BOLSTER, HORACE NEWELL
See cousin William Wheeler Bolster's writeup, below, for more details. His Gen. 9 Eaton line is identical to that of his younger brother Solomon, immediately below, and he is also an Allerton & Priest descendant. His Eaton line runs: Gideon Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Born also in Paris, ME in 1831, Horace was a storekeeper and captain of two units in the Civil War, Co. F 23rd Regt. and Co. K 12th Regt. Civil War records and web sites might be a source of more photos. Image and info from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), pp. 381 and 527-9, digitized by the Library of Congress.
See cousin William Wheeler Bolster's writeup, below, for more details. His Gen. 9 Eaton line is identical to that of his younger brother Solomon, immediately below, and he is also an Allerton & Priest descendant. His Eaton line runs: Gideon Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Born also in Paris, ME in 1831, Horace was a storekeeper and captain of two units in the Civil War, Co. F 23rd Regt. and Co. K 12th Regt. Civil War records and web sites might be a source of more photos. Image and info from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), pp. 381 and 527-9, digitized by the Library of Congress.
BOLSTER, SOLOMON ALONZO
See cousin William Wheeler Bolster's writeup, below and on the Allerton page, for more details. Briefly, Solomon A. was born in Paris, ME in 1835 and practiced law there. Like his older brother Horace, above he is an Eaton, Allerton, and Priest descendant (write-ups on corresponding pages.) His Gen. 9 Eaton line runs: Gideon Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Solomon was an orderly sergeant in Co. F, 23rd Regt. during the Civil War, a unit that Horace commanded. He was promoted to 2d lieutenant. Civil War sources might provide more photos.Image and info from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), pp. 417, and 527-9, digitized by the Library of Congress.
See cousin William Wheeler Bolster's writeup, below and on the Allerton page, for more details. Briefly, Solomon A. was born in Paris, ME in 1835 and practiced law there. Like his older brother Horace, above he is an Eaton, Allerton, and Priest descendant (write-ups on corresponding pages.) His Gen. 9 Eaton line runs: Gideon Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Solomon was an orderly sergeant in Co. F, 23rd Regt. during the Civil War, a unit that Horace commanded. He was promoted to 2d lieutenant. Civil War sources might provide more photos.Image and info from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), pp. 417, and 527-9, digitized by the Library of Congress.
BOLSTER, WILLIAM WHEELER
Calling William Wheeler & cousins a Gen. 9 Eaton is one of my "out on a limb" statements. (See William's Allerton writeup for details.) Here is the proposed Eaton line: Alvan/Alvin Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image & some info from H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Metropolitan, 1885), p. 411; info as to Hannah Cushman's parentage from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), p. 527. (Silas P. Maxim is on Mayflowerfaces.com as an Alden-Mullins, Brewster, Browne, and Soule.) The Biographical Encyclopedia was digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library and the History of Paris by the Library of Congress.
Calling William Wheeler & cousins a Gen. 9 Eaton is one of my "out on a limb" statements. (See William's Allerton writeup for details.) Here is the proposed Eaton line: Alvan/Alvin Bolster, Hannah (Cushman) Bolster, Gideon Cushman, Caleb, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Image & some info from H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Metropolitan, 1885), p. 411; info as to Hannah Cushman's parentage from Wm. P. Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris: privately published, 1884), p. 527. (Silas P. Maxim is on Mayflowerfaces.com as an Alden-Mullins, Brewster, Browne, and Soule.) The Biographical Encyclopedia was digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library and the History of Paris by the Library of Congress.
BUMPUS, EDWARD AVERY
Army lieutenant Edward (1875-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton, as was his brother Chauncey, below. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants.Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Image from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), frontispiece.
Army lieutenant Edward (1875-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton, as was his brother Chauncey, below. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants.Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Image from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), frontispiece.
