mmi^mmp^'h:^::i'. ,"^ ^' o ■ • °o 1** >3^ \^ iV '^^ ^^ A^' ^ /♦■ ■■> K 0^ c°' 4, o ^ ♦ c . ^ ■ •0- % %.*^ ♦ c;^ • /. o §:■ O " , °o <>• t'^' kV "-•^..^^ 4 o O < %° •■>•• y ^. '•'«■-:•' .** \, ■-' >; ' -> ^^' .* ^ .r-n. *^°x. o • » ^ 0^ '''^- ** • * * -"^-0 7^> £ e a very difikult and almost impossible ta?k. as well as bringing into the book much material that would l;e of interest to only a limited number, and it was deemed best to build simply the founda- tion, by giving as nearly as possible a complete history of the ancestors of Silas Ayers and his wife, Mary By ram Ayers, and t(i include l>]ank pages on which each descendant could carry out his own particular line. The principal sources from which the facts herein set forth have been drawn are the following, "The Pilgrim Republic," by Goodwin; "History of Duxbury, by Justin Windsor; "History of Bridgewater, Mass.," by Mitchell; "Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden," by Dr. Ebenezer Alden; "The Early Germans of New Jersey," by Chambers, and the "Combined History of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, N. J.," and "Five Colonial Families," by Mur- ray E. Poole. I desire to express my appreciation for the assistance ren- dered by Mrs. Harriet N. Harris, of Glendale, Calif., and also to Mrs. Cornelia Ayers Kingery, of Garden City, Kansas, who departed this life Mlay ii, 1904. To the Dcsccndiuits of Silas Aycrs and Mary Byrcim Aycrs. All who have descended through Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers can trace their ancestry to twelve of the Fore- fathers (thi»e who came in the first three vessels), as follows: John Alden. \ William Moliiies, / W illiam Molines' wife, " Mayflower. Nov. 21, 1620. Priscilla Molines, \ Krancis Cook. / Mt'scs Simmons. }- Fortune. Nov. 20, 1621. Kxperience Mitchell, lane Cook. \ . "1 1 . /- I / ^"" Hester C(X5k, ( , ^, j , ^ Stephen Tracy, ( r -. 1 t •' - ' -» 'r \ 'T I l.ittle ames. I ryplu^a 1 racy, 1 -^ Sarah Tracy. ' All siWh descendants are eli.eriblc to the following societies: Society of MayHozvcr Descendants, by right of descent from John Alden, William Mblines. his wife, and Priscilla Molines, and from Francis Cook, using the following as refer- ence for proof of descent, from John Alden down to Abigail -Mden of the fifth generation; "Memorials of the Descendants of John Alden," by Kl^enezer Alden, pages 1-4-8-14-25; also, "History of Bridgewater, Mass.," by Mitchell, pages 83-84; and for reference for the marriage of Mary Byram to Silas .Ayers, the "History of the First Presbyterian Church of Mor- ri.stown, N. J.," cmbined register, jxige 12; also the "Early (krmans of New Jersey," by Clhunbers, page 244. Society of Colonial Wars, by riglu of descent from John Alden, J<»seph .Mden. Francis Cook, Capt. Nicholas Byram, Jr., Samuel Fdscn, and many others of those early colonists whose names apjK-ar on the genealogical chart. WUIiain Molineii (Mavrtower) •Wife (MHvMower) 7 Mi>stH .Siiiiiiions tortuiie. lt;21) l.'l Stephen Trai'v (James. ]t;j:{j Trvpljosa (James. K>2A) \ John Alden (Mayllower) Pri>rilla Molines ( Miivtlowert I S Moses Simmons. Jr. Wife 10 Samuel .\lleii Ann 15 Geo. Partridge 14 Sara 1 1 Trai-y (Jame?. l(;":>.n 17 Dea. Samuel Eilson IS Susanna Orrott " 2 Joseph .Mdon )■ 3 Isaac Aide I . ) Mav Simmons 11 Deacon Samnel Allen fit; Sara \ h Partridp^e 20 Rev. Jas. Keith [ lit Susanna Edson ^12 Mehitable i-n. Jo.sepli Kti •27 Tlios. Hay ward Wife 2:{ •_>1 I :28 John Fiihes Constant MitLiii-11 John Howard Martha Ilavward 35 Aliraham Shaw Wife 40 Frani-is Cook ( Mayllowi'r; Hester •Vnn. li;23) W. f Edw Fobeg 30 Elizabeth Howard 31 3(1 17 IS 4-2 Nicliolas By ran), Sussanna Shaw l>('a Samuel E<1son Susaiuia ( )rfott 'riioiiuis llaywanl Wife >2(J Elizabeth 32 Nicholas I -37 Marv Kds }:. 3S Dea .lose i^' Experit'Mi'o .M itclii-il ) (Ann. 1(123) Jane Cook (Ann. 1(123) .43 Haniiaii Ikf I 4 Kbenezer Akleii r 5 Abigail Alden ^23 Anna Keith J I ■• 1 33 Capt. Ebenezer Bvram Mary Byram married Silas Ayers Dec. 23. 1771 yward 1 ^34 Ebenezer Byram. Jr. J ;-3i) Hannali llavward -..*■ ^^ £ o A — t£ 'i- ^0 O ON tn VI C4 3 X D C x q 13 ID ^ '^ V V c o V TO Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters , / the Anieriemi Re'i'oliition, l)y right nf descent from vSilas A\ers, who was a Private Minute M'an in the Morris County, N. ].. MdHtia; reference. "Soldiers and i^ailors of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War." by Stryker, pat^e 494; or, upon requcsr, the Adjutant General of New Jersey, at Trenton, will send you an official certificate statin.^- that the records of his office show that Silas Ayers was etirolled as 1 Minute Man. The Alden Kindred of America. This society was organized Sept. II. 1901. and all persons over sixteen years of age, who are' lineal descendants of John Alden and Priscilla Molines, are requested to send their names to the Secretary, M^rs. A. H. Sweet, Norton. Mass.. or to Mr. Augustus H. Alden, Boston, Mass., and a blank application will be sent. The registration fee is 25 cents and the yearly dues 50 cents. The Society at the present time has a membershij) of over 600, and it is hoped to make this noted familv organization the leading one in America. Reunions are held each year, that of 1903 was at the Alden house in Duxbury; 1904, in Plymouth, and 1905. ni Faneuil Hall, Boston. It is the hope of the Society to purchase the Alden homestead and grounds, and perhaps in time to erect a suitable monument to the noble founders of the family. ALDEN. The lines by which descendants of Silas Avers and Mary P.yram Ayers are descended from Jolin Aldcn and Priscilla Molines, hi> wife, is as follows: John Alden married Priscilla Molines, their son Jtiseph Alden married M'ary Simmons, their son Isaac Alden married Mehitable Allen, their son Elx?nezer Alden married Anna Keith, their daughter Abigail Alden married l",l>enezer Byram, their daughter Mary Byram married Silas Ayers 1 JOHN ALDEN. 