THE PICKERING GENEALOGY: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE First Three Generations OF THE PICKERING FAMILY OF SALEM, MASS., AND OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND SARAH (BURRILL) PICKERING, OF THE THIRD GENERATION. BY HARRISON ELLERY AND CHARLES PICKERING BOWDITCH. VOL. II. PAGES 288-772. PRIVATELY PRINTED. 1897. 336 THE PICKERING GENEALOGY. 16. VII. 102. Mary Collins [Seeth 16. VI. 32], probably born in Salem, died in Salem. 16. VII. 102. Simon Gardner, her husband, probably born in Salem. Mr. Gardner was a son of Simon Stacy and Rebecca (Knapp) Gardner, of Salem. His ancestry includes the following families : Gardner, Frier, White, Herbert, Porter, Hathorne, Stacy, Worcester, Buckley, Trow, Dowse, Edmands, Knapp. See ANCESTRY TABLES the 17. VII. 103. Thorndike Proctor [Hannah 17. VI. 35], probably born in Salem, died in Salem. A shipmaster. Residence : Salem. In the notice of Mr. Proctor's death printed in the Salem Gazette of March 20, 1792, he is spoken of as " an industrious master of a vessel." He was in prison at Quebec with his brother-in-law William Ward. 17. VII. 104. Robert Proctor [Hannah 17. VI. 35], probably born in Salem, died in Salem. A farmer. Residence Salem. 17. VII. 104. Lydia Kilburn, his wife, died in Salem. ANCESTRY TABLES 99 VII 17. VII. 105. Martha Proctor [Hannah 17. VI. 35], probably born in Salem, died in Salem. The following obituary notice of Mrs. Ward appeared in the Salem Mercury of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1788 - "On Thursday last was compassionately rescued from the affliction of this world, by the indulgent hand of Heaven, Mrs. Martha Ward, consort of Capt. William Ward, aged 25, after sustaining a tedious and distressing illness with unusual serenity of mind, and a remarkable submission to the dispensation of her Maker. " Adieu blest shade, alas, too early fled! Who knew the living but laments the dead ? A soul so calm, SO free from every stain ; So try'd by sickness, so unmoved by pain! Without a groan, with mis'ry she strove Till Heaven remov'd her to the joys above; By the same Hand, serenely kind, was given, To us a cherub, and a saint to heav'n." 1 The date of her death is given by her niece, Mrs. David Nichols, as Jan. 16, 1788, while the Salem Mercury of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1788, says she died "on Thursday last," which was Jan. 17, 1788. SEVENTH GENERATION. 337 17. VII. 105. William Ward, the husband of Martha Proctor, prob- ably born in Salem, died in Medford, Mass. A banker. Residence: Medford. The life of William Ward covered an eventful period of our history. He saw the beginning and the ending of both the Revolution, and the War of 1812. An autobiographical sketch of his exploits during the Revolutionary War has been preserved, and is now in the possession of his great-grandson, Thomas Wren Ward, of New York. It is from this paper that the following abstract is made. When William Ward was but six years old, his father, who was called the "peace and good will of the family," died. The family was a numer- ous one, and hardly ten dollars was spent on William's education. As a boy, he early showed an adventurous spirit, and, in 1775, he ran away to the Battle of Lexington, where he saw the flash of guns. After the Battle of Bunker Hill, he found his way into the camp, but he soon came home. Finally, in 1776, with the spirit of adventure still unsubdued, he shipped on board of a vessel bound for France to get government stores and from this time forth he ever depended upon himself. On returning home from this voyage, he served on board several privateers. He was with Captain Jonathan Haraden [9. VI.22"], on a cruise in a vessel belonging to the State of Massachusetts; then he sailed with Captain Samuel Ingersoll in the Brig Monmouth, and took several prizes. He again enlisted in the Harlequin," Captain Dennis, commander, taking several more prizes. The next cruise he made was in the "Lion," Captain Carnes, commander. They took but one prize, and were wrecked in trying to escape. Finally, he joined with thirty-nine other men and bought a vessel called the 'Modesty." She started on a cruise, but was captured by an English man-of-war. The prisoners thus taken were exchanged in three weeks. After making a voyage to Hispaniola he embarked again in privateer- ing. This time he went in the Harlequin," Captain Cleves, commander. The vessel was captured, and the prisoners were taken to Quebec, where 1 The date of his death is given as May 9, 1827, in Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. V. p. 212, and by other authorities; while the same work, Vol. III, p. 175, gives it as May 12, 1827. 