JOHN EVELEIGH

SILVESTER EVELEIGH

JOSEPH EVELETH

ISAAC EVELETH

ISAAC EVELETH Jr.

NATHANIEL EVELETH

ISAAC EVELETH

ISAAC EVELETH, Jr.

EZEKIEL EVELETH

GEORGE SIMONDS EVELETH

GEORGE SIMONDS EVELETH Jr.

JASON HAUPT EVELETH

JASON SCOTT EVELETH

The Eveleths of America all trace their descent from one Silvester Eveleigh or Eveleth, who immigrated to Massachusetts about the year 1640 with a wife and several children, but until recently his origin has been a mystery. We find the name in the early decades spelled alternately as Evylith, Evelleth and Evely; however, Silvester himself seems to have consistently signed his name Eveleigh, and it is to that Devon family that we have traced his ancestry.

The various branches of the Eveleths preserve several traditions of their origin. The elder, Princeton, line did not connect their ancestor, John, grandson of Silvester, with the latter at all in their preserved traditions, although the connection can be easily documented. Among the descendants of James, John’s youngest brother, we find variously reported two, three, or four immigrating Eveleth brothers of Huguenot ancestry. Another descendent, Sheriff Joseph Eveleth⁶ stated that the family stemmed from four brothers: James, Joseph, John and Isaac, in a memorandum written about 1845. There are similar traditions among the descendants of Isaac³: Mrs. Doris (Eveleth) Fowler¹⁰ says that "my father told me there were two brothers came over from England together…. Sylvester came to Boston, then Gloucester." One of the few traditions of the Eveleth’s English home was reported by Perkins Eveleth⁶ who stated that, "Sylvester came from London and Wiltshire, where his parents were entombed…"

Upon this slim basis many erroneous conjectures have been made. Rev. Charles Healey Eveleth, who published several pamphlets on the family history at the start of this century, first attempted to explain the stories of the Eveleth brothers by making "James Everill or Webb" of Boston (1600-1682) Silvester’s brother. There was in fact no such person, as this is a confusion of James Everill with John Evered alias Webb, neither of whom seems to have been at all related to Silvester. If we take into account the names of the Eveleth brothers given in Sheriff Joseph’s account, it seems more likely that the family remembers the sons of Joseph² as the "founding" Eveleths, and that the initial generations have been collapsed and confused by time and memory. Indeed, all documentary evidence points to Silvester alone as the immigrant ancestor.

As to Silvester’s ancestry, there are again numerous conflicting accounts. Rev. Charles H. Eveleth wrote one manuscript connecting Silvester to the famous Evelyn family of Wiltshire, but this tenuous link, denied by the Evelyn Genealogy, was based more on wish than fact. A more serious attempt, now disproven, was made by Neal F. Mears in A History of the Heverly Family (Chicago, 1945), which traces the rather obscure descent of American Heverlys from Charles Eveleigh (1575-1654/5), son of John Evelegh, MP for Tavistock in 1664, recorded in the 1564 Devon Visitation. That line may be acceptable, but Mears goes further, drawing on the legends of Silvester’s brothers, and proposes that he was the son of Charles Eveleigh by his first wife, whom he calls Mary Sylvester. However, we have now been able to disprove all these conjectural lines, having the baptismal and marriage records of Silvester, which show him to have been baptized in the parish of Exeter St. Thomas, Devon on 16 Feb., 1603/4, son of John and Jane Eveleigh.

The name Eveleigh or Evelegh is a Devon place name, specifically a manor near Broadclyst, east of Exeter. The name has been taken to refer to a grove (-leigh); either Ivo’s (a Norman name), or Ever’s (boar’s), or perhaps an even or level grove. It is first mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086), where it is spelled Iveligh, and was for many years the property of the Dukes of Lancaster, generally under the spelling Yevelegh. The family were numerous in the immediate area, obviously taking their surname from the place name. Accounts of the elder branch of the Eveleigh family are given in the Devon visitation of 1564, and in Burke’s Landed Gentry, which traces the family to a John Evelegh of West Evelegh and Westcote, born about 1480. The arms were: Per pale or and sable a chevron between three griffons passant countercharged. (It must be noted that there is no evidence that Silvester Eveleth’s descendants are entitled to bear these arms, as his relation to John Evelegh of West Evelegh is not known.) Eveleighs were quite numerous in South-east Devon by 1600, and many of their wills were preserved at Exeter, where they were sadly destroyed by German bombing during World War II. Before this, the family is sometimes rumored to have come from Wiltshire. The place name occurs usually as Everley in Wiltshire, and a Bosco de Eurlay appears there in the Pipe Rolls of 1166.

JOHN EVELEIGH, the earliest known ancestor of Kate, must have been born about the year 1580. He was resident of the parish of Exeter St. Thomas, which lies across the Exe from Exeter proper, and his wife was named Jane. She was buried at Exeter St. Thomas 29 March, 1627, and John was buried there also, 23 Jan., 1666/7.

The children of John and Jane Eveleigh were:

2. Richard, b. 1606, d. 1626

3. Joan, b. 1609, d. 1612

4. Wilmote, b. 1612; m 1633 JOHN BRETT

5. Jane, bp. 25 May, 1617; d.1621

1. SILVESTER EVELEIGH, baptized in the parish of Exeter St. Thomas 16 Feb. 1603/4 as "Euelie, Silvester", married at Exeter St. David on 21 Sept., 1630, Susan Nubery, who must have been born about 1607, as she gave her age as 50 in a deposition of 1657. There were still in Exeter St. Thomas in 1633, but do not appear there after that date, following which I lose track of them for a decade.

Silvester and family arrived in Boston, Mass. Probably at 1642. The earliest known mention of them in New England is in the rolls of Admissions to the First Church in Boston: "The 19^th Day of the 1^st Moneth 1643: Susan Evylith the wife of one Silvester Evylith a baker." only briefly, and the same church’s dismissals show "The 12th Day of the 3^rd Moneth 1644 Our Sister Susan Evylith had with the Consent of the Church by their silence letters of Recommendation granted unto the Church at Glocester."

It is interesting to note that Silvester either declined or was not permitted to join the church at this time. Indeed, in the Salem session of the Essex Quarterly Court for 11 Sept., 1649 there is a citation ordering "Silvester Evely of Gloster for defaming the Church there to publicly confess." However, this does not imply that he was a religious dissenter, as some have stated, for he presumably joined the church before becoming a freeman in 1652, and was definitely a member by 1658.

