Skirmishes with Indians in Weymouth, Dochester, Ipswich. Soc. of Col. Wars (1922)

Children of MARY PRIEST and PHINEAS PRATT are:
5. i. JOSEPH4 PRATT, b. ABT 1645, Plymouth MA; d. 24 Dec 1712, Charlestown MA.
ii. JOHN PRATT, b. ABT 1631.
iii. MARY PRATT, b. ABT 1633.
iv. SAMUEL PRATT, b. ABT 1636.
v. DANIEL PRATT, b. ABT 1640.
vi. MERCY PRATT, b. ABT 1642.
vii. PETER PRATT, b. ABT 1647.
viii. AARON PRATT, b. ABT 1649.

4. SARAH3 PRIEST (DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born ABT 1615 in Leyden, Holland (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:4.), and died Aft. 01 Aug 1648 in prob England (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:4.). She married JOHN COOMBS ABT 1630 in Plymouth MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.). He died 1645 (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.).

Notes for SARAH PRIEST:
Ref: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Vol. Eight, Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994
Living Aug. 1, 1648 apparently in England

Notes for JOHN COOMBS:
Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
In 1630 Degory Priest's daughters, Sarah Priest, married a Frenchman, "mr. John Combe" who had been in Plymouth for some time.

John Coombs, as he was called, acquired quite a lot of property and died in 1645, leaving two or more children. Francis coombs, son of John, kept an inn at Middleboro, and in 1680 a French boy, said to have been a survivor of a wreck, was put under his care, which seems quite appropriate as Francis was the son of a Frenchman.

Children of SARAH PRIEST and JOHN COOMBS are:
6. i. JOHN4 COOMBS, JR, b. ABT 1632; d. 1668.
ii. FRANCIS COOMBS, b. ABT 1635.

Generation No. 4

5. JOSEPH4 PRATT (MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born ABT 1645 in Plymouth MA (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:4, 8:10.), and died 24 Dec 1712 in Charlestown MA (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:10.). He married DORCAS FOLGER 12 Feb 1674/75 in Charlestown MA (Source: (1) The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. , (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:10., (3) "Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy Hiddleston-Curtis and Allied Families", by Jessie Gordon Flack and Maybelle Gordon Carman, Pub. J G Flack 1967.), daughter of PETER FOLGER and MARY MORRILS. She was born ABT 1648 in Watertown or Edgartown, MA (Source: (1) Nantucket, MA VR 1:474 (no date)., (2) "Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy Hiddleston-Curtis and Allied Families", by Jessie Gordon Flack and Maybelle Gordon Carman, Pub. J G Flack 1967.), and died Aft. 08 Jul 1728 (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:10.).

Notes for JOSEPH PRATT:
Baptised with 2 brothers and 3 sisters Charlestown MA on 12/10/1688/89.

Ref: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Vol. Eight, Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994.
Joseph Pratt served during 1676 in King Philip's War.
Joseph Pratt and two brothers and three sisters were bp. Charlestown 10 Dec. 1688/9.
On 19 march 1697/8 Joseph Pratt of Charlestown, waterman, and his wife Dorcas sold land in Charlestown to Benjamin Lawrence. On 9 April 1711 Joseph Pratt of Charlestown, waterman, sold a dwelling house and land to Benjamin Lawrence. Wife Dorcas renounced her dower.
The will of Joseph Pratt of Charlestown dated 23 July 1712, proved 26 Jan. 1712/3, names his wife Dorcas; son Joshua Pratt; daus. Mary, Bethiah and Sarah and Joseph's children.
On 20 June 1723 Joshua Pratt sold his father's one0ninth part of the Dunstable tract to Daniel Fletcher.
On 8 July 1728 the town of Charlestown directed Mr. Hall to supply widow Pratt with necessaries.
No Middlesex Co. PR or LR for Dorcas Pratt.

The source The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society, p 271 states that most the info. on this Pratt family extracted from the Gen. Dict. of the Hon. James Savage, LL. D. Hon. William Mitchell, A.M., Miss Maria Mitchell, the astronomer, and Charles W. Cartwright, Esq., are among the descendants of Dorcas Pratt.

Children of JOSEPH PRATT and DORCAS FOLGER are:
i. MARY5 PRATT, b. 16 Sep 1675, Nantucket MA.
7. ii. BETHIA PRATT, b. 11 Feb 1679/80, prob Charlestown MA; d. 19 Jun 1741, Nantucket MA.
iii. BENJAMIN PRATT, b. 19 Jan 1681/82, Nantucket MA; d. 20 Feb 1681/82, Nantucket MA.
iv. DORCAS PRATT, b. 02 Apr 1683, Nantucket MA (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ); d. 11 Apr 1683, Nantucket MA.
v. PHINEAS PRATT, b. 18 Jan 1683/84, Nantucket MA (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ).

Notes for PHINEAS PRATT:
Not in his father's will.

vi. JOSHUA PRATT, b. 18 Jun 1686, Nantucket MA (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ).
vii. JOSEPH PRATT, b. 19 Oct 1677, Nantucket MA (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ).
viii. LYDIA PRATT, b. 28 Nov 1688, Nantucket MA (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ); d. 31 Aug 1694, Nantucket MA.
ix. SARAH PRATT, b. 19 Oct 1690, Nantucket MA; d. 27 Apr 1762; m. (1) JOHN RENUFF; d. 27 Apr 1762 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ); m. (2) JEREMIAH COLEMAN, 20 Nov 1715 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ); b. ABT 1679; d. 04 Jan 1738/39 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. ).

6. JOHN4 COOMBS, JR (SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born ABT 1632, and died 1668 (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.). He married ELIZABETH ROYAL.

Child of JOHN COOMBS and ELIZABETH ROYAL is:
8. i. ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, b. 30 Nov 1652, Boston, MA; d. Aft. 14 Oct 1723, Plympton, MA.

Generation No. 5

7. BETHIA5 PRATT (JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 11 Feb 1679/80 in prob Charlestown MA (Source: (1) The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. , (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:11, 8:27.), and died 19 Jun 1741 in Nantucket MA (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:27.). She married SAMPSON CARTWRIGHT, (CARTRIGHT) ABT 1701 (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:27.), son of EDWARD CARTWRIGHT and ELIZABETH TROTT. He was born 26 Jan 1676/77 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Desc. of E. Cartwright, Mack, (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:27.), and died 19 Jun 1741 in Nantucket MA (Source: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:27.).

Notes for BETHIA PRATT:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
The source above has Bethia spelled Bethiah

Notes for SAMPSON CARTWRIGHT, (CARTRIGHT):
Ref: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Vol. Eight, Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994.

The will of Edward Cartwright (Sampson's father), dated 28 Aug. 1705 left son Sampson one-third of his lands on Pocomock in Nantucket "where his house now stands."

On 20 Aug. 1712 Samson Cartwright, husbandman of Sherburn, and wife Bethiah, sold to John Swain alias England all their rights to land at Poskamookah except their dewlling house.

No Nantucket Co. PR for Sampson or Bethiah Cartwright.

Children of BETHIA PRATT and SAMPSON CARTWRIGHT are:
9. i. HAZADIAH6 CARTWRIGHT, b. 11 Mar 1706/07, Nantucket MA; d. 15 May 1791, Nantucket MA.
ii. ALICE (ALCE) CARTWRIGHT, b. 21 Sep 1702 (Source: Boulton); m. DAVID GWINN, 13 Oct 1722; b. of Salem.
iii. DORCAS CARTWRIGHT, d. prob died young.
iv. PHINEAS CARTWRIGHT, d. died young.
v. MARY CARTWRIGHT, d. died young.
vi. THOMAS CARTWRIGHT, d. died young.

8. ELIZABETH5 COOMBS (JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 30 Nov 1652 in Boston, MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.), and died Aft. 14 Oct 1723 in Plympton, MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.14.). She married ELEAZAR CUSHMAN 12 Jan 1687/88 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989), son of THOMAS CUSHMAN and MARY ALLERTON. He was born 20 Feb 1656/57 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989, (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman ., (3) Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 124.), and died Aft. Nov 1733 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.14.).

Notes for ELIZABETH COOMBS:
Info came from a Yahoo search on Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Coombs was Sara (Allerton) Priest's great granddaughter. Sara was Issac Allerton's sister. Therefore Sara was Mary (Allerton) Cushman's Aunt.

Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
Elizabeth Coombs, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Barlow) Coombs, born in Boston 1662, and living in Plymouth in 1687, married Eleazar Cushman in Plymouth in 1688. This couple were evidently second cousins, one degree removed.

Notes for ELEAZAR CUSHMAN:
Eleazar Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs were second cousins once removed. - He is Thomas C & Mary (Allerton) C's grandson and Elizabeth is the great grand daughter of Degory Priest & Sara (Allerton) Priest (Sara is Mary (A) Cushman's Aunt + Issac's sister - Issac being Mary's Father)

Children of ELIZABETH COOMBS and ELEAZAR CUSHMAN are:
i. LYDIA6 CUSHMAN.
10. ii. JOHN CUSHMAN, b. 1690, Plymouth, MA.
iii. MOSES CUSHMAN.
11. iv. JAMES CUSHMAN.
v. WILLIAM CUSHMAN, b. 1710; d. 1777; m. ABIGAIL LEE; b. 1713; d. 1803.

Generation No. 6

9. HAZADIAH6 CARTWRIGHT (BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 11 Mar 1706/07 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available., (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:27, 8:74.), and died 15 May 1791 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Nantucket Vital Records 5:106, (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:74.). He married ABIGAIL BROWN 07 Mar 1731/32 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available., (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:74.), daughter of JOSEPH BROWN and TABITHA FROST. She was born 1715, and died 29 Jan 1797 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Nantucket Vital Records 5:105, (2) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:74.).

Notes for HAZADIAH CARTWRIGHT:
Ref: "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Vol. Eight, Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994.
On 27 Sept. 1746 Hazadiah Cartwright of Sherburn, blacksmith, bought one acre near his dwelling house from Peter and Hope Coffin.

Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
This source spells Hazadiah, Hezediah

Children of HAZADIAH CARTWRIGHT and ABIGAIL BROWN are:
i. PRISCILLA7 CARTWRIGHT, b. 27 Oct 1733; d. 12 Jul 1810 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.).

