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Subject: [ESSEX-ROOTS] ESSEX ROOTS August Newsletter
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:56:13 -0400

ESSEX-ROOTS The Newsletter for MAEssex List Members
AUGUST 2002 Edition
"Never ask a person if their ancestors
came from Essex County, if they did,
they will tell you, if they didn't...
why humiliate them."
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IN THIS ISSUE:

- Essex's Past - EARTHQUAKE OF 1638
- Tips and Tricks - CONFUSION WITH SR, JR, III TITLES
- Research Resources - ABOUT PROBATE RECORDS
- List Member Web Sites - ESSEX COUNTY WEB SITES
- Family Reunions - MORSE, STOCKWELL
- Humor - ELUSIVE ANCESTOR
- Ancestor Profiles - MATTHEW WOODWELL OF SALEM
- ESSEX BOOKS News - SALE ITEMS

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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
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September marks the beginning of the Essex-Roots
Newsletter's fourth year.

When we instituted this newsletter in 1999 our first
editorial said:

"As it says below the masthead: 'This is YOUR
newsletter. I'm merely the compiler/editor.' It is YOUR
place to post items of interest, whether it be your web
site URL (with description,) a profile of an ancestor,
a hint or tip discovered in your research, that you
want to pass on, an interesting story from Essex
history OR anything else of interest to Essex County
researchers."

The first issue was "compiled primarily from my
personal files." As time progressed we did, from time to
time receive contributions from some subscribers but
this issue is much the same as the first "compiled
primarily from my personal files."

Beginning in September we will change the format of the
newsletter. Some of the existing sections will remain;
List Member Web Sites, Family Reunions, Essex Books
News, but the balance will be free flowing relieving me
of the, (self imposed), format that "requires" Tips,
Resources, Ancestor Profiles, etc.

This is not to say that these and other areas will be
deleted but I will no longer have to"scrounge" to find
something every month.

We will continue to solicit, beg, and implore you to
submit items for publication. The new freer format will
relieve YOU of the need to asses whether an item fits a
category... I'll decide.

For those who have contributed in the past, we thank
you. For those who will now begin to contribute we
thank you in advance and for those with the patience to
read this far, we thank you for your interest.

Bob
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STORIES FROM ESSEX'S PAST
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THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1638
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.

Earthquakes are always fearful and impressive, but at
the time this one occurred the people were possessed of
many fears. They were not only superstitious, but this
was a new and unknown world, which but a few years
before was said to be associated with the most awful
terrors.

