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Ahnentafels

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Phebe Almanza Shepard

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JOHN DOW (1709-1780)

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MEHITABLE HAINES (1709-1783)

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MARGARET PAGE (say 1630-1699)

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PETER PATTEE (1705-1748)

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ELIZABETH SCRIBNER (born 1709)

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JOHN BUTTERFIELD (1731-1765)

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OLIVE WELBY (1604-1691/2)

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PHEBE RUSSELL (1736-c.1836)

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ALICE BLOWER

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Family narratives

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(9g) Thomas Dow

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Hoyt:136-7; Book of Dow:545-51 [16]

Thomas Dow, b. c. 1615, d. Haverhill, Mass. 31 May 1654 ("aged 39"), m. say 1637 Phebe _______, b. say 1617, d. Salisbury, Mass. 3 Nov 1672. Following Thomas's death, Phebe m. Haverhill 20 Nov 1661 John Eaton who d. 29 Oct 1668. Thomas probably arrived in New England about 1641 with wife and two children. He settled in Newbury, Mass. where he became a freeman 22 June 1642. He later moved to Haverhill where he died. The Book of Dow talks of the poverty of this family, and that the children did not even have basic nutritional needs, likely contributing to their sickness during adulthood. His will, dated 29 May 1654 was proved 8 April 1656. Children:

  • John, b. England say 1638, called eldest son in father's 1654 will, d. Haverhill 26 Nov 1672, m. 23 Oct 1665 Mary PAGE, , b. 3 May 1646, daughter of John Page and Mary Marsh of Hingham and Haverhill. John was cooper, a freeman in 1666, and in the Haverhill militia, on the muster roll of Ensign Moses Higgins, assigned to the sixth garrison. John died intestate, and his inventory was sworn to by his widow on 3 April 1673, and amounted to 174 pounds. Following his death, Mary m. (2) Haverhill 14 July 1673 Samuel Shepard with whom she had seven children. John and Mary had three known children b. Haverhill 1668 to 1672.
  • Thomas, b. England, say 1640, d. Haverhill 21 June 1676, and m. 17 Dec 1668 Dorcas KIMBALL, b. 1649, d. c. 1684, daughter of Henry-2 (Richard-1) Kimball and Mary Wyatt of Ipswich. Thomas was initially of Newbury, but bought land in Haverhill in 1662, and moved there. His will, date unknown, was probated 14 Nov 1676. They had four children b. Haverhill 1669 to 1674.
  • Stephen, b. Newbury, Mass. 29 March 1642, m. (1) Ann STORY/STACY; m. (2) Joanna (CORLISS) Hutchins (see below).
  • Mary, b. Newbury 26 April 1644, liv. 1695, m. Matthew CLARK.
  • Martha, b. Newbury 1 June 1648, m. (1) Haverhill 27 June 1672 Joseph HEATH, son of Bartholomew Heath; m. (2) Haverhill 2 Dec 1673 Joseph PAGE, son of John Page; and m. (3) Haverhill 19 March 1688/9 Samuel PARKER, son of Joseph Parker.

(8g) Stephen Dow

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Hoyt:137,950; Book of Dow:587-9,638-9

Stephen, the son of Thomas and Phebe Dow, was b. Newbury, Mass. 29 March 1642, d. Haverhill, Mass. 3 July 1717, and m. (1) Haverhill 16 Sep 1663 Ann ST__Y (STORY/STACY?), b. by 1646, d. Haverhill 3 Feb 1714/5, poss. daughter of William Story; m. (2) 7 Feb 1715/6 Joanna (CORLISS) Hutchins, b. Haverhill 28 April 1650, d. Haverhill 29 Oct 1734, the widow of Joseph Hutchins and the daughter of George Corliss and Joanna Davis. With very poor parents, Stephen was apprenticed at the age of 9. A lawsuit in 1657, when Stephen was 15, called him weak, undersized, and sickly, and showed that Stephen was raised on bread and water porridge, and did not eat good food provided by his master, Thomas Davis, because he did not know meat, milk, and beer. The next record of Stephen is as an adult, being healthy and vigorous at age 22. Stephen was a Haverhill freeman in 1668, a selectman in 1682, 1685, 1690, and 1697, and a grand juror in 1692. From 1690 to 1697 he was an officer in the 6th garrison under Capt John White. Stephen's will, dated 1 July 1717, was probated 16 days later on 17 July. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Stephen and Ann, though their actual burial place is not of record. Children, all b. Haverhill: [17]

  • Ruhamah, b. 24 Jan 1663/4, living in 1717, m. Haverhill 16 Jan 1680/1 Moses DAVIS, b. Dover, NH 30 Dec 1657, d. Dover 10 June 1724, son of John Davis and Jane Peaslee. The family moved to Dover about 1686, where Moses perished during an Indian raid. They had 12 children, born 1682 to 1702.
  • Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1665/6, d. 30 Dec 1749, m. Haverhill 5 May 1691 Ruth (JOHNSON) Ayer, b. Hampton, NH 13 July 1666, d. Haverhill 25 July 1751, the daughter of John Johnson and Eliza Maverick, and widow of Timothy Ayer with whom she had had three children. Samuel served in Lt Saltonstall's Snow Shoe regiment, organized in Haverhill in 1710. Samuel and Ruth had eight children born from 1692 to 1708/9.
  • Hannah, b. 1 July 1668, d. Haverhill 15 March 1696/7 during Indian attack, m. Haverhill 5 Jan 1686/7 Daniel BRADLEY, b. Haverhill 14 Feb 1663, d. there 15 March 1696/7, son of Daniel Bradley and Mary Williams. Hannah, Daniel and two of their children were all killed in the Indian attack on Haverhill, 15 March 1696/7, and two other children were taken captive.
  • Stephen, b. 10 Sep 1670, d. Haverhill 17 June 1743, m. Haverhill 14 Dec 1697 Mary HUTCHINS, b. Haverhill 4/9 March 1679, d. 29 Oct 1734, daughter of Joseph Hutchins and Joanna Corliss. They had nine children born at Haverhill from 1698 to 1722.
  • Martha, b. 1 April 1673, was not killed 15 March 1696/7 as given in several accounts. She m. as his second wife, Josiah GAGE, b. Ipswich c. 1648, son of John Gage and Amy Wilford.
  • John, b. 13 July 1675, m. Sarah BROWNE (see below).

(7g) John Dow, Sr.

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Book of Dow:727

John, the son of Stephen Dow and Ann (Story?), was b. Haverhill, Mass. 13 July 1675, perhaps living in 1754, and m. Haverhill 23 May 1696 Sarah BROWNE, b. Salisbury 23/25:11m:1676 (23/25 Jan 1676/7), liv. 1733, the daughter of Abraham Browne and Elizabeth Shepard of Salisbury. Some accounts give John's death year as 1738, and there is a John Dow who died in Newbury that year, but John's son, John, was called John Jr. in the 1754 birth record of one of his children, suggesting that the elder John was still living. However, I have not seen the original hand-written vital records of Haverhill, and if all eleven children of John are listed together as one family (as often happens), then that invalidates the "living in 1754" argument, and perhaps 1738 is the valid date. The lack of a probate record makes things difficult, and eventually tax lists may need to be consulted. John was at one time a selectman and also a magistrate of Haverhill for many years. He likely lived in the part of North Haverhill that was incorporated as several towns in New Hampshire in the 1740s. Many of his progeny were later residents of one of these towns--Atkinson, NH. The births of all eleven children of John and Sarah are found in the Haverhill records: [18]

  • infant, stillborn 29 Dec 1696
  • John, b. 23 Jan 1697/8 (or 21 April 1697 from BOD), d. Haverhill 9 June 1698.
  • Joseph, b. 21 April 1699, d. Haverhill 10 Aug 1699
  • Mehitable, b. 2 June 1700 may have been the mother of Esther Dow, baptized at Haverhill 9 June 1728
  • Judith, b. 11 Aug 1701, d. Haverhill 26 July 1799 "aged 99y 11m" (close, but not quite accurate), m. Haverhill 20 Aug 1723 John WHITING who d. Haverhill 1781. John may be the John Whiting b. Billerica, Mass. 14 Oct 1699, son of Oliver and Anna Whiting. Judith and John had seven children born in Haverhill, 1723 to 1743.
  • Abraham, b. 18 March 1703/4, d. Haverhill 11 April 1716
  • Sarah, b. 31 March 1706 (recorded as 31 March 1705/6). She may well be the Sarah Dow who died in Haverhill in January 1798, aged 93, which means she likely never married.
  • Elizabeth, b. 31 March 1707 (recorded as 31 March 1706/7)
  • John, b. Haverhill 19 Aug 1709, m. Mehitable HAINES
  • Abiah, b. 17 Sep 1710, m. Haverhill 27 Dec 1739 John COOPER of Hampton (NH). He may be the John Cooper, son of John, b. Newbury, Mass. 18 Feb 1707.
  • Ann, b. 7 May 1715, d. c. 1746, m. (1) Haverhill 27 Feb 1733/4 John MAXFIELD, b. Salisbury 27 Dec 1709, d. c. 1736, son of John Maxfield and Sarah Ordaway. She m. (2) Haverhill 21 Sep 1738 Abiel BARKER, b. Andover 15 July 1697, son of William and Mary Barker. Ann was his second of three wives: he had m. (1) (int Andover 12 Aug 1732) Hannah stiles of Boxford, and after Ann's death he m. (3) Andover 14 July 1748 Jane Luniger. Ann had five children with Abiel, born in Andover: (1) Elizabeth, b. July 1739; (2) twin son, b. and d. 2 Nov 1742; (3) twin, stillborn 3 Nov 1742; (4) John, b. 4 Nov 1743; (5) Phebe, b. 21 Aug 1746, d. 23 Sep 1746. Abiel had had a son, Abiel, with his first wife, b. Andover 14 May 1736, and a son and daughter with his third wife: son b. & d. 12 Jan 1749/50; Phebe, b. April 1756.

(6g) John Dow, Jr.

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Book of Dow:727

John Dow, the son of John Dow and Sarah Browne, was b. Haverhill, Mass. 19 Aug 1709, d. Atkinson, NH 20 Jan 1786, and m. Haverhill 3 June 1728 Mehitable HAINES, b. Haverhill 26 Jan 1709, d. Atkinson, NH 24 Oct 1783, the daughter of Thomas Haines and Hannah Harriman. John was a magistrate in Haverhill, and an original grantee of Goffstown, NH. He never settled there, but his son Job did. He likely lived in the part of North Haverhill, Mass. that later became the towns of Plaistow and Atkinson, NH. A death date for John is given in R. P. Dow's Book of Dow as 20 Jan 1780 in Haverhill, but this conflicts with his wife's death record that says she was married (not widowed) when she died in 1783. A private record of the same date, but in 1786 in Atkinson, agrees with all the known facts. Mehitable's death date is off by one day in published accounts of the family (e.g. The Book of Dow). Children, all births recorded in Haverhill: [19]

  • Abigail, b. 3 April 1729. The Book of Dow gives her death date as 18 Oct 1799 without further comment.
  • Elizabeth, b. 1 Feb 1730 [/1?], d. Haverhill 11 Sep 1737
  • Abraham, b. 23 Feb 1732/3, d. Salem, NH 13 Mar 1795, and m. Hampstead, NH in 1753 to Susannah HOYT, b. 7 March 1729/30, d. 3 Feb 1800, the daughter of Micah Hoyt and Susanna Colby. Abraham was an original grantee of Haverhill, New Hampshire, and though he may have visited the place, he sold his interests there to his brother, Moses. Abraham and Susannah are buried in the Atkinson Cemetery, in the same plot with Abraham's younger brothers, Job and John, and their wives. [20] [21] [22]
  • John, b. 20 Feb 1736/7, d. Haverhill 14 Sep 1737.
  • Hannah, b. 8 Sep 1738, d. Goffstown, NH c.1772, and m. c. 1756 Asa PATEE, b. Haverhill 14 May 1734, d. Canaan, NH 24 May 1825, the son of Peter Pattee and Elizabeth Scribner. Following Hannah's death, Asa married (Hopkinton, NH 4 Jan 1774) Mehitable Jewett, b. Georgetown, MA 5 Dec 1749, daughter of Mark Jewett and Mary Chute. He is buried in the West Canaan Cemetery; Mehitabel is buried in the Parade Ground Cemetery, Warner, NH. [23] [24] [25]
  • Job, b. 5 Oct 1740, d. Atkinson, NH 15 Aug 1809, m. 14 Feb 1760 Hannah PATTEE, b. Oct 1739, d. Atkinson 7 Aug 1806, the daughter of Peter Pattee and Elizabeth Scribner. Job was at Goffstown in 1790 (census), but later moved to Atkinson. Following Hannah's death, he m. (2) Atkinson 25 Dec 1806 Hannah Haseltine. Job's will, dated 27 April 1809, was proved 18 Sep following. Job and first wife Hannah are buried in the Atkinson cemetery in a plot with two of Job's brothers and their wives. [26] [27]
  • John, b. 10 Feb 1743/3, d. Atkinson, NH 21 Feb 1815, m. 19 June 1764 Anna ATWOOD, b. 14 Oct 1744, d. Atkinson, NH 13 Nov 1813. In her death record, Anna is mistakenly called widowed, but she actually pre-deceased her husband. John and Anna are buried in the Atkinson Cemetery in the same plot with John's brothers Abraham and Job and their wives. [28]
  • Moses, b. 17 Feb 1746/7, d. Haverhill, Grafton Co.,NH 31 Mar 1811, m. Haverhill, MA 24 July 1769 Phebe EMERSON, b. Haverhill 18 March 1750/1, d. Haverhill, NH 11 July 1842, the daughter of Joseph Emerson III and Mehitable Haseltine. Moses was a Revolutionary War soldier, state senator, postmaster, and regitrar of probate. Moses and Phebe are buried in the Ladd Street Cemetery, Haverhill, Grafton Co., NH. [29] [30] [31] [32]
  • James, b. 13 Mar 1754

(5g) Job Dow

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Book of Dow:732-5

Job Dow, b. Haverhill, Mass. 5 Oct 1740, d. Atkinson, NH 15 Aug 1809, m. first 14 Feb 1760 Hannah PATTEE, b. Oct 1739, d. Atkinson 7 Aug 1806, the daughter of Peter Pattee and Elizabeth Scribner. The family lived primarily in Goffstown, New Hampshire, where all of the children were born, and Job's name appears there on the 1790 and 1800 censuses. Job operated a carding mill in Goffstown, located near what became known as Dow's Bridge. Shortly after 1800 Job and Hannah moved back to Atkinson, NH (which was originally a part of Haverhill, Mass.), where two of Job's brothers were living. Following the death of his first wife, Job m. (2) Atkinson 25 Dec 1806 Hannah Haseltine. Job's will, dated 27 April 1809, was proved 18 Sep following. Job and first wife Hannah are buried in the Atkinson cemetery in a plot with two of Job's brothers and their wives, all of them having fine slate markers. Children, b. Goffstown, NH: [33] [34]

  • Peter, b. 2 Feb 1761, living in 1830, m. (1) 12 Dec 1781 Martha PAGE, daughter of William Page and Martha Parker, and had six children; m. (2) in Goffstown on 25 Mar 1813 to Phebe Gault, b. 1777, d. 30 Jan 1848, aged 70, with whom he had one more child. He appears on the 1790 and 1830 censuses in Goffstown, and in 1800 in Francestown, and in 1820 in New Boston. In 1830 he was aged 60-69, with presumed wife, aged 50-59, and no one else. His second wife has a grave marker in North Salem, NH. [35]
  • Polly, b. 16 Feb 1763, d. Goffstown 1836, was married in New Boston, NH on 6 Jan 1791 to Dr. Jonathan GOVE, b. Lincoln, Mass. 22 Aug 1746, d. Goffstown 24 Mar 1818, as his second wife. Her husband was a graduate of Harvard in 1768 and became a doctor, and he had married first in April 1769 Mary Hubbard (1748-1788) with whom he had five children. He was apparently a loyalist during the Am. Rev War, and spent a year in jail in Exeter, NH. He later served as a physician in Goffstown. Polly and Jonathan had four children together, b. 1792 to 1799, the youngest of whom was Lucretia Gove (1799-1847) m. 1816 Dr. John Gilchrist. Jonathan has a grave marker in the Westlawn Cemetery in Goffstown, and Polly is undoubtedly buried with him, though there is no record of this. [36]
  • Abigail, b. 19 Feb 1765, d. Ryegate, Caledonia, VT 11 Dec 1823, m. 1786 Nathan Barker PAGE, b. 26 Nov 1763, d. Ryegate, VT 9 Jan 1833, son of William Page and Martha Parker; they had ten known children born from 1787 to say 1807. They are found in the 1820 census of Ryegate, VT, and are buried in Blue Mountain Cemetery in Ryegate. [37]
  • Hannah, b. 29 Dec 1766, died in Thetford, VT on 30 Nov 1840. She married in Goffstown 1 Jan 1782 (9 Aug 1781 per BOD) Thaddeus LADD, b. Haverhill, Mass. on 5 Jan 1758, died in Thetford, VT on 23 Jan 1832, the son of Nathaniel Ladd (1724-1773) and Abigail Bodwell (1726-1771). Thaddeus was a Rev. Soldier and pensioner, but Hannah's widow's pension was rejected for having insufficient evidence. Perhaps some documents were lost. They had 13 children born from 1783 to 1809. Hannah and Thaddeus moved to Hopkinton and then to Thetford, VT, and are buried in the Center Cemetery, Thetford, VT. [38]
  • Mehitable, b. 17 Aug 1768, d. Vernon, WI 6 Aug 1853, m. (1) Robert Bradford (1765-c.1790) and had one child; m. (2) Goffstown 9 Aug 1791 William THOMAS, b. Mass. 1768, d. Vernon, WI 2 July 1851. They had ten children together. The movement of the family during the first half of the 19th century remains elusive, but in 1850 the aged couple was in Vernon (Waukesha Co.), Wisconsin, she aged 83 and b. NH and he 82 and b. MA. They are in the household of their son, John Thomas, b. NH, aged 55, and his wife Maria [Spaulding], b. NH, aged 56, and some of their children and boarders. Mehitable and William are buried in the Rural Home Cemetery in Big Bend, Wisconsin. [39]
  • Job, b. 23 Jun 1770, d. 17 Sep 1842 (Book of Dow), m. (1) Goffstown 22/27 Aug 1791 Lydia BUTTERFIELD, d. 22 Feb 1795, dau of John Butterfield and Naomi Stevens; m. (2) in Goffstown on 21/26 July 1796 Elizabeth Colony, and m. (3) in Vermont 21 July 1822 Lois, the widow of Moses Stewart. He was living in Atkinson in 1810, 1820, and 1840, and in the latter year was aged 60-69 with a female of the the same age and a male aged 30-39. In 1830 he was living in Waitesfield, VT. Job had two children with his first wife, b. 1792 and 1795, and had nine more children with his second wife, born from 1797 to c. 1812. [40] [41]
  • Abraham, b. 9 Mar 1772, d. 11 Feb 1776.
  • Enoch, b. 20 Sep 1773, m. Phebe BUTTERFIELD. She has a grave marker in the Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown, and his burial location in Goffstown is uncertain. [42]
  • Elizabeth, b. 2 Oct 1775, d. Weare, NH 2 May 1823, married on 19 Nov 1795 Thomas WORTHLEY III, b. 26 Aug 1770, d. Chelsea, VT 6 Apr 1855, the son of Thomas and Jemima Worthley. They had seven children. Thomas was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father was a Revolutionary War soldier. Following Elizabeth's death, Thomas was married in Weare on 20 May 1824 to Sarah M. Henderson, who died in Chelsea, VT on 22 January 1864. Thomas appears on the 1810, 1820, and 1830 federal censuses in Weare, NH, but at some point thereafter moved to Chelsea, Vermont. Thomas and Sarah are buried in the Old Chelsea Cemetery, Orange Co., VT., and Elizabeth is assumed to be buried in the Hillside Cemetery in Weare, where several members of her husband's family are buried. [43]
  • Phineas Kimball, b. 11 May 1777, d. Cabot, VT 19 Nov 1849, married in New Boston, NH on 16 November 1797 Mary GORDEN, b. 1775, d. 22 July 1861, aged 86. In 1850, Mary Dow, then widowed, was living in Cabot with her son Phineas, aged 45, his wife Lydia, aged 35, and three of their children. They are buried in the Village Cemetery, Cabot, VT. [44]
  • Anna "Nancy", b. 28 Aug 1779, d. Buckfield, Maine 10 April 1852. She was married in Goffstown by Jonathan Gove, JOP (her sister's husband?), on 1 Dec 1799 to John CHAFFIN, the son of Timothy Chaffin and Sarah Forbush. It has not yet been determined when the family moved from Goffstown to Maine, but children were born in both places, and John appears on the 1820 and 1830 censuses in Buckfield. In 1850, John and Nancy were living with their son Adomiam Chaffin in Buckfield. They are almost certainly buried in the Buckfield Village Cemetery where their daughter Henrietta has a grave marker, but it is not known if they have grave markers. [45]
  • Sally, b. 17 Apr 1781, d. Middlesex, Wash. Co., VT 27 July 1864, and married about 1799 Jonathan TAGGART, b. Goffstown 31 July 1775, d. there 31 May 1803, the son of John Taggart and Elizabeth jameson. The couple had two children born in Goffstown, shortly after which her husband died. Sally appears to have stayed a widow the remainder of her life. She was enumerated on the 1810 census in Goffstown with her two children, is not found in 1820, but in 1830 was with little doubt the 40-49 year old female in the household of her son, Jonathan Taggard, living in Milton, Chittenden Co., VT. Though she is not indicated in the census, she was likely living with Jonathan in 1840 as well, then in 1850 she appears with Jonathan's widow and children in Richmond, Chittenden, VT. In 1860 she was living with her grandchildren, Lucinda Taggard, 32, and Emeline Wells, 30, in Northfield, Washington, VT. Sally has two different death records on file in Vermont, one of them giving year of death and cemetery name, the other giving the entire d ate of death. She was interred in the Elmwood Cemetery in Northfield, VT. [46]
  • Achsah, b. 11 Jan 1783, d. 5 Jan 1790.
  • Nellie Sutton, b. 11 Jan 1786, d. Goffstown 27 Feb 1873, the youngest of 14 known children born to Job Dow and Hannah Pattee of Goffstown, New Hampshire. She did not marry. In 1870 she was living in the household of her nephew Andrew Jackson Dow in Manchester, NH. She was buried in the Westlawn Cemetery in Goffstown, in the same plot as her nephew, John B. Dow, and her sister-in-law, Phebe (Butterfield) Dow. [47]

(4g) Enoch Dow

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Book of Dow:734-5

Enoch Dow, b. Goffstown, New Hampshire 20 Sep 1773, d. 1816(?), was the son of Job Dow and Hannah Pattee of Haverhill, Mass. and Atkinson, New Hampshire. He was married in Goffstown, NH on 15 November 1792 to Phebe BUTTERFIELD, b. Goffstown 9 Dec 1776, d. Goffstown 8 July 1854, the daughter of Major John Butterfield and Naomi Stevens. He appears on the 1800 census in Francestown, NH, two towns to the west of Goffstown. The Book of Dow states, "He is said to have moved to Ohio, but if so it was late in life, and his wid returned to Goffstown..." His widow, Phebe, appears on the 1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses in Goffstown. Therefore, Enoch and family could have been living in Ohio for nearly two decades (1800-1820), but no records have been found. His death occurred in one of the years from 1815 to 1820. The burial location for Enoch is not known. However, plans are being made to install a cenotaph for him in Westlawn Cem., near his wife. [48]

Children, all born in Goffstown:

  • Mary “Polly” Dow was born in Goffstown, NH 11 May 1794, d. New London, NH 22 July 1831,and married Goffstown 31 Dec 1813 to Daniel D. Pattee, b. 18 Aug 1794, d. Bristol, NH 10 Aug 1855, the son of James Pattee and Hannah Clements. Following Mary's death Daniel married Nancy Morrill who was living with him and several children in Bristol in 1850. Polly and Daniel had six children together, b. 1815 to 1830, two of whom were Jesse Pattee, b. 1822, and John D. (1828-1829); Daniel had at least four more children with his second wife. Polly is buried in the Old Main Street Cemetery, New London, New Hampshire. [49]
  • John Butterfield Dow was born 15 September 1796 and died in Goffstown 8 October 1848. He was married in Boston, Mass. on 9 July 1825 to Caroline BROWN, b. Jan 1804, d. 31 July 1853, aged 49y 6m, and with her had two daughters: Louisa, b. 1836, and Helen, b. 1838. He and Caroline are buried in the same plot as his mother in the Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown. [50]
  • Elbra, b. Goffstown 22 Nov 1798, d. Goffstown 29 April 1860, apparently never married, but the 1860 mortality schedule confusingly calls her H. Elbra Dow, and states she was married. It is possible that she married a Dow. The mortality schedule states she died of palsy in April 1860, aged 61.
  • Naomi was born 8 November 1800 and died there 20 December 1885. She appears with her mother on the 1850 census in Goffstown, but her age is given as 40, this being understated by about ten years. Shortly after her sister, Hannah, died in 1851, Naomi married Hannah's widower, Samuel Tenney, b. Goffstown 12 February 1804, d. NH 16 April 1877, the son of Samuel Tenney and Polly Jackman. He was called a station agent on the 1860 census in Goffstown. She appears on the 1860 and 1870 censuses with Samuel, but there are no children in the household either year. In 1880 she was living alone in Goffstown, aged 79, and called widowed. She and her husband are buried in the Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown. [51]
  • Phebe, b. 7 December 1802, d. Bangor, Maine 14 Aug 1874, m. Rev. Moses Shepard. They are buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine. [52]
  • Hannah, b. 14 January 1805, d. NH 19 March 1851, m. 1825 Samuel Stillman Jackman TENNEY, the son of Samuel Tenney and Polly Jackman. She had six known children. Following her death, Samuel married her older sister, Naomi. Hannah and Samuel are buried in the Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown. [53]
  • Nellie, b. Goffstown 31 May 1807, d. Goffstown 3 July 1810
  • Enoch was born 29 July 1809 and died in Wareham, Plymouth Co., Mass. 27 April 1861. He was married in Needham, Mass. on 24 April 1832 to Ruexbe B. BODGE, b. Needham, Mass 29 may 1814, d. 11 Nov 1891, the daughter of David Bodge and Sally Blake. In 1850 he lived with his wife and four children in Providence, Rhode Island, his occupation being given as a nailer. In 1860, with the same occupation, he lived in Wareham, Mass. with his wife, four children and members of a Baker family who appear to be relatives of the wife of his son Francis. Many members of the Baker family share a monument with Enoch and Ruexbe Dow in the Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Mass. Enoch and Ruexbe had eight children b. 1832 to 1856, of whom five could be ascertained from the 1850 and 1860 censuses. [54]
  • William, b. 25 December 1811. It is not know whether or not he is the William Dow, a blacksmith b. NH and aged 59 living in Groton, Vermont in 1870 with wife Lydia R. Dow, 55 (b. VT) and daughter Emma A. Dow, 24, b. VT. This William Dow is buried in Groton Village Cemetery with a birth date of 22 December 1809. It seems plausible that the two could be one and the same. [55]
  • Andrew J., b. 5 May 1814, d. Melrose, Mass. 23 February 1886. He was a harness maker, and was married in Bedford, NH on 15 June 1837 to Louisa Harvell, the daughter of Ephraim Harvell and Louisa R. Hayes. The couple remained in Bedford at least through 1850, when they appear there on the federal census, but from 1860 to 1880 they are enumerated on the censuses in Manchester, NH. Living with them were their two surviving children and Andrew's aunt, Nellie, who was aged 84 in 1870, but not with them on the 1880 census. Known children were Solon, 1839-1919; Lewis, 1841-1845; Andrew J., b. ca 1843, d. ca 1843; Andrew J., 1847-1897. Andrew and Louisa are buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, NH. [56]
  • Jonathan, b. 22 May 1816. It is not known if he is the one of his name who died in 1872 and is buried in Henniker, New Hampshire. [57]

(8g) (perhaps) William Story

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(10g) George & Christiana Brown

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Hoyt:72,75,76-7; NEHGR 7(1853):312-3; We Relate website, citing parish records from Mass. and Maine families in Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1966?), 217-220

George Browne, b. say 1585, d. 1633, m. St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 30 Sep 1611 Christiana HIBBERT, b. say 1590, d. Salisbury, Mass. 28 Dec 1641. George's will was dated 22 Aug 1633 and probated 8 Nov 1633, with inventory taken 6 Nov 1633, amounting to 30 pounds. From Davis: "...it is not surprising to find Christian Brown and her family, under (Mr. Francis Dove's) advice and protection, joining the group of their fellow parishioners who ventured forth from Old Salisbury in 1638 to found a new Salisbury in the western continent where the persecution of Archbishop Laud could not follow them." Widow Christian received land in Salisbury, Mass. during the "first division" in 1639 and again in 1640, and died the following year. Children, baptisms at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England:

  • Henry, b. c. 1613, m. Abigail _______ (see below).
  • William, bapt. 23 Nov 1615, d. Salisbury 24 Aug 1706, m. (25 June 1645?) Elizabeth MURFORD, d. by 1671. He was taxed at Salisbury 1652, dismissed from training in April 1666, and a member of Salisbury church in 1677 and 1687. They had six children b. Salisbury from 1647 to 1658.
  • George, bapt. 3 March 1618[/19?], bur. Salisbury, Wiltshire 14 Feb 1620[/1?].
  • George, Capt, bapt. 29 Aug 1622, d. Haverhill, Mass. 30 Oct 1699, (aged 78 per gravestone) and m. (1) Salisbury 25 June 1645 Ann EATON, b. say 1625, d. Haverhill 16 Dec 1683, daughter of John and Ann Eaton; m. (2) Haverhill 17 March 1683/4 Hannah (______) Hazen of Rowley, d. Haverhill Feb 1715/6. He likely moved to Haverhill just after his first marriage in 1645. He was a soldier during King Philip's War under Capt. Gilman in summer 1676, and was a Haverhill rep. to the general court in 1672, 1675, 1680, and 1692. His will was dated 26 June and proved 6 Nov 1699. They had no children. George has an extant gravestone in the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill. [58]
  • Abraham, bapt. 22 Aug 1626, nothing more.

(9g) Henry Browne

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Hoyt:72-5,167,886

Henry, Deacon, son of George Browne and Christiana Hibbert, was b. c. 1613, prob. in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, d. Salisbury, Mass. 6 Aug 1701, and m. say 1641 Abigail _______, b. say 1620, d. Salisbury 23 Aug 1702. Children, b. Salisbury, Mass.:

  • Nathaniel, Capt. and Deacon, b. 30 June 1642, d. Salisbury 5 Oct 1723, m. Salisbury 18 Oct 1666 Hannah FELLOWS, b. say 1646, d. Salisbury 23 May 1727, daughter of Samuel Fellows. He was a freeman in 1690 and a Salisbury town clerk at some point in time. He was admitted to the Salisbury Church in Feb 1698/9 and elected deacon in 1700. His will was dated 30 June 1721 and proved 4 Nov 1723. They had five known children born Salisbury from 1668 to 1689.
  • Abigail, b. 23 Feb 1643/4, d. Salisbury 11 Jan 1679/80, m. Salisbury 1 June 1664 Samuel FRENCH, b. say 1635, d. Salisbury 26 July 1692, son of Edward and Ann French. Abigail had six children b. Salisbury from 1666 to 1678, after which her husband remarried and had three more children.
  • Jonathan, b. 23 Nov 1646, prob. d. young.
  • Philip, b. Dec 1646[prob. 1648], d. 21 July 1729, m. Salisbury 24 June 1669 Mary BUSWELL, b. Salisbury 29 Aug 1645, d. Salisbury 27 Nov 1683, daughter of Isaac and Susanna Buswell. His will was dated 30 March 1726 and proved 4 Aug 1729. They had ten children born Salisbury from 1669/70 to 168[2/]3
  • Abraham, b. 1 Jan 1649/50, m. Elizabeth SHEPHERD (see below).
  • Sarah, b. 6 Dec 1654, d. 23 June 1727, m. Salisbury 12 June 1673 Andrew GREELY, b. Haverhill 10 Dec 1646, d. 26 Nov 1736, son of Andrew Greely and Mary Moyce.
  • Henry, b. 8 Feb 1658/9, d. Salisbury 25 April 1708, m. Salisbury 17 May 1682 Hannah PUTNAM, liv. 1730. Hannah was admitted to the Salisbury church 18 March 1693/4. The family moved from Salisbury to Salem by about 1700. Hannah made her will there on 9 May 1730. They had twelve children born from 1683 to 1705. All births up to 1700 were recorded at Salisbury.

(8g) Abraham Browne

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Hoyt:74,254,316,319,886

Abraham, the son of Henry and Abigail Brown, was b. Salisbury, Mass. 1 Jan 1649/50, d. 26 March 1733, and m. Salisbury 15 June 1675 Elizabeth SHEPHERD, b. say 1655, liv. 1733, possibly a sister of Samuel Shepherd of Haverhill and Salisbury. Abraham took the oath of allegiance and fidelity in 1677, was a soldier in 1689, and a freeman in 1690. His will was dated 16 Feb 1732/3 and proved two months later on 16 April 1733. Children, all b. Salisbury:

  • son, b. 10 Jan and d. Salisbury 17 Jan 1675/6.
  • Sarah, b. 25 Jan 1676/7, m. John DOW (see above).
  • Ann, b. 19 Nov 1679, d. Salisbury 6 Aug 1711, m. Robert SMITH, b. c. 1678, d. c. 1738, son of Richard Smith and Sarah Chandler. Robert m. (2) Sarah Gill.
  • Elizabeth, b. 29 March 1682, liv. 1715, m. Salisbury (also in Amesbury records) 5 Oct 1704 William SHEPHERD of Amesbury and Salisbury, b. say 1680. They had three known children b. Salisbury from 1705 to 1714.
  • Bethia, b. [July?] 1684, liv. 1736, m. (int. 7 Aug 1705) Job ROWELL, b. say 1680, d. 1736, son of Philip Rowell and Sarah Morrill. Job's will was dated 4 May and proved 31 May 1736, ment. wife Bethia and children. They had eight known children.
  • Hannah, b. 7 Nov 1686, d. Hampton Falls, NH 30 April 1767, and m. Salisbury 24 Jan 1711/2 Caleb SWAIN. Hannah was baptized as an adult at Salisbury 1709.
  • Abraham, b. 16 March 1689/90, d. South Hampton, NH 27 March 1758, m. (1) Amesbury 21 Dec 1714 Hannah MORRILL, b. Amesbury 14 Aug 1692, d. 16 April 1754, daughter of Moses Morrill and Rebecca Barnes; m. (2) 24 Dec 1755 Hannah (_______) Morrill. Abraham was baptized as an adult at Salisbury in 1711.
  • Samuel, b. 16 Nov 1694, d. c. 1776, m. (1) 29 Jan 1718/9 Mary MORRILL (poss. the one b. 7 March 1698/9, liv. 1730, daughter of Abraham Morrill and Elizabeth Sargent); m. (2) Sarah _______. His inventory was taken 12 Aug 1776.

(9g) William Haynes

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TAG 27(1951):129-34

William Haynes, b. say 1615, liv. 1648, d. by 1651, m. by 1644 Sarah INGERSOLL, bapt. Sutton, Bedfordshire, England 1 July 1627, d. by 1705, daughter of Richard Ingersoll and Agnes/Ann Langley. Following his death, Sarah m. (2) Newbury, Mass. 13 Nov 1651 Joseph Holton. William was named in the will of his father-in-law, Richard Ingersoll, proved 2 Jan 1644/5. He was a husbandman, living in Salem, Mass. in 1644 and admitted to the church there in 1647. On 25 Nov 1647 William gave a letter of attorney to Thomas Haynes, merchant of London, for collection [of rent?] at Danes Halle, Bedfordshire, England. In 1648 he, with Richard Haines of Salem, sold their two-thirds part of a farm in Salem. Children:

  • Thomas, b. say 1644, of W. New Jersey (Salem County).
  • Jonathan, b. say 1646, bapt. Salem, Mass. 11:4mo:1648 (11 June 1648), m. Sarah MOULTON (see below).
  • Sarah, b. say 1648, bapt. Salem, Mass. 11 June 1648, m. Salem 9:7mo:1671 (9 Sep 1671) Moses ABORN.

(8g) Jonathan Haynes

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TAG 23(1946):110-12; 27(1951):129-34

Jonathan Haynes, b. c. 1646, bapt. Salem, Mass. 11 June 1648, d. Haverhill, Mass. 22 Feb 1697/8 when killed by Indians, and m. Newbury, Mass. 1 Jan 1674/5 Sarah MOULTON, b. Hampton, NH 17 Dec 1656, liv. 1696/7, daughter of William Moulton and Margaret Page. Jonathan is first of record on 10 April 1668 when he witnessed a deed. In a 25 Sep 1682 deposition, he gave his age as about 36 and his wife gave hers as about 26 years. Jonathan has a modern gravestone in the West Parish Cem. in Haverhill, but information on it is incorrect, and based on the 1853 article in NEHGR. Children: [59]

  • Mary, b. Newbury, Mass. 14 Nov 1675, d. young.
  • Mary, b. Newbury 2 Oct 1677, d. young.
  • Hannah, b. c. 1678/9, m. Haverhill 16 Dec 1697 John HEATH, b. Haverhill 29 March 1676, son of Josiah Heath and Mary Davis. They lived at Haverhill and at Norwich, CT.
  • Thomas, b. Newbury 14 May 1680, m. Haverhill 22 Dec 1703 Hannah HARRIMAN.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1682, m. (1) Haverhill 19 Jan 1702/3, as his second wife, Thomas KINGSBERY, Sr., d. Plainfield, CT 1720; m. (2) William CORBETT of Lebanon, CT.
  • Jonathan, b. Newbury 3 Sep 1684
  • Margaret, b. 16 March 1685/6, d. Hampton, CT 10 Feb 1753, m. Haverhill 25 Nov 1706 Thomas KINGSBERY, Jr., b. Haverhill 29 Oct 1681, d. Hampton, CT 20 April 1751 in 70th year (gs). Margaret and Thomas both have extant gravestones in the North Cemetery, Hampton, CT. [60]
  • Mary, b. Haverhill, Mass. 3 March 1686/7, liv. 1738, m. Andover, Mass. 10 Jan 1706/7 John PRESTON, b. Andover 1 May 1685, d. Windham, CT 26 July 1733, son of Samuel Preston and Susannah Gutterson.
  • Joseph, b. Haverhill 4 Aug 1689
  • Ruth, b. Haverhill 10 Feb 1691/2, m. by 1712 John CORLIS
  • Abigail, b. Haerhill 10 March 1694/5
  • Elizabeth, b. Haverhill 22 March 1696/7

(7g) Thomas Haines

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Essex Genealogist 10(1990):21-2

Thomas, the son of Jonathan Haynes and Sarah Moulton of Newbury and Haverhill, Mass., was b. Newbury 14 May 1680, d. there 6 Dec 1771, and m. Haverhill 22 Dec 1703 Hannah HARRIMAN, b. Haverhill 29 Nov 1677, bapt. Rowley 4 Aug 1678, d. Haverhill 12 Feb 1761, the daughter of Matthew Harriman and Elizabeth Swan. Thomas was taken prisoner by Indians on 22 Feb 1698, and kept in captivity at Penacook, NH for nearly a year. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for Thomas in the West Parish Cemetery in Haverhill, but there is no grave marker photo. Children, all b. Haverhill: [61]

  • Lydia, b. 7 Aug 1705, living in 1765, m Haverhill 15 Jan 1722/3 John MERRILL, Jr., b. Newbury 3 April 1696, d. Concord, NH 1773, the son of John Merrill and Lucy Webster. Lydia was living on 8 Oct 1765 when named in her husband's will, he calling himself of Rumford, which in 1765 became the town of Concord, NH. John was living on 14 Oct 1773 when he made a codicil to his will, but was dead within a few weeks as his will was proved on 2 Dec 1773. Lydia and John had twelve children, born 1724 to 1746.
  • Hannah, b. 22 March 1707, m. Haverhill c. 1727 (first child Feb 1728) John WEBSTER, b. Haverhill 12 Nov 1703, son of Stephen Webster and Mary Goodwin. Hannah and John had six known children, born Feb 1728[/9?] to 1739/40, with births recorded in Haverhill. There may have been other births, but the fate of this family has not been learned.
  • Mehitable, b. 1709, d. 1783, m. John DOW (see above).
  • Sarah, b. 9 Jan 1711, d. Hampstead, NH 20 Sep 1750, m. Haverhill 25 Nov 1731 John JOHNSON, b. Haverhill 15 Nov 1711, d. Hampstead 1 April 1762, the son of Thomas Johnson and Elizabeth Page. Sarah and John had ten children, born 1732 to 1749. John m. (2) Jan 1750/1 Sarah MORSE, sister of Lt. Peter Morse, with whom he had seven additional children, born 1751 to 1761. Following his death, Sarah moved to Newbury, VT and m. (2) Samuel Way and m. (3) _______ Barnard, and survived both of those husbands as well.
  • Jonathan, b. 25 Oct 1712, d. Bennington, Vermont 28 April 1786, m. 26 Sep 1734 Elizabeth KINGSBURY, b. Haverhill 23 May 1714, d. there 17 Sep 1741, the daughter of Thomas Kingsbury and Margaret Haynes. They had three children born 1735 to 1740. Jonathan m. (2) Haverhill 2 April 1742 Ruth PAGE, b. Haverhill 21 March 1717/8, d. Bennington 28 April 1796, daughter of Thomas Page and Lydia Bixby. They had ten children, born 1743/4 to c. 1762.
  • Joseph, b. 25 Jan 1715/6, d. Haverhill 26 Dec 1801, m. (1) Haverhill 1 Aug 1734 Elizabeth CLEMENT, b. Haverhill 6 March 1716/7, (d. 27 Feb 1756, but not in Haverhill VR), daughter of Nathaniel Clement and Sarah Merrill. They had ten children born 1735 to 1754. He m. (2) c. 1757 Mehitable MARSH, b. Haverhill 14 April 1738, d. Haverhill 4 Feb 1826, the daughter of Jonathan Marsh and Mehitable Dustin. FAG memorials have been created for Joseph and Mehitable in West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass. [62]
  • Elizabeth, b. 4 Feb 1717/8, m. Haverhill 25 May 1738 John GAGE, Jr., b. Bradford, Mass. 13 Sep 1708, son of John Gage and Sarah Haselton. They had six known children, b. 1738/9 to 1749, with first four born in Haverhill, Mass., and last child born in Pelham, NH.