Notes for PRISCILLA CARTWRIGHT:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
Died single

12. ii. JAMES CARTWRIGHT, b. 08 Jul 1735, Nantucket, MA; d. 29 Oct 1822, Nantucket, MA.
13. iii. RACHEL CARTWRIGHT, b. 09 Aug 1737, Nantucket, MA; d. 03 Jul 1776, Nantucket, MA.
iv. MARY CARTWRIGHT, b. 29 Sep 1739, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.); d. 22 May 1819, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.); m. EBENEZAR COFFIN, 01 Mar 1759.

Notes for MARY CARTWRIGHT:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. Proof of marriage

14. v. ABIGAIL CARTWRIGHT, b. 26 Jul 1742, Nantucket, MA; d. 27 Sep 1826, Nantucket, MA.
vi. JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT, b. 27 Jun 1743.
vii. JONATHAN CARTWRIGHT, b. 22 Apr 1745, Nantucket, MA; d. 10 Dec 1789, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.); m. DEBORAH MACY, 17 Dec 1769, Sherborn in Nantucket (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.); d. 30 Apr 1771.
viii. THOMAS CARTWRIGHT, b. 29 Nov 1746, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.); d. at sea.

Notes for THOMAS CARTWRIGHT:
Died single at sea

15. ix. BENJAMIN CARTWRIGHT, b. 26 Nov 1747, Nantucket, MA; d. 13 Jan 1812, Nantucket, MA.
x. BETHIAH CARTWRIGHT, b. 05 Oct 1750, Nantucket, MA; d. 10 Jan 1793, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.); m. JOHN MACY, Mar 1768 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.).
16. xi. JOHN CARTWRIGHT, b. 30 Aug 1752, Nantucket, MA; d. 26 Apr 1837, Nantucket, MA.
xii. ELIHU CARTWRIGHT, b. 1754 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.).
xiii. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT, b. 13 Dec 1755; d. Jul 1813, at sea (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.).

Notes for WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT:
Died single at sea

xiv. SETH CARTWRIGHT, b. 08 Jan 1760; d. 29 Mar 1811; m. POLLY (MNU) CARTWRIGHT, VA.

10. JOHN6 CUSHMAN (ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 1690 in Plymouth, MA. He married JOANNA PRATT 1715.

Children of JOHN CUSHMAN and JOANNA PRATT are:
i. JOHN7 CUSHMAN.
17. ii. ELEAZER CUSHMAN II, b. 1726, Plymouth, MA; d. 1797, Willington, CT.

11. JAMES6 CUSHMAN (ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) He married SARAH HATCH.

Children of JAMES CUSHMAN and SARAH HATCH are:
18. i. ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, b. 1739.
ii. EBENEZER CUSHMAN, b. 04 Jun 1727, Dartmouth, MA (Source: Dartmouth VRs, 1:72.); d. 09 Jan 1813, New Bedford; m. ZERVIAH SHERMAN, 19 Sep 1750, Dartmouth, MA; b. 11 Jul 1730, BEF 1810.

Generation No. 7

12. JAMES7 CARTWRIGHT (HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 08 Jul 1735 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.), and died 29 Oct 1822 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.). He married (1) RUTH GARDNER 13 Feb 1757, daughter of URIAH GARDNER and RUTH BUNKER. She died 31 May 1757. He married (2) LOVE MACY 08 Feb 1759 in Sherborn in Nantucket, daughter of FRANCIS MACY and JUDITH COFFIN.

Notes for JAMES CARTWRIGHT:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
Proof of his marriages

Notes for RUTH GARDNER:
No children

Children of JAMES CARTWRIGHT and LOVE MACY are:
19. i. JOSEPH8 CARTWRIGHT, b. 11 Nov 1768; d. 09 Mar 1831.
ii. LOVE CARTWRIGHT, b. 14 Jan 1771; m. HENRY BARNARD, 04 Jul 1793.
iii. LYDIA CARTWRIGHT, b. 10 Jan 1762; d. 11 Feb 1833 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901.); m. PELEG MITCHELL, 30 Dec 1779 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901.); b. 09 Feb 1759 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901.); d. 02 Nov 1831 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
20. iv. PHEBE CARTWRIGHT, b. 17 Nov 1763.

13. RACHEL7 CARTWRIGHT (HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 09 Aug 1737 in Nantucket, MA, and died 03 Jul 1776 in Nantucket, MA. She married JABEZ MACY, JR 26 Feb 1767 (Source: "Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy Hiddleston-Curtis and Allied Families", by Jessie Gordon Flack and Maybelle Gordon Carman, Pub. J G Flack 1967.), son of JABEZ MACY and SARAH STARBUCK. He was born 30 Oct 1739 in Nantucket, MA (Source: "Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy Hiddleston-Curtis and Allied Families", by Jessie Gordon Flack and Maybelle Gordon Carman, Pub. J G Flack 1967.), and died Sep 1767 in At Sea (Source: "Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy Hiddleston-Curtis and Allied Families", by Jessie Gordon Flack and Maybelle Gordon Carman, Pub. J G Flack 1967.).

Child of RACHEL CARTWRIGHT and JABEZ MACY is:
i. LYDIA8 MACY, m. URIEL STARBUCK.

14. ABIGAIL7 CARTWRIGHT (HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 26 Jul 1742 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.), and died 27 Sep 1826 in Nantucket, MA. She married BARNABAS GARDNER 09 Feb 1760, son of JONATHAN GARDNER and PATIENCE BUNKER.

Notes for BARNABAS GARDNER:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
This reference has his parents listed as Jonathan and Patience.

Child of ABIGAIL CARTWRIGHT and BARNABAS GARDNER is:
21. i. PRISCILLA8 GARDNER.

15. BENJAMIN7 CARTWRIGHT (HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 26 Nov 1747 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.), and died 13 Jan 1812 in Nantucket, MA. He married (1) ELIZABETH BUNKER 29 Oct 1772, daughter of DAVID BUNKER and ELIZABETH GORHAM. She was born 28 Jun 1754, and died 25 Mar 1787. He married (2) ABIGAIL (PADDOCK) GARDNER 24 Apr 1788, daughter of JONATHAN PADDOCK.

Notes for BENJAMIN CARTWRIGHT:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
Proof of marriages

Children of BENJAMIN CARTWRIGHT and ELIZABETH BUNKER are:
i. DAVID8 CARTWRIGHT, b. 26 Nov 1772; d. 1793, Lost at sea.

Notes for DAVID CARTWRIGHT:
Lost at sea with William Bunker

ii. LOIS CARTWRIGHT, b. 30 Oct 1774; m. (1) RICHARD BUNKER, JR; m. (2) PAUL RAY.
iii. THOMAS CARTWRIGHT, b. 13 Jun 1776.
22. iv. THOMAS CARTWRIGHT, b. 19 Aug 1778; d. Mar 1813.
v. EUNICE CARTWRIGHT, b. 27 Jan 1780; m. JAMES PROCTER MYRICK, 21 Aug 1800.
vi. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT, b. 02 Nov 1781; d. 1813.
vii. ELIZABETH CARTWRIGHT, b. 14 Nov 1784; m. SETH SWAIN, 30 Aug 1804.
viii. PRISCILLAH CARTWRIGHT, b. 15 Jul 1785; d. 03 Sep 1785.

Children of BENJAMIN CARTWRIGHT and ABIGAIL GARDNER are:
ix. DAVID8 CARTWRIGHT, b. 25 Aug 1794; d. 22 Aug 1795.
23. x. FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT, b. 31 Dec 1796; d. 10 Aug 1844.
xi. LYDIA CARTWRIGHT, b. 27 May 1799; m. JOHN FOSTER COFFIN, 03 Mar 1818.
xii. MARY CARTWRIGHT, b. 24 May 1789; m. JOHN G WHIPPEY, 16 Aug 1810.
24. xiii. ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT, b. 08 Jan 1793.

16. JOHN7 CARTWRIGHT (HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 30 Aug 1752 in Nantucket, MA (Source: (1) "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994, 8:74., (2) Nantucket, MA VR 1:179.), and died 26 Apr 1837 in Nantucket, MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available., (2) Nantucket, MA VR 5:106.). He married MARY STARBUCK 16 Nov 1776 in Nantucket, MA (Source: (1) "History Nantucket County, Island & Town," Alexander Starbuck, Chas. Tuttle Co. Rutland VT 1969, p. 809, (2) Nantucket, MA VR 3:180, 4:399.), daughter of EDWARD STARBUCK and DAMARIS WORTH. She was born 18 Aug 1756 in Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket, MA VR 2:506.), and died 30 Mar 1839 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) , (2) Nantucket, MA VR 5:107.).

Notes for JOHN CARTWRIGHT:
Merchant & Shipmaster, general debility

Source: "Historic Nantucket Magazine," Winter 2000, Volume 49, No. 1, pg 14
When John Cartwright (1752-1837) died in 1837, his candlehouse and cooper's shop were valued at $2,000 and the newspaper eulogized him as "having passed through a long and active life without an imputation on his integrity, or a desire to be otherwise than useful to his fellow men." These traits suggest that Cartwright chose to live by Quaker tenets, although he was not formally a member of the Society of Friends. Having his silhouette cut instead of his portrait painted was considered "proper" by the Society, expressing a "plain and simple" aestetic, without taking on worldly airs.

Notes for MARY STARBUCK:
Dates on family page are beleived to be more accurate

B. August 18, 1756: source History Nantucket Co. etc.
D. March 30, 1839: source Nantucket Vital Records 5:107

Children of JOHN CARTWRIGHT and MARY STARBUCK are:
i. HEPSIBETH8 CARTWRIGHT, b. 08 Sep 1777, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) ); d. Mar 1831 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. MATTHEW JONES, 26 Oct 1801.
ii. JOHN CARTWRIGHT, b. 12 Jun 1779; d. Nov 1802, at sea in Barbadoes (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).
iii. LYDIA CARTWRIGHT, b. 25 Sep 1783, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 07 Feb 1827, Nantucket, MA; m. FREDERICK HUSSEY, 01 Apr 1803; b. 11 Nov 1780, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 25 Dec 1852, Nantucket, MA.

