Settlers' Families
Extracts from" Heare Lyes Salim New Grant", 1734-1763
by David Wetherbee (1980)
He wrote this as a labor of love, and all the research materials are available in public documents. It was a limited edition, and copies were placed in the Library of Congress, New Salem Public Library, Petersham Public Library, Swift River Valley Historical Society.
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My thanks to Betty-Sue and Carolyn, whom without their help this would have not be possible!
Much of this information was updated and included here by me. There are also several discrepancies in this database that were corrected by me by using New Salem Vital Records and other sources that I have found. Thanks and enjoy!
Jesse Abbot - Probably a minor, lived with his "master" Israel Richardson in New Salem in 1760. Perhaps he was of the Jacob Abbot family of Brookfield. Perhaps he was a slave? (Israel Richardson, himself, had a "master" in 1755.)
Daniel Ballard, Sr. - son of Jeremiah and Mary Dane Ballard b. May 1, 1728 Andover, d. May 31, 1808, Wendall, md. Ruth Houlton, 1754, dau. of Joseph and Rebecca Felton Houlton b. March 2, 1735, Hopkinton, d. Nov. 22, 1817, Wendall. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Daniel, Jr. - bp. June 7, 1755, md. widow (Abigail Ganson?) Chafling, 1780.
Phoebe - bp. Aug. 21, 1757.
Tilly - bp. March 30, 1760.
Josiah - b.c. 1763, md. Frances Jane Juel.
Joseph - b. Feb. 7, 1766, md. Polly Loomis, 1793.
Henry - b. July 20, 1768, md. Anna Sabia.
Lucy - bp. May 6, 1764.
James - b. Sept. 9, 1770, md. Polly White (Eunice Putnam, 1824).
William - b. Dec. 9, 1772, md. Cynthia Woodruff, 1796.
Hannah - b. c. 1778.
He probably came to New Salem with his father's family in 1750. He probably moved to Wendall before 1785. His father left him half of an 80 acre lot in 1761. His house lot was south of Fourth Div. #15.
Jeremiah Ballard, Jr. - son of Jeremiah and Mary Dane Ballard, b. Sept. 6, 1726, Andover, d. after 1817; md. Isabel Pierce, 1753, dau. of Samuel and Hannah Browne Pierce b. Apr. 24, 1732. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Dane - b. Aug. 13, 1753, md. Anna Lindsey, 1797.
Jeremiah - bp. Oct. 24, 1762.
Susannah - bp. Sept. 11, 1755, md. Francis Barnard, 1780.
Mary - bp. Jan. 8, 1758.
Hannah - bp. May 11, 1760, md. Samuel Wheeler, 1781. (Pages state 1784, but must be typo as New Salem Vital Records reflect 1781.)
Benjamin - bp. Jan. 31, 1768.
Rebekah - bp. May 5, 1765, md. Joseph Goldthwait, 1794.
Samuel - bp. Sept. 9, 1770.
He also probably came to New Salem with his father's family in 1750. His father left him half of an 80 acre lot in 1761. He had no real estate or personal estate in New Salem in 1759, but one poll.
Jeremiah Ballard, Sr. - Deacon, Captain, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Phelps b. March 29, 1697, Andover, d. 1761, New Salem, md. Mary Dane, 1721, b. April 22, 1699, Andover. (She md. 2nd Aaron Osgood, 1762) dau. of or g'dau of Francis and Hannah Poor Dane. Ch. b. at Andover:
Mary - b. Dec. 27, 1722, md. Samuel Reed, 1738.
Phebe - b. Oct. 1, 1724, md. Jonathan Willard, Jr., 1743.
Jeremiah, Jr. - b. Sept. 16, 1726, md. Isabel Pierce, 1753.
Daniel - b. May 1, 1728, md. Ruth Houlton, 1754.
Joshua - b. Aug. 3, 1730, md. Ruth Kellogg, 1757.
Joseph - b. Oct. 6, 1732, md. Rebekah Southwick, 1755.
Hannah - b. ?, md. Daniel Shaw, Jr., 1758.
A "mill lot" on Swift River north of Fourth Div.# 32 was sold by him to James Thompson in 1767. He came to New Salem in 1750. As he and Ebenezer Felton paid no polls in 1759, apparently Deacons were excused.
Joseph Ballard - son of Jeremiah and Mary Dane Ballard, b. Oct. 6, 1732, Andover, d. after 1795, md. Rebekah Southwick, 1755, New Salem, b. 1731, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail Burt Southwick. Ch. b. at New Salem:
John Morrow - b. ?
Betsy - b. ?, md. Solomon Wilder.
Drusilla - bp. Jan. 17, 1757(Pages state the 16th, while New Salem Vital Records state the 17th), md. Stephen Holt.
Anna - bp. March 25, 1759.
He also probably came to New Salem in 1750 with his father's family. He sold land here in 1755. He was in Williamstown by 1761 and in Fairhaven in 1779. Probably he, Clerk in Capt. Howe Company in 1755.
Joshua Ballard - son of Jeremiah and Mary Dane Ballard, b. Aug. 3, 1730, Andover, md. Ruth Kellogg, 1757, d. May 3, 1776, dau. of James and Experience Smith Kellogg. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Ruth - b. Dec. 27, 1758, md. Waitstill Cook, 1779.
Louisa - b. Feb. 25, 1761.
Polly - b. Jan. 16, 1764.
Jerusha - b. Dec. 26, 1765.
Billey - b. Nov. 1, 1768.
He also probably came to New Salem in 1750 with his father but moved to Hadley probably before 1755.
Samuel Barnard - a proprietor had a house here in 1761, being built by his nephew, Joseph Barnard and John Catlin in 1741. A guess would be on First Div.# 57.
Isaac Benson - of New Salem mortgaged his land, Sec. Div. #13 to Benjamin Lynde, Dec. 3, 1763. Only reference to him. Brothers Samuel and Consider Benson of New Salem in the 1790's may have been his children.
Titus Black - in Capt. John Stoddard's company, July 29 to August 25, 1747 was "of New Salem". Was he a slave? (See also "Black John mentioned in Pierce account books, and John Woodress, "alias John Negro" and Jesse Abbot as well as John and Chloe in Kendall's home.)
John Bixby - with family was "warned out" of New Salem with Simon Davis and Jonathan Marsh, June 23, 1760 (Hamp. court records). Pierce account books for the period 1759-64 show "abatements of his rates".
Jonathan Burt - "of New Salem" was granted an inn holder's license in "said" town in Sept. 1739 and 1740 (Hamp. court records). This is probably an error of Roadtown. He was an heir of John Marvin.
William Carpenter - son of Benjamin and Martha Toogood Carpenter, b. Sept. 24, 1721, Swansea, d. March 9, 1809, Stafford, Conn., md. Hannah Needham, dau. of Anthony Needham. Ch:
Zebulon - b. July 19, 1744, d. Jan. 20, 1761, Brimfield.