(11g) George Ingersoll

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26 Colonists(1993):147

George Ingersoll was b. say 1555, perhaps at Beggleswade, Bedfordshire or nearby, and m. Hinxworth, Hertfordshire 21 June 1584 Alice HANKINS. Children:

  • Alice, bapt. Hinxworth 9 July 1585
  • Richard, bapt. Edworth, Bedfordshire 10 march 1586/7, m. Agnes LANGLEY (see above).
  • William, bapt. 31 Oct 1590, bur. Edworth 17 Nov 1590.
  • Joan, bapt. 30 Nov 1590 (twin?), d. by c. 1629, m. Sutton, Bedfordshire 7 Oct 1619 Nicholas RAYENER, bur. Ashwell, Bedfordshire 6 Nov 1637, who had a child with his second wife Elizabeth, bapt. July 1630.

(10g) Richard Ingersoll

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GMB 2:1060-3; 26 Colonists(1993):141-5

Richard, the son of George "Inkerstall" and Alice Hankin, was bapt. Sandy, Bedfordshire, England 10 March 1587/8, d. Salem, Mass. 1644, and m. Sandy, Bedfordshire 10 Oct 1611 Agnes [also Anne] LANGLEY, b. say 1591, d. (Newbury?) 30 July 1677, prob. the youngest daughter of Thomas and Ann Langley of Sandy. Agnes/Anne m. (2) by 1652 John Knight of Newbury, whose will, dated 5 May 1670, makes a bequest to his wife's grandchild Thomas Hains. Richard was a ferryman. A 28 May 1629 letter of instruction from Matthew Craddock of the Massachusetts Bay Company to Gov. John Endicott (in Naumkeg/Salem) stated "There is also one Richard Haward and Richard Inkersall, both Bedfordshire men, hired for the Company with their families, who we pray you may be well accommodated, not doubting but they will well and orderly demean themselves." This letter puts Ingersoll in New England in 1629, though the next record of him there isn't until 1635 when he received a land grant in Salem. The following year he received a grant of land as a non-freeman, indicating he was not a member of the church. His will was dated 21 Jul 1644 and proved 2 Jan 1644/5, naming wife Ann and children. His inventory was dated 4 Oct 1644. Children:

  • Alice, bapt. Sandy, Bedfordshire 21 Dec 1612, liv. 1644, m. c. 1633 William WALCOTT. In 1641/2 Walcott was whipped for idleness and abuse of his friends, and sent to jail. On 27 Dec 1643 his wife, children and estate were committed to his father-in-law, Richard Ingersoll. He may have gone to Newfoundland.
  • John, bapt. Edworth, Bedfordshire 1 Oct 1615, bur. there 17 Nov 1615.
  • George, bapt. Sutton, Bedfordshire 2 July 1618, liv. Salem 1694, m. c. 1645 Elizabeth _______ (cb Oct 1646). He received land in Salem in 1638, but moved to Gloucester before 1646 and kept an inn there; later went to Casco Bay, but after losing a son and property during King Philip's War (1675), he returned to Salem. He went back to Maine, but came back to Salem where he died.
  • John, bapt. Sutton 11 March 1620[/1?], d. late autumn 1683, m. c. 1643 Judith FELTON (cb Sep 1644), b. say 1623, daughter of Nathaniel and Eleanor Felton of Salem. He was a Salem shoreman, drying fish on Winter Island. His will was dated 20 Nov and proved 27 Dec 1683.
  • Joan, bapt. Sutton 3 March 1624[/5?], m. c. 1643 Richard PETTINGILL of Newbury, b. c. 1621. They had six known children.
  • Sarah, bapt. Sutton 1 July 1627, m. (1) c. 1643 William HAYNES (see above); m. (2) Newbury, Mass. 13 Nov 1651 Joseph Holton (see above).
  • Bathsheba, b. Salem say 1629, d. 24 Oct 1705, m. Newbury c. 1647 (cb Aug 1648) John KNIGHT, Jr., b. 1622, d. 27 Feb 1677/8, aged 56.
  • Nathaniel, b. Salem c. 1633 (aged 40 in June 1674 and 45 in 1678), d. 27 Jan 1719/20, m. Salem 25 March 16__ (1669 or earlier) Hannah COLLINS, liv. 1719/20.

(13g) Robert Moulton

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NEHGR 141(1987):316-7; 144(1990):256,259; 163(2009):167-9

Robert, perhaps son of Robert Multon, was born say 1475, d. Ormesby, Norfolk, Eng. summer 1535, and m. say 1500 Margaret WATTS, liv. 1547, d. by 1553, daughter of John Watts. Robert's will was dated 4 June and proved 5 July 1535. Margaret Multon, widow, was named on the 1545-6 and the 1546-7 subsidy rolls. Children, all but Robert in father's will:

  • Robert, b. say 1501, d. by 1535 (not in father's will).
  • Margaret, b. say 1504, liv. 1535
  • John, b. say 1507, m. (1) Joan GRENE; (2) Thomazine ______ (see below).
  • Isabell, b. say 1510, liv. 1535
  • Thomas, b. c. 1514, d. Ormesby Sep 1587, m. Joan GREEN, daughter of Richard Green, bur. Hemsby, Norfolk 20 Sep 1589. Thomas's will was dated 10 Sep and proved 13 Oct 1587. They had four known children. Thomas was the grandfather of John, James, and Thomas Moulton, all New England immigrants.

(12g) John Moulton

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NEHGR 141(1987):317-19; 144(1990):256-7; 163(2009):169-71

John, son of Robert Moulton and Margaret Watts, was born at Ormesby, Norfolk, Eng. say 1507, d. 1573, and m. (1) say 1553 Joan GRENE; m. (2) say 1562 Thomasine _______, b. say 1530 (child b. with second husband c. 1575), d. c. 1619. Thomasine m. (2) John Hodgekyn who d. 1579, and she m. (3) Hemsby, Norfolk 9 Nov 1580 William Taylor. John is named in many Ormsesby records from 1544 to 1563. His will was dated 22 June and proved 1 Oct 1573. Thomasine's will (as "Thomazine Taylor of great yarmouth wyddowe") was dated 28 May 1616 and proved 27 May 1619, naming son John Moulton and his children. Children of John with first wife, Joan:

  • Margaret, b. say 1554 (under 20 in 1573)
  • Robert, b. say 1557 (under 21 in 1573), d. by 1600, m. perh. Rebecca ______, who m. (2) Ormesby St. Margaret 18 June 1601 Thomas Hodgekyne
  • Grace, b. say 1560 (under 20 in 1573)

Child with second wife, Thomasine:

  • John, b. say 1563, m. Anne TAYLOR (see below).

(11g) John Moulton

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NEHGR 141(1987):319-21; 144(1990):257; 163(2009):171-2

John, son of John and Thomasine Moulton, was born at Ormesby, Norfolk, Eng. say 1563, bur. there 26 Nov 1637, and m. Hemsby, Norfolk 14 June 1584 Anne TAYLOR, b. say 1564, daughter of Robert and Margaret Taylor. John appears on several subsidy and rental rolls from 1597 to 1627. His will was dated 20 Sep 1637 and proved 7 Feb 1637/8. Children, named therein:

  • Robert, b. say 1585, bur. Martham, Norfolk, Eng. 21 Aug 1622, had three children named in will of his father.
  • Joseph, b. say 1587, d. c. 1658, m. Susan _______, liv. 1650. Joseph's will was date 20 Aug 1650 and proved 3 Jan 1658/9. Six children named in will.
  • Anna, b. say 1590, prob. d. by 1637 and prob. m. _______ GREENE and had son Robert.
  • Benjamin, b. say 1592, m. Mary _______ (see below).
  • Martha, b. say 1595, d. by Nov 1641, m. by 1637 Edmund ILBIERD.
  • Rebecca, b. say 1597, m. by 1637 Edmund LARWOOD.
  • Sarah, bapt. Ormsby St Margaret 12 April 1600, liv. 1637, m. George BEE of Runham, Norfolk.
  • Ester/Hester, bapt. Ormsby St Margaret 8 July 1602, m. by 1637 ______ DAWKINS.
  • Edward, bapt. Ormsby St Margaret 8 Jan 1603/4, not named in father's 1637 will.

(10g) Benjamin Moulton

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NEHGR 141(1987):321-2; 142(1988):259; 163(2009):172-3

Benjamin, son of John Moulton and Anne Taylor, was b. Ormesby, Norfolk, Eng. say 1592, d. by 1623 (when widow remarried), and m. c. 1616 Mary _______, b. say 1596, d. by 1655 when not named in will of second husband. Mary m. (2) Ormesby St. Margaret 15 July 1623 William Estow, b. say 1590, d. Hampton, NH 23 Nov 1655, son of George Estow. The Estows sailed to New England in 1637, where William was received as an inhabitant of Newbury, Mass. in Oct 1637. Children of Benjamin and Mary, prob. b. Ormesby St Margaret:

  • William, b. c. 1617 (aged 20 in 1637), went to New England as a servant of Robert Page, and m. his daughter, Margaret (see below).
  • Hannah, b. say 1619, named in the 1637 will of her grandfather John Moulton as "Hannah Moulton, daughter of Benjamin 'my son'".

Children of Mary with her second husband, William Estow:

  • Sarah, b. say 1625
  • Mary, bapt. Ormsby St Margaret 8 June 1628.

(9g) William Moulton

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GDMNH:500; NEHGR 141(1987):313,322-3; 163(2009):172-3; Moulton Gen (1906):258-9 [63]

William Moulton, b. c. 1617 (aged 20 in 1637), prob. at Ormsby, Norfolk, Eng., d. Hampton, NH 18 April 1664, m. c. 1646 Margaret PAGE, b. Ormesby, Norfolk, Eng. c. 1630, d. 13 July 1699, daughter of Robert Page and Lucy Ward. She m. (2) 2 Aug 1671 Lt John Sanborn, b. 1620, d. 20 Oct 1692. William was "examined at Ipswich [England] on 11 April 1637 and given permission to emigrate." He was aged 20, and servant of Robert Page, his future father-in-law. His mother, Mary, came to New England at the same time, as the wife of William Estow. William Moulton settled at Hampton with the Pages in 1639, and was a grantee there in 1645, and became a freeman in Oct 1654. He was one of five Hampton men who signed the 1654 petition in favor of Maj. Robert Pike. His will was dated 8 March 1663/4 and proved 11 Oct 1664, naming wife Margaret, seven minor children and one unborn, and with father-in-law Robert Page and brother-in-law Henry Dow as executors. Children:

  • Joseph, b. c. 1647, d. 19 June 1729, m. 24 May 1677 Bethia SWAINE, b. c. 1652, d. 19 Dec 1723, aged 71, daughter of William Swaine. They had five children born from 1678 to 1692.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1649, d. 28 March 1728, m. Hannah WALL, daughter of James Wall. They had six children born from 1686 to c. 1698.
  • Hannah, b. 15 Feb 1651/2, d. 6 Nov 1687, m. 25 Aug 1681 Josiah SANBORN, b. 1654, d. 1728, son of William Sanborn and Mary Moulton.
  • Mary, b. c. 1654, d. 27 July 1664
  • Sarah, b. 17 Dec 1656, m. Salisbury, Mass. 30 Dec 1674 Jonathan HAYNES (see above).
  • Ruth, b. 7 May 1659, m. 1685 Richard SANBORN
  • Robert, b. 8 Nov 1661, d. 11 Oct 1732, m. 29 May 1689 Lucy SMITH. They had four children born from 1690 to 1702.
  • William, b. 25 May 1664, d. 1732, m. (1) 27 May 1685 Abigail WEBSTER, b. c. 1661, d. 24 July 1723, aged 62, daughter of John Webster, Jr.; m. (2) Sarah ______. William's will was dated 12 Oct and proved 30 October 1732. William and Abigail had nine children born from 1686 to 1705.

(14g) John Watts

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NEHGR 163(2009):273-4

John Watts was born say 1450, perhaps at Worstead, Norfolk, England, d. c. 1500/1, m. Beatrix _______, b. say 1455, liv. 1500. John's will was dated 4 April 1500 and proved 6 March 1500/1. Children, prob. b. Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk:

  • Thomas, b. say 1476, d. 1539, m. Alice _______. He was executor of his father's 1500 will, and one of the executors of the 1535 will of his brother-in-law Robert Moulton. He was of Ormesby in his will dated 8 June and proved 15 Nov 1539. His will names wife Alice and three children.
  • Margaret, b. say 1478, m. Robert MOULTON (see above).
  • William, b. say 1480, d. c. 1530, m. Cecily _______. He was of Caister (Norfolk?) in his will dated 20 Feb 1529[/30] and proved 2 Dec 1530, naming wife Cecily and others, but no children of his.
  • Isabel, b. say 1482, named in father's 1500 will.
  • Katherine, b. say 1484, named in father's 1500 will.
  • Robert, b. say 1486, d. Feb 1529[/30], m. Kateryn _______. He was of Ormesby St Margaret his will will dated 31 Jan and proved 8 Feb 1529[/30], naming wife Kateryn, two children, and one unborn child.

(12g) Robert Taylor

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NEHGR 163(2009):276-7

Robert Taylor was born say 1535, prob. at Hemsby, Norfolk, England, bur. there 13 July 1597, and m. say 1563 Margaret _______, b. say 1543, bur. Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk 29 Oct 1603. Robert's will was dated 10 July and proved 3 Aug 1597; that of Margaret was dated 18 May and proved 14 Nov 1603. Children of Robert and Margaret, all baptisms at Hemsby:

  • Anne, b. say 1564, m. John MOULTON (see above).
  • Robert, bapt. 6 April 1566, bur. Hamsby 28 Feb 1602/3, m. Margaret _______, bur. Hemsby 8 Dec 1612. His will was dated 3 Feb 1602/3 and proved 19 April 1603. Margaret's will was dated 6 Dec 1612 and proved 18 Feb 1612/3. They had eight children baptized from 1590/1 to 1603.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 8 July 1568, not named in the will of either parent.
  • Thomas (twin) bapt. 15 Oct 1570, bur. Hemsby 20 Oct 1570.
  • Grace (twin), bapt. 15 Oct 1570, bur. Hemsby 23 Oct 1570.

(12g) Robert Page I

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NEHGR 66(1912):181,182

Robert, the son of Henry Page, was born say 1535, d. 1587, and m. say 1560 Martha _______, b. say 1540, liv. 1587. They lived at Acle, Norfolk, England. Robert's will was dated 20 April and proved 15 May 1587, naming wife Martha and the following children:

  • Edmund, b. say 1560, sole executor of his father's 1587 will
  • Robert, b. say 1575
  • Cicely
  • Margaret

(11g) Robert Page II

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NEHGR 66(1912):181-3; 141(1987):126-7

Robert, the son of Robert and Martha Page, was born say 1575, d. Ormsby, Norfolk, England July 1617, and m. Hemblington, Norfolk, England 16 July 1598 Margaret GOODWIN, bapt. Ranworth, Norfolk 23 April 1570, liv. 1617, the daughter of Francis and Katherine Goodwin. They lived at Acle and then Ormsby, Norfolk. Robert's will was dated 1 July and proved 23 July 1617. Known children:

  • Francis, b. say 1600 (under age in 1617), d. Ormsby 1667, unmarried. He was called of Ormesby St. Margaret in his will dated 4 Feb 1666[/7] and proved 5 April 1667, leaving his estate to his sister Rebekah Rix.
  • Robert, b. c 1603, m. Lucy _______ (see below).
  • Thomas, bapt. Hemsby, Norfolk 1 May 1605, named in father's 1617 will.
  • Rebecca, bapt. Ormsby St. Michael 16 May 1608, liv. 1667, m. _______ RIX. She was called Rebecca Rix in the 1666/7 will of her brother Francis, and inherited most of his estate.
  • Henry, b. say 1610, named in father's 1617 will.

(10g) Robert Page III

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Hoyt(1897):133-4,272-3; NEHGR 66(1912):180,183; 141(1987):120; GDMNH(c1935):462,522-3

Robert, the son of Robert Page and Margaret Goodwin, was b. c. 1603, probably at Ormsby, Norfolk, England, d. Hampton, NH 26 Sep 1679, aged 75, and m. St. Mary's of South Walsham, Norfolk 8 Oct 1629 Lucy WARD, bapt. Filby, Norfolk, England 13 March 1604/5, d. Hampton 12 Nov 1665, aged 58, daughter of Francis Ward and Susanna Browne. On 11 April 1637 Robert Page of Ormsby, Norfolk, England, husbandman, aged 33, was examined for passage to New England with wife Lucea, aged 30, three children: Francis, Margrett, and Susanna; and two servants: William Moulton, aged 20 and Anne Wadd [Ward], aged 15. They sailed on either the ship Rose or the John and Dorothy, which sailed together out of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, bound for New England, and arrived in Boston on 8 June 1637. The family lived at Salem, Mass. from 1637 to 1639, after which they moved to Hampton. Robert was a freeman in 1642, selectman for eight years between 1644 and 1671, and a representative to the general court in 1657 and 1668. His will was dated 9 Sep and proved 11 Nov 1679. Children:

  • Margaret, b. Ormsby c. 1630, m. (1) William MOULTON; m. (2) John Sanborn (see above).
  • Francis, b. Ormsby c. 1633, d. Hampton 15 Nov 1706, m. Hampton 2 Dec 1669 Meribah SMITH, b. say 1649, liv. 1706, daughter of Robert Smith. His will was dated 14 Nov and proved 2 Dec 1706, naming wife and children. They had seven children born from 1670/1 to 1686.
  • Susanna, b. Ormsby c. 1635, sailed to New England with parents in 1637; nothing more.
  • Rebecca, b. c. 1637, bapt. Salem 1 Sep 1639, d. Hampton 27 May 1673, m. 15 Oct 1652 (at a very young age) Capt. William MARSTON, b. c. 1620, d. c. 1704, son of Capt. William Marston of Ormsby, Norfolk, England and Hampton, NH. Her husband m. (2) 5 July 1675 the widow Ann (Roberts) Philbrick. Rebecca and William had seven children born from c. 1654 to 1672.
  • Thomas, bapt. Salem 1 Sep 1639, d. Hampton 8 Sep 1686 (gs), m. there 2 Feb 1664/5 Mary HUSSEY, b. c. 1639, d. 21 Jan 1733[/4?], aged 94, daughter of Capt. Christopher Hussey. Mary m. (2) Henry Green and (3) Henry Dow. Thomas was a selectman in 1670; his will was dated 31 Aug 1686. In a Boston obit, Mary was called a "gracious gentlewoman".
  • Hannah, b. Hampton c. 1642, d. there 6 Aug 1704, and m. there 17 June 1659 Capt. Henry DOW, b. c. 1634, d. 6 May 1707. After Hannah's death, Henry m. (2) 10 Nov 1704 his first wife's sister-in-law, Mary (HUSSEY) (Page) Green. Henry was the marshall of the New Hampshire Province in 1680. He and Hannah had four known children b. 1660 to 1672.
  • Mary, b. Hampton c. 1644, d. there 8 March 1700/1, and m. there, as his second wife, 28 Dec 1665 Samuel FOGG.

(14g) William Goodwin

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NEHGR 141(1987):123

William Goodwin, b. say 1480, d. c. 1531, m. say 1505 Margery ______, b. say 1485, liv. 1528/9. He owned several tenements at Blofield, Norfolk, England, and in his will, dated 16 March 1528/9 and proved 20 May 1531, he requested to be buried at St. Andrews churchyard. Children, from father's will:

  • John, the elder, b. say 1510 (see below)
  • William, married and had Edmond, bapt. Blofield 19 Nov 1558.
  • Roger, married and had four children bapt. Blofield from 1546 to 1554.
  • John, the younger, liv. 1528/9.

(13g) John Goodwin

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NEHGR 141(1987):123-4

John, the son of William and Margery Goodwin, was born say 1510, d. by Jan 1562/3 (date of will of his son Thomas), and m. c. 1537 Alice _______, liv. 1562/3, possibly the Agnes Goodwyn bur. Blofield 22 Feb 1565/6. Children:

  • Thomas, b. c. 1538, bur. Blofield 7 Jan 1562/3, unmarried. In his will dated 6 Jan and proved 29 Jan 1562/3, he called himself husbandman and requested burial in the Blofield St. Andrews churchyard. He named his brothers and sisters, and named his mother Alice Goodwin as sole executrix, she to have dwelling in his house for life.
  • John, b. c. 1540, bur. Blofield 29 April 1593, m. c. 1564 Elizabeth _______, bur. Blofield 11 Dec 1616. His will was dated 25 April and proved 20 Aug 1593. They had seven children b/bapt Blofield c. 1565 to c. 1576.
  • Francis, b. c. 1542 (see below).
  • Ciceley, b. c. 1544, m. Blofield 22 Jan 1566 William COOK.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 12 Jan 1548/9, d. young.
  • Edmund (twin) bapt. 8 Jan 1550/1, d. young.
  • James (twin) bapt. 8 Jan 1550/1, m. Blofield 27 April 1578 Sisley LYSINGE.
  • Joan, bapt. 29 Jan 1557/8, bur. Blofield 8 Feb 1557/8.

(12g) Francis Goodwin

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NEHGR 141(1987):124-7

Francis, the son of John and Alice Goodwin, was born at Blofield, Norfolk, England c. 1542, bur. Hemblington, Norfolk 25 June 1602, and prob. m. (1) c. 1567 Katherin ______, b. say 1547, bur. Hemblington 25 Sep 1584; m. prob. (2) Hemblington 12 Oct 1585 Joan (______) Lynes, bur. Ranworth, Norfolk 7 March 1610/1. Francis's will was dated 21 June and proved 21 July 1602, and that of wife Joan was dated 8 Feb 1610/1 and proved 27 April 1611, where she mentioned several Lynes children, and requested to be buried in the Ranworth churchyard. Children with first wife:

  • Thomas, bapt. Blofield 5 April 1568, d. young.
  • Margaret, bapt. Ranworth 23 April 1570 without naming parents. If this is the wife of Robert Page II, then she married at the age of about 28, which is highly unusual for a woman. It would make more sense if this Margaret died young, and a later Margaret, born perhaps 1574 without an extant baptismal record, became the wife of Robert Page.
  • John, possibly the one of the name bapt. Ranworth 20 Aug 1571, bur. 5 July 1617, and m. (1) Hemblington 18 Jan 1601/2 Elizabeeth KYPPING; m. (2) Hemblington 28 Oct 1602 Bridget BECKYT. One child with first wife, bapt. 1602, and four more with second wife, bapt. 1604 to 1611.
  • James, bapt. Blofield 21 March 1571/2, bur. there 21 Sep 1574.
  • Francis, bapt. Blofield 5 Aug 1576
  • Peter, bapt. Blofield 23 May 1578
  • Elias, bapt. Blofield 30 March 1581.

Children with second wife, Joan:

  • Susan, bapt. Hemblington 9 Sep 1586, d. 1614, unmarried. She was of Ranworth when she made her will, dated 21 May 1614 and proved 22 May 1615. She left 10s to each of "the four children of my brother in lawe Robert Page of Ormesbye.
  • Sampson, bapt. 17 Feb 1588/9, liv. 1610.
  • Mary, bapt. 27 March 1592, m. Ranworth 11 Oct 1613 Robert TREVET.

(13g) Roger Warde

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NEHGR 141(1987):115-116

Roger Warde was born say 1515, bur. Filby, Norfolk, England 4 July 1579, and m. (1) say 1540 Kateryn _______, b. say 1520, bur. Filby 30 Jan 1572[/3?]; m. (2) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 28 Oct 1573 Cycely (_______) Baldry, bur. Filby 28 Jan 1598[/9?] as Cycely Huggen, "sometyme the wyef of Roger Warde." Roger is named on subsidy rolls at Filby in 1546, 1551, and 1552, and a 1563 rental roll for Ormsby includes his name. His will was dated 8 May and proved 26 Aug 1579. Children, all with first wife, prob. all b. Filby:

  • John, b. say 1540, bur. 25 April 1600, m. c. 1564 (1) Anne _______, d. c. 1569; m. (2) c. 1571 Agnes Larwood, bur. 1616/7. John left a will. He had three children with first wife, baptized from 1565 to 1568/9, and four more children with second wife, bapt. 1572 to 1589.
  • Robert, b. say 1542 (see below).
  • Lucy, b. say 1544, m. 18 June 1564 Henry CHURCH of Runham.
  • Thomas, b. say 1547, d. 1616, m. Filby 27 Jan 1572[/3?] Dyonyse CORPE, bur. Filby 22 April 1622. He and his wife both left wills. They had seven known children, baptized from 1578 to 1596/7.
  • William, b. say 1549, bur. 6 Feb 1561/2
  • Grace, b. say 1551, bur. 11 July 1566
  • Margaret, b. say 1555, m. Filby 24 Nov 1575 Henry NORWICH.
  • William, b. say 1562, liv. 1623, m. Anne _______, liv. 1646. He was named in a deed of feoffment at Filby dated 16 April 1612, and in the will of his brother Thomas in 1616, and in a Filby subsidy roll in 1623. His wife and child, Rose, are named in indentures of 1644 and 1646.

(12g) Robert Warde

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NEHGR 141(1987):116-119

Robert, son of Roger and Kateryn Warde, was born say 1542, bur. Filby, Norfolk, England 2 Jan 1598/9, and m. Stokesly-with-Herringby, Norfolk 18 Nov 1566 Alyce (______) Pixton, b. say 1541, bur. Filby 23 March 1608[/9?]. Alyce had two or three children with her first husband, who may have been Thomas Pixton. Robert's name is found in the 1593 and 1597 subsidy rolls for Filby, and on the Ormsby rental roll. His will was dated 12 Dec 1598 and proved at Great Yarmouth 23 Jan 1598/9. Alyce's will was dated 12 Feb 1603/4 and proved at Great Yarmouth 28 March 1609, giving her household goods mostly to her grandchildren. Her youngest son Francis was executor. Children, baptized Filby:

  • Roger, bapt. 27 Dec 1567, bur. 26 Feb 1618/9, m. Elizabeth _______. He was named in a 1611 subsidy roll and left a will.
  • Anne/Agnes, bapt. 20 March 1569/70, m. Thomas FILBY. Two known children.
  • Katherine, bapt. 30 April 1573, m. John ARNOLD. Child b. 1598/9.
  • Richard, bapt. 8 Sep 1575, perh. d. young.
  • Dorothy (twin) bapt. 8 Feb 1576/7, bur. same day
  • Cycelye (twin) bapt. and bur. 8 Feb 1576/7.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 23 March 1577, bur. 8 April 1578.
  • Francis, bapt. 25 Oct 1579 (see below).

(11g) Francis Warde

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NEHGR 141(1987):119-121

Francis, son of Robert and Alyce Warde, was bapt. Filby, Norfolk, England 25 Oct 1579, d. Great Yarmouth c. 1647/8, and m. (1) Filby June 1603 Susanna BROWNE, poss. a daughter of Edmunde and Elleyne Browne of Filby; m. (2) 23 Aug 1627 Margaret (DENTON) Holle, widow of Robert Holle of North Walsham. The family moved from Filby to South Walsham about 1609, and later to Great Yarmouth where Francis died. His will was dated 6 Sep 1645 and proved 29 Jan 1647/8. Children, all with first wife, Susanna:

  • Lucy, bapt. Filby 13 March 1604/5, m. Robert PAGE (see above).
  • Susanna, bapt. Filby 20 Sep 1606, liv. 1645.
  • Marie, bapt. Filby 4 Sep 1608, d. young.
  • Francis, b. c. 1610, liv. 1669 when he was a shipwright at Great Yarmouth, m. c. 1632 Rachel ______. They had seven children baptized at South Walsham from 1633 to 1646/7.
  • William, b. say 1615, liv. 1645.
  • (poss.) Thomas, b. c. 1620, d. 1680, m. (poss. second) Margaret SHAW, d. Hampton, NH 15 April 1704, daughter of Roger and Anne Shaw of Hampton, NH. Thomas had settled in Hampton as early as 1638. His will was dated 18 June 1678 and inventory taken 27 July 1680. Four known children, mothers uncertain, b. Hampton from 1651 to 1666/7.
  • Anne, b. c. 1622 (aged 15 in 1637), d. Hampton, NH 24 Jan 1688/9, m. c. 1640, prob. at Hampton, Edward COLCORD, b. c. 1615, poss. in Devon, d. Hampton 10 Feb 1681/2. Anne came to New England in 1637 as a 15-year old servant to her brother-in-law, Robert Page. Edward was in New England by 1637, first settling at Salem, after which he went to Dover, and finally Hampton. He was a controversial figure (see TAG 16(1939):65-81). They had eleven children born from c. 1641 to 1667.

(12g) Matthew Herryman

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NEHGR 150(1996):32-3

Matthew Herryman was born say 1525, d. c. 1568/9, and m. say 1549 Isabel SHEPARD, b. say 1530, liv. 1568, sister of Thomas Shepard. Matthew lived at Uldale, Cumberland, England, and in 1566 he witnessed the will of Matthew Caipe of that place. His own will was dated 17 Oct 1568, and probated 30 March 1569. His estate was valued at nearly 17 pounds of mostly farming utensils animals, and grains. Children, probably all born at Uldale:

  • Leonard, b. say 1550, m. (1) ______ ______; (2) Janet (SCOTT?) Cochren (see below).
  • Matthew, b. say 1554, liv. 1566 when named in the will of Thomas Shepard.
  • John, b. say 1558, d. c. 1625/6, m. Janet _______, liv. 1623. His will was dated 5 Sep 1623 and proved 20 March 1625/6, naming wife Janet, but no children.
  • Margaret, b. say 1562, liv. 1566
  • James, b. c. 1567, was not named in Thomas Shepard's 1566 will, but was named in his father's 1568 will.

(11g) Leonard Harriman

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NEHGR 150(1996):33-36

Leonard, the son of Matthew Herryman and Isabel Shepard, was born say 1550 (prob. of legal age in 1571/2), d. Oct 1612, and m. (1) say 1575 an unknown first wife, and (2) Janet (SCOTT?) Cochren, d. Caldbeck (Cumberland?) March 1613/4. His will was dated 5 Oct 1612, and inventory taken 12 Oct; her will was dated 9 March 1613/4, with inventory taken 19 March. Leonard is found in Uldale manorial records in 1611 and 1612. Only known child, with first wife:

  • Matthew, b. say 1585 (legal age by 1611), married, wife's name unknown.

(10g) prob. Matthew Harriman

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NEHGR 150(1996):36

Matthew, the son of Leonard Harriman of Uldale, Cumberland, England, was likely born there say 1585, is on the Uldale tenants' list of 1611, 1612, and 1615. Probable children:

  • Leonard, b. c. 1621, m. Margaret _______ (see below).
  • John, b. c. 1623 (of legal age in 1644), m. Elizabeth __________; settled New Haven Colony, now in Connecticut.

(9g) Leonard Harriman

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Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. 21(1884):100-2; Rowley Hist.(1897):133; NEHGR 150(1996):30-1,40-44; Essex Genealogist 10(1990):17-19

Leonard Harriman, b. c. 1621 (aged about 54 in 1676 and of legal age 1642-3), prob. at Uldal, Cumberland, England, d. Rowley, Mass. May or June 1691, m. say 1649 Margaret _______, b. say 1629, bur. Rowley 22 Oct 1676. The Rowley death record date of 6 May 1691 is obviously incorrect (six days before will was dated), and the actual death date may be 26 May. He is first of record in New England on 10 Jan 1643[/4] as a landowner in Rowley, but may have arrived several years earlier as a minor and servant. He was a weaver, and became a freeman in May 1657. It is possible that either Leonard or his wife Margaret is a relative of Hugh Smith of Rowley, as two of the Smith children chose Leonard Harriman to be their guardian after their father died in 1656. Leonard had several recorded land transactions in Rowley, and was a selectman for at least five years and served on many juries. His will was dated 12 May and proved 29 Sep 1691, with inventory taken by Nathaniel Elithrop and Nehemiah Jewett on 5 June 1691 valued at 172 pounds. A modern slate stone has been erected for Leonard and Margaret Harriman in the Rowley Burial Ground. Children, b. Rowley: [64]

  • John, b. 16 May 1650, d. 18 Sep 1675 at Bloody Brook (Deerfield, Mass.) with Capt. Lathrop during King Philip's War, m. by 1674, but name of wife and presumed child not found.
  • Matthew, b. 16 Aug 1652, m. (1) Elizabeth SWAN; (2) Mary Calee (see below).
  • Hannah, b. 22 May 1655, d. Rowley 19 Feb 1725/6, m. there 26 May 1674 Caleb BOYNTON, b. Rowley c. 1649, d. there 13 Sep 1708, son of John Boynton and Ellen/Ellenor Pell. They had five children b. Rowley from 1675 to 1688.
  • Jonathan, b. 5 Dec 1657, d. Rowley (now Georgetown) 15 Feb 1741[/2?] in his 85th year, m. (1) c. 1685 Sarah PALMER, b. Rowley 13 Jan 1661[/2], d. there 30 June 1688, daughter of John Palmer and Margaret Northland; m. (2) 19 Aug 1691 Margaret (ELITHORP) Wood, b. 24 July 1672, d. Rowley 25 Jan 1754 "very aged", widow of Samuel Wood and daughter of Nathaniel Elithorp and Mary Batt. His will was dated 12 June 1734 and prove 19 April 1742. He had one child with his first wife, b. 1686, and eight more children with his second wife, born from 1692 to 1709. Jonathan has an extant gravestone in the Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Mass. [65]
  • Mary, b. c. 1659, d. Rowley 7 Oct 1732, m. there 25 June 1691 Samuel COOPER, b. Rowley 8 Feb 1646/7, d. there 25 May 1727, son of Peter and Emm/Ame Cooper. They had six known children b. Rowley from 1691/2 to 1706/7.

(8g) Matthew Harriman

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Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. 21(1884):101; Rowley Hist(1897):133-4; NEHGR 150(1996):44; Essex Genealogist 10(1990):20-24

Matthew, son of Leonard and Margaret Harriman, was b. Rowley, Mass. 16 Aug 1652, d. Haverhill, Mass. c. 1732/3, and m. (1) Haverhill, Mass. 22 Dec 1673 Elizabeth SWAN, b. Haverhill 30 Sep 1653, liv. 1699, daughter of Robert Swan and Elizabeth Acie; m. (2) by 1717/8 Mary Calee. Matthew grew up in Rowley, but was living in Haverhill as early as 1673. He was a yeoman and also operated sawmills in Haverhill and Amesbury. He took the Oath of Allegiance on 28 Nov 1677, and was a legatee in his father's 1691 will. Matthew had 16 children--twelve with first wife and four more with second, and was 74 years old when his youngest child was born. Children, births recorded at Haverhill:

  • Matthew, b. 26 Jan 1673/4 (oldest child), bapt. Rowley 24 Sep 1676, d. Haverhill 28 Oct 1743, m. Haverhill 19 Dec 1700 Martha PAGE, b. Haverhill 14 Feb 1680[/1?], d. Plaistow, NH 17 Feb 1767, daughter of Joseph Page and Martha Dow. They had nine children born from 1700/1 to 1720.
  • Elizabeth, b. 20 Nov 1675, bapt. Rowley 6 Feb 1675/6, liv. Exeter, NH 1709, m. Haverhill 22 Nov 1699 Thomas GORDON, b. Exeter, NH c. 1678, son of Alexander Gordon and Mary Lissen. Thomas m. (2) after 1709 Rebecca Heard, with whom he had seven children. His will was dated 2 Dec 1757 and probated 27 May 1761. Elizabeth and Thomas had seven children born from 1700 to c. 1709, the first six rec. at Haverhill.
  • Hannah, b. 29 Nov 1677, bapt. Rowley 4 Aug 1678, d. Haverhill 12 Feb 1761, m. Haverhill 22 Dec 1703 Thomas HAINES (see above).
  • Mary, b. 17 Dec 1679, d. Salisbury, Mass. 12 Jan 1748, m. Haverhill 15 Feb 1704/5 Timothy FRENCH, b. Salisbury 16 June 1681, d. there 19 June 1745, son of Joseph French and Sarah Eastman. They had six children b. Salisbury from 1705 to 1721.
  • Margaret, b. 6 Oct 1681, m. Haverhill 15 Sep 1708 Daniel GORDON, d. by 1736. Either Margaret, or her daughter of the same name, poss. m. 17 Feb 1736 Samuel Bradstreet. They had five known childrn b. c. 1709 to c. 1716.
  • Abigail, b. 7 Nov 1683, d. Kingston, NH 8 Oct 1756, m. Kingston 30 Nov 1710 Samuel JUDKINS, b. Exeter, NH c. 1687, d. Kingston 23 Feb 1741/2, son of Joel Judkins and Mary Bean. Samuel's will was dated 26 Jan 1741/2 and probated 31 March 1742. He was a blacksmith at Kingston. They had five children born Kingston from 1712 to 1727.
  • Mehetable, b. 13 June 1686, m. Haverhill c. 1709, William WHITTAKER, b. Haverhill 4 Dec 1685, son of William Whittaker and Sarah Emerson. They resided at Plaistow, NH. They had nine children born from 1710 to 1727.
  • John, b. 16 June 1688, m. Amesbury, Mass. 19 Nov 1712 Sarah MORRILL, b. Amesbury 30 Jan 1689[/90?], daughter of Moses Morrell and Rebecca Barnes. They had ten children born Haverhill from 1713 to 1734.
  • Leonard, b. 12 March 1689/90, prob. d. young
  • Nathaniel, b. 18 June 1692, d. Haverhill Dec 1695.
  • Richard, b. 9 Feb 1694/5, d. Haverhill c. 1782, m. Haverhill c. 1723 Sarah HALL, perhaps the one bapt. Bradford, Mass. 15 Sep 1700, d. by 1782, daughter of Richard Hall and Abigail Dalton. He was a blacksmith at Haverhill. Richard's will was dated 10 Aug 1772 and probated 5 Feb 1782[/3?]. They had four known children b. Haverhill from 1724 to 1738.
  • Abner, b. 23 Aug 1699, d. Plaistow, NH c. 1770, m. Haverhill 17 Sep 1723 Sarah MERRILL, b. Haverhill 20 May 1702, d. Plaistow 10 Sep 1764, daughter of Jonathan Merrill and Mary Brown. They had eight children born Haverhill from 1724 to 1743.

