.VERY, FAIRCHILD ARK FAMILIES fnia ACK AN THE UNIVERSITY 01 THE AVERY, FAIRCHILD & PARK FAMILIES OF THIS BOOK TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION Y y I. THE AVERY, FAIRCHILD FAMILIES MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTICUT 6f RHODE ISLAND WITH A SHORT NARRATION OF FACTS concerning MR. RICHARD WARREN Mayflower Passenger AND HIS FAMILY CONNECTIONS WM THOMAS LITTLE William Avery, 1650 Richard Park, 1635 Thomas Fairchild, 1638 Thomas Little, l6jO Richard Warren, 1620 F 547099 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT M CM XIX A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. MACAULAY: History of England The Unireraitjr Frew, Cambridge, U. S. A. HAD it not been for the long, patient, and studious work of the compilers and authors of the many books consulted, to which I am indebted for a large amount of historic material, it would have been impossible for me to undertake and complete this book. SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY* MEMBER OP THE Nevt York Genealogical and Biographical Society Nciv fork Hittorical Society Dtdham Historical Society, Mau. Westerly Historical Society, R. I. Connecticut Hittorical Society, Hartford National Genealogical Society, ffatkington, D. C. Nnu England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Hartford, Conn. June, 1919 CONTENTS THE AVERY FAMILY PAGE List of Illustrations xi Poem by J. G. A. Carter xii Authorities cited xv A Rare Painting xvii Introduction I Avery Name in England 2 Will of Robert Avery 1 5 Will of Robert Avery* . . . .' 6 Avery Homestead, Dedham, Mass 9 Avery Family in America 1 1 Genealogies 1 Avery, Robert, will dated July 27 th , 1575 4 2 Avery, William, died ? 4 3 Avery, Robert, will dated March 3O th , 1642 6 4 Avery, William, born England, 1622. Dedham, Mass., 1650 13 5 Avery, Robert, baptized December 7 th , 1649 24 6 Avery, John, born February 4 th , 1685/6 26 7 Avery, Ephraim, born April 22 nd , 1713 40 8 Avery, Ephraim, born April 13 th , 1741 46 9 Avery, John William, born May 24 th , 1767 48 10 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born January I st , 1797 50 11 Avery< Samuel Putnam, born March 17 th , 1822 51 12 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born October 7 th , 1847 67 Settlement and town Covenant of Dedham, Mass 15 Deed of William Avery 4 19 Will of William Avery 4 22 Inventory and deed of Robert Avery 6 25 Will of John Avery 6 27 Inventory of John Avery 6 29 Incorporation of the town of Truro, Mass 30 Agreement with John Avery 8 and town of Truro 32 Gift of land to Ephraim Avery 7 38 Ministerial call of Ephraim Avery 7 to Brooklyn, Conn 41 Funeral sermon about Ephraim Avery 7 42 Marriages and death of Mrs. Ephraim Avery 7 43 Gen'l George Washington's letter 44 Ephraim Avery 8 and church at Rye, N. Y 46 [vii] PAGE Editorials and Resolutions in memory of Samuel Putnam Avery 11 . 51 Gold Medal Committee, Samuel Putnam Avery 11 57 Editorials in memory of Benjamin Parke Avery 11 58 Fanny Falconer Avery 12 62 Resolutions in memory of Henry Ogden Avery 12 63 Gold Medal Committee, Samuel Putnam Avery 12 66 Pedigree connection with Robert Avery 1 , 1575 67 THE FAIRCHILD FAMILY Authorities cited 69 Stratford, Connecticut 71 Genealogies 1 Fairchild, Thomas, Stratford, Conn., 1638 74 2 Fairchild, Samuel, born August 31"*, 1640 76 3 Fairchild, Samuel, born , 1683 77 4 Fairchild, Samuel, born February 3 rd , 1710 78 5 Fairchild, John Curtiss, born February , 1745/6 .... 79 6 Fairchild, Sarah, born February 28 th , 1773 80 7 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born January I st , 1797 81 8 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born March 17 th , 1822 82 9 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born October 7 th , 1847 83 Pedigree connection with Thomas Fairchild 1 , 1638 83 THE PARK FAMILY Authorities cited 87 Pedigree of the Park family in England 89 Park family in America 91 Genealogies 1 Park, Richard, Cambridge, Mass., 1635 91 2 Park, Thomas, born England, 1628 94 3 Park, John, born September 6 th , 1656 *. . 96 4 Park, Joseph, born March 12 th , 1705 97 5 Park, Benjamin, born November I st , 1735 102 6 Parke, Benjamin, born September i6 th , 1765 106 7 Parke, Hannah Anne, born April 24 th , 1804 107 8 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born March 17 th , 1822 109 9 Avery, Samuel Putnam, born October 7 th , 1847 117 Richard Park 1 , Cambridge property 92 Ministerial call to Joseph Park 4 98 Letter of Christopher Sugar 99 Plague in Westerly, R. I IO o Sermon by Joseph Park* 100 [ viii ] PAGE Benjamin Park 6 and Colonial Wars 103 Benjamin Park 6 and Bunker Hill 104 Town meeting, Westerly, R. 1 104 Hannah Stanton Park's petition 105 Editorials and Resolutions in memory of Samuel Putnam Avery 8 . 109 Editorials in memory of Benjamin Parke Avery 8 114 Pedigree connection with Richard Park 1 , 1635 117 THE WARREN AND LITTLE FAMILIES A short narration of facts 119 Authorities cited 121 The Mayflower Pilgrims 123 The Mayflower compact 123 Genealogies 1 Warren, Richard, Plymouth, Mass., 1620 126 2 Warren, Ann, daughter, born 1612? 129 1 Little, Thomas, Plymouth, Mass., 1630 129 Little, Ann Warren, wife. Married April 19 th , 1633 .... 129 2 Little, Ephraim, son, born May 17 th , 1650 131 Little, Mary Sturtevant, wife. Married, November 22 nd , 1672 13 1 3 Little, Ruth, daughter, born November 23 rd , 1686 133 6 Avery, John, born February 4 th , 1685/6 133 Avery, Ruth Little, wife. Married, November 23 rd , 1710 . . 133 Pedigree connection with Richard Warren 1 , Plymouth, Mass., 1620, and Thomas Little 1 , 1630 , 134 INDEX Avery Family 137 Names of Places, etc 141 Fairchild Family 143 Names of Places, etc 145 Park Family 146 Names of Places, etc 148 Warren and Little Families '49 Names of Places, etc 151 [ix] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AVERY FAMILY OPPOSITE PACK Coat of Arms xvi Seal of William Avery 4 xviii Avery Homestead 8 Portrait of Samuel Putnam Avery 10 50 Portrait of Samuel Putnam Avery 11 . 52 Avery Architectural Library Building 54 Gold Medal, Samuel Putnam Avery u 56 Portrait of Benjamin Parke Avery u 58 Portrait of Henry Ogden Avery 12 62 Gold Medal, Samuel Putnam Avery 1 * 66 Portrait of Samuel Putnam Avery" 68 Bronze Tablet, Avery Library Building 112 PARK FAMILY Coat of Arms ' 88 Monument, Newton, Mass 92 Park Homestead 96 Tombstones, Joseph and Abigail Park 100 Captain Benjamin Park's sword 102 Portrait of Benjamin Parke 6 104 Tombstone, Benjamin Parke 6 106 Portrait of Samuel Putnam Avery 8 no LITTLE FAMILY Coat of Arms Il8 Ephraim Little's Trunk, 1698 130 [xi] SUCH were the fathers, such the mothers true, From whom our name and varied natures grew. From whom sprang men of sturdy zeal and might, Well armed for conflict in our country's night; Who led the people on in faith and prayer, Yet slackened not in thrift nor homely care; Who held in hand the Bible and the sword, And wielded either, as the law of God; Who tyranny denounced with scathing tongue The while with vigorous blows the anvil rung; Shrank not from warfare in a righteous cause, Yet left their children mild and peaceful laws; Gave them broad acres, trades and schools as well, A heritage whose value none may tell. JANE GREENOUGH AvERY 10 CARTER THE AVERY FAMILY OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS r 1650-1919 AUTHORITIES CITED FOR the following record of the Avery Family in America, see: Baird's History of Rye, N. Y. Bolton's History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Westch:ster Co., N. Y. Boston Record Commissioner's Reports, 1630-1699. Bridgman's King's Chapel Burial Ground, Boston, 1853. Burk's Armory (Edition 1844). Chandler's Copy of Records in Pomfret, Conn. Crozier's Armory of American Families, 1904. Cutter's Life of Israel Putnam. Davis' Landmarks of Plymouth. Dedham, Mass., Records, Vols. II-III. Deeds of Land, Warrenville, Conn., Records. Dexter's Yale Biographies, Vol. 1745-1763. Drake's Dictionary of American Biography. Drake's Founders of New England. Editorials and Resolutions in Memory of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1905. Freeman Genealogy. Freeman's History of Cape Cod. Genealogy of the Cornell Family. General Register, Society of Colonial Wars, New York, 1899-1902. Heraldic Journal, Vol. II, 1865. King's Chapel, Boston, Grave Yard Inscriptions. King's Notable New Yorkers, 1896-1899. Larned's History of Windham County, Conn. Lebanon, Conn., Land Records. Littlefield's Early Boston Booksellers, 1642-1711. Livingston's Israel Putnam. Lothrop Family Memoirs. Mackenzie's Colonial Families of the U. S. A., Vol. VI, 1917. New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1847. New York Gazette and Mercury, May 27 th , 1776. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record, October, 1904. New York Weekly Museum, 1793. Orcutt's History of Stratford and Bridgeport, Conn. Parke and Parks of Massachusetts, 1909. Plymouth Colony Records. XV Pope's Pope Family. Prominent Families of New York, 1898. Rich's History of Truro, Cape Cod. Robert's History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England. Selleck's Norwalk, Conn. Some Account of the Park Family. The Avery Family in America, Dedham Branch, 1893. Thomas' History of Printing. Vital Records of Salem, Mass. Worthington's History of Dedham, Mass. Year Book, Sons of the Revolution, New York, 1909. xvi THE AVERY COAT OF ARMS "FIDELIS" "Gules, a chevron between three besants or, crest, two lion's jambs or, supporting besant " A RARE PAINTING RELIC OF 1650 COMES TO DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY ^ I A HROUGH the generosity and interest of Samuel P. Avery of -*- Hartford, Conn., the Dedham Historical Society has just come into the possession of the oil painting of the Coat of Arms of the Avery family, which was brought from England by William Avery when he came to this country in 1650. It remained in the old Avery house until about 1800, when it was taken to Conway, Massachusetts, and has since descended to various heirs until it was recently secured by Mr. Avery, who has now presented it to the Historical Society. The painting is about 18 x 18 inches and in very good condition considering its age. The Coat of Arms is "Gules, a chevron between three bezants or, crest, two lions jambs, or, supporting bezant." There have been only nine owners of the canvas since it was brought over, 269 years ago. They were: 1. William Avery 4 came from England, 1650, settled in Dedham, Mass., and brought with him the Avery Coat of Arms. He was born 1622, and died March i8 th , 1686. The painting then passed to the owner- ship of the following persons: 2. William Avery 5 , eldest son, baptized in England, October 12 th , 1647, died December 1 5 th , 1708. 3. William Avery 6 , born March 31"*, 1678, died May 13 th , 1750. 4. William Avery 7 , only son of William Avery 8 , born August 3O th , 1716, died August 5 th , 1796. This Coat of Arms is mentioned in the inventory of his estate. He was the great-grandson of William Avery 4 . 5. The third daughter and sixth child of William Avery 7 was Mrs. Grace (Avery 8 ) Howland, born August 17 th , 1755, died February 12 th , 1841. She inherited it from her father. 6. In 1853 it was given to Mrs. Jerusha (Avery 9 ) Bingham, born September 13 th , 1780, died December I st , 1874. She was the grand- daughter of William Avery 7 . 7. Then Mrs. Lucy Avery 10 (Bingham) King inherited it from her mother, born May 2i Bt , 1822, died July 7 th , 1888. xvii 8. The next owner, Mrs. Grace Avery 11 (King) Steele, born April 2 I st , 1847, transferred the Coat of Arms to 9. Samuel Putnam Avery 12 , of Hartford, Conn., born October 7 th , 1847, who presented it in January, 1919, to the Dedham Historical So- ciety, in which town it first appeared in 1650. The Dedham Transcript, February 8 th , 1919. THE AVERY SEAL 1 V4e x %6> with handle & ring i inch high In the will of William Avery 4 it says, "I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fifteenth day of October, in y e year of our Lord one thousand six hundred & eighty three." At a later day three witnesses, William Haberfild, John Higgs, and James Woodmansey, wrote upon the will, "Seal Published & confirmed by Mr. William Avery to be his last Will & Testament the 13 th of March 1686/7 m tne presence of us." William Avery died three days later, March i8 th . Avery Genealogy, p. 34. Up to a few years ago this will filed in the Probate Office, Boston, Mass., bore a wax impression of the seal with the Avery Coat of Arms, but it was cut out by some vandal. "The seal on the will of Joseph Dummer of Dorchester in 1721 is evi- dently that of one of the witnesses, William Avery 6 . This is proved not only by the agreement of the arms with the name, but by the fact that the family possesses an old painting of this Coat, which is mentioned in an inventory prior to 1750." Whitmore's Heraldic Journal, Vol. II, p. 184. This seal was also used as affixed to the signature of this same William Avery 6 in a deed from James Whiting to him dated July io th , 1724, and a cut of the seal may be seen in the Heraldic Journal, Vol. II. The will of John Avery 6 , dated Truro, January i8 th , 1744, bears an impression of the same seal. Avery Genealogy, pp. 134-147. The seal is mentioned in the will of William Avery 7 , December I st , 1791, who gives to his son Joseph 8 his "Seal of a watch which hath the arms of the family engraved upon it." Avery Genealogy, p. 41. The original seal, of silver, was presented to the Dedham Historical Society in 1906, by Miss Salome Elizabeth White of Brooklyn, N. Y. It was formerly the property of her great-grandfather, the Rev. Joseph Avery 8 of Holden, Mass., born October 14 th , 1751, died March 5 th , 1824, after nearly fifty years' pastorate. Avery Genealogy, pp. 62-69. The Historical Society of Dedham has many relics of the Avery family. Among them an Ensign's flag, of silk, probably belonging to Ensign Robert Avery 6 , also an ancient anvil, documents, and books, which have belonged to the family for years. In 1919 Mr. Edward Davis Conant, of Newton, Mass., presented the Malacca cane with an ivory head, inlaid with silver, which formerly be- longed to William Avery 4 . xviii THE AVERY SILVER SEAL AND WAX IMPRESSION FROM SAME From photographs taken in 1919 INTRODUCTION "VJO attempt has been made to mention in this book any of ** ^ William Avery's 4 descendants except those in a direct line from him to Samuel Putnam Avery 12 . In regard to facts and au- thentic records concerning the origin of our Dedham ancestor, Dr. William Avery, we are probably in possession of all that will ever be known, as investigations through the efforts of Mr. Walter Titus Avery, of New York City, have resulted in ascertaining his home to have been in Barkham, Berks, England, with the parish record of the baptisms of his three children there, and the wills, presumably of both his father and his great-grandfather. With the great-grandfather, Robert Avery 1 , we commence our gene- alogy, the latest generation given in our pa^es being the twelfth from him. While we date from Robert Avery 1 of Pill, England, as our earliest known ancestor, it may be proper to say that we have not undeniable, though strongly presumable, evidence that he was the great-grandfather of Dr. William Avery. The pre- sumption is, that the grandson Robert, mentioned in the will, as the son of his son William, was Robert of Wokingham, father of Dr. William, and this has much weight from the men- tion of his sister, Prudence Champion) and his brother, William, of Congresburie,* and John Champion in the will. * The Parish of Congresburie is in Winterstoke Hundred, 6% miles N. N. East of Axbridge, on the River "Yeo," and about 5 miles from its mouth. Acres 4280. Houses 247 in 1831. Population 1380 in 1841. The "Yeo" rises near Compton Martin, and run* 13 miles N. N. West to Bristol Channel, 3 miles above Sand Point. [I] The following is a copy of the supposed pedigree of Dr. William A very: "William of Congresbury Rol of >ert Pill Prudence John Champion Jacob | I William Richard Thomas I Robert = Joane of Wokingham I I William Robert Frances." THE AVERY NAME IN ENGLAND Frequent mention is made of the Avery name, in different parish records of baptisms in England, spelled variously Abrie, Averie, and Avery, and of marriage licenses, one, in particular, noticeable from the fact that the groom, Dudley Avery, was a son of the Right Worshipful Samuel Avery, Alderman of London. But these records, though interesting to the genealogist, throw no light on the question of our own relationship to the parties named. The following of ancient date is from the Deanery of Trigg Manor. By MacLeon: 1466, August 22 nd . John Avery was mentioned as living in the parish of St. Endellion, Cornwall. Henry Avery also held land in the same parish. "After 1543, a messuage in Trewiggett, Cornwall, was in the posses- sion of Richard Averye." ("A messuage was a dwelling house with adja- cent buildings, and lands for the use of the household." Webster.) In 1603, a boundary of Tintaget, Cornwall, was signed by William [2] Avery and others. Thomas Avery was mayor of the same place in 1605, William in 1746, Richard in 1801. The name of Avery, according to memoranda from London, "Notes and Queries," is found at Bodmin, Cornwall, England, at an early date (and exists there at the present time), as early as 1310, in which year Thomas Avery was associated with others in a suit concerning 500 acres of land, at Halgrave, near Bodmin. The name Avery is also found in the will of Agnes Arden (mother of Mary Shakespeare, and grandmother of William Shakespeare), widow of Robert Arden of Wilmscote parish of Arton (three miles from Stratford). In this document, dated 1584, she gives Avery Fulwood two sheep. John Fulwood mar- ried an aunt of William Shakespeare. Malone's Shakespeare. There is also an Avery Lane in London and an Avery Street in Birmingham. There is a record in the history of Westminster Abbey showing that sometime in the fifteenth or sixteenth cen- tury Lady Elizabeth Avery of Devonshire was buried there. In the year 1544, Michael Avery was mayor of Bodmin. The parish registers commence in 1559, and the name of Avery is among the first found therein. There have also been found records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, as follows: 1560 Johan, dau. of Thomas Avery, baptized May 26 th . 1563 Thomas, son of Thomas Avery, baptized . 1569 Walter Averye and Origo Williams, married Sept. 6 th . 1569 Michael Avery was buried Sept. 28 th . John Avery, of Bodmin, married Isoult Barry, of Wynscote, Devon- shire, dau. of John Barry, who died 1538. At Dowland, N. Devon, may be found the following inscriptions: "Here lyeth the body of Margarett Stofford, the weif of Thomas Stofford Gent, mother of Robert Avery, who died the 3 rd of Sept., anno dni, 1600. "Here lyeth the bodie of Thomasine Avery, the first weif of Robert Avery, who died the xxv th Aprill, anno dm'ni, 1601. "Here lyeth the bodie of Johane Avery, the second weif of Robert Avery, who died the xxiiii th of Sept., anno dm'ni, 1612. [3] PEDIGREE OF STOFFORD Robert S. = Elizabeth d & h of Menwhennyke. John Margery Thomas = Margaret, widow Ascot. of Avery above. Their arms are those of Dr. William Avery of Dedham, Mass. The parish of Pill, now Pylle, Somerset, which was the residence of our earliest known ancestor, Robert Avery 1 , is 3^ miles south of Shepton Mallet, in White Stone Hundred; acres, i57o; houses, 35 in 1831; population, 216 in 1841. Pylle House (as per Black's Guide) is on the Bath & Bridport Railway. There is a town by the same name near the mouth of the Severn, on map of England, in Cotton's general atlas of 1862 (it is not the ancient Pill, however), 15^ miles from Bath, and 2% miles from Shep- ton Mallet. The name Pill seems to correspond to the Welsh Fowl, an inlet or pool. William Avery 4 , our earliest ancestor in America, lived in Barkham, Berkshire, England. . We come now to trace the direct lines of descent from Robert Avery 1 , yeoman, down to the twelfth and latest generation of the Dedham branch of Averys in this country. "A yeoman or hus- bandman was one who tilled his own land in distinction from a peasant or farmer, who occupied the land of another." 1599 to 1655. London Notes and Queries. Robert Avery 1 died previous to October 14 th , 1575, that being the date of the proving of his will. The will itself bears date July 27 th , !575 a copy of which, made from the original, is in the posses- sion of Mr. W. T. Avery. He had three sons, William?, Richard*, and Thomas*. William seems to have fallen under his father's displeasure for "having [4] made a base marriage, and left his native parishe," but receives a share in the property, according to the terms of the will, "in token of forgiveness." Richard, the second son, is made sole ex- ecutor, and his brother William Avery 1 , of Congresburie, and John Champion, his brother-in-law, are appointed overseers. Will of Robert Avery 1 of Pill, (now Pylle) Somerset, England, yeoman, found at Doctor's Commons, March, 1872. In the name of Almighty God Amen, the 27 th day of July in the year of our Lorde God 1575, I, Robert Avery, yoeman of Pill, Co. Somerset, being sick in bodye, but hole in mynde and good in remem- brance, do ordaine this my Testament and last Will, in manner and forme followinge: Fyrst. I commende and bequethe my Soule to Almytie God, my maker and Redeemer, and to all the Hollye companye in heaven, and my bodye to be buryed as a Christian man. Also I give and bequethe to my sonne William Avery 5, my bowe and arrows, and my wynter gowne furred with fox, in token of my forgiveness for his having made a base marriage and left his native parishe. Item. I give and bequethe to my second sonne, Richard Avery, all my farm Implements, and the house wherein I now do dwell. Also I give and bequethe to the said Richard Avery, one field and one medowe now in the occupation of John Austen, and I also bequethe to him my goods, moveable and unmoveable which are in and about the house and premises, I now dwell. Item. I give and bequethe to my youngest sonne, Thomas Avery, 5, one cowe and one loade of hay, my silk doublet, two pair of hose and one brasse potte and cover. Item. I doe give and bequethe to my Sister, Prudence Champion, the somme of 10/4, and one milch cowe, two prs sheets, and my second best feather bedde, with all covering and appurtenances thereto. Item. I give and bequethe to my grandsonne, Robert Avery, the sonne of my sonne William Avery the some of 6/8 d . Item. I give and bequethe unto William Sharpe, my oulde blue coate, and to my nephew, Jacob Avery, my brother William's sonne, my pen and one silver guilt flagon with cover. Item. I give and bequethe to Abell, my servant, my bodye Lynen, and one shillinge. Item. I give and bequethe the Resydewe of all my goods and Cattels unbequethed, unto my sonne, Richard Avery. Also I ordeyne and make the sayde Richard Avery, my sonne, to be my sole executor, and he to see my funeralles and debts payed. And to see this my last testament and will p.formed, as he will answer before Almightie God, at the generall day of judgement. Also I make overseer of this, my will, my brothers, [5] William Avery,* of Congresburie, and John Champion, and I doe give far** paynes takynge Herein a'/ eche. These beynge w.tnesses. Robert Hibbert, Thos. Vyse wth others. Proved by the executor Richard Avery, Oct. 14 , 1575- William 1 , the oldest son of Robert 1 , had one son, Robert 8 . Whether there were others, records do not say. This Robert 3 we suppose to have been the father of Dr. William of Dedham. Robert Avery 4 lived in Wokingham, Berkshire. By trade he was a blacksmith (which was a profession in those days when he made the armor). His will, found in the Diocese of Doctor's Commons, bears date March 3O th , 1642. He married Joanne, and had three children. I William 4 , b. 1622. See forward. II Robert 4 . Ill Frances 4 . We here insert the will a copy of the original being in pos- session of Mr. W. T. Avery. WILL OF ROBERT AVERY 8 OF WOKINGHAM In the name of God, Amen. The thirtiette day of March in the Eight- eenth yere of the raign of our Soveraine Lord Charles, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Kings, defenders of the faith, Ann Domini one Thousand six hundred forty-two. I, Robert Avery, of Wokingham in the countie of Berks, blacksmith, being in perfect memory, praised be Almighty God, doe disannul!, recall and make void all former * WILLIAM AvERY 1 of Congresburie (brother of Robert Avery 1 ), had six sons: Thomas 1 , William 1 , Richard 1 , Giles 1 , Jacob 1 and John 1 , and died 1585. WiLLiAM 1 had daughter Jane* and son Joseph*. JACOB 1 had seven children: Joseph', Benjamin*, Christian*, Samuel*, Hester 3 , Benjamin 1 , Annah*, and died Feb. i t , 1643. Jons 1 had four children: Sarah*, John*, William*, and Joane*. JOSEPH* (Jacob 1 W 1 ) had one son Joseph 4 : Merchant of London. SAMUEL* (Jacob 1 W 1 ) of Havidge and Enfield and Merchant of London, per London "Notes and Queries," May 20 th , 1871, was sheriff of London, 1647, and the Alderman Avery, who joined in the Act, May 30*, 1649, proclaiming the aboli- tion of kingly government. He was commissioner, for sundry city ordinances about 1645, and the State Paper Office contains letters from him dated from Hamburg and addressed to Lord Digbye and Sir Thomas Rowe, Jan. 12 th , 1643-4. He had one daughter, Katharine 4 , b. 1622, and one son Dudley 4 . DUDLEY 4 of Streatly, Berkshire, Eng., had: Dudley 6 , Allen 6 , Samuel 5 , William 5 , Catharine*, Mirabella*, Christian*, Barsheba*. MT1 ]i e J? a ". sh P f Streatly is in Moreton Hundred, Berkshire, $ 1 A miles south by west of Wallmgford, on the west bank of the Thames." Gazetteer. 1841. [6] wills and Testam 18 weiche in writing or other wais. And doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge. That is to say, First. I doe bequeathe my soule unto God, my creator and redeemer. And my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors and overseers, and as touching my landes wherein I have estate, my will is as followeth: If it happens Joane, my wif survive and ou'live me, my will is, I give-and bequeath unto the said Joane, my now wiff, all that mes- suage or Tenement in the w h I now dwell, with the barns, Stables and houses, orchards, garden, w h appurtenances and the close of avable or pastur thereunto belonging, and next adioninge (adjoining), known and called by the name of Lower dowles, allis little dowles, conteyning two akers more or less. And also another parcell of land, great dowles, allis upper dowles, lyinge and being in the p'ish of Wokingham and Countie of Berks, aforesaid, containing sixteen akers more or less, all of which said House and landes, I bought and purchased of Richard Windgate of Long Sutton Co South to yeoman, during the terme of her naturall life, if she shall so long keep herselfe a widdow and unmarried, and after the death or marriage of the said Joane, my now wif, which of them shall first happen, my will is, and I doe give and bequeathe unto William Avery, my eldest sonne, all that my p'cell of land called great dowles, allis upper dowles aforesaid, to remain unto him and to his heirs forever. Item, that after the death or marriage of the said Joane, my now wiff w ch ever of them shall happen, I doe give and bequeathe unto Robert Avery, my youngest son, all that my messuage in the which I now dwell with the appurtenances and the close aforesaid thereunto belonging and next ad- iogning, to remain unto him and his heirs forever. Item. I doe give and bequeathe unto Frances Avery, my daughter, the sum of twenty pounds to be paid unto her within two years, next after my decease which said some of 2o my will is, shall be paid by my executors, and to be raised out of that p'cell of land called upper dowles, allis great dowles. Item. I doe give and bequeathe (the some of five pounds) ? unto Roger Irelande the younger, eldest sonne of Roger Ire- lande of Hurst, weaver, w h said some of $ my will is, shall be paid at his age of one and twenty years, by the said Robert Avery, my youngest sonne, heirs, executors and Administrators if the said Roger shall so long live. Item. My will is that all the debts I now owe or shall ow, at the time of my decease shall be paid by my executors (and no pt throf be laid upon my son Robert, other than the five aforesaid) and that all such debts and funerell expenses shall be raised out of my stock of goods and chattels and the residue of all my goods and chattels, my debts and funerell charges first deducted and my legacies paid, I doe give and bequeathe un to Joane my said wif, and unto William my sonne equally to be divided whom also I doe ordeine and make my executors ioyntly and coequally. And I doe entreat and earnestly request my loving friends Thomas [7] Champion of Barkham * and Andrew Avery of East Hampstead both in Berks, overseers of this my last will and testam* to whom I give and bequeath the some of five shillings apiece, to be paid to them w m three months next after my decease. In witness whereof I have set my seal and enscribed unto both Sheetes in the p'tes of provided all wais that if my eldest sonne William Avery shall and doe well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto my sonne Robert Avery, the full some of Threescore pounds of lawful english money w in three years next after the Decease of me and Joane my now wif, by twenty pounds a year for three years yearly, that then it shall be lawful to and for my said sonne William Avery (with?) the messuage Tenemen* 8 and their appurtenances w oh in the close or parcell thereunto belonging called lower Dowles, alis little dowles (being?) by these (pates?) given unto my youngest sonne Robert to enter, possess and enjoy. And I doe give and bequeathe the said p'mesis unto my said sonne (Wm?) and his heirs forever, and any thinge hearin not w h standing. Witness Giles Boulders Ann Boulders D , A . D j th T Root. Avery. rroved 15* June 1644 , c - , x (Signed.) * Parish of Barkham, Berks, is in Charlton Hundred, and 5 miles So. West of Wokingham. Acres 1415. Population 248 in 1841. Houses 36 in 1831. Par/. Gtar. 1841. [8] THE AVERY HOMESTEAD AND OAK ' I ^HE house was probably built in Dedham, Mass., as early as *- 1651 by William Avery 4 , who was "admitted Townesman" on January I st , 1650-1. The buildings were taken down in 1885. The ancient white oak tree, undoubtedly much older than the settlement of the town, is still standing and belongs to the Dedham Historical Society. It measures, 1918, five feet from the ground, a few inches over sixteen feet in circumference, while a line drawn around the base on the ground measures twenty-seven feet six inches, and the longest branch extends over the ground fifty feet from the trunk. This tree was fitly selected as the centerpiece of the town seal and as "the symbol of age & strength as well as of present life & vigor." THE AVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA 1650 DEDHAM BRANCH 1919 WILLIAM AVERY* TT7E now take up the record of our earliest ancestor in America, who crossed the Atlantic in 1650, and cast in his lot with the settlers of the town of Dedham, Mass., bringing with him his wife, Margaret, and three children, from the parish of Barkham, County of Berkshire, England. Of these three children born in Barkham we make special mention, as there is a certified copy of the certificates of their baptisms in Mr. W. T. Avery's possession signed by the rector of the parish. " 1645. Mary Avery, the daughter of Margaret and William Avery, was baptized the 19 th of December. 