Anna - b. Jan. 3, 1746/47.
David - b. May 25, 1749.
Jesse - b. May 25, 1749.
Hannah - b. Sept. 8, 1757.
And numerous others.
He was of Quabbin and Brimfield for most of this period. Only reference to him is a land transaction, 1753, "of New Salem", husbandman and trader, First Div. #40, William now lives to Daniel Carpenter of Ashford, Conn. In a court case, William Holt of New Salem recovered land from him "of New Salem in 1753.
Arthur Cary - father of Stephen Cary, Sr. who was a pauper in old Salem probably lived with Stephen in New Salem and it was probably he who is on Rev. Kendall's confession list as "Father Cary" in 1752 and a debtor in Hampshire court records. Stephen was assessed two poles in 1759. "Old Father Cary is in Barnard's account book about the same time.
Stephen Cary, Sr. - son of Arthur and Sarah ______ Cary of Ipswich, b. 1710, Boxford, d. 1780, md. Mercy _____, Ch.:
Elizabeth - bp. May 20, 1743, New Salem, md. John Hascal, Jr., 1792.
Mary - bp. May 20, 1743, md. Joseph Rockwood, 1768.
Sarah - bp. May 20, 1743, md. Moses Foot, 1765.
Stephen, Jr. - bp. May 20, 1743.
John - b. ?
Mercy - b. ?
Kezia - b. ?, md. Mark Chase, 1770.
He probably came to New Salem at the time of purchasing land here in 1741. South Main Street was called, "Cary's Road". He or Jr. moved to Deerfield about 1778. Mary lived with the Barnard family as a young woman. He probably lived on First Div. #50, 51 +/ or 52.
Elisha Chase - son of Isaac and Hannah Berry Chase, b. 1728, Sutton, d. 1757, Waterford, N.Y., md. Mary Wheeler, (sister of James and Joshua?), 1748. Ch.:
Ebenezer - bp. June 4, 1749, md. Mary Draper.
Ezekiel - bp. Sept. 23, 1750, md. Sarah Risley, 1783.
Prudence - bp. Oct. 14, 1752.
Isaac - bp. Oct. 12, 1755.
Elizabeth - b. c. 1756, md. ____Owen.
He was of New Salem at the time of his marriage in 1748. Mary Wheeler was admitted to New Salem Church in 1743. He was on Canada Expedition payroll for 1746. He died in 1757 at the Crown Point Expedition and his widow remained in New Salem. His sister, Abigail md. Daniel Owen.
Thomas Chase - "of New Salem" was in Capt. Samuel Barnard's company in 1759. Son of Thomas Chase in Capt. Thomas Cowdine's company; also Capt. John Nixon's company.
John Cheney - signed a 1750 petition against non-resident Proprietors as a resident proprietor. The account book of Samuel Pierce lists "a half bushel of Salt at Chaney's--where?
Jonathan Childs - son of Samuel and Hannah Barnard Childs, b. March 23, 1718, Deerfield, d. March 11, 1807, New Salem, md. Rebecca Scott, 1739, b. 1718, d. 1820 (age 102). Ch.:
Jessie - b. Oct. 1740.
Hannah - b. Sept. 17, 1742, New Salem; md. Nehemiah Larnard, 1769.
Ebenezer - b. Jan. 25, 1744, md. Abigail Wallis, 1769.
Joseph - bp. March 13, 1745/46, md. Susannah Trask.
Elizabeth - bp. Dec. 18, 1748.
Jonathan, Jr. - bp. Dec. 12, 1750.
Moses - bp. Apr. 12, 1752.
Sarah - bp. May 18, 1755
Jonathan, 2nd - bp. Dec. 7, 1756, md. Deliverence Freeman.
Rebecca - bp. Nov. 19, 1758, md. Nathan Ganson, 1778.
David - bp. Nov. 23, 1760, md. Lydia Hathaway.
Sarah, 2nd - b. Apr. 22, 1763.
He probably came to New Salem between 1740 and 1742. Rebecca was reputed to be able to carry a barrel of cider and at 100 years of age milked a cow, made cheese and rode a mile on horse. David, his twin brother, Jonathan and Asa Childs were nephews of Samuel Barnard of Deerfield and cousins of Capt. Salah Barnard. He may have lived on Second Div.#25.
Nathaniel Church - son of Samuel and Abigail Harrison Church, b. Feb. 7, 1704, Hadley, d. May 9, 1780, Brattleboro, Vermont, md. Rachel McCranney, Springfield, 1727, d. Sept. 18, 1788. Ch.:
Nathaniel, Jr. - b. Dec. 5, 1728.
William Harrison - b. March 3, 1730, md. Jane Wood, 1750.
Rachel - b. Apr. 10, 1731, md. Joseph Burt, 1750.
Malachi - b. June 24, 1732, md. Elizabeth Miller, 1756.
Jesse - b. July 14, 1733.
Eber - b. Dec. 14, 1734, md. Mary Farrand, 1758.
Timothy - b. May 12, 1736, md. Abigail Church.
Samuel - b. Dec. 7, 1737.
Experience - b. June 24, 1739.
Ruth - b. June 24, 1739.
Mary - b. Aug. 4, 1741.
David - bp. Jan. 6, 1744, New Salem.
Jonathan - b. Apr. 17, 1747.
Benjamin - b. May 20, 1751.
He probably came here from Roadtown in 1743 and moved on soon after 1745.
Alexander Conkey - "Doctor", son of John, b. 1738, d. Feb. 28, 1773, New Salem, md. Mary Pierce, 1768, New Salem?, b. 1749, d. Apr. 5, 1829 as wife of Benjamin Felton, dau. of Samuel ? and Mary King Pierce.
He came here from Pelham and boarded here while keeping school. He probably settled here after 1763 on First Div.# 56 and #57 (his estate upon his death in 1773). As a physician, he came upon the scene at the time Dr. Giles Crouch Kellogg of Hadley inherited Dr. Richard Crouch's practice which extended to New Salem.
Joshua Conkey - son of John, b. c. 1735, Pelham, d. Nov. 30, 1814, Pawlet, Vermont, md. Dinah Dick, 1762, Pelham, b. Dec. 18, ----, Pelham, d. June 2, 1792, Salem, N.Y., dau. of Thomas and Margaret _____Dick. Ch.:
Richard - bp. March 13, 1763, New Salem, md. Lucy Thomas, 1780.
Ezekiel - bp. Sept. 26, 1764, New Salem.
Elizabeth - bp. Feb. 19, 1769, New Salem, md. Amos Safford.
John - b. ?, md. Betsy Slarrow.
and many other born in Salem, N.Y.
After his escape from Indian captivity in the "Battle on Snowshoes", with Rogers Rangers near Ticonderoga in 1758, he bought Sec. Div.#8 in New Salem (1761) which he sold in 1765, moving to the new settlement of Salem, N.Y. Both Joshua and his brother, Alexander came here at the same time from Pelham.
