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In the church of St. Werbarges is an alabaster stone which once bore a plate, that some vandal has carried off, on which was inscribed the burial of this Lord Bishop Lloyd, and I was fortunate enough to secure an Eng- lish translation of the Latin inscription as copied: "An untimely death has shut up in this Tomb the heart of George Lloyd whose memory is recorded in Chester, Who was by race a Welshman, Educated at Cambridge, a Doctor of Theology and a leader of Theologians. He directed and benefited the Bishopric of Soder and Man, presiding over it for a term of five years. His mother England recalled her Son and deemed him Worthy to possess the Bishopric of Chester where Eleven Seasons having passed away — not without storms of trouble ; he died lamented and worthy to be lamented in the fifty-fifth year of his age and on the first day of the month of August 1615. Neither was there shame in his life nor shame in his death." At the east end towards the south side of the same Quire, on a brass plate is mentioned the burial of a famous civilian, Dr. John Lloyd, LL.D. " Here lies John Lloyd a Cambritriton Doctor of Laws, for forty years advo- cate in the Canterbury Court of Arches, London; together with Elizabeth his most beloved wife : daughter of Thomas Figgot of Dodders-hall in the County of Bucks. An Esquire of ancient nobility and together with their niece Eliza- beth, and their daughter Francisca wife of David Yale, Doctor of Laws. The said wife Elizabeth died the 12th December 1590. The niece Elizabeth died 4th October 1591. The aforesaid John lived 7-4 years devoted towards God, just toward all men. To whomsoever he could he did good. He injured no one. At length he entered upon the way of all flesh 20 February 1607 English style." Another Brass to Thomas Shedey, Chaplain to the Lord Bishop George Lloyd. Died 9th Feb. 1617. At Wrexham, Wales, I was most enjoyably entertained by Mr. Alfred Neobold Palmer, F.C.S., author of the most interesting and valuable his- tories of the Town and Parish of Wrexham. The history of the parish church of Wrexham, " one of the four wonders of Wales," in the chancel of which are tablets to the Yale family, and in the churchyard the monu- ment to Elihu Yale lately restored by the corporation of Yale College in grateful remembrance for his timely aid with money and other values. It is said he left a will bequeathing money to the college which bore his name at the time of his death, July 1721, but as it was not executed his son in law objected to the bequest and it was never paid. To Mr. Palmer I now give thauks for his truly English hospitality, not only at his house beauti- fully situated, but for a lovely excursion to Plas Grono, a property near Wrexham purchased by Elihu Yale soon after his return from India. The site of the mansion house is now occupied by a farm house, but the kitchen garden surrounded by a wall built by Governor Yale is extant. My brief visit of a few hours at Wrexham prevented an excursion to Plas yu Yale, the seat of the Yale family for centuries. C hi * A 84 Richard Tucker of Machegonne, Me. [Jan. SOME FACTS ABOUT RICHARD TUCKER, THE FIRST SETTLER OF MACHEGONNE (PORTLAND), MAINE. By Charles Edward Banks, M.D., of Washington, D. C. The history of Portland, Maine, under English occupation, be- gins with the arrival of George Cleeves and Richard Tucker on the neck of land then called in the Indian tongue Machegonne, imme- diately after their ejection from their Spurwink (Scarborough) pos- sessions, in the latter part of 1632, and from that time forth the senior partner occupies the front of the stage with his political machinations and personal quarrels, to the exclusion of Tucker, who was joint owner and should be joint recipient of the honors ac- corded to his noisome ally as the father of the metropolis of Maine. This brief paper is designed to add some facts to our knowledge of the man who helped to found the city. When Sir Ferdinando Gorges granted to Cleeves and Tucker the tract of land which included Machegonne neck, January 27, 163G-7, he provided that it was "now and forever from henceforth to be called or known bv the name of Sto£ummor," and while the new title failed to stick forever it furnished later a clue to the gentleman who has done so much for the history of Maine ; and during a visit to England the parish registers of Stogumber, a little coast town in Somersetshire, he found in the church of St. Mary's the record of the baptism of a Richard Tucker, January 22, 1594. (Baxter, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, i. 175.) This entry seems more than a co- incidence and approaches a reasonable probability that it is the record of the christening of Portland's first settler, and its acceptance as such places