not being the original
inventor of tlie art of snuff-making, nor skilled in that busi-
ness, had no claim to that grant to the exclusion of those wlio
were, and who had a good right to exercise their skill in said
art for the support of themselves and families by a lawful
calling; nor was it known that any legislative body has a
right to grant away the trade and professions of the subjects
of the State to any individual for his private emolument,"
etc. The paper then proceeds to discuss the question in a
manner that must have astonished "their honors," Subse-
quently they sent in a memorial to the legislature, signed by
243 prominent residents of Norwich, wJiicli says among
other points, "snuff is an article of trade, and sliould be
free," but without any result.



A QuATNT EpiTArn in ATTLEiiORO, Mass. — In the old-
burying ground in the north pa.Tt of the town of Attleboi'o,
— the first cemetery in the region — is a headstone marking
the grave of a pious negro slave, on which is rudely chiselled
the following inscription: —

Here lies the l)est of slaves.

Now turning into dust;

Caisar, the Ethiopian, craves

A place among the just.

His faithful soul has fled
To realms of heavenly light,

And, by the blood of Jesus shed,
Is changed from Black to White.

January 15, he quitted the stage,
In the 77th year of his age.
1780.



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Record of Baptisms and Marriages

BY REV. ROZEL COOK, THIRD PASTOR OF THE SECOND

CHURCH IN THE NORTH PARISH OF NEW LONDON,

(NOW MONTVILLE), CONN., FROM 1784 TO 1798.



CONTRIBUTED BY HENRY A. BAKER.




J^^ EV. ROZEL COOK was ordained pastor of the clmrcli
June 29th, 1784. He came from Watertown, Conn.
He died April 18th, 1798, in tlie fourteenth 3^ear of
his ministry, and the forty-second year of his age.
He was married to Sarah Bhikely June lOtli, 1784. At his
death his wife had had seven cliihh-en, all of whom lived to
be married, and all settled in the town of Montville and had
families.

Baptisnr^s.

1784.
July 1. Joseph, son to Dea. Natlmniel Otis.

" 8. Elizabeth, dau. " " "

Aug. — Rozel, son to Andrew Chappell.

'' — Anna, dau. to Dea. Joseph Chester.

1785.
Mar. — Sarah, dau. to Dea. Joseph Chester.

*' — Ebenezer, son to Rev. Rozel Cook.
June 26. George, son to Dr. David H. Jewett.
Aug. 7. Lewis, son to Nancy, a servant of Esq. Wm. Hill-
house.



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1785.

Oct. 16. Mumfoi'd, son to Samuel Dolbeare.

" Abigail, dau. " "

" Samuel, son " "

Oct. 23. Olive Wlialey, adult, wife of Samuel.

" Alexander, son to Samuel and Olive Whaley.

" Jonathan, " " " "

" Martha, dau. to " " "

Amy, adult, wife of Dea. Nathaniel Otis.
Lemuel, son to Joseph Chester, Jr.

Rosetta, dau. to Rev. Rozel Cook.
Joshua, son to Samuel Whaley-
Patience, dau. to Dr. David H. Jewett.
Anna, " " " "

Martin, son to Lemuel Lee.
Thomas, son to Abraham Avery.
Oliver Hillhouse, son to William Prince.
Betsey, dau. to Capt. John G. Hillhouse.

Joseph, son to Joseph Chester, Jr.
Joshua, son to Josiah Raymond..
Betsey, dau. to Jareel Comstock.
" Eleanor, " " "

" Rachel, " " "

Sarah,
Oct. 2G. William, son to Jeremiah Vollet.
" Mary, dau. to " "

17S9.
Apr.l2. Amy, dau. to Jareel Comstock.
Junel4. Samuel Palmer, son to Samuel Whaley.
Sep. 26. Christopher, " " "

1790.
Jan. 31. Orlando, son to Josiah Raymond.
Mar. 21. John, son to William Burke.
" William, '^ '* "



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1790.

April 4.
May 3.



Aug. 1.
Oct. 3.

" 31.

" 31.
Nov. 1.



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1791.
Mch. 13
Apr. 24
Nov. 13
1792.
Mcli. 11-
May 6.
June 2.
Aug. 19



1798.
Mcli.
Oct. 13.

1794.
May 11.



Erastus, son to Joseph Chester, Jr.

Sarah, of Major John G. Hillhousc.

Mary, " " " " "

Thomas " " " "

Jason Allen, son to James Rogers.

Lettise, adult, wife of " "

Samuel, son to Jareel Comstock.

Rachel, daughter to Frederick Whipple.

Abby, " " " «

Joseph, of Josepli Bradford.