BUMPUS, EVERETT CEPHAS
Father of Edward Avery (above) and Everett Chauncey (below) and sadly the author of their memorial, Everett C. was a Gen. 9 Eaton and an Allerton, Billington, S. Fuller, Howland-Tilley, and Chilton descendant. See the Allerton write-ups of all 3 for the details and full photo credits, and see either son's Eaton writeup here for the lineage. In the photo on the left he is about 55 and in the two on the right he is about 20, younger than his sons. Images 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 & from "Civil War," Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C. |
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BUMPUS, EVERETT CHAUNCEY
Like his brother Edward, Chauncey (1873-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton on his father's side. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants. Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Images from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), p. 117.
Like his brother Edward, Chauncey (1873-1901) was a Generation 10 Eaton on his father's side. See their Allerton writeups for more details, but the brothers were also Allerton, Chilton, Howland-Tilley, Billington, and Fuller descendants. Their line to Francis Eaton runs as follows: father Everett Cephas Bumpus, Cephas Cushman Bumpus, Lydia (Cushman) Bumpus, Lydia (Fuller) Cushman, Capt. Josiah Fuller, Ebenezer, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis. Images from Everett C. Bumpus, In Memoriam (for the love I bear my dead) (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, 1902), p. 117.
COBB, WILLIAM SAMUEL
He was age 43 when he signed on as captain of Co. G, 3rd MA Vol. Infantry during the Civil War and began recruiting fellow New Bedfordites to serve. In civilian life, the author of the book with this photo described him as "in the outfitting business" (presumably for whaling voyages) and a past city marshall. (There might be a better image in New Bedford archives or histories.) After the war he became high sheriff of Bristol Co. I found nothing about marriage and death on the NEHGS so do not know if he left descendants. Born in Rochester 1817, William was six when his father, Dr. Samuel Cobb died and widow Jemima (Perkins) Cobb seems never to have remarried. Dr. Cobb was the source of William's Eaton, Allerton, and Priest genes. See the other write-ups for the other lines, but his Gen 8 Eaton lineage, starting with his father, is: Samuel Cobb, Sarah (Cushman) Cobb, Caleb Cushman, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Sarah (Cushman) Cobb is in the Eaton & Allerton books; vital records on the NEHGS provide the other details. Image from John G. Gammons, The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1863 (Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1906), p. 221, digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
He was age 43 when he signed on as captain of Co. G, 3rd MA Vol. Infantry during the Civil War and began recruiting fellow New Bedfordites to serve. In civilian life, the author of the book with this photo described him as "in the outfitting business" (presumably for whaling voyages) and a past city marshall. (There might be a better image in New Bedford archives or histories.) After the war he became high sheriff of Bristol Co. I found nothing about marriage and death on the NEHGS so do not know if he left descendants. Born in Rochester 1817, William was six when his father, Dr. Samuel Cobb died and widow Jemima (Perkins) Cobb seems never to have remarried. Dr. Cobb was the source of William's Eaton, Allerton, and Priest genes. See the other write-ups for the other lines, but his Gen 8 Eaton lineage, starting with his father, is: Samuel Cobb, Sarah (Cushman) Cobb, Caleb Cushman, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Sarah (Cushman) Cobb is in the Eaton & Allerton books; vital records on the NEHGS provide the other details. Image from John G. Gammons, The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1863 (Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1906), p. 221, digitized by the New York Public Libraries.
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 those sections for those lineages.) John's Gen. 8 Eaton line runs: Abigail (Eaton) Coombs, Solomon Eaton, Ziba, Barnabas, Samuel, Samuel, Francis & Sarah (---) Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth of Solomon and the family's move to Bowdoinham, ME is in the Eaton silver book, p. 59, (and the S. Fuller book) and helps you distinguish him from the Solomon on p. 117 (below), son of Jabez. Both families were innholders in Middleboro, MA and both Solomons were b. 1774, but were just distantly related. 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 those sections for those lineages.) John's Gen. 8 Eaton line runs: Abigail (Eaton) Coombs, Solomon Eaton, Ziba, Barnabas, Samuel, Samuel, Francis & Sarah (---) Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth of Solomon and the family's move to Bowdoinham, ME is in the Eaton silver book, p. 59, (and the S. Fuller book) and helps you distinguish him from the Solomon on p. 117 (below), son of Jabez. Both families were innholders in Middleboro, MA and both Solomons were b. 1774, but were just distantly related. 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.