him at the age of 39 when he hewed down the tirst trees on Machigonne neck to build himself and partner a home. The deed of Gorges describes Tucker as a " gentleman " and Cleeves as an "esquire," nominal distinctions which Sir Ferdinando and his attorney who drew the document well understood at that time, and it is apparent that Cleeves always acted towards his partner as a ranking official to a subordinate. Rev. Thomas Jenner, the pastor of Saco, writing to Winthrop, April 6, 1646, discloses this relation of " esquire " to " gentleman " in the following statement : " I have lately been earnestly solicited by one Mrs. Tucker an intimate friend of mine, & an approved godly woman, that I would writ unto your worship : that in case Mr. Cleave & her husband (Mr. Tucker) shall happen shortly to have recourse to your selfe to end some mat- ters of difference betweene them, now at their departure each from other, that you would be pleased, as much as in you lye, not to suf- fer Mr. Cleave to wrong her husband, for though her husband hath ben as it were a servant hitherto for Mr. Cleave, yet now at their 1899.] Richard Tucker of Macliegonne, Me. 85 making up of accounts, Mr. Cleave by his subtill head brings in Mr. Tucker 100 £. debtor to him." (4 Mass. Hist. Coll. vii. 362.) It will be interesting to inquire at this point for the identification of "Mrs. Tucker" who appealed to Winthrop to protect her hus- band against the man who had shared the loneliness of the cabin on the neck for so many years, this partner George Cleaves Esquire, whom Governor Edward Winslow declared to be one of the K ar- rantest known knaves that ever trod on New English shores " ; whom Governor Richard Vines described as " a firebrand of destruc- tion," and whom Gorges himself found guilty of " misreports " and "wrongs" towards the officials of the Province. The historian of Portland makes no statement concerning the wife of Richard Tuck- er, beyond giving her Christian name, Margaret (Willis, Portland, 48), but there is in the manuscript collection left by him, and now in the Public Library of that city, a chance statement that she was one of the daughters of George Cleeves. (Willis MSS. N. 134.) In the absence of any other theory this has been tentatively entertained as a possibility, but that it need not further be considered as proba- ble will be clear from the following facts : — After his separation with Cleaves he removed to Portsmouth, N. H., with his wife and family, and died there between 1677 and 1680. The joint landed interest was maintained, however, for as late as 1662 Tucker's con- sent was required to a conveyance from Cleeves. In 1681 Mrs. Mar- garet Tucker, widow of Richard, conveyed to Nicholas Hodge, her grandson, certain land in Falmouth, now Portland (Willis MSS. R. 261), and in 1742 Nicholas Hodge, Jr., of Salisbury, calling himself " the only representative which the said Richard Tucker now hath," conveyed to Phineas Jones, his brother-in-law, the reversion of 100 acres on Falmouth neck. (Ibid, p. 106.) Nicholas Hodge, senior, had married the daughter of Richard Tucker, as appears by the following instruments : " Nicholas Hodge of Rye, fisherman and his wife Seaborn Hodge daughter and only surviving Heir of Richard Tucker formerly of Falmouth but latterly of Rye," con- veyed August 4, 1735, to their dutiful son Michael Hodge of Salis- bury their interest in the property of Richard Tucker at Falmouth. (Rockingham Deeds, xxi. 117.) On May 23, 1739, the said Mi- chael Hoclge, "son of Nicholas Hodge of Rye, N. H., yeoman and Seaborn his wife" conveyed to John Smith of Boston, his right, title and interest to such land in Falmouth " as did of right belong & appertain unto Richard Tucker, heretofore of Falmouth but af- terward of Rye aforesaid, husbandman or Gent, deceased & which the said Richard Tucker by deed gave & granted to my said mother Scabourn Hodge." (York Deeds, xxii. 168.) These papers clearly establish the marriage of Nicholas Hodge to Seaborn, daughter of Richard and Margaret Tucker, and the recital of this connection has been necessary to prepare the foundation for the identification of Margaret the wife of Richard. This can now be made from 86 Richard Tucker of Machegonne, Me. [Jan. the following entry in the Book of Eastern Land Claims : Capt. John Wentworth claims by a deed in behalf of Nicholas Hodge of New Castle a tract of land in the Kennebec region at Arrowsic for- merly belonging to Nicholas Raynall K who was grandfather to the 8d Hodges wife." (126, 127.) Margaret, wife of Kichard Tucker, being mother of Seaborn Hodges, must therefore have been Marga- ret Kaynell, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Raynell of Arrowsic, "the First Justis made in those parts," as stated by Captain Nicho- las Manning. (Cushman, Sheepscot, 