Children with second wife, b. Haverhill:

  • Leonard, b. 11 July 1718, d. Conway, NH c. 1786, m. Haverhill c. 1743 Ann STEVENS, b. c. 1723, d. by 1801. He was a carpenter, wheelwright, and housewright. The family left Plaistow in 1755, after which they were soon warned out of Salem, NH on 16 Dec 1755 with four of their children. They had seven children b. Plaistow, NH from 1744 to 1766.
  • Jonathan, b. 19 June 1721, d. perh. Haverhill 23 Dec 1792.
  • Nathaniel, b. 9 Oct 1723
  • Mary, b. 29 Dec 1726, d. Haverhill 15 June 1728.

(10g) Richard Swan

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Parker/Ruggles (1913):310-29; NEHGR 31(1877):115-6; Pillsbury Anc (1938):2:897-901; GM Newsletter 18(2009):28, 23(2014):22

Note: The list of children, and birth dates, differs significantly between Parker-Ruggles and Pillsbury. Parker Ruggles includes children, Richard and Jonathan, for whom absolutely no documentation is given. Pillsbury excludes these supposed children; the order and birth dates from Pillsbury have been used in this record, combined with the English baptisms of four of the children from the Great Migration Newsletter.

Richard Swan was b. England say 1600 (c. 1606 based on being age 68 in March 1675 and aged 70 in Feb 1677/8), bur. Rowley, Mass. 14 May 1678, and m. (1) South Cave, Yorkshire, England 24 Feb 1622[/3?] Ann SPOFFORD, b. say 1602, bur. Rowley 4 April 1658; m. (2) Rowley 1 March 1658/9 Ann (_______) (Hopkinson) Trumbull, bur. Rowley 23 July 1678, widow of Michael Hopkinson and of John Trumbull. It seems unlikely that Richard was married at the age of 16, so it appears that he understated his age when giving depositions, and he was more likely born around 1600. Richard was admitted to the first Boston church on 13 Jan 1638/9, but dismissed within a year to join the church at Rowley. He was a freeman in 1640, and a juror for several years between 1651 and 1664. Richard, or his children, were involved in a number of court cases. Richard's will was dated 25 April and proved 23 May 1678. His inventory, dated 22 May 1678, totalled about 487 pounds. The will of his widow Ann was dated 4 July 1678 and proved at Ipswich 24 Sep 1678, naming children from her first two marriages. Children, first four baptisms at Dicke (Gilberdike) in Eastrington, Yorkshire, England:

  • Robert, bapt. 26 Feb 1625/6, d. Haverhill, Mass. 11 Feb 1697/8, m. (1) Elizabeth ACIE; m. (2) Hannah (BULL) Ross (see below)
  • William, bapt. 25 Nov 1627; nothing more
  • Frances, bapt., 7 Nov 1630 (called aged 40 in 1673), d. Ipswich, Mass. July 1694, m. c. 1653 Mark QUILTER, b. c. 1630, d. Ipswich Nov 1678, son of Mark Quilter. Quilter was evidently a drunkard, and in 1664 was presented at court for striking his wife, and fined.
  • Julian, b. say 1632, d. Bradford, Mass. c. 1673, m. Rowley 18 April 1653 Samuel STICKNEY, b. c. 1632, d. Bradford c. 1709, son of William and Elizabeth Stickney. Samuel m. (2) Bradford 6 April 1674 Prudence (Leaver) Gage.
  • Dorothy, bapt. 23 Oct 1634 (called aged 37 in Sep 1673), d. Rowley 21 Oct 1710, m. (1) Rowley 13 July 1655 Thomas ABBOTT, b. c. 1626, bur. Rowley 7 Sep 1659, son of George Abbott of Rowley; m. (2) Edward CHAPMAN, d. Ipswich 18 April 1678; m. (3) Newbury, Mass. 13 Nov 1678 Archelus WOODMAN, b. c. 1615 (prob. Malford, England). Dorothy has an extant gravestone in the old Rowley Burial Ground, but it only has a name, and no other particulars. It is possible that this stone was placed as a footstone, and that the original headstone is now gone. [66]
  • Jane, b. say 1636, liv. Ipswich 22 March 1708/9, m. c. 1656/7 (cb Dec 1657) Thomas WILSON, b. c. 1634, d. c. 1703, son of Theophilus and Elizabeth(?) Wilson of Ipswich.
  • Rachel, b. say 1637, d. Roxbury, Mass. 12 Nov 1672, m. Richard SUTTON.
  • John, bapt. Boston, Mass. 13 Feb 1638/9, not named in father's 1678 will.
  • Mercy, b. Rowley 4 July 1640, d. Dunstable, Mass 3 April 1683, m. Ipswich 21 Oct 1662 Samuel WARNER, son of John Warner and Priscilla Symonds.
  • Faith, b. Rowley 30 March 1644, not named in father's 1678 will.
  • Sarah, b. Rowley 1646, d. Groton, Mass. 27 Feb 1718/9, m. Rowley 13 May 1669 Capt. Joseph BOYNTON, b. c. Rowley c. 1645, d. Rowley 16 Dec 1730, aged 85 (gs), son of John Boynton and Ellen Pell. Sarah has an extant gravestone in the Old Burying Ground in Groton, while Joseph has an extant stone in the Rowley Burying Ground. [67]

(9g) Robert Swan

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Parker/Ruggles (1913):318-320; We Relate website, quoting Jewett's Early Settlers of Rowley (1933), 371-2

Robert, the son of Richard Swan and Ann Spofford, was bapt. at Gilberdike in Eastrington, Yorkshire, England 26 Feb 1625/6, d. Haverhill, Mass. 11 Feb 1697/8, and m. (1) c. 1650 Elizabeth ACIE, bapt. Cottingham, Yorkshire 22 March 1632/3, d. Haverhill 11 Aug 1689, in 57th year, daughter of William and Margaret Acie of Rowley, Mass.; m. (2) Haverhill 1 April 1690 Hannah (BULL) Ross, b. c. 1648, d. c. 1720, widow of Fennill Ross who she had m. at Ipswich 16 March 1664. Robert's will was dated 28 Dec 1697 and proved 1 Aug 1698 naming wife Hannah, sons Robert and Joshua, and son Richard's daughter. Division of the estate on 21 Jan 1724/5 went to Robert Swan, Jr., Samuel Swan, Ann (Swan) Ayer, Sarah (Swan) Hartshorn, Dorothy (Swan) Dalton, Richard Swan, John Swan, Ruth (Swan) Hartshorn, Elizabeth (Swan) Herriman, and Joshua Swan. Administration of the estate of Hannah Swan was given to stepson Robert Swan on 1 July 1720, suggesting she had either died or was no longer mentally fit. Robert and first wife Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass. Children (from Jewett, et al): [68]

  • Ruth, b. Rowley c. 1651, d. Haverhill, Mass. 12 Dec 1690, of smallpox, m. Haverhill 19 Sep 1672 Lt John HARTSHORN, b. Reading, Mass. 6 May 1650, liv. 1737, son of Thomas Hartshorn and Susanna Buck. John m. (2) c. 1693 Abigail Browne; (3) after 1697 Joanna _______; and (4) Rowley 23 Sep 1709 Mary Leighton. Ruth had two known children born 1674/5 and 1677.
  • Elizabeth, b. Haverhill 30 Sep 1653, liv. 1699, and m. Haverhill 22 Dec 1673 Matthew HARRIMAN (see above).
  • Sarah, b. Haverhill 10 Aug 1655, liv. Windham, CT c. 1729, m. Haverhill 21 Oct 1674 Thomas HARTSHORN, b. Reading, Mass. 30 Oct 1648, liv. Windham, CT c. 1729, son of Thomas Hartshorn and Susanna Buck.
  • Robert, b. haverhill 30 May 1657, d. Methuen, Mass. 24 Dec 1747, m. Haverhill 20 July 1685 Elizabeth STORIE. They had two known children b. 1686 and 1687.
  • Ann, b. Haverhill 3 March 1657/8, liv. Stonington, CT 1724, m. Haverhill 31 Aug 1683 Nathaniel AYER, b. Haverhill 13 March 1654/5, liv. 1727. They had a son, Nathaniel, b. 1697/8; perhaps others.
  • Richard, b. Haverhill 24 Feb 1660/1, d. c. 1690, and m. Rowley 3 Dec 1683 Hannah STORY, b. Ipswich, Mass. 19 Aug 1662, liv. 1707, daughter of William Story and Sarah Foster. Richard died in service during the Canada expedition of 1690, and administration of his estate was given to widow Hannah on 22 April 1691. They had two children b. 1686 and 1689.
  • Timothy, b. Haverhill 12 March 1662/3, d. Andover, Mass. 1 Feb 1692/3, apparently did not marry. He has an extant gravestone in the Old North Parish Burying Ground in Andover. [69]
  • Dorothy, b. Haverhill 8 Nov 1666, d. there 21 Oct 1700, and m. there 23 Nov 1683 Samuel DALTON, b. Hampton, NH 29 Sep 1656, d. Haverhill 23 Aug 1708, son of Samuel Dalton and Mehitable Palmer. Samuel m. (2) Haverhill 6 Nov 1701 Hannah Davis.
  • John, Capt., b. Haverhill 1 Aug 1668, d. Stonington, CT 1 May 1743, m. Haverhill 1 Aug 1699 Susanna (EASTMAN) Wood, b. c. 1673, d. Stonington 20 Dec 1772, widow of Thomas Wood and daughter of Philip Eastman. Susanna's first husband was killed by Indians 15 March 1696/7, and she was captured twice, but managed to live a long life, dying in her 100th year. John and Susanna both have extant gravestones in the Great Plain Cem., N. Stonington, CT. [70]
  • Samuel, b. Haverhill 11 April 1670 and d. there 11 June 1671.
  • Samuel, b. Haverhill 24 Oct 1672, d. there 28 Nov 1751, m. there 8 March 1693/4 Dorothy AMES, b. Boxford, Mass. 20 Dec 1674, daughter of Robert Eames and Rebecca Blake.
  • Joshua, b. Haverhill 13 Sep 1674, d. Methuen, Mass. (2 Sep 1751?--no documentation), prob. m. Sarah INGALLS.
  • Caleb, b. Haverhill 18 June 1676, d. by 1724 (not in division of father's estate).

(10g) William Acie (line 2 of 3)

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see other line, sandbox 6

(8g) Peter Pattee

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NEHGR 146(1992):315-21,324-7

Peter Pattee was b. c. 1644, d. Haverhill, Mass. 19 Oct 1724, aged 80 (gs), and m. (1) a woman whose name has not been found, and who would not leave Virginia to join him in New England; m. (2) Haverhill 8 Nov 1682 Sarah GILL, b. Salisbury, Mass. 27 June 1654, d. 1719, daughter of John Gill and Phebe Buswell; and m. (3) Gloucester, Mass. 19 Nov 1720 Susanna (______) Hadley, b. c. 1653, d. Gloucester 10 March 1735/6 in her 84th year. In mid 1675 Peter left a wife and child in Virginia and came to Massachusetts, apparently to Salem, where he was pressed into the militia, and participated in the battle at Blackpoint (Scarborough, Maine) on 29 June 1677. He was wounded, though listed as among the dead. Two years later he served again. On 28 Nov 1677 he took the Oath of Allegiance at Haverhill, and at the next annual meeting submitted a requested for land. Instead of getting land, he was warned out as being married and a stranger, but on 9 April 1678 Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds reversed the ruling. Pattee sent letters to encourage his wife in Virginia to join him, but nothing came of this. He eventually presented his case to the court, and was allowed to remarry. Peter was a cordwainer--a shoemaker--and also ran a ferry. He also attempted unsuccesfully to begin other enterprises, such as a grist mill and tavern. His will was dated 11 Sep 1722, and proved at Ipswich 2 Nov 1724. His gravestone had been missing several years from the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill, but was returned, and remains. Child, probably by unknown first wife:

  • Richard "eldest", b. say 1674, m. Susanna BEALE (see below).

Children with second wife, Sarah, all b. Haverhill:

  • Moses, b. 28 July 1683, d. Haverhill 11 Nov 1683
  • Benjamin, b. 4 Sep 1684, d. Haverhill 30 Jan 1684/5
  • Jeremiah, b. 3 Nov 1683, witnessed a deed in July 1703, but not named in father's 1722 will.
  • Samuel, b. 24 Aug 1687, d. Haverhill 16 Sep 1749, m. c. 1711 Elizabeth PRINCE, b. Gloucester, Mass. 17 Oct 1690, liv. Haverhill 26 Nov 1727, daughter of Thomas Prince and Elizabeth Harraden. They had six children born from 1712 to 1726.
  • Hannah, b. 13 June 1689, bapt. Salisbury 6 Oct 1689, m. (int. Ipswich 25 Oct 1712) George ROBERTS, d. Ipswich 1 Feb 1746, son of William Roberts of Kittery, Maine. They had eight children bapt. Ipswich from 1713 to 1735.
  • Mercy, b. 29 Oct 1691, m. c. 1710 Daniel ROLFE, b. Haverhill 14 Feb 1685, son of Ezra Rolfe and Abigail Bond. They were warned out of Bradford, Mass. in 1722, and by 1732/3 were living in Concord, NH. They had five children born in Newbury and Haverhill from 1711 to 1720.
  • Jemima, b. 27 Nov 1693, d. Haverhill 28 March 1694.
  • Benjamin, b. 15 May 1696, d. Georgetown, Maine 15 Dec 1787, m. Gloucester, Mass. 7 Jan 1719/20 Patience COLLINS, b. Gloucester 30 Oct 1700, d. Georgetown, Maine 30 Dec 1784, daughter of Ezekiel Collins and Elizabeth Riggs. Benjamin was a mariner at Gloucester, but moved to Georgetown by 1737. They had eleven children born Gloucester and Georgetown from 1721/2 to 1744.

(7g) Richard Pattee

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The material in this sketch comes from the article "Peter Pattee of Haverhill, Massachusetts..." by Marie L. Scalisi and Virginia M. Ryan, found in the NEHGR, 146:315-336 (Oct 1992), specifically pp 321-4,330-3

Richard, the son of Peter Pattee, was born c. 1674, perhaps in Virginia, d. Haverhill 1741, m. Haverhill [date not recorded] Susanna BEALE, living in 1743 [d. 1748 per a web source]. There is no public record of this family until 31 July 1715 when Susanna Patee, wife of Richard, was received to the Lord's Supper at the Haverhill First Parish. The same year the children of "Richard Pate" were baptized there. The Haverhill town records tell us that Richard Pattee married Susanna Beals without providing a date. What isn't certain is that Susanna is the mother of Richard's first four children, for whom no birth record has been found. The fact that oldest son Peter named his first child Susanna suggests that Peter's mother was also Susanna. In 1729 Susanna Pattee was suspended from communion based on statements that she made, but after a fashion was restored to full church membership in 1731. On 19 July 1726, Richard was licensed as an innholder, and a year later as both an innholder and retailer. He was involved in several land transactions over the next 15 years, and on 14 Sep 1741 he conveyed about 90 acres in the fourth division of Haverhill (soon to be a part of New Hampshire?) to his son Richard, Jr. This is the last time he was known to be alive, as the inventory of his estate was dated 8 Jan 1741/2, meaning he almost certainly died in late 1741. Children, first four mother uncertain, last six recorded in Haverhill records: [71]

  • Peter, b. c. 1704, d. 1748, m. Elizabeth SCRIBNER (see below).
  • Seth, b. c. 1706, d. 1775, m. Bradford, Mass. 30 March 1730 Dorcas SAVORY, bapt Bradford 10 Aug 1712, living March 1784, daughter of William and Hannah Savory. Seth was a sadler who, on 24 Dec 1729, received a 5-pound legacy from the estate of his grandfather, Peter, and a few weeks later he received 50 acres from his father by deed of gift. In 1750 the part of Haverhill District where he resided was incorporated as Salem, New Hampshire, and he became one of the proprietors of the town, serving as selectman and constable. Seth served in the French and Indian War, first serving from Sep to Dec 1755 as clerk of Capt Jonathan Poor's company, which marched on the first expedition against Crown Point. In 1756 he served from May to Dec as clerk of Samuel Watts' company, Col Nathiel Merserve's regiment, and in 1760 he was sergeant in Watt's company, now in Col Whitcomb's regiment. He conducted several land transactions, with his last being on 24 Sep 1774. He was dead by Dec 1775 when the first debt was paid from his estate, but his son Seth wasn't appointed administrator of the estate until 8 Feb 1776. He and Dorcas had eleven children, born 1731 to 1749/50.
  • John, b. c. 1709
  • Sarah, b. c. 1712, living in Jan 1760, m. Haverhill 20 Feb 1732/3 Jonathan DUSTIN, b. Haverhill 15 Jan 1691/2, d. Londonderry, NH 1757, son of Thomas Dustin and the famous Hannah Emerson. Administration of Jonathan's estate was granted to his widow on 28 Dec 1757. She may be the Sarah Dustin, widow, of Atkinson, NH, who m. 5 March 1769 John MOREL. She and Jonathan had three children.
  • Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1715, prob. d. Hampstead, NH Feb 1774, m. Bradford, Mass. 8 Jan 1739/40 Ebenezer LURVEY, b. Bradford 23 Aug 1717, son of Eliezer Lurvey and Alice Middleton. On 25 Feb 1744, Elizabeth and Ebenezer Lurvey received the 5-pound legacy due her from her grandfather, Peter. They had one known childe, Peter Lurvey, b. 14 Aug 1740.
  • William, b. 27 Jan 1716/7, prob. d. young.
  • Eliphalet, b. 1 Sep 1718, d. Haverhill 29 Aug 1741, m. (int. Haverhill 14 Aug 1741) Hannah ROLLINS. He has a gravestone in the Pentucket Cemetery in Haverhill. [72]
  • Richard, b. 7 Sep 1720, d. 1776, m. Bradford, Mass. 17 Feb 1744 Mary CLARK, b. Haverhill 1 May 1726, likely died by 1776 (no mention of her in husband's probate settlement), daughter of Edward Clark and Sarah Stevens. Richard was a cordwainer and farmer, and a proprietor of the town of Salem, NH who was elected surveyor of highways at the first town meeting. Richard was a sergeant in Capt Jacob Bayley's company, Col Nathaniel Meserve's regiment in 1757. This was one of the companies stationed at Fort William Henry that surrendered to the French in August. After General Montcalm paroled the English troops, many were massacred by the Indians as they left the fort. The New Hampshire men were in the rear, where 80 out of 200 were killed or taken. Richard survived and was one of the veterans granted land in Haverhill in what is now Grafton County, NH, on the eastern side of the Upper Connecticut River. According to the Revolutionary War pension file of his son, James Paul Pattee, Richard also served (the arrangement is unclear), and "died afterwards in the service..." In other words, he died during the Rev. War, but under what circumstances is uncertain. On 25 Sep 1776 Richard's oldest son Edward was appointed administrator of his estate. Richard and Mary had eleven children, born 1744 to 1768.
  • Susanna, b. 30 Dec 1722, d. Salem, NH c. 1755, m. Haverhill 22 June 1742 Alexander GORDON, b. Kingston, NH 29 Jan 1715/6, d. Salem, NH 7 Jan 1793, son of Daniel Gordon and Margaret Harriman. He m. (2) Salem, NH 1758 Hannah Stanley. Susanna and Alexander had seven children, b. 1743 to 1754.
  • Abigail, b. 29 March 1725, d. 22 March 1804, m. Bradford, Mass. 14 July 1746 William EMERSON, bapt. Haverhill 1 April 1722, d. 14 Feb 1782, son of Joshua Emerson and Mary Clark. They had nine children, b. 1748 to 1764.

(6g) Peter Pattee

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NEHGR 146(1992):327-9

Peter Pattee, the son of Richard Pattee and Susanna Beals, was born in Haverhill, Mass., about 1704, d. Haverhill District, NH 1748, and m. Kingston, NH 13 Nov 1729 Elizabeth SCRIBNER, b. Kingston 1 May 1709, living in 1749, the daughter of Thomas Scribner and Hannah Welch. Peter was a "young man" when admitted to communion at the First Parish of Haverhill on 4 April 1729. On 28 Feb 1728/9 he received a gift of 60 acres from his father, the land being in the fourth division of Haverhill, now in New Hampshire. By 1745 he had accumulated enough land to be styled "gentleman" in the record of deeds. In August 1745 he commanded a troop of calvary used to defend the New Hampshire frontier against an Indian uprising. His will was dated 9 June 1748, and an inventory of his estate was taken on 7 September, valued at 3757 pounds, including land and a grist mill. His widow, Elizabeth, was given guardianship of her two oldest sons, Asa and John, on 2 October 1749, the last record known for her. Children, born Haverhill, Mass., or (later) Haverhill District, NH: [73]

  • Susannah, b. 30 Dec 1730, d. July 1748
  • Meriell, b. 17 Aug 1732, m. Hampstead, NH 21 Oct 1755 Daniel STEVENS, bp Haverhill, MA 29 Jan 1726/7, son of Aaron and Mary Stevens.
  • Asa, b. 14 May 1734, d. Canaan, NH 24 May 1825, and m. first, c. 1756 to Hannah Dow, the daughter of John Dow and Mehitable Haines of Haverhill and Atkinson, NH. She died c. 1772, after which he married c.1774 Mehitable Jewett, the daughter of Mark Jewett and Mary Chute of Rowley, Mass. Asa became a proprietor of the town of Salem, NH and was taxed there on 30 Oct 1754. In 1756 he was a corporal in the expedition against Crown Point, serving in Capt Samuel Watt's company, Col. Nathaniel Meserve's regiment from 18 May to 18 December of that year. By January 1760 he was living in Goffstown, and helped organize the first Congregational church there. From 1761 to 1770 he was selectman and served in other town offices. He owned considerable property including sawmills and potash works, and was called "gentleman" in deeds by 1764. When he heard the news of Lexington, he enlisted as soon as he could, and served from April to 20 May 1775 for 24 days as a private in Col. Stark's New Hampshire regiment. In June he was made lieutenant in Parker's company, Col. Bedel's regiment of rangers. Asa moved his family from Goffstown to Concord in 1775, and in 1776 was a proprietor of New London, NH, where he was made surveyor of highways. With his brother-in-law, James Jewett, he moved to Enfield, NH in 1779, and then by 1785 was at Warner, NH where he built the first frame house in the village, and where he kept a hotel. He later moved to Canaan where his son Daniel lived, and this is where he died, and is buried in the West Canaan Cemetery. His widow returned to Warner where she died, and is buried in the Parade Ground Cemetery. [74]
  • Rhoda, b. 7 July 1736, d. c. 1826, m. Hampstead, NH 28 May 1761 William DUSTIN, b. perhaps Chester, NH 1740, d. Weare, NH "by a fall from a horse" 4 June 1818, son of Timothy Dustin and Lydia Raymond. William served in both the Franch and Indian War and the American Revolution. He was a farmer and also kept a tavern. According to the Dustin genealogy, Rhoda "had the reputation of being a witch which of course was idle gossip."
  • John, b. 10 Jan 1737/8, d. Goffstown 2 Aug 1826, and m. Hampstead, NH 6 Oct 1763 Mary HADLEY, b. Amesbury, MA 29 april 1741, d. Goffstown 17 Nov 1814, the daughter of Joseph Hadley and Hannah Flanders. From 11 July to 16 Dec 1775 he was sergeant in Capt Parker's company of Col Bedal's regiment of Rngers during the Rev War. He and Mary are buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown. [75]
  • Hannah, b. 26 Oct 1739, d. Atkinson, NH 7 Aug 1806, m. 14 Feb 1760 Job DOW, b. Haverhill, MA 5 Oct 1740, d. Atkinson 15 Aug 1809, the son of John Dow Jr. and Mehitable Haines (see above). [76]
  • Abigail, b. 15 July 1741
  • Peter, b. 14 May 1743, d. after 1779. He was a private in Capt Francis Peabody's company from 26 May 1760 to 17 April 1761 during the French and Indian War. He was chronically ill from 1763 to 1779, and cared for by his brother John and cousins Richard and Jerediah. He was treated by Dr. Moody Morse, for the last time in 1779.
  • Zepheniah, b. Salem, NH 14 Jan 1745, m. c. 1766 Abigail _______. He was called of New Boston, NH when he enlisted as a private in Capt Francis Peabody's company, serving from 26 May 1760 to 18 April 1761 during the French and Indian War. In 1764 he settled in We are, NH, but was in Concord by 1772. During the Rev. War he was private in Capt Osgood's company, Col Bedel's regiment, enlisting 10 July 1775. He also saw service later with the Green Mountain Boys. He was called of Stanstead, Quebec on 9 July 1799, when he conveyed land in New hampshire.
  • Richard, b. 15 Dec 1746, d. Salem, NH June 1749
  • Betty, b. 14 May 1748

(8g) John Scribner

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GDMNH:615; Hoyt 142,145-6 (Eastman fam.); Cutter 1:202

John Scribner was born say 1625, d. Dover, NH 2 Oct 1675, and m. say 1658 Mary _______, b. say 1635, liv. 1674. The widespread assertion that Mary was the daughter of Edward Hilton is totally unsupported. John was taxed at Dover, NH in 1662, and served on juries in 1666, 1670, and 1673. His will was dated 27 Nov 1674. Children:

  • John, b. say 1659, d. c. 1738, m. say 1785 Elizabeth CLOYES, liv. July 1730, but d. by March 1733/4, daughter of (sea) Capt. John Cloyes and Mary Mills. Lived in Hampton, and then Exeter, NH. John's will was dated 2 March 1735/6 and proved 31 May 1738. Four sons and five daughters were named in the will.
  • Edward, b. say 1661, pressed into military service in 1679
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1666, m. 4 Nov 1686 Samuel EASTMAN, b. Salisbury 20 Nov 1657, d. 27 Feb 1725[/6?], son of Roger and Sarah Eastman. They had twelve children born from 1687/8 to 1710.
  • Thomas, b. say 1672, m. (1) 1702 Sarah CLIFFORD; m. (2) 1707/8 Hannah WELCH (see below).

(7g) Thomas Scribner

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GDMNH:615; Cutter:1:202

Thomas, b. say 1670, prob. at Dover, NH, d. Kingston, NH 30 March 1718 (date found in probate documents), the son of John and Mary Scribner. He m. (1) Hampton 24 Dec 1702[9] Sarah CLIFFORD, b. 30 Oct 1673[10], d. Kingston 5 Jan 1707/8 (vital record), the daughter of John Clifford and Sarah Godfrey. Thomas m. (2) Kingston 4 Feb 1707/8[9] Hannah WELCH, b. c. 1683, likely living in 1730, the daughter of Philip Welch and Hannah Haggett. Thomas's will, dated 28 March 1718, was proved 4 June 1718, naming wife Hannah, sons John, Edward and Samuel, and daughters Elizabeth and Deborah, and making provision for a future child as well. After Thomas's death, Hannah married Charles Hunt of Kingston. She may have been the Mrs. Hunt who brought three children (Margaret, Penelope, and Sarah) to be baptized at Kingston on 1 April 1730.[11] [77]

Children with first wife, Sarah Clifford, b. Kingston, NH:

  • John, b. Kingston 6 Dec 1703 and baptized there 3 Sep 1704 as the "son of Sarah Scriven," according to the Salisbury, Mass. vital record. He was named in his father's 1718 will, and was living with his uncle Joseph Clifford in 1724. He m. Kingston 26 July 1737 Abigail STEVENS, and lived in Fremont, NH.
  • Deborah, b. Kinsgton 7 Sep 1705, and baptized there on 13 Feb 1705/6 as the "daughter of Sarah Scriven," according to the Salisbury, Mass. vital records. She was named in her father's 1718 will, and was living with her uncle Joseph Clifford in 1724. She m. NH 29 Dec 1726 Joseph WELCH, apparently the one of that name born in Haverhill, Mass. 28 Feb 1702/3, the son of Samuel Welch and Mary Judkins. Deborah and Joseph had nine children, born in Kingston, NH 1727 to 1745.
  • Sarah, b. Kingston 18 Nov 1707, d. Kingston 4 or 19 March 1709

Children with second wife, Hannah Welch, all b. Kingston, NH:

  • Elizabeth, b. Kingston 1 May 1709, m. Peter PATTEE
  • Edward, b. Kingston 7 or 27 April 1711, m. Newbury, Mass. 8 May 1735 Rachel WEBSTER (both called of Kingston in mar. record), b. 17 March 1710, the daughter of Ebenezer Webster and Hannah Judkins. Ebenezer and Hannah were the great grandparents of the noted Daniel Webster. Edward and Rachel had six children, born 1735 to 1748. Edward is on the 1776 census of Salisbury, NH, and a web source says he died there in 1791, but I cannot confirm.
  • Samuel, b. Kingston 29 March 1713, d. Kingston 31 March 1715
  • Samuel, b. Kingston 29 April 1716, d. Andover, NH 5 Feb 1794, m. Kingston 4 Nov 1740 Hannah WEBSTER, b. 1721, d. Andover, NH 17 Sep 1807, the daughter of Ebenezer Webster and Hannah Judkins. Samuel was a private in Capt Light's company, Col Samuel Moore's regiment that took part in the expedition to Louisburg, Nova Scotia in 1745. Samuel and Hannah resided in Kingston until 1753, when they settled in Salisbury, NH on land purchased from Jonathan Sanborn, 1 March 1753. On 16 Aug 1754, Samuel was preparing to build a new house, and while clearing a meadow he and Robert Barber were captured by Indians, and taken to St. Francis, in Canada. He was held for two years, until ransomed back to freedom. When he returned, he competed the house, which was still standing in 1913. Samuel was still living in Salisbury in 1776 when he signed the Association Test there. Sometime shortly thereafter he and Hannah moved to Andover, where they spent their final years. Samuel and Hannah had eleven children, born 1741 to 1762, all births recorded in the Kingston vital records, though several of the later children were certainly born in Salisbury. Samuel and Hannah both have grave markers in the Boston Hill Cemetery in Andover. [78]
  • Mary, b. 1718, d. Stratham, NH 14 Oct 1753, m. Amesbury, Mass. 27:5m:1738 (27 July 1738, since the old calendar was still in use until 1752) Benjamin HOAG, assumed to be the one born in Amesbury 17:6m:1712 (17 Aug 1712), the son of Joseph and Sarah Hoag. In his will, Thomas Scribner knew that his wife was pregnant, and thus stated "if my wife should have another son, or daughter..." It turns out that she had this daughter, who Noyes, et al, simply state that he "provided for another child born about six months later,"[9] meaning that she was born in late 1718. Mary and Benjamin had four children, born in Stratham, NH 1742 to 1752. Following Mary's death, Benjamin m. Kingston, NH 13 Feb 1756 Mary Martin, b. Amesbury 10 March 1709/10.

Possible children of Hannah with her second husband, Charles Hunt:

  • Margaret, b. say 1726
  • Penelope, b. say 1728
  • Sarah, b. say 1730

(8g) Philip Welch

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NEHGR 23(1869):417-19; Welch Gen (1947):3-16,18-42 Welch family: [79] [80]

Philip Welch was born c. 1643 (aged 36 in March 1680), in Ireland, liv. Ipswich, Mass. July 1700, m. Ipswich 20 Feb 1666/7 Hannah HAGGETT, b. say 1646, liv. 1691. He presumably was brought from Ireland in 1654, sailing aboard the vessel Goodfellow of which George Dell was the master. According to the June 1661 testimony of John Ring and John Downing, several lads were stolen "in ye night out of theyr beds" and taken to Mr. Dill's ship. Before being discovered, Dill had to depart quickly, leaving provisions behind, according to the testimony. Downing further testified that he and three or four others were stolen by the shipmaster or someone he hired, and specifically named William Downy and Philip Welch as being among the victims. After the ship landed in Boston, Dell sold two of the captives, William Dallton and Edward [sic] Welch to Samuel Symonds for 26 pounds in merchandise. A September 1653 law directed 300 men (from Ireland) between 12 and 50 years of age to be found within 20 miles of Cork, Youghal, Kinsale, Waterford, and Wexford, and transported to New England. This slave trade took place until rescinded in March 1655. The boys were fortunate to be in the hands of Symonds, who became Deputy Governor of the Bay Colony in 1673, and they worked as servants of Symonds at his Ipswich, Mass. home. Philip is next heard from in 1659 when he testified in court concerning a case of trespass between his master and Major General Denison. Philip was to serve for eleven years, but in 1661, after seven years, William and Philip made an effort to free themselves and better their condition, by taking their case to the courts. This was not successful, and it appears therefore that Philip served till 1665. He was married the following year. Shortly after his marriage the family moved to Topsfield, where several children were born, but in 1675 Philip was pressed into service during King Philip's War, and his residence was Wenham at the time, which was the home of his wife. In 1676 the family moved to Marblehead, where Philip was a fisherman for a while. Following another move to Topsfield and back to Marblehead, he ultimately moved back to Ipswich by 1681, where he died. Children:

  • Philip, b. Ipswich 27 Dec 1668, m. c. 1692 Elizabeth CAME, daughter of Arthur Came, b. say 1672, liv. 1714/5. They lived in York (now Maine), and had ten children born there from 1694 to 1714/5.
  • John, b. Topsfield 27 Nov 1670, d. Norwich, CT 6 May 1728, m. Sarah _______, liv. Norwich 1731. They lived in Topsfield, Ipswich, and Beverly, Mass., then moved to Preston, CT by 1698. Though called of Norwich, he actually resided in what is today Preston and Griswold, CT. His will was dated 13 Feb 1727/8 and proved 24 May 1728. They had ten children born from 1693 to 1712.
  • David, b. Topsfield 27 Aug 1672
  • Thomas, b. 12 July 1674, d. young.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1676, d. Kingston, NH 6 Oct 1745, m. Haverhill, Mass. by 1703 Mary JUDKINS, daughter of Joseph Judkins and Abigail Folsom. They had eleven children born from 1702/3 to 1724/5.
  • Moses, b. Ipswich 25 Nov 1685, d. Kittery, ME 1756, m. (int. 13 April 1706) Rebecca DODD. His will was dated 7 Jan and proved 19 Oct 1756, They had ten children b. from c. 1706 to c. 1724.
  • Hannah, b. prob. Ipswich say 1687 (poss. child born as late as 1730), m. Thomas SCRIBNER (see above).
  • Thomas, b. Ipswich 13 Apirl 1691, may have gone to Vuluntown, CT; Warwick, RI; and Plainfield, CT.

(9g) Henry Haggett

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Welch Gen (1947):16-17; 50 GM Colonists (1990):165-7

Henry Haggett, b. c. 1596 (aged 40 in 1638; aged about 83 in 1676/7), d. Wenham, Mass. 24 Jan 1677/8, and m. say 1638 Ann _______, b. say 1619, liv. 1676. It is likely that he was the "Henry Hangert, aged 40 servant to John Ludwell" who sailed aboard the Confidence, which left Southampton, England at the end of April 1638. If so, he probably spent the next four years working off his debt to Ludwell, and then received a grant of land in 1642 in the part of Salem that later became Wenham. The difficulty with this is that there is no further record of Ludwell in New England. In 1644 Ann Haggett was in the Salem court, and was acquitted over some matter concerning a "cockinoven" (cooking oven?). In March 1647/8 Haggett and Rice Edwards were admonished in court for fighting together, and in Nov 1648 Haggett's wife was fined "for wishing the curse of God on Rice Edwards..." In Sep 1649 Ann, wife of Henry Haggett was again in court for "beating her child and calf in a cruel manner with a curtle axe..." In 1651 Henry was released from training due to infirmity. There is no record of any town or church involvement. Henry's will was dated 7:12mo:1676 (7 Feb 1676/7) and proved a year later on 26 March 1678. His inventory was taken 13 March 1678 [1677/8?] totalling 162 pounds with 15 pounds in debt. Children:

  • Deliverance, b. say 1641, m. Ipswich 19 Sep 1662 Alexander THOMPSON, who d. 17 Dec 1693. Alexander was a Scottish prisoner taken at the Battle of Worcester. They had ten children.
  • Moses, b. say 1643, m. Andover, Mass. 23 Oct 1671 Joanna ThOMPSON.
  • Mary, b. c. 1645, d. Windham, CT 5 Nov 1625, aged about 79, m. c. 1663 John ROSS, a Scottish prisoner taken by Cromwell and exiled to New England 1650-1. Mary was named, without surname, in her father's 1676/7 will. They had 13 children and resided in Ipswich, Mass. and Windham, CT.
  • Hannah, b. say 1646, m. 20 Feb 1666/7 Philip WELCH (see above).
  • Abigail, b. say 1648, m. Rowley, Mass. 22 Sep 1668 Thomas SPOFFORD, son of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott. Abigail was not named in her father's 1676/7 will, as were her siblings, so she had probably died by then, without surviving children.
  • Henry, b. say 1650, d. Wenham 5 Dec 1730, m. (1) say 1690 Elizabeth _______, d. 7 Aug 1705; m. (2) (int 1 Dec 1711) Lydia (_______) Sachwell of Ipswich, prob. Widow of John Sachwell. Henry was heir and executor to his father's 1676/7 will. He was made freeman in 1670 and was constable of Wenham 1681-3. He had several children born roughly 1690 to 1705.

