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C O L L A T E R A L B R A N C H E S

I N T H E UN I T E D S T A T E S

B E ING A R EV I S ION O E T H E HALLO C K A N CESTRY O F 1 8 6 6

P RE P ARED B Y R E V . W M . A . HALLO C K,D . D . ,

W I T H

A D D I T I O N S AND TRAC INGS OF FAM I LY GEN EALOG I ES TO TH E

P RESEN T DATE AND GEN ERAT I ON

B Y C H A R L E S kiA L L O C K , M . A .

50 C E N T S A C O P Y

AMHER ST , MA S Sfi rms of (H arman : morphnum ,

1906 .

C O P Y R IG H T , 1906,

B Y C HARLES HALLOC K .

VALUE O F P ED I GREE .

T h e k now ledge th at o n e is desce nded from a l i ne of a n cestors

w h o h ave a scended to the i r God em inent fo r the i r i n te l l i gence , in

teg rity , and p i e ty , can bu t l e ad a pe rson to respe c t h i mse l f , and tode te rm i ne no t to d i sh o no r in h i s ow n l i fe th e unspo tted success i o n to

w h i ch h e be longs of me n gre a t i n th e i r g oodn ess . I ca re n o t for dis

tinc tio ns founded upon weal th,office

,o r t i t l e .

"

H ENR Y A . H OMES ,

S l a te L ibr a ry , A l ba ny ,/V. Y .

,I S63 .

TAB LE O F C ONTENTS .

Chapter T h e H egi ra of th e D issen te rs ,

H al l ock-Holyok e ,

I n he r i ted Longev i ty,

H al lo ck Revol u t i on ary R eco rd,

Mayh ew Genealogy,

Th e Alden-Al le n Ped igree ,

Norton-All e n Ped igree ,

Hal l o ck-Corwi n Connec t i o n,

The Al le n-C offi n Ped igree,

The H omes Ped igre e,

A l len-Bu tle r-H awks Ped igree,

The H al lock-H ayden L i n e age,

The S tarbuck P ed igree,

Annotat i o n,

Apos trophe,

E R R A T A .

Page 25, l i n e 24 : Paul i n e Should read Paul i ne Duel l .Page 25, l i n e 28 Ethe l W . sh ou ld read E the l F le e t .

C H A P T E R I .

HEG IRA O F THE D ISSENTERS .

That w as a tough pe ri od i n O l i ve r Cromwe l l ’s t im e The ch ron i

cle r re c i tes th at th e gre at reformer came to t h e ac t iv e fron t w i th ou t

m uch ado or appare nt p rede st i na t i on . From th e date of h i s b i rth

o n a farm i n H unti ngdonsh i re to h i s fi rs t e l ec t i o n to P arl i amen t , i n

h is 3o th year , h i s l i fe was almos t uneven tful , barr i ng h i s m arr i age a t

th e Ch urch of S t . Gi l es , on Aug . 22, 1620, wh ic h th e par i sh regi s te rattes ts . For a momen t , it i s t ru e , h is vo i c e was heard in th e h i stor i c

dram a of those d i s trac ti ng t im es . S t i l l th e re could be no prev i s io n of

th e par t h e was to pl ay . I n a few mon th s th e re after th e Ki ng d i s

m i ssed th e people ’s represen tat i ve s,and Cromwe l l wen t b ack to ru ral

obscu ri ty . Next we fi nd h im reso lved to flee from the tyran ny wh i ch

h e was de s t i ned,l ate r

,to crush .

" S o the re co rd ru ns . "The court party

w as bri ngi ng every engi ne of po l i t i c al and re l i g i ous persecuti on to

bear upon those who dared Oppose i t . The j ai l s we re ful l,th e s tocks

i n cons tan t use . Yeoman and ge n try we re mak i ng th e i r way to H ol

l and,and thence to Ameri c a

,i n search of l ibe rty of l i fe and con

sc ie nce,fl ee i ng from crass r i tual i sm . On th e morn i ng o f th e I st o f

May , 1637 , th e re occ urred one of those l i t tl e i nc i de nts th at pass

almost unnot i c ed and unreco rded a t th e t ime,but prove afterward to

h ave b e e n th e turn i ng po i n ts of h i s tory . E igh t em igran t sh ips l ay i n

th e Thames , ready to sa i l . On shore w as a gath e ri ng of p i lgr ims who

h ad said farewe l l to‘

th e ir n at ive l and and take n passage for a free ri

one b eyond th e sea . Ol i ve r C romwe l l was one of th em ; h i s famous2

cous i n , Joh n H ampden , was anoth e r . But as th ey came down to th ewharf th at morni ng th e i r way w as barred by sold i e rs . They m igh t

no t sai l . The ki ng h ad i ssued a royal ordin ance ," forb idd i ng h is

subj e c ts to l e ave Engl and . Re s i s tan ce was use l e ss . Cromwel l s tayed,

and w i th h im , as Mac aul ay says , s tay ed th e ev i l ge n i us of th e H ouse

of S tuart .

Th i s i s th e l egen d as curre n tly stated , though not un i versal ly ac

cepted, as a t rue s tatemen t of fac ts . Th e pros and cons are ful ly se tforth i n var i o us p ubl ish ed re fe re nces by French and Engl i sh annal

ists .

l For th ese I am indeb ted to th e i n te l l igen t rese arches and in

defatigabl e pe rseverance of M r . T . W . Osborn,o f th e U n i ve rs i ty

cl ub,New York

,and h i s neph ew

,Thomas C . Horton . T h e l a tte r

s tates th at th e l i s ts wh ich h e found i n th e H i s to r i c al Coll ec ti ons we re

very re cen tly d i scovered by a c l e rgyman i n Engl and among some

anc i en t records wh i ch were abou t to be des troyed , S o h e caused

them to be sen t to th e Massach use tts H is tori cal S oc i e ty . But for

th i s fortu i tous even t,th e res g esta e of th i s c ruc i al pe r iod would

h ave been wi th ou t au th ent ic proof. Quo t i ng from England Under

th e S tu arts ," London , 1882 , Vol . I I , p . 251

The fact i s we l l kn own th at Cromwel l w as once on . th e po i n t of

qu i t t i ng E ngl and foreve r . To th e non-confo rm i s t , th e enemy of con

trol , and th e di s con ten ted of al l c l asse s , Amer i c a at th i s pe r iod offered

a vas t fie ld of unre stra i n t,and no i nd iffe re n t means of subs i s tence .

Many Puri tan s,and oth e rs

,h ad al re ady flocked th e re

,and i t was u n

doub tedly th e po l i cy of Ch arl es to encourage such m igrat i on . T h e

story is wel l k nown th at at one t im e th e gove rnm en t de ta i ned e i gh tsh ip s i n the r i ver

,on board of wh i ch were S i r Ar th ur H az e l ri g

,Ri ch

,

H ampden,Pym

,and O l i ver Cromw e l l ."

Al th ough the tru th of th i s s to ry h as bee n d i sc ussed there c an be no

doubt Of Cromwe l l h av i ng at le as t on one occas i on con templated qu i tt i ng England

,fo r th e rec i tal goes on to say th at

" i n 164 1 , whe n th e

grand remons trance of th e Commons agai nst th e general gr i evan ces

of th e n at i o n was carri ed at 3 o’clock i n th e morn i ng by a maj ori ty of

I A pp le ton ’s Am . C yc lopedi a , 1879, Vo l . V . T i t le , Commerce , p . 501 .

Grande D ict iona ire Un iversa l le , Tome 5, p . 580. Ti t le , C romw e l l ."Nouve l le Biograph i c Genera le , P ar is, 1866, Vol . 12, p. 507.

only n i ne,w e find Cromwell

,on th e H ouse bre ak i ng up

,confiding to

Falkl and what h ad pre v i o usl y been h i s i n te n t i on s . I f th at remon

strance h ad not passed ," he sa i d

,h e would h ave sold al l h e h ad th e

nex t morn ing and neve r h ave see n Engl and more and h e added

th at h e knew many oth e r hones t me n of th e sam e resolu t i on .

(C romw e l lian a , p .

Fur th ermore,from Lord N ugen t ’s M emori al s of J oh n H ampden ,

h i s Party and Times,

" p . 1 16 , we h ave i t th at

T h e Sp ir i t of emigrat io n spread dai ly among th e Pur i t ans. T h e view s of th e

greater number of t h at part y w ere ent ire ly di rected to th at obje c t th us leav ingthe ir leaders w i thout an y further dut ies to fu lfi l l in Engl and . Bu t even th i s re fugefrom a perse cut ion w h i ch appeared irresist i b le , and from w h i ch there remai ned n oo ther mean s of escape , w as re fused t h em .

I

Thi s pro je ct , w h i ch w ou ld h ave re l ieved th e government from th e embarrassment of the ir presen ce , a nd of a l l the i r further p lans, w as de feated by a n o rder ofth e K ing in counc i l , dated Apr i l 6 , 1 638, by w h i ch a l l maste rs and ow ners of sh i psw ere rest ra ined from se t t ing forth a n y vesse l w i t h p assengers for Amer i c a w i thou tspe c i a l l i cense .

2

"T h e i mmedi ate e ffe c t of th is mo nstrous edi ct is rendered remarkab le by a n e vent

w h i ch h as t hrow n over th e w ho le a strange a i r of fat a l i t y . E igh t shi ps, w i th re

spectab le emigrants o n board , w ere at th is t i me ly ing in th e Thames , bound for t h enew co lony . I n one of the se had act ua l ly embarked fo r t he i r vo yage across t h e A tl ant i c , tw o n o less consi derab le persons than John Hampden3 and h is kinsman ,O l i ver C romw e l l , th e l at ter t hen l i t t le dist ingu ished , except for an opposi t ion w h i chh e conducted w i t h great sp ir i t and abi l i t y in h is nat i ve count y of Hunt ingdon ,agai nst th e pro je ct of t h e Bedford Leve l , a w ork w h i ch

,l ike a l l t h e o ther great

schemes of i mprovement , had been converted into a monopo ly w h i ch w as to given ew means of influen ce to th e Crow n . Bu t th e Court w as unw i l l in g that its O ppon en ts shou ld an yw here enjoy o r commun i cate t h e systems of freedom w h i ch the yt aught , o r sho u ld peace fu l l y w i t hdraw themse lves, even at t h e hazard of t h e to t a lconfiscat io n of t he ir est ates at home , from a contro l of w hose success they despa iredand from a country w h i ch they deemed to be hope lessly en slaved .

A spec ia l order w as t here fore issued th at these vesse ls by n ame shou ld be deta ined, andth e prov is ions landed w h i ch had been sh i pped for th e vo yage .

4

Rushw ort h .— Nea le ’s H istory of t h e Pur i t ans.

2 Bancro f t [R i chard Bancro ft , D . D A rchbi shop of C anterbury , born 1544,died in h is e ar ly perse cut ion of t h e Pur i t ans, under J ames, see i ng that gre atnumbers of t hem w ere emigrat ing to Virgi n i a , obt ained a proc lamat ion e n jo i n i ngthem n o t to depart w i t hou t t h e K ing ’s l i cense .

3 Hampden had purchased lands in V irgin i a t hrough an agent fi ve years previou sl y , a nd w as go ing ou t to prove t hem .

—C . Ha l lo ck .

4 Nea le ’ s H istory of t h e Puri t an s — Rushw orth .

— D ugda le’s Troub les.

Thu s, in th e a l tern at i ve be tw een fl ight and resi st ance , th e government , as it

w ere , bound dow n these eminen t men to an O pposi te condi t ion to tha t w h i ch t heyhad chosen fo r themse lves. Pr ide , character and obl i gat ion to par t y a ndto pr inc ip le p ledged them , so long as t hey shou ld inhab i t t h e country of the i r bi rth

,to pur

sue t h e course t hey had begun . Hampden a nd Cromw e l l remai n ed ; to act , probab l y w i th very different v iew s, cert ai n l y in very d i fferen t c i rcumstan ce s th e on e to

be t h e first mover of resi st ance in arms to t h e K ing : t h e o the r to fin a l ly de fe at andru in th e pow er in t h e fie l d , to overthrow t h e mon arch y

, a nd to bring t h e Sovere i gn ,

by w hom h e w as n ow so arbi trar i l y de t a ined,to a publ i c scaffo ld.

I

Quoti ng from D r . W . A . H al lock ’s bookl e t,Th e H al lock A n ces

t ry,

" pub l i sh ed 1 866,by Am . Trac t S oc i e ty :

I n 1634 at Yarmo uth,Engl and

,Rev . Joh n Youngs and

J oan,h i s w i fe

,of S t . Margare ts , S uffo l k , w e re forb i dde n passage to

N ew Engl and . [H i s tory P uri tans , Mass . H i st . Col l .,Vol . i v , p .

Mr . Yo ungs was soon afte r se t tl ed a t H i ngh am,i n No rfo lk coun ty

,

adjo i n i ng S uffo lk,100 m i l es no r th e as t of Londo n , and six years l ate r

,

on Oc t . 2 1 , 1640, i n th e N ew Wo rld h e gath e red h is church an ew u n

de r th e auspi ces of R ev . Joh n Davenport2, m i n i s te r, and Theoph i l us

Eaton,governor of th e N ew H ave n colony

,wh i ch h ad j us t bee n

plan ted,Apri l 18 , 1638 , unde r a branch i ng o ak [ho ly-oa k ] , a v i rtu al

th eoc racy,th e B i ble th e i r code of l aws

,ecc le s i ast i c al and c i v i l . "

[Trumbul l’s H ist . of Conn ]

I n th e s ame autum n Rev . Mr . Youngs and h i s ch u rch took up th e i r

abode i n S outh o ld,then compri s i ng th e w h ole north e astern b ranch of

Long I s l and,l and i ng at th e h arbor of w h at i s now S ou th old v i l l age

,

on th e Peco n i c B ay , w here as a chu rch o r town th ey re ta i ned the i r

c on nect i on w i th th e New H ave n co lo ny t i l l 1662 , and w i th C o n n ec ti

cu t twe lv e ye ars longer, t i l l 16 74 . R ev . Mr . Youngs he re cont i n ued

h i s m i n i s try th i rty-tw o ye ars , and d i ed F eb . 24 , 1672 , aged 74 , as by

I Thi s a l leged inc i dent h as been show n to rest o n n o re l i ab le author i ty . (S ee

M r. Forster’ s S t atesmen of th e Commonw ea l th ," Vo l . i i , p . But against t h epassage in th e tex t Lord Nu gen t affixed n o mark fo r modificat io n o r erasu re , a nd i tis there fore left as first w r i t ten .

M r. H ume avers th at H ampden a nd t h e rest w ere for go ing to N ew E ngl and fo rt h e pr i v i lege of hear ing se rmons seven hou rs long .

"

2 Up to t h e year 1841 , h isgreat grandson , J ohn D avenport , aged86 , a nd h is sonJ ohn w ere l i v ing at N ew Haven , on t h e very S i te w here t h e or igina l co lony l anded ,toge ther w i th a marr ied w i dow ed daugh te r n amed Walke r

,a nd h e r son ,

A ldace

Walker. T h e o ldma n w as a soap maker , and bo i led bones on h is premises.

h is tomb stone . T h e twe l v e men , w i th members of th e i r fam i l i e s , who

const i tu ted h is ch u rch we re Wm . We l l s,Barn abus H o r ton

,and J oh n

Co nk l i n (w hose graves are ne ar th at of th e i r pas tor) , Pete r H al l ock ,Joh n Tuth i l l , Rich ard Terry , Thomas Mapes , Matth i as Corw i n , Robert Akerly J acob Corey

,I s aac Arno ld

,and J oh n B udd , th e fi rs t wh i te

se ttle rs i n that part of th e i s l and .

"Pe te r H al lock ’s great gre at granddaugh te r , El i z abe th H al lock , born

1732 , w h o d ied at O ld Aquebogue , Feb . 1 2,183 1 , aged 98 , wi fe of S i l as

Corw i n , gave to h er grandd augh te rs , Mrs . J ames H al lock , now of

Quogue,and Mrs . Rev . J ames T . Haml i n of Mat ti t uck , Mr . J onath an

G . Horton , a nd o th e rs n ow l i v i ng , th e fol l owi ng fac ts , wh i c h are con

fi rm ed by mul t i p l i ed records and memor i al s : That P e te r H al lock

w as th e fi rs t o f th e th i r tee n w h o adven ture d to step o n shore among th e

I nd i ans at S ou th ol d,th at part of th e v i l l age be i ng s t i l l cal l ed " H al

lock ’s N e ck ," and th e be ach exte nd i ng from i t , H al lock ’

s Be ach,of

wh ich beach Mr . H o rton (w h o l i ve s in th e fi rs t frame ho use e re c ted

a t S outho l d by h i s ances to r, Barn abas H orton) i s on e of th e j o i n t

owne rs ; that Pe te r H al l ock purch ased from th e I nd i ans the trac ts i nc e c all ed Oys te r Po nds

,now O ri e nt

,th e e aste rn e nd o f th i s branc h

of th e i sl and (see Thompson’s H i s tory of Long I sl and ) th a t h e th e n

re turned to Engl and for h i s w i fe , who whe n h e marr i ed h e r w as a

widow and h ad a son by h e r forme r h usband,Mr . How e l l th a t h e

prom i sed he r th at,i f sh e now accompan ied h im ,

h er son should sh are

wi th h i s i n h i s p rope rty ; th at on com i ng back h e found th e I nd i an s

had resold what i s now Ori e n t ; th at h e th e n purch ased abou t te nm i les wes t of So u tho ld v i l l age a farm ex te nd i ng from Long I sl and

S o und on th e no rth to Pecon i c bay on th e south (th ree m i l es) , on

wh ich h e se ttl ed i n Aquebogue,abou t two m i l e s wes t of M at ti tuck

v i l l age and cre ek .

H is or ig i nal h om es te ad on Long I sl and and th at of h i s wi fe ’s son ,

How e l l , w e re on adj acen t lo ts,a nd are s t i l l o cc up i e d (1866 ) by th e i r

re spec ti ve desce ndants,Benjam i n Laure ns H al lock and S y l ves te r

How e l l . On th e so u th p art o f th e purch ase are th e farms o f Col .Micah W . and D e a . Ezra H al lock

,gre at grandsons of Zerub ab e l H al

lo ck , who was a gre at grandson of Pe te r . Numerous o th e r fam i l i e sof Hal locks , most of

'

th em prospe rous fa rme rs,res ide o n o r near th i s

purch ase by Pe te r H al l ock , but of th e bur i al p l ace o f e i the r h imse l f

or h i s on ly son W i l l i am,or h i s grandsons Thomas and Pe te r

,who in

h erited the s ame prem i ses,th ey h ave no knowl edge . J oh n H al l ock

,

1 st and 2d,i n S e tauke t , doub tle s s l i e bu r i ed i n a sm al l Quake r

gro und adj o i n i ng the m ai n gra veyard , th e i r n am es d is t i ngui sh ed on ly

by " J . H .

" o n smal l s tones scarce ly r i s i ng above th e s urface . I n th e

Matt i tuck graveyard res t th e bod i e s of Ze rub ab e l Hal lo ck and many

of h i s desce ndan ts,and of G en . H . W . H al leck ’ s gre a t-gre at

,and

gre at-grandfath e rs Pe te r J r . and Maj or P e te r ." O f many unexpe c ted co i nc i de nce s co nfi rm i ng fac ts i n th e ancestry

,

a s i ngul ar one corrobo rates th e ev ide nce’

th a t J osh ua H all ock o f

Mori c h es was th e son ofWil l i am,whose wi l l was proved 1 736 . M r .

Wil l i am Hal lock,aged 80

,l i v i ng ne ar Mori ches

,says h i s grandfathe r

,

Zebul on,and th is J osh ua were b ro th ers

,and re l a tes th a t th e i r fath e r

,

Wil l i am of S outhold , (unh app i ly ) had po sse ss io n of two very smart

colo red men,J ack and B r i s te r ; th at h e gave J ack to h i s son Zebulo n ,

and Br i s te r to h i s son J osh ua i n M o r i ches,wi th s tr ik i ng anecdote s of

Br i s te r ’ s ene rgy and k i ndne ss we l l known i n Mor i ch es . Th i s J osh ua

moved to O range cou n ty,N . Y . ,

near Ch es te r church,of w h i ch h i s

son J onath an was a founde r and an office r . I n th e records of th at

c h urch were found Lewi s H al lock and two femal e H al locks,

"colo red,

"

doub tle ss th e ch i ld re n of th i s s ame B r i s te r .

The marri age of Wi l l i am H al lock,of S tony B rook

,to S arah S ax

ton,of H unti ngton

,was truly romant i c . A young man of uncommon

stre ng th and beauty,he h ad been ass i s t i ng

‘

Mr . S axto n i n th e l abors

of th e farm for some mon ths,when th e p are n ts we re al armed at ap

pare n t part i al i t i e s be twee n h i m and the i r d augh te r, wh ich th ey i n al l

p roper ways d i s co uraged . At l e ngth o n a brigh t morn ing th e young

peopl e were m iss i ng,as we re al so two horses and s addl es . Mr . S ax

ton fol low ed them w i th speed across th e N ew York fe rr i es , and to

fri e nds i n New Jersey,and reach ed th em j us t afte r th e marri age con

t rac t h ad'

been sol emn i zed’

. I see I ’m too l a te , s ai d he ; n ow

come home,and w e w il l al l wel come you .

" The connec t i o n was a

h appy one . They we re the pare n ts of twel ve ch i ld re n , some of th em

h igh ly accompl i sh ed and mov i ng i n th e fi rs t c i rc l e s of soc i e ty,wi th a

numerous and h i gh ly es teemed pos te r i ty .

" Will i am H al lock, w h o d ied S ep t . 28 , 1684 , son of Pe te r H al lock ,

made a wi l l,wh i ch i s prese rved i n th e anc i e nt records bo th of S uffo lk

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1696 , Ann a , Pati e nce , and Ri ch ard ; 2 . Pe ter H al l ock,wi th E l i za

,

Be th i ah , Abigai l , Pe te r Jr .,V Vill iam

,and Noah

,born 1696 ; 3 . Wi ll i am

H al lock,wi th M ary

,Wi l l i am J r . , Prudence , and Zebulon . J oh n H al

l ock , Wi l l i am’s o the r son ,

h av i ng removed to B rookh aven,al l th e

H al l ocks i n S ou th old townsh i p i n 1698 were th e above twen ty-th ree ,th e w idow and descendants of th e Wi l l i am H al lock w h o d i ed i n 1684 .

I n the re cords of s e ve ral of th e e arl i e r w i l l s th e S i gnature i s H a l liock ,

and i t h as been conj e c tured th at the n am e w as ori g i n al ly i de ntifi ed

w i th H olyoke [Dr. W . A . H al lock , H al lock A ncestry ,"1 866 ] The

fo l low i ng fac ts as to th e fam i ly a nd e arl i e r desce ndants of each of

these fou r sons of Wil l i am H al lock h ave bee n ch i efly obtai ned from

th e re l i ab le sourc e of w i ll s and deeds p reserved in ce rt ified re cords .

H avi ng v i s i te d the pr i nc i pal lo c al i t ie s , anc i en t res ide nces and graves ,and carefu l ly we ighed th e ev i de nce i n eve ry case

,I regard the m ai n

s tatemen ts as u nques t i onably re l i abl e . I t is to be regre t ted th at th i s

br i e f ske tch coul d no t i n cl ude th efem a l e , pe rh aps th e l arge r h al f ofth e H al lock generat i o ns — Rev . Wm . A . H al lock , D . D .

,son of Rev .

Moses H al l ock,born 1 794 , i n H al l ock Ances try .

H A L L O C K CA S T L E

N ew Haven , C t .

C H A P T E R I I

HALLO C K -HOLY O K E .

T h e facts of th e ‘landing of Pe ter H a l lo ck (sic) at Southo ld L . l .,m 1640, and

th e lo cat ion and h i story of t h e th i rteen first se t t lers , a re given w i t h grea t ca re a nd

accuracy by R ev . E phe r \Wh i t t ak er , su ccessor to R ev . John Youngs in t h e church a tS outho l d , in a sermon preached tw o hundred years af ter the i r land ing . T h e p l acew here t he y bur ied the i r w inter’ s provi s ion s , a nd t h e ce l l ar of t h e parsonage bu i l t fo rM r . Youngs , a re st i l l to be seen , a s is th i s ear l y pastor’s cherished grave . H a l lo ck ’ sNe ck a nd Be ach in th at v i c in i t y are as fam i l i ar as househo ld w o rds.

"— H a 1/ocb A n

cestry , 1866 .

