Joseph Cooke of Cambridge, Mass., 1639, was son of Thomas Cooke of Great Yeldham, Essex, and brother of Thomas Cooke of Wormingford, Essex. He had an interest in copyhold lands at Great Bricett belonging then as now to Kings College, Cambridge. At the time of the emigration (1635), there were three large congregations in Sudbury. Those of St. Gregory and St. Peter contained 1200 communicants. John Andrews and Oliver Andrews were the proprietaries of these two rectories, and the small recompence paid by them to the curates, Robert Smith and John Harrison, who had been some time in office, caused the Vicar General to complain to the Court of High Commissiou, and their allowances were made, as in former days, £49. and £35. respectively. Rev. John Wilson of Boston, New England, who came with Gov. Winthrop. was inducted at Sudbury, and continued there for ten or twelve years, but became disgusted with the forms and vestments of worship there. In August, 1641, an order was published, by the House of Commons, for taking away all scandalous pictures out of churches. William Dowsing was the Visitor for demolishing such pictures and ornaments in Suffolk. Here are the results of his visit to Sudbury: 9 Jan., 1643, at St. Peter's "we brake down a picture of God the Father, two crucifixes, and pictures of Christ about an hundred in all: and gave order to take down a cross off the steeple, and divers angels, twenty at least, on the roof of the church." At St. Gregory's, "we brake down ten mighty great angels in glass, in all eighty." At All Hallows (All Saints) "we brake down about twenty superstitious pictures: and took up thirty brazen superstitious inscriptions- Ora pro nobis' and 'Pray for the Soul,' &c., &c." At Clare, eight miles from Sudbury, "they brake down 1000 superstitious pictures." At the present day, American descendants of the Puritans visit England and mourn the devastation; thus the sins of the fathers are visited on their children for generations to come. WALTER K. WATKINS. JOHN WALLACE OF LONDONDERRY, N. H. By Hon. EZRA S. STEARNS, A.M. In the notices of the early settlers of Londonderry is found frequent and honorable mention of John Wallace. In several instances the reference to the name is presented in words and in connection that invite the reader to infer there was only one John Wallace among the early settlers of that historic town, referring to the John Wallace who married Annis Barnett and had sons, James, William, John and Samuel. Parker's History of Londonderry (page 307), however, names a second John Wallace, who married Janet Steele and was the father of six daughters, all of whom married. Among the early worthies of Londonderry there was yet another John Wallace, whose family,is outlined in this article. 1. JOHN1 WALLACE came to Londonderry in the early days of the settlement. For many years his name occurs frequently and honorably in the records, but it is impossible in some instances to determine which of the worthy men bearing the name is intended. This John Wallace was the most active in the land speculations of his time, as appears from the Registry of Deeds; and in an equitable division of the municipal honors which are credited to the name, it is certain that he was an important fac tor. He married in Londonderry, Nov. 28, 1725, Janet Lindsey. (Town records.) Of his seven children, James is the only one on record. The dates and many of the facts which follow are drawn from old records preserved by a descendant. He died in Londonderry "about 1798, aged almost 100 years," says the manuscript. His widow, Janet, died in 1802, aged 97 years. Their children were: i. MARTHA", M. William Mitchell of Acworth, N. H. ii. AGNES, m. Alexander Houston of Acworth, N. H. iii. JAMES, b. March 27, 1731; d. Sept. 12, 1745. 