1647. William the sonne of William and Margaret Avery, was baptized the seven and twentieth day of October. 1649. Robert Avery, y e sonne of William and Margaret Avery, bap- tized the vii th of December. I, Arthur Roberts, rector of Barkham, certify the above to be a true copy of the Baptism Register of the said parish. Extracted this 15 th day of March in the year of our Lord, 1880. By me. (Signed) ARTHUR ROBERTS." William Avery 4 was born in England, 1622. Died, Boston, March 18 th , 1686. His wife, Margaret, was born in England. Died, Dedham, September 28 th , 1678. Other children were born to William and Margaret Avery after they took up their life in Dedham. The complete list is as follows: CHILDREN I Mary 5 , baptized December 19 th , 1645, in Barkham, England. Married, November 5 th , 1666, James Tisdale, of Taunton, Mass., born 1644. She died September 9 th , 1713. He died January 15 th , 1715. II William 5 , baptized October 27th, 1647, in Barkham, England. Married, September 21 st , 1673, Mary Lane, of Maiden, Mass., born 1652. He died December 15**, 1708. She died October 11*, 1681. They had four children. [13] III Robert 1 , baptized December 7 th , 1649, in Barkham, England. Married, April 3 rd , 1677, Elizabeth Lane,* of Maiden, Mass., born 1655. He died October 3 rd , 1722. She died October 2i st , 1746- They had six child ren . See forward. IV Jonathan', born May 26 th , 1653, Dedham. Married, July 22 nd , 1679, Sybil Sparhawk.f of Cambridge, born "about 1655." He died September 14 th , 1694. She died August 6 th , 1708. They had four children. V Rachel 8 , born September 2O th , 1657, Dedham. Married, May 22 nd , 1677, William Sumner, of Boston, born February 9 th , 1656. She died soon. He died July 2O th , 1703, Middletown, Conn. VI Hannah*, born September 27 th , 1660, Dedham. Married, May 22 Bd , 1677, Benjamin Dyar, of Boston. She died September is th , 1678. VII Ebenezer 8 , born November 24 th , 1663, Dedham. Died before 1683, as he is not mentioned in his father's will. As William Avery was one of the earliest settlers in the town of Dedham (1650), only fifteen years after its incorporation, and made that his home till his removal to Boston about 1680, leaving the homestead to be occupied till nearly the present day by his descendants, it seems fitting that a sketch of the settle- ment and incorporation of the town should be given in these pages. Although Dr. William took up his residence the latter part of his life in Boston, he continued to show his interest in Dedham, and in an especial manner to the cause of education there, showing him to have been a man not only liberal with his purse, but thoughtful, and solicitous for the best interests of the community he had left. * Elizabeth (Lane) Avery died in 1746, leaving five children, thirty grand- children, fifty-two great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren. t Mr. W. R. Deane says: "There was a large Parchment Deed of Thomas Graves of Charlestown, Physician, and Sybil (Avery) his wife, and Dorothy Avery, Spinster, the only two daughters of Jonathan Avery, of Dedham, deceased, who sell to Wm. Avery of Dedham, blacksmith, for 250, house and land in Dedham, 4th Apnl, 1710. Witnesses. Signed. E?,?? er T~ Thos. Graves, William Bullard, Sybill Graves, R bert Ward. Dorothy Avery." Recorded, Suffolk, 1765, book 106 (or 156), page 256. [14] SETTLEMENT AND INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF DEDHAM ITMFTEEN years after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, -*- and five years after the landing of Gov. Winthrop and his colony in Boston, the General Court of the Colony of Massachu- setts Bay, on the 3rd day of September, 1635 (old style), the same day that Concord was incorporated, "ordered that there shall be a plantation settled about two myles above the falls of Charles Ryver in the north-east syde thereof to have ground lying to it on both sydes the ryver, both upland and meadow, to be layde out hereafter as the Court shall appoint." This was the beginning of the settlement, and it was the desire of the first settlers that the town should be called Contentment. The first two recorded meetings, Aug. i8 th and 29 th , 1636, were headed "Contentment." The name was afterwards erased by a line drawn across it, and the name "Dedham" written over. It has been usually understood in neighboring towns that the name was chosen in memory of the town by the same name in England, but we find no allusion to this fact in records which we have seen. At any rate, it is evident that these settlers proposed to have their new town a model for good order and peace. It seems also that they made a point in regard to the practice of religion, by the following covenant, which all who wished to settle there were required to sign. THE TOWN COVENANT I. We, whose names ar here vnto subscribed, doe, in the feare and Reverence of our Almightie God, mutually: and severally p'mise amongst our selves and each to other to p'ffesse and practice one trueth according to that most p'rfect rule, the foundation where of is Everlasting Love; [15] 2. That we shall by all means Laboure and keepe of from us all such as ar contrarye minded. And receave only such vnto vs as be such as may be p'bably of one harte, with vs as that we either knowe or may well and truely informed to walke in a peaceable conversation with all meeke- ness of spirit for the edification of each other in the knowledge and faith of the Lord Jesus; and the mutual encouragem't vnto all Temporall com- forts in all things; seeking the good of each other out of all which may be derived true Peace. 3. That if at any time difference shall arise between p'ties of our said Towne, that then such p'tie and p'ties shall p'sently Referre all such difference vnto som one, 2 or 3, others of our said Societie to be fully ac- corded and determined without any further delay if it possibly may bee; 4. That every man that now or at any time heere after shall have Lots in our said Town, shall pay his share in all such rates of money, and charges as shall be imposed vpon him Rateably in p'portion with other men. As allso become freely subject vnto all such orders and constitu- tions as shall be necessariely had or made, now or at any time heere after from this day fore warde, as well as for Loveing and comfortable Societie, in our said Towne as allso for the p'perous and thriveing Condicion of our said fellowshipe, especially respecting the feare of God in which we de- sire to begine and continue what so ever shall by his Loveing favoure take in hand. 5. And for the better manifestion of our true resolution heere in, every man so receaved; to subscribe here vnto his name there by oblieg- ing both himself and his successors after him for ever as we have done. This Covenant was "with one accord agreed upon at the first recorded Meeting of the Dedham Proprietors, August i6 th , 1636. It is in the handwriting of Edward Alleyn & was originally signed by 19 persons present at the meeting" and by 106 "those others after the meeting was dissolved." Dedham Historical Records, Vol. II, p. 153. Edward Alleyn, who had charge of the Records for two years, was "deceased the 8 of y e 7 m 1642. . There is no record of his birth. Dedham Historical Records, Vol. I, p. 29. In 1636 a burial place was set apart and for nearly a century was the only one in town. Here are the graves of many of the early ministers and founders of Dedham, and a walk through the grounds shows many stones of great historical interest, many of which bear the name of Avery. The original limits of the town comprised the present towns of Dedham, Medfield, Walpole, Wrentham, Needham, Wellesley, Dover, Norwood, Norfolk, Franklin, most of Bellingham, and parts of Natick, Hyde Park, and of West Roxbury, and for a short time the territory forming Millis formed a part of Dedham under [16] a subsequent grant. A large part of the settlers went from Water- town to the new town, and in 1638 there were settled thirty-eight families. The men who thus early formed the town of Dedham were most, if not all, men who had fled from England to find a land where they could enjoy religious rights. The first meeting for public worship was held under one of several great trees which stood near what is now the center of Dedham Village, but in 1638 measures were taken to build a meeting-house. The first schoolhouse was built of logs in 1648, ten years after the meeting-house was erected. Its cost was about 12, and the salary of the schoolmaster who first taught there was 20 per annum. An almshouse was not found necessary till the year 1773, at which time the town erected one "on the westerly part of the training ground." By the Dedham church records, we find that "William Avery & his wife Margaret were admitted into the church i6 th 12 th mo. (Feb.) 1650." This, without doubt, marked an event that oc- curred quite near the date of their settlement. In the same year the town records make the following statement: "It was granted unto W m Avery, to set his shoppe in the highway in the east street, the west side of his shoppe to extend in front line of his house, next his house, provided that he lays down so much land on the east side of the said ways as the same is straightened by this said shopp, at such time as the towne shall require the same, always provided that whensoever the said shopp shall be no longer used for a Smythe's shopp, by the said William at any time hereafter then it shall be re- moved out of the highway, if the town shall require the same." (Y e 15 th of y e I mo. 1650.) In the year 1669 we find William Avery designated in the records as Sergt. William Avery, and with others, sent as Deputy to the General Court. In 1675 he was, with several prominent men, appointed by the court to examine Indians who were suspected of some base designs against the English, and in connection with this entry in the town book of records, he is first given the title of Dr. [17] Dr. William was one of the original proprietors, who, in 1670, took possession of 8000 acres of land at Deerfield (then called Pocumptuck), granted to the town of Dedham in lieu of 2000 acres, taken from the town by the General Court for the Indians at Natick. Twenty-eight years after their arrival and settlement in America, having lived all this time in Dedham, Margaret, wife of Dr. Wil- liam, died. The date of her death, per Dedham Records, was Sept. 28 th , 1678, and soon after he removed to Boston. Dr. Ebenezer Alden, President of Norfolk District Medical Society, at its annual meeting, May io th , 1853, on the subject of the Early History of the Medical Profession in the County of Norfolk, Mass., thus spoke of him: "Dr. William Avery was the earliest educated physician, who is known to have taken up his residence in Dedham. He appears to have been well educated, a man of benevolence, and especially a patron of learning, etc." "It is known that in his life he made liberal donations to various public charities, among which was one to the college at Cambridge." That he did not forget the town which had been the place of his many years' residence, is seen by the following extract from the "History of Dedham," by Worthington, page 36: "Capt. Daniel Fisher and Ensign Fuller report that Dr. William Avery, now (1680) of Boston, but formerly of the Dedham church, out of entire love of his Church and Town, freely gives into their hands, sixty pounds, for a Latin school, to be ordered by the Selectmen and elders. After his removal to Boston, he became a bookseller, accord- ing to the "History of Printing," by Thomas, Vol. II, p. 411, who says, "William Avery was Bookseller, located near the Blue Anchor,* in 1679." [18] Dr. William married for his second wife, Mrs. Maria (Wood- mansey) Tappin, daughter of Mr. Robert Woodmansey, and lived only about six years afterward, dying on the i8 th March, 1686, aged about 65 years. His wife Maria died May 21"*, 1707, aged 78. His tombstone stands in King's Chapel burial ground, Boston, near and facing the middle of the railing on Tremont Street. On it is also inscribed the name of his widow, Maria. It is likely that this stone does not stand where it was originally placed, as a number of tombstones were taken up and set in a row by some person, a barbarism that should never have been sanctioned. "His wife (Margaret) died September 28 th , 1678, & in 1679 he mar- ried Mrs. Maria Tappin, widow of John Tappin, of Boston, to which place he removed, & took charge of the book shop recently conducted by Joseph Tappin, her son, to which he added an apothecary's depart- ment, which is said to have been the first ever established in New Eng- land. In 1679 he published a book the tide of which reads: 'The Neces- sity of pouring out the spirit from on High, etc.' Boston: Printed by John Foster, for William Avery near the sign of the Blew Anchor, 1679." Littlefield' s Early Boston Booksellers, 1642-1711, pp. 93, 94, 123, 180. DEED OF WILLIAM AVERY 4 MARCH 16 th , 1681/2 Gift to His Eldest Son, William* Know all men by by these p r sents, that I, William Avery (Phistion & Chirurgeon) Resident in Boston, in the county of Suffolke, in the Massa- chusetts Collony in New England, upon good Considerations upon ac- count of portion. Do hereby and herewith freely give, grant, & set out to my beloved Eldest son W T illiam Avery (blacksmith) resident in Ded- ham, in y e County of Suffolke aforesaid Do for me, my Heyers, & Sucessers, fully freely & absolutely give unto my say d son William Avery Lieutenant of the Company at Dedham in 1673, and was admitted freeman in 1677. He was the Bookseller mentioned by Thomas in his History, Vol. II, p. 411, whose will is in the probate records; he represented Springfield in the Legislature of 1669. He died at Boston, March i8 th , 1686-87, a g e ^ about sixty-six years, and was buried in Dedham, in the ancient burial place, Range XIV, No. 29, or later in King's Chapel burial ground, both places recording his burial." From the same work there is also this foot-note: "William Avery (1650). Authorities, New Eng d Hist., and General Register, 1847. King's Chapel burial ground by Tho's Bridgman, Boston, 1853. Savage's Gen'l Die*; Dedham Register, 1892, p. 159. Dedham Records, Vol. II, p. 277, Vol. Ill, pp. 179, 221. Sewall papers, Vol. I, p. 170. Dr. Wm. Avery Dyes, March 18 th , 1686-7." [19] & to his Heyers, Execute", Administrate", and Assigns forever, those two house lotts in Dedham, which was granted by the sayd towne to Francis Austin & William Bearstoe, as they lye adjoyneing together in that part of Dedham Towne called East street, as the sayd lotte lyeth by & an bounded & abutteth upon the great Highway or Street towards the west & upon the land of John Fayerbanke sen r . & y e land of Jonathan ffayerbanks towards the South & east and upon the land that I pur- chased of Mr. Dwight towards the East, & upon the land of my son Jona- than Avery towards the North, and also all the houses, buildings, orchards & emprovements upon the sayd Land. MORE, one parcell of woodland, the quantyty being more or less, the same I bought of Mr. Timothy Dwight as it Lyeth by & abutteth upon the aforesayd Land, and upon the lot or land of Jonathan Avery tpwards the west & upon the land of Thomas Herring towards the North, & upon the Mill Creek towards the east and abutteth upon the land of Jonathan ffayerbank towards the South MORE, one parcell of meadow and upland as it lyeth in east street aforesayd, near the house lot or land aforesayd, as it lyeth by & is bounded and abutteth upon the aforesayd Highway or street towards the east, right agaynst the aforesay'd land & abutting upon the land of John ffayerbanks towards the south & upon the little River towards the west and upon the meadow & upland of Jonathan Avery towards the North according to the ditch & fence as it is now de- vided & fenced MORE, nine acres of upland more or less as it lyeth together in Dedham aforesayd near unto south meadow a part thereof I purchased of Thomas Battelle, the remaynder thereof was granted unto me by the Town of Dedham, the true bounds & abuttments of the whole parcel acording as it is described in the book of Grants or Records of the Town of Dedham MORE, eight acres of meadow, more or less, as it lyeth in Dedham aforesayd in that meadow called Rock meadow, as it lyeth by & is bounded and abutteth upon the meadow that was Deacon Henery Chickery 08 towards the North & upon Brook or small river that runeth through rock meadow towards the east & South east, and abutteth upon the wast upland one all other parts. MORE, one parcell or lott of Lands in Dedham aforesayd as it do Lye in that Devision of land near Meadfield bound line the quantity being two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, the whole lot as it was granted by the Towne of Dedham to the Rights of Ens. Francis Chickering, the bounds and abuttments Being described in the Booke of the Towne of Dedham's Records. MORE. Six acres of seader Swamp, be it more or less the whole lot as it Lyeth in Dedham aforesayd, near or adjoineing to the great Pond as it w bounded & abutteth upon the said pond towards the North, upon Turkey Island towards the west and upon the swamp that did belong to Henery Phillips and upon the wigwam plain, one all other parts. MORE, the whole & full Right & Rights of nine Cow Comons and three Sheep xmions in all sorts of Lands in all Devissions of Lands yet at any time hereafter to be layed out in the whole bounds of the Towne of Dedham [20] aforesayd whatsoever. MORE, the moyetie or half part of my lot or par- cell of meadow that I bought of Cornelius ffisher as it lyeth in Fowle Meadow one the Northerly side of the River, being the first meadow streame towards the west that is yet layed out one the Northerly side of the sayd River. MORE, all my sayd Cow Comon Rights in all Devissions of Lands yet layd out or at any time hereafter to be layd out in all the Township & bounds in the Towne of Wrentham MORE, Twenty & six acres of land be it more or less as it Lyeth in the Thousand Acres near Dedham in the bounds of Rocksbery in the seaventh hundred undevided, Lyeing with the widdow Heath, the land formerly Arthur Garys Robert Seaver, & Robert Peper, being the Land I purchased of Thomas fibster, as by a legall Deed thereof may more full apeare. All the aforesayd Lotm ts and parcells of uplands, meadows, swamp and Comon Rights aforesayd as they are described aforesayd, I, the sayd William Avery do avouch and declare to be at the day of the date hereof of my owne proper estate, & in my owne power all the premises Lawfully to dispose & give. And do hereby further warrant all y e aforedescribed premises together with all the buildings, orchards, fences, wood Timber, stone, grass, feed proffits pr.Velidges, improvements, & Comodities thereupon, therein, or thereunto any way appertayneing, or that may at any time hereafter be procured & atained, from all the p. e mesis or any part, or parcell thereof whatsoever TO HAVE & TO HOLD to him, my sayd Son William Avery as a good inheritance, in fee Simple to him, His Heyers, ex- ecuto." Adminestrato" & Assignes in peaceable Possession forever, free, Acquitt & discharged of & from all & all manner of Debts, Mortgages, Leases, Entayles. Dowrys, Titles of Dowry & all other Locall Mollesta- tions & encumberances whatsoever, from, by, or under us or any of us, we the sayd William or my Heyers or successers. And I do herewith Render & give Seizur & Lawful Posession of all the above described p e mises & do further promis to do any further Act, .or Acts things or things do, or may any way tend to the more full confirmation & Loyall asurance of all the above demised p. e mises whensoever I am Reasonably requested thereunto. In Witnes to & for full Confirmation of all the above demised p. e mises, I the Sayd William Avery Sen r . have hereunto set my hand & afixed my scale in y e year one Thousand six hundred Eighty one, the i6 th of March. Read, Signed, Sealed & Delivered in P. e sence of Daniell ffisher WILLI AVERY [SEAL.] Jn Woodmansey Mr. William Avery acknowledged this Instrume. nt to be his Act and Deed, this i6 th March 1681/2. Mrs. Mary Avery did at the same time resigne & disclaim all her right & Title in the p e mises. before SAM"- NORWELL ASSIST. (Sign d ). [21] The following is a copy of the WILL OF WILLIAM AVERY 4 OF DEDHAM, MASS. In Probate Office, Boston, Mass., /5 th October, 1683 I, William Avery, resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, of y e Massachusetts Colony in New England, practitioner in physick and aged about 61 years, being through God's goodness of sound judgment and memory, yet weak in body and expecting my great change quickly, do constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament as followeth, viz: Imprim. That after my decease my body shall be with decent buryal interred, at y e discretion of my executors and that all my just debts and funerall expenses shall duly and Seasonably paid. Item. I give unto my dear and loving Wife Mary, the summe of one hundred pounds of currant mony of New England as I promised upon marriage with her and which is now in her hand. Also I do give unto my said Wife during her life the use of y e part of my housing and lands in Dedham in y e county aforesaid, which are served in my son Jonathan's deed, and the use of halfe my Island meadow, reserved in my son Robert's deed, together with the use of a bed and furniture. Item. I do give and bequeathe to my daughter Mary Tisdale, one hundred pounds in mony or goods at mony price to be paid within three years after my decease, and my will is y* what she hath already received shall be reckoned as part of it. //. I give and bequeath to my two sons-in-law, William Sumner and Benjamin Dyer, twenty pounds apiece, accounting that which each of them hath received already as a part of this legacy to them. And further my will is, that in case my share in certain mines shall prove profitable, then yy shall have twenty pounds apiece more paid them by my Executors at and upon y e advice of my overseers yy judging them to be so profitable as y* there is reason for the same. It. My Will is y* my son Jonathan shall have my two Stills, all my Physick books and instruments, he allowing twenty pounds to my Ex- ecutors for y" same. //. Concerning my part in several mines my Will is, that after all necessary charges laid out or to be laid out upon them be equally satis- fyed, then the profit or income of them, while my wife lives, shall be divided to her and to my four children, William, Robert and Jonathan Avery and Mary Tisdale, and after my wife's decease shall be divided among my said children; and my Will is, that in all these divisions my son William shall have a double share and the rest each of them, a single share or equal share. Further, my Will is, that a third part of all the profit y* shall arise to any and all my children from the said mines shall be improved for publick and charitable uses according to their own dis- cretion. And my Will is, that it shall remain with them from time to time, their heirs or successors, that all necessary charges deducted, a [22] third part of y e profit of y e mine aforesaid, shall be for publick and char- itable use. It. I do nominate and appoint my three sons, William, Robert and Jonathan, Executors of this my last Will and Testament. And do will y* what I have already given them, by deeds or otherwise shall be reckoned as their several portions. Only my Will is y* in case there shall be any estate remaining after all debts and legacies above be- queathed be paid, then my son William shall have thirty pounds more to make him up a double share. And, if afterward there be anything re- maining, it shall be equally divided among my four children. Finally, I do nominate and request my worthy friends Mr. John Wilson of Medfield and Mr. William Adams of Dedham, to be my overseers to give advice and their help to my Executors as yy shall need in reference to this my last Will and I do appoint, y* yy shall have each of them fourty shillings paid them by my executors, within three months after my decease, besides, honest satisfaction for any necessary labor may be expended by them hereabout. And in testimony of my ordaining and constituting this my last Will and Testament. I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of October, in y e year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred and eighty three. Signed and sealed in presence of us Samuel lane Samuel Fearrin. William Avery [SEAL] Sealed Published and confirmed by Mr. William Avery to be his last Will and Testament the 13 th of March, 1686/7 in the presence of us WILLIAM HABERFILD, JOHN HIGGS, JAMES WOODMANSEY [23] R ROBERT AVERY 5 OBERT AVERY 6 second son of Dr. William Avery 4 and Margaret Avery, was baptized in Barkham, Berks, Eng- land, December 7 th , 1649, and was brought to America by his parents and settled in the town of Dedham. Married, 1676, Eliza- beth Lane, of Maiden, Mass., daughter of Job and Sarah Boyce Lane. He died, Dedham, October 3 rd , 1722. She died, Dedham, October 2i 8t , 1746. CHILDREN I Elizabeth', born December 21 st , 1677, Dedham. Married, August 6 th , 1697, William Bullard, of Dedham, born May 19 th , 1673. She died January 28 th , 1746-7. He died February 9 th , 1746-7. They had five children. II Rachel 6 , born September 7 th , 1679, Dedham. Married, May 14 th , 1702, Michael Dwight, born 1679, of Dedham. She died 1775. He died 1761. They had six children. III Robert 8 , born November 28 th , 1681, Dedham, died August 2i 8t , 1723. IV John 6 , born February 4 th , 1685-6, Dedham (Harvard, 1706). Married, November 23 rd , 1710, Ruth Little, of Marshfield, Mass., born November 23 rd , 1686. He died April 23 rd , 1754. She died October i 8 *, 1732. They had ten children. See forward. V Jonathan 8 , born January 2O th , 1694-5, Dedham. Married, February I st , 1721-2, Lydia Healy. They had eight children. VI Abigail 8 , born May 8 th , 1699, Dedham. Married, June 5 th , 1722, John Richards. They had six children. Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, died October 2i 8t , 1746, leaving five children, thirty grandchildren, and fifty-two great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren. Her tombstone reads as follows : " Here lyes Buried y e Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Widow of Ensign Robert Avery. She died Oct y e 2i 8t A. D. 1746 m in y e 9i 8t year of her age." [24] His stone in Dedham cemetery is inscribed thus: "Here Lyes Buried y e Body of Ensigne Robert Avery, who Dec d Oct. y 4 th 1722 in y e 73 d year of his age." The inventory of Robert Avery's estate was as follows: Personal, 189 18 n Real 36 acres, 4 do., and saw mill divided, J 163 352 18 ii Inventory of personal estate of Robert Avery 6 , taken December 27, 1722. Smith's tools, Anvill, Vice, Grindstone and crank, Great Seal Beam, three great hammers, a number of tongs, shears, 3 small hammers, Man- drill old tools Bellows. 22.15. Cattel 2 Oxen, a mare, 2 Heffers coming 4 years old, 2 more coming 3 years, 5 cows, 2 young heff, a sow, a pigg, 12 piggs. 54.10.0. Michael Dwight, his son-in-law, was administrator of the estate. Robert Avery 5 , in his deed of gift of most of his property to his eldest son Robert 6 , mentions "two parcels of Land both lying within the township of Dedham one parcel contains eighteen acres," etc., "bounded upon the swamp commonly called the Dead swamp towards the South," etc. "The other contains fourteen acres and a half," etc., etc., "and is bounded w th land of Benjamin Onion towards the South; land of said Robert Avery, Jr., East and West; and with the church land and land of Joseph Wight towards the North, or however otherwise bounded," etc., etc. The deed, from which the above are only extracts, bears date (Feb. 13 th , 1712/3) "thirteenth day of February, Anno Domini 1712, in the tenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann, of Great Britain, Queen." [2 5 ] JOHN AVERY 8 JOHN AVERY 6 ,* second son of Robert Avery 5 and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, was born in Dedham, Mass., February 4 th , 1685-6. Married, November 23 rd , 1710, Ruth Little, born, Marshfield, Mass., November 23 rd , 1686, eldest daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Sturtevant) Little and great-granddaughter of Richard Warren who came in the Mayflower, November II th , 1620. He died April 23 rd , 1754-t She died October i'*, 1732. Sff page 134, Richard Warren and Family. CHILDREN I John 7 , born August 24 th , 1711, Truro, Mass. (Harvard, 1731). Married, June 13 th , 1734, Mary Deming, of Boston. Born 1706. He died March 31"*, 1796. She died December 2 nd , 1763. They had six children. II Ephraim 7 , born April 22 nd , 1713, Truro (Harvard, 1731)- Mar- ried, September 2 I st , 1738, Deborah Lothrop, of Pomfret, Conn., born January 9 th , 1716-17. He died October 2O th , 1754-t She died October 14 th , 1777. They had nine children. See forward. III Ruth 7 , born July 26 th , 1715, Truro. Married September 6 th , 1733, Rev. Jonathan Parker, of Plympton, Mass., born 1705. She died May 17 th , 1745. He died April 24 th , 1776. They had five children. IV Elizabeth 7 , born March 5 th , 1716-17, Truro. Married John Draper, of Boston. They had one child. V Robert 7 , born May 26 th , 1719, Truro. Married Anna Cushman. He died 1775 (letters of administration granted September 13 th , I77S) "Killed in battle at sea." They had eight children. * John Avery* married, July 3 rd , 1733, for his second wife, Ruth, third daughter of Samuel and Mercy (Freeman) Knowles, of Eastham, granddaughter of Hon. John Freeman, and great-granddaughter of Gov. Prince. Hence his second wife, as his first, was of Pilgrim stock. She was born November, 1694. Died November *** '745- He married, third, June 24 th , 1748, Mrs. Mary Rotch, widow of William Rotch, of Provincetown and Boston. t It is a singular fact that father, son, and grandson all died the same year. Rev. John Avery* died in Truro, Mass., April 23"*, 1754, aged 69. Rev. Ephraim Avery 7 died in Brooklyn, Conn., October 20 , 1754, aged 41, and Septimus Avery 1 died October lo, 1754, aged 5 years. [26] VI Job 7 , born April 6 th , 1721, Truro. Died May 9 th , 1722. VII Job 7 , born January 14 th , 1722-3, Truro. Married, December 30 th , 1742, Jane Thatcher, of Eastham, Mass. He died January 2 nd , 1785. She died November 8 th , 1812, Natick, Mass. They had nine children. * VIII Mary 7 , born January 19 th , 1724-5, Truro. Married Mr. West. IX Abigail 7 , born June 1 st , 1727, Truro. Married, May 28 th , 1745, Elisha Lothrop of Norwich, Conn., brother of Rev. Ephraim Avery's 7 wife. They had six children. X Ann 7 , born July 6 th , 1729, Truro. Died August 25 th , 1747. WILL OF JOHN AVERY 6 By the Will of God, Amen, the eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, I, John Avery of Truro, in the County of Barnstable, in the Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay, in New England, Clerk, being in a weak and low condition as to bodily health, yet thanks be to God, for that measure of under- standing and memory that I yet enjoy, therefore calling to mind what the servant of God says; Job 30: 23 I know that thdu wilt bring me to Death, and to the house appointed for all Living. I think it therefore proper for me to settle the affairs of my body and soul, that when my great change cometh, I may have only this to say, viz., to resign my soul into the hands of God, whose I am, and with whom I Desire to dwell forever. I do therefore make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say, In the first place I give and recommend my Immortal Soul into the hands of the Great God, my Creator and Redeemer, hoping through the Active and Passive Obedience of Christ my Redeemer, to Obtain forgiveness of all my sins, the Justification of my person, and an Inheritance among them that are sanctified by the Holy Spirit; and as to my body I desire it may be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors, hereafter named, to remain in the dust till the General Resur- rection, at which time, I believe it will be seminally raised again by the Mighty Power of God and through Grace appear like unto Christ's glorious body; and as to my lawful heirs of the Worldly Estate with which God has been pleased to favor me with on Earth, My Will is that my beloved wife Mary Avery still wait upon God (as I hope she hath long done) to order all things for her who hath always been the Widow's God, as well as Judge in his holy habitation; Psal: 68, 5; and as to my beloved children my will is that they take care above all things to get * "April 17 th , 1749, gave leave to Barnabas Paine and Job Avery, to open the hedge by the old Try Yard, on the southerly part of the Indian Neck." Mr. Avery was a member of the Board of Selectmen, 1763 to 1766, and town clerk and treasurer from 1767 to 1770. He witnessed his father's signature (Rev. John Avery 6 ) November I M , 1739, to a gift of land to his brother Ephraim. 7 [2 7 ] ready for a dying day; that they don't cumber themselves so about worldly things, as to neglect the better part, but Labour to get durable Riches and Righteousness, so that they may upon good ground be able to apply that word of Comfort to themselves in Psalm 27-10, When my Father and my Mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up. And as to my Worldly Estate my will is that all those debts and duties as I do owe in Right and Conscience to any person whatsoever, be well satis- fied and paid in convenient time, after my decease, by my Executors hereafter named, and as to the Remainder of My Estate after Debts and funeral Charges paid, I give and bequeath as followeth; In the first place I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary Avery, (over and above what she is to have out of my Estate by my agreement with her before marriage) the use and Improvement of my westerly bedroom and my Study appertaining thereto and the use and Improvement of my Woodland on the Easterly side of the Highway that leads from Neighbor Eldreds to the Meeting-house in said Truro, these privileges for her so long as she Continues to be my Relict or Widow, and shall think fit. 2 ndiy j gj ve an( j bequeath to my beloved son John Avery, to him, his heirs, and assigns forever, my Silver Tankard, and forty-three pounds sixteen and eight-pence lawful money, which he has already received, as may appear by a note, under his hand, to him, his heirs and assigns for- ever, said Note of hand in Old Tennor is three hundred twenty-eight pounds fifteen shills: and 4 H CO et w > \o s t^ D JU < H 05 >* s oo" D >, N] u O o > < o rC. g "- tv. 3 Q. "_ j ^ D > - pq V ^ > aJ -C C D w H ?3 M e public institution in the city of New York which has not felt in a material way the benefit of his good will. Of these, however, the Library of Columbia University has been most kindly cared for. The Avery Architectural Library is a most characteristic pro- duction of Mr. Avery's genius. The profession of architecture is peculiarly dependent upon its literature. At the same time the cost of the best architectural books places them beyond the reach of many serious practitioners. This became apparent to Mr. and Mrs. Avery during the short practice of their son, Henry Ogden Avery, perhaps the most brilliant and promising of the younger architects of his day who had gathered for his own use a remarkably valuable collection of books. At the death of their son there came to his parents the thought of the endow- ment of a monumental architectural library, as a suitable memo- rial; a library which should be" easily accessible to all interested persons. Having made this decision, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, quite as a matter of course, placed their great resources in commission with a liberality which has known no limit except their own good judgment and that of the purchasing committee created by the foundation. To this library and this work Mr. Avery has always given most freely of that which after all has been most enriching and most valuable himself. His very last message concerned a gift, under date of August 5 th and he then wrote with trembling hand, "I am a much sicker man than you may imagine," though every other word was cheerful and hopeful. To the very last his interest never flagged, and his generous heart beat strong and true in spite of a keen consciousness of failing physical powers. On the afternoon of the 14 th , simple yet impressive services were held at the family residence, at which in spite of the mid- summer and vacation season the University was well represented. More enduring than on bronze or marble is the inscription which he has written by his life on the hearts of his fellow citizens. Columbia University Quarterly, September, 1904. [55] WHEREAS, SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY, a member of this committee since 1895, and of the Association since 1882, died on August II th , 1904, and WHEREAS, We recognize that he had not only been a loyal supporter of the cause for the promotion of which this Association was formed, and a liberal contributor of funds for the carrying on of its work, but that as an artist he was well known and as a patron of the arts was distinguished; further, that he had taken an intelligent and active interest in public questions generally, seeking to bring his influence to bear in lifting the consideration of such matters to a higher plane, that though he rarely spoke in public, his influence was so exerted that it tended to promote the public welfare; that he was optimistic, in that he believed matters of "political housekeeping" were susceptible of improvement: that he was sympathetic, especially with the aspirations and strivings of the young, and when he gave to Columbia University the valuable Avery Library, it was that both old and young, but especially the young men and women, and the alumni who had not long ceased to be resident there, might have close at hand the means by which they could investigate more deeply the arts and architecture of an earlier time: that he was a philanthropist in a very genuine sense, who had taken to heart and applied the saying of George Sand's Jacques, that there is but one virtue, the eternal sacrifice of one's self; therefore, RESOLVED, That this Executive Committee consider it a privilege to place on its records and directs that it be so placed, this minute indicative of its appreciation of the quiet and unassuming but generous and fruitful life which Mr. Avery led, and the high purpose by which his career always seemed to be actuated. Adopted by the Executive Committee of the Civil Service Reform Association of New York at a meeting held September 28 th , 1904. Mr. Avery was for several years Secretary to the Art Com- mittee of the Union League Club, New York. This led to the organization of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which he be- came one of the founders and a leading director. He held many other positions of honor, having been a Trustee of the New York Public Library, President of The Grolier Club, Vice-president of the Sculpture Society, and honorary member of the Architec- tural League and of the Typothetae Society. He was also one of the original committee for the erection of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The loss of his son, Henry Ogden Avery, a talented young architect, caused him to found in the Columbia University library, the Avery collection of architectural and art books as a memorial. This contains more than fifteen thousand volumes and is probably the best special library of [56] works on architecture in the country. For this Columbia gave him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. Nor were his bene- factions confined to this University. He gave to the Lenox Library seventeen thousand nineteenth-century etchings and engravings, a collection which he had been accumulating for nearly forty years. The Grolier Club, of which he was President, and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, of which he was at one time a Trustee, were also recipients of valu- able gifts, and one of the collections of Oriental porcelain in the Metropolitan Museum was collected and given by him. The New York Evening Post of August 13 th , 1904, in an editorial en- titled "A Public-spirited Merchant," said of him: "The full extent of the late S. P. Avery' s usefulness may never be known. Con- spicuous as his position here in New York was, he gave modestly from the surplus of his collections to many country institutions, ever fostering the love of art in its feeble beginnings." In March, 1897, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, a portrait medallion in gold was presented to him by seventy-five citizens of New York in recognition of his many public services. Samuel Putnam Avery was married November 24 th , 1844, to Mary Ann Ogden, daughter of Henry Aaron Ogden and Katha- rine (Conklin) Ogden, both of New York. He is survived by his widow and two children: Samuel P. Avery, Jr., who until recently conducted the business founded by his father, and Mrs. Fanny F. Welcher, wife of the Rev. M. P. Welcher of Brooklyn. Benjamin Parke Avery, who was Minister to China under President Grant, and died in Peking in 1875, was his only brother. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, October, 1904. [57] BENJAMIN PARKE AVERY 11 BENJAMIN PARKE AVERY 11 , second son of Samuel Put- nam Avery 10 and Hannah Anne (Parke) Avery, was born in New York, November II th , 1828. Married, November 27 th , 1861, at San Francisco, Cal., Mary Ann Fuller, born July 13, 1827. He died November 8 th , 1875, Peking, China. She died June 9 th , 1913. They had no children. The City of Tokio, bearing the remains of the late Benjamin Parke Avery, was telegraphed fifteen miles out at 7:50 A. M. yesterday, and came to anchor at n o'clock off the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's wharf, at the foot of Brannan Street, at which time a salute of seventeen guns was fired from Fort Alcatraz. The remains of Mr. Avery were sent in care of Lieut. H. W. Lyon, U. S. N., who was detached from the U. S. steamer Tennessee and detailed for this duty. The body was embalmed in China by the surgeon of the Russian Embassy, and was placed in an enameled or varnished casket, which was rolled in oil silk and cemented. This was then placed in the outside casket of teak wood, which was also varnished. At 2 o'clock P. M. the Committee in charge held a meeting at the rooms of the Art Association, Dr. J. D. B. Stillman in the chair, other members of the Association and Dr. A. B. Stout from the Committee of the Academy of Sciences being present. It was decided that the body, attended by the friends of the deceased and the Guard of Honor, should be removed from the undertaking rooms of Mr. Gray at 10 o'clock this morning to Dr. Stebbins' church, where it will lie in state until the funeral, which takes place from the church at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Williams of the Committee reported a subscription already of about $500 towards paying the expenses of the obsequies. It was decided also to invite the members of other societies with which Mr. Avery was identi- fied to attend the funeral at the church in a body. At 4 o'clock the Com- mittee with a few friends of the deceased followed the casket from the wharf to the undertaking rooms under the escort of Lieutenant Reno of the Fourth Artillery, with a detachment of thirteen men from Company A of the same regiment from the Presidio, who will constitute the Guard of Honor until the interment takes place. The eulogy upon the life and character of the deceased will be pronounced by Rev. Horatio Stebbins. [58] BENJAMIN PARKE AVERY 11 UNITED STATES MINISTER TO CHINA BORN IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER II, 1828, DIED IN PEKING, CHINA, NOVEMBER 8 th , 1875 From a photograph taken in 1866 Direct descendant of William Avery 4 , who settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1650, and Richard Warren 1 , who came in the Mayflower, 1620, and settled in Plymouth, Mass. Also direct descendant of Richard Park 1 , who sailed from London, England, in the ship Defence, August io th , 1635, and arrived at Boston, Mass., October 3 r(l , 1635- In this memorial service Rev. Dr. Hamilton of Oakland will assist. The music at the church will be rendered by a choir from the Bohemian Club, under the leadership of Joseph Maguire. The Committee appointed to direct the obsequies have selected as pall-bearers the following named gentlemen: Major-General John M. Schofield, U. S. A.; Major-General James Coey, N. G. C.; United States Circuit Judge, Lorenzo Sawyer; United States District Judge, Ogden Hoffman; United States Collector of Customs, Thomas Shannon; United States Naval Officer, Edwin G. Waite; ex-Governor Frederick F. Low; ex-Governor Leland Stanford; I. Friedlander, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and Pay-Director John S. Cunningham, U. S. N. General Schofield made a requisition upon the commander of the National Guard for a regiment of militia, and the following companies, under command of Colonel George W. Granniss, have been detailed in accordance with the order: Emmet Guard, Co. E, Third Infantry, Captain Robert Cleary. MacMahon Grenadier Guard, Co. H, Third Infantry, Captain John H. McMenomy. Sumner Light Guard, Co. E, First Infantry, Captain H. J. Burns. Franklin Light Infantry, Co. D, First Infantry, Captain R. H. Orton. San Francisco Fusileers, Co. C, Second Infantry, Captain George Cantus. Germania Rifles, Co. D, Second Infantry, Captain G. D. Von Senden. The Sumner Light Guard or the Franklin Light Infantry will accom- pany the body to the cemetery, and fire the volleys over the grave. A Tientsin newspaper of November 23 rd says: "The remains of the late Hon. B. P. Avery were transferred this afternoon from the United States Consulate to the United States steamer Monocacy, which is to convey them to Shanghai. The procession formed at 3 o'clock. The coffin, covered with the national flag, was placed on two gun-carriages sent from the Monocacy, and drawn by a company of twelve seamen. A guard of honor from the same vessel consisting of eighty men preceded the bier with reversed arms. At the right of the coffin were members of the Consular staff and two Chinese officials, and at the left, the com- manders of the men-of-war in port, who acted as bearers. Following the remains were the British Minister, Mr. Wade; Mr. Holcombe, Acting Secretary of the United States Legation and now in charge; Consul Shep- pard and Vice-Consul Pethick, as mourners. Then came other naval officers, the American and other foreign residents. While the procession was forming, the United States Consular flag was run up to the top of the staff; just preceding the order to march, it was dropped to half-mast, and at the same moment minute guns commenced firing on board the Monocacy, and continued till the regular salute of nineteen guns due the rank of the lamented Minister had been fired. Mrs. Avery accom- panied the remains of her husband, and goes to Shanghai in the Monocacy. Companies from the English, Russian and French gunboats, drawn up [59] on the bund, saluted the remains as they passed by, presenting arms and rolling the drum. A goodly number of the foreign residents of Tientsin were in attendance. Altogether rather an imposing spectacle was presented to the interested gaze of the Chinese crowd which gathered to witness the ceremonies. On the I st of December the remains were landed at Shanghai from the corvette Monocacy and removed to the United States Consulate General, where they lay in state, awaiting transmission to San Francisco. The only ceremony observed was that the naval officers superintending the landing were in full uniform, the national flag was dropped half-mast and minute-guns were fired. San Francisco Chronicle, January 25 th , 1876. God rest thy soul! O, kind and pure, Tender of heart, yet strong to wield control, And to endure! Close the clear eyes! No greater woe Earth's patient heart, than when a good man dies, Can ever know. With us is night Toil without rest; But where thy gentle spirit walks in light, The ways are blest. God's peace be thine! God's perfect peace! Thy meed of faithful service, until time And death shall cease. Just as our last form goes to press, news comes of the death of Hon. BENJAMIN P. AVERY, United States Minister to China, and late editor of the Overland. The shock is so sudden we can hardly realize our friend has gone from our gaze forever. Have the cruel wires lied, or has his gentle spirit passed from this world of care and pain to "the land where all is peace"? Mr. Avery was in many respects a remarkable man. He typified the ripest fruitage of our western thought and culture. He was essentially Californian, but he represented the finer feminine side of California California in those gentler moods of which we see too little. He had the freshness without the brusqueness of the frontier spirit. Perhaps no one person did so much to educate the people of the State in the right direc- tion to lift the thoughts of men above the sordid interests of the hour and the mean ambitions of personal gain. He embodied in his life and character that spirit of a broader culture, purer morals, and loftier aims which constitute the basis of all healthy growth. He loved California with an almost idolatrous love, but lamented its hard materialism, and [60] strove to make it more worthy of its great destiny. And he was un- wearying in his efforts to elevate and refine. The hours that other workers gave to rest and recreation he devoted to the building up of new aesthetic interests and the study of those gentler arts that uplift society and smooth down the sharp angles of our western life. He was one of those rare men who are estimated rather below than above their true value. His modesty made him shy; and some people, who but half knew him, made the mistake of thinking he lacked force. No man was more firm in upright purpose could be more courageous in the assertion of honest conviction. His adherence to principle was firm and uncompromising. He was constitutionally incapable of putting a falsehood in print, or perverting facts to partisan uses. His pen was never soiled by an attack upon private character. He abhorred with all the intensity of a pure soul the personalities of journalism. His capacity for work was marvelous. We cannot recall a journalist, with perhaps the exception of the late Henry J. Raymond, who could write so rapidly, yet so pointedly and correctly. His well-stored mind poured forth its treasures in a rapid-flowing copious stream. He was equally ready in all departments of journalistic activity. He was an admirable dramatic critic, was well versed in the elementary principles of music, while in the specialty of art criticism he was without a rival among Californian writers. His editorials were models of clear state- ment and strong but elegant English, while all that he wrote was per- vaded by a certain spirit of candor and a power of moral conscience that compelled attention and carried conviction. While the prevailing tone of his mind was serious, few writers could be more delightfully playful, more charmingly humorous. Socially Mr. Avery was very lovable. In him all the virtues seemed harmoniously combined. He was absolutely without guile, as he was without vices. His heart overflowed with love for his fellows. He could not bear to think ill of any one, and if a sense of public duty compelled him to criticise, it was done so kindly, so regretfully, that censure lost half its sting. And his friendships were so firm and steadfast, his trust in those he loved, so deep and unquestioning! Who that has felt the grasp of his manly hand, and looked into the quiet depths of his kindly eye, can ever forget the subtile influence that crept like a balm into his soul? He lived in and for his friends. Caring little for general society, his social world was bounded by a charmed circle of intimates. He was such a delightful companion; so fresh and bright and genial, so apt in repartee, so quaintly witty, so rich in various learning without taint of pedantry. To know him, to be much in his society, to feel the sweet influence of his pure life, was a boon and blessing. He is dead; but the seed of thought and culture he has sown has not fallen on barren ground. His work survives him. The interests he promoted and the institutions he helped found, are living monuments of his beneficent activity. We shall see him no more in the flesh, but his spirit will long be a pervading presence to hosts of loving hearts. San Francisco Overland Monthly, December, 1875. [61] FANNY FALCONER AVERY 12 TfANNY FALCONER AVERY 12 , second daughter of Samuel Putnam Avery 11 , and Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, was born November 3 rd , 1849, Brooklyn, N. Y. Married, February 15 th , 1881, Rev. Manfred P. Welcher, born, October 27 th , 1850, New- ark, N. Y. (Williams College, 1877). She died, Hartford, Conn., July 22 nd , 1918. CHILDREN I Welcher 11 , Emma Parke Avery, born, November 26 th , 1881, New York. II Welcher 13 , Alice Lee, born, May 17 th , 1884, New York. Ill Welcher 13 , Lester Groome, born, July 1 st , 1885, New York. IV Welcher 13 , Amy Ogden, born, March 24 th , 1887, New York. [62] HENRY OGDEN AVERY 12 BORN IN BROOKLYN, N, Y., JANUARY 31 st , 1852, DIED IN NEW YORK, APRIL 3O th , 1890. Direct descendant of William Avery 4 , who settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1650, and Richard Warren 1 , who came in the Mayflower, 1620, and settled in Plymouth, Mass. Also direct descendant of Richard Park 1 , who sailed from London, England , in the ship Defence, August io th , 1635, and arrived at Boston, Mass., October 3 rd , 1635. HENRY OGDEN AVERY 12 TTENRY OGDEN AVERY 12 , second son of Samuel Putnam * -* Avery 11 and Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, was born January 3 I st , 1852, Brooklyn, N. Y. Died, New York, April 3o th , 1890. He never married. "Henry Ogden Avery developed early in life a strong interest in art, and entering the Cooper Union Art School turned his at-, tention especially to architecture. In 1870 he was admitted as a student to the office of his father's friend Russell Sturgis. In September, 1872, he became a student in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, where he applied himself with great zeal to master his chosen profession. Not only that, but to the study of language, of music, of political economy