The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
DESCENT or MAI.
GEN. F. c. AINswORTH. ADJUTAST
GENERAL OF L. ). ARsTY.

! GENEALOGICAL DESCENT OF MAJ.
GEN. F. c. AINsWORTH. ADJUTAST
GENERAL OF L. ). ARsY.
Edward Ainsworth was born in Eng
land about l652. ana first appears on
record in this country as having been
married January II. 16N-s Family tra-
diIiOn however, afirms that his uncle
Daniel sent 10 England for him with the
intention Of making him his heir; that he
/ accordingly came. but becoming restless.
went 20 sea and Was shipwrecked of the
coast Of Georgia, after which he made
his way to Roxbury. Mass. which he
made his residence. lie had eight children
born in that place. but in 1903 sold his
/ possessions there and removed TO Wood
stock, Conn, where a colony from Rox-
/ bury had settled fourteen years pre-
viousiy. Here for thirty-eight years he
l lived the life of a husbandman, adding to
/ his lands and endowing his children from
time 70 time. In l525. finding himself too
infirm TO manage his farming interests,
/ he, IN keeping with a not infrequent
custom, conveyed his home farm. with
certain reservations. 10 his eldest son.
Edward. conditional upon the mainte-
nance Of himself and his wife for their
/ lives. This agreement, however, seems TO
/ nave proved unsatisfactory, for on the
18th Of July. 1I31. the son Edward recon
veyed the homestead TO his father, for
/ the consideration OF geo, and the young
est son. Nathan, undertook the care Of the
aged parents. His viii is dated August 10.
l4s1, and was proved August IS I74l. One
/ Of the items in the inventory OF his per
sonai estate is; ITO l Pewter Jourd-- 3
Ishillings-t0 a Sword and Belt 10 shillings
to Bible i5 shilllngs-e1, 10, o." His real
and personal property was inventoried at
/ &sJi, . Z, IN exceptionally large estate for
those days. He married. January II. l6S7-S,
Joanna Hemmingway daughter Of Joshua
ttemmingWay and his wife, Joanna
/ Evans), who was born September z, 1910.
/ and died December 9, I74S. Her husband
died March 3. 1740-1 His eldest SON
Edward Aiusw0rth, a prosperous far
/ mer Of Woodstock. Conn. was born In
Roxbury Mass, August Is 1888 and died
/ IN Woodstock, June Is, I75s. He mar
+ Tied, April 5, I722 Joanna Davis (daugh-
ter Of Matthew Davis, of Pomfrst, Conn.
and his wife, Margaret Corbin), who was
/ born October p. 1856 and died april .
1888. His SON
Daniel AiHswOrth, was born in Wood
stock. Conn. October q, 1724. and died in
Cherry Valley, New York. in 1910 He re-
Z HiuEA III ~ DoAsLuth attti ABOUT Asfy- NHGA
he removed 10 the State Of New York He
was a soldier, serving in 175S under Col.
John Murray, in the French and Indian
war He was a large loser by the depre-
citation Of continental money. during and
subsequent to the Revolutionary war. He
married. first, June ?. 1876 Sarah Bugbee,
who died July a. i765: and. second, jan
uary Z 1866. Elizabeth Corbin, of Dudley.
Mass. His son
Daniel Ainsworth, was born in Wood
stock in 1857, and died IN Bethel, Vt.
! October 4. 1871. He married Olive Sprague
who was born in 1885, and died August f.
/ 1871 His SON
RosweII NSultOn AInswOrth, was bora
I IN Bethel Vt, October -. 1884, and died
/ December 25, 1SfS He resided, al various
Iperi0ds of his life. at Bethel. Woodstock
and Randolph. VI. He married April s.
/ 1907, Tenty Tiffany, of Randolph, Vt, who
was born December ., I7Ss, and died
March 30. 1853. His son
Fred CraytOn AinsWorth. major gem
/ eral and adjutant general OF the United
States army. was born in Woodstock. VI.
/ September II, 1S52 He became first lieu
( tenant and assistant surgeon l. S. A.,
/ November 10, 1874; major and surgeon,
/ February q. 1891; colonel and chief Of
RECORD ana FehslOn ohcei May ~ ioS-f
/ brigadier general and chief of Record and
/ Pension once. March ., 1893; major gen
/ eral and military secretary Of the army
April q 1854. and has recently become
/ the adjutant general OF the army. While
! in charge of the Record and Pension Office
! he devised and introduced the index-rec-
/ ord card system, by means OF which al
( the military and medical records have
! been reproduced in such manner as TO
make the full history of any soldier i'm
mediately available. Under his direction.
upwards of 50.o00,0o0 index-record cards
/ have been prepared and placed on file,
and the adoption Of this system has re-
suited in permanent annual saving to the
government OF more than $4,000