Stephen HOWLAND [Parents] 1, 2 was born 23 Sep 1794 in Westport, Bristol, Mass. He married Amy P. WHITE on 27 Jun 1819 in Mass.. Stephen passed away on 28 Mar 1855.
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Amy P. WHITE was born on 9 Jun 1802 in Westport, Bristol, Mass. She wed Stephen HOWLAND on 27 Jun 1819 in Mass.. She died on 12 Sep 1820 in Mass..
Stephen HOWLAND [Parents] 1, 2 was born on 23 Sep 1794 in Westport, Bristol, Mass. He died 28 Mar 1855. He married Mary CORNELL on 17 May 1842 in Mass..
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Mary CORNELL [Parents] was born on 10 Apr 1799 in Westport, Bristol, Mass. She married Stephen HOWLAND on 17 May 1842 in Mass..
Capt. Charles Carrol HOWLAND [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2 was born 26 Oct 1832 in Westport, Bristol, Mass. He married Margaret A. AYER on 3 Apr 1856. Charles passed away on 24 Feb 1896 and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass.
An obituary for Charles Carroll Howland:
To the Members of the Threottyne Club, Boston, March 1, 1896:
It is with regret that I announce to you the sudden death of our associate, Charles C. Howland, which occurred on the 24th of February last, of a disease of the heart.
He was the son of Stephen and Mary Cornell Howland, and was born in Westport, Mass., October 26, 1832.
He was educated in the schools of Wilbraham, Mass., and Poughkeepsie, NY, after which he entered the employ of Thacher, Shaw & Co., wholesale dry-goods jobbers, with whom he continued until the breaking out of the war.
He was married in 1855 to Margaret A. Ayer, who survives him. He had two children born to him, neither of whom were alive at the time of his death. An adopted daughter still survives.
In the month of May, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company B, Fourth Battalion of Rifles, and on the 25th of May went with that organization to Fort Independence, where he remained doing garrison duty until the 16th of July, when the Fourth Battalion with other companies was mustered into the United States service as the Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment. On the 29th of July the regiment left Boston for the seat of war.
He participated with the Thirteenth in its campaigns and battles under General Banks, McDowell, and Pope. August 20, 1862, he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, and on the 8th of March following was promoted to first lieutenant, and July 25, 1863, to captain in the same regiment. The latter rank he continued to hold until his muster-out at Savannah, Ga., June 30, 1865.
During his service with the Thirty-Eighth he took part in the campaigns under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley; under General Banks at Port Hudson; and at Goldsborough under Sherman.
On his return home he engaged in the retail grocery business on Shawmut avenue, Boston, where he continued until his retirement (a few days before his death) having acquired by industry and perseverance, a competence sufficient to meet the requirements of his remaining years. It seems pathetic that just as he was about to enjoy the fruits of his devotion to business he was taken suddenly away.
He was a man of simple and quiet tastes, preferring the attractions of his own home, which was always a happy one, to the excitements to be found elsewhere. The only exceptions were his attendance at our meetings; those of Post 113, G.A.R., of which he was a member; and those of the Loyal Legion, of which he was also a member.
He was one of the men who enlisted as a private soldier before bounties were offered as a inducement to serve one's country, and at a time when personal welfare or advantage received little consideration. As a soldier he was faithful, intelligent, and courageous, attending to his duties without complaint or hesitation, so that his promotion exited no surprise among his comrades of the Thirteenth.
He had a sweet, amiable and warm-hearted nature, and in the company of persons with whom he felt well acquainted he was very jovial. He was the possessor of a quaint humor that never forsook him during his service in the army, even when it would have been excusable had he been otherwise, and which was often exhibited at our gatherings. To us he was a charming companion, and his loss will be keenly felt. We sincerely sympathize with his afflicted widow and daughter in their bereavement.
Margaret A. AYER [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2 was born about 1833 in Dover, Strafford, NH. She married Capt. Charles Carrol HOWLAND on 3 Apr 1856. Margaret died 15 Nov 1908 and was laid to rest in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass.
They had the following children:
M i Charles A. HOWLAND was born about 1858. He died in May 1887. He was buried on 7 May 1887 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass. F ii Lucy (Alice Howland) Wilde CLAPP
Beriah CLAPP [Parents] 1, 2 was born on 31 Dec 1764 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He married Nancy Pratt WILD on 8 Nov 1789 in Taunton, Bristol, Mass. He died about 1799, lost at sea.
Beriah Clapp, born December 31, 1764, to Eliphalet and Hannah Billing Clapp. Beriah's mother was born Hannah Billing on August 23, 1732, in Stoughton, Norfolk, MA. His father, Eliphalet, was born March 6, 1736, in Walpole. Norfolk, MA.
Eliphalet Clapp is listed in the DAR Patriot Index as a Revolutionary War veteran, a private from Massachusetts.
Beriah Clapp died about 1799. He was cast away and lost his life at sea on Sequin Ledge, off Kennebec River.
Nancy Pratt WILD [Parents] was born 23 Jan 1772/1773 in Norton, Bristol, Mass. She died on 8 Dec 1826. She married Beriah CLAPP on 8 Nov 1789 in Taunton, Bristol, Mass.
They had the following children:
M i Rev. Billings CLAPP
Francis CURTIS [Parents] 1 was born on 21 Apr 1805 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. He died on 11 Sep 1878. He married Lorintha DAVIS on 19 Jan 1836.