1599-1687 As many able authors and historians have given so much lime and research to the history of John Alden. and written so many excellent articles, it would seem that any elaborate account of his manly Christian character, his hardships, and romance, would be unnecessary, and while these features of his life are very interesting and even fascinating, they deserve to be con- sidered at greater length than can be undertaken in this limited history. Mr. Augustus E. Alden, of Boston, has recently issued a lx)ok called "I'ilgrim Alden." which gives the most complete and interesting account of the life and history of John Alden and Priscilla, that has ever l)een written, and is a book that every y fire and in 1653 his Jonathan built the one which is standing to-dav and known as the Alden house. It is one of the oldest houses standing in New England, and can boast of the proud record of having housed a family of Aldens continuously from the time it was built. It is supposed that both John and Priscilla died in this house. In public office John Alden did his full duty to the Colony. In 1627, when he was only about 27 years of age, he with seven others, assumed the entire indebtedness of the Colony which was owing to those parties in England who had ad- vanced the money for the expedition. He was many times surveyor of highways, and acted as Agent for the Colony in many of its business affairs. He was appointed a member of the Board of Assistants to the Governor in 1632, and con- tinued until his death in 1687. From 1640 to 1650 he was Deputy from the town ot J^uxbury. In 1665 he was styled "Deputy Governor." He was often in the council of war for the Colony, particularly at the time of Kino[ Phillips' War in \66j. In 1643 he and his sons. John and Joseph, were enrolled aniono^ the eighty men forminij the military orp^anization of Duxhury. John Alden died Sept. 12. 1687. in tiie 88th vear of his age. The place of his burial is unknown, but it was most likely in the first Duxhury cemetery, which was abandoned in later years. Governor Bradford, in the entry in his jdurnal in 1651. states that John and Priscilla were the parents of eleven chil- dren, but the names of certain of these children are in doubt. Mrs. Chas. L. Alden. in her Alden Genealogy, presents the following list, which i> prol)ablv as nearly correct as is possible to give : n!lizal)eth. lx)rn I6J3-4; married 1641. William Pabodie. -John, << 1626 1660. Elizal:>eth F.verill. JOSEPH. t< 1627 1659. Mary Simmons. Sarah, K I62Q Alex. Standish. Jonathan. t< ^(^^2-7, 1672. Abi'^ail Ilallett. Ruth, << 1634-5 16=-. John Bass. Rebecca, << ^^^37 Priscilla. Zachariah, (( 1 64 I Mary, »i 1643 1667. Thomas Delano. David. >( 1646 1670, Mercy South wort Very little is known r.f the faniilv of Priscilla jjrcvious to the sailing of the Mayn(.wcr. but it undoubtcdlv sprung from the Norman family of ^Tolyncaux or Molinc<, but wlietlicr from the French or bjiglish branch is uncertain, h is generally believed that William MoHucs and his wife, the parents of Priscilla, were members of a "W.alloon," c)r iMcnch Protest- ant Church at Levden. and that they sailed fr(^m I)elftha\cn ■JT. ~ with the Pil,£;rims in the Speedwell. Tjie family consisted of William Molines, his wife, their son Joseph, and daughter Priscilla. A son, William, and a daughter, Sarah, remained in England. He is said to have been a man of culture and possessed considerable means for those times. The father died February 21, 1621, on board the May- flower, in Plymouth harlior. no doubt due to the hardships and exposure incident to the landing. Shortly after occurred the death of his wife and their son. leaving the maiden Priscilla an orphan in a strange w^ild land. All who claim relationship to this noble woman must be filled with pity for her at this trying time, when they slop to think of her sorrow and loneli- ness, as she saw father, mother, and brother buried on the little hill overlooking the sea, and the graves levelled over, that no one might know their resting place. Like others of that coui- ageous and noble little tend, she must have had a strong faith and a stout heart, and let us hope that in the honorable and chivalrous lives of her husband and children she found recom- pense and joy in her later years. She is said to have died in the old Alden house, but the year of her death is not known, although it was some time previous to the death of her husband. JOSEPH ALDEN 2 Josqih Alden (2) was the son of John and Priscilla Akien, and was born in Plymouth in i()24. He inherited his father's share in the land at Bridsewater, and was one of the early settlers there. He married Mary (9), daughter of Moses Simmons, Jr., (8). His will is dated Dec. 14, 1696, and amounted to 76 pounds. He died Feb. 8, 1697, aged 73 years. He had : (3) ISAAC, married Meliitable. daughter of Samuel Allen. Joseph, married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Dunham. 1690. died Dec. 22. 1747. John, married Hannah, daughter of El)enezer White, died Sept. 29, 1730. And is supposed to have had l{lizaheth. who married Benj. Snow in 1691 and Mlary, wb.o married Samuel Allen in 1700. ISAAC ALDEN 3 Isaac Alden (3). son of Joseph (2). settled in East Bridge- water and married Mehitable (12). daughter of Deacon Samuel Allen (ii), Dec. 2. 1685. and had: Mehitable, l)orn March 7, i()Xy; married Benj. Richards, 171 1. Sarah. Ixjrn Sept. 22, 1688; married Soth Brett. 1712. Mary, born July 20, 1691 ; married John Webb. 1720. Isaac, born Mtarch 10. 1692; bachelor. ( 1 ) F.lil'Xl-.ZF.R. Ixrn June 15. iU)7,. John, born i^>94; married Hannah Kingman. 1727. Mehitable. l)orn March 7. 1687: married Benj. Richards, 1725 Abigail, born Julv 28, 1699. Jemima, born Jan. 7, 1702; married Deacon Thomas \\'hitman, 1727. c crq (T) O 13 m -1 o n n = z 3 S > O ro > a- m O 3 n in n p p r-^ a c X cr c -I 3 a -I P o' D r z p CAPT. EBENEZER ALDEN 4 Capt. Ebenezer Alden (4), son of Isaac (3), was born June 15. 