Huldah Leach, wife of Larkin Thorndike, died 1790, Beverly, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday

This tombstone was photographed at the Abbott Street Burial Ground in Beverly, Massachusetts.

In Memory of

Mrs Huldah Thorndike

Consort of

Colo Larkin Thorndike

& daugr of

Major John Leach

who departed this life

Augt 21st 1790: In

the 50th year of her age.

Happy exchange, to part with all below

For worlds of bliss, where joys unceasing flow.

Huldah, daughter of Major John Leach and Rachel Putnam, was born 29 July 1740 in Beverly, Masssachusetts, and died 21 August 1790 in Beverly. She married Colonel Larkin Thorndike, as his second wife.  He was the son of John Thorndike and Elizabeth Ober.  Colonel Thorndike led the first company of foot soldiers from Beverly to Lexington for the alarm in 1775.  He was made Colonel of the 8th regiment (Essex County) in 1777, resigned and then accepted a position as Colonel in Brigadier General Jonathan Titcomb's regiment.  He was married first to Ruth Woodbury (seven children), and third to Mary Jewett.  

Huldah and John Leach were second cousins, both descended from their great grandparents Israel Porter and Elizabeth Hathorne, and she is my distant cousin.  I descend from her LEACH, PUTNAM and FLINT ancestors.  I also am related to her husband, Larkin Thorndike, from our common THORNDIKE, WOODBURY and DIXEY ancestors. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Huldah Leach, wife of Larkin Thorndike, died 1790, Beverly, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 25, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/02/huldah-leach-wife-of-larkin-thorndike.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Joseph Herrick, buried in Beverly, Massachusetts 1717/8

This tombstone was photographed at the Old North Beverly Cemetery, in Beverly, Massachusetts, Plot 4, Grave 49.

HERE LYES Ye BODY

OF Mr. IOSEPH HERRICK

WHO DIED FEBr

ye 4th IN Ye 73 YEAR

OF HIS AGE 1717/8

Joseph Herrick, son of Henry Herrick and Editha Laskin, is my 10th great uncle, brother to my 10th great grandfather, Henry Herrick, Jr., (1640 - 1702).  Joseph Herrick was born 6 August 1645 in Salem, Massachusetts and died 4 February 1717/8 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married on 7 February 1666 to Sarah Leach, daughter of Richard Leach and Sarah Fuller (three children); married second to Mary Endicott (nine more children); married third to Mary, the widow of Capt. George March.    His first wife, Sarah Leach, is my 1st cousin 10 generations removed.  Her father was Richard Leach, the brother of my 9th great grandfather, Robert Leach (1615 - 1688) of Manchester, Massachusetts.

Joseph Herrick's land is now known as Cherry Hill in Beverly, Massachusetts, and he was a wealthy landowner of a large estate.  He was the corporal of the local militia, and was also in the Narraganset Fight in December of 1675.  Joseph Herrick was also the local constable during the 1692 Salem Witch Hysteria.

Here is an explanation of double dating:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/12/happy-new-year-from-nutfield-genealogy.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Joseph Herrick, buried in Beverly, Massachusetts 1717/8", Nutfield Genealogy, posted 13 December 2016, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/12/tombstone-tuesday-joseph-herrick-buried.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Benjamin Balch, died 1736 at age 11

This tombstone was photographed at the Abbott Hale Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts

HERE LYES BURIED

THE BODY OF

BENJAMIN BALCH

ONLY SON OF

DEAC. BENJ. BALCH

& MARCY HIS WIFE

WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE AUG. 4

1736 IN Ye 11 YEAR

OF HIS AGE

Deacon Benjamin Balch is my 1st cousin, 8 generations removed.  His father, Samuel Balch is the brother of my 7th great grandmother, Mary Balch (about 1667 - 1737) who married Nathaniel Stone.  Benjamin Balch married Mercy Leach on 27 June 1705 in Beverly, Massachusetts.  She is a descendant of my 10th great grandfather, Lawrence Leach (about 1583 - 1662) of Beverly.  Mercy and Benjamin had five daughters and Benjamin (above) who died young).  Two of the daughters died young, too, but I could not find their tombstones here in this cemetery. 

Benjamin Balch lived in the old Balch homestead which is still standing in at 448 Cabot Street in Beverly. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Benjamin Balch, died 1736 at age 11", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 8, 2016, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/11/tombstone-tuesday-benjamin-balch.html: accessed [access date]). 

"Old Planters Reunion", Beverly, Massachusetts

This forefathers plaque can be found at the Cabot House, Beverly Historical Society, in Beverly, Massachusetts

THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO CAME OVER IN THE FIRST EMIGRATION

AND WERE BY THE BLESSING OF GOD THE PLANTERS OF BEVERLY, FROM THE FIRST GRANT 1638

TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN 1668 OR THEREABOUTS, OCCUPIERS OF FREEHOLDS

AND CONTINUING TO ABIDE THEREON, THEIR CHILDREN INHERITING THE LAND, AND THE NAME

OF THEIR WIVES AND THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHILDREN.

