Foote family, comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City
Foote, Abram William, 1862-1941
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AND HIS DESCENDANTS Also a partial record of Descendants of Pasco Foote, of Salem, Mass.; Richard Foote, of Stafford County, Va. ; and Harvey Bronson Foote, of Ohio Vol. II By ABRAM W. FOOTE,' 5979 Please send additional family records, and corrections if any, also all correspondence regarding purchase or sale of this book, to A. W. Foote Co., Middlebury, Vermont Free Press Printing Company BuRUNGTON, Vermont 1932 c t & o x* ^mh ■m^^mm- •'^'■- TABLE OF CONTENTS FOOTE FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Second to Meetings Will of JOHN FOOTE, Royston, England Will of ROBERT FOOTE, Shalford, England Brief Account of Colchester, England, Castle ROBERT FOOTE, of Royston, England, our Oldest known Ancestor. Descendants of NATHANIEL FOOTE, the Settler: First Generation, No. 1 Second Generation, No. 2 to No. 8 Third Generation, No. 9 to No. 20 Fourth Generation, No. 21 to No, 72 Fifth Generation, No. 72 to No. 232 Sixth Generation, No. 233 to No. 749 Seventh Generation, No. 750 to No. 1817 Eighth Generation, No, 1818 to No. 3299 Ninth Generation, No. 3300 to No. 4999 Tenth Generation, No. 5000 to No. 6999 Eleventh Generation, No. 7000 to No. 8999 Twelfth Generation, No. 9000 to No. 9999 Thirteenth Generation, No. 10000 to No. 10002 Descendants of PASO FOOTE, of Salem, Mass Descendants of HARVEY BRONSON FOOTE, of Ohio Descendants of RICHARD FOOTE, of Virginia INDEX r Copyright, 1932, by ABRAM W. FOOTE. I All rights reserved. DEC 1932 Nathaniel Foote Memorial, Wethersfield, Conn. Frontispiece Bouton, Eugene, 1733 (1) 777 Cartmell, Robert and Eleanor Foote, and Children, 7251 (2) 1094 Clay, Katharine Bouton, 1733 (1) 776 Colchester Castle, Colchester, England. 651 Colchester Castle in the Twelfth Century. 653 Colchester, Map of, in 1610 651 Foote, Abigail, 2298 933 Foote, Abram W., and Family, 5979 1095 Foote, Abram W., and Kate N. Foote, 5979 1094 Foote, Alma, 2302 933 Foote, Betsey, 2297 933 Foote, Edward Hibbard, 4305 965 Foote, Electa, 2303 933 Bpoote, Elial Todd, 4588 977 "Foote, Fred J., and Family, 4802 976 Foote, Henry M., 3103 650 Foote, Lewis Arthur, 5006 1003 Foote, Lewis Boyden, 3497 1053 Foote, Lucus, 2300 933 Foote, Mabel Estelle, 5115 1095 Foote, Marcus, 2301 933 Foote, Mark Alpha, 3780 932 Foote, Norman Brainerd, 2747 965 Foote, Orlando Knox, 3302 1005 Foote, Rhoda, 2299 933 Foote, Samuel, 2296 933 Foote, Ulysses Grant, 4204 976 Foote, Verona, 2304 933 Foote, William R., and Claribel Hulett, 7251 1094 McCreery, Helen McGregor, 3356 (1) 897 McGregor, Harriet Shuler, 3356 (1) 897 Mott, Barbara E, 7252 (2) 1095 St. James' Church. Colchester, England 647 St. James' Church, Cloister of 647 Shalford, England, Residence 646 Shalford, England, Village Street 646 Treadwell, Valeria Gray Foote, 4586 977 Tullidge, Dr. George Bowler, 2308 (3) 896 Walker, Dr. Helen G., 1732 (4) (c) (ii) 896 Wethersfield, England 651 PREFACE Twenty-five years have passed since I published Volume I of the Foote History and Genealogy. Hardly had Volume I been delivered before I began to receive new data. Many descendants, unknown to us, were able to give their connections as soon as they read the book and some back to the sixth and seventh generation. This made it necessary to use fractional numbers. Errors will get in, however, we have made all corrections that have been sent to us in Volume I, that we know of and proofs have been returned to all for corrections as far as possible. Family records printed in the Genealogy are of more value even than gravestones and will last as long as we have histories and records of any kind. We have included the parents of those who married into the family and this will be invaluable to future generations. No doubt there are many errors and mistakes in the work. I certainly have done my best to make it as accurate as I could, sparing neither labor nor expense in that effort. Not often, indeed, would the same data from different sources agree as to dates and even names. Those finding minor errors or even important errors, I ask, under these circumstances. The difficulties of the situation, to be as considerate and generous as is possible. I further ask all readers of this who discover any errors to write me of them, and also to send me any new, further and additional family data that I have failed to secure, making it clear and plain where it should come in. The work, though tedious, trying and taxing, has afforded me great pleasure as the picture unfolded and, as I, from time to time, secured information which for months it seemed impossible to get. No one, not having done such work, has any idea of the patience, application, and persistence required to prosecute such a task. But for the kindly words and generous help that I have received when I began and as the work progressed, I fear I should have abandoned the undertaking. This sympathy and help with the attendant growth of the work from week to week and month to month stimulated and pushed me on. No one who has not "taken a hand" in such work, can be fully conscious