(10g) Benjamin Butterfield

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NEHGR 44(1890):33-36; Gt Migr Newsletter 15(2006):20,22; NEHGR 106(1952):31

Benjamin Butterfield, b. say 1605, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 2 March 1687/8 (VR), m. (1) in England say 1632 Anna _______, b. say 1612, d. Chelmsford 19 May 1661 (VR). He m. (2) Chelmsford 3 June 1663 (VR) Hannah (Chawkley) Whittemore, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England c. 1611, d. Chelmsford 19:3m:1677 (19 May 1677) aged 65, widow of Thomas Whittemore (1593-1661) of Hitchin, Herts., and Charlestown and Malden, Mass. Benjamin is first of record in New England at Charlestown, Mass. Bay Colony in 1638, but was in Woburn by 1640, when he appears on the list of the town's 32 founders. He was made a freeman at Woburn in 1643 and was on a tax list there in 1645. In 1654 he was a founding member of the new town of Chelmsford, and settled there the following year. He built his house on land that was later in the 4th ward of Lowell, Mass. Children, all with wife Anna (baptisms found in the Chelmsford records):

  • Mary, b. England say 1633, d. 5 Sep 1666, m. Chelmsford 15 Sep 1653 (VR) Daniel BLOGGET.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1636 "son of Benjamin" bapt. 1:12m:1656 (1 Feb 1656/7), aged about 20 years, d. Feb [1662/3?].
  • Jonathan, b. c. 1641, bapt 1:11m:1656 (1 Jan 1656/7), aged about 15 years, d. Chelmsford 3 April 1673 (VR), m. Cambridge, Mass. 12 June 1667 Mary DIXON, b. 17 June 1649 or 1650, d. Chelmsford 8 April 1673 (VR), daughter of William Dixon of Cambridge, Mass. On 17 June 1673, administration of the estate of Jonathan was granted to his father, Benjamin Butterfield, and his father-in-law William Dix "in behalf of ye children of ye said Jonathan." An inventory was dated 15 April 1673. They had two or three children, b. 1670 to c. 1673.
  • Nathaniel, b. Woburn, Mass. 14 Feb 1642/3, bapt. 1:12m:1656 (1 Feb 1656/7) aged about 11 1/2 years [in reality, he was almost 14], m. Chelmsford 31 Dec 1668 Deborah UNDERWOOD (see below).
  • Samuel, b. Woburn 17 May 1647, bapt 1:12m:1656 (1 Feb 1656/7), aged about 8 years, d. Chelmsford 30 July 1714 (VR), m. Mary ________, who d. Chelmsford 25 Jan 1702/3 (VR). His will was dated 26 April 1703 and probated 1 July 1715, naming two sons and four daughters, but apparently no wife. The six children were likely born in the timeframe of 1675 to 1690.
  • Joseph, b. Woburn 15 Aug 1649, bapt. 1:12m:1656 (1 Feb 1656/7), aged about 6 years, d. 1720, m. Chelmsford 12:3m:1674 (12 May 1674, but another record says "2m" meaning 12 April 1674) Lydia BALLARD, b. c. 1654, living in 1728, daughter of Joseph Ballard. The inventory of his estate was dated 22 Dec 1720. Administration wasn't granted until 16 Sep 1728 when "At the desire of the Widow, within named, of Joseph Butterfield, only surviving son of said deceased, of Simon Tompson and Ephraim Waters, Husbands to two of Deceased's Daughter, Adminstration on ye said Deceased's Estate is granted to Joshua Fletcher of Chelmsford, yeoman. Joseph Butterfield of said Town Surety--300 pounds". Joseph and Lydia had six known children born 1680 to c. 1691.

(9g) Nathaniel Butterfield

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NEHGR 44(1890):34-35,37

Nathaniel, son of Benjamin and Anna Butterfield, was b. Woburn, Mass. 14 Feb 1642/3, living in Dec 1719, and m. Chelmsford 31 Dec 1668 Deborah UNDERWOOD, b. c. 1652, baptized at Chelmsford 1:12mo:1656 (1 Feb 1656/7), aged about 4 years, d. Chelmsford 25 June 1691 (VR), daughter of William and Sarah Underwood. On 10 Jan 1709/10 Nathaniel divided his properties in the northern part of Chelmsford to his three sons, Benjamin, Samuel, and Nathaniel. Following the death of his son Benjamin, an entry in the appraisal of the estate, dated Dec 1719, states that Nathaniel was then living, aged 76. Children: [81]

  • Deborah, b. Chelmsford 1 June "1660" (VR--obviously an error, as her parents weren't married until 1668; the widely held assumption is that the year should be 1670, as this fits with the parents' marriage and the sequencing of the children); m. Chelmsford 16 Feb 1697 [1696/7?] William LANGLEY, b. 12 March 1669 [1668/9?], the son of John and Hannah Longley of Groton, Mass.
  • Nathaniel, b. Chelmsford 28:1mo:1673 (28 March 1673), d. 5 March 1748/9, m. (1) Chelmsford 18 Jan 1697/8 Sarah FLETCHER, b. 26 May 1679, d. Chelmsford 19 June 1734 (10 June per gravestone) (VR), daughter of Lt William Fletcher and Sarah Richardson; m. (2) Alice _______, liv. 1749. Three children are known. Sarah has an extant gravestone in Forefather's Burying Ground, Chelmsford. [82]
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1675, m. c. 1697 Sarah BATES.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1678, d. 1737, m. Chelmsford 7 Dec 1703 (VR) Rachel SPALDING, b. c. 1682, daughter of Deacon Andrew Spalding and Hannah Jeffts. In 1704 he was given four pounds for slaying an Indian, then the following year was captured by Indians, but survived and returned home. He was a tailor. His will, dated 24 Oct 1734, was probated 26 Dec 1737. He and Rachel had nine children, born c. 1704 to 1726.
  • Joseph, b. Chelmsford 6 June 1680 (VR), d. Tyngsborough, Mass. 4 April 1757, m. Concord, Mass. 22 Nov 1709 Sarah COLBURN, b. Chelmsford 8 Dec 1685, d. there 2 Jan 1759, the son of John and Elizabeth Colburn. Joseph's will, dated 20 Sep 1745, was proved 26 May 1757, naming wife Sarah, three sons, three daughters, and a grandson.
  • Jonathan, b. Chelmsford c. 1683, d. Chelmsford 17 April 1750 in his 67th year, m. after 1711 Mercy (PARISH) Richardson, b. Groton, Mass. 5 Jan 1667/8, d. Chelmsford 25 April 1743, the daughter of Robert and Mary Parish and the widow of Josiah Richardson, b. Chelmsford 18 May 1665, d. there 17 Oct 1711, who she had married in Chelmsford 14 Dec 1687. Jonathan and Mercy both had gravestones in Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford, but it is uncertain if they have survived. [83]
  • William, b. Chelmsford 5 Jan 1686[1685/6?] (VR)
  • Sarah, b. Chelmsford 6 March 1689[1688/9?] (VR)

(8g) Benjamin Butterfield

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NEHGR 44(1890):36

Benjamin, b. Chelmsford c. 1675, d. Chelmsford 24 July 1715 (VR), was the son of Nathaniel Butterfield and Deborah Underwood. He died "with a fall out of his cart" according to the Woburn vital record. He m. Chelmsford 16 Feb 1697 [1696/7] Sarah BATES, b. c. 1682, d. Chelmsford 5 April 1735, in her 53d year, daughter of John Bates and Mary Farwell. Benjamin's estate was appraised on 23 Jan 1715/6 by Moses Barron, William Fletcher, and William Langley. On 24 Feb 1715/6 Benjamin's widow Sarah gave bond and was given administration of her husband's estate. On 8 Dec 1719 the estate was distributed, first to son John, and he to pay his four sisters. Sarah made an accounting on 1 March 1720/1, still as the widow of Benjamin. Sarah married secondly (int Chelmsford 14 Jan 1722/3) David Carver as his third wife, and she m. (3) (int Chelmsford 20 April 1728) Ensign Richard Hildreth. CAUTION: Benjamin had a first cousin Benjamin Butterfield, son of Joseph, who was born and died at about the same time, but his wife's name was Elizabeth. The children of both Benjamins appear in the Chelmsford vital records at about the same time. The subject Benjamin was a few years older, and called "Benjamin, Sr." in the Chelmsford vital record, whereas his cousin, also known as Sgt. Benjamin, was called "Benjamin, Jr." Sarah has an extant gravestone in the Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford, as the wife of Richard Hildreth; Benjamin is certainly there as well, but has no stone. Children of Benjamin and Sarah, all b. Chelmsford: [84]

  • John, b. 12 Jan 1697/8 (VR), m. Anne HILDRETH
  • Sarah, b. 23 Sep 1701 (VR), d. Chelmsford 11 Aug 1788, m. c. 1718 Zachariah RICHARDSON, b. Chelmsford Feb 1695/6, d. there 23 March 1776, the son of Lt. Josiah Richardson and Mercy Parish. Sarah and Zachariah had 12 children. Sarah and Zachariah have extant gravestones in the Forefather's Burying Ground in Chelmsford. The death age for Sarah on her stone is 78, which is incorrect; it should be 87. [85]
  • Mary, b. 25 Aug 1706, d. 24 Oct 1754, m. 17 Jan 1737 Samuel SEARLES, b. 1 March 1707, d. 8 Jan 1758, son of Samuel Searles and Sarah Perham of Dunstable. They had three known children born from 1738 to 1744.
  • Lidiah, b. 11 Nov 1711 (VR), living 8 Dec 1719 when named in the division of her father's estate.
  • Abiel (or Abiah), b. Chelmsford 2 April 1716 (VR) after her father died ("d[au]. Benjamin, deceased, and Sarrah"), m. Westford, Mass. 3 Feb 1736/7 John READ of Westford. John is called "jr." in his marriage record, suggesting that he is the John Read born Chelmsford 3 Feb 1709, son of John and Jane Read.

(7g) John Butterfield I

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NEHGR 44(1890):40

John, born in Chelmsford, Mass. 12 Jan 1697/8, died there 8 Jan 1766, aged 68 (VR), was the son of Benjamin Butterfield and Sarah Bates of Chelmsford. He was married (intention in Chelmsford 10 Dec 1721) to Anne HILDRETH, b. Chelmsford 3 Sep 1705, and buried there 24 Feb 1784, aged 81 (First Congr. Church records). She was the daughter of Ephraim Hildreth and Anna Moore. In January 1728/9, John purchased a large portion of the Brenton farm in Naticook. He was titled "Capt" in the birth records of his last three children, and in his death record. His estate included slaves. On 24 March 1763 he divided his Chelmsford lands among his sons, reserving life interest. One source says that he and Anne are buried in the Forefather's Burying Ground in Chelmsford, and that a family monument was erected to them in 1813; however, only a marker for him has been found. He and Anne had ten children, all born Chelmsford: [86] [87]

  • Anna, b. 29 Aug 1723 (VR), d. Chelmsford 25 May 1786, and m. Chelmsford 8 Nov 1743 Isaiah FOSTER, b. Chelmsford 16 Nov 1720, d. Chelmsford 17 Nov 1808, the son of Ebenezer Foster and Lydia Butterfield. Anna has an existing grave marker in the Forefather's Burying Ground, Chelmsford. [88]
  • Sarah, b. 3 Sep 1725 (VR), d. Chelmsford 28 April 1738 (VR), bur. Forefather's Cem. [89]
  • Bridget, b. 20 Nov 1727 (VR), d. Wilton, NH 15 Feb 1781, m. Chelmsford 28 June 1748 Jonathan PARKHURST, b. Chelmsford 12 May 1725, the son of Jonathan Parkhurst. Following Bridget's death, Jonathan m. (2) (intention 5 April 1782) Hannah Cummings of Dunstable. Bridget had eight known children with Jonathan. [90]
  • John, b. 20 Feb 1730/1 (vR), m. Phebe RUSSELL; see below.
  • Lucy, b. 15 June 1733 (VR)
  • Benjamin, b. 10 Aug 1735 (VR), d. Chelmsford 16 Nov 1811, and m. Chelmsford 6 Dec 1758 Olive Procter, b. Chelmsford 29 Mar 1736, d. Chelmsford 21 Aug 1826, the daughter of Gershom and Rebeckah Procter. They do not appear to have grave markers in the Forefather's burial ground, unless they are included in the Capt John Butterfield tomb, erected in 1813.
  • Abial (dau), b. Chelmsford 16 June 1738 (VR)
  • Ephraim, b. 28 July 1741 (VR), bur. Chelmsford 7 June 1777 (First Congr Church records). He is buried in Forefather's Cem. [91]
  • Sarah, b. 4 May 1744 (VR), d. Wilton, NH 16 Feb 1773, m. Chelmsford 26 Mar 1767 Richard WHITING, b. Oxford 22 April 1743, d. Brookline, Vermont 29 Oct 1816, son of Israel Whiting and Hannah Blodgett. Following Sarah's death, Richard m. 1 Oct 1773 Hannah Holt, b. Andover, MA 18 Jan 1754, d. April 1833, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Holt) Holt. Richard moved from Chelmsford to Wilton to Athens, VT.
  • Mary, b. 1 Nov 1746 (VR), d. Chelmsford 20 April 1747

(6g) John Butterfield II

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John Butterfield, the son of John Butterfield and Anne Hildreth, was b. Chelmsford, Mass. 20 Feb 1730/1, d. Goffstown, NH c.1765, and m. prob. Litchfield, NH c. 1752 Phebe RUSSELL, bapt. Andover South Church 16 May 1736, d. 1836, aged 100 years and 6 months, the daughter of Peter Russell and Deborah Crosby. Following John's death, Phebe married about 1775 Samuel Robie of Goffstown, b. Hampton, NH 17 Oct 1717, d. Goffstown 18 Oct 1793, the son of Ichabod Robie and Marie Cass of Hampton Falls. John settled on a farm in Goffstown that was later owned by Henry W. Merrill. According to Hadley, in his History of Goffstown, John was accidentally shot in a blacksmith shop either in Goffstown or nearby, and was brought home on horseback, where he died. He was "buried at the old cemetery near where the buildings at the Hillsborough County Farm now stand" (this written about 1920). Samuel Robie is buried in the Hillside Cem., Grasmere, and it seems likely that Phebe is also buried there. Children of John and Phebe Butterfield, the first born in Litchfield, NH, and the remainder all likely born in Goffstown: [92] [93] [94] [95] [96]

  • John, b. Litchfield, NH 7 Sep 1753, d. New Boston, NH 1828, and m. Naomi STEVENS. [97]
  • Peter, b. 22 Dec 1754, d. 22 Oct 1838, m. (1) Goffstown 1 Oct 1776 Hannah GUY, d. 1803; m. (2) Goffstown 19 Aug 1810 Rachel GREER, b. 1767, d. 24 Oct 1851. He lived and died on his father's homestead. He was a soldier in the RW, and later a captain in the militia. Peter and Rachel both have grave markers in the Hillside Cemetery, Grasmere. Ten children, all with first wife. [98]
  • Sarah "Sally", b. 1758, d. 2 Sep 1850, m. Goffstown 21 Dec 1785 Eliphalet RICHARDS, b. 1761, d. Goffstown 8 Oct 1846, the son of Benjamin Richards and Susanna Eaton. Eliphalet appears on the 1790, 1800, 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses for Goffstown, NH, though in 1820 there are two Elipahlets, and neither one of them has both a male and female aged 45+, but one of them is likely his entry anyway. A modern marker has been erected in the Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown, memorializing Sarah, Eliphalet, and several of their children. [99]
  • Phebe, b. 1760, d. Unity, Sullivan Co.,NH c. 1839, and m. Chester, NH 9 Dec 1779 Nathaniel GLIDDEN, b. Exeter, NH 1747, d. Chester 26 April 1814, the son of Nathaniel Glidden and Anna Lord. Nathaniel was a revolutionary war soldier according to the "Abstract Graves of Revolutionary Patriots" but I have found no record of his service. He is buried in the Village Cemetery in Chester. His probable son, Nathan Glidden, lived in Unity, NH in 1810, 1820, 1830, and 1840, and this is where Phebe went to live following his death. In her will, dated 9 March 1839, she names daughter Polly Carr and grandson Benjamin Carr. [100] [101]
  • Deborah, b. 11 Jan 1762, d. 11 Sep 1840, m. 25 Dec 1781 Jonathan BELL, b. Pelham, NH 23 Apr 1755, d. Goffstown 10 June 1844, the son of William Bell and Abigail Kittridge. Jonathan was a Revolutionary War soldier. Deborah and Jonathan are buried in Hillside Cem., Goffstown. [102] [103]

Children of Samuel and Phebe Robie:

  • Samuel, b. 1777, d. 1865, was married to Deborah Moore, b. 27 March 1776, d. Manchester, NH 8 May 1868, aged 92y 1m 12d. They share a grave marker in the Hillside Cemetery in Goffstown, NH. [104]
  • Polly

(5g) John Butterfield III

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John Butterfield was b. Litchfield, Hillsb., NH 7 Sep 1753, d. New Boston, NH 10 Oct 1828, the son of John Butterfield and Phebe Russell of Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was married in Goffstown in 1771 to Naomi STEVENS, b. Plaistow, NH 24 Oct 1751, d. Goffstown 9 Jan 1816, the daughter of Thomas Stevens and Prudence Merrill of Haverhill, Plaistow, and Goffstown. John was a Revolutionary War veteran. In his history of Hillsborough Co., NH, Hamilton Hurd states that John Butterfield was at Bennington, and that "Butterfield had seen service in both wars [perhaps he means Rev. War and War of 1812] and was a resolute soldier." Hurd goes on to tell stories of Butterfield and his comrades in action. He is given the rank of Major on his gravestone. Butterfield lived on the road leading from the village of Goffstown to the Uncanoonuc Mountains, and appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Goffstown with his large family. He and Naomi had 15 children, all born in Goffstown: [105]

  • John, b. 27 August 1772, likely died young.
  • Lydia, b. 8 July 1774, d. 22 Feb 1795, m. Goffstown 22 Aug 1791 Job DOW, son of Job Dow and Hannah Pattee of Goffstown and later Atkinson, NH. See his entry above. [106]
  • Rebecca, b. 10 September 1775, m. David WILSON. Rebecca and David have fine slate markers in the New Boston Cemetery. [107]
  • Phebe, b. 9 Dec 1776, d. Goffstown 8 July 1854, and married in Goffstown on 15 November 1792 to Enoch DOW, the son of Job Dow and Hannah Pattee of Goffstown and later Atkinson, NH. Together they had 11 or possibly 12 children. Phebe was enumerated on the 1850 census for Goffstown with her daughter Naomi, whose age of 40 is too low by about 10 years, and a possible daughter, Henrietta, b. ca 1812 (aged 38). Phebe is buried with a grave marker in Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown. [108]
  • Naomi, b. 23 May 1778, m. Jonathan FORSAITH of Deering, the son of William Forsaith and Jane Wilson. They are buried in the Barnes Bay Cemetery in Chaumont, Jefferson, NY. [109]
  • Jonathan C., b. 1 Oct 1779, d. Goffstown 30 July 1839, and married in Deering, NH on 2 November 1806 Jane "Jenny" Forsaith, the daughter of William Forsaith and Jane Wilson. Jonathan served during the War of 1812, and all of the following three records may pertain to him: a Jonathan C. Butterfield was a private in Steele's 2nd Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia; a Jonathan Butterfield was a first lieutenant in Davis' 1st New Hampshire Regiment; and finally, a Jonathan Butterfield was a first lieutenant in Colonel McCobb's Regiment of U.S. Volunteers. Jonathan and Jenny lived with their family in Goffstown, and are enumerated there on the 1810, 1820, and 1830 federal censuses. Following Jonathan's death, Jenny went to live with one of her children in Ogle County, Illinois. She died there at an advanced age, and is buried there. [110]
  • Prudence, b. 13 Mar 1781, d. New Boston, NH 18 Sep 1818, m. c. 1800 Robert WARREN, b. New Boston 24 Dec 1772, d. New Boston 26 Mar 1857, son of Josiah Warren and Jane Livingstone; 8 children born 1801 to 1818. Robert appears on the 1830 census, aged 50-59, with a female aged 80-89, and seven others. He is also in New Boston in 1840, and in 1850, where he appears with the family of John B. Warren, aged 49. Prudence and Robert share a grave marker in the New Boston Cemetery. [111]
  • Benjamin, b. 27 Mar 1782, d. Goffstown 8 Feb 1871, m. (1) in Goffstown on 20 December 1804 to Dolly BARRON, b. Goffstown 14 June 1785, d. there 5 Feb 1827, the daughter of Col. William Barron and Rebecca Fassett. He was married second in 1827 to Betsey JONES of New Boston. Benjamin appears on the 1820 and 1830 censuses in Goffstown, and in 1830 was aged 40-49, with a female of like age, and an older male, aged 60-69. By 1850 he appears to have been widowed again, living in Goffstown with the Fanner/Farmer family and ten laborers of various ages. In 1860 he was living with the family of Joseph Kennedy, aged 52, in Deering, NH. Benjamin shares a marker with his first wife in Hillside Cemetery, Grasmere (Goffstown), NH. [112]
  • Olive, b. 6 Dec 1783, d. Bedford, NH 30 Aug 1878, m. Goffstown 22 Sep 1803 Robert DUNLAP, b. Bedford 21 Nov 1779, d. Bedford 16 Nov 1865, son of Major John Dunlap and Sarah. Robert was a joiner and a cabinet maker. He appears on every federal census from 1810 to 1860 in Bedford, NH, except for 1840. In 1810 and 1820 he had very large households (10 and 12), and he probably housed workers from his shop, and their families. Olive has not been found on the 1870 census. Olive and Robert are buried in the Bedford Center Cemetery where they share a family monument with several of their children. [113]
  • Daniel, b. 7 Jul 1785, d. Deering, NH 19 April 1877, and married Sarah Warren, b. New Boston, NH 4 Sep 1787, d. there 17 May 1846, the daughter of Josiah Warren and Jane Livingston of New Boston. In 1840 the family was living in New Boston, but after the death of his wife in 1846, Daniel returned to Goffstown, living with his son David and family. In 1860, he was still living with his son David, but in Manchester, NH. Daniel and Sarah are buried in the New Boston Cemetery. [114]
  • William, b. 12 Jul 1787; likely died young.
  • James, b. 30 Aug 1788, d. 20 Aug 1840, m. Goffstown 26 Jan 1808 Lydia BARNES, b. Goffstown 24 Jun 1786, living in 1860, dau of Thomas Barnes and Rachel Barrett. In 1820 he was living in Warren (Addison Co.), VT, and in 1840 he was in Lincoln (Addison Co.), VT. His widow appears on the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Lincoln. He and his wife are most likely buried in the Lee Cemetery in Lincoln, where their son James is buried. [115]
  • child, b. and d. 1790
  • Mary, b. 27 May 1791, d. Goffstown ca 1818, per web account, but I cannot confirm. She m. (1) 23 Nov 1809 Thomas WILSON Jr., b. Concord, NH 1 Nov 1786, the son of Thomas and Mary Wilson; m. (2) Goffstown 27 Jun 1813 (VR) Benjamin W. RICHARDS, b. Goffstown 28 Jan 1794, d. Goffstown 16 May 1844, the son of James Richards and Hannah Walker. A Benjamin Richards served from New Hampshire during the War of 1812, and had a wife named Joanna, but it is not known if this is he. This Benajmin Richards appears on the 1820 census for Goffstown, aged 26-44, with a like-aged female and a son aged less than 10. The son is Thomas W. Rihards, 1817-1896. An older Benjamin Richards is in Goffstown in the 1830 census (aged 50-59), and a more appropriate aged one of the name is in the 1840 Goffstown census, aged 40-49, with female the same age, and another female aged 10-14. Administration of the estate of this Benjamin Richards was given to Presbury West, Jr. of Manchester on 5 June 1844, when the widow and only son of Benjamin declined. [116]
  • Samuel, b. 16 Jan 1793, d. Boston, Mass. 3 July 1860, and was married (1) on 18 Nov 1810 to Nancy VOSE, b. Litchfield, NH c. 1793, d. by 1818, dau of Josiah Vose and Judith Coffin of Francestown. He was married (2) in Pomfret, VT on 5 Jul 1835 to Mary B. WARE of Pomfret, and was married (3) in Charlestown, MA in 1854 to Anna Maria ABBOTT, b. 1821, dau of Samuel and Lucretia Abbott of Charlestown. Samuel studied law with Thomas Jameson and Josiah Forsaith of Goffstown, and Levi Woodbury of Francestown, and was admitted to the bar at Amherst. In 1817 he began practice at Epping, and in 1823 established himself in Andover (Merrimack Co.). He was postmaster in Andover during the Jackson and Van Buren administrations, represented Andover in the legislature in 1846-7, and was a member of the executive council from 1851-2. He appears on the 1840 and 1850 censuses in Andover, then moved to Concord, NH in 1855 where he appears on the 1860 census. A book of Boston, MA burials shows that he died on 3 July (not 4 July as usually stated) and was initially buried in "Central Cemetery" in Boston, and then removed to Concord, NH. This suggests that he died in Boston, perhaps while on business. Samuel has a tall monument in the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, NH, which he shares with his son, John Ware Butterfield. [117]

(10g) William Underwood

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Snow-Estes Anc (1939):1:294-5; Sarah Hildreth Anc(1958):41-3

William Underwood was b. say 1610, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 12 Aug 1697, and m. (1) say 1639 Sarah (______) Pellett, d. Chelmsford 5 Nov 1684; m. (2) 17 March 1684/5 Anne Kidder, widow of Ensign James Kidder of Billerica. William was in New England by 1639, settling in Concord, Mass., but had moved to Chelmsford by 1654, when he attended the first town meeting there on 22 November. He and his wife joined the church the following year. He served as a selectman 14 times between 1667 and 1682. His will was dated 14 March 1693/4 and proved 30 Aug 1697. His inventory taken 24 Aug 1697 totalled 190 pounds. Children, b. Concord, except last b. Chelmsford:

  • Remembrance, b. 27 Feb 1639/40, m. Chelmsford 6 June 1659 Capt. Josiah RICHARDSON (see sandbox d2).
  • Sarah, b. 25 Sep 1641, prob. d. by 1693/4, m. Chelmsford 10 March 1669/70 Daniel BLODGETT, d. 28 Jan 1671/2. She was not named in her father's will, though her children were.
  • Priscilla, b. 16 Feb 1645/6, d. by 1681, m. Chelmsford 6 July 1663 Edward SPALDING, d. 10 Jan 1707/8. Edward m. (2) 22 Nov 1681 Margaret Barrett. Edward was a rep. to the General Court in 1691.
  • Aquilla, b. 3 May 1647, d. 17 June 1657 by drowning.
  • Rebecca, b. 25 Dec 16__ [say 1649], d. 6 April 1650
  • Deborah, b. c. 1652, bapt. Chelmsford 1 Feb 1656/7, aged about 4 years, m. 31 Dec 1668 Nathaniel BUTTERFIELD (see above).
  • Samuel, b. Chelmsford 14 Feb 1655/6, d. Litchfield, NH 5 March 1734/5, "in 85th year" (actually in 80th), m. Sarah _______, d. Litchfield 1734. Only one child, Aquila, b. c. 1692, is known.

(10g) Edward Bates

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GMB (1995) 1:131-3; Snow-Estes Ancestry (1939):296

Edward Bates, b. say 1615, d. c. 1644, and m. c. 1641 Lydia _______, b. say 1621, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 12 Oct 1704. It is highly likely that Lydia m. (2) Concord, Mass. 7 Nov 1645 William Fletcher. Edward was in New England by 1633 when admitted to the Boston church, being one of "our brother Thomas Leveritt's men servants". Leveritt had come from Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Edward was made a freeman in March 1636/7, and held his only known public position as fence viewer in 1639. He was disarmed in Nov 1637, being a supporter of Hutchinson and Wheelwright during the Antinomian Controversy, but must have recanted, as he remained a member of the Boston church. In November 1642 he was excommunicated from that church "for sundry scandalous thefts committed by him and for many lies and unclean dalliances with another man's wife" but on 28 April 1644 he repented and was readmitted to the church. He died shortly thereafter. Only known child:

  • John, b. 9 Jan 1641/2 (calc), bapt. Boston 23 Jan 1641/2 about 14 days old, m. Mary FARWELL (see below).

(9g) John Bates

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Snow-Estes Ancestry (1939):296-8

John, the son of Edward and Lydia Bates, was baptized at the First Church of Boston 23:11mo:1641 (23 Jan 1641/2), aged about 14 days, putting his birth date at about 9 Jan 1641/2. He d. Chelmsford, Mass. 17 April 1722, and m. at Chelmsford 22 Dec 1665 Mary FARWELL, b. Concord, Mass. c. 1642, d. Chelmsford 7 March 1713/4 (VR), the daughter of Henry Farwell and Olive Welby. John served under Capt. Thomas Wheeler during King Philip's War (1675-6), and was later in the Chelmsford garrison in 1691-2. In April 1722 members of this family had contracted small pox, and measures were taken by the town to quarantine the family. Four members of the family died during this epidemic. John called himself a cooper in his will, dated 18 July 1716. John has an extant gravestone in Forefather's Burial Ground, Chelmsford; Mary is assumed to be buried there as well, but her stone has not survived. Children: [118]

  • Mary, b. Chelmsford 8 May 1667, d. Canterbury, CT 20 July 1743, m. (1) c. 1689 Josiah CLEAVELAND, b. Woburn, Mass. 26 Feb 1666/7, d. Canterbury, CT 26 April 1709, the son of Moses Cleaveland and Ann Winn. Mary m. (2) Canterbury, CT 22 Jan 1721/2 Robert BUSWELL, b. Salisbury, Mass. 8 Feb 1666/7, d. Canterbury, CT June 1731, the son of Samuel Buswell and Sarah Keyes. Mary had nine children with her first husband, b. 1690 to 1709.
  • John, b. Chelmsford 22 Dec 1668, d. there 1 May 1722, m. 1693 Deborah SPAULDING, b. Chelmsford 12 Sep 1670, d. there 25 March 1722, the daughter of John Spaulding and Hannah Heald/Hale. John, his wife, his father, and his sister Elizabeth all died within several weeks of each other of smallpox. John has an extant gravestone in Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford, but Deborah's stone is gone. [119]
  • Elizabeth, b. Chelmsford 22 Dec 1671, d. there 9 May 1722, m. Chelmsford 8 Nov 1692 Jonathan RICHARDSON, b. Chelmsford 8 Oct 1667, d. there 18 Feb 1753. Following the death of Elizabeth, Jonathan m. (2) 18 May 1724 Elizabeth Howard. Jonathan and first wife Elizabeth had eight children. The subject Elizabeth has an extant gravestone in the Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford. [120]
  • Lydia, b. Chelmsford 25 Feb 1672/3, d. Middletown, CT 6 Sep 1713, m. Chelmsford 22 July 1695 Samuel COTTON, b. Boston, Mass. c. 1666, d. 1738, the son of John Cotton and Mary Stow. Samuel's will, dated Middletown, CT 16 Nov 1737, was proved 2 May 1738, with inventory taken 28 April 1738 by Benjamin Adkins, Jonathan Allyn, and William Rockwell.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1677, d. Chelmsford 5 April 1735 in her 53rd or 58th year, m. (1) Benjamin BUTTERFIELD (see above); m. (2) (int Chelmsford 14 Jan 1721/2) David CARVER, d. Canterbury, CT 17 Sep 1727; m. (3) (int Chelmsford 20 April 1728) Ens. Richard HILDRETH, d. Chelmsford 26 April 1760.
  • Rebecca, b. c. 1680, d. 6 July 1682.

(11g) William Farwell

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Snow-Estes Anc (1939):299-301; Farwell Gen (1929):12-22

William Farwell, b. say 1580, was bur. Boston, Lincolnshire, England 5 Sep 1637, and m. (1) say 1605 _______, d. by 1617; m. (2) Boston, Eng. 17 July 1617 Joan (_______) Cole, bur. Boston, Eng. Jan 1641/2. It is possible that William was the son of James Farwell of South Raynham, Norfolk, England,[whose will was] dated 2 Nov 1595 and proved 28 Jan 1596/7, naming two minor sons, Henry and William. William was a tailor, and in 1620 was admitted a freeman of the Boston (England) Borough. This indicates that he was not a native of Boston, though he married his second wife there in 1617. In 1631 he was elected Sergeant at Mace of the borough, but resigned due to bodily infirmities. On 9 Feb 1635/6 William conveyed property in Boston, Eng. in conjunction with his son Henry and Henry's wife Olive. William's will was dated 1 Sep 1637, naming wife Joan sole executrix. Joan's will was dated 16 Jan 1641[/2], naming her husband's children and grandchildren, along with her own relatives. Children, all with first wife:

  • Henry, b. say 1605, m. Olive WELBY (see below)
  • Rebecca, b. say 1608, m. ______ NIXON.
  • Sarah, b. say 1610, m. 5 April 1630 Simon CLARKSON.
  • Mary, b. say 1612, m. 26 Feb 1632 Richard PICKERING.

(10g) Henry Farwell

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Snow-Estes Anc (1939):302-6; Farwell Gen (1929):23-28,39-46

Henry, the son of William Farwell, b. Boston, Lincolnshire, England say 1605, d. Chelmsford, Mass. "suddenly" 1 Aug 1670, m. St. Botolph's church, Boston, Eng. 16 April 1629 Olive WELBY, bapt. Moulton, Lincolnshire, Eng. 1604, d. Chelmsford 1 March 1691/2, daughter of Richard Welby and Frances Bulkeley. It is very likely that Henry and Olive brought their children to New England after the death of Henry's father in Sep 1637, so they likely emigrated in early 1638. They settled in Concord, Mass. where Henry took the oath of allegiance on 14 March 1638/9, and was made freeman in 1639; he was a tailor by trade. The family moved to Chelmsford, Mass. about 1655, where Henry became a deacon in the church. His will was dated 12 July 1670 with wife Olive and son Joseph as executors; his inventory was dated 5 Aug 1670. Children, first three baptized Boston, England, and the remainder born Concord, Mass.:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. 27 May 1630, d. Taunton, Mass. 9 Nov 1670, m. c. 1651 Joseph WILBUR, bapt. Sible Hedingham, Essex, England 28 Feb 1629/30, d. Taunton 27 Aug 1691, son of Samuel Wilbore and Ann Bradford. They lived in Taunton, in the Plymouth Colony, where Joseph served on a Grand Jury several times, was Constable and also Surveyor of Highways. His will, dated 1 April 1690 and proved 18 Nov 1691, left to his daughter Anna Wilbur, and to several of his nephews and nieces, children of his brother Shadrach. Anna's birth was recorded as 7 May 1672, which means that she was born of a second wife, if the first wife's death date is correct. Some have interpreted her birth year as 1652, which means she is Elizabeth's daughter. Anna's marriage date of 25 Feb 1691/2 suggests the 1672 birth year.
  • Samuel, bapt. 9 June 1633, bur. Boston, Eng. 20 June 1634.
  • John, bapt. 25 Oct 1635, d. Concord, Mass. 1686, m. (1) Concord 4 Nov 1658 Sarah WHEELER, b. Concord 22 June 1640, d. there 23 May 1662, daughter of Timothy and Jane Wheeler; m. (2) Sarah FISKE, daughter of Rev. John Fiske of Chelmsford. John's will was dated 6 April 1685 and probated on 15 Sep 1686. John had a daughter, Sarah, with his first wife, b. 2 May 1662, just prior to the wife's death.
  • Joseph, Ens., b. 26 Feb 1640/1, d. Dunstable, Mass. 31 Dec 1722, m. Chelmsford 25 Dec 1666 Hannah LEARNED, b. c. 1646, liv. 1722, daughter of Isaac Learned and Mary Stearns. They had ten children born from 1667/8 to 1692. His will was dated 13 Nov 1711. He has a gravestone in the Old Dunstable Cem., now Nashua, NH?
  • Mary, b. c. 1643, d. 1714, m. John BATES (see above).
  • Olive, b. c. 1645, m. Chelmsford 30 Oct 1668 Benjamin SPAULDING, b. Braintree, Mass. 7 April 1643, d. by 1708, son of Edward and Rachel Spaulding. They settled in Canterbury, CT. They had five known children born from 1669/70 to c. 1687.

(17g) Roger de Welby

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Farwell Gen (1929):36

Rogert de Welby de Multon, b. say 1355, d. 1410, m. say 1380 Margaret ______, named in husband's will. Roger was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1397. In 1401 he and others granted land to the St. Botolph's church. His will was dated "on Monday in the feast of St. Dustan" and proved in 1410; he was bur. at Multon (now Moulton). Child:

  • Richard, b. say 1385
  • Adlard, b. say 1390

(16g) Richard Welby I

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Farwell Gen (1929):36

Richard, b. say 1385, the son of Roger de Welby, was named in his father's will along with his brother Adlard. He was knight of the shire for County Lincoln in 1421. Child:

  • Richard, b. say 1415

(15g) Richard Welby II

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Farwell Gen (1929):34-5

Richard Welby, b. say 1415, the son of Richard Welby, d. 1465, m. _______ STYNTE, daughter and heir of Thomas Stynte. This may have been the wife Janet named in Richard's will. Richard was bur. in St. Catharine's Chapel in Moulton, Lincolnshire. His will was dated 12 Aug 1465 and proved the same year.

Children:

  • Richard, will dated 12 Nov 1487
  • Thomas, m. Joan LEAKE (see below).

(14g) Thomas Welby I

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Farwell Gen (1929):33

Thomas Welby, b. say 1455, bur. Croyland (Lincolshire?) 1496, m. say 1485 Joan LEAKE, b. say 1465, d. 1488, daughter of Sir Richard Leake, Knight. He was titled Esq, J.P. 1483, was the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1491-2, and of Gedney in 1496. He was buried near the tomb of his brother Richard Welby in St. Mary's Chapel. Child:

  • Thomas, b. c. 1488, m. Catherine BRAY.

(13g) Thomas Welby II

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Farwell Gen (1929):32

Thomas Welby, b. c. 1488 (aged 8 in 1496), d. c. 1524, and m. Catherine BRAY, liv. 1524, daughter of Thomas (or John) Bray of County Middlesex. Catherine m. (2) _______ Hall. Child:

  • Thomas, b. say 1520

(12g) Thomas Welby III

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Farwell Gen (1929):32

Thomas, the son of Thomas Welby, b. say 1520, d. Bath 1570 and was bur. "within the church of Stallys." He m. Irnham 20 July 1560 Elizabeth (THIMBLEY) St. Paul, liv. 1571, the daughter of Sir Richard Thimbley, Knight, of Irnham, and widow of John St. Paul of Nettleton. His will was dated 1570. Child:

  • Richard, bapt. Moulton, England 1564.

(11g) Richard Welby

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Farwell Gen (1929):30,32; Bulkeley Gen.:23

Richard Welby was bapt. Moulton, Lincolnshire, England 1564, m. Whaplode, Lincolnshire 1595 Frances BULKELEY, b. say 1568, bur. Moulton 1610, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkeley and Olive Irby. Children:

  • Thomas, bapt. Whaplode 1597, m. (lic. 15 Feb 1619/20) Elizabeth PARKE. He was mayor of Boston 1645, and was indicted for high treason for having joined with Parliament against Charles I.
  • Ann, bapt. Moulton 1600
  • Anthony, bapt. Whaplode 1602, bur. 1603
  • Olive, bapt Moulton 1604, m. Henry FARWELL (see above)
  • Edward, bapt. Moulton 1609

(18g) Peter Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):4

Peter Bulkeley, b. say 1345, liv. 1390, m. say 1370 Nichola le BIRD, b. say 1350, daughter of Thomas le Bird. Peter was a scion of the Bulkeleys of Bulkeley, Cheshire, England, and held the estate of Haughton, Cheshire. "Letters Patent granting annuity of 100 shillings to Peter de Bulkeley of Halghton by King Richard II, 28 Sept. 1390." Child:

  • John, b. say 1375, m. Audrey TITLEY.

(17g) John Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):4-5

John, son of Peter Bulkeley and Nichola le BIRD, of Haughton, b. say 1375, d. 1450, and m. say 1405 Audrey TITLEY, b. say 1385, daughter and heir of John Titley of Woore, Shropshire, Eng. "Letters Patent granting John son of Peter de Bulk-ley six pence pension as archer of the Crown, 1399. Child:

  • Hugh, b. say 1415, m. Helen WILBRAHAM.

