Archive:D. A. R. Lineage Books, Volume 20
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Volume 20, page 10
Mrs. Anna St. John Whitney.
DAR ID Number: 19022
Born in Stony Creek, California.
Wife of Arthur L. Whitney.
Descendant of Massey Thomas.
Daughter of Adin C. St. John and Isabel Grigsby, his wife.
Granddaughter of John Grigsby and Dicey Thomas, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of James Thomas and Elizabeth Miller, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Massey Thomas and Dicey Thomas, his wife.
Massey Thomas enlisted at sixteen, 1776, from Culpeper Co., Va., as a private in Capt. John
Gillson's company of foot for three years. In 1847, at the age of eighty-four, a pension was
granted in Ohio Co., Kentucky, to his widow for two years' actual service of her husband in the
Virginia Line.
Volume 20, page 25
Mrs. Frances Frisbie Newton.
DAR ID Number: 19062
Born in Watertown, Connecticut.
Wife of Lewis Byron Newton.
Descendant of Capt. Abraham Foot, of Connecticut.
Daughter of Daniel Frisbie and Sarah Ann Reynolds, his wife.
Granddaughter of Israel Frisbie, Jr., and Polly Whitney, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Israel Frisbie and Active Foot, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Abraham Foot and Abigail Rogers, his wife.
Abraham Foot, (1725-1823), commanded a company of foot, 1777, in Col. Andrew Ward's
regiment of militia. He died in Woodbury.
Volume 20, page 27
Mrs. Bertha Lovering Brewster.
DAR ID Number: 19066
Born in Putnam, Connecticut.
Wife of Nathan Avery Brewster.
Descendant of Peleg Hopkins, of Rhode Island.
[p.27] Daughter of Frederick William Lovering and Clarissa Augusta Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Whitford Whitney and Mehitabel Hopkins, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Peleg Hopkins and Elizabeth Place, his wife.
Peleg Hopkins, (1755-1846), was a private in Rhode Island State troops and was at the battle of
Newport, 1778. He was placed on the pension roll at the age of seventy-nine. He was born and
died in Foster, R. I. His brother Othoniel was lost at sea under Capt. John Paul Jones.
Volume 20, page 28
Mrs. Ida Allen Morse Fenner.
DAR ID Number: 19070
Born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Wife of Charles Monroe Fenner.
Descendant of Peleg Hopkins, of Rhode Island.
Daughter of George Milton Morse and Melora Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Whitford Whitney and Mehitable Hopkins, his wife.
See No. 19066.
Volume 20, page 29
[p.29] Mrs. Hattie Marcella Morse Luke.
DAR ID Number: 19073
Born in Putnam, Connecticut.
Wife of Albert Charles Luke.
Descendant of Peleg Hopkins.
Daughter of George Milton Morse and Melora Whitney, his wife.
See No. 19070.
Volume 20, page 29
Miss Alice Melora Morse.
DAR ID Number: 19077
Born in Putnam, Connecticut.
Descendant of Peleg Hopkins, of Rhode Island.
Daughter of George Milton Morse and Melora Whitney, his wife.
See No. 19070.
Volume 20, page 29
Mrs. Blanche Patience Morse Vaughan.
DAR ID Number: 19078
Born in Putnam, Connecticut.
Wife of George Addison Vaughan.
Descendant of Peleg Hopkins.
Daughter of George Milton Morse and Melora Whitney, his wife.
See No. 19070.
Volume 20, page 50
Mrs. Verna Tracy Olds Young.
DAR ID Number: 19133
Born in Pike, Iowa.
Wife of Robert G. Young.
Descendant of Benjamin Olds, of Massachusetts, Capt. Perley Howe and Lieut. Daniel
Leffingwell, Jr., of Connecticut.
Daughter of Gamaliel Whitney Olds and Hannah Leffingwell Tracy, his wife (m. 1858).
