Surname Saturday ~ HENDERSON of Saco, Maine and Salem, Massachusetts

HENDERSON

In the late 1600s the early Maine settlers were in conflict with the Native people of the seacoast, and there were many massacres that killed people on both sides.  Large numbers of settlements were completely abandoned.  Many of these settlers fled to Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts.  Some historians believe that the traumas experienced by many of these people, especially the children, may have led to the witch hysteria.

Peter Henderson (about 1649 – after 1700), my 9^th great grandfather, was a fisherman from Saco, Maine. He married his probable brother’s step-daughter, Abigail Bully in 1670 in Saco (now Biddeford Poole, Maine).  The John Henderson who married Ellen Booth, the widow of Nicholas Bully is considered to be his brother or close kin.   In 1671 Peter was granted 12 acres of land next to John’s property.

Peter first appeared in the Salem records around 1677, after the first massacres in Maine.  In Salem Peter Henderson was known as a Master Mariner and “Fisher Captain”.  In 1683 he paid taxes in Salem and appeared in a lawsuit against Robert Bray, Sr., and Richard Bale “for abusive carriages on board to the master. Bale was fined and ordered to be whipped.”   Also in 1683 Peter Henderson’s ship “ketch, Sara, was chased ashore by pirates at Funchal [Madeira].  There was another incident with pirates in 1697 concerning Henderson’s ketch, Margaret.

Two of Peter’s sons, Peter and Benjamin, married two Beadle sisters, Elizabeth and Abigail.  See my BEADLE genealogy at this link:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/05/surname-saturday-beadle-of-salem.html   I descend from the daughter, Abigail Henderson (1676 – 1737), my 8^th great grandmother, who married Jonathan Glover in 1699.  Abigail and Jonathan Glover were the grandparents of Major General John Glover (1732 – 1797) of Marblehead, the Revolutionary War hero.  Click this link for my GLOVER genealogy:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/surname-saturday-glover-of-salem-and.html

Some HENDERSON resources:

History of Saco and Biddeford, by George Folsom, 1830

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, 1928-1939

“The Henderson Family of Salem” by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 48 (1912), page 328. 

My HENDERSON genealogy: 

Generation 1:  Peter Henderson, born about 1649, died after 27 September 1700 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 29 December 1670 in Salem to Abigail Bully, daughter of Nicholas Bully and Eleanor Booth.  She was born 1 February 1655 in Saco, Maine.  Five children.

Generation 2:  Abigail Henderson, born October 1676 in Salem, died 29 April 1737 in Salem; married on 31 March 1699 in Salem to Jonathan Glover, son of John Glover and Mary Guppy. He was born 13 April 1677 in Salem and died March 1736.  Six children

Generation 3: Jonathan Glover m. Tabitha Bacon

Generation 4: Daniel Glover m. Hannah Jillings.

Generation 5: Tabitha Glover m. Thomas Homan

Generation 6: Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez TREAdwell

Generation 7:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 8:  Abijah Franklin Hithcings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 9:  Gertrude Maria

Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ HENDERSON of Saco, Maine and Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 9, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/12/surname-saturday-henderson-of-saco.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ ATWATER of Boston, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut

ATWATER

Joshua Atwater, my 9^th great grandfather, was baptized on 2 June 1611 in Lenham, Kent, England as the son of John Atwater and Susan Narsin.  He lived in Boston, but also went to New Haven, Connecticut with six other men looking for a new settlement about 1638.  He married Mary Blackman on 6 May 1651 in Connecticut. She was the daughter of Reverend Adam Blackman and Jane Unknown of Boston.  They had ten children, some born in Connecticut and the rest born in Boston. 

Joshua Atwater was a merchant and shopkeeper, and he owned much land in Boston. Upon his death his widow married Reverend John Higginson of Salem, and she removed to Salem with the younger children.  The oldest daughter, Ann AKA Hannah, married Jeremiah Dummer and was the mother of William Dummer who was the Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1716 – 1730.  I descend from her brother Joshua Atwater, Jr. (b. 1658) who was a mercer (feltmaker) in Boston.  When Mary (Blackman) (Atwater) Higginson outlived her second husband, she left a will which divided her estate between her daughter Ann Dummer, her daughter Mary Atwater Coney, and her granddaughter Rebecca Atwater Beadle. 

