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2351 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Moore, A.R. (I4)
 
2352 Granville County, North Carolina Original Wills Vol 1 1749-1810 By Tim Rackley

250. Benjamin Merritt of Granville Co., NC, 8 Nov 1776

"Being sick of body". I give my land and negro boy Peter to be equally divided between by nephews Ephraim Meritt, son of Stephen Merit, Ephraim Boyd son of John and Mary Boyd, Hud Rose son of William and Elisabeth Rose. To my Mother Agness Langston my young mair during her natural life and after her death to fall to Ephraim Meritt son of Stephen Meritt. To my nephew John Boyd son of John and Mary Boyd one feather bed and furniture. Four head of cattle to my two nephews Ephraim Meritt son of Stephen Meritt and Hudson Rose son of William and Elisabeth Rose. Also my hogs to be equally divided among all my nephews. All of my estate of every kind with my debts due to me after paying all lawful debts to be divided as before mentioned. James Langston and John Williams to be executors.

Wit: James Langston, John Boyd, Shearmon Goss Signed Benjamin Meritt

February Court 1777 prov'd by oath of James Langston and Shearmon Goss. James Langston and John Williams qualified as executors


251. Ephraim Merrit (Nuncupative Will), October 1760

Deposition of Solomon Langston before Robert Hicks 24 October 1760 stated that Ephraim Merrit was at his house sometime before he dyed and his son Stephen and his Negrow boy Ebo alies Luis said Ephraim Merit to the said deponent that newgrow boy will never do me any good, because he have four young children and four young negroes. I give my Negrow boy Ebo or alies Luis to my son Stephen, my negrow boy Peter to my son Bijiamin (Benjamin), my Negrow Girl Dot to my daughter Mary, and my Negrow girl Aechel to my daughter Elisabeth. Ageleus (Agness) Merrit wife of said Ephraim also signed the deposition. [No probate information, appears to never have been recorded].


So it appears that Ephraim Merritt Sr. married Agness. After his death, she remarried to a Langston. Their children were Stephen Merritt, Benjamin Merritt, Mary Merrit Boyd wife of John Boyd, and Elisabeth Merritt Rose wife of William Rose.
The younger Ephraim Merritt appears to be the son of Stephen Merritt. 		Ragland, Agnes Alice (I24602)
 
2353 Grave Information
Birth: Feb. 15, 1618 Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Death: Nov. 13, 1684 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Family links:
Parents:
Jonathan Fairbanks (1595 - 1668)
Grace Smith Fairbanks (1597 - 1673)

Spouse:
Sarah Fiske Fairbanks (____ - 1683)

Children:
Joshua Fairbanks (1642 - 1662)*
Jonathan Fairbanks (1648 - 1662)*
Martha Fairbanks (1650 - 1650)*
Mary Fairbanks (1650 - 1650)*

Note: No gravestone exists
Burial:Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA  		Fairbanks, John (I1586)
 
2354 Graves Burying Ground,, Manack Station, Lowndes Co., AL, Manack Station, Lowndes Co., AL



Name Birth Death Other

GRAVES, Mellora Ann Feb. 6, 1826 Aug. 1, 1869

GRAVES, Sarah Ann Jan 22, 1843 Aged 26 years, 6 months, 7 Days Wife Y.W. Graves, Esqr.

GRAVES, Dorthea Louisa Nov 3, 1829 Oct 8, 1854 Daughter of David and Mary Graves

GRAVES, David May 7, 1792 Sept 10, 1836 Son of William and Sarah Graves

GRAVES, David M. July 2, 1828 Oct 1, 1832 Son of David and Mary Graves

GRAVES, Charles E. Apr 27, 1831 July 27, 1834 Son David and Mary Graves

GRAVES, Infant Daughter of David and Mary Graves

GRAVES, William R. Dec 1, 1818 July 21, 1832 Son of David and Mary Graves

GRAVES, William July 9, 1755 Feb 24, 1836 DAR Marker: Born in Virginia. Married Sarah Smith in 1785.

Moved to Alabama from Georgia in 1817.

GRAVES, Sarah (Smith) 1761 Oct 7, 1841 ( On same stone with William Graves)

HINKLE, Jimmie June 1861 Oct 5, 1861 Son of J.B. and L.E. Hinkle, Aged 4 Months

HINKLE, Dr. James May 20, 1805 Jan 22, 1854 Our Mother and Father

HINKLE, Martha F.* May 19 1813 Feb 1, 1864 (On same stone with Dr. James Hinkle)

HINKLE, Annie E. Jan 30, 1853 June 27, 1854 Daughter of Dr. James and Martha F. Hinkle

HINKLE, Edwin Eugene June 24, 1832 Aug 11,1835 Son of Dr. James and Martha F. Hinkle

HINKLE, Mary June 12, 1834 June 18, 1836 Daughter of Dr. James and Martha F. Hinkle

JUDGE, Mary Russell Aug 30, 1843 Jan 8, 1844 Daughter of Thomas and Jane Judge

FAGAN, Amelia Feb 2, 1844 Mar 14, 1844 Daughter of S.T. and A.J. Fagan

FAGAN, Amelia Jane** Aug 29, 1822 Oct 18, 1848

FAGAN, George Wimberly Aug 30, 1848 Jan 26, 1849 Son of S.T. and A.J. Fagan

CLARK, William *** Apr 28, 1810 July 13, 1836

CLARK, George **** July 16, 1812 June 2, 1836

* Martha F. Graves Hinkle was the daughter of William and Sarah Graves.

** Amelia Jane Fagan may have been the daughter of Mazy D. Cotton and William Rutherford Russell.....most likely related to Mary Russell Graves.

***William Clark....not yet identified.

****George Clark.....husband of Sarah Ann Graves, daughter of David and Mary Russell Graves.

Note: Source citation below.

~Mary McCall Thompson

Mary Thompsonadded this on 13 Mar 2008Transcription of Graves Burying Ground, Manack Station, Lowndes Co., AL. Generously collected and transcribed by Mrs. Lola L. Daniell, Pensacola, FL. Additional research notes have been added.
 		Graves, William (I9009)
 
2355 Gravlagde i delar av Sogn og Fjordane i perioden 1669-1920
Prestegjeld id. Død dato Død år Kjønn Førenamn Etternamn Bustad Stilling Sivilstand Fødd dato Alder Merknad (kjelde) Kjeldetype
18/9 1758 m Peder Henrichs. Finde u 1757 0 Barnekoppane. 'Begravet med Process'. Kyrkjebok, gravlagde

http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=sogngrav&personpostnr=22956&merk=22956 		Finde, Peder Hendrichsen (I39725)
 
2356 Gravlagte 1800 i Lindås
September
Den 21te Karen Andrea Brügger , ..... 1/2 Aar 8 Uger

http://da2.uib.no/kyrkjeboker.htm
Hordaland
Lindås: 1791-1813, Ministerialbok
Kronologisk liste 1800 (099)
Folio 109 		Daae, Karen Andrea (I39508)
 
2357 Gravplate på kirkegården i Vik / Kyrkjebø, fotografert 2015 av Elna Tenol Tuxen:
Herunder hviler Stövet
af
Major
Georg F: Christopher
födt d: 7 Marts 1770
död d: 19 Juni 1821
og
Fru Majorinde
ANNE CAT: FASTING
födt
TUCHSEN
födt d: 24 April 1765.
död d: 3 Juli 1842
DE DELTE LIVETS SORG OG GAMMEN
DE DELE GRAVENS ROE TILSAMMEN 		Fasting, Georg Fredrik Christopher (I16147)
 
2358 Gray Land was a company owned by William Carter.

Source states William operated a ferry between Carter's Wharf (now Scotland) and Jamestown Island.

(67 I-4 Nov 1684 SY D&WBk 3p) shows land patents held by Thomas Gray with notation (part of a patent of William Carter 18 May 1638).

Note: Thomas Gray came to James City in 1608 and was a cousin of William Carter. No record but appears that the Gray Land Company was named for Thomas Gray and operated by William Carter - possibly a joint venture.

William and Thomas both had land grants in James City and possibly close together. 		Carter, William (I47140)
 
2359 Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. Anderson, Volume I, A-B, pp. 127-129:

GEORGE BACON
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1635 on the Increase
FIRST RESIDENCE: Hingham
OCCUPATION: Mason.
ESTATE: "The several parcels of land and meadow legally given unto George Backon by the town of Hingham": 18 September 1635, "for a houselot five acres of land"; 1635, "for a planting lot four acres of land"; 8 October 1637, 'for a greater lot fourteen acres of land lying upon the Great Plain in the first furlong to the eastward of the center"; and 10 June 1637, "two acres of salt marsh lying in Weymouth Meadow' [HiBOP 44r].

On 30 March 1670, "John Pollie of Roxbury having formerly had to wife one Susanna the daughter of one George Bacon of Hingham deceased which said George Bacon died possessed of houses and lands lying and being within the Township of Hingham aforesaid and one Edward Goold taking to wife the widow of the said Bacon," John Polley "and the aforesaid Susanna in the time of her life' sold to the said Edward Goold "all our right, title and interest had then or might have had hereafter in and unto all or any of the said houses and lands that the said George Bacon died possessed of" [SLR 12:357-58].

On 28 March 1672, 'Samuel Bacon of Hingham housecarpenter" sold to "my brother Peter Bacon of the same town abovesaid a third part of the great lot and what other part thereof shall fall to my share after the decease of my mother Margaret Gold now living in the same town, the which lot lyeth between a great lot of Thomas Hubbard's and the lot where the dwelling house of Peter Bacon aforesaid now standeth" [SLR 11:393].