JOHN BALCH                   MARGARY             3

HENRY BALEE                 DOROTHY             4

JACOB BARNEY              ELIZABETH           3

JOHN BATCHELDER       ELIZABETH           7

EDWARD BISHOP            MARY                     3

JOSHUA BISSON              MARTHA               5

JOHN BLACK                   SUSANNA              1

RICHARD BRACKENBERY          ELLEN      4

JEREMIAH BOOTMAN   HESTER                  6

THOMAS CHUBB             AVIS                        4

ROGER CONANT             SARAH                    7

SAMUEL CORNING         ELIZABETH           4

MIGHILL CRESSY            MARY                     1

CHRISTOPHER CROE      DELIVERANCE     2

WILLIAM DIXEY              ANNA                     8

RICHARD DODGE            EDITH                    7

WILLIAM DODGE            ELIZABETH          4

JOHN EDWARDS              MARY                     2

RALPH ELLINWOOD      ELLEN                    7

ANDREW ELLIOT            GRACE                   6

EDMUND GALE               SARAH                   4

JOHN GALLY                    FLORENCE            4

EDMUND GROVER         MARGARY             6

ROGER HASCALL           ELIZABETH           9

ROGER HASKINS            RUTH                      2

NICOLAS HAYWARD      ELIZABETH           6

HENRY HERRICK            EDE                          8

ROBERT HIBBERT          JOAN                       9

JOHN HILL                       ABIGAIL                 6

WILLIAM HOARE           DORCAS                  6

FRANCIS HOOPER          JULIAN                    2

ISAAC HULL                    SARAH                    3

NICOLAS LAGROVE      HANNAH                5

RICHARD LAMBERT      ESTHER                  2

HUGH LASKIN                 ALISE                      2

LAWRENCE LEACH        ELIZABETH           7

THOMAS LOTHROP        BETHIA                  8

JOHN LOVITT                  MARY                     5

ROBERT MORGAN         MARGARET           6

RICHARD OBER             ABIGAL                   9

JAMES PATCH                 HANNAH                5

JOHN PATCH                   ELIZABETH            6

NICOLAS PATCH            ELIZABETH            2

THOMAS PICKTON       ANN                          0

DANIEL RAY                  BETHIA                    2

JOHN RAYMENT           RACHEL                   6

WILLIAM RAYMENT   HANNAH                 5

JOSIAS ROOTES            SUSANA                  4

JOHN SALLOWES         HANNAH                 6

THOMAS SCRUGGS     MARGARY              3

RICHARD STACKHOUSE  SUSANA            1

JOHN STONE                  SARAH                   4

JEFFREY THISTLE        MARY                     2

JOHN THORNDIKE       ELIZABETH           6

OSMAND TRASK          MARY                   10

THOMAS TUCK             JOAN                      3

JOHN WEST                    MARY                    3

THOMAS WHITREDGE  FLORENCE         3

JOHN WOODBERY        AGNES                  5

WILLIAM WOODBERY ELIZABETH        7

PETER WOODIN             ELIZABETH        4

PETER WOOLFE             MARTHA             2

IN FILIAL PIETY THIS MEMORIAL TO THE

FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO ENTERED

INTO AND POSSESSED THE LAND NOW

BEVERLY IS ERECTED WITH GRATITUDE

TO GOD FOR OUR ANCIENT AMERICAN

BIRTHRIGHT BY THEIR DESCENDANTS

APRIL 19, 1913

Every two years the Beverly Historical Society hosts the "Old Planters Reunion" for descendants of the first settlers in what is now Beverly, Massachusetts.   This weekend was a three day event that included historic house tours, cemetery visits, lectures, a visit to the city hall archivists, a dinner at the Hale Farm, the annual Balch and Woodbury family reunions, and other events. We had a wonderful time in Beverly meeting lots of cousins and having fun.  I'm descended of a lot of these "Old Planters" including BALCH, BLACK, DODGE, DIXEY, ELLINWOOD, GALE, HASKELL, HERRICK, LEACH, STONE, THORNDIKE, WEST, TUCK and WOODBURY.

Are you descended of one of the families listed above?  Or other early Beverly families? The best way to be informed about the next reunion is to join the Beverly Historical Society, and they will mail you information and registration forms for 2018.  (see the link to click on the reunion brochure PDF below)  I hope to see you at the next  "Old Planter" reunion!

Dan Driscoll, Beverly City Archives Volunteer
describes the vast range of documents in the city vaults

Your truly poring over town clerk records from the 1600s

The John Balch House on Cabot Street with newly renovated facade.
This house dates from the early 1600s

Reunion participants touring the Balch House

Salem State University Archaeology Professor Emerson "Tad" Baker
describes artifacts found during excavations at the Balch house. 

Dinner in the backyard of the Hale Farm.  It was built in 1694 by Rev. John Hale
who played a large part in the 1692 Salem Witch Hysteria. 

We toured the Old North Beverly burial ground and also the
well hidden Dodges Burial Ground, and found lots of ancestors!

We finished the weekend with a tour of the Beverly "Gold Coast"
on the schooner "Fame".

Lots of cousins helped to lift the sails for our tour of Beverly Harbor. 

Beverly Historical Society -  http://www.beverlyhistory.org/  

Old Planters Reunion 2016  PDF   http://www.beverlyhistory.org/misc_files/OldPlantersReunion_Early2016.pdf


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, " "Old Planters Reunion", Beverly, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 26, 2016,  (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/old-planters-reunion-beverly.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Little 11 Year Old Benjamin Balch, died 1736 in Beverly, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at the Abbott Hale Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts

HERE LYES BURIED

the BODY OF

BENIAMIN BALCH

ONLY SON OF

DEAC. BENI. BALCH

& MARCY HIS WIFE

WHO DEPARTED 

THIS LIFE AUG. 4th

1736 IN Ye 11th YEAR

OF HIS AGE.

