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May Rymes ancestry[edit]

Olive Anne Pollard[edit]

Shell[edit]

THOMAS POLLARD (1697-1769)[edit]

MARY HARWOOD (born 1709)[edit]

JOSEPH WINN (1698-1781)[edit]

ELIZABETH JOHNSON (1705-1778)[edit]

MOSES INGALLS (1687-1751)[edit]

MARIA HOYT (born 1694)[edit]

ROBERT FLETCHER (1691-1773)[edit]

THOMAS STEVENS (born 1712)[edit]

PRUDENCE MERRILL (1715-liv.1786)[edit]

JONATHAN CLEMENT[edit]

SARAH WATTS (1711-1777)[edit]

JOSIAH EMERSON (1710-1801)[edit]

ABIGAIL MESSER (bp 1713)[edit]

FAMILY SUMMARIES[edit]

(8g) William Pollard[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):213-5

William Pollard, born say 1635, of Coventry, Warwickshire, England, Buried St. Michael, Coventry, England either 1 April 1691 or 6 July 1692, was married c. 1665 to Mary FARMER, bapt. Ansley, Warwickshire 13 Dec 1640, bur. St. Michael's, Coventry 26 Feb 1690/1, the daughter of John Farmer and Isabel Burbage of Ansley. Children, the first two baptized at Ansley and the remainder baptized at St. Michael: [10]

  • Thomas, bapt. 28 Dec 1666, m. his first cousin Sarah FARMER (see below).
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 30 Aug 1668, m. St. Michael, Coventry 5 May 1695 Nathaniel HILL.
  • William, bapt. 28 March 1671, said to have gone to London. If so, he may be the one who with wife Elizabeth had four children bapt. St. Giles Cripplegate, London from 1705 to 1711.
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1673, bur. St. Michael 20 June 1676
  • John, bapt. 9 July 1675, d. 1729, m. c. 1701 Catherine _______. They had children bapt. or bur. at St. Michael's from 1702 to 1722.
  • Nathaniel, bapt. 28 July 1677, m. Coventry 28 Feb 1718/9 poss. Elizabeth HADLEY, and/or had wife Martha with whom he had three children bapt. St. Giles Cripplegate, London from 1712 to 1713.
  • Joseph (twin), bapt St. Michael 13 Dec 1680, living in Rugby, Warwickshire in 1729.
  • Mary (twin), bapt St. Michael 13 Dec 1680, bur. there 28 Dec 1680 [11]
  • James, bapt 11 March 1685[/6?]

(7g) Thomas Pollard Sr.[edit]

Thomas, the son of William Pollard and Mary Farmer of Warwickshire, England, was baptized at Ansley, Warwickshire 28 Dec 1666, d. Billerica, Mass. 4 April 1724, and m. Billerica Nov 1692 his first cousin Sarah FARMER, bapt. Ansley 1 April 1669, d. Billerica, Mass. 3 May 1725, the daughter of Edward Farmer and Mary Moore. Thomas's mother was a sister to Sarah's father. Thomas came to Billerica in 1692 and bought the property belonging to William Hale, located "near the ford." In 1708 he received a grant of 30 acres between the road to the ford and the road turning east from it. He erected a dwelling on the original land; this house was the birthplace of his grandson, Asa Pollard, hero at Bunker Hill. It was destroyed by fire in 1910 and a new dwelling erected in 1913. This place also burned down. This land remained in the possession of the family until 1893 when William Pollard, a descendant, died without heirs, and the property passed outside the family. Thomas Pollard accumulated a substantial estate, as we know by the Middlesex Co. records, "but his chief wealth was his ten stalwart sons and four daughters". He served in the Indian wars (1706) for the relief of Dunstable. He and his wife Sarah were buried in the Old Corner Burial Ground, near the junction of the Boston and Salem roads. Two crudely-inscribed brown stones marked their graves: "T.P. 1724" and "S.P. 1725". I could not locate these markers for them when I visited in 1994, and twice more since then, so assume the stones are gone. Children, b. Billerica: [12]

  • Mary, b. 20 Aug 1693, d. c. 1746, m. c. 1718 Joshua WYMAN, b. Woburn 3 Jan 1692/3, d. 1771, the son of William Wyman and Prudence Putnam. Following Mary's death, Joshua m. (2) Woburn 14 July 1747 Mary Green. A letter of administration in the estate of Joshua Wyman of Woburn was dated 4 March 1771. Joshua had ten children with his first wife, born in Woburn from 1719 to 1739.
  • Edward, b. 4 Nov 1694, d. c. 1743, m. Billerica 21 Oct 1725 Judith HAZELTINE, b. Bradford, Mass. 29 March 1702, daughter of Samuel and Emma Hazeltine. Following Edward's death, Judith married (2) Billerica 15 Nov 1744 Nicholas Sprake (Sprague) Jr., b. 1685, d. Billerica 31 March 1768. Nicholas had married first 1721 Elizabeth Burge (1698-1744). Edward and Judith resided in Billerica and had five children born there from 1726 to 1736.
  • Barbara, b. 6 Dec 1695, m. Billerica 13 Feb 1733/4 Joseph PIERCE. They had one child, Rachel, born in Chelmsford 31 Oct 1735, and then disappear from the Billerica and Chelmsford records.
  • Thomas, b. 16 Feb 1696/7, d. 1769, m. Mary HARWOOD
  • William, b. 3 Aug 1698, d. Bolton, Mass. 28 May 1762, m. Lancaster, Mass. 23 Nov 1726 Experience WHEELER, b. Lancaster 28 March 1708, d. Bolton 18 May 1785, the daughter of daughter of Josiah Wheeler and Martha Prescott, of Concord, Mass. They settled in Lancaster, Mass. where they joined the Church of Christ on 7 April 1728. The part of Lancaster where they lived was later set off as the town of Bolton. The administration of William's estate took place in 1762. William and Experience had twelve children, including two sets of twins, born in Lancaster/Bolton from 1727 to 1751. William and Experience both have grave markers in the Old South Burying Ground in Bolton. [13]
  • John, b. 1 Sep 1699, d. Billerica 11 Nov 1772, and m. (1) Billerica 17 Sep 1728 Mary STEARNS, b. Billerica 26 Jan 1702/3, d. there 18 Aug 1738, the daughter of Isaac Stearns and Mary. John and Mary had six children born 1729 to 1737. John m. (2) Billerica 14 Sep 1741 Alice (WILSON) Stearns, b. Billerica 12 Nov 1703, d. there 24 Nov 1756, the daughter of John Wilson and Elizabeth, and the widow of Isaac Stearns. John had three additional children with Alice, born in Billerica 1742 to 1746. Alice had had eight children with her first husband, born 1724/5 to 1738/9, before he died on 20 Sep 1739. John m. (3) Billerica 26 March 1762 Susanna Baldwin. John and his first two wives all have extant grave markers in the Old Corner Burial Ground in Billerica. [14]
  • Sarah, b. 16 Feb 1700/1, d. 3 March 1700/1
  • Joseph, b. 3 or 10 May 1702, d. New Ipswich, NH 1780, and m. Newbury 26 Feb 1734/5 Hannah HILL, both being called of Litchfield [NH]. There is total confusion as to the name of his wife, because his NH death record calls his wife Abigail Hill(s), still living in 1780. So, the question is, did he have two wives with the same surname? Adding to the confusion is that his brother Oliver married Hannah Hill. He lived in Westford, Mass. and LItchfield and New Ipswich, New Hampshire. An Abigail Hills was born in Billerica 9 April 1714, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah Hills.
  • Oliver, b. 23 July 1703, d. Bedford, Mass. 11 July 1788, and m. Billerica 17 Feb 1735/6 Hannah HILL, b. Billerica 3 Oct 1709, d. Bedford 9 Jun 1752, the daughter of Nathaniel Hill and Hannah Walker of Billerica. The Oliver Pollard who married Mary Hill in 1777 was called Oliver Jr. in the birth record of one of his children, and was a son of the subject. Oliver and Hannah had five known children, born from 1739 to 1752; Hannah died four days after the birth of her last child.
  • Sarah, b. 21 Dec 1704, m. (1) Billerica 9 Feb 1726/7 Richard HALL, b. Bradford, Mass. 24 Feb 1700/1, d. Maine 17 Nov 1745, the son of Richard Hall and Abigail Dalton. Their son John died the same day as Richard, so it appears that they were on some kind of military expedition when they died. Sarah m. (2) Tewksbury, Mass. 26 Oct 1749 Nathaniel CLEMONS. Sarah and Richard had four children with births recorded in Tewksbury from 1727 to 1741.
  • Nathaniel, b. 18 Oct 1706, m. c. 1735 Mary _______, b. say 1715. Nathaniel and Mary had six children born in Billerica from 1736 to 1748, with twins in 1748. An online account says he died in Westford in 1779.
  • James, b. 5 Oct 1708, d. Westford, Mass. 7 March 1781, m. Westford 17 Dec 1734 Abigail CHAMBERLAIN, b. Chelmsford 28 Dec 1707, d. Westford 19 April 1774, the daughter of Samuel Chamberlain and Abigail Hill. James is titled Captain on his grave stone. James and Abigail both have grave markers in the Fairview Cemetery, Westford. [15]
  • Walter, b. 28 Dec 1709, d. Harvard, Mass. 15 Feb 1790, m. Billerica 9 Sep 1735 Dorothy DANFORTH, b. Billerica 27 June 1715, d. Harvard 22 Jun 1791, the daughter of Samuel Danforth and Dorothy Shedd. Walter was a tavern keeper, and was titled Captain on his grave monument. Shortly after his marriage he and his wife moved to Bedford where their eleven children were born from 1737 to 1757. They later moved to Harvard with some of their children. Walter and Dorothy share a tall monument with one of their sons in the Harvard Center Cemetery. [16]
  • Elizabeth, b. 5 March 1712/3
  • Benjamin, b. 18 Oct 1715, probably went to New York. A Benjamin Pollard m. Margaret Winslow in Boston in 1747, but there is no reason to believe that it is the same person as the subject.

(6g) Thomas Pollard Jr.[edit]

Thomas, the son of Thomas Pollard and Sarah Farmer, was b. Billerica, Mass. 16 Feb 1696/7, d. Nottingham West (now Hudson, NH) 23 July 1769, and m. c. 1726 Mary HARWOOD, b. 25 March 1709, the daughter of William Harwood and Esther Perry of Dunstable. Thomas lived in Dunstable, where he purchased land on the east side of the Merrimack River from John and Sarah Taylor on 14 July 1721. In 1722 he purchased additional land on the east side of the river from Joseph Blodget. He was chosen as constable in 1731, replacing Thomas Colburn in that post. He became one of the 18 pioneer settlers of Notthingham West (now Hudson), New Hampshire, chartered in 1733. Thomas served in the French and Indian War in 1756 and again in 1758. His death record says he is buried in Nottingham West, and there were three cemeteries in use at the time of his death, per the History of Hudson, NH. It is likely he is buried in the Blodgett Cemetery where his next door neighbor, Joseph Winn, is buried with a marker. There was once a church at this location, but the church has been moved to another location. Children, first three b. Dunstable, remainder prob. born Nottingham West (may all be same location): [17] [18] [19]

  • John, b. 20 Sep 1727, d. Goffstown, NH 16 Jan 1807, m. c. 1750 Elizabeth WINN, b. Woburn, Mass. 10 Aug 1728, daughter of Joseph Winn and Elizabeth Johnson. John has an extensive military record, serving in the Massachusetts militia, during the French and Indian War, and during the Am. Rev. War. He has a grave marker in the Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown, NH. [20]
  • Ebenezer, b. 4 Dec 1728, d. Hudson, NH 20 May 1803, m. Abigail WINN, b. 1727, d. Hudson, NH 11 Oct 1802, aged 75, the daughter of Jacob Winn and Prudence Wyman. Ebenezer was a resident taxpayer of Nottingham West, NH in 1775, and also appears there on the 1779 tax list. Official records show that Ebenezer was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and served as a private in Capt Daniel Emerson, Jr.'s company, Col Wingate's regiment. On 8 July 1776 he received 7 pounds and 18 shillings as a bounty, plus 2 pounds advanced pay for Canada service. An unofficial account says he was a sergeant, serving at Lexington and at Blodgett's Cemetery. Ebenezer and Abigail had eight children, born 1759-1775, likely born in Dunstable, Mass. and or Nottingham, NH. He appears on the 1800 census in Nottingham West. Ebenezer and Abigail are buried in the Blodgett Cemetery, Hudson, NH. [21]
  • Thomas, b. 17 Sep 1732, d. Nottingham West (Hudson) 18 May 1756. He was buried in Notthingham West, per his NH death record. [22]
  • Dorcas, b. 12 Jan 1735, d. 7 Sep 1736
  • Amos, b. 2 March 1737, d. Cornville, Somerset Co., ME 1800, m. (Nottingham West 3 Dec 1761--online) Meriam GREELEY, b. Haverhill, MA 3 Dec 1739, living in 1809, daughter of Moses Greeley and Mehitable Page. Amos was a resident taxpayer in Nottingham West, NH in 1775, and on the census there in 1776. He was in the French and Indian War and served in a company from 18 April to 19 November 1758. Capt Jonathan Swett was the company commander, and Amos's brother John Pollard was the Ensign. During the American Revolutionary War, Amos was a private serving under Capt James Ford in Col Nichols' regiment. The unit marched from Nottingham West to Ticonderoga, with six days' service from 30 June to 5 July 1777. Amos owned a tavern in the part of Hallowell, ME that is now Augusta. He is enumerated on the 1790 census in Hallowell (then in Lincoln Co.) with his wife and no one else. He sold his tavern and moved to Cornville, ME where he owned a farm and about fifty acres of an island. His will, dated 30 March 1800, was presented for probate 24 June 1800, wife wife Miriam as executrix. In it, he gave five dollars to each of his children. He had eight known children. His wife was left with debts to pay, per Maine probate records. [23] [24]
  • Rachel, b. 26 March 1739
  • Molly, b. 10 June 1741, d. 24 Aug 1753
  • Samuel, b. 10 July 1743, d. 16 Oct 1800, m. Dunstable, Mass. 25 June 1766 Lydia CUMMINGS (b. 1743, d. 27 Mar 1817), the daughter of Nathaniel Cummings and Elizabeth Whitney. He was a resident taxpayer in Nottingham West, NH in 1775, and also appears there on the 1779 tax list. He served at Ticonderoga for five days in 1777, at Saratoga for Three weeks in 1777, and in Rhode Island for 23 Days in 1778. His will, dated 25 July 1800, was proven 16 Dec 1800. His widow m. in Dunstable, Mass. 16 Dec 1805 Capt. Samuel Cummings of Cornish, NH b. Westford, Mass. 18 Nov 1742, d. Cornish 17 Jan 1826, son of Samuel Cummings and Sarah Spaulding. Samuel Pollard is buried in the Old Dunstable Cemetery (also called Little Cem.), Nashua, NH. Those buried in that cemetery had their deaths recorded in the Tyngsborough, Mass. vital record. Samuel Cummings is buried in Cornish, NH, but the resting place of Lydia has not been determined. [25] [26] [27] [28]
  • Timothy, b. 24 Aug 1745, d. Canaan, Maine 29 July 1822, m. 1775 Sarah WHITTEMORE, b. Nottingham West 8 June 1754, living in 1820, daughter of Benjamin Whittemore and Hannah Collins. He appears as a resident taxpayer in Nottingham West, NH in 1775, and was on the tax list there in 1779. Timothy was a soldier in the America Revolutionary War, and his service tells us a bit about the geographic changes being made. He enlisted as a resident of Nottingham, Mass. in April 1775 for 1.5 months as a private in Capt Archelaus Town's company, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's Massachusetts regiment. on 5 May 1775 he enlisted again in the same unit for a period of three months and four days, appearing on a muster roll dated 1 Aug 1775. In Jan 1776 he enlisted for a year in Capt Emerson's company of Col Poor's New Hampshire regiment. It appears, then, that the town of Nottingham, Mass. had become the town of Nottingham West, New Hampshire (and later became Hudson, NH). Timothy moved east with his family to the part of Massachusetts then known as the District of Maine. He applied for a pension based on his service, which was approved and executed on 9 April 1818 when he was living in Canaan, District of Maine. In an 1820 statement he gave his age as 80 (which is five years too high), and referred to his wife as Sarah, aged 74 (which is eight years too high). He and his wife were living with their son-in-law, Abraham Smith, at the time. Timothy is buried in the Old Village Cemetery, Canaan, Maine, with a veteran's marker, and his wife is likely there as well, but has no marker. [29]

(5g) John Pollard[edit]

John, the son of Thomas Pollard and Mary Harwood, was b. Dunstable, Mass. (now Nashua, NH) 20 Sep 1727, d. Goffstown, NH 16 Jan 1807, m. c. 1750 Elizabeth WINN, b. Woburn, Mass. 10 Aug 1728, the daughter of Joseph Winn and Elizabeth Johnson. An online account gives Elizabeth's death day as 30 April 1766, and though I cannot confirm this, it appears reasonable that she died at an early age since there were only four children in the family. John's military service is extensive, and he appears on a 1748 muster roll of Captain John Goffe's company, employed in scouting and guarding the Souhegan, Monson, and Stark garrisons, and served between 11 April and 3 October of that year. On 25 May 1754 he purchased land in Londonderry, NH from Josiah Cummings. He was in the Army in 1755, and again in 1758, during the French and Indian War. He is likely the "Ensign John Pollard" on the 1775 resident taxpayer list of Nottingham West, NH, and on the 1779 tax list there. He is also likely the Ensign John Pollard appearing on a muster roll of Capt Samuel Greeley's company (of Nottingham West men) at the time of the Lexington alarm, 19 April 1775. His son, john, appears to have been a corporal at the time. This John Pollard appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Goffstown, NH, and in 1800 had a like-aged female with him (aged 45+), so it appears that he remarried. He has a grave marker in the Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown, NH, and he and his wife are both included on a family monument erected there in 2017. Children, all born in Nottinham West (now Hudson), NH: [30]

  • John, b. Nottingham West, NH 20 Nov 1752, d. there 17 Dec 1827, m. Nottingham West, NH 20 Apr 1778 Sarah GOULD, the daughter of Joseph Gould and Mary Piper. John was called John Jr. in the 1775 and 1779 tax lists of Nottingham West. He was a corporal, serving at Lexington in 1775, and with the Northern Army and at Blodgett Cemetery (four months) in 1776. He and his wife were buried in the Blodgett family cemetery, and a supposed photo of his tombstone appears on various websites, though I was not able to find it when visiting the cemetery in 2014. [31]
  • Elizabeth, b. 19 Sep 1754. An Elizabeth Pollard m. 8 May 1777 (int at Dunstable, MA 14 Mar 1777) Jonathan PERHAM and an Elizabeth Pollard m. 13 Dec 1781 Asahel BLODGETT. Elizabeth (Pollard) Perham, d. 1825, is buried with husband Jonathan Perham and his first wife in the Sherburne Cemetery, Tyngsboro, Mass. [32]
  • Thomas, b. 14 Oct 1758, m. Olive INGALLS (see below).
  • James, b. 1 Nov 1763, m. Goffstown, NH 20 Jan 1792 Esther HARDY. The name of James Pollard appears on the 1800 census for Goffstown, but he doesn't appear to be in it. The oldest male in the family is aged 16-25. It is possible that he had just died. A "W Esther Pollard" (widow Esther Pollard?) married in Goffstown in 1802 Edward Prescott. He is not found in 1810, but there is an Edward Prescott living in Candia, NH in 1820, 1830, and 1840, with family, and he is buried in the Hill Cemetery in Candia with dates 1770-1847, but no wife has a burial record there.
  • Abigail, b. 18 Oct 1778, was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Pollard. If Elizabeth Winn was her mother, then her mother was 50 years old when Abigail was born. Not impossible, but a bit of a stretch. A possibility is that John Pollard had a second wife named Elizabeth. For now, this remains a mystery. The fate of Abigail remains unknown.

(4g) Thomas Pollard[edit]

Thomas Pollard, born in Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH 14 Oct 1758, d. Goffstown, NH 17 Sep 1829, was the son of John and Elizabeth Pollard of Nottingham West, and later Goffstown, NH. He was married in Nottingham West on 14 December 1786 to Olive INGALLS, the daughter of Daniel Ingalls and Sarah Fletcher. He may also be the Thomas Pollard who m. 14 Dec 1778 Alice Ingalls, per M. J. Pollard's family genealogy. Thomas served for 14 days at Ticonderoga and for two months at Bennington in 1777, during the Revolutionary War. A deed signed by Thomas and Olive Pollard on 28 May 1790 mentions Elijah Fletcher's land. Thomas's will, dated 2 Sep 1829, leaves his entire estate to wife Olive, and appoints son-in-law, John Stark, as sole executor. On 6 Nov 1838 his widow Olive made application in Hillsboro Co., NH for widow's pension, calling herself aged 76, and a resident of Goffstown. In 1840 she was living with her daughter, Sarah, and son-in-law John Stark III in Manchester, and was listed in the census as a Revolutionary War pensioner, aged 79. There is a strong connection between members of this family and Mace Moulton, an Innkeeper of Bedford (NH), who witnessed several family deeds. Thomas is buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown, while Olive is almost certainly buried with her daughter in the Stark Cemetery, Manchester. Both of their names are included on a family monument erected in the Hillside Cemetery in 2017. Children: [33]

  • Thomas, Jr., was b. Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH 1 Oct 1789, d. Goffstown, NH 3 Dec 1830, no record of a marriage found. In 1829 he signed papers in regards to his father's estate. The following item appeared in the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette (Concord, NH), vol 2, issue 77, p 3 (20 December 1830): Deaths: "In Goffstown, 3d ult, Mr. Thomas Pollard, aged 41". He appears to have died intestate, with an insolvent estate. No burial record has been found for Thomas, but he is most likely buried in the Hillside (Grasmere) Cemetery in Goffstown, NH. His name is included on a family monument erected there in 2017. [34]
  • Sarah Fletcher “Sallie” , b. NH 17 Apr 1793, d. Manchester, NH 11 Dec 1882, m. 7 February 1815 John STARK III, b. NH 1790, d. NH 1872, son of John Stark and Polly Huse, and grandson of Gen. John Stark. In 1830, John Stark III was enumerated on the census for Goffstown, NH, and it appears he and his wife had some kind of boarding house, since there were 17 women aged 15 to 40 living in their household, only one of whom would have been Sallie. In 1840 they were living in Manchester, with Sallie's mother, Olive Pollard who was a Revolutionary War pensioner. In 1850 the family was still in Manchester, and included a Mary Babson, aged 60, b. NH, and Sallie's mother, now aged 90. Sallie and her husband had at least five children, and are buried in the Stark Cemetery in Manchester, NH. [35]
  • Daniel Ingalls, b. c. 1796, m. Sarah STEVENS (below).

(3g) Daniel Ingalls Pollard[edit]

Daniel Ingalls Pollard, the son of Thomas Pollard and Olive Ingalls, was b. c. 1796, d. Goffstown, NH 3 Nov 1835, agd 39, and m. say 1828 Sarah STEVENS, b. New Boston, NH 28 July 1807, d. Newton, Mass. 11 May 1902, daughter of Matthew B. Stevens and Abigail Clement. Daniel was certainly named for his grandfather, Daniel Ingalls. On 26 May 1824 Daniel deeded to his brother, Thomas Pollard Jr., one undivided part of a sawmill situated in Goffstown on Black Brook. On 31 Oct 1831 Daniel deeded property to Charles F. Gove of Goffstown. Daniel appears on the 1830 census for Goffstown, NH with what appear to be wife, older female (Daniel's mother, Olive), and young son, along with another male, aged 15-20. Daniel's father had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his mother filed for a widow's pension in November 1838. At the time she called herself a resident of Goffstown, and therefore almost certainly still lived in Daniel's household, though Daniel had died. However, by 1840 Olive had gone to live with her daughter in Manchester, based on the federal census for that year. The following death notice appeared in the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, vol 2, p 3 (9 November 1835): "In Goffstown, Nov 3, Mr. Daniel Ingalls Pollard, 39." Following more than two decades as a widow, Daniel's wife was remarried in 1857 to Samuel Kimball. Sarah appears with Samuel and some of his children and granchildren on the 1860 census for Dunbarton, NH, though her age is mistated as 33, instead of 53. While a record for Daniel's burial has not been found, it is highly likely that, since he was living in Goffstown, that he was buried in the large Hillside Cemetery there where his wife, father and grandfather were all interred. A family record states that Sarah was buried in the "Old Cemetery" in Goffstown, which is certainly the Hillside Cemetery (also known as Grasmere Cemetery). Daniel and Sarah are included on the family monument erected there in 2017. Their children: [36]

  • (prob.) son, b. say 1829, enumerated on 1830 census; no further record
  • Amos Ingalls, b. Goffstown 4 Jan 1831, d. Manchester, NH 8 Dec 1886, m. Hooksett, NH 9 Augsut 1860 Olive Giles SEVERANCE, b. Hooksett, NH 24 Feb 1836, d. Raymond, NH 7 Jan 1905, daughter of John Severance and Lucinda Hazleton. Just prior to his marriage, Amos appeared on the 1860 census living in a boarding house in Manchester, NH, aged 28, being called a painter. In 1870 he was living in Hooksett, his wife's home town, aged 39, with his wife Olive G., aged 33, and newborn daughter, Flora A., aged 1/12. In 1880 he was still living in Hooksett, aged 49 and working in a quarry. His wife Olive G., aged 43, and daughter Flora L., aged 10, are the only other members of the household. When not living in Hooksett, Amos was living in Manchester, and appears there in the city directories of 1864, 1866, 1869, and 1882 to 1886, the year he died. After his death, his widow, Olive, appears in the Manchester city directories from 1887 to 1895. After then she went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in Raymond, NH, and appears with them on the 1900 census as Olive G. Pollard, aged 64. Amos and Olive appeared to have only the one child, Flora. Amos and Olive have extant gravestones, side-by-side, in the Martins Cemetery in Hooksett, NH, and their daughter Flora is also buried there, but she has no gravestone. [37]
  • Olive Anne, b. Goffstown, NH 5 Jul 1832, had a child with William Henry RYMES (see above).
  • Hannah Stark, b. Manchster, NH 20 Jul 1834, d. there 20 Nov 1884, m. 15 Nov 1855 William F. SLEEPER, b. Alexandria, NH 20 May 1832, d. Manchester, NH 10 march 1899, son of Levi Hermon Sleeper and Lydia A. Merrill. In 1850 Hannah is enumerated on the federal census in Goffstown, aged 16, living with her grandmother, Abigail Sargent, and husband "Dane" (which is actually Danl, short for Daniel) Sargent. William was in the grocery business for 30 years, was a member of the legislature, and served on the Manchester city council. Hannah and Frank had two sons: Frank Stark Sleeper, b. 1857, d. 1914; and Walter Julien Sleeper, b. 1860, d. 1908. Hannah is buried in the Stark Cemetery (where General John Stark is buried) in Manchester, NH. Her husband William is buried in the Valley Cemetery in Manchester. [38]

(9g) John Farmer[edit]

see below

(10g) Thomas Burbage[edit]

see below

(11g) John Farmer[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):209

John Farmer, b. say 1545, m. Fillongley, Warwickshire, England 6 Aug 1570 Agnes PACKWOOD, b. say 1550, daughter of Thomas Packwood. The "Anna Farmer uxor Johannis Farmer" buried at Fillongley on 9 June 1594 might be this wife Agnes. Known child:

  • John, m. Elizabeth _______ (below).

(10g) John Farmer[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):209-10

John Farmer, called "John Farmer alias Johnson" in his will, was b. say 1575, d. Sep/Oct 1625, and m. say 1600 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1580, liv. 1625. She may have been the "Elizabeth Farmer, widow" bur. at Ansley 20 Nov 1652. The family was of Ansley and Fillongley in Warwickshire, England. John's will was dated 22 Sep 1625, proved 17 March 1625/6, but inventory dated 20 Oct 1625. The will named two sons: John to inherit "the house and land where I dwell" in Ansley, and Edward, to inherit "my house and land at Twycrosse" (Leicestershire). Also named were five daughters, beginning with Hannah who had two daughters. Children:

  • Hannah, b. say 1602, had two daughters when her father made his will in 1625.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1604
  • John, b. say 1606, eldest son, m. Isabel BURBAGE.
  • Patience, b. say 1608
  • Edward, b. say 1610
  • Mary, b. say 1615
  • Lydia, b. say 1620, bur. Wyken, Warwickshire 23 Nov 1682, m. as his second wife, c. 1652, Thomas MUSTON, b. say 1620, bur. Wyken 11 Oct 1684, husbandman of Wyken. Thomas's first wife, Mary L_____, was bur. Wyken 5 May 1651. Thomas's administration and inventory were dated 22 Oct 1684. They had a son, Rev. Thomas Muston, bapt. 1654.

(9g) John Farmer[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):210-13,217-18

John was the son of John and Elizabeth Farmer of Ansley, Warwickshire, England, and the grandson of John Farmer and Agnes Packwood of Fillongly, Warwickshire. He was b. say 1606, bur. at Ansley 22 Aug 1658, and m. at Arley, Warwickshire 13 Aug 1633 Isabel BURBAGE, bapt. Great Packington, Warwickshire 10 Nov 1611, daughter of Thomas and Anne Burbage. John's will was dated 18 Aug 1658, four days before his burial, but wasn't proved until a year later, on 20 Aug 1659, at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. His widow Isabel immigrated to Massachusetts with her sons Edward and Thomas, and daughter Isabel, about the year 1671. She was married there about 1674 to Elder Thomas Wiswall of Newton who d. 6 Dec 1683. By the following winter she had moved to Billerica to live with her son Edward, who was appointed her guardian. She died at his house on 21 May 1686 and was buried at Billerica the next day. Genealogist John Farmer called her "a woman of masculine courage and spirit". Children, all baptisms at Ansley: [39]

  • John, b. c. 1635, bur. Ansley 15 Aug 1664, m. Ansley 18 Nov 1662 Elizabeth FORD, poss. daughter or sister of Richard Ford. Following their marriage, they moved to Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, and their only child, John, was baptized there on 15 Oct 1663. A bond of administration on the estate of John Farmer "of Arley Street in Chilvers Coton" was given to his widow Elizabeth on 19 Oct 1664. She m. second Richard Lucas, perhaps of Nuneaton in Warwickshire.
  • Anne, bapt 5 Nov 1637, probably m. John HALL. She was living in Warwickshire in 1675.
  • Mary, bapt. 13 Sep 1640, m. William POLLARD (see above).
  • Richard, bapt. 30 April 1643, mentioned in father's 1658 will, but no other record.
  • Edward, bapt. 22 May 1645, m. Mary MOORE, and went to New England (see below).
  • Elizabeth, bapt 1 July 1648, m. Ansley 18 Nov 1668 Henry WHYTE. She was in London in 1681. In a letter, she talked about going to New England, but it is not known if she ever did.
  • Sarah, bapt. 3 June 1650, was likely dead or left the area by 1675, but she is not found in New England.
  • Isabel, bapt 11 Aug 1652, d. Malden, Mass. 13 March 1736/7, perhaps came to New England with her brother Edward about 1671. She m. (1) Charlestown, Mass. 27 Feb 1674/5 David WYMAN, b. Woburn, Mass. 7 April 1654, d. there 27 Dec 1678. Isabel m. (2) Concord, Mass. 19 Nov 1679 James BLOOD, the son of James and Ellen Blood and widower of Hannah Purchase. Isabel m. (3) 6 Feb 1694/5 William GREEN of Malden, bapt. Toppesfield, Essex, England 15 Dec 1636, d. Malden 30 Dec 1705, aged 70, the widower of Elizabeth Wheeler. Isabel had two children with her first husband, born in 1676 and 1677. Isabel has an extant gravestone in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Mass. [40]
  • Thomas, bapt. 16 Aug 1655, went to New England. On 24 Aug 1676 he was paid for service in King Philip's War. No further record.

(8g) Edward Farmer[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):215-17

Edward, the son of John Farmer and Isabel Burbage of Ansley, Warwickshire, England, was baptized there 22 May 1645, d. Billerica, Mass. 27 May 1727 "aged 87" (an exagerrated age). An intention to marry was found among the episcopal records of Lichfield and Coventry: Edward Farmer of Ansley, husbandman, aged 21 years or more intended to marry Mary MOORE, aged "27 at least", dated 11 April 1668. She was called of "Yarnesford" which is likely Ernesford, a hamlet just outside Coventry. Mary is likely the daughter of "Mister Doctor Joseph Moore," and was baptized at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Coventry on 12 May 1640, making her age at the time of her marriage intention to be 27. She died in Billerica, Mass. 26 March 1719, aged 77. Edward, Mary, and their oldest child Sarah left England about 1671, settling in Billerica, Mass., where the birth of their next child was recorded on 19 Aug 1671. Edward was admitted to the town of Billerica 24 March 1672/3, and granted five acres there. Edward is buried in the Old Corner Burying Ground at Billerica, and his wife Mary is likely there as well. Children, first baptized at Ansley, Warwickshire, the remainder born in Billerica, Mass., except where noted: [41]

  • Sarah, bapt. 1 April 1669, m. Billerica Nov 1692 her first cousin, Thomas POLLARD (see above).
  • John, b. 19 Aug 1671, d. Billerica 9 Sep 1736, m. Abigail (SHED?)
  • Edward, b. 22 March 1673/4, d. Billerica 17 Dec 1752, m. Mary RICHARDSON
  • Mary, b. 3 Nov 1675, m. John DEAN, b. Billerica 25 June 1677, d. Feb 1751/2, the son of William Dean and Martha Bateman. Mary and John had seven children born from 1704 to 1716.
  • Barbary, b. Woburn, Mass. (but also recorded at Billerica) 26 Jan 1677/8, d. Billerica 1 Feb 1680/1
  • Elizabeth, b. 17 May 1680, d. Reading, Mass. 26 Dec 1762, m. Billerica 29 May 1707 William GREEN, b. 1675, d. Reading 19 May 1761 in his 87th year. They had five known children. Elizabeth and William both have extant gravestones in the Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Mass. [42]
  • Thomas, b. 8 June 1683, d. Hollis, NH c. 1767, m. Elizabeth HUNT.
  • Oliver, b. 2 Feb 1685/6, d. Billerica 23 Feb 1761, m. Billerica 24 Jan 1716/7 Abigail JOHNSON, b. Woburn, Mass. 13 June 1697, d. Bedford, Mass 25 Feb 1773, the daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah Johnson of Woburn. Abigail m. (2) Bedford 27 May 1766, as his third of four wives, Capt James Lane, b. Billerica 12 Aug 1696, d. 11 April 1783, aged 86y 8m, the son of John and Susannah Lane (or Laine). Oliver and Abigail had ten children born from 1717 to 1737. Oliver has an extant gravestone in the Old Corner Burying Ground in Billerica. Abigail is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Bedford with her second husband. [43]

(13g) _______ Packwood[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):289

The name of this early Packwood has not been learned, but he lived at Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, and had the following four children based on extant wills:

  • Thomas, b. say 1520, m. (1) _______; m. (2) Agnes _______ (see below).
  • Henry, named in the 1566 will of his brother Thomas.
  • Isabel, m. _______ ELLIOT; mentioned with unnamed children in the 1566 will of her brother Thomas.
  • Clement, mentioned in the 1569 will of his nephew William, but not the 1566 will of his brother Thomas.

(12g) (prob.) Thomas Packwood[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):289-90

Thomas Packwood was born say 1520, bur. Fillongley, Warwickshire, Eng. 9 Oct 1566, and m. (1) ________; m. (2) Agnes _______, likely the Agnes Packwood, widow, bur. Fillongley 7 April 1581. His will was dated 23 Aug and proved 21 Oct 1566, with inventory made on 10 October. The will of his son William in 1569 names his "mother in law" Agnes Packwood. Child of Thomas by unknown first wife:

  • William, bur. Fillongley 2 May 1569, m. Fillongley 12 Nov 1566 Anna KYMBERLEY. His will was dated 25 April 1569, naming several relatives and his son Thomas. His land in Ansley went to his son, bapt. 1568/9.

Children of Thomas by first wife or by Agnes:

  • Joan, m. Fillongley 15 June 1561 John BECK. Joan likely died soon after the 1562 birth of their daughter Margaret, as John Beck m. Fillongley 3 Dec 1564 Joan Wedun, with whom he had several children.
  • daughter, m. by 1566 _______ CAMPION, mentioned in the 1569 will of her brother William; had a daughter Agnes.
  • Agnes, b. say 1550, single in 1566, prob. the one whom m. Fillongley 6 Aug 1570 John FARMER (see above).

illegitimate son of Thomas Packwood:

  • Henry, called "base son" in father's 1566 will, and called "base brother, Henry Packwood of Ansley" in the 1569 will of his brother William. He may be the Henry Packwood who had a son William Packwood bapt. at neighboring Arley 1 Oct 1576; may also be the father of Margery Packwood, bapt. Arley 16 July 1571 with no parents named.

(11g) John Burbage[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):293-6

John Burbage was born say 1528, liv. 1603, and m. by 1553 Margaret _______. They lived at Great Packington, Warwickshire, England. John was still living on 23 Feb 1603/4 when called "John Burbage the Elder" in the will of his son, John. Children, all bapt. Great Packington:

  • Thomas, bapt. 17 April 1554, d. young.
  • Dionyse, bapt. 10 Feb 1555/6
  • Margaret, bapt. 22 May 1558
  • Joan, bapt. 29 March 1561, apparently the one who m. Great Packington 21 Oct 1584 John BALL "of Balsalle, parish of Compton, Warwickshire.
  • Thomas, bapt. 13 May 1563, m. Anne _______ (see below).
  • John, bapt. 28 May 1566 and buried the same day.
  • John, bapt. 28 Feb 1567/8, bur. Great Packington 25 Feb 1603/4, m. c. 1594 Mary WHADCOCKE, b. say 1573, daughter of Robert Whadcocke. John's will was dated 23 Feb 16034 and proved two months later on 16 April 1604. They had four children baptized at Great Packington from 1595 to 1602/3.
  • William, bapt. 1 May 1573, m. ________. He was living in Coventry (Warwickshire) by 1619 when named in the will of his brother Thomas. While of humble birth, he nevertheless appears to be the William Burbage "of the City of Coventry, Aldorman" whose will was dated 8 March 1633/4 and proved three weeks later on 29 March 1634, and who was a well-off urban citizen; he was clearly connected to the Burbages of Great Packington. There were five children named in his will, but his "late wife", though mentioned, was never named.

(10g) Thomas Burbage[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):294-5

Thomas, the son of John and Margaret Burbage, was bapt. Great Packington, Warwickshire, England 13 May 1563, bur. there 8 Jan 1619/20, and m. by 1606 (say 1601) Anne _______, b. say 1577, who appears to have been previously married with perhaps Todd children. It is possible that his widow was the Anne Burbage who m. (License) 28 Feb 1619/20 Robert Cash with whom she had a child, Alice, bapt. Gr. Pack. 30 Jan 1620/1. Thomas, calling himself yeoman, left a will dated 11 Dec 1619 and proved the following month on 19 Jan 1619/20. Children, baptisms at Great Packington:

  • Anne, b. say 1602, called eldest daughter in her father's 1619 will.
  • Jane, b. say 1604, under age in Dec 1619.
  • Mary, bapt. 6 July 1606
  • Alice, bapt. 28 Aug 1608
  • Isabel, bapt 10 Nov 1611, m. (1) Arley 10 Aug 1633 John FARMER (see above); m. (2) New England c. 1674 Thomas WISWALL.

(10g) (poss.) John Moore[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):297

John Moore, gent., b. c. 1564, d. 1636, aged 72, m. Judith EDMONDS, daughter of Thomas Edmonds, Esq. Child:

  • Joseph, m. Elizabeth HAREWELL

(9g) (poss.) Joseph Moore[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):296-8

Note: I don't believe this to be the father of Mary Moore who m. Edward Farmer. Mary was married in Arley in 1668, but there is no record of Joseph Moore in the area after Mary was born in 1640.

"Mister Doctor Joseph Moore", son of John Moore and Judith Edmonds, b. c. 1600, was possibly the father of Mary Moore who m. 1668 Edward Farmer, for reasons given in the referenced article. He m. Elizabeth HAREWELL, b. c. 1617, bur. Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England 24 May 1640, aged 23, daughter of Henry Harewell, Esq. of Coventry. The parish register of St. Michaels, also in Coventry, also recorded the burial of Elizabeth on 19 May 1640, after which mention of Joseph Moore disappears from both Coventry parishes. He may be the "Joseph Moore, Doctor of Physic" who was at Spalding, Lincolnshire on a commission of sewer overseers on 11 Feb 1651. He installed a monumental inscription at Saint Michael's in Coventry, naming his parents, his wife, and four infant children. He received a BA from Saint Edmund's Hall, Oxford in Feb 1621/2 and MA in 1624; he was from Derbyshire.

(9g) John Harwood[edit]

Concord Harwood Hist (1912):5-7

John Harwood, b. say 1595, d. c. 1653, m. Dorothy _______, b. say 1600, liv. 1653/4. John was a citizen of London, England, and likely never came to New England. His will was dated 16 Feb 1653[/4?] and proved a year later on 8 Feb 1654[/5?] naming sons Nathaniel and John, daughter Anne, and wife, Dorothy. Children:

  • John, b. say 1621, d. c. 1685, m. Elizabeth USHER, d. c. 1687, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary Usher of Boston. John had arrived in Boston by 1645, and was admitted to the Boston church in 1647 and made a freeman in 1649. John was a merchant. In 1657 he sold his Boston property, and returned to England where he was living in Bethnal Green in 1665. His will was dated 13 Nov 1684 and proved 22 June 1685. Elizabeth's will was proved in 1687.
  • Thomas, b. say 1623, d. Boston, Mass. 5 Jan 1706[/7?], m. (Boston?) 7 July 1654 Rachel (SMITH) Woodward, widow of Robert Woodward and daughter of John Smith.
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1626, (see below).
  • Hannah, b. 1636, d. liv. 1697, m. 10 Oct 1657 Thomas WHEELER, d. by 1697. They lived in Concord, Mass. and had a son, Thomas. She was living in Concord as a widow in 1697.
  • Robert, d. by c. 1678, m. c. 1671 Joanna _______, d. 1696. He came to New England and lived in Boston as a biscuit baker.