CUSHMAN, ARA
Ara, son of Ara and Esther (Merrill) Cushman, was a Generation 8 Eaton but also an Allerton, Howland (twice), and Priest due to early intermarriages. (See those writeups for details.) The Eaton Silver Book gives the lineage as: Francis - Benjamin - Benjamin - Sarah (Eaton) + Thomas Cushman - Thomas.) The Eaton & Allerton Silver Books and John Howland of the Mayflower vols. 2 & 3 all get as far as the birth of Ara's grandfather Thomas Cushman. He and wife Ruth Ring had only two children, including Ara, Sr. That Ara married Esther Merrill and had five children in Minot, ME. The younger Ara (pictured) lived from 1829 to 1904. The two older Aras are not in the NEHGS database but the marriage and WWI service of grandson Ara (b. 1872, Auburn, ME) is. If you read the writeup on this Ara in the book mentioned below you will agree it is unlikely that his widow and adult children, interviewed 4 or 5 years later for this book, invented Ara's parents and grandparents out of whole cloth. Still, if you are a descendant of this Ara, you would need to find documentation establishing all the links from the birth of grandfather Thomas Allerton (1758-1816) and grandmother Ruth Ring (m. 1783), you would need to search for Maine vital records. This book is a helpful roadmap but does not alone constitute proof. (While you are at it, see if Ruth Ring is a Mayflower descendant.) Image and info from Little, Burrage, Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. II (NY: Lewish Historical Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 867-8, digitized by Columbia University.
Ara, son of Ara and Esther (Merrill) Cushman, was a Generation 8 Eaton but also an Allerton, Howland (twice), and Priest due to early intermarriages. (See those writeups for details.) The Eaton Silver Book gives the lineage as: Francis - Benjamin - Benjamin - Sarah (Eaton) + Thomas Cushman - Thomas.) The Eaton & Allerton Silver Books and John Howland of the Mayflower vols. 2 & 3 all get as far as the birth of Ara's grandfather Thomas Cushman. He and wife Ruth Ring had only two children, including Ara, Sr. That Ara married Esther Merrill and had five children in Minot, ME. The younger Ara (pictured) lived from 1829 to 1904. The two older Aras are not in the NEHGS database but the marriage and WWI service of grandson Ara (b. 1872, Auburn, ME) is. If you read the writeup on this Ara in the book mentioned below you will agree it is unlikely that his widow and adult children, interviewed 4 or 5 years later for this book, invented Ara's parents and grandparents out of whole cloth. Still, if you are a descendant of this Ara, you would need to find documentation establishing all the links from the birth of grandfather Thomas Allerton (1758-1816) and grandmother Ruth Ring (m. 1783), you would need to search for Maine vital records. This book is a helpful roadmap but does not alone constitute proof. (While you are at it, see if Ruth Ring is a Mayflower descendant.) Image and info from Little, Burrage, Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. II (NY: Lewish Historical Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 867-8, digitized by Columbia University.
CUSHMAN, HERCULES
The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a Gen. 7 Eaton, a Soule, Cooke, Priest, Standish, Alden, and Mullins descendant on his mother's side and a Gen. 8 Warren and Gen 7 Allerton on his father's side. The image at top left is a scan of an engraving of a Daguerrotype of an oil painting done from life. Hercules's Eaton line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of Mercy Soule and the Soule pink book covers her marriage to Noah Cushman. It also states that Gen. 2 Benjamin Eaton's wife was Sarah Hoskins, daughter of Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins. However, the book from which this image was taken notes no Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins and neither does the Allerton book. If she is a sister of Mary Allerton's husband Thomas (no siblings are noted in either book) that could account for the surname. See Hercules' other write-ups for more details. 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. 167, 283, 288, 289-292, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Caution: This edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.