This little boy, Benjamin Balch, was the youngest child and only son of the six children born to Benjamin Balch and his wife Mercy Leach.  Of their six children, only three daughters- Mercy, Martha and Deborah, lived to marry and have their own children.  Little Benjamin was born 22 September 1725 in Beverly, and died 4 August 1736 in Beverly.  His father, Benjamin Balch, was the son of Samuel Balch (1651 - 1723), my 7th great grand uncle, and his wife Martha Newmarch (1653 - 1720).   I descend from Samuel's sister, Mary (1667 - 1737) who married Nathaniel Stone. 

See the Descendants of John Balch, by Robin Balch Hodgkins, Beverly Historical Society, 2014, page 14 for more about Benjamin Balch and Mercy Leach.   I am a descendant of both the BALCH and the LEACH families.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Tombstone Tuesday ~ Little 11 Year Old Benjamin Balch, died 1736 in Beverly, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 26, 2016 (  http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/01/this-tombstone-was-photographed-at.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ HERRICK of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts

Henry Herrick (1688 - 1755)
Abbott Street Burial Ground (Ancient Burial Ground),
Beverly, Massachusetts

HERRICK

There are lots of myths about Henry Herrick's origins.  He was not a Virginia planter, and he was not the son of an upper class gentleman in Leicester, England.  He was of humble origins, and a literate freeman in Salem, Massachusetts.  The Henry Herrick of Massachusetts and the Henry Herrick of Virginia may be related, but the kinship has not been established. 

Henry Herrick, my 11^th great grandfather,  was part of the original Puritan settlement of Salem, Massachusetts that arrived with Reverend Higginson, and Reverend Skelton in 1629.  It is thought that perhaps he arrived on the ship Lyon’s Whelp.  He applied for freeman in 1630 and was sworn as a freeman in 1631.  He was recorded as a member of the Salem First Church in 1636, along with his wife, Editha. 

Henry Herrick lived near the Bass River in Ryal Side in what is now the city of Beverly, Massachusetts, and in 1655 he witnessed the will of John Friend (my 10^th great grandfather), and he conducted the inventory of the estate of Agnes [Annis] Balch (my 9^th great grandmother) the same year.  These families all lived near the Bass River, which separates Salem and Beverly.   Henry Herrick’s will, proved on 28 March 1671, describes his land in Ryal Side.

"Henry Herrick owned all the land from what is now the intersection of Beckford and Cabot Streets, northwest, to a point about what is now Mason Street, thence westerly to the river, taking in the land west of Edmund Grover to the land where the drop-forge plant now stands. That portion of his land which was his 'english field' is now traversed by Grant, Simon, and Ropes Streets." [from Calvin P. Pierce, Ryal Side from Early Days of Salem Colony, (Beverly Historical Society, Cambridge, MA, 1931), pg. 87.]

If you look below, you will see that in the sixth generation, the great great great grandson of the original settler Henry Herrick, Humphrey Bray (b. 1756), married a young woman named Molly Herrick according to the Gloucester, Massachusetts Vital Records.   Who was Molly HERRICK?  Is this a possible cousin connection?  I have a lot of Beverly ancestors, and many HERRICK marriages in my family tree, right down to my mother’s first cousin, a HERRICK who still lives near the Bass River near the Danvers/Beverly town line.

For more information:

Herrick Genealogical Register:  A Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick from the Settlement of Henerie Hericke in Salem, Massachusetts, by Richard Leon Herrick, 2008, 3^rd edition in four volumes.

Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620 – 1633, by Robert Charles Anderson, Volume II, pages 910 – 914 for a lengthy sketch on Henry Herrick. 

Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, by Mary Walton Ferris,  Volume II, pages 420 -424

The Herrick Family Association http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~herrick/index.html

The Herrick Family Association on Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/herrickfamilyassociation

My HERRICK genealogy:

Generation 1:  Henry Herrick, born about 1598 in England,  died between 24 November 1670 and 15 March 1670/1671 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married about 1630 to Editha Laskin, daughter of Hugh Laskin and Alice Unknown.  She was born about 1613 in Weymouth, Dorset, England and died in 1677 in Beverly.  Nine children.

Generation 2: Henry Herrick, baptized on 16 January 1640 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 20 June 1702 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married about 1660 to Lydia Unknown, mother of five children.  Married second on 25 May 1690 to Sarah Alcock, widow of John Giddings, and daughter of John Alcock of York, Maine.  No children.

Generation 3: Samuel Herrick, born 6 December 1668 in Beverly; married on 25 May 1691 in Salem to Sarah Leach, daughter of John Leach and Elizabeth Flint. Three children.

Generation 4: Abigail Herrick, born 13 November 1699 in Beverly, died 2 October 1754 in Beverly; married on 11 October 1722 to Isaac Woodbury, son of Robert Woodbury and Mary West.  He was born 18 June 1701 in Beverly and died 31 October 1775 in Beverly.  Four children.

Generation 5: Lydia Woodbury m. Humphrey Bray

Generation 6: Humphrey Bray m. Molly HERRICK  [possible cousin connection!]

Generation 7: Polly Bray m. Asa Burnham

Generation 8:  Lydia W. Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 9: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 11:  Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maud Batchelder

Generation 12: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ HERRICK of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 29, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/surname-saturday-herrick-of-salem-and.html : accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ DAVIS of Haverhill, Massachusetts

DAVIS

I am a descendant of Dolor Davis (about 1583 – about 1672) and you can read about him HERE, but I have a second DAVIS lineage from the James Davis (about 1583 – 1678/9).