22 338 THE PICKERING GENEALOGY. they were put aboard a transport and taken to England. He was im- prisoned at Gosport for a year, and during that time was very ill. He was, however, much assisted by a philanthropic Dr. Wren, who helped prisoners. He appears to have become much attached to Dr. Wren, and having been asked by him to name a son in his honor, he did SO. Hence the name of Thomas Wren Ward. Much of his time in prison was spent by him in study. Finally, he was exchanged, but found that his friend Edmunds, to whom he had intrusted his money, in a venture, had been captured, and the money lost. He went to Grenada, and was again captured and taken to Bermuda. At that time Colonel William Browne, formerly of Salem, was governor of Bermuda. He treated young Ward kindly, and induced him to enter the "flag service." 1 At the close of the war he was twenty-two years old, and penniless. He obtained command of a vessel, went to England, where he found that his friend Dr. Wren had died. He continued in command of vessels, making many voyages to the West Indies, principally to Mauritius. He also sailed to India, and his last voyage was to China. Captain Ward moved from Salem to Medford, Mass. He became presi- dent of the State Bank in Boston. His second wife was Joanna Chipman. They were married Nov. 14, 1790. She was baptized July 5, 1761, and was a daughter of John Chipman, Esq., barrister-at-law. Her sister Eliza- beth married the Hon. William Gray, and her brother, the Hon. Ward Chipman (H. C. 1770), became a loyalist, and went to New Brunswick, where he became distinguished. By his second wife, Joanna, William Ward had the following children:- Lucy ANN WARD, baptized in Salem April 9, 1797, and died in Danvers, Mass., June 28, 1858. She married, in Boston, Charles Lawrence (H.C.1815), born in Salem, Oct. 7, 1795, and died in Danvers, 1 Colonel William Browne (H. C. 1755) was colonel of the Essex Regiment and a judge of the Supreme Court. He felt it his duty to adhere to the government even at the expense of his great landed estate, all of which was confiscated. He was governor of Bermuda from 1781 to 1790. His son William was an officer in the British Army. See Journal and Letters of the late Samuel Curwen, by George A. Ward, pp. 500-501. 2 The Chipman Lineage, in Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XI. p. 295. SEVENTH GENERATION. 339 Dec. 21, 1879. He was much interested in farming. He removed from Salem to Danvers in 1839. He was a son of Abel and Abigail (Page) Lawrence, of Salem. They had no children that lived. WILLIAM WARD, baptized in Salem, Jan. 13, 1799. For many years he was the private secretary of General Cass, at Washington. MILES WARD, died unmarried. An obituary notice of Captain Ward of some length appeared in the Columbian Centinel of May 12, 1827, which says:- " To great integrity, disinterestedness and untiring zeal for the moral and religious improvement of society he united that benevolence, candor, and forbear- ance SO necessary to the happiness of social intercourse. Property he considered as a talent confided to his care for use, and sparing only on himself, he answered liberally all the demands of an enlightened sense of public and private duty." Captain Ward's portrait, which was painted by Stuart, is in the posses- sion of his grandson, Samuel Gray Ward, of Washington, D. C. A helio- type of Captain Ward is here given. William Ward was a son of William and Ruth (Putnam) Ward, of Salem. His ancestry includes the following families: Ward, Flint, Massey, Wells, Warner, Pickman, Hardy, Lindall, Veren, Putnam, Prince, Putnam, Porter, Hathorne, Gardner, Frier, Orne, Browne, Weld, Clap, Mitchelson, Bushell. See ANCESTRY TABLES VII 17. VII. 106. Benjamin Goodhue [Stephen 17. VI. 36], probably born in Salem, died in Salem. A yeoman. Residence : Salem. 