Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17
Y rye EMERY oEhEALoay.

NeWOury, MoAAs AC~eS
rom the salem Press by Emery
ss.x.s Ia one Of tho most complete
ever Published 1t com;
,r;se. over 600 pages. of which the 1oAA I
,onble index alls IS pages with tnros
.olumns to q page. This index II Oy
,;ven names Of Emerys first, ana tnen
snother of persons other than EmeryS
rhere are some interesting studies OF
names in these indices- For Anstanco'
In the family Of John Emery there nave
been 40 Johns and 100 named Charles
about SO Marys and the same nnmo
of Hannaha Tho numbers are aoouS
the same in the descendants OF Antnony
Emery. The other more conmo"
names were Abigail. Betsey, DANIEL
David, James, Joseph, Noses NsS 11,:1
;.I Samuel. Sarah, stephen and Will
lam. It is noteworthy that among sno
descendants of Anthony Emery tnete
;s not an Anthony living, while among
the descendants Of John Emery were
Johns through each of the ten geneIa-
tions down to the youngest born WIN
in . few years In most Oh 'no
tions were several Johns. ,o,, :.
The nreface states that the book !"
not an exhaustive genealogy o. .ne
Emery family of America, ou' .n1S
relates to the families ment.oneu'
John and Anthony Emery were o.o oox
ers, who came from England M ~
and settled in Newbury: Inc leeo.s
Of MANY of their descendants arc NO. W
10 found in the volume, because they
arc not obtainable. Many In TINS
country bearing the name arc
not descended from the Newoury
emierants. The first meeting OF enc
Families was held in Newbnryport
~ sentamber 3, 1879. Other meetings
t.va heen held since in various places
90 the material for the geneaIoSy
collected by a committee of which Rev.
RUFUS Emery, of Newburg. n, T., vs.
chairman. Mr.. Emery has editeo INC
work. The original John emery Oh
America, was born in England SeP'e%
nton Anril 3, 1885, with his brother
Anthony. in the ship James OF LONDON
they were accompanied by their wives
and one or two children. They lanoeo
:, BOSTON on June 8, 1888, and Jonn
coo, went to Newbury, where ne DC.
a.me a freeholder. He was man o.
I;ber,l views, SO liberal that he enteI
+.;ned two travelling Qualkers In 1905
80 was prosecuted and fined therefor
mn. evidence was that Two mel
1ralxers were entertained very k1noi;
tn bed and table, s. John Emmerie sno'
vm bv We hand and bid YIN welcome
witness heard him and his VIE say
had entertained them land woulo NO
mt them from his house anu une
p,.nts .Yor the lawfulness OF it.
Gohn died in Newbury. November
1854 at the age of eighty-three, leavin
4onr children. One of them svas
d.nohter named Ebenezer, a name su
nosed to belong to males ana oorne
r,.le of the eighth generation. Inc
were two other Ebenezers -oet"ee
,,,+ whether-sous or daughters does
appear. . pos+on
Jnsvich in 1886, then to Newoury, ~
In 1910 moved to Dover. In loas
went to Kittery. He, too, was nneo
disfranchised for entertaining oua AK
He held many official positions Inc
have been many men OF no.e oesce ~
was George +. Emery, who was reg
tsr If probate in Oxford county, NJ
clerlx of the United States
4r;ct court. pension agent une
p,,.b.nan and editor OF
Boston Post Josiah Emery, OF
fifth generation, was memoer Oh
an,;nental congress, the first to "
for and the second to sign the Decla
+;on of Independence. He was Oh
iustice of the New Hampshire comm
pleas, chief justice OF the SUPPER
court, senator in congress in Il
president of New hampshire
1908, and first governor OF the ST:
Sarah Emery, of the fourth eenefat'
m.rr;ed Hon. John Phillips, one of
founders of the Phillips Exeter AZ
envy.
John NJ. Adams, the vetran editor
the Eastern Argus, of Portland, Me
a descendant of the original j
Emery on his mothers side. Jonat
Emery. who was the first settle
Fairfield, Me-, in 1771, enterta'
Arnold when he was making his wi
march to Canada in ITS. He ASST
in repairing Arnold's boats, and
general made the house his headqt
era for two weeks Ambrose En-
his brother, was in the Crown rom
pedition, and later made one OF
famous Boston tea party The W
boo,. is a record of soldierly duty
performed. an unusual proportio
the names appearing as soldiers in
and 1912. the Mexican war and the
beIlion. Old Samuel Emery, of
feld. Me-. enlisted in 1862 at the al
sixty-two, fought at Fredericks
and elsewhere, and died in the ser
More than one hundred Emerys
these families served in the last
Moses Emery of the eighth gener
was one of the most noted lawye
Maine. Sarah ]. Emery. of the
generation, married Hannibal Hs
in 1898 Col Harvey Webster Ell
of the Fifth Wisconsin regiment,
hopors in 1923.
Among men of prominence a
the descendants of Anthony Elmer
Noah Emery, of the fourth gener
who was the first lawyer who ev
sided in Maine He was king
torney. Zachariah Emery had
Zachariah and Amos, and q son-i
in the American army in 17T6.
last named in the battle of Bunke