[NI0002] Paul Edgar Morgan was born and raised in Merrimac, MA, where he held the honor of being the first Eagle Scout from that town. He was graduated from Wentworth Institute and attended Boston University and MIT. He worked at United Shoe Machinery Corp. in Beverly, MA as a Mechanical Engineer and has 17 patents listed under his name in Washington, DC. Some of his many interests were history and nature.
[NI0003] Mary Greenough [Stetson] Morgan was a well known singer in many of the churches in Boston, MA. She was a soloist at the North Congregational Church in Cambridge, MA for 28 years. She went to the Malkin Conservatory and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she was given scholarships in music and drama. She studied under Mme. Marie Sundelius of the Metropolitan Opera and Walter Kidder and Gertrude Tingly, both of Boston.
[NI0018] Robert Mason Stetson was born in Dorchester, MA and came to Wakefield, MA where he received his education at Wakefield High School Class of 1904. He went to work for the United Shoe Machinery Corp. in the Research Division at the Boston office. He remained there for 50 years. He was a Deacon and superintendent of the Sunday School in the Congregational church of Wakefield as well as secretary of the Men's Club. As a child he studied the violin and when he moved to Melrose, he joined the Melrose Orchestral Society and also became a Deacon at the Melrose Church. He resided at Summer Street in Melrose until he moved to 38 School Street in Melrose.
[NI0019] Helen Dwight [Greenough] Stetson was a member of the Wakefield High School Class of 1904 and graduated from Bradford College in 1906. After graduation, she was a teacher in Essex, MA for a while before becoming Assistant to the President of Bradford College. She was very active in the Church in both Wakefield and Melrose, MA and a charter member of the Mary Franham Bliss Society.
[NI0028] Rev. Samuel Dudley, son of Governor Thomas Dudley, was born about 1610, in Northamptonshire. England, and was probably educated for the ministry of the Puritan denomination. He was twenty years old when he came to this country with his father, and in 1632 or 1633 he married (first) Mary, daughter of Governor Winthrop. He moved to Ipswich from Cambridge, about 1635, and his wife died in 1643. He married (second) Mary Byley or Bayley, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. sister of Henry Bayley. He was deputy to the general court in 1641-42-43-44-45; often chairman of selectmen, and held other town offices. In March, 1648, he was appointed associate judge to hold a court from year to year at Salisbury, with two others. On May 13, 1650, he agreed to be minister of Exeter, New Hampshire. In 1649 he preached for some time at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He carried on farms, mills and stock-breeding besides preaching and acting as magistrate. His second wife Mary died at Exeter about 1651. He married (third) Elizabeth (???). His son Stephen was the only one to have descendants of the Dudley name. He was never rich like his father, though he had many grants of land. He died at Exeter, February 10, 1683, aged seventy-three. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III , Page 1601
[NI0046] Samuel Kneeland was named for his grandfather, Samuel Green, a printer, of Boston, and his great-grandfather, Samuel Green, of Cambridge, England, the publisher of the Cambridge Bible. The Greens were a family of printers, and the heritage was accepted by Samuel Kneeland and passed on to his sons, Daniel and John. It is safe to assert that at least three out of every four books published in Boston between 1705 and 1785 bear the imprint of Samuel Kneeland, Kneeland & Green, or D. & J. Kneeland, the latter being the sons of Samuel who succeeded him in business. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0047] Mary Alden, great-granddaughter of John Alden and Priscilla. [Granddaughter of John Alden and daughter of Nathaniel and Hepzibah (Mountjoy) Alden]
[NI0057] John Kneeland was a prominent Boston citizen, with numerous mentions in regards to Boston public matters. He helped found Scots' Charitable Society in 1657. His gravestone is in the Roxbury Old Burial Ground and reads "Here lyes ye Body of John Kneeland aged 59 yeares & 9 days died ye 11th of aug 1691".
[NI0058] Mary Hawkins, daughter of Col. James and Mary (Mills) Hawkins, who was a prominent builder of Boston and the son of Richard Hawkins, "mariner, of that towne." Mary Mills was the daughter of John Mills, Esq., who came over in the fleet with Gov. Winthrop, and was No. 33 of the First Church, his wife, Susannah, being No. 34. He was the first town clerk of Braintree, Mass., and the descendant of a long line of "predecessors in the ministry." Jane Hawkins, wife of Richard and grandmother of Mary (Hawkins) Kneland, was for many years under banishment to Portsmouth, R. I., for supposed tendency to Quakerism. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0059] Robert Greenough was a Falmouth grantee in 1680, but whether he ever resided there or not is unknown. In 1691, he was the Town Clerk in Rowley, MA.
[NI0068] Mary Daniel may have been the daughter of Stephen and Mary (Prince) Daniel.
[NI0073]
Robert Elliot, Abigail's father, had these entries in his will...
"I Give to Captn Daniel Greenough and to Abigail his wife ye Heirs of her body my Dwelling house & wharfe and Garden and all my land upon Great Island as by Deed Given him I Give to Sarah Greenough my farm at Spurwink and Marsh belonging to it."
"I Give to Robert Greenough my Rapier with ye Silver head and to Daniel his Brothr my Cane Silver head."
"I Give to Elliot ffrost and Daniel Greenough and Abigail Greenough all my land that will fall to my Proportion of ye Comons at Kittery and their Heirs forever." - Maine Wills 1640-1760
[NI0094] Vital Records of Haverhill Volume 2 states: Symonds, and Mrs. Abigail Chadwick [bef. 1748.] This led me to believe that Abigail had been married before until I found the "Colonial" meaning of Mrs. as follows: 'a feminine equivalent of Mr., it did not denote marital status, but social position; a young girl coming from a higher class family would also be called "Mrs.", even though unmarried'. There were several Abigail Chadwick or Chadwack's born in the Haverhill and Bradford area at the time this Abigail would have been born.
[NI0097] Greenough, Ebenezer, Haverhill. Private, in a detachment from Cadet co. of Haverhill, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, under command of Lieut. Israel Bartlet; also, Capt. Nathaniel Marsh's co., Maj. Gage's regt.; enlisted Oct. 2, 1777; discharged Nov. 6, 1777; service, 1 mo. 7 days, travel included; company raised to reinforce Northern army - Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
[NI0128]
Col. William Smith Greenough attended Phillips Andover Academy but his patriotic zeal caused him to set aside his studies for the service of his country. In 1862 he enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, Company D. He was promoted to Corporal within a month. His enlistment expired in 1863 and he promptly re-enlisted and was made Captain of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, Company D. William was wounded at Petersburg, VA and while recovering from the wound at the hospital at City Point, had the honor of seeing President Abraham Lincoln face to face. March 27th, 1865, he was promoted to Brevet Major for gallantry in battle.
In the years that followed the war, he was prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic and founded a stationary store in Boston, MA [Doane & Greenough]. While on a fishing trip in Maine, accompanied only by a guide, a fish hook became lodged in his eye, resulting in loss of the eye and a glass eye replacement.
Greenough, William Smith Captain, 18th New Hampshire Infantry - Brevet Major, U.S.V. Elected May 1, 1872. Insignia 1450. Private and Corporal, 4th Infantry, M.V.M., in service of the U.S., September 1, 1862. Mustered out, August 28, 1863. Captain, 18th N.H. Infantry, September 30, 1864. Mustered out, June 10, 1865. Brevet Major, U.S.V., April 2, 1865, "for gallantry before Petersburg, Virginia." - Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the US - Register , Page 186
[NI0129]
Augustus P Greenough, Enlist Date: 27 January 1865 Enlist Rank: Sergeant Enlist Age: 19
Served New Hampshire Enlisted H Co. 18th Inf Reg. NH Mustered Out on 29 July 1865
Source: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65
[NI0132] George Albert Greenough and Fannie Richardson's daughter, Harriet Clare Greenough, b. June 03, 1880, married William Smith, child: Dorothy A. Smith, b. January 28, 1900.
[NI0139] Elizabeth McFarland Noyes was prepared for Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in Chester Academy and graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1862. Her years between her graduation and her marriage, in 1869, were filled with home duties and work for the church. She was a very active member of the Wakefield Congregational Church, which she joined in 1873. The home in Wakefield, MA was referred to as the Greenough Mansion and was located at 5 Parker Road. Elizabeth was buried in Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, NH, but not in the Noyes or Greenough lots due to lack of room. She was buried with her son Chester's first wife.
[NI0141] Chester Greenough received an A.B. from Harvard in 1898, an A.M. in 1899 and a Ph.D. in 1904. He was a professor of English for three years at the University of Illinois. Chester was a world renowned authority of English Literature and connected with Harvard College for many years and was Dean of that College from 1919 to 1927. He was the first master of Dunster House and Dean of Harvard College. His name, Chester, came from the town where both of his parents were born and raised.
[NI0142] Mary Bell Noyes willed the Noyes home in Chester, NH to William Weare Greenough, with the stipulation that the home remain in the family. William took the will to court and managed to sell the home. The furnishings were sold at auction. William Weare and Mabel (Cheney) Greenough had a son, William Greenough (1906-1994), who married Dorothy and was living in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1991.
[NI0145] Ruth Hornblower was educated at Arlington High School and Vassar College (1908). She was overseer of Shady Hill School, Cambridge, and a trustee of Vassar and Simons Colleges. The Massachusetts Horticulture Society gave her awards for her garden at Belmont. She was the author of several books, among them "Chester Noyes Greenough: Teacher, Dean, Master, Scholar", "The Bible for My Children", published by the Book of The Month Club as "The Home Bible", and "Mother's Chronicle". She was one of the benefactors of Plymouth Plantation.
[NI0178] Benjamin was a native of Dorchester, MA before moving to Wakefield, MA in 1897 to take a position with Winship-Boit & Co. He was head bookkeeper for the Harvard Knitting Mills before retiring for health reasons in 1915. He purchased a small farm in Belmont, NH (about 4 acres) and it was there that he died.
[NI0179] Annie Stackpole was born in Winchester, MA and married in Boston, MA. She spent her early years in Dorchester, MA before moving to Wakefield, MA. When her husband retired, they moved to Belmont, NH. After her husband's death, she returned to Wakefield and lived in an apartment for a while and then with her son at 159 Prospect St. until she needed more care. She then moved to the Mrs. L. M. Forrest Home, Yale Ave., Wakefield, MA.
[NI0180] "Hon. John W. Noyes died at his home in Chester last Friday evening at the advanced age of 92 years and 4 months. For a period of 70 years he had been a citizen of Chester and one of its leading business men most of that time. Mr. Noyes was born in Springfield, this state, Jan.14, 1810, and was a son of Daniel and Nancy (Weare) Noyes. His father was a native of Kingston and was among the early settlers of Newbury, Mass. He was a man of great prominence in his time and held all the public offices in the gift of the town in his day. When Mr. Noyes first came to Chester, in 1832, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and for a number of terms was a member of the legislature, serving first in 1841. He was a member of the Governor's council in 1864 and 1865. For over sixty years he had held the office of a justice of the peace continuously. For over seventy years he transacted more or less business through the probate courts. Mr. Noyes was elected a director of Derry National bank in 1840, and in 1864 he was elected its president, and during all these years he filled the office with dignity and in a capable and business-like manner. Mr. Noyes leaves a widow and two daughters, Mrs. William E. Greenough of Wakefield, Mass., and Miss Mary B. Noyes of Chester. He was a member of the Congregational Church and always contributed to its support in a liberal manner. He always lived an honest, upright and exemplary life. He was industrious, always anxious to do something for himself and others. He never used liquor or tobacco, and was generous and kind to the needy. He was a gentleman of the old school, a type of man that is fast disappearing, tall, stately, dignified, senatorial-looking, courteous, honest as the sun, his word was as good as his bond, gentle in disposition, a lover of his fellowmen, a stanch friend, high-minded, an active industrious business man, a noble Christian, deeply religious in his nature. Until prostrated by ill health he had occupied a prominent position in his town and county and was well known throughout the state. He had occupied numerous positions of trust and responsibility. Since the formation of the Republican party he has been a loyal and stanch adherent to its principles. He believed in its history, was proud of its achievements, and anticipated for it a glorious future. Throughout his long illness he kept in close touch and sympathy with the political movements of the day" -Derry News.
[NI0187]
John E. Sinclair had taught at Adrian College and at Washington University before his appointment as assistant professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth in 1863. Three years later he was promoted to professor and was somewhat reluctant to leave Hanover. The Institute [Worcester Polytechnic Institute] trustees offered him $2,000, which Thompson assured him was adequate to live on. So he came, bringing with him two small daughters by his first wife who had died the previous year. During his first year in Worcester he found opportunity not only to win the devotion and respect of his students, which he was to continue to do for four decades, but to win the heart of his fair colleague, Miss Fletcher. They were married in November, 1870, and she continued her teaching until the spring of 1872.
[NI0189]
Mary Bell Noyes willed the Noyes home in Chester, NH to William Weare Greenough, with the stipulation that the home remain in the family. William took the will to court and managed to sell the home. The furnishings were sold at auction.
[NI0191]
Asa McFarland, son of James and Elizabeth (Barbour) MacFarland, was reared on the farm of his father, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1793, when twenty-four years of age. He was principal of Moore's charity school at Hanover two years, and a tutor in Dartmouth two years.
[NI0192]
Elizabeth Kneeland MacFarland was a woman of bright intellect, warm sympathies, and devoted piety. The parish of her husband was the most important in the state. Beside fulfilling every duty in her household and the parish, she was a leader in woman's missionary work. In 1804 she founded the New Hampshire Cent Institution, and in 1812 the Concord Female Charitable Society. Her memoir, by Rev. Dr. Bouton, was published in 1839. - History of the Clan MacFarlane, MacFarlan, MacFarland, MacFarlin
[NI0198]
Daniel Noyes graduated at Dartmouth in 1832; tutor there 1836-7, when he was ordained at Concord, N.H., professor of theology at Dartmouth until 1869, when he became professor of philosophy and political economy, Dartmouth. D.D. University of Vermont, 1853.
[NI0201]
Jane[8] Noyes (Thomas[7], Thomas[6], Nicholas[5], William[4], Robert[3], Nicholas[2], Robert[1])
[NI0204]
John Noyes moved to Springfield, NH, when about eighteen years old, taking oxen, sheep, etc., with him from Plaistow, where he married Elizabeth Webster.
[NI0224]
Timothy Noyes moved from Portland, Me., where he resided with his family, to Haverhill, New Hampshire, and with his son Person, were the discoverers of whetstone on Cutting's Hill, in Haverhill, and were the first manufacturers of scythe stones in New Hampshire. His family is said to have had been fifteen daughters and one son.
[NI0228]
Headstone in Byfield Parish Graveyard (Oldtown Cemetery). Mr. Tomothy Noyes Died August 21, 1718 in ye 63d yeare of his age Good Timothy in his youthfull days He lived much unto Gods prays when age came one He + his wife they lived a holy and pious life Therefore you children whose names are Noyes Make Jesus Christ your only choyes
[NI0245]
Nicholas Noyes was a prominent physician. In his will his son, Dr. Ward Noyes, was given the homestead and all his "physical books," and was to care for his mother and unmarried sisters. To his sons Samuel and James were bequeathed his lands in Winchendon.
[NI0248]
Nicholas Noyes emigrated on 24 Mar 1633/34 from Southampton, Hampshire, England. Sailed on ship Mary & John of London, Robert Sayres, Master, on 23 Mar. 1634 with brother James and sister-in-law Sarah. The ship was detained in the Thames where all passengers signed the oath of allegiance to the king and the church 24 Mar. 1634, before they were allowed to sail from London. He immigrated in May 1634 to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He resided after May 1634 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.
[NI0249]
In 1652 many were brought before the court for not observing the Sumptuary laws of 1651. The records say "Nicholas Noyes' wife, Hugh March's wife, and William Chandler's wife were each presented for wearing a silk hood and scarf; but were discharged on proof that their husbands were worth £200 each, John Hutchins' wife was also discharged upon testifying that she was brought up above the ordinary rank." (George F. Dow, "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts (Salem, Mass., 1911), 1:303.) [cutting.GED]
[NI0255]
Nicholas Noyes graduated at Harvard, 1667 (A.B.) and was made freeman 13 May 1669. He was Chaplain of Connecticut regiment at Great Swamp Fight, 19 Dec 1675. He preached 13 years at Haddam, Connecticut and became the seventh minister in Salem, Massachusetts 23 Oct 1682-83 with a salary of £80 and 20 cords of wood annually, and was ordained over the First Church 14 Nov 1683. He officiated as clergyman at the hanging of the witches, 22 Sep 1692, and later in life he repented of his part in the witchcraft persecutions, and did what he could to assist the dependent families. In 1698 he preached the election sermon, and about 1702 wrote the memoir of his uncle Rev. James Noyes, in Mather's Magnalia. Rev Nicholas never married. He was a witness at the hanging of at least 4 "witches" in Salem.