On 2 February 1683/4, Peter Bacon of Hingham petitioned for administration of the estate of his late father, George Bacon of Hingham, stating that "whereas your petitioner's father, George Bacon of Hingham, many years since died intestate and his widow, your petitioner's mother, soon after married again and has had the improvement of all his estate as well real as personal until the time of her decease which was the last year and your petitioner has been at charge in maintaining his aged mother for a considerable time before her decease, and your petitioner having purchased of the rest of his brethren many years since all the right in their father's estate so that now your petitioner is the true and rightful

The Great Migration
owner of all the remains of his said father's estate and your petitioner understanding that this honored court did in his absence grant administration upon the said estate to strangers, upon your petitioner's request did forbid any action by virtue of the same. The court decided the same day to hold a hearing on the said petition [SPR NS 3:9-10]. On 28 March 1684, adminstration was granted to Capt. John Smith and Capt. John Jacob of Hingham, on "the estate of George Bacon sometime of Hingham many years since deceased' [SPR NS 3:10-11].

BIRTH: About 1592 (aged 43 in 1635 [Hotten 55]).
DEATH: Buried at Hingham on 3 May 1642 [NEHGR 121:14].
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1623_______; she died in England between
1627 and 1635.
(2) Between 1635 and 1640 Margaret______; she married (2) EDWARD
GOLD [SLR 12:357-581. She died at Hingham on 6 or 7 February 1682/3 [HiVR 57; NEHGR 121:211]. (The first known child of Edward Gold was baptized at Hingham between 12 and 26 March 1642/3 [NEHGR 121:15], between ten and eleven months after the burial of George Bacon. This seems too early for the widow of George Bacon to have remarried, but no other wife of Edward Gold is known.)

CHILDREN:
With first wife
i SAMUEL, b. about 1623 (aged 12 in 1635 [Hotten 55]); living on 28 March 1672 [SLR 11:393]. (The Samuel Bacon who in. Hingham 17 December 1675 "Mary Jacob the daughter of John Jacob" [HiVR 36] was son of Nathaniel Bacon of Barnstable [SPR Case #1171].)
ii SUSAN[NAH], b. about 1625 (aged 10 in 1635 [Hotten 55]); in. about 1647 John Polley of Roxbury [TAG 41:206; SLR 12:357-58].
iii JOHN, b. about 1627 (aged 8 in 1635 [Hotten 55]); no further record.

With second wife
iv PETER, b. say 1640, bp. Hingham 17 September 1654 [NEHGR 121:104]; m. (1) Hingham 25 May 1670 Sarah Jenkins [NEHGR 121:124 (surname of bride not given)], who d. at Hingham 21 July 1677 [HiVR 41] (in his will of 2 March 1699, Edward Jenkins of Scituate bequeathed 5s. to "my granddaughter Mary Bacon" [PPR 1:311-12]; Peter Bacon had daughter Mary b. Hingham 14 or 15 July 1677
George Bacon 129
[Hingham Hist 2:16; NEHGR 121:205 (four children born to this couple, two of them known to have died young - also Sarah b. 15 April 1675, who probably also died young)]); m. (2) Hingham 19 February 1679/80 Martha (Howland) Damon [NEHGR 121:205; HiVR 5114], widow of John Damon of Scituate and daughter of Arthur Howland of Marshfield; she d. at Hingham 19 December 1732, in her 94th year [NGSQ 71:89-90].
MARY, b. Hingham 30 March 1642 [NEHGR 121:14], bp. there 17 September 1654 [NEHGR 121:104]; no further record. (Torrey's entry for Josiah Lane of Hingham gives his wife as Mary Bacon, who could conceivably be this Mary, but none of the references in the Torrey entry gives evidence for this identification.)

COMMENTS: "Geo[rge] Bacon,' mason, aged 43, and his children, "Samuell," aged 12, 'Jo[h]n," aged 8, and "Susan," aged 10, were enrolled at London on 17 April 1635 as passengers for New England on the Increase [Hotten 55].
Pope includes a "Ch. - bapt Nov. 27, 1640," but no such record appears in the Hobart Journal.
On 12 September 1671, Samuel Bacon sued Edward Gold for £40 for withholding and refusing to make satisfaction upon demand for a cow and all her increase 'about five & twenty years," with all due damages, the jury finding for the plaintiff in the amount of £16 and costs of court [SCC 1:12].
Samuel Bacon, "eldest son" of George Bacon, brought Suit against Edward Gold of Hingham for £45 on 23 October 1671 for withholding one third part of a dwelling house and several parcels of land lying in Hingham belonging to the said Samuel Bacon which were the lands of his said father, deceased, and also for improving the said lands for more than 24 years. The court found in the plaintiff's favor, awarding him the one third part of the "housing land & meadow," and £20 for the improvements, together with costs of court [SCC 1:12].
If the one-third share held by Samuel represented his double share as eldest son, then the implication is that there were five children to share in the estate of George Bacon. If this is the case, then George's son John (or an heir of John) was alive at the time of George's death, or there was another child of George, not otherwise accounted for. 		Bacon, George (I31813)
 
2360 Great Swamp Fight
Part of the King Philip's War
Date: December 19, 1675
Location: near South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Result: New England victory

Belligerents:
New England Confederation
Pequot
Mohegan
Narragansett

Commanders and leaders:
Josiah Winslow
Canonchet

Strength:
1,000 militia
150 warriors
1,000 warriors
1 fort

Casualties and losses:
~70 killed
~150 wounded
~300 killed
1 fort destroyed

King Philip's War

Brookfield
Bloody Brook
Springfield
Great SwampFight
Lancaster
Nine Men's Misery
Sudbury
Peskeompskut

The Great Swamp Fight, or the Great Swamp Massacre, was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett tribe in December of 1675.

Battle
In the decade between when King Philip assumed power after the death of his brother, Philip began laying careful, secret plans to attack and exterminate the English settlers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. He slowly built a confederation of neighboring Indian tribes. He also gathered muskets and gunpowder for the eventual attack, but only in small numbers in order that the English would not be alarmed.

In King Philip's War, the Native Americans wanted to expel the English from New England. They waged successful attacks on settlements in Massachusetts and Connecticut, but Rhode Island was spared at the beginning as the Narragansett remained officially neutral.[2] The war actually began after Wampanoag braves killed some English owned cattle near their tribal headquarters in what is now Bristol, Rhode Island. English livestock was always a source of friction as cattle repeatedly trampled Indian corn. The natives first laid an ambush for soldiers led by Captains Hutchinson and Wheeler. Eight soldiers were killed in the trap. The rest of the company barely made it back to the garrison at Brookfield. In October, hostile Indians struck again with raids on the towns of Hatfield, Northampton and Springfield where 30 houses were burned. As winter set in, the attacks diminished.

On November 2, 1675, Josiah Winslow led a combined force of over 1,000 colonial militia including about 150 Pequot and Mohegan Natives against the Narragansett people living around Narragansett Bay. The Narragansett tribe had not yet been directly involved in the King Philip's War, but had allegedly sheltered many of King Philip's men, women and children and several of their warriors had reportedly been seen in Native raiding parties.[3] The colonists distrusted the Narragansett and feared the tribe would join King Phillip's cause come spring, which caused great concern due to the tribe's location. The decision was made to preemptively strike the Narragansett before an assumed uprising. Several abandoned Narragansett Native villages were found and burned as the militia marched through the cold winter around Narragansett Bay. The tribe had retreated to a large fort in the center of a swamp near Kingston, Rhode Island.

A Portrait of King Philip, by Paul Revere, illustration from the 1772 edition of Benjamin Church's "The Entertaining History of King Philip's War."

At the center of this cataclysm was one man, Metacom, leader of the Pokanokets, a tribe within the Wampanoag Indian Federation. At an early age, when relations between the natives and settlers were less stressed, Metacom was given the nickname of King Philip by the English, because of his haughty mannerisms. One of the many ironies of this conflict is that Philip was the son of Massasoit—the same Massasoit who had helped the Plymouth Pilgrims survive their first winter in the New World. A father's kindness would become a son's curse.[4] In some cases, local residents fought on the native side of the battle. Records indicate that Joshua Tefft wounded Captain Nathaniel Seely of Connecticut, who subsequently died. An Indian spy reported that Joshua, "did them good service & kild & woonded 5 or 6 English in that fight & before they wold trust him hee had kild a miller an English man at Narragansett and brought his scalpe to them."[5]

Led by a Native guide, Indian Peter, on December 19, 1675 on a bitterly cold storm-filled day, the main Narragansett fort in modern South Kingstown, Rhode Island was found and attacked by the colonial militia from Plymouth Colony, Connecticut Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony. Led there by an Indian guide, the militia were able to reach the fort because an unusually cold late fall had frozen the swamp, making an assault possible.[6] The massive fort, which occupied about 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land and was initially occupied by over a thousand Natives, was eventually overrun after a fierce fight. The Native fort was burned, its inhabitants, including women and children, killed or evicted and most of the tribe's winter stores destroyed. It is believed that about 300 natives were killed though exact figures are unknown. Many of the warriors and their families escaped into the frozen swamp; there hundreds more died from wounds combined with the harsh conditions. Facing a winter with little food and shelter, the whole surviving Narragansett tribe was forced out of the quasi-neutrality some had tried to maintain in the ongoing war and joined the fight alongside Philip. The colonists lost many of their officers in this assault and about seventy of their men were killed and nearly 150 more wounded. The dead and wounded colonial militiamen were evacuated to the settlements on Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay where they were buried or cared for by many of the Rhode Island colonists until they could return to their homes.

The Great Swamp Fight was a critical blow to the Narragansett tribe from which they never fully recovered.[8] In April 1676, the Narragansett were completely defeated when their chief sachem Canonchet was captured and soon executed. On August 12, 1676 the leader of the Wampanoag sachem, Metacomet (also known as King Philip) was shot and killed by John Alderman, a Native American soldier in Benjamin Church's company. King Philip's War, one of the greatest native uprisings in New England, had failed.