1693. He lived in East Bridg-ewater, and in 17 17 married Anna (22), daughter of Joseph Keith (21). She died in 1775, aged 79 years, and he died in 1776, ag-ed 83 years, and was the last surviving member of the first church in East Bridgewater, gathered in 1724. Their children were: Anna, born Feb. 19, 17 18; married Eleazor Washburn, Nov. 22, 1738. Susanne, born April 29, 17 19; married Ephraim Gary, Nov. 22, 1738. (5) ABIGAIL, born Dec. 27, 1721; married Ebenezer By- ram, Jr. (34), Nov. 22, 1738. Nathan, torn Aug. 10 1727; married Mary Hudson, ivqo. Ezra, born March 9, 1732; married Rebecca Keith, 1756. Families allied with Aldens. SIMMONS. (7) Moses Simmons (sometimes written Symons and Symonson), of Duxbury, was an original proprietor of Bridge- water, and sold his rights to Nicholas Byram. He came over in the ship Fortune, 162 1. He had: Moses, Jr. (8) ; died in Duxbury, 1689. Thomas. (8) Mbses Simmons, Jr., died in Duxbury, in 1689, had: John. Aaron. (9) Mary; married Joseph Alden (2). Elizabeth; married Richard Dvtelly. Sarah; married Jas. Nash. ALLEN. do) Samuel Allen, of Braintree, his wife, Ann, died 1641 ; had second wife. Marjjaret. His will in i()69 names children : (11) Samuel, born 1632. Joseph, hc-irn . James, born . Sarah. Ixjrn 1639; married Lieut. Josiah Stand- ish. Mary: married Nathaniel Greenwood, 1655. Abi.i^ail. born ; married John Cary, 1670. (11) Samuel Allen, a deacon, and son of al)ove, settled in East Brid.q;ewater in 1660. and was the second town clerk, to whom we are much indebted for the fullness and perfection of the records. He married Sarah (16), daujThter of Geo. Partrid^^e (15), of Duxbury. alx)ut 1658. She was born in 1639. He died in 1703, ag:ed 71. He had: Samuel, born 1660. Hssiel. \x)Tn 1663. (12) Mehitabel, Ixirn 1665: married Isaac AUcii (3). 1685. Sarah, b^rn 1667: married Jonathan Cary, after- wards Renj. Snow. Bethiah. Inirn 1669; married John Pryor. Nathaniel. lx>rn 1672. El^nezer. bom 1674. Jf>siah, l)orn 1677. Khisha. lx'>rn 1670. Nehemiah. Ix^ni 1681. TRACY. (13) Stephen Tracv. with his wife. Tryphosa, and dan.Qh- fcr. Sarah, arrived in the -hip James in Jul v. 1623. Thev came from cither Leyden or fn m Great Yarmouth, KnjT^land. In the Cattle division of 1627, their three names are mentioned, and also another dauohter. Rehecca. They were associated in this division with Francis Eaton and others. They removed later to Duxbiiry, His daughter, Sarah (14). married George Partridge. PARTRIDGE. (15) George Partridge came over in 1636 from the County of Kent, where he was possessed of an estate, and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgew'ater. He married Sarah, daughter of Stephen Tracy, in 1638. They had: (16) Sarah, born 1639; married Deacon Samuel Allen (11), '1658. Mercy. Tryphosa; married Samuel West, 1668. Ruth; married Adfilphus Thatcher. 1670. Lydia; married \\^i1]iam Brewster, 1672. John, born 1657. James. EDSON. (17) Deacon Samuel Edson and his wife, Susanna Or- cott (r8), came from Salem. They were married in 1637. He was one of the first settlers of Bridgewater and owned and probably built the first mill. He died in 1692. aged 80. His wife died in 1699, aged 81. They had: Samuel. Joseph. Josiah. (19) Susanna; married Rev. James Keith (20). Elizabeth ; married Richard Phillips of Wey- mouth. (37) Mary; married Nicholas Byraiii, Jr. (32), 1676. Sarah; married John Dean of Taunton, 1663. Bethiah; married Ezra Dean of Taunton, 1678. KEITH. (20) Rev. James Keith, a Scotchman, was the first min- ister of Bridgewater. lie was educated at Aberdeen, in Scot- land; came over in 1662 at about 18 years of age. He was ordained in 1664. and married Susanna (19), daughter of Deacon Samuel Eds^n (17). It is said his first sermon was delivered from a rock in Mill Pasture, so-called, near the river. He had: James, born Dec. 5, 1669. JOSKPH. born Feb. 14, 1675. Samuel, born 1677. Timothy, born 1683. John, born 1688. Josiah. Margaret. Mary ; married Ephraim Howard. Susanna; married Mlaj. Jonathan Howard. His house, built in 1662. is still standing on River Street. \\'e-t Bridgewater. and his grave can be seen in the old grave- yard in the same town. His wife died Oct, 16, 1705. aged 65. He married a sec- ond wife. Mary, widow of Thomas Williams, of Taunton in 1707, and he died July 23. 171'^ aged 76. (21) Joseph Keith, son of the above, married Eliza- beth (26), daughter of Deacon Edward Fobes. He was executor of his father's will and had his homestead, and was Representative in 1726. He had: (22) A.WA. l>)rn i6f>5; married Capt. Ebenezcr Alden C^V 1717. Susannri, lK>rn i(>^)J : married Jonathan Cnry, 1717. Joseph, born 1699. Jemima. lx)rn 1701; married Deacon James Packard. 1722. n -^ PC o O - ^. I.! c« O -I 3 - 3 3 "^ Eleazar, torn 1703; married Keziah Kins^man, 1726. Abiq-ail, born 1705; married Robert Howard, " 1725- Ephraim, born 1707. Tchabod, born 1709. Martha, born 1711; married Constant Soutb- worth, 1734. Mary, born 1713; married Jonathan Kinorman. 1732. Elizabeth, born 1715; married Samuel Lathrop, 1731. FOBES. (23) John Fobes (from Duxbiiry) was one of the orig- inal proprietors of Bridg^ewater, where he died in 1661. He married Constant (24), a sister of Experience Mitchell. Thev' had : John ; died at George Allen's at Sandwich, in 1661. (25) EDWARD. Caleb; went to Norwich. \\^illiam; married Elizal>eth Soiithworth in 1667. Joshua. Elizabeth. (25) Edward Fobes. son of the above, married Eliza- beth (30), daughter of John Howard (29). He died in 1732. They had : (26) ELIZABETH, born 1677; married Joseph Keith (21). John, born 1679; married Abigail Robinson, 1704. Mary, born 1681 ; never married. ■'' Bethiah, born 1683; married Samuel Keith, ; 1703- * Hannah, born 1686; married Timothy Keith, 1710. Ephriam, born 1688. > Joshua, born 1689. ^ ' Benjamin, born 1692. / William, born 1698. HAYWARD. (27) Thomas Ilayward came irum England in tlie same vessel with John Ames and settled in Duxbury before 1638. lie was made a freeman in 1646. He was an orit^inal proprie- tor and amonj^ the earliest and eldest of the settlers of Rrid^e^e- water. He died in 1681. His will is dated 1678. No wife living. He had: Thomas; married Sarah Nathaniel; married Hannah Willis. John; married Sarah. dnnLjhter of Ivxperience Mitchell. (38) JOSKPH: married Alice Brett; third wife, } lannah Mitchell. Klisha. Mary; married Edward Mitchell. (28) Martha: married John Howard. HOWARD (29) John Howard, with his brother James, came from Enfjiand and settled in Duxlnirv. He was amon.