[NI0256]
Cutting Noyes was made freeman, 9 Jan., 1673/4, was a cordwainer, captain-lieutenant in the militia, and deacon of the First Parish. In 1698 he preached the election sermon. About 1702 he wrote the memoir of his uncle Rev. James Noyes, in Mather's Magnolia.
[NI0261]
James Noyes was called Lieutenant Colonel in the town records. He discovered the first limestone in the colony at Newbury, and the discovery is said to have created great excitement.
[NI0271]
Rev. William Noyes was a church rector in 1601 in Cholderton, Wiltshire, England. Instituted rector of Cholderton in 1601, according to the Salisbury Diocesan Register. He died before 30 Apr 1622 in Cholderton, Wiltshire, England. He was buried after 30 Apr 1622 in Cholderton, Wiltshire, England. NEHG Register, Vol. 149: William Noyes Rev. Born, 1568. Died, before the 30th of April 1622, in Cholderton, Wilts, England (near the edge of Hants, between Amesbury in the west and Andover in Hampshire). William Noyes, plebeian, was matriculated, age 20, at University College, Oxford, 15 Nov 1588, being admitted to the B.A. degree 31 May 1592. He was instituted rector of Cholderton in 1601, according to the Salisbury "Diocesan Register".
[NI0272]
The wedding date may be based on the mistaken notion that Anne Parker was the mother to all of William's children.
[NI0273]
"Ould Newbury" says "Rev. William Noyes married Anne Stephens, daughter of Nicholas Stephens, Esq. of Burdop Manor, in Wiltshire, England. There is no reference saying that Ann Stephens was the mother of the younger children including James and Nicholas, only that their father, William, had married Anne Stephens, thus establishing a familial connection with the Rev. Thomas Parker who married Anne Stephens' sister Dorothy.
[NI0274]
Ephraim Noyes made a deposition in 1640, giving his age as 40 years and his residence as Orcheston. (Chancery Proceedings, County Depositions) No children. Ephraim Noyes of Orcheston, St. Mary, co. Wilts., gentleman, made his will 5 Oct. 1659 and it was proved 24 July 1660.
[NI0275]
Nathan Noyes matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, 19 May 1615, and admitted B.A. 26 Oct 1616. During the civil war, he lived at Sarum. In 1622 he succeeded his father as rector of Cholderton.
[NI0277]
Sarah Noyes was legatee in the will of her brother Ephraim Noyes in 1659, but may have been his sister-in-law.
[NI0279]
James Noyes was educated at Brasenose College on 22 Aug 1627 in Oxford, gland. Matriculated; did not graduate, being called to teach at Newbury, Berkshire, England. He emigrated on 23 Mar 1633/34 from Southampton, Hampshire, England. Sailed on ship Mary & John of London, Robert Sayres, Master, on 23 Mar. 1633/34. He immigrated in May 1634 to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He resided in May 1634 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
[NI0281]
From the phrasing of Ann (Parker) Noyes' will, this couple was still in England in 1658 and they are therefore not the family that immigrated to Gloucester, Mass.
[NI0284]
Robert Noyes married before 1568 a woman whose name is presently unknown. Robert was many times in court, particularly regarding the manor of Littleton.
[NI0288]
Nicholas Noyes is on the list of taxpayers for the benevolence of 1545 for Cholderton and was probably the Nicholas Noyes who was named overseer and witnessed the will of Cicilia Noyes of Shipton, widow, in 1546. ("Two Sixteenth Century Taxation Lists", G.D. Ramsay, ed. (Devizes, 1954) p.2. Consistory Court of Wincester, Unlisted Wills and Administrations, U. 129).
[NI0289]
Thomas Noyes probably died before 1576 as he was not named in the subsidy list of that year.
[NI0291]
Either John Noyes who farmed the manor of Ramridge 1475-84 or Robert Noyes 1493-97... It is not certain which of these two men was the father of Robert Noyes, but an analysis of the evidence indicates that they were siblings.
[NI0292]
Joan Noyes left the earliest Noyes will on record, abstracted below from the Latin original probated in the Consistory Court of Winchester: "Joan Noyes of Littleton in the parish of Kimpton, Winton diocese, written 15 October 1532; to be buried outside the door of the church of Blessed Mary of Kimpton next to husband Robert Noyes; to the mother church of Winchester, 12d; to the light of the Holy Cross in the church of Kimpton 2 ewes; to the daughters of Robert Noyes her son 280 sheep; to John Noyes, son of Robert Noyes, 100 sheep and a vessel called a mazer with two silver spoons; to Cecily, daughter of the same Robert, 1 silver spoon; to John Noyes the second best bed with appurtenances; to every daughter of Robert her son, a cow; to John Noyes, their brother, another cow and 6 horses; to every godson and goddaughter 4d; to Anne Noyes, daughter of the said Robert, her best prayer book; to Joan Noyes, Anne's sister, the second best prayer books and the second best silver girdle; to the said Anne her best silver girdle; to the church of Fyfield 3 ewes; to the church of Cholderton a quarter of corn; I affirm I have surrendered to the Abbott of St. Peter's Gloucester title to the farm of the manor of Lytleton held by indenture from the Abbott and Convent by myself and Robert Noyes, William, John, Nicholas Noyes my sons, and Thomas Noys, kinsman, with the intention that the said William, John and Nicholas, my sons, be altogether freed, and thereupon I took from the Abbott and Convent to myself, Robert, my son, Emma his wife and other of their sons and daughters, new leases which I confirm; to Sir Henry Brassart, rector of Fyfield 12d; to Sir John Arthur, vicar of Howsborne Priors 6s 8d; to the curate of Kimpton at the time of my death 12d; supervisors to be William Mondey her brother, and Robert Bosell, and to each of them 6s 8d; residue to Robert Noyes, executor. Witnesses, Sir John Arthur, Sir Arthur Nicholasson, curate of Kimpton, Sir Bernard Darbey, chaplin, William Walter, notary public of London Diocese."
[NI0294]
William Noyes was living 8 Nov. 1534 when he was a plaintiff in a Chancery Proceeding. He was the founder of the extensive Shipton branch of the Noyes family.
[NI0299]
Mother-in-law's will names him as son-in-law. He was not the Thomas Kent bp. at Over Wallop 13 June 1609, son of Richard, and was probably a younger man.
[NI0301]
Genealogical Record of Some of The Noyes Descendants of James, Nicholas and Peter Noyes. Vol. I, Descendants of Nicholas Noyes by Col H.E. Noyes, 1904, p. 378 incorrectly identifies this Jane as the daughter of James and Eleanor (Jacques) Noyes. Newbury VR state she is the daughter of James and Jane Noyes.
[NI0304]
Nancy Dwight's parents, Pliny and Martha (Forward) Dwight died 1782 and 1783. She may have been raised by Justus and Sarah (Lane or Lamb) Dwight, parents of Clarissa Dwight.
[NI0305]
Asa McFarland learned the printing business and was, for many years, editor of the New Hampshire Statesman.
[NI0307]
Bartholomew Kneeland was prominently connected to the Boston Massacre... March 5, 1770 - One of the first men assaulted on that eventful occasion was Bartholomew Kneeland. In a deposition taken two or three days later, he relates his experience as follows: "I, Bartholomew Kneeland, of Boston, merchant, being of legal age, testify and say that on Monday, the 5th inst. (being at my lodgings at the house of my sister, Mrs. Mehitable Torrey, widow of the late Samuel Torrey, (deceased), about 15 minutes after 9 P. M., hearing a bell ring which I supposed was for fire, went immediately to the front door, followed by Mr. Matthias King, Mrs. Torrey and two others of the family. Standing at the door for the space of four or five minutes, I saw a number of soldiers with drawn broadswords and bayonets in the main street, near the town pump, making a great noise. One of the soldiers, when nearly opposite me, said, 'Damn you, what do you do there? Get in.' To which I made no answer. The same soldier immediately crossed the gutter and came to me, pointing his naked bayonet within six inches of my breast. I told him to go along and then I retired into the house. In about half an hour after, I heard a volley of small arms fired off in King street, and upon inquiry was told that three men were killed and others wounded." (See "History of Boston Massacre," by Kidder). - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0308]
Bartholomew died intestate in April, 1792. His widow, Susannah (Sewell) Kneeland, a relative of Chief Justice Sewell, took out letters of administration May 7, 1792. The inventory, among other things, specified: "One pew, No. 6, Old South Meeting House; Mansion House, 73 Cornhill; Land at Bath, Lincoln County, Me.; Stock of dry goods," etc. The character and size of this mansion appear in the census for direct taxation made at Boston, where it is put down to Mrs. Susannah Kneeland. The lot contained 22,550 square feet, and the house 2,120 square feet; "3 story, brick, with 24 windows. Value, $5,000." - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0313]
William McFarland was a shipmaster, commanding ships sailing out of Salem and Boston.
[NI0317]
Andrew McFarland was a physician of wide repute for treatment of the insane, many years in charge of hospitals in New Hampshire and Illinois.
[NI0335]
Gravestone inscription: Here lyes the body of Andrew MacFarland, who died June 4, 1761, aged 71 years. Reader, Keep death & Judgment allways in your eye, non's fitt to live, but who is fitt to die.
[NI0337]
Gravestone inscription: Erected In Memory of Lieut. William McFarland who departed this life 27 Jan 1805 Æt. 83 Happy the company that's gone From cross to crown, from thrall to throne How loud they sing upon the shore, To which they sailed in heart before!
[NI0338]
Gravestone inscription: In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland 24 Aug 1803 Æt. 78 Amazing grace that kept my breath, Nor bid my soul remove, Till I had learnt my Saviour's death, And well insur'd his love.
[NI0349]
Daniel MacFarland, to whom the Concord, Merrimack, NH family of MacFarlands trace their decent, was of the remarkable company of Scotch Presbyterian colonists who came to this country from Ulster, Ireland, where they and their fathers had sojourned about a century, having gone there from Argyleshire, which lies just across the channel in Scotland, when James I was King of England. These colonists came over with five ships which settled into Boston Harbor on August 4th, 1718. Daniel and his son, Andrew, then twenty-eight years old, settled in Worcester, MA.
[NI0361]
John Kneeland married the first of four wives in 1719, and the last in 1743. His first child was born in 1720 and the last in 1754, thirty-four years afterwards, and when he was sixty years old. He was one of the best known and most respected citizens of Boston. He was a large owner of real estate, Kneeland's Wharf and Kneeland Street being named after him, on account of his large holdings in that locality. He built the original "Old South Church," the successor of the "Old South Meeting House," which was built by his father, John Kneeland. He owned pew No. 17 in the Old South Meeting House, and No. 15 in the new one. Four generations of Kneelands owned pews and were members of this church. He also built the original John Hancock house, the old Court House and Jail, in Boston. About 1750, he retired from the building trade and is thereafter designated in deeds as "merchant" or "shopkeeper." - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0372]
This Thomas Dudley may not have come to New England
[NI0376]
Willis H. Crowell clerk boards 20 Elm, Dorchester Boston MA 1890 - Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
[NI0395]
Maj. Benjamin Keayne, only son of Capt. Robert Keayne, was admitted a member of the Boston Artillery Company in 1638, and a freeman of Massachusetts in 1639. He m. Anna, dau. of Gov. Thomas and Dorothy Dudley, "an unhapppy and uncomfortable match." About 1645, he visited England, from which country he never returned. Mrs. Keayne was disciplined by the church for irregular conduct, Nov. 1646, and was excommunicated Oct., 1647. Their only daughter, Anna, was left to the care of her grandparents. - Lane Genealogies
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Rev. John Woodbridge was sent to Oxford University, but he had to leave the college when he and his father both refused to take the oath of conformity to the Established Church. In 1634 he came to America on the ship "Mary and John" with his uncle, Rev. Thomas Parker, and settled at Newbury, Massachusetts. He was one of the founders of Andover, Massachusetts, and was ordained its minister, October 24, 1645. In 1647 he returned to England with his wife and family, and was chaplain of the parliamentary commissioners who treated with the king at the Isle of Wight; was minister afterward at Andover, Hants, and at Barford St. Martin, in Wiltshire, until he was ejected at the time of the Restoration. In 1663 he was driven by the Bartholomew Act from a school he had established at Newbury, England, and he came again to New England, arriving July 26, 1663. He was made assistant to his uncle, Rev. Thomas Parker, at Newbury, and remained there until November, 1670. He was assistant in the colony 1683-84. He married, in 1639, Mercy, daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley, of Massachusetts. He died March 17, 1695. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial
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Samuel Stetson was a Sergeant in Capt. John Ford's Co., Col. John Cushing's regiment, and marched to Providence, R. I., on the alarm of Dec. 9, 1776. Also, Capt. John Turner's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment, marched Sept. 28, 1777 to Rhode Island. - Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
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Lillis[7] Stetson (Joshua[6], Elijah[5], Thomas[4], Coronet Robert[3], Thomas[2] Stitson, John[1] Stedston
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Nathaniel Stetson lived in Marshfield, but his descendants were of Pembroke. He was buried in the Old Cemetery, Pembroke, MA.
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Elizabeth[6] Stetson (Samuel Joseph[5], Joseph[4], Coronet Robert[3], Thomas[2] Stitson, John[1] Stedston)
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Lot Stetson was in the Revolutionary War and marched April 20, 1775 to answer the alarm of April 19th. He was a corporal in Capt. Freedom Chamerlain's Co., which marched on the alarm of March 5th, 1776 at the taking of Dorchester Heights. Also in Capt. John Ford's Co., Col. John Cushing's regiment, he marched to Providence, R. I., on the alarm of Dec. 9, 1776. - Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
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Isaac Stetson was a partner with his father and brothers in the "Mill on Herring Brook" in Duxbury in 1707, but he was in Pembroke after 1712. - Oscar Frank Stetson. The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, MA Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Four
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Robert was the only child of the Cornet and Honor who did not have a Bible name. It is curious that he was the one who, in his youth, sewed his "wild oats" and was a cause of expense to his indulgent father. The Coronet did, in 1700, give Robert 40 acres of land on the North River in Scituate.
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Did Robert marry once or twice? He may have married second, Deborah Brooks, sister of Joanna. On the Pembrook records we find "Peleg, son of Robert and Deborah Stetson died June 29, 1713." Deane in 1831 says " Robert married Deborah Brooks b. 1654, daughter of William and Susanna," but 16 years later, Mr. Barry, who was familiar with Deane's History, says that he married her sister Joanna. He may have married both. - The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Four p.30
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William Brooks was at Scituate in 1644, and his farm was south of "Tilles," afterward "Dudley's Creek." The place in England from which the Brooks brothers came has not been ascertained. Many Scituate families came originally from Yorkshire, some of the earlier settlers from County Kent, and it is probable that the Brooks family may have originated in one of these localities. The name may have been originally spelled "Brookes" or "Brooke." - Upham Family History , Page 44
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Robert Stetson was given a grant of land upon the North River, Scituate, New England in 1634. He would have been 21 at that time. He may have come to New England on The Griffin, received grant and then returned to England, where he married Honor Tucker. They had a daughter, Urith, who was baptized in England in 1636, and who evidently died in England. They were in Scituate when their son Joseph was born in 1639.
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Benjamin was representative 1691 at Plymouth, and after the union with Massachusetts in Boston 1693, 94, and 1700. He resided at "Bald Hill."
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In 1673 Cornet Stetson deeded to his son Thomas a river farm next south of his own, and north of the Bald Hill farm which he deeded the following year to his son, Capt. Benjamin.
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On the Scituate Town Records, the children are called 'of Samuel and Lydia', but also from the same Town Records, there is a Mercy or Mary, wife of Samuel Stetson, d. in 1687. Was he married twice?
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After 1632, Thomas Stitson's family moved to Plymouth, England. Whether Thomas Stitson was living when the family went there is not known, as no record of his burial has been discovered in Modbury or in Plymouth. There is reason to believe that at plague time (1626) and during the siege the Registers were not complete. - Stetson Kindred of America. Stetson Genealogy Fifth Through Seventh Generations
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Ludovicke and Margery [Cress] Stitson had several children, most of whom died in infancy.
[NI0497]
Margery Cress was probably a daughter of Richard Cresse and Isott Tooker, married February 2, 1601.
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Hugh and Rose [Sheperd] Stitson had a son, Lewis Stitson, born in 1638.
