FOOTNOTES:

[T] A more extended genealogical account of the Parsons Family may be expected in some future No. of the Register.

[U] In his Journal, Mr. Parsons gives the following statistics of the Aborigines, at that time inhabiting the Territory, which may not be uninteresting to compare with their present condition. We present the extract entire:

"The Delawares live at Sandusky, in a N. W. course and about 180 miles from this place, (Marietta.) Their number is 400.

"The Wyandots, living partly in the same region and partly at Detroit, 300 miles from Marietta, are about 260 in number.

"The Munsees live on the Alleghany river, about 310 miles N. E. from M. and number 100.

"The Miami tribe live at Miami town, W. S. W. 250 miles, and are about 100 in number.

"The Shawanoes live on the Miami river, S. W. 250 miles, and number 150.

"The Cherokees, or Chickewagas, live on Paint Creek, S. S. W. 250 miles, and are about 100 in number.

"The Wiahtanoes live on the Wabash river, W. S. W. 500 miles, and number 600.

"The Kickapoes live also upon the Wabash, S. S. W. 500 miles, and number 1100.

"The Piankishaws live upon the same river, S. and S. W. 600 miles—number 400.

"The Kaskaskias live on the Mississippi, S. S. W. 800 miles. Their number is 150.

"The Peorees live upon the Illinois river, W. S. W. 900 miles. Number 150.

"The Meadow Indians live also upon the Illinois, about 900 miles W. by S. Number 500.

"The Iowas live upon the Illinois, S. W. 900 miles, numbering 300.

"The Foxes live on the S. side of Lake Superior, W. N. W. 900 miles—number 1000.

"The Chippewas live W. of Lake Michigan, W. N. W. 800 miles from M. Number 4000.

"The Potowatomies live E. of Lake Michigan, W. N. W. about 450 miles. Number 4000.

"The Ottawas live N. E. of Lake Michigan, N. W. 400 miles. Number 1000.

"The Sieux live N. W. of Lake Superior. N. W. from Marietta 950 miles. Number 6000."

In his Journal we have also a specimen of the fertility of the soil, and the rapidity of the vegetation of the Territory, in the following extracts:

"June 7. Rode out with my father to his three-acre lot, which was sowed with rye in December last. About twenty days ago, it was four inches high. Ten days since, when we visited it, it was three and a half feet high; and to-day we found it seven and a half feet in height.

"June 13. Measured a spear of flax growing on my city lot, and find that in six days it has grown seven inches. Mr. Converse informs me that about three weeks ago, he planted corn, which is at the present time four feet high."

On subsequent pages of the Journal, Mr. P. has extended remarks on the philosophy of vegetation.

We have further space only for the following curious extract:

"June 15. Last night the dogs made a most hideous clamor, and seemed to be exceedingly excited. Mr.——, who lives about forty rods N. of the Stockade, was about getting up to see what disturbed them, but did not; and in the morning, on opening the outer door to let in his dog, he found in his mouth a purse filled with Brooches and Rings."

[THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.]

My Muse has oft slumbered in life's busy day,
And seldom I've sought her, as having no leisure;
At the moment, however, while time glides away
In the quiet of age, let me yield to the pleasure.

And oh! in the scenes on my fancy that burst,
And on which with delight or with sadness I linger,
Say, what shall arrest my attention the first?
Where, where shall I place me—where point the fixed finger?

Shall I dwell upon childhood, or press on to youth,
Or look only on manhood, or Death's lessons ponder?
Shall I mourn, or rejoice, or administer truth,
Or most at man's folly or GOD'S mercy wonder?

I gaze on the palace, contemplate the cot,
Mark the tower, see the ocean, view landscapes wide-spreading;
And I feel, while I think on man's changeable lot,
Compassion its influence o'er my heart shedding:

And I cry, 'O ye triflers, ye murmurers, say,
'Could your wishes be realized, what were the blessing
'Most anxiously sought, to make happy your day
'Of existence, and crown you with bliss worth possessing?'

'I'd have power,' says the statesman; 'broad empire,' the king;
'More lands,' shouts the rich; and 'no labor,' the peasant;
And so through the catalogue! Hope seeks to bring
Enjoyment from change, and depreciates the present:

While yet, would we weigh our condition with care,
And be just to that Wisdom our follies which chastens,
We should see many blessings that fall to our share,
Though the crown of our wishes its advent ne'er hastens.

