The Hardy Family Tree

Grace (Fairbanks) McGlew's mother was Delia (Knox) Fairbanks, and her mother was Lovercia (Hardy) Knox.  We can also trace the Hardy branch of our family tree back to Puritan ancestors who immigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s.

Lovercia Hardy was born on Oct 19, 1847, in Bradford*, MA.  Her name was spelled in a variety of ways on different vital records, including what appears to be a phonetic spelling of "Loversha," but was spelled as "Loversia" on her birth record and "Lovercia" on her gravestone.   On April 22, 1866, she married Willard Knox, and together they had five children.  Lovercia passed away on March 16, 1869, from what was recorded in the death record as an access of the abdomen, and was laid to rest in Groveland's Riverview Cemetery.

*(A note on the Hardy family in Bradford - they actually lived in the area that we now know as Groveland.  Groveland was originally the East Parish of Bradford, which was originally part of the town of Rowley. Before Bradford was separated from Rowley in 1672, it was called "Rowley on the Merrimack", or just "Merrimack."  This is why their birth/marriage/death records will state "Bradford" while they were buried in Groveland's Riverview Cemetery). 

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Lovercia's parents were Ira Hardy and Eunice Langley.  Ira was born on Dec 7, 1806, in Bradford, MA.  He married Eunice in Dracut, MA, on Dec 19, 1847, and they had three children together.  On the 1870 census, Ira was living with his family in Groveland, MA, and listed as a farmer.  He passed away on May 26, 1886, from heart disease.  Eunice had passed away from consumption almost a decade earlier, on Jan 12, 1877.  Both Ira and Eunice were buried in Groveland's Riverview Cemetery.

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Ira's parents were Jacob Hardy and Hannah Hardy (distant cousins).  Hannah was born to Joshua Hardy and Hannah Tyler on Jan 8, 1768.  Her father, Joshua, was born on Sept 13, 1740.  He was a sergeant in the second company of minute-men, lead by Captian John Savory, who marched to Cambridge on the alarm from Lexington on April 19, 1775.  According to the book Hardy and Hardie, Past and Present by Claude Hardy,  Joshua brought the famous Paul Revere bell to Groveland from Newburyport by ox-cart, and installed it in the Congregational Church.  He lived in the area between King and Rollins Streets, where he died June 3, 1814.

Hannah's husband, Jacob, was born on July 29, 1769, in Bradford, MA.  He married Hannah on Nov 3, 1792.  They had eight children together.  Jacob was recorded as being a shoemaker.  He passed away at at 81 in Groveland, MA, on July 14, 1850, from a "paralytic stroke." Hannah had died on Sept 29, 1836, and was buried in Groveland's Riverview cemetery.

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Jacob's parents were Joseph Hardy, Jr. and Susanna Bailey.  Susanna was born on  June 10, 1733 to John Bailey and Susanna Tenney. She first married Nathaniel Kimball, sometime before 1764.  She passed away on Oct. 1, 1810, and was buried in Groveland's Riverview cemetery.

Inscription on stone:

Mrs. Susanna Hardy

Consort of Mr. Joseph Hardy

died Oct. 1st, 1810

AEt. 77

Joseph was born on June 22, 1734, in Bradford, MA.  He first married Edna Hopkinson, who died in 1763.  Joseph married a second time, to the widow Susanna (Bailey) Kimball, on Oct 9, 1764.  Joseph died in Bradford on March 27, 1789, and was also buried in Riverview Cemetery.

Inscription on stone:

Sacred to the Memory of Mr Joseph Hardy 

who departed this Life March the 27th AD 1789

in the 55th year of his Age

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Joseph Jr.'s parents were Joseph Hardy, Sr. and Ruth Kimball.  Joseph was born Oct 19, 1692 in Bradford, MA.  He had first married Sarah Carleton, on April 3, 1729.  Sarah died in childbirth the following year, on April 16, 1730, while giving birth to their first child, Josiah.  Josiah passed away less than a month later, on April 12, 1730.  

Joseph remarried in October 1730, to Ruth Kimball.  Ruth was born on Jan 30, 1710 in Bradford.  They had seven children together.  Joseph passed away on Nov 26, 1745, at age 54, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery.  Ruth remarried several years after Joseph's death, on Jan 30, 1749, to Samuel Wood.  She passed away on May 15, 1790, and was also laid to rest in Riverview Cemetery.  