Joshua Atwater, Jr. married Rebecca Unknown and had three children.  His daughter, Rebecca, my 7^th great grandmother who was named in her grandmother's will, married Lemon Beadle on 4 January 1709 in Salem.  They had two children before Lemon Beadle died in 1717, and Rebecca remarried to Samuel Phippen, widower of Mary Beadle (sister of Lemon).  She had six more Phippen children.

Some ATWATER resources:

Atwater History and Genealogy, by Francis Atwater, Meriden, CT: The Journal Publishing Co., 1901 (Volume 1, pages 34 – 51)

Families of Ancient New Haven, by Donald Lines Jacobus

The Thwing Collection, NEHGS, pages 1906 - 1907

My ATWATER genealogy:

Generation 1: John Atwater m. Susan Narsin.  At least two sons.

Generation 2: Joshua Atwater, baptized 2 June 1611 in Lenham, Kent, England, died 16 May 1676 in Boston, Massachusetts; married on 6 May 1651 in Stratford, Connecticut to Mary Blackman, daughter of Reverend Adam Blackman and Jane Unknown.  She was born about 1635 and died 9 March 1709 in Boston.  She married second to Rev. John Higginson of Salem. Ten Atwater children.

Generation 3: Joshua Atwater, born 10 April 1658 in Milford, Connecticut; married Rebecca Unknown. Three children.

Generation 4: Rebecca Atwater, born 25 February 1686 in Boston, died 1727 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 4 January 1709 in Salem to Lemon Beadle, son of Samuel Beadle and Hannah Lemon.  He was born 30 July 1680 in Salem, and died 17 November 1717. Two children.  Rebecca married second to Samuel Phippen, widower of Mary Beadle (sister to Lemon Beadle).

Generation 5: Rebecca Beadle m. John Becket

Generation 6: Hannah Becket m. Joseph Cloutman

Generation 7:  Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 8: Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell

Generation 9:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 10:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 11:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ ATWATER of Boston, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 3, 2017, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/05/surname-saturday-atwater-of-boston.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ BEADLE of Salem, Massachusetts

Colonial Tavern

BEADLE  /  BEDEL  /  BEDLE /  BEATLE / BETTEL /  BETLE

Samuel Beadle, my 9th great grandfather, is of unknown birth.  It is unknown when he came to New England from England.  He was living in Charlestown, Massachusetts as early as 1656 when he bought a house. "Sameul Beadle, Planter, inhabitant in Charltowne, New England....[purchased a dwelling] on sconse pyont... [including] ... a cow common on the stinted pasture without the Neck.. a hay Lott of an Aker of Meadow, by estimation, more or less, lying at Wilson's poynt on mistik syde". 

Samuel Beadle removed to Salem, about twenty miles away, in 1661 when there was an inquest for their child who drowned in well at the Salem Quarterly Court.  The inquest met 7 September 1661.  "They found the remains laid out on a chest or table; and upon inquiry as to how it came to its death, the parents answered that it was drowned in the well, and no contrary evidence appeared."  [History of Salem, Volume II, page 301]   He lived in a house owned by Philip Cromwell on the corner of Bridge Street and Howard Street (roughly where the Howard Street Cemetery is located today). 

The will of Samuel Beadle was proved in the Salem quarterly court 30:4:1664. 

I Samell Beadle being by Gods pvidents sick & weak of body:yett through the Lords mercy of pfect memorye, doe make this my last will & testament: as followeth:

Impr I giue vnto my son nathanyell Beadle ten shillings: it being as much as I conciud convenyent vpon the divers good considerations alsoe with respect to what I haue already don for him

It I giue to my daughter Dorithy forty shillings ffor the rest of my estate, moueables and vnmoueables, what euer God haue giuen me in this world, (when all my Just debts are paid) I giue to my three smallest children now at home with me, namly Samuell, Thomas, and Elizabeth, equally to be devided betweene them & to be paid at the age, of 21 years my sons & my daughters at ye age of 18 years or maryed & of ye three viz: Samuell Thomas & Elizabeth ye survivers at the time of payment to haue ye deceased pt devided And lastly I doe apoynt my Loveing freind m walter price to be my executor of this my will & mr John Croad & Hillyard veren overseers witnes my hand this 12th of march 1663/64

witnesses

Hillyard veren

Thomas Watson

Samuell Bedle

Samuel Beadle, Jr. (1643 – 1706), my 8^th great grandfather, was a wood turner, and he served in King Philip’s War.  His health failed and in 1681 he became a vintner (wine merchant).    In 1683 he received a license to keep an inn in recognition of his health failing as a result of his service against the Indians in the Narragansett Country. His statement reads:  "Whereas by the providence of God and my hard service in the Narraganset country my health has been much impaired and my body incapable of following my calling (by reason of grievous aches and pains that constantly attend me) the consideration whereof has moved the selectmen of Salem to consider of some fit way for me whereby I might get a livelihood for myself and family and for that end have granted me their approbation for one of the innholders to keep an inn in the town of Salem."[History of Salem, Volume III, page 84]  