of the pride that comes to one as his work grows, develops, and fills up as he every now and then steals from the darkness of the past, a name, or it may be a family fast sinking into historical oblivion. To do this fills one with the thought that he has Done something, accomplished something, saved something. And all this, too, with no thought of gain or even full reward other than unknown and unlisped "Thank you" now and then, here and there about the country and especially in the years to come. Perhaps that is sufficient. It will have to suffice at any rate. And with it all comes to me the conviction that it is a pretty good family. I have not come across a felon or anyone imprisoned for crime. The work is filled, as those who scan its pages will observe, with the names of grand and noble men and women, with many teachers, ministers, legislators, lawyers, judges and successful business men, some of whom have attained distinguished prominence in their respective fields of labor. I would like to express my thanks to all who have so kindly aided and assisted me, but it would take too great space. I must, however, express my obligations to some of those who have taken a deep interest in the work and aided me very much. Among those I would name, to wit: Mrs. Edward C. Atwater, Nettie A. Bangs, Clara Beers, Celia Foote Blackledge, Clara Greer Bell, Eugene Bouton, Charles P. Brown, Charles Burnet, Mrs. Emma F. Craft, Lutred Elliott, Burt Foote, Edward H. Foote, Henry M. Foote, Joel Lindsley Foote, Lewis Arthur Foote, Lewis B. Foote, Marcus (Mark) A. Foote, Martin Van Buren Foote, Nathaniel Foote, Judge Nathaniel Foote. Ora Belle Foote, W. B. Foote, Ulysses Grant Foote, Dorothy Foster, Mary Hakes, Claribel Haydock, Edith Munson, Lucia Corson Shawhan, Ernest B. Walker, and Frenette Warnock. We have extended and included all descendants when they were interested as we realized that they were just as important and have as much Foote blood in them even if their names were not the same. This book would not have been published at this time, but for the persistent efforts on the part of my beloved wife, Kate Nichols Foote, who insisted that I must publish Volume II at this time as there was so much data that could not otherwise be placed. Many details were looked after by her and my granddaughter, Barbara E. Mott, who typed every word of the text. Miss Clara Belle Nefi for weeks faithfully worked on the index and Mr. G. E. Little, Superintendent of the Free Press Printing Company, and his assistants who not only printed the book, but corrected errors that would get in. And now, with this prefatory story of the work of the history of its preparation and its aims and purposes, with its trials and burdens, I feelingly and respectfully submit it to the kindly and considerate favor and judgment of the descendants of Nathaniel Foote living and to those that shall appear in the years to come. ABRAM W. FOOTE, Middlebury, Vt. KEY TO THE NUMBERING OF ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS The numbers after the parent's name are his ancestors in regular order and indicate his generation. Nathaniel Foote, the settler, is the first number and the only one in this generation. As example: William R. Foote, No. 7251 (page 1119); his father is No. 5979; grandfather is RolHn A., No. 4712; great-grandfather, Abram, No. 3126; great-great-grandfather, David, No. 1675, and so on back to No. 1, Nathaniel, the settler. The descendants of a daughter born to the name of "Foote" will be indicated as follows: Her children by (1), (2), etc.; her grandchildren by (a), (b), etc.; her great-grandchildren by (1), (ii), etc.; and her great-great-grandchildren by (A), (B), etc., and the next generation by (Al), (A2), etc. The small numbers after the name indicate the generation. FOOTE FAMILY ASSOCIATION [The first meeting of the Foote Family Association is fully reported in Volume I, pages 11 to 16.] At the first meeting of the Foote Family Association, at Wethersfield, June 5, 1907, nearly everyone was surprised to find that there was not a marker of any kind to locate the graves of any of our ancestors in the Wethersfield Cemetery, and Judge Abram W. Foote, of Middlebury, Vt., Dr. Lewis N. Foote, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and John A. Foote, of Catskill, N.Y., were appointed a Committee with power to solicit subscriptions for. and to place in the town of Wethersfield a suitable Memorial to Nathaniel Foote, the settler. A notice of the plan with a subscription blank was placed in the first report of the Association and, Apr. 4, 1908, a general appeal was sent out by the Committee. Dr. Lewis N. Foote interested C. L. N. Camp, of New Haven, and they originated the general design as carried out, but, owing to the ill health of Doctor Foote, he was obliged to withdraw from all active work, Mar. 13, 1908, and J. Merrill Foote, of Newark, N. J., was appointed on Doctor Foote's recommendation to take his place on the Committee. The Memorial is of Barre, Vt., granite, rough hewn and is seven and one-half feet high by four feet by three and one-half feet on the base. On the south face, this inscription is cut in large