The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a Gen. 7 Eaton, a Soule, Cooke, Priest, Standish, Alden, and Mullins descendant on his mother's side and a Gen. 8 Warren and Gen 7 Allerton on his father's side. The image at top left is a scan of an engraving of a Daguerrotype of an oil painting done from life. Hercules's Eaton line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of Mercy Soule and the Soule pink book covers her marriage to Noah Cushman. It also states that Gen. 2 Benjamin Eaton's wife was Sarah Hoskins, daughter of Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins. However, the book from which this image was taken notes no Sarah (Cushman) Hoskins and neither does the Allerton book. If she is a sister of Mary Allerton's husband Thomas (no siblings are noted in either book) that could account for the surname. See Hercules' other write-ups for more details. 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. 167, 283, 288, 289-292, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Caution: This edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.
CUSHMAN, SAMUEL
The Hon. Samuel Cushman of Portsmouth, NH (b ME 1783) was age 66 when the engraving reproduced in the book below was made. In addition to being an Eaton, he was a double Howland-Tilley, Allerton, and Priest. His Gen 7 Eaton line is via his paternal great-grandmother, as follows: Job Cushman, Thomas, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. All his lines are in GSMD books through the birth of his father except the Priest volume. See the other sections for those specific lines. 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. 274-5, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
The Hon. Samuel Cushman of Portsmouth, NH (b ME 1783) was age 66 when the engraving reproduced in the book below was made. In addition to being an Eaton, he was a double Howland-Tilley, Allerton, and Priest. His Gen 7 Eaton line is via his paternal great-grandmother, as follows: Job Cushman, Thomas, Sarah (Eaton) Cushman, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. All his lines are in GSMD books through the birth of his father except the Priest volume. See the other sections for those specific lines. 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. 274-5, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EATON, EPHRAIM LLEWELLYN
When you check the Eaton silver book, you will see that the source for the descendants of Gen 5 Jabez Eaton is this man, the Rev. Ephraim L. Eaton (b 1846) of Wisconsin. Solomon Eaton, below, would be his grandfather's brother. If you wish you join on this line you will still have to document his claims beyond the birth of the 10 Jabez Eaton Jr. children of Middleboro, MA and NY state who seem to have survived to adulthood. Ephraim's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Almond/Almon Ransom Eaton, Jabez Jr., Jabez, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Ephraim is also a descendant of pilgrims Degory Priest, Thomas Rogers, John Alden, and William & Priscilla Mullins, the latter three all Mayflower passengers. See the Priest and Alden-Mullins sections of this web site for those lineages. Image and info from Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, History Genealogical and Biographical of the Eaton Families (Syracuse: Bardeen, 1911), pp. 43-44, 52-3, 62-3, 78-9, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
When you check the Eaton silver book, you will see that the source for the descendants of Gen 5 Jabez Eaton is this man, the Rev. Ephraim L. Eaton (b 1846) of Wisconsin. Solomon Eaton, below, would be his grandfather's brother. If you wish you join on this line you will still have to document his claims beyond the birth of the 10 Jabez Eaton Jr. children of Middleboro, MA and NY state who seem to have survived to adulthood. Ephraim's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Almond/Almon Ransom Eaton, Jabez Jr., Jabez, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Ephraim is also a descendant of pilgrims Degory Priest, Thomas Rogers, John Alden, and William & Priscilla Mullins, the latter three all Mayflower passengers. See the Priest and Alden-Mullins sections of this web site for those lineages. Image and info from Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, History Genealogical and Biographical of the Eaton Families (Syracuse: Bardeen, 1911), pp. 43-44, 52-3, 62-3, 78-9, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
EATON, OLIVER
Oliver was a Gen. 7 Eaton, Gen. 8 Priest, Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 9 Rogers. He might have an additional Alden-Mullins line through his mother Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, if you can find her. See Solomon's writeup for the lineage. The book with the father-son images was rather lax in linking the two Eatons so you will need to get documentation beyond the birth of Solomon. It helps that the Middleboro book identifies Oliver's brother as Solomon K. Eaton, "K." probably standing for "Keith." Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 413, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Oliver was a Gen. 7 Eaton, Gen. 8 Priest, Gen. 7/8 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 9 Rogers. He might have an additional Alden-Mullins line through his mother Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, if you can find her. See Solomon's writeup for the lineage. The book with the father-son images was rather lax in linking the two Eatons so you will need to get documentation beyond the birth of Solomon. It helps that the Middleboro book identifies Oliver's brother as Solomon K. Eaton, "K." probably standing for "Keith." Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 413, digitized by the Library of Congress.
