Tombstone Tuesday ~ Wilkinsons in Peabody, Massachusetts

These gravestones were photographed at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts by Jack Parker through a request I made at FindAGrave.com for Nellie Wilkinson's gravestone.  He also found the second gravestone while he was there, and they are all relatives. Mr. Parker was kind enough to grant me permission to post these photos on my blog.  Thanks, Jack! 

The Wilkinson Stone 

Close up version

back of the above stone

This is the additional Wilkinson stone he found

The back of the above stone

The Wilkinson Genealogy:

Generation 1:  Aaron Wilkinson, born 22 February 1802 in South Berwick, Maine, the son of William Wilkinson and Mercy Nason, died on 25 November 1879 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 23 June 1829 in Danvers, Massachusetts to Mercy F. Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson and Mary Southwick.  She was born on 17 June 1803 in Danvers, Massachusetts, and died 9 October 1883 in Peabody.  They had eleven children. I am a descendant of the eldest child, Robert Wilson Wilkinson.

Generation 2: George Washington Wilkinson, born 10 February 1832 in Salem, Massachusetts, died in 1865; married on 28 September 1856 in Danvers to Sally Richardson Peasley, daughter of John Peasley and Dorcas Osborn.  Sally was born on 25 January 1832 in South Danvers, and died 24 December 1914 in Peabody.  They had two children.

Generation 3: Frank Augustus Wilkinson, born on 1 December 1856 in Peabody, died in 1941; married on 24 November 1877 in Peabody to Laura E. Tucker, daughter of Charles E. Tucker and Emmeline A. Stone.  She was born on 13 January 1858 in South Danvers, died in 1940. Two children:

1. Nellie F. Wilkinson, born on 18 May 1878 in Peabody, died unmarried on 30 October 1964 in Peabody.

2. Charles Erastus Wilkinson, born on 16 December 1880 in Peabody, died on 27 Mar 1921; married first on 29 August 1906 in Beverly, Massachusetts to Abigail Frances Ravel. Abigail was born on 8 September 1876 in Salem, the daughter of John A. Ravel and Margaret Poor.  He married second to Annie May Robinson, daughter of Charles E. Robinson and Minnie Bertha Heald, born on 10 March 1897 in Lowell, Massachusetts.  

Two children by Abigail:

1. Raymond Ashby Wilkinson, born 23 May 1908 in Salem, married first to Ruth J. Thorner, married second to Charlotte Mathieson.  Three children with Charlotte. 

2. Charles Kenneth Wilkinson, born 9 March 1911 in Salem, died on 29 June 1988 in Danvers; married Edith Annette Wiley.  Three sons. 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday - Follett of Salem, Massachusetts

FOLLETT

It is not known where Robert Follett was born, nor do we know the year.  He was married in 1655 in Salem to Persis Black. He was a fisherman and a farmer.  They joined the church in 1686.  He owned property, a house and a farm with 130 acres.  In 1703 he transferred his house and the lot to a grandson, William Herbert (son of Mary).   In 1704 he transferred his farm and acreage to his sons Isaac and Benjamin.   Not much more is known about Robert Follett.

There were other Folletts, probably unrelated, living in Dover, New Hampshire.  All these Folletts, including Robert of Salem, are outlined in the Genealogical Dictionary of New England, by James Savage, Volume II, page 178. The marriages of Robert and his sons are listed in Torrey’s New England Marriages, Volume I, page 557 and 558. There is a very brief sketch of Robert Follet and his family in The History of Salem, by Sidney Perley, Volume II, page 385.

There is a microform of The Descendants of John Follett, 1669-1718, Son of Robert of Salem by Katherine R. Follett at the New England Historic Genealogical Society call number CS71.F665 1985.   There is also a book that covers Robert Follett and some of his descendants called Branches of my Family Tree – The Follett Branch, by Helen Carpenter Burns, available to read online at FamilySearch.org in the Family History Books link, title number 739415. 

