March 20, 1777; also, muster return dated Camp at Valley Forge, Jan. 22, 1778; also, Capt. J. Pray's co., Col. Sprout's reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to March 15, 1780.

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BARTHOLOMEW ASSEY of Marblehead; quartermaster, ship "Franklin," manded by Capt. John Turner; descriptive list of officers and crew, dated Dec. 2, 1780; age, 25 yrs.; complexion, dark; cruise began Aug. 8, 1780.

ISAAC ASTEN, JR., of Methuen; priv., Capt. Eliphalet Bodwell's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay abstract for mileage from Albany home, dated Dec., 1776. JOHN ASTEN of Methuen; Capt. John Davis' co., Col. James Frye's reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also, priv.; co. return dated Cambridge, Oct. 5, 1775; reported, enl. May 6, 1775

WILLIAM ASTEN of Methuen; priv., Capt. Eliphalet Bodwell's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's reg.; pay abstract for mileage from Albany home, dated Dec. 1776.

BENJAMIN ASHTON of Marblehead; 2d lt., Capt. Francis Felton's co.; enl. July 13, 1775; service, 3 mos., 27 dys., at Marblehead.

JOHN ATKINS of Newburyport; priv., Capt. Greenleaf's co., Col. Tupper's reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 14, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported, taken prisoner Jan. 7, 1777, at Hubelton.

JOHN ATKINS of Gloucester; priv., Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Gerrish's (later Baldwin's) 38th reg.; co. return dated Camp Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775; also, Capt. William Pearson's (3d) co.; enl. Jan. 12, 1776; roll made up to May 31, 1776; service, 4 mos., 19 dys., at Glou

cester.

OBADIAH ATKINS of Cape Ann; Capt. John Row's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 28, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. June 13, 1775; service, I mo., 21

dys.; also, co. return (probably Oct., 1775); also, order for bounty coat dated Cambridge, Nov. 9, 1775.

AMOS ATKINSON of Newbury; 2d. It., Capt. Timothy Bernard's co., Col. Little's reg.; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned June 27, 1775; also, ens., Capt. Timothy Barnard's co., Col. Moses Little's reg.; list of officers of Mass. militia [year not given]; also, 2d lt., Capt. Jacob Gerrish's co., Col. Moses Little's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 1, 1775; service, 3 mos., 8 dys. ; also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; age, 23 yrs.; also, receipt for wages for 12 mos.' service at Rhode Island, under Maj. William Rogers, dated Newbury, Jan. 25, 1779.

JOHN ATKINSON of Newbury; 2d It., Capt. Paul Moody's co., Col. Timothy Pickering's reg.; list of men in service in Dec., 1776, as returned by Brig. Michael Farley, dated Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1776; marched through Providence to Danbury, Conn.

THEODORE ATKINSON of Newbury; return of men raised agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; enl. June 2, 1781, for 3 yrs. ; also, priv., 1st co. ; order for 3 mos.' wages dated Oct. 28, 1783.

WILLIAM ATKINSON of Salem; priv., Capt. Richardson's co., Col. Hutchinson's reg.; return of men in service in 1776; enl., 12 mos.; reported, deserted.

WILLIAM ATTELL of Lynn; priv., Capt. Gallusha's co., Col. Woodbridge's (25th) reg.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775].

ZACHARIAH ATTWELL of Marblehead ; priv., Capt. Joseph Hiller's co., Col. Jonathan Titcomb's reg.; enl. June 11, 1777; dis. Aug. 11, 1777; service, 2 mos., 6 dys., on an alarm at Rhode Island. Roll dated Providence, R. I.

WILLIAM ATTWILL of Lynn; priv., Capt. Eleazer Lindsey's co., commanded by Lt. Daniel Gallusha, Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 20, 1775; service, 2 mos., 13 dys. ; also, Capt. Lindsey's co., Col. Samuel Gerrish's reg.; order for advance pay dated Malden, Aug. 3, 1775.

NATHAN ATWELL of Lynn; serg., Capt. Rufus Mansfield's (4th) co., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service, 2 dys.

WILLIAM ATWELL of Lynn; priv.; list of men who served at Concord battle and elsewhere belonging to Lynn; also, Capt. Daniel Gallusha's co., Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's reg.; order for bounty coat dated Malden, Dec. 22, 1775.

ZACHARIAH ATWELL of Lynn; priv., Capt. Rufus Mansfield's (4th) co., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service, 2 dys.

THOMAS ATWILL of Lynn; priv.; list of men who served at Concord battle and elsewhere belonging to Lynn.

er's reg.; enl. Aug. 9. 1781; dis. Dec. 1, 1781; service, 3 mos., 26 dys., on an alarm at Rhode Island; enl., 5 mos.

SAMUEL ATWOOD of Bradford; return of men enl. into Continental Army from Capt. John Savory's co., dated Feb. 13, 1778; enl. for Bradford (East parish); joined Capt. Samuel Carr's co., Col. James Weson's reg.; enl., during war; also, priv., Capt. Carr's co., Col. Wesson's reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 28, 1777, to Sept. 16, 1777; dis. Sept. 16, 1777.