Joseph Hardy

Ruth (Kimball) Hardy Wood

The Joseph Hardy House on Garrison street in Groveland was most likely built by this Joseph, after 1720.  It was probably fortified to act as a garrison against attacks by Native Americans.  

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Joseph Sr.'s parents were Jacob Hardy and Lydia Eaton.  Lydia was born in 1662 to Thomas Eaton, Sr. and Eunice Unity Singletary.  The Singletary branch can be traced back to 1600s England, and I'm planning to write up a quick post on that line another day.  

Jacob was born in 1648 in Ipswich, MA.  He married Lydia in 1690, in Haverhill, MA, and they had six children.  He  he was one of the 101first members of the new Congregational Church, which was organized in what is now Groveland, on June 7, 1727. Jacob passed away on Apr. 2, 1706 and was buried in Bradford's Ancient Burying Ground.  Lydia lived another three decades, and passed away on June 24, 1737.

Inscription on stone:

JACOB HARDY DIED April ye 2 1706 

& IN Y 58 YEAR OF HIS AGE

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Jacob's parents were Thomas Hardy, Sr. and Ann (surname unknown - although some genealogies state that Thomas was previously married to a woman named Lydia).  Thomas was born about 1605/6 in England (possibly in Dorset County, but unconfirmed).  Thomas came with Governor Winthrop's fleet in 1630 to settle in Massachusetts Bay Colony.  It is theorized that he was an indentured servant to Governor Winthrop.  He gained his freedom sometime between his arrival in the New World and 1633, when he was one of the twelve who were chosen to settle Agawam (later called Ipswich) with John Winthrop Jr.'s company.  He built what was reported to be the first wooden frame house, as well as the first well, in Ipswich (his property would have been in the vicinity of 8 Agawam Ave, across the harbor from the town warf).  

In 1653 Thomas and his family relocated to "Merrimack, near Haverhill" (the area we now know as Bradford was originally part of the town of Rowley, and was called "Rowley on the Merrimack" or just "Merrimack" before the name was changed to Bradford in 1672) where Thomas had been given a King's Grant of 1000 acres of land.  Along with being a husbandman and farmer, he was also said to have been a ferry operator in Bradford.  Thomas and Ann had seven children together.  

Thomas passed away on Jan 4, 1677, and Ann on May 1, 1689, in Bradford, MA.  They are both assumed to have been buried in Bradford's Ancient Burying Ground.  

Thomas Hardy's signature

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The Joseph Hardy House, on King Street in Groveland, was probably built by Thomas's son Joseph (brother of our direct ancestor,  Jacob) in 1676.  This Joseph does not appear to have had a wife or children, and in 1723 he willed his property to his brother Jacob's children, mentioning by name his nephew, Joseph (our direct ancestor), but reserved the right to reside there until his death.  He passed away in January of 1726/7.  My assumption is that our ancestor Joseph inherited this house from his uncle, and his descendants continued to live there over the centuries.  In 1933, Lawrence Hardy, a direct descendant of Joseph - and brother of Loversia (Hardy) Knox - was the occupant when a Hardy family reunion was held in the area. This blog post has many recent photos of the interior of this house, as well as more information about it's history.  

Two Sides of the Salem Witch Trials: Accused & Accusers

One thing I've been especially interested in while tracing our family history has been the maternal lines, because they're so much more difficult to follow back.  Traditionally, women have taken the surnames of their husbands, and in early records are often denied even their given name and are simply recorded as "wife of X."  While researching Martha Luella (Chase) McGlew's ancestors, I was able to get back to her ancestors who first immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony...and along the way discovered connections to the Salem Witch Trials, as both accused and of accusers.

Martha Luella Chase's parents were Mary Abby Ricker and Charles Frederick Chase.
Mary Ricker was born in Bradford, MA on May 1st, 1850, and passed away in Ipswich MA on Feb 3rd 1904.

Mary's parents were Eliza Pallacier Harriman and William H. Ricker.
Eliza was born in Bradford, MA on March 10th, and passed away in Groveland on April 16th, 1885.

Eliza's parents were Sarah Brocklebank and Enoch Harriman, Jr.
Sarah Brocklebank was born in Rowley, MA on Oct 4th, 1774, and passed away in Bradford on June 7th, 1860.