Granddaughter of Gamaliel Olds and Minerva Howe, his wife (m. 1826); Vernet Tracy (1803-91)
and Mary Ann Dilley (1808-95), his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Joseph Olds and Sally Whitney, his wife (m. 1789); Peleg Tracy and
Hannah Leffingwell, his wife; Zara Davis Howe and Abigail Hewett, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Benjamin Olds and Via Smith, his wife (m. 1758); Daniel Leffingwell,
Jr., and Elizabeth Whiting, his wife; Perley Howe and Tamar Davis, his wife.
Benjamin Olds enlisted 1776 in Capt. William Cooley's company, Col. John Moseley's regiment,
Hampshire county regiment and was a minute man at the Bennington Alarm, 1777. He died in
Granville, Mass.
Perley Howe, (1742-95), served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut Light Horse under
Col. Ebenezer Backus. He was born in Dudley, Mass., died in Killingly, Conn.
Daniel Leffingwell, Jr., (1752-78), served as lieutenant in Col. John Ely's regiment of State troops
1777. He was born and died in Norwich, Conn.
Volume 20, page 73
Mrs. Hannah Addie Crosby.
DAR ID Number: 19195
Born in New York, N. Y.
Wife of Wilson Crosby.
Descendant of Elijah Whitney, Lieut. Elisha Whitney, of Massachusetts.
[p.73] Daughter of William Whitney Seaver (1806-58) and Hannah Hewes Hunneman, his
wife.
Granddaughter of Joseph Seaver (1770-1811) and Abigail Whitney (b. 1778), his wife (m.
1799).
Gr.-granddaughter of Elisha Whitney and Abigail Dana, his wife, (m. 1769).
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Elijah Whitney and Hannah Whitney, his wife.
Elijah Whitney was a member of the Committee of Safety of Warwick where in 1715 he was
born.
Elisha Whitney was lieutenant of the First Company, Suffolk county regiment of militia under Col.
William McIntosh. He was born 1747 in Warwick.
Also No. 4581.
Volume 20, page 76
[p.76] Miss Miriam Drummond Dole.
DAR ID Number: 19202
Born in Bangor, Maine.
Descendant of Maj. Josiah Hayden, Joseph Chamberlain, Lieut. Jesse Whitney, Wilson
Chamberlain and Capt. Jonathan Poore, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of James Albert Dole and Emma H. Drummond, his wife.
Granddaughter of Albert Dole and Miriam McDonald, his wife; Manuel Smith Drummond and
Lucinda Curtis Chamberlain, his wife.
See No. 19201.
Gr.-granddaughter of Henry Dole and Sarah Butler, his wife; John McDonald and Lydia Willey,
his wife; William Chamberlain and Hannah Nichols Huston, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Butler and Sarah Poore, his wife; Joseph Chamberlain and Lucy
Witney (b. 1765), his wife (m. 1786).
Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Jonathan Poore and Sarah Dole, his wife; Wilson Chamberlain and
Elizabeth Austin, his wife; Jesse Witney and Mary Cheney (1736-1777), his first wife (m.
1757).
Joseph Chamberlain, (1762-1800), enlisted for three years at the age of eighteen and served to the
close of the war. A letter from camp Windsor, 1738, says, ôProvisions are poor and hard, and no
money, but I am contented.ö He was born in Charlestown, Mass.; died in Wardsboro, Vt.
Jesse Whitney, (1730-1815), served as lieutenant in the army and on the Committee of Safety. He
was born in Mendon; died in Milford.
Wilson Chamberlain, (1724-91), turned out at various alarms. He was born in Charlestown,
Mass.; died in Holliston, Maine.
Also Nos. 6828, 9059.
Jonathan Poore, (1737-1807), commanded a company of volunteers, 1775. He served on
committee for supplying soldiers, 1778. He was born and died in Newbury, Mass.
Also No. 9770.
Volume 20, page 78
Mrs. Florence Bragg Buzzell.
DAR ID Number: 19205
Born in Bangor, Maine.
Wife of James C. Buzzell.