Notable Officers and Native Chiefs
Captain James Avery
Major William Bradford
Chief Canonchet
Captain Benjamin Church
Captain Isaac Johnson
Captain Samuel Marshall, Windsor Horse Troop (killed in action)
Captain Joseph Gardner (Salem Company)
Captain Nathaniel Seeley (killed in action, age 48) oldest son of Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritan settler Robert Seeley.
John Gorham I, whom Gorham, Maine is named after and [10] who is the great grandfather of John Gorham 4th.[11]
Captain George Denison
Chief Metacomet
Chief Uncas
Governor Josiah Winslow

References
^ http://burnpit.us/2012/12/great-swamp-fight-colonial-militia-assault-indian-stronghold
^ http://minerdescent.com/2011/11/19/great-swamp-fight/
^ David Lindsay, PhD., Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims (St. Martins Press, New York, 2002) p. 205-206
^ http://www.tauntonriver.org/kingphilipwar.htm
^ http://www.westernrihistory.org/uploads/6/5/0/9/6509445/western_ri_newsletter_8-11.pdf
^ http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-great-swamp-fight-332-years-ago-today/
^ Axelrod, p. 104
^ "Flintlock and Tomahawk--New England in King Philip's War" by Douglas Edward Leach, New York: MacMillan, 1958, pg. 130-132
^ http://books.google.com/books?id=8jd1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=great+swamp+figh t+memorial&source=bl&ots=2AM4IpjLoR&sig=DkY0_jSLBan39tD-BARERIkOctg&hl=en&sa=X& ei=JUnsUJLQE6y-0QHj1YGQDQ&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBTgK
^ Josiah Pierce. A History of the town of Gorham, Maine. p. 169
^ Hugh Davis McLellan, History of Gorham, Maine; Smith & Sale, printers; Portland, Maine 1903
 		Hinckley, Governor Thomas (I7387)
 
2361 Greer, George Cabel. <i>Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666</i>. Richmond, VA, USA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1912. Source (S765)
 
2362 Greer, George Cabel. <i>Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666</i>. Richmond, VA, USA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1912. Source (S765)
 
2363 Gregory WOLTERTON of Hartford, upon the river of Conictticote, wrote his will. Mentions wife Jane, James WOLTERTON, son of Matthew WOLTERTON of Ipsago, Suffolk, England, Matthew WALLER of New London, Rebecka WALLER, and Sara WALLER, and the sons of William WALLER, dec'd, at Lyme: John, Samuel and Matthew. Gives to John SHEPEARD Sen., the son of Edward SHEPARD, one piece of land, he to pay 20s. to his father Edward SHEPARD, 20s. to his sister Debora FAIRBANKS, and 20s. to sister Sara THOMPSON, and 20s. to his sister's abovesaid children. Shepard II, Edward Cpt. (I46728)
 
2364 Grief Cardwell Giles

GRIEF CARDWELL GILES. During the past decade or so it has been the aim of the postoffice department to secure for the position of postmaster a man who has made a success of his life work, special preference being shown for prosperous business men. The reason for that is understandable and logical. Unless a man has proven his ability to direct the details of his own affairs, it is not likely that he will be capable of attending to the mass of details which must be given attention by a postmaster. Then, too, as he will have employes under his jurisdiction, he ought to have previously received some, training as an executive. When the appointment of Grief Cardwell Giles as postmaster of Chatham became known in 1922, the action of the Harding administration met with almost universal approval, even from those belonging to the opposition party, for the suitability of the man for the office was recognized, and since he assumed the responsibilities pertaining to it he has justified the confidence expressed in him, and is giving the people of his city a well-balanced and businesslike administration.

Grief Cardwell Giles was born in Pittsylvania County, May 8, 1875, a son of George and Donie (Collie) Giles, natives of Pittsylvania County. The father was a farmer who came to Chatham in 1869 and embarked in a mercantile business, which he conducted the remainder of his life. The mother has also passed away.

After attending the country schools, Grief C. Giles began to be self-supporting, and his first connection with the business world was as an employe of a fertilizer company. Later be was interested in a lumber, wood and blacksmithing business in which he continued for twenty-five years, and then, in 1918, he became secretary of the Olds, Essex & Hudson Auto Agency, to which he devoted all of his time until his appointment as postmaster in March, 1922, and in which he is still financially interested. He is a master mason. The Methodist Episcopal Church has in him an earnest member.

In 1895 Mr. Giles married Miss Janie Gammon, a daughter of S. J. Gammon, county superintendent of the almshouse of Chatham County. Mr. and Mrs. Giles became the parents of the following children: Mamie, who is the widow of R. C. Kent, is a clerk in the Chatham postoffice; Ophelia, who is the wife of J. G. Carter, a farmer at Rice Depot, Virginia; Douglas D., who is deceased; Levy Archer, who is stockroom manager at the Oldsmobile factory, Detroit, Michigan; Catherine, who is principal of the Oak Grove School; an unnamed child who died in infancy; Douglas Cardwell;. and William Parish, who is ten years old and the youngest. Having spent practically his entire life at Chatham, Mr. Giles' interests have always been centered here, and he has had the privilege and pleasure of assisting in the development of his community, and naturally is proud of its progress, and of the fact that it makes an excellent showing among its sister cities in the Old Dominion and elsewhere.
 		Giles, Grief Caldwell (I17269)
 
2365 Griffith Jenkins Griffith Life Story
Birth: Jan. 4, 1850 Death: Jul. 6, 1919
Philanthropist. He was the founder of Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Born in Bettws, Wales, he came to the United States in 1866 and studied mineralogy in New England and San Francisco. As a journalist for the Daily Alto Californian, he covered the West's growing mining industry and used insider tips to invest in newly-discovered Mexican silver mines. He was a millionaire by age 30. In 1882 Griffith settled in Los Angeles, which was on the verge of becoming a major city, and spent the next two decades trying to buy his way into local society. Soon after his arrival he purchased the Rancho Los Feliz and made another fortune selling its acreage and water rights. He also married into money, taking as his wife Christina Mesmer of the noted Verdugo Family, despite their religious differences (he was a Protestant, she was a Catholic). On December 16, 1896, Griffith secured his claim to fame when he donated 3015 acres of his property to the city as parkland; this gave Los Angeles a public recreational area five times the size of Manhattan's Central Park. Griffith's largesse was welcome but the man himself was scorned as a pompous upstart by L.A.'s upper crust, who derisively called the diminutive Welshman "The Midget Egomaniac". He dressed like a dandy, bribed people to listen to his long-winded speeches on everything from prison reform to prohibition, and insisted on being called "Colonel Griffith" even though he had no military record to speak of. He refused to run for public office, he claimed, because popular demand would then force him to seek the Presidency. Heavy drinking exacerbated his already eccentric behavior and he grew obsessed with the delusion that the Catholic Church was out to get him and his money as part of a plot to overthrow the government. On a rest cure in Santa Monica in September 1903, Griffith suddenly went beserk, accused his wife of being a spy for the Pope, and shot her in the eye. Mrs. Griffith miraculously survived and The Colonel served two years in San Quentin for attempted murder. As a symbol of his downfall the name of his park's highest point was changed from Griffith Peak to Mount Hollywood. In prison he appeared genuinely remorseful for his crime, refusing preferential treatment and time off for good behavior. Upon his release in 1906 Griffith returned to Los Angeles, still wealthy but shunned and alone. Only a handful of people attended his funeral at Hollywood Memorial Park. But Griffith was not through leaving his mark on his adopted city. In 1912 he had offered to donate $150,000 for the construction of an observatory and an ampitheatre on the park grounds, but the City Council, mindful of his unpopularity, stalled in accepting. He then set up a trust fund for this purpose, the money to be used after his death. The Colonel's dream projects, the Griffith Observatory and the Greek Theatre, were finally completed in the early 1930s. Today Griffith Park remains the largest municipal park in the United States. Its other attractions include the Los Angeles Zoo, the Autry National Center Museum, and the world-famous Hollywood Sign.

Originally a part of the Spanish land grant, Rancho Los Feliz, the park was named for its former owner, Colonel Griffith J. Griffith. Born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, Griffith immigrated to the United States in 1865, eventually, making a personal fortune in California gold mine speculation. In 1882, Griffith settled in Los Angeles, and purchased a 4,071-acre portion of the Rancho Los Feliz, which stretched northward from the northern boundaries of the Pueblo de Los Angeles. On December 16, 1896, the civic-minded Griffith bequeathed 3,015 acres of his Rancho Los Feliz estate as a Christmas gift to the people of Los Angeles to be used as parkland. The enormous gift, equal to five square miles, was to be given to the city unconditionally - or almost so.

It must be made a place of recreation and rest for the masses, a resort for the rank and file, for the plain people," Griffith said on that occasion. " I consider it my obligation to make Los Angeles a happier, cleaner, and finer city. I wish to pay my debt of duty in this way to the community in which I have prospered."

This is nice, but not really “cursed-worthy” material. Luckily, the truth of Col. Griffith Jenkins Griffith is bit more sordid than LAcity.org would like you to believe.