EATON, SOLOMON
Like his son Oliver, above, Solomon is an Eaton descendant, a Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins as well. Since Solomon married a Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, Oliver may have an additional Alden-Mullins line but you will have to look harder for it than I did. Solomon was an innkeeper and died in Bridgewater. His birth is in the Eaton and Alden silver books (Part 3) as Gen. 6. The Eaton line runs: Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis the pilgrim. See his Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 412, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Like his son Oliver, above, Solomon is an Eaton descendant, a Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins as well. Since Solomon married a Polly Keith, b. ca. 1779, Oliver may have an additional Alden-Mullins line but you will have to look harder for it than I did. Solomon was an innkeeper and died in Bridgewater. His birth is in the Eaton and Alden silver books (Part 3) as Gen. 6. The Eaton line runs: Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis the pilgrim. See his Priest, Rogers, and Alden-Mullins writeups for those lines. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 412, digitized by the Library of Congress.
EDSON, SALLY
Sally (Edson) Eddy (1781-1850) was the daughter of storekeeper Capt. Polycarpus Edson (ca 1756 - 1796) of Bridgewater and Lucy Eaton (ca 1750/60-1806) of Middleborough, who married there in 1777. A search on the NEHGS turns up no Lucy Eaton born there at that time BUT the Eaton silver book reveals a Lucy b. 24 March 1759, "probably" in Middlboro. Her mother died there in 1783 and the father moved to New York state between 1802 and 1815, which may account for a lack of information in the two Eddy books consulted. Lucy's death record says that she died either Nov. 12, 1816 in her 56th year (grave record) or Nov. 13, 1806 at 56 (private record). If the gravestone is correct it would match exactly with the birth year of the girl in the Eaton silver book. Without knowing what the private death record was and whether it was reliable, the gravestone gets more credence. (FWIW the stone is on findagrave & Sally is listed as a child but no parents were listed for Lucy.) Also, the probate records pertaining to the guardianship of the 3 daughters Lucy had with Polycarpus Edson (Sally, Lucy, and Charlotte) show a Joel Eaton as one of the bondsmen and Lucy Eaton of silver book fame had a cousin Joel about the same age, in the same town. SO... assuming the child in the silver book was the Lucy Eaton who married Polycarpus Edson, Sally (Edson) Eddy would be the niece of Solomon Eaton, above, and a Gen 7 Eaton, Gen 9 Rogers, Gen 8 Priest, and Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins. (See those writeups for the lineages. Her Eaton line would run: Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. 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. 259, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Sally (Edson) Eddy (1781-1850) was the daughter of storekeeper Capt. Polycarpus Edson (ca 1756 - 1796) of Bridgewater and Lucy Eaton (ca 1750/60-1806) of Middleborough, who married there in 1777. A search on the NEHGS turns up no Lucy Eaton born there at that time BUT the Eaton silver book reveals a Lucy b. 24 March 1759, "probably" in Middlboro. Her mother died there in 1783 and the father moved to New York state between 1802 and 1815, which may account for a lack of information in the two Eddy books consulted. Lucy's death record says that she died either Nov. 12, 1816 in her 56th year (grave record) or Nov. 13, 1806 at 56 (private record). If the gravestone is correct it would match exactly with the birth year of the girl in the Eaton silver book. Without knowing what the private death record was and whether it was reliable, the gravestone gets more credence. (FWIW the stone is on findagrave & Sally is listed as a child but no parents were listed for Lucy.) Also, the probate records pertaining to the guardianship of the 3 daughters Lucy had with Polycarpus Edson (Sally, Lucy, and Charlotte) show a Joel Eaton as one of the bondsmen and Lucy Eaton of silver book fame had a cousin Joel about the same age, in the same town. SO... assuming the child in the silver book was the Lucy Eaton who married Polycarpus Edson, Sally (Edson) Eddy would be the niece of Solomon Eaton, above, and a Gen 7 Eaton, Gen 9 Rogers, Gen 8 Priest, and Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins. (See those writeups for the lineages. Her Eaton line would run: Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. 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. 259, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
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 Francis Eaton, the Billington Family, George Soule, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 10 Eaton line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus, Seth Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Cooke, Soule, and Billington 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 Francis Eaton, the Billington Family, George Soule, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 10 Eaton line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus, Seth Fuller, Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, Samuel Eaton, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Cooke, Soule, and Billington 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 9 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 9 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.