Descendant of Sergt. Nathaniel Bragg, Capt. Benjamin Taylor, Joshua Hammond, William
Hammond, Corp. Nathaniel Meigs and Henry Baldwin.
Daughter of Isaac Meigs Bragg and Augusta Heywood Taylor, his wife.
Granddaughter of Isaac Bragg (b. 1780) and Hannah Meigs (b. 1778), his wife; Abner Taylor and
Anna Hammond, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Nathaniel Bragg and Hannah Moore, his wife; Nathaniel Meigs and Mary
Wyatt, his third wife (m. 1777); Benjamin Taylor and Martha Lyon, his wife; William Hammond
and Relief Baldwin, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Joshua Hammond and Elizabeth Prentice, his wife; Henry Baldwin and
Abigail Butler, his wife.
Nathaniel Bragg served several enlistments and was in the Penobscot expedition, 1779. He was
born in Attleboro, Mass., 1743; died in Maine.
Benjamin Taylor, (1732-87), is mentioned as captain in the [p.78] company recruited in New
Hampshire for Winter Hill, 1775.
Joshua Hammond, (1720-92), served as a minute man at various alarms. He was one of the
committee to procure soldiers for Newton, where he was born and died.
William Hammond, (1740-1814), served in the commissary under Col. Jacob Whitney, 1776. He
was born in Newton, Mass.; died in Bangor, Maine.
Also No. 16209.
Nathaniel Meigs, (1740-1805), marched from Rochester, Mass., at the Rhode Island Alarm, 1776,
under Capt. Nathaniel Hammond.
Henry Baldwin, (1717-89), was a minute man, 1775. He was born in Pelham, N. H.; died in
Shrewsbury, Mass.
Volume 20, page 86
Mrs. Caroline Morgan Fisk.
DAR ID Number: 19228
Born in Walpole, Massachusetts.
Widow of John Murray Fisk.
Descendant of Lemuel Sawyer, Henry Morgan and Benjamin Herring, all of Massachusetts.
[p.86] Daughter of John Morgan and Caroline Dean, his wife.
Granddaughter of Solomon Morgan (1775-1833) and Betsey Sawyer, his wife; Richard Dean and
Callie Herring, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Henry Morgan and Hannah Whitney, his wife; Lemuel Sawyer and Anna
Pratt, his wife; Benjamin Herring and Miriam Dean, his wife (m. 1767).
Lemuel Sawyer, (1749-1830), served at the Lexington Alarm in Capt. Thomas Gates' mounted
company of Lancaster. He was born in Lancaster, Mass.; died in Plymouth, Vt.
Henry Morgan, (1741-1808), who had fought in the early wars, was at Lexington and Bunker
Hill. He was born in Braintree, Mass.; died in Plymouth, Vt.
Benjamin Herring, (1738-95), marched from Dedham under Capt. William Bullard at the
Lexington Alarm.
Also Nos. 14911, 14913.
Volume 20, page 93
[p.93] Mrs. Mary Charlotte Wilder Garratt.
DAR ID Number: 19245
Born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Wife of Allen Vinal Garratt.
Descendant of Capt. Daniel Rugg, of Massachusetts; Lieut. Col. Jonathan Cram, of New
Hampshire.
Daughter of Edward Francis Wilder and Rebekah Jane Gaffield, his wife.
Granddaughter of Volney Wilder and Charlotte Page, his wife; Reuben Reed Gaffield and Mary
Cram, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of David Wilder and Lucy Rugg, his wife; Benjamin Cram and Rebekah
Fletcher White, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Daniel Rugg and Elizabeth Woods Divoll, his wife; Jonathan Cram and
Mary (Cram) Cram, his wife.
Daniel Rugg, (1743-1830), entered the army as lieutenant, 1776, and commanded a company
under Col. Josiah Whitney, 1779. He was born and died in Lancaster, Mass.
Jonathan Cram, (1737-1806), served under Col. John Stark at Bunker Hill. He was lieutenant in
the Burgoyne campaign; promoted major 1781, and lieutenant colonel 1784. He was born and
died in Hampton, N. H.
