History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

172 History of Swansea
Christ in Swansea. Now 1st Christian from Nov. 7, 1745-July 7, 1752.
Mary b. October 7, 1675.
(IV) Hezekiah b. Sept. 15, 1699 in Rehoboth m. 1st 1722 Hopestill
daughter of Thomas and Hope (Huckins) Nelson of Middleborough. She
died Feb. 20, 1724. Married second at Swansea Dec. 3, 1724 Elizabeth
Thomas. He died at Swansea 1769. She died Nov. 21, 1770.
(V) Hezekiah b. at Swansea Dec. 5, 1739. Married at Swansea June
21, 1767, Mary Luther b. Nov. 29, 1749. She was the daughter of John and
Hannah (Anthony, widow of Job) Luther. She died Oct. 8, 1779. He
married 2nd Mary Cole. She died Oct. 3, 1824. He died May 20, 1820.
(V) Hezekiah b. at Swansea January 20, 1768, m. Feb. 19, 1797, Mima
Phinney daughter of Ehsha and Rebecca (Peck) Phinney b. March 29,
1773. He died at Swansea January 16, 1842. She died at Swansea Dec. 19
1857.
(VI) Elisha b. at Swansea February 15, 1798 m. Feb. 22, 1825, Mary
Gardiier Mason daughter of Gardner and Susannah (Vinnicum) Mason
b. October 13, 1802. He died January 7, 1868. She died May 19, 1880.
(VII) Gardner Mason Kingsley b. Feb. 21, 1826 m. May 26, 1853
Rhoda Chace Rogers daughter of Gideon and Azubah (Wordell) Rogers b.
at Fall River Feb. 3, 1830. He died Nov. 12, 1897. She died Oct. 8, 1900.
(VIII) Children of Gardner and Rhoda Kingsley,
1. Edwin Gardner b. at Fall River Sept. 2, 1855 died at Prov. R. I.
Feb. 22, 1865.
2. Martha Gardner b. at Prov. R. I. May 11, 1866.
3. Charles Edwin b. at Prov. R. I. Nov. 20, 1867, m. at Swansea Jan.
2, 1901 Lena Allen Peckham, daughter of George H. and Edna M. (Cobb)
Peckham b. Dec. 29, 1874.
Their Children.
Edna b. at Swansea June 13, 1903.
Juha b. at Swansea Feb. 2, 1905.
Marian b. at Swansea Nov. 19, 1907.
Esther Gardner b. at Swansea, Sept. 23 1913.
Joseph Gardner Luther
Joseph Gardner Luther, one of the best known citizens of this Town,
where for half a century he was engaged in a mercantile business, and where
he has given able service as a town official having served also as a Justice
of the Peace, is a descendant in the seventh generation from Capt John
Luther, an early settler of Taunton, Mass. And on the maternal side, his
lineage is from John Howland of the "Mayflower" company as follows:
John and EUzabeth (Tilley) Howland; Jonathan and Hannah (Howland)
Bosworth; Jonathan Jr. and Sarah (Round) Bosworth; Ichabod and Mary
(Bowen) Bosworth; John and Bethiah (Bosworth) Hale; James and Tamer
(Hale) Mason Luther; and Joseph G. and Tamer (Luther) Luther.
(1) The name Luther has been a prominent one, and the family was
numerous in the towns created out of Ancient Rehoboth, and in territory
near by since the early settlement here—since the coming of John Luther
to Taunton, 1637, where he was one of the original proprietors. One
family record sets forth that he was a native of Germany and came to
Boston in 1635. Another account states that he was a native of Dorset,
England, and came to America in 1636, and in 1639 was a purchaser of
Taunton, Mass. He and some of his men were killed by the Indiana in
1644, while on a trading voyage in Delaware bay. And on May 22, 1646,
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