(8g) Nathaniel Harwood[edit]

Concord Harwood Hist (1912):6-7,9-10

Nathaniel, perhaps the son of John and Dorothy Harwood of London, England, was b. say 1626, d. Concord, Mass. 7 Feb 1715/6, and m. say 1664 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1644, d. Concord 25 April 1715. He was a cordwainer living initially in Boston, where he signed a declaration of non-freemen in 1665. Soon thereafter he moved to Concord. He was made freeman 21 March 1690. Children:

  • William, b. Boston 28 March 1665, m. Esther PERRY (below).
  • Nathaniel, b. Concord 1 Oct 1669, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 1751, m. Mary BARRON, d. Oct 1758. His will was dated 7 June 1744 and proved 28 Oct 1751.
  • Peter, b. Concord 12 Jan 1671/2, d. Littleton, Mass. 10 May 1740, m. 7 Nov 1700 Mary FOX of Concord, d. 17 May 1742. His will was proved 7 July 1740. They had seven children born from 1701 to 1714.
  • John, b. 8 Feb 1674[/5?]
  • Mary, b. 5 Feb 1676/7, d. 1756, m. 23 Dec 1696 Thomas MERRIAM.

(7g) William Harwood[edit]

Concord Harwood Hist (1912):11-12

William, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Harwood of Boston and Concord, Mass., was b. Boston 28 March 1665, d. Dunstable, Mass. 17 Sep 1740 "in 70th year" (per gravestone, though inaccurate), and m. Concord, Mass. 11 May 1692 Esther PERRY, b. Watertown, Mass. 11 Aug 1674, d. Dunstable 8 Oct 1747, the daughter of Obadiah Perry and Esther Hassell. About 1700 the family moved from Concord to Dunstable (now Nashua, NH), where they remained. William's will was dated in 1739, and proved 9 Oct 1740, naming wife and living children. William and Esther both have extant grave markers in the Old Dunstable Cemetery in Nashua, NH. Children, first three b. Concord, remainder b. Dunstable: [44]

  • Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1694, m. c. 1718 John FRENCH, b. dunstable 6 May 1691, d. there 15 March 1761, the son of Samuel French and Sarah Cummings. Elizabeth seems to have been too young to have married John Barker in 1708, as claimed in many accounts. John's will is dated 16 July 1760 and proved 30 March 1761. Elizabeth and John had six children with births recorded in Dunstable 1719 to 1733.
  • Esther, b. 10 Jan 1696/7, dead by 1768, m. (1) Concord 26 Aug 1724 Joseph BAKER/BARKER of Marlboro, b. say 1695, d. c. 1731. They had four children born from 1725 to 1729/30. Esther m. (2) Sudbury, Mass. Nov 1732 Samuel MORSE, b. Watertown 20 Jan 1695/6, d. Marlboro 27 Dec 1755, the son of Samuel Morse and Grace. Samuel had married first in Marlboro 12 Aug 1719 Lydia Newton, with whom he had seven children born from 1720 to c. 1732. Samuel and Esther had three children together born 1734 to 1738/9, all daughters who had died by 1756. Esther was called deceased in a commission related to her husband's estate, dated 18 Oct 1768.
  • John, b. 28 May 1699, d. at Pequawket, Maine (now Fryeburg) 8 May 1725 as a soldier in Lovewell's third expedition, more formally known as the Battle of Pequawket. A ballad written about the engagement mentions Ensign John Harwood's wife and twin babes, but there is no known record of his having married, and the settlement of his estate mentions no heirs. [45]
  • Thomas, b. 9 Jan 1702 (under the name "Harrod"), d. 1787, and m. (int Chelmsford 4 Jan 1729) Abigail WHITNEY, b. Chelmsford 5 March 1707, living in 1787 when named in husband's will, the daughter of Joseph Whitney and Rebecca Burge. Thomas's will was dated 23 May 1787, and proved 16 Oct 1787. He and Abigail had no children.
  • Mary, b. 26 March 1704, m. Thomas POLLARD (see above).
  • Sarah, b. 26 June 1706, (d. 1769?), m. c. 1727 Deacon William CUMMINGS, b. Dunstable 24 April 1702, d. Hudson, NH 29 Aug 1757, the son of John Cummings and Elizabeth Kinsley. William marched in the third expedition under Capt. John Lovewell, but was sent home early because of wounds previously received. Sarah and William had seven children, born 1728 to 1744. The family lived in Hudson.
  • Abigail, b. 9 April 1710, m. (int Chelmsford 18 Oct 1730) Jacob HILDRETH, b. Chelmsford 18 July 1709, the son of Ephraim Hildreth and Anne Moore. There are several reports of Jacob having died in the 1750s in New Hampshire, but details are lacking. The birth of only one child, Esther in 1731, is found in the Chelmsford records, so they may have moved shortly after her brith.
  • Rachel, b. 21 July 1712, m. _______ BARNES, per her father's 1739 will.
  • Dorcas, b. 6 March 1717, d. Dunstable 11 Dec 1723.
  • Lydia, b. 5 Oct 1722

(9g) William Perry[edit]

Bond's Watertown (1855):402; Savage (1873):3:401

William Perry was b. c. 1606, d. Watertown, Mass. 9 Sep 1683 (VR), and m. Anna _______, b. c. 1611, liv. c. 1683. William was a Watertown proprietor in 1642. In a 1682 court petition, William and Anna Perry mention sister Livermore, midwife, and our sister Chinery. His will, made about 1681 when he was 75, was proved 3 Oct 1683, naming children Obadiah, Samuel, Sarah, Ann, and Abia. Known children:

  • Elizabeth, b. Watertown 12:6mo:1641 (VR) (12 Aug 1641). An Elizabeth Perry m. Watertown 7 April 1663 (VR) Henry Goodin.
  • Obadiah, b. prob. Watertown say 1643, m. Esther HASSELL (below).
  • Sarah, b. say 1645
  • Anna, b. say 1647, d. 2 Sep 1691, m. Joseph HASSELL, b. Cambridge, Mass. 20 Sep 1645, d. 2 Sep 1691, son of Richard and Joan Hassell of Cambridge and Dunstable, Mass. Joseph and Anna, with their son Benjamin, were all killed by Indians on 2 Sep 1691.
  • Samuel, b. say 1650
  • Abia, b. say 1653, m. Watertown 3 Jan 1673[/4?] (VR) William BULL

(8g) Obadiah Perry[edit]

Bond's Watertown (1855):402; Stearn's Dunstable Families (1911):59

Obadiah, son of William and Anna Perry, was b. prob. Watertown, Mass. say 1643, d. Dunstable, Mass. 28 Sep 1691, m. Watertown 21 Aug 1667 (VR) Esther HASSELL, b. Cambridge, Mass. 6 Dec 1648, d. Watertown 2 Oct 1692 (VR), daughter of Richard Hassell. Esther m. (2) Woburn, Mass. 30 Aug 1693 Martin Townsend of Watertown. He was made freeman in 1678. The family lived in Watertown and then Dunstable, but after King Philip's War, they moved to Concord, Mass., and then Billerica. They were back in Dunstable by 1680 where Obadiah was killed by Indians in 1691. Children:

  • Obadiah, b. Watertown 11 Oct 1669
  • Ebenezer, b. Watertown 20 Nov 1671
  • Esther, b. Watertown 11 Aug 1674, m. William HARWOOD (see above).
  • Samuel, b. Billerica 19 July 1677, d. 25 Nov 1677
  • John, b. Dunstable 31 Jan 1682
  • Elizabeth, b. Dunstable 7 April 1683

(9g) Richard Hassell[edit]

Savage (1873)2:372; Stearns: Dunstable Families (1911):29

Richard Hassell, b. c. 1622, liv. 1679, m. say 1642 Joan _______, b. say 1623. He was in Cambridge by 1643 and a freeman in 1647. They moved to Billerica in 1676 and to Dunstable in 1679. Children, first three b. Cambridge:

  • Elizabeth, b. 20 Sep 1643, d. 28 June 1713, m. 1 Nov 1661 Joseph WRIGHT, b. Woburn c. 1639, d. 31 March 1724, son of Dea. John and Priscilla Wright. They had eleven children.
  • Joseph, b. 20 Sep 1645, d. 2 Sep 1691, m. 21 Aug 1667 Anna PERRY, d. 2 Sep 1691, daughter of William and Anna Perry of Watertown (above). Joseph and Anna, with son Benjamin, were killed by Indians.
  • Esther, b. 6 Dec 1648, m. (1) 21 Aug 1667 Obadiah PERRY (see above); m. (2) Martin Townsend.
  • Alice, b. c. 1665, m. (1) Christopher TEMPLE; m. (2) Jacob KENDALL.

(9g) Edward Winn[edit]

Cleveland Gen (1899):2420-6

Edward Winn, b. say 1600, d. Woburn, Mass. 5 Sep 1682, m. (1) in England Joanna _______, b. say 1605, d. Woburn 8:1mo:1649 (8 March 1648/9); m. (2) 10 Aug 1649 Sarah Beal, d. Woburn 15:1mo:1680 (15 March 1679/80); m. (3) Ann/Hannah (_____) (Page) Wood, d. by 1686, widow of William Page and Nicholas Wood. Edward was in New England by 1639, and a commissioner in Charlestown, Mass. the following year. On 18 Dec 1640 he was one of the Charlestown commissioners who met to consult on the formation of the town of Woburn. By the spring of 1641 he was living in Woburn, Mass. He became a freeman of the colony in May 1643, and taxed at Woburn in 1645, and subsequently thereafter. He was a town officer, surveyor, and selectman. His will was dated 6 May 1682 naming son Increase, son Joseph's daughter Sarah, three youngest children of daughter Ann, wife of Moses Cleaveland, and three youngest children of daughter Elizabeth, wife of George Polly. Widow Ann/Hannah made her will 9 Sep 1685, proved 1 Nov 1686. Children with first wife:

  • Ann, b. say 1626, m. Woburn 26:7mo:1648 (26 Sep 1648) Moses CLEVELAND.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1628, d. Woburn 2 May 1695, m. Woburn 21 May 1649 Georg POLLY, d. 22 Dec 1683. They lived in Woburn where George was a carpenter who received land in Feb 1648/9, and was surveyor of fences in 1665. The had six children born from 1650 to c. 1665.
  • Joseph, b. say 1632, m. Rebecca REED/READE (see below).
  • Increase, b. Woburn 5:10mo:1641 (5 Dec 1641; he was the first born child entered into the Woburn town records), d. Woburn 14 Dec 1690, m. there 13 July 1665 Hannah SACTELL/SAWTELL, b. Watertown, Mass. 10 Dec 1642, d. 18 Feb 1722/3, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth. Increase was titled Sergeant, and served under Capt. Thomas Brattle of Boston in 1676 during King Philip's War. He was a Woburn selectman in 1687/8. They had eight children born from 1666 to 1685.

(8g) Joseph Winn I[edit]

Cleveland Gen (1899):2422-7; The Maine Genealogist 26(2004):116-20 (Josiah Winn)

Joseph, son of Edward and Joanna Winn of Woburn, Mass., was b. England say 1632, d. Woburn 22 Feb 1714/5, and m. c. 1664 Rebekah REED/READE, b. prob. Muddy River (now Brookline), Mass. say 1644, d. 1734, daughter of William and Mabel Reed. Joseph was a soldier during King Philip's War in 1676. He was an overseer, tithingman, and commissioner of the rate in Woburn. Children, b. Woburn:

  • Rebecca, b. 25 May 1665, d. Woburn 6 April 1679.
  • Sarah, b. 9 Nov 1666, m. Woburn 13 April 1691 Ebenezer JOHNSON, b. Woburn 29 Marh 1659, son of William-2 (Edward-1) Woburn and Esther Wiswall. They had five children born Woburn from 1692 to 1705.
  • Joanna, b. 1668, m. 13 July 1699 Edward KNIGHT, perhaps the one b. 31 Aug 1677, son of Joseph and Hannah Knight.
  • Abigail, b. 18 June 1670, d. Woburn 25 June 1670.
  • Joseph, b. 15 May 1671, m. Martha BLODGET (see below).
  • Josiah, b. 15 March 1674 (1664 per TMG:116), d. late 1734, m. (1) prob. Wells, Maine by 1701 Lydia LITTLEFIELD, b. 20 [___] 1681, d. c. 1732, daughter of John and Mehitabel Littlefield of Wells; m. (2) Woburn 17 Aug 1733 Mrs. Mary (RICHARDSON) Wyman, b. Woburn 10 March 1679, d. there 7 June 1743 (or else d. Charlestown, Mass. 18 Nov 1774), widow of Thomas Wyman and daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Richardson. Josiah was of Wells by about 1698, and there he frequently sat on juries. His will was dated 9 Oct 1734 and probated 10 Feb 1734/5. Josiah and Lydia had eight children born from 1701/2 to 1722.
  • Hannah, b. 14 Feb 1679[1678/9?], poss. d. 16 April 1679?
  • Rebecca, b. 14 Feb 1679 [1678/9?], m. Woburn 5 March 1699/1700 Timothy SPAULDING of Chelmsford
  • Anna, b. 1 Nov 1684, d. 13 Sep 1686.
  • Timothy, b. 27 Feb 1686/7, d. Woburn 5 Jan 1752, aged 65, m. (1) Elizabeth BROOKS, b. c. 1690, d. Woburn 14 May 1724, aged 34; m. (2) Woburn 18 Feb 1729/30 Jane BELKNAP, b. 4 Nov 1699, d. Woburn May 1775, daughter of Thomas-3 (Joseph-2, Abraham-1) Belknap and Jane Cheney. Timothy had two children with his first wife, b. 1712 and 1719, and three more with second wife, born 1732 to 1740.

(7g) Joseph Winn II[edit]

Cleveland Gen (1899):2422-3

Joseph, the son of Joseph Winn and Rebecca Reed of Woburn, Mass., was b. Woburn 15 May 1671, d. there 15 Jan 1718 [1717/8?], and m. Woburn 7 April 1696 Martha BLODGETT, b. Woburn 15 Sep 1673, the daughter of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Eggleton. Some accounts give Martha's death year as 1710 which could be true, since that is when her last child was born, and she still had several child-bearing years ahead. Children, all births recorded in Woburn except for Hezekiah, whose birth is recorded only in Wilmington, Mass.; son Joseph's birth is recorded in both towns: [46]

  • Martha, b. 24 Jan 1697 [1696/7?]
  • Joseph, b. 9 Sep 1698, d. 1781, m. Elizabeth JOHNSON (below).
  • Samuel, b. 18 Jan 1700/1, d. 1774, m. c. 1727 Sarah _______, b. say 1705, living in 1760. Samuel and Sarah lived in Dracut, Mass. where they had four children born from 1728 to 1737. Samuel's will, dated 24 Dec 1760, mentioned wife Sarah and children. It was proved in Dracut 6 Sep 1774, with inventory dated 26 Sep 1774 showing 300 pounds of real estate plus personal items.
  • Ruth, b. 29 Jan 1704 [1703/4?], no further record.
  • Hezekiah, b. (Wilmington) 28 Nov 1706, d. Wilmington 25 July 1772 in his 67th year, m. Reading, Mass. 28 Oct 1731 Bethia PARKER, b. Reading 19 April 1714, daughter of Lt Nathaniel Parker and Wlizabeth Wright. The Reading vital record says that the Bethiah Parker born in 1714 was the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth. However, this couple does not otherwise appear to exist. There were several 18th century Jonathan Parkers in Reading, but none with wife Elizabeth. The assumption is that the record was transcribed incorrectly, and that Nathaniel and Elizabeth were the correct parents for the Bethiah for in 1707 as well as the one born in 1714. Late in life, Bethiah m. (2) Willmington 16 May 1788 William Tay. Hezekiah has an extant grave marker in the Old Burying Ground in Wilmington. [47]
  • Rebecca, b. 15 March 1708, m. Woburn 20 Feb 1729 Samuel BRUCE, b. Woburn 11 March 1701, the son of William Bruce and Elizabeth Cummings. One account says they died in Bolton, Mass., but I cannot corroborate this.
  • Josiah, b. 11/12 Feb 1709/10, m. Woburn 23 Oct 1734 Lydia BRUCE, b. Woburn 24 Aug 1712, daughter of William Bruce and Elizabeth Cummings.

(6g) Joseph Winn III[edit]

Cleveland Gen (1899):2422-3

Joseph, b. Woburn, Mass. 9 Sep 1698, d. Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH 25 Aug 1781, was the son of Joseph Winn and Martha Blodgett. He m. Woburn 1 Jan 1722/3 Elizabeth JOHNSON, b. Woburn 6 Nov 1705, d. Nott. W. 17 Sep 1778, the daughter of Edward Johnson and Abigail Gardner. Joseph and Elizabeth are buried in the Blodgett Cemetery, Hudson, NH. [48] [49] [50]

  • Joseph, b. Woburn 17 Nov 1723, d. Nott.W. 1 Dec 1806, m. (1) Nott. W. 8 Feb 1753 Sarah HILLS, b. 1734, d. 24 Aug 1753; he m. (2) Nott W. 5 May 1757 Mary FRENCH, b. 1721, d. 2 Mar 1807. Joseph and both wives are buried in the Blodgett Cemetery, Hudson. [51]
  • Benjamin, b. Woburn 6 Aug 1726, d. Nott. W. 30 April 1766. At the age of 19, Benjamin "of Notthingham West" married in Haverhill, Mass. 15 Oct 1747 Judith PAGE, b. Haverhill 18 Dec 1720, the daughter of Abraham Page and Judith Worthen. There appears to be only one Benjamin Winn in Nottingham West in the middle of the 18th century, which gives us a conflict in the records. His death is recorded there in 1766, but Judith Winn, the wife of Benjamin Winn, died in Nottingham West on 17 Feb 1792 (i.e., she was called married, not widowed). Benjamin had several children whose births were recorded in Nottingham West: Benjamin, b. 14 March 1749 (also given as 1748); Benjamin, again, b. 11 April 1752; Nehemiah, b. 23 Aug 1754; Olive, b. 31 Oct 1757; and Bathsheba, b. 8 April _______ (about 1764, m. Henry Merrill and buried Hudson Center Cem.).
  • Elizabeth, b. Woburn 10 Aug 1728, m. John POLLARD.
  • Katherine, b. Nott. West 11 April 1733 (d. NW 1757)
  • Micajah, b. Nott. West 24 Oct 1735. He was a soldier in 1757 during the French and Indian War. [52]
  • Nathan, b. Nott. West 15 Oct 1738, d. Nott. West 5 Feb 1765, m. Nott. West 18 March 1762 Ruth HADLEY, b. 14 Oct 1747. Following his death Ruth married in Nott. West on 5 June 1770 Abel Merrill, b. 23 Dec 1747, d. Concord, NH 25 Aug 1820, son of Rev. Nathaniel Merrill and Elizabeth Sargent.
  • Susanna B., b. Nott. West 10 Sep 1741, d. Nott West 4 March 1763
  • Abiather, b. Nott. W. 4 Jan 1746, d. Nott W. 24 Aug 1783, married and had three sons and two daughters. He is bur. Blodgett Cem., Hudson. An Abiather Winn was a private in Capt Samuel Greeley's company of Nottingham West troops at the time of the Lexington alarm, 19 April 1775. I do not know if it was this person, or perhaps a son of one of his older brother. [53]

(9g) William Read[edit]

GM 6(2009):30-35

William Reed was b. c. 1587 (aged 48 on 18 July 1635), d. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England 1656, and m. c. 1628 Mabel _______, b. c. 1605 (aged 30 on 18 July 1635), d. Woburn, Mass. 1690. Mabel m. (2) Woburn 21 Nov 1660 Henry Summers, Sr. On 18 July 1635, Wm Read, aged 48, Mabell Read, aged 30, George Read, aged 6, Ralph Read, aged 5, and Justice Read, aged 18 months, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Defence. They settled first at Dorchester, where William was admitted to the second Dorchester church and was admitted a freeman. They moved to Scituate by 1642 where William was a constable in 1644. Their next move was to Roxbury by 1647 when Goodwife Reade was admitted to the church there, and then to Woburn in 1648. Soon thereafter William went to England where he died in 1656. No mention is made in any record as to which, if any, family members went with him to England. His will was dated 9 April 1656 and proved at London 31 Oct 1656. Mabel's will was dated 22 Jan 1689/90 and proved 17 June 1690, with inventory of 4 June 1690. Her death date in the Woburn records is given as 15 June 1690, which is unlikely, since it is 11 days after her inventory, and only two days prior to the proving of her will. Children:

  • George, b. c. 1629 (aged 6 on 18 July 1635); m. (1) Woburn 4 Oct 1652 Elizabeth JENNISON, daughter of Robert Jennison; m. (2) Charlestown, Mass. 9 Nov 1665 Hannah Rockwell.
  • Ralph, b. c. 1630 (aged 5 on 18 July 1635), m. by 1664 Mary PIERCE, daughter of Anthony Pierce.
  • Justice, b. c. Jan 1634 (aged 18 months on 18 July 1635); came to New England, but no further record.
  • Abigail, b. say 1635, bapt. Dorchester 10 Dec 1638 (after her father joined the church), m. Woburn 2 Oct 1650 Francis WYMAN.
  • Israel, bapt. Dorchester 31 July 1642, m. by 1670 Mary KENDALL, daughter of Francis Kendall.
  • Sarah, b. say 1644, m. Woburn 10 Sep 1662 Samuel WALKER.
  • Rebecca, bapt. Roxbury 26 Dec 1647, m. c. 1664 Joseph WINN (see above).
  • child, b. say 1649, inferred from father's 1656 will.

(9g) Thomas Blodgett[edit]

GM I(1999):324-6; Dawes-Gates Fam (1943):1:91-2

Thomas Blodgett was b. c. 1604, d. Cambridge, Mass. c. 1642, and m. say 1626 Susanna _______, b. c. 1597, d. Woburn, Mass. 10 Feb 1660/1. Susanna m. (2) Woburn 15 Feb 1643/4 James Thomson. On 18 April 1635, Tho. Blogget, glover, aged 30, uxor Suzan Bloggett, aged 37, Daniell Blogget, aged 4, and Samuell Blogget, aged 1 1/2, were enrolled as passengers for New England on the Increase. They came from Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, where their first several children were baptized, and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas was made freeman on 3 March 1635/6. He is not of record as having held any offices during his short tenure in New England. His will was dated 10 Aug 1641 and proved 8 March 1642/3, with inventory taken 28:10mo[no year, but apparently 1642 (28 Dec 1642)], untotalled, and very modest. Children:

  • John, b. say 1627, bur. Stowmarket, Suffolk 4 Mary 1632
  • Nathaniel, bapt. Stowmarket 28 Feb 1628/9, bur. there 8 May 1630
  • Daniel, bapt. Stowmarket 14 May 1631, d. 28 Jan 1671/2, m. (1) Chelmsford, Mass. 15 Sep 1653 Mary BUTTERFIELD, b. say 1633, d. 5 Sep 1666, daughter of Benjamin and Anna Butterfield of Chelmsford; m. (2) Chelmsford 10 March 1669/70 Sarah Underwood, b. Chelmsford 25 Sep 1641, prob. d. by 1693/4, daughter of William and Sarah Underwood of Chelmsford.
  • Samuel, bapt. Stowmarket 12 July 1633, m. Woburn, Mass. 13 Dec 1655 Ruth EGGLETON (below).
  • Susanna, b. Cambridge June 1637, m. Woburn 28 Nov 1655 Jonathan THOMSON (her step-brother), son of James Thomson.
  • Thomas, b. say 1639, d. Cambridge 7 Aug 1639.

(8g) Samuel Blodgett[edit]

Dawes-Gates Fam (1943):1:92-4

Samuel, son of Thomas and Susan Blodgett, was bapt. Stowmarket, Suffolk, England 12 July 1633, d. Woburn, Mass. 21 May 1720, m. Woburn 13 Dec 1655 Ruth EGGLETON, b. say 1635, d. Woburn 14 Oct 1703, daughter of Jane (______) (Eggleton) (Britton) Cole. Samuel was about eleven when his father died in Cambridge, Mass., and he then went to live in the home of his step-father, James Thomson, in Woburn, and there matured and became an active participant in town affairs. He was many times selectman from 1681 to 1703, a commissioner of the rate, and deputy to the general court in 1693. Children, b. Woburn, Mass.:

  • Ruth, b. 28 Dec 1656, d. Woburn 18 Dec 1695, in childbirth with tenth child, m. Woburn 1673/4 Thomas KENDALL.
  • Samuel, b. 10 Dec 1658, d. Woburn 5 Nov 1743, m. there 30 April 1683 Hulda SIMONDS, daughter of William Simonds. Samuel was titled Ensign.
  • Thomas, b. 26 Feb 1661[/2?], d. Lexington, Mass. 29 Sep 1740, m. Woburn 11 Nov 1685 Rebecca TIDD, daughter of John-2 Tidd (John-1).
  • Susanna, b. say 1665, d. Woburn 9 Feb 1715[/6?], m. there 29 Dec 1685 James SIMONDS, son of William Simonds.
  • Sarah, b. 17 Feb 1668[/9?], d. Concord, Mass. 19 Sep 1692, m. Woburn 7 Jan 1687[/8?] John HAYWARD.
  • Martha (twin), b. 15 Sep 1673, liv. 1710, m. Woburn 7 April 1696 Joseph WINN II, son of Joseph Winn.
  • Mary (twin), b. 15 Sep 1673, d. Woburn 11 March 1752, m. Charlestown, Mass. 24 Oct 1693 Joseph RICHARDSON, son of Joseph-2 Richardson (Samuel-1).

(9g) Jane (______) (Eggleton) (Britton) Cole[edit]

NEHGR 59 (1905):417-8; Dawes-Gates Fam (1943):285-6

Jane _______, b. c. 1600 (aged about 74 in Oct 1674), d. Woburn 10 March 1687, m. by say 1629 _______ EGGLETON, , b. say 1595, whose identity has not been learned. The widow Jane Eggleton had arrived in Woburn, Mass. by 1650 with her two daughters, Ruth and Sarah. She m. (2) c. 1650 James BRITTON, d. Woburn 3 May 1655, son of James Britton; and m. (3) Woburn 1 Feb 1658/9, as his second wife, Isaac COLE, d. Woburn 10 June 1674. On 6 Oct 1674 Jane and her two sons-in-law filed a petition to have a part of the estate of Isaac Cole for her maintenance, she being about 74 years old. The court subsequently granted her 40 pounds from the estate, along with bed, furniture, etc. The last known record of Jane prior to her death is 4 Sep 1683 when the Woburn selectmen's records simply state "Widow Cole to be relieved". Known children:

  • Sarah, b. say 1630, liv. 1676, m. Woburn 28 Aug 1650 John NUTTING, killed 1676 during King Philip's War.
  • Ruth, b. say 1635, d. Woburn 14 Oct 1703, m. there 13 Dec 1655 Samuel BLODGETT (see above).

(12g) William Johnson[edit]

NEHGR 67(1913):170-1; 26 Colonists (1993):167-8

William, probably the son of Garard Johnson whose will was dated 1506, was born say 1500, bur. St. George's, Canterbury, Kent, England 9 June 1575, and m. (1) say 1527 Alice FOREFLODE, b. say 1505, daughter of John Foreflode who was a hatter and a freeman of Canterbury; m. (2) Elizabeth _______, bur. St. George's, Canterbury 17 May 1575. Known children, with first wife:

  • John, b. say 1528, m. 1551 Joane HUMFREY (below).
  • daughter, b. say 1540, m. c. 1562 Cuthbert WRAY, a painter.

(11g) John Johnson[edit]

NEHGR 67(1913):171; 26 Colonists (1993):161-2

John, son of William Johnson and Alice Foreflode, was b. say 1528, prob. bur. St. George's, Canterbury, Kent, England 10 May 1598, m. (1) St. George's 23 May 1551 Joane HUMPHREY, bur. there 15 May 1584, prob. daughter of John Humphrey of Boughton under Blean; m. (2 or 3) Dorothy _______, liv. 1598. John Johnson was a painter, and a church warden of St. George's in 1582 and 1583. Administration of his estate was given to widow Dorothy 7 June 1598. Children, all with first wife, all baptisms at St. George's, Canterbury:

  • Joane, bapt. 11 April 1552, m. St. George's 1 May 1578 Thomas BARKER
  • John, bapt. 25 May 1556, bur. St. George's 6 May 1598, prob. m. (1) Alice ______, bur. St. George's 12 Dec 1592; m. (2) (lic. 21 Oct 1594) Dorothy TERRY freeman in 1583
  • Bartholomew, bapt. 4 Dec 1558
  • William, bapt. 1559 (see below)
  • Alice, bapt. 2 April 1562
  • Agnes, bapt. 25 May 164
  • Mary (twin), bapt. 13 May 1565
  • Thomazine (twin), bapt. 13 May 1565, bur. St. George's 16 June 1566.
  • Daniel, b. say 1567, bur. St. George's 4 Oct 1574
  • Sisle (Cicely), bapt. 12 Sep 1570, m. St. George's 12 April 1591 Ralfe LEA
  • Joyce (son), bapt. 8 Oct 1574

(10g) William Johnson[edit]

NEHGR 67(1913):171-2; 26 Colonists (1993):155-6

William, son of John Johnson and Joane Humfrey, was bapt. St. George's, Canterbury, Kent, England in 1559 (month and day not recorded), bur. St. George's 27 Dec 1637, m. (1) 1587 Susan PORREDGE, bapt. St. Dunstan's, Canterbury 20 Jan 1565/6, bur. 10 April 1604, daughter of John Porredge of Westgate Court, Canterbury; m. (2) 24[sic] Aug 1617 (license 25 Aug) Ann (______) Cobb, widow, bur. St. George's 27 Sep 1637. William was at one time parish clerk of St. George's. His estate was put into the hands of a creditor on 13 April 1640. Children, all with first wife, all baptisms at St. George's:

  • Catherine, b. c. 1588, bur. St. George's 6 Nov 1610, unmarried. Her nuncupative will was dated 27 Oct 1610; administration of her estate was given to her father, principle legatee, on 19 Dec 1610. Inventory of 25 March 1613 totalled 23 pounds.
  • John, b. c. 1590, named in the (1593?) will of his uncle Henry Porredge, but not in the 1616 will of Edward Porredge.
  • William, b. c. 1592, bur. 23 May 1625, had no children, as reversionary rights to property fell to his brother Edward.
  • Mathew, bapt. 17 Feb 1593/4, d. young.
  • George, bapt. 2 [prob. January] 1594, d. young.
  • George, bapt. 18 Jan 1595/6, liv. 1616
  • Edward, bapt 16 (or 17) Sep 1598, m. Susan MUNTER (see below).
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 6 Sep 1601, bur. St. George's 14 Sep 1601.
  • Thomas, bapt. 8 Aug 1602, d. young.
  • Daniel (twin), bapt. 18 March 1603/4, d. young.
  • Bartholomew (twin) bapt. 18 march 1603/4, d. young.

(9g) Edward Johnson[edit]

NEHGR 59(1905):79-83; 67(1913):172-3; 68(1914):142-3 (son John); 75(1921):221 (passenger list); 26 Colonists (1993):149-53

Edward, the son of William Johnson, titled Captain, was bapt. St. George's church, Canterbury, Kent, England 16 Sep 1598, d. Woburn, Mass. 23 April 1672, and m. c. 1620 Susan MUNTER, bapt. Dover, Kent 5 Oct 1597, d. Woburn 7 March 1689/90, daughter of Phineas and Katherine Munter of Dover. Edward was a joiner or carpenter, and made a freeman of Canterbury in 1623. In 1616 he was left property in Waterham, parish of Hernhill, by his uncle Edward Porredge, and after immigrating to New England, he left this property to six of his grandchildren. On 11 May 1637, "Edwd Johnson of Canterbury Joyner & Susan his Wief" were enrolled at Sandwich, Kent for passage to the American plantations. With them were their children Edward, George, William, Mathew, John, Susan, and Martha, and servants John ffarle, John Ingland, and Ann Norcott. The family first settled at Charlestown where he received land in 1637 and was admitted freeman in 1638. He was one of the commissioners appointed to plan the new settlement of Woburn. Edward was probably the best-known citizen of Woburn, being very active in its affairs. He was the commander of the local militia, and served in many important public offices. He was the author of the history of New England entitled "Wonderworking Providence...". He was sent to Rhode Island in 1643 with Capt. George Cooke and Lt. Humphrey Atherton to apprehend Samuel Gorton and his followers. His will was dated 15:3mo:1671 (15 May 1671) with inventory made 11 May 1672 totalling 706 pounds. Susan left a will as well, but it was never admitted for probate because of protests of some of the children. Children, all but first two baptized at St. George's, Canterbury, Kent:

  • Edward, bapt. St. Mary Magdalene, Canterbury 18 Feb 1620/1, d. Woburn 15 Sep 1692, m. Woburn 10 Jan 1649/50 Katherine BAKER, b. c. 1625, d. 7 Jan 1700/1, sister of John Baker of Boston. The will of Edward Johnson of Charlestown, shipwright, was dated 22 Jun 1692 and probated 12 June 1693. Four children b. from 1650 to say 1660.
  • William, b. prob. 1622/3, bur. St. Mary Magdalene, Canterbury 26 Jan 1622/3.
  • George, bapt. 3 April 1625, d. Somerset Co., Maryland 1681, m. Katherine _______, liv. 1681. He returned to England as a merchant, and later settled in Maryland. His will was dated 23 Nov 1680 and proved in the Prerogative Court of the Province of Maryland 23 Dec 1681.
  • Susan, bapt. 1 April 1627, liv. 1710, m. c. 1655 James PRENTICE of Cambridge, b. c. 1628, d. 7 March 1709/10, aged 81; they and had six children. He was survived by his wife and five unmarried daughters.
  • William, bapt. 22 March 1628/9, m. Esther WISWALL (see below).
  • Martha, bapt. 1 May 1631, m. 18 March 1649/50 John AMES/EAMES of Boston and had ten children.
  • Matthew, bapt. 30 March 1633, d. Woburn 19 July 1696, m. (1) 12 Nov 1656 Hannah PALFREY, d. 1 Aug 1662, daughter of Peter Palfrey of Salem and Reading; m. (2) 23 Oct (or 10 Sep) 1662 Rebecca WISWALL, d. 25 Dec 1709, daughter of Eld. John Wiswall and Margaret Smith of Boston. Matthew was a Sergeant and Lieutenant in Woburn. His will was dated 3 Nov 1693 and probated 17 Aug 1696. He had eight children with second wife Rebecca, b. Woburn 1665 to 1683.
  • John, bapt. 10 May 1635, d. Canterbury, CT c. 1720, m. 28 April 1657 Bethia READ, d. Canterbury, CT 2 Dec 1717, daughter of Esdras Read. John was a housewright and carpenter, and had a sawmill in Woburn. In 1712 Obadiah Johnson of Canterbury took his aged parents from Woburn to his place in Canterbury. They had seven children b. Woburn from 1657/8 to 1673.

(8g) William Johnson[edit]

NEHGR 59(1905):82-5; Parker-Ruggles Anc. (1913):267

William, the son of Edward and Susan Johnson of Woburn, Mass., was bapt. Canterbury, Kent, England 22 March 1628/9, d. Woburn, Mass. 22 May 1704, m. Woburn 16 May 1655 Esther/Hester WISWALL, b. c. 1635, d. Woburn 27 Dec 1707, daughter of Eld. Thomas Wiswall of Dorchester and Newton, Mass. William was an accomplished individual, attaining the rank of Major in the militia, and becoming a magistrate or Assistant in the colony. He was recorder/clerk of Woburn. His will was dated 10 May 1695 and probated 11 Sep 1704. Esther supposedly has an extant gravestone in the First Burial Ground in Woburn, but the photo in her find-a-grave memorial appears to be the same stone as that for his daughter-in-law, also named Esther Johnson, also the wife of William Johnson, an also died in December 170x. Children, b. Woburn: [54]

  • William, b. 26 Feb 1656[1655/6?], d. Woburn 10 Jan 1730, m. Esther GARDNER, b. Woburn 19 March 1659, d. Woburn 17 Dec 1706 in 48th year (gs), daughter of Richard Gardner and Anna (Rolfe) Blanchard. They had seven known children, one of whom was b. 1686. Esther has an extant gravestone in the Woburn First Burial Ground. [55]
  • Edward, b. 19 March 1658, m. (1) Sarah WALKER; m. (2)
  • Ebenezer, b. 29 March 1660, d. 17 March 1737, m. 13 April 1691 Sarah WINN, d. 23 Oct 1733, daughter of Ens. Joseph Winn and Rebecca Read of Woburn. He was titled Sergent, per tax lists, and served as a selectman at least four terms. There were nine children, b. 1692 to say 1710.
  • Esther, b. 13 April 1662, d. 31 March 1742, m. 17 Dec 1685 Lt. Seth WYMAN
  • Joseph, b. 14 June 1664
  • Benjamin, b. 15 Oct 1666, d. 22 April 1733, m. 22 Nov 1699 Sarah WALKER, d. 17 Jan 1749, daughter of Joseph Walker and Sarah Wyman. He was titled Sergeant from 1700 onward. In 1732 he gave land for a meeting house in the second precinct of Woburn. They had six children born from 1700 to 1715.
  • Josiah, b. 15 Jan 1669[/70?], d. 16 Dec 1739, m. (1) 24 Jan 1706 Martha WHITMORE of Medford, d. 25 Aug 1716; m. (2) c. 1717 Deborah (FIFIELD) Jackson, d. 5 Feb 1724[/5?], widow of Lt. John Jackson of Cambridge, and daughter of Giles Fifield and Judith Carter-Converse of Charlestown. He had five children with his first wife, b. 1706 to 1716, and one with second wife b. 1718.
  • Susanna, b. 29 June 1671, m. 6 June 1704, as his second wife, Daniel REED.
  • Abigail, b. 4 Oct 1674, m. 14 June 1705 Samuel PIERCE.

(7g) Edward Johnson[edit]

NEHGR 59(1905):83-4

Edward, the son of Maj William Johnson and Esther Wiswal of Woburn, Mass., was b. Woburn 19 March 1658, d. Woburn 7 Aug 1725, and married (1) Woburn 12 Jan 1687[/8?] Sarah WALKER, b. Woburn 6 March 1670, d. Woburn 31 May 1704, daughter of Samuel Walker and Sarah Read; m. (2) c. 1704 Abigail (GARDNER) Thompson, b. Charlestown, Mass. say 1664, liv. 1725, the daughter of Richard Gardner and Anna (Rolfe) Blanchard, and the widow of Lt James Thompson, whom she had married in Charlestown, Mass. 13 April 1687. James Thompson was b. 2 March 1649, d. Woburn 4 Sep 1693, the son of Simon Thompson and Mary Converse, and had married as his first wife Hannah Walker, and with her had four children born 1675 to 1683. Edward was an ensign, lieutenant, and captain of a Woburn military company between 1693 and 1724, per tax lists, and a deacon of the church. He appears to have succeeded his father, Major William Johnson, as captain of the local company in 1700. His will, dated 5 Aug 1725, probated 3 Sep 1725, names wife Abigail; sons Edward, Samuel, and Joseph; and daughters Sarah Simonds, Ester Stearns, Abigail Richardson, Susanna Jones, and Elizabeth Winn. James Thompson has an extant grave stone in the First Burial Ground of Woburn. Two different memorials have been created for Edward in the same cemetery, but there is no grave marker. [56]

Children of Edward and first wife Sarah:

  • Edward, b. Woburn 12 Oct 1687, d. there 3 Jan 1688
  • Dea. Edward, b. Woburn 4 May 1689, d. there 5 Oct 1774, m. (1) Woburn 11 Nov 1711 Rebecca REED, b. Lexington 7 April 1691, d. c. 1750, daughter of William Reed and Abigail Kendall; m. (2) Watertown 13 Dec 1750 (in Woburn VR) Esther (MASON) Coolidge, b. Watertown 8 July 1686, d. 7 March 1754 (source?), daughter of Joseph Mason and Mary Fiske, and widow of Joseph Coolidge (c. 1684-1749); m. (3) Woburn 19 Feb 1755 Sarah (SIMONDS) Wilson, b. Woburn 13 Dec 1694, d. there 12 March 1775, daughter of James Simonds and Susanna Blodgett, and widow of Samuel Wilson (1695-1750).
  • Sarah, b. Woburn c. 1691, d. 11 April 1727, m. c. 1709 John SIMONDS, b. Woburn 22 March 1685, d. there 5 June 1721, the son of Lt Benjamin Simonds and Rebecca Heywood. An account claiming she married Samuel Richardson is not corroborated by her death record, which called her widow Simonds. Sarah and John had six children, b. Woburn from 1710 to 1720.
  • Esther, b. Woburn 26 Jan 1694[/5?], d. Billerica 18 April 1786, m. Billerica "about January" 1716 (per Woburn VR) John STEARNS, b. Billerica 25 Nov 1686, d. there 2 Aug 1776, the son of Lt John Stearns and Elizabeth Bigelow. Esther and John had ten children born 1716 to 1737. Esther and John are buried in the Old South Burying Ground in Billerica; he has an extant grave marker, but it is not certain if hers has survived. [57]
  • Samuel, b. Woburn 21 Feb 1695/6, d. Woburn 1764, m. (1) Woburn 19 Feb 1724 Mary BUTTERS, b. Woburn 28 July 1705, d. Woburn 7 Aug 1730, daughter of William Butters and Rebecca Jones. They had two children born in 1725 and 1727. Samuel m. (2) Woburn 23 Dec 1731 Judith (WALKER) Kendall, b. Woburn 16 Mrch 1691, d. 20 March 1742, the daughter of Dea. Samuel Walker and Judith Heywood, and the widow of Ephraim Kendall (1688/9-1728). Samuel and Judith had one child born in 1733. Samuel m. (3) Woburn (int. 1 Jan 1743) Priscilla Emery, with whom he had two children born in 1743 and 1746. Samuel m. (4) Woburn 25 Dec 1751 Hannah (WYMAN) Wyman, b. Woburn 28 April 1699, the daughter of Nathaniel Wyman and Mary Winn, and the widow of Timothy Wyman (b. 1691).
  • Abigail, b. Woburn c. 1697, d. Stoneham, Mass. Jan 1771 "in her 65th year" according to her gravestone. This age cannot be correct, because she was first married in 1717, and would have been only ten years old. The grave marker should read "in her 75th year". Abigail m. (1) Woburn 11 Dec 1717 Timothy RICHARDSON, b. Woburn 24 July 1687, d. Woburn 29 June 1735, the son of John Richardson and Susanna Davis. Timothy was one of 46 men to accompany Capt Lovewell into Maine in pursuit of Indians. Only 20 men returned, Timothy being one of them, but he was badly injured, and suffered until his death ten years later. Following more than ten years of widowhood, Abigail m. (2) 15 April 1747 Dea. Daniel GOULD, b. 11 Dec 1681, d. Stoneham 7 March 1761, the son of John Gould and Abigail Belcher. Daniel had married as his first wife Sarah Grover, b. 1682, d. Stoneham 4 Dec 1745 in her 64th year. Daniel Gould and both of his wives have grave markers in the Old Burying Ground in Stoneham, Mass. [58]
  • Susanna, b. Woburn 14 June 1701, d. Berlin, Mass. 17 Sep 1795, m. Woburn 23 May 1722 Dea. Edward Jones, b. Woburn 19 Nov 1696, d. Berlin, MA 3 April 1769, the son of Samuel Jones and Abigail Snow. They had ten children, born from 1722/3 to 1742. Susanna and Edward both have grave markers in the Old Burying Ground in Berlin. [59]
  • Ichabod, b. Woburn 22 April 1703, d. 8 May 1725 when he went with Captain Lovewell into Maine in pursuit of Indians.