During the 1692 Salem witch hysteria John Parker frequented Samuel Beadle's tavern.  One night his wife Alice went to fetch him from the inn and she berated him in front of the other men.  One man, John Westgate, scolded her.  Some weeks later, on his way home from Beadle's tavern, Westgate met up with a black pig that chased him. He swore out a complaint against Alice Parker for witchcraft.  He deposed that she sent the black hog after him.  Alice Parker was hanged on 22 September 1692. 

Samuel, Jr.'s house on St. Peter Street (then known as Prison Lane) was the Beadle's inn described in the witch craft documents from 1692.  He died intestate in 1706, and the property inventory listed a "Jersey boy servant" and an "Indian woman slave". His wife, Hannah, survived him and died with a will dated 29 March 1729 and proved 25 July 1736.

Lemon Beadle (1680 – 1717), my 7^th great grandfather, received his unusual name from his mother, Hannah Lemon (1650 – 1736).   He was also a woodcarver (like his father) and an innkeeper (like his father).  He carved signs and figure heads for the bows of ships built in Salem.  He was licensed to keep his own tavern in his own dwelling in 1716.  When Salem built a new Watch House in 1712 he carved “a handsome wooden soldier” for the roof.   I descend from his daughter, Rebecca Beadle (1714 – 1758), my 6^th great grandmother, who married John Becket (28 Feb 1715) of the famous Becket shipbuilding family of Salem.

More BEADLE resources:

Samuel Beadle Family: History and Genealogy of Descendants of Samuel Beader, Planter Who lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1656 and died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1664 by Walter J. Beadle, privately printed 1970 (available at Family Search online, at the Ancestry card catalog,  and at the NEHGS manuscript department)

The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 7, pages 172 - 175 "Beadle Genealogy"

The History of Salem, Massachusetts, by Sidney Perley, Volume II, pages 386 – 387 for the BEADLE genealogy.  Various members of the BEADLE family are mentioned in all three volumes of these books, check the index.

Generation 1: Samuel Beadle, born about 1622 in England, died 10 March 1664 in Salem, Massachusetts; married about 1645, probably in Salem, to Susanna Grey.  She was born about 1626 and died 13 February 1661 in Salem.  Seven children.

Generation 2:  Samuel Beadle, Jr., born 1643 in Salem, died before 27 November 1706 in Salem; married on 10 June 1668 in Salem to Hannah Lemon, daughter of Robert Lemon and Mary Unknown.  She was born 7 July 1650 in Salem and died 1736.  Twelve children.

Generation 3: Lemon Beadle, born 30 July 1680 in Salem, died 17 November 1717; married on 4 January 1710 to Rebecca Atwater, daughter of Joshua Atwater and Rebecca Unknown.  She was born 25 February 1687 and died 1727 in Salem.  Two children.  (Rebecca married second to Samuel Phippen on 20 March 1718.  He was the widower of Lemon’s sister, Mary Beadle (1678 – 1715))

Generation 4:  Rebecca Beadle, born 13 January 1714 in Salem, died 13 January 1758; married 3 May 1738 in Salem to John Becket, son of John Becket and Susannah Mason.  He was born 28 February 1715 in Salem, and died 29 August 1781 in Salem.  Thirteen children.

Generation 5:  Hannah Becket m. Joseph Cloutman

Generation 6:  Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 7: Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell

Generation 8: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 9: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ BEADLE of Salem, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 27, 2017, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/05/surname-saturday-beadle-of-salem.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ BECKETT of Salem, Massachusetts

The John Becket House, 1655, at the House of Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts
is labeled the "Retire Becket House" by the front door. 