James Cook - son of Samuel and Elizabeth Wilson? Cook, md. Abigail Southwick, 1748, New Salem, b. 1725, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail Burt Southwick. She married 2nd John Prentice. Ch.:
Samuel - b. Apr. 19, 1752, md. Katherine Kendall and Lydia Darby.
James, Jr. - b. ?, md. Anna Kendall.
Henry - b. ?, d. 1803.
He came here with or soon after his father; "of New Salem in 1747 in Capt. Stoddard's company. His grist mill on Hop Brook was certainly not as early as reputed. He was a licensed inn holder from 1755 onwards.
Samuel Cook is missing on the 1759 assessment but James is charged for mending shoes of father by Stacy in 1763. Also, in 1763, Stacy mentions not only Samuel (Jr.), James (Jr.) and Henry but also Robert (Robards), Susy Cook and Martha Gibs.
Samuel Cook - son of Isaac and Elizabeth _____ Cook, d. 1765, New Salem, md. probably Elizabeth Wilson, 1705. Ch.:
Elizabeth - b. ?, md. Daniel Shaw?, 1733/34.
Abigail - b. ? , unm. 1765.
Hannah - ?
James - b. ?, md. Abigail Southwick, 1748.
Samuel, Jr. - ?
He had land here as early as 1742 but may not have arrived until 1745/46, when he "of New Salem" sold land in old Salem. Samuel Cook was "of Watertown" in 1743. His son, James who came here with him or soon after, shared in his will, probated in 1765, the mill lot and adjacent Third Div. lot, which may be #35, Abigail to have one end of the house until married. Samuel, Jr., probably did not come here. Propriety sold him 100 acres for a mill lot when he came.
James Craig, Jr. - son of James and Rachel Wallis Craig, b. May 7, 1729, Sudbury, d. Apr. 9, 1806, Nova Scotia, md. Mary Houlton, 1751, New Salem, b. May 1, 1731, Salem, d. March 20, 1809?, Nova Scotia, dau. of Joseph and Rebecca Sheldon Houlton. Ch. b. at Oakham:
Moley - b. Sept. 2, 1752.
Esbil - b. March 7, 1755.
Sarah - b. May 7, 1757, md. Seth Duncan.
Tryphena - b. Feb. 2, 1760.
Tryphena - b. Nov. 15, 1762.
Persis - b. Apr. 30, 1765.
James, 3rd - b. Sept. 1, 1767, d. 1767.
Hannah - b. Sept. 27, 1768.
Betty - b. Jan. 15, 1772.
She probably moved to Oakham with him soon after her marriage in 1751. He served in the British Army during the Revolution and they were not permitted to return to Massachusetts.
Robert Crossett - son of William and Martha Hamilton Crosset, b.c. 1712, Londonderry, Ireland, md. Mary Savage, 1748, Rutland, b. Sept. 14, 1727, Rutland, dau. of Edward and Mary Hamilton Savage. Ch.:
No Name - b. Sept. 8, 1751.
Robert - bp. July 5, 175_.
Sarah - bp. May 11, 1755.
John - bp. Oct. 23, 1757.
Isaac - bp. July 6, 1760.
Ebenezer - b. Aug. 22, 1762.
Mary - bp. Oct. 26, 1769.
Patience - bp. Nov. 2, 1766.
Samuel - b. Dec. 25, 1750, md. Abigail Cady
Edward - b. ?
Zoar - b. ?
Richard Graham - bp. March 10, 1765, New Salem.
He came to the Scotch-Irish settlement in Pelham* in 1747, bought Sec. Div.#3 in New Salem in 1749 where he lived the rest of his life. (* - Rutland probably)
Daniel Curtis - son of James and Sarah Buswell Curtis, b. Jan. 23, 1735/36, Boxford, d. 1809, New Salem, md. Mary Goodale at Topsfield, bp. July 30, 1758, Salem, d.c. 1770, New Salem, dau. of Isaac and Deborah Hawkins Goodale. Ch. b. at Boxford:
Lucy - b. May 2, 1758, md. Joel Townsend.
Eunice - b. Sept. 14, 1760, md. James Goodale, 1780
Mary - b. July 8, 1762, md. Joseph Perry, 1780.
Daniel - bp. June 10, 1764, md. Keziah Smith, 1786.
James - bp. Aug. 10, 1766, md. Elizabeth Reynolds, 1788.
Samuel - bp. May 22, 1768, md. Sally Cannon, 1812.
He md. 2nd - Lydia _____. Ch.:
Sarah - bp. Apr. 3, 1774.
Amos - bp. June 27, 1779.
He md. 3rd - Huldah Newton Townsend, widow of Jonathan Townsend, b. c. 1743, d. March 13, 1813. Other ch.:
Hannah - b.?, md. John Perry.
Lydia - b.?, md. Samuel Steel.
Betsy - b?, md. Cyris Phinney.
He bought Sec. Div. #62 in 1762; his children born after that date were baptized here.
Thomas Daggett, son of Ebenezer and Hannah Sibley Daggett, b. Apr. 25, 1725, Sutton, d. Nov. 28, 1758, Petersham, md. Martha Stockwell, 1747, Sutton. Ch.:
John - b. Sept. 15, 1748, md. Mary Stevens.
Mary - b. March 29, 1750.
David - b.c. 1752, md. Azuba _____.
Hannah - b. ?
Polly - b. ?
Lydia - b. ?
He was "warned out" of New Salem from Sutton with his wife in 1758 (Hamp. court records) and obliged by dying a few months later, but Martha retired to Sutton. His land appears as an abutter in New Salem in 1760.
Simon Davis, Jr. - Lt., b. Sept 2, 1724, Littleton, son of Simon and Jane _____Davis, md. Mary Powers, Littleton, b. Nov. 1, 1723, Littleton, dau. of Joseph and Hannah Whitcomb Powers. Ch.:
Susannah - b. Nov. 8, 1745.
Abigail - b. Oct. 17, 1746.
Elias - b. July 17, 1748.
No Name - bp. Sept. 8, 1751, New Salem.
Hannah - bp. Dec. 3, 1752.
Simon, Jr. - bp. July 6, 1760, md. Mary Fuller.
He came to Quabbin about 1748; was crippled in Col. Pomeroy's company at Lake George in 1755 and was "warned out" of New Salem in 1760, where he may have lived but there are no deeds of land transaction. He was a Capt.-Lt. with Pomeroy's company.
Samuel Duglus - was assessed for two poles and no real estate in New Salem in 1759. He was considered to be "of New Salem" in Hamp. court records in 1762. In the Pierce account book there is an abatement of Samuel Duglus' Poll Rate, March 14, 1763. An Abigail Douglas was paid for keeping school, April 27, 1763 in the Pierce account book. Joseph Douglas has an abatement in 1766.