(16g) Hugh Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):5

Hugh Bulkeley, of Woore, son of John Bulkeley and Audrey Titley, was b. say 1415, m. say 1455 Helen WILBRAHAM, b. say 1430, daughter of Thomas Wilbraham of Woodley, Esq. Child:

  • Humphrey, b. say 1455, m. Cecily MOULTON.

(15g) Humphrey Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):5

Humphrey Bulkeley of Woore, son of Hugh Bulkeley and Helen Wilbraham, was b. say 1455, m. say 1485 Cecily MOULTON, b. say 1465, daughter and heir of John Moulton, of Moulton (Lincolnshire?). Child:

  • William, b. say 1490, m. Beatrice HILL.

(14g) William Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):5

William Bulkeley, of Oakley, son of Humphrey Bulkeley and Cecily Moulton, was b. say 1490, d. 4 March 1571, m. say 1515 Beatrice HILL, b. say 1495, daughter and coheir of William Hill and Alice de Bunbury of Buntingsdale, Shropshire. The Hills held arms. Child:

  • Thomas, b. say 1515, m. Elizabeth GROSVENOR.

(13g) Thomas Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):5-6

Thomas Bulkeley of Woore, son of William Bulkeley and Beatrice Hill, was b. say 1515, d. 1591, m. say 1540 Elizabeth GROSVENOR, b. say 1520, daughter of Randall Grosvenor of Bellaport, Shropshire. They lived in Buntingsdale in the parish of Market Drayton, Shropshire. Children:

  • Edward, b. c. 1540 (see below)
  • Rowland, b. say 1542, liv. 1596, m. Elizabeth BARKER, daughter of George Barker of Coulshurst, Shropshire.
  • Margaret, liv. 1597, m. Thomas SMITH of Longstowe, Shropshire, d. c. 1599, yeoman. In his will dated 24 July 1597 and proved 12 May 1599, Thomas named wife Margaret and several daughters.
  • Anne, m. William GREENE
  • Catherine, m. (as his second wife) George BARKER of Coulshurst, Shropshire, perhaps the one whose will was proved at Lichfield in 1599. They had three known children.

(12g) Rev. Edward Bulkeley

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):14-17

Edward Bulkeley, D.D., second son of Thomas Bulkeley of Woore, Shropshire and his wife, Elizabeth Grosvenor, was born c. 1540, bur. Odell, Bedfordshire 5 Jan 1620/1, and m. c. 1566 Olive IRBY, b. say 1547, bur. Odell 10 March 1614/5, daughter of John Irby and Rose Overton. He matriculated pensioner from St. John's College, Cambridge on Michaelmas 1555, BA 1559/60, MA 1563, BD 1569, DD 1578, and Fellow 1560. He became rector of Odell about 1571. He was Prebend of Chester in 1574, of Westminster 1583, of Lichfield 1594, and was Vicar of St. Mary, Shrewsbury 1578-82. He "was one of the commissioners appointed by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1608 for the "Levye of Armour" in Bedfordshire among the clergy." Edward's will (now lost) was proved Jan 1620/1, in which he called himself doctor of theology. Children:

  • Mary, b. c. 1567
  • Frances, b. c. 1568, bur. Moulton, Lincolnshire 16__, m. Whaplode, Lincolnshire 1595 Richard WELBY (see above).
  • Judith, b. c. 1570
  • Martha, b. c. 1572, m. Abraham MELLOWES, b. say 157_, d. Charlestown, Mass. 1639.
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1574, d. London 1602. In his will, proved 4 Dec 1602, he named his father Edward Bulkeley as executor.
  • Deborah, b. c. 1575
  • Dorcas, b. c. 1577, m. (lic. Dec 1598), as his second wife, Rev. Anthony INGOLSBY, b. c. 1560, d. Fishtoft, Lincolnshire 1627. He was rector of Fishtoft from 1586 until his death. His will was dated 22 April 1627 and proved Oct 1627.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1579, d. Boston, mass. 14 Oct 1643, m. (1) aft Aug 1606 (c. 1614) Richard WHITTINGHAM of Sutterton, Lincolnshire, b. c. 1580, d. 1618; m. (2) Boston, Lincolnshire 9 Jan 1617/8 Atherton HAUGH, d. Boston, Mass. 11 Sep 1650.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1580, d. by 1611, m. say 1597 Oliver St. JOHN of Keysoe, Bedfordshire, Gent., b. say 1575, bur. Keysoe 23 March 1625/6.
  • Paul, b. c. 1581, bur. 19 Oct 1610, admitted pensioner at Queen's College, Cambridge 18 March 1600/1; BA 1604/5; MA 1608; Fellow 1607-10.
  • Peter, b. 31 Jan 1582/3, d. Concord, Mass. 9 March 1658/9, m. (1) Goldington, Bedfordshire 12 April 1613 Jane ALLEN, bapt. Goldington 13 Jan 1587/8, bur. Odell, Bedordshire 8 Dec 1626; m. (2) early April 1635 Grace CHETWOOD, b. c. 1602, d. New London, CT 21 April 1669.

(25g) Robert le Grosvenor

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):6

Robert le Grosvenor, b. say 1140, m. say 1165 Alice _______, b. say 1145, d. c. 1232. He received a grant of Budworth in Cheshire from Hugh Kevelioc (1153-1181), an Earl of Chester. Alice m. (2) William de Stretton. Likely children:

  • Randle, b. say 1170
  • Robert, b. say 1175

(24g) Randle le Grosvenor

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):6

Randle, likely son of Robert and Alice le Grosvenor, b. say 1170, d. by 1232, before his mother. He appears to have had two sons:

  • Robert, of Budworth, b. say 1200, d. by 1241, m. Margery _______ and left issue.
  • Richard, b. say 1205

(23g) Richard le Grosvenor

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):6

Richard, son of Randle le Grosvenor, b. say 1205, liv. 1269, had a grant of Hulme, Cheshire from Gralam de Lostock in 1234. Child:

  • Robert, b. say 1240, m. Margery _______

(22g) Robert le Grosvenor I

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):6

Robert, son of Richard le Grosvenor, b. say 1240, d. by 1293, m. say 1265 Margery _______, b. say 1245, was of Hulme, Cheshire, and was bur. at Friar Minors. Child:

  • Robert II, b. say 1275, m. Margery _______

(21g) Robert le Grosvenor II

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):7

Robert, son of Robert and Margery le Grosvenor, b. say 1275, was a minor in 1293, d. by 1328, m. say 1300 Margery _______, b. say 1280. He was of Hulme, Cheshire, did homage in 1305, and served in the Scotch war under Edward II (reigned 1307-1327). Child:

  • Robert III, b. say 1298, m. Emma de MODBURLEGH.

(20g) Robert le Grosvenor III

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):7

Robert, son of Robert and Margery le Grosvenor, b. say 1298, d. by 1342, m. by 1323 (say 1319) Emma de MODBURLEGH, b. say 1300, liv. 1366, daughter and coheir of William de Modburlegh with his wife Maud Downes (daughter of Robert Downes). They were of Rudhearth and later Hulme, Cheshire. Robert did homage in 1328, d. by 1342, and was bur. at Great Budworth. Emma brought to her husband lands in Chorlegh and Werford (Cheshire?). Children:

  • Ralph, b. say 1320, m. Joan _______
  • Robert

(19g) Ralph le Grosvenor

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):7

Ralph, son of Sir Robert le Grosvenor and Emma de Modburlegh, was b. say 1320, d. by 1356, m. say 1345 Joan ______, b. say 1325. Ralph was named in documents in 1342 and 1346. He was bur. at Nether Peover. Child:

  • Sir Robert, b. c. 1342, m. (1) Margaret Danyers; m. (2) Joan (de Pulford) Belgrave.

(18g) Sir Robert le Grosvenor

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):7-8

Sir Robert, son of Ralph and Joan le Grosvenor, was b. c. 1342, d. 22 April 1396, and m. (1) Margaret DANYERS, d. June 1370; m. (2) Joan (de PULFORD) Belgrave, widow of Thomas de Belgrave, and heir to her brother, John de Pulford. Note that a birth year of about 1342 given in the above source, and his great grandfather being a minor in 1293, almost necessitates the birth years given for his father and grandfather, above, due to the compression of possible dates. In 1385, Robert was involved in a major litigation for bearing the same coat of arms as Sir Richard Scrope, first Baron Scrope of Bolton. Jacobus does not tell us the result, but only infers that the Grosvenor claim could not be accepted in all particulars. Child with second wife:

  • Thomas, sir, b. 1377, m. Joan Venables

(17g) Sir Thomas Grosvenor I

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):8

Thomas, son of Sir Robert le Grosvenor and Joan de Pulford, was b. 1377, d. 1429, and m. say 1402 Joan VENABLES, b. say 1382, of Kinderton, Cheshire. Children:

  • Robert, b. c. 1405, of Hulme, Cheshire. His large properties were divided among his six daughters and coheirs.
  • Ralph, ancestor of the Grosvenors of Eaton, "this branch received a baronetcy in 1622, a barony in 1761, an earldom in 1784, and is represented by the Duke of Westminster today [1933]."
  • Thomas, b. say 1415, m. Isabella Peshall.
  • Randall, ancestor of the Grosvenors of Warwickshire.

(16g) Thomas Grosvenor II

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):8

Thomas, son of Sir Thomas Grosvenor and Joan Venables, was b. say 1415, and m. say 1440 Isabella PESHALL, b. say 1420, daughter and coheir of Richard Peshall of Chetwynd and Bellaport, Shropshire. Child:

  • Randall, b. say 1450, m. Margaret Mainwaring

(15g) Randall Grosvenor I

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):8

Randall, son of Thomas Grosvenor and Isabella Peshall, b. say 1450, d. 1 March 1521/2, m. say 1475 Margaret MAINWARING, b. say 1455, daughter of Randall Mainwaring of Carincham, Cheshire.

  • Randall, b. say 1475, m. Anne Charlton

(14g) Randall Grosvenor II

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):9

Randall Grosvenor, son of Randall Grosvenor and Margaret Mainwaring, was of Bellaport, and b. say 1475, d. 1559/60, and m. 1500 Anne CHARLTON, b. c. 1480, daughter of Richard Charlton of Apley, Shropshire. Children:

  • Thomas, eldest son and heir, had a daughter Elizabeth in 1558.
  • Geoffrey
  • Katherine, m. ______ NASH.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1515, m. Thomas BULKELEY (see above).
  • Robert, had a son Thomas in 1558
  • Margery
  • Randall
  • Henry

(26g) Saher de Quincy, Magna Charta Baron

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):11

Saher de Quincy was b. c. 1150, d. 1219, and m. c. 1170 Margaret de BEAUMONT, b. say 1150, d. 1236, daughter of the third Earl of Leicester, and a descendant of the Capetian kings of France. Saher was first Earl of Winchester and a surety of the Magna Charta. Child:

  • Roger, b. say 1180, m. Helen of Galloway

(25g) Roger de Quincy

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Roger, son of Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont, b. say 1180, d. 1264, m. say 1210 Helen, b. say 1190, daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway by his first wife, a daughter of Reginald, Lord of the Isles. Roger was Earl of Winchester. Child:

  • Elena, b. say 1215, m. Alan la Zouche.

(24g) Elena de Quincy

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Elena, daughter of Roger de Quincy and Helen of Galloway, b. say 1215, d. 1296, and m. Alan la ZOUCHE, b. say 1210, d. 1269, first Baron Zouche, and a descendant in the male line of the Vicomtes de Porhoet in Brittany. Child:

  • Sir Roger, b. say 1240, m. Ela Longespee.

(23g) Sir Roger la Zouche

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Sir Roger, Baron Zouche, son of Alan la Zouche and Elena de Quincy, was b. say 1240, d. 1285, and m. c. 1265 Ela LONGESPEE, granddaughter of William de Longespee (1176-1226) and his wife Ela Devereux (1188-1261), he the Earl of Salisbury and a natural son of Henry II of England. Child:

  • Alan, b. 1267, m. Eleanor de Segrave.

(22g) Alan la Zouche

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Alan, son of Sir Roger la Zouche and Ela Longespee, was b. 1267, d. 1314, and m. Eleanor de SEGRAVE. Alan was Baron Zouche of Ash, Leicestershire. Child:

  • Elena, b. 1288, m. (1) Nicholas St. Maur; m. (2) Alan de Charlton

(21g) Elena la Zouche

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Elena, daughter of Alan la Zouche and Eleanor de Segrave, was b. 1288, m. (1) Nicholas St. MAUR; m. (2) c. 1317 Alan de CHARLTON, b. say 1285, d. 3 Dec 1360, of Apley, Shropshire, and prob. brother of John, first Baron Charlton of Powys. Child with second husband:

  • Alan, b. c. 1318/9, m. Margery Fitzaer.

(20g) Alan de Charlton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Alan, son of Alan de Charlton and Elena la Zouche, was b. c. 1318/9, d. 3 May 1349, and m. Margery FitzAER, b. 4 April 1314, d. by 1349. Margery is descended in the male line "and in the eighth generation from Alcher, Domesday Lord of Aston Aer, Harcott, Middleton, Great Withyford, and Albrighton, in Shropshire." Children:

  • John, b. 2 Feb 1340, d. 25 Dec 1380, m. Joan de LANGLEY; no children.
  • Thomas, b. say 1345, m. _______ _______.

(19g) Thomas de Charlton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):12

Thomas, son of Alan de Charlton and Margery fitzAer, was b. say 1345, d. 6 Oct 1387, and married say 1370, wife's name unknown. Children:

  • Anna, b. say 1375, m. William de Knightley.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1382, d. 8 Jan 1399
  • Elena, b. c. 1387, d. 3 July 1400

(18g) Anna de Charlton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):13

Anna, daughter of Thomas de Charlton by unknown wife, was b. say 1375, d. by 1399, m. c. 1393 William de KNIGHTLEY, b. say 1370. Their (presumed only) son was heir of the Charltons of Apley Castle, and adopted that surname.

  • Thomas Charlton, b. 30 March 1394, m. Elizabeth Francis.

(17g) Thomas Charlton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):13

Thomas, son of William de Knightley and Anna de Charlton, was heir of the Charlton holdings of Apley Castle, and adopted his mother's surname. He was b. 30 March 1394, d. 4 Jan 1460, and m. say 1420 Elizabeth FRANCIS, daughter and heir of Sir Adam Francis of London. Child:

  • Robert, b. say 1425, m. Mary Corbet.

(16g) Robert Charlton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):13

Robert, son of Thomas Charlton and Elizabeth Francis, was b. say 1425, d. 1471, and m. say 1450 Mary CORBET, daughter of Robert Corbet of Morton, Shropshire. Child:

  • Richard, b. say 1450, m. Anne Mainwaring.

(15g) Richard Charlton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):13

Richard, son of Robert Charlton and Mary Corbet, was b. say 1450, d. 1522, and m. Anne MAINWARING, daughter of William Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire. Child:

  • Anne, b. say 1480, m. 1500 Randall GROSVENOR (see above).

(14g) Anthony Irby

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):18-20

Anthony Irby of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, Eng. was b. by 1490, d. 21 June 1552, and m. say 1515 Alice BOUNTAYNE, b. say 1495, d. 1557, daughter of John Bountayne [or Bunting], Esq. Anthony's will was dated 20 April 1548. Children:

  • John (see below)
  • Leonard, m. Anne (KNEVITT) Robinson, daughter of Charles Knevitt and widow of Nicholas Robinson. They had two known children.
  • Edmund, d. 1563, m. Elizabeth BRIGHTMAN, liv. 1563. Administration of his estate was granted 13 May 1563.
  • Thomas, of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, Eng., bur. there 30 April 1561, m. Elizabeth SERJEANT, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Serjeant, Esq., of Moulton, Lincolnshire. They had five know children.
  • Kenelm, of Sutterton, Lincolnshire, d. 1584/5, m. Mary _______, and had two children.
  • Giles, no issue
  • Edward, no issue
  • Margaret, m. Henry DEATH of Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
  • Catherine, m. Thomas PEARSON.
  • Jane, m. William BENNETT of Algarkirk.
  • Rose, m. (1) John BOLLES, Gent., of Gosberton; m. (2) Hugh BRADY.
  • Dorothy, m. John DOMESDAY.

(13g) John Irby

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):19-20

John, son of Anthony Irby and Alice Bountaine, was b. say 1515, d. 10 April 1553, and m. say 1545 Rose OVERTON, b. say 1525, d. 1579, daughter of Cutler Overton. Rose m. (2) Richard Buckland, Esq. of Clerkenwell, Middlesex, d. 1558; and m. (3) Richard Beawe, Gent. of London, whom she survived. In 1544, John Irby, Gent., witnessed the will of Hukphrey Purey of Kirton, Lincolnshire. Rose made her will 30 April, proved 17 June 1579. Children of John, presumably all with first wife:

  • Olive, b. say 1547, m. Edward BULKELEY (see above).
  • Phebe, b. say 1549, m. Thomas KIDDALL.
  • Kellam
  • Edward

(14g) Cutler/Cuthbert Overton

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Bulkeley Gen (1933):22

Cutler, or Cuthbert, Overton, b. say 1495, liv. say 1535 (8 children b. say 1520 to 1535) m. say 1520 Olive _______, b. say 1500, d. c. 1546. The family lived in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, near London. Olive's will was dated 19 Dec 1545 and proved 7 June 1546. Children from her will:

  • Katherine
  • Rose, b. say 1525, m. John IRBY (see above).
  • Mary Martha
  • Isabel, m. John CORDALL
  • John
  • William
  • Clement
  • Harry

(9g) Richard Hildreth

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Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):3-10

Richard Hildreth was b. c. 1605, d. Chelmsford, Mass. 23 Feb 1692/3, aged 88, m. (1) c. 1627 Sarah _______, b. say 1607, d. Cambridge, Mass. 15 June 1644; m. (2) c. 1645 Elizabeth _______, b. c. 1625, d. 3 Aug 1693, aged 68. The first record of Richard in New England is on 10 May 1643 when he took the Freeman's Oath, and he was a townsman, or selectman, two years later, apparently in Cambridge, Mass. About 1656, he moved his family to the new town of Chelmsford, where he became a selectman the same year, and grand juror the following year. He was a sergeant in the local militia. Richard's will is dated 11 Feb 1686/7, and proved 26 May 1693. He has an extant gravestone in Forefather's Burial Ground in Chelmsford, and second wife Elizabeth has a stone in Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden. Children with first wife, Sarah: [121]

  • Jane, b. c. 1628, liv. 1697, m. Concord, Mass. 31 Dec 1645 Robert PROCTOR, d. Chelmsford 28 April 1697.
  • James, b. c. 1631 (about 20 in 1651), d. Chelmsford 14 April 1695, m. Dorchester, Mass. 1 June 1659 Margaret WARD, d. Chelmsford "last of" Aug 1693. Administration of his estate was given to son-in-law Israel Proctor on 24 May 1695. They had eleven children born from 1660 to 1680, including one set of twins.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth:

  • Elizabeth, b. Cambridge 21 Sep 1646, liv. 1691, m. 15 Dec 1664 John STEVENS of Boston, d. 6 April 1691.
  • Sarah, b. Cambridge 8 Aug 1648, liv. 1679, m. Cambridge 31 Dec 1674 David STONE, Jr., d. 21 Aug 1679.
  • Mary, b. c. 1650, d. 17 Dec 1730, m. Chelmsford 21 June 1670 Jacob WARREN of Weymouth, d. by 1723. They moved from Chelmsford to Canterbury, CT.
  • Ephraim, b. c. 1654, m. (1) Dorothy BARNES; m. (2) Anna MOORE (see below).
  • Abigail, b. c. 1656, m. Chelmsford 19 June 1684 Moses PARKER, d. 12 Oct 1732. In find-a-grave, the same photo of a headstone and footstone has been used in the memorials for both Abigail and Moses (in Forefather's Cem., Chelmsford), so it is not certain to which the photo belongs, if either. [122]
  • Joseph, b. Chelmsford 16 April 1658, d. 28 Jan 1705/6, m. Woburn 25 Feb 1683/4 Abigail WILSON. He served during King William's War in 1691/2 and was in charge of the Nashoba garrison. He was rep. for Chelmsford in the General Court in 1700. Widow Abigail was given administration of his estate on 10 May 1706. She m. (2), as his third wife, Jonathan Barrett of Chelmsford.
  • Persis, b. Chelmsford 8 Feb 1659[/60?], d. Canterbury, CT 22 Feb 1698[/9?], aged 39, m. Chelmsford 23 May 1682 Samuel CLEVELAND of Woburn, as his second wife. He was in the Chelmsford garrison serving under Maj. Willard in 1676. The family moved to Woburn in 1690; he settled in Canterbury, CT (formerly Plainfield) in 1693, and took his family there in 1696. Samuel m. (2) Margaret, widow of John Fish.
  • Thomas, b. Chelmsford 1 Feb 1661/2, d. there 28 May 1662
  • Isaac, b. Chelmsford 20 July 1663, d. Chelmsford 15 April 1730, and m. 12 Nov 1685 Elizabeth WiLSON of Woburn, d. Chelmsford 4 Jan 1742/3. They lived at Stow, Mass., but were of Woburn in 1691, but by 1698 were in Chelmsford where he and she died.

(8g) Ephraim Hildreth

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Sarah Hildreth Anc (1958):8; We Relate website, citing Anc of Eva Belle Kempton, vol 2 (2008); Wikitree website

Ephraim, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth, was b. c. 1654, d. Westford, Mass. 5 April 1731, and m. (1) Stow, Mass. 11 June 1685 Dorothy BARNES, b. Marlborough, Mass. 6 Feb 1664/5, d. Stow 17 June 1686, daughter of Thomas Barnes and Abigail Goodenow; m. (2) Stow 8 Oct 1686 Anna MOORE of Sudbury, b. Lancaster, Mass. 17 July 1666, bur. Littleton, Mass. 8 April 1760, aged 95, daughter of John Moore and Anne Smith. Ephraim was a private under Maj. Willard in the troop sent from Lancaster to Brookfield to rescure inhabitants gathered at the garrison. He was a Stow innkeeper from 1685-1686, then moved to Chelmsford about 1687, holding the office of selectman and other minor offices. His will was dated 5 March 1730/1 and probated 12 April 1731. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Ephraim and Anna, though their precise burial dispositions remain unknown. Children, all b. Chelmsford: [123]

With first wife, Dorothy:

  • Ephraim, b. c. 1686, d. 1686

With second wife, Anna:

  • Ephraim, b. 28 Oct 1687, d. by 1730. In the Littleton, Mass. book of records, p 423: Thos Chamberlin m. 1713 Abigail, widow of Ephraim Hildreth and had Thomas, b. 1714 and John, b. 1718.
  • Joseph, b. 22 Feb 1689[/90?], d. westford, Mass. 17 Nov 1764, m. Chelmsford 1711 Deliverance BARRETT. They had four known children.
  • Richard, b. 17 April 1691, d. by 1730.
  • James, b. 19 April 1692, d. Chelmsford 11 Dec 1696.
  • Ebenezer, b. 22 May 1696, d. 1762, m. Chelmsford 13 Dec 1719 Sarah SWALLOW.
  • James, b. 23 Dec 1698, d. Westord, Mass. 25 Feb 1761, m. Chelmsford 20 Dec 1721 Dorothy PRESCOTT.
  • Jonathan, b. c. 1701, d. Chelmsford 17 March 1752, m. Hannah SPAULDING.
  • Anna, b. 3 Sep 1705, d. Chelmsford by 1784, m. John BUTTERFIELD (see above).
  • Thomas, b. 25 Sep 1707, d. Chelmsford 7 Oct 1707.
  • Jacob, b. 18 July 1709, d. litchfield NH 1754, m. c. 18 Oct 1730 Abigail HARWOOD.
  • David, b. 16 Aug 1711, liv. 1730 when named in his father's will

(10g) John Moore

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NEHGR 57(1903):300-1; Dawes-Gates Ancestry (1943):446-50; Stevens-Miller Ancestry (1952):147-153; TAG 66(1991):75-7

John Moore, b. say 1600, d. Sudbury, Mass. 6 Jan 1673/4, m. (1) say 1625 name unknown, but named Elizabeth if he is the John Moore of Henham, Essex, b. say 1605, d. say 1632; m. (2) Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England 27 Nov 1633 Elizabeth RICE, bapt. Stanstead, Essex, Eng. 18 Nov 1612, d. Sudbury 14 Dec 1690, daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost of Stanstead, Suffolk, England, and step-daughter of Philemom Whale of Sudbury, Mass., who married the widow of Henry Rice. John Moore was in New England by 1642 when on 1 Sep of that year he bought a dwelling house and land in Sudbury, Mass. from Edmund Rice. He took the oath of fidelity on 9 July 1645. His will was dated 25 Aug 1668 and proved 7 April 1674, he calling himself aged and weak, and naming wife Elizabeth and children. His inventory showed an estate valued at over 804 pounds. Children with unknown first wife, probably born in England:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1626, d. Framingham, Mass. 23 Aug 1705, m. Sudbury 1 Jan 1643[/4] Henry RICE, son of Edmund Rice.
  • John, Ens., b. say 1628, d. Lancaster, Mass. c. 1702, m. (1) Sudbury 16 Nov 1654 Ann SMITH; m. (2) Lancaster 20 Aug 1683 Mary (______) Whitcomb. It is possible that he is John, son of John and Elizabeth Moore, baptized in Henham, Essex, England 11 Nov 1628. He may also have been associated with Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England where the Rice and Whales families resided (see below).
  • poss. Susan, bapt. Henham, Essex as "Suzand, daughter of John More" 17 July 1630, bur. Henham 18 July 1630.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth:

  • Anna, bapt. Berkhamstead 12 Oct 1634, prob. d.y.
  • Richard, b. say 1637, bur. Berkhamstead 7 Nov 1640, son of John.
  • William, b. say 1639, d. Sudbury 25 March 1688, apparently unmarried. He bought land in Sudbury in 1664 and sold 48 acres to his brother Benjamin in 1679.
  • Mary, bapt. Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire 9 Jan 1641/2, d. Sudbury 10 Jan 1702/3, m. (1) Sudbury 8 Sep 1661 Richard WARD, drowned Sudbury 31 March 1666; m. (2) Sudbury 2 or 22 Nov 1667 Daniel STONE, son of John Stone and grandson of immigrant Gregory Stone.
  • Lydia, b. Sudbury 24 June 1643, d. there 23 Nov 1723, m. (1) Sudbury 31 May 1664 Samuel WRIGHT, d. Sudbury 21 Aug 1664; m. (2) Sudbury 15 June 1665 James CUTLER, son of James Cutler.
  • Jacob, Capt., b. Sudbury 28 April 1645, d. there 23 March 1715/6, m. there 29 May 1667 Elizabeth LOKER, b. c. 1648, daughter of Henry Loker. For the Loker ancestry, see NEHGR 143:325-31. They had twelve children born from c. 1668 to c. 1693.
  • Joseph, b. Sudbury 21 Oct 1647, d. there 2 Jan 1725/6, m. (1) by 1668 Lydia MAYNARD, b. say 1648, d. Sudbury 23 Nov 1717, daughter of John Maynard of Sudbury; m. (2), after her husband made his will, Ruth ______, not named in husband's will, but later provided for by two sons of Joseph. Joseph and Lydia had ten children born from 1669 to c. 1689.
  • Elizabeth, b. Sudbury 10 Jan 1649[/50]; in her father's 1668 her sister Lydia was called his youngest daughter, so Elizabeth likely died in childhood.
  • Benjamin, Sgt., b. prob. 1652 (where there is a gap in the Sudbury records), d. Sudbury 29 Oct 1729, m. Sudbury 11 Nov 1686 Dorothy WRIGHT, d. Sudbury 20 Oct 1717, daughter of Edward Wright. He may be the Benjamin Moore who served in the Mt. Hope Campaign of King Philip's War, under Capt. Thomas Prentice. He was a prosperous farmer, and left no will, but left properties to his five sons, which he divided by deeds in 1726. He and Dorothy had ten children born in Sudbury from 1687 to 1704.

(9g) John Moore

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NEHGR 16(1862):352-9 (Lancaster, Mass. VRs), 57(1903):301-3; 58(1904):176-7; Dawes-Gates Ancestry (1943):447; Stevens-Miller Ancestry (1952):152-3; TAG 66(1991):76; We Relate website, citing many vital and probate records.

John, the son of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass., may be the John, son of John and Elizabeth Moore, baptized in Henham, Essex, England 11 Nov 1628. He d. c. 1702 and m. (1) Sudbury, Mass. 16 Nov 1654 (VR:353) Ann SMITH, d. Lancaster, Mass., during child birth, 10 March 1670/1 (VR:359), daughter of John and Alice Smith; m. (2) Lancaster 23 Aug 1683 Mary (______) Whitcomb, perh d. Lancaster 26 Sep 1705, widow of John Whitcomb. This John Moore is often confused with an older John Moore, also of Lancaster, whose wife was Judith. In 1660, John received 20 acres of land in Lancaster from his father-in-law, John Smith. Five years later John Smith gifted all of his lands to John and Ann Moore in exchange for "care and kindness" the remainder of his life. This John Moore was a rep. from Lancaster to the General Court in 1689. His inventory was taken 23 Sep 1702, with estate administration on 7 Oct 1702. Children, all born Lancaster, Mass. with first wife, Anna:

  • Marie, b. 4 Nov 1655 (VR:353), prob. d. young, as another Marie was born in 1670/1.
  • Elizabeth, b. 27 Nov 1657 (VR:353), d. Framingham, Mass. 20 Jan 1733/4, m. Sudbury 12 Nov 1678 Matthew GIBBS, b. Charlestown, Mass. 17 Dec 1656, d. Sudbury 9 March 1731/2, son of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish. They had seven children born from 1680 to c. 1698.
  • Lydia, b. 6 April 1660 (VR:354), m. _______ WINCH.
  • John, b. 7 April 1662 (VR:354), d. Bolton, Mass. 27 July 1740, m. (1) 23 Aug 1683 Mary WHITCOMB, daughter of Job and Mary Whitcomb; m. (2) Concord, Mass. 1 Jan 1697/8 Hasadiah FAIRBANKS, b. Lancaster 28 Feb 1668, daughter of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott of Lancaster. Six children are given in the 1903 article.
  • Joseph, b. 20 Oct 1664 (VR:354), prob. d. by 1702, as he is not mentioned in the division of his father's estate.
  • Anna, b. 17 July 1666 (VR:355), m. Ephraim HILDRETH (see above).
  • Jonathan, b. 19 May 1669 (VR:357), d. Bolton, Mass. 6 Feb 1741/2, m. c. 1695 Hannah SAWYER, b. Marlborough, Mass. 23 May 1675, d. Bolton 1 May 1765, daughter of Thomas Sawyer, Jr. and Hannah Lewis. The family moved from Lancaster to Bolton. His will was dated 1 Dec 1741, proved 8 March 1741/2, naming wife Hannah and children, and Hannah also made a will, dated 15 April 1760, proved 22 April 1766, naming her children. They had eleven children born from c. 1696 to 1719, including a set of twins. Jonathan and Hannah both have extant gravestones in the Old South Burying Ground in Bolton. [124]
  • Maria, b. 10 March 1670/1 (VR:358).

(10g) John Smith

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John Smith Gen (1931):1-3; TAG 61 (1985):23,24-6

John Smith was b. say 1595, d. Lancaster, Mass. 16 July 1669, and m. say 1620 Mary _______, b. say 1600, d. Lancaster 27 Dec 1659. John is first of record in New England in 1647 when his sons John and Richard were married in Sudbury, Mass. John's will was dated 12 April 1665 and proved 27 Sep 1669, naming sons John and Richard, daughter Alice, and daughter Ann Moore and son-in-law John Moore. Known children (from will), born England:

  • Richard, b. say 1621, d. Lyme, CT by 1699, m. (1) Sudbury, Mass. 6 Oct 1647 Mary KERLEY; m. (2) Lancaster, Mass. 2 Aug 1654 Joanna Quarles.
  • John, b. say 1623, d. Sudbury 13 Oct 1687, m. Sudbury 13 Oct 1647 Sarah HUNT.
  • Alice, b. say 1629, d. Lyme, CT 20 Nov 1714, m. Boston, Mass. 9 Dec 1649 John TINKER
  • Anne, b. c. 1632, d. Lancaster 10 March 1671, m. Sudbury 16 Nov 1654 John MOORE (see above).

(9g) Robert Russell

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Cutter 4:2180; Stearns 2:732; Hist Plymouth NH 591-4; Andover vital records

Robert was b. c. 1630, d. Andover, Mass. 3 Dec 1710, aged 80, and m. Andover 6 July 1659 Mary MARSHALL, b. c. 1639, d. 16 Jan 1716, the daughter of Thomas and Joanna Marshall of Lynn, Mass. Robert is first of record in 1659 when he was married in Andover, but is also of record in Billerica, Mass. the same year. He lived in the section of Anodover known as Scotland district. He served on a coroner's jury in 1664. He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity late in life, in 1698, and was a freeman in 1691. Robert was the first person buried in the South Church Cemetery in Andover, but does not have an extant gravestone. Children: [125]

  • Mary, b. Andover 14 Jan 1661[/2?] (VR), d. 1717, m. 1679 Nicholas HOLT, b. say 1655, d. 1715, son of Nicholas Holt.
  • Thomas, b. Andover 16 Dec 1663 (VR), m. Phebe JOHNSON (see below).y
  • Robert, b. c. 1665, d. in garrison at Great Island 1689, likely unmarried.
  • James, b. Andover 16 Sep 1667 (VR), d. 7 March 1717[/8?], m. 18 Dec 1707 Priscilla OSGOOD, b. Andover 1 April 1681, daughter of Christopher Osgood and Hannah Barker. They lived in Andover. Following James's death, Priscilla m. (2) John Eaton of Reading, Mass. who d. 1727. James and Priscilla had six children born from c. 1708 to c. 1717.
  • Joseph, b. Andover 1 April 1671 (VR), not named in father's will, and likely d. young.
  • Sarah, b. 1674, d. 25 May 1764, m. 10 June 1696 John INGALLS, b. Andover 21 May 1661, d. 5 Jan 1743, son of Henry Ingalls and Mary Osgood. They moved to Abington, Mass. and had eight children.
  • Benjamin, b. Andover 12 June 1677 (VR), d. Ashford (Windham Co.), CT 5 Oct 1754, m. Mary PRESTON, b. Andover 5 Jan 1678, d. Ashford 18 Nov 1753. Benjamin was one of the original proprietors of Ashford, CT. He was appointed highway planner and surveyor of Ashford in 1715 and admitted to the Ashford church on 9 December 1718, later serving as an elder. He made large land purchases there in 1719. He was a lieutenant in the Ashford militia formed in 1722. Benjamin and Mary both have extant gravestones in the Old Cemetery, Eastford (Windham Co.), CT. [126]
  • Hannah, b. Andover 18 June 1679 (VR), d. 16 May 1715, m. 9 March 1697/8 Oliver HOLT, b. 14 Jan 1671, son of Henry Holt and Sarah Ballard.
  • John, b. Andover 14 Oct 1682 (VR), d. 1778, m. 1712 Sarah CHANDLER, daughter of Joseph Chandler and Sarah Abbot.
  • Elizabeth, b. 1687, m. Moses HOLT, so of John Holt and Sarah Gary.

(8g) Thomas Russell

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Stearns 2:732; Hist Plymouth NH 591-4

Thomas, the son of Robert Russell and Mary Marshall, was b. Andover, Mass. 16 Dec 1663, d. Andover 1731, and m. say 1683 Phebe JOHNSON, b. Andover 3 Jan 1664[/5?] (VR), d. 1737, the daughter of Thomas Johnson and Mary Holt. Children:

  • Robert, b. c. 1684, m. (1) 1716 Abigail FLINT; m. (2) 2 Jan 1727 Hannah HOLT, b. 30 Nov 1702, daughter of Samuel Holt and Hannah Farnum; m. (3) Elizabeth Manning; m. (4) Martha (JOHNSON) Parker, daughter of Timothy Johnson.
  • Mehitable, b. c. 1686, m. Joseph CHANDLER, son of William Chandler and Bridget Henchman.
  • Thomas, b. Andover 13 Aug 1687 (VR); descendants in Maine.
  • Phebe, b. Andover 21 Jan 1689/90 (VR), m. Henry FARNUM and settled in Windham, CT.
  • Mary, b. Andover 10 Feb 1692/3 (VR), m. Timothy OSGOOD.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1695, m. 11 Oct 1715 John ROSS, b. Billerica, Mass. 18 Jan 1686/7, son of Thomas Ross.
  • James, b. c. 1698, m. Rhoda CHANDLER, daughter of Joseph Chandler and Sarah Abbot.
  • Peter, b. Andover, Mass. 23 April 1700 (VR), m. Deborah CROSBY (see below).
  • Joseph, b. Andover 1702 (year only in VR), m. (1) 26 Nov 1728 Hepsibah EATON; m. (2) _______ WILKINS of Danvers. He lived in Andover, and then moved to Shrewsbury, Mass.
  • Jemima, b. Andover 18 July 1704 [unnamed daughter in VR], m. 16 July 1724 Joseph HUNT, b. 21 Sep 1694, son of Samuel Hunt and Ruth Todd. They moved to Litchfield, NH.
  • William, b. Andover 15 July 1706 [name torn away in VR], b. Somers, CT 1776, m. 1732 Sarah EMERY.