and the history and laws of the land of his birth. "This was his life for several years in the French capital; and after graduating he returned to New York and entered the office of Richard M. Hunt, later on taking up business on his own ac- count, when he achieved considerable success. Meantime his professional zeal was too ardent to be contented with ordinary routine. He delivered lectures before the Architectural League and the Gotham Art students and wrote for Scribntr's Magazine a history of the Paris school of fine arts, also other articles for several periodicals on topics connected with art. It must be that greater work lay before him, but failing health compelled him to withdraw until his death on April 3O th , 1890." The death of Henry O. Avery removes one of the few organizers and superior workers for the good of the profession at large; one of those who had high ideals of professional intercourse and work, whose time was always at the disposal of the Architectural League and other societies with which he was identified. His acquaintance with all the allied arts made his service valuable; he had great efficiency and ability in organiz- [6 3 ] ing and aiding all enterprises that tended to bring architects together and to inculcate an esprit de corps. At a time when so many think only of the almighty dollar, he sacrificed his own interest in service, and service is the hardest thing to get and the most valuable when so unselfish as was his. The American Architect and Building News. The Archaeological Institute of America, New York Society, through the undersigned, who have been appointed a committee for the purpose, records its sense of the loss that it has suffered in the death of Henry Ogden Avery, one of its most zealous members, and one who promised to be a chief support and help of the society and the Institute in all its future work. The undertaking of the Institute is new, and has icached but a slight development as yet; but in looking at the possible future, we can- not but feel that one of our chief hopes has been removed in the taking away of Avery. Thoroughly taught, first in the architectural office of a member of this committee, and then, for an unusual number of years, at the ficole des Beaux Arts and a good Paris atelier; afterward engaged in the active practice of his profession in New York, in one of the largest and busiest offices of the 'city, and independently, he was eminently in- telligent, thoughtful, highly instructed, and high-aiming as an architect, as a decorative designer, and as a member of his profession and of the whole community. In the societies with which he had been connected he was markedly useful, and was willing to sacrifice time and strength for the cause in which he had enlisted; he was not one of those who will accept office for the honor it may give without discharging the duties which it brings with it. In our society he has been a member of the Committee on Mem- bership, and has shown great zeal in that which must be the foundation of all success the filling up of the roll of members. Other services were to come, and the personal esteem felt for him and our personal re- grets at his loss are intensified by our sense of what the cause of archaeology and the study of art have suffered in this premature death. Archaological Institute of America, New York Society. RUSSELL STURGIS FREDERIC J. DE PEYSTER WM. L. ANDREWS. Committee. At its monthly meeting the Secretary moved that the Chapter take appropriate action in honor of the memory of the late Henry O. Avery, practicing member, who died since the last meeting of the Chapter, on Wednesday, April 3O th . After some eulogistic remarks from members the following memorial, prepared by President Littell, was moved, seconded and unanimously adopted: The death of Mr. Henry Ogden Avery is a source of profound regret to those associated with him in this Chapter. Quiet, gentle and unobtrusive, he was always ready to work for the good of others for the interests of the profession at large. His quick [64] intellect gave him weight in council and fitted him for important, active work, which promptly showed the effect of his endeavors, and his genial nature endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. The profession has lost an accomplished artist, an earnest servant, and a faithful brother such men are rare. New York Chapter of the Archi- tectural Institute. A. J. BLOOR. Secretary. At the regular monthly meeting of the Architectural League of New York, May 5 th , 1890, the usual business of the meeting was prefaced by some remarks upon the late Mr. Henry O. Avery by the President, Russell Sturgis, who spoke of the virtues of Mr. Avery. Mr. Briggs and other members made similar addresses. Mr. Wright offered the follow- ing resolution, which was read and adopted: "The Architectural League hereby records the death of H. O. Avery, April 3O th , 1890, and orders spread on its minutes and for publication the following short estimate of his work and character: "'Educated under liberal influences in the office of Russell Sturgis and the ficole des Beaux Arts, he acquired in addition to his natural artistic capabilities a grasp of the arts as a whole which made him a valued member of our organization. He was one of the organizers of the first Architec- tural Exhibition and took a leading part in the reorganization of the League, having been a member.of the executive committee from its start. By his earnestness and experience he encouraged and greatly aided each of our annual exhibitions. His work in this cause indirectly brought about and hastened his death. His ideals of progressional work and in- tercourse were high, and he sought every opportunity to inculcate an esprit de corps that will raise the standards of all artistic labor and make its united influence tell for the best. In doing this he kept modestly in the background, but we who knew his devotion can characterize it as wholly unselfish. This League is indebted to him for all his kindly quali- ties of heart and mind exerted unselfishly and so fully to its benefit. We record his loss in a spirit which would be characteristic of the man whose memory we honor, and regret that his career so full of promise was cut off at so early a period. The Architectural League of New York. F. A. WRIGHT, E. T. HAPGOOD, F. S. LAMB.'" [65] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY MEDAL COMMITTEE Chairman GEORGE F. KUNZ, President of American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Vice-Chairman J. MONROE HEWLETT, Fellow American Institute of Architects. Treasurer FREDERICK R. HALSEY, Trustee of the New York Public Library. Secretary EDWARD R. SMITH, Reference Librarian, Avery Library, Columbia University. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University. JOHN B. PINE, Clerk of Trustees, Columbia University. ROBERT W. DE FOREST, President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A. AUGUSTUS HEALY, President of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. EDWARD ROBINSON, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ROBERT B. WOODWARD, Vice-President of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON, President of the American Numismatic Society. CASS GILBERT, Past President of the American Society of Architects, and the Architectural League of New York. WILLIAM HENRY Fox, Director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. JOHN W. ALEXANDER, President of the National Academy of Design. EDWIN H. ANDERSON, Director of the New York Public Library. HERBERT ADAMS, President of the National Sculpture Society. SAMUEL W. FAIRCHILD, President of the Union League Club. FREDERICK DIELMAN, President of the Fine Arts Association. FREDERICK A. GOETZE, Dean of Applied Science, Columbia University. FRANK D. FACKENTHAL, Secretary of Columbia University. FREDERICK PAUL KEPPEL, Dean of Columbia College. AUSTIN W. LORD, Professor of Architecture, Columbia University. ^ ALFRED D. F. HAMLIN, Professor History of Architecture, Columbia University. FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN, Professor Department of Architecture, Columbia University. ARTHUR W. Dow, Professor of Art, Teachers College. TALCOTT WILLIAMS, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University. JAMES R. WHEELER, Professor of Greek Archaeology, Columbia University. FREDERICK C. HICKS, Acting Librarian, Columbia University. FRANK WEITENKAMPF, Curator of Prints, New York Public Library. ALEXANDER W. DRAKE, Late Art Editor of The Century Magazine. McDoucALL HAWKES, President of the Museum of French Art Institute in the United States. EDWARD G. KENNEDY, President of The Grolier Club. WILLIAM LORING ANDREWS, Hon. Librarian Metropolitan Museum of Art. FREDERICK A. LUCAS, Director of the American Museum of Natural History. ROBERT GRIER COOKE, President of the Fifth Avenue Association. EDWARD D. ADAMS, Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A. A. ANDERSON, Hon. President of the American Art Association of Paris. HOWARD MANSFIELD, Treasurer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. J. SANFORD SALTUS, Hon. President Joan of Arc Statue Committee. SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY* T)EDIGREE connection with Robert Avery 1 , of Pill, Somer- set County, England, whose will bears date of July 27 th , 1575, and Richard Warren, of England, who came to America in the Mayflower, November II th , 1620. 1. Robert Avery 1 , of Pill, Somerset County, England. He died pre- vious to October 14 th , 1575, that being the date of the proving of his will. He had three sons, William 2 , Richard 2 , Thomas 2 . 2. William Avery 2 , of Congresburie, England, died ?. He had one son Robert 3 ; whether there were others, records do not say. 3. Robert Avery 3 , of Wokingham, England. His will, found in the Diocese of Doctor's Commons, bears date March 3O th , 1642. He mar- ried Joanne and had three sons, William 4 , born 1622, Robert 4 , Frances 4 . 4. Great-grandfather, William Avery 4 , born Wokingham, England, 1622. Died Boston, Mass., March i8 th , 1686. Great-grandmother, Margaret (?) Avery, born England. Died Dedham, Mass., September 28 th , 1678. 5. Great-grandfather, Robert Avery 8 , baptized Barkham, England, December 7 th , 1649. Died Dedham, Mass., October 3 rd , 1722. Great- grandmother, Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, born Maiden, Mass., 1655. Died Dedham, Mass., October 21 st , 1746. 6. Great-grandfather, John Avery 6 , born Dedham, Mass., February 4 th , 1685/6. Died Truro, Mass., April 23 rd , 1754. Great-grandmother, Ruth (Little) Avery, born Marshfield, Mass., November 23 rd , 1686. Died Truro, Mass., October I st , 1732. Warren-Little Family, p. 133. 7. Great-grandfather, Ephraim Avery 7 , born Truro, Mass., April 22 nd , 1713. Died Brooklyn, Conn., October 2O th , 1754. Great-grand- mother Deborah (Lothrop) Avery, born Pomfret, Conn., January 9 th , 1716/7. Died Highlands, N. Y., October 4 th , 1777. 8. Great-grandfather, Ephraim Avery 8 , born Brooklyn, Conn., April 13 th , 1741. Died Rye, N. Y., November 5 th , 1776. Great-grand- mother, Hannah (Platt) Avery, born 1737. Died Rye, N. Y, May 13 th , 1776. 9. Great-grandfather, John William Avery 9 , born Rye, N. Y., May 24 th , 1767. Died New York, 1799. Great-grandmother, Sarah (Fair- child) Avery, born Stratford, Conn., February 28 th , 1773. Died New York, May 6 th , 1837. Fairchild Family, p. 80. [6 7 ] 10. Grandfather, Samuel Putnam Avery 10 , born New York, January i*S 1797- Died New York, July 24 th , 1832. Grandmother, Hannah Anne (Parke) Avery, born New York, April 24 th , 1804. Died Jersey City, N. J., June 26 th , 1888. Parke Family, p. 107. 11. Father, Samuel Putnam Avery 11 , born New York, March 17 th , 1822. Died New York, August II th , 1904. Mother, Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, born New York, December 1st, 1825. Died Hartford, Conn., April 29th, 1911. 12. Samuel Putnam Avery 12 , eldest son of Samuel Putnam Avery 11 and Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 7 th , 1847- [68] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY 12 BORN IN BROOKLYN, N. Y., OCTOBER 7 th , 1847 Direct descendant of William Avery 4 , who settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1650, and Richard Warren, who came in the Mayflower, 1620, and settled in Plymouth, Mass. Also direct descendant of Richard Park, who sailed from London, England, in the ship Defence, August io th , 1653, and arrived at Boston, Mass., October 3 rd , 1635- THE FAIRCHILD FAMILY of STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT Thomas Fairchild, 1638 All the material relating to the Fairchild Family was selected from Orcutt's " History of Stratford and Bridgeport," Vols. I, II, published by the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886. STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT OTRATFORD village is located on the Housatonic River about one and a half miles from Long Island Sound, in Fairfield County, Conn., fourteen miles from New Haven and fifty-eight miles from New York City. The original township, being twelve miles in length north and south, and about seven miles wide east and west, comprised most of the territory now included in the five townships of Stratford, Bridgeport, Huntington, Trumbull and Monroe. Stratford was the seventh plantation settled within the present territory of Connecticut. Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield, the first three, were commenced in the years 1635-6; Saybrook was commenced under John Winthrop, the younger, in 1635, although but few families had arrived there in 1636. Mr. Davenport's company from London, with Mr. Pruden's, arrived at New Haven the middle of April, 1638, and the next spring Mr. Pruden and his people who had remained all winter at New Haven, settled at Milford; and in the spring of 1639 a number of families settled at Stratford, then known by the In- dian name of Cupheag. The Patent for the territory of Connecticut, given by the Earl of Warwick in 1631, under King Charles I, included "all that part of New England, in America, which lies and extends itself from a river then called Narragansett river, the space of forty leagues upon a straight line near the sea shore towards the south- west, west and south, or west as the coast lieth towards Virginia," and therefore covered more area than the present State of Con- necticut. The title to this land was given to the Earl of War- wick by the Plymouth Company of England. On "the 3 d of November, 1620, just before the arrival of Mr. Robinson's people [71] in New England, King James I, by letters patent, under the great seal of England, incorporated the Duke of Lenox, the Mar- quis of Buckingham and Hamilton, the Earls of Arundel and Warwick and others, to the number of forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen, by the name 'of the Council established at Plym- outh in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling and gov- erning of New England in America/ and granted unto them, and their successors and assigns, all that part of America lying and being in breadth from forty degrees of north latitude from the equinoctial line, to the forty-eighth degree of said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea." The patent ordained that "this tract of country should be called New Eng- land in America, and by that name have continuance forever." In 1630, this Plymouth Company conveyed to the Earl of Warwick the territory named in the Connecticut Patent, and which he sold, as above, to the parties named in that Patent to the number of eleven persons. The difficulty of ascertaining the date when Stratford was made a town, with many other items of its organization and first settlement, is in consequence of the town records for ten of the first years having disappeared. Not only were the plantations of Stratford and Fairfield called towns in April, 1640, but they had freemen who no doubt voted in the adoption of the first constitution, in January, 1638 (old style), they being a part of the government at the time, and hence in no great hurry to effect an organization of the town which would be burdensome to maintain; for during several years after the commencement of the settlement they seem to have been released from taxes, and perhaps this is the reason why representatives were not sent earlier than they were. Stratford does not appear to have sent representatives to General Court until 1642, when Philip Groves filled that posi- tion. The taxes for Stratford and Fairfield were collected to- gether as one plantation until 1647, when they were ordered by the court to be divided. Also their courts were held jointly some years by magistrates appointed for the purpose. [72] In a list of the owners of fence about the first common field, the fence being a little over 353 rods in length, which if it sur- rounded the entire field enclosed nearly fifty acres, but if it was a fence direct across the neck to Fresh Pond, it would have en- closed several hundred acres, or all of Great Neck as well as Little Neck. This list is without date but must have been recorded before 1651, since William Burritt's name is on it and he died before that year. It is probable that this is not a complete list. There are forty-one names and Thomas Fayrchild is number 16 with 6 rods, 9 feet. [73] THOMAS FAIRCHILD 1 FAIRCHILD 1 was among the first settlers of Strat- ford, but whether he came here in 1638 or 1639 is not known. He was a merchant and may have come with his brother-in-law Thomas Sherwood, or with William Judson in 1638, for the pur- pose, principally, of trading with the Indians, or he may have joined Mr. Blakeman's company at Wethersfield and come in 1639. Mr. Fairchild's wife was the daughter of Robert Sea- brook, and therefore sister to the wives of Thomas Sherwood, William Preston, of New Haven, and Lieut. Thomas Wheeler, of Milford. In what year Mrs. Fairchild died is not known, but her last child was born in 1653, and Mr. Fairchild married, second, Cath- arine Craigg, of London, a relative of Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting of Hartford. He died December 14 th , 1670, and the selectmen re- ported his inventory at 350. He had four sons by his first wife and two by his second. Mr. Fairchild was one of the most prominent and respected men of Stratford. He was appointed by the General Court, with Thomas Sherwood and the Constables of Stratford, to draft men in 1654 for the then proclaimed Narragansett war; and again on a committee with Philip Groves, as leather sealer of Fairfield County. In 1654 he was elected Deputy; and a number of times after that, and in 1663, he was nominated for an assistant, and the same for three successive years, but was not elected. As these nominations were made at or by the General Court, this shows the estimation of him by that body. In 1664 he was appointed a Commissioner who was a Justice of the Peace, for Stratford, and was reappointed afterwards. [74] The family name is of long standing in England, the coat of arms indicating that members of it were in the Crusades from A. D. 1096 to 1400. CHILDREN OF THE FIRST WIFE I Samuel 1 , born in Stratford August 31'*, 1640. He was probably the first white child born there. Married, , Mary, daughter of Moses Wheeler and Miriam (Hawley) Wheeler. She was born September 13 th , 1655. He died about 1704. They had four children. S^ forward. Moses Wheeler was in New Haven as early as 1641 and probably came from London in 1638. He married Miriam, the sister of Joseph Hawley; and he was brother-in-law to the Rev. Adam Blakeman, the first pastor at Stratford. The Wheeler family had been resident in the county of Kent, England, many generations before Moses was born, which occurred, according to the records, in 1598. He was in Stratford in 1648, when the privilege of a ferry across the Housatonic River was granted him by the General Court. He died March I st , 1698, aged 100 years. II Sarah 2 , born in Stratford February 19 th , 1641-2. Married, , Jehiel Preston, her cousin. He was baptized - - 14 th , 1640. He was a representative in 1683. They had six children. Ill, John 2 , born in Stratford May I st , 1644. Died young. IV Thomas 2 , born in Stratford February 21"*, 1645. Married, , Sarah , and died in Woodbury March 27 th , 1686-7. They had three children. V Dinah 2 , born in Stratford July 14 th , 1648. VI Zechariah 2 , born in Stratford December 14 th , 1651. Married, November 3 rd , 1681, Hannah, daughter of John Beach. She was born December , 1665. He died June 23 rd , 1703. In a list of landed pro- prietors, January 13 th , 1699, he was credited with owning twenty acres. They had nine children. John Beach appears first on Stratford records in 1661, with Richard Beach, probably a brother, and purchased his first land there May 2i 8t , 1660. VII Emma 2 , born in Stratford October , 1653. Married, April 20", 1676, Hackaliah Preston, her cousin. He was baptized April 9 th , 1643, was the son of William Preston of New Haven and grandson of Robert Seabrook. They had one son. [75] SAMUEL FAIRCHILD 2 OAMUEL FAIRCHILD 2 , eldest son of Thomas Fairchild 1 and ^ (Seabrook) Fairchild, was born in Stratford August 31'*, 1640. Married, , Mary, daughter of Moses Wheeler and Miriam (Hawley) Wheeler. She was born September 13 th , 1655. He died about 1704. CHILDREN I Robert 1 , born in Stratford , 1681. His grandfather Wheeler left him some property. II Samuel*, born in Stratford , 1683. Married, January 3 rd , 1705, Ruth, daughter of John Beach, Jr., and Hannah (Staples) Beach, of Fairfield. She was born about 1685 and died January 3O th , 1722. They had seven children. See forward. III Edward 8 , born in Stratford. Removed to Newtown before 1705 (?). Married, January 25 th , 1710, Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer Blakeman and Dorothy (Smith) Blakeman. She was born February io th , 1688. They had five children. IV Jonathan 3 , born in Stratford . [76] SAMUEL FAIRCHILD 3 CAMUEL FAIRCHILD 3 , second son of Samuel Fairchild 1 ^ and Mary (Wheeler) Fairchild, was born in Stratford - , 1683. Married, January 3 rd , 1705, Ruth, daughter of John Beach, Jr., and Hannah (Staples) Beach, of Fairfield. She was born about 1685, and died January 3O th , 1722. CHILDREN I Anna 4 , born in Stratford October 12 th , 1706. Died February 9 th , 1722. II Mary 4 , born in Stratford 27 th , 1708. Married, March 7 th , 1728-9, Samuel Adams. They removed to Litchfield, where she died in her io6 th year. They had six children. In a list of Representatives from Stratford, before 1776, Samuel Adams' name is mentioned twelve times, from 1748 to 1770. Frequently he is called Captain. III Samuel 4 , T>orn in Stratford February 3 rd , 1710. Married, April 5 th , 1745, Mary, daughter of John Curtiss. He died in 1790, aged 80. She died in 1783, aged 64. They had three children. See forward. The Curtiss family subscribed 159 toward building a Congregational church in 1743. The members of this church, however, disagreed, and one faction formed an Episcopalian body the same year, and built Christ's Church, in which Samuel Fairchild had a pew. IV Ephraim 4 , born in Stratford August 28 th , 1713. Settled in Weston. . V Abigail 4 , born in Stratford December 15 th , 1715. VI Eunice 4 , born in Stratford May 2O th , 1718. Died April 21 st , 1721. VII Benjamin 4 , born in Stratford (?). [77] SAMUEL FAIRCHILD 4 OAMUEL FAIRCHILD 4 , eldest son of Samuel Fairchild 3 and ^ Ruth (Beach) Fairchild, was born in Stratford February 3 rd , 1710. Married, April 5 th , 1745, Mary, daughter of John Curtiss. He died in 1790, aged 80. She died in 1783, aged 64. CHILDREN I John Curtiss 6 , born in Stratford February , 1745-6. Married, November 6 th , 1768, Elizabeth Burch. She died in 1804, aged 53. They had nine children. See forward. II Abel 5 , born in Stratford. Baptized January , 1753. In a list of persons who withdrew from the Congregational Society of North Stratford and of Trumbull and united with the Episcopal Church, with the dates and the places to which they went, Abel Fairchild is mentioned, March 2O th , 1788, as going to Ripton. III Robert 5 . [78] JOHN CURTISS FAIRCHILD* JOHN CURTISS FAIRCHILD 5 , eldest son of Samuel Fair- ** child 4 and Mary (Curtiss) Fairchild, was born in Stratford February , 1745-6. Married, November 6 th , 1768, Elizabeth Burch. She died in 1804, aged 53. In a list of returns for back pay, "5 th Regiment, 2 d Company, commanded by Lt. Col. Samuel Whiting, of Stratford, commencing 26 th June, 1775, and ending 29 th November," is found the name of Jno. Curtiss Fair- child. This company went to Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, N. Y. CHILDREN I William 8 , born in Stratford , 1769. II John 6 , born in Stratford , 1770. Married, May 31'*, 1795, Abigail, called "Nabby," daughter of Samuel Patterson and Esther (Rowland) Patterson, of Weston, Conn. She was born February 19 th , 1772. He died in 1800. They had one child. III Joseph 6 , born in Stratford , 1772. Died , 1775. IV Sarah 6 , born in Stratford February 28 th , 1773. Married, November i6 th , 1793,* John William Avery 9 , born May 24 th , 1767. She died May 6 th , 1837. He died , 1799, aged 32. They had four children. See forward. V Curtiss 6 , born in Stratford , 1775. VI Tabitha 6 , born in Stratford , 1777. Died , 1778. VII Ruth 6 , born in Stratford , 1779. Married Brown. VIII Benjamin 6 , born in Stratford , 1781. IX Reuben 6 , born in Stratford , 1784. * See Valentine's Manual, 1793. [79] SARAH FAIRCHILD' OARAH FAIRCHILD 6 , eldest daughter of John Curtiss Fair- ^ child 6 and Elizabeth (Burch) Fairchild, was born in Strat- ford February 28 th , 1773. Married, November i6 tk , 1793, John William Avery 9 , eldest son of the Rev. Ephraim Avery 8 . He was born May 24 th , 1767, Rye, N. Y. She died May 6 th , 1837. He died , 1799, aged 32. CHILDREN I Avery 7 , John William, born in New York September 24 th , 1794. In early life was lost at sea in the Jeanette. II Avery 7 , Elisha Lothrop, born in New York February 27 th , 1796. Married, , 1822, Jane Gunning. She died September , 1837. They had three children. Married, second, April 12 th , 1839, Sarah, daughter of David Coit, of New London, Conn. She was born , 1807. He died August 3 rd , 1878. She died February 12 th , 1892. They had four children. III Avery 7 , Samuel Putnam, born in New York January I st , 1797. Married, January I st , 1821, Hannah Anne Parke 7 , of New York, daughter of Benjamin Parke 8 and Susanna Maria (Keens) Parke. She was born April 24 th , 1804. He died July 24 th , 1832. She died June 26 th , 1888. They had six children. See forward. IV Avery 7 , Sarah Elizabeth, born in New York November 3 rd , 1798. Married, , 1817, Ebenezer R. Dupignac, of New York. He was born December i6 th , 1794. He died November ,1864. They had four children. [80] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY' CAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY 7 , third son of John William ^ Avery 9 and Sarah (Fairchild 6 ) Avery, was born in New York January I st , 1797. Married, January i", 1821, Hannah Anne (Parke 7 ) Avery. He died July 24 th , 1832. She died June 26**, 1888. CHILDREN I Samuel Putnam 8 , born in New York March 17 th , 1822. Married, November 24 th , 1844, Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Aaron and Katha- rine (Conklin) Ogden. She was born December I st , 1825. He died in New York August II th , 1904. She died in Hartford, Conn., April 29 th , 1911. They had six children. See forward. II Hannah Stanton 8 , born in New York October 12 th , 1824. Married, May 2 nd , 1854, Charles Russell Cornell, of Troy, N. Y. He was born June 2O th , 1806. She died June 25 th , 1885, in New York. He died Sep- tember 12 th , 1866. They had one daughter. III Susan Jane 8 , born in New York December II th , 1826. Married, December 5 th , 1850, Stephen Avery, of Hudson, N. Y. She died March i8 th , 1912, in Santa Barbara, Cal. He died January I st , 1853. They had one son. IV Benjamin Parke 8 , born in New York November II th , 1828. Mar- ried, November 27 th , 1861, Mary Ann Fuller, of San Francisco, Cal., born July 13 th , 1827. He died November 8 th , 1875, in Peking, China. She died June 9 th , 1913. They had no children. V Mary Rebecca Halsey 8 , born in New York August io th , 1830. Married, June 7 th , 1856, Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, of Bound Brook, N. J., born January 7 th , 1832. She died June 7 th , 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. He died April 12 th , 1902, in Brooklyn, N. Y. They had two children. VI Charles Russell 8 , born in New York, October , 1832. Died August 5 th , 1833. [81] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY 8 OAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY 8 , third son of Samuel Putnam ^ Avery 7 and Hannah Anne (Parke) Avery, was born in New York March 17 th , 1822 (M.A., Columbia University, 1896). Mar- ried, November 24 th , 1844, Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Aaron and Katharine (Conklin) Ogden. She was born December I st , 1825. He died in New York August II th , 1904. She died in Hartford, Conn., April 29 th , 1911. CHILDREN I Mary Henrietta 9 , born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 4 th , 1845. Died in New York April 7 th , 1900. II Samuel Putnam 9 , born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 7 th , 1847. Sff forward. III Fanny Falconer 9 , born in Brooklyn, N. Y., November 3 rd , 1849. Married, February is th , 1881, Rev. Manfred P. Welcher, of Newark, N. Y. (Williams College, 1877), born October 27 th , 1850. Died in Hart- ford, Conn., July 22 nd , 1918. They had four children. IV Henry Ogden 9 , born in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 31"*, 1852. Died in New York April 3O th , 1890. V Emma Parke 9 , born in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 29 th , 1853. Died in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 3 I st , 1857. VI Ellen Walters 9 , born in Brooklyn, N. Y, January I 9 *, 1861. Died in New York March 25 th , 1893. [82] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY* pEDIGREE connection with Thomas Fairchild 1 , who came to -* Stratford, Conn., in 1638. 