Stephen, " " "

William,

Sherwood, „ " "

Patience, "

John, " " "

Eunice, " " "

Ila'rriet, daugliter to Dr. David H. Jewett.
Anrelia, daughter to Rev. Rozel Cook.
James, son to James Rogers,

-Josiah, son to Josiali Raymond.
Mary Shaw, daughter to Frederick Whipple.
Jareel, son to Jareel Comstock.
Peggy, of Nathaniel Comstock.
Charlotte, " "

Anna, " "

Sophia, " "

Mary, " "

Nathaniel, " "

Mary, daugliter to Rev. Rozel Cook.
Lydift, daughter to Samuel Palmer.
Robert, son to " "

Joseph Chester, son to Jareel Comstock,



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ill/1

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1795.

Feb. 1. Clarissa, daughter to Rev. Rozel Cook.

Aug. 28 Seviah, daughter to Frederick Whipple.

1796.

July 3. Jewett, of Joshua Raymond.

" " Mary, " "

" " Elizabeth, " "

" " Joshua Lord, "

'* " Martha, "

Sept. 25 Nancy, of Bliss Willoughby.

•" " David, " "

" " Levi, " "

Dec. 11 Lucretia, daughter to Joshua Raymond.
1797.

Feb. 26 Lydia, daughter to Rev. Rozel Cook.

Oct. 15 Samuel Whaly, son to Samuel Palmer.

" 18 Griswuld, son to James Rogers.

Marriages.

1784.

Sept. 2. King Smith and Lucy Allen.

•' " Josiah Raymond and Elizabeth Baker.

" 5. Gurdon llamelton and Mary Hammond.

Oct. 4. David Matthenson and Anna Manning.

" 17. Jonathan Whaley and Mercy Chester.

" 22. John Tracy and Patience Herrick.

" " Jonathan Holt and Abiah Duncan.

^' 28. Jonathan Noble and Lydia Bishop.
(To be continued.)



190 MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HliSTOKY.



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[Publisliers and authors wishing a notice in this department should send
copies of their publications to R. H. Tilley, Newport, R. 1.]



AiiouT AN OLD New England Church.— Rev. Gerald
Stanley Lee lias sent us a copy of his address on "The Good
Old Days." It is puhlishedas a souvenir of the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the Congregational Church at
Sharon, Connecticut. It has more than a local interest,
giving the reader an insight into the varied life of our fore-
fathers, when church and state were one. The author is
modest enough to say that "it is not a history," "not a ser-
mon," but "a series of touches and sketches, glimpses and
guesses," yet he has given many interesting facts, with an
immensely entertaining account of by-gone customs and prac-
tices of the old New England churches. Sharon, Conn.,
1891.

The New England DiiiECTouY for 1891 is this year en-
larged, with many new features, containing over two
thousand pages. The Gazetteer Department is a new
feature, giving all the cities, towns, villages and postoffices,
with population, etc. One might as well try to do without
Webster's Dictionary as to neglect to purchase the New Eng-
land Directory for 1891.

Vital Record of Rhode Island. — Mr. James N. Arnold
of Providence, R. I., has recently published the fii'st volume
of the Vital Record of Rhode Island, containing all the
births, marriages and deaths recorded upon the records of the



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towns of Warwick, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and
Coventry, comprising Kent County, Rhode Island. This
volume is the first of a series which Mr. Arnold proposes to
issue, it being his intention to reproduce the records (births,
marriages and deaths) of every town and citizen in the state.
Mr. Arnold has spent many years on this work, which
deserves to have a large sale. Send orders to James N.
Arnold, Providence, R. I. 15.00.

Worcester, Mass., Town Records, 1801-1805. — The
Worcester Society of Antiquity has issued No. 32 of its pub-
lications. This contains the Worcester Town Records from
1801' to 1805, compiled by Franklin P.Rice. The Worces-
ter Light, one of the most brilliant and carefully edited
papers in Massachusetts, thus speaks of it: — "This volume
will bring the story down to and including 1815. Twomoi-e
volumes will be necessary to carry the records to the taking
of the City Charter. The careful and elegant way in wliich
Mr. Rice is doing this work ought to be a source of pride to
all Worcester dwellers. Our city was the third, in the Com-
monwealth, to undertake this very commendable task, viz.,
the printing of the old Records. Only Boston and one other
city were before us. To Mr. Rice we owe, not only the
work done, but the inception of tlie idea of printing. One
would hardly sit down to the reading of Town Records as he
would to works of fancy; but when a fact from the past is
needed it is very desirable to have it attainable. Should any
calamity befall the volumes of old manuscripts at the City
Hall, this Avork of Mr. Rice renders the loss only that of a
curious collection, the subject matter is in hundreds of
hands. Every old town in Massachusetts should d(» the
same,"

Fugitive Facts is a book to be devoutly commended to
that class of seekers after curious and useful knowledge
"that pester the weekly newspapers with all sorts of ques-
tions." Tlie author has brought his book down to date,
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the opening of the Eiffel Tower. It contains nearly five
Imndred [)ages filled with (jueer facts which are of real
interest. The second edition, containing a complete Index,
is liandsoniely bound in cloth.



