Historical Society -- Boothbay, Maine

Boothbay Region Historical Society, Maine

Over the past two years, I've taken a lot of Historical Society photos. Sometimes I couldn't remember if I had, because I also do a series on Libraries with genealogy collections. Below, is a running list of all the societies with appropriate links. (The list will be applied to each new Historical Society photo I post.)

CONNECTICUT

Wethersfield, Connecticut
Windsor, Connecticut

MAINE

Boothbay, Maine

Brunswick, Maine

Wells and Ogunquit, Maine

MASSACHUSETTS

Acton, Massachusetts

Andover, Massachusetts

Billerica, Massachusetts

Bolton, Massachusetts

W. Boylston, Massachusetts

Carlisle, Massachusetts

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Cohasset, Massachusetts

Dracut, Massachusetts

Groton, Massachusetts

Harvard, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts

Nahant, Massachusetts

No. Andover, Massachusetts

Townsend, Massachusetts

Westford, Massachusetts

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ashland, New Hampshire
Cheshire, New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
New Castle, New Hampshire
New Ipswich, New Hampshire
Rindge, New Hampshire


RHODE ISLAND
Newport


CANADA
Quebec
Missisquoi County Historical Society

Boston from the Top of the Prudential Building

The Prudential Center

800 Boylston Street 
Boston, MA 02199

Website: http://www.prudentialcenter.com/shop_detail.html?id=64

The Skywalk Observatory is Boston's only sky-high vantage point for sweeping 360 degree views of Greater Boston and beyond. I went here after a library visit on June 15, 2012. Although alone, I really enjoyed the view on the semi-hazy  day.

Red Sox display.

Fenway Park above.

There were numerous flower boxes throughout the building. Nothing could be nicer than pink orchids.

Out of the Blue came Julia Ann Jaquays and her husband, James G. Pell

James Gibbins Pell and wife, Julia Ann Jaquays

My great-grandparents

Julia Ann Jaquays parents were William Cross Jaquays and Lydia Johnson, both "brick walls." The photo was probably taken in Frelighsburg or Dunham, Quebec, Canada.

My 2nd cousin who lives in Quebec forwarded this lovely photo via her mother-in-law (her cousin's internet service is terrible). What a total surprise. You never know what you are going to get when you open an email.

Whiting Sweeting (Nothing Sweet About This Murderer)

I'm sure Mary Clara Worden Wilcox had no clue that one of her ancestors was a murderer when she applied for membership into the DAR*. Mary was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. One of her ancestor's was Whiting Sweeting, and that name just demanded that I find out something about him. I'm not sure if it was just the name or the fact that I had a copy of Mary's DAR application (see online copy, page 16 for Mrs. Mary Clara Worden Wilcox) in my hand, obtained when I actually worked at the DAR in Washington, DC. We both shared the same Revolutionary War ancestor, but not used as our patriot.

Mary Clara's great-grandfather Whiting Sweeting, the murderer, was married to Sarah Kilborn, my 4th great aunt. Mary and I have Sarah's father, Jonathan Kilborn as our Revolutionary War ancestor.

Why would a young man of 27 years old from Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., New York  and from a good family kill Darius Quimby on January 3, 1791? From Wikipedia: "Constable Quimby was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man named Whiting Sweeting of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., on a trespassing warrant. The suspect was found guilty of murdering Constable Quimby in the July session of the New York State Supreme Court and was hanged on August 26, 1791." From various records, his first name, Whiting, was his mother's maiden name, his father was a prominent doctor in the Revolutionary war, and much of the family left Massachusetts to settle in New York.

"While incarcerated, Sweeting wrote his book and was visited frequently by William Carter who thereafter authored a small book entitled: A Remarkable narrative of Whiting Sweeting; who was executed at Albany … for murder," written in 1791 and printed in 1793.(See 1791 timeline on New York State Executions by Hanging).

There are 40 pages with lots of rambling and include messages to his parents, siblings, wife and to her parents (my 5th great-grandparents). Along with the messages were poems to each of them. Obtained online as an ebook from Cornell University, Courtesy of Cornell University Library, Trial Pamphlets Collection.

"This is probably the most frequently reprinted murder pamphlet in American criminal history, with at least a dozen editions. The main interest in the story seems to have been the severe penalty for an unpremeditated murder. A small posse was pursuing Sweeting to serve a warrant for trespass. Cornered in the woods at night, he lashed out at his pursuers and struck one of them with a knife, inflicting a deadly wound." From The Bottom Up.