Notes for FREDERICK HUSSEY:
Frederick married sisters, Lydia and Sally

iv. SALLY CARTWRIGHT, b. 23 Mar 1786, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 05 Jan 1874, Nantucket, MA; m. (1) SAMUEL GELSTON; m. (2) FREDERICK HUSSEY; b. 11 Nov 1780, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 25 Dec 1852, Nantucket, MA; m. (3) MATTHEW CLARK, 06 Sep 1807; b. of Boston.

Notes for SALLY CARTWRIGHT:
Sally is the second wife of Frederick Hussey. He first married her sister Lydia.

Notes for FREDERICK HUSSEY:
Frederick married sisters, Lydia and Sally

v. ELIZA CARTWRIGHT, b. 07 Feb 1788, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 14 Jan 1864, Nantucket, MA; m. THADDEUS COFFIN, JR, 18 Dec 1816.
25. vi. CHARLES WORTH CARTWRIGHT, b. 02 Jan 1790, Nantucket MA; d. 12 Aug 1873, Nantucket, MA.
vii. GEORGE B CARTWRIGHT, b. 11 Dec 1791, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 05 Jun 1862, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) ); m. ELIZABETH HUSSEY, 19 Aug 1815.
viii. EDWARD S CARTWRIGHT, b. 07 Oct 1794; d. Nov 1813, lost at sea (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).
ix. ANN (NANCY) CARTWRIGHT, b. 25 Aug 1796, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 28 Nov 1865, Boston, MA.
26. x. MARY CARTWRIGHT, b. 06 Nov 1797, Nantucket, MA; d. 20 Nov 1877, Nantucket, MA.
xi. EUNICE CARTWRIGHT, b. 30 Nov 1799, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 21 Aug 1822, Nantucket, MA; m. PETER FOLGER EWER, 02 Nov 1820; b. 15 Mar 1800, N..

Notes for EUNICE CARTWRIGHT:
First wife of Peter F Ewer

Notes for PETER FOLGER EWER:
Peter married sisters, Eunice and Mary Cartwright

17. ELEAZER7 CUSHMAN II (JOHN6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 1726 in Plymouth, MA, and died 1797 in Willington, CT. He married ABIGAIL PARSONS in Willington, CT.

Children of ELEAZER CUSHMAN and ABIGAIL PARSONS are:
i. ELIPHALET8 CUSHMAN.
27. ii. ELEAZER CUSHMAN III, b. 1752, Plymton, Plymouth Co., MA; d. 1822, Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY.
iii. THOMAS CUSHMAN.
iv. ABIGAIL CUSHMAN.
v. CHOLE CUSHMAN.

18. ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN (JAMES6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 1739. She married EPHRAIM DELANO 1760 in Dartmouth MA, son of THOMAS DELANO and JEAN PECKHAM. He was born 1733 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, and died 14 Jul 1815 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA.

Child of ELIZABETH CUSHMAN and EPHRAIM DELANO is:
28. i. WARREN8 DELANO, b. 28 Oct 1779, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; d. 25 Sep 1866, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA.

Generation No. 8

19. JOSEPH8 CARTWRIGHT (JAMES7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 11 Nov 1768, and died 09 Mar 1831. He married PRISCILLA BROWN 05 Apr 1794, daughter of JOSEPH BROWN and MARY ELLIS. She died 16 Dec 1835.

Notes for PRISCILLA BROWN:
Frozen to death

Children of JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT and PRISCILLA BROWN are:
i. JOSEPH9 CARTWRIGHT, b. 15 Oct 1800; d. 16 Oct 1827; m. EMELINE BARNARD, 24 Feb 1825.
ii. GEORGE C CARTWRIGHT, b. 09 May 1807; d. 26 Aug 1828; m. ELIZA BROWN, 25 Oct 1827.
iii. JAMES CARTWRIGHT, d. 1827.

20. PHEBE8 CARTWRIGHT (JAMES7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 17 Nov 1763. She married DAVID STARBUCK, son of SILVANUS STARBUCK and MARY HOWES. He was born 10 Oct 1760.

Child of PHEBE CARTWRIGHT and DAVID STARBUCK is:
29. i. EDWARD C9 STARBUCK, b. Bef. 30 Dec 1798.

21. PRISCILLA8 GARDNER (ABIGAIL7 CARTWRIGHT, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST)

Child of PRISCILLA GARDNER is:
i. OLIVER C9 GARDNER, b. 1784; m. HANNAH MACY, 09 Apr 1807; b. 28 Feb 1788, Dunkirk, France; d. 1867.

22. THOMAS8 CARTWRIGHT (BENJAMIN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 19 Aug 1778, and died Mar 1813. He married ELIZABETH GARDNER 27 Sep 1798, daughter of SHUBAEL GARDNER and DEBORAH ELLIS. She was born 1780, and died 1813.

Child of THOMAS CARTWRIGHT and ELIZABETH GARDNER is:
i. DAVID GARDNER9 CARTWRIGHT, b. 1799; d. 1891; m. ELIZABETH CEELY, 26 Aug 1824; b. 1803.

23. FREDERICK8 CARTWRIGHT (BENJAMIN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 31 Dec 1796, and died 10 Aug 1844. He married ELIZA RIDDELL 15 Apr 1820, daughter of WILLIAM RIDDELL and BETSEY HUSSEY. She died 26 Jun 1828.

Children of FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT and ELIZA RIDDELL are:
i. SUSAN B9 CARTWRIGHT, m. THOMAS PADDACK.
ii. ABBY S CARTWRIGHT, b. 27 Oct 1828; m. OLIVER F JAMES.

24. ALEXANDER8 CARTWRIGHT (BENJAMIN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 08 Jan 1793. He married PHEBE JOY 03 Dec 1816, daughter of WILLIAM JOY and JEDIDAH MEADER.

Children of ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT and PHEBE JOY are:
i. ALEXANDER9 CARTWRIGHT, b. 16 Aug 1824.

Notes for ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT:
Alexander and Phebe are twins

ii. PHEBE CARTWRIGHT, b. 16 Aug 1824.

Notes for PHEBE CARTWRIGHT:
Phebe and Alexander are twins

25. CHARLES WORTH8 CARTWRIGHT (JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 02 Jan 1790 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Nantucket Vital Records 1:177, (2) Barney (Eliza Starbuck) Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., #222 & 223.), and died 12 Aug 1873 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney (Eilza Starbuck) Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., #222 & 223.). He married SUSAN HAYDEN 10 Oct 1811 in Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 3:178, 4:33 ), daughter of ABISHAI HAYDEN and MERAB PINKHAM. She was born 13 Nov 1791 in Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 2:131 Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)), and died 24 Jun 1826 in Boston, MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997), (2) Nantucket, MA VR 5:108.).

Notes for SUSAN HAYDEN:
Last name may have been spelled Haden

Children of CHARLES CARTWRIGHT and SUSAN HAYDEN are:
30. i. JOHN WILLIAM9 CARTWRIGHT, SR., b. 08 Sep 1812, Roxbury, MA; d. 19 Feb 1869, Nantucket, MA.
ii. CHARLES WORTH CARTWRIGHT, b. 08 Sep 1814, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 10 Aug 1830, Nantucket, MA.
iii. ELIZA H CARTWRIGHT, b. 29 Nov 1816, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) ); d. 27 Aug 1872, Nantucket, MA.
iv. SUSAN H CARTWRIGHT, b. 10 Apr 1819 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. JOHN G NEWELL, 13 Jan 1843.
31. v. EDWARD S CARTWRIGHT, b. 30 Mar 1821, Nantucket, MA.
vi. GEORGE B CARTWRIGHT, b. 30 Oct 1822, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. SARAH (MNU) CARTWRIGHT; b. , of Boston, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).
vii. ANNA MARIA CARTWRIGHT, b. 10 Feb 1824, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 01 Nov 1866, Nantucket, MA; m. LEONARD R SHELDON, Bef. 1850; b. of VT.

Notes for ANNA MARIA CARTWRIGHT:
Has twin brother Frederick H Cartwright

Notes for LEONARD R SHELDON:
Doctor

viii. FREDERICK H CARTWRIGHT, b. 10 Feb 1824, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 16 Feb 1858, Nantucket, MA.

Notes for FREDERICK H CARTWRIGHT:
Frederick and Anna Maria are twins

26. MARY8 CARTWRIGHT (JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 06 Nov 1797 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)), and died 20 Nov 1877 in Nantucket, MA. She married PETER FOLGER EWER 19 May 1825, son of SYLVANUS EWER and PEGGY FOLGER. He was born 15 Mar 1800 in N..

Notes for PETER FOLGER EWER:
Peter married sisters, Eunice and Mary Cartwright

Child of MARY CARTWRIGHT and PETER EWER is:
i. MARGARET F9 EWER, b. 26 Jan 1833; m. CHARLES EDWARD COFFIN.

27. ELEAZER8 CUSHMAN III (ELEAZER7, JOHN6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 1752 in Plymton, Plymouth Co., MA, and died 1822 in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY. He married MEHITABLE HINCHLEY in Willington, CT.

Children of ELEAZER CUSHMAN and MEHITABLE HINCHLEY are:
i. SUSANNAH9 CUSHMAN.
ii. ABIGAIL CUSHMAN.
iii. DAN CUSHMAN.
iv. PENINAH CUSHMAN.
v. MEHITABLE CUSHMAN.
32. vi. RUTH CUSHMAN, b. 1788, Weillington, CT; d. Vernon Centre, Oneida Co., NY.
vii. SALMON CUSHMAN.

28. WARREN8 DELANO (ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, JAMES6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 28 Oct 1779 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA, and died 25 Sep 1866 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA. He married (1) DEBORAH CHURCH 06 Nov 1808 in New Bedford, Bristol, MA, daughter of JOSEPH CHURCH and DEBORAH PERRY. He married (2) ELIZA PARKER ADAMS 02 Apr 1828 in Fairhaven, Bristol, MA.

