Kew



Mary Tinkham 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1686
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Ebenezer Curtis (1686 -       ) 35 
       Marriage: 19 Jan 1710 - Plymouth County, Massachusetts
         Status:
Rachel Todd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 29 Oct 1754
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Jan 1833
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *William Sargeant (7 Sep 1756 - 5 Apr 1835)
       Marriage: 7 Jan 1779 - Leicester, Massachusetts 242
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Benjamin Sargeant (1790-1858)
Notes
Marriage Notes (William Sargeant)
Children, in Dummerston, Vt
Sarah Sargeant b: 10 JUL 1780
William Todd Sargeant b: 1 SEP 1782
Mary Sargeant b: 23 SEP 1784
James Sargeant b: 28 AUG 1786
Jonathan Sargeant b: 10 JUL 1788
Benjamin Sargeant b: 21 DEC 1790
George Sargeant b: 12 DEC 1792
Charles Sargeant b: 9 OCT 1794
Lucretia Sargeant b: 28 MAR 1797

Henry Towler 
      Sex: M
AKA: Harry Towles
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1835 - England
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1879 - Lawrence, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Eliza Jane Sargeant (25 Dec 1840 - Sep 1867) 195,230 
       Marriage: 1 Apr 1850 - New Hampshire 237
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Josephine E. Towler (1860-1900)
Notes
General:
A Henry Towler died in Lawrence MA in 1879, but may not be the right one. Age 56-7, married, died of hepatic hypertrophy, no occupation listed, address: 47 Franklin, b. England, parents not named 250
Marriage Notes (Eliza Jane Sargeant)
wrong people or wrong marriage date?

Josephine E. Towler 
      Sex: F
AKA: Josephine E Towles 50
Individual Information 
          Birth: 9 Mar 1860 - Lowell, Massachusetts 195
        Baptism: 
          Death: 12 Apr 1900 - Middlesex, Vermont 22
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: cancer

Parents 
         Father: Henry Towler (Est 1835-1879) 195
         Mother: Eliza Jane Sargeant (1840-1867) 195,230
Spouses and Children 
1. *James W Kew (23 Dec 1844 - 28 Apr 1924) 88,90,101 
       Marriage: 6 Feb 1877 - Lowell, Massachusetts 195,196
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Walter Harry Kew (1878-1938)
                2. Sarah Jane Kew (Cir 1880-1920) 197
                3. Eliza Jane Kew (1880-      )
                4. Clarence James Kew (1883-1952) 133
                5. Albert C Kew (Cir 1886-Cir 1970) 136
Notes
General:
1880 Fayston VT census:
Josephine E Kew, 20, keeping house, born NH, father born England, mother born NH.

Towler is "Cowles" in some records, but is Towler in Lexington MA death record for Walter H. Kew, July 31, 1938 and in Hudson's History of Lexington
Medical:
age 40-1-3
born Lowell
parents Harry Towles & Eliza Sargent 22
Marriage Notes (James W Kew)
1880 Fayston VT census:
James W Kew, 38, farmer, born Ireland, parents born Ireland;
Josephine E Kew, 20, wife, keeping house, born NH, father born England, mother born NH
Walter H Kew, 2, son, born VT;
Eliza Jane Kew, 5 months, daughter, born VT.

1883-4 Moretown VT Directory:
a James Kew, laborer, lived on Main St., as did Charles E. Kew, watch and clock repairer.
201

Abigail Truesdell 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Jan 1718 - Pomfret, Connecticut
        Baptism: 
          Death: 18 Feb 1721 - Pomfret, Connecticut
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ebenezer Truesdell (1685-1750) 4
         Mother: Rachel Davis (Abt 1686-1753) 4
Austin Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Apr 1822 - Monson, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Nov 1868 - Boston, Massachusetts 4
         Burial: in Hillside Cemetery, Monson, Massachusetts 251
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Parley Truesdell (1771-1843) 4
         Mother: Mary W. Stimson (1787-1862) 4
Notes
General:
The Boston Directory , 1852
lists Austin Truesdell as owner of a "bowling Saloon at 25 Exchange Street, boards Hanover House"

