Re: Way Book on CD Disk: Midway Church Was Fortified in Rev. War

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.org>]

Dane,

>My reply has been delayed by a serious problem in my family.

Sorry to hear that.

> Quarterman:
>"You've previously cited your source for Henry Way coming on the
>Mary and John in 1631.  We'll add that to the sources in our database,
>and I will when I have time find a copy of it."
>
>Bowen:
>What I said was that Henry Way came on the Mary and John in 1630.

OK.

>Quarterman:
>"If you're referring to Lt. Richard Way b. 1624 d. 1697, who served
>under Capt. Appleton in King Phillip's War, what his will actually
>says is "Having no reason to believe any of my own children are surviving".
>In other words, all his children died before he did.
>All of the death dates we know of for his children are indeed earlier
>than his.  That's not the same as having no descendants.
>
>He had five children by his first wife, three by his second, and one
>grandchild.
>
>Sources:
>``English Origin of Henry Way,'' The American Genealogist, V61, p251-256.
>``Bray Wilkins of Salem Village, MA. & his Children,'' by David L. Greene,
>     American Genealogist, V60, Jan. 1984, p. 1.
>The Way Family, by Mary E. Way, 1969.
>Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John 1630, by Burton W. Spear.
>Boston Town Records (for marriage date to Hannah Townsend).
>
>Lt. Richard Way had a son Richard Way b. 1655.
>m. 1694 Hannah Perkins "who survived him 20 years".
>
>They had one child, Sarah Way b. 1696 m. 1713 William Emons
>We know of no children of this couple.
>
>Sources:
>The Way Family, by Mary E. Way, 1969.
>Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John 1630, by Burton W. Spear.
>
>We have found no further descendants of this line."
>
>Bowen:
>Not having a data base in my computer, I must rely on the data in my head and 
>what is in my Way family history inasmuch as I have too much on my plate just 
>now to go through old files.  I recall Mary E. Way mentioning report of a 
>grandchild without giving a name or details. Richard Way actually had four 
>wives.

Yes, we have Esther, Bethiah, Kathron, and Hannah as his wives.
However, apparently he only had children by the first two.

> The Quarterman book, p. 719,  says that wife no. 2, Bethia Mayhew, is 
>buried at Copp's Hill, Boston.  The only record of a wife of his being buried 
>there that I know of  is the one named "Kathron." I spent part of two days 
>searching for the Way stone there, which I photographed and reproduced in my 
>book.  With its skull and crossbones, it says it is Kathron Way, wife of 
>Richard Way. The Quarterman book also on p. 719 mentions Lt. Richard Way and 
>Kathron as having no children "recorded in this data base."  But on p. 715 it 
>shows Kathron Way who died in 1689, the same date on the above mentioned 
>stone, as being the daughter of Lt. Kathron Way and sister of Richard Way, 
>Jr.  Her married name, of course, was Way.  Since the two Mather ministers of 
>Aaron Way, Sr. are also buried here and since Aaron Way, Sr. died just across 
>the river at his farm, in all likelihood he and his wife as well are also 
>buried here but their stones have been lost.

That sounds like much interesting information that we did not have.
Thanks for sending it.

>Quarterman:
>Aaron Way, Jr. was accompanied to South Carolina by two brothers, William and
>>Moses. Confusing Aaron Way, Sr., with Aaron Way, Jr., the Quarterman book
>>mistakenly characterized the blood relationship between the two brothers
>>Aaron Way, Jr. and William, living near each other five miles north of Salem
>>village next to their relative Bray Wilkins.
>
>We have Aaron Way Jr. and William Way as brothers, sons of Aaron Way Sr.,
>with both of them moving to S.C. after Aaron Sr. died.
>
>>From the above paragraph, I can't work out what you think is mistakenly
>characterized.  Could you elaborate?
>
>Bowen: 
>
>The Quarerman book confuses Aaron Way, Sr. and Aaron Way,Jr. in different 
>places. On p. 713 Aaron Way, Jr. is incorrectly described as a son instead of 
>grandson of Henry Way. On p. 722 is the incorrect statement that "William and 
>his nephew Aaron Way….owned land…."  They were brothers, sons of Aaron Way, 
>Sr.  On the same page Hannah Way is described as a "half-sister of William 
>Way."  She was a half sister of his father, Aaron Way , Sr."

OK, thanks.  We're all ears for specific feedback such as that.

