Transcribed by Elaine Merrell and taken from Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester, County Massachusetts, by Ellery Bicknell Crane, published 1907 by the Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. # III, pages 43-44

LASELL FAMILY. John Lasell (1), the immigrant ancestor of the Lasell family of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, when a young man. He was a French Huguenot, but his birthplace and date of birth are unknown. We are told that the name was originally La Hassell, corrupted to Lazell, Lassell, and Lasalle. His name appears first in this country on the public records of Hingham, when he married, November 29, 1647, Elizabeth Gates, daughter of Stephen and Ann Gates, who came to Hingham with their children in 1638. Stephen Gates removed to Cambridge about 1652 and spent a few years at Lancaster; he made his will April i8. 1682; it was proved April 8, 1683, and he made a bequest to his daughter Elizabeth Lazelle and other children. Stephen Gates is the ancestor of the old Worcester county families of this surname. Elizabeth was born in England, and died at Hingham, August 3, 1704. John Lasell was a prominent citizen of Hingham and was often elected to positions of trust and honor by his townsmen. He was admitted a freeman, which is evidence that he already belonged to the Puritan Church, in 1678. He was constable of Hingham in 1677. His home in Hingham was at the Centre "over the river." He died at Hingham, October 21, 1700. His will was dated September 2, 1695, and proved January 16, 1700-01. It mentions his four sons living, Thomas, Stephen, John and Israel, besides his grandson Joshua, son of Joshua, deceased. and the children of Isaac and Abigail, their fathers Joshua and Isaac being dead; also his daughters: Hannah Turner, Mary Burr and Sarah Ripley. Children of John and Elizabeth Lasell, born in Hingham, Massachusetts, were: John, baptized September 8, 1650, see forward. Thomas, born September 15, 1652, married, April 26, 1685, Mary Allen, of Duxbury, probably daughter of Bouzoun Allen, of Hingham; settled in Windham, Connecticut. in what is now the town of Scotland in 1704. Joshua, born November 17, 1654: died 1689. Stephen, born October 6, 1656, settled in Hingham. Elizabeth, born February 28, 1657-58, died April 7, 1676. Isaac, born July so, 1660, settled at Hingham. Hannah, born August 31. 1662, married ________Turner. Mary, born September 2, 1664, married, August, 1690, Simon Burr, Jr. Sarah. born November 29, 1666, married, April 57, 1693, Peter Ripley. John, Jr., born April 25, 1669, settled in Hingham. Israel, born September 25, 1671.
(II) John Lasell, son of John Lasell (I), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, April 25, 1660. He married, March 26, 1696, Deborah Lincoln, daughter of Joshua and' Deborah (Hobart) Lincoln. She was born at Hingham, August 31, 1674. He removed to Windham, Connecticut, as early as September 9, 1741, when he deeded land in Hingham, Massachusetts, that had been granted to his father and handed down to him, (Suffolk Deeds, lxvii-page 88). He located near his brother, Thomas Lasell, who had been there some forty years, and his sons became settlers at Windham, in Scotland parish. John Lasell and his wife are both buried in the old cemetery at Scotland, and both graves are marked by headstones. John Lasell was a constable in Hingham in 1712 and a selectman in 1717. His children, born in Hingham, were: John, Jr., born 1686-87, died February 10, following; John, Jr., born October 13, 1698; Joshua, born December 29, 1703, see forward.
(III) Joshua Lasell, son of John Lasell (2), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, December 29, 1703. He was a joiner or carpenter by trade. He lived in Hingham until about 1740, when he and his father removed to Windham, Connecticut. He married, August 1, 1728, Martha Harris. Their home in Windham was in what is now Scotland, Connecticut. Children of Joshua and Martha Lasell: Joshua, born December 21, 1729; a Joshua married Hannah Bingham. who was born April 26, 1738, daughter of Lemuel Bingham, and granddaughter of Captain Samuel Bingham, of Scotland parish, whose father was the immigrant, Thomas Bingham. Josiah, born February 10, 1732-33, died May 15, 1736. Mary, born April 5, 1737. Sarah, born January 12, 1738-39. Josiah, born May 5, 1741, see forward.
(IV) Josiah Lasell, son of Joshua Lasell (3), was born in Scotland parish, Windham, Connecticut, May 5, 1741, or just before the family removed from Hingham. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain John Kingsley's company of Windham men, who responded to the Lexington alarm in April, 1775. He married Lydia Bingham, born December 10, 1745, at Scotland, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Tilly or Filly) ) Bingham, granddaughter of Deacon Nathaniel Bingham, who was born October 3, 1681, in Windham. Deacon Thomas Bingham, father of Deacon Nathaniel, was the pioneer ancestor; was baptized June 5, 1642, at Sheffield. England, died January 6, 1729-30, aged eighty-eight years; settled first at, Norwich, then at Windham. He married Mary Rudd, December 12, 1666. Nathaniel Bingham settled in Scotland on a farm given to him by his father. He and Joshua Lasell were charter members of the Scotland Church; Nathaniel Bingham was one of the first deacons ; married, July 25, 1705, Sarah Lobdell. Children of Josiah and Lydia Lasell: Mary, born June 15, 1769; Josiah, born April 21, 1771, died December 22, 1771 (gravestone) : Josiah, born September 28, 1772 Enoch, born December 20, 1774; John, born February 24. 1777; Lydia, born May 10, 1779; James, born August 22, 1781, died January 25, 1785 (gravestone) ; Chester, born February 23, 1784, see forward; James, born October 10, 1786; Lucy, born August 11, 1791.
