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     Mary Wendell was born on 14 January 1723/24 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Hon. Colonel Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver.¹ Mary Wendell married Samuel Sewall on 12 December 1745 in Boston, Massachusetts, the service being conducted by the Rev. Joseph Sewall D.D.^3,4,5 Mary Wendell died on 21 January 1746 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 22.⁶

     Ann Wendell was born on 7 December 1730 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Hon. Colonel Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver.¹ Ann Wendell married John Penhallow circa 1773 in Portsmouth, Massachusetts.² Ann Wendell died on 28 October 1808 in Portsmouth, Massachusetts, at the age of 77 s.n.p.²

     Abraham Wendell was born on 2 November 1735 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Hon. Colonel Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver.¹

     Margaret Wendell was the daughter of Abraham Wendell.¹ Margaret Wendell and William Phillips were; grandparents of Wendell Phillips.¹ Margaret Wendell married William Phillips.¹

     William Phillips and Margaret Wendell were; grandparents of Wendell Phillips.¹ William Phillips was born in 1737.² He married Margaret Wendell, daughter of Abraham Wendell.¹ William Phillips died in 1772.²

     Elizabeth Hunt married first Jacob Wendell II, son of Hon. Colonel Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver, on 9 December 1736 at Boston, Massachusetts.¹ Elizabeth Hunt married secondly Rev. Thomas Smith, son of Thomas Smith and Mary Corwin, on 12 August 1766 at Windham, Maine.¹

     Rev. Thomas Smith was born on 10 March 1702 in Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Thomas Smith and Mary Corwin.² Rev. Thomas Smith was ordained on 8 March 1726/27 at Portland, Maine.² He married Sarah Tyng on 12 September 1728. Rev. Thomas Smith married Elizabeth Hunt on 12 August 1766 in Windham, Maine.¹ Rev. Thomas Smith died on 23 May 1795 in Portland, Maine, at the age of 93.²

     Elizabeth Wendell was born circa 1742.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Wendell II and Elizabeth Hunt.¹ Elizabeth Wendell married Rev. Peter Thacher Smith, son of Rev. Thomas Smith and Sarah Tyng, on 8 October 1765 in Boston by the Rev. Dr. Sewall.¹ Elizabeth Wendell died on 16 October 1799.¹

     Rev. Peter Thacher Smith was born on 14 June 1731 in Portland, Maine.^1,2 He was the son of Rev. Thomas Smith and Sarah Tyng.¹ Rev. Peter Thacher Smith graduated in 1753 from Harvard.¹ He was ordained on 22 September 1762 at First Church of Christ, New Marblehead, (Windham), Maine.^2,3 He married, as his first wife, Elizabeth Wendell, daughter of Jacob Wendell II and Elizabeth Hunt, on 8 October 1765 at Boston by the Rev. Dr. Sewall.¹ Rev. Peter Thacher Smith died on 26 October 1826 in Windham, Maine, at the age of 95.^1,2

     Sarah Tyng married Rev. Thomas Smith, son of Thomas Smith and Mary Corwin, on 12 September 1728. Sarah Tyng died on 1 October 1742.

     John Phillips was born in 1770.² He was the son of William Phillips and Margaret Wendell.¹ John Phillips graduated in 1788 from Harvard.² He married Sally Walley on 20 December 1794.¹ John Phillips was appointed in 1822, first mayor of Boston, then recently made into a city.² He died in 1823.²

     Sally Walley married John Phillips, son of William Phillips and Margaret Wendell, on 20 December 1794.¹

     Wendell Phillips was born on 29 November 1811 in Boston.¹ He was the son of John Phillips and Sally Walley.¹ Attended the Boston Latin school, 1822-26, and graduated from Harvard in 1831. While in college he was president of the Hasty Pudding club and of the Gentlemen's club, and had so little interest in reform that he defeated the first proposition to establish a temperance society at Harvard. He showed no taste for oratory, but was fond of debate. He graduated from the law department of Harvard University in 1834, and was admitted to practice at the Suffolk bar. He continued his law studies in the office of Thomas Hopkinson, Lowell, Mass., and established himself in practice in Boston. He took no part in the early antislavery movement, but upon the imprisonment and subsequent outrage upon the person of William Lloyd Garrison, Oct. 21, 1835, he cast in his lot with the antislavery party. On Dec. 8, 1837, at a meeting held in Faneuil Hall for the purpose of giving expression to the horror felt by a number of persons headed by Dr. William Ellery Channing, at the murder of the Rev. Elijah Lovejoy, Phillips made his début as an orator, in an impromptu reply to the scurrilous utterances of Attorney-General James T. Austin.

