THE FAY FAMILY HOMEPAGE

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Descendants of Ralph Hemenway (1603 - 1684)
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Generation No. 1

 

1. RALPH1 HEMENWAY was born 1603 in Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, England, and died June 1, 1678 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He met ELIZABETH HEWES July 5, 1634 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN HEWES and MARY FOOTE. She was born 1603 in Royston, Hertfordshire, England, and died February 2, 1686 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Notes for RALPH HEMENWAY:

Unlike many American families of English origin all Hemenways and Hemingways in this country have a common ancestor in Ralph of Roxbury, Mass. The first US census taken in 1790 uses one spelling commonly in Massachusetts and in Connecticut the other spelling.

Ralph Hemenway came to America during the period termed the "Great Migration". In 1630, Gov. John Winthrop b. 1583 d. Boston 1649 came to America. With him came a fleet of fifteen vessels bringing one thousand people and within ten years twenty thousand came.

Several towns sprang up among them Roxbury.

During the life of Ralph Hemenway, the town of Roxbury was considered the retreat of the wealthy citizens of Boston and by them a part of the city rather than a village by itself. It is located about three miles south of Boston Common. Between Roxbury and Boston was a stretch of waste and marshy land commonly known as the Neck.

Willow trees on both sides outlined the road to enable travelers to avoid the mire of the marsh. At what is now Dover Street, the narrowest part of the isthmus a mud wall had been thrown up with a pair of strong gates and this fortification with various improvements remained until 1832 or nearly 200 years as a line between city and country.

None could enter after gates were closed at sun down. A history of the first church of Roxbury 1630-1904 has been published. Ralph was a member as early as 1633, and was admitted a freeman September 3, 1634. He was a proprietor of the town.

The oldest church in America still used as a "meeting house" is in Hingham, Mass. It was at that time in Plymouth Colony. It is termed the "Old Ship". There is also an old over-shot mill at New London, Conn. built during the life of Ralph still grinding corn and at Fairfield in the same state the post for the town bulletins stands where the whipping post stood in 1639.

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

 

It has been said that most of the Hemingways in America descended from Ralph Hemingway who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts about 1633. We have found that there were several Hemingways in England before America was colonized and it is hard to believe that only one made the voyage to America. It is known that some came in the nineteenth century. However the Hemingways in America may all share a common ancestry, not from Ralph Hemingway of Roxbury but from inhabitants of the old parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, some seven hundred years ago.

Research of 15th century records shows the name Hemingway to be the most numerous in the Yorkshire area of England. Our genealogical researcher, Dr. Arlene Eakle, has been searching Yorkshire records back to 1309.

Ralph Hemingway was not a name found in the Yorkshire area in the 1600's or before. The Yorkshire Hemingways were landowners who left wills and gave to charities. These are the records our researcher has found.

Ralph is known to have been in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1633. He married Elizabeth Hewes in Roxbury in June or July 1634 and was a freeman there in September 1634. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Hewes and Mary Foote of Shelford, Essex, England. She had a brother, Joshua Hewes, who came to America and was a prominent man in Roxbury.

Ralph and Elizabeth had seven children: Maria (1635-1635; Samuel (1636-1711); Ruth (1638-1686); John (1641-1724), as Elizabeth's father; Joshua (1634-1716), as Elizabeth's brother; Elizabeth (1645-1719), as herself; and Mary (1647-1653), as Elizabeth's mother. With the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th child being named from Elizabeth's family one might expect that the 1st and 2nd were named for Ralph's family. Could his father be Samuel? A Samuel was found in the Yorkshire records, but no proven connection to Ralph has been found. Ralph died in 1677 at Roxbury. Elizabeth died in Roxbury 2 February 1685/6 at age 82. Their son, Joshua, moved to Framingham, Massachusetts and their son Samuel went to Connecticut.

Descendants of both Samuel and Joshua were involved in the development of Massachusetts and Connecticut colonies. There were numerous Hemingways and Hemenways active in the colonial period and in the American Revolution. The name was brought westward as the United States expanded inland.

Ralph Hemingway, the emigrant ancestor, was born c. 1603 near Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. Where Hemingborough and other related Place-names exist. Ralph probably indentured himself as a servant to get to New England, for John ELIOT's diary records him as such. He came over during the period termed the "Great Migration". In 1630 Governor John Winthrop came to America and with him came a fleet of 15 vessels bringing one thousand people. Ralph purchased 16 acres of land and settled in Roxbury, Mass. He was a member of the Roxbury Church as early as 1633 and was admitted a freeman September 3, 1634. By 1635 he was one of the largest property owners and tax payers in town and gave liberally to the Roxbury Free School. His will was dated May 4, 1677 and proved July 11, 1678. He d. June 1, 1678. m. July 5 1634 Elizabeth HEWES dau. John and Mary (FOOTE) HEWES (HEWS) see Hewes Family b. c. 1603 Royston, Hertfordshire, England; d. February 4, 1684 at 82 years in Roxbury, Mass.; Children born Roxbury.

The name is an exceedingly ancient and historic one. It appears in the oldest Germanic epic, Beowolf recording in the late 600's events of the early 500's in the history of the [unreadable] a southern Scandinavian people, the Geats, Beowulf's people, and of the "Spear-Danes." The Angles set down these tales of fellow-tribes, before they migrated to England, or very shortly thereafter. In Part II, 27, King Offa is called "The Kingsman of Hemming" and "The Song of Hemming" is mentioned. The true and ancient spelling of this old Norse-Danish name is HEMINGWAY later used in America by the Boston Hemingways who continued to live in the Boston-Roxbury area and became affluent and by Samuel, eldest son of Ralph (no. 127) who moved to New Haven and together with the Pardees (see Wooster chart) owned the "largest number of slaves" there.

Ralph Hemenway came from near Bradford, 10 miles SW from Leeds, West of Riding of Yorkshire, where Hemingbrough and other related placenames exist. In 1967 the largest fashion-shop on Main St., Leeds, was "Hemingway's."

Ralph, 22, probably indentured himself as a servant to get to New England, for John Eliot's diary records him as such. In 1634 he became a freeman, purchased 16 acres in Roxbury, and married Elizabeth Hewes. By 1639 he was one of the largest property owners and tax payers in town and gave liberally to the Roxbury Free School. President William Howard Taft was a descendant of Ralph Hemenway (as he was also of our Aldrich, Albee, Chapin, Hayward, Osborn, and Thurston.)

Sources: Barry and Temple: Framingham, S. Sullivan Hist. of Gilsum (with picture of Luther Hemenway.) Evan L. Reid Ways and Means of Identifying Ancestors, F. S. Drake, Roxbury"; and http://www.hemingway.net/ralph.htm

Notes for ELIZABETH HEWES:

The History of the Hewes Family by Eden Putnam show Elizabeth's parents (John and Mary Foote Hewes) came from London and the Footes Shalford, first settling in Providence R.I. Joseph Hewes signer for the Declaration of Independence was a great nephew to Elizabeth.