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The Follett Genealogy:

Generation 1:  Robert Follett, born about 1625 and died 1708 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 19 November 1655 in Salem to Persis Black, daughter of John Black and Susanna Unknown.  She was born about 1633 and died before 1704.  Ten children:

1. Mary Follett, born 1656, married John Herbert

2. Benjamin Follett, born about 1657, married Patience Doughty

3. Robert Follett, born 20 September 1659, married Remember Moses

4. Susanna Follett, born 1 June 1662, married Joseph Sibley

5. Hannah Follett, (see below)

6. Ruth Follett, born 17 December 1667

7. John Follett, born 10 July 1669, married Martha Callum

8. Abraham Follett, born 23 December 1671, married Sarah Callum

9. Isaac Follett, (twin) born 30 July 1674, married Sarah Carpenter

10.  Rebecca Follett, (twin) born 30 July 1674

Generation 2: Hannah Follett, born 23 December 1664 in Salem; married on 23 December 1687 in Salem to John Southwick, son of John Southwick and Hannah Flint.  John was born January 1667 and died about 1742.  Seven children.

Generation 3: John Southwick married Mary Trask

Generation 4: Elizabeth Southwick married Robert Wilson

Generation 5: Robert Wilson married Elizabeth Southwick

Generation 6: Robert Wilson married Sarah Felton

Generation 7: Robert Wilson married Mary Southwick

Generation 8: Mercy F. Wilson married Aaron Wilkinson

Generation 9: Robert Wilson Wilkinson married Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation 10: Albert Munroe Wilkinson married Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 11: Donald Munroe Wilkinson married Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Friday Funny ~ Basketball Feet

At the Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, MA  ~ Shaquille O'Neal's footprint

At Quincy Market, Boston, MA, Larry Bird's sneakers 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

March 17th in Boston ~ Evacuation Day or Saint Patrick's Day?

Dorchester Heights National Historic Site -- South Boston, MA
Jameslwoodward, wikipedia commons 

The traditionally Irish neighborhood in Boston is South Boston, near the hill called Dorchester Heights.  On March 17^th the entire city erupts with Celtic music, parades, political breakfasts and the green beer flows.  However, the day is a holiday in Suffolk County not because of the good Irish saint, it is the anniversary of “Evacuation Day”.

On 17 March 1776 the Continental Army won its first victory of the Revolutionary War by faking out the British with a false fortress erected on Dorchester Heights.  Cannons captured from Fort Ticonderoga,  hauled across Massachusetts to Boston,  were aimed down at the British ships in the harbor.  The fort was built overnight of hay and wood overnight to surprise the British Navy .   British General William Howe decided to retreat to Nova Scotia, and hundreds of loyalists followed.  It was a big morale boost for the patriots.

In 1938 the Dorchester Heights Monument was constructed, followed by a 1941 law establishing the holiday.  The fact that it was largely an Irish victory to celebrate their patron saint’s day was not lost on the lawmakers, who signed the bill in green ink. 

There is also an Evacuation Day celebrated in New York, on the anniversary of 25 November 1783 when the British left Manhattan.

Dorchester Heights, Evacuation Day 2009 (or St. Patrick's Day?)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adampieniazek/3360697025/

A link to my blog post about Fort Ticonderoga:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/12/fort-ticonderoga.html

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "March 17th in Boston ~ Evacuation Day or Saint Patrick's Day?", Nutfield Genealogy, posted March 15, 2012, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-17th-in-boston-evacuation-day-or.html: accessed [access date]). 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ on a Tall Tower

The hunt for historical weather vanes has expanded to the area close to Londonderry.  This one might stump you!

Do you know the location of weather vane #34?   Scroll down to see the answer!

This weather vane is located at 300 Bedford Street in the Manchester Millyard.  Most of the buildings in the millyard have either belltowers or clocktowers, and in the early 1800s the mill girls and workers would rely on the bell system to announce when it was time for work, for breaks, and to signal the time to go home.  This is the only one east of the Merrimack with a surviving weathervane.  I suppose that before TV and radio the weather vanes would help forecast the day's weather.

Originally textile mills, the surviving mill buildings in the Manchester millyard now have been rennovated for use as offices, college classrooms, radio stations, laboratories, manufacturing, restaurants, museums, shopping and many other uses. One building even houses a large paintball area, and the top floor and elevator shaft are used for a rope climbing facility.  My hair salon, favorite Manchester brewpub and a TV station are here, too.  This building at 300 Bedford Street is used as offices, a dance studio, a design studio and a photo lab. 