block letters: Nathaniel Foote The Settler Born in England 1593 Died in Wethersfield 1644 Erected by the Foote Family Association of America on the Original Home Lot September 17, 1908 This is surmounted by a bronze electric lamp eight feet high, making the total height fifteen feet six inches. The base rests on a concrete foundation, seven feet deep. In the foundation under the base is a sealed copper box, containing a copy of the "Foote Genealogy," 1908; Report of the first meeting of the Foote Family Association, list of Subscriptions to the Memorial fund, and of the members of the Association. The lamp is connected by wire through the bronze shaft, down through the center of stone and foundation and in the center of stone. Direct across road to pole, and electric light line. The Committee have counselled the Board of Management, and the following meetings of the Board of Management and the Committee have been held: A meeting of the Board of Management was called at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York, N.Y., Jan. 25, 1908. Present: J. Merrill Foote, of Newark, N.J. Dr. Lewis N. Foote, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Nathaniel Foote, of New York, N.Y. E.V. Foote, of New York, N.Y. Abram W. Foote, of Middlebury, Vt. Col. John A. Foote, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was invited to sit with the Board. It was voted that J. Merrill Foote act as Chairman. The Monument Committee presented plans of the Memorial to be executed at Wethersfield, Conn., which were accepted subject to some changes. It was moved and carried that the Chairman appoint a committee of three to prepare a program for the dedication exercises and Col. John H. Foote, Dr. Lewis N. Foote and J. Merrill Foote were appointed. Voted that the Monument be unveiled on June 3, 1908. Adjourned. Several representatives of monumental works were present. In the evening an informal reception was held. ABRAM W. FOOTE, Secretary. A meeting of the Board of Management was called to meet at the Globe Hotel, Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1908. Present: Judge Nathaniel Foote, of Rochester, N.Y. J. Merrill Foote, of Newark, N.J. Abram W. Foote, of Middlebury, Vt. Of the Board, and John A. Foote, of Catskill, N.Y., of the Memorial Committee. As there was not a quorum present, the meeting was informal. The situation was gone over, and discussed at length, and on account of the strike, it was thought impossible to get the Monument ready by June 3. A meeting of the Board of Management of the Foote Family Association of America was called to order at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York, N.Y., May 2, 1908, at 2 P.M. Present: Judge Nathaniel Foote, Rochester, N.Y., President. John Crocker Foote, Belvidere, Ill., Vice-President. Abram W. Foote, Middlebury, Vt., Secretary and Treasurer. Nathaniel Foote, New York, N.Y. J. Merrill Foote, Newark, N.J. E.V. Foote, New York, N.Y. John A. Foote, Catskill, N.Y., of the Memorial Committee. FOOTE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY be elected by a ballot at each regular meeting of the Association, and four shall constitute a quorum. IV. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Association. A Vice-President, in the absence of the President, shall preside and perform the duties as President. The Secretary and Treasurer shall conduct all correspondence, keep in his book a full and distinct record of all the transactions of the Association and shall call all meetings of the Board, with the approval of the President, and shall call all meetings of the Association as directed by their vote, or by the Board in case of change. He shall keep an accurate list of all its members. He shall collect, receive and pay out all moneys, subject to the order of the Board of Management, and keep a correct account of all moneys received and expended and render a written account at each regular meeting of the Association. The Association may decide its next place and time of meeting, or in default. Of so doing, the Board shall fix time and place, and the Board may change time and place if in their judgment such change becomes desirable. It was voted to ask all members to send their photographs to the Historian, Nathaniel Foote, 80 Broadway, New York, for preservation. It was moved and seconded that the Secretary have printed a full report of this meeting and of the Dedication exercises at the unveiling of the Nathaniel Foote Memorial. The Committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's account reported that they had performed their duties and found the report correct; after some discussion, it was voted to hold the next meeting of the Association at Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 9 and 10, 1909. The meeting was then turned into a social session which lasted until 11 o'clock. DEDICATION OF THE NATHANIEL FOOTE MEMORIAL Thursday A.M. was occupied by visiting the various places of interest at Wethersfield, including the church and graveyard; the Webb house where General Washington stayed shortly before the Battle of Yorktown, and the large elm tree on the Robert Foote place, and the home lot of Nathaniel Foote the settler, where the lunch was served at noon, near the Memorial. By 2 o'clock there were about four hundred present. On the bank of the highway just east of the Memorial where the exercises were held, many chairs were placed for the visitors and the townspeople. The children from the high school were also present and sang patriotic songs. During the exercises, the speakers' platform was near the monument and nearby a large national flag was displayed. The monument, up to the time of the unveiling, was draped in the national colors. 