^- those able to l;ear arms in 16 j^. He was yonni^ when he came over ruid. it i.< said, lived in the family of Capt. Miles Standish. He was a man of mnch inlUience in the new plantation, and one of the fust military ofllicers in Brid^ewater. lie U«'k the oath of fidelity here in 1657. His descendants still own and live on the place where he first settled. He died abont 17CX). lie married Martha (28), dan'.;hter of Thomas Hayward. He had: John ; married Sarah Lathan. Jonathan ; married Sarah Dean. Sarah; married Zaccheus T\'ickard. Ephraim; married M\n-v. daniiliter of Tnmes Keitii. James; married Eli^aljeth Washbnrn. (30) EIJZ.ABETI I : mnrried Edimrd Fohcs (25). - Bethiah; married Henry Kinknian. "f aU-^JV fA^ . BYRAM. The line by which descendants of Silas Avers and Mani Byram Ayers are descended from Nicholas Byram is as follows; Nicholas Byram. married Susanna Shaw, their son Nicholas Byram. Jr.. married Alary l{dson. their son Ebenezer Byram. married Hannah I lay ward, their son Ebenezer Byram. Jr.. married Abigail, their dausiihter Mary Byram, married Silas Ayers. SH. NICHOLAS BYRAM. 3 1 Nicholas Byram. according;- to family tradition, was the son of an English gentleman of some prominence, William H. By- ram and his wife, Mary, of the County of Kent, who ri.movcd to Ireland about the time this son was torn in 1610. His father sent him at the age of sixteen to visit his friends in England m charge of a man who betrayed his trust, robbed him of his money, and took him to the W^est Indies, supposed to have been Barbadoes, where he was sold to service tO' pay his passage, and after his term expired he made his way to New England in 1633 or '34, and settled at Weymouth. He married Su- sanne (36), daughter of Abraham Shaw^ (3S)' "^ Dedham, about 1635. Ill 1660 he bought three proprietary or original purchase rights in Bridgewater. viz. : Moses Simmons, Phillip Delanos, and George Soules, and settled there soon after. He died in 1688. His wife died April 13. 1688-9. Their children, all born at Weymouth, were as follows: (32) Nicholas, Jr.; married Mary, daughter of Sam- uel Edson, January, 1676. He was born about 1640. Abigail, born 1636 or 1637; married Thomas Whitman, 1656. Deliverance; married Rev. John Porter, 1660. Experience ; married John Willis. Susanne; married Samuel Edson. about 1677. Miary ; married Samuel Leach. CAPT. NICHOLAS BYR.AM, JR. 32 Capt. Nicholas Byram, Jr., born at Plymouth about 1640; married Mary {^7), dauo^htcr of Samuel Edsou (17), 1676. He and his wife were the eldest and the first named members of the church first instituted in East Bridgewater in 1724. Both died in September, 1727. Capt. Nicholas Byram (2) was said to have been a sea captain and one of the first settlers of Bridge- water, lie is said to have been a I rave and fearless man and a great Indian fighter, taking an active part in the Indian War, known as King Phillip's War, 1675. Probably died at Bridge- water. Their children were : Bethiah, born Oct. 27, 1678; died Nov. 20, 1685. Margaret., Feb. 26, 1680; died Nov. 20, 1685. Mehitable, born Sept. 28, 1683; married Elisha Allen, Dec. 3, 1701. A son, lx)rn 1685; dieil March 19, 1686. Nicholas, born March 11, 1687; married Ann, daughter of Thomas Snell, March 3, 1708. , Mary, born March 10, 1690; married Major Ed- ■ ward Howard, Feb. 7. 171 1. (33) EBl^NEZER. born Oct. i. i6Q2pnarried Han- nah, dangliter of Joseph Afayward, Dec. 9. 1 7 14; died Aug. 9. I753- Susanne, born Jan. 15. 1695; married Capt. Jon- athan Bass. Oct. 18. 17 1 7. Josiah. born -May 3. i6<;8; married liannah Richard, of Plymouth. 1720. Joseph, born Jan. 18. 1705; married Martha, daughter of David Perkins. 1724. CAPT. EBENEZER. BYRAM. 33 Capt. Ebenezer Byram. son of Nicholas (32), Ixirn at Bridire- water, Oct. i. 1692; married Hannah (39), dauo;hter of Joseph llayward (38). Dec. 9, 1714. Rev. Georsre Whitfield held ser- \'iccs in Bvram's l)arn, heino: denied the use of the Brid^ewater Church. This produced much opposition and probably had something to do with Byram's removal on June iS, 1744. to Rocksiticus, in Morris County, N. J., a new section of the country, afterward called Mendhani. ] Ic there became Major of the militia and Judge of the County Court. He died at Mendham, N. J., Aug. 9, 1753, aged sixty-one. He was known as Capt. Byram, and was a staunch Presbyterian and a firm suj)- porter of the Colonial Government and of Civil and Moral L^w. Hannah Hayward (39), his wife, was born in 1691 ; died at Mendham. N. J., Jan. 11, 1761. Their children were: (34) EBENEZER, born 1716; married Abigail, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Alden, Nov. 22, 1738. Eliab, born 1718; married Phebe, daughter of Ephraim Leonard, 1741; second, Sarah Leonard, Oct. 23, 1749. Jophet, born 1720; married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Allen. 1742; had two other wives. Naphthali, born 1724; married Hannah Pratr, Sept. 24, 17J-I; died at Mendham in t 747-8. Hannah, born 1725; married I^lihu Baldwin. Mary, born 1728; married Aaron Tliompson, afterward Bcn.jamin Pitney. Abigail, born 173O'; married Daniel Thomp.son. afterward Benjamin Pitney. Jephthah. born 1732; married Susanne. daughter of Eleazar Washburn, Feb. 19, 1761. The village of Mendham is 6y2 miles southwest of Morris- town. Among the early settlers in the vicinity were the Byram, Cary, Thompson, and Drake families. The gravestone of the elder Ebenezer Byrani. which is now standing in the grave- yard, records his death Aug;. 9. 1753. aq:ed 61. When he came, the locality bore the Indian name Rocksiticus. The name of a Tavern which he established was "The Black Horse" from its sijjn. Tradition asserts that the neiqhlxorhood was rendered famous by the pranks of a wild crew of fellows who lived there. .Mr. Ryram having been tuld the nature of the society he had settled in. replied, "I'll mend 'em." an assertion he carried out literally ; hence the name MVndham. Historical Collections of New Jersey, by Barber and Howe, page 382. EBENEZER BYRAM, JR. 34 Kljenezer Byram. Jr.. son of Capt. El^enezer Byram (33). was born at Bridoewatcr. Mass.. 1716; died at Mendham. Morris C< unty. X. J.. Sept. u. 1762. He married Abigail Aldcn (5). daughter of Capt. F.benezer Alden. and a great- great-grand-daughter of John Alden and Priscilla, at Bridge- water. Mass., Nov. 22, 1738. She was born in 1721 and died in Mendham. Oct. 19. 