To begin, the “colonel” was a fake title, like “Blogger” or “Administrative assistant.” Self-inflicted by a man whose only true military title was “Major of Riflery Practice with the California National Guard.” His weaponry skills, however, do come in handy later in life. But let’s start at the beginning. Mr. Griffith did come to America as a Welsh Immigrant 1866, but the story of how he made his money is what we nowadays call “illegal”, more specifically, insider trading. After teaching himself a bit about mining and mineralogy he received a job as a reporter covering the mines for the Daily Alto California, a San Francisco newspaper. Meanwhile, he was writing confidential mining reports and selling them to rich investors. But before he doled out the reports, he just happened to invest in these same mining operations himself. Probably not a coincidence, seeing that it made him a millionaire. In 1882 he cashed out and moved down to Los Angeles, buying the 4071 acre Rancho Los Feliz. You may be saying to yourself, ‘That must have cost a big chunk of money back then, even for him.’ It was, which is why, two years later he sold some of its water rights to the city two years later recouping his investment. In your face, doubter. According to one reminiscing reporter, “He was a sensation...He wore the longest of cream-colored overcoats in an age when overcoats usually came to the heels, and he carried a gold-headed cane and wore moss agate cuff buttons, big round ones.” I assume that gold-headed canes were the tiny designer dogs of their day, because Griffith became known as one cocky fella. Dissed by locals as a “roly-poly, pompous little fellow” with “an exaggerated strut like a turkey gobbler” and a “midget egomaniac”. He even created an Ostrich farm on his property. Usually, Ostrich farms were used for making women’s hats, however Griffith only used it to lure in and awe local residents. One story tells of the “col” performing a favor for a young entrepreneur by agreeing to walk arm in arm with him down the street, so that he may be seen with Griffith and thereby helping his stature. Purportedly, he also refused to run for local public office, afraid he would then be begged to run for president of the United States. And back then if you weren’t Grover Cleveland you didn’t have a very good chance of being elected.

Back to the facts, on January 27th, 1887 Griffith married into more money, and respect, wedding the daughter of the owner of the hotel where he was residing. The daughter was Mary Agnes Christina Mesmer. A sidenote: while researching this piece I found that depending on the publications of the day she was better known as “Tina” or “Tena”, which brought up a variety of questions. Like, did editors of old newspapers not know how to spell? Or did reporters have so little accountability they never had to check any facts? Maybe from 1887-1913 were some newspaper’s “i” or “e” broken, depending on the publication? Or is Tena an antiquated version of Tina that evolved over time in some form of Darwinian etymology where Tena was killed off because it’s weak “e” couldn’t facilitate a heart on top, leaving Tina to rule. Either way, to get back on track, Ti/ena and the “Col” were the joining of “two immense estates” and they went on a European honeymoon that was “the most extensive ever contemplated by any bridal party in Los Angeles.” Things seemed to be going well and being seemingly legitimately civic-mindedly on Christmas week in 1896 Griffith donated 3,105 acres to the city for a “great park” so that Los Angeles could become a great city (read B.S. LAcity.org quote from above).

However, as he became more rich and powerful Griffith also became more paranoid and crazy. According to his manicurist he compulsively bit his nails. I wonder how much the TMZ of the day paid for that bit of highly coveted information? He BIT his NAILS? Who cares? Fine, biting your nails isn’t crazy enough. How about drinking? No, how about drinking, on average, two quarts of whiskey a day while being publicly aligned with the city’s strong temperance movement. His lawyer would later call him a “sneak drinker.” He sneaks two quarts a day? That’s impressive, I think that’s officially a magician. Still not convinced he’s nuts, that maybe he’s just a neurotic, hypocritical drunk? Here ya go… As things worsened he began switching his and his wife’s food and drinks, believing that his Catholic wife was in league with the Pope and that they were trying to poison him for his money. Boom! There’s your crazy.

In August of 1903 Ti/ena suggested he take a break, that a vacation would do him some good. They ended up going to the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica to relax for a month. Yeah, vacationing a full 23 miles away outta cure anybody. They checked into the Presidential Suite overlooking the palisades, Ti/ena hoping the cool ocean breeze would fix her husband’s strange behavior right up. And it did, for the entire vacation! Well, almost the entire vacation. On the last day, Sept 3rd, while Ti/ena was packing her things Griffith entered the room holding a Bible in one hand an a revolver in the other. He told her to get down on her knees. She did and asked him if she could pray. Then he shot her. In the face. With the gun, not The Bible. The bullet caught her eye, bloody and terrified, she jumped out the window landing on an awning that saved her life. The papers called her “the society wife that wouldn’t die.” A catchy Lifetime movie title if I’ve heard one. At their divorce proceedings (Oh hells yeah there were divorce proceedings) Dr. Moore explained, “There was a bullet hole in her eyebrow…I discovered that a part of the bullet had been deflected upward into the forehead. She was given stimulants. The next morning she was driven to the California Hospital. The eye was removed and the bullet extracted from the socket.” Neither the bullet nor the eye would ever work again. It seemed like a pretty open and shut case, but never underestimate the rich and crazy. Griffith’s side of the story, at first, was that his lovely wife shot herself and then jumped out of a window...for some reason. So, the Mesmer family procured a team of popular trial lawyers including Henry T. Gage, former California governor. Griffith secured himself Earl Rogers, the most celebrated trial attorney of the time. Rogers set up a case based on Griffith acting under the delusions of “alcohol insanity”, where one moment he would be an average loving husband, but after a few drinks he would turn into a violent monster who didn’t know any better, all inspired by the popular new story Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. This defense worked much better than his first idea, using another the new book, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” explaining Griffith shot his wife for eating his parsley and was just trying to bake her into a pie. Not seriously.

The trial began January 11th, 1904. Rogers wanted a full acquittal; Henry Cage wanted the death penalty. According to the Los Angeles Sunday Times during the trial Mrs. Griffith told the jury how she explained to the hotel manager that her husband shot her and “must be crazy”. Rogers replied with, “You knew, didn’t you Mrs. Griffith, that your husband couldn’t have shot you or tried to kill you if he hadn’t been crazy, drunk and insane from alcohol?” She agreed, and with that Gage ended his cross-examination.

Gage’s one good moment would be overshadowed, however, when later in the trail Cage lifted Mesmer’s veil to reveal her disfiguring scar to the jury and Griffith began grimacing and laughing, causing a ruckus. A ruckus and a losing case. After a parade of witnesses and various “brain disorder experts” the jury was dismissed. They deliberated for two days before finding Griffith Jenkins Griffith guilty, sentencing him to two years in the San Quentin penitentiary with medical attention for his alcoholic insanity.

[A bit of irony to add to this story is that Rogers himself was a big drinker and his daughter tried to have him institutionalized. According to her reports he said to her, “Nora, you don’t believe I’m insane, do you? She responded “No no, Papa, no no — of course not”, and dropped it. Shortly after, Rogers succumbed to his indulgences, and died at the age of fifty-two.]

While incarcerated, Col. Griffith paid his dues. Denied alcohol, he turned down the easier prisoner duties like working in the library for the harshest one like making burlap sacks, which even back then I assume were only used as jokes for when people wanted to dress “poor”. When he was up for parole he refused to apply. Instead, he served out his full two-year sentence. And good for him, spending an entire two years in prison after shooting his wife in the face. When released, in 1906, he was said to be quieter and much less pompous. Living in a concrete room will do that to you, I bet. Even if it is for just a couple years.

Again during Christmas week, his “philanthropy time”, Griffith wrote a letter to the mayor and the city council with an offer of $100,000 to build an observatory upon the former, Mt. Griffith, which had since been changed to Mt. Hollywood, you know, because he shot his wife’s eye off her face. He wrote, “Ambition must have broad spaces and mighty distances.” But the city wasn’t buying it, probably the whole shot-wife-face-drunk thing. The people refused the money. A citizen’s letter in response to Griffith’s offer ran on the front page of a local newspaper reading, “On behalf of the rising generation of girls and boys we protest against the acceptance of this bribe…This community is neither so poor nor so lost to sense of public decency that it can afford to accept this money.” As the official Greek theater website puts it, with no mention of his nasty little two-year incarceration “It was an idea whose time had not yet come”. But the colonel, either actually having fallen in love with astronomy and realizing how small and insignificant his life was in the vastness of the cosmos, as according to much of the literature at the observatory, or not really having changed at all and being desperate for a better legacy and the cities admiration again, pressed on. He offered an additional $50,000 to build the Greek Theater. He even went so far as to start construction on his own, until the park Commission brought suit, forcing him to stop. At this point, Griffith seemed to know there was no chance of him becoming the city’s golden child again. No chance he could win them back and construct his additions. At least…not while he was alive. Booya!

According to the official Griffith Park Observatory website “[In December 1912] The City Council accepted Griffith's gift [of $100,000] and appointed him head of a three-person Trust committee to supervise the construction of the observatory…Bogged down by further political debate, the project continued to be delayed.” In reality, it seems more likely that Griffith started a trust himself in hopes the city would use the funds after he died and still name it after him.

Griffith died on July 6th, 1919. Happy day! The city’s rich grandpa was dead and they wasted no time. They immediately started creating blueprints for the amphitheater so they could spend that cash. The first cornerstone for the Greek Amphitheater was finally laid in late 1928 and the project was completed in 1929.

Astronomers were called in to begin the blueprints for the Observatory in 1930, its groundbreaking ceremony was on June 20, 1933 and it officially opened on May 14, 1935. All by using the trust fund of a crazy dead guy, because hey, its still money! I mean, sure he did a lot of bad things, but he was dead now. Sixteen long years was plenty of time for memories to fade and an eye to grow back, right? So, the city let bygones be bygones and re-named the park and the observatory after Griffith, giving a man his posthumous dream; and letting his cursed ghost ride bareback across the land. Booya.

Currently a tangible Griffith Jenkins Griffith, sans the “col.”, stands at the entrance to Griffith Park between Los Feliz Blvd and Crystal Springs Dr. in statue form. He wears his sexy, pompously long big buttoned coat, holding his gold headed cane and the inscription reads: “Public parks are a safety valve of great cities and should be made accessible and attractive where neither race, creed nor color could be excluded.” According to the Griffith park website, “Griffith Park stands today a monument to the dedicated vision of one man--Griffith Jenkins Griffith, Park Commission, civic philanthropist, advocate of parklands, and fervent speaker of recreation for the health of Los Angeles.”

Personally, I like to think of him as he truly was, that guy who paid for the park I try to exercise at, drank two quarts of whiskey a day, went crazy and shot his wife in the face and told people she shot herself, blamed the pope, barely went to jail for it and tried to sucker the city into loving him again, which he did successfully. Oh, and bit his nails—compulsively! In the great words of The Decemberists, “Los Angeles I’m Yours.”