Children of WARREN DELANO and DEBORAH CHURCH are:
33. i. WARREN9 DELANO, b. 13 Jul 1809, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; d. 17 Jan 1898, Algonac, Orange Co., NY.
ii. FREDERICK DELANO, b. 11 Apr 1811.
iii. FRANKLIN DELANO, b. 27 Jul 1813.
iv. LOUISA CHURCH DELANO, b. 29 Oct 1816.
v. EDWARD DELANO, b. 11 Jul 1818.
vi. DEBORAH PERRY DELANO, b. 15 Aug 1820.
vii. SARAH ALVEY DELANO, b. 22 Aug 1822.
viii. SUSAN MARIE DELANO, b. 17 Aug 1825.
ix. DELANO DELANO, b. 20 Jul 1827, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; d. 20 Jul 1827, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA.

Generation No. 9

29. EDWARD C9 STARBUCK (PHEBE8 CARTWRIGHT, JAMES7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born Bef. 30 Dec 1798. He married ELIZA HUSSEY, daughter of ELIAB HUSSEY and LYDIA HUSSEY.

Child of EDWARD STARBUCK and ELIZA HUSSEY is:
i. EDWARD HUSSEY10 STARBUCK, b. 10 Aug 1828.

30. JOHN WILLIAM9 CARTWRIGHT, SR. (CHARLES WORTH8, JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 08 Sep 1812 in Roxbury, MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 1:179 & Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) ), and died 19 Feb 1869 in Nantucket, MA (Source: copy of Cert. of death Record #8.). He married ELLEN MARIA WELD 05 Jun 1832 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 3:180 ), daughter of JAMES WELD and ELEANOR CUSHMAN. She was born 21 Aug 1814 in Roxbury, MA (Source: Place: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)), and died 26 Apr 1873 in Roxbury MA.

Notes for ELLEN MARIA WELD:
Nantucket VR 2:611 has birth date Aug. 21, 1814

Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail DTRobertson@Prodigy.net, P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998

Ellen Maria Weld was not born in Nantucket. In the book Vital Records of Nantucket she is the only Weld birth listed and following the entry is the source note "p.r.38" meaning private record 38. This record was the genealogical research of William C. Folger which was placed in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Association. The authors of Nantucket VRs noted "This compilation has been used because of the valuable clues it affords, but its statements should be received with caution, as it is not free from errors. It should be understood that in many instances the events recorded did not take place in Nantucket.." In fact I find evidence to doubt that Ellen ever lived on Nantucket. Her husband's family, the Cartwrights, did originate on Nantucket. It is possible that John W. Cartwright, Sr. was born there, though his birth record comes from the same source as his wife's. I found that their son John W. Cartwright Jr. also married a Boston woman, (Nantucket VR 179). Their daughter Ann Eliza married James H. Richardson of Boston, (Nantucket VR 177). Their son John W. married Mary J. Johnson of Boston, (Nantucket VR 179). This suggest to me that they lived in Boston not Nantucket.

According to David Freeman e-mail Dvfree@aol.com
He was doing research in family boxes and had turned up the family bible started when Ellen Maria Weld Married John W. Cartwright, Sr. The page where vital data is typically listed has a handwritten entry signed by JWC that they were married 5 June 1832 by George Gay Justice of the Peace.

This finding backs up other data he has that the 5 April 1832 date for the marriage in the Nantucket Vital Records 4:493 is wrong. John Jr. (his G Grandfather) was born 23 December 1832. Ellen Maria was two months pregnant when they were married. That explains why someone from a Boston Blueblood family was married by a JP rather than a minister.

Marriage Notes for JOHN CARTWRIGHT and ELLEN WELD:
From the Family Bible in the posession of David Freeman, 1509 Birch Anenue, Richland WA (address as of 1/1/2003) the marriage date was 6/5/1832 not 4/5/1832 as some records have it. The bible note was written by John William Cartwright himself and adds that Justice of the Peace George Gay performed the ceremony.
Since my G Grandfather John Jr. was born in December, this means Ellen Maria was quite pregnant when they were married. As further evidence is the fact that a JP married them. Ellen Maria Weld was from a very well known Boston Braman family and, under normal circumstances, a large church wedding would have been planned. Better to have a JP marry them and tell everyone they had been married earlier.

Children of JOHN CARTWRIGHT and ELLEN WELD are:
i. JOHN W10 CARTWRIGHT, JR, b. 23 Dec 1832, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. MARY PRISCILLA JOHNSTON, 1860 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); b. of Boston.

Notes for JOHN W CARTWRIGHT, JR:
According to Nantucket VR 179 John W. Cartwright Jr. also married a Boston woman.

Marriage Notes for JOHN CARTWRIGHT and MARY JOHNSTON:
Had 8 children - last was stillborn.

ii. ELLEN M CARTWRIGHT, b. 25 Nov 1834, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 04 Apr 1877, Nantucket, MA; m. HENRY L JONES; b. of Boston.
iii. SUSAN H CARTWRIGHT, b. 22 Feb 1836, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. PHILIP H FOLGER.
iv. ANNE ELIZA CARTWRIGHT, b. 23 Aug 1837, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. JAMES M RICHARDSON, May 1863 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); b. , of Boston (Source: Nantucket VR 177.).
34. v. CHARLES E. CARTWRIGHT, b. 14 Mar 1839, Nantucket, MA; d. 19 Mar 1877, Nantucket, MA.
vi. SARAH W CARTWRIGHT, b. 04 Mar 1841, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 30 Jun 1903, Nantucket, MA; m. WARREN B GALUCIA, Dec 1865 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); b. of Dedham, MA.
vii. JAMES W CARTWRIGHT, b. 03 Apr 1842, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) ); m. EMILY J AVERY, Dec 1867; b. of Cincinnati, OH.

Notes for JAMES W CARTWRIGHT:
served in the civil war

viii. EDMUND G W CARTWRIGHT, b. 27 Aug 1844, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. CATHARINE (KATE) MCCOY, 1865 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); b. Of Salem, MA.

Notes for EDMUND G W CARTWRIGHT:
Served with distinction in the civil war - an officer in a "coloured" heavy artillery unit.

ix. GEORGE FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT, b. 05 Feb 1846; d. 08 Feb 1846.
35. x. MARY STARBUCK CARTWRIGHT, b. 01 Oct 1849, Nantucket, MA; d. 06 Jun 1893, Wash DC Buried Oakhill Cem Georgetown.
xi. WALLACE CARTWRIGHT, b. 10 Feb 1853, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).
xii. FREDERIC H CARTWRIGHT, b. 05 Oct 1855, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. 29 Dec 1901, San Antonio, TX (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).

31. EDWARD S9 CARTWRIGHT (CHARLES WORTH8, JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 30 Mar 1821 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)). He married (1) LOUISA WILLCOX. He married (2) LAURA WALLACE 30 Nov 1842.

Notes for EDWARD S CARTWRIGHT:
Laura Wallace and Louisa Willcox maybe the same person

Notes for LOUISA WILLCOX:
Louisa Willcox and Laura Wallace maybe the same person.

Notes for LAURA WALLACE:
Louisa Willcox and Laura Wallace maybe the same person.

Child of EDWARD CARTWRIGHT and LAURA WALLACE is:
i. EDWARD W10 CARTWRIGHT, b. 22 Feb 1845; m. EMMA S THOMPSON.

32. RUTH9 CUSHMAN (ELEAZER8, ELEAZER7, JOHN6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 1788 in Weillington, CT, and died in Vernon Centre, Oneida Co., NY. She married JAMES BARTHOLOMEW.

Notes for JAMES BARTHOLOMEW:
Family Chronicle May/June 1998 "The Surname Origin List" Pg 4
Bartholomew (Aramaic) [F] Son of Talmai (="hill, furrow").

Children of RUTH CUSHMAN and JAMES BARTHOLOMEW are:
i. CHARLES10 BARTHOLOMEW.
ii. LUZETTE BARTHOLOMEW.
iii. CORNELIA BARTHOLOMEW.
iv. JULIETTE BARTHOLOMEW.
v. ELEAZER BARTHOLOMEW.
vi. ANNETTA BARTHOLOMEW.

33. WARREN9 DELANO (WARREN8, ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, JAMES6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 13 Jul 1809 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.), and died 17 Jan 1898 in Algonac, Orange Co., NY. He married CATHERINE ROBBINS LYMAN 01 Nov 1843 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, daughter of JOSEPH LYMAN and ANNE ROBBINS. She was born 1825 in Northampton, MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.).

Notes for WARREN DELANO:
Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
Warren Delano became one of the leading merchants of New York City, living much of the time with his family in China and later on at his estate at Newburgh on the Hudson. He was the son of Captain Warren Delano and Deborah Church.

Children of WARREN DELANO and CATHERINE LYMAN are:
36. i. SARAH10 DELANO, b. 21 Sep 1854, Algonac, Orange Co., NY; d. 07 Sep 1941, Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY.
ii. SUSAN MARIE DELANO, b. 13 Oct 1844.
iii. LOUIS CHURCH DELANO, b. 04 Jun 1846.
iv. DEBORAH PERRY DORA DELANO, b. 29 Aug 1847.
v. ANNIE LYMAN DELANO, b. 08 Jan 1849.
vi. WARREN DELANO, b. 20 Sep 1850.
vii. WARREN DELANO, b. 1852.
viii. PHILIPPE DELANO, b. 03 Feb 1857.
ix. KATHERINE ROBBINS DELANO, b. 1860.
x. FREDERICK ADRIAN DELANO, b. 10 Sep 1863.
xi. LAURA FRANKLIN DELANO, b. 23 Dec 1864.

Generation No. 10

34. CHARLES E.10 CARTWRIGHT (JOHN WILLIAM9, CHARLES WORTH8, JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 14 Mar 1839 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)), and died 19 Mar 1877 in Nantucket, MA. He married ELVIRA O BRADWATER. She was born in of VA.

Children of CHARLES CARTWRIGHT and ELVIRA BRADWATER are:
i. CHAERLS E.11 CARTWRIGHT.
ii. FREDERICK G. CARTWRIGHT.
iii. ANNIE M. CARTWRIGHT.

