Album/Scrapbook

A large looseleaf binder including information on Adams, Clark, VR, Fray, Fisher, Goldsbury, Shays Rebellion, Lyman, Williams, Metcalf, Descendants of John Thompson and Alice Freeman, etc.

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.

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.”

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.

A large blue binder collecton about Cpt. James Goldsbury and his time in Warwick. Extensive material includes photos, letters, news clips, genealogy, birth records, and much more.

A large blue binder containing extensive information (genealogical charts, news clips, photographs, letters, origin of the name Goldsbury, and much more)

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.

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.

Scrapbook with Old Home Day invitations and/or schedules for the following years: 1911, 1912, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1937, 1939-1955, 1957-1962, 1987.
Dance Programs for Old Home Day Dance 1907, 1915
Old Home Day Buttons 1908 and 150th anniversary button 1912
Old Home Day essay (1922) by Henry Leland Clarke, great-grandson of Deacon Hervey Barber
Included in scrapbook are two other programs: The Warwick Rod and Gun Club Game Supper and Dance Program with the Order of Dances, November 2, 1906 and 1907 Program for Warwick Grange No. 85, Patrons of Husbandry.
Typewritten listing of Reunion officers from 1897 - 1944.
Extra copies of invitations/programs for 1911(2),1912,1920,1939,1940(5), 1941,1943,1944(7),1949(3),1950(3),1951(3),1953,1959, 1962

Scrapbook is located on table in center of room 1a

Booklet containing photographs of Warwick. Booklet was produced compliments of Mt. Grace Inn, and photos taken and booklet issued by H. J. Lemp on the occasion of Old Home Day, Warwick, Massachusetts, Thursday, August 18, 1821. Within booklet are advertisements from Orange Candy Kitchen, Harrington Stationary, Compliments of Tom Quinn, Orange Savings Bank, Orange Fruit co., Hapgood Jeweler, Willey's Bakery. Orange Clothing Co., Orange Drug Store, Chase Turbine Co., The New Home Sewing Machine Co., The Bootery, Mt. Grace Inn, E. G. Prouty, E. A. Lyman, The Orange National Bank.
Included in booklet is a listing of the Old Home Committee and a listing of the program.

Album temporarily on exhibit on center table in room 1a