(7g) Peter Russell

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Stearns 2:732; Hist Plymouth NH 591-4; Andover vital records

Peter, the son of Thomas Russell and Phebe Johnson of Andover, Mass., was b. Andover 23 April 1700, d. Litchfield, NH 7 Nov 1759, and m. Andover 31 March 1727 Deborah CROSBY, b. Billerica, Mass. 23 July 1709, living in Litchfield in 1784, the daughter of Joseph Crosby and Sarah French of Billerica. The family moved from Andover to Litchfield in 1738, and remained there. The will of Peter was dated 3 Nov and proved 28 Nov 1759. Late in life, Deborah Russell transacted three different deeds in Hillsborough Co., NH, dated 1784, 1787, and 1790, signing each with a mark. On 28 Sep 1784 she was called Deborah Russell, Widow, of Litchfield. In the other two deeds she is called Deborah Russell of Amherst, Gentlewoman, so I'm not convinced this is the same person. Peter has a surviving grave marker in the Pinecrest Cemetery in Litchfield. Children of Peter and Deborah, the first six born Andover, Mass., and the remainder born in Litchfield, NH: [127] [128] [129] [130]

  • Pelatiah, b. Andover 27 Dec 1727 (VR), d. Halifax, Nova Scotia 1757, m. c. 1748 Olive MOORE, b. Litchfield 13 April 1729, d. Bath or Hudson, NH 11 Oct 1807, daughter of Samuel Moore and Deborah Butterfield. Pelatiah was a a soldier in Capt Thomas Tash's Company, Col. Blanchard's regiment from 24 April to 1 Nov 1755, during the French and Indian War. The regiment was stationed at Fort Edward and served during the Crown Point expedition. Later, Pelatiah served as a Second Lieutenant in Capt Richard Emery's company in Col. Nathan Meserve's regiment. They were stationed at Fort William Henry near Lake George when the massacre took place as told in Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. Pelatiah was wounded, and carried to Nova Scotia where he died, the year being 1757 (this from "Genealogical and Family History of the State of NH" by Ezra S. Stearns Vol 2 p731-734). On 22 April 1758 Pelatiah's widow was given administration of his estate. She remarried about 1759 to Timothy Barron, b. Westford, Mass. 20 Jan 1739/40, d. Haverhill, NH 7 Nov 1797, the son of Timothy Barron and Hannah Fletcher. Pelatiah and Olive had five children, born 1749 to 1757, after which Olive and Timothy had five children born 1760 to 1771. Olive has an extant grave marker in the Village Cemetery, Bath, NH. Timothy has an extant marker in the Horse Meadow Cemetery, North Haverhill, NH. There appears to be no extant marker for Pelatiah, but a good place for a memorial would be Pinecrest Cemetery in Litchfield where his father and brother Joseph both have extant grave markers, and where he was likely buried if his body was recovered from Canada. [131] [132]
  • Deborah, b. 8 April 1729 (VR), d. young
  • Rachel, b. Andover 1 Nov 1730 (VR), d. Putney, VT 28 Nov 1802, m. c. 1746 Timothy UNDERWOOD, b. Westford, Mass. 11 April 1724, d. Putney 27 March 1804, the son of Joseph Underwood and Susanna Parker. Timothy was a captain, and soldier of the American Revolutionary War. There is uncertainty whether Timothy's wife, Rachel, was a Russell, and was the daughter of Peter and Deborah Russell of Andover and Litchfield. My best response is that there appears to be a significant relationship between the family of Peter Russell, and people from Chelmsford and Westford, Mass. More research required. Anyway, the History of Westford calls Timothy's wife Rachel Russell, though it does not provide her father's name. [133]
  • Peter, b. 4 Dec 1732 (VR), d. young
  • Rebecca, b. 29 Aug 1734 (VR)
  • Phebe, bapt Andover South Church 16 May 1736 (VR), d. 1836, m. (1) John BUTTERFIELD, Jr.; m. (2) Samuel ROBIE
  • Peter, b. Litchfield, NH 6 Aug 1738, d. Woodstock, NH 20 Aug 1815, m. c. 1758 Mehitable STILES, b. Middleton, Mass. 10 June 1739, d. Woodstock, NH 27 May 1811, daughter of Caleb Stiles and Sarah Walton. Mehitable's New Hampshire death record records her name as "Hetty Russell." It is probable that Peter was in the French & Indian War in 1757, with his brother Pelatiah Russell. The name Peter Buzzell is given in the roll of the company. ("Hist. of Pymouth, NH" p592-4) The family lived in Litchfield, NH where the older two children were born, but moved to Lyndeborough where the remainder of the children were born. In 1790 Peter lived with family in Amherst, NH with 3m>16, 1m<16, and 4 f. The Peter Russell in Bethleham, NH in 1810 with a large family must have been his son, and did not include a male over 45. Land records show Peter in Merrimack in 1766 and Lyndeborough in 1773, 1785, and 1788. Peter and Mehitable had seven children, born c. 1759 to c. 1774.
  • Deborah, b. Litchfield 3 June 1740, d. Merrimack, NH 9 Sep 1820, m. 1758 Dea. Jonathan CUMMINGS, b. Dunstable, NH 5 June 1729, d. Merrimack 10 July 1787, son of Dea. Jonathan Cummings and Elizabeth Blanchard. Deborah and Jonathan had 16 children, born 1759 to 1785, including two sets of twins. They both have extant grave markers in Turkey Hill Graveyard, Merrimack, NH. [134]
  • Hannah, b. c. 1742. She apparently was NOT the wife of Lt William Roby of Dunstable; he married Hannah Lund and they are buried in the Old Dunstable Cemetery in Nashua, NH.
  • Joseph, b. 1744, d. 23 June 1762, aged 18, buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Litchfield, with father. [135]
  • James, b. Litchfield 31 May 1746, d. c. 1820, m. (1) 1774 Mary FRENCH, b. c. 1756, d. c. 1790, daughter of Benjamin French and Mary Lovewell; m. (2) Judith O'Niel. James was a 2nd Lt. in Capt. Hugh Maxwell's Co., Col. William Prescott's 10th Regt. [NH Vols?] from 28 April to 1 Aug. 1775. James was involved in a number of land transactions: he bought from [his sister] Phebe Butterfield, widow and administrator of John Butterfield's estate, 3 & 3/4 acres in Litchfield on 27 Sept 1770; Phebe made her mark. James was of Litchfield when he bought for 100 pounds all the rights that Thomas Rusell had in the estate of his father Peter Rusell late of Litchfield, dated 5 March 1777 and recorded 23 July 1777. James was a yeoman of Alexandria, Grafton Co., NH when he bought from John Putnam 160 acres in Amherst for 750 pounds on 28 April 1779. James Rusell, Gentleman of Amherst bought from Samuel Peterson of New boston 100 acres in Antrim. Finally, Deborah Rusell, widow [his mother] made her mark and James Rusell Gentleman and wife Molly all of Litchfield, NH sold for 50 pounds to William Clagett Esq. of Litchfield 40 acres in the ancient town of Dunstable, being all the land that Peter Rusell Jun has of Joseph Blanchard on 28 Sept 1784.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1748
  • Thomas, b. 13 Dec 1749

(10g) Thomas Marshall

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The Essex Genealogist, v. 16 (1996), pp 158-161; NEHGR 160(2006):293-294

Thomas Marshall, carpenter, was born c. 1616 (aged about 45 in 1661), d. Andover, Mass. 15 Jan 1708/9 (aged "near 100", but this certainly exaggerated), and m. c. 1638 Joanna _______, b. say 1618, d. Andover 16 May 1708, yet called widow, so one of the two death dates given is likely in error. There were three contemporary Thomas Marshalls in the Bay Colony, creating difficulty in sorting them out. The Thomas Marshall, cordwainer of Boston, is a good decade or more older than the other two, and the easiest to separate. The other two, however, were almost of the same age, and both of them lived contemporarily in Reading. They are most easily distinguished by their titles, the subject of this sketch being called carpenter, and the other Thomas Marshall being associated with the military, and usually using a title such as lieutenant or captain. Either of these two Thomas Marshalls could have been the "Tho Marshall", aged 22, who was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England aboard the James. The military Thomas Marshall is first found at Lynn, then moved to Reading, and later back to Lynn. The subject of this sketch, Thomas Marshall, carpenter, is first found at Reading, and then Ipswich, and finally at Andover. He was living in Reading on 29:3m:1660 (29 May 1660) when he sued Capt. Thomas Marshall for debt for withholding a heifer and calf. The suit was later withdrawn. He was still in Reading in June 1661 when his wife testified in a case, but by 1678 he was in Ipswich where his name appears on a list of residents. He was still in Ipswich in March 1684 when called of Chebacco in a suit. He was of Andover by 17 June 1704 when called "Thomas Marshall, formerly of Ipswich, now of Andover, carpenter" in a deed. Children:

  • Mary, b. c. 1639, d. 1716, m. Andover 6 July 1659 Robert RUSSELL
  • Edward, b. c. 1641, m. Reading 9 Jun 1665 (VR) Mary SWAIN. An Edward Marshall was baptized at Reading 7:6m:1687 (7 Aug 1687)
  • Samuel, b. Reading 1 Sep 1643 (VR), d. Reading 8 Sep 1643 (VR)
  • possibly Joseph, b. 1646, served in King Phillips War
  • Sarah, b. Reading 18 Dec 164_ (VR)
  • Thomas, b. Reading 16 April 1650 (VR), d. 1682, m. c. 1677 Anna _______. Administration of Thomas's estate was given to widow Anna at Ipswich on 10 April 1682. Anna later married Ephraim Fellows. Three known children born 1678 to 1682.
  • John, b. Reading 14 Jan 1659 best fits in this family, and appears to have had a son John.

Note: Benjamin, b. c. 1649 who married Prudence Woodward, was a son of Edmund Marshall of Salem and Ipswich.

(10g) John Johnson

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GM 4:78-81; Andover vital records

John Johnson was born c. 1607 (aged 26 in July 1735 and 67 in April 1671), liv. 1683, and m. c. 1630 Susan _______, b. c. 1611 (24 in July 1635), d. Andover, Mass. 12 Sep 1683. This family lived in Strood, Kent where two of the children were born prior to immigration to New England. On 13 July 1635, John Johnson, 26; Suzan Johnson, 24, Eliza Johnson, 2, and Tho Johnson, 18 months, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James. The family first lived in Ipswich, Mass., but in 1657 moved to Andover; Johnson was a shoe maker. While at Ipswich, John became a freeman in March 1648. No death or probate record has been found for John, and his family has been pieced together by circumstantial evidence. A memorial stone has been erected for John and Susan Johnson in the Old North Parish Burying Ground in Andover. Children: [136]

  • Elizabeth, bapt. Strood, Kent 1 Nov 1631, came to New England with her parents and brother in 1635; no further record.
  • Thomas, bapt. Strood, Kent 28 July 1633, m. Mary HOLT (see below).
  • Mary, b. say 1638, m. Andover 29 Dec 1660 (VR) Ephraim DAVIS of Haverhill.
  • Stephen, b. c. 1640 (aged 21 in June 1661), m. Andover 5 Nov 1661 (VR) Elizabeth DANE.
  • Hannah, b. say 1642, m. Andover 24 June 1662 (VR) Samuel HUTCHINS[ON].
  • Timothy, b. c. 1644 (aged about 17 in March 1661), m. Andover 15 Dec 1674 (VR) Rebecca ASLEBEE (see TAG 41:12-16).
  • Susanna, b. say 1648, m. Andover 26 Feb 1667[/8?] (VR) Walter WRIGHT.
  • Joanna, b. say 1651, m. Andover 23 Oct 1671 (VR) Moses HAGGETT.
  • William, b. say 1653, m. Andover 23 May 1678 (VR) Sarah LOVEJOY.

(9g) Thomas Johnson

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GM 4:80; Johnson Gen (1892):15-18; Andover vital records

Thomas, the son of John and Susan Johnson, was bapt. Strood, Kent, England 28 July 1633, d. Andover, Mass. 15 Feb 1718/9, aged about 88 (VR), m. (1) Andover 5 July 1657 (VR) Mary HOLT, b. Newbury, Mass. 6 Oct 1638, d. Andover 15 Nov 1700 (VR), daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Holt; m. (2) Andover 14 July 1703 Damaris Marchall, d. 5 April 1728. He was an Andover Constable in 1665 and for many years after, and also a fence viewer, lotlayer, and selectman. He was titled Sergeant in his death record, but titled Lieutenant in his second marriage record. Children, all born Andover with first wife:

  • Mary, b. 11 Feb 1659[/60?] (VR), m. Andover 7 Sep 1673 (VR) Returne JOHNSON of Andover. Child b. Andover 9 Oct 1678.
  • Susanna, b. 4 Oct 1662 (VR)
  • Phebe, b. 3 Jan 1664[/5?] (VR), m. Thomas RUSSELL (see above).
  • John, b. 28 Feb 1667[/8?], d. Andover 26 May 1741 (VR), m. (1) Andover 13 Sep 1689 (VR) Eleanor BALLARD, b. Andover 24 Aug 1672, d. there 21 Nov 1707, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Ballard; m. (2) Andover 18 May 1708 (VR) Mary FARNUM, b. 24 March 1666, d. 17 May 1723, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farnum; m. (3) (int Andover 24 Aug 1723 (VR)) 9 Sep 1723 Anna (FARNUM) Russ, b. 11 Dec 1677, d. 31 Dec 1743, daughter of John and Rebecca Farnum. He was an Andover selectman in 1725. They had ten children bron from 1690 to 1709.
  • Thomas, b. 19 Oct 1670 (VR), d. Andover 22 Oct 1733 (VR), m. Andover 24 July 1701 (VR) Hannah STONE, b. 23 March 1680, d. 5 Feb 1745. He was a carpenter and farmer, and died in a house fire. Two known children born 1702 and 1705.
  • James, b. 4 Feb 1672[/3?] (VR), d. Andover 14 Oct 1748 (VR), m. (1) 26 April 1692 Elizabeth (FARNUM) Peters, b. Andover 19 Feb 1661[/2?], d. there 31 Jan 1716[/7?], widow of Andrew Peters (killed in Indian attack 14 Aug 1689), and daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farnum; m. (2) 28 Aug 1716 Sarah SMITH of Boxford, d. 14 Oct 1745. James had eight children with his first wife, born from 1693 to 1704, and three more with his second wife, born 1717 to 1719.
  • Peter, b. 8 Aug 1675 (VR), m. Andover 29 Nov 1693 (VR) Mehitable FARNUM.
  • Jemima, b. 1 Jan 1678[/9?]
  • Penelope, b. 1679, killed by Indians 4 March 1698
  • Josiah, b. 29 Oct 1683 (VR), d. Harvard, Mass. 15 Oct 1727, m. Andover 19 June 1711 (VR) Annis CHANDLER, b. Andover 24 March 1689, daughter of Thomas and Mary Chandler. They moved to Lancaster in 1725, and settled the part of town that became Harvard. Josiah's inventory was taken 12 Jan 1728[1727/8?], totalling 746 pounds. Annis m. (2) Benjamin Robbins. Josiah and Annis had seven children born from 1712 to 1726.

(10g) Nicholas Holt

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GM

Nicholas Holt was born about 1607 (aged about 63 in April 1671), d. Andover, Mass. 30 Jan 1685[/6], "aged 104" (which is absurdly exaggerated), and m. (1) c. 1635 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1615, d. Andover 9 Nov 1656; m. (2) Ipswich, Mass. 12 or 20 June 1658 Hannah (BRADSTREET) Rolfe, d. Andover 20 June 1665, daughter of Humphrey Bradstreet and widow of Daniel Rolfe; m. (3) Andover 21 May 1666 Martha (______) Preston, d. Andover 21 March 1702/3, widow of Roger Preston. On or about 5 April 1635, "Nicholas Holte", a tanner of Romsey, Hampshire, England, appeared on the passenger list of the James of London, preparing to sail to New England from Southhampton, Hampshire. He settled in Newbury, Mass. where he was made freeman of the colony on 17 May 1637. Nicholas held no major offices, but served on several juries. He appears to have moved to Andover, Mass. by 1653, based on the recorded birth of one of his children, but may have arrived there several years earlier. Children with first wife, Elizabeth:

  • Elizabeth, b. Newbury 30 March 1636, m. Andover 26 Oct 1657 Ralph FARNHAM, son of Ralph Farnham.
  • Mary, b. Newbury 6 Oct 1638, m. Andover 5 July 1657 Thomas JOHNSON (see above).
  • Samuel, b. Newbury 6 Oct 1641, m. c. 1669 Sarah ALLEN, daughter of Andrew Allen.
  • Henry, b. c. 1643, d. Andover 13 Jan 1718/9, aged about 75, m. Andover 24 Feb 1669[/70?] Sarah BALLARD.
  • Nicholas, b. say 1645, m. Andover 8 Jan 1679[/80?] Mary RUSSELL
  • Hannah, b. say 1648, m. Salem, Mass. 8 March 1668[/9?] Robert GRAY.
  • James, b. say 1650, m. Andover 12 Oct 1675 Hannah ALLEN, daughter of Andrew Allen.
  • Priscilla, b. Andover 20 June 1653, d. there 16 Oct 1653.

Child, mother uncertain:

  • Sarah, b. say 1655, m. by 1680 Roger MARKS

Children with second wife, Hannah:

  • Rebecca, b. Andover 14 Nov 1662; no further record.
  • John, b. Andover 11 Jan 1663[/4], m. Andover 3 July 1685 Sarah GEARY.

(15g) John Crosby

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Crosby Gen (1914):5-8

John Crosby, b. say 1440, d. 1502, m. say 1468 a wife whose name is not known. It is possible that he was the John Croseby, yeoman, who became a freeman of the city of York in 1458. His will was dated 20 April and proved 8 June 1502, he to be buried in the church of Styllyngfleyte, Yorkshire, England, naming no wife, but several children. Children:

  • John, b. say 1470. He may be the John Crosbye who was witness in a 1511 court case regarding lands in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
  • Emma, b. say 1472, liv. 1502
  • Agnes, b. say 1474, liv. 1502
  • Robert, b. say 1476, was named in his father's 1502 will and executor of the will of his brother William in 1512. He was residing in the parish of Alne, Yorkshire in 1523.
  • Richard, b. say 1478, d. c. 1559, was a yeoman of Alne, Yorkshire. His will was dated 30 Jan 1558 and proved 24 April 1559.
  • William, b. say 1480, d. York, Yorkshire, Eng. summer 1512, became a parish priest at York. Hi nuncupative will was dated 9 June 1512.
  • Miles, b. say 1483, see below.

(14g) Miles Crosby

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Crosby Gen (1914):8-9

Miles, youngest known son of John Crosby, was b. say 1483, married a woman, name unknown. He was a coexecutor of his father's 1502 will, but was underage at his father's death, so only his older brother William proved the instrument. He was of Alne, Yorkshire, but is also likely the Miles Crosby appearing on a muster roll in 1538 at Shipton, a parish adjoining Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Known children:

  • Thomas, b. say 1510
  • William, on 1538 muster roll with father and brother.

(13g) Thomas Crosby

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Crosby Gen (1914):9-12

Thomas, son of Miles Crosby of Alne and Shipton, Yorkshire, England, was born say 1510, bur. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor 16 March 1558/9, and m. c. 1542 Jannett (______) Bell, d. c. 1569, widow of John Bell. First record of him is on the 1538 muster roll of Shipton with his brother and father, as an archer. In 1544 he was assessed 12 pence in the lay subsidy roll of Yorkshire. No probate for Thomas has been found, but Jannett's will was dated 5 Nov 1568 and probated 9 May 1569. Children:

  • Miles, b. say 1543, d. 1573/4, m. Alison ______. He was of Gribthorpe in the parish of Bubwith, Yorkshire in his will dated 6 Jan 1573/4, proved 1 April 1574.
  • Anthony, b. say 1545 (see below).
  • Ralph, b. say 1547, d. spring 1570, unmarried; resided in Bubwith, probably with his oldest brother, Miles. His will was dated 25 April and proved 9 July 1570.
  • Nicholas, b. say 1550, was still a minor in 1570; no further record.

(12g) Anthony Crosby

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Crosby Gen (1914):12-16

Anthony, son of Thomas and Jannett Crosby, was born in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor say 1545, d. Wheldrake, Yorkshire 1599, and m. say 1570 Alison _______. It's possible that Alison was a Blanchard, as the 1571 will of John Blancharde of Bubwith named Alison Crosbie. Anthony witnessed wills in 1580 and in 1590/1. He was a yeoman, but managed to become a landowner in 1592 when he bought a hundred-acre farm in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. His undated will was probated 7 March 1599/1600. Children:

  • Ellen, b. c. 1571, m. c. 1586 George WESTOBIE of Weldrake, Yorkshire. They had five children, based on her father's 1599 will.
  • Thomas, b. Holme-on-Spalding Moor c. 1575

(11g) Thomas Crosby

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Crosby Gen (1914):19-24

Thomas, son of Anthony and Allison Crosby, was born in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England c. 1575, bur. Rowley, Mass. 6 May 1661, and m. Holme 19 Oct 1600 Jane SOTHERON, bapt. there 4 March 1581, bur. Rowley 2 May 1662, daughter of William Sotheron and Constance Lambert. Thomas was quite well off in his homeland, so his motivation for coming to New England is not known, but he had arrived by 1639, following his son Simon, who had sailed in 1635. Thomas first settled in Cambridge, Mass., where his son Simon lived. He stayed there until the death of his pastor, Rev. Thomas Shepard, but by the late 1640s had moved to Rowley, where his friend Ezekiel Rogers was preaching. Having outlived all of his sons, the sole heir of Thomas was his grandson Anthony Crosby, son of his son William. Children, b. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor:

  • Anthony, b. c. 1602, bur. Holme 23 June 1632
  • Thomas, b. c. 1604, d. Holme 28 Dec 1658, m. c. 1633 Prudence ______, liv. 1658. His will was dated 25 Nov 1658, but not proved until more than ten years later on 19 April 1669. They had three known children born from c. 1634 to c. 1638.
  • William, b. c. 1606, d. c. 1640, m. Seaton, Yorkshire, Eng. 2 April 1633 Anne WRIGHT, bur. Holme 22 June 1636. They had two sons, the older dying at the age of two days, and the younger, Anthony, who was raised by his grandfather, Thomas Crosby, coming with him to New England, and becoming a chirurgeon, or physician, and the sole heir of his grandfather.
  • Simon, b. c. 1608, m. Ann BRIGHAM (see below).

(10g) Simon Crosby

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GM 2:232-6; Crosby Gen (1914):56-59

Simon, the son of Thomas Crosby and Jane Sotheron of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, was born there c. 1608 (aged 26 in April 1635), d. Cambridge, Mass. Sep 1639, and m. at Holme 21 April 1634 Ann BRIGHAM, b. c. 1609 (aged 25 in April 1635), d. Braintree, Mass. 11 Oct 1675, aged 69 (gs), daughter of Thomas Brigham and Isabel Watson. Following Simon's death, Ann m. (2) by 1645 Rev. William Thompson, the minister of the church at Braintree. On 13 April 1635 "Symon Crosby", husbandman, aged 26, with "uxor Ann Crosby", aged 25, and "Tho Crosby", aged eight weeks, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Susan & Ellen. Simon settled with his family in Cambridge, Mass., and became a freeman there on 3 March 1635/6. He served as selectman there on two occasions before his premature death. Ann and her second husband, William Thompson, both have extant gravestones in the Hancock Cemetery, now in Quincy, Mass. Children: [137]

  • Thomas, bapt. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor 26 Feb 1634/5, d. Harwich, Mass. 13 June 1702, aged 67, m. c. 1662 Sarah _______, liv. 1704. On 8 April 1703 widow Sarah Crosby m. at Yarmouth John Miller, son of Rev. John and Lydia Miller. Thomas graduated from Harvard in 1653, and engaged to preach at Eastham, Mass. until about 1670. After that he became a merchant at Harwich, Mass. where he was found dead in bed in 1702. Thomas and Sarah had twelve children born from 1663 to 1680, including one set of twins and one set of triplets.
  • Simon, b. Cambridge, Mass. Aug 1637, m. Rachel BRACKETT (see below).
  • Joseph, b. Cambridge Feb 1638/9, d. (Braintree?) 26 Nov 1695, aged 56, m. (1) Braintree 1 June 1675 Sarah BRACKETT, b. Braintree, Mass. say 1655, d. by 1693, daughter of Richard Brackett and Alice Blower; m. (2) Braintree 5 Oct 1693 Eleanor (VEASEY) Paine, daughter of William Veasey and widow of Stephen Paine. Joseph served under Capt Thomas Prentice and under Quartermaster Thomas swift during King Philip's War. He was active in civil affairs in Braintree, as constable, selectman, and representative to the convention forming a provisional government following the removal of Gov. Andros. Joseph has an extant gravestone in the Hancock Cemetery in Quincy (formerly Braintree), Mass. [138]

Children of Ann (Brigham) Crosby with her second husband, Rev. Wm. Thompson:

  • Anne

(9g) Simon Crosby

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Crosby Gen (1914):66-7

Simon, the son of Simon Crosby and Anne Brigham, was b. Cambridge, Mass. Aug 1637, d. Billerica, Mass. 22 Jan 1724/5, and m. Braintree, Mass. 15 July 1659 Rachel BRACKETT, bapt. Boston 3 Nov 1639, liv. Billerica 1726, daughter of Richard Brackett and Alice Blower. His will was proved 26 Feb 1724/5, and inventory made 18 March 1724/5. Simon has an extant gravestone in the Old South Burying Ground in Billerica. Children, all births but first two recorded in Billerica: [139]

  • Rachel, b. Braintree 24 Aug 1660, d. Billerica 14 Sep 1721, m. there 4 Aug 1685 Ephraim KIDDER, d. Billerica 25 Sep 1724, son of James Kidder and Anna Moore. They had nine children.
  • Simon, prob. b. Billerica, c. 1663, liv. Dec 1717, m. (1) by 1689 Hannah _______, d. 6 May 1702; m. (2) 16 March 1702/3 Abigail (WHITTAKER) Parker, d. Billerica 31 March 1755, widow of John Parker and daughter of John Whittaker. Simon had seven children with Hannah, and six more with Abigail.
  • Thomas, b. 10 March 1665/6, d. by 1737, prob. unmarried.
  • Joseph, b. 5 July 1669, m. Sarah FRENCH (see below).
  • Hannah, b. 30 March 1672, d. Billerica 3 Oct 1752, m. (1) Billerica 8 Jan 1694/5 Samuel DANFORTH, d. 19 April 1742; m. (2) 4 June 1743 Enoch KIDDER. She had seven children with her first husband.
  • Nathan, b. 9 Feb 1674/5, d. 11 April 1749, and m. Billerica v 28 Sep 1706 Sarah SHED, b. Billerica 3 Nov 1678, d. there 8 March 1746/7, daughter of john Shed and Sarah Champerlain. They had seven children.
  • Josiah, b. 11 Nov 1677, d. c. 1745, m. Billerica 2 Nov 1703/4 Mary MANNING, b. Billerica 12 Sep 1679, liv. 1745, daughter of Ens. Samuel Manning and Abiall Wight. Josiah's will was proved 7 Oct 1745. They had twelve children.
  • Mary, b. 23 Nov 1680, d. 7 May 1748, m. Billerica 7 Aug 1701 John BLANCHARD, b. Charlestown, Mass. 3 July 1677, d. Billerica 10 April 1750, son of Samuel Blanchard and Mary Sweetser. They had twelve children.
  • Sarah, b. 27 July 1684, liv. 1733, m. Billerica 26 Oct 1710 Capt. William RAWSON, b. Braintree 2 Dec 1682, d. Mendon, Mass. Oct 1769, son of William Rawson and Anne Glover of Braintree (and grandson of Edward Rawson). William graduated from Harvard College in 1703, and settled in Mendon where he kept the first grammar school, and was prominent in town affairs.

(8g) Joseph Crosby

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Crosby Gen:67,92-103[140]

Joseph, the son of Simon Crosby and Rachel Brackett, was b. Billerica, Mass. 5 July 1669, d. c. 1736, m. Billerica 4 Aug 1694 (or 6 May 1691) Sarah FRENCH, b. Billerica 29 Oct 1671, d. Billerica 1727, daughter of Lt. William French and Mary Lathrop. Children, b. Billerica:

  • Joseph, b. 2 Sep 1692, d. c. 1744, m. by 1719 Hannah _______. They had three children with births recorded in Worcester, Mass. in 1719, 1731, and 1733. Administration of Joseph's estate was given in 1744, with guardians to the younger children appointed in 1746.
  • Sarah, b. 12 June 1694, m. (1) Thomas HUNT, d. Billerica 16 Sep 1709, son of Samuel and Mary Hunt; m. (2) Andover, Mass. 11 Jan 1715/6 Ephraim Abbott, b. Andover 15 Aug 1682, d. there 8 June 1748, son of John Abbott and Sarah Barker. Sarah had eleven children born in Andover with her second husband.
  • Rachel, b. 18 April 1695, d. 18 Jan 1757, m. (1) by 1719 Samuel STEARNS, b. Billerica 8 Jan 1693/4, d. by 1730, son of John Stearns and Elizabeth Bigelow; m. (2) Thomas WYMAN, b. 23 Aug 1687, d. 21 Jan 1760, son of William Wyman and Prudence Putnam. Rachel had six children with her first husband, and four more with her second husband.
  • William, b. 13 Feb 1697[/8?], m. by 1721 Hannah ROSS, daughter of Thomas Ross.
  • Mary, b. 12 Jan 1699/1700, m. Dedham, Mass. 5 June 1718 Eleazer ELLIS. They had eight known children.
  • Thomas, b. 12 Oct 1701, d. 7 Dec 1745, m. (1) (int Chelmsford, Mass. 24 June 1724) Anna PARKER, poss. b. Billerica 3 April 1692, the daughter of Jonathan Parker and Mary Danforth; m. (2) by 1730/1 Susanna Brown.
  • David, b. 27 March 1703,, m. by 1727 Sarah FOSTER, b. Billerica 30 June 1709, daughter of Thomas and Hepsibah Foster. They had twelve children.
  • Prudence, b. 11 May 1705, m. Needham, Mass. 20 Jan 1725 Jeremiah FISHER, b. 8 Sep 1701, son of Capt. John Fisher and Rebecca Ellis. He was captain of the Needham militia, selectman, town clerk, and Justice of the Peace. They had twelve children.
  • Hannah, b. 9 March 1707, m. (1) Boston 8 Nov 1728 John PEPLOE; m. (2) (int Boston? 6 May 1732) Samuel WATTS.
  • Deborah, b. 13 July 1709, m. Andover 31 March 1727 Peter RUSSELL (see above).
  • Robert, b. 20 July 1711, liv. 1736.
  • Peletiah, b. 5 Nov 1713, prob. d. before adulthood, as he is not mentioned in the petition of 31 Aug 1736.

(15g) William Sotheron

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Crosby Gen (1914):36-37

William Sotheron was born say 1440, d. c. 1509, and m. c. 1467 Alice _______, liv. 1509. They lived at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, and William was a wealthy yeoman and landowner. His will was dated 2 April 1509, and written in Latin. Children, b. in Holme:

  • Agnes, b. c. 1468, m. c. 1490 Thomas MILLINGTON alias TOMLINSON of Holme. His will was dated 14 May and proved 12 July 1508.
  • Robert, b. c. 1470 (see below)
  • John
  • Christopher
  • Sir Thomas, d. unmarried in 1550, was a priest at Beverly, Yorkshire. His will was dated 28 July 1550 and proved 15 April 1551.
  • William, d. 1517 with four children. His will was dated 10 May and proved 26 June 1517.

(14g) Robert Sotheron

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Crosby Gen (1914):37

Robert, son of William Sotheron, was b. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor c. 1470, d. 1524, married a wife, name unknown. He was a "substantial and prosperous yeoman" who left a will. In a 1523 subsidy, he was assessed for goods, paying the largest tax in the parish. Children:

  • Thomas, b. say 1495
  • Beatrix, m. _______ WRIGHT.
  • Margaret, m. _______ SIMPSON.
  • John, b. say 1500 (see below).
  • William, was administrator of the estate of his brother Robert in 1562.
  • Robert, b. say 1505, d. 1562, no known wife or children. He was principal legatee of the wills of both of his parents, though the cited source does not even give name for his mother.

(13g) John Sotheron

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Crosby Gen (1914):37-38

John, the son of Robert Sotheron, ws born Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England say 1500, d. 1547, and m. say 1538 Phillippa _______, d. 1585. He is mentioned in a 1535 Holme Manor rental roll, and in a 1544 subsidy. Phillippa m. (2) say 1550 Wilfred Millington alias Tomlinson, who d. 1562 leaving Phillippa a widow once again. Children:

  • Margaret, b. say 1539, d. young.
  • Janet, b. say 1541, d. young.
  • Alison, b. say 1543, m. say 1561 John BELL of Everingham, Yorkshire; five children.
  • William, b. say 1545, see below.

(12g) William Sotheron

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Crosby Gen (1914):38-42

William, the son of John and Phillippa Sotheron, was born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor say 1545, d. 1619, m. Holme 9 Nov 1578 Constance LAMBERT, d. Holme 1622, daughter of William Lambert and granddaughter of Richard Lambert. He became the wealthiest resident of his parish, excepting the lords of the manor. His will was dated 2 Dec 1616 and probated 12 Oct 1619; the will of Constance was dated 14 Nov 1622 and probated 20 May 1623. Children, b. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor:

  • Isabel, bapt. 1 Feb 1579/80, m. 18 Nov 1598 Simon APPLETON of Newbald, Yorkshire. They had two known children.
  • Jane, bapt. 4 March 1581/2, m. 19 Oct 1600 Thomas CROSBY (see above).
  • William, bapt. 27 Sep 1584, bur. 25 Nov 1584
  • Elizabeth, b. 1586, m. 1603 William MILLINGTON of Holme, bapt. 11 March 1575/6, d. 1618. His will was dated 20 May and proved 12 Oct 1618. Four children.
  • John, bapt. 8 Dec 1588, d. 1652, wife's name unknown. Six children.
  • Anne, b. c. 1592, m. c. 1613 John DAYLES. Five children.
  • Phillippa, b. c. 1597, m. 29 April 1624 Rev. Peter HAMMOND.

(15g) Thomas Brigham I

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Crosby Gen (1914):60

Thomas Brigham was born say 1475, liv. 1528. He is the earliest Brigham of record in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, and was called Thomas Brigham senior in the 1528 rental rool of the manor of Holme. He was likely the father of:

  • Thomas, b. say 1500

(14g) Thomas Brigham II

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Crosby Gen (1914):60

Thomas, the probable son of Thomas Brigham of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, was born say 1500, bur. Holme 6 March 1559/60, and m. say 1525 Elizabeth _______, d. 1573. On 5 Dec 1573, administration of the estate of Elizabeth Brigham was given to her son Henry. Children:

  • Thomas, b. say 1525 (see below).
  • Henry, b. say 1530; of Holme and Seaton.

(13g) Thomas Brigham III

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Crosby Gen (1914):60-1

Thomas, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Brigham of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, was born say 1525, bur. Holme 6 Feb 1558/9, and m. 1550 Jennett MILLINGTON alias TOMLIINSON, b. say 1526, daughter of William and Barbara Millington, and granddaughter of Thomas Millington and Agnes Sotheron, all of Holme. Children, b. Holme:

  • Thomas, b. 1550 (see below)
  • Peter, b. say 1552, bur. 15 Oct 1590, m. Everill HESSYE, bur. 15 Dec 1591, leaving will dated 14 Dec 1591. No children.
  • William, b. say 1554, bur. 1 Feb 1590/1, married and had several children, all of whom d. young.
  • Jennett, b. say 1555
  • Richard, b. say 1557, d. c. 1600, m. (1) 28 May 1581 Alison BURLEY, bur. 21 March 1586/7; m. (2) 10 June 1589 Elizabeth WRIGHT, bur. 30 Jan 1589/90; m. (3) 14 Nov 1591 Margaret WILSH. No known children.
  • Francis, b. (posthumous) 1559, liv. 1584, but no issue.

(12g) Thomas Brigham IV

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Crosby Gen (1914):61-2

Thomas, the son of Thomas Brigham and Jennett Millington, was b. 1550, bur. 8 Nov 1586, m. c. 1572 Gillian _______, who administered his estate on 3 May 1587. Children, b. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1572, m. 20 Sep 1590 Edward PALMER, and had at least five children.
  • John, b. say 1574, d. Hotham, Yorkshire, Eng. 1621, m. 30 Sep 1599 Constance WATSON, bapt. 17 Aug 1578, daughter of James Watson, and sister of Isabel Watson who m. his brother Thomas. Administration of his estate was given to widow Constance on 11 May 1621.
  • Thomas, bapt. 21 May 1576 (see below).
  • William, bapt. 17 June 1578, bur. 17 Aug 1578
  • Richard, bapt. 16 Aug 1579, d. c. 1627, married. His will was dated 1626 and proved 4 May 1627, leaving all estate to his wife, sole executrix (not named in source cited). He left issue.
  • Robert, bapt. 20 May 1582, bur. Holme 8 Sep 1640.

(11g) Thomas Brigham V

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Crosby Gen (1914):62-65

Thomas, son of Thomas Brigham, presumably with wife Gillian, was bapt. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor 21 May 1576, d. c. 1632/3, and m. 4 Feb 1600/1 Isabel (WATSON) Ellithorpe, bapt. Holme 21 Feb 1560/1, bur. 25 June 1634, daughter of James Watson (wd 10 July 1615, pr 31 May 1616). So, was Isabel really 16 years older than her husband? Could there have been an earlier Isabel born to James Watson, bapt. 1560/1, d. young, and then a later daughter of the same name m. ____ Ellithrope and then Thomas Brigham???? Isabel left a will, dated 8 June 1634, naming her two daughters. Children:

  • Constance, b. c. 1602, bur. Rowley, Mass. 25 Jan 1683/4, m. c. 1622 Robert CROSBY, bapt. 30 Oct 1596, d. c. 1640. Constance came to New England as a widow with her three daughters, and was granted a house lot at Rowley before 1643. Robert was apparently a fourth cousin of Thomas Crosby, who also came to New England. Constance and Robert had five children bapt. Holme-on-Spalding-Moor 1623/4 to 1634, her two sons dying young, and her three daughters accompanying her to New England.
  • Anne, b. c 1606, m. (1) Simon CROSBY (see above); m. (2) 1645 Rev. William THOMPSON.

(14g) William Brackett

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Fifty Colonists (1990):95-6

William Brackett, b. say 1490, liv. 1524, was a resident of Sudbury, Suffolk, England, and is known from two lists: the Military Survey of 1522, Sudbury list, where William is denoted as an able archer, and the 1524 Subsidy return. Also appearing on both lists is Edward Brackett, presumed brother of William, who left a will dated 20 June 1540 and proved 19 March 1540/1. No other Bracketts appear in the area prior to these two. Known sons of William:

  • William, b. say 1515, m. Alice _______ (see below)
  • George, b. say 1520, named in the wills of his brothers William and Thomas. George had several children, one of whom was baptized 1565, and others in 1581, and possibly another in 1557.
  • Thomas, b. say 1525, d. 1573, m. Emma ______, liv. 1573. His wife and two sons Edward and William were named in his will dated 10 Sep 1573 and proved 13 Jan 1573/4.

(13g) William Brackett

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TAG 52(1976):72; Fifty Colonists (1990):87-8

William, the son of William Brackett, was b. say 1515, bur. Sudbury, Suffolk, England 6 May 1575, m. Alice _______. Alice m. (2) St. Gregory's, Sudbury 11 Sep 1575 Richard Morrells/Merrells. William was a butcher and had his own shop, or stall. He is listed in the 1568 subsidy return, being taxed 14 shillings on 5 pounds worth of goods. William's will was dated 4 May and proved 5 July 1575. Children:

  • Edmund, apparently the eldest surviving son; had five known children, and probably four more.
  • Margaret (prob.), bapt. St Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds, bur. there 1 July 1545, parents not named.
  • Susan, bapt. St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, parents not named; no further record
  • name illegible, bapt. St. James 22 Feb 1546/7, parents not named
  • Margaret (prob.), b. c. 1549. On 10 Oct 1566, at Belchamp, Margaret Brekett of Sudbury, spinster, was murdered by Thomas Curley of Bures St. Mary, cook, who attacked her and cut her throat as she was walking along the road to Sudbury. he was indicted on 12 Dec 1566.
  • Richard, b. say 1552, m. (1) ______ ______; m. (2) Alice HARPER; m. (3) widow Greenglass (see below).
  • William, b. say 1555, d. say 1584, m. St. Peter's, Sudbury 21 July 1582 Alice BULL. Alice m. (2) 29 Aug 1585 John Goslin.
  • Maud, bapt. Bury St. Edmunds 20 Nov 1560; under 18 in 1575; m. St. Gregory's, Sudbury 2 Feb 1585/6 George GOLDYNG.

(12g) Richard Brackett

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TAG 52(1976):72-3; 50 Colonists (1990):79-80

Richard, the son of William Brackett, was b. Sudbury, Suffolk, England say 1552, bur. Long Melford 26 May 1626, m. (1) unknown wife; (prob. (2)) All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk 25 Sep 1589 Alice HARPER, bur. St. Peter's, Sudbury 17 May 1595; m. (3) Long Melford, Suffolk 4 Feb 1601/2 (poss. Elizabeth) Greengrasse (widow), liv. 1617. He and Richard Jr. were on a jury in Long Melford in 1609 and again in 1612. Children with first wife:

  • Richard, b. say 1579, m. (1) Long Melford 30 May 1607 Margerie WEEDEN, bur. 19 July 1620; m. (2) Mary _____, bur. 21 Sep 1626; m. (3). Eight children with first wife, baptized there from 1608 to c. 1620; two with second wife b. 1621 and 1622/3; and three with third wife b. 1627 to 1633/4.
  • Peter, b. say 1581, m. Rachel ______ (see below)
  • Margerie, bapt. St. Peter's, Sudbury 17 Feb 1582/3
  • (prob.) Rose, b. say 1584, m. St. Peter's, Sudbury 28 Aug 1603 William Chapman
  • (prob.) Tobias, b. say 1588, bur. 23 June 1634, m. Long Melford 1 Sep 1613 Joan FLEETE, bur. Long Melford 18 Jan 1635/6. A daughter b. 1614.