Amos Felton - son of Ebenezer, Sr. and Jehoadan Ward Felton, b. June 5, 1724, d. Jan. 20, 1806 Shutesbury, md. Hannah Neal, 1776, New Salem, b. Aug. 25, 1742, d. Oct. 21, 1836, New Salem. Ch.:
Amos, Jr. - b. Dec. 5, 1779, md. Lydia King.
Hannah - b. ?
Catherine - b. Aug. 26, 1784, md. Charles Felton.
John - b. ?
He came here with his father's family in 1740. His father sold him Third Div.#30 in 1745, but he sold (or mortgaged?) this in 1747/48 at the time he served in Capt. Stoddard's company "of New Salem". He was assessed one poll in 1759 but had no real or personal estate. He moved to that part of Shutesbury which was later (1824) to be annexed to New Salem.
Benjamin Felton - son of Ebenezer, Sr. and Jehoadan Ward Felton, b. 1727, d. March 21, 1813, md. ______Rich; md. 2nd - Mary Pierce Conkey (widow of Alexander), 1776, New Salem, d. Apr. 5, 1829. Ch.:
Elizabeth - b.c. 1777. md. Zaccheus Richardson.
Mary - b. c. 1780, d. 1812.
Benjamin, Jr. - b. 1782, md. Hepsibah Orcutt.
Abraham - b. May 1784, md. Bethia Pierce.
Ebenezer - b. Feb. 3, 1788, d. 1864.
He also came with his father's family in 1740. His father sold him Third Div.# 14 in 1753, which he immediately resold (or mortgaged?). A 1759 highway plan show "Benjamin Felton's frame" in that part of Shutesbury that was subsequently (1824) annexed to New Salem. The 1759 assessment shows one poll but little real estate and no personal estate. In Shutesbury, he continued to serve as Treasurer of the New Salem Propriety.
David Felton - Joiner, son of Ebenezer, Sr. and Mehitable Roberts* Felton, b. c. 1711, Salem, d. March 24, 1792, New Salem, md. Sarah Houlton, 1736, Salem, b. Apr. 10, 1715, Salem, d. Dec. 15, 1790, New Salem, dau. of James, Sr. and Mary Lindsey* Houlton. Ch.:
James - bp. Oct. 8, 1738, Salem, md. Sarah Houlton, 1760.
Ebenezer, "Jr." - bp. Sept. 1743(page states 1741, but NSVR states 1743), New Salem, md. Hannah Page, 1762.
David, Jr. - bp. May 5, 1745, New Salem. *(pages states "5th", while NSVR states no date).
He bought land here as early as 1740 and probably came here in 1742. He had Sec. Div. # 53 at that time. Her brother was Joseph Houlton. She was admitted to the church in 1743. He was assessed two polls in 1759, probably the other for David, Jr.
Ebenezer Felton, "Jr." - son of David and Sarah Houlton Felton, b. c. 1741, d. after 1792, New Salem, md. Hannah Page, 1762, New Salem, b.c. 1741, d. July 8, 1773, New Salem, dau. of William and Sarah Stephens Page. Ch.:
Hannah - bp. 1763, d. ?.*
Hannah - bp. Apr. 28, 1765, d. 1767.
David Houlton - bp. May 8, 1768, md. Rebecca Hodskin.
Robert - (Robards) - bp. Jan. 30, 1771, md. Patty Stacy.
Hannah - bp. Apr. 11, 1773, md. John Powers.
He was "Jr." because his grandfather, Ebenezer was also in New Salem. Another Ebenezer Felton, Jr. here at that time was his father's half brother. He came here as a baby and was baptized in New Salem in 1743. He probably grew up on Sec. Div. # 53, next to Page's and the local gene-pool began to be consolidated.
Ebenezer Felton, Jr. - son of Ebenezer, Sr. and Jehoadan Ward Felton, b. c. 1720, Salem, md. Lydia (Elizabeth) Stacy, 1753, New Salem, bp. Nov. 1744, Gloucester, dau. of Nymphus and Hannah Littlehale Stacy. Ch.:
Lydia - bp. May 18, 1755, New Salem, d. ?
Stephen - bp. Oct. 22, 1756, New Salem, md. Sally Deland (Daland), 1777, New Salem.
Daniel - bp. July 28, 1759, New Salem, d. 1777, New Salem.
Lydia - bp. Mar. 1765, New Salem, md. Jacob Harwood, 1782, New Salem.
He probably came here with his father's family in 1742. He bought First Div.# 39 in 1744. Lydia was the sister of William Stacy.
Ebenezer Felton, Sr. - Deacon, son of Nathaniel and Anne Horne Felton, b. c. 1685, Salem, d. 1776, New Salem, md. 1st - Mehitable Roberts*, March 1710, Salem, b. Apr. 10, 1692, Haverhill, d. bef. March 1715, Salem; dau. of Ephraim and Dorothie Hendrick Roberts*. Ch. born in Salem:
David - b. c. 1711, Salem, md. Sarah Houlton, 1736, Salem.
md. 2nd Jehoadan Ward, 1716, Salem, b. March 27, 1691, Salem?, dau. of John and Jehoadan Harvey* Ward. Ch. b. in Salem:
Esther - bp. 1727, md. Isaac Southwick.
Ebenezer, Jr. - b.c. 1720, md. Lydia Stacy, 1753, New Salem.
Amos - b. June 5, 1724, md. Hannah Neal, 1776, New Salem.
Benjamin - b. 1727, md. Mary Pierce Conkey, after 1750, New Salem.
Nathaniel - bp. Jan. 23, 1728, d. ?
John - bp. Jan. 23, 1728, d. ?
Nathaniel - bp. May 31, 1730, md. Mary Whiting, 1766, New Salem.
John - bp. Nov. 12, 1732, d. ?
Mehitable - bp. Feb. 15, 1736, d. ?
He sold his house in Salem, August. 21, 1740, "now of ye plantation called New Salem" and came here at the age of 55 years with his family probably to Sec. Div. # 37. He lived here until his death in 1776.
James Felton - son of David and Sarah Houlton Felton, bp. Oct. 8, 1738, Salem, d. 1804, New Salem, md. Sarah Houlton, 1760, New Salem, b. Apr. 13, 1732, d. 1805, New Salem, dau. of Joseph and Rebecca Felton Houlton. Ch.:
Boadice - b. c. 1762, md. Ebenezer Reynolds, bef. 1782, New Salem.
Sarah - b. c. 1763, md. Jacob Amden, 1783, New Salem.
Lucretia - b. c. 1764, md. ? Shaw.
Ruth, b. c. 1765, md. Simeon Southwick, 1785, New Salem.
Lois - b. c. 1768, md. Asa Powers, Jr.*, 1788, New Salem.
Anna - b. c. 1769, md. Joshua Wyatt*, 1789, New Salem.
Susannah - b. March 1, 1772, md. Samuel Kellogg*, 1791, New Salem.
James, Jr. - b. 15 Jan. 1778, md. Eunice Wheeler, aft. 1804, New Salem.