41.) This chart will illustrate the situation briefly. Richard Tucker=Margaret Rcynell, bapt. 22 Jan. 1594 ; d. about 1GS0. dau. of Col. ^Nicholas of AiTOWsic. Seaborn Tucker=Nicholas Hodge. " only surviving lieir" in 1735. Michael Hodge, mariner, of Salisbury, 1730; m. Joanna Anne Hodge, married Phineas Jones. Nicholas Hodge, of Salisbury. Mrs. Margaret (Reynell) Tucker was living in 1693 and at that time had the third seat in the meeting-house in Portsmouth. (Brew- ster, Rambles ii. 67.) Her father was a prominent man in the Eastern settlements of Maine, and was appointed a commissioner for Sheepscot in 1665 and a Justice of the Peace in 1666-7, hav- ing taken up a tract of land by purchase in 1666 from the Indians. (York Deeds, xviii. 82.) Similarity of names is not always a safe basis for identification, but for the purposes of record I wTill note here the fact that in the Visitation of Leicestershire, 1619, there is a pedigree of Reynell of Malston, and the third son of Edmund Rey- nell (obit 1609) and his wife Ann Hatch is Nicholas whose wife was Mary Lockington. (Harl. Soc. ii. 156.) In the "Globe," sailing from London August 7, 1635, for "Virginia," came Nich0. Reinolds aged 38 and Margaret aged 23 years. (Hotten, 120.) These items may rest for future investigation. Through his only daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Michael Met- ton, the senior partner George Cleaves transmitted to a numerous progeny the blood that flowed in his veins, and in like manner through the marriage of Seaborn Tucker to Nicholas Hodge there are many descendants who can claim descent from the junior part- ner, who, though less of a turbulent and notorious character, yet shares the honor of Cleaves as the first settler of Portland. Michael Hodge of Salisbury, by wife Joanna had Anne, who married 1st, Phineas Jones, and 2d, Jabez Fox. By her first husband Anne Hodge was the mother of Hannah, Lucy and Anne Jones ; Han- nah married Col. John Waite of Falmouth ; Lucy married Rev. < 1899.] Reverend John Norton of Middletown. 87 Thomas Smith, son of the famous "Parson" Smith of Falmouth, and Anne married Richard Codman of the same place. By her second husband Anne Hodge was the mother of John and Mary Fox. John Fox married and left a numerous progeny, and Mary Fox married Edward Oxnard, from whom descend many of the old families of Portland. (Willis, Portland, 378, 804, 815, comp. Maine Wills, 481, 832.) > REVEREND JOHN NORTON OF MIDDLETOWN. By Zoeth S. Eldredge, of San Francisco, Cal. 1. John Norton, of Bran ford, Conn., is believed to have been the third son of Richard Norton, of London, and Ellen Rowley his wife, but this, however, remains to be proven. The name of John Norton appears on the first page of the Branford town records, lie married first, Dorothy — ; , who died in Branford, January 24, 1052; married second, Elizabeth , who died in Branford, Nov. 6, 1G57; and third, Eliza- beth Clark, who died in Farmington in 1702. He removed to Farmington, Conn., about 1659, and his name appears on record as one of the eighty- four proprietors in the first division of land. He died in Farmington, Nov. 5, 1709. Children, by first wife, Dorothy, all born in Branford : i. Elizabeth,2 b. about 1645; m. John Plumb, of Milford. ii. Hannah, b. about 1646 ; m. Samuel North, of Farmington. iii. Dorothy, b. March 1, 1649. iv. John, b. March 24, 1051; d. Jan. 15, 1657. Child, by second wife, Elizabeth, born in Branford : 2. v. John, b. Oct. 14, 1657. Children, by third wife, Elizabeth Clark: vi'. Samuel, bap. in Farmington, May 13, 1659 ; d. Aug. 20, 1659. vii. Thomas, b. in Farmington, 1660 ; m. Hannah Rose. 2. John2 Norton (John1), born in Branford, Oct. 14, 1657; died in Farmington, Aprii 25, 1725; married in Farmington, Ruth, daugh- ter of Dea. Isaac and Ruth (Stanley) More, born in Nor walk, Conn., Jan. 5, 1657. He was deputy for Farmington in 1680, 1681 and 1682. Children, born in Farmington : i. RuTn,3 b. about 1675 ; m. Thomas Seymour, of Hartford, ii. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Catlin, of Hartford. iii. Isaac, b. 1680 ; m. Elizabeth Galpin, of Hartford. 3. iv. John, b. 1684. v. Mary, b. 1686; m. 1st, John Pantry, Jr.; m. 2d, Solomon Boltwood. vi. Sarah, b. 1689 ; m. Samuel Newell. vii. Hannah, b. 1692; m. John Fnitt, of Hartford, viii. Dorcas, b. 1695 ; m. Joseph Bird, of Litchfield, ix. Thomas, b. 1697;. m. Elizabeth Macon. x. Ebenezer, m. Sarah Savage. 3. John3 Norton (John,'1 John1), born in Farmington, 1G84 ; died in same place, 1750; married in Farmington, May 6, 1708, Anne, daughter 88 Reverend John ITorton of Middletown. [Jan. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson, born in Farmington, Feb. 10, 1689. Her father, Thomas Thompson, was born in 1651, and after the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Smith, he married Abigail . On Dec. 14, 1705, his wife, Abigail, threw a pair of shears at him ; the point penetrated the brain, causing his death in a few days. Abigail was convicted of murder, sentenced to death, and after one or two reprieves the sentence was executed. While iu prison she gave birth to a posthumous child which she named Mercy. Thomas Thompson was the son of Thomas Thompson of Farmington, and Ann Welles his wife, daughter of Thomas Welles, Governor of Connecticut Colony. John Norton was called Sergt. John Norton, and John Norton 3d. Children, born in Farmington : i. Gideon,4 b. Jan. 12, 1709 ; d. 1712. ii. Charles, b. Dec. 17, 1710; d. Dec. 24, 1786; in. Rebecca Munson. iii. Gideon, b. Sept. 5, 1713; m. Marella Thompson. 4. iv. John, b. Nov. 16, 1715. v. Anne, b. Jan. 15, 1718; m. Judali Hart, of New Britain. vi. Job, b. Feb. 19, 1720. vii. Roger, b. March 15, 1722. viii. Ruth, b. March 28, 172-i; m. Josiah Biirnhara, of Kensington. ix. Sarah, b. June 5, 172G; m. Moses Deming. x. Lucy, b. March 31, 1728; m. John Kirby, of Middletown. xi. Mary, b. May 20, 1730; m. James Bidwell, of Hartford. xii. Elias, b. March 28, 1732; d. April 9, 1732. xiii. Thankful, b. Jan. 28, 1734. 4. John4 Norton (John? John.2 John1), was born in Kensington Society (now Berlin), in the town of Farmington, Nov. 16, 1715; died in East Hampton, Conn., March 24, 1778, a victim to the small pox. He was graduated from Yale College in 1737, studied theology and was ordained Nov. 25, 1741 (at Deerfield), the first pastor of the church at Falltown (now Bernardston) on the northern border of Massachusetts. He remained in charge of this church for some time after the break- ing out of the five years French and Indian War in 1744. The new settlement, struggling for existence, exposed as it was to the inroads of the savages, with difficulty supported a minister and in 1745 he severed his connection with the church and accepted the post of chap- lain to the three forts, Shirley, Felham and Massachusetts, built by the Massachusetts government on the north-western boundary of the province, to protect her frontier from the incursions of the French and Indians from Canada, by way of Lake Champlain and Wood Creek. Norton placed his wife and children in Fort Shirley and divided his time among the three garrisons according to their needs. On August 14, 1746, the chaplain left Fort Shirley in company with the surgeon, Dr. Williams, and fourteen soldiers, and went to Fort Pelham, and on the following day to Fort Massachusetts where he expected to remain about a month. This fort was situated on the Hoosac river in what is now the town of Adams. It was a wooden enclosure formed of squared logs, laid one upon another and interlocked at the angles. This wooden wall rested upon a foundation of stone designated as the " underpinning." A block house, crowned with a tower which served as a lookout and was supplied with means of throwing water to extinguish lire-arrows thrown upon the roof, stood in the north-west corner. There were 1899.] Reverend John Norton of Middletown. 89 other buildings in the enclosure, and one — a large log house on the south side — overlooked the outer wall and was probably loopholed for musketry. The commander of the fort, Captain Ephraim Wil- liams (founder of Williams College), with a large portion of his force, had gone to take part in the proposed invasion of Canada, leav- ing Sergeant John Hawks in charge of the fort. On Saturday, August 16th, Hawks sent Dr. Williams to Deerfield with a detachment of fourteen men to get a supply of powder and lead. This reduced the entire force, including Hawks himself and Norton the chap- lain, to twenty-two men, half of whom were disabled with dysentery from which few of the rest were entirely free.1* There were also in the fort three women and five children. On July 23, 174G (old style), Kigali d de Vaudreuil, town major of Three Rivers, left Montreal with a fleet of canoes carrying a large war party. Their objective point was Fort Frederic (Crown Point), which was threatened by the English. Rigaud reached Fort Frederic on the first of August, and in a few days received a rein- forcement of sixty Frenchmen and a band of Indians commanded by the elder of the brothers Du May. They had just returned from an incursion towards Albany, and reported that all was quiet in that direction and that Fort Frederic was in no danger. This left Rigaud free to take the offensive. The question was, where to strike. The Indians held a number of councils and decided upon nothing. Rigaud made them a speech and giving them a wampum belt told them he meant to attack Corlaer (Schenectady). At first this pleased them, and then they changed their minds. Saratoga was proposed, but finally at the suggestion of some of the Indians they decided