James Davis was the son of John Davis of Acton Turville, Gloucestershire [ TAG 73:210].  He married Ciceley Thayer at Thornbury, Gloucestershire on 11 June 1618.  He may have been a kinsman (Brother? Cousin?) to Thomas Davis who also settled at Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts.  See The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635, Volume II, pages 310 – 316 for a sketch of Thomas Davis.

The first record of James Davis is 4 March 1634/5 in Newbury when he was made a freeman.  He was given a grant of land at Hampton in 1639, which he sold on 17 August 1648.  In May 1644 he removed to Pentucket, which is now the city of Haverhill, Massachusetts.  He was one of the original 12 settlers of Pentucket, which was settled by families from Ipswich and Newbury.

In February 1658/9 James Davis, Senior and his son Ephraim Davis accused John Godfey of witchcraft in a petition filed at the court in Ipswich.  This case was dismissed, and some years later another neighbor accused John Godfrey of witchcraft again. 

James Davis wrote a will on 17 May 1675, and attached a codicil on 22 July 1678.  He died on 29 January 1678/9 in Haverhill, and his will was proved in 1680.  I descend from his son, James Davis; and his grandson, James Davis; and his great grandson, James Davis.  Four James Davis’s in a row!

Today is the 321st anniversary of James Davis II's death date on 19 July 1694.  

Some DAVIS resources:

The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its Settlement in 1640 to the Year 1860, by George Wingate Chase, 1861.

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire,  by Sybil Noyes, 1928.

The Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, by Mary Lovering Holman and Helen Pendleton Winston Pillsbury, 1938. (see pages 153 – 155 for James Davis).

You can read about James Davis’s wife’s English origins (Cecily Thayer) at The American Genealogist, Volume 73, pages 209 – 219. 

My DAVIS genealogy:

Generation 1:  James Davis, born in England, died 29 January 1678/9 in Haverhill, Massachusetts;  married on 11 June 1618 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England to Cicely Thayer, daughter of John Thayer and Joan Lawrence.  She was born 1 May 1600 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, and died 28 May 1673 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  Seven children.

Generation 2: James Davis, born 28 January 1621 in England, died 18 July 1694 in Haverhill; married on 1 December 1648 in Haverhill to Elizabeth Eaton, daughter of John Eaton and Ann Unknown.  She was baptized on 31 January 1629/30 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England, and died 21 January 1683 in Haverhill.  Eleven children.

Generation 3: James Davis, born 22 January 1663 in Haverhill, died 5 March 1741 in Gloucester, Massachusetts; married to Bethiah Leach, daughter of Robert Leach and Alice Alls.  She was born about 1660 in Manchester, Massachusetts.  Two children.

Generation 4: James Davis, born 7 May 1685 in Gloucester, died 5 March 1742 in Gloucester; married on 5 January 1704 in Ipswich to Abigail Metcalfe, daughter of Joseph Metcalfe and Rebecca Unknown.  She was born 29 March 1686.  Two children.

Generation 5: Abigail Davis, died 19 April 1776; married on 11 April 1718 at the Hamlet Parish Church, Hamilton, Massachusetts to John Poland, son of James Poland and Rebecca Kimball.  He was born about 1693 in Hamilton or Wenham, and died 21 April 1777 in Hamilton. Nine children.

Generation 6: Daniel Poland married Sarah Bishop

Generation 7: Martha Poland married Alexander Mears

Generation 8: Samuel Mears married Lydia W. Burnham

Generation 9: Samuel Mears married Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 10:  Sarah Burnham Mears married Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 11:  Joseph Elmer Allen married Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 12:  Stanley Elmer Allen married Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo,  "Surname Saturday ~ DAVIS of Haverhill, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 18, 2015 ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/07/surname-saturday-davis-of-haverhill.html:  accessed [access date]).  

Surname Saturday ~ LEACH of Salem, Beverly, and Manchester, Massachusetts

Lawrence Leach was born in England in 1589 and died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1662.  He was one of the “Old Planters”, who came to Cape Ann before Roger Conant and Endicott settled Salem. His farm and land are located in what is now the city of Beverly.  Governor Craddock wrote a letter  to John Endicott in 1629: “We desire you to take notice of one Lawrence Leech who we haue found a painfull & carefull, man, and we doubt not butt hee will continue his diligence; let him haue deserving respect.”

Lawrence’s son, Robert, my 9^th great grandfather, settled in Manchester, Massachusetts.  He was given land by his father in 1639, and he died intestate with a wife, Alice, and two sons before June 1674 according to Essex Quartly Court records.  According to Robert Charles Anderson in his sketch of Robert Leach in The Great Migration Begins: “In 1924 F. Phelps Leach published a genealogy of this family which claimed ten children for the immigrant [Lawrence Leach].  This author inserted in to the family of Lawrence Leach many persons of the same name from all parts of New England (and even some from old England) who could not have been his children.  The Robert each presented in this volume as son of Lawrence is a chimaera, created by mixing records for Robert Leach of Charlestown and Robert Leach of Manchester, the later of who was the son of the immigrant.”