We can only speculate on the reasons prompting Silvester’s emigration, if not religious in nature. As there is no direct evidence, an important clue is the date, for 1642 marks the end of the great Puritan migrations and the start of the English Civil War. At that time the Royalist forces held most of Devon and Cornwall, but many of the Devon ports declared for Parliament, and destructive fighting ensued. Against this background, Silvester may have left Devon simply to seek a safer residence. A number of the wealthier Devon Eveleighs, whose relation to Silvester is unclear, were Royalists, but if Silvester had subscribed to such views, Massachusetts would be an unlikely choice of residence. It is tempting to speculate that Silvester quickly moved from Boston to Gloucester because he had acquaintances or relatives from Devon there. Interestingly, William Stevens of Gloucester, whose eldest son, James, married Silvester’s daughter, and whose granddaughter, Abigail Coit, married Silvester’s son, was married himself at Ottery St. Mary, Devon (6 June, 1614), a parish which appears to have been one of the ancestral homes of the Eveleigh family.

Silvester soon established himself in the fishing and farming village of Gloucester, Massachusetts. On Dec. 13, 1647 "Silvester Eveleth… (was) chosen by the Towne for orderinge of Towne affairs…" (i.e., as Selectman). The next year, "10 mo 48", he was granted property out of the town common lands: "12 acres of swamp and upland on the north side of the Millpond." Immediately following this record, mention is made of " his house on the Meeting-house Hill; having Capt. Perkin’s lot on one side, and the hightway on the other." He had another half-acre of land laid out to him in June, 1650; a subsequent record indicates further land "laid out by Lott" which was probably the large tract on Little River and Story Cove on the west side of Annisquam (about 70 acres) where Silvester lived in later life. He was made a freeman (full citizen of the colony) and chosen constable 29 June 1652, and served again as constable in 1656 and 1669.

During this period Silvester’s children reached maturity. Two of Silvester’s daughters married important residents of Gloucester: Mary Eveleigh married Thomas, the son of "Brother" Thomas Millett, Elder of the church and preacher at Gloucester. In a list of subscriptions for the latter’s support dated 30 March, 1658, Silvester is listed for 1 pound 10 shillings, one of the largest amounts subscribed. The husband of Susana Eveleigh, James Stevens, was the eldest son of William Stevens, the shipbuilder, who was one of the more important early residents of Gloucester, and also one of its largest landowners. James likewise played an important part in public affairs and was Selectman from 1674-1686, as well as serving as deacon of the church. Silvester thus became allied with some of the more important political and economic powers of the town.

Silvester’s wife Susan died in Gloucester 14 Sept., 1659. He married for the second time, Gloucester 6 Sept., 1662, Mrs. Bridget Parkman, a widow with seven children, some of whom came with her to Gloucester. Her first husband was Elias Parkman, a mariner of Dorchester, Mass. and Windsor, Conn. It was perhaps around this time that Silvester and his sons acquired a sloop, a third share of which appears in the administrations of both Silvester and his son, Isaac.

In 1666 Silvester was licensed to establish an inn, or tavern. The license was renewed in 1667, 1668, 1669, and 1670, and the inventory of his estate shows ample evidence of this activity. He must have been involved in brewing, for he gave oath that "he would abide by the order of the Generall Court of Oct., 1667, concerning four bushels of barley malt to be put in one hogshead of beer." This fairly sedentary activity was perhaps occasioned by an attack of gout or arthritis, for he was excused from common military training in 1666, "being in detrebed in his limes."

At the General Court (Provincial Legislature) of 7 May, 1673, Gloucester was represented by "Left. Silvester Evilly." Shortly thereafter, he was wealthy enough to establish a residence in Boston while retaining his property in Gloucester, and was admitted to the Old South Church there 29 May, 1674. His residence was near that of his daughter Margaret Gallup, who was widowed about 1670, and the house likely burned in the great fire of 1679. Silvester did not forsake Gloucester affairs in the meantime, for he bought a further 12 acres of Thomas Price 11 Jan., 1679/80.

Bridget, Silvester’s second wife, was living as late as a deed of 5 Feb., 1682/3, but he probably married for a third time, in the last years of his life, widow Pilgrim (Eddy)(Baker) Steadman, as she does not seem to have possibly been the wife of any other Eveleth. She had married first, 22 April 1656, William Baker of Boston, and secondly a Mr. Steadman. The will of widow Pilgrim Eveleth, made in Boston, Nov., 1797 and proved 26 Jan., 1708 does not mention any other Eveleths.

Silvester returned to Gloucester permanently about 1687. This was the time of Andros’ unpopular rule, so the move may have been influenced by the political situation as well as by failing health. He died in Gloucester 4 Jan., 1688/9, aged 85, intestate. Administration of his estate was granted in Suffolk Co. Probate Court 7 March, 1688/9 to his son Joseph. It includes:

The inventory of the Estate of Sylvester Eveleth of Gloucester in County of Essex of N. England dec’d on the 5^th day of Jan 1688-9. Drawne and p’ticulars therein contained prized by William Goodhue jr. and Joseph Allen the 19 day of Jan 1688-9.

Impris

By 24 acres Upland – 2 of meadow, 30 £; 3 acres meadow 6 £ 36

By homestead orchard house and outhousing 55

By salt marsh adjoyning to the homestead 21

By wearing cloathes 2 10

Chamber

By Bedstedd & furniture 3 12

By 3 pillows, 8s; 6 Cushions, 7s; 2 table cloathes 7s.