620 FOOTE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY Hon. Nathaniel Foote, president of the Association, conducted the exercises, and in response to his invitation, prayer was offered by Rev. George L. Clark, pastor of the Wethersfield Congregational Church. The school children then sang "America." PRES. NATHANIEL FOOTE The opening address was made by Pres. Nathaniel Foote, of the Association, who spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: More than two and three-quarter centuries have passed since the man we know as Nathaniel Foote the Settler first came to this spot. He came from the Atlantic Coast with a small company of adventurers to establish for themselves homes in the wilderness here on the banks of the majestic Connecticut River. They were Englishmen, dissatisfied with the conditions under which they had lived in their own country, and especially with the lack of religious liberty, and were embued with a spirit of adventure and enterprise to improve their condition and to give to their offspring a better opportunity in life than was possible in the old country. They found here an absolute wilderness, and in their journey from the coast they were obliged to make their way through the primeval forest with no roads to follow, save the paths of the wild beasts and the trails of the savage. They were compelled while on this most difficult journey and for years after their arrival to be on their guard against the treacherous attacks of these savages who infested them on every side concealed by the dense forests. It is impossible for us at this day to realize the dangers and hardships of the life they led during the first long and dreary years of their struggle. We know, however, that the conditions in which they lived put a severe strain upon their powers of endurance, and that some of them fell by the wayside and died while yet comparatively young men. Among those was the ancestor of the Foote family whose name and memory we honor today. He had barely reached middle life, when he was compelled to lay down his burden, leaving his widow and family of young children to a fate, which must have appeared to him and them as full of peril with the outcome dark and foreboding. But he had done his great work better than he knew. He had established his family in America and no adverse fortune of a serious nature was destined to overtake those for whom he had made such sacrifices and endured such hardships. He had founded a family in America and assisted in the opening and development of a new country in the Western Hemisphere. It was not given to him to know the result of his experiment and no doubt he died in the fear that it might prove an utter failure. But of this we may be sure, that in his wildest hopes and dreams he never pictured to himself, his family attaining to anything like its present character, magnitude or importance, or his new country rising to be one of the great independent powers of the world and containing upwards of eighty millions of people. What a bewildered man he would be if he could open his eyes upon the scenes and people with which we are familiar today. The records which remain of the landed estate, which our ancestor left to his family indicate that he had been one of the thrifty and fairly successful members of the little community in which he lived, but no record or tradition survives to show otherwise what manner of man he was. We do not know that he achieved any special distinction among his fellows during his short life, nor can we say that he possessed any exceptional high qualities of mind or heart, such as mankind is accustomed to commemorate by memorials or monuments. We have no reason to believe he was a statesman, a soldier, an orator, or a poet. He was in all probability a plain ordinary average man among his fellows with no right or title to special distinction above the others, and quite likely if he were here today not the least of his bewilderment would arise from the fact that a monument had been erected to him in a public place in Wethersfield. What then is the reason or excuse for the monument which we dedicate today? It certainly is not to be found in the motives which have hitherto led to the placing in public places of memorials to the dead, nor yet in the sentiment which leads to the marking or ornamentation or decoration of graves. It is I think rather the expression of the idea or sentiment embodied in the homely maxim, "Blood is thicker than water." We of this Association are a part of the now great family founded by this man in this country. We are something more to each