Estate of Robert Leach of Manchester

This writing is to inform the Court, that though Robert Leach late of Manchester died without perfecting his will, yet sometime beofre he died he declared in the presence of some neighbors as witness that his mind was "that after some legacies as follows were paid to his daughters, that is to say to his maried daughters: Sara and Elizabeth, fiue pounds apeece, to his daughter mary ten pounds & to his two youngest daughters: Bethia and Abigaile eight pounds apeece, that then his whole remaining estate should be left with his beloved wife, Alce Leach, & his two sons Samuell & Robert Leach to be equally proportioned amongst them.

"This is farther to certifie, that although this was the last will and testament of the aforesaid Robert Leach, yett upon farther consideration, Alce Leach the widdow & her two sones Samuell & Robert Leach have agreed within ourselves freely & Joyntly together, tomake an adition to these legacies out of our owne estates, as to the two eldest daughters, Sara & Elizabeth what they received from theire father, as theire portions, with the lagacies given them by theire father, in his last will & testamt: as aboue written, & the adition made there vunto by their mothr Alce Leach the widdow, & their brothers Samuell & Robt Leach is to amount to fifteene pounds appeece, to each of them they being married haveing received som portion alreddy with that then receiued & the legacies due by theire fathers last will & testament, with the adition made by theire mother, & brethren doth make up fifteen pounds apeece to Sara & Elizabeth, for the rest of the daughters, Mary, Bethiah, & Abigaile what theire father left hem as legacies in his last will & testament & the adition made by the widdow Alce Leach there mother, & Samuel & Robt: there brothers, comes to fifteene pounds apeece, to each of them: Mary, Bethiah & Abigiale.

            "This farther to informe the Honrd Court wt is agreed upon within ourselves, alce Leach the widdow & her two sons Saml & Robt Leach, that Samuel and Robert Leach taking into consideration theire mothers condition, shee being left a widdow, wee haue consulted together for her comfortable subsisting, for som way to continue her maintenance in this her condition, And that ye widdow Alce Leach with her free consent hauing resigned her interest in said estate as left by her husband Robert Leach, in his last will & testament, the which her interest shee hath, resigned up to her sons Samuell & Robert Leach, upon condition as followeth, That Samll:& Robt Leach haue taken that whole estate, as left by our father Robt Leach late deceased in Manchester, upon the resignement of the widdow alce Leach our mother, haueing resigned up her interet in that estate soe left by our father into our hands in consideration wheareof wee the aforsd Samuell & Robert Leach, haue engaged to pay to our mother, the widdow Alce Leach, ten pounds by the yeare in such pay may be for her use & shee stands in need of, & the house left by our father where shee now lives with the stuff now belonging thereto is to remaine to her out of this esat: soe that the yearly pay ingaged by her sons to be pd her with the house & household stuff, is to maine to her if shee continue in a widdowes condition, but if shee marry then all the whole estate fals into the hands of her sons: Samuell & Robert Leach they to continue or ramaine ingage to paye, but fiue pounds by the yeare to there mother Alce Leach duering her lifetime.

            "It is further to certifie that Samuell & Robert Leach doe freely consent that theire mother Alce leach the widdow shall reserve to herself out of the estate afore mentioned, shee to reserve to herselfe twenty pounds, without any exception made of condtions, only that when she dyes, shee to bequeath it to her children according as ashe please, vnto whome to bestow it vupon as legacies from herselfe.

            "To that is heare agreed upon as afore mentined wee the pties aforesaid doe sett our hands."

Alce (her U mark) Leach, Samll (his S mark) Leach, Robt. Leach

Witness: Sam: Friend, John Elathorpe, this 29 June 1674

Allowed by the court 1: 5m: 1674 and the saide Alce, widow and the two sons Samuell and Robert Leach appointed administrators.

Essex County Probate Records, vol. 301, pp. 51 - 53

My Leach genealogy:

Generation 1: Lawrence Leach, born about 1593 in England, died before 24 June 1662 in Beverly or Salem, Massachusetts; married to Elizabeth Unknown.  She died about 1674 in Beverly. 

Generation 2: Robert Leach, born about 1615, died before June 1674 in Manchester; married Alice Unknown. Four children.

Generation 3: Samuel Leach, born about 1653 in Manchester, died 14 October 1696; married first about 1672 to Arabella Norman, daughter of John Norman and Arabella Baldwin. She died 8 May 1681 in Manchester.  Three children. He married second Hannah Norman, her sister.

Generation 4: Catherine Leach, born 1 October 1680 in Manchester, died 1711; married 28 October 1696 to Joseph Allen, son of Samuel Allen and Sarah Tuck.  He was born 26 June 1672 in Manchester, died 17 August 1727 in Manchester.  Seven children.

Generation 5: William Allen m. Mary Ingalls

Generation 6: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

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

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The URL for this post is
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/surname-saturday-leach-of-salem-beverly.html

Copyright © 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ NORMAN of Salem, Massachusetts

According to Sidney Perley’s History of Salem, “Old Goodman Norman and his son” were already at Salem before Governor Endicott arrived in 1628.  My 10^th great grandfather, Richard Norman (1580-1653) arrived at Cape Anne, Massachusetts with the Dorchester Company in 1624, as part of a fishing fleet.  Some of these fishermen returned to England, and others stayed with Roger Conant at Naumkeag (now Salem, Massachusetts).  Richard and his son, John, were considered “Old Planters”.  His wife and daughter-in-law were members of the Puritan church in 1637, after Winthrop Fleet arrival. 

