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Lippitt ancestry

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Rosalind R. Rose ancestry

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William G. Rose

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Shell

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THOMAS ROSE (c.1681-1733)

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MARY GATES (1676-1737)

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SAMUEL ELDRED (c.1680-c.1718) and MARY ELDRED (c.1690-1762)

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ANNE (MARBURY) HUTCHINSON (1591-1645)

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ELISHA SHERMAN (c.1685-1751)

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MARY SWEET (1696-1775) & JAMES SWEET (1687-after 1740)

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NATHANIEL HAVENS (c.1675-1763)

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MARGARET MAIN

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DAVID NORTHUP (c.1668-c.1725)

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SUSANNA CONGDON (born c.1678)

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NICHOLAS GARDNER (c.1685-1743)

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MARY ELDRED (identical to SAMUEL ELDRED, above)

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JOHN AUSTIN (c.1692-c.1760)

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JAMES SWEET (identical to MARY SWEET, above)

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MARY SHERMAN (identical to ELISHA SHERMAN, above)

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(8g) Joanna Rose

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Christine Rose Ms (1980):1-2, which apparently borrowed heavily from the Spicer Gen. (1911):545-9; Parke Gen (1902):13-14

Joanna _______, born say 1630, liv. Sep 1698, m. (1) say 1650 _______ ROSE; m. (2) say 1665 Robert FLEMING, d. by 1681; and m. (3) by 1687 _______ OLMSTEAD. The name of her first husband, by family tradition, was Thomas Rose, and this is loosely supported by a 1698 law suit involving pewter dishes, one of which had the initials "T & J R". Joanna is first of record on 30 Sep 1669 when she, as the wife of Robert Flemming, received a grant of 30 acres at Stonington, CT. Robert Flemming had purchased land in Stonington on 17 Feb 1669[/70?], which was laid out to him on 4 May 1678 as adjoining land of Thomas Edwards and son. On 8 Dec 1674, Robert Flemming made over to his "son-in-law" (not named, but this would have been his step-son, Thomas Rose) all the land he had purchased 30 Sep 1669 of Aaron Stark. One of these parcels of land was sold in 1719 by Thomas Rose and his sister Mary (Rose) Parke. On 18 July 1681, widow Joanna Flemming deeded land to her son Thomas Rose, and on 15 Sep 1687 she acknowledged this deed as Mrs. Joanna Olmstead. The land transactions and the 1698 court case are the only known records of Joanna. Her known children, both with her first husband, surname Rose:

  • Thomas, b. c. 1653, m. Hannah ALLYN (see below).
  • Mary, b. say 1665, liv. 1719, and m. c. 1693 (per Parke Gen), as his second wife, Robert PARKE, b. say 1654, (d. Groton, CT 11 Sep 1707), son of Thomas Parke and Dorothy Thompson. Robert had m. (1) Norwich, CT 24 Nov 1681 Rachel Leffingwell, with whom he had two children born in 1682 and 1684. On one website, Mary is credited with eight children born from c. 1694 to c. 1707; if this is accurate, then she is likely younger than suggested here. The 1902 Parke Genealogy names these eight children, but gives no birth dates, and only gives a baptismal date for one of them--10 Oct 1697 for son Robert.

(7g) Thomas Rose

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Thomas Rose, the son of Joanna Rose and her husband whose name may have also been Thomas, was born c. 1653, d. Preston, CT 19 April 1744, and married c. 1678 Hannah ALLYN, b. say 1655, the daughter of Robert and Sarah Allyn. The birth year of c. 1653 comes from the assumption that he was 21 years old when his stepfather deeded him land in 1674. It also fits well with his first child being born in 1679. The marriage date of 16 Sep 1680? given by Torrey is too late to accommodate the calculated birth year of 1679 for the oldest daughter, Joanna. If Torrey's marriage date of 1680 is accurate, then she might be of a different mother, but there is no other basis for making such an assumption. In March 1651, the Allyns came to Connecticut from Manchester, Mass. with a group of settlers from Gloucester, Mass. They first settled at New London, but had moved to Norwich before 1662. The family name appears to have been spelled Allen in Massachusetts, but then changed to Allyn. Thomas Rose served during King Phillips War, and as a result shared in the division of volunteer's land which later became Votuntown, CT. He was Deputy from Preston to the Connecticut General Assembly in October 1695, then again from 1720 to 1724. He is called Sergeant Thomas Rose in some records and Captain Thomas Rose in others, including the Joshua Hempstead Diary. Thomas was not only a member of the CT General Assembly, but also a large landholder and a very wealthy man. His inventory at death was valued at nearly 2500 pounds, per the History of Norwich, CT. His will was dated 20 Nov 1743 and proved in 1744. Children, all born in New London Co., CT, probably in Preston: [19]

  • Joanna, b. 1679 (calculated from grave stone), d. Groton, CT 3 Jan 1761 in her 82nd year, and m. Preston, CT 3 June 1699 Edward AVERY, b. Groton, CT 20 Feb 1675 (calculated from tombstone), d. Ledyard, CT 14 March 1759 aged 84y 24d, the son of James Avery and Deborah Stallion of Groton, CT. Edward and Joanna both have grave markers in the Edward Avery Cemetery, Ledyard, CT. [20]
  • Thomas, b. 1681, d. May 1733 in 52nd year, and m. c. 1704 Mary GATES, b. c. 1676.
  • Hannah, b. c. 1683, d. Preston, CT 19 July 1724, m. Preston, CT 22 Feb 1703 Samuel STERRY, b. Stonington, CT 1674, d. Preston 15 April 1734, aged 59, the son of Roger Sterry and Hannah (Palmer) Hewitt. Following Hannah's death, Samuel m. 6 Feb 1724/5 Mehetable Starkweather, with whom he had two children born in Preston, CT. Samuel held the title of Captain. He at one time had a grave marker in the little Brown Cemetery in Preston, and if Hannah is also buried there, no record has been found. [21]
  • Dorcas, b. c. 1685, m. Groton, CT 11 Nov 1704 Nathaniel BELLOWS, b. Concord, Mass. 3 April 1676, still living (in Groton, CT) 22 Feb 1759 when named in a deed, the son of John Bellows and Mary Wood of Marlboro, Mass. Dorcas and Nathaniel had eight known children, born 1705 to 1722 (see History of Ledyard, CT).
  • Deborah, b. c. 1687, d. Preston, CT 3 Jan 1770, m. Preston, CT 15 May 1710 Samuel PARTRIDGE, b. Duxbury, Mass 10 March 1687, d. Preston, CT 19 Oct 1774, the son of John Partridge and Hannah Seabury of Duxbury, Mass. Deborah and Samuel had eight known children born from 1716 to 1730. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Samuel and Deborah, though their burial locations are unknown. [22]
  • Damaris, b. c. 1689, d. 1754, m. Preston, CT 12 Dec 1711 Joseph GATES, b. Sudbury, Mass. 16 March 1679/80, d. Preston, CT 24 Oct 1742, the son of Thomas Gates and Elizabeth Freeman of Sudbury, Mass. and Preston, CT. Joseph's will, dated 14 Oct 1742, was probated the following month, on 4 November. His estate was very large, valued at over 4000 pounds. The will of Damaris, widow, was dated 22 June 1754, and probated six months later on 28 December. Damaris and Joseph had seven known children, born 1712/3 to 1732.
  • Mary, b. c. 1691, m. Groton, CT 29 April 1712 Henry PELTON, b. Bristol, Mass. (now RI) 10 Dec 1690 (VRRI), d. Groton, CT 1763 (web source only), the son of Samuel Pelton and Mary Smith of Bristol. Mary and Samuel had ten known children, born 1714 to 1732.
  • Joseph, b. 3 April 1693, d. Preston, CT 14 Jan 1770, aged 76y 9m 11d, m. Preston 15 Sep 1715 Sarah PELTON, b. Bristol, Mass. (now Rhode Island) 23 March 1692/3, d. Preston, CT 30 Jan 1770, aged 76y 10m 4d, daughter of Samuel Pelton and Mary Smith of Bristol. The death dates and ages for Joseph and Sarah come from the Barbour collection of Connecticut vital records. The Preston vital records give dates that differ only very slightly: his death date as 15 Jan 1770, and her death date as 2 Feb 1770. Joseph and Sarah had six known children, born 1717 to 1732.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1695, m. Preston, CT 11 Nov 1711 (I question this record, since their first known child wasn't born until 1717; some web accounts give the year as 1714, which, to me, is much more reasonable) Samuel KILLAM, b. c. 1691, d. Preston 13 Feb 1744/5 (per web sources, but I find no record of this). Samuel was the son of John Killam and Hannah Pickford of Wenham, Mass. and Preston, CT according to a PDF found on the web. Elizabeth and Samuel had nine known children born 1717 to 1733.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1697, d. 5 Nov or 5 Dec 1729 (web records only, but either of these dates is consistent with the date of his remarriage), m. Preston, CT 5 March 1718 John KILLAM, b. Wenham, Mass. 7 Sep 1698, d. 1753, the son of Samuel Killam and Deborah Dorn of Wenham, Mass. Following Sarah's death, John m. (2) Preston, CT 13 Feb 1729/30 Abigail Kimball, b. Preston 11 Oct 1709, d. c. 1734, daughter of John Kimball and Sarah Goodhue; and he m. (3) c. 1735 Hepsibah Parke, who is the wife named in his will. He was called of Preston in his will, dated 9 Feb 1753 and proved in October of the same year.

(6g) Thomas Rose, Jr.

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Thomas Rose, was b. likely at Preston, CT 1681, and died in Preston [15?] May 1733, "in ye 52 year of his age", the son of Thomas Rose and Hannah Allyn of Preston. He was married about 1704 to Mary GATES, b. Charlestown, MA 10 Mar 1676, d. Preston, CT 7 June 1737, the daughter of Thomas Gates and Elizabeth Freeman. The will of Thomas Rose was dated 13 April 1733, and proved shortly thereafter on 28 May. Thomas and Mary are buried in the Geer Cemetery in Griswold, CT, both with surviving grave markers which are both very difficult to read. The children of Thomas and Mary, all born in Preston: [23]

  • Thomas, b. 27 Feb 1705, d. 12 April 1778, m. (1) Preston, CT 28 March 1727/8 Joannah WYATT, b. c. 1705, d. 28 March 1741 per family sources (died on her anniversary?) the daughter of Jonathan Wyatt and Martha Vose; m. (2) Norwich, CT 28 June 1742 (per web source) Sarah HARRIS, b. Plainfield, CT 18 May 1722, daughter of Thomas Harris and Elizabeth Church. Thomas had five known children with his first wife and nine more with second wife. Thomas has a grave marker in the Geer Cemetery, Griswold, CT. [24]
  • Peter, b. 19 June 1707, d. 7 Oct 1787 (tombstone) or 9 Oct 1787 (church record), m. Preston, CT 27 Nov 1735 Elizabeth Fish, b. Feb 1714 (web source), d. Preston, CT 20 Feb 1794, perhaps the daughter of Samuel Fish and Elizabeth Williams. Peter has a grave stone in the Geer Cemetery, Griswold, CT. [25]
  • John, b. 2 Aug 1709, m. (1) Elizabeth ELDRED and m. (2) Hannah SWEET (see below).
  • Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1712, baptized at Preston 10 Aug 1712, d. Providence, RI 7 Oct 1801, and married at Preston 31 May 1734 her first cousin, Cyprian STERRY, b. c. 1710, d. 3 July 1772 in his 63rd year, the son of Samuel Sterry and Hannah Rose. Elizabeth's age at death of 94 years and 7 months, found in various journals, is overstated by five years. Cyprian has a grave marker in the North Burial Ground in Providence. Since Elizabeth died in Providence as his widow, she is almost certainly there as well, but has no grave marker. [26]
  • Josiah, b. 27 April 1713, d. Preston, CT 20 Jan 1733/4.
  • Mary, baptized Preston 12 July 1717. In her father's 1733 will, Mary was called incapable of her own maintenance.

(5g) John Rose

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John, the son of Thomas Rose and Mary Gates, was born in Preston, CT 2 Aug 1709, d. S. Kingstown, RI 7 Oct 1785, and m. (1) SK 12 June 1734 Elizabeth ELDRED, b. NK 1 March 1710, d. SK 10 Oct 1774 (Jeffrey Watson diary, RIGR 3:8), the daughter of Samuel Eldred and Abigail Northup. John m. (2) Hannah SWEET, b. c. 1731, wp 10 Nov 1800 (SK Probate 1:67), the daughter of James Sweet and Mary Sherman. John Rose was called of Preston, CT when he first married in 1734, but was of Groton, CT on 2 Sep 1748 when he paid to Thomas Hazard 9600 pounds for 300 acres of land in S. Kingstown, complete with mansion house. Family legend has it that George Washington stayed at Rose's mansion house while on his way to Newport to meet the French general, Rochambeau. Actually, he had a meal there, as reported by James N. Arnold in the Narragansett Historical Regiser, 3:170: "When Gen Washington went to Newport, March 6 1781, he stopped to take dinner with John Rose, whose house stood on the same site as one occupied by the late Wm C. Watson, a short distance west from the Mooresfield factory."

In 1770 and 1771 Rose was a justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace (Smith 1:290, 294). His will, dated 22 June 1783, was proved in S. Kingstown on 25 Oct 1785. John and Elizabeth are buried in the Broad Rock Lane Cemetery, RI Hist Cem SK #11. Their tombstones were topped when I visited in 1988 and 2014, but they continue to be legible. The children were all with his first wife, though the first child appears not to be John's natural child based on the wording of his will. The first six were probably all born in CT, and the last two in S. Kingstown, RI: [27]

  • Samuel, b. 21 Oct 1734, living 22 June 1783 when mentioned in his father's will. He m. NK 28 Dec 1763 Abigail MINER of Stonington, CT. He appears not to have been a natural son of John Rose, who wrote in his will, "As to my former Wife Son Samuel Rose I give him five Shillings to be paid by my Executors & so Exclude him forever here hereafter coming for any of my Estate or having of any thing More of my Estate for he is not my Son." Samuel was a Second Lieutenant in the RI Regiment going against Crown Point in Feb 1755, and progressed in the militia until becoming a Colonel by May 1761. He was called of Richmond, RI in a deed dated 21 July 1772.
  • Abigail, b. 1 July 1736, d. NK 6 Oct 1794, m. NK 19 July 1761 John CONGDON, b. NK 21 Feb 1736, d. NK 3 Jan 1798, son of John Congdon and Patience Northup. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for John and Abigail Congdon, and put into a Congdon cemetery in N. Kingstown, but it is not certain they are actually buried there. [28]
  • Thomas, b. 30 Jan 1739, drowned near Havana, Cuba in 1762. He was an officer in the RI militia from 1757 to 1762, and was at one time in his brother Samuel's company. Administration of his estate was given to his father on 13 Dec 1762. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for him: [29]
  • John, b. 13 June 1742, d. SK 23 Aug 1827, m. 3 Jan 1779 Orpha SWEET, b. about 1743, d. SK 2 July 1830 aged 87. John was called a Revolutionary War soldier in one of his death notices. He and Orpha are buried in the Broad Rock Lane Cemetery, near his parents. [30]
  • James, b. 19 Dec 1744, d. NK 3 May 1830, m. (1) Thankful MINER; m. (2) Dorcas SHERMAN. James and second wife are buried with no other known people in a small plot off Shermantown Rd. in N. Kingstown. [31]
  • Phebe, b. 4 Dec 1746, d. young.
  • Philip, b. 11 Dec 1748, died on the prison ship Jersey in the New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War. He appears in several S. Kingstown deeds through 1774. On 10 Dec 1792 Col. Thomas Potter was granted administration upon the personal estate of Philip Rose. [32]
  • Stephen, b. 1 March 1750, was a prisoner of war during the Rev. War, but there appears to be no record for him other than his birth.

(4g) James Rose

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James, the son of John Rose and Elizabeth Eldred, was born in South Kingstown, RI 19 Dec 1744 and died in North Kingstown, RI on 3 May 1830. He was married first in Stonington, Connecticut on 20 April 1769 (by Rev. Nathaniel Eells) to Thankful MINER (3 Oct 1743-1786), the daughter of Rev. Rufus and Mary (Miner) Miner. Thankful was still living on 22 May 1786 when she co-signed a deed with her husband. Following her death in 1786, James married by 26 Mar 1787 (when she cosigned a deed) Dorcas SHERMAN, b. 1764, d. 12 Aug 1839, the daughter of Benoni Sherman and Margaret Havens, whose full name may have been Elizabeth Dorcas, since she is named "Elizabeth D." in the death record of her son George. According to a secondary source, James was a member of the Kingston Reds during the Revolutionary War and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, and other encounters. A photo of the coat that James wore at Valley Forge appeared with a newspaper article which is reproduced in a short manuscript genealogy of the family.

James appears on the 1777, 1782, 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820 censuses in North Kingstown. In 1800 he and his wife were enumerated with four boys under 10, and one aged 10-15. In 1810 the couple was with three boys under 10. In 1830 "Widow Dorcas Rose" appears on the census in N. Kingstown, enumerated with a male aged 40-49, and six free blacks of various ages. James died in North Kingstown, RI, and though his tombstone gives a death date of 1 May 1830, his obituaries in the "Providence Journal," the "Rhode Island American", and the "Manufacturers and Farmers Journal" all give his death date as 3 May, so that is the date chosen for this memorial. James and his second wife, Dorcas, are buried in a small family plot off of Slocum Rd. in North Kingstown, theirs being the only two markers in this little plot that was originally the property of Dorcas' father, Benoni Sherman. James had 16 children, 7 with his first wife, and 9 with the second. They were: [33]

With wife Thankful Miner:

  • Rufus, b. 1767, d. in So. Kingstown 5 Nov 1848, m. (1) ca 1789 Nancy TENANT, b. c. 1775, d. c. 1805. An online account gives her death date as 11 May 1837, but this conflicts with the Rose manuscript (many contributors) that says Rufus m. (2) ca 1806 Hattie BRAMAN. The birth year given for Rufus Rose, 1767, comes from a family record, but conflicts with the marriage date of his parents in 1769. Assuming the 1769 marriage date is correct, it is possible that Rufus was actually born a few years later than the date given. He appears on the 1790 census in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, but in each federal census from 1800 to 1840 he appears in South Kingstown.
  • Polly, b. 1769, d. ca 1782 (Rose Ms.)
  • Mercy (Mary), b. SK 5 Nov 1771, d. SK 12 Oct 1848, m. c. 1794 Ebenezer ADAMS, b. Westerly, RI 28 May 1772, d. SK 14 Sep 1867, the son of Maj Ebenezer Adams Sr and Martha Taylor. He was a cooper by trade. There is a question as to whether or not Ebenezer, his wife, and his father are actually buried in the little Ebenezer Adams cemetery in South Kingstown (SK #31). After James N. Arnold recorded the cemetery in 1880, when only the William Sherman stone was present, someone thereafter erected the monuments for Ebenezer and his father (on both sides of the same stone) and Ebenezer's wife, Mary. In 1897 the DAR erected an 18-foot tall monolith in honor of Major Ebenezer Adams in the Potter Lot, RI Historical Cemetery, South Kingstown, #84. Uncertainty continues as to which cemetery contains the remains of the Adams family.[34] [35]
  • Infant son, b. ca 1774, d. young.
  • Elizabeth, b. ca 1776, m. NK 17 Mar 1799 John SMITH, son of Benjamin and Ruth Smith. According to Stephen Lawton (quoted in the Sherman Gen.), Elizabeth had had a son by Nathaniel Sherman before marrying John Smith. This son, b. 1795, was named John Rose, keeping his mother's surname. A John Rose, aged 80, appears in S. Kingstown in the 1875 RI census with wife Harriet, aged 62. An online account says John and Eliz. Smith had a daughter, Elizabeth (1815-1875) who m. Lovell Swisher and went to Iowa where she is buried. If this is accurate, then the John Smith who died in Washington Co., RI would not be this one.
  • Sarah, b. 15 Nov 1778, d. Providence, RI 21 Mar 1863, m. RI 11 April 1802 Jason WILLIAMS, b. Pomfret, CT 8 Sep 1774, d. Providence, RI 6 June 1863, the son of Elijah and Abigail Williams. Jason was a life-long free mason, and he is memorialized in an account linked here. Sarah and Jason are buried in the Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI. [36] [37]
  • John, b. ca 1780, may be the one of that name who m. Sarah WHITMAN, b. 1784, d. Middleton, RI 30 May 1824, dau of Paul Whitman and Hannah Reynolds who were of N. Kingstown in 1800, but of Middletown in 1810. It is possible that he is the John Rose of RI who died "at the NY Hospital" on 25 Dec 1832.

With second wife, Dorcas Sherman, all born in N. Kingstown:

  • Thankful, b. 1788, d. 15 Aug 1815, m. SK 1 Apr 1815 Capt. Samuel THURBER, b. Providence, RI 31 Jan 1785, d. Providence 15 Feb 1857, son of Samuel Thurber and Mehitable Dexter. Thankful apparently died in childbirth, and is buried in RI Hist. Cem. SK #11 with her infant. Samuel was married (2) on 12 Sep 1819 to Abby Alger, and is buried with his second wife in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI. [38] [39] [40]
  • Hannah, b. ca 1790, d. Greenville, CT 7 June 1833, m. (1) William CONGDON; m. (2) David SHERMAN, b. N. Kingstown 1790, d. Norwich, CT 17 June 1834, the son of Eber Sherman and Sarah Hammond. Hannah was murdered with an axe in 1833 by her second husband, who had intemperate habits. She was holding her 18-month old daughter on her lap when struck with the axe, and the child was killed as well. David was tried by jury, and executed a year later. The burial of Hannah and her child is mentioned in several newspapers, the following item being from the "Cabinet" (Schenectady, NY), vol. III, issue 169, p 2 (26 June 1833): "The bodies of his [Sherman's] wife and child were interred on Sunday morning, followed to the grave by a very large concourse, probably not less than fifteen hundred persons." Since the family lived in Greenville, the assumption is that Hannah and child were buried in Greenville Cemetery, now known as the Hickory Street Cemetery. David may be the David Sherman who served from Connecticut in the military in 1813, 1814, and 1817, presumably during and after the War of 1812. Following his execution, his burial was mentioned in an article in the Connecticut Gazette (New London), vol LXXI, Issue 3684, p 3 (18 June 1834): "The body after hanging half an hour was placed in a coffin, and buried, (we presume temporarily) in the common cemetary [sic] of the town [of Norwich]." Whether his body remained in the Norwich cemetery has not been determined. There are scores of newspaper accounts throughout New England and the eastern United States, documenting the murder, trial, and execution. [41]
  • Solomon, b. NK 4 Jul, c. 1792, d. E. Greenwich, RI 9 July 1833, m. Mary ADAMS, b. 31 Jan 1795, d. Cumberland, RI 22 Jan 1871, the daughter of Ebenezer Adams. Solomon lived with his family in South Kingstown, RI in 1820, and in Exeter, RI in 1830. Following his death, his widow married in Seekonk, Mass. on 26 Dec 1837 Isaac Leach, b. 5 Jan 1794, d. 1884, the son of Oliver Leach and Sarah Sarle. Mary and Isaac appeared with their son Isaac in Cumberland, RI on the 1850, 1865, and 1870 censuses. Mary is buried with a grave marker in the Sherman Lot in North Kingstown (her first husband's mother was a Sherman). Solomon is almost certainly buried with other members of the Rose family outside the wall of the Ebenezer Adams Lot in South Kingstown. [42] [43]
  • Rowland Robinson (usually called Robinson), b. 1793, d. Exeter, RI 26 Sep 1852, married about 1827 Anstis NORTHUP, b. N. Kingstown 8 Sep 1795, d. Exeter 23 July 1885, the daughter of Robert Northup and Mary L. Crandall. The will of Rowland in N. Kingstown mentions wife Anstress and unnamed children, but much of it was lost; it was recorded on 24 Nov 1852 (RIGR 10:192). They are buried in the small Robert Northup Lot in N. Kingstown; Robinson has a grave marker but Anstis does not. [44]
  • James, b. 3 Dec, ca 1795, d. S. Kingstown before 1833, by drowning per the Rose Ms. In 1813 he was mentioned in a deed involving his brother Rowland R. Rose and his parents. The wording of the deed suggested that James was a minor at the time. It is likely that James is buried with other members of the Rose family in the Ebenezer Adams Lot in South Kingstown, their graves being outside the wall, and marked with field stones. [45]
  • George, b. 6 Jun 1797, m. Elizabeth Sweet NORTHUP. They are buried in the Rose Family Cemetery, S. Kingstown. [46]
  • Charles, b. NK 1800, d. S. Kingstown 8 Dec 1872, m. 1820 a significantly older woman, Lydia CONGDON, b. 14 April 1784, d. 19 April 1874, the daughter of James Congdon and Lydia Hedley. They had one son, Charles Henry Rose, who was living with both parents in North Kingstown in 1870. The son was born in 1826, and never married. Lydia has a surviving grave marker in the Congdon Family Cemetery off Congdon Hill Rd. in North Kingstown (RI Hist Cem NK #74), as are her parents and her son Charles H. Though there is no tombstone there for Charles, it is highly likely that he is buried there as well, since both his wife and his son are there. [47]
  • Godfrey, b. ca 1802. On 2 Jul 1824 he deeded property in NK to his brother Robinson Rose. See next entry.
  • Benoni, b. ca 1804. I've seen no record of him. According to Ruth Torbert in her Rose family manuscript, he and his brother Godfrey may have left on a whaling vessel and deserted in a South American port.

(3g) George Rose

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George, the 13th of 16 known children of James Rose, and the 6th of 9 children of James's second wife, Dorcas Sherman, was born S. Kingstown, RI 6 June 1797, d. Mooresfield (SK), RI 1 Oct 1885, and m. c. 1820 Elizabeth Sweet NORTHUP, b. 1798, d. 1877, the daughter of Benjamin Northup and Ruth Austin of both North and South Kingstown. According to a Rose family manuscript obtained by this memorialist, George's middle name was Washington, but of many public records of his that have been reviewed, not one even gives him a middle initial. His son George Edward Rose is called "Jr." on his tombstone. George (Sr.) was a farmer his entire life and resided in Moorsfield. His will, dated 18 April 1881, was proved in South Kingstown 9 November 1885. He and his wife had ten children, eight of whom are buried in the family cemetery where George and Elizabeth lie interred.

The following obituary for George Rose appeared in the Narragansett Times of 9 October 1885 (found on microfilm at the Rhode Island Historical Society): "Another of the town's oldest citizens has departed during the past week. Mr. George Rose of Moorsfield, after only a short illness died last Friday morning. The funeral services were solemnized at his late residence on Sunday afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. O. P. Emerson of the Peace Dale church, and consisted of scripture readings and prayer. The remains were buried in the family cemetery near the house. Eight of the grandsons acted as bearers. There was a large attendance of friends and relatives." George, Elizabeth, and nine of their ten children (Ruth being the exception) are buried in the Rose Lot, RI Hist Cem S Kingstown #10. Children, all born in South Kingstown: [48]

  • William Green, b. 1821, d. 1911, m. (1) Mary Taylor DIXON; m. (2) Mary Ann Griswold (MORRARTY) Tillinghast.
  • Benjamin Northup, b. 4 May 1823, d. S. Kingstown 11 April 1871, m. (1) 29 June 1845 Roxana WILCOX, b. 11 Oct 1821, d. Providence 28 March 1855, daughter of Sylvester Wilcox and Amy Sherman; m. (2) Johnston, RI 3 Sep 1856 Charity EDWARDS, b. Barnagat, NJ 1 Oct 1835, d. S. Kingstown 12 March 1889, daughter of Richard Edwards and Jemima Heyden. Benjamin had three children with his second wife, born from 1857 to 1868.
  • Benoni Sherman, b. 17 May 1825, d. N. Kingstown 24 Nov 1904, m. N. Kingstown 10 Sep 1848 Phebe Gardner NASON, b. S. Kingstown 18 April 1828, d. N. Kingstown 19 May 1898, the daughter of David Nason and Susan Gardner. They had four children born from 1849 to 1857.
  • Elizabeth Sweet, b. 20 Nov 1827, d. S. Kingstown 19 June 1900, m. (1) S. Kingstown 25 Oct 1849 James Edward Barrow WALKER, b. Rochedale or Blackburn, Lancashire, England 2 Jan 1821, d. Kingston, RI 5 July 1862, aged 41y 6m 3d, son of Edward B. and Hannah Walker. Elizabeth m. (2) S. Kingstown 12 Jan 1881, as his second wife, George Peckham DIXON, b. Newport, RI 14 Feb 1818, d. S. Kingstown 16 Jan 1889, son of James Dixon and Sarah Peckham. Elizabeth and her first husband are buried in the Rose family cemetery. Elizabeth and James had three children born 1856 to 1862.
  • Ruth Northup, b. 20 Feb 1830, d. S. Kingstown 25 June 1918, m. S. Kingstown 5 April 1860 Peleg Green LAWTON, b. N. Kingstown 27 June 1815, d. S. Kingstown 19 June 1900, the son of Peleg Green Lawton, Sr. and Thankful Phillips. Ruth was baptized at the Church of the Ascension in Wakefield (SK) on 18 April 1852, where she was later married. Ruth and Peleg had three children born from 1861 to 1864, one of whom was Stephen Duglas Lawton who did the bulk of the research on a Rose family manuscript. Ruth and Peleg are buried in the Old Fernwood Cemetery in S. Kingstown. [49]
  • George Edward (called George, Jr. on his gravestone), b. 24 March 1832, d. S. Kingstown 5 May 1896, m. (1) S. Kingstown 13 March 1854 Harriet N. Sweet, b. S. Kingstown 19 Oct 1835, d. S. Kingstown 6 April 1861, the daughter of George Sweet, Esq. and Esther Adams; m. (2) N. Kingstown 24 Dec 1863 Sarah Susan TUCKER, b. Point Judith (SK), RI 23 May 1841, d. S. Kingstown 15 Dec 1920, daughter of Lyman Tucker and Mary Crandall. George had three children with his first wife, born 1857 to 1860 and three more children with his second wife, born 1865 to 1876. Only two of these six children survived childhood.
  • Freelove Dorcas, b. 29 March 1834, d. S. Kingstown 10 Aug 1881, m. Green GARDINER, b. Exeter, RI 24 Nov 1832, d. Exeter 5 Oct 1906, the son of Joseph Wanton Gardiner and Mary Wilcox Hendrick(?). Freelove and Green had six known children born from 1856 to 1869.
  • Thankful Thurber, b. 10 May 1836 (per d. rec; 9 May per gravestone), d. Providence 1 Jan 1915, m. S. Kingstown 17 Feb 1859 Cary Dunn SLOCUM, b. S. Kingstown 27 March 1832, d. S. Kingstown 18 April 1907, son of Arnold Slocum and Ann Potter.
  • Hannah Maria, b. 26 June 1838, d. S. Kingstown 7 May 1914, never married. She was known as Aunt Rye.
  • Mary Frances, b. 1 Dec 1840, d. S. Kingstown 6 Dec 1913, never married.

(2g) William Green Rose

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William G., the son of George Rose and Elizabeth Sweet Northup of S. Kingstown, RI, was b. S. Kingstown 9 June 1821, d. E. Greenwich, RI 19 Jan 1911, and m. (1) 31 March 1844 Mary Taylor DIXON, b. Newport, RI 1 Feb 1822, d. 20 Apr 1866 (aged 44), the daughter of James Dixon and Sarah Peckham. He m. (2) Providence, RI 8 June 1866, Mary Ann Griswold (MORRARTY) Tillinghast, b. E. Haddam, CT 29 April 1828, d. E. Greenwich, RI 4 Sep 1916, the daughter of John M. Morrarty and Mary Marie Griswold of E. Thompson, CT. Mary was the widow of Thomas W. Tillinghast, b. Exeter 1824, d. 22 July 1856, the son of Pardon Tillinghast of Exeter. William G. Rose was a farmer, mill superintendent, and first president of the Exeter Grange. He was also a lieutenant colonel in the Rhode Island militia.

Mary Ann may have had three husbands, because in the 1850 census she was living at home with her parents, but her name was given as Mary Booth. She was then married in Killingly, CT on 15 March 1853 to Thomas W. Tillinghast; however, her name in the marriage record was Mary A. "Merrrty" and not Booth. Following the death of Thomas, she married the widower, William Greene Rose.

William G. appears on the 1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1910 censuses for Exeter, RI, while in 1870 he was in Hopkinton. In 1880 he is with his second wife and her two surviving children, and a "daughter" Sarah A., who in all liklihood is Sadie Morrarty, the niece of Mary Ann, and the orphaned daughter of her younger brother Andrew T. Morrarty. In 1900 William G. is with wife Mary Ann, married 34 years, she with two of five children still living. Living with them is her widowed son, Albert Tillinghast, and his three children aged 16 to 20. In 1910 William G. and Mary Ann were still living with her son Albert Tillinghast who was still a widower, but now with his three children gone from the household. William G. and Mary Rose are buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery (or George Rose Lot, after his father), RI Hist Cem SK #10. [50]

Children of William G. Rose with first wife, Mary Dixon:

  • George Peckham, b. S. Kingstown 20 Jan 1845, d. Providence 27 Jan 1898, and m. N. Kingstown 21 June 1868 Mary A. BROWNING, b. N. Kingstown 27 April 1850, d. Providence 8 March 1921, daughter of Samuel Gardner Browning and Abby E. Edwards. George was a manufacturer. George and Mary are buried in the Elm Grove Cemetery in North Kingstown. [51]
  • Sarah Elizabeth, b. S. Kingstown 13 Sep 1846, d. Cranston 7 June 1915, m. Exeter 1 Jan 1868 Courtland Thomas HALL, b. Westerly, RI 5 Sep 1844, d. S. Kingstown 23 Feb 1909, the son of Thomas Hall and Phebe Cheseboro Pendleton of Westerly, RI. Courtland was a carpenter. Sarah and Courtland are buried in the River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, RI. [52]
  • Juliet Amanda Carter, b. N. Kingstown, RI 4 Dec 1847, d. Richmond Co. (Staten Island), NY 2 March 1902, m. RI 19 Sep 1872 Henry Leonard LATHROP, b. Bozrah, CT 20 Jan 1846, d. 1927, son of Elisha Lathrop and Lauranna Charlotte Avery. In 1875 Juliet was living with husband and daughter in Providence, RI, and in 1880 the family was in Waltham, Middlesex, MA, now with a second daughter. In 1900 Henry and Juliet lived on Staten Island (Richmond Co.), New York, with three children. Juliet died shortly thereafter, and on 23 January 1905 Henry L. Lathrop married Anstiss V. Lathrop, and he appears with her in the 1910 and 1920 censuses in Norwich, CT. Juliet is buried in the Bethel Methodist Cemetery in Tottenville, Richmond Co. (Staten Island), NY. Henry and his daughter Mary D. are buried in the Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, CT. Children: Mary D., b. CT July 1873, d. 1931; Carrie R., b. RI Nov 1876; Henry J., b. MA March 1883 [53]
  • James Anthony, b. Exeter 31 May 1849, d. Narragansett 9 Jun 1910, and m. S. Kingstown 4 Oct 1888 Ethel May RODMAN, b. S. Kingstown 17 Sep 1867, d. Narragansett 6 July 1927, daughter of James Helme Rodman and Abby Smith. James was postmaster at Narragansett Pier. James and Ethel share a gravestone in Riverside Cemetery, Wakefield (S. Kingstown), RI. [54]
  • Mary Dixon, b. Exeter 30 Nov 1850, d. Westerly, RI 29 Sep 1906, m. Exeter 7 Sep 1870 William Walker BABCOCK, b. Westerly 1850, d. by 1906 (per wife's d. rec.), son of Benjamin P. Babcock and Harriet N. Walker. Mary's death record gives her burial location as Wakefield [RI], so she is most likely buried in the Riverside Cemetery where her older brother is buried, but likely has no gravestone since she is not listed in the South Kingstown cemetery book. [55]
  • Carrie Frances, b. S. Kingstown 10 Jan 1852, d. Ormond Beach, FL 29 July 1928, m. Exeter, RI 27 Nov 1873 Charles Allen EDWARDS, son of Gardner C. Edwards and Anna Newman. In 1875 the couple was living in Providence with an infant and Charles's younger sister, Annie G. Edwards. In 1880 they were still in Providence with three children and Charles's sister. There is a divorce record of Charles A. Edwards and Carrie F. Edwards in York, Maine, dated May 1887. In 1900 Carrie was living in Daytona, FL, a widow, in the home of her daughter Nellie Mills. Carrie was the mother of three children, all of whom were living in 1900. In 1910 Carrie was still in the same place in her daughter's household. Carrie's Florida death certificate says she was divorced, and buried in Pinewood Cemetery, which is in Daytona Beach, FL. [56]
  • William Northup, b. Exeter 18 June 1853, d. N. Kingstown 16 Feb 1901, m. S. Kingstown 31 Dec 1874 Elmira Frances GARDNER, b. N. Kingstown 5 March 1851, d. S. Kingstown 20 Feb 1916, the daughter of Harrison Gardner and Hannah Browning. William was a merchant and station agent. William and Elmira share a stone in the Elm Grove Cemetery, N. Kingstown, RI. [57]
  • Herbert Percy, b. Exeter 30 Dec 1855, d. Springfield, Mass. 6 Oct 1881, and m. N. Kingstown 29 Jan 1879 Elizabeth Wells GARDINER, b. S. Kingstown 9 Aug 1860, d. N. Kingstown 11 May 1935, the daughter of Robert K. Gardiner and Almira Bicknell. Herbert was a carpenter and Elizabeth was a seamstress. Herbert and Elizabeth share one face of a four-sided monument with their daughter Bertha in the Elm Grove Cemetery, N. Kingstown. [58]

Children of Thomas Tillinghast and Mary Ann Morrarty:

  • Emma, b. 11 Dec 1853, d.Hopkinton 10 Dec 1870, buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Ashaway village (Hopkinton Hist Cem. #18). [59]
  • Albert W., b. RI July 1855, d. 1 Oct 1936, m. c. 1878 Hattie Segar HILL, b. Groton, CT 4 June 1863, d. 1887. They are buried in the Pardon Tillinghast Lot, Exeter #45, with his father and grandparents. [60]

Children of William G. Rose with second wife, Mary Ann Morrarty, all born Hopkinton, RI:

  • Rosalind Rosebud, b. 6 April 1867, d. Providence 15 Oct 1938, m. c. 1885 Edwin Thomas ARNOLD, b. 1856, d. 1951, the son of Joseph Reynolds Arnold and Hannah Mawney of Exeter and N. Kingstown, RI. Rosalind is buried with her husband and all four children in Quidnessett Cemetery, N. Kingstown, RI. [61]
  • Horace Babcock, b. 8 Jun 1868, d. Hopkinton 19 Dec 1870, shares a grave marker with his brother Edwin in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Ashaway village, Hopkinton, RI. His birth and death dates come from his father's family bible, and the death date agrees with that found in the Rhode Island Death Index. [62]
  • Edwin Merrill, b. 24 May 1869, d. Hopkinton 15 Dec 1870, shares a grave marker with his brother Horace in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Hopkinton. His birth and death dates come from his father's family bible, and the death date agrees with that found in the Rhode Island Death Index. The Westerly town records give his death date as 17 December, but the Hopkinton town records agree with the bible and death index, thus 15 December appears to be correct. [63]

(8g) Robert Allyn

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Waterman Fam (Jacobus; 1939):1:603-6

Robert Allyn, b. England c. 1616 (deposed in 1680, aged about 64), d. Allyn's Point, Ledyard, CT (then in New London) 1683, m. Sarah _______, living in 1683. Robert was a brother of William Allen, b. c. 1602, who came to New England as early as 1637. On 4 Feb 1638/9, the town of Salem, Mass. granted 25 acres at "Jeffrys Creeke" (Manchester, Mass.) to Robert Allyn. Manchester was the western part of Salem. Robert was a member of the Salem church on 15 May 1642. Robert Allen was a constable for Manchester in 1648 and a freeman there in June 1649. William continued to live in Manchester until his death in 1679, but Robert and others of Manchester and Gloucester moved to Pequot, later named New London, CT, in March 1651. He settled on the west side of the Thames River, but in 1656 moved to the east side of the river. He was of "New Norridge" in 1661, and a constable there in 1669. In fact, he was one of the original proprietors of Norwich, and his name appears on the Founders Monument there. His estate papers show that he was dead by 20 Sep 1683, but settlement wasn't made until 5 December of that year. Children:

  • John, b. 1640, bapt. Salem 22 March 1642, d. Groton, CT 1709, m. (1) New London, CT 24 Dec 1668 Elizabeth GAGER, b. Norwich, CT March 1649, daughter of John Gager. He m. (2) Hester (_______) Andrews. Following John's death, Hester m. New London 9 Aug 1715, as his fourth wife, Samuel Fox, b. c. 1651, d. 14 Sep 1727. The inventory of John Allyn's estate was presented 14 June 1709 by his widow Hester. John and Elizabeth had two children: Elizabeth, b. 24 Dec 1669, m. Thomas Waterman; and Robert, b. Sep 1671, m. Deborah Avery.
  • Sarah, b. 1642, bapt. Salem, Mass. 22 March 1642, d. Preston, CT 1723, m. New London, CT 17 Feb 1657/8 George GEER, b. say 1630, d. Preston 1726, the son of Jonathan Geere. They had eleven children born at New London, CT 1659 to 1683.
  • Mary, bapt. 19 Sep 1648, m. 4 Jan 1671/2 Thomas PARKE, Jr., of New London.
  • Hannah, b. say 1655, m. c. 1674 Thomas ROSE of Preston. I believe the marriage date of 16 Sep 1680 given to them is erroneous.
  • Deborah, b. say 1660, m. c. 1685 John GAGER, Jr., b. Sep 1647, d. 1691.

