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| 301 | Was a music teacher. 1881 census lists her as a Baptist. 1871 Weslayan Methodist on census record. | CHARLTON, Emma Grace "Dollie" (I76905)
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| 302 | Was killed in the line of duty, buried at Ramillies British Cemetary. 19 years old. World War II. Fought at Vimy Ridge, Vancouver's 29th Batallion. The information that they sent about Jim: KIRKPATRICK, Pte. James Douglas, 180084. 29th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.). Died of wounds 11th Oct., 1918. Age 19. Son of James Douglas Kirkpatrick and Emma Bowe Kirkpatrick, of Macleod, Alberta. Native of Vancouver, C 21. Grave stone said: 180084 PRIVATE J.D. KIRKPATRICK 29th BN. CANADIAN INF. 11th OCTOBER 1918 AGE 19 + WE MISS THEE FROM OUR HOME DEAR WE MISS THE SUNSHINE OF THY FACE According to the Nov 15/91 edition of Kirkpatrick Gold, Jim's mother "knew" when he died, even though she was thousands of miles away from him. "She was lying down nursing the last baby when she saw Jim in a 'spiritual picture,' making a drive and running over a hill [Vimy Ridge] with other soldiers. She saw him fall and grab his head, then he never moved. She knew he was dead. Poor Mother. It was 3 weeks before we received the real official War Telegram that he had served his country well." | KIRKPATRICK, James Douglas (I46)
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| 303 | While on duty at a fire at Drummonds lumberyard on the east side of Yonge Street, on July 4, 1866, Mr. William Charlton, Assistant Engineer of the fire department, received injuries [broken spine] which proved fatal 6 days later. The council granted his widow the sum of $750 as a gratuity for the loss of her husband. William was 34 years old at his death. From 1856 to 1860 William worked as a Wagon maker at Victoria St. WS and from 1861 to 1865 - he was a Tavernkeeper at 56 Queen St. W NS. "Stevenson minister" Buried in Toronto Necropolis Sec K, Lot 71. Occupation: Fireman, First Assistant Engineer | CHARLTON, William Henry (I76902)
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| 304 | William Allen may be the "Wm Allin" on board the Hopewell, sailing toBarbadoes from England on Feb 17, 1634, This was a route often used bythose leaving England for the "southern colonies". He was "of Boston" onNovember 13, 1673. a refugee from Manhattan. He had been expelled by theDutch when they captured that town. William is supposed to havemarried ??? Riggs. He made his will December 15, 1674 and it was provedJanuary 26 1674/5 (Suffolk Probate' Vol. 6 p. 133). The testatorbequeathed "unto Lydia Benjamin, wife of John of Watertown". On January26, 1674/5 John Benjamin appeared in court and renounced his executorship"in the right of Lydia his wife, to the will'. In the Boston TranscriptNovember 23, 1940, there was some discussion as to why John refused thebequest of William Allen. They felt it was either too small to warrantthe trouble of complying with the legal formalities involved in receivingit, or there was some question as to whether the property was honestlyacquired. | ALLEN, William (I31015)
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| 305 | William and Joanna Towne came to Salem Massachusetts from Great Yarmouth,Norfolk, England about or after 1635. William and his father, John, wereboth gardeners, despite the fact that William was apprenticed on 5 Nov1608 "for 14 years from 2nd Feb. next" to a basketmaker, AbrahamRobbertes (Roberts) of Yarmouth. At some point, he was cited by the archdeacon of Norwich Consistory forfailing to appear for communion and noted as a Separatist with his wife. Three of William and Joanna's daughters, Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary TowneEstey, and Sarah Bridges Cloyse, were victims of the 1692 Salemwitchcraft hysteria. Sarah was imprisoned but later released; Rebecca andMary were hanged. He died on June 24, 1673 and is buried in Topsfield, Essex County,Massachusetts. His estate was probated on April 10, 1683 in Essex County,Massachusetts. Many of William and Joanna's descendants have distinguished themselves invarious fields of endeavor through the years. Architect Ithiel Town, whodesigned the covered truss bridge, was a descendant, as were ClaraBarton, founder of the American Red Cross, and Elizabeth Nourse, the19th-century artist. Laura Towne, who established the first school forAfrican-American children after the Civil War, and Maine author KennethRoberts were both descendants. The home of General Salem Towne is nowpart of the Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts Living Museum. | TOWNE, William (I26382)
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| 306 | William arrived at Watertown as early as 1630, but no positive evidenceof his arrival date is available. He purchased home property Mar. 15,1654/55. William served Watertown in many capacities, including selectman, townclerk, Captain, and justice of the peace. He was admitted Freeman Oct.11, 1682, and to full communion in church Mar. 27, 1687. He married first Feb. 7, 1649/50, at Watertown, Massachusetts to SarahBiscoe, and second in the spring of 1695 to Mrs. Elizabeth Nevison, widowof John. | BOND, William (I13770)
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| 307 | William Barsham arrived in April or July of 1630 on one oi the ships ofthe Winthrop Fleet. He traveled alone, and is listed as bound forWatertown, where he settled. William was born about 1610 in England. Before 1635 he married AnnebelSmith who was born in England about 1615, the daughter of John Smith(alias Bland). (Note: John Smith at times went by the name of John Bland(See John Smith of Watertown, The American Genealogist, 61:Jan/Apr 1985Author: Anderson, Robert Charles p.19-22). He was sometimes called JohnSmith, but his name and his ancestors name was Bland. John Bland ofMartha's Vineyard was the same as John Smith Sr. of Watertown in the1630s. John Smith Sr. left Watertown for Martha's Vineyard about 1645 andresumed the name of Bland.) William was possibly a carpenter since he was involved in accessing workon construction of a meeting house. He also helped to assess the repairsnecessary to a Mill Bridge. He became Freeman, March 9, 1636/7, and islisted that year as a Proprietor of the town. He served as a Watertownselectman and as juror. He died July 13, 1684. Annabel had died almost a year before him onAugust 23, 1683. His will is dated Aug 28, 1683, with a codicil datedApril 15, 1684. It was probated August 29, 1684. The will mentions sonsJohn, Joshua and Nathaniel, daughters Hannah Spring, Susanna Capen, SarahBrowne, Mary Bright, Rebecca Winship and Elizabeth Barsham, as well asgrandson William Barsham, son of John. | BARSHAM, William (I13747)
