BALLOU, ELIZA
This Generation 8 Billington descendant married and became the mother of future U.S. president James Garfield. The Billington silver book will get you as far as her grandmother, Sybil Carpenter of Rehoboth, who would marry Henry Ingalls. Their daughter Mehitable would marry James Ballou, Jr. Eliza's line runs: Mehitable (Ingalls) Ballou, Sybil (Carpenter) Ingalls, Jotham Carpenter, Desire (Martin) Carpenter, Mercy (Billington) Martin, Francis Billington, John & Elinor (-) Billington of the Mayflower. Her granddaughter Mary "Mollie" Garfield Stanley-Brown is depicted below in a Matthew Brady photo, about age 13. Image and information from William Bassett, History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, NH (Boston: Calkins, 1884), pp. 289, 546. Digitized by the University of New Hampshire Library.
This Generation 8 Billington descendant married and became the mother of future U.S. president James Garfield. The Billington silver book will get you as far as her grandmother, Sybil Carpenter of Rehoboth, who would marry Henry Ingalls. Their daughter Mehitable would marry James Ballou, Jr. Eliza's line runs: Mehitable (Ingalls) Ballou, Sybil (Carpenter) Ingalls, Jotham Carpenter, Desire (Martin) Carpenter, Mercy (Billington) Martin, Francis Billington, John & Elinor (-) Billington of the Mayflower. Her granddaughter Mary "Mollie" Garfield Stanley-Brown is depicted below in a Matthew Brady photo, about age 13. Image and information from William Bassett, History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, NH (Boston: Calkins, 1884), pp. 289, 546. Digitized by the University of New Hampshire Library.
BISBEE, REBECCA DELANO
Ironically, she was not even a Delano, but was named for her father's first wife. This Rebecca, b. Kingston, MA 1817, later became the wife of Joseph Brown Hamlen, a lobster cannery owner, thus her inclusion in the book with this picture. Rebecca was a Gen 9 Billington as follows: Sally (Sampson) Bisbee, Sarah (Washburn) Sampson, Ebenezer Washburn Jr., Ebenezer, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and John & Elinor Billington, all 3 of the Mayflower. The Billington silver book gets as far as Ebenezer Washburn Jr. but the Alden-Mullins book gets her mother's line as far as Rebecca's grandparents, Sarah Washburn & Jeremiah Sampson. The John Howland vol. 23 silver book gets her father Zebulon's line clear to his own birth, though. See her Alden-Mullins, Standish, Allerton, Cooke, Howland-Tilley, Hopkins, Brewster, and Soule writeups for those lineages and her Priest writeup for more detail. Image and info from H. Franklin Andrews, A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Eldest Son of James Hamlin, the Immigrant, Who Came from London, England and Settled in Barnstable 1639, 1639-1902 (Extra, IA: author, 1902), p. 582, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Ironically, she was not even a Delano, but was named for her father's first wife. This Rebecca, b. Kingston, MA 1817, later became the wife of Joseph Brown Hamlen, a lobster cannery owner, thus her inclusion in the book with this picture. Rebecca was a Gen 9 Billington as follows: Sally (Sampson) Bisbee, Sarah (Washburn) Sampson, Ebenezer Washburn Jr., Ebenezer, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and John & Elinor Billington, all 3 of the Mayflower. The Billington silver book gets as far as Ebenezer Washburn Jr. but the Alden-Mullins book gets her mother's line as far as Rebecca's grandparents, Sarah Washburn & Jeremiah Sampson. The John Howland vol. 23 silver book gets her father Zebulon's line clear to his own birth, though. See her Alden-Mullins, Standish, Allerton, Cooke, Howland-Tilley, Hopkins, Brewster, and Soule writeups for those lineages and her Priest writeup for more detail. Image and info from H. Franklin Andrews, A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Eldest Son of James Hamlin, the Immigrant, Who Came from London, England and Settled in Barnstable 1639, 1639-1902 (Extra, IA: author, 1902), p. 582, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Bump, Mercy Lavinia Warren
Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump (1841-1919) or Mrs. Tom Thumb, as she became known after her first marriage, was from Middleborough, MA. This photo was taken 1855-1865, exact date unknown. She was a 9th generation descendant of Pilgrims John Billington and Richard Warren via her mother, Huldah Pierce Warren, and was also said to be a descendant of Francis Cooke, Edward Doty, and Stephen Hopkins. Based on findings on the NEHGS of Warrens in Middleborough, Plymouth County her Billington line runs as follows: Huldah Pierce (Warren) Bump, Benjamin Warren, Silvanus Warren, Benjamin Warren, Eleanor (Billington) Warren, Isaac Billington, Francis Billington, John & Elinor (-) Billington, these last 3 all of the Mayflower. The Warren silver book gets you as far as the birth of Silvanus/Sylvanus; the Billington book notes his first marriage to Huldah Pierce. Image from the Library of Congress, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-cwpbh-02976, digitized by the LOC.
BUMPUS, EDWARD AVERY
Born in 1875, Lt. Edward Bumpus was killed on the island of Samar, in the Philippines on 28 Sep 1901 during the Spanish-American War. In response his father Everett Cephas Bumpus (below) wrote a touching and historically interesting book with many details about China, the Philippines, life as a young Army officer, Harvard, and Quincy, MA. In it he refers to the antiquity of the Bumpus family in MA and to Cushman ancestors. Edward, his father, and brother Everett Chauncey Bumpus (both below) turned out to be Allerton, Billington, Fuller, Howland/Tilley, Eaton, and Chilton descendants. For a lengthier bio of the trio, see their Allerton and other write-ups. Edward was a Gen. 11 Billington as follows: Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Lydia (Cushman) Fuller, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and John & Ellinor (-) Billington, all of the Mayflower. See Everett Chauncey Bumpus's writeup for the image credit.
Born in 1875, Lt. Edward Bumpus was killed on the island of Samar, in the Philippines on 28 Sep 1901 during the Spanish-American War. In response his father Everett Cephas Bumpus (below) wrote a touching and historically interesting book with many details about China, the Philippines, life as a young Army officer, Harvard, and Quincy, MA. In it he refers to the antiquity of the Bumpus family in MA and to Cushman ancestors. Edward, his father, and brother Everett Chauncey Bumpus (both below) turned out to be Allerton, Billington, Fuller, Howland/Tilley, Eaton, and Chilton descendants. For a lengthier bio of the trio, see their Allerton and other write-ups. Edward was a Gen. 11 Billington as follows: Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Lydia (Cushman) Fuller, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and John & Ellinor (-) Billington, all of the Mayflower. See Everett Chauncey Bumpus's writeup for the image credit.
BUMPUS, EVERETT CEPHAS
Father of Edward Avery Bumpus (above) and Everett Chauncey Bumpus (below), Lt. Everett C. Bumpus of Co. F, 3d MA Heavy Artillery (and later attorney & judge) was a Gen. 10 Billington. See Edward Avery's writeup for the line. This image of Everett C., age about 55, is from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II (Boston: Century Memorial, 1901), p. 807, digitized by the Boston Public Library. For images of him as a young lieutenant at the end of the Civil War, see his Allerton page or a companion site to this one, 3rd MA Heavies: Genealogical History in Photos.