other because we each have some of his blood in our veins. We express by this monument our wish that our common descent from this one man should not be forgotten. We also express our debt of gratitude to him for his courage and self-sacrifice in crossing the seas to these forbidding shores whereby we have been allowed to live our lives in circumstances nowhere surpassed for health, happiness and prosperity and under a form of government which we think the very best. How else could we so fitly express these feelings and sentiment as by a monument to the memory of the man whose fortitude and good judgment made it possible for us to enjoy these blessings. This monument would be quite out of place, however, except in Wethersfield. Here amid the scenes of his American life, and as is believed on land which was a part of his homestead lot, its true purpose and significance will not be misunderstood. Here, too, it will be of some interest to the resident and the casual visitor recalling the name and memory of one of that heroic company of English pioneers who started here a spring of human life, the flow of which gathering strength and volume in the succeeding years has crossed the broad continent and branching has formed in nearly every state a stream of human life which owns Wethersfield as its American source. Rightly then do we honor the name and memory of our ancestor here in this historic town, and let us hope that others may be like minded as ourselves, and that here, on soil deeply interesting and almost sacred to that large body of Americans who have descended from its first settlers may arise a suitable memorial to that small company of hardy pioneers, testifying to the world the respect for their memory and achievements held by their descendants of the present day. We have described our ancestor upon this monument as "Nathaniel Foote the Settler." He was not, of course, the first settler of Wethersfield, though he was one of them. No individual was the first settler of Wethersfield. Mr. Goodwin, who published the first genealogy of the Foote family in 1849, gave him the name "The Settler," because he was the first of his family to settle in America, and so he has since been known by the family. To others the designation may sometimes not be understood or prove misleading, but there was no other designation or description. So suitable to place upon his monument or which so easily and quickly indicated to members of the family his identity and we hope it will be regarded as not inappropriate. 622 FOOTE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY ADDRESS BY HON. HENRY M. FOOTE The address of presentation of the Memorial to the people of Wethersfield was made by Hon. Henry M. Foote, of Washington, D.C., who spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: There can be no progress or development except through unceasing toil, courageous action, or at the expense of life itself. The march of human progress is onward and upward and we are continually casting aside old methods and adopting new ideas which are required to meet our constantly advancing social and economic conditions. Our civilization is the outgrowth of centuries, and comes to us as the product of bitter contests. It is the harvest which has been gathered from the fields of human experience and wisdom from which the noxious growths of ignorance, superstition, and oppression have been eradicated. The school of practical experience is necessary in order that we may not only profit by our accomplishments or mistakes, but also by those of others. We live not Only for ourselves but for humanity, and the conduct of a single life may shape the course and destiny of many others. No great reforms are ever accomplished without strenuous opposition, and those who advocate and defend them always receive the bitter denunciations of their fellow citizens. And so it is that no lasting good is ever obtained for the benefit of mankind without patient endeavor or unselfish sacrifice. Man's humanity for man is the most noble attribute given to the human race, and it became fully exemplified when the Man of Sorrows, bruised, bleeding, and maligned, suffered death upon the cross. It matters not whether the conduct of an individual is prompted by personal considerations, or a desire to benefit humanity, the success which comes as a result of such endeavor in either case has its influence, and to a more or less extent controls the action and shapes the destiny of others. This influence is without limitation in its effect upon human conduct; it may be that the example of a patriotic, generous, or even a personal act, will at once arouse a spirit of emulation and start in motion an impulse that will elevate and benefit all who may come within the sphere of its operation. Or it is possible that it will require years before the effect of such influence is fully demonstrated. One may suffer and become a martyr in a righteous cause or may wage a battle in its defense, or possibly leave friends and all that is dear by reason of hallowed associations in order to escape the consequences of wrong and injustice. In either case, the act is an example of a devotion