Sarah Brocklebank's parents were Sarah Fowler and John Brocklebank.
Sarah Fowler was born in Ipswich, MA on Nov 3rd, 1745, and passed away in Rowley MA on  June 2nd, 1823.  (We're connected to the Fowler family through another line, as well, which I'll delve into more in a later post.  Many of same surnames and families kept popping up as I researched our Puritan New England genealogy!).

Sarah Fowler's parents were Mercy Howe and John Fowler.
Mercy was born in Ipswich MA on March 3rd, 1714 and passed away in Ipswich on Oct 24th, 1773.  Mercy and John are buried in the Old Linebrook Cemetery in Ipswich.  (source)

Mercy Howe's parents were Abraham Howe, Jr. and Hephzibah Andrews.
Abraham Jr. was born on June 27th, 1686, in Ipswich, MA, and passed away on March 6th, 1770.  Both Abraham Jr and Hephzibah are buried in the Old Linebrook Cemetery in Ipswich, where their gravestones can still be found today.

Link to source, including a transcription
of the inscription on the stone.  

Link to source, with transcription
of the gravestone inscription.  

Abraham Howe, Jr.'s parents were Abraham Howe, Sr. and Sarah Peabody. 

Abraham Sr. was born in Ipswich on March 28th, 1649, and passed away on Jan 21st, 1718, 

also in Ipswich.  Abraham Sr. was a weaver, as his father James had been.

Abraham Howe, Sr.'s parents were James Howe and Elizabeth Dane.  James was born in May of 1598 in Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England, and passed away on May 12, 1702 in Ipswich, MA -- having lived during three different centuries.   

James and Elizabeth immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.  They settled first in Roxbury, then moved to Salem, before eventually settling permanently in Ipswich.  James was a weaver, and also served as a constable.  "James lived at 'Ipswich Farms,' south of the Rowley-Ipswich boundary line, where he built two houses, the second of which had a front door driven full of nails to prevent the Indians from cutting through."  (source)

James and Elizabeth (Dane) Howe had at least five children together, including our direct ancestor, Abraham Sr.  Abraham's brother, James (b. March 23, either 1632 or 1633) married Elizabeth Jackson, and settled in the Linebrook Parish area of Ipswich, MA.

Elizabeth (Jackson) Howe was one of those accused, tried, convicted, and executed during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.  On June 30th, Elizabeth was one of five women arraigned in the first Salem witch trial. When asked how she plead to the charges made against her, Elizabeth Howe response was, “If it was the last moment I was to live, God knows I am innocent of any thing of this nature”. One of the witnesses who testified against Elizabeth was Abraham and James' other brother, John.

Elizabeth Howe’s brother-in-law John testified that he told Elizabeth that “if she would confess” he would accompany her to Salem, but she had refused. He recounted that the next day at sunset his sow leaped up three or four feet high. gave one squeak and fell dead. He cut off the ear of the sow and the hand he used to do this became numb, and thus concluded “I suspected no person other than my said sister Elizabeth Howe." It has been speculated that because James and Elizabeth had no sons, John may have hoped that he would someday inherit his brother’s estate. (source).

However, other family members (including her father-in-law, James Howe) and neighbors served as witnesses and signed petitions in support and defense of her, to no avail.  On July 19, 1692 Elizabeth (Jackson) Howe, Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, Sarah (Solart) Poole Good, Sarah (Averill) Wildes and Susannah (North) Martin were hanged on Gallows Hill in Salem Towne and buried in a nearby crevice.

Mural in Ipswich, featuring Elizabeth (Jackson) Howe

These two articles are both excellent summaries of the circumstances surrounding Elizabeth's arrest and trial.

* Elizabeth Howe: Innocent Mother or Horse Witch?

* Stories from Ipswich: The Witchcraft Trial of Elizabeth Howe

This website has transcriptions of Elizabeth Howe's arrest warrant, court proceedings, indictment, along with statements from both the witnesses against her and in support of her.

