NOTES
From a chapter, “1602-1780: Haven by the Sea,” by Everett S. Allen. [The provenance of the book is not known at this time, since my parents simply copied the chapter during a visit to the Fairhaven, MA., historical society. Given time, I will identify the book.]
“John Cooke came to live in this place about 1660. He had come over in the Mayflower, was one of the boys in the Pilgrim colony, and the only one of the original grantees of this land on the Cushenagg [a river] to become a resident of what is now Fairhaven. He was a prominent figure, representing his town at Plymouth Court for six years.” Pg. 7-8 …
“The helpful influence and instruction of the Wampanoags [an Indian Tribe], whose ancient summer camping ground was here at Sconticut (Fairhaven), proved major factors in making the first white settlers successfully amphibious - able to exist on the resources of their land and adjacent waters.” Pg. 8 …
“Unfortunately, the relationship between the Indians and white settlers deteriorated. In 1675, the township of Dartmouth was virtually destroyed by Indians. Since Dartmouth had been settled by a “class of people not particularly identified with the Puritans” (many of them Quakers), the court blamed the residents’ “scattered way of living.” Pg. 8. …
“Eventually, the people of Dartmouth returned to their lands and rebuilt, for such is the traditional, even inevitable way of history and those who make it; survival belongs to the persistent. Among the original proprietors of Dartmouth mentioned in the confirmatory deed of William Bradford, deputy governor of Plymouth Colony on November 13, 1694, those who probably settled on the east side of the Acushnet [the white settler’s name for the river Cushenagg] then were Seth Pope, Thomas Taber, Jonathan Delano, Isaac Pope, Lettice, Samuel, and Mark Jenney, Valentine Huddlestone, Samuel, William and John Spooner, Joseph and James Tripp, Daniel and Edmund Shearman, and Aaron Davis. Pg. 8
From the Huddleston Family Tables, Footnotes.
1. Katherine was the widow of John Chamberlain, by whom she had Henry, B. 1659; William, 1661; Susanna, 1664; Peleg, 1666; Jane, 1667. Her sons lived in Monmouth, N.J. beginning about 1680. - 1 Hist. Misc., Stillwell, 248; ib. 158-60-61.
2. Katherine was a Quakeress, who had been cruelly persecuted in Boston, see New England Judged, Bishop, p. 420.
"Yet a word or two of Katherine Chatham of whom I have made mention in the margin of what hath been said before. She came from London through many trials and hard travels to Boston and appeared clothed with sackcloth as a sign of the indignation of the Lord coming upon you in the weight and sense of which she came there and appeared for which instead of coming to a sense of your condition and what was coming upon you in the burden of which she came so far and through such hardship. You laid hand upon her and put her in prison out of which you would give no deliverance until with the seven and twenty aforesaid you drove her out with a sword and club into the wilderness and that was the reward you gave her for her love in coming so amongst you. And such was your rage and cruelty to her that at Dudham she was not only whipped but the man that was with her and traveled together though you had little to say to him. After this she coming to Boston again you imprisoned her for a long season there to pay a fine you laid upon her thinking to be rid of her that way in a cold winter and sad extremities and sickness near to death but the Lord otherwise provided for her and disappointed you for she was took to wife by John Chamberlain and so became an inhabitant of Boston." (1660)
3. “Valentine's son George, with his family, appear to have disappeared out of Massachusetts about 1730. It is possible that they may have founded a group or groups in other colonies. [This is where I have picked up in my Library of Congress research regarding land and census records of George, et al , in eastern New York state.] Henry's descendents are scattered through the States. A large group of them now reside in Eastern Indiana. The 1790 Census showed Peleg (a16) [ this annotation refers to the numbering system used in the Huddleston Family Tables], with a family of 3 males and 3 females in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Seth (a26) in Guilford County, North Carolina.”
From a chapter, “1602-1780: Haven by the Sea,” by Everett S. Allen. [See above.]