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

 

Children of RALPH HEMENWAY and ELIZABETH HEWES are:

i. MARIAH2 HEMENWAY, b. April 24, 1635, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. 1635, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Notes for MARIAH HEMENWAY:

From James Gibbs genealogy dated November 26, 2000, Maria is really Mariah born 24 April 1635, vice Mary born 4 April 1635 as indicated in "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

2. ii. SAMUEL HEMENWAY, b. June 15, 1636, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. September 20, 1711, East Haven, Connecticut.

iii. RUTH HEMENWAY, b. September 21, 1638, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. July 17, 1684, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

3. iv. JOHN HEMENWAY, b. April 27, 1641, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. October 4, 1724, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

4. v. JOSHUA HEMENWAY, b. April 9, 1643, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. October 29, 1726, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

5. vi. ELIZABETH HEMENWAY, b. May 31, 1645, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. November 30, 1719, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

vii. MARY HEMENWAY, b. April 7, 1647, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. December 21, 1653, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. SAMUEL2 HEMENWAY (RALPH1) was born June 15, 1636 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died September 20, 1711 in East Haven, Connecticut. He married SARAH COOPER March 23, 1660 in New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN COOPER. She was born September 21, 1645 in New Haven, Connecticut, and died September 20, 1711 in East Haven, Connecticut.

 

Children of SAMUEL HEMENWAY and SARAH COOPER are:

i. SARAH3 HEMENWAY, b. July 26, 1663; d. Unknown.

ii. SAMUEL HEMENWAY, b. December 13, 1665; d. Unknown.

iii. MARY HEMENWAY, b. July 5, 1668; d. Unknown.

iv. HANNAH HEMENWAY, b. September 12, 1670; d. Unknown.

v. ELIZABETH HEMENWAY, b. February 16, 1671; d. Unknown.

vi. JOHN HEMENWAY, b. May 29, 1675; d. Unknown.

6. vii. ABRAHAM HEMENWAY, b. December 3, 1677, East Haven, Connecticut; d. 1752, East Haven, Connecticut.

viii. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. December 6, 1683; d. Unknown.

ix. REV. JACOB HEMENWAY, b. December 6, 1683; d. Unknown.

x. ABIGAIL HEMENWAY, b. WFT Est. 1678-1701; d. Unknown.

 

3. JOHN2 HEMENWAY (RALPH1) was born April 27, 1641 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died October 4, 1724 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married MARY TRESCOTT October 6, 1665 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM TRESCOTT and ELIZABETH DYER. She was born April 22, 1649 in Dorchestor, Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Children of JOHN HEMENWAY and MARY TRESCOTT are:

i. THANKFUL3 HEMENWAY, b. 1668; d. Unknown; m. JACOB PARKER, 1687; d. Unknown.

ii. MARIE HEMENWAY, b. 1670; d. 1670.

iii. MARIE HEMENWAY, b. 1674; d. Unknown.

iv. ELIZABETH HEMENWAY, b. 1679; d. Unknown.

v. SARAH HEMENWAY, b. 1687; d. 1687.

vi. JOHN HEMENWAY, b. 1690; d. Unknown.

 

4. JOSHUA2 HEMENWAY (RALPH1) was born April 9, 1643 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died October 29, 1726 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married (1) JOANNA EVANS January 1667 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, daughter of RICHARD EVANS and REBECCA UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1648 in Dorchestor, Massachusetts, and died January 27, 1675 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married (2) MARY EVANS 1678, daughter of RICHARD EVANS and REBECCA UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1657 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died May 5, 1703 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married (3) ELIZABETH WEEKS April 5, 1704. She was born 1655, and died September 20, 1737.

Notes for ELIZABETH WEEKS:

She died October 29, 1726 at age 73 (making her birth date 1653).

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

 

Children of JOSHUA HEMENWAY and JOANNA EVANS are:

7. i. DEACON JOSHUA3 HEMENWAY, b. September 15, 1668, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. May 20, 1760, Framingham, Massachusetts.

ii. JOANNA HEMENWAY, b. October 2, 1670; d. Unknown; m. EDWARD AINSWORTH; d. Unknown.

iii. RALPH HEMENWAY, b. May 18, 1673; d. Unknown.

iv. ICHABOD HEMENWAY, b. 1675; d. Unknown.

 

5. ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY (RALPH1) was born May 31, 1645 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died November 30, 1719 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She married (1) JOHN HOLBROOK September 24, 1663 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, son of RICHARD HOLBROOK and AGNES UNKNOWN. He was born 1641 in Dorchestor, Massachusetts, and died December 25, 1678 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She married (2) RICHARD HALE May 22, 1679. He was born Bet. 1625 - 1655, and died Unknown.

 

Children of ELIZABETH HEMENWAY and JOHN HOLBROOK are:

i. JOHN3 HOLBROOK, b. September 21, 1664, Dorchestor, Massachusetts; d. September 26, 1735.

8. ii. DANIEL HOLBROOK, b. November 13, 1671; d. July 31, 1719, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Generation No. 3

 

6. ABRAHAM3 HEMENWAY (SAMUEL2, RALPH1) was born December 3, 1677 in East Haven, Connecticut, and died 1752 in East Haven, Connecticut. He married SARAH TALMADGE November 11, 1713. She was born Bet. 1667 - 1697, and died Aft. 1727 in East Haven, Connecticut.

 

Children of ABRAHAM HEMENWAY and SARAH TALMADGE are:

i. SARAH4 HEMENWAY, b. Bet. 1714 - 1715; d. Unknown.

ii. CHILD HEMENWAY, b. January 1714; d. January 1714.

iii. ELIZABETH HEMENWAY, b. October 3, 1716; d. Unknown.

iv. ABIGAIL HEMENWAY, b. March 17, 1718; d. Unknown.

v. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. February 17, 1720; d. Unknown.

vi. ANNA HEMENWAY, b. February 1722; d. Unknown.

vii. HANNAH HEMENWAY, b. October 22, 1724; d. Unknown.

9. viii. ABRAHAM HEMENWAY, b. April 1, 1727, East Haven, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1764.

 

7. DEACON JOSHUA3 HEMENWAY (JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born September 15, 1668 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died May 20, 1760 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married (1) MARGARET UNKNOWN 1691. She was born Bef. 1675, and died May 12, 1694. He married (2) REBECCA STANHOPE Aft. 1694 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, daughter of JONATHAN STANHOPE and SUSANNA AYRE. She died Unknown.

