East Bridgewater High School - Torch Yearbook (East Bridgewater, MA)

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THE STUDENT S PEN famous as he was one of the fllgt ll0IlIT'l3ly91S ln the country He was yery successful yy lth h1s yyolk maklng nalls bolts hlnges and Othel useful thlngs He yy as saddened by the death of hls Wlfe but he soon fO1gOt hls sadness and marrled Mary Chapln a WldOW of Bralntlee He bullt fO1 hel a new home ln Scltuate tor he could well dff0lLl lt now Not l0llg attel hls happy second marrlage he was Cl1SdDpOlHtt.Cl clgdlll bee luse hls two oldest sons left hlm 101 no reason yy hatey el ll0lll8Ld1 was yely actlve 111 the mattels between the gI'0VtlIlg settlement ot Cohasset lnd the mothel settlement Hlngham He had gl eat pleasule befole he dled ln 1727 to see hls tamlly among the most populal and most prosperous people of Hlngham lnd Cohasset MOrdCC31 s oldest son Nloldeeal Cdlllttl on the llne ot Presl dent Llncoln He went yylth hls bl othel Abl lham to New Jel sey Just then beglnnlllg to gl ow They declded to reslde IH M1ddl8t0D County and thele they made many tllends Not long after they settled thele Nlol decal malrled Hannah Saltan the only daughter of R1Chdltl Saltan a lalge landoyy ner lll New Jer sey Thus Mordecal came lnto a Ll1ClQ of lnfluentlal people ln the colony He and hls blothel bought many acles ot land 111 New Jersey although NI0ltl6L3.l lly ed Ill Monmouth County where It lb belley ed all ot hls slyc chlldlen W616 born Mordecal transportatlon so w hen he yy as 1YlX1t9Cl to entel lnto partnershlp as an lronmastel yylth tyyo men ln the thllylng clty ot Phlladel phla he accepted leadlly Hls wolk was lll the Sehuylkll RIVQI County he sold out hls paltnelshlp XQIX soon attelyy ald but he stlll contlnued to llye thele w hele he bullt a b63.Llt1lLll home and brought hls yylte N101 decal and hls tamlly wele sloyyly tllllllllg tlom Pulltans to Qudktlw because ot the QLl3.k9l llelghbolhoocl an example ot thls change lN shown by NI01flCLd1 s son when he mallletl 1Ilt0 the Boone tamlly yy ho yyele Quakels wllO1Cl9C21l became a Justlce ot peace and an 1llsD6LtO1 of hlgllXX1US and hls ehlldren attel hlm welc plonllllent 111 the toyy ll iff llls 'llol decal dled ln 1735 It w as NlOltltL ll s son John who c imc neyct ln lllle of the ln dustllous IlIlL0lllN lohn Illllllttl l yy lfl0XX Nils Rebecca NIor 115 and llyed ln P6I1llNXlXcl.llld whele he bought land Ill Berks County and Lancastel County He was a yely DIONDCIOUS busl ness man ln the tl'll1Xlllg' colony but the glelt spll It whlch had ' 23 V 7 v 1 vl .1 v 4 1' ' . K ' y l 1 ' 1 v w 1 v .1 ' ' 1 .1 11 11 l . ! I ' 7 ' a v 1 1 l 1 v 1 . O .1 I v 1 ' 1 11 1 'L11 ' , 1 1 ' .Z 51 1 'K1 1 L1 ' ' 1 ,1 1 1 1 1 - A - '11 ' 11 1 1 , 1 1 ' x ' 1,1 1 1 , , 1' X1 1 , ' 1 1k 2 1 1 ' 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 ! ' x ! ' ' 1 11 ' 1 '1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . . I . 