Father of Edward Avery Bumpus (above) and Everett Chauncey Bumpus (below), Lt. Everett C. Bumpus of Co. F, 3d MA Heavy Artillery (and later attorney & judge) was a Gen. 10 Billington. See Edward Avery's writeup for the line. This image of Everett C., age about 55, is from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II (Boston: Century Memorial, 1901), p. 807, digitized by the Boston Public Library. For images of him as a young lieutenant at the end of the Civil War, see his Allerton page or a companion site to this one, 3rd MA Heavies: Genealogical History in Photos.
BUMPUS, EVERETT CHAUNCEY
Two years older than his brother Edward, above, Chauncey, as he was known, also died in 1901 and was memorialized by his father in the same volume. A childhood illness left Chauncey blind but a combination of hard work, an optimistic attitude, training in Braille, academics at the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston (which Helen Keller attended), a Harvard education made possible by a family that read to him constantly, and an exceptional memory, Chauncey passed the bar and became a lawyer. He is a Gen 11 Billington; see his brother Edward's writeup for the lineage. See their Allerton write-ups for more on all three.Images of Edward & Everett Chauncey from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), frontispiece and p. 117.
Two years older than his brother Edward, above, Chauncey, as he was known, also died in 1901 and was memorialized by his father in the same volume. A childhood illness left Chauncey blind but a combination of hard work, an optimistic attitude, training in Braille, academics at the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston (which Helen Keller attended), a Harvard education made possible by a family that read to him constantly, and an exceptional memory, Chauncey passed the bar and became a lawyer. He is a Gen 11 Billington; see his brother Edward's writeup for the lineage. See their Allerton write-ups for more on all three.Images of Edward & Everett Chauncey from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), frontispiece and p. 117.
COBB, JONATHAN LOVETT HASKELL
J. L. H. Cobb, as he signed his name, was a Gen 9 Billington and Allerton, Gen 8 Brown/Browne, and Gen 8/9 Howland-Tilley descendant via Cushman and Tinkham women that his Cobb forebears married. See his Brown(e) writeup for more details on the family. His Billington line runs: Zenas Cobb, Zenas, Jerusha (Cushman) Cobb, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor Billington, the last 3 all of the Mayflower. The Billington silver book (vol. 21) gets as far as the marriage of Jerusha Cushman and Ebenezer Cobb, Jr., Jonathan's great-grandparents. Image and info from Georgia Drew Merrill, History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Boston: Ferguson, 1891), pp. 429-30 digitized by the Library of Congress.
J. L. H. Cobb, as he signed his name, was a Gen 9 Billington and Allerton, Gen 8 Brown/Browne, and Gen 8/9 Howland-Tilley descendant via Cushman and Tinkham women that his Cobb forebears married. See his Brown(e) writeup for more details on the family. His Billington line runs: Zenas Cobb, Zenas, Jerusha (Cushman) Cobb, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor Billington, the last 3 all of the Mayflower. The Billington silver book (vol. 21) gets as far as the marriage of Jerusha Cushman and Ebenezer Cobb, Jr., Jonathan's great-grandparents. Image and info from Georgia Drew Merrill, History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Boston: Ferguson, 1891), pp. 429-30 digitized by the Library of Congress.
COOMBS, JOHN COLBY
Attorney John C. Coombs (b. 1845, ME) was noted in the book that contained this photo as a descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton and Sarah (---), his first wife and also a Mayflower passenger, via his mother, daughter of Solomon "Squire/Esquire" Eaton. Solomon and John's mother and father turned out to be documented in the Bowden, ME vital records which are on the NEHGS site. The author did not note his descent from the Billington family, though, or Samuel Fuller. (See the Eaton and S. Fuller sections for those lineages.) John's Gen. 9 Billington line runs: Abigail (Eaton) Coombs, Solomon Eaton, Ziba, Barnabas, Samuel, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis Billington and his parent John & Elinor Blllington. All 3 Billingtons arrived on the Mayflower and are thus qualifying ancestors through whom you can join the Mayflower Society. The birth of Solomon and the family's move to Bowdoinham, ME are in the Eaton & S. Fuller silver books. Image & info from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), p. 97, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Attorney John C. Coombs (b. 1845, ME) was noted in the book that contained this photo as a descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton and Sarah (---), his first wife and also a Mayflower passenger, via his mother, daughter of Solomon "Squire/Esquire" Eaton. Solomon and John's mother and father turned out to be documented in the Bowden, ME vital records which are on the NEHGS site. The author did not note his descent from the Billington family, though, or Samuel Fuller. (See the Eaton and S. Fuller sections for those lineages.) John's Gen. 9 Billington line runs: Abigail (Eaton) Coombs, Solomon Eaton, Ziba, Barnabas, Samuel, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis Billington and his parent John & Elinor Blllington. All 3 Billingtons arrived on the Mayflower and are thus qualifying ancestors through whom you can join the Mayflower Society. The birth of Solomon and the family's move to Bowdoinham, ME are in the Eaton & S. Fuller silver books. Image & info from Conrad Reno, Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century with a History of the Judicial System of New England, Vol. I (Boston: Century Memorial, 1900), p. 97, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Copeland, Davis
Born in West Bridgewater, 1835, Davis was the younger brother of Ira and older brother of Heman Copeland, both below. They were Generation 9 Billington, Hopkins, & Cooke courtesy of their mother Judith Washburn (Kingman) Copeland and Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins and Gen 9 Warren descendants thanks to their father Francis. (Judith's birth was actually in 1765, not 1771 as this book claims, but the vital records on the NEHGS give both Brockton and Kingston as her birthplace.) Her paternal great-grandmother was Lydia Billington. Thus Davis and his brothers' Billington line runs: Judith Washburn (Kingman) Copeland, Judith (Washburn) Kingman, Jabez Washburn, Jr., Jabez Washburn, Sr., Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor Billington, the last 3 all passengers on the Mayflower. See his other write-ups for the Hopkins, Cooke, and Alden-Mullins lines. The Billington & Cooke volumes cover the Washburns and the Alden Silver book Part 4 gets as far as the marriage of his Copeland grandparents. It also reveals that his great-grandmother in that line was a Warren. (The Hopkins book will refer you to the Cooke volume.) Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 633, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Copeland, Heman
Born in West Bridgewater, 1843, Heman (d. Chula Vista, CA 1909) was the youngest brother of Davis (above) & Ira Copeland (below). The brothers were Generation 9 Billington, Hopkins, & Cooke descendents courtesy of their mother Judith Washburn (Kingman) Copeland and Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins & Gen 9 Warren descendants via their father Francis Copeland. (See Davis Copeland description.) Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 634, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Copeland, Ira
Born in West Bridgewater, 1831, Ira was the brother of Davis and Human Copeland, above. The brothers were Generation 9 Billington, Hopkins, & Cooke descendents courtesy of their mother Judith Washburn (Kingman) Copeland and Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins and Gen 9 Warren descendants via their father Francis Copeland. (See Davis Copeland description.) Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 632, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COPLEN, JOHN D.
