Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10
TX HE town or Gilsutn, nesting in
tile hill countrNof Cheshire coun-

s tile hill country OF Cheshire coun-
~, New Hampshire, and n@the
banks of the Ashueot, a ti'ibut-
sry TO the Connecticut RIVER. may we'll
'e called the home OF the Maeks--r,la
erilal ariccstors5of the Prophet Joseph
Smith. Gilsum numbers among the
ropfietors OF the town holding title by
lircct grant or George III, by grace of
God, Of Great Britain, Franco, and Ire
and, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Il leveral OF the Macks WHO were de-
Conn, from whom tho Prophet Joseph
III the maternal side descended; and
here are still several descendants of
he family llying in ,Gilsum. The nu-
hor Of the very exhaustive history OF
& he town of tiilsum, Mr.. Siivanus Hay
YARD, ~. NJ, and which Was published
s II 1881, gives the following Introduction
Q the Mank gencalogg
This family is Of Scotch origin VIII
lam p Mack Of Sthnstead, Canada n
.randson DISHES Mack Of MARROW GHho
VAS brother or nephew Of the first Solo
non-fatber OF Lucy Smith mentioned
,cloW) writes that thee brothers LETT
scotland; two cnligrated TO America,
,ne to Ireland, and that part of their
;oat Of arms was a bonrs head He
tlso says j have heard my father say
&c never knew n Mack convicted Of
rhine. On careful inquiry, 4 find there
s no family of the namc OF Mack who
,ore boar's head. but the Scotch fam
les OF McDousal and Mechanism bore
- boars head erased 1t Is thought
his family We're Of those who dropped
heir original names. retaining the pre-
tx only, thereby being better able to
'scapc persecution on account of their
ellgious belief The first ascertained
tnecstor Of, this branch of the Mack
family was Ebenezcr Mack of Lyme
Conn. where he dropped dead as he
vas bringing in a back log, in III.
a His wife was Hannah Gates d. 1885
among their CHI We're elisha. Samuel.
solomon, and Hephsibeth IN. Abishai
Tubbs OF NARROW"
Three of the sons of Ebenezer Mack
If Lyme, Conn. finally settled at Gill
Num and We're more or less united in
heir Industrial activities. Elisha, the
s1lder Of, the three brothers, was evil.
lently of martial disposition, active In
The revolutionary war and known to
She local fame OF Cheshire county as the
Zero of the I(eene affair."" Briefly told,
.}lle Keene affair Is this: At the out
freak ofithe Revolution there were no
Tories in#Gilsum, While at Keene there
lived quite q number of that following,
ssltrony in their sylnpathies for the gov
slrnmcpt of King George III, and re-
,orted ito be active partisans in his
8'ause. At any rate, 10 Of the Keene
inhabitants above the age of 81 refused
Z % sign what WAS called the .associa-
zion test, namely. that 1--WE do here
nv solemnly engage and promise that |
Ne Will to the utmostsof our power at |
HE risk Of our lives and fortunes, with
arms. oppose the hostile proceedings of
The British fleets and armies against |
she United American colonies.' Others
If said male inhabitants had fed from
: The town for season in order to avoid |
Declaring their Intentions. Under |
5!hesc y circumstances Capt, Mack OF |
55ilsum thought himself justified In TAX |!
11g prisoners Keene's Tories. Accord |
5ngly on May. 81, 1179. he assembled a
company of militia at Partridge's Tav-
srr, near Wright's Mills, and directed
l1em by9h nights march to go to Keene
md guard the houses where the Tories
we're known tosresidei A sun rise he
linlself rode into Ileene at the head Of
8he rest OF This company Of MALTA.
ind when he came to the house of a
q Tory ne ordered the sentinel standing /
ut thesdoor to bring out the prisoner,
Ind so proceeded until he had placed |
Glnder arrest all who were known to be
favorable to the Tory cause. He had |
40 sooner succeeded IN his project. |
however, than he was emphatically !
,verrnled by his colonel in the militia,
md the Tories set free, much to the
Of valiant Capt. Mack. who
retired somewhat crest fallen. But If
N this episode the captain was over
iealous, 1T was zeal in a good cause on
The right, side, and the historian of Gill |
3ium does him the Justice to remark:
- There is no doubt that Capt. Mack, |
Who was a bold and honored officer in
The service of his country, was stirred |
up to the expedition by some OF the
Jealous Wings of Keene, who wers
5lfraid to be seen in It themselves. He
.elt the great Importance OF breaking
mp the TORY bands, and his action,
5though rash, ill-considered, and futile |
III It's immediate results. had without
3louht a, salutary influence.
"A further record of Capt. Elisha |
Mack inst the Revolution is stated as
s.ollows:
Capt. Elisha Mack was in Capt. |
Wetherbee's company, Wyman's regi
snent, as private. enlisted July ., 1916, |
Ind was at Mount independence, Nov |
= same year; was lieutenant in Davis |
Howlett's company. 1iconderoga en-
gagged May Z, discharged June II, 1871:
VAS captain of u company raised IN |
kshley's regiment June, 1777, to rein
'orce the Continental army at Ticonde-
,f,tyos and n f,tn1r,., nd Of