1 1 , ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 r C J an 1 . 1 1 , A ' , ' X - . I 1. ' 1 1 0 1 . 1 l 2 ' 1 - ! ' 1 . , ' Q v A 1 v 'v' 1 1 L .. . I v 1 ' ' ' od ' I 1 I 11 V A 7 V1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 1 ' 1' 1 - 1 1 1 . ol . I 1' 4 1 - if l I LY. .L1 1 1 v 1 1 kv ' . v N Y 1 1 1 . . v . V 7 4 l , , . e . . clld not llke Neyy' Jersey' on account of lts slow' progress and poor 1 . 1 ' v1 1 ' v- 1 D 1 ' , . 1 1 I - 1 1. 1 I 1' v. 1' v ' ' 4 - . .1 1 I v ' 1 v 1 1 11 1 ' , 1 ' . , , U. . . vs y 'N 0 1 1 ' v 1 v 1 1 Y 1 vr 1 . 2 ' ' ' . ' v . 'L1 1 . L 1 . ' 1 'K1 ' ' L1 111 A1 1x1 1 ' '1 1' 1 11 1 ,11 1 .1 1 ' 1 . ' 1 1 , . , 1 -1 , ' '1 1 '1 1 - 1 L 1 .1 1 1 1 ,al ' i, ' 1 1 v 1 1 r 11 r 1 . y .. . I ' 1 . 1 v I A l I . 1 A I . 'l '1 1 . 1 l . x . ' . V U I . . h v 2 2. yh.. L v H. 1 1 1 14 lvv 1 ' 11 l ' . Y . A l c 1 , 1 c f '. - s ' 3 l ' . 2 l l ' ', ll .W - ,', , ' 11, ' 1 1 1. '. 1 1 X 1 ' l, .L , v 1 1 .1 1 ,1 1 V - 1 . 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 '- i, ' 1. 1. 1 v 1 1 1 'u' v . . L , c 1

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THE STUDENT S PEN The first LlIlC0lIl who a1r1x ed 111 Ame11ca was Samuel Samuel had had a HHIIOVS but tholough schoolmg 1n Hmgham, England had learned to be a xx eax G1 as lt was the natural tlade fo1 a young man Ill Norfolk Countx at that t1me and had been apprentmed to PIHHLIS Lawes 111 NlOlNX1Cli Lawes declded to come to Ame11ca and to take Samuel w1th h1m thu set sall and landed 1n Salem Amcrlca IH 1631 B9lO1L manx weeks went by Samuel xxent to H1ngh 1m Massachusetts and la11ded at Bare Coxe whe1e he met m 1nx ot h1s old fl1Ql1ClS amo11g h1s frlends w e1e h1s txxo lJ1Oth61S, 'l homas a11d Damel and h1s LOUSIII N1ch olas Jacob Samuels two b1othe1s and COUSIH had llxed 1n Massachusetts almost four xcals and xx exe al1 eadx hOUS9l'10lClQ1S ind landholders 1n New Hmgham Thex had left England so as to ea1n a bettel llxlllg and emox f1Q6Cl0II'l on thc flee so1l of Ame11ca Whlle Samucl l1x cd 111 New Hlngham h1s two deal cst lI'16I'lClS a111xed flom Ifngland thex werc Robert Peck a mln lSt6l who IS supposed to haxc baptlfed h1m and to haxe brought h1m up 1n a st11ct Pu11tan wax and Dan1el Cushlng who was nearly h1s own age and w 1th xx hom he had enjox ed manv games Samuel could not ind w 01k 1n Amerlca because weavmg had be come a woman s work but nexeltheless he began to prosper w hen h1s b1other Damel a bachelol d1ed and left every thlng he had to h1m W1th thls prope1tx he was able to bug. a five acre tl act ot land bu1ld a house and l1xe happ1lx Wlth h1s wlfe Mar tha 'Ihex had elex en 1h1ld1en th1 ee of w hom d1ed when xoung Samuel took palt Ill the tl1SLLlSSl0HS whlch a1ose concermng the d1fferent D1OlJlLITlN of the commumtx