(9g) Eustace Gates

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NEHGR 160(2006):7-14

Eustace Gates, born say 1565, buried at Coney Weston, Suffolk, England 26 April 1626, m. there 4 March 1592/3 Rose WRIGHT, bapt. Coney Weston 25 Feb 1566/7, buried Hingham, Norfolk 25 July 1635, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Wright of Coney Weston. Eustace's will was dated 15 March 1625/6 and proved 5 June 1626 in the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury. Children, all baptized at Coney Weston: [64]

  • Thomas, bapt. 6 Dec 1593, bur. Hingham 2 Sep 1635, m. Hingham 24 June 1622 Margaret MYLNYE. She may be the "widow Gates" buried at Hingham 13 Dec 1639. They had five children baptized at Hingham from 1623 to 1634.
  • Rose, bapt. 29 Dec 1594
  • William, bapt. 18 April 1596, m. Hingham 18 Sep 1627 Alice FOULESAM.
  • Stephen, bapt. 26 Dec 1597, m. Ann NEAVE
  • Alice, baptized after 21 April 1599
  • Mary, bapt. 25 Dec 1601
  • Bridget, bapt. 1 May 1603, bur. Coney Weston 20 March 1616/7
  • Simon, bapt. 22 March 1606/7
  • Mary, bapt. 5 Nov 1609, m. Coney Weston 1629 (Oct 15?) John STIDMAN.

(8g) Stephen Gates

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NEHGR 15(1861):26, 120(1966):161-63, 137(1983):146, 160(2006):7-14, 163(2009):134-36; TAG 10(1933):199-200

Stephen, the son of Eustace Gates and Rose Wright, was baptized at Coney Weston, Suffolk, England on 26 Dec 1597, d. Cambridge, Mass. 1662, and m. Hingham, Norfolk, England 5 May 1628 Ann NEAVE, b. c. 1603, when she gave her age as about 70 in a deposition. Stephen, Ann, and at least two children sailed to New England in 1638 aboard the ship Diligent, and settled in Hingham, Mass. They didn't join the Hingham church until 3 May 1646 when three of their children were baptized. The family was in Lancaster, Mass. by 3 April 1654 when Stephen subscribed to town orders. Stephen's next move was to Cambridge, where he made his will on 9 June 1662, and where his inventory was taken on 29 Sep 1662. Following his death, Ann m. (2) (contract 18 April 1663) as his second wife, Richard Woodward of Watertown, who d. 16 Feb 1664/5. In her will, dated 18 April 1682, Ann called herself of Ponpositicut (Stow, Mass.) The will was proved 9 April 1683, and in it Ann called herself "Ann Gates", and in a footnote she said, "my last Husbands name was Woodward but I generally went by ye name of Gates notwithstanding." Stow records give her death date as 19 Feb 1682[/3], while Marlborough, Mass. records give her d. date as 5 Feb 1682. Children:

  • Elizabeth, b. prob. Norfolk, Eng. c. 1629, d. Hingham, Mass. 3 Aug 1704, m. Hingham, Mass. 29 Nov 1649 John LAZELL/LASSELL, b. 1619, d. Hingham, Mass. 21 Oct 1700, aged 81.
  • Stephen, b. prob. Norfolk, Eng. c. 1634, d. Stow, Mass. 9 July 1707, m. c. 1664 Sarah WOODWARD, b. 3 Feb 1642/3, d. after 15 Sep 1707. Stephen came to New England with his parents in 1638, and once an adult he resided with his family in Lancaster, Cambridge, Boston, Marlborough, and Stow. His will, dated in Stow 5 Sep 1701, was proved 15 Sep 1707. They had eight children born from 1665 to 1685.
  • Mary, bapt. Hingham, Norfolk 15 Oct 1636, m. Dudbury, Mass. 5 April 1658 John MAYNARD, b. c. 1620, d. Marlborough, Mass. 22 Dec 1711, probably aged about 81 years. John m. (2) c. 1679 Sarah (Blandford) Keyes, widow of Elias Keyes.
  • Simon, b. say 1638, bapt. Hingham, Mass. 3 May 1646, d. Muddy River (Boston, but now Brookline) 26 Aug 1692, m. prob. Nov 1670 Margaret BARSTOW, bapt. Scituate, Mass. 24 Feb 1649/50, d. Brookline 13 April 1707. Simon was a soldier during King Philip's War, and in 1735 his son Jonathan was granted land "in Narragansett Township" based on his father's service. They had eight children born in Cambridge from 1671 to 1689.
  • Thomas, b. say 1640, bapt. 3 May 1646, m. Elizabeth FREEMAN.
  • Isaac, b. say 1643, bapt. 3 May 1646, d. 3 Sep 1651
  • Rebecca, b. say 1646, bapt. 3 May 1646, d. Jan 1650.

(7g) Thomas Gates

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NEHGR 120(1966):164-5,262-4

Thomas, the son of Stephen Gates and Ann Neave, was b. c. 1640, baptized at Hingham, Mass. 3 May 1646 (with three other siblings), and died in Preston, CT 10 Aug 1726. He was married in Sudbury, Mass. 7 July 1670 to Elizabeth FREEMAN, b. Sudbury 23 June 1648, apparently dead by 1723 when not mentioned in her husband's will, the daughter of John Freeman and Elizabeth Noyes of Sudbury, Mass. This family is not closely connected with the family of Edmond Freeman of Lynn and Sandwich, Mass., as long thought, based on DNA studies. The family resided in Stow, Charlestown, Marlborough, and Sudbury, Mass. before moving to Preston, CT. In his will, dated 10 July 1723, with codicil 8 April 1724, Thomas called himself of Norwich, though his death was recorded in Preston. His land may have straddled both towns. The inventory of his estate totaled 535 pounds. Children: [65]

  • Elizabeth, b. Marlborough, Mass. 12 Oct 1671, d. Colchester, CT 14 Dec 1726, m. probably in Stow, Mass. c. 1690 Lt. John HOLMES, who m. (2) 3 Dec 1729 Ann Rockwell.
  • Sarah, b. Marlborough, Mass. 20 Nov 1673, was called Sarah Gates in her father's 1723 will.
  • Mary, b. Charlestown, Mass. 10 March 1676, m. Thomas ROSE.
  • John, b. Sudbury, Mass. 9 April 1678, d. Stow, Mass 19 Sep 1747 (gravestone), m. c. 1703 Mary BOWKER of Marlborough, Mass., b. 1683, d. Stow 24 April 1752 in her 70th year (gravestone). Mary's will, dated 13 March 1752, was proved 22 June 1752. They had five children, probably all born in Stow. John and Mary both have extant gravestones in the Lower Village Cemetery in Stow, Mass. [66]
  • Joseph, b. Sudbury, Mass. 16 March 1679/80, d. 24 Oct 1742, and m. Preston, CT 12 Dec 1711 Damaris ROSE, b. c. 1693, d. 1754, daughter of Thomas Rose and Hannah Allyn, and sister of Thomas Rose who married Joseph's sister, Mary. Damaris was a widow when she made her will on 22 June 1754, which was probated 28 Dec 1754. Capt Joseph Gates made his will 14 Oct 1742, proved 4 Nov 1742; inventory totaled 4640 pounds 16s 10d. Joseph and Damaris had seven children, all born in Preston from 1712/3 to 1732.
  • Josiah, b. Stow, Mass. 8 March 1681, d. probably in Colchester, CT after 22 Aug 1763 when he wrote his will. He m. (1) Colchester, CT 9 May 1714 Grace RATHBUN, b. New Shoreham, RI 16 July 1695, d. before 16 Dec 1748 when her father made his will, daughter of Joseph Rathbun and Mary Mosher of New Shoreham, Kingstowne, and Exeter, RI. Josiah m. (2) Elizabeth _______, who was named in his will of 1763. He had ten children, all born in Colchester.
  • Deborah, b. Stow, Mass. 22 Feb 1683, d. c. 1744, m. Preston, CT 1 June 1709 Samuel STANDISH, who m. (2) 15 Jan 1745 Mrs. Hannah (_______) Parke.
  • Anna, b. Stow, Mass. 18 July 1686, d. Preston, CT 27 March 1766, m. Preston 25 Jan 1709/10 Hopestill TYLER who d. Preston 17 Oct 1762.
  • Abigail, b. Stow, Mass. 18 Feb 1688, d. Preston, CT 10 July 1774, m. there 21 May 1713 Caleb FOBES Jr.
  • Ruth, b. c. 1690, m. Preston, CT 30 Sep 1724, as his second wife, John ANDRUS of Norwich, CT. Ruth was still living on 15 Jan 1762. John wrote his will 23 Jan 1747/8, and the inventory of his estate was dated 7 Sep 1751. Ruth became a member of the First Church in Preston on 28 Jan 1721/2.
  • Caleb, b. 1693, d. Preston, CT 23 Sep 1774, m. 6 June 1716 Mary FOBES, b. 1694. They had ten children, all b. Preston, CT from 1716/7 to 1739/40.

(10g) Martin Wright

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NEHGR 160(2006):13

Martin Wright was b. say 1532, bur. Coney Weston, Suffolk, England 10 April 1592, and m. say 1557 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1537, bur. Coney Weston 29 March 1598. Elizabeth likely m. (2) _____ Moer, because her burial record names her Elizabeth Wright alias Moer. Her will was dated March 1598. Children, baptisms at Coney Weston:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1559, liv. March 1598, m. Robert HARDHEAL.
  • William, b. say 1561, bur. Coney Weston 11 June 1562.
  • Andrew, bapt. 21 June 1563, m. (prob. Feb) 1590 Margaret WALTER. They had four children bapt. at Coney Weston from 1591/2 to 1597/8
  • William, b. say 1565, liv. March 1625/6 when named in will of Eustace Gates.
  • Rose, bapt. 25 Feb 1566/7, m. Eustace GATES (see above).
  • Edward, b. say 1568, bur. Coney Weston 10 April 1569.
  • Edward, bapt. 27 March 1571

(8g) John Freeman

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Haynes/Noyes Desc.(1893):2-5,8; Blake-Torrey Ancestry (1916):120-1,123-5

John Freeman was in New England by 1639, and settled in Sudbury, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We have no basis for a birth year because we don't know if he arrived as a young man, or as a widower. He apparently sailed from England a single man, but some accounts give him an earlier wife in England. For years this John Freeman had been assumed to be the brother of Edmund Freeman of Sandwich, Mass., and the son of an earlier Edmund, but recent scholarship, coupled with DNA evidence, suggest no relationship between the two; nor is this John Freeman the one who sailed aboard the Abigail to New England in 1635.

This John married c. 1644 Elizabeth NOYES, bapt. Weyhill, Hampshire, England 19 April 1625, the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Noyes of Weyhill, England and Sudbury, Mass. John died c. 1648, after which Elizabeth m. (2) Sudbury 13 Nov 1649 (VR) Josiah HAYNES, the son of Walter Haynes. Elizabeth and Josiah sailed to New England aboard the same ship in 1638. Surprisingly, John's death does not appear in the Sudbury vital record, but his death date falls into a fairly narrow window, since his youngest daughter was born in 1648 (and the vital record suggests he was living at the time) and his widow remarried in 1649. Elizabeth had children with both husbands. Children of Elizabeth and John Freeman, b. Sudbury, Mass.:

  • Joseph, b. 29 March 1645 (VR), d. Preston, CT 2 Feb 1697/8, m. Sudbury 6 May 1680 (VR) Dorothy HAYNES, b. c. 1652, d. Preston 26 Jan 1697/8, daughter of John Haynes and Dorothy Noyes. From Sudbury, the family settled at Stow, Mass., and then Preston, CT. In 1677 he and others were given liberty to erect a sawmill on Upper Hop Brook in Sudbury. By 1681 the family was in Stow, where Joseph was a selectman in 1683 and a representative in 1691. He bought land in Preston in 1692, and soon moved there. They had four known children, births recorded Sudbury from 1680/1 to 1690.
  • James, b. 10 June 1647 (VR), d. Sudbury 18 June 1647 (VR)
  • Elizabeth, b. 23 June 1648 (VR), m. Sudbury 6 July 1670 (VR) Thomas GATES. [67]

Children of Elizabeth and Josiah Haynes:

  • Thomas, b. c. 1652, d. Sudbury 29 June 1656 (VR)
  • Josiah, b. Sudbury 27 April 1655 (VR)
  • Abigail, b. Sudbury 30 Nov 1657 (VR), m. Sudbury 26 Nov 1685 (VR) Hopestill BROWN. They had eight children.
  • Deborah (twin), b. 13 Dec 1659, m. Jabez BROWN and had two children.
  • Sarah (twin), b. Sudbury 13 Dec 1659 (VR), d.y.
  • Hannah, b. Sudbury 31 Dec 1660 (VR), d. Sudbury 20 April 1669 (VR6
  • Sarah, b. Sudbury 28 Sep 1663 (VR)
  • Caleb, b. Sudbury 19 May 1667 (VR), d. 1687, died in military service
  • Joshua, b. Sudbury 17 Sep 1669 (VR), d. 29 March 1757, m. Ann EASTERBROOK. Three children (sons)

(14g) Thomas/John/Robert? Noyes

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NEHGR 152(1998):262-4

The cited article is very unclear who the presumed father of the below Thomas is. The article suggests that it could be either John Noyes who farmed a particular property called Ramridge in the parish of Weyhill, Hampshire, England from 1475 to 1484, or it could have been Robert Noyes, who farmed this property from 1493 to 1497. But the confusion is amplified when in all succeeding generations, the father of the below Thomas is labeled as Thomas! Whoever this person is, the following are believed to be his children:

  • Thomas, b. say 1465 (see below).
  • Robert, b. say 1467, c. 1524, m. Joan [MONDEY?], d. c. 1532. Joan had likely been recently widowed when on 4 April 1524 she renewed the lease of this family's manor at Littleton. Joan's will was dated 15 Oct 1532.
  • daughter, b. say 1469
  • daughter, b. say 1471
  • William, b. say 1473, d. c. 1528, wife's name unknown, had three children born from say 1500 to say 1506

(13g) Thomas Noyes

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NEHGR 152(1998):264

Thomas Noyes was born say 1465, named in court rolls of 1490 and 1491, and likely dead by 1515. He may be the Thomas Noyse whose wife was Agnes. Only known or suspected child:

  • Thomas, b. say 1488 (see below).

(12g) Thomas Noyes

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NEHGR 152(1998):264-274

Thomas, the son of Thomas Noyes, was born say 1488, d. c. 1554, and m. Dennys _______, liv. 1554. This Thomas, of Ramridge, parish of Weyhill, Hampshire, England, was taxed for 40 pounds in goods in 1523/4, and again for a like amount at Penton Grafton in 1544/5 and 1545/6, and by 1552/3 his goods were valued at 24 pounds. He was on a jury in 1546. His will was proved 19 Jan 1554/5, with wife dennys as sole executrix. Children:

  • Peter, b. say 1517, m. Edith BLAKE (see below)
  • Robert, b. say 1519, bur. Weyhill, Hampshire 30 July 1590, m. Elizabeth _______, bur. Weyhill 3 April 1574.
  • Joan, liv. 1568, m. John GRACE.

(11g) Peter Noyes

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NEHGR 152(1998): 274-82

Peter, the son of Thomas and Dennys Noyce, was b. say 1517, liv. 1586, and m. Edith BLAKE, bur. Weyhill, Hampshire 17 Jan 1583/4. Peter first appears in the lay subsidies at Penton Grafton [in Weyhill parish] in 1544/5. He was taxed in 1586, but his name does not appear in the subsidies of 1594 or 1599, indicating he was dead. Children, prob. b. Weyhill:

  • Richard, b. say 1537, bur. Weyhill 16 April 1575, unmarried.
  • William, b. c. 1542 (aged 57 Oct 1599), bur. Weyhill 24 July 1626, and m. Hellene _______. Two known children.
  • Agnes, b. say 1550, bur. Up Clatford, Hampshire 12 Aug 1612, m. Weyhill 28 July 1572 John SCULLARD, gent., b. say 1547, bur. Up Clatford 10 July 1612, son of John and Alice Scullard. John's long will was dated 10 May 1609 and proved 2 Sep 1612; her will was dated 28 Aug 1610 and proved 23 Sep 1612. They had six children baptized from 1574 to 1587.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1553, named in the lease of her sister Agnes in 1573.
  • Peter, b. c. 1561, d. 1647, m. Agnes NOYES, bur. Andover, Hampshire 13 Nov 1644, daughter and heir of John Noyes of Trunckwell, Berkshire. Peter was Attorney of the Court of Common Pleas, and in 1616 was escheator of Hampshire and Wiltshire. They had eleven children b. from c. 1590 to 1611, all but the first baptized at Andover.
  • Thomas, b. say 1563, m. Dorothy (______) Blake (see below).

(10g) Thomas Noyes

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NEHGR 152(1998):282-285

Thomas Noyes, the son of Peter Noyes of Andover, Hampshire, England, was born say 1563, d. 1627, and m. c. 1587 Dorothy (_______) Blake, bur. Andover 27 Feb 1632/3, the widow of Nicholas Blake, yeoman of Charteton. Thomas was listed in the subsidy of Charlton Tithing in 1594 and Enham Rege Tithing in 1598. He was a juror in 1587, 1588, and 1592, and on 28 June 1592 was fined 6d for neglecting his hedges. His will, dated 15 May 1623, was proved 10 July 1627, with its administration given to his younger son, Thomas. Overseers were "loving Brother Mr Peter Noyes", "loving Cosen Mr William Noyes of Ramridge", and "loving son-in-law John Blake". Children, baptized at Andover:

  • Anne, bapt. 7 July 1588, bur. Andover 6 Nov 1642, m. Andover [Sep/Oct] 1608 John FRAUNCIS, b. say 1586, bur. Andover 26 July 1632 (but called of Charleton). They had five children born from c. 1610 to 1626.
  • Peter, bapt 30 Aug 1590, m. Elizabeth SMITH.
  • Dorothy, bapt. 24 Oct 1592, living in 1664, m. Andover 10 July 1620 John WATERMAN, who d. Sep 1665, the son of Hugh Waterman of Tangley, Hampshire.
  • Thomas, gent., bapt. 9 May 1596, d. July 1668, m. (1) Andover 21 May 1624 Rebecca NICHOLSON, bur. Andover 24 Aug 1632; m. (2) c. 1634 Anna _______. Thomas's will was dated 19 July 1668 and proved only a week later (?!) on 27 July. Thomas had five children with first wife, Rebecca, born from 1625 to c. 1632 and nine children with second wife Anna, born from 1635/6 to 1654.

(9g) Peter Noyes

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TAG 90(2018):24+; NEHGR 152(1998):283-4; Noyes genealogy (1904); Blake-Torrey Ancestry (1916):119; NEHGR 165(2011):278 (wife of son Joseph)

Peter, the son of Thomas and Dorothy Noyes, was baptized at Andover, Hampshire, England 30 Aug 1590, d. Sudbury, Mass. 23 Sep 1657 (VR), and m. Chieveley, Berkshire, England 18 Nov 1622 Elizabeth Smith, b. say 1600, bur. Weyhill, Hampshire 13 Feb 1635/6, the daughter of Richard and Julian Smith of Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire. Peter, of Penton, Hants., aged 47, left Southampton, England on 24 April 1638 aboard the Confidence of London, John Jobson, Master. With him were his son Thomas, 15, daughter Elizabeth (age not given) and three servants. The families of John Bent of Weyhill and Walter Haynes were also on board. Peter first lived in Watertown, but soon thereafter, he returned to England, then came back to New England in 1639 aboard the Jonathan with his son Peter and daughters Dorothy and Abigail. A distant relative, Nicholas Noyes (of Newbury, Mass.) was also aboard. Peter was one of the founding settlers of Sudbury, Mass., and had a share in the first division of lands there, as well as the second and third in 1640. He was a freeman on 13 May 1640, a selectman for 18 years, and a representative to the General Court in 1640, 1641, and 1650. He was also a deacon in the local church. His death is recorded in the Sudbury records, and he drafted a will the day before his death, on 22 Sep 1657, it being proved just weeks later on 6 October. Children of Peter and Elizabeth, all baptized at Weyhill: [68]

  • Thomas, bapt. 17 Nov 1623, d. Sudbury 7 Dec 1666 (VR), and m. by March 1663/4 Mary HAYNES, b. c. 1616, d. Sudbury 1 March 1697/8, the daughter of Walter Haynes and Elizabeth Gourd. Thomas sailed to New England with his father and sister in 1638. Thomas was one of the principle surveyors for the town of Sudbury and a selectman there for 12 years. He held the title of Ensign in 1658, and Lieutenant in 1665. He was named executor to his father's will in 1657. The Noyes genealogy mentions his will in which are named his wife and brothers and sisters, but no children; but no dates for the will are given. Following his death, his widow married (2) Woburn, Mass. 28 Nov 1670 Michael Bacon. Thomas and Mary had no children found in the Sudbury vital records. [69]
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 19 April 1625, m. (1) John FREEMAN and (2) Josiah HAYNES (see the John Freeman sketch).
  • Dorothy, bapt. 23 April 1627, d. Sudbury 8 April 1715 (VR), m. Sudbury 13 Oct 1642 (VR) John HAYNES, b. c. 1621, the son of Walter Haynes and Elizabeth Gourd. John's will was dated 29 March 1697, but his death is not recorded in Sudbury. Dorothy and John had 12 children.
  • Abigail, bapt. 4 Feb 1628/9, m. c. 1655 Thomas PLYMPTON, b. c. 1622, killed during King Philips War 17 April 1676 "at the Battle of Boon's Plains", son of Robert Plympton. Boon's Plains may be in the vicinity of Lake Boon, which is in the towns of Stow and Hudson, Mass. Thomas and Abigail had seven known children, born from 1658 to c. 1672. Thomas's name appears on the Plympton family monument in the old Sudbury cemetery. [70]
  • Peter, bapt. 18 Jan 1630/1, d. Sudbury, Mass. 15 Aug 1692, m. Sudbury 30 Nov 1654 (VR) Elizabeth DARVELL, b. say 1635, d. Sudbury 22 Dec 1727 (VR), the daughter of Robert Darvell who was in Sudbury in 1639. Peter was a Sudbury freeman on 7 May 1673, and a Representative there from 1679 to 1691. Administation of the estate of Peter Noyes, late of Sudbury, was given to his son Peter on 9 Sep 1692, with inventory taken 2 Nov 1692, giving the death date as 15 August, and showing an amount of 1455 pounds and change. On 29 March 1694 the younger Peter Noyes was cited to appear in court due to his obstruction in dividing his father's estate. The division of the estate was contested between Peter and his four sisters: Mary Munjoy, wife of George, Dorathy Noyes, Sarah Noyes, and Esther Noyes. The estate was finally settled in March 1695/6. The deceased Peter owned a corn and saw mill, and a 1699 entry in the Sudbury town records discuss a committee chosen to receive a donation of this mill given by Mr. Peter Noyes, late of Sudbury, to the poor of the town. Peter had only one child found in the Sudbury vital record: Peter, b. 12 Feb 1656; however, the Noyes genealogy names five additional children, all being daughters. Of interest is that Peter is the only son of the immigrant, Peter Noyes, who had a son. This son, according to a Noyes-Haynes family account published in the NEHGR, died of smallpox in London, unmarried. Therefore, it appears that the immigrant has no descendants who bear the name Noyes. [71]
  • Joseph, bapt. 13 June 1633, d. Barbadoes c. 1661, m. Charlestown, Mass. 30 Oct 1656 Mary NORTON, b. say 1635, d. Charlestown 10 Nov 1657, the daughter of Francis and Mary Norton of Charlestown. He is named in his father's will, but does not appear on either published ship passenger list from the two trips his father made (1638 and 1639) to bring his children to New England. He is not the same as the Joseph Noyes who had eight children born in Sudbury; this was a son of Rev. James Noyes of Newbury. The subject Joseph was a merchant in Charlewtown in 1660. His will, dated 31 Dec 1659, was proved 2 April 1661, mentioning brothers Thomas and Peter of Sudbury, and sister Abigail. [72]

(10g) Richard Smith

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TAG 90:24+

Richard, the son of Thomas Smith and Helen Pococke, was baptized at Chieveley, Berkshire, England on 29 Dec 1570, buried at Hampstead Marshall, Berks. on 30 Aug 1637, and m. Julian _______ who died winter (prob. December) 1642/3. Richard's will, dated 8 July 1637, was proved 6 Oct 1637, and Julian's will, dated 8 Nov 1642, was proved 10 Jan 1642/3. In his 1595 will, Richard Pococke of Chievelery gave to son-in-law "Thomas Smith of Ore" one horse of the middle sort and made bequests to the Children of Richard Smith. Helen, wife of Thomas Smith, was buried at Chieveley 3 Dec 1611, and Thomas Smith was buried there 15 April 1625. Child of Richard and Julian Smith:

  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1600, m. Peter NOYES of Weyhill, Hampshire and Sudbury, Mass.

Source: Leslie Mahler and Nathan W Murphy, The Ancestry of Elizabeth (Smith) Noyes, Wife of Peter1 Noyes of Sudbury, Massachusetts, in The American Genealogist (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al. Jan 2018), 90:24+

(9g) Thomas Eldred

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I cannot refind the primary source I used on the Eldred family in England. The recent family genealogy deals only with the immigrant and his descendants.

Thomas Eldred, the son of William Eldred of Bury [Saint Edmunds?], was b. c. 1595, d. 1640, and m. 4 Feb 1617 Anna WATSON, daughter of Samuel Watson. Thomas was a sailor, and likely the one who commanded a ship that had lately come from Denmark in 1625. His will, dated 18 Oct 1640, was proved six weeks later on 4 Dec 1640. Children, born in Ipswich: [73]

  • Thomas, b. 20 Dec 1617
  • Charles, b. 3 Oct 1619, m. St. Stepen's, Ipswich, 24 June 1639 Susan BRIDGES of Colchester. They had a daughter baptized at St. Nicholas in Ipswich 1 May 1642.
  • Samuel, b. 27 Nov 1620, m. Elizabeth MILLER
  • John, b. c. 1622, was under 20 years of age in his father's 1640 will
  • Mary, bapt. 23 July 1626

(8g) Samuel Eldred

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Samuel Eldred, the son of Thomas Eldred and Anna Watson of Ipswich, England, was born in Ipswich 27 Nov 1620, d. c. 1698, and married at Saint Mary-at-Kay's Parish in Ipswich on 25 Nov 1640 Elizabeth MILLER, b. Needham Market, Norfolk, England 1622, d. Kingstowne, Rhode Island 1711, the daughter of Daniel Miller. In the 1640 will of his father, Samuel was given the great sea-chest that belonged to his grandfather, William Eldred of Bury. The chest had come from William's father, Thomas Eldred, "the one who sailed around the world." Samuel was a shoemaker, but he also farmed rented lands. Samuel and his new bride must have immigrated almost immediately to New England, because his name appears on the roster of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1641, though he appears to have been living in neighboring Cambridge. He was titled Sergeant Eldred on 18 Oct 1659 when ordered to pay Edward Lane of Boston for two years rent of a farm and stock at Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea, Mass.). This appears to be the last record of him in the Boston area, so it was about 1660 that he moved with his family to the settlement of Wickford in the Narragansett country of Rhode Island. He is of record in Kingstowne on 4 May 1668, when he and 18 others of Wickford signed a letter to the general court at Hartford, desiring the protection of their government. At the time, Kingstowne was in disputed country west of the Narragansett Bay, and the colonies of both Connecticut and Rhode Island claimed the land. On 22 June 1670 Eldred took the constable's oath at Wickford under the appointment of Connecticut. He was soon imprisoned by the Rhode Island authorities for calling a jury on behalf of Connecticut, in the murder trial of Thomas Flounders who reputedly murdered Walter House. On 13 July 1670 he wrote a lengthy letter to Thomas Stanton at Stonington concerning a jury for the trial, signing his name "Samwill Eldredge." Eldred had been carried to Newport, based on a 21 July 1670 letter from Connecticut to Rhode Island authorities. On 8 October 1674 he was granted a monetary award in the amount of "20 nobles" for his service and suffering for the Connecticut colony. After King Philips War had erupted, Eldred and one or more of his sons were involved in some military action when on 13 Dec 1675 "The Edridges and some other brisk hands" met at Richard Smith's garrison house just prior to the Swamp Fight. Capt Benjamin Church said they were on a night mission, and captured 18 Indians. On 7 March 1676 the council at Hartford voted that Eldred and John Sweet "have liberty to transport ten bushels of Indian corn apiece, for their distressed families." The conflict between Connecticut and Rhode Island concerning jurisdiction over the Narragansett lands was taking its toll on the local settlers there, so on 29 July 1679 Eldred and 41 others petitioned the King to "put an end to these differences about the government thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place, animosities still arising in people's minds, as they stand affected to this or that government." Ultimately, jurisdiction was given to Rhode Island. On 6 Sep 1687 Eldred was taxed 3s 4 1/2 d, a fairly small amount. He was last known to be alive on 13 April 1697 when he deeded to his son John a house and 160 acres, "with a right on the other side of Pequot Path." He was apparently dead by 12 Feb 1699, but I haven't seen evidence of this. Children, first four born in Cambridge, Mass.: [74]

  • Elizabeth, b. 26 Oct 1642; nothing more
  • Samuel, b. 26 Oct 1644, d. c. 1720, m. say 1675 Martha KNOWLES, b. say 1651, d. 1728, the daughter of Henry Knowles of Warwick, RI. Martha was named in the will of her brother, Henry Knowles, proved (S. Kingstown?) 13 July 1726. Martha's will, dated 24 Jan 1726, was proved 14 Oct 1728. In it, she was called widow of Samuel Eldridge of North Kingstown, and named daughters Penelope, wife of Ephraim Gardner, Margaret, wife of James Congdon, and Mary Browning. Witnesses were D. Everitt, Stukly Stafford and Elizabeth Stafford. Only the three named daughters are known of their children, with Margaret being born in 1683. (RIGR July 1983, p 83)
  • Mary, b. 15 June 1646; one record says she died 9 May 1712 in Kingstowne; another says she married Rouse HELM. However, others believe that she was the wife of Benoni GARDNER, son of George Gardiner and Herodias Long, of Newport and Kingstowne (See NK Cem book, Lot 112, Note at end). The evidence that she was the wife of Benoni Gardner is that she named a daughter Bridget, and her brother Thomas named a daughter Bridget, which is a very uncommon name, so lends credence to a family connection. However, there may be even more compelling evidence that her husband was Rouse Helm; overseers of Helm's 1711 will were Thomas Eldred and John Eldred, both brothers of Mary. Also, Mary Helm named her oldest son Samuel; Samuel was the father of Mary Eldred.
  • Thomas, b. 8 Sep 1648, d. 1726, m. Susanna COLE, daughter of John Cole and Susanna Hutchinson
  • James, b. say 1655, was dead by 1687
  • John, b. Boston (now Chelsea, Mass.) Aug 1659, d. N. Kingstown, RI 17 Sep 1724, aged 65 years and one month, m. say 1685 Margaret HOLDEN, b. Jan 1663, d. 1740, the daughter of Randall Holden and Frances Dungan. He was titled Ensign in 1692, and later called Captain. John was very active in civic affairs, holding the offices of Treasurer, Moderator, and town council member, along with being an Assistant most years from 1699 to 1716. In 1724, widow Margaret Edlred was given administration of her husband's estate, with inventory valued at a little more than 177 pounds. At that time, an agreement was made between Margaret and her six sons and three daughters. In 1740, the administration of Margaret's estate was given to her son James Eldred. John Eldred was a veteran of the Indian Wars (likely King Phillips War), according to his grave stone found in the Eldred Cemetery, RI Hist Cem NK #112, which is now a part of the large Elm Grove Cemetery in N. Kingstown, RI. [75]
  • Daniel, surname spelled Eldredge, b. Wickford in the Narragansett country (later N. Kingstown, RI) c. 1663, d. N. Kingstown 18 Aug 1726, m. c. 1687 Mary _______, b. say 1665, living in 1726. One account gives her maiden name as Phillips. Daniel moved from Kingstowne to Stonington, Conn., but later moved back to N. Kingstown, RI where he died. He was titled Captain in 1702, presumably in Kingstowne. He was living in Stonington on 6 April 1707 when his wife and five children were baptized. His will was proved 14 Aug 1726 (according to Austin's GDRI), naming wife Mary, three sons, and five daughters. Note that the death date for Daniel comes from Arnold's transcription of the St. Paul's Church records in his Vital Record of Rhode Island (it might be a death date or it could be a burial date), while the date his will was proved comes from Austin's Gen. Dict. RI. Obviously, there is a conflict between the two dates. Daniel and Mary had a total of ten children, born 1688 to 1712. Daniel has an extant grave marker in the Reynolds Lot, RI Hist Cem, NK #131. [76]

(7g) Thomas Eldred

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Thomas, the son of Samuel Eldred and Elizabeth Miller, was b. Cambridge, Mass. 8 Sep 1648, d. N. Kingstown, RI 1726, and m. 1670 Susanna COLE, b. Boston, Mass. c. 1653, d. N. Kingstown c. 1723, the daughter of John Cole and Susanna Hutchinson of Boston and Kingstowne, RI. I find a death date for Thomas of 9 May 1726, which may have come from a family Bible. Susanna's mother, Susanna Cole was a daughter of the famed religious leader and "heretic", Anne Hutchinson. Thomas was a constable in Kingstowne, RI in 1686, and titled Lieutenant in 1692. He bought land in Kingstowne of Thomas Mumford in April 1705 (RIGR 5:84). Susanna was still living in 1721 when she co-signed a deed, but appears to have died by 1726 when she is not mentioned in the estate papers of her husband. Administration of his estate was given to eldest son John on 22 Dec 1726. Division of the estate among heirs occurred in 1732. Children: [77]

  • John, b. c. 1672 (b. 12 Nov 1670 per several web sources, but I find no record to substantiate this), d. 1741, and married c. 1709 Mary _______, who survived him. He was chosen as Lieutenant of the N. Kingstown Third Company of Militia in May 1725, and in 1726 he was Captain of the same company, and again from 1730 to 1736. In 1734 he was given 16 shillings for his work as Overseer of the Poor. On 13 Sep 1733 he gave his sons John and William 50 acres of land each. His will was filed 16 Oct 1741, naming wife Mary and several children. He lived in the part of North Kingstown, Rhode Island that became Exeter in March 1742/3, and that is where his will is recorded. His widow Mary was living on 28 March 1747 when she yielded her right of dower in a deed from son John to Joseph Rathbone. John and Mary had seven known children, born c. 1710 to c. 1722. The John Eldred who married Mary Greene was his son.
  • Elisha, b. c. 1674, was living in 1732. In the N. Kingstown records (badly burned) is a marriage record of Elisha Eldred to Elizabeth ________, with the date completely lost. We have no way of knowing to which generation this Elisha belongs, but I suspect it is later than that of the subject Elisha.
  • Susanna, b. c. 1676, d. c. 1705, m. c. 1700 Jeffrey CHAMPLIN, b. Westerly 26 Aug 1672, d. 1717/8, the son of Capt Jeffrey and Hannah Champlin. Following Susanna's death, Jeffrey m. (2) c. 1707 Hannah Hazard, b. c. 1677, d. 5 March 1713, the daughter of Robert Hazard and Mary Brownell, and m. (3) c. 1714 Susanna _______, who later married 26 Mary 1720 Samuel Clarke of Westerly. Jeffrey's will, dated 14 Feb 1717/8 was proved a month later on 10 March 1717/8 at Kingstowne, RI (in the N. Kingstown records). Jeffrey had three children with first wife and two with second wife. (see RIGR 13:198)
  • Bridget, b. c. 1678, was called Bridget Eldred in 1726 and in 1732. One account has her still living in 1739.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1680, m. c. 1707 Abigail NORTHUP. She m. (2) John Watson. Samuel was not mentioned in his father's estate, because he had died and his widow had remarried by 1726. However, Samuel's only son, Thomas, is mentioned in 1732 when a small legacy was directed "to John Watson, as guardian of Thomas Eldred."
  • Sarah, b. c. 1682, d. Westerly, RI 1736, m. c. 1710 Enoch KENYON, b. S. Kingstown 23 Feb 1687/8, d. Westerly, RI Sep 1781, the son of John-2 Kenyon (John-1) and Anna Mumford. Sarah and Enoch were of Westerly in 1726. Following Sarah's death, Enoch m. in Charleston, RI 24 Nov 1747 Ann Auchmudy. Enoch's will was proved in Westerly in 1781. Sarah and Enoch had six known children, born c. 1712 to c. 1734.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1684, d. c. 1728, m. Kingstowne, RI 23 May 1705 Moses BARBER, b. c. 1683, d. Exeter, RI c. 1758, the son of Moses Barber and Anna Babcock by one account, or Moses Barber and Susanna West by another.. They were of S. Kingstown in 1726. Following Elizabeth's death, Moses m. (2) Westerly, RI 2 April 1729 Mary Larkin, b. Westerly 1709. Elizabeth and Moses had six known children, born 1705/6 to 1715/6 (RIGR 1:114).
  • Grace, b. c. 1686, d. Little Compton, RI 1726, m. c. 1707 Thomas BROWNELL, b. Little Compton 1687, d. 1757, the son of Robert Brownell and Mary Ladd. They were of Little Compton, RI in 1726. Following Grace's death, Thomas may have married Mary Crandall. Administration of the estate of Thomas Brownell was given to his son, John, on 6 Dec 1757. Grace and Thomas had six known children born 1708 to 1725.
  • William, b. c. 1688, d. 1734, m. Little Compton, RI 19 Sep 1716 Mary WILBUR, b. Little Compton 4 Jan 1695/6, daughter of Joseph Wilbore and Anna Brownell. On 22 Dec 1726 be bought land of the other heirs of his father for 800 pounds. He and Mary had six children, b. N. Kingstown c. 1718 to c. 1732.
  • Mary, b. 23 Jan 1690/1, d. N. Kingstown, RI 25 Oct 1762, m. 13 Oct 1709 Nicholas GARDNER, b. N. Kingstown 2 April 1688, d. N. Kingstown 4 or 6 April 1743, the son of Nicholas Gardner and Hannah Palmer. Birth dates for both Mary (23 Jan 1690) and Nicholas (2 April 1688) appear on the internet, but I find no justification for either. A Find-a-grave memorial has been created for Mary and Nicholas at Elm Grove Cem., N. Kingstown, RI. [78]
  • Thomas, b. c. 1693, m. Martha _______. The inclusion of Thomas in this family is subject to debate.