He was one of the first to take part in the movement for a lyceum-lecture system, and in 1836 he delivered his first lecture. This was followed by several others, including one on "The Lost Arts" 1838, which was probably one of the most popular lectures ever delivered in America. He was one of the lecturers who succeeded in breaking down the old rule of refusing negroes admittance to the lyceum lectures. He delivered his first antislavery lecture at Lynn, Mass., and in 1838 delivered a Fourth of July oration at Lynn. He advocated the rights of women as co-equal with men, and was a delegate to the world's antislavery convention held at London, England, June 12, 1840, where he earnestly spoke on the eligibility of women as delegates. His advice was out-voted, however, and the women were excluded. He traveled in Europe, visiting France, Italy and Great Britain, and returned to Boston, July 12, 1841. He was foremost in opposing the slave measures of 1841-50. The fugitive-slave act was passed in October, 1850, and a meeting was held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, for the denunciation of the law, at which Phillips was one of the speakers. Instant repeal of the act was demanded and a vigilance committee of fifty was appointed to protect the colored people from the new danger. In 1853 he addressed the antislavery woman's rights and temperance conventions held in New York city. Upon the election of President Lincoln and the outbreak of the civil war, Phillips favored the commencement of hostilities and delivered an address to that end in Boston Music Hall. On Sept. 22, 1862, the President issued his proclamation of freedom to the slaves, to take effect Jan. 1, 1863, and the Negro was allowed to enlist as a soldier. Phillips was one of the first to favor the enlistment of colored regiments in Massachusetts, and authority was obtained, Jan. 26, 1863. On March 11-12, 1863, Phillips delivered his panegyric on Toussaint L'Ouverture in New York and Brooklyn, and on July 4, 1863, he delivered an address at the mass-meeting of the Friends of Freedom at Framingham, Mass., which was perhaps the most remarkable speech delivered by him during the war. He also spoke on "The Amnesty" at the Cooper Institute, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1863. Upon the re-nomination of President Lincoln in 1864, Mr. Phillips opposed, while William Lloyd Garrison favored, his election. This led to a controversy, as Garrison held that as slavery had been abolished, the Antislavery society should be abolished. Phillips, however, contended that it should not be discontinued until the Negro had gained his ballot. He succeeded Garrison as president of the society in 1865, and continued in office until 1870. He was an advocate of temperance, an upholder of trades unions, and was in favor of a greenback system of finance. He was nominated for governor of Massachusetts by the Labor Reform convention held at Worcester, Sept. 8, 1870. He supported General Butler for governor on a joint Republican and Labor platform, and in the presidential canvass of 1872 he supported General Grant and his southern policy. I

n 1878 an unsuccessful effort was made to induce Phillips to accept the nomination for governor on the Republican ticket. He delivered addresses on: "Capital Punishment," April 29, 1866; "The Meaning of the War," July 4, 1866; "The Perils of the Hour," 1866; "The New Constitutional Amendment," Jan. 24, 1867; "General Grant," Nov. 18, 1867; "The Political Situation," Jan. 29, 1869; "Sir Henry Vane" in May, 1877; "Trades Unions" in April, 1869; "A Review of Dr. Howard Crosby's Anti-total-abstinence discourse," Jan. 24, 1881; "The Crisis in Irish Affairs," in February, 1881, and "The Scholar in a Republic," delivered at the centennial anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa of Harvard college, June 30, 1881. His last address was delivered on the unveiling exercises of the statue of Harriet Martineau, at the Old South Meeting House, Dec. 26, 1883. He is the author of: The Constitution, a Pro-Slavery Contract (1840); Review of Daniel Webster's 7th of March Speech (1850), and a collection of speeches, letters and lectures, revised by himself (1863). By vote of the legislature and city government his body was laid in state at Faneuil Hall, where it was viewed by a large number of citizens. His name in "Class A, Authors and Editors," received nineteen votes for a place in the Hall of Fame for Great American, New York university, October, 1900.¹ Wendell Phillips married Anne Terry Green, daughter of Benjamin Green, in October 1837.¹ Wendell Phillips died on 2 February 1884 at the age of 72.¹