Children with second wife, Alice:

  • Robert, bapt. 30 Sep 1593, bur. 6 Dec 1598
  • perh. Ellen, b. say 1595, m. All Saints, Sudbury Stephen Wood.

Child with last wife, Elizabeth:

  • Edward, bapt. St Peter's, Sudbury 24 Dec 1603, m. All Saints, Sudbury Frances LANDSALL; four known children, b. 1630 to 1639.

(11g) Peter Brackett

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Fifty Colonists (1990):73-6; TAG 52(1976):73; 55(1979):215-16; GM 6(2009):171-6 (Martin Saunders); GMB (1995)1:203-6 (Richard Brackett); NEHGR 155(2001):283-7(Peter Brackett, Jr.)

Peter, the son of Richard Brackett and his unknown first wife, was born say 1581, bur. All Saints church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England 25 Aug 1616, and m. say 1607 Rachel _______, b. say 1589 (age of 40 on 6 April 1635 is certainly understated), d. Braintree 15 Sep 1651. Rachel m. (2) c. 1618 Martin Saunders, b. c. 1594, d. Braintree 4 Aug 1658. Peter's will was dated 18 Aug and probated 28 Aug 1616. On 6 April 1635, Martin Saunders, a carrier, aged 40; Rachell Saunders, aged 40, Lea Saunders, aged 10; Judith Saunders, aged 8; Martin Saunders, aged 4; and Marie Saunders, aged 15 and three servants were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter. Also sailing with the family was Rachel's daughter Rachel, and her husband Francis Newcomb and their two children. They arrived in Boston on 7 June 1635. Rachel Saunders, wife of Martin, was admitted to the Boston church on 8 Nov 1635, and on 16 April 1639 she was dismissed to the new church at Braintree. Following Rachel's death, Martin m. 23 May 1654 Elizabeth, widow of Roger Bancroft, and after his death, Elizabeth married twice more. Martin's estate was settled 10 Oct 1658. Rachel's name is included on a memorial tablet with other members of the Brackett family, in the Hancock Cemetery in Quincy, Mass. (though a photo has not been put in Find-a-grave yet). Children of Peter and Rachel: [141]

  • Peter, b. Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng. late 1608, bur. Boston, Mass 24 July 1688, per Savage, and m. (1) Cavendish, Suffolk, Eng. 4 Oct 1632 Martha RAY, bur. All Saints 14 Dec 1637, prob. daughter of John Ray of Clare, Suffolk; m. (2) by 1642 Priscilla _______; m. (3) by Dec 1666 Mary (______) Williams, d. Boston 1679, widow of Nathaniel Williams. Peter was in New England by 1640. He deposed 19 May 1673, aged 64. His last wife, Mary, made a will with codicil dated 7 May 1679, proved 26 Nov 1679. Peter had three children with his first wife, baptized at All Saints, Sudbury from 1633 to 1636; he had one child with unknown wife, but likely Priscilla, b. Braintree, Mass. 1641, and seven more children with Priscilla born from 1642 to 1660. Peter is included on the modern memorial tablet for the Brackett family, in the Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
  • Richard, bapt. St. Gregory, Sudbury 16 Sep 1610, d. Braintree, Mass. 3 March 1690, and m. St. Katherine's by the Tower, London 6 Jan 1633/4 Alice BLOWER, bapt. St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk 30 Jun 1615, daughter of Thomas Blower and Alice Frost (see below). [142]
  • Rachel, bapt. All Saints, Sudbury 28 April 1614, m. Francis NEWCOMB (see sandbox1a).
  • Jonathan, bapt. All Saints 4 Oct 1616, prob. d. young.

Children of Rachel with Martin Saunders:

  • Mary, bapt. All Saints, Sudbury 26 Aug 1619, m. c. 1640 Francis ELIOT, younger brother of the apostle.
  • Martin, bapt. All Saints 4 March 1621/2, bur. there 25 Nov 1622.
  • Leah, bapt. as Lydia at All Saints 10 Oct 1623, d. Braintree 24 March 1706/7, m. (1) Braintree c. 1643 John WHEATLEY, d. c. 1646; m. (2) Braintree 13 April 1648 Robert PARMENTER, b. c. 1622, d. Braintree 27 June 1696, aged 74, prob. son of Joseph Parmenter.
  • Judith, bapt. All Saints 27 Dec 1625, d. Braintree 5 Sep 1651, unmarried.
  • John, bapt. All Saints 10 March 1627/8, d. c. 1689, m. (1) Braintree 9 Oct 1650 Mary MUNJOY, d. by 1683/4, daughter of John Munjoy of Abbotsham, Devon, England; m. (2) by 1685 Hannah _______. His will was proved 28 March 1689. He had six children with his first wife, and three more with the second.
  • Martin, bapt. All Saints 28 Aug 1630, d. Braintree 4 Sep 1706, m. Braintree 1 April 1651 Lydia HARDIER, d. 9 March 1712/3, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hardier.
  • Daniel, bapt. All Saints 25 March 1631/2, bur. there 1 Aug 1634.

(10g) Richard Brackett

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Crosby Gen (1914):89-90; GMB (1995)1:203-6; Fifty Colonists (1990):65-71; NEHGR 157(2003):199-208 (wife of son Josiah); 3(1849):126 (b. of dau Mary in Boston); TAG 52(1976):65-75 (ancestry)

Richard, the son of Peter and Rachel Brackett, was bapt. St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng. 16 Sep 1610, d. Braintree, Mass. 3 March 1690, aged 80, and m. St. Katharine by the Tower, London, Eng. 6 Jan 1633/4 Alice BLOWER, bapt. St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk 30 June 1615, d. Braintree 3 Nov 1690, aged 76, daughter of Thomas Blower and Alice Frost. Richard came to New England as a young single man, and was admitted to the Boston church as member #144, which would have been shortly before 11 Nov 1632. He returned to England in 1633 to get married, and then returned to New England in 1634. He was admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1639, and held the title of captain during much of his career. By 1641 the family was living in Braintree, Mass., and in 1642 Richard and Alice were dismissed from the First Church in Boston to the church at Mt. Wollaston (later Braintree), Richard being ordained deacon the same year. Richard was very active in town and colonial affairs, being a Braintree selectman numerous times, as well as serving as Deputy for Braintree to the General Court at least nine times. He was the Braintree clerk of writs from 1646 to 1654, and appointed to many other town offices. His will was dated 29 Jan 1688/9 and probated eleven months later on 19 Dec 1690. Richard has an extant gravestone in the Hancock Cemetery in Quincy, Mass. which has been set in a concrete frame; Alice is included on a modern memorial tablet nearby. Children: [143]

  • Hannah, bapt. Boston, Mass. 4 Jan 1634/5, killed by Indians in Dunstable 3 July 1706, m. (1) c. 1655 Samuel KINGSLEY, d. Billerica 21 May1662; m. (2) by 1665 John BLANCHARD, d. Dunstable, Mass. 1693. She had three children with her first husband, and eleven more with her second.
  • Peter (twin), bapt. Boston 7 May 1637, m. (1) Braintree 7 Aug 1661 Elizabeth BOSWORTH, d. 30 Nov 1686; m. (2) Billerica, Mass. 30 March 1687 Sarah (PARKER) Foster, d. Billerica 18 April 1718.
  • John (twin), bapt. Boston 7 May 1637, d. 18 March 1686/7, m. (1) Braintree 6 Sep 1661 Hannah FRENCH, d. 9 May 1674; m. (2) Billerica 31 March 1675 Ruth (MORSE) Ellis.
  • Rachel, bapt. Boston 3 Nov 1639, m. Braintree 15 July 1659 Simon CROSBY (see above).
  • Mary, b. Boston 1:12mo:1641 (1 Feb 1641/2), d. 23 March 1671, m. Braintree 22 July 1662 (recorded in Billerica) Joseph THOMPSON, d. 13 Oct 1732.
  • James, b. Braintree c. 1645, d. there 8 April 1718, aged 72, m. by 1675 Sarah MARSH, d. 6 Oct 1727, aged 77, daughter of Thomas Marsh. James has an extant gravestone, framed in concrete with his father's stone, in the Hancock Cemetery in Quincy, Mass. [144]
  • Josiah, b. Braintree 8 May 1652, d. c. 1681, m. Billerica 4 Feb 1672[/3] Elizabeth WALDO, b. prob. Ipswich, Mass. say 1650, d. Bristol, Mass. (now RI) 6 Nov 1742, "aged 94" (outlived all six of her children), daughter of Cornelius Waldo and Hannah Cogswell. Elizabeth, as the wife of Josiah Brackett, was dismissed from the Chelmsford church 12 Nov 1676 and admitted to the Braintree church 31 Dec 1676. So, the family may have lived on his father's properties in Billerica and Chelmsford. Josiah's inventory was taken 14 Jan 1681/2. They had two daughters born 1674 and 1677/8. Following Josiah's death, Elizabeth may have m. (2) ______ Parris, but certainly m. (2/3) 4 Nov 1684 Thomas Walker, b. say 1650, d. Bristol 7 Aug 1724; they lived in Bristol. Elizabeth had four more children with her Walker husband.
  • Sarah, b. Braintree say 1655, m. (1) Braintree 1 June 1675 Joseph CROSBY, b. Cambridge, Mass. Feb 1638/9, d. 26 Nov 1695, son of Simon Crosby, Sr. and Ann Brigham; m. (2) Billerica 26 Oct 1700 William RAWSON, d. Braintree 20 Sep 1726.

(12g) Thomas Blower, Sr.

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TAG 52(1976):73-4; Fifty Colonists (1990):81-3

Thomas Blower, b. say 1550, bur. Lavenham, Suffolk, England 1 Oct 1597, m. (1) Long Melford, Suffolk 10 Aug 1574 Alice SPARPOINTE, d. 1581; m. (2) Bildeston, Suffolk 27 Feb 1581/2 Susan VINCENT, b. say 1560, daughter of Andrew and Alice Vincent. Thomas was a tanner living in Lavenham. His will was dated 28 Sep and proved 27 Oct 1597. Children, all bapt. Stanstead (Suffolk?), England, with first wife, Alice:

  • Thomas, bapt. 10 Oct 1576, bur. 20 Oct 1576.
  • Margaret, bapt. 17 Nov and bur. 16 Dec 1577.
  • John, bapt. 14 June 1579, eldest living son in 1597. He was likely the John Blower, clerk, of Mildenhall, Suffolk whose will was dated 0 May and proved 5 Sep 1642.
  • Susanna, b. say 1581, m. Lavenham 20 May 1602 George RUGLE

Children, baptisms at Stanstead, unless otherwise noted, with second wife, Susan:

  • Joshua, bapt. 16 Dec 1582, d. young.
  • Thomas, bapt. 15 Dec 1585, d. young.
  • Thomas, bapt. 23 April 1587, m. Alice FROST (see below).
  • Caleb, bapt. 7 July 1588, bur. 16 July 1588.
  • Alice, bapt. 15 March 1589/90, in father's 1597 will.
  • Rachel, bapt. 12 Oct 1591, bur. 13 Dec 1595.
  • Mary, bapt. 25 Feb 1592/3, in father's 1597 will.
  • Rachel, bapt. Lavenham 13 Dec 1595, bur. All Saints, Sudbury 11 Sep 1626, m. St. Gregory's, Sudbury 22 Oct 1615 Mark SALTER.
  • child b. posthumously in late 1597, expected but not yet born on 28 Sep 1597.

(11g) Thomas Blower, Jr.

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TAG 52(1976):74-5; Fifty Colonists (1990):77-8; GM vol I(1999):338-40; GM vol VII(2011):51-6; NOT Consulted: TAG 61, 63, 65 (1985, 1987, 1989).

Thomas, the son of Thomas Blower and Susan Vincent, was bapt. Stanstead, Suffolk, England 23 April 1587, d. prob. Boston, Mass. c. 1639, and m. Stanstead 19 Nov 1612 Alice FROST, bapt. Stanstead 1 Dec 1594, liv. 1668, daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave. Alice m. (2) prob. at Barnstable (now Mass.) c. 1640 William Tilly, b. c. 1607, liv. 1668. Shortly after their marriage, Thomas and Alice moved to Sudbury, Suffolk, about five miles from Stanstead. On 18 Feb 1633/4, Alice Blower was charged with contempt of Ecclesiastical laws before the Court of High Commission, and fined an exhorbitant 100 pounds. They must have then moved from Sudbury to London, for on 26 Jun 1634 Alice Blower, of London, defendant, had the case dismissed. In September 1635 Thomas Blower, aged 50, traveled alone from London to New England aboard the Truelove, arriving in Boston, Mass. in November. It is not known if Alice was simply omitted from the passenger manifest, or if she sailed over separately. Their daughter Alice had sailed three years earlier, as the wife of Richard Brackett. There are almost no records of Thomas in New England. The only document known with his name, once in New England, is a letter, dated 1 April 1640, from Nathaniel Lufkin of Hitcham, Suffolk, to John Winthrop of Boston, Mass., requesting the collection of a 24-pound debt against Thomas Blower. On 9 Sep 1639, Capt. Keayne was ordered to pay twelve pounds, which he received of Mr Saltonstal, for payment of Mrs Blower's mo[_____], indicating Thomas was dead. Alice was a prominent midwife, and was jailed in 1648 following some legal entanglements. This prompted petitions in her support signed by dozens of Boston and Dorchester women, and her husband, William Tilley, soliciting legal help in countering the slander against her. About this time, Tilley, and presumably Alice as well, went to Cape Porpoise and York or Kittery (all presently in Maine) for at least the years 1649 to 1652. In a 27 March 1668 deposition, Alice called herself aged 66, understating her age by eight years. She did the same in another contemporary deposition. The reason for this may be that she was about 13 years older than her second husband, and she was likely compensating for this unusual and perhaps socially awkward age difference. Children of Thomas and Alice Blower (only the father was named in the baptismal records):

  • Alice, bapt. St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk 30 June 1615, m. Richard BRACKETT (see above).
  • Hannah, b. say 1617, bur. All Saints, Sudbury 7 May 1630.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1619, bur. All Saints, Sudbury 22 Aug 1623.
  • Joshua, bapt. All Saints 15 Dec 1621, bur. 22 March 1623/4.
  • Thomas, bapt. All Saints 22 Feb 1623/4, bur. All Saints 25 April 1625.
  • Mary, bapt. All Saints 13 Feb 1625/6, nor further record per GM, but 50 Colonists says bur. All Saints 7 Feb 1639/40. If so, this was after her parents went to New England, so she must have lived with relatives.
  • John, bapt. All Saints 23 Feb 1627/8, d. 1675, m. say 1654 Tabitha _______, b. say 1634, liv. 1684. He was in Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony in 1643, and living in Boston in 1650. John was a cooper, and had slaves. They had five known children born 1654/5 to 1665. His will was dated 9 Sep and proved 11 Nov 1675.
  • Thomas, bapt. All Saints 16 May 1630; no further record
  • poss. Sarah, called a daughter of William Tilley in a document, may have actually been another daughter of his wife Alice with her first husband, Thomas Blower. See Anderson's GM 7:55-6
  • Pyam, b. c. 1638, d. Cambridge, Mass. 1 June 1709, aged 71, m. Cambridge 31 March 1668 Elizabeth BELCHER.

(15g) Andrew Vincent

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Fifty Colonists (1990):106-7

Andrew Vincent, b. say 1465, d. 1521/2, m. say 1491 _____ _______, b. say 1471, d. aft. 1521, a woman simply called "my wife" in his 1521/2 will. He is known only from his will, dated 21 Feb 1521/2, proved 16 May 1522, in which he calls himself "Andrewe Wensent of Bylston, diocese of Norwich" and "to be buried in the church yard of Bildeston [Suffolk]." Children, infered from will:

  • daughter, b. say 1492, d. by 1521/2, m. Thomas CHAPLIN. They resided at Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, and had a son and two daughters.
  • daughter, b. say 1494, m. _______ BROOKE, and had four children by 1521/2, named in Andrew's will.
  • Nicholas, b. say 1496, d. c. 1553, and m. Agnes ______, and had son Andrew by 1521/2 (see below).
  • daughter, b. say 1498, m. William BYRCHE and lived at Chellesworth, Suffolk; had a son William by 1521/2.

(14g) Nicholas Vincent

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TAG 52(1976):75; Fifty Colonists (1990):97-8

Nicholas, son of Andrew Vincent, was b. say 1495, d. c. 1554, m. say 1525 Agnes ______, b. say 1505, liv. 1553. They lived at Bildeston, Suffolk, England, where he was a yeoman farmer with considerable property. He was taxed 9 shillings on 6 pounds worth of goods and listed at Bildeston in the 1524 Subsidy return. His will was dated 13 Nov 1553, and proved four months later on 12 March 1553/4. He is almost certainly buried in the churchyard at Bildeston, as he requested in his will. Children, probably all b. Bildeston:

  • Andrew, b. say 1525, d. 1581, m. Alice _______ (see below).
  • Nicholas, b. say 1530, liv. 1553
  • Agnes, b. say 1533 (under 21 in 1553).
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1536
  • Alice, b. say 1538

(13g) Andrew Vincent

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TAG 52(1976):75; Fifty Colonists (1990):89-90

Andrew, son of Nicholas and Agnes Vincent, was b. say 1525, bur. Bildeston, Suffolk, England 5 Dec 1580, and m. say 1552 Alice ______, b. say 1532, liv. 1568. His will was dated 3 Dec 1580, and he likely died the next day, because his burial was 5 December; the will was proved 19 June 1581. Children, likely all born at Bildeston:

  • Andrew, b. say 1553, named in grandfather's 1553 will, but not in father's 1581 will.
  • Nicholas, b. say 1555, m. (1) say 1580 Susan _______, bur. 26 Aug 1583; m. (2) Agnes/Ann _______. He had two children with first wife, b. 1581 and 1583, and six more with second b. 1584/5 to 1593/4.
  • Alice, b. say 1557, m. (1) Bildeston 16 Feb 1580/1 Edmund REICROFT, d. c. 1603; m. (2) 2 Feb 1604/5 Erasmus COREE/CAREW.
  • Susanna, b. say 1559, m. 27 Feb 1581/2 Thomas BLOWER (see above).
  • Brigett, b. say 1561, liv. 1581
  • Joan, bapt. Bildeston Oct 1563, bur. there 26 Nov 1579.
  • Mary, bapt. 13 Jan 1565/6, bur. Boxford (Suffolk?) m. Bildeston 21 Sep 1587 Henry COE, bur. 28 Jan 1630/1.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 13 June 1568, bur. 6 Aug 1569.

(14g) William Frost

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Fifty Colonists (1990):99-100

William Frost was b. say 1500, d. Glemsford, Suffolk, England 1549, and m. say 1527 Philippa _______, b. say 1508, bur. Lidgate, Suffolk 20 Jan 1577/8. Philippa m. (2) Glemsford 15 Sep 1552 John Webb of Lidgate, a widower whose wife Rose was bur. Lidgate 11 Feb 1551/2. William may be the one of his name appearing on the 1524 subsidy list for Glemsford. His will was dated 5 July and proved 15 Sep 1549. Children of William and Philippa, prob. all b. Glemsford:

  • Roger, b. say 1528, bur. 4 April 1580, m. (1) Agnes ______, bur. Glemsford 10 Feb 1558/9; m. (2) Katherine ________. He was on the 1568 subsidy roll for Glemsford. He had two children with first wife and seven more with the second.
  • John "old John " or "middle John", b. say 1530, m. Elizabeth ______ (his wife in 1564). He had 12 children b. 1554 to 1576/7
  • Audrey, b. say 1532
  • John "young John", b. say 1534, m. (1) Ann Scott; m. (2) Ellen ______ (see below)
  • Jane, b. say 1536
  • Henry, b. say 1540; provision for his schooling was made in his father's will.
  • daughter, b. say 1545, alluded to in father's will, without a name.

Child of Philippa with second husband, John Webb:

  • Anna, bapt. 1553

(13g) John Frost

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Fifty Colonists (1990):91-2

John Frost, son of William and Phillipa Frost, was born say 1534, bur. Hartest, Suffolk, England 6 Feb 1609/10, and m. Glemsford, Suffolk 29 Jan 1558/9 Ann SCOTT, b. prob. Glemsford say 1538, bur. Hartest (Suffolk?) 30 July 1588, daughter of Richard Scott, clothier of Glemsford; m. (2) c. 1589 Ellen _______. His nuncupative will was dated the day of his burial, which, if correct, means he died the same day as well. Children, all with first wife, bapt. Glemsford:

  • John, b. 1559, liv. 1610
  • Edward, bapt. 13 March 1560/1, m. Thomasine BELGRAVE (see below).
  • Erasmus, bapt. 10 June 1564, erroneously called son of Thomas and Anne Frost, not named in father's will.
  • Henry, bapt. 27 March 1568, prob. d. young.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 8 Oct 1570, bur. 21 Sep 1579.
  • Anne, bapt. 7 June 1572, d. young.
  • Ambrose, bapt. 6 March 1574/5, bur. 1 May 1604, m. Glemsford 17 Nov 1601 Margaret HAYWARD.
  • Alice, bapt. 13 Oct 1577, m. Glemsford 30 July 1596 John HAYWARD.
  • Francis, bapt. 6 Nov 1580, liv. 1610.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 24 Jan 1584/5, m. Stanstead 10 Nov 1607 William PRATT. Three children bapt. 1608 to 1610/1.

(12g) Edward Frost

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Fifty Colonists (1990):85 (NOT consulted: 1950 article in TAG)

Edward, the son of John Frost and Ann Scott, was bapt. Glemsford, Suffolk, England 13 March 1560/1, bur. Stanstead, Suffolk 3 Aug 1616, m. Glemsford 26 Sep 1585 Thomasine BELGRAVE, bapt. Leverington, Cambridgeshire, Eng. 1 Feb 1561/2, liv. 1616, daughter of John Belgrave and Joanna Strutt. Edward was a clothier. The family moved from Glemsford to Stanstead about 1588. Edward's will was dated 26 July and proved 4 Oct 1616, naming wife and children. Children:

  • Anne, bapt. Glemsford 28 Nov 1586, bur. 27 Dec 1586.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Glemsford 24 March 1587/8, m. (1) Stanstead 12 Nov 1605 Henry RICE, d. Stanstead Nov 1621; m. (2) St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 24 Jan 1621/2 Philemon WHALE, with whom she immigrated to New England.
  • William, bapt. Stanstead 19 Sep 1589, bur. 3 Feb 1624/5, m. Stanstead 29 Nov 1610 Abigail BOWSER, bapt. 25 April 1592, daughter of Henry Bowser, clerk. They had children.
  • Ann, bapt. Stanstead 3 Dec 1592, m. St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds 25 Oct 1613 Laurence COLLIN.
  • Alice, bapt. Stanstead 1 Dec 1594, m. Stanstead 19 Nov 1612 Thomas BLOWER (see above).
  • Mary, bapt. Stanstead 20 Sep 1596, bur. there 13 Nov 1596.
  • Mary, b. say 1598, unm. in 1616, prob. the one who m. Stanstead 11 Sep 1617 Edmund SALLOMAN, or the one who m. 18 Sep 1622 John SCOTT.
  • Thomasine, bapt. Stanstead 10 Aug 1600, d. 13 June 1654, m. St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds 15 Aug 1618 Edmund RICE. They had ten children, and went to New England. Edmund m. (2) 1 March 1654/5 widow Mercy Brigham, with whom he had two children.

(16g) William Scott

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Fifty Colonists (1990):113-14

William Scott, b. say 1450, d. 1498, poss. m. Clemence ______, liv. 1524. His son Thomas had a daughter named Clemence. In his brief will, dated 24 April and proved 29 Sep 1498, he called himself of Glemsford in the doicese of Norwich, to be buried in the churchyard there. Children, prob. b. Glemsford:

  • Richard, b. say 1476 (see below)
  • Thomas, b. say 1478, d. c. 1529, m. (1) ________; m. (2) Isabell _____. His will was dated 3 Aug 1524 and proved 12 May 1529, he calling himself of Glemsford, and naming "Isabell now his wife". He had six children named in his will.

(15g) Richard Scott Sr.

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Fifty Colonists (1990):109-111

Richard, the son of William Scott, was b. say 1476, d. Boxsted, Suffolk, England prob. April 1560, and married, wife's name unknown as she is not named in his will. In his will dated 30 May 1559 and proved 6 May 1560, he is called of Boxsted, and to be buried in the church yard. Children, probably b. Glemsford or Boxsted, Suffolk:

  • Thomas, eldest son, b. say 1500
  • Robert, b. say 1502
  • Joan, b. say 1505
  • William, b. say 1507, bur. Glemsford 8 Feb 1558/9, m. Margaret _______, who m. (2) Glemsford 29 Jan 1559/60 Jacob GALLY. William and Margaret had six children. His will was dated 16 Jan 1558/9 and proved 18 April 1559.
  • Richard, b. say 1510, m. (1) Joanna ______; m. (2) Joan Tollington (see below).
  • John, b. say 1512, liv. 1559.

(14g) Richard Scott Jr.

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Fifty Colonists (1990):101-2

Richard, son of Richard Scott, was b. presumably in Glemsford, Suffolk, England say 1510, bur. 5 Feb 1564/5 (conflicts with date of will), and m. (1) say 1535 Joanna _______, b. say 1515, bur. 23 Aug 1556; m. (2) 8 Oct 1556 Joan Tollerton, widow of Christopher Tollerton of Cavendish, Suffolk, and likely earlier the widow of ______ James. Widow "Joan" m. 26 Sep 1565 Thomas Hayward, apparently her fourth husband. Richard's will was dated 7 Feb 1564/5 (conflicts with burial date) and proved 28 May 1565. Children with first wife, prob. all b. Glemsford:

  • John, eldest son, b. say 1535, bur. 25 May 1578, m. 6 Oct 1560 Ann STRUTT; perh. m. (2) Glemsford 10 June 1574 Margaret Hilles who was bur. 12 March 1591.
  • Anne, b. say 1538, m. John FROST (see above).
  • Katherine, b. say 1541, m. Whepstead (Suffolk?) 7 Nov 1563 William LILLY.
  • Mary, b. say 1543, m. 27 May 1564 Thomas WARREN.
  • Edward, b. say 1545, d. 1627, m. say 1570 Elizabeth _______ (an Elizabeth Scott was bur. 14 March 1596/7). Eight children b. 1571 to c. 1587. His will was dated 8 Sep and proved 20 Dec 1627.
  • Joan, bapt. 7 June 1550, bur. Glemsford 11 Jan 1553/4.
  • Susanna, bapt. 11 Feb 1551/2, bur. 21 April 1552.
  • Richard, bapt. 26 Sep 1553, d. 1627 testate; was a clothier.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 30 march 1555, m. Glemsford 1 Nov 1581 Ambrose JEFFREY.

Children with second wife, prob. b. Glemsford:

  • Dorothy (twin), bapt. 25 Jan 1557/8, no in father's 1564 will.
  • Joan (twin), bapt. 25 Jan 1557/8, bur. 27 May 1558.

(13g) John Belgrave

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Fifty Colonists (1990):93-4

John Belgrave was born say 1535, bur. Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England 12 Feb 1590/1, and m. (1) Glemsford, Suffolk, Eng. 22 Sep 1560 Joanna STRUTT, b. say 1540, bur. Leverington 14 Aug 1577, daughter of John and Catherine Strutt of Glemsford; m. (2) St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 25 Aug 1578 Elizabeth Fayerfoxe (Fairfax) of Bury. John's will was dated 3 Feb and proved 11 March 1590/1. Children with first wife, baptized Leverington:

  • Thomasine, bapt. 1 Feb 1561/2, m. Edward FROST (see above)
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 16 Feb 1563/4, liv. 1591
  • Catherine, bapt. 31 March 1566, liv. 1591
  • Thomas, bapt. 13 Dec 1567, liv. 1638, m. Glemsford 8 April 1602 Susanna FOSBROOK, bur. 20 Feb 1611/12. Two known daughters.
  • Abraham, bapt. 27 Dec 1569, liv. 1591
  • George, bapt. 31 Aug 1571, liv. 1591
  • Jacob, b. say 1573, d. c. 1638, m. (1) ______ ______; m. (2) Stanstead, Suffolk 23 Jan 1631/2 widow Susan WATLOCK(?) Administration of his estate was given to his widow on 3 April 1638.
  • Barbara, bapt. 12 June 1575, bur. Leverington 4 May 1576.
  • Barbara, bapt. 27 June 1577, bur. Leverington 17 Sep 1589.

Children with second wife, bapt. Leverington:

  • Joseph, bapt. 20 March 1579/80, bur. 26 March 1580.
  • Dorcas, bapt. 9 May 1584, bur. Leverington 1 May 1585
  • Isaac, bapt. 8 Oct 1589, not in father's 1591 will

(16g) John Strutt

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Fifty Colonists (1990):115-6

John Strutt, b. say 1465, d. c. 1516/7, m. say 1490 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1470, d. 1526. His will was dated 12 Sep 1516 and proved 5 Feb 1516/7. Elizabeth's will was dated 22 Sep and proved 13 Nov 1526. They lived in Glemsford, Suffolk, England. Children, prob. all b. Glemsford:

  • Thomas, b. say 1490, m. Joan _______ (see below).
  • Alice, b. say 1492, d. by 1516, m. ______ BIGG and had two known children.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1494, liv. 1526, m. by 1516 Thomas Ellice
  • John, b. say 1497, liv. 1516
  • Robert, on the 1524 subsidy roll
  • Katherine, liv. 1516
  • Margery, liv. 1516

(15g) Thomas Strutt

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Fifty Colonists (1990):112

Thomas, the son of John and Elizabeth Strutt, was b. say 1490, d. c. 1548, and m. say 1515 Joan ______, b. say 1495. In the 1524 subsidy roll of Glemsford, Suffolk, he paid two pounds of tax on 40 pounds worth of goods. In his will dated 20 June 1544, and proved 10 Dec 1548, he called himself of [Long] Melford, county Suffolk, diocese of Norwich, yeoman. Children, b. Glemsford:

  • John, b. say 1515, m. (1) Catherine _______; m. (2) Julian SCOTT (see below).
  • Erasmus, b. say 1527, d. Glemsford, Suffolk c. 1558, and m. 9 Oct 1552 Alice ROBERDES who m. (2) Glemsford 13 June 1558 John White. His will was dated 5 Nov 1557 and proved 24 May 1558, in which he called himself of Glemsford. He had two children baptized in 1553 and 1556.
  • Audrey, b. say 1529, m. ________ HATCH.
  • Eustace, b. say 1531, liv. 1557, and had children per his brother John's 1591 will.
  • Ursula, b. say 1533, m. by 1557 Thomas BREWSTER.

(14g) John Strutt

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Fifty Colonists (1990):103-5; NOT consulted: TAG 61:161-6, 63:129-35

John, the son of Thomas and Joan Strutt of Glemsford, Suffolk, England, was b. Glemsford, Suffolk, England say 1515, bur. there 22 April 1591, m. (1) say 1540 Catherine _______, b. say 1520, bur. Glemsford 18 Aug 1578; m. (2) 21 Oct 1578 Julian SCOTT, daughter of Richard Scott of Fynstead, in Glemsford. John is on the 1568 subsidy roll, and taxed 6 shillings on five pounds worth of land. His will was dated 13 Feb 1577/8 and proved 12 May 1591. An inquisition post mortem was held at Hadleigh, Suffolk on 21 March 1602/3, giving his death date as 23 April 1591, but the burial date, closer to the event, is considered more reliable. Following John's death, his widow Julian m. (2) 30 June 1591 Ambrose Biggs, Sr., bur. Glemsford 9 May 1621. Children of John Strutt with first wife Catherine:

  • Joanna, b. say 1540, m. Glemsford 22 Sep 1560 John BELGRAVE (see above).
  • Thomas, bur. 17 July 1551
  • Ambrose, bur. 22 March 1562/3

Children with second wife, Julian, bapt. Glemsford:

  • John, bapt 16 Aug 1579, bur. 23 May 1584
  • Anne, bapt. 4 July 1585, m. Ambrose BIGGS, Jr.

Widow Julian had, with Ambrose Biggs, a daughter Margery bapt. 19 March 1591/2, bur. 7 July 1593.

(9g) William French

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Crosby Gen (1914):98-100; GM vol II (2001):588-93

William French was b. c. 1604 (30 in 1635, 76 in 1679, and 77 in 1681), d. Billerica, Mass. 20 Nov 1681 in his 78th year, and m. (1) say 1624 Elizabeth _______, b. c. 1605 (30 in July 1635), d. Billerica 31 March 1668; m. (2) Billerica 6 May 1669 Mary (LOTHROP) Stearns, bapt. (Barnstable?) 4 Oct 1640, d. aft. 1687, widow of Capt. John Stearns of Billerica, and daughter of Thomas Lothrop and Sarah Learned. On 4 July 1635, Wm French, aged 30, a servant of Roger Harlakenden, was enrolled at London for passage to New England. Also on board were Elizabeth French, aged 30, Francis French, aged 10, Elizabeth French, aged 6, Marie French, aged 2 1/2, and Jo: French, aged 5 months. Sailing on the same vessel was Rev. Thomas Shepard who became the minister of the Cambridge church. William was a tailor, and first settled in Cambridge, and then in 1652 became a proprietor of Billerica. He was a brother of John French who also settled at Cambridge. William was made freeman in March 1635/6. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638, and after being a sergeant, was confirmed Lieutenant in 1647 of the Cambridge militia. He was a deputy from Billerica to the general court in 1660, 1663, and 1664, and in 1659 he was empowered to marry others in Billerica and Chelmsford. His will was dated 5 June 1679 and proved 20 Dec 1681; his inventory of 20 Nov 1681 totalled 231 pounds. Following William's death, his widow m. (3) Billerica 29 June 1687 Isaac Mixer, Jr. of Watertown, Mass. who has an extant gravestone in the Grove Hill Cem., Waltham, Mass. [145]. Children with first wife, Elizabeth:

  • Francis, b. c. 1625, sailed with parents to New England in 1635; no further record
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1629, m. Dedham, Mass. 19 Sep 1650 Richard ELLIS.
  • Mary, b. c. 1632, m. c. 1650 Jonathan HIDE.
  • John, b. about Feb 1634/5, bapt. Cambridge, Mass. 1635, m. (1) Barstable (now Mass., but recorded in Billerica) 21 June 1659 Abigail COGGAN, d. Billerica 5 April 1662, daughter of Henry Coggan; m. (2) Billerica 3 July 1662 Hannah Burridge, d. Billerica 7 July 1667; m. (3) Billerica 14 Jan 1667/8 Mary Rogers, d. Billerica 16 June 1677; m. (4) Billerica 16 Jan 1677/8 Mary (LITTLEFIELD) Kittredge, daughter of Francis Littlefield and widow of John Kittredge.
  • Sarah, b. Cambridge March 1638, m. Roxbury, Mass. 15 Aug 1660 Jonathan PEAKE, son of Christopher Peake.
  • Jacob, b. Cambridge 16 Jan 1639[/40?], m. (1) Billerica 20 Sep 1665 Mary CHAMPNEY, d. Billerica 1 April 1681, daughter of Richard Champney; m. (2) Billerica 30 June 1685 Marcy Convers of Woburn, d. Billerica 18 June 1686; m. (3) Mary _______, drowned Billerica 9 June 1709.
  • Hannah, b. Cambridge 2 Feb 1641[/2?], d. there 20 June 1642.
  • Hannah, b. say 1643, d. 9 May 1674, m. Braintree, Mass. 6 Sep 1661 John BRACKETT, bapt. Boston, Mass. 7 May 1637, d. 18 March 1686/7, son of Richard Brackett and Alice Blower. Following Hannah's death, John m. (2) Billerica 31 March 1675 Ruth (Morse) Ellis. (see Richard Brackett, above)
  • Samuel, b. Cambridge 3 Dec 1645, bur. there 15 July 1646.

Children with second wife, Mary, all b. Billerica:

  • Mary, b. 3 April 1670, m. (1) 20 June 1687 Robert SHARP; m. (2) Billerica 23 March 1693/4 Nathaniel DUNCKLEE.
  • Sarah, b. 29 Oct 1671, m. Billerica 6 May 1691 Joseph CROSBY (see above).
  • Abigail, b. 14 April 1673, d. Billerica 13 April 1674.
  • Hannah, b. Billerica 25 Jan 1676[/7?], m. Watertown, Mass. 5 Oct 1693 John CHILD.

(13g) Robert Lothrop

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Brainerd Anc (1948):202

Robert, the son of John Lowthroppe, was b. say 1505, d. Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England 1558, and m. Ellen ______, d. 1572. He succeeded to the estates of his father, and made many additions to them. Children:

  • Thomas, m. (1) Elizabeth (_____) Clark; m. (2) Mary _______; m. (3) Jane ______ (see below).
  • Robert
  • Lawrence, m. Elizabeth ______
  • Margaret, m. Robert HODGESON
  • John

(12g) Thomas Lothrop

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Brainerd Anc (1948):201; TAG 70(1995):252

Thomas, son of Robert and Ellen Lothrope, was b. say 1535, bur. Etton, Yorkshire 9 Oct 1606, and m. (1) Elizabeth (______) Clark, bur. Etton 29 July 1574; m. (2) c. 1575 Maud _______, bur. Etton 6 June 1588; m. (3) c. 1589 Jane _______. Following Thomas's death, his widow Jane m. ______ Coppendale. Children with first wife, Elizabeth, first four b. Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England, and last four bapt. Etton, Yorkshire:

  • Robert, b. say 1561, m. 27 Jan 1608[/9?] Ann PATISON.
  • Catherine, b. say 1563, m. 12 June 1607 William ANETT.
  • Aubrey, b. say 1565, m. _____ WICKHAM.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1567, m. 19 Feb 1588[/9?] Thomas ROW____.
  • Anne, bapt. 13 Feb 169_, d. young.
  • Isabel, bapt. 3 July 1570
  • Marten, bapt. 21 Oct 1572, bur. 12 Nov 1572
  • Andrew, bapt. 23 April 1574.