Cyrus Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Aug 1815 - Monson, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Dec 1885 - Monson, Massachusetts 4
         Burial: in Hillside Cemetery, Monson, Massachusetts 252
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Parley Truesdell (1771-1843) 4
         Mother: Mary W. Stimson (1787-1862) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Cordelia Webber (22 Jan 1827 - 12 Jan 1901) 112,113 
       Marriage: 9 Aug 1858 - Monson, Massachusetts 112
         Status: 

2. Phebe White Hastings (9 Oct 1823 - 5 Nov 1855) 111 
       Marriage: 16 Apr 1841 - Palmer, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Estelle J Truesdell (1850-1940) 111,112,113
                2. Erskine Hastings Truesdell (1848-1920) 111,112
                3. Merrill Truesdell (1845-1868) 112
Notes
General:
(KT Genealogy) Cyrus was a farmer. He attended public schools, selectman of Monson (Hampden Co, Mass 311). Both Cyrus and Mary were members of the Congtl Ch, Cyrus being admitted in 1838, Mary in 1865 (Manual 1874). 4

Ebenezer Truesdell Jr. 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Mar 1717 - Pomfret, Connecticut
        Baptism: 
          Death: Abt 1773 - Chesterfield, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ebenezer Truesdell (1685-1750) 4
         Mother: Rachel Davis (Abt 1686-1753) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Burnel (Est 1720 -       )
       Marriage: 5 Sep 1751 - Dudley, Massachusetts 46
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Daniell Truesdell (1755-Bef 1757) 47
                2. Daniell Truesdell (1757-      ) 47
                3. Sarah Truesdell (1758-      ) 2
                4. Mary Truesdell (1760-      ) 47
                5. Mehetabel Truesdell (1763-      ) 47
                6. Bethiah Truesdell (1752-      ) 47

2. Bethiah (Est 1720 - 26 Nov 1750)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Amus Truesdell (1749-      ) 5
                2. Silas Truesdell (1749-      ) 5
Notes
General:
Ebenezer Truesdell, Jr., by 1748, had moved to Dudley and in 1750 was executor of his father's estate. At Dudley he was tything-man in 1751 (TR, I, 171), sealer of leather 1752 to 1755 (op cit, I, 179, 186, 190 & II, 13); surveyor of highways in 1757 (idem, II, 25), and constable for the west and of the township in 1758 and 1759 (idem, II, 30, 32, 34/5, 36, 37).
Ebenezer was admitted to the church at Chesterfield, MA, August 07, 1766 (as "Ebenezer Braydell" Ch Rec). One of Ebenezer's sons, Amos, Silas, or Ebenezer, III, was frozen to death in a snow storm. "The death of young Truesdale, son of Ebenezer who lived on the James farm", occurred after sugaring was completed and he had walked to Northampton to return a borrowed kettle. Returning during a heavy snow storm he lost his way. His bones were not found for several years ("Hist Goshen, MA", 113/4). Concerning the same mishap: "it was near the Healy and Luce homes (in Chesterfield Town) that Mr. Truesdell perished in early times, having lost his way returning from Northampton ("Hist Conn Valley", I, 494). 4

Ebenezer Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1685 - Newton, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Jun 1750 - Dudley, Massachusetts 3
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• residence, cir 1713-1750 in Pomfret, Connecticut

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Truesdell (1645-1695) 4
         Mother: Mary Jackson (1653-Abt 1700) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rachel Davis (Abt 1686 - 18 May 1753) 4 
       Marriage: 25 Jan 1710 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Thomas Truesdell (1711-1744) 4
                2. Mary Truesdell (1713-1753) 4
                3. Jerusha Truesdell (1715-1732) 4
                4. Ebenezer Truesdell Jr. (1717-Abt 1773) 4
                5. Abigail Truesdell (1718-1721) 4
                6. Mehitable Truesdell (1719-1788) 4
                7. Joseph Truesdell (1719-1762) 4
                8. John Truesdell (1724-1733) 4
Notes
General:
Ebenezer Truesdell probably accompanied his brother Richard to the New Roxbury or Woodstock area after 1700. He was an early settler in the Quinnebaug Valley where in 1708 he bought a house and land from Thomas Goodell in the southeast part of the Mashamugget Purchase, now included in Abington. When married in Boston by Samuel Sewall, he was noted as from Woodstock, she from Brookline. On 3 May 1713 his name was added to the list of petitioners to the General Court (of MA) for separate incorporation. He was a member of the committee to select the site for the town meeting house and also on the special committee to "provide a good dinner." As of Pomfret, on 5 January 1713/4 he sold to James Holmes for £24 a tract of 50 acres. In 1714, with his wife Rachel, he sold other land in Pomfret to Jonathan Hyde, not recorded until 1720. In December 1724 he was chosen Constable. In 1750 when he died, he was probably visiting his son, Ebenezer Jr., at Dudley [the Dudley VR death record refers to him as "of Pomfrit"].
Ebenezer Truesdell at the age of 65 made his will the day before his death. After the customary phrases on worldliness, death and burial, he bequeathed the household effects with £60 annually to his wife. Designating Ebenezer Jr. as sole executor, he gave Ebenezer Jr. his land (70 acres) and all bonds and funds (amount not stated) but charged him with all expenses and bequests. The latter included: to Joseph 300 [pounds], to "my Daughter Warner £50 six months after Rachel's death, and to Thomas' five children, £15 each. The will was probated in Worcester Co., MA before judge Joseph Wilder on 22 August 1750 and initial settlement allowed 24 August 1751. 4,253

