31. Brother Turners, on his Lott

32. Brother Cobbs, on his Lott

33. Goodman Hewes on his Lott

34. Goodman Lewice on his Lott. . now Goodma Williams

35. Goodma Lewice Juniour his new house haveing sold his other to Mr Dorkins

41. Henney Ewells. . we Goodmā Merritt haith bough

[Note by Dr. Stiles.]

Transcribed from the Revd John Lothrops originall MS. being all the Entries I find in his own Hand writing

he wants:

By Ezra Stiles Augt 24, 1769

Hampton in New Hampshire, June 12th 1731. D-R B—R :—I think I shall not be with you at the Commencement. I hope you and my other Friends will direct my Son in anything wherein He is now to take his Degree, and I take the Occasion of it to let you know the remarkable Kindness of my Neighbours to me; Since he has been at the College, they have by free Contributions given me One Hundred and Fifteen Pounds, to assist me in Maintaining him there; and they did it with all the Freedom that can be imagined, Ï having never asked them to do it, nor indeed, did I so much as think of such a thing till of their own accord they offered it. You may inform who you please of this, for, indeed, one end of my Writing it is, that other Congregations may be stirred up by this good Example, to do the like for their Ministers; I boast of my Parishioners, hoping that their Zeal in this matter will provoke many others to go and do likewise

I am, dear Sir, your affectionate B-r.

[News Letter, July 1, 1731.

G.

NOTE ON THE SWAN FAMILY.

[Communicated by Mr. WILLIAM WHITMORE.]

Samuel Swan of Charlestown, born 1720, was an only child of an only child. His ancestors came from Manchester, England, in the reign of Charles the Second, before 1685, on account of religious proscription; they had ample property, and purchased of government a patent for a large tract, now Haverhill and Methuen. They were three brothers. His father married Miss Austin of Charlestown, and died in 1746.

In March, 1746, Samuel Swan married Miss Joanna Richardson, of Woburn. His house, in Charlestown Square, was burnt by the British at the battle of Bunker Hill, April 1775, and he went with his family to Concord. After the English army left Boston, March, 1776, he returned, built another house on the Neck, and died there, August, 1808. As lately as 1798, he was urged by a lawyer of respectability, of Cambridge, to prosecute his claim to a large amount of productive real estate in the settled part of Haverhill and Methuen, showing him he was the sole sur viving heir to the large property. From a delicate sense of justice he firmly refused to entertain the idea,-saying he was happy to hear that the title expired with him, as the honest purchasers would not now be disturbed in their possession after his death. After this, the sheriff of the county united in the application, and offered to purchase part of the claim; but Mr. Swan told him he would not dispossess so many people of their houses and lands for the whole county of Essex. They then applied to his son Samuel, of Medford, who told them he heartily concurred in the decision of his father.

Mr. Swan died Aug. 6, 1808, aged 88. Mrs. Swan died July 4, 1796. Their children: Samuel, b. August, 1747, d. September, 1749; Samuel, 2d, b. Jan. 17, 1750, m. Miss Hannah Lamson, d. Nov. 14, 1825; Daniel, b. 1752, m. Miss Elizabeth Tufts, d. 1780; Caleb, b. 1754, m. Miss Joanna Burt, d. March, 1816; Joanna, b. 1756, d. Dec. 1791; Mehitable, b. 1757, d. 1759; Timothy, b. Dec. 1759, an eminent physician Washington, N. C., Jan. 1788; Joseph, b. Aug. 1766, d. Nov. 1767.

Samuel Swan, Jr., served under General Lincoln in the Revolutionary War. He was appointed Quarter Master General, with the rank of Major, under General Lincoln, during Shay's Rebellion in 1787, and for his conduct on that service, he received the written thanks of Governor Bowdoin. He removed from Charlestown to Medford in 1790. He was the first Treasurer of Malden Bridge; then Treasurer and Paymaster of the Middlesex Canal, until its completion in 1804. He was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Bowdoin in 1787; and by General Washington Deputy Collector of the U. S. Revenue, under General Brooks.