on Fort Massachusetts. Leaving the canoes at East Bay, just north of the present town of Whitehall, in charge of a guard, they proceeded southward on foot along the base of Skene moun- tain. The force numbered about seven hundred men, of whom five hundred were French and two hundred were Indians. They reached Fort Massachusetts between eijrht and nine o'clock on the morning of August 19th. Rigaud had planned a night attack, but was thwarted by the impetuosity of the young Indians and Canadians, who became so excited at the first glimpse of the watch tower of the fort that they dashed forward, firing their guns and yelling. They prudently kept themselves out of reach of the guns of the defenders, however, and surrounding the fort they sheltered themselves behind stumps and opened a distant and harmless fire, accompanied by unearthly yells aud howlings. The situation of the little garrison was now a perilous one indeed. Beset by sixty times their effective force and nothing but a los; fence between them and the enemv. The men were armed with smooth bore hunting pieces, but so short of ammunition were they that Hawks was obliged to order them to fire only when necessary to hold the enemy in check. Yet so stout was their defence and so effective their fire, that the assailants made no attempt to carry the fort by assault. Norton writes, " about this time we saw several fall to rise no more." Among those who fell was the chief of the St. Francis Indians, shot through the breast by Sergt. Hawks. Rigaud, the French commander, ventured too near * "Lord's day and Monday (Aug. 17 & 18). The sickness was very distressing . . . Eleven of our men were sick and scarcely one of us in perfect health; almost every man was troubled with the griping & llux.'* — Norton. The Redeemed Captive. VOL. LIU. 7 90 lleverend John Norton of Middle town. [Jan. the fort and received a shot in the arm which sent him to the rear. In addition to the Indian killed by Hawks, Rigaud reports sixteen Indians and Frenchmen wounded. " which, under the circumstances," says Parkman, " was good execution for ten farmers aud a minis- ter; for Chaplain Norton loaded and fired with the rest."* All that day until nine in the evening the enemy continued their tiring and yelling, and then placing a line of sentinels around the fort to prevent messengers from carrying the alarm to Albany or Deerfield, they withdrew to prepare for a night attack. Ic was Rigaud's intention to open trenches to the foot of the wall, place fagots against it, set them on fire and deliver the fort a prey to the fury of the flames; but a rain coming on he determined to wait till morning. Hawks filled all his tubs and pails with water and posted his men to repel an assault. Two men had been wounded, thus farther reduc- ing his effective force. Throughout the night they kept the watch, the enemy frequently raising their hideous outcries as though about to attack. The firiug was quickly renewed in the morning, but no attempt was made to open trenches by daylight. About eleven o'clock one of the men in the watch tower, Thomas Knowlton, was shot through the head. The number of effectives was now reduced to eight, including the chaplain. About noon Rigaud sent an Indian with a flag of truce to say he desired to parley. Hawks consented to it, and he with Norton and one or two others met the French com- mander outside the gate. Rigaud offered honorable terms of capitu- lation. Hawks promised an answer within two hours and with his companions returned into the fort to consider their means of defence. He found that they had but three or four pounds of powder and about as much lead. Norton prayed for divine aid and guidance. " Had we all been in health or had there been only these eight of us that were in health, I believe that every man would willingly have stood it out to the last. For my part I should," writes the manful chaplain. But besides the sick and wounded there were the three women and five children to be considered. If the fort were taken by assault these would undoubtedly be murdered. Hawks determined therefore to make the best terms he could. Rigaud agreed to the conditions of surrender submitted to him, which were in brief — that all in the fort should be treated with humanity as prisioners of war and exchanged at the first opportunity, and that none of them should be given to the Indians. At three o'clock the gates were opened, the prisoners were conducted to the French camp, the fort given over to plunder and burned to the ground. Notwithstanding his agreement, Rigaud delivered a portion of his prisoners to the Indians, at which Norton made a vigorous protest. The captives were well treated, however, Rigaud having given the Indians presents to induce them to treat their prisoners with human- ity. The retreat began the next morning, the force marching back as they had come. They moved slowly, encumbered as they were with the sick and wounded. The wife of one of the soldiers, John Smeed, was taken in labor. Some of the French made a seat for her to sit upon and carried her u * A Half-Century of Conflict, ii. 245 (Champlain ed.). 