Edith Elizabeth Truesdell 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Dec 1906 - Medford Hillside, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: Jun 1986 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: 10 Jul 1986 - Lexington, Massachusetts 121
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 025014763

Parents 
         Father: Leon Harold Truesdell (1871-1962) 4,38
         Mother: Gertrude West Boynton (1875-1917) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Harold Walter Kew Sr (25 Dec 1906 - Mar 1971) 123 
       Marriage: 1 Jan 1926 - Lexington, Massachusetts 70
         Status: Divorce
       Children:
                1. Harold Walter Kew Jr. (1930-1995) 163
                2. Beatrice Kew (1926-      )
                3. James Randall Kew (1940-      )

2. Studley (Est 1904 -       )
       Marriage: Abt 1950
         Status: Divorced

3. Alonzo Gill (30 Sep 1898 - Oct 1976)
       Marriage: Abt 1965
         Status:
Notes
General:
Edith's birth record is from Medford, but her parent's address then was 31 Appleton St., Somerville, MA.
In 1926 Edith was a hairdresser, living at 158 Mass. Ave. Lexington MA. At the birth of Harold, Jr., in 1930 she was a housewife, living at In the 1940s, divorced, she moved to Wellfleet with her children. Among her jobs there was working at a curtain factory, in a building which is now (2002) the Wellfleet Library. She also lived in Eastham and Orleans, all on Cape Cod, and was living in Orleans at the time of her death.
Her ashes are buried in the Kew family plot in Lexington, Westview Cemetery, Hillside Section, Range D, Lot 10. 174,184
Marriage Notes (Harold Walter Kew Sr)
Howard R. Lewis, minister

1932 Lexington directory: Kew Harold W. (Edith) carp, res 870 Mass av
Only this family is at the address.
124
Marriage Notes (Studley)
very brief marriage

Esther Marion Truesdell 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Aug 1909 - Medford, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Leon Harold Truesdell (1871-1962) 4,38
         Mother: Gertrude West Boynton (1875-1917) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *George Whitcomb Harrod (30 Jun 1909 - 20 Sep 1956)
       Marriage: 30 Jun 1936 - Harvard, Massachusetts
         Status: Death of one spouse
       Children:
                1. Edgar Warren Harrod (1939-      )
                2. Kenneth Leon Harrod (1942-      )
                3. Nancy Louise Harrod (1943-      )
Experience Truesdell 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Aug 1680 - Cambridge, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Mar 1744 - Newton, Massachusetts 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Health 4, Noted As "Lame" In The Adjustment Of Samuel's Estate