He probably came here with his father's family. He had no real estate or personal estate in 1759 but paid a poll. He lived here all his life.
Nathaniel Felton - son of Ebenezer, Sr. and Jehoadan Ward Felton, bp. May 31, 1730, Salem, d. 1800/01, New Salem, md. Mary Whiting, 1766, New Salem. Ch.:
Mary - b. ?, md. Isaac Page, bef. 1792, New Salem.
Hannah - b. ?, d.?
Nathaniel, Jr. - b?, md. Lucinda Reynolds, bef. 1802, New Salem.
He came here as a boy with his father's family in 1740, served in Capt. Stoddard's company in 1747, paid a poll in 1759; but had no real or personal estate at that time. He lived here all his life.
Mary Fenton - was "warned out" of New Salem in 1753. She had been in trouble three years earlier in Quabbin. (Hamp. court records)
Robert Fenton - md. Jemima _____?. Ch. bp. New Salem:
Elijah - bp. May 13, 1743, d. ?
Joseph - bp. June 16, 1744, d. ?
He was apparently a resident of Quabbin in 1737 (Hamp. court records). Jemima was baptized as an adult in New Salem in 1743.
Joseph Flint - "Mr. Flint of New Salem" stabbed by Mr. Goodale in his belly, March 31, 1740/1741. This was probably Joseph Flint, a proprietor visiting here or building.
Amos Foster, Sr. - Lt., son of David and Hannah Buxton Foster, b. Apr. 21, 1710, Salem, d. March 27, 1793, New Salem, md. 1st - Eunice Stockwell, 1733, md. 2nd - Abigail King, 1749, d. 1777. md. 3rd - Mary Wheeler, 1778, New Salem, b. c. 1723, d. 1785, New Salem. Ch.:
Amos, Jr. - b. c. 1738, md. Elizabeth Kellogg, 1765, New Salem.
He and his brother, Samuel were selling New Salem land in Salem in 1742 but may have not come here to live until 1752. He was Lieutenant of a company of New Salem men sent to the frontier in 1757 during siege of Fort William Henry. He had two polls in 1759 assessment and a large estate. He lived here for the rest of his life on First Div. # 34. He was an original proprietor.
Amos Foster, Jr. - son of Amos Foster, Sr. and Eunice Stockwell Foster, b. c. 1738, Salem ?, d. Jan. 25, 1802, New Salem, md. 1st - Elizabeth Kellogg, 1765, New Salem, b. c. 1741, "first female child born in New Salem", d. June 13, 1785, New Salem, dau of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Partridge Kellogg, md. 2nd - Eunice Hunt (Phelps), 1786*, New Salem. he may have had a brother named Joseph. Ch.:
Cotton - bp. May 11, 1766, d. 1784, New Salem.
Abigail - bp. June 7, 1767, md. Daniel Shaw, Jr., 1785, New Salem.
Elizabeth - b. Sept. 12, 1772, d. 1774, New Salem.
Mary - bp. May 21, 1780.
He probably came here with his father about 1752. In 1759, his father paid for two polls. He lived here all his life.
Daniel Foster - b. 1734, d. June 4, 1818, New Salem, md. Hannah Trask, 1758, Danvers, b. c. 1735, d. Feb. 20, 1817, New Salem, dau. of John Trask and Elizabeth Reed Trask. Ch.:
Daniel, Jr. - b.c. 1768, md. Olive Wheeler, 1789, New Salem.
Clerk in Lt. Amos Foster's company in 1757. In 1759 he paid one poll and was assessed for small personal estate but no real estate. Apparently he lived here all his life. Son of whom?
John Ganson - Houseright, son of John and Abigail Leach Ganson, b. Feb. 2, 1718, md. Mary Jacobs, 1740, dau. of Joseph Jacobs. Ch.:
Benjamin - b. ?, d.?
John, Jr. - b. ?, d. ?
He bought First Div.# 60 in 1743. He or a son of that name was in Lt. Foster's company in 1758. He paid for one poll in New Salem in 1759 and had real estate. There was an entry in Samuel Pierce's account book: "Cam Steve Carey less fif fingers and less life of brother Ganson." John Ganson appears in Pierce's 1763 accounts. He apparently sold Joseph Jacobs land in Salem in 1759. In 1753, the proprietor's claimed that John Ganson had previously been contracted to finish the meeting house.
Isaac Gibbs - son of Thomas and Sarah Woolcott Gibbs, b. Nov. 22, 172_, Brookfield, d. Sept. 8, 1755, md. Mercy _____? Ch.:
Martha - b.?, d.?, md. _____Houlton?
Eunice - b. ?, d. ?
He was of Quabbin in 1754 and of New Salem in 1755. (Hamp. court records) He was probably brother of Solomon Gibbs who later moved to New Salem. He was a corporal in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company and was killed September 8, 1755. He owned a right of land in Roadtown. Martha was in James Cook's family in 1763.
Solomon Gibbs - son of Thomas and Sarah Woolcott Gibbs, b. 1737, d. c. 1810, md. Sarah Fisk, 1757, Greenwich, d. after 1810. Ch.:
Solomon, Jr. - b. Sept. 22, 1762, md. Sarah Hinds, 1793.
Hannah - b. Apr. 22, 1760.
Lucy - b. March 8, 1768.
He was of Quabbin and served in many military companies. He was "of New Salem" in Capt. Salah Barnard's company, 1759. He was probably brother of Isaac who was killed in service in 1755. In 175_, Solomon shot a man in Quabbin (Hamp. court records). Constable in Greenwich in 1764, he probably never lived in New Salem.
John Giles, Jr. - Seaman, son of John Giles, bp. Apr. 9, 1710, Salem, d. Apr. 17, 1777, New Salem, md. Mercy Aborn. Ch. b. at Salem:
Sarah - bp. Aug. 6, 1732 md. _____ Reed.
Mercy - bp. Sept. 2, 1733, md. Samuel Rogers, 1754.
John, Jr. - bp. Jan. 18, 1735/1736, md. 1st - Elizabeth Hinds, 1759, md. 2nd - Margaret Masury, 1763, md. 3rd - Hannah Gould, 1784.
Lydia - bp. May 3, 1741.
Anne - b. ?
Joseph - b. ?
Elizabeth - b. ?
Susannah - b. ?, md. James Winslow, 1772?
William - b. ?, md. Sarah Perry, 1772?
He bought First Div.# 18 in 1753 but there is no sign of him until the 1759 assessment of one poll, real estate and personal estate. They were New Salem church members in 1761. Continued to live here until his death in 1777. John, Jr. and Joseph probably came here with him. He lived on First Div. # 19 and Fourth Div. # 1.
Ebenezer Goodale, son of Isaac and Deborah Hawkins Goodale, bp. May 12, 1734, Salem, md. Grace Phelps, 1754, Northampton, b. Jan. 17, 1735, Northampton, dau. of Samuel and Mindwell Fowler Phelps. Ch.:
Grace - bp. July 11, 1756, New Salem, md. John Chamberlain, 1773.