Lorintha DAVIS [Parents] 1 was born 29 Sep 1812 in Reading, Windsor, VT. She died on 14 Sep 1894 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. She was buried in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. She married Francis CURTIS on 19 Jan 1836.
They had the following children:
M i Francis DAVIS was born on 11 Jul 1836 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. He died on 29 May 1900 in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. M ii George W. DAVIS was born 28 Sep 1837 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. M iii Oscar F. DAVIS was born 2 Jan 1839 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. He died on 8 Jun 1864 in Washington, DC. He was buried in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. F iv Lorintha Marcella CURTIS
Rev. Billings CLAPP [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 24 Oct 1790 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He married Lorintha Marcella CURTIS on 2 Nov 1863 in Boxford, Essex, Mass.. On 21 Feb 1873 Billings passed away in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine, and was buried in Enfield Village Cemetery.
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Billings Clapp was a Methodist minister and farmer in the Eddington, Enfield area of Maine. He first married Susan Shed on 6 Jan 1817. She died on 18 Jan 1817. He next married Emily Whitney on 19 Mar 1818. They had thirteen children, and she died on 6 Nov 1861. He then married Lorintha Marcella Curtis (Russell) on 2 Nov 1863. Her husband, William Russell, died a soldier during the war of the Rebellion, 22 Jun 1864. Billings is listed as guardian for Lorintha's daughter, Ida. Billings and Lorintha had four children.
Billings died 21 Feb 1873 and Lorintha died on 21 Nov 1875. Their daughter Lucy Wildes Clapp then became the foster daughter of Charles Carrol Howland and his wife, the former Margaret Ayers of Westport, Mass. Lucy's name was legally changed to Alice Howland on 1 Dec 1884 (not by adoption).
Lorintha Marcella CURTIS [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 4 Feb 1840 in Boxford, Essex, Mass.. She married Rev. Billings CLAPP on 2 Nov 1863 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. She died on 21 Nov 1875 in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine, and was laid to rest in Enfield Village Cemetery in the W. A. Buzzell plot.
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Lorintha Marcella Curtis also contributed the prominent branches of Curtis, Davis, and Killan to the family tree. All these families were established in America by early in the 1700's and before. They proved themselves as patriots serving in the Revolutionary War. All the following were great great-grandparents of Lorintha:
John Curtis (1741-1783) enlisted in the Continental and Northern Army from Boxford, Mass., where he was born and died.
Ruth Peabody Curtis (1744-1829), a patriot, passed through the British lines at the Battle of Bunker Hill to carry food and powder to her husband, John Curtis.
John Killam (1729-1818) served as a private in Capt. Jacob Gould's company, Col. Samuel Johnson's Massachusetts regiment. He was born and died in Boxford, Mass.
John Davis (1735-1808) served as sergeant, Massachusetts Line.
They had the following children:
F i Lena Lorintha CLAPP [scrapbook] was born on 21 Feb 1865 in Maine. She died 3 Feb 1957 in Newton, Middlesex, Mass. M ii Joseph Lawson CLAPP F iii Lucy (Alice Howland) Wilde CLAPP M iv Samuel Wilde CLAPP [scrapbook] was born 28 Oct 1871 in Maine. He died on 8 Sep 1952 in Allston, Suffolk, Mass.
Samuel WILD was born 28 Jun 1732 in Norton, Bristol, Mass. He married Mercy PRATT on 9 Jul 1752 in Taunton, Bristol, Mass.
Mercy PRATT was born about 1733 in Taunton, Bristol, Ma. She married Samuel WILD on 9 Jul 1752 in Taunton, Bristol, Mass.
They had the following children:
F i Nancy Pratt WILD
Joshua CLAPP 1, 2, 3 was born in 1707 in Wapole, Norfolk, Mass. He died on 6 May 1802 in Mass. He married Abigail BULLARD on 12 Dec 1728 in Boston, Mass.
Abigail BULLARD died 12 Aug 1782 in Mass. She married Joshua CLAPP on 12 Dec 1728 in Boston, Mass.
They had the following children:
M i Eliphalet CLAPP
Eliphalet CLAPP [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 6 Mar 1736 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He married Hannah BILLING on 24 Jan 1759 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Mass.
Eliphalet Clapp is listed in the DAR Patriot Index as a Revolutionary War Veteran, a private from Massachusetts born March 6, 1736.
Hannah BILLING [Parents] 1, 2 was born on 23 Aug 1732 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Mass. She married Eliphalet CLAPP on 24 Jan 1759 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Mass.
They had the following children:
M i Billings CLAP was born 13 Aug 1759 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. M ii Eliphelet CLAP was born on 23 Dec 1760 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. F iii Luse CLAPP was born 30 Nov 1762 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. M iv Beriah CLAPP M v Beriah CLAP was born on 31 Dec 1764 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He died about 1799. M vi Sewel CLAP was born 6 Nov 1766 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He died on 6 Dec 1766 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. M vii Sewel CLAP F viii Tornary CLAP was born on 6 Sep 1769 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. F ix Abigail CLAPP was born 25 Jan 1776 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass.
Beriah BILLING 1.Beriah married Mary.
Mary 1.Mary married Beriah BILLING.
They had the following children:
F i Hannah BILLING
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