1. Grandfather, Thomas Fairchild, bom in England . Died December 14 th , 1670. Grandmother, - - (Seabrook) Fairchild, born in England . "It is not known when she died but her last child was born in 1653." 2. Grandfather, Samuel Fairchild, born in Stratford, Conn., August 31 st , 1640. Died , 1704 (?). Grandmother, Mary (Wheeler) Fair- child, born in Stratford, Conn., September 13 th , 1655. Died 3. Grandfather, Samuel Fairchild, bora in Stratford, Conn., 1683. Died . Grandmother, Ruth (Beach) Fairchild, bom in Strat- ford, Conn., , 1685 (?). Died January 3O th , 1722. 4. Grandfather, Samuel Fairchild, born in Stratford, Conn., February 3 rd , 1710. Died , 1790. Grandmother, Mary (Curtiss) Fairchild, born in Stratford, Conn., , 1719. Died , 1783. 5. Grandfather, John Curtiss Fairchild, born in Stratford, Conn., Feb- ruary , 1745-6. Died . Grandmother, Elizabeth (Burch) Fairchild, born in Stratford, Conn., , 1751. Died , 1804, aged 53. 6. Grandfather, John William Avery 9 , born in Rye, N. Y., May 24 th , 1767. Died in New York , 1799. Grandmother, Sarah (Fairchild) Avery, born in Stratford, Conn., February 28 th , 1773. Died in New York, May 6 th , 1837. Avery Family, p. 48. 7. Grandfather, Samuel Putnam Avery, born in New York January !"* *797- Died in New York July 24 th , 1832. Grandmother, Hannah Anne (Parke) Avery, born in New York April 24 th , 1804. Died in Jersey City, N. J., June 26 th , 1888. Parke Family, p. 107. 8. Father, Samuel Putnam Avery, born in New York March 17 th , 1822. Died in New York August II th , 1904. Mother, Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, born in New York December i'*, 1825. Died in Hart- ford, Conn., April 29 th , 1911. 9. Samuel Putnam Avery was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 7**, 1847. [83] THE PARK FAMILY Richard Park, 1635 AUTHORITIES CITED FOR the following record of the PARK FAMILY in America, see: Avery Family in America, Dedham Branch. Barry's History of Framingham, Massachusetts. Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown, Massachusetts. Connecticut in the Revolution. Denison's Westerly and its Witnesses. Drake's Dictionary of American Biography. Drake's History of Newton, Massachusetts. Genealogy of the Cornell Family. Genealogy of the Stantons. General Register, Society of Colonial Wars, 1899-1902. Jackson's History of Newton, Massachusetts. Mackenzie's Colonial Families, U. S. A. Vol. VI. Narragansett Historical Register. National Cyclopaedia of American History. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, October, 1904. Paige's History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Parke and Parks of Massachusetts. Prominent Families of New York, 1898. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England. Some Account of the Park Family. The Mayflower Descendants. Vol. III. Vital Records of Westerly, Rhode Island. Westerly Church Records, 1751. Year Book, Sons of the Revolution, 1909. [8 7 ] "VIRTUS" "Gules on a pale argent three buchs heards cabossed of the field, is borne by the name of Parke and was confirmed to Tho. Parke of Wisbeach in the Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire by Sir Willm Segar, Garter King at Arms 1618." Guillims Display of Hfraldry. PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF PARK OF GRIMSBY Thomas de Park or Parco, Lord of Grimsby temp. King John r William de Park of Park, co. Glouc_ & Grimsby r ~ ' Beatrice eldest Alicia second Aleanora youngest daur & coheir daur & coheir daur & coheir From Baker's History of Northamptonshire. Richard del Parke held the manor of Coldpike Hill by the Knights service 14 Inquisition P. M. 1411. I ^T Gerard Parke son & heir Edward Parke held the- aged 21 in 1411. ob. s. p. manor & tenements & 100 acres which his father acquired of Ralph Neville, Inq. P. M. 1468. Isabella Parke married . . . Walher. From Jurhis History of Durham. [8 9 ] THE PARK FAMILY IN AMERICA J^ICHARD PARK 1 , born in England about 1602, sailed from " London in the ship Defence, August io* h , 1635, and arrived at Boston October 3 rd , 1635, bringing with him his wife Margery and four children. The "Original Lists," edited by John Camjlen Hotten, under "Register of the names of all y e Pasinger w oh Passed from y e Port of London for on whole yeare Endinge at X m " 1635 ", page 105, has the following: Xjo die Julij 1635 Theis vnder written names are to be transported to New England im- barqued in the Defence of Lndon Edward Bostock Mr p Certificate of his Conformitie in Religion & that he is no Subsedy man. A miller RICHARD PERK 33 MARGERY PERK 40 ISABELL PERK 7 yer ELIZABETH PERK 4 Parke and Parks of Massachusetts, p. 25. There were also two sons, Richard and Thomas, although their names do not appear on the passenger list. "After Sep- tember I st , 1656," Richard Park 1 married, second, Sarah, daughter of William and Jane Collier,* of Duxbury, Mass., widow of Love Brewster> of the same place. He died 1665 (?). His will is dated July 12 th , 1665, and the inventory August 19 th , 1665. There is no record of the death of the first wife, Margery. The second wife died April 26 th , 1691. CHILDREN (OF THE FIRST WIFE) I Richard 2 , born in England, probably before 1628. Married, Mary (?). On October 14 th , 1678, Richard Park, of Cambridge, planter, and his * See Nathaniel Warren 1 , page 128. [91] wife Mary, conveyed to Joseph Wilson "all that tract of land on which I have erected my now dwelling house," etc. As shown in the Cambridge Proprietors' Records of 1642, this is the property which Richard Park 1 owned at that time. They had two children. Parke and Parks of Massa- chusetts, pp. 31-34. II Thomas 1 , born in England, 1628-9. Married, December I st , 1653, Abigail Dix, of Watertown, born May 21 st , 1637. He died August II th , 1690. She died February 3 rd , 1691. They had nine children. See forward. III Isabell 2 , born about 1625, in England. Married Francis Whit- more, of England, born 1625. She died March 3 I st , 1665. He died October 12 th , 1685. They had seven children. Whitmore Genealogy, pp. 1-13. IV Elizabeth 2 , born 1631, in England. Married Edward Winship, of Cambridge. She died September 19 th , 1690. They had children. Richard Park 1 settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1635. He was a proprietor at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), in 1642. His house was near the commons in Cambridge. In a division of lands in 1647, he had eleven acres in Cambridge Village, bounded west on Mr. Edward Jackson's land, and the highway to Dedham was laid out through it in 1648. The very ancient dwelling house which was pulled down about 1800 was supposed to have been built by him. It stood within a few feet of the spot now occupied by the Eliot church. Previous to 1652, he owned a large tract of land in the N. W. part of the village bounded west by the Fuller Farm, North by Charles River, East by the Dummer Farm and South and East by the Mahew Farm. It contained 600 acres which he probably bought of Pastor Shepard or his heirs. By his will dated Dec. 5, 1665, witnessed by Elder Wiswall and Hugh Mason, he bequeathed to his only son Thomas all his houses and lands, after the death of his wife Sarah. By his inventory dated 19, 8, 1665, taken by John Sherman and John Spring, the dwelling house, barn, out houses and 600 acres of land adjoining, whereof 20 acres is broken up, is appraised at 660 and 29 acres elsewhere at 100. The whole amount of the inventory was 972. In 1657 he was one of a committee, with Edward Jackson, John Jackson, and Samuel Hyde, to lay out and settle highways in the village. During the contest between the village and Cambridge, to be set off, he sent a petition to the Court in 1661 praying to [92] 1 HIST SL'TTI ! Ml ... I n-,2i Bt , 1717-8. They had seven children. See forward. III Abigail*, born March 3 rd , 1658, in Cambridge. Married, December 9 th , 1679, John Fiske, of Watertown, born November 2O th , 1655. He died January 6 th , 1718. They had eight children. Pierce's Fiske Geneal- ogy, p. 91. IV Edward 1 , born April 8 th , 1661. Married, March 13 th , 1694-5, Martha Fiske, of Newton, born January 12 th , 1670-1. He died March I**, 1745. They had four children. V Richard 1 , born December 21 st , 1663, in Newton. Married Sarah King, of Cambridge Farms. He died February I st , 1737-8. She died May i6 th , 1727. They had four children. VI Sarah 3 , born January 21 st , 1666, in Newton. Married, August 4 th , 1686, John Knapp, Jr., of Newton, born May 4 th , 1661. She died in 1727. He died in 1733. They had two children. VII Rebecca 1 , born April 13 th , 1668, in Watertown. Married, , 1685-6, John Sanger, of Watertown, born September 6 th , 1657. Died January, 1705. They had six children. Genealogies and History of Water- toton, Massachusetts, Vol. I, p. 422. VIII Jonathan*, born August 27 th , 1670, in Watertown. Married, March i8 th , 1689, Anna Spring, of Watertown, born September 21**, 1671. He died January 23 rd , 1718-9. She died April 27 th , 1691. Gene- alogies and History of Watertown, Massachusetts, Vol. I, p. 385. IX Elizabeth 1 , born July 28 th , 1679, in Newton. Married, , 1698, John Holland, of Watertown, born April 7 th , 1674. They had eleven children. [94] "Thomas Park* settled upon the 600 acres left him by his father and his home was near the Bemis Mills on the south side of the Charles River. The inventory of his estate was dated September 3O th , 1690, and was witnessed by William Bond, Isaac Williams and Nathan Fiske. The estate was divided among his heirs, October 3 rd , 1691, and finally settled, March 12 th , 1693. [951 JOHN PARK* JOHN PARK', second son of Thomas Park 2 and Abigail (Dix) ** Park, was born in Newton September 6 th , 1656. Married, second, April 5 th , 1694, Elizabeth Miller, of Watertown. He died March 21 st , 1718. CHILDREN I Elizabeth 4 , born February 24 th , 1695. Died young. II John 4 , born December 2O th , 1696, in Newton. Married, July 14 th , 1720, Abigail Lawrence, of Newton. He died May 21 st , 1747. Her will is dated January 3 rd , 1757. They had six children. III Solomon 4 , born October i6 th , 1699, in Newton. Married, June 2 I st , 1722, Lydia Lawrence, of Newton. He died January 3 rd , 1754. They had seven children. IV Elizabeth 4 , born February 27 th , 1701, in Newton. Married, November 3O th , 1720, Joseph Morse, of Newton, born August 19 th , 1693. V Abigail 4 , born April 2O th , 1702, in Newton. Married, June i6 th , 1724, Nathaniel Whittemore. VI Joseph 4 , born March 12 th , 1705, in Newton. Married, June is th , 1732, Abigail Greene, of Newton, born 1704. He died March I st , 1777. She died October 19 th , 1772. They had nine children. See forward. VII Mary 4 , born March 17 th , 1708, in Newton. Married, July 13 th , 1727, Isaac Sanger. The inventory of John Park's estate is dated April 9 th , 1718, and was witnessed by Jonathan. Fuller, Jeremiah Fuller, and John Greenwood. In the distribution of his estate, May i8 th , 1720, are mentioned his wife Elizabeth and six children, John, Solomon, Elizabeth, Abigail, Joseph, and Mary. His wife ad- ministered the estate. He was a distinguished soldier in the Colonial Wars and was severely wounded at the battle of North- field, November 2o th , 1675, "I* 1 tne elbow joint and the bone broken," etc. His petition says it was in the fight in which Cap- tain Beers was killed. He remained at Hadley till Major Apple- ton's march home, November 24 th . Bodges' Soldiers in King Phillips' War, pp. 132-149. [96] JOSEPH PARK* JOSEPH PARK 4 , third son of John Park 8 and Elizabeth ** (Miller) Park, was born in Newton March 12 th , 1705. Mar- ried, June is th , 1732, Abigail Greene, of Newton, born 1704. He died March i 8 *, 1777. She died October 19 th , 1772. CHILDREN I Jonathan Greene 6 , born October 3O th , 1733, in Westerly, R. I. II Benjamin 6 , born November I st , 1735, in Westerly. Married, De- cember 4 th , 1757, Hannah Stanton York, of Westerly, born June I st , 1739. He died June 17 th , 1775. She died December , 1800. They had nine children. See forward. III Joseph 5 , born in Westerly, November I st , 1735. IV Thomas 6 , born in Westerly, , 1738. V Anne 5 , born in Westerly, , 1739. Married, September 7 th , 1758, Peleg Pendleton, of Stonington, Conn., born July 9 th , 1733. She died March 2O th , 1817. He died July io th , 1810. They had eleven children. History of Stonington, p. 532. VI John Park 5 , born in Westerly, , 1742. Married, November 4 th , 1772, Abigail Chapman, of Charlestown, R. I. He died in Searsport, Maine, 1812. She died March 4 th , 1790. They had nine children. VII Henry 6 , born in Westerly, , 1744. VIII Samuel 5 , born in Westerly, , 1747. Died September 29 th , 1747- IX Mary 8 , born in Westerly, , 1749. Joseph Park 4 , third son of John Park 8 and Elizabeth (Miller) Park, was born in Newton, Mass., March 12 th , 1705. After his graduation at Harvard College in 1720, with the degree of B.A., subsequently receiving the degree of M.A. in 1724, he studied for the ministry, was ordained in 1730, and moved to Westerly, R. I., in 1732, to which place he was appointed missionary to the Indians and such English as would attend. He entered his new [97] field of labor in 1733, occupying a meeting-house on a lot of land given by George Ninegret, chief sachem of the Indians. The lot comprised twenty acres and was situated near the post-road in the eastern part of the present town. His congregation came from Westerly, Charlestown, and Narragansett. This occurred in 1733, before the division of the town of Westerly. Rev. Mr. Park took up his residence near the center of the town (now in Charlestown near the boundary line), as being the best location near the tribe for whose benefit he was sent. His house was on an elevation near the road, north side, and the meeting-house in which he officiated was not far distant. At the time of Rev. Mr. Park's arrival the white inhabitants attended the Sabbatarian Church, but probably that house of worship was not large enough to accommodate but a part of the population for he said "I found a comfortable appearance of humanity and courtesy among the people but as I learned, only one House of Prayer in two large towns, that held hundreds of families. Few possessed the faith of God's operations on the heart, or the true doctrine of grace." But the Indians were not so easily influenced for good as the Plymouth settlers imagined. Their ancient chieftain Ninigret had forbidden Christians dealing with or preaching to his people, until the effect of their doctrine was visible on the white people. His will was so strictly followed that after a residence of nine years not a solitary Narragansett was a member of Rev. Mr. Park's church yet at that time he had a respectable congrega- tion of English and natives. But having labored nine years, in 1742 a great revival sprung up among the English; and fourteen members were added to his church. This was succeeded by a great inquiry among the In- dians, many of whom joined the church. Early in the year 1751 there was, apparently, a division of sentiment in Mr. Park's congregation, because on May 29 th he removed and settled at Mattatuck, near Southfield, L. I., where he labored until 1756, when he returned to Westerly, and was formally settled again, May 23 rd , 1759. This church established [98] a Sabbath school * thirty years before the experiment by Robert Raikes in England, and Mr. Park was its first pastor. The following letter was written and sent to Mrs. Park, after she had moved to Mattatuck: WESTERLY, March ye i6th. 1752. Dear Madam: I can truly say you have been the truest and best friend to me, and I believe to all the church you have discharged ye cov- enant vows and obligations. You have been a great means of strength- ening my hope, and conveying light to me. It has been an admiration to be able to see you sell all that was near and dear to you for Christ's sake, and ye unfeigned love that truly and plainly appears in you toward the brethren since our dismission from the church of Christ. Dismissing their Pastor in striving and laboring hard against flesh, and keeping the gospel in ye faith and order of it, in this place or rather to have settled here. Dear Madam, Time would fail me to recount all the good deeds ye have done but now blessed be God who hath given me light for now I can feel imperfectly that passage of Scripture where the woman poured rich ointment upon our Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord said "trouble not ye woman, for wherever the Gospel is preached throughout ye whole world, this that she hath done shall be spoken for a memorial of her." So it shall be of you. Dear Madam gratitude demands more than this from me. It being greatly to ye glory of God for ye work is the Lords and where God is not acknowledged in His work he is robbed of His glory. Begging an interest in your prayers with unfeigned love to you and yours, I remain your humble and affectionate brother and servant. Christopher Sugar, Clerk. March ye i6th 1752. Extract from the Westerly Church records. In those days the magistracy was considered to be an awful power to be expected that all men should bow to its behests without complaint. But Rev. Mr. Park in his stern integrity supposed the law of God to be superior to that of man, and in one instance in particular cast himself upon that higher law, when the laws of man were administered in opposition to it, in his opinion. * See "Yale Lectures on the Sunday School," by Henry Clay Trumbull. John Wesley, minister to Savannah, Ga., 1736-37, was founder of the Sunday School of Christ Church at that place. [99] A sermon written by him and published in 1761 is preceded by a narration of the causes which led to the publication. He says: "Sometime in the winter of 1759 it pleased God to visit the town of Westerly with his sore judgment the small pox, brought from New York by some boat men. The authority pressed the widow Lambert, to nurse the sick; she was by birth an English woman, had lived several years in the town, employed by some of the principal inhabitants of the town to school-mistress for their children to good acceptance, and by her industry had something considerable. The persons whom she assisted to nurse died and she was ordered to be cleansed, and sent home, which was done! A maid where she was boarding caught the disease, and a woman pressed to take care of her, Ann Chroucher by name, carried it to another family. Being complained of, she had nearly perished for want of a place to live not belonging to the town but was finally received at Deacon Gavitts." A terrible clamor was raised against her and when she appeared in court no one under- took her defense until Rev. Mr. Park kindly attempted to assist her. For this he was sharply rebuked by the justice for his in- terference. He took the woman to his house until he could suc- ceed in mitigating the sentence passed upon her by the justice. His efforts were of no avail and he then refused compliance with their judgment as contrary to law. In his narration he says: "As I privately did testify against such things that they would bring down the heavy judgment of God, I thought it my duty also to give public warning; and accordingly on next Lord's day, I preached a sermon, Jeremiah 5th Chapter: gth verse Shall I not visit for these things saith the Lord, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? " In the sermon he says: "I have told you, and it is the truth of God, that nothing short of sincere repentance, faith unfeigned and new obedience will help to prevent our ruin. I am sure if we go on in the course we generally do, distinction and misery are in our way I know not a law of God or a word of his grace, but is trampled under foot, broken, and despised by one or another. fc at Will God bear long with these things? Surely not, or if he does, has he done it already, and will he always bear with it? " This sermon was preached in the Presbyterian meeting-house in Westerly, R. I., upon the twenty-fourth day of February, 1760, by Rev. Joseph Park, M.A., Minister of the Word of God. The following inscriptions are from old gravestones in the old graveyard on the north side of the post-road just out of Westerly going to Charlestown, a few rods east of the residence of Christo- pher Rathbun, near where the shore road enters the post-road. The meeting-house or church is now gone. IN MEMORY OF THE REV. JOSEPH PARK, WHO DIED MARCH I, 1777, IN THE 72D YEAR OF HIS AGE AND THE 45TH YEAR OF HIS MINISTRY. HE WAS A FAITHFUL MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, A GREAT PATRIOT, A KIND HUSBAND, A TENDER PARENT, A GREAT FRIEND TO THE WIDOW AND ORPHAN AND FATHERLESS, AND WAS AN EXCELLENT NEIGH- BOR. IN MEMORY OF ABIGAIL THE WIFE OF THE REV. JOSEPH PARK WHO DIED OCT. IQTH, 1772, IN THE 68TH YEAR OF AGE. A FAITHFUL WIFE, A TENDER MOTHER, A KIND NEIGHBOR, A COMPASSIONATE AND STEADFAST FRIEND, AND AN EXCELLENT CHRISTIAN. These stones were in a good state of preservation in 1918. Joseph Park's will is now in the possession of the Westerly, R. I., Historical Society. It was formerly owned by Hannah Anne Parke 7 , born April 24*", 1804, died June 26 th , 1888 (great- granddaughter), wife of Samuel Putnam Avery 8 , and was presented to the Society by one of her sons. BENJAMIN PARK 8 BENJAMIN PARK 6 , second son of Joseph Park 4 and Abigail (Greene) Park, was born in Westerly, R. I., November i Bt , 1735. Married, December 4 th , 1757, Hannah Stanton York, of Westerly, born June I st , 1739, daughter of James Stanton York and Jemima (Shaw) York. He died June 17 th , 1775. She died December, 1800. CHILDREN I Mary 8 , born September 8 th , 1758, in Westerly. Died at Parkevale, Pa. II Jonathan Greene 6 , born March 5 th , 1760, in Westerly. Died March 25 th , 1761. III Joseph 6 , born November 13 th , 1763, in Charlestown, R. I. IV Benjamin 6 , born September i6 th , 1765, in Charlestown, R. I. Married, 1800, Susanna Maria Keens, of New York, born December 2 nd , 1776. He died August 5 th , 1807. She died February 17 th , 1807. They had two children. See forward. V Thomas 6 , born September I st , 1767, in Charlestown. Married, December 4 th , 1800, Eunice Champlin, of Newport, R. I., born September i8 th , 1768. He died November i6 th , 1842. She died November 19 th , 1857. They had eight children. VI John 6 , born August 29 th , 1769, was lost at sea. VII Hannah Stanton 6 , born July 12 th , 1771, in Charlestown. Died 1831, Harrisburg, Pa. VIII Henry 6 , born September 12 th , 1774, in Charlestown. Died 1830. IX Susan 8 . Benjamin Park 5 was born in Westerly, R. I., November !*, 1735, a d with his twin brother Joseph, Jr., and Thomas, is given the credit, by various writers, of having fought at Crown Point, N. Y., 1756 and at Fort William Henry, Lake George, N. Y., 1758, also with having participated at the battle of Bunker Hill, June I7 th > I775> "where he was killed," although apparently there are (aside from the letter written by his wife, Mrs. Hannah Stanton York Park, dated Charlestown, R. I., April 2O th , 1782, almost [ 102 ] j< Q n f\ S u ^ CO <' *w US S Cu ^ oi *-- o c < DH c _o z 01 D 'c 1 f i < O a ^ -S 'o 'E ? c u. - w t , *- > H - r3 r* a^ Z .2" s &:B o od CQ o. h u ao seven years after the battle) no civil or military records extant which prove that Benjamin Park 5 was officially commissioned and served as Captain at this battle. Undoubtedly he served in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars and may have been desig- nated as Captain when connected with volunteers called upon for special alarms, etc. See the following: April II th , 1756. Appointed Wednesday 14 th as a day of fasting and prayer, to humble ourselves before God, to implore His gracious presence with, and blessings to our young brethern Joseph Park, Jr., Benjamin Park and Thomas Park and William Garrit, all who offered their desires in writing to this society, and we Pray that God of His infinite mercy will hear and answer, and also that God would bless our Army in general, who are going forth against our enemies. The young men here mentioned were in the expedition that went forth for the reduction of Crown Point, N. Y., in 1756. It will be noticed that three of them were sons of Rev. Joseph Park, who was always a man of public spirit. Whereas the REV. JOSEPH PARK of Charlestown in the County of Kings, presented this Assembly with a memorial setting forth that he hath ever been ready to contribute all the assistance in his power to stop his Majesty's enemies from their injurious encroachments on his dominion and just rights in America and to defend the Country. That in the year of 1756 he consented to the voluntary service of three of his sons who served in the expedition formed for the reduction of Crown Point; that when they were discharged from the service upon their return homeward, they put their clothing and other furniture to the value of 100 cur- rency, in their chest which was unfortunately lost in the sea. . . . That this summer when the enemy attacked Fort William Henry, [in 1758] they volunteered in the stead of officers who declined, that they did this without any consideration purely to serve their country, that he the memorialist was thereby put to considerable charge, wherefore he prays for such allowance as should be thought proper. On consideration whereof this Assembly do vote and resolve that the sum of 100 be paid said Joseph Park out of the general Treasury, for the use of his aforesaid sons, as an allowance for what they lost, as afore- said, but that nothing be allowed them as officers. Rhode Island Colonial Records, Vol. VI, p. 119, 1758. Denison in his "Westerly and its Witnesses " says "this good, laborious, tried and faithful man [Rev. Joseph Park 4 ] died at his home in Westerly in the seventy-second year of his age, and fourty-fifth year of his ministry." He had nine children, three of whom distinguished themselves in the Colonial wars, viz., [103] Joseph, Jr., Benjamin, and Thomas, notably at Crown Point in 1756, on Lake Champlain and Fort William Henry in 1758, on Lake George. Benjamin was prominently identified with the struggle of the colonies in the early days of the Revolution, march- ing to the relief of the troops on the Lexington Alarm, April 19 th , 1775. He participated in the severe engagement at Bunker Hill, June 17 th , 1775, "where he was killed" His son, Captain Benjamin Park, joined the patriot army, and was never heard of after the battle of Bunker Hill. Drake's American Biog- raphy, p. 687. Benjamin Park, Captain, seven days in service. Ad jt. -General' 's Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution. April the II th , 1756, Joseph Park, Jr., Lieutenant Benjamin Park and Thomas Park, Sergeants, went forth for the reduction of Crown Point. April the II th , 1756 Appointed Wednesday, ye 14 th of this Instant as a day of Fasting and Prayer, to Humble ourselves before God, to Implore his gracious presence with, and blessing to, our young Brethren, Joseph Park, Jun., Lieutenant; Benjamin Park and Thomas Park, Sergeants; and William Gavit, Corporal, all who offered their Desires in writing to this Society, (of which they all are members); and we pray that God of his Infinite Mercy will hear and answer ... as also that God would bless our army in general, who are going forth against our Enemies. Denisons Westerly and its Witnesses, p. 72. Denison in his work on Westerly, page no, says, "Worthy of conspicuous and enduring record are the noble sentiments ex- pressed by the freemen of Westerly in the beginning of 1774 at a meeting which was the largest ever held in the town." The records state: "At a town meeting, specially called, and held at the dwelling-house of Major Edward Bliven, in Westerly, in the county of Kings, Feb. 2, A.D. 1774, the Hon. Samuel Ward, Esq., was chosen Moderator. "The Moderator and several other gentlemen, viz., Joshua Babcock, Esq., Mr. James Rhodes, Col. W m . Pendleton, Mr. George Sheffield, Oliver Crary, Esq., and Captain Benjamin Park, were appointed a Committee to take the important sub- jects before the meeting into their consideration and report as soon as may be, what measures will be proper for the Town to take in the present alarming situation of the Colonies!! " [ 104] s s .