On a different mill building, on Commercial Street, just behind this one, there is a windsock.  I know there is a nearby radio station, and perhaps the weatherman at the radio station uses the windsock to forecast the weather report.  Do anyone know why there is a windsock there?

Nearby is the Manchester Millyard Museum, run by the Manchester Historical Society.  You can read their website at this link http://www.manchesterhistoric.org/mill.htm

Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Broken and Repaired Stones in Windham, NH

These gravestones were photographed at the Cemetery on the Plains, Windham, New Hampshire.

LAURA
Dau. of
B. & A. Baldwin
DIED
April 4, 1834
Aged 16 years

BETSY
Wife of
Artemas Baldwin
DIED
May 6, 1850
Aged 46 yrs.
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From The History of Windham in New Hampshire, by Leonard A. Morrison, Boston, Mass: Cupples, Upham & Co., 1883, page 331

"6. Aretmas 6 [Baldwin], of Windham, who was b. Feb. 2, 1806; came to town in 1833.  He first owned the Copp farm on Cemetery Hill, which he sold to Robert Emerson in 1837.  Subsequently he purchased the farm now owned by J.-L. Cottle.  This place he sold to the present occupant in 1870.  He m. Betsey, dau. of Wm. and Lydia (Sargent) Travis, b. in Hillsborough, N.H., Aug. 14, 1803.  She d. in Windham, May 6, 1850.  He d. in Arlington, Mass., Jan. 8, 1877. Children:-

7. Aretmas-Harvey 7, b. March 10, 1831; m. Sarah-Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Emerson, March 1, 1855; lives in Bernadotte, Ill....
8. Elizabeth 7, b. July 8, 1833; m. Nov. 29, 1860, Hiram Elliott Pearson, of Dracut, Mass.; d. Dec. 11, 1875....
9. Anna 7, b. May 7, 1835; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Asa-Frank Esty, of Billerica, Mass.; res. Lowell, Mass....
10. Lawrania 7, b. Oct. 16, 1838; d. April 4, 1854.
11. Ellen-Maria 7, b. May 27, 1843; m. April 16, 1862, David Rockwood Butler, of Pelham.  She m. 2d, April 22, 1866, Elbridge Farmer, of Arlington, Mass....
12. William-Anderson 7, b. Feb. 27, 1848; m. Julia Wilson, of Carthage, Mo., Sept. 19, 1875; res. South Pueblo, Colorado."

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Finding "The Help" in Census Records

         

Over the years I have heard stories about certain ancestors who were wealthy enough to have servants.  I’ve also heard stories about ancestors who were so poor they themselves served the wealthy.  In order to prove these stories correct, I’ve had to find proof in documents and other sources.  Where did I look?

Census records are a good start for researching servants.   The 1860 US Census was the first census to ask the value of personal property.  Although the answers were not always correct (check actual town or city tax records for a more accurate value) this is a good way to find who was poor and who was wealthy.  The 1860 slave schedules in Southern states listed the slave owner’s names (but not the servant’s names).

Starting in the 1880 US Census, all people listed had their relationship to the head of the household listed.  For example: wife, daughter, mother in law, servant, boarder, etc.  Occupations were always listed since 1850, but this will give a better idea if the person listed as servant was working in the home as a personal servant, or a family member working outside the home as a servant.  Remember that only live in servants would be listed in a census.

Here are some examples:

1900 Federal Census, Salem, Massachusetts

A Frank Hitchings, Head, Oct 1842,  age 57, married at age 35, b MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA, Deputy Collector Customs,

Annah L, wife, Nov. 1845, age 56, married at age 35,

Mabel, daughter, May 1881, age 19, at school

Isabella Ayers, servant, May 1850, age 50, widowed, domestic

[Abijah Franklin Hitchings  (1841 – 1910) is my Great Great Grandfather born in Salem, Massachusetts.  You can see that Isabella Ayers is their servant, not related, living in the same home.  He was considered a leading citizen in town, with a prestigious occupation and at least one servant listed in all his census records.]

