By their pious shades we swear, Inquirers are requested to observe the following suggestions: 1. Write plainly, especially proper names. 2. Give, when possible, dates or approximate dates, localities, or some clue to the state in which the ancestors lived. 3. Inquiries for ancestors who lived during or near the Revolutionary period will be inserted in preference to those of an earlier period. 4. Enclose stamp for each query. 5. Give full name and address that correspondence when necessary may be had with inquirers. 6. Queries will be inserted as early as possible after they are received, but the dates of reception determinate the order of their insertion. 7. Answers, partial answers or any information regarding queries are urgently requested and all answers will be used as soon as possible after they are received. Mrs. Lydia Bolles Newcomb, Genealogical Department, American Monthly Magazine, Attention is called to rules 3 and 4. ANSWERS. 1023. Savage.—Vol. XIII, p. 855, "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution" says: Abraham (also Abram) Savage of Ashfield, private, Capt. Ebenezer Webber's Co., Col. John Fellow's regiment. Muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775, enlisted May 4, 1775, service three months, three days; also company return dated Dorchester, Oct. 7, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Dorchester Camp, Dec. 25, 1775; also drummer, Capt. Benjamin Phillips' Co., Lt. Col. Timothy Robinson's detachment of Hampshire Co. militia, muster roll dated at Ticonderoga, Feb. 24, 1777, enlisted Dec. 23, 1776, to expire March 23, 1777; also Capt. Abel Dinsmore's Co., 1777, to serve until last of Nov., 1777, with Northern Army.-M. A. K. 1031. SMITH.-In the list of "New York in Rev." is found the name of George Smith, a member of the first Provincial Congress in New York, May, 1775, from Charlotte Co. He was also appointed from Suffolk Co., N. Y., to procure arms in 1776. 1094. FRENCH.-Ozias French, private in Capt. Solomon Brown's Co., Col. Elisha Porter's Reg., Hampshire Co., enlisted July 31, 1779, discharged Sept. 1, 1779, service one month, six days, travel included, at New London, Conn. (Vol. VI, p. 88, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors).—M. A. K. 1101. (5). TOLLES.-Henry Tolles, Sr., was b. 1694, died 1772. Deborah Clark, his wife, d. 1788. They were married Feb. 15, 1727.-E. J. T. 1105. WARREN.-Peter Warren came from Devonshire, Eng., 1650; he married Tucker and settled in Boston. Their children were Betsey, Joseph2, married Deborah Williams; Hannah2 and Peter2, died a bachelor. Children of Joseph' and Deborah were Ebenezer3, died without issue; Deborah3, unmarried; Joseph3, married Mary Stevens; Hannah3, married Chipman. Children of Joseph and Mary were Samuel', a bachelor; Joseph (Gen. Warren), married Elizabeth Hooton; Ebenezer married Tucker; John* (Dr. John), married Collins, daughter of Gov. Collins of R. I. Gen. Joseph and Elizabeth had three children, two sons who died young and a daughter" who married Newcome and had two children, a son and a daughter The latter married the late Dr. Buckminster Brown, of Boston.-C. S. B. (a great-grandniece). WARREN. I know Gen. Joseph Warren was not a descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower, but from a cousin who came to America later. He married Elizabeth Hooten, and of their four children two sons died unmarried, one daughter married Gen. Arnold Welles and had no children, the other married Judge Horace Newcomb who married Sarah Wells Alvord of Greenfield. Their son, Joseph Warren Newcomb, Jr., married Mary Sumner of Hartford, Conn., great-granddaughter of Gen. Israel Putnam. They had one son, now in U. S. army. He and his two daughters are the only living descendants of Gen. Joseph Warren. Dr. John Warren, brother of Gen. Joseph, was a surgeon in the Continental army, attached to Washington's staff. He afterwards founded the first medical school in America at Harvard-C. M. C. S. WARREN. I can give one of the sisters of Gen. Joseph Warren, as she married into the family of my gr.-gr.-grandfather-Amos Knowlton, b. July, 1746, son of Churchill and Jane (Rogers) Knowlton, married April 8, 1766, Mary Warren, sister of Gen. Joseph. The Knowlton Genealogy, which I have not at hand, gives their descendants.-F. B. H. 1125. WHITNEY-FARRELL.-John Whitney b. at Stratford, Conn., Jan. 17, 1720, d. at Branford, March 29, 1905, aged eighty-five years, and married March, 1751, Deborah .... Among his children were John b. April 13, 1754, d. in Branford, Sept. 8, 1835, married 1st March 1, 1776, Amy Howd (the mother of his children), and Margaret bapt. July 3, 1768. She married 1st at Branford George Farrell, born in R. I. a ship builder. John" Whitney, son of John and Amy, b. Nov. 3, 1785, d. Dec., 1857, married 1836 Statira Farrell, his cousin, b. April 13, 1789. George Farrell enlisted Sept. 27, 1779, discharged Nov. 8, 1779; served under Col. Samuel Wyllys. John Whitney b. 1754 was in Rev. service and was the only one by that name who survived to be a pensioner in New Haven Co. in 1832. (Whitney Family, Conn. Men in Rev.)-M. A. K. There is an extensive genealogy of the Whitney family published. QUERIES. 