WILLIAM ATWOOD of Bradford; serg., Capt. James Mallon's co., Essex co. reg. ; enl. Oct. 11, 1779; dis. Nov. 10, 1779; service, I mo., 2 dys., at Castle Island, under command of Maj.-gen. Hancock. To be continued.

BY REV. ANSON TITUS.

JESSE ATWOOD of Bradford; priv., Capt. John Savory's (2d) co., Col. Samuel Johnson's reg., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; returned home April 23, 1775; service, 4 1⁄4 dys.; also, pay roll for 5 dys. service from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, 1775; co. detached from 2d foot co. in Bradford for defence of Cape Ann.

JOSEPH ATWOOD of Haverhill; priv., Capt. Richard Ayer's co., Col. Johnson's reg., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 5 dys.

JOSEPH ATWOOD, JR., of Bradford; priv., Capt. John Savory's (2d) co., Col. Samuel Johnson's reg., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; returned home April 23, 1775; service, 44 dys.; also, Capt. Nathaniel Gage's co., Col. James Frye's reg.; co. return dated Cambridge, Sept. 6, 1775.

PAUL ATWOOD of Bradford; priv., Capt. John Robinson's co., Col. William Turn

Lt. Jonathan Mooer, son of Edmond Mooer, married May 10, 1670, Constance, daughter of Richard Langhorne, and resided in Newbury, where he died, widow married, secondly, Nov. 1, 1697, 1693, aged about forty-seven years. His John Mitchell of Newbury. In the will of Lieutenant Mooer he spoke of his aged father who was to receive maintenance. May 12, 1714, Richard Mooer

of Lexington, and John, George and Daniel Monroe (three brothers who married three Mooer sisters) joined in petitheir "father-in-law," might administer tioning the court that John Mitchell, upon the estate of Lt. Jonathan Mooer "which was not already disposed of." This action we interpret to mean that the mother Constance was then deceased, and that the widow's dower was to be divided among the heirs. The Monroe brothers, sons of William Monroe, "the Scotchman," resided in Lexington, and the genealogy of their families is quite fully recorded in the history of that town. The following are the children of Lt. Jonathan Mooer :

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HANNAH, b. April 13, 1676; m. John Mon

roe.

WILL OF GEORGE POLLARD.

The will of George Pollard of Marblehead, dated 3: 13: 1646, was proved in the Salem quarterly court 10: 31: 1646. The following copy is taken from the original instrument on file in the office of clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf 64. 3 month 13day 1646.

I George Pollard of Marblehead weake in body yet in perfect memory doe make this my last will & testament first I bequeath my soule to God y' gaue it & my body to be interred according to ye difcretion of my frends and for my temporal estate I difpofe of it as followeth Imprimis I giue to Goodman Tiler of linne the summe of tenne pounds Also to John Hart y younger the summe of fiue pounds & to Christopher Nicolson the sonne of Edmond Nicolson the summe of five pounds, lastly to fee this my will performed I doe appoint Wm Walton of Marblehead my executor to see my debts payd the remainder of my whole estate I give vnto ye sayd executor & also I doe intreate mr Mauerick & William Charles to be affifting & helpefull to my sayd ecutor for ye recovering of my debts In witnes heerof I haue heervnto fet hand ye day & yeere aboue written witneffes

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ABORN NOTES.

Clarissa Aborn, born in Lynnfield March 20, 1795, married Thomas Bancroft of Danvers June 1, 1815.

Ebenezer Aborn of Danvers published to Mehitable Larabee of Lynnfield Dec. 20, 1783.

Joseph Aborn born in Lynnfield Jan. 8, 1785.

Lydia Aborn married Samuel Reed March 19, 1761.

-Danvers town records. Elizabeth Aborn and Abigail Aborn admitted, 1723 (?).

Samuel Aborn owned covenant and was baptized March 22, 1730.

Abigail Aborn baptized March 31,

1728.

Mary, daughter of Isaac Aborn, baptized Nov. 1, 1724.

-Lynnfield church records. Andrew Nowland married Hannah Aborn May 31, 1792.

-Marblehead town records. Hannah Eaborn baptized, in adult age, Dec. 19, 1714.

Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Mary Aborn, baptized Jan. 24, 1730-1. -Feabody (then Salem) church records. Moses Aborne, jr., published to Elizabeth Perkins, both of Salem, Dec. 4, 1714.

Mercy Aborne published to John Giles, jr., both of Salem, Feb. 27, 1730-1.

Mary Aborn married Robert Stone, both of Salem, Dec. 20, 1752, in Danvers.

Sarah Aborn of Salem married Thorndike Proctor of Danvers Jan. 24, 1771. Samuel Aborn of Salem married Sarah Bell of Danvers June 27, 1772.

Isaac Aborne married Mary Whitamore Nov. 28, 1723.

Samuel Aborn married Margaret Masury, both of Salem, Sept. 30, 1742. Joseph Aborn married Sarah Masury, both of Salem, Nov. 3, 1747.