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John Stedston was buried 1 Nov. 1614; will dated 24 Oct. 1614 was probated at Totnes 24 Nov. 1614. His wife, Anyes (Agnes?) survived him and was executrix of his will. She was buried 24 Sept. 1622. His will mentions sons Thomas Stitson of Modbury, who married Argent Lukesmore; John Stitson of Modbury, who married Thomasine Wylling 15 Nov. 1606; William Stitson, of Modbury, whose wife was Alice _____; Hugh Stitson, whose wife was Mary _____; and a daughter, Wilmont, who married 30 Jan. 1607 Thomas Hytchin. One daughter, Agnes was buried 30 Jun 1601. The lord of the Manor of Modbury said that his earliest Court Roll is dated 1607. - Stetson Kindred of America. Stetson Genealogy Fifth Through Seventh Generations
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Nathaniel Stackpole pianomaker 1471 Dorchester Avenue Boston MA 1890 - Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
[NI0520]
Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family states that William McFarland died at Boston, Nov. 24, 1809. Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland or Full Assurance of Hope The Reward of Diligence in Christian Life by Nathaniel Bouton quotes Elizabeth Kneeland McFarland's daughter, Elizabeth Buxton: My mother's thoughts often turned to her brother, the companion of her childhood. He had taken a voyage to Jamaica, as a mate of a vessel; but the time had elapsed during which he expected to be absent. His friends expected his arrival; but weeks passed away and no tidings came respecting him. My father and mother went to Boston, in the month of October, 1809, and found their friends there nearly as anxious; for nothing had been heard of the vessel or any of the crew. They called on the owner of the vessel, who told them that he considered its loss so certain, that he would gladly take $100 for it. The day before they left Boston, however, they saw an account of its arrival in New York. They returned to Concord, expecting their dear brother to visit them, in a very short time; but instead of this, they received a letter from the captain, informing them of his sickness and death, which was the cause of their detention. He had died of consumption just ten days after his mother, and found a strangers grave in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Benjamin Kneeland purchased from his brother, Bartholomew, December 14, 1772, the property known as "Fanueil House, Cornhill. This could not have been the progenitor of Fanueil Hall, as that was a market place. It may have been the homestead of Mr. Fanueil. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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John Hinckley, auctioneer, of Boston, was the grandson of one of the most distinguished of the Plymouth Governors, Gov. Hinckley. He was a member of the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery," and was a much respected citizen of Boston. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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In some deeds he [John Kneeland] was described as "bricklayer," in some, under the more pretentious title of "builder." He evidently learned the trade from his uncle, James Hawkins. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0533]
Mary Green, daughter of Samuel Green, Jr., and granddaughter of Samuel Green, the old Cambridge printer, who published, in England, the famous Cambridge Bible. Her brother, Timothy Green, was the partner of her son, Samuel Kneeland, in the publishing business. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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The "Eliot Bible" was published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1663 under the title The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language. It was translated into Algonquian by John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," to support his missionary efforts among Native Americans. The Eliot Bible appeared some 120 years before the first complete English edition of the Bible was published in what is now the United States. The Holy Bible . . . Cambridge: Samuel Green & Marmaduke Johnson, 1663
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Solomon was a prominent and successful business man of the "towne of Boston," often refered to in the old records. He amassed a large property and was generally respected as one of the staunch patriotic citizens in the stormy days of the Revolution. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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John Kneeland and his brother, Edward Neland, arrived in Massachusetts Bay about 1630, on board one of his father's vessels freighted with provisions for the Pilgrims. He brought his wife and aged mother. The brothers disposed of their cargo at good advantage, and John settled near the future town of Boston, and Edward at Ipswich, Mass. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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John Kneeland born at the Kneland manor, in Lanarkshire, about 1550; a persistent follower of King Gambrinus and a worthy successor of the ancient Vikings. He commanded several vessels and, surviving shipwrecks, died in his cabin and was buried in the element he most loved. Capt. Kneland was a staunch friend and follower of Queen Mary, and inherited from his father the Coat of Arms bestowed upon him by "Her Most Gracious Catholic Majesty" for gallant services. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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Mary (Dunbar) Kneeland came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her sons, John and Edward in 1630. She sickened during the voyage and died soon after reaching America. Tradition says that before she embarked she exacted a promise that she should not be buried at sea. She went into a trance and was supposed to be dead, but, true to their promise, the sons brought the body with them. After reaching land she revived and lived for several years after. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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The descendants of Edward Kneeland constitute nine-tenths of the Kneelands in this country. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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William Kneeland "The tenth Kneland of that ilk," who was, as above suggested, eminent for his loyalty to Queen Mary of the Scots. The Queen's favor and his known attachment to her and desire to further her supposed wishes, led him into difficulties, for he was suspected of being privy to the sudden taking off of Her Majesty's discarded husband and cousin, Lord Darnley. William Kneland, of Kneland, and Arthur Kneland, of Knowhobbihill, in the parish of Shotts, were "delated"--that is, accused in court in connection with this affair. The Queen, having been educated in France, was an ardent Catholic, at a period when the Reformation was in the full vigor of early manhood in her Scottish Kingdom. Naturally, her most intimate supporters were of the old faith, notwithstanding the breach thus made with others of the same family who were the followers of John Knox. It is probably for this reason that the Coat of Arms given by the Queen to William or his son, Captain John Kneland, which contained, in addition to the lion of Scotland, the cross of Rome, was not accepted by those of the same name not closely connected with the crown. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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James Kneeland "The ninth of that ilk." An eminent man in the time of King James V, whom he frequently attended at hunting. To this popular monarch James Kneland was a favorite courtier, and fought bravely for him in the disastrous field at Solway Moss, November 25, 1542, where he was severely wounded. James V had several "natural" sons, and one of his granddaughters of that ilk married a grandson of James Kneland, but his only legitimate heir was the unfortunate Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, who was devotedly loved and defended by the son and heir of James Kneland, of Kneland. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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James Kneeland married a daughter of Hepburn, of Bonnytown, who was the son of Patrick, Lord Halles, Earl of Bothnell. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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Alexander Kneeland "The eighth of that ilk." He was very much of a fighter, a strong partisan and friend of King James IV, of Scotland, and was killed at the fatal battle of Flodden, on the ninth day of September, 1513. To a charter of the date of 1498, there was appended a seal of this Alexander Kneland, upon which was a hare salient with a hunting horn about his neck. It is just possible that this Coat of Arms was given to him by King James IV to commemorate their hunting exploits. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI0555]
William Kneeland "The seventh of that ilk." In other words, the seventh Kneland, of Kneland, or residing at Kneland, was married in 1462--soon after James the Third had ascended to the throne of Scotland. From this marriage descended the several branches of the Kneland family, to wit--Kneland of Faskine, Kneland of Monkland and Kneland of Cartness, making, with Kneland of Kneland, four sons who became heads of distinct families. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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William Kneeland: Little is known of him except that he was a man of education and much given to hunting. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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What right a Kneland of Calder had to interfere in the quarrels of Donald, lord of the isles, after the old house of Douglass had been made satisfied with the condition of affairs at the beginning of the Sixteenth Century, is more than I can understand, except it may be a touch of the Irishman's desire to hit a head wherever he could see it. Certain it is, however, that we find the name of John Kneland in the conflict at Harlow, May 17, 1412, the "Otterburn" of the "Northern Ballads." The name stated is John Kneland of that ilk, meaning John Kneland who resided at Kneland. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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John Kneeland was severely wounded while leading a band of Scotchmen at the unfortunate battle at Poitiers, in 1357, which led to the treaty of Berwick, October 3, 1357. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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John Kneeland is the first on record of a long race of John Kneelands and John Clelands. While yet a boy he fought with his father in the battle of Bannockburn, under Robert the Bruce, and thereafter took a hand in every opportunity to strike a blow against the foes of Scotland, ending his active career by being captured with the reigning monarch, David the Second, at the battle of Durham or "Neville's Cross," October 17, 1346. He was a staunch adherent and follower of Alexander Murray, of Bothwell, and of "Robert the Steward," afterwards King Robert II. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
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James Kneeland was one of those sterling, zealous, unwavering, brave Scottish chiefs that gave Scott and Burns a basis for their inspiration, and the world its admiration for the "Heroes of Scotland." James Kneland had the rare privilege of being individualized in poetry. The earliest of the Scotch poets--Henry the Minstrel--writing two hundred years after his death, but basing his poem on the History of Wallace (now extant) written by John Blair, who was Sir William's chaplain, speaking of the assembling of the chiefs before the battle of Stirling, says (Book III, line 35, etc.):
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Alexander Kneeland was named after the reigning King of Scotland, Alexander III; was a wealthy prelate residing at Kilspendie, in Gowrie, Scotland, and married Margaret Wallace, of Riccartoun, who was the daughter of Adam Wallace, of that place, and the aunt of Sir William Wallace. He was therefore the uncle, by marriage, of Sir William, who resided with and received his early education and love of liberty from him. This venerable old man is thus referred to by Henry, the Minstrel--Blind Harry--in his "Wallace and Bruce," (Book I, lines 151 to 155), speaking of Sir William Wallace in his boyhood:
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Margaret (Wallace) Kneeland was the aunt of Sir William Wallace.
[NI0597]
Reverend Thomas Parker graduated at Harvard College in 1718; was invited to settle in Dracut, 1720, and accepted the invitation Jan. 30, 1720-1.
[NI0613]
Josiah Parker possibly had other children: Susanna, Josiah, Ann and Mary.[copp.GED]
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James Parker killed by the Indians, July 27, 1694, and his family carried into captivity. - Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1
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Judith[7] Coffin (James[6], Tristram[5], Tristram[4], Peter[3], Nicholas[2], Peter[1])
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Nathaniel Gookin was a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1703, and was ordained at Hampton, November 15, 1710. One of my predecessors, Rev. William Emerson, then settled at New Castle, gave the right hand of fellowship on that occasion. We have a portrait of him by which he appears to have been a man of remarkably noble and dignified bearing, qualities characteristic also, it is said, of Mr. Gookin, of whom the governor of the Province once declared that he had never met a man of such extraordinary dignity. There are extant printed copies of the sermons which he wrote on the occasion of the great earthquake in 1727, the first of which he delivered only a few hours prior to the event, from the text, "The day of trouble is near." In this sermon he expresses a foreboding that something terrible is about to happen. In the evening came the violent shock which threw the people of the town into the utmost terror. Afterwards recalling the sermon of their minister they felt that he was possessed of the gift of true prophecy, and, though not to his own liking, he became commonly known as "The prophet." On his tombstone we read that "he was a judicious divine, a celebrated preacher, a most vigilant and faithful pastor, a bright ornament of learning and religion, an excellent pattern of piety, charity and hospitality." He died in 1734 at the age of forty-eight. - From the Granite Monthly Vol. 42, pgs. 283-5 (1910)
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Robert Page (probably the son of Robert and Margaret (Goodwin) Page of Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk County, England) arrived at Boston, Mass. in June 1637 on the ship Rose or the ship John and Dorothy. On the registry of persons who desired to pass into foreign parts, dated the 11th of April 1637, his age is given as 33. With him were his wife Lucy, aged 30, his three children, Margaret, Francis and Susanna, and two servants, William Moulton, aged 20, and Ann Wadd, aged 15. There is some evidence that the name Wadd is a misreading of Nudd, and that Ann was his wife's sister and later the wife of Edward Colcord, the rebel. - The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus , Page 118
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In June of 1689, Peter's [Coffin] house was the target of an Indian raid. The Indians first sent a squaw to the locked gate on the premise of seeking shelter for the night. During the night, while all were sleeping, she opened the gate, letting the waiting war party in, taking Peter's family prisoner. Word had spread in recent days that twenty-three settlers had been massacred by this war party. Once they captured Peter and his family the Indians marched them over to his son Tristram's home and threatened to kill the hostages unless the gates were open. Once inside, Peter distracted the Indians by throwing handfuls of coins into the dirt. The Indians scattered to collect the coins giving the hostages time to escape into the woods. Peter's family managed to avoid harms way, however his brother Tristram's family of Newbury, were not so fortunate, they lost two of their sons during the conflict.
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Hon. Tristram Coffin, son of Peter and Joane, was baptized March 11, 1610, at Brixton parish near Plymouth in Devonshire, England. He was of the landed gentry and owned estates in Dorset and Devon. His father's will stated that he was to be provided for "according to his degree and calling", this seeming to indicate that he was well educated and had a profession. Circa 1630 he married Dionis Stevens, the daughter of Robert Stevens, Esquire, of Brixton, and in 1640, he was a church warden at Brixton, in 1641 a constable. In 1642, at the age of 32, he left Devon and came to Massachusetts with his wife and five small children, his mother then 58, and two sisters, settling first at Salisbury, and a few months later at Haverhill where two more children were born in the ensuing years. He formed a company in 1659 for the purchase of land in Nantucket, and Coffin, Macy and Associates paid œ30 and two beaver hats for the island property July 2, 1659. The following year, Tristram moved to Nantucket with his wife, mother and four of his children, receiving first choice of the lots, July 15, 1661. He built and maintained a cornmill, employing many Indians by whom he was regarded as a just and kindly friend. Tristram and his son Peter were the wealthiest of the island settlers, and in 1671 Tristram became Governor of Nantucket, serving again in that office from 1674 until 1680, the year before he died. He was described as "exhibiting Christian character". His mother died there in May 1661 aet 77, Tristram died October 2, 1681, leaving a substantial estate, and his widow died after 1682. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families, Pages 131-132
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Captain Stephen [Greenleaf] was drowned October 31, 1690, at Cape Breton during the unfortunate expedition of Sir William Phipps to Quebec, "cast on shore at Capbratoon coming from Canada and all lost".
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Deborah was born the first Coffin child in America, and the third child born in the tiny settlement [now Haverhill, MA] but was destined for the same fate as the other newborns and died three weeks later. These deaths give evidence to the harsh conditions that the first immigrants must have encountered upon their arrival in the new world.
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Mary was the first Coffin child to be born and survive to adulthood in America.
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Peter [Coffin] was the Church Warden of St. Mary's Church, in Brixton during the period around 1614. Little else is known of Peter except that he had a farm as stated in his will written, December 1, 1627 and proved March 13, 1628. - My Father's Shoes - Our Coffin Story
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Nicholas Coffyn was born near Brixton in Devonshire about 1560 and married Joanna (last name unknown) in the year 1580. His occupation is unknown as is his father or mother's name. Some speculate that his father was Peter and his mother was Mary Boscawen b. 1552.
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At the death of Seaborn Cotton, in 1686, his oldest son, John Cotton, was invited to take his father's place as minister in Hampton. He did so temporarily but could not be persuaded to become permanent pastor until ten years later. Perhaps he objected to the idea of hereditary office in the ministry, but after the lapse of ten years he yielded to the urgent wishes of the people and entered upon a happy and successful ministry of thirteen years, terminated by his sudden death caused by apoplexy in 1710. It was said of him by a writer in the Boston News Letter that "he was very much and deservedly beloved and esteemed . . . for his eminent piety and great learning, his excellent preaching, his Catholic principles and universal charity, his profitable, pleasant, virtuous and delightful conversation, and for his generous hospitality to strangers. . . . He was an honor to his country where he was born and the college where he was bred and the family from whence he came." He married Anne Lake and brought up a family of eight children. Unlike his father he could not bequeath his ministry at Hampton to a son, but he did the next best thing -- he proved his successor with a wife in the person of his oldest daughter, Dorothy. Nathaniel Gookin who became the minister in Hampton in 1710, married Dorothy Cotton, and of their thirteen children Nathaniel, Jr., was subsequently settled over the church at North Hampton -- a curious instance of the transmission of the pastoral office in the same community from one generation to another of the same family for nearly a hundred years. - From the Granite Monthly Vol. 42, pgs. 283-5 (1910)
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NATHANIEL GOOKIN, A.M., b. Hampton, N. H., Feb. 18, 1713, son of Rev. Nathaniel and Dorothy (Cotton) Gookin; H. C., 1731, A.B., A.M.; Ord. North Hampton, N. H., Oct. 31, 1739, as the first minister; sett. North Hampton, N. H., 1739-1766; d. North Hampton, N. H., Oct. 22, 1766, a. 53. - The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England
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Daniel Gookin was agent for his father at Newport News and was residing there in March, 1633, when Captain Peter de Vries anchored his ship before the place. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk county in 1641 and commander of that county. In 1642 he joined in a petition to the general court of Massachusetts for three able ministers to occupy the parishes in his neighborhood. In answer John Knowles, William Thompson and Thomas James were sent. But Governor Berkeley and his assembly came down so hard upon them that the Puritan ministers soon returned to Massachusetts and Daniel Gookin went with them. He became one of the leading men in Massachusetts, a major-general, etc. He died March 19, 1687, and was buried at Cambridge, where his tombstone may still be seen. - Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
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Samuel Gooking, son of Daniel Gooking and Mary Dolling, was born April 21 or 22, 1652, in Cambridge, Mass., where he died September 16, 1730. He is said to have been an apothecary or physician, but his military ardor and other interests overshadowed all else, and this patriotism he inherited by good right from his father. As early as 1692 he was called "Captain," and in 1711 was ardently engaged in connection with the expedition to Canada. He was sheriff of Middlesex County by the appointment of the patriots in 1689 and Savage says "rather more energetic than discreet in magnifying his office." In 1691 he was Marshal General. He was also sheriff of Suffolk county and down to July 27, 1729, was largely engaged in matters pertaining to that office. - The Ancestry of Jane Maria Greenleaf
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"MATHER TOMB" [Copp's Hill]
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Seaborn Cotton, son of a famous father, John Cotton, of the First Church in Boston, was born at sea, August 12, 1633, on the ship Griffin which brought his parents to America. In a list of Harvard graduates of the year 1651, given in Cotton Mather's "Magnalia," his name appears ingeniously Latinized as "Marigena Cottonus." I like the name both in its English and its Latin form. In an age when the Bible was the chief source of personal names so that the Historian Cleveland could say of Cromwell, only a few years later, that "he hath beat up his drums clean through the Old Testament -- you may know the genealogy of our Saviour by the names of his regiment. The muster-master hath no other list than the first chapter of St. Matthew." In such an age what originality, what a sense of the poetic and the fitting, was shown by the parents who named their child, born at sea, "Seaborn."