such as the problem of a s1te fO1 the new ChLllCl'l and othel town affa1rs He d1ed 111 1690 The next L1IlL0lIl xxe axe concel ned w 1th 15 Samuels thlrd son MO1tl6Cd1 lVl01tl6L ll had 1ece1x ed a falr 6ClLlC3.tl0H IH Hlng ham at that t1mc Ch1ltll GH w e1c not onlx taught the thlee R s but also a l1ttle Lat1n md G1 eek M0lCl6Ldl attended church as well LS school and hstened to thc two hou1 sermon because hc w as lesponslblc lOl the contcnts of the scrmons at home as w ell as at school Hc gl exx up to be a stlong huskx dlltl an cnerget1c box lVl0ltltLd1 chose lJldCkNYlllll'llY'lg f0l h1s txade and went to practlce It 1Il Hull xx hc1e hc met Sa1ah Jo11es w ho late1 became h1s w 1fe Sa1ah and lVlOI'tl6LEll had txxo Lllllfllell WIO1Cl9C3.l and Abraham Moxdecal bought a place ot h1s own IH Cohasset w hlch was Just bigllllllllg' to dex elop and thele he became xerx 1 1 Z2 1 1 f1'7 - U1 1 1 y as v 4 1l . . ' 1 1 1, v 9 ' v 1 Q 1 1 1 7 ' , 1 ' 1 1 . , . . . . '1 1 1 7 . ' . , . . . 1 , , . . ,, 1 1 1 ' ' 1' , '11 ' ff' ' ., 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 . a 11: 1 1 1 c ,1 11 1 1, 1 Q l v ' .1 Q. 111 .1 ' c M 1 1, 1 v fu . 1 1 ov X 111 I . I .1 a W. ' 1 1 , 1 1 , ' 1 71 1 1 1, 1' '1 ' . 1 1 1 , 1, , , 1 1. . . . . 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1' 1 K l 1. L 1 I K 1- Y ' . I V 1 c 1 1 . N 1 - 1 . 'Y' 1 ' . 1 , 1 ' C1 ' N1 1 '-J ' 1 ' '1 113 . 1 , 1 1. . 1 . 1 1.1 1 1 . . . , , ' 4 1 1 1 ' '1 1 '1 1 1 , 1 1, 1 'f ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 . . l 1 4.1 1. vu ' r I I 1 D 1 1 L, 1 1 .1 1 1 1. v l v 1 L 1 1 c 1 A ' 'ol an 1 1 . A - , 4 v ,w 1 r 1 4 11 - 1 vw 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' y ' - 1 1 ' ' '1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 . A ' Q . . I . . ' I .v . V . .v Y. - 1 K7 1 W , . 1 . ' 1 1 1 ' 7 1 ' 1 1 1 - if ' I 1 ' '11 11- 1 r .5 4 1 1 i L . 1 1 11 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -,1 1 1. 1 v 1 14 1 1 1 I 1 l ' 1 , 1. . ' 1 ' 1 I 1 1 1 1' .w I ,1 . . 1 1 1 1' 1 11' 1 1 1 'y 1' 1 ' ' ' - 1 , . 1 c ., ' 1 . 1 14 1 1 7, 1 1 1 1 1 . I D I ' ' nr. a a 1 1 c . 1 1 1 1 1. 1 '11, A 1- 1 1 .f 1 11 1 1 . , 1 1 1.1 1 1 1 A 1 , . , . 1, .1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 11 1. 1 - v 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1, 1 1 1 ,.1' 1 1 11 1 ' ' 1 '1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ', ' ' - A- , 1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ,' 1. 1 1 ' . . . 1 1 ' . 1 , 1 1 4 . I1 ' . v . 1 . - , 1 ' 1 1 ' 3 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , ' '