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to sucker the city into loving him again, which he did successfully. Oh, and bit his nailOriOriginally a part of the Spanish land grant, Rancho Los Feliz, the park was named for its former owner, Colonel Griffith J. Griffith. Born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, Griffith immigrated to the United States in 1865, eventually, making a personal fortune in California gold mine speculation. In 1882, Griffith settled in Los Angeles, and purchased a 4,071-acre portion of the Rancho Los Feliz, which stretched northward from the northern boundaries of the Pueblo de Los Angeles. On December 16, 1896, the civic-minded Griffith bequeathed 3,015 acres of his Rancho Los Feliz estate as a Christmas gift to the people of Los Angeles to be used as parkland. The enormous gift, equal to five square miles, was to be given to the city unconditionally - or almost so.
It must be made a place of recreation and rest for the masses, a resort for the rank and file, for the plain people," Griffith said on that occasion. " I consider it my obligation to make Los Angeles a happier, cleaner, and finer city. I wish to pay my debt of duty in this way to the community in which I have prospered."

 		Griffith, Griffith Jenkins (I44928)
 
2366 Gross Scruggs a Gentleman of Bedford County, Virginia was the son of Thomas Scruggs. He was born in Virginia in 1736. He was Sargeant in Colonial Militia in 1758, Gentleman Justice of the Court of Bedford County, June 25, 1771 and qualified as Justice of the Peace March 26, 1771. He was appointed trustee to regulate the making of slopes for the passage of fish in the mill dams on Black Water River, February 1772. He was chosen County Committeeman May 25, 1775 and was commissioned as captain of the Fifth Virginia Regiment February 26, 1776 (commanded by Colonel Charles Scott) and served as late as March 1778 and was major prior to November 1781, in the Continental line with George Washington, Commander-in-Chief. He qualified as Sheriff of Bedford County, November, 1783, under commission from the Governor of Virginia dated October 6, 1783, to act during pleasure. He married Elizabeth Arthur on October 4, 1768.

Gross Scruggs will was dated July 12, 1787, and probated in Bedford County, July 28, 1788 in which he leaves all his estate both real and personal to his wife Elizabeth and at her death to her nephew William Scruggs, son of Thomas Scruggs, of fifty pounds current money. He makes his wife executrix, and his brother Thomas Scruggs with Edmund Winston, executors. The will was sealed in the presence of Thomas Arthur, Anne Brown and Boyce Edison.

Mary_Farrer_Baker Note correction to last paragraph: In the will it states: "First of all I give to my Loveing Wife Elizabeth Scruggs (during her widowhood all my estate both real & personal & if it shall not appear to my Executors that my wife (by Consequence of a Second Marriage) is wasteing the Estate it is my desire that she shall enjoy the whole of my Estate During her life.
I give to my Wifes Nephew William Arthur son of Benjamin Arthur all my estate Real & personal (after my Wifes Decease) except the Legacie hereafter Mentioned with this Reserve, that my Executrix & Executorsw shall have a Reasonable time to pay all my Just Debts and then to have a Reasonable time to pay the said Legecie.
I give to Gross Scruggs son of Thomas Scruggs fifty pounds Currant Money."
[The will is on page 133 & 134 in the Scruggs Genealogy.] 		Scruggs, Gross (I41698)
 
2367 Gudbrand was not living with his family according to the 1875 census, when he would have been 17 years of age. His father Gudbrand was living away from the family in Hedmark, and his mother Sissel is shown with an illegitimate child born in 1874. This might shed some light on why Gudbrand deserted his own wife and child. Aaberg, Gudbrand Gudbrandsen (I17675)
 
2368 Guillaume FOUQUET (RIN: 85) was born abt. 1667. He married Jane EYRE abt. 1687 in , Henrico Co, VA. He died aft. 01 August 1698 in , Henrico Co, VA. Jane EYRE (RIN: 86), daughter of Joseph EYRE and Margaret HUMPHREYS , was born abt. 1671 in , Henrico Co, VA. She died bet. 1694 and 1741 in , Henrico Co, VA.

Children of Guillaume FOUQUET and Jane EYRE are:

1. William Humphreys FUQUA (RIN: 87), b. abt. 1688
See William Humphreys FUQUA & Elizabeth Sarah MCCLEUR

2. Joseph FUQUA (RIN: 88), b. abt. 1690
See Joseph FUQUA & Anna SAMPSON

3. Giles FEWQUA (RIN: 89), b. 1692
See Giles FEWQUA & Elizabeth

4. Ralph FUQUA (RIN: 90), b. 1694
See Ralph FUQUA & Priscilla OWEN

5. John (Not Proven) FUQUA (RIN: 795), b. abt. 1693

6. Jane (Not Proven) FUQUA (RIN: 796), b. 1696
See Francis POVALL & Jane (Not Proven) FUQUA

7. Mary F (Not Proven) FUQUA (RIN: 797)

Birth: abt. 1667.
Death: aft. 01 August 1698 in , Henrico Co, VA.
GIVN: Guillaume
SURN: FOUQUET

Vol 2, p 335, Bk 8
Thomas Cook, Senr., 816 acres, Henrico Co, Verina Parish; p. 1, S. side Chickahaminy main SW; beg at land known as Oposum, in possession of Jno Baxter; crossing a br. of Oposom, to Mr Blands' corner, along Mr Richard Cock, & C Importation of 17 persons: Jane Borar, Robt Beasley, Jno Witt, Joane White, Alex ____, Patrick Foster, Robt Povey, Jno Edwards, GILL FUCKETT, Tho Mathews, Hen Baltamore, Fra Cleavely, Hugh Davis, Jno Herbert, Eliza Harrison, Negro Nell, Benetta Clame.

The record above refers to Thomas "Cocke"

This is believed to be our "Guillaume Fouquet". Although he was listed among 17 persons imported by Thomas Cocke, it was quite common for imports to be claimed for persons who were not actually imported, and this may have been such a case.

It should be noted that two years later, "Gill" purchased items from the estate of Frances Cleaverly, one of the persons on that import list. Robert Beasley and Robert Povey (Povall), who were also on the list, also made purchases. In addition, Ralph Hudspeth, "Gill's" brother-in-law, purchased items. Both "Gill" and Ralph collected money from the estate (owed to them by Francis Cleaverly). There were several combinations of persons, both on the list and not, who acted as sureties for each others purchases. It seems obvious that those folks knew and trusted each other, they were not just some guys who took a boat ride together.

William Randolph was the coroner and county clerk who dealt with the estate of Frances Cleaverly.

Vol 3, page 1
Capt William Randolph, 2926 acres, Chas City Co in Wynoke Par; on Pigeon SW, on S side of James River, 25 Oct 1695, p 2 Imp of 59 persons, including GILL FUCKET.
Randolph's import claim in 1695 included on his list of importees the same 17 as had been claimed by Thomas Cocke, including Francis Cleaverly (who had been dead for several years, and whose estate settlement had been recorded by Randolph).

Sources for Guillaume FOUQUET:

History of Grimes Co, TX, Page 305See source for Ephriam Fuqua, rin 3360

Humphreys Co, TN History, Page 180, 181See source for Jesse Jerome Fuqua, Sr, rin 1657

Genealogical Society, VA Gen Soc Quarterly, Series XXXV, Vol 1VGSQ Series XXXV Vol 1...Henrico County, Virginia Record Book No 2,1678-1693 [Orders & Wills] transcribed by Julia M. Case, published in Va.Genealogical Society Quarterly.

Ms. Case notes the following: " Colonial marriage records are difficult to find. Few exist outside the extant parish registers. However, those researchers attempting to document a colonial marriage in which one of the participants was a widow or due an inheritance can often find a reference to the marriage and an approximate date in county order books; In the following transcripts from Henrico County Record Book No2, 1678-1693, ....... At August Court 1687 Gill Fuquett petitioned the court for the estate of the grand-daughter of William Humphrys given by Humphrys to Fuquett and his wife before his death. Since Maurice Floyd petitioned the court for payment of the funeral expenses for William Humphry at the samecourt, we can place the marriage at some time prior to August 1687.p. 79...(p. 243) At August Court 1687...Upon ye petition of Gill Fuquett as marrying ye Grand-daughter of Will'm Humphrys late dec'd, and ye deposicionsin Court taken for proof thereof, It is Ordered, That Four Cows, one featherbed & Coulster, & 2 pewter dishes given by ye Sd deced unto ye sd Fuquett &wife before his death be, & remain to ye sd Fuquett's proper use, & be nottheld nor deemed any part of ye sd decedents estate.

p. 80...(p. 243)..Maurice Floyd to this Court petitioning for Funerall Expences & other trouble & charge in Sicknesse &c about Willm Humphrys late Dec'd & exhibitting an acc of ye same, wch being in Court Examin'd &Regulated he is allowed in full thereof eighteen hund'd pds of tobacco & Casqto be paid him out of ye Sd estate."

History of Carroll Co, TN, Page 173FUQUAThe Fuqua family came to America from France before 1600 and settled on the James River in VA. 1) Guillume Fouquet could trace his family to the Marquis de Fouquett of France. 2) His son Joseph m Ann Sampson and their son was Wm Fuqua who was the father of Stephen Fuqua born 1769 in Buckingham Co, VA and died 1843 in Logan Co, KY. He married first Susan Garrett and 2nd Nancy Aryers. It was his son, J Fuqu that came to Carroll Co and is the forefather of all the Fuquas in Carroll Co today. J Fuqua had a sister Mary who married Phillip Routon and they came to Henry Co TN about 1828.