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Simon Bradstreet attended Cambridge University from 1621-1624. He was steward to Countess of Warwick, and was chosen assistant Judge of Court of Colony on Massachusetts Bay prior to departure of colonist from England under Winthrop in 1630. With his father-in-law, Thomas Dudley he founded Cambridge Massachusetts in 1631. He was Secretary of the United Colonies of New England, he was an envoy from Massachusetts to congratulate Charles II on the restoration to the throne in 1661. He was deputy Governor of Massachusetts from 1673 to 1679. He was Governor of Massachusetts from 1679 to 1686 and from 1689 to 1692, being the last Governor under the original charter. - Colonial Families of the United States of America, edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, pages 182-185
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Ann Dudley was considered the first poet of New England. She wrote several collections of verse, including The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650). She is known for poems that, while derivative and formal, are often realistic and genuine.
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In 1652, Rev. John Cotton took a ferry to Cambridge to preach there for a few days. It is said that he took a cold on that journey and died shortly thereafter.
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Rev. John Cotton was excommunicated from his fathers church for "three aggravating offences". He made an open confession and was restored in one month. He was ordained at Plymouth 30 June 1669. After serving nearly 28 years, he was dismissed 5 Oct.1697 "under very unpleasant circumstances". He went to Charleston S.C. Nov.1698, and was a minister there until he died of yellow fever 18 Sept., 1699. A ship had brought yellow fever to the city from Barbados. Over 100 died by the end of Sept.
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Governor Thomas Dudley, the immigrant ancestor, was born about 1676 near Northampton, England, was educated in a Latin school, and studied by himself to such a degree that he read Latin as well as the best scholars of the day. His mother died when he was young, and he was raised by a relative, Mrs. Burefoy. He served as assistant, and as deputy governor at the last court in England, and came on the shop "Arabella," arriving June 13, 1630, and settling at Newtown, now Cambridge, Massachusetts. He soon moved to Ipswich, and he had various grants in several towns. In May, 1634, he was elected governor, succeeding Winthrop, serving also in 1640, 1645 and 1650, being deputy governor thirteen years, and assistant five years. He was the first governor chosen by a general election by the people. He was one of the twelve men appointed to establish Harvard College, 1636, and he signed the charter as governor in 1650. He was appointed sergeant-major-general of the colony, 1644. He was one of the most famous and able men of the times. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III, Page 1600
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Joseph Dudley was appointed president of Mass. and N. H. 1686, a member of Sir Edmund Andros' council 1687, chief justice of Mass., went to England 1682, again in 1689, and was eight years governour of the Isle of Wight. He returned to N. E. 11 June, 1702 as governour of Mass. and N. H. in which office he remained until Nov. 1715. - Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England
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Stephen Sewall was possibly married to Rebecca Wigginsworth
[NI0887]
Hannah Fessenden was the niece of John and Jane Fessenden, and sister of Nicholas
[NI0897]
Thomas Sewall died as a Harvard sophomore in the home of his uncle Nicholas Fessenden, in the same room in which his uncle Samuel Sewall, the diarist, spent his first two undergraduate years.
[NI0898]
Henry Sewall was a Puritan Minister. He returned to England in 1646/7 with his wife. He made another crossing to New England in 1659 and then returned to England for his wife and family. The all landed at Boston in July of 1661, having crossed in the Prudent Mary.
[NI0900]
Stephen Dummer came in the Bevis from Southampton with his elder brother, Richard in 1638 with his wife Alice (Archer) and four children:--Jane, 10; Dorothy, 6; Richard, 4; Thomas, 2 years. He was a freeman at Newbury in 1639, had Mchitabel, Jan. 1, 1640. - Genealogical History of the Duncan Stuart Family in America , Page 22 [The parents remained only 8 years and returned to England in 1646/7.]
[NI0904]
Chief Justice Samuel Sewall of Boston was a judge at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
[NI0908]
Stephen Sewall was Registrar of Deeds, Essex County Salem, MA, 1682. He held numerous public offices: clerk of the special Court of Oyer and Terminer which tried the witchcraft cases, registrar of deeds for Essex County, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and Justice of the Peace.
[NI0954]
Walter Norton was killed by the Indians in 1633
[NI0960]
Elizabeth Jaques's mother and Richard Knight's father were first cousins
[NI0962]
Jaques, Abigail (1674 - ~1763)
[NI0964]
John Knight and Richard Knight, tailors of Romsey, Hampshire, England, were brought to the Massachusetts Colony by the James of London, a ship of 300 tons. It sailed from Southampton on April 5, 1635 and arrived on June 3rd with passengers and cattle. - Seven Hundred Ancestors
[NI0981]
Richard Ingersoll came to New England on the 2nd Mayflower. The Master of this Mayflower was the famous Capt. William Pierce. The ship left Gravesend, London, England March 1629 and arrived at Plymouth, May 15, 1629. There were approximately 35 passengers including Richard Ingersall, his wife Anne and children George, Joanna, John, Sarah and Alice. He kept the ferry at North River.
[NI0982]
This Roger Kelly is listed as a son of Roger Kelly in 'Pioneer Irish in New England' and GDMNH, but not in some other references.
[NI0992]
Quinton Pray was one of the superintendents of the Pioneer Iron Works at Lynn and Braintree - The Cheney Genealogy
[NI1025]
Richard Kimball was one of the owners of the first vessel in Wells, ME in 1755. He built a sloop in 1767.
[NI1028]
Edmund Littlefield. the first of the line in this country, was born in Titchfield, near Southampton, England, in 1590. He did business there as a clothier-- that is, he gave out the material for weaving cloth to the owners of hand looms to be woven into cloth which he sold to the trade. Edmund, accompanied by one son, presumably Anthony, sailed from Southampton for New England in 1637. Annis Littlefield, with the other six children and two servants, sailed from Southampton in 1638, on the ship "Bevis," and joined her husband. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III , Page 1238
[NI1040]
The Kimball family has always been well represented in York county, Maine. Some members of the family have been easily identified as descendants of Richard Kimball of Ipswich. In other cases it has been impossible to connect these families in any way with Richard Kimball. Most prominent among the Kimballs of the county are those of Wells. Their descendants moved to Lyman and other towns. The family at one time was quite numerous in this town, but the town records are very defective, and it has been almost impossible to trace the family by means of these records. - History of the Kimball Family
[NI1042]
Nathaniel Kimball was a second lieutenant on the expedition to Louisburg in 1745. He built the first vessel in Kennebunk, and kept the first post-office in the state of Maine. He kept a public house in 1761
[NI1050]
Joshua Kimball was a soldier on the expedition to Louisburg, and died at Cape Breton in 1745
[NI1060]
Mary Dennett was unmarried and blind.
[NI1066]
Alexander Dennett, brother of John Dennett, was born about 1639, in England, where for many centuries the family has been prominent. The Dennetts of England are descended from Hugh Dennett, who came with the Conqueror from Normandy. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV Page 2223
[NI1093]
Charles W. Underhill - residence: Concord, Merrimack, NH Enlist Date: 25 July 1862 Age: 49
[NI1115]
The Underhill Society of America, Inc. lists Sampson Underhill under "Underhills who also came from England to the American colonies, and left descendants"
[NI1179]
Mesheck Weare was the first president [now the position is called Governor] of N. H. in 1784; chief justice, and one of the most valuable men in the State. Weare, N. H. was originally called Halestown. It was incorporated as Weare 21 Sept. 1769, and named after Meshech Weare, one of the town proprietors and afterwards the first Governor of New Hampshire.
[NI1183]
In the revolution Abraham Drake was Lieut. Colonel, and marched to Boston on receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington, and was stationed at Winter Hill. - Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in America
[NI1188]
Hon. Nathaniel Weare, son of Nathaniel Weare, was born in England in 1631. He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, but in 1661-62 removed to Hampton, New Hampshire. His home was at what is now called Fogg's Corner, Seabrook. A handsome elm that he set out was living at last accounts. He was most influential in town and province. For twenty years he was a councillor, resigning in 1715 on account of his age. In 1694-95 he was chief justice of the supreme court. He was justice of the peace and quorum until he retired and held various town offices. He died May 13, 1718. He used the family coat-of-arms on his seal. It is the armorial of the Devonshire Weares. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III
[NI1203]
Timothy Worth (Obediah4, Joseph3, John2, Lionel1) was baptized January 3, 1742, recorded as Obediah in Vital Statistics, Concord, but as Timothy in the Hampton Falls church record.
[NI1217]
John Worth was made a freeman May 30, 1690, and was a soldier in the French and Indian wars, serving in the North regiment in Essex, one of the "snow shoe men" - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families , Page 244
[NI1228]
The home of Lionel and Susanna [Whipple] Worth was very likely constructed with a coating of clay over the frame timbers and bricks filling the spaces between the studs. The ceiling was unfinished with a loft above and the floor boards were loosely fitted to permit the fireplace warmth to filter through the cracks. The first floor was divided into from two to four or more rooms. A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families , Page 240
[NI1241]
Lemuel Spurr, (1747-1808), served as a minute man at various alarms. He was born in Dorchester, where he died - Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books
[NI1276]
According to a tradition among his descendants, related by a local chronicler, when a mere boy he [Teague Crehore] was stolen from his parents in Ireland during the troubles that followed the war of 1641 and was brought to New England and sold as a redemptioner. - Pioneer Irish in New England
[NI1338]
John Foster was a Sea Captain, school teacher, and opened the first Printing House in Boston about 1675. There was a printing press in Cambridge, near the vicinity of the College in 1638. conducted by a Mr. Green, and it was there he undoubtedly learned to handle the types.
[NI1370]
Stephen Lufkin was lost at sea
[NI1378]
William was one of the original proprietors of the town [Chester, NH], named in the charter granted in 1719. (Judge Bell's data)
[NI1434]
John Sanborn. The husband of Anne Bachiler, bapt. 1600, was one of the Hampshire Sambornes, descended from Nicholas, son of Walter and Margaret (Drew) Samborne of Southcot in Berks, from whom also descended the Sambornes of Timsbury in Somerset. It seems probable that the connection between the American and English Sambornes came somehow through Rev. James Samborne, son of Rev. James and father of Rev. Thomas Samborne, who all lived in that part of Hampshire where the Bachilers came from, though in different parishes--at Weyhill, Grately, and Upper Clatford--or perhaps through Edward Samborne, and uncle of Rev. James of Grately and Clatford. Like Stephen Bachiler, the second Rev. James was an Oxford man, and settled within a few miles of Wherewell, where Bachiler was rector from 1587 to 1605. His patron, Sir Thomas Jervois, was a Puritan, like Bachiler: and his family was associated with Freefolk, very near to. Kingsclere, the home of the Bachilers, and to Newton Stacy, where Stephen Bachiler lived from 1627 to 1631. But the exact connecting link between the husband of Anne Bachiler and the Timsbury Samborne family is yet to be discovered. - Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy, Page 109
[NI1435]
All the Sanborns in America are descended from three brothers, John, William and Stephen, who came to America in 1632 with their grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, and were sons of an English Samborne, who, about 1619, married Anne Bachiler. It has been supposed that the widow, Anne Samborne, came with her children, but no definite record of her life here has been discovered. Her will is not filed here, nor was she at Hampton with her father and sons in 1638. - Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy, Page 109
[NI1436]
Reverend Stephen Batchelder the founder of the family in this country, was probably from the southern part of England, as he certainly preached at a village a few miles north of Southampton, in the County of Hants, England. The town of Hampton, New Hampshire was so
[NI1448]
Dow's Hampton states that Nathaniel married 2nd, Susan Waters, daughter of James Waters.
[NI1457]
Deborah Batchelder and her children came to New England in the late 1630s and resided at Sandwich
[NI1463]
CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY--was born in Darking, in Surrey, England, in 1598. He went to Holland, where he became enamored of Theodate, daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, who had resided there several years, but her father would not consent to their union, unless Mr. Hussey would remove to New England, whither he was preparing to go. Mr. Hussey came to Lynn with his mother, widow Mary Hussey, and his wife, in 1630, and here, the same year, his son Stephen was born, who was the second white child born in Lynn. He removed to Newbury, in 1636, and was chosen representative in 1637. In 1638, he became one of the first settlers of Hampton, and was chosen a counsellor. - History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts , Page 125
[NI1472]
Did Robert marry once or twice? He may have married second, Deborah Brooks, sister of Joanna. On the Pembrook records we find "Peleg, son of Robert and Deborah Stetson died June 29, 1713." Deane in 1831 says " Robert married Deborah Brooks b. 1654, daughter of William and Susanna," but 16 years later, Mr. Barry, who was familiar with Deane's History, says that he married her sister Joanna. He may have married both. - The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Four p.30
[NI1487]
Ezekiel Richardson was a man of great respectability and worth. His name often occurs on the Charlestown records. He was a follower of Ann Hutchinson and John Wheelwright in the Antinomian Controversy of 1637, as were most of the members of the Boston church, and was one of the eighty or more persons who signed the Remonstrance in Mr. Wheelwright's favor, presented to the General Court on the ninth of March in that year. - The Richardson Memorial
[NI1493]
James Richardson was killed by the Indians at Scarborough, ME... In the spring of 1677, the Indians were committing great ravages in Maine, and great anxiety and alarm was felt for the safety of the distant settlements in that region. Wells was attacked by the savages in April, although there was a garrison there, and the attack was several times repeated. The government of Massachusetts sent a force of forty soldiers and two hundred friendly Indians, from Natick and vicinity, under the command of Capt. Benjamin Swett, of Hampton--then supposed to be in Massachusetts--and Lieut. James Richardson, to check those incursions. On the way, the vessels anchored off Black Point, in Scarborough, where Capt. Swett, June 28th, landed a party of men to try the valor of his company with some Indians that had been seen there. They were there joined by some of the inhabitants, so as to make ninety in all. The next day they fell into an ambuscade, and found themselves surrounded by great numbers of Indians, two miles from the fort, and in the midst of a swamp. The soldiers, many of whom were young and undisciplined, did not well abide the sudden onset. Lieut. Richardson was killed soon after the fray began. - The Richardson Memorial
[NI1546]
The parish register of Dorking contains the marriage of John Hussey and Marie Moor (or Wood) on 5 Dec., 1593, and the baptisms of their three children - The Grantees & Settlement of Hampton, New Hampshire, Page 6
[NI1547]
As Mary Wood she had m. John Hussey at Dorking, co. Surrey, 5 Dec. 1593, and, a widow, came with or foll. her son's fam. to N. E. Not unlikely her husb. was the early voyager Hussey [p.365] east away upon Cape Florida and there devoured by the native cannibals, a fate attrib. to Christopher by his gr. gr. s. Jos. Marshall of Nantucket, in his signed ‘Genealogy of the Husseys.’ Christopher himself cert. d. in Hampt., if not in his bed. - Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
[NI1550]
According to Noyes, Libby and Davis, Augustine Storre, having married at Alford, Lincolnshire, on 21 November 1623 Susanna Hutchinson, "was at Boston in 1638, Assistant Ruler at Exeter 1639, and soon vanishes". From the above we may conclude that Augustine Storre died at Exeter, or possibly at Wells, between 1639 and about 1645, and that he had no surviving children with Susanna Hutchinson.
[NI1596]
Old Kittery and Her Families names a daughter, Ruth, but GDMNH gives her as a daughter of Roger Kelly, Jr.
[NI1617]
At the time of the Great Survey of all the lands, ordered by William the Conqueror, the Coffins are mentioned in the Doomsday Book, as being in possession of several hides of land, a hide being as much area that a family could utilize in order to substain it's members. The British seat of the Coffins, Portledge Manor, near Bidefore, Devon, was granted to Sir Richard Coffyn, Knight, for services rendered to William the Conqueror. The earliest record of Coffin ownership for Portledge is 1251.