Richard Norman was a shipwright, and also a fisherman.  There is a sketch of his life in The Great Migration Begins.  He was married, but the name of his wife is unknown.   He was granted twenty acres of land in Salem in 1636.  In the 1637 division of marshland he was given ¾ of an acre.  The next year he was granted another twenty acres “that was Mr. Thorndeck’s”.  In 1653 he deeded his son, Richard Norman, his house and 10 acres “in Marvelheade upon Derbe Fort side” along with his rights to cow commons.

My NORMAN genealogy:

Generation 1: Richard Norman, born about 1580 in England, died 22 April 1653 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married and five children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: Alice Norman, born in England, died 8 March 1632 in Salem, Massachusetts; married about 1629 to William Allen.  He was born 1602 in England and died 30 January 1678 in Manchester, Massachusetts.

Generation 3: Samuel Allen m. Sarah Tuck

Lineage i

Generation 4: Joseph Allen m. Catherine Leach

Generation 5: William Allen m. Mary Ingalls

Generation 6: Isaac Allen m. Abigail Burnham

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

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

Lineage ii

Generation 5: Alice Allen m. Daniel Williams

Generation 6: Ruth Williams m. Moses Platts

Generation 7: Sarah Platts m. George Southwick

Generation 8: Mary Southwick m. Robert Wilson

Generation 9: Mercy F. Wilson m. Aaron Wilkinson

Generation 10: Robert Wilson Wilkinson m. Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation 11: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 12: Donald Munroe Wilkinson  m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: John Norman,  born about 1612 in England, died about 1673 in Manchester, Massachusetts; married about 1629 in Salem to Arabella Baldwin, daughter of Sylvester Baldwin and Sarah Astwood.  She was born about 1613 in England and died 23 November 1679 in Salem. Nine children.

Generation 3: Arabella Norman, born 13 February 1644 in Salem, died 8 May 1681 in Manchester; married about 1672 in Manchester to Samuel Leach.  He was the son of Robert Leach and Alice Alls.  He was born about 1653 in Manchester and died 14 October 1696.  Three children.

Generation 4: Catherine Leach m. Joseph Allen (see above)

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The URL for this post is

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/surname-saturday-norman-of-salem.html 

Copyright ©2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ Allen of Manchester, Massachusetts

                               

ALLEN

As I work my way through my family tree for my Surname Saturday posts, I’m often stymied by how to proceed with certain names.  I started at the top of my ahnentafel chart with my paternal surname, and I haven’t reached my maternal side yet.  However, ALLEN is my mother’s maiden name, and here it shows up on my father’s side of the tree.

Yes, William Allen of Manchester, Massachusetts is an ancestor of both my mother and my father.  There are many names that show up on both sides, which is the fun of untangling colonial New England roots.  William Allen was born about 1602, probably in Dorsetshire, England.  He arrived in Massachusetts with the Dorchester Company in 1624.  This was an association of adventurers who came to make money salting cod and shipping it back to England.  Their first settlement was in Gloucester.   They joined with Roger Conant’s settlement at Naumkeag (now Salem) a few years later.  By 1649 William Allen was at “Jeffrey’s Creek” (now Manchester) where he built the first saw mill.   The name “Saw Mill Creek” still remains in this town.  The year Manchester was incorporated as a town, 1645, William Allen was elected a selectman.

The above biography should delight my first cousin, who lives in Manchester, Massachusetts and is married to a saw mill owner.  She loves when I find ancestors in her line who have lived right in her home town! 
 

The Dorchester Company and their history is an interesting part of Massachusetts history.  Their salt cod enterprise failed, but the settlers who decided to stay and live were called the “Old Planters”.  Some of the original party did not join up with Roger Conant’s Salem settlement, but returned to England or went south.  Among this group of “Old Planters” are other ancestors of mine including John and Humphrey WOODBURY, John BALCH,  Thomas GARDNER, Richard NORMAN, and William TRASK.

Researching the ALLENs in Essex County is complicated by the fact that there is a second William Allen who lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts and had sons with the same names (Samuel, Joseph, etc) all living at the same time as William Allen of the Dorchester Company.  Several books have confused the lines, including the History of Gloucester by Babson, and other compiled genealogies.   There is a good book called The Allens from William Allen, by Raymond F. Allen, 1958, and also an Allen Genealogy in the Essex Antiquarian, September 1898, pages 136 – 140. The towns where the Allens lived (Manchester, Salem, Beverly, Ipswich, Essex, Hamilton, etc.) have fairly good vital records for piecing together the family tree.  The best reference for the first few generations is the sketch of William Allen in The Great Migration Begins, by Anderson, Volume 1, pages 30 – 35.

Lineage from William Allen:

Generation 1:  William Allen, born about 1602 probably in Dorsetshire, died 30 January 1678 in Manchester, Massachusetts; married first about 1629 in Salem to Alice Norman, daughter of Richard Norman and Margaret Alford.  She was born about 1612 in England, and died 8 March 1632 in Salem.  They had two children.   He married second to Elizabeth Unknown about 1633 in Salem and had six more children.

Generation 2:  Samuel Allen, son of William Allen and Elizabeth, born 8 January 1633 and died 1700; married about 1660 to Sarah Tuck, daughter of William Tuck and Elizabeth Unknown.  She was born about 1636 in Beverly, Massachusetts and died about 1706.  Ten children (I descend from three)

A.

Generation 3:  Samuel Allen, born 4 August 1663, died about 4 February 1744; married on 17 March 1686 in Marblehead to Abigail Williams, daughter of Joseph Williams and Sarah Browning. .  Nine children (I descend from two). 