Hayford, Otis Jr.
BEST GUESSTIMATE: This is the author of a history of the Hayford family, whose origins were in New England, and in his book he claims descent from Dr. Samuel Fuller, William Brewster, Francis Eaton, and Henry Samson via his paternal grandmother, Abigail (Fuller) Hayford, Mrs. Gustavus Hayford. Gustavus, in turn, was the son of William Hayward, whose wife Betty Bonney was allegedly granddaughter of an Elizabeth (Howland) Bonney and and daughter of an Ichabod Bonney, Jr., descendant of Dorcas Samson, daughter of pilgrim Henry. It should not be that hard to prove anyone named "Gustavus" in the 1700s, right? None of the relationships in this book worked out as outlined by the author BUT if the Abigail Fuller of Carver, b. 1774 did NOT marry the Zabdee Cobb, to whom she was engaged but Gustavus Hayford instead, then the man in the photo is a Generation 9 Eaton, Generation 10 Billington, and Generation 8 Samuel Fuller and Doty. There was also supposedly Hopkins and Cooke blood in his veins, but I was unable to track that down either. If anyone would like to spend their time doing so, feel free and please email me your evidence and I will change this entry. Otis, Jr.'s parents were second cousins, so if the Bonney ancestor does prove him to be a Samson and or Howland, he would be of that line of descent twice. Photo from Otis Hayford, Jr., History of the Hayford Family, 1100-1900 (Canton, ME: author, 1901), frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Howard, Daniel S.
Born in 1818, Daniel Howard carried the genes of 9 Pilgrim lines in his blood thanks mainly to his mother, Lucy Sturtevant, whose paternal grandfather Silas Sturtevant (Priest, Eaton) married Elizabeth Samson (Alden-Mullins & Standish). Thus, a Generation 8 Eaton, Daniel was also a Gen. 8 Standish & Doty (twice), Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Gen. 9 Priest, Cooke & Hopkins, and Chilton, I think. The Eaton and Standish Silver Books take his maternal line as far as Ephraim Sturtevant, Lucy's father, and Silas is in the Priest book. Elizabeth Samson is in the Alden book and paternal grandparents Oliver Howard & Susannah Reynolds are in the Doty book, twice. Daniel was born in Brockton, Plymouth County, where he died in 1904, and was the older brother of Gorham Bradford Howard, below. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp.42-43, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Howard, Gorham Bradford
As the younger brother (b. 1827) of Daniel S. Howard, above, Gorham was also a Generation 8 Eaton, Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins, Generation 8 Standish & Doty (twice), and Generation 9 Priest, Hopkins & Cooke, plus Chilton, I think. The birth of their grandfather is in the Eaton silver book. The brothers' Eaton line runs: Lucy (Sturtevant) Howard, Ephraim Sturtevant, Silas Sturtevant, Elizabeth (Eaton) Sturtevant, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The first Benjamin Eaton married a Sarah Hoskins, daughter of a William Hoskins & Sarah Cushman, the latter apparently of parentage unknown because she is not listed in the Allerton book as a child of Thomas Cushman and Mary Allerton. They had a Sarah, but she married someone else. If this has changed or changes, please let me know. Isaac Allerton would be Pilgrim 10 for those brothers! Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp.42-43, 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 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.