GOD denies in His love, and withholds what we seek,
In tender compassion, well knowing our blindness.
Let us yield, be submissive, and patient, and meek,
Adoring His mercy, and trusting His kindness.

This, this is our wisdom. Alone it deserves
The name of philosophy; nor can the science
Man proudly may boast, while as yet he but serves
His passions, afford for his woes an appliance.

This life is a trial. Our world cannot fill
The void of the heart, which too surely is boundless.
GOD will discipline, rectify, govern man's will,
And eternity show our complaining is groundless:

There, we may, when we know what we see here in part,
Life's philosophy prize, as we find it resulting
In bliss springing forth from a purified heart,
Without ceasing, in love, joy, and wonder exulting.

Why should we not, then, as life hurries away,
Submit us to GOD, and fall in with the measures
His Wisdom employs, from His paths lest we stray,
And fail to inherit His blood-purchased treasures?

January 30, 1847.

Basil.

GENEALOGIES.
THE COTTON FAMILY.

BY JOHN WINGATE THORNTON, ESQ., LL.B.

+-- Dau. An infant,
| = d.: was she
| = --------- "Elisabeth,
| = bap. 10,
| Egginton, (16) 1637"?
| a merchant.
|
|
+-- Roland,
| d. Jan.
| 29, 1649.
|
|
+-- Sarah,
| b. Sept.
| 12, 1635
| d. Jan.
| 20, 1649.
|
|
| 2nd, Prudence,
| widow of Dr.
| Anthony Crosby,
| dau. of Jonathan
| Wade of Ipswich,
| July 9, 1673.
| =
| =
| =
1st, Mrs. Elisabeth, +-- Rev. Seaborn Cotton sister of Mr. James | b. at Sea, Aug. 12,
Horrocks, famous | 1633; minister of
minister of Lancashire; | Wethersfield, Ct. 1655;
d. without issue. | ord. at Hampton, N. H.,
= | 1660: d. April 20, 1686:
= | grad. H. C. 1651.
= | =
Rev. John Cotton, b. at | = [For the
Derby, Dec. 4, 1585. B. D. at | = descendants
Cambridge: Fellow, Head | = -------- of this Son,
Lecturer and Dean of Emmanuel | = see the
College; Minister of Boston, | = following.]
in Lincolnshire, for 20 years. | =
Arrived at Boston, N. E., | 1st, Dorothy, dau.
Roland Cotton, Sept. 3, 1633. Minister of the | of Gov. Bradstreet;
a lawyer of --- 1st Chh., Boston; d. Dec. 23, | m. June 14, 1654;
Derby, Eng. 1652, a. 67. Rav. Anthony | d. Feb. 26, 1671.
= Tuckney, a distinguished |
divine and member of the |
Westminster Assembly, of +-- Rev. John Cotton,
Boston, B. D., was styled | b. at Boston,
"cousin" by Cotton's children. | March 15, 1639-40;
= | gr. H. C. 1657;
= ---------------------------+ preached at
= | Wethersfield,
2nd, Mrs. Sarah Story, | Haddam, Killing-
widow. After his death, | worth, at Edgarton,
she married the Rev. | a year; ord. at
Richard Mather of | Plymouth, June 30,
Dorchester, father of | 1669; d. Sept. 18,
Rev. Increase Mather, | 1699, at Charleston,
D. D.; d. May 27, 1676, | S. C.
aged 75 years. | =
Gravestone in King's | = [For the
Chapel Burying Ground. | = ----- descendants
| = of this Son,
| = see p. 165.]
| =
| Joanna, da. of
| Dr. Brian Rossiter,
| of Guilford, Ct.,
| Nov.7, 1660:
| born July 1642.
| d. at Sandwich,
| Oct. 12, 1702.
|
|
+-- Maria Cotton, b.
Feb. 15, 1641-42,
d. April 4, 1714,
at Boston.
=
= [For the
= ----- descendants of
= this Daughter,
= see p. 166.]
=
Rev. Increase Mather,
D. D., b. June 21,
1639, gr. Har. Col.
1656; ord. at Boston,
May 27, 1669; Pres.
of Har. Col. 1685-1701;
agent of the colony