17. VII. 107. Martha Goodhue [Stephen 17. VI. 36], probably born in Salem, died in Salem, of consumption. 17. VII. 107. Richard Wheatland, her husband, born in Wareham, England, died in Salem, Mass. A merchant. Residence: Salem. In early life Richard Wheatland left his home in Wareham, and went to London to learn a trade; but he soon abandoned it and went to sea. During the American Revolution, he was three years in the English Navy. At the close of the war he was discharged. In 1783, he arrived in Salem, and for a number of years sailed from that port in the various capacities of sailor, officer, and commander. He retired from the sea about the year 1803, WILLIAM WARD. [17. VII. 105.] FROM THE PORTRAIT PAINTED BY GILBERT STUART, NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF SAMUEL GRAY WARD, OF WASHINGTON, D.C. 554 THE PICKERING GENEALOGY. 16. VIII. 180. Mary Jackson Delano, his wife, born in Boston, died in Cambridge, Mass., of old age. Mrs. Gardner lived to the great age of ninety-four years, having been a widow sixty-one years. She was a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Reed) Delano. Her ancestry includes the following families: Delano, Reed, Peirce, Johnson, Wiswall, Smith, Converse, Long, Carter, Sawyer, Prescott, Wright, Dix. See ANCESTRY TABLES VIII 76 17. VIII. 182. Martha Ann Proctor [Robert 17. VII. 104], born in Salem, died in Salem, pneumonia. Residence : Salem. 17. VIII. 182. David Nichols, her husband, born in Salem, died in Salem. A tanner. Residence: Salem. Mr. Nichols was a son of Stephen and Abigail (Moulton) Nichols. Ichabod Nichols [44. VI. 69] was his granduncle His ancestry includes the following families : Nichols, Moulton, Gaskill, Southwick, Gardner, Frier, Pope, Folger, Buffington, Buffum, Pope, Moulton. See ANCESTRY TABLES VIII 77. 17. VIII. 183. Thomas Wren Ward [Martha 17. VII. 105], born in Salem, died in Boston, of heart disease. A banker. Residence: Boston. After his mother's death, Thomas Wren Ward was sent, at an early age, to Mr. Foster's school at Andover, Mass., a superior school for those days. On leaving school, he went to sea, and at eighteen, as second officer, brought home his ship from China, the master and first officer being disabled. After having made one or two voyages to China as captain, he married at the age of twenty-four, left the sea, and went into business in Boston. The times being unfavorable, he moved to New York, and, with his mother's cousin, Jonathan Goodhue, established the house of Goodhue & Ward. Though successful in New York, he preferred to return to Boston, which he did in 1817. He bought the house on Park Street, in which he lived until his death, in 1858. About the year 1824, being fond of books, and having a fair compe- tence, he retired from business for several years. During this time he EIGHTH GENERATION. 555 visited his friend, Joshua Bates, in London, a partner of Baring Brothers & Co., who proposed to him that he should become the American agent of his firm. A year or two later he accepted their proposition, and carried on all the American business of the Barings until his retirement in 1852. From 1830 to 1842, he was treasurer of Harvard College. In 1843, the college conferred on him the honorary degree of A.M. A portrait of him by Page hangs in Memorial Hall. Mr. Ward was a man of great influence, and of the highest character. He was an intimate friend of Channing, Bowditch, Ticknor, Chief Justice Shaw, and others. He was named for a Dr. Wren, of England, who had befriended his father while he was imprisoned in Dartmoor prison. His portrait, painted by William Hunt, is in the possession of his son, Samuel Gray Ward, of Washington, D. C. The heliotype here given is from a daguerrotype.1 17. VIII. 183. Lydia Gray, the wife of Thomas W. Ward, born in Salem, baptized there Aug. 4, 1788, died in Canton, Mass. The heliotype of Mrs. Ward here given is from a photograph. Mrs. Ward was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Orne) Gray, of Med- ford, Mass. John C. Gray [53. VII. 301], Horace Gray [53. VII. 304], Henry Gray [25. VIII. 253], and Alice Orne [52. VI. 93] were her first cousins; Edward Orne [52. VII. 288] was her first cousin once removed Timothy Orne [1-11. IV. 1] was her great-granduncle. Her ancestry includes the following families : Gray, Williams, Calley, Burrill, Ivory, South, Jarvis, Orne, Thompson, Ingersoll, Felton, Elvins, Beadle. See ANCESTRY TABLES VIII 78. 