35. MARY STARBUCK10 CARTWRIGHT (JOHN WILLIAM9, CHARLES WORTH8, JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 01 Oct 1849 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Nantucket, MA VR 1:180.), and died 06 Jun 1893 in Wash DC Buried Oakhill Cem Georgetown (Source: Oak Hill Cem. Records.). She married GEORGE WILLIAM COFFIN 18 Dec 1866 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997), (2) Copy of Cert of Marriage.), son of FRANCIS COFFIN and EMELINE WYER. He was born 22 Dec 1845 in Nantucket Island MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 1:276 ), and died 15 Jun 1899 in Yokohama Japan Buried Oakhill Cem Georgetown (Source: Oak Hill Cem. Records.).

Notes for MARY STARBUCK CARTWRIGHT:
Supposedly had only one child.
Vital Records has b 10/1/1849
Cemetary records has 9/30/1847

Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM COFFIN:
On July 20,1858, Timothy W Calder and Francis E Coffin (his brother) were appointed guardians of a minor son of Francis C Coffin and Emeline Coffin both deceased.

He was appointed as an acting midshipman from MA. He rose steadily and was commissioned a Captain on September 27, 1893. In 1863, he was assigned to the Sloop Ticonderoga. He served in 1864/65 in both attacks on Fort Fisher, being wounded in the ground assault. In 1884 he commanded the Rtr. ALERT of the Greeley Relief Expidition under Schley. He retired in 1897 because of ill health.

The following is from a letter attached to George William Coffin's portrait, Perhaps his Obituary, Portrait currently owned by Langley Hoge Kenzie (1/1/94):

George William Coffin was born at Nantucket, MA Dec. 23, 1845, son of Francis C. and Emiline (Wyer) Coffin. Tristam Coffin, his first paternal American ancestor, was one of the first settlers of Nantucket. The descent from him and his wife Dionis Stevens being through James and Mary (Severance) Coffin: and Charles and Miriam (Parker) Coffin, the grandparents of George W.

Entering the U.S. Naval Academy in 1860 he was graduated and commissioned an ensign in 1863 and assigned to the steam sloop "Ticonderoga" of the North Atlantic blockading squadron in which he served until the end of the Civil War, participating in all actions in which that vessel took part. He was severely wounded in the land assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, but continued in command of his men until the Blue Jackets were withdrawn. For conspicuous bravery on this occasion he was especially commended in dispatches, and by a special act of congress was given a medal and the thanks of Congress and was advanced 30 numbers in grade. He was promoted to Master and Lieutenant in 1866, to Lieutenant Commander in 1868, to Commander in 1878, and to Captain in 1893.

After the Civil War he served on the "Shawmut" on the Brazilian Station 1866-67, on the "Franklin", Admiral Farrauut's flagship on the Mediterranean Station 1867-68, and at the U.S. Naval Academy 1868-69. In 1870 he was made Chief of Staff of the North American Fleet. He commanded several ships both on the east and west coasts and in foreign waters.

In 1884 he answered the request of the Navy Department to volunteer for the relief expedition under Admiral Winfield Scott Schley to go to the Arctic in search of Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and his party. He was placed in command of the "Alert", lent to the U.S. Government by Queen Victoria, one of the three vessels to make up the expedition. The exigencies of this command required him at one period to spend seventy-two hours in the crow's nest look-out and the leg which had sustained the wound during the Civil War became frost-bitten. This was a source of continued trouble to him and was a partial reason for his eventual retirement.

In 1886 he was again on duty in the Mediterranean and upon his return was made chief of the Lighthouse Division which was then under the Navy. Upon the death of his wife he requested a return to sea duty. In 1895 he took the cruiser "Charleston" to the Pacific, making official records of the waters of Manila Bay. These were filed with the Navy Department and given to Admiral Dewey and used by him (together with a personal letter from Captain Coffin who had been a classmate and close friend) in navigation at The Battle of Manila.

Due to ill health Captain Coffin was placed on the retired list in 1897, but on the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he applied, against advice, for active duty and was placed in charge of the 12th Lighthouse District.

Captain Coffin designed and patented a novel safety keel made of wood and steel for use on Navy and other vessels to protect them from damage in the event of running aground. It was first used on the Lighthouse Service Cutter "Columbine".

He was a companion of the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and a member of the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D.C., Bohemian Club of San Francisco, and the Yokohama (Japan) Club, where he resided after his retirement from the Navy, and where his son-in-law, Medical Inspector Frank Anderson, U.S. Navy was in charge of the Naval Hospital.

Captain Coffin was a brave and efficient officer, devoted to the service of his country, able in the performance of duty and highly esteemed by his fellow officers and superiors. He was a man of cheerful good nature and deep felling, and had many warm friends.

He was married at Nantucket, Mass., December 18, 1866, to Mary Starbuck Cartwright, daughter of John Cartwright, of Boston, Mass., and had a daughter, Eleanor Calder Coffin, wife of Dr. Frank Anderson, U.S. Navy, and two grand-daughters, Dorthy Morgan and Eleanor Anderson.

He died at Yokohama, Japan, June 15, 1899. He requested that his ashes be placed beside his wife in Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. instead of at Arlington National Cemetery, and this was done.

THIS IS AN ARTICAL FROM HARPER'S WEEKLY APRIL 19, 1884

THE GREELY RELIEF EXPEDITION

The third relief party, which proposes to attempt the rescue of Lieutenant A. W. Greely and followers, is now in readiness for departure at the Brooklyn Navy-yard. This is the most powerfully equipped expedition which has as yet been organized for exploration in the arctic regions. Commander W. S. Schley, in charge, has had the wealth of experience, failure, and disaster of the many previous expeditions on which to base a plan of extraordinary preparation. The crushed ships, the unknown, unmarked graves, the frozen dead, and the mourners of all nations are specters which rise to demand that every emergency shall be met. The inceptive theory held that for arctic exploration ships constructed especially for such service were necessary. Hence the purchase of two vessels built at Dundee, Scotland-the Bear, a sealing, and the Thetis, a whaling steamer, in addition to the steamer Alert presented by England. So nearly alike are these vessels that each approximates 210 feet in length over all, 30 feet in breadth, 19 feet in depth, and a tonnage of 490 tons. A slight dissimilarity in appearance is caused by the Bear having her machinery and smoke-stack well forward, and the Thetis hers well aft. When these steamers arrive their previous service was instanced in their oily, fishy odors, greasy wood-work, foul holds, and unpainted and begrimed appearance. A swarm of laborers relieved the dreary evidences of rough usage. The Construction Department of the navy formulated plans to thoroughly overhaul the hulls, strengthen the strong parts, and make strong the weak ones. The Engineer Department undertook an examination of every bolt and part of the machinery and running gear. The Ordnance and Storage departments looked after the magazines and stores.

It will be remembered that the Jeannette was crushed in the ice like a mere egg-shell. To prevent such a possibility the present vessels received extra hold beams braced diagonally with seventeen sets of braces. These braces run from the hold beams diagonally down to the turned bulge on either side of the vessel. The forward holds have been divided by collision or watertight bulk-heads. Forward of these, under the berth-decks, are ponderous beams. By the means of eleven sets of hooks and two of pointers, running from the berth deck beams to the throat-lines and keelsons, the force of the ice received forward is transmitted to the berth-deck beams themselves. The stems and forward dead-woods have an enormous thickness of six and a half feet of timber. The hold and main-deck beams are supported from the top of the keelsons by hold and between-deck stanchions of oak. Thus the force of the ice received on the bottoms is transmitted clear to the decks. Besides this, the bottoms have eight inches of planking, one foot of floor timber, seventeen inches of keelson, and ten inches of keel, making the great total thickness of four feet lacking one inch. The vessels are double-planked with green heart six feet above and six feet below water. These arrangements are regarded as proof presumptive that there is no possibility of crushing by ice. Yet it will seem that the vessels are not strengthened aft, particularly where the magazines and medical stores are placed in the bulk-heads, and where an ice-floe is as liable to operate as elsewhere.

These vessels have an approximate light draught of ten feet, and a low draught of seventeen feet, allowing five feet free board. Their light displacement is 850 tons, low displacement 1560 tons, and a displacement available for cargo of about 700 tons each.

The living arrangements for officers and crews are in innovation on standard methods. The cabins were torn out. State-rooms were reserved only for captains and ice pilots. There is a single room for the officers on either vessel, surrounded by berths. By this means there is and economy of fuel, and better heating for all. For the crews is a house on each vessel's deck, extending forty-one feet back from the forecastle, with room for thirty seamen in each. The houses are water-tight, and protected from the weather by two thicknesses of sheeting, with a thick layer of felt between. The bulk-heads are divided into magazine and medical storage compartments. The former contain in each 2000 pounds of blasting powder, 1000 pounds of gun-cotton, thirty rifles and sporting pieces, a harpoon gun for walrus and other large game, and necessary ammunition.

The experience of arctic expeditions has been that to the ordinary foods of the sailor is largely due to disease of scurvy, discontent, and melancholy. A remarkable feature of the present expedition is its immense stores of foods of every possible variety, delicacy, and nutritive value. From a volume indexing one hundred and seventy-five tons of food a few samples may be mentioned in pounds: 101,920 of bread in tins; 25,480 of barley, oatmeal, Samp, and split pease; 7280 of rice; 3640 each of corn meal and buck-wheat; 911 each of vermicelli and macaroni; 450 each of cornstarch, tapioca, and farina; 228 of arrowroot; 600 of baking powder; 3640 each of sugar cakes and French compressed vegetables; 14,560 of fried potatoes; 36,700 of salt pork; 21,480 of bacon; 1840 each of sauces, pig jowl, hoc, etc.; 29,120 of salt beef; 911 of smoked beef; 3640 of beef tongue smoked; 14,520 each of raw and cooked hams and canned beef; 95,000 of canned stuffs; 7280 of canned mutton; 1820 each of fried oysters, raw oysters, mackerel, and salmon; 911 each of sardines and Liebig's extracts; 545 each of cabbage and sour-krout; 457 of Bologna sausage; 1820 of soup stuff; 3640 of half-pickled onions; 600 of sauces; 112 of garlic; 7280 of tomatoes; 1820 of plum-pudding; 1400 of prepared pumpkin; 3600 of mince-meat; 1800 each of apple-butter, raisins, butter, compressed tea, chocolate, nuts, etc.; 5000 each of cheese and lard; 300 each of mustard and spice; 400 of olive oil; 1300 of dried herbs; 100 of flavoring extracts; 4200 of lime juice; 30,000 of pemmican; 1820 gallons of beans; 911 gallons each of green pease, Lima beans, and corn; and hundreds of other items. It is urged as a further excuse for this extraordinary array of eatables that the Esquimaux use no money, and much of this food will be bartered for information, services, etc.