Also No. 12781.
Volume 20, page 106
[p.106] Mrs. Ella D. Whitney.
DAR ID Number: 19283
Born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Wife of Francis Whitney.
Descendant of Jonathan Fairbank, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Aaron Maynard Goodnow and Hannah Fairbank, his wife.
Granddaughter of Col. Drury Fairbank and Mary Spring, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Jonathan Fairbank.
Jonathan Fairbank, (1755-1840), was a minute man from Holliston in Capt. Staples Chamberlain's
company at the battle of Lexington. He was born in Holliston; died in Sudbury, Mass.
Volume 20, page 122
Mrs. H. Cora Phillips Bullard.
DAR ID Number: 19330
Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Wife of Edwin M. Bullard.
Descendant of Timothy Hoar, Blaney Phillips and Jonathan Sawin, all of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Francis Phillips and Harriet Maria Hoar, his wife.
Granddaughter of Leonard Hoar and Lucinda Sawin, his wife; Joshua Phillips and Betsey Derby,
his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Timothy Hoar and Lydia Hunt, his wife; Luther Sawin and Eunice Gilbert,
his wife; Blaney Phillips and Martha (or Sarah) Carver, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Jonathan Sawin and Mary Whitney, his wife; Blaney Phillips and
Christian Wadsworth, his wife.
Timothy Hoar, (1759-1832), served as matross in Craft's artillery and as private under different
commands. He was born in Concord; died in Westminster.
[p.122] Jonathan Sawin, (1735-1822), was a private in Capt. Noah Miles' company at the
Lexington Alarm. He was born in Watertown; died in Westminster, Mass.
Blaney Phillips, (1712-1800), although lame, marched from Duxbury under Capt. Bradford at the
Lexington Alarm.
Volume 20, page 152
Mrs. Ella Halstead Comstock.
DAR ID Number: 19413
Born in Merideth, New York.
Wife of George F. Comstock.
Descendant of Zachariah Whitney.
Daughter of John A. Halstead and Sarah Ann Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Aaron Whitney and Elizabeth Bundy, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Zacariah Whitney and Elizabeth Seward, his wife.
Zachariah Whitney, (1764-1849), enlisted at sixteen and served as a private in the Massachusetts
Continental Line. He was born in Montague, Mass; died in Stamford, Delaware Co., N. Y.
Volume 20, page 254
Mrs. Mary Ella Whitney Bowen.
DAR ID Number: 19682
Born in Putnam, Connecticut.
Wife of James Barton Bowen.
Descendant of Peleg Hopkins, of Rhode Island.
Daughter of John Olney Whitney and Frances Bowen, his wife.
Granddaughter of Whitford Whitney and Mehitable Hopkins, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Peleg Hopkins and Elizabeth Place, his wife.
See No. 19066.
Volume 20, page 289
Miss Margaret Scammon Bryant.
DAR ID Number: 19780
Born in Saco, Maine.
Descendant of Lieut. Samuel Scammon and of Jesse Whitney, of Maine.
Daughter of Hubbard Winslow Bryant and Lucy Scammon, his wife.
Granddaughter of of David Bryant and Abby Young Dyer, his wife; William Scammon and
Hannah Smith, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of John Bryant and Sarah Whitney, his wife; Nicholas Scammon (1779-1851)
and Margaret Coit, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Jesse Whitney and Mary Sawyer, his first wife; Samuel Scammon and
Sarah Dennett (1742-1822), his wife (m. 1765).
Samuel Scammon, (1738-1825), served as lieutenant of Capt. John Elden's company, Col. Lemuel
Robinson's regiment at Dorchester Heights, 1776. He was born and died in Saco, Maine.
Jesse Whitney enlisted from Gorham as a private in Capt. [p.289] Hart Williams' company; served
at the siege of Boston, in the Burgoyne campaign and at Valley Forge. He received a pension for
four years' service and died 1832, in Saco.
Volume 20, page 343
Miss Ella Whitmore.