He m. Miss Hannah Lamson of Charlestown, 5 March 1778, he d. Nov. 14, 1825, aged 75; she d. Nov. 18, 1826, aged 70. Their children were Samuel, b. May 9, 1779, m. Miss Margaret Tufts, d. March, 1823; Daniel, b. Feb. 17, 1781, m. Miss Sarah Preston; Joseph, b. Sept. 8, 1784, m. Miss Ann Rose, d. Jan. 21, 1853; Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1785; Benjamin Lincoln, b. June 15, 1787, m. Miss Mary C. Saidler; Timothy, b. Nov. 5, 1788-he lived fifteen years in England, until 1829-d. in St. Croix, Jan. 20, 1830; Caleb, b. June 23, 1790, m. Miss Harriet Stone.

Children of Benj. L. Swan and Mary C. Saidler: Benj. L., b. July 7, 1818, m. Caroline Post; Mary, b. May 26, 1820, m. Charles N. Fearing; Edward Henry, b. Mar. 14, 1822, m. Miss Julia Post; Emily, b. Aug. 6, 1824, d. June 13, 1829; Robt. Jas., b. Aug. 26, 1826, m. Miss Margaret Alex'r Johnston; Otis Dwight, b. Oct. 23, 1828; Fred. Geo., b. 22 Feb. '31.

BRIEF MEMOIRS AND NOTICES OF PRINCE'S SUBSCRIBERS. [Continued from Vol. IX, p. 339.]

CHASE, JOSIAH, a student at Harvard College, was b. at Newbury, 30 November, 1713. [His father was Thomas, his grandfather Thomas2 and his great-grandfather Aquila' Chase, who came from England, settled in Hampton, and afterwards removed to Newbury. See Hist. and Gen. Reg., Vol. I, p. 68. He m., 5 April, 1743, Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Tufts, of Newbury. Her mother was Sarah Bradstreet, her grandmother Mercy (Cotton) Tufts, and her great-grandmother Dorothy (Bradstreet) Cotton, dau of Gov. Simon Bradstreet.]* He graduated at Harvard College in 1738, was ordained as the first minister in Spruce Creek Parish, in Kittery, 19 September, 1750, and d. 17 December, 1778. Having attended a wedding, and on his way home, in a snow storm [in the night, which was most severely cold] he missed his way and fell into Spruce Creek near his own house, and perished. His widow, Sarah, d. 23 Oct. 1799. Their children were :

1. Bradstreet, b. in Salisbury, Mass., 19 Jan. 1743-4; m. Sheaff of New Castle, N. H., and left children; but it is not known to us that there are any descendants now living.

2. Josiah, b. in Kittery, 16 April, 1746. He was a clothier, and settled in York, Me., where his grandchildren now carry on that business. He had several children. Josiah Chase, the present representative

from York is his grandson.

3. Thomas, b. 14 Aug. 1747. He lived in Kittery: m. Sally Dennett of that place, 7 Jan. 1778, and d. 14 Sept. 1799. They had children, 1. Joshua T., b. 6 July, 1778; m. Nancy, dau. of Rev. Joseph Litchfield, 18 July, 1792. They were the parents of Dr. Charles' Chase, a surgeon in the United States Navy. 2. Polly, b. 11 April, 1779; 3. Sally, b. 27 Jan. 1781; 4. Thomas, b. 13 Sept. 1788; 5. Nancy, b. 16 March, 1792; 6. Ruth, b. 27 Oct. 1796, m. Dennis Shapleigh.

4. John, b. 15 June, 1749. 5. Cotton, b. 21 Feb. 1750-1. 6. Simon, b. 8 Jan. 1754. 7. Sally, b. 31 May, 1757. W. F. of Kittery, Me. FROST, SIMON, A. M., Deputy Secretary, was son of Charles Frost, Esq., of Eliot, (who was son of Maj. Charles' Frost, named in the Register, Vol. III, page 261,) and who m. Sarah, the dau. of Simon Wainwright of Haverhill, Mass., 7 Feb. 1699, and for his second wife, Jane, the dau. of Robert Eliot. Esq. of Portsmouth, N. H., and widow of Capt. Andrew Pepperrell, 25 Nov. 1714. He d. the 14 Dec. 1724, æ. 47. His children were :

1. Sarah,'

2. Charles,

3. Mary, 4. John,

5. Simon,3

b. 6 Nov. 1699.

b. 21 May, 1701.

b. 18 Sept. 1702, m. Rev. Edward Clark of Kingston, 1727. b. 9 Feb. 1704.

b. 8 March, 1705.