2. iv. 3. v. (Head stone.) MATTHEW, b. March 16, 1740; m. (1) Sarah Wright; m. (2) Margaret Morrison. JONATHAN, M. Elizabeth Nesmith. vi. GEORGE, b. Jan. 24, 1745. He settled in Jaffrey, N. H., about 1765. vii. JAMES, m. Margaret Archibald. He settled in Acworth, N.H. Eleven 2. MATTHEW WALLACE (John1) was born in Londonderry, March 16, 1740. He received in 1762, by deed of gift, 300 acres in Jaffrey, and soon after, with his brother George, removed to that place. He was proprietors' clerk of Jaffrey in 1769, and was a resident there several years. About 1774 he removed to Peterborough, N. H., where he was a selectman, 1780-2, representative, 1784-5, and, Aug. 10, 1785, appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 1787 he removed from Peterborough to Acworth, and in 1792 he removed with his younger children to Berlin, Vt., where he died, June 1, 1825. He was an educated man. He married Sarah Wright, daughter of Matthew Wright of Jaffrey. She died about 1775; and he married second, Margaret Morrison, born in Lunenburg, Mass., Nov. 10, 1746, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Smith) Morrison of Londonderry, Lunenburg and Peterborough. She died at Berlin, Vt., April 13, 1823. i. His children by his first wife were: JENNET3, m. Daniel Campbell of Acworth. ii. JOHN, b. March 4, 1767; "went west." iii. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 27, 1769; m. Elizabeth Penfield, b. Fairfield, Conn., He settled in Pawlet, Vt. Selectman, farmer and mer in 1776. chant. He d. in 1816; she d. in 1835. Six children. iv. JAMES, b. April 27, 1771; removed to Ohio. v. vi. vii., died young. His children by his second wife were: He viii. THOMAS, b. Peterborough, Sept. 3, 1778; m. Catherine Elkins. ix. POLLY, b. Jan. 31, 1780; m. Dr. Gershom Heaton, b. in Swanzey, N. X. SARAH, b. Sept. 8, 1781; m. Dr. John Mitchell of Sharon, Vt. xi. JONATHAN, b. March 20, 1784. He was a Universalist clergyman, preaching in Huntington, Richmond and other towns in Vermont, and later, for many years, in Potsdam, N. Y. He m. March 16, 1820, Lucy Bronson, dau. of Joel Bronson of Richmond, Vt. Four chil- xii. MATTHEW, b. March 4, 1786; d. a student at law, Feb. 23, 1808. 3. JONATHAN2 WALLACE (John1) married Elizabeth Nesmith, daughter of Thomas and Annis (Wilson) Nesmith of Windham, N. H. He remained upon the paternal homestead, caring for his aged parents until their death. In 1810 he removed to Essex, N. Y. Three of their ten children died young. i. Children, order of age not known: JOHN3. He was a farmer, of Willsborough, N. Y. ii. BETSEY, d. unm., in 1847, iii. JONATHAN, b. in 1788; m. in 1817, Florilla Hitchcock. He was a lawyer, of Fort Covington, N. Y. iv. ANNIS, m. Rev. Ira Manley. V. SAMUEL, probably remained in Londonderry. vi. THOMAS NESMITH, b. Dec. 26, 1796; m. (1) Jan. 4, 1824, Betsey P. Stower, b. March 29, 1802, who d. April 14, 1843; m. (2) Caroline Hinkley. Lived in Essex, N. Y. Twelve children. vii. JAMES, d. unm., in South America. THE SCOTCH ANCESTRY OF MAJ.-GEN. SIR DAVID By WALTER KENDALL WATKINS, of Malden, Mass. THE Scotch furnished a large number of people who early colonized New England. It was on the 10th of September, 1650, that the Council of State in England considered as to the disposal of the Scotch prisoners who had been taken at the battle of Dunbar, just one week previous; and within the following week a scheme had been propounded for the transportation of some of them beyond the seas, while others, on the proposition of Cromwell, the Lord General, were to be sent to Ireland. These last numbered some two thousand, but it was not thought best to send to Ireland the Highlanders, "by reason of their affinity to the Irish." Down and Antrim were counties filled with Scots who had made a first lodgement there in the time of Henry VIII., while in Ulster were also many Scots, as all British landholders, by the articles of the Ulster plantation, were bound to bring households out of England and Scotland to people their lands. From these Scotch settlements in Ireland the New World, during the eighteenth century, received a large Scotch-Irish emigration. 23 Oct., 1650, the Council of State requested the admiralty committee to examine whether or not the Scotch prisoners were being sent to places where they would be dangerous to the English Commonwealth. The proportion for New England was to be shipped forthwith, "as their ship is ready and the place is without danger." 11 Nov., 1650, Sir Arthur Hesilrigge, who was in the North, was ordered to deliver 150 Scotch prisoners to Augustine Walker, master of the "Unity," to be transported to New England. |