- Q*b q Q vS ir. _' cu S" 5 'w Ti 9 Z- S =i S ft r. e -a" e o ft* o "& 2 3 S.5 ~ 'S **> s ^J 8 ^ , M - "^ z o w B c^ 4> ~ E ji? E S 2 & - **" "1 'E "S"2 ' 0..-= ** flj fW L^ E a, E O -O 5 II - MRS. HANNAH STANTON PARK'S PETITION FOR RELIEF * To the Honorable, the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, to be holden at Newport, in said State, in May, 1782. The Memorial of Hannah Stanton Park, of Charlestown (widow), Humbly showeth that Captain Benjamin Park, your Memorialist's late husband, being highly impressed with the Justness of the American War, and zealous at the risk of his life, of rendering his country every service in his power, did, in the beginning of the month of June, 1775, at the ex- pense of forty pounds lawful money, arm, and otherwise equip himself; and set himself out to join his brethren in the American Army then lying against and blockading the British Army in Boston. That he arrived among our troops some few days before our troops took possession of, and broke ground on Bunker Hill. That in pursuit of his laudable intentions he joined himself with that brave handful of men under the command of the never to be forgotten General Warren, with full purpose at the risk of his life, to contribute all in his power to defend, that important hill. When your Memorialist's husband was in that dreadful action of the 1 7th of June, where he received two wounds from the enemy in the action of that day, and was, in the retreat of our army, left to suffer the cruel rage of a merciless enemy. Since which time he has not been heard of, nor found among the living, and your Memorialist having thus suffered in the cause was left a widow with eight small, fatherless children to support, without any consolation but of that of his having spilt his blood for his Country's cause. That your Memorialist hath ever since, even beyond her ability, exerted and contributed all in her power to pay taxes to carry on the war and has of late been obliged to borrow money for that purpose, in- somuch that the debt she has contracted to discharge her taxes, and support her family, hath increased to a large debt upon her. Wherefore your Memorialist would pray the interposition of your Honors in her favor, and that she may have some just part of the public monies ade- quate to her late husband's losses in arms and necessaries in the public service. Or that your Honors would otherwise take into consideration her distressed circumstances, and grant and enact that she may in future be exempted from all public taxes during the war, or such time as your Honors in your great wisdom shall think just and reasonable. And your Memorialist as in duty bound shall ever pray. Your Honor's Humble Servant H. S. PARK. Dated at CHARLESTOWN This 20 th day of April, A.D. 1782. * Narragansett Historical Register, Vol. I, p. 217. [105] BENJAMIN PARKE 6 T^ENJAMIN PARKE 6 (who added the final e to his name) was *-* the third son of Benjamin Park 5 , born September i6 th , 1765, in Charlestown, R. I. Married, 1800, Susanna Maria Keens, of New York, born December 2 nd , 1776, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Giles) Keens. He died August 5 th , 1807. She died Feb- ruary 17 th , 1807. CHILDREN I Susanna 7 . II Hannah Anne 7 , born April 24 th , 1804, in New York. Married, January I st , 1821, Samuel Putnam Avery, of New York, born January I st , 1797. She died June 26 th , 1888, in Jersey City, N. J. He died July 24 th , 1832, in New York. They had six children. See forward. Benjamin Parke 6 went to New York after his mother's death, December, 1800, and engaged in the shipping business with his brother Joseph. He died in New York City, August 5 th , 1807, and was buried in Trinity Churchyard on Broadway, New York City, about eighteen paces north of, and near the west end of the church. Susanna his wife was born December 2 nd , 1776, and died February 17 th , 1807. She is buried in Trinity Churchyard on Broadway, in the same grave with her mother Mary Keens, and next to her husband, Benjamin Parke. TOMBSTONE OF CAPTAIN BENJAMIN PARKE 6 AS IT NOW STANDS (1917) IN GOOD CONDITION, IN TRINITY CHURCH- YARD, NEW YORK, ABOUT EIGHTEEN PACES NORTH OF AND NEAR THE WEST END OF THE CHURCH. THE TOMBSTONE ON THE RIGHT IS THAT OF HIS WIFE'S MOTHER HANNAH ANNE PARKED TTANNAH ANNE PARKE', second daughter of Benjamin 1 A Parke 6 and Susanna Maria (Keens) Parke, was' born April 24 th , 1804, in New York. Married, January i'*, 1821, Samuel Putnam Avery 10 , of New York, born January i", 1797. She died June 26 th , 1888. He died July 24 th , 1832. CHILDREN I Avery 8 , Samuel Putnam, born March 17 th , 1822, in New York. Mar- ried, November 24 th , 1844, Mary Ann Ogden, of New York, born December I st , 1825, daughter of Henry Aaron and Katharine (Conklin) Ogden, of New York. He died August II th , 1904, in New York. She died April 29 th , 1911, in Hartford, Conn. They had six children. See forward. II Avery 8 , Hannah Stanton, born October 12 th , 1824, in New York. Married, May 2 nd , 1854, Charles R. Cornell, of Troy, N. Y, born June 20 th , 1806. She died June 25 th , 1885, in New York. He died September 12 th , 1866. They had one daughter. III Avery 8 , Susan Jane, born December II th , 1826, in New York. Married, December 5 th , 1850, Stephen Avery, of Hudson, N. Y. She died March i8 th , 1912, in Santa Barbara, Cal. He died January i ft , 1853, in New York. They had one son. IV Avery 8 , Benjamin Parke, born November II th , 1828, in New York. Married, November 27 th , 1861, Mary Ann Fuller, of San Francisco, Cal., born July 13 th , 1827. He died November 8 th , 1875, in Peking, China. She died June 9 th , 1913, in San Francisco. They had no children. V Avery 8 , Mary Rebecca Halsey, born August io th , 1830, in New York. Married, June 7 th , 1856, Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, of Bound Brook, N. J., born January 7 th , 1832. She died June 7 th , 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. He died April 12 th , 1902, in Brooklyn, N. Y. They had two children. VI Avery 8 , Charles Russell, born October, 1832, in New York. Died August s th , 1833. Hannah Anne (Parke) Avery 7 , second daughter of Benjamin Parke 6 and Susanna Maria (Keens) Parke, was born in New York City, April 24 th , 1804. Her womanhood was passed in [107] kindly deeds, patriotic efforts, and charity which was as broad as it was bountiful, knowing no creed or color. In the War of the Rebellion of the slave-holding states she was active in sending delicacies to our sick and wounded soldiers, in caring for their widows and orphans, and was the chief instrument in founding a home for the children of the dead soldiers. She subsequently became identified with Mrs. Gen. U. S. Grant in extending this work, and was at one time vice-president when Mrs. Grant was president of the National Organization. [108] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY 8 OAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY", third son of Samuel Putnam M Avery 7 and Hannah Anne (Parke 7 ) Avery, was born in New York March i; th , 1822 (M.A., Columbia University, 1896). Married, November 24 th , 1844, Mary Ann Ogden, of New York, born December i, 1825, daughter of Henry Aaron Ogden and Katharine (Conklin) Ogden. He died August ii th , 1904, in New York. She died April 29 th , 1911, in Hartford, Conn. * CHILDREN I Mary Henrietta 9 , born October 4 th , 1845, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Died April 7 th , 1900, in New York. II Samuel Putnam 9 , born October 7 th , 1847, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Set forward, III Fanny Falconer 9 , born November 3 rd , 1849, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married, February is th , 1881, Rev. M. P. Welcher, of Newark, N. Y., born October 27 th , 1850 (Williams College, 1877). She died July 22 nd , 1918, in Hartford, Conn. They had four children. IV Henry Ogden 9 , born January 3 I st , 1852, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Died April 30 th , 1890, in New York. V Emma Parke 9 , born August 29 th , 1853, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Died August 31"*, 1857, in Brooklyn, N. Y. VI Ellen Walters 9 , born January I 8 *, 1861, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Died March 25 th , 1893, in New York. Samuel P. Avery 8 , who is dead at a ripe age, was one of those men, more plentiful in a world much accused of sordidness than the world knows, who do good without employing a press agent to state the fact. Beginning life as an engraver, he naturally acquired an interest in art, and became one of the best known dealers in pictures in the metropolis. It was to his encouragement that many of the American as well as not a few of the foreign artists owed their success. The various societies or- ganized for sales and exhibitions, and the various schools established for the teaching of art in all its branches, had hi> quiet but effective and monetary support. At the time of his death he was a member of seven [ 109] of these societies, and was a patron of most of the schools. But his use- fulness and his generosity extended beyond his chosen field. He was a trustee of three public libraries, a founder of the Metropolitan Museum, a veteran of the army, a giver to chanties, he endowed several free beds in hospitals, he took a part in educational work in the South, and in measures designed to protect and enlighten the Indian, he created the library in the Teachers College, and made and endowed the library of architecture in Columbia University which gave to him [in 1896] the degree of Master of Arts. To the Lenox Library he gave his remarkable collection of prints and examples of lithography, illustrating that art in its completeness, these gifts numbering over 17,0x30. Withal he was not a remarkably rich man, and he never put himself on exhibitign when a service was to be done for the community, although he was one who could be counted upon to do more than his share of it. His memory is held in love and reverence by the whole body of painters, sculptors, architects and medalists, whom he assisted, and by the educators of the country. He set an example worthy to be kept before those who have either wealth or talent ta devote to the public interest. Brooklyn Eagle, August 13 th , 1904. The vagaries and habits of the collector are legion, while his motives are as varied as his habits. Some men collect books for investment, resell their libraries, and gloat over the profits; others buy purely with the idea of reading, while again some have the dual motive of pleasure in reading rare books and of a shrewd investment. To none of these classes did the late Mr. Samuel P. Avery belong. He was a collector primarily for his own pleasure and delectation, and secondarily for the purpose of doing good to those to whom he was a benefactor and of helping those from whom he was a purchaser. He was that rara avis, an altruistic collector. Mr. Avery began life as an engraver on copper, and early had his at- tention drawn to the artistic and mechanical part of book-making. He was once employed by a bank note company. It was natural, therefore, that all through his career he should be an ardent admirer as well as col- lector of specimens of fine book-making, as regards type, illustration, and general format. Mr. Avery also practiced wood engraving, and became very skillful at his art. He compiled and illustrated several volumes of humorous quality, and those who knew him soon discovered that he possessed a keen sense of humor. It was a matter of course that when The Grolier Club was founded in 1884 Mr. Avery should take a deep interest in its object and work, and all through his career he was a constant attendant at its meetings, working on important committees, besides serving the club as its president. It is said that his record for attendance at the monthly members' meetings exceeded that of any other member of this well-known organization. Not only was his interest manifested by the giving of his time, but Mr. Avery early began to present the library of the club with books, engravings, bindings, etc. As a collector Mr. Avery was most discriminating and careful in his buying, and early formed one LE BIBLIOMANE To MR. SAMUEL P. AVERY I have illustrated this little book (Le Bibliomane par Charles Nodier), with particular interest, because of my connection with Mr. Nodier's family, and the affection I had for his little son who has just died. As for the water-color, I have had great pleasure in using it, as a frontispiece, and in it put the figure of a man of taste and a true book lover, for whom I have profound esteem and sincere friendship. MAURICE LELOIR Parii, July loth, 1896 of the best collections of bookbindings, as a fine art, ever made in this country. Every institution in this country with which he was directly associated, and many which had no possible claim upon him, were enriched by his gifts. To the Avery Architectural Library he gave his very complete collection of books on fine bindings, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a frequent recipient of books of interest, particularly those re- lating to etchings, engravings, and the allied arts. Even remote college libraries received unsolicited gifts, generally relating to the arts and crafts. It is said by one of Mr. Avery's most intimate friends that his library at the time of his death was not a large one, because he was such a con- stant giver of books. It represented only the undistributed remnant. The writer has been in some of Mr. Avery's haunts in Paris and Lon- don, and wherever he was a familiar figure the verdict was the same; namely, that he was a most well-informed, modest, courteous, kindly gentleman of the old school whose object seemed to rather give than to get. One phase of his kindliness will long be remembered by men greatly his junior. He never seemed to look down upon them, but always treated them as possessing great possibilities, and many a kind word spoken to a young engraver or bookbinder was followed by a substantial order. Mr. Avery did not do like some collectors, wait until the fame of an artisan or artist was established and his name on every one's lips, and then to seek his wares, but he early recognized merit and took an especial pride in being among the first to order the work of new men. Mr. William Matthews, the first American binder who gained stand- ing as a master, was a lifelong friend of Mr. Avery's, and the writer well remembers watching Mr. Avery at the jsale of Mr. Matthews's library some years ago, securing books which had formed the subject of their united taste, and many hours of discussion. Of bookplates, he used three, if not more; one engraved by the English master, C. W. Sherborn, one made for the Avery Architectural Library, one engraved by French, forming No. 10 in Mr. Lemperly's check list. This was made in memory of his daughter, Miss Ellen Walters Avery, whose library was presented by her father to the Teachers College, and is dated March 25 th , 1893. It is one of the most successful of Mr. French's creations. The design represents a lyre, telescope, daisies, etc., worked into an elaborate border, while an open book of music, an astronomy, a natural history, a church history, a volume of poems, and the "Imitation of Christ " are set in an artistic group, evidently representing the tastes of his daughter. Mr. Avery was a delightful letter writer, and something of a punster, while he prided himself on saying all he had to say on a given subject in the briefest possible way. His notelets became famous, and a friend of the writer has told of many such being preserved by him because they were too clever and quaintly humorous to throw away. One can see him now seated at his desk in his library (which was in [ill] the front room of the second story of his house), opening his morning mail from correspondents almost all over the globe, giving advice here, or- dering books there, writing kindly notes to various people who were dis- couraged about their failures, and always preserving the equipoise and kindliness which were so characteristic of himself in all that he wrote. His letters, if published, would form a charming chronicle of art, life, and thought in New York for the last fifty years. Evening Post, August 27 th , 1904. Samuel Putnam Avery, one of the original Trustees of the Museum, died on August II th , 1904, after thirty-four years of continuous service. The following resolutions were adopted by the Trustees: The early founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have nearly all passed away. Presidents Johnston, Marquand, and Rhinelander have gone over to the majority. It now becomes our painful duty to record upon our minutes the death of our late associate and friend, Samuel Putnam Avery. Mr. Avery was a member of the first board of trustees of the Museum and was, until his death, one of its most useful, active, and intelligent members. He brought to the service of the Museum a large experience in the world of art, a mind enriched by travel and trained by the ob- servation and study of the world's famous collections. His conscientious devotion to all his duties was remarkable. His business brought him in frequent contact with the great painters of the last half century, both at home and abroad, and many of the best works of foreign masters passed through his hands. After his retirement from business his activity was continued in the several public institutions in which he was a hard- working trustee. Mr. Avery was also a most discriminating collector of porcelains, bronzes, and other art objects, and of fine books. His library was small but choice, and was rich in bindings, executed by the famous bibliopegists of the present and former times. It is probable that Mr. Avery's name will be best known and longest remembered by reason of his extraordinary liberality (often concealed from public observation) both to individuals and institutions. A large* proportion of the books, prints, bronzes, etc., in The Grolier Club, were presented by him. In nearly all of the art clubs of the city will be found mementos of his thoughtful consideration, and his gifts were not confined to this city alone. This Museum is in- debted to Mr. Avery for a valuable collection of medals by Roty, and a large number of paintings and art objects, and he was a constant con- tributor to its library. In Mrs. Avery's name he enriched the Museum with a large collection of rare and valuable antique silver spoons. The bequest to the New York Public Library of 17,000 etchings, a collection representing the patient and intelligent work of forty years, shows how catholic Mr. Avery was in selecting art treasures and how thoughtful he was for the public welfare in distributing them during his [112] BRONZE TABLET IN THE AVERY ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BY J. C. CHAPLAIN, PARIS, 189! lifetime. In memory of a daughter who died in 1893 Mr. Avery estab- lished a library in the Teachers' College, giving his daughter's books, to which he added many others. The crowning glory of Mr. Avery's beneficence is the architectural library presented to Columbia University in memory of his son, Henry Ogden Avery, a talented young architect. This library is said, upon good authority, to be one of the best in this country on this special subject. Mr. Avery was a friend to all good men. His regard for those favored with his intimate acquaintance will always be a fragrant memory. An hour spent in his company among the many attractive objects in his private library was serenely enjoyable. He was a man of the highest ideals, who placed character above all other attainments. As a well- deserved recognition of his long and disinterested service, seventy-five friends presented him with a gold medal on his seventy-fifth birthday. His example will remain an inspiration for good deeds. He has made the world better worth living in for those who come after him. J. PIERPONT MORGAN, President, Metropolitan Museum of Art. RUTHERFURD STUYVESANT JNO. CROSBY BROWN WM. L. ANDREWS JNO. L. CADWALADER JOHN BIGELOW H. C. FAHNESTOCK CHAS. STEWART SMITH EDWARD D. ADAMS ROBERT W. DEFOREST GEO. A. HEARN WHITELAW REID WM. CHURCH OSBORN ELIHU ROOT FREDERICK DIELMAN JNO. S. KENNEDY CHAS. F. McKiM D. O. MILLS DANIEL C. FRENCH Thirty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of An, New York, 1905. BENJAMIN PARKE AVERY 8 T1ENJAMIN PARKE AVERY 8 , second son of Samuel Put- -*-* nam Avery and Hannah Anne (Parke 7 ) Avery, was born in New York November II th , 1828. Married, November 27 th , 1861, at San Francisco, Cal., Mary Ann Fuller, born July 13 th , 1827. He died November 8 th , 1875, m Peking, China. She died June 9 th , 1913. There were no children: The telegraphic announcement of Hon. B. P. Avery's death reached here yesterday via the Atlantic, but we refrained from stating the fact with the faint hope that the news might prove to be untrue. We were unwilling to believe that our friend had been called away, notwithstand- ing the known ravages of the disease which for years held him in its toils and caused him mental and bodily torture such as seldom falls to the lot of man. His geniality and patience enabled him to bear more than others, though his physical powers were never on a par with his master mind. Benjamin Parke Avery was born and reared in New York, and obtained the groundwork of his education in the public schools of that city. He was for a while engaged in printing and engraving in New York, but from the time of leaving school was a hard student. He was studious from the first and a regular visitor to the bookstores. In 1849, at the age of nineteen years, he sailed for San Francisco via Cape Horn, and upon his arrival here engaged in mining with indifferent success. He often said that some of the happiest moments of his life were spent in the mining camps of Nevada, Yuba, Trinity and Siskiyou, and many were the entertaining anecdotes he would relate of his mining experience. Nature never intended him for the hardships appertaining to placer mining in those days, and he wisely changed his pursuit and established a drug- store at North San Juan, Nevada County. Subsequently he established the San Juan Press, which under his administration became one of the best country papers of the state. The hearts of the people in this little camp warmed towards him, as was always the case in every community that was favored with his presence, and it was with sincere regret that they saw him leave for Marysville. In the latter city he started the Marysville Appeal, in connection with Noah Brooks, now of the New York Times, and the paper soon attracted attention for its ability and fairness. Afterwards he held the position of State Printer for two years, [H4] having been elected by the Republicans. In 1873-4 " e w s the Legisla- tive correspondent for the Bulletin and soon thereafter entered the edi- torial rooms of that journal, first performing the duties of the city editor and a few months later occupying a position as one of the leading editorial writers. It was in the latter capacity that he especially distinguished himself. Although debarred from a collegiate course he possessed a knowledge of the classics such as seldom falls to the lot of graduates. In science, literature, and art he was remarkably well versed, and it was often said of him that he could take any topic of the day and treat it with singular ability and thoroughness and surprising dispatch. He appealed to the good sense and the honor of the public, in dealing with public questions, and won adherents for the right measures where others would have failed. He was eloquent, persuasive, candid. He was conscientious in thought and deed. He endeared himself to his associates by countless deeds of kindness and self-sacrifice. No one could come in contact with him with- out realizing his goodness of heart. We are saying nothing new to the people of California, for we know that his reputation as a man of sterling worth has reached every city, town, and hamlet, in the state. Year after year great bronzed, bearded miners dropped into the Bulletin editorial rooms to see their old friend "Ben Avery," as they were wont to call him, and he was proud of their friendship. After nine years of hard work upon the Bulletin Mr. Avery retired on account of. ill-health and took to the mountains. In January, 1874, he became editor of the Overland Monthly Magazine, a position which he held for six months, when he departed for China as United States Minister. His diplomatic services in China were of great value to the Government, and his record there, as elsewhere, was admirable in every respect. The honorable and useful career of Mr. Avery has had few parallels in this country. The pen that can do justice to the nobility of his character has never been made. But we who knew the good man gone will waft our benisons to his bier and cherish his memory. Daily Stock Report, San Francisco, Cal., December, 1875. The intelligence that Hon. Benjamin P. Avery, American Minister to China, is dead, will cause sincere sorrow all over this coast. He was a man in whom the graces of a brilliant mind were adorned and heightened by a character absolutely pure. Many of us remember when his pen marked a new departure in California journalism, and when the thought- ful men of the coast asked, "Who is this writer, who can state truths without being offensive, and can charm those even who disagree with him by the beauty and purity of his diction?" There was nothing of dash or bluster in Mr. Avery. His greatest happiness was in doing his duty. The strength of his manhood was spent in trying to lift up t thoughts and keep warm the patriotism of his countrymen by daily counselling them in the right as he saw the right. Many a wanderer on [115] this coast is a better man because the words of Benjamin Avery reached his heart at the right time. We can estimate the lawyer's influence, or the doctor's, but no one can tell how much of good follows a life spent as were the best days of Mr. Avery. The most of us say things which in cooler moments or with a more extended experience we might wish had not been said. But Avery's life seemed rounded full from the first, leav- ing nothing to be unsaid of all his words, nothing to regret, if memory, as the shadowy angel drew near, reviewed before him the works of his past life. His career in California commenced as editor of a small interior paper. His abilities drew him up step by step until he controlled for many years the foremost journal of California. His final reward was his appointment as Minister to China an appointment which the whole coast endorsed. While yet a young man he has been called away sum- moned to that court where Love and Peace and Mercy are the am- bassadors. There will gather around his memory thousands of sorrow- ing hearts, and the epitaph which the whole coast will join in writing for him will be: "Here lies one who was gifted without being proud; brave and strong and true without being aggressive; pure and good without being ostentatious. One whose highest dream was to do his duty; whose highest wish was to glorify his country and make happier his country- men; who bore his life as though it were but a trust bestowed upon him to use for the welfare of his fellow men, and to be returned upon call." Territorial Enterprise, Virginia City, Nevada, December I st , 1875. [116] SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY* pEDIGREE connection with Richard Park 1 , who came to * Cambridge, Mass., in 1635. 