His uncle, of the same name bought land here as early as 1740. We first hear of him in New Salem in 1759 when he had a small estate but he probably came here as a small boy with his father's family in 1739, on of the first arrivals. He was Captain of a New Salem company of the April 19th Minutemen and served honorably in Col. ______ Regiment. The stories to the contrary, probably printed in the Barre Gazette, two generations later, were myths invented by overzealous descendants of Stacy. The plague in New Salem based on that myth should be destroyed along with all the other myths promulgated on the hill. He was probably in Capt. Howe's company in 1755. Gidean Clark of Northampton was his guardian after his father's death.
Isaac Goodale, Sr. - son of Isaac and Mary ______Goodale, b. Jan. 23, 1692/3, Salem, d. 1743, md. Deborah Hawkins, 1717/18, Marblehead, d. 1753, New Salem, dau. of James and Elizabeth Humphreys Hawkins. Ch.:
Isaac, Jr. - bp. Aug. 9, 1730, md. 1st - Huldah Burt, 1752, md. 2nd - Prudence Billings, 1805.
Mary - b. 1720
Jonathan - b. 1724, md. 1st - Betsy _____, md. 2nd - Lydia Owen, 1769, New Salem.
Ezekiel - b. 1724
Ebenezer - bp. May 12, 1734, md. Grace Phelps, 1754.
James - b. March 28, 1730, md. 1st - Sarah Withedge, md. 2nd - Hannah Upton.
He came here in 1739 or 1740 when he bought First Div. # 28 and # 19 and Sec. Div. # 16. She and the children came with him to the wilderness. It was probably he who cut "Mr. Flint" in March 1740/41 (Crouch account book). Isaac, Sr. died in 1743 but Deborah continued to live here with the children. She died in 1753 in New Salem. Isaac, Jr. moved onto Amherst, Mass. and became a cordwainer. Isaac, Sr. was a fisherman in Marblehead.
Jonathan Goodale - son of Isaac, Sr. and Deborah Hawkins Goodale, b. 1724, d. 1813, New Salem, md. 1st - Betsy _____b. 1730, d. Dec. 10, 1769, md. 2nd - Lydia Owen, 1769, New Salem, b. c. 1726, d. Dec. 9, 1806, New Salem. Ch.:
Ezekiel - b. ?, " of Warren", md. Martha McComb, 1772, New Salem; intent. at Warren.
Jonathan - b. c. 1751, md. Sarah McComb, 1771.
James - b. ?, md. Eunice Curtis, 1780, New Salem.
Jacob - b. ?, md. Mary Hoar, 1781.
Asa - b. ?, md. Martha Liscom, 1787, New Salem.
Elizabeth - b. ?, md. _____Newton.
Ruth - b. ?, md. James Fippen, 1780, New Salem.
Deborah - b. ?, md. Benjamin Upton, 1774, New Salem.
He also came here with his father's family in 1740, served in the 1757 and 1758 military operations. Only Jonathan and Ebenezer had polls and real estate in New Salem in 1759, the other three brothers must have left town.
Phineas Goodale - "of New Salem" aged 35 years enlisted himself as a soldier, April 8, 1760, "X - his mark". Born in Marlborough.
Benjamin Goodenow - "of New Salem" in Capt. Burk's company, 1757, "missing since August 9, doubtless massacred." (Goodenough of Salem?)
Absolom Harwood - son of David and Mary Walcott Harwood, b. c. 1723, d. July 13, 1845, Shutesbury, md. Anna Boyce, 1748. Ch.:
Jacob - b. c. 1761, md. Lydia Felton, 1782, New Salem.
He was "of New Salem" when he bought Sec. Div.# 24 in 1745 and may have been related to the Proprietor John Harwood. He first appears on the 1759 assessment with one poll and real estate and personal estate. He is connected with Sutton. Samuel Pierce hauled building materials for him in New Salem in 1761.
John Hascal - son of Joseph and Catherine Green Hascal, b. June 15, 1744, Woodstock, Conn.?, d. Sept. 15, 1821, New Salem, md. Martha Lawson, 1762, New Salem, d. after 1821, dau. of David and Penelope _____Lawson. Ch.:
Martha - b. 1768, md. James Pebbler*, 1787, New Salem.
Mary - b. 1768.
Benjamin - b. c. 1778, d. 1789, New Salem.
Annes b. c. 1779, d. 1786, New Salem.
Vina - b. ?, md. _____Grant.
Her father was a Grafton or Petersham man. Their marriage here is the only sign of residence. Her brother, David was a New Salem church member in 1761.
Joseph Hascal - son of John, Jr. and Mary Squires Hascal, b. c. 1717, Middleborough, d. Oct. 21, 1777, New Salem, md. Catherine Green, 1734, Thompson, Conn., b. June 19, 1776, Malden, d. April 22, 1797, New Salem, dau. of Jacob and Dorothy Lynde Green. Ch. b. at Woodstock:
Joseph - b. Aug. 21, 1735, md. Alice Fitch, 1769.
Katherine - b. 1737
John - b. June 15, 1744, md. Martha Lawson, 1762, New Salem.
Benjamin - b. Apr. 4, 1749, md. Sarah Foster, 1775, New Salem.
Jacob - b. Nov. 19, 1749.
Abigail - b. Feb. 25, 1752.
Lydia - b. Oct. 23, 1754, md. William Learnard, 1782, New Salem.
Jesse - bp. Aug. 15, 1756.
Ruth - b. ?, md. William Haven, 1789, New Salem.
He and Catherine lived in Thompson, Conn. They probably came here in 1761, when he was "warned out" (Hamp. court records). He was cultivating a field in New Salem in 1761. They probably remained here.
William Holt - son of Oliver and Mary Huse Holt, b. Sept. 11, 1721, Andover, d. Nov. 14, 1759, md. Mary Martin, 1744, Lunenburg. Ch. b. at Lunenburg:
William, Jr. - b. Feb. 11, 1744/45, Andover, md. Hannah Pike, 1769.
David - b. Sept. 26, 1746, md. Hannah_____.
Jonathan - b. Jan. 22, 1748, md. Mariah Wheeler, *1772, New Salem, d. 1831, New Salem.
Humphrey - b. Nov. 8, 1754, md. ?
Mary - b. Nov. 8, 1754, md. Jonathan Bosworth.
Sarah - b. May 30, 1758, md. Samuel Cass.
He is called "of New Salem" in 1752 and 1754, (Hamp. court records) but does not appear in 1759 assessment. His children lived here in the 1770's.
James Houlton - son of Joseph and Rebecca Felton Houlton, b. July 1, 1736, Hopkinton, d. 1772, md. Lois Farrar. Ch.:
Eunice - bp. June 8, 1760, New Salem, md. Joel Dickerson*, 1777, New Salem.