Mary Aborn married Abraham Southwick, both of Salem, Dec. 28, 1755.

Lydia Aborn married Benjamin Symonds, 3d, both of Salem, Nov. 3, 1796. -Salem town records.

John Aborn of Tolland, Conn., husbandman, Samuel Aborn, my brother, and Elizabeth Woodard and Abigail Newhall, my sisters, conveyed to Ebenezer Aborn of Lynn, husbandman, all our interest in the estate of our uncle Thomas Aborn, late of Lynn, deceased, 1760. Samuel Aborne of Lynn, shipwright, 1731.

-Essex county registry of deeds. Ebenezer Aborn published to Elizabeth Whittemore, both of Lynn, June 24, 1725. Mercy Aborne baptized in First Church, Salem, June 23, 1728.

Mary Aborn, born Feb. 10, 1787, married Nathaniel Goldsmith and removed from Marblehead to Ossipee, N. H. Samuel Eborne, aged about fifty years in 1670, calls the wife of Ralph Silsbee (formerly widow Foster) his sister.

Thomas Eaborne, tanner, of Salem, made freeman May 14, 1634; was living in 1642, aged.

Abigail Aborn married Nathaniel Newhall of Lynn Jan. 1, 1755. Her parents had moved from Lynnfield to Tolland, Conn. Mr. Newhall settled in Windsor, now Ellington, Conn. She is said to have been born in 1731, and to have died Jan. 17, 1810.

A boy named Ebourn, aged about fourteen was murdered at Salem on the Friday night before April 1, 1759.

Thomas Eborn was a member of the First Church, Salem, in 1637 and before. Samuel Eaborne was in Salem court in 1640; and was deceased 27:4: 1643. William Aborn (of Beverly?) died at Quebec, 1760.

Richard

18. The following is an extract from the parish register of Chesham, Bucks, England, made by H. G. Somerby, esq.: Thomas Chase, of Hundred, in parish of Chesham. John', of Hundred, baptised Nov. 30, 1540; Richard', of Chesham, baptised August 30, 1542. Chase of Chesham married Joan Bishop April 16, 1562, and had the following children baptised: Robert3, Sept. 2, 1565; Henry3, Aug. 10, 1567; Lydia3, Oct. 4, 1573; Ezekiel3, April 23, 1576; Dorcas3, March 2, 1578; Aquila3, Aug. 14, 1580; Jason3, Jan. 13, 1583; Thomas3, July 18, 1585; Abigail3, Jan. 12, 1588; and Mordecai3, July 31, 1591. Aquila3, married and had sons Thomas, and Aquila, born 1618.-A. H. Lamson, Elkins, N. H.

22.

Susanna Eastman, who married Thomas Wood, was born about 1673, and was daughter of Philip Eastman by his first wife, whose name is unknown. Philip Eastman was born in Salisbury Dec. 30, 1644, and lived in Haverhill and New Roxbury (Woodstock, Conn.). He was son of Roger and Sarah Eastman of Salisbury. Roger was born about 1612, came to America in the Confidence, and was in Salisbury in 1640. He died there Dec. 16, 1694; and his wife Sarah died March 11, 1697.-David W. Hoyt, Providence, R. 1.

4I. A letter addressed to the town clerk of Scituate, Mass., would probably secure the birth and parentage of Anthony Vaughan.-Ed.

42. Susannah Low4, who married Asa Perley of Boxford in 1738, was daughter of Samuel Low3 of Ipswich, who was born in 1676, and died June 6, 1723. Asa's parents, Lt. Thomas and Hannah Perley,

of Boxford, were appointed guardians of the three young children of the deceased and cared for them, and that is how the acquaintance and marriage of the couple came about. Samuel's grandfather Thomas Low' was living in Chebacco parish (now Essex), Ipswich, as early as 1644. He died Sept. 8, 1677. By his wife Susannah was born, in 1632, their son Dea.

Thomas Low2, who married Martha Borman July 4, 1660; lived in Chebacco parish; and died April 12, 1712, at the age of eighty. She died Jan. 22, 1720, aged seventy-nine. Dea. Thomas and his wife were parents of Samuel Low3 above.-Ed. 125. Hannah Eaton1, who married Caleb Allen, was born in Haverhill Sept. 30, 1688. She was great-granddaughter of John Eaton', who was living in Salisbury in 1639, and died in Haverhill Oct. 29, 1668, aged about seventy-three. His son Thomas Eaton' was probably born in England about 1631, and went to Haverhill with his parents in November, 1646. He married, first, Martha Kent Aug. 14, 1656. She died March 9, 1657; and he married, second, Eunice Singletary, at Andover, Jan. 6, 1659. By the second wife, his son Thomas Eaton3 was born in Haverhill

March 18, 1660. Thomas3, jr., married Hannah Webster of Haverhill May 5, 1687; and was killed by the Indians March 15, 1697, the day that Hannah Dustin was taken prisoner. His widow died Aug. 14, 1747. These were the parents of Hannah Eaton, the subject of the query.-A. H. Lamson, Elkins, N. H.

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