1. Great-grandfather, Richard Park 1 , born in England, 1602. Died in Newton, Mass., 1665. Came over in the ship Defence and arrived at Boston, Mass., October 3 rd , 1635. Great-grandmother, Margery (Crane?) Park, born in England, 1595. Died in Plymouth, Mass. 2. Great-grandfather, Thomas Park 2 , born in England, 1629. Died in Cambridge, Mass., August II th , 1690. Great-grandmother, Abigail (Dix) Park, born in Watertown, Mass. Died in Cambridge, Mass., February 3 rd , 1691. 3. Great-grandfather, John Park 3 , born in Cambridge, Mass., Sep- tember 6 th , 1656. Died in Cambridge, Mass., March 21 st , 1718. Great- grandmother, Elizabeth (Miller) Park, born . Died . 4. Great-grandfather, Joseph Park 4 , born in Newton', Mass., March 12 th , 1705. Died in Westerly, R. I., March I st , 1777. Great-grand- mother, Abigail (Greene) Park, born in Westerly, R. I., 1703. Died in Westerly, R. I., October 19 th , 1772. 5. Great-grandfather, Benjamin Park 8 , born in Westerly, R. I., November I st , 1735. Died at Bunker Hill (?) June 17 th , 1775. Great- grandmother, Hannah Stanton (York) Park, born in Westerly, R. I., June I st , 1739. Died December, 1800. 6. Great-grandfather, Benjamin Parke 8 , born in Charlestown, R. I., September i6 th , 1765. Died in New York August 5 th , 1807. Great- grandmother, Susanna Maria (Keens) Parke, born in New York De- cember 2 nd , 1776. Died in New York February 17 th , 1807. 7. Grandfather, Samuel Putnam Avery 7 , born in New York, January I st , 1797. Died in New York July 24 th , 1832. Grandmother, Hannah Anne (Parke 7 ), born in New York April 24 th , 1804. Died in Jersey City, N. J., June 26 th , 1888. Avery Family, p. 68. 8. Father, Samuel Putnam Avery 8 , born in New York March 1 7 th , 1822. Died in New York August I I th , 1904. Mother, Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, born in New York December I st , 1825. Died in Hartford, Conn., April 29 th , 1911. 9. Samuel Putnam Avery 9 was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 7 , 1847. A SHORT NARRATION OF FACTS Concerning MR. RICHARD WARREN Mayflower Passenger 1620 AND HIS FAMILY CONNECTIONS WITH THOMAS LITTLE, 1630 AUTHORITIES CITED FOR the following records of the Richard Warren and Thomas Little families in America see: Avery Family Genealogy, pp. in, 112, 116, 117, 118, 122. Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation" pp. 532-537. Cheever's The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, pp. 27-42. Davis' Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, pp. 99, 138, etc. Freeman's History of Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 65. Goodwin's Plymouth Republic, pp. 34-68, etc. Haxton's Signers of the Mayflower Compact, Vol. I, p. 21. Mayflower Descendants, Vols. II, III, IV, XV: Morton's New England's Memorial, 1826, pp. 38-44, 135. Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. I, pp. 18-54, etc - Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. Ill, p. 40. Plymouth Deeds, Vol. II, p. 12. Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 288. Richards' History of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Vol. II, p. 76. Roebling's Richard Warren of the Mayflower, p. 6. Russell's Guide to Plymouth, pp. 46, 131, 138, 249. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England. Thomas' Memorials of Marshfield, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, Vol. I, pp. 239, 240. [121] THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS TTISTORY states that Cape Cod, Mass., was discovered by A Bartholomew Gosnold, an intrepid mariner from the west of England, who sailed from Falmouth in Cornwall on the 26 th of March, 1602, in a small barque, the Concord, with thirty-two men, for the coast known at that time as North Virginia. In- stead of proceeding as was usual, by way of the Canaries and West Indies, he kept as far north as the winds would permit, and was, for aught that appears to the contrary, the first Englishman who came in a direct course to this part of the American Con- tinent. In fact, it is not certain that any European had ever been here before. Bancroft confidently asserts that Cape Cod was the "first spot in New England ever trod by Englishmen." On the 14 th of May, Gosnold made land and the next day found himself "embayed with a mighty headland, which at first appeared like an island by reason of the large sound that lay between it and the main." Near this Cape, "within a league of the land, he came to an- chor, in fifteen fathoms," and his crew took a quantity of cod- fish, from which circumstance he named the land Cape Cod. This part of the country is next brought to public notice as the first landing place of the pilgrims, who sailed from Plymouth, England, September 6 th , 1620, in the Mayflower, commanded by Captain Jones, and arrived in Cape Cod harbor November II th , 1620 (old style). It is said that the first act of the Pilgrims after their arrival was to "fall on their knees and offer thanksgiving to God, who brought them safe, and delivered them from so many perils." After solemnly invoking the throne of Grace, they next proposed [123] that all the males that were of age should subscribe to a written compact, which was probably the first instrument the world ever saw, recognizing true republican principles, and entrusting all powers in the hands of the majority, thus laying the founda- tions of American liberty. THE COMPACT In the name of God, amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Chris- tian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends afore- said; and by virtue hereof, do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof, we have hereunder subscribed our names, at Cape Cod, the II th day of November, in the year of the reign of our sov- ereign lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini, 1620. THE SIGNERS 1 Mr. John Carver* . . 2 Mr. William Bradford* 3 Mr. Edward Winslow* 4 Mr. William Brewster* 5 Mr. Isaac Allerton* . . 6 Capt. Miles Standish* . 7 John Alden 8 Mr. Samuel Fuller . . 9 Mr. Christopher Martin* 10 Mr. William Mullins* . 11 Mr. William White*. . 12 Mr. Richard Warren . 13 John Howland .... 14 Mr. Stephen Hopkins* Number in Number in family family 8 15 Edward Tilley* 4 2 16 John Tilley 3 5 17 Francis Cooke 2 6 1 8 Thomas Rogers 2 6 19 Thomas Tinker* .... 3 2 20 /oAn Ridgdale* .... * 2 1 21 Edward Fuller* 3 2 22 /oAft Turner 3 4 23 Francis Eaton* 3 5 24 James Chilton* ..... 3 S 25 /oA Crackston 2 I 26 John Billington* .... 4 27 Moses Fletcher I 8 28 John Goodman I 29 30 31 3* 33 34 35 Degory Priest . . . Thomas Williams . Gilbert Winslow . Edmund Margeson Peter Brown . . . Richard Butteridge George Soule . . . Number in Number in family family 36 Richard Clarke I 37 Richard Gardiner .... I 38 John Allerion I 39 Thomas English I 40 Edward Dotey , , . . . 41 Edward Leister Those marked * brought their wives; those in italics were in their graves before the end of March. Of the one hundred and one English settlers, were twenty females accompanying their husbands, and forty-two children and serv- ants. Freeman's History of Cape Cod, Vol. I., p. 65. [I2 5 ] RICHARD WARREN 1 TMCHARD WARREN 1 , of Greenwich County, Kent, Eng- *-^- land, sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower, September 6 th , 1620, and arrived in Cape Cod harbor November II th (old style). His wife Elizabeth arrived in the Ann,* late in July, 1623, with her five daughters: Mary 8 , Ann 2 , Sarah 1 , Elizabeth 2 , and Abigail 2 . Mr. Richard Warren; but his wife and children were left behind and came afterwards. Mr. Richard Warren lived some 4 or 5 years and had his wife over to him, by whom he had 2 sons, before dyed, and one of them is maryed and hath 2 children, so his increase is 4. But he had 5 daughters more come over with his wife, who are all married and living and have many children. Bradford's History of Plimoth Plantations. Richard Warren was from London and joined the Leyden Pilgrims in July, 1620, at Southampton, where the Mayflower and the Speedwell first set sail for America. He was married in England, before 1611, to Elizabeth ? whose maiden name is unknown and had by her five daughters: Mary, Anna, Sarah, Elizabeth and Abigail, who were left in England and came to Plymouth, with their mother, in 1623. Nothing is known of his life before he joined the Pilgrims on the May- flower and there are very few references to him in the Plymouth Colony Records, or the works of contemporary writers, doubtless owing to his early death in 1628. It will be seen, by referring to the "Compact," that Richard Warren was one of the eleven designated by Bradford, by the title of "Mr.," of the forty-one signers. Wednesday, November 15 th , "sixteen men were sent out with every man his musket, sword, and corselet, under the command of Captain Miles Standish to explore the country." After wandering about the land for several days, discovering the Indians, finding corn and fresh water, they returned to their vessel. They made other explorations, but not deeming the place good to settle * "This vessel (Ann) of 146 tons, arrived late in July and brought about 96 passengers." [126] in, they sailed to Plymouth, landing there December 20 th , 1620, and began a settlement. Avery Genealogy, pp. iii-n8. The Journal of the Pilgrims says: "Richard Warren was one of the three from London, and one of the ten principal men, who, with Captain Standish, two mates, one gunner and three Saylers, set out in the shallop,* 6 th December, 1620, on their final trip of discovery, and who first landed on the Rock, in Plymouth. "There were seven children, five daughters coming from England with their mother, and two sons, born in Plymouth, Nathaniel 1 , and Joseph*. The five daughters married respectively, Bartlett, Little, Cook, Church, and Osborne." Morton's New England Memorial, 1826. " Richard Warren stands at the head of the 9 th share in the division of cattle in 1627. His location of lands was near the Eel river, and the farm is still possessed by his descendants." Prince in his Chronology says: "1628, this year dies Mr. Richard Warren, a useful instrument and bore a deep share in the difficulties attending the first settlement of New Plymouth." Plymouth Colony Record says: "Mistress Elizabeth Warren, an aged widdow, aged above 90 years, deceased on the second day of October, 1673, whoe haveing lived a Godly life, came to her grave as a shoke of corn fully ripe." CHILDREN I Mary*, married, 1628, Robert Bartlett, born in England, 1603, who came in the Ann, July, 1623. They had two sons and six daughters. He was one of the first purchasers of Dartmouth, and died, 1676, aged seventy- three. II Ann*,f married, 19 th April, 1633, Thomas Little 1 , who came from England to Plymouth in 1630. He was a lawyer, and his coat of arms is still preserved at the old homestead, in the house of Luther Little at Sea View, Mass., formerly known as Littletown. See forward. III Sarah*, married, March 28 th , 1634, John Cooke, son of Francw and Esther Cooke, who came with his father in the Mayflower, 1620, was old enough to be taxed in 1636, as high as his father and had four chil- dren living in 1650. He was ten times a deputy from Plymouth and many times a deacon. Removed and was minister of Dartmouth, 1676, of which he was one of the first purchasers and representative in 1673. He was living, 1694, the oldest survivor, perhaps, of the male passenger* in the Mayflower. * "A sloop rigged craft of twelve to fifteen tons, which they had brought be- tween decks, having been obliged to take her partly to pieces for storage." Pilgrim Republic. f Plymouth Colony Wills, III, i, 40. [I2 7 ] IV Elizabeth*, married, 1636, Richard Church, born 1608, came over in 1630, admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony, October 4 th , 1632. He was a carpenter, and one of the designers and builders of the first regular church edifice at Plymouth. To them in 1639 a little Benjamin was born, who became a colonel and was famous in the Indian wars. In 1642 the court employed him to make a gun carriage for the fort. He was made a local magistrate and represented his town in the Plymouth legislature. In 1649 he sold some land at Eel River to Robert Bartlett (his brother-in-law) for 25, and took for 8. 10. o. a red ox called "Mouse." He died in Dedham, December, 1668. She died in Hingham, 4 th March, 1670. V Abigail 1 , married, 1639, Anthony Snow, of Plymouth, 1638, in Marshfield, 1643. He was representative, after 1656, for twenty years. They had five children. VI Nathaniel 1 , married, November 19 th , 1645, Sarah Walker, who was the granddaughter of Jane Collier,* but it is not known who were her parents. He died at Plymouth, 1667, between July i6 th and October 21'*. She died in 1700. VII Joseph 1 , married, 1651, Priscilla Faunce, daughter of John and Patience (Morton) Faunce, and sister of the famous elder, Thomas Faunce. General James Warren, who at the death of General Joseph Warren, at Bunker Hill, succeeded him as President of the Congress of the Province, was the Pilgrim's great-great-grandson. Goodwin's Pilgrim Republic, Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Mayflower Descendants. * See Richard Park 1 , page 91. 128 LITTLE COAT OF ARMS Photographed, 1919, from the original painting now owned by Luther Little of Sea View, Mass. I his place was formerly known as Littletown, a part of Marsh- field, and is seventeen miles from Plymouth. Mr. Little is a direct descendant of Thomas Little who came to Plymouth in 1630. THOMAS LITTLE 1 '"PHOMAS LITTLE 1 was born in England, and according to * many writers arrived here in 1630, but it is not positively known when, or on what ship he came. The earliest date in the Plymouth records is January 2 nd , 1632/3, when he was taxed. He married, April 19 th , 1633, Ann, born in England about 1612, daughter of Richard Warren 1 (the Mayflower passenger) and Elizabeth Warren. He bought a shallop in 1633, was enrolled for military service in August, 1643, at Plymouth, as was every other male in the Colony between 16 and 60, on that date. At Plymouth there is record of a deed made by "Thomas Little sometimes inhabitant of the Towne of Plym:" and joined in by "Ann the wife of the said Thomas Little," dated 2 nd August, 1652, in which they sell to Richard Foster "All that his house and land lying and being at the Eelriver in the Township of Plymouth aforesaid whereon the said Thomas Little formerly lived" with "all that his lott or share of Land which he had with his wife being twenty acres bee it more or less being bounded on the one Side with the Land of Robert Bartlett" (who came in the Ann, July, 1623, and married, 1628, Mary Warren 1 , daughter of Richard Warren 1 ) "and on the other Side with the Lands of Joseph Warren the north end abutting upon the Eelriver afore- said." He evidently had removed to Marshfield before August 2 nd , 1652, from the phraseology of the deed. The illustration facing the first page of the issue (January, 1913, Mayflower Descendants, Vol. XV, p. 23) reproduces portions of two documents now in the "Scrap Book," in the Registry of Deeds at Plymouth. The oldest paper is signed by Thomas Little and William Pearse as witnesses, and is a bond for 100, Sterling, dated November 8 th , 1657/8. The second paper is a 129 bond for 80, dated January 3 rd , 1666, and signed Thomas Little, as witness. Thomas Little was buried at Marshfield, March 12 th , 1671/2. His widow died ajter February 19 th , 1675/6. CHILDREN I Abigail*, married Josiah Keene. II Ruth 1 , died after February 19 th , 1675/6. III Hannah 2 , married, January is th or 25 th , 1661, Stephen Tilden. She died May 13 th , 1710. IV Patience 1 , born about 1639. Married, November II th , 1657, Joseph Jones. She died October 25 th , 1723, at Hingham. V Mercy 1 , married the last of November, 1666, John Sawyer. She was buried February io th , 1693. VI Isaac 1 , born about 1646. Married in 1674, or earlier, Bethiah Thomas. He died, November 24 th , 1699, at Marshfield. She died, September 23 rd , 1718, at same place. VII Ephraim 1 , born May 17 th , 1650, at Plymouth. Married, No- vember 22 nd , 1672, Mary, daughter of Samuel Sturtevant, of Plymouth. He died at Scituate, November 24 th , 1717. She died, same place, Feb- ruary io th , 1717/18. They had nine children. See forward. VIII Thomas 1 ,* killed, March 26 th , 1676, at Rehoboth, in fight with Indians. He did not marry. IX Samuel 1 , born about 1657. Married, May i8 th , 1682, Sarah Gray, born at Plymouth, August 12 th , 1659. He died at Bristol, R. I. (then in Massachusetts), January i6 th , 1707/8. She died, same place, February 14 th , 1736/7. * He was younger than his brother Ephraim, but was of age when he made his will. He was therefore born between 1651 and 1655. Thomas 1 Little and his brother Samuel were called "my two younger sonnes" in their father's will. [130] EPHRAIM LITTLE 8 LITTLE*, seventh child of Thomas Little 1 , and Ann, daughter of Richard Warren 1 (Mayflower passenger), and Elizabeth Warren, was born at Plymouth May 17 th , 1650. Married, November 22 nd , 1672, Mary, daughter of Samuel Sturte- vant, of Plymouth. He died at Scituate, November 24 th , 1717. She died, same place, February io th , 1717. The will of "Mr. Ephraim Little, Late of Marshfield who de- ceased at Scituate November the Twenty fourth 1717," is re- corded in Vol. 4 of Wills, Registry of Probate, Plymouth, pp. 113- 116, and is dated 7 th March, 1715, proved 24 th December, 1717. He mentions: "My beloved wife Mary Little," "My daughter Mercy Otis," "My daughter Ruth Avery," "Ephraim my eldest son" (to him real estate and a negro boy), "My son David . . . a Cane with a Silver Head." CHILDREN I Anna 1 , born August 23 rd , 1673. Married, at Boston, July 3 rd , 1694, Thomas -Gray (half-brother of her uncle Samuel Little's wife). She died at Little Compton, Mass, (now in Rhode Island), October i6 th , 1706. He died, same place, November 5 th , 1721. II *, an unnamed daughter, buried at Marshfield, June 14**, 1675. III Ephraim 1 , born September 27 th , 1676. Married, November 29**, 1698,* at Plymouth, Sarah Clarke. He died, November 24 th , 1723, at Plymouth. "In 1699, after two years probation, he was ordained pastor of the First church, Plymouth (built by Richard Church who married Eliza- beth Warren 1 ), and continued in the Ministry until his death, November 24 th , 1723." Pilgrim Republic, pp. 34-596. "Here lyes buried the body of the Rev. Mr. Ephraim Little, Pastor of the Church of Christ at Plymouth, aged 47 years 2 mos and 6 D. Deceased Nov ye 24 th , 1723 " Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass., p. 12. * See illustration of leather trunk, marked 1698 E. L., the year he w married. [131 ] The will of Rev. Ephraim Little appears in Vol. 4, Plymouth Wills, pp. 432-434. It is dated i8 th February, 1712-13, proved 3O th April, 1724. He leaves all to his wife "Sarah." One item in the inventory is, "one Quarter Part of ye Sloop High Pine." IV Mercy*, born February 26 th , 1678. Married Job Otis (son of John), born at Scituate, March 2O th , 1677. She died at Scituate in 1755. He died, same place, 1758. V David 1 , born at Marshfield, March i8 th , 1680/1. Married, first, at Little Compton, December 2 nd , 1703, Elizabeth Southworth, born September 23 rd , 1686, and died at Scituate April io th , 1743. Married, second, October 2i Bt , 1746, Abigail Bailey, who died at Scituate February 5 th , 1775, aged 75 years, 9 months. He died at Scituate, February 9 th , 1779. VI John 1 , born at Marshfield, March i8 th , 1682/3. Married at Little Compton, April 8 th , 1708, Constant Fobes, born June 29 th , 1686, new style. She died at Marshfield June 29 th , 1771. He died, same place, February 26 th , 1767. In Vol. 19, page 464, appears the inventory dated 28 th April, 1767, of "John Little Esq., re late of Marshfield," the amount of his estate being 4345. 15. 10., one item being, "To side arms 4. o. o." The will and in- ventory of his wife, "Mrs. Constant Little Late of Marshfield deceased," dated i8 th November, 1767, proved 6 August, 1777, is given in Vol. 21, pp. 196-7. She speaks of herself as "Constant Little of Marshfield in the County of Plymouth Widdow," gives 6 shillings to each of her "six sons, Fobes Little, John Little, Ephraim Little, Thomas Little, William Little and Lemuel Little," and gives the rest of her estate to "my son Abijah White and my daughter Ann White his wife and to my son Tobias Oakman and my daughter Ruth Oakman his wife." VII Mary*, born July 7 th , 1685, died October i8 th , 1685. VIII Ruth 8 , born November 23 rd , 1686. Married, November 23 rd , 1710, Rev. John Avery 8 , born Dedham, Mass., February 4 th , 1685/6. She died at Truro, Mass., October I st , 1732. He died, same place, April 2 3 rd 1754- They had ten children. See forward. IX Barnabas', born February 8 th , 1691/2. Died February 23 rd , 1691/2. 132 RUTH LITTLE* T) UTH LITTLE 8 was the eighth child of Ephraim Little 1 , -*-^- and Mary (Sturtevant) Little, and great-granddaughter of Mr. Richard Warren 1 (Mayflower passenger); also sister of Ephraim Little 3 , pastor of the Church of Christ at Plymouth. She was born at Marshfield, Mass., November 23 rd , 1686. Married, November 23 rd , 1710, the Rev. John Avery 8 ,* of North Truro, Mass. He was born at Dedham, Mass., February 4 th , 1685/6, died at North Truro April 23 rd , 1754. She died, same place, October I st , 1732. They had ten children. Avery Family, pp. 26-27. * "The Rev. John Avery* was ordained November I st , 1711, as pastor of the First Church in Truro. "The charge was given by the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Stone, of Harwich, Mass., and the right hand of fellowship by the Rev. Ephraim Little 1 , of Plymouth, Mass. (brother-in-law to Mr. Avery)." Avery Genealogy, pp. 116-117. "There are now, 1919, in the Christian Union Church, North Truro, two pewter plates, thirteen inches in diameter, stamped W. Ellwood, London, and two pewter tankards: on the handles of which is inscribed, Ruth Avery to Truro C&? 1721." Also two cups, of solid silver, inscribed, "This belongs to ye church in Truro, 1730." Avery Genealogy, p. 122. Avery Family, p. 35. 133 SAMUEL PUTNAM AVERY" PEDIGREE connection with Richard Warren 1 , who came from England in the Mayflower, November II th , 1620 (Old Style), and Thomas Little, who arrived in 1630. 1. Richard Warren 1 , born in England (?) died in Plymouth, Mass., 1628. Elizabeth (?) Warren, born (?) England, died in Plymouth, Mass., October 2 nd , 1673, "aged above 90 years." 2. Great-grandfather, Thomas Little 1 , born (?) England, came to America in 1630, "buried at Marshfield, Mass., March 12 th , 1671/2." Great-grandmother, Ann (Warren 2 ) Little, born in England, 1612 (?). Died in Plymouth, Mass., February 19 th , 1675/6. 3. Great-grandfather, Ephraim Little 2 , born in Plymouth, Mass., May 17 th , 1650, died in Scituate, Mass., November 24 th , 1717. Great- grandmother, Mary (Sturtevant) Little, born (?), died in Scituate, Mass., February io th , 1717. 4. Great-grandfather, John Avery 8 , born in Dedham, Mass., February 4 th , 1685/6, died in Truro, Mass., April 23 rd , 1754. Avery Family, p. 26. Great-grandmother, Ruth (Little 8 ) Avery, born in Marshfield, Mass., November 23 rd , 1686, died in Truro, Mass., October I st , 1732. 5. Great-grandfather, Ephraim Avery 7 , born in Truro, Mass., April 22 nd , 1713, died in Brooklyn, Conn., October 2O th , 1754. Great-grand- mother, Deborah (Lothrop) Avery, born in Pomfret, Conn., January 9 th , 1716/7, died in Highlands, N. Y., October 4 th , 1777. 6. Great-grandfather, Ephraim Avery 8 , born in Brooklyn, Conn., April 13 th , 1741, died in Rye, N. Y., November 5 th , 1776. Great-grand- mother, Hannah (Platt) Avery, born 1737, died in Rye, N. Y., May 13 th , 1776. 7. Great-grandfather, John William Avery*, born in Rye, N. Y., May 24* h , 1767, died in New York, 1799. Great-grandmother, Sarah (Fair- child) Avery, born in Stratford, Conn., February 28 th , 1773, died in New York, May 6 th , 1837. Fair child Family, p. 80. 8. Grandfather, Samuel Putnam Avery 10 , born in New York, January I"*, 1797, died in New York, July 24 th , 1832. Great-grandmother, Hannah Anne (Parke) Avery, born in New York, April 24 th , 1804, died in Jersey City, N. J., June 26 th , 1888. Park Family, p. 107. 9. Father, Samuel Putnam Avery", born in New York, March 17 th , [134] i822, died in New York, August II th , 1904. Mother, Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, born in New York, December I 8 *, 1825, died in Hartford, Conn., April 29 th , 1911. 10. Samuel Putnam Avery", eldest son of Samuel Putnam Avery" and Mary Ann (Ogden) Avery, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 7 th , 1847. [135] INDEX AVERY FAMILY Achincloss, Mary R. F., 40 Adams, Edward D., 66 Herbert 66 William, 23 Addington, Isa, 31 Alden, Ebenezer, 18 Alexander, John W., 66 Alleyn, Edward, 16 Anderson, A. A., 66 Edwin H., 66 Andrews, William L., 64, 66 ' Angier, Samuel, 37 Arden, Agnes, 3 Robert, 3 Ascot, Margery, i Atkins, Nathaniel, 34 Austen, John, 5 Austin, Francis, 20 Avery, Abigail, 24, 27, 29 Alderman, 2, 6 Allen, 6 Andrew, 8 Ann, 27 Anna Cushman, 26 Annah, 6 Barsheba, 6 Benjamin, 6 Benjamin Parke, 50, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 Catharine, 6 Charles R., 50 Christian, 6 Deborah, 41 Deborah Lothrop, 26, 40, 43, 46, 52, 67 Deborah Putnam, 46 Dorothy, 14 Dudley, 2, 6 Ebenezer, 14 Elisha, 40 Elisha Lothrop, 46, 48 Elizabeth 3, 24, 26, 29, 40 Elizabeth Draper, 46 Elizabeth Lane, 14, 24, 26, 52, 67 Ellen Walters, 51 Emma Parke, 51 Ephraim, 26, 27, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42. 43, 45, 46, 47, 4 8 > 52, 55, &7 Avery, Eunice Putnam, 40 Fanny Falconer, 51, 57, 62 Frances, 2, 6, 7, 67 Giles, 6 Grace, xvii, xviii Hannah, 14 Hannah Anne Parke, 48, 50, 51, 58, 68 Hannah Platt, 40, 46, 48, 52, 67 Hannah Stanton, 50 Henry, 2 Henry Ogden, 51, 55, 56, 63, 64, 65 Hester, 6 Isoult Barry, 3 Jacob, 2, 5, 6 Jane, 6 , Jane Greenough, xi Jane Gunning, 48 Jane Thatcher, 27 Jerusha, xvii Joane, 2, 3, 6, 8 Joanne, 6, 67 Job, 27, 28, 29, 38, 39 Johan, 3 Johane, 3 John, xviii, 2, 3, 6, 24, 26, Vj t 28, 29, 3i 32, 33, 34, 35, 30, 37* 38, 39, 4, T 41, 43,52, 67 lohn Smith, 39 John William, 46, 48, 50, 52, 67 Jonathan, 14, 20, 22, 23, 24 Joseph, xviii, 6 Joseph Platt, 46 Katharine, 6 Lady Elizabeth, 3 Lydia Healy, 24 Margaret, 4, 13, 17, 18, 19, *4 67 Margaret Stafford, 4 Maria Tappin, 19 Maria Woodmansey, 19 Mary, 13, 21, 22, 27, 28 Mary Ann Fuller, 50, 58, 59 Mary Ann Ogden, 50, 51, 57, 62, 63, 68 Mary Deming, 26, 28 Mary Henrietta, 51 137 Avery, Mary Lane, 13 Mary Rebecca H., 24, 50 Maxy Roach Fillis, 40 Mary Rotch, 26, 27, 28 Michael, 3, 24 Mirabella, 6 Prudence Champion, i, 2, 5 Rachael, 14 Richard, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Robert, xviii, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 1 4, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 52, 67 Ruth, 24, 26, 28, 33, 35, 36, 40, 41, 67 Ruth Knowles, 26 Ruth Little, 24, 26, 37, 40, 52, 67 Ruth Smith, 40 Samuel, 2, 6, 40 Samuel Putnam, xvii, xviii, i, 45, 48, SO, 5', 52, S3, 54, 56, 57, 58, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68 Sarah, 6 Sarah Coit, 48 Sarah Elizabeth, 48 Sarah Fairchild, 46, 48, 50, 52, 67 Septimus, 26, 40, 42, 43 Stephen, 50 Susan Jane, 50 Sybil, 14 Sybil Sparhawk, 14 Thomas, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 67 ' Thomasine, 3 Timothy, 29 Walter, 3 ' Walter Titus, i, 4, 6, 13, 39 William, xvii, xviii, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24.50,51,52,58,63,67 Baker, Deborah Avery, 41 Joseph, 41 Barritt, Hannah Avery, 46 Stephen, 46 Barry, Isoult, 3 John, 3 Battelle, Thomas, 20 Baylie, Sarah, 29 Bearstoe, William, 20 Bickford, Jeremiah, 34 Bigelow, John, 57 Bingham, Jerusha Avery, xvii Lucy Avery, xvii Bishop, Ruth Parker, 28, 29 Bloor, A. J., 65 Boulders, Ann, 8 Giles, 8 Boyce, Sarah, 24 Breed, Nathaniel, 29 Brenner, V. D., 66 Brewster, John, 41 Ruth Avery, 41 [ 138] Bridgman, Thomas, 19 Briggs, Mr., 65 Brown, Isaac, 46 Bugbee, John, 39 Bullard, Elizabeth Avery, 24 William, 14, 24 Burch, Elizabeth, 48 Burgoyne, General, 45 Burns, H. J., 59 Butler, Nicholas M., 66 Cabot, Mr., 41 Cady, Jonathan, 41 Cantus, George, 59 Carter, J. G. Avery, xi Castle, F. A., 57 Champion, John, i, 2, 5, 6 Prudence, I, 2, 5 Thomas, 8 Chickering, Francis, 20 Chickery, Henery, 20 Church, Elizabeth Avery, 46 Mr., 46 Clark, John, 31 Cleary, Robert, 59 Cleveland, Joseph, 41 Clinton, Governor, 45 Cobb, Henry, 41 Coey, Jaryis, 59 Coit, David, 48 Mr., 41 Sarah, 48 Colden, Cadwallader, 46 Con ant, Edward Davis, xviii Conklin, Katharine, 50, 51, 57 Cook, Charles T., 57 Cooke, Robert Grier, 66 Cornell, Charles R., 50 Hannah Avery, 50 Crow, Deborah, 40, 52 Cunningham, John S., 59 Cushman, Anna, 26 Danforth, Mr., 37 Deane, W. R., 14 De Forest, Robert W., 66 Deming, Mary, 26 De Peyster, Frederic J., 64 Devotion, Ebenezer, 42 Dexter, Mr., 46 Djelman, Frederick, 66 Digbye, Lord, 6 Dodge, William E., 5? Dow, Arthur W., 66 Drake, Alexander W., 66 Draper, Elizabeth Avery, 26, 28 John, 26, 42 Dudley, J., 31 Dummer, Joseph, xviii Dupignac, Ebenezer R., 48 Sarah Avery, 48 Dwight, Michael, 24, 25 Rachel Avery, 24 Timothy, 20 Dyar, Benjamin, 14, 22 Hannah Avery, 14 Eldred, Neighbor, 28 Eldredg, Samuel, 29 Eliot, Jacob, 39 Ellwood, W., 35 Fackenthal, Frank D., 66 Fairchild, Elizabeth Burch, 48 John, 48 Samuel W., 66 Sarah, 46, 48, 50, 52, 67 Seabrooke, 48 Thomas, 48 Fayerbanke, John, 20 Jonathan, 20 Fearin, Samuel, 23 Fillis, Mary Roach, 40 Fisher, Daniel, 18, 21 Cornelius, 21 Foster, John, 19 Thomas, 21 Fox, William H., 66 Freeman, Constant, 33 John, 26 Mercy, 26 Friedlander, I., 59 Fuller, Ensign, 18 Mary Ann, 50, 58 Fullwood, Avery, 3 John, 3 Gardiner, Deborah Avery, 43 John, 43 Garland, J. A., 57 Garys, Arthur, 21 Gilbert, Cass, 66 Goetze, Frederick A., 66 Granniss, George W., 59 Grant, President, 57 Graves, Sybil Avery, 14 Thomas, 14 Gray, Mr., 58 Gunning, Jane, 48 Hayerfield, William, xviii, 23 Hains, Mr., 47 Halsey, F. R., 66 Hamilton, Rev. Dr., 59 Hamlin, A. D. F., 66 Hapgood, E. T., 65 Havemeyer, H. O., 57 Hawkes, McDougall, 66 Healy, A. Augustus, 66 Lydia, 24 Heath, widow, 21 Herring, Thomas, 20 Hewlett, J. Monroe, 66 Hibbert, Robert, 6 Hicks, Frederick C, 66 Higgs, John, xviii, 23 Hinchman, Bishop, 46 Hoffman, Ogden, 59 Holcombe, Mr., 59 Howl and, Grace Avery, xvii Hunt, Richard M., 63 Huntington, Archer M., 66 Ingles, Mr., 47 Irelande, Roger, 7 Keens, Susanna M., 48, 50 Kennedy, Edward G., 66 John Stewart, 57 Keppel, Frederick P., 66 King Charles, 6 King George, 38 Grace Avery, xviii Lucy Avery B., xvii Knowles, Mercy Freeman, 26 Ruth, 26 Samuel, 26 Kunz, George F., 66 Lamb, F. S., 6$ Lane, Elizabeth, 14, 24, 26, 52, 67 Job, 24, 52 Mary, 13 Samuel, 23 Sarah Boyce, 24, 52 Littell, President, 64 Little, Ann Warren, 52 Ephraim, 26, 33, 52 Mary Sturtevant, 26, 52 Ruth, 24, 26, 37, 52, 67 Thomas, 52 Littlefield, George E., 19 Lord, Austin W., 66 Lothrop, Abigail Avery, 27, 29 Deborah, 26, 40, 43, 4 6 S 2 . 