1TenEyck Family Record Book, Brodhead, WI library.
1TenEyck Family Record Book, Brodhead, WI library.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne - EMail dated 7 APR 2002 - "Condon, Lafferty, Stewart". The names of Mary and John Boslow's children are from a letter to Wayne from Audrey Condon Delaney dated 23 FEB 1990.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Edited by Mary Poast and Dr. Arnold Condon, Condon Clan (The), Descendants of Thomas Condon, Ontario, and his son Nathaniel Bloodsworth Condon, WI and Allied Lines, The Condon Family of Brodhead, WI, 5 AUG 1983.
1Olsen, Wayne - EMail dated 7 APR 2002 - "Condon, Lafferty, Stewart". The names of Mary and John Boslow's children are from a letter to Wayne from Audrey Condon Delaney dated 23 FEB 1990.
2Edited by Mary Poast and Dr. Arnold Condon, Condon Clan (The), Descendants of Thomas Condon, Ontario, and his son Nathaniel Bloodsworth Condon, WI and Allied Lines, The Condon Family of Brodhead, WI, 5 AUG 1983.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
2Jack Taif Spencer and Robert Abraham Goodpasture, Genealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related Derricks, Eight Centuries of the Derthicks and Related Derricks..., Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986. " Says there is a record of Dr. William Sheldon in Clarence in early 1800's (by children's birth dates, as early as 1797) and may have been the one who purchased land in 1803. Had son named William."
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
2Ancestry.com. "Keyes, Elias (230), eldest sone of James and grandson of Elias of Sudbury, Mass, married Keziah Brigham, at Marlboro, Dec. 13, 1718, and was one of 16 ofunders of the church in Shrewsbury, Mass. About 1742 or 3, he removed to new Marlboro, Mass, and was dismissed to the church in that place from the one in Shrewsbury. Elias (probably 230), died Feb 27, 1756." from "Genealogy, Robert keyes of Watertown, Mass., 1633, Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford, Mass., 1653, and their Descendants" p. 20.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
2Ne-Do-Ba; Friends Sharing in History, http://www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/wbl_5.html. "WESTBROOK LETTER 1722 - Learned
What I have learned about the places.
Piscataqua - The name of a river which runs through both New Hampshire and Maine. The sight of rich marine resources in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a booming fishing industry, oysters, clams and lobsters in abundance, and lumber was the reason that saw mills and ship building were set up at the river. "A merchant in 1750 noted that salmon weren't returning to the Piscataqua as much as in the past because of sawdust from the saw mills choking the water ways." In addition, Piscataqua, according to the Ne-Do-Ba is also the modern day Portsmouth New Hampshire region.
St. George's - a location both in Maine and in New Brunswick.
Arrowsic(k) - an island located near Georgetown Maine.
Fort Penobscot - According to the Maine State Archives this fort was originally named Fort Pentagoet. It was built in 1635 by the French to protect their title to the Penobscot River. In 1674, the fort was captured by the English and in 1689 it was taken by Governor Andros. Finally in 1722 or 1723 it was burned by Thomas Westbrook(e). The State Archives got this information from "Maine Forts" p. 237 published in 1924. According to the Maine Public Television Station Quest Program #201, Fort Pentagoet was in the Castine area and was the capital of French Acadia. There it lay buried under the back lawn of a small church until 1980. Archaeologists revealed half of the fort leaving the rest possibly for future archaeologists to uncover. In this account, the fort was built by the French and burned by the Dutch. Since we will be viewing that part of the video concerning this fort, I will let the video tell you what else has been discovered from this source. [The Video is not part of this web site version.] The Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce in Castine states the fort was established by French traders one of whom was Jean St. Castin and according the Ms. Lecompte this fort was probably built at the expense of the Castine family for the protection of their personal property. Both Ms. Lecompte and the "Handbook of North American Indians" state the Jean-Vincent D'abbadie de Saint-Catin married the daughter of the Penobscot Sagamore Madockawando (Chief Madockowando). The "Handbook of North American Indians" states that the trader Castin settled there in 1670.
The Garrison at St. George's - I neglected (totally missed) to look for this place and except what Ms. Lecompte sent, which will be discussed, I have no other information.
What I learned about the people.
Coll. Walton - I was not able to find out anything about Coll. Walton nor any of the other individuals referred to in the letter. I did find a Capt. Walton listed as wounded in a 1690 letter from Benjamin Church to his superiors. The letter is published on the Ne-Do-Ba web site. There is however no way to tell if this is the same person.
King George - The King of England in 1722.