PERKINS, ELIJAH EATON
Civic-minded merchant Elijah, born in Middleborough, MA in 1804, was a descendant of Francis Eaton, Dr. Samuel Fuller, and Degory Priest thanks to his namesake maternal grandfather. For what little I know about his paternal line, see the Fuller writeup. For now, we will go with Elijah's maternal line. His Gen 7 Eaton line runs: Lucretia (Eaton) Perkins, Elijah Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth and marriage of Elijah's mother is in the Eaton and S. Fuller silver books. Note: his grandfather had some half-siblings who were Alden descendants. Elijah had a brother and at least one son so there may be other descendants and other photos. Image and a tiny bit of information from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 410, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Civic-minded merchant Elijah, born in Middleborough, MA in 1804, was a descendant of Francis Eaton, Dr. Samuel Fuller, and Degory Priest thanks to his namesake maternal grandfather. For what little I know about his paternal line, see the Fuller writeup. For now, we will go with Elijah's maternal line. His Gen 7 Eaton line runs: Lucretia (Eaton) Perkins, Elijah Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. The birth and marriage of Elijah's mother is in the Eaton and S. Fuller silver books. Note: his grandfather had some half-siblings who were Alden descendants. Elijah had a brother and at least one son so there may be other descendants and other photos. Image and a tiny bit of information from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 410, digitized by the Library of Congress.
PRATT, FRANCIS GREENLEAF, JR.
On his paternal grandmother's side, Francis (1850-1894) was an Eaton, Priest, Alden-Mullins, and Rogers descendant and a fairly close relative of Oliver & Solomon Eaton, above. Sally Edson, also above, niece of Solomon Eaton, was likely Francis's grandmother's sister. Francis 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 turned out to be a distant cousin - see Thomas Weston's writeup below. On his father's side Francis was also a Warren & Allerton and a Billington & Hopkins through his mother. (See those other sections for the lineages.) Beginning with his father, Francis's Gen 9 Eaton line runs: Francis Greenleaf Pratt Sr., Lucy (Edson) Pratt, Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Francis was not a common name, so Lucy and husband Greenleaf Pratt may have known that there was a link to Francis Eaton or Francis Billington. Most of the lineage data used came 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.
On his paternal grandmother's side, Francis (1850-1894) was an Eaton, Priest, Alden-Mullins, and Rogers descendant and a fairly close relative of Oliver & Solomon Eaton, above. Sally Edson, also above, niece of Solomon Eaton, was likely Francis's grandmother's sister. Francis 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 turned out to be a distant cousin - see Thomas Weston's writeup below. On his father's side Francis was also a Warren & Allerton and a Billington & Hopkins through his mother. (See those other sections for the lineages.) Beginning with his father, Francis's Gen 9 Eaton line runs: Francis Greenleaf Pratt Sr., Lucy (Edson) Pratt, Lucy (Eaton) Edson, Jabez Eaton, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. Francis was not a common name, so Lucy and husband Greenleaf Pratt may have known that there was a link to Francis Eaton or Francis Billington. Most of the lineage data used came 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, EVERETT
The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of attorney Everett Robinson's maternal grandfather, Joel Eaton, in 1751. Backtracking you learn that Everett was also a Priest & Alden-Mullins descendant.The book with this image gives only his date (22 Jan 1816) & place of birth (Middleboro, MA) and father (Josiah) but the vital records from that period are on the NEHGS and the family was small enough that they were not hard to find. Everett had at least the 2 sisters & 1 brother noted on the same page so the odds are there are more descendants out there. Everett's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Caroline/Carolina (Eaton) Robinson, Joel Eaton, Joseph, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. See his Priest & Alden-Mullins write-ups for those lines. He is only distantly related to Morrill Robinson, below. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 236, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hard copy at the LOC by me for better resolution.
The Eaton silver book gets as far as the birth of attorney Everett Robinson's maternal grandfather, Joel Eaton, in 1751. Backtracking you learn that Everett was also a Priest & Alden-Mullins descendant.The book with this image gives only his date (22 Jan 1816) & place of birth (Middleboro, MA) and father (Josiah) but the vital records from that period are on the NEHGS and the family was small enough that they were not hard to find. Everett had at least the 2 sisters & 1 brother noted on the same page so the odds are there are more descendants out there. Everett's Gen 8 Eaton line runs: Caroline/Carolina (Eaton) Robinson, Joel Eaton, Joseph, Francis, Benjamin, Benjamin, Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. See his Priest & Alden-Mullins write-ups for those lines. He is only distantly related to Morrill Robinson, below. Image & some info from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 236, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image scanned from a hard copy at the LOC by me for better resolution.