Notes for DEACON JOSHUA HEMENWAY:

Joshua Hemenway was admitted to the church in Roxbury in 1691. His home near the present Poor Farm Framingham, Massachusetts, at which place he was an original member of the church, chosen Deacon when organized. Constable 1700. Selectman 1702. Town Clerk 1702, 5 years. School master 1706. Deputy to General Court 1712-17. Moved church relations to Hopkinsville September 19, 1736. Died during the Great Sickness with Joshua Jr. and other leaders.

All other children came from this source.

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

 

Following children born to Joshua and Rebecca:

Joshua 02 Apar 1697

Ralph 08 Oct 1699

Source of Children Birth date and Names: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

 

Children of JOSHUA HEMENWAY and REBECCA STANHOPE are:

i. BEULAH4 HEMENWAY, b. October 5, 1691; d. Unknown.

ii. HEPHZIBAH HEMENWAY, b. October 5, 1691; d. Unknown.

10. iii. JOSHUA HEMENWAY, b. April 2, 1697, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. January 30, 1754, Framingham, Massachusetts.

iv. BENONI HEMENWAY, b. April 21, 1697; d. Unknown.

11. v. RALPH HEMENWAY, b. October 8, 1699, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. Unknown, Framingham, Massachusetts.

vi. HULDAH HEMENWAY, b. September 20, 1702; d. Unknown.

vii. PHINEHAS HEMENWAY, b. April 26, 1707; d. Unknown.

viii. REBECKAH HEMENWAY, b. April 30, 1707; d. Unknown.

ix. EBENEZER HEMENWAY, b. May 31, 1710; d. Unknown.

x. JONATHAN HEMENWAY, b. August 22, 1712; d. Unknown.

 

8. DANIEL3 HOLBROOK (ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born November 13, 1671, and died July 31, 1719 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married (1) ABIGAIL CRAFT 1698. She was born 1677, and died Unknown. He married (2) ABIGAIL CRAFT May 29, 1699. She was born December 1, 1673 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and died November 5, 1702 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Child of DANIEL HOLBROOK and ABIGAIL CRAFT is:

12. i. REBECCA4 HOLBROOK, b. 1699; d. Unknown.

 

Generation No. 4

 

9. ABRAHAM4 HEMENWAY (ABRAHAM3, SAMUEL2, RALPH1) was born April 1, 1727 in East Haven, Connecticut, and died Aft. 1764. He married MERCY TUTTLE April 24, 1746 in East Haven, Connecticut. She was born April 17, 1730, and died January 12, 1812.

 

Children of ABRAHAM HEMENWAY and MERCY TUTTLE are:

i. PARDEE5 HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

ii. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. February 1746; d. Unknown.

iii. SARAH HEMENWAY, b. February 17, 1748; d. Unknown.

iv. ABRAHAM HEMENWAY, b. April 10, 1751; d. Unknown.

v. ABIGAIL HEMENWAY, b. May 17, 1753; d. Unknown.

vi. ENOS HEMENWAY, b. September 17, 1755; d. Unknown.

vii. MERCY HEMENWAY, b. July 5, 1757; d. Unknown.

viii. ELIZABETH HEMENWAY, b. May 1, 1760; d. Unknown.

ix. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. May 3, 1762; d. Unknown.

13. x. JACOB HEMENWAY, b. 1764; d. Unknown.

 

10. JOSHUA4 HEMENWAY (JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born April 2, 1697 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died January 30, 1754 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married (1) ABIGAIL MORSE January 1, 1718 in Framingham, Massachusetts, daughter of JOSEPH MORSE and ELIZABETH SAWTELLE. She was born January 1, 1695 in Watertown, Massachusetts, and died May 25, 1739 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married (2) JEMIMA RUTTER March 12, 1739, daughter of THOMAS RUTTER and JEMIMA UNKNOWN. She was born December 2, 1695 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died Unknown.

 

Children of JOSHUA HEMENWAY and ABIGAIL MORSE are:

i. JOSEPH5 HEMENWAY, b. November 1, 1719; d. Unknown.

ii. JOSHUA HEMENWAY, b. November 28, 1721; d. Unknown.

iii. ABIAIL HEMENWAY, b. February 29, 1724; d. Unknown.

iv. SYLVANUS HEMENWAY, b. August 3, 1726; d. Unknown.

v. HEPZIBAH HEMENWAY, b. August 3, 1728; d. Unknown.

14. vi. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. July 17, 1730, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. January 31, 1778.

vii. JOSIAH HEMENWAY, b. October 5, 1733; d. Unknown.

viii. BENONI HEMENWAY, b. April 20, 1736; d. Unknown.

 

11. RALPH4 HEMENWAY (JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born October 8, 1699 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died Unknown in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married SARAH HAVEN January 1, 1727 in Framingham, Massachusetts, daughter of MOSES HAVEN. She died Unknown.

Notes for RALPH HEMENWAY:

Birth date shown as Oct 7, 1699. Marriage date to Sarah Haven shown as February 2, 1727.

He was a "Housewright" by trade, or in our terms a carpenter. In 1727 and 1764 he was Selectman in Framingham. All other children came from this source.

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

Following children born to Ralph and Sarah:

Ralph 02 Nov 1727

Benjamin 28 Oct 1732

Source of Children Birth date and Names: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

 

Children of RALPH HEMENWAY and SARAH HAVEN are:

i. DEACON RALPH5 HEMENWAY, b. November 2, 1727, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. June 1800, Framingham, Massachusetts.

Notes for DEACON RALPH HEMENWAY:

Ralph Hemenway birth date shown as November 20, 1727.

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

ii. JOHN HEMENWAY, b. May 20, 1730, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. 1762; m. BATHSHEBA STONE, Bet. 1750 - 1761; b. September 20, 1739, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. July 19, 1828, Framingham, Massachusetts.

15. iii. BENJAMIN HEMENWAY, b. October 28, 1732, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. 1800, Framingham, Massachusetts.

iv. REV. MOSES HEMENWAY, b. Bet. 1734 - 1735, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. April 11, 1811, Wells, York County, Maine, USA.

v. SILAS HEMENWAY, b. 1740, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

vi. SOLOMON HEMENWAY, b. 1740, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. WFT Est. 1741-1830, Barre, Vermont.

vii. SARAH HEMENWAY, b. Abt. 1742, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. WFT Est. 1743-1836.

viii. JONATHAN HEMENWAY, b. 1742, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. February 1818, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

ix. REBECKAH HEMENWAY, b. Abt. 1744, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. WFT Est. 1745-1838; m. ALPHEUS NICHOLS, Bet. 1720 - 1750; d. Unknown.

 

12. REBECCA4 HOLBROOK (DANIEL3, ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born 1699, and died Unknown. She married SAMUEL DAVENPORT 1718. He was born 1697, and died 1773.