A1.

Generation 4. Abigail Allen, born 10 June 1690 in Manchester, died 23 December 1743 in Beverly; married on 16 December 1714 in Beverly to Nehemiah Preston, son of William Preston and Priscilla Randall. He was born 15 January 1692 in Beverly.  Eight children.

Generation 5. Hannah Preston m. Robert Woodbury

Generation 6. Molly Woodbury m. Westley Burnham

Generation 7. Henry Burnham m. Sally Poland

Generation 8. Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 9. Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen  (see below)

Generation 10. Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

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

A2.

Generation 4: Jeremiah Allen, born 26 June 1704 in Manchester, died 15 July 1777 in Manchester; married on 14 November 1727 in Beverly to Lydia Tuck, daughter of George Tuck and Mary Morrill.  She was born on 12 December 1705 in Beverly and died 26 January 1782 in Manchester.  Four children.

Generation 5: Jeremiah Allen, born 6 April 1728 in Manchester;  married on 17 June 1748 in Manchester to Eunice Gardner, daughter of James Gardner and Abigail Unknown.  She was born 18 March 1724 in Gloucester. Eight children.

Generation 6:  Abigail Allen, born 23 July 1753 in Manchester, died 16 June 1799 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; married on 21 July 1777 in Chebogue, Nova Scotia to Comfort Haley, son of Ebenezer Haley and Grace Bullen. Seven children.

Generation 7: Comfort Haley m. Rebecca Crosby

Generation 8:  Jopseh Edwin Healy m.  Matilda Weston

Generation 9:  Mary Etta Healey m. Peter Hoogerzeil

Generation 10: Florence Etta Hoogerzeil m. Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

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

B.

Generation 3. Joseph Allen, born 26 June 1672 in Manchester, died 17 August 1727 in Manchester; married first on 28 October 1696 to Catherine Leach, daughter of Samuel Leach and Arabella Norman.   She was born on 1 October 1680 in Manchester and died after 1711.  Seven children.   He married second on 20 January 1713 to Sarah Knowlton and had four more children.

Generation 4: William Allen, son of Joseph Allen and Catherine Leach, born 21 May 1711 in Manchester, died 10 June 1785 in Essex, Massachusetts; married on 12 January 1738 in the Chebacco Parish (now Essex) church of Ipswich to Mary Ingalls, daughter of Joseph Ingalls and Sarah Thompson.  She was born about 1716 in Gloucester and died on 27 December 1796 in Essex.   Nine children.

Generation 5: Isaac Allen, baptized on 3 August 1740 in Ipswich,; married on 24 November 1763 in Ipswich to Abigail Burnham, daughter of Jeremiah Burnham and Abigail Andrews.  She was born 12 April 1741 in Ipswich.  Five children.

Generation 6: Joseph Allen, born on 22 September 1776 in Essex, died 24 March 1861 in Essex; married on 5 April 1799 in Ipswich to Judith Burnham, daughter of Amos Burnham and Sarah Giddings.  She was born 14 January 1782 in Essex and died 26 October 1848 in Essex.  Eleven children.

Generation 7:  Joseph Allen, born 31 July 1801 in the Chebacco Parish, died 2 August 1894 in Beverly; married on 28 October 1824 in Essex to Orpha Andrews, daughter of James Andrews and Lucy Preston.  She was born 3 February 1804 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 20 April 1869 in Peabody, Massachusetts.  Six children.

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen, born 22 May 1830 in Essex, died 9 April 1908 in Essex; married on 23 May 1964 in Essex to Sarah Burnham Mears, daughter of Samuel Mears and Sarah Ann Burnham.  Ten children.

Generation 9. Joseph Elmer Allen, born 24 September 1870 in Essex, died 12 March 1932 at the Masonic Home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; married on 1 November 1892 in Essex to Carrie Maude Batchelder, the daughter of George E. Batchelder and Mary Katherine Emerson.  She was born 22 September 1872 in Chichester, New Hampshire and died 21 January 1963 at the Sea View Convalescent and Nursing Home, Rowley, Massachusetts.  Five children.

Generation 10.  Stanley Elmer Allen, born 14 January 1904 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died on 6 March 1982 in Beverly; married on 14 February 1925 in Hamilton, Massachusetts to Gertrude Matilda Hitchings, daughter of Arthur Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil.  She was born on 1 August 1905 in Beverly and died on 3 November 2001 at the Pilgrim Nursing and Rehabilitation in Peabody, Massachusetts.  Seven children.  (my maternal grandparents)

C.

Generation 3:  Alice Allen, born 20 September 1674 in Manchester; married about 1695 to Daniel Williams, son of Joseph Williams and Sarah Browning.

Generation 4: Ruth Williams m. Moses Platts

Generation 5: Sarah Platts m. George Southwick

Generation 6: Mary Southwick m. Robert Wilson

Generation 7: Mecy F. Wilson m. Aaron Wilkinson

Generation 8: Robert Wilson Wilkinson m. Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation9: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my paternal grandparents)

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ Allen of Manchester, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 15, 2012, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/09/surname-saturday-allen-of-manchester.html

Tombstone Tuesday - Benjamin Allen Monument

This monument was photographed at the Old Burial Ground in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. 