By 3 pillowbeeres, 12s; 10 napkins, 13s 1 2

By 2 brass kettles 1 £ 2s; 3 skillets 5s; skimmer & ladle 7s 1 14

By 9 platters 2 basons a plate 1 11

By 3 porrengers, 3s; 1 flaggon 4 old pott 6s 9

By 2 old basins and other old pewter 8 6s

By 2 morters & pestle 5; earthen potts & panns 6 11

By 3 candle stick 1 jugge 4: three tramells 8 12

By paire of andirons 9, 3 tonges & slice 4s, 6 13 6

By 2 scales & weights 14; 2 Iron potts 14 1 8

By iron kettle 6, little pott 3s, 6; 2 pott hookes 2 11 6

By a fender & trowill, 2-3; spitt 2 frying panns, chafeing dish 7 9 3

By a barrell of porke 2 £; barrell beefe 1 £, 10 3 10

By two glasses, a jugge, 2-6; lanthorn & tunnell 2 4 6

Lower Room – By Bedd bedstead & furniture 2 4

By Coverlidd, 18,; a Cupboard & cloth, 16 1 14

By Wainscott chest, 15; 4 old chests, 15 1 10

By bridle & Crupper, 6-6; bushells Indian corn 12 18 6

By 3 bushells Rye, 6; Bushell Mault 2-6 8 6

By chourne & cooler, 4-6; dishes cheese vat, 2, Barell tubbs, 5 11 6

By a table cheese presse 6; chairs, 7, a fowling piece and lock, 18 1 11

By Anker, 13; Yoake chains span shackle, 8 1 1

By 2 Axes a betle Rings & a piece of an Iron Barr 5 6

By third of an old sloop 7 10

By 3 cowes 1 steere 1 hiefer 10 8

By 3 swine, 18; 3 blanketts, 13 1 11

By 4 pr sheets, 1 £ 10, warming pan 8 1 18

By 2 silver cupps, 14; by 7 silver spoones & Cupp, 4 8

By a Cannone & Cable, 14; spade & old Iron, 3; Hyde 6 10

By Cash 19 17

By money due by bills, 71-9-8; one from Thos Bray, 15

£273 18 9

Of the land here mentioned, the "24 acres Upland" probably included the twelve acres bought of Thomas Prince. The homestead and "salt marsh adjoyning" is the land on Little River, while the "12 acres.. above the old mill" is Silvester’s original grant of 1648. If the homestead lands had the same bounds as the property his son Joseph held ten years later, Silvester’s land holdings amounted to about 93 acres. The records do not show that he ever sold any of the land he acquired, and the whole of the real estate passed intact to his eldest son Joseph Eveleth. The younger son, Isaac, predeceased his father, leaving several young children.

The children of Silvester and Susan (Nubery) Eveleigh were:

1. Margaret, b. ca. 1631; d Boston 11 Aug. 1698; M. Boston 11 June, 1652 Nathaniel Gallup

2. Mary, bp. Exeter St. Thomas, Devon 30 June, 1633; d. Gloucester 7 Jan., 1687/8; m. Gloucester 21 May, 1655 Thomas Millett

3. Susana, d. ca. 1689; m. Gloucester 31 Dec., 1656 James Stevens

5. Hannah, bp. Boston 8 Oct., 1643; d. Boston 19 November, 1670; m. 1669 Nathan Kettel

6. Isaac, b.ca. 1645; d. Gloucester Nov., 1685; m. Gloucester 13 Nov., 1677 Abigail Coit.

2. JOSEPH EVELETH, who adopted the modern spelling of the name, must have been born about June 1641, probably in England, as he was baptized at the First Church of Boston 26 March, 1643 "being about 1 yeare and 3 quarters." He married in Gloucester 1 Jan. , 1667/8 Mary Bragg, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Whittrege) Bragg of Ipswich. Her father, though he had come to Ipswich as an indentured servant, had made a good marriage and acquired 120 acres of land – enough to place him among the richer class of Ipswich’s settlers, though he as not a freeman and held no town offices.

The year following his marriage, 29 March, 1669, Joseph purchased the 12 acre homestead of Thomas Pinney, adjacent to his father’s land, thereby acquiring the attached commoner’s right to the town’s undivided common lands, and resided there for several years. Then, on 2 Sept., 1675, Thomas, the eldest of Edward Bragg’s two sons and Joseph’s brother-in –law, died suddenly, only nine days after his wedding. At this time, Joseph’s name disappears from Gloucester and begins to appear in the Ipswich records. As he did not purchase any land there until 1695, he and his wife presumably moved in with her parents. Joseph also kept his Gloucester homestead, and after his father’s death, the Little River homestead as well. It is possible that he farmed all three, for though in different towns, they were not far apart; the Bragg farm was in the easternmost part of Ipswich (now Essex,, Mass.), then called Chebacco, while the Little River farm was in West Gloucester, on the Ipswich side of the river. The name of Joseph Evely appears on "A List of those that tooke the oath of Alegiance of Ipswich Towne, before the worshipfull Maior Gen¹¹ Denison Esq., the 11^th of December, 1678."

Despite settling in Ipswich, Joseph did not be come involved in public affairs there. This is partly attributable to his position as a newcomer in town: Indeed, his interests probably continued to focus on Gloucester, particularly after his father’s death. Another factor was the peculiar position of Chebacco, which, geographically removed from Ipswich proper, early developed active separatist feelings. Joseph was prime mover in the establishment of Chebacco’s own church in 1683, and "his is the first name on the records of those who joined the church…"

Such a position could have placed Joseph in opposition to the established hierarchy of Ipswich proper, though we know nothing of his actual political views. In the town histories he is noted chiefly for his piety and longevity, and seems to have avoided any offices to which his property and social standing might have entitled him . His only political notoriety came quite unwelcome: In 1692 at the height of the witch scare, he was chosen as a juror for the second trial jury of the Court of Assistants, the jury which tried John Proctor. Joseph, however soon came to recognize the insanity and danger of these proceedings, and was one of the thirty-two who subscribed to Rev. John Wises’s petition to the court:

The Humble & Sincere Declaration of us Subscribers, Inhabitants in Ipswich on y^e behalf of o^r Neighb^rs Jn^o Proctor & his wife now in Trouble & und^r Suspition of Witchcraft…

…we being Smitten with the Notice of what hath happend we Reccon it w^thin the Duties of o^r Charitie that Teacheth us to do as we would be done by offer thus much for the Clearing of o^r Neighb^rs Innocencie: viz. That we never had the least knowledge of such a Nefarious wickedness in o^r said Neighbours since they have been w^thin o^r acquaintance. Neigther doe we remember any such thoughts in us concerning them or any action by then or either of them Directly …. that any no more than might be in the lives of any other p^rsons of the Clearest Reputation as to any such Evills.

But as to what we have seen or heard of them upon or consciences we Judge them Innocent of the crime objected…

This petition was an act of courage in hysterical times; it was also an act of self defence, for the Proctor case represented a dangerous extension of the accusations to persons of respectable social standing. Indeed, the petition makes this point clear; "His breading hath been amongst us and was of Religious Parents in or place and by reason of Relations & Properties wi^hin o^r Towne hath had constant intercourse with us."