(6g) Samuel Eldred

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Samuel Eldred, the son of Thomas Eldred and Susanna Cole, was born about 1677 and died Kingstown, RI Feb 1717/8. He was married about 1706 to Abigail NORTHUP, born about 1687, died N. Kingstown 22 August 1737, the daughter of Stephen Northup and Mary Thomas. Following Samuel's death, his widow was married on 22 April 1722 to John Watson, Jr., b. 22 July 1676, d. 8 Nov 1772 in his 97th year, the son of John Watson and Dorcas Gardiner. John Watson had married first 8 April 1703 (?) Hannah Champlin, b. say 1680, d. 31 Oct 1720, the daughter of Jeffrey Champlin. They had seven children together. John Watson then married third, Sep 1738 (intention recorded 10 Sep 1738) Sarah Mowry. Children of Samuel and Abigail Eldred (the first two, Abigail Gardner and Elizabeth Eldred named in will of their grandfather, Stephen Northup, Jr., proved 1733): [79]

  • Abigail, b. 1707, d. 6 March 1773 in her 66th year, m. by Rose Helme, Justice of the Peace, on 30 June 1726 to Henry GARDNER, b. 1704, d. 21 Dec 1791, the son of Nicholas-3 Gardner (George-2-1) and Mary-3 Littlefield (Caleb-2, Anthony-1). She was named Abigail Gr_______ [Gardner] in the will of her grandfather, Stephen Northup, Jr., proved in 1733. Abigail and Henry are buried in the Henry Gardner Lot, RI Hist Cem South Kingstown #92. [80]
  • Elizabeth, b. 1 March 1710, died 1774, m. SK 12 June 1734 John ROSE, b. Preston, CT 2 Aug 1709, d. SK 17 Oct 1785, the son of Thomas Rose and Mary Gates. Elizabeth was called Elizabeth Eldred in the will of her grandfather, Stephen Northup, proved in 1733. She and her husband are buried in the Broad Rock Lane (or Watson-Rose) Cemetery in S. Kingstown, RI, RI Hist Cem SK #11. [81]
  • Thomas, b. 1713, d. NK 23 Sep 1767. In 1732 his step-father, John Watson, gave a receipt to the administrator of the estate of Thomas Eldred, implying that this Thomas was a minor in 1732. Unlike his two sisters and three half-sisters, he was not named in the will of his grandfather, Stephen Northup, proved 1733. He m. (1) NK 1 Sep 1734 Waity Gould, b. NK 14 April 1713, d. 10 July 1754 in her 42nd year, the daughter of Jeremiah Gould and Elizabeth Ward. Thomas and Wait had no children together. Thomas m. (2) 6 April 1759 Martha (Potter) Weeden, b. S. Kingstown 15 May 1736, d. 1776, the widow of Daniel Weeden (whom she m. SK 7 June 1753), and the daughter of Robert Potter and Judith Clarke. Thomas and Martha had five children together, born N. Kingstown 1760 to 1767, the last one born after Thomas's death. After he died, Martha married as her third husband on 5 July 1769 in NK, Nicholas _______, whose surname was lost from the NK records. The tombstones of Thomas and first wife Wait were moved to Quidnessett Cem in the early 1940s from an unknown location recorded by Harris, c. 1880. [82] [83]

Children of John and Abigail, surname WATSON (all three named in will of grandfather, Stephen Northup, Jr., proved 1733):

  • Freelove, b. 1723, m. 1743 John CHAMPLIN, b. 12 Feb 1717, the son of Jeffrey Champlin, Jr. and Susannah Eldred. She was called Freelove Watson in the will of her grandfather, Stephen Northup, Jr., proved in 1733. Free love and John had nine children, born 1747 to 1767.
  • Mary, b. c. 1725; she was called Mary Watson in the will of her grandfather, Stephen Watson, Jr., proved in 1733.
  • Margaret, b. c. 1727; she was called Margaret Watson in the will of her grandfather, Stephen Watson, Jr., proved in 1733.

(9g) Samuel Cole

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Samuel Cole, b. c. 1595, d. c. Jan 1666/7, m. (1) c. 1618 Ann _______, b. say 1598, d. by 1647; (2) by 30 Sep 1647 Margaret (_______) Greene, daughter-in-law of Isaac Greene of Mersey, Essex, England; (3) Boston 16 Oct 1660 Ann (MANSFIELD) Keayne, b. c. 1596, widow of Robert Keayne, and sister of John Mansfield. Samuel was in Boston, Mass. by 1630 because he and his wife Anne were admitted to the Boston church as members #42 and #43, which would have been autumn of 1630. On 19 Oct 1630 Cole made a request to become a freeman, and was admitted on 18 May 1631. Cole was an innkeeper, and on 4 March 1633/4 John Winthrop wrote that "Samuel Cole set up the first house for common entertainment..." Cole called himself a "confectioner" in several deeds. He held a number of minor offices, including selectman, and in 1638 was admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. His will was dated 21 Dec 1666 and proved 13 Feb 1666/7. Children, all with first wife: [84]

  • Catherine, b. c. 1619, m. Boston c. 1641 Edmund GROSS who m. (2) Ann ______.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1621 (deposed on 13 June 1677, aged about 56 years), d. Boston 11 June 1691, m. c. 1641 Edward WEEDEN, b. c. 1612 (aged 22 on 13 April 1635), d. 1679. Elizabeth was a midwife, and delivered several of the children of Samuel Sewall. Edward was a carpenter who came to New England as a young single man in 1635 aboard the ship Susan & Ellen. On 18 Dec 1679, administration of the estte of Edward Weeden late of Rumney Marsh was granted to his widow Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Edward had eight knonwn children born from c. 1642 to c. 1656. [85]
  • John, b. c. 1624, m. Susanna HUTCHINGSON
  • Mary, b. say 1626, d. 1658, m. (1) _______ "GAWDREN"; m. (2) Boston 7 Jan 1652/3 Edmund JACKSON, b. c. 1611, d. Boston 14 July 1675. Because there is no other record of the name Gawdren in early New England, the name may be a corruption of another name. On 26 Oct 1653, "Mr. Samuell Cole of Boston comfitmaker in consideration of a marriage solemnized and fully furnished betwixt Edmond Jackson of Boston, ...shoemaker & Mary my daughter...gave them the dwelling house with garden and well purchased of William Halsey" [Suffolk Deeds 3:502]. Mary and Edmund had three children born in Boston from 1654 to 1658. [86]

(8g) John Cole

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John Cole, the son of Samuel Cole and his wife Ann, of Boston, Mass., was born in England, c. 1624, d. Kingstowne, RI 1707, and m. Boston, Mass. 30 Dec 1651 Susanna Hutchinson, baptized Alford, Lincolnshire, England 15 Nov 1633, d. Kingstowne, RI 1713, the daughter of William Hutchinson and his famous wife, Anne Marbury. As a young child, John immigrated with his parents to North America with the Winthrop Fleet, arriving in Salem 13 June 1630. He lived with his parents in Boston, where his father was one of the first innkeepers of the town. His wife had been an Indian captive for about three years after a massacre claimed her mother and many of her siblings. After having many children born in Boston, John and Susanna moved to the Narragansett country of the Rhode Island colony, by about 1664, to oversee the Hutchinson family lands. The ownership of these lands was in dispute between the Connecticut and Rhode Island colonies, and John Cole was appointed as a magistrate for Connecticut. Eventually, Rhode Island was favored in the territorial dispute, and the land became the town of Kingstowne, split into North and South in 1722. Children, all born Boston, except the last, who was born in Kingstowne: [87]

  • Susanna, b. c. 1653, m. Lt. Thomas ELDRED
  • Samuel, b. 24 March 1656/7
  • John, b. 23 Jan 1657/8, d. Boston 22 Jan 1659/60
  • Mary, b. 6 Oct 1658, d. Kingstowne, RI 1720, unmarried. Her will was dated 29 May 1720.
  • Ann, b. 7 March 1660/1, d. Newport, RI 31 May 1704, m. 1685 Henry BULL,b. 26 Sep 1659, d. Newport 1691, the son of Jireh and Katharine Bull, and grandson of Gov. Henry Bull. They had a child born in 1687, then twins born Jan 1690/1. Ann is buried in the Common Burial Ground, Newport. [88]
  • Francis, b. c. 1663, m. Boston c. 1688 Sarah _______. He was taxed in Kingstowne, RI in 1687, but apparently continued to live in Boston, where he and Sarah had four children born 1689 to 1697.
  • Elizabeth, b. 4 March 1664/5, m. c. 1688 Robert POTTER, b. Portsmouth, RI 1667, d. S. Kingstown, RI 1744/5, the son of Ichabod Potter and Martha Hazard..
  • John, b. 17 Jan 1666/7, was taxed in Kingstowne, RI in Sep 1687
  • Hannah, b. 17 Dec 1668, d. N. Kingstown, RI 1734, and m. 1694 Thomas PLACE, b. Kingstowne, RI 1663, d. N. Kingstown, RI 1727, the son of Enoch Place and Sarah Mumford. The births of their nine children are recorded in N. Kingstown, but the years were lost from fire. They are likely 1695 to 1707.
  • William, b. 13 July 1671, d. N. Kingstown 17 Sep 1734, m. c. 1695 Ann PINDER, b. RI c. 1675. They had ten children, born 1702 to 1721.
  • Elisha, b. 8 Jan 1675/6, d. London, England 1729 (inventory dated N. Kingstown 18 April 1729), m. 1713 Elizabeth DEXTER, b. Sandwich, Mass. 2 Nov 1683, d. Newport, RI 1 Oct 1756, the daughter of John Dexter and Mehitable Hallett of Sandwich and Portsmouth. They had six children, b. N. Kingstown, RI 1715 to 1725. Elizabeth is buried in the Common Burial Ground, Newport. [89] [90]

(11g) John Hutchinson

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NEHGR 19(1866):13-18; 20(1867):355-67; NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9

John Hutchinson was born c. 1515 (apprenticed 23 Sep 1529 for seven years), d. 24 May 1565 and bur. St. Mary le Wigford same day, and m. (1) Margaret (BROWNE?), b. say 1520, d. say 1555; m. (2) as her second or third husband, say 1557, Anne _______, b. say 1520, d. 1586. The names of the parents of John have not been learned, but three brothers and a sister have been identified. John became the sheriff of the city of Lincoln in Sep 1547. On 11 April 1556 he was elected as an alderman, and in September of that year became the Lincoln Mayor. He was elected to that post a second time in Sep 1564, less than a year before his death. His will was dated 21 April 1565, and his widow Anne's will, dated 25 March 1586, was proved half a year later on 18 Sep, naming "son William Clinte", "son Edward Kirkebie", and "son Thomas Pinder", the last two likely being sons-in-law. She left a very small legacy to Alice Dynison, but does not mention any other step-children. She makes her son Edward residuary legatee, and appoints him and her son-in-law George Freiston as executors. Children of John with first wife Margaret: [91]

  • William, eldest son, b. c. 1540, bur. St. Mary Wigford's 14 Jan 1583/4, m. St. Mary Wigford's, Lincoln 26 Aug 1565 Margaret SISSON, b. c. 1545, bur. there 3 June 1580. His will was dated 26 Feb 1582/3. Five children.
  • Jane, b. say 1542, d. by 1583, m. bef May 1565 Edmund KNIGHT, bur. 10 Sep 1584.
  • Thomas, b. say 1545, a minor in his father's will (1565), prob. d. by 1582/3. In 1571 he was a merchant of the Staple.
  • John, b. say 1548, still a minor at father's death (1565), and still living at brother William's death (1583/4)
  • Arthur, b. say 1550, a minor in 1565, and still living on 10 July 1611 when mentioned in will of cousin Margery Neale.
  • Alice, b. say 1552, a minor in 1565, m. by 1583 Thomas DYNYSON, both living in 1586.

Children with second wife, Anne:

  • Mary, b. c. 1558, living in 1611, m. (1) St. Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, Lincolnshire 13 Sep 1578 George FREESTON of Alford, yeoman, bur. 22 Nov 1588. Four children bapt. Alford 1579 to 1586. Following George's death, Mary m.(2) _______CUTHBERT
  • Edward, b. c. 1564, m. Susanna _______.

(10g) Edward Hutchinson

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NEHGR 19(1866):13-18; 20(1867):355-67; NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9

Edward, the son of John and Ann Hutchinson of Lincolnshire, England, was born about 1564 in the parish of St Mary le Wigford in town of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, buried at Alford, Lincolnshire on 14 Feb 1632[/3], and married Susanna _______, b. c. 1565, living in New England in the early 1640s. Edward was a mercer and a resident of Lincolnshire, England, most noted for the careers of his children in New England. While his father and several of his uncles and brothers became prominent as clergymen, aldermen, sheriffs, and mayors in the city of Lincoln, Edward focused his efforts on his business after moving to the town of Alford. Remarkably, not a single record for him has been found in Alford, other than his burial and the baptisms of his eleven children, but he likely gained a considerable estate, and his children married into prominent families. What was most exceptional about Edward Hutchinson occurred following his 1632 death. Beginning in 1634, five of his nine surviving children and his widow immigrated to New England, and all six of them were exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a result of the events of the Antinomian Controversy from 1636 to 1638. From Boston two of his children went south and became founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and three of them, with his widow, went north to establish Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire, and then proceeded to Wells, Maine. Because of their involvement in the controversy, his children had a disproportionately large role in the establishment of these new settlements in New England. Children, all baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire: [92]

  • William, bapt. 14 Aug 1586, m. 1612 Ann MARBURY. He was the Alford church warden in 1620 and 1621. (see below)
  • Theophilus, bapt. 8 Sep 1588, prob. died in infancy, perhaps away from Alford. [93]
  • Samuel, bapt. 1 Nov 1590, d. spring 1667, either didn't marry, or left no surviving wife or child if he did. Samuel had religious leanings, was educated, and like his younger brother Edward, published theological treatises that displayed a command of Latin. Perhaps because of his religious desires, he departed England in the late spring of 1637, arriving in Boston on 12 July with a group of others from Lincolnshire. The Antinomian Controversy was about at its peak when he arrived, and as a result a law had been passed requiring new immigrants to disavow the doctrine of the free-grace advocates (Anne Hutchinson, John Wheelwright, and their allies). This they would not do, and were therefore limited to four months in the colony. When the court met again in November, Samuel was allowed to remain in the colony until after the winter. Samuel went to Exeter in the spring of 1638 with his brother-in-law, John Wheelwright, and was a grantee in one of the Indian deeds in April of that year. In September 1641, after Wheelwright was forced to leave Exeter, Samuel Hutchinson and Nicholas Needham and some others negotiated with Thomas Gorges for land at Wells, Maine where most of the settlers soon proceeded. Samuel also received a grant of land in Rhode Island where his brother William had gone, but if he went there, did not stay long. In 1644 he was bequeathed a small legacy in the will of his brother John, who remained in England. At some point Samuel returned to Boston, and in 1667 published a small treatise defending the concept of the Millennium (the creation of a "glorious church" before the Second Coming of Christ), but it gives no hint of his attitude toward the theology of his in-laws Anne Hutchinson and John Wheelwright. On 7 April 1667 he wrote his will, calling himself of Boston. He mentioned no wife or children, but made bequests to a large number of relatives, including "couzen" Susanna Cole (actually his niece) and "couzen" Peleg Sanford (actually his grand-nephew), to whom he left an orchard in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Witnesses to his will signed a deposition on 16 July 1667, suggesting that he had died by that date. [94]
  • Esther/Hester, bapt. 22 July 1593, living 1644, was mentioned in the 1611 will of her father's cousin, Margery Neale and the 1644 will of her brother John Hutchinson. She m. (1) Alford 7 Oct 1613 the widower Rev. Thomas RISHWORTH, bur. 7 Sep 1632, who called himself of Laceby in his 1632 will, proved 20 Nov 1632. In fact, Thomas had been the rector of Laceby for at least a quarter century. Thomas had a first wife, Bridget, with whom he had four children baptized at Laceby from 1607 to c. 1612. Hester and Thomas then had six children together, baptized at Laceby from 1614/5 to 1632. Of these six children, Edward, bapt. 5 May 1617, immigrated to New England. Following Thomas's death, Hester m. (2) Laceby 26 March 1633 Mr. Thomas HARNESSE [Harneis], bur. Laceby 21 March 1636/7, whose first wife, Rebecca, was buried at Laceby 23 Dec 1630. Hester had two additional children with her second husband, baptized at Laceby: John, bapt. 19 Nov 1633 and Samuel, bapt. 24 Feb 1636/7. [95]
  • John, bapt 18 May 1595, bur. Alford 20 June 1644, m. Little Ponton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire 5 Oct 1626 Bridget BURY, bapt. Grantham 1 Aug 1602, bur. Alford 14 March 1688/9, daughter of William Bury, Esq. of Grantham, and Emme Dryden. Bridget's will was dated 26 July 1671, but not proved until 1689. John and Bridget had ten children baptized at Alford from 1627/8 to 1643/4. John is the only adult child of Edward and Susannah Hutchinson who had no established or suspected relationship with New England. He was a woollen draper in Alford, and likely did not marry Elizabeth Woodthorpe, as stated in several accounts. He died before his 50th birthday, leaving a detailed will, and his wife lived as his widow for nearly 45 years thereafter. [96]
  • Richard, bapt. 3 Jan 1597/8, d. 1670, m. Mary _______, living in 1669. Richard remained in England, and he and his wife are mentioned as living in London in the 7 June 1644 will of his brother John. However, four of his sons emigrated, and it is through them that Richard had numerous business ties with the colonies. The sons who came to New England were Edward, Eliakim, Samuel, and William, and they all had land and business interests in the part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that later became Maine. Richard was an "opulent ironmonger in London" who was a partner in Beex and Company, represented in New England by his sons. In his will, dated 4 Nov 1669, and proved 11 April 1670, Richard called himself "Citizen and ironmonger of London", and left sizeable bequests to his many children, and also left ten pounds to his "brother Edward Hutchinson and his wife. [97]
  • Susanna, bapt. 25 Nov 1599, bur. Alford 5 Aug 1601. [98]
  • Susanna, bapt. 9 Aug 1601, d. 1651 (GMB:1007), m. (1) Alford 21 Nov 1623 Augustine STORRE (now STORY), d. c. 1644, the son of Rev. Thomas Storre, vicar of Bilsby, Lincolnshire, after whose death John Wheelwright became the vicar. She is mentioned in her brother John's 1644 will as "sister Stor." She m. (2) c. 1645, as his second wife, Atherton HOUGH, b. c. 1593, d. Boston 11 Sep 1650. Atherton had come from Boston, Lincolnshire, arriving in New England in 1633. The Storres likely arrived in Boston in July 1637, on the same ship with Susanna's brother Samuel Hutchinson. They were still in Boston in 1638 when on 3 April Augustine was named in a deed of land from an Indian sagamore to a group of settlers preparing to establish Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire. By 1639 Storre was in Exeter, and his name appears second on the list of signatories, after Wheelwright's, of the combination, dated 4 July 1639, forming the government there. On 18 January 1640 Storre was selected as an assistant "Ruler" of the new settlement, a position similar to that of selectman. When Wheelwright was forced to leave Exeter, the Storres went with him to Wells, Maine, but there are no records of Augustine there, suggesting that he soon died. In 1644, Susanna was named in the will of John Hutchinson, one of her brothers still living in England, being called "sister Stor." The following year Susanna was back in Boston as the wife of another Lincolnshire emigrant, Atherton HOUGH ("Huff"). On 4 April 1646, Mrs. Susanna Hough "upon letters of dismission from the church at Wells," was admitted to the Boston church. Her second husband died just a few years later, on 11 September 1650. She was named in his will, dated 7 Jan 1649/50 and proved late in 1650. Susanna was dead by 2 May 1651 when her inventory was taken (she was living on 15 Oct 1650). She had no known children, but a "list of debts & legacies" from her estate includes the names of several relatives, including her "sister Whelwright" and "her brother Sam Hutchinson". [99]
  • Anne, bapt. 12 June 1603; nothing more, unless she is the one mentioned in her brother John's 1644 will as "sister Levitt." Ralph Levet was a witness to the will. A theory has been presented that her husband was Thomas Leavitt who was baptised at Melton in County York on 8 July 1594, the nephew of Reverend Ralph Leavitt of Grainsby, Lincolnshire, but none of this has been substantiated. If true, however, then Thomas and Anne Leavitt are likely the parents of the New England immigrant, Thomas Leavitt, who signed the compact in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1639, then moved to Hampton. [100]
  • Mary, bapt. 22 Dec 1605, m. c. 1630, as his second wife, John WHEELWRIGHT. Wheelwright's first wife, Mary Storre, sister of Augustine, died in 1629, leaving him with three small children. Following his marriage to Mary, the couple had three children baptised in England (one died young) and five more in New England. Wheelwright had been the vicar of the parish church in Bilsby, Lincolnshire for ten years when in 1633 he was released from the position, apparently for simony when he tried to sell his position back to the patron. He may have been trying to gather funds for a trip to New England, but instead was forced to find other employment until he was finally able to emigrate in 1636. Mary's mother, the widowed Susanna Hutchinson, likely sailed to New England with the Wheelwrights, because she lived with this family for the remainder of her life. Once in New England, Wheelwright quickly became embroiled in the events of the Antinomian Controversy that was shaking the foundation of the young Massachusetts colony. When he was banished, and spent the winter of 1637-1638 in southern New Hampshire, Mary, her children, and her mother stayed at their farm in Mount Wollaston, about ten miles south of Boston. They then joined him in the foundling settlement of Exeter, where they stayed for a few years. They were then compelled to move once again, by early 1642, this time to Wells, Maine, and this is where Mary's mother died. This was close to the time that Mary was mentioned in the 1644 will of her brother John. Early in 1647 Wheelwright was given a pastoring position at the church in Hampton (then a part of the Bay Colony), where the family moved next. They were together here as a family for almost ten years, but by 1655 they were back in Mary's home town in England where on 12 December a salary augmentation of £60 was to be granted "to John Wheelwright, minister of Alford, co. Lincoln, who has a great charge of children, beside[s] the £40 already allowed." Upon their return from England in 1662 the family moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts where Wheelwright died in 1679. Mary's death date is not known, other than the fact that she predeceased her husband. [101]
  • Edward, bapt. 20 Dec 1607, living in 1669, m. Sarah _______, living in 1669. Edward was educated, and like his brother Samuel, published religious treatises that showed his fluency with Latin. In the summer of 1633, at the age of 25, he sailed to New England. He and his wife Sarah were admitted to the Boston church in October 1633, and he was made a freeman the following March. In November 1634 he was on a committee to assess various rates for Boston, and he carried the title of Sergeant by 1637. As a young adult, Edward became caught up in the events of the Antinomian Controversy from 1636 to 1638, in which his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson, and his brother-in-law, John Wheelwright, were centrally involved. On 2 November 1637, following Anne's sentence of banishment, and while she was awaiting her church trial, Edward was "convented for having his hand to the seditious libel, justifying the same, & using contemptuous speeches, the Court did disfranchise him, fine him in £40, put him from office, & commit him during the pleasure of the Court." On 20 November he was on a list of those who were disarmed as a result of the controversy, and the following March he and William Baulston were given license to depart out of the jurisdiction. During this time he was among a group of 23 men who signed a compact, dated 7 March 1638, establishing a new government. He signed the compact as "Edward Hutchinson, Sr." because his nephew Edward, the son of William and Anne Hutchinson, also signed the document, as "Edward Hutchinson, Jr." The signatories were not sure where to go, but were convinced by Roger Williams to buy land of the natives and settle near the Narragansett Bay. This is what most of the signers of the compact did, establishing the settlement of Pocasset on Aquidneck Island, soon to become Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Edward was a baker, and in November 1638 he was ordered to bake bread "for the use of the plantation" in Portsmouth. He was also one of three men appointed to administer the venison trade with the natives. His stay in Rhode Island was short, and he had returned to England sometime before 1644 when he was a witness to the will of his brother John there. Once back in England he became a member of the "Ironmonger's Company," and was in business in London. Edward's wife was named Sarah, and since she was admitted to the Boston church in December 1633, she almost certainly sailed to New England with him. The couple had two children baptised in Boston, John and Ichabod, but there is no further record of either of them. Edward and his wife were both still alive in 1669 when mentioned in the will of his brother Richard in England. Online accounts that give his death date as 1675 are confusing him with his nephew Edward, who died that year from wounds received during King Philips War. [102]

(9g) William Hutchinson

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GM 3(2003):477-84; NEHGR 19(1866):13-18; 20(1867):355-67; NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9

William, the son of Edward and Susanna Hutchinson, was baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire 14 Aug 1586, d. shortly after June 1641, and m. St Mary Woolnoth, London 9 Aug 1612 Anne MARBURY, bapt. Alford 20 July 1591, d. Aug 1643, the daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden. The literature on this family is immense, so only a short recap follows. William was a cloth merchant in England, and his wife, Anne Hutchinson was a theologically astute daughter of a preacher, and adherent of the celebrated Puritan minister John Cotton. After Cotton was forced to flee to New England in 1633, the Hutchinson's followed a year later. They sailed from England aboard the ship Griffin in 1634, and settled in Boston, Mass. They were admitted to the Boston Church, but Anne soon became the focal point of the Antinomian Controversy, and in 1637 was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, following a church trial early the following year. The family left with many other members of the Boston church, and founded Portsmouth, Rhode Island in early 1638. William died there three years after their arrival, and Anne felt the pressure of Boston's encroachment on Rhode Island, so took her youngest children and went to live among the Dutch in New Netherland. After building a house in what is now the Bronx, in New York City, Anne's family was attacked and killed in late summer 1643, by natives who were furious over the heavy hand of the Dutch governor. Only one member of the household, Anne's daughter Susanna, survived, and was taken captive. William and Anne had 15 children, the first 14 all being baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire, and the last baptized in Boston, Mass.:

  • Edward, bapt. 28 May 1613, d. Marlborough, Mass. 19 Aug 1675, m. (1) (license 19 Oct 1636) probably in Lawson, England, Katherine HAMBY, the daughter of Robert Hamby and Elizabeth Arnold; m. (2) by 1651 Abigail (FERMAYES) Button, the daughter of Alice (Blessing) Fermayes, and widow of Robert Button. Edward's will was dated 17 July 1675. Edward was sometimes referred to as junior to differentiate him from his uncle. He is noted for making peace with the authorities following his mother's banishment from Massachusetts during the Antinomian Controversy, returning to Boston, and ultimately dying in the service of the colony that had treated his family so harshly. He sailed to New England at the age of 20, a year ahead of the remainder of his family. Following the events of the Antinomian Controversy, he, his father, and his uncle Edward were among 23 signers of a compact for a new government which they soon established at Portsmouth on Rhode Island. Young Hutchinson only remained there a short while, and had returned to Boston to occupy the family house. Here he had 11 children with his two wives. He became a charter member of the Military Company of Massachusetts (today known as the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1638 and became its lieutenant (second in command) in 1654. He was elected the Company's captain (commanding officer) in 1657 and served a one-year term. He also served as a Deputy to the General Court in 1658, and in this capacity voiced his opposition to the persecution of the Quakers that took place in the late 1650s. During King Phillips War, in 1675, Captain Hutchinson and Captain Thomas Wheeler were given an assignment to negotiate with the Nipmuck Indians to keep them out of the war. While searching for the tribal chief, Muttawump, the two captains, with a company of men, were ambushed, and both were wounded. Two weeks later Hutchinson died from his wounds, and was interred in a cemetery in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Hutchinson is the ancestor of three United States presidents, as well as the loyalist governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson. He has a memorial grave marker in the Springhill Cemetery, Marlborough, Mass. [103] NEHGR 145:99+, 258+.
  • Susanna, bapt. 4 Sep 1614 and buried Alford 8 Sep 1630
  • Richard, bapt 8 Dec 1615, was admitted to the Boston church on 9 Nov 1634, and later dismissed to "the Church of Christ whereof Mr. Thomas Goodwyn is pastor" (in London); no further record.
  • Faith, bapt 14 Aug 1617, d. Boston 20 Feb 1651/2, m. c. 1637 Thomas SAVAGE, b. c. 1607, d. Boston 14 Feb 1681/2. Following Faith's death, Thomas m. (2) Boston 15 Sep 1652 Mary SYMMES, daughter of Zechariah Symmes. Faith, having arrived in New England in 1634 with her parents, was admitted to the Boston church on 9 Nov 1634. Thomas sailed to New England aboard the Planter, enrolling 2 April 1635, aged 27. He was a tailor and a very prolific merchant, with an extensive history of real estate deals. He also held numerous important offices in the Massachusetts colony. The inventory of his estate totaled over 3500 pounds. His will, dated 15 Oct 1687, was proved 20 Nov 1693. Faith and Thomas had seven children, born 1638 to 1651/2, after which Thomas had eleven more children with his second wife, born 1653 to 1668/9. Thomas and his second wife share an extant table-type gravestone in the Kings Chapel Burying Ground in downtown Boston. [104]
  • Bridget, bapt. 15 Jan 1618/9, m. c. 1636 John SANFORD; m. (2) c. 1655 William PHILLIPS
  • Francis, bapt. 24 Dec 1620, killed with his mother in 1643. He was admitted to the Boston church on 9 Nov 1634 and excommunicate on 18 July 1641.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 17 Feb 1621/2, buried Alford 4 Oct 1630.
  • William, bapt. 22 June 1623, died young.
  • Samuel, bapt. 17 Dec 1624, married a wife whose name is not known, and had a son, Richard, named in the will of Samuel's oldest brother, Edward, in 1675.
  • Anne, bapt. 5 May 1626, m. c. 1640 William COLLINS, both of whom were killed with her mother in 1643. Collins, who had come to Boston from the Barbadoes, was banished and fined by the Massachusetts Bay on 7 Sep 1641, alongside his brother-in-law, Francis Hutchinson.
  • Mary, bapt. 22 Feb 1627/8, killed with mother in 1643.
  • Katherine, bapt. 7 Feb 1629/30, killed with mother in 1643.
  • William, bapt. 28 Sep 1631, killed with mother in 1643.
  • Susanna, bapt. 15 Nov 1633, m. Boston 30 Dec 1651 John COLE, son of Samuel and Ann Cole of Boston. Susanna was the sole survivor of the attack in which her mother and siblings were killed in 1643. After being taken captive for about three years, she was released and returned to Boston where she likely lived with her brother, Edward, until she married.
  • Zuriel (a daughter), bapt. Boston, Mass. 13 March 1635/6, killed with mother in 1643.

(13g) William Marbury

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NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9; Colket:Marbury Anc (1936); TAG 67(1992):201-10

William Marbury, son of John Marbury, was born say 1450, d. say 1510, and m. say 1485 Anne BLOUNT, b. say 1460, d. 20 Nov 1537 (per IPM), the daughter of Sir Thomas Blount and Agnes Hawley. Before her death, Ann had been "seised of her contingent shares of the inheritance of Robert Blount, esquire, decease, as one of his [three] sisters and heirs." The inquisition into the estate of Ann Marbury, widow, was taken at Boston, Lincolnshire on 14 March 1537/8. When Anne died, her son and heir Robert Marbury, esquire, was aged 50 years and more. Children of William and Anne:

  • Robert, b. c. 1486, m. Katherine WILLIAMSON.
  • Thomas, b. say 1488, d. Aug 1545; he was a haberdasher. He was a co-executor to the will of his brother Robert, dated 28 July 1545 and proved two months later on 28 Sep 1545, so Thomas had died before he could fulfill his executorial duties.
  • Rev. Humphrey, b. say 1490, d. 1525, resided at Pleshy, Essex
  • Mary, b. say 1492
  • John, b. say 1494, d. by 1513
  • Lawrence, b. say 1496, a draper residing in London
  • Anne, b. say 1498

The visitation of Lincolnshire 1562-4, says there were 13 children, but names only these additional children:

  • Elizabeth, m. _______ GOLDSMITH
  • Margaret
  • Jane, m. _______ NEVILL.

(12g) Robert Marbury

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NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9; Colket:Marbury Anc (1936); TAG 67(1992):205-7

Robert was born c. 1486 (aged 50 years and more upon the death of his mother in 1537), of Lowick, Northamptonshire, d. Girsby, Lincolnshire 7 Aug 1545, the son of William Marbury and Anne Blount (d. 20 Nov 1537). Robert married c. 1523 Katherine WILLIAMSON, b. say 1503, d. Girsby 11 Aug 1525 (per IPM), the daughter of John Williamson and Jane Angevine. Robert was called of Girsby, Lincolnshire. He held a number of positions from 1509 to 1514, whose titles and descriptions make little sense today. In 1517 he was appointed "serjeant at arms" with a modest annual salary, and in 1526 he held the same position in the royal household, commanding a significantly higher salary. His will was dated 28 July 1545 and proved two months later on 28 Sep 1545 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. His executors were his brother Thomas, cousin John Merbury, mother-in-law Jane Woodfurth, and son William Marbury (who got most of the goods), and his grandson Robert Marbury, son of son William. His wife Katherine had property, and an inquistion post mortem was taken at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, on 2 June 1526, giving her death date as stated above. His only known child: [105]

  • William, b. 1524, m. Agnes LENTON.