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Snoav Family. — Mr. S. S. Snow, of Spencer, Iowa, is
compiling a history of the Snow family.

History of Oxford, Mass. — The History of the Town
of Oxford, by Mrs. Mary de Witt Freeland, now in press by
Joel Mnnsell's Sons, will be issned in September.

History of the Burr Faiviily. — Mi- Cltarles Bnrr Todd
has decided to make his revised and enlarged edition of the
"History of the Bnrr Familj'^," an edition de luxe, thus add-
ing greatl}'^ to its rarity and value, as none but subscribers
will possess it. The important features of the new volume
will be tlie Bui-r coat-of-arms, in colors, from the College-of-
Arms, England, and a chapter on the family in England, b}"
Dr. Chaunce}^ Rea Burr, who lias twice visited England and
made a thorougli search of wills, Parish Registers, County
Histories, and other important works and records. The price
of the work will be $5.00 in cloth or 1*10.00 in moi-occo.
Orders should be sent to Charles B. Todd, 1275 Dean street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Matters and Men in Ne\vport, R, I., 1858-1891. — Mr.
B. W. Pearce, Newport, R. I., has in press a book which will
be interesting to every Newporter. It is designed to be an
epitome of history of matters and men in Newport, from 1858
to 1891. This period is an interesting one in the history of
the -'city by the sea." The work will be issued in four parts
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CONTENTS.



Extracts from Letter Book of Samuel Hubbard, continued 193

English Homes of the ancestors of the Seventh- r3ay Baptist Clarkes. 202

The Orient and Occident! or the Cartvvright Family Genealogy 208

Record of Baptisms and Marriages, by Rev. Rozel Cook, Montvnlle,

Conn., 1784 to 1798, concluded 211

Notes. — The Capture of Gen Prescott. The Williams Family. A
riot at East Greenwich, R. I , 1774. The United Train of
Artillery, of Providence, R. I., celebrates the adoption of the
Federal Constitution by six states, in 1788. Rhode Island and

the Constitution. Hoag Hoeg, Hoegg. Dr. Asa Messer 216

Queries. — Historical. The Paul Jones. Diary of Parson Hasey,
Early German Emigration to New England The first church
service in New England. Some interesting English Queries.
Genealogical— Cartwright Family of Nantucket. Tompkins.
Taylor-Halcomb- WhitlockSisson. Clarke. Weare-Lawton.

Silsbee. Clapp. Elton 222

Replies to Queries, Pastors, Teachers and Elders of the New Eng-
land churches. EUery- Keith 226

The Coddington School Lands, Braintree, Mass 22S

The Adams Family of Groton, Conn 237

Centenarians in New Hampshire 241

Record of Marriages, by Rev. Gardner Thurston, pastor of the

Second Baptist Church, Newport, R. L, continued 243

Book Notes . . 250




]Y[agazine ofJ\(e w 2nglandJ{istory

Vol, 1. October, 1891. No .4.

Extracts from Letter Book of Samuel Hubbard.

CONTRIBUTED liY HAY GREENE HULING, NEW BEDFOHD, MASS.

(^Continued from page 179.)
betters.
VI.
ARY PURDY in a letter to her uncle, Saninel Hub-
bard, dated from Fairfield, March 12, 1(')54, saj^s :
"My brother John hath sold his land in Fairfield
v— " <[)%_' and is gone to Mr. Hutchinson's plantation that
was. Some of our town and Stamford have bought it."

Note. The writer was a married daughter of Mr. Hub-
bard's sister Rachel, who first married John Brandish of
Ipswich, England. Marj'^ was born there in 1628. Her pa-
rents removed to Salem before 1633, where her brotlier Jolni
was born in tliat year. Subsequentl}'' the family lived at
Wethersfield, Ct., where her sister Bethia was born in 1637,
and a brother Posthume in 1639. The motlier, left a widow,
married Antliony Wilson of Fairfield, and died there some-
what later than 1683.

VII.
"Emanuel.

Samuel Hubbard, a poor and tlie unworthiest of all saints,
sendetli greeting unto the ch. of Jesus Christ upon
Rhode Island ; grace, mere}'-, and peace be abundantl}^ multi-
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priest and atonement wth God the Father, b}^ whose free
grace we are saved by faith in his name. Dear and beloved,