This Gen. 10 Billington descendant is related to Eliza Ballou (above) and the Garfields (below.) According to the book from which this image was taken he was b. Fulton Co, IN in 1844. You would have to prove him & his wife, his parents, and possibly his grandparents to link yourself to the Mayflower Billingtons to any lineage society's satisfaction. Here is his lineage per the book: Ruth Ellis (Ballou) Coplen, James Ballou, Mehitable (Ingalls) Ballou, Sybil (Carpenter) Ingalls, Jotham Carpenter, Desire (Martin) Carpenter, Mercy (Billington) Martin, Francis Billington, John & Elinor (-) Billington of the Mayflower. Image & info from Adin Ballou, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America; Carefully Compiled and Edited, with Numerous Artistic Illustrations (Providence: Freeman, 1888), pp. 182, 429, 942, digitized by the University of Toronto.
This Gen. 10 Billington descendant is related to Eliza Ballou (above) and the Garfields (below.) According to the book from which this image was taken he was b. Fulton Co, IN in 1844. You would have to prove him & his wife, his parents, and possibly his grandparents to link yourself to the Mayflower Billingtons to any lineage society's satisfaction. Here is his lineage per the book: Ruth Ellis (Ballou) Coplen, James Ballou, Mehitable (Ingalls) Ballou, Sybil (Carpenter) Ingalls, Jotham Carpenter, Desire (Martin) Carpenter, Mercy (Billington) Martin, Francis Billington, John & Elinor (-) Billington of the Mayflower. Image & info from Adin Ballou, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America; Carefully Compiled and Edited, with Numerous Artistic Illustrations (Providence: Freeman, 1888), pp. 182, 429, 942, digitized by the University of Toronto.
CUSHMAN, AUSTIN SPRAGUE
The photo from which this was cropped shows Austin S. Cushman in his role as Department Commander, i.e. state leader for Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1867. He was then 40. His father Robert Woodward Cushman was cousin of David Quimby Cushman, below, thus Austin S. is a 1st cousin once removed. To figure this out requires a combination of vital records, online at the NEHGS an article in their NEHGR, then help from the Cushman family history where the image of his father was found. Austin was a Gen. 9 Billington and Allerton, an 8/9 Howland-Tilly, Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Soule. You can see his lines on those pages. Austin's Billington line would run: Robert Woodward Cushman, Job Cushman, Robert, Robert, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Cushman, Isaac Billington, Francis, John and Elinor Billington (all 3 on the Mayflower.) Image from MA GAR, Early History of the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. from 1866 to 1880 Inclusive (Boston: Stillings, 1895), frontispiece, digitized by the University of Massachusetts Libraries.
The photo from which this was cropped shows Austin S. Cushman in his role as Department Commander, i.e. state leader for Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1867. He was then 40. His father Robert Woodward Cushman was cousin of David Quimby Cushman, below, thus Austin S. is a 1st cousin once removed. To figure this out requires a combination of vital records, online at the NEHGS an article in their NEHGR, then help from the Cushman family history where the image of his father was found. Austin was a Gen. 9 Billington and Allerton, an 8/9 Howland-Tilly, Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, and 8 Soule. You can see his lines on those pages. Austin's Billington line would run: Robert Woodward Cushman, Job Cushman, Robert, Robert, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Cushman, Isaac Billington, Francis, John and Elinor Billington (all 3 on the Mayflower.) Image from MA GAR, Early History of the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. from 1866 to 1880 Inclusive (Boston: Stillings, 1895), frontispiece, digitized by the University of Massachusetts Libraries.
CUSHMAN, DAVID
Father of David Quimby Cushman and cousin of Robert Woodward Cushman, both below, and a cousin once removed of Austin S. Cushman, above, David (b. 1806, ME) was a Gen. 7 Billington & Allerton, 6/7 Howland-Tilley, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 6 Soule. See David Quimby's writeup for the lineage. The image shows him at age 48 and was made from a daguerrotype. The author included a lengthy autobiography written by David. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 376-81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Father of David Quimby Cushman and cousin of Robert Woodward Cushman, both below, and a cousin once removed of Austin S. Cushman, above, David (b. 1806, ME) was a Gen. 7 Billington & Allerton, 6/7 Howland-Tilley, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and 6 Soule. See David Quimby's writeup for the lineage. The image shows him at age 48 and was made from a daguerrotype. The author included a lengthy autobiography written by David. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 376-81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
CUSHMAN, DAVID QUIMBY
This is the sketch of a Gen. 8 Billington & Allerton, a 7/8 Howland-Tilley, and then some. He was 1st cousin of Robert Woodward Sprague, whose son Austin Sprague Cushman's writeup gives the actual Billington lineage. With David, substitute Kenelm for Job.
Author of the book from which this sketch was taken, the Rev. David Quimby Cushman was also an active member of the NEHGS and according to his obit in their NEHGR, David's paternal line was Kenelm, Robert, Robert, Robert, Thomas, Thomas, Robert Cushman. The second Robert of the three married Mercy Washburn, whose mother was Lydia Billington. The first Thomas married Mary Allerton (Gen 2), and the second Thomas married a Howland-Tilley daughter (Ruth). The Allerton silver book leaves off at Robert 2, Mercy, & son Robert 3 but the Billington and Howland (23:1:187) silver books reveal that the third Robert married a Martha Delano. The Delano "green books" by the GSMD show that she was an Alden-Mullins and Soule descendant. See those sections for that lineage. Image from D. Q. Cushman, The History of Ancient Sheepscot and New Castle [ME] (Bath, ME: Upton, 1882), frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
This is the sketch of a Gen. 8 Billington & Allerton, a 7/8 Howland-Tilley, and then some. He was 1st cousin of Robert Woodward Sprague, whose son Austin Sprague Cushman's writeup gives the actual Billington lineage. With David, substitute Kenelm for Job.
Author of the book from which this sketch was taken, the Rev. David Quimby Cushman was also an active member of the NEHGS and according to his obit in their NEHGR, David's paternal line was Kenelm, Robert, Robert, Robert, Thomas, Thomas, Robert Cushman. The second Robert of the three married Mercy Washburn, whose mother was Lydia Billington. The first Thomas married Mary Allerton (Gen 2), and the second Thomas married a Howland-Tilley daughter (Ruth). The Allerton silver book leaves off at Robert 2, Mercy, & son Robert 3 but the Billington and Howland (23:1:187) silver books reveal that the third Robert married a Martha Delano. The Delano "green books" by the GSMD show that she was an Alden-Mullins and Soule descendant. See those sections for that lineage. Image from D. Q. Cushman, The History of Ancient Sheepscot and New Castle [ME] (Bath, ME: Upton, 1882), frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
CUSHMAN, ROBERT WOODWARD
Father of Austin S. Cushman and cousin of David Q. Cushman, both above, Rev. Robert (b. 1800 Woolwich, ME) was a Gen. 8 Billington and Allerton, Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 7/8 Howland-Tilly, and Gen. 7 Soule descendant. See Austin S. Cushman's writeup for details. (Austin was also a Standish via his mother, Lucy Sprague.) The author of the book from which this image comes must be either a fan or a family member because he devoted over 20 pages to this one individual's work as a minister. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 144-5, 211-2, 382, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Henry W. himself has a writeup on this page.
Father of Austin S. Cushman and cousin of David Q. Cushman, both above, Rev. Robert (b. 1800 Woolwich, ME) was a Gen. 8 Billington and Allerton, Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 7/8 Howland-Tilly, and Gen. 7 Soule descendant. See Austin S. Cushman's writeup for details. (Austin was also a Standish via his mother, Lucy Sprague.) The author of the book from which this image comes must be either a fan or a family member because he devoted over 20 pages to this one individual's work as a minister. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 144-5, 211-2, 382, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Henry W. himself has a writeup on this page.