 

Child of REBECCA HOLBROOK and SAMUEL DAVENPORT is:

16. i. SETH5 DAVENPORT, b. Bet. 1725 - 1746; d. 1813.

 

Generation No. 5

 

13. JACOB5 HEMENWAY (ABRAHAM4, ABRAHAM3, SAMUEL2, RALPH1) was born 1764, and died Unknown. He married ABIGAIL LINDSAY December 23, 1784. She was born Bef. 1772, and died Unknown.

 

Children of JACOB HEMENWAY and ABIGAIL LINDSAY are:

i. ABRAHAM6 HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

ii. CAROLINE HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

iii. EULLIA HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

iv. LAVINA HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

v. LUCRETIA HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

vi. MERCY HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

vii. POLLY HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

viii. NANCY HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

17. ix. JACOB HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

 

14. ISAAC5 HEMENWAY (JOSHUA4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born July 17, 1730 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died January 31, 1778. He married ELIZABETH HAVEN November 28, 1754 in Framingham, Massachusetts. She was born September 2, 1736 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1783.

 

Children of ISAAC HEMENWAY and ELIZABETH HAVEN are:

i. SARAH6 HEMENWAY, b. September 13, 1755; d. Bef. 1765.

ii. ABIGAIL HEMENWAY, b. September 15, 1757; d. Unknown.

18. iii. JAMES HEMENWAY, b. April 12, 1760, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. July 15, 1822, Salem, Mahoning County, Ohio.

iv. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. October 24, 1762; d. Unknown.

v. SARAH HEMENWAY, b. March 16, 1765; d. Unknown.

vi. REBECKAH HEMENWAY, b. March 5, 1768; d. Unknown.

vii. ESTHER HEMENWAY, b. November 25, 1771; d. Unknown.

 

15. BENJAMIN5 HEMENWAY (RALPH4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born October 28, 1732 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died 1800 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married LUCY STONE September 2, 1762 in Framingham, Massachusetts. She was born Bet. 1737 - 1746 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died 1839.

Notes for BENJAMIN HEMENWAY:

Benjamin Hemenway birth date shown as October 25, 1732. Also, Sarah (daughter) added as born on

May 2, 1763

Source: "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" compiled by Clair A. Newton, 1932.

Following children born to Benjamin and Lucy:

Persis (dau) 12 Apr 1769

Patty (dau) 20 Jun 1777

Lucy 07 May 1766

Benjamin 14 Dec 1771

Source of Children Birth date and Names: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

 

Children of BENJAMIN HEMENWAY and LUCY STONE are:

i. SARAH6 HEMENWAY, b. May 2, 1763; d. Unknown; m. JONAS HUNT, February 1788; d. Unknown.

ii. LUCY HEMENWAY, b. May 7, 1766; d. Unknown; m. GIDEON RICHARDSON; d. Unknown.

iii. PERSIS HEMENWAY, b. April 12, 1769; d. Unknown.

19. iv. CAPT. BENJAMIN STONE HEMENWAY, b. December 14, 1771, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. February 24, 1827, Framingham, Massachusetts.

v. PATTY HEMENWAY, b. June 20, 1777; d. Unknown; m. FRANCIS BOYLE, January 29, 1801; d. Unknown.

 

16. SETH5 DAVENPORT (REBECCA4 HOLBROOK, DANIEL3, ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born Bet. 1725 - 1746, and died 1813. He married CHLOE DANIELS 1764. She was born 1745, and died 1823.

 

Child of SETH DAVENPORT and CHLOE DANIELS is:

20. i. ANNA6 DAVENPORT, b. Bet. 1749 - 1770; d. Unknown.

 

Generation No. 6

 

17. JACOB6 HEMENWAY (JACOB5, ABRAHAM4, ABRAHAM3, SAMUEL2, RALPH1) died Unknown. He married LUCRETIA SMITH. She was born Bet. 1774 - 1839, and died Unknown.

 

Child of JACOB HEMENWAY and LUCRETIA SMITH is:

21. i. ALLEN7 HEMENWAY, b. Bet. 1770 - 1810; d. Unknown.

 

18. JAMES6 HEMENWAY (ISAAC5, JOSHUA4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born April 12, 1760 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died July 15, 1822 in Salem, Mahoning County, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG 1785, daughter of EPHRAIM ARMSTRONG and ELIZABETH MCCULLAY. She was born March 17, 1757 in Mount Holly, NJ, and died January 15, 1837 in Springfield, Mahoning County, Ohio.

 

Children of JAMES HEMENWAY and ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG are:

i. ELIZABETH7 HEMENWAY, b. July 1787; d. Unknown.

ii. SARAH HEMENWAY, b. August 13, 1792; d. Unknown.

iii. ISAAC HEMENWAY, b. 1797; d. Unknown.

iv. MARTHA HEMENWAY, b. November 9, 1797; d. Unknown.

v. REBECCA HEMENWAY, b. September 28, 1799; d. Unknown.

22. vi. JAMES HEMENWAY, b. July 23, 1801, Mount Holly, NJ; d. January 26, 1893, MO, ND, or SD.

vii. ABIGAIL HEMENWAY, b. October 30, 1804; d. Unknown.

 

19. CAPT. BENJAMIN STONE6 HEMENWAY (BENJAMIN5, RALPH4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born December 14, 1771 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died February 24, 1827 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married PATIENCE HUNT November 3, 1795 in Framingham, Massachusetts. She was born Bet. 1767 - 1780 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died February 28, 1830 in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Notes for CAPT. BENJAMIN STONE HEMENWAY:

Following children born to Benjamin Stone and Patience:

Curtis 04 Nov 1796

Ezekiel 04 Aug 1799

George 25 Nov 1807

William 22 May 1803

Source of Children Birth date and Names: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

 

Children of BENJAMIN HEMENWAY and PATIENCE HUNT are:

i. CURTIS7 HEMENWAY, b. November 4, 1796; d. Unknown.

ii. EZEKIEL HEMENWAY, b. August 4, 1799; d. Unknown.

iii. WILLIAM HEMENWAY, b. May 22, 1803; d. Unknown.

23. iv. GEORGE HEMENWAY, b. November 25, 1807, Framingham, Massachusetts; d. August 28, 1881, Framingham, Massachusetts.

 

20. ANNA6 DAVENPORT (SETH5, REBECCA4 HOLBROOK, DANIEL3, ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born Bet. 1749 - 1770, and died Unknown. She married WILLIAM TORREY 1788. He was born 1754, and died Unknown.

 

Child of ANNA DAVENPORT and WILLIAM TORREY is:

24. i. SAMUEL DAVENPORT7 TORREY, b. Aft. 1788; d. Unknown.