1899.] Reverend John Norton of Middletown, 91 into camp where about ten o'clock that night " she was graciously delivered of a daughter and was remarkably well. * * * Friday : this morning I baptized John Smeed's child. He called it's name Captivity." The French made a litter of poles, spread over it a deer skin and a bear skin on which they placed the mother and child and so carried them forward. The march was long and dreary. The prisoners were kindly treated by the victors, some of whom were sorely wounded, and four Indians died within a few days. In due time they reached Quebec, and in course of a year those who remained alive were exchanged .and returned to New En gland. Mrs. Smeed and her infant daughter, Captivity, died in Canada. Mr. Norton reached Boston, Aug. 16, 1747, where he was received and entertained by Col. Winslow. He published Ins " Redeemed Captive" in 1748 in Boston. Copies of it are very rare. Drake in his "Particular History of the Five Years French and Indian War," prints it verbatim. During his captivity his wife and children continued to reside at Fort Shirley and just about the time of his return to Boston his little daughter, Anua, died at the fort and was buried in a field a little to the west of it. The stone which marked her grave is now pre- served in the museum of Williams College. His wife applied to the Massachusetts government for the wages due him as chaplain and at one time received one pound sixteeu shillings and six pence then due. In October, 1747, the Connecticut Assembly appropriated one hundred pounds to be paid him in consideration of his services and loss and damage, and in February, 1748, the Massachusetts government allowed him £37. 10s. for his services as chaplain to the prisoners while in captivity in Canada. On Nov. 30, 1748, he was settled minister in the parish of East Hampton, in Middletown, Conn., which position he held for thirty years to the time of his death. In August, 1755, he was appointed chaplain to the forces sent by Connecticut against Crown Point. In March, 1756, he was again appointed chaplain to the forces sent against Crown Point, and in March, 1760, he was appointed chaplain of the Third Connecticut Regiment in the expedition against Canada, in the campaign which resulted in the capitulation of Vaudreuil by which Canada passed to the British crown. John Norton was married in Springfield, Mass., August 28, 1738, to Eunice, daughter of Luke and Elizabeth (Walker) Hitchcock. She was born in Springfield, March 2, 1712/3, and died in East Hampton, May 27, 1796. The children of Rev. John Norton, so far as known, were: i. AsENATn,5 b. ; d. Jan. 2, 1810; ra. Dea. James Bill. ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec, 1740: d. May 18, 1770; m. Nathaniel Clark, iii. Joiin, b. 1743; d. May 11, 1S08; ra. Edey Clark, iv. Anna, d. Aug., 1747, at Fort Shirley, v. Jacob, b. Dec. 15, 1748; d. on prisou-ship in New York, Kevolution- arv war. vi. Elias, b. Oct. 21, 1750; d. Nov. 5, 1750. vii. Anne, b. March 29, 1752. viii. Eunice, b. Oct. 23, 1754; d. Oct. 12, 1845. ix. Elias, b. Oct. 23, 1754; d. 1825. 92 Ancestry of the Hoar Family in America, [Jan. THE ANCESTRY OF THE HOAR FAMILY IX AMERICA. A Compilation from Collections made by the Honorable Geokge Fiusbie Hoar. By Henry S. Nourse, of Lancaster, Mass.* The family of Hoar, in English records generally written Hore or Hoare, from very ancient (lavs had its representatives in several of the counties of England and in Ireland. Sometimes the name appears with the adjective le affixed. Between the years 1300 and 1700 thirteen members of Parliament from six different counties bore the name. English antiquaries who have made long and intel- ligent study of the family genealogy unite in favoring the supposition that the founder of the race was one Robert Hore who, about 1330, married the heiress of Forde of Chagfbrd in Devonshire. In the Heraldic Visitation for the county of Devon, taken in 1G20, and to be found in the Harlcian MS. in the British Museum, the pedigree begins with the third Robert Hore, about 1360. This Robert mar- ried the heiress of Rowland de Bisford of the parish of Chagford. The learned biographer of the famous London branch of the family, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., in his sumptuous volume "Pedigrees and Memoirs of the Families of Hore and Hoare of the Counties of Devon, Bucks, Middlesex, Surrey, Wilts and Essex, 1819," acknowledged his failure to discover a continuous pedigree