I t i s a cu ri o us fac t th at th i s mos t c i rcumstanti a l and apparen tly i n :

c on t rove rt i bl e s tory should now be d i sc red i ted,afte r i t h as stood fo r

more th an two cen tur i e s and a h al f,by h i s to r i ans w h o once l abo red to

establ i sh its au th en ti c i ty . I t is even asse r ted th at the re w as no Pete r

H al lock ; and , indeed,h is name cannot b e fou nd o n th e passenge r

l i s ts of co lon i s ts m igrat i ng to Am e r i c a i n 163 2-8

,as g i v e n i n th e

Mass . H i s t . Coll e c t i ons . Wh i t take r h i mse l f,w ho se H i s to ry of

S ou tho l d i s i n the Long I sl and H i s to r i cal S oc ie ty ’s l i b rary,says i n a

note to th e au tho r of th ese l i nes :I repeated to you r unc le

,who compi l ed th e H al l o ck Ancest ry , th e

s to ry w h i ch I h ad h e ard re spec ti ng Pe te r H al l ock,and w h i ch i s pub

l ish ed i n G riffen’

s J ourn al . ’ I now know th at t h e s tory is u n

t rue . The re is n o t a part ic le of ev i de nce to be found th at Pe te r H allock w as eve r h e re .

"

But w h o w as ? Who w as th e h i s to rica l m an ? W h o w as th e fa the r

ofWil l i am , whose re co rd is adm i tted to b e c le ar and accu rate , as

atte s ted by h i s r es g a me and w i l l o f 1682 ? That wi l l is s i gned VVil

l i am H a l l ock, bu t th e copy i s t , whose re scr i p t is of re cord , has in

adve rte n tl y subsc ri bed i t H olyoake,a not i c eabl e depart u re from th e

I O

or ig i nal H olyoke . Recogn i z i ng th ese d isc repan c es i n th e spe l l i ng,

w h i ch are consp i cuous on grave s to n es and legal doc umen ts along th e

fam i ly l i ne for the pre ced ing for ty ye ars, th e logi c al con clus i o n would

b e th at we l l au th e n ti cated fac ts of long s tand i ng,and always accepted

as h i s tor i cal data,h ave s imply bee n ove rl ai d by a m i rage re su l ting

from a distortion and i nte rch ange of fam i ly p atro nym i cs . Re asons

fo r such mod ifi c at i on s are give n e l sew h e re in th e tex t . I f th e name

H al lock w as not o n th e passe nge r l i s ts of col on ists sh i pp i ng for

Amer ica,i t would h ard ly appear among the persons se t on shore .

Th e quest io n then a ri se s,i f H al lo ck is no t a d i a ton i c of Holyoke ,

w h e nc e and how d i d i t o r igi n ate ? I t i s no t common i n Engl and to

day,and i s no t of reco rd at Yarmo uth or H i ngh am

,w h enc e R ev .

Youngs and h i s company m igrated . T h e name Hol yoke h as bee n

known i n E ngl an d for ce n turi e s,and there i s a fam i ly coat of arm s .

One Edward H o ly oke mi g rated from S taffo rd coun ty i n 1639 , and

w as afte rw ards P res i den t of H arvard Co l lege . H is son , Elizur H o l

yoke,becam e we l l known i n N o rthweste rn Massachuse tts i n 1654

from h av i ng re c e i ved a gran t of l and ne ar N orth am pton ; and M t .

Holyoke i s n am ed for h im because h e camped at i ts base wh i l e l and

l ook i ng . The fam i ly arm s appe ar i n h i s w i l l H e h ad a son ,

Edward Augus tus,who l i ved to b e h early 100 years o ld .

THE H OLYOKE ARMS .

A RM S : Azure , a ch ev ron ,argen t

,

cot i ced , or , be twee n th re e cresce ntsof th e second .

CREST A cre scen t , arge nt .

[Anoth er c re s t is a cub i c arm e re c t,

h abi ted gu leS c uffed arge n t, hold i ngi n th e h and p rope r an oak branchfru i t-ed o r .]H e ral d i c J ou rn al

,11, 180 ; i v .

, 90.

Emm e rto n and Waters : Gle ani ngs f rom Engl i sh Reco rds

,

"

S . G . Drake Th e H i s to ry andAntiqu i t i e s of Bo s ton

,

"

S . V . Tal cott : " New York andN ew England Fam i l i es ,

"

568 .

S i r Bern ard Burke The Genera lArmory of England ,

" e tc . ,

E R R A T A .

P age 10,re ad

J oh n H o lyoke O f A lcaste r , Warw i ck'

sh i re ,E ngl and

,di ed 1587 h ad

son Edw ard o f Tamworth ,w h o became a fre eman o f th e M assach u

se tts Co l ony i n 1638 . H ad so n El eaze r o r E l ize n,w h o had son El ea

ze r, J r , w h o h adson E dw ard

, (w h o becam e l o th pres i den t o f Harva rd co l lege i n and grandso n D r . Edw ard A ugustus

,th e firs t

p res iden t of th e M a ssach use tts M edi c al so c i e ty and grand fa th e r ofDr . Frank l i o

'

lyo k e of H o lyoke,Mass ,

and h is bro the r Charles of

h l edford.

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author of d i s ti nc t i on and a p rom i ne n t soc i al , pol i t i c al , and rel i gious

agi ta tor . N eve rth e less,h e " was fortunate i n h is fr iendsh i ps

,w as

ho nored and respec ted by Gl ads tone and th e o the r l ibe ral le ade rs .He e nj oyed th e confidence of fore i gn democrats l ike Ko ssu th , Maz

z i n i,and Gar i b ald i . H e wrote H istory of Co operation i n Eng

l and,

"a w ork i n tw o vol um e s , wh i ch Mr . B righ t s ai d was th e o n ly

o rigi n al argum ent i n favo r of th e movemen t h e h ad see n . H e al so

ed i ted th i r ty vol um e s of Th e Reasone r ." H e quarre led w i th B rad

l augh and abetted Joh n B u rns . H e was th e Or i g i nator of th e te rmj i ngo i n 1878 . H i s Rem i n i sce nces ,

"- it says

,a re ful l of th emos t

be nevo le n t j udgm e nts upon m en and Opi n i ons .

"

I n th i s connec t ion i t is i n te res t i ng to no te th at th e fi rs t re c orded

buri al i n th e old S p ri ngfield (Mass ) cem e te ry , i n 164 1 , and th e olde s t

mo num en t,was i n m emo ry of M rs . Mary H olyok e ,daugh ter of Wi l l i am

Pynchon,th e founde r of th e co lony

,who was born i n Engl and

,and di ed

and was buried th ere . H is assoc i a tes,Captai n E leaze r [so Spel led]

Holyoke , h usband of M ary ; D e aco n Chapi n , a m ag i s trate w i th P yu

chon and Holyoke ; H e nry B urt,who w as asso c i a ted w i th th em i n

th e affa i rs of ch urch and state ; Rev . P e le tia h Glove r , th e second

m i n i s te r of th e town ,who d i ed i n 1692 , and Maj o r P ynch on , th e m i n

isters and magi s tra te s and al l c l asse s of peop le for 200 ye ars , w e re

bur i ed i n th i s ch u rchyard .

These fac ts w e re re s tated i n th e Spr i ngfie ld R epubl ica n a few years

ago,w he n th e n ew c i ty cem e te ry was opened .

For tw o gene rat i on s afte r th e em igrat i o n i n 1630—40, th e n ame of

Holyoke pers i s ted as spe l led th ence o nward con ti nued vari at i ons

took pl ace . J us t now,i t is qu i te as d ifficu l t fo r i nqu i re rs to fi nd H al

locks ih Engl and as H olyoke s i n Am e r i c a , or even i n col on i al t imes,

o r i n th e remo te pas t .

SYLLABUS .

Edward H olyoke,fi rs t i n s truc to r of H arvard Col l ege

,w h o

was succeeded by Rev . H e nry Dunste r,I n 1640, as p re s i

de n tPe te r H al l ock [ H o lyoke lo c ated a t M att i t uck

,L . I .

,N ew

York .

I 3

E leze r H o ll iok ,in appl i c at i o n for l and gran t i n H ampsh i re

c oun ty,Mass ; spe l led also H a ll iock i n body of th e in stru

m en t .

1660-80. H a l l iock , H al l i ck , H o l lyo a k e , and Holyoak on grave s tones

deeds,e tc .

,i n S uffo lk coun ty

,N . Y .

Wi ll ofWi ll i am H al lock [copy is t , Holyoake ] , son of Pe te r .Mary H a rlo ck and Thomas Harlock , ch i ldre n o f Thomasand

S arah,di ed 17 19 and 1 744 , as per V i tal S tat i s t i cs of Edgar

town,M . V .

D ea . J abez H al leck , Matti tu ck , L . I . Moved to Weste rn

v i l l e,N . Y .

W i l l i am H . H a l lz’

ck,N ew York C i ty d irec to ry . Name some

t imes al so Spel led H al la ck .

1 . THOMAS HALLOCK ’ S D ES CENDANTS .

No wi l l o r deed of Thomas Hal lo ck , grandson of Pe te r of 1640, h as

been found,n o r any record of h i s sons Kingsland and R i ch ard

,named

as abo ve i n th e ce nsus'

o f 1698 . I ch abod,son of Thom as

,wi l l s 1 759

to h i s son Thomas,bo rn J an . 6

,1 766 , who marri ed H annah

bo rn Feb . 3 , 1 768 , o n D ec . 28,1 788 , and h ad th i rte en ch i ld ren , as fol

l ow s : El i z abe th , bo rn M ay 25, 1789 Thomas,bo rn Aug . 1 , 1790 ;

Hannah,born M ay 23 , 1 792 Nancy

,born Oc t . 24 , 1 793 ; Mary , born

J u ly 5, 1 795; S arah , born J an . 3 1 , 1 797 ; Noah,born O c t . 4 , 1798 ;

Margare t,born Apri l 30, 1 799 ; Kath eri n e , born Aug . 1

, 1801 Pe te r,

born Nov . 13 , 1803 Dan i e l M i n e r , b orn Oc t . 9 , 1807 ; Nath an i e l ,born Apri l 1 7 , 1809 ; C on k l ine , born J u ne 15, 1 8 13 . "From old B ibl e ,dated 1806

,i n possess i on of F . E . H al lock , 7 35 Lexi ngton Ave . ,

Brooklyn,N . Y .] Thomas 3d of N ew P rov ide nce , N . J . ,

who d i ed

1822 , aged abo ut 60, w as fath e r o f Sm i th H al l ock , who was fath e r of

J e remiah R . Hal lo ck of N ewark,N . J .

Ze rub ab e l Hal lock , son of T h omas, w h o h as a l arge pos te r i ty ne ar

th e o rig i nal homes te ad , d i ed Ap ri l 8 , 1 76 1 , aged 65, and h i s wife E st h e r

,1773 , aged 78 , as by th e i r g raves to nes in Matt i tuck . H e w i l l s

,

1 76 1 , l ands to h i s sons Ze rub ab e l 2d,J ames

,J oseph ; £400 to B en j a

14

mi n,s tude n t

,who d i ed 1765, aged 24 ; £ 100 to. grandson \Vill iam (t h en

aged to be paid h im at 2 1,and£ 10 t o grandso n Ze ch ar i ah . Ze ru

babe l ’s so ns,Joh n aged 20

,and Wi l l i am

,aged 24 , were drowned 1 749 ,

Wi ll i am’s son W i l l i am be i ng bo rn 1 750, afte r h i s fath e r’s de ath

,and

hav i ng no bro th e r . These fac ts are confi rm ed by M rs . Esth er H al

l ock Reeve,now 85, daugh te r of Ze chari ah .

1 . Zerub ab e l 2d,d i ed March 3 1 , 1 800

,aged 78 , h ad seve n sons

Ze rub ab e l 3d, Rich ard , Ze ch ar i ah , J ohn , Dan i e l , Caleb , Ezra . Ze ru

babel 3d, d ied 1804 , aged 59 , h ad th re e so ns : Zerub ab e l , d i ed 1 803 ,

aged 34 ; J acob , fath e r o f D r . Lew i s of N e w York,bo rn J une 30, 1 803 ,

d ied March 3 , 1897 , and H orace of D etro i t ; a nd Rupert,fath e r of

D av id B . ,and Ze rub ab e l

,Bal t imo re . Ri chard h ad tw o sons : Ri ch

ard,fath e r o f Natha n T u th i l l

,and Benjam i n , fa the r of Be nj am i n

Laure ns,J ared

,J acob A .

,S amue l and Charle s R . Zech ar i ah

,died

1820, aged 7 1 , h ad th re e sons : Zech ar i ah 2d,born 1776 , fath e r of

H erman and Zechari ah 3d ; Joh n , fa th e r of Frankl i n , I sa i ah , We l l s,

Caleb ; B e th ue l , born 1 790, fathe r of Be th uel E . ,Edw i n

,J o e l

,J oh n K .

Dea . Joh n , Ridgebury i n M i n isi nk , now Waw ayanda , Orange county ,N . Y . ,

d i ed 1842 , aged ne ar 90 ; h i s son , Hon . J oh n , was j udge and

member of Congress,fath e r of D r . D ew i t t Cl i n to n

,Mi n i s i nk . Dan i e l

h ad four sons : Dani e l,Wayne coun ty

,N . Y .

,fathe r of L i v i ngston ,

Corydon,and L ew is; Dr . El i sh a ; Col . M icah W .

, fath e r of D r .Dav i d H .

,S ou th amp ton

,D an ie l B .

,and Moses S . of B rookl yn , El i j ah ,

and El i sh a ; D ea. Ezra , fathe r of George W .

,Ezra Y . of D al l as

,P o l k

coun ty,Orego n , and R ev . Joseph N . Caleb

,Bridgewate r

,One i d a

co un ty,N . Y .

,d i ed 1 830, had tw o son s ; Caleb J r . and Ph i neas , fath e r

of No rman and Dan i e l . Caleb J r .

,aged 80, h ad five sons

,Zadok H .

,

Joh n,and D ew i tt

,al l at Almon t

,Lapee r c ou nty

,Mich . ; Thomas R .

,

at S trawb e rry Po i n t,Clay ton coun ty

,I owa

,fath e r of H erber t T . and

th re e sons w h o d i ed i n th e army ; and James C .,who d i ed i n O rle ans

co unty,N . Y .

,Feb . ,

1 859 ,aged 46 , fa th e r of Wash ing ton I rv i ng , and

of D ayton S . ,of A lmon t

,M ich . Ezra

,fath e r o f Wi l l i am

,o f J ames

port,L . I .

2 . J ames , d ied M att i tu ck 1 775, aged 44 , w i l l s to five sons : J am es ,J e rem iah

,Benj am in

,Wil l iam

,Thomas . J ames

,M arch 5,

1852 , aged 90,h ad th ree sons : B enj am i n Go ldsm i th ; Charle s , mer

ch ant in New Y ork,fathe r of J ames ; and George , i n Fow le r, Oh io .

Dea . J e rem i ah,Cayuga

,N . Y .

,died J une 10

,1854 , aged 83 ; h ad' sons

I S

Wi ll iam J . and G eorge B . ,fathe r ofWi l l i am R . and G eorge F . B en

j am i n d i ed 1 794 , aged 2 1 . Wil l i am se t tled at W ash ten au , M ich . ,

fath e r of Frankl i n of Cazenov i a , N e l son , and J am e s . Thomas , Sm i th

tow n Bran ch,born J uly 1 1 , 1 768 , d ied J an . 7 , 1854 , fath e r of J am es .

3 . Joseph,Hog N e ck , o pposite S ou thold , h ad sons Benj am i n ,

Wil l i am,J oseph

,and I saac .

4 . I s aac h ad 5011 S al te r , who h ad son Robe rt , who h ad son J ul i an .

B e nj am i n h ad son

5. Benj am i n H ubbard , w h o h ad sons

6 . Edward H ubbard , Randal l’s I s l and

,and Jo seph Andrew . Jos

eph A . h ad daugh ters S arah L . and M i nn i e B . Edw ard H ubbard h ad

son s H enry S . (no fam i ly) , Frank W .,Edgar S .

,H e rbe r t A .

,and

Anna L . Frank W . h ad sons Edw ard W . and Wi l l i am'

A .,and

daugh te rs M ay L .

,Maud G .

,Bessi e L . ,

and Anna B . Edgar S . h ad

son Frank L .

7 . H e rbe r t A . had daugh te rs Marj or i e L .

,Hel en A . ,

and Mary B .

,

and son G eorge D .

Joseph 2d, (Hog N e ck ) was fath e r of G e orge , wh o h ad daugh te r

Lucy,and sons Benj am i n A . of B rooklyn

,and J oseph N .

,ed i tor of th e

S outhold Trave l l e r ." and fo r seve ra l ye ars i n N ew Yo rk S tate

Assembly ; a cous i n of J oseph N . ,ed i to r of th e Ch ri st i an Work and

Evange l i s t,

" who h as son W i l l i am . I saac w as fa the r of Ben j am i n A .

,

of Brook l yn,who h as son George B .

,and th ree daugh te rs .

Be nj am i n A . h ad son George B enj am in,and daugh te rs Edna ,

Nel l i e,and Ru th . Joseph N . has daugh te r A n n .

4 . W il l i am,son of Zerub ab e l I s t , drowned 1 749 , aged 24 , h ad on e

son,Wil l i am

,bo rn afte r h i s fath e r ’s de ath . Th i s Wi l l i am ,

born 1 750,

grandson of Zerub ab e l , d i ed R iverh ead , S ept . , 1824 , aged 74 ,buri ed i n

Upper Aquebogue,h ad seven sons : Wi l l i am ,

d i ed Jan ,1824 , aged

50, fath e r of J am es of Gre enpo i n t , N ic hol as of Uppe r Aquebogue,

Caleb ; Dav id fath e r of J e sse at H erm i tage Pe te r,fath e r o f H arvey

and Benj am i n ofNew York ; J ames of N ew York d i ed 1832 , fath e rof J ames H . ,

teach er,S anford

,and John ; Syl vanus of New York

,

born J uly 2 1 , 1 784 , h ad seve n son s : Aaron,Edw ard

,S yl vanus of

Ch i cago , S amue l M .,Joh n H

,Li e ut . Al fred , North O range , N . J .

,and

D av i d F . ; Noah of R ive rh e ad , fath e r of Te rry , Dan i e l , George W . ,

John , Charl e s ; Gurdon d i ed young .

I I . PETER HALLOCK ’S DES CENDANTS .

1 . Pe te r H al lo ck , of th e New H aven co l ony , l anded a t H al l ock’s

N e ck,L . I .

,N . Y .

,in 1640, and se ttl ed ne ar Matt i tuck .

2 . Wi l l i am H al lock,h i s son

,d i ed a t M at ti t uck i n 1684 . H e h ad

fou r sons,namely

3 . Thomas,Pe te r

,Wil l i am

,and John . Pete r se ttl ed i n S outho ld

,

Thomas a t Rocky Poi n t,Wi l l i am at B rookh aven

,and Joh n a t S e

tauk e t

4 . Pete r h ad sons , Pe te r Jr ., Noah , and Wi l l i am ,

who d ied young

at se a . P e te r J r . w as born i n 1694 , and d i ed 1 756 . No ah w as born

1696 , and d i ed 1773 .

5. Pete r J r . h ad so ns , Majo r P e te r and Wi l l i am ,and n i ne daugh

ters,one of w hom

,El i z abeth

,marr i ed R i ch ard C o rw m . Majo r P e ter

marri ed daug h te r of J oseph M ape s a t th e o ld home s tead , and h ad

five sons : Pe te r and J ames,w h o h ad no ch i ld re n ; J oseph , w h o fe l l

as commande r of an arm ed vesse l i n th e w a r of th e Revol u t io n by th e

l as t shot b e fore th e at tack i ng force surre nde red [th at w as h ard on

h im and D ea . J abe z , wh o wrote h i s nam e H al le ck . H e w as bo rn

i n M atti tuck,and mo ved to Weste rnv i l l e , One i d a coun ty , N . Y .

,i n

1 797 . He di ed S ept . 16 , 1863 , in h i s i o3d year , and was th e grand

fathe r of H en ry Wager H al l e ck , bo rn J an . 16 , 18 14 , w h o was Majo r

G en eral,U . S . A .

,from J uly 1 1 , 1 86 2 , to March 12 , 1864 , pre ced i ng

Gen . Gran t . H e marri ed a daugh te r of J oh n N . H ami l ton , son of

Alexander, w h o fe l l i n a due l w i th Aaron Burr at We eh awken

, th e

s l ab w h i ch fo rme rly marked th e spo t wh e re h e fe l l be i ng now i n th e

museum of th e New York H i s tor i cal S oc i e ty . Afte r th e Gene ral ’ sde ath

,at L ou i sv i l le

,K y .

,i n 1 872 , h is widow be came the wi fe of G e n .

G eorge W . Cul l um,and d i e d at Newport

,R . I .

,S ept . 16 , 1897 . Gen .

H al leck ’s rem ai ns are i nte rred i n G ree nw ood cem e te ry . H i s mo th e r

w as a s i ste r to B i shop H . B . Whipp le , of M i nneso ta , maki ng th e Gen

e ral and th e B i s h op fi rs t cousi n s . H is broth e r , Andrew J .,bo rn S ept .

5, 1830,w as on h i s s taff . H i s brothe r J abe z d i ed at Mo n te rey , Cal ,

i n 1849 ,Joseph a t H igh lands

,N . C . ; Wi ll i am Wines , P e te r , and

J oh n i n Wes te rnv i l l e . H i s o nly son,H en ry W .

,d i ed a t Li t tl e ton ,

N . C .,on May 26 , 1883 , aged 26 .

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N o ah , born 1 728 , h ad fi ve sons : Rev . Noah,Hendr i ckson

,Pe te r

,

Thomas , and D ea . Ph i l i p . R ev . Noah,pastor at Mount S i n ai

,d i ed

18 18, aged 60, fath e r of Dan i e l M i ne r , E sq. Hendri ckson h ad so ns

H endri ck , fathe r of H endri ckso n , and H erman , who d ied Oc t . 28,

1 863 . Pe t e r d i e d yo ung . Thomas of Sm i th tow n h ad tw o sons

T h om as , fa th e r‘

of Capt . Thomas G . ,Rev . Luthe r C .

,Eph ra i m of

S e tauke t, and H enry H . ; and Noah , who h ad five son s : Arde n M .

of G reenpo i n t ; P ete r , fathe r of E lv i n B .,George C .

,and Edgar M .

Dan i e l M ine r , fathe r of Al anson and Leonard M . ; Nathanie l Conkl i ng , Dea . Ph i l ip

,fa th e r o f P h i l ip and J am es .

6 . W i l l i am , N o ah ’s son , born 1730, at B rookh ave n , L . I .

,marr i ed

A l i ce H oman of Ch i lm ark,M . V .

,and moved to Gosh en

,Mass

,in

1 766 , and d ied Oct . 2 1 , 18 15 h i s w i fe i n 18 16 bo th bur i ed i n Go she n .

They h ad n i n e ch i ld re n,of whom Jerem i ah

,Moses

,Pol ly

,A li c e

,

a nd Be th i ah w e re born at B rookh aven,and Abigai l

,Marth a

,Esth e r

,

a nd Mercy at Goshen . Go she n was se t tl ed i n 176 1 . Esther marr ied Rev . J os i ah H ayde n of H ayde nv i l l e , Mass ,

i n M arch, 1 793 .

S h e w as born 1 779 , d i ed S ep t . 1 1 , 1 862 , aged 93 . The H ayde ns are

desce ndan ts of Joe l H ayden of Dorches te r,Mass

,w h o w as on e of

th e fo u nders of th e B ay Co lony,i n 1630. J os i ah ’s brothe r Jo e l was

L ie ut .-Gove rno r of Massach use tts i n 1863-65, and son ~ i n ~ l aw of Ge n .

Wi l l i am Eato n of Tripol i tan fam e i n 1805. Abigai l m arri ed Rev .

J oe l Ch ap i n of Worth i ngton,S ept .

,1 793 , and d i ed of sm al lpox i n

G o sh en , 1 794 . Pol ly m arr i ed Dan i e l Pe rk i ns of P la infle ld i n 1 794 .

Al i ce marr i ed D an i e l Case,and Be th i ah marri ed S teph en H os

ford of Gosh en , whose son M o se s,born 1 756 , h ad sons S teph e n ,

J e rem i ah , and Wi l l i am ,and a daugh te r

,Cl ar i ssa (Packard) , w h o d i ed

in P la in fi e ld, Mass ,Aug . 10

,1902 , aged 85. A marr i ed daugh te r of

h e rs,Mrs . Luc i e B . Lamb

,d i ed of cance r i n ho sp i tal at Wo rce s te r

,

Mass ,in J anuary

,le av i ng n o i ssu e . Wil l i am marr i ed a S tre e te r

in 1847 . M e rcy d i ed i n Go sh en S ep t . 27 , - 1 809 .

7 . Rev . J erem i ah , bo rn at B rookhaven , L . I .

, March 13 , 1 758 , w as

for 4 1 years pas to r of a ch urch in Can ton , Conn .

,d i ed J une 23 , 1826

,

aged 68 , marr ied Mercy H umphrey ofWest S i msbu ry , Conn . ,i n 1 786 ,

and h ad sons H on . J e rem i ah H . , j udge i n S te ube nv i l le , Oh i o (w h oh ad a daugh te r Lav i n i a) and Wi l l i am Homan , th e fath e r of J erem i ahS . and Wi l l i am . H is grandfath er Noah was own cous i n to D ea .