(V) Chester Lasell, son of Josiah Lasell (4), was born in Scotland parish, Connecticut, February 23, 1784, died in Schoharie, New York, October 30, 1864. He was one of the early settlers in Schoharie, when a young man. He married, February is, 1806, Nancy Manning, daughter of Nathaniel Manning
(VII), whose line of descent is: Hezekiah (VI), Samuel (V), Samuel (IV), Samuel (III), William (II), William (I) Manning. Nancy Manning was also descended directly from Governor Bradford
Governor William Bradford, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere in this work, was born in Yorkshire, England, March, 1588. died May 9, 1657 married, August 4, 1623, Alice (Carpenter) Southworth who was born 1590 and died March 26, 1670. William Bradford son of Governor Bradford, was born June 17, 1624 died February 20, 1703; married Alice Richards, born June 17. 1624, died December 12, 1671. He was deputy governor. Hannah Bradford, daughter of William Bradford, Jr. was born May 9, 1662, died May 28. 1738: married, November 28, 1682, Joshua Ripley, born November 9, 1658. died May 8, 1739. Irena Ripley, born August 28, 1700, one of thirteen children of Joshua Ripley, married, April 20, 1719, Samuel Manning, born at Billerica, January 14, 1690, but was chiefly reared at Cambridge. Massa- chusetts, removing as early as 1716 to Windham, Connecticut, doubtless on the farm his father bought there in 1714. He was admitted an inhabitant September 24, 1716, was assessor 1720 to 1726, highway surveyor in 1722. Samuel died June 3, 1727; Irene, his wife, January 20. 1726-27. Irene was also grand- daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hobart) Ripley. and great-granddaughter of William Ripley. who emigrated from England in 1638 to Hingham. Massachusetts ; admitted freeman there 1642, and died July 20, 1656. Joshua Ripley was the first town clerk and treasurer of Windham. Elizabeth Hobart was daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, first minister of Hingham. Hezekiah Manning, son of Samuel and Irena (Ripley) Manning, was born August 8, 1721, died April 20, 1802; married, September 22. 1745, Mary Webb, born 1725, died December 20. 1785. He was a tithingman in Windham, 1745-46, assessor, 1754- 55, grand juror 1747-53, constable and collector 1758, first constable and collector of the colony tax 1759 to 1766, highway surveyor, deputy to the general court, 1764 to 1767, elected six times, and held many other minor offices. Nathaniel Manning, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Webb) Manning, was baptized March 16, 1760, at Windham. He was a soldier in the revolution. April 24, 1777, to November 5, 1777, in Captain Nathaniel Wales' company, Colonel Jonathan Latimer's regiment, which was at the battle of Saratoga, assigned to General Poor's brigade, General Benedict Arnold's division, and was highly complimented by General Gates. In 1778, under Captain Jonathan Rudd and Colonel Samuel Chapman, the regiment served under General Sullivan at Newport and was at the battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778. He inherited his father's farm, was selectman 1799 to 1801,, deputy to the general assembly, 1806-07-09. He died March 9, 1814. He married. September 3, 1783, Matilda Morgan, born October 6, 1764, daughter of Samuel (5) and Bethia (Parrish) Morgan, granddaughter of Samuel (4) and Elizabeth (Forsyth) Morgan, great-granddaughter of James (3) and Bridget Morgan. James Morgan (3) was the son of John (2) and Rachel (Dymond) Morgan, and grandson of James (I) and Margery (Hill) Morgan, the immigrants, who came from Wales to Boston, 1636. James Morgan was admitted a freeman in 1643. He removed to Roxbury in 1640 and later to Connecticut. Nancy Manning, daughter of Nathaniel and Matilda (Morgan) Manning, was born April 23, 1786, as already stated. She died at Schoharie, New York, December 13, 1872. Children of Chester and Nancy (Manning) Lasell : Lucia. born June 15, 1807, married Lyman Knowles: Edward, January 21, 1809, see forward; Matilda, September 23, 1810; Nancy, May 16, 1812; Timothy, February 14, 1814; Nathaniel, February 4, 1816; Chester, March 3, 1818; Samuel M.. August 10, 1820, died December 6, 1851 ; Claudius B., February 20, 1822; Lydia, November 9, 1823, married Professor George W. Briggs ; Josiah, August 6, 1825, see forward; James, April 25, 1827: Mary, August 21, 1829; Charles C., October 3, 1832.
(VI) Professor Edward Lasell, son of Chester Lasell (5). was born at Scholiarie. New York. January 21, 1859. He was educated in the public schools. and at Williams College. in which he became an instructor and later professor of chemistry. Professor Lasell married, November 1, 1833, Ruth Whitman. born January 10, 1815 daughter of Dr. Timothy and Laura (Seymour) Whitman. Dr. Whitman and his brother. John P. Whitman. were merchants in partnership in Williamstown, Massachusetts. descendants of John Whitman. of Weymouth, the immigrant ancestor.

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