in England, &c. &c.;
d. Aug. 23, 1723.
Tomb on Copp's Hill,
Boston.
+-- Rev. John Cotton,
| b. May 8, 1658, +-- Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1689,
| gr. Har. Col. 1678: | d. May 29, 1731;
| ord. at Hampton, N. H. | left six children.
| Nov. 19, 1696; d. | =
| March 27, 1710. | Rev. John Whiting
| = | of Concord, Mass.
| = ----------------------+
| = |
| Anne. dau. of Captain +-- John, b. Sept. 5, 1687,
| Thos. Lake, of Boston, | d. Sept. 8, 1689.
| an eminent merchant, |
| b. Oct. 12, 1663. |
| Was 2nd wife of Rev. +-- Dorothy, b. July 16,
| Incr. Mather, D. D.; | 1693; m. Dec. 21,
| d. at Brookline, | 1710 d. May 20, 1748,
| March 29, 1737. Mr. | at Kingston, N. H.
| Lake was descended | =
| from Hugh de Caley, | = [For the | who d. 1286, and whose | = descendants of | wife was Agnes, dau. | = ------ this Grand- | of Hamo de Hamsted.-- | = granddaughter, | Betham's Baronetage, | = see the | Vol. 3, p. 153. | = following.]
| | =
| | Rev. Nathl. Gookin, of |
+-- Dorothy, b. Novem. 11, | Hampton, b. April 15,
| 1656, d. Dec. 20, 1706. | 1687; d. Aug. 25, 1734;
| No issue. | gr. H. C. 1708; ord.
| = | Nov. 15, 1710.
| Col. Joseph Smith, of |
| Hampton, N. H. He was |
| counsellor of N. H. +-- Thomas b. Oct. 28, 1695,
| in 1698. | settled at Brookline.
| |
| |
+-- Sarah d. young, +-- Anna, b. Nov. 13, 1697.
| April 1, 1660. |
| |
| +-- Simon, b. Dec. 21, 1701.
[DESCENDANTS +-- Anna, b. Aug. 22, 1661, |
OF REV. | d. Dec. 6-7, 1702, |
SEABORN COTTON, ---+ in Boston. +-- Samuel, } d.
THE SON OF REV. | = Lydia, } young.
JOHN COTTON.] | Carr. 2nd, Johnson.
|
|
+-- Sarah, b. July 2, 1663.
| d. Aug. 2, 1690,
| =
| Richard Pierce, of
| of Boston, Aug. 27,
| 1680.
|
|
+-- Elisabeth, b. Aug. 13,
| 1665; d. 1698.
| =
| Rev. Wm. Williams
| of Hatfield, Mass.
|
|
+-- Mercy, born Nov. 2, 1666,
| d. June 18, 1715.
| = Rev. John Tufts
| = ------------------------- of Newbury;
| = Har. Col. 1708.
| Capt. Tufts
| of Medford.
|
|
+-- Maria, b. April 22, 1670,
d. 1729.
=
Atwater. 2nd.
Partridge.
+-- Seven children,
| d. young and unmarried.
|
|
+-- Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1724.
| =
| Patrick Tracy, a merchant
| of Newbury.
|
|
+-- Dorothy, b. April 2,
| 1722; d. June 18, 1749.
| =
| = -------------------------- Dorothy
| = =
| Rev Peter Coffin, Dr. Jno. Parker,
| of Kingston, gr. H. C. 1762.
| N. H., Jan. 20, 1740;
| gr. H. C. 1788.
|
| +-- Martha, d.
| 3d wife, Love dau. of | unmarried.
| Col. Joshua Wingate, |
| of Hampton, N. H.; |
| b. April 4, 1728; +-- Sarah, d. young
[DESCENDANTS | m. Nov. 17, 1748; |
OF DOROTHY, | d. April 1, 1809. |
GRAND-GRAND- ---+ = +-- Elisabeth.
DAUGHTER OF REV. | = -----------------------+ =
JOHN COTTON.] | = | Dr. Edmund Chadwick.
+-- Rev. Nathl. Gookin, of |
N. Hampton; b. Feb. 6, |
1713; gr. H. C. 1731; ord. +-- Hannah.
Oct. 31, 1739; d. Oct. 22, | =
1763, at North Hampton. | Rev. Timothy Upham,
= | See p. 43, of Register.
= |
= |
Judith Coffin. 2nd, +-- Hon. Daniel Gookin of
Anne, dau. of Rev. North Hampton, N. H.;
Mr. Fitch, of b. March 2, 1756; at
Portsmouth. d. Sept. 4. 1831, atr in
Saco, Me.; an officer in
the Revolutionary Army,
State Counsellor, N. B.
Judge of C. C. Pleas, &c.
Judge of Probate, &c. &c.
=
Abigail, dau. of Dr.
Levi Dearhorn, an eminent