Children of Edward and second wife, Abigail:

  • Elizabeth, b. Woburn 6 Nov 1705, d. 1778, m. Woburn 1 Jan 1722/3 [1723 in VR] Joseph WINN (see above)
  • Joseph, b. Woburn, 22 June 1708, d. there 3 Oct 1793, m. (1) Woburn 5 July 1739 Sarah THOMPSON, b. Woburn 4 Dec 1706, daughter of James Thompson and Sarah Trask; m. (2) Wilmington, MA 10 April 1760 [in Woburn VR] Ruth (PIERCE) Kendall, b. Woburn 8 Sep 1715, d. Woburn 11 Sep 1778, daughter of Lt Ebenezer Pierce and Mary Wilson, and widow of Ephraim Kendall, 1716-1758.

Children of Abigail and first husband James Thompson:

  • Richard, b. Woburn 21 March 1688, d. there 6 Jan 1718. Richard has an extant grave marker in the First Burial Ground of Woburn. [60]
  • Abigail, b. Woburn 30 Dec 1689, apparently is NOT the one of her name who married Stephen LONGFELLOW, and she may have died young.
  • Simon, b. Woburn 19 Oct 1691, d. Dunstable, Mass. 9 May 1778, m. Woburn 8 Jan 1721 [/2?] Anna THOMPSON, b. Woburn 20 Feb 1703 [/4?], d. Dunstable 1 Nov 1777, daughter of James Thompson and Sarah Trask. Simon and Anna both have extant grave markers in the Thompson Cemetery, now located in Tyngsborough, Mass. [61]

(14g) Ellen (______) Forflod[edit]

26 Colonists (1993):173

Ellen _______, d. March/April 1514, m. _______ FORFLOD. Her will was dated 13 March and proved 29 April 1514, in which she called herself of the parish of Saint Michael's in Canterbury, and asked to be buried beside her husband in the church yard of Saint Augustine's monastery. Children:

  • John (below)
  • Isabel, prob. m. Edward EGBARD, who witnessed her mother's 1514 will
  • Joan

(13g) John Forflod[edit]

26 Colonists (1993):173-4

John, the son of Ellen Forflod of Canterbury, Kent, England, was born say 1470, d. c. 1518, and m. Clare/Clara _______, liv. 1518. John was a hatter, and a freeman of the city of Canterbury. Children, known from his mother's will:

  • Alice, m. c. 1528 William JOHNSON (see above)
  • 3 other children, unnamed in the will of their grandmother

(12g) Thomas Porredge[edit]

NEHGR 67(1913):179; 26 Colonists (1993):169-72

Thomas Porrage was b. say 1495, d. Jan/Feb 1548/9, m. (1) _______ _______; m. (2) Joan _______, d. c. 1558. They were of Brandley in the parish of Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England. Thomas was related to the Porrages of Rodmersham (Kent?). His will was dated 2 Jan 1548/9 and proved 2 March 1548/9. Joan's will was dated 9 July 1557 and proved 24 Dec 1558. Children prob. with first wife:

  • Joan, b. say 1520, m. Thomas RAYNER of Lenham, Kent.
  • John, b. c. 1522 (see below)

Children prob. with second wife:

  • Robert, b. say 1524, d. 1557, m. Rose _______, and had five minor children in his will dated 6 March 1556/7 and proved 13 July 1557.
  • Alice, b. say 1526, m. Thomas POTTER and had two daughters by 1557
  • Richard, b. say 1528, lived at Sandwich (Kent?) in 1593; had a son Gabriel of Richborough, and sons William and John.
  • William, b. say 1530, d. c. 1569, m. (1) Elizabeth _______, bur. Boughton 4 Jan 1560; m. (2) Barbara (_____) Marshall. His will was dated 3 Dec 1564 and proved 13 April 1569. They were of Faversham and had children.
  • Steven, b. say 1534, d. c. 1574, m. Boughton 5 Oct 1562 Elizabeth BLANKETT. His undated will was proved 3 Dec 1574. He had six minor children when he died; they were born 1563 to c. 1574.

(11g) John Porredge[edit]

NEHGR 67(1913):179-180; 26 Colonists (1993):163-5

John, son of Thomas Porredge, was b. c. 1522, bur. St. Dunstan's, Kent, England 16 Sep 1582, m. (1) say 1552 (prob. Margaret) DEANE, b. say 1532, and prob. the Margaret Porredge bur. St. Dunstan's 5 Jan 1571/2, sister of Thomas Deane/Denne of Adisham and son of Thomas Denne of Kingstone); m. (2) St. Dunstan's 5 May 1572 Margaret (CARTER) Ruck, bur. St. Dunstan's 11 May 1583, sister of George Carter. John was of Westgate Court in Canterbury, Kent, England, and was likely a tailor, based on the bequests of cut and uncut cloth that he made in his will, dated 27 July 1582. Margaret's will was dated 6 May 1583, five days before she was buried. Children, all with first wife:

  • (prob.) Thomas, b. say 1553, bur. Boughton under Blean, Kent 7 Aug 1563.
  • Joane, b. say 1555, d. prob. by 1582, m. Richard SMYTH. She is not named in the 1582 will of her father. She had a daughter Anne whose daughter Joan Stokes contested the will of her great uncle Edward Porredge in 1616.
  • Edward, b. say 1557, d. 1616, m. Katherine COPPIN. Will 5 June-22 July 1616. He owned land in various parishes in Kent and lived at Beakesbourne, where he was buried.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Boughton under Blean 3 Dec 1559, prob. d. by 1593, m. St. Dunstan's 17 Jan 1585/6 Arthur RUCK, her step-brother. She is not mentioned in brother Henry's 1593 will.
  • Henry, bapt. Boughton under Blean 22 Oct 1561, d. c. 1593/4, unmarried. Will 7 Nov 1593--13 Feb 1593/4; bur. Beakesbourne where he lived. He was educated and bequeathed proceeds of sale of his books to the poor.
  • Thomazine, bapt. 24 Aug 1563, prob. d. by 1593, m. St. Dunstan's 14 Nov 1580 Thomas RUCK, her step-brother, b. 24 Aug 1563. Not mentioned in brother Henry's 1593 will.
  • Susan, bapt. St. Dunstan's 20 Jan 1565/6, bur. St. George's, Canterbury 10 April 1604, m. William JOHNSON (see above).

(10g) Phineas Munter[edit]

NEHGR 139(1985):322-4; 26 Colonists (1993):157-9

Phineas Munter was bapt. at the Saint Mary the Virgin church in Dover, Kent, England 23 Feb 1566/7, bur. Buckland, Kent 9 Sep 1620, m. (1) Katherine _______, bur. St. Mary's, Dover 13 April 1605; m. (2) 27 April 1605 Elizabeth (______) Johnson of Dover, liv. 1620. This second marriage was recorded a month later, on 27 May, at St. Paul's in Canterbury, he being called a blacksmith. In 1615 this family was living in Faversham, about eight miles west of Canterbury, and then moved to Buckland, about three miles to the northwest. On 15 Nov 1620, letters of administration were issued to his widow Elizabeth. An undated inventory totalled a little over five pounds. Children, baptized at St. Mary's, Dover, with first wife Katherine:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. 27 Jan 1590/1, d. young.
  • Jane/Jeane, bapt. 1 April 1593, bur. April 1593.
  • T[homa?]s, bapt. April 1593, poss. d. testate in 1641
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 17 Feb 1595/6, m. St. Dunstan's, Canterbury 20 Nov 1635 Thomas GIBSON, unless this was the marriage of her step-mother, or even someone else.
  • Susan, bapt. 5 Oct 1597, d. Woburn, Mass. 7 March 1689/90, m. c. 1620 Edward JOHNSON (see above).
  • Jane/Jeane, bapt. 23 May 1599, m. Harbledown, Kent 6 March 1620/1 John OSBORNE, tailor, b. c. 1598.
  • Thomas, bapt. 5 Oct 1600, bur. 1 July 1602.
  • Kathren, bapt. 27 April 1602, bur. 8 Sep 1603.
  • Phineas, bapt. 29 Dec 1603, m. Canterbury 21 Sep 1629 Ann RAWLINGS.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth:

  • Nicholas, bapt. 2 Nov 1606
  • Alice, bapt. 13 April 1609, bur. April 1609.

(11g) prob. John Wiswall[edit]

TAG 58(1982):110-115

John Wiswall was born say 1540, and may be the one of the name buried at Winnick, Lancashire, England 30 Dec 1608. No record of his wife has been found. The baptisms of eight children are recorded in the Winnich parish register, the first five without names, but simpley called "child of John Wiswell" and the last three with no parent named, but that fit well in this family and are assumed to be of John:

  • Thomas, assumed to be one of the unnamed children of John, may have been the "child, bapt. 11 Nov 1566". Thomas was a brother of Ralph Wiswell, and d. 10 April 1619, with inquisition post mortem taken at Preston 7 Sep 1619. He m. Ormskirk, Lancashire 20 Oct 1592 Alice PICKETT who was bur. Ormskirk 12 April 1618. Thomas was bur. in the "high chancell" (where ever that is) on 11 April 1619. Thomas had an illegitimate son, Edward, bapt. 7 March 1588/9 at Ormskirk, but this child d. young, and he had no children with wife Alice.
  • child, bapt. 14 April 1569 (fits well with the age of Ralph, below)
  • child, bapt. 4 Dec 1571
  • child, bapt. 7 oct 1573
  • child, bapt. 19 April 1576
  • Jane, bapt. 28 Oct 1577
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 2 Jan 1579/80
  • John, bapt. 24 Jan 1582/3; he may be the John Wiswell who m. Winnick 11 Feb 1602/3 Jane BAROWE, or it may have been his father. He is likely the John Wiswell who had two children baptized at Winnick in 1605 and 1608.

(10g) Ralph Wiswall[edit]

Parker-Ruggles Anc. (1913):396-8; TAG 58(1982):110-115; GM50 (1990):523-8

Ralph, prob. son of John Wiswall, was b. c. 1570 (aged 49 and more in 1619), and thus may have been the "child of John Wiswell" (no given name) baptized 14 April 1569 in Winnick, Lancashire, England. He d. early 1631/2, as his inventory was dated 13 March. He was of Haydock, parish of Winnick, Lancashire, England, married, but wife's name not found in any extant documents. He was a locksmith. Only known children, baptized at Warrington, Lancashire:

  • John (twin), bapt. 20 Sep 1601 (aged 56 in Jan 1658[/9?] and aged 86 in Aug 1687 per gs), d. Boston, Mass. 16/17 Aug 1687, aged 86 (gs), m. Margaret SMYTH, liv. 1664, daughter of Thomas and Anne Smyth of London, England. John came to New England about 1636 with his brother Thomas, and their families. John has an extant gravestone in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston. [62]
  • Thomas (twin), bapt. 20 Sep 1601, m. (1) Elizabeth (BURBAGE?); m. (2) Isabelle (MUSTON) Farmer (see below).

(9g) Thomas Wiswall[edit]

NEHGR 40(1886):59-60; Parker-Ruggles Anc. (1913):262-9; GM50 (1990):519-21

Thomas Wiswall was bapt. Warrington, Lancashire, England 20 Sep 1601 (aged about 62 in Oct 1663), d. Cambridge Village (now Newton), Mass. 6 Dec 1683, and m. (1) say 1632 Elizabeth (BURBAGE?), d. Cambridge Village c. 1667; m. (2) Isabelle (MUSTON) Farmer, d. Billerica, Mass. 21 May 1686, sister of Rev. homas Muston of Wykin, Eng., and widow of John Farmer. Thomas was in New England by 1636, settling first in Dorchester, and later in Cambridge and Newton. Thomas and his brother John became members of the Dorchester church in Aug 1636. Thomas was selectman in 1644. About 1653 or 1654 Thomas moved to Cambridge, though he continued his membership in the Dorchester church until 1664. On 8:10:1683 (8 Dec 1683), Enoch, Noah, and Ebenezer Wiswall, sons of Elder Thomas Wiswall, were given administration of his estate. Thomas and four of his sons are memorialized on the First Settlers Monument in the East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Thomas being given one face of the monument, noting his being the ruling elder in the church. Children, all with first wife: [63]

  • Enoch, b. England c. 1633, d. Dorchester, Mass. 28 Nov 1706, aged 73 (gs), m. Dorchester 25 Nov 1657 Elizabeth OLIVER, b. c. 1637, d. Dorchester 31 May 1712, aged 75, daughter of John Oliver and Elizabeth Newgate of Boston. They had twelve children born from 1658 to 1682. Enoch and Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burial Ground, now in Boston, Mass. [64]
  • Esther/Hester, b. c. 1635, m. Woburn 16 May 1655 William JOHNSON (see above).
  • Ichabod, b. c. 1637, d. Newton, Mass. 23 July 1700, aged 63 (gs), m. (1) c. 1669 Remember _______, b. c. 1650, d. by 1679; m. (2) 2 Dec 16[79] Priscilla PEABODY, b. Duxbury (now Mass.) 15 Jan 1653, d. Kingston, Mass. 3 June 1724, aged 71 (gs), daughter of John Peabody and Elizabeth Alden. Priscilla was named for her grandmother, Priscilla (Mullens) Alden. Ichabod attended Harvard College, but did not graduate. He was ordained pastor of the Duxbury church. Ichabod had a daughter with his first wife, born in 1670, then had six more with second wife born from 1680 to c. 1695. Ichabod has an extant gravestone in the Myles Standish Burying Ground in Duxbury, Mass., and Priscilla has an extant stone in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston, Mass.[65]
  • Noah, bapt. Dorchester 30 Dec 1638, d. 6 July 1690, m. Newton 14 Dec 1664 Theodocia JACKSON, daughter of Dea. John and Margaret Jackson. Theodocia m. (2), as his third wife, Dea. Samuel Newman of Rehoboth. They had eight children born from 1666 to 1681. He was killed by Indians at Wheelwright's Pond in New Hampshire.
  • Ebenezer, bapt. Dorchester 8:10mo:1641 (8 Dec 1641), d. young.
  • Sarah, bapt. Dorchester 26 March 1642 (19 March 1642/3 per Threllfall), d. by 1667, m. Nathaniel HOLMES, b. Roxbury, Mass. 1 Feb 1639[/40?], d. Roxbury 12 Feb 1712/13, son of George and Deborah Holmes. Nathaniel m. (2) Dorchester 27 March 1667 Patience Topley, daughter of Clement and Sarah Topley/Topliffe.
  • Ebenezer, b. c. 1646, d. Newton, Mass. 21 June 1691, aged 45 (gs), m. 26 March 1685 Sarah (PAYSON) Foster, bapt. Roxbury, Mass. 16 July 1648, d. Newton 21 June 1714, widow of Elisha Foster and daughter of Giles Payson and Elizabeth Dowell of Roxbury.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 15 April 1649
  • Thomas, bapt. Dorchester 9 June 1650

The following was included in the 1886 article, but not in Parker-Ruggles Anc. (1913),and mentioned by Threllfall (1990) as being included by Savage:

  • Mary (per Savage), m. Samuel PAYSON.

(8g) Richard Gardner[edit]

Savage (1864)2:229; Hist Woburn (1868):614-5; Pope (1900):181; NEHGR 140(1986):314-6

Richard Gardner, b. c. 1619 (about 39 in 1658), d. Woburn, Mass. 29 May 1698, aged about 79, m. 18 Oct 1651 Ann (ROLFE) Blanchard, b. c. 1626 (aged 32 in 1658), widow of Thomas Blanchard of Charlestown, and daughter of Henry and Honor (Rolfe) Rolfe. His will was dated 15 March 1696/7 and proved 6 May 1698 (Pope says 6 June 1698, which better aligns with gravestone date of 29 May 1698). He lived initially at Woburn, where he was a proprietor in 1648, but was of Charlestown by the mid-1660s. He was of that place in his will, dated 15 March 1696/7. Richard has an extant gravestone in the Woburn First Burial Ground. Children of Ann with her first husband, Thomas Blanchard: [66]

  • Mary Blanchard, b. say 1648, d. by 1729, m. (1) as his second wife, Josiah COOPER, whose will was dated 16 Sep and proved 24 Sep 1678, in which he appointed his "loving father-in-law Richard Gardner of Woburn" as one of the overseers; m. (2) Richard BROOKS of Boston, gunsmith. Mary had a daughter with her first husband, named Anna/Hannah, b. c. 1676.
  • Sarah Blanchard, b. say 1650, m. ______ BUMSTEAD, mother of Jeremiah Bumstead who kept a diary.

Children of Richard and Ann Gardner, first four b. Woburn, last three prob. b. Charlestown:

  • John, b. Woburn 14 Aug 1652, not in father's will, and likely d. young.
  • Ann/Hannah, b. Woburn 17 Jan 1654/5, d. Woodbridge, NJ 20 Sep 1690, m. c. 1676 John CODDINGTON, b. Boston, Mass. 9 Feb 1654[3/4?], liv. 1713 in Woodbridge, NJ, son of John and Emma Coddington, and step-son of John Jepson.
  • Benjamin, b. Woburn 26 Dec 1656, d. by 1698 when not mentioned in father's will.
  • Henry, b. Woburn 12 Feb 1657/8, d. Woburn 20 Feb 1713/4, aged 57, m. (1) by 1695 Elizabeth LANE, b. c. 1660, d. 3 June 1703, aged 43 (gs); m. (2) say 1704 Hannah Prescott/Nelson, liv. 1713/4. Henry had four children with his first wife, born 1695 to 1702, and his daughter born in 1705 was apparently with second wife. Henry and first wife Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Woburn First Burial Ground. [67]
  • Esther, b. Woburn 15 Oct 1659, d. Woburn 17n Dec 1706 in her 48th year (gs), m. William JOHNSON, Jr. (see above). Esther has an extant gravestone in the Woburn First Burial Ground. [68]
  • Ruth, b. Woburn 1 April 1661, d. Boston 17 Oct 1695, and m. c. 1695 John JEPSON Jr., who m. (2) 1 April 1696 Apphia Rolfe, daughter of Benjamin Rolfe and first cousin to his first wife, Ruth.
  • Abigail, b. say 1664, m. (1) as his second wife, Charlestown, Mass. 13 April 1687 James THOMPSON, b. 2 March 1649, d. Woburn 14 Sep 1693, aged 44, the son of Simon Thompson and Mary Converse; m. (2) Capt. Edward JOHNSON (see above).
  • Rebecca, b. 26 March 1666 (calculated from gravestone age), d. Lexington, Mass. 5 June 1709, aged 43y 2m 10d, m. Cambridge, Mass. 31 March 1686 Samuel WHITTEMORE of Cambridge, b. c. 1658, d. Cambridge 22 May 1724, son of Francis Whittemore and Isabel Park. Rebecca and Samuel have extant gravestones in the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Mass. [69]
  • Mehetabel, b. say 1669, m. c. 1689 James CONNETT. They had five children born in Charlestown, Mass. from 1690 to 1702, and perhaps two additional children afterwards.

(10g) John Rolfe[edit]

see also sandboxb2

NEHGR 3(1849):152; NEHGR 36(1882):143-4; NEHGR 66(1912):247-9 (will and parish register entries); Pillsbury Anc (1938):525-8; Hoyt:300-1

John Rolfe was b. say 1555, probably in Wiltshire, England, bur. Whiteparish, Wiltshire 12 Sep 1625 as "Old father Rolf", and m. c. 1578 Honor _______, b. say 1558, bur. Whiteparish 8 July 1619. John's will was dated [___]ary 1624/5, with codicil 29 May 1625, and proved 8 Oct 1625. Three of their five known children went to New England. Children, bapt. Whiteparish:

  • Joan, bapt. 15 Sep 1579, m. Whiteparish 18 Sep 1609 William HOLLOWAY of Dameram, and they had a child, Joan.
  • Mary, bapt. 16 July 1582, m. Whiteparish 23 Jan 1608/9 Richard WHITTIER (see sandbox b2).
  • Henry, bapt. 5 Sep 1585, d. 1 March 1642/3, m. Whiteparish 28 May 1621 Honor ROLFE (see below).
  • John, bapt. 24 April 1589, d. Newbury, Mass. 8 Feb 1663/4, m. (1) Whiteparish 2 Nov 1612 Joane COLES; m. (2) by 1638 Ann _____; m. (3) Hester ______, d. Salisbury 3 June 1647. They came from Melchet Park, Wiltshire to New England in 1638 aboard the Confidence, and he brought his nephew, Thomas Whittier. John was a freeman in 1639 and received multiple land grants in Salisbury over the next 15 years. His will was dated 4 Feb 1663/4 and proved 29 March 1664. They had three known daughters, two of whom were baptized at Whiteparish in 1614 and 1616.
  • Thomas, b. say 1591, bur. Whiteparish 18 Aug 1629, and prob. the one who m. Whiteparish 20 April 1615 Mary (______) Hurst. His will, dated 12 Aug and proved 10 Sep 1629, names wife Mary, unnamed sons of brothers John and Henry, son Thomas Rofe, cousin Nicholas Aldridge of Wellowd, overseer, among others.

(9g) Henry Rolfe[edit]

NEHGR 36(1882):143-4;

Henry, son of John and Honor Rolfe, was bapt. Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England 5 Sep 1585, d. 1 March 1642/3, m. Whiteparish 28 May 1621 Honor ROLFE (the marriage record mistakenly calls him John Rolfe), b. c. 1593, d. Charlestown, Mass. 19 Dec 1650 (at the house of Thomas Blanchard), daughter of Richard and Agnes (Rolfe) Rolfe of Wiltshire, England. They came to New England about 1637, perhaps ahead of his brother John and nephew Thomas Whittier who were there by 1638. Henry's will was dated 15 Feb 1642/3 and proved 28 March 1643. Children:

  • Anna, b. c. 1626 (aged 32 in 1658), m. (1) c. 1646 Thomas BLANCHARD, b. say 1625, d. Feb 1650/1, came to New England with his father on the Jonathan in 1639; m. (2) 18 Oct 1651 Richard GARDNER (see above).
  • Hannah, b. say 1628, m. 1647 Richard DOLE.
  • John, b. say 1630, d. Newbury, Mass. 1 Oct 1681 (at the house of his brother), m. 1656 Mary SCULLARD. They lived in Newbury, the Nantucket, and finally in the part of Cambridge that is now Arlington. They had eleven children born from 1658 to 1681, the last posthumous.
  • Benjamin, b. Newbury 1638, m. 1659 Apphia HALE, b. c. 1640, daughter of Thomas Hale of Newbury. They had twelve children born from 1660 to 1685.

(12g) Henry Rolfe[edit]

NEHGR 66(1912):244,251

Henry Rolfe, b. say 1515, d. May/June 1558, married and had children. He lived in the hamlet of Hamptworth in the parish of Downton, Wiltshire, England. His will was dated 5 May 1558, proved 4 June 1558, naming no wife and making bequests to Alis, his servant, to the children of his sister Margaret Blake of Playtford, to Agnes Saunders's children, to Agnes Bampton, to William Hickman, to Dnnis Husse, to my son Richard Rolfe items to be delivered by Henry Rolfe the younger of Hamptworth, to my daughter Margaret Rolfe all my wife's wearing gear unbequeathed, and at the age of 15 another bequest. If his children die, then the estate to revert to the children of Thomas Blake, Thomas Husse, Agnes Saunders, John Light, and Henry Rolfe the younger, equally divided. Children:

  • Richard, b. say 1540, m. Elizabeth _______
  • Margaret, b. say 1544, under 15 in 1558 of her father

(11g) poss. Richard Rolfe, Sr.[edit]

NEHGR 66(1912):251

Richard, son of Henry Rolfe, was b. say 1540, d. c. 1567, and m. Elizabeth _______. Following Richard's death, Elizabeth m. William Sanders. Children of Richard and Elizabeth:

  • poss. Richard, b. c. 1567, m. Agnes ROLFE (below)
  • poss. daughter, m. William HORE.

(10g) Richard Rolfe, Jr.[edit]

NEHGR 66(1912):245-6;251

Richard, possibly the son of Richard and Elizabeth Rolfe, was b. c. 1567, d. c. 1598, and m. Agnes ROLFE, b. c. 1573, the daughter of ______ and Alice Rolfe. Agnes m. (2) John Rice. Richard's will was dated 30 [___] 1598, in which he called himself of Hamptworth in the parish of Downtone, Wiltshire, Eng., and names brother-in-law Henry Rofe, brother-in-law Thomas Rofe, brother-in-law William _______ and his daughter Alse, sister's son William Hore, brother William Sanderes, wife Agnes Rofe, daughters Honor and Agnes, father-in-law William Sanderes. Children of Richard and Agnes:

  • Honor, b. c. 1593, m. Henry ROLFE and went to New England (see above).
  • Agnes, b. c. 1596

(11g) ______ and Alice Rolfe[edit]

NEHGR 66(1912):246(will);251

______ Rolfe, b. say 1545, m. Alice _______, d. c. 1604. Alice called herself of Downtone, Wiltshire, widow, in her will dated 8 Dec 1604, naming son Thomas Rolfe, son John Rolfe and his daughter Alice Rolfe and his son John Rolfe, and his unnamed wife; daughter Agnes Rice and her daughter Honor Rolfe, son Henry Rolfe Children:

  • Agnes, b. c. 1573, m. (1) Richard ROLFE, Jr. (see above); m. (2) John RICE.
  • John, had issue
  • Henry, d. c. 1617, m. 1604 Anne JUDD.
  • Thomas, d. c. 1629, m. 1615 Mary HURST.

(10g) Robert Ingalls[edit]

NEHGR 50(1986):72-3 (will); Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1055-7; TAG 52(1976):242-3; 55(1979):109-10; TEG 19(1999):43-4 (does not recognize the material from the two TAG articles two decades earlier!)

Robert Ingalls was born say 1555, bur. Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England 22 March 1617/8, and m. c. 1579 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1559, bur. Skirbeck 22 April 1631. Claims have been made that Robert was the son of Henry Ingalls of Skirbeck whose will was dated 1 June 1555, and though possible, there is no evidence for this. Based on probable ages, Henry would more likely be a grandfather to Robert. Robert's will was dated 12 July 1617, and signed by mark; his inventory taken 24 March 1617/8. Children:

  • (prob.) Rose, bapt. Wyberton, Lincolnshire 6 April or May 1580, bur. Skirbeck July 1604.
  • Agnes, bapt. Wyberton 12 April 1582, prob. the "Amee" bur. there 7 May 1582.
  • Margaret, bapt. Wyberton 7 March 1583/4, bur. there 28 Aug 1585.
  • Edmund, bapt. Wyberton 26 June 1586, m. Annis TELBE (see below).
  • Robert, b. say 1590, liv. 1617, m. Boston, Lincolnshire 11 July 1613 Alice SNAPE.
  • (prob.) Edith, bapt. Skirbeck 29 July 1592, d. by 1617, m. Boston, Lincolnshire 19 May 1612 Ambrose STYNYTT. They had a son named Robert.
  • Francis, b. c. 1595 (aged 26 in 1621 mar. lic.) (aged about 60 in 1662 appears to be erroneous), d. Boston, Mass. c. 1672, m. (1) Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov 1621 Bridget VAUGHAN, bur. 20 Dec 1625; m. (2) Mary _______. This may be the "Francisca filia Rob'ti Inganalls" of Skirbeck, called a female in the Boston, Lincolnshire parish register, baptized 16 Jan 1595/6. Francis was in New England by 1638 when he and his brother Edmund received a joint grant of 120 acres in the town of Lynn. He later moved to Boston where he died, but left no Ingalls descendants. His will was dated 1 Nov 1672, naming wife Mary and son-in-law Joseph Belknap (husband of his daughter Lydia).

(9g) Edmund Ingalls[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1057-8; TAG 52(1976):242-3; 55(1979):109-10; TEG 19(1999):44-8; 23(2003):51-2,59

Edmund, the son of Robert Ingalls of Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, was bapt. Wyberton, Lincolnshire, England 26 June 1586, d. Lynn, Mass. 1648, and m. St. Nicholas, Skirbeck 7 June 1618 Ann(is) TELBE, b. say 1598, liv. 1670. Following Edmund's death, Ann m. (2) by 1660 John March, d. Jan 1665/6. Edmund was the Skirbeck church warden in 1632. His arrival in New England has been proposed by many writers, but there is no evidence for him in New England before 1638, the year that he and his brother Francis received a 120-acre grant of land in the town of LYNN. He was fined for violating the sabath day on 20 June 1646. Edmund was seriously injured when while crossing the Saugus River, when the bridge collapsed. He hung on for several days, but realizing he would not recover, he wrote his will, and died a few dates later. His will was dated 28 Aug and proved 14 Sep (or Nov) 1648(*); inventory total of 135 pounds. On 27 March Ann Ingalls sued William Flint and Anthony Needham for taking her hay. Edmund's widow Ann had married John March by 2 Oct 1660 when March was named as the guardian for Sarah Bickner. Anna was still living in 1670 when she executed a deed as "Anna March." Children of Edmund and Anna, all baptisms at Skirbeck, Lincolnshire except for last child:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. 28 Feb 1618/9, d. 9 June 1676, m., as the first of three wives, Rev. Francis DANE, d. 17 Feb 1696/7. They had nine children. Francis m. (2) Andover 22 Nov 1677 Mary Thomas, d. 1689, and m. (3) Andover 16 Nov 1681 Hannah Poor.
  • Robert, bapt. 13 July 1620, bur. Lynn 3 Jan 1697/8, m. Lynn c. 1646 Sarah HARKER, d. Lynn 8 April 1696, daughter of William and Elizabeth Harker of Lynn. They had eight children born at Lynn from 1647 to c. 1663.
  • Faith, bapt. 14 July 1622, d. c. 1691, m. Andrew ALLEN, b. c. 1618, d. Andover 24 Oct 1690. They had six children born from c. 1650 to 1661. A daughter was hanged as a witch in 1692, another killed by Indians, and both sons died of smallpox in 1690.
  • John, bapt. 9 May 1624, d. Rehoboth, Mass. 31 Dec 1721, m. Salem, Mass. 26 May 1667 Elizabeth BARRETT of Salem, d. 5 March 1717/8. John's will was dated 16 April 1718 and proved 5 Feb 1721/2. They had five known children, b. 1667/8 to c. 1680.
  • Sarah, bapt. 16 July 1626, d. c. 1652, m. c. 1645 William BITNAR/BICKNER, d. c. 1659. William m. (2) c. 1653 Martha Metcalf. The estate settlement of William Bickner on 4 Oct 1659 shows he had three children with his first wife, Sarah: Samuel, aged 13, John, aged 11, and Sarah, aged 8, and with his second wife he had three more children: John, aged 5, Benjamin, aged 3, and unnamed child, aged 3/4 year. When John March made his will on 1 Jan 1665/6, he made a bequest to Sarah Bickner [daughter of William and Sarah], the grandchild of his wife Anna. This proves that Anna (Telbe) Ingalls married John March, following the death of Edmund Ingalls.
  • Samuel, bapt. 20 Jan 1627/8, prob. d. young 1628-30 when Bishop's transcripts are lacking.
  • Henry, b. c. 1630 (aged about 27 in 1656; about 30 in 1662), m. Mary OSGOOD (see below).
  • Samuel, bapt. 22 April 1632, d. Ipswich, MA 1716/7, m. Ipswich 9 Dec 1656 Ruth EATON, daughter of John Eaton of Haverhill. They had nine children born from 1657 to 1675.
  • Mary, bapt. Sutterton, Lincolnshire 22 Feb 1634/5, m. by 1663 Ralph KING.

(*) perhaps the will was proved 14:9mo:1648, in which case the date would be 14 November 1648.

(8g) Henry Ingalls[edit]

Ingalls Genealogy (1903)[70]; Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1058-62; TEG 19(1999):46

Henry, the son of Edmund and Anne Ingalls, was b. Skirbeck, England c. 1630, d. Andover, Mass. 8 Feb 1718/9 "aged 90" (an exaggeration), m. (1) Andover 6 July 1653 Mary OSGOOD, b. c. 1634, d. Andover 16 Dec 1686, the daughter of John and Sarah Osgood of Andover. He m. (2) Andover 1 Aug 1687 or 1689 Sarah (FARNUM) Abbott, b. c. 1638, d. Andover 12 May 1728, in 90th year, the widow of George Abbott, Jr., and daughter of Ralph and Alice Farnum. Henry grew up in Lynn, later owned land at Ipswich, and sold it in 1652, then became one of the first settlers of Andover, Mass. He left a will, dated 5 July 1714, and proved 16 Feb 1719[18/19?], calling himself of Andover. Henry was chosen Sergeant of the Anodver military company in 1666. His will was dated 5 July 1714 and proved 16 Feb 1719 [1718/9]. Children, all born in Lynn, but recorded in Andover, and all with first wife:

  • Samuel, b. 3 Oct 1654, m. Sarah HENDRICK (see below).
  • Henry, b. 8 Dec 1656, d. 8 Feb 1698/9, m. Andover 6 June 1688 Abigail EMERY, b. 16 Jan 1669, d. 12 July 1756, daughter of John Emery Jr. and Mary Webster of Newbury. They had five children born from 1689 to 1697.
  • Mary, b. 28 Jan 1659 [1658/9?], m. Andover 28 May 1679 Joseph STEVENS of Andover
  • John (twin), b. 21 May 1661, d. Abington (Pomfret), CT 5 Jan 1743, m. (1) _______ _______; m. (2) Andover 10 June 1696 Sarah RUSSELL, b. 1674, d. Abington, CT 25 May 1764, aged 90, daughter of Robert Russell and Mary Marshall. They had eight children born from 1697 to 1715.
  • Stephen (twin), b. 21 May 1661, m. 2 Jan 1690 Dinah ELSON, d. 1 Aug 1703. Stephen was a tailor at Salem, Mass. where he bought land in 1721, then sold it to his only son, Ephraim, in 1724. Stephen and Dinah had six children b. from 1691 to 1703.
  • Francis, b. 23 Sep 1663, d. 9 Dec 1690 of smallpox.
  • Moses, b. 26 June 1666, d. Andover 28 Sep 1667
  • James, b. 24 Sep 1669, d. Andover 27 Jan/June 1735, m. Andover 16 April 1695 Hannah ABBOTT, d. Pomfret, CT 3 May 1753 daughter of George Abbott and Sarah Farnum. James and Hannah had nine children born from 1695 to about 1711.
  • Sarah, b. 7 Sep 1672, prob. d. young.
  • Joseph, b. 2 March 1674/5, d. 19 March 1674/5.
  • Josiah, b. 28/29 Feb 1676/7, d. 14 Aug 1755, m. (1) Andover 19 Sep 1705 Mary HOLT, b. 1680, d. 9 Feb 1714/5, aged 34; m. (2) 21 July 1715 Esther Frye, b. 1681, d. 29 Sep 1757, aged 76. Josiah and first wife Mary had four children born from 1706 to 1713.
  • Sarah, b. 22 Jan 1679/80, d. Methuen, Mass. 7 Sep 1760, m. 6 Jan 1701[/2?] Capt Joshua SWAN.

(7g) Samuel Ingalls[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1060

Samuel, the son of Henry Ingalls and Mary Osgood of Andover, Mass., was b. Lynn, Mass. (but rec. Andover) 3 Oct 1654, d. Andover 11 Aug 1733, in his 79th year, and m. Andover 4 June 1682 Sarah HENDRICK, b. Haverhill 5 Aug 1661, daughter of Daniel and Mary Hendrick. Samuel was given the title "Serg't" in his death record. Samuel and Sarah have Find-a-grave memorials without a cemetery. Children, all b. Andover: [71]

  • Samuel, b. 7 May 1683, d. Chester, NH 6 Oct 1747, m. c. 1708 Mary WATTS, b. Haverhill 27 June 1687, probably died by 1747, daughter of Samuel Watts and Elizabeth Ayer. They had ten children born 1709 to 1727. After his marriage Samuel moved to his wife's hometown of Haverhill, but on 23 Oct 1717 he was called "Samuel Ingalls, of Chester, blacksmith." He was one of the proprietors of Chester, and one of the grantees of the first saw mill in town. He was selectman there in 1723, 1724, and 1725, lot layer from 1724 to 1728, and town clerk in 1730. He was titled Captain as early as 1729. He erected the first frame house in town, about 1732. On 17 Feb 1726/7 he and James Whiting, both of Chester, were authorized to appraise the estate of Timothy Keyser of Chester (administration had been given to John Pecker of Haverhill). On 29 Jan 1745/6, guardianship of John Mudgett, minor, aged more that 14 years, son of William Mudgett of Londonderry, yeoman, deceased, was granted to Samuel Ingalls of Chester. Administration of the estate of Samuel Ingalls was given to Peter Ingalls on 28 Oct 1747. The inventory showed an estate valued at just over 4749 pounds. The administion papers name many heirs, but no wife is mentioned.
  • Sarah, b. 21 March 1685, d. Andover 13 Feb 1754, in 69th year, m. Andover 27 Feb 1706/7 Josiah CHANDLER, b. Andover 28 Dec 1683, d. there 12 Aug 1752 in 68th year, the son of William Chandler and Sarah Buckminster. Sarah and Josiah had seven children born 1707 to 1727.
  • Moses, b. 30 May 1687, d. 1751, m. Maria HOYT. [72]
  • Daniel, b. 30 July 1689, d. young.
  • Deborah, b. 1 April 1691, d. Andover 26 Dec 1692
  • see Eldad (below)
  • Deborah, b. 24 July 1694, m. Andover 6 Oct 1715 (int Salem, Mass. 23 July 1715) Joshua FLINT, b. Salem 28:10m:1689 (28 Dec 1689), d. 1747?, the son of John Flint (of Thomas) and Elizabeth. The may have moved to Beverly, Mass. upon their marriage, as their first three children were baptized there from 1716 to 1720. Soon thereafter they moved to Windham, Connecticut, where Joshua may have died. They had a total of ten children, born 1716 to 1736.
  • Daniel, b. 13 Oct 1696, d. Andover 25 Sep 1700
  • Ruth, b. 19 Feb 1699, did not marry
  • Mary, b. 10 May 1701, m. Andover 20 Jan 1720/1 Noah MARBLE, b. Andover 12 March 1688/9, d. Andover 16 Dec 1752, the son of Samuel Marble and Rebecca Andrews. Mary's birth record in Andover gives her name as Mary Engols, and gives the date shown here, but her parents' names were torn away in the original record. Mary and Noah had eleven children, all born in Andover from 1722 to 1743. Various accounts give Mary a death date of 29 Jan 1745, but this is actually the day that her son Joseph died at Louisbourg in Nova Scotia. Her death date remains unknown.
  • Nathaniel, b. 1703
  • Eldad, b. c. 1692/3. There is no known birth record for Eldad, and the author of the Ingalls genealogy, after much searching, felt that he belongs in this family. If so, based on his marriage date, he must have been born in the window between the two Deborahs. Placement here is tentative, however, because other possibilities are that he was born to a single mother, or that he adopted the Ingalls surname. Eldad m. Haverhill 17 Nov 1719 Hannah WATTS, the daughter of Samuel Watts and Elizabeth Ayer. He died, probably in Chester, NH, about 1728. He and Hannah appear to have had four children born from 1720 to 1727.