from Robert of Risford, and bases his belief in this origin of the family chiefly upon the identity of the coat of arms uniformly used by all bearing the name ; to wit: "Sable an eagle displayed, with two necks with a border ingrailed, argent." One antiquary has sug- gested a German origin to the family and calls attention to the similarity between the arms of the city of Frankfort-on-the-Main and those used in the Hoare family in England. Captain Edward Hoare in his book, printed at London in 1883, entitled " Early History and Genealogy of the Families of Hore and Hoare," is much more positive in his assertions respecting this line of descent from Robert of Risford, but is unable to irive the authority of records to vouch for his conclusions ; and the many grave inaccuracies of his appendix, wherein he essays a pedigree of the American branch of the Hoar familv, tend to encourage dis- trust in his infallibility when he discourses of matters much more recondite. * To the indefatigable researches of an accomplished local antiquary, H. Y. J. Tat- loii, these pages are indebted for most of the genealogical matter relating to Gloucester and vicinity : \ \ -A 1899.] Ancestry of the Hoar Family in America. 93 The defective condition or total loss of many early parish regis- ters, and the defacement and destruction by damp or careless keeping of many early wills, make it highly improbable that the assumed connection between the Hore families of Devonshire and Glouces- tershire will be discovered ; and from the city of Gloucester the mother of the American branch of the family, Joanna (Ilinksman) Hoare, came, in 1640, to Massachusetts. The frequent choice of the same baptismal names, and the use of the same heraldic device by both the Devon and the Gloucester branches are the only signi- ficant facts found of record. Unfortunately there is no pedigree attached to the "Visitation of the County of Gloucester," by Robert Cooke Clarencieux, King at Arms in 1583, enlarged witli the Visita- tion of the same County in 1623, by Chitting and Philpott, deputies to William Camden Clarencieux, found in the Harleian Manuscript Nos. 1543 to 1554, although the "Arms of Hore of Gloucester- shire " are given. The early presence of the family in this county, and elsewhere, is attested however by various documentary evidence, some examples of which follow : 1170. From Burke's Dictionary of Landed Gentry, p. 577, we find that William le Ilore was one of the Norman Knights who invaded Ireland in 1170, and obtained grants of land in Wexford where he established a family. The pedigree in the visitation of the country begins with Thomas ie Hore, who held the manor by the service of " keeping a passage over the Pill- water as often as the sessions should be held at Wexford." He had three sons : Richard, David who was high sheriff in 1334, and Walter. 1280. In the Calendar of Inquisitions, post mortem, Anno 8 Edward I. is noted : " Roger le Hore, felo, Ameneye, Gloucestershire." Roger le Hore held lands in Eastbrook (see Rudder's "Gloucester," p. 230). 1326. John le Hore is one of the witnesses to a deed, now in existence, of a tenement in Wotton, Gloucestershire, 10 Edward II. It is noteworthy that the above dates are earlier than that of the alleged Devonshire origin. 1465. In the Calendar of the Records of the Gloucester Corporation, p. 406-7, is registered a " demise from William Hotynham, John Rudyng, clerk, and Thomas Lymark to Andrew Bye, Henry Rycard and Thomas Hoore burgesses of Gloucester, of their tenement and adjoining curtilage on the south side of Smythe strete between Sater lane and the messuage of Thomas Heyward." 1551. Alexander Hore appears as a member of the Baker's Guild. An examination of the wills proved at Gloucester, which date from 1541 when the Court was established, gives the following: — 1544. The will of Richard Hoore of Leckhampton, husbandman, prov- ed Oct. 10, 1545, bequeaths to wife Ellen his crops, debts, etc., leaving her to give what she pleases to the children. 1545. The will of Henry Hore of Aylburton in the parish of Lidgate, dated Oct. 23, 1545, and proved the following January, appoints his wife Christian executrix, bequeaths two pence to the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, and a cow to his daughter Agnes. 94 Ancestry of the Hoar Family in America. [Jan. 154-5. The will of Robert Iloare of Leckharcpton. husbandman, dated Sept. 8, aod proved Oct. 10, 1545, bequeaths his soul to God, Saint Mary and all the holy company of Heaven, and mentions his wife Margery, sons Roger and Edward, daughter Jane, and Edward son of Roger. 1573. John Hore's will, proved May 27, 1573, is mostly illegible, but mentions wife Joan, sons William, Nicholas, and others " my children aforesaid." He was of Westbury on Severn. 