EDDY, MORTON
Son of Capt. Joshua Eddy (a Hopkins) and Lydia (Paddock) Eddy (see below), Morton (b. 1797) claimed in the book from which these images were taken that his mother was a descendant of Gov. Bradford. Billington begins with a "B." Lydia had collateral relatives who married Bradfords but was not herself a descendant of the governor. There are other errors, too, including a Benjamin Eddy who did NOT marry an Abigail Hathaway (and thus was NOT a Cooke.) Morton and others quoted in the book, a collection of reminiscences and correspondence read at an Eddy family reunion, also used the word "pilgrim" liberally to denote ancestors. Lydia's ancestor Thomas Faunce was an "early comer" but not a "Pilgrim" in the sense of you joining the Mayflower Society as his descendant. (See Zachary Eddy, Standish, for another example.) Lydia did have a Billington line and her son Morton was a Gen. 8 Billington. The Billington silver book gets as far as the marriage of his grandparents, Martha Washburn and Zechariah Paddock. Morton's Billington line runs: Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor, all 3 of the Mayflower. See his Hopkins writeup for that line. Note also that he was the brother of Nathaniel and Zechariah, below and a great uncle of Thomas Weston, also below. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 62, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Son of Capt. Joshua Eddy (a Hopkins) and Lydia (Paddock) Eddy (see below), Morton (b. 1797) claimed in the book from which these images were taken that his mother was a descendant of Gov. Bradford. Billington begins with a "B." Lydia had collateral relatives who married Bradfords but was not herself a descendant of the governor. There are other errors, too, including a Benjamin Eddy who did NOT marry an Abigail Hathaway (and thus was NOT a Cooke.) Morton and others quoted in the book, a collection of reminiscences and correspondence read at an Eddy family reunion, also used the word "pilgrim" liberally to denote ancestors. Lydia's ancestor Thomas Faunce was an "early comer" but not a "Pilgrim" in the sense of you joining the Mayflower Society as his descendant. (See Zachary Eddy, Standish, for another example.) Lydia did have a Billington line and her son Morton was a Gen. 8 Billington. The Billington silver book gets as far as the marriage of his grandparents, Martha Washburn and Zechariah Paddock. Morton's Billington line runs: Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor, all 3 of the Mayflower. See his Hopkins writeup for that line. Note also that he was the brother of Nathaniel and Zechariah, below and a great uncle of Thomas Weston, also below. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 62, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EDDY, NATHANIEL
Brother of Morton Eddy, above, and Zechariah Eddy, below, and son of Lydia Paddock, below, Nathaniel (b. 1785) was a Gen. 8 Billington and a Gen. 7 Hopkins on his father's side. See Morton's writeups for more details. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 252, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Brother of Morton Eddy, above, and Zechariah Eddy, below, and son of Lydia Paddock, below, Nathaniel (b. 1785) was a Gen. 8 Billington and a Gen. 7 Hopkins on his father's side. See Morton's writeups for more details. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 252, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EDDY, WILLIAM S.
William turned up in another book that mentioned his father and brother, and vital records bore out his place in the family tree. Born about 1790, he was younger than Zachariah and Nathaniel, but younger than Morton. Like his brothers he was also a Hopkins descendant, so see that section for the lineage. The Gen 8 Billington line runs: Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor, all 3 of the Mayflower. Info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 348-9, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hardcover edition at the LOC by me.
William turned up in another book that mentioned his father and brother, and vital records bore out his place in the family tree. Born about 1790, he was younger than Zachariah and Nathaniel, but younger than Morton. Like his brothers he was also a Hopkins descendant, so see that section for the lineage. The Gen 8 Billington line runs: Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor, all 3 of the Mayflower. Info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 348-9, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hardcover edition at the LOC by me.
EDDY, ZACHARIAH/ZECHARIAH
Brother of Morton, Nathaniel, and William S. Eddy, above, and son of Lydia Paddock, below, Zechariah (1780-1860) was a Gen. 8 Billington and a Gen. 7 Hopkins on his father's side. See Morton's writeups for more details. Info from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 257, digitized by the Boston Public Library. More info & same image in Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 230-2, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hardcover edition at the LOC by me.
Brother of Morton, Nathaniel, and William S. Eddy, above, and son of Lydia Paddock, below, Zechariah (1780-1860) was a Gen. 8 Billington and a Gen. 7 Hopkins on his father's side. See Morton's writeups for more details. Info from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 257, digitized by the Boston Public Library. More info & same image in Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 230-2, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hardcover edition at the LOC by me.
FULLER, ALBERT H.
Albert's photo is in the Brockton, MA library's collection (in Plymouth County) and was digitized for DigitalCommonwealth. With 10 lines, he is a descendant of John Billington, Francis Cooke, Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, Edward Doty, John Alden, George Soule, Myles Standish, William Mullins, and Stephen Hopkins, with pilgrims on both sides of his family. Part Two of the Billington silver book set gets the farthest along his line, to the marriage of Albert's paternal grandparents, Consider Fuller and Mercy Thompson. The vital records on the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) site gets you the rest of the way. Starting with his father, Albert's Gen 10 Billington line runs: Charles T. Fuller, Consider, John, Issachar, John, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis Billington and his parents John and Eleanor of the Mayflower. You can join the Mayflower Society on all 3 Billington passengers. See the other sections for Albert's other lines. At least one of them must have a really good sideburns gene. Image from the Brockton Public Library thanks to DigitalCommonwealth.
Albert's photo is in the Brockton, MA library's collection (in Plymouth County) and was digitized for DigitalCommonwealth. With 10 lines, he is a descendant of John Billington, Francis Cooke, Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, Edward Doty, John Alden, George Soule, Myles Standish, William Mullins, and Stephen Hopkins, with pilgrims on both sides of his family. Part Two of the Billington silver book set gets the farthest along his line, to the marriage of Albert's paternal grandparents, Consider Fuller and Mercy Thompson. The vital records on the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) site gets you the rest of the way. Starting with his father, Albert's Gen 10 Billington line runs: Charles T. Fuller, Consider, John, Issachar, John, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis Billington and his parents John and Eleanor of the Mayflower. You can join the Mayflower Society on all 3 Billington passengers. See the other sections for Albert's other lines. At least one of them must have a really good sideburns gene. Image from the Brockton Public Library thanks to DigitalCommonwealth.
