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Goldsbury Family and Scenes of Local Interest - Pictures

Scrapbook compiled by Lois Goldsbury Macy containing pictures of the Goldsbury family and friends and of places of local interest:
- Miranda(Sweetser) Goldsbury 1804-1891
- James Goldsbury 1797-1898
- Barnard Fisher died 1874
- Millstone of first grist mill in Warwick, built 1761 by David Ayres on Black Brook. Stones and tablet given Town and placed in center of Town by residents and non-residents in 1927.
- Metcalf Chapel
- Congregational Church, later torn down
- F.O. Bennett’s stage. Took passengers and baggage to and from Warwick to Orange Railroad Station.
- Rte 78 looking south. Bass house on near right
Ohlson house in foreground. Unitarian Church left background. School on right in background.
- Fisher-Goldsbury-Pulcifer field and apple trees. Former Congregational Church on the right. Unitarian Church can be seen further to the left.
- Mt. Grace. Unitarian Church and school along Rte. 78. Note mountain clear of trees.
- Dr. James Goldsbury 1860-1893 China
- James Goldsbury’s family and friends on West piazza of house Minneapolis. List of personages in picture.
- May Grace (Fisher) Goldsbury 1860-1954
- Jarmes Goldsbury, MD 1860-1893
- Group picture –no names given – perhaps taken in China
- Inez May (Jameson) Goldsbury 1892-1976
- John Goldsbury 1893-1986
- Hollow logs made by Barnard Fisher to carry water to the Fay Tavern. One of the logs is in the cellar of the Historical Society. John Goldsbury dug up the logs at the bottom of his driveway to his property.
- Fay Tavern
- Group picture outside the Metcalf Chapel. Picture includes David Metcalf, Louis Pulcifer, Frances Bowers, Jean Bowers, Lois Ann Goldsbury.
- Congregational Church
- Larger picture of Fisher-Goldsbury-Pulcifer field and apple trees. Cemetery in on right, Congregational Church on right and Unitarian Church on far left.
- A series of 1938 hurricane pictures. 1. Looking south from side yard of Fisher-Goldsbury-Pulcifer house towards Lee Dresser’s house which used to be the manse of the old Congregational Church. 2. Cemetery 3. The Millers River overflows its banks in Orange.
- John Goldsbury and Harlan Goldsbury Metcalf
- Mary Grace Goldsbury holding George Chaffee, Jr., with her half-sister’s daughter, Annabel (Atherton) Chaffee
- Group picture with Mary Grace Goldsbury, Frances Chaffee holding George A. Chaffee, Jr. and George Chaffee, St.
- Picture taken on the top of Mt. Grace. Picture includes David Metcalf, Louis Pulcifer, and Ann (Fisher) Pulcifer.
- Rev. Wilbur Chaffee, Mary Grace (Fisher) Goldsburg, her half-sister Susan (Caldwell) Atherton, Arlon Atherton (Capt. Co. G., 3rd Regt., NH Volunteers), George Chaffee, Sr.in foreground.
- Rev. Wilbur Chaffee and Annabelle (Atherton) Chaffee
Picture taken in buggy in front of Goldsbury House. Czarina (Goldsbury) Metcalf with Ethel, Goldie, and Esther
- Czarina (Goldsbury) Metcalf with sons Harlan Goldsbury Metcalf and David Metcalf and daughter Ethel. Daughter Janney not in picture.
- Great grand children and James Goldsbury and Mary Rosalind (Long) Goldsbury. Lois Goldsbury Macy one of the children.
- Susan (Caldwell) Atherton, her daughter Annabelle holding her son George A. Chaffee, Susan’s mother Susan Ann Grace.
- John Goldsbury, Mary Grace (Fisher) Goldsbury, Ann and Louis Pulcifer, and Lois Ann Goldsbury. Picture c1937.