*DAR membership appl. of Mary C. Worden Wilcox (#41,034) on Jonathan Kilborn (1742-1807), Oct. 29, 1902.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	Whiting SWEETING (Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born ABT 5 AUG 1764 in Norton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, and died 26 AUG 1791 in Albany, Albany Co., New York. He married Sarah KILBORN, daughter of JONATHAN KILBORN and HANNAH CHAPMAN. She was born ABT 1762.
	Children of Whiting SWEETING and Sarah KILBORN were: + 2   i. Abiah SWEETING was born 11 MAY 1785 in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., New York, and died 8 OCT 1867. 3   ii. Unknown SWEETING.

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Generation No. 2

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2.	Abiah SWEETING (Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born 11 MAY 1785 in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., New York, and died 8 OCT 1867. She married Jesse WORDEN 1808, son of Walater WORDEN and Lucretia HICKS. He was born 14 OCT 1781 in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, and died FEB 1853 in Fayetteville, New York.
	Children of Abiah SWEETING and Jesse WORDEN were: + 4   i. Sweeting Whiting WORDEN was born 11 NOV 1809 in New York, and died 5 MAY 1880. + 5   ii. DeWitt Clinton WORDEN was born 1 MAY 1811 in New York, and died 29 AUG 1882 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York. 6   iii. Thompkins D. WORDEN was born 24 MAY 1813. + 7   iv. Monroe P. WORDEN was born 1 MAR 1817 in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York.

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Generation No. 3

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4.	Sweeting Whiting WORDEN (Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born 11 NOV 1809 in New York, and died 5 MAY 1880. He married Sally HALLETT. He married Charlotte BREED.
	Children of Sweeting Whiting WORDEN and Charlotte BREED\BLANCHARD? were: 8   i. Margaretta WORDEN was born ABT 1835. 9   ii. Julia? WORDEN. + 10   iii. Whiting Sweeting WORDEN was born 8 DEC 1858 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, and died 17 OCT 1933.

5.	DeWitt Clinton WORDEN (Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born 1 MAY 1811 in New York, and died 29 AUG 1882 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York. He was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York. He married Mary White WILD, daughter of Jonathan WILD and Nancy LINFIELD. She was born 15 MAR 1820 in Massachusetts, and died 19 FEB 1910 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York. She was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York.
	Children of DeWitt Clinton WORDEN and Mary White WILD were: 11   i. Monroe C. WORDEN was born 15 JUN 1840 in New York, and died 25 APR 1862 in Washington, District of Columbia. + 12   ii. Salter D.W. WORDEN was born MAR 1850 in New York, and died 26 JUN 1927 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California. + 13   iii. Mary Clara WORDEN was born MAR 1855 in Fayetteville, Onondoga Co., New York. + 10   iv. Whiting Sweeting WORDEN was born 8 DEC 1858 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, and died 17 OCT 1933.

7.	Monroe P. WORDEN (Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born 1 MAR 1817 in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York. He married Susan NORTHRUP 1 FEB 1837 in Clinton, Clinton Co., New York, daughter of Daniel Peck NORTHRUP. She was born 1 MAY 1817 in Clinton, Clinton Co., New York.
	Child of Monroe P. WORDEN and Susan NORTHRUP was: + 14   i. Lester A WORDEN.

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Generation No. 4

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10.	Whiting Sweeting WORDEN (Sweeting Whiting WORDEN6, Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born 8 DEC 1858 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, and died 17 OCT 1933. He was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York. He married Hattie WAY, daughter of Peter B. WAY and Amanda E. BIGELOW. She was born 16 MAR 1864, and died 21 NOV 1923 in Japan. She was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York.
	Children of Whiting Sweeting WORDEN and Hattie WAY were: 15   i. Albert Clarence WORDEN was born 19 DEC 1901 in Toyko, Japan. 16   ii. Theodore Griffin WORDEN was born 29 MAY 1904 in Yokohama, Japan. + 17   iii. Mary WORDEN.

12.	Salter D.W. WORDEN (DeWitt Clinton WORDEN6, Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born MAR 1850 in New York, and died 26 JUN 1927 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California. He married Frankie ABT 1868. She was born ABT 1854 in New York.
	Children of Salter D.W. WORDEN and Frankie were: 18   i. Clara WORDEN was born ABT 1870 in New York. 19   ii. Dewitt WORDEN was born ABT 1877 in California.