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Truesdell (1645-1695) 4
         Mother: Mary Jackson (1653-Abt 1700) 4
Hansom Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Jul 1809 - Monson, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Jul 1809 - Monson, Massachusetts 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Parley Truesdell (1771-1843) 4
         Mother: Mary W. Stimson (1787-1862) 4
Haverlin Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Aug 1769 - Dudley, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1800 - Randolph, Vermont 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Truesdell Jr. (1740-1793) 4
         Mother: Rhoda Curtis (1745-1788) 4,52
Ichabod Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 May 1736 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1800 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Truesdell (1711-1744) 4
         Mother: Judith Leavens (1716-After 1791) 4
Notes
General:
Ichabod, after marriage, lived in East Woodstock, CT. He was a carpenter and joiner and is mentioned as being the first coffin-maker for the Congregational Church of that town (Hist. Woodstock, I, 299).
In the French War Ichabod served in 1756, a Pvt, 2d Co., 3d Conn Regt under LCol Payson (Conn Hist Soc Coll X, 373). A "Jacob Truesdell", unplaced, served in the same company. Ichabod reenlisted April 13, 1758, Pvt., 10th Co., under Capt Jediah Fay, 3d Conn Regt of Col. Eleazer Fitch, discharged Fort Edward, NY, Oct 1758 plus travel to November 21, 1758 (op. cit. 67).
After 1770 Ichabod moved to Vermont, then under York Province, and by 1775 owned 100 acres in Strafford, Gloucester (no Orange) Co., which he sold to Daniel Allard of Woodstock, CT for £16 (Orange Co. Land Rec., B, 90). He bought land in Thetford in 1779 and the following year, as a resident of Thetford, bought two 50 acre tracts therein which he sold in May 1784 (Land Records).
In the Revolutionary War Ichabod Truesdell served several terms. During the Strafford Alarm he was Pvt in Heston's Co. of militia July 20, 1777, being paid for seven days and four horses(Vt. Rev. Rolls, 1904). In the same year he served two months in Capt. Bush's Co. marching 220 miles (op. cit. 19 & 34). He again served in Heston's Co. for 12 days in 1780/1 (idem 364).
Disposing of his land in Thetford, Ichabod became a first settler at West Plattsburg, NY (Gazetteer NY, French, 239). Here he acquired at least two tracts of land but his name is not included in the 1790 census. In 1793 he borrowed £55 on a 50 acre lot at Beekman's Patent and later £30 on a one acre mill lot (Clinton Co. Mort. A103 & A195). Ichabod, alone, was reported in the 1800 census but he is not included in the 1810 census. There is no record of the disposition of his land in Clinton Co., NY.
About or after 1775 when Ichabod Truesdell left Woodstock, CT for VT, there may have been a second, unrecorded wife. The death of Hannah Dresser is unknown, whether at Woodstock or in NH. Not accounted for is a Mrs. Esther Truesdell, b. 1733; d. Newbury, VT (15 miles north of Thetford), 1823. In this connection it will be observed that the youngest daughter herein listed, born in 1779 was also named Esther. Additionally, there was a Samuel Truesdell, b. VT abt. 1777 (Census), d. Woodville, NY, 1866; m. Middletown, VT (40 miles distant from Thetford) in 1801 - Esther Fillmore. This Samuel Truesdell may be an unrecorded child of Ichabod. Samuel's descendants are contained in separate manuscripts filed in the Library of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in New York City.

Jerusha Truesdell 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Nov 1715 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 30 Jun 1732 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ebenezer Truesdell (1685-1750) 4
         Mother: Rachel Davis (Abt 1686-1753) 4
John Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Dec 1724 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 25 Jun 1733 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Fact 1 4, Fact 1, 25 Jun 1733 in Pomfret, Connecticut

Parents 
         Father: Ebenezer Truesdell (1685-1750) 4
         Mother: Rachel Davis (Abt 1686-1753) 4
John Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Jun 1739 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: Abt 1810 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Truesdell (1711-1744) 4
         Mother: Judith Leavens (1716-After 1791) 4
Notes
General:
Served in French & Indian campaign: Enlisted April 13, 1758, Pvt., 10th Co., 3d Regt.; discharged November 11, 1758 (Conn Hist Soc Coll, X, 67) Lived at Lisbon Township, Norwich Co., CT where his daughter Sarah was baptized "on account of her grandparents Benj. Hutchins and Judith, his wife" (Hayward).

John P. Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 May 1737 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Aug 1738 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Truesdell (1711-1744) 4
         Mother: Judith Leavens (1716-After 1791) 4
Jonathan Truesdell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Apr 1741 - Pomfret, Connecticut 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 10 Aug 1808 - Troy, New York 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Truesdell (1711-1744) 4
         Mother: Judith Leavens (1716-After 1791) 4
Notes
General:
In 1791, Jonathan Truesdell, then in Hudson, NY, gave Benjamin Hutchins (stepfather) power of attorney to sell the land of Thomas Truesdell, deceased, equal to said part "of my mother Juda, the wife of said Truesdell". 4

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