In the matter of clothing the preparations have been as elaborate as in foods. Indeed, it would seem impossible for one to walk under the burdens imposed. There are five hundred pairs of seal skin boots for sledging parties. These are made of skins of the hair seal, extend to the knee, are lined with wool, and have leather soles. They are also provided with in-soles. The hose is very long and heavy, extending above the knee, of red color. The under-wear is of extra heavy flannel, the wrappers being double and long. There are Jerseys of the heaviest quality. There are hoods of wool with capes, which have but small openings for the face. Accompanying these are wool mittens and wristlets. This is but the beginning of the costume. Next come oogjood-skin jackets to be cut and fitted as needed. There are sou'westers, or oil-skin suits, for damp weather; wool mufflers; heavy-grain leather boots; arctic overshoes reaching to the knee; rubber sandals with bottoms on them like a rubber door mat. In addition is all the regular line of clothing, from a pea-jacket down, that is worn by the sailor. Fifteen hundred rein-deer skin were converted into trousers, jackets, and hoods. There are blanket in-soles of three thicknesses of blanket and one of canvas; foot-nips of felt, made like a stocking , and reaching about to the ankle. All of the clothing is securely packed in bales, covered with enameled cloth, and having the seams covered with white lead.

One trouble heretofore has been with eyes. There are cases of freezing, and of blinding by the reflection of the sun on the ice and snow. To obviate this, goggles of every description are provided, with wire screens and eye shields.

Each vessel is provided with numerous small boats. On the starboard side is a steam ironclad launch, strongly built. There are two iceboats, which may be sailed on ice or in water, or drawn by hand or by dogs as sledges. Each ship has four whale-boats, for escape or other purpose. They are fitted with sails and oars, and have stanchions for the weather side to protect the occupants from the water. There are small sledges to be drawn by hand, and larger ones to be drawn by dogs, with which the expedition will be thoroughly provided. The dogs and Esquimaux interpreters will be shipped at Newfoundland.

The engines were thoroughly overhauled. They have 300 horse-power each, a speed of nine knots, and a capacity for ten tons of coal per day. There are powerful steam-pumps and ejectors to relieve the holds in case of leak. The improved distilling apparatus is fitted in such a way that no circulation of water is required, but cold air will act in its place. By means of these machines a plentiful supply of fresh-water will be secured.

The Brooklyn Navy-yard has sent forth and equipped the expeditions of Grinnell (the first American expedition after Franklin), Kane, the Polaris, the Tigress, and others. None of these had anything like the equipment of the Greely relief expedition number three. It is only to be regretted that Lieutenant Greely was not so well prepared, that he might to-day be quietly resting on the honors won in the arctic regius.

Was a Sea Captain. (Capt. USN) Thanks of Congress for conspicuous bravery. Severely wounded in assault on Ft. Fisher. Commanded ALERT in 1884 Expedition to Rescue Greely in Arctic.

THIS ARTICAL IS FROM THE COFFIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER, DATED NOVEMBER 1994
Address: c/o David P Coffin, 8907 Mohawk La Bethesda MD 20817
"GEORGE WILLIAM COFFIN"
Captain, U.S. Navy

In St. Peter's Chapel on Mare Island Naval Shipyard a Vallejo, California is a Tiffany window dedicated to George W. Coffin, who had a variable and notable career from his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1863 until his retirement due to ill health in 1897, two years prior to his death in 1899 at Yokohama Japan.

In addition to serving his country on land and sea as a naval officer, Captain Coffin designed and patented a novel safety keel made of wood and steel for use on Navy and other vessels to protect them from damage in the event of running aground. This keel was first used on the Lighthouse Service Cutter COLUMBINE.

George William Coffin was appointed from Massachusetts to the U. S. Naval Academy 20 Sep 1860 and was graduated and commissioned an ensign on 1 Oct 1863. He was assigned to the steam sloop TICONDEROGA of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in which he served until the end of the Civil War. He participated in both assaults on Fort Fisher North Carolina and was severely wounded by a minieball in the right leg during the land assault on Fort Fisher. He continued in command of his men until the unit was withdrawn from the action. George W. Coffin was highly commended for conspicuous bravery and was advanced 30 numbers in grade by a special act of Congress.

Coffin was promoted to Master and Lieutenant 25 Jul 1866 and assigned to the steamer SHAWMUT of the Brazil Squadron. In 1867 he was assigned to the steam frigate FRANKLIN, Admiral Farragut's flagship on the Mediterranean Station of the European Squadron. Lieutenant George Coffin was promoted to Lieutenant Commander 12 Mar 1868 and assigned to the U. S. Naval Academy.

In 1870 Lt. Commander Coffin was Chief of Staff of the North Atlantic Fleet. He served in this capacity until 1871 when he was assigned to command the gunnery ship CONSTELLATION. In 1873 he was assigned to the Naval Academy where he served through 1874. He commanded the PLYMOUTH on the North Atlantic Station in 1875, the HARTFORD, flagship of the North Atlantic Station in 1875-6, the HASSLER of the Coast Survey 1876-8. George was promoted to Commander in 1878 and he served as Light House Inspector in 1881-4.

"In 1884 he answered the request of the Navy Department to volunteer for the relief expedition under Admiral Winfield Scott Schley to go to the Arctic in search of Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and his party. He was placed in command of the ALBERT lent to the United States Government by Queen Victoria, one of the three vessels to make up the expedition. The exigencies of this command required him at one period to spend 72 hours in the crow's nest look-out and the leg which had sustained the wound during the Civil War became frostbitten. This was a source of continued trouble to him and was a partial reason for his eventual retirement."

This was the third relief party sent by the Government to rescue the American Arctic explorer and his party of 25 who had been sent to establish a series of Polar stations in the Arctic regions. They had reached 83 degrees 24 minutes, the farthest north anyone had reached at that time and discovered land north of Greenland. By the time they were rescued by the third relief party of Captain Schley they had crossed Grinnell Land to the Polar Sea, suffering the utmost privations until starvation had reduced their number to seven, Greely being one.

In 1886 and 1887 he was again on duty in the Mediterranean Squadron commanding the steamer QUINNEBAUG. He was again a Light House inspector in 1898-9 and was Secretary of the Light House Board from 1889 to Nov 1892. Commander Coffin was on leave of absence from 1892 until 1894.

After his wife died in 1893 he requested a return to sea duty.
"In 1895 he took the cruiser CHARLESTON to the Pacific making official records of the waters of Manila Bay. These were filed with the Navy Department and given to Admiral Dewey and used by him (together with a personal letter from Captain Coffin who had been a classmate and close friend) in navigation at the Battle of Manila."

Captain Coffin was placed on the retired list in 1897 due to ill health, but on the outbreak of the Spanish American War he applied, against advice, for active duty and was placed in charge of the 12th Light House District.

George William Coffin, son of Francis Chase and Emeline (Wyer) Coffin, was born at Nantucket MA 23 December 1845 and died 15 June 1899 at Yokohama Japan where he had been living near his daughter and her husband, Naval Inspector Frank Anderson who was at the time in charge of the Naval hospital there. At his request his ashes were placed beside his wife in Oak Hill Cemetery at Georgetown, DC rather than in Arlington National Cemetery.

At the age of 10 years George's father died in South America and at 13 his mother died. On 20 Jul 1858 his older brother, Francis E. Coffin and Timothy W. Calder were appointed guardians of George William Coffin, minor child of Francis C. and Emeline Coffin, both deceased.

He married 18 Dec 1866 at Nantucket to Mary Starbuck Cartwright, daughter of John W. and Ellen Maria (Weld) Cartwright of Boston. They had a daughter Eleanor Calder Coffin born 30 Oct 1868 and a son George born 24 Jun 1869. Eleanor married 17 Jun 1886 Frank Anderson. We have no record of his son George after the birth recorded in the Nantucket town records. Eleanora was baptized at the Nantucket Episcopal Church 10 Jul 1870 and George, who would be a year old, was not. So it appears that George was deceased in his first year.

The following information was obtained from THE RECORDS OF LIVING OFFICERS OF THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS, Fifth Edition, revised, with Numerous Additions. It was published in Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co. in 1894, and was sent to me (Mrs. Sue Lemmon) from the Naval History Center, Washington, D.C.