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| 308 | William Batchelder (Bachiler, Batchelor) was an inhabitant atCharlestown, Mass., in 1634, where he lived his entire lived the rest ofhis life. He was a victualler and admitted to the church there Nov. 10,1634. He took the freemans oath 20 Aug 1644. William died on 22 Feb 1669 in Charlestown, then part of WorcesterCounty. In his will, he left all property to his wife Rachel, to bedivided after her death between his son John, his son-in-law RichardAustin, and his three grandchildren, Joseph Cromwell, Benjamin Cromwell,& Susanna Lawrence. Also mentioned are his gaughters, Rachell Atwood, andAbigail Austin. | BATCHELDER, William (I21708)
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| 309 | William French was born in Halstead, Essex County, England March 15,1603. He was a tailor and came to America with the Rev. Thomas Shepard inthe "Defence" in 1635, bringing his wife Elizabeth and four children. Hesettled at Cambridge and in 1652 was one of 13 petitioners for theseparation of Billerica, formerly Shawshin, from Cambridge. In 1647 he was Lieutenant and afterward Captain of Militia. In 1659 hewas authorized to soleminize marriages within Billerica and Chelmsford. He served as selectman 1660-4 and 1670-3, and was the author of thefamous tract entitled "Strength out of weakness" published in London andreprinted by the Boston Historical Society. His wife died March 31, 1668,and he remarried on May 6, 1669, to Mary Lathrop of Barnstable, dau. ofThomas Lathrop and widow of John Stearns of Billerica. He died Nov. 20,1681. Note: Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, Vice President DickCheney, Walt Disney and inventor Eli Whitney are all descendants ofWilliam French. | FRENCH, William (I21693)
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| 310 | William Hopkins was in Stratford as early as 1640. He was AssistantMagistrate 1641-2, but there are no records of his origins, when he diedor what wife or children he had. It is thought that his widow Mary, then wife of Richard Whitehead ofWindsor, negotiated a contract with William Lewis of Farmington for themarriage of their children. William's daughter Mary became wife ofWilliam Lewis, Jr., son of the bargainer. From this, it can be inferredthat William died prior to 1644. | HOPKINS, William (I30832)
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| 311 | William Lewis came from England with wife Felix and son William, on theship "Lion" that landed at Boston September 16th, 1632. He is listed asbound for Cambridge. He was admitted Freeman in November and joined theBraintree Company, which in August 1633 removed to Newtown, Mass. In 1636, he was one of the earliest settlers of Hartford, Connecticut,and subsequently a founder of Hadley, Mass. He represented Hadley at theGeneral Court in 1662, and Northampton in 1664. Prior to Nov. 29, 1677,he had removed to Farmington, Connecticut, where he died Aug. 2, 1683. He married Felix (or Felecia) who died in Hadley on April 17, 1671. He was a trained military man, who evidentally took part in Europeanwars. | LEWIS, William (I30817)
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| 312 | William was of Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1634 when he was sentto Maine with John Howland in the Hocking Affair. He received land inDuxbury on February 6, 1637 and soon after, "...the government allowedhim to build." He also owned cattle (Pope). He married Alys (Alice) Kitson of Duxbury on 3 August 1638. On 25 March1641, his signature appears on a complaint to Gov. Winthrop of the BayColony, together with Roger Williams, William Carpenter and others, inthe Garton Affair, and about that time, having sold his land in PlymouthColony, he removed to Cape Porpoise (Arundel), now Kennebunk, Maine. He had a 200 acre grant of land there in 1654, bought Peter Turbal'shouse and 200 acres on the east side of the Kennebunk River in 1657, andwas licensed to keep the ferry there, at least through 1673. He was madea Freeman of Cape Porpoise 5 July 1653. On April 12, 1675, he and hiswife Alice deeded all their property to their son John, conditioned oncare for life, having first given money to his sons William and Jobbefore signing the deed. | REYNOLDS, William (I21712)
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| 313 | William, a weaver by trade, was at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts by1639, but his origins and arrival in America are uncertain. He was in the First Inventory of land in Watertown. He had a homestead ofone acre bounded by John Clough and William Perry. He also had 3 acres ofupland bounded by the same and by Joseph Morse. He was chosen hog reeveand fence viewer in 1653 and 1659 and served in other posts as well. Histax assessment in 1652 was 1s, the smallest in Watertown. On Jul 4, 1654, he bought a house and 55 acres from John and SusanClough, including a parcel bounded by William Paine, Edward Goffe andJoseph Morse, plus a parcel bounded by Edmund Lewis and John Coolidge. Buried at Arlington Street Cemetery, his gravesite had a memorial tableterected in 1853 by Lemuel Shattuck, a descendant. William's gravestoneis barely legible, being marble and highly corroded. There are traces ofwhat might have been paint on some of the letterings, but only onWilliam's (the upper) half of the stone. | SHATTUCK, William (I13769)
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| 314 | Witnesses were Lawrence Quinsy (sp?) and Ida J. Kirkpatrick. Married by E. Flewelling Source: Wedding registration. | Family: James Douglas KIRKPATRICK / Emma BOWE (F16)
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