6. Elizabeth, b. 10 Nov. 1707. 7. Mehitable, b. 23 Dec. 1709. 8. Abigail, b. 6 Sept. 1712.

9. Jane,

b. 2 March, 1715-6, d. 9 May, 1716.

The passages inclosed in brackets are from another communication in relation of Rev. Josiah Chase, received from a descendant, Jotham G. Chase, Esq., of Springfield.

10. Eliot, b. 29 June, 1718, m. Miriam, dau. of Hon. John Frost of New Castle, N. H., in 1742; built a large house in Eliot, which is now standing, and d. 6 Jan. 1745. Left no children.

11. Jane,3 b. 9 July, 1720, d. 3 July, 1721.

Simon Frost, the 5th child, and 3d son of the said Charles, was b. as before stated, 8 March, 1705, graduated at Harvard College in 1729, and was subsequently an assistant secretary of state in Boston. At the age of 44, Feb. 20, 1749-50, he m. Mary, the widow of Joseph Harmon of York, and dau. of Samuel Sewall of that place. He was a son of John Sewall, and was b. in Newbury in 1688, and d. in York, 28 April, 1769.

Frost's children were :

1. Sarah, b. at York, 21 March, 1751, old style. She m. Rev. Alpheus Spring, the second congregational minister in Eliot, 18 May, 1769, and left three daughters, Sarah, b. 15 Jan. 1772, m. Rev. Hezekiah Packard, D. D., of Chelmsford. They were the parents of Professor Alpheus Spring Packard of Bowdoin College. Mary, b. 19 June, 1773, m. A. Jackson, and left two daughters. Lydia,5 b. 8 Jan. 1775, m. Rev. Samuel Chandler, a native of Lexington, Mass., and a successor to her father in the ministry in Eliot, 3 Jan. 1793, and left one son and two daughters.

2. Lydia, b. 20 June, 1753, in Eliot, m. William Stacey, and settled in York, d. and left children.

3. Mary, b. 1 May, 1655, m. Henry Sherburne of Portsmouth, 30 Dec. 1779, and d. in Eliot, 19 April, 1791. Left no children.

4. Simon, b. 7 Aug. 1757, d. 10 Oct. 1803. Left children, but it is not known that there are now any descendants.

On the south side of the road leading from South Berwick to Portsmouth, through the north side of Eliot, about fifty rods from the former residence of Simon Frost, Esq., there is a small yard, inclosed by a rough stone wall, in which there is an appearance of several graves, and lying on the ground is a slate stone much broken, and, as far as can be seen, it contains the following inscription :—

In remembrance of Simon Frost, Esq. Justice of y' Court of Common Pleas and Register of Probate for y° County of York. He departed this life y 3 of Feb'ry, 1766, æ. 60. W. F. of K. SEWALL, REV. JOSEPH, D. D., son of the Hon. Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, was born in Boston, 26 August, 1688, graduated at H. C., in 1707, and by a regular course of studies prepared himself for the ministry. He was ordained over the Old South Church in Boston, as colleague with the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, 16 Sept. 1713. It is remarkable that he served with three colleagues, all of whom he survived. He died on the 27th of June, 1769, aged nearly 81 years. He was an excellent minister, an honor to his calling, and his memory cannot fail to be cherished as long as there is virtue in the world. His other colleagues were the Rev. Thomas Prince, the Rev. Alexander Cumming, and the Rev. Samuel Blair. The latter survived Mr. Sewall.