ROBINSON, MORRILL
There was nothing in the book with this photo to help identify Dr. Robinson's pilgrim ancestors but eventually I found him to be a descendant of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and the Billingtons. See the other sections for those write-ups. The Eaton and S. Fuller silver books get to the birth and marriage of his mother, once you stumble onto those links. The birth and death dates were included (1803-1873 and birth place, South Raynham.) Eventually he turned out to be a Gen 7 Eaton as follows: Hannah (Pierce) Robinson, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. Thus he is only distantly related to Everett Robinson, above. Dr. Robinson 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. Robinson's pilgrim ancestors but eventually I found him to be a descendant of Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and the Billingtons. See the other sections for those write-ups. The Eaton and S. Fuller silver books get to the birth and marriage of his mother, once you stumble onto those links. The birth and death dates were included (1803-1873 and birth place, South Raynham.) Eventually he turned out to be a Gen 7 Eaton as follows: Hannah (Pierce) Robinson, Hannah (Canedy) Pierce, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canedy, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. Thus he is only distantly related to Everett Robinson, above. Dr. Robinson 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. 9 Eaton, Rogers, and S. Fuller descendant and a Gen. 10 Billington. 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. 9 Eaton, Rogers, and S. Fuller descendant and a Gen. 10 Billington. 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 8 Eaton descendent and a Rogers, Billington, and Samuel Fuller 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 Eaton line runs: Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole, Elijah Macomber, Thankful (Canady) Macomber, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canady, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton and Rogers Silver Books get as far as the birth of his paternal grandfather, Elijah Macomber, who died (1849) the year before Everett was born but presumably his mother was able to provide the 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 8 Eaton descendent and a Rogers, Billington, and Samuel Fuller 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 Eaton line runs: Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole, Elijah Macomber, Thankful (Canady) Macomber, Elizabeth (Eaton) Canady, Samuel Eaton, Samuel, Francis of the Mayflower. The Eaton and Rogers Silver Books get as far as the birth of his paternal grandfather, Elijah Macomber, who died (1849) the year before Everett was born but presumably his mother was able to provide the 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.
Tinkham, H[osea] Elbridge
Ensign H. Elbridge Tinkham, USN, was a Generation 8 descendant of Francis Eaton, Gen. 9 from George Soule, Myles Standish, Peter Brown, and Degory Priest, and 8/9 from Alden-Mullins. He was born in Middleboro, 1832, and this photo likely dates from his Civil War service (1861-67). Pilgrim Peter Brown's daughter married the first Tinkham in the area, Ephraim of Plymouth County, so look for anyone of that surname in the Brown Silver Book. Elbridge's other Pilgrim ancestry is via Seth 5 Tinkham's marriage to Eunice 5 Soule, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Eaton) Soule. The Eaton runs: Harvey Tinkham, Hazael, Eunice (Soule) Tinkham, Mary (Eaton) Soule, Mary (Coombs) Eaton, Benjamin Eaton, Benjamin, Francis of the Mayflower. Image from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 110, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Whitman, William Elbridge
William, a shoe manufacturer and occasional farmer, spent his entire life (1834-1902) in the Bridgewater area. He was a Generation 8 descendant of pilgrim Francis Eaton on his father's side. Deacon Nathan Whitman, Jr. and Semanthe Keith, William's parents, married in Bridgewater in 1825. His grandparents were another Nathan Whitman and Mercy Byram. That Nathan was born in 1766, also to a Nathan Whitman (whose mother was Jemima Alden) and Betty Allen, a Generation 5 Eaton descendant via her mother, Rebecca (Eaton) Rickard. The Eaton Silver Book traces the line as far as Betty. Thus, William E. Whitman was also a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins descendant per the Alden Silver Book, Part 3, which gets to the next generation the Nathan Whitman born in 1766. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 222, digitized by the Boston Public Library.