Friday, June 1, 1638, was a very clear and beautiful
day, with a gentle wind from the west. After the
settlers had eaten their noon meal, they proceeded to
their various labors in the field. Before two o'clock
acute ears heard a faint murmur of distant sound, which
became louder and clearer until every one heard that
which seemed to be the faraway rumble of thunder. In a
minute or two it increased in volume and sharpness
until it resembled the rattling of many carriages
fiercely driven over granite pavements, The people were
alarmed, and discontinued their labors to discover the
source and nature of the sound. Above, the sky was
perfectly clear. They became perplexed. Not many
moments elapsed, however, before the earth began to
tremble, and terrified they threw down their tools and
ran reeling like drunken men, with blanched
countenances, to the first group of people they could
find, for men like animals will flock together when
they are afraid. The shaking continued to such an
extent that people had to secure some permanent support
in order to stand erect.
Not only the mainland, but the islands along the coast
were shaken violently, and the vessels that rode in the
harbors and those sailing without were jostled as
though a series of tidal waves had passed under them.
People in the houses were greatly alarmed, for they not
only heard the awful sound but felt the trembling of
the earth. The houses over them shook to their
foundations, and it seemed as if they must collapse.
The chimneys, being imperfectly built on the outside of
the house, of rough and uneven stones, without mortar,
except for filling the chinks, readily yielded to the
general shaking, and the tops of many of them fell off,
striking on the house or on the ground. The noise of
the falling stones without and the rattle of pewter
platters and dishes upon the shelves within seemed the
precursor of danger.
This first and greatest shock of the earthquake
continued about four minutes; and shook the larger
portion of New England.
The first shock died away and the noise ceased. The
people resumed their labors. Half an hour passed, when
to their surprise and terror, the horrible rumbling and
quaking were renewed. But it quickly passed, being less
violent than the first shock. For twenty days the earth
remained in an unquiet condition.
At Newbury, a town meeting was being held, and during
the discussions the sound of the on-coming earthquake
burst upon their ears like ''a shrill clap of thunder."
The building was violently shaken; and amazement and
fear filled the minds and hearts of the people. After
the tumult it had caused had ceased, before proceeding,
the assembly voted to make a record of the fact of the
earthquake, concluding it, "wherefore taking notice of
so great and strange a hand of God's providence, we
were desirous of leaving it on record to the view of
after ages to the intent that all might take notice of
Almighty God and fear his name."
The summers for several years after the earthquake were
too cool for the sufficient ripening of corn and other
crops, as compared with those of a number of years
preceding it. They were subject to unseasonable frosts,
and on this account but little of the Indian corn
matured. What connection this fact bad with the
earthquake, if any, is unknown.
This, the greatest earthquake of the seventeenth
century, marked an epoch in the lives of the settlers,
and for many years afterward it was common for them to
compute dates as "so long since the earthquake."

From: The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. I Number 11, November 1897

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TIPS AND TRICKS
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CONFUSION WITH SR, JR, III TITLES

Confusion reigns, don't count on anything. These
titles have changed their meaning over the years.
Today, it is safe to assume that John Jr. is the son of
John (Sr.) And John III is, in turn, the son of John
Jr. In the past the consistent use of these titles, if
any, has been spotty. It was not uncommon in centuries
past to refer, even in documents, to the oldest John of
a given surname as Sr. and the next younger as Jr.,
regardless of their blood relationship.

1. Some Juniors will continue to use Jr. for their
whole life even when the Sr. is gone.
2. Some Juniors will stop using Jr. when the Sr. is
gone.
3. Some Seniors will use Sr. even when the middle name
of their son is different.
4. People will use Sr. and Jr. even when the
individuals are not related but live in the same
community.
5. Popes using the same name as a previous Pope no
matter how far back will number themselves with the
next number for that name.
6. Kings, generally did it like the Popes did.
7. Some people have used the III, etc. but this doesn't
mean the middle name was necessarily the same or that
the string of generations with the same first name was
consecutive.
8. Some people used other ways to differentiate people
in the same communities with the same name. How about
"Mr.", "Sir", "The Younger", "of Upper Meadow", "Town",
"Little", or the use of nicknames.

You should not count on any of these having a definite
meaning except to those who lived contemporarily with
them.

Sometimes a very good explanation is given of how these
titles should be used. But unfortunately who knows the
rules when they decide to add a differentiating title?
Today, all we can be sure of (barring other evidence,)
when we encounter extra titles is to recognize is that
there were two men with very similar names who had
overlapping life spans (if not Popes or Royalty) that
were either related or living near each other.

The Genealogist's Guide,
(c) 1997 Heritage Associates Essex/ Books

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RESEARCH RESOURCES
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ABOUT PROBATE RECORDS