1762. They moved with his father and other relatives to a new section of Morris Countv. about eight miles west of Mhrristown. in 1744. He was much es- teemed as a magistrate, a Judge of the Quarter Sessions, Major of the militia, a chief settler, and supporter of the (jospel. They had ten children : Hlldaii, born 1739; died in infancy. HuLDAH, born Nov. 8, 1740; died Feb. n, 1826, in Mfc'ndham. X. J. Married first. Col. Kbenezer Condict, March 16. 1762. He was l>irn 1736 and died from exjxis- ine while serving his country, April 2, 1777. Married second. George I'liillips, April 18, 1782. He died July. 1784. Edvvard, born Jure ii, 1742; died 1800; mar- ried Phel^e Coe in New Jersey ; moved to Westmoreland County, Pa. ; was taken prisoner by tbe Indians April 7. 1779, with his daughter "Abby." They were not re- leased until the Sprino; of 1781. Ebenezer, born 1744; died ; married Ly- dia Guerin ; no record ; moved to Tennes- see in 1775. _^; Abigail, born Jan. 19, 1745; died Jan. 5. i(S23. Married Silas Condict as his second wile in 1 76-. PTe died Sept. 6. 1801. Naphtale, born March 13. 174Q; died June 24, 1812. Married Amy Hedges about 1779- 80. She was ])orn Oct. 28, 1746; died May 28. 1828. Both are buried at Morris- town, N. J. Anna, born Jan. 12, 1751; died July 8, 1826. Married, first. Peter Condict (brother of Ebenezer and Silas). He was born April 3, 1744; died Julv 14. 1774. She then married Daniel Tichcnor. ATay 6. 1776. Joseph, born Aug. 22, 1753; died April 27, 1829. Married Esther Douglass, Mhrcli 21, 1776. She was born Oct. i. 1756. and died March 28, 1844. (6) MARY, born May 4, 1755; died Oct. 30. 18 19. Silas Ayers, Dec. 23, 1771. He was born Dec. 29, 1749; died Dec. 29, 1826. Phebe, born 1757-8; died Aug. 22, 1795. Married Edward Mills, May 17, 1778. Alden, born Eeb. 25, 1757; died young-. Alden, born Feb. 3, 1761 ; no record. Families allied with By rams. SHAW. (35) Abraham Shaw (of Dedham) made free in 1637. Mi> will in Boston records without date; inventory taken in 1638 by W'm. Allen and others; Nicholas Byram and Joseph Shaw, witnesses. His sons were Joseph and John, his daugh- ters, Susanna. Mary, ard Martha; John and Martha being in- fants. There is ro wife named, probably dead. The sons had the estate at Dedlnm. the rest divided among all his children. Joseph Shaw and his brother-in-law, Nicholas Byram, granted to Robert Mason all their houses and grounds in Dedham in 1630, and removed to Weymouth. HAYWARD. (38) Deacon Joseph Hayward, son of Thomas Hay- ward {2y), married first Alice, daughter of Elder W. Brett, and had Joseph, 1673. He had three wives, and had a daugh- ter Alice, 1683. His third wife was Hannah, daughter of Ex- perience Mitchell, by whom he had : Mlary. l3orn 1685; married Thomas Ames, 1706. Thomas, bom 1687, Edward, born 1689, (39) Hannah, born i6<;] ; married Capt. Ebcnczer Byravi (33). 17 14. Susanna, bfirn i6()5; married Jonatiian Pack- ard, 1 7 19. Peter, born 1699. .\bigail. b< rn 170J; married Zechariah Snell, COOK. (40) Francis Cook was one of the Leyden congregation, and came in the MViyflower with his .S(jn John. He was one of the 41 men to sign the Compact and took an active part in the affairs of the Colony. Gocjdwin in his "Pilgrim Republic" says that Francis Cook's wife, Hester, was a "Walloon." which was a name oiven the French Hu.G^nenots who were sheltered by the Dutch, and ,<;iven a home on the river "Waal." Hester Cook came over in the ship Ann in July, 1623, with her children, Jacob. Jane, and Hester. Another daughter, Mary, was born later in Plymouth. Goodwin says: "Francis Cook had expended a considerable estate in promotin.e;- the Colony. He died in 1663, ag-ed alxiut 81, at which time he had for years been a great grandfather. Hester, his French Wallon wife, survived him. His son John, a boy of the Mayflower, was living in 1694, and was the last surviving male passenger of the Mayflower. Francis Cook's house was one of the first twelve built in Plymouth, and was located l^etween the houses of Allerton and Winslow. The first let in the Cattle division of 1627, fell to Francis Cook and his company, which was com- posed of his family, Moses Simonson, Philip Delanoy, Ex- perience Mitchell, John Faunce, Joshua Pratt, and Phineas Pratt. Francis Cook's daughter Jane (41) married Experience M'itchell (42). MITCHELL. (42) Experience ^Mitchell was one of the "Fore- fathers" (a name usually applied to those who came in the first three ships). He came over in the third ship, the Ann, in 1623. He sold his place in Plymouth to Samuel Eddy in 1631, and removed to Duxbury, where he [)urchased Wm. Paybody's house and farm in 1650. He was an original proprietor of Bridgewater, but sold his share or property right to Thomas Hay ward. He came to Bridgewater late in life with his son Edward. He died in 1689, aged So. His will is dated 1684. He was at Leyden with the Pilgrims and left a brother Thomas, who lived and died in Holland. He had a share in the iirst division of lots in Plymouth in 1623 and of live stCKrk in 1627. He married Jane, daughter of Francis Cook, for his first wife. The wife of his old age was named Mary, biit her family name is not known. He had a sister Constant, who married John Fobes. The names of his chil- dren as appears from his will. detd. and other written docu- ments, were : Thomas. John; married Mlary Bonney. Jacob. Edward ; married Mar>- ITayward. Elizabeth; married John Washburn, 1645. Mary; married James Shaw. 1652. Sarah ; married John Hayward. (43) Hannah; married Joseph 1 1 ayicard (38). AYERS. The name in New England is generally spelled Aver; in New Jersey, Ayers, and in Old England, Eyre. Ft is also Eares, Eyer, Eyres, Eires, Eiris. Ayres, and even Hayers. and one of the old New Jersey records lias the name of