13.	Mary Clara WORDEN* (DeWitt Clinton WORDEN6, Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born MAR 1855 in Fayetteville, Onondoga Co., New York. She married Frank Z. WILCOX. He was born DEC 1850 in New York.
	Child of Mary Clara WORDEN and Frank Z. WILCOX was: 20   i. Milton W. WILCOX was born DEC 1877.

10.	Whiting Sweeting WORDEN (Sweeting Whiting WORDEN6, Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1) was born 8 DEC 1858 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, and died 17 OCT 1933. He was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York. He married Hattie WAY, daughter of Peter B. WAY and Amanda E. BIGELOW. She was born 16 MAR 1864, and died 21 NOV 1923 in Japan. She was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York.
	Children of Whiting Sweeting WORDEN and Hattie WAY were: 15   i. Albert Clarence WORDEN was born 19 DEC 1901 in Toyko, Japan. 16   ii. Theodore Griffin WORDEN was born 29 MAY 1904 in Yokohama, Japan. + 17   iii. Mary WORDEN.

14.	Lester A WORDEN (Monroe P. WORDEN6, Abiah SWEETING5, Whiting SWEETING4, Lewis SWEETING3, Lewis SWEETING2, Henry SWEETING1). He married Julie E. WELTON.
	Child of Lester A WORDEN and Julie E. WELTON was: 21   i. Frank WORDEN.

As a Baby -- Wordless Wednesday

My mother at six weeks and three months. Photos taken on the roof of 432 West 119th Street, New York City in 1919. The street is next to Columbia University. My grandfather lived in NYC several times while working as an architect there.

Dover Public Library, Dover, New Hampshire -- Genealogy and History Section

Dover Public Library, Dover, New Hampshire

We Remember Peter Fuller and his Horses -- Obituary

Who was Peter Fuller?

"A son of a former Massachusetts governor, he was born to wealth, but paid it little heed. Hobbled by illness as a child, Mr. Fuller willed himself into excellent shape and became a wrestler in college (Harvard). Stepping into the boxing ring, he won the New England Amateur Athletic Union and Golden Gloves heavyweight divisions.

Before becoming president of his family’s thriving Cadillac dealership, which his family founded in the early 1900s, Mr. Fuller joined the Marines, only to be discharged because of his flat feet. In the early 1950s, he turned to horse racing and groomed winners at his Runnymede Farm in New Hampshire." 
Quote taken from a Boston newspaper article about Peter Fuller. Unfortunately, the link is no longer available.

 Peter Fuller died May 14, 2012, my photo taken on the 20th.

All photos taken at Runnymede Farm in North Hampton, N.H., where Peter Fuller kept his horses.

If you lived anywhere near Boston or the coast of New Hampshire, you heard of Peter Fuller in the 60s. He was bigger than life, especially when his horse Dancer's Image won the Kentucky Derby. There aren't a lot of horse owners in this area, this area isn't like Kentucky or Virginia, even so, his farm is a little over a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, in full view from the end of his road. When I heard of his death almost a month ago, I was reminded of my very early visits to the barn and nice memories of seeing his horses about 40 years ago. But, most of all Peter Fuller, whom most of us believed his horse did win the Derby, and in the end, he is now listed as a winner on the official Derby chart.

To learn more about Peter Fuller, and his very interesting life, many details are in the death announcement article from The New York Times for Peter Fuller.

From Wikipedia to read about the 1968 Kentucky Derby winner Peter Fuller's Dancer's Image

"Dancer's Image won the 1968 Kentucky Derby but was disqualified to last after traces of phenylbutazone were discovered in the mandatory post-race urinalysis. Second place finisher Forward Pass was declared the winner. The controversy filled the sporting news of every media outlet in North America and was the cover story for Sports Illustrated magazine who referred to it as the sports story of the year. Owner Peter Fuller and the horse's handlers believed someone else may have been motivated to give the colt another dose of the drug and filed an appeal of the disqualification.

The Kentucky State Racing Commission examined the matter and ordered distribution of the purse with first money to Forward Pass. However, owner Peter Fuller took legal action and in December of 1970 a Kentucky Court awarded first-place money to Dancer's Image.^[5] That decision was overturned on appeal in April 1972, by Kentucky's highest court in Kentucky State Racing Comm'n v. Fuller, 481 S.W. 2d 298 (Ky. 1972).

As at 2008, the Churchill Downs media guide for the Derby includes the official chart showing Dancer's Image as the winner. Controversy and speculation still surround the incident even today and the New York Times calls the ruling the "most controversial decision in all of Triple Crown racing."