7 Deborah Crow, 40, 52 Elisha, 27 Joshua, 43 Samuel, 40, 52 Low, Frederick F., 59 Lucas, Frederick A., 66 Lyon, H. W., 58 Macaulay, Thomas B., iv Maguire, Joseph, 59 Mansfield, Howard, 66 Marquand, H. G., 57 [ 139 1 McMenomy, John H., 59 Metcalf, Joseph, 33 Mulford, Thomas, 32, 33 Norwell, Samuel, 21 Oettinger, S., 57 Ogden, Henry Aaron, 50, 51, 57 Katharine Conklin, 50, 51, 57 Mary Ann, 50, 51, 57, 62,63, 68 Onion, Benjamin, 25 Orton, R. H., 59 Paine, Barnabas, 27 Moses, 29 Thomas, 31, 32, 33, 34 Park, Richard, 51, 58, 63, 67 Parke, Benjamin, 48, 50, 51 Hannah Anne, 48, 50, 51, 58, 68 Susanna M. K., 48, 50 Parker, Avery, 28, 29 Dorothy, 29 Jonathan, 26, 28, 29 Ruth, 28, 29 Ruth Avery, 26, 28 Peper, Robert, 21 Pethick, Vice-Consul, 59 Phillips, Henry, 20 Pierce, Isaac, 38 Pine, John B., 66 Platt, Hannah, 40, 46, 48, 52, 67 Prince, Governor, 26 Purington, Hez., 33 Putnam, Aaron, 40 Deborah Avery, 44, 45 Deborah Lothrop, 44, 45 Eunice, 40 Israel, 40, 43, 44, 45 Queen Ann, 25 Raymond, Henry J., 61 Reno, Lieut., 58 Richards, Abigail Avery, 24 John, 24 Roberts, Arthur, 13 O. A., 18 Robinson, Beverly, 45 Edward, 66 Rotch, Mary, 26 William, 26 Rowe, Sir Thomas, 6 Saltus, J. Sanford, 66 Sand, George, 56 Sawyer, Lorenzo, 59 Scharff, Anton, 57 Schofield, John M., 59 Seabrooke, , 48 Seaver, Robert, 21 Shakespeare, Mary, 3 William, 3 Shannon, Thomas, 59 Sharpe, William, 5 Sheppard, Consul, 59 Sherman, Frank D., 66 Smith, Barzillah, 29 Charles Stewart, 57 Edward R., 66 Ruth, 40 Thomas, 34 Snow, John, 32, 33 Sparhawk, Sybil, 14 Stanford, Leland, 59 Stebbins, Horatio, 58 Steele, Grace Avery K., xviii Stillman, J. D. B., 58 Stofford, Elizabeth, 4 John, 4 Margaret, 3, 4 Margery, 4 Robert, 4 Thomas, 3, 4 Stone, Nathaniel, 33 Stout, A, B., 58 Sturgis, Russell, 63, 64, 65 Sturtevant, Mary, 26, 52 Sumner, Rachel Avery, 14 William, 14, 22 Talmage, Mary Avery, 50 T. De Witt, 50 Tappin, John, 19 Joseph, 19 Maria, 19 Thatcher, Jane, 27 Thomas, Mr., 18 Tisdale, James, 13 Mary Avery, 13, 22 Turner, Charles, 37 Upham, Caleb, 37 Von Senden, G. D., 59 Vyse, Thomas, 6 Wade, British Minister, 59 Wadsworth, Mr., 41 Waite, Edwin G., 59 Ward, Robert, 14 Warren, Ann, 52 Richard, 26, 37, 50, 51, 52, 58, 63, 67 Washington, George, 44 Webb, Benjamin, 36 Weitenkampf, Frank, 66 Welcher, Alice Lee, 62 Amy Ogden, 62 Emma Parke Avery, 62 140 Welcher, Fanny Avery, 57, 62 Lester Groome, 62 Manfred P., 51, 57, 62 West, Mary Avery, 27, 28 Mr., 27 Wetmore, Mrs., 47 Wheeler, James R., 66 Whistler, J. McN., 53 White, Salome Elizabeth, xviii Whiting, James, xviii Wight, Joseph, 25 Williams, Abraham, 37 Deacon, 41 Williams, Mr., 58 Origo, 3 Talcott, 66 Wilson, John, 23 Windgate, Richard, 7 Winthrop, Governor, 15 Woodmansey, James, xviii, 23 John, 21, 23 Maria, 19 Robert, 19 Woodward, Robert B., 66 Worthington, Mr., 18 Wright, F. A., 65 NAMES OF PLACES, ETC. A rare painting, xvii Academy of Design, N. Y., 66 of Sciences, Cal., 58 American Museum of Natural History, N.Y., 66 Numismatic Society, 66 Scenic Society, 66 Society of Architects, 66 Ancient and Hon. Artillery Co., 18 Archaeological Inst. of America, 64 Architectural League, N. Y., 56, 63, 65, 66 Art Association, Cal., 58, 64 Paris, 66 Ashford, Conn., 38, 39 Authorities cited, xv, xvi Avery Architectural Library, 55, 56, 66 Coat of Arms, xvii, xviii Collection of Etchings, 53, 57 Editorials and Resolutions, 54, 55, 56 Elizabeth Lane, Tombstone, 24 Family in America, n Gold Medals, 57, 66 Homestead, Dedham, 9 Lane, London, 3 Malacca Cane, xviii Name in England, 2 Oak, Dedham, 9 Oriental Porcelains, 57 Pedigree, 67 Pewter Tankards, 35 Silver Cups, 35 Silver Seal, xviii Silver Tankard, 28 Street, Birmingham, 3 Tombstones, 24, 25 Barkham, England, I, 4, 8, 13, 14, 24, 52,67 Barnstable, Mass., 29, 30, 38 Rartholdi Statue, N. Y., 56 Bedford, N. Y., 46 Bellingham, Mass., 16 Birmingham, England, 3 Blind Brook, Rye, N. Y., 47 Blue Anchor Tavern, Boston, 18, 19 Bodmin, England, 3 Boston, Mass., xviii, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 26, 31, 36, 40, 42, 51, 58, 63, 67 Brooklyn, Conn., 26, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 52, 67 N. Y., xviii, 51, 57, 62, 63, 67, 68 Cambridge, Mass., 14, 18, 41 Cape Cod, 30, 35 Charles River, Cambridge, 15 Charlestown, Mass., 14 Cherry Valley, N. Y., 40 Christian Union Church, 35 Church of England, 47 Civil Service Reform Ass'n, 56 Columbia University, N. Y., 39, 51, 55, 56, 57, 66 Concord, Mass., 15 Congresburie, England, i, 2, 5, 6, 67 Contentment, Mass., 15 Conway, Mass., xvii Cooper Union, N. Y., 63 Cornwall, Eng., 2, 3 Dangerfield, Mass., 30 Dedham Historical Society, xvii, xviii, ,9,39 .. Mass., xvii, i, 4, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 50, 5, 52, 58, 67 Proprietors, 16 Settlement, 15 Town Covenant, 15, 16 Village, 17 Deed, William Avery, 19 Deerfield, Mass., 18 Devonshire, England, 3 Devotion, Ebenezer, oration, 42 141 ] Doctors' Commons, England, 5, 6, 67 Dorchester, Mass., xviii, 37 Dover, Mass., 16 Dowland, England, 3 Eastern Harbor, 30, 32 Eastham Church, 33 Mass., 26, 27, 30, 31, 33, 36, 38 Easthampstead, England, 8 East Harbor, Truro, 32 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 63, 64, 65 Editorials and Resolutions, 54, 55, 56 Enfield, England, 6 Falmouth, Mass., 33 Fine Arts Association, 66 First Church, Truro, 33 Fishkill, N. Y., 44 f Fifth Avenue Association, N. Y., 66 Fort Alcatraz, Cal., 58 Clinton, N. Y., 44 Montgomery, N. V., 44 Franklin, Mass., 16 Gardiner's Island, N. Y., 43 Genealogical Society, N. Y., 57 General Court of Mass., 15, 17, 18, 30 Gift of Land, Ephraim Avery, 36 Gold Medal Committees, 57, 66 Gotham Art School, 63 Grace Church, Rye, N. Y., 46, 52 Grolier Club, N. Y., 56, 57, 66 Guard of Honor, 58 Halgrave, England, 3 Halifax, N. S., 40 Hamburg, Germany, 6 Hampton, Mass., 41 Hartford, Conn., xvii, xviii, 50, 51, 62, 68 Harvard College, 18, 24, 26, 37, 38, 40, 4.1 Harwich, Mass., 33 Havidge, England, 6 Highlands, N. Y., 45, 67 Holden, Mass., xviii House of Representatives, Boston, 3 1 Hudson, N. Y., 50 Hurst, England, 7 Hyde Park, Mass., 16 Institute of Architects, 66 of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y., 66 Inventory, John Avery, 29 Robert Avery, 25 Jersey City, N. J., 68 Joan of Arc Committee, N. Y., 66 King's Chapel, Boston, 19 College, N. Y., 46, 47, 55 Latin School, Dedham, 18 Lebanon, Conn., 28, 39 Lenox Library, N. Y., 53, 57 Library, Avery Architectural, 55, 56, 66 Columbia University, 55, 56 New York Public, 66 London, England, 3, 35, 51, 58, 63, 67 Maiden, Mass., 13, 14, 24, 52 Mamaroneck, N. Y., 46 Marshfield, Mass., 24, 26, 37, 52, 67 Massachusetts Colony, 22 Marysville, Cal., 50 " Mayflower," ship, 26, 37, 50, 51,52, 67 Medal Committees, 57, 66 Medfield, Mass., 16, 20, 23 Metropolitan Museum, N. Y., 53, 56, 57. 66 Middletown, Conn., 14 Mildenhall, England, 29 Mill Creek, Dedham, 20 Millis, Mass., 16 Ministerial Woods, Truro, 35 Museum of French Art, N. Y., 66 Natick, Mass., 16, 18, 27 National Guard, Cal., 59 Sculpture Society, 66 Needham, Mass., 16 Newark, N. J., 46 N. Y., 51 New London, Conn., 48 Newton, Mass., xviii New York, N. Y., i, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 58, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68 New York Genealogical and Biogra- phical Society, 57 New York Public Library, 53, 56, 66 Norfolk, Mass., 16, 18 North Truro, Mass., 35, 37 Norwich, Conn., 27 Norwood, Mass., 16 Oakland, Cal., 59 Ohio, 47 Oriental Porcelains, 57 Overland Monthly, 60, 6 1 Paris Exposition, 1867, 51, 52 Parish of Rye, N. Y., 47 Pawmet, Mass., 30 Peekskill, N. Y., 45 Peking, China, 50, 57, 58 Pewter Tankards, Truro, 35 Pill, England, i, 2, 4, 5, 67 PI a infield, Conn., 41 [142] Plymouth, Mass., 33, 50, 51, 52, 58, 63, 67 Pilgrims, 15, 30 Rock, 15 Plympton, Mass., 26 Pocumptuck, Mass., 18 Poem, J. G. A. Carter, xi Pomfret, Conn., 26, 38, 40, 42, 52, 67 Pond Village, Mass., 35 Presidio, San Francisco, 58 Probate Office, Boston, xviii, 22 Provincetown, Mass., 26 Purchasers' Lands, 30 Pylle, England, 4, 5 House, 4 Redding, England, 40 Revolutionary War, 47 Rock Meadow, Dedham, 20 Rocksbery, Mass., 21 Russian Embassy, 58 Rye, N. Y., 46, 47, 48, 67 Sandwich, Mass., 37 San Francisco, Cal., 50, 58, 60 Art Association, 58 Scharff Medal, 57 Sculpture Society, N. Y., 56 Second River, N. J., 46 Shakespeare, M alone, 3 Shanghai, China, 59, 60 Shepton Mallet, England, 4 Ship, "City of Tokio," 58 ' Mayflower," 26, 37, 50, 51, 58, 63, 67 'Defence," 51, 58, 63, 67 'Jeanette," 48 ' Monocacy,' 59, 60 'Tennessee," 58 Silhouette, Samuel P. Avery, 50 Silver Cups, Truro, 35 Tankard, 28 Springfield, Mass., 19 St. Endellion, England, 2 State Paper Office, London, 6 Stofford Pedigree, 4 Stratford, Conn., 46, 48, 52, 67 Lngland, 3 Streatly, England, 6 Suffolk, Mass., 14, 19 Tashmuit, Mass., 32, 34 Taunton, Mass., 13 Teachers' College, N. Y., 66 Tientsin, China, 59, 60 Tintaget, Cornwall, 2 Trewigget, Cornwall, 2 Trigg Manor, England, 2 Troy, N. Y., 50 Truro Church Agreement, 32 Incorporation, 30, 31, 33 Mass., xviii, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, XT 33 34, 36, 38, 40, 41. 42. 43. 5*. 67 North, 35, 37 Proprietors, 31 Typothetz Society, N. Y., 56 Union League Club, N. Y., 56, 66 Universal Exhibition, Paris, 52 Vienna, Austria, 57 Wallingford, England, 6 Walpole, Mass., 16 Watertown, Mass., 17 Webb, Benjamin, Discourse, 36 Wellesley, Mass., 16 West Indies, 46 West Point, N. Y., 44 West Roxbury, Mass., 16 Westlake Society, 41 Westminster Abbey, 3 Williams College, Mass., 62 Wilmscote, England, 3 Windham, Conn., 38, 41, 42, 44 Wokingham, England, I, 2, 6, 7, 8, 67 Woodstock, Conn., 39 Wrentham, Mass., 16, 21 Wynscote, Devonshire, 3 Yale University, 40, 46 FAIRCHILD FAMILY Adams, Mary Fairchild, 77 Samuel, 77 Arundel, Earl of, 72 Avery, Benjamin Parke, 81 Charles Russell, 8 1 Elisha Lothrop, 80 Ellen Walters, 82 Emma Parke, 82 Ephraim, 80 Avery, Fairchild Pedigree, 83 Fanny Falconer, 82 Hannah Parke, 80, 81, 82, 83 Hannah Stan ton, 8 1 Henry Ogden, 82 Jane Gunning, 80 John William, 79, 80, 8l, 83 Mary Fuller, 81 Mary Henrietta, 82 [143] Avery, Mary Ogden, 81, 82, 83 Mary Rebecca, 81 Park Pedigree, 83 Samuel Putnam, 80, 81, 82, 83 Sarah Coit, 80 Sarah Elizabeth, 80 Sarah Fairchild, 79, 80, 81, 83 Stephen, 81 Susan Jane, 81 Beach, Hannah Staples, 75, 76, 77 John, 75 John, Jr., 76, 77 Richard, 75 Ruth, 76, 77, 78, 83 Blakeman, Adam, 75 Dorothy Smith, 76 Ebenezer, 76 Elizabeth, 76 Mr., 74 Brown, Mr., 79 Ruth Fairchild, 79 Buckingham, Marquis of, 72 Burch, Elizabeth, 78, 79, 80, 83 Burritt, William, 73 Coit, David, 80 Sarah, 80 Conklin, Katharine, 81, 82 Cornell, Charles Russell, 81 Hannah Stan ton, 81 Craigg, Catherine, 74 Curtiss, John, 77, 78 Mary, 77, 78, 79, 83 Davenport, Mr., 71 Dupignac, Ebenezer R., 80 Sarah Avery, 80 Fairchild, Abel, 78 Abigail, 77 Abigail Patterson, 79 Anna, 77 Avery Pedigree, 83 Benjamin, 77, 79 Coat of Arms, 75 Curtiss, 79 Dinah, 75 Edward, 76 Elizabeth Blakeman, 76 Elizabeth Burch, 78, 79, 80, 83 Emma, 75 Ephraim, 77 Eunice, 77 Hannah Beach, 75 John, 75, 79 ohn Curtiss, 78, 79, 80, 83 onathan, 76 Fairchild, Joseph, 79 Mary, 77 Mary Curtiss, 77, 78, 79, 83 Mary Wheeler, 75, 76, 77, 83 Reuben, 79 Robert, 76, 78 Ruth, 79 Ruth Beach, 76, 77, 78, 83 Samuel, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83 Sarah, 75, 79, 80, 81, 83 Seabrooke, 76, 83 Tabitha, 79 Thomas, 69, 74, 75, 76, 83 William, 79 Zechariah, 75 Fayrchild, Thomas, 73 Fuller, Mary Ann, 81 Groves, Philip, 72, 74 Gunning, Jane, 80 Hamilton, Marquis of, 72 Hawley, Joseph, 75 Miriam, 75, 76 s Judson, William, 74 Keens, Susanna M., 80 King Charles I, 71 King James I, 72 Lenox, Duke of, 72 Ogden, Henry Aaron, 81, 82 Katharine, 81, 82 Mary Ann, 81, 82, 83 Orcutt, Samuel, 69 Parke, Benjamin, 80 Hannah Anne, 80, 81, 82, 83 Susanna Keens, 80 Patterson, Abigail, 79 Esther, 79 Samuel, 79 Preston, Emma Fairchild, 75 Hackaliah, 75 Jehial, 75 Sarah Fairchild, 75 Willia'm, 74, 75 Pruden, Mr., 71 Robinson, Mr., 71 Rowland, Esther, 79 Seabrooke, Robert, 74, 75 Sherwood, Thomas, 74 Smith, Dorothy, 76 Staples, Hannah, 76, 77 [ 144] Talmage, Mary Avery, 81 T. De Witt, 8 1 Warwick, Earl of, 71, 72 Welcher, Fanny Avery, 82 Manfred P., 82 - Wheeler, Mary, 75, 76, 77, 83 Wheeler, Miriam Hawley, 75, 76 Moses, 75, 76 Thomas, 74 Whiting, Elizabeth, 74 Samuel, 79 Winthrop, John, 71 NAMES OF PLACES, ETC. Authorities cited, 69 Bound Brook, N. J., 81 Bridgeport, Conn., 69, 71 Brooklyn, N. Y., 81, 82, 83 Christ's Church, Stratford, 77 Coat of Arms, 75 Columbia University, N. Y., 82 Congregational Society, Stratford, 77, 78 Connecticut Patent, 71, 72 Crusades, The, 75 Cupheag, Conn., 71 Devon County, England, 72 Episcopal Church, Stratford, 78 Fairfield, Conn., 72, 76, 77 County, fi, 74 County Historical Society, 69 Pedigree, 83 Fresh Pond, Conn., 73 General Court, Conn., 72, 74, 75 Great Neck, Conn., 73 Hartford, Conn., 71, 74, 81, 82, 83 Housatonic River, Conn., 71, 75 Hudson, N. Y., 81 Huntington, Conn., 71 Jersey City, N. J., 83 Kent County, England, 75 Lake Champlain, N. Y., 79 Litchfield, Conn., 77 Little Neck, Conn., 73 London, England, 71, 74 Long Island Sound, 71 Milford, Conn., 71, 74 Monroe, Conn., 71 Narragansett River, 71 War, 74 Newark, N. Y., 82 New England, 71, 72 New Haven, Conn., 71, 74, 75 New London, Conn., 80 New York, N. Y., 71, 80, 81, 82, 83 Newtown, Conn., 76 North Stratford, 78 Patent, The, 71, 72 Peking, China, 81 Philadelphia, Pa., 81 Plymouth Company, 71, 72 England, 72 Ripton, Conn., 78 Rye, N. Y., 80, 83 San Francisco, Cal., 81 Santa Barbara, Cal., 81 Saybrook, Conn., 71 Seal of England ?> 72 Ship "Jeanette," 80 Stratford, Conn., 69, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83 Stratford Constables, 74 Ticonderoga, N. Y., 79 Troy, N. Y., 81 Trumbull, Conn., 71, 78 Valentine's Manual, 1793, 79 Virginia, 71 Weston, Conn., 77, 79 Wethersfield, Conn., 71, 74 Williams College, 82 Windsor, Conn., 71 Woodbury, Conn., 75 [145] PARK FAMILY Adams, E. D., 113 Andrews, W. L., 113 Appleton, Major, 96 Avery, Benjamin Parke, 107, 114, 115, 116 Charles Russell, 107 Ellen Walters, 109, in, 113 Emma Parke, 109 Fanny Falconer, 109 Hannah Parke, 107, 108, 114, 117 Hannah Stanton, 107 Henry Ogden, 109, 113 Mary Ogden, 107, 109, 112, 117 Mary Fuller, 107, 114, Mary Henrietta, 109 Mary Rebecca H., 107 Park Pedigree, 117 Samuel Putnam, 101, 106, 107, 109, no, in, 112, 113, 114, 117 Stephen, 107 Susan Jane, 107 Babcock, Joshua, 104 Beers, Captain, 96 Bigelow, John, 113 Bliven, Edward, 104 Bond, William, 95 Bostock, Edward, 91 Brewster, Love, 91 Sarah Collier, 91 Brooks, Noah, 1 14 Brown, John Crosby, 113 Cadwallader, J. L., 113 Champlin, Eunice, 102 Chaplain, J. C., 113 Chapman, Abigail, 97 Chroucher, Ann, 100 Collier, Jane, 91 Sarah, 91 William, 91 Conklin, Katharine, 107, 109 Cornell, Charles R., 107 Hannah Avery, 107 Crane, Margery, 91, 117 Crary, Oliver, 104 De Forest, R. W., 113 Detweiler, Eunice Parke, 104 John S., 104 Dielman, Frederick, 113 Dix, Abigail, 92, 93, 94, 96, 117 Edward, 94 Jane, 94 Fahnestock, H. C., 113 Fiske, Abigail Park, 94 Fiske, John, 94 Martha, 94 Nathan, 95 French, Daniel C., 113 E. D., in Fuller, Jeremiah, 96 Jonathan, 96 Mary Ann, 107, 114 Mr., 93 Garritt, William, 103 Gavit, William, 104 Gavitt, Deacon, 100 Giles, Elizabeth, 106 Gilbert, 106 Mary, 106 Grant, Mrs. U. S., 108 Greene, Abigail, 96, 97, 102, 117 Greenwood, John, 96 Hearn, George A., 113 Holland, Elizabeth Park, 94 John, 94 Hotten, John C., 91 Hyde, Mr., 93 Samuel, 92 Jackson, Edward, 92, 93 John, 92 Johnston, John T., 112 Keens, Joseph, 106 Mary Giles, 106 Susanna, 102, 106, 107, 117 Kennedy, John S., 113 King, John, 89 Knapp, John, Jr., 94 Sarah Park, 94 Lambert, Widow, 100 Lawrence, Abigail, 96 Lydia, 96 Leebrick, Elizabeth, 104 Marquand, H. G., 112 Mason, Hugh, 92 Matthews, William, in McKim, C. F., 113 Miller, Elizabeth, 94, 96, 97, 117 Mills, D. O., 113 Morgan, J. P., 113 Morse, Elizabeth Park, 96 Joseph, 96 Nevill, Ralph, 89 Ninigret, George, 98 [146] Ogden, Henry Aaron, 107, 109 Katharine Conklin, 107, 109 Mary Ann, 107, 117 Osborn, William C., 113 Park, Abigail, 94, 96 Abigail Chapman, 97 Abigail Dix, 92, 93, 94, 96, 117 Abigail Greene, 96, 97, 99, 101, 102, 117 Abigail Lawrence, 96 Aleanora, 89 Alicia, 89 Anna Spring, 94 Anne, 97 Avery Pedigree, 117 Beatrice, 89 Benjamin, 97, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 117 Coat of Arms, 89 Edward, 94 Elizabeth, 91, 92, 94, 96 Elizabeth Miller, 94, 96, 97, 117 Elizabeth Morse, 96 Eunice Champlin, 102 Hannah York, 97, 102, 117 Hannah Stanton, 102, 105 Henry, 97, 102 Isabell, 91, 92 John, 94, 96, 97, 102, 117 Jonathan, 94 Jonathan Greene, 97, IO2 Joseph, 96, 97, 98, 99^ 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 117 Joseph, Jr., 102, 103, 104, 106 Lydia Lawrence, 96 Margery, 91, 117 Martha Fiske, 94 Mary, 91, 92, 96, 97, 102 Pedigree, 89 Rebecca, 94 Richard, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 106, 117 Samuel, 97 Sarah, 91, 92, 93, 94 Sarah Brewster, 91, 92, 93 Sarah Collier, 91, 92, 93 Sarah King, 94 Solomon, 96 Susan, 102 Thomas, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 102, 103, 104, 117 Parke, Benjamin, 104, 106, 107, 117 Edward, 89 Elizabeth Leebrick, 104 Eunice, 104 Gerard, 89 Hannah Anne, 101, 106, 107, 109, 114, 117 Isabella, 89 Parke, Richard del, 89 Sarah, 93 Susanna, 106 Susanna Keens, 102, 106, 107, 117 Pendleton, Anne Park, 97 William, 104 Peleg, 97 Prentice, Mr., 93 Raikes, Robert, 99 Rathbun, Christopher, 101 Reid, Whitelaw, 113 Rhinelander, P., 112 Rhodes, James, 104 Root, Elihu, 113 Roty, Louis 0., 112 Sanger, Isaac, 96 John, 94 Mary Park, 96 Rebecca Park, 94 Segar, Sir Willm., 89 Shaw, Jemima, 102 Sheffield, George, 104 Shepard, Pastor, 92 Sherbom, C. W., HI Sherman, John, 02 Smith, Charles Stewart, 113 Spring, Anna, 94 John, 92 Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd, 113 Sugar, Christopher, 99 Talmage, Mary Avery, 107 T. De Witt, 107 Trowbridge, Mr., 93 Trumbull, H. Clay, 99 Walher, Mr., 89 Isabella Parke, 89 Ward, Samuel, 104 Warren, General, 105 Nathaniel, 91 Welcher, Fanny Avery, 109 Manfred P., 109 Wesley, John, 99 Whitmore, Francis, 92 Isabell Park, 92 Whittemore, Abigail Park, 96 Nathaniel, 96 Williams, Isaac, 95 Wilson, Joseph, 92 Winship, Edward, 92 Elizabeth Park, 92 Wiswall, Elder, 92, 93 York, Hannah Stanton, 97, 102, 117 James Stanton, 102 Jemima Shaw, 102 [147] NAMES OF PLACES, ETC. Authorities cited, 87 Avery Architectural Library, III, 113 Book Plates, in Bronze Tablet, 115 Collection of Etchings, no, 112 Editorials and Resolutions, no, in, 112, 113 Gold Medals, 57, 66 Park Pedigree, 117 Silver Spoons, 112 Bemis Mills, Cambridge, 95 Book Plates, in Boston, Mass., 91, 105, 106, 117 Bound Brook, N. J., 107 Brooklyn, N. J., 107, 109, 117 Bunker Hill, Mass., 102, 104, 105, 117 Cambridge Church, 93 Farms, 92, 94 Mass., 91, 92, 93, 94, 117 Proprietors, 92 Village, 92 Charles River, Cambridge, 92, 93, 95 Charlestown, R. I., 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 117 Christ's Church, Savannah, Ga., 99 Coat of Arms, 89 Coldpike Hill, England, 89 Colonial Wars, 96, 103 Columbia University, N. Y., 109, no, "3 Crown Point, N. Y., 102, 103, 104 Dedham, Mass., 92 Dummer Farm, 92 Durham, England, 89 Duxbury, Mass., 91, 93 Editorials and Resolutions, no, in, 112, 113 Eliot Church, 92 First Church, Newton, Mass., 93 First Church, Plymouth, Mass., 93 Fort William Henry, N. Y., 102, 103, 104 French Book Plates, in Fuller Farm, 92 Hadley, Mass., 96 Harrisburg, Pa., 102, 104 Hartford, Conn., 107, 109, 117 Harvard College, 97 Hudson, N. Y., 107 Jersey City, N. J., 106, 117 Keens, Tombstones, 107 King Philip's War, 96 Lake Champlain, N. Y., 104 Lake George, N. Y., 102, 104 Lemperly Check List, ill Lenox Library, N. Y., no Lexington Alarm, 104 Mass., 92 Library, Avery Architectural, 1 1 1 Library, Lenox, lip New York, Public, 112 London, England, 91, 106, in Mahew Farm, 92 Marysville, Cal., 114 Mattatuck, L. I., 98, 99 Mayflower Descendants, 93 Metropolitan Museum, N. Y., no, in, 112, 113 " Miniature, Benjamin Parke, 106 Narragansett Historical Register, 105 Indians, 98 R. I., 98 Newark, N. Y., 109 Newport, R. I., 102, 105 Newton, Mass., 93, 94, 96, 97, 117 Monument, 93 New England, 91 New York, N. Y., 100, 102, 106, 107, 109, 112, 113, 114, 117 New York Public Library, 112 Northfield, Battle of, 96 Northamptonshire, England, 89 Overland Monthly, 115 General Assembly, R. I., 105 Gold Medal, 113 Grimsby, England, 89 Grolier Club, N. Y., no, 112 Paris, France, in, 113 Park-Avery Pedigree, 117 Coat of Arms, 89 Family in America, 87, 91 Farm, 93 Homestead, 97 Joseph, Sermon, 100 Monument, 93 Pedigree, 89 [148] Park-Avery Sword, 104 Tombstones, Westerly, R. I., 101 Will, 101 Parke, Benjamin, Miniature, 106 Tombstones, N. Y., 107 Parkevale, Pa., 102 Peking, China, 107, 114 Petition, Hannah S. Park, 105 Philadelphia, Pa., 107 Plymouth Church Records, 93 Plymouth, Mass., 117 Settlers, 98 Port of London, England, 91 Presbyterian Meeting-house, Westerly, 101 Providence Plantations, 105 Revolutionary War, 103, 104 Sabbatarian Church, Westerly, R. I., S 8 San Francisco, Cal., 107, 114, 115 Santa Barbara, Cal., 107 Savannah, Ga., 99 Searsport, Maine, 97 Sherborn, Book Plate, III Ship "Defence," 91, 106, 117 Silver Spoons, 112 Southfield, L. I., 98 Stonington, Conn., 97 Sword, Benjamin Park, 104 Teachers' College, N. Y., no, in, 113 Trinity Church, N. Y., 106, 107 Troy, N. Y., 107 War of the Rebellion, 108 War, King Philip's, 96 War, Revolutionary, 103, 104 Watertown, Mass., 92, 93, 94, 96, 117 Westerly Church, 98, 99, 101 Westerly Historical Society, IOI Westerly, Meeting of Freemen, 104 R. I., 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 117 Williams College, 109 Yale Lectures, 99 WAR-REN AND LITTLE FAMILIES Alden, John, 124 Allerton, Isaac, 124 John, 125 Avery, Deborah Lothrop, 134 Ephraim, 134 Hannah Parke, 134 Hannah Platt, 134 John, 132, 133, 134 John William, 134 Little Pedigree, 134 Mary Ogden, 135 Ruth Little, 131, 132, 133, 134 Samuel Putnam, 134, 135 Sarah Fairchild, 134 Warren Pedigree, 134 Bailey, Abigail, 132 Bancroft, George, 123 Bartlett, Mary Warren, 127, 129 Robert, 127, 128, 129 Billington, John, 124 Bradford, William, 124, 126 Brewster, William, 124 Brown, Peter, 125 Butteridge, Richard, 125 Carver, John, 124 Chilton, James, 124 Church, Benjamin, 128 Elizabeth Warren, 127, 128, 131 Church, Richard, 128, 131 Clarke, Sarah, 131 Richard, 125 Collier, Jane, 128 Cooke, Esther, 127 Francis, 124, 127 John, 127 Sarah Warren, 127 Crackston, John, 124 Dotey, Edward, 125 Eaton, Francis, 124 Ellwood, W., 133 English, Thomas, 125 Fairchild, Sarah, 134 Faunce, John, 128 Patience Morton, 128 Priscilla, 128 Thomas, 128 Fletcher, Moses, 124 Fobes, Constant, 132 Foster, Richard, 129 Fuller, Edward, 124 Samuel, 124 Gardiner, Richard, 125 Goodman, John, 124 Gosnold, Bartholomew, 123 [ 149] Gray, Anna Little, 131 Sarah, 130 Thomas, 131 Hopkins, Stephen, 124 Rowland, John, 124 Jones, Captain, 123 Joseph, 130 Patience Little, 130 Keene, Abigail Little, 130 Josiah, 130 King James, 124 Leister, Edward, 125 Little, Abigail, 130 Abigail Bailey, 132 Ann, 127, 129 Anna, 131 Anna Warren, 127, 129, 131, 134 Barnabas, 132 Bethiah Thomas, 130 Coat of Arms, 129 Constant Fobes, 132 David, 131, 132 Elizabeth Southworth, 132 Ephraim, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Fobes, 132 Hannah, 130 Isaac, 130 tshn, 132 emu el, 132 Luther, 127 Mary, 131, 132 Mary Sturtevant, 130, 131, 133, 134 Mercy, 130, 132 Mercy Otis, 131 Patience, 130 Pedigree, 134 Ruth, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Samuel, 130, 131 Sarah Clarke, 131, 132 Sarah Gray, 130 Thomas, 119, 121, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134 Trunk, 131 William, 132 Lothrop, Deborah, 134 Margeson, Edward, 125 Martin, Christopher, 124 Morton, Patience, 128 Mullins, William, 124 Oakman, Ruth Little, 132 Tobias, 132 Ogden, Mary Ann, 135 Osborne, Mr., 127 Otis, Job, 132 John, 132 Mercy Little, 131, 132 Park, Richard, 128 Parke, Hannah Anna, 134 Pastor Little, 131 Pearse, William, 129 Platt, Hannah, 134 Priest, Degory, 125 Ridgdale, John, 124 Rogers, Thomas, 124 Sawyer, John, 130 Mercy Little, 130 Snow, Abigail Warren, 128 Anthony, 128 Southworth, Elizabeth, 132 Soule, George, 125 Standish, Captain Miles, 124, 126, 127 Stone, Nathaniel, 133 Sturtevant, Mary, 130, 131, 133, 134 Samuel, 130, 131 Thomas, Bethiah, 130 Tilden, Hannah Little, 130 Stephen, 130 Tilley, Edward, 124 John, 124 Tinker, Thomas, 124 Turner, John, 124 Walker, Sarah, 128 Warren, Abigail, 126, 128 Ann, 126, 127, 129, 131, 134 Elizabeth, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 134 General James, 128 General Joseph, 128, 129 Joseph, 127, 128, 129 Mary, 126, 127, 129 Nathaniel, 127, 128 Pedigree, 134 Priscilla Faunce, 128 Richard, 119, 121, 124, 126, 127, 129, 131. 133. 134, Sarah, 126, 127 Sarah Walker, 128 White, Abijah, 132 Ann Little, 132 William, 124 Williams, Thomas, 125 Winslow, Gilbert, 125 William, 124 [150] NAMES OF PLACES, ETC. Authorities cited, 121 Avery Silver Cups, 133 Bristol, R. I., 130 Brooklyn, Conn., 134 N. V., 135 Bunker Hill, Mass., 128 Burial Hill, Plymouth, 131 Cape Cod, Mass., 123, 124, 125, 126 Christian Union Church, Truro, 133 Compact Signers, 124 Congress of the Province, 128 Dartmouth, Mass., 127 Dedham, Mass., 128, 132, 133, 134 Eel River, Plymouth, 127, 128, 129 Falmouth, England, 123 First Church, Plymouth, 131, 133 First Church, Truro, 133 Greenwich, England, 126 Hartford, Conn., 135 Harwich, Mass., 133 Highlands, N. Y., 134 Hingham, Mass., 128, 130 Jersey City, N. J., 134 Journal of the Pilgrims, 127 Kent, England, 126 Leyden Pilgrims, 126 Little, Coat of Arms, 129 Trunk, 131 Will, 131 Little Compton, Mass., 131, 132 Littletown, Mass., 127 London, England, 126, 127, 133 Marshfield, Mass., 128, 129, 130, 131, 132. 133, 134 Mayflower Compact, 124, 126 Mayflower Descendants, 128, 129 Pilgrims, 123, 126, 133 Ship, 123, 134 Signers, 124, 125 New Plymouth, Mass., 127 New York, N. Y., 134, 135 North Truro, Mass., 133 North Virginia, 123 Pewter Plates, 133 Pewter Tankards, 133 Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, 131 Plymouth Colony, 128, 129 Colony Records, 126, 127, 129 Plymouth, England, 123, 126 Plymouth, Mass., 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134 Plymouth Rock, 127 Plymouth Wills, 127, 131, 132 Pomfret, Conn., 134 Rebpath Fight, 130 Registry of Deeds, 129 of Probate, 131 Rye, N. Y., 134 Scituate, Mass., 130, 131, 132, 134 Sea View, Mass., 127 Shallop, 127 Ship "Ann," 126, 127, 129 "Concord," 123 "Mayflower," 123, 126, 127, 129, 131, I33 134 "Speedwell," 126 Short Narration of Facts, 119 Silver Cups, 133 Sloop "High Pine," 132 Southampton, England, 126 Stratford, Conn., 134 Truro, Mass., 132, 134 West Indies, 123 [151] Ill I MINN II I 31158 00721 9529 A 000105113 5