Eleazer Daniels, born March 9, 1681, who had two sons, Joseph and David Daniels. Children of Joseph Daniels by his second wife, Rachel Sheffield: Jeremiah Daniels, born 1684, married, 1713, to Hannah Partridge; Rachel Daniels, born 1686; Zachariah, born 1687, died soon after.

(III) Samuel Daniels, son of Joseph and Maria (Fairbanks) Daniels, was, so far as we can ascertain, the grandfather of Samuel Daniels, who was the grandfather of Henry Clay Daniels, married Hepzebah Munroe, of Lexington, Massachusetts, and lived in Keene, New Hampshire. She was a sister of Thaddeus Munroe, of Lexington, Massachusetts, a soldier in the war of 1812, and received a land warrant from congress, signed by James Madison, president of the United States, for land in Arkansas, and was the father of John Porter Daniels, of Keene, New Hampshire.

(IV) John Porter Daniels, son of Samuel and Hepzebah (Munroe) Daniels, was born in Keene, New Hampshire, April, 1806, and married Eleanor Sophia, daughter of William and Anna (Cutter) Whittemore, and granddaughter of Samuel Cutter. Eleanor Sophia Whittemore was a descendant from Thomas Whittemore, of Hertfordshire, England, who settled at Mystic Side, Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, before 1640, and whose home lot was included in the town of Malden, and when the town of Everett was set off, became a part of that town, being in possession of the family for over two hundred years. He was a blacksmith, wheelwright and machinist in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died at the age of forty-five years.

(V) Henry Clay Daniels, son of John Porter and Eleanor Sophia (Whittemore) Daniels, was born in West Cambridge (Arlington) Massachusetts, May 26, 1842. He was educated in the public schools of Newton, to which city he removed on the death of his father, and he became a real estate dealer, merchant and boarding stable keeper in Newton. He was a Republican in political faith, and a member of the Channing Unitarian Church, and interested in the charitable work as carried on by that society. He served the city of Newton as an overseer of the poor and as assessor, and was also a member of the state militia. He was elected to membership in the Middlesex Club of Boston, and of the Hunnewell Club of Newton. He was married January 21, 1873. to Ada Eudora, daughter of Captain Richard and Eliza Ann (Holmes) Hopkins, of Belfast, Maine, the ceremony taking place at the home of her uncle, Will

iam M. Hopkins, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her ancestors on the paternal side were Pilgrims, one being a "Mayflower passenger,"

and on the maternal side were soldiers in the American Revolution. The children of Henry Clay and Ada Eudora (Hopkins) Daniels were: 1. Ada Eudora, born in Boston, Massachusetts, October 21, 1873; was a pupil in the public and high schools of Newton, Massachusetts, and became a teacher on special lines connected with household economics in Boston; Framingham; the State Normal School; Mary Hitchcock Hospital, connected with Dartmouth College; and in 1907 was instructor in household economics in the public schools, Hartford, Connecticut. 2. Amy Louise Daniels, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, July 26, 1875; was a pupil in the grammar and high schools, of Newton, Massachusetts, graduated at the Teachers' Institute, connected with Columbia College, New York City, and engaged in teaching household economics in Springfield, Massachusetts, after she had been instructor on similar lines in the Manual Training School in Denver, Colorado, and the University of Chicago. 3. George Henry Daniels, born in Newton, Massachusetts. March 9, 1880; educated in the grammar and high schools of Newton, and became an officer in the state militia. 4. Harold Clay Daniels, born in Newton, Massachusetts, March 14, 1882; was a pupil in the public schools of Newton, and graduated at the high school in 1902; became an officer in state militia. 5. Milton Whittemore Daniels, born in Newton, Massachusetts, March 3, 1894, died November 7, 1905.

The Rev. John Ferguson, FERGUSON clergyman, of Tamworth, Ontario, Canada, married Catherine Matilda Pomeroy, and had children:

Franklin L. D. Ferguson, born in Tamworth, June 21, 1861; educated in the schools of Athens, Iriquois, Ontario, and at Albert University, Bellville, Ontario. He took a course in divinity at Yale University, and graduated B. D., 1888. He was pastor of First Congregational Church, Milford, Massachusetts, 1888-90; removed to Chadron, Nebraska, where he was principal of the Academy, 189093; returning east, he was secretary to the Congregational Educational Society, 1893-98, and on January 1, 1898, removed to Claremont, California, to take the presidency of Pomona College. While in Milford, Connecticut, he prepared a "History of the First Church of

Christ, Milford, Connecticut," published in 1890.