George W. Coffin.--- Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 20, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3. Promoted to Ensign, October 1, 1863; steam-sloop "Ticonderoga," North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; wounded by a Minie'ball in right leg at land assault on Fort Fisher; steamer "Shawmut," Brazil Squadron, 1866. Commissioned as Lieutenant, July 25, 1866; steam-frigate "Franklin," European Squadron, 1867-8. Commissioned as Lieutenant Commander, March 12, 1868; Naval Academy, 1868-9; Chief-of-Staff, S.S. of North Atlantic Fleet, 1870-1; "Constellation" (gunnery-ship), 1871-2; Naval Academy, 1873-4; "Plymouth," North Atlantic Station, 1875; "Hartford." Flag-ship, North Atlantic Station, 1875-6; Coast Survey (commanding "Hassler"), 1876-8. Promoted to Commander, November, 1878; Light-House Inspector, 1881-4; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, New York, 1884-6; commanding steamer "Alert," Greely Relief Expedition, 1884; commanding steamer "Quinnebaug," Mediterranean Squadron, 1886-7; Light-house Inspector, 1888-9; Secretary Light-House Board, 1889, to November 1892; leave of absence, November. 1892, to

Source: "The National Cyclopedia" Vol. XXIX, by James T. White & Co 1941

COFFIN, George William, naval officer, was born at Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 23, 1845, son of Francis C. and Emeline (Wyer) Coffin. Tristram Coffin (q.v.), his first paternal American ancestor, was one of the first settlers of Nantucket Island, the descent from him and his wife Dionis Stevens being through James and Mary (Severance) Coffin; John and Hope (Gardner) Coffin; Richard and Ruth (Bunker) Coffin; Richard and Mary (Starbuck) Coffin, and Charles and Miriam (Parker) Coffin, the grandparents of George W. Coffin. Entering the U.S. naval academy in 1860, he was graduated and commissioned an ensign in 1863 and assigned to the steam sloop "Ticonderoga" of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, in which he served until the end of the Civil war, participating in all actions in which that vessel took part. He was severely wounded in the land assault on Ft. Fischer, N. C., but continued in command of his men until the blue jackets were withdrawn. For conspicuous bravery on this occasion he was especially commended in dispatches and by a special act of congress was given the thanks of congress and advanced thirty numbers in grade. He was promoted to master and lieutenant in 1866, to lieutenant commander in 1868, to commander in 1878 and to captain in 1893. After the Civil war he served in the "Shawmut" on the Brazilian station, 1867-68, and at the U.S. naval academy 1868-69. In 1870-71 he was chief of staff of the North Atlantic fleet. He commanded several ships of the navy in home and foreign waters and in 1884 was in command of the "Alert", a vessel lent to the U.S. government by Queen Victoria of England, which he took to the Arctic as one of the ships of the Greely relief expedition under Com. Winfield Scott Schley (q.v.). Because of ill health he was placed on the retired list in 1897 but on the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he applied for active duty and was placed in charge of the 12th lighthouse district. Coffin designed and patented a novel safety keel make of wood and steel for the use on navy and other vessels to protect them from damage in the event of grounding. It was first used on the lighthouse service cutter "Columbine". He was a companion of the California commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and a member of the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D.C., Bohemian Club of San Francisco and the Yokohama (Japan) Club, where he resided after his retirement from the navy. He was a brave and efficient officer, devoted to the service of his country, able in the performance of duty and highly esteemed by his superiors and fellow officers. He was married at Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 18, 1866, to Mary Starbuck, daughter of John Cartwright, of Boston, Mass., and they had a daughter, Eleanor Calder Coffin, wife of Dr. Frank Anderson, U.S. navy. He died in Yokohama, Japan, June 15, 1899.date. Promoted Captain, 1893.

Marriage Notes for MARY CARTWRIGHT and GEORGE COFFIN:
Apparently only one child

Child of MARY CARTWRIGHT and GEORGE COFFIN is:
37. i. ELEANOR CALDER11 COFFIN, b. 31 Oct 1867, Nantucket MA; d. 30 Oct 1942, Elizabeth NJ, bur. Arlington.

36. SARAH10 DELANO (WARREN9, WARREN8, ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, JAMES6, ELIZABETH5 COOMBS, JOHN4, SARAH3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 21 Sep 1854 in Algonac, Orange Co., NY (Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..), and died 07 Sep 1941 in Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY. She married JAMES ROOSEVELT 07 Oct 1880 in Algonac, Orange, NY (Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..), son of ISAAC ROOSEVELT and MARY ASPINWALL. He was born 16 Jul 1828 in Hyde Park, NY (Source: (1) "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson., (2) "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..), and died 08 Dec 1900 in NY (Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..).

Notes for JAMES ROOSEVELT:
Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
Union College, '47, Harvard College, '52, was a prominent and successful business man.

Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn.
JAMES (Isaac), b. July 16, 1828, at Hyde Park, N.Y. He was graduated from Union College, and he afterward took a course at Harvard, graduating five years later. He went into business and was very successful. He was president of the Champlain Transportation Company, an incorporator of the City Trust Company, a trustee of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, vice-president of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, an officer of a large steel concern at West Superior, Wis., and interested in many railroad companies. He was also a member of the Holland Society, the University, Seawanaka-Corinthian, Delta Phi, Century, Metropolitan and Manhattan Clubs and the Metro-politan Club of Washington. He was the alternate commissioner from this State to the World's Fair at Chicago and was at one time manager of the State Hospital for the Insane at Poughkeepsie.

He in., 1853, Rebecca Brien Howland, b. January 15, 1831, daughter of Gardiner Greene and Louisa (Meredith) Howland. (Louisa Meredith, b. November 9, 1810, was daughter of Jonathan Meredith of Baltimore, Md.)

Child of SARAH DELANO and JAMES ROOSEVELT is:
38. i. FRANKLIN DELANO11 ROOSEVELT, b. 30 Jan 1882, Hayde Park, Dutchess, NY; d. 05 Apr 1945, Warm Springs, Meriwether, GA.

Generation No. 11

37. ELEANOR CALDER11 COFFIN (MARY STARBUCK10 CARTWRIGHT, JOHN WILLIAM9, CHARLES WORTH8, JOHN7, HAZADIAH6, BETHIA5 PRATT, JOSEPH4, MARY3 PRIEST, DEGORY2, PETER1 PRUST) was born 31 Oct 1867 in Nantucket MA (Source: Certificate of Birth Record #42.), and died 30 Oct 1942 in Elizabeth NJ, bur. Arlington (Source: (1) Certified copy from a record of Death in the office of Registrar of Vital Statistics from the City of Elizabeth, N.J.., (2) Copy of Report of Interment from Arlington National Cemetery.). She married FRANK ANDERSON 17 Jun 1886 in St Martins in the Fields, Trafalgar Sq., London, England (Source: Certified copy Entry of Marriage Pursuant to Marriage Act 1949 #TF097446.), son of WILLIAM ANDERSON and LOUISA MORGAN. He was born 20 Jul 1852 in Stapleton, NY (Source: Naval Records of F. Anderson in "Abstracts of Service Records of Naval Officers", Vol. 15 pp 417, 219 in National Archives, Wash DC MF #M1325.), and died 31 Mar 1921 in Washington DC Bur. Arlington Cem. (Source: (1) Copy of Report of Interment from Arlington National Cemetery., (2) Naval Records of F. Anderson in "Abstracts of Service Records of Naval Officers", Vol. 15 pp 417, 219 in National Archives, Wash DC MF #M1325.).

Notes for ELEANOR CALDER COFFIN:
Baptized Episcopal Church of Nantucket apparently as Elenora per records at the church in Nantucket
Chr 7/10/1870
Known as Lena to her close friends.
An active Quaker in her later years.

Notes for FRANK ANDERSON:
Captain U.S. Navy Medical Corp
Baptised St John's Episcopal Church, Clifton, Staten Island 2/21/1853.Address today (1998) is 1331 Bay Street, Staten Island NY 10305 Ph 718-447-1605
Buried Arlington National Cemetary - Section 3 Grave # 4534

Source: Memoirs of Sidney Morgan Henry
In 1878 he was a medical officer in the Navy, twenty six years old, was a Passed Assistant Surgeon and was attached to the Receiving Ship Wabash.
He participated in the battle of Fisher's Island in the Civil War and had commanded one of the ships in the Greeley Relief Expedition.

Marriage Notes for ELEANOR COFFIN and FRANK ANDERSON:
Nantucket Town records show a son George Coffin born June 16, 1869-no further record of the son seems to exist.

Children of ELEANOR COFFIN and FRANK ANDERSON are:
i. DOROTHY MORGAN12 ANDERSON, b. 02 May 1887, New Brighton/Castleton NY (Source: Birth Cert..); d. 16 Jul 1979, Bristol RI - buried Jamestown RI (Source: Death Cert. #138-79-004660 State of RI.); m. PHILIP BARLOW HOGE, 16 Apr 1918, Washington DC (Source: Marriage Cert..); b. 10 Nov 1883, Washington DC (Source: 1900 Dist of Columbia Census.); d. 23 Jun 1964, South Kingston RI, - buried Jamestown RI (Source: Death Cert #4557 State of RI.).

Notes for DOROTHY MORGAN ANDERSON:
The following is a letter written by Dorothy Anderson Hoge sometime between 1965 and 1970..

ANDERSON FAMILY
Unfortunately, I don't know too much. Eleanor Fay and Reg Henry had as much as they could get from the family cousins in old letters in Halifax, N.S. Canada, but one of the early immigrant decendants, a son, became a doctor and established the first medical school in Vermont. Another one had three daughters, Harriet, Ann, and Dorothy. He was a lieutenant in the British army named Langley. That's where the Langleys came in. Harriet married William Astley Cooper Anderson who had studied medicine in Edinburgh as all good doctors did in those days, and also as had his father who named him after a famous doctor professor there. W.A.C Anderson was my great grandfather. He and Harriet migrated to Staten Island. His son, same name, married Louisa Morgan, whose father was a N.Y. banker. Her brother was the Uncle Charles whose portrait we have. My father and Lulie (the Henry's mother) and Willie, the only survivors of a number of children. Willie was crippled in some way, a recluse, moved back to Halifax. Ann Langley, great grandmother of the Creighton family in Halifax. Their mother, the cousin Helen we knew.

I'm not sure how the New Orleans property came into the family, but it was there in my Grandfather Anderson's day, through his wife Louisa Morgan who had inherited her shares. My father gradually bought up the Henry boys' divided inheritance as they came of age so that he owned all his mother's share, which set him somewhat ahead financially (eventually) of most U.S. Navy doctors.

HENRY
They don't know much of anything about the Henry antecedents, but their father's mother was a sister of President Buchanan. That's how he came to be President Buchanan's private secretary and special emissary to the court of St. James. He had two sons by his first wife who was a Magruder. So he was an older widower when Lulie Anderson was married to him. No doubt, he was supposed to be something, but my father, though I don't remember his ever actually saying anything, never liked him much and resented the way he took over her money (lost it), and used to go off to Europe with his older son, Joe, and leave his "sainted Lulie" with all those little boys and one servant. She died of pneumonia, taking care of baby Frank, and pregnant with the seventh. My father stuck around whenever possible and took care of the little boys who had everything. Jim nearly died of Diptheria. My father put a tube in his throat and sucked out the infection, Uncle Henry away. He didn't marry until after Lulie Died. Wanted to take Frank who was named for him, but Uncle Henry thought my mother too young and flighty. Frank and Reg, then one year and three years, were given to Aunt Hattie Irving to take care of, niece of Washington Irving, a nice old maid, reputed to have been engaged to marry my Grandfather Anderson after my grandmother died. She was nice, and always kept Frank, which was not too good for him. Aunt Belle Robson from Halifax came and took care of the other four boys for a few years, also Aunt Sidnay Morgan, Spinster, my grandmother's sister. Reg's records have most of this. I Told Sid about my father. He was surprised.