physician of North 0,
Hampton, b. March 10,;
1766; m. Dec. 4, 1787;
d. Jan. 9, 1836, at
Scarboro', Me.
+-- Rev. Jno., b. Aug. 3,
| 1661; gr. H. C., 1681;
| settled at Exeter, N. H.
| colleague of Rev, Tho.
| Thornton, of Yarmouth;
| d. Feb. 21, 1706. +-- Joanna,
| = | =
| Sarah, da. of Rich'd | Elias Pike, of Salisbury.
| Hubbard, of Ipswich, |
| Mass.; dau. of Gov. |
| Bradstreet. Died at +-- Mary,
| Yarmouth, June 17, 1706. | =
| | John Appleton of Ipswich.
| |
| Rev. Jas. Alling, of |
| Salisbury, who died +-- Elisabeth,
| March 3, 1696. | =
| = | Samuel Moody, preacher
| = -----------------------+ at Isle of Shoals.
| =
+-- Elisabeth,
| =
| = -----------------------+-- Caleb Cushing, State
| = | Counsellor,
| 2d, Rev. Caleb Cushing, | d. 1798, a. 94.
| of Salisbury. |
| |
| +-- Rev. James of Plaistow,
| | b. Nov. 20, 1705; gr.
| | H. C. 1725.
+-- Sarah, b. June 17, 1665; |
| died Sept. 8, 1669. |
| +-- Rev. John of Boxford;
| grad. H. C. 1729.
|
+-- Rev. Roland, born Dec. 27,
| 1667; ord. Sandwich,
| Novem. 2, 1694; died March
| 22, 1721-22; H. C. 1685.
| =
| = -----------------------+-- Rev. John of Newton, b.
| = | July 15, 1693; gr. H. C.,
| Elisabeth, widow of Rev. | 1710; ord. Nov. 3, 1714;
| John Denison, of Ipswich, | d. May 25, 1757, a. 64.
| Sept. 1692. She was the | =
| only dau. of Col. | Mary, da. of Rob. Gibbs,
| N. Saltonstall, sister | b. May 28, 1699; m. Feb.
| of Gov. G. Saltonstall; | 19, 1719; d. Sept 28,
| d. July 8, 1726, | 1769.
| at Boston. |
| |
| +-- Sarah, b. ab. 1694.
| |
| |
| +-- Rev. Nathl. of Bristol,
| | grad. H. C., 1717; ord.
| | Au. 30, 1721; d. July 3,
+-- Sarah, b. April 5, 1670. | 1729, a. 30.
| = |
| Wm. Bradbury, & had issue. |
| +-- Abigail,
[DESCENDANTS | | =
OF REV. | | Rev. S. Bourne, of
JOHN COTTON, ---+ | Scituate; ord. Dec. 1724;
THE SON OF REV. | | dis. 1761.
JOHN COTTON.] | |
| |
+-- Mariah, b. Jan. 14, 1672. +-- Meriel, b. ab. 1698.
| = |
| Wymond Bradbury. |
| +-- Rowland, grad. H. C.,
| | 1719.
| | =
| | Deborah Mason,
| | Oct. 3, 1760.
| |
| |
+-- A son, b. Sept. 28, 1674. +-- Rev. Josiah, gra. H. C.,
| | 1722; ord. at Providence,
| | R. I. Oct. 23, 1728; then
| | at Woburn, July 15, 1747;
| | then at Sandown, N. H.,
| | Nov. 28, 1759; d. May 27,
| | 1780; a. about 77 years.
+-- Josiah, b. Sept. 10, 1675, |
| d. Jun. 9, 1677. |
| +-- Rev. Ward, gr. H. C,
| | 1729; set. at Hampton,
| | N. H.; dism. 1765; d.
| | suddenly at Plymouth.
| | Nov, 27, 1768, a. 57.
| |
| |
+-- Samuel, b. Feb. 16, 1678, +-- Joanna,
| d. Dec. 23, 1683. = [For the
| = descendants
| = ------- of Joanna,
| = see the
| = following.]
| =
| Rev. J. Brown,
| of Haverhill.
+-- Josiah, born Jan. 8, 1680;
| gr. Har. Col. 1698; d. at
| Plymouth, Aug. 19, 1756;
| a. 76.
| =
| = -------------------------- Rev. John Cotton, of
| = Halifax, Plymouth Co.;
| Hannah Sturtevant, ord, Oct. 1755; b.
| b. Jan. 8, 1708; April, 1712; d. Nov. 4,
| d. May 27, 1796, a. 89. 1789; grad. Har. Col.
| 1790; Reg. of Deeds.
| =
| = [For the
| = --- descendants of
| = John and Hannah,
| = see p. 166.]
| =
| Hannah Sturtevant.
| Elisabeth Dumond of
| Ipswich, Feb. 19, 1708.
| She d. without issue,
| Oct.30, 1710.
| =
| =
+-- Rev. Theophilus, b. May 5,
1682, ord. at Hampton
Falls, Jan. 2, 1712;
d. August 18, 1726, a. 45;
grad. Har. Col. 1701.
=
=