(6g) Moses Ingalls[edit]

Moses Ingalls, the son of Samuel Ingalls and Sarah Hendrick, was b. Andover, Mass. 30 May 1687, d. Andover 23 Nov 1751, and m. Newbury 21 Feb 1712 [/13? in Andover VR] Maria/Moriah HOYT (Hoit in her m. rec), b. Amesbury, Mass. 21 Nov 1694, daughter of William Hoyt and Dorothy Colby. In her birth record, the spelling of her name is "Murriah." The estate of Moses was administered by oldest son, Daniel, with inventory totaling about 410 pounds. Moses and Maria have memorials in find-a-grave, with no cemetery. Children, all b. Andover, MA: [73]

  • Daniel, b. Feb 1713/4, m. 27 Oct 1744 Sarah FLETCHER
  • child, b. 18 Dec 1716, died soon thereafter.
  • Ruth, b. 1 Jan 1719/20, d. 1770, m. Andover 8 Mar 1747/8 (also recorded in Salem, Mass.) Enoch FOOTE, b. Salem c. 1723, d. 1764, son of Isaac Foote and Mary Fowler. Enoch's birth date has been approximated by his parents' marriage date in Salem of 17 Oct 1722, but it would have been later if he wasn't the first child. A letter of administration on his estate was dated 23 April 1764. Administration of the estate of Ruth Foote appears to have been granted on 31 July 1770, based on a cover page available at Ancestry.com. Ruth and Enoch had at least one child, Enoch, who was "upwards of age fourteen" when his mother was made his guardian on 3 Sep 1764. [74]
  • Samuel, b. 11 Nov 1722, probably died young.
  • Dorothy, b. 5 Oct 1725 (her name not given in the Andover VR), m. Andover 5 Mar 1745/6 Thomas BRAGG. b. Andover 2 March 1720/1 (d. Andover 3 Nov 1788, but not in VR), son of Edward Bragg and Mary/Marcy Bridge(s). Dorothy and Thomas had ten children born in Andover from 1747 to 1767. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Dorothy and Thomas, without known cemeteries. [75]
  • Benjamin, b. 1 Aug 1728, d. Hiram, ME 24 Nov 1815, m. (1) Andover 3 Aug 1762 Rebecca PEARSON, b. Andover 26 May 1733, d. c. 1770, daughter of John Pierson and Rebecca Osgood of Andover; m. (2) c. 1773 Mary White, b. 1746, d. 1814. Benjamin was a soldier of the Rev. War, but also served during colonial times. Benjamin and second wife Mary are buried in the West Baldwin Cemetery, Baldwin, Maine. [76] [77]
  • William b. 7 April 1730, d. Andover 24 March 1730/1
  • Anna, b. 12 Nov 1734, d. Andover 18 Oct 1818, m. Andover 14 Feb 1754 Daniel FOSTER, b. Andover 7 Jan 1725/6, buried Andover 15 Oct 1811, the son of Moses and Elizabeth Foster. Anna and Daniel had at least seven children, mentioned in his will, which was dated 13 Sep 1811 and proved 7 Nov 1811. Anna died as a widow at the Andover Almshouse, "aged 86." She is apparently buried in the West Parish Garden Cemetery in Andover, but has no marker. [78]
  • William, b. 28 June 1737, d. Newburyport, Mass. 3 Dec 1797, aged 60, m. Andover 26 May 1761 Susannah PEARSON, b. Andover 13 July 1740, d. Newburyport 8 July 1825, aged 85, the daughter of John Pearson and Rebecca Osgood of Andover. William was the deputy sherriff of Newburyport. He and Susanna had eight known children, born from 1763 to c. 1780. Williams' will was dated 15 Nov 1797 and proved 10 May 1798. William and Susanna are buried in the Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, both with surviving grave markers. [79] [80]
  • John, b. 9 July 1739

(5g) Daniel Ingalls[edit]

Daniel, b. February 1713/4, m. Andover 27 Oct 1744 Sarah FLETCHER of Nottingham. Since Daniel and Sarah had a son named Robert Fletcher Ingalls, Sarah is likely the daughter of Robert Fletcher of Notthingham, NH and Dunstable, Mass. Daniel and Sarah had ten known children, born 1745 to 1763, likely all in Andover. Sometime, perhaps in the 1770s Daniel, likely his wife Sarah, and his two sons Moses and Robert Fletcher, all moved north to Shelburne, Coos Co., NH. Daniel was known as Deacon Daniel Ingalls, and apparently known for his piety. In 1800 it appears that Daniel and Sarah were living in the household of their son, Fletcher. It is therefore very likely that they are buried in the cemetery where Fletcher buried his wife, and was later buried himself. Children, b. Andover, Mass.: [81] [82]

  • Sarah, b. 24 Aug 1745, d. Conway, NH 7 Jan 1786, and m. Andover, Mass. 16 April 1764 Joseph ODELL, b. Salem, NH 24 Dec 1736, d. Conway, NH 27 Mar 1802, the son of William and Martha Odell. Following Sarah's death, Joseph was married in Concord, New Hampshire on 22 February 1790 to Hannah (Merrill) Eastman, the daughter of John Merrill. According to the record of his second marriage, he was born in Salem, NH, and not Salem, MA as given in several online accounts. He moved to Conway, New Hampshire in 1773, and is found on the 1790 census there, but under the name Joseph Odle. In 1800, the Joseph Odell in Conway is aged 26-44, and likely his son. An abstract of graves of Revolutionary Patriots states that he is buried in the Center Conway Cemetery, and implies that he offered some service to the patriotic cause during the Revolution. [83]
  • Samuel, b. 13 Aug 1747, m. Betsey EASTMAN of Jonathan of Concord, NH. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, serving during much of the war, perhpas serving from Reading and Stoneham. He moved to Concord, NH, and then to Shelburne; was engaged in lumbering, and died in Amherst, Maine. The Ingalls genealogy (1903) credits Samuel and Betsey with six children.
  • Maria, b. 14 Dec 1749, d. Salem, NH 8 July 1845, m. Billerica, Mass. 7 Feb 1771 (also recorded in Andover) Simeon STEVENS, b. Andover, Mass. 29 May 1746, d. Salem, NH 5 Sep 1799, the son of Asa Stevens and Mehetabel Farnum. They had seven children and are buried in the. Salem Center (NH) Burial Ground. [84] [85]
  • Ruth, b. 26 July 1752, d. Newburyport, Mass. 23 May 1835, aged 84, m. Andover, Mass. 13 Oct 1774 Moses GERRISH, b. Newburyport 10 June 1744, the son of Moses Gerrish and Mary Moody. Moses (Jr.) matriculated at Harvard Colledge in 1758, graduating with an AB in 1762. He was a school teacher. He was also a Loyalist, and after being imprisoned in Massachusetts, made his escape, and lived for a while in Maine, then held by the British, and later on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. He drowned when his boat capsized off of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick 30 July 1830. Ruth and Moses had four known children, and apparently never divorced, though they lived separated for five decades. Moses is buried in an unmarked grave on Ross Island. [86]
  • Daniel, b. 9 June 1754, drowned at Andover, Mass. 22 June 1756
  • Moses, 22 Feb 1756, d. Shelburne, NH 1 Oct 1845, m. Conway, NH 19 May 1786 Susannah HEATH, b. 1765, d. 13 Nov 1848. Not long after their marriage, the couple moved to Shelburne, New Hampshire, where Moses appears on the 1800, 1810, 1830, and 1840 censuses, being called an 85-year old veteran in 1840. Moses served for three years as a Sargent during the American Revolutionary War. From 8 Sep 1777 to 31 Dec 1779 he served under Capt Fox in Col Henry Jackson's regiment, and from 1 Jan to 8 Sep 1780 he was in Capt Turner's company in the same regiment. Moses received a pension for his service in the amount of $96 per annum for life, and following his death in 1845, Susannah received a widow's pension in the amount of $120 per annum commencing 1 Oct 1845 and terminating 4 March 1848. Susannah appeared before a Justice of the Peace on 5 Sep 1848, calling herself aged 83, apparently to apply for further pension benefits. She died two months later. Moses and Susanna both have extant grave markers in the Wheeler Cemetery in Shelburne, NH. [87]
  • Daniel, b. 1758. A Daniel Ingalls, soldier of the Revolution, in the Tyngsboro records does not appear to exist. He supposedly d. Tyngsborough, Mass 9 Sep 1835, aged 77 and is bur. Thompson Cem., Tyngs. with wife, Hannah who d. 6 Aug 1840, aged 87, but these people are actually Daniel and Hannah Jacques, and the grave marker was totally mis-read. There was a Daniel Ingalls of Boston who made a deposition in 1832 in support of the pension application of Moses Ingalls, but this Daniel is not called a brother of Moses, and may be the Daniel Ingalls who died in Merimack, NH, and is buried there--no known relation. My conclusion is that the Daniel Ingalls in this family may have died young, or otherwise disappeared.
  • Olive (twin), b. 11 June 1760, d. Manchester, NH 4 Feb 1857, and married Nottingham West (now Hudson), NH 14 Dec 1786 (intention recorded at Dunstable, Mass. 15 May 1785), Thomas Pollard, the son of John Pollard and Elizabeth Winn, who served during the Revolutionary War. She had three children who grew to maturity, Daniel I., Thomas, and Sarah ("Sally") who married John Stark III, grandson of New Hampshire's Revolutionary War hero, General John Stark. A deed signed by Thomas and Olive Pollard on 28 May 1790 mentions Elijah Fletcher's land, this likely being a relative of Olive's mother, who was a Fletcher. Thomas Pollard's will, dated 2 September 1829, leaves his entire estate to wife Olive, and appoints son-in-law, John Stark, as sole executor. Olive was undoubtedly the 70-80 year old female living with her son Daniel in Goffstown in 1830. On 6 Nov 1838, Olive made application in Hillsboro Co., NH for widow's pension, calling herself aged 76, and a resident of Goffstown. In 1840 she was living with her daughter, Sarah, and son-in-law John Stark the third in Manchester, and was listed in the census as a Revolutionary War pensioner, aged 79. In 1850, she was the "Polly Pollard" aged 90, living in Manchester with John and Sarah Stark. On 10 Dec 1856, Olive applied for "BLW" (Bounty Land Warrant?). Administration of the estate of Olive Pollard, late of Manchester, was granted to John Stark on 1 September 1857. According to her death record, Olive is buried in Manchester. The fact that the cemetery is not named suggests that she was buried in a private cemetery. Since Olive lived with her daughter and son-in-law (John Stark III) for nearly two decades, it is highly likely that she was buried in the family cemetery maintained by the Starks. She was very much a part of the family, and since she was not buried next to her husband in Goffstown, it is very unlikely that the family would bury her anywhere else other than the family plot in Manchester. [88]
  • Ann (twin), b. 11 June 1760, d. Goffstown, NH 27 Sep 1831. She did not marry. She is buried in the Hillside Cem., Goffstown, and her grave marker is near that of her twin sister's husband, Thomas Pollard. The surname on her marker is spelled "Ingles". [89]
  • Robert Fletcher, usually called Fletcher, was born Andover, Mass. 26 Sep 1763 and died in Shelburne, NH 3 July 1845, aged 81. He married Mercy LARY, who died shortly after the birth of her only child. A sister of Mercy became Fletcher's housekeeper, and helped raise the child, named Polly, who married Barker Burbank. Fletcher was a devout man, like his father, and was a strong advocate of temperance. Much of the preceding is from the History of Shelburne, NH by Mrs. R. P. Peabody (1882). He is buried with his wife "near the Moses Hazeltine" place. [90]

(9g) John Osgood[edit]

see sandbox b

(8g) Daniel Hendrick[edit]

see sandbox b2

(9g) John Hoyt[edit]

(also sandbox 8 [Watson])

Hoyt (1897):205-7,383; Lydia Harmon Anc. (1924):57-9; Pillsbury Anc. (1938):580-1

John Hoyt was born say 1610, d. Amesbury, Mass. 28 Feb 1687/8, and m. (1) c. 1636 Frances _______, b. say 1618, d. Salisbury, Mass. 23 Feb 1643/3; m. (2) 1643-4 Frances _______, liv. 1697. John had arrived in New England by 1639, probably with first wife and two children. He settled at the plantation on the Merrimac River called Colchester, then named Salisbury in 1640. He received five lots of land in the "first division" (1640) and sold his house lot to William Holdred in 1647, moving to the west side of the Powow River in what soon became Amesbury. In 1654-5 he became one of the original commoners of Amesbury, but kept his membership in the Salisbury church. He was titled Sergeant, and the chief military officer of Salisbury. He was a selectman, constable and moderator. He carried on a number of land transactions, the last being on 16 Feb 1684/5. Administration of his estate did not take place until 8 May 1697, nine years after his death. Widow Frances apparently declined becoming administratrix, and instead gave the task to the husband of the oldest daughter of Hoyt's first wife, Frances. This seems unusual that she didn't relegate the task to one of her own children, suggesting that maybe she was actually the mother of all 13 children, below, and that her death record was entered in the Salisbury town records in error. See note under daughter Elizabeth. The difficulty with this arrangement is that the birth dates selected for the first two children would cause Frances to have a child-bearing career of 28 to 30 years, which, though not impossible, is uncomfortably long. If the first two children were twins, or if they were born a few years later, then it would be more conceiveable that Frances was the mother of all 13 children. Children, first five with "first" wife, last eight with "second" wife (but perhaps all 13 with just one wife, Frances), all recorded births in Salisbury:

  • John, b. say 1637, m. 23 June 1659 Mary BARNES (see below).
  • Frances, b. say 1639, d. Amesbury 2 Jan 1720/1, m. (1) Salisbury 14 Jan 1655/6 John COLBY, d. 11 Feb 1673/4, son of Anthony Colby; m. (2) Amesbury 27 Dec 1676 Capt. John BARNARD (see Colby line, sandbox 8).
  • Thomas (twin), b. 1 Jan 1640/1, d. Amesbury 3 Jan 1690/1, m. (1) c. 1667 Mary BROWN, daughter of William Brown of Salisbury; m. (2) Amesbury 29 Nov 1689 Mary ASH, liv. 1706. Mary m. (2) c. 1692 James Hall. Thomas had ten children with his first wife born from c. 1668 to 1688, and one child with second wife born 1690.
  • Gregory (twin), b. and d. Salisbury 1 Jan 1640/1.
  • Elizabeth, b. 23 Feb 1642/3, nothing further, but note that the death date of mother Frances was the birth date of Elizabeth. Could the death date have been meant for Elizabeth instead of Frances?

Children with second wife (if there was a second wife):

  • Sarah, b. 16 Jan 1644/5, d. there 26 Feb 1644/5.
  • Mary, b. 20 Feb 1645/6, liv. 1684, m. (1) Newbury 17 Dec 1663 (19 Dec in Salisbury records), as his second wife, Christopher BARTLETT, d. 15 March 1669/70, son of Richard Bartlett of Newbury; m. (2) c. 1671 Richard MARTIN, son of George Martin and Susanna North of Amesbury.
  • Joseph, b. "13 May" 1648, and d. there "19 April" 1648, meaning that at least one of these dates is in error.
  • Joseph, b. 27 Nov 1649, d. there 24 Jan 1649/50.
  • Marah, b. 24 Nov 1653, d. there 1 Dec 1653.
  • Naomi, b. 23 Jan 1654/5, d. Andover 8 Dec 1687, m. (1) Andover 23 March 1677/8 John LOVEJOY of Andover; m. (2) Chelmsford 6 Jan 1686 Richard STRATTON.
  • Dorothy, b. 13 April 1656. When she was 21, she was ordered to be severely whipped for dressing up in men's clothing. She fled the jurisdiction, and her father ended up paying a fine of 40 shillings on her behalf.
  • Mehitable, b. 25 Oct 1664, pos. m. c. 1683 William STRAW.

(8g) John Hoyt[edit]

Hoyt (1897):206-8,981; Pillsbury Anc. (1938):581-3

John, the son of John and Frances Hoyt, was b. say 1634, d. Andover, Mass. 13 Aug 1696, m. Salisbury, Mass. 23 June 1659 Mary BARNES, b. say 1639, liv. 1704, daughter of William and Rachel Barnes. John was a planter and carpenter of Amesbury, Mass. where he kept an ordinary from 1667 to 1669. He was a member of the training band, and was killed by Indians on the Haverhill Road in Andover. Administration of his estate was given to widow Mary on 9 Aug 1697. Children:

  • William, b. Salisbury 5 Sep 1660, m. 12 Jan 1687/8 Dorothy COLBY (see below).
  • Elizabeth, b. Salisbury 8 Feb 1661/2, liv. 1702, prob. m. Amesbury 31 March 1687 Joseph LANCASTER, son of Joseph Lancaster.
  • John, b. Salisbury 28 March 1663, d. Amesbury 24 Aug 1691, m. c. 1685 Elizabeth CHALLIS. She m. (2) Amesbury 6 Jan 1692/3 John Blaisdell.
  • Mary, b. Salisbury 11 Oct 1664, d. Haverhill 28 Oct 1723, m. Haverhill 14 Jan 1685/6 John WHITTIER, son of Thomas Whittier.
  • Joseph, b. Salisbury 14 July 1666, m. Amesbury 5 Oct 1702 Dorothy WORTHEN. She m. (2) (int. 24 Oct 1724) Daniel Flanders.
  • Sarah, b. say 1668, d. prob. Haverhill 1712, m. Amesbury 21 Nov 1688 Fawne CLEMENT.
  • Rachel, b. Amesbury 28 June 1670, liv. 1708, m. there 29 Nov 1693 Joseph WEED.
  • Frances, b. c. 1672, d. Andover 25 Feb 1748/9 in 76th year, m. (1) Nathaniel PEABODY, d. 1715, son of Francis Peabody of Topsfield; m. (2) Haverhill 10 May 1716 Samuel SHACKFORD of Portsmouth; m. (3) say 1740 Capt. James PEARSON of Haverhill, d. there 2 Dec 1744; m. (4) Haverhill 24 Sep 1746 John JOHNSON of Andover. In her will she mentions her sister Jemima Ames and her children, along with the grandchildren of her brothers and sisters.
  • Dorothy, b. Amesbury 29 Jan 1673/4, d. by 1716, m. 21 March 1693/4 Nathaniel LOVEJOY. He m. (2) 16 Aug 1716 Elizabeth Wilson.
  • Grace, b. Amesbury 29 March 1676; no further record.
  • Robert, b. say 1679, d. c. 1741, m. (1) 4 Dec 1701 Martha STEVENS, killed by Indians 4 July 1706; m. (2) Amesbury 17 March 1706/7 Mary CURRIER.
  • Jemima, b. say 1681, liv. 1758, m. by 1711 Joseph EAMES.

(7g) William Hoyt[edit]

Hoyt genealogy (1857) [91]; Hoyt (1897):207

William, the son of John Hoyt and Mary Barnes, was b. Salisbury 5:7:1660 (5 Sep 1660), d. Amesbury 19 July 1728, and m. Amesbury 12 Jan 1687/8 Dorothy COLBY, b. c. 1668, living in 1740, the daughter of Samuel Colby and Elizabeth Sargent. William's will was dated 13 May 1728, and proved on 5 Aug 1728. As a widow, Dorothy had been admitted to the church in Methuen in 1731, having liking gone there to live with one of her sons who had moved there. She left that church in 1740, according to the Hoyt genealogy (1927), but to where she went was not told. Having lived his entire adult life in Amesbury, and having died there, William is almost certainly buried with his wife in the town's oldest cemetery, Union Cemetery, established about 1663. Children, b. Amesbury: [92]

  • Elizabeth, b. 15 June 1689, m. (int Amesbury 16 Dec 1710) Ephraim HUNT, b. Amesbury c. 1685, living in 1730, son of Edward Hunt and Ann Weed of Amesbury. Elizabeth and Ephraim had as many as ten children, born 1711 to c. 1735.
  • Dorothy, b. 20 July 1691, d. Amesbury 28 April 1769, "in her 77th year", m. Amesbury 5 Feb 1712/3 John WELLS, b. Amesbury 9 Oct 1692, d. 1776, the son of Thomas Wells and Mary Perkins. John's will was proved 24 Dec 1776. Dorothy and John had eleven children born in Amesbury, 1713 to 1731.
  • Abner, b. 25 Jan 1692/3, d. in Penacook (Concord), NH c. 1747, m. Amesbury 14 Nov 1717 Mary BLAISDEL, b. Amesbury 3 Nov 1693, living in 1755, daughter of John Blaisdel and Elizabeth Challis. The Amesbury vital record simply gives Abner's birth date as 25 Jan 1693, suggesting 1693/4 is the proper interpretation, but then this places his birth within 10 months of his next sibling, so the 1692/3 interpretation is much more palatable. The family moved from Amesbury to Penacook about 1730. Abner and Mary had seven children born from 1718 to 1732.
  • Maria, b. 21 Nov 1694, m. 21 Feb 1712/3 Moses INGALLS
  • Susanna, b. 20 Feb 1696/7, m. Amesbury 28 Sep 1721 (also recorded in Newbury) Richard KELLY, b. Newbury 24 Oct 1697, son of Abiel Kelly and Rebecca Davis. Various accounts give Susanna's death year as 1742 and Richard's as 1746, but without any justification.
  • Philip, b. 1 April 1698, m. Methuen 5 Aug 1736 Mary LOWELL, likely the one born in Haverhill 2 Feb 1712/3, daughter of John Lowell and Mary Davis. Philip appears to have lived in Kingston, NH before moving to Methuen where he was married.
  • William, b. 15 Aug 1702, m. Haverhill 1 Jan 1729/30 Katherine DAVIS, b. Haverhill 21 July 1705, the daughter of Samuel Davis and Katharine Hastings. Katherine was dismissed from the Methuen church to the Third church of Haverhill in 1746.
  • Hopestill (usually just called Hope), b. 6 Sep 1704, d. Newbury 21 April 1757, m. Newbury 4 Aug 1726 Timothy PIKE, b. Salisbury 30 May 1701, d. Newburyport 14 Feb 1767, the son of Moses Pike and Susanna Worcester. Following Hope's death, Timothy m. (2) Newbury 8 Aug 1757 Sarah (KELLY) Mulliken, b. Newbury 30 April 1716, d. Newburyport 11 March 1799 in 83d year, the daughter of Jonathan Kelly and Esther/Hester Morse. Sarah had married first Samuel Mulliken, b. c. 1719, d. Newbury 4 June 1756, and buried near Sarah. Timothy was the grandson of Major Robert Pike, a man well ahead of his time in opposing the persecution of the Quakers and in voicing opposition to the Salem Witch Trials. Hope and Timothy had nine children together, the first four of whom all died in the last half of 1736. The last two children also died in childhood, so only three of the children might have survived childhood. Timothy and both of his wives are buried in the Old Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport, though the record of Hopestill's death is found only in the Newbury vital record, and not that of Newburyport. [93]
  • Meriam, b. 31 Oct 1710, m. Haverhill 9 April 1730 Richard HEATH, b. Haverhill 27 Dec 1701, the son of Bartholomew Heath and Mary Bradley/Broadley. An online account gives a death year of 1767 for Richard without justification. Meriam and Richard had seven known children born in Haverhill and/or Methuen from c. 1731 to 1746.

(9g) William Barnes[edit]

Hoyt (1897):54; Pillsbury Anc (1938):1:161-2; Fifty Colonists (1990):9-12

William Barnes was born in England c. 1610 (aged 70 in 1680), d. Amesbury, Mass. 14 March 1697/8, and m. c. 1638 Rachel _______, b. say 1620 (aged 60 in 1680), d. Amesbury 9 Feb 1685/6. William was a "house-carpenter", and received land in Salisbury, Mass. in the "first division" in 1640, putting him in New England by 1639. He became a freeman 2 June 1641, and became one of the first settlers of Amesbury about 1654. He lived there, though in 1687 he was still a member of the Salisbury church, along with several of his townsmen. He served as a justice of the peace, constable, and selectman. His will was dated 7 April 1696, and proved 28 Sep 1698; his inventory totalled 516 pounds. Children:

  • Mary, b. say 1639, m. Salisbury 23 June 1659 John HOYT (see above).
  • William, b. say 1641, d. Salisbury 11 June 1648.
  • Hannah, b. Salisbury 25 Jan 1643/4, d. 27 May 1688, m. John PROWSE, adm 2 Sep 1706.
  • Deborah, b. Salisbury 1 April 1646, d. Haverhill, Mass. 14 Jan 1718/9, m. Haverhill 17 Dec 1663 (19 Dec in Salisbury records) Samuel DAVIS, d. 10 Sep 1696, son of James Davis (per Pillsbury) or son of Thomas and Cicely Davis (per 50 Colonists).
  • Jonathan, b. Salisbury 1 April 1648, d. young.
  • Rachel, b. Salisbury 30 April 1649, d. 1717, m. there 2 March 1667/8 Thomas SARGENT, d. 27 Feb 1705/6, son of William Sargent.
  • Sarah, b. say 1651, d. 17 April 1720, m. (1) Amesbury 8 Sep 1670 Thomas ROWELL, b. 7 Sep 1644, d. 1684, son of Valentine Rowell and Joanna Pinder; m. (2) c. 1685 John HARVEY, d. 8 March 1705/6.
  • Rebecca, b. say 1653, m. Moses MORRILL, son of Abraham Morrill. She received her father's homestead.

(9g) Anthony Colby[edit]

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(8g) Samuel Colby[edit]

Hoyt (1897):35,105-8,652; GMB (1995):415;

Samuel, the son of Anthony and Susanna Colby, was b. c. 1638, d. 1716, and m. c. 1667 (they had two children by March 1670/1) Elizabeth SARGENT, b. 22 Nov 1648, d. Amesbury 5 Feb 1736/7, daughter of William Sargent. Samuel lived in Amesbury where he received grants of land, but was of Haverhill in 1668 and later, then back in Amesbury again. He was a soldier in King Philip's War, and engaged in the "Falls Fight" under Capt Turner on 18 March 1676. His will was dated 6 March 1716, and proved four months later on 2 July. Children:

  • Dorothy, b. c. 1668, m. Amesbury 12 Jan 1687/8 William HOYT, son of John Hoyt, Jr. (see above).
  • Elizabeth, b. Salisbury 1 June 1670, not named in father's 1716 will.
  • Samuel, b. Amesbury 9 March 1671, d. c. 1746, m. Dorothy AMBROSE, b. Salisbury 21 Sep 1673, liv. 1746 and prob. in 1759, daughter of Henry Ambrose, Jr. and Susanna. Widow Dorothy approved the administration of Samuel's estate on 29 Sep 1746, and it was divided from 1648 to 1650. They had eleven children born in Amesbury from 1694 to 1713.
  • daughter, b. Haverhill 3 April 1672, not named in father's 1716 will.
  • Philip, b. say 1675, d. c. 1715, m. (int. Amesbury and Salisbury 1 May 1703) Anne WEBSTER, d. c. 1760, daughter of John-3 Webster (John-2-1). Widow Anne was given administration of Philip's estate in May 1715. The inventory of Anne's estate was dated 30 Sep 1760, and administration was given to Jonathan Barnard on 10 Nov 1760. They had six children born in Amesbury from 1704 to 1714.

(9g) William Sargent[edit]

Hoyt (1897):310-12; Pillsbury Anc (1938):119-123; GMB (1995):1630-3

William Sargent was born SAY 1610, d. c. 1674, and m. (1) say 1635 Elizabeth PERKINS, bapt. Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England 25 March 1611, liv. 1651/2, d. by 1670, daughter of John Perkins and Judith Gater; m. (2) Amesbury 18 Sep 1670 Joanna (Pinder) Rowell, b. c. 1614 (aged 14 in 1635), d. Amesbury Oct 1690, widow of Valentine Rowell, and daughter of Henry and Mary Pinder. He was a seaman, and had arrived in New England by 1632, and is first known to be of Ipswich where he received 12 acres in 1634. In 1638 he was of Newbury, and on a list of men who were granted permission to start a plantation at Hampton (NH). By 1639 he was in Salisbury, Mass., probably living in the part that later became Amesbury, where he remained. His will was dated 24 March 1670/1 and proved 13 April 1675. The will did not mention his then-wife, Joanna, implying that they likely had a prenuptual agreement. His widow Joanna m. (3) Amesbury 26 Oct 1676 Richard Currier, d. Amesbury 22 Feb 1686/7. Children:

  • Mary, b. c. 1636 (aged 68 on 12 March 1704/5), m. c. 1652 (cb July 1653) Philip WATSON-CHALLIS.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1641, d. Salisbury 14 Sep 1641.
  • Thomas, b. Salisbury 11 June 1643, d. Amesbury 27 Feb 1705/6, m. Salisbury 2 March 1667/8 Rachel BARNES, b. Salisbury 30 April 1649, d. 1717, the daughter of William and Rachel Barnes. In Oct 1668, Thomas was found not guilty of fathering Sarah Osgood's child. He lived with his family in Amesbury where he signed the oath of allegiance in 1677, was in the training band in 1680, and a freeman in 1690. His will was dated 8 Feb 1705/6 and proved 8 April 1706, and that of wife Rachel was dated 11 April 1717 and proved 2 Feb 1718[/9?]. They had twelve children born at Amesbury from 1669[/70?] to 1692.
  • William, b. Salisbury 2 Jan 1645/6, d. say 1700, m. Amesbury 23 Sep 1668 Mary COLBY, b. Salisbury 19 Sep 1647, d. by 1720, daughter of Anthony and Susanna Colby. They lived in Amesbury where he signed the oath of allegiance in 1677, and was in the training band in 1680. They had six children born Amesbury from 1669 to 1687/8.
  • Elizabeth, b. Salisbury 22 Nov 1648, m. c. 1667 Samuel COLBY (see above).
  • (prob.) Lydia, b. say 1650, d. Salisbury c. 1661.
  • Sarah, b. Salisbury 29 Feb 1651/2, m. Amesbury 22 Dec 1681 Orlando BAGLEY.

(14g) Thomas Perkins[edit]

Dudley Wildes Anc (1959):81-2

Thomas Perkyns was born say 1475, d. April 1528, m. Alice _______, d. 1538. Thomas lived with his family in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England, and made his will 3 April, proved 21 April 1528. The will of Alice, widow, was dated 31 July and proved 15 Oct 1538, she being of Hillmorton and asking to be buried in the church of St. John the Baptist, as had her husband in his will. Children, from their wills:

  • Henry, b. say 1500
  • Joan, m. by 1538 _______ SLEYTER.
  • Julian, m. by 1538 (Thomas?) CUMPTON

(13g) prob. Henry Perkins[edit]

Dudley Wildes Anc (1959):82

Henry, son of Thomas and Alice Perkins, was born say 1500, d. c. 1546, and married a wife whose name is unknown. His will is missing, but it was proved 16 June 1546 by Simon Clare, Thomas Cumpton, and Richard Balye. The following children are presumed:

  • Thomas, b. say 1525 (see below).
  • William, perhaps the one bur. Hillmorton 1 April 1590, named in the 1588 will of brother Thomas.
  • Joan, d. c. 1578. Administration of her estate was given to her brother Thomas Perkins on 17 June 1578.

(12g) Thomas Perkins[edit]

Dudley Wildes Anc (1959):82-5

Thomas, presumed son of Henry Perkins, was born in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England say 1525, bur. there 23 March 1591/2, and m. Alice _______, bur. Hillmorton 20 Aug 1613. His will was dated 15 Sep 1588 and proved 11 May 1592, with inventory dated 29 March 1592. Children:

  • Henry, b. say 1555, m. Elizabeth SAWBRIDGE (see below).
  • John, b. say 1557, d. 1601/2, m. Elizabeth SHAW, bur. 4 July 1603. John's will was dated 17 Dec 1601 and proved "6 June 1601/2" (6 Jan??). Elizabeth's will was dated 29 June and proved 13 Aug 1603. On 24 Nov 1603 Thomas Perkins was appointed administrator of the estate of John Perkins, late of Hillmorton. John and Elizabeth had two known children, bapt. Hillmorton 1590 and 1598.
  • William, b. say 1559, m. Elizabeth ______, may be the one bur. Hillmorton 1 April 1590, as administration of his estate was granted to widow Elizabeth on 10 April 1590. Two known children bapt. Hillmorton 1586 and 1587.
  • Thomas, b. say 1561, bur. 7 Dec 1629, and m. 16 Oct 1586 Mary BATE. He was known as Thomas, Sr. in his will, dated 1 Dec 1629 and proved 17 June 1630. They had nine children baptized at Hillmorton from 1589 to 1613.
  • Edward, b. say 1563, bur. Hillmorton 18 Aug 1619, and m. 22 July 1605 Sara SMYTH. They had seven children baptized at Hillmorton from 1606 to 1618.
  • Francis, bapt. 20 April 1565, not living in 1588.
  • Luke, bapt. 20 Sep 1568, cannot be distinguished from Luke, son of Henry.
  • Isaac, bapt. 20 Dec 1571, m. (1) c. 1596 Alice _______, bur. 17 June 1603; m. (2) ______ _______. He had four children with first wife, bapt. Hillmorton 1594 to 1601/2, and six more with second wife bapt. there 1605/6 to 1621.

(11g) Henry Perkins[edit]

Dudley Wildes Anc (1959):85-7

Henry, the son of Thomas and Alice Perkins, was born Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England say 1555, bur. there 11 March 1608/9, and m. there 29 Nov 1579 Elizabeth SAWBRIDGE, most likely a sister of George Sawbridge of Hillmorton. On 5 April 1609 letters of administration were granted to son Thomas Perkins. Children, bapt. Hillmorton:

  • Alice, bapt. 17 March 1580/1.
  • Thomas, bapt. 24 July 1582, d. c. 1658/9, and m. Elizabeth _______. His will was dated 12 Nov 1655 and proved 10 Feb 1658/9. They had five known children baptized from 1614 to 1624.
  • John, bapt. 23 Dec 1583, m. Judith GATER (see below).
  • Frances, bapt. 1 Nov 1585, bur. 3 Dec 1585.
  • Francis, bapt. 18 Sep 1586, bur. 7 Jan 1586/7.
  • Margaret, bapt. 9 Nov 1588, liv. 1608/9.
  • Edward, bapt. 12 Dec 1590, liv. 1608/9.
  • Agnes, bapt. 16 Oct 1592, poss. the one who m. 29 June 1618 Edmund COLLYSON.
  • Sara, bapt. 25 Aug 1594, perh. m. 29 June 1618 Edmund COLLYSON.
  • Francis, bapt. 8 Feb 1596/7, liv. 1608/9.
  • William, bapt. 13 Jan 1598/9; liv. 1608/9.
  • Luke, bapt. 27 Nov 1600; liv. 1608/9.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 28 Nov 1602, bur. 25 Dec 1602.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 4 Oct 1604; liv. 1608/9.
  • Jacob, bapt. 26 July 1607, liv. 1608/9.

(10g) John Perkins[edit]

GMB (1995):1431-3; Pillsbury Anc (1938):131-3; Dudley Wildes Anc (1959):87-93

John, the son of Henry Perkins and Elizabeth Sawbridge, was bapt. Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England 23 Dec 1583, d. Ipswich, Mass. 1654, and m. hillmorton 8 Oct 1608 Judith GATER, bapt. Hillmorton 19 March 1588/9, daughter of Michael Gater and Isabel Baylie (who were mar. Hillmorton 13 Nov 1576). John Perkins came to New England with his family in 1631 on the first trip of the Lyon. John and Judith joined the Boston church as members #107 and 108, in early 1631, and John was made freeman in May of that year. He was on a committee to set the bounds between Roxbury and Dorchester later that year, and in 1636 was a deputy to the General Court. He had moved to Ipswich by 1633. His will was dated 28 March and proved 26 Sep 1654. His undated inventory totalled 250 pounds. Children, all but last bapt. Hillmorton:

  • John, bapt. 14 Sep 1609, d. Ipswich 14 Dec 1686, m. c. 1635 Elizabeth _______, d. Ipswich 27 Sep 1684. He kept an inn in Ipswich, and was the quartermaster of the Ipswich militia. They had at least eight sons and a daughter.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 25 March 1611, m. William SARGENT (see above).
  • Mary, bapt. 3 Sep 1615, d. 20 Dec 1700, m. Ipswich c. 1636 Thomas BRADBURY, d. 16 March 1694/5. Thomas served as Salisbury town clerk, schoolmaster, JP, and representative to General Court. Mary was accused and convicted of witchcraft, but not executed.
  • Anne, bapt. 5 Sep 1617; no further record.
  • Thomas, bapt. 28 April 1622, d. Topsfield, Mass. 7 May 1686, m. c. 1643 Phebe GOULD, bapt. Hemel Hempsted, Eng. 20 Sp 1620, liv. 1686, daughter of Zacheus Gould. Thomas served Topsfield as a juror, a selectman in 1668, 1676, and 1682, and was a deacon in 1677. His will was dated 11 Dec 1685 and proved 10 Sep 1686. They had nine children born from c. 1644 to 1661.
  • Jacob, bapt. 12 July 1624, d. 27 Jan 1699/1700, m. (1) c. 1648 Elizabeth _______, d. 12 Feb 1685/6; m. (2) Damaris (______) Robinson, d. Boston 1716, widow of Nathaniel Robinson.
  • Lydia, bapt. Boston, Mass. 3 June 1632, d. c. 1672, m. c. 1650 Henry BENNETT of Ipswich. Henry m. (2) 20 May 1685 Frances (______) Burr, d. 12 Jan 1707/8.

(9g) Robert Fletcher[edit]

O Eva Kempton Anc (c.2000)

We Relate website, citing 1881 Fletcher Gen. and VRs

Robert Fletcher was b. England c. 1592, d. Concord, Mass. 3 April 1677, aged 85, and m. say 1617 _______. Children:

  • Grissel, b. c. 1618, d. Chlemsford, Mass. 9 July 1669, m. (1) c. 1638 Thomas JEWELL, b. c. 1608, d. c. 1654; m. (2) Braintree, Mass. 1 Nov 1655 Humphrey GRIGGS, d. Braintree c. 1657; m. (3) Dorchester, Mass. 8 Oct 1657 Henry KIBBY, d. Dorchester 10 Aug 1661; m. (4) Braintree 12 Nov 1661 John GURNEY, b. c. 1603, d. Braintree c. 1662/3; m. (5) Chelmsford 3 July 1667 John BURGE, b. c. 1601, d. Dorchester 22 Oct 1678.
  • William, b. c. 1622, m. (1) Rachel ________; m. (2) Lydia _______ (see below).
  • Luke, b. c. 1626, d. Concord, Mass. 21 May 1665.
  • Francis, b. say 1630, m. Concord 11 Oct 1656 Elizabeth WHEELER, bapt. Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England 3 Jan 1635/6, d. Concord 14 June 1704, daughter of George Wheeler and Katherine Porter. Eight children born from 1657 to 1677.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1632, d. Chelmsford 9 Dec 1697, m. (1) Chelmsford 14 Oct 1659 Mararet HAILSTONE, b. say 1639, d. by 1684, daughter of William Hailstone; m. (2) 1677 Hannah FOSTER, b. c. 1649, d. Chelmsford 11 June 1683, daughter of Samuel Foster and Esther Kemp; m. (3) Chelmsford 3 Sep 1684 Mary ______. Four children with first wife, born 1664 to 1673/4.

(8g) William Fletcher, Sr.[edit]

We Relate website, citing 1881 Fletcher Gen. and vital records

William, the son of Robert Fletcher, was born c. 1622, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 6 Nov 1677, and m. (1) c. 1644 Rachel _______, d. c. 1645; m. (2) Concord, Mass. 7 Nov 1645 Lydia (______) Bates, b. c. 1620, d. Chelmsford 12 Oct 1704, widow of Edward Bates. William and second wife Lydia have extant gravestones in Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford, but the inscription is lost from William's. Child with first wife, Rachel: [[94] ]

  • Joshua, b. Concord, Mass. 10 March 1644/5, d. Chelmsford 21 Nov 1713, m. (1) Chelmsford 4 May 1668 Grissel JEWELL, b. Braintree, Mass. 19 March 1650/1, d. Chelmsford 17 March 1681/2, daughter of Thomas Jewell and Grissel Fletcher; m. (2) Chelmsford 18 July 1682 Sarah Willey.

Children with second wife, Lydia:

  • Lydia, b. Concord 30 Marcy 1647, m. Chelmsford 27 March 1666 John FISKE, b. say 1636, d. Chelmsford c. 1700, son of Rev. John Fiske and Ann Gibbs.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1652, bapt. Chelmsford 1:12mo:1656 (1 Feb 1656/7), aged about 4 years, d. Chelmsford c. Oct 1723, m. (1) Chelmsford 5 July 1673 Hannah WHEELER, b. c. 1649, d. Chelmsford 11 Dec 1697, daughter of Georg Wheeler and Katherine Porter; m. (2) Concord 7 June 1699 Sarah (MERRIAM) Ball, b. Concord 2 Aug 1654, d. Chelmsford 29 April 1703, daughter of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Stone, and widow of Eleazer Ball; m. (3) Concord 20 Dec 1705 Elizabeth Proctor. On 18 Dec 1723, widow Elizabeth Fletcher stated "that it is about two months since my husband Samuel fletcher Deceas'd." Samuel and first wife Hannah had ten children born from 1673 to 1694.
  • Paul, b. c. 1654, d. Chelmsford 9 Aug 1676, unmarried.
  • William, b. Chelmsford 22 Feb 1656/7, m. Sarah RICHARDSON (see below).
  • Mary, b. Chelmsford 4 Oct 1658, liv. 1709, m. Chelmsford 21 Oct 1678 Thomas PARKER, b. Chelmsford 28 March 1656, d. there 8 Mary 1698, son of Jacob Parker and Sarah Smith.
  • Esther, b. Chelmsford 12 April 1664, d. there 6 Dec 1693, m. (1) Chelmsford 11 April 1681 Isaac PARKER, b. Chelmsford 13 Sep 1660, d. there 22 Feb 1688/9, son of Abraham Parker and Rose Whitlock; m. (2) Chelmsford 3 Dec 1691 James PROCTOR, b. Chelmsford 8 Jan 1658/9, d. Woburn, Mass. 11 Jan 1709/10, son of Robert Proctor and Jane Hildreth.