Probate records are those records and files kept by a
probate court. The word probate comes from Latin and
means "to prove," in this case to prove in court the
authenticity of a last will and testament of someone
who has died. In the absence of a will, inheritance
laws have provided for the passing on of property,
belongings, and assets.
Probate courts are under state jurisdiction. State
probate laws have changed over the centuries. The kinds
of records to be found in probate files have changed
accordingly. Probate laws can vary from state to state
but tend to follow certain general practices. The
probate of the estate of someone who has died and has
left a will is called testate. The probate of the
estate of someone who has died but has not leave a will
is called intestate.
In Martha Ballard's time, the late eighteenth century,
not all wills were probated. Outstanding debts had to
be paid before the estate could be distributed to
heirs, but often, after a person died, the heirs
handled the estate informally. They paid off debts and
then divided the estate according to the will or as
provided for by law, such as apportioning the use of
one third to a widow until her death. If debts went
unpaid, the court could open the estate, pay the debts,
and then distribute the remaining assets. More men than
women were represented in early American probate
records because of laws restricting the ownership of
property by married women. Nevertheless, some women did
appear in probate records.
At times, probate courts have also had jurisdiction
over other proceedings such as adoptions, guardianships
for minors, and name changes after divorces. Now other
courts handle these functions. Thus researchers will
find that the contents of probate files change over the
years.
At the end of the twentieth century, nearly all deaths
are followed by probate, if only to establish that
there is no need for probate proceedings. If there is a
will, then there is an executor of the will. If there
is no will, then three is an administrator of the
estate.
Probate records can usually be found in the court
records of the county where the deceased was last
living. In some cases, early records have been moved to
other depositories such as state archives, to allow for
better security, temperature and humidity control, and
more space for newer records. As storage space and
available facilities change, so do the sites of probate
records.
Probate records can give the historian invaluable
information. For example, genealogists value the lists
of heirs and divisees that indicate familial
relationships. People researching material culture can
learn much from household inventories. Historians
trying to learn more about particular buildings often
find useful information in real estate inventories.

Probate Research Steps

1.Determine where the deceased was living at time of
death.
2.Find out where the records for that probate court
jurisdiction at that time are now housed. Remember that
the boundaries and names of counties might have
changed. If the county (or state) has changed, then the
records will be filed with the records in the county at
the time of death, not under the county’s name as it is
now. For instance, in Maine, parts of Lincoln County of
1760 are now parts of Kennebec, Waldo, Washington,
Hancock, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc and Knox counties.
Save yourself steps by using the Internet and the
telephone to ask for and find the archive that you
want. States and counties often have Web home pages.
3.Find the index of the probate records you want. This
will be at the archive that holds the probate records.
Look on-line for a Web site of the likely archive. Many
archives now have Web home pages with holdings
information, telephone numbers, and directions for
getting there. The probate index you want might even be
accessible on-line. Some indexes and abstracts are also
published or are on microfilm. Archives and research
libraries can help you find these.
4.If necessary, go to the archive.
5.Look in the index for the deceased’s name. This will
usually be listed alphabetically by surname. Find and
note the docket number. Usually the date of probate is
also listed, and this is usually fairly close to the
date of death.
6.Be thorough. Look also under the names of relatives
of the deceased — you might be surprised to find a file
full of relevant documents.
7.Make a list of files you wish to see and give these
to the clerk, who will retrieve the files for you. If
the files are old and are in a storage facility
off-site, it might take several days for the request to
be filled. This is all the more reason to make the
request on-line or by telephone if you can.
8.If files are missing, and they sometimes are,
probate record books might give some evidence of the
probate. Probate record books are not likely to contain
all the information that is/was in the actual file,
however.
9.Examine the files and make notes. The cost of making
photocopies will vary from archive to archive. It may
be as little as 15 cents per page to a dollar or more
per page.
10.Return the original file, as you found it, to the
clerk.
11.Label and file your findings, being sure to note the
name of the archive, address, telephone number, Web
site address, and the date you did your research there.
I also usually pick up an information pamphlet at the
archive and file it in a dated folder of its own along
with address information, driving directions, and
helpful archivists’ names, for future reference.

Documents You Might Find in Probate Files

The documents found in a probate file will vary radically.
They may range from a single letter to a sheaf of court
and family documents.

If the file represents proceedings to settle the estate of
a deceased, its contents might include...

