ndid growth of those stately trees—was a picturesque and extensive site about a mile and a half from Woodville, in Wilkinson County, Miss.
There most of the younger family were reared, the daughters were married and some of their children reared by their venerable grandmother, Mrs. Jane Cook Davis.
Of these was Ellen Mary, who never changed her name, and her early orphaned child and namesake, Mrs. Anderson, to-day recalls the delight of her life at the Poplars.
It was with this sister, Polly, that the 5-year-old Jefferson first went to school, at a loghouse half a mile away.
Two years later, when not 7 years old (in 1815) he was sent on a ride through virgin forests of nearly 900 miles, to attend the St. Thomas Academy at Washington County, Ky. In three years more he was at Jefferson College, Adams County, Miss., and in 1821, when but 13 years old, was sent to Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky. He was an earnest and intelligent pupil, but gave little promise of the brilliance
urn, April, 1754Feb. 26, 1755
Phoebe (wife)
Nathaniel
Servant, no surname.
Peirce, Ebenezer
Aged father (?) of Benjamin, Page 62.Scituate, April, 1757Feb. 8, 1758
Peirce, HepzibahLexington, Aug, 19, 1755Servant of Joseph Skinner.
Penhallow, RichardWoburn, July 2, 1765Aug. 21, 1765Tenant of Col. Royall.
Milicent (wife)
Hannah (2 yrs)
Perkins, JudithMaiden, Dec. 20, 1760In family of Wm. Tufts, 3d.
Person,
Aged father (?) of Benjamin, Page 62. JamesOf Medford.From Andover, July, 1760
Phillips, MaryCharlestown, Apr. 1, 1754Age 15.
In family of John Bishop.
Pierson, JamesNewbury, July 1, 1771.In house of Ebenr Hall, Jr.
Bethshua (wife)
Bethshua (child'n)
Susannah (child'n)
Rebeckah (child'n)
Louis (child'n)
Pinkham, BallardAug. 31, 1797
Polly, JohnNov. 6, 1753
wife and family
Pool, Zachariah, Jr.Tenant of Col. Royall before July, 1765.
Porter, RufusAug. 31, 1797
Potamia, Titus, and familyDec.
d. in Malden, Sept. 30, 1775.
John; b. in Braintree, Dec. 28, 1751; d. in Malden, Aug. 9, 1798.
Jabez; b. in Braintree, Sept. 20, 1753; d. in So. Carolina, Jan. 1796.
Phebe; b. in Braintree, March 4, 1756; d. in Malden, Sept. I, 1844.
Polly; b. in Braintree, April 17, 1758; d. in Malden, July 12, 1762.
Samuel; b. in Chibacco, Sept. 3, 1760; d. in So. Carolina.
Polly; b. in Malden, Sept. 27, 1762; d. Jan. 19, 1838, in Salem.
Joseph; b. in Malden, Sept. 3, 1764; d. June 19, 1Polly; b. in Malden, Sept. 27, 1762; d. Jan. 19, 1838, in Salem.
Joseph; b. in Malden, Sept. 3, 1764; d. June 19, 1822, in St. Stephens, N. B.
Benjamin; b. in Malden, March 16, 1767; d. in So. Carolina.
Jonathan Porter;2 m. at Andover, Mass., Nov. 6, 1790, Phebe Abbot.
She was born in Andover, Jan. 25, 1766; d. in Medford, Oct. 10, 1852. Children.
Jonathan; b. in Medford, Nov. 13, 791; d. in Medford, June 11, 1859.
Henry; b. in Medford, Nov. 9, 1793; d. in Medford, April 17, 1869.
Sarah; b. in Medford, June 7, 1795; d. Aug. 5, 1815, in Andover.
Charlotte; b. in Medford, Aug. 21, 1797; m.
harles, September 8, 1767.
William, September 30, 1769.
Judith, August 31, 1771.
Abigail, September 28, 1773.
Polly, November 22, 1775.
The date of his coming here was probably between 1777 and 1780.
We cannot determine it from any tpears as non-resident tax payer in Medford for eighteen acres of woodlot.
Three children were born in the new home.
Polly, April 25, 1780, in family Bible name is given as Mary.
Edward, July 17, 1782.
Henry, May 29, 1785; died October 3,th, October 30, 1776, at Newburyport, aged five years, two months; Abigail, May 28, 1777, aged three years, eight months; Polly, October 30, 1777, aged one year, eleven months.
Mary, born at Malden, lived for some time with her brother William in died in Newburyport, August 22, 1852.
In the will of 1800, the children mentioned are Anna Symonds, Charles, William, Polly, and Edward Bradbury.
The deed of the farm in 1819 was signed by the three sons and their wives, by Anna Symonds and her