(7g) William Fletcher, Jr.[edit]

William, the son of William Fletcher and Lydia _______, was b. Chelmsford 22 Feb 1657, d. there 23 May 1712, and m. Chelmsford 19 Sep 1677 Sarah RICHARDSON, b. Chelmsford 22 or 25 March 1660, d. Dunstable 30 Jan 1748, the daughter of Josiah Richardson and Remembrance Underwood. William has a surviving grave marker in the Forefathers Burial Ground in Chelmsford, while Sarah has an extant marker in the Fletcher Cemetery in Tyngsborough, where her sons Robert and Ezekiel are buried. Children: [95]

  • Sarah, b. 26 May 1679, d. Chelmsford 10 June 1734, m. Chelmsford 18 Jan 1697/8 Nathaniel BUTTERFIELD, . Chelmsford 28 Mar 1673, d. there 5 March 1748/9, son of Nathaniel Butterfield and Deborah Underwood. They had three known children, b. 1698 to 1711. Following Sarah's death, Nathaniel m. (2) 31 Oct 1748 Alice Cowdery. Sarah has a surviving grave marker in Forefather's Burying Ground, Chelmsford; Nathaniel does not. [96]
  • Lydia, b. c. 1681, d. Chelmsford 27 May 1736, m. c. 1699 Edward SPAULDING, b. Chelmsford 18 Aug 1674, d. 1672, son of Lt. Edward Spaulding and Priscilla Underwood. Edward's will was proved on 21 June 1762. Lydia and Edward had nine children born 1700 to 1724.
  • Esther, b. c. 1685, d. Chelmsford 20 Sep 1767, m. Chelmsford 5 Feb 1707 Stephen PIERCE, b. Chelmsford 10 April 1679, d. there 9 Sep 1749, the son of Stephen Pierce and Tabitha Parker.
  • Josiah, b. 8 April 1687, d. Chelmsford 30 Jan 1760, m. Joanna Spalding, b. Chelmsford 8 Oct 1689, d. 1 Oct 1768, daughter of Andrew Spalding and Hannah. Josiah and Joanna both have grave markers in Forefather's Burying Ground, Chelmsford. [97]
  • William, b. 1 April 1688, d. Chelmsford 27 Jan 1741/2, m. c. 1710 Tabitha PIERCE, b. Chelmsford 17 Feb 1789/90, d. Chelmsford 6 Feb 1741/2, daughter of Stephen Pierce and Tabitha Parker. William and Tabitha had five children born 1710/1 to 1731. William and Tabitha have extant grave markers in Forefather's Burying Ground in Chelmsford. [98]
  • Robert, b. 1691, d. 1773, m. Sarah SWAN. [99]
  • Remembrance, b. c. 1693, d. Chelmsford 17 May 1752, m. c. 1715 Edward FOSTER, b. Chelmsford 29 Jan 1689/90, d. Chelmsford 12 July 1740, son of Samuel Foster and Sarah Keyes.
  • Ezekiel, b. 24 Nov 1694, d. Dunstable Jan 1742, in 48th year. He is buried in the Fletcher Cemetery, now in Tyngsborough. [100]
  • Daniel, b. 3 March 1697
  • Deborah, b. 18 March 1699
  • Phebe, b. 24 Nov 1700, d. Westford, Mass. 21 Jan 1743, m. (int. Chelmsford 29 March 1720) Joseph HILDRETH, b. Chelmsford 30 Nov 1695, d. Westford 4 Jan 1780, son of Joseph Hildreth and Abigail Wilson. Phebe and Joseph had four children born 1721 to 1738. Following Phebe's death, Joseph m. (2) Westford 22 Feb 1743 [/4?] Abigail (Shed) Hill, b. 1710, d. 1780, widow of Nathaniel Hill. Joseph had seven more children with Abigail, born 1744 to 1756. Phebe, Joseph, and Abigail all have extant grave markers in the Fairview Cemetery in Westford. [101]
  • Rebecca, b. 29 Jan 1701/2, d. Chelmsford 1 or 5 Jan 1791, m. c. 1717 Capt Joseph PARKER, b. Chelmsford 25 March 1693/4, d. Chelmsford 29 April 1738, son of Moses Parker and Abigail Hildreth. Rebecca and Joseph had seven children born 1718 to 1736.

(6g) Robert Fletcher[edit]

Capt Robert Fletcher was b. Chelmsford, Mass. 9 Jan 1690/1, d. Dunstable, Mass. 20 Sep 1773, the son of William Fletcher and Sarah Richardson of Chelmsford. He m. in Haverhill, Mass. 8 Jan 1722/3 Mrs. Sarah SWAN, the marriage also recorded in Dunstable. Is Sarah the daughter of Joshua Swan and Sarah Ingalls born in Haverhill 11 April 1704? Capt Robert Fletcher was on the first tax list for Nottingham, NH in 1733; also on the list were Ezekiel Fletcher (his brother), Daniel Fletcher, and Joseph Winn. He was also on the first tax list for [Nottingham West?] on 31 Oct 1746, with Thomas Pollard, Joseph Pollard, and Joseph Winn, Jr. Robert is buried in the Fletcher Cemetery which has been in several jurisdictions, but is now located in Tyngsborough, Mass. On one side of him is buried his mother; on the other side is a crude field stone, likely his wife. Children: [102]

  • Sarah, b. Dunstable 1 March 1724 [/5?]. She is likely the Sarah Fletcher of Nottingham who m. in Andover, Mass. Daniel INGALLS. Her father was a founding settler of Nottingham in 1733. She and her husband raised their family in Andover, and then moved to Shelburne, Coos Co., NH. They had a son named Robert Fletcher Ingalls.
  • Robert, b. Dunstable 17 July 1727, d. Tyngsboro 9 Sep 1792, m. 17 Sep 1761 Sarah BLANCHARD, b. Dunstable 2 Aug 1740, d. Amherst, NH 29 March 1798, the daughter of Joseph Blanchard (1704-1758) and Rebecca Hubbard (1710-1774). Robert is buried in the Old Dunstable Cemetery, now in Nashua, NH, and Sarah is buried in the Amherst Town Hall Cemetery, Amherst, NH. [103] [104]
  • Elizabeth, b. Dunstable 23 Feb 1728 [/9]. She may have died young, but a possibility for her is linked here. [105]
  • Mary, b. Dunstable 28 May 1731
  • Jacob, b. [West] Nottingham, NH 13 May 1733. Online accounts say he married Mercy Richardson, b. Dracut, Mass. 17 June 1736 (d. 25 April 1806), the daughter of Capt William Richardson and Elizabeth Colburn. Jacob was living in Dunstable, Mass. in March 1771, but appears on both the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses in Tyngsborough, Mass.
  • Elijah, b. West Nottingham 7 Sep 1736, d. Tyngsborough 21 Sep 1798, m. Dunstable 20 Jan 1774 Mercy (or Marcy) BUTTERFIELD, b. Dunstable 1749 (the VR only calls her a daughter of Joseph and Eliz., but does not give her name, and only gives birth year of 1749), d. Tyngsborough 19 March 1825, aged 76, the daughter of Joseph Butterfield (1719-1786) and Elizabeth Richardson (1726-1808). A death date of 28 Sep for Elijah is also found in the Tyngsborough vital record. Another marriage date is found in the Dunstable vital record for this couple: 23 Oct 1762; unlikely, as Mercy would be 14 years old. Elijah was a Revolutionary War soldier. Following Elijah's death, Mercy married in Tyngsborough 7 Oct 1802 Isaac Pike. She is buried with Elijah in the Fletcher Cemetery in Tyngsborough. [106]

(10g) Thomas Richardson[edit]

Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):25-7

Thomas Richardson was born say 1565, of Standon, Herfordshire, England, Bur. Westmill, Herfordshire 8 Jan 1633/4, and m. Westmill 24 Aug 1590 Katherine DUXFORD, b. say 1570, bur. Westmill 10 March 1631/2, daughter of Richard Duxford of Westmill. Three of their sons immigrated to New England, as well as two children of one of their daughters. Thomas left a will dated 4 March 1630/1 and proved 31 July 1634 at the Archdeaconry of Hitchin. Children, all baptisms at Westmill:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. 13 Jan 1593/4, bur. Westmill 22 June 1630, m. 1 May 1617 Francis WIMAN/WYMAN. Francis m. (2) Jane ________. His will was dated 15 Sep 1658 and proved 14 Feb 1658/9. Elizabeth was the only child of Thomas and Katherine named in the 1618 will of her grandfather, Richard Duxford. Elizabeth and Francis's two sons, Francis Wyman and John Wyman, went to New England, and settled with their three uncles.
  • John, bapt. 7 Nov 1596, liv. 1630/1
  • James, bapt. 6 April 1600, liv. 1630/1
  • Samuel, bapt. 22 Dec 1602, d. 23 March 1657/8, m. Much Hormead, Hertfordshire 1622 Joanna THAKE, d. c. 1666. Samuel and brother Thomas were both in New England by 1636, having followed their brother Ezekiel, who arrived there in 1630. They settled in Charlestown where Ezekiel lived, but all three brothers were part of the new settlement at Woburn in 1640. Samuel was a selectman there for several years. Samuel died intestate, with administration granted to his widow Joanna and son John. Joanna's will was dated 20 June 1666. They had nine children born from 1633 to 1651.
  • Ezekiel, b. c. 1604, m. Susanna ________ (see below).
  • Margaret, bapt. 19 April 1607, no named in father's 1630/1 will.
  • Thomas, bapt. 3 July 1608, d. 28 Aug 1651, m. England say 1633 Mary _______, d. 19 May 1670. Mary m. (2) 26 Oct 1655 Michael Bacon, Sr. Thomas and Mary had seven children born from 1638 to 1650/1.

(9g) Ezekiel Richardson[edit]

GMB (1995):1580-3; Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):27-31

Ezekiel, the son of Thomas Richardson and Katherine Duxford of Westmill, Hertfordshire, England, was born c. 1604, d. Woburn, Mass. 21 Oct 1647, and m. c. 1631 Susanna _______, b. say 1611, liv. 1651. Susanna m. (2) by 1651 Henry Brooks. Ezekiel and his wife were admitted as members #80 and #81 to the Boston church in the winter of 1630/1, putting their arrival in New England as 1630, very likely on one of the ships in the Winthrop fleet. In November 1632 Ezekiel and wife Susan were admitted to the church at Charlestown as founding members. By 1635, Ezekiel had served as constable, selectman, and Charlestown Deputy to the General Court. Ezekiel was one of the signer's of a petition in favor of the Rev. John Wheelwright during the Antinomian Controversy, and as a result was threatened with disarmament and disenfranchisement. Richardson was one of eight Charlestown men who recanted their signature, and were thus returned to the good graces of the colonial leadership. In 1640, the family moved to Woburn, Mass. His will was dated 20 July 1647 and proved 1 June 1648, with inventory of 18 Nov 1647 totalling 190 pounds. Children:

  • Phebe, bapt. Boston 3 June 1632, d. 13 Sep 1716, m. Woburn 1 Nov 1649 Henry BALDWIN, d. 14 Feb 1697/8.
  • Theophilus, bapt. Charlestown 22 Dec 1633, d. 28 Dec 1674, m. Woburn 2 May 1654 Mary CHAMPNEY, d. 28 Aug 1704. Mary m. (2) 25 Feb 1683/4 John Brooks. Theophilus and Mary had eight children born from 1655 to 1673.
  • Josiah, bapt. Charlestown 7 Nov 1635, m. Remembrance UNDERWOOD (see below).
  • John, bapt. Charlestown 21 July 1638, d. Woburn 7 Jan 1642/3.
  • Jonathan, bapt. Charlestown 13 Feb 1639/40; no further record
  • James, bapt. Charlestown 11 July 1641, killed 29 June 1677 in the battle at Scarborough, Maine, m. Chelmsford 28 Nov 1660 Bridget HENCHMAN. Bridget m. (2) 8 Oct 1679 William Chandler of Andover. James and Bridget had eight children born from 1661 to c. 1677.
  • Ruth, bapt. Woburn 23 Aug 1643, d. there 7 Sep 1643.

(8g) Josiah Richardson[edit]

Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):31-7

Josiah, the son of Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson, was bapt. Charlestown, Mass. 7 Nov 1635, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 22 July 1695 (gs) (though inventory was dated 22 June), m. Concord, Mass. 6 June 1659 Remembrance UNDERWOOD, b. c. 1639, d. 20 Feb 1718/9, aged 79 years. Shortly before his marriage, Josiah settled in Chelmsford, where he served several minor town offices. He was constable in 1667 and selectman the following year, and for many years thereafter. He represented Chelmsford in the General Court in 1688 and 1689. He died intestate, and his widow was appointed to administer it on 12 Marcy 1695/6. Josiah and Remembrance both have extant gravestones in the Forefather's Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Mass. Children, all born in Chelmsford: [107]

  • Sarah, b. 25 March 1659/60, m. Lt. William FLETCHER (see above).
  • Mary, b. 14 April 1662, m. 17 Sep 1681 Thomas COLBURN.
  • Josiah, b. 18 May 1665, d. 17 Sep 1711 (from inventory), and m. 14 Dec 1687 Mercy PARRIS of Dunstable, d. 25 April 1743. He was a lieutenant in the conty militia, and a selectman in 1692 and 1695. He saw military action during Queen Anne's War in 1702. Mercy was given administration of his estate on 21 Nov 1711, and his inventory taken 20 Sep 1711, valued at 514 pounds. They had six children born in Chelmsford from 1688/9 to 1701. Josiah and Mercy both have extant gravestones in the Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford. [108]
  • Jonathan, b. 8 Oct 1667, d. 21 Feb 1753, m. (1) 8 Nov 1692 Elizabeth BATES; m. (2) 18 May 1724 Elizabeth (______) Howard. His will was dated 12 Sep 1750 and proved 9 April 1753, with inventory totalling 744 pounds. He had eight children with his first wife, born from 1693 to c. 1714.
  • John, b. 14 Feb 1669/70, d. 13 Sep 1746, and m. 31 Jan 1693/4 Elizabeth FARWELL, d. 9 May 1722. They had seven children born at Chelmsford from 1694/5 to 1714.
  • Samuel, b. 21 Feb 1672/3, d. 23 April 1754, m. 27 Jan 1702/3 Rachel HOWARD, d. 26 Feb 1727. They had five children born at Chelmsford from 1704 to 1718. Samuel and Rachel both have extant gravestones in the Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford. [109]
  • Susanna, b. c. 1676, m. 23 Jan 1695/6 Henry FARWELL
  • Remembrance, b. 29 April 1684, d. by 1696.

(11g) Richard Duxford[edit]

NEHGR 139(1985):147-8

Richard Duxford, b. say 1540, d. c. 1622, and m. say 1563 _____ _____, lived in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England and made his will 23 March 1618, proved 2 July 1622. He named daughter Joan Darde, daughter Katherine Richardson, and the six children of his son William Duxford. Also named is Elizabeth Wyman, wife of Francis Wyman (a granddaughter). The two executors, Joan Darde and Katherine Richardson, proved the will. His inventory totalled 5.3.6d. Known children:

  • Joan, b. say 1564, m. Westmill 20 Oct 1583 John DARDEE.
  • William, b. say 1567, d. 1612, m. Westmill 9 June 1595 Alice HEMINGE, d. April 1619. Administration of William's estate took place in 1612. Alice's will is dated 1 April and proved 20 April 1619. Their six children are named in the 1618 will of their grandfather.
  • Katherine, b. say 1569, m. Westmill 25 Aug 1590 Thomas RICHARDSON (see above).

(9g) William Underwood[edit]

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(9g) Richard Swan[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):897-901; Parker-Ruggles Anc (1913):310-329

Richard Swan was b. England c. 1606 (deposed Mar 1675, aged 68), bur. Rowley, MA 14 May 1678, and m. (1) Eng. c. 1624 Ann _______, bur. Rowley, MA 4 April 1658; m. (2) Rowley 1 March 1658/9 Ann (GOTT?) (Hopkinson) Trumbull, b. England c. 1615 (aged 60 in 1675), bur. Rowley 23 July 1678, the widow of Michael Hopkinson, b. c. 1610, bur. Rowley 28 Feb 1648, and widow of John Trumble, whom she m. Rowley Aug 1650 and who was bur. Rowley 18 July 1657. Richard was admitted to the First Church in Boston in 1638, but on 24 Nov 1639 was dismissed to the "gathering of a Church at Rowley," where he became a freeman 13 May 1640. He served on various juries from 1651 to 1664. He was a selectman, constable, marshal, and for ten years deputy to the General Court. He left a will dated 25 April 1678, proved Ipswich 23 May 1678, in which he called himself of Rowley. His inventory, dated 22 May 1678, totaled 486 pounds. Ann's will is dated 4 July 1678, and proved at Ipswich 24 Sep 1678. Her inventory was appraised 3 Aug 1678. Children, all with first wife, Ann, first six born in England:

  • Robert, b. c. 1625 (aged 36 on 8 April 1661), d. Haverhill, MA 11 Feb 1697/8 in 74th year, and m. (1) c. 1652 Elizabeth ACIE; m. (2) 1 April 1690 Hannah (______) Ross.
  • Rachel, b. say 1627, d. Roxbury, MA 12 Nov 1672, m. Richard SUTTON.
  • Julian, b. say 1629, d. Bradford, MA c. 1671, m. 18 April 1653 Samuel STICKNEY, b. c. 1632, perh. in Frampton, Lincolnshire, Eng., d. Bradford c. 1709, son of William and Elizabeth Stickney. Samuel m. (2) Bradford 6 April 1674 Prudence Gage, b. Rowley 11 April 1644, d. Bradford 26 Oct 1716, daughter of Thomas Leaver and Mary Bradley, and widow of Benjamin Gage, b. Salisbury c. 1643, d. Bradford 10 Oct 1672, son of John and Ann Gage.
  • Jane, b. say 1631, liv. Ipswich 22 March 1708/9, m. c. 1655 Thomas WILSON, b. c. 1634 (aged c. 45 in Oct 1679), d. c. 1703, son of Theophilus and (Elizabeth?) Wilson of Ipswich.
  • Frances, b. c. 1633 (aged 40 in 1673), may be the widow "Davis alias Quilter" who d. 10 Aug 1700 per Pillsbury, or d. Ipswich July 1694 per Parker-Ruggles, m. c. 1655 Mark QUILTER, b. c. 1630, d. Ipswich Nov 1678, son of Mark Quilter. His will is dated 4 Nov 1678, proved 6 March 1678/9.
  • Dorothy, b. c. 1636 (aged 37 in 1673 and 43 in 1679), d. Rowley 21 Oct 1710, m. (1) Rowley 13 July 1655 Thomas ABBOTT, b. by 1627, bur. Rowley 7 Sep 1659, son of George Abbott of Rowley; m. (2) aft. 1659, as his second wife, Edward CHAPMAN, d. Ipswich 18 April 1678 (he had m. first Mary, dau of Mark Symonds); m. (3) Newbury, MA 13 Nov 1678 Archelaus WOODMAN, b. c. 1615 (aged 80 in Nov 1695), d. Newbury 7 or 17 Oct 1702 as Lt. Archelaus Woodman; he had m. (1) Elizabeth ______ who d. Newbury 17 Dec 1677.
  • John, bapt. Boston 13 Jan 1638/9, not ment. in 1678 will of father, and prob. d.y.
  • Mercy, b. Rowley 4 July 1641 (1640?), d. Dunstable 3 April 1683, m. 21 Oct 1662 Samuel WARNER of Ipswich, son of John Warner and Priscilla Symonds; she was aged 38 in 1679.
  • Faith, b. Rowley 30 Mar 1644, prob. d. unm. and not named in the 1678 will of her father.
  • Sarah, b. Rowley 1646, d. Groton, MA 27 Feb 1717/8, m. Rowley 13 May 1669 Capt. Joseph BOYNTON, b. c. 1645, d. Rowley 16 Dec 1730, aged 85, son of John boynton and Ellen Pell. Joseph m. (2) Rowley 11 Mar 1719 Eliza Wood, b. Rowley 8 April 1694, daughter of Thomas Wood and Mary Hunt.

(8g) Robert Swan[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):901; Parker-Ruggles Anc (1913):318-320; NEHGR 33:403-5 (1879)[110]

Robert, the son of Richard and Ann Swan, was b. c. 1625 (aged 36 on 8 April 1661), d. Haverhill, MA 11 Feb 1697/8 in 74th year, and m. (1) c. 1652 Elizabeth ACIE, b. c. 1632, d. Haverhill 11 Aug 1689, aged 57; m. (2) Haverhill 1 April 1690 Hannah (______) Ross, b. c. 1648 (aged 35 in March 1684), liv. 1718, widow of Fennill Rose, b. c. 1620 (aged about 50 in March 1671), d. c. 1683. Robert was of Rowley in 1652, but of Haverhill by 1663. Robert's will is dated 28 Dec 1697 and proved 1 Aug 1698. Robert and first wife Elizabeth have extant gravestones in the Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill. Children:

  • Elizabeth, b. 30 Sep 1653
  • Sarah, b. 10 Aug 1655
  • Robert, b. 30 May 1657, m. 20 July 1685 Eliza STONE. He represented Haverhill in the General Court in 1684. Only two children with births recorded in Haverhill, 1686 and 1687.
  • Ann, b. 3 March 1658[/9?]
  • Richard, b. 24 Feb 1660[/1?]
  • Timothy, b. 12 March 1662/3
  • Dorothy, b. 8 Nov 1666
  • John, b. 1 Aug 1668, m. 1 Aug 1699 Susannah (________) Wood. Three children b. 1700 to 1706.
  • Samuel, b. 11 April 1670, d.y.
  • Samuel, b. 24 Oct 1672, d. 28 Nov 1751, m. 8 March 1693/4 Dorothie AMES. Two known children.
  • Joshua, b. 13 Sep 1674, m. Sarah INGALLS (see below)
  • Caleb, b. 18 June 1676, d.y.

(7g) Joshua Swan[edit]

NEHGR 33:403-5 (1879)[111]; WikiTree website

Joshua, the son of Robert Swan and Elizabeth Acie, was born in Haverhill, Mass. 13 Sep 1674, d. Methuen, Mass. 2 Sep 1757, and m. Woburn, Mass. 6 Jan 1701 Sarah INGALLS, b. Andover, Mass. 22 Jan 1679[/80?], d. Methuen 7 Sep 1760, the daughter of Henry Ingalls and Mary Osgood. Children:

  • Elizabeth, b. 31 Oct 1702, d. 19 Jan 1717/8
  • Sarah, b. 11 April 1704, m. Robert FLETCHER.
  • Mary, b. 6 Oct 1706
  • Joshua, b. 28 Oct 1708, d.y.
  • Francis, b. 31 March 1710, d. 13 Jan 1797, m. c. 1745 Lydia _______, b. c. 1723, d. 16 Aug 1769, aged 46. Twelve children b. 1746/7 to 1769
  • Timothy (twin), b. 19 Feb 1712/3
  • Abiah (twin), b. 19 Feb 1712/3
  • Joshua, b. 26 Sep 1715
  • Caleb, b. 12 April 1718, m. c. 1751 Dorothy FRYE, b. 23 Jan 1731. They had six children born 1752 to 1764.
  • James, b. 14 March 1721/2, d. Bethel, ME 1800, m. 10 April 1746 Mary SMITH. Ten children from 1747 to 1771.

(10g) John Stevens[edit]

NEHGR 85(1931):396-401

John Stevens, born say 1575, is presumed to be the one of his name buried at Caversham, Oxford, England 11 Jan 1617/8. He m. at Caversham 27 Feb 1597/8 Alice ATKINS who survived her husband and accompanied her sons John and William to New England aboard the Confidence in April 1638. It is possible she is the same person as the Anne Stevens, widow, who was buried at Newbury, Mass. 17 July 1650. Children, recorded at Caversham:

  • Jane, bapt 2 Jan 1602/3
  • John, bapt 7 July 1605, d. Andover, Mass. 11 April 1662 in 57th year, m. in England Elizabeth PARKER, b. c. 1613, d. Andover 1 May 1694, aged about 81. He was aged 31 when he sailed from Southampton, England to New England in April 1638 on the Confidence of London, John Jobson master. He settle at Newbury where he was a proprietor and admitted freeman there 18 May 1642. He soon thereafter moved to Andover, where he remained the rest of his life. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Elizabeth 24 June 1662. Elizabeth's will, dated 21 Oct 1687 with codicil added 7 Sep 1691, was proved 25 Sep 1694. John and Elizabeth had eight children, born at Newbury or Andover 1639 to 1654.
  • Barbara, bapt 11 Sep 1611
  • William, bapt 1 Sep 1616, sailed to New England with his mother and brother John in 1638; m. Elizabeth BITFIELD.
  • Susan, buried 28 July 1617

(9g) William Stevens[edit]

NEHGR 85(1931):396-401; TAG 67(1992):236-242; Hoyt (1897):324

William Stevens was bapt. Caversham, Oxford, England 1 Sep 1616, d. Newbury, Mass. 19 May 1653, the son of John Stevens and Alice Atkins of Caversham. He m. Newbury 19 May 1645 Elizabeth BITFIELD, b. c. 1624, d. Newbury 24 Sep 1676, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Bitfield of Wrington, Somerset, England and Boston, Mass. Following William's death, Elizabeth m. (2) Newbury 3 March 1653/4, as his second wife, William Titcomb. William came to New England in 1638 aboard the ship Confidence, sailing from Southampton, England with his mother Alice, brother John, and John's wife, Elizabeth. He was a proprietor of Newbury, and admitted freeman there on 18 May 1642 on the same day as his brother. In his will dated 19 May 1653 and proved six weeks later on 30 June, he names only wife Elizabeth (executrix) and sons John and Samuel. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for William without a cemetery. Children of William and Elizabeth, all b. Newbury: [112]

  • Bitfield, b. 16 March 1648/9, d. Newbury 23 June 1649
  • John, b. 19 Nov 1650, m. Mary CHASE (see below).
  • Samuel, b. 18 Nov 1652, probably the sergeant who was killed by Inidians at Bloody Brook 18 Sep 1675, m. Salem, Mass. 17 Dec 1672 Rebecca REA, b. Salem 4 Sep 1656, dau of Joshua Rea and Sara Waters. After Samuel's death, Rebecca m. Salem 28 Feb 1675/6 Symond Horne. Samuel had two children, born 1673 and 1674.

(8g) John Stevens[edit]

Hoyt (1897):324-5

John, the son of William Stevens and Elizabeth Bitfield, was b. Newbury 19 Nov 1650, d. early 1725, and m. Newbury 9 March 1669/70 Mary CHASE, b. Newbury 3 Feb 1650/1, living in 1725, the daughter of Aquila Chase and Ann Wheeler. John moved with his family from Newbury to Haverhill, Mass. sometime between 1680 and 1685. John's will, dated 15 Jan 1724/5, was proved 6 April 1725, naming his wife and living children. His children were: [113]

  • Mary, b. Newbury 10 Feb 1670/1 was living in 1725, so apparently named in her father's will.
  • John, b. Newbury 22 March 1673/4, m. (1) Haverhill 18 May 1697 (VR) Hannah CURRIER who d. Haverhill 23 Jan 1699/00 (VR). They had two children who died in infancy. He m. (2) Haverhill 30 May 1700 (VR) Mary BARTLETT, d. c. 1727; and m. (3) c. 1728 Miriam Jackman. John had a total of 14 children: 2 with first wife who both died young; 11 with the second wife, born 1701 to 1724/5; and 1 with third wife, born 1729.
  • Thomas, b. Newbury 3 July 1676, was living in 1725, so apparently named in his father's will
  • a daughter, b. Newbury 7 Sep 1680 (probably either Sarah or Hannah below, from father's will)
  • Moses, b. say 1682, or possibly a twin of Aaron, b. 1685, was living in 1725.
  • Aaron, b. Haverhill 7 April 1685 (VR), living in 1725 (father's will)
  • Joseph, b. Haverhill 19 Nov 1689 (VR), probably died young
  • Benjamin, b. Haverhill 25 Jan 1692/3 (VR), living in 1725 (father's will)
  • Sarah, living in 1725
  • Hannah, living in 1725

(7g) Aaron Stevens[edit]

NEHGR 148(1994):28 (Blackleach family); Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1020

Aaron, the son of John Stevens and Mary Chase, was b. Haverhill 7 April 1685 (VR), d. Plaistow, NH 1756, and m. (1) c. 1710 Mary HARRIS, b. say 1690, liv. 1718 and prob. 1727; m. (2) Elizabeth (DOW) Rowan. An online account identifies the first wife as Mary (Harris) Walter, b. 7 Nov 1689, d. 20 March 1745, said to be the widow of William Walter, and daughter of Richard Harris and Elizabeth Blackleach, but the account ridiculously gives this Mary Harris two husbands and families at the same time. Also, Mary cannot be the daughter of Richard Harris and Elizabeth Blackleach, because in a 1712 deed, the widow Elizabeth (Blackleach) Harris calls her daughter Mary Harris, and our subject Mary Harris was already married to Aaron Stevens by then. Aaron was a cooper living in Haverhill in 1726, apparently in the part that became Plaistow, NH. Widow Elizabeth Stevens declined administration of Aaron's estate on 24 Feb 1756, and administration was eventually given to son John Stevens. Because son Thomas neither accepted nor declined administration, the Pillsbury Ancestry concludes that the Thomas who married Prudence Merrill was NOT the son of Aaron, but rather the son of Roger Stevens. However, the below Thomas Stevens executed a deed that was witnessed by Aaron, suggesting a connection. Looking at onomastic evidence, Aaron appears to be a better candidate than Roger as the father of Thomas. The vital record of Haverhill specifically names Mary Harriss as the mother of the first four children, and Mary (with no surname) as the mother of the remaining children. Children, born or baptized in Haverhill: [114]

  • Sarah, b. 21 Feb 1710/1
  • Thomas, b. 20 Oct 1712, m. Prudence MERRILL in Haverhill then moved to Goffstown, NH.
  • Elizabeth, b. 31 Oct 1716
  • Nathaniel, b. 30 Sep 1718

The following children were all baptized on the same day, so the order of birth is unknown:

  • Aaron, b. say 1720, bp 29 Jan 1726/7. He may be the Aaron Stevens, Jr. who was married in Plaistow, NH in Oct 1749 to Mary Simons.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1722, bp 29 Jan 1726/7
  • John, b. say 1724, bp 29 Jan 1726/7
  • Daniel, b. say 1726, bp 29 Jan 1726/7, and m. Hampstead, NH 21 Oct 1755 Meriell PATTEE, b. 17 Aug 1732, the daughter of Peter Pattee and Elizabeth Scribner of Haverhill, Mass. and Haverhill District, NH.

The last child baptized five months after the previous:

  • Mary, b. 1727, bp 18 Jun 1727

(6g) Thomas Stevens[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1020-3 (Thomas Stevens); 930-2 (Moses Little)

Note: The Pillsbury Ancestry concludes that this Thomas Stevens was the son of Roger Stevens of Amesbury and Marlborough, Mass., though it presents Aaron Stevens as a possible contender. However, I, and others, conclude that Aaron Stevens was the father of this Thomas using the very evidence provided by the Pillsbury Ancestry. I find it absurd that this Thomas Stevens, assuming he was the son of Roger, moved from Amesbury, out to western Mass. with his father, and then as a young man came back to Haverhill. I find it much more palatable that this Thomas, as son of Aaron, was born in Haverhill, lived there in the North Parish until it became incorporated into Plaistow, NH, and then eventually moved to Goffstown, NH. To me, the smoking gun is that a deed of this Thomas was witnessed by Aaron Stevens, either his father or his brother.

Thomas is likely the one of his name b. Haverhill, Mass. 20 Oct 1712 (VR), living in Goffstown in 1790, the son of Aaron Stevens and Mary Harris of Haverhill. He m. Haverhill 29 April 1736 Prudence MERRILL, b. Amesbury 1 May 1715, liv. 7 Oct 1786, the daughter of Jonathan Merrill and Mary Brown. The marriage is also recorded in Plaistow as Oct 1737, but this date must be in error if either given date for their oldest daughter is correct. Some accounts say Prudence died in Goffstown, NH (where several of her children lived) in Oct 1786, but I cannot confirm this. On 15 Nov 1744, Thomas Stevens of Almsbury District, NH (Merrimack) sold land there to Elicksander Campbell of Haverhill District, with Aron Stevens and Jonathan Roberds as witnesses. His family then likely lived in the part of Haverhill that became Plaistow, NH in 1749. This is probably why the baptisms of the oldest children appear in the Haverhill records, but not those of the younger children. Thomas was still of Plaistow in a 6 Feb 1767 deed, but likely of Goffstown shortly after that. He was called of Goffstown in a 4 July 1774 deed, and signed a deed there on 6 Oct 1786, with his wife Prudence giving up her dower the following day. He was living in Goffstown with a female, and no one else, in 1790. Three of the four older children of Thomas and Prudence have baptismal records in Haverhill, while the births of all of the children are found in the Plaistow records (note that there is a conflict in these dates for two of the children): [115]

  • Hannah, bapt Haverhill 13 Nov 1737 (but b. 25 Jan 1737/8 from Plaistow records, one of these dates obviously being incorrect). She is not the Hannah who married Jonathan Heath, but may have married ______ PATTEE and Job DOW (Pillsbury Anc:1023).
  • Mary, b. 3 June 1740, liv. 1799, m. prob. Hampstead, NH 6 Oct 1761 Lt Moses LITTLE, b. Haverhill, Mass. 3 Aug 1742, d. Goffstown, NH 5 Sep 1812, the son of George Little and Mary Kimball. Moses was in New Boston, NH in 1763, but living in Goffstown by 1770. He was a soldier of the revolution and served as a lieutenant under Gen. Stark from 23 April to 1 Aug 1775, and was at Bunker Hill. He also served with Capt Jesse Page's company in Rhode Island in Aug 1778. There are two, and possibly three, contemporary Moses Littles who lived in the Goffstown area. Only two have tombstone photos: the one buried in Goffstown, has a birth year of about 1748, which is too late for someone married in 1761; also, he has the correct birth day, but wrong year (Hmmm!?!). The one in Hampstead appears to be married to someone other than Mary Stevens. A third Moses Little, with the dates given above, has been placed in a pseudo-cemetery in Hampstead, with no tombstone photo. There is something really messed up about all of this. Moses and Mary had nine children born from 1762 to 1780. [116] [117]
  • Prudence, bapt Haverhill 10 May 1741 but b. 23 Jan 1742 from the Plaistow records, so one of these is incorrect.
  • Daniel, b. 18 Nov 1745, bapt Haverhill 24 Nov 1745, d. Plaistow 27 May 1837, aged 91 years and 6 months. Like his brother, Nathaniel, Daniel managed to avoid the census takers, until 1830, when he appears in Plaistow, aged 80-89, with a female aged 70-79, and another aged 10-14. Daniel may be the one who married in Plaistow 28 Jan 1768 Elisabeth BRYANT (per town records), though some accounts make her the wife of Daniel Stevens born 1742 in Newbury, Mass. He is the Daniel Stevens who, at the age of 69, married in Haverhill 29 June 1815 Alice (PIKE) George, the widow of Lewis George. He managed to avoid the census takers until 1830, when he appears on the census for Plaistow, aged 80-89, living with females, aged 70-79, and 10-14. He has an extensive Revolutionary War record, and had four enlistments from 1775 to 1777, serving as a private and as an ensign. He served at Lexington, Bennington, and Saratoga, among other engagements. In one compensation document, he was paid $13.33 for four months as a private, and paid $29.70 for two months 29 days as an ensign. In 1832 he was awarded a pension in the amount of $33.33 per annum. He is buried in the Plaistow town cemetery with wife Alice. [118]
  • Sarah, b. 18 Dec 1748, d. Goffstown 10 or 19 Sep 1805, m. Samuel ANNIS, b. 1745, d. 26 May 1828, son of Sanuel Annis and Mary Humble. Samuel was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Sarah and Samuel both have grave markers in the Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown. [119]
  • Naomi, b. 24 Oct 1751, d. Goffstown 9 Jan 1816, and m. 1771 John BUTTERFIELD, a revolutionary war soldier. John has a fine slate grave marker in the Hillside Cemetery; Naomi has a stone of the type that attracts moss, and is difficult to read. Both of them are included on a family monument erected in Hillside Cemetery in 2017. See sandbox b2. [120]
  • Nathaniel, b. 26 Feb 1754, d. Weare, NH 19 April 1838, aged 83. He was married in Goffstown, NH on 12 Nov 1778 to Elizabeth GAY, b. 1753, d. 13 Nov 1828, aged 75. The provenance of Elizabeth has not yet been discovered. Nathaniel served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and enlisted April 1775, serving eight months as a private in Capt Richard's company, Col. Stark's NH regiment. He then immediately re-enlisted for one year as a private in Capt John Hale's company, same regiment. At the expiration of this enlistment he served for another two months in the same outfit. He moved from Goffstown to New Boston, NH, where he was living on 6 April 1818 when he applied for a pension, calling himself 65 years old, and living under reduced circumstances. In 1820 he deposed that his wife, Elizabeth, was 66 years old. Nathaniel and Elizabeth both have surviving grave markers in the Oil Mill Cemetery in Weare, though some of the inscription on her marker is chipped/worn away. [121]
  • Susannah, b. 12 April 1756
  • Jacob, b. 16 June 1758, m. Goffstown 6 Jan 1778 Jean CLOGSTON.
  • David, b. 25 Aug 1764, liv. 1794, m. 29 Dec 1785 Susan SARGENT. He is of the right age to be the David Stevens on the 1790 census of Goffstown, having a household with male over 16 and 3 females, meaning he and his wife had two living daughters in 1790.

(5g) Nathaniel Stevens[edit]

Nathaniel, b. Plaistow, NH 24 Feb 1754, d. 29 April 1838, was the son of Thomas Stevens and Prudence Merrill of Plaistow and Goffstown, NH. He was married in Goffstown on 12 Nov 1778 to Elizabeth "Betsey" GAY, b. c. 1753, d. 13 Nov 1828, aged 75 years, provenance as yet unknown. Nathaniel had served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and enlisted April 1775, serving eight months as a private in Capt Richard's company, Col. Stark's NH regiment. He then immediately re-enlisted for one year as a private in Capt John Hale's company, same regiment. At the expiration of this enlistment he served for another two months in the same outfit. Nathaniel was in Goffstown in 1790 with 3 m<16, 1 m 16+, and 2 f (wife and four young children), and then in Weare in 1800, aged 26-44, with like-aged wife and six children, and then in New Boston in 1810 as an older couple, both 45+ with two older m & f and three younger folks, perhaps grandchildren. The three towns of Goffstown, Weare, and New Boston are all conterminous, and there is one point where all three towns touch. The Nathaniel Stevens in Weare in 1820, 1830, and 1840 is likely his son. Nathaniel was living in New Boston on 6 April 1818 when he applied for a pension, calling himself 65 years old, and living under reduced circumstances. In 1820 he deposed that his wife, Elizabeth, was 66 years old. Nathaniel and Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Oil Mill Cemetery, Weare, NH. The following children are determined primarily from the 1800 census, and only two are known by name. A problem is that son Matthew does not appear on the 1800 census, and he may have been apprenticed out when the census was taken. The first four children were born in Goffstown, and the birthplace of the last three is uncertain.: [122]

  • daughter, b. c. 1779, female aged 16-25 in 1800 census
  • Matthew B., b. 1781, not in 1800 census, so perhaps he had been apprenticed out.
  • son, b. say 1785, one of two males aged 10-15 in 1800 census
  • Nathaniel, b. 1787, d. 18 Feb 1844, aged 56, living in Weare in 1820, 1830, and 1840. He is buried Oil Mill Cem., Weare, NH. [123]
  • daughter. b. c. 1791, one of two females under age 10 in 1800 census
  • son, b. c. 1793, male under age 10 in 1800 census
  • daughter, b. c. 1796, one of two females under age 10 in 1800 census

(4g) Matthew B. Stevens[edit]

Matthew Stevens, b. Goffstown, NH 1781, d. Plattsburgh, NY 24 Oct 1814, was married in Weare, New Hampshire on 22 November 1804 to Abigail CLEMENT, b. Weare, NH 22 Aug 1777, d. Dunbarton, NH 5 Mar 1865, the daughter of Henry Clement and Hannah Emerson. In 1810 Matthew was enumerated on the census in New Boston, NH, with wife and four children (two boys and two girls). As to the provenance of Matthew, the 1810 census of New Boston, the only census on which he is found, gives the best clue. Though the original census is in somewhat alphabetical order, members of the Stevens family occur in three clumps: an elder David Stevens on page 4, young Matthew and an elder Nathaniel Stevens on p 6, and a younger David Stevens on p 7. From this arrangement, a kinship between Matthew and the older Nathaniel Stevens is suggested, especially since the only son of Matthew we know by name was Nathaniel L. Stevens. During the War of 1812 Matthew enlisted at Burlington [VT?] on 27 or 29 April 1814 for the duration of the war. He was a private in the 16th infantry regiment under Captain Miles and [Col?] Greenwood. His military record gives a physical description of him: 5 feet 8 1/2 inches tall, light eyes, brown hair, and light complexion. He entered the hospital (no reason specified) on 7 September 1814, and was discharged on 30 September. On 18 October 1814 he reported sick to the hospital at Plattsburgh, New York, and on 24 October he died. His widow received a pension in the amount of $48 per anum, commencing on 17 February 1815, and the original pension lasted for five years. However, the pension was extended through the remainder of Abigail's life, as evidenced by a payment voucher showing that she was paid from 1861 to 1865 under the name Abigail Sargent. Matthew's pension file lists three heirs: Nathaniel L., Sarah, and Hannah Stevens. On 8 Feb 1817, widow Abigail Stevens requested administration on the estate of Matthew B. Stevens, late of Goffstown, yeoman, she signing the petition herself. On the same day, Abigail Stevens of Goffstown, widow, Amasa Foster of Weare, and Thomas Worthly of New Boston signed the administrators bond, with George Harris witnessing. Abigail lived as a widow for more than two decades, but she married in Goffstown 30 November 1837 the widower Daniel Sargent. They are enumerated with no other family members in the 1840 census in Goffstown, and are also on the 1850 census of Goffstown with her granddaughter, Hannah Pollard. Matthew and Abigail are buried in the Hillside Cemetery in Goffstown, and their names are included on a family monument. Abigail's second husband has an original gravestone there as well. Children, born in New Boston, NH: [124]

  • Nathaniel L., b. ca 1805
  • Sarah, b. 28 July 1807, m. (1) Daniel I. POLLARD; m. (2) Samuel KIMBALL. [125]
  • Hannah, b. ca 1809. She does not appear to be the Hannah Stevens, b. 1804, m. (1) Daniel Rowell, 1801-1840 and m. (2) George, 1803-1883, and is buried Hillside Cemetery in Goffstown, who likely is the daughter of David Stevens. [126]
  • son, b. ca 1810, enumerated in the 1810 census, apparently died young since he wasn't mentioned as an heir of Matthew in his war pension papers in 1815.