In 1724 Mr. Sewall was chosen President of Harvard College, but that office did not appear inviting to him, and he declined its honors. His wife was Elizabeth Walley, who died before him. One child only survived him, a son, Samuel, Deacon of the Old South Church from 1763 to 1771. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Glasgow in 1731. He possessed a large estate, and he appropriated a tenth part of his income to pious and charitable objects. He made a donation in money to Harvard College, the income accruing from which to

be appropriated to the aid of indigent scholars; and when the library of that institution was destroyed by fire in 1764, Dr. Sewall was among the first to contribute to the formation of a new one. His own publications, though somewhat numerous, consists mostly of Sermons, the chief of which are, a Sermon on Family Religion, 1716; Funeral Sermon on Wait Winthrop, 1717; on George the First, Thomas Lewis, and Samuel Hirst, 1727; on his Father, 1730; on Benj. Wadsworth, 1737; Josiah Willard, 1756; Thomas Prince, 1758; Alex. Cumming, 1763; Caveat against Covetousness, 1718; Election Sermon, 1724; A Day of Prayer, 1728; Ordination of three Missionaries; Fast Sermon, 1740; Thursday Lecture, 1741; Day of Prayer, 1742; Ser. on Rev. v. 11, 12, 1745; Friday Even. Lect. 1741-2; besides Prefaces, Introductions, &c. to the works of others. SHIRLEY.-William Shirley, Esq., Governor of Massachusetts, and Lieut.-General in the British army, was son of Thomas Shirley, Esq., of Preston in Sussex, and was born in 1693. The immediate ancestor of Thomas Shirley, Esq., was Sir Thomas Shirley of Whiston in the same County. Thomas, the grandfather of the Governor, married Elizabeth, daughter of Drew Stapley of London, by whom, inter alios, he had William, a third son, who had William, an only son, merchant of London. This son married Elizabeth, daughter of John Goodman, and died in 1701. These were the parents of the Subscriber for the Chronology. Gov. Shirley's first wife (by whom he had his children) was Frances, dau. of Francis Baker, of London. They had William, Secretary to Gen. Braddock, and with that unfortunate Commander was killed on the banks of the Monongahela, 1755. John, a Captain in the army, died at Oswego; Thomas, the only surviving Son, was born in Boston, Governor of the Leeward Islands, a Maj.-General in the army, created a Baronet in 1786. He d. in March, 1800, leaving a son, the late Sir William Warden Shirley, of Oat Hall, Wivelsfield, Sussex, who, dying sine prole, Feb. 1815, the Baronetcy became extinct. Of the daughters of Gov. Shirley, Elizabeth m. Eliakim Hutchinson; Frances m. William Bollan, Esq.; Harriet m. Robert Temple, Esq.; Maria m. John Erving, Esq. Mrs. Bollan d. 21 March, 1744, in her 24th year, in giving birth to her first child.

Gov. Shirley built the spacious mansion in Roxbury, since the well known residence of the late Governor William Eustis. He d. in Roxbury, March 24th, 1771, aged about 77. Mr. Shirley came to this Country about 1734, and was Governor of Massachusetts Bay from 1741 to 1756. He was an honor to the Country, and did much to give it importance in England. It is unpleasant to note at this day, that the accounts given of him partake of the partisan stamp of Mr. Shirley's time; for he was not without enemies; and their accounts have been too much credited by our most prominent historians, who have overlooked the other side of the question. See Hist. and Antiqs. of Boston, pages 613-14, 621, 627– 8.-See also Allen, Biog. Dict. and Dr. O'Callaghan's able note in Documentary Hist of New York, volume now in press.

Had we space, it would not be to the present purpose to dwell upon the different branches of the Shirley family, though their history is of much general interest. This notice will therefore be closed by an inscription once standing (and perhaps now) in St. Bartholomew's Church the Less. It was legible one hundred years after Stow made his "Survey," and was erected about 1456. Edward Hatton thus introduces it in his "New View of London," which he printed in 1708 :

"On the south side of the Church, near the Vestry door, a large grave. stone, with the Effigies in brass of a Pilgrim and his wife; he (towards