Joseph - bp. June 8, 1760, New Salem, md. Sarah Putnam, 1780, New Salem.
Molly - bp. June 8, 1760, New Salem, md. John Ganson, 1773, New Salem.
Susanna - bp. May 1, 1763.
Lucinda - (Luceba) bp. after 1763, md. Nahum Fairbanks, 1781, New Salem.
Lyman - bp. after 1763.
He came here from Hopkinton as a boy in his father's family about 1751 and had a poll in 1759 but no real estate and small personal estate. He lived here all his life. It is probably him in Capt. Howe's company in 1755.
Joseph Houlton - son of James and Mary Lindsey Houlton, b. June 30, 1711, Salem, d. 1771/1772, New Salem, md. Rebecca Felton, bp. Feb. 7, 1714, Salem, dau. of Skelton and Hepzibah Sheldon. Ch. b. at Hopkinton:
Joseph, Jr. - b. ?, d. June 14, 1756, Albany, New York.
Mary - May 1, 1731, md. James Craig, 1751, New Salem.
Sarah - b. Aug. 13, 1732, md. James Felton, 1760, New Salem.
Hepzibah - b. c. 1733, md. Thomas Osgood, 1759, New Salem.
Ruth - b. May 2, 1734, md. Daniel Ballard, 1754, New Salem.
James - b. July 1, 1736, md. Lois Farrar.
Elizabeth - b. c. 1738, md. William Wilson, 1760, New Salem.
Hannah - b. c. 1740, md. Job Smith, 1760, New Salem.
Nancy - (Ann) b. c. 1742, md. William Partridge Kellogg, 1772, New Salem.
He came here from Hopkinton with Rebecca and his children about 1751, served in the House in 1754; lost Joseph, Jr. in the war in 1756 at which time he was called "Ensign." He lived here the rest of his life, perhaps on Third Div. # 10 and from 1765 to 1771 on Third Div.# 7. He was a cordwainer and built a grist mill in New Salem.
Thomas Hulbert - appears on Capt. Salah Barnard's billeting roles as "of New Salem" in 1758 but his later accounts "of Pelham".
Sampson Hunt - md. Eunice Osgood, 1761, New Salem, b. Nov. 21, 1742, dau. of Aaron and Eunice White Osgood. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Eunice - bp. Aug. 2, 1761.
No information about them.
Isaac Johnson - "of Ervingshire", had his children baptized in the New Salem church. He and his wife were members of the New Salem church in 1761. Ch:
Lucretia - bp. Nov. 18, 1759.
Lucretia - bp. June 13, 1762.*
Elisha - bp. June 17, 1764.
Josiah Johnson - "Of Ervingshire" with wife, Hannah were also members of the New Salem church in 1761. Ch.:
Thomas - bp. Oct. 13, 1753.
Cotton Kellogg - son of Ezekiel, Sr. and Elizabeth Partridge Kellogg, b. Nov. 2, 1732, Hadley, d. 1756, Rutland, from injuries sustained in 1755 at Crown Point. He lived in Rutland but grew up in Hadley and New Salem. In Capt. Howe's company at Crown Point.
Ezekiel Kellogg, Jr. - son of Ezekiel, Sr. and Elizabeth Partridge Kellogg, b. Sept. 22, 1728, Hadley, d. Dec. 25, 1810, New Hampshire, md. Hannah Southwick, 1750, New Salem, b. Sept. 15, 1727, d. Nov. 7, 1807, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail Burt Southwick. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Ezekiel, Jr. - b. March 23, 1753, md. 1st - Eunice Foster, 1777, md. 2nd - Juliett Parker Cahoon, 1795.
Benjamin - b. Dec. 23, 1755, d. 1759, New Salem.
Benjamin - b. Feb. 28, 1759, d. 1775.
Hannah - b. Jan. 31, 1763, md. Israel Richardson, 1782.
Elizabeth - b. May 14, 1769.
Abigail - b. May 14, 1769, md. David Whitaker of Wendall, 1816, New Salem.
Asahel - b. ? d. ?
He probably came here as a boy with his father's family in 1742 from Hadley. He was in Lt. Foster's company in 1757 and had little real estate here but there was one poll in 1759. He lived here most of his life.
Ezekiel Kellogg, Sr. - son of Nathaniel and Sarah Boltwood Kellogg, b. Apr. 15, 1697, Hadley, md. Elizabeth Partridge, c. 1723, b. Sept. 22, 1701, Hadley, dau. of Samuel Partridge, Jr. and Mary Cotton Partridge. Ch.:
Elizabeth - b. 1725, Hadley, d. 1725, Hadley.
Maria - b. 1725, Hadley, d. 1725, Hadley
Ezekiel, Jr. - b. Sept. 22, 1728, Hadley, md. Hannah Southwick, 1750, New Salem.
Cotton - b. Nov. 2, 1732, Hadley, d. 1756, Rutland.
Giles Crouch - b. May 4, 1733, Hadley, d. 1793, Hadley.
Elizabeth - b. Dec. 20, 1740, Hadley, md. Amos Foster, Jr., 1765, New Salem.
Samuel - b. Feb. 1, 1739, Hadley, md. 1st - Lucy Snow, abt. 1769, md. 2nd - Sally Fisk, 1805, New Salem.
William Partridge - b. Feb. 1, 1739, Hadley, md. Nancy Houlton, 1772.
He came here from Hadley about 1742 or earlier and was extensively involved in land speculation in the new grants hereabouts. He stayed here the rest of his life and must have been an important link between the Salem people and Hampshire County. His three polls in 1759 must have included his twin sons Samuel and William. Ezekiel, Sr. had a brother, Ebenezer in Amherst. If Ezekiel Sr. had any military command over New Salem's French War fortifications, as reputed, it has escaped this researcher. (The site of this fortification is actually unknown. The person who placed the historic marker on Blueberry Hill, had no more idea of the actual location than the reader.) "Of Hadley - Feb. 4, 1741/42; lived on First Div.# 25 and/or #24 and #26.
Giles Crouch Kellogg - Doctor, son of Ezekiel, Sr. and Elizabeth Partridge, b. May 7, 1733, Hadley, d. Aug. 28, 1793, Hadley.
He probably lived here as a boy with his father's family but was apprenticed to Dr. Richard Crouch of Hadley, who was his aunt's husband. He graduated from Harvard in 1751. Forbes Library has only volumes 2 and 3 of the Crouch-Kellogg account books in the Judd Collection. Crouch died in 1761 and Giles inherited the practice. He continued to give a great many of the frightful contemporary medicines, bled extravagantly and charged enormous prices for his herbal concoctions. He lived eccentrically and his personal life was scandalous by Hadley 18th Century standards. When he came (by horseback) from Hadley to attend New Salem's sick, he stayed with his relatives here. He and Robert Stone of old Salem had half interests in one Right of the New Salem Propriety.