In the midst of the recriminations that followed the cessation of the witchcraft hysteria, the jurors were left in a touchy position, and Joseph was one of those who signed a petition of regret for participating the proceedings:

We confess that we were not capable to understand, nor able to withstand, the mysterious delusion of the powers of darkness and prince of the air; but were, for want of knowledge in ourselves, and better information from others, prevailed with to take up such evidence against the accused as we justly fear was insufficient for touching the lives of any…

We do therefore hereby signify to all in general, and to the surviving sufferers in especial, our deep sense of … sorrow of and for our errors for which we … humbly beg forgiveness…

Since 1689, Joseph had possessed two farms in Gloucester. His de factor position on the Bragg lands in Ipswich was legitimized by deed in May 1695:

…I Edward Bragg of Ipswich… For + in Consideration of the parent love + afection which he beareth to his Son + Daughter Joseph + Mary Eveleth of Ipswich… and… that y^e s^d Joseph and Mary May be debarred of claiming a further… portion in his Estate… hath granted … unto sd. Joseph + Mary during the Naturall life of y^e longer liver + to ye heires… housing Barnes building fences Lands Meadows ground + pasture… land in ye… Towneship of Ipswich at y^e place Called Chebacco + being all y^e land + Meadow which sd Edward Bragg purchast of Mr. Waldoo…

This land also carried with it a right in the commonage of Ipswich. As near as I can calculate, Joseph, by the summer of 1695, possessed slightly over 200 acres of land. However, he was not a land speculator, for he sold only a few insignificant parcels of the land he had acquired, and indeed seems to have taken small interest in the pursuit of wealth and power. By 1719, this "man of rigid puritanical piety" had disposed of all his real property to his heirs.

Joseph endeavored to provide a substantial start in life for each of his five surviving sons. John, the eldest, attended Harvard and trained for the ministry, graduating in 1689, following a proven route to status and power. He later turned down an opportunity to become minister at Manchester, in Essex County, Mass., and served for twenty years as preacher at Stow, Mass., from which position he was dismissed, so gossip says, due to intemperance. He predeceased his father, but left numerous descendants. The second son, Isaac, took an early interest in land speculation, and by the time he was twenty-one, had taken up farming Silvester’s old Gloucester homestead at Little River. He was the ancestor of George Simonds Eveleth, and will be taken up below. Joseph’s third surviving son, Edward, became a merchant, presumably with financial assistance from his father. He became a substantial citizen of Ipswich proper and earned the title of Colonel Eveleth during the French and Indian Wars. The youngest son, James, remained at home with his father in Chebacco. Joseph granted in a deed of 11 Aug., 1715: … unto my loving Son James Eveleth of Chebacco ….for his dutiful Carrige toward me + his faithfull serving of me… being willing to settle him in some part of my Estate whereby he may be Enabled with ye Blessing of God and his own Industry to get a Comfortable living in ye World…I do fully… Grant… unto my said son James Eveleth… the one halfe part… of all ye tract or percell of upland meadow ground + salt marsh which I … had of my father in law Mr. Edward Bragg…

Some of James’ descendants live in Essex County to this day.

Joseph distributed the remainder of his estate in a deed made 28 May, 1719:

… unto … Isaac Eveleth Yeoman of Gloucester & Edward Eveleth of Ipswich Trader… in Consideration of y^e Severall payments w^ch they are to make + what duty they are to perform… (I grant) one half part… of y^e land… which I… had … of… Edward Bragg… Excepting only that they s^d Isaac & Edward Eveleth… to pay…to their brother my Sons John Eveleth + Jacob Eveleth to each of them one hundred pounds a piece & to their Sister my Daughter Hannah Eveleth sixty pounds… also they alow + pay y^e Church of Christ in Chebacco forty shillings to be laid out + improved towards y^e buying a piece of plate for y^e use of s^d Church…

Following this deed, several quit-claim deeds were made by the heirs, signifying their satisfaction with the terms of disposal of the Bragg Property, which are of importance in proving the residences of Joseph’s children.

Mary (Bragg) Eveleth died in Ipswich 22 Jan., 1713/4, aged 64 according to her grave in the Old Essex Cemetery. Joseph survived her by thirty years, but did not remarry and remained on the Bragg homestead with his son, James. A descendant, William Preble Jones, reports (Four Boston Grandparents, Somerville, Mass., 1930), " He celebrated his one hundredth birthday in 1741, taking a scythe in the morning and mowing a field of grass. A sumptuous dinner followed, with a sermon by a minister." John J. Babson, writing in 1860 (History of Gloucester) and drawing on oral accounts, tells us "A venerable descendant, not long since deceased, remembered to have often heard her mother, who was born in 1730 describe the life, person and character of Joseph Eveleth, who was her great-grandfather, and with whom she was fifteen years contemporary. Among her interesting recollections of her aged ancestor was that of a visit made to him, just before his death, by the celebrated Rev. George Whitefield. Her mind always retained a vivid impression of the solemnity of the scene that was presented, when Mr. Whitefield knelt upon the floor and received, from the lips that could relate a Christian experience of a hundred years, a truly patriarchal blessing." Joseph died in Ipswich on December 1^st, 1745, at the truly remarkable age of 104 1/2 years.

The children of Joseph and Mary (Bragg) Eveleth were:

1. John, b Gloucester 18 Feb., 1669/70; d. Kittery, Main 1 Aug., 1734; m. Cambridge, Mass 2 Dec., 1692 May Bowman. 6 children.

2. Elizabeth, b. Gloucester 17 Dec. 1671; d. Gloucester 10 May, 1727; m (1) ca. 1696 Francis Perkins. m. (2) int. Ipswich 18 Jan., 1706/7 George Giddings.

3. Joseph, b. Gloucester 31 May 1674; apparently died young.

5. Edward, b. Ipswich 25 July 1679; c. Ipswich 5 Nov., 1759; m (1) Ipswich 4 Jan., 1704/5 Elizabeth Perkins. 3 children m. (2) Salem 7 April, 1715 Elizabeth Epes. 8 children. m. (3) Boston 20 Feb., 1734/5 Bridget (Bosworth)(Papillon) Pecker.