(10g) Samuel Bitfield[edit]

TAG 67(1992):236-241

Samuel, the son of Giles Bitfield, was bapt. Wrington, Somersetshire, England 21 Feb 1601/2 and d. Boston, Mass. 1 Sep 1660. He m. (1) a wife whose name has not been learned, and (2) Elizabeth _______ who died "30:7mo 1669 (30 Sep 1669) according to her inventory, but this date cannot be correct since her will was probated 23 Sep 1669 and her inventory taken 20 Sep 1669. Perhaps her actual death date was 30 Aug 1669. The apprentice records of Bristol, Somersetshire, England show that on 4 June 1616 Samuel Bitfield, son of Giles Bitfield, yeoman, deceased, late of Wrington, Somersetshire, was apprenticed to John Goode, cooper, and Lettice, his wife. Samuel was discharged from this apprenticeship on 27 March 1622 because his master was in prison. Samuel first appears in New England on 24 Feb 1639/40 when he was allotted 20 acres of land, apparently in the Wollaston section of Boston where he lived. On 2 June 1641 he was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He served as a Boston constable, beginning 8 March 1651/2. Samuel's will, dated 12:3mo:1659 (12 May 1659) was probated 20 Sep 1660 with inventory dated a week earlier on 13 Sep. In his will, he gave his unnamed wife his dwelling house provided "shee stay in this cuntry and keepe the sayde house in repare." Upon her death or departure from the country, the property was to go to Samuel's grandson Samuel Plumer. He made bequests to his unnamed wife and to the children of his two daughters: Samuell Plumer, John Plumer, Epharim Plumer, Mary Plumer, John Stevens, and Samuell Stevens (the latter two not yet 21, but in actuality, they were all under 21). Elizabeth's will, dated 13:11mo:1663 (13 Jan 1663/4) was probated 23 Sep 1669 mentioning sister Crowne and sister Margaret Parker, John Stevens, Samuell Stevens, William Titcome's children, Samuell Plummer's children, her "daughters" (actually step-daughters) Mary Plummer and Elizabeth Titcomb, and several others including "Ann Jeffreyes Children that bee not Quakers." Samuel had only two known children: [127]

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1624, m. (1) William STEVENS and (2) William TITCOMB
  • Mary, b. say 1626, m. c. 1646 Samuel PLUMMER, b. c. 1619, son of Francis and Ruth Plummer.

(10g) Thomas Chasse (2 of 2)[edit]

NEHGR 175:32-41 (2021).

Thomas Chasse was born say 1592, probably somewhere in Suffolk, England. His parentage is unknown. He married, probably about 1616, a woman whose name and parentage are unknown. They probably moved to Woolverstone, Suffolk, sometime in 1618 or 1619. Thomas’ wife was buried in Woolverstone on 12 December 1624. Thomas was buried in Woolverstone on 21 July 1627. Children of Thomas Chasse:

  • Thomas Chase, b. say 1617, probably somewhere in Suffolk; d. Hampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, before 5 Oct. 1652, m. probably Hampton about 1643 Elizabeth Philbrick, daughter of Thomas-1 Philbrick and Elizabeth Knopp.
  • Aquila Chase, bp. Woolverstone 7 Jan. 1619/20 (see below)

(9g) Aquilla Chase (2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1099-1102; Annis Spear Ancestry (1945):129-30; Chase Gen (1928):29-45; NEHGR 175:32-41 (2021)

Aquila Chase was bapt. Woolverstone, Suffolk, England 7 Jan 1619/20, d. Newbury, Mass. 17,21,or 27 Dec 1670, and m. c. 1644 Ann WHEELER, bapt. St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 13 May 1621, d. Newbury 21 April 1687, daughter of John Wheeler and Agnes Yeomans. Ann m. (2) Newbury 14 June 1672 Daniel Silloway, from Ireland. Due to the scarcity of his name, Aquila was often assumed to be the son of Aquila Chase of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England who was baptized 14 Aug 1580, but this is not the case. The subject Aquila and his brother Thomas were in New England by 1639, and both received grants of land in Hampton (now New Hampshire). They were orphans who were likely taken under the wing of another mariner, and likely came to New England with others from Woolverstone, settling initially in Dedham, and then moving to Hampton. The Pillsbury Ancestry notes that Aquila had no propensity for being in court like most of his neighbors, and is only of record for doing so twice. He was still living in Hampton in 1646 when presented at court, but the following year he was in Newbury, Mass., where he remained. He was a mariner or fisherman, and by tradition was the first person to pilot a craft "across the bar" at the mouth of the Merrimack River. He was called of Newbury in his will, dated 10 Dec 1670, and proved 28 March 1671. His inventory totaled 336 pounds. He is supposedly buried in Newbury. Children, all but first born in Newbury: [128]

  • Sarah, b. Hampton, NH c. 1646, m. Newbury 15 May 1666 Charles ANNIS.
  • Anne, b. 6 July 1647, m. Newbury 27 April 1671 Thomas BARBER.
  • Priscilla, b. 14 March 1648/9, m. 10 Feb 1670/1 Abel MERRILL.
  • Mary, b. 3 Feb 1650/1, m. Newbury 9 March 1669/70 John STEVENS (see above).
  • Aquila, b. 26 or 27 Sep 1652, d. Newbury 29 July 1720 (from inventory and gs), m. c. 1673 Esther BOND, b. Newbury 25 Sep 1655, liv. 1720, daughter of John Bond and Esther Blakeley of Newbury, Rowley, and Haverhill. They had nine children born from 1674 to c. 1693. Aquila has an extant gravestone in the First Parish Burying Ground in Newbury. [129]
  • Thomas, b. 25 July 1654, d. Newbury 25 Feb 1733[/4?], m. (1) Newbury 22 Nov 1677 Rebecca FOLLANSBEE, b. c. 1660, d. Newbury 27 Dc 1711, daughter of Thomas and Mary Follansbee; m. (2) 2 Aug 1713 or 14 Elizabeth (WOODHEAD) Moores, b. Chelmsford 28 Dec 1674, probably the widow of Jonathan Moores, and daughter of William and Mary Woodhead. Thomas had ten children with his first wife, born from 1680 to c. 1704, and a child with his second wife born in 1715.
  • John, b. 2 Nov 1655, d. Newbury 26 Feb 1739/40, m. (1) Newbury 23 May 1677 Elizabeth BINGLEY, b. Salisbury, Mass. 24 June 1660, d. c. 1685, daughter of William Bingley and Elizabeth Preston; m. (2) Newbury or Salisbury 21 Dec 1687 Lydia CHALLIS, b. Salisbury, 31 May 1655, liv. 1730, daughter of Lt. Philip Watson-Challis and Mary Sargent. John was a soldier in King Philip's War, and served under Capt. Turner in the Falls Fight on 18 May 1676. He took the oath of allegiance in 1678. His will (no date?) was proved 17 March 1739/40. He two children with his first wife, born 1678/9, and c. 1680, and nine more with second wife, b. 1688 to 1710.
  • Elizabeth, b. 13 Sep 1657, liv. Newbury 1696, m. (1) Andover, Mass. 27 June 1677 or 1678 Zachariah AYER; m. (2) Daniel FAVOR.
  • Ruth, b. 18 March 1659/60, d. 30 May 1676
  • Daniel, b. 15 Nov or 9 Dec 1661, d. Newbury 8 Feb 1707, m. Newbury 25 Aug 1683 Martha KIMBALL, b. Wenham, Mass. 18 Aug 1664, daughter of Henry Kimball and Mary Wyatt. Martha m. (2) (int. Newbury 9 May 1713) Josiah Heath of Haverhill. They had ten children born Newbury from 1684 to c. 1704.
  • Moses, b. 24 Dec 1663, d. Newbury 6 Sep 1743, m. (1) Newbury 10 Nov 1684 Anne FOLLANSBEE, b. prob. Portsmouth, NH 1668, d. Newbury 18 April 1708, daughter of Thomas and Mary Follansbee of Portsmouth; m. (2) 13 Dec 1713 Sarah JACOBS, b. Ipswich, Mass. 26 Sep 1674, d. Newbury 13 March 1739, daughter of Thomas Jacobs and Sarah Brown. Moses made his will 3 July 1740, proved 19 Sep 1743. Moses had nine children with first wife Ann, born Newbury from 1685 to 1708. Moses and second wife Sarah have extant gravestones in the Bridge Street Cemetery in West Newbury; first wife Ann has an extant stone in Sawyer Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport. [130]

(11g) Dominick Wheeler[edit]

see sandbox b

(10g) John Wheeler[edit]

see sandbox b

(13g) (prob.) John Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1031-2

John Merrill was born say 1475, d. prob. in Wherestead, Suffolk, England c. 1528/9, and m. c. 1493 Anne BELCHM, liv. 1528. John's will was dated 3 Dec 1528 and proved 12 March 1528/9 at the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. Children:

  • John, the elder, b. say 1495, m. Katherine _______.
  • John, the younger, b. say 1508
  • Julian, b. say 1510
  • Elyn, b. say 1512

(12g) (prob.) John Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1032-3

John, probably the eldest son of John Merrill and Anne Belchm, was born say 1495, d. probably in Wherestead, Suffolk, England c. 1551/2, and m. say 1520 Katherine _______, liv. 1551. His will was dated 23 Dec 1551 and proved 28 Jan 1551/2 at the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. Children, probably all born in Wherestead or Belstead:

  • John, the elder, b. say 1522
  • William, b. say 1524
  • Johan, b. say 1526, living unmarried in 1551.
  • Michael, b. say 1528, prob. of age in 1551.
  • Mary, b. say 1530
  • Margaret
  • Alice
  • Katherine
  • Agnes
  • Thomas
  • John, the younger (and the youngest son), b. say 1545, m. Prudence _______.

(11g) John Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1034-6

John, probably the youngest son of the above John, was born say 1545, d. Wherstead, Suffolk, England Dec 1600, and m. Prudence _______, liv. 1600. His will was dated 2 Dec and proved 11 Dec 1600. Children, probably born in Wherstead or Belstead:

  • Nathaniel, b. say 1570, m. Mary BLACKSOLL (see below).
  • Thomas, b. say 1572, liv. 1605, m. Wherestead 15 July 1595 Rose PEARSON. Four known children born/bapt. c. 1597 to 1604/5.
  • John, b. say 1574, liv. 1602, m. Belstead 29 Dec 1601 Susan PLUMLY.
  • Michael, b. say 1577, bur. Belstead 20 Aug 1616, m. Belstead 7 March 1602/3 Margaret SCRIVENER. Six children bapt. Belstead from 1604 to 1615.

(10g) Nathaniel Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1036-7; Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):65-66

Nathaniel, the son of John and Prudence Merrill, was born say 1570, bur. Wherstead, Suffolk, England 17 March 1626/7, and m. Belstead, Suffolk 27 Feb 1592/3 Mary BLACKSOLL, bur. Wherstead 1 May 1624. Children, baptized Wherstead:

  • daughter, b. prob. Jan 1593/4, bur. Wherstead 21 Jan 1593/4.
  • Mary, bapt. 23 Feb 1594/5, named in 1600 will of her grandfather.
  • Martha, bapt. 21 Sep 1596, named in 1600 will of her grandfather.
  • Frances, bapt. 1598, bur. (Wherstead?) 1 Aug 1598
  • John, bapt. 16 Aug 1599, d. Newbury, Mass. 12 Sep 1673, m. prob. (1) Wherstead 24 Jan 1628/9 Annis BISHOP; m. prob. (2) Elizabeth _______, d. Newbury 13 July 1682. Hohn had immigrated to New England by 1636. John's will was dated 8 Sep 1670 and proved 20 Sep 1673, naming wife Elizabeth and grandchild John Swett. Elizabeth's will was dated 17 Dec 1680 and proved 15 July 1682, giving all her estate to her "loving Sonne in Law Stephen Swett" and making "grandchild" John Swett sole executor.
  • Nathaniel, bapt. 4 May 1601, m. Susanna _______ (see below).
  • Michael, bapt. 3 April 1603; nothing more.

(9g) Nathaniel Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1037-41; Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):65-66,68-69

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Merrill and Mary Blacksoll, was bapt Wherestead, Suffolk, England 4 May 1601, d. Newbury, Mass. 16 March 1654/5, and m. in England c. 1635 Susannah _______, b. say 1615, d. Newbury 25 Jan 1672/3. Susannah m. (2) Newbury 16 Aug 1661 Stephen Jordan, b. c. 1590, d. Newbury 8 Feb 1669/70, who sailed to New England in 1634 aboard the Mary and John.[2] Stephen had an earlier wife and two known daughters. Early in their marriage, Nathaniel and Susanna lived in the parish of Lawford in Essex, England, which is only eight miles from where Nathaniel was baptized in Wherestead, Suffolk. Nathaniel's will was dated 8 March 1654[/5] and proved 19 days later on 27 March 1655. Administration of Susanna's estate was given to her youngest son, Abell Merill, on 25 March 1673. A modern gravestone for Nathaniel has been installed in the First Settlers Burying Ground in Newbury. Children, first four baptized Lawford, Essex, England; remainder born in Newbury, Mass.: [131]

  • Nathaniel, bapt 25 May 1634, d. Newbury 1 Jan 1682/3, m. Newbury 15 Oct 1661 Joane NINIAN, b. say 1640, d. Newbury 8 Feb 1717/8. They had six known children born from 1662/3 to about 1670.
  • John, bapt 16 Feb 1635/6, d. West Hartford, CT 18 July 1712, m. Hartford, CT 23 Sep 1663 Sarah WATSON. John had very close ties with Gregory Wilterton (or Wolterton), and moved with him from Newbury to Hartford as early as 1657. Wilterton treated John like a son, and gave him a substantial bequest upon his death.
  • Abraham, bapt 9 April 1637, m. Abigail WEBSTER (see below).
  • Susanna, bapt 12 Dec 1638, d. Suffield, CT 10 Oct 1690, m. Newbury 15 Oct 1663 John BURBANK, b. c. 1638, d. Suffield, CT 1 June 1709, the son of John and Ann Burbank. John and Susanna left Newbury to live in Haverhill, Mass. for a while, but by about 1680 were living in Suffield, CT. They had one known child, Mary, b. 1666, likely others. Following Susanna's death, John m. (2) Sarah _______; m. (3) Mehetabel _______.
  • Daniel, b. 20 Aug 1642, d. Salisbury, Mass. 27 June 1717, m. (1) Newbury 14 (or 19) May 1667 Sarah CLOUGH, b. Salisbury 28 June 1646, d. there 18 March 1705/6, daughter of John and Jane Clough. Daniel m. (2) Salisbury 23 May 1708 Sarah (MORRILL) (Rowell) Page, b. Salisbury 14 Oct 1650, d. Amesbury 11 Sep 1731, daughter of Abraham Morrill and Sarah Clement. Sarah had married first Philip Rowell and second Onesiphorous Page, Sr. Daniel's will was dated 10 May and proved 12 July 1717.
  • Abel, b. 20 Feb 1643/4, d. Newbury 28 Oct 1689, m. Newbury 10 Feb 1670/1 Priscilla CHASE, b. Newbury 14 March 1648/9, daughter of Aquilla Chase and Ann Wheeler. Abel became Newbury freeman in 1668 and served as deacon of the Newbury Baptist Church. He was a soldier under Capt. Thomas Noyes in 1668. Administration of his estate was given to widow Priscilla on 1 Nov 1697, and inventory was taken 22 Nov 1689. Abel had eight children with his first wife, born from 1671 to 1688/9. Cutter's account says he had a second wife, but if his first wife had a child nine months before his death, there wasn't much time for him to have a second wife.
  • Thomas, b. 1648

(8g) Abraham Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1041-3

Abraham, the son of Nathaniel and Susannah Merrill, was baptized at Lawford, Essex, England on 9 April 1637, d. Newbury, Mass. 28 Nov 1722, and m. (1) Newbury 18 Jan 1660/1 Abigail WEBSTER, b. c. 1642, d. Newbury 12 Aug 1712, aged 70, the daughter of John Webster and Mary Shatswell of Ipswich. He m. (2) (int. Newbury 15 Aug 1713) Sarah Rowlandson, b. 1658. Abraham was a weaver, and lived with his family in the northern part of Newbury. In 1674 Abraham and Abigail were members of the Newbury church, and Abraham was called Deacon. Abraham's only appearances in court were as a testator. Abigail has an extant gravestone in the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport, Mass. A grave next to hers with field stones marking head and foot is likely that of Abraham. Children, b. Newbury: [132]

  • Abigail, b. 13 Aug 1665 (VR), d. Newbury 9 Oct 1708, m. c. 1688 Hananiah ORDWAY.
  • Mary, b. 5 July 1667 (VR), d. Newbury 11 Oct 1703, m. 22 Dec 1685 Jonathan THURLOW.
  • Elizabeth, b. 26 April 1669 (VR), d. Andover, Mass. 29 July 1729, m. Newbury 2 Oct 1693 Joseph EMERY. b. Newbury 23 March 1663, d. Andover, 22 Sep 1721, the son of John and Mary Emery. Elizabeth and Joseph both have extant gravestones in the Old North Parish Burial Ground, Andover. [133]
  • Hannah, b. 9 Jan 1670[/1] (VR), living in 1713, m. Newbury 26 Aug 1695 Shubael LONG, b. Newbury 14 April 1661, d. Newbury 12 Aug 1731, son of Robert Long and Mary (Alice?) Short
  • Mary, b. 16 Jan 1671[/2?] (VR)
  • Abraham, b. 20 Sep 1672, d. Amesbury 26 Sep 1744, m. (int Newbury 7 Oct 1696) Abigail BARTLETT, b. Newbury 14 April 1674, d. Amesbury 11 July 1728, daughter of Samuel Bartlett and Elizabeth Titcomb. The Newbury vital record does not give a name to the child of Abraham born on 20 Sep 1672. Most accounts make that child the oldest son, Abraham Jr.; however, Abraham Jr. may have been born before 1665, as there is plenty of room for multiple children between the parents' marriage year of 1660/1 and the first known child in 1665.
  • John, b. 15 Oct 1673 (VR), d. Haverhill 28 Nov 1722, or d. c. 1756; m. (1) (int. Newbury 10 Aug 1708) Deborah HAZELTINE; m. (2) April 1729 Margaret Lowell.
  • Jonathan, b. 19 Jan 1675[/6] (VR), m. Mary BROWN (see below).
  • David, b. 20 Feb 1677[/8] (VR), d. Newbury 1 Jan 1760, m. Newbury 18 Dec 1706 Mary MORSE (VR), d. 18 Aug 1753, the daughter of Benjamin Morse and Ruth Sawyer. They had seven known children.
  • Sarah, b. 9 Oct 1679 (VR), d. Newbury 20 Nov 1750, m. (int Newbury 7 Oct 1696) Joseph MORSE, b. Newbury 5 Feb 1671[/2] (VR), the son of Benjamin Morse and Ruth Sawyer. They had three known children born 1697 to 1702.
  • Susanna, b. 6 Dec 1681 (VR), d. Newbury 15 Dec 1681.
  • Prudence, b. 1 Oct 1683 (VR), d. Amesbury 5 May 1718, m. Newbury 25 Nov 1702 John BARTLETT, b. Newbury 24 Jan 1682/3, bur. 3 Sep 1752, son of John Bartlett and Mary Rust. Following the death of Prudence, John m. (2) (int Amesbury 18 June 1720) Frances Kindrick. John was a tanner; his will, dated 30 July 1752, was proved 16 Oct 1752. He was buried 3 Sep 1752 according to the Queen Anne's Chapel records (found in the Newbury vital record), so he was likely buried in the cemetery there. This cemetery is now known as the Belleville Cemetery, located on Storey Street in Newburyport. [134]

(7g) Jonathan Merrill[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):1043-4

Jonathan, the son of Abraham Merrill and Abigail Webster of Newbury, Mass., was b. Newbury 19 Jan 1675/6 (VR), living in 1758 when his wife's death record called her the wife, and not widow, of Jonathan Merrill; m. c. 1701 Mary BROWN, b. Haverhill 3 May 1671, d. Plaistow, NH 13 May 1758. She was the daughter of Nicholas Brown and Mary Linfurth of Haverhill according to many sources, but the Pillsbury Ancestry says this is not so. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Jonathan and Mary without a cemetery. Children: [135]

  • Sarah, b. Haverhill 20 May 1702, d. Plaistow, NH 10 Sep 1764, m. Haverhill 17 Sep 1723 Abner HARRIMAN, b. Haverhill 23 Aug 1699, d. c. 1770, the son of Matthew Harriman and Elizabeth Swan. Abner's will was dated 14 Jan 1765 and proved 13 April 1770. Sarah and Abner had eight children born 1724 to 1743.
  • Mary, b. Newbury 17 Sep 1704 (VR), d. "several years prior to 1758", m. Haverhill 22 Oct 1724 Josiah HEATH Jr., b. Haverhill 21 April 1701, d. Haverhill 1758, the son of Josiah Heath and Hannah Sterling. In 1758 Josiah signed (with a mark) a short document, handing over his part of the estate of his parents, Josiah and Hannah Heath, to a Mr. Perkins, stating that his wife had died several years earlier. He died soon thereafter, as his inventory was dated 18 Oct 1758, he being called late of Haverhill.
  • Abraham (twin), b. Newbury 29 May 1707 (VR), liv. Manchester, NH 1760, m. Haverhill 20 June 1734 Mehitable STEVENS, b. Haverhill 22 Feb 1715, daughter of Benjamin Stevens and Abigail Bartlett. Abraham lived in Haverhill, Mass. and Plaistow, NH when young, but about 1745 settled in Derryfield (now Manchester) at what became known as Merrill's Falls. I can verify none of the following: they had ten children, born 1735 to 1758; she died in Derryfield (Manchester) in 1758 and he died there in 1760. As an aside, a Mehitabel Merrill, widow, died in Amesbury 29 Nov 1795, aged 78, making her close in age to the wife of Abraham. Same person?
  • Nathaniel (twin), b. Newbury 29 May 1707 (VR), d. Plaistow, NH 1742, married in Amesbury 7 April 1731 (in double ceremony with his sister Judith) Hannah GOODWIN, b. Amesbury 21 July 1712, the daughter of Richard Goodwin and Esther Hadley. It is uncertain why the marriage record in Haverhill calls him Nathaniel 3d, unless there were two others of the name living in Haverhill at the time. The Merrill genealogy says he died in 1742, but I find no probate or vital record to substantiate this. Of interest is that a Nathaniel Merrill d. Amesbury 7 Nov 1792, but no age is given in the vital record. He is NOT the Nathaniel Merrill who died 22 Feb 1743, buried in the Walnut Hill Cem., West Newbury; that is a much older man.
  • Judith, b. Amesbury 12 Sep 1709, m. Amesbury 7 April 1731 (in double ceremony with brother Nathaniel) John GOODWIN, b. Amesbury 16 Sep 1709, the son of Richard Goodwin and Esther Hadley. The published vital record of Amesbury gives the birth of Judith under the surname Morrill.
  • Prudence, b. Amesbury 1 May 1715, m. Thomas STEVENS (see above).

(9g) John Webster (line 2 of 4)[edit]

GM 7(2011):261-8

John Webster was born c. 1606, d. c. 1646, and m. c. 1630 Mary SHATSWELL, b. say 1610, d. Newbury, Mass. 28 April 1694, the sister of John and Theophilus Shatswell and of Mary Curwen, all of whom also came to New England. Mary m. (2) Newbury 29 Oct 1647 John Emery. The provenance of John has not been learned, but he was in New England by 1634, as he received a grant of land in Ipswich, Mass. on 5 Jan 1634/5, and was admitted as a freeman of the colony on 4 March 1634/5. John served on a petit jury in Ipswich in March 1642. On 29 Sep 1646, John's inventory was sworn to by his widow Mary, who was given administration of his estate. Mary's will was dated 1 Aug 1693 and recorded 1 June 1696. Children:

  • John, b. say 1631 (sold land in 1652; "aged 47" in March 1680), m. Newbury 13 June 1653 Ann BATT, daughter of Nicholas Batt.
  • Mary, b. say 1634, liv. 1651.
  • Hannah, b. say 1636, m. Haverhill 1 April 1657 Michael EMERSON (see below).
  • Stephen, b. say 1638 (aged about 31 in March 1669/70), m. (1) Haverhill 24 March 1662/3 Hannah AYER; m. (2) Haverhill 26 May 1678 Judith (______) Broad, widow of William Broad.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1640, liv. Oct 1651.
  • Abigail, b. say 1642, m. Newbury 18 Jan 1660[/1?] Abraham MERRILL (see above).
  • Israel, b. c. 1644 (aged 18 in Nov 1662; aged 38 in May 1682), m. (1) Newbury 3 Jan 1665[/6?] Elizabeth BROWN; m. (2) Newbury 9 Nov 1669 Elizabeth LUNT, daughter of Henry Lunt.
  • Nathan, b. c. 1646 (aged 16 in Nov 1662; aged 35 in March 1681), m. c. 1674 Mary HASELTINE, daughter of John Haseltine.

(10g) Judith Shatswell[edit]

see sandbox 8

(13g) Richard Clements (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc 1:543-4

Richard Clements was born c. 1506, d. Croft, Leicestershire, Eng. Feb 1571[/2?], and m. the widow Elizabeth (______) ______, but it is not known if he had former wives. Richard was living in Croft by 1557. His will was dated 3 Feb 1571[/2?]. Children, mother uncertain:

  • Robert, b. c. 1536, m. (1) Alice _______ and m. (2) Margaret _______ (see below).
  • Edward, b. c. 1538, liv. 1571
  • Isabel, b. c. 1540, m. by 1562 Robert IVES, living 1571
  • Mary, B. say 1550, living in 1571 but probably unmarried then.
  • Richard, b. c. 1558 (under 14 in 1571)

(12g) Robert Clements (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc 1:544-7

Robert, the son of Richard Clements of Croft, Leicestershire, England, was probably born there c. 1536, bur. there 26 June 1606, and m. (1) Alice _______, bur. Croft Nov 1585; m. (2) Margaret _______, who survived him. Robert was the overseer of his father's will in 1571 and in the same year paid a tax of five shillings as a resident of Croft. On 24 March 1572[/3?] he was elected constable of Croft in the place of Richard Bent. Robert's will was dated 25 May and proved 12 Aug 1606. Children:

  • Roger, likely oldest son, and likely a transcription error for Robert, living 1606.
  • Jane, b. c. 1562, m. (1) ______ ROBERTS; m. (2) ______ COOKE of Leamington. She had two children with her first husband, Alice and Anne Roberts, and in 1606 she had additional under-age children.
  • Isabel, b. c. 1564, m. Croft 26 Oct 1591 John JOHNSON, with whom she had a daughter Alice. She likely died before her father, as she received no bequest in his will.
  • Robert, b. c. 1566, bur. Leire (Leicestershire?) 31 Aug 1612, m. Alice _______, bur. Leire 23 April 1612. Robert's will was dated 16 Aug 1612 and proved 13 June 1615.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1568, bur. Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, Eng. 12 May 1629, m. (1) Croft 4 March 1594[/5?] Margaret LUCAS, bur. Broughton Astley 30 Sep 1607; m. (2) Broughton Astley 14 April 1608 Elizabeth WAKELIN, who survived him. His will was dated 22 April and proved 24 June 1629. Thomas had seven children with first wife bapt. Broughton Astley from 1596 to 1607, and two children with second wife, bapt. 1609 and 1612.
  • Richard, b. c. 1570, m. Agnes (______) Fellows (see below).
  • John, b. c. 1572, m. St. Martin's, Leicester, Eng. 2 Nov 1597 the widow Elizabeth (_______) Warren.
  • James, b. c. 1574, bur. Frowlesworth, Leicestershire, Eng. 9 July 1624, m. (1) _____ _____; m. (2) Frances ______, bur. Frowlesworth 20 Aug 1633. James's will was dated 10 June and proved 28 Aug 1624. He had a daughter Elizabeth.

(11g) Richard Clements (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc 1:547-8

Richard, the son of Robert and Alice Clements, was born probably at Croft, Leicestershire, Eng. c. 1570, bur. Cosby, Leicestershire 18 July 1617, and m. Cosby 2 March 1594/5 Agnes (_____) Fellows, d. Huncote (Leicestershire?) 1619. In 1606 Richard was co-executor of his father's will. He was a church warden in Cosby. Administration of his estate was given to his son Robert Clements on 20 Oct 1617. Children, baptized at Cosby:

  • Robert, bapt. 14 Dec 1595, m. (1) Lydia ______; m. (2) Judith ______; went to New England about 1642 (see below).
  • Ann, bur. Broughton Astley 10 Jan 1606/7.

(10g) Robert Clements, Sr. (line 2 of 2)[edit]

EIHC 47(1911):321-4; Pillsbury Anc 1:548-58 ; We Relate website, citing: Clement, Percival Wood; Caroline Clement Brown; Clements Markham; Henry John Beresford Clements; Eléonore Wickham Clements; and Mary Lovering Holman. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England: First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. (Philadelphia, Pa.: Patterson & White Co., 1927), 1:13-30; Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. (Haverhill, Mass.: The Author, 1861), 48-49.

Robert was baptized at Cosby, Leicestshire, England 14 Dec 1595 and died Haverhill, Mass. 29 Sep 1658, the son of Richard and Agnes Clements of Cosby. He m. (1) c. 1618 Lydia _______, b. c. 1598, bur. Ansley, Warwickshire, England 12 March 1642 (1641/2?). Robert m. (2) Judith _______, d. 1669. After Robert's death, Judith m. John Whitney of Watertown. Robert likely grew up in the parish of Cosby. When his father died, Robert was granted administration of the estate on 20 Oct 1617. In the same year, Robert bought land in Huncote, Leicestershire, and lived there for several years. This would have been about the time of his marriage. In 1619 his mother, Agnes, died, and on 7 August of that year administration of her estate was given to William Fellowes of Enderby, this likely being her son of a former marriage. By 18 Nov 1624, Robert had moved to Ansley in the County of Warwick, when he made an affidavit. He is likely the Robert Clements who bought land at Broughton in 1634, since his relatives were connected with that parish, and in 1638 he acquired land at Witherly. Having property in four different parishes, the quest for land was certainly not a reason for him to leave England, so the political and religious climate likely gave him the impetus to immigrate to New England. By family tradition, he had an interest in ships and commerce at sea, and may have even owned, in full or in part, a vessel. He likely sailed to New England on the same ship as Tristram Coffin, later governor of Nantucket. After landing at Salisbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, likely late in 1642, Robert sailed up the Merrimack River to the settlement at Haverhill, and here planted the following spring. He set up the first grist mill in the community. In 1645 Robert was made a freeman and in 1647 he became a commissioner. He served as Deputy to the General Court from 1647 to 1654, and in 1648 was commissioned as an associate judge for the Norfolk County Court. He tended to be liberal in his views, and dissented against several positions taken by the court, but he maintained a high degree of respectability and was called upon to handle many responsible positions. He died in 1658, and his will was proved at Hampton (NH) 11:8mo:1658 (11 Oct 1658). Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Robert and both wives, with no cemeteries. Children: [136]

  • Job, b. c. 1619, d. 1682, m. (1) Haverhill 25 Dec 1644 Margaret (THOMAS) Dummer, b. c. 1623, d. c. 1652; m. (2) by 1658 Lydia _______; m. (3) Dover, NH 16 July 1673 Joanna (_______) Leighton, b. c. 1617, d. 15 Jan 1703/4 in her 87th year, the widow of Thomas Leighton. Job arrived in New England ahead of his father, and took the oath of fidelity in Ipswich in 1639, and became one of the 12 founders of Haverhill the following year. He became a freeman in 1647 and was the first constable of Haverhill. In 1653 he signed the petition for the remission of the fine levied against Major Robert Pike. He shortly thereafter moved to Dover (N.H.) where he was constable, selectman, commissioner and Royal Councillor. Job's will, dated 4 Sep 1682, was proved two months later on 9 Nov 1682. He and Margaret had four children born 1645 to 1651.
  • John, b. c. 1621, d. 1658 when he was lost at sea. He m. 1 June 1648 Sarah OSGOOD, the daughter of John Osgood of Andover. He and Sarah had four children born 1649/50 to 1655.
  • Lydia, b. c. 1623, d. 10 Jan 1676, m. c. 1643 (dau m. 1664) Moses PINGREE of Ipswich, b. 1609, d. 2 Jan 1696, aged 86. They had five children.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1625, d. 1662, m. 10 June 1645 Abraham MORRILL. Sarah's will was proved 14 Oct 1662. She and Abraham had eight children.
  • Robert, b. c. 1627, d. 1712, m. 1652 Elizabeth FAWNE.
  • Abraham, b. say 1629, named in father's will; nothing more
  • Daniel, b. say 1631, named in father's will; was of record in 1683 harrassing a tax collector at Hampton, NH.
  • Mary, b. c. 1633, d. 1695, m. Haverhill 15 Nov 1653 John OSGOOD, d. 31 Aug 1698. Mary stayed in England when her father emigrated, and came to New England in 1652, marrying the following year. They had seven children born from 1654 to 1680.

(9g) Robert Clements, Jr.[edit]

see Pillsbury Anc 1:558-62

Robert, the son of Robert Clement, Sr. and first wife Lydia, was b. c. 1627, d. c. 1714, and m. Haverhill 8 Dec 1652 (VR) Elizabeth FAWNE, bapt. St Olave Old Jewry, London, England 30 April 1633, d. Haverhill 27 March 1715 (VR), the daughter of John and Elizabeth Fawne of London. Though Robert deposed in 1664 that he was "aged about thirty years", this would put his birth year about 1634, meaning he would have been married at the age of 18. This is highly unlikely, and the approximate birth year given above fits him in the sequence of his siblings more suitably. Robert came to Haverhill with his father about 1642, and in a list of Haverhill settlers by 1646, he is named Robert Clements, Jr. He was the first cooper in Haverhill. In 1652 Robert was granted six acres of plowing land. He was the administrator of the estate of his brother John in 1659. On 11 Feb 1665[/6?], Luke Fawne of London made a bequest in his will to his kinswoman [niece] Mrs. Elizabeth Clement, living near Boston in New England, the eldest daughter of brother Mr. John Fawne, and to her son, Fawne Clement. To secure this inheritance, Robert Clement deposed on 19 Aug 1681 that he had lived in Haverhill upwards of 40 years, and that Mr. Fawne of Ipswich and Haverhill had had two daughters living with him, the oldest of whom is now the wife of Robert Clement. Robert's will, dated in 1682, wasn't proved until 1712 according to one source, but another says he had no will nor administration. Robert was still living on 24 Feb 1713/4 when he conveyed to his son, Fawne Clements of Newbury, land, a dwelling house, shops, etc. In a June 1716 deposition, Robert was said to be "deceased about four years before", but this time span is obviously exagerated since he was alive in early 1714. He therefore likely died in 1714. Children, all births recorded in Haverhill Vital Record except first and last child: [137]

  • John, b. 16 Sep 1653, d. Haverhill 16 May 1692, m. Elizabeth AYERS
  • Daniel, b. 3 July 1655, d. New Jersey 10 Jan 1679/80 (per Haverhill VR).
  • Abraham, b. 14 July 1657, m. Newbury, Mass. 10 May 1683 (VR) Hannah GOVE, b. March 1664, daughter of Edward-2 (John-1) Gove. He was an apprentice of Thomas Wells in Newbury in 1675, and there till 1684, then went to Hampton, NH, and then was of Salibsury in 1692. They had eight children from 1683/4 to 1700, the first born at Newbury, Mass., and the remainder b. Hampton, NH. He was apparently of New Bristol, Pennsylvania in 1703, but he was called a carpenter of Salisbury when administration of his estate was given to his son Jeremiah on 31 Dec 1716. Abraham and Hannah are ancestors of Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain.
  • Hannah, b. 2 Oct 1660
  • Fawne, b. 2 March 1661/2, d. Newburyport 1740, m. (1) Amesbury, Mass. 21 Nov 1688 Sarah HOYT, b. 28 Jan 1670, the daughter of John-2 Hoyt (John-1); m. (2) Newbury 7 March 1718 [1717/8] Dorothea (_______) Freez (VR). He was a ship builder who lived in Salisbury, Mass. for a few years, but appears to have spent most of his life in Newbury. His will, dated 23 Sep 1732, was proved 12 May 1740. He had four children with his first wife, born 1695/6 to c. 1702, and apparently a child with second wife in 1718/9.
  • Nathaniel, b. 6 Sep 1663, d. Saco (now Maine) April 1689 per Haverhill VR.
  • Robert, b. 29 March 1665, d. Haverhill 3 Sep 1741 (VR), m. Haverhill 18 Dec 1690 (VR) Deliverance ODDIHORN. b. c. 1670, d. Haverhill 3 March 1741 [40/1?] (VR). They had two children born 1693 and 1696/7.
  • Lydia, b. 14 Dec 1668, d. 11 Oct 1696, m. 19 Feb 1689/90(?), as his second wife, John JOHNSON, b. Charlestown, Mass. 3 Aug 1657, d. Haverhill 9 March 1723/4, the son of Deacon John Johnson and Elizabeth Maverick. John had married first 8 Sep 1680 Mary Mousall, and after Lydia's death he m. (3) 17 May 1697 Mary Johnson. Lycia and John had four children born 1689 to 1695/6.
  • Mary, b. 8 June 1670, d. Haverhill 1 July 1670 (VR)
  • Mary, b. 24 July 1673, d. Haverhill 11 Feb 1678[/9?] (VR)
  • Jonathan, b. c. 1675

(8g) John Clements, Sr.[edit]

John, the son of Robert Clements and Elizabeth Fawne was b. Haverhill 16 Sep 1653, d. Haverhill 16 May 1692 (VR), and m. Haverhill 22 Feb 1676 [1675/6?] (VR) Elizabeth AYERS, b. Haverhill 10 Nov 1652 (VR), the daughter of Sgt. Robert Ayers and Elizabeth Palmer. In June 1676 John served in King Philip's War under Lt Benjamin Swett. He took the Oath of Allegiance at Haverhill in Nov 1677. Following his death, his inventory was taken 10 June 1692. His widow Elizabeth m. (2) Haverhill 8 March 1696/7 (VR) the widower Samuel Watts. Samuel's first wife, whom he married 28 Oct 1684, was a first cousin of his second wife, and also named Elizabeth Ayer. She was b. Haverhill 23 Dec 1659, the daughter of Thomas Ayer, who was a brother to Robert Ayers mentioned above, both being sons of the immigrant, John Ayer(s). Children of John and Elizabeth, all births found in the Haverhill Vital Record: [138]

  • Samuel, b. 2 Nov 1677, d. Haverhill 3 Oct 1754 (VR), m. Haverhill 11 July 1705 (VR) Ruth PEASLEY, b. c. 1685, the daughter of Joseph-2 Peasley (Joseph-1) and Ruth Barnard. They had nine children born 1706 to 1730, with births recorded at Haverhill.
  • Job, b. 20 Feb 1679 [1678/9?], d. Haverhill 23 Dec 1732 (VR), m. c. 1701 Mehitable AYER, b. Haverhill 5 Feb 1683 (VR), (d. 3 Nov 1754?), daughter of Capt. Samuel Ayer and Mary Johnson. Job's will was dated 21 Feb 1729/30 and proved 10 May 1733. Following Job's death, Mehitble m. George Little. Job and Mehitble had eight children born at Haverhill 1702 to 1722.
  • Mary, b. 20 Feb 1681, d. Haverhill 10 Oct 1735, m. Haverhill 11 Feb 1717/8 (VR) Christopher BARTLETT, b. Newbury 26 Feb 1678/9, d. Haverhill 28 June 1747, the son of Christopher Bartlett and Deborah Weed. They had four children born 1719 to 1725/6. Christopher is buried Maplewood Cemetery, Haverhill.
  • Elizabeth, b. 9 April 1684, m. Haverhill 16 May 1706 (VR) Isaac BRADLEY, b. Haverhill 25 Feb 1680, the son of Daniel Bradley and Mary Williams. They had 10 children, b. 1707 to 1723/4.
  • John, b. 18 July 1686, d. Haverhill 25 Nov 1762 (VR), m. (1) Elizabeth KIMBALL, daughter of Henry-3 Kimball (Henry-2, Richard-1); m. (2) 25 Feb 1755 Mary (_______) Kimball. John had seven children with first wife, born Haverhill 1708 to 1726. John's will, dated 16 Nov 1761, was proved 6 Dec 1762, mentioning three children and wife Mary.
  • Nathaniel, b. June 1689, perhaps d. Salem, NH Oct 1754, m. c. 1714 Sarah MERRILL, b. Newbury 26 Oct 1694, d. Haverhill 10 July 1748, the daughter of Nathaniel Merrill and Sarah Woodman. They had nine children at Haverhill born 1715 to 1734. They may have moved to Concord, NH after their last child was born.
  • Hannah, b. 11 Sep 1691, d. Haverhill 15 Sep 1691 (VR).
  • Abiah, b. 12 Sep 1692, d. Hampstead, NH 24 Aug 1766, m. (int. Newbury 5 Sep 1712) Daniel LITTLE, b. Newbury 13 Jan 1691/2, d. Hampstead Nov 1777, son of Joseph Little and Mary Coffin. The family likely lived in the part of Haverhill that later became Hampstead, NH.

(7g) John Clement, Jr.[edit]

Note: The first few generations of the family tended to spell their name Clements. Later generations tended to drop the final "s".