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Unlike many of the other women accused as witches, Elizabeth was not known to have a harsh tongue. In fact, from the statements made in her support by family members and neighbors, it seems that she was considered to be a sweet, kind grandmother who doted on her children and grandchildren.  Elizabeth's husband James went blind when he was about 50 years old, and Elizabeth had to take over the running of the household and farm as a result. By all accounts, it appears that they continued a loving relationship and their farm remained successful. However, the perception that she was in charge could have caused discomfort in this deeply Puritan society.  Another strong motivator for being charged with witchcraft during this time period was being and independent woman, especially one who owned property.  Because James and Elizabeth had only girls, she was likely to inherit her husband's estate, which may have inspired her brother-in-law to stand as a witness against her. 

Elizabeth Howe's original accusers were the Perely family of Ipswich, Massachusetts.  Samuel and Ruth (Trumbell) Perley had a ten year old daughter, Hannah, whom they had claimed was being afflicted by Elizabeth when she fell ill in 1682. Because of this accusation, Elizabeth was denied membership at the Ipswich church.  They also had other accusations against Elizabeth, including that the sudden illness and death of the family's cow was her doing, claiming that the cow suddenly went mad and ran into a pond, drowning herself.  

Samuel Perley was born around 1640 in Ipswich, MA. On 15 Jul 1664, he married Ruth Trumble (b. Apr 23, 1645), who was the daughter of John Trumble and Elinor Chandler.  Samuel and Ruth were also farmers, and were neighbors of James and Elizabeth Howe.  They had six children, including Hannah, who passed away in 1685 from "fits" and whom they believed had been bewitched by Elizabeth Howe.  Their eldest daughter, Sarah, was born on Jun 7th, 1665.

Sarah Perley married Captain Joseph Andrews, on 1 Feb 1st 1681, in Topsfield, MA.  She died on Jan 15th, in either 1693 or 1694, in Oxford, MA, at age 28.  Joseph Andrews was a house carpenter. He was also very active in town affairs, and served as assessor, town surveyor, selectman, constable, on a committee to select a site for the church, as well as the church building committee. Joseph was outspoken in his opposition to the 1692 witch hunt, and signed a petition in support of John and Elizabeth Proctor, who were both accused of witchcraft.

Joseph and Sarah Andrews had eight children together, including Hephzibah Andrews, who was born in 1693.  Just shy of twenty years after her grandparents, the Perleys, accused Elizabeth Howe of witchcraft, sending her to her death, Hephzibah married Abraham Howe, Jr, who was Elizabeth's nephew.

Chase Family Tree

In this post, I'm going to focus on Jeremiah Thomas McGlew's wife, Martha Luella (Chase) McGlew, and the Chase family tree.   

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Martha Luella Chase was born in Groveland MA, on July 26, 1874.  Her parents were Charles Chase and Mary (or Abby) Ricker Chase.  She seems to have gone by her middle name, Luella, throughout her life, often being named in various public records as "M. Luella Chase."  

Luella married Jeremiah McGlew in December of 1889.   Their marriage record states her age as 18, but according to her birth certificate, she would have actually been 15 when she wed (and Jeremiah would have been thirty).  They went on to have nine children together, including Winfred McGlew, our direct ancestor.  

While searching for information on Luella, I stumbled across a community cookbook called The Rowley Cook Book: True and Tried Recipes, which was published in 1922 and consisted of recipes contributed by women of Rowley, MA and "Arranged by the Historical Society for the benefit of restoring the Platts-Bradstreet House."  Luella's contributions to this cookbook were: 

PLAIN MOLASSES COOKIES — 1-2 cup sugar , 1-2 cup shortening, 1 cup molasses , 1 teaspoon salt, 2-3 cup cold water, 2 rounding teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon ginger.  Mix sugar, molasses and shortening, add water, then 2 cups of flour sifted with soda, salt and ginger. Add enough more flour to roll. — Mrs Luella McGlew 

APPLE CUSTARD — Peel and core as many apples as will set in a dish you are going to use.  Fill the holes where the cores were with sugar and pour over them a custard made a bit sweeter than usual and bake. — Mrs Luella McGlew

BEEF WITH TOMATO — Select 2 1-2 lbs of beef solid meat ,wash well and place in baking dish. Sprinkle Well with salt and pepper, also a dash of cayenne. Cut up 2 medium sized onions, add to meat, and lastly add 1 large can of tomatoes. Cover dish and bake in moderate oven for 3 hours. Take from oven, place meat on large platter and add to it tomato gravy, also 1 package of elbow macaroni which has been boiled tender and pour over meat. — Mrs Luella McGlew

On the 1930 census, Luella's occupation was listed as "laundress."  She passed away on October 3, 1937, in Rowley MA.