Probate Records, VA, Will of William HumphreysSee source for William Humphreys 3804

Court Records, Orphans Court Book 1677-1739 of Henrico Co, VASee source for Joseph Eyre 3509

Sources for Jane EYRE:

History of Grimes Co, TX, pg 305 See source for Ephriam Fuqua, rin 3360

Humphreys Co, TN History, Pages 180, 181 See source for Jesse Jerome Fuqua, Sr, rin 1657

Harold Bishop Morgan, Fuqua 1525-1880+Death 2002

Probate Records, VA, Will of William Humphreys See source for William Humphreys 3804

Court Records, Orphans Court Book 1677-1739 of Henrico Co, VA See source for Joseph Eyre 3509 		Fouquet, Guillaume (I25869)
 
2369 GWCSG Sailors Memorialize 19th Century Shipmates

5/20/2008

By Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW/SCW) Dennis J. Herring, George Washington Carrier Strike Group Public Affairs





VALPARAISO, Chile (NNS) -- Sailors from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) held a memorial service and wreath-laying May 16 for shipmates who died and were laid to rest in Valaparaiso in the 1800s while in service of the U.S. Navy.

The ceremony, held at the Cementerio de Disidentes on Panteón Hill, honored 58 Sailors from USS Essex, two Sailors from USS Baltimore and one Sailor from USS Pensacola.

During the War of 1812, the British ships HMS Phoebe and Cherub defeated and captured the American frigate Essex just north of Valparaiso. Essex casualties included 58 dead and 31 missing (of a crew of 154).

In 1881, a memorial to remember these Sailors was placed in this Protestant cemetery by the Daughters of the War of 1812. The memorial was the result of a subscription campaign begun in 1876 by USS Richmond Assistant Surgeon Dr. Howard Aimes and continued by the Rev. David Trumbull, pastor of the Union Protestant Church in Valparaiso.

"In any navy, a shipmate is a shipmate for all time," said Rear Adm. Philip Hart Cullom, Commander, GWCSG, who spoke during the service. "Today, we lay these wreaths in remembrance of these Sailors who are our shipmates, now and forever.

"They share with us a special kinship created from the bond of sacrifice -- sacrifice of family separation, sacrifice of physical hardship of man versus sea, and sacrifice of serving a cause greater than ourselves."

About 50 Sailors attended the ceremony from USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Kauffman (FFG 59), both on a scheduled port visit.

"Today was a very special opportunity to pay tribute to the Sailors who came before us," said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SW) David Murray, a crew member from USS George Washington (GW). "To me, this was an honor because it's not every day we come to a foreign country and get a chance to honor fellow Sailors who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I wouldn't miss this for the world."

Before the ceremony, GWCSG Sailors found a way to memorialize their fallen shipmates. Those arriving early spent about an hour making charcoal rubbings of the names on the marker stones for entry into the official Navy Log, part of the U.S. Naval Institute's historical preservation efforts.

"We made charcoal rubbings of the names on the markers honoring the Sailors," Murray said. "This gave us a chance to give back to those Sailors and to give others the opportunity to see the names of these Sailors who gave the ultimate sacrifice."

Many Sailors said the opportunity brought many emotions, thinking about fallen shipmates and having a chance to remember them.

"I think this shows these Sailors that they have not been forgotten," said Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Juan M. Rosario, also from GW. "There are people out there who do care and remember their sacrifice they have made for their country."

Rosario compared this opportunity to immortalize shipmates from long ago with another memorial of the recent past.

Rosario said his grandfather had a friend he served with in Vietnam whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. He was able to go to there and see the friend's name with him and make a charcoal rubbing.

"It brought back a lot of memories," he said. "That's why I wanted to do this. It reminded of seeing my grandfather's emotion when he was able to see his friend's name and was able to keep it. I am sure if some family member would see this, their emotions would be the same - somebody still remembers."

Capt. K. Brent Canady, commanding officer of the current USS Essex (LHD 2) also contributed to the ceremony with a letter when he learned of the ceremony for the men of the first USS Essex.

"I can think of no better way to honor and remember the fallen Essex Sailors than by the crew of USS George Washington, a ship named after our first President and the father of our great country," he wrote.

"The men buried in these two cemeteries did not want to die, but they did. It is now up to us to give meaning to their lives," Cullom said in closing. "We must guard their legacy of democracy with the same vigilance they did. And we must be willing to give nothing less than they did, if necessary. The eternal flame of freedom must burn brightly within all of us, never to be extinguished, as long as we have breath to take. That is the legacy we owe these shipmates."

For more news from USS George Washington, visit www.navy.mil/local/cvn73/.
 		Havens, Jesse (I23246)
 
2370 Gwynedd Monthly Meeting Family: Thomas Hope / Mary Boone (F5055)
 
2371 Hafslo prestegård, 13 barn Family: Jens Samuelssøn Bugge / Anne Harboe Frimann Daae (F9298)
 
2372 Hafslo prestegård, ugift og sindssyk Daae, Drude Catharine (I39517)
 
2373 Hafslo: 1834-1852, Ministerialbok
Begravede 1840
Nr.: 13
Den opgivne Dödsdag: 26 Januar
Begravelses Datum: 6 Febr
Den begravedes fulde Navn og Stand: Prost og Sogneprest til Hafsloe Ove Christian Lærdal Daae
Alder: 73 Aar
Jordpåkastelses Datum: 6 Fbr
Opholdsted: Hafslo Prestegaard?
Kilde:
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read
Skannede kirkebøker
Sogn og Fjordane
Hafslo
side 12 		Daae, Ove Christian Leyrdahl (I39514)
 
2374 Halfdan Whiteshanks (Old Norse: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a petty king in Norway, described in the Ynglinga saga. The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson. The historicity of the kings described in that saga is generally not accepted by modern historians.

He was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling. His father was sacrificed to Odin by the Swedish settlers in Värmland because of a famine. Some Swedes, however, realised that the famine was brought by overpopulation and not by the fact that the king had been neglecting his religious duties.

Consequently, they resolved to cross the Ed Forest and settle in Norway and happened to end up in Soleyar, where they killed king Sölve and took Halfdan prisoner. The Swedish expatriates elected Halfdan king as he was the son of their old king, Olof. Halfdan subjugated all of Soleyar and took his army into Romerike and subjugated that province as well.

Halfdan was to become a great king, who married Åsa, the daughter of king Eystein, the ruler of Oppland and Hedmark. They had two sons, Eystein Halfdansson and Gudröd.

Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland and a part of Vestfold. When his brother Ingjald Olofsson died, he inherited Värmland. Halfdan died of old age in Toten and was transported to Vestfold, where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal. 		Huitbein, Halfdan (I36931)
 
2375 Halifax Co., VA Marriage Bond - 15 Nov 1823. George B. Ewing and APPHIA VASS, dau. of PHILIP VASS who consents. Sur. John Walsh. Wit. John Walsh and SARAH L. VASS. Vass, Apphia (I22341)
 
2376 Halifax Co., VA Marriage Bond - 24 Dec 1827. Preston Parker and ANN VASS who signs her own consent. Sur. and Wit. PHILIP E. VASS. Married 24 Dec 1827 by the Rev. Thomas E. Jeter. Vass, Ann (I22339)
 
2377 Halifax Co., VA Marriage Bond - 3 Oct 1827. Edward Womack and SARAH L. VASS who signs her own consent. Sur. Thomas B. Comer. Wit. Thomas B. Comer. Vass, Sarah L. (I22356)
 
2378 HALIFAX COUNTY, VA WILLS pg. 64. Oct 1, 1792.

Will of Peter Trible of Halifax, in perfect sense.
To my wife Susannah Trible
To my son, James Trible
To my son, George Trible
To my son Peter Trible
To my daughter Sarah Gilbert
To my daughter Dinah Woosley
To my daughter Presilla
To my youngest children, George, Peter, and Mary Trible.
Signed 1 Oct 1792.
Wit: James Martin, Major Brumfield, William Brumfield, Thomas Hancock.
Will probated at Halifax Court 22Jul1793.
Signing the security when the will was probated was James Martin. 		Tribble, Peter (I3081)
 
2379 Halifax County, Virginia Nov court 1794 Plea book 16, p. 602
Division of land of Joseph Echols (son of Abraham Echols and Sarah Hubbard Echols)

In obedience to the Order of the Court, we the commissioners have proceeded to make the following division of the lands of Joseph Echols, dec'd, Viz: We have allotted to each of them 150 A. of land on the Staunton River & Buffalo Creek, and to make them equal, we have allotted each of tehm additional land as follows:

Obediah Echols 150 A. plus 12 A.
Sarah Echols 150 A
John Echols, son of Jeremiah Echols, dec'd, 150 A. plus 36 A
Rhoda Echols 150 A. plus 100 A
Drucilla Echols 150 A. plus 300 A
Mary Echols 150 A. plus 100 A
Joseph Echols 150 A. plus 100 A
Abraham Echols 150 A. plus 79 A
Rebecca Echols 150 A. plus 150 A
Tabitha Echols 150 A. plus 150 A
David Echols 150 A. plus 310 A
Moses Echols 150 A. plus 250 A.

Given under our hands this 1 Jan 1795
Jacob Kelly, John George, John Collins 		Echols, Joseph (I33)
 
2380 halvpart av Straumstad (Strømstad) gnr 134, Austrheim Brügger, Johan Hansen (I39617)
 
2381 Han ansåes for å være en rettskaffen mann, men med ringe gaver som predikant. Daae, Ludvig (I39488)
 
2382 Han ble hjemme på Frøiset og hjalp faren med gårdsbruket. Da hans mor døde skiftet faren med sine 4 barn, og ved skjøtet av 28/8 1832 fikk han 1/2 av Risnes, hvor han bosatte seg som gårdbruker. Han døde i 40 års alder da han en søndag pXX hjemreise fra Lindås kirke kullseilte og reddet sin medfølgende tjenestedrengs liv, men døde selv av overanstrengelse 1837. Daae, Ludvig (I39507)
 
2383 Han brukte aldri navnet Daae, men kalte seg Frøiset. Ved farens skifte 1831 fikk han 1/2 av Frøiset og her bodde han som gårdbruker og var en almindelig velholden mann til 1844, da ved ildsvåde alle gårdens hus brandt opp og intet var assurert; økonomisk overvandt han dette aldri. Han hadde flere år vært kårmann da han. Daae, Hans Engelsen (I39506)
 
2384 Han havde sammen med moderen fået Kgl. brev i 1586, på at beholde faderens "Vicarie" i Roskilde, for derved at blive sat i stand til at studere og opholde sig i udlandet, og beholdt det indtil han fik præstekald 1609. I året 1596 var han blevet Alumnus på Sorø og aflagde 1607 prøve for biskoppen i Århus. Han blev sognepræst i Ødum og Hadbjerg.