1851 British Census

Hamlet of Warrington, Northampton, England

#3 Mill Lincoln Road

William Pask, head, age 51, miller, born at Cambridge, Thorney

            Mary, wife, age 56, born at Northampton, Peterborough

            Maria, sister, age 40, born at Cambridge, Thorney

Fanny Turns, servant, age 27, general servant, born at Northampton, Longthorp

Obed Warren, servant, age 22, miller, born at Northampton, Naseby

[Obed Warren (1828 – 1891) is my Great Great grandfather born in Naseby, Northhampton, England.  When he was young he was apprenticed to a miller, and in subsequent censuses he listed as a corn miller in Naseby, and later as a “commercial traveler” (traveling salesman) when he removed to the city of Leeds in Yorkshire later in life.]

1860 Federal Census, Kingston, New Hampshire

Joseph C. Goodrich, age 28, M, farmer, b. Maine

Elizabeth, age 29, F, b. NH

Joseph C., age 5, M, b. NH

Frank M., age 2, M, b. NH

LeForest, 2/12, M, b. NH

Daniel Colcord, age 40, M, bar keeper, b. NH

Warren Allen, age 30, M, hostler, b. MA

Irena Wilkinson, age 15, servant, b. NH

[Irena AKA Anna Wilkinson (1845 – 1877) is a distant cousin, and she was enumerated in the household of Joseph Goodrich, farmer, in Kingston, not in her parent’s household.  The enumerator wrote HOTEL in large letters beside this household, so perhaps the wife ran a boarding house?  I have found many, many teenaged or unmarried family members spread across New England as servants, farm hands, or even as mill workers, living in other households.   This also is true for divorced or widowed women (see below).  If a family member is missing, you might try an all county, or all state or all region search (I've found missing Maine and New Hampshire teens working as servants, hired men, farm hands, etc. as far away as Lowell and Boston).]

1910 Federal Census

Doane, William, head, M, W, age 75, S, b. Maine, father b. Maine, mother b. Maine, own income,

Wilkinson, Abbie A., housekeeper, F, w, age 59, wd, mother of 1, b. Maine, father b. Maine, mother b. Maine, housekeeper, private family

[Abbie Angie Clement, b. 1849 in Bangor, Maine, was married to Edwin Otis Wilkinson.  They lived in Revere, Massachusetts after they were married in 1873.  In 1910 he shows up alone in the census and Revere City directories, and she is back in Maine as a “widow”.  There is probably a good story here, but I have no idea what happened.  Apparently the marriage ended, and perhaps there was a divorce although I have never found a divorce record in either state.]

1930 Federal Census, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Tripp, Edward, Head, age 45, b. Mass, father b. Maine, mother b. Irish Free State, colored leather manufacturer

            Lillian, wife, age 22, b. Mass, father b. Mass, mother b. Mass

            Barbara, daughter, age 2 6/12

            Lorraine, daughter, 1 10/12

Muriel, Herrick, servant, age 16, b. Mass, father b. Mass, mother b. Mass, servant, private home

[Muriel Herrick is my grandmother’s first cousin.  She is also the granddaughter of Abijah Franklin Hitchings listed above with his own servants in 1900.  This only shows how the Great Depression hit the family.  I guess Great Great Grandfather Hitchings didn’t leave a legacy to prevent his granddaughter from going into service.  She was not a servant long, because she was married by the end of 1930 a few weeks after her seventeenth birthday.  According to her daughter “Yes, she actually worked cooking. My Mom, who hated cooking. She has told us the story many times about how she took that job, totally unskilled and how she managed to "fake" her way through it. Armed with a cook book, and as she liked to say "with a tongue in her mouth" she would check with the lady of the house to see if she had preferences for how certain things were made and would wing it from there. She did not work after she was married.”]

Although census records are not the only place to look for servants, census records leave a very good description of the status of a household on the day the enumerator knocked on the door.  You can see they also show the ups and downs of the economy, too, as in the case of the Hitchings family.  Other good places to look are in Census slave schedules, town histories, tax records, and in poor farm and town poor records. For slaves you can look in tax, probate records and deeds.  Indentured servants can be found in town records, passenger lists on ships and other ship registers.  Biographies, journals, letters, alumni records, yearbooks, and county “brag books” of prominent people will sometimes list if they had servants, but often they are unnamed.