(11g) William Merbury

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NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9; Colket:Marbury Anc (1936); TAG 67(1992):201-10

William, b. Girsby, Lincolnshire 1524, d. 1581, was the son of Robert Marbury of Burgh-upon-Bain and Girsby in Lincolnshire and his wife Katherine Williamson. He m. c. 1544 Agnes LENTON, b. Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire say 1525, living in 1581, the daughter of John Lenton, Esq., of Old Wynkill. William was a year old when his mother died 11 Aug 1525. He became a lawyer in Lincolnshire, and was a member of the Middle Temple, where he was admitted in May 1551 "specially...at the instance of Mr. Francis Barnades", and still active as late as 1573. His will, dated 26 Jan 1580/1, was proved 16 Nov 1581. Children: [106]

  • Robert, b. Aldwincle, Northamps June 1545, named in 1545 will of his grandfather, Robert Marbury. He was dead when his father wrote his will in 1580/1, and from the wording in the will of his grandfather, he was not a healthy child, and likely died fairly young, but his grandfather left him 40 pounds at the age of 21, but refused him any lands.
  • William, b. say 1547, named as eldest son in his father's 1580/1 will.
  • Edward, b. c. 1552, bur. Louth, Lincolnshire 5 July 1605, aged 53, m. St. Marys, Wigford, Lincolshire 11 June 1582 Mary WELCOME, b. say 1560. He was knighted in 1603, and died as the High Sheriff of Lincoln. [107]
  • Francis, bapt. St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London 27 Oct 1555, m. (1) Elizabeth MOORE; m. (2) Bridget DRYDEN
  • Ann, bapt. St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London 4 March 1556/7, living in 1611, m. by 1580/1 William BLOXHOLME.
  • Mary, b. say 1560, m. after 1580/1 Thomas MIDDLETON. Mary was not given a surname in her father's will, unlike her older sister Ann.
  • Catherine, b. say 1562, living 15 May 1633, m. St. Peter-at-Gowts, Lincolnshire 19 Oct 1583 Christopher WENTWORTH, the son of William and Anne Wentworth. [108]

(10g) Francis Marbury

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NYGBR 45(1914):17-26,164-9; Colket:Marbury Anc (1936); TAG 16(1941):81-8; 67(1992):201-10; NEHGR 21(1868):283-4; 145(1992):3-21

Francis, the son of William Merbury, Esq, of Grisby, Lincolnshire, and his wife Agnes Lenton, was baptized at St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London on 27 Oct 1555, d. London Jan or Feb 1610/1. He m. (1) Stoke, Warwickshire 24 May 1580 Elizabeth MOORE, b. say 1560, d. c. 1586; m. (2) c. 1587 Bridget DRYDEN, b. c. 1565, d. 1645, daughter of John Dryden and Elizabeth Cope of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. Bridget was a legatee in the 1584 will of her father. Francis was a Cambridge-educated English cleric, schoolmaster and playwright. He is best known for being the father of Anne Hutchinson, considered the most famous (or infamous) English woman in colonial America, and Katherine Marbury Scott, the first known woman to convert to Quakerism in the United States. Marbury attended Christ's College, Cambridge, but is not known to have graduated, though he was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in January 1578. He was given a ministry position in Northampton and almost immediately came into conflict with the bishop. Taking a position commonly used by Puritans, he criticised the church leadership for staffing the parish churches with poorly trained clergy and for tolerating poorly trained bishops. After serving two short jail terms, he was ordered not to return to Northampton, but disregarded the mandate and was subsequently brought before the Bishop of London, John Aylmer, for trial in November 1578. During the examination, Aylmer called Marbury an ass, an idiot and a fool, and sentenced him to Marshalsea prison for his impudence. After two years in prison Marbury was considered sufficiently reformed to preach again and was sent to Alford in Lincolnshire, close to his ancestral home. Here he married and began a family, but again felt emboldened to speak out against the church leadership and was put under house arrest. Following a time without employment, he became desperate, writing letters to prominent officials, and was eventually allowed to resume preaching. Making good on his promise to curb his tongue, he preached uneventfully in Alford and with a growing prominence was rewarded with a position in London in 1605. He was given a second parish in 1608, which was exchanged for another closer to home a year later. He died unexpectedly in 1611 at the age of 55. His will, dated 25 Jan 1610/1, was proved three weeks later on 14 Feb 1610/1 in the Consistory Court of London. In his will he mentions his twelve children. The only child named is his oldest daughter Susan (no surname given). Of interest are the notes of the antiquarian Randall Holme in 1656, mentioning sons Francis and Thomas (a doctor of London) and three daughters who married a Twyford, a Skynner, of London, and a Child, who was a preacher. Holme adds that Marbury had twenty children, but only 18 have been accounted for (below). Well after Marbury's death, his widow married (indenture before marriage dated Dec 1620) Rev. Thomas Newman, rector of the Berkhamstead parish church in Hertfordshire, where he began that position in 1598. Bridget's will was dated 12 Feb 1644/5, with administration granted on 2 April 1645. Newman lost his rectory in 1645 by reason of delinquency, but was still living 5 Dec 1647. With two wives Marbury had 18 children, three of whom matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, one of whom, Anne, became a puritan dissident in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who had a leading role in the colony's Antinomian Controversy, and one of whom, Katherine, would be an exponent of Quakerism in the Rhode Island colony. Children with first wife, Elizabeth: [109]

  • Mary, b. c. 1581, bur. Alford 29 Dec 1585. [110]
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1583, bur. Alford 4 June 1601 [111]
  • Susan, bapt. Alford 12 Sep 1585, m. _______ Twyford of Shropshire

Children with second wife, Bridget, all baptismal dates at Alford:

  • Mary, b. c. 1588
  • John, bapt. 15 Feb 1589/90
  • Anne, bapt. 20 July 1591, m. William HUTCHINSON.
  • Bridget, bapt. 8 May 1593, bur. Alford 15 Oct 1598 [112]
  • Francis, bapt. 20 Oct 1594, appears to be the Goldsmith of London, who was dead by 1656, and had a son Stephen of Dublin (NEHGR 21:283).
  • Emme, bapt. 21 Dec 1595, m. William BURY of Grantham, Lincolnshire
  • Erasmus, bapt. 15 Feb 1596/7, d. 1627, matriculated Brasenose College, Oxford 12 April 1616, aged 19. [113]
  • Anthony, bapt. 21 Sep 1598, bur. Alford 9 April 1601. [114]
  • Bridget, bapt. 25 Nov 1599
  • Jeremuth, bpat. 31 March 1601, matriulated Brasenose College 11 June 1619, aged 18
  • Daniel, bapt. 14 Sep 1602
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 20 Jan 1604/5, bur. St. Peter's, Paul's Wharf, London 9 March 1613/4 (NEHGR 21:283) [115]
  • Thomas, b. London c. 1606, was a doctor in London, according to the 1656 notes of antiquarian Randall Holme.
  • Anthony, b. London c. 1608, matriculated Brasenone College 20 Oct 1626, aged 18
  • Katherine, b. London c. 1610, d. 2 May 1687 (Friends' records), m. Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England 7 June 1632 Richard SCOTT, bapt. Glemsford, Suffolk, England 9 Sep 1605, d. Providence, RI c. 1679, the son of Edward Scott of Glemsford, clothier. The Scotts were in New England by 1634 when Richard was admitted to the Boston church on 28 Aug 1634; Catherine did not join. The Scotts did NOT sail aboard the ship Griffin, as stated by Austin and others, because their oldest son was baptized in England after the 1633 sailing of the Griffin, but they were in Boston before the 1634 arrival of the Griffin. Scott, a shoemaker, was a signer of the petition to inhabit the town of Providence in the late 1630s, and on 27 July 1640 he signed the combination establishing the government of that town. On 30 Jan 1644/5 he was one of twelve Providence men who signed a deposition describing the treatment of the Gortonists at Shawomet by the Massachusetts Bay agents. On 13 March 1656/7 at the Rhode Island General Court of Trials, Roger Williams presented "the wife of Richard Scott" and others as common opposers of authority. This is shortly after several members of the Scott family became Quakers. In 1658 Katherine Scott went to Boston to support imprisoned Quakers, including her future son-in-law, Christopher Holder, who had just had an ear cut off for his Quaker evangelism. She was imprisoned as well, and whipped with "ten cruel stripes" on 2 Oct 1658, according to Quaker chronicler George Bishop, writing in 1661. Katherine apparently accompanied her daughter Mary and Christopher Holder to England in 1659, for Mary and Christopher were married at Olveston, Gloucestershire on 12 Aug 1660. In 1676, Richard Scott became embroiled in a pamphlet war between Roger Williams and Quaker founder George Fox. Fox used letters from Scott, and also from William Coddington, to argue against Williams. Richard Scott was called deceased on 1 July 1679 according to the Providence town records. In Katherine Scott's death record, her age is erroneously given as 70, when it should have read 77. The Scotts had seven known children, b. 1633/4 to c. 1649, the first born in London and the remainder in Providence. (see GM VI:202-209)

Charlemagne line

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  • (35g) Charlemagne, King of the Franks, etc., 2 Apr 747 - 28 Jan 814, m. c. 771 Hildegarde, dau. of Childabrande, Duke of Swabia
  • (34g) Louis I, the Pious, Emperor of the West, 16 Apr 778 - 20 June 840, m. c. 819 Judith of Bavaria, dau. of Count Guelph
  • (33g) Charles II, the Bald, King of France, etc., 13 June 823 - 6 Oct 877, m. 842 Ementrude, dau. of Odo I, Count of Orleans
  • (32g) Judith of France, c. 843 - c. 870, m. Baldwin I, first count of Flanders, d. 879
  • (31g) Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, c. 866 - 10 Sep 918, m. say 896 Aelfthryth, youngest dau. of Alfred the Great
  • (30g) Arnuoph I, Count of Flanders, say 897 - 27 March 965, m. 934 Adela, dau. of Herbert III, Count de Vermandois
  • (29g) Elstrude of Flanders, c. 935 - 29 Sep 1036, m. Sigfriede, 1st count of Guisnes
  • (28g) Ardolphus, 2nd count of Guisnes, say 960 - c. 996, m. Matilda, dau. of Ernicule, Count of Boulogne
  • (27g) Raoul/Rodolphus, 3d Count of Guisnes, say 990 - 30 May 1036, m. Rosella, dau. of Hugh III, Count of Saint Pol

(26g) Robert le Blonde

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Champlin (1914):20

Robert le Blonde or le Blount, the son of Raoul/Rodolphus, 3d count of Guisnes, and Rosella/Rosetta of Saint Pol, was b. say 1025, living in 1066, and m. 1056 Gundred, b. say 1035, living in 1086, daughter of the Earl Ferrers. Robert was the first Baron of Ixworth. Child:

  • Gilbert, b. 1076, m. Alice de COLEKIRKE

(25g) Gilbert le Blount

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Champlin (1914):20

Gilbert, son of Robert le Blount and Gundred Ferrers, was b. 1076, d. 1160, and m. 1097 Alicia de COLEKIRKE, b. say 1077, d. c. 1130. He was second Baron of Ixworth and "temp. Henry I". Child:

  • William, b. say 1100, m. Sarah de MONCHENSI

(24g) William le Blount

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Champlin (1914):20

William, son of Gilbert le Blount and Alicia de Colekirke, was b. say 1100, d. c. 1169, and m. 1133 Sarah de MONCHENSI, b. c. 1117, d. c. 1175, daughter of Hubert de Monchensi, Lord of Edwardeston. He was third Baron, "temp. Henry I". Child:

  • Hubert, b. say 1130 m. Agnes INSULA

(23g) Hubert le Blount

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Champlin (1914):20

Hubert le Blount, son of William le Blount and Sarah de Monchensi, was b. say 1130, d. c. 1188, and m. say 1155 Agnes de INSULA, b. say 1130, living in 1198. Child:

  • Stephen, b. say 1160, m. Maria Le BLOUNT (a distant cousin).

(22g) Sir Stephen le Blount

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Champlin (1914):20

Sir Stephen, son of Hubert le Blount and Agnes de Insula, was b. say 1160, d. 1235, and m. c. 1196 Maria le Blount, b. c. 1175, d. 1245. Child:

  • Robert, b. c. 1197, m. Isabel ODINGSELLS

(21g) Sir Robert le Blount

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Sir robert le Blount, son of Sir Stephen le Blount and Maria le Blount (a distant cousin), was b. c. 1197, d. c. 1288, and m. 1228 Isabel ODINGSELLS, b. c. 1202, d. 9 March 1246. Child:

  • William, b. c. 1233, m. Isabel BEAUCHAMP

(20g) Sir William le Blount

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Champlin (1914):20

Sir William le Blount, son of Sir Robert Le Blount and Isabel Odingsells, was b. c. 1233, d. c. June 1280, m. say 1265 Isabel BEAUCHAMP, b. c. 1244, d. aft. 1316, daughter of Robert de Beauchamp and Alice Mohun. He was of Belton, Co. Rutland. Child:

  • Walter, b. c. 1270, m. (1) _____ _____; m. (2) Johanna de SODINGTON.

(19g) Sir Walter le Blount

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Sir Walter, son of Sir William le Blount and Isabel Beauchamp, b. c. 1270, d. 1315-16, m. (1) _______ ________; m. (2) 1294 Johanna de SODINGTON, b. c. 1274, liv. 1331, sister of Sir William de Sodington of Mamble, Worcestershire. Children with second wife, Joanna:

  • Sir William, m. Margaret de VERDON, an heiress of Theobald de Verdon, Lord Justice and Lieutenant of Ireland (who d. 1328)
  • Sir John (see below).
  • Sir Walter

(18g) Sir John le Blount

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Champlin (1914):20; wikipedia and its sources

Sir John, son of Sir Walter le Blount and Johanna de Sodington, was b. say 1315, d. 1358, and m. (1) Elizabeth _______, d. c. 1346; m. (2) c. 1347 Isolda MONTJOY, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Montjoy. Children with second wife, Isolda:

  • Richard, b. c. 1348, d. 1358
  • John, b. c. 1350, m. (1) Juliana FOULHURST; m. (2) Isabella CORNWALL. In 1374 he transferred the Mountjoy property to his brother Walter.
  • Walter, b. c. 1352, m. Sancha de AYALA (see below).
  • Thomas

(17g) Sir Walter Blount

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Champlin (1914):20,22; wikipedia and sources therein

Sir Walter, the third son of Sir john le Blount and Isolda de Montjoy, b. c. 1352, d. 21 July 1403 at the battle of Shrewsbury, m. say 1375 Sancha de AYALA, b. say 1355, d. 1418, daughter of Diego Gomez de Toledo (Alcalde Mayor of Toledo) and Donna Inez de Ayala. Following the death of her husband, Lady Sancha founded, in 1406, a hospital called St. Leonard's, located near Alkmonton, Derbyshire, England. Her will was made in 1415. Children:

  • Sir John, b. say 1376, Governor of Calais, Knight of the Garter in 1413, and at the siege of Rouen in 1418. No children.
  • Sir Thomas, b. c. 1378, m. Margaret GRESLEY (see below)
  • James, b. say 1380, named in father's 1401 will

(16g) Sir Thomas Blount

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Champlin (1914):20; wikipedia, and sources therein

Sir Thomas, son of Sir Walter Blount and Sancha de Ayala, b. 1378, d. 1456, m. say 1405 Margaret GRESLEY, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley of Gresley, Derbyshire. He was Treasurer of Normandy. Child:

  • Walter, b. c. 1410

(15g) Walter Blount

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Champlin (1914):20-21; wikipedia and sources therein

Walter, son of Sir Thomas Blount and Margaret Gresley, b. c. 1410, d. 1 Aug 1474, m. say 1432 (1) Helena BYRON, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire (ancestor of Lord Byron); m. (2) 1467 Ann (NEVILLE) Stafford, widow of Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, and daughter of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland. Walter was the first Baron Montjoy. He was Treasurer of Calais in 1460, fought on the side of the Yorkists at Towton in 1461, and knighted, then promoted to Governor of Calais. In 1464 he became Lord High Treasurer of England, and raised in the peerage to Baron Montjoy. In 1472 he became a Knight of the Garter. Lord Mountjoy was buried in Christ Church, Grey Friars, London. Children with first wife, Helena:

  • William, b. say 1433, d. 1471 at battle of Barnet. His son Edward became second Baron Mountjoy in 1474, then died the following year.
  • Thomas, b. say 1435, m. say 1460 Agnes HAWLEY who d. 1462 (see below).
  • John, b. say 1440, d. 1485, succeeded his nephew Edward to become third Lord Mountjoy in 1475, then was succeeded by his son William who d. 1534.

(14g) Sir Thomas Blount

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Thomas, son of Walter Mountjoy and Helena Byron, was b. say 1435, m. say 1460 Agnes (HAWLEY) Sutton, b. say 1430, d. 14 Oct 1462, widow of Robert Sutton, and daughter and heir of John Hawley, Esq. of Girsby, parish of Burgh-on-Bain, Lincolnshire. Children:

  • Robert, of Girsby.
  • Anne, b. c. 1460, d. 1537, m. William MARBURY (see above).

(30g) Ayala line

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  • (30g) The Infante Don Vela de Aragon.
  • (29g) Sancho Velasquez, was given Lordship of Ayala in 1074 by Don Alonzo VI, King of Castile.
  • (28g) Lope Sanchez de Ayala, Rico Hombre of Castile, 1089; second Lord of Ayala.
  • (27g) Don Galindo Velasquez de Ayala, at the conquest of Saragoca, m. Donna Maria de Salzedo, heiress of the House of Salzedo.
  • (26g) Don Garcia Galindez de Salzedo, Lord of Ayala and Salzedo, Fourth Lord, m. Donna Alberta Sanz, daughter of Don Garcia, Lord of Zurbano.
  • (25g) Don Sancho Garcia de Salzedo, Rico Hombre, Lord of Ayala, d. 1195 at the battle of Alarcos, m. Donna Maria Iniquez de Piedrola, daughter of Count Don Nuno.
  • (24g) Donna Maria de Salzdo, m. Don Pero Velaz de Guevara.
  • (23g) Don Sancho Perez de Gamboa, m. Donna Andrea Diaz de Mena.
  • (22g) Donna Elvira Sanchez, heiress of Ayala, m. Don Pero Lopez de Ayala, who was at the conquest of Seville in 1253.
  • (21g) Don Sancho Lopez, el Motila or Moco, m. Donna Aldonca de Velasco.
  • (20g) Don Pero Lopez de Ayala, Adelantado Mayor of Murcia, m. Donna Sancha Fernandez Barroso; this family acquired property in Toledo.
  • (19g) Don Fernan Perez, Senor en Ayala, liv. 1375, d. the year of the battle Aljubarrota, aet. 80, m. Donna Elvira Alvarez d Zavallos
  • (18g) Donna Inez de Ayala m. Diego Gomez de Toledo, Alcalde Mayor of Toledo
  • (17g) Donna Sancha, m. Mosseu Gauter Blont (Sir Walter Blount)


  • (25g) Don Diego Lopez de Haro; was in battle of Ubeda in 1212; d. 1214
  • (24g) Don Lope Diaz de Haro, Lord of Biscay, surnamed de Baeca from the capture of that city, m. Donna Urraca Alfonsa, daughter of Don Alonzo, King of Leon.
  • (23g) Don Lop Ruys el Chico, 3d son, m. 1253 Donna Berenguela Gonzales Giron
  • (22g) (above) Don Pero Lopez de Ayala m. Donna Elvira Sanchez

(18g) James Byron

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wikipedia

James Byron of Clayton was b. c. 1300, d. 1355, and m. Elizabeth de Bernake. Child:

  • Richard, b. 1354, m. Joan de Colwick

(17g) Richard Byron

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wikipedia

Richard Byron, the son of James Byron and Elizabeth de Bernake, was b. 1354, d. 1415, and m. Joan de Colwick, daughter of William de Colwick. Child:

  • John, b. 1386, m. Margery Booth

(16g) Sir John Byron

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wikipedia

John, the son of Richard Byron and Joan de Colwick, was b. 1386, d. 1450, and m. 1415 Margery Booth, the daughter of John Booth. They had nine children, six daughters and three sons. Child:

  • Helena, b. c. 1416, m. say 1432 Walter Blount (see above)

(19g) Robert Hawley

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Champlin (1914):22-3

Robert Hawley, b. say 1270, m. Joan _______. He was of Girsby, in the parish of Burgh-on-Bain, Lincolnshire. In 1309 he and she had, conjointly, a grant of land in Girsby from Ralph le Muer of Covenham.

(18g) Sir William Hawley

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Champlin (1914):23

Sir William, son of Robert and Joan Hawley, was b. say 1300, and was knighted.

(17g) Sir William Hawley

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Champlin (1914):23

Sir William, son of Sir William Hawley, b. say 1330, d. c. 1387. His will was dated at Bayonne in Gascony (Lincolnshire?) 16 June 1386 and proved at Nettleham, Lincolnshire 3 Nov 1387. He was to be buried in the Friars Preachers, Bayonne.

(16g) Sir Thomas Hawley

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Champlin (1914):23

Thomas, son of Sir William Hawley, b. say 1365, m. Margaret _______. Thomas proved his father's will in 1387; Margaret had a license to have mass said in the Chapel at Girsby on 10 Jan 1396/7.

(15g) John Hawley

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Champlin (1914):23

John, son of Thomas and Margaret Hawley, b. say 1400, was of Girsby, Lincolnshire. Known child:

  • Agnes, b. say 1435, d. 14 Oct 1462, m. (1) Robert SUTTON of Lincoln, d. 1451/2; m. (2) Thomas BLOUNT (see above). The will of Robert Sutton was dated 23 Feb 1451/2 and proved 3 April 1452.

(14g) Alexander Williamson

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TAG 67(1992):203-4

Alexander Williamson, b. say 1450, d. 1503, m. Alice _______. In 1486, Alexander appeared as a witness to a grant of land in Horncastle, Scrayfield, and other places in Lincolnshire, England. He was of Winceby, Lincolnshire when his will was dated 12 Sep 1500, corrected to 23 Nov 1502, with memorandum added 13 Jan 1503[2/3], and proved 22 May 1503. There is an inquisition post mortem for Alexander which was not interpreted in the above article, and is a mish-mash of land holdings. A family summary was not provided in the article. Children:

  • John, eldest (son or child???), unm. in 1500
  • Robert, unm. in 1500
  • Philip, unm. in 1500
  • Edward, unm. in 1500
  • Alice, unm. in 1500

(13g) John Williamson

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TAG 67(1992):206-7

John, the son of Alexander Williamson and presumably his wife Alice, b. say 1480, d. 24 March 1512/3, m. Jane/Joan ANGEVINE, daughter of Michael Angevine. Following his death, Jane/Joan m., as his second wife, c. 1515 William Woodford who d. 4 March 1529/30, and whose first wife was Anne Bingham. An inquisition post mortem into the estate of William Wodeforthe, late of Farlesthorpe (a mile from Alford) was taken at the Castle of Lincoln on 26 July 1530.

  • Katherine, b. c. 1508, d. 1525, m. Robert MARBURY (see above).

(14g) Michael Angevine

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TAG 67(1992):205

Michael Angevine, b. say 1450, d. 20 March 1521/2. His inquisition post mortem was taken 2 Oct 1522. Children:

  • Barnard, b. say 1475, had son John aged 20 and above in 1522.
  • Jane/Joan, b. c. 1484, liv. 1545, m. (1) John WILLIAMSON (see above); m. (2) William WOODFORD

(12g) John Lenton

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(13g) William Dryden

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Champlin (1914):24

William Dryden, b. say 1470, was of Walton, County Cumberland, England. Known child:

  • David, b. c. 1500, liv. 1540, m. Isabel NICHOLSON

(12g) David Dryden

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Champlin (1914):24

David, son of William Dryden, was b. say 1500, liv. 1540, and m. Isabel NICHOLSON, daughter and heir of William Nicholson of Staff Hill, County Cumberland, which was also where David lived. Known children:

  • Thomas
  • John, m. Elizabeth COPE (see below).
  • Isabel, m. Thomas WARWICK.

(11g) John Dryden

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Champlin (1914):24-5; NEHGR 145(1991):21; Magna Carta Ancestry (2011):434-6

John, the son of David Dryden and Isabel Nicholson, b. say 1525, d. 3 Sep 1584, m. say 1552 Elizabeth COPE, b. say 1532, the daughter of John Cope and Bridget Raleigh. John was a gentleman of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, where he was buried. His will was dated 5 Aug and proved 10 Sep 1584. Children:

  • Mary, b. say 1553, m. Francis FOXLEY, Esq., of Foxley, Northamptonshire. Perhaps she died before her father wrote his will, without children, since she was apparently not mentioned therein.
  • Erasmus, b. say 1556, m. Frances WILKES, daughter of William Wilkes of Hodnell, Warwickshire. He earned his BA from Oxford in 1577 and was created Baronet in 1619. He was sheriff of Northamptonshire in the 40th year of Queen Elizabeth. They were grandparents of John Dryden, the Poet Laureate.
  • George, b. say 1558, left land in Adston by his father, apparently in his 1584 will.
  • John, b. say 1560, named in father's 1584 will.
  • Thomas, b. say 1562, named in father's 1584 will.
  • Nicholas, b. say 1564, m. Mary EMYLEY. They were great-grandparents of Jonathan Swift, the satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1566, named in father's 1584 will
  • Bridget, b. c. 1568, m. 1589 Francis MARBURY (see above).
  • Stephen (Rev.) (?--not named in will of father), b. say 1569, bur. Bulwick, Northamptonshire Feb (??-not if will proved in Jan) 1636/7, m. Ellen NEALE, bur. Bulwick 21 Nov 1632, daughter of John Neale and Grace Butler of Yelden, Bedfordshire, and Wollaston, Northamptonshire. Stephen was admitted to Middle Temple 20 Feb 1589/90. He was installed as rector of Bulwick, Northamptonshire 14 Aug 1615. His nuncupative will was dated 12 Dec 1636 and proved 19 Jan 1636/7.
  • Emma, b. say 1571, m. William BURY, Esq. of Grantham

(13g) William Nicholson

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William Nicholson, b. say 1475, was of Staff Hill, County Cumberland, England, and married. Known child:

  • Isabel, b. say 1505, m. David DRYDEN, b. say 1500, liv. 1540, son of William Dryden.

(16g) John Cope

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Champlin (1914):25

John Cope was b. 1355, d. 1415, and m. 1393 Elizabeth NEWENHAM, b. say 1373, daughter of John Newenham. He was of Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, and Hausted, Buckinghamshire. He was the sheriff of Co. Northants in 1378, 1396, 1400, and 1404, and Knight of the Shire in 1396, 1399, 1402, 1404, and 1406. He espoused the cause of the House of Lancaster during the War of the Roses. Children:

  • John, b. 1397, m. Joan _______. They were of Deanshanger
  • Stephen, b. 1410, d. 29 July 1445; had two known children b. 1435 and 1437.
  • William, b. say 1400, m. _______ GOSSAGE (see below).

(15g) William Cope

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Champlin (1914):25

William, son of John Cope and Elizabeth Newenham, was b. say 1400, m. _______ GOSSAGE, daughter and heir of William Gossage of Spratton, Northamptonshire. Known child:

  • Alexander (see below)

(14g) Alexander Cope

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Champlin (1914):25

Alexander, the son of William Cope and ______ Gossage, b. say 1422, was of Deanshanger and Grimsbury, Northamptonshire; married and had:

  • William, b. say 1445, m. Agnes HARCOURT (see below)
  • Margaret, m. William IBEROWE, Embroiderer to King Henry VII.

(13g) William Cope

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Champlin (1914):25-6

William, son of Alexander Cope, was b. say 1445, d. 1513, and m. (1) 1470 Agnes HARCOURT, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire who was Standard Bearer to Henry VII at Bosworth; m. (2) Jane (SPENCER) Saunders, daughter and heir of Sir John Spencer, Knight, of Hodnell, Warwickshire, and widow of William Saunders of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Child with first wife, Agnes:

  • Stephen, of Bedhampton, Hampshire, ancestor of the Copes of Pennsylvania.

Children with second wife, Jane:

  • Sir Anthony, Chamberlain to Queen Katherine Parr
  • William, Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII in 1516 and Servitor at the Coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn.
  • Sir John, b. c. 1504, d. 1559, m. Bridget RALEGH (see below)

(12g) Sir John Cope

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Champlin (1914):26; NEHGR 145(1991):20-21; Magna Carta Ancestry (2011):434

John, the son of William Cope and Jane Spencer, was b. c. 1504, d. 22 Jan 1557/8, and m. (1) say 1529 Bridget RALEGH, b. say 1505 (father d. 1508), daughter of Edward Ralegh and Anne Chamberlain of Farnborough, Warwickshire; m. (2) Mary (MALLORY) Cave, widow of Clement Cave, and daughter and coheiress of Nicholas Mallory; m. (3) by 1542 Margaret (TAME) Stafford, liv. 1558, widow of Humphrey Stafford, and daughter of Edmond Tame, knight. John Cope was made sheriff of Northamptonshire in Dec 1545. The will of Sir John Cope of Ashby was proved 20 May 1558. Children:

  • Erasmus, eldest son, b. say 1530, m. Mary HEANAGE, daughter of John Hennage.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1532, m. John DRYDEN (see above).
  • George, second son, m. Dorothy SPENCER, daughter of Thomas Spencer.
  • Anthony, m. Eleanor STAFFORD. In his will, proved 20 Dec 1558, he calls himself of Adston, Northamptonshire.
  • Joan, m. (1) Stephen BOYLE of Kentish Town, Middlesex, Gent.; m. (2) Ferdinand FRECKLETON. Her daughter, Elizabeth Boyle, married Edmund Spenser, the poet and author of The Faerie Queene.

(22g) William Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):4

William Ralegh, b. say 1170, liv. 1235-6, was an adult in 1198 when he granted land to William Briwar, the land that his uncle Walter de Ralegh had held. In 1225 and 1233 he was sheriff of Devon. Child:

  • William, m. (1) Clarissa _______; m. (2) Isabel _______ (see below).

(21g) William Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):4-5

William, the son of William de Ralegh of Devonshire, b. say 1210, d. c. 1270 (d. by 1271 when his widow Isabel paid a tax), was a knight by 1238. He m. (1) Clarissa (_______) Aubermarle, his wife in 1238, and the widow of Robert Aubermarle; m. (2) Isabel _______, liv. 1286, his wife in 1258 when they paid a tax in Somerset. Isabel was the widow of both James Montsorel and Ralph Fitzurse. William was a tax collector in Devon in 1238. His widow Isabel resumed the name of her second husband, which carried a better title, and was called Isabella la Fichours in 1286. Children with first wife, Clarissa:

  • Thomas; in 1303 he was holding fees in Colecomb, Ralegh, and Alryngton that his father had held in 1242-3.
  • Henry, m. Mabel PUNCHARDON (see below)
  • Matilda, m. by 1247 Henry de la POMERAY.

(20g) Henry Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):5-7

Henry, the son of William and Clarissa Ralegh, b. say 1245, liv. 1303, m. Mabel PUNCHARDON, said to be the daughter of John Punchardon. Henry was a knight of Devon, and summoned to perform military service from 1277 to 1301. He was knight of the shire in 1297 and 1301. In 1302 Henry and wife Mabel settled the manor of Walpen in the Isle of Wight. Child:

  • John, m. (1) Joan de GREY; (2) Amy/Anne _______ (below).

(19g) John Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):7-8

John, son of Henry Ralegh and Mabel Punchardon, b. say 1275, liv. 1348, m. (1) by 1302 Joan de GREY, b. say 1280, d. by 1340; m. (2) by 1340 Amy/Anne ______. John and Joan are named in a 1302 settlement of Walpen, in the Isle of Wight. In 1316 he was a tenant in Molington (Devonshire), and in 1324 as a man at arms of Devon, he was to attend the Great Council. He appeared in a 24 Feb 1348 tax commission in Devon. Children with first wife, Joa:

  • John, m. Rose HELION (below).
  • Katherine

(18g) John Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):8-10

John, the son of John Ralegh and Joan de Grey, was b. by 1314 (say 1305), d. by 1348, and m. Rose HELION, daughter and heir of Peter and Cecily Helion, knight. Peter was son of Walter and Alice Helion. Only known child:

  • Thomas, m. (1) Elizabeth EVESHAM; m. (2) Agnes SWINFORD (see below).

(17g) Thomas Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):10-15

Thomas, the son of John Ralegh and Rose Helion, was b. say 1330, d. 6 Nov 1396, m. (1) (arranged) c. 1343 Elizabeth EVESHAM, b. say 1330, daughter of Robert de Evesham; m. (2) Agnes (SWINFORD) Barbour, daughter of Sir William Swinford, knight, and formerly wife of William Barbour. He was sheriff of Warwick and Leicester from Oct 1380 to Nov 1381. He was called of Farnborough (Warwickshire) in a 1387 deed. Children, with second wife, Agnes:

  • Thomas, b. Farnborough 9 Feb 1379/80, d. 18 Oct 1404, m. Joan ASTELEY, d. 1448, daughter and heiress of Sir William Asteley of Asteley, Warwickshire. Joan m. (2) 7 Feb 1414/5, as his second wife, Reginald lord Grey of Ruthin who d. 18 Oct 1440. In his will, proved 21 Oct 1404, Thomas requested to be buried at Asteley. Children: (1) Joan, b. say 1400, d. by Feb 1448/9, m. (1), as his second wife, Gerard BRAYBROOK, b. c. 1393, d. 15 April 1422, son of Sir Gerard Braybrook (d. 1429). Joan had a daughter, Eleanor, b. c. 1417. She m. (2) by 1426 Edward BROUNFLETE, knight; (2) William, b. say 1402.
  • John, b. say 1382, m. by c. 1397 (arranged) Idony COTESFORD, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Cotesford. John was of Thornborow (shire?) (see below).

(16g) John Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):14-5

John, the son of Thomas Ralegh and Agnes Swinford, b. say 1382, m. by c. 1397 (arranged) Idony COTESFORD, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas and Alice Cotesford. John was of Thornborow (shire?). Child:

  • William, m. Elizabeth GREENE

(15g) William Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):15-16; Magna Carta Ancestry (2011):433

William, the son of John Ralegh and Idony Cotesford, b. say 1410, d. 15 Oct 1460, and m. say 1435 Elizabeth GREENE, b. say 1415, daughter of Thomas Greene and Philippa Ferrers. William was of Farnborough, Warwickshire; Claydon, Oxfordshire, and Charles, West Hagington, West Buckland, and Ash Raff, Devonshire. Children:

  • Thomas
  • Giles
  • William
  • Edward, b. c. 1442 (of full age in 1463), m. Margaret VERNEY
  • Margaret

(14g) Edward Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):16-18; Magna Carta Ancestry (2011):433

Edward, the son of William Ralegh and Elizabeth Greene, was b. c. 1442 (of full age in 1463), d. c. 1513, and m. 1467 Margaret VERNEY, liv. 1509, daughter of Ralph and Emme Verney. Edward was knighted, and was Sheriff of Warwick and Leicester in 1467, 1495 and 1506. His will was dated 20 June 1509 and proved 4 May 1513, he being dead by 6 June 1513. He requested to be buried in the Chapel of Our Lady at Farnborough. Children:

  • Anne
  • Alice
  • Joan, named in Ralph Verney's 1478 will.
  • Edward, eldest son, m. Anne CHABERLAIN (see below)
  • Elizabeth, d. by 1513, m. Austin/Augustine GAYNESFORD, son and heir of George Gaynesford. By 1513 Austin had a second wife, Julyan.
  • Emme
  • Anthony, second son, d. c. 1533, m. Elizabeth HARWELL, daughter of John Harwell, esq. His will was proved in 1533.

(13g) Edward Ralegh

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NEHGR 145(1991):18-20; Magna Carta Ancestry (2011):433-4

Edward, son of Edward Raleigh and Margaret Verney, b. c. 1474, d. 1508, m. say 1498 Ann CHAMBERLAIN, b. c. 1478, d. c. 1517, daughter of Richard Chamberlain and Sybill Fowler. Anne m. (2) Ralph Fulshurst, d. 1530. Edward was of Farnborough, Warwickshire. Children:

  • George, d. c. 1546, m. (1) Jane CONNYSBY, daughter of William Connysby, knight; m. (2) the widow of Sir Thomas Fitzgarethe; m. (3) Anne Erneley. His will was proved in 1546.
  • Edward
  • Leonard
  • Anthonie
  • Thomas, m. Maria _______
  • Bridget, b. say 1505, m. John COPE (see above).
  • Margaret, m. Richard MUSKET.
  • Mary, d. by 1522/3, m. 1507/8 Nicholas WODHULL, who m. (2) Elizabeth Parr. The marriage date here does not fit with the presumed marriage of her mother.

Magna Carta line through Greene

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Magna Carta Ancestry (2011):433

  • (25g) Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk; m. Ida de TONY
  • (24g) Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, m. Maud MARSHALL
  • (23g) Isabel le Bigod, m. John Fitz GEOFFREY, knight of Shere, Surrey
  • (22g) Joan Fitz John, m. Thebaud le BOTELER (BUTLER) of Arklow, co. Wicklow
  • (21g) Edmund le Boteler, knight, Earl of Carrick, m. Joan Fitz John
  • (20g) Jamesle Boteler, K.B., 1st Earl of Ormond, m. Eleanor de BOHUN.
  • (19g) Pernel le Boteler, m. Gilbert TALBOT, knight, 3d Lord Talbot
  • (18g) Richard Talbot, knight, 4th Lord Talbot, m. Ankaret le STRANGE.
  • (17g) Mary Talbot, m. Thomas GREENE, Sr., knight, of Green's Norton, Northamptonshire.
  • (16g) Thomas Greene, m. Philippa Frrers (below)

(16g) Thomas Greene

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NEHGR 145(1991):15

Thomas Greene, b. say 1385, d. 18 Jan 1461/2, m. Philippa FERRERS, b. say 1390.

  • Thomas, d. 9 Sep 1462, m. Matilda
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1415, m. say 1435 William RALEGH (see above)

(16g) Richard Chamberlain

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NEHGR 138(1983):319

Richard Chamberlain, b. say 1365, d. 1396, m. Margaret LOVEYNE, b. say 1370, daughter of Sir Nicholas Loveyne. He was a grandson of Joan Morteyn (see Moriarty, NEHGR 79(1925):358). Margaret remarried following his death.

(15g) Richard Chamberlain

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NEHGR 138(1983):318-9

Richard, son of Richard Chamberlain and presumably Margaret Loveyne, b. c. 1392 (aged 16 in 1408), d. 1438-9, m. (1) Elizabeth _______; m. (2) Margaret KNYVET, b. say 1415, d. 1458, daughter of Sir John Knyvet. He was of Cotes, Northamptonshire. Child with first wife, Elizabeth:

  • Richard, m. Sibyl FOWLER (see below).

Child with second wife, Margaret:

  • William, b. c. 1436 (aged 22 in 1458), d. by 1477/8, m. Joan LYDEARD, d. by 1477/8, sister of Thomas Lydeard, Esq.

(14g) Richard Chamberlain

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NEHGR 138(1983):319

Richard, son of Richard and Elizabeth Chamberlain, b. say 1432, d. 1496, and m. Sibyl FOWLER, b. say 1450.

  • Anne, b. c. 1478, liv. 1510, m. Edward RALEIGH (see above).

(16g) William Fowler

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NEHGR 153(1998):164,172

William Fowler, b. say 1395, m. by 1422 Cecily ENGLEFIELD, b. c. 1403, daughter of Nicholas Englefield and Joan Clerk alias Rycote. Land transactions in 1422 and 1428. Child:

  • Richard, m. Joan DANVERS

(15g) Richard Fowler

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NEHGR 153(1998):164,172

Richard, the son of William Fowler and Cecily Englefield, was b. say 1430, d. 1477, and m. Joan DANVERS. Land transactions in 1453/4 and 1475. Child:

  • Sybil, m. Richard CHAMBERLAIN (see above).

(17g) Nicholas Englefield

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NEHGR 153(1998):164,171

Nicholas Englefield, b. say 1375, d. 1 April 1415, m. (1) Joan CLERK alias Rycote, b. say 1380, d. c. 1409, daughter of Nicholas Clerk and Catherine Rycote; m. (2) Elizabeth Quartermain. Children with first wife:

  • Sibilla, b. c. 1400 (aged 15 in 1415), m. by 1422 Richard QUARTERMAIN
  • Cecily, b. c. 1403 (aged 12 in 1415), m. William FOWLER (see above).
  • Agnes, b. c. 1407 (aged 8 in 1415)

Child with second wife, Elizabeth:

  • John, b. 1411 (aged 4 in 1415)

(18g) Nicholas Clerk alias Rycote

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NEHGR 153(1998):164,171

Nicholas Clerk alias Rycote, b. say 1355, prob. d. by 1412, m. Catherine RYCOTE, b. say 1360, predeceased her husband, daughter of John I Rycote and Elizabeth Gernon. Only child:

  • Joan, b. say 1380, predeceased her father, m. Nicholas ENGLEFIELD. Nicholas m. (2) Elizabeth Quartermain.

(23g) Sir Fulk I de Rycote

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NEHGR 153(1998):168-9

Fulk, the son of Richard, of Rycote, in Oxfordshire, b. say 1165, d. by 1233, m. Matilda _______. In 1197, Roger Visdelou obtained a life interest in land in Appleton from Alexander, son of Richard, and Eleanor, his wife; and Fulk, son of Richard, and Matilda, his wife, who had inherited the land. Fulk, son of Richard, became known as Fulk de Rycote about 1225.

(22g) William de Rycote

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NEHGR 153(1998):169

William, the only known child of Fulk and Matilda de Rycote, b. say 1195, d. before his father, for it was William's son, Fulk II, who succeeded his father, Fulk I. Child:

  • Sir Fulk II de Rycote

(21g) Sir Fulk II de Rycote

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NEHGR 153(1998):169-

Fulk II de Rycote, son of William de Rycote, b. say 1225 (of age in 1250), d. 1302, and m. (1) _______ ________; m. (2) Margaret le DESPENSER, daughter of sir Adam Despensar. Fulk II was a knight, when he witnessed a charter as Fulk de Rycote in 1250. He was a commissioner in 1279, and in 1297 was summoned for military service in person with horses and arms in parts beyond the seas. Known child, with second wife:

  • Fulk III.

(20g) Fulk III de Rycote

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NEHGR 153(1998):170

Note: there appears to be a missing generation if Fulk II was an adult in 1250, but Fulk III was living in 1372. If this is actually the case, then Fulk III must have been born about 1295 when his father was nearly 70 years old, which is entirely possible.

Fulk III, b. say 1295, liv. 1372, married a wife whose name is unknown. In 1318, "the escheator was ordered to cause Fulk de Rycote, son and heir of Fulk de Rycote, tenant in chief of the late king [Edward I], to have seisin [possession] of his father's lands." In 1316 he was a lord of the townships of Haseley, Latchford, and Rycote, all in Oxfordshire. He was summoned to military service against the Scots in 1322. He held "Rycote of the Earl of Oxford" in 1360 and 1372.

(19g) John I Rycote

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NEHGR 153(1998):170-1

John I, the son of Fulk III de Rycote, b. say 1325, prob. d. by 1379, m. (1) by 1349, Elizabeth GERNON, b. say 1330, daughter of John II Gernon; m. (2) by 1366 Maud _______. He was of Oxfordshire. Children:

  • John II, b. say 1350, d. by 1400. In 1380 he was a collector of the subsidy in Oxfordshire. He was a verderer in Rockingham Forest. Child:
  • Catherine, m. Nicholas CLERK alias RYCOTE

(23g) Roger Gernon

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NEHGR 153(1998):165-6

Roger Gernon, b. say 1180, m. Matilda _______, b. say 1185. He received land of William Briwere, which the latter had regained possession of in 1216. Roger is again of record in 1226 concerning the same property. Roger also held a knight's fee in Chilworth and Coombe, both in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, in 1223. Known child:

  • Roger

(22g) Roger II Gernon

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NEHGR 153(1998):166

Roger, the presumed son of Roger and Matilda Gernon, b. say 1210, liv. 1266. In 1235/6 Roger paid scutage (tax) to Gilebert Gernon for his knight's fee in Lavington. He was living in 1266 when he and others, including Fulk de Rycote, held an inquistion concerning Oxford Castle.