1. a will, if there was one
2. codicils (amendments) to the will
3. a petition for an executor or administrator
probate of the will
4. a list of heirs or divisees
5. an inventory of the deceased's estate at time of
death
6. a report of the committee for partition when heirs
cannot agree amongst themselves about how to divide
the estate
7. receipts from heirs and divisees
8. a closing statement by the court
9. an inventory of real estate and stocks and bonds
held in joint tenancy, even though not part of the
probate proceedings

If the file represents a name change, its contents might
include...

1. a petition for a name change
2. a court decree

If the file represents adoption proceedings, its contents
might include...

1. a petition for adoption
2. a deposition regarding the character of the
3. prospective parents

Many thanks to Brian Burford of the
N.H. State Archives, Concord, NH.




The above article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman.
It is re-published here with the permission of the
author.
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FAMILY REUNIONS
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Listed alphabetically by surname

[Is your ESSEX family having a reunion? We'd be happy to announce
qit here. ed.]

MORSE SOCIETY 2002 REUNION - OCTOBER 2002 IN Newburyport.

GO TO: http://morsesociety.org/

To keep apprised of details
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STOCKWELL FAMILY

The Stockwell Family Association will hold their 27th
annual reunion on Sunday, August 11 in Plymouth, New
Hampshire. Meeting starts at 10 a.m. Pot luck lunch,
genealogy, games, fun. fellowship, business meeting,
drawings. Great location for vacationers in the White
Mountain/Lakes region.
For more information, directions, accomodations, etc.
call (603) 726-3813 or e-mail to:

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LIST MEMBERS WEB SITES
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USGENWEB GATEWAY TO ESSEX COUNTY

http://www.essexcountyma.org/

If you haven't been here it is one to visit
and watch:

ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

http://www.essexheritage.org/

DARLING FAMILIES

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~darlingfamilies

DOLLIVER FAMILY

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dolliver

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS DOW (NEWBURY - 1639):

http://home.att.net/~kd6lvw/family/index.html#Dow

This site contains transcriptions from "The Book of
Dow" (usually, just the raw facts - but with page
citations). Transcription (excluding the text
paragraphs) is about 65-75% complete.

KILHAM/KILLIAN

Rick Kilham and Deb Gunther have started this site aid
others researching the Kilham/Killam family, which
enables others to contact specific people who are
researching the same branches of the family.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gungazo/index.html

BRUCE LORD'S IPSWICH:

http://www.bwlord.com

Follow the link at the bottom of the first page to
Ipswich.

Bruce has added an amount of ephemera and
booklets printed by the Ipswich Historical Society at
the turn of the century. Of particular interest are two
booklets on the Whipple House which contain much family
information. There are also a considerable number of
pictures of early Ipswich.

MARBLEHEAD OLD BURIAL HILL

Claudia Cridland has created a website for Old Burial
Hill at Marblehead She has brief genealogical notes for
others buried there and a listing of over 400 names, in
the order in which we found their stones.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ccridland

THURSTON FAMILY

http://www.envy.nu/thurston/

WAINWRIGHT FAMILY

http://members.tripod.com/wainwrights

ANCIENT BURIAL GROUND IN ESSEX, MA

www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8805

ON-LINE GUIDE TO ESSEX COUNTY RESEARCH

http://www.essexbooks.com/research.htm

ESSEX COUNTY ROOTSWEB PAGE:

http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/MA/Essex/

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HUMOR
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ELUSIVE ANCESTOR
by Merrell Kenworthy

I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him
still. He moved around from place to place and did not
leave a will. He married where a courthouse burned. He
mended all his fences. He avoided any man who came to
take theU.S. Census. He always kept his luggage packed,
this man who had no fame. And every 20 years or so,
this rascal changed his name. His parents came from
Europe. They should be upon some list of passengers to
U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. And no one else in
this world is searching for this man. So, I play
geneasolitaire to find him if I can. I'm told he's
buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; but
the weather took engraving, and some vandals took the
rest. He died before the county clerks decided to keep
records. No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all
my efforts. To top it off this ancestor, who caused me
many groans, Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a
girl named JONES

Submitted by to Rick Kilham

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ANCESTOR PROFILES
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DESCENDANTS OF MATTHEW WOODWELL

Generation No. 1

1. MATTHEW1 WOODWELL was born Abt. 1625 in England;
31, and died June 30, 1691 in Salem, Mass.2. He
married MARY Abt. 1655. She was born Abt. 1635.