DAR ID Number: 19938
Born in Lockport, New York.
Descendant of Oliver Whitmore, Ephriam Bushnell, Capt Jonathan Whitney and Lieut. Jesse
Whitney.
Daughter of William Wallace Whitmore and Harriet Elisa Bushnell, his wife.
Granddaughter of Seth Whitmore and Polly Whitney, his wife; James Bushnell and Lucy Brown,
his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Oliver Whitmore and Abigail Hayden, his wife; Nathan Whitney and Olive
Whitney, his first wife (cousins); Ephraim Bushnell and Mary Stevens, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Jesse Whitney (1730-1815) and Mary Cheney (1736-77), his first wife
(m. 1757) (parents of Olive); Jonathan Whitney and Esther Parkhurst (1741-1812), his wife (m.
1760); Thomas Bushnell (b. 1722) and Dorothy Douglass, his wife.
See No. 19202.
[p.343] Oliver Whitmore, (1738-1819), was a minute man from Conway at the Lexington Alarm.
He was born in Conway, Mass.; died in Wolcott, N. Y.
Ephraim Bushnell, (1760-1836), was placed on the pension roll of Oneida county, New York, at
the age of seventy-three for service of private in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was born in
Saybrook, Conn.; died in New York.
Also Nos. 8253, 9775, 12891.
Jonathan Whitney, (1737-92), served as sergeant at the Lexington Alarm; was at Ticonderoga and
was captain in the Hampshire county militia, 1780. He was born in Milford, Mass.; lived in
Conway during the Revolution, removed in 1789 to Ontario Co., N. Y.; where he died.
Also Nos. 2127, 3900, 5998.
Volume 20, page 345
[p.345] Miss Anna Whitney.
DAR ID Number: 19945
Born in Niagara, New York.
Descendant of James Field, of New York.
Daughter of Theo. S. Whitney and Emily J. Reynolds, his wife.
Granddaughter of Eli Reynolds and Anna Hurd Field, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of James Field and Anna Spencer, his wife.
James Field, (1768-1823), served as a fifer in Capt. Samuel Comstock's company. He was placed
on the pension roll of Niagara Co., N. Y.; 1818, for service in the Connecticut Line. He died at
Niagara Falls.
Volume 20, page 361
Miss Julia Betsy Foote.
DAR ID Number: 19992
Born in Royalton, New York.
Descendant of Reuben Clark and of Joshua Whitney, Jr.
Daughter of Rev. Lemuel Thomas Foote, Jr., and Emily Augusta Whitney, his wife.
Granddaughter of Lemuel Thomas Foote and Lucy Clark, his wife; Washington Whitney and
Adelaide Post, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Reuben Clark and Lucy Shepardson, his wife; Joshua Whitney, Jr., and
Electa Sartwell, his wife.
Reuben Clark, (1759-1845), served as a private. He was born in Rowe, Mass.; died in Royalton,
N. Y.
Joshua Whitney, Jr., (1760-1850), was placed on tthe pension roll of Allegheny Co., N. Y., for
service of private in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Spencer, Mass.; died in
Pike, N. Y.
Volume 20, page 371
Miss Grace Davison.
DAR ID Number: 20000
Born in Hartwick, New York.
Descendant of William Matthewson and of Sergt. John Clinton, of New York.
Daughter of Charles H. Davison and Ella Clinton, his wife.
Granddaughter of William M. Clinton and Elma Leonard, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Joel Clinton and Mary Matthewson, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Clinton and Mary Scribner, his wife; William Matthewson and
Tabitha Chaffee, his wife.
William Matthewson, (1745-1834), was placed on the pension roll of Broome Co., N. Y., for
service of private in the Rhode Island militia. He was born in Rhode Island; died in Broome Co.,
N. Y.
John Clinton, (1752-1832), served as sergeant in the New York Levies under Col. Marinus Willet,
raised for the defense of the State. He was born in Fairfield, Conn.; died in Otsego Co., N.
Y.
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