>Quarterman: 
>
>>And I have never found any convincing evidence that the George Way of Conn.
>
>Presumably you're referring to one of these three:
>
>George Way b. 1614, Dorset, England,
>m. 1650 at Boston
>Elizabeth ? b. ca. 1630 d. 20 Apr. 1713, New London, Conn.
>
>George Way b. 1655 Providence, R.I. d. Conn.
>m.
>Susannah Nest
>
>George Way b. bef. 1696, Lyme, Conn.
>m. 1713
>Lydia Sprague
>
>Please clarify.
>
>Bowen:
>
>At one time I was trying to sort out the George Ways and could not find in 
>the Library of Congress your footnote source of "Dunavant."

Susie Dunavant was a correspondant who sent some information in 1995.
She may know more than we do, since she says she is a descendant of
the George Way line.  We don't know where she got her information.
I'd be happy to ask her.  

Here's another source we used for that line:

1 @S68@ SOUR @S68@
  2 REFN ny-gbr
  2 RKEY N.Y. Gen. and Bio. Record
  2 TITL The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
    3 CONT --- American Kinships of Mr. Winston Churchill
  2 AUTH Russell Lord and Conklin Mann
  2 PUBL
    3 TYPE Book Series
    3 DATE Oct 1942

>  Some three years 
>ago I sent you an e-mail about general sources and you replied you were 
>referring it to your two brothers.  I never heard further

Sorry about that.

> and lost interest in the George Ways.

Same here, really.  They don't seem to tie in.

>  I have always been puzzled by the monument at Midway 
>about Congregationalists coming from Conn.

Me, too.  There doesn't seem to be much evidence to support it.
I think I remarked on this in the book.

>  The Rev. John Maverick died in 
>1636 when he was planning to join his flock in swarming and flying off to 
>what became Windsor, Conn. where they later argued they were the original 
>church "gathered" on board the Mary and John in the old harbor of Plymouth, 
>England.  It was 60 years later after the Salem witch trials and the death of 
>Aaron Way, Sr., that the Ways and company swarmed  in Mass. and flew off to 
>SC, arriving in 1697, not 1695 as stated in different places in the 
>Quarterman book.  And it was another half century before they swarmed against 
>and flew off to Midway. 

According to Elder Pratt's diary, they arrived in Carolina 20 Dec 1695,
and picked and named Dorchester S.C. 14 Jan 1696.

Other than that, I agree with everything you say.

>I do not believe the entry for Geo Way as a son of Henry Way on p. 714 of the 
>Quarterman book is correct.  The son of Henry Way named George must have been 
>the one killed by the Indians in the winter of 1632-1-2 or the one blown 
>overboard on the Lyon in 1631. 

Could be.  I don't know.

>The only Geo Way of note that I am aware of was the wealthy 
>"merchant-adventurer," a glover of Dorchester who was probably a brother of 
>Henry Way.  Charles Granville Way believed so in any event although he never 
>proved it.  Dorchester and Bridport are only 15 miles apart.  This Geo Way 
>invested in the Dorchester Company, and was one of the few investors who did 
>not sour on the company when the settlement at Cape Ann did not pan out.

That in itself is an interesting story, of which I only know snippets.
Some of the Dorchester settlers apparently had previously been in the
Cape Ann settlement.  Right now I can't think which ones, but I may be
able to dig that up.

>  He 
>stayed with the company when it was reorganized as the Mass. Bay Co., went to 
>Mass., acquired a big land grant in Maine, returned to Dorchester, England, 
>and died as he was preparing to go to America again.  Given the policy of 
>naming the oldest sons for the father because of primogentiture and in case 
>the father died before making out a will, any Geo Way surviving in Mass, and 
>even R.I. or Conn. probably descends from this Geo. Way.  But as I say, I 
>never found more on them.

What you say seems plausible.

>By deleting maps and pictures I have squeezed my Way book on a single CD-ROM 
>disk and will sell it for $36 plus $3.95 for mailing first class in a padded 
>envelop.  Those interested can send a check to:
>
>Dane Bowen
>6330 Hillcrest Place
>Alexandria, Va. 22312

I will do so.

>>PS: I expect to be in France, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe in June,
>>only returning home on July 4.

Have a good trip.

>>Dane Bowen in Alexandria, Va., researching Bowen, Bacon, Carlton (Carleton),
>>Luker, Sanders (Saunders), Chaudoin (Chaudoins), Maverick, Richey (Ritchie,
>>Richie, Ritchey), Spence, Sumner, Way, and Wells families.

John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>

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