Obadiah Ayers spelled "Obadiah Hoits." which is the Dutch for Ayers. Origin of the Name. In Thorpe's catalogue of the deeds of Battle Abbey is found the following: "Ayres or Eyre — The first of this family was named True- love, who was one of the followers of William the Conqueror. At the battle of Hastings, A. D. 1066. Duke William was thrown from his horse and his helmet beaten into his face, which Truelove observing, pulled off and horsed him again. The Duke told him, 'Thou shall l>e from Truelove called Eyre (or air), because thou hast given me the air I breath.' After the battle the Duke on inquiry concerning him found him severely wounded (the leg and thigh having been struck off). He ordered him the utmost care, and on his recovery gave him lands in Derby in reward for his serices, and the leg and thigh armor cut off for his crest, an honorary badge yet worn by all the Eyres in England." In Vol. 10, first series of Notes and Queries, is the follow- ing, taken from Rhodes, Peak Scenery, page 244: "The Evres are one of the oldest families in Derbyshire, where thev liave antinucd to res-ide nii re than seven hundred years, as appears from the followincr curious extract from an old i)e(H.e:ree which is preserved at Hassnp" (here follows the precetling- matter in reijard to changing^ the name), and he then adds. "The scat he lived at lie called Hope, because he liad hope in the greatest extremity." The Coat of Arms of the family now at Rampton is. Arg. on a chev. sa. three-quarter foils, or crest ; a leg in armour, couped at the thigh and spur. Mr. Carman says: "I have the coats of arms of all the families in England and they vary hut little from the alx>ve. and I am inclined to believe that the original Derby family now represented at Rampton is the one from which our Ayer is descended. From the coinparison of coats of arms, and some tedious researches in the old country histories of England, I am convinced a family of Eyre of Wilt- shire. England, is a branch of the Rampton family, and I give you Eyre of Wiltshire. The old Wiltshire family of Eyre enjoyed for several centuries the highest distinction within its native country, and was of consideration in the State, most ot its Chiefs having seats in Parliament, and two of them learned in the law. upon the Bench, one a Lng the 3 J land owners in Haver- hill, and on I'eb. 13. 1^)47. he was fined io: not attending the town meeting in season. On June 7. 1 65 J. he rtx^eived eight acres as his portion of the second distribution of t^nvn lands. On March 12, 1637. 19 days before his death, he executed his will, which mentions six sons and three dauglrters. all living at Haverhill. The items of the inventory are heie given to show the character of goods pos- sessed by a well-to-do man of that time: ".\ true inventory cf ye go( ds and cattell of John Eyers. Sr.. (jf Haverhill, lately deceased, as it was prized by us. Robert Clement and James Dennis, Sr.. and Henry Palmer ye tenth of ye second month one thousand six hundred and fifty-seven, Impremis — Power oxen 25-00-00 fower cows, 2 steers an calf 20-00-00 twenty swine and fower pigs 18-00-00 one plough, j plough irons, one harrow one \(Xike and chayne and coil of nij)e. . 04-00-00 two howes. two axes, two shovels and spade 01-00-00 two wt'dges. two betell rings, two sickels and scope, ho k hargers in chimneys, tongs and pot hooker, two pot>. three kettles, one skillil. and out- fryiy pan 03-03-00 in pewter oi-oo-(Xi 72-16-00 three flock beds and l>ed clothes 18-0000 12 yds. ciittnn ddth. cotton wool, hemp and flax 04-00-00 two wheels, thie^ chests and a cujiboard. . 01-03-00 wooden stuff belonging to hcaise 01-16-00 two muskets and all that belong to ye. . . . 02-10-00 in hooks 15-00 in fresh meats 18-00 about fortie bushells of corne 07-00-00 his wearing apparill 08-00-00 about six or seven acres of grain in and upon the ground 09-00-00 the dwelling house and barns and lands broken and unbroken with all appur- tenances 1 20-00-00 forks, rakes and other small implements about the house and barne 01-00-00 in debt owing to him 01-00-00 between two or three bushels of salt and so mayls 00-00-00 248-05-00 The will was attested by TTcnry Palmer, the father of the wife of John's son Robert, and a fairly equitable division was made among the children of the real estate, which comprised two dwellings and a number of out-laying parcels of land. His wife was given tlie homestead during her life, and the major portion of his cattle and personal property. The homestead at the death of the widow was to go to the testator's son, John, chargeable with certain cash payments to his brothers and sisters. In the above inventory no mention is made of a second house and house lot. which, by the will, was given to his son, Nathaniel, "When his apprenticeship is out vsitli his master French." During Hannah Ayer's wiilowhoocl she appears to have been active in aftairs, purchased and sole* kinds, and previous to 1675 buih a new house "on the com nions." His children were, Joiin, Nathaniel. Hannah, Rebecca, Marv. Robert, Tliomas, Oba(Hah and Peter. OBADIAH AYERS 2 1635-6 1694 Obachah Ayers. son of John I., was the founder of the Ayers family of Xew Jersey. He was the fifth son and is supposed to have been born in England in 1635-6 and to have hved with his father in Haverhill, Mass.. where he married on March 19, i66i, Hannah Pike, daughter of John Pike, of Newbury. Mr. Meliick in his "Story of an old Farm" states on j)age 108, "John Pike. Daniel Pierce and seven associates from Newbury, Mass., entereil into an agreement on Dec. 11. 1666, whereby on the 3rd day of December, 1667, they received from Gov. Carteret and some of the Elizabeth town associates a grant of land, em- bracing what is now the town of Woodbridge. They as the representatives, of at least, sixty families, un the first day of June, 1690. were granted a charter creating a township cover- ing six square miles. The name of their new settlement was derived from their pastor. John W'lodhridge. of Newbury. Among the jiersons who were alloted lands were John Pike, Daniel and Joshua Pierce. Obadiah Ayers, Henry Jaques. Tlujnias Bl. and on the 8th of .