     Anne Terry Green was the daughter of Benjamin Green.¹ Anne Terry Green married Wendell Phillips, son of John Phillips and Sally Walley, in October 1837.¹

     Rev. John Emerson was born on 27 February 1706/7 in Charlestown.¹ He was the son of Deacon Edward Emerson and Rebecca Waldo.¹ Rev. John Emerson graduated in 1726 from Harvard.¹ Between 1728 and 1774 Rev. John Emerson was living in Topsfield.¹ He was ordained on 27 November 1728 at Topsfield.¹ He died on 11 July 1774 in Topsfield at the age of 67.¹

     Rev. John Emerson was born on 26 February 1625 in Bishop's Stortford ?, England.¹ He was the son of Thomas Emerson and Elizabeth Brewster.¹ Rev. John Emerson graduated in 1656 from Harvard.¹ Between 1661 and 1700 Rev. John Emerson was living in Gloucester.¹ He was ordained on 6 October 1663 at Gloucester.¹ He was appointed in 1690, Chaplain for the Canadian campaign.¹ He died on 2 December 1700 in Gloucester at the age of 75.¹

     Rev. James Cushing was born on 20 November 1705 in Salisbury.¹ He was the son of Rev. Caleb Cushing and Elizabeth Cotton.¹ Rev. James Cushing graduated in 1725 from Harvard.² He died on 13 May 1764 in Plaistow, New Hampshire, at the age of 58.¹

     Rev. John Cushing was born on 10 April 1709 in Salisbury.¹ He was the son of Rev. Caleb Cushing and Elizabeth Cotton.¹ Rev. John Cushing graduated in 1729 from Harvard.² He died on 25 January 1772 in West Boxford at the age of 62.¹

     Samuel Cotton was born on 24 January 1737/38 in Newton.¹ He was the son of Rev. John Cotton and Mary Gibbs.¹ Samuel Cotton graduated in 1759 from Harvard.¹ On 2 January 1765 he was a where he lived; he also preached at Francestown, 1773-1781 at Litchfield, New Hampshire.¹ He died on 25 November 1819 in Claremont, New Hampshire, at the age of 81.¹

     Elizabeth Alsop was baptised on 15 February 1613/14 at Crewkerne, Somerset. She married Dr. Bray Rossiter circa 1635. Elizabeth Alsop died on 29 August 1669 in Guilford, Connecticut, at the age of 55.

     Sarah Cotton was the daughter of Rev. John Cotton and Joanna Rossiter.¹ Sarah Cotton died died young.¹

     Sarah Cotton was born on 17 June 1665.² She was the daughter of Rev. John Cotton and Joanna Rossiter.¹ Sarah Cotton died on 8 September 1669 at the age of 4.²

     (son) Cotton was the son of Rev. John Cotton and Joanna Rossiter.¹ (son) Cotton died died young.¹

     Samuel Cotton was the son of Rev. John Cotton and Joanna Rossiter.¹

     Josiah Cotton was the son of Rev. John Cotton and Joanna Rossiter.¹ Josiah Cotton died died young.¹

     Rev. Paul Coffin was born on 16 January 1737/38 in Newbury.¹ He was the son of Col. Joseph Coffin and Margaret Morse.¹ Rev. Paul Coffin was ordained on 16 March 1763 at Buxton, Maine.¹ He died on 6 June 1821 in Buxton, Maine, at the age of 83.¹

     Rev. John Chipman was born on 16 February 1691 in Barnstable.¹ He was the son of Samuel Chipman and Sarah Cob.¹ Rev. John Chipman died on 23 March 1775 in Beverly at the age of 84.¹

     Thomas Cheney married Hannah Woodie.¹

     Hannah Woodie married Thomas Cheney.¹