Sabastien Rasles (Rales) - Although this Jesuit Father is not mentioned in the letter he is a profound figure in the Wabanaki history. According to the "Columbia Encyclopedia, 5th Edition", this missionary could have been born in 1657. He arrived in Maine in 1689 and lived with the Abenaki and the Illinois tribes. He wrote a French/Abenaki dictionary that was lost in an English raid in 1721. It was not published until 1833. Father Rasles died in 1724 in another English raid. A fryar, two Frenchmen, 180 men, and 500 or 600 Indians at Arrowsic- It is likely impossible to identify exactly who these people are. The friar could be Father Rales as offered by Ms. Lecompte and the Frenchmen could be the sons of Baron Castine. I believe the Indians are [Wabanaki].
What I learned about the time period.
There was a fierce struggle over control and ownership of the land. The French wanted to hold on to lands they had claimed. The English wanted to take the lands the French had claimed as their own. The Native Americans wanted to retain their land and stop both the French and the English from claiming any of it.
What I learned about the events.
Dummer's War according the Waterboro Public Library, "The History of Maine", lasted from 1722 until 1725 and marked the peak in Indian warfare in Maine. "Before this, aggressors upon the defenseless and weak hamlets, now the Indians themselves were hunted." Old Town and Eddington Bend were burned and Norridgewock was the site of great slaughter where Father Rale was killed. In Lovewell's fight at Fryeburg in May of 1725 a little band of English soldiers surrounded and outnumbered held out against a large band and practically broke it up. After this Indian warfare in Maine was periodic and after the defeat of the French at Quebec, it terminated altogether. When the French joined the colonists in the Revolution, the Maine Indians became friendly and have never upset the peace of their white neighbors. Dummer's War according to "Handbook of North American Indians" by William C. Sturtevant, Eastern Abenaki by Dean R. Snow, lasted from 1721 to 1725 and involved three English treaties, one in 1725, one in 1726 and one in 1727. The war is sometimes called Rale's war or inappropriately Lovewell's war. The term Lovewell's War is derived from a minor battle involving Capt. Lovewell, which has been preserved with more falsehood than truth. The English destroyed the village at Old Town and the Jesuit Sebastien Rale's was killed near the end of the war in 1724. It was an unusual colonial war because it was not paralleled by a simultaneous European conflict. "Although the Penobscot could not claim victory in the war, they had managed to establish their own navy with captured vessels in 1724, and the English recognized them as still powerful." From this time on, all surviving Wabanaki people in New England and the Maritimes were represented by the Penobscot, including the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Micmac, and eventually the Huron and Ottawa. Dummer's War according to "Abenaki History" by Lee Sultzman, reports that Massachusetts governor Samuel Shuttle declared war on the Abenaki in 1722 after several incidences of violence. The war is known as Dummer's War, Grey Lock's War, Lovewell's War or Father Rasles' War. The war lasted until 1727 and included the burning of Norridgewock in Maine, the death and mutilation of Father Rasles. "The fighting continued in the west, however, for another two years in what could be considered a separate, but related conflict - Grey Lock's War (1723-1727). A member of the Pocumtuc who had found refuge in New York after the King Philip's War, Grey Lock (Wawanotewat "he who fools others") had left Schaghticook and joined the Sokoki at Missisquoi." Grey Lock was absent from the treaty signing at Montreal in July of 1727 but ended the war shortly afterward. Sultzman states that the war ended in the defeat of the eastern Abenaki. Dummer's War according to Nancy Lecompte of Ne-Do-Ba lasted from 1722 to 1727 and is also called Lovewell's War, and Grey Lock's War. The English destroyed Norridgewock and the fort at Penobscot and resulted in the death of Father Rales. "I believe that many saw the futility of war and simply made the choice to stop fighting - they were NEVER DEFEATED in any of these wars (and only occasionally lost battles) but they always seemed to lose when it came time to sign treaties." According to the Insiders' Guide: "History, Maine's Mid-Coast" Dummer's War resulted in the destroying of Norridgewock and the death of Father Rales, but also the defeat of the Wabanaki. "With their settlement destroyed and their protector, the Jesuit Fr. Rasle, murdered, the tribes were more or less defeated."."3Ancestry.com.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, Sheldon Family Line, The, Received via EMail 12 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
2compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood, History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, printed privately. "Bio contained in "History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble",compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood and printed privately.