Donated by
Lois Goldsbury Macy
Donation date
2012-08-12

Williams family genealogy

A scrapbook on the Williams family includes the following:
- The first page is The Robert Williams Family as written in The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury by Stephen W. Williams, Greenfield, MA 1847. The first entry Robert Williams, b.1608, m. Elizabeth Stratton
- “Esther (Williams) and Her Daughters”: A Matrilineal Study of Marriage and Vocation, Part 2. Esther Williams was born 10 April 1691 in Deerfield.
- Copies of Lois Goldsbury Macy’s applications to:
The Daughters of the American Revolution naming Joseph Williams as Revolutionary Ancestor; Supplemental application to the Daughters of the American Revolution naming Samuel Williams as Revolutionary Ancestor (later in the scrapbook there is material showing that Joseph, although he was a prominent citizen and served in many civil capacities, did not serve active duty in the Revolutionary War, while Samuel was in command of a regiment of minutemen); The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century; The National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
- Several pages of Williams family genealogy, generation 1 through generation 13 (1580-2004).
- Article from Boston Sunday Globe April 17, 2011 “Going to the Chapel” about the marriage of Will and Kate. An item from The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants in the American Colonies or the United States showing the connection of the America Williams family to the Princess of Wales (Diana Spencer) and Prince William and Prince Harry.
- An excerpt from Elizabeth, A Biography of Britain’s Queen by Sarah Bradford
- An article by Lois Goldsbury Macy entitled “Our Family and the French and Indian Wars” saying that in all probability there are Indian cousins as Eunice Williams after being captured by the Indians in 1704 chose to stay with the Indians, marry an Indian and raise a family.
- A copy of a talk by Lois Goldsbury Macy given at the November 1997 meeting of the XVII Century Dames, Old Boston Chapter. Lois tells of Robert Williams, a shoemaker, born in Great Yarmouth, England and who came to Roxbury in 1637 with his wife. Lois is a descendant of one of their sons, Stephen. Joseph (Stephen’s grandson) and his son Samuel came to Gardiners’ Canada (Warwick) from Roxbury. Col. Joseph Williams was among the officers from Roxbury who served in the Canada Campaign and was one of the original proprietors of Warwick. Joseph’s granddaughter, Jerusha, married Col. James Goldsbury and Lois is a descendant of that union.
- A copy of a page from Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War with a paragraph on Samuel Williams from Warwick. - Several pages of copies of Warwick town records re the Williams and Goldsbury families. Samuel Adams died in 1786, 300 hundred people attended his funeral.
- Copy of birth certificate for Tryphena Lyman born April 30, 1749, daughter of Gad Lyman and Thankful (the name Pomeroy is hand written on certificate).
- Copy of page from Blake’s History of Warwick with death of Mrs. Tryphena Dutton, January 5, 1830
- Copies of several pages from The History of Roxbury and Vital Records of Roxbury re. Williams family.
- Copy of page from Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691-1780. Joseph Williams - public official, wealthy, owned slaves. “The largest landholder of Roxbury.” Ten of his fourteen years in the HR he ranked among the most active committeemen.
- Copies of several pages from The Town of Roxbury by Francis S. Drake, 1878 with a great deal of information on Col. Joseph Williams, from a description of Joseph’s home, to the fact that “no name occurs oftener in the town records” to mentioning he was the father of fifteen children. In The Town of Roxbury, Its Memorable Persons and Places by Francis S. Drake: Drake tells that Joseph urged the repeal of the Stamp Act, and of the many committees he was an active member of during the Revolutionary War. He again describe Joseph’s home and speaks of his wealth, great landholdings and that he had slaves.
- A typewritten page of excerpts from Charles Morse’s History of Warwick pertaining to Colonel Samuel Williams.
- Descendants of Joseph Wise 1615-1684
- Copies of documentation showing the Civil Service for Col. Joseph Williams during the Revolutionary War. Lois Goldsbury Macy provided the New England Historical Genealogical Society a notice from the DAR stating that they no longer accept applications on Joseph as a Revolutionary ancestor.
- Correspondence between Joseph Stevens and Mrs. H.E. Stocker of Fargo, ND re Samuel Williams (son to Samuel and Tryphena Williams) born May 15, 1781, great grandfather to Mrs. Stocker. Correspondence dated 1941.
- Many pages of correspondence between Alfred Stocker, Professor, University of Virginia, first between “The Pastor, Congregational/Unitarian Church, Warwick” and Betsy Lincoln, Office Secretary of the Metcalf Memorial Chapel and then extensive correspondence between Professor Stocker and Lois Goldsbury Macy. Professor is a descendant of Col. Joseph Williams and he has a chair which has come down in his family. The chair has the initials ’S.W.’ carved in its back and is believed to have belonged to Samuel Williams (Stocker’s grandmother’s maternal grandfather who died in 1785). Professor Stocker would like to present this chair to the Historical Society and in fact he did at a meeting of the Warwick Historical Society June 8, 1994.
- Ten pages of handwritten notes on Joys and Sorrows of Home by Anna Leland (Anna Stevens Rich Metcalf) 1857. A copy of this book is in The Warwick Public Library. Anna wrote about her relatives, friends, and neighbors who lived in Warwick between 1793 and 1830. In an envelope pasted inside the book there is a key to the real names in the book.