John, the son of John Clements and Elizabeth Ayers, was b. Haverhill 18 July 1686, d. there 25 Nov 1762 (VR), and m. c. 1707 Elizabeth KIMBALL, b. Haverhill 21 March 1683/4 (VR), d. there 6 Nov 1754 (VR), the daughter of Henry Kimball and Hannah Marsh. Following Elizabeth's death, John m. (2) Haverhill 25 Feb 1755 the widow Mary (EMERSON) Kimball. John has an extant grave marker in the Maplewood Cemetery in Haverhill. Elizabeth is likely there as well, but has no marker. Children, b. Haverhill: [139]

  • Jonathan, b. 2 Aug 1708, d. 1789, m. Sarah WATTS
  • John, b. 7 June 1711, d. Haverhill 16 May 1714, aged 3 years. He has an extant grave marker in the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill. [140]
  • Elizabeth, b. 24 March 1713/4, d. Haverhill 23 Sep 1715
  • Benjamin, b. 19 March 1717/8, d. Haverhill 22 Dec 1786, and m. Haverhill 10 July 1739 Mary BARTLETT, b. Haverhill 21 Oct 1720, d. Haverhill 31 July 1805, daughter of Christopher Bartlett and Mary Clement. After Benjamin's death, Mary married (2) the octagenarian Moses Merrill, b. 28 Dec 1707, d. Haverhill 9 April 1795. Benjamin was a Revolutionary War soldier in Capt James Sawyer's company. Benjamin and Mary had twelve children, born Haverhill 1740 to 1766. Benjamin and Mary have extant grave markers in the Maplewood Cemetery in Haverhill. [141]
  • Abijah, b. 30 Dec 1719
  • Elizabeth, b. 17 May 1724, likely the one who m. Haverhill 14 Aug 1746 John WATTS Jr., b. Haverhill 6 Oct 1719, d. by June 1759 (father's will), the son of John Watts and Sarah Duston, and brother of Sarah Watts who married Elizabeth's oldest brother, Johnathan. Elizabeth and John had a daughter, Abigail, baptized in Haverhill 28 June 1747, and a son who was mentioned, but not named, in the 1759 will of John's father, John Watts, Sr. Because Elizabeth was young when her husband died, she likely remarried.
  • Hannah, b. 9 Dec 1726, d. Haverhill 9 Oct 1729

(6g) Jonathan Clement[edit]

Jonathan was born in Haverhill, Mass 2 Aug 1708 d. Weare, NH 16 May 1789, the son of John Clement and Elizabeth Kimball. He was married in Haverhill on 12 March 1729/30 to Sarah WATTS, b. Haverhill 21 April 1711, (d. 1777), the daughter of John Watts and Sarah Dustin, and granddaughter of the famed Hannah (Emerson) Duston. Jonathan came with his family to Weare, NH in 1764, and built a grist mill, which he operated for many years, after which his son Henry operated it. Jonathan appears on the military census in Weare in 1776. A Jonathan Clement was a sergeant in Gerrish's regiment, Sep 1777. Children, all births recorded in both Haverhill, Mass. and Plaistow, NH: [142]

  • Hannah, b. 24 Mar 1732 (d. Sutton, NH 1790), (m. Salem, NH 27 Dec 1757 Stephen WOODWARD, perhaps the one b. Gloucester, Mass. 4 Mar 1716/7, d. Sutton, NH 23 Mar 1799, the son of Ezekiel Woodward and Hannah Perkins. An online account says Stephen had m. (1) Chelsford, Mass. 3 Sep 1740 Mary Spaulding.
  • Peter, b. 20 May 1735, d. Plaistow, NH 4 Dec 1737
  • James (deacon), b. 2 April 1737, d. Dunbarton, NH 3 Feb 1812, m. Dunbarton 3 May 1762 (Dunbarton given as residence of bride and groom, but the marriage was also recorded in Hampstead, NH) Elizabeth LITTLE, b. Haverhill, Mass. 1 March 1743/4, d. Dunbarton 4 May 1800, daughter of Thomas Little and Mary Bond. James appears on the 1776 military census in Dunbarton, NH, and then on the 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses with a large family. A female aged 45+ in 1800 casts doubt on the given death date for his wife. There is also a 45+ female with him in 1810. [143]
  • Sarah has three different birth dates in the Haverhill and Plaistow vital records: 27 Feb 1738 in Haverhill; 27 Sep 1738 in Plaistow; and 27 Feb 1739 in Plaistow.
  • Ezra, b. 27 June 1741, d. Weare, NH 1813, m. Weare 31 Oct 1765 Sarah EMERSON, b. Hampstead, NH, daughter of Stephen Emerson. Disburbingly, Ezra's marriage record says his mother was Hannah Duston. Ezra was a Revolutionary War soldier, and is buried in the Oil Mill Cemetery in Weare. [144]
  • Eleanor, b. 26 July 1744, (d. Canadagua, Ontario Co., NY Aug 1822), m. Haverhill 19 Feb 1761 David EATON, b. Dunstable, Mass 27 Mar 1738, d. Sutton, NH 16 Mary 1804, son of Benjamin Eaton and Anna Rand. David was a Revolutionary War soldier, and is buried in the "North Burying Ground" in Sutton. [145]
  • Henry, b. 16 June 1749, d. Thornton, NH 20 Sep 1830, m. Dunstable, Mass. (also recorded in Methuen, Mass.) Hannah EMERSON
  • Jesse, b. 14 Sep 1754, (d. Unity, Sull, NH 1850), m. Hannah CRAM, b. Hampton Falls, NH 10 Dec 1746, baptized there 14 March 1747, d. Unity, NH c. 1845, daughter of Nathan Cram and Mary Carr. Jesse was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and served in a variety of campaigns. Jesse was a boy when the family moved from Plaistow to Weare, NH about 1765. He remained there as a young adult, but sometime after 1796 moved to kWeathersfield, VT, and in 1805 to Unity, NH where he spent the remainder of his life. During the American Revolutionary War he was a private in Capt John Parker's company, Col Timothy Bedel's regiment of rangers, enlisting 11 July 1775, with roll dated 2 Aug 1775. He was later a sergeant in Capt Samuel Philbrick's company of Col. Moore's regiment that marched from Weare to Charlestown following the Alarm of July 1777, and was engaged from 7 to 11 July. His name appears on the 1776 military census of New Hampshire in Weare, and he is there on the 1790 federal census with wife and a male under 16. In an 1836 affidavit, he said he moved to Unity, NH in 1805, but that leaves a question as to the identity of the Jesse Clement in Weare in 1810 and 1820 where a male aged 45+ appears in both censuses, and his son Jesse wasn't born until 1796. I suspect he is the one in Weare in 1810 and 1820. He is definitely living with Jesse Clement, Jr. in Unity, NH in 1830, and aged 70-79 with a like-aged female. On 18 May 1836, when aged 81, he made a deposition concerning his military service. He said he was born in Plaistow, NH. Earlier that year, on 13 May 1836, his son Zenas deposed on his behalf. Ultimately, his request for pension was denied, with the reason given that he did not serve for six months or more. [146]

(5g) Henry Clement[edit]

Henry Clement was b. Plaistow, NH 16 June 1749 (also recorded in Haverhill, Mass.), the son of Jonathan Clement and Sarah Watts of Haverhill, Mass. The well-documented Clement genealogy (1927) says he probably d. Thornton, Grafton Co., NH 20 Sep 1830, but I cannot confirm this as he does not appear there after 1810. There is no census for Grafton Co., NH in 1820, but in the 1830 census for Thornton, Simeon is the only Clement, and neither Henry nor Mary appear. There is a Henry Clement living in Quebec, Canada in 1825. Henry married (1) in Methuen, Mass. 15 Oct 1772 Hannah EMERSON, baptized at Salem, NH 30 Sep 1750, d. Weare, NH 17 Dec 1795, likely the daughter of Josiah Emerson and Abigail Messer. Henry m. (2) Ipswich, Mass 20 Oct 1796 Mary TREADWELL who d. Thornton, NH 21 Oct 1825, probably the daughter of Capt Jabez Treadwell and Elizabeth Burnham. Henry was called of Weare in his 1772 marriage record, and was of Weare in the 1790 census, but lived in Dunbarton, NH the first five years of his marriage, where his brother James was a prominent man. He bought land in Thornton, NH on 24 May 1799, and settled there soon thereafter. In 1800 and 1810 he was in the Grafton Co., NH censuses. Henry was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and served a number of times. He was a private in Capt Timothy Clement's company, Col David Gilman's regiment in April 1776, and a private in Capt William Stilson's company, Col Isaac Wyman's regment, Northern Continental Army on a roll dated 4 July 1776. He was also a private in Capt Williams Lee's company, Col Moses Kelly's regiment during the expedition to Rhode Island, enlisting 6 Aug 1778 and being discharged three weeks later on 27 August.

Online accounts give the parentage of Hannah as being Samuel Emerson and Sarah Ayer. This is incorrect. This couple had two daughters named Hannah, both of whom died as children. Being married in Methuen, Hannah was certainly from a Methuen Emerson family. There were four such families in the town with children about Hannah's age; they were the families of Joshua, William, Reuben, and Josiah Emerson, all four of whom were brothers, and sons of Joshua Emerson and Mary Clark. All four of these families are well documented in Pope's "Emersons of Haverhill, Mass." and of the four, only one had a child Hannah, and that was Josiah. This Hannah was baptized in neighboring Salem, NH in 1750, and is most likely the wife of Henry Clement. Children of Henry and Hannah, births recorded in both Dunbarton and Weare: [147]

  • Susannah b. Dunbarton 16 Oct 1773, d. Goffstown, NH 10 March 1854, m. Goffstown 29 April 1802 Elijah CHUBBUCK, b. Goffstown 13 Jan 1777, baptized Abington, Mass. 19 Jan 1777, d. Manchester, NH 4 Oct 1861, the son of Ensign Chubbuck and Anna/Hnanah Ramsdell. Elijah appears with wife and two younger females on the 1840 census in Thornton, NH, and is there again in 1850, aged 73, with wife Susanna, aged 77 and Samel Sargent, aged 19 [a nephew?]. In 1860 Elijah was living in Goffstown, aged 84, with what appear to be a group of unrelated people, so he may have been in a home of sorts. Elijah's death record states that he is buried in Manchester. Susannah and Elijah had five children, born 1803 to 1819, named in the Clement genealogy (1927).
  • Hannah, b. Dunbarton 10 Oct 1775, m. _______ SARGENT of Goffstown per the published Clement genealogy (1927), but records are lacking.
  • Abigail, b. Weare 22 Aug 1777, d. Dunbarton, NH 5 March 1865, m. (1) Weare, NH 22 Nov 1804 Matthew STEVENS; m. (2) Goffstown, NH 30 Nov 1837 Daniel SARGENT. [148]
  • Sarah, b. Weare 20 July 1779. A Sarah Clement d. Caledonia Co., VT Feb 1850, aged 71, but the Clement genealogy says she m. _________ STEVENS, posbily confusing her with her sister Abigail. I find it interesting that the Clement genealogy says Sarah married a Stevens, while her sister Hannah married a Sargent. In actuality, their sister Abigail married a Stevens and then a Sargent. Because of the total lack of records on Hannah and Sarah, I suspect that both of them died young, or else did not marry.
  • Simeon, b. Weare 2 July 1781, d. Thornton, NH 28 April 1851, m. in Campton, Grafton, NH by Rev. Peletiah Chapin on 25 June 1806 to Susannah BRAINARD, b. Campton, NH 2 Sep 1781, d. Thornton 19 April 1864, daughter of Chiliab-4 Brainard (Josiah-3, William-2, Daniel-1). Simeon appears on the 1810, 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses for Thornton, NH. The 1820 census does not exist for that town. In 1850, Simeon and Susannah appears with presumed daughters (twins?) Hannah and Emeline, both aged 24, and presumed grandson, Albert H., aged 6. Simeon and Susannah had nine children and are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Thornton. [149] [150]
  • Samuel Watts, b. Weare 22 June 1783, d. Boxford, Mass. 30 Aug 1855, m. Boxford 24 Oct 1811 Sally COLE, b. Boxford 24 Aug 1787, d. Boxford 2 Dec 1877, daughter of Simeon Cole and Polly Smith. They are buried in the Brookside Cem., West Boxford. [151]
  • a DNA match suggests a son Jonathan, b. 1785
  • Henry, b. Weare 2 May 1789, d. Boxford, Mass 13 Dec 1843, m. Haverhill, Mass. 12 Jan 1812 Hannah (RUNNELS) Cole, b. Haverhill, Mass. 12 July 1787, d. Boylston, Mass 1 Oct 1864, the daughter of Ebenezer Runnels and Hannah Smith. Hannah had married first in Haverhill 9 March 1806 Benjamin Cole, who "drowned with 5 other persons" 24 May 1807, per the Haverhill records. Henry's intention in Salem 19 Oct 1811 was with the widow Hannah Cole. He appears on the 1830 census in Boxford. He is buried in the Mount Vernon Cemetery, Boxford, while Hannah is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Boylston, Mass. [152] [153]

Children with second wife, Mary:

  • Matilda, b. Weare, NH 1797, d. Woodstock, NH c. 1875, and m. Thornton, NH 15 Nov 1816 Daniel SELLINGHAM, b. NH 1794, lving in 1880, the son of Jacob Sellingham and Hannah Torrey. Matilda and Daniel lived in Woodstock (Grafton Co.), NH where they appear on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 federal censuses, and in 1850 with four children. Matilda had died by 1880 when Daniel appears on the Woodstock census as a widower, aged 86, living with "nephew" Andrew J. Sellingham, aged 24. Daniel was a soldier in the War of 1812.
  • Jabish Treadwell, b. likely in Weare, NH 1799, living in 1866, m. Luria (or Luvia, which looks identical in cursive) PERCIVAL. He is likely the Jabish T. Clement appointed as Postmaster in Wonewoc, Adams Co., Wisconsin on 7 Feb 1856, and was a millwright living in Alameda, California in 1866, aged 67. They had a son, Wesley Burnham Clement, who m. 20 Sep 1862 Eliza Webb, b. 25 Nov 1822, daughter of Benjamin Webb and Catharine Jackson. Another Jabish T. Clement was likely their son, b. c. 1837, d. Portland, OR 22 April 1874, who with his brother R. Paul Clement had a law partnership in Alameda.
  • Walter, b. Thornton, NH 1802, d. Wapello Co., Iowa c. 1869, m. Logan Co., Ohio 22 April 1832 Melinda NEWELL, b. OH 1811, d. Tacoma, WA 8 Feb 1894, daughter of Hugh Newell and Elizabeth McNay (he from PA and she from KY). They lived in Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan Co.), but in 1841 moved to Muscatine, Iowa, and then in 1843 to Eddyville, IA (Wapello Co.). Walter and Melinda appear on the 1850 federal census in District 13, Wapello Co., Iowa, he aged 47, she 37, and children Mary, 17; Elizabeth, 15; Amanda, 11; Henry M., 9; and Sarah, 1; all b. Ohio except Walter in NH and Sarah in Iowa. They are in the 1860 census in Eddyville, Wapello Co., he 58, she 49, and with daughter Mary, aged 24 and b. Ohio. By 1870 Walter appears to have died, and Malinda is still in Eddyville, aged 58, with daughter Mary, 37, likely daughter Elizabeth Male, aged 32, Mary Male, aged 10, and 4 other boarders. Malinda is buried in the Tacoma Cemetery, Pierce Co., Washington. [154]
  • Amanda, b. Thornton, NH 9 May 1806, d. Thornton, NH 3 Dec 1876, m. c. 1839 David MERRILL, b. NH 3 June 1813, d. NH 9 March 1894, the son of David Merrill and Dorothy. Amanda and David spent their lives in Thornton, NH. They appear together with other family members on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 federal censuses in Thornton. In 1880 David appears on the Thornton census as a widower. They had five known children, born about 1840 to 1849, named in the 1850 census. Amanda and David share a grave marker in the Elmwood Cemetery in Franconia (Grafton Co.), NH. [155]

(11g) John Fawne[edit]

TAG 77(2002):28-31

John Fawne was born about 1568, bur. All Saints, Leicester, Leicestershire, England 10 June 1618, and m. Elizabeth _______, liv. 18 June 1618. John was the schoolmaster of the town of Leicester. John Fawne's will was dated 28 May and proved 18 June 1618. Children, all baptisms at All Saints, Leicester, Leicestershire:

  • Nathaniel, b. say 1594, liv. 1618
  • John, b. say 1596, m. Elizabeth ___________; they came to New England (see below).
  • Anne, bapt. 22 Oct 1598, not named in father's 1618 will.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 16 Nov 1600, liv. 1618
  • Zachary, bapt. 10 Oct 1602, liv. 1618.
  • Luke, bapt. 12 Oct 1604, d. 20 March 1665/6, m. (1) ______ ______, bur. as "Mrs. Fawne wife to Capt. Luke Fawne, bookseller" 2 April 1656; m. (2) Dorothy _______, d. 1666. Her will was dated 15 Sep and proved 18 Oct 1666. He was apprenticed to Robert Milborne of the stationers' Company of London. He was called bookseller at the Parrott in Paul's church yard. His will was dated 11 Feb 1665/6 and proved 29 March 1666.
  • Mary, bapt. 19 April 1607, bur. All Saints, Leicester 13 Sep 1612.
  • Samuel, b. say 1609, liv. 1618.
  • Frances, bapt. 7 April 1610/1, liv. 1618.

(10g) John Fawne[edit]

GM 2(2001):505-7

John Fawne was born about 1608, living in 1650, and m. c. 1632 Elizabeth ________, b. say 1612. Fawne was in New England by 1634, as on 26 Jan 1634/5 he was one of five men granted land in Ipswich. He was made a freeman on 2 Sep 1635. He was later of Haverhill, but likely returned to London shortly after 1650, where he died. Children:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. St. Olave Old Jewry, London, England 30 April 1633, m. Haverhill 8 Dec 1652 Robert CLEMENT (see above).
  • daughter, b. say 1635; on 19 Aug 1681 Rev. John Ward deposed that John Fawne "had there two daughters living with him" meaning at Ispwich or Haverhill, Mass.; nothing more is known of him.

(10g) John Ayer (line 1 of 2)[edit]

for line 2, see below

Moore Ancestry (1938):20-29; Pillsbury Anc (1938):1085-7; Granberry Anc (1945):158-60

John Ayer, b. prob. Wiltshire, England say 1597, d. Haverhill, Mass. 31 March 1657, m. say 1623 Hannah EVERED (alias Webb), b. say 1603, d. Haverhill 8 Oct 1688. John may have been the brother mentioned in the 1643 will of Mary Scriven, a widow of London. Banks gives his provenance as Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire. John was in New England by 1639, and a grantee in the first division of land at Salisbury in 1640. His daughter Hannah was born at Salisbury late in 1644, but the following year he and his son John were landholders at Haverhill, Mass. In Feb 1646/7 he was fined by the town of Haverhill for not attending the town meeting. He served on the Essex County grand jury in 1649 and in 1652, but was dismissed from the petit jury in 1654. He had been a member of the train band, but was freed from training in 1654, probably due to age. His will was dated 12 March 1656/7 and proved seven months later on 6 Oct 1657. Six of the Ayer children wre named in the 1666 will of John Evered alias Webb, who was from Marlborough, Wiltshire and Boston and Chelmsford, Mass. Children:

  • John, b. say 1623, liv. 1692, m. (1) Haverhill 5 May 1646 Sarah WILLIAMS; m. (2) Haverhill 26 March 1663 Mary Wooddam.
  • Robert, b. say 1625, m. Elizabeth PALMER (see below).
  • Thomas, b. say 1627 (adult in 1649), m. Haverhill 1 April 1656 Elizabeth HUTCHINS (see further below).
  • Rebecca, b. say 1629, m. (1) Newbury, Mass. 8 Oct 1648 John ASLETT/ARSLEBY, d. Andover, Mass. 6 June 1671; m. (2) George KEYSER.
  • Peter, b. c. 1631 (aged 60 in 1692 and 63 in 1694), d. Boston, Mass. 2 Jan 1698/9, aged about 66, m. Haverhill 1 Nov 1659 Hannah ALLEN, b. Salisbury 17 June 1642, d. Haverhill 22 Dec 1729. In 1654 Peter signed a petition in support of Major Robert Pike, but revoked his support following threats of punishment from the court. He was a Haverhill deputy to the general court for several years from 1681 to 1698. Peter and Hannah had nine children born at Haverhill from 1660 to 1678. Peter has an extant gravestone in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston, Mass., and his wife Hannah has an extant stone in the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill. [156]
  • Mary, b. say 1633, executed in Salem as a witch 26 Sep 1692, m. Andover c. 1652, as his second wife, Nathan PARKER. Mary is named on a memorial stone in the Salem Witch Trial Cemetery in Salem, Mass. [157]
  • Obadiah, b. say 1635, d. Woodbridge, NJ 14 Nov 1694, m. Haverhill 19 March 1660/1 Hannah PIKE.
  • Nathaniel, b. say 1640, d. Haverhill 17 Nov 1717, m. Haverhill 10 Mary 1670 Tamsin TURLOAR (because this name is found nowhere else, it is possible the name could be Turland or Thurlow.
  • Hannah, b. Salisbury, Mass. 21 Dec 1644

(9g) Robert Ayer[edit]

Moore Ancestry (1938):26; Pillsbury Anc (1938):1087-9

Robert, the son of John Ayer and Hannah Evered, was born c. 1625 (aged about 86 in May 1711), d. c. 1716/7, and m. Haverhill, Mass. 27 Feb 1650/1 Elizabeth PALMER, b. c. 1627, d. Haverhill 24 April 1705, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Palmer. Robert was a yeoman in Haverhill, and took the freeman's oath on 8 Oct 1667, becoming a corporal in the military company at the same time. A chipped gravestone in Haverhill's Pentucket Cemetery, reading "Elizabeth, wife of [remainder lost]", is purported to be that of Robert's wife; the problem is that Elizabeth was the widow of Robert when she died. However, this gravestone stands beside that of Capt Samuel Ayer, her son, who died three years later. Children, b. Haverhill: [158]

  • Elizabeth, b. 10 Nov 1652, m. (1) John CLEMENT (see above).
  • Samuel, b. 11 Nov 1654, d. 29 Aug 1708, m. Haverhill 14 Dec 1681 Mary JOHNSON. Samuel has an extant gravestone in the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill. [159]
  • Mehetabel, b. 14 Sep 1656, nothing more.
  • Timothy, b. 1659, d. c. 1690, m. Haverhill 24 Nov 1682 Ruth JOHNSON.
  • daughter, b. and d. 9 July 1662.
  • Hannah, b. 26 Jan 1663/4, d. 10 March 1675/6.
  • Mary, b. 15 Jan 1667/8, d. 14 April 1668.

(10g) Henry Palmer[edit]

Hoyt (1897):994; Pillsbury (1938):2:1093-5

Henry Palmer was born say 1601, d. Haverhill, Mass. 15 July 1680, and m. say 1628 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1608, d. haverhill 22 Nov 1664. Henry was in New England by 1640. In April 1650 he was discharged from military training due to "bodily infirmities", and directed to pay 3s 4d yearly to the Haverhill Company. He was a representative to the general court from Haverhill several times from 1667 to 1680. His will was dated 10 July and proved 28 Sep 1680, and his inventory totalled 456 pounds. Children:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1630, m. Haverhill 27 Feb 1650 Robert AYER (see above).
  • Mehitable, b. say 1634, liv. 1683, m. (1) c. 1654 Samuel DALTON, d. Hampton 22 Aug 1681, son of Philemon Dalton of Hampton; m. (2) Bedford(?) 26 Nov 1683 Rev. Zechariah SYMMES.
  • Bathsuah, b. say 1640, d. Haverhill 26 Feb 1654.

(10g) Richard Kimball (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

GM 4(2005):154-60; Phoebe Tilton Anc (1947):96-7,111-3; Kimball Gen (1897):25-46

Richard Kimball was born c. 1594 (aged 39 on 30 April 1634), d. Ipswich, Mass. 22 June 1675, and m. (1) c. 1614 Ursula SCOTT, b. say 1595, d. c. 1660, daughter of Henry Scott of Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; m. (2) Hampton (NH) 23 Oct 1661 Margaret (COLE) Dow, d. Ipswich 1 March 1675/6, widow of Henry Dow of Watertown. In England, the family lived in Rattlesden, Suffolk, where the oldest child was baptized, but then likely moved to another parish where the registers are no longer extant for the early 1600s. On 30 April 1634, Richard "Kemball", aged 39 and Ursula his wife, aged [blank], took the oath of allegiance at Ipswich (Suffolk) for passage to New England on the Elizabeth with six children: Henry Kemball, aged 15; Richard Kemball, aged 11; Mary Kemball, aged 9; Martha Kemball, aged 5; John Kemball, aged 3, and Thomas Kemball, aged 1. The family settled at Watertown, but by 1637 was living in Ipswich, Mass., where they remained. He was made freeman of the colony on 6 May 1635, implying he had already joined the church, presumably at Watertown. Richard's will was dated 5 March 1674/5 and proved 28 Sep 1675. His inventory was taken 12 July 1675, totaling 737 pounds, of which 557 was in real estate. A memorial plaque for Richard Kimball was placed in St. Nicholas Church, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. [160]

  • Henry, bapt. Rattlesden, Suffolk 12 Aug 1615 (aged 15 on 30 April 1634, but aged 53 in Sep 1669), m. (1) c. 1640 Mary RIDDLESDALE, daughter of Edward Riddlesdale; m. (2) by 1675 Elizabeth (BLACK) (Gilbert) Raynor, daughter of John Black, and widow of Humphrey Gilbert (see below).
  • Abigail, may be the Abigail Kimball bapt. Hitcham, Suffolk, Eng. 5 Nov 1617; she d. Salisbury, Mass. 17 June 1658. She was not on the 1634 ship passenger list with her parents and siblings, but had m. John SEVERANCE, with whom she came to New England by 1636. He was b. say 1630, d. 9 April 1682, and he m. (2) 2 Oct 1663 Susanna (_____) Ambrose, widow of Henry Ambrose. Abigail and John had twelve children born from 1637 to 1658.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1621 (aged 13 on 30 April 1634), named in father's 1674/5 will; possibly married. On the ship passenger list of 1634, Elizabeth is found listed with the family of Thurston Rayner, instead of with her own parents and siblings. She therefore may have been a servant of that family.
  • Richard, b. c. 1623 (aged 11 on 30 April 1634), d. Wenham, Mass. 26 May 1676, m. (1) Mary _______, d. Wenham, Mass. 16 Sep 1672, who was possibly Mary COOLEY, daughter of John Cooley of Ipswich; m. (2) c. 1673 Mary (MORRIS) Mansfield, sister of Thomas Morris of New Haven, and widow of John Mansfield of Lynn. Richard was a wheelwright and yeoman, serving as a Wenham grand juror in 1661, and moving to Topsfield in 1664. Richard had nine children born from 1650 to 1676 (last one or two with second wife), eight of whom were living at the time of his death in 1676.
  • Mary, b. c. 1625 (aged 9 on 30 April 1634), d. 12 July 1686, m. c. 1645 Robert DUTCH, b. c. 1621, d. 21 Aug 1687, son of Osmond Dutch. The family lived at Gloucester, Mass, but by 1657 was living in Ipswich, where they remained. Robert's will was date 13 Aug 1686 and proved 14 Sep 1687. They had eight children born from 1646 to 1668.
  • Martha, b. c. 1627 (aged 5 on 30 April 1634), m. c. 1649 Joseph FOWlER, b. c. 1622, killed during King Philip's War 19 May 1676, son of Philip and Martha Fowler. Joseph had come to New England with his parents in 1634. He and Martha had four children born c. 1647 to c. 1655.
  • John, b. c. 1630 (aged 3 on 30 April 1634), d. Ipswich 6 May 1698, m. c. 1656 Mary BRADSTREET, daughter of Humphrey Bradstreet of Ipswich. He was a wheelwright and farmer. His will was dated 18 March 1697/8. They had thirteen children born from 1657 to 1675.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1632 (aged 1 on 30 April 1634), d. 3 May 1676, m. Mary SMITH (see sandbox b).
  • Caleb, b. say 1634, d. 1682, m. Ipswich 7 Nov 1660 Anna HAZELTON, b. 1 April 1640, d. 9 April 1688, daughter of Robert and Ann Hazelton of Rowley, Mass. Caleb's inventory was taken 23 Sep 1682. They had eleven children born from 1662 to 1680.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1636, d. Bradford, Mass. 16 June 1696, aged 60, m. Salisbury 16 April 1661 Mercy HAZELTON, b. 16 Oct 1642, d. Bradford 5 Jan 1707/8 in 67th year, daughter of Robert Hazelton. Mercy's will was dated 14 May 1706 and proved 2 Feb 1707/8. Benjamin left an inventory totalling 1060 pounds. They had eleven children born from 1661 to 1684. Benjamin and Mercy have extant gravestones in the Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Mass. [161]
  • Sarah, b. say 1638, d. 12 June 1690, m. Ipswich 24 Nov 1658 Edward ALLEN. Edward and Sarah had eleven children born from 1659 to 1685.

(9g) Henry Kimball[edit]

GM 4(2005):158; Phoebe Tilton Anc (1947):112; Kimball Gen (1897):33-6, 46-50

Henry, the son of Richard Kimball and Ursula Scott, was bapt. Rattlesden, Suffolk, England 12 Aug 1615 (aged "15" on 30 April 1634, but aged 53 in Sep 1669), d. Wenham, Mass. c. 1676, and m. (1) c. 1640 Mary RIDDLESDALE, bapt. Assington, Suffolk, England 29 Jan 1621/2, d. Wenham, Mass. 12 Aug 1672, daughter of Edward and Mary Riddlesdale, and step-daughter of John Wyatt with whom she likely came to New England about 1635; m. (2) by 1675 Elizabeth (BLACK) (Gilbert) Raynor, daughter of John Black, and widow of Humphrey Gilbert and William Raynor (who d. 26 Oct 1672). Henry sailed to New England aboard the ship Elizabeth with his parents in 1634. He first settled in Watertown, Mass. with his parents, and remained there for a while when his parents moved to Ipswich, but later went to Ipswich, and then settled in Wenham, Mass. about 1655, remaining there. Henry was constable there in 1669. His inventory was presentd to court on 16 June 1676, and totalled 177 pounds. Children:

  • Mary, b. Watertown 29 Nov 1641
  • Richard, b. Watertown 13 Oct 1643, d. Wenham 30 July 1715, and m. (1) 13 May 1667 Rebecca ABBYE, d. June 1704; m. (2) 20 Nov 1706 widow Ford of Ipswich. The family lived in Wenham. Three children with first wife born from 1668 to 1680.
  • John, b. Watertown 25 Dec 1645, d. c. 1726, and m. (1) Oct 1665 Mary JORDAN, daughter of Francis and Jane Jordan. He may have m. (2) 9 Feb 1712/3 Mary Pressy; and he m. (3) April 1715 Deborah (WEED) Bartlett, b. 15 June 1659, liv. 1726, daughter of John Weed. Seven children born from 1667 to 1678
  • Caleb, b. Ipswich c. 1647, killed at Bloody Brook during King Philip's War (1676?). A monument was erected in Deerfield, Mass. in memory of those who died at Bloody Brook. [162]
  • Dorcas, b. c. 1649, m. 1 Dec 1668 Thomas DOW.
  • Abigail, b. c. 1651, m. 14 May 1673 John WYCOME.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1653, m. 3 May 1675 Danie GAGE.
  • Henry, b. c. 1655 (aged 22 in 1677) (see below).
  • Mehitable, b. Wenham c. 1658, d. Bradford, Mass. 7 Dec 1689, aged 31.
  • Benjamin, b. Wenham 12 Dec 1659
  • Joseph, b. Wenham 20 Jan 1661[/2?], d. 1713, m. Elizabeth NEEDHAM, b. Lynn, Mass. 1 Feb 1674[/5?], d. 6 Oct 1708. Joseph was a mariner and lived in Boston. Administration of his estate was given to his brother-in-law, Ezekiel Needham on 14 April 1713. Two known children b. Boston 1701 and 1703.
  • Martha, b. Wenham 18 Aug 1664, m. 25 Aug 1683 Daniel CHASE of Newbury, Mass.
  • Deborah, b. Wenham c. 1668

(8g) Henry Kimball[edit]

Kimball Gen (1897):49

Henry, the son of Henry Kimball and Mary Riddlesdale, was born c. 1655 (aged 22 in 1677), d. 1698, and m. 14 Dec 1677 Hannah MARSH, b. Hingham (now Mass.) 28 June 1657, killed 15 March 1696/7, daughter of Onesipherous Marsh of Haverhill. Henry was a soldier during King Philip's War in 1675 and 1676. He lived in Wenham, but moved to Haverhill shortly before his marriage. Hannah and her only son John were killed by Indians during an attack on Haverhill. Henry did not marry again, so left no male descendant, but descendants of his daughters are numerous. Children:

  • Hannah, b. 7 Oct 1678, m. (int 3 Feb 1699/1700) John or James GODFREY of Newbury, Mass.
  • Mary, b. 24 July 1680, m. John HALL, son of Richard and Martha Hall of Bradford, Mass.
  • Judith, b. June 1682, m. Col. Nathaniel PEASLEY, son of Dr. Joseph Peasley.
  • Elizabeth, b. 23 March 1683/4, m. John CLEMENT (see above).
  • Sarah, b. 13 Sep 1686, m. Joseph HALL, son of Richard and Martha Hall of Bradford, Mass.
  • Abigail, b. 7 April 1681, taken captive by Indians 15 March 1697.
  • John, b. 27 Sep 1691, killed by Indians 15 March 1697.
  • Rebecca, b. 12 Oct 1694, m. 8 Dec 1718 Jabez AYER of Rowley, Mass. and later Brookfield, Mass.

(13g) George Scott (line 3 of 3)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

(12g) Edmund Scott (line 3 of 3)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

(11g) Henry Scott (line 3 of 3)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

(13g) Jasper Riddlesdale (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

NEHGR 143(1989):213-15; GM50 (1990):

Jasper Riddlesdale was born say 1490, d. Aug 1552, and m. Elizabeth _______, d. 1553. The family lived in Boxford, Suffolk, England. Jasper was a churchwarden of Boxford in 1542 and again in 1547. His will was dated 29 Aug 1552 and proved 15 Sep 1552. The will of widow Elizabeth was dated 30 Oct 1552 and proved 13 April 1553. Children from parents' wills, order uncertain:

  • Henry, b. c. 1519, m. Joan ______ (see below).
  • Thomas, b. c. 1522, d. by 1567, m. prob. Joan _______. Joan m. (2) at Boxford, Suffolk 5 Oct 1567 Launcelott MAYOR
  • Peter, b. say 1524 (had a son by 1552)
  • Grace, b. say 1526, m. by 1552 Richard KEBLE.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1528, m. Thomas RYVET, perhaps c. Sep 1552
  • Jane, b. say 1530, perhaps twin to Amy
  • Amy, b. say 1530, perhaps twin to Jane
  • Robert, b. say 1533 (under 21 in 1552)
  • Richard, b. say 1535 (under 21 in 1552)
  • John, b. say 1537, bur. Groton (Suffolk?) 5 Dec 1614, m. Boxford 29 Nov 1562 Elizabeth PATTEN.
  • William, b. say 1539, m. Polstead, Suffolk 2 Nov 1561 Joan JOHNSON.

(12g) Henry Riddlesdale (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

NEHGR 143(1989):215-16; GM50 (1990):

Henry, the son of Jasper and presumably Elizabeth Riddlesdale, was b. c. 1519, bur. Boxford, Suffolk, Eng. 15 June 1591, and m. Joan _______, liv. 1591. His will was dated 20 June and proved 9 Dec 1591. Children, baptisms at Boxford, Suffolk:

  • Robert, b. c. 1555, named in father's 1591 will.
  • John, bapt. 26 Sep 1557, m. Dorcas _______ (see below).
  • Thomas, bapt. 2 June 1560, bur. 7 Feb 1588/9, m. Boxford 1 Sep 1584 Susan BRONDE, bapt. Boxford 23 Jan 1560/1, daughter of John Bronde. Susan m. (2) Boxford 30 Jan 1593/4 Richard Wendall. Thomas had a child bapt. 1589.
  • Joan, bapt. 23 Oct 1562, m. Boxford 30 Aug 1582 Richard WALTON, bapt. 8 April 1561, son of Richard Walton.
  • Julyan, bapt. 10 Dec 1564, m. Boxford 13 Jun 1587 John STANBYE.
  • Henry, bapt. 6 March 1566/7, m. Boxford 5 Sep 1592 Bridget SMYTHE, bapt. 20 April 1572, daughter of Symond and Alice Smythe.
  • Richard, bapt. 13 Aug 1570, d. 1610, m. groton 17 Sep 1593 Rose BRAND. Rose m. (2) Nayland 23 April 1611 John WARREN (eldest son John went to New England with Winthrop Fleet); m. (3) Boxford 20 Nov 1617 Richard Grymes.

(11g) John Riddlesdale (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox b for line 1

GM50 (1990):315-16; NEHGR 143(1989):216-220

John, the son of Henry and Joan Riddlesdale, was bapt. Boxford, Suffolk, England 26 Sep 1557, bur. Assington, Suffolk 4 June 1629, and m. prob. at Assington c. 1583 Dorcas _______, bur. Assington 24 Sep 1624. John was of "Bures [St. Mary]" when he died, so probably went to live with one of his children following the death of his wife. Children:

  • Susan, bapt. Boxford 20 April 1584, m. Thomas FRENCH (see sandbox b).
  • Richard, b. say 1586, bur. Assington 6 Nov 1610, prob. unmarried. Administration of his estate was given to two sisters, Susan and Joan, whose husbands were named.
  • Thomas, b. say 1588, named in will of his grandfather in 1591.
  • Joan, b. say 1590, m. Assington 11 Oct 1610 Richard MATHER in a double wedding with sister Dorcas (were they twins?)
  • Dorcas, b. say 1590, bur. Assington 15 Dec 1610, m. there 11 Oct 1610 Thomas DYNES. Administration of her estate was given to her sisters Susan and Joan at the same time as for that of her brother Richard.
  • Edward, b. say 1593, bur. Assington 9 Feb 1630/1, but called of "Bures", m. c. 1619 Mary _______, d. Rowley, Mass. 10 April 1683. Mary m. (2) Assington 27 June 1632 John Wyatt who d. Ipswich, Mass. 1665; and she m. (3) Rowley 22 May 1666 James Barker, bur. Rowley 7 Sep 1678. Edward and Mary had five children baptized from 1620 to 1630 (see below).
  • John, b. say 1596, bur. Assington 10 Dec 1602.
  • Sarah, bapt. Assington 2 March 1599/1600, m. there 30 May 1620 Mark GRYME.

(10g) Edward Riddlesdale[edit]

NEHGR 143(1989):217-20; GM 7(2011):545-7 (John Wyatt); GM50 (1990):311-14

Edward, the son of John and Dorcas Riddlesdale of Assington, Suffolk, England, was probably born there c. 1592, bur. there 9 Feb 1630/1, and m. c. 1619 Mary ________, b. say 1599, d. Rowley, Mass. 10 April 1683. Mary m. (2) at Assington 27 June 1632 John Wyatt, b. say 1594, d. Ipswich, Mass. in late 1665. John had m. first at Assington 28 Sep 1619 Martha Sheldrake, bapt. there 8 Feb 1596/7 and bur. there 16 March 1631/2, daughter of John and Joan Sheldrake. Mary m. (3) Rowley, Mass. 22 May 1666 James Barker, bur. Rowley 7 Sep 1678. Mary had come to New England with her second husband, John Wyatt, about 1635, and with her three daughters. They settled at Ipswich, where they remained. John Wyatt's will was dated 23 Nov 1665 and proved 15 Jan 1665/6, with inventory taken 26 Dec 1665. John Wyatt had no children. Children of Edward and Mary Riddlesdale, first three baptized at Assington, and last two at Bures St. Mary, both in Suffolk, England:

  • Edward, bapt. 23 April 1620; no further record, and not of record in New England
  • Mary, bapt. 29 Jan 1621/2, m. Henry KIMBALL (see above)
  • Sarah, bapt. 16 Nov 1623, d. Boxford, Mass. 3 June [1703-5?], aged 84 years, m. c. 1642 Luke HARD, d. Sep 1647; m. (2) Joseph BIXBY, d. Boxford 19 April [1700-1?], son of George Bixby and Anna Cole. She had three children with her first husband, and nine more with her second.
  • Dorcas, apparently the "daughter of Henry" baptized at Bures 18 June 1629, with a probable error in the parish record. A Dorcas Riddlesdale appears in the Ipswich Quarterly Court records as a witness in March 1647, and this is undoubtedly the "daughter Dorcas" who is the legatee of her step-father, John Wyatt in his 1665 will.
  • Rebecca, bapt. 5 Dec 1630; no further record.

(10g) George Marsh (line 3 of 4)[edit]

see sandbox b2

(9g) Onesiphorous Marsh (line 1 of 2)[edit]

GM:5:24-5; Cutler Gen:318

Onesiphorous, the son of George Marsh and Elizabeth _______, was b. c. 1630, d. Haverhill, Mass. 15 May 1713, aged 83, and m. (1) Hingham 6 Feb 1654/5 Hannah CUTLER, b. 1635, d. 17 March 1685/6, daughter of John Cutler; m. (2) Haverhill 29 Oct 1686 Elizabeth (PARROTT) Worcester, daughter of Francis Parrott and widow of Samuel Worcester; m. (3) Haverhill 18 May 1691 Sarah (TRAVERS) Wallingford, daughter of Henry Travers and widow of Nicholas Wallingford. The family lived in Hingham until about 1674, then moved to Haverhill, Mass. and built a house occupied by descendants for at least the next 200 years. Onesiphorous has an extant gravestone in the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, Mass. Children, b. Hingham: [163]

  • Onesiphorous, b. 5 Nov 1655
  • Hannah, b. 28 June 1657, m. Henry KIMBALL of Haverhill.
  • Mary, b. 12 May 1659, m. Cornelius PAGE (see)
  • John, b. 19 Aug 1663
  • Thomas, b. 20 Oct 1666
  • Sarah, b. 26 Feb 1668/9
  • Abigail, b. 21 Feb 1670/1, m. Abiel MESSER (see above).