[NI1636]
Mark, son of John and Mary (Tetherly) Dennet, married, 7 July 1767, his cousin Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bartlett) Dennet. He died at sea
[NI1638]
NATHANIEL GOOKIN, A.M., b. Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1656, son of Maj.-Gen. Daniel and Mary (Dolling) Gookin; H. C., 1675, A.B., A.M.; Tutor and Fellow, H. C., 1690-1692; Ord. Cambridge, Nov. 15, 1682; sett. Cambridge, 1682-1692; d. Cambridge, Aug. 15, 1692, a. 35. - The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England
[NI1643]
Of this ancient and noble family the first who came to these shores was Thomas De Savage, who came from Normandy into England with the Army of the Conqueror, 1066; his name appears in the list of Normans who survived the battle of Hastings.
[NI1675]
On July 20, 1591, Anne Marbury was baptized in Alford, England. America's first female religious leader, Anne Marbury Hutchinson was the daughter of an outspoken clergyman silenced for criticizing the Church of England. Better educated than most men of the day, she spent her youth immersed in her father's library.
[NI1676]
Edward Hutchinson served an important rank in King Phillip's Co. in 1675 in which, on Aug. 2 of that year, he received a wound from the Indians in a treacherous assault when he was marching to a peaceful meeting with them, of which he died at Marlborough August 19, the following, age 62 years. - Button Families of America
[NI1683]
In 1635 there arrived in Massachusetts many ships with passengers from England, and the plantation at Dorchester attracted its full share of them. This year there arrived among the passengers in the "Elizabeth" Patience Foster and her son Hopestill. - Foster Genealogy
[NI1687]
Daniel Gookin was of an ancient family of Kent, in England, son of Sir Vincent Gookin. He removed to Cariggaline, a few miles south of Cork, in Ireland, on the shores of Cork harbor. He came to Virginia in 1622 from Newce's Town, in Cork county, founded by Sir William Newce. He received from the London Company 2,500 acres, which was located at Newport News. Shortly after his arrival the first Indian massacre occurred, but Daniel Gookin, with his servants and company, at Newport News successfully repelled the attack. A few weeks later he sailed to England in the ship which first brought the news of the massacre of more than 300 English. It is probable that he never returned to Virginia, but carried on his plantation at Newport News through his son, Daniel Gookin Jr. - Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
[NI1715]
Susanna Hutchinson was captured by the Indians, when her mother and brothers and sisters were killed in 1642, but ransomed after four years captivity.
[NI1718]
Edward Hutchinson lived in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, where his children were baptized. He was buried in Alford, Sept. 14, 1631; his widow Susanna, came with John Wheelwright and her daughter Mary his wife, May 26, 1636, to Boston, and on June 12, following, with them, united with the church, and upon their banishment in 1638, she went with them to Exeter, N. H. When the New Hampshire plantation came under Massachusetts in 1642, she removed with them to Wells, Me., where she is buried. - Ancestry of John Barber White and of his descendants
[NI1735]
Reverend Francis Marbury was an outspoken critic of the Church of England wherein he was imprisoned more than once, though never excommunicated. He was a minister of the Alford and was appointed to the Parish of St. Martins' Vintry in London in 1605.
[NI1854]
William Foster, master of a small ship, was taken by the Turks as he was going to Bilboa with fish." (He was redeemed and came home 9 ber, 1673.) - Foster Genealogy
[NI1872]
Martha [Reed], b. July 13 and bapt. July 22, 1602, at North Benfleet; m. (1) Daniel Eppes and had two children when her father made his will in 1623; "Daniel Eps, a householder" was buried June 26, 1630, at St. Olave, Hart Street, London; m. (2) after 1636, Samuel Symonds of Toppesfield, co. Essex, with whom she emigrated to America in 1637 and who was later Deputy-Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. - The Ancestry of Bethia Harris 1748-1833 , Page 74
[NI1874]
William Cleland's wife was a sister of Walter Stewart, first Lord Blantyre, daughter of Sir John Stewart by his wife, Margaret, daughter of James Stewart and granddaughter of King James V. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
[NI1895]
Hope Lamberton petitioned the court for divorce in 1678, stating that her husband had left her over 4 years ago, and that he kept another woman in Jamaica.
[NI1900]
The name Dunstable is said to have been given to the new town in compliment to Madam Mary Thing, wife of Hon. Edward Thing, and mother of Jonathan Thing, one of the grantees in the charter, Madam Thing having come from a city of the same name in Bedfordshire, in the southerly part of England. - History of Hollis New Hampshire 1730-1879
[NI1901]
Samuel Watts's first wife was also an Elizabeth Ayer, daughter of Thomas Ayer. They were married, 28 Oct. 1684 and eleven years later she died on the 26 Oct. 1695. - Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements
[NI1902]
The French and Indians attacked Haverhill August 29, 1708, and killed many of its citizens. "Captain [Samuel] Ayer, a fearless man and of great strength, collected a body of about 20 men and pursued the retreating foe." Though outnumbered 13 to 1, Captain Ayer did not hesitate to give them battle. These gallant men were soon reinforced by a company commanded by his own son, James, but the captain had been killed, shot in the groin. The skirmish lasted about an hour and some of the prisoners were retaken and the enemy driven off. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes
[NI1929]
Ayer. The records of Essex County, Mass., have frequent mention of this name under very many forms, such as Aars, Aers, Aier, Aiere, Aiers, Air, Aires, Airs, Ares, Aries, Ayeres, AYERS, Ayhaire, Ayer, AYRES, Eaire, Eairs, Eares, Eayer, Eayr, Eayre, Eires, Eyer, Eyers, Eyre, Eyrs, Heires. - Genealogy of the Ayres Family , Page 89
[NI1935]
Witchcraft Trials: September 17 [1692] Margaret Scott, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, Mary [Ayer] Parker, Abigail Faulkner, Rebecca Eames, Mary Lacy, Ann Foster, and Abigail Hobbs were tried and condemned. September 22 [1692] Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary [Ayer] Parker were hanged.
[NI1982]
Richard Bartlett, Jr. of Newbury was born October 31, 1621, a "shoemaker" and yeoman, his father's heir and executor. He was sworn a freeman in 1654, and took the oath of allegiance in Newbury in 1678. Richard built a sawmill in Haverhill at the unanimous request of the townspeople and was deputy to the General Court for many years from 1679.
[NI1984]
Original spelling of the name Bartlett is Bartellot. Richard Bartlett brought the "Breeches Bible" to America. Richard Bartlett, born ca 1575, was a cordwainer and came to Newbury in 1635, very likely in the company of Rev. Parker from Wiltshire. Richard Bartlett brought his children, and judging from their birth dates, he was probably married twice in England. His son John's name appears on the passenger list of the Mary and John. They bought land at what ever since has been called Bartlett's Cove near Chain Bridge and opposite Amesbury Ferry, and records show that they were men of education, ability and influence. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families , Page 155
[NI2039]
Savage and Dow have included a son Joseph, but this derives from an error in Dow's list of representatives from Hampton to the General Court, which gives a Joseph Hussey in 1672, a misreading for Christopher Hussey
[NI2041]
"He [Jonathan Thing] was one of the original proprietors of the town [Dunstable], and the earliest permanent settler, having remained here alone during Philip's War, when every other person had deserted the settlement for fear of the Indians." - A History of the Town of Dunstable
[NI2044]
Edward Thing was appointed governor of Annapolis [N.S.], and on the voyage thither he was captured by the French. He died, a prisoner, in France. - Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable
[NI2053]
Robert Long was an Innkeeper, owning the "Three Cranes" in Charlestown. It remained in the family until 1777, when it was burned by the British.
[NI2084]
William Copp owned Copp's Hill in Boston... Copp's Hill Burying Ground, named after its original owner, William Copp, is at the summit of a long hill that slopes toward the ocean. It is surrounded by an iron fence placed on top of a low stone wall, and is fairly well cared for. Many tombstones have been taken from their rightful places and are now leaning against the stone wall outlining the cemetery. Other stones are placed in borders along the main path. - History and Genealogy of the Milk and Milks Family , Page 7
[NI2105]
Thomas Copp - His will, in which he is described as "Thomas Coppe, the elder of Bewsall in the countrie of Warr, yeoman" bears date Sept. 7, 1624, and was proved at Worcester, as Hatton was in that diocese through the neighboring parish of Honiley, where his son, Anthony, lived, was in the diocese of Lichfield. This will provides as follows :
[NI2149]
Pope has combined two men by the name of Edward Bates, one from Boston and one from Weymouth. Thus many sources show more children for him. There is no direct evidence for the conclusion that the widow of Edward Bates was the Lydia Bates who married William Fletcher at Concord in 1645, but the circumstances make it a high probability: the last record of Edward Bates is in 1644, and the marriage of Lydia Bates takes place in 1645; and John Bates, presented to the Chelmsford church on 1 February 1656/7 as a child of William Fletcher, was said to be about fifteen at that time, which is exactly what the John Bates baptized in Boston as son of Edward Bates would be.
[NI2209]
Warwick Heard was accidently shot and killed by Charles Frost, age 14, while hunting geese. He was tried and acquitted by a jury at Wells, July 6, 1646, the verdict being "we find that Charles Frost did kill Warwick Heard by misadventure, and acquit him by proclamation."
[NI2210]
The oft-told story of his separation from his family was the imagining of some one trying to account for two brothers of the same name, and not unlikely he accompanied his father here, but moved around before settling in Wells, where (he was) granted 50 acres by orges in 1643. - Noyes, Libby & Davis; Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire; p.438
[NI2220]
Thomas Lake was killed by Indians at Arrowsie Island, ME in an attempt to escape from his fort there.
[NI2247]
Stephen Goodyear, another of the London merchants originally associated together for the commencement of a plantation in New England. Here he was engaged in foreign commerce, sometimes in company with Eaton, Malbon, and Gregson, and sometimes adventuring largely on his individual responsibility. Having lost his first wife in Lamberton's ship, he married the widow of Lamberton, thus uniting two families in one home with advantage to the children of each. Second only to Eaton in the colonial government, his absence in England when Eaton died was a sufficient reason why he was not then advanced to the chief magistracy; and his death in London not long afterward brought his useful and honorable career to an end. - Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr, Volume II, Page 688
[NI2248]
Mary, wife of Stephen Goodyear, was lost at sea on her way to London [Lamberton's Ship]
[NI2255]
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary says that Capt. George Lamberton was "in New Haven in 1641, probably merchant from London, was one of the chief inhabitants employed, 1643, in projecting a settlement at Delaware, but was resisted by the Swedes, who vindicated their right; by wife Margaret had Mercy, baptized 17 Jan. 1641, Desire and Obedience; went in January 1646 for England in the ship of 80 tons, 'cut out of the ice three miles,' with Mr. Gregson, the wife of Deputy Governor Goodyear, and others, which was never heard of. He left widow who married Deputy Governor Stephen Goodyear." - Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr, Volume II, Page 681
[NI2269]
Christopher Adams is thought to have been a brother of Henry Adams, ancestor of the Presidents. He bought land in Kittery in 1668. He was then a "mariner" of Portsmouth. Wife's name was Margaret. Will, 13 June 1686-21 Sept. 1687, is found at Boston in Suffolk Records. - Old Kittery and Her Families
[NI2279]
With a group of about one hundred led by the Reverand Thomas Hooker he [Richard Lyman] helped make a settlement at Hartford, Conn. This was in the winter of 1635and 1636 and the new settlers suffered great hardship in the snow and wilderness. Richard Lyman never quite recovered his health from the ordeal and he died at Hartford in August, 1640. - Seven Hundred Ancestors
[NI2331]
Sarah Towne was daughter of William and Jane (Blessing) Towne of Topsfield, and sister of Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, who was executed for alleged witchcraft in 1692. She herself was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned some months in Boston; while confined in jail at Ipswich, awaiting trial, she found means to escape, and they soon removed to Framingham. Another sister, Mary (Towne) Easty was also tried and executed. - Descendants of Roger Preston of Ipswich and Salem Village, Page 13
[NI2334]
That the town of Wells was the home of a third member of the Cousins family is unfortunately proven by the account of his death at the hands of the Indians. "Also one Isaac Cousins was there killed in the beginning of winter, after there had been some overtures of peace betwixt Major Waldern and the Indians." The young widow, Susanna Cousins of Wells, who married Lieut. Peter Folsom of Exeter May 6, 1678, had undoubtedly been the wife of the murdered man. She was born Susanna Mills, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wadleigh) Mills and a granddaughter of John Wadleigh of Wells, and she must have been with her uncle, Capt. Robert Wadleigh of Exeter, at the time of her second marriage. Her identity is proved by her deed of her inheritance from her grandfather to Francis Sayer, in 1722. - The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon 1755-1836 , Page 53
[NI2335]
John Wadleigh bought land of an Indian chief in Wells, Me., in 1650. Descendants lived in Exeter, N. H., and Salisbury, Mass. - Old Kittery and Her Families
[NI2336]
Thomas Mills bought land 2 Aug. 1642; rem. to Wells; took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 5 July, 1653. Deeded land in 1681 to sons in law John and Nathaniel Cloyce. - Maine Pioneers, 1623-60
[NI2340]
Martha (Mills) Smith Grant was captured by the Indians during the attack on Salmon Falls on March 24, 1690. Drake in his Book of the Indians says that about thirty men were killed and sixty-four were carried into captivity. Williamson says thirty-four were killed and fifty-four were captured. About twenty-seven houses were burned, and two hundred cattle were killed... Another captive was Martha Grant, and her husband, Christopher Grant, was, doubtless, slain at this time. Her first husband was James Smith of Berwick, and a son, John Smith, was captured with her. They were both baptized, 3 May 1693, in Montreal. Both were redeemed and returned to Berwick. - Old Kittery and Her Families , Page 164
[NI2374]
John Wakefield was a commissioner of Wells in 1648, afterwards selectman. He owned Drake's island in 1652, and occupied it some years; sold to Samuel Austin and removed to Scarborough. - Saco Valley Settlements and Families , Page 1196
[NI2378]
Francis Littlefield had brothers, Richard and James and a sister, Mary.
[NI2397]
The claim that she [Walter Knight's wife] was Ruth Gray is an unsupported guess, in part deriving from Walter Knight's supposed connection with Thomas Gray.) - Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
[NI2415]
Job Lane removed, about 1664, from Malden to the Indian Shawshine, a part of ancient Cambridge till incorporated Billerica, May 29, 1655, and Bedford since Sept. 23, 1729. Here his descendants became among the most numerous and influential families of Billerica and Bedford, Mass.
[NI2444]
At Plymouth John Rayner was regarded as an able and godly man, of a meek and humble spirit, sound in the truth and every way unreprovable in his life and conversation. At Dover he was held in great esteem by his parishioners. - Lane Genealogies, Vol III p.24
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A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families states that James Philbrick married Jane Roberts, Ann's sister, first.
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CAPT. THOMAS CHOATE,3 b. June 7, 1693; m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Sarah
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Thomas, John and Robert Burnham were sons of Robert and Mary (Andrews) Burnham of Ipswich, England, and as boys came over with their uncle, Captain Andrews, in the "Angel Gabriel" that was wrecked in 1635 at Pemaquid. Two of the boys came to Chebacco, Ipswich, and settled there. Thomas had served in the Pequot War, but whether under Endicott in 1636, or later under Stoughton, is not known. In 1639, land was granted a Burnham for services in this war. - The Woodbury Family, Page 151
[NI2569]
Mary Andrews was a sister of Captain Robert Andrews who was master and owner of the ill-fated ship "Angel Gabriel".
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Thomas Choate came to be popularly known as "Governor", partly on account of his sole ownership of Hog Island, and partly because he was a natural leader. - New England Families Genealogical and Memorial
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John Choate, son of Robert and Sarah Choate, was bapt. 6 June 1624, in Groton, Boxford, Colchester, England. Both of John's parents died in 1638 and are buried in the cemetery at the church in Groton. After his parents deaths, John removed to Kent to live with relatives, until he was of a suitable age to embark to America. As a young man of nineteen years, he came to this country in 1643 from Sudbury in the county of Suffolk, England, as an apprentice to Mr. Thomas Low. He came to this country with one of his brothers, but the brother returned to England, the following year. On arrival, he, soon found employment in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was considered one of the towns first settlers. - The Choates in America - John Choate and his Descendents - 1624-1896
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Rachel Varney was imprisoned for witchcraft at Ipswich, 1692. Released Sept. 24, 1692. - Some Ancestral Lines
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Mary Warren, one of the silly, hysterical girls responsible for the witch trouble at Salem Village, was a servant in their household, and it was she who accused her mistress of being a witch. When Elizabeth was arrested her husband staunchly defended her, and said publicly that the foolish girls should be sent to the whipping post. Shortly thereafter he was denounced as a wizard. There were so-called trials, and both were condemned to death, along with a number of others. John Proctor was hanged on Aug. 19, 1692, but Elizabeth was given a reprieve "on account of her peculair circumstances," or, until her child could be born. By that time the terrible trials had been stopped, although one of the judges stubbornly insisted that all those condemned should be executed. Nineteen men and women had been hanged and one man pressed to death with rocks. Governor Phipps refused to sign the order for further executions, so Elizabeth Proctor and others were eventually released. Her child was born in prison Jan. 27, 1693. - The Bassett Family
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John Proctor, an early opponent of the witch hunt, lived in Peabody in 1692. One of the afflicted girls, Mary Warren, was a maidservant in his household. Proctor had cured her fits with a good whipping and maintained that the others could be cured with similar treatment. In April 1692, John and his wife Elizabeth were accused of witchcraft. John was tried in early August and hanged later that month. Elizabeth was found pregnant at the time of her condemnation and was granted a stay of execution. She would escape the gallows and eventually remarry. The stream which runs behind the house is known to this day as Proctor Brook. The Proctor house is privately owned.