 

Generation No. 7

 

21. ALLEN7 HEMENWAY (JACOB6, JACOB5, ABRAHAM4, ABRAHAM3, SAMUEL2, RALPH1) was born Bet. 1770 - 1810, and died Unknown. He married (1) LOUISE TYLER. She was born Bet. 1769 - 1841, and died Unknown. He married (2) HARRIET LINSLEY. She died Unknown.

 

Children of ALLEN HEMENWAY and LOUISE TYLER are:

i. GEORGE8 HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

ii. MARIAM HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

iii. RODNEY HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

iv. ROSELIA HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

25. v. ANSON TYLER HEMENWAY, b. Bet. 1800 - 1830; d. Aft. 1850, Vienna, Oneida County, NY.

vi. WILLIS HEMENWAY, b. March 16, 1847; d. Unknown.

 

22. JAMES7 HEMENWAY (JAMES6, ISAAC5, JOSHUA4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born July 23, 1801 in Mount Holly, NJ, and died January 26, 1893 in MO, ND, or SD. He married HOPE MALMSBURY 1823 in Columbiana or Mahoning County, Ohio, daughter of BENJAMIN MALMSBURY and JANE CATTELL. She was born September 7, 1804 in Burlington County, NJ, and died May 10, 1865 in Solon, Johnson County, Idaho.

 

Children of JAMES HEMENWAY and HOPE MALMSBURY are:

26. i. JANE M.8 HEMENWAY, b. April 20, 1824, Mahoning County, Ohio; d. April 5, 1890, Jennings County, Indiana.

ii. ELEAZER D. HEMENWAY, b. November 6, 1825; d. Unknown.

iii. ABIGAIL HEMENWAY, b. July 27, 1827; d. Unknown.

iv. ISAAC M. HEMENWAY, b. November 13, 1829; d. Unknown.

v. JOSEPH HEMENWAY, b. October 12, 1831; d. Unknown.

vi. ELIZABETH C. HEMENWAY, b. December 28, 1833; d. Unknown.

vii. JOHN MALMSBERRY HEMENWAY, b. March 3, 1836; d. Unknown.

viii. SARAH HEMENWAY, b. April 1, 1838; d. Unknown.

ix. JAMES HEMENWAY, b. July 10, 1840; d. Unknown.

x. BENJAMIN HEMENWAY, b. February 12, 1843; d. Unknown.

xi. DAVID PARK HEMENWAY, b. August 28, 1845; d. Unknown.

 

23. GEORGE7 HEMENWAY (BENJAMIN STONE6, BENJAMIN5, RALPH4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born November 25, 1807 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died August 28, 1881 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married ELIZA OWENS April 2, 1829 in Framingham, Massachusetts. She died Unknown.

Notes for GEORGE HEMENWAY:

Following children born to George and Eliza:

Mary Ellen 21 Sep 1834

Lorenzo 21 Dec 1829

Eliza Jane 29 Mar 1837

Benjamin Stone 29 Apr 1839

Albert 07 Jun 1832

Source of Children Birth date and Names: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

 

Children of GEORGE HEMENWAY and ELIZA OWENS are:

i. LORENZO8 HEMENWAY, b. December 21, 1829; d. Unknown.

ii. ALBERT HEMENWAY, b. June 7, 1832; d. Unknown.

iii. MARY ELLEN HEMENWAY, b. September 21, 1834; d. Unknown.

iv. ELIZA JANE HEMENWAY, b. March 29, 1837; d. Unknown.

27. v. BENJAMIN S. HEMENWAY, b. April 29, 1839, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown, Framingham, Massachusetts.

 

24. SAMUEL DAVENPORT7 TORREY (ANNA6 DAVENPORT, SETH5, REBECCA4 HOLBROOK, DANIEL3, ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born Aft. 1788, and died Unknown. He married SUSAN HOLMAN WATERS. She died Unknown.

 

Child of SAMUEL TORREY and SUSAN WATERS is:

28. i. LOUISE MARIA8 TORREY, b. 1827; d. 1907.

 

Generation No. 8

 

25. ANSON TYLER8 HEMENWAY (ALLEN7, JACOB6, JACOB5, ABRAHAM4, ABRAHAM3, SAMUEL2, RALPH1) was born Bet. 1800 - 1830, and died Aft. 1850 in Vienna, Oneida County, NY. He married ADALAID EDMONDS. She was born Bet. 1804 - 1861, and died Unknown.

 

Children of ANSON HEMENWAY and ADALAID EDMONDS are:

i. ANGINETTE9 HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

ii. GRACE HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

iii. TYLER HEMENWAY, d. Unknown.

29. iv. DR. CLARENCE EDMONDS HEMENWAY, b. Bet. 1849 - 1879; d. 1924, Oak Park, Illinois.

v. WILLOUGHBY HEMENWAY, b. 1874; d. Unknown.

vi. GEORGE R. HEMENWAY, b. March 10, 1876; d. Unknown.

 

26. JANE M.8 HEMENWAY (JAMES7, JAMES6, ISAAC5, JOSHUA4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born April 20, 1824 in Mahoning County, Ohio, and died April 5, 1890 in Jennings County, Indiana. She married OLIVER BURDG April 29, 1846 in Columbiana County, Ohio. He was born September 28, 1821 in Jefferson, Fayette County, PA, and died June 11, 1908 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.

 

Children of JANE HEMENWAY and OLIVER BURDG are:

i. MARTIN9 BURDG, b. April 29, 1847; d. Unknown.

30. ii. ALMIRA PARK BURDG, b. September 16, 1849, Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio; d. July 23, 1943, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.

iii. EZRA BURDG, b. December 20, 1854; d. Unknown.

iv. MARYETTA BURDG, b. November 19, 1860; d. Unknown.

 

27. BENJAMIN S.8 HEMENWAY (GEORGE7, BENJAMIN STONE6, BENJAMIN5, RALPH4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born April 29, 1839 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died Unknown in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married (1) ANNETTE M. BURLEY March 8, 1860 in Dover, New Hampshire. She was born 1843 in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and died Unknown. He married (2) L. E. Bef. 1866. She was born in North Carolina, USA, and died Unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN S. HEMENWAY:

Birth Certificate for Ida May Hemmenway (name as shown here) b. October 26, 1860, shows father's name as Benj. Hemmenway born in Mass, Residence, Dover, Occupation shoemaker. His wife is shown as Annette M. Burley, born in Tamworth, NH.

Marriage Certificate for Benj. S. Hemmingway and Annette Burleigh (names as shown here) shows residence of groom and bride in Dover, New Hampshire. Age of groom 21 (calculated birth 1839 used here); age of bride 17 (calculate birth 1843 used here). Birthplace of groom Natick, Massachusetts; birthplace of bride Somersworth, New Hampshire [next to Tamworth, NH]. Married by Jas M. Buckley, Justice of the Peace Mar 8, 1860, place Dover, New Hampshire.