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24 THE STUDENT S PEN 8X1St6d m hls folebeals noxx ulged h1m to moxe on that adven tulous bplrlf xxould not let the Lmcolns remam ID one place John vxent to the Shenandoah Vallex and there bought acres of land ln Rockmffham Countx He blought up h1s nme ch1ld1en thele and ho spent most of l11S plopeltx IH educatmg them John Lmcoln d1ed m 1488 P1 esldent Lmcoln s 01andfathe1 xxas Abraham Lmcoln who vxas bo1n m Bell s Countx Pennsxlxanla It IS belleved that Ab1 aham vxas ma111ed txxlce be ause a No1th Cal olma glrl Mary Shlpley IS P19S1Cl61lt LIHCOIHS g1211tlIYl0th61 and lt IS certaln that he had also ITl3111QCl a xx oman bx the name of Bathsheba Helrmg The 1eco1ds sax that he xxas poor and that Bathsheba Heumg had been Cl1'w1Ilh911f6d fo1 mauxmg h1m but other 19C01dS 1epo1t that Ablaham mheuted some of h1s fathers plopertx Ab1aham xxas made captam of the Countx mllltla he also selxcd as a Judge adxoc ite of the court and thls fact shovxs that he vxas a xx ell educated and 1 xxell lespected man Although he had plopeltx 1n Pennsxlx ama he xx ent to Kentucky because he llke h1s folefathels had a xestless spxrxt and VS1ShEd to trax el much Here Ab1aham xxas kxlled by the Indians Whlle he was xx orkmg on h1s fa1m he left tlxe chlldren He was buued IH the grax ex ard of the Long Run Raptlst Church m Jefferson Countx Kentuckx Of Abraham s Hxe Qh1ld1en 'lhomas vxas destmed to be the t1ax el xxe It to Wautauga Vallev of Tennessee and llved there vxlth h1s uncle tol 1 xx h1le Dulmg h1s stax there he met Nancy Hanks xx ho soon aftel bec ime hls xx1fe He then returned to Kentuckx anl thele bought mxnx aues of land Thomas lxke h1s ancestoxs d1d xot xxlsh to bc 1 xack ot all tlades thelefore he chose calpc te111 g fo1 h1s buslness P1es1drnt Lxnoln s mothel Nxncx Hanks came from a famllx xx hxch xx as not so xxcll knoxxn Hoxxex QI all the 1ECOI'ClS that haxe buy tound shoxx that thex xxere fine and respectable people xx ho lxke the Lmcolns f1dX eled flom place to place Thus Presldcnt Alnaham I1HCOllW son of Thomas Lmcoln and Banu H ink xxlth all the leatest ch ll21CALGllQtlCQ of all h1s forebeals combxnul 1n hlflnl xx as lble to become one of the most famous and most honoxw 'ncn ot the xx o1ld Hxs ancestols xx ere not great dxstmguxshcd people but thex xxele such people as Y K . .L , . 7 3 - Q w a Q v f I n' 1 C . ' . ,K K. L. . , . U, I . . . ,. -. 1' , Y ' . 5, x 1 vf ' ' C' , . .ik . lx, . ' . 7 . 1 1' V -' pf - . ' ' . c . , Y ' 7 . ' , 1 . 1 . v v 1 ,.' 1 ' ,' .' . . . v' ' 1 1 w 1 I 4 - Q. w ' , L ' ., Y K. . v, L. . . .2 , . 5 4 1 v . v v 7 ' 7 1, 1, Y ' V ' Y 13 - 1 f 1 x 1 ' ' v' 7 ' 4 'a ev! VV' 5,1 7 . - 1 X v l Y 1 wh , N v v noted Plesulent s father Thomas, xxhen he xxas old enough to ' 1 , 'r f' ff u .. v. I y , I 1 4 v ' 1. l w v v A L 1 L L , I v v 4 ' N .0 -w v. L ,C L - 4 L . C 2 lv , .. Q , '. ' 1 - 2 f - '- - ' ., - e I . 4 ,1 1 -Y v A 2 . . , l z U ' v . ' . . x - Y . , v v v . . - r - ,A 7 ' Lx v f v v L1 . 1 - . Y l , 1 sg v 1 , 7 'Y ' ' 'V' 2 HS, 'l ' - , ' 2 ' ' u . .. .S . ' 3 ' ' Q ' Lx 2 7, 1 s x - 5 1 3 ' v . ' - y