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 Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts

SOUTHWICK

Shelter Island Map

Updated 7 December 2019

Lawrence Southwick does not appear in any official records until 1639 in Salem, when he was admitted to the church and given two acres of land for his glass and “earthenware” business.  He is supposed to be one of the first glass manufacturers in the New World according to family lore, although Jamestown, Virginia had an early glass business.  Lawrence, his wife Cassandra, and son Josiah and daughter Mary were fined, whipped and finally banished for being Quakers.    Lawrence and his wife died of exposure on Shelter Island, off Long Island, New York in 1659.

Their minor children, Daniel and Provided were sold into slavery by the General Court.  This episode was made into a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier called “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick” (he switched the name of the mother and daughter, I guess the name Cassandra was more poetic than Provided).    See my blog post http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/ballad-of-cassandra-southwick.html for more on this story. 

Lawrence Southwick’s will, made before he was banished:

I, Lawrence Sethick, late of Salem in New England, now being at the house of Nathaniel Silvester, on Shelter Island, being weake in body but of sound mind and memory, do make and ordayne this my last will and testament, tenth day of fifth month, 1659.

I first give and bequeath unto my sonne Daniel Sethick my dwelling house at Salem, with all the houses, orchards, gardens and appurtenances; and Gyle's lot, provided that John Burnell shall have a house lott on the ground at the further end of the orchard newly fenct in.

Item. My will is that the lott which I had of Josiah Sethick shall return to him again.

Item. I give unto John Sethick the lott next to his owne.

Item. My will is that the great meadow which lyes at Ipswich River, fenct in, shall be divided Daniel Sethick and John Burnell equally.

Item. I give unto Samuel Burton forty shillings.

Item. I give unto John Burnell, if he stand faithful in the truth, two young steers and the first mare foal.

Item. I give unto Henry Traske Marshall's lott joining to his orchard, provided that Daniel may have liberty to mow a load of hay every year thereon.

Item. I give unto Mary Traske my daughter, wife of Henry Traske, ten pounds sterling.

Item. I give unto Deborah Sethwick and young Josiah, each of them fifty shillings sterling.

Item. I give unto Ann Potter forty shillings, in she thinks beneficial for her.

Item. I give unto Mary Traske, daughter to Henry Traske, one good serge suit of clothes; and unto Sarah and Hannah each of them a suit of clothes.

I give and bequeath unto Samuel and Sarah, John Sethick's children, to each of them thirty shillings sterling.

Furthermore my will is that Daniel my sonne, and Provided my daughter, shall possess and enjoy all that which remains of my estate after debts and legacies paid, and my will above mentioned fulfilled, equally to be divided between them so that Daniel may have that part which belongs to husbandry.

Lastly my will is that in case my wife survives me shee shall be my executrix and keep all possessions during her life, and after her decease my will to be performed according as above expressed; and I do ordayne William Robinson and Thomas Gardner to be overseers of this my last will and testament, signed and sealed by me the day and year above written with my hand and seal following.

In presence of

NATHANIEL SILVESTER, signed by

THOMAS HARRIS, LAWRENCE SETHICK.

WILLIAM DURAND,

This will was allowed by the court 29, 9 mo., 1660.

attest

HILLARD VEREN, Clericus.

The story of the Southwick family is exciting, and because there were many court records this family is fairly easy to trace.  I used the following sources:

Genealogical Dictionary of New England, by James Savage, Volume IV, pages 142 -3.

Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts, by James Moore Caller and Maria A. Ober, Salem, Mass: JH Choate, 1881

A Study of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, by Janet Ireland Delorey, 1997

The Genealogist, Volume XII, pages 223-31 and Volume XVI, pages 40 -41.

Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 57, pages 177-179. (Burnap/Burnett family)

Note:  Sir Winston Churchill, President Richard Milhous Nixon and genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner were all descendants of Lawrence Southwick.