As the Henry boys grew older they were put into various not too expensive schools, except Frank, who went to a good school in Staten Island. My memory picks up where Aunt Hattie Irving (my Godmother) used to bring Frank to visit us in the 19th Street house in Washington. She dressed in black silk with a triangle of lace on her head topped with a lavender bow. I thought she was a hundred, but she was probably sixty. Frank was a sort of stilted, highly literary, anxious for playmates little boy, quizzical sense of humor which he always had, but blind in one eye which made him "different". He had several operations, which made it less obvious. I first remember Reg when he was about fourteen, came to George Washington Catholic Boarding School, spent his holidays with us. He thought he'd be a Bishop, it was a good job. Sid came too, and went to day school. He was sixteen. Still in short pants. Lived with us for a while, especially when my father was at sea, and my mother in the house alone with us, two servants. My grandparents Coffin had lived on R street until my grandmother died when I was six, and my grandfather applied for sea duty. He came back and lived with us in 1895-96. As the boys grew up, their father "placed" them, no special regard to what they wanted. Will, the eldest, at fifteen, went into railroad shops, (he wanted to be a doctor, but Uncle Henry said he couldn't afford anything and had Cassatt cousins) Jim into the Naval Academy, he wanted West Point. Rob into West Point, he wanted that, but failed in math for lack of any preparation, and his father said he disgraced the family and wouldn't do anything more for him. So Rob said, "Give me a dollar to go to New York, and you'll be free of me." So he did. Rob got a job sweeping out an office, and as you know, got his own banking and investing business, Sid wanted the navy, and "retrieved" the Henry reputation by graduating second in his class and becoming National Fencing Champion. He went on to M.I.T. and then retired and went into business as maritime finance consultant, at one time president of Matson Lines. Reg, not prepared for anything, but crazy for one of the services, worked for Rob for a while but was then to old for an appointment so only opening was a line. He chose medicine and the older boys clubbed together and put him through U. of Virginia then medical school, and he got into the Navy, served with marine corps. not too hot as a practising doctor, but good on public health. Laid out San Juan System. They all married their own kind of people and never any question about their tastes or how they behaved. They had the advantage while young of visiting us in vacations and going for a while in the summers to Lake George where their father was commodore of Lake George Yachting Club where they met nice girls and were a part in the regattas. Will married May Du Bignon of Atlanta. He became Supt of Eastern Lines of Penn. R.R. Jim married Mary McLaughry from Leavenworth. Her father was a prison authority and introduced thumb printing to U.S. Rob married Jean Tolar, Bay Ridge, they lived at St. John's Place Brooklyn, where I used to visit them. I was bridesmaid at their wedding while I was at Oldfields. The "Mister" announced his engagement at Rob's wedding to Margaret, 50 years younger the he. They were married nine years. My father's only remark was she got more out of him than his sister ever did. But he left nearly nothing and the boys took care of her until she died. You know about Reg and Frank.

COFFIN

The Coffin geneology is pretty complete and is on record for us with the Colonial Dames. Reg also had it where it interlocked with us. He also had what was known of the Anderson connection. My mother was Eleanor Calder Coffin, her mother Mary Calder Cartwright. (I think her mother was Starbuck, my grandmother). She married George William Coffin, Nantucket, who was brought up by aunt and uncle, his parents dead. He was the first of the sea-going Coffins who went into the U.S. Navy, graduated early (from Naval Academy) because of Civil War held Fort Fisher (at age 21) until Fort Sumter was taken, wounded in leg, promoted to Lt. Cmdr. went to Russia and Admiral Farragut - that's why my mother was called Lena. Volunteered for Greely Relief Expedition and had command of the "Alert" - one of the three ships commanded by Admiral Schley. He stood in the crow's nest 72 hours and got his leg frozen where it had been wounded. After return was offered head of navigation but turned it down and took the Lighthouse Service because, I think, it kept him near home, and my grandmother was ill. The Lighthouse Service was then under the Navy. After her death, he went to sea, on U.S.S. Charleston to the Far East. plotted Manila Bay (then Spanish) then sent plans to Admiral Dewey (his roommate at Annapolis) who had never been there, and who used them in battle of Manilla Bay. He retired in 1896, went to Yokohama with us, went back to active duty during war 1899, but it was too much for him, died in Yokohama in 1900. Until his death I knew him better than I knew my father, and was with him a great deal. He was wonderful.

WHERE WE WERE AND PROBABLE DATES - PROBABLY ACCURATE FROM THE SAME LETTER
(see above)

I was born May 2, 1887, in New Brighton Staten Island. My father was at sea at the time and probably my grandfather also because I have never found any allusion to him at the time. Evidently my grandmother and mother went to Staten Island because of my father's connections, though by that time his immediate family was all dead. Aunt Hattie Irving was there however, taking care of Frank who was three and Reg, six. Reg was the one able to testify as to my birth and christening when I applied for a passport since he remimbered being at the christening and its being in a house with the bishop in charge which it made is difficult to find a record in a parish church. The local minister of the community where the house was, was not New Brighton. Aunt Hattie was my godmother. I don't know when my grandparents moved to Washington to 2023 R St. but that's where we all were until I was about four years old whn the 19th St. house was built. Eleanor was born in the R St. house Aug. 3rd, 1890. My grandfather was then head of the Light House Service, then under the Navy Dept.
My parents built the 19th St. house when Eleanor was about 18 months old. My grandmother must have given them most of the money from a small legacy because she stipulated that the house should never be sold unless it was replaced by another. The idea in those days being a house was the only safeguard for a widow who could always take boarders. They had seen to many destitute Navy widows. My grandparents were young themselves, my grandmother scarcely 40, Nana. My father was seventeen years older than my mother.
We lived at 1628 19th St. until my father was ordered to Yokohama in 1897. He was attached to the Naval Dispensary for part of the time but had a quite extensive private practice which they could at that time, and a reputation as a diagnosticion. The latter part of the time was his sea duty, attached to U.S.S. (unable to fully decipher the name of the ship appears like Archlintrite), I think a gunboat, at the disposal of the president because on one cruise the Chinese ammbassador was aboard with the President - the famous Li Huong Chang (not sure of this spelling). So the ship was often at the navy yard. I remember going there to see the ship once, but I don't remember the ship, just going. My father while ashore on Dispensary duty had a horse and a closed sort of vehicle, not a buggy, and a colored driver named Spencer.
My grandmother died in 1893. My grandfather immediately applied fo sea duty and went to Japan and the Philippines on U.S.S. Charleston as Captain It was there he mapped Manila Bay which afterwards served Admiral Dewey when he took Manila in the Spanish American War. My grandfather never made admiral. He had been ordered to South America right after having had his leg frozen on the Arctic Expedition to rescue General Greely and developed Bright's disease which it affected his heart, and he retired in 1895 or 6 and lived with us at 1628 19th Street while my father was at sea, when we all went to Yokohama on October 7, 1897. My father preceded us in August and was there to meet us. We were in Yokohama at the Naval Hospital from Nov. 1897 (it took us a month to get there from Washington, 5 days train, a stop in San Francisco, 18 days by P & O Steamer ) to Oct. 1900. It looked like a split in the family then. My grandfather had died 10 months previously and had evidently left money to my mother to take me to Europe to school, ( I was always his "pearl of pride" and had spent much of my childhood with them, and in Yokohama in his separate little house on the Bluff where he had a "boy", a victoria to ride in, and two fox terriers, Chubbie and Gus.) Anyway my mother and I took the N.G. Lloyd Sachsen steamer for Europe and my father took Eleanor to U.S. and left her with Aunt Hattie and Frank in New Brighton until my mother had found the Paris school for me, and rejoined them.
Polly Condis Smith, sister of Mrs. Albert Key. Key was in the Embassy at Tokyo. Another sister was Mrs. Leonard Wood, Governor of Philippines after Spanish American War. Polly had just survived the Boxer Rebellion in Peking and was quite famous for her maintenance work during the siege. She travelled with mother and me to Paris and I shared a stateroom with her on N. G. Lloyd Oldenburg in the Mediterranean after our two weeks in Cairo. She was only 23. She left us in Paris to get married to Richard Hooker, Marine Corps. Needless to say I gleamed an awful lot about her experience in Peking. Most of the people I knew anyway as they had passed through Yokohama on their way.
I was in the Paris school from December 1900 until August 1901 when mother came over to see me and spend a month at St Marguerite in Brittany with some friends she had known in Japan-the Wilders from Honolulu. We were in Hotel de la Plage, they in a cottage. Eleanor had been left with Mrs Knox and Marguerite to go to Lake George. But I was ill- headache, sort of a nervous breakdown and she brought me home instead. My father was again at sea and the 19th Street house rented, so we had an appartment at the Portner,15th and U Street. I was in bed most of the year, until I was 15. Eleanor went to the Miss Dorsey's School where I went after a while. It was then I got to know Grace Allen and Alice Goodwin and Constance Hoyt,sister of Elinor Hoyt Wylie who afterwards married William Rose Benet. Also Mary Howry who now lives in Jamestown, and other native Washington young and Army and Navy girls. This was a few years before the rival school of Holton-Arms. I only went spasmodically until I went to Oldfields in 1905.
My father still at sea, Eleanor and I went to Oldfields in October 1905. Rob Henry was married late October and we went to Bayridge, Brooklyn for the wedding. I was bridesmaid. The winter of 1905-6 Eleanor and I were at Oldfields and my father back, a house was rented for the summer on DeSales Street opposite the convent which was later torn down t