Children of MATTHEW WOODWELL and MARY are: i. LYDIA2
WOODWELL, b. Salem, MA; d. October 25, 1686, Salem,
Mass.3.

More About LYDIA WOODWELL:
Baptism: May 1685, Salem, MA;3

2. ii. SAMUEL WOODWELL, b. October 03, 1659,
Salem, Mass.; d. December 15, 1697, Salem, Mass..
iii. MARY WOODWELL, b. December 03, 1661,
Salem, Mass.3; d. Abt. 1662, Salem, Mass..
iv. JOSHUA WOODWELL, b. December 03, 1661,
Salem, Mass.; d. Abt. 1701, Salem, Mass..
v. JOHN WOODWELL, b. May 09, 1665, Salem,
Mass.3; d. Aft. 1702, 23; m. ELIZABETH STACY, Abt.
1685, Salem, MA; Quality: 23; b. April 10, 1659, Salem,
MA; 34.
vi. MARY WOODWELL, b. October 26, 1667,
Salem, Mass.5.
vii. MATTHEW WOODWELL, b. October 04, 1668,
Salem, Mass.; d. Abt. 1702, Salem, Mass..
viii. MARGARET WOODWELL, b. June 04, 1671,
Salem, Mass..
ix. ELIZABETH WOODWELL, b. May 05, 1674,
Salem, Mass.6.
x. DORCAS WOODWELL, b. Abt. 1676, Salem,
Mass.7.

Generation No. 2

2. SAMUEL2 WOODWELL (MATTHEW1) was born October 03,
1659 in Salem, Mass.8, and died December 15, 1697 in
Salem, Mass.8. He married THOMASINE STACY Bef. 1685 in
Salem, Mass.9, daughter of THOMAS STACY and SUSANNA
WORCESTER. She was born Abt. 1665 in Salem, Mass.10.

Children of SAMUEL WOODWELL and THOMASINE STACY are:
3. i. SAMUEL3 WOODWELL, b. January 14,
1684/85, Salem, Mass..
ii. JOHN WOODWELL, b. July 02, 1687, Salem,
Mass..
iii. GIDEON WOODWELL, b. January 30,
1688/89, Salem, Mass.11; m. MARY TONGUE, June 01, 1713,
Boston, MA;12; b. Abt. 1690, Boston, MA; 312.
iv. JOSEPH WOODWELL, b. July 25, 1690,
Salem, Mass.13.
4. v. BENJAMIN WOODWELL, b. December 28,
1691, Salem, Mass..
vi. JONATHAN WOODWELL, b. April 05, 1693,
Salem, Mass.; d. Bef. 1697, Salem, Mass..
vii. ELIZABETH WOODWELL, b. Abt. 1695,
Salem, Mass.14.
viii. DAVID WOODWELL, b. November 17, 1697,
Salem, Mass..

Generation No. 3

3. SAMUEL3 WOODWELL (SAMUEL2, MATTHEW1) was born
January 14, 1684/85 in Salem, Mass.15. He married
ELIZABET CARRILL November 10, 1715 in Salem, Mass.15.
She was born Abt. 1685.

Child of SAMUEL WOODWELL and ELIZABET CARRILL is:
i. SAMUEL4 WOODWELL, b. March 28, 1724, Salem, Mass..