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My Southwick Genealogy:

Generation 1.  Lawrence Southwick, son of Edward Southwicke and Anne Shelley, born in Tetenhall, Staffordshire, England, died 10 May 1659 at Shelter Island, New York; married about 1619 in England to Cassandra Burnell, daughter of Humphrey Burnell and Margaret Unknown.  She was born about 1598 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England and died about 13 May 1659 at Shelter Island.  Five children:

1. Mary Southwick married William Nichols

2. John Southwick (see below)

3. Josiah Southwick, born about 1632 married Mary Boyce

4. Daniel Southwick, born about 1637 in Salem, married Esther Boyce

5. Provided Southwick, born 6 December 1641 in Salem, married Samuel Gaskill

Generation 2. John Southwick, born 6 March 1625 in Kingswinford, died 25 October 1672 in Salem, married first about 1642 to Sarah Unknown, widow of Samuel Tidd, three children; married second on 12 May 1658 to Ann UNKNOWN, widow of Thomas Flint.   Four children. He married third on 3 February 1668/9 to Sarah Burnap/Burnett/Burnell, daughter of John Burnap/Burnett.

Generation 3.  John Southwick, born January 1667, died about 1742; married  on 23 December 1687 in Salem to Hannah Follett, daughter of Robert Follet and Persis Black.  She was born on 23 December 1664 in Salem.  Seven Children.

1. John Southwick (see below)

2. Joseph Southwick, born 1 January 1691

3. Sarah Southwick, born 9 February  1694, married Thomas Hutchins

4. Abraham Southwick, born 27 July 1696

5. Hannah Southwick, born 6 November 1698, married Ebenezer Hutchinson

6. Benjamin Southwick, born 22 January 1702, married Sarah Southwick (first cousin, daughter of Isaac Southwick and Ann Unknown)

7. Isaac Southwick, born 23 September 1704, married Esther Clark

Generation 4.  John Southwick, born 13 December 1688, died before 7 October 1771; married on 8 January 1710 in Salem to Mary Trask, daughter of William Trask and Anna Unknown.   She was born in March 1683 in Salem, died before 1767. Seven children, and I descend from two:

1. John Southwick, born 1710, married Elizabeth Wilson

2. William Southwick, born 1715,  married Sarah Elizabeth King

3. Mary Southwick, born 1717, married Ebenezer King

4. Anna Southwick, born 1719, married Zachariah King

5. Elizabeth Southwick, (see below)

6. Joseph Southwick, born about 1723, married Mary Wilson

7. George Southwick (see below)

First Lineage from Elizabeth Southwick:

Generation 5.  Elizabeth Southwick, born 1721; married about 24 May 1744 in Salem to Robert Wilson, son of Isaac Wilson and Mary Stone.  He was born about 1724, died before 20 July 1782. Four children.

Generation 6. Robert Wilson m.  Sarah Felton

Generation 7. Robert Wilson m. Mary Southwick, daughter of George Southwick and Sarah Platts

Generation 8. Mercy F. Wilson m. Aaron Wilkinson

Generation 9. Robert Wilson Wilkinson m. Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation 10. Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 11. Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Second Lineage from George Southwick:

Generation 5. George Southwick, born about 1726, died before 1808 in Danvers, Massachusetts; married on 18 December 1670 in Danvers to Sarah Platts, daughter of Moses Platts and Ruth Williams, and the widow of Francis Shatswell.  She was born 26 August 1735 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, died after 1803.  Seven children:

1. George Southwick, born about 1761, married Betsey Ashton

2. Francis Southwick, born about 1764,  married Hannah Mitchell

3. Sarah Southwick, born abut 1766

4. Mercy Southwick, born 19 March 1767, married Joseph Brown

5. Nathan Southwick, born about 1771, married Molly Moulton

6. Rebecca Southwick, born about 1774, married James Raddin

7. Mary Southwick, born 3 June 1777, married Robert Wilson (see above)

Click here to read a blog post about Shelter Island (where Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick died)
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-visit-to-shelter-island.html  

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted March 10, 2012, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/03/surname-saturday-southwick-of-salem.html: accessed [access date]).