1138. (1) ELLIS.-Information desired of the children of Philip Ellis who lived at Sandwich, Mass., at the time of the Rev. War, or any service of said Philip in the war. (2) DICKINSON.-Also of John Dickinson, b. at Hatfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1744, d. at Adams, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1816. Was he in Rev. service?-H. J. G. 1139. SWEENEY-FAULKNER.—John Sweeney, b. in Roscommon Co., Ireland, 1759, came to America 1784, settled in Carmel, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and 1786 married Catherine Faulkner (or Fauconier), daughter of William Fauconier, granddaughter of Peter Fauconier of New Castle, N. Y. Any information desired.-M. O. 1140. (1) POOL-BROWN.-Ancestry of Elizabeth Pool is desired. She was b. April, 1718, in Gloucester Co., Vir.; d. Dec. 4, 1784, in Culpepper Co.; married James Brown b. in Middlesex Co., Vir., April 29, 1708, d. April 14, 1784, in Culpepper Co., Vir. The Rev. service of James Brown is wanted. (2) Davis-Brown.-Ancestry of Ann Davis b. April 19, 1746, in Caroline Co., Vir.; d. May 1, 1799, in Bourbon Co., Ky.; married James Brown, Jr., Nov. 16, 1764, in Culpepper Co. James Brown, Jr., was b. April 19, 1742, in Spottsylvania Co., Vir.; d. June 24, 1825, in Bourbon Co., Ky. He went to Ky. 1784. Was he in Rev. service?-J. P. S. 1141. HAIGHT-LANE.-Can anyone give me the parentage of Stephen Haight b. Nov. 12, 1760; d. Dec. 22, 1812. Also any information of his wife Abigail Lane who d. Dec. (or Feb.) 28, 1812, aged 51 years, 3 months, 16 days. Any history of the Haight family previous to 1780 will be much appreciated.-S. H. P. M. 1142. (1) RICHMOND-HOPSON.-Can anyone tell me where the will of Silas Richmond who died in New Milford, Conn., Feb. 21, 1784, can be found, or anything of the children of the youngest son Daniel who married Hopson? The Richmond Gen. says he had no children, but family records indicate that he was my ancestor. (2) BENNETT-GOODWIN.-My grandfather, Benjamin Bennett, married -Goodwin. He lived in Bainbridge, Ithaca and Dryden, N. Y., but his father came from Conn. and probably served from that state in the Rev. War. Benjamin Bennett had a sister Anise who married Cushing. (3) SMITH-STOEL.-Josiah Smith, of Ashford, Conn., married December 6, 1748, Mary Stoel, and had a son Josiah b. Oct. 3, 1758. Mary (Stoel) Smith d. Jan. 10, 1761, and he married 2nd, Dec. 29, 1761, Mary Walkins. Their children were Gregory, Joshua and Beulah. Can anyone help me in tracing the ancestry of Josiah Smith, or of the second wife, Mary Walkins? (4) BENJAMIN-BEERS.-The ancestry is desired of Anna Benjamin of Stratford, Conn., who married about 1763 Stephen Beers of Stratford. She d. June, 1818. Was she the same Ann Benjamin who married Aug. 14, 1757, Alexander Fairchild? Can anyone give me the date of Alexander Fairchild's death? M. C. S. 1143. HEARD MOORE.-John Moore married in S. Car. Mary Duff. Their children were Alfred, Sarah who married my grandfather, Charles M. Heard, about 1800 in Milledgeville (or Millen), Ga., James who married Polly Heard, sister of Charles M. Greene, John who d. in Dresden, Tenn., Nancy who married Burton, and Leah who married Eppley. Either my great-grandfather Moore or his father served in Rev. War. Can any one give me his record or information of the family or of the Heard family who were granted a coat-of-arms in 1589? Also the ancestry of Major James Heard of the Rev. War who married Patsy, daughter of Gen. Daniel Morgan who died at the home of his daughter in Winchester, Vir.? Does the old Heard house still stand in Winchester? I have many family papers of interest to the Heard family.-S. W. H. 1144. (1) KING-STONE.-My grandfather, Anson King, was b. Feb. 15, 1788, d. 1841. He was son of Gideon King, of Salem, Mass. Anson King lived in Bloomfield and Olean. His wife was Sophia Stone b. in Guilford, Conn. Can No. 1055 in Sept. No. of the American Monthly, or in Oct. No. help me in my search for King ancestors? (2) SANDERS-VAN CAMPEN.-Is there a history of the Sanders family of R. I.? My grandmother was Mary Sanders, daughter of George and Lydia Sanders, granddaughter of Hezekiah Sanders of R. I. Lydia Sanders was a Depew, who were Rev. War soldiers.— I. C. A. 1145. WEED-MANN.-Wanted, the names of parents, with dates of birth and death, of John Weed who served as sergeant and lieutenant in New Hampshire during the Rev. War. He is said to have been born in Stamford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1742, and d. in Balston Spa, N. Y., May 23, 1803. His wife was Hannah Mann. There were several John Weeds in the Rev. War. My ancestor is mentioned in the Reuegiue Gen.; also in the Mann Gen., as she was a daughter of Joseph Mann b. April 5, 1713.—M. R. D. OF THE Children of the American Revolution NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. 1907-1908. National President. MRS. FREDERICK T. DUBOIS, National Vice-President Presiding. 1710 I Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. National Vice-President in Charge of Organization of Local Societies. MRS. FRANK BOND, 3127 Neward Street, Cleveland Park, Washington, D. C. |