\ugust, the same year received a grant of 171 acres of land embracing uo acres of ujjland to the northward of Langston's plains or farms, 30 acres (jf marsh on the Raritan meadows, 5 acres of meadow !3 I— *■ I— '• o n be) •-I O o ■-1 D P 5' crq o a n o C/3 on the nortli side of the montli of the Pa])ic creek and a house lot of 1 6 acres, bounded on the south l)y the house lot of his brother-in-law. Richard Worth, on the west by the hio;h\vay. and on the east by a "fresh bro; k running at the foot of Strabara Hill." This Strabara Hill is the place now owned by Hampton Centre in Woodbridge. and a small creek divides it from the former house lot of Obadiah Ayers. The certificate of survey of these lands recites that the several parcels were laid out "By virtue of the Governor's warrant, for Obadiah Heirs" in like manner his name is spelled on several legal documents, though generally he is mentioned as Ayers. He seems to have been a man of affairs, his name frequently appears as grantee and grantor in conveyances of land. In 1684 he was a member of the Grand Jury and in the same year the town authorities laid out for him an addition of 8 acres of upland at Shingle Hill. In this survey his name is inscribed as "Obadiah Hay res.'' On July 30, 1673, a Dutch Squadron with little or no oppo- sition secured from the English the submission of New York and all its dependencies, including New Jersey. On Sept. i, 1673, the inhabitants of Woodbridge submitted to the Dutch council of war at Fort William Hendrick the names of six lead- ing citizens, from whom schepens or magistrates were to be se- lected as representatives of the new government. The three men chosen on Aug. 24 and sworn in on Sept. i, 1673, were recorded as "Samuel Dennis, Obadiah Hoits and Stephen Kent." The name of "Hoits" was the Dutch rendering of Haires, which was the equally erroneous manner that the name Ayers was submitted to the Council. On Jan. 16, 1686, "Obadiah Hayers" was chosen constable. His wife, who was Hannah Pike, w-as the daughter of John Pike, who removed with his family to New Jersey as stated above. John Pike was the son and second child of John Pike, who emigrated from Langford, England, and died in Salisbury, Mass.. in 1654. John Pike— j— nKirricd first Maiv ( ?>), by whom he had nine cliildren. he married second EHzabeth Ivau- dolph, of Piscataway. X. J., in 1685. he died in 1689. and was the ancestor of Gen. Zebnlon Pike of the Revohitit)narv War and of his son. Gen. Zebulon Pike who (hscovered and named that lofty peak of the Rocky Monntains. (^bachah Ayers received on his father's rights, certain land in the fifth division of the common land at Haverhill, and his name is mentioned several times in the history of that town. His wife was born April 26, 1643. at Xewbury, Mass.. and died May 31, 1689. in W'oudbridge \. J. Obadiah Ayers died at WotKlbridge Nov. 14 i()94. his will is dated Nov. 10, 1694. Children : {y John, born March 2. 1663, at Newbury, Mass. Sarah, born March 5, 1665 at Newbury Mass.; died in infancy. Son born Nov. i. 1666. at Newbury, Mass.; died in infancy. Samuel, born Se;it. 13. 1667. at Newbury. Mass.; died in infancy, i^badiah. born Octoljer, 1670. at Woodbridge, ^ N. J. Joseph, born Aj):il 4. 1674. at Wc^odbridge, N. J. Th'-mas. born Dec. 17. 1^7^. at Windbridge, ^^ J- Mary, born h>l). 16. 16S0. at Woodbridge, X. J.; mairied W'm. Ilsley. liannah, born Sept. 7, 1683, at Woodbridge. N.J. Sarah, born Sept. 7. 1^)85. at Woodliridge. N. J. JOHN AYERS 3 1 663- 1 732 John Avers (3), son of Obadiah (J), jnhn (i), was born at Newlmry, Mass.. March 2, 1663. He married Feb. 24. 1689-90, Mary Walker. He received bv bis father's will 60 acres of farm land at Woodbridge. X. J., together with bis ri^-ht of commonage, and ten acres of land the fadier had bouo-ht of John Clement. On Feb. 28tb, 1708, John Avers was admitted to membership in the Presbyterian Cbnrcli at W'oodbridge. under the pastor- ate of Nathaniel Wade, his wife becoming- a member on Dec. 26th of the same year. In 1717 he purchased land in ?(!mer.=;ef County, N. J., and within three }cars he remdved to and pei- manently settled at Basking Ridge in I Bernards township i" that County, where he was nndciibtedlv among the very early settlers. He was accompanied b\- all of his children, except his son Thomas, who had married and remained at W<><)d- bridge. John Ayers and his sons became active and leading men in that vicinity, especially in affairs connected with the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church. In 1 73 1 he conveyed to seven trustees of that congrega- tion, one of whom was his son Oljadiah. one and one-half acres of land, in the center of which, surrounded by a grove of trees, stood a log meeting house. This primitive structure was super- seded in 1747 bv a frame edifice that remained for 90 years. For 120 years John Ayers' descendants were identified with the interests of the congregation, as late as 1818 four families being members of it. Rev. John C. Rankin, in an historical address, delivered Aug. 11, 1872. in speaking of John Ayers and his posterity, says : "Now^ the very name has passed away from us; though many of the descendants are doing good in other places. We owe them a debt of gratitude which should never be for- gotten." John Avers died without a will, letters of administration having been granted to Andrew \\'ostone which is back of and partly under the Pres- byterian Church at Basking Ridge has this inscription : '"Here lies ye body of John Ayers. Esr|.. who departed this life Oct. ye 4th. 1732, in ye 6gth year of his age." "Both Church and State have suffered loss, Dear friend, by thy decease, (evidently a line is lost here) To thee but endless peace. Above the skies our friend is fled Where peace forever reigns. Though for a while among the dead, His sleeping dust remains." Near this stone is one inscrilx^d to Mkry, his wife, who died Oct. 24th. 1739. in the 76th year of her age. Their children were : L John, born April 1, 1691. ^Thomas, born Jan. 21, 1693. Obadiah, Ijorn i6<)5. I'aticnce, born .