Donated by
Lois Goldsbury Mayo
Donation date
2012-07-28

Lois Ann Goldsbury Macy Scrapbook

Scrapbook includes:
- A record, applications, and lineage of Lois Ann Goldsbury Macy who can trace her line in America to 1634 when her great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather Henry Adams came to America.
- Copies of Lois Goldsbury Macy’s cover sheets of applications for Daughters of the American Revolution, National Society Colonial Dames, The National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
- Copies of Lois Goldsbury Macy’s cover sheets of Supplementary Applications to The Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America for John Adams, John Quincy Adams, William Howard Taft, George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush, (John) Calvin Coolidge, Richard Milhous Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Millard Fillmore, Martha Devotion Huntington (wife of Samuel Huntington, 4th President of the Continental Congress of the United States of America and 1st President of the United States of America in Congress Assembled), Rebecca Call Gorham (wife of Nathaniel Gorham, 8th President of the United States of America in Congress Assembled), Jane Means Appleton Pierce, Lou Henry Hoover, Sanford Ballard Dole (President of the Republic of Hawaii). Lois also has been recognized as having ties to Frances Folsom Cleveland, Nancy David Reagan, and Elizabeth Wallace Truman through the Robert Blott line but applications are not in the scrapbook. An copy of cover sheet of application for relationship to George Washington is also in the book, but in the 2009 Order listing, he is not listed under Lois’s name. In several of the applications, proof of Lois Goldsbury Macy’s lineage is reference to The Royal Descendants of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.
- Applications (RIFRAF) for Notable Kin include among others Princess of Wales (Lady Diane), Prince William, Prince Harry, Dorothea Dix, William “Billy” Mitchell, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Katherine Hepburn, Cyrus McCormick, Charles Dana Gibson (American Illustrator), and Wilbur and Orville Wright.
- Genealogical material for the following families: Goldsbury, Adams, Blott, Lyman, Coles, Metcalf, Sweetser, Williams.
- Although this scrapbook is a specific family genealogy, it is also a historical perspective on early New England life including such things as:
--- Difficulty of leaving England for New England in the 1630’s - necessity of a special license granted by King Charles I
--- French and Indian Wars
--- Indian attack on Deerfield in 1704
--- An example of an early will (John Goldsbury) 1767
--- Shay’s Rebellion in general and Warwick’s part in particular
--- Background of conditions leading to the Revolutionary War
--- Description of how NE towns were governed in the 17th century
--- Treatment of Tories during Revolutionary War
- Other interesting items:
----- Poem entitled The Captain James Goldsbury Homestead by Dr. Paul Goldsbury
----- Notes on the Stevens house (under Metcalf genealogy). Anna Mayo Stevens under the name Anna LeLand wrote her autobiography called “Home”, the story of the Stevens family in Warwick in the late 18th and early 19th century. In 1856 she describes her birthplace: “…The old red cottage…looks truly comfortable; the tall pines throw their broad sheltering shadows on the green hill above the house…as of yore…all is calm and unvaried.”

Donated by
Lois Goldsbury Mayo
Donation date
2012-07-28

Descendants of Seth Sweetser

Large looseleaf album compiled by Lois Macy, who was generation 10 from the subject of this book, Seth Sweetser. Sweetser was born 1606 in Tring, England and died in Charlestown, MA in 1662. Copies of town records with references to Seth and his future generations are included, letters, etc.

Donated by
Lois Goldsbury Macy
Donation date
2012-07-28

A scrapbook/album containg information about Samuel Goldsbury, Loyalist

The three ring binder contains correspondence from Lois Macy about her ancestor Samuel Goldsbury, loyalist. It contains a register of burials in the Parish of Trinity, NY.-Volume I, p. 151, p.157, Volume II, p. 171, p.262;p.267

Year (or year range)
1743-1815
Approximate era
before 1800
Donated by
Lois Goldsbury Macy
Donation date
2012-07-28

1944 Old Home Day Play and History- 50th Celebration

Charles Morse's handwritten presentation outlines the history of Old Home Day from 1895 (dedication of the Warwick Town Hall) to the present (1944). A 13 page typed play, titled "Memories of Warwick" written and produced by C.A. Morse is included. The play features a father dressed for work in the hayfield and his 12 yr old son with a fishing pole and can of bait. The boy "meets" (as he naps) many of the famous Warwick men of the past that he has heard about from his father and hears their recollections of the town in the old days.

Year (or year range)
1944

1945 Old Home Day Memorabilia

Included with the invitation to the "Fifty-first Annual Reunion" (8-18-1945) is A Dedication to Warwick's Participation in the Wars. This introduction and program by Ralph Holbrook and Charles Morse outlines how Warwick men responded to the call for duty, many giving their lives. A play was presented, set in Warwick in 1812 with Nellie Francis, Grace Morse and Marion Copeland in the cast. Patriotic music and tableaux were included. Of particular note are 5 letters from Warwick men serving overseas. Letters from Charles L. Brown Jr., Arthur Bowers, Joseph Stevens, Wallace F. Holbrook, one unidentified serving in the Pacific and all expressing their regret at not being present and their hope that next year they will be with their family and friends again enjoying the festivities of Old Home Day.

Year (or year range)
1945