Martha Luella (Chase) McGlew
photo shared by Ruth McGlew

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Luella's mother, Mary A. Ricker (it appears that the A stands for Abby), was born in either 1850 or 1851 in Groveland, MA to William and Eliza Ricker.  She passed away on Feb. 3, 1904 from "general debility" in Ipswich, MA.  In following her maternal line back, I was able to reach the late 1600s and discovered that our family has ties to the Salem Witch Trials, as both the accused and as the accusers (I'll delve more into that lineage in a later post).

Luella's father, Charles Frederick Chase, was born in Haverhill MA on January 2, 1853, to John and Martha Thayer (Fowler) Chase.  John was a shoemaker by trade (on the 1880 United States Federal Census his occupations listed as "works in shoe fact.), and married Mary on Dec. 3, 1873.   He died in Rowley, MA from "pulmonary tuberculosis."

I was also able to follow Martha's family back on her paternal side to when her ancestors immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  The Fowlers, Herricks, and Kimballs were founding families in the North Shore area of Massachusetts, and have ties to the Salem Witch Trials as well as the King Philip's War.  I'll follow up on those lines back in later posts.  

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Charles' father, John Chase, was also listed as a shoemaker.  Her was born aprox. 1826 to Frederick and Mary (Stinson) Chase.  John married Martha Fowler (b. April 7, 1829 to John Fowler and Lydia Brown) in Haverhill, MA, on June 7, 1849.  He passed away only four years later, on August 12, 1853, leaving her a widow with two young children at the age of 24.  Martha remarried on Dec. 27, 1857, to widower John Bradley.  Tragically, she died from consumption only two years later, at the age of 30.  I have located a Charles F. Chase, age 12, living with a Putnam family in Danvers MA on the Massachusetts 1865 State Census. Andrew Merriam Putnam's wife, Sarah (Fowler) Putnam, was Martha's sister.  My assumption is that he, and possibly his older brother Henry, went to live with his aunt and uncle after his mother's death.

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Frederick Chase (John's father) was born on Dec. 10, 1800 in Haverhill, MA, to John and Betsey (Kelley) Chase.  He married Mary Stinson (born on April 13, 1804, in Goffstown, NH, to Samuel Stinson and Abigail Potter) on December 13, 1823.  Frederick is listed on the census as being a farmer.  Frederick and Mary had six children together.  He passed away in Haverhill on Jan 10, 1867, and Mary lived until June 8, 1874.

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I have been unable to trace back the Chase family line any further - there are at least two different John Chases living in Massachusetts during the correct time period, and I have not yet been able to pinpoint which is "our" John Chase.  If I have a breakthrough at any point I'll be sure to update this post.

Broderick Family Tree

In this post, I'm going to focus on Patrick McGlew's wife, Winefred (Broderick) McGlew, and her family tree.  I have limited information on the Broderick line, but hope to eventually delve back further, if at all possible.  

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Patrick McGlew's wife, Winefred Broderick, was born to Samuel and Eleanor (also known as Ellen) Egan in Newfoundland, in either 1820 or 1821.    I've also seen her given name writen in public records as "Winifred," Winnifred," and "Winnefred," and her surname as "Brodric" and "Brodrick."  She married Patrick McGlew on October 8, 1842 in Newburyport, MA.

Winefred and Patrick had six children together between 1845 and 1859. Hugh (b. 1845), Samuel (b. 1846), Jeremiah (b. 1848, and passed away in 1855, at age 6), Eleanor (b. 1851), Anna (b. 1857), and Jeremiah Thomas (b. 1859, our direct ancestor).

Her husband and two teenaged sons, Hugh and Samuel, all enlisted in 1861 to fight for the Union in the Civil War.  While both of her sons survived the war, Patrick never came home.  He passed away in New Orleans from dysentery on July 23, 1862.

Winefred passed away from pneumonia/influenza on Feb 8, 1905, in Rowley, MA.

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Winifred's father, Samuel Broderick (also found spelled as "Brodric") was born around 1798 in Newfoundland, Canada.  There is some speculation, as of yet unverified, that Samuel may have lived for a period of time in Harbour Grace and/or Carbonear, Newfoundland.