(10g) John Cutler (line 1 of 2)[edit]

Cutler Gen (1889):315-321; Snow-Estes Ancestry (1939):182-5

John Cutler d. Hingham (then in Plymouth Colony, now in Massachusetts) Feb 1637/8, and m. Mary _______. Mary m. (2) Thomas Hewett of Hingham who d. 24 May 1670. It is possible that he was the John Cutler of Sprowston, Norfolk, England who was one of three to prove the will of widow Susan Haylett. However, Anderson, in his 2015 Great Migration Directory, calls Cutler's English home unknown. Cutler was in New England by 1637, when on 10 June of that year he was assigned land in Hingham. He died very shortly after his arrival in New England, leaving his widow with at least five minor children. Known children, all born in England:

  • (?) Henry, d. by 1670
  • John, b. c. 1625, d. Woburn, Mass. 1678, of smallpox, m. (1) Woburn 3 Sep 1650 Olive THOMPSON, daughter of James and Elizabeth Thompson of Woburn; m. (2) Mary (BROWNE) Lewis, daughter of Abraham Browne of Watertown, and widow of John Lewis of Charlestown and Malden. They had four known children born from 1651 to 1663.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1628, d. Salem, Mass. 1700, m. (1) Elizabeth _______, d. Gloucester, Mass. 17 March 1693; m. (2) Salem 7 July 1698 Sarah Church. Samuel lived with family in Marblehead, Salem, Topsfield, Hingham, and Gloucester. They had five known children born from 1655 to 1664.
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1630, d. 1724, aged 94, m. (1) 29 Sep 1655 Mary _______, d. 4 Feb 1708[/9?]; m. (2) Elizabeth ________, d. 4 March 1714[/5?]. He and Mary had five children born from 1656 to 1669.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1633, d. Charlestown, Mass. 7 Dec 1683, m. 19 March 1659 Mary GILES, daughter of Edward and Bridget Giles of Salem. Mary m. (2) 20 June 1684 Mathew Smith, Sr. Thomas and Mary had six children born at Reading, Mass. from 1660 to 1677.
  • Hannah, b. c. 1635, m. 6 Nov 1654 Onesiferous MARSH (see above).

(8g) Samuel Watts[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:1075-81

Samuel Watts was born say 1650, probably in Wiltshire, England, d. Haverhill, Mass. c. 1721, and m. (1) Haverhill 28 Oct 1684 Elizabeth AYER, b. Haverhill 23 Dec 1659, d. there 26 Oct 1695, daughter of Thomas Ayer and Elizabeth Hutchins; m. (2) 8 March 1696/7 Elizabeth (AYER) Clements, b. Haverhill 10 Nov 1652, liv. 1717, daughter of Robert Ayer and Elizabeth Palmer, and widow of John Clements who she had m. in Haverhill 22 Feb 1676[/7?]. Samuel carried the surname of Watts alias Mercer (often Messer), but connections between those bearing the two names is uncertain. Samuel bore the title of Lieutenant. Samuel is first of record when named as a servant in the 10 Feb 1665[/6?] will of John Evered of Chelmsford, Mass., but originally of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Samuel was living in Andover, Mass. in 1672, but was soon thereafter of Haverhill, and appointed the administrator of the estate of Samuel Giles on 8 Oct 1678. Samuel was taken to court many times for debts owed, and settled often in pine boards. Nevertheless he served as a juryman and selectman in Haverhill, and was made quartermaster there as well. He was a soldier during King Philip's War and was paid in Aug 1676 for his services. In 1690 he served under Sgt John Webster in a garrison house. Samuel Watts signed a deed on 6 Feb 1719/20, but administration of his estate was given to son John Watts als. Messer, with Richard Kimball and Richard Hazen, Jr. as bondsmen. Children, with first wife, b. Haverhill:

  • John, b. 2 April 1685, liv. 1746, prob. in Plaistow, NH, m. 10 March 1708/9 Sarah DUSTON.
  • Mary, b. 27 June 1687, liv. 1721, m. by 1709 Samuel INGALLS.
  • Elizabeth, b. 31 Aug 1689, liv. 1724, m. by 1715 Jonathan DUSTON.
  • Samuel, b. 18 Aug 1691, d. prob. in NH, m. (1) by 1716 Abigail DUSTON; m. (2) by 1728 Dorothy _______.
  • Henry, b. 12 March 1693/4, d. Dec 1695.

Child with second wife, b. Haverhill:

  • Hannah, b. 27 April 1698, d. there 27 April 1698, m. Eldad INGALLS.

(7g) John Watts[edit]

John, the son of Samuel Watts and Elizabeth Ayers, was b. Haverhill 2 April 1685, d. Plaistow, NH late 1759, and m. Haverhill 10 March 1708/9 Sarah DUSTON, b. Haverhill 4 July 1688, living in 1759, the daughter of Thomas Duston and the famous Hannah Emerson . John was called of Plaistow in his will, dated 11 June 1759 and proved 4 Jan 1760. In it he mentioned his wife Sarah, all of his living children, and two of his deceased children. Children, all b. Haverhill: [164]

  • Mary, b. 7 March 1709/10, d. Haverhill 25 Dec 1725
  • Sarah, b. 21 April 1711, d. 1777, m. Jonathan CLEMENT; she was called Sarah Clement in her father's 1759 will
  • Henry, b. 13 Feb 1713, d. Haverhill 14 Feb 1716
  • Samuel, b. 7 April 1716, m. (1) Haverhill 15 Jan 1740 Abigail HALL, b. 1722, d. Haverhill 13 April 1759, daughter of John Hall and Mary Kimball; m. (2) Haverhill 2 Oct 1759 Elizabeth "Bettee" Haseltine. Samuel was one of two living sons mentioned in his father's 1759 will. Samuel had nine children with his first wife, and three more with the second. A FAG memorial has been created for Abigail in Bradford. [165]
  • Elizabeth, b. 25 Jan 1718 [/19?], d. Salem, NH 12 Sep 1754, m. Haverhill 13 Sep 1737 John CURRIER, Jr., b. Haverhill 23 Nov 1708. d. Salem 23 Jan 1790, son of John Currier. Elizabeth had five children named in her father's will: Hannah, Nathaniel, Dudley, James, and Simeon. Elizabeth and John both have extant grave markers in the Cemetery at Hale's Bridge, North Salem, NH. [166]
  • John, b. 6 Oct 1719, dead by June 1759 when "John's Heirs" were mentioned in his father's will. m. Haverhill 14 Aug 1746 Elizabeth CLEMENT, likely the one b. Haverhill 17 May 1724, daughter of John Clement and Elizabeth Kimball, and brother to Sarah's husband, Jonathan Clement. They had one daughter baptized in Haverhill 28 June 1747, and a son who was mentioned, but not named, in the 1759 will of John's father.
  • Hannah, b. 15 Dec 1722, probably died young. She is not mentioned in her father's 1759 will.
  • Peter, b. 22 Nov 1724, d. Haverhill 27 Jan 1727/8
  • Mehitable, b. 31 Jan 1726/7, m. 1744 Obadiah EASTMAN, b. Haverhill 17 April 1720, d. Salem, NH 28 March 1767, the son of Ebenezer Eastman and Sarah Peaslee. Mehitable and Obadiah had seven children born in Salem, NH from 1745 to 1762, according to the published Eastman genealogy. Obadiah was buried in a cemetery in the south part of Salem. Mehitable likely remarried following the death of Obadiah.
  • Nathaniel, b. 7 Jan 1727/8, was named the executor of his father's June 1759 will.
  • Mary, b. 6 Jan 1730/1, m. Joshua WEBSTER V, b. Kingston, NH 3 May 1729, the son of Joshua Webster and Abigail Weldon. A web source gives Joshua's death as 1801 in Waterboro, Maine. A Joshua Webster appears on the 1790 census for Waterboro.

(10g) John Ayer (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see above

(9g) Thomas Ayer[edit]

Moore Ancestry (1938):29-32; Granberry Anc (1945):159-60

Thomas, the son of John Ayer and Hannah Evered, was born say 1628, d. Haverhill, Mass. 9 Nov 1686, and m. Haverhill 1 April 1656 Elizabeth HUTCHINS, b. say 1636, d. perh. 1710, daughter of John and Frances Hutchins. Thomas took the oath of fidelity on 24 April 1649, and received nine acres of land in 1652. He served on jury duty on several occasions, but does not appear to have held office. He was made freeman on 23 May 1666, and in 1680 was a Haverhill selectman, and a constable two years later. Children, all b. Haverhill:

  • John, b. (also rec. Newbury on 12 May) 14 May 1657
  • Elizabeth, b. 23 Dec 1659, m. Samuel WATTS (see above).
  • Mary, b. 22 March 1660/1
  • Love, b. 15 April 1663, d. Norwich, CT 24 April 1735, m. Haverhill 2 April 1679 Dea. Joseph KINGSBURY, b. c. 1655, d. Norwich, CT 2 April 1741, in 85th year. Love and Joseph both have extant gravestones in the Plains Cemetery in Franklin, CT. [167]
  • (no name--twin), b. 16 Jan, d. Haverhill 20 Jan 1664/5.
  • (no name--twin), b. 16 Jan, d. Haverhill 20 Jan 1664/5.
  • Thomas, b. 9 June 1666
  • Samuel, b. 11 July 1671

(10g) John Hutchins (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox b2

(9g) Thomas Duston[edit]

Essex Inst Hist Coll 46(1910):350; GDMNH:212

Thomas Duston b. say 1605, d. 1662, m. say 1640 Elizabeth WHEELER, b. 1618, d. Haverhill, Mass. 16 July 1690, the daughter of John Wheeler and Agnes Yoeman of Newbury, Mass. Thomas was of Dover in 1640 and sued there in 1643. By 1647 he had moved to Maine, and was a constable in Kittery from 1653 to 1655. Administration of Thomas's estate was given to widow Elizabeth on 1 July 1662. Following Thomas's death, Elizabeth m. Haverhill 9 June 1663 Mathias Button of Haverhill. Administration of the estate of Thomas Duston of Kitter was granted to his son Thomas of Haverhill on 8 Jun 1703 (why?).[3] Children:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1642 m. (1) say 1663 John KINGSBURY; m. (2) 11 Dec 1672 Peter GREEN. She had one child with her first husband, born in 1664, and three more with second husband born Haverhill from 1673 to 1677.
  • Thomas, b. 1652, m. 3 Dec 1677 Hannah EMERSON (see below).

(8g) Thomas Duston and Hannah Emerson[edit]

Essex Inst Hist Coll 46(1910):350-3; GDMNH:212; Haverhill Emersons (1913):20

Thomas, the son of Thomas Duston and Elizabeth Wheeler, was b. say 1652, d. 1732, and m. Haverhill, Mass. 3 Dec 1677 Hannah EMERSON, b. Haverhill 23 Dec 1657, died by 6 March 1737/8, the daughter of Michael Emerson and Hannah Webster. Thomas was of Haverhill as early as 1676, and sent to Marlborough as a soldier during King Philip's War. He was a bricklayer and farmer, and built a brick house for his family in Haverhill.

Hannah is of fame for being taken captive during King William's War, then killing her captors and returning home safely. On 9 March 1697 Hannah delivered her 12th child, Martha (three children had died in infancy). Less than a week later, on 15 March 1697, the raid on Haverhill took place, and Hannah, her nurse-maid Mary Neff, and her infant were taken captive. The infant was killed, and the two women were taken to a small island at the junction of the Merrimack and Contoocook Rivers, a few miles north of present-day Concord, NH. Being certain that death loomed ahead for the women and an English boy taken captive earlier, on the night of 30 March 1697, Hannah and the boy killed and scalped the party of Indians that had taken them, and then escaped in a canoe. A few days after returning to Haverhill, Hannah took the scalps to the General Court in Boston, which in turn voted a 25-pound bounty for Hannah, and the same amount to be split between her two companions. Two monuments were erected in Hannah's memory: one on 17 June 1874 on Penacook Island, NH, and the other on 25 Nov 1879 in Haverhill. Hannah's account was first recorded by Cotton Mather in Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), and also described in the Diary of Samuel Sewall and the journal of Rev. John Pike.

Thomas's will was dated 15 April 1724 and proved 27 Nov 1732; Hannah's was dated 19 Sep 1733 and proved 6 March 1737/8. Children, all born Haverhill: [168]

  • Hannah, b. 22 Aug 1678, living 1754, m. Daniel CHENEY of Newbury.
  • Elizabeth, b. 7 May 1680, d. Haverhill 4 Jan 1746, m. Haverhill 27 Dec 1698 Stephen EMERSON, d. Haverhill 20 April 1758, son of Robert Emerson. They had 14 children in Haverhill, b. 1699 to 1723.
  • Mary, b. 4 Nov 1681, d. Haverhill 18 Oct 1696.
  • Thomas, b. 5 Jan 1682/3, d. Haverhill 24 Feb 1767, m. c. 1718 Mary INGALS, d. Haverhill 9 or 29 Oct 1732. Thomas's will was dated 12 Sep 1755 and proved 31 march 1767, naming no wife. They had six children born in Haverhill from 1718 to 1732.
  • Nathaniel, b. 16 May 1685, d. 17 Feb 1762, m. (1) c. 1711 Mary AYER, d. Haverhill 17 April 1725; m. (2) Haverhill 8 June 1726 Lydia BOND, daughter of Joseph Bond. He had five children with his first wife born Haverhill from 1711/2 to 1718/9, and one daughter with his second wife, b. 1728.
  • John, b. 2 Feb 1686[/7], d. Haverhill 28 Jan 1689[/90].
  • Sarah, b. Haverhill 4 July 1688, m. John WATTS alias Messer (see above).
  • Abigail, b. Oct 1690, d. Haverhill 5 May 1727, m. c. 1715 Samuel WATTS. They had six children b. Haverhill from 1716 to 1726/7.
  • Jonathan, b. 15 Jan 1691/2, d. Londonderry, NH by 1757, m. (1) c. 1714 Elizabeth WATTS; m. (2) Haverhill 20 Feb 1732/3 Sarah Pattee. He had five children with first wife, b. Haverhill from 1715 to 1724, and one child with second wife b. Haverhill 1734.
  • Mehitable (twin), b. 14 Sep 1694, d. Haverhill 16 Dec 1694.
  • Timothy (twin), b. 14 Sep 1694, d. by 1741, m. Bedford? 7 Nov 1718 Sarah JOHNSON, d. Haverhill 20 July 1735. Administration of Timothy's estate was given to son Samuel on 20 March 1741/2, with estate divided in 1743. They had six children born in Haverhill from 1719/20 to 1734.
  • Martha, b. 9 March 1696/7, killed Haverhill 15 March 1696/7 when her mother was taken captive.
  • Lydia, b. 4 Oct 1698, m. Haverhill 15 Nov 1721 John SANDERS, Jr. They had 14 children born Haverhill from 1722/3 to 1743.

(11g) Dominick Wheeler (line 4 of 4)[edit]

see sandbox b

(10g) John Wheeler (line 4 of 4)[edit]

see sandbox b

(11g) Alexander Emerson (line 1 of 2)[edit]

see below

(10g) Thomas Emerson (line 1 of 2)[edit]

see below

(9g) Michael Emerson (line 1 of 2)[edit]

see below

(10g) John Webster (line 3 of 4)[edit]

see above, after Merrill

(11g) George Emerson (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):989-90

George Emerson "thelder" was b. prob. Lincolnshire, England say 1510, d. Searby, Lincolnshire c. 1574, and m. a woman whose name is unknown. His will was dated 18 Oct 1573 and proved 10 May 1574. Children, prob. b. Searby, Lincolnshire:

  • Helen, b. say 1538
  • Alice, b. say 1540
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1544
  • Richard, b. say 1546
  • Mary, b. say 1548
  • Alexander, b. say 1550, m. Janet HORNSEY (see below).

(10g) Alexander Emerson (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):990-1

Alexander Emerson was b. Searby, Lincolnshire, England say 1550, bur. Searby 8 Oct 1605, the son of George Emerson whose will was proved in 1574. He m. c. 1577 Janet HORNSEY, b. say 1555, d. 1612, the daughter of John Hornsey. Alexander's will was dated 10 April 1604 and proved 10 Feb 1605/6 (NEHGR 50:527). Janet also left a will, dated 24 May and proved 19 June 1612. Children, b. Searby:

  • George, b. c. 1578, d. by 10 April 1604, leaving two daughters.
  • John, b. c. 1580, d. c. 1614, m. Isabel _______. His will was dated 22 March 1613 and proved 19 May 1614.
  • Michael, b. c. 1582, d. c. 1647
  • Anne, b. c. 1584, m. by 1604 _______ FOTHERBY, and had children.
  • Robert, b. c. 1586, liv. 1613 with two sons.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1589, bur. Cadney, Lincolns. 25 Dec 1657, m. Margaret FROE (see below).

(9g) Thomas Emerson (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Pillsbury Anc (1938):991-6; Haverhill Emersons (1913):21-6 (Robert Emerson)

Thomas, the son of Alexander Emerson and Janet Hornsey, was b. prob. in Searby, Lincolnshire, England c. 1589, bur. Cadney, Lincolnshire 25 Dec 1657, and was m. 10 Aug 1612 to Margaret FROE, bapt. Cadney, Lincolnshire 24 Oct 1592, d. by 1657, the daughter of Thomas Froe. Thomas was called "of Howsham, in the parish of Cadney, yeoman" in his will, dated 20 May 1656 and proved 29 Sep 1661. He gave only 5 pounds each to Michael and Robert (who likely had already left for New England), but 20 pounds each to Edward and Thomas, leaving son John as sole executor. Three of his children--Elizabeth, Michael, and Robert--immigrated to New England. Children, all baptized in Cadney:

  • Alexander, bapt 7 Oct 1613, bur. Cadney 19 Oct 1613.
  • Anna, bapt. 2 Oct 1614, m. Cadney c. 1641 Richard? WRIGHT.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 22 April 1616, d. Haverhill, MA 20 Feb 1692/3, m. Haverhill c. 1647 Thomas LINFURTH. They sailed to New England; two known daughters.
  • John, bapt. 20 March 1617/8, d. 1692. He was called of Howsham in the parish of Cadney in his will, dated Jan 1691 [/2?] and proved 9 April 1692. He mentioned no children in his will.
  • Isabell, bapt. 11 Jan 1619/20, m. _______ GRANTHAM.
  • Susan, bapt. 25 May 1621, d. Cadney Feb 1641
  • Edward, bapt. 25 April 1624, d. Cadney c. 1685. His will, dated March 1684, was proved 16 May 1685. He m. Sarah _______, and had sons named in his will.
  • Thomas, bpat. 14 April 1626, d. c. 1682, m. Ann _______. His will, dated Nov 1681, was proved April 1682, naming a son and a daughter.
  • Michael, bapt. 19 April 1627, m. Hannah WEBSTER (see below).
  • Robert, bapt. 8 Nov 1629, d. Haverhill, MA 25 June 1694, m. Rowley, Mass. 4 Jan 1658[/9?] Anne GRANT, drowned Haverhill 28 July 1718, the daughter of Thomas and Jane Grant of Rowley. Robert was of Rowley as early as 1655, but soon moved to Haverhill. There he became freeman in 1668, took the oath of fidelity in 1671, and was constable in 1679, and a selectman in 1671, 1676, 1678, and 1687. His will was dated 3 June 1694 and proved 23 July following, naming his wife and their eight children. Anne's will was dated 24 Dec 1708 and proved 4 May 1719. They had eight children born from 1660 to 1679.

(8g) Michael Emerson (line 2 of 2)[edit]

Haverhill Emersons (1913):13-21,27-31

Michael Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson and Margaret Froe, was baptized in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England 19 April 1627, living 24 Nov 1715 when he executed a deed but dead by 1719, m. Haverhill 1 April 1657 Hannah WEBSTER, b. c. 1636, living in 1715, the daughter of John Webster and Mary Shatswell of Ipswich and Newbury. Michael was in New England by 1651, when on the last day of March of that year he was a witness for the grand jury in Essex County, Mass. Also, he appears to be the "Mihill" Emerson who was a witness in the Ipswich Quarterly Court in a Rowley case in Sep 1651. His name spelled both "Myghill" and "Michael" appears later in that court in July 1657. He was in Haverhill by 1655 when he received an allotment of land, and in 1661 Michael had a meadow lot granted to him in Haverhill. In Feb 1661/2, he and his brother Robert purchased a farm in Haverhill. He was a cordwainer, and for many years was elected to "view and seal all leather" in town. His farm was located where the railroad station later sat on the east side of Little River. His will was dated 18 July 1709, but there is no record of its probate. Children, all b. Haverhill, Mass.:

  • Hannah, b. 23 Dec 1657, died by 6 March 1737/8, m. 3 Dec 1677 Thomas DUSTIN/DUSTON, d. 1732, the son of Thomas Duston. Hannah is of fame for being taken captive during King William's War, then killing her captors and returning home safely. Thomas Duston was a bricklayer and farmer, and built a brick house for his family in Haverhill. On 9 March 1697 Hannah delivered her 12th child, Martha (three children had died in infancy). Less than a week later, on 15 March 1697, the raid on Haverhill took place, and Hannah, her nurse-maid Mary Neff, and her infant were taken captive. The infant was killed, and the two women were taken to a small island at the junction of the Merrimack and Contoocook Rivers, a few miles north of present-day Concord, NH. Being certain that death loomed ahead for the women and an English boy taken captive earlier, on the night of 30 March 1697, Hannah and the boy killed and scalped the party of Indians that had taken them, and then escaped in a canoe. A few days after returning to Haverhill, Hannah took the scalps to the General Court in Boston, which in turn voted a 25-pound bounty for Hannah, and the same amount to be split between her two companions. Hannah left a will probated on 10 March, year uncertain (1736/7? or 1737/8?). Two monuments were erected in Hannah's memory: one on 17 June 1874 on Penacook Island, NH, and the other on 25 Nov 1879 in Haverhill. Hannah's account was first recorded by Cotton Mather in Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), and also described in the Diary of Samuel Sewall and the journal of Rev. John Pike.
  • John, b. 30 July 1659, d. Haverhill 15 Aug 1659.
  • Mary, b. 5 Oct 1660, living in 1734, m. Newbury 28 Aug 1683 Hugh MATHEWS of Newbury, d. c. 1730. They had four children born from 1685 to c. 1701.
  • John, b. 18 March 1661/2, d. Newbury, MA 6 March 1745[/6?]; titled "Lt". He m. (1) c. 1689 Judith CHENEY, daughter of Daniel Cheney and Sarah Bayley; m. (2) Newbury 2 Nov 1710 Hannah Poor. They had eight children born from 1690 to 1711.
  • Samuel, b. 2 Feb 1663[/4], d. c. 1743, m. 14 Dec 1687 Judith DAVIS, daughter of John Davis and perhaps Jane Peasley. They resided in Haverhill and Dover. Judith was a captive among the Indians for five years between 1693 and 1699. samuel's will was dated 13 March 1739 and proved 31 Aug 1743. They had seven children, born from 1688 to 1709, one of whom was Hannah who m. Job Clement.
  • Elizabeth, b. 26 Jan 1665[/6?], d. Boston 8 June 1693. She was punished at an early age for her recalcitrance, and her father was called to appear in the Essex County Court in 1676 on charges of beating her excessively. Elizabeth had her first illegitimate child in 1686. She was thereafter watched closely by her parents, but as her testimony goes, she gave birth to stillborn twins on the trundle bed at the foot of her parents' bed early in the morning on 8 May 1691. Elizabeth later identified the married Samuel Ladd as the father of the twins, and suggested he was also the father of her earlier child. While she attempted to conceal her pregnancy, she was not entirely successful, and a group of midwives, accompanied by officers of the law, came to the house and probed her for answers until she admitted having the babies. The babies were later found buried on the premises, and the opinion of the midwives was that they were born alive. Elizabeth and her parents were all charged with murder and sentenced to death, but the parents were later reprieved following reconsideration of the case and Elizabeth's testimony that her parents were not complicit. Elizabeth was hanged in Boston on 8 June 1693, next to a black woman charged with a similar crime.
  • Abigail, b. 17 Dec 1667, d. Haverhill 31 Dec 1667.
  • Jonathan, b. 9 March 1669/70, d. 19 Aug 1736, and m. 15 June 1699 Hannah DAY, b. Ipswich 16 Jan 1679[/80?], daughter of John Day and Sarah Pengry. He received the homestead with his brother Joshua. His will was dated 7 Aug and proved 13 Sep 1736. His estate was appraised at 2149 pounds, a quite sizeable amount. They had 12 children born from 1700 to 1722/3.
  • Abigail, b. 20 Nov 1671, m. haverhill 30 Nov 1693 Samuel SMITH of Newbury.
  • Judith, b. 2 July 1673, d. Haverhill 8 Sep 1673
  • Judith, b. 29 Sep 1674, d. Haverhill 7 Nov 1677
  • Joshua, b. 2 March 1675/6, d. Haverhill 26 March 1676
  • Ruth, b. 8 May 1677, d. Haverhill 28 Aug 1677
  • Joshua, b. 17 Nov 1678, d. 1742, m. Mary CLARK (see below).
  • Susanna, b. 30 April 1680, d. Haverhill 8 May 1680

(7g) Joshua Emerson[edit]

Haverhill Emersons (1913):30-1,46-9

Joshua, the son of Michael Emerson and Hannah Webster, was b. Haverhill 17 Nov 1678 (recorded under name Emmerson), d. likely June 1742, and m. Haverhill 2 July 1706 Mary CLARK, b. Haverhill 15 July 1680, living in 1742, daughter of Haniel Clark and Mary Gutterson. Joshua and his brother Jonathan received land from their father in 1714, and both were joint executors of his will. Joshua was called of Methuen in his will, dated 29 May 1742, and proved 19 July 1742, naming wife Mary and children. These dates strongly suggest that he died in June 1742. Children, all b. Haverhill: [169]

  • Isaac (twin), b. and d. Haverhill 29 Jan 1706/7
  • Jacob (twin), b. and d. Haverhill 29 Jan 1706/7
  • Micha/Mica (sometimes Michael), b. 7 Dec 1707, d. Haverhill 7 Nov 1770, m. Haverhill 4 Nov 1729 Katherine MORRILL, b. 1701, d. Haverhill Jan 1802, aged 100 years, the daughter of Jacob Morrill and Susanna Whittier. Micha and Katherine had six children born in Haverhill from 1730 to 1742.
  • Joshua, b. 24 March 1708/9, d. (Methuen?) 11 June 1796, m. (1) (Methuen 13 Dec 1733?) Sarah BAILEY, b. say 1713, (d. Methuen July 1757?); m. (2) Haverhill 17 Nov 1757 Mary CHASE, b. Haverhill 3 July 1726, (d. 1780?), daughter of Abner Chase and Elizabeth Whittier. Joshua had five children born 1735 to 1745 with first wife, Sarah, and five more children, born 1758 to 1769 with second wife, Mary. The source of the death dates for Joshua and both wives, and that of his first marriage date are all unknown; none of these are found in the published vital records, but were found in web accounts.
  • Josiah, b. Haverhill 1 Dec 1710, d. Methuen 8 May 1801, m. Haverhill 2 July 1706 Abigail MESSER (see below).
  • Hananiel, b. 29 May 1712, d. Newbury 7 Dec 1776, m. Bradford, Mass. 12 Oct 1736 Patience HARDY, b. Bradford 20 Jan 1716[/17?], d. Newbury 18 July 1762 (but only called "wife of Hananiel" without her name), the daughter of Thomas and Rose Hardy of Bradford. Hananiel was a tanner. He and Patience had five children born from 1738 to 1752, and perhaps others. Hananiel has an extant grave marker in the Sawyer Hill Cemetery in Newbury. [170]
  • Mary, b. 11 April 1714
  • Sarah, b. 22 April 1716, m. Methuen 6 Oct 1737 Marston STEVENS. Sarah was called Sarah Stevens in the 1742 will of her father. There is no record of children in Methuen, and no other records for Marston have been located.
  • Reuben, bpatized Haverhill 24 April 1720, m. (1) Methuen 7 April 1746 Sarah COLBURN (also Coburn; called "Sary" in b. record), b. Dracut 4 Nov 1719, d. c. 1766, the daughter of John Colburn Jr. and Sarah Richardson of Dracut. Reuben m. (2) Haverhill 24 March 1767 (however, record of intention in Methuen 5 March 1768) Anna GAGE, b. Bradford 5 April 1741, a twin daughter of Joseph and Anna Gage of Bradford. They were members of the church in Salem, NH. Reuben had three known children with first wife, Sarah, born 1746 to 1753 in Haverhill and Methuen.
  • William, bapt. 1 April 1722, d. 14 Feb 1782, m. Methuen 14 July 1746 Abigail PATTEE, b. Haverhill 29 March 1725, d. 22 March 1804, the daughter of Richard Pattee and Susanna Beale of Haverhill. The death dates for William and Abigail are not found in any published vital record, and come from the 1983 work, The Haverhill Emersons, by Jane Emerson James. William and Abigail had eleven children, born 1748 to 1772 in Methuen.

(6g) Josiah Emerson[edit]

Haverhill Emersons (1913):47,80-1

Josiah was b. Haverhill, Mass. 1 Dec 1710, d. Methuen, Mass. 8 May 1801, and m. in Methuen 5 Dec 1739 Abigail MESSER, baptized Haverhill 27 Sep 1713, the daughter of Abiel Messer and Abigail Marsh. This family lived in Methuen, and that is likely where all the children were born; however, they attended the church just over the state line in Salem, NH. Children, all baptized in Salem, NH: [171]

  • Josiah, b. Methuen 9 March 1739/40, bapt. Salem, NH 18 July 1741, d. Alexandria, Grafton, NH by 19 Dec 1827 when an administrator was appointed for his estate, m. Haverhill 24 May 1764 Phebe PATTEE, b. Haverhill 9 May 1745, living in 1828, daughter of Benjamin Pattee and Abigail Emerson. Josiah was in Alexandria by 17 mar 1775 when appointed fence viewer there. He served in Capt. Timothy Eaton's company of Minute men that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775. He appears on the 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses in Alexandria, NH. Phebe was still living on 2 Jan 1828 when she petitioned for an allowance from her husband's estate. Josiah was given the title of ensign, and served the town of Alexandria as selectman, moderator, highway surveyor, deer keeper, and "hogg reeff." Only one child has been identified: Lydia, b. 25 Aug 1784.
  • Timothy, bapt 3 Oct 1742, was very likely the one of his name from Nottingham West, NH when his intention of marriage to Huldah HOVEY was published in Topsfield, Mass. on 4 June 1775. She was born in Topsfield 22 Oct 1751, the daughter of Aaron Hovey and Sarah Perley. Timothy and Huldah went to Hollis, NH, where five children were born from 1776 to 1785, and he is probably the Timothy Emerson appearing in the 1790 census for Hollis, NH. The Timothy Emerson appearing in the 1820 census for Topsfield is likely of a later generation, and perhaps the son of this Timothy. An SAR application says this Timothy died in 1819, but I find no confirmation anywhere. By the way, this is NOT the Timothy Emerson who married in Methuen Mercy/Marcy/Mary/Maria Cole. That was a distant cousin who was the son of Timothy, son of Jonathan, son of Michael the first.
  • Elizabeth, bapt 8 Nov 1746
  • Hannah, bapt 30 Sep 1750, likely the one of the name who married in Methuen 15 Oct 1772 Henry CLEMENT, the son of Jonathan Clement (see above).
  • Mary, bapt 24 June 1753
  • Azubah, bapt 1 Aug 1756
  • Susanna, bapt 25 May 1760

(10g) John Webster (line 4 of 4)[edit]

see above, after Merrill

(10g) Judith Shatswell (line 2 of 3)[edit]

see sandbox 8

(9g) Edward Clark[edit]

NYGBR 45(1914):287-8; Dawes-Gates Anc (1943):177-180

Edward Clark was b. c. 1622, liv. 1710, m. (1) say 1647 Dorcas BOSWORTH, b. say 1625, d. Haverhill, Mass. 13 Feb 1681[/2?]; m. (2) Haverhill 1 Nov 1682 Mary (_______)(Johnson) Davis, widow of Thomas Johnson and of Ephraim Davis who d. 28 Sep 1679. Edward had a brother, Thomas Clark, a carpenter of Ipswich (NOT Thomas Clark the tanner of Ipswich, detailed by Anderson in GM 2(2001)). Since many Haverhill settlers first lived in Ipswich, it is possible that Edward lived there when arriving in New England, but the first record of him is in 1646 in Haverhill. How Dorcas came to England is not known; she may have been a servant. From 1659 to 1674, Edward was a principal in several lawsuits, all with John Godfrey who was a highly litigious individual. Edward gives his age in several depositions: about 40 in Sep 1662; about 43 in Sep 1664, and about 45 in June 1674, the last being very inconsistent with the other two. Edward served on a trial jury at Hampton in Oct 1663, and was constable of Haverhill in 1663 and 1664. He was a carpenter, like his brother Thomas, and took the oath of allegiance at Haverhill on 8 Nov 1677. Edward had close ties with Theophilus Shatswell, whose will he witnessed and proved in 1663. Theophilus had three daughters: (1) Mary, who married William Deale; (2) Lydia, who married John Griffin (an ancestor) for whom Edward acted as attorney in 1673; and (3) Hannah, who married Richard Mercer/Messer, then died at the birth of her only child Abial (also an ancestor). Edward made a deed on 19 Dec 1710, conveying all lands and rights not previously disposed to his son "Hanel Clarke". His wife was most likely dead by then.

The Children:

  • Hanniel, b. Haverhill c. 1650 (aged about 23 in Feb 1673[/4?], m. Mary GUTTERSON (see below).
  • Matthew, b. say 1652, d. by 1715, m. Haverhill 2 April 1679 Mary (DOW) Wilford, b. 26 April 1644, daughter of Thomas and Phebe Dow of Haverhill, and widow of Gilbert Wilford.
  • Joseph, b. 6 March 1653/4, d. by 1705, m. 18 Aug 1685 his step-sister Mary DAVIS, daughter of Ephraim Davis.

(8g) Hanniel Clark[edit]

NYGBR 45(1914):287-8; Dawes-Gates Anc (1943):180-5

Hanniel Clark was b. prob. Haverhill, Mass. c. 1650 (aged about 23 in Feb 1673[/4?], d. c. 1718, m. Haverhill 20 Aug 1678 Mary GUTTERSON, b. say 1658, liv. Feb 1724[/5?], but prob. dead by Aug 1726 when her husband's estate was divided. He and his brother Joseph took the oath of allegiance on 28 Nov 1677. Administration of his estate was given to widow Mary and eldest son Hanniel on 17 March 1718. Children, b/bapt. Haverhill, Mass.:

  • Mary, b. 15 July 1680, liv. 1726, m. 2 July 1706 Joshua EMERSON, son of Michael Emerson (see above).
  • Hanniel, b. 28 Aug 1682, d. Windham County, CT 1753, m. (1) c. 1711 Hannah SHEPARD, daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Putnam of Rowley, Mass.; m. (2) by 1722 Tabitha (HARTSHORN?). Hanniel is variously given the occupations of cooper, husbandman, yeoman, and weaver. He assisted his mother in administering his father's estate in 1718. His will was dated 17 April 1753, naming wife Tabitha and youngest son Josiah as executors. It had been proved before 5 Jan 1754, when it burned in a home fire of the probate clerk, Penuel Bowen. He probably had four children with first wife born from c. 1712 to 1719, and three more with second wife, b. 1722 to 1731.
  • Sarah, b. 3 Dec 1686, d. 13 Oct 1689
  • William, b. 25 March 1689, liv. Aug 1726, perh. m. Joyce _______.
  • Josiah, b. 8 March 1691, liv. Aug 1726, perhaps the one who d. Portsmouth, NH by 1734 leaving wife Mary and minor children.
  • Edward, b. 29 march 1694, d. c. 1746, m. (int. 12 Feb 1714[/5?]) Sarah STEVENS; moved to Methuen, Mass. by 1735.
  • John, b. 23 April 1696, prob. d. 1749 in Portsmouth, NH. John Clarke, mason of Portsmouth, admin. to widow Agnes 31 Jan 1744/5, finalized by son Josiah in 1749.
  • Samuel, b. 10 July 1699, d. Methuen, Mass. 2 May 1752, m. Haverhill 14 Aug 1721 his cousin Abigail GUTTERSON, daughter of John Gutterson.
  • Timothy, b. 7 April 1701, d. Haverhill 7 Feb 1735/6, m. there by 1724 Gift STEVENS.
  • Sarah, b. say 1703, called "taylor" when she signed a deed with other heirs in Aug 1726; she received land from her brother Edward in April 1736.
  • Elizabeth (called Mary in church record), b. 29 May 1705, d. 29 Feb 1727/8 in 24th year, unmarried.

(10g) (poss. Haniel) Bosworth[edit]

Dawes-Gates Anc (1943):105-6

This person lived in the vicinity of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and his name is suggested due to its propagation among descendants: Children:

  • Susanna, b. c. 1610, d. 1672, m. c. 1641 Theophilus SHATSWELL, b. prob. Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England c. 1600, d. Haverhill, MA 17 Aug 1663. He was in New England by 1639, and she likely came over as a single woman, but with whom is not known.
  • (prob.) Haniel, b. c. 1615 (aged about 66 in 1681), m. c. 1653 Abigail SCOTT, bapt. Rattlesden, Suffolk, England 5 March 1625[/6?], daughter of Thomas Scott and Elizabeth Strutt (see earlier). He came to New England in 1638 from the vicinity of Boston, Lincolnshire, England with other youths, destined to be servants of John Whittingham. of Southerton, Lincolshire, and Ipswich, Mass.
  • Dorcas, b. say 1625, m. say 1649 Edward CLARK (see above).

(9g) William Gutterson[edit]

Dawes-Gates Anc (1943):344-5

William Gutterson, b. say 1625, d. (Ipswich?) 26 June 1666, m. say 1651 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1631, liv. 1693/4. He was in Ipswich, Mass. by 1643, as shown by the will of William Nevill, a business partner. He was a herdsman in Ipswich, directed to keep cows on the north side of the river in 1647. Widow Elizabeth was given administration of William's estate in July 1666. She m. (2) Haverhill, Mass. 17 Nov 1670 John CALLUM/COLLINS/KILHAM who d. 25 Feb 1693/4. Known children, birth dates recorded at Ipswich:

  • Susanna, b. say 1652, d. Andover, Mass. 29 Dec 1710, m. Andover 27 May 1672 Samuel PRESTON, son of Roger Preston.
  • William, b. 20 Sep 1658, d. Ipswich 29 Jan 1659[/60?].
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1659 "aged about 18" in 1677; no further record.
  • Mary, b. 8 Aug 1660, liv. 1718, m. Hanniel CLARK (see above).
  • John, b. 24 March 1661/2, liv. 1700, m. Andover, Mass. 14 Jan 1688/9 Abigail BUCKMASTER.
  • Sarah, b. 3 July 1665, liv. April 1701 when her last child was born, m. Haverhill 8 Nov 1688 Israel HENDRICK, son of Daniel Hendrick.

(8g) Richard Messer[edit]

Annis Spear Anc

Richard Messer/Mercer, b. c. 1645, d. Haverhill, Mass. 29 March 1671, was perhaps the son of an Abiel Messer, but no documentary evidence on such a person has been found. Richard m. Haverhill 18 March 1667/8 Hannah Shatswell, b. Haverhill 6 July 1651, d. there 27 Dec 1670, the daughter of Theophilus Shatswell and Susanna Bosworth. Hannah died immediately after the birth of their only child, and Richard died soon thereafter. In 1672 at the annual town meeting of Haverhill, Robert Emerson and his wife brought the orphan child to the meeting, desiring the town take care of it, and pay the couple for previous care. Only child:

  • Abiel, b. Haverhill 27 Dec 1670, m. Abigail MARSH

(7g) Abiel Messer[edit]

Abiel, the son of Richard Messer and Hannah Shatswell, was b. Haverhill 27 Dec 1670, d. Methuen 6 Aug 1756, and m. Haverhill 3 Jan 1693/4 Abigail MARSH, b. Hingham 21 Feb 1670/1, d. Methuen 3 March 1761, the daughter of Onesiphorous Marsh and Hannah Cutler. Children: [172]

  • Richard, b. Haverhill 9 Nov 1695, d. Methuen 3 Dec 1765, m. Haverhill 30 Nov 1721 Mehitable SMITH, b. Haverhill 22 Feb 1701/2, d. Methuen 27 April 1790, the daughter of Samuel Smith and Abigail Emerson. They had eight children born in Methuen from 1722 to 1741.
  • Thomas, b. Haverhill 12 May 1698, m. Methuen 9 July 1722 Jane PEARLE, b. Boxford 9 Oct 1698, d. Methuen 15 Sep 1757. They had ten children born 1723 to 1741, the first three born in Haverhill, and the other seven in Methuen.
  • John, b. Haverhill 18 March 1699/00, d. Methuen 27 March 1745, m. Andover 29 March 1727 Sarah BARKER, b. Andover 30 May 1709, living in 1745, the daughter of Samuel Barker and Sarah Gage. John and Sarah had five children born in Methuen, 1730 to 1738.
  • Nathaniel, b. Haverhill 15 Sep 1704, d. Methuen 12 Jan 1775, m. Dracut 12 or 17 Dec 1728 Elizabeth GUTERSON, b. Andover 1703, d. Methuen 22 Jan 1782, daughter of John Guterson and Abigail Buckmaster. They had seven children born 1729 to 1748.
  • Theophilus, b. Haverhill 10 May 1707, d. Methuen 21 Jan 1757 in his 50th year
  • Hannah, b. 22 April 1711, d. c. 1761, m. Methuen 26 Oct 1732 John CROSS, b. Haverhill 22 Sep 1711, d. Methuen 5 or 15 June 1769, the son of John Cross and Sarah Peacock. Following Hannah's death, John m. (2) Methuen 29 July 1762 Martha (Hibbard) Cross, b. Andover 17 May 1722, the daughter of John Hibbard and Dorothy Graves, and the widow of Samuel Cross who she m. 30 July 1741, and who d. 28 Sep 1756. Hannah and John had eight children, b. 1734 to 1750, after which John and Martha had two more, born 1763 and 1765.
  • Abigail, baptized Haverhill 27 Sep 1713, m. Methuen 5 Dec 1739 Josiah EMERSON.

(10g) Judith Shatswell (line 3 of 3)[edit]

see sandbox 8

(9g) Theophilus Shatswell (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox 8

(9g) George Marsh (line 4 of 4)[edit]

see sandbox b2

(8g) Onesiphorous Marsh (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see above

(9g) John Cutler (line 2 of 2)[edit]

see above

References[edit]

  1. ^ Noyes, Libby & Davis 1979, p. 138.
  2. ^ Anderson 2005, pp. 114–116.
  3. ^ Noyes, Libby & Davis 1979, p. 212.
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