BENJAMIN L. ALLEN
died Sept. 24, 1865
Aged 63 yrs. 6 mos.
HANNAH LEE FORSTER
His wife
died March 11, 1900
aged 95 yrs
HANNAH LEE
daughter of
B.L. and H. L. Allen
died June 9, 1826
aged 11 mos.

Captain Benjamin Leach Allen
(1803 - 1865)

Allen Family Tree:

Generation 1: William Allen m. Alice Norman (my 9x great grandparents)

Generation 2: Samuel Allen m. Sarah Tuck (my 8x great grandparents)

Generation 3: Jonathan Allen m. Mary Pierce (my 7th great grand uncle and aunt)

Generation 4: Azariah Allen m. Lydia Hooper

Generation 5: Azariah Allen m. Sarah Leach

Generation 6:  John Allen m. Ruth Leach

Generation 7:  Benjamin Leach Allen m. Hannah Lee Forster, daughter of Israel Forster and Hannah Lee (my 4th cousin 5x removed)

A very interesting blog post at "American Miniature Portraits" of the painting of Benjamin Leach Allen, and a sampler by Hannah Lee Forster   http://american-miniatures2.blogspot.com/2007/11/hudson-william-portrait-of-benjamin.html

See my three blog posts about the 1804 Israel Forster House in Manchester:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/03/1804-house-and-some-family-connections.html
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-cellar-tombstone-tuesday.html
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/05/1804-house-update.html

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

A Furniture Label leads to some old Ancestors!

My grandfather's sister, Janet Wilkinson Blades (1898 - 1981) owned this pretty little sewing table at her home in Beverly, Massachusetts.  I blogged about this house at this link last year http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/house-built-in-1676-by-william-woodbury.html  where I told the tale of how Janet, in her declining years, gave away all her furniture and possession from this 1676 era home.  Several pieces of furniture were taken to her retirement apartment in Beverly, and after her death in 1981 these few pieces were divided up amongst family members.  I have a small bedroom rocking chair from Auntie Janet, and my mother has this little sewing table.

Last week Mom was cleaning drawers, and took one and turned it upside down to empty the contents onto the bed when she saw, for the first time, this label pasted onto the bottom.  Isn't it funny how something she owned for thirty years can yield up clues to it's past?

I'm proud to say that Mom, who is not the most computer literate person in the family, Googled the name of "C. Dodge" and the word "Manchester".  Her Google search led to finding the website for the Winterthur Museum which held the papers for the Cyrus Dodge Furniture Company.  The Winterthur Museum is in Delaware, but their online archive gave her many clues to the origins of this little sewing table.   Mom called me immediately with all her news.

Over the weekend we visited Mom and took these photos.  I also took some time to look at what Mom uncovered on Google.  Dodge is a name that comes up a lot in my family tree, since the original Dodge immigrant ancestors were brothers who immigrated to Beverly in the 1600's.  There are many, many Dodge marriages in our genealogy.  Cyrus Dodge (1814 - 1887) was a descendant of this same Dodge family.  

In reading the Wintherthur records, I saw that Cyrus Dodge was an apprentice to John Perry Allen.  This Allen furniture builder built a mill to saw veneers on the creek right across from where my aunt lives now in Manchester-by-the-Sea, and very close to where my cousins are rennovating the Forster Leach House.  In fact, John Perry Allen's son was named George Forster Allen!  Well, my Mom is an Allen with roots in Manchester, and with a little digging I found that John Perry Allen was a cousin!

                            William Allen (1602 - 1678)

                             m1st. Alice Norman

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                            Samuel Allen (1633 - abt 1700)

                            m. Sarah Tuck

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Joseph Allen ( 1672 - 1727)          Jonathan Allen (1684 - 1768)

m1st. Catherine Leach                   m. Mary Pierce

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William Allen (1711 - 1785)          Jacob Allen (1721 - 1805)

m. Mary Ingalls                              m. Mary Tarring

                |                                                |

Isaac Allen (b. 1740 - ?)                Nathan Allen (1768 - 1837)

m. Abigail Burnham                        m. Elizabeth Perry

                |                                                |

Joseph Allen (1776 - 1861)            John Perry Allen (1795 - 1875)

m. Judith Burnham                          m. Ruth Allen (2nd cousins)

                |                                     

Joseph Allen (1801 - 1894)

m. Orpha Andrews

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Joseph Gilman Allen (1830 - 1908)

m. Sarah Burnham Mears

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Joseph Elmer Allen (1870 - 1932)

m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

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Stanley Elmer Allen (1904 - 1982)

m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings

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        My Mother

(born one town over in Ipswich, Massachusetts!)

Now I just have to send my photos to Winterthur Museum to see if they can help me to date the little sewing table.  The C. Dodge Furniture company was operated between 1841 and 1965, which is a very long time!  It would be nice to see if it dates from before Janet's wedding in 1927, for it possibly belonged to her mother, Isabella Lyons (Bill) Wilkinson (1863 - 1935), or her grandmother, Phebe Cross (Munroe) Wilkinson (1830 - 1895).   

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For more information:

http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0258.htm 

The C. Dodge Furniture Company Papers at the Winterthur Museum

Manchester, Massachusetts Vital Records

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, by William Richard Cutter, 1908, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland,  Volume I, pages 240 - 248 about the Allens of Manchester, Massachusetts (available on Google Book Search)

My ALLEN lineage:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/09/surname-saturday-allen-of-manchester.html   

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Furniture Label leads to some old Ancestors!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 15, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/07/sewing-table-label-leads-to-some-old.html: accessed [access date]).