BECKET, BECKETT

John Becket, my 9^th great grandfather, was first recorded in Salem, Massachusetts on 9 April 1655 when he bought “one dwelling house and three acres of land behind it” from Samuel Archard.  The street where this house stood is now known as Becket Court, near the waterfront in Salem. Eventually the family built a shipyard on this property.  In 1924 this house was moved one half mile to the museum compound where the House of Seven Gables stands, and was converted into the gift shop.  (from The Chronicles of Three Old Houses, by Caroline O. Emmerton, 1985, published by the House of Seven Gables Settlement Association)

John Becket was the great great grandfather of the famous ship builder Retire Becket.   In 1816 the millionaire George Crowninshield, Jr. of Salem commissioned Retire “Tyrey” Becket to build the first known private luxury yacht, which was known as Cleopatra’s Barge.   It cost $50,000 to build, and another $50,000 to outfit it as an ocean going mansion (in 1816 dollars!).  No expense was spared on this 100 foot brig.  In 1820 this yacht was traded to King Kamehameha II of Hawaii and renamed Ka Ha'aheo O' Hawai'i.  She sank off Hanalei Bay on the north of Kauai in 1824, and in 1994 the wreck was rediscovered.  191 objects were raised from the wreck and displayed at the Kauai Museum.

There is a reconstruction of the main cabin of Cleopatra's Barge
inside the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts

William Becket, my 8^th great grandfather, was also a shipwright, as well as his son, John Becket (1684 – 1763). This lineage lived in Salem from John Becket the immigrant in the 1650s until my grandmother’s time.  If you look down below to generation 8 you will see my great great grandfather, Abijah F. Hitchings, who was the deputy customs collector at the Salem Custom House, also on the waterfront.  He lived in a house that stood on the land that is now the parking lot for visitors to the House of Seven Gables.  This family has always lived in this neighborhood of Salem.  

For more on the BECKET family:

The Story of George Crowninsheild’s Yacht, Cleopatra’s Barge, by George Crowninshield, 1913

A video of the wreck and recovery of Cleopatra’s Barge AKA  Ka Ha'aheo O' Hawai'i  https://vimeo.com/13968115

My BECKET genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Becket, born about 1626, probably in England, died 26 November 1683 in Salem, Massachusetts; married Margaret UNKNOWN.  She died about 1717.  Five children.

Generation 2: William Becket, born 9 April 1665 in Salem, died 10 November 1723 in Salem; married on 8 May 1683 in Marblehead to Hannah Sibley, daughter of Richard Sibley and Hannah UNKNOWN.  She was born 20 September 1661 in Salem and died 1734.  Eight children.

Generation 3:  John Becket, born 10 August 1684 in Salem, died 1763 in Salem; married on 20 September 1711 in Salem to Susannah Mason, daughter of Thomas Mason and Christian Oliver.  She was born 23 August 1687 in Salem, and died after 1769.  Six children.

Generation 4:  John Becket, born 28 February 1715 in Salem, died 29 August 1781 in Salem; married first on 3 May 1738 to Rebecca Beadle, daughter of Lemon Beadle and Rebecca Atwater.  She was born 31 January 1714 in Salem and died 13 January 1758 in Salem.  Thirteen children.   John married second to Sarah Rue on 25 November 1762 in Salem.  No more children with second marriage.

Generation 5: Hannah Becket, born 17 November 1751 in Salem, died 18 August 1837 in Salem; married on 20 June 1770 in Salem to Joseph Cloutman, son of Joseph Cloutman and Mary Webb.  He was born about 1748.  Seven children.

Generation 6: Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 7:  Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell

Generation 8:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 9:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ BECKET of Salem, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 15, 2017, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/surname-saturday-beckett-of-salem.html: accessed [access date]). 

Memories of Camp Herrick, West Alton, New Hampshire

Camp Herrick, 1957

from the "Memories of Camp Herrick" website

If you grew up in Beverly, Massachusetts in the 1950s, especially if had a brother, father, family member or friend who belonged to Boy Scout Troop 2, you might have heard of Camp Herrick in West Alton, New Hampshire.  If not, perhaps there is a youth camp or scout camp in your family history with similar memories to you.  

Camp Herrick was owned and operated by the Dane Street Church in Beverly, the sponsors of  Boy Scout Troop 2.  My Dad was a member of the troop and of the church, even though his parents weren’t members.  The Dane Street Church was Congregational, and my grandparents were Baptists, then Seventh Day Adventists, and finally joined the Mormon Church when they retired and removed to California.  I think my father found fellowship and friendship at the Dane Street Church, and was a great friend of the minister there, the Reverend Bob Little.  Years later, when I was in the first grade, we moved 70 miles away to Holden, Massachusetts and found out that Rev. Little was the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Holden. 