4. BENJAMIN3 WOODWELL (SAMUEL2, MATTHEW1) was born
December 28, 1691 in Salem, Mass.16. He married ALICE
JOHNSON November 01, 1715 in Charlestown, Mass.. She
was born Abt. 1691 in Charlestown, Mass..

Children of BENJAMIN WOODWELL and ALICE JOHNSON are:
i. ALICE4 WOODWELL, b. June 08, 1718, Charlestown, Mass..
5. ii. GIDEON WOODWELL, b. October 09, 1720,
Charlestown, Mass.; d. August 24, 1790, Newburyport,
Mass..
iii. ELIZABETH WOODWELL, b. September 30,
1722, Salem, Mass..

Generation No. 4

5. GIDEON4 WOODWELL (BENJAMIN3, SAMUEL2, MATTHEW1) was
born October 09, 1720 in Charlestown, Mass.16, and died
August 24, 1790 in Newburyport, Mass.17. He married
(1) HANNAH _____ Abt. 1748 in Newbury, Mass.18. She
was born Abt. 1721 in Unknown18, and died July 20, 1772
in Newbury, Mass.. He married (2) RUTH GOODWIN July
31, 1781 in Newbury, Mass..

Notes for GIDEON WOODWELL:
Gideon was referred to as Capt. Gideon Woodwell, the
title carrying forward from his service in the
Revolution. In 1756, during the French and Indian War,
Gideon was a Lieutenant in the forces which were
dispatched in the expedition to Crown Point. Gideon was
in charge of the group of shipwrights who built boats
and bateaus (flat bottomed attack vessels) for use in
attack. (See below) In 1775, he was the Captain in
command of a detachment which marched to Cambridge to
respond to the alarm of April 19. These troops were
sent to reinforce Continental forces at Lexington and
Concord. Gideon's service was for only for six days but
his "Capt." lived on with him for the rest of his life.
Early in the spring of 1762 Capt. Gideon bought a small
lot of land in Newbury from the estate of Robert
Mitchell, which included a dwelling house and barn. The
property was between the road, now Water Street and the
Merrimack river. This property is now 243 Water Street,
which was the home of many of his Aubin and Bamford
descendents in the late nineteenth and much of the
twentieth century. Prior to the close of 1773 he built
a large number of fishing and coasting vessels,
estimated to be as high as fifty two. During the
Revolutionary War, the yard was unoccupied. From 1783
to 1790, Capt. Woodwell, in company with his son John
and Mr. Enoch Hale, under the firm name Woodwell and
Hale built a number of vessels. Mr. Hale was Gideon's
son-in-law, having married Gideon's daughter Mary.
During this period ten vessels were built at the yard.
After the death of Gideon in 1790, the yard, again,
remained empty for several years. In about 1800, John
Woodwell, with his sons John, David and Gideon reopened
the yard. The yard was continued by John's sons for
thirty years after the death of there father in 1822.
From 1800 to 1853, John Woodwell and sons built nearly
one hundred vessels, varying in size from fifty to
three hundred tons register. Most of the plans and
models for these ships were drawn and constructed by
John's son Gideon.

Gideon Woodwell's Orders 3/23/1756

"William Shirley, Esq, Captain General and Governor in
Chief and over his Majesty's Provience of Massachusetts
Bay in New Englan and Vice Admiral of the same, General
and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in North
America.

"To Gideon Woodwell, Gentleman, Greeting. His Majesty's
service requiring that a number of shipwrights and
others skilled in the felling and hewing of Timber
should be forthwith sent from this province for the
Building of Battoes &c for Transporting the Forces
destined for the Intended Expedition against
Crownpoint.

"You are hereby authorized and impowered to take upon
you the Direction of a company of Artizans and the
Government over them in all Matters relating to the
said Business and you are to follow all such orders as
you shall receive from me or any Person or Persons I
shall appoint to give you Instructions herein for which
this shall be your sufficient Warrant.

