Thomas Brigden [Parents] ¹. Thomas married Mildred Carthrick.

Mildred Carthrick [Parents] ¹ died ¹ in Jul 1726. Mildred married Thomas Brigden.

Of Ipswitch. Mildred Carthrick, daughter of Michael Carthrick, of Ipswich, who embarked at London, 1635, in the "Elizabeth & Ann," with wife Sarah and daughter Mildred, age 2. Mildred died July, 1726.

Thomas Waffe [Parents] ¹. Thomas married Alice.

Thomas worked ¹ as Sea-captain.

Alice ¹. Alice married Thomas Waffe.

Thomas Brigden ¹. Thomas married Thomasine.

THOMAS BRIGDEN came from Faversham, County Kent, England, in the "Hercules," embarking at Sandwich, with wife Thomasine and two children. He was an inhabitant 1634. His son Thomas married Mildred Carthrick, daughter of Michael Carthrick, of Ipswich, who embarked at London, 1635, in the "Elizabeth & Ann," with wife Sarah and daughter Mildred, age 2. Mildred died July, 1726. Their son, Nathaniel Brigden, baptized December 30, 1666, married Elizabeth Waffe (Whaff), daughter of Thomas Waffe, a sea-captain, and his wife Alice, and grand-daughter of Thomas and Katherine Waffe. Their daughter Elizabeth Brigden, born April 23, 1690, married 17 10, Ebenezer Rand.

Thomasine ¹. Thomasine married Thomas Brigden.

Michael Carthrick. Michael married Sarah.

Sarah ¹. Sarah married Michael Carthrick.

Thomas Waffe ¹. Thomas married Katherine ¹.

Katherine ¹. Katherine married Thomas Waffe ¹.

Sergeant Nathaniel Rand [Parents] was christened ¹ on 3 Nov 1636 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He died ¹ on 17 May 1696. Nathaniel married ¹ Mary Carter on 2 Sep 1664.

Other marriages:

Damon, Abagail

NATHANIEL, son of Robert (1), Charlestown; baptized November 3, 1636; died May 17, 1696; sergeant; freeman, 1668; selectman, 1690; married September 2, 1664, (ist) Mary, daughter of Samual Carter, who died April 13, 1678; married (2d) Abigail Carter, who died October 16, 1695.

Mary Carter died ¹ on 13 Apr 1678. Mary married ¹ Sergeant Nathaniel Rand on 2 Sep 1664.

Robert Rand died ¹ in 1639/1640 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Robert married Alice.

ROBERT RAND, although not the first to come to America, is given the first place in the genealogy because of the larger number of his descendants and the greater completeness of their history.

Although the records of ships arriving in 1635 are not in existence, it is thought that Robert Rand came at that time because his wife, Alice, was admitted to the church in Charlestown, Mass., that year. Their son, Nathaniel, was bom in Charlestown in 1636. In the Town Book of Possessions, dated 1638, mention is made of the property owned by Robert Rand, including one house on west side of Windmill Hill, sixty-six acres and three commons. He died in 1639 or 1640, although the exact date can not be ascertained, owing to the incompleteness of records for both those years. In 1658 widow Alice Rand and her son Thomas, jointly, had a town grant of thirty-four or thirty-five acres of woodlands and nine commons. Alice Rand was a sister of Mary, wife of Capt. Richard Sprague, who was said to be a daughter of Nicholas Sharpe. Both Capt. Richard and his wife left legacies in their wills to various members of the Rand family. Alice Rand died August 5, 1691, at the age of ninety-eight, according to the town record, although her age is given ninety-seven on her gravestone.

Robert and Alice brought several children with them ; just how many will possibly not be known positively until the English records are found. Mr. Thomas B. Wyman, in the "Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown," gives the children as mentioned in Alice Rand's will. Many think, however, that there was another son, Robert, perhaps the oldest. In 1649 there was a Robert Rand living in Lynn, but ten miles from Charlestown, and those who had made the matter a study thought that probably he took his allotted portion upon coming of age, soon after his father's death, and settled in Lynn. This was laid before Mr. Wyman and, as he was particularly interested in the subject, he made a special research in regard to it, with the result that he wrote to a member of the family that he had come to the conclusion that Robert of Lynn was doubtless the son of Robert of Charlestown, and that he would make the correction in his revision of the "Genealogies and Estates", but death overtook him before he had accomplished it. One fact upon which he based his opinion was a deed dated 1709, in which the name of a grandson of Robert of Lynn occurs in connection with descendants of Robert of Charlestown.

Robert Keayne, a merchant of Boston, who died in 1656, left a legacy in his will to Robert Rand of Lynn. He came to America in 1635, and it is suggested that possibly they came in the same ship.

Alice ¹ was born ¹ about 1593. She died ¹ on 5 Aug 1691 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Alice married Robert Rand.

Nathan Babcock [Parents] ¹ was born ¹ on 15 May 1716 in Milton, Massachusetts. He died ¹ on 30 Jan 1777 in Milton, Massachusetts. Nathan married Susanna Tucker.

Susanna Tucker [Parents] was born on 17 Aug 1719 in Milton, Massachusetts. She died ¹ on 7 Aug 1774 in Milton, Massachusetts. Susanna married Nathan Babcock ¹.

Lawrence Benjamin Howell [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ^{3, 4} on 27 Dec 1897 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. He died ⁵ on 21 Apr 1963 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA. He was buried ⁶ on 24 Apr 1963 in Evergreen Cemetery, Morris County, New Jersey, USA. Lawrence married ⁷ Ruth Bradford Brewster on 27 Sep 1922.

Lawrence worked ⁵ as investment broker.

Ruth Bradford Brewster [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 5 May 1897 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA. She died ³ on 9 Jun 1973 in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA. She was buried ⁴ on 12 Jun 1973 in Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA. Ruth married ⁵ Lawrence Benjamin Howell ^{6, 7} on 27 Sep 1922.

Theodore Thatcher Lawshe Jr. [Parents] was born ¹ on 20 Feb 1908 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He died ² on 20 Mar 1987 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Theodore married ³ Gertrude N. Stevenson ⁴ on 23 Jun 1928 in Elkton, Maryland, USA.

Other marriages:

, Kathrine Betts

"Theodore T. Lawshe, Jr., 79, the retired owner of a laboratory instrument company and a deacon of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, died of cancer March 20 at his home in Bethesda.
    
"Mr. Lawshe was born in Newark, N.J. He attended Lehigh University and later worked for an optical company in New Jersey.
    
"In 1948, he moved to the Washington area and went to work for the Kinsman Optical Co. He remained there until 1965, when he founded the Lawshe Instrument Co. in Bethesda. In 1980, he sold the business and retired.
    
"Mr. Lawshe was a member of the Potomac Rose Society.
    
Survivors include his wife, Kathrine Betts Lawshe of Bethesda; three children, Joanne Howell of Basking Ridge, N.J., Gay Spencer of Venice, Fla., and Theodore T. Lawshe III of Cheshire, Conn.; one brother, Thurston V. Lawshe of Middlebury, Conn; two sisters, Harriet Dixon of Boonton, N.J., and Aurela Blake of Venice; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren." [Section: METRO, Page: b4, Column: OBITUARIES, 1987 The Washington Post (DC), Date: March 24, 1987]

Gertrude N. Stevenson [Parents] ¹ was born ² on 23 Mar 1908 in New Jersey. She died ² in Dec 1950. Gertrude married ² Theodore Thatcher Lawshe Jr. on 23 Jun 1928 in Elkton, Maryland, USA.