to an honest conviction and not only adds virtue and permanence to virtue. It, but gives to the world an illustration of a life dedicated to a just and noble purpose. The progress of our republic has been accomplished through the efforts of its best and bravest men who, as pioneers along the pathway of its sublime grandeur, have led the way for humanity to follow. We honor the man who becomes the champion of a just and honest cause; such a person arouses the admiration of all mankind and at once becomes a public benefactor, and his devotion to principle should be written in history, and carved upon enduring tablets in order that coming generations may have the benefit of his noble example. We have met here today in this beautiful town, distinguished by its sacred and historic memories, to do honor to a man whose life and services for the benefit of humanity rounded up to the full measure of these considerations. Forsaking the shores of that land which gave him birth he looked out upon the broad expanse of sea and sky toward the New World, and with a resolution born of hope, and a sublime confidence in the justice of his cause, he sailed away to these shores, giving to the world for all time the example of a devotion to a righteous principle which, during the existence of our republic, has been the foundation of its greatness and the chief cornerstone. Of our civilization. I do not care to speak in detail of the causes which led the Puritans to these shores. Suffice to say they came hither not as an invading army resolved upon conquest; but actuated by a desire to escape oppression, they led the way as peaceful pioneers and, upon that wild and desolate shore, established the foundations of a future government which, through their patient toil and sacrifices, they dedicated to the cause of justice and the sacred rights of ordered liberty. Nathaniel Foote, one of the pioneers of whom we speak and whose memory his descendants are honoring today, came from Watertown, Mass., here in 1635. There were only a few of that little band of sixty adventurers who started with him on that journey that had the fortitude to withstand the rigors of a New England winter and he was one of them. No friends were here to welcome him as weary and well nigh exhausted, he reached this place which was to become the scene of his future activities; true, a few of his companions who survived that dreadful experience were with him and they, with the natives who were to the manor born, constituted all the associates which he had. We find him, however, in a short time locating upon a house lot on what was afterwards named Broad Street, and thereafter becoming the owner of several hundred acres in this beautiful valley adjoining your town. Of the early experiences of our ancestor and his associates amid their new surroundings, we have only a meager history and much is left to imagination to conjecture, but this we do know, that notwithstanding all the vicissitudes incident to that experience and their constant defense against the fierce attacks of a sullen and bloodthirsty foe, they laid upon this historic spot the foundations of your present prosperity and sank deep into your soil the pillars upon which has been erected the sovereign structure of your imperial state. A year ago last June, a few members of our Association met here and formed our present organization. We were received by the good people of this town with a cordiality that will continue to be a pleasant reminder of that visit for years and years to come. We were shown the old church in which the descendants of our ancestor used to worship at the same time that the Father of his country listened to the preaching of the divine word. We walked through the old churchyard where the remains of that first settler and some of his descendants have reposed for more than two hundred and fifty years. And we stood under the spreading branches of your historic elm planted by none other than our progenitor himself to make a corner of the boundary of his possessions. And having thus been brought face to face, many of us for the first time, with these historic scenes, there seemed to be a general expression that we, his descendants, should erect a memorial in honor of his memory. This expression of our desire was met by a generous offer of The people here to set apart in the public park a suitable plot of ground for that purpose, with the result that we are here today to witness the consummation of our project. There is precedent, Sir, for the erection of this memorial. We read in Holy Writ that Moses in his pilgrimage through the wilderness built an altar as a sign that Jehovah would have war with Amalek from generation to generation; and we read that the Tribes of Israel built an altar in borders of Jordan that it might be a witness between themselves and other tribes. We read also of the Obelisks, the Pyramids and the monuments of Greece and Rome, all erected in commemoration of important events and of the lives and public services of illustrious men. From those early days of antiquity down through the ages the people of all nations during all generations have erected monuments in