\pril 22, 1697. Francis, born March 15. 1698. Nathaniel. lK)rn March 4. 1700. Benjamin. lx)rn June 19, 1703. "^ Moses, Ixjrn Jan. 3. 1706. .\aron, l)orn July 14, 1708. JOHN AYERS 4 1 69 1 - 1 759 John Avers (4) (John, 3, Olxidiah. 2, John, i). \va.* born at Woodbridge, N. J., April i, 1691. He was married Jan. 17, 1716-17, to Mary Creshon. On Oct. 3, 1710. he was admitted to membership in the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church, of Woodbridge, located at Metuchen. He remcived to Somerset Co., with his father in 1737, and leased from Jas. Alexander, the father of Lord Sterling and John Bird, land at Basking Ridge, with privilege of buying. John Avers (4) died at Basking Ridge Oct. 4, 1759 — wife died Oct. 24. 1759. In 1755 he appears to have been a trustee of the Basking Ridge congregation, as in that year Jas. Alexander conveyed lands to him in trust for the Presbyterian Church. Their children were: John, born at Basking Ridge, June 4, 17 19. Silas, born at Basking Ridge, 1724; died Sept. 29, 1748. JOHN AYERS 5 1719-1777 John Ayers (5) (John, 4, John, 3, Obadiah, 2, John, i), was born at Basking Ridge, N. J. June 4. 1719; he married first Joanna , by whom he had the following children : Enos.. Isaac born 1743; died June 7, 1794. Mary, born Sept. 21, 1744; married Fred King Nov. 23, 1762; he was the first postmaster of Morris Plains; they had five children; he died April 4, 1796; she died Sept. 28, 1825. Hannah, born 1746; married Dec. 26, 1771, Epenetus Beach; she died April 14, 1777, of smallpox, also two of her children. Sarah; married Silas Stiles, Dec. i, 1768; had two sons. Silas, born Dec. 29, 1749. See Silas Ayers (6). The second wife of John Avers was Sarah Bailey it Baih'es. whom he married Jan. 17. 1754, and by whom he had the fol- lowing children ; Phehe. i)orn 1754; niarrieil John Cniilift" Anj^-. 10. 1775. Elizabeth, b rn 1760; married Rev. .\Iex. Miller April 23. 1786. .•\nne. born 1762; mariied Jahez Beach Jnly 10. 1774. Elisha. born 17<^>4; married llannah Dennis and died Sept. 22, 1798. John Ayers' name is freqnently menti(^ned in tlie History of the First Presbyterian Chnrch. of Morristown. X. J., and the records show him to have been a rnlinf^ Elder in 17^)9. and among the subscriptions taken Jan. 5. 1769, for the aid nf Princeton Cnllege his name appears as contrilniting nine pounds, which was a large sum for tlio.se times. His name is recorded in the Military records of New Jersey as a Private Minute Man in the Morris County Militia, also Pri- vate in the New Jersey State Troops. He died at Morris Plains April 29. 1777. of smallpox, which was very fatal at this time and carried off large numbers of Washington's army, which was encamped at Morristown that winter. His will, made .\pril 14. 1777. is recorded May 3. 1777. in Trenton Lib. 18 fol. 317 MARYBYRAMAYERS 1755 iei9 SILAS A VERS 6 1 749- 1826 Silas Ayers (6) (JTam, Rebecca, Mary, Timothy, Sarah, Jane, Phebe, Ann, Silas. VI. HuLDAH, born July 17, 1783; died Nov. 15, 1783. MI. Hii.DAH, born Sept. i. i7>^-i: married John Avers. Feb. 26. 1829. She died at Flanders. X. ].. Aui;. 19, 1868. He died May 5. 1867. They had no children. \'1II. Sii..\s CoNDiCT bom Feb. u. 1787: married Zilpah Laycock. Jnly. 181 1. He died Oct. 6, 1842. TX. J(»ii.\ RvRAM. burn March 27. 178c): died at Defiance. 0.. Oct. iS, 1839. Married Jane Frudden .\ugust. 1812; removed from Morristown, N. J., to Ohio in 1817. and some years later went to Texas, where his wife died in 1845. They Ind the follow- ing children : Joseph Prudden. born 1813; married ( i) Mar- gaiet Stiles. (2) Mary Jane Myers. He died 1892. Esther Ann, horn April 29. 1815. Alfred .\., born 1819; married Clara Porter Jan. 21. 1857. Sarah Louisa; married Plifer; left no children. Huldah; married Ayers ; died about 1870; no children. Silas. Joana. X. Eli AS. born March 17, 1791 : in early manhood he went to Louisville. Ky.. and was one of the early settlers of New Albany, I ml., where he met Miss Mary Ann Silliman. and was married to lier July jj, 1819. They had eight children, all of whom died young. He died Jan. 5, 1842; his wife died June 4, 1878. XT. David, hnni Ani;. lo. 1793; married Ann M. Smith Sept. 3, 181 5. lie removed with his family to Texas, in 1834, and die! in Galveston in 1881. Thev liad the U lluwinrr children: I. Gecrge S., hdrn July 7. 1817; died Xov. 25. 1818. 2. Mary Ann. h( rn Jnly 22, 1810: married L. P. Moore. 3. Ehza, horn March 2r>. 1821 ; married Roht. Alexander Jan. 25, 1838. She died Aug. 30. 1878. He died April 27, 1882. 4. Sarah S., Iwrn Nov. 12, 1822; married Maj. Moses Park. Dec. 10. 1840. He died in Galveston in 1856. She died in Laredo, Tex., April 28, 1905. For 25 years she was secretary of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Texas Confer- ence. 5. Caroline M. K. B., horn Oct. 28. 1824: married Rufns Camphell. 6. Francis PI., horn Jan. 26. 1827; married Mrs. Hattic Watson, of Arkansas. They lived at Temple, Texas, where both died previous to 1900, leaving one daughter, Mrs. Annie D. Booker. 7. David Theodore, born Julv 21, 1828; married Mary E. Hall. Their home was in Galveston, Texas, where he died Oct. 21, 1897, and his wife on Jan. 19, 1901. 8. Crawford P., born July 14, 1844; died Aug. 22, 1844. Xn. Phoebe, born June 18, 1796; died July 29, 1796. XIII. Lewis, born Oct. 6. i^gS. at M] uris Plains, N. J.; was married to Rel>ecca Oslx^rn at Geneva, N. Y.. Nov. 2. 1824. He removed with his family to Texas in 1834. and tLR^k an active part in the Texas War for Indeix-ndencc. l)eing a member of the first Proviiiional Government and Assistant Onartcrma>ter-General umler Col. Fannin. He died in Mobile. Ala.. Oct. if. 1866. His wife died in Detnat. Mich. April 10. 1877. '^'li^u children were : 1. Charles Auo;ustus. born Sept. 12, 1825; died June 12. 1826. 2. Mary Klizabeth, born Auq. 27. 1827; died Oct. 7, 1836. 3- Helen Louisa, born Xov. 12, 1829; died Jan. 8. 1896; unmarried. 4. Cornelia Maria, born Jan. 16. 18 ?2- mar- ried Theo. P. Robison. Mav 10 18c; 3. He died Sept. 22. 1865. 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