D R . W I L L IAM A . H A L LOC K

I 9

J abe z H al lock,th e fathe r of Joseph and grandfath e r of Gen . Henry

Wage r H al l ock . H i s mother-in -l aw , Ol i v i a H al lock H umph rey , d i ed

a t 99 years of age . J oseph was a l i e u te nan t in th e w ar of 18 1 2 , mar

r i ed a daugh ter of H enry Wager, and d i ed J une 22,

1857 , aged 72 .

An autob i ography of Rev . J e rem i ah w as pri n ted i n 1828 .

Rev . Moses was pas tor of a church i n P la in fi e ld, Mass ,fo r 45

years— 1792 to 1837— and te ach e r of a c l ass i c al sch ool for 40 years ,

wh ich turned ou t 304 pupi l s dur i ng i ts c on ti nuance , of w hom seve n

we re fore ign miss io narie s,

fi fty c le rgymen,andmany othe rs me n of

d i s t i nc tio n , i n c l ud i ng M arcus Whi tman , w h o saved O regon to th e

Uni ted S tate s i n 1846 , wh en i ts possess i o n was d i sp u ted by Engl and

for Canada ; Joh n (O ssaw a tomie) B row n , Wil l i am Cul le n B ryan t ,J ames and Wi l l i am Ri ch ards

,m iss i onar i es to Ceyl on and th e S andw i c h

I s l ands re spec t i ve l y ; Lev i Parsons and P l i ny Fi sk i n Pales ti ne JonasKi ng i n G reece : P rof . Sy l veste r H ovey ; R ev . Be l a B . Edw ards .D . D . ; H o n . Wm . H . Maynard ; Hon . Je rem i ah H . Hal lock , and

m any o th e rs— h ad sons Wm . A .,Leavi t t

,Gerard

,Homan

,and daugh

te r M arth a,born 1 796 , who di ed M ay 22 , 1852 , at th e age of56 , u h

marr i ed .

8 . Wil l i am A . H al lock , D . D .,w as fo r 50 y e ars sec re tary of t h e

Amer i can Trac t S oc i e ty , th e h alf c entury ann i ve rs ary hav i ng beenc e lebrated i n N ew York S ept . 26

,1876 . He w as born J u ne 2 , 1 794

d ied Oct . 30, 1880,marr i ed Fann i e L effi ngw e l l L ath rop 1833 , w ho

d ied March By th i s fi rs t w i fe h e h ad daugh te rs H arr i e t

J oanna,born Feb .

, 1835, and Frances E l i z abe th , born J an . 9 , 1837 .

Harr ie t m arr ied Rufus Park of N ew Yo rk , by w hom sh e h ad son

Wil l i am H allo ck Park,born D ec . 30, 1863 , and d i ed J an . 15, 188 1 .

Fran ces m arr i ed Joh n Edgar Johnson , manage r fo r B row n B ros . ,

b anke rs,New York

,i n 1864 ,

and h as seve n l iv i ng ch i ldren . Mary

Augusta,aged 44 , marri ed D r . C . S . Olds o f M arco , Flor id a , and h as

ch i ld re n O r i da , S a loma,andRosal i e ; Joh n Edgar Jr .

,aged 42 , unmar

r i ed,l i ves i n Engl and ; R ev . Will i am

,profes so r L i ncol n Un i v . , P a .

,

marr i ed Vi rgi n i a S he rrard , h as son Hal lock S h e rrard ; Harrie t . aged

3 6 , unm arri ed , l i ve s i n Ossi n i ng , N . Y . ; Grace Este l le , aged 35, mar

ri ed I rv i ng R . Wi l l i am s Oc t . 19 , 189 7 , Ossi n i ng , N . Y . , and h as sonRobe rt I rv i ng Wi l l i ams ; Wal te r Lath rop , aged 32 , s i ngl e , N ew York ;a nd Roswe ll, aged 27 , marri ed H e l e n A . B rown

,Oss i n i ng

,1906 . Dr .

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Wi l l i am A . H al lock m arri e d a s e cond wi fe , Mary A . Lath rop , i n 1868 ,and d i ed Oct . 2 , 1880, aged 86 . The re l i c t d i ed i n N ew York J une 20,1901 , aged 92 .

LEAV I TT H ALLO C K ,farm er and tan ne r

,P l ain fi e ld

,Mass

,born

J an . 2 1 , 1 798 , d i ed Oc t . 16 , 1877 , at Amh erst , marr ied El i z abe th Porte r

S ne l l,daugh te r of Ebene ze r of Cummington . Her s is te r m arr i ed

Wi l l i am Cu l l e n B ryan t,poe t . Th e i r b roth e r, Eben eze r S .

,went to

C al i fo rn i a i n 1 851 , and d ied 1 85 l e av i ng son George,n ow manage r

of H ote l de l M onte,whose son A rth ur i s ass i s tan t obse rver a t th e

L i ck Observatory,near S an Jose . Leav i tt and E l i z abe th had daugh

te rs Fanny and E l i z a,tw i n s

,born i n 1830 ; Mary , born 1 837 , d ied

Aug . 16 , 1851 , and i nfan ts S arah and E l len , d ie d 1 845and 1851 , and

sons Wi l l i am Al l e n,born A ug . 27 , 1832 , Mose s G .

,born 1839 , d i ed

S ep t . 3 , 1 846 ; and Leav i t t H oman , born Aug . 15, 1842 . Fanny mar

r ied Rev . H enry M . H azel t i n e,and i s now a w i dow at J am e s town ,

N . Y . S he h as daugh te rs L i z z i e M . and Al i ce,unmarr i ed

,w h o are

teachers a t Col umb i a,S . C . ,

and N ew York c i ty . El i z a m arr i ed Rev .

Thomas Ro use,and d i ed a w idow Oct . 25, 1902 , l e av i ng daugh te r

F anny, ,who m arr i ed Ph i l i p Carpente r , a l aw y e r of N ew York (they

h ave no ch i ldre n ) , and M ary E .,who marr i ed 1887 Arth ur W . Brown

,

now of M anate e,Flori d a ; and son Rev . Fred T . Rouse

,w h o marr i ed

Constanc e Wai te of S ou th Freeport , Wis . , and h as th re e ch i ldren :

H al lock,Winn i fred , and Mary .

R ev. Wi l l i am A . marr i ed 1860 Clara M . H al l of Jamestow n,N . Y .

,a

s i st e r of E l l i o t t H al l , w h o marr i ed T i rz ah S nel l , daugh te r of P rof .

Ebeneze r S ne l l of Amhers t Co l l ege . S h e d ied S ept . 1 7 , 1 897 , aged

6 1 , and h ad son Wi l l i am H al l , born 1864 , educa ted i n Germany , d i ed

1894 , and daugh te r N e l l ie B . , w i fe of D r . Alfred Tennyson L i v i ng

s ton,M . D . of J amestow n . They have one daugh te r n amed Clara

E l i z abe th,born M ay 5, 1900.

Rev . Leav i tt H . of M i nneapol i s , M i nn . , marri ed Marth a B . Butl er

of Brooklyn,N . Y .

,w h o d i ed Oc t . 2 , 1 873 , l e av ing daugh te r L i l i an

H un t i ngton,born Aug . 19 , 1 868 , w h o marr i ed D r . Geo . Russe l l

Campbe l l of Wate rv i l le,M e .

,S ept . 25, 1 895, and h as daugh te r M i ldred

H al lock,born A ug . and son H arry Butle r of C i nc i nn ati ,

Ohio,bo rn Oct . 3 1 , 1870, w h o marri ed A nna Adel i a L amson Aug . 28 ,

1893 , and h as ch i ldre n n amed L eav i t t , born Feb . 27 , 1897 , and H e l en ,

S O UT H C H U R C H A N D C H A P E L,

N ew Haven,C t .

Bui l t by Gerard Hal lock , 1851-2.

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cessfu l c ul tu re of s unflowers fo r th e o i l p roduc t . From 1852 to 1874

h e was conne c ted wi th the New York " J ourn al of Comme rce,

" bu tis bes t k nown as th e fou nder of "Fores t and S tream

,

" and also

th e au th or of m any books of t rave l,spo r t

,and natu ral s c i ence .

H is w i fe d i ed Apr i l 8,1901 . They h ad son s Ch arl es Jr .

, born S ep t .1 , 1856 , d i ed F eb . 22

,1869 ; L iv i ngs to n , and Edmund Lee . L e av i t t ,

brothe r of Charles,born J uly 20

, 1836 , d ied D ec . 5, 1839 . Caro l i n eand Gerard J r . d ied young . Mary C . ,

born A ug . 1 7 , 1843 , marr i e d

Mose s P orte r S n e l l of N orth B rook fi e ld,Mass .

,born M ay 3 , 1 839 ,

wh i l e h e w as an offi ce r i n th e army i n August,

H e afte rward

bec am e an o rdai ned cle rgym an,and also h as se rved 30 ye ars s i nce

th e war i n th e U . S . P ostoffi ce Dep t . at Wash i ngto n . [H e was th e

grandson of D r . Thomas S nel l (uncl e of Wi l l i am Cul l e n B ryan t and

fath e r of P rof . Ebe neze r S tro ng S ne l l , th e fi rs t gradua te of Am h e rs t

Co l lege ) , who w as co-fou nder of Amhers t Co l lege by h i s w ife , th e grand

daugh te r of Rev . Jonath an Edwards . Dr . S ne l l i s a lso descended

from J oh n and Prisc i l l a Alde n,R ev. S olomon S toddard

,Hooke r

,th e

fou nder of th e H artford colo ny , and P i e rpon t , se cond h ead of th e

N ew H aven col ony , and i s as nearly rel ated as any l i v i ng pe rson to

Aaron Burr . H is fam i ly i s a branch of th e S ne l l s of Wi l ton , Wil t

sh i re,England

,l anded gen try ; and th e fi rs t Ameri can h e ad of th e

fam i ly,Thomas S nel l

,c ame over in 1658 , and was th e owne r of a

l arge par t of th e presen t townsh i p of E as t B r i dgew ate r , Mass ]C opied/

from M ind for M a r cfi ,

1904 , p . 240.

T h e Po rte r graft i nto th e H al lock fam i ly i s traced to S amue l Por

te r,who loc ated i n H adley , Mass . ,

i n 1659 , and h ad son S amue l J r .

,

who se son Ele aze r,1697 , w as th e fi rs t ch i ld born i n th e pl ace

,who

h ad son Eleaze r , 1 728 , who w as th e fathe r of Co l . Moses Por te r,born

i n 1 768 , for whom Mary C . H al lock ’s h usband was named. The

P or te rs c ame to H adley from W e th ersfi e ld, Conn . , wh ence E . Porte r

Be l de n go t h is name .

T h e afore sai d M ose s Porte r S nel l and w i fe h ad seven sons and tw o

daugh te rs,n amely : M e rw i n Porte r

,born Aug . 2

,1863 , a noted top i

c al w r i te r,or i e n tal i s t

,l i ngu i s t

,and a t one t im e pres i den t of col l ege i n

Wi ch i ta,Kansas

,w h o marr i ed

,Dec . 24 , 1892 , Minn i e A . Sprague , (a

w idow w i th two sons) , daugh ter‘

of Co] . and Rev . E . W . Andrews , whow asfi rs t pas tor of Tabe rn ac le (Cong ) ch urch i n New York c i ty , and

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commandant at F t . M c H enry, Bal t imore , i n th e c i v i l war; Gerard H al

l ock,born 1865, d i ed Jun e 14 , 1869 ; Carle to n Emerson , born J une 1

,

1870, d rowned wh i l e bath i ng i n Po tomac J une 22 , 1895; Th eodore

Thomas,a l awyer i n New York

,born S ep t . 9 , 1875, marri ed Al i ce

S pelman of Brooklyn Oc t . 25, 1905 Charles L i v i ngs ton,a Cuban w ar

ve te ran and cap ta i n of D is t . Columb i a I s t regi m en t,bo rn D e c . 1 1

, 1877 ,

marri ed S arah E . Ri ttenhouse,of D . C .

,May 16 , 1906 Wil l i am Arth ur ,

U . S . M . C .,born D e c . 23 , 1 879 ,

s i ngl e ; Cora L . ,U . S . A .

,s i ngl e

,born

1874 , w as 18 month s i n hosp i tal se rv i c e i n th e Ph i l ipp i n es ; Clare nce

Edw ards,s i ngle

,born Apri l 17 , 1882 , sup t . S tate Hom e , Denver , Col . ,

and El i za Carro l l,born J une 1

, 1868 , marri ed , Oc t . 1 R ev . Joseph

M . Long of Boston,fo r fiftee n years c le rgyman i n M ai ne and Dor

ch e s te r,Mass . , and now i n th e C i v i l S e rv i ce B ureau , Wash i ng ton ,

D . C . ; h as so ns H al l ock , born S ep t . 1 4 , 189 1 Carle to n M .

,born Oct .

24 , 1897 , and G eo rge Arn old , born Feb . 27 , 1902 , and daugh te rs D oro

thy,bo r n Nov . 7 , 1889 ; Ge rtrude E .

,born Apr i l 29 , 1 895, and Cath

er i ne E .

,born J uly 2 7 , 1899 .

H OMAN HALLO C K ,type founde r and m i ss i on ary pr i n ter

,born May

24 , 1803 , d i ed Cummi ng ton , Mass .,Oct . 19 , 1894 , aged 9 1 yea

‘

rs'

and

5mon ths , marr i ed at M al ta , i n th e M ed i te rrane an,on M arch 26 1828

,

M rs . El i z abe th Flee t Andrews , born J u ly 27 , 1 799 , di ed S ept . 18 , 1875,daugh te r of B en j am i n and Es th e r F l ee t of London ,

Engl and,and

w idow of H e nry Andrews , w h o d i ed at M al ta th e sam e year , l e av i ng

daugh te r Mary An n,born Aug . 4 , 1824 , w h o became th e wi fe o f

Rev . Josep h W . Baggs of N ewfoundl and,bo rn M ay 1 , 1820, d i ed

M arch 23 , 1852 , an d moth e r of Fred A . Baggs , now of N ew Yo rk,

and h is s i s te r,A . J oseph i n e B aggs

,who l i ves a t C risfi e ld

,Md .

,

w i th h er mo th e r (now M rs . Mary An n Co ch ran e by a second h usband )and he r w idowed so n ,

Robe rt Coch rane , and h i s d augh ter Edn a

Arle tta , born J an . 5, 1894 . I n 1838 Hom an H all ock obtai n ed a

paten t from O l i ve r E l l sw or th for a t im e l ock and a pan tagraph , andw h i le h e was i n S yri a h e i n ve n ted t h e Arab i c type , i n coope rat i on

wi th Rev . El i Sm i th made seve ral fo n ts of th e s am e for th e Amer i

can Board of Commi ss i o ne rs fo r Fore ig n M i ss i ons . H e pri n ted th efi rs t A rab i c B ible . H e w as very ac t i ve in h i s l as t years me n tal l y and

phys i c al ly , and at 86 was no t o n ly ch opp i ng dow n an orch ard o f s ixty

o ld appl e tree s,but p ubl i sh ed i n th e New York E ven ing P ost a co n

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secu tive series of aphor i sms or s age s ay i ngs u nde r th e cap ti on of" The Wisdom of B ar-Homan

,an Eas te rn P atr i arch who wr i te s at

th e age of 86 , and i s l ike ly to l i ve to be 100. An un time ly fal l c u t off

th i s expectat ion . He w as" s t i ck i ng type" i n h is 'sh op ne ar h i s daugh

te r ’s res idence i n Cumm i ngton,Mass . ,

unt i l p as t 90. H e had sons Moses,

born Apri l 28,1829 , d ied S ep t . 1 2 , 1878 ; Homan B enj am i n , born J un e

24 , 1830, at M al ta , Medi te rran e an , d i ed Oc t . 19 , 1895; Gerard J ewe tt ,born 1832 , d i ed Aug . 1894 ; Margare t E s th e r , born D ec . 22 , 1834 ;

S amuel,born M arch 3 , 1836 ; S arah , born D ec . 22

,1838 and Wi l l i am

All e n,born Aug . 24 , 1843 . Mo se s marr i ed Ed i th Cox in 1 852 , and

h ad daugh ters S arah E l i z abeth,born 1854 ; Margare t E s th e r an d

Mary E l i z a , tw i ns , born 1856 ; Al i ce J ane , born 1858 , d i ed M arch 26 ,

1874 and Wi l l i am Cl i n ton,born 1 860. Margare t E s th e r marr ied

J on as Lawre nce,and h ad two ch i ld re n . S arah E l i z abe th marr i ed

a nd h ad th ree C h i ld re n . Moses marr ied a second w i fe in 1 875named

S arah Plymp ton . Homan B enj am i n m arr i ed Adel i a A n n Farns

worth of Hol i day ’s Cove,West V a .

,in 1 854 . S he w as born Oc t . 7 ,

1 835, and res ides now i n S te ubenv i l l e , Oh i o , whe re he r l arge fam i ly o f

twelve ch ildreh w as rai s ed,al l now l i v i ng .

1 . Gerard Benj am i n Fl ee t,D . D .

,Ro ches te r

,N . Y .

,born J an . 28

,

1 856 , marri ed Anna C . Cobb of N ew York C i ty i n 1888 . H ave ch i l

dren Cl ar i ssa , born 1 890, d i ed 1893 ; Arch ibald , born J une 13 , 1893

twi ns Mar i anna and Adel i a,born M ay 1 1

,1897 .

2 . Robert Crawfo rd H al l ock,P h . D .

,Cl i n ton

,N . Y .

,born Nov .

9 , 1857 , marr i e d Matt i e Wel ls i n 1885. H ave seve n ch i ld re n l i v ing .

3 . Effie V i c tor i ne,bo rn Dec . 22 , 1 859 , marri ed Rev . Wi l l i am P .

Braddock of P i ttsburg,P a i n 1888 . He d ied in 1890. Had one so n

Wm . H al lock B .

,born i n 1889 ; l i v e s w i th h i s mo the r , w h o w as a m is

sion ary i n I nd i a .

4 . S i l as Farnsw orth H al lock,M . D .

,N ew York c i ty (26 E . 54 th

born N ov. 6,186 1 , m arr i ed 1889 S arah J ane Co bb . H ad ch i ld

Ann a , born J une 29 , 1890.

5. J oh n Craw fo rd Hall ock,M . D . , Cleve l and , O .

,add ress 69 1

Cedar ave . H as two c h i l dren l i v i ng .

6 . R ev . Wm . All en , born Nov . 1 , 1867 i s n o t marr i ed ; res i d e n c e ,

Grovel and,N . Y .

p

7 . R ev. Henry C . ,P h . D .

,bo rn M arch 3 1 , 1870, (s i ngle) a m i ss io n

ary to Ch i n a .

8 . Charl es Beatty (26 E . 54th st . ,N ew York) , born J une 24 , 187 1 ,

(s i ngle ) , in a bank .

9 . Mary E l i z abeth,born Apri l 30, 1874 , (s ingle ) , te acher in M i l

bu rn,N . J .

10. France s Ade l i a,born Apri l 1 2

,1876 , (s i ngl e ) , te ache r i n D ave n

port,I owa .

1 1 . Margare t S u th e rland,born J uly 1 2 , 1879 , M t . Holyoke co l lege

i n 1903 .

1 2 . Homan F i tz Gree ne,born Feb . 22 , 1883 , S te ubenv i l le , Oh io .

N i ne we re born i n Hol iday ’s Cove,th ree i n S te ube nvi l l e .

Gerard J ew e tt marr i ed Corde l i a N . Carte r i n 1857 , and had sons

Edmund and George, w h o d i ed a t t h e age of 26 , and H arry , now l i v

ing , by seco nd w i fe,Eva S needen . Margare t Es the r marr i ed R ev .

Theodore L . Byi ngton,May 30, 1 858 , m iss i o nary to Turkey , Bulgar i a

and th e Eas t . H ad daugh te rs C aro l i ne Margare t,born Ju ne 1 1 , 1 859 ;

El i z abe th Li n n,born i n 1 866

,and M argare t Frances

,bo rn and

sons R ev . Edw i n H al lock,Roderi ck , born M arch , 1873 , and H enry ,

who d i ed i n P h il ipo l is at th e age of tw o ye ars . S amue l m arr i ed Anna

S t i t t 1863 , d ied 1865, w i th ou t i ss ue ; second w i fe S arah Tabe t o f

S yr i a,and had son s Ar th ur Tabe t

,who marri e d Ann i e Lay

,and h ad

ch i ld re n Robe r t Lay and E the l F lee t . George B . ,w h o marri ed

P aul i ne and h as daugh terM i ldred ; and Edgar , w h o h as w i fe

and on e ch i ld . S amue l ’s daugh te r,Mary E l i z abe th

,i s a m us i c al

compose r and autho r ; was born 187 1 marri ed D r . Frank S . Green

wal t o f P h i l ad e lph i a,J une 14 , 1898 , a nd h as so n Crawfo rd H al l ock ,

born Aug . 16 , 1902 . Daugh te r E th e l W . marri ed W i l l i am K . D u Pont

of Wi lmi ngton,Del . , J un e 1 , 1899 . They h ave tw o ch i ld ren . I n 1867

S am ue l h ad ch arge of e l e c tro typ i ng the Arab i c B i ble i n S yri a for

th e Ameri c an Board of Comm iss io ne rs for Fore ig n M i ss ions , andl ate r on w as consu l at Be i ru t .S arah H al lock married Charles Col ton S tre e te r o f Cummi ngto n ,Mass .

, May H e d i ed S ep t . 1 7 , 1894 . They h ad ch i ld re n :

N e l l ie Kez i ah S tree te r,bo rn Feb . 15, 1 860 ; Arth u r H al lo ck , bo rn

Oct . 19 , 1865; Charle s Wal te r , bo rn J ul y 30, 186 7 Albe r t Ri chmond,

born J uly 8 , 1869 ; S te l l a Ge orgi ana , born A ug . 6 , 1874 ; a nd Theo

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dore Warren , born S ept . 15, 1878 . Nell i e K . marr i e d Arch i bal d V .

Lel and of S outh A sh fi e ld,Aug . 29 , 1900, and h as an adopted daugh

ter, Dori s E . , born O ct . 2 1 , 1902 . Arth ur H . marr i ed O c t . 9 , 1900,

Ada E . Lyman of Cumm i ngton,who was born O ct . 29 , 1867 . They

h ave ch i ld ren Margare t Agne s S tre e te r , born Oc t . 27 , 1901 Arth ur

Lyman,bo rn S ept . 13 , 1902 S arah H ele n

,born Apri l I , 1904 ; and

Mary Evely n,born Apr i l 27, 1905. Albert R . married I sabe l l a S tew

art,Aug . 19 , 1903 , and h as ch i ld ren N el l i e Agne s , born Apri l 19 , 1904 ,

and F ayo lyn Gordon , born Dec . 28,1805. Wi ll i am A . of Ch i cago

marri ed E l l a P arke r .

I I I . WI LL I AM HALLOCK ’ S DES CENDANTS .

T h e wi ll o f W i l l i am H al lo ck , S outh old v i l l age , grandson of Pe te r of

1640, made 1 728 , proved 1 736 , beque aths l ands rec e i ved from h is

fathe r,VVil-l i am

,to two sons

,Zebulo n and Pete r

,but h e ev i de n tly h ad

a th i rd son,J o shua

,who se t tled i n H al lock ’s N e ck , now Old Neck in

Morich es . [Th i s poi n t is n ow ( 1906 ) ow ned by th e Pen n . R . R . C o . ,

and h as bee n l e ased by th e L ad ie s ’ Vi l lage I mprovemen t S oc i e ty fo r "

a public park .

— C . H .] Will i am H allock , who w as 80 years old i n 1866 ,

and w h o l i ved ne ar Mor i che s w i th h i s fath e r J on ath an , son of Zeb ulon , as be low ,

s ta te s tha t h i s fathe r alw ays spoke of Dav id , son of

J oshua , as h i s fi rs t cous i n , and of the i r fathe rs Zebulon and J osh ua

as bro th e rs , and so ns of Wi l l i am of S outh old , and th at P e te r h ad n o

ch i ldren . Wil l i am H al lock of Brookh av e n w i l l s 1748 to w i fe D i nah,

sons J esse,Wi l l i am

,Ri ch ard

,and D av id

,and daugh te rs Mary

,

D i nah,S arah

,and E l i z abe th . No record is fo und of Wi ll i am 2d

n amed i n th e c ensus of 1698 . Quot i ng from H al lock Ances try,

1866,I note th at

I . Zebulon H allock l i ved ne ar S outho l d v i l l age , and h ad sons J oh n ,Zebulon 2d

,I s rae l

,J on ath an

,and th ree ,W il l iam

,Nath an

,and S amue l

who h ad no ch i ld ren , J onath an be i ng the yo unges t of seven so ns

[Nathan H al l ock d i ed 1 756 j us t afte r h is m arr i age . I n 1 763 Mary

H al lock w i l l s to son S amue l .]

