Children, born in Haverhill:92-I. TIMOTHY', b. June 7, 1784. 93-II.

SUSANNAH WHITE', b. April 5, 1786.

WILLS OF JOHN AND MARGERY

KNOWLTON.

The wills of John Knowlton of Ipswich and his widow, Margery Knowlton, were proved in the Ipswich court March 28, 1654. The following copies were taken from the records in the Ipswich Deeds, book I, leaf 137, the originals being missing.

This 29th of the 9th mth: 1653:

I the faide John Knowlton being att this p'fent time in perfect memory I make my wife my Executrix & I doe giue vnto margery my wife my house & land & Cattell with other estate for her ufe & the bringing of my Children up fo long as fhe lives & after her death the remainder to be deuided half of it to my eldest fonne John & the other halfe of it to be deuided betweene my fonne Abraham & my daughter Elifabeth, & if please God any of my Children do Chang ther Condition it is my defire with the aduice of m1 Symonds & our paftor and the overfeers and my wife Confenting therto that they should impt fomething unto them according as god thall guide you and I giue to Margery my wife all my household goods to be at her owne difpofing onely my fhop tooles I giue to my eldest fonne John and fome of my wearing clothes to my brother william I make m' Tredwell my brother Wilfon & my [brother?] Thomas Knoulton my ouerfeers.

Theophilus Wilfon & Thomas Knoulton fworne teftified that John Knoulton was redy to haue fubfcribed this to be his last will if his wife did accept to be executrix within two dayes which she did & fo this is proued to be his will in the Court held at Ipswich the 28th of march 1654.

p me Robert Lord Cleric

ffebruary the 20th: 1653. This is to Certify that I Margery Knoulton widdow do make my brother Thomas Knoulton Executor to me & Affigne in

my stead to fulfill my husbands will in my Roome & alfo for my felfe to giue to my Children according to our wills, for my household goods which are at my disposeing I doe giue equally to be deuided to my 3 Children John Elifabeth & Abraham, onely I giue my great Byble to John, & all my weareing parrell to Elifabeth & a Iron pott with a bed tike that is hers & 20 that is Johns and 2 Candlesticks that are Abrahams. And I make m1 Tredwell & my brother Wilfon my ouerfeers. Alfo Abraham is to haue the yearne & Cloth to make him two shifts & to haue a new hatt.

thefe 3 interlines were made before she fet her hand.

the marke of Margery Knoulton

[In the margin of the record, midway, is written: "These are befide the Diuifion."]

pued in Court held at Ipfwich the 28th (1) 1654 by the oaths of Theophilus Wilfon Elifabeth Wilfon & mary Tredwell. p. me Robert Lord Cleric.

NOTES.

Russell Wyer, at his shop on the corner of School street, Salem, sold spices, hardware, looking-glasses, Dutch cordage, iron pots and kettles.-Essex Gazette, Jan. 17-24, 1769.

Matthew Annable drowned at sea Sept. 15, 1785.

Anna Annable married John Lealand Sept. 16, 1790.

Elizabeth Annable published to Jacob Thompson Feb. 24, 1742-3.

Robert Annable, jr., published to Hannah Giddings Sept 12, 1761.

Robert Annable, jr., published to Sarah Whipple Dec. 27, 1766.

Widow Mary Annable died Jan.—,1748. Hannah Annable published to Samuel Dutch Sept. 2, 1721.

Elizabeth Annable married John Whipple April, 1719.

Susanna Annable married Joseph Greenleaf Nov. 11, 1789.

-Ipswich town records.

THE SHOEMAKERS.

Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone,
How falls the polished hammer!
Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown
A quick and merry clamor.
Now shape the sole ! now deftly curl
The glossy vamp around it,
And bless the while the bright-eyed girl
Whose gentle fingers bound it!

Rap, rap!-your stout and bluff brogan,
With footsteps slow and weary,
May wander where the sky's blue span
Shuts down upon the prairie.
On Beauty's foot your slippers glance,
By Saratoga's fountains,

Or twinkle down the summer dance
Beneath the Crystal Mountains?
John G. Whittier.

SHOEMAKING.