6. Moses, b Ipswich 13 Feb. 1682/2 d. young.

7. Mary, b Ipswich 13 Feb., 1683; d. Ipswich 17 Jan., 1718/9; m Ipswich 13 July 1706 Stephen Perkins.

8. Hannah, b. Ipswich 1 Oct., 1685; living 1739, single.

9. Jacob, b. Ipswich 1 Oct., 1687/s; d. Ipswich 16 Feb., 1738/9; single.

10. James, b. ca. 1690; d. Ipswich 3 June, 1773; m Ipswich int. 26 Feb., 1725/6 Elizabeth Cogswell. 7 Children.

11. Sarah, b. ca. 1692; d. Ipswich 19 march, 1716; m. int. Ipswich 26 Sept., 1713 Stephen Glasiar.

3. ISAAC EVELETH, the second surviving son, was born in Ipswich on 11 Oct. 1676. He was probably the Isaac who was one of the "Adventurers" from Ipswich " who intend to Remove themselves and ffamilies into South Carolina" in 1697 (see the New England Historic & Genealogical Register 30:64-7 for the "Instructions" given these adventurers), following which the South Carolina Land Warrants show "Isack Evileth had a warrant out of the Secritaries office for 200 acres of land in Colliton County. Dated the 12^th of ffebrewary 1697/8."However, the expedition seems to have fallen through as many of the proposed settlers can be shown to have continued to reside in Essex County. (This record has often been interpreted to refer to the other contemporaneous Isaac Eveleth, son of Joseph’s brother Isaac. However, that Isaac, born in 1680, would not have been old enough to purchase land in 1697; further, the expedition was organized from Chebacco, not Gloucester, where the latter resided.) The title to the South Carolina land seems to have lapsed and the proposed migration to have been abandoned. We can be sure that this Isaac Eveleth was back in Massachusetts on 8 April 1700, when his father granted to him Silvester’s Little River homestead in Gloucester, with other lands, totaling 71 acres:

…I Joseph Eveleth of Chebacco in Ipswich… Yeoman for + in Consideration of the Naturall Love + affection which I have for my son Isaac… Do… grant… unto my Son Isaac All y^e part + percell of upland… in y^e North Side of a place Called Little River in Gloucester… with ye meadow + marsh adjoyning…

Isaac married at this time Sarah _____, who was born about 1679 according to her death record, but whose surname is unknown. A descendant, Rev. Charles H. Eveleth, proposed that she was Sarah, daughter of Deliverance and Sarah (Verin) Parkman, born in Salem 29 July, 1678, and a granddaughter of Silvester’s second wife by her first marriage. However, he was unable to offer solid proof for this contention, and I have been unable to prove or disprove it.

Inherent in the land grants from his father, Isaac received two rights in the commonage of Gloucester, one for Silvester’s lands, and one in right of the land Joseph had purchased of Thomas Pinney, thus becoming the possessor of all the family interests in Gloucester, as shown by the town’s commonage list of 1708/9. He quickly set about improving his estate, purchasing various parcels of land in the Little River area, as well as buying a quarter share in the Little River sawmill from his cousin, William Stevens. He then built a new house, which was still standing, though in ruins, in 1950. In the years around 1725, Isaac acquired a further half a common right from Elias Elwell, a half from William Davis, a half from Aaron Davis, a quarter from Nathaniel Bray, and a half right from Anthony Day, and is described as a "threble comoner", one of the few in the town records. For these rights he received between 1707 and 1726 free grants of 65 1/2 acres of common land, as well as an undescribed woodlot.

Isaac’s large landholdings soon led to power in local politics. He served often on the committee responsible for dividing the common land, an important patronage position, and was Selectman in 1710, 1717 and 1719. He must also have been active in the militia, as he is described as Sergt. In 1710, and Captain in 1729.

Sarah ( ) Eveleth died in Gloucester 26 Dec., 1721. Isaac married secondly, in Gloucester 20 Dec., 1722, Mrs. Abigail (Haskell) Parsons, the widow of Nathaniel Parsons (1675-1722), who was born in Gloucester 2 March, 1675, daughter of William Jr. and Mary (Walker) Haskell. Her father was one of the other Carolina "adventurers" of 1697, and she had many well-connected relatives in the area. Her daughter by her first marriage, Elizabeth Parsons, married her step-brother, Isaac Eveleth Jr.

Isaac’s name appears frequently in the Essex County Deeds. To his only surviving son, Isaac Jr., he granted on 1 Dec., 1732, a year after the latter’s marriage, a house and 24 acres of land. According to Babson, he died in Gloucester 23 March, 1755, and lists his heirs as Isaac Eveleth, Mary Denning, Hannah Byles, Aligail Herrick,, and Ruth Goodrich, deceased. The inventory, made 5 Aug., 1755, valued his property at £1308/4/7, a substantial amount for the times. His widow Elizabeth died 5 May, 1762.

The children of Isaac and Sarah ( ) Eveleth were:

1. Sarah, b Gloucester 22 March, 1700/1; d Gloucester 22 Feb., 1720/1; m. Gloucester 10 Dec., 1719 John Tyler

2. Mary, b. Gloucester 16 Dec., 1702; died in infancy.

3. Isaac, b. Gloucester 24 Aug., 1704, d. Gloucester 7 Sept., 1704

5. Mary b. Gloucester 23 Oct., 1708; d. Gloucester 21 Nov., 1798

6. Hannah, b. Gloucester 4 Jan., 1709/10; d. Gloucester 9 March, 1785; m. Gloucester 17 Jan., 1727/8 Charles Boyles

7. Abigail, b. Gloucester 26 Nov., 1711; d. about 1742; m. Gloucester 1 Feb., 1731/2 Thomas Herrick of Beverly

8. Ruth, b. Gloucester 21 Jan., 1713/4; d. 1750/5; m. Gloucester 25 Oct., 1733 William Goodridge.

9. Susanna, b. Gloucester 21 Feb., 1715/6; d. Gloucester 3 Dec. 1737

10. Mary. b. Gloucester 7 June, 1718; d. Gloucester June, 1795; m. Gloucester 21 Nov., 1738 George Denning

4. ISAAC EVELETH Jr., the only surviving son, received lands in Gloucester from both his father and grandfather, and also drew 3/4 lots from the commonage as the eldest son of a "threble commoner." He married in Gloucester 25 Dec., 1729 Elisabeth Parsons, daughter of his father’s second wife, Abigail (Haskell), by her first husband Nathaniel Parsons, who was born in Gloucester 2 Dec., 1711.