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Martha was previously engaged to marry John Haskell, and March 1665, her father sued Haskell for breach of promise. - Some Ancestral Lines
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American histories say William Role [Healy] came first to Lynn, Mass. about 1640 where he early joined the church; became a freeman in Marshfield in 1643, was of Robbery in 1649, and finally was dismissed from the church in "Lin" to join that in Cambridge with his family. There he settled "upon the rocks" apparently the rocky ridge upon which Harvard Observatory now stands. A street in this area is still called Healy Street. He had five wives and his twelve children were born in Roxbury and Cambridge. - Healy History, Page 6
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Bowen's History of Woodstock concludes that Grace Ives and Grace Butterice, 3rd wife--appear to be one and the same person. The conclusion is drawn that Nicholas Butterice died, Martha married Miles Ives about 1638, and her daughter, Grace Butterice, became known as Grace Ives. The record of the death of William Hele's first wife appears in the Roxbury Land and Church Records, page 174: - Healy History
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Mary Healy is not mentioned in the Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge so it is apparent she died before being baptized.
[NI2718]
Stephen Sanborn was one of a company to build the Hampton meeting house in 1641; resigned as selectman in 1655 to go back to England with Rev. Stephen Bachiler.
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The first of the name coming to America was Roger and Thomas Eastman. Thomas returned to England, while Roger, who was born in Wales, England, in 1611, came from Langford, county of Wilts, sailing from Southampton in April, 1638, in the ship "Confidence," John Jobson, master, bound for Massachusetts Bay Colony. On the ship's papers he was entered as a servant of John Saunders. It is believed that on account of the emigration laws, or for political reasons, his real rank was higher than appears. Many traditions have been handed down, but it is believed that Roger Eastman was the sole ancestor of all the Eastmans in America. The name has been spelled "Easman" even by members of the same family. No record of his marriage has been found, or of his wife's full name, and it is only by tradition that we suppose it to be Smith. - History and Genealogy of Deacon Joseph Eastman of Hadley Mass
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Elizabeth Severans married Samuel Eastman of Salisbury. Her granddaughter, Abigail Eastman, b. July 10, 1737, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (French) Eastman, married Ebenezer Webster and was the mother of Daniel Webster, the statesman.
[NI2767]
This Thomas Stacy may have been eldest ch. of Rev. William Stacy
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John Bonner was author of the well known Map of Boston, constructed from accurate surveys made by him, and the basis of all subsequent plans of the town for many years.
[NI2817]
Jane (Godfrey) Bunker Swain's death was the first death of a white woman on Nantucket Island.
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Dow's "History or Hampton" says that Mary Taylor, whose 1st husband was Daniel Weare, married 2nd Sylvanus Smith and GDMNH says that she married Thomas Wiggin as her 2nd husband. The "History of Old Chester" states that Sylvanus Smith married Widow Mary Weare. Did she marry Thomas Wiggin before Sylvanus Smith ? Mary (Taylor) Weare would have been 57 years old when daughter Hulda was born. Possibly a generation is missing here.
[NI2829]
GDMNH suggests that these 3 marriages may have been the marriages of Sarah, daughter of John and Anne Robie, not Sarah, daughter of Henry Robie.
[NI2856]
William Godfrey adoped Nathaniel Smith and his sister.
[NI2867]
Abial Marstin's to marriage John Green was against her father's will and he disowned her. They eventually reconciled, but in the mean while, he had named another daughter "Abial".
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William Marston, Sr., patriarch of the Hampton, N. H., branch, was born in England, Yorkshire Co., about 1592; came to Salem, Mass., in 1634 with his family, and two brothers, Robert and John. In 1636 he received a grant of land, from the General Court of Massachusetts. In 1638 he went to Winnicumet, where, with fifty-five others, he settled on lands granted them by the court, and called the place Hampton, Norfolk Co., after the English home of a part of the settlers, and afterward it was incorporated by that name. He was a kind, benevolent, godly man, and a member of the Quakers or Friends church, and suffered persecution for his religious belief. - Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, Prescott, Smith, Neal, Haley, Lock, Swift, Plumer, Leavitt, Wilson, Green, and Allied Families, Page 139
[NI2932]
Widow Mary Moulton was the mother of William Moulton. In William Estow's will, dated October 16, 1655 (he died the next year) his wife is not named, which implies that she was not then living, but he bequeathed to the children (there were then four) of his step-son. - The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus , Page 112
[NI2938]
Bathsheba (Robie) wife of Deacon Joshua Lane, was an active, intelligent Christian woman, an excellent mother, efficiently aiding her husband in training up their children to habits of industry, sobriety and morality. - Lane Genealogies Vol 1
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Here Lies the Body of Mr Henry Dearborn who Died April the 26th A.D. 1756 in the 68th Year of his Age - Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, NH
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Thomas Brewer brought his wife and some children from England and lived in Roxbury for a time; after 1642 was a resident of Ipswich. He was sworn a freeman in 1652 and moved to Hampton NH where he died "old" March 23, 1690. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families and Other Puritan Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Page 383
[NI3094]
Hulda Smith was married twice. First, about 1779, to John Burley and second to Daniel Greenough. John Burley was a mariner; sailed from Newburyport in July 1781, was taken by the British and carried to Ireland and imprisoned, and died there in the summer of 1782. A son was born to Hulda and John Burley: John Burley Birth: 3 Jul 1780, Chester Twp, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
[NI3143]
GDMNH reports that Jonathan "perhaps" married Mary. If it wasn't her, then it was one of her sisters. He died without children. Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire,"
[NI3245]
John Webster, according to tradition, came from Ipswich in Suffolk, England, in 1634, to Boston where he was sworn a freeman March 4, 1635. He was one of the earliest grantees of Ipswich in 1639, and in 1640, "John Webster the Baker was admonished for brewing and tipleinge". In 1642, he was Clerk of the Bonds and on the second trial jury; in 1643 the Pound Warden. He married in England, Mary Shatswell, sister of Theophilus and John Shatswell who also settled in Ipswich. Mary was born ca 1610 in England and died in Newbury, April 28, 1694, surviving her husband who died ca 1646 in Ipswich. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes
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Richard Long was killed September 4, 1694, by Indians on the Haverhill-Amesbury road. He and Deputy Sheriff Joseph Pike "were slain by Indians as they travelled the head of the further end of Pond Plain. The enemy lay in a deserted house by the way, or in a clump of bushes or both." (Journal of Rev. John Pike, Essex Collection)
[NI3365]
Edward French was in Ipswich in 1636, removed to Salisbury among the earliest proprietors and had in 1652 the third greatest estate in town. In his will he speaks of his great age and mentions his three sons and their children, and his daughter. - Genealogical History of the Duncan Stuart Family in America , Page 158
[NI3374]
Torrey states that Thomas Philbrick's marriage to Anna Knapp is probably wrong.
[NI3387]
JOHN CASS came from Watertown, Middlesex, MAss., to Hampton NH in 1644, and it is thought that two brothers, Joseph and Samuel, may have come from England with him. About 1648 in Hampton he married Martha, daughter of Thomas Philbrick, and in that year sold land there to Anthony Taylor. John became a freeman October 10, 1651. In 1652 he bought from William English a house and lot where a hotel was built in later years. April 5, 1664, he bought Rev. John Wheelwright's farm on the south side of Taylor's River. In 1633 he was constable for Hampton and served on the trial jury four years; on the grand jury in 1663, 1668, 1674 and 1677; as selectman in 1653, 1657, 1668, 1672 and 1674. He died in office, April 7, 1675, leaving a will dated May 4, 1674 - April 13, 1675. Executors of his estate were his widow Martha and Thomas Philbrick. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes
[NI3388]
Some Ancestral Lines states that Mary Cass married Philip Lewis on April 2, 1671
[NI3390]
Samuel Cass, born July 13, 1659, inherited half the homestead, and in 1706 was "disowned" by the Friends as "not of the true faith". - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes , Page 190
[NI3394]
Ebenezer Cass went with Roxbury settlers to found Woodstock, Conn. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes , Page 191
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THOMAS PHILBRICK1, according to tradition, came from Lincoln, England, sailing from Yarmouth, April 8, 1630, in the Arbella with Governor Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall, arriving at Salem June 14. In 1639, the second summer after the settlement of Hampton NH, his son John moved to Hampton and Thomas Jr. soon followed. "The first settlers of Hampton were attracted to the place by the fishing, the fowling, the best of clams, and the salt marshes almost ready for the scythe." January 23, 1646, Thomas Senior, a grantee of eight lots, sold his estate in Watertown and joined his two sons in Hampton, Norfolk county, where he was a "culler of staves" in 1655. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes
[NI3407]
John Philbrick was drowned at sea with his wife Ann, daughter Sarah, and five others while going to Boston October 20, 1657. This marine tragedy was commemorated by Whittier in his poem "Tent of the Beach".
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Having acquired the Williams share in the fishing plant on that island, Richard Knight, then of Boston, and John Redman, Giles' partner, sold the Smuttinose fishing plant in 1668. The names of Richard's wife and children are lost in a tangle of similar names in Boston records
[NI3461]
George Ingersoll's son was killed and his house and property destryoed at the onset of King Philip's War in 1675.
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Several Storer manuscript genealogies refer to her as a daughter of Edward Starbuck. If, indeed, her name was Starbuck, it is more likely that she was a sister of Edward. Edward was born about 1604 and it is unlikely that he would have a child old enough to have children in 1640. Edward's daughter Sarah is documented in the 1660's with two other husbands. - Carol Smart Mero
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On the night of 28 June 1689 his [Richard Otis] garrison was attacked by Indians, admitted by treachery, and he was murdered. Some of his family shared his fate, but his w., daus. and at least three gr.ch. were taken captive. - Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
[NI3566]
Henry Sherburne went to sea in '58, with Solomon Clark, and coming home 10th July, 1659, died at sea and was buried in the sea.
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Persons Baptised: Dec. 3, 1727 Robert Hunking, John, Mary, Sarah, Robert, Abiah, Thomas, of Robert & Abiah Hunking. - Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts
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Abigail Page was an adopted niece of John and Mary [Marsh] Page
[NI3652]
Thomas Whittier built the homestead where John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Haverhill, MA.
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John Pearson (Deacon), set up the earliest saw-mill in America (the running of which has been continued by some of his descendants ever since). He was made a freeman of Rowley, probably in 1647; was representative from 1678, for several years. Was the first deacon of the old Rowley church, and was an earnest advocate of the gospel truths. In the Col. Records his name often appears, and was written Peirson; but his descendants write it Pearson. -
[NI3708]
Joseph Pearson was of Lothrop's comp. and fell in bat. 25 Aug. 1725, near Hatfield
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Nicholas Wallingford was a seaman, residing in Newbury, when taken captive at sea, and never returned. [ca 1675]
[NI3872]
Richard Brown came from England in the "Mary and John" with his brother George in 1633 to Ipswich, Mass., leaving a brother Michael and two sisters in England. He and his brother George, a carpenter, went to Newbury with the first company of settlers in the spring of 1635.
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A sea captain, [John] Cutting made 13 or more Atlantic crossings; in 1634 he was master of the Francis, which brought colonists from Ipswich. In 1636 he took up land at Watertown, in 1638 had a house at Newbury, in 1648 settled at Charlestown, and by 1656 was again living at Newbury. He was in 1647 master of the Advent of Boston. His will names his daughter Mary Noyes and grandson Cutting. - Ancestry of Abel Lunt
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One American genealogist thinks that Mary was that Mary Cutting named as a sister in the will of Susan Browne of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, made in 1626. Susan also left legacies to her mother Judith Warde, her sister Rebecca Warde and her brother Edward Warde, which makes it obvious that these sisters and brother were children of Edward Warde of Little Wratting, co. Suffolk, yeoman, who named them all and his wife Judith in his will of 1620. This constitutes a valuable clue, but is not proof. See 'Genealogical Gleanings in England', Henry F. Waters, Boston, 1901, p. 584.
[NI3889]
Capt. John Cutting, whose sister, Mary, married Nicholas Noyes, was an adventurous sea-captain from London. He made his home at Charlestown at an early day; was engaged in fishing about Cape Ann in 1640, and made his home in Newbury shortly after. - The Cheney Genealogy , Page 217
[NI3922]
Edmund married Sarah More (not Dole; see Gen. Reg. Vol. CXXII, Jan. 1968, p. 28) in 1611 in Langford Parish, England, and brought his wife and children to New England in 1635 in which year he was probably one of the founders of Newbury. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes, Page 121
[NI3979]
Capt. James Parker "owned a fifty acre right in Groton, and resided there from its first settlement until his death in 1701. He was a distinguished and extraordinary man, and a leader in municipal, military, ecclesiastical, and other affairs of the town." [Shattuck 375] Parker served under Major Simon Willard, commander of the Middlesex County forces. On 4 Aug 1675 Willard "marched out from Lancaster with Capt. Parker and his company of forty-six men, 'to look after some Indians to the westward of Lancaster and Groton,' having five friendly Indians along as scouts, and, receiving the message of the distressed garrison at Brookfield, promptly hastened thither to their relief...." [Bodge 120] Bodge provides a list of men credited with service between 7 Aug 1675 - 25 Jan 1675/6, which he believes is the list of Parker's company, "who marched with Major Willard to the relief of Brookfield on August 4th. I judge that Capt. Parker, with some sixteen or more of these men, returned to Groton before August 16th, as on that date Capt. Mosely had sent twelve men to Groton to help secure the town; and Capt. Parker writes the Council on August 25th about their affairs, asking for arms and ammunition, as they are expecting an attack upon the town. Those that went back with him were very likely Groton men, and it is probable are represented by the smaller credits. Capt. Parker acknowledges the receipt of twenty men from Capt. Mosely and Major Willard, and these were, doubtless, in addition to the number of his own men that returned with him. The rest of his company remained with Major Willard, as may be shown by their larger credits." [Bodge 121-22] - George Madison Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War (Boston, 1906). [Facsimile edition published 1997 by the Clearfield Company.]
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On March 7, 1798, the date of his ordination to the ministry, he became pastor of the First Congregational church in Concord, N. H. The clergymen who officiated at this ordination were: Rev. Stephen Peabody of Atkinson, Rev. John Smith, of Hanover, Rev. Joseph Woodman, of Sanbornton, Rev. Zaccheus Colby, of Pembroke, Rev. Frederick Parker, of Canterbury, Rev. Jedediah Tucker, of Loudon, and Rev. Josiah Carpenter, of Chichester.
Rev. Dr. MacFarland's pastoral labors appear to have been of the most exhaustive character. Rev. Dr. Bouton's History of Concord (1856) says: "Beside preaching two written discourses on the Sabbath, he usually attended a third service at the town-hall or at a school-house, when he preached extemporaneously. In seasons of revival he preached frequently in outer districts of the town, sometimes spending a day or two in visiting from house to house, and attending meetings in the evenings without returning home. Three years and a half he officiated as chaplain in the State-prison, preaching to the convicts once on the Sabbath. Dr. MacFarland was a leader in vocal music. Beside doing much to promote good singing in the church, he was a member of the Merrimack County Musical Association, and for some time president of it."