(21g) John I Gernon

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NEHGR 153(1998):166-7

John, son of Roger Gernon II, was b. say 1250, liv. 1302, m. Alice de PLESSIS, b. say 1255, daughter of Sir Hugh De Plessis (d. 1292) and Isabel Biset (d. by 1278/9). He had land in Coome and Chilworth in Oxfordshire. In 1302 John and Alice Gernon were plaintiffs in a litigation.

(20g) John II Gernon

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NEHGR 153(1998):168

John, b. say 1285, son of John Gernon and Alice de Plessis, married, wife's name not known. He is of record in Oxfordshire in 1313, was a lord of Chilworth and Coombe, Oxfordshire in 1316, and in 1327 was taxed in Coombe. In 1348 his two daughters pleaded unsuccessfully for land in Kidlington formerly owned by their great grandfather, Hugh de Plessis. Known children:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1330, m. John de RYCOTE (see above).
  • Joan, m. Sir John de VERNON.

(22g) Hugh de Plessis

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NEHGR 153(1998):167

Hugh de Plessis, b. say 1230 d. 1292, and m. (1) Isabel BISET, b. say 1235, d. by 1278/9, daughter of John and Alice Biset; m. (2) Joan de HOYVILLE. Child with first wife:

  • Alice, b. say 1255, m. John GERNON I (see above).

Child with second wife:

  • Margery, m. William BEREFORD (they were ancestors of Gov. Thomas Dudley)

(8g) Stephen Northup, Sr.

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see below

(7g) Stephen Northup, Jr.

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Stephen, b. 1656, d. N. Kingstown, RI 12 May 1733, aged 77,was the son of Stephen Northup, Sr. of Providence and Kingstowne, Rhode Island. His mother was, according to family tradition, Elizabeth Hearnden (or Herrington). Stephen was married in Jamestown, RI on 11 [month lost] 1684 to Mary THOMAS. His will, date lost, was proved in N. Kingstown 12 Jun 1733, naming wife Mary, six children, and numerous grandchildren. His known children were: [116]

  • Stephen, b. c. 1685, d. 1715, m. c. 1712 Damaris ARNOLD Cary, b. Jamestown, RI 30 Dec 1680, d. 1764, the daughter of Oliver Arnold and Phebe Cook of Jamestown, and granddaughter of Governor Benedict Arnold and Damaris Westcott. She had married first John Cary, b. Bridgewater, Mass 9 Dec 1674, d. c. 1709, the son of Deacon John Cary and Abigail Penniman. She and Stephen had no recorded children, and if they did have children, they likely did not survive, as Stephen's father would have certainly named them in his will, as he named most of his other grandchildren. Following Stephen's death, Damaris m. (3) say 1720, Benjamin Sheffield, who was likely the son of RI Attorney General Joseph Sheffield and Mary Sherriff, and born Portsmouth, RI 18 June 1691. On 18 March 1715 Stephen's inventory was presented by his widow, Damaris at Jamestown, where the couple lived. Damaris's will was dated 15 Feb 1764 and recorded 25 June 1764. [117]
  • Abigail, b. c. 1687, m. (1) c. 1706 Samuel ELDRED, and m. (2) 1722 John WATSON. Abigail had three children with her first husband, born 1707 to 1713, and three more with her second husband, born c. 1723 to c. 1727 (see above).
  • Thomas, b. c. 1689, d. Groton, CT 7 March 1761, m. Catherine WESTGATE, b. Kingstowne, RI 23 Dec 1684, likely dead by 1761 when not named in her husband's will, the daughter of Robert and Sarah Westgate of Kingstowne and Warwick, RI. Catherine was the oldest of ten children whose births were recorded in the records of the Narragansett Friends (see VRRI, 7:159). She was named (without a surname) in the 1 Sep 1716 will of her father, and she was called Catharine Northup in the 15 May 1723 will of her mother (GDRI:219). Thomas's will, dated 16 Feb 1761, was proved at Groton 4 May 1761, naming neither wife nor children, but instead naming several grand children and a great grandchild.
  • Mary, b. c. 1691, died by 1733 when not named in her father's will, though her four children WERE named; m. c. 1710 Jonathan CARD, b. c. 1684. There is almost no documentary evidence available on Mary or her husband. Austin, in his 1879 Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, really gets the Card family muddled up. A 1929 article in the New England Hist Gen Register (83:91) states that Jonathan Card, b. c. 1684, the son of James Card, married Mary Northup and had four known children. This article states that he died by 1740, and that he had a second wife, Deborah. The web has gone amuck with details on this Jonathan Card, but I still find documentary evidence totally lacking. I have yet to find any birth, marriage, or death dates that might provide a clue as to when Mary was born. The best I've been able to find is a SECONDARY source giving the birth year of Mary's daughter, Mary (who married Jonathan Shearman) as 1711. If this is correct, then Mary was likely born in the late 1680s or very early 1690s. I've placed her here accordingly.
  • Henry, b. c. 1693, d. 25 Sep 1747 (Bible Rec.), m. say 1715 Hopestill SMITH, b. say 1695, the daughter of John Smith and Phillis Gereardy of Prudence Island and S. Kingstown, Rhode Island. The will of Hopestill's father, dated 1 Sep 1729, gives to the "five children of my daughter Hopestill Northup each a Bible." On 13 April 1741, Henry Northup petitioned the South Kingstown Town Council to appoint an administrator for the estate of Phillis Smith (Hopestill's mother), who apparently had a sizable estate. Then, on 9 Oct 1759, Hopestill Northup, the widow of Henry Northup, late of N. Kingstown, swore before the Exeter, RI Town Council that the last place of her legal residence was N. Kingstown, so the Exeter council declared that she should be delivered to an overseer of the poor in N. Kingstown. Hopestill appears to have had two sons, Joseph and Sylvester, and was likely in Exeter because that is where her son Sylvester lived.[118]
  • Nicholas, b. c. 1695 (b. N. Kingstown 20 Jan 1690/1 per web sources, without documentation, but the order in which the sons were named in his father's will was Thomas, Henry, and then Nicholas), d. 1764, m. (1) c. 1721 Abigail SLOCUM, b. c. 1692, d. c. 1729; m. (2) N.Kingstown 23 June 1730 (but the date was mis-transcribed in Arnold's VRRI as 1720) Freelove ELDRED, b. Stonington, CT 29 March 1700/1, d. N. Kingstown, RI c. 1758, daughter of Capt Daniel Eldred and Mary Phillips; m. (3) say 1760 Sarah (_______) Gould. Nicholas had four children with his first wife, born c. 1722 to 1728, and then had five more children with his second wife, b. 1732 to 1738.
  • Mercy, b. 1703, d. N. Kingstown (or Saunderstown?) 26 June 1782, aged 79, m. c. 1724 Caleb ALLEN, b. 27 Feb 1703/4, d. N. Kingstown 18 Feb 1783, the son of Matthew Allen and Elizabeth Proctor. The birth of Caleb Allen appears in the Dartmouth, Mass. vital record as being on 27 Feb 1703, and appears in Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island in N. Kingstown as 27 Feb 1704. Mercy and Caleb are buried in the Caleb Allen Lot in N. Kingstown, Hist Cem. #60. They had four known children born 1725 to 1735. [119]
  • Patience, b. 27 June 1705, d. 26 June 1795, m. c. 1725 Robert HAZARD, b. N. Kingstown 11 April 1703, d. 8 Oct 1789, the son of Jeremiah Hazard and Sarah Smith. Patience and Robert had five known children, born c. 1726 to 1737.

(11g) Henry Sherman I (2 of 2)

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NEHGR 166(2012):256-8

Henry Sherman, b. c. 1512, d. 1590, and m. (1) Agnes _______, bur. Dedham, Essex, England 14 Oct 1580, perhaps a daughter of Robert PERPOYNT of Dedham, unless that daughter was a wife previous to Agnes. He m. (2) Dedham 5 June 1581 Marion (_______)(Smythe) Wilson, widow of Thomas Smythe of Dedham and Edmund Wilson of St. Leonard's, Colchester. She may be the "Mrs. Sherman" buried at St. James, Colchester 4 Aug 1584. Henry m. (3) Margery ______, named in his will, dated 20 Jan 1589/90 with codicil 26 Feb 1589/90 and proved in London 25 July 1590. Children, most with first wife, whoever she was:

  • Alice, b. say 1540, bur. Dedham 20 Oct 1580, m. c. 1562 Nicholas FINCE, b. c. 1532, bur. Dedham 28 Feb 1593/4, son of John and Ellen Fince of Ardleigh, Essex. They had seven children baptized in Dedham from 1562/3 to 1578.
  • Judith, b. say 1543, bur. Dedham 1 April 1601, m. Dedham 27 June 1566 William PETFIELD, clothier, living in 1610, probably son of John Petfield of Earls Colne, Essex, clerk. They had nine children baptized in Dedham from 1567 to 1588.
  • Henry, b. say 1545, m. Susan LAWRENCE.
  • Edmund, b. say 1548, m. (1) Ann PELLETT; (2) Ann CLERE.
  • John, b. say 1551, bur. Dedham 16 Oct 1576, unmarried.
  • Thomas, b. say 1555, bur. Dedham 16 March 1563/4
  • Robert, bapt. Dedham 6 Feb 1559/60, bur. St. Stephen Coleman Street, London 14 Jan 1602/3. He was educated at Cambridge University and became a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1599. He m. (1) Dedham 9 Dec 1583 Barbara BROWNE, bapt. Dedham 1 April 1561, daughter of Martin Browne and Katherine Reynolds; (2) c. 1597 Bridget JENNEY, daughter of Francis Jenney and Margaret Peyton. Robert's will was dated 10 Jan 1602/3 and proved 20 Jan 1602/3.

(10g) Henry Sherman II (2 of 2)

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NEHGR 167(2013):43-52

Henry, the son of Henry Sherman the elder with his first wife, was born say 1545, probably in Dedham, Essex, England, and died Aug 1610. He m. Moze, Essex 14 June 1568 Susan LAWRENCE, b. say 1548, perhaps in South Elmham, Suffolk, bur. Dedham, Essex 13 Sep 1610. Henry's will was dated 21 Aug and proved 8 Sep 1610, but he was dead by 31 Aug 1610, the date of his widow's will, which was proved 12 Sep 1610. Children, all baptisms in Dedham, Essex:

  • Phebe, bapt. 1 May 1570, living 1610, m. Simon FENN of Dedham, clothier whose will was dated 16 Jan 1609 and proved 11 May 1610.
  • Henry, bapt. 26 Aug 1571, bur. Dedham 7 Feb 1642/3, m. Mary _______, bur. Dedham 30 Aug 1642. His will was dated 3 Feb 1642/3 and proved 12 April 1645, naming two sons.
  • Samuel, bapt. 11 Jan 1572/3, m. Phillipp WARD.
  • Anne, bapt. 7 Aug 1575, d. 1638, m. (1) Dedham 28 Jan 1594/5 Anthony WHITING, clothier, b. c. 1569, prob. at Stanway, Essex, d. c. 1629; (2) Thomas WILSON, butcher of Dedham, d. 1631. Anne's will was dated 15 Sep and probated 13 Dec 1638; Anthony's was dated 1 Sep 1628 and probated 14 July 1629; and Thomas's will was dated 30 Jan 1630/1 and proved 24 May 1631. Anne had eight children, all with her first husband, born from 1596 to 1611/2.
  • Daniel, b. say 1578, d. c. 1634, m. (1) Dedham 8 Aug 1601 Christian CHAPMAN, daughter of Rev. Edmund Chapman and Susan Tofts; (2) St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex 23 April 1622 Sarah Mitchell, who survived him. His will was dated 1 April 1633 and probated 15 April 1634. Daniel had six children with his first wife, born say 1602 to 1612, and four children with his second wife, born say 1623 to say 1631.
  • Nathaniel, bapt. 19 June 1580, bur. Dedham 21 June 1580.
  • Nathaniel, bapt. 11 July 1582, living 1615/6, m. (1) c. 1609 Phebe ANGER/ANGIER, bapt. Dedham 12 Feb 1582/3, bur. there 23 April 1611, daughter of William Anger and Ann Rye, and sister of Judith Anger who m. Edmund Sherman. Nathaniel m. (2) Priscilla _______. His will was dated 13 Jan 1615/6.
  • John, bapt. 17 Aug 1585, m. Grace RAVENS (see Sandbox9).
  • Ezekiel, bapt. 25 July 1587, bur. Dedham 21 Jan 1653/4, m. (1) Rachel ALEFOUNDER, living 1638, daughter of Robert and Mary Alefounder; m. (2) Anne (Stephens?). His will was dated 26 Aug 1653 and proved 14 Aug 1654.
  • Edmund, b. say 1589, bur. St. James, Colchester, Essex 2 Sep 1661, m. Dedham 15 May 1611 Judith ANGER/ANGIER, bapt. Dedham 5 June 1587, daughter of William Anger and Ann Rye. Hi nuncupative will was made Aug 1661 and proved at Colchester 14 Oct 1661 by Edmund Sherman, his "only child [&] sole executor", though he had a total of five children baptized from 1612 to 1620, all but Edmund apparently predeceasing him.
  • Mary, bapt. 25 July 1592, not mentioned in wills of parents.

(9g) Samuel Sherman (2 of 2)

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NEHGR 167(2013):47-48,150-2

Samuel was baptized Dedham, Essex, England 11 Jan 1572/3, died Ardleigh, Essex, England 1615/6, the son of Henry Sherman and Susan Lawrence. He m. c. 1598 Phillipp WARD, b. say 1580, living 1616/7, daughter of Lancelot and Joan Ward of Wethersfield, Essex. Samuel's will was dated 20 Jan 1615/6 and probated 2 March 1615/6. Phillipp was living 8 Jan 1616/7 when she witnessed the will of her brother, Robert Ward. Children from Dedham Parish register:

  • Mary, bapt. 2 Oct 1599, named in her father's 1615/6 will.
  • Henry, bapt. 20 Oct 1601, d. c. 1628, m. Fersfield, Norfolk 1 Feb 1626/7 Mary FISHER, bapt. Redgrave, Suffolk 24 Nov 1605, daughter of Edmund Fisher and Grace Hindes. Administration of Henry's estate was given to widow Mary on 17 June 1628. Mary was living 19 March 1639/40 when mentioned in her father's will. Henry and Mary had no known children.
  • Martha, bapt 24 Jan 1603/4, named in her father's 1615/6 will.
  • Sarah, bapt 11 Feb 1605/6, buried Dedham 5 Dec 1612.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1608, d. Boston, Mass. 1643, m. Grace _______ who d. before 28 July 1652 when there was a partial distribution of her husband's estate. Samuel was in New England by June 1636 when he possessed 100 acres of land in Ipswich, Mass. He signed a petition in favor of Rev. John Wheelwright during the Antinomian Controversy, and was disarmed as a result on 20 Nov 1637. However, he stayed in Massachusetts, so must have recanted on his position. He was made a freeman on 13 May 1640. They had six known children born from say 1633 to 1643/4, with the two oldest likely born in England and the four youngest born and baptized in Boston, Mass.
  • Philip, bapt 5 Feb 1610/1, m. Sarah ODDING

(8g) Philip Sherman (2 of 2)

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See: Austin, Gen Dict RI (1887), 178-179; Sherman, Roy V., Sherman Gen. (1968); Beaman, RI Gen Register (July 1986), 9:1-6; Anderson, Great Migration Begins (1995) 3:1670-1673; NEHGR 24:63-70 (Dedham Shermans in America); NEHGR 87:51 (1933; Wm Chase desc.); NEHGR 167(2013):152

Philip, was baptized in Dedham, Essex, England 5 Feb 1610/1, this being close to his birth date because he called himself aged 71 in his 1681 will. He d. Portsmouth, RI 1686/7, and was the son of Samuel Sherman and Phillipp Ward of Dedham, England. He m. Roxbury, Mass. c. 1633 Sarah ODDING, b. say 1610, living in 1681, the daughter of William and Margaret Odding, and step-daughter of Rhode Island settler John Porter. Philip arrived in New England in 1633, and settled in the town of Roxbury. He was made a freeman there on 14 May 1634, but soon came into conflict with the authorities for his religious views, siding with members of the Boston church in what became known as the Antinomian Controversy. As the controversy boiled over, those who sided with Anne Hutchinson and John Wheelwright were disarmed, disenfranchised, and banished, unless they recanted on their beliefs. Thus, on 20 Nov 1637 Sherman and others were forced to turn in all of their firearms or leave. He left, and on 7 March 1638 he signed the Portsmouth Compact to establish a new government on the Island of Aquidneck in the Narragansett Bay. On 13 May 1638 he was in the new settlement of Portsmouth, at the north end of the island, and attended a general meeting there. He was apparently well educated, because in 1639 he was made secretary of the new colony, and the following year was chosen to lay out lands. He became a freeman of Portsmouth on 16 March 1641, and continued to serve the colony as General Recorder from 1648 to 1651. In 1655 his name appeared on a list of Rhode Island freeman, in the Portsmouth section, and from 1665 to 1667 he was a Portsmouth Deputy. In the summer of 1675 King Philips War broke out with several different groups of natives. The Rhode Island General Assembly, seeking "the advice and concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants" identified Sherman and 15 others to provide counsel to the colony. Sherman's will, dated 30 July 1681, was proved 22 March 1686/7, naming wife Sarah, many children, and son Samuel as executor. Concerning the children, Austin, in 1887, and Beaman, in 1986, give a family of 13 children born 1634 to 1652--a 19 year period. This is a very uncomfortable compression of births crammed into an unrealistically small timeframe, and not realistic unless there were one or more multiple births. In the Great Migration treatment, Anderson, in 1995, eliminated the two children who died young, as there was no record to be found anywhere of their existence. By doing this, a much more realistic and comfortable spacing of the children was allowed, though there are still some difficulties with the birth dates that come from unknown sources. The children were:

  • Eber, b. in Roxbury, Mass. Dec 1634 OR in England in 1629, m. Mary _______ (NOT the daughter of Edward Wilcox); 7 children
  • Sarah, b. Roxbury Oct 1636, living in 1692, m. 1655, as his second wife,Thomas MUMFORD, b. 1625, who was dead by 12 Feb 1692, intestate. Thomas was first of record in New England when granted eight acres of land in Portsmouth on 10 Dec 1657. Soon thereafter, on 20 Jan 1658 [/9?] he and four others purchased a large tract of land in the Narragansett country, called the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. Later, two others joined this group of five. On 15 March 1668 he and wife Sarah sold 1000 acres of upland and meadow to Peleg Sanford of Newport. Thomas was a constable in 1670, and served in this capacity some years as late as 1686. He was last known alive on 30 Oct 1690 when appointed by the General Assembly to set a tax rate for Kingstowne, RI. He was dead by 12 Feb 1692 when his son, Thomas Jr., deeded 170 acres in Kingstowne to his sister Abigail Fish, wife of Daniel Fish of Portsmouth, calling his father deceased. Sarah and Thomas had four known children, born 1656 to 1668, the youngest of whom, Sarah (b. 1668) married Benedict Arnold, Jr., daughter of the governor.
  • Peleg, b. 1638, d. 1719, m. Portsmouth 25 July 1657 (per Austin; 26 July per Anderson) Elizabeth LAWTON, b. 1639, living in March 1720, daughter of Thomas Lawton. On 6 Jan 1670, Peleg was on a grand jury in Dartmouth, Mass. On 11 July 1701 he was apparently back in Portsmouth when he made an arrangement with his son Peleg, Jr. to care for his wife after his death. On 19 Sep 1711 he was of Swanzey, Mass. when the previous bond was declared void, and a new one enacted. His will, no date available, was proved in 1719, naming some of his sons, his brother Edmund, and some cousins (nephews) who were children of his brother Eber. His inventory was taken Oct 1719. Peleg and Elizabeth had 14 children born 1658 to 1687.
  • [Mary, b. 1639, d. young; included by Austin and Beaman, but not Anderson]
  • Edmund, b. 1640, d. 1719, m. by 1674 Dorcas HICKS, b. c. 1653, living 1698, the daughter of Samuel Hicks and Lydia Doane, and granddaughter of immigrant Robert Hicks, who arrived in Plymouth aboard the Fortune in 1621. Edmund was a freeman in 1677, presumably in Portsmouth. He was of Dartmouth, Mass. on 13 Nov 1694 when he received a confirmatory deed from William Bradford. His will, dated 20 Oct 1712, was proved at Taunton, Mass. 6 July 1719, naming wife Dorcas, many sons, and daughter Lydia Maxfield. Edmund and Dorcas had eight children born 1674 to 1698.
  • Samson, b. 1642, m. Isabel TRIPP; 7 children, 1676-1687
  • [William, b. 1643, d. 1646; included by Austin and Beaman, but not Anderson]
  • John, b. Aug 1644, d. likely at Taunton, Mass. 16 April 1734, m. Dartmouth, Mass. 13 Nov 1674 Sarah SPOONER, b. Dartmouth 5 Oct 1652 (per Austin; Beaman says 1653), living in 1720, the daughter of William Spooner and Hannah Pratt. He was of Dartmouth, Mass. on 13 Nov 1694 when he received a confirmatory deed from William Bradford. His will, dated 19 June 1720 and proved at Taunton 21 May 1734, names wife Sarah, several sons, and daughters Abigail Chase and Hannah Akin. John and Sarah had eight children born c. 1676 to c.1693.
  • Mary, b. May 1645 (this birth date is unrealistically close the that of the preceding child, and May 1646 would be far more realistic), possibly married (1) c. 1671 Thomas COOK, b. c. 1600, d. 1676; and possibly m. (2) by 1680 Jeremiah BROWN, b. c. 1634, d. 1690, the son of Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparrow. If these were indeed Mary's husbands, she was the second wife for both of them. The will of Thomas Cook was proved at Portsmouth 20 Jan 1677, and his first wife Mary was still living in 1660. Though Thomas Cook was nearly half a century older than Mary, their marriage seems more plausible than Austin's conjecture of Mary being married to Samuel Wilbur, who was 18 years younger than she.
  • Hannah, b. Feb 1647/8, d. c. 1731, m. Portsmouth 21 Sep 1676 William CHASE III, b. Yarmouth, Mass. c. 1645, d. Dartmouth, Mass. 1737, son of William Chase Jr., who in turn was son of the immigrant William Chase. The family lived in Portsmouth, RI and Dartmouth and Freetown, Mass., and then bought land on 17 April 1684 in Swansea, Mass. William's will, dated 23 Jan 1732/3 was proved 16 Aug 1737. Hannah and William had six children born c. 1677 to c. 1690. Following Hannah's death, William m. (2) Portsmouth 6 Dec 1732 Priscilla Perry. (see NEHGR 87:51-52 (1933))
  • Samuel, b. 1648 (this birth year is unrealistically close to that of the preceding child; two children born in the same year has happened, but is exceedingly rare; a birth year of 1649 is far more realistic if the birth date for Hannah is accurate), d. 9 Oct 1717, m. Portsmouth 23 Feb 1680/1 Martha TRIPP, b. c. 1658, living in 1717, daughter of John Tripp and Mary Paine. The family lived in Portsmouth. Samuel's will was dated 30 Sep 1717 and proved 14 Oct 1717, naming wife Martha, sons, and daughters Mehitable Baker, Sarah Chase and Martha and Rebecca Sherman. Samuel and Martha had nine children born 1682 to c.1703.
  • Benjamin, b. 1650, d. 24 Sep 1719 (per Austin; 12 Sep per Beaman), m. Portsmouth 3 Dec 1674 Hannah MOWRY, b. Providence 23 Sep 1656, d. by 1718, daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson. Benjamin was a freeman in 1677, presumably of Portsmouth. He later held the office of constable in 1688 and Deputy in 1707. His will was dated 8 Dec 1718 and proved 12 Oct 1719, naming many children, but not wife Hannah. He and Hannah had 12 children born 1675 to 1699.
  • Philipp, b. 1 Oct 1652, m. c. 1673 Benjamin CHASE, b. Yarmouth, Mass. c. 1639, baptized Roxbury, Mass. 18 April 1652, d. Freetown, Mass. 1731, son of William and Mary Chase. Benjamin was admitted a freeman at Portsmouth in May 1674, but was in Freetown, Mass. as early as 1679. He was chosen surveyor there on 2 June 1685, and constable in June 1686. He served various other roles there from 1691 to 1705. On 6 March 1705/6 he was appointed guardian of his granddaughter Sarah Makepeace. He and his wife joined the First Sabbatarian Church of Newport, RI on 17 April 1717. His will, dated 6 Sep 1730 and proved 20 July 1731, left bequest to sons Benjamin and Walter, grandson Benjamin Grinnell, daughter Bethiah Dunham, daughter Philippe Hathaway and son-in-law Jacob Hathaway, granddaughter Sarah, wife of Isaac Hathaway, and grandchild Daniel Grinnell. Philipp and Benjamin had six known children born c. 1674 to 1686. [13] see NEHGR 87:50-51 (1933)

(7g) Eber Sherman

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Eber Sherman, was born in Roxbury, Mass. December 1634 according to secondary sources; however, a "Heber Shearman" cosigned a deed with Phillip Shearman and Sara Shearman in Portsmouth, RI on 1 March 1649 [/50?], and if that was this individual, then Eber would have been born no later than 1629. He d. N. Kingstown, RI 1706, and married late in life. c. 1677 Mary _______, b. c. 1650, living in Oct 1719 when named in the will of Eber's brother, Philip Sherman, Jr. Mary, in many sources, has been called the daughter of Edward Wilcox, but that Mary was born about 1639, and would be too old to be the mother of Eber's younger children. Eber's will was proved in N. Kingstown on 13 Nov 1706. Alden Beaman provided a good rendition of this family in his Rhode Island Genealogical Register, 9:1-12. However, I take exception to his son Stephen being placed as one of the older children, because he was the last of the children to marry. Eber is said to be buried on the "Earley place in N. Kingstown", per Roy V. Sherman's 1968 genealogy on the family, but its location has not been determined. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Eber and Mary. Children: [120]

  • Eber, b. c. 1678, d. N. Kingstown 1758 (year his will was proved), and m. c. 1706 Martha REMINGTON, b. c. 1683, living in 1744 when named in her mother's will, the daughter of John Remington and Abigail Richmond. On 13 Dec 1718, Eber and Martha sold land to Henry Gardiner (the second husband of Martha's mother). Eber witnessed a will in S. Kingstown, RI 24 July 1725 (RIGR 6:83). Eber and Martha had seven known children born 1707 to 1724. Eber's will, dated 1757, was proved at N. Kingstown in 1758, naming children John, Henry, William, and probably others whose names were lost. The burial location for Eber and Martha has not been determined, but they may be buried in the ancient Sherman Lot in N. Kingstown, Hist Cem #133. This is where Eber's brother William is buried, and where the second wife of his brother Stephen is likely buried. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Eber and Martha without a cemetery. [121]
  • Samuel, b. c. 1680; administration of his estate was given to his brother Eber on 14 Sep 1742, so without wife or children he probably did not marry, or had a wife but no surviving children.
  • Peleg, b. c. 1682, d. 1752, married c. 1714, and had five children born in N. Kingstown, but wife's name was lost from burning of records. Peleg's will was proved in Exeter, RI 6 May 1752. He had five children born 1715 to 1725.
  • Elisha, b. c. 1685, d. N.Kingstown 1750, and m. c. 1715 Mary SWEET, b. N. Kingstown 8 Dec 1696 (per Austin; 1699 per Beaman), d. there 1775, daughter of Benoni Sweet and Elizabeth Manchester. They had nine known children born 1716 to 1735.
  • Mary, b. 26 June 1688, m. c. 1714 James SWEET, b. 28 May 1687, (d. 19 July 1751 per Austin; living in 1754 when mentioned in his mother's will, per Beaman), son of Benoni Sweet and Elizabeth Manchester. They had nine children born 1715 to 1729. James was mentioned in two court cases in Washington Co., RI in Aug 1741 and Aug 1742. [122]
  • William, b. c. 1690, living 20 Sep 1757 when he deeded land in N. Kingstown, m. c. 1716 Abigail PALMER, b. 1796, living in 1757 when she cosigned a deed with her husband, the daughter of Edward Palmer. Abigail was baptized, late in life, on 9 July 1752, in her 57th year at St. Paul's Church of Narraganset, by immersion in Pettasquamscutt Pond. William and Abigail had eleven children born 1717 to 1737. William and Abigail are said to be buried in the Sherman Lot, Hist Cem NK #133, where several of their descendants are buried. [123]
  • Stephen, b. c. 1693, d. 1773, m. (1) c. 1721 Sarah FREEMAN. b. say 1700, d. c. 1728; (2) at his home in N. Kingstown 18 Oct 1730 Margaret Hackstone, b. c. 1705, d. N. Kingstown 17 Nov 1748 and buried in Sherman Burial Yard on 18 Nov (per St. Paul's Episcopal Church Records as abstracted in the Gen Dict RI, v. 10); (3) Exeter 15 July 1749 Giffie Sweet, living in 1772 when mentioned in her husband's will. A Giffe Sweet, daughter of Nathaniel and Giffe Sweet, was b. Warwick, RI 14 June 1722; perhaps Stephen married the widow, and not the daughter, since no children were recorded from this marriage. Stephen's will, dated 29 Feb 1772, was proved at N. Kingstown 3 Sep 1773. Stephen had four children with his first wife, born 1722 to 1727 and five more with his second wife, born 1731 to c. 1739. Margaret is buried in the "Sherman Burial Yard", likely NK #133 where Stephen's brother William is buried. Stephen is likely there as well. [124]
  • Abigail, b. c. 1695, named as one of the children by John Austin in his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, but I find no record of her.

(6g) Elisha Sherman

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Elisha Sherman, the son of Eber and Mary Sherman, was born c. 1685 and died in 1750. He was married about 1715 to Mary SWEET, b. NK 8 Dec 1696, d. NK 1775, the daughter of Benoni Sweet and Elizabeth Manchester. Elisha was baptized as an adult at the St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Narragansett (N. Kingstown) on 12 Oct 1728 when he was very sick. His wife Mary was given a "clinical baptism" on 29 Oct 1731, suggesting her death was imminent, but she survived, and continued to bear children. Elisha's will, dated 1750, was proved at N. Kingstown 2 Jan 1750/1. Because of their close association with the St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Narragansett, Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Elisha and Mary in the church cemetery, now known as the Platform Cemetery (RI Hist Cem, NK #36). Children, b. N. Kingstown: [125]

  • Job, b. 20 June 1716. This would be the son J____ [name mostly burned away] mentioned in his father's 1750 will.
  • Elisha, b. 20 Nov 1717, d. 20 Dec 1749. Elisha, Jr. was given a "clinical baptism" at the St. Paul's Church on 30 Nov 1749, aged 30, just a few weeks before his death. He was buried on 21 Dec 1749, likely at the St. Paul's Church Cemetery, as his burial is recorded in the church minutes. He was called deceased in his father's 1750 will.
  • Benoni, Capt, b. 7 July 1719, d. NK 24 Feb 1768, m. NK 24 Dec 1741 Margaret HAVENS, b. c. 1720, d. 1775
  • Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar 1722, buried NK 20 Mar 1746, likely at the St. Paul's Church Cemetery, as her burial was recorded in the church minutes. Elizabeth was given a "clinical baptism" on 10 March 1746, ten days before her death.
  • Stephen, b. 26 Mar 1724, d. 21 Mar 1758, m. Margaret CONGDON, b. c. 1725. Stephen was named in his father's 1750 will.
  • Mary, b. 11 Aug 1726, d. 12 May 1763, m. Benjamin SHERMAN, unless this all pertains to Mary, daughter of Elisha's brother William. Mary was mentioned in her father's 1750 will. She is buried in the Platform Cemetery, South Kingstown. [126]
  • Margaret, b. 20 Mar 1730, nothing more, so likely died young.
  • Rhoda, b. 2 Oct 1732, was named in her father's 1750 will.
  • Thomas, b. 19 Sep 1735, marriage recorded N. Kingstown 16 July 1761 to Rebecca JENKINS, b. c. 1735, daughter of Job Jenkins and Content Bull. Thomas was named in his father's 1750 will. Thomas appears on the 1777 census in N. Kingstown, RI. They had four known or suspected children born in the 1760s.

(5g) Benoni Sherman

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Benoni, the son of Elisha Sherman and Mary Sweet, was b. N. Kingstown 7 July 1719, d. N. Kingstown 24 Feb 1768, and m. there 24 Dec 1741 Margaret HAVENS, b. c. 1723, d. 1775, the daughter of Nathaniel Havens and Margaret Main. Benoni served in the French and Indian War, and marched on the alarm of August 1757. He was the Captain of the 2nd Company, N. Kingstown, in 1767. He drowned when the Saunderstown Ferry, between Jamestown and N. Kingstown, capsized. Children, b. N. Kingstown: [127]

  • Lowry, b. 1742, m. Coventry, RI 7 Sep 1761 Hannah MATTESON, b. Coventry 10 Oct 1742, d. 1764, daughter of Joseph Matteson and Lydia Millard. St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Wickford, RI has the record of a Lowry Sherman dying on 21 November 1828. It would be rather incredible if it were the same as the son of Benoni, because he dropped off the radar following the birth of his only known child. Not a single record has been found for him yet, so it almost appears that both Lowry and Hannah died shortly after their son was born. They had a child, Nathan, b. 18 Dec 1762.
  • Avis, b. c. 1744, d. Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT 28 Feb 1820, aged 80, m. Coventry, RI 29 July 1764 Joshua BATES, b. Kingston, RI 13 Oct 1733, d. Shaftsbury, VT 18 Mar 1809, son of James and Elizabeth Bates. Avis's age of 80 on her tombstone must be an overstatement, since a birth of 1740 was before her parents' marriage, and Lowery must be the oldest child based on his marriage date. Joshua appears on the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses for Shaftsbury. He and Avis are buried in the Grandview Cemetery, Shaftsbury.[128]
  • Freelove, b. c. 1745, m. E. Greenwich, RI 2 Sep 1764 John GLAZIER, b. c. 1740, died in Providence, RI 10 Aug 1820. The family lived in E. Greenwich, RI, where John appears on the 1777, 1782, and 1790 censuses. Based on the 1790 census, they may have had a son and four daughters. Freelove likely died about 1815, and John remarried in Providence on 11 Feb 1816 Mrs. Hannah Mitchell. A year after his death, an auction of his furniture and ship carpenter tools took place at the home of Hannah Glazier at "Eddy's Point." Freelove and John are likely buried in E. Greenwich. [129]
  • Nathaniel Havens, b. c. 1748, d. N. Kingstown c. 1826 (9 May 1826 near Wickford per an online source), and m. N. Kingstown 10 October 1773 Elizabeth ELDRED, b. 1750, d. N. Kingstown 24 March 1829 in her 80th year, daughter of Sylvester Eldred. Nathaniel was a Revolutionary War soldier, and enlisted at Exeter on 18 Sep 1776 for three months, under the name Havens Sherman. He was in command of the 4th Company, N. Kingstown Regiment, RI Militia in 1781 and 1783. His will was badly damaged by fire and names his wife, Elizabeth, and nephew Nathaniel, son of his sister Sarah. NO children can be ascertained from the surviving part of the will. The order in which bequests were made suggests he had no children, though Roy V. Sherman, in his 1968 genealogy of the family, gives him several. He may have lived in Ballstown, Albany Co., NY in 1790, but I'm of the opinion that this was a different Nathaniel Sherman. From Roy Sherman (1968) and internet sources, Nathaniel had four children, but I have a strong suspicion that these children belong to a different Nathaniel: Asa, b. c. 1774, Benoni, b. c. 1775, Nathaniel, b. c. 1783, d. Milton, Jefferson Co., IN 17 May 1858; and Elisha, b. c. 1790. [130]
  • Lois, b. say 1752, m. David BATES, b. 23 June ____, the son of Daniel Bates. David appears in the 1777 census in N. Kingstown; 1782 and 1790 in Exeter; 1800 in Washington County, RI; and 1810 in N. Kingstown (01001-00001).
  • Margaret, b. 2 May 1755, living in 1837 when named in her husband's will, m. (c. 1778?) Job SHERMAN. b. 1757, d. 1842. The 3 Sep 1832 death date on his veteran's grave marker appears to be totally in error. Job was a Revolutionary War soldier, serving for nearly three years. He has an extensive pension file which gives some details of his life and family. His pension file gives his death year as 1842. Job appears on the 1820 census in Exeter. He left a will in S. Kingstown, dated 21 Oct 1837, in which he calls himself of Exeter, and names wife Margaret and children Elisha, Howland, Nathaniel Havens, and Mary. Job, and presumably Margaret, are buried in a small lot (two graves) in N. Kingstown, RI. [131]
  • Sarah, b. say 1757, m. (1) c. 1777 her second cousin, Silas SHERMAN, b. N. Kingstown 23 March 1740/1, d. 1814, the son of Eber-4 Sherman (William-3, Eber-2, Philip-1) and Margaret Eldred. They had a son, Nathaniel, named in the will of Sarah's brother, Nathaniel Havens Sherman. Silas had married as his first wife in Exeter on 7 March 1762 Lydia Sweet, born roughly 1740, died about 1775, with whom he had several children. Sarah married (2) in Exeter, RI 28 Jan 1817 David COTTRELL, b. 7 April 1752, the son of Nathaniel Cottrell. David had previously married Mary _______. Silas Sherman and his first wife, Lydia, are buried in the Sherman Cemetery off Shermantown Rd. in N. Kingstown, RI, Hist Cem #133. [132]
  • Solomon, b. N. Kingstown 15 Feb 1760 (per pension; b. 1757 per tombstone), d. Warren, Bristol Co., RI 19 Nov 1838, m. (1) Middletown, RI 16 May 1790 Sybil BROWNELL, b. 1768, d. 1818, and m. (2) Bristol, RI 15 Jan 1820 Susannah PITCHER or RITCHIE (Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island gives the former name, but Solomon's pension file gives the latter), who was born, say 1800, and living in 1853 when she applied for a widow's pension. Solomon was a solider in the American Revolutionary War, and received a pension. He had three different tours of duty, the first being from November 1776 to June 1777 as a private under Capt Stephen Babcock and Col Charles Dyer. His second tour was from December 1777 to September 1778 under the same officers, and he fought in the Battle of Rhode Island in August 1778. His final tour was for one month in June 1780 again under Capt Babcock, but in Col Thomas Potter's regiment. Other than his first marriage in 1790, no records for Solomon have been found until his second marriage in 1820. He appears on the 1820 census in Bristol, Rhode Island, with a female aged 16-25, so one can infer that this is his new wife, and she is much younger than he. On 29 January 1833, Solomon applied for a pension for his Revolutionary War service, and his pension file is extensive. On 3 Sep 1832, three different acquaintances made depositions on his behalf. Daniel Knowles of N. Kingstown, aged 80, affirmed that Sherman served in Babcock's company in 1776 and 1777 and was also in Sullivan's Expedition (Battle of Rhode Island) in 1778. Samuel R. Potter of S. Kingstown, aged 75, also confirmed Sherman's service during Sullivan's expedition. Finally, Timothy Peckham of S. Kingstown, aged 75, served with Sherman at Boston Neck (now in Narragnasett, RI) in 1776, and was familiar with Sherman's service during Sullivan's expedition. Ultimately, Sherman was allowed a pension in the amount of $53.33 per annum. In June 1852, Sherman's daughter, Mary Ann Jones of Rochester, NY, wrote a letter to the Pension Bureau inquiring about a pension and bounty land for children of Rev. War soldiers. Apparently there was no reply, so on 31 October 1853 Mary Ann's husband, Rev. Daniel P. Jones of Rochester, wrote a follow up letter. In this letter he stated that Solomon Sherman never received the pension funds he was due, because the money was sent to an address in Providence, RI, but Sherman was then living in Swansea, Mass. Jones once again inquired as to pension assets for children of soldiers. Jones followed up again on 3 Feb 1854, but there is no response in Solomon's pension file. On 29 March 1853, Solomon's widow, Susannah Sherman, made application for a widow's pension, under file #6051, but no resolution appears in the pension file. Solomon is buried with his first wife in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Swansea, Mass. [133]
  • Dorcas, b. 1764, d. 12 Aug 1839, m. James ROSE [134]

(12g) (Unknown) Lawrence

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NEHGR 167(2013):38

This Mr. Lawrence lived in Dedham, Essex, England, married, and had at least the following two sons:

  • John, b. say 1500
  • James, b. say 1505, m. (1) c. 1545 Joan (_______) Thorpe, bur. Dedham 3 Jan 1576/6, widow ow William Thorpe of Dedham who d. by 6 Nov 1544. James m. (2) Barbara _______, who was appointed guardian of William Thorpe's only granddaughter, Rose Havelocke, in 1576.