17. VIII. 184. Stephen Wheatland [Martha 17. VII. 107], born in Salem, died at sea. Residence: Salem. Mr. Wheatland, H. C. 1816, entered upon a sea-faring life, and died at sea on board the ship Perseverance, while on his second voyage. He was very fond of music, and was a good performer on several instruments, 1 Letter of Samuel Gray Ward, dated Sept. 25, 1893. LYDIA (GRAY) WARD. [17. VIII. 183.] FROM A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE POSSESSION OF SAMUEL GRAY WARD, Esq., OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THOMAS WREN WARD. [17. VIII. 183.] From A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE POSSESSION OF SAMUEL GRAY WARD, Esq., OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THOMAS WREN WARD. [17. VIII. 183.] FROM A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE POSSESSION OF SAMUEL GRAY WARD, Esq., OF WASHINGTON, D.C. OF The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering of the third generation Statement of Responsibility: by Harrison Ellery and Charles Pickering Bowditch Authors: Ellery, Harrison, b. 1841 (Main Author) Bowditch, Charles Pickering, 1842-1921 (Added Author) Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Film Language: English Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983 Physical: on 1 microfilm reel : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, ports. ; 35 mm. References: (Indexed In) Index to the first seventy sheets of "The Pickering genealogy" / Bowditch, Charles Pickering, 1842-1921 Notes To view a digital version of Vol. 1 of this item click here. To view a digital version of Vol. 2 of this item click here. To view a digital version of Vol. 3 of this item click here. Microreproduction of original published: Cambridge, Mass. : University Press, c1897. 3 V. (xvi, 1284 p., [157] leaves of plates, some folded). "One hundred copies printed"--Verso of t.p. Indexed in "Index to the first seventy sheets of the Pickering genealogy". John Pickering (1615-1657) immigrated during or before 1634 from England to Salem, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and elsewhere. Includes other Pickering immigrants. Also includes Pickering ancestry and lineage in England to the 1200s. Vol. 3 includes index. Includes Blanchard, Diman (Dimon), Goodhue, Henfield, Lee, Loring, Millett, Nichols, Orne, Peirce, Ropes, Stone, Ward and related families. Also available on digital images. Subjects Surname Subjects Pickering Dimon Loring Peirce Pikering Goodhue Millett Ropes Burrill Henfield Orne Diman Lee Film Notes (This family history center has 1 of 1 films/fiche.) MHs. Endicott Family Papers. B35.f. 22 (Text after 1816 letters) This house on Park Street, one of the best residences in Boston at that time, looking out west across the Common, became my grandfather's home for the remainder of his life. His home following his marriage to my grandmother had been in Pearl Street and it was in Pearl Street that his and his wife's first children were born, my mother's older brother, Samuel Gray Ward, being their first child to be born in Park Street. My grandfather prospered so well during his connection with Mr. Goodhue that, with bad times threatening and having had experience of the dangers and uncertainties involved in the business of that period, largely still confined to long sea voyages and the risks connected with them, he decided to devote himself to the good management of what he had and to work of a public nature, to his own satisfaction and bringing him the regard of others. When Thomas Wren Ward began, late in life, as he tells in bis journal of that time, to gather together his early letters and papers, he found many lost, leaving the record fragmentary, with long gaps between. The following letters tell what little we do know of that period, including the attitude he had taken in his mature life on the subject of religion: Insert letters from TWW to Wm. Ward of Nov. 3, 1820, July 30, 1825 [G.B.DORR]