honor of patriotic sacrifice for the benefit of humanity. And so we, the representatives of our honored and distinguished ancestor, have erected this Monument here which is to stand for all time as a token of the veneration and respect which we have for him and also because through the sacrifices of himself and his associates there was laid upon This spot, the foundations of a state which has so nobly contributed, through the patriotism and stability of its people, to the permanency of our Federal Union. And now, Mr. Chairman, in behalf of the Foote Family Association of America, it gives me great pleasure to present this Memorial which we, the descendants of Nathaniel Foote, have erected to his memory, to the town of Wethersfield, confident that the same generous spirit of its citizens which contributed to its erection will care for and protect it through all coming generations. The Monument was then unveiled by J. Merrill Foote, of Newark, and as the flag fell from the Monument all arose and greeted the event with applause. ACCEPTANCE BY E. HART FENN The acceptance of the Memorial in behalf of the Town of Wethersfield was made by E. Hart Fenn, who said: Mr. President and Descendants of Nathaniel Foote: As one in pleasant journey passes through the early settlements of our beloved New England, he finds by roadside and at village center lasting memorials of the olden times, appropriately designated in monuments of stone or in tablets of bronze. It is thus that the New Englander expresses his gratitude for and appreciation of the sterling qualities of the men, who, coming to the land from a foreign soil, brought forth here a new system of government, the cornerstone of which was liberty. By these monuments along the wayside are kept alive those splendid traditions handed down to us by the forefathers; that civil and religious freedom is not merely a sentimental term, but a deep-rooted and Achievement of the past, and the future of the nation. In accordance with this New England custom, we are assembled here, in ancient Wethersfield, this bright September afternoon, to do honor to one of those founders of the town; one who, here on the very banks of the beautiful Connecticut, in company with his fellows from this town and with the men of the sister towns of Hartford and Windsor, under the leadership of the Immortal Hooker, promulgated that great instrument, "The Fundamental Orders," a simple writing in itself, yet which stands as the first written declaration of constitutional government. An instrument to which honor is today paid by every free republic on this earth, and which has its place side by side with Magna Charta and the Declaration of Independence, as an exponent of the rights of a people determined by the people. As has been well said, to found a state under any circumstances has ever been counted among the great works of great men — but to found a state in which the equal rights of all men are so well guarded, in The wilderness amid the trials of frost and famine, and with the daily, hourly, hourly, constant apprehension of assault and butchery from the savage, is no common event in the world's history, and should ever be remembered by those who have enjoyed its protection. Nathaniel Foote was of that sterling band which founded the Connecticut commonwealth and in doing honor to him today we do honor to ourselves and to our state. It is for us of the present generation to ever bear in mind the traditions which he and his fellow adventurers have handed down to us and to catch as far as we may the living spirit which sustained them in their work of founding a commonwealth; in which liberty is sustained by law, and law is softened by the spirit of liberty, and in which both are held in check by religion and education. Mr. President and Descendants of Nathaniel Foote: This granite is symbolic of the strong and enduring qualities of "the settler," your ancestor, and the handsome light above is a guarantee that his influence and that of his fellows shall continue to send its inspiring rays down through future generations. In behalf of the towns-people of Wethersfield I have the honor to accept this worthy Monument to a worthy man. After the adoption of resolutions of thanks to the Memorial Committee and the Residents of Wethersfield, the exercises were brought to a close by the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner," in which all present united. NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WHO JOINED BETWEEN JUNE 5, 1907, AND SEPTEMBER 16, 1908 Numbers in the Genealogy Jennie G. (Foote) Crichton 122 Erie St., Syracuse, N. Y. Dr. E. A. Foote and Mrs. E. A. Foote...216-221 Paxton Block, Omaha, Neb. Helen A. Warner Nutting 230 West 107th St., New York, N. Y. Carolyn Foote Campbell (Mrs. Wellington) Short Hills, N. J. Chas. B. Foote Corn Exchange Bank, Chicago, Ill. 1812. Ellen Foote Reed (Mrs. Charles) 34 Hinsdale St., Dorchester, Mass. 4331. Lucy Foote Morehouse. Big Rapids, Mich. 4952. Deville V. Foote Scranton, Pa. 3609. Ann Eliza Foote Pine Washington C. H., Ohio 4431. Eva F. Porter New London, Huron Co., Ohio 773. (1) (b) Malcolm H. Augell Etna, N. J. 2028. George Foote