Shoemakers began to ply their trade in this county in its first settlement. They were generally called cordwainers or cordwinders, though those terms are not sufficiently descriptive of their occupation, as a cordwainer was one who

sewed leather, but included the making of breeches and other articles of clothing made of leather.

The journeymen shoemakers, and most of them were journeymen in the early days, travelled from house to house, and from village to village, and stopped in a family long enough to make up a year's supply of footwear. His habits were similar to those of the weaver and tailor, and he worked in the house and boarded with the family while he remained.

From the hide of the cow or ox that the farmer had killed for a supply of beef, which had been turned into leather by the tanner, the shoemaker shod the family, fitting the boots and shoes to each foot. Sizes, we dare say, were unknown in those earlier days.

About the middle of the eighteenth century many of the farmers, from sides of leather tanned from the hides of their own animals, and from leather they had purchased, spent their dull winters in

making shoes, the wives and daughters doing the binding and closing, and the sons helping with the sewing and in pegging after pegs began to be used. Some worked by the fireplace in the living room of the house, but generally a small building was built near the house in which the men worked. These little shops were scattered all through Essex county, and some are still to be seen in the country. The outside view of one of these shops, and they were nearly all of the same size

Later, some of the men in towns became manufacturers. That is, they had a shop in which they stored their hides and stock and the manufactured goods. There they cut the stock,-soles, vamps, quarters, counters, tongues, lifts, welts and rands: but the boots and shoes were made in other places. The makers came and took away the stock, returning the finished goods, being paid for their labor by the pair. It is said that the first shop of this kind was in Danvers,

man did a part only, one lasting, another pegging, and so on. The small shops were gradually abandoned, and the work was done, from the cutting of the stock to the packing for the market, in one place. Eventually the business congregated, forming such shoe centres as Haverhill and Lynn.

Lynn has been noted for its shoes since its early days, no other town in the county showing so many men of this trade, according to the county records. The earliest shoemakers there were Philip Kertland and Edmund Bridges, who came as early as 1635. In 1767 eighty thousand pairs of shoes were made there, and in 1770 Lynn-made shoes were advertised in London.

The journeyman shoemaker of the early day, and the later shoe shop, which had more to do in shaping the affairs of the region than we know, long since became a matter of history only.

fervant to Daniell Rumble vide m2 Emerey teft. in 183."

Christopher Lawson, 31: 10: 1644. Petition de Thomas Wight of Exeter that testators might appear vive voce.

Mr. Tayler v. Mr. King. Robt Bridges deposed that after Mr. Knight's bull had his horn cut, I was on horseback with my wife behind me, and the bull stood in the highway. I struck at the bull with my stick to drive him out of my way. He made at my mare, placing his horns on her shoulder. God's hand saved us. The mare was killed, being great with foal. The mare was Mr. Tayler's. Signed by Increase Nowell, sec't'y.

[Ann (also Anne) Knight testified in case between Mrs. Tayler and Wed King about the killing of Mrs. Tayler's mare by Wed King's bull. Wed King dwelt with Mrs. Taylor. William Worcester testified that Mrs. Tayler ran to his house, but my wife, being very ill, etc., Salisbury, 6: 5 mo: 1644. Signed by both

31: 10: 1644.

Inventory of John Talbey, taken by Peter Palfrey and William Lord 11 mo: 1644. Real, £7, 10s.; personal, about £8; total, about £15, 10s. He had claims against William Bayly, Richard Singeltarie of Salisbury, Richard Edwards and Mr.

man. Anne, Stephen, and their elder brother John Talby to have certain parts of the estate.

John Bartoll writes that Mary, daughter of himself and wife Parnell, was born Feb. 1, 1642.

John Bennett (his B mark) certifies, II: 12 mo: 1644, that Marie, daughter of Jno and Margrett Bennett, was born Sept. 2, 1638.

John and Elizabeth Blackleach certify in writing that their children were born as follows: Desire, born 13: 2: 1636, aged eight years; Exercise, born 11 mo: 1637, aged seven years; Joseph, born 8: 11 mo: 1639, aged five years: Elizabeth born 10 mo: 1641, died in 1642; Benony, born ye print of ye 3 mo: 1643: and Elizabeth, born 12: 6 mo: 1644.