It is known that Rev. Dr. MacFarland performed some missionary services in the Pequaket country about Conway, N. H., and Fryeburg, Maine. He seems also to have been in demand as a preacher at ordinations. A not very extended research discloses the fact that he performed that office at Amherst (at the ordination of Rev. Nathan Lord, afterward President of Dartmouth, College), Candia, Epsom, Groton, and other places. He preached the election sermon before the Executive and Legislature of the State, June 1, 1808, although Bouton's History of Concord, p. 740, gives that honor to another. Copies of this sermon are still in existence. For twenty-seven years he was clerk of the Ecclesiastical Convention of the State. The General Association of Congregational and Presbyterian Ministers of New Hampshire was organized in his study, June 8, 1809. He served as a Trustee of Dartmouth from 1809 to 1821 (which covered the exciting period of the Dartmouth College controversy); was also President of the New Hampshire Missionary Society. He left the manuscripts of two thousand and fifty-four sermons, and the names of four hundred and forty-one persons were added to the rolls of the church during his ministry, which terminated in 1824, on failure of health. He found time to write, in 1806, a book entitled "An Historical View of Heresies and Vindication of the Primitive Faith," 12 mo., p. 276, published by George Hough. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1809, during the Presidency of Rev. Timothy Dwight. He died February 18, 1827. His son Asa wrote of him in 1876: "All my recollections of my father are of a very agreeable description. He was of commanding person and handsome countenance; in stature nearly six feet." - History of the Clan MacFarlane, MacFarlan, MacFarland, MacFarlin
John Noyes resided in Springfield, N. H., and was the first settler on a farm where he died at the age of eighty-four years. (From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Alexandria Compiled + published by Hamilton Child 1886.)
Most of the passengers who came to New England in the ship "Mary & John" were induced to remove to Newbury early in the year 1635. Tradition asserts that they came by water from Ipswich and landed on the north shore of the Quascacunquen (now Parker) river, about two or three hundred rods below the bridge that connects the "Lower Green" with the "Great Neck" and the town of Rowley. A monument marks the spot where the settlers disembarked in May or June, 1635. Tradition states that young Nicholas was the first person to leap ashore when their boat anchored in the Quascacumquen (now the Parker) River. (John J. Currier, "History of Newbury" p.312; Sarah Anna Emery "Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian" p.112) They joined 23 men and their families who formed a cattle-breeding company and were among the first settlers at Newbury where their children were born. Newbury's first minister was Thomas Parker, a cousin.
Nicholas took the Freeman's Oath in Cambridge on May 17, 1637 when he and eight others walked from Newbury to Cambridge to vote for Gov. Winthrop. It must have been very soon after this that Noyes sailed on a voyage to England, possibly to settle family affairs and to report on conditions in Massachusetts Bay. He returned to New England on the Jonathan which sailed from London, probably soon after April 12, 1639, and "came to Anchor in Boston Harbor."
When it was proposed to remove the inhabitants of Newbury from their first settlement on the Parker river to a new site nearer the Merrimac, Nicholas Noyes was a freeholder and a deputy "for the managing of those things that concern the ordering of the New Town" on December 7, 1642.
Nicholas was appointed Commissioner to End Small Causes, or local justice, in 1657 and 1658. His most important service, however, was as deputy to the General Court in 1660 and in 1678 when on September 19 he was chosen by the town "to serve at the next session of the Court until it be ended," a special session having been called for October 2 at which the oath of allegiance to King Charles II was submitted and signed by the deputies; he served also 28 May 1679, 19 May 1680, and 4 Jan 1680-84.[cutting.GED]
Nicholas Noyes emigrated on 24 Mar 1633/34 from Southampton, Hampshire, England. Sailed on ship Mary & John of London, Robert Sayres, Master, on 23 Mar. 1634 with brother James and sister-in-law Sarah. The ship was detained in the Thames where all passengers signed the oath of allegiance to the king and the church 24 Mar. 1634, before they were allowed to sail from London. He immigrated in May 1634 to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He resided after May 1634 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Medford was first known as Mistick.
Most of the passengers who came to New England in the ship "Mary & John" were induced to remove to Newbury early in the year 1635. Tradition asserts that they came by water from Ipswich and landed on the north shore of the Quascacunquen (now Parker) river, about two or three hundred rods below the bridge that connects the "Lower Green" with the "Great Neck" and the town of Rowley. A monument marks the spot where the settlers disembarked in May or June, 1635. Tradition states that young Nicholas was the first person to leap ashore when their boat anchored in the Quascacumquen (now the Parker) River. (John J. Currier, "History of Newbury" p.312; Sarah Anna Emery "Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian" p.112) They joined 23 men and their families who formed a cattle-breeding company and were among the first settlers at Newbury where their children were born. Newbury's first minister was Thomas Parker, a cousin.
Nicholas took the Freeman's Oath in Cambridge on May 17, 1637 when he and eight others walked from Newbury to Cambridge to vote for Gov. Winthrop. It must have been very soon after this that Noyes sailed on a voyage to England, possibly to settle family affairs and to report on conditions in Massachusetts Bay. He returned to New England on the Jonathan which sailed from London, probably soon after April 12, 1639, and "came to Anchor in Boston Harbor."
When it was proposed to remove the inhabitants of Newbury from their first settlement on the Parker river to a new site nearer the Merrimac, Nicholas Noyes was a freeholder and a deputy "for the managing of those things that concern the ordering of the New Town" on December 7, 1642.
Nicholas was appointed Commissioner to End Small Causes, or local justice, in 1657 and 1658. His most important service, however, was as deputy to the General Court in 1660 and in 1678 when on September 19 he was chosen by the town "to serve at the next session of the Court until it be ended," a special session having been called for October 2 at which the oath of allegiance to King Charles II was submitted and signed by the deputies; he served also 28 May 1679, 19 May 1680, and 4 Jan 1680-84.
In 1652 many were brought before the court for not observing the Sumptuary laws of 1651. The records say "Nicholas Noyes' wife, Hugh March's wife, and William Chandler's wife were each presented for wearing a silk hood and scarf; but were discharged on proof that their husbands were worth £200 each, John Hutchins' wife was also discharged upon testifying that she was brought up above the ordinary rank." (George F. Dow, "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts (Salem, Mass., 1911), 1:303.)
Rev. Cotton Mather, pastor of the North Church in Boston, provides an insight into the character of William Noyes while describing, from a contemporary viewpoint, the early education of Ann's nephew, Rev. Thomas Parker. "This Mr. Thomas Parker was the only son of his father, who was very desirous to have him a scholar, committed him unto perhaps a godly, but a very severe master [Rev. William Noyes]. Under this hard master, though he was well nigh discouraged by the dulness which he apprehended in his own capacity, yet the consideration of his father's desire made him, with an early piety, to join his prayers unto his pains, that he might have his education prospered; and God so prospered him, that he arrived unto a desirable degree of knowledge, both in tongues and in arts." [Magnalia Christi Americana (Hartford, 1855), 1:480-488].
In her will, Anne Noyes names only the youngest Noyes children, including James and Nicholas. This "division of interests" suggests that William may have had an earlier wife who was mother of the older boys who were born ca. 1596-1600. Although Anne Parker was of a suitable age to have been mother to all the known children, Ann Stephens, could possibly have been the first wife as suggested in a newspaper clipping attached to one of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society lending library Noyes Genealogy books.
Ann Parker was a sister of Rev. Robert Parker, a learned Puritan divine, and a graduate of Oxford, who was driven to Holland for "non-conformity" to Queen Elizabeth's forms.
Oct. 22, 1906. The "Additional Corrections and Additions," page 3, of Wheeler's "History of Stonington, Conn." has the following: "Miss Harriet E. Noyes of New Hampshire says: 'From recent investigations in England the name of Rev. William Noyes's wife was proven to be Anne Stephens, daughter of Nicholas Stephens of Burdrop Manor, and sister of Dorothy Stephens, mother of Rev. Thomas Parker.'"
Mary Parker, as his wife, is apparently an error which has persisted, as so many people have relied on the information in the Noyes Genealogy and have not pursued further research.
Miss Harriette E. Noyes was aware that Anne Stephens was thought by some to be the wife of Rev. William Noyes, as she makes reference to it on Page 45 of Vol. I. Apparently, at the time of publication, it was their opinion that that information was erroneous. However, further investigation subsequent to the printing of the book, seems to have proved that information to be correct all along.
In 1633-34 he preached in Mystic, now Medford, Massachusetts and was made freeman 3 Sep 1634, was invited to Watertown but declined and with his brother Nicholas and cousin Thomas Parker, was among the first settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts in May 1634 or 35. Rev. Mr. Parker and Rev. Mr. Noyes began, almost immediately, to form a church. The first meeting was on the Sabbath and held in the open air, under a tree.
Among his printed works are "A Catechism for Children", 1641, "The Temple Measured", 1647, "Moses and Aaron", 1661; the last two are at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
While we have been taught to look with suspicion on ages given in round numbers, Robert's 1598 deposition suggests that he was nearly fifty years old when his first known child was born. When Richard Noyes of Manningford Bruce in 1590/91 gave a small legacy to "every of the sonnes of Robert Noyes of Chowlderton," the implication was that there were at least two boys and probably more.
At the dissolution of the monasteries, the manor of Littleton passed from the Abbot of St. Peter's, Gloucester, to the Bishop of Gloucester, who soon released it to the King, who then granted it to Sir John St. John. Disputes with tenants ensued. ("The Victoria History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight", William Page, ed. (London, 1911), p.374
In 1552, Nicholas St. John claimed that he had purchased two ninth parts of a lease of the manor of Littleton, a property originally leased in 1516 by Nicholas Noyes' parents. The claimants actually came to blows when St. John and his servants came to mow the pasture and were met by the servants of Nicholas Noyes' brother. John St. John, Esquire, apparently entered into the manor of Littleton by force after the elder Robert Noyes' death.
In an undated Chancery Proceeding between 1558 and 1579, son Robert Noyes stated that his father had owned a barn and some land in Cholderton and that Nicholas entered into the premises and for divers years solely and alone did enjoy the same until about four years since being a very old man did set and assign the premises amongst divers [other] things to be occupied by the defendant [Robert] and that Nicholas' son Thomas Noyes, yeoman, sold his portion of the interest in the property to Robert Noyes.
Nicholas' son Robert had land in Cholderton that was described in the Patent Roll of 1581/2 as "now or lately in the occupation of Nicholas Noyes or his assignees."
In 1516, Robert Noyes leased the manor of Littleton, Hampshire, from the Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Peter's of Gloucester. After his death, his widow made a new lease and enjoyed it nine years before her own death. The complicated suit brought by Nicholas St. John in the Court of Requests, over possession of two-ninths of this manor, resulted in the recording of depositions about four generations of Robert's family. Robert Noyes left a will, naming his son William as his executor, but this document does not survive.
Robert is buried outside the door of the church of Blessed Mary of Kimpton next to wife Joan.
Chief Justice Samuel[5] Sewell (Henry[4], Henry[3], Henry[2], William[1])
Susanna[8] Sewall (Samuel[7], Nicholas[6], John[5], Henry[4], Henry[3], Henry[2], William[1])
The Worcester colonists where not so fortunate as to obtain a friendly reception from their English Congregational neighbors. In 1740 they commenced building a church, which the Congregationalists tore down. Most of the Scotsmen then left Worcester, but the MacFarlands remained, apparently joining the 'established' church.
IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND, 1700-1775.
MCFARLAND, Daniel, of Worcester, Mass.; from Ulster, Ireland, 1718, husbandman; arrived in Boston, August 4; he and Andrew, laborers of Marblehead, buy 185 acres in south part of Worcester near Prospect Meadow, 26 Oct. 1727; will probated May 12, 1738 “being very aged and infirm in body”; Children: James of Brunswick, Me., Margery McKolney of South Carolina, Margaret Campbell of Tyrone, Ireland, Andrew, Daniel and John of Worcester, Elinour Gray of Worcester, Patience, Elizabeth, Samuel; (Andrew McFarland & Matthew Gray exrs.).—Some Worcester McFarlands and Descendants, pp. 3-6, Worcester Probate Series A, 39918, Worcester Inscriptions, p. 49.
The surname, MacFarland, changed to McFarland somewhere along the line. I know that it was McFarland when the Rev. Dr. Asa McFarland was minister of the church in Concord, so I have used it throughout for consistency.
The line of descent of Lillis Stetson, mother of the Lillis Stetson who married Samuel Stetson is:
Lillis[7] Stetson (Benjamin[6], Benjamin[5], Benjamin[4], Coronet Robert[3], Thomas[2] Stitson, John[1] Stedston)
In 1676, the year that Robert was married, the Narragansett Indians descended on Scituate and burned his home, along with many others. How long he remained in Scituate is not known, but he was in Duxbury in 1700. In 1710, Robert's land was incorporated into the township of Pembroke.
William Brooks' wife was widow Susanna Dunham of Plymouth. His children were Hannah born 1645, Nathaniel 1646, (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Curtis, 1678, and succeeded to his father's residence), Mary born 1647, Sarah born 1650, (who married Joseph Studley), Meriam born 1652, (who married John Curtis, son of Richard Curtis), Deborah born 1654, (who married Robert Stetson, jr. son of the Cornet), Thomas born 1657, who married Hannah Bisby 1687, and Joanna born 1659. - Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831
Joanna Brooks. Born ca. 1659. Joanna was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 16 Oct 1659.44 Joanna died on 17 Aug 1726 in Pembroke, MA. - Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes
On 13 Sep 1687 Joanna married John Bisbee, son of Elisha Besbedge (-ca 1689) & Joanna [Besbedge], in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA.16 Born ca 1645 in Scituate, MA. John was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 21 Dec 1645.44 John died on 4 Sep 1726 in Pembroke, MA. - Frank J. Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family: Descendants of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) of Scituate, Duxbury and Sudbury, Massachusetts, Otter Brook Press, 1956
Deborah Brooks. Born ca 1654. Deborah was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 18 Mar 1654. - Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes.
In 1676 Deborah married Robert Stetson, son of Cornet Robert Stetson (ca 1615-1 Feb 1702/3) & Honor Tucker (1613-1684). Born on 29 Jan 1654 in Scituate, MA.16 Robert was baptized on 26 Feb 1654 - "Plymouth Colony vital records," Mayflower Descendant, Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, various volumes. Transcribed form marriages appearing in the Court Orders, and from "Marriages, Births and Burials"
In 1656 Robert erected the earliest sawmill in what was later known as Hanover, near the Indian Head River, which was burnt by the Indians in 1676. In 1661 Cornet Stetson was chosen as a member of the Council of War. In the war with Philip and other Indian tribes, Cornet Stetson was an active officer. Robert was called "Cornet" because he was Cornet of the first Horse Company raised in Plymouth Colony, MA. He was chosen repeatedly to represent Scituate as their deputy to the colony court.
Cornet Robert Stetson, 1613-1703, Scituate, Plymouth Colony. Deputy to the General Court, 1655-57, '59-62, '66-67, '69-74, '77-78. Member of the Council of War, 1661, '71, '81. Cornet of the First Body of Plymouth Horse, 1659. Press Master, 1676. - Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Publication -- No. 8, Boston: Printed for the Society, 1906, p.378
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One of the bloodiest battles in Scotland's history was the Battle of Flodden, a disastrous confrontation which took place on September 9, 1513, on the River Till, near Branxton, Northumberland. When it was over, an estimated five to ten thousand Scots were dead including 12 Earls, 15 Lords, many Clan Chiefs, some abbots, an archbishop and James IV, the King of Scotland himself.
"Kneland was yar, ner cusyng to Wallace,
Syne baid with hym in mony peralouss place."
It will be noted from a full reading of Blind Harry's historical verses, that Wallace, who had learned that the Scottish nobility were not to be depended upon, relied for advice and assistance upon a band of relatives constituting the lesser barons of Scotland. They included the three sons of his uncle, Sir Richard Crawford, the Sheriff of Riccartoun, Adam, Richard and Simon Crawford; his cousin, James Kneland, and his nephew, Edward Littell, "and Edward Littil his sister's son so der." United with these were a few other boon companions, most conspicuous of whom were Squire Robert Boyd and John Blair, his chaplain.
James Kneland joined his cousin, Sir William Wallace, in 1296, in his attempt to restore the liberties of the country. He was present at most of the exploits of Wallace, particularly at Loudoun Hill, July, 1296; the battle of Stirling, September 13, 1297, and the disastrous battle of Falkirk, July 22, 1298. He sailed with his illustrious cousin to France and assisted in the sea battle with "Thomas of Longueville," commonly called the "Red Rover." After the death of Sir William, he firmly supported the cause of King Robert the Bruce and was present with his eldest son, John Kneland, at the battle of Bannockburn, where he was severely wounded. For his loyalty and good service that King gave to him several lands in the Barony of Calder, West Lothian, in Linlithgowshire (now Lanarkshire), which remained in the family for several hundred years. - Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
"The Knight his fadyr, thedyr he thaim sent
Till his Wncle that with full gud content,
In Gowry duelt, and had gud lewyng ther;
Ane agyt man, the yuhilk resawt thaim far."
Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family
Adam Wallace of Riccartoun was the father of Sir Malcolm Wallace, and Margaret Wallace, wife of Alexander Kneland, the Parson O'Gowrie. Sir Malcolm Wallace, who married a Crawford, was the father of Sir William Wallace.