Soldiers' Home, Sandusky, Ohio 5717. Leigh Snell Foote Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y. 1876. (1) Russell Foote Stryker Bound Brook, N. J. 4972. Ellen Foote Van Leuven Lime Springs, Iowa 3497. Lewis B. Foote 7813 Franklin Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 2167. Cynthia Ann (Foote) Smith Bloomfield, Conn. 3637. Myrtha Eloise (Foote) Johnson 14 Westland St., Hartford, Conn. 4060. Truman Sherman Foote 51 Fountain St., New Haven, Conn. 626 FOOTE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY Numbers in the Genealogy 4061. Mary Dana (Foote) Farnham 51 Fountain St., New Haven, Conn 4063. Herrick Orville Foote 51 Fountain St., New Haven, Conn 4612. Mary (Foote) Mack Sandusky, Ohio 3528. Francis S. Foote 67 Myrtle Ave., Montclair, N. J 3528. Addie S. Foote 67 Myrtle Ave., Montclair, N. J 5159. Francis S. Foote, Jr 67 Myrtle Ave., Montclair, N. J 5160. Edna A. Foote 67 Myrtle Ave., Montclair, N. J 5674. Martha Foote Merna, Neb 3796. Maj. Stephen M. Foote Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, La 3479. Joel L. Foote Brooklyn Sta., Cleveland, Ohio 2037. Susie Foote 868 Scranton Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 2037. Ellen Foote 868 Scranton Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 510. (3) Miss Sarah B. Hammond Rome, N. Y. 3299. Mrs. Jennie F. Pullen 20 East Elm St., Greenwich, Conn. 3297. Edith H. Foote, Greenwich, Conn. 6119. Arthur E. Foote, 802 North Division St., Creston, Iowa 3127. (4ali) Bessie Ellen Hamilton, Crown Point Center, Essex Co., N.Y. 3127. (4bi) Clara Mae Labene, 858 Boulevard, Bayonne, N.J. 3795. Warren Milo Trude (Foote) Warsaw, Wis. 4333. Stephen Wilbur Foote 28 Franklin Ave., Lockport, N. Y. 5740. Vincey Foote Sonyea, N. Y. 5744. Seneca John Foote Sonyea, N. Y. 2487. Melville B. Foote Aitkin, Minn. 1781. Charles S. Foote 238 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, Mass. 1781. Amelia H. Foote (Mrs. C. S. Foote). 238 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, Mass. 1781. Amelia H. Foote (Mrs. C. S. Foote). 238 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, Mass. 4624. Grace N. (Foote) Mix 77 Chapman St., Waterbury, Conn. 3374. John Crocker Foote Belvidere, Ill. 3375. Harriet Foote Havens 118 West Garden St., Rome, N. Y. 3000. John M. Foote Northford, Conn. 4951. George H. Foote Mt. Vernon, Ill. 3644. Florence Foote Leuer 437 North Main St., Poplar Bluff, Mo. 2921. (1) Prof. George Lucius Collie Beloit, Wis. 1604. (1) (a) Maj. L. R. D. Fayling Toledo, Ohio 1189. (a) B. K. James San Antonio, Tex. 4663. G. Clifford Foote 377 Lenox St., New Haven, Conn. 3021. George L. Foote 377 Lenox St., New Haven, Conn. 4662. Frederick W. Foote 377 Lenox St., New Haven, Conn. 3513. James C. Foote 111 Adelphi St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 5145. John H. Foote 470 Sixth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 1869. John Foote New Berlin, N. Y. 3330. Frederick Foote Turnersville, Tex. 1872. (2) George Cole Miller 144 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. 1872. (2a) Vilroy Cole Miller 144 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. 4459. W. L. Foote and Mrs. W. L. Foote 225 Wells St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 4360. Edwin Hawerly Foote  Genealogy 96P. Eliza C. Noble 64 Court St., Westfield, Mass. 95P. George W. Foote 73 Bradford St., Pittsfield, Mass. 4612. (Mrs. I. F.) Mary Foote Mack Sandusk, Ohio 4612. (1) Cora M. Robinson Longmeadow, Mass. 510. (3) Sarah B. Hammond 402 N. Washington St., Rome, N. Y. 4612. I. F. Mack Sandusky, Ohio 3832. Charles P. Foote Pawtucket, R. I. 760. (3) Mrs. Philo Bevin East Hampton, Conn. 760. (5) (Mrs. C. H.) Helen Bliss Case Pittsfield, Mass. 825. (1) (a) Miss Mary E. B. Aldrich 376 E. Main St., Battle Creek, Mich. 4952. Deville Foote 1123 W. Elm St., Scranton, Pa. 757. (3) Lucy Abigail Brainard 4 Atwood St., Hartford, Conn. 2484. James E. Foote Nebraska City, R. F. D. No. 2 757. Alice Louise Brainard 48 Huntington St., Hartford, Conn. 4951. Geo. H. Foote Mt. Vernon, 111. 10 37. Charles Foote Glastonbury, Conn. 2994. Amanda (Foote) Vining Silver Lane, East Hartford, Conn. 4695. Arthur Terre Foote 121 Lawrence St., New Haven, Conn. 4003. H. P. Foote Canton Center, Conn. 2996. Henry Foote Silver Lane, East Hartford, Conn. 3295. Gilbert F. Foote 31 S. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 3295. Clara Williams Foote 31 S. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 4943. Andrew Giraud Foote 31 S. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 4944. Gilbert Flagler Foote, Jr 31 S. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 3633. Elizur V. Foote 253 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. 3096. John A. Foote Catskill, N. Y. 3096. Mrs. John A. Foote Catskill, N. Y. 3800. Julius Merrill Foote 301 Ogden St., Newark, N. J. 2570. Mrs. Olive Foote Downers Grove, Ill. 1242. (3) (d) Mrs. L. Mack Payne Hinsdale, Mass. 1242. (3) (e) Miss Charlotte E. Tuttle 15 Blagden St., Boston, Mass. 1024. (1) Miss Imogene Bacon (B. S.) South Glastonbury, Conn. 753. (Amaziah Brainard Hartford, Conn. 753. (Mrs. Amaziah Brainard Hartford, Conn.) 