1 . Joh n , at Cutchogue , d ied , aged 84 , had tw o son s Joh n 2d and

L uthe r . Joh n 2dh ad th re e sons : Joh n S .,fath e r of J oh n S . J r .

,

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Will i am,and Erastus of Cu tchogue , fa th e r of S i l as of Matt i tuck , an d

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S amue l P . of Brooklyn . Lu the r h ad sons L u th er and Alanson .

2 . Zebul o n 2d, born 1 727 , se ttled i n M in i s i nk , now Gre env i l le ,

Orange coun ty,N . Y . , d i e d 18 14 , aged 87 , h ad fou r so ns : Zebulo n 3d,

Henry,Thomas W . ,

and J oseph . Zebu lon 3d d i ed Gree nv i l l e 1825aged 58 , was fath e r of Zebulon 4 th , w h o d i ed aged 22

,and fathe r and

son were l a id i n o ne grave ; of Dan i e l Boo th H al lock , Waverl y , N .Y . ,

and of Ruth , mothe r of Rev . H al lock A rmstrong of Monro e ton,Pa .

H enry,d i ed Wes tmore la nd

,One i da coun ty

,N . Y . , 1838 , aged 68 ,

fath e r o f Morris W . and H enry We l l s , B e l de n P . O .

,M c H en ry

coun ty,I l l . Thomas W .

, L umb erland, S ul l i v an cou nty , born D ec . 3 1 ,

1 78 1 , fath e r of J esse of Gree nv i l le , Will i am ,Hosea , And rew J .

, Jos

eph,Thomas V .

,Dani e l V .

,and O l i ve r . Joseph

,Gree nv i l le

,d i ed

1822,aged 38 , h ad sons H en ry ne ar S cran ton , P a . ,

and J oseph We l l s

of Eaton,Wyom i ng county

,P a .

,d i ed 1 865, fath e r of M arti n L . , Ho r

ace,Benj am i n F .

,and Joh n L .

3 . I s rae l,di ed at R idgebury i n M i n i s i nk , n ow Wawayanda , Orange

cou n ty,N . Y . ,

aged 90, h ad seve n sons : Wil l i am ,Richard

,Nath an ,

I s rae l 2d, S amuel , El i sh a , Parke r .Wi l l i am

,a t Worce ste r , O tsego coun ty , N . Y .

,d i ed 182 1 , aged 65,

h ad e igh t sons : Wi l l i am,d ied 1 862 , aged 78 , fathe r of J oseph P .

’

Esq .

,and Wil l i am H . of Greenv i l l e

,Gre e ne coun ty ; Lev i G ,

and

J ames M . of D urham ; Dan i e l , Mary l and , Otsego coun ty , fath e r of

Rev . Wil l i am M . of S umm i t , S choh ar i e coun ty ; S tephe n , fathe r of

A lph eus,Wil l i am

,S teph en

,N i ch ol as

,and Robe rt ; Li nus d i ed i n N ew

York,fath e r ofWi ll i am of H arri sb urg

,P a . ,

Dani e l L . of N ew Yo rk ,and J oh n C . ; Dea . R ich ard

,fath e r of N athan ; B e nton , Gre env i l l e ,

Gree ne coun ty,d i ed 1 865, fathe r of Luc i us Edgar , S pri ngfie ld , Mass . ,

and L ew i s Ben ton , D urh am ; S amuel , Crawford co unty , P a . ; and

D av i d,Unad i l l a

,N . Y .

Ri ch ard , son of I s rae l , d i ed i n G reenv i l l e , Orange coun ty , 1 828,

aged 70, h ad six sons : Luth e r,fa th e r of M art i n L

,and Orr i n ; El i ,

fath e r of A lbe r t and El i,N orth mo re land,

Wyomi ng coun ty,P a .

, and

Horace,H arveyv i l le

,Luzerne co un ty

,P a . ; Calv i n , Wyom i ng coun ty ,

fath e r of Youngs,near Mad i son

,Wis . , H ul e t of F rankl i n , J e sse o f

"

H anove r,El i of P i tts ton

,J oh n and Charl e s

,N or th more land ; Zebulon , .

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j udge , Pope county , I l l . ; Parker and R i ch ard , Gree nv i l l e , Orangecoun ty

,N . Y .

Nath an , We s t N ew York,h ad sons D enn i s

,O lam

,Hoadley

,I s rael .

I s rae l 2d d ied D e c . 10,1 844 , aged 80, h ad s i x sons : J os eph , d ied

F arm R idge , L asel l e co un ty , I l l . , aged‘

53 , fath er of I srae l and H ar' vey . Nath an , Mt . Hope , Orange co un ty , was fathe r of J ames B . ,

P .

M . , M iddlet ow n , Orange coun ty , and H arvey of Wi scons i n . D r .H ar vey of N ewton

,N . J . , fathe r of I s rae l L . Gabr i e l

,Mt . Hope .

sO l iver B .

, M ich igan . D r . Wil l i am A . ,P i ttsburg

,P a .,

fath e r of Wm .

E . and H arvey T .

S amuel , near Rome , N . Y .

,d ied aged 87 , fath er of Parke r , who d i ed

1 864 aged 7 1 Abraham H ard i ng,P . M .

,Westmore l and

,One id a

coun ty , N . Y . ; H osea,Cl ark ’s M i l l s .

El i sh a , d i ed 1844 , aged 76 , whose son I ra,Orange P .

’

O .,Luze rne

c ou n ty , P a . , born S ept . 23 , 1 797 , i s fathe r of E l i sh a W .

,Cedar F al l s

,

I owa , and N athan P arke r , Frankl i n , L uzerne county , P a .

,who d i ed

1863 .

Pa rke r, son of I s rae l I s t , d i ed 1848 , Norwi ch , Che nango coun ty ,N . Y .

4 . J onath an,son of Zebu lon

,d i ed about 1824 , aged 86 , near M an

-01v i l l e , L . I . , at Ch e rry Val ley , whe re are th e grave s of h imself and

h i s so ns Reeves and J onath an,and whe re h i s son Wil l i am ,

aged 80,n ow l i v es . H e h ad fou r sons : Reeve s

,Canoe Pl ace

,d i ed Oct . 9 ,

1 859 , aged 92 , fathe r of J onah of S peonk , and Lu the r ; Jon ath an ofS pe onk , fath e r of Zebulo n , who d i ed aged 58 ; Will i am ,

born Apr i l25, 1 786 , fathe r of L ew is P arke r ; and L ew is , born S ep t . 23 , 1 796 , d ied1 857 , for whom th e town ofH al lock , Peori a county , I l l . , was named .

I I . Jo sh ua , son ofWi l l i am,who d ied 1 736 , owned and l i ved on

H al lock ’s Neck "

of500 acre s , now " Old N eck,

" i n Mo r i ch es,h ad

" t h re e son s : David of Mori ch e s,and Jo n ath an

,and J osh ua , who

. moved w i th th e i r fath e r to S ugar Loaf,Orange county

,N . Y .

1 . David of Morich e s,born 1 743 , d i ed Apr i l 22 , 18 1 2 , aged 69, as

:=b y h is graves to ne , and h i s son J ohn , bo rn Apri l 2 , 1803 , i s fath er ofD av i d H al lo ck

,P . M . ,

B ridgeh ampto n,and J ames

,Charl es

,Edmund

~F ., N i col l T . , and of M rs . Adel ai de H al lock Van Houte n of Mo r i che s .2 . Dea . J onath an se t tl ed i n Ch es te r (val ley) , th en Monroe , Orange

v c ou n ty , N . Y ., was de acon and e lde r i n Ches te r t i l l h is de ath , March

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1 . Joh n 3d, North Castl e , Westcheste r c oun ty , N . Y . ,d i ed 1 757 ,

aged 47 , w i ll s to son s J oh n , Dav id , J ames , and S amue l ; and daugh"

t e rs Pho ebe Underh i l l and Cather i ne Pow el l . H e had te n daughte rs,w h o marr i e d i n to th e fam i l i es of Powe l l

,Underh i l l

,Wi lle ts

,Wi l l i s

,

and H un t .

Joh n 4 th of S omers h ad sons J oh n and Robert .Joh n 5th , Fr ie nds

’ preache r,who d i ed 1850, invent ed

"th e cold

" wate r process of m ak i ng cas to r o i l,and went wes t from New York

S tate and bough t l and ne ar M t . Carmel,I l l i n o i s

,to i n troduce rai s i ng

the bean and m aki ng th e o i l . H e marr i ed Mal i nd a Parmente r of M t .

Carmel,daugh te r of Col . I saac Parm en te r and S arah U tte r Parmen

‘ te r,who served i n th e war of 18 1 2 , th e Mex i can war , and th e B lack

H awk war . J oh n H al l ock ’s daugh te r S arah,bo rn Apri l 1 7 , 1 768 ,

marri ed J ames Crane,born Oct . 14 , 1763 , d i ed at Ri chmo nd , V t .

,Aug .

1 7 , 1 828 , whose second wi fe was Cl ari nda , th e s i s te r of h i s fi rs t wi fe ,born Aug . 1 2 , 1 78 1 , marri ed J une 22 , 1808 , d i ed at Fort A tk i n son ,W is .

,J an . 20, 1859 . Th i s J oh n h ad fou r s i s te rs

,Marth a

,M ary

,

Phoebe,and Jo icy . H e had fi ve sons

,namely

J oh n 6 th,J am e s C .

,New York

,Al l e n C .

,Evansv i l l e

,I nd . , Rich ard

"

B .

,Pri nce ton

,I nd .

,and A aro n B . of M t . Carmel , I l l . , born i n New

J e rsey i n 1 8 18 , and now i n h i s 89th year , h i s b roth e rs be i ng al l dead .

Th i s Aaron B . h ad seve n sons :

J ohn 7 th , Wm . Penn,Aaron

,Al le n

,Charles

,H arry

,and J ames H . ,

and

seve n daugh te rs , M rs . Mary H . S h eare r,Marth a H . N ewk i rk , Lyd i a H .

TR oye r, I s abe l , and Kate H . Rigg . Col l ect i ve l y,th ey h ave 29 ch i ld ren .

Al le n and Wm . P en n l ive at H a rrisb urg h ,I l l .

,th e o th e rs a t o r n ear M t .

Carmel . J oh n 5th’s b ro th e r

,Rob e rt of S om e rs

,h ad six sons J ames ,

fath e r o f H alsted J e sse of Katon ah ; J oh n of Yo rktown , fath er o f

H en ry and Edmund ; Rober t R .

,fathe r of E lbe rt of N ew York , and

Wi l l i am S . ; Edmund of S omers : Aaron of Yorktown , fath e r of Joh n

R . and Osc ar . Ri ch ard B . h ad five son s : Ri ch ard A . ,Charle s ,

H e nry , J oh n , and Wil l i am E .,and five d augh te rs

,Lyd i a

,S arah R .

,

M inn i e M . ,Amy

,and E l i z a . Daugh te r S arah marr i e d R e v. J oh n

E l l i ot t J enk i n s , a no ted P resby te ri an p re ach e r , who organ i zed seve n" C h urch es i n I nd i an a . He h ad daugh te rs M ary , M inn i e P , S arah K . ,

wife of Al l e n U . Toml i nson of Whi tt i e r , Cal i fo rn i a , and A nn a I rene.. l a te ly a k i ndergartne r of no te at Co ro nado Beach , w h o l i v e s w i th h e r .

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T h e Toml i nso ns h ave a daugh te r Kate . Joh n El l io t t J e nk i n ’s son

Ph i l i p marr i ed M ary Sh eare r,daugh te r of J acob S heare r and N ancy

A l len,w h o w as daugh te r of A l le n and S arah Powe l l . Mary S h eare r

was daugh te r of M ary H al lock S h eare r and granddaugh te r of Ri ch

a rd B . J am es C . h ad tw o sons , J am e s and R ich ard , and tw o daugh

t e rs,F ran ce n a and L i l l i e . J am e s i s a doc to r i n N e w York c i ty , and

th e autho r of a w ork on s i l ve r co i n age . H e Opposed t h e con ti nued

c o i n age of the trade dol lar . Ri ch ard w as a costumer i n N ew Yo rk ,was m arri e d

,and le f t a w i fe and seve ral ch i ld re n w h en h e d i ed .

Alle n C . h ad four sons,Allen , Wi ll iam ,

Wal te r,and Edw ard

,and four

daugh te rs , Amy , Li l l i e , Kate , and M i n n i e . The tw o l as t n am ed and

Edward alo ne su rvi ve .

Dani e l,so n o f J oh n 3d, d ied at Monroe , Orange coun ty , 1830, h ad

s ix sons J onath an,D ani e l

,S amue l

,Mart i n

,Richard

,and Jos i ah H .

J o nath an d ied S tro udsburg , P a . , Aug . 7 , 1836 , fa the r of Wm . Penn,

J am es,S amuel , and J oh n ; Dan ie l , fath e r of J esse R . of Brook lyn

,

who h as sons N ath an ie l P .

,Dan ie l W . ,

and Wi l l i am W . ; S amuel ,fathe r of Robert L . and S amue l , Wiscons i n ; Marti n d i ed H igh l and

M i l l s , N . Y .,Apri l 1 3 , 1847 , aged 65, and h ad s i x sons : Allen C

fath e r of James, Edw ard , and H en ry ; Thomas B .,fath e r of Wi l l i am

H .,Alanson

,Thomas

,and Obed ; Ch arles , fa th e r of Marti n L . ,

Joh n,

a nd Herbe r t ; J ames M .,w h o h as n o son ; Wil l i am B . of Caro l i ne ,

Tompk i ns county,N . Y .

,fath e r of J ames H .

,Arth u r

,and Wi l l i am J .

a nd Joh n of I th aca,N . Y . , fa th e r of J oh n H . and Wi l l i am M . Richard

w as fa th e r of D an ie l E sq. of Ci nc i nn at i . Jo s i ah H .,fath e r of S tephen

,

Dani e l,and Ebe ne ze r B .

2 . Edward H al lock,Fr iends ’ preach e r , born Apri l 8 , 1 7 17 , son of

J oh n 2d,se ttled , abou t 1 762 i n M arlborough ,

now M i l ton , U l

s te r con n ty , e igh t m i l e s above N ew bu rgh , d ied N ov .,1 809 , aged 9 2

h ad tw o sons,Edw ard J r . and J am es , and n i ne marri ed daugh te rs ,

mos t o f wh om h ad l arge fam i l i e s and l i ved to a gre at age , fi ve h av i ngme t i n M i l ton w h en over 80. Edw ard J r . d ied at M i l ton J u ly , 1850,a ged 96 , h ad four son s : Edw ard and Jon as , w h o had no ch i ld ren ,S i l as , and E pen e tus of Constan t i a , N . Y . ,

fath e r o f David,Vic to r

,and

Edw ard.

J ames,pre ach e r

,di ed Apri l , 1820, aged 58 , h ad six sons : N i ch olas ,

Townse nd,Nehem i ah

,Wi l l i am

,Edw ard

,and Nath an i e l . N icholas

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w as fa th e r o f D r . Robe r t T . of N ew York,J ames and Nehem i ah of

U t i c a , and S amu e l'

T,

Ri cev i l l e , Pa . W i l l i am ’s sons,J am es

,J ohn

,

and Wi l l i am , se tt led i n Me ndon , N . Y . Edward w as fathe r of Val en

t i ne H . and N i cho las of Queens,L . I . ,

and I saac S . of M i l to n . Na

th an i e l , fath e r of Thomas B . of N ew York . To N ath an i e l h i s grand

fath e r Edward gav e many of th e above fac ts, tra ez

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ng a l l th e H a l lock s

lee k n ew of to on e a n cestor . At M i l ton l ie th e bod i es of t h re e grand

sons of J ames Cap t . Nath an i e l H al l ock M ann,Edward H al lock

Ketch am , and J oh n T . Ketch am,who brave ly fe l l i n 1863 and 1864

at Port Royal,Richmond and Ge ttysburg .

3 . S amuel , who purch ased acres adj o i n i ng h i s b roth e r E dward

,wi l l s

,1 783 , to sons E l ij ah , J oh n , Foste r , and J ames , fathe r of

S arah Y . of New York . Foste r ’s sons w ere Ge o rge of M i l ton,and

A lexande r , fa th e r of H enry and J oseph of C atsk i l l .I I . P e te r H al lo ck , son of J oh n 1st

,born S e tauke t

,L . I .

, 1689 ,

moved to N i ne P artn e rs,D utchess coun ty

,now Wash i ngton H ol

l ow and v i c i n i ty,near Poughkeeps i e

,about 1 750, d i ed J uly 20, 1772 ,

aged 83 , had six sons : P e te r Jr . , Moses , Thomas , J oshua , J oh n , and

Zebulo n .

1 . P e te r H al lock Jr .

’s daugh te r A

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n na marr i ed R i ch ard Keese,

o r igin al p ropr i e tor of Keesev i l le,N . Y . By fam i ly records of Ande r

son Keese and th i s Pe te r ’s gre at grandson , I s aac H al l ock Al le n of

N ew York,h e h ad fou r sons

,I s aac

,I s rae l

,P ete r 3d, and Josh ua .

I s aac was born i n B rookh aven,

1753 , was seve ral years at N i n e

P artners and i n N an tucke t,and d i ed at Hyde P ark

,N . Y . , 1850, aged

97 . H is w i fe was an e s teemed Friends ’ pre ach e r,’

and the i r son I s rael

w as fa th e r of th e poe t , Barnab us H al lock o f Brooklyn .

I s rae l,brothe r of I s aac

,se t tl ed at Gu i l fo rd , Conn . , and was fathe r

of th e poe t,F i tz G ree ne H al l ock of N ew York .

Pe te r 3d, who marr i ed M ary , s i s te r of Ri ch ard Keese , and d i ed i n

P eru,ne ar Keesev i l le

,1 846 , aged 82 , h ad son s J oshu a , J oh n Ke ese ,

I s aac,George , and J oseph A . J osh ua was fath e r of P e te r at Pe ru ,

and F i tz G ree ne at Keesev i l l e ; Rev . J oh n Kees e H al lock , J effe rson ,Po rtage coun ty

,Oh io

,of th e E ri e co nfe ren ce

,fath e r of E l i sh a A rno ld

of Faye tte , I owa ; I saac W . o f Conneau tv i l le , P a . ; and J oh n KeeseJr .

,Esq . I saac , j udge , O a k fi e ld, I ow a , fa th er of R ichard , army sur

geon at S t . Lou i s ; Addison E sq ,I s aac

,and M e l inna . George , E sq.

3 3

of Pe ru,N . Y . ,

fath e r o f George P . , and Charle s H . Rev . Joseph

Add i son,at Pal at i n e

,Cook county , I l l . , fath e r of Add iso n .

J oshua,son of Pe te r Jr .

,d i ed B ath

,S teuben county

,N . Y . , 1854 ,

aged 84 , fath e r of J oh n , who d ied at Lockport 1837 , Benj am i n i n M i s

sour i,I saac at O le an

,N . Y . ,

and George W .,banker at B ath .

2 . Moses , son of Pe te r I s t , had five s ons : I s a i ah , Pete r , Obad i ah ,and Edward and I saac who h ad no s on s . I sa i ah se ttl ed i n Weste rl o ,Albany coun ty

,N . Y .

,had five sons I saac

,Amos , S tephen , Moses ,

and Reuben . I saac was fathe r of M urray at D ormansv i l l e P . O . in

Wes terlo,of J ames at D epos i t , Del aware co u n ty , and of Edward at

M edway i n N ew Bal t imore,Greene coun ty

,Amos in Quee nsbury ,

Wash i ngton co un ty ; S tephen i n Weste rlo ; Moses and Reuben , i n

th e west .Pe te r

,son of Moses

,se ttled i n Wes terl o

,h ad five son s , Morri s of

Coxsack ie,fath e r of M rs . Mary J ane H oughtal i ng ; Wi ll i am ; J oh n i n

B erne,Albany county

,fath e r of Wi l l i am and Jos i ah Pe te r Jr . of

Coxsack i e ; and D oughty .

Obadi ah se ttl ed i n Medway i n New Bal t imore,Gre en e

h ad two sons,J osh u a , fath e r of Obad i ah S . and Morr i s C . and I s ai ah

,

fathe r of J ames,Edward

,and L este r .

3 . Thomas , son of Pe te r I st , Wash i ngto n H ol low ,d i ed about 1806 ,

aged abou t 70 (as s tated by h i s granddaugh te r, M rs . Mar i a Wi l l i am

son of Pough keeps i e ) , h ad th re e sons , Thomas Jr . ,Amos

,and Arthu r .

Thomas J r . se ttl ed and d ie d i n Coeyman’s Paten t

,N . Y . Arthu r

,

sh eri ff at A thens , Green e county , N . Y . , had so ns Thomas and Sm i th .

Amos , d ied at Wash i ngton H ol l ow 18 13 , aged 60, h ad one son,

J am e s Cool ey H al l ock,who d i ed 1 849 , aged 67 , was some t ime in

El i zabe th town , Canada ; in 1832 was an office r i n th e U . S . army at

For t A rmstrong , Rock I s l and , and wen t up th e M i ss i ss i pp i i n th e fi rs t

s te am e r th at reach ed S t . Paul . H is on ly son,Rev . John Cla rk H al

l ock , se ttl ed in 1 838 at D ave nport , I owa , and d i ed near Mount Vernon

,I ow a , Oct . 7 , 186 1 , aged 51 . He h ad s ix son s : ‘

W i l l i am S . H al

lock , Esq ., S t . Loui s , Mo . ; S amuel H . ,

H enry S . ,Emme t G . , John

C . Jr . , and Charl e s of Moun t Vernon , I owa , t h e fi rs t th ree of whombrave ly fough t and suffe red i n our contes t for th e nat ional l i fe .

4 . Joshua , son of Pe te r I s t , d ied J uly 24 , 1804 , aged 63 , h ad tw osons , George and Pe te r .

34

G eorge , d ied J an . 26,

1862,aged 85, h ad four sons J am e s

W ash i ng ton , D utch ess co un ty , fath e r of Lewi s E . , H ibe rn i a P . O .,

D utch ess coun ty , Al fred , G eorge P . ,J e rsey C i ty

,and Egbe rt F . ;

J osh ua G . , Montgomery , O range cou n ty , born 1803 , fa th e r of Wi l l i amH . ; Thomas W Ashmore

,Cole s coun ty

,I l l .

,fa th e r of George and

J ames and Wi l l i am H .

Pe te r , son of J osh ua , se ttl ed i n Wyom i ng , Luze rn e coun ty , P a .,

abou t 1 806 , d i ed abou t 18 29 , fath e r of I srae l , J ames , and Pe te r .

5. J oh n,son of P e te r 1 st

,was fath e r of Pe te r and Zebulon . Pe te r

s e tt l e d i n West N . Y . Zebu lon,d ied a t M edw ay , Green e cou n ty ,

Aug . 29 , 1853 , aged 7 1 , h ad two sons Joseph Z ub u lon of Medw ay,

fa the r of S teph e n P .,D av id

,Andrew

,Leande r W .

,and Charl i e D . ;

and Rev . Leander of M i l to n,Rock county

,Wis .

6 . Zebul on , son of Pe te r I s t, was fath e r of Thomas , who d i ed i nM edway

,Apri l 23 , 184 1 , aged 78 , and had two sons : Matthew ,

fath e r

of S tephen,Edw i n

,and D an i e l B . and E zra of S aratoga cou n ty ,N .Y .

I I I . Benj am i n , son of Joh n 151, h ad sons B enj am i n and S teph en .

1 . Benj am i n J r .

,born S e tauke t

,L . I . ,

S ept . 13 , 1729 ; was m arri ed

Aug . 7 , 1 755, to Ph ebe P ri ndl e of th e Congregati on al con nect io n i n

S herman,Co nn .

,w h o d ied 1 83 1 , aged 9 1 se t tl ed n ear Gay lo rdsv i l l e

,

i n Ne w M i l fo rd,Conn .

,and di ed Nov . 18 , 1 796 , aged 6 7 , h av i ng e igh t

sons : W i l l i am,D an i el

,Benj am i n

,Je sse

,B enaj ah , Luke , J o seph

Den ton,Amos . Wi l l i am d i ed 1842 , aged 86 fathe r of W ill iam o f

P almyra,Portage c ou n ty , Oh i o ; B en j am in ; J eh i e l of Frankl in ,

N . Y . ;

Russe l l . Wi l l i a m of Palmyra d i ed 1847 , aged 64 , h ad s ix so ns : Wil

l i am R . of Roo ts town , Portage coun ty , fa th e r of G i bbs , Joe l C .

