VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE Board of TRUSTEES OF THE Presbyterian CHURCH, SHELTER ISLAnd, N. Y., FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 26th, 1785. 1785.. Jon. N. Havens, Syl. Dering, Wm. Bowditch. 1842..Sam'l B. Nicoll, J. D. Tuthill, J. C. Chester. 1786.. 1843.. 66 64 Caleb S. Loper, 1848.. 1791.. 1792.. 1793.. 1794.. 1795.. 1796.. Benj. Nicoll. Wm. Bowditch. 1865.. 1855.. 1864.. 44 1810.. 1820.. 1877.. Byron Griffing, GENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HAVENS, HENRY HAVENS, p. 163. BRINLEY SYLVester, p. 177. JOHN BOWDITCH, P. 198. SAMUEL HUDSON, p. 203. GEORGE HAVENS, p. 239. Who helped to JOSEPH HAVENS, found the Town of Shelter Island, in 1730. Rev. DANIEL HALL, LUCRETIA HALL, } p. 311. SYLVESTER Dering, AND E. SARAH DERING, P. 117, sec. 177. JONATHAN DOUGLASS, ABIGAIL DOUGLASS, EPHRAIM KING, }P. P. 312. بم MEHITABLE KING, P. 315. MARY MAYO, p. 316. Founders of the Church, September 28, 1808. EUNICE CASE, NOTE.-The Compiler of these tables will esteem it a great kindness on the part of those who, discovering an error, or able to supply what may be lacking in them, will kindly inform him of it or send the same to his address. He would also suggest writing upon the margin the additions and corrections which have come to hand, opposite the sections to which they belong. Taking as an Example the Record on the Opposite Page. THE TABLES ARE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS, EACH SECTION REPRESENTING A FAMILY AND FOLLOWING EACH OTHER IN NUMERICAL ORDER. The numeral "" in all cases is assigned to the family of the person whose name heads the table. Thus the numeral "" on the opposite page will be seen to stand at the top of the family record of John Havens. The letters of the alphabet act in the same capacity, only that they are assigned to the families through whom the person's ancestry is to be traced, which is given in each table so far as the compiler has been able to trace it in this country. Thus Mr. John Havens' ancestors are here given under the letters "A" and "B" back to the first Havens who came to America, and who in this case was his grandfather, namely, William Havens. The line through which Mr. John Havens descended from William Havens is indicated by the letter "B" which will be seen to stand before the son George of the first William Havens. This letter, like the numerals that appear in the subsequent family records, intimate that the person before whose name the letter or number stands, not only married, but had a family, and that the record of that family can be found under that letter or number in the table of which it is a part. Thus under the letter "B" is to be found the family record of George Havens, who in this case was the father of Mr. John Havens. In the record of George Havens it will be seen that the numeral "" precedes the name of John, which refers the reader for the record of his family to the record that appears under that number, and so on through the table. By this arrangement the ancestors and descendants of any person whose name appears in any of the following tables, save of the parents of those who have married into the family, can be easily traced. In some of the sections, as for instance in section No. 16, page 185, it will be noticed that the names of both of the parents are set in small capitals. This is to indicate that the marriage between those persons was a consanguineous one, that is, between blood relations, they having descended from the same ancestor. ABBREVIATIONS.-b., born; bap., baptised; m., married; da., daughter; ch. or child, child or children; wid., widow; d., died; s., son; d. s. p., died without issue; d. unm., died unmarried; ac., aged. 245, 34, add a 3d m. opp. Samuel Jones, 3d, Oct. 6, 1842, Eliza Hooker Strong. John, Aug. 16, 1818, d. Jan. 11, 1862. " 249 57, add Oct. 18 to date of m. of John Havens. 255, 94, for Richard Byrne read Richard Byme. 253. 83, add Oct. 27, 1817, as the date of b. of William. 46 255, 98, for Dec. 1, 1836 read Dec. 1, 1858. 64 302, 13, for June 3, 1885 read June 3, 1875. 302, 13, and p. 303, sec. 22, for Eliza Ann read Elisa Evans. 162 Sist, m. 12d, m. Tyler. Eleanor Thurston. Thomas Cook. Ruth, b. m. Card. Dinah, b. Rebecca, b. William, b. Margaret, b. (*) In 1638 he was admitted an inhabitant of the Island of Aquidneck, having submitted himself to the government that is, or shall be established. On April 30, 1639, he and twenty-eight others, signed the following compact: "We whose names are underwritten, do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of His Majesty, King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politicke unto his laws according to matters of justice." In 1644, he had a grant of four acres. On May 23, 1650, he and five others were appointed to make and mend all arms presented by inhabitants of any of the Towns. 1680, March 30, date of Will. Proved Sep. 25, 1683. In it all the above names are mentioned, and wife Dionis is appointed Executrix. *GEORGE HAVENS, S. William and Dionis ( b. 1653. m. B. ) Havens. d. Feb. 21, 1706–7. Eleanor Thurston, da. Edward and Elizabeth (Mott) Thurston. b. Mar. 1655. 1674. d. Nov. 7, 1747: m. Mary 8 ch. George, b. William, b. 1. John, b. Content, b. Patience, b. Desire, b. d. unm. m. m. m. m. Soper. (*) 1680, Freeman. 1687, Taxed in Kingston, R. I. 1695, July 15, Jamestown, Constable. (°) b. in 1617, d. Mar. 1st, 1707. Married June, 1647, Elizabeth Mott, da. of Adam Mott, b. in 1629 and d. Sep. 2, 1694. Edward Thurston was the first person of that name in the Colony of Rhode Island. He was the third on the record of the "Society of Friends" at Newport and therefore a Quaker. In 1655, Freeman; 1663, Commissioner; 1667 71-74; 80-86, Deputy; 1675, 86, 90-91, Assistant. On Aug. 26, 1686, he signed an address with the other Quakers to the King in regard to the Writ of Quo Warranto. They desired to be excused from bearing arms, being a peaceable people and willing to pay all just rates and duties for carrying on the Commonwealth affairs. On Jan. 30, 1690, he, with five other Assistants and Deputy Governor Greene, wrote a letter to William and Mary congratulating them on their accession to the crown, and informing them that since the deposition of Sir Edmund Andros, the former Government under the Charter had been resumed, mentioning also the seizure of Andros in Rhode Island on his flight from confinement in Massachusetts, and his return to Massachusetts on demand of that Colony. Date of Will, Jan. 11, 1704. Proved, Mar. 12, 1707. (1) This George Havens, the first son of George and Eleanor (Thurston) Havens, is said to have been born on Shelter Island. In a deed, dated Shelter Island, Nov. 19, 1701, given by George Havens of Kingstown, he calls himself George, son of George of Shelter Island. He married a lady whose given name was Mary and had the following children: Joseph, Edward who m. Desire Terry in 1724, George, William, Ebenezer, Thurston who m. Jerusha Polly in 1752, John, Eleanor who m. a Mr. Davilt, Abigail who m. a Mr. Fish, Hannah, Mary and Ruth. These are all mentioned in his Will, dated Fisher's Island, Oct. 31, 1726, and proved Apr. 13,1738. 1. JOHN HAVENS, s. George and Eleanor (Thurston) Havens. (*) One of the founders of the town. (0) da. of Daniel and Mehitable (Horton) Tuthill, b. Apr. 7, |