He married Eleanor/Ellen Egan (b. aprox 1803), and later emigrated to America with his family sometime between 1832 and 1841.  Samuel passed away from consumption in Newburyport, MA, on January 31, 1852, at age 54.  I have been unable as of yet to find any more information on his wife Eleanor, other than that she was still living in Newburyport MA with her daughters Ann and Frances as of the 1855 Massachusetts State Census.

McGlew Family Tree

I'm still trying to figure out how to best share family tree charts online.  Click on the link under that image below, and it should bring you to an enlarged (and much more easily readable!) PDF chart of a portion of the McGlew/Chase branches of Grampy McGlew's parental family tree.  If this doesn't work, send me an email or Facebook message, and I can forward the file to you.  

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Grampy's father, Winfred Thomas McGlew, was born in Mar 26, 1890 to Jeremiah Thomas and Martha Luella (Chase) McGlew.  Uncle Charlie loaned me copies of some of his extensive research with me when I was originally working on my college assignment in 1997, and shared that Winfred had attended the Governor Dummer School, and later became a carpenter and supervisor for the contracting firm of Ashman Bro. Construction Company in Newburyport, MA.  He worked on the Water Street Fire Station in Haverhill, the wall at the entrance to the Riverview Cemetery in Groveland, and bridges on routes 1 and 1A.  

Winfred's first wife was named Helen Rogers, and they had three children together: Edith, Marion, and Winfred.  Helen passed away on Oct. 6, 1918 from influenza, during the Spanish Flu pandemic.  

Winfred eventually remarried, to Grace Gertrude Fairbanks, and they had four children together: Alice, Donald, Charles, and Winnifred, who was not yet born when Winfred passed away suddenly in June of 1929.

Winfred and Grace Gertrude (Fairbanks) McGlew
in Newburyport, MA
Photo shared by Ruth McGlew

Grace (holding Charles) and Winfred (with Donald)
Photo shared by Judy Dirks

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Jeremiah Thomas McGlew was born in Newburyport to Patrick and Winnefred (Brodick) McGlew on July 2, 1859.  He was named after a younger brother, also named Jeremiah, who was born in November of 1848 and passed away in January of 1855.  Jeremiah married Martha Luella Chase on Dec 2, 1889, and they went on to have nine children together.  Jeremiah was a farmer, and owned quite a bit of property in Rowley, MA.  He passed away in 1941.

Martha Luella (Chase) and Jeremiah McGlew
photo shared by Ruth McGlew

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Patrick McGlew was born  on March 17, 1821, in Stamullin Parish, Co. Meath, Ireland, to Hugh and Catherine McGlew.  He immigrated to America with his parents sometime between 1822 and 1824, arriving first in Salem MA before settling in Newburyport.  He married Winfred Brodick in 1842.  On the 1850 and 1855 censuses, Patrick is listed as being a blacksmith by trade.  

The Civil War broke out in April of 1861, and Patrick enlisted with the Union Army on November 8 of the same year, along with his two teenaged sons, Hugh (b. 1845) and Samuel (b. 1846).  Patrick served with the 4th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery.  His job title was an artificer, a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man who was a skilled craftsman or specialist of some kind, who was responsible for working on artillery in the field.  Patrick's division went with General Butler's expedition to New Orleans; however he became ill with dysentery, was discharged for disability on July 5, 1862, and passed away in New Orleans on July 23, 1862. 

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865

Patrick McGlew is listed about 2/3 of the way down the page

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Hugh McGlew was born in Co. Meath, Ireland, on August 15, 1801.  He married Catherine (maiden name unknown) in Ireland, and later immigrated with his family to Massachusetts.  Hugh passed away on May 8, 1846 in Newburyport, MA, and he was buried in Newburyport's Highland Cemetery.  

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A Hugh McGlew played a role in establishing the first Catholic Church in Newburyport, MA.  While it's unconfirmed as to if this is our direct ancestor Hugh (b. 1801) or Patrick's brother Hugh, but with the dates given I'm thinking that it is a pretty safe bet that this is referring to Hugh Sr. (as his son - and Patrick's brother - would have been in his early 20s at most). 

  

Excerpt from the book
"Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts, Volume 2"
edited by Benjamin F. Arrington