Children of Thomas with second wife, Maud, all baptisms at Etton:

  • Anne, bapt. 19 July 1576
  • Mary, b. say 1579, m. John GALLANT; she was named in the 1628 will of her brother Thomas.
  • Thomas, bapt. 14 Oct 1582, d. c. 1629, m. Elizabeth _______. He was admitted sizar at Queen's College, Cambridge, 30 June 1601; BA 1604/5; MA 1608; rector of Dengie, Essex 1613-1629. His will was dated 20 Oct 1628 and proved 6 May 1629.
  • John, bapt. 20 Dec 1584, m. (1) Hannah HOUSE; m. (2) Ann ______ (see below).
  • William, bapt. 24 May 1587, liv. 1628

Children with third wife, Jane, all baptized at Etton, Yorkshire:

  • Margaret, bapt. 13 Feb 1591[/2?]
  • Isabell, bapt. 29 Sep 1592
  • Lucy, bapt. 4 Jan 1594[/5?] (prob. 1593/4)
  • Richard, bapt. 12 Oct 1595, m. Dorothy _______
  • Mark, bapt. 27 Sep 1597, d. North Cove, Yorkshire 1660, unmarried.
  • Lawrence, bapt. 29 Aug 1599, liv. 1641
  • Jane, bapt. 14 March 1601[/2?] (prob. 1600/1)
  • Joseph, bapt. 31 Dec 1602
  • Bartholomew, bapt. 1 March 1605 (1604/5?), liv. 1659

(11g) Rev. John Lothrop

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GM IV (2005):345-51; Brainerd Anc (1948):196-200; Lathrop Gen (1884):37-42

John, the son of Thomas Lothrop with his second wife, Mary, was bapt. Etton, Yorkshire, England 20 Dec 1584, d. Barnstable (now Mass.) 8 Nov 1653, and m. (1) Eastwell, Kent, Eng. 16 Oct 1610 Hannah HOUSE, b. say 1593, d. London, Eng. c. 1633, daughter of Rev. John House; m. (2) c. 1634 Ann _______, d. Barnstable 25 Feb 1687/8. John matriulated at Oxford from Christ Church on 15 Oct 1602, then transferred to Queens' College, Cambridge. He received a BA in 1607, and an MA in 1609. Lothrop became curate at Little Chart, Kent on 10 Jan 1609/10, after which he served as curate at Egerton, Kent from 1614 to 1624. He then moved to London to join the independent, but not yet separatist, conventicle organied by Rev. Henry Jacob. After joining Jacob's congregation, Lothrop was chosen its pastor in 1625. On 29 April 1632 a meeting of this congregation was raided, and about 40 members were imprisoned. Most were released, but not Lothrop, who was interrogated before the Court of High Commission. He was finally released in June 1634, after the death of his first wife, and very soon thereafter left for New England. Gov. John Winthrop reported in his diary, "the Griffin and another ship now arriving with about two hundred passengers and one hundred cattle (Mr. Lothrop and Mr. Simmes, two godly ministers, coming in the same ship)". Lothrop settled in Scituate, in the Plymouth Colony, where on 8 Jan 1634/5 he was the 11th of 13 members admitted to the church there, becoming its minister. When the Scituate church moved to Barnstable in late 1639, Lothrop remained as member and pastor until his death in 1653, he suceeding Rev. Joseph Hull at Barnstable. His will was dated 10 Aug 1653 and proved 7 March 1653/4, he calling himself "Mr. John Lothropp, pastor of the Church of Christ at Barnstable". Rev. Lothrop has a memorial plaque in the Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable, and may well be buried there. Children, with first wife, Hannah: [146]

  • Thomas, bapt. Eastwell, Kent 21 Feb 1612/3, m. Sarah (LEARNED) Ewer (see below).
  • Jane, bapt. Egerton, Kent 29 Sep 1614, m. Scituate 8 April 1635 Samuel FULLER, d. 31 Oct 1683, son of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. They had nine children.
  • Anne, bapt. Egerton 12 May 1616, bur. there 30 April 1617.
  • John, bapt. Egerton 22 Feb 1617/8, named in father's will as living in England in 1653.
  • Barbara, bapt. Egerton 31 Oct 1619, m. Duxbury (now. Mass.) 19 July 1638 John EMERSON.
  • Samuel, b. say 1621, d. Norwich, CT 29 Feb 1700, m. (1) Barnstable 28 Nov 1644 Elizabeth SCUDDER; m. (2) early 1690s Abigail DOANE, b. 29 Jan 1632, d. 29 Jan 1734, aged 102, daughter of John Doane. Samuel was a house builder. In 1648 the family moved to New London, CT, then called Pequot. In 1657 Samuel and three others rescued the Indian chief Uncas, leading to the abandonment of warfare between the Narragansetts and Mohegans. In 1668 the family moved to Norwich where he erected a grist mill. His will was dated 24 Feb 1700. He and first wife Elizabeth had nine children b. from 1645 to 1667.
  • Joseph, bapt. Eastwell 11 April 1624, d. Barnstable 11 Dec 1702, m. Barnstable 11 Dec 1650 Mary ANSELL. He served extensively as selectman and as deputy, and held the rank of captain in the local militia. His will was dated 9 Oct 1700,and proved 9 April 1702. His inventory totalled a large 8216 pounds. Joseph has an extant gravestone in the Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable. [147]
  • Benjamin, bapt. Eastwell 24 Sep 1626, d. 3 July 1693, m. by 1660 Martha ______. Goodwife Lathrop was admitted to the Charlestown church on 29 July 1660.

Children with second wife, Ann:

  • Barnabas, bapt. Scituate 6 June 1636, d. Barnstable 26 Oct 1715, m. (1) Plymouth 3 Nov 1658 Susanna CLARK, b. c. 1642, d. 28 Sep 1697, aged 55, daughter of Thomas Clark and Susanna Ring, who arrived in the colony in 1623, and granddaughter of the Thomas Clarke who was the mate of the Mayflower; m. (2) Boston, Mass. 15 Nov 1698 Abigail (BUTTON) Dudson, b. c. 1643, d. Boston 21 Dec 1715, aged 72, daughter of Robert Button and widow of Joseph Dudson. His will was dated 8 June 1713 and probated 27 Nov 1715. Barnabas and both wives all have extant gravestones in the Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable. [148]
  • daughter, b. 1638, bur. Scituate 30 July 1638.
  • Abigail, bapt. Barnstable 2 Nov 1639, m. Plymouth 7 Oct 1657 James CLARK, brother of Susanna, above.
  • Bathshua, bapt. Barnstable 27 Feb 1641/2, d. 8 Jan 1722[/3], m. (1) c. 1669 Benjamin BALE; m. (2) perh. late 1680s Alexander MARSH. She was buried in the Dorchester North Burial Ground, now in Boston, but there is no photo of her stone in Find-a-grave, and it may now be lost or illegible. [149]
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1643, m. by 1665 John WILLIAMS.
  • John, bapt. Barnstable 18 May 1645, d. Barnstable 27 Sep 1727, m. (1) Plymouth 3 Jan 1671/2 Mary COLE; m. (2) Plymouth mid Dec 1695 Hannah (MORTON) Fuller, daughter of John Morton and widow of John Fuller. John has an extant gravestone in the Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable. [150]
  • son, bur. Barnstable 25 Jan 1649/50 "a man child of John Lothropp dying immediately after it was born".

(10g) Thomas Lothrop

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GM IV (2005):348; Lathrop Gen (1884):38; GM II (2001):479-82 (Thomas Ewer); We Relate website, citing Barnstable vital records and Savage

Thomas, the son of Rev. John Lothrop and Hannah House, was bapt. Eastwell, Kent, England 21 Feb 1612/3, d. c. 1707, and m. "in the Bay" 11 Dec 1639 Sarah (LEARNED) Ewer, b. c. 1607, liv. 1649, daughter of William Learned and Goodith Gilman, and widow of Thomas Ewer, bapt. Strood, Kent 10 March 1592/3, d. summer 1638. On 19 June 1635 Tho Ewer, tailor, aged 40; Sara Ewer, aged 28; Elizabeth Ewer, aged 4; and Tho Ewer, aged 1 1/2, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James. It is not known why the two older children were omitted from this list, as they both came to New England. Thomas Lothrop probably came to New England with his father aboard the Griffin in 1634, and he joined his father's church at Scituate on 4 May 1637. He was a land surveyor at Barnstable in 1641, and on a list of men able to bear arms in 1643. He was made freeman in 1656. Children of Sarah with her first husband, Thomas Ewer:

  • John Ewer, bapt. Strood, Kent 14 Jan 1627/8, d. c. 1652, m. Mary ______. On 29 June 1652 Mary Ewer widow presented the inventory of the estate of John Ewer deceased, according to Plymouth Colony records.
  • Sarah Ewer, bapt. Strood 10 May 1629, m. (1) Barnstable, Mass. 18 June 1645 Thomas BLOSSOM, son of Thomas Blossom; m. (2) 1651 Nicholas DAVIS of Barnstable and Newport; and m. (3) by 1676 Dr. John CLARKE of Newport, author of Rhode Island's Royal Charter of 1663.
  • Elizabeth Ewer, bapt. Strood 2 Oct 1631, bur. Barnstable, Mass. 9 April 1641.
  • Thomas Ewer, bapt. Strood 6 Feb 1633/4, d. c. 1667, m. by 1667 Hannah _______. On 31 May 1667 the estate of Thomas Ewer was appraised, and his relict, Hannah, took her oath.

Children of Thomas and Sarah Lathrop:

  • Mary, bapt. 4 Oct 1640, m. Dec 1656 John STEARNS; m. (2) 6 May 1669 William FRENCH (see above); m. (3) Isaac MIXER.
  • Hannah, b. 18 Oct 1642
  • Thomas, bapt. 7 July 1644
  • Meletiah (male), bapt. Barnstable 22 Nov 1646, d. there 6 Feb 1711/2, m. Lynn, Mass. 20 May 1667 Sarah FARRAR, b. c. 1648, d. Barnstable 23 May 1712, aged 64, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar. They had eight children born from 1668 to 1682/3
  • Bethia, bapt. Barnstable 22 July 1649, m. Barnstable July 1668 John HINCKLEY, b. Barnstble 24 May 1644, d. there 7 Dec 1709, son of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole.

(12g) Rev. John House

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Brainerd Anc (1948):166-7; GM III (2003):424-8 (Samuel House); GMB (1995):852-3 (William Hammond); NEHGR 66(1912)356-7; 67(1913):260-1 (will of Thomas House, below); TAG 70(1995):251; Cape Cod Gen Soc Bulletin, Fall 2007

John House was born say 1565, bur. Eastwell, Kent, England 2 Sep 1630, and m. say 1589 Alice _______, b. say 1569, bur. Eastwell 17 July 1640. John matriculated at St. John's College, Cambridge in 1590 (Cape Cod article). He was the curate for Egerton, Kent from 1592 to 1596 and rector of Eastwell, Kent from 1603 to 1630. His nuncupative will was made Aug 1630 and proved 8 Sep 1630, naming wife Alice as executrix, and daughter Elizabeth Champion was a witness. Three of his children, Hannah, Penina, and Samuel, went to New England. Children:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1590, liv. 1630, m. Eastwell 28 Sep 1607 John CHAMPION. Elizabeth Champion was a witness to her father's 1630 nuncupative will, and called his daughter.
  • Hannah, bapt. Egerton, Kent 5 May 1595, m. 16 Oct 1610 John LOTHROP, bapt. Etton, Yorkshire 20 Dec 1584, son of Thomas Lothrop with second wife, Maud (see above).
  • Penina, bapt. Egerton 11 April 1596, liv. Barnstable (now Mass.) 1669, m. Robert LINNELL, and came to New England
  • John, bapt. Eastwell, Kent 19 June 1603, m. (lic. at Eastwell 18 Sep 1623) Mary OSBORNE, daughter of Edward Osborne. In their marriage license, John is called a saddler of Lenham, aged about 21, and Mary is called a maiden of Ashford, aged about 20, and daughter of Edward Osborne, deceased.
  • Prisilla, bapt. Eastwell 25 Aug 1605, bur. Eastwell, 28 Nov 1618.
  • Thomas, bapt. Eastwell 21 Aug 1608, d. London 1644, m. Elizabeth _______. In his will, dated 18 Oct and proved 23 Dec 1644, Thomas calls himself of St. Stephen in Coleman Street, London, and Citizen and Brownbaker of London, naming wife Elizabeth, children Samuel and Eliabeth and unborn child (Elizabeth per codicil), brothers John and Samuel, and sisters Pininna Lynnell and Drucilla Plyer.
  • Samuel bapt. 10 June 1610, d. Scituate (now Mass.) 12 Sep 1661 (from inventory) m. about April 1636 Eliabeth HAMMOND, b. c. 1619, prob. d. by 1661 (and called deceased in July 1662), daughter of William Hammond and Elizabeth Paine. Elizabeth was 15 when included with her mother and two siblings in the April 1634 passenger list of the Francis; they had come originally from Lavenham, Suffolk. Samuel, while still living in England as a young man, lived in London, and was a member of Rev. John Lothrop's separatist congregation there. When the congregation was raided in 1632, Samuel and the others were taken prisoner, and interrogated at a Court of High Commission. He sailed for New England soon after his release, and was in Scituate in the Plymouth Colony by 1634 and made a freeman 1 Jan 1634/5. He was a ship carpenter. He moved to Cambridge, Mass. by about 1642, then to Barnstable in 1645, but returned to Scituate to stay in 1646. He held only minor offices as a tax collector and juryman. On 1 Oct 1661 administration of his estate was given to two of his children, Samuel and Elizabeth. The inventory of 12 Sep 1661 totalled almost 250 pounds. Samuel and Elizabeth had seven children born from 1636 to say 1649.
  • Henry, bapt. 28 June 1612
  • Drucilla, b. say 1615, m. Eastwell 17 April 1637, Simon PLYER/PLAYER.

(11g) William Learned

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GMB (1995) 2:1164-6; 3:1749 (Isaac Stearns)

William Learned was born say 1581, d. Woburn, Mass. 1 March 1645/6, and m. (1) St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey 22 April 1606 Goodith GILMAN, liv. 1632; m. (2) Jane _______, d. Woburn 24 Jan 1660/1. William and Goodith lived with their family in Bermondsey, Surrey where several of their children were baptized. They were in New England by 1630, the year that William was admitted an inhabitant of Charlestown. They were both admitted to the church at Charlestown on 6 Dec 1632, and William became a freeman on 14 May 1634, and was a selectman in 1636. In 1637 William signed the petition supporting the Rev. John Wheelwright, but being threatened with being disarmed and disenfranchised, he recanted and withdrew his support on 16 Nov 1637. In 1640 they moved from Charlestown to Woburn, Mass. Children, all with first wife, and all baptisms at Bermondsey, Surrey:

  • Sarah, b. c. 1607, m. (1) Bermondsey, Surrey 13 Jan 1623/4, as his second wife, Thomas EWER, bapt. Strood, Kent 10 March 1592/3, d. summer 1638; m. (2) 11 Dec 1639 Thomas LATHROP (see above).
  • Bethia, bapt. 29 Oct 1612; no further record
  • Mary, bapt. 15 Sep 1615, bur. Bermondsey 26 July 1625.
  • Abigail, bapt. 30 Sep 1618; no further record.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 25 March 1621, m. c. 1644 John HALL. Their first child was b. Charlestown, Mass. in 1645
  • Isaac, bapt. 25 Feb 1623/4, m. Woburn 9 July 1646 Mary STEARNS, bapt. Nayland with Wissington, Suffolk, England 6 Jan 1625/6, daughter of Isaac Stearns and Mary Barker.

(10g) John Stevens

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NEHGR 85(1931):396-401

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

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

(9g) William Stevens

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

William Stevens was bapt. Caversham, Oxford, England 1 Sep 1616, d. Newbury, Mass. 19 May 1653, the son of John Stevens and Alice Atkins of Caversham. He m. Newbury 19 May 1645 Elizabeth BITFIELD, b. c. 1624, d. Newbury 24 Sep 1676, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Bitfield of Wrington, Somerset, England and Boston, Mass. Following William's death, Elizabeth m. (2) Newbury 3 March 1653/4, as his second wife, William Titcomb. William came to New England in 1638 aboard the ship Confidence, sailing from Southampton, England with his mother Alice, brother John, and John's wife, Elizabeth. He was a proprietor of Newbury, and admitted freeman there on 18 May 1642 on the same day as his brother. In his will dated 19 May 1653 and proved six weeks later on 30 June, he names only wife Elizabeth (executrix) and sons John and Samuel. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for William without a cemetery. Children of William and Elizabeth, all b. Newbury: [151]

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

(8g) John Stevens

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Hoyt (1897):324-5

John, the son of William Stevens and Elizabeth Bitfield, was b. Newbury 19 Nov 1650, d. early 1725, and m. Newbury 9 March 1669/70 Mary CHASE, b. Newbury 3 Feb 1650/1, living in 1725, the daughter of Aquila Chase and Ann Wheeler. John moved with his family from Newbury to Haverhill, Mass. sometime between 1680 and 1685. John's will, dated 15 Jan 1724/5, was proved 6 April 1725, naming his wife and living children. His children were: [152]

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

(7g) Aaron Stevens

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

Aaron, the son of John Stevens and Mary Chase, was b. Haverhill 7 April 1685 (VR), d. Plaistow, NH 1756, and m. (1) c. 1710 Mary HARRIS, b. say 1690, liv. 1718 and prob. 1727; m. (2) Elizabeth (DOW) Rowan. An online account identifies the first wife as Mary (Harris) Walter, b. 7 Nov 1689, d. 20 March 1745, said to be the widow of William Walter, and daughter of Richard Harris and Elizabeth Blackleach, but the account ridiculously gives this Mary Harris two husbands and families at the same time. Also, Mary cannot be the daughter of Richard Harris and Elizabeth Blackleach, because in a 1712 deed, the widow Elizabeth (Blackleach) Harris calls her daughter Mary Harris, and our subject Mary Harris was already married to Aaron Stevens by then. Aaron was a cooper living in Haverhill in 1726, apparently in the part that became Plaistow, NH. Widow Elizabeth Stevens declined administration of Aaron's estate on 24 Feb 1756, and administration was eventually given to son John Stevens. Because son Thomas neither accepted nor declined administration, the Pillsbury Ancestry concludes that the Thomas who married Prudence Merrill was NOT the son of Aaron, but rather the son of Roger Stevens. However, the below Thomas Stevens executed a deed that was witnessed by Aaron, suggesting a connection. Looking at onomastic evidence, Aaron appears to be a better candidate than Roger as the father of Thomas. The vital record of Haverhill specifically names Mary Harriss as the mother of the first four children, and Mary (with no surname) as the mother of the remaining children. Children, born or baptized in Haverhill: [153]

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

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

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

The last child baptized five months after the previous:

  • Mary, b. 1727, bp 18 Jun 1727

(6g) Thomas Stevens

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

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

Thomas is likely the one of his name b. Haverhill, Mass. 20 Oct 1712 (VR), living in Goffstown in 1790, the son of Aaron Stevens and Mary Harris of Haverhill. He m. Haverhill 29 April 1736 Prudence MERRILL, b. Amesbury 1 May 1715, liv. 7 Oct 1786, the daughter of Jonathan Merrill and Mary Brown. The marriage is also recorded in Plaistow as Oct 1737, but this date must be in error if either given date for their oldest daughter is correct. Some accounts say Prudence died in Goffstown, NH (where several of her children lived) in Oct 1786, but I cannot confirm this. On 15 Nov 1744, Thomas Stevens of Almsbury District, NH (Merrimack) sold land there to Elicksander Campbell of Haverhill District, with Aron Stevens and Jonathan Roberds as witnesses. His family then likely lived in the part of Haverhill that became Plaistow, NH in 1749. This is probably why the baptisms of the oldest children appear in the Haverhill records, but not those of the younger children. Thomas was still of Plaistow in a 6 Feb 1767 deed, but likely of Goffstown shortly after that. He was called of Goffstown in a 4 July 1774 deed, and signed a deed there on 6 Oct 1786, with his wife Prudence giving up her dower the following day. He was living in Goffstown with a female, and no one else, in 1790. Three of the four older children of Thomas and Prudence have baptismal records in Haverhill, while the births of all of the children are found in the Plaistow records (note that there is a conflict in these dates for two of the children): [154]

  • Hannah, bapt Haverhill 13 Nov 1737 (but b. 25 Jan 1737/8 from Plaistow records, one of these dates obviously being incorrect). She is not the Hannah who married Jonathan Heath, but may have married ______ PATTEE and Job DOW (Pillsbury Anc:1023).
  • Mary, b. Haverhill 3 June 1740, bapt. North Parish 10 June 1739, liv. 1799, m. prob. Hampstead, NH 6 Oct 1761 Lt Moses LITTLE, b. Haverhill, Mass. 3 Aug 1742, d. Goffstown, NH 5 Sep 1812, the son of George Little and Mary Kimball. Moses was in New Boston, NH in 1763, but living in Goffstown by 1770. He was a soldier of the revolution and served as a lieutenant under Gen. Stark from 23 April to 1 Aug 1775, and was at Bunker Hill. He also served with Capt Jesse Page's company in Rhode Island in Aug 1778. There are two, and possibly three, contemporary Moses Littles who lived in the Goffstown area. Only two have tombstone photos: the one buried in Goffstown, has a birth year of about 1748, which is too late for someone married in 1761; also, he has the correct birth day, but wrong year (Hmmm!?!). The one in Hampstead appears to be married to someone other than Mary Stevens. A third Moses Little, with the dates given above, has been placed in a pseudo-cemetery in Hampstead, with no tombstone photo. There is something really messed up about all of this. Moses and Mary had nine children born from 1762 to 1780. [155] [156]
  • Prudence, bapt Haverhill 10 May 1741 but b. 23 Jan 1742 from the Plaistow records, so one of these is incorrect.
  • Daniel, b. Plaistow 18 Nov 1745, bapt Haverhill 24 Nov 1745, d. Plaistow 27 May 1837, aged 91 years and 6 months. Like his brother, Nathaniel, Daniel managed to avoid the census takers, until 1830, when he appears in Plaistow, aged 80-89, with a female aged 70-79, and another aged 10-14. Daniel may be the one who married in Plaistow 28 Jan 1768 Elisabeth BRYANT (per town records), though some accounts make her the wife of Daniel Stevens born 1742 in Newbury, Mass. He is the Daniel Stevens who, at the age of 69, married in Haverhill 29 June 1815 Alice (PIKE) George, the widow of Lewis George. He managed to avoid the census takers until 1830, when he appears on the census for Plaistow, aged 80-89, living with females, aged 70-79, and 10-14. He has an extensive Revolutionary War record, and had four enlistments from 1775 to 1777, serving as a private and as an ensign. He served at Lexington, Bennington, and Saratoga, among other engagements. In one compensation document, he was paid $13.33 for four months as a private, and paid $29.70 for two months 29 days as an ensign. In 1832 he was awarded a pension in the amount of $33.33 per annum. He is buried in the Plaistow town cemetery with wife Alice. [157]
  • Sarah, b. Plaistow 18 Dec 1748, d. Goffstown 10 or 19 Sep 1805, m. Samuel ANNIS, b. 1745, d. 26 May 1828, son of Sanuel Annis and Mary Humble. Samuel was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Sarah and Samuel both have grave markers in the Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown. [158]
  • Naomi, b. 24 Oct 1751, d. Goffstown 9 Jan 1816, and m. 1771 John BUTTERFIELD, a revolutionary war soldier. John has a fine slate grave marker in the Hillside Cemetery; Naomi has a stone of the type that attracts moss, and is difficult to read. Both of them are included on a family monument erected in Hillside Cemetery in 2017. See sandbox b2. [159]
      • [may not belong here unless a twin of Anna] Nathaniel, b. 26 Feb 1754, d. Weare, NH 19 April 1838, aged 83. He was married in Goffstown, NH on 12 Nov 1778 to Elizabeth GAY, b. 1753, d. 13 Nov 1828, aged 75. The provenance of Elizabeth has not yet been discovered. Nathaniel served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and enlisted April 1775, serving eight months as a private in Capt Richard's company, Col. Stark's NH regiment. He then immediately re-enlisted for one year as a private in Capt John Hale's company, same regiment. At the expiration of this enlistment he served for another two months in the same outfit. He moved from Goffstown to New Boston, NH, where he was living on 6 April 1818 when he applied for a pension, calling himself 65 years old, and living under reduced circumstances. In 1820 he deposed that his wife, Elizabeth, was 66 years old. Nathaniel and Elizabeth both have surviving grave markers in the Oil Mill Cemetery in Weare, though some of the inscription on her marker is chipped/worn away. [160]
  • Anna, bapt. Merrimack March 1754, "dau of Lieut. Thomas Stevens"
  • Susannah, b. Plaistow 12 April 1756, bapt. Merrimack 16 May 1756, of Lieut. Thomas
  • Thomas, bapt. Merrimack 5 March 1758, of Lieut. Thomas
  • Jacob, b. Plaistow 16 June 1758, m. Goffstown 6 Jan 1778 Jean CLOGSTON.
  • David, b. Plaistow 25 Aug 1764, liv. 1794, m. 29 Dec 1785 Susan SARGENT. He is of the right age to be the David Stevens on the 1790 census of Goffstown, having a household with male over 16 and 3 females, meaning he and his wife had two living daughters in 1790.

(10g) Samuel Bitfield

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TAG 67(1992):236-241

Samuel, the son of Giles Bitfield, was bapt. Wrington, Somersetshire, England 21 Feb 1601/2 and d. Boston, Mass. 1 Sep 1660. He m. (1) say 1623 a wife whose name has not been learned, and (2) Elizabeth _______ who died "30:7mo 1669 (30 Sep 1669) according to her inventory, but this date cannot be correct since her will was probated 23 Sep 1669 and her inventory taken 20 Sep 1669. Perhaps her actual death date was 30 Aug 1669. The apprentice records of Bristol, Somersetshire, England show that on 4 June 1616 Samuel Bitfield, son of Giles Bitfield, yeoman, deceased, late of Wrington, Somersetshire, was apprenticed to John Goode, cooper, and Lettice, his wife. Samuel was discharged from this apprenticeship on 27 March 1622 because his master was in prison. Samuel first appears in New England on 24 Feb 1639/40 when he was allotted 20 acres of land, apparently in the Wollaston section of Boston where he lived. On 2 June 1641 he was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He served as a Boston constable, beginning 8 March 1651/2. Samuel's will, dated 12:3mo:1659 (12 May 1659) was probated 20 Sep 1660 with inventory dated a week earlier on 13 Sep. In his will, he gave his unnamed wife his dwelling house provided "shee stay in this cuntry and keepe the sayde house in repare." Upon her death or departure from the country, the property was to go to Samuel's grandson Samuel Plumer. He made bequests to his unnamed wife and to the children of his two daughters: Samuell Plumer, John Plumer, Epharim Plumer, Mary Plumer, John Stevens, and Samuell Stevens (the latter two not yet 21, but in actuality, they were all under 21). Elizabeth's will, dated 13:11mo:1663 (13 Jan 1663/4) was probated 23 Sep 1669 mentioning sister Crowne and sister Margaret Parker, John Stevens, Samuell Stevens, William Titcome's children, Samuell Plummer's children, her "daughters" (actually step-daughters) Mary Plummer and Elizabeth Titcomb, and several others including "Ann Jeffreyes Children that bee not Quakers." Samuel had only two known children: [161]

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

(10g) Thomas Chasse (2 of 2)

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NEHGR 175:32-41 (2021).

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

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

(9g) Aquilla Chase (2 of 2)

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

Aquila Chase, son of Thomas Chasse and unknown wife, was bapt. Woolverstone, Suffolk, England 7 Jan 1619/20, d. Newbury, Mass. 17,21,or 27 Dec 1670, and m. c. 1644 Ann WHEELER, bapt. St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 13 May 1621, d. Newbury 21 April 1687, daughter of John Wheeler and Agnes Yeomans. Ann m. (2) Newbury 14 June 1672 Daniel Silloway, from Ireland. Due to the scarcity of his name, Aquila was often assumed to be the son of Aquila Chase of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England who was baptized 14 Aug 1580, but this is not the case. The subject Aquila and his brother Thomas were in New England by 1639, and both received grants of land in Hampton (now New Hampshire). They were orphans who were likely taken under the wing of another mariner, and likely came to New England with others from Woolverstone, settling initially in Dedham, and then moving to Hampton. The Pillsbury Ancestry notes that Aquila had no propensity for being in court like most of his neighbors, and is only of record for doing so twice. He was still living in Hampton in 1646 when presented at court, but the following year he was in Newbury, Mass., where he remained. He was a mariner or fisherman, and by tradition was the first person to pilot a craft "across the bar" at the mouth of the Merrimack River. He was called of Newbury in his will, dated 10 Dec 1670, and proved 28 March 1671. His inventory totaled 336 pounds. He is supposedly buried in Newbury. Children, all but first born in Newbury: [162]

  • Sarah, b. Hampton, NH c. 1646, m. Newbury 15 May 1666 Charles ANNIS.
  • Anne, b. 6 July 1647, m. Newbury 27 April 1671 Thomas BARBER.
  • Priscilla, b. 14 March 1648/9, m. 10 Feb 1670/1 Abel MERRILL.
  • Mary, b. 3 Feb 1650/1, m. Newbury 9 March 1669/70 John STEVENS (see above).
  • Aquila, b. 26 or 27 Sep 1652, d. Newbury 29 July 1720 (from inventory and gs), m. c. 1673 Esther BOND, b. Newbury 25 Sep 1655, liv. 1720, daughter of John Bond and Esther Blakeley of Newbury, Rowley, and Haverhill. They had nine children born from 1674 to c. 1693. Aquila has an extant gravestone in the First Parish Burying Ground in Newbury. [163]
  • Thomas, b. 25 July 1654, d. Newbury 25 Feb 1733[/4?], m. (1) Newbury 22 Nov 1677 Rebecca FOLLANSBEE, b. c. 1660, d. Newbury 27 Dc 1711, daughter of Thomas and Mary Follansbee; m. (2) 2 Aug 1713 or 14 Elizabeth (WOODHEAD) Moores, b. Chelmsford 28 Dec 1674, probably the widow of Jonathan Moores, and daughter of William and Mary Woodhead. Thomas had ten children with his first wife, born from 1680 to c. 1704, and a child with his second wife born in 1715.
  • John, b. 2 Nov 1655, d. Newbury 26 Feb 1739/40, m. (1) Newbury 23 May 1677 Elizabeth BINGLEY, b. Salisbury, Mass. 24 June 1660, d. c. 1685, daughter of William Bingley and Elizabeth Preston; m. (2) Newbury or Salisbury 21 Dec 1687 Lydia CHALLIS, b. Salisbury, 31 May 1655, liv. 1730, daughter of Lt. Philip Watson-Challis and Mary Sargent. John was a soldier in King Philip's War, and served under Capt. Turner in the Falls Fight on 18 May 1676. He took the oath of allegiance in 1678. His will (no date?) was proved 17 March 1739/40. He two children with his first wife, born 1678/9, and c. 1680, and nine more with second wife, b. 1688 to 1710.
  • Elizabeth, b. 13 Sep 1657, liv. Newbury 1696, m. (1) Andover, Mass. 27 June 1677 or 1678 Zachariah AYER; m. (2) Daniel FAVOR.
  • Ruth, b. 18 March 1659/60, d. 30 May 1676
  • Daniel, b. 15 Nov or 9 Dec 1661, d. Newbury 8 Feb 1707, m. Newbury 25 Aug 1683 Martha KIMBALL, b. Wenham, Mass. 18 Aug 1664, daughter of Henry Kimball and Mary Wyatt. Martha m. (2) (int. Newbury 9 May 1713) Josiah Heath of Haverhill. They had ten children born Newbury from 1684 to c. 1704.
  • Moses, b. 24 Dec 1663, d. Newbury 6 Sep 1743, m. (1) Newbury 10 Nov 1684 Anne FOLLANSBEE, b. prob. Portsmouth, NH 1668, d. Newbury 18 April 1708, daughter of Thomas and Mary Follansbee of Portsmouth; m. (2) 13 Dec 1713 Sarah JACOBS, b. Ipswich, Mass. 26 Sep 1674, d. Newbury 13 March 1739, daughter of Thomas Jacobs and Sarah Brown. Moses made his will 3 July 1740, proved 19 Sep 1743. Moses had nine children with first wife Ann, born Newbury from 1685 to 1708. Moses and second wife Sarah have extant gravestones in the Bridge Street Cemetery in West Newbury; first wife Ann has an extant stone in Sawyer Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport. [164]

(11g) Dominick Wheeler

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see sandbox b

(10g) John Wheeler

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see sandbox b

(13g) (prob.) John Merrill (1 of 2)

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Pillsbury Anc (1938):1031-2

John Merrill was born say 1470, d. prob. in Wherestead, Suffolk, England c. 1528/9, and m. say 1495 Anne BELCHM, b. say 1475, liv. 1528. John's will was dated 3 Dec 1528 and proved 12 March 1528/9 at the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. Children:

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

(12g) (prob.) John Merrill (1 of 2)

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Pillsbury Anc (1938):1032-3

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

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

(11g) John (the younger) Merrill (1 of 2)

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Pillsbury Anc (1938):1034-6

John, probably the youngest son of the above John and his wife Katherine, was born say 1545, d. Wherstead, Suffolk, England Dec 1600, and m. say 1569 Prudence _______, b. say 1550, liv. 1600. His will was dated 2 Dec and proved 11 Dec 1600. Children, probably born in Wherstead or Belstead:

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

(10g) Nathaniel Merrill (1 of 2)

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

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

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

(9g) Nathaniel Merrill (1 of 2)

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

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Merrill and Mary Blacksoll, was bapt Wherestead, Suffolk, England 4 May 1601, d. Newbury, Mass. 16 March 1654/5, and m. in England c. 1633 Susannah _______, b. say 1613, d. Newbury 25 Jan 1672/3. Susannah m. (2) Newbury 16 Aug 1661 Stephen Jordan, b. c. 1590, d. Newbury 8 Feb 1669/70, who sailed to New England in 1634 aboard the Mary and John.[12] Stephen had an earlier wife and two known daughters. Early in their marriage, Nathaniel and Susanna lived in the parish of Lawford in Essex, England, which is only eight miles from where Nathaniel was baptized in Wherestead, Suffolk. Nathaniel's will was dated 8 March 1654[/5] and proved 19 days later on 27 March 1655. Administration of Susanna's estate was given to her youngest son, Abell Merill, on 25 March 1673. A modern gravestone for Nathaniel has been installed in the First Settlers Burying Ground in Newbury. Children, first four baptized Lawford, Essex, England; remainder born in Newbury, Mass.: [165]

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

(8g) Abraham Merrill (1 of 2)

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Pillsbury Anc (1938):1041-3

Abraham, the son of Nathaniel and Susannah Merrill, was baptized at Lawford, Essex, England on 9 April 1637, d. Newbury, Mass. 28 Nov 1722, and m. (1) Newbury 18 Jan 1660/1 Abigail WEBSTER, b. c. 1642, d. Newbury 12 Aug 1712, aged 70, the daughter of John Webster and Mary Shatswell of Ipswich. He m. (2) (int. Newbury 15 Aug 1713) Sarah Rowlandson, b. 1658. Abraham was a weaver, and lived with his family in the northern part of Newbury. In 1674 Abraham and Abigail were members of the Newbury church, and Abraham was called Deacon. Abraham's only appearances in court were as a testator. Abigail has an extant gravestone in the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport, Mass. A grave next to hers with field stones marking head and foot is likely that of Abraham. Children, b. Newbury: [166]

  • Abigail, b. 13 Aug 1665 (VR), d. Newbury 9 Oct 1708, m. c. 1688 Hananiah ORDWAY.
  • Mary, b. 5 July 1667 (VR), d. Newbury 11 Oct 1703, m. 22 Dec 1685 Jonathan THURLOW.
  • Elizabeth, b. 26 April 1669 (VR), d. Andover, Mass. 29 July 1729, m. Newbury 2 Oct 1693 Joseph EMERY. b. Newbury 23 March 1663, d. Andover, 22 Sep 1721, the son of John and Mary Emery. Elizabeth and Joseph both have extant gravestones in the Old North Parish Burial Ground, Andover. [167]
  • Hannah, b. 9 Jan 1670[/1] (VR), living in 1713, m. Newbury 26 Aug 1695 Shubael LONG, b. Newbury 14 April 1661, d. Newbury 12 Aug 1731, son of Robert Long and Mary (Alice?) Short
  • Mary, b. 16 Jan 1671[/2?] (VR)
  • Abraham, b. 20 Sep 1672, d. Amesbury 26 Sep 1744, m. (int Newbury 7 Oct 1696) Abigail BARTLETT, b. Newbury 14 April 1674, d. Amesbury 11 July 1728, daughter of Samuel Bartlett and Elizabeth Titcomb. The Newbury vital record does not give a name to the child of Abraham born on 20 Sep 1672. Most accounts make that child the oldest son, Abraham Jr.; however, Abraham Jr. may have been born before 1665, as there is plenty of room for multiple children between the parents' marriage year of 1660/1 and the first known child in 1665.
  • John, b. 15 Oct 1673 (VR), d. Haverhill 28 Nov 1722, or d. c. 1756; m. (1) (int. Newbury 10 Aug 1708) Deborah HAZELTINE; m. (2) April 1729 Margaret Lowell.
  • Jonathan, b. 19 Jan 1675[/6] (VR), m. Mary BROWN (see below).
  • David, b. 20 Feb 1677[/8] (VR), d. Newbury 1 Jan 1760, m. Newbury 18 Dec 1706 Mary MORSE (VR), d. 18 Aug 1753, the daughter of Benjamin Morse and Ruth Sawyer. They had seven known children.
  • Sarah, b. 9 Oct 1679 (VR), d. Newbury 20 Nov 1750, m. (int Newbury 7 Oct 1696) Joseph MORSE, b. Newbury 5 Feb 1671[/2] (VR), the son of Benjamin Morse and Ruth Sawyer. They had three known children born 1697 to 1702.
  • Susanna, b. 6 Dec 1681 (VR), d. Newbury 15 Dec 1681.
  • Prudence, b. 1 Oct 1683 (VR), d. Amesbury 5 May 1718, m. Newbury 25 Nov 1702 John BARTLETT, b. Newbury 24 Jan 1682/3, bur. 3 Sep 1752, son of John Bartlett and Mary Rust. Following the death of Prudence, John m. (2) (int Amesbury 18 June 1720) Frances Kindrick. John was a tanner; his will, dated 30 July 1752, was proved 16 Oct 1752. He was buried 3 Sep 1752 according to the Queen Anne's Chapel records (found in the Newbury vital record), so he was likely buried in the cemetery there. This cemetery is now known as the Belleville Cemetery, located on Storey Street in Newburyport. [168]

(7g) Jonathan Merrill (1 of 2)

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Pillsbury Anc (1938):1043-4

Jonathan, the son of Abraham Merrill and Abigail Webster of Newbury, Mass., was b. Newbury 19 Jan 1675/6 (VR), living in 1758 when his wife's death record called her the wife, and not widow, of Jonathan Merrill; m. c. 1701 Mary BROWN, b. Haverhill 3 May 1671, d. Plaistow, NH 13 May 1758. She was the daughter of Nicholas Brown and Mary Linfurth of Haverhill according to many sources, but the Pillsbury Ancestry says this is not so. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Jonathan and Mary without a cemetery. Children: [169]

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

(9g) John Webster (line 2 of 4)

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GM 7(2011):261-8; Newbury vital records

John Webster was born c. 1606, d. c. 1646, and m. c. 1630 Mary SHATSWELL, b. say 1610, d. Newbury, Mass. 28 April 1694, the sister of John and Theophilus Shatswell and of Mary Curwen, all of whom also came to New England, and daughter of Judith Shatswell. Mary m. (2) Newbury 29 Oct 1650 John Emery. The provenance of John has not been learned, but he was in New England by 1634, as he received a grant of land in Ipswich, Mass. on 5 Jan 1634/5, and was admitted as a freeman of the colony on 4 March 1634/5. John served on a petit jury in Ipswich in March 1642. On 29 Sep 1646, John's inventory was sworn to by his widow Mary, who was given administration of his estate. Mary's will was dated 1 Aug 1693 and recorded 1 June 1696. Children:

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

(10g) Judith Shatswell

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see sandbox 8

References

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  1. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1060–1063.
  2. ^ see NEHGR:146 (Oct 1992)
  3. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 131–132.
  4. ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 2001, pp. 588–593.
  5. ^ Anderson 2005, pp. 78–81.
  6. ^ Anderson 2003, pp. 397–401.
  7. ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 2001, pp. 232–236.
  8. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 203–206.
  9. ^ a b c Noyes, Libby & Davis 1979, p. 615.
  10. ^ Noyes, Libby & Davis 1979, p. 151.
  11. ^ Noyes, Libby & Davis 1979, p. 363.
  12. ^ Anderson 2005, pp. 114–116.
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