FULLER, JOHN HAROLD
In the book with his writeup and picture, this Fuller is mentioned as a descendant of "the Pilgrims of the Mayflower," indicating the family memory was fuzzy, and he was of the Fuller branch that went to Vermont at least by 1788 and never wrote home. (See that writeup for the details and speculation re: this line.) The Samuel Fuller silver book revealed that he was also a descendant of the Billington Family, Francis Eaton, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 11 Billington line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus, Seth Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Martha (Billington) (Eaton) Crossman, Francis Billington and his parents, John and Ellinor of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Cooke, Soule, and Eaton lines, see those sections. See also his father's image and writeup, below. Image & a little info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 270-271, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
In the book with his writeup and picture, this Fuller is mentioned as a descendant of "the Pilgrims of the Mayflower," indicating the family memory was fuzzy, and he was of the Fuller branch that went to Vermont at least by 1788 and never wrote home. (See that writeup for the details and speculation re: this line.) The Samuel Fuller silver book revealed that he was also a descendant of the Billington Family, Francis Eaton, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 11 Billington line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus, Seth Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Martha (Billington) (Eaton) Crossman, Francis Billington and his parents, John and Ellinor of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Cooke, Soule, and Eaton lines, see those sections. See also his father's image and writeup, below. Image & a little info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 270-271, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
FULLER, JONATHAN KINGSLEY
See his son John Harold Fuller's writeup and image, above, for the Gen 10 lineage and other Pilgrim ancestors. The book with this image and a biography (a different volume than the son's) states that Rev. Fuller was born 13 May 1848 in Montgomery, VT. None of the digitized images on this site looks "good" but the Rev. looks touched up around the eyes. Better images are always appreciated. Image and some info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1907), pp. 120-2, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
See his son John Harold Fuller's writeup and image, above, for the Gen 10 lineage and other Pilgrim ancestors. The book with this image and a biography (a different volume than the son's) states that Rev. Fuller was born 13 May 1848 in Montgomery, VT. None of the digitized images on this site looks "good" but the Rev. looks touched up around the eyes. Better images are always appreciated. Image and some info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1907), pp. 120-2, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
GARFIELD, HARRY AUGUSTUS
Like brother James Rudolph Garfield, below, Harry's entry features his image at age in a group photo, here about age 17, along with a photo of him as an adult. The caption for the group photo, from the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, misidentifies him as the first boy on the left, but being two years older than James Rudolph, he must be the boy in the center. Thus the caption should read: "Mollie, James, Harry, Irving, Abram," assuming the latter 2 are correctly identified. The images on the left is cropped from the group photo of the Garfield children circa 1880, part of the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpbh-04667. The image on the right is from a scan of the Official Program and Souvenir, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 1761-1911 150th Anniversary Celebration, n.p., digitized by the University of MA, Amherst, and available for download at Internet Archive. |
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GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM
Taken between 1860 and 1865, at age 29-34, General James A. Garfield's picture on the left is preserved as a "negative: glass collodion" in the LOC's Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865 collection. He was promoted from Brigadier to Major General on 19 Sep 1863 and it is not clear which rank he held when this photo was made. In this image he appears thinner than usual and has light blue eyes. According to his wikipedia entry, he served at the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga. The crude woodcut at age 16 on the right is what the LOC has to offer, but there is a sharper version online. James A. Garfield was the son of Eliza Ballou, above, and father of Mollie, James Rudolph, and Harry Augustus Garfield on this page plus two other sons. See Eliza or Mollie's entries for his Gen. 9 Billington lineage. Image on the left from the LOC Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865 Collection, Washington, DC, digital file reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpb-06455. Image on the right from the LOC's Prints and Photographs Collection, reproduction number LC-USZ62-130173. |
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GARFIELD, JAMES RUDOLPH
Second oldest brother of Mary "Mollie" Garfield, below, and thus also a grandchild of Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, above, James is shown at about age 15 and probably in his late 30s or early 40s. See Mary's writeup for the Gen 10 lineage. Of the two brothers whose photos I have seen as adults, his coloring more closely resembles that of his father, President James Abram Garfield (above). Wikipedia has a photo of the future president at age 16 but it is not clear where it came from or who owns the rights. You can check it out for yourself. (The LOC's cruder woodcut version is above.) The group photo of the Garfield children circa 1880 is from the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpbh-04667. I believe it misidentifies James as the oldest boy; the caption should read: "Mollie, James, Harry, Irving, Abram." (Not having seen other images of Irving or Abram I do not know if the last two are correct, either.) The adult photo is from wikipedia but credited to the LOC. The online Garfield photos at loc.gov include a few similar poses, none of them enlargeable, with more and better images available in person should you go to Washington, DC. Rather than use a pixellated image I used this one from wikipedia. I do not know the actual reproduction number. |
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GARFIELD, MARY "MOLLIE"
Granddaughter of Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, above, Mollie was about 13 when this photo was taken, circa 1880. (It is part of a larger group photo with her siblings.) According to wikipedia she later married a Joseph Stanley-Brown and lived in NY and CA, so additional photos of her may be found in periodicals there. Here she appears to favor Eliza and her own mother, Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield. (See Lucretia's wikipedia entry with its wedding photo of her and 26-year-old unbearded James.) Her Gen 10 Billington lineage runs: James Abram Garfield, Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, Mehitable (Ingalls) Ballou, Sybil (Carpenter) Ingalls, Jotham Carpenter, Desire (Martin) Carpenter, Mercy (Billington) Martin, Francis and parents John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 passengers on the Mayflower. Image from the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpbh-04667.
Granddaughter of Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, above, Mollie was about 13 when this photo was taken, circa 1880. (It is part of a larger group photo with her siblings.) According to wikipedia she later married a Joseph Stanley-Brown and lived in NY and CA, so additional photos of her may be found in periodicals there. Here she appears to favor Eliza and her own mother, Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield. (See Lucretia's wikipedia entry with its wedding photo of her and 26-year-old unbearded James.) Her Gen 10 Billington lineage runs: James Abram Garfield, Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, Mehitable (Ingalls) Ballou, Sybil (Carpenter) Ingalls, Jotham Carpenter, Desire (Martin) Carpenter, Mercy (Billington) Martin, Francis and parents John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 passengers on the Mayflower. Image from the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpbh-04667.
Horton, Everett Southworth
Major Everett Southworth Horton of Attleboro (1836-1911) served in the Civil War and as a MA legislator. The son of Gideon Martin Horton and Sarah Southworth Smith, he was allegedly a Generation 8 Billington via his paternal grandmother, Pearcy (Martin) Horton, great-granddaughter of English immigrant John Martin and Mercy Billington, a Generation 3 Mayflower descendant. The book from which this photo and that of his brother James, below, came gives the 2 intermediate generations as Hezekiah Martins 1 & 2. Silver Book Vols. 5 & 21 list no Hezekiah's, but the NEHGS does show John & Mercy Martin of Rehoboth having a son Hezekiah, who had a son Hezekiah, who had a daughter Pearcy who married Cromwell Horton, as this book states. Everett was also a Generation 11 Chilton descendant, via his mother, whose grandmother Molly Southworth was granddaughter of the Constant Southworth listed as Generation 6 in the Chilton-More Silver Book. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 442, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Horton, James Jackson
Youngest sibling of Everett Southworth Horton, above, James (b. 1841) was also allegedly a Generation 8 Billington via his paternal grandmother, Pearcy (Martin) Horton, great-granddaughter of English immigrant John Martin and Mercy Billington, a Generation 3 Mayflower descendant. The book from which this photo came gives the 2 intermediate generations as Hezekiah Martins 1 & 2. Silver Book Vols. 5 & 21 list no Hezekiah's, but the NEHGS does show John & Mercy Martin of Rehoboth having a son Hezekiah, who had a son Hezekiah, who had a daughter Pearcy who married Cromwell Horton, as this book states. James was also a Generation 11 Chilton descendant, via his mother, whose grandmother Molly Southworth was granddaughter of the Constant Southworth listed as Generation 6 in the Chilton-More Silver Book. Confused yet? Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 447, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
KINGMAN, BENJAMIN
As one of three sons of Judith (Washburn) and Seth Kingman (see bio of nephew Bradford Kingman, below), he is a Generation 8 Billington and Cooke. image from his nephew's book: Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 19, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Kingman's other book about the town, History of North Bridgewater, has the same image with a bit more detail.