I remember my Dad’s friends had very fond memories of Troop 2 and their summers at Camp Herrick.  

When I was very little my Dad and his friends would rent out a cabin at Camp Herrick, off season when the scouts weren’t there.  Several families would to spend the weekend together sleeping in bunks.  We were all very small children, and all the parents were young married couples.  I suppose it was a fun, inexpensive vacation, with lots of memories for the Dads. 

Photos of my Mom and Amelia McKenney

at Camp Herrick in the 1960s

Packing up the car, or unpacking?

Look how young they are! 

I don’t remember much about the Camp except for the bunk houses and the outhouses (always a fascinating memory of Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps).  I remember hiking to Lake Winnipesaukee (it seemed like a hike to me!).   Since I was just a little girl, I remember some odd things like the night it rained and pots from the mess hall were all over our bunk house to catch the drips. Since we were all bunking together in one big room I remember one Dad, Mr. Rose, was a world class snorer.  Most of my memories revolve around photos and slides of Camp Herrick.

Years later I remember my Dad driving around the lake trying to find Camp Herrick, but it had been sold by the church, and the land was abandoned.  My Dad, Jack Wilkinson, was from the Beverly High School class of 1953, and he passed away on 7 August 2002. 

It was fun for me to find a website online about Camp Herrick.  This website was built by former Boy Scouts, and is jam packed with photos, stories and memories.  It also has lists of campers by name, and some staff, and contact lists of men including an “In Memoriam” list.  Unfortunately, this website was last updated in 2011.  I hope the webmaster, William Nisbet from Beverly High School class of 1960, is still alive, or still well enough to keep up this wonderful place for memories. 

This letter is from the Camp Herrick Website, written by Dick Hemenway.

It reminds me of that song "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Here I am at Camp Grenada"

I wish I knew if my Dad had written home from Camp Herrick, and if Grammy saved the letters.

Dear Mom

I miss you very much    I

have decided that I cannot stay

two weeks.  I must go home with

you sunday.  I will pay 

the other 18 dollars back to you

out of my money I earn cutting

lawns and weeding.  If you do

not take me I will walk home.

This is not the kind of life for me.

I can not stay.  I will die if

I stay.  Today is Tuesday.  I have

not had much time to write. We

are going roller scakling

this after noon.  It is very

rainey. Please please write

I count the days, till I see you

Genealogical Information:

Camp Herrick was named for Carl Emery Herrick (1890 – 1962), the first scoutmaster of Troop 2, which was founded on 19 February 1915 at the Dane Street Church in Beverly.  I knew I had many Herricks in my family tree, so I looked up Carl’s genealogy.  I was surprised to see I was more closely related to him through the BEADLE, STONE and TUCK families than through the HERRICK family.

Carl Emery Herrick's Obituary

from the 4 January 1962 Boston Record American page 7

via GenealogyBank.com 

Generation 1:   Carl Emery Herrick, born 2 July 1890 in Deering, Maine, died January 1962 in Beverly, Massachusetts, married on 10 October 1911 in Beverly to Mollie Bell, the daughter of Arthur S. Bell and Mary E. Patch. 

Generation 2: Edward Everett Herrick, born 3 August 1839 in Beverly, died 15 November 1910 in Beverly, married second to Eva Wright Merrill, daughter of William Allen Merrill and Martha Nelson Emery.

Generation 3: Joshua Herrick, born 30 September 1797 in Beverly, married on 20 April 1823 in Beverly to Mary Ann Green.

Generation 4: Jonathan Herrick, born February 1775 in Beverly, died 24 October 1860 in Beverly; married on 20 March 1796 in Beverly to Lydia Wallis, daughter of Caleb Wallis and Rebecca Giles.  They were first cousins.

Generation 5: William Herrick, born 15 April 1736 in Beverly; married on 23 April 1759 in Beverly to Mary Wallis, the daughter of Daniel Wallis and Hannah Cressey.  She was born 18 September 1740 in Beverly.   Daniel Wallis’s mother was Sarah Stone, my 7^th great aunt, daughter of Nathaniel Stone and Remember Corning, my 8^th great grandparents.

Generation 6: William Herrick born 1709 in Beverly, died April 1783 in Beverly; married on 1 July 1731 to Mary Tuck, daughter of John Tuck and Sarah Shaw.  She was born 13 April 1710 in Beverly.  John Tuck is the son of John Tuck (1646-1722) and Rachel Unknown, my 9^th great grandparents.  (I descend from his brother, George Tuck (1678-1751).