(11g) John Lawrence

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NEHGR 167(2013):39-45

John, the brother of James Lawrence of Dedham, Essex, England, was born say 1500. He was a preacher, described as the "grave reverend minister". He likely had two wives, as his first known child was born significantly earlier than the remainder. The known children were:

  • John, of Fressingfield, Essex, b. say 1525, d. 2 Jan 1610/1 and buried in Fressingfield next day, m. (1) say 1547 Ann SAMMES, b. say 1530, bur. St. James, South Elmham, Suffolk 24 Aug 1580; (2) Alice (VESEY) Gunvile, b. say 1538, bur. Fressingfield 22 May 1590, daughter of Thomas Vesey and Elizabeth Gardner and widow of Henry Gunvile; (3) Dedham, Essex 17 Feb 1591/2, as her fourth husband, Mary (COKER)(Garrington)(Turner) Pelett, daughter of John Coker and widow of _____ Garrington, Thomas Turner, and Richard Pellett. John's will is dated 18 Sep 1609 and proved 11 Jan 1610/1 in Norwich. John had eleven children with his first wife, born from 1548 to 1573, and one child with his second wife, born say 1581.
  • Alice, b. say 1538, bur. Dedham 7 April 1613, m. c. 1561 William GARRARD, b. say 1530, living when he made his will 16 Feb 1600/1. They had six known children born from 1562 and onward.
  • James, b. say 1540, held lands in Dedham on 30 April 1593, and in 1600 he alienated the rectory of Syleham, Suffolk to his brother Thomas Lawrence, gent.
  • Margaret, b. say 1543, bur. Palgrave, Suffolk 6 April 1625, m. Richard ELMYE of South Elmham, Suffolk who was bur. Palgrave 10 Sep 1622. They had six known children born from say 1576 to say 1586.
  • Thomas, b. say 1545, m. (1) Priscilla ALABASTER, b. say 1560, bur. St. James, South Elmham 10 June 1590, daughter of Thomas Alabaster and hristian Warren; (2) Mirable _______. His will was dated 16 June 1591 (no probate found). He was of South Elmham in 1594 and 1595, but of Eastthorpe, Essex in 1610. Children of first wife have not been identified, if any, but he had six children with second wife, all baptized at St. James, South Elmham from 1594 to 1606.
  • Susan, b. say 1548, m. Henry SHERMAN, the younger (see above).
  • daughter, b. say 1552, prob. m. say 1580 Gilbert HILLS of Moze, Essex, bapt. there 21 Oct 1554, living in 1610, son of Gilbert Hills and Agnes Sammes.

(10g) Lancelot Ward

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NEHGR 167(2013):47

Lancelot Ward, b. say 1545, d. by Jan 1616/7, m. (1) Joan _______; m. (2) name unknown, but called "my mother in law the late wife of my father Lancelot Ward" in the will of his son Robert Ward, dated 8 Jan 1616/7. Lancelot was of Wethersfield, Essex, England. Children:

  • Robert, d. 1617. He was of Lexden, Essex, England and his will was dated 8 Jan 1616[/7] and proved 9 May 1617.
  • Phillipp, b. say 1578, m. c. 1598 (cb 1599) Samuel SHERMAN (see above).
  • John, d. c. 1631, m. Anne _______, d. 1634. He was evidently the John Ward of Stratford [St. Mary], Suffolk, England, clothier. His will was dated 19 Oct 1629 and proved 18 May 1631, naming wife Anne (sole executrix), and sons John and Samuel. Widow Anne left a will dated 16 Oct and proved 7 Nov 1634, naming the same two sons. Son John Ward was later of Ipswich, Mass.

(9g) William Odding/Oddyn

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TAG 73(1998):176-80

William Odding/Oddyn, b. say 1585, d. 1612 was married c. 1610 to Margaret _______, b. c. 1590, living in 1665. William was a weaver of Braintree, Essex, England. William's will was dated 21 Oct 1612 and proved 3 Dec 1612, naming his daughter Sarah. Following his premature death, his wife apparently remained widowed for some time, and then about 1625 she married John Porter, likely in or near Braintree. William had only one child prior to his premature death:

  • Sarah, b. c. 1611, living in 1681, came to New England with her mother and step-father, arriving by 1633, and settling at Roxbury. She married in 1633 or early 1634, probably at Roxbury, Philip SHERMAN, bapt. 5 Feb 1610, d. 1687, who had come from Dedham, England.

(9g) John Sweet

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Anderson, GMB (1995)3:1789-90 (unlike most other accounts, this one is virtually worthless); Austin, GDRI (1887):194-5; NEHGR 52(1898):313-18 (Gereardy family); TAG 53(1977):28-30 (largely ignored)

John Sweet, b. say 1590, d. 1637, m. say 1620 Mary _______, b. say 1598, d. 1681. One account says he was the son of Robert Sweet and Johanna Rainham, and grandson of John Swete and Johanna Scoos. Following John's death, Mary m. (2) 1638 Ezekiel Holliman, b. say 1585, d. 17 Sep 1659, who arrived in New England in 1634 from Tring, Hertford, England. Ezekiel had m. (1) Susanna Oxston, the daughter of John Oxston. Ezekiel may well be the one of his name who was named in the will of John Holyman, weaver, of Cholesbury, Co. Bucks, dated 12 Jan 1597/8, and proved two months later on 6 March. A Priscilla Holyman was named in the will as well (the wife?). Ezekiel had a daughter Priscilla, making a family connection highly likely. (TAG 30:125 in GDRI:488) On 3 July 1632, the land of John Sweet is referred to as bounded by the land of Mr. Skelton and near Capt Endicott's in Salem, Mass. On 6 June 1637 he was fined 5 pounds for shooting a wolf dog of Colonel Endicott's in the yard of the latter, but the fine was subsequently remitted. In 1637 he received a grant of land in Providence, and his widow had a grant there after his death. She returned to Salem and had another grant there when on 25 Dec 1637 "widow Sweet" received 3/4 acre of meadow and swamp for a household of four. On 1 July 1639, widow Mary was now the wife of Ezekiel Holliman, when Rev. Hugh Peters wrote a letter to the church at Dorchester saying that Mary and others had "the great censure passed upon them in this our church," and that "they wholly refused to hear the church, denying it and all the churches in the Bay to be true churches..." Mary wrote a will dated 31 July 1681, and proved the same year, calling herself widow Mary Holliman, and making a bequest to son-in-law John Gerardy and daughter Renewed, his wife, both formerly of Warwick, but now of Prudence, of all interest in a house lot, meadow, and upland in Warwick, RI. Children of John and Mary Sweet:

  • James, b. c. 1621 (aged about 73 in April 1695), d. 18 June 1698, m. Mary GREENE, b. 1633, daughter of John Greene and Joan Tattershall.
  • John, b. say 1624, d. 1677, m. say 1649 Elizabeth _______, b. c. 1629, living in 1684. Following John's death, his widow m. (2) aft. 1677 Samuel Wilson. John was a resident of Warwick, RI, and was recorded as a resident there on 5 June 1648. He was a freeman in 1655, and a commissioner in 1660. In 1662 he was paid 5 pounds for killing a wolf. On 18 Sep 1684, Elizabeth Wilson called herself aged 55 years.
  • Renewed, b. say 1628, living in 1681, m. say 1648 John GEREARDY (Jan Gerard in Dutch), b. probably in the Netherlands say 1620, living in 1681 but d. by 1719, but likely much earlier, the son of Philip Gereardy and Marie Pollet of New Amsterdam (now Manhattan, NY). John was a trader, and became an inhabitant of Warwick, RI on 5 June 1648, likely after having carried on trade with the Rhode Island colonies. However, John moved around, and on 16 July 1651 was residing on the Island of Ahrumime in the South River (Delaware River) in New Netherland, but by 1652 was back in Warwick. On 11 Oct 1654 John and Renewed had their two daughters, Philippe and Marritie, christened in New Amsterdam, and his parents were among the witnesses. In 1655 John became a freeman in Warwick. On 2 July 1666 John "confessed himselfe to be a thiefe and stands convict in a court of record for stealing..." By 1681 John and Renewed were living in Providence when given property by her mother. Of their three known children, Mary and Philippa were wives of brothers Jeremiah Smith of Prudence and John Smith of Kingstowne, and John is assumed to be their son.

(8g) James Sweet

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See RIGR 5:344-348 (April 1983) for a treatment of this family and that of son Benoni; helpful link [135]

James, the son of John and Mary Sweet, was b. likely in England say 1626, d. 18 June 1698, and m. c. 1654 Mary GREENE, bapt. St. Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wilts., England 19 May 1633, the daughter of John Greene and Joan Tattershall of Warwick, Rhode Island. James was an inhabitant of Warwick, RI on 5 June 1648, and a commissioner there for a few years from 1653 to 1659. He was a freeman in 1655 and a juryman the following year. On 30 Sep 1660 he sold land in Warwick with "housing" to Thomas Greene. This may be when he moved to Prudence Island (belonging to the town of Portsmouth), but he isn't of record there until 7 March 1682 when he and his son Philip sold land in Warwick to Thomas Greene. By 8 Nov 1686 he was in Kingstowne, RI when he deeded to his oldest son Philip land in Providence "as my father John Sweet deceased was one of the first purchasers thereof." On the same date He and "now wife Mary" deeded to son Benoni land in Mashanatack, upon the death of James and Mary. He also deeded to his son Samuel and daughter Mary Sweet "both remaining with me." In a deposition dated 4 April 1695, he testified as to certain land, giving his age as about 73 years. A FAG memorial has been established for James and Mary in the Sweet-Austin Lot in N. Kingstown, though there is no record of their burial there. Children of James and Mary, all births recorded in Warwick, though the record states that the last four children were born in Providence: [136]

  • Philip, b. 15 July 1655, d. 1710 and married, but mentioned his wife without naming her in his will. It was dated 12 Dec 1709, proved 26 Sep 1710, he calling himself of Coweset (Warwick, RI), and naming son Philip and daughter Renewed. Torrie named his wife as Elizabeth, but she does not cosign a deed with Philip in 1684, so it is uncertain when they were married. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for Philip without a cemetery, and names five children, born 1685 to 1693, so his likely marriage year was about 1684. [137]
  • James, b. 28 May 1657, d. 1725 (Austin:146), married by 1711 Mary (PEARCE) Hill, b. say 1660, living in 1711, widow of Robert Hill, b. say 1655, d. by 1711, son of Jonathan and Mary Hill of Warwick and Prudence Island, with whom she had seven children. Mary was the daughter of John Pearce (1632-1692) and wife Mary (d. 1711), of Prudence Island (Portsmouth). James acknowledged a deed in Kingstown 7 Sep 1706. Mary was called Mary Sweet in the 1711 will of her mother. The will of a James Sweet, dated Feb 1717/8 and proved July 1719 at Warwick, might refer to James-3 (John-2-1).
  • Mary, b. 2 Feb 1660, d. 1746, m. (1) say 1696 Enoch PLACE, b. Dorchester, Mass. 18 Sep 1658, d. 1703, the son of Enoch and Sarah Place of Dorchester, Mass. and Kingstowne, RI; m. (2) N. Kingstown 23 May 1707, as his third wife, Samuel WICKHAM of Warwick and Kingstowne, b. 16 June 1664, d. c. 1712. Samuel had married (1) Ann _______ and m. (2) Barbara Holden (1668-1707), daughter of Randall Holden and Frances Dungan. Mary received land from her father in 1686. Her will, dated 17 June 1738, was proved at S. Kingstown 15 Jan 1746[/7?]. The will of Enoch Place, dated 1702, was proved, likely at Kingstowne, 13 Dec 1703. The inventory of Samuel Wickham was taken in 1712. Mary and first husband had a daughter, Mary Place, b. 16 Oct 1697, named in her father's will, and named Mary Hazard (wife of George) in her mother's will.
  • Benoni, b. 28 March 1663, d. 1751, m. c. 1686 Elizabeth MANCHESTER
  • Valentine, b. 14 Feb 1665, d. c. 1725, m. Eleanor [Manchester?], b. c. 1668. Valentine was mentioned in a deed in (North) Kingstown in 1704/5 , and also named in a 1712 Kingstown deed, as well as being named Volentine Sweet in a 1715 deed. A Find-a-grave memorial has been created for Valentine in the Sweet-Austin Lot in N. Kingstown, RI. This memorial gives Valentine's death date as 24 Jan 1725, but I have not been able to find a record of his death. His will was recorded at Newport on 4 Jan 1725/6, but it is too faint to read (RIGR 5:345). [138]
  • Samuel, b. 1 Nov 1667, d. N. Kingstown, RI 26 Nov 1728, aged 62 years, m. (1) c. 1689 Bridget _______, b. say 1670, d. c. 1710; they had six children born c. 1690 to c. 1710. He m. (2) c. 1711 Sarah (Godfrey?), apparently a widow, with whom he had five more children born c. 1712 to c. 1720. Was Sarah Godfrey the daughter of John and Sarah Godfrey, and the widow of Benjamin Cranston (son of Gov. John Cranstone and Mary Clarke) with whom she had four children, 1701 to 1707? Samuel was called of Newport in a 1712 deed, but called of Kingstown in 1714 when he sold land to Jeremiah Hazard. The only mention of his wife Bridge I find in a public record is a deed acknowledged on 31 Dec 1711 in N. Kingstown whereby Samuel and Bridget Sweet sell 14 acres to Valentine Sweet (RIGR 18:258) In a 14 Feb 1725/6 Newport court case, Samuel Sweet, late of N. Kingstown now of Newport, innholder, owed 42 pounds of rent to Samuel Boon of N. Kingstown for a house and 50 acres of land which he occupied from 11 April 1722 to 11 April 1725, at 14 pounds per year. In another case not long before his death, on 22 March 1727/8, Samuel Sweet of Newport, Inn-holder, litigated against William Wilson of Newport, mariner. Samuel's will, dated 2 Nov 1728, was proved in Newport 6 ___ 1728 [likely 6 December, based on date of inventory, but 6 Jan is also a good possibility], mentioning unnamed wife who is to support young children, and sons Stephen, James, William, John, and Samuel, and daughters with illegible names except possibly Bridget. His inventory was dated 6 Jan 1728, naming wife Sarah. Samuel is one of only two people who has a surviving inscribed gravestone in the Sweet-Austin Lot, RI Hist Cem, NK #86. [139]
  • Jeremiah, b. 6 Jan 1669[/70?]. Beaman makes the conjecture that he is the Jeremiah Sweet, "old and full of days" whose will was dated Exeter, RI 30 July 1756 and proved there 8 July 1760, mentioning son Samuel Sweet and daughters Ruth Niles and Isabell Sweet. His wife was Ruth ALBRO, b. c. 1678, the daughter os Samuel Albro and Isabel Lawton. (RIGR 5:345)
  • Renewed, b. 16 July 1671
  • Sylvester, b. 1 March 1674, living in 1730, but dead by 1746, m. Sarah TEW, b. c. 1690, living in 1747, the daughter of Dep. Gov. Henry (and Dorcas?) Tew of Newport. The will of Henry Tew, dated 20 April 1718 at Newport, mentions daughter Sarah Sweet. Sylvester is almost unheard from in the public record until 1722 when he witnessed a deed. From 1727 to 1730 he was called a vinter, of Newport, in a number of court actions in Newport. From 1744 to 1746, Sarah is named in three different wills as follows: the 7 Dec 1744 will of Andrew Tanner of Newport, mariner (proved 5 Oct 1747) mentions Sarah Sweet of Newport; the will of Hans Kastenen of Newport, mariner, dated 15 July 1745 (proved 2 June 1746) names friend Sarah Sweet of Newport (Elnathan Tew was a witness); and the 13 June 1746 will of George Rye of Newport, mariner (proved 3 July 1746) mentions friend Sarah Sweet, widow (Elnathan Tew was a witness) (RIGR 9(4):298-301). Austin says that the mother of Sarah was Henry Tew's first wife, Dorcas, but it makes more sense that she was an early daughter of his second wife, Sarah (Paul?). Elnathan Tew was a son of Henry Tew with wife Sarah, and he witnessed two wills in which Sarah Sweet was named, and there seems a higher liklihood that Elnathan was Sarah Sweet's full brother rather than half brother. Sylvester and Sarah had a son, Sylvester, born in 1719.

(7g) Benoni Sweet

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RIGR 5(April 1983):344-348

Benoni, the son of James Sweet and Mary Greene of Warwick, Rhode Island, was born in Warwick 28 March 1663, bur. N. Kingstown 20 July 1751, and married c. 1686 Elizabeth MANCHESTER, b. c. 1667, d. 1754, the daughter of Thomas Manchester and Margaret Wood. Benoni was a bone setter by profession. About 1706 he witnessed the will of Rowse Helme in Kingstowne. His own will, dated 1745, was proved in N. Kingstown, RI 3 Aug 1751. His funeral was conducted by Dr. James McSparren, and he was buried "in the cemetery of his ancestors" which is most likely the Sweet-Austin Lot in N. Kingstown, Hist Cem #86. The will of widow Elizabeth was proved in N. Kingstown 13 May 1754. Children, b. (North) Kingstowne, RI: [140]

  • James, b. 28 May 1687, m. c. 1714 Mary SHERMAN (see below)
  • Margaret, b. 22 Sep 1689, d. N. Kingstown 27 Oct 1727, m. c. 1715 John ALBRO, b. c. 1680, d. by 1747, the son of Samuel Albro and Isabel Lawton of Portsmouth and N. Kingstown, Rhode Island. After Margaret's death, John m. (2) c. 1728 Barbara, whose surname was likely Eldred. John was a freeman in Kingstowne in 1712, and a vestryman of the Narragansett Episcopal Church in 1718. He carried the title of major when he died. In 1747, administration of his estate was given to his son Samuel. Margaret and John had six children, after which John had seven more with his second wife, all births recorded in N. Kingstown, but the year of most births were lost in a fire: Margaret's burial was recorded in the minutes of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Narraganset, and she was almost certainly interred in the church graveyard, now known as the Platform Cemetery, Hist Cem NK #36. [141]
  • Benoni, b. 28 March 1692, d. Nova Scotia 17 July 1751, m. 1 March 1720 Elizabeth SWEET, b. E. Greenwich 23 Feb 1703, daughter of Samuel (of James and Mary (Greene)) and Bridget. If this is accurate, then Benoni and Elizabeth were first cousins because their fathers were brothers. Benoni and his wife had seven known children born 1720 to 1734. A curious baptism appears in the records of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Narragansett: "Mary Sweet, reported child of Benoni, a young woman aged about 23, baptized at the house of Gulielly Briggs in N. Kingstown, clinical baptism 27 May 1734." She would have been born about 1711; could she have been a daughter of this Benoni?
  • Mary, b. 8 Dec 1696, m. c. 1715 Elisha SHERMAN (see above)
  • Elizabeth, b. 20 or 22 Feb 1700/1, d. c. 1754, and m. N. Kingstown 22 Nov 1722 Benjamin-3 CONGDON, b. N. Kingstown 20 Oct 1702, d. Windsor, Nova Scotia 1777, son of Benjamin-2 Congdon (Benjamin-1) and Frances Stafford. Benjamin's will was proved at Windsor in 1777. Elizabeth and Benjamin had eight known children, 1723 to c. 1745.
  • Thomas, b. 12 Aug 1703 (9 Aug per Beaman), d. 1763, m. S. Kingstown 11 April 1728 Tabitha-3 BENTLEY, b. c. 1706, the daughter of William-2 Bentley (William-1) and Elizabeth (Gardiner?) of Westerly, RI (RIGR 1:93). Thomas and Tabitha had six known children, born 1728 to 1750 (first five births recorded in N. Kingstown, 1728 to 1746, with complete dates, but all the names were lost). The will of Thomas, dated 24 May 1763 and proved at Hopkinton, RI 7 July 1763, named wife Tabathy, and children Margaret, Renew, Caleb, Libbins (son), and Thaddeus.
  • some sources give another son, Joshua, b. c. 1705 and no more, but his birth is not found in the RI Vital Record as are those of the other children.

(6g) James Sweet

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James, the son of Benoni Sweet and Elizabeth Manchester, was b. N. Kingstown, RI 28 May 1687, was living in August 1743 when named (but not called deceased) in a court case involving his son Benoni (but James d. S. Kingstown 19 July 1751 per a web source which I question, since this is the day his father died), and m. c. 1714 Mary SHERMAN, b. Kingstowne, RI 26 June 1688, the daughter of Eber and Mary Sherman. The names and birth dates of the first nine children come from the 1879 book Recollection of Olden Times... by Thomas R. Hazard. The last two children, Thomas and Hannah, are known from Hannah's will, and her mention of brother Job. Children, b. N. Kingstown, RI: [142]

  • Benoni, b. 2 Apr 1715. Benoni Sweet of N. Kingstown, laborer and son of James Sweet, was plaintiff in a court case against Isaac Bull of S. Kingstown, yeoman, in August 1741 (RIGR 4:257-8). Samuel Boone of N. Kingstown, shopkeeper, was plaintiff in a court case against Benoni Sweet of N. Kingstown, laborer, son of James Sweet in August 1742 (RIGR 6:247). Thomas Phillips of N. Kingstown, shopkeeper, was plaintiff in a court case against Benoni Sweet (son of James Sweet) of N. Kingstown, laborer, in August 1743 (RIGR 7:347). He may be the Benoni Sweet "Jr." who married Isabel Sherman and had four children with births recorded in N. Kingstown, 1740 to 1752.
  • Eber (mistakenly called Eben or Ebenezer, but he was no doubt named for his grandfather, Eber Sherman), b. 5 Jun 1716. He may be the Eber Sweet who married in Warwick, RI 3 March 1747 Mary SCRANTON, dau of Stephen Scranton.
  • Mary, b. 4 Nov 1717, d. N. Kingstown 31 June 1763, m. c. 1736 John AUSTIN, b. c. 1710, d. N. Kingstown 1790, the son of John Austin. Following Mary's death, John married Mary's younger sister, Elizabeth. Mary has one of only two extant grave markers in the large (80+ graves) Sweet-Austin Lot in N. Kingstown, where her grandfather, Benoni Sweet, and likely her father are buried. [143]
  • James Jr., b. 4 Dec 1719, m. Coventry, RI 1 March 1749/50, Mercy NICHOLS, the daughter of Benjamin Nichols. James's marriage is also recorded in Votuntown, CT. Some web accounts say James m. (2) Sarah Dawley, and some say he died 10 Feb 1792 in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Mass., but I cannot confirm these assertions. A James Sweet married in Tyringham 8 Aug 1782 Mary Hale.
  • Elisha, b. 18 Oct. 1721.
  • Freelove, b. 12 Apr. 1723
  • Job, b. 1 Dec. 1724, living on 20 Oct 1790 when mentioned in will of sister Hannah Rose, m. (1) S. Kingstown 5 July 1750 Jemima SHERMAN, b. say 1730, d. c. 1752. He m. (2) 1753 Sarah KINGSLEY, (d. 10 May 1825 per web source), the daughter of John Kingsley and Abiah Jenkins. Job, his wife Sarah, and their son, Rufus, were all named in the will of Sarah's father, John Kingsley, dated 1757 and proved N. Kingstown Nov 1757. Job had a daughter with his first wife, born N. Kingstown 8 Sep 1752, then had ten children with his second wife, born S. Kingstown 1753 to 1774.
  • Elizabeth, b. 13 Nov. 1727, m. John AUSTIN, her sister's widower. [144]
  • Margaret, b. 4 Apr. 1729.
  • Thomas, b. 30 March 1732, d. Hoosick, Rensalaer Co., NY 1813, m. (1) Sarah CONGDON; m. (2) Frances CONGDON, b. 11 Jan 1739, sister of Sarah, both daughters of William Congdon and Ann Gifford. Thomas had a daughter Sarah, mentioned in the will of his sister, Hannah Rose (dated 1790, proved 1800). [145]
  • Hannah, b. 1734, married late in life, c. 1775, as his second wife John ROSE, b. 1709, d. S. Kingstown 1785, the son of Thomas Rose and Mary Gates of Preston, CT. Hannah was a widow when she drafted her will dated 20 Oct 1790, probated 15 Nov 1800. In her will, Hannah mentions her brother, Job and her beloved brother Thomas. [146]

(12g) Robert Greene

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Greene Gen.(1903):38-9

Robert Greene, b. say 1500, lived on his estate at Bowridge Hill, Parish of Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, and was taxed there on subsidy rolls for 1543, 1547, and 1558. Wife's name unknown. Children:

  • Peter, m. Joan _______, bur. (Gillingham?) 31 May 1583, succeeded to his father's estate. His will was dated 20 May and proved in London 1 June 1583, leaving bequests to wife and siblings.
  • Richard, d. c. 1608.
  • John, of Gillingham, received a bequest in the 1583 will of his brother Peter.
  • Alice, m. _______ SMALL; received a legacy in the 1583 will of her brother Peter.
  • Anne, m. Roger CAPPS of Gillingham; she received a legacy in the 1583 will of her brother Peter.

(11g) Richard Greene

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Greene Gen.(1903):38-9; NEHGR 103(1949):185-8

Richard, the son of Robert Greene of Bowridge Hill, Gillingham Parish, Dorset, was b. say 1530, d. c. 1608, and married (wife's name unknown). He succeeded to his father's estate following the death of his older brother, Peter. He was on a subsidy roll of 1587, and also 1592-3. His will was dated 10 May 1606 and proved 3 May 1608, making bequests to Mary, wife of his son Richard, and to each of his granchildren. Known children:

  • Richard, b. say 1555, m. Mary HOOKER (see below)
  • Katharine, m. _______ TURNER

(10g) Richard Greene

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Greene Gen.(1903):39-40; NEHGR 103(1949):185-8

Richard, the son of Richard Greene, was b. say 1555, and supposedly m. say 1580 Mary HOOKER, the daughter of John Hooker, alias Vowell, Chamberlain of the city of Exeter, England in 1534. This marriage record, published in the family genealogy, was provided by Somerby, and has never been found. Based on Somerby's reputation, it may have been fabricated. Richard represented Exeter in Parliament. Children:

  • Peter, b. say 1581, m. Joan _______, and had seven children baptized from 1605 to 1617/8.
  • Richard, b. say 1583, d. c. 1617, m. Agnes _______. He was of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. His will was dated 28 April 1614, and proved 23 June 1617, leaving property to his father, wife, and siblings.
  • Rebecca, b. say 1585, m. _______ DOWNTON.
  • Robert, b. say 1587, d. 1650, m. a wife, name unknown. He was of Cucklington, Somerset, Eng., gent.. His will was dated 21 Oct 1649, and proved 7 Jan 1650/1, giving his Latin books to his "brother John Greene in New England", and all other property to son Robert, the sole executor to his will.
  • Mary, b. say 1589, named in the 1614 will of her brother Richard
  • Rachel, b. say 1591, m. Richard PERENE of Gillingham. She was named in the 1614 will of her brother Richard. Her daughter, Rachel, m. Edward Rawson, and they sailed to New England about 1637-8.
  • John, b. say 1593, m. 1619 Joanne TATERSOLE (see below).
  • Anne, bapt. Gillingham 31 Aug 1595, m. Giles STAGG of Little Newton.
  • Thomas, bapt. 18 May 1599, bur. 15 Aug 1599.

(9g) John Greene

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GM 3(2003):141-8; NEHGR 103(1949):188; 164(2011):296-7; GDRI (1887):88-9; Greene Gen.(1903)[147]

John Greene, the son of Richard Greene and (supposedly) Mary Hooker of Gillingham, Dorsetshire, was b. c. 1593, d. early winter 1658/9, and m. (1) at St. Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire 4 Nov 1619 Joane TATARSOLE, d. c. 1637; (2) by 14 Dec 1638 Alice Geggarly, d. about 12 Jan 1643/4; (3) Phillip _______ who was living 27 Aug 1668. He was undoubtedly the John Greene on a 1627/8 subsidy roll for New Sarum (Salisbury). On or about 5 April 1635, John Green, surgeon, appeared on the passenger list of the ship James of London, sailing to New England from Southampton. This particular passenger record does not mention family, but his wife and children were certainly with him. While the first New England record for John is in Boston, he was certainly, briefly, in Salem, where most other Wiltshire passengers aboard the James first came. He did not intend to stay long in Boston, either, because on 21 March 1635/6, his "former granted allotment" in Boston was not built upon, making it free to be otherwise disposed of. Greene was in Providence later that year, and was one of the 13 men who became the founding proprietors of that settlement, even though the formal purchase and deed for this land was not created until October 1638. Greene was highly resistant to the authority of the Massachusetts Bay government, and used his distance to harangue the Massachusetts Bay General Court. He was censured and threatened three times between August 1637 and March 1637/8 for writing contemptuous letters to the Massachusetts magistrates.

On 12 Jan 1642/3, Greene joined Samuel Gorton and nine other men in purchasing of the Narragansetts a tract of land that they named Shawomet, later to become the town of Warwick, RI. Conflict ensued almost immediately with the Massachusetts authorities, and in October 1643 Greene's cattle was confiscated. Following the imprisonment, release, and land confiscation of several of the Warwick settlers, in 1645 Greene accompanied Samuel Gorton and Randall Holden in a journey to England to get support against the Massachusetts Bay. The men were successful in their undertaking, and because of the intervention of the Earl of Warwick, they named their settlement for him. Greene's will, dated 28 Dec 1658, was proved ten days later on 7 January 1658/9. On 27 Aug 1668, his widow, Phillip Greene, transferred property to her step-son, John Greene, Jr., in return for maintenance. John is memorialized with both an upright monument and a large inscribed slab in the Surgeon John Greene Lot in Warwick. Children, all baptized at St. Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England: [148]

  • John, bapt. 15 Aug 1620, d. 27 Nov 1708, m. c. 1648 Ann ALMY, baptized South Kilworth, Leicestershire, England 26 Feb 1626/7, d. Warwick 6 May 1709, aged 82, daughter of William Almy and Audry Barlow of Lynn, Mass. and Portsmouth, RI. For nearly half a century, John Greene, Jr. devoted his life to the service of the Rhode Island colony, including ten years as its Deputy Governor from 1690 to 1700. His will, dated 20 Dec 1706, was proved 20 Dec 1708. John and Ann had eleven children born from 1649 to 1671. John and Ann have extant gravestones in the Spring Green Farm Cemetery in Warwick, RI. [149]
  • Peter, bapt. 10 March 1621/2, d. 1659, m. c. 1658 Mary GORTON, b. say 1638, living in 1688, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Gorton. Following Peter's death, Mary m. (2) Portsmouth 17 April 1663 John Sanford, b. 4 June 1633, d. 1687, the son of John Sanford and Elizabeth Webb. Peter was on a list of Warwick freemen in 1655, and was a commissioner in 1658. His will, dated 11 May 1659, was proved 1 March 1660. Peter and Mary had no children together. Mary had four children with her second husband, John Sanford, born from 1664 to 1677. [150]
  • Richard, bapt. 25 April 1624, no further record, unless he is the Richard Greene bur. St. Thomas, Salisbury 23 Nov 1625. [151]
  • James, bapt. 21 June 1626, d. 27 April 1698, m. (1) c. 1657 Deliverance POTTER, baptized Boston, Mass. 5 March 1636/7, d. 1664, daughter of Robert and Isabel Potter; m. (2) Warwick 3 Aug 1665 Elizabeth Anthony, living in 1698, daughter of John and Susanna Anthony. For three decades James served the colony of Rhode Island in a variety of capacities, such as commissioner, deputy, and assistant. His will, dated 22 March 1698, was proved 2 May 1698. He had four children with his first wife, born from 1658 to 1664, and eight more with his second wife, born from 1666 to 1688. James is memorialized on a tall monument in the Surgeon John Greene Lot in Warwick, RI, but his wives are not mentioned. [152]
  • Thomas, bapt. 4 June 1628, d. 5 June 1717, m. Warwick 30 June 1659 Elizabeth _______, d. 20 Aug 1693 (probably not the daughter of Rufus Barton as given in many sources, such as Austin and on her gravestone). Thomas was a Warwick commissioner in 1662, a Deputy for many years between 1667 and 1684, and an Assistant for a few years from 1678 to 1685. His will, dated 25 Jan 1716/7, was proved 27 June 1717. Thomas and Elizabeth had seven children born from 1660 to 1679. They both have extant gravestones in the Stone Castle Lot in Warwick. [153]
  • Joan, bapt. 3 Oct 1630, m. c. 1652 John HADEN
  • Mary, bapt. 19 May 1633, m. c. 1654 James SWEET [154]

(8g) Thomas Manchester

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GDRI (1887):127-8; TAG 19(1943):226 (in new GDRI:451); NEHGR 101(1947):308-11

Thomas Manchester, born say 1620, living in 1691, m. say 1649 Margaret WOOD, b. say 1629, d. c. 1693, the daughter of John Wood. G. A. Moriarty, in The American Genealogist (cited above) makes the statement that Thomas was the one of the name who was in New Haven, CT, identified as a servant of Mr. Perry on 4 Dec 1639 and 5 March 1639/40; however, in the 2015 Great Migration Directory (C. Anderson), the connection is not definitively made. The 1947 NEHGR article says that Thomas Manchester was chosen to serve on a jury in Portsmouth, RI on 25 Feb 1642 [1641/2?], but this record is not found in the GDRI. On 3 Dec 1654 Thomas bought land in Portsmouth, and on 24 Jan 1655 he and wife Margaret sold 12 acres to Thomas Wood. Thomas Manchester was Town Sergeant of Portsmouth many times from 1675 to 1690. On 7 June 1686 he and wife Margaret testified concerning the marriage of Ichabod Sheffield. On 9 July 1691 Thomas made a series of deeds dividing his estate. Children:

  • Thomas, b. c. 1650, dead by 9 May 1722, m. by 1677/8 Mary BROWNING, liv. 1718, daughter of Nathaniel Browning and Sarah Freeborn. He was a blacksmith of Portsmouth, RI, and a freeman there in April 1673. They had six known sons, perhaps daughters as well. Administration of his estate was granted 13:6:1722 (13 Aug 1722).
  • William, b. Portsmouth c. 1654 (aged 22 in Aug 1676), d. 15 Oct 1718, and m. Mary COOK, liv. 1716, daughter of John Cook and Mary Borden. He was a Portsmouth freeman in 1675, and one of the purchasers of Pocasset in the Plymouth Colony (now Tiverton and Little Compton, RI). He held many town offices, including representative to the Mass. General Court. They had eleven children.
  • John, b. Portsmouth say 1656, d. c. 1708, married perhaps Mary _______, d. by 1703 (not in husband's will). His will was dated 20 May 1703 and proved 29 Nov 1708. He had four children named in his will.
  • George, b. c. 1659, d. 1705
  • Stephen, b. c. 1661, d. 1719, m. (1) 13 Sep 1684 Elizabeth WODELL, d. by 1697, daughter of Gershom Wodell and Mary Tripp; m. (2) Damaris _______, liv. 1719. He was admitted freeman of Portsmouth in 1683, and of Tiverton, RI in 1692. Two known children with first wife, four more with wife unknown or second wife.
  • Job, b. c. 1663, d. c. 1713, m. Hannah _______, liv. 1713. He was an inhabitant of Tiverton, RI in 1692/3, then moved to Dartmouth, Mass. whre he had land in 1712. One known child, Stephen, b. Tiverton 1689.
  • Mary, b. c. 1665
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1667, m. Benoni SWEET (per RIGR 5[April 1983]:344-348; see above).

(9g) John Wood

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GDRI (1887):230-1; NEHGR 69(1916):188-9; TAG 20(1943):119; 26(1950):230; 35(1959):70-2; Wood Gen (1966):9-33 (I quit copying at 33, but more on his children after that)

John Wood, b. say 1590, d. c. 1655 (dead by April 1655), m. (1) say 1617 _____ _____; m. (2) say 1649 Elizabeth _____, liv. 1655. After John's death, his widow Elizabeth m. Hugh Parsons. John's son William was to have the lands in the possession of his "mother-in-law" (stepmother) upon her decease. John was of Newport and Portsmouth, RI. He was called of Newport on 7 June 1643 when he was a defendant in a suit in the Newport Quarter Sessions Court. He was a surety in that court in March 1645, and was sued there by William Withington in Dec 1646. Soon thereafter he moved to Portsmouth, RI, and was made freeman there on 10 July 1648. He was a juryman at a trial court at Warwick, RI on 26 May 1649. On 1 March 1649/50 he was of Portsmouth when he bought 45 acres in that town. He was on a list of Newport freemen in 1655, but it was in Portsmouth where the town council chose appraisers for his estate on 17 March 1655. The two youngest children, Susanna and Elizabeth, were under 16 at that time. Children, apparently with first wife:

  • George, b. say 1618, liv. 1655, m. (1) ______ ______; m. (2) Ann _______. In the 1655 settlement of his father's estate "George woode the eldest son of John wood deceast [was given] the somm of fower pounds..." He lived on Long Island, and had five children who survived childhood, born from 1643 to 1661. After George's death, his widow m. Henry Rogers, with whom she had a daughter, Margaret.
  • John, b. c. 1620 (deposition and gravestone), d. 26 Aug 1704, agd 84, m. (1) ______ ______; m. (2) Anna ______; m. (3) Mary Peabody, b. c. 1640, d. 24 Jan 1719, aged 78 years. He was of London, England as late as 1649, but bought his homestead in Portsmouth, RI on 1 March 1649/50. He was on a list of Newport, RI freemen in 1655, a juryman in 1671, and served as deputy from 1673 to 1675. On 14 Nov 1695 he and wife Mary deeded two lots in Little Compton, RI to Thomas Wood of that place. John had three children with his first wife, b. in England 1640 to 1646; a child with second wife Anna, b. 26 Aug 1658; and six children with third wife Mary, b. 1664 to 1691 (?--this would make her 51 at the birth of her last child). John and Mary aree buried in the Wood Burying Ground on the Deacon Smith Farm, Middleton, RI; he has an extant gravestone; she does not. [155]
  • William, b. say 1624, d. c. 1697, m. Martha EARLE, b. say 1632, daughter of Ralph and Joan Earle. He was initially of Portsmouth, RI, but took the oath of fidelity at Dartmouth (now Mass.) on 24 March 1686. His inventory was taken in July 1697, amounting to 422 pounds. His lands were divided 14 April 1701. They had ten children (the 7th one on Austin's list was named Mary, and b. 1664-5)
  • Susanna, b. say 1627, d. 23 March 1654/5, m. after 1637 (say 1647, but as late as 1649 to have three young children in 1654/5) Samuel JENNY, b. Leiden, Holland c. 1616, son of John Jenny and Sarah Cary of Leiden and Plymouth Colony (see GMB 2:1092-3). Samuel m. (2) by 1657 Anne Lettice, daughter of Thomas Lettice of Plymouth. Samuel grew up in Plymouth, but moved to Portsmouth after his father's 1644 death, though the the family appears to have lived in both places. Susanna witnessed the oral will of Webb Audley in Plymouth on 4 March 1651/2. Susanna died leaving two small sons and an infant daughter, Sarah, who was put under the care of Thomas Clarke, which prompted litigation on the part of Samuel's mother.
  • Margaret, b. say 1629, m. say 1649 Thomas MANCHESTER (see above).
  • Thomas, b. say 1631 (oldest son Thomas b. 1664), liv. 1690, m. say 1663 (perhaps his second wife) Rebecca _______, b. say 1644 (last child b. 1687). On 1 Jan 1657 he sold land from his father's estate to Richard Tew of Newport. He lived initially in Portsmouth, RI, but was of Swanzey, Mass. in 1680, and took the oath of fidelity the following year. He was the Bristol surveyor of highways in 1686 to 1687, and a deputy in 1690. Seven known children born from 1664 to 1687, perhaps with two wives due to large gap in birth years.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth:

  • Susanna, b. say 1650 (under 16 in 1655), d. 1684, m. (1) Josiah ENGLAND (her husband in May 1675), son of William England; m. (2) 3 Dec 1677 Ephraim CARPENTER, b. say 1640, son of William Carpenter and Elizabeth Arnold. She was living on Long Island in 1683/4, per the will of her step-father, Hugh Parsons. Following her death, Ephraim m. Lydia Dickinson.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1652 (under 16 in 1655), m. say 1672 Isaac DOTY, b. Plymouth 8 Feb 1648/9, son of Edward Doty (of the Mayflower) and Faith Clarke. She was living on Long Island in 1684, per the will of her step-father, Hugh Parsons. They had six children bron from 1673 to 1695.