As one of three sons of Judith (Washburn) and Seth Kingman (see bio of nephew Bradford Kingman, below), he is a Generation 8 Billington and Cooke. image from his nephew's book: Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 19, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Kingman's other book about the town, History of North Bridgewater, has the same image with a bit more detail.
KINGMAN, BRADFORD
Bradford Kingman was a life member of the NEHGS and wrote several books such as this one on Brockton (formerly North Bridgewater) in Plymouth County. Mr. Kingman is a Generation 9 Billington and Cooke via his paternal great grandfather, Jabez Washburn, Jr., who appears as Generation 6 in both the Billington silver book via his father, Jabez, Sr., and the Cooke silver book thanks to his mother, Judith (Faunce) Washburn. For more information on her line, see Bradford's writeup in the Cooke section. Bradford's Billington line runs: Josiah Washburn Kingman, Judith (Washburn) Kingman, Jabez Washburn, Jr., Jabez, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 on the Mayflower. Image & info from Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 94, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Bradford Kingman was a life member of the NEHGS and wrote several books such as this one on Brockton (formerly North Bridgewater) in Plymouth County. Mr. Kingman is a Generation 9 Billington and Cooke via his paternal great grandfather, Jabez Washburn, Jr., who appears as Generation 6 in both the Billington silver book via his father, Jabez, Sr., and the Cooke silver book thanks to his mother, Judith (Faunce) Washburn. For more information on her line, see Bradford's writeup in the Cooke section. Bradford's Billington line runs: Josiah Washburn Kingman, Judith (Washburn) Kingman, Jabez Washburn, Jr., Jabez, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 on the Mayflower. Image & info from Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 94, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
KINGMAN, JOHN WASHBURN
Like Benjamin (above) and Josiah (below) one of three sons of Judith (Washburn) and Seth Kingman (see bio of nephew Bradford Kingman, above), John is a Generation 8 Billington and Cooke. image from his nephew's book: Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 137, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Like Benjamin (above) and Josiah (below) one of three sons of Judith (Washburn) and Seth Kingman (see bio of nephew Bradford Kingman, above), John is a Generation 8 Billington and Cooke. image from his nephew's book: Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 137, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
KINGMAN, JOSIAH WASHBURN
Also a son of Judith (Washburn) and Seth Kingman (see bio of son Bradford Kingman, above), he is a Generation 8 Cooke and Billington. He died in 1889. image from his son's book: Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 659, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Also a son of Judith (Washburn) and Seth Kingman (see bio of son Bradford Kingman, above), he is a Generation 8 Cooke and Billington. He died in 1889. image from his son's book: Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 659, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
KINGMAN, RUFUS PACKARD
Son of Benjamin (above), Rufus is a Generation 9 Cooke and Billington. He died in 1894. This picture is from his cousin's book. Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 662, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Son of Benjamin (above), Rufus is a Generation 9 Cooke and Billington. He died in 1894. This picture is from his cousin's book. Bradford Kingman, History of Brockton (Syracuse: Mason, 1895), p. 662, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Knowles, Thomas H.
Thomas H. Knowles, son of Thomas Knowles and Mary Keith Eaton, was a Generation 9 Billington and Generation 8 Eaton and Samuel Fuller descendant via his mother. The Eaton silver book gets as far as Generation 6, the individual I believe to be his maternal grandfather, Solomon Eaton. This is based on the 1881 New Bedford death record of a "Mary R. Knowles," widow, b. Middleboro, daughter of Solomon ___ and Clara K ____ of Middleboro. Per the book from which this photo was taken, that was the year Thomas H.'s mother died, as a widow. They lived in New Bedford and she was from Middleboro. Voila. (Corrections welcome.) Earlier Eaton males had married Martha Billington and Elizabeth Fuller. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 194, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
LUCAS, HORATIO ATWOOD
Horatio A. (1827-1887), the only child of Harvey Lucas & Sarah Atwood, held various town & Baptist church positions and had the good fortune to be from Carver, MA, where the town records from the early 1800s are full of chatty details. The same is true of Plympton, to which Carver had earlier belonged. Horatio was a Gen. 9 Billington & Allerton and a Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley via his mother, Sarah Atwood. He was a Gen. 8 Warren through his father. His Billington line runs: Sarah (Atwood) Lucas, Patience (Cobb) Atwood, Hannah (Cushman) Cobb, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and his parents John & Elinor (-) Billington, all of the Mayflower. See his Allerton, Warren, & Howland-Tilley writeups for those lineages. Image from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 272, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Vital records from the NEHGS.
Horatio A. (1827-1887), the only child of Harvey Lucas & Sarah Atwood, held various town & Baptist church positions and had the good fortune to be from Carver, MA, where the town records from the early 1800s are full of chatty details. The same is true of Plympton, to which Carver had earlier belonged. Horatio was a Gen. 9 Billington & Allerton and a Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley via his mother, Sarah Atwood. He was a Gen. 8 Warren through his father. His Billington line runs: Sarah (Atwood) Lucas, Patience (Cobb) Atwood, Hannah (Cushman) Cobb, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and his parents John & Elinor (-) Billington, all of the Mayflower. See his Allerton, Warren, & Howland-Tilley writeups for those lineages. Image from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 272, digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Vital records from the NEHGS.
PADDOCK, LYDIA
As the wife of Revolutionary War officer Capt. Joshua Eddy, Lydia (1756-1838) became the mother of Morton Eddy (above) and bequeathed upon him his Billington genes. This image and that of her husband (see Hopkins) are said to be copies of portraits painted before 1830, when they were "in their advanced age, and not fitly representing them as they were in the freshness and vigor of their powers, 'before they eye was dimmed and the natural force abated." Still, she looks good for her early 70s. Lydia's Gen. 7 Billington line runs as follows: Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 on board the Mayflower. See Morton's writeup for more details. The Billington silver book gets as far as the marriage of her parents, Martha Washburn and Zechariah Paddock. The NEHGS site has vital records for her birth and marriage. Besides the Eddys, above, she was the great-grandmother of Thomas Weston, below. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 250, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
As the wife of Revolutionary War officer Capt. Joshua Eddy, Lydia (1756-1838) became the mother of Morton Eddy (above) and bequeathed upon him his Billington genes. This image and that of her husband (see Hopkins) are said to be copies of portraits painted before 1830, when they were "in their advanced age, and not fitly representing them as they were in the freshness and vigor of their powers, 'before they eye was dimmed and the natural force abated." Still, she looks good for her early 70s. Lydia's Gen. 7 Billington line runs as follows: Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 on board the Mayflower. See Morton's writeup for more details. The Billington silver book gets as far as the marriage of her parents, Martha Washburn and Zechariah Paddock. The NEHGS site has vital records for her birth and marriage. Besides the Eddys, above, she was the great-grandmother of Thomas Weston, below. Image from R. H. Eddy, The Eddy family: Reunion at Providence to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630 (Boston: Cushing, ca. 1880), p. 250, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
PETTINGILL, SEWALL
There should be more information and probably a better photo somewhere of the Hon. Sewall Pettingill. He wrote a book about his experiences during the Civil War in Co. F, 11th Regt. Maine Volunteers and later served in numerous town and county offices. Although the book from which this photo comes does not mention Mayflower connections, his grandmother was Lydia (Cobb) Pettingill of Bridgwater, Plymouth County, MA and the Cobbs married into many Mayflower families. In this case, she was a Generation 7 Billington and Allerton and a Generation 6 Howland via her mother, Hannah (Cushman) Cobb. The name Cushman should alert you to Allerton, and the Silver Books very helpfully point out other pilgrim lines. Sewall is a Generation 9 Billington and Allerton, and a Generation 8 Howland-Tilley. His Billington line runs: Isaac Pettingill, Lydia (Cobb) Pettingill, Hannah (Cushman) Cobb, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and his parents John and Ellinor Billington, all 3 the Mayflower. Photo and info on Sewall, his parents, and grandparents from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 236-7, digitized by the New York Public Library.