Generation 7: Henry Herrick, baptized on 25 August 1672 in Beverly, died 28 September 1747 in Beverly; married on 23 July 1694 in Salem to Susanna Beadle, daughter of Samuel Beadle and Hannah Lemon (my 8^th great grandparents, I descend from her brother Lemon Beadle (1680 – 1717).  She was born 20 April 1676 in Salem and died 1749 in Beverly. (If you think this name is funny, they passed it on to their grandchild, son of William Herrick and Mary Tuck was named Lemmon Herrick)

Generation 8:  Zachary Herrick, born 25 December 1636 in Salem, died 1695, married about 1653 to Mary Dodge, daughter of Richard Dodge and Edith Brayne.  She died on 18 August 1710 in Beverly.  I descend from Zachary's brother, Henry Herrick. 

Generation 9: Henry Herrick, born 16 August 1604 in Loughborough, Leicester, England and died 20 July 1671, Beverly, Massachusetts; married about 1630 to Editha Laskin, daughter of Hugh Laskin and Alice Unknown.  She was born about 1613 in England and died 1677 in Beverly, Massachusetts. (Henry and Edith are my 11th great grandparents, I descend from their son, Henry Herrick (1640 -1702)

For more information:

The unofficial Camp Herrick Boy Scout Camp Website  http://campherrick.wfnisbet.com/

Camp Herrick blog (abandoned 2006)   http://campherrick.blogspot.com/

This page has a nice biography of Rev. Little  http://campherrick.wfnisbet.com/danestreet.html

The website for the Dane Street Church, Beverly, Massachusetts  http://www.danestchurch.org/   

An article about Troop 2 and Camp Herrick on Wicked Local   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/memories-of-camp-herrick-west-alton-new.html  

Troop 2 is still active, and approaching their 100^th anniversary !     http://www.troop2beverly.com/

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Memories of Camp Herrick, West Alton, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 9, 2014, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/memories-of-camp-herrick-west-alton-new.html:  accessed [access date]). 

Manuel Francisco Ciriaco Fenollosa del Pino

My great great grandfather Caleb Rand Bill (1833 - 1902) was a music professor in Salem, Massachusetts. When I was researching Professor Bill I found many stories about Manuel Fenollosa and Manuel Emilio, two other famous musicians from Salem. And, surprise!, a family link, too!

Manuel Fenollosa came to Salem from Spain with his brother in law, Manuel Emilio in 1838 on the US naval frigate the United States. They had both been musicians for the crew, and Emilio was the bandmaster. They remained in the United States, and formed a band, then a music school in Salem, Massachusetts. Their first Salem concert was held at John P. Jewett’s house, who later published their sheet music (he also published Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin). Jewett taught Fenollosa how to speak English.

Later Emilio wrote the music to accompany one of John Greenleaf Whititer’s poems “Little Eva: Uncle Tom’s Guardian Angel”. It was dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, when it was published by Jewett & Co. In 1863 Manuel Fenollosa composed the “Emancipation Hymn”. He also held a concert in Salem in 1864 after Emancipation. Both Emilio and Fenollosa aided the famous 54th regiment when it was formed of white Massachusetts officers and black recruits. Obviously the two immigrants from Spain were greatly influenced by their Salem abolitionist friends.

According to the lyrics written by a mysterious “R. T. L.” the “Emancipation Hymn”:

Long our land in blood had weltered, Blood of dearest sons:
Long had Hero Spirits faltered, Not at booming guns:
Long our pray'r to Heav'n ascended Fraught with bondmen's groans;
Long with victory's cheers had blended Fettered manhood's moans!
God hath heard us, God hath heard us, and in mercy Gives us bread for stones.
God hath heard us, God hath heard us, and in mercy Gives us bread for stones.

Asking for a Land, for a Land united, We forgot the slave.
Pray'd we for our Country, for our Country blighted--For our falling brave,
Left the bondman, chas'd by blood hounds Scented thro' the cane,
God was with that panting brother; Pray'd we thus in vain!
Ask, as we would serve another, ask and he will hear again!
Ask, as we would serve another, ask and he will hear again!

He hath heard; O give Him glory! Heard the Bondman's pray'r:
O'er the war path, red and gory Thro' the slave-hound's lair,
Peals the mandate of salvation, "Let my people go."
Humbled, bleeding, hear the nation Answer, "Be it so!"
Who shall weary! Who shall weary! who shall falter! God is with us now!