,I rvi ng

W .,El ijah S . ; M i ron of B ryan , Wi l l i ams county , Oh i o ; El i j ah S . of

Mil ton,M ah oming county , Oh i o ; H omes W . ,

Orange W .,and Rus

se l l C . of N ewton , Trumbul l co un ty ,Oh i o . Dan i e l , d i ed 18 10, aged

52 , h ad fi ve sons : Wil l i am ,B enj am in

,d i ed O neonta

,O tsego c ounty ,

N . Y .,fath e r of D avi d L . of Westbu ry

,Cayuga co unty

,N . Y . , and

J oh n of P lymouth,P a . ; Dav i d , d i ed Roch es te r , N . Y . , 1860

,aged 67 ,

h ad two sons , Erasmus D . ,fa the r of Edw ard D and Edw i n R . , fath er

o f Ch arl es W . ; Dan i e l of Kent , Conn . ; J es se of Warren , Conn . B en

j am i n,d i ed 1 837 , aged 77 , fathe r of D an i e l , D e erfi e ld

,Tioga co un ty ,

P a . ; Adolphus ; Erv i n , S t i l lw ate r , N . Y . ; A lmon , d i ed Gaylordsv i l le ,A ug . 29 , 1864 , aged 60 ; Charle s , Farm Ridge , I l l . J e sse

,d i ed J an .

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13 , 1 837 , aged 73 , fath e r of J esse H . and of Moses G .,Farm Ridge

,

I l l . B an ajah , Cat taraugus cou n ty , N . Y . , d i ed 1837 , aged 72 , fathe r

of Powel l,I l l i n o i s

,and Abe l

, O ak fi e ld,M i ch . Luke

,Ken t

,Conn .

,

d ied 1 843 , aged 69 , fathe r o f G e ra rdus ; Curt i s , L itch fi e ld, Conn . ; E l

more and Raph ae l,Kent

,Conn .

_/ J oseph D en ton , d ied 1863 , aged 84 ,fa th e r of Ne lson ; H omer J oh n

,L aGrange , Dutchess

c ou nty,N . Y . , d ied 1856 , aged 74 , fath e r of Amos , Wash i ngton Conn .

2 . S teph e n,son of Be nj am i n I s t

,marr i ed a Chambe rl i n i n R ich

mond,Mass . , i n 1 792 purch ased th e presen t re s i d e nce of h i s rel at i ve ,

Rufus S te vens,E sq. ,

i n R i chmond,V t .

,on th e O n i o n r i ve r

,be tw e e n

Moun ts M ansfie ld and Camel ’s H ump,and d i ed O ct . 3 1 , 1802 , aged

66,as by h i s g raves tone . H e had six sons : S teph e n J r . ,

Co n te n t

Ch amberl i n,Joseph

,J oh n

,I s aac

,Amos

,al l of whom se t tl ed and h ad

fam i l i e s in Richmond,Vt . S teph en J r. ,

fathe r of Den to n , Anson ,S teph e n 3d, Benaj ah , Heman , and S amue l , d i ed a t S andusky P l ai n s ,Oh i o . Con ten t C . di ed i n L ew is county , N . Y . ,

h ad sons Chambe rl i n,

Rufus , and G eorge , fathe r of Wal l ace B . of B ingh amton , N . Y . Jos

eph , fath e r of Re v . Edward Joseph of Cas tle to n , V t .,and Ph i l ande r

o f Madri d,S t . Lawrence cou n ty , N . Y . ,

d ied i n M adri d 1834 , aged 6 2 .

J ohn,fath e r of The ron , Calv i n , Rufus , and Abraham ,

di ed in Weste rn

N ew York . I s aac,fath e r of Anse l , I s aac Jr . , J oseph , and S teph en ,

d i ed i n M iddlesex,Vt . Amos

,fath e r of H armon

,Almon

,and Al fred

of Grand Bl anc, Ge nes ee county , M ich .

I V . Wil l i am,Brookh ave n (S tony Brook n e ar S e tauke t) , son of

J oh n I st,d ied 1 765, wi l l s to h is w i fe D i nah

,sons Je sse

,Wil l i am

,

Richard bo rn 17 24 , Dav id , and daugh te rs M ary , D i nah , S arah , and

E l i z abe th .

1 . J e sse , born abou t 1 7 15, i n 176 2 , took ce r t ificate to Th e Pur

ch ase " ( H arr i son ) month ly mee ti ng , Wes tche s te r coun ty , and i n 1765purch ased l ands i n G ree nw i ch

,Co n n . (Horse N e ck ) , and th e same

year m arri ed Ph eb e Burl i ng o f Eas t C hes te r . I n 1 777 h e purch ased

at wh at i s now H allock ’s M i l l s P . O . ,i n Yorktow n

,N . Y .

,h i s h ouse

s t i l l remai n i ng , w h e re h e di ed,w i l l p roved F eb . 20, 1 790. H is tw o

daugh te rs , Mary and S arah , married Rober t U nderh ill , ow n er of Cro to nPoi n t , and Amo s D i ck i n son . H is o n ly son ,

J e sse J r .,born i n Green

w i ch 1770, d i ed i n S omers , near th e mi ll s , 1853 , aged 83 , and had S i xso ns : Reuben

,fath e r of H enry B . of N ew Yo rk

,Wi ll i am

,J esse

,

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Wrigh t,J ames B . ,

who al l se tt l ed in the v i c i n i ty of th e m i l l s , and E dmund P . of P eeksk i l l , fath e r of Edward J . ; J ane , on e of h i s five

daugh ters,marri ed D av i d H al l ock of S omers .

2 . Wil l i am ,born about 1 722 , l i ved m any y ears i n S tony B rook , bu t

was i n Gre enw i ch duri ng most o f th e Revol u t i onary war,i n wh i c h h e

suffe red much i n th e c ommand of p icke t boats o n th e S ound,and

di ed about 1 782 . H is wife was S arah S axton of H unti ngton,L . I .

,

of th e Ep i scopa l con nec t i on,whose s i s te r H arr i e t m arr ied Zeph an i ah

P la t t,whose sons s urveyed and se ttl e d P l at tsburg , N . Y . After M r .

H al lock ’s d eath S h e l i ved w i th h e r younges t daugh te r A n ne (Mrs .

Lodowi ck H ack staff) in S i ng S i ng and N ew York , and was bur i ed inS t . P aul ’s ch u rchyard , Bro adway , 1806 , aged 83 . Mrs . H ack staff

d i ed i n B rooklyn,A ug ,

184 1 , aged 74 . El i z abe th , th e e ldes t o f Wi l

l i am ’s twe l ve ch i ldre n,born S ep t . 16 , 1750, d i ed 1846 , aged 96 , was

mothe r of H al lock B romley,fathe r of I s aac W . R . Bromley , Esq . of

N ew York . Three of W i l l i am ’ s five sons we re George,an e n terpris

i ng sh i pbu i lde r i n S tony Brook,and fathe r of Joseph

,Georg e 2d

,

Benj am in,Ch arl e s E rasmus

,and Nath an i e l ; Wi l l i am J r . , five

ye ars a vol unte e r i n th e war of th e Revo l u t i on and on e ye ar p r i so ner

i n th e old S ugar-house,New Yo rk , fath e r of Zeph an i ah and I s rae l of

D e rby and Wm . W . of B rooklyn,sh ipbu i lde rs ; and Zeph an i ah P l att

H al lock,who d i ed i n N ew York 183 1 , aged 66 , fath e r of Ch arles S . ,

N ew York ; of Ch arlo t te W . of Tarry town ; and grandfath e r of Joh nYoungs H al lock

,merch an t i n S an F ranc i sco .

3 . Ri ch ard , born May 13 , 1724 , marri ed S arah Ludl am ,born J uly

10, 1 737 , moved from S tony B rook to H al lock ’s M i l l s abou t 1 784 ,

pu rch ased of h i s bro the r J esse h al f th e m i l l s and l and adj ace n t,and

d ied F eb . 12,182 1

,aged 97 . Of h i s th ree sons a nd e igh t daugh te rs

,

Henry,born Nov . 1 1 , 1 755, d ied Aug . w as fathe r of Ch arles

,

t rus tee of M e thod i s t ch urch,S tony Brook ; of Wi l l i am ,

Norwalk,

Conn who d i ed Oc t . , 1860, aged 84 , fath e r of \Vil liam W . ; of H enry2d

, born Apri l 1 2 , 1 784 ; of R i c h ard of Por t J effe rson , born Feb . 18

1800, and of M rs . S arah H . Huls e of B rookly n

,born O c t . 27 , 1790.

Rich ard 2d, born J uly 1 7 , 1 770, d ied Aug . 1 7 , 1853 , owned th e m il l s ,

and h ad S i x sons : H enry,S teph en

,D avi d of S omers

,I s aac

,George

,

and J oseph T . at th e m i l l s . Rich ard I st’s daugh te r S usanna marr i e d

Benj . H odgden of F a irfi e ld,Conn .

,and moved to Oh io ; and h i s

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C H A P T E R I I I .

INHER ITED LONGEV ITY .

The H al l ock fam i ly i s noted for lo ngev i ty . S ubj o i n ed is a l i s t o f

64 pe rsons of re cord fo r tw o ce n tur i e s w hose ages ave rage 8 75years .

They are ch i efly m al es,and p robably compr i s e abou t tw o-fi fth s of

th e e n t i re aggregate . A gre at many o the rs are s t i l l l iv i ng w hose ages

approx imate 80 years,and qui te a few be tw e e n th at figure and 100.

I t w i l l b e perce i ved th at S eve ntee n of those e numerated w e re 90 years

old and upw ard , and th re e ove r 100, w h i c h see

N ame . Ye ar D ied. Place of Deat h .

M rs . E l i z abe t h H a l lo ckCorw i n , great -g randdaughof Pe ter Ha l lo ckWi l l i amE stherEst her Ha l lock ReeveZe ru bab e lZ achari ah

Wi l l i amPe te rFrederi ckJ abez H a l leck I

J oseph H a l leck I

No ah .

Wi l l i am

Wi l l i amRi chardI srae l zdS amue lParker .

E l i sh aJ on athan Man orvi l leReeves Canoe P l ace

Grandfather a nd father of Gen . H . W . Hal leck . w h o spe l led the ir name w i t han e .

O l d AquebogueM at t i t uckM at t i t uckM att i t uckM at t i t uckM at t i t uck\Vaw a ya nda ,Bridgew ater . N . YMatt i tu ckC ayuga , N . YS m i t htow nRiverheadM att i t uck%u ogu e

esternvil le\Veste rnvi l leM ount S i n a i , L . I .

Q Goshen , Mass.

P la in fi e ld, M assC a tch og u eGreenvi l le\Vaw a ya ndaWorcester , N . YGreenv i l leRome , N . Y

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N ame . Year D ied . P lace of D eath .

D avi dJ ohnEdw ardEdw ard J rPe terI saac .

Pe ter 3dJ oshuaThomasGeorgeZ ebu lonWi l l i amBenj am i nBen aj ahJ oseph D .

AmosJ esse Jr .E l iz abet h H a l lock B rom leyM rs . L odovick H ack staffR i chardWi l l i amR i chard 2dN ancy H orton Ha l lockWm . A . Ha l lock .

M a ry A Hal lock , h is W i feLeavi t t H a l lo ck , bro t her .

H oman Hal lo ck brother .

F i tz Greene Hal lo ck .

J ohn Ha l lockFranc is HortonM arie H orton Edw ardsEsther Ha l lock H aydenD r. Lew is Hal lock .

Po l ly H a l lock Braun . Port Je fferson, N .Y

.

Greenw oodM i ltonM i ltonP oug h k ee S ie

Hyde ParPeru , N . Y .

BathWash ington Ho l lowMedwGay lordsv i l le , ConnD eerfi e ld, Pa

. C att araugusLagrangeWash ington , Conn .

Somers .

BrooklynHal lock ’ s M i l lsNo rw i ch , ConnH al lock ’

s M i l lsR i verheadN ew YorkN ew Yo rkAmherst , M assCummi ngton .

Gu i l ford , C o nnO rang e , N . Y .

Pat chogueR i verhead

E R .

F O UN D E R S ’ M O N UM E N T ,

Southo l d , L . I .

C H A P T E R I V .

HALLO C K REV OLUTIONARY RE C ORD

From " New York i n th e Revol ut i on , [se e l i b rary of Congress] ,th e names of Maj ors P e ter

,John , Ri ch ard , and Zach ar i ah H al lock

are found i n th e regimen t commanded by C 01. J acob Sm i th I s tRegime n t M inu te M en

,S uffo lk C o . , N . Y .

,M i l i t i a .

J onath an H all i ck,sol d i e r i n Col . Lew i s D uB o iS

’

5th Regt . of th eL i n e .

[Nath an H al l ock of S ou th old , L . I . ,d i ed 1 756 , aged 28 . Monumen t

i nscri p t i on,S outh old ]

J oseph,son of M aj o r P e ter

,fe l l as commande r of an armed v esse l

i n th e war of th e Revolu t i on by th e l as t sho t before th e attack i ng

force surre nde red .

Wil l i am , born 1 730, se rved in coas t de fe nce , and w as i n c ommand

of p i cke t boats n e ar N ew London,on Long I sl and S ou nd . He and

Zeph an i ah P l att of P l a ttsburg,N . Y .

,marr i ed s i s te rs . Wil l i am - d i ed

i n 1 782 . H i s son Wil l i am was five ye ars i n th e Revol u t i onary army,

and for one ye ar a pr i soner i n th e o ld sugar h ou se i n Rose s tree t,

New York .

Wi ll i am H al lock,born S ou th amp ton

,L . I .

,1 730, d i ed Gosh en ,

Mass ., Oct . 2 1 , 18 15, at th e age of 85, w as i n th e army of th e R evo lu

t i o n w i th h is son s Moses and J erem i ah . Th ey en l i s ted i n 1 779 , and

se rved i n N ew J e rsey,Moses one te rm and J e rem i ah tw o t e rms .

1 At

the battle of T i conde roga th e i r fath e r w as a com rade o f Capt . T . P

Lyman ’s grandfath e r,w h o c ap tured a Quee n A nn e muske t from a

H ess i an . T h e we apon b ears th e Tower m ark , and i s now i n th e pos

sess io n of Packard,son-in -law o f Widow Lym an , at Gosh e n .

1 They en l i sted o n l y for three mo n t hs at first , as w e di d in th e c i v i l w a r , bec ausethey t hough t i t w ou ld be short .

4 2

C 01. M i cah W . H al lo ck , gre at-gran dso n of Ze rub ab e l H al l ock , w as

i n th e w ar of 18 12 .

J oshua,son of Dea . J onath an of M o n ro e

,N . Y .

,w as i n th e w ar of

1 8 1 2 . H is grandson,Capt . J oh n H al lock

,w as i n th e F ede ral army .

Gen . Henry Wager H al le ck , son of Jo seph , Westernv i l l e,One ida

coun ty,N . Y .

,and h is fath e r w e re in th e Federal army . H enry ’s

b ro th e r Andrew w as on h is s taff . Henry served also i n th e M exi c an

war . H e h eld th e po s i t ion of Li e u t .-G ene ral (succeed i ng Maj . Gen .

M c C l e llan ) from J u ly 1 1,1 862

,to March 1 2

,1864 , wh e n h e was super

seded by Gen . Gran t . H e w as know n i n.

th e army as Old B rai n s . H e

drafted th e fi rs t cons ti tu tio n of th e S tate of Cal i fo rn i a .

Capt . Frederi ck M . H al l ock and Capt . Frankl i n B . H al lock we re i n

th e Fede ral arm yH e rbe rt T . H al lo ck of Clayton coun ty

,I ow a

,h ad th ree sons w h o

d i ed i n th e army. Li e ut . Ch arles C . of Bro oklyn,son ofWi l l i am of

M att i tuck,w as i n th e army

Cap t . Nathan i e l H al lock M ann , Edw ard H al lock Ketch am , and

Joh n T . Ke tch am ,grandsons of J ames H al lo ck o f M i l to n , N . Y .

,di ed

i n th e army .

J ames Cooley H al lock , son of Amo s of Wash ing ton H ol low , N . Y . ,

w as an officer i n th e U . S . army at For t A rmstro ng , Rock I sl and , i n

1 832 , and wen t up th e M i ss i s s i pp i r i ve r i n th e fi rs t ste am e r th at

re ach ed S t . Paul . W m . S . H al lo ck of S t . Lou i s ; S amue l H . and

H enry S .,sons of J o hn C la rk H al lock of M t . Vernon , I ow a , al l d i ed

i n th e c i v i l w a r i n t h e Fede ral army .

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MAY HEW GENEALOGY .

1 . Thomas M ayhew ,fi rst governor of N an tu cket and Marth a ’s

Vi n eyard .

2 . H is daugh te r H ann ah m . Thom as D agge tt

3 . Thomas D agge t t 111 . El i z abe th H awes .

4 . Mercy D agge tt m . Matth ew Norton

5. Des i re Norton 111 . Robert A l le n

6 . Des i re All en in . Athe arn B utle r

D es i re Al l en marr i ed as h er second h usband Dea . Zach ari ah M ay

hew,who was born o n M arth a ’s V i n eyard , Aug . 8 , 1 757 , and removed

to Wi l l i amsburg,Mass . , 1786 . H e d i ed M ay 29 , 1830. H e was s ix th

i n l i ne from Gov . Thomas Mayh ew . D es i re Al l e n B utle r was S i x t hfrom Gov . Mayhew Th e mal e l i n e ran ou t w i th Zach ar i ah . Fol low

i ng i s th e l i n eage

1 . Gov . Thomas M ayhew .

Rev . Thomas M ayhew .

Rev . Joh n M ayhew .

Rev . Exper i ence M ayh ew .

Rev . Zach ari ah M ayhew .

Dea . Zachari ah Mayh ew .

Rev . Zach ar i ah , th e l as t of th e five (5) m iss i onar i e s to th e I nd i an s

m arri ed E l i zabe th Al l en , daugh te r of D ea . J ohn and Margare t H ome s .

All en .

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Gov . Thomas Mayhew became a res i den t of Wate rtown,n ear Bos

rton ,i n 1636 . The fol l ow i ng i nscri pt i on i s on a memor i al s ton e e rec ted

th e c i t i z en s

HERE B Y THE AN C IENT FORDTHE LAND ING AND TH E WE IRWA S THE HOME STALL OF

THOMAS MAYH EW,

A LEADER I N WATERTOWN AFFA IRSFROM 1635 TO 16 45.

AFTERWARD S W I TH H I S S ON,

THE R E V . THOMAS MA Y HEW,

HE LABORED AMONG THE IND IAN SAT MARTHA ’ S V INE Y ARD .

H e h ad been a merch an t of S outh amp ton,Engl and

, and was bor n

in 1589 . He d i ed in Marth a ’ s V i neyard i n 168 1 , in h is 93d year . 1

H is"

firs t wife,Marth a Parkhurs t, d i ed before com i ng to Ameri c a . H i s

s econd w i fe w as J ane , w idow of Thomas Pai ne . I n 164 1 h e ob ta i ned

a gran t of M arth a ’s V i neyard and ne ighbor i ng I s l ands,

"

[see copy

o f deed] from Lord S te rl i ng , becom i ng propr i e to r and gove rno r , and

c arry i ng on a m i ss ion ary work for five (5) generat i on s , th rough h i s

d esce ndan ts,keep i ng seve ra l h und red I nd i ans out of Ki ng Ph i l i p ’s

-war . About th e s am e t im e h e bough t th e i s land of N an tucke t from'

.t h e r oyal agen t , S i r Fe rd i nand Gorge s , th e cons ide rat io n be i ng £30and two beave r h ats

,

" one for se lf (Mayh ew ) and ano th e r for w i fe ,"

( wh ich w as more th an th e D u tch pa i d for th e s i te of N ew York c i ty .)

DEED M ADE TO THOMA S MAYHEW BY RIC HARD V I NES FORMARTH A ’ S V I NEYARD .

(Deeds i i i , 66 , S ecy ’ s O fl‘ice , A lbany , N . Y . )

I , R i ch ard Vines, of S aco , Gent , S tew ard Gen t t il for S ir Ferdinand Gorges, K n t .,

‘L ord Propr ie tor of t h e Prov in ce of Main Lan d and t h e isl ands of C apa rrock a nd

N an t ican ,do by t hese p resents gi ve fu l l pow er and authori t y unto Thomas May

h ew ,Gent , h is he irs and asso c i ates, to p lan t and inhabi t upon t h e i slands of Capar

rock a nd Mart ha’s V ine yard , w i th a l l r igh ts and pr i v i leges thereunto be longing , toe n jo y t h e p remises unto h imse l f h is he irs a nd asso c i ates forever, 5ie lding and pay.in g u n to t h e sai d S i r Ferdinand Gorges h is he irs and assigns forever annua l l y , a s

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t w o ge n t lemen i n di ffe ren t ly by each of them chosen , sha l l j udge to be mee t by w ayof acknow ledgeme n t .G i ve n u nder my hand th i s 25th day of O c t . , 1641 .

R I C HdV INES .

Wi tn essTHOS . PAGE .

RO BERT LONG .

D eed of Nan tucke t from Thom as M ayh ew to 10 purch ase rs , on

J u ly 2 , 1659 ,w h o a re n amed i n th e i n s trum en t (deed i i i , 56 ) as fo l low s :

Tri stram Coffin,Thos . Macy

,Ch ri s toph e r H ussey , R ich ard S w ayn e .

Thos . B e rn ard,Pete r Coffin , S teph e n G reen le afe , Joh n Sw ayne , and

Wm . P ike , fo r cons i de ra tion of" Th i rty Pounds of Curre n t Pay

and "tw o Be ave r H ats , on e for myse l f and o n e for my w i fe ,

" re taini ng a 10th part o f al l l ands and pr i v i leges for h imse lf , and a choi c e oftwo necks of l and .

I D E E D FROM JAMES F F O R R E S T T TO THOS . M A Y H E ¥V 8: S ON .

(Deeds i , 17 ; i i i , 64, a nd i i i , 76, S ec ’ y ’ s Office , A lbany , N . Y . )

These presents do w i tness That I J ames Fforrest t , Gent , w h o w as se n t overinto t hese parts of A merica by th e H o n . Lord S terl ing , w i t h a commission of t h e

order ing and di sposing of a l l t h e i s l ands ly ing be tw een Cape C od and Hudson ’s

R i ver do hereun to grant u n to Thomas M ayh ew , at Watertow n,M e rchan t ,

a nd t o Thos . Mayhew , h is son ,free l ibert y to them ,

t he ir he irs, a nd assign s , to p lan tand i n hab i t upon N an t ucke t a nd tw o sma l l islands adj acent . Prov ided ,

That Thomas Mayhew and Thos . M ayhew h is son ,o r e i t her of them o r t h'e i r as

si gns do 1ender a nd pay year ly to t h e H on . Lord S ter l i ng , h is he i rs and assi gns ,such a n a cknow ledgemen t as Shal l be t hought fi t by John Wi n t hrop , E sq , th e e l der ,or a n y tw o magistrates in Massachuse t ts B ay , be i n g chose n fo r that enda nd purpo seby t h e H on . Lord S ter l i ng o r h is Deput y ; and by t h e sa i d Thos. M ayhew a nd Thos.

M ayhew h is son , or t he ir assi gn s.

I t ’s agreed , That t h e governmen t t ha t th e sa i d Thomas M ayhew a nd Thos . M ayh ew h is son a nd the ir assigns sha l l set up , shal l be such as is now est abl i shed int h e Massachuse t ts aforesaid , a nd t hat t h e sai d Thos . M ayhew , and Thos. Mayhewh is son and the ir assign s sha l l have as much pr i v i lege touch i ng the ir p lan t ing. in ~

habi t ing , and en joy i ng of a l l and every part of th e premi ses as by t h e Paten t to t h ePaten te es of t h e M assachuse t ts aforesa i d and the i r asso ci ates.

I n w i tness hereof I t h e said J ames Fforrestt have hereun to se t my hand a nd sea lt h i s 13th day of O c tober , 164 1 .

JAM ES F F O R R E S T T . [ S EA L ]PH IL I P XVA TS O N , C lerk .

WitnessesRO BERT CO R ANE .

N ICHOLA S D AV I S ON .

R IC HA R D ST I LLMA N .

I D eeds a ndw i l ls w ere first re corded in 1621 .

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I n 1659 h e so ld th e V i n ey ard to Tri s tram Coffin and oth ers , reservi ng a te nth for h im se l f, and a corporat ion was formed for agri c u l tura l

p urposes,not for r e l ig i ous obj e c ts

,as h as bee n s tated

,th ough th e

Sp i r i tu al i n te res ts of th e I nd i an s w e re made th e cons tan t c are of h isfour l i n e al s ucc essors un t i l 1692 , when Nan tucke t , Marth a

’s V i neyard

and al l ou tly i ng i s l ands,bec ame a par t of th e S tate of Massach use tts .

Gran t and deed are o n fi l e at A lbany , N . Y . ,be cause th e i sl ands were

th e n depe nden c i e s of N ew York S tate .

The vene rab le Mayh ew house s tands on a commandi ng em i nenceove rl ook ing th e ple asan t h arbor of Edgartown

,i n corpo rated i n 167 1 .