“Shipbuilding at Oxford began about 1781, producing the Columbia, the first sizable vessel ever built in Fairhaven, commanded by Captain Preserved Fish [an Indian? Hardly an English name], as well as the ship Herald, a whaler; the ship Libertania, for Henry Huddlestone, and the schooner Tabitha, for Peleg Huddlestone, named for his wife. Pg. 24
[According to FamilySearch, this Peleg is the grandson of Henry, first-born son of Valentine. Henry’s first-born son was Peleg b. 1702, m. Mary Quithill 24 January, 1726; they had a total of 6 children, of these only Catharine b. 17 April 1728, Peleg b. 1741, and Mary b. 1743 appear to have survived infancy. This Peleg m. Tabitha Crowell 20 February, 1767.]
From Ellis, Leonard Bolles. History of New Bedford and its /vicinity 1602 - 1892. Syracuse, NY; D. Mason & Co.,1892.
“Henry Huddleston was born in Fairhaven in 1768, at or near the residence of the late John A. Hawes. His father, Peleg Huddleston was a man of good circumstance and repute in his day, a land owner and a valuable citizen. He was born in 1741 and died in 1801. His wife, Tabitha, was born in 1743, and died in 1790. Henry Huddleston, although of limited education, early manifested great business ability. He became the owner of numerous vessels, and was extensively engaged in fitting out ships for the European trade. He was a merchant for many years in his native town.” [The text goes on to talk about the Napoleonic Wars and embargoes, as well as the war of 1812. When he died he had several claims against the Spanish, French, and English nations for captured vessels, yet only one (against the French) realized anything for this heirs.] “He married Rhoda Merrihew, of Fairhaven. They had seven children….and Mary, who married Rowland Rogers, March 31, 1833. She is still living in Fairhaven and is the mother of H.H. Rogers. Mr. Huddleston [the Henry above] died in January 1831. He was Unitarian in religion and Whig in politics.” Pg. 63
From: Pease, Zephaniah W. History of New Bedford, Vol III. New York: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1918.
“Henry Huttleston, eldest son of Henry and Rhoda (Merrihew) Huttlleston was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, September 17, 1798, died on the Island of Java, an island of the Malay Archipelago, the principal seat of the Dutch power in the East, May 17, 1849. After leaving school, he went to sea, and until his death was engaged in the merchant service, carrying his country’s flag to the furthermost parts of the world, one of those hardy companies of men who made the Yankee flag, the Yankee ship, and the Yankee tar respected wherever met. He sailed under the house flag of that noted New York firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Company, of New York City, at the time of his death was in command of the ship “Ashburton,” having risen before the mast to his own quarterdeck. He died while at the port of the Island of Java, and was there buried. He was a good navigator and a fearless commander; a Whig in political faith, and a Unitarian.
Captain Henry Huttleston married, In August, 1827, Sarah Taber, daughter of John and Mary (Hathaway) Taber, of Fairhaven. On the morning of their wedding day he sailed with his bride on a voyage across the Atlantic on his own ship, that being their honeymoon. Captain and Mrs. Huttleston were the parents of five sons and four daughters. 1. John T., a merchant in China, died in Hong-Kong. 2. Jane W., married Clement Nye, a merchant in China, whom she survives. Mary T., married John Lauchlon MacLean, and died in London, England, in 1889. 4. Henry H., died in infancy. 5. Sara T., who is yet a resident of Fairhaven (1918). 6. Henry Lamson, died in Hong-King, China, in 1870. 7. Adeline G., married John McDouall, and died in Bruges, Belgium, in 1887; her son Robert in Brigadier-General Robert McDouall, M. G. and D. S. O., of the famous Buffs of the English army; and the second son, Louchlon McDouall, is now engaged in ranching on a large scale in South Africa. 8. Franklin D., died in Germantown, Pennsylvania. 9. George Killey, lost at sea.
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