(8g) William Havens

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GDRI (1887):93-4 TAG 20(1943):185; Wickham-Bullard Fam (1935):146-7

William Havens, b. say 1610, d. c. 1683, m. Dionis _______, b. say 1615, liv. 1692. William was admitted an inhabitant of Portsmouth, RI in 1638, and the following year, when Newport split off from Portsmouth, William, with 28 others, signed the new compact of governance for Portsmouth, dated 30 April 1639. He was given a grant of four acres there in 1644, and in 1650 he and five others were appointed to "make and mend all arms presented by inhabitants of any of the towns." In 1662 he leased his dwelling house to son John for seven years. His will was dated 30 March 1680 and proved 25 Sep 1683, with wife "Dennis" as executrix. Children:

  • Mary, b. say 1635, liv. 1691, m. as his second wife, Thomas COOK, b. perh. Somersetshire say 1605, d. c. 1677. Mary was the executrix of Thomas's will, dated 6 Feb 1674 and proved 20 June 1677. Widow Mary m. c. 1680 Jeremiah Brown, d. 1690, son of Chad and Elizabeth Brown.
  • John, b. say 1638, d. 1687, m. Ann _______, b. say 1640, liv. 1687. He was likely an adult in 1662 when his father leased him his house and land. He sold his land in 1667 to Gideon Freeborn, and in 1668 was living in Monmouth, NJ. In 1686, his daughter Jane married John Sheriff of Portsmouth. His will was dated 14 March and prove 9 Sep 1687. They had seven children.
  • Sarah, b. say 1640, liv. 1718, m. John TYLER, b. say 1625, d. c. 1700. John's will was dated 17 Feb 1697 and proved 10 April 1700. In Aug 1718, widow Sarah Tyler deeded her husband's lands in Portsmouth, RI to her grandson, John Tyler. They had five known children.
  • Thomas, b. say 1642, married, wife's name unknown (see below)
  • Robert, say 1650, d. c. 1712, m. Elizabeth _______, b. say 1665, liv. 1712. In 1677, he was one of 48 to be granted a part of 5000 acres in East Greenwich, RI, but never settled there. He was made freeman in 1678. He owned land at Dartmouth, Mass. and may have lived there. His will was dated 30 March 1708 and proved 7 April 1712. Robert and Elizabeth had six children born from 1686 to 1705.
  • George, b. 1653, d. 25 Feb 1706[/7?], and m. 1674 Eleanor THURSTON, b. Jamestown, RI March 1655, d. Southold, Long Island 7 Nov 1747 in 93d year, daughter of Edward Thurston and Elizabeth Mott. Following his death, his widow m. Thomas Terry of Southold, who d. 24 March 1723/4. George was of Kingstowne and Jamestown, RI, and later of Shelter Island, NY (Long Island). He was made RI freeman in 1680, and taxed at Kingstowne in 1687. In 1695 he was a constable at Jamestown, and the following year sold his farm on Boston Neck for 500 pounds. In a 1701 deed, he was of Shelter Island, and his son George was of Kings Town, RI. In 1724, widow Eleanor Terry, widow of George Havens, sued George Tibbetts, son and heir of Henry Tibbetts, for right of dower in lands in South Kingstown sold by her husband, George Havens, to Henry Tibbetts. George's inventory was taken 4 April 1706 with letters of administration given to widow Eleanor on 11 Feb 1707. George and Eleanor had nine children. George has an extant gravestone in the Ancient Cemetery, New London, CT, though much of the inscription is chipped away; Eleanor has an extant stone in the Presbyterian Cemetery on Shelter Island, NY. [156]
  • Ruth, m. _______ CARD.
  • Dinah, named Dinah Havens in father's 1680 will.
  • Elizabeth, named Elizabeth Havens in father's 1680 will.
  • William, named in father's 1680 will.
  • Martha, named in father's 1680 will.
  • Rebecca, named in father's 1680 will.
  • Margaret, named in father's 1680 will.

(7g) Thomas Havens

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Thomas, the son of William Havens of Portsmouth, Rhode island, was b. say 1642, d. c. 1704, and m. say 1670 to a wife who has not been identified. Claims that Thomas married Mary, the daughter of Thomas Herring, seem to originate in a statement by James Savage in his Genealogical Dictionary of New England, when he made a reference to Thomas Herring of Dedham, Mass. being mistakenly called Thomas Haven. Apparently this led the author of the Pierce genealogy to conclude that Mary Herring married Thomas Haven. However, no mechanism has ever been demonstrated whereby Thomas Haven of Portsmouth, RI would ever cross paths with Mary Herring of Dedham, Mass. The conclusion is that we just don't know the name of the wife of Thomas Havens of Portsmouth and Kingstowne, RI. In 1671 Thomas Havens was a freeman of Portsmouth, and in 1677 was a juryman there, but later moved across the Narragansett Bay to Kingstowne, where he was taxed 10s 11d on 6 Sep 1687. The older children were certainly born in Portsmouth, but we can't determine on which side of the bay the younger children were born. The will of Major Richard Smith, dated 12 March 1691, stated that Thomas Havens was caring for 30 sheep belonging to Smith. Administration of the estate of Thomas Havens was given to his eldest son William on 12 Nov [year burned away, but probably 1704]. Children:

  • William, b. say 1672, d. 1733, m. 12 March 1712 Margaret HULING, b. c. 1692, the daughter of Alexander Huling and Elizabeth Wightman. On 27 May 1709 William and his brothers Thomas and Joseph were involved in the purchase of 1824 acres near "Devil's Foot." William's will was dated 1731 and proved 12 June, year burned away, but likely 1733, which is the year his inventory was taken. His will names wife Margaret, son William, not of age; son Alexander, and daughter Martha, wife of [name burned away, but it was Nicholas Gardiner who m. N. Kingstown 12 ___ 1729/30 Martha Havens]. They had four children born 1712 to c. 1719, and then a fifth child b. 1730 (see Huling Gen, pp 33-34).
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1675, m. (1) c. 1710 Sarah (BORDEN) Gould; m. (2) c. 1715 Margaret MAIN.
  • Thomas, b. say 1678, d. 1748, and married, wife's name unknown. On 27 May 1709 Thomas and his brothers William and Joseph were involved in the purchase of 1824 acres near "Devil's Foot." His will was proved at N. Kingstown 19 Sep 1748, naming sons William and Robert (executor), and daughters Mary Chase and Phebe Wightman. His daughter Mary, b. say 1700, m. (1) James-3 Huling (Alexander-2, James-1) and m. (2) Jonathan Chase. His son William m. N. Kingstown 21 Nov 1725 Sarah Pierce, widow of Benoni.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1680, married and had two known children: Nathaniel, b. c. 1708, m. N. Kingstown Feb 1733/4 Rose Briggs, daughter of Robert Briggs; and Sylvester, b. c. 1728, m. Sarah Davis. On 27 May 1709 Joseph and his brothers Thomas and William were involved in the purchase of 1824 acres near "Devil's Foot."
  • John, b. say 1685.

(6g) Nathaniel Havens

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Nathaniel, the son of Thomas and Mary Havens, was born about 1675, died 1763, and m. (1) in New London, CT about 1710 Sarah (BORDEN) Gould who may be the Sarah Borden baptized with her twin brother William in New London, CT 20 Sep 1674, daughter of John Borden and Hannah Hough. Nathaniel m. (2) c. 1715 Margaret MAIN, b. say 1690, living in 1763. His will, written in 1763, was proved at North Kingstown, RI on 13 June 1763, naming wife Margaret, two daughters, Freelove Go[burned] and Margaret Shearman, and grandson Havens Shearman. The wording of the will suggests that both daughters were with his second wife, Margaret. His known children: [157]

  • Freelove, m. in N. Kingstown, RI [date lost] Nicholas GODWARD (VRRI 5:1:27)
  • Margaret, b. c. 1720, d. NK 1775, m. NK 24 Dec 1741 Capt Benoni SHERMAN, b. NK 7 July 1719, d. NK 24 Feb 1768. [158]

(8g) Ezekiel Main (?)

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Main Gen (1905): near beginning (no page numbers) [159]

Ezekiel Maine, b. say 1640, d. 19 June 1714, m. Mary _______. He is first of record in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, when on 9 March 1660/1 he was fined for helping a young couple elope. On 20 Oct 1668, the Plymouth Colony authorities deemed him unfit to serve since he had only one good eye. Within a few months after that, he was in Stonington, CT, and enumerated on 2 Feb 1668/9 as being one of 43 heads of families there. He received land grants from the town in 1672 and 1680, and purchased additional land in the interim. His land holdings were all bounded on the south by the Shumrock River, and on the north by land of Joshua Holmes. He was admitted to the Stonington church in 1676, and in 1690 was the town's representative to the General Court in Hartford. His will was dated 5 May 1711 and probated 13 July 1714. A Find-a-grave memorial has been created for him in Wequetequock Cemetery in Stonington. Children: [160] [161]

  • Ezekiel, b. say 1671
  • Jeremiah, b. say 1673
  • Hannah, bapt. 13 Feb 1675[/6?]
  • Mary, bapt. 24 June 1677, prob. d. young.
  • Thomas, bapt. 22 Sep 1679, prob. d. young.
  • Phebe, bapt. 7 Aug 1681

Ezekiel Main, Jr. (?)

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In his 1715 will, Ezekiel Jr. mentions his five daughters, but does not name them. His first marriage is given as 1689, with child born in 1691 and wife dying Jan 1693 [/4?]. His second marriage in 1695, with first child born Oct 1698. This means that Margaret could have been a child of the first marriage, born late 1692 or early 1693 OR the oldest child of the second marriage, b. 1696.

(7g) Stephen Northup, Sr.

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RIGR 3:73-76 (July 1980)

Stephen Northup. b. roughly 1630, d. roughly 1690, was the founder of the Northup family in Rhode Island, but his origin is currently unknown. Though there is no marriage record, and the name of his wife does not appear in any public record, private sources indicate that Northup was married about 1654 to Elizabeth Hearnden/Harrington (the name has been written both ways), the daughter of a Benjamin Hearnden/Harrington. William R. Staples, in 1843, published a list of 28 early Providence settlers who each received 25 acres of land, over a period of about ten years beginning in 1646. On the list of names is Stephen Northup, as well as Benjamin "Herendeen," the latter with his name signed by a mark. This Benjamin, who married Elizabeth White, is too young to be Northup's father-in-law, and is more likely Northup's brother-in-law (the brother of Northup's wife). Since the above transaction does not carry a definitive date on it, the first time Northup's name appears in a dated public record is on 2 October 1655 when "the town meetinge of Providence, in the Colony of Rhode Island, granted to Stephen Northup, twenty-five acres of land," and this, therefore, should be considered his earliest arrival in Providence.

On 27 August 1656, at another town meeting, "it was ordered that Stephen Northup have a home-lot laid out to him over against Christopher Smith's lot; also, that he have commonage equal to any other townsman; and that he be allowed to vote with the other inhabitants of the town." He built his house at the north end of the town, between the main street and the Moshassuck River. John O. Austin in his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island states that he was made a freeman in Providence in 1658, but this may just mean that his name appears on a list of freemen, because he had already been given the privilege of voting two years earlier. On 27 July 1659 Northup sold 60 acres of land at Rocky Hill to William Carpenter and on 4 June 1660 he was selected as the Town Sergeant for Providence. During his service as sergeant John Clawson, a Dutchman and protege of Roger Williams, was murdered by an Indian not far from Northup's house. Northup then went about "warning the town about the prisoner," and was paid three shillings for his efforts. Northup spent four days taking the prisoner to Newport and attending the trial.

In 1662 Northup sold all of his rights to land between the Pawtucket and Pawtuxet Rivers to William Hawkins, and in 1665 he obtained a lot in a division of lands in Providence. The last record for him in Providence occurred when on 28 March 1666 he witnessed a deed there, but two months later his name does not appear on a list of those in Providence taking an oath of allegiance to the King, thus he had likely moved to Kingstowne by then. After leaving Providence, Northup moved to the Narragansett country, which was organized as Kingstowne in 1674, and later split into North Kingstown and South Kingstown in 1722, the former being where Northup lived. On 19 May 1671 he took the oath of allegiance here, and in August 1672 he was called to appear before the Connecticut court. The Narraganset country was in dispute between the Connecticut and Rhode Island colonies, and both jurisdictions claimed these lands. Northup's reply to the Connecticut court was, "I denie to obey any warrant from ye authority of Conecticot; if ye government of Roade Island send any I will obey them but not this warrant nor any from Conecticot Colony." Sometime in the 1660s or 1670s Northup had purchased some of the Pettaquamscutt lands from Samuel Wilbur and other Pettaquamscutt purchasers. Title to the land was in dispute with the Humphrey Atherton Company, but on 5 December 1679 Northup and others were entitled to keep their lands. Northup had 120 acres of land on the west side of Pettaquamscot Pond, not far from the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace. He is last found in the public record in September 1687 when he was taxed 5s 1/2 d, according to Austin.

There are so few extant records concerning Stephen Northup in Kingstowne, that much of the portrayal of his life there is anecdotal. For instance, his occupation does not appear in any existing records, but a family researcher in the 1930s, Lester Burgess, wrote this: "The Northups owned or operated the grist mill at the Gilbert Stuart place, the foundations of which are now (1939) barely visible. I believe the first dam there was built by old Stephen Northup." (from NK Graveyards by McAleer, Hoffius and Nunes) Stephen Northup built what appears to be the oldest existing house in North Kingstown, and perhaps in the entire state of Rhode Island. The origins of the house likely date back to Stephen's first arrival in the Narraganset country. Northup's residence in Providence continued at least through 1666, and there is no record of him in Kingstowne before 1671, so sometime between those two years is when he likely arrived in Kingstowne, and this may be when the house construction began. However, whatever was built before 1675 was almost certainly destroyed during King Phillip's War, so anything existing today would be from after that time. The National Park Service, in their report on historic North Kingstown properties, only gives a general timeframe for the house's construction: "The Stephen Northup House at 99 Featherbed Lane is another house in which the seventeenth-century core has been preserved by an eighteenth-century addition." North Kingstown historian, Tim Cranston, gives the date of the house as "1680-1690s" with additions made in the 18th and 19th centuries. Austin only attributes four children to Northup and his wife, but Carrie Hatfield in her 1914 genealogy of the family (echoed by Virginia Chappell in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register (3:76, 1980)) adds two more. They were likely born in Providence, except the younger two may have been born in the Narragansett country: [162]

  • Stephen, b. c. 1656, d. 1733, aged 77, married Mary Thomas of Jamestown and had eight children.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1658, d. 1750, married in 1681 Susannah Almy. Chappell gives his birth year as 1682, but that means he married at the age of 19--possible, but very unusual for males at that time. I've made him the second son, and this is consistent with naming traditions if he was named for his mother's father. He was originally buried in a small family plot on land that belonged to Wilbur Hazard, but was, before 1880, moved to Elm Grove Cemetery. However, the Elm Grove Cemetery book shows no record of his being buried there, so his marker may be defunct or illegible, or else he may not have had a marker moved to the new burial location. [163]
  • Henry, b. 1663, d. 1740, married Mary [Kingsley?] and had four known children.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1665, died by 1726, but may have been living in 1725, if he was the Joseph Northup mentioned in the inventory of his brother, David Northup. Joseph was taxed 3s 11.5d in Kingstown on 6 Sep 1687. In 1706 he and his brother Stephen "were defendants in an appeal taken from the Court of Trials by Isaac Royal, plaintiff. The appeal was not sustained by Assembly, and appellant was ordered to pay costs in the Assembly." In 1726 his widow "having no bed to lodge on" was given a bed from her husband's inventory. John Austin, in his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, states, perhaps with a tad of reservation, that Joseph was married to Hopestill Smith, the daughter of John Smith and Phillis Gereardy. The will of this John Smith of South Kingstown, dated 1 Sep 1729, gave money and land at Coweset (Warwick) to daughter Hopestill Northup, and a Bible to each of her five children, but never gave the name of her husband. However, it now appears far more likely that Hopestill Smith was married to Henry Northup (the son of Stephen-2 Northup and Mary Thomas). This is because on 13 April 1741, Henry Northup petitioned the South Kingstown Town Council to appoint an administrator for the estate of Phillis Smith (Hopestill's mother), who apparently had a sizable estate. Then, on 9 Oct 1759, Hopestill Northup, the widow of Henry Northup, late of N. Kingstown, swore before the Exeter, RI Town Council that the last place of her legal residence was N. Kingstown, so the Exeter council declared that she should be delivered to an overseer of the poor in N. Kingstown. Hopestill appears to have had two sons, Joseph and Sylvester, and was likely in Exeter because that is where her son Sylvester lived. Another concern is that usually when Bibles are given to children, they are YOUNG children. Bible's are not usually given en-masse to adult children. Therefore, the Bibles offered in the will of John Smith in 1729 to his daughter's five children likely went to children born say 1715 to 1729, meaning the father of these children would far more likely be born about 1690, rather than 1665. From all of this I think we have to conclude that we do not know the wife of Joseph Northup, and that Hopestill Smith was most likely the wife of the much younger Henry Northup.
  • David, b. c. 1668, died in 1725, married by about 1711 Susanna Congdon, b. c. 1678, the daughter of Benjamin Congdon and Elizabeth Albro, and the granddaughter of Major John Albro who was an early magistrate of the colony. David and Susanna had four known children, b. c. 1712 (but maybe much earlier) to 1718.
  • Mary, b. c. 1673, d. 1724, and married c. 1695 John Mowry, b. c. 1672, d. 1718, the son of Benjamin Mowry and Martha Hazard. The birth date for John is based on his father's birth date of 1649, John being one of the older children. His marriage date is based on his having some minor children when he died in 1718. John's will, proved in Kingstown, RI in 1718 mentions oldest son John, daughter Abigail, and rest of children "to have when of age." Mary's will, dated Sep 1724, was proved Oct 1724, with son Jonathan as executor, naming daughter Abigail, and mentioning legacies for four daughters. Based on these two wills, there were six children: John, Jonathan, Abigail, daughter, daughter, and daughter, born say 1696 to 1715. [164]

(6gu) Henry Northup (son of Stephen, Sr.)

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Henry Northup, the son of Stephen Northup and Elizabeth Hearnden, was b. 1663, d. 1740, and m. c. 1690 Mary _______, b. c. 1670, living c. 1740, whose maiden name has often been given as Kingsley, but without documentation. The date of Henry's will was burned away, but it was proved in N. Kingstown, RI 14 Oct 1740, naming wife Mary and four children. The following are known or presumed children, born in N. Kingstown, RI: [165]

  • Henry, b. c. 1691, not named in father's will (proved 1740)
  • Susanna, b. 1694, d. 3 Aug 1768, in her 75th year, m. John PINDER, b. 1677, d. 21 Nov 1762 in his 86th year, the son of Jacob Pinder of Newport and Kingstown, RI. Susanna and John have extant gravestones in Elm Grove Cemetery that were moved from "Annaquatucket", which name now is only associated with a short river in North Kingstown. [166]
  • Immanuel, b. 17 June 1699, d. NK 28 May 1790, m. (1) NK 4 May 1720/1 Anne TIBBETTS, b. 12 Oct 1702, d. NK 28 Aug 1728, the daughter of George and Mary Tibbetts; m. (2) 24 [Jan, Feb, or March] 1727/8 Sarah GOULD, b. c. 1706, d. NK 15 March 1744/5; m. (3) Jamestown, RI 11 March 1745/6 Ann CARR, b. Jamestown 15 March 1709/10, d. NK 3 Feb 1780, the daughter of Nicholas Carr and Frances Holmes of Jamestown. Immanuel and third wife Ann both have extant gravestones in Elm Grove Cemetery, N. Kingstown, but they were likely moved there from a family cemetery in the area. [167]
  • Joseph, b. 1700, not named in father's will (proved 1740)
  • Mary, b. c. 1703, d. Exeter, RI 14 Nov 1771, m. N. Kingstown, RI 26 Sep 1725 Jeffrey CHAMPLIN IV, b. 1702/3, d. 1773, the son of Jeffrey Champlin III (Jeffrey-2-1). Mary's death date comes from the Jeffrey Watson Diary. They lived in Exeter (created from N. Kingstown in March 1742/3) and had nine known children born 1726 to 1741. It is possible that Mary and Jeffrey are buried in the Champlin Lot, RI Hist Cem. Exeter #96, but no gravestones were ever found for them. [168]
  • Patience, b. NK 1705, d. NK 10 Feb 1800, in the 95th year of her age, m. NK 16 Nov 1727 John CONGDON, b. NK 23 Sep 1706, d. NK 15 Oct 1764. They had eight known children born 1728 to 1749. Patience and John both have extant gravestones in the John Congdon Lot, RI Hist Cem. N. Kingstown #66. [169]
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1711, not named in father's will (proved 1740)

(6g) David Northup

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David, the son of Stephen Northup and (Elizabeth?) Harrington/Hearndon, was born about 1668, died about 1725, and married Susanna CONGDON, b. c. 1678, the daughter of Benjamin Congdon and Eliabeth Albro. David was of North Kingstown, RI and witnessed a deed there in 1699. His will, naming wife Susa___ and four children is found in the N. Kingstown records, but the dates were burned away. His inventory was dated 1725, mentioning a Joseph Northup, probably his brother. His children, b. N. Kingstown, with dates partially burned away: [170]

  • David, b. 11 Dec, c. 1712
  • Stephen, b. 9 Oct, c. 1714
  • Benjamin, b. 1 June, c. 1716 (c. 1710 in several accounts, either of which year is reasonable), d. 1791, m. after 1743 (when she was called daughter Mary Congdon in her father's will) Mary (VAUGHN) Congdon, b. Portsmouth 19 March 1713, the daughter of John Vaughn and Elizabeth Bull, and widow of James-3 Congdon (Benjamin-2-1). His name was submitted for jury duty in Exeter, RI on 9 July 1745. He was party to several land transactions in Exeter from 1748 and 1752. In Aug 1761, Benjamin was named executor and brother-in-law in the will of David Vaughan (Mary's brother). Benjamin's will, dated 7 Nov 1791, was proved in E. Greenwich on 31 Dec 1791. Mary had two known children with her first husband, but Benjamin is not known to have had any children.
  • Robert, b. 20 Aug 1718, m. Susanna GARDNER. See below

(5g) Robert Northup

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Robert, the son of David Northup and Susanna Congdon, was b. N. Kingtown 20 Aug 1718, d. there 5 Sep 1783 (15 Sep 1783 in 66th year, per NK cem. book but he was buried on 7 Sep 1783 per the Jeffrey Watson diary), and m. c. 1745 Susanna GARDNER, b. 19 ___ 1725, d. Aug 1783 (J. Watson diary; 10 April 1783 in 58th year per NK cem. book), the daughter of Nicholas Gardner and Mary Eldred. Robert appears on the 1747, 1777, and 1782 censuses in North Kingstown. He and Susanna are buried in RI Hist Cem, NK #51, sometimes called the Ancient Northup Burial Ground. Children, b. N. Kingstown: [171]

  • David, b. 9 Nov 1746 [9 May per M. Watson, p 191], d. roughly 1805, m. N. Kingstown 9 March 1789 Anstiss (AUSTIN) Crandall, b. N. Kingstown 8 May 1749, the widow of Benjamin Crandall, and the daughter of John Austin (c.1710) and Mary Sweet (1717). He very likely had an earlier wife, name not known. David appears on the 1777, 1782, 1790, and 1800 censuses in North Kingstown, but is not on the 1810, so likely died by then. He was called deceased in the 1836 will of his brother Stephen, in which a legacy was left to David's daughter Susannah. David and Anstiss are said to be buried in a field off Shermantown Rd., with graves marked by field stones. This is immediately adjacent to the Sweet-Austin Lot, NK #86. This is likely the David with the following children (from an unknown first wife), whose births (years lost) were recorded in N. Kingstown: Rufus, b. 19 Feb ____; Susannah, b. 11 April ____, named in the 1836 will of her Uncle Stephen Northup; Mary, b. 1 March ____; Benjamin, b. 25 Feb ____ [172]
  • Dorcas, b. 30 Nov 1748. She may be the child of Robert Northup buried on 31 April 1756, as she is not mentioned in the will of her brother Stephen, as are all the other children born before 1756. She is very likely buried in the Ancient Northup Burial Ground where her parents were later buried. [173]
  • Nicholas, b. 26 Oct 1751, d. S. Kingstown 4 Jan 1833, aged 86?, and [m. N. Kingstown 11 May 1778 Desire GARDINER, daughter of John and Mercy Gardiner, per M. Watson, but his Rev War record indicates no wife or children]. On 7 Sep 1832, Nicholas made application in Washington Co., RI for a Revolutionary War pension, having served with the RI Line, stating that he lived in S. Kingstown at the time of his enlistment. In Oct 1833, Nicholas"s brother, Stephen, made an affidavit stating that Nicholas left no children but left brothers and a sister: Stephen, Hannah, and Benjamin Northup, all of S. Kingstown. In his 1836 will, Stephen Northup mentions property "which I bought of my Brother Nicholas Northup." [174]
  • Hannah, b. 12 Aug 1755, d. S. Kingstown 12 Oct 1834. She was mentioned in an Oct 1833 affidavit made by her brother Stephen, but was called deceased in Stephen's 1836 will. She had a daughter, Ruth Northup, named as coexecutor in Stephen's will. It appears that Hannah either married a Northup, or did not marry, as her surname in 1833 and 1836 was given as Northup. Hannah has a grave marker in the Stephen Northup Lot in South Kingstown, RI. [175]
  • Benjamin, b. 18 Dec 1757, m. Ruth AUSTIN. [176]
  • [William (Rev.), b. 4 June 1760, d. N. Kingstown 31 May 1839, unmarried. He is not mentioned in the 1836 will of his brother Stephen as are most of the other siblings, whether living at the time or not. He is put in this family by M. Watson and others, but the FAG memorial for him says he's the son of Gideon Northup and Avis Slocum, and his tombstone names two wives.]
  • [Sarah, b. 29 Sep 1764, m. S. Kingtown 9 Feb 1795 Daniel TEFFT. She is not mentioned in the 1836 will of her brother Stephen. She is placed in this family by M. Watson, but I don't find the evidence.]
  • [Robert, b. 1766, d. 15 Aug 1822, aged 58, m. c. 1788 Mary CRANDALL. He was not mentioned in the 1836 will of his brother Stephen, as were most of his siblings, whether living or not. Several place him in this family, but his birth conflicts with that of Stephen who is KNOWN to be in this family].
  • Stephen, b. 1766, d. N. Kingstown 19 Sep 1836 in his 71st year, [m. Martha COLE, per M. Watson, but it was the other Stephen buried in Elm Grove who m. Martha Cole]. In Oct 1833, Stephen, aged 66, made an affidavit regarding the Rev. War pension of his brother Nicholas. Stephen's will was dated 9 July 1836 and proved 14 Nov 1836, mentioning most of his siblings, whether living or not. Stephen is buried in the Stephen Northup Cemetery in S. Kingstown, where his sister Hannah is also buried. [177]

(4g) Benjamin Northup

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Benjamin, b. N. Kingstown, RI 18 Dec 1757, d. S. Kingstown, RI 10 Sep 1842, was the fifth of seven known children born to Robert Northup and Susanna Gardner of North Kingstown. He was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was married about 1795 to Ruth Austin, b. S. Kingstown 3 June 1770, d. S. Kingstown 25 June 1852, the daughter of John Austin and Elizabeth Sweet of N. Kingstown. Benjamin moved from North Kingstown to South Kingstown, and witnessed a will in the latter place in 1809. He was named in an 1833 affidavit of his brother Stephen, and was also named in the 1836 will of his brother Stephen, as was his daughter Elizabeth Rose. Benjamin and Ruth are buried in the Benjamin Northup Lot, RI Hist Cem S. Kingstown #40, with extant gravestones. They had seven known children: [178]

  • Susan, b. Aug 1796, d. N. Kingstown 26 March 1865, m. Benjamin C. WATSON, b. 1787, d. N. Kingstown 28 Jan 1862, the son of Robert Watson and Amey Champlin. Her younger sister, Ruth, married a younger brother of Benjamin. In 1850 Susan and Benjamin were living in North Kingstown with three older children, and in 1860 were still in N. Kingstown (Lafayette Post Office), but without children. While no burial record has been found for Susan and her husband, it is likely that they are buried in the Watson Lot in N. Kingstown, where her sister and her husband's brother are also buried. This cemetery has been greatly disturbed by either vandalism or wandering farm animals, so the original status of the markers and burials is not well known. [179]
  • Elizabeth Sweet, b. S. Kingstown 3 May 1798, d. S. Kingstown 20 Oct 1877, m. c. 1820 George ROSE, b. S. Kingstown 6 June 1797, d. Mooresfield (SK) 1 Oct 1885, the son of James Rose and Dorcas Sherman. According to a Rose family manuscript obtained by this memorialist, George's middle name was Washington, but of many public records of his that have been reviewed, not one even gives him a middle initial. Their son George Edward Rose is called "Jr." on his tombstone. George (Sr.) was a farmer his entire life and resided in Moorsfield. His will, dated 18 April 1881, was proved in South Kingstown 9 November 1885. Elizabeth and George had ten children, born 1821 to 1840, all of whom are buried near their parents in the Rose family cemetery, RI Hist Cem S. Kingstown #10. [180]
  • Nicholas, b. S. Kingstown 23 April 1801, d. S. Kingstown 18 Jan 1892, m. c. 1838 Joanna H. TAYLOR, b. S. Kingstown 8 Jan 1820, d. d. S. Kingstown 9 Jan 1896, daughter of Joseph M. and Susan T. Taylor. They lived in South Kingstown where they were enumerated on the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 federal censuses, and where Johanna appeared on the 1885 Rhode Island state census. In 1880 Nicholas was called a retired farmer. Nicholas and Joanna had seven known children, born 1839 to 1854. Nicholas and Joanna are buried in his parents' family lot, RI Hist Cem, S Kingstown #40. [181]
  • Mary, b. S. Kingstown 1802, d. S. Kingstown 20 March 1858. She was married in 1822 to Stephen CLARK. The particulars of her death are found in Daniel Stedman's Diary: "21st - Died Mrs. Clark at Elisha Watsons. She has been their housekeeper for Seventeen years. Buried 23rd at Nicholas Northups." She is not known to have had any children. She is buried in her parents' lot, RI Hist Cem, S Kingstown #40. [182]
  • Ruth, b. S. Kingstown 1803, d. N. Kingstown 24 Jan 1892, married about 1824 to Thomas Champlin Watson, b. S. Kingstown 29 June 1793, d. N. Kingstown 10 Oct 1877, the son of Robert Watson and Amey Champlin. Ruth and her husband raised their six children on the Side Hill Farm in Tower Hill in North Kingstown, RI. While Ruth does not appear to have an existing marker, she is almost certainly buried in the Watson family lot, RI Hist Cem N Kingstown #34, with her husband and several of her children. This cemetery has been greatly disturbed by either vandalism or wandering farm animals, so the original status of the markers is not well known. [183]
  • Silas, b. S. Kingstown 1811, d. S. Kingstown 20 March 1885, married about 1835 to Mary Sherman GARDNER, b. S. Kingstown 1814, d. Providence, RI 15 Jan 1892, the daughter of Hyman and Mary Gardner. Silas is found in the 1850, 1870, and 1880 federal censuses in South Kingstown, and his widow appears in the 1885 Rhode Island state census in S. Kingstown. Only two children have been identified, and they are in the 1850 and 1870 censuses: (1) Silas R., b. 1836; (2) Stephen G., b. 1846. The Mary G. Northup, b. 1847, with him in the 1870 census is likely his wife, rather than his sister. The burial locations for Silas and Mary Northup have not been determined, but it is not unreasonable that they would be buried in the Stephen Northup Lot in Moorsfield, where their son, Silas, is buried, and where Silas has an aunt and an uncle buried as well. [184]
  • John Valentine, b. S. Kingstown 14 Feb 1817, d. S. Kingstown 23 April 1899, and married in S. Kingstown on 27 Oct 1844 Hannah B. SWEET, b. 5 Feb 1823, d. S. Kingstown 23 Oct 1873, the daughter of Job and Deborah Sweet of the same town. John appears on the 1850, 1860, and 1880 federal censuses for South Kingstown, as well as the 1885 Rhode Island state census there. Living with him in 1850 was his mother, Ruth, aged 83, and his wife's mother, Deborah Sweet, aged "50" though her actual age was closer to 56. John and Hannah had ten known children born from 1845 to 1871. John and Hannah are buried with some of their children in Oakdell Cemetery, RI Hist Cem S. Kingstown #37. [185]

Kenneth L. Northup

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Kenneth Leroy Northup was the son of John V. Northup, Jr. and Mary Lillian Underwood. He was born S. Kingstown, RI 26 July 1897, and d. of bladder cancer at Harrisburg, PA 16 April 1942. He m. c. 1920 Louise Elmore DANON, b. Louisiana 18 Sep 1897, d. 27 May 1955. In 1930 he was living at 2717 Chest. St. in Camp Hill, PA with wife and son, Kenneth (Jr.), aged 3. He was called a mechanical engineer working in the telephone industry. In 1940 the family was living at 2707 Market St. in the same town; his education level completed was 4th year of college. Kenneth was an Ensign in the US Naval Reserve. He and Louise were buried in Arlington National Cemetery. [186]

(7g) Benjamin Congdon

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RIGR

Benjamin Congdon was born about 1642, perhaps near St. David, Pembrokeshire, Wales, d. N. Kingstown 19 June 1718, and m. c. 1671 Elizabeth (ALBRO) Potter, b. c. 1647, d. 15 Nov 1720, the daughter of John and Dorothy Albro, and the widow of Nathaniel Potter. Unverified sources give the father of Benjamin as John Congdon who came from Pembrokeshire to Virginia and whose wife was an Earl of Pembroke. Benjamin and Elizabeth are said to be buried at "Congdon Hill", but the location of their graves really isn't known. Find-a-grave memorials have been established for them. Children, first four likely born in Portsmouth, RI and last two likely in Kingstowne: [187]

  • William, b. c. 1672, d. S. Kingstown 1761, m. (1) Little Compton 3 March 1693 Mary BROWNELL, b. c. 1676, daughter of Robert Brownell and Mary Ladd; m. (2) Margaret BROWNELL, b. c. 1680, sister of Mary. Margaret was still living 2 June 1754 when named in her husband's will.
  • John, b. c. 1674, d. 12 May 1743, and m. c. 1702 Mary SMITH, b. c. 1680, daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Mary Gerardy of Portsmouth.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1676, d. 1756, m. 1 Dec 1701 Frances STAFFORD, b. Warwick 1679, d. 1775, daughter of Joseph Stafford and Sarah Holden. Benjamin's will was proved at N. Kingstown 11 Oct 1756, and that of Frances was proved there 19 Aug 1775. They had 13 known children, born N. Kingstown 1702 to c. 1726.
  • Susanna, b. c. 1678, living when named in her husband's will, proved 1725, and m. David NORTHUP, b. c. 1667, son of Stephen Northup and (Elizabeth?) Hearnden. (see his entry)
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1682, living 1732, m. John WELLS, b. Kingstowne May 1676, son of Peter Wells. John's will was proved at N. Kingstown 11 July 1732
  • James, b. 19 April 1686, d. 27 Sep 1757, m. (1) c. 1706 Margaret ELDRED, b. 26 Feb 1683, living 24 Jan 1726 when named in mother's will, daughter of Samuel Eldred and Martha Knowles of Warwick. He m. (2) c. 1730 Dorcas WESTCOTT, b. c. 1711, , d. c. 1734, daughter of Benjamin Westcott and Bethia Gardiner of Warwick; and m. (3) Charlestown, RI 15 Nov 1739 Mary TAYLOR, b. 23 Nov 1703, living in 1755, daughter of Robert Taylor and Deborah Peckham of Newport, and widow of Joseph Hoxsie, b. 25 Nov 1701, d. Westerly 1736, son of Joseph Hoxsie and Sarah Tucker of Kingstowne. James's will was dated 11 Sep 1755 and proved at Charlestown 11 Oct 1757.