Isaac Jr. inherited the Eveleth homestead in West Gloucester at his father’s death, but during the latter’s lifetime he was active in the colonization of New Gloucester, Maine, and was probably one of the town’s sixty original proprietors (the original proprietorship records are lost). We do know that in the winter of 1743 "Capt. Isaac Eveleth" was engaged to build "a way suitable for carting from the great bridge to the center of town" there. By the 1730’s, the common land in Gloucester had been virtually exhausted, and with land prices rising, New Gloucester represented an effort by the sons of the older Gloucester landowners to develop new areas of land, the surest form of wealth. Indian troubles forced the abandonment of the original settlement, but it was resettled in 1755. It is not clear whether Isaac participated in this resettlement, but his son Nathaniel certainly did. Isaac himself did not live long enough to see his plans reach fruition, for he survived his father only five years and died in 1759. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow 27 Aug., 1759; Inventory taken 3 Jan. 1760 includes:

One dwelling house, 37. One Barn 18 pounds £55…

To 31 1/2 Acres of land, Some Orchard & Marsh 252…

To a Town yard & Town house & other priveleges

and six Acres of Land… 55.10

To half a saw Mill & its priveleges… 20…

As well as about 20 other acres of land, farm implements, a yoke of oxen, two cows, two calves, a horse, nine sheep, two hogs two goats, fourteen geese and "a Negro Man" for a total of 515/4/6 pounds, which was substantial, though considerably diminished from his father’s estate. No mention is made of New Gloucester rights, but these may have already passed to his son, Nathaniel. The cash included in the estate was limited, and the widow was forced to sell some real estate to cover debts. She became guardian of her minor children, four of whom continued to live with her on the homestead for many years. Elizabeth (Parsons) Eveleth died in Gloucester 12 Feb., 1799, aged 87.

Isaac’s eldest son, Isaac Jr., died in Virginia at the age of 16, perhaps aboard ship. The eldest surviving son, Nathaniel, chose to take up his father’s rights in New Gloucester, Maine, and will be considered below. Another son, Perkins Eveleth, also came to New Gloucester, where he was a subscriber for the Meeting House in 1770. He died in his 34^th year, leaving one son, Samuel, who lived in Lisbon, Maine. The second surviving son of Isaac, Andrew must have chosen to follow the sea, as he is described in deeds as "mariner". He purchased the rights of several of his brothers to his father’s estate in Oct., 1765, and entered his intention to marry his cousin, Sarah Byles, but must have died soon after, for his estate was administered 5 Dec., 1769 by his brother, Joseph.

The two remaining sons, and two of the daughters, remained at home with their mother. The elder of these, Joseph, was by occupation a cooper, and became head of the family and heir to the homestead after Andrew’s death. Both Joseph and his younger brother, Isaac, were ardent patriots, and both signed a declaration "that we will not during the… war, directly or indirectly, in any Ways, aid, abet, or assist, any of the Naval or land forces of the King of Great Britain, But on the contrary, according to our Best Power and Abilities, will defend by Arms, the United American Colonies…" Joseph was commissioned 1^st Lieutenant in Capt. Gideon Parker’s Co., Col. Moses Little’s Reg. 26 June, 1775. He also served one term as selectman in 1779, the first member of the family to hold that position in Gloucester in sixty years. Joseph never married, and was apparently still living with his mother, brother and sisters at the time of the 1790 Census. He died 30 June 1806, the last of the male line in Gloucester; his will left his property to his sisters Abigail and Susannah.

The youngest son, Isaac, was a Gloucester selectman in 1795, 1796, 1797 and 1798. He married late in life, after his mother’s death (intention Gloucester 14 Nov., 1801) Mrs. Lucy Avery. They had no issue, and Isaac died in Gloucester 12 June, 1805. After the deaths of Isaac and Joseph, the other surviving heirs sold their rights in the homestead to their sisters, Abigail and Susannah. Abigail died in Gloucester 12 may, 1816, leaving the property to her spinster sister, Susannah. At the latter’s death in Sept., 1828, the property passed to the heirs of her sister Elizabeth, who was the only daughter to marry. She had, by Alexander Parran, killed in service in 1779, four daughters; Silvester Eveleth’s old Little River homestead eventually passed to the third of these, Sarah Evelith Parran (1774-1859), wife of William Presson, in whose family it remains.

The children of Isaac Jr. and Elisabeth (Parsons) Eveleth were:

1. Isaac, b. Gloucester 1 Oct., 1730; d. in Virginia 9 Aug., 1746

2. Nathaniel, b. Gloucester 9 Aug., 1732; d. Gloucester 1 Dec., 1732

3. Sarah, b. Gloucester 13 Dec., 1733; apparently died without issue before 21 Feb., 1807 – perhaps the Sarah Evely of Shapleigh, Maine in 1790.

5. Andrew, d. Gloucester 29 Dec., 1738;: d. 1765/69, unmarried

6. Joseph, b. Gloucester 10 May, 1741; d. Gloucester 30 June, 1806, unmarried

7. Perkins, b. Gloucester 2 Nov., 1743; d. New Gloucester, Maine 27 Dec. 1777; m Hannah. . 3 children.

8. Elizabeth, b. Gloucester 26 Feb., 1745/6; d. Gloucester 1826; m. int. Gloucester 21 Jan., 1769 Alexander Parran

9. Abigail, b. Gloucester ca. 1749; d. Gloucester 12 may 1826; unmarried.

10. Susannah, b. Gloucester, 1751; d. Gloucester Sept., 1828; unmarried.

11. Isaac, b. Gloucester, bp.. 3 March, 1754; d. Gloucester 12 June, 1805; m. int. Gloucester 14 Nov., 1801 Mrs. Lucy Avery. No children.

5. NATHANIEL EVELETH, the eldest surviving son, chose to take up his father’s rights in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. In so doing he followed in a general trend, as the stagnation of the farm-based segment of the economy in Essex County occasioned many of the ambitious young to turn either to the frontier or the sea. In 1754, when he was 18, Nathaniel was at the building of Fort Halifax with Capt. Dakin, and the next season helped build the blockhouse in New Gloucester with Capt. Protor. On Feb. 16, 1757 he purchased for 7/3/3 pounds delinquent taxes, the right to Lot 25 in New Gloucester, and in 1761 obtained two further lots, numbered 14 and 16, of 75 acres each. Nathaniel married in North Yarmouth, Maine, the nearest established town, on 4 Jan., 1760, Sarah Mason. She was born in North Yarmouth 20 July, 1738, baptized 27 July, and was the daughter of Jonas and Mary (Chandler) Mason. They apparently settled in New Gloucester immediately though their first two children were recorded in North Yarmouth, as New Gloucester did not have a clerk until 1783. Nathaniel was collector for the proprietors from 1763 until 7 Sept., 1774, when the town was incorporated, and served continuously from that date until March 1816 as town clerk, and was also a selectman from 1776 to 1815. At his retirement as clerk the town meeting passed a resolution:

"Whereas, Nathaniel Eveleth, having declined being considered as a candidate for the office of town clerk, it is voted unanimously that the town tender to Capt. Eveleth their respectful acknowledgements and cordial thanks for this faithful and impartial services as town clerk from the act of incorporation of the town to the present day, and they wish him in his voluntary retirement in the evening of his days to be assured that he carries with him the ardent prayers and best wishes of the town for his health and happiness."