2nd, wid. Mary Gedney.
+-- Rev. Jno. Brown of
| Cohasset, gr. H. C. 1741
|
|
+-- Rev. Colton Brown of
| Brookline, ord. Oct. 26,
| 1746; died April 13, 1751.
|
|
+-- Ward Brown, gr. H. C.,
| 1748; d. 1748.
|
|
+-- Rev. Thomas Browne, H. C.,
| 1752; d. 1797;
| min. of Stroudwater.
[DESCENDANTS ------+ +-- Cotton Brown,
OF JOANNA.] | | =
+-- A dau. | Jane Williams.
| = |
| John Chipman. |
| +-- Hon. Peter Chardon
| | of Boston,
+-- A dau. | =
| = + Anne Gorham.
| Dana of Brookline. |
| |
| +-- Mary,
+-- A dau. | =
= | Samuel Gray of Salem.
= -----------------------|
= |
Rev. Edw. Brooks +-- Joanna Cotton,
of North Yarmouth, Me. =
Nath'l Hall of Medford.
+-- Rev. Ward Cotton of
| Boylston, d. there
| Nov. 15, 1843, a. 74;
| gr. H. C. 1793.
| =
| Rebecca, da. of T. Jackson
| of Plymouth.
|
|
+-- Elisabeth,
| =
| Lot Haskell of Rochester.
|
|
+-- Lucy +-- Lydia,
| = | =
| Chas. Jackson of Plymouth. | Pope of Sandwich.
| |
| |
| Lydia Parker +-- Josiah,
| of Falmouth. | =
| = | ----, at Nantucket.
| = -----------------------+
| =
+-- Rev. Josiah of Wareham,
| d. April, 1819, a. 71
| =
| = -----------------------+
| = +-- Hon. John, M. D., grad.
| 2nd, Rachel, da. of Rev. | H. C. 1810, d. at
| Dr. Barnes of | Marietta, O.,
| Scituate. | April 2, 1947,
| | =
| | ----.
| |
+-- Hannah, |
| = +-- Son, d. young.
| Nye of Falmouth. |
| |
| +-- Mary Ann,
| =
| Isaac Hedge of Plymouth.
+-- John, lost at sea, in 1800.
| =
| = -----------------------+
| = +-- Experience.
[DESCENDANTS OF ---+ Experience Jackson |
JOHN AND HANNAH.] | of Plym. |
| +-- Son. d. young.
| |
+-- Mary, |
| = +-- Hannah,
| J. Jennings of Plym. =
| Haskel.
|
+-- Dr. Rossiter. Rg. of
| Deeds, d. Aug. 1837. +--Thomas
| = | =
| = -----------------------+ Stevens.
| = |
| Priscilla, dau. of Thos. |
| Jackson of Plymouth. +-- several d. young.
| |
| |
| +-- Dr. Chas. Har. Col. 1808.
| | =
+-- Sophia, | ----, at Newport.
| = |
| S. Parker, of Falmouth. |
| +-- Edwin, Reg. of Deeds.
| | =
| | 1. Watson.
+-- Joanna. | 2. ....
| | 3. Hammond.
| |
| |
| +-- Rossiter.
+-- Sally, |
= |
Capt. J. Harlow +-- Sophia,
of Plymouth =
Gordon.
Capt. R. Green.
=
=
+-- Mariah. adm. to the
| church, 1682.
| =
| =
| 2nd, Capt. Fifield.
|
|
| Capt. Greenough.
| =
| =
+-- Elisabeth,
| =
| = -------------------------- Rev. Mather Byles,
| = gra. H. C. 1725.
| 2nd. Josiah Byles
| of Boston.
| +-- Nehemiah, d. young.
| |
+-- Sarah, |
| = +-- Increase Walter.,
| = -----------------------+ H. C. 1711.
| = |
| Rev. Nehemiah Walter |
| of Roxbury. +-- Thos. Walter Roxbury, H.
| |
| |
| Newcomb Blake. +-- Nathl Walter,
| = H. C., 1729.
| =
+-- Abigail,
| bap. April 2, 1677.
| =
[DESCENDANTS OF ---+ =
MARIA COTTON, | 2nd. Rev. J. White
THE DAUGHTER OF | of Gloucester.
JOHN COTTON.] |
|
+-- Hannah,
| bap. July 16, 1680.
|
|
+-- Jerusha, baptized
| April 20, 1684.
|
|
+-- Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D.,
born Feb. 12, 1663; H. C.
1678; ord. eol. with his
father, May 13, 1685;
d. Feb. 13, 1728, a. 65;
had 15 children. C., 1713.
=
Abigail, da. of Colonel
John Phillips of
Charlestown; nine children;
five d. young. She d. 1702.
=
Widow Elisabeth Hubbard,
da. of Dr. John Clark,
Aug. 18, 1703; six children.
She d. Nov. 18, 1713.
=
Widow George, da. of
Mr. Sam. Lee. July 5, 1715;
she survived the Doctor.