There should be more information and probably a better photo somewhere of the Hon. Sewall Pettingill. He wrote a book about his experiences during the Civil War in Co. F, 11th Regt. Maine Volunteers and later served in numerous town and county offices. Although the book from which this photo comes does not mention Mayflower connections, his grandmother was Lydia (Cobb) Pettingill of Bridgwater, Plymouth County, MA and the Cobbs married into many Mayflower families. In this case, she was a Generation 7 Billington and Allerton and a Generation 6 Howland via her mother, Hannah (Cushman) Cobb. The name Cushman should alert you to Allerton, and the Silver Books very helpfully point out other pilgrim lines. Sewall is a Generation 9 Billington and Allerton, and a Generation 8 Howland-Tilley. His Billington line runs: Isaac Pettingill, Lydia (Cobb) Pettingill, Hannah (Cushman) Cobb, Mercy (Washburn) Cushman, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis and his parents John and Ellinor Billington, all 3 the Mayflower. Photo and info on Sewall, his parents, and grandparents from History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebec County, ME (Augusta: Maine Farmer Publishing, 1898), pp. 236-7, digitized by the New York Public Library.
PRATT, FRANCIS GREENLEAF JR.
Francis G. Pratt Jr. (1850-1894) worked in publishing and was a personal acquaintance of the author of the book with this photo, a history of their church in Middleborough, MA. He also turns out to be a distant cousin - see Thomas Weston's writeup below. Francis was a Billington & Hopkins thanks to his maternal grandfather, Zachariah Eddy, above, an Allerton & Warren via the Pratts and an Eaton, Priest, and Alden-Mullins thanks to his father's mother. (See those other sections for the lineages.) Beginning with his mother, Francis's Gen 10 Billington line runs: Charlotte Elizabeth (Eddy) Pratt, Zachariah Eddy, Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor, all 3 of the Mayflower. Most of the lineage data is from the vital records and some probate records on the NEHGS but the image & a little biographical data came from Thomas Weston, Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 92, 120, 126, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Francis G. Pratt Jr. (1850-1894) worked in publishing and was a personal acquaintance of the author of the book with this photo, a history of their church in Middleborough, MA. He also turns out to be a distant cousin - see Thomas Weston's writeup below. Francis was a Billington & Hopkins thanks to his maternal grandfather, Zachariah Eddy, above, an Allerton & Warren via the Pratts and an Eaton, Priest, and Alden-Mullins thanks to his father's mother. (See those other sections for the lineages.) Beginning with his mother, Francis's Gen 10 Billington line runs: Charlotte Elizabeth (Eddy) Pratt, Zachariah Eddy, Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor, all 3 of the Mayflower. Most of the lineage data is from the vital records and some probate records on the NEHGS but the image & a little biographical data came from Thomas Weston, Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 92, 120, 126, digitized by the Library of Congress.
ROBINSON, MORRILL
There was nothing in the book with this photo to help identify Dr. Morrill Robinson's pilgrim ancestors but eventually I found him to be a descendant of the Billingtons, Samuel Fuller, and Francis Eaton. See the other sections for those write-ups. The Fuller & Eaton silver books get to the birth and marriage of his mother, once you stumble onto the right links. The Billington book stops with the marriage of his maternal grandmother. Eventually he turned out to be a Gen 8 Billington as follows: Hannah (Pierce) Robinson, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis Billington and his parents John & Ellinor, all of the Mayflower. Dr. Robinson also served in the legislature (1842-3) so there may be a better image of him somewhere else. This image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 241, 414-5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
There was nothing in the book with this photo to help identify Dr. Morrill Robinson's pilgrim ancestors but eventually I found him to be a descendant of the Billingtons, Samuel Fuller, and Francis Eaton. See the other sections for those write-ups. The Fuller & Eaton silver books get to the birth and marriage of his mother, once you stumble onto the right links. The Billington book stops with the marriage of his maternal grandmother. Eventually he turned out to be a Gen 8 Billington as follows: Hannah (Pierce) Robinson, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis Billington and his parents John & Ellinor, all of the Mayflower. Dr. Robinson also served in the legislature (1842-3) so there may be a better image of him somewhere else. This image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), pp. 241, 414-5, digitized by the Library of Congress.
STACKPOLE, EVERETT BIRNEY
See the writeup of his father, Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, below, for details. Capt. Stackpole, b. 1879 in ME, served during WWI first in the Canadian military (1914-15) then in combat for the US (1915-18.) He served another 2 years and was a colonel in the PA National Guard. I looked for a WWI draft card, which would have had a physical description, but found none. He should be 35-41 years old here. Everett would be a Gen. 10 Billington and a Gen. 9 Rogers, Eaton, and S. Fuller descendant. Image and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), p. 328, digitized by the New York Public Library, and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), pp. 73-74, digitized by Boston University.
See the writeup of his father, Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, below, for details. Capt. Stackpole, b. 1879 in ME, served during WWI first in the Canadian military (1914-15) then in combat for the US (1915-18.) He served another 2 years and was a colonel in the PA National Guard. I looked for a WWI draft card, which would have had a physical description, but found none. He should be 35-41 years old here. Everett would be a Gen. 10 Billington and a Gen. 9 Rogers, Eaton, and S. Fuller descendant. Image and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), p. 328, digitized by the New York Public Library, and info from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), pp. 73-74, digitized by Boston University.
STACKPOLE, EVERETT SCHERMERHORN
Teacher, minister, and prolific genealogical/historical writer, Everett was also a Gen 9 Billington descendent and a Rogers, Samuel Fuller, and Gen. 8 Eaton descendant as well. (See those sections for the lineages.) His image is in more than one book but his history of Durham, ME and his Stackpole family genealogy give the necessary details on his own ancestors. Everett's Billington line runs: Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole, Elijah Macomber, Thankful (Canady) Macomber, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canady, Samuel Eaton, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis and his parents John and Elinor (-) Billington of the Mayflower. The Billington silver book gets as far as Thankful but the Eaton and Rogers silver books take the line to the birth of his paternal grandfather, Elijah Macomber, who died (1849) the year before Everett was born. Presumably his mother was able to provide the remaining details. The censuses enumerate the heads of these households but the vital records of Durham are not on the NEHGS. If you wish to prove ancestry on this line you will need to get additional proof to augment the book. Since Everett was born in 1850 and his Durham, ME book was published in 1899 he was no older than 49 in this picture (which he also used in his 1920 2nd edition family genealogy.) Image from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), p. 73, digitized by Boston University. Info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), pp. 145-7, digitized by the New York Public Library.