Besides these activities, Nathaniel farmed, and kept a tavern. At the start of the Revolution, he was made muster officer of the local Minutemen, an office he held until 1783, and in Sept. 1777 was commissioned 2^nd Lieutenant in the 4^th Cumber Regiment. He was promoted to Captain 1 June, 1783.

Sarah (Mason) Eveleth died in New Gloucester 23 April, 1772, and Nathaniel married for a second time(intention 12 October, 1886) Mary Glass, who was born in Duxbury, Mass., in 1751 and was the daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Fredericks) Glass. She died 15 Oct., 1803, and he married for a third time 4 December, 1805 Sarah (Bartlett)(Wentworth)

(Jordan) Arnold, born in Kittery 7 Dec., 1740, who was the daughter of Nathan Bartlett, and widow of John Wentworth, Clement Jordan, and Bildad Arnold (by whom she had a daughter). She survived Nathaniel as well, and died in New Gloucester 12 Sept., 1827.

After the death of his mother and younger brothers, Nathaniel disposed of his rights to the Eveleth lands in Gloucester, releasing his share to his sisters Abigail and Susanna. By his first two wives, Nathaniel had seventeen children, including ten surviving sons (and 64 grandchildren), who remained among the first citizens of New Gloucester for many years. The last male Eveleth resident in New Gloucester, Frank G. Eveleth, died in 1974, and Nathaniel’s numerous descendents are now scattered across the country.

Before he died, Nathaniel set up most of his surviving sons in land around him in New Gloucester. To the eldest, Isaac, went lot 14, totaling 75 acres, and to the youngest, the twins Moses and Aaron, the latter of whom succeeded his father as town clerk, went the home farm. Nathaniel died in New Gloucester 23 November, 1824, aged 88. He probably left a will, but the Cumberland County records have burned twice since that date.

The children of Nathaniel and Sarah (Mason) Eveleth were:

2. Sarah, b. N. Yarmouth 26 march, 1762; m. New Gloucester 11 Oct., 1811 James Allen

3. Nathaniel, b. New Gloucester 23 March, 1764; d. New Gloucester 10 Fed., 1849; m. New Gloucester 7 Jan., 1790 Judith Parson, 11 children.

4. Jonas, b. New Gloucester 25 Jan., 1766; d. New Gloucester 21 Oct., 1851; m (1) 24 Nov., 1795 Abigail Eveleth; m (2) New Gloucester 23 March, 1797 Abigail Parson. 9 children.

5. Joseph, b. New Gloucester 30 March, 1768; d. New Gloucester 2 Oct., 1843; m. New Gloucester 18 Sept., 1797 Polly Babson. 4 children.

6. Elizabeth, b. New Gloucester 9 May, 1770; m. New Gloucester 15 Oct., 1822 Samuel Lane.

7. Mary, b. Gloucester 19 April, 1772; d. 19 June, 1772.

The children of Nathaniel and Mary (Glass) Eveleth were:

1. Mary, b. New Gloucester 30 Oct., 1777; d. in infancy.

2. Ezekiel, b. New Gloucester 30 Oct., 1777; d. 6. Nov., 1796

3. Andrew, b. New Gloucester 3 Jan., 1780; d. Bangor 10 Aug., 1858; m. ca. 1805 Thomaston Deborah (Chapman) Farr. 7 children.

4. Rizpah, b. New Gloucester 9 March, 1782; d. 15 March 1859; unmarried

5. James, b. New Gloucester 21 may, 1783; d. New Gloucester 27 March, 1857; m. Grey, Me. 29 Nov., 1804 Hannah Austin Cobb. 9 children

6. Perkins, b. New Gloucester 7 Sept., 1784; d. new Gloucester 18 Feb., 1864; m. New Gloucester 11 April, 1813 Lydia Collins True. 9 children.

7. John, b. New Gloucester 24 Oct., 1786; d. Windham, Me. 17 Sept., 1859; m. int. New Gloucester 14 Nov., 1824 Rebecca Merrill. 2 children

8. Moses, b. New Gloucester 26 Sept., 1790; d. New Gloucester 132 Sept., 1849; m. New Gloucester 5 June, 1831 Betsy Preble. 3 children.

9. Aaron, b. New Gloucester 26 Sept., 1790; d. New Gloucester 5 March, 1864; . New Gloucester 6 Dec., 1832 Deborah Rowe. 2 children

10. Mary, b. New Gloucester 26 March, 1794; d. 24 Jan., 1798

6. ISAAC EVELETH, born in North Yarmouth, Main 4 Oct., 1760, was the eldest of eleven sons. He served in the Revolution as a Private in Capt. Nathan Merrill’s Co., Col. Jonathan Mitchell’s Detachment (marched 8 July, 1779, discharged 28 Sept., 1779); then as Private in as a Private in Capt. Parson’s Co., Col. Prince’s Reg. (enlisted 1 May, 1780; discharged 22 Dec., 1780). After the war, he obtained Lot 14 in New Gloucester from his father and commenced farming there. He married in North Yarmouth on 19 April, 1787 Mary Moulton. She died in new Gloucester 17 Jan., 1801, and Isaac married for a second time, 26 Jan., 1802, Mrs. Deborah (Blanchard) Rideout, who was born 12 July, 1762. She was admitted to the 1^st Church in New Gloucester from North Yarmouth on 2 Oct., 1805. Isaac continued to live in new Gloucester throughout his life, appearing there on the Pension Roll of 1835, and died there 3 Oct., 1843. Deborah his widow, died 8 Sept., 1853, aged 91.