Death Certificate for a Benjamin S. Hemenway (name as shown here) shows place of death Tamworth, date of death August 13, 1889, at age 61 years 1 month 1 day (this calculates out to be July 12, 1828). Occupation is merchant, cause of death cancer of stomach. Father's name Wm. Hemenway birthplace of father Framingham, Massachusetts. Birthplace of unnamed mother Framingham, Massachusetts. Occupation of father farmer. Physician reporting death is James P. Bassett, Tamworth, New Hampshire. This data is not used as birth date is 11 years too early - 1828 vice 1839.

Source: NH Vital Statistics Research November 20, 2000

 

Benjamin Hemenway birth date is 29 April 1839 [year agrees with Marriage Certificate above], son of George Hemenway and Eliza Owens married April 2, 1829. Birth date of George Hemenway is 25 November 1807 son of Benjamin Stone Hemenway and Patience Hunt married November 3, 1795. [George Hemenway - who married Patience Hunt - birthday of 1772 in the "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" book is derived from his shown death on February 24, 1827 at age 55. This cannot be correct because his father was born 14 December 1771 and married Patience Hunt on November 3, 1795.] Birth date of Benjamin Stone Hemenway is 14 December 1771, son of Benjamin Hemenway and Lucy Stone [note here is the first appearance of the name 'Stone' which becomes Brigham Park Fay and Ida May Hemenway's first child, Park 'Stone' Fay's, middle name] married September 2, 1762. Birth date of Benjamin Hemenway is 28 October 1732, son of Ralph Hemenway and Sarah Haven married January 1, 1727. Birth date of Ralph Hemenway is 8 October 1699, son of Joshua Hemenway and Rebecca.

Other children of these couples were also derived from the same sources below.

Source of Birth date and Parents' First Name: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

Source of Marriage Date and Wife's Last Name: http://www.hemingway.net/mamar.htm

 

JamesHGibbs@aol.com <JamesHGibbs@aol.com>

Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:46 PM

My information agrees with you except that I have George Hemenway as dying 28 August 1881, which does not conflict with other data. My death date source is "The History of Framingham", by J.H. Temple, 1887. That book was written just six years after the cited death date. Temple cites the same 1807 birth

date for George as you have, as does Barry in his 1847 "History of Framingham".

I did not have a wife listed for George's son Benjamin S. Hemenway. I have updated my file per your information -- Annette Burley. Who were Ida Mae's siblings? Could you provide the rest of this line from Benjamin and Annette?

Thanks, JIM GIBBS

More About BENJAMIN S. HEMENWAY:

Cause of Death: Cancer of the Stomach

Occupation: Shoemaker

Residence: Dover, New Hampshire

 

Child of BENJAMIN HEMENWAY and ANNETTE BURLEY is:

31. i. IDA MAY9 HEMENWAY, b. October 26, 1860, Dover, New Hampshire; d. June 6, 1952.

 

Child of BENJAMIN HEMENWAY and L. E. is:

ii. UNKNOWN9 HEMENWAY, b. 1866, Dover, New Hampshire; d. Unknown.

 

28. LOUISE MARIA8 TORREY (SAMUEL DAVENPORT7, ANNA6 DAVENPORT, SETH5, REBECCA4 HOLBROOK, DANIEL3, ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born 1827, and died 1907. She married ALPHONSO TAFT 1853. He was born 1810, and died 1891.

 

Children of LOUISE TORREY and ALPHONSO TAFT are:

i. SAMUEL DAVENPORT9 TAFT, b. 1855; d. Unknown.

32. ii. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, PRESIDENT OF THE US, b. September 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio; d. March 8, 1930, Washington, DC, US.

iii. HENRY WATERS TAFT, b. 1859; d. Unknown.

iv. HORACE DUTTON TAFT, b. 1861; d. Unknown.

 

Generation No. 9

 

29. DR. CLARENCE EDMONDS9 HEMENWAY (ANSON TYLER8, ALLEN7, JACOB6, JACOB5, ABRAHAM4, ABRAHAM3, SAMUEL2, RALPH1) was born Bet. 1849 - 1879, and died 1924 in Oak Park, Illinois. He married GRACE HALL Bef. 1899. She was born Bet. 1854 - 1881, and died 1951.

 

Children of CLARENCE HEMENWAY and GRACE HALL are:

Ernest Hemingway
Ernest M. Hemingway

i. ERNEST M.10 HEMENWAY, b. July 21, 1899, Oak Park, Illinois; d. July 2, 1961, Ketchum, Idaho.

Notes for ERNEST M. HEMENWAY:

Hemingway, Ernest Miller (1899-1961), American novelist and short-story writer, whose style is characterized by crispness, laconic dialogue, and emotional understatement. Hemingway's writings and his personal life exerted a profound influence on American writers of his time. Many of his works are regarded as classics of American literature, and some have been made into motion pictures.

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway was educated at Oak Park High School. After graduating from high school in 1917, he became a reporter for the Kansas City Star, but he left his job within a few months to serve as a volunteer ambulance driver in Italy during World War I (1914-1918). He later transferred to the Italian infantry and was severely wounded. After the war he served as a correspondent for the Toronto Star and then settled in Paris. While there, he was encouraged in creative work by the American expatriate writers Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. After 1927 Hemingway spent long periods of time in Key West, Florida, and in Spain and Africa. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), he returned to Spain as a newspaper correspondent. In World War II (1939-1945) he again was a correspondent and later was a reporter for the United States First Army; although he was not a soldier, he participated in several battles. After the war Hemingway settled near Havana, Cuba, and in 1958 he moved to Ketchum, Idaho.

Hemingway drew heavily on his experiences as an avid fisherman, hunter, and bullfight enthusiast (see Bullfighting) in his writing. His adventurous life brought him close to death several times: in the Spanish Civil War when shells burst inside his hotel room; in World War II when he was struck by a taxi during a blackout; and in 1954 when his airplane crashed in Africa.

A Writer of the Lost Generation

One of the foremost authors of the era between the two world wars, Hemingway in his early works depicted the lives of two types of people. One type consisted of men and women deprived, by World War I, of faith in the moral values in which they had believed, and who lived with cynical disregard for anything but their own emotional needs. The other type were men of simple character and primitive emotions, such as prizefighters and bullfighters. Hemingway wrote of their courageous and usually futile battles against circumstances. His earliest works include the collections of short stories Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923), his first work; In Our Time (1924), tales reflecting his experiences as a youth in the northern Michigan woods; Men Without Women (1927), a volume that included "The Killers," remarkable for its description of impending doom; and Winner Take Nothing (1933), stories characterizing people in unfortunate circumstances in Europe. The novel that established Hemingway's reputation, The Sun Also Rises (1926), is the story of a group of morally irresponsible Americans and Britons living in France and Spain, members of the so-called lost generation of the post-World War I period. Hemingway's second important novel, A Farewell to Arms (1929), is the story of a deeply moving love affair in wartime Italy between an American officer in the Italian ambulance service and a British nurse. The novel was followed by two nonfiction works, Death in the Afternoon (1932), prose pieces mainly about bullfighting; and Green Hills of Africa (1935), accounts of big-game hunting.