"...He entered into full fellowship with Westfield church, Dec 8,1728. Soon after this, he must have removed to Sheffield, for he is known to have been there June 17, 1730, and at the organization of the town, in1733, was chosen constable. In 1745, his house was "forted", and Rev.Samuel Hopkins, D.D., of Great Barrington, MA, records in his diary, under date of Nov. 22, 1745, that alarmed by the reports that the Indianshad taken Stockbridge, he went down and lodged in Elisha Noble's fort, but 'had a very poor lodging,' as 'the house was crowded with women andchildren.' In 1755, he had command of a company of men, who enlisted for reenforcing the army destined for Crown Point. In his will, dated Aug 8, 1771, and proved the 6th of Sept following, he names wife Abigail, son Enoch, daughter Abigail, wife of Oliver Ashley, children of dau SarahSaxton, late wife of James Saxton, and dau Hannah, wife of William Sheldon of Sheffield. He appoints wife, Abigail, executrix, and gives for a family burying-ground, a piece of land in Sheffield, 'where my daughter, Sarah Saxton, lies buried.' His estate was inventoried at 1243 pounds and change..."." as quoted in PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002 from Wayne Olsen.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
2compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood, History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, printed privately. "
"...He put himself under the watch of the Westfield church, Aug 19,1694, and together with his wife, joined the same, Nov 3, 1728, after their removal to Sheffield, the church at the latter place not being then organized. The precise date of his removal to Sheffield has not been ascertained. It is known, however, that the land in that township, which, in 1725, had been divided into lots by John Ashley and Ebenezer Pomeroy,was very soon occupied by settlers, who came in, and planted themselves upon the river bank."
"In a "History of Berkshire County, MA, by gentlemen in the county, clergymen and laymen," Pittsfield, 1829, is a carefully prepared sketch of Sheffield by Rev. James Bradford, who on the 13th of Oct 1813 was settled over the Congregational church in that place. In this sketch, appears the following statement, respecting the first settler ofSheffield:
"Mr. Obadiah Noble was the first white man who came to reside in Sheffield. He was from Westfield, and came and spent the first winter here with no other human associates than the Indians. In the spring, he went back to Westfield, and in June, his daughter, afterwards the wife of Deacon Daniel Kellogg, returned here with him. She was the first white woman that came into the town. She travelled from Westfield, when about 16 years of age, on horseback, bringing a bed with her, and lodged one night in the wilderness, in what is now the east part of Tyringham."
"The above statement has been quoted with more or less fullness, by J.W. Barber, in "Massachusetts Historical Collections"; by J. G. Holland, in his "History of Western Massachusetts," and more recently by J. G. Barnard, and G. A. Hoadley, in their addresses at the Centennial celebration of the town of Sheffield, on the 19th of June, 1876."
"Mr. George D. Noble, an intelligent citizen of Sheffield, born there on the 23rd of Aug 1813, the great grandson of Obadiah Noble, informed me, in 1876, that his grandfather Nathaniel Noble, whom he well remembers, and who died, May 28, 1824, aged 87, used to say, "My father, Obadiah Noble, was the first white settler of Sheffield; he came from Westfield to Sheffield in the fall of the year, lived the first winter in a wigwam, and the next spring went for his wife, and soon brought her, a bride, to Sheffield."
"To Mr Bradford's statement, the objections are these: In the firstplace, there is no evidence that Obadiah Noble ever had a daughter, his family consisting of 5 sons, whose births are recorded on the town record of Sheffield. In the second place, Hannah Noble, who subsequently became the wife of Deacon Daniel Kellogg, is known to have been the daughter of Matthew, and not the daughter of Obadiah Noble."
To the statement of Mr. George D. Noble, we have this objection to make, that in 1724, when Hannah Noble, afterward the wife of Dea. Daniel Kellogg, was sixteen years of age, Obadiah Noble, her brother, was but 18, quite too young to have been the pioneer settler of the town. Again, the eldest child of Obadiah Noble having been born May 22, 1734, it is not probable that he was married much before the year 1733, whereas, the first settler would, according to G.D. Noble, have been married as early as 1725. "
"We incline, therefore, to the opinion, that if any person by the name of Noble was the first settler of Sheffield, it was Matthew, and not his son Obadiah. Matthew is known to have been there on the 3rd of Feb 1727, for at that date, as appears by Hampshire Deed, E. P. 61, "Matthew Noble, of Housatunnuck, husbandman, in consideration of a certain sum paid by Capt. John Ashley of Westfield, gentleman," makes over to him"two certain tracts or Parcells of lands, with a house, barn and orchard or orcharding upon it, which Parcells of lands containing in quantity by Estimation about 200 acres, lying and being partly within the boundaries and precincts of ye township of Springfield, and partly within ye boundaries of the township of Westfield, in the aforesaid County, it being a tract of land, which the first Mathew Noble formerly dwelt upon, and lyeth easterly of ye mountain, which rangeth between the s Westfield and Springfield, and also lyeth Southerly of Westfield river."
"If Matthew Noble was in Sheffield, in Feb 1727, he could not have removed during the winter, but must certainly have removed as early as the previous year. How much earlier he fixed his abode there, we have no means of determining.
"In 1733, Matthew Noble issued the following warrant for the first two meetings in Sheffield:...(town meeting to choose town officers)...(see the reference for who was elected... lots of familiar names).
"Matthew Noble died intestate. " Details of his estate are contained in the reference." as quoted in PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002 from Wayne Olsen.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.