The exac t da te of its erec ti o n is no t know n , but i t m us t b e two cen

tu ries old . That i t s tands o n th e same spo t occup i ed by som e e arl i e r

h ome of th e fam i ly th e re c an b e no doubt , as th ree sto n e grave m ark

e rs wi th i n i t i al s , and a l arge boulde r fo re ign to th e l ocal i ty , suppose d

to i nd i c ate th e buri al p l ac e of th e venerable fo unde r h imse lf,are con

Spicu ous on an adj o i n i ng l aw n . I t i s of th e colon i al type,a two-s to ry

striI ctu re w i th four gre at square rooms to the fro n t,fac i ng e as t to th e

h arbo r . L arge fi rep l ace s are arranged around th e grea t ch imney i n

eve ry room,bu t th a t of th e k i tch e n or " l i v i ng room

,

" i s s imp ly im

mense— l arge enough to accommodate th e fam i l y almos t w i th i n i ts

recesse s . Th e r e are th i rte e n rooms i n th e o l d mans i on , exc l us i ve of

n umerous h al l s,cupboards

,e tc . Two generat i ons of th e anc i en t

fam i ly h ave occup i e d a spac i ous res i denc e bes i de i t S i n ce i t ceased tob e th e fam i ly m ans i on . I t i s s t i l l owned by th em

,h oweve r

,and i s

re ad i l y ren ted dur i ng th e summe r season for th e gre at b eau ty of i ts

l ocation . The grandfath er of th e presen t propr i e tor , who d i ed abou t

th e ye ar 1838 , aged 92 , remembered when a l ad of twe lv e ye ars to

h ave he lped h i s fath er at re sh i ngl i ng th e roof,and i n those e arly day s

when i nfe ri or m ate ri al was no t pu t i n to ho uses,i t must at l e as t h av e

been s tand i ng th i rty or forty years .

HALLOCK-MAYHEW AN CESTRY .

Th is l i n eage runs th rough te n ge nerat i on s,as fo l l ows

1 . Gov . Thomas Mayh ew ,of M . V .

2 . Thomas Mayh ew , Jr . ,an only son of th e or ig i n al gran te e , born

1620, peri sh ed at sea i n 1657 , aged 37 , th e vesse l o n wh i ch h e h ad

take n passage to Engl and never h av i ng bee n h eard of .

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3 . J oh n M ayhew ,h is olde s t son , born i n 1652 , d i ed Feb . 3 , 1689 ,

h ad bro th e rs M at th ew and J udge Thomas . Matth ew succeeded h i s

fathe r as ch i e f d ign i tary of th e i s l and,d i ed Feb . 3 , 1688 , aged 37 .

4 . Exper i e nc e M ayhew ,born 1673 , d i ed Nov . 29 , 1758 , aged 85.

5. Zach ar i ah M ayhew ,born 17 17 , di ed 1806

,aged 89 ; th e younges t

son .

6 . Zach ar i ah ’s on ly son ,Zach ar i ah Jr . ,

was born 1 757 . D i ed i n

Wi l l i am sbu rg,Mass .

,May 29 , 1830. He removed to Wil l i amsburg i n

1 786 . A broth e r of h is , n amed Thomas , d i ed some four years l ate r .

[Here the mal e l i n e ran out .] H i s s i s te r,Margare t M ayh ew , born

M arch, 1 760, at Ch i lmark , Marth a

’s V i neyard,marr ied h e r cous i n ,

Robert Al l e n,and h ad ten ch i ld re n

,th re e son s and seve n daugh te rs .

7 . One of th e sons n amed Ez ra , marri ed Des i re Norton . Ezra ’s

s i ste r,Margare t Al l en

, or P eggy , marri ed Moses H al lock of Go sh en ,Mass . , w h o moved wi th h i s pare nts

,Wi l l i am and A l i c e H omes

H al lock , from S ou th amp ton , L . I .,where h e was born in 1740.

8 . Ezra Al le n ’ s on ly d augh te r,El i za

,born at Ch i lmark

,Aug . 28

,

1800, marr i ed h er cous i n , Ge rard H all ock , son of Rev . Moses H al lock ,born in P lainfi e ld

,Mass .

,March 18

, 1800,who h ad sons

,Wil l i am

Homes,Charl es

,Leav i t t

,and Gerard , and daugh ters , El i z a , Caro l i n e

M ayhew Butl e r,and Mary . Leav i t t

,buri ed D ec . 7 , 1839 , was th e fi rs t

i n te rmen t i n th e old N ew H ave n ceme te ry add i ti on,l o t 64 , northwes t

corne r .

9 . Wi l l i am Homes,born at Ch i lmark

,M . V .

,Aug . 26 , 1826 , mar

r ied J ul i a M ack of P la in fi e ld,Mass . ,

S ept . 3 , 1851 , and had sons ,Wil l i am Gerard

,and G erard

,and daugh te r , Laura M ack . H i s b rother ,

Charle s ’ , born i n N ew York c i ty,March 13 , 1834 , had th re e sons :

10. C h arles,Edmund Lee

,and L i v i ngs ton

,born i n 1856 , 1860, and

1862, al l of B rooklyn , N . Y . Al l d i ed young . Charl es w as born i n

N ew H aven , S ept . 1 , 1856 , and d i ed Feb . 22 , 1869 . T h e o th e r tw owere bo rn i n B rooklyn .

1 T h e tow n of Ha l lo ck , M i nneso t a , founded in 1879 , w as named fo r h im .

C H A P T E R V I

THE ALDEN ALLEN P ED IGREE .

(O F S AMUEL ALLEN 2d,O F DU X BURY

,W H O MARRI E D

SARAH PARTR I DGE .)

The n ame Al l e n,sam e as Alan or All an

,i s de ri ved

,accord i ng to

J u l i an,from Al and

,a w o lf-h ound ; and Chauce r use s A land i n th e

same sense . Bai ley de r i ves i t th e sam e from th e B ri t i sh . Camden

th i nks i t a c orrup ti on from A l ian ia, wh i ch s ign ifi es

" sunbrigh t . "

From th e same w e h ave Al le n , All i n , Alleyne . I n th e Gae l i c Al i nn a

s ignifies exce ed ingly fai r , h andsome , e l egan t,l ove ly . I r i sh

,Al i n e

fa i r,beautiful .

1 . J oh n Alden , born 1599 , in 1623 marr ied Pr i sc i l l a M ul le i n .

2 . Th e i r so n ,J oseph A lden

,born 16 26

,marri ed M ary S immons .

3 . I s aac A lden , th e i r son , born 1665, married M eh i tabe l A l le n i n

1685.

Mary Alde n,daugh te r of Joseph and Mary S immons A lden ,

born

1680, i n 1 700 marr i ed 3d S amue l A l l en , born 1680.

4 . Ebeneze r, son of I s aac and Meh i tabe l A lden,born 1693 , m a r

r i ed Anna Ke i th i n 1 7 17 .

5. J oh n Alden .

6 . S amu e l Alden , born 1807 , d i ed May 28 , 1903 , at D uxbury , Mass . ,aged 95ye ars and 5month s .

S arah Alde n,daugh te r of I saac and Meh i tabe l A lden

,born 1636

marr i ed S e th B re tt i n 1 7 13 .

Matth ew All en , son of 3d S amue l A l le n and Mary Alden , born 1708 ,

marri ed i n 1736 S arah B re t t , daugh te r of S e th and S arah A lden .

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5. Mary , born i n 164 1 , marr i ed i n 1655Nath an i e l G ree nwood .

A rmAl l e n d i ed,S ep tembe r

,164 1 .

S amue l A l l e n m arr i ed for se cond w i fe , Margare t .

6 . Abigai l m arr i ed i n 16 70 J oh n Cory , son of J oh n , of S omerse t

sh i'

re,Eng .

7 . Jo seph,born M ay 15, 1650, marri ed Ru th S earl e s , Nov . 30, 1670.

S eco nd w i fe R eb ecc a abou t 168 1 , d i ed Apr i l 25, 1 702 .

Th i rd w i fe ,Lyd i a H olbrook , mar r ied J une 27 , 1704 .

H e di ed M archS amue l A l l e n

,of B rai n tree

,S uffo l k county

,Mass. (Vol . of Wi ll s ,

e tc . , 1667-83 ) h as th e fol low i ng re co rd To my son , J ames A l l e n .

To my son - ln - l aw, J os i ah S tand i sh , who m arr i ed S arah A ll en , a son

of M i l es S tand i sh ," e tc .

Th is J ames Al l en,bo rn i n 1636 , came to M arth a

’ s V i neyard w i th

J os i ah S tandi sh and Wi l l i am P ab ody i n 1668-

9 , and bough t l and

from the syn d i cate . H e was th e ances tor of al l th e Al le ns of th e

Vi n eyard,th e fi rs t of th e ‘n ame on th e i s l and . H e marr ied E l i zabe th

P erk i ns,w h o d i ed J u ly 25, 1 7 14 , aged 78 ye ars . H ad 1 1 chil dre n .

Joh n , h i s son ,mar r i ed M argare t H omes

,M a rch 1

,1 7 16 , and died

"

Oct .

1 7 , 1 767 . S h e w as born S ep t . 28,1696 , and d i ed Apri l 26 , 1 778 , aged

82 . H ad 1 2 o r 1 3 ch i ld ren . O n e,R ob e r t, born J uly 20, 1 732 , marr i ed

D e s i re N o r to n o n D ec . 2 1,1 752 . For a second w i fe h e h ad Mary

T i l ton,N ov . 2 1 , 1 792 , who d i ed J une 10, 1801 . H e had 10 ch i ld ren by

th e fi rs t m arr i age .

1 . H uld ah , bo rn -Oc t . 29 , 1 755, at Ch i lmark , d ied Nov . 8 , 1826 , mar

r i ed S ep t . 9 , 1 775, Cap t . J . C offi n ,

‘

E dg ar tow n .

2 . Ezra , born J ul y 5, 1 755, d i ed M arch 30, 1833 , marr i ed Apri l 6 ,1797 , Beul ah Coffin , of Edgartow n .

3 . -Mary,born F eb . 3 , 1 758 , di ed Apr i l 5, 1802 , marri ed Rev . J oseph

Thaxte r,of H i ngh am

,bo rn May 4 , 1 742 , d i ed J uly 18 , 1829 .

4 . Margaret , born March 22,

1760, d i ed D e c . 29 , 183 1 , marr i ed

S ep t . 1 2,1 792 , R e v . Mose s H al l ock , born Feb . 16

,1 760, d ied J uly 1 7 ,

1837 .

5. Lo i s,born J ul y 19 , 176 2 , d i ed 1840, marr i ed D ec . 18 , 1 783 , J ame s

Al len .

6 . Robe rt,born Apri l 10

, 1 765, d i ed M arch 29 , 183 1 , marr ied Jan .

10, 1793 , El i z abe th Faun ce , born S ep t . 9 , 1 77 3 , d ied J une 9 , 1 835.

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7 . D es i re , born Nov . 7 , 1 767 , d i ed J an . 13 , 1843 , marr i ed Oc t . 2 ,1788 , Athearn B u tle r . S e co nd h usband , Zach ar i ah Mayh ew .

8 . Rebe c ca , born J ul y 15, 1770, d ie d 1806 , marr i ed S ept . 1 2 , 1792 ,

S olomon Butle r o f Ch i lm ark .

9 . Matthew,born J une 7 , 1 773 , marri ed I s t w i fe Pat i e nc e Al len .

S econd wi fe , Temperan ce , daugh te r of I ch abod o f Tisbury,

M . V .

10. Bets ey,o r E l i z abeth

,born M ay 7 , 1 776 , d i ed Aug . 1 2

,1846 ,

marri ed F eb . 2 1 , 1 799 , Matt . Coffin , born Nov . 6,1774 , died Nov . 1 7 ,

1820.

Ezra Al le n ’s on ly daugh te r,El i z a

,born S ep t . 30, 1800, marri ed J une

2, 1825, Ge rard H al lock , born M arch 18

,1 800.

[S ee H al l o ck Ped ig ree ]

S AMUEL ALLEN PE D I GREE .

1 . George Al le n , born i n E ngl and about 1568 , came to Ame r i c a

16352 . S on S amue l A l l e n , born i n E ngland , came to Ameri c a i n 1628 ,

d i ed J une 5, 1669 , i n B rai n tre e , marr i ed Ann (firs t w i fe ) , d i ed S ep t . ,164 1 .

3 . S on J ames All e n , born 1636 , d i ed J uly 25, 17 14 , aged 78 , marri ed

E l i z abe th P erk in s,d ied Aug . 8

,1722 , i n 79 th ye a r .

4 . S on Maj o r J oh n Alle n , born 1680, d i ed O ct . 1 7 , 1767 , at M ar

th a’s V i neyard , marr i ed M argare t H omes

,daugh te r of Rev . Wm . and

Kath ar i ne (Craigh e ad) Homes , born Feb . 28 , 1696 , d i ed Apri l 26 , 1 778 .

5. S on Robe rt Al l e n , born J uly 20, 1732 , d i ed J an . 10,1801 , at Mar

fh a ’s V i neyard , marri e d D ec . 2 1,1752 , Desi re Norton , daugh te r o f

Matth ew and Mary ( D agget t) Norton , born J ul y 10, 173 1 , d ied J une

6 . S on Robert Al le n , born at Ch i lmark . M . V . , Apri l 10, 1765, d i ed

M arch 29 , 183 1 , a t Arcad i a , N . Y .

,marr i ed J an . 10

,1 793 , at Wi l l i am s

burg , El i zabeth Faunce , born S ept . 9 , 1 773 , d i ed J un e 9 , 1835, a t A 1

c ad i a,N . Y .

7 . S on Robe rt Al l e n , born Apri l 16 , 1803 , a t S omers e t , V t ., di ed

March 24 , 1870, at W estfi eld, Mass . , marri ed 1829 at Russe l l , Mass .,

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Amare t S pe rry,born M ay 24 , 1 809 , at Russe l l , d i ed Oct . 22 , 1879 , at

W estfi e ld.

8 . Ch i ldren D w i gh t Al le n , born J uly 15, 1830, a t W estfi e ld, Mass . ,d ied J an . 6 , 1868 , in N ew York

,marri ed Oc t . 10, 1858 , in N ew Y ork

,

J enn i e D i n an,born J un e 5, 1840 ; and

S arah Ann Al le n,born J une 1 1 , 1838 , at W estfi e ld, Mass .

,d ied Oc t .

18 , 1903 , a t S pri ngfie ld , Mass . , marr i ed J an . 7 , 1857 , i n W estfi e ld, E d

gar S . S w ea t la nd, born J an . 25, 1836 , in Eas t Longmeadow . Mass .

,

d i ed D ec . 5, 1898 , i n S pr i ngfie ld .

THE JAMES AL LEN PED I GREE .

1 . J am es Al le n , born 1 76 2 , at Ch i lmark , M . V .

,marr i ed Lou i s a

Al l e n,daugh te r of R obert of the sam e place ; no t h i s ow n co us i n . H e

w as a very l arge m an,o f h e rcule an s tre ngth

,and we igh ed 300 pounds .

2 . J am es Al len Jr .

,born at Ch i lmark

,1 783 , marr i ed Cyn th i a Cot.

tl e a t sam e p lace,d i ed Zanesv i l le

,O .

,1 847 . Al l came to Zanesv i l l e i n

18 15, and al l are bur ied th e re . The i r ch i ld re n were :

1 . Leande r , bo rn at Chi lmark , M . V .,1804 , marri ed Mary A . B ar

ton of Oh i o,d i ed Apri l

,1882 .

2 . Lo i s,born C h i lm ark , -

1806,marr i ed Sm i th .

3 . Joh n C . Alle n , born J an . 27 , 1809 , a t Ch i lmark , marri ed N ancy

Ki rtland of M aumee, O . ,

d i ed Feb .,1895, aged 84 .

4 . J ames B . Alle n,born M usk i ngum ; moved to I l l i n o i s i n 1859 .

I n 1 86 1,e n l i s ted i n th e i n fan try ; w as fatal ly w ounded at S h i loh , 1862 .

Marr i ed M argare t D aw son,wh o d i ed af te r h e d i d . J ames Al l e n was

one of th e fam i ly of te n,and a b ro th e r of Ezra Al len . Leande r A l le n

and h i s sons who we re o ld e nough enl i s ted i n 186 1,and John C . had a

son ,J ames

, w h o w as i n th e w a r. Wi l l i am,a bro th er of J . A .

,S en .

,

was a j udge at Portl and , Me .

5. Geo rge C . All en , of Esth e rvi l l e , I ow a , so n of J oh n C . Al l en .

Edgar W . Allen,son of L e and e r

,o f Zanesv i l le .

A number o f A l l e n s c am e fi rs t to N ew Have n,n o t wi th th e Mas

sach use t ts co lony,and are th e re fore po ss i bly o f d iffe ren t an tec eden ts

and extrac t i on . From New H aven th ey gradual ly moved up th rough

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the Connecti c u t val le y as far as West S pri ngfie l d,a par t o f w h i ch i s

now th e c i ty of H olyoke , and i n due cours e m e t up w i th th e Al l e ns

who h ad moved to North ampton from Marth a ’s V i neyard . Migrati on s

took plac e at var i o us t i mes from th e I s l and . O ne ve ry earl y m igra

t i o n occurred in 1657 , w hen one S amue l A l l e n , a s i ngl e m an , came

wi th h i s s i s te r S arah to North ampton,where he w as marr i ed to H an

n ah Woodford i n 1658 , as show n by th e pari sh regi s te r of th e Edw ards

ch urch . The i r son,S amue l Jr . ,

was de aco n i n th a t ch urch i n 1 727 .

H is son Thomas d i ed i n 1 754 . A neph ew o f S amuel,J oseph Al le n

,

w as gre at grandfath e r to J udge Wi l l i am Al le n,of Port l and

,Mai ne .

Othe r Allens men ti oned i n Rev . S o loman Cl ark ’s H is tor i cal Cata

logue of North ampton Fi rs t Ch urch,

"are Thomas Al len

,grad . H ar

vard 1 762 , a ndfi rs t m i n is te r at P ittsfi eld ; Mose s Al le n , grad . P ri nc e

ton 1 772 , who went to Vi rg i n i a and S o u th Caro l in a ; Maj or S olomon

Alle n,w h o served in th e Revo l u t i onary war

,e nte red the m i n i s t ry i n

1 801 . at th e age of50, and organ i zed fou r church e s i n We s te rn N ew

York ; Ph i neh as All e n , fath e r of Rev . S am Al le n and Ph i neh as Jr . , ofP it tsfi e ld, Nehem i ah Al le n , Joseph Al len , E than All en , Wi l l i am Al le n

and El i j ah Al le n of Robe r ts Meadow ,who marri ed Loui s a Cl ark of

Westh amp ton i n 1849 .

There are many Al le ns scatte red th rough out th e Connect i c u t towns

who are i n no way connec ted w i th th e e arly se t tle rs w h o c am e to

Nor th ampto n . Lo ts of them a re crossed w i th th e S mi t h s and I ves .

One Wi l l i am I ves, w h o w as born i n 1607 , came from England to Bos

ton i n sh ip True love abou t 1635. He was o ne of th e o r ig i n al s e tt lers of Qui nn i p i ac , or N ew Have n . H is son , Cap t . J oseph I ves ,marr i ed Mary Yale

,daugh te r o f Thomas Yal e , w h o w as fath e r of

E l i h u Yale,founde r of Yal e Co l lege .

The mos t famous of th ese All e n s w as Gen . E th an Al l e n , who de

manded th e s urre nde r of Fort T i co nde roga " i n th e name of th eGre at J ehovah and th e Cont i ne n tal Congre ss , by God I and th e next

was Amos Al len,who was wi th G en . E th an at th e t im e , and also i n

th e Fre nch and I nd i an w ars ; w as cap ture d and take n to Canada ,w here h e w as sente nced to "

ru n t h e gant le t . ’ H ow h e escaped almos t

ce rta i n de ath by th i s orde al i s re l ated by h is l i v i ng rel at i ve , How ard

B . Allen,of N ew ton , Mass . , w hose fa the r , H i ram B . Al l en , used to

s i t on th e old sold ie r ’s knee and h eard h im te l l th e s tory , rece i v i ng i t

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i n t urn from h im . To run th e gan tl e t,

" h e sa i d,

" means sure

death . The I ndi ans range th emse l ves in two fi l e s,fac i ng e ach

oth e r . F i rs t came th e warr i ors , th e n th e braves , t h e n th e bucks , or

young men w h o h ave no t been to war , th e n th e women and ch i ldren ,each armed w i th c l ubs , tomah awks , kn ives , e tc . , s tr ik i ng th e pri sone r

anyw h ere or way th ey c an . Amos knew th i s . H e , be ing very swi ft

of foo t and ve ry spry , s tar ted aw ay back from the h ead of th e fi l e to

run . J us t as h e got to th e head of th e fi l e h e s topped s uddenly,se i zed

th e c l ub of th e fi rst warr ior,th e n run n i ng down the fi le sw i ngi ng th e

c l ub around h i s h ead ; whe reupon th e I nd i ans fel l b ack to escape th e

c l ub thu s h e go t th rough safe ly . For such b rave ry th ey spared h i s

l ife and gav e h im l ibe rty about th e c amp,but m ust re turn eve ry n igh t .

They pu t so much confidence i n h im th a t h e soon escaped .

"

5. Th i s A mos Al len was born S ept . 15, 1 734 , marr i ed D i nah B i shop

of N ew H aven Dec . 1 1,1 760, born O ct . 7 , 1 739 , d i ed Oc t . 1 1

,1829 ,

aged 90. He d i ed J an . 26 , 18 18 ; h ad son

6 . B i shop A l le n,born North H ave n

,Conn .

,May 15, 1766 , died

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in

Holyoke,M ass

,Apri l M arr i ed Pol l y A nn Sm i th D ec . 24 ,

1 786 , born M arch h ad son

7 . Lysande r All e n,born Wes t S pr i ngfield , Mass . , Feb . 12

,179 1 ,

d ied J uly 17 , 1855, marri ed E l e anor H ul l I ve s of We s t S pr i ngfie l d

D ec . 14 , 18 14 , who was born Oct . 30, 1 795, d i ed D ec . 1 , 1863 ; had so n

8 . Merw i n A l le n,born J une 10

,1825, marr i ed L ucy An n Sm i th

N ov . 1 1,1847 , w h o w as born at S ept . 3 , 1830,

and di ed Dec . 1 2 , 1863 . H ad'

son

9 . H e rvey L . Alle n , born Aug . 1 1,

1859 , now l i v i ng a t Pri ncess

B ay , N . Y .,and h as ch i ld re n .

Many val uable records of t h i s A ll e n fam i ly we re burned at No r thH aven

,Conn . , duri ng th e war of 18 12

,so th at the c ue be tw ee n th e

e arl i es t se t tle rs and i n te rm ed i ate desce ndants h as bee n los t .

TH E S COTCH ALL E N S .

A th i rd group of A l le ns seems to be of S co t t i sh o r ig i n,a nd to

h ave de scended from the te n so ns and th ree daugh te rs of a no tabl e

S cot and h i s wi fe,who came to Ame ri ca i n 1630 and se t t led i n th e

south e as te rn part o f Massach use t ts,ne ar o r i n w h a t i s now Rh ode

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I s l and . These fac ts and w h at fol l ow s have b e e n con t ribu ted by

George Al len , of Rale i gh , N . C ., aged 73 , w h ose fath e r

,R ev . D ari us

Cush i ng A l le n,marr i ed E l i z a A . S lo ve r of N ew bern , and

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w as a

preache r fo r many ye ars i n th e s ta te of No r th Caro l i n a i n t h e e arly

part of th e ce n tu ry,and afte rward moved to Oh i o

,ne ar Col umbus ,

and the n to L ewistow n,I l l . , wh e re h e org an i zed church e s , and d i ed

i n 1839 and was bur i ed , h is wi fe the n re tu rn i ng to New be rn , T h e

records Show th a t th e se olde r se t t le rs we re me n of godly ch arac te r ,occupi ed le ad i ng pos i t i ons in th e comm un i ty, and a numbe r w e re men

of m eans .

J oseph Benj am i n Al le n was born abou t 1 7 25, ne ar Prov i den ce . H e

h ad th ree son s and one daugh te r .From probab ly n ex t generat i o n fou r b rothe rs , Benj am i n , Jo seph ,El i sh a and H e zeki ah , w e re de sce nded , al l men of p i e ty , and al l l i ved

to old age . T h e ch i l d re n of B e nj am i n Al l e n and h i s w i fe M ary w e re

Abe l,Dari us and Benj am i n ; p oss i bly o th e rs .

From Be nj am in Al le n,who was a me rch an t a t H udso n

,N . Y . , are

desce nded Rev . Benjam i n A l le n , Ep is copal m i n i s te r ; R ev. Thomas

G . Al le n,bo th of Ph i lade lph i a

,and th e l at te r ’s grandson

,A l le n

Ch i lds , n ow l i v i ng i n Ph i lade lph i a .

From Dari us A l le n,w h o marr i ed M ary B rown , (whose ance s to r ,

Ch arle s B row n , wi th Obad i ah Holmes , Roge r Wi l l i ams and o the rs ,purch ased th e l and from th e I nd i an s and l ai d ou t P rov iden ce , andw h o gave th e campus and a l arge sum of money to organ i z e B row n

un i ve rs i ty) , Rev . D ar i us C ush i ng Al len and J e rem i ah N . All e n w e re

desc e nded .