1618. Richard Hoare of the parish of St. John the Baptist in the City of Gloucester, Gentleman. August 4, 1618, bequeaths eighteen houses with lands to his sons Richard, John and Alexander, one hundred pounds to his daughter Martha, and names wife Anne and sister Joan. This Richard was sheriff of Gloucester in 1614. By an indenture dated Sept. 4. 5. James 1. (1608) he gave in trust, for the benefit of the parish of St. Mary de Crypt, an annuity of fifty-three shillings charged upon several tenements in the city of Gloucester, to be employed in " the reparation of the Parish Church or the finding of a sufficient minnester to read divine service in the same church, and for the relief of the poor of the same parish, and other charitable uses." The trust survives, the Corporation of Gloucester annually paying fifty shillings to the parish. An ancient vault bearing the name Hoare is beneath the pavement in the south transept, near where the choir and nave join, of St. Mary de Crypt Church. 1628. The will of Richard Hoare of Norton "an old man of the adge of ffour score yeares and upward " mentions wife Maude, sons Edniond, William, Robert, Thomas, son-in-law Robert Brayne, daughter Jane, daugh- ter Elizabeth wife of Robert Brokinnge, and her children Mary, Anne and Elizabeth, and Anne daughter of Edward. Norton is in the northern suburbs of Gloucester. 1640. The will of William Hoare "very aged" proved in 1640, is too much decayed to be legible. 1644. John Iloare of Leckhampton, husbandman, in his will mentions daughter Margaret, nephew John the son of Giles, sons Walle and Thomas and sons in law John Button and Thomas Ballaye. 1646. The will of John Hoare of Sandhurst, mentions late brother Alexander and his daughter Martha, his sister-in-law Margerie mother of Martha, and brothers-in-law Thos. Clutterbuck and Thos. Peirce. 1413. In the church of Frampton on Severn near Gloucester on a marble tablet, and in the east window of the north aisle, the Hoare arms are found quartered with the arms of Clifford and Windscombe, and the same quartering was once on a stained glass window of the parlor of Fretherne Lodge, a sumptuous mansion built by James Clifford with a design to entertain Queen Elizabeth in her ,; Progress to Bristol " in 1574. Fretherne is about nine miles south-west from Gloucester. Near bv is the site of the residence of Walter Lord Clifford where his daughter " Fair Rosamond " was born. Fretherne Lodge, after long remaining in a state of dilapidation, was torn down in 1750. In the Visitation of 1623 it is stated that Henry Clifford of Frampton married the daughter and heiress of Iloare of Gloucestershire in the time of Henry IV. (See Rud- der's " Gloucester.") From the Subsidy Rolls of Gloucester in the Public Record Office, London, are these entries : — 1592. Edmund Hore of Down Ilatherly, assessed for his goods. 1609. Richard I lore was assessed for goods at Norton and in the North Ward of the City of Gloucester. 1899.] Ancestry of the Hoar Family in America. 95 > 1 609. Charles Hoare was assessed for goods in the South Ward of the City of Gloucester and at Brockmouth. In Alumni Oxonienses are found these entries : — 1610. John Hoare of Co. Gloucester, pleb. Magdalen Hall, matric. 10 June 1610, aged 17. B.A. 18 April 1611, M.A. 27 Jan. 1613-4. Rec- tor of Oddington Co. Gloucester 101G. 1628. Charles Hoare, son of Charles of Gloucester City, pleb. Magda- len Hall, matric. 12 Dec. 1G28 aged 15. B.A. from Hart. Hall 16 Dec. 1630. 1624. A Thomas Hoare B.A. petitioned the East India Company, Oct. 20, 1624, for employment as a preacher. (See Calendar of State Papers, p. 484.) The parish registers at St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester, previous to 1653, are wanting, but in the Bishop's Registry arc the follow- ing :— 1612. Thomas, son of Charles Hore Junior baptized June 15. 1622-3. Johan, daughter of Thomas Hoare baptized xxvj of January. In the Church Registry are these items : — 1657. July 16, Joane Hoare, widow was buried. 1659. Oct. 21, Sara, daughter of Charles Hoare and Sara, his wife was baptized. 1664. Sept. 12, Charles, son of Charles Hoare and Sara, his wife was baptized. 1664. Nov. 8. Thomas films Caroli Hoare et Sara ux. was baptized. 1666. Martii 14, Elizabetha tilia Caroli Hoare et Sara ux. was bap- tized.* 1654. In Bigland's "Gloucester," p. 142, is mentioned an epitaph to "William Hoare, dyed Feb. 1654 aged 76" in the north transept of Gloucester Cathedral. 1669. The same authority, p. 168, states that in the nave of St. Mary de Crypt are epitaphs to Charles Hoare died 16 Jan. 1689, and to Eliza- beth daughter of Charles Hoare died July 2. In the St. Nicholas Registry, Gloucester City, are these entries : 1560. July 14, Margery Hore daughter of Thomas was baptized. 1569. Oct. 28, was married John Bruar unto Allys Hoare. 