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F. i Köpenhamn 1579, d. i Helsingborg 9 juni 1637, Student från Roskilde, gjorde vandrings turer i Tyskland, Frankrike och Nederländerna, immatriculeredes i Genève 1608, var samma år magister i Giessen och släppt flera naturphilosophiske disputationer. I juli 1613 blev han rektor i Helsingör och 1614 kyrkoherde i Helsingborg. Han kom in i Occasion 1614 Testimonium en publik från universitetet, där hans studier diskuteras i mycket berömmande uttryck, bl. Andel total): "ERUDlTIONEM quam PEREGRINATIONlBUS VARIIS AC STUDIO INDEFESSO Sibi ACQUISIVIT, HAUD UMBRATILEM, TUM OFFENTLIGA HIC i den akademiska världen LEGENDO, Docendo ET DISPUTANDO, TUM HELSINGORÆ I JUVENUM INGENIIS, Artium LIBERALIUM Linea, POLIENDIS, Satis SUPERQUE DECLARAVIT". [Att lära förvärvade han genom forskjeliige reser utomlands och outtröttlig studien var inte bara en jord lära, som han nog och gott för dagen, dels genom att hålla föredrag, lära ut och argumentera här på akademin, dels genom Helsingör för att slutföra utbildningen av ungas av ädla vetenskaperna riktlinjen]. Var 9 oktober 1615 dekanus för Luggude och S. AASBØ Shire efter prästerna enhälliga önskan. Han begravdes i Helsingborg kyrka, där en Epitaphiurn över honom. Gift m "i" Kirsten Knudsdatter, «/ i» f ca 1585, d. i Helsingborg 21 Mai 1650:e Hon hade varit gift en gång tidigare. 5 Barn. [ 1 ]

-------------------- Sokneprest i Helsingborg giftet seg med en enke 		De Fine, Hans Arnoldsen (I904)
 
2385 Han kan være den Petrus Bredalinus som i 1661, 1663, 1664 og 1667 fikk stipendium av Trondhjems katedralskole. Han ble student 1668 og sogneprest til Brönnö, Nordland 1677. Senere ble han prost i Helgelands prosti. Han ble magister philos 1694. Han var en lærd og ansett mann som hadde megen omgang med sognepresten i nabolaget, Alstadhaug, Petter Dass, som omhandler Bredal i flere av sine digter. I Trondhjems Videnskabsselskab oppbevares fölgende manuskript: «Petri Bredalini et Petri Dassii Epistolæ ultimæ de atteista». Efter biskop Gunnerus' utsagn efterlot han sig i manuskript: «En forklaring over høisangens tvende første kapitler», så vidlöftig at forklaringen over det förste kapitels förste 17 vers utgjör 1303 skrevne kvartsider. Han förte en ennu bevart latinsk skriftveksel med Petter Dass om lærde teologiske materier. Ved folketellingen 1701 hvor han bodde på Brönnö prestegård skrives hans navn »Peder Bredall«. Ifölge en av apoteker J.V. Strach og Margrethe Angell, sal. Kristian Frosts beedigede erklæring av 10. august 1739 hadde han 4 sönner og 2 dötre i sitt förste ekteskap. Vice-admiral Peter Petersen Bredal (1683-1756) kan således ikke være hans sönn, eller ?.1

He may be Peter Bredalinus who, in 1661, 1663, 1664 and 1667, received a scholarship from Trondheim's cathedral school. He became a student in 1668 and parish priest to Brönnö, Nordland in 1677. Later he became a prostitute in Helgeland's prosti. He became a master's philosopher in 1694. He was a scholar and considered man who had a great deal with the parish priest in the neighborhood, Alstadhaug, Petter Dass, who deals with Bredal in several of his poems. The following manuscripts are kept in Trondheim's Science Company: "Petri Bredalini and Petri Dassii Epistolæ ultimæ de atteista". After Bishop Gunnerus's statement, he left himself in manuscripts: "An explanation of the first chapters of the Highest Song," so wretched that the explanation of the first chapter of the first chapter gives 1303 written quartets. He conducted a still-preserved Latin scripture with Petter Dass about learned theological issues. At the 1701 census where he lived in Brönnö, his name was "Peder Bredall". Following one of Pharmacies J.V. Strach and Margrethe Angell, hall. Kristian Frost's honorable statement of August 10, 1739, he had 4 sons and 2 daughters in his first marriage. Vice Admiral Peter Petersen Bredal (1683-1756). 		Bredal, Peder Eriksen (I40109)
 
2386 handelsmann og gårdbruker Daae, Anders (I39687)
 
2387 Hannah Thomas & Darius Jasper Echols
Unconfirmed story about the relationship of Hannah Thomas and Darius Jasper Echols. Apparently Hannah Thomas gave birth to 9 children while unmarried. The father of these children was Darius Jasper Echols, who was married to another woman at the time. After Darius' wife died and the children grown, he married Hannah in 1863. Hannah and Darius were prosectued for fornication and adultery when he was 77 and she was 51. They refused to stop living together. There apparently is a court order confirming the children born to Hannah are illegitimate.

 		Echols, Darius Jasper (I51328)
 
2388 Hans Pedersen Nyrop
Theological office exam 1670. Chapel in Vågan. Called vice-pastor in Lødingen 9 Sept. 1678 by Bishop Erik Pontoppidan, who had the right to call. The Chairman, C.C. Heggelund, had to give up. The oldest church book preserved from Lødingen (1691-97) comes from Nyrop's hand. It is stored in the State Archives, Trondheim.

In Ofoten church book 1699-1711, page 75a, one can read the following about Nyrop's burial:
«1700 Dom. 2 post Epiphania. I grabbed the mockery. Mr Hans Nyrop, Deputy Pastor of Lødingen, has been ordained a priest for 26 years and 5 months, died at the age of 56 ».

13 Imm. from Christiania 3 May 1668.
Tax list 16 April 1701, Prestegården, Lødingen.14,10:
Heirs, all in Lødingen, are the spouse Bendicte Storm and the children: Peder Nyrop, Stuiosus; Christopher Nyrop, studiosus; Dorthe Sophie Nyrop; Benedicte Nyrop, married to Hans Slangendorph; Elisabeth Nyrop; Birgithe Nyrop, age 15; Kirsten Nyrop, age 14; Anna Maria Nyrop, 6 years.

Wealth 448-0-12. Debt 367-4-1. 		Nyrop, Hans Pederson (I20763)
 
2389 Harriet Echols, also came from Pittsylvania County, Virginia to Marshall County, Mississippi, in the late 1830s. Jeremiah and Harriet were third cousins. Their line of descent goes back to "Old" John Echols and Mary Cave; Jeremiah descending from John and Mary's son, William I, through William II and William III; and Harriet descending from John and Mary's son, Abraham, through Joseph Echols and Elizabeth Street and their son, David Echols and Dinah Tribble who married 3 June 1802. When Jeremiah and Harriet married in Marshall County, Mississippi, on 12 October 1841, they made their home in the adjoining cunty, which was then DeSoto County, Mississippi. Tate County was formed out of DeSoto County in 1873. The children born to Jeremiah and Harriet were Joel Turner, Susan Luvenia, Mary D., David E., and Frances Jeremiah.

Jeremiah and Harriet lived on land owned by his brother, John, until Jeremiah's death, at which time John, who had moved to Texas, sold that land so he would have no holdings in Mississippi to see about. Harriet, being a strong person in both personality and perserverance, managed to buy 300 acres of land in the Crockett area, and later bought other land connected to the 300. The Echols' had donated a plot for a Baptist Church and space for a cemetery in that area. It was in that cemetery that both Jeremiah and Harriet were buried. In the 1990's I went into that area to locate the land and the cemetery. The church had been gone many, many years; but I learned that the cemetery had been destroyed in abut 1937 when a new road was cut through. An elderly gentleman who owned and lived on some of the land that Harriet had bouhgt in 1856, showed me where the cemetery had been. He lived there in 1937 when the road came through. I asked him about the tombstones, and he told me they were simply covered over with dirt scraped from the hillside as the road was made. 		Echols, Harriet (I16785)
 
2390 Harriett Risdon was born Sept 21, 1821 in LeRoy, NY and died 1903 at Saline. She had married Silas Mead in 1840. Silas was born March 17, 1812 in Greenwich, CT and was a nephew of Silas Finch, who operated a general store in Orange Risdon’s parlor. Silas Mead clerked for his uncle at one time. Both Harriett and Silas are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Saline. (Clark)

Silas and Harriett had a farm in Pittsfield Twp., where they lived for the first eleven years of their marriage.

They then removed to New Orleans, LA, where Silas operated a shoe store. During the Civil War, he made oil-cloths for soldiers’ sacks; after the Union Soldiers took the city, he worked in the New Orleans Commissary Dept. for 4 years.

Then, he came back to Washtenaw and farmed until his death. A letter that he sent to his sister Abigail in CT is archived at the Bentley Library in Ann Arbor. This letter has been transcribed and appears in Vol. 10 of Capers, the journal of the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County.

Harriett and Silas had four children. One son, Lewis Risdon Mead, figured highly in the family businesses that thrived in California. Their son, William, lived in the Risdon homestead until 1921, after which the house became the property of Blanche Mead, William's daughter.