(8g) John Albro

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see earlier

(8g) George Gardiner

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See Caleb Gardner line (6a)

(7g) Nicholas Gardner

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RI Roots (1989):24

Nicholas Gardner, b. Newport c. 1649, d. Kingstowne 1712, was the son of immigrant George Gardiner and his common-law wife, Herodias Long. He m. c. 1681 Hannah PALMER, b. 10 Oct 1663, living 26 March 1701 when she cosigned a deed, daughter of George Palmer and Bethiah Mowry of Warwick and Kingstowne, RI. Though Nicholas called himself aged 57 years or thereabouts in March 1711 (b. 1653-4), he certainly must have been older, because on 19 May 1671 he took the oath of allegiance, which only an adult would be expected to do. On 27 Dec 1671 John Porter conveyed a sixth part of 1000 acres (laid out to the six purchasers of Narragansett lands [there were actually seven, but Benedict Arnold was not named with the other six]) to Nicholas Gardiner. Porter signed the deed, while Horad Porter signed with her mark; Lodowick Updike and George Gardner were witnesses, with George using a mark to sign. (RILE:99) On 22 Nov 1673 Nicholas was given 100 acres of land, known as the "Rock Farm", by John and Hored Porter. The land bordered land of his brother Benoni Gardner and his brother-in-law, John Watson. (RILE:99-100) Nicholas was taxed in Kingstowne in 1687. His estate was administered by his son Nicholas in 1712. Nicholas Sr. had three sons and seven daughters. All of his children are named in a family Bible record in private hands, and apparently named in an article in Rhode Island Roots, March 1989, p 24. Some were: [188]

  • Hannah, b. 18 Feb 1682[/3?], m. (1) 1 Jan 1701[/2?] Josiah WESTCOTT; m. (2) by 1726, as his second wife, Thomas BURLINGAME.
  • Tabitha, b. 16 Jan 1684[/5?]
  • Bethia, b. 2 Feb 1686/7, d. c. 1760, m. say 1710 Benjamin WESTCOTT, b. Warwick 4 July 1684, d. 1765 (Cranston?), the son of Jeremiah Westcott and Eleanor England. They had eight children born c. 1711 to c. 1725. Bethia's will was dated 2 May 1760, but no probate has been found; all or her estate went to son Samuel.
  • Nicholas, b. 2 April 1688, d. 6 April 1743, m. 1709 Mary ELDRED, was the administrator of his father's estate in 1712 (see below)
  • Abigail, b. 16 Jan 1690[/1?], (d. 1735 per a web account), m. say 1710 William WESTCOTT, b. c. 1680 (d. 1759 per web), son of Jeremiah Westcott and Eleanor England.
  • Dorcas, b. 24 Jan 1692[/3?], m. 20 Nov 1712 Abiel SHERMAN.
  • Ezekiel, b. 28 May 1694, a minor in 1714.
  • George, b. 2 Nov 1696, a minor in 1714, d. 1787, and m. (1) c. 1719 Susannah HAZARD; m. (2) 10 Feb 1742 Sarah Robinson Potter. They had ten children born 1720 to 1738.
  • Sarah, b. 18 March 1698/9, living in 1759 (husband's will) m. Kingstowne, RI 5 April 1719 Edmund SHEFFIELD, b. Portsmouth, RI 5 April 1694, d. Newport, RI 30 Nov 1764 in his 73rd year, the son of RI Attorney General Joseph Sheffield and Mary Sherrif. Edmund was named in his father's 1706 will. He was a housewright, and moved to the Narragansett lands given by his father, settling in the part of Kingstown that became South Kingstown. He was living with wife Sarah in N. Kingstown by 23 Sep 1728, and in 1732 was received as a freeman there. When Exeter was set off from N. Kingstown in 1742, he became a citizen of that town, and was a member of the first town council there on 22 March 1742/3. By 1747 he was living in S. Kingstown again, but in 1750 he bought 700 acres of land in New Shoreham (Block Island). He resided there the remainder of his life. His will, dated 9 July 1759, was proved 24 Dec 1764, and names wife Sarah and several children. He died while on a visit to Newport, and was buried there in the Common Burial Ground. Sarah and Edmund had seven known children, born 1720 to 1740, six of whom were named in his will. [189]
  • Experience, b. 29 May 1700, d. 17 April 1744; bur. at Abiel Sherman's

(6g) Nicholas Gardner, Jr.

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Nicholas, the son of Nicholas Gardner (1654) and Hannah Palmer (1662?), was born in S. Kingstown, RI c. 1685 and died 6 April 1743. He was married on 13 October 1709 to Mary ELDRED, b. c. 1690, d. 25 Oct 1762, the daughter of Thomas Eldred and Susanna Cole. He had a nephew, Jeffrey Watson, who wrote a diary (RIGR 3:4) with much genealogical data. Nicholas may be the one of his name who witnessed the will of William Gardner in S. Kingstown on 12 Aug 1732 (RIGR 6:84). Children, all mentioned in the will of their father: [190]

  • Nicholas, b. N. Kingstown 6 Dec 1710, d. 6 June 1801 "aged 91 (per obit, Prov. Gazette), m. (1) 12 ___ 1729/30 Martha Havens, b. 22 Dec 1712, d. Exeter 25 Sep 1746, daughter of William Havens and Margaret Huling; m. (2) 1749 Dorcas Gardiner, b. N. Kingstown 31 Jan 1713/4, d. Exeter 23 March 1775, daughter of Ephraim Gardiner and Penelope Eldred. Nicholas was a large landholder and the owner of many slaves. In 1746, '53, and '54, he was a Deputy, and in 1759-61 he was a member of the War Committee. In 1767 he was made Lieutenant Colonel. The will of Nicholas was dated 11 May 1801 and probated at Exeter 15 June 1801. Nicholas was buried in the Squire Nicholas Gardiner Lot, RI Hist Cem. Exeter #139, and in 1880 Harris identified a field stone that marked his grave, though it has not been found in more recent surveys. The entire cemetery was moved to Elm Grove Cemetery, though apparently the field stones were not moved. Nicholas had a total of twelve children with both wives: eight children with first wife, b. 1732 to 1745 and four children with second wife, born 1750 to 1760. Some of this material from Huling genealogy, pp 60-62. [191]
  • Ezekiel, b. N. Kingstown 29 Sep 1712, d. 22 April 1799 (Watson Gen:7), m. 29 Aug 1734 Dorcas WATSON, b. S Kingstown 25 Oct 1716, d. SK 22 April 1785 [3 Aug per M. Watson, p 189], daughter of John Watson and Hannah Champlin. Memorials for Ezekiel and his wife have been created in Find-a-grave, though their burial location is not known. [192]
  • Sylvester, b. N. Kingstown 3 Aug 1714, m. 1736 Lydia DAWLEY, b. Exeter 1718, d. N. Kingstown Feb 1772, daughter of John Dawley and Lydia Armstrong. They had eight children, born Exeter 1737 to 1750.
  • Hannah, b. N. Kingstown 2 Sep 1717, m. March 1733/4 John SWEET, b. N. Kingstown c. 1715, d. there 1742. She m. (2) 7 Jan 1745 [or Exeter 26 April 1744 per M. Watson, p 190] Daniel DAWLEY, b. S. Kingstown c. 1715. Hannah had three children with John Sweet, b. N. Kingstown c. 1735 to c. 1738.
  • Amey, b. 17 June 1723
  • Susanna, b. 19 ___ 1725, m. Robert NORTHUP (see his entry)
  • Thomas, b. 1 Oct 1729
  • Dorcas, b. 27 Mar 1731, and m. 13 Aug 1752 Henry TANNER.

George Palmer (8g)

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The following primarily comes from G. Andrews Moriarty's updates and corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island found in The American Genealogist, v. 20, p 53 (July 1943).

George Palmer, b. say 1630, d. by 1686, married 30 Sep 1662 Bethia MOWRY, baptized Salem, Mass. 17 June 1638, living in 1686, the daughter of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson of Salem, Mass. and Providence, Rhode Island. He was possibly a kinsman of another George Palmer, wine cooper, of Ipswich, Boston, and Kittery. The subject George was a freeman at Warwick, RI on 18 June 1654, and a grantee there 19 Sep 1654. In 1656 he was mentioned in a letter written by Roger Williams. He was a grantee at Providence 27 April 1659, and called of that place in a deed dated 27:7:1662 (27 Sep 1662). While living in Providence, he bought land at "Aquednesset" (Quidnessett, now in northern North Kingstown) on 27 Jan 1660/1, and took the oath of allegiance at Kingstowne 19 May 1671. The colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island both laid claim to the Narragansett lands (now Washington Co., RI), and on 3 July 1663 Palmer signed a petition as an inhabitant of Narragansett in favor of Connecticut having jurisdiction of the land. He operated the grist mill on the Mattatuxet River, and on 30 Nov 1686, after his death, his widow Bethia had possession of the land. Children: [193]

  • Hannah, b. 10 Oct 1663, m. c. 1681 Nicholas GARDNER, son of George Gardiner and Herodias Long of Newport, RI.
  • Deliverance, b. c. 1665, m. c. 1684 (probably in Kingstowne, RI) Edward CLEVELAND of Kingstowne and Exeter, RI, b. 20 May 1663, d. 1746, the son of Moses Cleveland and Anne Winn of Woburn, Mass. Their ten children were Deliverence, Edward, Rebecca, Palmer, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, George, Elizabeth, and Abigail. The Cleveland genealogy, published in 1899, says the father of Deliverance Palmer was Benjamin Palmer, son of the immigrant Walter Palmer. G. Andrews Moriarty, in 1943, says she was the daughter of George Palmer. Deliverance's association with Rhode Island makes George Palmer the much more likely candidate for her father.

(9g) Roger Mowry

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GMB (1995)2:1312-15

Roger Mowry was b. say 1610, d. Providence, RI 5 Jan 1666/7, and m. c. 1636 Mary JOHNSON, bapt. Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England 31 July 1614, bur. Rehoboth 6 Jan 1678/9, daughter of John Johnson and Mary Heath. Mary m. (2) Rehoboth 14 Jan 1673 John Kingsley. Roger was in New England by 1630, first settling at Salem. He became a freeman of the colony on 18 May 1631. He was a "neat herd" at Salem from 1636 to 1641. By 1646 he was at Lynn, Mass., and by 1652 in Providence, RI where he was an innkeeper. He was constable there in 1655, chosen to hear cases in 1662, and frequently a juryman after that. His estate was insolvent when he died, and no probate records survived the timeframe of King Philip's War (1675). A cenotaph has been erected for him in the Union Cemetery, North Smithfield, RI. His wife has an extant gravestone with a partial inscription in the Village Cemetery in Rehoboth, Mass. Children: [194]

  • Jonathan, bapt. Salem 2 April 1637, m. (1) Plymouth 8 July 1659 Mary (BARTLETT) Foster, widow of Richard Foster and daughter of Robert Bartlett; m. (2) sy 1694 Hannah (PINCEN) (Young) Witherell, daughter of Thomas Pincen.
  • Appia/Bethia, bapt. Salem 17 June 1638, m. 30 Sep 1662 George PALMER (see above)
  • Mary, bapt. Salem 27 March 1642, no further record.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Salem 27 March 1642, liv. 1690, apparently unmarried.
  • Nathaniel, b. say 1643, m. (int. Providence 28 Aug 1666) Joanna INMAN, daughter of Edward Inman.
  • Mehitable, b. say 1644, m. (1) Providence 9 May 1662 Eldad KINGSLEY; m. (2) by 1685 as his second wife Timothy Brooks, son of Henry Brooks.
  • John, b. say 1646, d. Providence 7 July 1690, m. by c. 1674 Mary _______, d. Prov. 7 July 1690. John and Mary died same day of smallpox, and are buried in the John Mowry Lot in North Smithfield, RI, but there is no original gravestone for either, and it is unclear if there is a cenotaph there or not. [195]
  • Joseph, b. say 1647, m. by 1672 Mary WILBUR, daughter of William Wilbur.
  • Benjamin, b. 8 May 1649, bapt. Salem 20 May 1649, m. say 1676 Martha (HAZARD) Potter, widow of Ichabod Potter and daughter of Thomas and Martha Hazard.
  • Thomas, b. Providence 19 July 1652, m. Roxbury, MA 6 Sep 1673 Susanna NEWELL.
  • Hannah, b. Providence 28 Sep 1656, m. Portsmouth, RI 3 Dc 1674 Benjamin SHERMAN.

(10g) John Johnson

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GMB (1995)2:1107-1110; NEHGR 146(1992):274-5

John Johnson was b. say 1588, d. Roxbury, Mass. 30 Sep 1659, and m. (1) Ware, Hertfordshire, England 21 Sep 1613 Mary HEATH, bapt. Ware 24 March 1593/4, bur. Ware 15 May 1629, daughter of William Heath of Ware, Hertfordshire, and sister of William and Isaac Heath who came to Roxbury, Mass.; m. (2) by 1633 Margery _______, bur. Roxbury 9 June 1655; m. (3) c. 1656 Grace (NEGUS) Fawer, d. Dec 1671, widow of Barnabas Fawer. John was in New England by 1630, settling at Roxbury, where he remained. He was a quartermaster, responsible for provisioning military equipment and gunpowder. He was made a freeman of the colony on 18 May 1631. He not only served as Roxbury deputy to the general court for more than two decades from 1634 to 1657, but also served in many lesser roles as committeeman, arbiter, and juryman. He was admitted to the Ancient and honorable Artillery Company in 1638, was Surveyor General of Arms and Ammunition in 1642, and was on a committee to review colonial defenses in 1647. According to Anderson in GMB: "John Johnson was the confidant of powerful men, filled an important position in the affairs of the early colony and in the development of its defenses, and was involved as an overseer, attorney, witness and appraiser in the affairs of many of his neighbors... He owned a considerable estate at his death. With all these advantages, he kept a low profile in his personal life and never achieved a consistent rank of 'Mr.' ". A major event in his life, and the life of the town of Roxbury, was when Johnson's house caught fire in March 1645, not only burning the house, but also a substantial supply of the colony's gunpowder. The event was recorded by major diarists of the day, including John Winthrop and Rev. Eliot of Roxbury. John's will was dated 30 Sep and proved 15 Oct 1659, and his inventory, presented 15 Oct 1659, totalled 623 pounds of which 350 was real estate. His third wife, Grace, left a will dated 21 Dec 1671 and proved eight days later on 29 Dec. Children, first and last three baptized at Ware, Hertfordshire, and all others baptized at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire:

  • Mary, bapt. 31 July 1614, m. (1) by 1636 Roger MOWRY (see above); m. (2) Rehoboth 16 March 1673/4 John KINGSLEY.
  • Isaac, bapt. 11 Feb 1615/6, killed 19 Dec 1675, in service during King Philip's War, m. Roxbury 20 Jan 1636/7 Elizabeth PORTER, bapt. Ware 10 Feb 1610/1, liv. Roxbury 1675, d. by 1683, daughter of Adrian Porter and Elizabeth Allott. They are ancestors of Franklin Pierce, 14th US President.
  • John bapt. 8 April 1618, bur. Ware 8 July 1627.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 22 Aug 1619, d. Roxbury 5 Jan 1683/4, m. Roxbury 14 March 1642/3 Robert PEPPER, b. c. 1620, d. Roxbury 7 July 1684. They had ten children.
  • Humphrey, bapt. 5 Nov 1620, m. (1) Roxbury 20 March 1641/2 Ellen CHENEY, b. c. 1620, d. Hingham, Mass. 28 Sep 1678, daughter of William and Margaret Cheney; m. (2) Roxbury 6 Dec 1678 Abigail (STANSFIELD) May, widow of Samuel May. They are ancestors of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • Joseph, bapt. 20 April 1622, bur. Great Amwell May 1622.
  • Susan, bapt. 16 July 1623, bur. Ware 16 Aug 1629.
  • Sarah, bapt. 12 Nov 1624, m. (1) by 1647 Hugh BURT (unless it was Hannah, below, who married him); m. (2) c. 1653 William BARTRAM.
  • Joseph, bapt. 6 March 1626/7, bur. Ware 30 March 1627.
  • Hannah, bapt. 23 March 1627/8, no further record unless she was the wife of Hugh BURT (see Sarah, above).

(12g) Edward Heath

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NEHGR 146(1992):264-6

Edward Heath was born say 1525, bur. Ware, Herfordshire, England 8 March 1592/3, and m. say 1550 Alice _______, bur. Ware 24 Dec 1593. They lived at Little Amwell, a hamlet in the parish of Ware, where he was a collarmaker. His will was dated 6 March and proved 23 March 1592/3, in which he asked to be buried in the churchyard of Ware. Children:

  • Margaret, married and had children. She may be the Margaret Heath who m. All Saints and St. John, Herfordshire 26 Nov 1571 John Norris. She likely died before the date of her father's will (6 March 1592/3) when he made bequests to her unnamed children.
  • William, b. say 1553, probably the eldest son (see below).
  • Robert, named in father's 1592/3 will, may be the one of the name who was bur. Great Amwell, Herts. 6 Oct 1603. He evidently had children who were mentioned but not named in his father's will.
  • Joan, named in father's 1592/3 will; had children.
  • Elizabeth, named in father's 1592/3 will, m. Ware 3 Dec 1582 John KING, poss. the one bur. Ware 17 May 1593. Two children bapt. 1583 and 1586, both named in her father's will.
  • Thomas, prob. the one bur. Ware 19 Oct 1616, m. there 29 Nov 1599 Agnes WOODBURNE. They had seven children baptized from 1600 to 1615/6.
  • James, bapt. Ware 9 March 1560/1, bur. there 21 Sep 1562.
  • John, bapt. Great Amwell 28 Feb 1563/4, liv. 6 March 1592/3 when named in father's will.
  • Ellen, bpat. Ware 9 July 1565, unmarried in in father's 1592/3 will.
  • Katherine (twin), bapt. Ware 20 Aug 1568, unm. in father's 1592/3 will.
  • Richard (twin), bapt. Ware 20 Aug 1568, not named in father's 1592/3 will.
  • Alice, bur. Great Amwell 7 June 1571 (parents names not given).

(11g) William Heath

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NEHGR 146(1992):266-8

William, the son of Edward and Alice Heath, was born say 1553, bur. Ware, Hertfordshire, England 7 Jan 1624/5, and married a wife, name unknown. Baptismal records for the children (except Thomas) do not give either parents' name, so the following list is only probable, but nevertheless likely based on other evidence:

  • John, bapt. Ware 5 Aug 1581, prob. d. young
  • Alice, bapt. Ware 22 Dec 1583, bur. Great Amwell 10 Oct 1640, prob. the one whom m. War 19 Sep 1614 Nathaniel LARKE, bur. Great Amwell 24 Feb 1648/9. They had eleven children bapt. from 1615 to 1626, including two sets of twins. Nathaniel then m. Annis _______ and had two daughters.
  • Isaac, bapt. Ware 13 Feb 1586/7, d. Roxbury, Mass. 21 Jan 1660/1, and m. Ware 14 Jan 1628/9 Elizabeth MILLER, bapt. Bishop's Stortford, Heerts. 3 March 1593/4, bur. Roxbury, Mass. 14 Jan 1664/5, daughter of Thomas and Agnes Miller. Isaac came to New England in 1635 on the Hopewell with wife Elizabeth, one child, and cousin Martha Heath. They had two children bapt. at Ware in 1629/30 and 1632.
  • George, bapt. Ware 4 Aug 1588, no further record.
  • William, b. say 1590, bur. Roxbury, Mass. 30 May 1652, m. (1) Great Amwell 10 Feb 1616/7 Mary CRAMPHORNE, bapt. Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 16 Jan 1592, bur. Great Amwell 24 Nov 1621, daughter of Thomas Cramphorne and Mary Lyndesell; m. (2) Gilston, Herts. 22 Jan 1622/3 Mary PERRY, bapt. Sawbridgeworth 27 June 1602, bur. Roxbury, Mass. 15 Dec 1659, daughter of John Perry and Annes Peerce. William came to New England in 1632 on the Lyon with wife Mary and five children. They had six children bapt. 1618 to 1629.
  • John, bapt. Ware 25 July 1591, prob. the one bur. Ware 20 Jan 1594/5.
  • Mary, bapt. Ware 24 March 1593/4, bur. there 15 May 1629, m. there 21 Sep 1613 John JOHNSON (see above).
  • Prudence, bapt. Ware 6 Nov 1597, m. St. Mary Mounthaw, London 25 Oct 1622 Edward MORRISON.
  • Thomas, bapt. Ware 1 Oct 1603, prob. the one bur. there 5 Oct 1603.
  • Thomas, bapt. Ware 30 Sep 1604, m. Great Amwell 9 April 1627 Elizabeeth MUMFORD. They had five children b. c. 1627 to 1633.

(8g) Robert Austin

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GDRI (1887):246-9

Robert Austin, b. say 1635, d. by 1687, appears on only one record in J. O. Austin's Geneoalogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. In 1661 he was one of 65 people being given land in Westerly, RI. Like most on the list, he did not settle there, and remained in Kingstowne. He had likely died by 1687 when he does not appear on the colony-wide tax list. J. O. Austin's support that he is the father of the following stems from timing, location, and that two sons of the following sons were named Robert. Suspected children:

  • Jeremiah, b. say 1664 (adult in 1687), d. c. 1754, and m. Elizabeth _______, liv. 1752. He was taxed, apparently at Kingstowne, in 1687 and had ear marks for sheep registered there about 1720. In 1722 he and his son Jeremiah, Jr. attended a town meeting pending the split of Kingstowne into North and South. He lived in the part of Kingstowne that ultimately became Exeter in 1742. His will was dated 6 March 1752, and proved in 1754. He and Elizabeth had eight children.
  • Edward, b. say 1666 (adult in 1687) (see below).
  • Joseph, b. say 1668, d. c. 1743, m. Mary _______, liv. 1752. Joseph was a blacksmith of Kingstowne, RI. He had an earmark for sheep registered in 1706. In 1709 he and 12 others purchased "Devil's Foot", and in 1713 he and wife Mary sold land. He was surveyor of highways in 1722. They had three known sons.
  • John, b. say 1670, d. 17 April 1752, m. Mary _______. He lived at Kingstowne, East Greenwich, and West Greenwich. In 1709 he and eleven others bought "Swamptown", and in 1716 he and wife Mary sold 105 acres to James Hyams. In 1728 he was of North Kingstown when he witnessed the will of John Watson, and in 1737 he was of East Greenwich when made freeman. He was of West Greenwich in 1748 when he deeded land to son John. His inventory was presented 27 June 1752. They had three known children: two sons and a daughter.

(7g) Edward Austin (?)

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GDRI (J. O. Austin; 1887):248-9; Austin Gen (1951):230

Edward, the presumed son of Robert Austin of Kingstowne, Rhode Island, was b. say 1666, liv. 1731, and m. say 1699 _______ CROMB, b. c. 1679, daughter of Daniel Cromb and Rachel Roberts of Westerly, RI. They had a son Edward, Jr., and possibly a son John. He was taxed in 1687, this being the ONLY record of him given in the GDRI. John O. Austin gives him two children:

  • (poss.) John, b. say 1688, m. Priscilla WEATHERS (below).
  • Edward, b. say 1690, d. Westerly, RI 24 Nov 1749, m. by 1730 Isabel HARDY, b. say 1705, liv. 1775, daughter of William and Priscilla Hardy. In 1730, Edward was complained about by his mother-in-law who said she could not live peaceably with him. He and wife Isabel sold land in 1742. On 24 April 1749, widow Isabel Austin and her two sons Thomas and Jedediah, were ordered before the Westerly town council in order to bound out the sons as apprentices. They had another son, Benjamin.

(6g) John Austin

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Note: This John had to be born sometime around 1688 in order for his son, John, to be born around 1710, and for his father, Edward, to be born about 1666. If he was born about 1688, then _____ Cromb/Crumb cannot be his mother because she was born about 1679 (her parents married in 1676). So, either this John was the son of Edward by an unknown first wife, or else this John was not a son of Edward, but instead a son of Edward's older brother, Jeremiah.

Austin Gen (1951):230; Crumb Gen (1956):17

John, presumed son of Edward Austin and _____ Cromb/Crumb, was b. say 1688, and m. Priscilla WEATHERS (GDRI) or Priscilla WEAHAM (Crumb Gen). In his genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island, John O. Austin tells us absolutely nothing about this man, other than the name of his wife--Priscilla WEATHERS. There was a John in the 2nd generation, son of Robert (d. 1752), and in the 3rd generation were a John, son of Joseph, of Westerly; a John, son of John, who married Alice Wood; and then this John, who was presumably a son of Edward (though Austin acknowledges that he may have been a son of Jeremiah, instead). It is possible that this is the John Austin of N. Kingstown who was a defendant in the Court of Common Pleas on 27 June 1738 (RIGR 3:83) Also, on 12 July 1743 a John Austin was ordered to appear before the Exeter Town Council "to show cause why he continues in this town." (RIGR 4:310). John O. Austin, and subsequently the author of the 1951 Austin genealogy both give this John a single son, John, but give no sources or references. The Crumb Gen says he had nine children. Only named child (GDRI/Austin Gen):

  • John, b. c. 1710, m. (1) Mary SWEET; m. (2) Elizabeth SWEET.

(5g) John Austin

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Austin Gen (1951):232-3,243-8; extensive source documents; pension records; census records...

John Austin, the presumed son of John Austin and Priscilla Weathers of North Kingstown, RI, was born about 1710, and likely died in 1790 as his will was proved on 9 August of that year. He was married first about 1734 to Mary Sweet, b. Washington Co., RI 4 Nov 1717, d. Wash. Co., RI 31 Jan 1763[2/3?], the daughter of James Sweet and Mary Sherman. Following her death, John married her sister, Elizabeth Sweet, b. Washington Co., RI 13 May 1727, d. date unknown. John had 12 children with his first wife, and five more with the second. His first wife is buried in the Sweet Cemetery near Ridge Hill in North Kingstown, she having one of only two extant gravestones in the entire lot. However, when George Harris conducted a survey of this cemetery in 1880, he estimated that there were 80 graves. It is therefore highly likely that John Austin and his second wife are buried there as well. [196]

Children, with first wife:

  • Prisimus, born ca 1735 (based on ages of parents and children), also called Prizmus and Perasmus, was certainly the oldest of 17 children born to John Austin of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and the oldest of 12 children born to his first wife, Mary Sweet. He was apparently married in 1753 (at 18?) to Elizabeth Nichols, and then was later married to Mary Enis. Very few records seem to exist for Prizimus. He witnessed a will in Westerly, RI in 1768, and was apparently the "Paris Austin" who, with wife and child, was given a certificate to move to South Kingstown, RI. He was on the 1774 RI census in S. Kingstown with a family of one male over 16, one female over 16, 4 males under 16 and 2 females under 16. Who these children are has not been determined. He was still living in 1800 when he appears on the census in N. Kingstown, aged 45+, living with two females aged 26-44 and under 10. His burial location has not been determined, but there is a good chance that he is buried in the Sweet Lot in North Kingstown where his parents are buried. The Austin genealogy by Edith Austin Moore (1951) gives two children for Prisimus, both apparently with his first wife, Elizabeth: (1) John, b. 1755, d. N. Kingstown, RI 13 Mar 1835, and m. in N. Kingstown 11 Dec 1783 Priscilla Smith; (2) Joseph, b. 1765, d. 7 July 1842, m. before 1800 Sarah ______. [197]
  • Lois, b. ca 1738, was likely the second of the 17 children born to John Austin, and the second of 12 children born to his first wife, Mary Sweet. She was married in North Kingstown on 3 August 1761 to Jeremiah Macumber, b. Tiverton, RI 1734, d. Middletown, RI 31 Mar 1781 (web), the son of Matthew Macumber and Elizabeth Manchester of Tiverton, RI. Jeremiah appears on the 1774 Rhode Island census with what appear to be wife, two daughters and a son, which is consistent with what is known of this family. Following Jeremiah's death, Lois appears as the head of household in the 1790 census in Middletown in a household of three females, likely being herself and two daughters, but there whereabouts of her son then isn't known. By 1800, her son John had married and was living in Middletown with wife, no children, and a female aged 45+, this likely being Lois. Lois is not found again after that time, though it is possible she was living with one of her daughters. No burial location has been determined for Lois and Jeremiah. [198]
  • Picus (also spelled Picas, Pikus and Pichus), b. 2 Mar 1740, d. Pembroke, Genesee Co., NY 30 Nov 1828, and m. N. Kingstown, RI 17 Feb 1764 Grissel TARGEE, b. RI 19 May 1746, d. Bennington, Wyoming Co., NY 8 Nov 1846 (these dates are from her husband's Rev War pension record, and may not agree with her tombstone. Picus served as a Revolutionary War soldier from Rhode Island, and continued to live there for a while after the war. In 1790 he is on the census in N. Kingstown with a family of eight members. He is likely the Pichus Austin living in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Mass. in 1810. The family ultimately moved to New York, and on 12 August 1840, Grisell, aged 94, applied for a widow's pension based on her husband's Revolutionary War service. Their son, Thomas, aged 74, and daughter, Abigail, aged 76, signed affidavits in 1841. The children, all listed in the pension application, were: Abigail, b. 23 March 1765; Thomas, b. 20 September 1766; Elnathan, b. 3 October 1768; Margaret, b. 23 July 1770; Mary, b. 9 April 1772; Elizabeth, b. 6 June 1774; Sarah, m. Moses Farnham and was living in 1853; Hannah, b. ca 1786, was aged 67 in a 14 July 1853 pension application; John W., b. 1 July 1788, was living in 1853. Picus and Grizell are buried in the County Line Road Adventist Cemetery, Darien, Genesee Co., NY. [199]
  • Annis, b. ca 1743, d. Bristol, RI 26 Nov 1836 per a web source; m. c. 1775 George DOUGLAS, b. ca 1745, d. Portsmouth, RI 8 May 1823 per web, likely the son of George Douglas and Mary Hathawy of Wash Co., RI. George Douglas appears on the 1777 Rhode Island military census in North Kingstown, RI. In 1800 he was enumerated in Washington County, RI with a family of 12 members, including one male and two females over 45 years old. In 1810 he was in North Kingstown with one male and two females over 45, and another male 16-25. This George is not found on the 1820 census. The Annis Douglas who married in Bristol, RI 8 Dec 1829 Joseph Lathrop might be this person, but is more likely her granddaughter, Annis Austin Douglas (b. 1805), the daughter of her son, Parvis. A genealogical inquiry from a descendant says the granddaughter married Joseph Northup, so the marriage referenced may have the name transcribed incorrectly. [200]
  • Lettice, b. N. Kingstown, RI Nov 1745, d. Livingston Co., NY 27 July 1842, m. N. Kingstown 27 Jul 1766 Lawrence Southcote PEARCE, b. E. Greenwich, RI 12 Apr 1745, d. Livingston Co., NY 12 Aug 1833, son of Daniel Pearce and Mary Langworthy, and brother of Langworthy Pearce, below. They had eight known children, whose births, with dates, are recorded in a pension application. Her husband was supposedly a captain during the Revolutionary War, though all evidence produced by his son John for a pension was found to be insufficient. However, I have found two depositions in support of other Rhode Island soldiers that mention the unit of Capt Lawrence Pearce in relation to the Battle of Rhode Island. After the war the family moved to Berkshire County, Mass., and then about 1808 moved to the vicinity of Geneseo in Livingston Co., New York. The burial location of Lettice and her husband Lawrence has not been determined, but they are almost certainly buried in the vicinity of Geneseo, in Livingston Co., NY. Their daughters Elizabeth Milliman and Sarah Pearce are buried in the Mount Pleasant Cem. in Geneseo. [201]
  • Eunice, b. ca 1747, d. c. 1819, m. Langworthy PEARCE, b. Warwick, RI 12 Dec 1747, d. N. Kingstown, RI 4 Aug 1833, a Revolutionary War soldier and the son of Daniel Pearce and Mary Langworthy. Eunice appears to still be living in 1810, when a woman aged 45 and over appears on the census with her husband. However, in 1820 there is still a woman 45 and over with Langworthy Pearce, but by this time it is possible that this was a daughter of his, whereas in 1810 he wouldn't have any children as old as 45 yet. It is also possible that the woman with him in the 1820 census is Eunice, but it seems unlikely that he would be married to Eunice during the census in August 1820, and married to his second wife in October 1820. For this reason, the assumption will be made that Eunice was still living, perhaps as late as 1819, but had died by 1820 when her husband remarried. Most men who remarry tend to not have a long widowhood, and that is why a death date of 1819 is chosen for Eunice. Langworthy is buried in a cemetery in North Kingstown, RI that is now lost. When visited by George Harris in 1880, he noted only field stones. He named nine burials, but it is highly likely that Eunice is also buried here. [202]
  • Anstice/Anstiss, b. 8 May 1749, m. (1) 1774 Benjamin CRANDALL; m. (2) 9 Mar 1789 David NORTHUP, b. 9 May 1746, the son of Robert Northup and Susanna Gardner. Anstice had two known children with her first husband, b. 1775 and 1777. Anstice and David were said to be buried in a field adjacent to the Sweet Cemetery, where Anstice's mother is buried. [203]
  • Polipas, b. c. 1751, buried the week of 17 Dec 1837, and m. (1) 14 Dec 1779 Abigail NORTHUP, the daughter of _________ and Elizabeth Northup; m. (2) Rebecca ______ (Gen:232). He called himself 81 years old on 5 Sep 1832 when he made an application in Washington Co., RI for a pension for his Revolutionary War service. He appears on the 1777 census in N. Kingstown as Pollipus Austin, and on the 1830 census in S. Kingstown as Pollygus Austin, aged 70-79, with no apparent wife and five younger people aged 20-29. Ten children have been ascribed to him, born 1780 to 1818, and if this is true, they must have been with both wives. He is almost certainly buried in the Sweet-Austin Lot in N. Kingstown, RI, where his mother has a grave marker. [204]
  • Phineas (Phinehas on grave stone), b. Point Judith (S. Kingstown), RI c. 1753, d. Queensbury, NY 12 Feb 1812, in his 60th year, possibly of spotted fever plague. He married in Washington Co., NY c. 1784 Hannah GERMAINE, b. 2 May 1755, d. 1 Jan 1857 (aged 101). During the Revolutionary War he served in the 13th Regiment of the Albany County Militia and is said to have been present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He apparently lived in what is now Greenwich, NY, and later in Cambridge, NY, both places in Washington County. His first four children were born in Cambridge. Between 1792 and 1796 he moved with his family to Queensbury, Warren Co., NY, and settled on what is known as the Austin farm. In 1796 he was the overseer of the highway in Queensbury, and in 1805 he was assessed for $2900 in real estate and $150 in personal property. He was a farmer and blacksmith, and ran a saw mill which, in 1808, was situated at the outlet of the "Big Pond.". He and his wife Hannah had eight known children, born 1785 to 1805. He, his wife, and several family members are buried on the family farm, and two of the graves can be seen in front of a house on Rockwood Rd. [205]
  • Percis (also Persis, Persus, Percius Pearce, Peirce, or Pierce), b. Nov 1755, d. 10 Jan 1835, m. N. Kingstown, RI 21 Oct 1779 Eleanor SMITH, b. c. 1758, d. c. 1796, dau of Jeremiah Smith. Percius served in the RI State Troops during the Revolution, and drew a pension for his service. He made application for pension on 3 Sep 1832 in Washington Co., RI, saying his age would be 77 in Nov 1832. He was living in N. Kingstown at enlistment, and continued to live there until 1830 when he moved to Warwick. He appears on the 1777, 1782, 1790, and 1800 censuses in N. Kingstown (under the names Percius, Persus, and Pearce), but has not been found on the 1810, 1820, or 1830 censuses, so may have been living with friends or relatives in those years. He appears to have a young family with wife and four children in 1790, but in 1800 he was living with only one presumed son, aged 16-25, so his wife had likely died by then, and his younger children perhaps went to live with other relatives. His wife was still living in 1792 when their daughter was born. Moore (1951) only gives him two children: Wanton, b. 1785 and m. Elizabeth Havens; and Mary, b. 1792, m. 1822 Perry Greene, son of William Greene (see below). [206]
  • Enis, b. ca 1757.
  • Parvis, b. ca 1759.

Children with second wife (note that the compression of birth years would be relieved if two of the first three were twins):

  • John Sweet, b. c 1763, d. Cambridge, NY 28 Oct 1838, in his 75th year, and m. 1784 Waty WEST, b. RI 1765, d. Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY 8 March 1854, the daughter of Benjamin West and Mary Eldred. John apparently came to Washington Co., NY with his older half-brother, Phineas Austin. The two were likely close, as John named his first child Phineas. John and Waty had eleven known children born 1785-1810. John is buried in the Methodist Stump Church Cemetery in North Cambridge, while Waty is buried in the Main Street Cemetery in Newark, Wayne Co., NY. [207]
  • Mary, b. ca 1764, d. N. Kingstown, RI 2 Sep 1849, in her 86th year, and m. 8 Jun 1788 Benjamin SMITH, b. 27 Sep 1765, d. N. Kingstown 18 Nov 1849. Benjamin Smith appears on the 1820 census for N. Kingstown with a household of seven members, and on the 1830 census there with a household of 14, including himself, aged 60-69, his wife, aged 60-69, and an unidentified male aged 80-89. Mary and Benjamin had eleven known children, born 1789-1805. They are buried in the Smith Cemetery in N. Kingstown, RI. [208]
  • Elizabeth, b. ca 1765, d. Exeter, RI 15 April 1847, aged 82, m. (1) Amos SHEFFIELD, b. 1765, d. RI 17 June 1800, the son of William Sheffield and Lois Kenyon. She m. (2) John MERRISS, b. Jan 1762, d. Exeter, RI 31 Mar 1808, the son of William Merriss and Mary Hunt. John Merriss had married first in 1779 Joanna Ellis. Elizabeth had six known children with her first husband (surname Sheffield), and two more with her second husband (surname Merriss). Elizabeth is buried with her first husband in the Sheffield-Rathbun Lot in Exeter, and her second husband is buried in the Merriss Lot in Exeter. [209]
  • Freelove, b. N. Kingstown ca 1767 (her age is assumed to be exaggerated to make the dates mesh), d. S. Kingstown, RI 25 Feb 1858, aged 93, m. after 1809, as his third wife, William GREEN, b. 13 Feb 1769, d. 30 Dec 1848. William had m. (1) Sally Shaw, b. 1772, d. 24 Jul 1807, dau of Anthony and Waite Shaw, and had m. (2) ca 1808 Mary Wilcox, b. 1773, d. 8 Nov 1809, dau of Robert and Catherine Wilcox. William and his first two wives are buried in the Greene Cemetery, NK, RI (see NK Graveyards, lot 33). [210]
  • Ruth, b. 3 Jun 1770, m. Benajmin NORTHUP (see Northup line, above). [211]

(8g) Daniel Cromb/Crumb (doubtful)

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Note: Daniel Cromb/Crumb cannot be the grandfather of John-3 (Edward-2, Robert-1) Austin due to chronology, unless John-3 Austin (Sr.) was a son of Jeremiah Austin instead of dward Austin; see note under John's entry.

Crumb Gen (1956):12-17

Daniel Cromb/Crumb, b. say 1650, d. 13 April 1713, m. (1) 6 April 1675 Sarah HARRIS, b. say 1655, d. c. 1675; m. (2) 7 Nov 1676 Rachel ROBERTS; m. (3) c. 1683 Alice (_____) Houghton, widow of Richard Houghton who d. New London, CT 1682. He lived in Westerly, RI. Children, all with second wife:

  • William, b. Westerly c. 1677, d. Hopkinton, RI 1746, m. (1) c. 1698 Mercy SAUNDERS, d. by 1736, daughter of Tobias Saunders; m. (2) 25 April 1736 Hannah LEWIS, bapt. 1703, daughter of Daniel Lewis. After William's death, Hannah m. (2) Stephen Hall. William became a freeman in 1699. He was called William Crumb of Hopkinton as one of the purchasers of the "Lewis and Maxson Purchase" in Hopkinton. William's will was dated 6 July 1740 and proved at Westerly 30 June 1746. He had seven children with first wife b./bapt. 1699 to c. 1710, and two more with second wife, b. 1737 and 1740.
  • daughter, b. c. 1679, m. Edward AUSTIN (see above)
  • Daniel, b. c. 1681, liv. Westerly 1694, no further record.

References

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  1. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 430–435.
  2. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1670–1673.
  3. ^ Anderson 1995, p. 1347.
  4. ^ see NEHGR 167:47
  5. ^ see NEHGR 167:43
  6. ^ see NEHGR 167:47
  7. ^ Austin 1887, pp. 127–128.
  8. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1789–1790.
  9. ^ Anderson 2003, pp. 141–148.
  10. ^ Austin 1887, pp. 230–231.
  11. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1312–1315.
  12. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1105–1110.
  13. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 337–338.
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