Dracut, formerly a part of Chelmsford, though the Merrimack divides them, was incorporated as a town Feb. 26, 1700-1. Several attempts were made between 1710 and 1720 to settle a minister, but without success. There was a meeting-house, built in 1715, but no church till the ordination of Mr. Parker. He was pastor there forty-five years, and died March 18, 1765, aged 65. - The Richardson Memorial
Josiah Parker possibly had other children: Susanna, Josiah, Ann and Mary.
The first well documented, damaging earthquake to affect New Hampshire occurred the night of October 29, 1727. This earthquake, with its epicenter located off the New Hampshire and Massachusetts coast, caused damage from Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Maine. Brick buildings "shattered" in Haverhill, Massachusetts, chimneys toppled and large quantities of sand were ejected from the ground in Newbury, Massachusetts and in Hampton, New Hampshire. Reverend Nathaniel Gookin of Hampton recorded no fewer than twenty-four aftershocks from this event. One that occurred on December 29, was felt from Casco Bay in Maine to the Charles River in Massachusetts. - New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management
NATHANIEL GOOKIN, A.M., b. Cambridge, Apr. 15, 1687, son of Rev. Nathaniel and Hannah (Savage) Gookin; H. C., 1703, A.B., A.M.; Librarian, H. C., 1707-1709; Ord. Hampton, N. H., Nov. 14, 1710; sett. Hampton, N. H., 1710-1734; d. Hampton, N. H., Aug. 25, 1734, a. 47. - The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England
There were similar attacks in Lee, Durham, Nottingham, Exeter, Salmon Falls, Rochester, Newmarket, Kingston and nearby Maine villages of Eliot and York. By 1770 the attacks were over. the Indians were gone and their 10,000 year reign along the Piscataqua rivers had ended.
The first of the name to settle in New England was Daniel Gookin, who came with his father from Kent, England, to Virginia, in 1621, from whence he came to Massachusetts in 1644, principally on account of the preaching of missionaries sent from that colony to Virginia in 1642. Members of the family early settled in Hampton, N. H., and several eminent men were produced who bore the name, among these the two Revs. Nathaniel Gookin, father and son. - Saco Valley Settlements and Families
GOOKIN, DANIEL, author, was born in 1612 in England. For the last thirty years of his life he was superintendent of the Indians in Massachusetts. His writings include Historical Collections of the Indians in New England; and Account of the Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians in New England. He died March 19, 1687, in Cambridge, Mass. - Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century
Containing the graves of Increase (1639-1723) and Cotton (1663-1728) Mather. Largely responsible for the Salem Witch Trials, both later recanted and called for an end to the proceedings. Increase Mather was president of Harvard College from 1685-1701.
Increase Mather: born in 1639, he was named Increase, his son later wrote, "because of the never-to-be-forgotten Increase, of every sort, wherewith GOD favoured the Country, about the time of his Nativity." Increase graduated from Harvard College in 1656 and went to England shortly afterward, but was compelled to return to Massachusetts in 1661 at the restoration of Charles II. He became minister of the North Church in Boston, and in 1685 was appointed to the presidency of Harvard, a position which he held until i701. Between 1688 and 1692, Increase lived in England and renegotiated the new Massachusetts charter. He returned to Massachusetts in May 1692 with the charter and the new royal governor, Sir William Phips, only to find the colony besieged by witches. Although critical of the witchcraft proceedings, Increase was present at George Burroughs's trial and felt him justly condemned. In October 1692, his address to a convocation of ministers, later published under the title Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits Personating Men, helped turn the tide against spectral evidence. When Robert Calef's reappraisal of the Salem witchcraft, More Wonders of the Invisible World, was published in 1700, Increase was so incensed by its treatment of him and his son Cotton that he had the book publicly burned in the college yard.
I wish that we knew the details of his ministerial life. He was settled in Hampton in 1657 at a salary of sixty-five pounds (afterwards increased to eighty pounds), a parsonage and the use of a farm of two hundred acres. No sermon by him exists in print. He apparently kept no record of church affairs or statistics; only a few memoranda of events, a membership list and the like, were found among his papers. What a pity that a ministry of thirty-one years should have been so scantily recorded. The only contemporary mention of him that we have is a brief word by his nephew, the famous Cotton Mather, who says in his "Magnalia" that he "was esteemed a thorough scholar and an able preacher," and that he especially abominated the Pegagian heresy. He married twice and had a noble family of eleven children. - From the Granite Monthly Vol. 42, pgs. 283-5 (1910)
I had eight birds hatcht in one nest,
Four cocks there were, and hens the rest;
I nurst them up with pain and care,
Nor cost, nor labour did I spare,
Till at the last they felt their wing,
Mounted the trees, and learn'd to sing
-Ann Dudley Bradstreet
The inscription on his tombstone reads: "Henry Sewall, sent by his father Henry Sewall, in the ship Elizabeth and Dorcas, arrived in Boston 1634, wintered at Ipswich, helped begin its plantation 1635, furnished English servants, neat cattle and provisions. Married Jane Dummer March 25, 1646, and died May 16, 1700. His fruitful vine, being thus disjoined, fell to the ground January following."
There seem to be discrepencies in the accounts of this family. I am told that NEHGR's English Origins lists Stephen and Sarah as children as well as Nathaniel. The name of Dummer was perpetuated in America through the descendants of Stephen's brother, Richard.
He was the only judge to publicly acknowledge his regrets about that unfortunate incident. His diary, although it contains no details of infamous trial, is considered one of the best records of life in Colonial Boston.
b. 11 MAR 1674 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
d. ABT 1763
father: Jaques, Henry(~1619 - 1687)
mother: Knight, Anne(1631 - 1705)
Richard Ingersoll settled at Salem in 1629 and was granted eighty acres of land by the Town of Salem in 1636. Other smaller grants of land were made to him subsequently. He emigrated from Bedfordshire, England, in 1629 and was one of the earliest of the pioneers. - Ryal Side From Early Days of Salem Colony
GDMNH states that Caleb was indeed a son of Richard and Rebecca (Abbe) Kimball, but I am not adding it until I can find more proof.
Served New Hampshire Died May 26, 1882, Hopkinton, NH. Enlisted F Co. 9th Inf Reg. NH disch wounds at Concord, Merrimack, NH on 03 June 1865 - Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65
He enlisted in July, 1862, and was mustered in as private in Co. F, 9th N. H. Vols. Was wounded in left arm July 30, 1864. Was in the mine explosion at Petersburg, and was discharged at Concord, N. H., June 3, 1865, on account of wounds. - History of the Kimball Family vol1
Stephen Bachiler entered college about 1581, and received his B.A. in 1586. On 17 July 1587 he was presented as vicar of Wherwell, Hampshire, and remained at that parish until he was ejected in 1605. Bachiler began his long career of contrariety as early as 1593, when he was cited in Star Chamber for having "uttered in a sermon at Newbury very lewd speeches tending seditiously to the derogation of her Majesty's government". Upon the accession of James I as King of England, nearly a hundred ministers were deprived of their benefices between the years 1604 and 1609, and among these was Stephen Bachiler [Kenneth Fincham, Prelate as Pastor: The Episcopate of James I (Oxford 1990), p. 326].
"Captain Henry Dow wrote in cipher in his diary for Monday, Mar. 8, that he was `at Captain Hussey's burial.' It is therefore certain that he died in Hampton and was not, as stated by Savage, cast away off the coast of Florida" - History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From Its Settlement in 1638, To The Autumn of 1892
William Brooks' wife was widow Susanna Dunham of Plymouth. His children were Hannah born 1645, Nathaniel 1646, (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Curtis, 1678, and succeeded to his father's residence), Mary born 1647, Sarah born 1650, (who married Joseph Studley), Meriam born 1652, (who married John Curtis, son of Richard Curtis), Deborah born 1654, (who married Robert Stetson, jr. son of the Cornet), Thomas born 1657, who married Hannah Bisby 1687, and Joanna born 1659. - Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831
Joanna Brooks. Born ca 1659. Joanna was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 16 Oct 1659.44 Joanna died on 17 Aug 1726 in Pembroke, MA. - Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes
On 13 Sep 1687 Joanna married John Bisbee, son of Elisha Besbedge (-ca 1689) & Joanna [Besbedge], in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA.16 Born ca 1645 in Scituate, MA. John was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 21 Dec 1645.44 John died on 4 Sep 1726 in Pembroke, MA. - Frank J. Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family: Descendants of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) of Scituate, Duxbury and Sudbury, Massachusetts, Otter Brook Press, 1956
Deborah Brooks. Born ca 1654. Deborah was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 18 Mar 1654. - Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes.
In 1676 Deborah married Robert Stetson, son of Cornet Robert Stetson (ca 1615-1 Feb 1702/3) & Honor Tucker (1613-1684). Born on 29 Jan 1654 in Scituate, MA.16 Robert was baptized on 26 Feb 1654 - "Plymouth Colony vital records," Mayflower Descendant, Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, various volumes. Transcribed form marriages appearing in the Court Orders, and from "Marriages, Births and Burials"
During the reign of King Henry VIII from 1509 to 1547, Sir William Coffin was a Knight under the famed King. Sir William was an expert at jousting and was the "Master of the Horse" at the Coronation of Henry's wife Anne Boleyn in 1534. Coffin's wife Margaret, was Anne Boleyn's chambermaid, who along with three other maids, accompanied Anne to the Tower, where the Queen was ordered to be executed for not producing a male heir to the throne.
Sir William's education and accomplishments saw him as as a member of the Privy Chamber of Henry VIII, and upon Coffins death, he bequeathed his best horses and prized hawks to the King. It's unclear to tell where William Coffin fits into our direct history, however many speculate that he was an uncle or great uncle to our ancestor, Nicholas Coffyn. - My Father's Shoes - Our Coffin Story
Thomas Savage, Boston, Merchant, was the son of William Savage of Tauton, County Somerset, a Blacksmith, where the name prevails in the parish register for the whole reign of Elizabeth. Thomas had been an apprentice at the Merchant Tailors, London, as the company records prove, in the 18th year of James, January 9, 1621. He came in the Planter from London, April 1635, age 27, was admitted to the church January 1636 and made freeman May 1636. He was in Artillery Company 1637.
He married 1637, Faith Hutchinson, daughter of William Hutchinson, and for receiving the revelation of her mother or entertaining the opinion of the Rev. John Wheelwright, he was disarmed November 1637 and driven to unite with Governor Coddington and others in purchase of Rhode Island where in 1638 he settled but for a short time. He returned to Boston where his children were born. His wife died Feb. 20, 1652. He married again Sept. 15, 1652 Mary Symmes, daughter of Rev. Zechariah Symmes of Charlestown. - from The Thing Family in America by Brother Anthony of Padua
At twenty-one, Anne Marbury married Will Hutchinson and began bearing the first of their fifteen children. She became an adherent of the preaching and teachings of John Cotton, a Puritan minister who left England for America. In 1634, the Hutchinson family followed Cotton to New England.
Anne Hutchinson was tried and convicted of heresy and banished from the colony. She and her husband settled and founded Newport, Rhode Island. After Williams' death in 1642, fearing Rhode Island would come under the control of the Massachusetts Bay, she moved to Long Island, New York which was under the government of the religiously tolerant Dutch. In September of 1643, she along with many of her children were massacred by the Indians.
Some other sources state that this Daniel Gookin was the son of John and Katherine Deanne of of Ripple Court, Kent, ENG.
Mother Goose, or Grandmother Goose, as she is sometimes called, was not a fictitious, but a real individual. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Foster [daughter of William and Anne (Brackenberry) Foster], and she was born in 1665. She married Isaac Goose in 1693, and a few years after became a member of the Old South Church, in Boston, and died in 1758. The first edition of her songs, which were originally sung to her grandchildren, was published in Boston in 1716 by her son-in-law, Thomas Fleet. It is said that Fleet, out of respect for her, collected the little songs that she sang to her grandchildren into book form and published them for the use of mothers in America. - Foster Genealogy
"Mr. Ayres' branch from the family coming down the original Ayr is one that can be traced back clearly and without a break for 300 years. There was a John Ayres or Ayer, born in England in 1590, in Wiltshire, where the seat of the original Eyre was located. The family there then was a large and strong one. - History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America vol1, Page 591
"The Great House in which the Governor had lived, the court sat, and the people worshipped was now (1636) the Tavern. It came to be known as the Two Cranes from its sign. Robert Long and his sons after him kept this Ordinary for nearly three-quarters of a century." Josselyn, in his Voyages mentions calling (1638) at one Long's Ordinary, and writes in general of the strict surveillance to which these Puritan taverns were subjected. No smoking, no cards, no dice, and an officer of the town followed a stranger in and no more drink was allowed than the officer thought seemly. Keeper of an Ordinary must be a church member, a freeman, and in good standing in the community. It was considered a responsible office of the town.
"COPP'S HILL BURYING GROUND
In the 1630s, the northern-most slope of the Shawmut Peninsula (or Boston) was a prominent landmark. Settlers soon discovered its strategic overlook of the Harbor and of the Charles River to the west and found the steep hillock well-protected from the "three great annoyances, of Woolves, Rattle-snakes and Musketos." The settlers first built a wind-
powered grinding mill here and called the slope, Windmill Hill. Later it was known as Snowhill and finally Copp's Hill.
William Copp, after whom the hill and burying ground are named, was a cobbler who once owned the land here. The gravestones of his children, buried in the 1660s, are still here at the hill's crest. Other settlers were buried nearby when the Town bought the site in 1659
and called it the North Burying Ground. Over the years, three sections were added to the original, although today they appear as one.
During the occupation of Boston, British troops manned a battery at Copp's Hill and rained fire onto nearby Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775."
My body to be buried "after a decent Christian manner in the parishe church yarde at Hatton." XII each to my son, Walter, my daughter Ursula, and my sons, Anthonie, Mathewe, John and Willm. "My sonne Thomas Coppe standeth bounde unto my sonne, Willm Coppe, for the yearly paimt of foure poundes for the maintenance of Isabell, my Wief, during her natural lief....." My said son, Thomas, to be my sole executor. - From the English Antecedents of William Copp of Copp's Hill, Boston contributed to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, April 1933, Volume 64, pages 150-152 by Samuel Copp Worthen
Burnham, b. Chebacco, who d.; m. 2d, Oct. 1, 1738, Mrs. Sarah Marshall, who d.; m. 3d, May 11, 1769, Rachael, wid. of Thomas Lufkin, and dau. of John and Ruth (Wheeler) Riggs, b. Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 30, 1704. He res. Chebacco, where he d. Aug. 22, 1774. - The Hamlin Family , Page 345
Ruth Moulton is not listed as a daughter of Thomas in Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
Peter Johnson, millwright, was baptized at Winnacunnet (renamed Hampton) early in 1639. He married, April 3, 1660, Ruth Moulton, quite surely the daughter of Thomas Moulton of Hampton and York. Peter drowned with James Philbrick in the Hampton River November 16, 1674; admin. of his estate to his wife April 13, 1675. She died September 7, 1718. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes , Page 206
EDMUND JOHNSON1 was born in England in 1612 and came to Boston from London in the "James" in July 1635 when he was 23
Andrew Gilman was taken by the Indians at Pickpocket Mill May 8, 1709, but he escaped.
There was not a single founder of Gilmanton. The town of Gilmanton was incorporated by Gov. Wentworth in 1727 as compensation for military service by 24 persons by the name
of Gilman and 153 others. The Gilman grantees were: Andrew, Caleb, Daniel, Edward & Edward Jr., Jeremiah, John & John Jr. & John III, Capt. John, Jonathan, Joseph, Nathaniel & Nathaniel Jr., Nehemiah, Nicholas & Nicholas Jr. & Nicholas III, Peter, Robert, Samuel & Samuel III, Thomas, and Trueworthy.
Pierson Genealogical Records
Nicholas Wallingford was born in or near WALLINGFORD, ENGLAND in the year 1619. He migrated from the parish of NETHER WALLOP, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND and came to America in the ship "CONFIDENCE OF LONDON" in 1638. (Waters and Emmerton Genealogical Gleanings in England published in 1885)
Richard Brown could write and was sworn a free-May 6, 1635. He served on the trial jury in 1645, 1649, and 1655; on the grand jury in 1648 and 1649. His first wife Edith died April 2, 1647, and he married, February 16, 1648, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Edmund Greenleaf and widow of Giles Badger. Richard gave his bond, March 27, 1655, to pay his wife's son John Badger 34 at age 18, also the half of the land left by the boy's father. Richard died April 26, 1661, leaving an estate of 634, 3s; his will prov. by Tristram Coffin June 24, 1661. - A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes , Page 219
Joseph Miller, Newbury, had w. Mary, who, Coffin says, had been wid. of capt. John Cutting, and d. 6 Mar. 1663, but in ano. place, 6 May 1664; and he d. 21 July 1681. - Savage
Edmund Greenleaf, son of John and Margaret (probably Huguenots), was baptized Jan. 2, 1574 in the parish of St. Mary's la Tour in Ipswich, County Suffolk, England - The Jones Family, Page 16
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