Lewis of Massachusetts -- Surname Saturday

Several readers gave suggestions as to the surnames they wanted me to post. In my blog, "Help, Please Tell Me Which Surnames You'd Like to See" of May 19, 2012, I received a few responses. One suggested LEWIS from Connecticut posted earlier today, and this one is the LEWIS line from Massachusetts. My direct lines are bolded in green. Please write if you would like more information or sources.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	JOHN LEWIS (EDMUND LEWIS1) was born 1631 in England, and died 1710 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married HANNAH MARSHALL 17 JUN 1659 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS MARSHALL and MARSHALL. She was born 7 JUN 1640 in Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 15 MAY 1699 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth KING 2 SEP 1699 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah JENKS 10 FEB 1707 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of JOHN LEWIS and HANNAH MARSHALL were: 2   i. John LEWIS was born 30 MAR 1660 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died BEF 27 JUN 1711 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth BREWER 18 APR 1683 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 3   ii. Hannah LEWIS was born FEB 1661 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 15 MAY 1699 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married Edward FULLER 12 MAY 1686 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 4   iii. Thomas LEWIS was born 2 JUN 1663 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 JAN 1714 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary BREED 25 OCT 1686 in Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. + 5   iv. MARY LEWIS was born 24 FEB 1665 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 6   v. Benjamin LEWIS was born 27 APR 1667 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 7   vi. Nathaniel LEWIS was born 16 APR 1672 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 NOV 1692 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 8   vii. Samuel LEWIS was born 25 JUL 1675 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 AUG 1675 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 9   viii. Abigail LEWIS was born 16 MAY 1679 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 30 MAY 1706. 10   ix. Ebenezer LEWIS was born 16 JUL 1681 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 11   x. Rebecca LEWIS was born 22 NOV 1692 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 22 NOV 1692 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

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5.	MARY LEWIS (JOHN LEWIS2, EDMUND LEWIS1) was born 24 FEB 1665 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married THOMAS BAKER 10 JUL 1689 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, son of EDWARD BAKER and JOAN \ JANE. He was born ABT 1653 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 OCT 1734 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of MARY LEWIS and THOMAS BAKER were: 12   i. Thomas BAKER was born 11 AUG 1692 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 SEP 1692 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 13   ii. Hannah BAKER was born 17 AUG 1693 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 DEC 1753 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married Theophilus FARRINGTON 19 NOV 1720 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was born 24 SEP 1696. 14   iii. Mary BAKER was born 15 JUL 1695 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 11 AUG 1695. 15   iv. Abigail BAKER was born 25 JUL 1696 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 AUG 1696. 16   v. Thomas BAKER was born 14 SEP 1697 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 27 OCT 1697. 17   vi. Thomas BAKER was born 26 MAY 1699 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Rebecca KELSEY 10 MAY 1729. 18   vii. Abigail BAKER was born 19 JUL 1701 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 5 FEB 1727. She married John NEWHALL 20 OCT 1722. + 19   viii. MARY BAKER was born 19 MAY 1706 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 MAR 1751. 20   ix. Ruth BAKER was born 12 JAN 1708 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 21   x. John BAKER was born 27 AUG 1710 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 4 MAR 1711.

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19.	MARY BAKER (MARY LEWIS3, JOHN LEWIS2, EDMUND LEWIS1) was born 19 MAY 1706 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 MAR 1751. She married HUGH FLOYD 29 APR 1729 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, son of HUGH FLOYD and ELINOR w\o HUGH FLOYD. He was born 13 MAY 1704 in Rumney Marsh (Chelsea, now Revere), Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 SEP 1789 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of MARY BAKER and HUGH FLOYD were: 22   i. Mary FLOYD was born 5 AUG 1730 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. 23   ii. Eleanor FLOYD was born 27 AUG 1731 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. + 24   iii. Hugh FLOYD was born 2 FEB 1733 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 6 AUG 1800 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. + 25   iv. Peter FLOYD was born 6 JUN 1734 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. 26   v. Hannah FLOYD was born 27 DEC 1735 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. 27   vi. Susanna FLOYD was born 26 NOV 1737 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. + 28   vii. William FLOYD was born 27 JUN 1739 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died in Of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. + 29   viii. STEPHEN FLOYD was born ABT 22 NOV 1741 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 1787. 30   ix. Andrew FLOYD was born 17 DEC 1743 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 NOV 1789 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts?. He married Elizabeth BRADSHAW 31 OCT 1765 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.