Teacher, minister, and prolific genealogical/historical writer, Everett was also a Gen 9 Billington descendent and a Rogers, Samuel Fuller, and Gen. 8 Eaton descendant as well. (See those sections for the lineages.) His image is in more than one book but his history of Durham, ME and his Stackpole family genealogy give the necessary details on his own ancestors. Everett's Billington line runs: Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole, Elijah Macomber, Thankful (Canady) Macomber, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canady, Samuel Eaton, Martha (Billington) Eaton, Francis and his parents John and Elinor (-) Billington of the Mayflower. The Billington silver book gets as far as Thankful but the Eaton and Rogers silver books take the line to the birth of his paternal grandfather, Elijah Macomber, who died (1849) the year before Everett was born. Presumably his mother was able to provide the remaining details. The censuses enumerate the heads of these households but the vital records of Durham are not on the NEHGS. If you wish to prove ancestry on this line you will need to get additional proof to augment the book. Since Everett was born in 1850 and his Durham, ME book was published in 1899 he was no older than 49 in this picture (which he also used in his 1920 2nd edition family genealogy.) Image from Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham Maine with Genealogical Notes (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1899), p. 73, digitized by Boston University. Info from Everett S. Stackpole, History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family, 2d ed. (Lewiston: Lewiston Journal, 1920), pp. 145-7, digitized by the New York Public Library.
STETSON, EZRA H.
The 1751 marriage of Ezra's great-great-grandparents, Lydia Washburn & Abel Stetson, in Plympton, MA, is in the 2014 Billington silver book and the NEHGS database. He was a shoe manufacturer in South Weymouth, MA when this photo was taken. The text in the book from which it came picks up with his great-grandparents' 1796 move to Sumner, ME, where he was born years later. Hezekiah Stetson's 1752 birth and 1780 marriage in Pembroke, MA are online, but once again, we have a family that disappears into The Wilds of Maine. You will have to prove everything from Hezekiah's son Hezekiah, Jr. down to Ezra if you are a descendant. (It will help if the "H." is for Hezekiah.) Using the Stetson Kindred newsletter for his parents and grandparents, here is Ezra's proposed Gen 10 Billington line: Josiah Tilson Stetson, Hezekiah 2d, Hezekiah, Lydia (Washburn) Stetson, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Wasbhurn, Isaac Billington, Francis, with John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 of the Mayflower. Image & info from Nelson M. Stetson, comp., Stetson Kindred of America (Incorporated), No. 4 (Rockland, MA: A. I. Randall, 1914), p. 138, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
The 1751 marriage of Ezra's great-great-grandparents, Lydia Washburn & Abel Stetson, in Plympton, MA, is in the 2014 Billington silver book and the NEHGS database. He was a shoe manufacturer in South Weymouth, MA when this photo was taken. The text in the book from which it came picks up with his great-grandparents' 1796 move to Sumner, ME, where he was born years later. Hezekiah Stetson's 1752 birth and 1780 marriage in Pembroke, MA are online, but once again, we have a family that disappears into The Wilds of Maine. You will have to prove everything from Hezekiah's son Hezekiah, Jr. down to Ezra if you are a descendant. (It will help if the "H." is for Hezekiah.) Using the Stetson Kindred newsletter for his parents and grandparents, here is Ezra's proposed Gen 10 Billington line: Josiah Tilson Stetson, Hezekiah 2d, Hezekiah, Lydia (Washburn) Stetson, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Wasbhurn, Isaac Billington, Francis, with John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 of the Mayflower. Image & info from Nelson M. Stetson, comp., Stetson Kindred of America (Incorporated), No. 4 (Rockland, MA: A. I. Randall, 1914), p. 138, digitized by the Allen County Public Library.
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMSON, ISAAC
The Hon. Isaac (1745/6-1819) was a Billington, Cooke, and Brown/Browne descendant. His birth is noted in the Brown & Cooke silver books and the Billington book adds his marriage to Lucy Sturtevant. His Gen 6 Billington line runs: Lydia (Wood) Tomson, Mary (Billington) Wood, Isaac Billington, Francis and his parents John & Eleanor, all of the Mayflower. See the Browne/Brown and Cooke sections for those lineages. There is a different, uncredited picture on findagrave in which he looks a little younger, with a combover and longish hair on the sides. In the scan to the left you can barely make out hair on the right side of his head. Image and dates from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 386-7, digitized by the Library of Congress, but I rescanned the image from the hardcover edition at the LOC for better resolution.
The Hon. Isaac (1745/6-1819) was a Billington, Cooke, and Brown/Browne descendant. His birth is noted in the Brown & Cooke silver books and the Billington book adds his marriage to Lucy Sturtevant. His Gen 6 Billington line runs: Lydia (Wood) Tomson, Mary (Billington) Wood, Isaac Billington, Francis and his parents John & Eleanor, all of the Mayflower. See the Browne/Brown and Cooke sections for those lineages. There is a different, uncredited picture on findagrave in which he looks a little younger, with a combover and longish hair on the sides. In the scan to the left you can barely make out hair on the right side of his head. Image and dates from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 386-7, digitized by the Library of Congress, but I rescanned the image from the hardcover edition at the LOC for better resolution.
WESTON, THOMAS
Thomas may have known he was a direct descendant of Gen 7 Lydia Paddock and a cousin of sorts to the Eddys, above, as the author of two Middleboro, MA histories. By the time the first one was published he was a lawyer living in Newton, MA in 1895, and about age 60 in this image. He died in 1920 and his death certificate and the vital records of his family on the NEHGS site confirm his parentage and birthplace. His nearest Mayflower ancestor who appeared in a GSMD silver books is his paternal grandmother Abigail (Doggett) Weston in the Samuel Fuller book. Thomas's Gen 10 Billington line runs: Thalia (Eddy) Weston, Joshua Eddy, Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 Mayflower passengers. Thomas's namesake grandfather was a Soule, Howland-Tilley, Cooke, and Brown - see those lineages in the grandfather's writeups in those sections. Image and info from Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 55, 120, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Thomas may have known he was a direct descendant of Gen 7 Lydia Paddock and a cousin of sorts to the Eddys, above, as the author of two Middleboro, MA histories. By the time the first one was published he was a lawyer living in Newton, MA in 1895, and about age 60 in this image. He died in 1920 and his death certificate and the vital records of his family on the NEHGS site confirm his parentage and birthplace. His nearest Mayflower ancestor who appeared in a GSMD silver books is his paternal grandmother Abigail (Doggett) Weston in the Samuel Fuller book. Thomas's Gen 10 Billington line runs: Thalia (Eddy) Weston, Joshua Eddy, Lydia (Paddock) Eddy, Martha (Washburn) Paddock, Elisha Washburn, Lydia (Billington) Washburn, Isaac Billington, Francis, John & Elinor (-) Billington, all 3 Mayflower passengers. Thomas's namesake grandfather was a Soule, Howland-Tilley, Cooke, and Brown - see those lineages in the grandfather's writeups in those sections. Image and info from Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 55, 120, digitized by the Library of Congress.