"Given under my hand and Seal at arms at Boston the
twenty third day of March 1756 In the twenty ninth year
of his Majesty's Reign.

By his Excellencys Command W. SHIRLEY
Thos. CLARKE, Depty Secry"

More About GIDEON WOODWELL:
Burial: Newburyport, Mass.

Children of GIDEON WOODWELL and HANNAH _____ are:
i. ELIZABETH5 WOODWELL, b. March 26, 1740,
Newbury, Mass.19.
ii. HANNAH WOODWELL, b. October 03, 1742,
Newbury, Mass.19; d. February 26, 1794, Newburyport,
Mass.20.

More About HANNAH WOODWELL:
Burial: Newburyport, Mass.

iii. ALICE WOODWELL, b. November 05, 1746,
Newbury, Mass.21; d. March 15, 1816, Newbury, Mass..
iv. SARAH WOODWELL, b. October 1748,
Newbury, Mass..
v. GIDEON WOODWELL, b. August 24, 1750,
Newbury, Mass.21; d. June 21, 1840, Newburyport,
Mass.22; m. LUCRETIA BAKER, January 06, 1822,
Manchester, Mass..
vi. JOHN WOODWELL, b. February 07, 1752,
Newbury, Mass.23; d. February 12, 1822, Newbury,
Mass.24.
6. vii. ABIGAIL WOODWELL, b. May 28, 1754,
Newbury, Mass.; d. May 23, 1792, Newburyport, Mass..
viii. ESTER WOODWELL, b. May 28, 1754,
Newbury, Mass.25.
ix. MARY WOODWELL, b. February 19, 1758,
Newbury, Mass.26.
x. ISSAC WOODWELL, b. June 29, 1760,
Newbury, Mass.26; d. December 07, 1764, Newbury, Mass..
xi. LYDIA A WOODWELL, b. July 25, 1762,
Newbury, Mass.; d. Aft. 1840, Infancy.
xii. JACOB WOODWELL, b. April 30, 1764,
Newbury, Mass.26.

Generation No. 5

6. ABIGAIL5 WOODWELL (GIDEON4, BENJAMIN3, SAMUEL2,
MATTHEW1) was born May 28, 1754 in Newbury, Mass.27,
and died May 23, 1792 in Newburyport, Mass.28. She
married JONATHAN PEARSON November 02, 1779 in
Newburyport, Mass.28, son of JONATHAN PEARSON and SARAH
LONGFELLOW. He was born October 09, 1754 in Ipswich,
Mass.28, and died October 08, 1805 in Newburyport,
Mass.28.

Notes for JONATHAN PEARSON:
Jonathan served during the Revolution in Captain
Richard Titcomb's Company of Colonel Nathaniel Wade's
regiment, enlisting on July 4, 1780 he was discharged
on October 10, 1780. Jonathan moved to Newburyport
after marrying his first wife Abigail in 1779. Abigail
was the daughter of Newburyport ship builder Gideon
Woodwell. All of Jonathan's children were born in
Newburyport and this branch of the family from then on
was a Newburyport family. After Abigail's death in May
1792 he married Eunice Nourse who was the sister, of
his brother Stephen's wife Sally.

Children of ABIGAIL WOODWELL and JONATHAN PEARSON are:
i. ABIGAIL6 PEARSON, b. October 31, 1780,
Newburyport, Mass.28; d. September 14, 1861,
Newburyport, Mass.28; m. UNMARRIED.
ii. SARAH PEARSON, b. June 17, 1782,
Newburyport, Mass.28; m. ENOCH COFFIN, June 12, 1810,
Newburyport, Mass.28; b. , Newbury, Mass.28.
7. iii. JONATHAN PEARSON, b. April 23, 1784,
Newburyport, Mass.; d. March 22, 1863, Newburyport,
Mass..
iv. BENJAMIN PEARSON, b. January 06, 1786,
Newburyport, Mass.28; d. March 12, 1792, Newburyport,
Mass.28.
v. HANNAH PEARSON, b. January 18, 1788,
Newburyport, Mass.28; m. JAMES ALLEN, February 26,
1807, Newburyport, Mass.28.
vi. JACOB PEARSON, b. September 11, 1789,
Newburyport, Mass.28; d. May 11, 1790, Newburyport,
Mass.28.