[In a future number of the Register, the pedigree of Roland Cotton, in England, may be given, with the Emblazonry of the Armorial Bearings.]

[THE BUTLER FAMILY.]

PREPARED BY PROFESSOR JAMES DAVIE BUTLER OF NORWICH, VT.

[V][(1)]Stephen Butler, = Jane ----.
d. in Boston. |
|
+---------------+---+--------------+
| | |
[(2)]Benjamin, Isaac, [(3)]James, = Grace ----.
Aug. 2, 1653; Oct. 9, 1661; Aug. 2, d.|
Feb. 10, 1658. May 29, 1664; 1665; |
Aug. 10, 1667. Boston. |
|
+------------+----------+----------------+------------------+
| | | |
Mary, [(6)]Grace, Elisabeth, [(5)]James, Aug. 21, = [(4)]Abigail Eustice,
Feb. 21, May 2, Dec. 23, 1688; d. Boston. | d. Dec. 15, 1713.
1683. 1685. 1686. |
|
+----------------+--------------+---------------------+
| | |
Abigail, [(7)]Eliza, [(8)]James, = [(9)]Elisabeth Davie.
Jan. 26, March 3, Dec. 4, | = ---- Wakefield.
1710-11. 1711-12. 1713; | |
d. Boston.| |
| |
+--------------------------+ +---------+
| |
[(10)]James, = [(11)]Mary Sigourney. Sarah.
Feb. 15, |
1739; |
d. at |
Oxford, Ms. |
|
+-----+------+-----+----+----------+-------+------+-------+-------+
| | | | | | | | |
Mary. | Anthony. Elisabeth. Hannah. John. Peter. Sarah. Celia.
|
[(12)] James Davie. = Rachel Harris.
|
+----------------+--+------------+--------------+
| | | |
Mary Sigourney. Sophia Gedney. Chloe Harris. James Davie,
Jan. 6, 1814;
March 15, 1815. = Anna Bates.
|
[(13)]James Davie, June 25, 1846.