Samuel Kellogg - son of Ezekiel, Sr. and Elizabeth Partridge Kellogg, b. Feb. 1, 1739, Hadley, d. Nov. 16, 1826, Saugerfield, New York, md. 1st - Lucy Snow, b. Sept. 23, 1741, Woburn, d. bef. 1805, New Salem, dau. of Jacob and Abigail Wyman Snow. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Samuel - b. July 10, 1771, md. Susannah Felton, 1791, New Salem.
Lucy - bp. Aug. 7, 1773, md. Ezra Allen, 1794.
Sarah - b. June 17, 1775, md. Peter Sampson, 1793*, New Salem.
Hannah Snow - b. May 29, 1777, md. Joseph Putnam, 1797, New Salem.
Nathaniel- b. July 22, 1781, md. Sarah Stowell, 1804.
Jonathan - b. Aug. 1, 1784, d. c. 1814.
Barnabus - bp. July 9, 1786, d. 1814, Salt Spring, N. Y.
Experience - b. ?, d. 1806, New Salem.
Benjamin - bp. Aug. 29, 1779, md. Permelia Trask.
He md. 2nd - Sally Fisk Southwick, 1805, New Salem, widow of Benjamin Southwick. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Warren - b. Dec. 10, 1805, md. Melissa Peck, 1838.
Daniel Fisk - b. Sept. 12, 1807, md. Emily Dunham, 1836.
Experience - b. Apr. 18, 1811, md. Aranas Livermore, 1829.
He lived on First Div. # 28 in 1807, probably since 1778.
William Partridge Kellogg - son of Ezekiel, Sr. and Elizabeth Partridge Kellogg, b. Feb. 1, 1739, Hadley, d. Oct. 7, 1826 (see twin brother above) Amherst, md. Nancy Houlton, 1772, dau. of Joseph and Rebecca Felton Houlton, b.c. 1742, Hopkinton. Ch. b. at Amherst:
Elizabeth - b. ?, md. Joseph Church, Jr., 1797.
Nancy- b. ?, md. Jarus Cummings, 1818.
Sybil - b. ?, md Abraham Goddard, 1806.
Giles Crouch, 2nd - b. Sept. 28, 1783, md. Eunice Palmer Cottrell, 1808. (alias? Wm. Sheldon)
He probably moved to Amherst soon after reaching maturity.
Samuel Kendall, Minister - son of Samuel and Elizabeth Pierce Kendall, b. June 30, 1708, Woburn ?, d. Jan. 31, 1792, New Salem, md. Anna Green, b. c. 1711, d. Apr. 19, 1790, New Salem. Ch. b. at New Salem:
Samuel, Jr. - b. Dec. 29, 1748, md. 1st - Lucy Whitney, 1776, - md. 2nd - Eunice Putnam, 1785.
Anne - b. ?, md. 1st - James Cook, Jr., ?, md. 2nd - John Prentice, 1777.
Katherine - b. c. 1755, md. Samuel Cook.
Elizabeth - b. c. 1746, md. Thomas Fessendon.
He was ordained in New Salem in 1742 and lived here until his death in 1792. In addition to his children his household included Sally Deland who md. Stephen Felton, dau. of George and Abigail Deland of Shutesbury and also reputedly two slaves, John and Chloe. He was a proprietor of Athol and it _____his father ? who owned the Newton grant between Athol and Petersham. Like many Harvard ministers, he was a Tory sympathizer and was forced to resign. His book of marriages to 1782 and baptisms to 1776 are preserved. The location of his house is shown in the 1757 highway plan. Jonathan Asley's address here of December 15, 1742 at Kendall's ordination was printed by Roger's and Fowle for S. Eliot. Cornhill, 1743: "The Great Concern....". He lived on First Div. # 63.
John Kilburn - was admitted to the New Salem church on Apr. 24, 1744. He was "of New Salem" in Capt. John Stoddard's muster roll of 1747.
William King, Jr. - son of William and Hannah Cook King, b. ? June 1, 1699, Salem. It is not known with whom he lived. He had a poll and small personal estate in 1759 assessment but no real estate. Samuel King, Jr. must have been a nephew or even more distantly related. Perly listed William born June 1, 1799, "lived in Sutton; died in early manhood". Samuel Pierce's account book for June 1758 has "William King dr to me Mare to Sutton". In 1764, a William King, Jr. is in Shutesbury and buys for New Salem Fourth Div. # 192.
The Abigail King who married Amos Foster is a plaintiff in a 1762 suit vs. "Jonathan King of Sutton, administrator in estate of Jonathan King of Sutton in a plea of debt."
Samuel King, Jr. - son of Samuel and Mary Browne King (and grandson of proprietor Samuel King), b. Apr. 6, 1735, Danvers, d. 1818, New Salem, md. cousin Bethia King, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Southwick King of Rutland. (Proprietor Samuel d. about 1738 and had a son Zachariah in addition to Samuel, Jr., and Ebenezer); (the other proprietor, John King seems to be only distantly related). Ch.:
Samuel, Jr. - b. ?, md. Philena Haskins, 1783.
Ebenezer - b. ?, md. Esther Southwick.
Elizabeth - b. ?, d. ?
Mary - b. ?, md. Elijah Carswell, 1787.
Abigail - b. ?, md. Daniel Pierce.
Lydia - b. ?, md. Amos Felton, aft. 1801*.
Hannah - b. ?, md. John Carter.
Bethia - b. ?, md. _____Southwick.
Lovice - b. ?, md. John Briggs.
His father sold him Sec. Div. #34 in 1755. His sister md. Samuel Pierce, Jr. in 1749 and came here in 1751, but perhaps King didn't come here until 1755. He had one poll and real estate in the 1759 assessment.
David Lawson, Jr. - son of David and Penelope _____Lawson, md. Hannah Snow of Chelmsford, 1763, Petersham, dau. of Jonathan and Esther _____Snow. Ch. bp. in New Salem:*
Lucy - bp. Oct. 19, 1766.
Nathaniel - bp. Sept. 18, 1768.
David - Sept. 15, 1771.
He must have lived in Petersham but was a New Salem church member in 1761 and his children were baptized here. His sister, Martha md. John Hascall in 1762 in New Salem and his father and mother moved here in 1766.
Ebenezer Lock - son of Joshua and Hannah _____Lock, b. Aug. 5, 1737, Oxford?, d. Sept. 24, ____, Schuyler, N. Y., md. Mary or Pheby Moore, 1759, dau. of Collins Moore. Ch. bp. at New Salem.
Cyrus - b. Apr. 16, 1760, Oxford, d. ?
Mary - bp. Feb. 7, 1762.
Lucy - bp. June 17, 1765.
Sampson - bp. May 3, 1767.
Atlas* - bp. July 2, 1769.
and perhaps Ebenezer, Collins, Phoebe, Rufus, Nathan and Edward J.
They were New Salem church members in 1761 "of Ervingshire" as early as 1753.
* - Corrections and additions
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