Fenollosa Family History:

Generation 1. Manuel Fenollosa and Isabel Del Pino of Spain

Generation 2. Manuel Francisco Ciriaco Fenollosa, born 24 December 1822 in Malaga, Spain, died 13 January 1878 in Salem, Massachusetts; married first to Mary Silsbee, on 20 November 1851 in Salem; married second to Annie Elizabeth Kinsman on 26 July 1869 in Salem. Manuel’s sister, Isabel, married Manuel Emilio.

Two children with Mary Silsbee:

1. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, born 18 February 1853, died 21 September 1908, in London; married Elizabeth Goodhue Millett. He spent thirty years in Japan studying the art and culture.

2. William Silsbee Fenollosa, born about 1855, married a Martha W. Fabene in 1887

Three children with Annie Kinsman:

3. Clarence Fenollosa, born 25 November 1870 in Salem

4. Sydney Kinsman Fenollosa, born 4 May 1873 in Salem.

5. Manuel Emilio Fenollosa, born 7 June 1875 in Salem

Both of Manuel Fenollosa’s wives are distant cousins to me. Mary Silsbee is a great grand daughter of John Becket (1715 – 1781) and Rebecca Beadle (1714 – 1758), my 6x great grandparents. Annie Elizabeth Kinsman is related to me through multiple lines of Essex County families (Kinsman, Dutch, Kimball, Treadwell, Webb, and Burnham).

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For more information:

The Papers of Luis F. Emilio, 1812 – 1871 contain information on the musical career of Manuel Fenollosa in Salem. They are held at the Peabody Essex Museum.

“Emancipaton Hymn”, by Manuel Fenollosa, lyrics by R. T. L, Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co, 1863 (sheet music) M1640.F at the Library of Congress

Diary of Manuel Fenollosa, 1848 – 1849, by Manuel Fenollosa, held at the Peabody Essex Museum (describes a voyage from Malaga, Spain to Salem, Massachusetts in 1838, on the barks Sophia Walker and the A. G. Hill)

“Immigrants to Salem Join the Abolitionist Cause”, Boston Globe, by Jim Dalton, 1 Feb 2011 at the website http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/salem/2011/02/immigrants_to_salem_join_the_a.html accessed 9 March 2011

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Interesting names from the Family Tree!

An assortment of interesting names pulled from my database. Every one of them is an actual name!

I suppose that some of these names were fashionable in their own time. My name, Heather, is now a popular name, but when my mother first named me the pediatrician said “That’s a dog’s name!” (His mother raised Scots Terriers!)

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Onesiphorus Allen (1642-1718) my 8th Great Uncle, and his son Onesiphorus Allen, Jr. (b. 1674), other interesting Allen names are Bezaleel, Shearjashub, Hephzibah and Zerubabbel.

Lemon Beadle- (1680-1717) his mother’s maiden name was Lemon, poor kid! My 7x great grandfather.

Janet Wilkinson Blades (1898-1981) was my great aunt. This was her married name, and she took a lot of kidding for it!

Ebenezer Ingraham Bill- (1805-1891) plus four descendants with this exact name. I always thought his name should be written backward. The Bill Family made up for a very plain surname with a plethora of interesting given names: Arabella, Asahel, Benajah, Bozoan, Ethelinda, Mehitable, Isabella and Zerviah.

Samuel Draper (1690 – 1767), my first cousin 10x removed, named his sons Newburyport, New York, Boston and James. He was a privateer, and I suppose he was away a lot! At least for the first three sons.

Skelton Felton- (about 1680-1749) – My first cousin 9x removed. His grandmother’s name was Skelton, unfortunately. This left a lasting legacy of about four generations of Skelton Feltons. This name causes a lot of giggling at the Annual Felton Family Reunion in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Washington Adams Jefferson Wilkinson ( b. 1804 in Smithfield, Rhode Island) His parents couldn’t make up their minds which president they liked best.

I also found various Puritan virtue names are sprinkled liberally here and there. Besides the usual Patience, Prudence and Constance I found the more unusual names of Retire, Fear, Comfort, Submit, Plain, Remember, Freelove, Hopestill, and (last but not least!) is my very all time favorite strange name on this list: Hatevil Nutter (1598-about 1675) and his three descendants by the same name, my first cousin 8 generations removed.


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