Later, the home was sold to a Saline nephew, Capt. William D. Mead, who moved the house to W. Henry Street, where it is still in use today as apartments. Blanche was present when the Historical Society of Washtenaw County dedicated her great grandfather’s home site in 1954. A memorial sign was erected at the time, but has since deteriorated.

During his lifetime, Orange Risdon, Sr. allowed people to be buried on his farm. Thus, the burial grounds were started and later continued when William D. Mead sold 50 acres to the Village of Saline to enlarge the cemetery. 		Risdon, Harriet Blanche (I35426)
 
2391 Harris Newmark remembers Louis Mesmer

"Louis Mesmer arrived here [California] in 1858, then went to Fraser River [BC, Canada] and there, in eight months, he made twenty thousand dollars by baking for the Hudson Bay Company's troops. A year later he was back in Los Angeles; and on Main Street, somewhere near Requena, he started a bakery. In time he controlled the local bread trade, supplying among others the Government troops here. In 1864, Mesmer bought out the United States Hotel, previously run by Webber & Haas, and finally purchased from Don Juan N. Padilla the land on which the building stood. This property, costing three thousand dollars, extended one hundred and forty feet on Main Street and ran through to Los Angeles, on which street it had a frontage of about sixty feet. Mesmer's son Joseph is still living and is active in civic affairs."

"Judge Walter Van Dyke was here in the early fifties, although it was some years before I knew him; and I am told that at that time he almost concluded a partnership with Judge Hayes for the practice of law. He was Judge of the Superior Court when the City of Los Angeles claimed title—while I was President of the Temple Block Company—to about nine feet of the north end of Temple Block. The instigator of this suit was Louis Mesmer, who saw the advantage that would accrue to his property, at the corner of Main and Requena streets, if the square should be enlarged; but we won the case. A principal witness for us was José Mascarel, and our attorneys were Stephen M. White and Houghton, Silent & Campbell."

Title: Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris NewmarkAuthor: Harris Newmark Editor: Maurice H.Newmark & Marco R. NewmarkRelease Date: May 10, 2013

 		Mesmer, Louis Aloise (I43808)
 
2392 Harrison was a captain in the War of 1812.
 		Hurt, Harrison Henry (I594)
 
2393 Harvey Yates was a soldier in WWII. Yates, Harvey A. (I21544)
 
2394 HATFIELD History

THAT portion of Hadley lying on the west side of the Connecticut River was the first of Hadley's offspring to obtain an independent existence by incorporation, in 1670. The situation of Hatfield made it easy of attack by Indians and, as a fact, it was a great sufferer from them. Its first experience was in King Philip's War when, on October 19, 1675, an army of nearly 800 Indians made a descent upon that settlement from Deerfield, where they killed and destroyed to such an extent, that they thought to continue their success at Hatfield.

Several small companies of settlers, which were out scouting, had been cut off from the settlement by the attacking Indians. The Indians then hurried to the village and attacked it from several directions, but they were met by Captain Poole and Captain Mosely who, with their companies, were in the village.

Captain Poole defended one end of the village and Captain Mosely held the center and then, just in time to turn the fight for the settlers, Captain Appleton arrived from Hadley with his company and defended the other end of the village. But the Indians were not repulsed with ease. The fight was terrific while it lasted, for the Indians were full of confidence from their recent victory at Deerfield and so fought with unusual courage.

When they realized that the day had gone against them, they fled with such haste that many of them lost their arms, and their ammunition was ruined by the water while they were fording or swimming" Mill River, across which they were driven by the victorious settlers. They succeeded in setting fire to several buildings before they were driven from the village, and in driving off some cattle and sheep. As it was just before dark when they were put to flight the settlers did not pursue them.

The next attack was made by 700 Indians, on May 30, 1676.
This time they were more successful. While one party was attacking the fortified houses of the settlement, another burned a dozen or more houses and barns and a third drove off nearly, if not all of the cattle.

The loss of life and property would have been much greater, had it not been for the fine courage of twenty-five young men of Hadley who crossed the river and, fighting with a savagery that awed the Indians, broke through them and entered the village in time to render much needed assistance. Thus, a second time Hadley had saved its first offspring from destruction.

In the same year Hatfield men took part in the Turners Falls Fight and Hatfield's first minister, the Rev. Hope Atherton, was the chaplain in that famous fight. He became separated from the soldiers after the fight and soon was lost in the forest. After wandering about till nearly worn out, he started to give himself up to the Indians, but they regarding him as a great medicine-man retreated before him and would not let him approach them. They knew enough about the settlements to know from his clerical dress that he was the " medicine-man " of the settlers, and the fact that he was seeking them no doubt filled them with fear, as they would naturally regard such action as being due to his power to destroy, or in some way injure them, with his " bad medicine ". The poor gentleman wandered about for a number of days, exhausted by fatigue and hunger. At last he came upon the river and followed its course south to Hatfield.

The people of the settlement were occupied on September 19, 1677, with a house-raising, when they were suddenly set upon by a band of fifty Indians who captured or killed about twenty of the settlers, two of the captives being Mrs. Benjamin Wait and Mrs. Stephen Jennings., (this account does not mention the captu Later in the year, a party set out for Canada to ransom the captives and after eight months absence they returned with nineteen of them. 		Dickinson, Nathaniel (I29327)
 
2395 Haugsøy, Haugesund Andersen, Rasmus (I39610)
 
2396 He appears in the 1850 and 1860 Census of Pittsylvania Co. His occupation is farmer and wheelright. Living with them in 1860 are: Siboan Gardner, 57 VA, Baptist Clergyman; Mary F. Gardner, 23, Va, teacher; Jane Earp, 54, VA; Elizabeth Earp, 50, VA. Jennings, Byrd Thomas (I22273)
 
2397 He came to America with his parents aboard the "Confidence" in the year 1638.

He married the widow, Elizabeth (Noyes)Freeman, 13 Nov 1646. She being the daughter of Peter Noyes and widow of John Freeman.

We learn from the town records of Sudbury, Massachusetts:
On July 9, 1645 - Josiah Haynes took the Oath of fidelity.
In 1666 he was chosen on the Board of Selectmen.
In 1674 he was appointed as surveyor.
On Oct. 21, 1674 he was chosen to supply lumber for a new bridge over the Sudbury River.
On July 9, 1675 he was promoted from Sgt. To Lieutenant.
On July 11, 1684 he was chosen to be on the committee appointed to ratify the contract on behalf of the town of another tract of land purchased from the Indians.

The exact date of death of Josiah Haynes is not known, but his will was dated Jan. 31, 1698, showing that he lived to an old age.

Children of Josiah Haynes and Elizabeth Noyes are:
1. Josiah b-27 Apr 1655, d-bef 23 Nov 1721
2. Thomas b-abt 1656, d-29 Jun 1656
3. Abigail b-30 Nov 1657
4. Deborah (twin) b-13 Dec 1659
5. Sarah (twin) b-13 Dec 1659
6. Hannah b-31 Dec 1660, d. 20 Apr 1669
7. Sarah b-28 Sep 1663, d-bef 31 Jan 1698
8. Caleb b-19 May 1667, d. 1687
9. Joshua b-17 Sep 1669, d. 29 Mar 1757 		Haynes, Josiah (I43434)
 
2398 He came to Barnstable (near Cape Cod, MA) with the first company in 1639. His houselot, containing twelve acres of very rocky land in the westerly part of the East Parish, was bounded westerly by John Crocker's land, northerly by the meadow, Easterly by Isaac Robinson's land and southerly "into y woods". His house stood on the north side of the road, and his cellar and some remains of his orchard existed at the commencement of the this century. A road from his house to Hyannis is still known as "Bearse's Way"**. He owned six acres of meadow adjoining his upland on the north, and two thatch islands still known as Bearse's Islands. He also had six acres of land in the Calves Pasture, esteemed as being the best soil in the town; eight acres of planting land on the north of Shoal's pond bounded by Mr. Coopers, now called Huckin's Neck and thirty acres at the Indian ponds bounded easterly by the Herring River. The Indian Pond lot he sold to the Thomas Allen and the planting lands at Shoal Pond were occupied by his descendants until recently. John Jenkins and John Dexter afterward owned the ancient homestead.

He became a member of Mr. Lothrop's Church April 29, 1643; his name stands at the head of the list. The first person admitted. He appears to have been very exact in the performance of his religious duties, causing his children to be baptised on the day of their birth, if Sunday or on the following sabbath. His son Joseph, born on Sunday, January 25, 1652 was taken two miles to the church and baptized the same day. Many believed that children dying upbaptized were lost and that consequently it was the duty of the parents to present their children early for baptism. Being influenced by the this feeling, he did not wish by a week's delay to imperil the eternal salvation of his child. Now such an act would be pronounced unnecessary and cruel. However differently the present generation may view the question of baptism, he did what he honestly believed his duty and he who does that intelligently is to be justified.

He was proposed to be admitted a freeman, June 3 1652, and was admitted on the 3rd of May following, His name rarely occurs on the records. He was a grand juror in 1653 and 1662, and a surveyor of highways in 1674. He was one of the very few against whom no complaint was ever made, a fact which speaks well for his character as a man and as a citizen. He was a farmer, lived on the produce of the land, and brought up his large family to be like himself - useful members of society. There appears to be no record of his death, nor settlement of his estate on the probate records. He was living in 1686, but died before 1697. 		Bearse, Austin Augustine (I42106)
 
2399 He came to Denmark, where he became Lieutenant-Commander in 1714, Captain in 1716, and Commander in 1725. Cruys, Rudolf (I3532)
 
2400 HE DIED IN 1796 IN HALIFAX CO. WILL WAS DATED 22 OCT 1787PROBATED 22 FEB 1796 IN WILL BOOK 3 PGS 222,223,224. Irby, Anthony (I25116)
 

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