2. John Calvin Ferguson, born March 1, 1866, prepared for college in the schools of Ontario, and was graduated at Boston University, A. B. 1886. He made a special study of pedagogy, and taught in Macedon Centre, New York, 1886-87. He accepted the position of president of Nanking University from the Congregational Educational Society in 1888, and journeyed thither accompanied by his wife, and took up the work of educating Chinese youth converted to the Christian faith. He remained at the head of the Nanking University for nine years, when he transferred his services to the Nanyang College, Shanghai, China, which educational institution flourished to such an extraordinary degree under his administration as to attract the attention of the Chinese government to his great executive ability, and in 1901 he was sent by that government to Europe and to the United States to investigate the matter of advantage to young men to be found in commercial schools as conducted in America and Europe. While in Boston the Boston University gave him the degree of Ph. D. in 1902, and on his return to China he was made secretary of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and in 1903 chief secretary of the Imperial Chinese Railway Administration. As early as 1898 he became foreign adviser to the Viceroy of Nanking, and in 1900 foreign adviser to Viceroy Wuehang, which exalted positions he still holds. He was made a member of the Chinese Commission for the revision of treaties with the United States, and also with Japan, serving on that commission in 1902 and 1903. In 1904 he was again sent to the United States on a special mission from the Chinese government, and while at home he purchased a fine estate at Newton, Middlesex county, for his home, after he retired from the cares of state in connection with the Chinese government. He returned to China in December, 1907, to report on his mission, expecting to return in 1908 and make his permanent home in Newton, while still keeping in touch with the affairs of state in China. He was decorated with the third class button by the Chinese government, and at the hands of the Emperor was decorated with the order of Double Dragon, second grade, third class. His services in behalf of the unity of the nations of the earth was recognized by the French government, which made him a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneuer, and the Emperor of Japan for similar reason decorated him with the order of Sacred Treasurer, fourth class. Be

sides membership in the leading learned societies of America, he was made honorary secretary of the Chinese branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. As an educator he translated into the Chinese, "Steele's Chemistry," "Regulations Governing the Militia of the State of New York," and Frobel's "Education of Man," which first appeared in 1826, and had already been translated into the language of the more progressive nations of the world, and its principles adopted by the schools of all enlightened peoples. He was married, at Macedon Centre, New York, in 1887, to Mary E. Wilson.

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William Macomber, imMACOMBER migrant ancestor, was born in Dorchester, England, 1610. His brother, John Macomber, settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, was a carpenter by trade, with a son John, and perhaps others. William was a cooper. settled in 1638 at Plymouth, and in company with Henry Madeley, of Dorchester, a carpenter, he received permission to dwell at Plymouth, April 2d that year. He removed to Duxbury, where he was on the list of men able to bear arms, 1643, and subsequently removed to Marshfield. He died 1670, and the inventory of his property is dated May 27, same year. His wife Priscilla survived him. Their children: 1. Edith, married, November, 1664. John Lincoln. 2. William, resided at Dartmouth. 3. Sarah, married, November 6, 1666, William Briggs. 4. Mathew, born February 3, 1649, died at Taunton, aged about twenty-five years; will dated December 9, 1675, bequeathing to mother and brothers John, Thomas and William. 5. Thomas, see forward. 6. John. 7. Hannah, married, October, 1672, Joseph Randall, of Scituate.

(II) Thomas Macomber, son of William Macomber (1), was born in Marshfield, about 1650. Married there. January 2, 1676, Sarah, daughter of Francis and Mary (Gaunt) Crocker. They settled at Marshfield, and their children were born there: I. Sarah, born November 26, 1681. 2. Thomas.

(III) Deacon Thomas Macomber, son of Thomas Macomber (2), was born at Marshfield, July 2, 1684, and died October 5, 1771. He married, June 14, 1709, Joanna Tinkham, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Burroughs) Tinkham, granddaughter of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Tinkham; she died April 29, 1766. Elizabeth Burroughs was daughter of Jeremiah Tinkham, and Mary Brown was daugh