From Abe l A l len was de sce nded H e nry Al len , and th e Po tte rs of

Bo s ton ; D r. W . H . P o t te r , de nti s t a nd H arvard p ro fesso r , w h o mar

r i ed M ary,daug h te r of George Al le n of R al e igh , th e re by comple t i ng

th e c i rc u i t .

THE DAGGETT PED I G REE .

Joh n D agge tt came from-

Gro to n,Engl and , i n th e flee t w i th VV in

th rop, Oct . 19 , 1630, and w as in Wate r town,Mass . He w e n t to

M arth a ’s V i neyard wi th Thomas M ayhew in 164 1 . H is fi rs t w i fe i s

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no t know n . H is second w i fe was th e w idow Bath sh eba P ratt,of

P lymouth,marr i e d Aug . 29 , 1667 .

2 . S on Thomas,bo rn abou t 1630 at Watertown ,

marr ied about

1657 Hannah Mayhew ,born at Edgartown Apri l 15, 1635, di ed 1 722 .

H e d ied a t Edgar town i n 169 1 .

3 . S on Thomas,bo rn 1658 at Edgartow n , di ed A ug . 25, 1 726 , mar

r i e d i n 1685El i zabeth H av'

ves,daugh ter of Edmund H awe s

,of Yar

mouth , w h o d i ed D e c . 25, 1 7 15.

4 . Daugh te r M ary D agge tt,born Aug . 8 , 1698 , d i ed Dec . 1 3, 1779 ,

marr i ed a t Edgartow n,1 723 , Dr . Mat th ew Norton , so n o f Be nj am i n

and H annah Norton,grandso n of N i c hol as and E l iz abe th Norton

,

born Apr i l 1 2 , 1696 , d ied D e c . 5, 1 779 .

Dea . B enj am i n D agge t t , bo rn 169 1 , d ied i n Mai ne in 1 783 , marr i edin 1734 Margare t Homes , w h o w as buri ed i n Edgartow n , May 3 , 1 783 .

They h ad ch i ldren

1 . El i z abe th,bap t . at E dgartow n Apri l m arr i ed a t Edgar

tow n,Nov . 3 , 1757 , S amue l VVh e lden .

2 . C a th a ren,born at Edgartown 1736 , marri ed

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Feb . 7 , 1762 .

Wil l i am,born at Edgartow n Nov . 18

,1 738 , d ied S ep t . 14 , 1740.

Timo thy,born at Edgartown J an . 3 1 , 1 740

- 1,di ed Feb . 3 , 1 74 1

-2 .

Benj am i n , born i n Edgar town Dec . 1 , 1742 .

John,born at Edgartow n N ov . 4 , 1774 .

Hannah,bo rn at Edgar tow n , bapt . J an . 28

,1 748 , marr i ed S ep t .

2 1 . 1769 , to T liomas S te w art .8 . Mary

,born at Edgartow n

,bap t . May 5, 1 757 .

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o

ic

e

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These ch i ld re n are the fi f th ge ne ration o f D agge tts .

5. D augh te r D es i re N o r ton,born J uly 10

,1 73 1 , d i ed J un e 13 , 1 792 ,

at M arth a ’s V i neyard,m arri ed R ober t Al le n

,born 1732 , d i ed 1801 .

BUTLER PED I GREE .

N i chol as B u tle r,yeoman , of D orches te r, Mass .

,c ame w i th h i s w i fe

Joise , and th re e c h i ld re n from Eastw e l l , Ken t county , England . He

removed to M arth a ’s V i neyard i n 1651

1 . N ichol as Butle r h ad so n

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5. The i r son,Ath earn B utle r

,marr i ed D es i re All e n .

S olomon Butle r , .broth er of Athe arn,marr i ed Rebecca Al len

,s i ste r

"of D e s i re .

NORTON PED I GREE .

1 . N i cho las Norton h ad so n

2 . Benj am i n Norton h ad son

3 . D ea . Matthew Norton ,bo rn Apr i l 1 2

,1696 , marr i ed M ary D ag

‘ge t t . D i ed Dec . 5, 1779 . He h ad a son

4 . Col . Beri ah Norton,of Edgar town

,and a daugh te r

,Desi re

,who

.marr i ed Robe rt Al len .

5. Edw i n Norton marri ed an Al l en,who w as th e moth e r of Madam

Nord ica , th e s i nge r .

C H A P T E R V I I

NORTON ALLEN P ED IGREE .

1 . N i cho l as Norton , colon i s t from Engl and . had son

2 . Benj am i n , w h o h ad 5011

3 . D e a . Mat th ew Norton ,born Apri l 1 2 , 1696 , d i ed D ec . 5, 1 774 ,

and marr i ed M ary D agge t . H e had son

4 . Col . B e ri ah Nor ton of Edgartow n , Mass . , and a daugh te r D e

s i re , w h o marr i ed Ro bert A l len , born J uly 28 , 1 732 . [Robert w as 4 th

ge ne rat i on from S amuel A l l en ] Th ey h ad te n ch i ldren

1 . Huldah Al len , born 1 775, marr i ed Cap t . Coffin of Edgartown .

Ezra,born 1 797 , marr i ed B eu l ah Coffin of Edgartown .

Mary,bo rn m arr i ed R ev . Joseph Th axte r of H i ngh am .

Margare t,born 1792 , marri ed Rev . Moses H al l ock .

Loi s, b o rn 1 785, marri ed Jam e s Al l e n .

R obert,bo rn 1 795, marr ie d E l i zabe th Faunce .

Des i re,born 1 788 , marr i ed A th earn B utl e r .

Rebe cca,born 1 792 , marr i e d S olomo n B u tle r of Ch i lm ark .

Matthew ,born 1 775, marr i e d P at i e n c e A l len ,

2d wi fe Temper

ance A lle n .

10. Betsey,born 1779 , marr i ed Matth ew Coffi n .

Ezra ’s only daugh te r E l i z a m arr i ed Gerard H al l ock J une 2 , 1825,

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en

e

w

s

C H A P T E R V I I I

HA LLO C K C ORW IN C ONNE C TION

S i l as Corwi n,born 1 73 1 , di ed M arch 1 , 1806

,marr i ed E l i zabeth

H allock,born S ept . , 1 73 1 , died Feb . 1 2 , 183 1 , aged 99 . S he w as

d augh te r of Wi ll i am Hal lo ck,son of Pe ter 2d, and h ad bro th e rs Wi l

l i am Jr . ,Benj am i n

,and S amuel . The fi rs t n amed married a s i s te r of

R ich ard Corwi n,wh o marr i ed H annah H all ock D ec . 3 1 , 1789 , and

w h o se e l des t son ,Ri ch ard J r . , d i e d at Brookh ave n M arch , 1882 ; th e

f ath e r of S y l ve s te r N . ,whose e ldes t son w as Ch es te r D .

, wh i lom of

N ew York c i ty . S i l as and E l i z abe th aforesa i d h ad ch i ld re n S i l as J .

,

Amlah,Ezra

,Mary

,Pe te r

,J abez

,Dan i el

,and El i z abe th

,al l o f whom

a re buri ed at J ame spor t,L . I .

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Ezra d i ed Apri l 24 , 1840, and h i s w i fe

Apri l 23 , 184 1 . Th ey h ad son S am uel B aldw i n Corw i n . w h ose‘

daugh

te r M ary E . marri ed Ben ed i c t o f J anesvi l l e,W

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is ,where h e

d i ed Oc t . 14 , 1884 , aged 76 ye ars , h i s w i fe so on fo l low i ng .

Matth i as Corw i n,born F eb . 19 ,

1 76 1 , i n M orr i s county , N . J . , di ed18 29 , moved to P e nn syl v an i a , th en to Ke n tucky , from th e re to Oh i o ,marr i ed Pat i e nce Hal lock i n Faye t te coun ty , P a .

,Apri l 8

,1 782 . T h ey

h ad ch i ld re n : El i z abe th , Benj am i n , Matth i a s , Mary , Hon . Thomas,

‘J esse,Rhoda

,Phoebe and Am e l i a .

Rich ard Corw i n m arri ed H an nah H al lock Dec . 3 1 , 1 789 . (AqueTb ogue Records . No oth er dates gi ven .)Mary Corwi n

,born abou t 1 795, d ied abo u t 1839, marri ed Be th u e l

H al l eck . (N o date o f b i r th,de a th

,o r marri age given . ) One ch i ld

B e th ue l E . H alleck , bo rn 18 14 , di ed May buri ed at J ames.por t

,L . I .

.E mma Corw i n,born F eb . 4 , 1837 , marri ed G eorge W . Hal lo ck Feb .

,

1857 . Ch i ld,Georg i an a . U pp e r Aquebogue , L . I .

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S e l ah Corw i n,bapt i zed at M att i tu ck J an . 16

,1757 , marri ed (no date

o f marri age ) J oh an n a H al le ck , bo rn 1 757 , d i ed May 1 1,1846 . Ch i l

d ren Rachel,J oanna

,Lyd i a

,S e l ah

,El i z abe th , Lyd i a , Luc re t i a ,

Mari a,a nd P e te r . R ache l

,th e olde s t ch i ld , was born i n 1 785.

H arri e t D . Hal l eck,born D ec . 1 3 , 1865. (No oth e r re cord )

Heste r O sman , w hose mother’s ma i de n n ame w as S arah Corw i n

,

marr i ed Z . H al lock , 1720.

J am e s Corw i n,bapt i zed at M atti t uck Aug . 15, 1 762 , d ied March 9 ,

1832 , marri ed Cath eri n e H al l e ck , born 1 774 , d ied M ay 28,1824 . Ch i l

dre n : Charl ot te,J oseph

,Laura

,and S arah . S outhold , L . I .

Robert Co rw i n,born 1 792 , di ed 1858 , marri ed M argare t H al l ock .

Ch i ldre n J ul i a,S arep ta

,Hannah M . ,

J oh n R .,and Jos i ah F . Bai t

i ng Hol low and Ri ve rh e ad,L . I .

Anson Co rw i n , born F eb . 14 , 1 792 , d i ed Oc t . 4 , 186 1 , marri ed E l i z a

be th H al l e ck Aug . 23 , 1 8 17 . Ch i ldre n : D eborah A . ,George W . ,

Danie l A .,Anson L .

,Gro t i u s S .

, and Lucre t i a . (N o dat e of b i rth o r

death of th i s E l i z abe th H al le ck . The ir son Dan i e l A .,born M ay 20,

1822,marri ed for h i s second w i fe Mari a M . H allock .) Rive rh ead , L . I .

C H A P T E R I X .

THE ALLEN C OF F IN P ED IGREE .

Joh n Coffin , who marr i ed D eborah Aust i n , hav i ng prev i o us ly removed to N antuck e t w i th h i s fath e r Tr i s tram

,i n th e ye ar 1662

,and

by he r h ad son

8 . Enoc h Coffin , d i ed 1 763 , marri e d B eu l ah Eddy J un e 25, 17 18 ,and h ad by he r te n ch i ld ren Lou Coffin

,born

‘

S ep t . 13 , 1 702 , di ed

aged 80 ; H epzidah , born S ep t . 7 , 1 704 , d i ed aged 90 ;El i zabe th , born 1 706 , d i ed aged

r 73 Abigai l,born J an . 25, 1708 ,

d ied aged 88 ; J oh n , born Apri l 6 , 1 7 10, di ed aged 82 ;

Enoch,born M arch 1

,1 7 1 2

-13 ; Deborah , born J u ly 14 , 17 15 Benj amin

,born J an . 26 , 1 7 18 , d i ed aged 75. D an ie l ,

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b orn J an . 23 ,

1 720, d i ed aged 70 ; Beul ah , born Oct . 16 , 1 726 . O n M arch 24 ,1802 , Be ulah was i n h is78th year.

9 . Benj am i n Coffin,born J une 25, 17 18 , di ed O ct . 2 , 1793 , who

marr i ed E l i z a Norton,bo rn M a rc h 23 , 1727 , d i ed J an . 28

,18 10

,daugh

te r of M atth ew Norton,

l S ept . 1,1743 , res ided a t Edgartown , M . V . ,

and h ad by h e r

10. Matth ew Coffin , born Nov . 6 , 1 77 1 , d i ed Nov . 1 7 , 1820, aged 49,w h o marr i ed B e tsey A l len , who d i ed Aug . 1 2

,1846 , aged 70, daugh

te r of Rober t and D es i re Norton A ll e n of Ch i lm ark , M . V . , Feb . 2 1 ,

1799 ; removed to Wi l l i amsbu rg, Mass ; h ad sons Robe rt A l le n and

J ames H enry,both professors in Lafaye tte Col l ege

,Eas ton , P a . ;

Hon . Edw ard M . ,Omah a

,N eb .

,and Ch arle s E .

,Univ . Place , Neb . ,

and daugh te r Lucy , w h o d i ed at Easton i n 1870, aged 65.

1Both grandmo thers of J ames Henry w ere daughters ofMatthew Norton . Roberta nd J ames H . w ere nephew s of R ev . Moses Ha l loc k , of P la in fi e ld, Mass and w ereeducated by h i m at h is c l assi ca l schoo l

P o r t ledg e

P O R T L E D G E — T H E C O F F I N h I A N O R

Ne ar B idde ford , Engl and ; 900 ye ars o ld.

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10. P ete r [ 1 723 to who marri ed Mary Curri e r,who h ad son

1 1 . Wil l i am ,who marr i ed Mary L angdon

,and h ad son

1 2 . Edward Langdon Coffin , who marri ed N abby E l l e ry Foste r ,and had son

13 . Wi l l i am Edward , w h o marr i ed M argare tta Cotton , who had son

14 . Ch arle s E . ,

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born J uly 18,

184 1 , and marr i ed , 1863 , Cath e r i ne

Rumfo rd J ones of Wi lm i ngton , Del . , and has seve n l iv i ng ch i ld ren :

15. Natti e L .,Rache l J .

,Ell e ry Foste r , Mari an T .

,Mary Kate Coffi n

Cassard,H arr i e t Coffin B e lfi eld, and Constance H .

,and th re e grand

ch i ldre n .

1 6 . Ch arles Edward Coffin B e lfi e ld,Henry B elfi e ld

,and Joh n Cot

?ton B e lfi e ld.

S teph en,anoth e r of Tri s t ram J r . ’s twelve ch i ld ren , born New bury

p ort 1 665, marri ed S arah A tk i nson 1685, whose twelfth ch i ld , Joseph ,‘born 1 706 , marr i ed O l i ve Fowle r fo r seco nd w i fe 1 750, and th e i r

y ounges t son ,Joh n

,born 1 757 , marr i ed Mary Palme r 1 78 1 , whose

fi rs t son,Hen ry C .

,marri ed Tab i th a Bootman . [H e was one of th e

founders of th e Amesbury carri age bus i ness ] The i r son , J oh n 7 th ,

born i n N ewbu ryport,18 10

,marr i ed Abigai l

,daugh te r of E l i ph al e t and

E l i z abe th Cu rr i e r Wadlei gh , born i n 1 8 15. [Mrs Wadle igh d i ed i n

1890 at th e age of The i r son John H enry of Walden,born S ep t .

20, 1839 , marri ed M ari a G_

. Swe tt o f Wal es,Mai n e

,and had fou r ch il

d re n,n am ely : Joh n H . Jr .

,who marri ed F lo renc e S tee rs and h as

tw o ch i ld re n ; daugh te r M ary Abby , who marri ed J am es A . F yn es

and h as d augh te r Paul i n e ; Heste r A l i ce , who d i ed at 30 ; and A l i so n

E mery , who marri ed F lora V . Spofford .

C H A P T E R X

THE HOM ES '

P ED IGREE .

Wi ll i am H omes,born i n the north of I re l and i n 1663 , as pe r preface

to h i s book on Fam i ly Gove rnme nt,pr i nted at Bosto n after

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h is

de ath i n 1746 , (th ough some say h e w as born i n S cotl and ) , c ame to

Am e r i c a i n 1686 , and taugh t sch ool fo r th re e years a t T i sbury , afte r

ward Ch i lmark,M . V . ,

w h i ch i s l and w as then under N ew York j ur i s

d i c tio n . Return i ng th e n to I re l and h e marr i ed Kath e r i ne , daugh te r

of Rev . Robert C raighe ad,who had be en a m i n is te r at Do noughmore ,

in Donegal,bu t was transferred to D erry i n 1690, w h ere h e

s erved unt i l h is death i n 1 7 1 1 . I n 17 14 Rev . Homes cam e

b ack to Ameri c a i n h is 5o th year and se ttl ed at Ch i lmar k as

p as tor,w h e re h e d i ed i n 1 746 , at th e age of 83 , as per grave

s tone in th e Ch i lmark ceme te ry . H is w i fe Kather i ne d i ed i n 1754

aged 82 . Th ey h ad th ree so ns and th re e d augh te rs , v i z' Rob

e r t,Margare t

,J an e

,H annah

,Joh n

,and J am es . Rober t m arr ied

M ary F rankl i n, th e younges t s i s te r of Benj am i n Frankl i n . Margare t

marri ed Dea . Benj am i n D agge t , 1 734 . J ane m arri ed S ylvanus A l le n .

[S e e D agge t and Al le n pedigre es ]

J am es Al le n,who was born i n 1 636 , came to M ar tha

’s V i neyard

wi th J os i ah S tand i sh,so n of Capt . Mile s S tand i sh and Wi l l i am P a

body,i n 1 668-69 . H e w as th e an cesto r of al l th e All e n s of Marth a ’s

V i n eyard . H i s son Joh n Al l en marri ed Margare t H omes M arch 1,

1 7 16 , and d ied Oc t . 1 7 , 1 767 . S h e w as born S ep t . 20,1696 , and d i ed

Apri l 26 , 1 778 , aged 82 . They h ad tw e lve or th i r te e n ch i ld re n . One

of th em,Robert A l l e n , h ad son Ezra , w hose only daugh te r E l i z a mar

r i ed h er cousi n , G e rard H al l ock of th e N ew York j ou r n a l of C om

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Wm . Homes o f I re l and had son

Capt . Robert,born 1694 , d ied 1727 , who h ad son

Wil l i am H omes,bo rn 1 7 17 , d i ed 1 785, who had son

Wi ll i am H omes,born Bosto n 1 742 , d i ed 1825.

H en ry H omes,born Boston 1776 , d i ed 1845.

H en ry A born i n Bos ton i n M arch, 1 8 1 2 , and d ied at A lbany ,

N . Y . Nov . 3 , 1 887 . He w as S tate Li brar ian for th i rty y e ars . H ad

son

7 . D r . H enry F . Homes of N ew York , born Cons tan t i n opl e Apr i l

(man

The fol l ow i ng comple te b i ograph i cal ske tch w as prepared by H enry

A . Homes for Rev . Dr . W . A . H all ock,D . D .

, of th e Ame r i can Trac t

S ocie ty,i n 1863

Wil l i am Homes fi rst c ame to Am e ric a i n th e ye ar 1686 , when h e

was twen ty-two years old . There i s no know n re cord of th e fac t

whe th er h e c ame from I re l and a t th at t ime o r from S cotl and , th ough

th e form e r h as usual ly bee n ass umed . I t w as abou t th e p er i od of h i s

fi rs t com i ng over th at bo th S co tch and S co tch - I r i sh commenced em i

grat i ng to Ameri c a to e scape th e perse cut i o n of th e S tuarts and th e

P re l acy . On W . Homes ’ arri val h e engaged as a teach er at Ch i lmark,

the n i n T i sbu ry,Duke ’s coun ty

,wh i ch was th e n and con ti n ued to 1692 ,

t o b e under th e j u r i sd i c ti on of th e governmen t of N ew York . At th i s

t im e th e re we re on th e isl and abou t 3000 nat i ve I nd i an s , o f whom

nearly one-h alf w e re Ch r i s ti an s , conve rted und e r th e l abors of th e

M ayh ews . Ch i lmark embraced th e Cape of Gay H e ad,where to th i s

day l i ve th e only rem nan t of th e I nd i ans . The Engl i sh con t i nued to

employ h im he re as a te ach e r to th e i r ch i l d ren for th re e ye ars,w h e n

h e re turned agai n to S co tland , and pursued th e course of s tudy o f

th e Un i ve rs i ty of Ed i nburgh . H e rece i ved th e degree of M as te r of

Arts from the Un i ve rs i ty March 2,1693 .

H e w as ordai ned a c le rgyman Oct . 2 1 , 1692 , at S t rabane , a borough

tow n tw el ve m i les southw es t of Londonderry by th e Presbytery o fConvoy

,and was a se ttled cle rgyman over th e P resby te r i an churc h

th e re . H e w as ofte n chosen Mode rator of th e Prov inc i al S ynod . Whi l e

h e re,abou t 1688

,h e marr i ed M i ss Kath e rin e

,daughte r of R ev . Rob

ert Craighe ad,w h o h ad bee n m i n i s te r of Donoughmore , i n Donegal ,

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who was transl ated t o D e rry i n th e begi nn i ng of th e ye ar 1690, and

co nt i n ued there un ti l h i s death , Aug . 22, 17 1 1 . Mr . Crai gh ead w as th e

au tho r of books of p i e ty and a re l i g i ous con troversy w i th B i shopKi ng . Afte r seve ral ye ars o f se rv i ce for th e ch urch i n S trab ane , Mr .

Homes was s e ttl ed i n Raphoe,a town seve n m i le s west of S trabane ,

and abou t e l eve n m i l es sou thwes t of D erry . I t i s th e se at of an I ri sh

b i shopr ic . I n 17 14 h e came agai n to Ame ri c a and rev i s i ted Marth a’ s

V i neyard,at th e age of 50. The peopl e of Ch i lmark , i ncorpora ted as a

town i n 17 14 , remembered the yo ung man w h o h ad previ o usly taugh t

among th em wi th s a t i sfac ti on , and i n v i ted h im to become th e i r p‘

as

to r . The i r on ly pas tor prev i ous ly was Ralph Thach e r, who h ad be en

d i sm i ssed the s ame ye ar w i th M r . Homes ’ re tu rn . H e d i sch arged

th e du ties of a pas tor fai th ful ly fo r th i rty -one ye ars , h av i ng a h igh

repu te for h i s p i e ty and as a m an of worth and l earn i ng . I t i s sa i d

th at h e used to fas t tw i c e a week . H is s al ary w as £60 a ye ar. He

took som e care of a farm,but l i ved mos tl y on h is s al ary .

H e w as t h e author o f five p ri n ted vo lume s , th re e of th em publ i sh ed

d uri ng h i s l i fe,and th e two afte r h i s d eath we re on F am i ly P ray er

and on Fam i ly Governme n t,

" wi th a prefac e to th e l atte r recom

mend ing th em by Rev . Drs . S ewal l and P ri nc e of Boston . H e pre

fe rred and re commended mode rate P re sby te r i an i sm,

to th e ev i l s w h i ch

h e tho ugh t h e s aw i n th e Congregat io n al i sm by w h i ch h e was sur

rounded . H is nam e doe s no t often appear on th e re cords of New

England ec c les i as t i cal h i s to ry for th i s reason , and also on account of

h is no t be i ng a graduate of Yale o r H arvard , and h i s dut i es b e i ng

d is ch arged on a sec luded i s l and . The reve red Exper i e nc e Mayhew

i n h i s ‘Accoun t of th e I nd i an Conve rts of M arth a ’s V i neyard ,records th at one of th em

,J ames Spani ard

,who d i ed i n 172 1, a t di ve rs

t imes des i red oth e rs to pray w i th h im ,p ar ti c u l arl y th e Rev . Mr .Wi ll i am

H omes .

’ He d i ed i n th e year 1 746 , at th e age of e i gh ty-th ree . He w as

preach i ng i n h i s p ulp i t and fe l l down sudde nly i n a fi t , and gradual ly

decl i ned to h i s death . A marbl e s tone in th e graveyard of Ch i lmark

marks h i s b ur i al p l ace . I t be ars th e fo l low i ng inscr i p t ion : I n

memory of th e reve re nd,le arned , em i nen tly pruden t , and p i o us M r .

Wil l i am H omes,l ate pas to r of the Ch urch of Ch ri s t i n Ch i lmark , who

departed th i s l i fe June 17 , 1746 , ae . Kath e ri ne h i s wi fe l ies by h i s

s i de . D ied 1 754 , ae . 82 .

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I n th e n ew ch urch wh i ch I v i s i ted i n 1828 was th e i dent i c al p ulp i t

i n w h i ch h e used to p re ach . I also c o nve rsed w i th th e W idow H i l

son,100 years o ld , who h ad l i ved in h i s fam i ly and he ard h im preach .

He was a man of such forbe arance that wh i le i n h i s n at ive l and h e

used to be c al l ed " Wm . Homes th e M eek,

" to d i s t i ngu i sh h im from

anoth e r of th e same name wi th h imse lf . On h is se cond arr i val h e h ad

wi th h im th ree son s and th ree daugh te rs, V iz . Rober t

,Margare t ,

J an e , Hannah , Joh n and J ames . Robert w as th e m aster of a sloop

t rad i ng on ou r coas t . H e marri ed M ary Frankl i n,B e nj am in Frank

l i n ’s younges t s i s te r,i n Bos ton

,and was a member

"

of th e old N orth

c h u rch i n Bos ton . H e i s seve ral t i mes ment i oned i n F rankl i n ’s au tob iography . H is son Wil l i am w as my great-grandfathe r .