Generation No. 6

7. JONATHAN6 PEARSON (ABIGAIL5 WOODWELL, GIDEON4,
BENJAMIN3, SAMUEL2, MATTHEW1) was born April 23, 1784
in Newburyport, Mass.28, and died March 22, 1863 in
Newburyport, Mass.28. He married OLIVE COFFIN March
31, 1807 in Newburyport, Mass.28, daughter of LEMUEL
COFFIN and CATHERINE CRESSAL. She was born July 14,
1785 in Fredrick, Md28, and died June 04, 1846 in
Boxford, Mass.28.

Notes for JONATHAN PEARSON:
Jonathan's marriage to Olive merged the old Rowley
family of Pearson with the venerable Coffin family of
Newbury and Newburyport. At this point the Pearson,
Jewett, Coffin and Woodwell lines were now merged with
the children of Jonathan carrying the bloodlines of
some of the oldest families in Essex County. This
merger of old families would continue, albeit
illegitimately, in the next generation.

More About JONATHAN PEARSON:
Burial: Newburyport, Mass.

More About OLIVE COFFIN:
Burial: Newburyport, Mass.28

Children of JONATHAN PEARSON and OLIVE COFFIN are:
i. JOSEPH COFFIN7 PEARSON, b. November 24,
1807, Newburyport, Mass.29; d. October 30, 1832, New
Orleans, La29.
ii. CHARLES PEARSON, b. November 01, 1809,
Newburyport, Mass.29; m. MARY ADAMS YOUNG.
8. iii. ALBERT PEARSON, b. October 15, 1812,
Newburyport, Mass.; d. October 04, 1866, Charlestown,
Mass..
iv. MARY PEARSON, b. June 02, 1815,
Newburyport, Mass.29.
9. v. CATHERINE PEARSON, b. July 30, 1817,
Newburyport, Mass..
vi. CORNELIUS PEARSON, b. August 09, 1819,
Newburyport, Mass.29; m. SARAH A THOMPSON.
vii. ELIZA OLIVE PEARSON, b. February 22,
1823, Newburyport, Mass.29.
viii. SARAH RACHEL PEARSON, b. November 19,
1825, Newburyport, Mass.29; d. January 09, 1887,
Oakland, Calif30; m. NOT MARRIED.

Endnotes

1. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
2. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
3. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
4. Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First
settlers of New England.James Savage, Little, Brown and
Company, Boston, 1860-2
5. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
6. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
7. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
8. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
9. Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First
settlers of New England.James Savage, Little, Brown and
Company, Boston, 1860-2
10. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
11. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
12. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
13. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
14. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
15. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
16. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
17. Newburyport, "Etched in Stone"Newburyport
Cemeteries, Vol. 1Noreen Pramberg, Parker River
Researchers, Newburyport, MA
18. Newbury, "Old Town and the Waterside"Historical
Society of Old Newbury, 1986
19. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
20. Newburyport, "Etched in Stone"Newburyport
Cemeteries, Vol. 1Noreen Pramberg, Parker River
Researchers, Newburyport, MA
21. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
22. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
23. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
24. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
25. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
26. Woodwell, Matthew Woodwell of Salem. Mass. and His
DescendantsW. H. Woodwell, 1909
27. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.
28. Rowley, The Early Settlers of Rowley
Massachusetts,George B. Blodgette and Amos
Jewett,Rowley, 1933
29. Vital Records, as published, for Town
referenced.Published as: "Vital Records Of [Town] To
The End Of The Year 1849"The Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass., Various dates.

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