Writing Style

Hemingway's economical writing style often seems simple and almost childlike, but his method is calculated and used to complex effect. In his writing Hemingway provided detached descriptions of action, using simple nouns and verbs to capture scenes precisely. By doing so he avoided describing his characters' emotions and thoughts directly. Instead, in providing the reader with the raw material of an experience and eliminating the authorial viewpoint, Hemingway made the reading of a text approximate the actual experience as closely as possible. Hemingway was also deeply concerned with authenticity in writing. He believed that a writer could treat a subject honestly only if the writer had participated in or observed the subject closely. Without such knowledge the writer's work would be flawed because the reader would sense the author's lack of expertise. In addition, Hemingway believed that an author writing about a familiar subject is able to write sparingly and eliminate a great deal of superfluous detail from the piece without sacrificing the voice of authority. Hemingway's stylistic influence on American writers has been enormous. The success of his plain style in expressing basic, yet deeply felt, emotions contributed to the decline of the elaborate Victorian-era prose that characterized a great deal of American writing in the early 20th century. Legions of American writers have cited Hemingway as an influence on their own work.

Social Concern

In his original work, Hemingway used themes of helplessness and defeat, but in the late 1930s he began to express concern about social problems. His novel To Have and Have Not (1937) and his play The Fifth Column, published in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-nine Stories (1938), strongly condemned economic and political injustices. Two of his best short stories, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," were part of the latter work. In the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), which deals with the Spanish Civil War, he showed that the loss of liberty anywhere in the world is a warning that liberty is endangered everywhere. During the next decade Hemingway's only literary efforts were Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time (1942), which he edited, and the novel Across the River and into the Trees (1950). In 1952 Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea, a powerful novelette about an aged Cuban fisherman, for which he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. In 1954 Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. The last work published in his lifetime was Collected Poems (1960). His death is regarded as a suicide. Hemingway's posthumously published books include A Moveable Feast (1964), an account of his early years in Paris; Byline: Ernest Hemingway (1967), selected newspaper articles and dispatches; Ernest Hemingway, Cub Reporter: Kansas City Star Stories (1970); Islands in the Stream (1970), a sea novel; and the unfinished The Garden of Eden (1986). Some 3000 of his manuscript pages remain unpublished.

"Hemingway, Ernest Miller," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

ii. MARCELINE HEMENWAY, b. Private.

iii. MADALINE HEMENWAY, b. Private.

iv. LEICESTER HEMENWAY, b. Private.

v. URSUL HEMENWAY, b. Private.

vi. CAROL HEMENWAY, b. Private.

 

30. ALMIRA PARK9 BURDG (JANE M.8 HEMENWAY, JAMES7, JAMES6, ISAAC5, JOSHUA4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born September 16, 1849 in Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio, and died July 23, 1943 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. She married FRANKLIN MILHOUS April 16, 1879 in Jennings County, Indiana, son of JOSHUA MILHOUS and ELIZABETH GRIFFITH. He was born November 4, 1848 in Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, and died February 2, 1919 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.

 

Children of ALMIRA BURDG and FRANKLIN MILHOUS are:

i. EDITH10 MILHOUS, b. June 30, 1880; d. Unknown.

ii. MARTHA MILHOUS, b. August 25, 1882; d. Unknown.

33. iii. HANNAH ELIZABETH MILHOUS, b. March 7, 1885, North Butlerville, Jennings County, Indiana; d. September 30, 1967, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.

iv. EZRA CHARLES MILHOUS, b. March 3, 1887; d. Unknown.

v. JANE B. MILHOUS, b. December 29, 1889; d. Unknown.

vi. ELIZABETH MILHOUS, b. July 7, 1892; d. Unknown.

vii. ROSE OLIVE MILHOUS, b. January 23, 1895; d. Unknown.

 

Ida May Hemenway
Ida May Hemenway

31. IDA MAY9 HEMENWAY (BENJAMIN S.8, GEORGE7, BENJAMIN STONE6, BENJAMIN5, RALPH4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born October 26, 1860 in Dover, New Hampshire, and died June 6, 1952. She married BRIGHAM PARK FAY Bef. 1883 in Dover, New Hampshire, son of GILBERT FAY and LAURA BRIGHAM. He was born January 31, 1855 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died April 4, 1928 in Lakeport, NH.

Notes for IDA MAY HEMENWAY:

NH Vital Statistics show Park Stone Fay's mother was Ida Harris born in Massachusetts. Ida Harris was 23 at his birth which agrees with age of Ida May Hemenway on the birth certificates of the other children. We think this is a transcription error.

Record from NH Vital Statistic Office show spelling of name Hemminway and Hemingway, and from the Brigham Family Book show spelling of name Hemenway which we are using here.

 

Ida and Brigham either separated or divorced. Source: Mildred Fay Rand

 

Birth Certificate for Ida May Hemmenway (name as shown here) b. October 26, 1860, shows father's name as Benj. Hemmenway born in Mass, Residence, Dover, Occupation shoemaker. His wife is shown as Annette M. Burley, born in Tamworth, NH.

Marriage Certificate for Benj. S. Hemmingway and Annette Burleigh (names as shown here) shows residence of groom and bride in Dover, New Hampshire. Age of groom 21 (calculated birth 1839 used here); age of bride 17 (calculate birth 1843 used here). Birthplace of groom Natick, Massachusetts; birthplace of bride Somersworth, New Hampshire [next to Tamworth, NH]. Married by Jas M. Buckley, Justice of the Peace Mar 8, 1860, place Dover, New Hampshire.

Death Certificate for a Benjamin S. Hemenway (name as shown here) shows place of death Tamworth, date of death August 13, 1889, at age 61 years 1 month 1 day (this calculates out to be July 12, 1828). Occupation is merchant, cause of death cancer of stomach. Father's name Wm. Hemenway birthplace of father Framingham, Massachusetts. Birthplace of unnamed mother Framingham, Massachusetts. Occupation of father farmer. Physician reporting death is James P. Bassett, Tamworth, New Hampshire. This data is not used as birth date is 11 years too early - 1828 vice 1839.