"H annah was nevermarri ed . S h e was remarkab l e as a peaCemak e r .

T h e memo ry of th e good w orks and alms deeds w h ich sh e d i d i s s t i l lf ragran t among th e peopl e . A negro sai d h e could no t swear i f h e

we re s i tt i ng in her ch ai r . E . P . remembe rs h e ari ng Mrs . Butle r , s i s te r

of M r . W . A . Hal lock ’s mo the r,s ay of M i ss H annah Homes , th at

w he n sh e took the B ib le to read,al l th e ch i ldre n w h o w e re ne ar would

keep s ti l l,su ch was th e i r re ve re nce fo r h er p i e ty . S h e d i ed at th e

house of one of th e Al l ens in 1 794 , aged 90. T h e d i ary ofWm .

Homes was i n h er c us tody u n t i l sh e c am e to l i v e a t M r . Allen ’s i n

1 789 . Margare t m arr i ed Col . Jonath an A lle n of Ch i lm ark . They

had ch i l d ren J ane Homes m arri ed Sylvanus Al len . J oh n d i ed on

th e i s land,unmarr i ed

,about 32 ye ars o ld i n 1 732 . I n the graveyard

a t Ch i lmark i s th e fo l low i ng ep i taph I n memory of Margare t

(Homes) Al le n , w i fe of Col . J o na than A l le n,who afte r a l ife of pie ty

exch anged th i s worl d for immorta l i ty 1763 . A e . 67 .

’ I n a graveyard

at Barnstab l e are i n s c rip t i o ns of th e H om es A l lens . ’ Holmes H o l e

re c e i ved i ts appe l l ati on as early as 1644 , and conseque n tly has no th

i ng to do wi th th e memory of W . Homes . A porti on of th e d i ary of

W . Homes is now i n th e arch i ves of the Mai ne H istori c al S oc i e ty .

I t extends i n broke n pe riods from 1688 to 1 7 17 . I t embraces dai ly

occ u rrences , i nc l ud i ng h is re l ig ious expe r i e nc e . I t c ove rs 22 pagesl a rge l e t te r pape r

,closely w r i t te n i n smal l h and .

C H A P T E R X I

ALLEN B UTLER-HAW K S P ED IGR EE .

1 . N i ch olas B utl e r , of Dorc h es te r , Mass .,c ame w i th h is wi fe

,

J o s i e , and th re e ch i ld ren from Eastw e l l , Kent county , England . H e

removed to Marth a ’s V i neyard i n 1651 .

2 . H i s son J oh n m arr i ed Mary H e d ied J uly,1658 , h av i ng

four 50115, from whom a re descended al l th e B u tl e rs of th e V i n eyard .

3 . H i s son Joh n marr i ed Pr i s c i l l a N orton .

4 . J oh n h ad son S am ue l .

H i s son,S amue l 2d,

born in Edgartow n D ec . 25, 1727 , d i ed i n

P rov id e nce,R . I . ,

J une 29 , 18 14 , aged 85 marr i ed Mary A th earn , born

S ep t . 16 , 1 73 1 , di ed i n P rov i de nce , J an ., 18 19 ,

aged 88 . S he was th e

daugh te r of J e th ro and M ary A th e arn .

6 . Athe arn B utl e r, born M . V . J uly 2 1,1 763 , d ied M ay 6 . 18 14 mar

r i ed , Oc t. 2 , 1 788 , Des i re Al l e n , born M‘

. V . N ov. 7 , 1 76 7 , d i ed J an . 13 ,

1843 , at Wi l l i amsburg, to wh i ch place they h ad moved . Th ey h ad

seve n ch i ldren,Clar i ssa

,S oph i a

,Des i re

,Cordel i a

,Mary

,Ann

,and

Carol i ne . Clariss a,born J uly 24 , 1 789 , d i ed Nov . 3 , 18 14 , was th e

fi rs t w i fe of

7 . Calv i n B . Hawks , son of J ared , born Charl emon t March 19 , 1 784 ,

and d i ed i n S he lburne Fal l s J an . 24, 1874 . They we re marr i ed Feb .

26 , 18 1 1 , and h ad ch i ldre n

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8 . ( I ) Ath earn B utle r , born M arch moved to Ameri cus

G eorgi a , and di ed i n th at p l ace D ec . 13 , 1 864 , l e av i ng a w i dow

and th ree sons ; (2) El i z abe th Fal es , born Charlemon t Feb . 1 2 , 18 17 ,

d i ed i n B uckland J une 6 , 1850 ; marr i ed Wi l l i am S tearns S ept . 26 ,

1842 . H e d i ed i n 1845. A daugh te r born to th em at Wi l l i amsburg

J une 8,1 843 , named Cynth i a Cordel i a , d i ed i n North ampton J uly 8 ,

1 906 . Clar i ssa ’s s i s te r , Corde l i a , was th e second w ife of Calv i n B .

H awks ; marr i ed S ept . 28 , 1820. S he w as born D ec . 1 2 , 1 803 , d i ed

D ec . 15, 1842 . H ad sons . Thero n H olb rook and S ere no D w i gh t .Theron

,born Ch arl emon t Oc t . 24 , 182 1 , i s now l i v i ng i n S pri ngfiel d ,

in h i s 85th y e ar . H e marr i ed,J une M ary Oakes H oad l ey

born N ew York c i ty Nov . 1 7 , 1830, daughte r of D avid H oadley ,

p re s iden t of th e Amer i can Exch ange Bank , and late r of th e Panama

ra i l road . H er mo th er w as Mary H otchk i ss . They h ad sons

9 . Winth rop Butl e r and The ro n H olbrook , J r .

,and daugh te rs

,

M ary H oadley,E l i z abe th S p rague

,and E le anor Russel l . Mary H . ,

b orn May 1-2 , 1856 , marri ed Oscar H oward M i tch e l l , w h o w as born

O ct . 4 , 1851 , and d i ed March 29 , 1889 . H ad ch i ld re n,El i z abe th S

b orn Oct . 15, 1859 , s i ngle E leanor R . ,born Nov . 8

,1865; Thero n

S .

,born Nov . Howard H .

,born J an . 14 , 1885, and Arthu r

Knox,born J une 19 , 1887 . Ele anor m arr i ed

,J an . 14 , 189 1 , Wi l l i am

G . S ch auffer, M . D .

,and d i ed D e c . 23 , 189 1 , at B e i ru t , S yri a , l e av i ng

son,

10. W . G . S ch auffe r , Jr .,born Nov . 24 , 189 1 .

Th e ron H . , 2d. ,born F eb . 1 , 1862 , a t C leve l and , O .

,marr i ed Flo r

e nce L . Curti s,of M ar i e tta

,born J an . 25, 1 866 ; h ave ch i ld re n , Russe l l

Curti s , born S ep t . 14 , 1889 , d i ed Aug . 10, 1890, at D u luth Theron H . 3d,

born S ept . 10, 1892 , and Rol l i n Curt i s , born M ay 2,1895, b O th at D u

l u th . Rev . Theron ’s son,Winth rop B utle r

,born Apri l 1 2 , 1858 , at

West S pri ngfie ld,di ed March 24 , 1885, at Colorado S pr i ngs . S oph i a

marr i ed Ben j am in Wh i te ; sh e was born in Wi l l i amsburg May 6 ,1 7 d i ed J an . 24 , 1874 . Des i re marri ed I ra Atk i n s ; sh e was born

O ct . 22,1799 . Mary Ann , born D ec . 26 , 1826 ,

d i e d 186 7 , marri ed

Eras tus Bodman,son of D eacon Bodman

,broth e r to Lu th e r . [The

R odmans of No rthamp ton and Ch i cago were sons of Lu th e r of VVil

l iamsb urg . As they are de ad,h i s C onn ect ion w i th the Al l e n-B u tl e r

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was drowned i n North C arol i n a ; Cap t . H e nry F . ,se rve d i n th e c iv i l

war,and afte rw ards moved to Ch i c ago

,and then to M ex i co , whe re

h e engaged i n m in i ng . Dr . Wi ll i am H . , son of Ph i lo H aw ks of Ch ar

lemon t,prac t i ced i n Wash i ngton

,D . C .

,and d ie d th e re M arch

, 1904 ,

aged 59 , as a phys i c i an of no te .

Robert A l le n 2d,of M . V .

,w as a b ro the r of M argare t A l l e n , wi fe

of Rev . Moses H al lo ck,of P l ainfi e ld, and bro th e r of Ezra Al le n of

M . V . , (whose daugh te r E l i z a m arr i ed G erard H al l o ck , of New York)and also of D es i re Al l en

,wh o marri ed Athearn B utl e r , whose daugh te rs

C lar i ss a and Corde l i a,were th e two w i ves of Calv i n B . H awks , fa th e r

of Rev . The ro n H awks . Des i re Al l e n ’s fathe r w as Rober t A l le n 3d,born i n S omerse t

, V t . ,who marr i ed A mare tt S pe rry , born i n Russe l l ,

Mass .

,where the i r daugh te r

,S arah A . ,

marr i ed Edgar S . S w ea t land.

(S ee Al le n Ped igree .)

T h e 25o th ann i ve rs ary O f th e se t t leme n t of A dam Hawks i n th i scoun try w as cel ebrated at th e orig i nal H awks homes tead in S augus

i n th e ye ar 1880.

T H E H A Y I ) E N M AN S I O NHayde n v i l le M ass .

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‘

Wil l i am H al lock H ayden h ad fo ur sons of whom two s urv i ve— W'

il"

l i am H al lock and Edward P arker . PETER d i ed i n N ew York c i ty i n

th e early 8o ’s. H e had so ns W i l l i am B . and Ch arles , l i v i ng i n N ew

York,and Albert of Ch i c ago ; and daughters F lora , wh o marr i ed Ar

: th ur Boyd of Auburn , N . Y .

,a nd Ki tty

,s i ngl e

,al so of Aubu rn .

The H aydens are desce ndan ts of J oh n H ayden,of C adh ay House ,

of O tte ry S t . M ary , n e ar Exe ter , England , wh ic h was bu i l t i n 1660 i n

th e E l i zabeth an s tyle,and s t i l l s tands , near th e old ch urch of O ttery

S t . Mary , i n whose c ryp ts s evente en Hayde ns are bur i ed . Th i s

c hu rch i s a copy in m i n i ature of th e famous Exete r ch u rch . J oh n

was ev identl y i ts warden at on e t im e,as th e key s t i l l i n u se h as h is

nam e stamped on i t . One of th e m emori al tabl e ts b e ars th e effigy of

a Crusade r . I n H e rvor Castl e , near by , now owned by an Amer ic an ,bu t once the home of Anna Boleyn

,fr i e nd of Edw ard V I I I

,th ere i s

quarter i ng of th e H ayde n arms,w i th th e armor i al be ar i ngs of th e

B ol eyn s . Th i s same J oh n , who w as a favor i t e wi th th e K ing , came

" to Ameri c a i n 1630, and se t tl e d at D orches te r , Mass . whe re h e was

consp i cuous as one of th e founders of the B ay Colony . H is poste ri ty

h ave not dish on ered h i s n ame .

C H A P T E R X I I I

THE STARB U C K P ED IGREE .

[Crossed wi th th e Al len s and Coffins ]

EDWARD STARBU C K ,born Derbysh i re

,England

,1604 , d ied Jun e

1 2 , 1690, Nan tucke t , Mass . , marr ied Cather i n e Reynolds of Wales .

Ch i ldre n

N ath an i e l I s t,born 1636 , d i ed J une 6 , 1 7 19 , marr i ed 166 1 Mary

Coffin,born F eb . 20

,1645, d i ed S ep t . 13 , 1 7 17 .

Dorcas marr ied Wm . Gaye r , d i ed 1696 .

S arah marr i e d Wm . S tory,J os eph Austi n , and H umph rey Varney .

Abiga i l marri ed P e te r Coffin,son of Tri s tram and D ion i s .

Esthe r .

J e th ro,born d i ed M ay 27 , 1663 .

Ch i ldre n of NATHAN IEL I st and M ary Coffin

Mary J ane,born 1663 , d i ed 1696 , marr i ed J as . Gardne r , son of

'

Ri ch ard and S arah .

El i z ab e th,bo rn S ep t . 9 , 1665, marri e d P e te r Coffin , son of Pe te r

and Abigai l ; al so m arri ed N ath an ie l B arn ard .

Nathan ie l 2d,born Augus t 9 , 1668 , d ied J an . 29 , 1 753 , marri ed

D i anah Coffin , daugh te r of J am es and Mary .

Je th ro,born Dec . 14 , 167 1 , d i ed Aug . 1 2 , 1 7 70, marri ed D orcas

Gaye r , daugh te r of W i l l i am and Do rcas , 1694 .

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Eun i ce , born Apri l 1 , 1674 , d i ed D ec . 2 , 1766 , marr i ed George Gard= ne r

,son of J oh n and P ri sc i l l a .

Pri sc i l l a , born ,d i ed March marr i ed J oh n Coleman

,

"

son of J oh n and J oann a .

H epseb e th , born Apri l 2 , 1680, d i ed Feb . 7 , 1740, marr i ed Thomas‘

H ath aw ay of D artmouth , M ass .

Barnabas , born d i ed S ep t . 2 1 , 1 732 .

Ann d ied young .

P auL

JETHRO , born D ec . 14 , 167 1 , d ied Aug . 1 2,1 770, marri ed O ct . 6 ,

. 1694 , Dorcas Gaye r, born 1675, d i ed Oc t . 1 1 , 1 747 . Ch i ldre n "

S arah , born 1697 , d i ed 1 789 , marr i ed J oh n .Macy,son of Joh n and

D eborah .

Wi ll i am,born 1699 , d ied 1760, marri e d A n n Folge r

,daugh ter of

P e te r ; also Lydi a Col eman .

Eun i ce,born 1 701 , d i ed Nov . 9 , 1 745, marr ied Dan ie l P i nkh am , son

o f R i ch ard and M ary .

Lyd i a,born 1 704 ,

- d i ed 1 751 , marr i ed B enj am in Barney of Rhode

: .I s l and .

Thomas,born Oct . 1 2 , 1 706 , d i ed J une 5, 1777 ; marri ed Rachel A l

" l e n,daugh te r of Edw ard and Ann .

Dorc as,born Feb . 13 , 1 7 10, died Oct . 1 7 10.

J oanna,born 1 7 1 2 , marri ed S y lvanus Al le n , son of Edward and

Ann .

Mary,born 1 7 15, d i ed 1 780, marr i ed R i ch ard M i tch e l l o f Rhode

‘

I s l and .

THOMA S S R .

,born Oct . 1 2 , 1 706 , d ied J an . 5, 1 777 , marr i ed A ug ,

' 1 726 , among Fri e nds , Rach e l A l len , born J an . 3 , 1 709 , d i ed May 30,. 1 789 . Ch i ld re n

S ylvanus,born Aug . 27 , . 1 827 , d i ed M ay 1 7 , 18 13 , marr i ed M ary

‘Howes,daugh te r of Thomas and Abigai l .

W i l l i am ,born M ay 8

,1 732 , d ied J u ne 3 , 18 12 , marr i e d M ary Folge r ,

" daugh te r of Dan i e l and Ab iga i l .Rach el

,born Apri l 20

,1735, di ed 1 775, marr i ed P aul Gardne r, so n

~~of S o lomon a nd Anna .

El iz abe th,born J u ne 24 , 1 738 , d ied S ept . 9 , 182 1 , marri ed Walte r

Folger, son of B arz il l a and Phoebe .

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ANNOTATIO 'N .

WAS PETER HALLOCK A MYTH ?

M rs . El i z abe th H al lock Corw in,grea t-granddaugh te r of Peter

H al l ock,w h o outl i ved h er gen e rat i o n and d ied at 99 , as by her grave

s tone ln Old Aquebogue , w as en amoured of h er ance s try ; and del igh ted to h and over th e fac ts of th e i r e arly se tt lem en t of Long I sl andto h er descendan ts . S h e almos t we ekly V i s i ted th e ol d homestead ofh er gre at-grandfath e r Pe te r

,of h e r grand fath e r Wil l i am

,and h er

fa th e r Pe te r J r . S h e s aid : My gre at-grand fathe r to ld h is wi fe i nEngl and [see page 390] th a t i f sh e would come ove r w i th h im , he ron ly son (H ow e l l ) Sho uld sh are w i th h i s ow n son (Wil l i am ) , and so h edi d : th e farm wh i ch h e gave h e r son How e l l l aid r igh t alongs i de ofh is ow n son ’s . Whe n th e sh i p cam e to th e shore i n S o utho ld , th epass enge rs d id n o t dare t o l and for fear of th e I nd i ans , bu t Pe terH al lock was a s t rong man and a bo ld m an , a nd h e s tepped ashorefi rS t . S o th e p lace w as cal led H al lock ’s N eck .

’ —H a tl ock A n cestry ,

1866 .

Read i ng be twe e n thes e l i ne s th e i nfe ren ce i s d i re c t th at Pe te r h ad

al ready V i s i ted Am e r i c a at som e prev i ous date ; th at h e came ove r

alone,and had a farm located at S o uthold ; th at fo l l ow i ng h i s w i fe

’s

consen t to h i s proposi t i on i n equi ty , th e re turn voyage was under

tak e n i n some ch ance vesse l th at was up fo r Ame r i ca , and th a t h e

was pu t ashore a t a po i n t fam i l i ar to h im , wh ich h as s i nce been known

as H al lock ’s Neck .

I n a d i re c t gene alogi c al l i ne from th i s w i tness,whose tes t imony

se ems to b e ve ry s trai gh t goods ,"we h ave th e fol l ow i ng s tatemen t

from he r gre at-granddaugh te r,M rs. Mary E . B en ed i ct , whose fath e r,

S amue l B aldwi n Corw i n,w as a son of E zra Corwi n , th e th i rd son of

S i l as Corw i n and E l i z abe th H al l ock,who were marr i ed J an . 13 , 1 753 .

8 1

The husband w as born i n 173 1 and d i ed March 1, 1806 ; th e w i fe i n

S ep t . , 173 1 , and d i ed Feb . 1 2 , 183 1 . Th ey l eft n i ne ch i ldre n : S i l as,

Amlah,Ez ra

,Mary

,Pe te r

,J abez

,El i zabe th

,Dani el

,and Ebene ze r .

Mrs . Bened i c t goes o n to s ay

My grandfathe r,Ezra Corwi n

,moved from Long I s l and to Orange

cou nty,N ew Yo rk

,i n 1800. H e w as gi ven at th at t ime a c an e

,w h i ch

Pe te r H al lock h anded down to th e oldes t son of e ach gene rati on,

wi th th e i ns truc tion th at th e i r n am e s sh ould be m arked o n the cane .

When give n to Grandfa the r Corwi n i t passed ou t of th e H al lockfami ly , and h ad th e fol l ow i ng fou r n am e s on i t : Pe te r H al lock , Pe te rH al lock

,Wm . H al lo ck

,Wm . H al lock . With th e cane w as al so to be

handed down th e assoc i at i on th at ne w a s th e fi rst w fi zte m a n to stepfoot on tne ea st en a

’

of L ong I sl a nd. That h e c am e from Englandand l anded on th e e ast end of Long I sl and at a po i n t l l c named H all ock ’s N eck . H e bough t l and from t h e I nd i ans and remai ned tw o

years . At th e e nd of two years h e re turn ed to Engl and and remai nedtw e l v e ye ars

,th en he re turned and l anded at S outho ld i n 1640, w i th a

w i fe and on e ch i ld . I c al cul ate from th e l apse of t ime th at h e l andedin th i s co untry fi rs t i n 1626 .

I n 1809 my grandfath e r moved to wh at i s now known as B lodge tt ’s M i l l s

,Cortland coun ty , N ew York , wi th h is fam i ly

,my fath e r

be i ng one ye ar old . My fath e r remai ned at h om e and cared fo r h i spare nts un ti l th ey d i ed

,and h e c ame i n to po ssess i on of the home s tead

and also the cane . I n 1847 fath e r re n ted h is tw o farms,and i n Ju n e

took h i s fam i ly to Wi scons i n fo r a v i s i t,and in th e e arly part o f th e

fol l ow i ng w in te r th e house on th e smal l farm , wh ich w as back up onth e h i l l

,and wh ere th e mos t of ou r household goods w e re s to red , w as

burned,and w i th i t th e c ane wh i ch fath e r val ued so h igh l y . He ofte n

us ed to say th at h e h ad i n te nded to tak e i t to A lbany and place i t i nth e care of th e H i s tor i c al S oc i e ty . I l e arned from an uncle s i n c e myflath e r ’s death th at i t h ad a gold head w i th a sperm wh al e

’s tooth ont e

'

top .

’

With regard to th i s re l at i on of M rs . Bened i c t,the R ev . Ephe r

Wh i ttake r,whose Skep ti c i sm regard i ng th e i n i t i al h istory of th e

H al locks on Long I sl and i s se t forth i n pp . 26 to 36 of h i s H is to ryof S outhold

,

" publ i sh ed tw enty-fi ve ye ars ago , has onl y to say th a t" l egends above a ce ntury away from th e transact i o ns w h i ch th ey

narrate h ave l i ttl e val ue,

" and adds th at h e wo u ld l i ke to see a co n

témporary documen t gi v i ng pr oof of Will i am H al lock ’s fath e r eve r

h av ing been i n Ameri ca,

" th ough he h as no h O pe of see i ng any such

documen t ." Late r -on , wri t i ng from Southo ld , he says more dec idedl y :

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There i s not a part i c l e of ev idence to b e found th at Pe te r H al lockwas e ve r he re . T h e s to ry of th e ‘th i r tee n men

’ com i ng toge the r w i thth e Rev . John Youngs , th e H al lock l and i ng , and th e nam ing of H allock ’s N e ck i s un true . T h e th i rtee n men of th e s to ry [w h ose nam esare g i ven] i n c l uded men o f diffe ren t gene rat ions . S ome of th emwere scarcel y born w h en oth ers of th em came h e re . I t i s pe rfe c tlyc e rta i n th at th ey n eve r came toge th e r h e re .

"

Now from M rs . Bened i c t ’s poi n t of V i ew ,Rev . W h i t take r i s qu i te

righ t abou t Pe te r no t be i ng one of a company of th i rtee n . I ndeed ,acco rd i ng to h e r tes timony , h e cou ld not h ave been , for h e c ame in1626 , and th ey no t un t i l 1640. He cam e as an adve n tu re r

,or argo

nau t,to i nv es tigate and i nvest

,i f th ere seemed to be a des i rab l e

ope n i ng , as H ampden d id i n Vi rgi n i a abou t th e same ti me . Th i s

was befo re th e per i od of ke en surve i l l ance wh i ch d is tre ssed departi ng

emigrants l ater on,whe n passenge r l i s ts we re scru t i n i z ed and sh ips em

bargoed,as i n th e c ase of th e "P i lgrim s" and "Puri tans

,

" when whol e

p ar i she s w i th th e i r m i n i s te rs wou ld at tempt to sai l toge th e r . These sob r i

que ts had not passed i n toc u rre n t vogue wh en P e te r H al l ock , or H o l

yoke,made h i s fi rst voyage

,and h e probably sh i pped as an i nd iv i dual

and i nconsequen t i al voyage r of the per i od . That h e w as a m an of con

siderab le means i s shown by h i s son Wi l l i am ’s tax b i l l in 1675, wh i ch

i s g ive n as £36 1 , equal to $ 1805, represent ing a l arge prope r ty forthose fal low t imes . I t m ay be ques t ioned wh e th e r h e was a P uri tan

at al l,or a P i lgri m per se , al though h i s pos te r i ty are m en tioned as

"godly peopl e,al l we l l-to-do

,go ing barefoot i n summer

,and eati ng wi th

S i l ver spoons ." All of wh i ch fac ts tal l y w i th th e hypo thes i s of H ol

y ok e antecedents and a gentl e extrac t ion . O n h i s second voyage h e

c ame ove r i n th e s am e sh i p wi th Rev . Youngs ’ N ew H ave n colo ny,

but not as a member of i t . Anyhow,h e very soon l eft for Long

I sl and to look afte r h i s p rev i ous l and i nves tmen ts, e s tabl i sh ed h im

sel f on th e ol d hom es te ad " bes i de th e w idow H owel l l o t,and— th e

rest i s und isputed h i s to ry .

Fo r o n e, I c on s ide r th es e old

" l ege nds,

" as Rev . Whi ttaker i s

p l e ased to cal l t hem,th e be s t o f c i rcumstant i a l e v ide nce

,espec i al ly

w he n backed by h e i rl ooms and i nscri p ti ons l i ke th ose wh i ch M rs.

Bened i c t s ays we re in ev ide nce for more th an tw o c en tur i es,un ti l l e ss

th an fi fty years ago and I h ave gre at re spec t for tradition as taugh t

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