The children of Isaac and Mary (Moulton) Eveleth were:

1. Sarah, b. New Gloucester 11 Feb., 1788; d. 20 Dec., 1794

2. Mary, b. New Gloucester 9 Dec., 1789

4. David, b. new Gloucester 30 July, 1793; d. new Gloucester 16 March 1834; m. New Gloucester 28 March, 1822 Asenath Roberts. 5 children

a. Mary Jane, b. 10 Nov., 1822; d. 16 March, 1827

b. Eliza A., b. 1824; m. Henry W. Paine of Durham

c. Caroline, b. 24 Feb., 1826; d. 11 March 1827

d. Mary Caroline, b. 12 March, 1829; d. 16 Nov. 1856; m. John Whitman

e. Jane, b. 1 April, 1832; d. 17 Feb.., 1834

5. Elizabeth, b. new Gloucester 3 June, 1795; d. 1 Feb., 1812

6. Ezekiel, b. New Gloucester 4 July, 1797; d. Abbot , Me. 25 Aug., 1878; m. int. New Gloucester 19 Oct., 1823 Mary Dolley 7 children

a. Joseph Cushman, b. Guilford, Me. 13 Sept., 1824; d. Hampden, Me., 1812;

m. 1849 Rebecca Knox Gould. 1 child.

b. Eliza K. b. 1 May, 1828

c. Rachel Bennett, b. 27 Feb., 1830; d. 1872

d. Ezekiel Augustus, b. 10 April, 1832

e. Mary Octavia, b. 16 April, 1835

f. Susan Jane, b. 6 June 1840

g. Carrie A. b. 1842, d. 1852

7. Susannah, b. New Gloucester 23 Setp., 1799; d. 16 Aug., 1832; m. George Merchant

The children of Isaac and Deborah (Blanchard)(Rideout) Eveleth were;

8. Olive, b. New Gloucester 25 Arpil, 1804; d. 11 Sept., 1806

7. ISAAC EVELETH, Jr., the eldest son, was born in New Gloucester 14 Oct., 1791. He married 1 Nov. 1821 Joanna Lake, who was born illegitimately with the surname Haskell and was adopted by the Lake family (30 March, 1800). Isaac, by occupation a cordwainer, settled settled in Danville, Me., where he died 24 March, 1871. Joanna survived him by twenty years, dying in 1891. One grandchild reports "that she was a courageous, stouthearted woman… and carried most of the family responsibilities. Isaac, I take it, was not too ambitious and besides was somewhat of a rummy…" The children of Isaac and Joanna (Lake) Eveleth were:

1. Ebenezer L. b. New Gloucester 22 July 1822; d. 16 April, 1847; unmarried

2. Eliza Ann, b. Danville 25 Feb., 1825

4. Esther Jane, b. Danville 4 May, 1830; d. 1 Oct., 1834

5. Mary E., b. Danville 17 May, 1836; d. 1914; m. (1) 20 may, 1855 John Small; m. (2) May 1869 John Wells

6. Christianna, b. Danville 16 June, 1840; d. ca. 1906; m. 6 June, 1863 Otis Carville

8. EZEKIEL EVELETH, who was the only surviving son after his elder brother died at the age of 25, worked for the railroads and settled in Bethel, Maine, after marrying Augusta Hammond who was born in 1832. About 1867, they moved to Auburn, Maine where Ezekiel bought a house on Turner St. He served as Representative in the Common Council from Ward 2, Auburn 1869-70 and 1874, and was Alderman in 1878-9. He died in Auburn 28 June, 1901.

The children of Ezekiel and Augusta (Hammond) Eveleth were;

1. Eben Gaines, b. Bethel, Maine 10 April, 1858; d. 11 June, 1946; m. 22 Nov., 1882 Rosa

Pulsifer. 4 children.

a. Norris Pulsifer, b. Auburn 30 July, 1883; d. Kennebunk, Me. 13 Jan., 1961; m 7 June, 1911 Mary H. Fernald. 1 son.

b. Alice, died at age 2 1/2

c. Roger, b. Auburn 18 Sept., 1890; resides Bar Harbor; m. 1 Aug., 1916 Evelyn Townsend. 3 sons.

d. Harold, b. Auburn April, 1897; d. 28 Dec., 1957; m. 30 April, 1924 Dorothy Paul. 3 children.

2. Walter Gaines, b. Bethel 13 April, 1861; d. after 1928; m. Agnes Robinson. 3 children:

a. Gladys, m. Charles Mason of New York City

b. Roland

c. Aileen, m. Louis Hament

9. Dr. GEORGE SIMONDS EVELETH, the youngest son, graduated from Tufts College in 1885 and studied medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, receiving his degree in 1888. He practiced briefly in California, then briefly at Hot Springs, Virginia, where skin diseases were being treated with some success. He practiced in Little Falls, N.Y. until his retirement in 1954, then moved to Newport, N.H. with his daughter, Mrs. Emily Snyder, who made a home for him.

George Simonds Eveleth married on 8 Nov., 1888 Annie Stimson, who was born in Auburn, Maine 7 Feb., 1865. She died in Little Falls, N.Y. 18 April 1939. George died in Newport., N.H. 22 July, 1957 aged 92, and is buried in Auburn.

The children of George Simonds and Annie (Stimson) Eveleth were:

1. Emily, b. Little Falls, N.Y. 20 Sept., 1894; resides in Newport, N.H. m. 25 July 1919 Vernon K. Snyder. Child:

a. Marshall, b. 25 July, 1920; m. 29 March, 1944 Miriam Lauste

10. GEORGE SIMONDS EVELETH Jr. grew up in Little Falls, N.Y. He graduated from Tufts College in 1919, and began work for General Electric in 1920, serving in the far east and Europe from 1922 to 1939. He became assistant to the President of International G.E. in New York in 1939, a Vice President in 1944, and an Executive Vice President in 1950. In 1955 be became Manager of G.E.’s Overseas Operations Dept. He resided in Rye, N.Y. until his death.

George’s wife, whom he married 11 March, 1922, is the former Agnes Decker.

The children of George Simonds Jr. and Agnes (Decker) Eveleth are:

1. George Stimson, ; m. Phyllis Bennett. Children:

a. George Stimson, Jr.,

b. Katherine Lucke,

2. David Decker, ; m. Janet Pembleton. Children:

a. David Decker, Jr.,

b. Laura Ann, b.

c. Emily Ann,

3. 11. Jason Haupt, ; m. Janet Elizabeth Foster. Children:

a. Suzanne Foster,

b. 12. Jason Scott,

c. Amy Lotridge,

d. Edward Symonds,