Source: NH Vital Statistics Research November 20, 2000

 

Benjamin Hemenway birth date is 29 April 1839 [year agrees with Marriage Certificate above], son of George Hemenway and Eliza Owens married April 2, 1829. Birth date of George Hemenway is 25 November 1807 son of Benjamin Stone Hemenway and Patience Hunt married November 3, 1795. [George Hemenway - who married Patience Hunt - birthday of 1772 in the "Ralph Hemmenway of Roxbury, Mass. 1634. and His Descendants" book is derived from his shown death on February 24, 1827 at age 55. This cannot be correct because his father was born 14 December 1771 and married Patience Hunt on November 3, 1795.] Birth date of Benjamin Stone Hemenway is 14 December 1771, son of Benjamin Hemenway and Lucy Stone [note here is the first appearance of the name 'Stone' which becomes Brigham Park Fay and Ida May Hemenway's first child, Park 'Stone' Fay's, middle name] married September 2, 1762. Birth date of Benjamin Hemenway is 28 October 1732, son of Ralph Hemenway and Sarah Haven married January 1, 1727. Birth date of Ralph Hemenway is 8 October 1699, son of Joshua Hemenway and Rebecca.

Other children of these couples were also derived from the same sources below.

Source of Birth date and Parents' First Name: http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/HemBirths.html

Source of Marriage Date and Wife's Last Name: http://www.hemingway.net/mamar.htm

More About IDA MAY HEMENWAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Notes for BRIGHAM PARK FAY:

Brigham P. Fay's death certificate from the NH Vital Statistics Office who he was a stable foreman who died of multiple injuries from a railroad crossing accident. He died April 4, 1928, at age 70 years, 2 months, and 4 days which would make his date of birth February 4, 1858. Physician reporting death was George B. Magroth, Boston, Mass. Place of interment is Laconia, NH, date of interment, April 8, 1928, at the Bayside Cemetery. Undertaker was LH Wilkinson of Laconia, NH.

Based on The Brigham Family Book and the Fay Genealogy of John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants his birth date is Jan 31, 1855, and he married Ida M. Hemenway of Wayland, Massachusetts. NH Vital Records for two of Brigham Park Fay children's birth show Ida M. Hemenway was born in Dover, NH.

More About BRIGHAM PARK FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Occupation: Stable Foreman

 

Children of IDA HEMENWAY and BRIGHAM FAY are:

34. i. PARK STONE10 FAY, b. July 5, 1883, Lake Village, New Hampshire; d. November 15, 1951, Laconia, Belknap New Hampshire.

ii. LLOYD WILLIAMS FAY, b. November 28, 1884, Lake Village, New Hampshire; d. Unknown.

Notes for LLOYD WILLIAMS FAY:

Shown as second child

iii. OLIVE MAY FAY, b. November 10, 1888, Lake Village, New Hampshire; d. November 1972, Wakefield, Massachusetts; m. FRANCIS 'FRANK' GUSTAV SUNMAN; d. Unknown.

Notes for OLIVE MAY FAY:

Olive May Fay is shown as 3rd child.

iv. CARL G. FAY, b. 1892; d. 1907, Lakeport, NH.

More About CARL G. FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot3/054

 

William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft

32. WILLIAM HOWARD9 TAFT, PRESIDENT OF THE US (LOUISE MARIA8 TORREY, SAMUEL DAVENPORT7, ANNA6 DAVENPORT, SETH5, REBECCA4 HOLBROOK, DANIEL3, ELIZABETH2 HEMENWAY, RALPH1) was born September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died March 8, 1930 in Washington, DC, US. He married HELEN HERRON June 19, 1886. She was born 1861, and died 1943.

 

Children of WILLIAM TAFT and HELEN HERRON are:

i. ROBERT ALPHONSO10 TAFT, b. September 8, 1889; d. Unknown.

ii. HELEN HERRON TAFT, b. August 1, 1891; d. Unknown.

iii. CHARLES PHELPS TAFT, b. September 20, 1897; d. Unknown.

 

Generation No. 10

 

33. HANNAH ELIZABETH10 MILHOUS (ALMIRA PARK9 BURDG, JANE M.8 HEMENWAY, JAMES7, JAMES6, ISAAC5, JOSHUA4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born March 7, 1885 in North Butlerville, Jennings County, Indiana, and died September 30, 1967 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. She married FRANCIS ANTHONY NIXON, son of SAMUEL NIXON and SARAH WADSWORTH. He was born December 3, 1878 in Elk Twp., Vinton County, Ohio, and died September 4, 1956 in La Habra, Orange County, California, or Calais, France.

 

Child of HANNAH MILHOUS and FRANCIS NIXON is:

35. i. RICHARD MILHOUS11 NIXON, PRESIDENT OF THE US, b. January 9, 1913, Yorba Linda, California; d. April 22, 1994, New York, New York.

 

34. PARK STONE10 FAY (IDA MAY9 HEMENWAY, BENJAMIN S.8, GEORGE7, BENJAMIN STONE6, BENJAMIN5, RALPH4, JOSHUA3, JOSHUA2, RALPH1) was born July 5, 1883 in Lake Village, New Hampshire, and died November 15, 1951 in Laconia, Belknap New Hampshire. He married HATTIE E. MERRILL, daughter of GEORGE MERRILL and MARY BIRD. She was born June 25, 1883, and died April 4, 1962 in Dover, New Hampshire.

Notes for PARK STONE FAY:

Resided 34 years in Lakeport, New Hampshire and 14 years in Dover, New Hampshire. He worked for the railroad as head of a construction section gang in Dover. His wife Hattie filled in as cook on the work train.

Birthday shown as July 6, 1883, on grave stone, but NH Vital Records say July 5, 1883.

Shown as 1st child. Born when his parents lived in Gilford, NH.

More About PARK STONE FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Probable prostrate cancer

Occupation: Railroad construction worker for Boston and Main Railroad

Notes for HATTIE E. MERRILL:

Hattie Merrill married Park Fay shortly after WW 1. Park Fay, also a carpenter like Hattie's father, George Merrill, preferred an independent status. Instead of joining George Merrill, he handled all the boats and work at Beaver Island. Park, Hattie, and their five children had a cottage near The Gulf on what was then called Mansfield's Point, where George Merrill laid the stone steps leading from the dock to the Fay's' house. In the side yard, a tent was built to hold the overflow of children and friends. It was the children's job to gather rocks from the lake for the stone mason, Mr. Zibley of Center Harbor, to build the living room fireplace.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

Hattie filled in as cook on the railroad work train that Park Fay used to get to construction sites.

More About HATTIE E. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

 

Children of PARK FAY and HATTIE MERRILL are:

36. i. WILBUR MERRILL11 FAY, b. June 25, 1904, Everett, Massachusetts; d. February 2, 1959, Rochester, New Hampshire.

37. ii. MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY, b. P